[Event "BCCCA 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017-06-15"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Rod Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 {(RJ) Chessbase indicates this move, instituting the reverse Dragon, is the most played.} Be7 {(RJ) As is this.} 7.Bg2 Be6 {(RJ) Still book. Nb6 is more common.} 8.O-O h5?! {(RJ) Chessbase indicates this is not something usually played in this position. It may be premature for Black to get aggressive so early. In view of Rob's reply, probably I should have played g5 first.} 9.h4! {(RJ) Chosen by Deep Shredder. White basically says 'you're dreaming'. This seems to completely stymie Black's intended attack. Stockfish 7 picks 9. d4, the classical method of answering a wing attack with play in the centre.} f6 {(RJ) Still hoping for g5. Intererestingly, Deep Shredder (about 2955) thinks this is fine, but the stronger Stockfish 7 (3249) doesn't like it at all, giving White a half-pawn advantage after it.} 10.Ne4 {(RJ) Now both engines recommend d4! Being slightly ahead in development and with the White bishop controlling key centre squares, White would have very good activity. Now it's back to even.} Qd7 11.a3 a5 {(RJ) With the idea of stopping White's queenside pawn roller. Now it's messy as Black really would like to have castled on that side.} 12.Bd2 O-O {(RJ) Favoured by both programs. They too don't now like the idea of Queenside castling.} 13.Rc1 a4 {(RK) Picked by Deep Shredder. I wasn't too concerned about exchanging my hemmed-in Black bishop for the fairly useful knight on e4.} 14.Nc5 {(RJ) The programs like the idea of Rc4, putting pressure on the a pawn.} Bxc5 15.Rxc5 Nb6 {(RJ) While it's line ball, the engines prefer putting this knight on e7. That does look better. The knight is a bit out of play on b6; and on e7 it would support the knight on c6 and may go to f5.} 16.Qc1 Bh3 {(RJ) Usually an attacking move. But here defensive. White's king's bishop is about to wreak havoc on Black's Kingside.} 17.Rd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rad8 19.Be1 e4 {(RJ) Both engines play this here.} 20.Nd2? {(RJ) Ng1 is necessary.} exd3 21.Nf3! {(RJ) Neat. But White is now on the back foot. Deep Shredder puts it at -1.44, Stockfish 7 at -.48.} Qg4? {(RJ) Dissipating the advantage. Qe6! is best, eyeing off b3 and e7. It's now even again.} 22.Rxd3 Rxd3 23.exd3 Rd8 24.Qe3 Kf7! {(RJ) Best. Protects e6 and e8 in several variations. But the 10 minutes I took to find it was expensive at this point.} 25.Bc3 {(RJ) Best was Ba5!} Nd5 {(RJ) Also innacurate. Rd5!} 26.Qe4! {(RJ) Now it's even again.} Nxc3 27.Rxc3 {(RJ) bc was better.} Qxe4 28.dxe4 Rd1 {(RJ) Best. The problem now is I have 2 minutes left, to Rob's 10.} 29.b4 axb3 30.Rxb3 b6? {(RJ) I should have avoided this weakening move, and played Nd8.} 31.Rc3! {(RJ) This is awkward for Black now.} Rd6 32.e5? {(RJ) This gives away White's advantage. Both engines pick Ng1! presumably with the intention of f4.} Re6? {(RJ) Simply Nxe5 and it's even.} 33.exf6 Kxf6? {Lets the knight in on g5 (RL) (RJ) Yes, just didn't see it.  But even after the correct gf, the engines give White a 1 point advantage, giving the line 34. Ng1!  Rd6  35. Ne2  Kg6  36. Nf4ch  Kh6  37. a4  Ne5  38. Rxc7  Rd2  39. Rb7.} 34.Ng5 Rd6 35.Ne4+ Ke6 36.Nxd6 Kxd6 37.Rf3 Ne5 38.Rc3 c5 39.f4 Nc6 40.Rb3 Kc7 41.Re3 c4 42.a4 Kd6 43.Kf2 Kc5 44.Ke1 Kb4 45.Re6 Kc5 46.Rg6 Nd4 47.Rxg7 Kb4 48.Ra7 c3 49.Kd1 c2+ 50.Kd2 Kb3 51.Rc7 Kxa4 52.Rc4+ Kb3 53.Rxd4 b5 54.Rd3+ Kb2 55.Rc3 b4 56.Rxc2+ {A nice clean, accurate game by Rob. Largely even and error free throughout the game, until he pounced on my innacuracies.} {#r}