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A locked up middlegame turns into a positional slugfest with passed pawns on either side. I'm White in this game.

1. d4 c5

(The pawn is poison. 2. dxc5? Qa5+ 3. Bd2 Qxc5 which gives Black the initiative.)

2. Nf3 c4 3. c3

(Although I deny my Knight its best outpost, I lock up the board for a position that will favor my Knights in the long run.)

3...d5 4. Bf4 e6?

(Kills the light-squared Bishop.)

5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7?!

(7...Bd6 is better.)

8. Nd2 0-0 9. Qc2 h6

(Luft.)

10. Be5

(I put my Bishop on the carving block because I see that my Knights will be more useful later on.)

10...Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. b4

(If 13...cxb3? 14. axb3 gives me the advantage on the queenside as well because of my open file and ability to make threats there.)

13...Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxe5 16. dxe5 f5 17. dxf6 Qxf6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. e4!

(My gain of central space proves to be decisive. 19...dxe4? would be met with Qxd8+ with a gain of material.)

19...d4?

(19...Bd7 is better.)

20. cxd4 Rb8?!

(Black wants to trade off my Bishop. Not a bad deal for him, but 20...e5! was necessary. After 21. dxe5 Qxe5, his Bishop would be free as a bird.)

21. e5!

(The Bishop is doomed.)

21...Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Rd2!

( I want to immobilize the passed c-pawn, and also double on a file.)

23...b5 24. Re1 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Rbd7 28. f5!

(Now I want a Queen!)

28...Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. fxe6 K g8 31. Rf1 

(I stop the King from coming any closer. Victory is near...)

31...Re4 32. Rf5 Rg4+ 33. Kf2 Re4 34. e7 a6

(Black doesn't want to resign, but his doom is certain.)

35. e8=Q+  Kh7 36. Rh5#

you could have set up the game in a diagram.....like this: