[Event "2018 Ballarat CC Ships "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018-04-26"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Robert Bailey"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1481"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 {(BvR) Initially, Rob indicated that he wanted a French opening, but now switches to a Sicilian..} 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bd3 {(BvR) Avoiding the option 6.Nc3, Bb4;  and Bxc3, creating a double-pawn for white.} a6 7.a3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 d6 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Kh1 b5?! {(BvR) Very risky because of 12.Nxc6, followed by e5 and Be4. It looked good for white at first glance but I could not quite work it out. Moreover, I had completely overlooked Rob's 13th move.} 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.e5 Bb7 14.Qe2 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Be4 Qc7 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Bf4 {(BvR) Even -0.09.} Rad8 19.Rf3 Nb6 20.Ne4? {(BvR) I missed the (obvious after playing 19.Rf3...) sequence 20.Rh3, g6 (forced); 21.Nh6, Re8; 22.Rf1, Nd5; 23.Qf3 (+1.70) resulting in a great, attaking position for white.} Nd5 21.Bg3 Qc6 {(BvR) even +0.15} 22.Raf1 Rd7 23.h3 Bc5 24.c4 Nb6? {(BvR)+2.29 There would be no problem for black after 24...bxc4. But now Rob is in trouble.} (24...bxc4 25.Qxc4 Rc8 26.Rc1 Rdc7 27.Nd6 Be3 28.Qxc6 Rxc6 29.Rcf1 Rf8 30.Nxf7 g6) 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Rc1 (26.Rc3 Na4 27.Nf6+ gxf6 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Bh4 Be7 30.Rg3) 26...Nc4 27.b3 Bxa3 28.Rc2 {(BvR) Resigned, losing a piece for 2 pawns (+2.30). For instance, 28...Rd4; 29.Rf4, Rfd8; 30.bxc4; Rxc4; 31.Rxc4, bxc4; 32.Qh5, Qb7; 33.Ng5, h6; 34.Nxf7 (!) +3.54 and clearly winning.} {#r}