[Event "Koelle 'A' 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018-11-29"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 c5 {Best according to Stockfish 9 (RJ)} 9.cxd5 {Also best.. (RJ)} exd5 {Accepting the isolated pawn, mainly on the grounds of good piece activity and the awkward position of White's queen's knight. Interestingly, stockfish 9 prefers this, but Deep Shredder likes Nxd5. (RJ)(RJ)} 10.b3 b6 11.Bb2 Ba6 {Both my engines like this. (RJ)} 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.Qd1 Ne4 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nxe4 dxe4 {fritz16 nd4 is equal jb} 16.Ne5?! {Nd4 is the move. (RJ)} Nxe5 $17 {fritz16 nd4 is equal jb} 17.Qxd8 {fritz16 bishp a3 e3 rc8 black is better jb} Rcxd8 {Accracy of white play According to fritz16 white play 48% and black % and it is a closed Catalan jb} 18.Bxe5 Rfe8? {e3! and Black has the upper hand. (RJ)} 19.Bc3 {Bf4 is better (RJ)} Rd6? {Overlooking White's next. Now it's even.(RJ)} 20.b4! Bd4 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.a3 e3 $10 {f5, blocking the White bishop, was attractive. (RJ)} 23.Bc6 $10 exf2+ 24.Kxf2 Red8 25.b5 Bc8 26.e3? {a4 (RJ)} Rd2+ 27.Re2 Bg4 28.Bf3 {Both my engines say Black has an edge of about .4. I felt that the isolated e pawn and control of the d file should give me good chances. Pat offered a draw. Being very, very tired and aware that Pat is a better endgame player than me, I accepted. Bit of a weak decision, on reflection. (RJ)} {#d}