[Event "Spielvogel 2020"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.02.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Chantelle Barnett"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "978"] [ECO "D90"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 {A surprise! I was expecting a King's Indian...(P.C.)} 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Nd7 13.Be3 Nb6 14.Rac1 Nd5 15.Qb3 Nxe3 {Gives up a powerful, centralised Knight for a passive Bishop. (P.C.)} 16.Qxe3 Rc8 17.Rc5 Qd7 18.Rfc1 c6?! {This buries the White squared Bishop...and gives me a target at c6.(P.C.)} 19.Bd3 Rfd8 20.Be4 Rc7 21.d5!? {I thought about this for a long time. I felt that immediate aggressive action was required...(P.C.)} Rdc8 22.Qc3 b4! {A clever deflection...throwing a spanner in the works! (P.C.)} 23.dxc6! bxc3 24.cxd7 Rxd7 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.bxc3 {Not the tempting 26,Rxc3... because of 26...Rd1+ and mate. (P.C.)} Bh6 27.Rb1 f5 28.Bc2 Kf7 29.Nd4 Rc7 30.c4 e6 31.Bb3 Bg7?! {31...Bf4 was better. (P.C.)} 32.f4 Bd7 33.Rc1 Bh6 34.g3 Bf8 35.Kf1 Rc5 36.Rd1 a5?? 37.Nxf5! exf5 38.Rxd7+ Kg8 39.Ke2 a4? 40.Bxa4 Rxc4?? 41.Bb3 {#r} 1-0