[Event "BCCC 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018-05-17"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Robert Bailey"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1481"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 {Declining to continue our longstanding debate over the Morra Gambit. (RJ)} d3 5.Bxd3 Nc6 6.h3 {The second most popular move on Chessbase, after O-O. (RJ)} Nf6 {The other viable option is g6 (RJ)} 7.O-O e5?! {Bravely accepting the risk of a permanently backward d pawn. This is not given as an option on Chessbase, the book moves being g6 and e6.(RJ)} 8.Qe2 {My engines prefer the immediate c4. The text also prevents d5 for the moment. (RJ)} Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.c4 {At last getting the idea. White's white squared bishop is effectively a pawn here, so there's really no problem in giving it up. (RJ)} Nb4 12.Nc3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Be6 14.b3 a6! {Preparing the thematic break with b5. (RJ)} 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Na4 {A bit pointless in view of Black's next. (RJ)} Nd7! 17.Nc3 {Deep Shredder likes this, but Stockfish 7 says it's an inaccuracy, picking Qe2. (RJ)} Nc5 18.Qb1 Qb8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 {I thought this was obvious, but both my programs prefer cd. I think the idea is subsequently to put pressure on Black's d pawn. (RJ)} Ne6 21.Rcd1 Rc6 22.Bc1 Rfc8 23.Ba3 b5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Bxe7 Nd4 27.Bg5? {Overlooking the obvious threat of Ne2ch followed by the fork on c3. (RJ)} h6? {As so often in chess, a mutual blunder. Here Rob had an excuse. He only had 5 minutes left here to my 13. He was troubled by my potential mating threats on d8, which were more apparent than real. He maybe assumed I knew what I was doing. (RJ)} 28.Bd2 Ne2+ 29.Kf1 Nc3 30.Bxc3 Rxc3 31.R5d2 Qb6 32.Qb2 b4 33.Rd6 Qb5+ 34.Kg1? {Better to block with Qe2. (RJ)} Qe2?? {An appalling oversight in severe time trouble (less than a minute.) Black has an edge after Rc2. (RJ).} {#r}