Draw accepted against the clock ...

In my next club game I had the opportunity to play a colleague I met up with at the recent Portsmouth Chess Congress - Ivor!

He had seen my first game in the congress (a 'Budapest') and probably wanted to avoid it, so he played 1. Nf3 ... For those that are unsure why White plays 1.Nf3 here is the basic theory;  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Opening_Theory/1._Nf3

As usual, any comments welcome ...

1.Nf3 Opening

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c6 8. c5 b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. bxc5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Be2 Nxc5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rac1 c5 15. Nxd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nxd2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rb8 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Bc4 Rfd8 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Na6 Rbd8 24. Rfd1 g6 25. Nb4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Nc6 Ra4 28. Rc2 Nd5 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. g3 a5 31. Rc5 Rxa2 32. Nxa5 Kf6 33. Nc6 Rb2 34. Nd4 Rb4 35. Nf3 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 0.5-0.5

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