[Event "BCCCA 2021"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2021-04-29"]
[White "Coffey, Ruari"]
[Black "Stewart, Scott"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Nbd7 {I thought for a while, thinking about whether I fight back in the centre or just stop black's e5 push. I figured I could do similar to a reverse dragon and use the c-file to attack. (R.C)} 5.c4 e5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qa4 {The not so subtle threat of Nxe5 (R.C)} Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Nc5 10.Qc2 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nb5 {Delaying development of my bishop in hoping to take at least one of black's bishops. (R.C)} Be7 13.d4 {I was wanting to complicate things a little, leave black with an isolated d-pawn, place a knight in the centre and put my rooks on the c/d files. Scott decided to complicate things further (R.C)} a6 {This was my first major mistake in the opening (S.S)} 14.dxc5? (14.dxe5 Nfd7 {and white is much better (S>S)}) 14...axb5 15.Nf5! Rc8 16.b4 b6! 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qd3 {move 18 a4 is equal [jb]} bxc5 19.bxc5 {The reason why I played Qd3, the pawn can't be taken without the loss of material. (R.C) I disagree, Black is much better if I take the pawn straight away. I initially intended Qxc5. I mistakenily thought e4 was an improvement hoping to lock down on the light squares first. But e4 is just a blunder as after White captures on b5 I can no longer recapture the pawn. (S>S)} e4?? {As discussed in the previous moves notes} (19...Qxc5 20.Ba3 b4 21.Rab1 Rb8 $17) 20.Qxb5 $16 Rb8 (20...Rxc5 21.Ba3 (21.Qb4 Rfc8 22.Be3 R5c7 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 {could be playable for black. (R.C)}) 21...Rxb5 22.Bxe7 Rc8 23.a4 Rb7 24.Bd6 {may be playable. (R.C)}) 21.Qa5 Rfc8 22.Be3 Rc6 23.Rfc1 Rbc8 {I saw that black's plan is to just pile on the c-pawn, I figured I just have to defend and everything will be okay after I can consolidate with Bd4 and e3. I was never able to play this though. (R.C)} 24.Rc2 Bf5! {Sets up d4 and e3 as moves, this was particularly annoying. Additionally, there is soon the option of trading white's light squared bishop and then switching the rook, queen and knight into attacking the white king. (R.C)} 25.Qb4?? Qe6?? (25...Ng4 $10 {The Bishop can't move or Black gains counter play and a slight edge with e3.} 26.a4 Nxe3 27.f3 {Please delete this mouse slip :)} (27.fxe3)) 26.Rc3 Nd7 27.a4 Rb8 {I had missed this as an option when Nd7 was played. I was only focused on the possibility of taking on c5 or moving into e5 and being a bit of a pest. (R.C)} 28.Qa3 {Qd4 could lead to a repetition of moves and Qa5 looks awkward. (R.C)} h5 29.h4 Ne5 30.Qc1 {I had spent a while what move order was required as Bf4 looked nice, Bd4 was an option, a4 etc but became more worried about my misplaced rooks. (R.C)} Ra6 31.Bf4 Rc8 32.Bxe5 {The knight was the biggest unpredictable attacking piece so I got rid of it at the expense of dark square control. (R.C)} Qxe5 33.e3! Bd7 {Black offered a draw. Most likely as a result of white not pushing the pawns. (R.C)} 34.Bf1 Ra5 $14 35.Raa3 Bc6 36.Qd2 Rxa4 37.Rxa4 $16 Bxa4 38.Ra3 Bc6 39.Ra6 Qe6 {When I saw this I thought I could just pile up on c6 with he bishop but black doesn't have to take and the king looks a little to close before white can promote. (R.C) Yea, stepping into the pin was very bad, Bb5 and white has a game winning advantage (S>S)} 40.Qb2 Qd7 41.Qb6 $10 f5?? (41...d4 42.Ra7 Qe6 43.Ba6 dxe3 44.Bxc8 exf2+ 45.Kxf2 e3+ 46.Ke2 Qxc8 $10) 42.Ra7 $18 {friitz16 say white has a decisive advantage move 42 [jb]} Qd8 43.Qb2 Rc7 $16 44.Qb6 {The effects of a game going on too late, both Scott and myself though white was completely winning due to the pin but... (R.C)} Rc8! 45.Qxd8+ Rxd8 $16 46.Rc7 Ba8? 47.c6 Kh7 48.Ba6 Rb8 49.Bb7 Bxb7 50.cxb7 {This feels better for white now (R.C)} Kg6 51.Kf1 Kf6 52.Ke2 g6 53.Kd2 Ke5 54.Kc3 Kd6 55.Rg7 Kc6 56.Kd4 Rxb7 57.Rxb7 $18 Kxb7 58.Kxd5 Kb6 59.Kd6? {probably not the best move but I thought I could get stuck on the side of the board very close to midnight at this point. (R.C)} Kb5 60.Ke6 Kc4 61.Kf6 Kd3 62.Kxg6 Ke2 63.Kxf5 Kxf2 64.Kf4! {The only saving move I think. Whichever direction black goes is the direction that white focuses on. A very long game, finishing just after midnight (R.C) white has mate in 14 say fritz16 [jb] Thanks for the game, was a very messy game though. I hope we play better in the rest of the tournament :)} {#r}