[Event "Teters 2023"]
[Site "BMI Ballarat"]
[Date "2023-09-24"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Paul Dao"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Nc3 Bd7 9.Na4 Qc7 10.Bd3 Nf5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.O-O Be7 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 h6 16.Nb5 Qe7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 {+0.83} 18.Nf3 g5 19.Qd3 g4 20.Nd2 f4 21.Nb3 Rd8 22.Rac1 Nb8? {+2.00. 22...f6 would have been better} 23.Nc5 b6 {+1.6} 24.Ncb7? {advantage dropped from +1.6 to +0.7; stronger would have been 24.Nxe6, Qxe6; 25.Rc7..} Rd7 25.Nc8 Qg5 26.Nbd6 Kg7 27.Rc3 f3 28.Rfc1 h5 29.Rc7 Rhd8 30.Nxa7 fxg2 31.Nab5 h4 32.R7c3 h3 33.Nc8 Rb7 34.Nbd6 Bxc8 35.Nxc8? {35.Rxc8.. would have been +1.60, now +0.95.} Nd7 36.Nd6 Ra7 37.R1c2? {+0.3. After the better 37.f3 it would be +1.4; In timetrouble, from hereon white quickly lost the game. In the believe that his position was winning, he ignored the imminent danger his king was in, until it was to late.} Nf8 38.Qb5? {-1.44; f3 instead} Ng6 39.Qxb6 Rad7 40.Rc7? {-4.8} Nh4 41.R7c3 Rxd6! {nice!} 42.exd6 Re8 {BvR. Good comeback by Paul.} {#R}