This is a game I played this weekend at the US Open in a side event. I was using the event as a "warm up", and am playing in the 4 day version later in the week.
My opponent was an underrated junior player I had been warned about, and the time control was game/60 minutes, so I played something I knew very well.
EDIT: I could not get this comment to work in the viewer, but at move 20 my opponent almost played ...Rc7, but at the last minute saw that it lost to 21. Nb5!, which ties in with the earlier comment about b5 being a sensitive square.
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 Re8 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Rc2 {This move is artificial and a relic of the 1920's, but I win with it. There is gold to be mined from the classics.} h6 12. Qa1 {Be patient. The queen will take center stage in due course.} Bd6 13. Rfc1 {The game is dynamically equal, but I am very comfortable in positions like this. I had used only a few minutes up to this point, but my opponent had already used 21 minutes, or about 1/3 of his total time.} Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nd4 {Black has sensitive squares at f5 and b5 in positions like this.} Be6 16. N2f3 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bh3 {The idea is more about controlling f5 than attacking the rook.} Ree8 20. Nd4 a6 21. Nf5 {Objectively not the best, but knights posted on f5 tend to encourage mistakes. Black only had about 2 minutes left, while I had about 50 minutes still in reserve.} Rc7 22. Qd4 {Fashionably late but in her full splendor.} Qa5 23. Qf4 Nf8 {He had less than a minute left, which explains this.} 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxf6 c5 26. Qxh6 Rc6 27. Qg5+ {And Black lost on time, although the game was already positionally decided.} 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 Re8 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Rc2 {This move is artificial and a relic of the 1920's, but I win with it. There is gold to be mined from the classics.} h6 12. Qa1 {Be patient. The queen will take center stage in due course.} Bd6 13. Rfc1 {The game is dynamically equal, but I am very comfortable in positions like this. I had used only a few minutes up to this point, but my opponent had already used 21 minutes, or about 1/3 of his total time.} Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nd4 {Black has sensitive squares at f5 and b5 in positions like this.} Be6 16. N2f3 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bh3 {The idea is more about controlling f5 than attacking the rook.} Ree8 20. Nd4 a6 {My opponent almost played ...Rc7, but at the last minute saw that it lost to 21.Nb5!} 21. Nf5 {Objectively not the best, but knights posted on f5 tend to encourage mistakes. Black only had about 2 minutes left, while I had about 50 minutes still in reserve.} Rc7 22. Qd4 {Fashionably late but in her full splendor.} Qa5 23. Qf4 Nf8 {He had less than a minute left, which explains this.} 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxf6 c5 26. Qxh6 Rc6 27. Qg5+ {And Black lost on time, although the game was already positionally decided.} 1-0
