[Event "Spielvogel 2018"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.01.25"] [Round "0"] [White "Bas van Riel"] [Black "Jasan Barnett"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1783"] [BlackElo "941"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"] 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Be3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.h3 O-O 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qe2 c5 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.g4? (11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Bb5 Nbd7 13.Ne5 {(BvR) I had missed that move (and Jasan's reply), and the resulting pressure on black, ultimately winning a few pawns..} Re7 14.Qd3 Qf8 15.Bxd7 Rd8 16.Qb5 a6 17.Qxb6 Nxd7 18.Qxb7 Nxe5 19.Qxa6 {+2.57, two pawns up and a won position for white}) 11...c4! {(BvR) forcing a swap of a side-pawn (black) against a more important centre pawn (white)} 12.Bxc4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 {(BvR) from here to move 19 the positions remained more or less in balance with only a small advantage for white.} 14.Rh2 Qc8 15.Ng5 Bb7 {15.f5.. was stronger, if only to complicate matters} 16.Bd3 Nc6 17.Qd2 f6 (17...Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Bb5 Qc5 20.Qxd4 Qxb5 21.Qf6 Qd7 22.Rxd6 Qe7 {(BvR) looks very drawish}) 18.Ne4 Qd7 19.f5?! {(BvR) not the best move (e.g.20. Ng3 first, followed by f5), but I had to complicate the game, and intended to attack along the g-file} Ne7 20.Ng3 exf5 21.gxf5 gxf5? {(BvR) Jasan's first mistake, but is was too tempting to try and hang on to a pawn, I guess. White's attack is not (yet) life- threatening, hence black should have stayed calm and play 21..Rac8 for instance, bringing the rook into play.} 22.Qf2 {(BvR) +0.57 advantage for white} Be4? {(BvR) now +2.05 advantage for white, as after the swap, white will have the bishop pair, black has a very dis-jointed pawn structure, and also a dangerously exposed king. Black should have strengthened his defence by Kh8 and Qe6, but it is not an easy decision to make.} 23.Nxe4 fxe4 24.Bxe4 d5 25.Bd3 Rf8 {(BvR) Jasan had only 4 minutes on his clock. Therefore, his following moves are not the best, eg 25...Kh8 or 25..f5} 26.Rg1 Rf7 27.Bh6 Kh8 {(BvR) 27..Ng6 would be slightly better} 28.Bxg7+ Rxg7 29.Qxf6 Rg8? {(BvR) Jasan missed his best chance to survive:} (29...Ng8 30.Qe5 Re8 31.Rxg7 Qxg7 32.Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.Kd2 {White is +1.72 better and an extra pawn, but winning is still difficult}) 30.Rhg2 Nc8 31.Rxg7 Rxg7 32.Qf8+ {(BvR) An unusual checkmate after an enjoyable game. Jasan made me work hard, and made his only mistakes in timetrouble. Good game.} {#r} 1-0