[Event "Koelle 'A'"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019-11-21"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.g3 Nc6 9.a3 a5 10.Bg2 Re8 11.O-O {Played after a long think. I saw 11...e5 was coming, but couldn't see any sensible way to prevent it! (P.C.)} e5 12.Bc1 e4 13.Ne1 {I wanted the option of playing f4 in response to e6. (P.C.)} Nd4 14.Qd1 {White's position looks pathetic...but it seems to be safe enough! (P.C.)} a4 15.Nxa4 Nxe2+! 16.Kh1! Nxc1 17.Nxc5 d6 18.Nxb7 Bxb7 19.Rxc1 Qb6 {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} 20.Nc2 d5 {20...Qxb2 is met by 21.Rb1... winning a piece. (P.C.)} 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 dxc4 {When playing 21.Qd4...I missed that after Queen's are exchanged, I can't take the pawn at c4 because of Ba6 winning the exchange. (P.C.)} 23.Nb5 {Discouraged by the turn of events, now White offered a draw... (P.C.)} {#d}