[Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/VCuxV0hF"] [Date "2017.06.13"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "TanoVerstra"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1640"] [BlackElo "1782"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] {I've stopped the bleeding after losing a hundred or so games in a row.} 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qc2 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 Ne4 8.O-O Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bd6 10.a4 Nd7 11.Ba3 Nf6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.h3 Nd7 14.c5 Qc7 15.c4 e5 16.cxd5 exd4 17.d6 Qa5 18.Nxd4 {Ridiculous!} (18.exd4) 18...Qxc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.Rfd1 Ne4 21.Bf3 Nxd6 22.Nxc6 Nf5 23.Na5 Rb8 24.Rd5 Ne7 25.Rb5 {The entire point was to try to capture this pawn on b7. By this point, I successfully equalized a much better position.} b6 26.Nb3 Ba6 27.Re5 Ng6 28.Re4 Rfe8 29.Nd4 Bd3 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rd1 Ne5 32.Nb5 Nxf3+ 33.gxf3 Be2 34.Rd7 a6 35.Nd6 Rf8 36.Kg2 g6 37.Rb7 b5 38.axb5 axb5 39.Nxb5 f5 40.Nd4 {It's remarkable how short on squares this bishop is.} Bd1? {Any decent square on the f1-a6 diagonal would be better. Now this bishop is actually trapped.} 41.Ne6? {I missed it.} (41.Ra7) 41...Re8 42.Nd4 Ba4 {It's still pretty weird how constrained that bishop is. It's trapped again!} (42...Ra8) 43.Ra7 Bd7 44.Rxd7 {The rest is meh.} Rc8 45.f4 Re8 46.h4 Rf8 47.Kf3 Rc8 48.Ne6 Kh8 49.Ng5 h6 50.Nf7+ Kg8 51.Nxh6+ Kf8 52.Rh7 Rc1 53.Nf7 Rc7 54.Ng5 Rc1 55.Rd7 Rh1 56.Kg3 Rg1+ 57.Kh2 Rg4 58.Kh3 Rg1 59.Nf3 Rf1 60.Kg2 Rc1 61.Ne5 Ke8 62.Ra7 Rb1 63.Nxg6 Rb6 64.Ne5 Rh6 65.Nf3 Rg6+ 66.Kf1 Rh6 67.Ke2 Kd8 68.Rf7 Rh5 69.Rg7 Ke8 70.Rg5 Rh7 71.Rxf5 1-0