[Event "BCCC2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019-06-06"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Bf5 7.Nf3 Qc8 8.O-O h6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rc1 Qe6 {Looks awkward but it gets the job done.  (R.C)} 12.Qb3 Nbd7! {Inviting white to take the b7 pawn, but this could lead to too much trouble for the queen. (R.C)} 13.Nh4 Ne4? 14.Nxf5 $18 Qxf5 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.e3 {I was expecting Qxb7 but I think the idea of having a rook on the second rank was undesirable to white. (R.C)} Rab8 17.a3 {Qc2 wins the pawn immediately though the a2-pawn would be under attack later, the centre pawn is more important than the a-pawn. (R.C)} Bd6 $10 18.Qc2 Rfe8 19.f3 Nf6 20.fxe4 Nxe4 21.Rf1 Qg6 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 {Not wanting to immediately go into an endgame, hoping that I could get an attack after a Bxg3 sacrifice. (R.C)} 23.Rf3 h5 24.Rcf1 Rf8 25.Qb3 Re7 26.Bb4 Qe6 27.Qxe6 Rxe6 28.Bxd6 {White offered a draw. However, I wanted to see if I could grind out a rook endgame and get some sort of advantage. (R.C)} Rxd6 29.Rf5 g6 30.R5f4 Rd5 31.R1f2 Kg7 32.Kg2 f5 33.Rc2 Re8 34.Rc3 Rb5 35.Rf2 Kf6 36.Rd2 Re4 37.Kf3 h4 38.Kg2 g5 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Re2 a5 {Should only have been played after Kd6 as the c3 rook would like to be on c5 (R.C)} 41.a4 Rb4 42.b3 hxg3+ 43.hxg3 f4 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Kf3 Rxe3+ 46.Rexe3+ fxe3 47.Kxe3 {White offered another draw. However, I thought I saw a slight positional weakness on how the white rook was stuck on the 3rd rank and aimed to exploit it. (R.C)} Kd6 48.Ke4 b6! {Preparing c5 if allowed. (R.C)} 49.Ke3 Kd5 50.Rd3 b5 51.axb5 cxb5 {And white is in zugzwang. (R.C)} 52.Kd2 Rxd4 $18 53.Rxd4+? {Ke3 might have been a better try than the exchange of rooks. (R.C)} Kxd4 54.Kc2 Ke4 55.Kc3 Ke3 56.Kc2 b4 57.Kb1 Kd3 58.Kb2 Kd2 59.Kb1 Kc3 60.Ka2 Kc2 {#R}