[Event "Ballarat Club Championship"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Kent Baden"] [WhiteElo "1438"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Result "0-1"] {Not knowing Kent's play style, i decided to play a safe opening (RC)} 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Qe7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nbd2 c5 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Nb3 {Later in the game, I became unhappy with this move (RC)} Qb6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Re1 Rd8 {Stopping e4 (RC)} 13.Qb1 e5 14.e4 Nb4? {loses a pawn (RC)} 15.Nxe5 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Re8 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nc4 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Qd8 20.Nd6?? {If only I could put more question marks next to this move. 20.Qe5 then play the knights (RC)} Qxd6 21.Qe8+ Qf8 22.Re1 Be6 23.Qb5 Qb4 24.Qxb4 Nxb4 25.d4 Rd8 26.Rd1 Bxb3 27.axb3 f5 28.f3 Kf7 29.Kf2 Rd7 30.Rd2 Ke6 31.Ke3 Kd5 32.Kf4 Nc6 33.Kxf5? {Rd3 (RC)} Nxd4+ 34.Kf4 Rf7+ 35.Ke3 Re7+ 36.Kd3 {Kf2 (RC)} Nxb3 37.Rd1 Nc5+ 38.Kc3+ Ke5 39.Re1+ Kd6 40.Rd1+ Kc6 41.b4 Na6 42.Rd2 Nc7 43.Kc4 b5+ 44.Kb3 Re3+ 45.Kb2 (45.Ka2 {If trying to hold onto the pawn} Nd5 46.Rb2 Nc3+ 47.Ka1 Re1+ 48.Rb1 Rxb1#) 45...Nd5 46.Rc2+ Kb6 47.Rc8 Re2+ 48.Kb3 Rxg2 49.Rb8+ Kc6 50.Rc8+ Nc7 51.Rg8 g6 52.Rf8 Rxh2 53.Rf6+ Kb7 54.Rf7 Rh3 55.Kc3 Kc6 56.Kd4 Kd6 57.Ke4 Nd5 58.Rxa7 Rh4+ 59.Kd3 Nxb4+ 60.Ke2 Rh2+ 61.Ke3 Nd5+ 62.Kd4 Nc7 63.Ra1 h5 64.Ke4 Re2+ 65.Kd3 (65.Kf4 Ne6+ 66.Kg3 g5 67.Ra6+ Ke5 68.Rb6 Nd4 {And white is in zugzwang (RC)}) 65...Re8 66.Rg1 Rg8 67.Ke4 Ke6 68.Rc1 Ne8 69.Rc6+ Nd6+ 70.Kf4 g5+ 71.Kg3 Rf8 72.Rb6 Rf4 73.Rc6 b4 74.Rb6 Kd5 75.Rb8 Nf5+ 76.Kh2 Nd4 77.Kg2 Nxf3 78.Rd8+ Kc4 79.Rc8+ Kd3 80.Rd8+ Ke2 81.Re8+ Kd1 82.Re3 h4 83.Rd3+ Nd2 84.Rd5 b3 85.Rb5 g4 86.Rb7 Rf3 87.Rb8 h3+ 88.Kh2 Nf1+ 89.Kh1 g3 {hoping for stalemate chances, though after the game found there were none (RC)} 90.Rd8+? {Rxb3 (RC)} Nd2 {mate in a few moves. A very strong showing from Kent with good knowledge of positional maneuvering in engames (RC)} 91.Rxd2+ {E.G [91-93] (RC)} Kxd2 92.Kg1 b2 93.Kh1 b1=Q# {or 93... Rf1#} {#R}