1.e4   c5   2.Nc3   d6   3.f4   e6   4.Nf3   a6 These pawnmoves are very popular at lower levels. Nobody knows why. The beginning of a lead in development starts to show. In this case a6 has some use by accident since I intended to place my bishop on b5 indeed. This is what I'm after: the move f4 gives my queen the opportunity to sneak via e1 and g3 or h4 to start a kingside attack in a later phase. This leaves the pawn c2 weak. The only attacker of c2 will be the knight on b8. If I can trade that knight for my bad bishop that will leave my hands free. a6 prevents that. 5.Be2 Timeconsuming This clogs up my pieces. The idea is to use Bd1 to resist attacks on c2. 5... Nc6   6.O-O   Qc7   7.d3   Nf6   8.Qe1   Be7   9.Kh1 A waiting move which prevents him from counterplay along the a7-g1 diagonal. I want him to castle first 9... Nd4   10.Bd1   Nxf3 Unbelievable how many moves he is willing to invest to solve my clogging problem. 11.Bxf3 For tricks against Ra8 hence preventing b5. As you see, c2 is save now. 11... O-O   12.Qg3   Kh8 Because f5 and Bh6 is threatening 13.b3 I'm not sure this is a good move. At the time it looked logical to exert pressure along th long diagonal 13... Nd7   14.Bb2   Bf6   15.Rae1   Qd8 Typical move for this opponent. He sees cheap tricks much faster than me (Bh4) 16.Re2   Rb8   17.e5   dxe5   18.fxe5   Bh4   19.Qh3   f5 Here my opponent offered a draw. I had 30 minutes on the clock against him 75. If it was a rated game I had probably accepted it. But since I wanted to know if I could finish him in such a short time I continued. 20.exf6   Qxf6   21.Nd1   Qh6   22.Rxe6 Based on a calculation error. This frees his other bishop 22... Nf6   23.Rxf6   Rxf6   24.g4   Bg5   25.Qg2   Rf8   26.Nf2   Be6   27.Ne4   Be7   28.g5   Qg6   29.h4   Qf5   30.Kh2   Qf4+   31.Kg1   Qxh4 Here I lost on time in bad position. Another game where my opponent let me do all the work, including the losing. He had still 50 minutes on his clock. 0-1