[Event "Victorian Juniors U16/U18 Girls"] [Site "Knox School"] [Date "2017.07.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Cassandra Barnett"] [Black "Lillian Lu"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1066"] [BlackElo "1684"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "QGD: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 a6 10.Rc1 c5 11.Bd3 Ne4 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Rfd1 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Nf6 15.Bb1 Qe7 16.Qd3 Ne4 17.Nd2 f5 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Qe2 Qh4 20.h3 Rf7 21.Rf1 Raf8 22.Rc2 Qg5 23.Qg4 Qh6 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Rd2 Bc8 26.Bxe4! {This is sound and wins a pawn. The game would have probably been drawn after this with correct play. (C.B.)} e5 {Unfortunately, I completely thought I had lost the bishop, not seeing that Qd1 simply fixes the problem. (C.B.)} 27.Qg3? dxe4 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Qg6 30.Rd6 Rf6 31.Rxf6 Rxf6 32.Kh2 Qf5 33.Qg3 Qd7 34.Qe5 Qd6 35.Qxd6 Rxd6 36.Kg3 Rd2 37.Kf4 Bb7 38.Ke5 Kf7 39.a3 a5 40.g3 Rd3 41.Rb1 Rd2 42.Rf1 g5 43.g4 Kg6 44.f3 exf3 45.e4 f2 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4 cxb4 48.Rb1 Bc6 49.c5 b3 50.Rf1 Bb5 51.Rxf2 Rxf2 52.Kd6 Rf6+ 53.Kc7 b2 54.e5 Re6 55.c6 Bxc6 {I am reasonably happy with how I played. Hopefully, with improvement, I will see moves like Qd1 in the near future. (C.B.)} {#R} 0-1