[Event "BCCC 2017"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2017-06-22"]
[White "James Watson"]
[Black "Peter Lumsdon"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Ba6 {A questionable idea as white can gain immediate advantage by exchanges. ...Bb7 a better way to play for equality. White has nothing to fear from an exchange on f1.PL} 9.Qa4 c5 10.Be2 Qd7 11.Nb5 {Quite tricky position where both players have failed to grab the moment. Now black can get a good game by taking on c4... but doesn't! PL} cxd4 12.Ne5 Bxb5 {12...Qe8 PL} 13.cxb5 Qb7 14.exd4 g5? {Driving the B has long term consequences for black. Clearly he wants to exchange the nuisance N on e5 by ....Nbd7, but ...Bd6 is the lesser of two evils.PL} 15.Bg3 Ne4 16.Ng4 h5?? {Losing immediately. 16....Rc8 had to be played, and ironically may have given black a good game.PL} 17.Rc7 Qxc7 18.Bxc7 hxg4 19.Bxb6 Nd7 20.Ba5 Rfc8 21.O-O f5 22.h3 gxh3 23.b6 Nxb6 24.Bxb6 axb6 {24...hxg2 first ! PL} 25.Qd7 Kf7 26.Bh5+ Kf6 27.gxh3 Nd6?? {Another shocking move,...wanting to free the rooks from having to defend e8 from the white Q but missing the elephant in the room  (white's obvious reply) ...again.} 28.Re1 {Black resigns. Although he can return the N to e4,  and even after 29.f3  first chase the Q out from the e6 pawn (with Rd8 ) black's long term outlook is now hopeless. What would have happened to the whole game if instead 27...Rh8! ?PL} {#r}