[Event "BCCC 2017"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2017-05-11"]
[White "Harrison Harrison"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 {A disappointment! I hadspent some time preparing for the Harrison special 1. Nc3 (RJ)} d5 2.Nc3 {Breaking the old rule of C.J.S. Purdy about never, in queen pawn games, blocking your queen's bishop pawn (it usually being needed to advance to provide a lever in the centre.) But Harrison is not one to abide by rules!} Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Qe2 {Presumably with the intention of playing Qb5 check. But the threat is easily met, and the queen is badly misplaced. (RJ)} c6 5.h3 h5 6.Nf3 Na6 7.a3 e6 8.b4 Bxb4!? {Couldn't resist it, winning 3 pawns for the piece and the White king about to be stuck in the centre for a long time to come. I was given a lot of confidence by fact that the white queen and king's bishop are blocking the king's escape routes. I felt in some lines there would be chances of creating threats by advancing my a pawn into White's position, supported by the rook. Stockfish 7 feels it is not objectively the best move, but calls it dead even after it is played. (RJ).} 9.axb4 Nxb4 10.Rb1! {Best (RJ)} Nxc2+ 11.Kd1 Qe7! {Best. Defending b7 and b4, which is the potential support square for the knight. (RJ)} 12.Nd2 {It's very complex. The programs disagree on what's best for White to do here. (RJ)} a5 {To support the intended Nb4, particularly in view of the possible reply Ba3, and with continuing ideas of advancing further. (RJ)} 13.Rb2! {Best. (RJ)} Nb4 {Again best (RJ)} 14.e4! {Deep Shredder likes this. Stockfish 7 gives Black a 1.28 advantage at this point. (RJ)} dxe4 15.Ndxe4 O-O-O {Giving up on dreams of advancing the a pawn further, but getting pressure on the d pawn with tempo.} 16.Rd2! {Harrison is defending very accurately. (RJ)} Bxe4!? {Best is 16........Nxd4  17. Nxd4   e5. (RJ)} 17.Nxe4 Nfd5 {Stockfish 7 now calls it even. (RJ)} 18.Qc4? {I thought this was pretty strong, but the programs say Ke1 is the move. (RJ)} f5? {Returning the favour. e5! (RJ)} 19.Nc3! e5! 20.Re2? {A serious error. (RJ)} e4? {As is this. Ng3! with an advantage of 3.5. But Black still has the upper hand.(RJ)} 21.h4? {With the idea of threatening Bg5. But White doesn't have time for this - there are bigger issues to deal with. (RJ)} Nb6! {Banking on 22. Bg5  Qxg5  23. Qxb4  ab  24. hg  bc, remaining 3 pawns up, still attacking the d pawn and with White's position wrecked. But there's a hole in the analysis.....23. Qe6! (RJ)} 22.Bg5 Qxg5?? {Lazily not carrying out the final check which all chessplayers are supposed to make. 22....Qd6 is crushing. 22....Nxc4 also wins.(RJ)} 23.Qe6+! {Dancing away from the attack, with the Black queen still en prise.(RJ)
About a year ago Harrison had me smashed, but gifted me the game right at the end. So we're about even. An annoying finish, but a very interesting game.(RJ)} {#r}