This is one of my favorite games I've played in a long time. I've been trying to incorporate some new ideas into my chess games, and in this game I upgraded that process from "abysmal failure" to "mixed results," which is nice.
Then I botched it. Then he made a mistake that I saw coming that let me get into an interestingly imbalanced endgame, which I think I played really well and won. I was 1-6 against this guy at one point, but have now won my last two.
http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game...r.php?id=61572
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Bc4 e6
7. O-O b5 8. Bd3 Be7
9. Bg5 O-O
10. Qe2 Bb7
11. h3 Nbd7
12. b4 Rc8
13. Nd1 Nb6
14. Nb2 d5 15. e5 Ne4
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a3 Qh4 18. a4 Nc3
19. Qe3 Nbxa4 20. Nxa4 Nxa4
21. Nf3 Qxb4
22. Rfb1 Qe7 23. Qf4 f5
24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6
26. Rxa4 bxa4 27. Rxb7 Rf7
28. Rb4 a5 29. Rxa4 e5
30. Bf5 Rc6
31. Rxa5 Rd6 32. Nh2 Rb7 33. Ng4 Kg7 34. Ne3 d4 35. Nc4 Rc6
36. Nd2 Re7 37. Bd3 Rb6 38. g4 h5 39. Kg2 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kh6
41. Kg3 Rc6 42. Ra1 Rc3 43. Rh1+ Kg7
44. Ne4 Ra3 45. f3 Kf7
46. Rh7+ Kf8 47. Nxf6 e4 48. fxe4 Re6 49. g5 Ra5 1-0