[Event "Teters 2018"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2018-08-02"]
[White "Marley Sutherland"]
[Black "Jasan Barnett"]
[WhiteElo "302"]
[BlackElo "997"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Ne5 Qc7 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd2 Ba6 11.Re1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 c5?! {Bxh2+ is better, but, interestingly, the Chessmaster 10th ed. engine didn't criticise this move as much as I thought it would (hence, why I classified it as a dubious move rather than a mistake (?)  I didn't see the better move until after white moved the knight back to f3} 13.Nf3 Ng4!? {Puts pressure on white to make the obvious (but) game ending move.} 14.h3?? Ne5?? {14. Bh2+ 15. Nxh2 Qh2# (or 15. Kh1 Nf2#)  My tendancy to favour bishops over knights was a blockage here in my thinking so I didn't study this line at all} 15.a3 Rab8 16.Rb1 Nc4 17.b4 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 cxb4 19.axb4 Qc4! {A key moment in the game.  I took 17 minutes to make this move.  For about 12 minutes I was wanting to play either 19. Bxb4 or 19. Rxb4.  In both cases though I saw the dangerous knight follow-up move Nxd5 (played immediately if I take the pawn with the bishop, or delayed if I take the pawn with the rook), both of which would threaten my queen.  Chessmaster says my lead goes from 1.5 to 0 if I take the pawn.  At one stage I actually walked away from the board, had a drink and forgot about the game for a few minutes because I had a feeling I was potentially about to make a bad move.} 20.b5 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Rxb5 22.Rxb5 Qxb5 23.Qd4!? {Not the best move (Chessmaster rated it about the 6th or 7th best move) but, psychologically, I thought it was a good move.  It was aggressive and I was not expecting it.  I sat at the board for 9 minutes after this before moving.  It was after this move that I started to consider the possibility for the first time during the game that Marley could win if I was not careful.} Qc5 {A safe move, unnerved by Marley's last move, but it is not best.  It ensures a queen trade off but my advantage has gone from 1.7 to 1.4} 24.Ra1!? {Chessmaster says this is the second best move (the queen trade is best) but again, this shows Marley's development as a player I think.  I have to swap queens now and then rush to defend my a7 pawn on the very next move (and I knew this would be followed by an aggressive knight move afterwards)} Qxd4 25.Nxd4 Ra8 26.Nb5 Bb8 27.f3?! {If 27. Ra6, black's lead is down to 0.77 and his bishop and rook cannot move if the a7 pawn is to be saved.} a6! {The knight is kicked away and the pressure is released.} 28.Nd4?! {Permits the pinning of the knight to the bishop next move} Be5 29.Nc6?? Bxa1 30.Ne7+ Kf8 31.Nc6 a5 32.e4 d4 33.f4 a4 34.f5 exf5 35.exf5 a3 36.g4 a2 37.Nb4 Bc3 38.Nxa2 Rxa2 39.h4 Rxc2 40.h5 d3 41.Kf1 d2 42.Ke2 Rc1 43.Kf3 d1=Q+ 44.Kf4 Qd2+ 45.Kg3 Rh1 46.g5 Be5+ 47.Kf3 Rf1+ 48.Ke4 Qd4# {For large periods of this game, I thought that Marley's chess was of a quality that I would expect from the Goodison boys when they are playing well.  With play like this I would not be surprised to see Marley cause a significant upset during this tournament before it is over and perhaps score 2-3 points in the event.  Great work Marley!}