[Event "BCCC2018"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2018-06-21"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nh6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O Bg4 6.Be3 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nd7 9.Qd2? {Missing the chance to trap the light squared bishop with f3... after d5 exposes the b2 pawn, dxBe6 Bxb2, exd7+ earning a tempo and a piece. I was trying to hold on to the small lead in development and didn't work through to what could have been an early win. (RL)} Bxe2 10.Bxe2 Ng8 11.Nc3 h5 12.Rac1 Ngf6 13.f3 a6 14.Bc4 Rc8 15.Bb3 h4 16.Nd5 h3 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Rc1 Qb8 19.Nc7+ Kf8 20.g4 Ne8 21.Qc2 Nc5? 22.Nxe8 Nxb3 23.Qxb3 {I thought for a long while before 23.Qxb3, but Komodo and Fritz agree it's the best move. Qc8 doesn't work. (RL) It think that it works, although perhaps not the best move to win. Eg. starting with 23.Qc8 at} (23.Qc8 Qxc8 24.Rxc8 Bxd4 25.Kf2 Bxe3+ 26.Kxe3 {After 26..Nc5; 27.Nxd6+, Kg7; Rxh8; 28.Kxh8, Nxf7+; 29.Ng5 and white will easily win with 2 pawns up (after taking the h3 pawn) (Bas)} Nc5 27.b4 Ne6 28.Nxd6+ Kg7 29.Rxh8 Kxh8 30.Nxb7) 23...Kxe8 24.Qa4+ Kd8 25.Rc2?? {Totally missing 25.d5 threatening Bb6 (RL)} (25.d5 e5 26.dxe6 b5 27.Qxa6 Ke7 {Blacks in deep trouble (RL)}) 25...e6! 26.Qa5+ Kd7 27.Qa4+ Ke7 28.Qc4 Rd8 29.Qc7+ Qxc7 30.Rxc7+ Rd7 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7 {White totally frittered away any advantage... Kodomo and Fritz say 0.00 (RL)} 32.Kf2 f5 33.Kg3 e5 34.Kxh3? (34.dxe5 Bxe5+ 35.Kxh3 fxe4 36.fxe4 Bxb2) 34...exd4 35.Bc1 fxe4 36.fxe4 d3 37.Bd2 Bxb2 {Black now ahead at -2.00 (RL)} 38.Kg2 Bd4 39.Kf3 Kc6 40.h4 Kb5 41.h5 gxh5 42.gxh5 Ka4 43.h6 Ka3 44.h7 Kxa2?? {Not enough time to take this... this was the losing move: Komodo gave it -10.00 (RL)} 45.Bf4? {Missing mate in umpteen moves by pushing to e5! Ha, as if! (RL)} (45.e5 Bxe5 46.Ke4 Bh8 47.Kxd3 Kb3 48.Be3 Kb4 49.Bd4) 45...Bh8 46.Ke3 d2? { b5 much better... still would be in with a chance (RL)} 47.Kxd2 Kb3 48.Kd3 a5 49.Bxd6 Ka4 50.e5 Kb5 51.Ke4 Kc6 52.Be7! a4 53.Bf6 a3 54.Bxh8 Kd7 55.Bf6 {#r}