[Event "Teters 2018"]
[Site "Rod's office"]
[Date "2018-08-25"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo "1491"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.c3 e6 {Inconsistently timid. Bf5 or e5 is called for (RJ)} 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Bf6 $14 {Overlooking White's reply. (RJ)} 10.Nbd2 $14 {Headed for e5, embarrassing the bishop. (RJ)} g6 $16 {Compounding the error. Black should admit his mistake and play Be7. (RJ) fritz16 jb by 0.83white winnining} 11.Ne4 Bg7 12.Bg5 {Very strong, and Black is already in trouble. Stockfish 9 likes h4 even better. (RJ)} f6 {Forced. (RJ)} 13.Bh4 Na5 {:Probably best. Black must push the bishop off this diagonal. (RJ)} 14.Bc2 Qd5 $16 {Nd5 is best.} 15.b3? {Missing the combination involving taking twice on f6, followed by Re5, skewering the Queen and Knight with the Rook. (RJ) The idea was to deny the square c4 to the knights. I did not see winning the pawn on f6 but it would have taken 2 active pieces out of my attack, so even if I had seen it I would probably not have played it. I was pretty comfortable with the position at this stage since some of black's pieces are not very well placed. (KP)} Qh5 16.Bg3 e5 $18 {The engines like f5, even though it concedes the e5 square. (RJ) de5  move 16 2.02 jb} 17.dxe5 f5 $18 {Overlooking White's reply. (RJ)} 18.Nf6+ {I was expecting to play 18. Nc5 or 18. Ng5 but the moved I played was much better and opened up a number of possibilities. (KP)} Bxf6 19.exf6 Bd7 {Black can't really recapture the pawn yet, but maybe 19. f4 might be a little better.} 20.Bxc7 {Possibly better is 20. b4 to open up opportuniities for the white bishop (KP)} Bc6 21.Qd6 $18 {I was relieved to see this, and not Ne5. (RJ) I looked at it but thought a possible queen exchange was not my best line
fritz16  1.77 jb} Qg4 22.Qe6+ Rf7 23.h3 Qh5 24.Ne5 {Overlooking black's reply. 24. Bxb6 prevents Bd5 and the Ne5 will then be very strong. (KP)} Bd5 25.Qd6 Qg5 26.f3 Rxf6 27.Qe7 Nc6 28.Nxc6 $10 {Qc5. (RJ)} Bxf3! 29.g4 $19 {Bd2. (RJ) Possibly 29. Re2 buys some time. (KP)
fritz16 jb black has a decisive advantage by 2.80} Qd2! {Black has swindled his way to a point where he is now winning. (RJ)} 30.Re2 $19 {_MARK:f3->e2?_} Bxe2 31.Nd4 $18 Qxc3 $10 {Losing all Black's advantage. It is now even. The correct move is, as later pointed out by Kevin, Rf7! (RJ) Also Ra8f8 will achieve the same. After this move I thought that maybe all is not lost. (KP)} 32.Qxf6 Qxa1+ {Not bad, but the engines say Re8! is best, and call it even. (RJ)} 33.Kh2 Nd7 $18 {Losing the way in time trouble. According to the engines, White now has a forced mate in 10! (RJ)} 34.Qe6+ Kh8 35.Qxd7 Rf8 $18 {Qxd4, but White can still force mate. (RJ)} 36.Be5+ Kg8 37.Qg7# {A fine game by Kevin, almost error-free, taking advantage of Black's indifferent opening play, and then overcoming a determined late fightback by Black. (RJ) I lost my way after a good start. The mistake on move 24 allowed black back into the game and Rod really should have won after that. Our games are often in this open tactical style. (KP)}