[Event "BCCCA 2021"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2021-05-20"]
[White "Perrin, Kevin"]
[Black "Coffey, Ruari"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.c4 e5 {After being asked what the best response to 1.c4 was, I suggested e5 and Nf6. Recently, I find that to teach, I need to lead by example. (R.C)} 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d6 5.e3 Be6 6.b3 Na6 {The only idea for this was to keep out of the way of the rooks once I move my queen. Later this knight on the rim is very much dim. (R.C)} 7.d4 Qc7 8.Nge2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Rad8 11.a4 {According to the engine, white had a pleasant position (+0.7 or so) until this move. It does give black the b4 square for the knight but it's difficult to reason its importance for now... (R.C)} exd4 {This gives back the advantage from before. (R.C)} 12.Nxd4 Bg4 13.f3 Bc8 14.Kh1 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Rxd5 17.e4 Rh5 {The wrong idea. I wanted to see if I could end the game quickly but alas, was not to be. White now has a very pleasant advantage of +1.7-ish. (R.C)} 18.f4 Rh6 19.Nf5 {A very attractive move which leads to an apparently equal position. To keep the advantage, Qf3 is suggested. (R.C)} Bxf5 20.exf5 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Be4 Rd8 {Right idea, wrong rook. (R.C)} 23.Qf3 Nc5 24.Bc2 Rfd6 25.Rad1 {Now to clear the board except for the inequalities in pieces. (R.C)} Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qd7 28.Qxd7 Nxd7 {I reasoned that my knight can become slightly more powerful than the bishop, if I can just get my king active. Both sides have an extra pawn on the opposite side of the board however, whites f-pawns are doubled effectively meaning that there is three pawns with a more supported b-pawn. In short, once trying to be pushed the f4 pawn looks like it is the focus of my attack. (R.C)} 29.Kg2 {White offered a draw. I declined for the previous reasons. (R.C)} Kf8 30.Kf3 Ke7 31.Ke4 Kd6 32.Kd4 a5 {Stopping any pawn clearances on the queenside and preventing the white king from entering that side of the board easily. (R.C)} 33.g4 f6 34.h4 Nb6 35.g5 Nd5 {When I played this, I though white had a breakthrough with h5, h6 but to stop all of that, black only needs to play h6 after h5. The engine says black is winning of about -2.9 (R.C)} 36.gxf6 gxf6 37.Ke4 Kc5 38.Bd3 Nc3+ 39.Ke3 b5 40.axb5 cxb5 41.Bc2 Nd5+ 42.Ke4 Nb4 43.Bd1 Na2 44.Kd3 {Renders the entirety of my plan ineffective but eventually the plan forms a little more clearly. (R.C)} Nb4+ 45.Ke3 {I was unsure about this move as it gives a much needed tempo for black. The position of the king and bishop are awkward and has potential for some nasty knight forks which would clear up the board further. (R.C)} Nd5+ 46.Kd2 Kd4 47.Be2 b4 48.Bc4 Nxf4 {One pawn down, but it's doubled so not too important at this point. It did cover e5 so it does allow blacks king some more movement. (R.C)} 49.Bg8 h6 50.Bf7 Ng2 51.h5 Ne3 52.Be6 Nf1+ 53.Ke2 Ng3+ 54.Kf3 Nxh5 {Another pawn down. (R.C)} 55.Kg4 Ng7 56.Bf7 Ke5 57.Bg6 Nxf5 {If Bxf5, h5+ wins back the piece and becomes an easy pawn ending. (R.C)} 58.Kh5 Nd4 59.Bf7 f5 60.Kxh6 f4 {And the pawn is very fast. Thanks for the game Kevin (R.C)} {#R}