[Event "BCCCA2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022-07-07"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Paul Dao"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.exd5?! (3.Nc3 d4 4.Nce2 c5 5.Nf3) (3.e5 c5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.c3 Nh6) 3...exd5 4.Nf3 (4.d4 {This is best as it controls a bit of c5 and white has complete control of the e5 square} Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be3 Ng4 {With the pawn on f4, the dark-squared B can't really do anything and can be attacked}) 4...Bd6 {Again, d4 should of been played to gain space (black as play c5 and d4)} 5.d3?! {The dark-squared Bishop is already closed up and now d3 also makes the light-squared bishop closed. Even g3 and bringing the B on g2 was better.} Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3 {c4 should have been played to stop White from getting too much space.} (8.c4 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bc7 10.Kh1) 8...a6?! {I thought a6 prevented Nb5 but now white can take advantage of the e5 square} 9.Qe1?! {Putting the Queen behind the Bishop just makes the Bishop pressured by black's next move} (9.Ne5 Re8 10.Bf3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd2 Qc7) 9...Re8 {Now, White simply can't play Ne5 and also can't move the Queen to attack the King because of d4. Another Idea for black instead of Re8 was Nc6 and b4.} 10.h3 {White is now desparately trying attack but Black leaves him no time} d4 {This move does gain space but it actually allows a Ne4 sac. b5 should have been played to counter-attack on the Queen side where black had the space and pieces.} 11.Nd1? {Retreating your pieces backwards in a position where you don't have space is not a good idea.} Nd5? {Trying to centralize the knight and attacking the f4 pawn is not a good idea and white can just go Ng5. A better idea was to play Qe7 and continue attacking the presurized Bishop.} 12.Nh2? {Ng5 and Ne4 ideas would of came in handy for white.} Qc7 {Again, continuing to attack the f4 pawn is not a good idea and I should of attacked the Bishop.} 13.Qf2 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.Ng4? {Instead, white should have of gone into an endgame where they were a pawn down.} (15.Qxf4 Qxf4 16.Rxf4 Rxe2) (15.Nf3 Bg3 {And white's queen would be trapped}) 15...h5 {A better idea was to play Bg3 and attack the Queen. The good thing is now Black has two threats after the trade of Bishops and Queem} 16.Nf6+ {This was white's last hope to gain an attack.} (16.Qxf4 Qxf4 17.Rxf4 Rxe2 {And now the N has to retreat, if white tries to sneak out by playing Rf2...} 18.Rf2 (18.Nh2) 18...Re1+ 19.Rf1 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 hxg4) 16...gxf6 17.Bxh5 Bh2+ 18.Kh1 Be5 {The good thing here for black is that both of his Bishops are pointing at the King side so White can't really attack.} 19.Qf3 {Qf3 and maybe Bg4 is White's last hope} Qc6 {And now if White refuses to trade Queens then the h3 pawn is hanging.} 20.Nf2 Qxf3 21.Bxf3 Ra7 22.Ne4 b6 23.Rae1 Rae7 24.Bh5 Kg7 25.g4 Bb7 26.g5 fxg5 27.Kg1 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Bf4 29.h4 Rxe4 30.dxe4 Re5 31.Be2 Rxe4 32.Bd3 Be3+ 33.Kg2 Rg4+ 34.Kh3 Rxh4+ 35.Kg3 Bf4+ 36.Kf3 Rh3+ 37.Kg4 Rg3+ 38.Kf5 {And he falls for a mating net} Nc6 39.Rh1? Ne7+ 40.Ke4 f5#