[Event "BCC Championship"] [Site "BCC"] [Date "2016.06.09"] [Round "10"] [White "Bas van Riel"] [Black "Jeremy Lim"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1884"] [BlackElo "1520"] [ECO "B54"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6"] {584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.f3 a6 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc4 13.Kb1 O-O 14.g4 b5 15.g5 {Here I thought for about 30 minutes about the following sequence which should have won white a healthy pawn. Instead and despite the time spent I overlooked 'something'' which cost me the game. (BvR)} b4! 16.Nce2? {This knight should go to a4 to leave space for the knight on d4 (BvR)} Nd7 17.b3 Qc7 18.Qxb4?? {I thought I had it all worked out on move 15 and quickly took black's pawn on b4, completely missing black's reply e5 (BvR)} e5 {oeps} 19.Nf5 gxf5 20.exf5 Bb7 {Bas pointed out Rd8 first to free the bishop (JL)} 21.f6 Bh8 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 Bxf3 24.Re1 Rfd8 25.Ng3 Bg4 {Stopping Nf5-Ne7 or -Nh6} 26.Rf1 Nf8 27.Ne4 Ne6 28.Rf2 Rxd6 29.Nxd6 Rd8 30.Nc4 e4 31.Kb2 h6 {I wondered if a prophylactic Bh3 to stop h4 might work (JL)} 32.h4 Bh5 33.Kc3 Nc7 34.Nb6 Kh7 35.a4 Rd1 36.Rd2 Rh1 37.Rd7 Ne6 38.Nd5 Rxh4 39.gxh6 Kg6 40.Rd6 Be2 41.Kd2 Rh2 42.Bf4 Rh4 {Incompletely calculated but I saw Bas was short on time here (JL)} 43.Kxe2 Nxf4+ 44.Nxf4+ Rxf4 45.Rxa6 Kxh6 46.b4 Rxf6 47.Rxf6+ Bxf6 48.Ke3 Bc3 49.Kxe4 Bxb4 50.c4 Kg5 51.Kd5 f5 52.c5 Ba5 53.Kd6 f4 {Well played, Jeremy. Because black's bishop was boxed in, I did live in hope for a while that I could mobilize my pawns on the queenside. However, Jeremy worked systematically and successfully towards liberating his trapped bishop and won the game. Incidentally, it was Jeremy's last game for the tournament and at the club before moving back to Melbourne. So, if I had to loose a game, it could not have come on a better moment and to a more deserving player (BvR) Great game Bas. (JL)} {#R} 0-1