[Event "Rapid #3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019-10-03"]
[White "FM Simon Rutherford"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Qe2 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Nf3 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nb5 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 Ba6 13.Nfd4 O-O 14.Qa3 Qxa3 15.Nxa3 Nd7 16.f4 Nc5 17.O-O-O Rac8 18.Nab5 Bxb5 {After the game, Simon told me that this move only helps white and that the a-pawn is almost untouchable due to the potential attacking lines on the a-file. (R.C)} 19.Nxb5 a6 20.Nd4 Ne4 21.Rhf1 g6 22.Rf3 Rc4 23.g4 Rfc8 24.f5 Ng5 25.Ra3 a5 26.Rb3 Rb4 27.Rxb4 axb4 28.h4 Ne4 29.fxe6 fxe6 30.Nxe6 Kf7 31.Nf4 Nf2 32.Rxd5 Nxg4 33.Rd7+ Ke8 34.e6 Nf6 35.Rf7 b3 36.axb3 Ne4 37.Rxh7 Rc6 38.Nd5 {#r}