[Event "BCCCA"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023-07-04"]
[White "van Riel,Bas"]
[Black "Loveband,Rob"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1656"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 Na5 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.d5 Nc4 10.Qe2 Ncb6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nbd2 f5 13.Bxb6 Nxb6 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.c4 Nd7 16.Ne4 Qe8 17.Qd3 Qf7 18.b4 Nf8 19.Ng3 Rf4 20.Re4 Ng6 21.Rae1 Rf8 22.Qe3 Rxe4 23.Nxe4 h6 24.Qxa7 Nf4 25.Re3 Qg6 26.Ne1 Bg5 27.Nxg5 Qxg5 28.Qxb7?? {Mate in 5 for Black... can you see it? Starts with check} Qf5 29.f3 Qg5 30.Re4 Qg6 31.Kh1 Rf5? {31...Nxg2; 32.Qxc7, Nxe1, Rxe1; 33.Qd3!} 32.g3 Rg5 33.Qa7? {33.Qxc7, Nh5; 34.Rg4!, Rxg4;35.Qc8+ and white is winning.} Nh3 34.Kg2 Nf4+ 35.Kf1 Nh5 36.Qe3?! Nf6 37.Rh4 Rf5 38.Ke2 e4 39.fxe4 Re5 40.Kd3 Ng4 41.Qf4 Rxe4? 42.Qxe4?? {42.Rxg4 instead, and white wins} Nf2+ 43.Ke3 Nxe4 44.Rxe4 Qg5+ 45.Kd3 Qf5 46.Ke3 {black had the easier game and a slight advantage. We had been in serious timetrouble, and decided to 'call it a day'..} {#d}