[Event "FMShield2015"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015-08-09"]
[White "Tim Commons"]
[Black "Ben Kersten"]
[WhiteElo "1192"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nge7 9.O-O Nf5 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.a3 Be7 13.b4 Ba6 14.Re1 Bc4 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Bg5 a5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nc5 Ra7 19.Nd2 {Nxd4 is now appealling but poison} axb4 20.axb4 {Maybe better to take the Bishop (Nxb4)} Bb5 {*Black offers a Draw, which is swiftly but politely declined by White.} 21.Ndb3 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Qg5 {This move made White a little nervous.} 23.Qc3 h5 24.Nb7 f6 25.Nd6 fxe5 26.Rxe5 Qf6 27.Nxf5 exf5 28.Nc5 Rf7 29.f4 Ra7 30.h3 Ra2 31.Qg3 h4 32.Qf3 g6 33.Ne6 Qf7 34.Ng5 Qf8 35.Qe3 Re2 {Is Rook & Bishop worth the Queen here?} 36.Qa3 Rxe5 37.fxe5 Qe7 38.Qa8+ Kg7 39.Nf3 Qxb4 {Capturing the free pawn Looks attractive but gives White valuable tempo. } 40.Qb7+ Kf8 41.Qc8+ Ke7 42.Qc7+ Ke8 43.Qg7 Qb1+ 44.Kh2 f4 {A cheeky trap that White nearly falls for.. 45.Qxg3+ followed by QxQ!} 45.Nxh4 Qe1 46.Qxg6+ Kd7 47.Qf5+ Kd8 48.Qxf4 Bf1 49.Qf6+ Kc7 50.e6 c5 51.dxc5 Bb5 52.e7 Qe4 53.Qb6+ Kc8 54.Qxb5 Qe5+ 55.g3 Qxe7 56.Qc6+ Kd8 57.Qxd5+ Ke8 58.c6 Qe1 59.Qd7+ Kf8 60.c7 Qf2+ 61.Ng2 {Ballrat's 2015 Reserves Champion takes a scalp and justifies the faith shown in him by his club President Patrick Cook. A tough battle.} {#r}