[Event "BCCC2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019-06-06"]
[White "Harrison Harrison"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[WhiteElo "1586"]
[BlackElo "1613"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d3 {I always enjoy playing Harrison. His chess style is so different from anyone else that anything can happen. It also makes you challenge yourself and examine the very way you think about chess. For example after the first few moves you know that - in theory - you already have a significant advantage, so much so that, if you were playing anyone else, even a very strong player, you have a good chance of winning. But with Harrison it's never so easy to prove it. (RJ)} d5 2.b3 e5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Kd2? {Sorry Harrison, just being objective! After this move, Stockfish 9 leaps to -2. (RJ)} c5 {I felt that If the Black king is going to stagger over to the queenside, c5 with a view to an early c4 would be nice. Stockfish 9 likes a5, presumably with the aim of breaking open the queenside. (RJ)} 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.f3 {Both my programs recommend Ke1 (!) RJ} Be6 7.g4 Qc7 8.g5 $17 Nd7 9.Bh3 Bxh3 10.Nxh3 O-O-O 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.Nf2 Qf5 {Not the best move. Both my engines give 13......a6  14. Nh6 c4 with a strong advantage. (RJ)} 14.h4 a6 15.Nc3 e4? {I decided against d4 because of the response 16, Nxe4. But 16.....Nd5 would then have been very strong. d4 is correct. (RJ)} 16.f4 d4 17.Ncxe4 dxe3+ 18.Kxe3 Nd5+ 19.Kd2 Qxf4+ 20.Ke2 f5? {Nd4ch, taking White's bishop out of the game is much stronger. (RJ)} 21.gxf6 Nxf6? {This timid move dissipates all of Black's advantage. Nd4! is the move. (RJ)} 22.Nxf6 gxf6 23.Kf1? {But Black hands it back again. Qg1 or Ne4 should be played. (RJ)} Rg8! {Preventing the forced exchange of queens by Qg4ch. Black's advantage is back to -2. (RJ)} 24.Rh3 Re8? {I thought for a long time on this move and was quite pleased. But it's a mistake. Qc7 or Nd4 are better. (RJ_} 25.Bc1? Qd4? {Returning the favour. Stockfish 7 gives Black a -6 advantage after Qf5! (RJ)} 26.Bd2 Kb8? {Far too timid. f5! keeps White's knight boxed in. (RJ)} 27.c3 Qd7 28.Qf3 f5? {Ne5 and if the Queen takes the f pawn White is in trouble after Bd6. (RJ)} 29.Re1? {Rg3. (RJ)} Rxe1+ $19 30.Bxe1 Ka7 {Bh6 is better. (RJ)} 31.Rg3 Rxg3 32.Qxg3 $15 Bd6 {Stockfish 9 says it's now even. (RJ)} 33.Qh3 Ne5 34.Bd2 Ng6 35.Ne4 Be7 36.h5 Ne5 37.Nf2 Ng4 38.h6 Qe6 39.Nxg4 fxg4 40.Qe3 Qf5+ 41.Ke2 Bd6 42.Be1 Qh5 43.Kf1 Qh1+ $17 44.Ke2 Qh2+ 45.Kd1 g3 {Qxa2 or Qh3 are stronger. (RJ)} 46.b4! {White now starts to put pressure on Black's kingside. (RJ)} g2 {Qh5ch is better. (RJ)} 47.Bf2 Qh5+ 48.Kc2 b6 {Consistently playing too tamely. The aggressive Qf7 is far better. (RJ)} 49.a4? {Letting White off the hook. Qe6 is strong. (RJ)} Qd5 {Qe5 and White still has an edge. (RJ)} 50.c4? {Allowing Qe5! (Which Black does not see.) (RJ)} Qc6 {Now it's even again. (RJ)} 51.b5 axb5 52.axb5 Qd7 53.Qg5! Qe6 54.Qg7+ Qe7 55.Kd1 Kb7? {Carelessly dropping the g pawn. (RJ)} 56.Qxg2+ $18 Ka7 57.Qg7 {Now White is clearly winning. (RJ)} Kb7? 58.Bg3 {Bh4! is crushing. (RJ)} Kc7?? {Kc8, but Black is still lost. (RJ)} 59.Qxe7+ {Summary? Black got an advantage out of the opening, but failed to make enough of it. Then, after getting into time trouble after using far too much time in the middle game, Black could not handle the complexities of the position as well as White.(RJ) hahaha [jb]} {#r}