[Event "BCCCA 2017"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2017-06-29"] [White "Peter Lumsdon"] [Black "Bas van Riel"] [WhiteElo "1724"] [BlackElo "1869"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Bd3 {Not a great square for the B. 3.e5 is a better move. I've got a thing about moving pawns at the moment. Consistent with this move is developing the other B at b2 of course.PL} Nf6 5.O-O?? {Loses material with no compensation immediately.There is a pawn fork looming on e4 once the guarding N is removed.PL} Bxc3! 6.e5 {Forced PL} Bxe5 7.Nxe5 O-O 8.f4 c5 9.c3 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Bc2 {Donating a second pawn to get some play from open lines (diagonals and the f file) whereas g3 clogs the white Q's easy travel to h4 PL} Qxf4 12.d4 Qc7 13.Qe1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne8? {14...Ne4 returns a pawn leading to a safe position with no nasty surprises for black. Here white can capture on e6, and so if 15.Nxe6,Qb6+(not...PxN?) 16.Nd4 again. But black still is winning!PL} 15.Bg5 e5 16.Qh4 {Provoking a dark square weakness at f6 16...h6 would be unwise because of white winning by 17.Nf5 or simply 17.Bxh6 PL} g6 {I spent nearly all my time on the next move which was a bad one! Looked long and hard at 17.Nf5 which only gives equality at best, and I should have been satisfied with this, given the state of play I'm currently producing. Thinking He who fights.. I retreated the N. Sitting there was 17.Bd8 all the time which I'd not seen (After 17...Qc5 18.Be7,Nd6 19.Kh1,PxN 20. Qf4!)PL} 17.Ne2 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 f6 {White's busted. The capture on b2 also wins easily.PL} 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.Bb3 Qc5 21.Rae1 Nb6 22.Nf4 Bd7 {22...Bf4 preferable. Locks white out completely!PL} 23.Nd3 Qd6 {23...Qb5 takes initiative.PL} 24.Re3 a5 25.g4 a4 26.Nxe5 axb3 {Getting a bit wild. What would have happened if instead 26...f6xNe5?PL} 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Bf4 Qf8 29.Bh6 {Both players short of time black miss 29...Qh8 which keeps black's advantage.PL} Qd6 30.Bf4 {Gaining clock timePL} Qc5? {30.Qc6 but the setup is quite tricky after 31.Qxh7+,Ng7 etc.PL} 31.Qxh7+ Ng7 32.Bh6 Rg8 33.axb3 {This loses but 33.Rxf6+ wins for white outright. After white gets the black rook on g8 in return for 33...KxRf6, black must give up the Q to avoid mate. This wasn't seen however, and so...PL} d4 34.cxd4 {Again 34.Rxf6 is best, only this time it isn't winning but draws with BEST play (That's something of a joke!)PL} Bc6+ 35.Kg1 Qxd4 36.Bg5 Nd5 {Here white resigned and then pressed his clock which then showed up 31s left. If there was more time for both, after 37.Rf2 black shouldn't play 37. ...NxRe3 which would have allowed the thematic 38.Rxf6+ with more hard play, but simply 37...Qd1+ and then 38... Qxg4+ PL} {#R}