1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 Premature, especially knowing that my opponent plays the Qa5 line. Will need the bishop later to defend the queen. To play this system against Qa5 white needs a fastf4 8... Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Nd4 10. Qd2 Qa5 the normal Nd1 will be met by Nxc2+ 11. Nge2 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc1 Qd8?! relieves white from the awkward pin 14. Nd1 Qd7 15. c3 Ndc6 16. Ne3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 swapping leaves black slightly better, Nb3 was needed to create some play in the centre as otherwise the knight gets stuck on c1 defending d3 18. Nxd5 18. Nb3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 b6 20. f4 looks fine for white 18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qe3 Rad8 21. Re1 b6 22. h4 Kg7 22... f5! 23. a3 Rfe8 24. b4 c4 25. dxc4 Qxc4 26. Ra2 aiming to swap the bad rooks 26... Re6 26... e4!-/+ with the threat of Ne5->f3 27. Rd2 Red6? 27... Nd4! white cannot capture and Nf3+ is threatened 28. Rd3 Nc2 29. Qe4 Rd4 30. cxd4 exd4 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rf1-+ 28. Red1 black has allowed white to untangle the rooks 28... Rd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 with a large sigh of relief now that the pressure has eased 30... Qxd5 31. Kf1 Kf6 31... Qd1+ 32. Kg2 (32. Qe1? Qa4 33. Qe3 Qxa3 34. b5) 32... Qa4 33. c4= 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. f3 f6 34. Qd3 b5?! giving white a outpost to aim for on c5 35. Qe3 Qc4+?! black starts to drive the white king to the queenside which is where it needs to be to release the knight from the defence of a2 and b3 36. Kd2 Qd5+ 37. Kc2 Kd6 38. Kb2 Kc7 39. Nd3 black is wasting time 39... Kd6 40. Nc5 Ke7?! taking the king away from the vital d-file is a mistake. Better is 40... f5 41. Qh6 Qf7= 41. Qh6! diverting the queen away from the centre 41... Qf7? 41... Qg8 is more accurate as it allows the following defence 42. Qd2 Qd8 42. Qd2 and now white has gained control of the d-file, black is in trouble. 42... Nb8 42... Qe8 43. Qd5 Qc8 44. Ne4 f5 45. Qd6++/- 43. Nb7 Qe8 43... Nd7 44. Qd6+ Ke8 45. Qc6 Kf8 46. Nd8 Qe7 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nc7+- 44. Qd6+ Kf7 45. Nd8+ Kg8 46. Qxb8 Qd7 47. Nc6+ Kf7 48. Qxa7 Qxa7 49. Na5 1-0