[Event "BCCCA 2021"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2021-06-17"]
[White "van Riel, Bas"]
[Black "Cook, Patrick"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 Nf6 {No French Defence today...! (P.C.)} 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Rc1 Na5?! 10.Nf3 c5 11.d5! exd5 12.cxd5 c4! 13.Nd4 Bd3 14.Bxd3 cxd3 15.Qxd3 Nac4 16.e6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Qd7 18.Bxb6 Nxb6 19.Qe4 Bd6 20.Nxg7+ Kf7 21.Ne6 Rhe8?? 22.O-O+?? {(Bas) Blind Freddie, missing mate in 3 moves, starting with Qxh7.} Kg8 23.Rf5 Nxd5! {(Bas) Pat's explanation mark is not justified. It is, in fact, a blunder, overlooked by both players. 23...h6 was the only move (I believe)} 24.Rg5+ Kh8 25.Rxd5?? {(Bas) 25.Qd4 is immediate (and well-deserved) curtains for black.} Qxe6 26.Qxe6 Rxe6 27.Rcd1 Bb4 28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kg7 30.Rd7+ Re7 31.Rxe7+ Bxe7 32.b3 Bb4 33.Ne4 Kf7 34.Kf2 h6 35.Kf3 Kg6 36.Nf2 h5 37.g4 hxg4+ 38.Kxg4 b5 39.Nd3 Bd6 40.h4 a5 41.Nf4+ Kh6 42.Ne6 a4? {(Bas) This time, I finally grabbed my chance to score the full point. After surviving the horrendous earlier middel game, one should feel sorry for black to loose the game so close to 'salvation' why feel sorry for him its only pat [jb] lol} 43.Nd4! axb3 44.axb3 Bb4 45.Nxb5 Bc5 46.Nc3 Bd4 47.Nd5 Kg6 48.b4 Kf7 49.Kf5 Ke8 50.Ke6 Kd8 51.Kd6 Kc8 52.h5 Kb7 53.Ne7 Kb6 54.Kd5 Bc3 55.Kc4 Bg7 56.Nf5 Bf6 57.h6 Kc6 58.h7 Kb6 59.Ne7 Bh8 60.Ng6 Bg7 61.h8=Q Bxh8 62.Nxh8 {#r}