Columbia Open Game 4

[Event "Columbia Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.8.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "T. Staley"]
[Black "Mike Boone"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "1081"]
[BlackELO "?"]

%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor
%Orient=B
1. c4 e5 {I had no idea what the "proper" response to the English opening was,
so I just moved a center pawn.} 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 {My opponent
missed this move and we both sat for maybe 10 minutes until he noticed his
clock was ticking. But he moved quickly enough it never mattered.} 5. e3 c6
6. Nge2 Be6 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bd6 12. fxe5
Bxe5 13. d4 Bc7 14. Ba3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. a4 Ng4 {Hoping to
pull off the fork on e3.} 18. Qd2 {Nope!} 18... a6 19. Nbc3 Rfe8 20. h3 Nf6
21. Nf4 {Here my opponent had 67 minutes left on his first 35 moves.} 21...
Rac8 {Here I had 39 minutes left on my first 35 moves.} 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 {Perhaps
Rxe6 would have been better.} 23. Rae1 Ne7 {31 minutes left.} 24. Ne2 Qd7 {25
minutes left.} 25. Nf4 b5 {24 minutes left. Trying to make some trouble on the
queenside.} 26. e4 bxa4 {22 minutes left.} 27. bxa4 dxe4 {20 minutes left. Was
considering Qxa4 but thought it was taking the queen away from the action.}
28. a5 {There went my chance to grab that pawn.} 28... Qd6 {17:55 left. I
think I made this move to threaten the g3 pawn if the knight were to move.}
29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Nd5 {14:39 left.} 31. Qe2 {Now I start to worry about
the back rank.} 31... Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Nf6 {10:02 left. Attacking the queen and
adding protection to e8.} 33. Qf5 Re8 {8:22 left. After I moved this I saw that I missed Qxd4+} 34. Qc5 Qxc5 {7:08 left.}
35. dxc5 Ne4 {I had 5:08 left at the 35th move, at which point we added an
hour per side. I intended to attack g3.} 36. Re1 {But now the knight is
pinned.} 36... f5 {Protects the knight, but my friend liked Kf8 better.} 37.
g4 Re5 {Here I thought I'd threaten a lot of his pawns but didn't think about
losing the knight if I moved the rook.} 38. gxf5 Kf7 {I could have grabbed two
pawns for my knight but I wasn't comfortable being down a piece.} 39. c6 Kf6
40. Nd3 Re8 41. c7 Kxf5 42. Nc5 {Attacks the knight and it's still pinned.}
42... Rc8 {I decided to abandon the knight and get that troublesome pawn.}
43. Nxe4 Rxc7 44. Nd6+ Kf4 45. Rf1+ Kg3 {32 minutes left.} 46. Ne4+ Kxh3 47.
Ng5+ Kg3 {Here I was trying to figure out a way to force a draw with his king
hemmed in.} 48. Nxh7 Rc2 49. Rd1 {He gives his king space and I can't force a
draw by repetition.} 49... Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rf2+ {25 minutes left.} 51. Ke1 Rf5
52. Rd3+ Kg4 53. Rd4+ Kg3 54. Rd7 g5 {Here my opponent offered the draw and I
accepted. For fun we played out the game for several more moves and did end up
with only kings left for the draw.} 1/2-1/2

1. c4 e5 {I had no idea what the "proper" response to the English opening was, so I just moved a center pawn.}
2. Nc3 d6
3. g3 Nf6
4. Bg2 Be7 {My opponent missed this move and we both sat for maybe 10 minutes until he noticed his clock was ticking. But he moved quickly enough it never mattered.}
5. e3 c6
6. Nge2 Be6
7. b3 d5
8. cxd5 cxd5
9. d3 Nc6
10. O-O O-O
11. f4 Bd6
12. fxe5 Bxe5
13. d4 Bc7
14. Ba3 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6
16. Nb5 Qd7
17. a4 Ng4 {Hoping to pull off the fork on e3.}
18. Qd2 {Nope!}
18... a6
19. Nbc3 Rfe8
20. h3 Nf6
21. Nf4 {Here my opponent had 67 minutes left on his first 35 moves.}
21... Rac8 {Here I had 39 minutes left on my first 35 moves.}
22. Nxe6 Qxe6 {Perhaps Rxe6 would have been better.}
23. Rae1 Ne7 {31 minutes left.}
24. Ne2 Qd7 {25 minutes left.}
25. Nf4 b5 {24 minutes left. Trying to make some trouble on the queenside.}
26. e4 bxa4 {22 minutes left.}
27. bxa4 dxe4 {20 minutes left. Was considering Qxa4 but thought it was taking the queen away from the action.}
28. a5 {There went my chance to grab that pawn.}
28... Qd6 {17:55 left. I think I made this move to threaten the g3 pawn if the knight were to move.}
29. Bxe4 Nxe4
30. Rxe4 Nd5 {14:39 left.}
31. Qe2 {Now I start to worry about the back rank.}
31... Rxe4
32. Qxe4 Nf6 {10:02 left. Attacking the queen and adding protection to e8.}
33. Qf5 Re8 {8:22 left. After I moved this I saw that I missed Qxd4+}
34. Qc5 Qxc5 {7:08 left.}
35. dxc5 Ne4 {I had 5:08 left at the 35th move, at which point we added an hour per side. I intended to attack g3.}
36. Re1 {But now the knight is pinned.}
36... f5 {Protects the knight, but my friend liked Kf8 better.}
37. g4 Re5 {Here I thought I'd threaten a lot of his pawns but didn't think about losing the knight if I moved the rook.}
38. gxf5 Kf7 {I could have grabbed two pawns for my knight but I wasn't comfortable being down a piece.}
39. c6 Kf6
40. Nd3 Re8
41. c7 Kxf5
42. Nc5 {Attacks the knight and it's still pinned.}
42... Rc8 {I decided to abandon the knight and get that troublesome pawn.}
43. Nxe4 Rxc7
44. Nd6+ Kf4
45. Rf1+ Kg3 {32 minutes left.}
46. Ne4+ Kxh3
47. Ng5+ Kg3 {Here I was trying to figure out a way to force a draw with his king hemmed in.}
48. Nxh7 Rc2
49. Rd1 {He gives his king space and I can't force a draw by repetition.}
49... Rg2+
50. Kf1 Rf2+ {25 minutes left.}
51. Ke1 Rf5
52. Rd3+ Kg4
53. Rd4+ Kg3
54. Rd7 g5 {Here my opponent offered the draw and I accepted. For fun we played out the game for several more moves and did end up with only kings left for the draw.}
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