[Event "Koelle 'A'"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2014-12-03"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[Result "0-1"]

{An important game...a win for Black wins the tournament! And JB had made it clear in the days before that no compromise was to be expected!} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.h3 O-O 14.c3 b5 15.Bg5 Bb7 {all these moves were played instantly...a sure sign that JB had prepared for me. But now he thought for a while.} 16.Bxf6 gxf6 {now White sank into a 30 minute think...!} 17.Rxe6? {this came as a shock! I think 17.Nxe6...is better...but I have my doubts about the soundness of the whole idea!} fxe6 18.Nxe6 Qe7 19.Ng5+ Kh8 20.Nf7+ Rxf7 21.Bxf7 Rd8! 22.Qh5 Qe4 23.Qg4 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Kg7 25.Bb3 Bc5 26.Kf1 Rd2 27.a4 Rxf2+ 28.Ke1 Bxg2! 29.Ra2 bxa4 30.Rxa4 Rxb2 31.Be6 Bf2+ 32.Kd1 Bf3+ 33.Kc1 Re2 34.Bf5 Be3+ 35.Kb1 Re1+ 36.Kc2?? Bd1+ {#R}