[Event "Spielvogel 2019"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.02.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Michael Schreenan"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "772"] [BlackElo "1584"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bd2 Na6 {Wanting to bring the knight on c5} 8.e5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Bxd5 11.c4 Bb7 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.a3 Nc5 14.Qe3 a5 15.Be2 Ne4 16.Nd4 Ng5 17.O-O Nh7 18.Nb5 {A tricky move that exploits blacks closed position. The c-pawn is under attack and is holding the queenside together. Moving the rook most likely leads to a draw by repetition and moving the d-pawn will be met with the rooks coming to the soon to be open files. (R.C)} Qd8 19.b4 O-O 20.Rfd1 Bc6 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 c6 23.Nd4 {Nd6 is met with f6 (R.C)} Qc7 24.h3 Qxe5 25.Qd3 Nf6 26.Nf3 Qc7 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.Rxd6 axb4 29.a4 Rfd8 30.Ne5 Kf8 31.Rad1 Ke7 32.Nf3 {White offered a draw. Playing g4 and f4 may have proven better as blacks pieces are stuck defending pawns and Nxc6 would always be a threat. (R.C)} Ne4 33.R6d4 Nc3 34.R1d3? {Loses the exchange. R1d2 is better but blacks queenside pawns will still be a problem. (R.C)} Ne2+ {#R} 0-1