[Event "BCCC2015"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2015-04-30"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Bas van Riel"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.g3 Na6?! {with a bishop on g2 this knight is a bit misplaced.} 8.Bg2 Be6 9.Qa4 c5 10.O-O Bd7 {(?) better 10..Nd5; 11.Nxd5, Bxd5 or 11.Rd1,Nb6} 11.Qb3 Bc6 12.Rd1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nc5 15.Qc4!? Qc8 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Ndb5 {?! Threatening Nc7, and also seemingly preventing 17..e5, the reason of black's previous move. However, both players overlooked the surprising reply 17..a6!; as 18.Nc7?, Ne6!;19. Rac1, b5; 20.Qc6, Nxf4+ and 21..Qg4+ would give black a very good game.} e5? 18.Be3 Bf8 19.f3 {(!)} Qe6 {? Still not realising that Nc7 was taboe, Qe6 (Re6 or Qc6 would have been superior moves) was a mistake i.e. 20.Qxe6, Nxe6; 21.Bxa7 leading to the loss of a pawn. Instead, black offered a draw. Therefore, acceptance deserves a question mark.. (After some thought, White simply reverted to form and accepted the draw offer. He completely missed that after 20.Qxe6...Nxe6, the a pawn goes! P.C.)} {#d}