[Event "Ballarat-Geelong 2016, brd 2."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016-08-14"]
[White "Michael Sugrue"]
[Black "Bas van Riel"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Result "1-0"]

{584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 a6 10.a4 Be6 11.f4 Rc8 12.Kh1 Qc7 13.g4 h6 14.h4 {Becoming very interesting here: white throws his king-side wide open, and in the process throws his kitchen-sink at the black king. However, I became quite optimistic about my chances against white's queen-side. Fritz gives black a small advantage} Na5 15.g5? {not the best continuation of white's attack. Better15.f5, forcing the exchange or the retreat of black's powerful bishop.} hxg5 16.hxg5 Nh5 {In fact, I felt quite clever and happy about this move. As it turns out for the wrong reasons. It was the best move, with only a slight advantage and limited practical chances. Fritz suggests the knight sacrifice 16...Nxe4!; 17.Nxe4, Qxc2 and humongous complications. I must admit that I didn't even consider this option. Also Michael did not mention this line during the post- mortem analysis either.} 17.Bxh5 Nxb3? {a blunder because I had overlooked 19.Rc1. Instead 17...Bxc3; 18.Nxa5, Bxb2 would have given black a slightly better position. Black is suddenly lost now.} 18.cxb3 Bxc3 19.Rc1! Qa5 20.bxc3 gxh5 21.f5! {ruthless and efficient} Rxc3? {I should have seen and tried 21..Qe5, 22. Qf3!..However, this would not improve black's dire predicament by much} 22.Qd2 {A very solid victory by Michael. In a game in which I fell short at the first moment some serious calculations were needed.} {#r}