[Event "Koelle 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017-11-30"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.e4 e5 {(RJ) A surprise. I had spent some time preparing for Rob's French.} 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 {(RJ) Bravely inviting the Fried Liver Attack.} 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ { The dreaded Fried Liver Attack! (RL)} Ke6 8.Nc3 {(RJ) Interestingly, Deep Shredder says it's dead even, while the much stronger Stockfish 7 puts it at +1.12, with White already having the upper hand.} Ne7 {(RJ) Chessbase gives the alternative, and a more popular one, as 8......Nb4, giving the wild line 9. a3  Nxc2ch  10. Kd1  Nxa1  11. Nxd5  Kd6  12. d4  Be6  13. Re1  b5  14. Nxb4  bc  15 Qc6ch. Stockfish 7 gives as best Nd4, with again some very interesting lines.} 9.d4 {(RJ) The move picked by Stockfish 7. Chessbase gives O-O.} c6 {(RJ) Forced.} 10.Bg5 {(RJ) Best.} Qa5? {(RJ) h6.} 11.O-O-O! {(RJ) Stockfish 7 now says it's + 3.5.} Kd7 12.dxe5 {(RJ) Best} Kc7 {White is now  6.1 ahead according to Komodo (RL) Stockfish 7 puts it at +5.4. (Sorry, Rob. I accidentally deleted your comment and then reinstated it. I hope I got it right. - RJ)} 13.Bxe7?? {Best was Bxd5 (RL) A massive error. White exchanges a strong black squared bishop (where there are weak black squares all around Black's king to be exploited) for a passive knight which is blocking his own black squared bishop. The aim of the capture is to take the knight on d5 the next move. I simply assumed the recapture by the bishop and was shocked to see the knight take back. The only explanation I can think of is that the d5 knight had been pinned for so many moves that I did not now even consider the possibility of it moving. Black now has a slight edge. (RJ)} Nxe7 {now equal (RL)} 14.e6 Qg5+ 15.Kb1 Ng6 {(RJ) best.} 16.Rhe1 Be7 17.Re4? {Black ahead 2points now with best play - which didn't happen! (RL) The aim of this move was to keep the Black queen and knight out of f4. Also I felt that if I could just chase the Black queen away, with something like Rg4, and get in a queen check on the Black squares, Black would have to play his king out to b6; then it would be curtains for Black after Na5ch. But I didn't appreciate the danger White is in.  Stockfish 7 recommends Ne4, after which it assesses the position at -.3.} Rd8? {(RJ) Rf8! and White's in trouble.} 18.Rde1? {(RJ) I was pleased enough with this. But it's a mistake, again allowing Rf8. White should exchange rooks.} b6 {(RJ) Again, Rf8 is best.} 19.Rg4? {(RJ) g3 White overlooks Black's smart reply.} Ne5! {(RJ) A great move. It works in all variations!} 20.Rxg5 {(RJ) Best} Nxf3 21.Rxg7 Nxe1 22.Rxe7+ Kd6 23.Rxh7 Bxe6 24.Rh6 {(RJ) After the smoke has cleared, Stockfish 7 assesses it at -3.} Re8 25.f4 Kd7 26.Rh7+ Re7 27.Bxe6+ Kxe6 28.Rh6+ Kd7 {(RJ) The engines prefer Kf5.} 29.g3 Nf3 30.a3 Re1+ 31.Ka2 Rae8 32.h4 Rg1 33.Rg6 {(RJ) It's now -5} Nxh4?! {(RJ) Pretty, but Nd4 is much stronger.} 34.Rg7+! Ke6 35.Ne4 Nf3 {(RJ) Missing the stronger Nf5!} 36.Rxa7 Re7 37.f5+ Kf7 38.Nd6+ Kf6 39.Ra8 Ng5? {(RJ) Overlooking Ree1!} 40.Rc8 Ne4 41.Rxc6 Nxd6 42.Rxd6+ Kxf5 43.Rxb6 {(RJ) Once again the dust settles. White through some accurate play has clawed it back to -2.4.} Rxg3 44.a4 {(RJ) Best.} Rg6 {Giving away best chances at a win... 3 connected passed pawns are very hard to stop! (RL) Yes. I was pleased to see this. Finally I thought I might have some chances. I did not know however that, as a rule, a Rook v 3 pawns is theoretically a draw.} 45.Rxg6 Kxg6 46.b4 Kf6 47.a5 Ke6 48.Kb3 Kd6 49.c3 Kc6 50.Ka4?? Re5? {(RJ) Stockfish 7 puts it at -48 (!) after Re3. The line goes 50......Re3  51. c4  Rc3  52. c5  Rc1  53. a6  Ra1ch  54. Kb3  Kb5  55. Kb2  Rxa6  etc.} 51.c4? {Komodo says forced mate in only 71 moves for Black! (RL)  Yes. Kb3 is better, but Black still wins. (RJ)} Kb7? {Much better would have been Re3, forcing White to move a pawn and weakening the pawn chain structure (RL) Quite a bit better! Stockfish 7 says it's now -2, whereas after Re3 it's -123. (RJ)} 52.b5 Ka7 53.Kb4 Kb7 54.c5?? {(RJ) No! This should lose again. The modest Ka4 is necessary.} Re4+ 55.Kc3 Ra4! 56.a6+ Ka7 57.Kb3 Rh4 {Black offered a draw (11:30pm) which White accepted - Komodo sees a win for Black in 28 moves by getting the Rook on the first rank but if White refuses to move the pawns, it won't be easy... (RL) Yes, it's won for Black. (RJ)} {#d}