[Event "BCCC2019"]
[Site "RJ's Office"]
[Date "2019-05-26"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 {Patrick and I have played this  variation many times. I like it as I always get a poor game when I try to play the usual lines against the French, with Black getting persistent pressure against d4.  (RJ)} 5.exd5 exd5 {Patrick always takes with the Queen, presumably to avoid accepting an isolated d pawn. But Rob was obviously not troubled by the prospect. (RJ)} 6.Ngf3 c4! {I'm not so sure about the exclamation mark. It does avoid having an isolated pawn. But after the centre is closed up, Black's d pawn is potentially weak, and it seems to me that White has more active chances on the kingside, (RJ)} 7.Be2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 b5 $10 {A new move found by a Ballarat Chess Club member! Rob maybe forget about modesty and put this position on the website. This quiet move stymies White's plan of breaking up Black's queenside pawns, getting ahead of White's b3 and perhaps a4. It appears to have been played maybe once before in grandmaster chess. However it is picked by the super-strong Stockfish 9, which prefers it to the usual move Nc6. (RJ) my stockfish 9 picks bishop f5 and fritz16 picks nc6 the position is equal by fritz16 [jb]} 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.f4 f6 12.Ng4 {Looking at Ne3 to pressure the d pawn. (RJ)} Qc7 13.g3 Nb6 14.Ne3 Re8 15.Nf3 Bh3 16.Rf2 Nc6 17.Nh4 {move 17 rab8 not ne7 remains equal by fritz16 [jb] I started to feel happy about the game at this point. Apart from the game continuation, there were lots of interesting possibilities for White, , including playing f5 and then either playing a knight to e6, or trying to trap the bishop on h3. (RJ)} Ne7 18.Bg4 Bxg4 $10 19.Qxg4 {Nxg4, with the idea of Ne5 looked interesting. But it doesn't quite work. (RJ)} Qc8 20.f5 Kf7 21.Bd2 g6? {As Rob said after the game, the big mistake. Kg8 or Qd7 and it's still even. (RJ) fritz16 is saying qd7 move 21 and black has nothing to worry about [jb]} 22.fxg6+ $18 hxg6 23.Raf1 Qxg4 {If f5, Nxg6. (RJ)} 24.Rxf6+ Kg8 25.Nxg4 Bc7 26.Rf7 Nf5 27.Nh6+ Nxh6 28.Bxh6 Re6 29.Rg7+ {Intending R1f7 and mate can't be prevented. (RJ)} Kh8 {white mates in 6 [jb]} {#r}