Denker: Round 3

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Okay, maybe that was overkill. Don't care. I won the third round! He spent 13 minutes; I spent 67. Why? He was playing bad moves. But I had to make sure they were bad. Playing someone over 500 points below you might easily lead to complacency. And I knew this. So I tried to make it a point to check everything. I am about to show the game; do note, however, that although it may look really straightforward and easy, I took a lot of time (triple-checking, right, 1ND?) ensuring that I did not make a mistake. Even the seemingly "no-brainer" moves [By the way, don't any of you ever DARE think that there are "no-brainer" moves in chess.] were ones on which I took some good time (e.g. 19... Re1). This approach saved me at least once, probably. Without further ado (except to say that I played as White against West Virginia, an 1155), E R S D game: