Time control is 2h/40moves + 1 h for the rest of the game

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 I was "out of book" already and simply made natural moves. 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 10 I also examined 8... Nxd5 but didn't like the position after 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rac1 9. Qc2 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 is the main line 9... Nbd7 10. b3 1:55 10... Re8 1:40 11. Bb2 Rc8 5 12. Nb5? c6 10 13. Nc3 After I played 12...c6 I could see that my opponent missed 13. Nxa7?! Rc7 followed by 14... Bd6 13... Bf8?! 15 minutes invested, but I couldn't find a convincing game plan 14. Ng5 g6 5 I nearly missed 14... h6?? 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Nxf7# 15. Rae1 Bg7 15... h6?! 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bxg6+ Kg8 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 I didn't like this position 16. f4 Ng4 17. Nd1 f5 18. Qd2 I didn't understand my opponents last moves (Rae1, f4, Qd2). 18... Ndf6 10 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nc3 1:05 20... Ne4 0:42 21. Ngxe4 fxe4 22. Be2 Qh4 23. Kh2 Nf5 24. Bg4 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Ba6 I felt very comfortable in this position. I could see that my opponent, who played pretty fast and confident in the beginning, began "sinking" into the position. During the game I thought that I'm already better here. At least Black has the initiative. 26. Rg1 This is probably one of the key positions in the game. But what to do for Black now? 26... Rc7 10 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Ne2 Bxe2 5 28... Qh4 might be better. I missed 29. Kh2 Re6! 30. g3 Qh5 followed by Rh6 29. Rxe2 Re6 30. Qe1 0:31 30... Qxe1 0:18 31. Rgxe1 Rg6 32. Kh2 h5 33. Rc1 Kf7 34. Rec2 Bf8 35. Bc3 a5 36. a4 Ke8 37. Be1 Kd7 38. Bh4 Ba3 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Rg1 0:05 40... Rcg8 0:07 I was still satisfied with the position and thought that Black can play for a win. My idea was a breakthrough with c6-c5 41. Bg5 c5 5 42. Ra1 Bb4 43. Rac1 Rc6 44. g4 fxg4? Criticised by Rybka These are computer lines. I only examined exchanging twice on g4. 44... hxg4 45. hxg4 Rgc8! 46. gxf5 (46. dxc5 Rxc5 47. Rxc5 Bxc5 48. Rc3 Ke6 49. Kg3 Rg8 50. gxf5+ Kxf5 51. Kg2 Rh8 52. Kg3 Rh1 53. Kg2 Rd1-+) 46... cxd4 47. Rxc6 Rxc6 48. Rxc6 Kxc6 49. exd4 e3-+ 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Kg3 Rgc8 47. Rh1? Unfortunately his error here made me loosing the game I expected 47. Kxg4 cxd4 48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. Rxc6 Kxc6 50. exd4 Bc3 51. Bf6= 47... cxd4 10 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Rh8+ Bf8 50. Rxc6 0:18 50... Rxc6 0:38 51. exd4 Kf7 After 51... e3 52. f5 Kf7 53. Rh7+ Kg8 I was afraid of 54. Rd7? and missed that(54. Rh2! Bg7 55. Re2 Bxd4 56. Kxg4 Rc3 57. f6 Kf7 58. Kf5 Rc6 59. Rh2 Bxf6 60. Bxe3-/+ is better) 54... e2 55. Kf2 Rc2-+ simply wins 52. Kxg4 Re6? The decisive error after five hours of play. 52... Rc1 53. Kf5 Bg7 54. Rd8 e3 55. Rxd5 e2 56. Rd7+ Kg8 57. Bh4 e1=Q 58. Bxe1 Rxe1~~ 53. f5 Re8 54. Rh7+ Kg8 55. Rh3 Kf7 56. Rc3! I missed this rook manouever when I played 52...Re6. 56... Bd6? 56... e3 57. Rxe3 Rxe3 58. Bxe3 Bg7+/- but Black can still fight (xd4) 57. Rc6 e3 58. Rxd6 e2 59. Bd2 Re4+ 60. Kf3 0:06 60... e1=Q 0:12 61. Bxe1 Rxe1 62. Rxd5 Kf6 63. Rb5 Rd1 64. Rxb6+ Kxf5 65. Rb5+ Ke6 66. Ke4 Re1+ 67. Kd3 Rd1+ 68. Kc3 Rc1+ 69. Kd2 Frustrating. 6 hours fighting against a better opponent, it was the last game of the first round, and I had the feeling that I've thrown away a point. 1-0 [Achim Mueller]