[Event "BCCC2015"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2015-05-14"]
[White "Jonathon Yates"]
[Black "Bas van Riel "]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[Result "0-1"]

{584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 c6 5.Bd3 {Not logical to play a piece twice in the opening, loosing the advantage of playing white..Bg5, f3 or Qe2 were more consistent alternatives defending the e4 pawn.} Bg7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.f4 e5 {(!)} 9.Kh1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.e5? {A mistake as it looses a pawn without compensation} dxe5 12.fxe5 Qxd4 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bh6 {This is a fairly difficult position to play for both sides. 14. Bh6 probably is the best move:a) it develops blacks bishop, gaining a tempo; b) get rid of blacks bishop pair and c) it complicates 'matters' for black, thereby inviting black to make a mistake, eg my immediate, instinctive reaction was to play 14..Rd8?. It was only after about 10 minutes of 'heavy' thinking about Rd8 and Bg4 ,and rejecting these moves, that I suddenly noticed white's strong reply 14...Rd8; 15.Qf3! with disastrous results (for me..) By the way, 14..Bg4 is a mistake: 15.Bxf8!, Bxd1; 16.Bxc5, Qxc5; 17. Ne4 and white is better.} Bg7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Be2 {(!)} Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Bf5 18.g4? {the loss of a second pawn. Instead 18.b4!, Ne4; 19.Nxe4, Bxe4; 20.Rd7, b5; 21. Bf3..for instance looks like a difficult rook-endgame with realistic drawing chances for white, albeit with a pawn down.} Bxc2 19.Rd2 Be4+ 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Rd7 Nc5 22.Re7 Rad8! 23.b3 Rd7 24.Re5 b6 25.g5 Rd5 26.Re7 Rd7 27.Re5 f6 28.gxf6+ Rxf6 29.Re1 Nd3?! {To swap pieces was probably not the quickest way to win} 30.Bxd3 Rxd3 31.Re7+ Rf7 32.R7e6 c5 33.R1e2 Kh6 34.Kg2 Rfd7 35.Kf2 Rd2 36.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37.Re2 Rxe2+ 38.Kxe2 Kg5 39.a4 Kg4 40.Kf2 Kh3 41.Kg1 a6 42.Kh1 b5 43.a5 c4 {#R}