[Event "Teters 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019-09-19"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.f4 {Deciding to avoid any and all preparation that Rodney could have. Turns out this wasn't needed. (R.C)} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Be2 Nc6 5.O-O Bf5 6.c3 Qd7 7.d4 {I was happy to achieve a stonewall structure though was worried about early d4 pushes by black. (R.C)} e6 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.fxe5 Ne4 10.a4 {Just a small trick in case black was inattentive. (R.C)} a6 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Bg4 Be4 14.Bh5 O-O 15.Be1 Rac8 16.Bg3 cxd4 17.exd4 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qd2 b4 20.Bf3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Bg6 22.h4 h6 23.h5 Bg5 24.Bf4 Bxf4 25.Qxf4 Bd3 26.Rfc1 Rc7 27.Qd2 Bh7 {I was happy with this decision as this creates a back rank weakness for white to try to exploit. (R.C)} 28.Ra3 Rfc8 29.Rca1 Qd8 30.Kf1 {Was thinking that black may play Qg5 later and wanted to meet it with Ke2. This does ignore any Bd3 tricks later though. (R.C)} Rb8 31.Ra6 Qc8 32.R6a3 Rcb7 33.Kg1 {Blacks rooks are prepared to infiltrate and white's king needs to find safety. I could only decide on h2 and g3 as the safe squares at the moment. (R.C)} Rb3 34.Rxb3 Rxb3 35.Bd1 Rb8 {There was still the issue of the back rank.} 36.Ra7 Rb1 {Perhaps not the best move but black was significantly lower in time. (R.C)} 37.Kh2 Qb8 {The final nail in the coffin. The back rank is now far too weak. (R.C)} 38.Qa2 {Rb2 is met with Qa3 and everything still falls apart for black. Thanks for the game Rodney. (R.C)
The whole game was drawish, almost from the start and it deserved to be a draw. After 38...Qd8; 39.Ra8, Rb8 it would have been a draw; Overlooked? (bas)} {#r}