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11. Nf3
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a bad move... I don't know what I was thinking |
 
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11... d4
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a pawn fork. He'll get his piece back now. |
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12. Bxd4
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trading down looked like my best option. |
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12... exd4
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he's even again |
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13. Ne2
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I run away.. (Nxd4, QxN didn't look good to me!) |
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13... Re8
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he prepares a nasty attack on my uncastled King |
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14. O-O
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so, I'd better castle. |
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14... Rb8
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I guess he worried about me uncovering the white bishop |
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15. Nexd4
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now I can nab the pawn safely |
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15... b6
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looks like his bishop wants the long diagonal too |
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16. Qa4
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I spy a weak pawn.. |
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16... Bd7
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I smell a trap! |
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17. Qc2
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so, I back off, but still own the diagonal |
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17... Nf5
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he uncovers the rook and gains control of the open file |
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18. Nxf5
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I'll trade knights (they can be unpredictably dangerous) |
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18... Bxf5
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he completes the trade.
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19. Rad1
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the pawns position was weakened by the trade, so I add support |
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19... Qd7
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is he going to attack the bishop with Bh3, or put a rook on the file behind his Queen? |
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20. Qc3
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I didn't like the Queen behind the pawn with a bishop lined up on them, and maybe, if I'm patient, I can set up a knight fork |
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20... Rbd8
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now there are two lines of attack set up, the d-file and the c8-h3 diagonal |
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