[Event "BCCCA2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022-05-05"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Julian Feinberg"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.Be2 h6 9.Be3 e5 10.Nb3 Be6 11.f3 O-O 12.O-O-O b5 13.g4 Nbd7 14.g5 {(BvR) a bit too early probably, but I was in a hurry for some reason. Better 14.h4 first.} b4?! 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bf5 17.gxh6 Rc8 {(Bas) Although only +1, it looks hard for black to defend, once the h2 pawn starts marching} 18.hxg7! Rxc2+? {white is now +4} 19.Qxc2 Bxc2 20.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 21.Kxc2 Qc8+ 22.Kb1 Nf6 23.h4 {(Bas) Once I was  piece up I needed 20 minutes to work out a workable plan for a pretty messy situation. The continuation of the game was like solving a series of chesspuzzles:ie find the best move and mate in 1 or 2 moves...} Qf5+ 24.Ka1 Nh5 25.Bh6+ Ke8 26.Rdg1 Qc2 27.Bxa6 Bf6 28.Bb5+ Ke7 29.Rg8! Bg7 30.Bxg7 Nxg7 31.Rxg7 Kf6 32.Rgg1 Qh7 33.Nd2 Ke7 34.Ne4 Qh5 35.Ng5 f6 36.Ne6 f5 37.Rg7+ Kf6 38.Rhg1 e4 39.f4 e3 40.Be2! Qh6 41.h5 b3 42.R1g6+ Qxg6 43.Rxg6+ {(Bas) I missed mate in 3 moves.} Kf7 44.Ng5+ Kf8 45.h6?! {#r}