[Event "Arthur Koelle Memorial"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2021-11-25"] [White "Van Riel, Bas"] [Black "Stewart, Scott"] [WhiteElo "1714"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 {I played e6 to quickly, Bf5 or Bg4 would be better (SS)} 7.e3 Bd6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Rc1 h6 11.Bh4 g5 {Maybe not the best plan but I was all tied down, I had to break free (SS)} 12.Bg3 Ne4 {I was happy if Nxe4 and dxe4 followed by f5. But this is very even still (SS)} 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Bd3 f5 $10 15.h3 {I think h4 now would be an improvement (SS)} Bd7 16.Nh2 Rac8 {Finally completed development (SS)} 17.Bb1 Be8 {Was planning on rerouting the Bishop to f7, g6 or even h5 if I got the opportunity.} 18.f4 Ng3 {I offered a draw here but it was declined. I was happy to play the perpetual (SS)} 19.Rf2 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.a3 gxf4 22.exf4 {This was a blunder and Black is now better, Better was Rxf4, Nxd4 is simply met by exd4 and White is better. I was planning on playing Kg7 and Kf6, . (SS)} Rd8 23.Qd2 Qxd4 24.Qxd4 Rxd4 25.Ba2 Bf7 26.Nf1 Rfd8 27.Ne3 Rd3 28.Re1 Kg7 29.Bc4 Rd2 30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Re2 Rxe2 32.Bxe2 $17 Kf6 33.g4 Nd4 34.Bd1 {Kf2 here is better but White is clearly worse (SS)} e5 $19 35.fxe5+ Kxe5 36.gxf5 Nxf5 37.Kf2 h5 38.Be2? h4 39.Nxf5 Kxf5 40.Ke3 Ke5 41.Bg4 a5 42.Bc8 Bd5 43.Bd7? Bc6 44.Bc8 a4 45.Bg4 Bb5? 46.Bc8 $15 b6 47.Bg4? Bc6 {My Bishop is in place to provide cover for the King when it invades d5 - c4 - b3 (SS)} 48.Bc8 Kd5 49.Bf5 Kc4! 50.Kd2 Kb3 $18 51.Kc1 Bd5 52.Bg4 b5 53.Bc8 Bc4 54.Bf5 e3 55.Bc2+ Ka2 {#R}