[Event "Rapid Play # 2"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016-07-21"]
[White "Michael Tausz"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.O-O-O a6 9.g3 b5 10.d5!? {MT: Sacrificing a centre pawn to open up the game. Maybe too optimistic?} exd5 11.Ne5 c6 12.Bg2 Re8 13.Rhe1 Bb7 14.Ne4 Nbd7 15.Nxf7 {MT: After the game PC and I thought this should be ? because it obviously had not worked. But I now disagree. The sac however may still be unnecessary, but who can resist? For what it is worth, it is actually the first choice of the analysis engine on this page (I have not yet tried another one).} Qa5! (15...Kxf7? {MT: The knight is immune (I think), for example:} 16.Ng5+ Kf8 (16...Kg8 17.Qe6+ Kh8 18.Nf7+ Kg8 19.Nh6+ Kh8 20.Qg8+ Nxg8 21.Nf7# {MT: this was what I sort of hoped for during the game!}) (16...Kg6 17.Qd3+ Ne4 18.Bxe4+ dxe4 19.Qxe4+ Kh6 20.Qxh7#) 17.Ne6+) 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qh5? {MT: Maybe only this went astray. I thought long about the knight check, but was not satisfied. But look at the variation.} (17.Nh6+! Kf8 (17...Kh8 18.Qxe8+!! Nf8 {MT: taking the queen leads to mate (I think)} 19.Qf7) (17...gxh6 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Rxe8+! Rxe8 20.Qxd7 Re7 21.Qd6 Kg7 22.Bxh6+ Kg6 23.Kb1 $16 {MT: and White would be quite happy here (not winning, but with an edge I think).}) 18.Bd6+ $18 {MT: may lead to mate?} Re7 19.Bxe7+ Bxe7 20.Qxe7#) 17...Rxe1 {MT: this puts an end to White's attack.} 18.Nh6+ gxh6 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Qxd7 {MT: big difference that Black has taken the rook first! Black has won! Disappointing that I did not find the right continuation, but PC is too tenacious a defender for me!} Rae8 21.Qf5 Rxd1+ {#R}