[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.09.10"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "Vladimir_VP"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1650"] [BlackElo "1585"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "Game drawn by agreement"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] {The second game on the first day we "met". The first half a point I salvaged from him.} 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Bd7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 d5 7.Ngf3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Re8 10.c4 d4 11.a3 Rb8 12.b4 {The same silly stuff I keep on playing. My position is actually good though.} b6 13.Nh4 g5 14.Nhf3 h6 15.e3 dxe3 16.Rxe3 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 (18.Nxf3 {was much better, putting pressure on d5 and defending against Nd4.}) 18...Nd4 19.Qd1 c5 20.b5 Nh7 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Ne4 {I for some reason thought I was a bit worse in this position, so tried to exchange as many pieces as possible.} Qe6 24.Nxd6 (24.Qa4 {was much better, grabbing the pawn on a7.}) 24...Qxd6 25.Bd5 Kg7 26.Qh5 Qg6 27.Qxg6+ Kxg6 28.Re1 Kf6 29.Kg2 Nf8 30.g4 Ng6 31.Kg3 Nf4 32.Be4 Re8 33.Ra1 Ne2+ {I'm completely outplayed.} 34.Kf3 Nf4 35.Rh1 Kg7 36.h4 f6 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Ra1 Kf6 39.Ra2 Rh8 40.Kg3 h5 41.gxh5 Rxh5 42.f3 {A blunder in an equal position. It's hard for me to see why it's a blunder though.} Rh3+ 43.Kg4 Rh4+ 44.Kg3 Rh3+ 45.Kg4 Rh4+ {My opponent couldn't see anything better and offered a draw.} (45...Rh1 46.Kg3 Rg1+ 47.Kh2 Rd1 {would've been winning for Black.}) 46.Kg3 1/2-1/2