A King's Indian

Here is a 10-minute game I played yesterday on chessbase as white against a higher-rated player. The game illustrates my tendency to avoid complicated middlegames, in favor of steering the game into an endgame which I can better understand.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Ne8 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 My pet move. White will inevitably push his f-pawn to f4, after which I will have a great square at e4 to operate from with my pieces. The remarkable thing about this game is that this advantage extends to a king-and-pawn endgame, in which it is my king which gets to e4 with strong effectiveness.

10...gxf5 11. Bg5 Ndf6 12. Nge2 Qe7 13. O-O-O Qf7 14. Qc2 Qg6 15. Bd2 Nh5? 16. g4 Nf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Rhg1 Kh8 22. Rg4 Be5 23. Rdg1 Nf6 24. Rg5 Rxg5 25. Rxg5 Rg8 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Ne2 Nh5 28. b3 Kf7 29. Kc2 Kf6 30. Kd3 Kf5 31. Nd4+ An odd choice for me, as I usually prefer the knight side of the B vs. N ending. Stockfish now has it even.

31...Bxd4 32. Kxd4 Nf6 33. Bc3 Nd7 34. Kd3 Ne5+ 35. Bxe5 Kxe5 Going into a pawn ending. My goal is obviously to get my king to e4.

36. b4 b6 37. a4 a6 38. Kc3 h5? This move gives me some winning chances, as I will win his pawn on f4.

39. h4! a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kd3 Kf5 42. Kd4 Kf6 43. Ke4 Kg6 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. Ke4 Kg6 46. f4 Kf6 47. f5 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kf6?? Now I can get the opposition, which gives me the win. There seems to be no way for white to make progress if black keeps his king off f6 (unless and until I play my own king to f4).

49. Kf4 Kf7 50. Kg5 Kg7 51. Kxh5 And now the win is easy. 1-0 in 62 moves.