[Event "Koelle 2019"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2019-11-14"] [White "Sean Macak"] [Black "Bas van Riel"] [WhiteElo "1248"] [BlackElo "1712"] [Result "0.5-0.5"] 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.c3 Nc6 8.Re1 h6 9.Bf4 Ne4 10.Qb3+ Kh7 11.d5 Na5 {(bas) better was ..Nc5} 12.Qa4 b6 {(bas) ? again Nc5. Unnecessary loss of a pawn} 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Bf5 15.Qa4 e5 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Qc2 d5 19.Nd2 c5 20.N4f3 Nc6 21.Bg3 Rc8 22.Rad1 Qe7 23.a3 Qf7 24.h3 Rfe8 25.Nh4 Ne5 26.Nhf3? Nxf3+ 27.Nxf3 Bxh3 28.Ng5+ hxg5 29.gxh3 Rcd8 30.Qa4 Re7 31.Qg4 Qf5 32.e4! Qxg4 33.hxg4 {(bas) An excellent game, Sean. I would easily rate you currently a 1600-player, with plenty of scope to move much higher on the rating list. Your only (I believe) mistake was 26.Nhf3.., after I had missed 25...c4!, instead of 25..Ne5. After 27.f4!, followed by 28.e4, you would have had a good position.} {#d}