[Event "Koelle 'A'"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019-10-31"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Sean Macak"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 {Knowing Sean, I thought I'd prepare a line against the Benoni and pin my hopes on that. Instead a different game ensues. (R.C)} Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qd3 a6 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.h4 {Starting an immediate attack on the kingside. My idea was to either castle long or play Kf1(-g1 if needed) and then attack but found that due to blacks a6, has some start on a queenside attack. Also is useful as a knight outpost. (R.C)} c5 13.Ng5 Qg6 14.Qxg6 hxg6 15.O-O-O c4 16.g4 Rfe8 17.h5 f6 18.Ne4 gxh5 19.Rxh5 g6 {Opens blacks kingside but at the very least there is already and escape path. (R.C)} 20.Rh3 b5 21.Rdh1 Kf8 {Starting to run. (R.C)} 22.Rh8+ Ke7 23.R8h7+ {Missing a slightly better combination with R1h7+, but I just wanted a pawn. (R.C)} (23.R1h7+ Kd8 24.Rxe8+ Kxe8 25.Nd6+ (25.Rh8+ Nf8 26.Nxf6+ Kf7 27.g5 {Or to trade everything after kd/h7 (R.C)}) 25...Kd8 26.Rh8+ Kc7 27.Rxa8 Kxd6 {Winning an exchange but knights are very tricky and a draw could still be possible. With me playing far too quickly for a classical game, not wanting to risk it. (R.C)}) 23...Kd8 24.Rxd7+ Kxd7 25.Nxf6+ Kd6 26.Nxe8+ Rxe8 27.Kd2 {Trying to bring the king into the game as blacks king is very active. (R.C)} e5 28.Re1 e4 29.f3 Kd5 30.c3 g5 31.Rf1 Rh8 32.Rf2 Rh3? {(bas) It looks like a draw after: 32...exf3; 33.Ke3, Re8+; 34.Kxf3, Rf8+; 35.Ke2; Rxf2; 36.Kxf2, Ke4. as black's king has the opposition.} 33.Ke2 {Blacks rook and king are quite dominant and I was struggling to come up with a concrete plan using my material advantage. (R.C)} Rg3 34.f4 Rxg4 35.f5 Rh4? {(bas) 35..Rf4 instead, would be a comfortable draw} 36.f6 Rh8 37.f7 Rf8 38.Rf5+ Ke6 39.Rxg5 Rxf7 40.Re5+ Kd6 41.Rxe4 Rh7 42.Kf3 {Intending to meet Rh2 with Re2 as well as continue bringing my king into the game. (R.C)} Rh3+ 43.Kg2 Rd3 {An overlooked part of my plan. White's king isn't really going anywhere for now. (R.C)} 44.Re2 Kd5 45.Kf2 b4 46.Re5+ Kd6 47.cxb4 Rxd4 48.Re2 Rd3 49.Rc2 {Forcing Black to protect the pawn with the king. (R.C)} Kd5 50.Ke2 Kd4 51.Rd2 {After trading rooks the game becomes significantly easier. (R.C)} Ke4 52.Rxd3 cxd3+ 53.Kd2 Kd4 54.b3! {Cutting off blacks king from reaching the pawns. All that needs to be done now is push them. (R.C)} Ke4 55.a4 Kd4 56.a5 {With the idea that if the d3 pawn remains protected, the a- or b- pawn will rush to victory. (R.C)} Kd5 57.Kxd3 Kd6 58.Kd4 Kc6 59.Kc4 {A very good game with a strong resistance by black with possibilities of  entering a drawn theoretical endgame. Thanks for the game. (R.C)} {#r}