[Event "BCCC18"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018-05-17"]
[White "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[WhiteElo "1138"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.Qc2 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2? {I need my pawns to scream at me louder... I was completely asleep (like Jamie says). I decided it was handicap chess time (Harrison's thing) after this. (C.B.)} Bxg2 9.Bf3 Bxh1 10.Bxh1 d5 11.Bb2 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.f3?! Nbd7 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Kd2 Qc7 16.Ng3 h5!? 17.f4 g6 18.h4 Kg7 19.Rg1 Ng4 20.Bf3 f5 21.Rc1 Qd8 22.Rh1 Rc7 23.Be2 Qe7 24.Bb5 Nb8 25.Qa4 a6 26.Bd3 {26.Bxa6??Ra7 wins the Bishop (P.C.)} b5 27.Qb4 Qd7 {Swapping Queens would have been safer! (P.C.)} 28.Qb3 Nc6 29.a4 Na5 30.Qa2 Nc4+ 31.Bxc4 Rxc4 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.Rb1 Rb8 34.Qa3 Rb7 35.Qd6 Kf7?? {Missing the next, lethal move! 35...Rc6 or 35...Qc6 was necessary. (P.C.)} 36.Ba3!! {My 'pawn' bishop (which had been grumbling about inactivity) finally got its wish! (C.B.)} Kg7? (36...Rc8 37.Rxb5 axb5 {A line I thought kept black in the game longer. I think it's still losing but it sure would have been interesting to play out. (C.B.)}) 37.Rxb5 Rxb5 38.Qf8+ Kh7 39.Qf7+ Kh8 40.Bf8 Rb2+ 41.Kc1 {Not 41.Kd3??Nf2 mate...(P.C.) Nooo way : D (C.B)} {#r}