[Event "BCC Championships - Reserves"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017-06-01"]
[White "Dylan Douglas"]
[Black "Jasan Barnett"]
[WhiteElo "875"]
[BlackElo "899"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 $15 {I have played Alekhine's defense for a while now, and I am of the opinion that in this position, white's best move here is e5, followed by 3...Nd5 4. d4.  This partially boxes in the black knight (no escape on the kingside of the board) and forces black to defend the d5 pawn.  exd5 gives black an open board to place his pieces anywhere at will.} Nxd5 4.Nxd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e6 8.b3 f6 {I was expecting a fianchetto to b2 here, hence the f6 move.} 9.c4 Qh5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Qc5 12.d3 O-O-O 13.Be3 Nd4 14.Kh1 c6 {Closing up any chance of a bishop sack at b7 to draw my king out (potentially as far as the 6th rank)} 15.Re1 e5 16.Bg4+ Kb8 17.f4 Bd6 18.Qd2 Qb4 {After this move I always felt that I had a slight edge (in my favour) in the game.} 19.Qb2 c5 20.a3 Qxb3?! {The move that (probably) helped me win the game (but could have lost it as well).  The simple exchange 21. Qxb3 Nxb3 wins black a pawn (which ended up occurring).  I did this move hoping to win three pawns for my knight via 21. Bxd4 Qxd3 22. Red1 Qxc4.  The major flaw though, is 22. Bf3, threatening mate, which I missed (it seems there are other flaws as well in the analysis).} 21.Qxb3 (21.Bxd4 Qxd3 22.Red1 Qxc4 23.Rac1 Qa4) 21...Nxb3 22.Rab1 exf4 {I nearly put the knight back to d4 but then saw this move (which appears to be best)} 23.Bxf4 Bxf4 24.Rxb3 Rhe8 25.Reb1 b6 26.a4 Re3 27.Bf5 g6 28.Be4 f5 29.Bf3 Rde8 30.Kg1 Bg3 31.Rxb6+ {Neither of us realised that white can do Rf1} axb6 32.Rxb6+ Ka7 33.Rb7+ Ka6 34.Be4 fxe4 {Missed Re1#} 35.Rb1 exd3 36.Rb6+ Kxb6 37.a5+ Kxa5 {#R}