[Event "BCCCA 2021"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2021-05-13"]
[White "Coffey, Ruari"]
[Black "Harrison, Harrison"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 {Harrison has now completed his opening word. The scariest part is that this looks very normal, so what poison will Harrison have in store? (R.C) that is weird hes playing chess good whats hes next move ?} 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O a5 {While not exactly common, this move isn't all that unknown either. Taking space on the queenside with the future idea of placing the knight somewhere via a6 after shifting whites pawns about. (R.C) whats this guy on lol} 8.h3 Qb6 9.Qb3 {By offering a queen trade, I find that it can sometimes limit the complexity of the game which is where Harrison thrives. The opening of the a-file may be of use later as well as removes any pins that affect the central push of pawns. (R.C)} Qxb3 10.axb3 b6 11.e4 Bb7 12.Be3 c5 {I spent about a minute or so thinking about how to deal with blacks now strong light squared bishop. I could complicate the position with e5 or dxc5 but I found that in the end, an open file in the centre for Harrison would be beneficial compared to my semi open a-file (R.C)} 13.d5 Nbd7 14.Ra2 {This rook is now passive but the long term plan is to trade the dark squared bishop on c3 later. This would allow my to double up wherever my other rook is. Later this plan does not bear fruit. (R.C) and now you are playing like him your got to be joking lol} h6 15.g4 {Thinking I could use the bishop to control e5 to help with an e5 push and creates a safe space for the bishop if g5 is played. (R.C)} Kh7 {Suddenly, a change in plans (R.C)} 16.g5 hxg5 17.Nxg5+ Kg8 18.f4 Nh7 {A good move, opens the bishops vision, prepares an e or f-pawn push and also forces me to make a decision with my knight. Capture, retreat or support, I've no idea what was best. (R.C)} 19.Nf3 f5 20.Nh4 Rf6 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Nb5 Raf8 23.Bd2 Rh6 24.Nf3 Rg6 25.Bc3 Bh6 {I saw this only after I played Bc3. Now I have to protect it with tactics... (R.C)} 26.Re1 Kf7 {Black offered a draw. If it was Rf7, then perhaps I would have considered more, but this square is a target for my b5 knight. It also stops the protection of the f5 pawn. (R.C)} 27.Nh4 Rxg2+ {Not particularly necessary but removes an important defender of the white king. If more pawns are taken, perhaps blacks pieces just swarm the kingside. Black again offered a draw. (R.C) given up for pieces nothing what a joke} 28.Kxg2 {Lines up the king with the L.S.B so there may be some tactics to be wary of but the rook on e1 also creates some issues. White's rook on a2 is passively watching but so is black's L.S.B so material is about equal in this position. (R.C)} Bxf4 {Black offered a draw again. But it's just a trade of pawns, nothing to worry about, right? (R.C) Harrison is turning into a pat lol} 29.Nxf5 Rg8+ 30.Kf1 {All the other moves made it unnecessarily trickier to calculate. I just decided to keep things simple. (R.C)} Nhf6 31.Rxe7+ Kf8 {now its over} 32.Bxf6 Nxf6 33.Rxb7 Rg5 34.Nfxd6 {Perhaps taking with the wrong knight but I figured it has the same results anyway. I didn't see a forced checkmate so moving my pieces away from my king seemed fine to do (R.C)} Rg3 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Rxf6 Rf3+ 37.Kg2 Rg3+ 38.Kf2 Be5 39.Rf3 Rg6 40.Nf5 Bf6 41.Ra1 {I tried to work out how to win with my knights but just gave up and resorted to bringing my rook back into the game. (R.C)} Bg5 42.Rg1 Kh8 43.h4 a4 44.Rxg5 Rf6 45.Rfg3 Rf7 {Stops the checkmate for now. Luckily, I have another knight yet to be involved. (R.C)} 46.Nd6 Rg7 47.Rxg7 b5 {Yes there is Nf7# but I wanted a group photo. (R.C)} 48.Rg8+ Kh7 49.R3g7# {As per usual an interesting game given up pieces for nothing how is that interesting}