[Event "Koelle 'B'"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2017-11-16"] [White "Jasan Barnett"] [Black "Sue Ryan"] [WhiteElo "900"] [BlackElo "710"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 Ne7 4.Nc3 Nbc6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 exd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Bh4 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.d5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Na5 14.Bd3! {Making it hard for the knight to escape easily.} f5 15.Rfe1 Be7 16.Be5 g6 17.c4 c6 18.Red1 Bf6 19.Re1 Qd7 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Rab1 Raf8 22.Re5 c5 23.Rb5 b6 24.Rb1 {I couldn't see any use in keeping the rook at b5...too inactive. J.B.} Nb7 25.Bc2 Nd6 26.Qe2 R8f7 27.Re6 Ne4 28.Bxe4 fxe4 29.Qxe4 {Though not a disaster, best to drag the rook back to capture the pawn. J.B.} Kg7 30.Re1 Rf4 31.Qe2 Kh6 32.d6 Qc6 33.Rd1 Rxf2 {I distinctly remember getting a very dry throat here from the pressure of the situation: Black is one move from mate (34...Qxg2#), my queen is under attack by the rook and I only had a minute (or under a minute) left on the clock. My first instinct was that I had blown the game. J.B.} 34.Qe3+ R7f4 35.Qh3+ Kg7 36.Re7+ Rf7 37.Rxf7+ Rxf7 38.d7 Rf8 39.d8=Q Rxd8 40.Rxd8 Qf6 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Qf3 Qxf3 43.gxf3 Ke8 44.Rxa7 h5 45.Ra6 g5 46.Rxb6 Kd7 47.a4 Kc7 48.Rb1 {A very tough game.} {#r}