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12... Nb4
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White's a pawn can kick the knight from this position at any time, but the point was to trade the bishops off. |
 
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13. Bxd7+ Qxd7
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Mission accomplished. |
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14. O-O
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White gets castled, but if I can get the queens off, my king will be safe, even without castling. And in an endgame, my king will be closer to the center, which is an advantage. |
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14... Ke7
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But I must release the king's rook. |
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15. a3
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Getting rid of the knight. |
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15... Nc6
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The knight resumes his attack on the isolated d pawn. I probably can't get enough pressure on it to win it, but maybe I can stretch white's resources enough to allow some other weakness to arise. |
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16. Qd3
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Eyeing the h pawn and getting the queen off the back rank to help connect the rooks. |
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16... h6
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Not only does this release the f6 knight from the obligation of defending the pawn on h7, it takes away the g5 square from white's knight. The drawback is that if the f6 knight moves away, white's queen can invade on h7 and the g7 pawn is weak. But I am not worried. |
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17. Nc3
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Finishing development. |
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17... Rfc8
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Putting a rook on an open file is standard middle game strategy. |
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18. Rfc1
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Which white is aware of also :) |
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18... Kf8
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Not sure why I did this, but probably to protect the g7 pawn so the f6 knight is free to move. |
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19. Na4
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Heading for the nice outpost on c5. |
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19... Qa7
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Again, I don't remember what I was thinking here, except that the queen has to go somewhere when the black knight gets to c5. |
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20. Nc5
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And white's knight is strong here, covering important squares in the black camp. |
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20... Nd7
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So I attempt to trade it off. |
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21. Qh7
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And white declines to trade on d7, since my trading on c5 will let him recapture with the then-passed c pawn. Also, his queen has now invaded my weak kingside pawns, and looks to wreak some havok. |
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21... Nxc5
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Getting rid of the strong knight, as I think I can successfully blockade the c pawn. |
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22. Qh8+
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But rather than recapture immediately on c5, white plays this intermezzo to win the g pawn. |
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22... Ke7 23. Qxg7 Nb3
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But by not recapturing on c5, white lost a piece, and with this move black wins the exchange also. As white does not want to continue a rook down, he resigns. 0-1 |
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