[Event "Koelle 'A'"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2021-12-09"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1527"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 {No Dutch Defence tonight...! (P.C.)} 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 {I vaguely recalled this is an option after 6..b6. (P.C.)} exd5 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Bb1 Rc8 14.Bf5 {Kevin gave a little chuckle after I played this...moving the Bishop twice in 2 moves. (P.C.)} g5 15.Bg3 Qb6? {This loses a pawn...all I need (P.C.)} 16.Bxd7 Nxd7 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Nf6 19.Qe5 Rfe8 20.Qc3 Ne4 21.Qc2 Bf6 22.b3 h5!? 23.h4! gxh4?! 24.Bxh4 c4 25.Bxf6 cxb3 26.Qxb3 Qxf6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Qb7 Re8 29.Qxa7 h4 30.Qd7 Re6 31.Nd4 h3 32.Nxe6 hxg2 {Here, Kevin asked me if there is a checkmate...I hadn't thought about it...he clarified, asking if I had a mate. I played into this intending 33.Qd8+...now I spent time looking at 33.Qe8+...I saw there is no mate and reasoned that with the Queens still on the board it's a bit drawish. (P.C.)} 33.Qd8+! Qxd8 34.Nxd8 gxf1=R+ {Amusing...(P.C.)} 35.Kxf1 $18 Nc3 36.a3! f6 37.Nc6 Kf7 38.Nd4 Ke7 39.Nc2 Kd6 40.Ke1 Kc5 41.f3 Kc4 42.Kd2 Nb1+ 43.Kc1! Nc3 44.e4 Kd3 45.Kb2 Na4+ 46.Kb3 Nb6 47.Nb4+ Ke3 48.Nd5+! {Playing into an ending I knew was winning...(P.C.)} Kxf3 49.Nxb6 Kxe4 50.Nc4 Kd5 51.Kb4 Kc6 52.a4 f5 53.a5 f4 54.Ne5+ Kb7 55.Kb5 Ka7 56.a6 Kb8 57.Kb6 Ka8 58.Nf3! Kb8 59.a7+ Ka8 60.Nd4 f3 61.Ne6 {#r}