Simple Chess: Banter Blitz Against IM Lawrence Trent

Tonight I put my hat in the ring to play against IM Lawrence Trent during their 72 hour banter blitz special event on chess24. I didn't expect to get picked. Luckily for me IM Lawrence played the French Defense as white and I was able to get into familiar positions. However, since it had been awhile since I faced the French I took too much time in the opening and middle game. I ended up blundering a piece in the endgame in time trouble. Here is the game:

[Event "chess24 online game | blitz"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2017.03.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Banterthon"] [Black "dblackw2"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "1821"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [WhiteTeam "de"] [BlackTeam "us"] [TimeControl "300"] [WhiteClock "0:01:00"] [BlackClock "0:00:06"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Ngf3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 9. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Nf1 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} h6 {[%emt 0:00: 41]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. Rc2 { [%emt 0:00:15]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 19. Ree2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 23. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxc2 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0: 00:28]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. h3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg6 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Kxe3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 37. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 39. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Nh5+ {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd8 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Nxa5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

If you skip to 3:20:00 then you can see IM Lawrence comment while playing me. He mainly talks about the US Championships coming up though.