[Event "Rapid Play # 2"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018-07-19"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 h6 4.h3 Bf5 5.Bf4 e6 6.e3 Bb4 7.a3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Bxe4 Bxe4 10.Qe2? {Nxe4 (RJ)} Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Qg3 Kh7? {Bd6 (RJ)} 13.Bxc7 Qd7 14.h4 {Be5 is better  (RJ)} Nc6 15.Qh2 {Bf4 is preferable. (RJ)} Rac8 16.Bf4 f6 17.h5 e5! {Opens up the game to Black's advantage. (RJ)} 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.Bxe5? {Just a bit too greedy. (RJ)} Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Bf6 21.Qg3 Bxc3+? {Rxc3 seems obvious when the engines point it out!. (RJ)} 22.bxc3 Rxc3 {Now it's even. (RJ)} 23.Rd1 Qc6 24.O-O Rxa3 25.Rd4 Rf5 26.Rg4 Qf6 27.Rg6 Qf7 28.Qd6 Ra6? {The engines point out Rxe3! (RJ)} 29.Qc5 Ra2 {Ra4, maintaining an advantage, is better. (RJ)} 30.g4 Rf3 31.Qd4! {Setting a nasty trap, which Black falls headlong into. (RJ)} Rxc2?? 32.Qd3 {Oh yes. Black is now lost. (RJ)} Rfxf2 {Hoping against hope for a blunder by White, in terms of overlooking the mate. (RJ)} 33.Rf6+ Kg8 34.Rxf7?? Rg2+ {And so Black, a Queen down, wins after an awful blunder by White.A very enjoyable bloodthirsty game.  It's a very interesting dynamic, with Queens and rooks on the board and no minor pieces. It seems to be all immediate attack and defence, with very little room for strategy. (RJ)} {#R}