Nimzo-Indian Defense, Samisch – Standard chess #18

I played a standard chess game as black with time controls set at 15 minutes with a 2 second increment. The opening played was the Nimzo-Indian Defense, Samisch white quickly acquires the two bishops and a damaged queenside pawn structure. It’s a critical middlegame, and an overall tense game throughout. Black must try to find good squares for his knights as otherwise the bishop pair’s strength will very much so turn prominent.

PGN:
http://en.lichess.org/EIRXjgzwteZr

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 { Nimzo-Indian Defence, Sämisch Variation, Accelerated } d6 6. Qc2 e5 7. e4 Qe7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. f4 Bg4 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nd7 17. Be3 O-O 18. Qh5 Nc5 19. Bb1 g6 20. Qh6 f6 21. Ra2 Nb7 22. Raf2 Nd6 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh6 Nxc4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rc6 Ne5 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Kf2 h5 32. Ke2 h4 33. Bd3 a6 34. Bc2 b5 35. Bb3 a5 36. Kd2 a4 37. Ba2 Rb8 38. Ra7 b4 39. Rxa4 bxa3 40. Rxa3 g4 41. Kc2 Kg5 42. Ra7 Kf4 43. Re7 Rc8+ 44. Kd2 g3 45. h3 Rb8 46. Kc2 Rc8+ 47. Kd2 Rb8 48. Kc2 Ra8 49. Kb2 d3 50. Bb3 Rc8 51. d6 d2 52. d7 Rd8 53. Ba4 Nc4+ 54. Kc2 Nd6 55. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 56. Kd3 Nc5+ 57. Kc4 Nxa4 58. Kb5 Nc3+ 59. Kc6 Kf5 60. Re8 Rxd7 61. Kxd7 Nd5 62. Rh8 Kg5 63. Kd6 Nf4 64. Ke5 Nxg2 65. Rg8+ Kh6 66. Kf6 Kh7 67. Rg4 Kh8 68. Kg5 Kh7 69. Kf6 Kh8 70. Ke5 Kh7 71. Kd4 Kh6 72. Kd3 Kh5 73. Ke2

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