[Event "Teters 2016"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2016-08-25"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Michael Tausz"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1491"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 b6 {MT: we followed a game Walbrodt - Tarrasch 1894 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1283377 until here. Somehow reassuring.} 9.cxd5 {MT: In that game White played now Ne5.} exd5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.Qf5 g6 {MT: I thought with the black square bishop this is not really weakening the castle. But it ended up causing trouble.} 14.Qg5 Re8 {MT: After the game we both thought this was necessary, but the engine here would dare to play Na5 already.} 15.Qd2 Bf8 16.Qd3 Ne4 17.Bf4 Na5 {MT: finally...} 18.Rac1 Nc4 {MT: Black is now better.} 19.Qc2 Nxc3?! {MT: not the best. Between the text move, Nxb2 and Nxa3! the text move is the weakest. I had looked at all three but obviously did not calculate well. Nxa3 may have been best.} (19...Nxa3 {MT: we thought it wins a piece, but White does not have to take back.} 20.Qb3 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Rxe2 23.bxa3) 20.bxc3 Qe7?! {MT: This is a really weak follow up. Better Na3.} 21.Bxc4 Rxc4?! {MT: After the game, RL disliked this move for White (as he was playing Black, he might have liked it during the game!), and rightfully so. It allows the exchange of pieces and keeps Bb7 locked up. I thought this would leave the pawn c3 hard to hold, but dxc4 was better, as it finally activates Bb7. That bishop never gets into the game anymore.} 22.Re1 Qd7 23.Rxe8 Qxe8 24.Re1 Qc8 25.Re3 Bxa3 26.Ne5? {MT: A mistake that drops another pawn.} Rxd4 27.Bh6 Qf5? {MT: And this poor move would have even dropped a piece. Black should have consolidated with Bf8 or so.} 28.Nd3 {(BvR) Am I wrong that 28. Nc4 wins a piece? (RL) I missed that! Looks like the best move... MT: We both missed that even in the analysis after the game.} (28.Nc4! {MT: BvR showed us this. The point is that now White threatens back rank mate. Here the absence of the bishop from f8 or g7 shows.}) 28...Re4 29.Rf3 Qe6 30.Be3 Rc4?! {MT: This gets Black now in real trouble.} 31.Bd4! f5? {MT: f6 or Bd6 was really necessary I think.} 32.Re3 Qc8 33.Qe2! Bc6 34.Ne5 Ra4 {MT: Maybe some trick...} 35.Nxc6 Bf8? {QxN better} 36.Ne7+! Bxe7 37.g3 Qe8?? {MT: Bad blunder is a probably losing position. I had planned Bf8 Re8 Qc7 and answer Qe6+ with Qf7 but suddenly thought that does not work and panicked. Might have held for a while. RL too good for me! Black had the upper hand for a while, but did not play energetically and let it slip.} 38.Rxe7 {#r}