[Event "2017 Rapid"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2017-07-27"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Cassandra Barnett"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bc4 Nxe4! {The favoured move on Chessbase and that liked by my engines.(RJ)} 7.Bxf7+ {Also best. (RJ)} Rxf7 8.Nxe4 c6 {Not given as an option on Chessbase. The most popular moves are Rf8 (obviously anticipating a knight on g4) or h6 (to prevent that move.) (RJ)} 9.h4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd5 {I thought this looked horrible, but the very strong Stockfish 7 feels it is the best move here. (RJ)} 11.Neg5 {An inaccuracy according to the engines, which like Qe2. (RJ)} Rf8 12.c4? {Assuming Qf5 and simply overlooking the fact that the c pawn is undefended. Cassandra coolly takes the initiative from here. Again Qe2 is best. (RJ)} Qxc4 13.Bc3? {The programs recommend White now go for it with h5. (RJ)} Bg4 {h6 is better (RJ)} 14.h5 h6! 15.hxg6? hxg5 16.Rh7? {Stockfish 7 now gives Black an advantage of -5.96. It felt like it. My only hope now was a swindle. (RJ)} Qe6+ 17.Kd2 Qxg6 18.Rh2 Rxf4 {Qe4 or Qf7 was stronger. (RJ)} 19.Qb3+ Kf8? {Qe6 or Be6 and Black is still crushing White. (RJ)} (19...Qf7 {Just testing. This (I'm sure) did not happen. (C.B.)} 20.Qxb7 Bxf3 21.Qxa8 Be4 22.Qxb8+ {Sorry, Rod, my sheet says I played Kf7 after check (illegal move) and the rest of my sheet seems to agree. After Qxb8, I don't have check, and then I played Rf2+ and you played Ke1, and so on. This variation I tried doesn't seem to help, as Qxb8 is still check. This is leading me to believe that I must have played Kf7 (as I'm certain I didn't play Kf8) and neither of us picked up the mistake. (C.B.)}) (19...~g8-f7 20.Qxb7 Bxf3 21.Qxa8 Be4 22.Qxb8 Rf2+ 23.Ke1 Rxg2 24.Rxg2 Bxg2 25.Qb3+ d5 26.Qd1 Qf6 27.Qe2 Bf3 28.Qf2 Qf5 29.Rd1 g4 30.Rd2 g3 31.Qxg3 Qb1+ 32.Kf2 Qh1 33.Qxf3+ Qxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Ke6 35.Re2+ Kd6 36.Bb4+ c5 37.Bxc5+ Kc6 38.Rxe7 Bh6 39.Rxa7 Bc1 40.b3 Bb2 41.Ra6+ Kb5 {I can get no further here. Does this look familiar, Rod? (C.B.)}) 20.Qxb7 Bxf3 21.Qxa8 Be4? {Going astray again in the complications. Bd5 and Black is still ahead. (RJ)} 22.Qxb8+ {My writing became illegible about here. Perhaps Cassandra can finish? (RJ)} {#r}