[Event "Spielvogel 2019"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.03.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Bas van Riel"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1794"] [BlackElo "1649"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French"] 1.e4 e6 2.g3 {Sidestepping Patrick's renowned French theory. (P.C.)} d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Bd6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Bf5 9.Bf4 Qc7 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nf4 Nbd7 12.h3 h6 13.Nce2 Rfe8 14.Nd3 Be4 15.f3 Bh7 16.Qd2 Re7 17.Rfe1 Rae8 18.Nef4 Bxd3 19.Rxe7 Qxe7 20.Nxd3 $10 Qe3+ 21.Qxe3 Rxe3 {Black offered a draw...(P.C.) as usual he always dose offer a draw you learn nothing from draws you can learn a lot by studying your lost games your deathly not 1649 in my book but that's my opinion [jb]} 22.Kf2 Re7 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 Kf8 25.Kd2 Ke7 26.Ke3 Kd6 27.f4 Ke7 28.Bf3 Kd6 29.h4 Nh7 30.f5 g5 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Kf4 Nhf6 33.Ne5! {white is clearly better According to fritz16-jb} g5+ 34.hxg5 hxg5+ 35.Kf5! Ke7 36.Nxd7 $18 Nxd7 37.Kxg5 Nf8 38.Kf5 Ne6 39.Ke5 Ng5 40.Bg2 Nf7+ 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.Bh3 Nd6 43.Bd7 Ke7 44.Bf5 Kf6 45.g4 Nf7 46.Bd7 Ng5 47.Bc8 b6 48.Bb7 Ne6+ 49.Ke3 Nd8 50.Bc8 Kg5 51.b4 a5! 52.a3 axb4 53.axb4 Nf7 54.Bd7 Nd8 55.Kf3 Kf6 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Bf5 Nb7 58.Ke5 Nd6 59.Bd3 Nf7+ 60.Kf5 Nd6+ 61.Kf4 Nb7 62.g5 c5? 63.Ba6 Nd8 64.bxc5 $18 {64.dxc5 bxc5 65.b5...is better. (P.C.)} bxc5 65.Ke5 Nc6+? 66.Kxd5 {Giving up the Bishop, but the 3 pawns should win. (P.C.) fritz16 is saying knight take d4 but you are still losing [jb]} Nb4+? 67.Kxc5 Nxa6+ 68.Kb6! Nb4 69.c4 Nc2 70.d5! Ne3 71.Kc5 Kd7 72.Kd4 Nf5+ 73.Ke5 Nd6 74.c5 Ne8 75.c6+ Ke7 76.c7? {76.g6...is winning. Black is in zugzwang.(P.C.) g6-ng7-d6+-ke8-kf6-nh5+-kf5-ng7+-kg5-kd8-kf6 winning [jb]} Kd7 $10 77.d6? {Again, 77.g6...is winning. 77...Kxc7 78.Ke6!...(P.C.)} Nxd6 78.g6 Ne8 {Here Bas offered a draw, which was immediately accepted. (P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2