[Event "Ballarat Begonia 2008"]
[Site "Ballarat"]
[Date "2008-03-09"]
[White "Wallis,Chris"]
[Black "Barrow,Nigel"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 f5 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.f3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Ng3+ {A few weeks previously, Max Mollard had played a similar sacrifice against me in a club game. Whilst I managed to defend against it, I found it extremely uncomfortable - the Bishop on the g1-a7 diagonal is difficult to block, and Black is always threatening to get a Rook or Queen on the h-file. Max was at this tournament also, and after the game said you are learning bad habits from me!} 14.hxg3 f4 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Qg6 Bf5 17.Qh5 Bxh7 18.gxf4 Rf5 19.Qh3 Rf8 20.cxd5 Qxd5 21.Nc3 Qc4 22.g4 Kg8 23.f5 Bxf5 {The second piece sacrifice. I felt this was necessary at the time as White was soon going to build up an overwhelming position.} 24.gxf5 Rxf5 {if now 25.Qxf5 Qxf1+} 25.Bd2 Qf7 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Bc1? {Fritz didn't like this move, preferring 27.Rad1. However by now, Chris was consistently down to his last 30 seconds, so had to come up with moves fast.} Rxe5 28.Qh4 Rd6 29.f4 Rh5 30.Qe1 Rg6+ 31.Kf3 Rh3+ 32.Ke2 Re6+ 33.Kd1 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Rh2 35.Ne4 Qd5+? {34... Qh5+ forces mate next move.} 36.Bd2 Bb4 {Here, White is losing another piece after 36.Re2 Rxe2 37.Kxe2 Qxe4+ - Chris decides on a more gentlemanly way to finish the game, allowing me a mate with a Queen sacrifice and a aesthetically apealing final position.} 37.Rc1 Qxd2+ 38.Nxd2 Rxd2# {I remember reading in a book that this is sometimes called an Epaullete mate, with the King wearing rooks as big shoulderpads on either side.}