[Event "BCCC2015"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2015-04-16"]
[White "Robert Bailey"]
[Black "James Watson"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.b6 Qxb6 7.e4 d6 8.f4? {Too ambitious, losing the thread of the game and the urgency for development. Nf3 and Bc4 were better.} exd5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Be7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Be2 Bf6 13.O-O Bxb2 14.Bxb2 Qxb2 15.Bd3 h6 16.Rf2 Qf6 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.Nc4 Qf6 20.Rb1 Nd7 21.g3 Rab8 22.Rfb2 Rxb2 23.Rxb2 Rb8 24.Rxb8+ Nxb8 25.a4 {white offered a draw} g6 26.a5 Kg7 27.Kg2 {White had seven minutes remaining; black returns the investment with half an hour on the following five move sequence.} Nd7 28.Qb3 Qe7 29.Kf2 Qf6 30.Kg2 Qe7 31.Kf2 Qf6 32.Kg2 Qd4 33.Nxd6 Qd2+ 34.Kg1 Qxa5 35.Qb7 Qa4 36.Ne8+ Kf8 37.Nd6 a5 38.Qa8+ Ke7 39.Nc8+ Kf6 40.Qa6+? {This blunders away the balance and shifts the advantage firmly over to black. Nd6 was better.} Kg7 41.Qc6 Qxc6 42.dxc6 Nb8 43.Na7 Na6 44.Kf2 Kf6 45.Ke3 Ke6 46.Kd3 Kd6 47.Kc4 {White offered a draw} a4 48.Kb5 a3 49.Kxa6 a2 50.Kb7 a1=Q 51.Nb5+ Ke7 52.c7 Qh1+ 53.Kb8 Qb1 54.c8=Q Qxb5+ 55.Ka7 Qd7+ {A credit to black's perseverance and a fine start to the championship.} {#R}