[Event "Bedfordshire League Match"]
[Site "Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Juhasz, Alexandar"]
[Black "Page, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[Annotator "Notes, Aleks Juhasz"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.13"]
[WhiteTeam "Luton A"]
[BlackTeam "Milton Keynes C"]
{This game was an experimental opening for me.} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Be2 {Too passive. I was thinking to play more sharply.} Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Be3 a5 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. a3 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nbd5 16. Nc5 ({I was thinking about playing} 16. Ng3 {to block a potential Bishop and Queen attack on h2, as my Knight on f3 defending could be removed. And I could use this Knight on g3 to attack his King. But then I played the weaker Knight to c5, giving White the advantage. However, there was lots of traps on the c-file and my opponent fell into one.}) 16... Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Ne4 18. Qxd5 {After winning the piece, the continuation went smoothly. Perhaps with a few weaker choices, but never dropping the big advantage.} Nf6 19. Qc4 Rfe8 20. h3 Be6 21. d5 Bd7 22. d6 Qc8 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Bd3 h6 25. Nf3 Be6 26. Qc2 Qd7 27. Ne5 Qd8 28. Bc4 Re8 29. d7 Re7 30. Bc5 {The finish was strong, but unfortunately without any sacrifices!} 1-0