[Event "Koelle 'A'"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016-10-20"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo "1554"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 {(RJ) A very tame way to meet the Albin Counter Gambit. After this, Black has at least equality jb haha yes maybe l wouldn,t play albin counter if u pay me} dxc4 {(RJ) Probably not the best response to White's approach. This just helps White develop. Stockfish 7 recommends 3....ed 4. e4 Nf6} 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 {(RJ) I had decided my whole game plan would be to create and attack the isolated pawn.} 6.exd4 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.O-O Bg6 {(JB) l thought this was a waste of time.(RJ) Maybe. But I wanted to be able to meet 9. Bf4 with O-O-O, without losing the f pawn.} 9.Bb5 {(JB) And l think this is a waste of a move too.(RJ) At the time it made me a little uncomfortable. But it turned out OK for me.} Ne7 {(RJ) Forced} 10.Nbc3 O-O-O 11.Rd1 {(JB) l should have played my bishop but was looking for a better square for it} Nb4 {(RJ) Both my engines say this dissipates Black's advantage, and prefer a6, putting it at around -.43. I wanted to create a stronghold on d5 and maybe attack the isolated pawn later if the opportunity arose.} 12.a3 {(RJ) Best, according to both my engines.} Nbd5 {(RJ) I looked for a long time at 12.......Nc2 13. Ra2 but there is nothing there for Black.} 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 Nb6 {(RJ) best, according to Stockfish 7. I wanted to bring my Queen's knight to d5.jb l think this is a waste of move why not take the knight on c3 and then play the outher knight to d5} 15.Be1 {(RJ) Looks awkward, but what else does White do with this bishop?} c6 16.Bd3 Bxd3 {(RJ) Happy to head toward an endgame, where hopefully White's d pawn will prove a weakness.} 17.Rxd3 Ned5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Rad1 {(RJ) Overprotecting the d pawn, which has become pretty much the focal point of the game.} Bd6 20.Nc3 Bc7 {(RJ) Best. Black obviously wants to be able to recapture on d5 with a piece.} 21.Ne4 {(RJ) Stockfish 7 recommends g3. The weaker program Deep Shredder ('only' about 2800) suggests b4, which is certainly more active.} Rhe8 22.Nc3 {(RJ) This retreat is recommended by both my engines.} Re7 {(RJ) Both engines think Black should go for it with h5. There is some logic to this. It's hard for White to make headway in the centre.} 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.f3 {(RJ) The engines prefer Bc3 or Re3.} Red7 25.b4 Bb6 26.Bf2 a5! {(RJ) With a view to giving White another isolated pawn to worry about in the endgame.} 27.Kf1 axb4 28.axb4 Bc7 29.Ke2 {(RJ) Both engines give Black a .8 advantage here. If only he knew how to use it............jb hahaha lol} Bd6 30.Rb3 Rb5 31.Rdb1 Kc7 32.Kd3 Rd8 {(RJ) Preferred by Stockfish 7. Deep Shredder likes h5. My aim was to swing the rook to a8 and then b2.Stockfish and deep shredder are out of date} 33.Kc4 Ra8 {(RJ) Again chosen by Stockfish 7.} 34.Rd1 {(JB) l looked at playing bishop g3 but didn't think much of it. (RJ) Both my programs in fact choose Bg3, and call Rd1 an error.yes i think so to an error l was going to play r1b2 but then u have rook a1} Ra2 $17 {(RJ) Now black is winning by -0.93. (RJ) Stockfish gives -1.6.} 35.Rf1 {(RJ) Best.} f5? {(RJ) NOW Black can take the h pawn.} 36.g3 g5 37.h3 Ra4 {hahaha lm back in it just} 38.Rfb1 $15 Ra2? {(RJ) Deep Shredder thinks this is fine, but the much stronger (around 3350) Stockfish 7 instantaneously switches its score to 0.00 after this - looking immediately well ahead and seeing that Black just can't make any inroads, despite White's apparent pawn structural weaknesses. After the exchange of rooks all dynamism goes out of the position; it's dead.} 39.R3b2 {(JB) Rook 3 b2 is a bad move he miss rook take b4 check hahaha h's doing a rob bailey sleeping it must be catchy. (RJ) Oh dear, yes.jb haha yeah must be old age} Rxb2?? 40.Rxb2 $10 Kd7 {(RJ) The programs agree this is hopelessly drawn. Black just can't make headway. Showing a basic lack of endgame judgement on my part. I felt that the isolated White pawns would be near fatal to him.} 41.Be1 Be7 {ooo} 42.Bd2 Bf6 43.Bc3 Be7 44.Re2 Bd6 45.Be1 Rd5 46.Re3 f4 $15 47.gxf4 Bxf4 48.Re2 Rf5 49.Kd3 Rf6 50.h4 Re6 51.Rxe6 Kxe6 52.Ke4 {l offer him a draw} h6 53.hxg5 hxg5 54.Bc3 $10 b5 {(JB) A game I should have lost. (RJ) Maybe, but White only made one real mistake and, yes, Black wasn't sharp enough to see it.} {#d}