1. a3 Anderssen's opening which gets the name due to the 1½/3 he scored with it against Morphy. 1... g6 2. e4 Black's next move is A Novelty on move 2!, in all the 4.5 Million games on chess base this is the first time this position arose. GM Fedorowicz played the unoriginal Bg7 here against Jonathan Rogers 2... d5N 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be3 Allows Black to obtain the 2 bishops 6... Nh6 7. Qd2 Nf5 8. O-O-O Nxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O My position was going along fine but I was falling into a psychological trap of taking time over natural moves while enjoying a good position instead of saving that time for when the game would become more concrete. 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Qg3 Now it seems Black must defend c7 but Rybka points out the nice move a6. 11... Na6 11... a6!! 12. Nxc7 Ra7=/+ The rook has a flight square and White's position is overextended 13. Nb5 axb5 14. Qxb8 Qa5 for example Black has a winning initiative here. 12. Nf3 c6 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. Ne5 It is better now to kick the Knight with 14 ...f6 keeping the position of my knight flexible and removing any threat to c6 to enable the advance b5, a5 etc 14... Nd5 14... f6 15. Bc4+ e6 16. Nf3 b5=/+ 15. Bc4 Be6 The Bishop turns out to be a little exposed here, amore solid way to cement my knight on d5 would be with e6, note that because White no longer has his dark square bishop the weakening of the f6 square is harder to exploit. 16. Rhe1 16 ......Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Bxc4 is better now to exchange two pairs of minor pieces so as to relieve Black's cramp. At the time I was obsessed with preserving my pair of bishops and attacking whites queen side by opening files latching on to the a3 pawn-note the lasting psychological effect of white's unusal opening move. But, in this structure which is like a Kengis Alekhine Defence it is useful to exchange white squared bishops 16... Rc8 16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4= 17. Ne4 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Nc5 Bf5 19... Qd6 20. Qf3! Up to now I had been quite confident but this move emphasises the awkward position of my knight and queen's bishop 20... Be6 21. g3!? I think here 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Followed by Nd3 is better, but the more enigmatic text move caused me to self-destruct over the next few moves. 21... a4 22. Ba2 b4? Panic so with his knights proving a bit scarily positioned and my position being not as good as I had thought, I lash out with out calculating adequately , but Qd6 would be a good and natural alternative 23. axb4 Nxb4? Typical example of one bad move following another it would be better to Play Qd6 and admit my mistake but still keep a coherent structure 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qa3 I had missed this powerful move 25... Nxc2 25... Qa5 Then f4 with a great position for white so I tried a desperate sacrifice 26. Kxc2 Rxf2+ 27. Kb1 Rb8 28. Nxa4 Qa5 29. Re3 29. Nxc6 Rbxb2+ 30. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Nxb2 Is clearer I think Re3 disconnects the rooks and gives Black some tactical opportunities. 29... Rb4 30. b3 Qb5? 30... Bxe5 Still gives some chance of resistance as 31. Rxe5 here allows the tactic 31... Rxd4! 32. Rxa5 Rxd1+ 33. Qc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kxc1 Rxh2 and Black has 3 pawns for piece though the structural damage to black's pawn structure leaves white with excellent winning chances 31. Nc5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 But now white can recapture on e5 with the rook and secure the Knight on c5 and Black is totally busted. I lost on time here. 1-0 [Mark Hannon]