[Event "BCCC2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019-06-13"]
[White "Robert Bailey"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 {The Milner-Barry Gambit...Rob prepared it for this game. (P.C.)} 10.Nc3 Qb6 {10...Qxe5 leads to a world of hurt for Black. 10...a6 is the main line. (P.C.)} 11.Qe2 Ne7 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Nb5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Bg3 Be7 16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.Rac1 O-O 18.Bf4 Rfc8 19.Be3 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Rxc5 Qxc5 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qg5 Bb5 $17 {23...Rc8 was better. (P.C.)} 24.Rc1 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Qb4 25.a3 Qb3 26.Bxb5 Qxb5 $17 27.h4 h5 28.b4 $15 Qd7 29.Qe3 Rc8 $10 {29...b6 was better (P.C.)} 30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Qxa7 $17 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 $15 Qf4+ $10 33.g3 Qf3 $10 34.a4! Qc3 $16 {34...Qb3 was a better try. Black is suddenly losing! (P.C.)} 35.Qxb7 $16 d4 36.a5 d3 37.a6 d2 {I saw 38.a7 d1=Q 39.a8=Q+...and wherever the King moves to, White follows with 40.Qbb8! and Black cannot avoid mate. I offered a draw in desperation, and was relieved when Rob accepted. He only had 1m:40s left on the clock and hadn't seen the mate. (P.C.)} {#d}