[Event "BCCC 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018-06-21"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 {The Chigorin variation...a surprise. (P.C.) I played the same move in our game in the Teters 2016, also drawn. You then replied 2...d5 (Bas).} Qe7 {I forgot the usual response...I figured this would take Bas out of any preparation he'd made. (P.C.)} 3.d4 d5 4.e5 c5 5.c3 Qc7 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bxc5 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 Nge7 10.Bd3 Ng6 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Nbd2 Rh5 13.g4 Rh3 14.Nb3 b6 15.Nbd4 Bb7 16.Nb5 Qe7 17.Nd6+ {(Bas) Here I should have delayed the knight check, and played Qf4, with the 18.Ng5 threat and avoiding the blunder. A case of mixing up the move sequence.} Kf8 18.Qf4?? {(Bas) Huge blunder:-4.6 18.Nxb7, Qxb7; 19.Qf4 with some advantage/pressure for white instead.} Rxf3! 19.Qxf3 Nxe5 20.Qg3 Qxd6 21.O-O-O Nc4 22.Qh4 Qf4+ 23.Kb1 Qh6 24.Qg3 Nd2+ 25.Ka1 Ne4 26.Qc7 Ba6 27.Rd4! {(Bas) complicating matters, which clearly rattled Patrick} Qh3 {(Bas) Preparing the next 'phantom' combination, to provide an excape square for my king against backrank queen- checks} 28.a3 Qf3 29.Re1 Qxf2?? {Missing the point of 29.Re1...(P.C.) After 29...Be2!, it would have been curtains and I would have resigned immediately (Bas)} 30.Rexe4! Qf1+ {30...dxe4 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxd8 mate (P.C.)  The engine suggested 30...g5! (difficult to find) with still considerable advantage (1.1) for black.(Bas)} 31.Ka2 Bc4+? {(Bas) Black's last mistake, equalising the game:31...Rc8 would maintain a slight edge for black.} 32.Rxc4! {#d}