[Event "Teters 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018-08-09"]
[White "Kiki Dunn"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo "1041"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 {Breaking the maxim that, in a Queens pawn opening, you don't block your c pawn, it being needed at some point for leverage in the centre. I felt however that it would allow me an early break by e5. But I was completely stymied by Kiki's reply. Interestingly, my engines are quite happy with Nc6. It's also given as a valid line in Chessbase.(RJ)} 4.f4 Bg4 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nb4 7.Bd2 {Still in a Chessbase line up to here. (RJ)} Nxd3 8.cxd3 Be7 9.Be1 {Not sure about this manouvre. It seems to me it loses a couple of tempo without much in return. (RJ)} O-O 10.Nbd2 c5 11.Bh4 cxd4 12.exd4 Qb6 13.Nb3 Rfe8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 a5 {Both my engines go for this. (RJ)} 16.Rf2 {Rab1 is better (RJ)} Qb4 {a4 is stronger. (RJ)} 17.Qe3 {Stockfish 9. my strongest program, selects this. (RJ)} b6 18.Raf1 a4 19.Nc1 Qb5 {With the idea of getting the Queen off the dark squares so Ng4 will be possible. (RJ)} 20.f5 Ng4 21.hxg4 Bxh4 22.g3 exf5 23.Qf4 Bd8 24.Qxf5 Ra7 {White's position looks threatening, but the engines say Black is slightly better - presumably thinking Black can hold off the attack and go into an endgame with advantage dut to White's two sets of isolated doubled pawns. (RJ)} 25.Rh2 {The engines don't like this, due to Black's reply h6! (RJ)} g6?! 26.Qf4! {Nicely keeping the pressure on. (RJ)} Qd7 27.Qh6 f6 28.g5 {Not the best.} fxg5 29.Rhf2 Qg7 30.Qh1 Qxd4 31.Qf3 g4 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.Rxf4 h5 {Ugly and miserly, but best.(RJ)} 34.Rd4 Re5 35.Rdf4 Be7 36.d4 Re3 37.Kg2 Bd6 38.Rf6 Rxg3+ 39.Kf2 Rf3+ {Rf7 is much better. (RJ)} 40.Ke2 Re7+ 41.Kd2 Rxf1 42.Rxf1 Rf7 43.Rh1 Bf4+ 44.Ke2 Re7+ 45.Kf2 Be3+ 46.Kg3 Bxd4 47.Rh2 Be5+ {A really good game by Kiki, putting a much more experienced (by about 46 years!) player under pressure for much of the game. Just as impressive was our chat later, without sight of the board, when he showed really good recall of positions and tactics in the game. One to watch!} {#R}