[Event "BCCC2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019-05-02"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Qb3 Qxb3 8.axb3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Nge7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bd3 h6 14.Rac1 Nb4 15.Bb1 Rfc8 16.g4 Nec6 17.Ke3 Na5 18.Nd2 g6 19.h4 Kg7 20.Rhg1 Rc7 21.f5 Rf8 22.Rcf1 Rcc8 23.Rf2 a6 {A6 is a waste of time l think F6 is a better move [jb](bas) certainly not after fxg3, jb.} 24.fxg6 $16 fxg6 25.Rgf1 Rxf2 $10 26.Rxf2 Be8 27.g5 hxg5! 28.hxg5 Bf7 {Black offered a draw...Bas spent 30 minutes thinking about it. He told me after the game that he couldn't see a way through and almost accepted. (P.C.) (bas) no that is not correct: between move 22 and 24, I spent 30 minutes in total, because I could not work out how to proceed. I did not think for a moment to reject Pat's draw-offer, because I was convinced that I had the better position, because of black's terrible bishop. Partly compensated by white's double-pawn.} 29.Rh2 Rh8 30.Rxh8 Kxh8 31.Na4 Kg7 32.Nc5 Kf8 33.Nd3 {Nf3 is superior [jb](bas) yes it was, because I feared losing my b-pawn, but overlooked 33.Nf3!, Ke7!;34.Kd2;b6; 35.Na4, Nxb3?; 36.Kc3 and black would lose one of its knights. After 33.Nf3, whitee's king is able to walk to c3 and create panic amongst the pigeons (cq. knights).} Nxd3 34.Bxd3 Nc6 35.Nb1 Ne7 36.Bc2 Nf5+? 37.Kd3 Ke7 38.Kc3 Kd7 39.b4 {move 39 knight h4 instead of b5 is equal [jb]} b5 40.Nd2 $16 {move 40 knight e3 was necessary [jb](bas) not sure why} Kc6 41.Nb3 Kb6 42.Nc5 Ka7? 43.Nd3? {move 43 bishop take f5 gf5 kd3 is more precise move to win [jb]} Kb6 44.Nf4 Kc7? {44...Ne7 is essential, and the game should end in a draw. (P.C.) knight e7 bishop d1 knight f5 is tougher but white is still winning [jb] (bas) seems a draw to me, jb, after 44..Ne7; 45.Bd1, Nc6; 46.Bg4, Nd8. Then white cannot break through.} 45.Bxf5! {Black completely missed this brilliant idea! The black Bishop is very weak, and the white Knight dominates. (P.C.)(bas) 54.Bxf5!, gxf5; 55.g6, Bg8; 56.Nh5! and 57.Nf6.., and black's bishop is trapped.} exf5 46.e6 Be8 47.Nxd5+ {(bas) 'fortunate' that black's king is in check, giving an additional move.} Kd6 48.Nf4 Ke7 {move 48 bishop c6 d5 ba8 and white is still winning hands down [jb]} 49.d5 Kd6 50.Kd4 Ke7 51.Ke5 {good game by you both .l will never understand why you always ask for draws and l don't want too a player with no guts gets no where in chess [jb]} {#r}