[Event "Country Vic Champs 2005"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[White "Robert Bailey"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, 5.a3"]

{Inspired by the recent club championship game with Kevin, I decided to go
back and find the other French Winawer that we played.} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 6.axb4 dxc3 7.bxc3 {This is where the two games vary;
here I took on c3 and allowed black to attack the centre immediately.} Qc7!
8.Bd2 Qxe5+ 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Nf3 Qd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 {c4 looks playable and also
came up as a theme in the recent club championship game.} b6 13.c4?! Qxb4
14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bc1 Qc3 16.Ra3 {This rook lift also appeared in the recent
game. Black remains a little better here though.} Qc7 17.Bb2 Rd8 18.Qd4 Nf6
{Instead f6 looks strong and appears to keep black with an advantage of
-1.035.} 19.Qh4 Qe7 {Nbd7} 20.Bd3 {Ng5?!} h6? 21.Be4? {Missing Bxf6, Qxf6 and
Qe4!} Ba6 22.Rfa1 {Re1} Qb4? 23.Bh7+! {Remarkably, the exact same amount of
moves as the second Winawer in the 2018 Club Championship! This has certainly
been a trip down memory lane. I also remember a despairing loss to Jon Davis
in the final round of this tournament, spoiling any chance of gaining the
reserves title.} {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL 2018"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Chantelle Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "784"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 h5?!
{8...Kh7 is standard. (P.C.)} 9.h3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nf3 a6 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Bh6
Rb8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rdg1 b5 16.g4 Neg8 17.gxh5 Nxh5 18.Nxe5! dxe5 19.Bxh5 b4
20.Ne2 Qf6 21.Ng3 b3 22.axb3 Rxb3 23.Bd1 Rxg3 24.Rxg3 Qh4 25.Bg4 Bc8 26.Bxc8
Rxc8 27.Rg4 Qe7 28.h4 Qc5 29.b3 Qa3+ 30.Qb2 Qxb2+ 31.Kxb2 Nf6 32.Rg2 Nxe4
33.Re1 Nf6 34.Rxe5 Rh8 35.Re7 c5 36.dxc6 Rc8 37.c7 Ne8 38.h5 Nxc7 39.hxg6 Kf6
40.Rxf7+ Ke6 41.Rxc7! Rxc7 42.g7 Rxg7 43.Rxg7 Kd6 44.Kc3 Kc5 45.Re7 Kb6 46.f4
Ka5 47.b4+ Ka4 48.Ra7 Ka3 49.Rxa6# 1-0


[Event "VRCL 2018"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barboros Kara"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, 5.a3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Bd3 Qc7
9.O-O c4 10.Be2 O-O 11.Ng5 f5 12.f4 h6 13.Nf3 Bd7 {Black offered a
draw...(P.C.)} 14.a4 Qa5 15.Bb2 b5 16.axb5 Qxb5 17.Ba3 a5 18.Bd6 a4 19.Qb1
Qxb1 20.Rfxb1 Ra7 21.Bc5 Rc7 22.Bd6 Ra7 23.Bc5 Rc7 24.Nd2 {White declined the
draw, and doesn't want to repeat. (P.C.)} Ra8 25.Bf3 Kf7 26.Bd6 Rca7 27.Bc5
Rc7 28.Nf1 g6 29.Ne3 h5 30.h4 Ra6 31.Nd1 Be8 32.Nf2 Bd7 33.Nh3 Ra8 34.Ng5+ Kg7
35.Bd6 Rca7 36.Ra3 Nc8 37.Bc5 Rc7 38.Kf2 N8e7 39.Ke3 Nc8 40.Raa1 N8e7 41.Rb6
Rca7 42.Bxe7 Nxe7 43.Nxe6+ Bxe6 44.Rxe6 a3! 45.Rb6 a2! 46.Rb2 Kf7 47.Kd2 Ke6
48.Rb5 Ra6 49.Kc1 R8a7 50.Rb8 Kf7 51.Rh8 Ra5 52.Rd8 Ke6 53.Rd6+ Kf7 54.Rf6+
Kg7 55.Rb6 Kf7 56.Rb8 Ke6 57.Rd8 Kf7 58.Rd6 Kg7 59.Rf6 Ra8 60.Rd6 Kf7 61.Rd7
Ke6 62.Rb7 R8a6 63.g3 Ra8 64.Rb4 R8a6 65.Rb8 Ra7 66.Rh8 R7a6 67.Rh7 Ra8
68.Bxh5!? {White lashes out in frustration...it looks promising, but does it
work? (P.C.)} gxh5 69.Rxh5 Rg8 70.Rg5 Rxg5 71.hxg5? {71.fxg5...looks much more
logical...and dangerous. (P.C.)} Ng6 72.Kb2 Ne7 73.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 74.Kxa2 Ng6
75.Kb2 Ne7 76.Kc1 Nc6 77.Kd2 Na7 78.Ke3 Nb5 79.Kd2 Kf7 80.g4 Kg6 81.e6 fxg4
82.Ke2 Kf5 83.e7 Nd6 84.Kf2 Kxf4 {The Knight easily deals with the two passed
pawns from e8. (P.C.)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL 2018"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "FM Carl Gorka"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Bd6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Qf3!? c6 6.Ne2 Be6 7.O-O Nf6 8.h3 Nbd7
9.b3 O-O 10.c4 b6 11.Nbc3 Qc7 12.Nf4 Bxf4 13.Bxf4 Qd8 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Rac1 Qd6
16.Bf4 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Qd8 18.Bg5 Qc7? {Six consecutive moves of the Queen! Carl
pointed out 18...Qb8 is better, after the game.(P.C.)} 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5
Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Rfe8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Rxc6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL 2018"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Max Mollard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko Gambit: 4.cxb5 a6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O
Nbd7 10.bxa6 Qb6 11.Nbc3 Bxa6 12.Bxa6 Qxa6 13.Be3 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.b3 Nfd7
16.Rfd1 c4 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.bxc4 Nxc4 19.Bf2 Rb2 20.Qc1 Qa5 21.Ncb5! Rxb5 22.Qxc4
Rb4 23.Qc2 Rab8 24.Nc6 Qb5 25.Nxb4 Bxa1 26.Nc6 Qb2 27.Qxb2 Rxb2 28.Rxa1 {#r}
1-0


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Alistair Anderson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1839"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 3.g3"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Ndf3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.c4 Ne4 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Ne5 Qd8 {Qc6 (R.C)} 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Rc1 f6
15.Nd3 b6 16.e3 Qd7 17.Qe2 Bg6 {Stockfish gives +1 advantage to white (R.C)}
18.f3 Ng5 19.e4 Bf7 20.e5 {Allows black to close the game. h4 was better but I
was worried that it would open my king too much. (R.C)} f5 21.c5 b5 {Stockfish
now gives +1.7 advantage to white, possibly due to the better placed knight
and dark squared bishop (R.C)} 22.Rc2 Nh7 23.Bc1 g5 24.Nf2 {Becoming slightly
worried about black's pawn push (R.C)} Kh8 25.b4 Rg8 26.Kh1 Bg6 27.Rb2 Qe8
28.g4 h5 29.h3 Qf8 30.a4 a6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra2 Ra8 33.Be3 f4 34.Bc1 Qb8
35.Ba3 Qb7 36.Rfa1 Ra4 {I've had to add a move due to notation issues but the
resulting position is the same at move 44-45. (R.C)} 37.Bf1 Rga8 38.Bc1 R8a7
39.Qb2 Nf8 40.Nd1 Nd7 41.Nc3 R4a6 42.Ra3 Qa8 43.R1a2 hxg4 44.hxg4 Kg7 45.Qa1
{Both players have an Alekhine's gun on the board but whites has a bishop
support. (R.C)} Rxa3 46.Rxa3 Qh8+ 47.Kg1 Rxa3 48.Qxa3 Qh4 49.Ne2 Qh8 50.Qa7
Qc8 51.Bd2 Bd8 52.Nc1 Be8 53.Nb3 Qc7 54.Qxc7 {With this, any advantage either
side had is gone as the other pieces on their own can't break through on
either side. (R.C)} Bxc7 55.Bd3 Nb8 56.Kf2 Bd7 {Black offered a draw at this
point. I though maybe I could do a sacrifice on the f/g files but eventually
realised the position is a draw (R.C)} 57.Nc1 Na6 58.Ne2 Be8 59.Ng1 Bf7 60.Nh3
Bd8 61.Ke2 Be7 62.Kd1 Kg8 63.Kc2 Nc7 64.Kb3 Kg7 65.Nf2 Be8 66.Nd1 {Finally
accepting that the position is a draw. (R.C)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lyle Pyres"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "625"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...c5"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Be3 Qb6 9.b3
Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 {Better was Nd7 (R.C)} 11.Bf4 g5?! {It wins the pawn, however
I think it opens the king a bit too much (R.C)} 12.Bc1 {Better was e4 (R.C)}
Nxe5 13.e3 Ng6 14.Nd2 d4 15.cxd4 cxd4 16.Nf3 dxe3 17.Bxe3 Qb5? {Only
considered bad if white finds the correct continuation. (R.C)} 18.Re1 (18.Nxg5
Bxg5 19.Qh5!! {Truly lucky not to be put on the spot (R.C)}) 18...Rd8 19.Qe2
Qxe2 20.Rxe2 h6 21.Rae1 Bb4 22.Bd2 Bxd2 23.Nxd2 a5 {I was having trouble
developing my queenside pieces and thought this the quickest way. Stockfish
prefers Rb8 with -1 advantage to black. It is now about even. (R.C)} 24.a4 Ra6
25.Re3?? {Drops a piece, though it took me a minute to figure out if there was
any follow up. (R.C)} Rxd2 26.Bf1 Rad6 27.Bc4 b6 28.Kg2? {The king will move
again. (R.C)} Bb7+ 29.Kf1 Kg7 30.Kg1 Rd1 31.Kf1 Rxe1+ 32.Kxe1 Ne7 33.f3 Nf5
34.Rc3 Bd5 35.Kf2 Bxc4 36.Rxc4 Rd2+ 37.Kg1 Rb2 38.Rc3 Nd4 39.f4?? {Missing the
bigger threat (R.C)} Ne2+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Barboros Kara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.h3 e6 {Makes h3 look silly now... (R.C)} 4.Bf4 Be7 5.e3
O-O 6.Bd3 a6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.O-O Bd7 10.a3 Rc8 11.Rc1 Qb6 {At this point,
I though black is better but stockfish gives advantage to white [about +0.5]}
12.Rb1 {Best (R.C)} Rfe8 13.Ne5 h6 14.Ng4 Qd8 15.Qf3 {Now black has a slight
advantage of about -0.4 (R.C)} Nxg4 16.hxg4 cxd4 17.exd4 Bg5 {Creates an
unsavoury pin (R.C)} 18.Rfe1 b5 {Creates a hole on c5 for the knight but I had
other ideas (R.C)} 19.Nf1 Na5 20.Bxg5 hxg5 21.Qh3 Qf6 22.Ng3 g6 23.Qh6 {White
has about +1.8 advatage} Qh8 24.Qxg5 Qg7 25.Qe5 {Wanting to trade queens now
that I'm a pawn up despite the doubled g-pawn (R.C)} f6 26.Qd6 {Qe3 (R.C)} Rc6
27.Qb4 Nc4 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Qb3 Qh6 30.Qd1 Kf7 31.Qc1 Qg7 32.g5 {The move that
keeps white's advantage (+2.3 (R.C))} e5 33.gxf6 Qxf6 34.dxe5 Rxe5 35.Rxe5
Qxe5 36.Qe1 {+1.2 (R.C)} Qd6 {Better to trade queens. White is much better at
+2.4 (R.C)} 37.Rd1 Be6 38.Qe3 Kg7 39.Rd4 Rc7 {Again, better to trade (R.C)}
40.Rh4 Kf6 {A brave choice (R.C)} 41.Qd4+ Kg5 {Qe5. If Rf4 then Bf5 (R.C)}
42.Ne4+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stewart Booth"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"]

{After finding out who I was playing for round 4, I decided to prepare a line
from a game that Stewart played a few years ago. (R.C)} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6? {It was either this or O-O, but I couldn't
remember the order. (R.C)} 7.Bf4 {This is what I get for trying to remember
something instead of calculating, either a poor pawn structure or playing down
a pawn. (R.C)} Be6 {Activity over material (R.C)} 8.Qxc7 Qxc7 9.Bxc7 Nd5
10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Be5 f6 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 {I now have the bishop pair. I might be
able to salvage something during the game. (R,C)} 13.Nd2 {The move that allows
black into the game (R.C)} f5 14.e3 e5 15.Bc4 {Giving back the material in
order to get some minor activity. I realised my king was a bit airy and didn't
want whites' king to have safety after castling kingside (R.C)} Bxg2 16.Rg1
Bc6 17.d5 Bd7 18.e4 b5 19.Bb3 Rc8 {Also preventing queenside castling. I was
following the philosophy of "If my king is open, so is yours." (R.C)} 20.Ke2
Ke7 21.f3 Rc5 {Stockfish prefers Ba6 with -1.1 advantage (R.C)} 22.Rac1 Rhc8
23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.exf5 {White offered the draw. I gladly accepted as I probably
wouldn't get another chance like this (R.C)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Omar Bashar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "Neo-King's Indian"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bc4 e6 6.h3 a6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Be3
c5 10.O-O Qc7 {During the game I started to become a bit worried about my
position. Not exactly sure why as looking back on it, it seems fine (R.C)}
11.Nd2 b6 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 {The tempo I needed to save the
b-pawn (R.C)} Rb8 15.c3 Nf6 16.Bb3 Bb7 17.f3 {White's kingside pawn structure
is very weak but at least I have a dark squared bishop to help with the
defence (R.C)} Rfe8 18.Bf2 {Bf4 was better (R.C)} d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5
21.Ne4 Rbd8 22.Qc2 Be5 23.Rad1 Qc6 24.Rfe1 Kg7 25.Nd2 {White offered a draw
and black accepted after much thought. Again, lucky to not be put on the spot
as there were several f5 pushes with an advantage to black. (R.C)} {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL 2018"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reza Daneshvar"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.Ngf3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.N4b3 Qb6 8.Qe2 Nf6
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.g3 Ne5 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bg5 N5f6 15.Rad1
h6 16.Be3 Qc7 17.c3 Rfd8 18.Rd3 Nc5? {Looking to simplify, but missing White's
reply. (P.C.)} 19.Rxd6 Rxd6 20.Bxc5 Rd7 21.Bd4 b6 22.Ne5 Rd6 23.Ng4 Nxg4
24.Qxg4 f5 25.Qe2 Qd7 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Qe5 Re8 28.f4 Rd5 29.Qe2 Qa4 30.Nc1 Re7
31.a3 Qd7 32.Qe3 Qa4 33.Nd3 Qe8 34.Nb4 Rd8 35.Qf3 Rc8 36.Re2 g5 37.Qe3 Qg6
38.Rg2 Kf7 39.Nd3 Kg8 40.h4 g4 41.Qe5 Rcc7 42.Re2 h5 43.Qh8+ Kf7 44.Ne5# 1-0


[Event "VRCL 2018"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Geoffrey Barber"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav: 4.e3 a6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bd3 b5 8.a3 Bb7
9.O-O Rc8 10.Bd2 e6 11.b4 Bd6 12.Qe2 Ne4 13.Rfc1 O-O 14.h3 Qf6 15.Be1 Qg6
16.Nd2 f5 17.Nb3 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Nb6 18.f4 Rc7 19.Nc5 Bc8
20.a4 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 Bxc5 22.a5! Nc4 23.dxc5 Qg3 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Rd1 Bb7 26.Rd2
Be4 27.Rd6 Rc6 28.Rd7 Rf7 29.Rd8+ Rf8 30.Rd7 Rf7 31.Rd8+ {Black offered a draw
without moving...I accepted. (P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 2.d4"]

{Having never beaten Bas in a classical game, I decided I thought I'd aim for
a draw by playing odd moves to use up more time. (R.C)} 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3
Bg7 4.f4 c6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.h3 Nfd7 9.Qd3 e5 10.O-O-O O-O
11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.d5 cxd5 14.Bxd5 Nc5 15.Qb5 Ne6 16.Bb3 Bd7 {I had to
calculate a lot of variations as the knights protect the bishop and queen, so
I had to go though several tactics which remove the defender. Thankfully I was
able to figure out the variations. (R.C) I also spent much time, while you
were thinking (~15 minutes), before playing Bd7, and also afterwards, but I
missed 20.Rd7. Which would have given me a handy and easily playable advantage
(+0.65).Overall, Ruari, you played a solid and very sensible game without even
once being in any danger. You fully deserved your Reserves price, gaining 73
rating points and an excellent performance rating of 1829.(BvR)} 17.Qd3
(17.Bxb6 Bxb5 18.Bxc7 Nxc7 19.Nxb5 Nxb5 20.Rd7 {And black is in trouble
(R.C)}) (17.Rxd7 Nxd7 18.Rd1 Nf6 {Loses the exchange (R.C)}) (17.Bxb6 Bxb5
18.Bxe6 Qxb6 {Aiming to win pieces for the queen doesn't work (R.C)}) 17...Nc5
18.Qd6 Nxb3+ 19.axb3 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Bc6 {And the position is about equal (R.C)}
21.Rhd1 Rfe8 22.Bg5 a6 {Creating a square for my knight to get back into the
game (R.C)} 23.Be3 {Stopping the plan (R.C)} Nc8 24.Rd8 Ne7 25.Bb6 Rexd8
26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bxd8 Kf8 {Black offered a draw. White wanted to keep playing
(R.C)} 28.Kd2 Ke8 29.Bc7 f6 30.Kd3 Kd7 31.Bb6 Nc8 32.Be3 Nd6 33.Bc5 {White
offered a draw. Black wanted to keep playing (R.C)} f5 34.exf5?? {Probably as
a result of a long day playing chess and concentrating for too long (R.C)}
(34.Bxd6 Kxd6 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Nh4 Bd7 {Black still has an advantage but it
might be possible to hold (R.C)}) 34...e4+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anna Yates"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "892"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nf3 e6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 b5 {I already don't know what I'm doing and
thought I'd try and complicate the position. (R.C)} 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bb2 bxc4 7.bxc4
Qb6 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.d5 Qxb3 10.axb3 Nb4 11.Na3 a6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bg2 Bg7 14.O-O
f5 15.Rab1 e5 {Probably a move like d6 is better so the bishop can protect the
f5 pawn after Nh4. (R.C)} 16.Nh4 f4 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.gxf4 exf4 19.Rfe1 O-O-O
20.f3 Rg8 21.e3 Nd3 22.Red1 Ne5 23.Kf2 fxe3+ 24.Nxe3 {White's position is
better here. (R.C)} d6 25.Nac2 Kc7 26.b4 Bh6 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Nf5 Bf8 29.Nce3
Rg6 30.f4 {Black is definitely going to lose quickly if whites pieces are
coordinating this well so I thought I have to give up and exchange to get at
least something out of this.} Rxg2+ 31.Nxg2 Nxc4 32.Nge3 Nd6 33.Nxd6 Bxd6
34.Nf5 Bxf4 {With two pawns and the bishop pair, I figured I could salvage the
game with at least a draw.} 35.d6+ Kb8 36.Ne7 Rxd6 37.Rxd6 Bxd6 38.Nc6+ Kc7
39.Na5 Bd5 40.Rd1 Be6 41.Rg1 Bxh2 42.Rh1 Be5 43.Rxh7 Bc3 44.Rh5 Bxa5 45.Rxc5+
Kb6 46.Rc1 Bb4 47.Ke3 a5 48.Kd4 a4 49.Rb1 Kb5 50.Ke3 a3 51.Rh1 a2 52.Kd3 Bf5+
53.Kd4 Bb1 54.Rh5+ f5 55.Rh8 a1=Q+ {An excellent game played by Anna, placing
me under a lot of pressure right out of the opening. Probably 34...Bxf4. was a
turning point in the game but still a lot of work to be done. Thanks for the
game Anna. (R.C)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Alistair Anderson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Colle: 3...c6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Be2 Bf5 5.Nbd2 e6 6.c4 Bd6 7.a3 a5 8.Qb3 Qc8 9.Nf1
h6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Bh7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qb8 15.O-O Bxg3
16.fxg3 Ne4 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Be1 Re8 {Black offered a draw. (R.C)} 19.Nd2 Ndf6
20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Rf3 Qd6 22.Bd2 Qe6 23.Rcf1 Re7 24.Bc1 Ra6 25.Rf5 Qd6 26.b3
{White offered a draw and black accepted. There doesn't seem to be any clear
way to push for an advantage. (R.C)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Portuguese, 4.Be2"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Nxe2 Qxd5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 g6 8.Bf4 Qd7
9.Nd2 Bg7 10.Qb3 O-O {Allowing white to take the b7 pawn but black gains a lot
of activity from it. (R.C)} 11.Rad1 b6 12.Nf3 Rad8 13.Ne5 Qe8 14.Nxc6 Qxc6
15.Rfe1 e6 16.Ng3 Rd7 17.Be5 Rfd8 18.Qc2 Ne8 19.Bxg7 Nxg7 20.Qe2 {The threat
was Rxd4. (R.C)} f5 {Ne4 was worrying for black. (R.C)} 21.Qe3 Qd5 22.a3 c5
23.Re2 Qb3 24.Red2 cxd4 25.cxd4 Qxe3 26.fxe3 e5 27.Ne2 Ne6 28.g3 Ng5 29.Kg2
Ne4 30.Rc2 Nf6 31.h3 Nd5 32.Kf2 f4 33.gxf4 exf4 34.exf4 g5 35.Rg1 h6 36.h4 Rf8
37.hxg5 Nxf4 38.Nxf4 Rxf4+ 39.Ke3 Rfxd4 40.gxh6+ Kh7 41.Rh1 R4d6 42.Rh4 {White
offered a draw. (R.C)} Rd3+ 43.Ke2 Rg3 44.Kf2 Rg6 45.Rh2 Rf7+ 46.Ke3 Re6+
47.Kd4 Rd7+ 48.Kc4 a6 49.Kb3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Omar HMN Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "Neo-King's Indian: London System"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.O-O a6 9.a4
b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Rab1 {Wanting to push b4, as well as getting off the long
diagonal. Turned out to be not the best idea. (R.C)} cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.Bh6
Re8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rbc1 e5 16.Rfe1 e4 17.Nh2 d5 {Closes blacks light squared
bishops' diagonal where it had  alot of pressure against whites' kingside. I
was relieved to see this. (R.C)} 18.Nf1 Nf8 19.Ng3 Ne6 20.Nd1 Qd6 21.Ne3 Nf4
22.Nef5+ {I was desperately not looking at this move over the board so black
wouldn't notice it and it somehow payed off. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zoran Babic"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: 2...Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.Nf3 Nxd5 6.h3 Bh5 7.d4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.c3 Nd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bg5?? {Loses to a common tactic. White
still manages to create some counterplay though. (R.C)} Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxg5
14.c4 N5b6 15.Qxb7 O-O 16.Nc3 Nf6 {Ne4 was the threat. (R.C)} 17.Qf3 Rad8
18.a3 Bd4 19.Rac1 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Na4 21.Rc2 Nc5 22.Be2 e5 23.b4 e4 24.Qc3 Nd3
25.Rb1 Nf4 26.Bf1 Rd3! {I was very happy finding this move as it both
threatens to come over to the kingside attack as well as being a decoy for the
white bishop. (R.C)} 27.Qe1 Nxh3+ 28.Kh2 Ng4+ 29.Kh1 Ngxf2+? {Wrong knight.
This move gives the exchange, the other wins the game. I thought either way
was winning but nope, I missed the rook on c2. (R.C)} (29...Nhxf2+ 30.Kg1 Qh4
{And mate is unavoidable. (R.C)}) 30.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 31.Qxf2 Rxa3 32.Re1 e3 33.Qe2
f5 34.Rd1 Qf4 35.Qb2 Ra6 36.Kg1 Rh6 37.g3 Qf3 {Either white loses more
material or the game. (R.C)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Sean Macak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bc4 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3?
{Gives white the opportunity to play Ba3 which dominates the a3 - f8 file
destroying play for black} 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bd5? {ba3 is 'terminally'
better for white} Qc7 12.h3 {ba3, bd6, bxc6 and bxe5 forcebly wins a pawn
(bvr) and is still winning but this allows black to get rid of trouble} Ne7
13.c4 Nfxd5 14.cxd5 d6 15.Ba3 b5? {ambitious try by black but should deal with
the looming threat of nxe5 at some point} 16.Qd2 Qb6 17.Qb4 Rd8 18.Rab1 a6
{black is losing here c4 or nxe5 is winning but nxe5 requires more precision.
(bvr) the position is very complicated and I am not sure that it is winning
after 19. c4 and 19..Ng6 or f5. Actually, 19.Nd2! instead of c4 looks more
convincing.} 19.Nxe5!? Nxd5 20.exd5 dxe5 21.Rxe5 Qg6! {sneaky move attacking
c2 and bxh3 are threats} 22.Rb3 Qxc2 23.Rf3 Qxa2 24.Qe7!! Be6!? {this doesn't
work but bas missed why it doesnt} 25.dxe6 Qa1+ 26.Bc1 {if Kh2, Qxe5 with
Czech and black is just winning} Qxc1+ 27.Kh2 fxe6 28.Rf7? {Rg3 is simply
winning, bas played this missing Kh8} Kh8 29.Rxe6 Re8 30.Qd6 (30.Rxa6 {Rxa6
draws} Rxe7 31.Rxa8+ Kh7 32.Rxe7 {this is a draw pretty sure}) 30...Rxe6
31.Qxe6 Qc3 32.Qd6 Qc4 33.Rc7 Qe4 34.f3 Qf5 35.Kg1 Qf8 36.Qc6 b4 37.Qa4 Qe8
38.Qa1 Qe3+ 39.Kf1 Qg5 40.Rb7 Rc8 41.Rd7?? {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "FM Carl Gorka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 d5 8.Bb2 Nc6
{During post-game analysis, Carl admitted that Nbd7 may have been slightly
better in terms of a positional sense as whites' g2 bishop is potentially
dangerous after c4. (R.C)} 9.c4 Qb6 (9...dxc4 {A variation in which black can
go wrong. (R.C)} 10.Bxc6 bxc6 (10...c3 11.Bxc3 bxc6 12.Nxc6 Qc7 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7
{Was the method to diffuse this (R.C)}) 11.Nxc6 Qc7 {If Qxd1, Nxe7+ wins a
piece. (R.C)} 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Ba3) 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxc6 {Nf3 was also
playable but I wasn't too happy with the resulting position as I couldn't find
a solid plan for the knight. (R.C)} bxc6 12.Nc3 Ba6 13.Re1 Rad8 14.Na4 Qa5
15.Bc3 Qc7 16.Qd2 Rde8 {Ne4, Bxe4, dxe4 is met with Qe3 as Carl pointed out
post-game and white has a comfortable game. Qd2 also threatens Ba5 winning an
exchange. (R.C) (R.C)} 17.Qb2 Qd6 18.Be5 Qa3 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qd4 {At this
point, I was really nervous as I thought there was a small chance of winning a
pawn and try to convert from there but was always concerned abut the activity
along the e-file. (R.C)} Qb4 21.Qxa7 {Trading queens only favours black and
white loses any advantage. (R.C)} Bb5 22.Rac1 {Trying to create a possible
escape square for the knight on c5 as well as put pressure on c6. (R.C)} Qd2
{Pressurising e2 and a2. Other than that not doing too much. Black is trying
to complicate the position and white has to be careful about the coordination
of the rooks. (R.C)} 23.Nc3 Bb4 24.Nxb5 cxb5 25.Qd7 {Indirectly protecting e2
with Qg4+ winning a rook. Also attacking b5 and d5. A the game progressed I
got more nervous and more excited as my hands started shaking more and more.
(R.C)} Re5 26.Qg4+ Rg5 27.Qf3 Qxa2 28.Red1 Qb2 {Protecting f6 and if Rxd5,
Qxc1. (R.C)} 29.h4 {Threatening to win more material after Rg6/7 then Qxd5.
(R.C)} Re5?? {Misses the next move. (R.C)} 30.Qg4+ Kh8 31.Qxb4 Rxe2 {And black
resigned after realising what had just happened (and that there is a mate in
1). A very complicated game which I was happy to be able to solve the issues
put forward. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alex Leach"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 Qb6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.a3 Bd6 13.Rfe1 Qc7 14.b4 a6 15.Rac1 g5
16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Qd6 18.Qb3 Kg7 19.Re2 Nf8 20.Ne5 Be6 21.a4 N8d7 22.f4
Ne4?! 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qb1 f5 25.b5 cxb5 26.axb5 Rec8 27.Rec2 Nf6 28.bxa6 bxa6
29.Qb7+ Qc7 30.Qb4 Rab8 31.Qa3 Qb7 32.Rb1 Qc7 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Qxa6 Rb6 {Black
offered a draw...(P.C.)} 35.Qe2 Qb7 36.Na4 Rb1+ 37.Kf2 Nd7 38.Nc5 Nxc5 39.dxc5
Qc7 40.c6 Rb6 41.Qh5 Bd5 42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Qxh6+ Ke8 44.Qh8+ Ke7 45.Qg7+ Kd8
46.Qf8# 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Sagargiri Goswami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1442"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Qxc5 12.b3 Rd8 13.Bg2 d6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rfd1 Bc6
16.Qf4 e5 17.Qf5 h6 18.a3 e4 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.Nd4 a5 21.b4 Ba4 22.Rdc1 Na6
23.Bxe4 Rab8 24.Rab1 axb4 25.axb4 b5? 26.Nc6 Re8 27.Nxb8 Nxb8 28.Bf3 g6 29.c5
dxc5 30.Rxc5 Nd7 31.Bc6 Nxc5 32.Bxe8 Na6 33.f4 Kf8 34.Bc6 Nb8 35.Bf3 Ke7
36.Rc1 Na6 37.Rb1 Bc2 38.Rb2 Ba4 39.Kf2 Kd6 40.Rd2+ Ke7 41.Rd4 Bb3 42.Bd5 Ba4
43.e4 f6 44.Ke3 g5 45.e5 Nb8 46.exf6+ Kxf6 47.Bb7 Ke7 48.fxg5 hxg5 49.Rd5 g4
50.Kf4 Nd7 51.Bc8 Nf6 52.Re5+ Kd8 53.Bxg4 Ne8 54.Rd5+ Ke7 55.h4 Nd6 56.h5 Bb3
57.Rxd6 Kxd6 58.h6 Bg8 59.Bf5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chantelle Barnett"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "885"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 Bf5 8.a3 Nbd7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.e3 Qd6 12.Ne2 Ne4 13.c3 Rfe8 14.b4 Bg4 15.Qc1 Qd7
16.a4 Rac8 17.a5 a6 18.Qb2 Qf5 19.Nd2 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 Qxe3?? {Greedy...after I
played this, I saw that my Q will be lost after 21.Nf4...(P.C.)} 21.Nf4 Qxe1+
22.Rxe1 e5 23.dxe5 Rcd8 24.Kg1 g5 25.Nh3 Rxe5 26.Nf2 Bf5 27.Bxe4 Rde8 28.Qb1
Bg6 29.g4 R5e7 30.Qc2 f5 {A lucky escape...! (P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Alistair Anderson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "Slav: 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.b3 Bd6
9.Bb2 Qe7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bc7 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.Qe2
Rac8 16.a3 Qd6 17.h3 a6 18.Rad1 h6 19.Qe5 Qf8 20.Qe2 Re8 21.Qc2 Red8 22.Qe2
{White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Re8 23.Qc2 Bd6 24.b4 a5 25.c5 Bc7 26.Qc4 axb4
27.axb4 Nd5 28.Ne5 f6 29.Nf3 Qf7 30.Re2 Qg6 31.Qd3? Qxd3 32.Rxd3 Nf4 33.Rdd2
Nxe2+ 34.Rxe2 Ra8 35.Rd2 Red8 36.Re2 Kf7 37.g3 Ra2 38.Kg2 e5 39.dxe5 Bxe5
40.Nxe5+ fxe5 41.Kf3 Rd3+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andrew Wemyss"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1459"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Re1 Qb6 11.Qe2 Bc5 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.a3 Rc8 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rab1 f6
16.Kh1 fxe5 17.Qxe5 Rxf2 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qc7 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh4 Rf7 22.Ne2
Nf5 23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Re1 Rh5 25.Qf4 Rf5 26.Qxc7 Rxc7 27.Nd4 Rf2 28.b3 Kf7
29.Nxe6 Bxe6 30.Rxe6 Rf1+! 31.Rxf1+ Kxe6 32.Rb1 d4 33.Kg1 Rc2 34.Rd1 Kd5
35.Kf1 Ke4 36.Re1+ Kd3 37.Rd1+ Kc3 38.h3 d3 39.g4 Rh2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Zoran Babic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical Variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Bxc3+ 5.Qxc3 Ne4 6.Qc2 {After 6.Qc2..., I
went outside for a cigarette. Zoran wandered out shortly after and borrowed a
cigarette. We sat in the sunshine smoking and chatting on a very pleasant
afternoon. We've played each other many times. All but one ended in a draw,
and so we decided to just accept that this one would be a draw as well.
(P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VCCC2019"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geoffrey Barber"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Modern"]

1.e4 g6 2.c3 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.e6 Nde5 12.exf7+ Kh8 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Qb3 Nxc4 15.Qxc4
e6 16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Ne4 Qxf7 18.f3 Bd7 19.Qe2 Qe8 20.Bg5 Bb5 21.Qd2 Bc6 22.Nd6
Qd7 23.Qe2 Bd5 24.Ne4 Rac8 25.Nc3 Rfe8 26.Qd2 Qf7 27.Nxd5 exd5 28.Be3 b6
29.Bd4 Rcd8 30.Rac1 Kg8 31.Bxg7 Qxg7 32.Rc3 Rd7 {Black offers draw} 33.Re1
Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Qd4+ 35.Qe3 Qxe3+ 36.Rxe3 Kf7 37.Kf2 d4 38.Rd3 Ke6 39.f4 Kd5
40.Ke2 Re7+ 41.Kd2 Ke4 42.g3 Rc7 43.a3 Rc5 44.h4 a5 45.Rb3 b5 46.Rd3 b4
47.axb4 Rb5 48.b3 Rxb4 49.Kc2 Rb5 50.Kd2 h5 51.Ke2 Rc5 52.Kd2 Rc6 53.b4 axb4
54.Rb3 Rb6 55.Ke2 Kd5 56.Kd3 Kc5 57.Rb1 b3 58.Rc1+ Kd5 59.Rb1 b2 60.Kc2 Kc4
61.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 62.Kxb2 Kd3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL 2017"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jasan Barnett"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "900"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Be2 Qb6 9.Na4
Qa5+ 10.Bc3 Qc7 11.O-O b6 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.Bb2 dxc4 14.bxc4 c5 15.d5 {White
offered a draw...(P.C.)} Bf5 {The "drawmeister" declined!...(P.C.)} 16.Bd3
Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Nc3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Na4 {Another draw
offer...(P.C.)} Qc7 22.f3 Qd7 23.Nc3 e6 24.e4 exd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7
27.cxd5 f6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL 2017"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Geoff Davis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1402"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Neo-Indian"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5
9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.O-O Nd7 11.Qc2 Ng6 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.a3 Bd7 15.b4 Rac8
16.Rac1 Rfe8 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Ne5 Red8 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Ne4 f5 21.Nc5 Nf6 22.h3
b6 23.Nd3 Nd7 24.Qb3 Kh7 25.Rc3 e5 26.dxe5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Qxe5
29.Rd3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL 2017"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sue Ryan"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "710"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd3 d5 7.O-O-O O-O 8.e3 Ne4
9.Qe2? Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxg5 11.h4 Be7 12.Kb1 Ba6 13.Ne5 f6 14.Nd3 Bxc4 15.h5 e5
16.Qg4 Bxd3+ 17.Bxd3 e4 18.Be2 Qd7 19.Qf4 Bd6 20.Qh4 Nc6 21.f3 Qf5 22.Rh3
exf3+ 23.Bd3 Qg5 24.Qf2 Qxg2 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qc2+ Qxc2+ 27.Kxc2 Rfe8 28.Rxf3
Re4 29.Rg1 Rae8 30.h6 Rxe3 31.Rxg7+ Kxh6 32.Rxe3 Rxe3 33.Rg2 Bf4 34.Kb3 Nxd4+
35.Kb4 Bd6+ 36.Ka4 Rxc3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL 2017"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Shumsheer Ghumman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.Be3 exd5 11.exd5 b6 12.O-O Nc7 13.Rad1 Ba6 14.Qb3 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Ne4
16.Nc3 Nd6 17.Bf4 Re8 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Be5 f6 20.Bg3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Qd1
Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Bf8 24.Qd2 Nf5 25.Bxc7 Qxc7 26.g4 Bh6 27.d6 Qxd6 28.Qd5+ Qxd5
29.Nxd5 Nd4 30.Nxd4 cxd4 31.Nxf6+ Kg7 32.Ne4 Bf4 33.h3 Kf7 34.Kf1 Ke6 35.Ke2
Ke5 36.Kd3 g5 37.b3 h6 38.a4 a5 39.f3 Be3 40.Ng3 Kf4 41.Nf5 Kxf3 42.Nxh6 Kg3
43.Nf5+ Kxh3 44.Nxd4 Bxd4 45.Kxd4 Kxg4 46.Kc4 Kf5 47.Kb5 g4 48.Kxb6 g3 49.Kxa5
g2 50.b4 g1=Q 51.b5 Qa7+ 52.Kb4 Ke5 53.a5 Qd4+ 54.Kb3 Qc5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL 2017"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rod Hessing"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird: 1...d5 2.b3"]

1.f4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bb2 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe1 Qb6 10.d3 Rac8 11.Nbd2 Rfd8 12.Qh4 h6 13.g4 Qe6 14.g5 hxg5 15.Qxg5 Nh7
16.f5 Nxg5 17.fxe6 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 Bxb2 19.exd7 Rxd7 20.Rae1 Bf6 21.e4 dxe4
22.Rxe4 Kg7 23.Kg2 Rh8 24.Rfe1 Rh5 25.a4 b6 26.Nd2 Bc3 27.R1e2 e5 28.Nc4 f6
29.R4e3 Rd4 30.Rf3 Rdh4 31.h3 g5 32.Nd6 g4 33.Rg3 f5 34.hxg4 Rh2+ 35.Kf1 Rh1+
36.Kg2 R5h2+ 37.Kf3 Rf1+ 38.Ke3 f4+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL 2017"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Stewart Booth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav: 4.Nf3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 a6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Qb6 13.b4 Nce4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Qb3 Be7
16.Bb2 O-O 17.Bd4 Qb7 18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.a3 Ne8 20.Qb2 Bd5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1
Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1 Nd6 24.Ne1 Nc4 25.Bf3 e5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Bc3 e4 28.Bd4 {White
offered a draw...(P.C.)} Bd6 29.Qc3 f6 30.g3 Kf7 31.Nc2 h5 32.h4 Qf5 33.Ne1
Qg4 34.Kg2 Qe2 35.Qa1 Nd2 36.Nc2 Bxg3! 37.Qe1 {37.Kxg3 Qg4+ 38.Kh2 Nf3+ 39.Kh1
Qh3++ (P.C.)} Qxe1 38.Nxe1 Bxh4 39.Bc3 Nc4 40.Nc2 f5 41.Be1 Bf6 42.f3 exf3+
{Stewart played 42...exf3+, reached out with his hand and offered a draw. I
was so astonished that I just shook hands...Black is completely winning!
(P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alistair Anderson"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch: 4.Nxd4 Bc5"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Nf6 {Drops a piece} 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bxc5 d6 8.Bd4 O-O 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Be2 Rb8 12.Qc1 {Rb1 allows black
to win a pawn} d5 13.f3 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qg6 15.O-O Bf5 16.Bd3 Re5 17.Re1 Rbe8
18.Qd2 h6 19.Nf2 Qd6 20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.Re1 Bxd3 22.Rxe5 Qxe5 23.Nxd3 Qd4+ 24.Qf2
c5 25.Qxd4 cxd4 26.Kf1 f6 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.Nc5 Ke7 29.Kd3 Kd6 30.Kxd4 f5 31.f4 g5
32.g3 gxf4 33.gxf4 h5 34.Kc4 c6 35.Nb3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Khosrou Ghafouri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.Nc3 Bg7"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.b3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.d5 {Could
be labelled as a mistake} Ne4 {better to take the pawn} 9.Nxe4 Bxa1 10.Ba3
{Sets a trap which black falls into} Qa5+ 11.Nfd2 Qxa3 12.Qxa1 Na6 13.O-O Bf5
14.d6 Rfe8 15.dxe7 Rxe7 16.Nf6+ Kf8 17.Nxh7+ Ke8 18.Qh8+ Kd7 19.Nf6+ {Just so
the knight is closer to the centre} Kc6 20.Qxa8 Be6 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.Qc8+ Kb5
23.Qxb7+ Rb6 24.Qd7+ Rc6 25.Nd5 Qxa2 {Probably just to end the game} 26.Nc3+
{#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leigh Healy"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 {Not an opening I play often} 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bd3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.c4 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c3 {The move I missed} e5
12.d5 Re8 13.g3 Nf8 14.Bc2 Bc8 {Otherwise black's position becomes cramped
very quickly} 15.Kg2 Qd7 16.Ng1 Qg4 17.f3 Qh5 {Careful to not have my queen
trapped} 18.Bd2 Ng6 {Or not...} 19.Rae1 Bd7 20.Bd1 Rab8 21.a4 a6 22.Qd3 b5
23.cxb5 axb5 24.f4 {Possibly a bit hasty} c4 25.Qc2 Bg4 26.f5 Nf8 27.h3 Bxd1
28.Rxd1 bxa4 29.Ra1 {If Qxa4, then the central pawns will become targets} Ra8
30.Ra3 N8d7 31.Be3 Reb8 32.g4 {I knew once this was played, I had to sacrifice
the knight} Nxg4 33.hxg4 Qxg4+ 34.Kh2 Nf6 35.Rf2? {better to have brought the
queen in} Qh4+ 36.Nh3?? Ng4+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Anna Yates"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1065"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.c3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nh4 Ng4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 {Better to take with the knight} 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Bxd5 Rad8 12.Bc4
Kh8 {Unpins the f-pawn} 13.Nf3 Rfe8 14.Qc2 Qe4 15.Qxe4 fxe4 {Closes the
semi-open e-file} 16.Ng5 Nh6 17.Bxf7 Re7 18.Bb3 Rf8 19.Ne6 {Using the light
squares to my advantage} Rf6 20.Nf4 Rd6 {Seeing the fork} 21.O-O Nf7 22.Bxf7
Rxf7 23.f3 e3 {Next issue: to get my rooks out} 24.Rad1 Ne7 25.Rd3 Nf5 26.Ng2
Re7 27.g4 Rd5?? 28.gxf5 Rxf5 29.Rxe3 Rxe3 30.Nxe3 Rg5+ 31.Kf2 g6 32.h4 Ra5
33.a3 Kg7 34.Nc4 Rf5 35.e4 Rf4 36.Kg3 Rf7 37.f4 {3 pawns in the center} b5
38.Ne5 Rf6 39.f5 a5 40.Rf3 {So the king protects it} b4 41.axb4 axb4 42.fxg6
hxg6 43.Rxf6 Kxf6 44.c4 b3 45.Kf4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1585"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Opening "English: Bremen, Keres, 4.Bg2"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4
{effectively traded the bishop for nothing} Be6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Nf3 d5 11.cxd5
Bxd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Re8 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qa5 16.Nf3 Rac8 17.e4 c5 18.Bd2
Qa6 19.d5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Bc3 Qc4 22.f3 Re7 23.Qb2 Ne8 {Also protecting
the g-pawn} 24.Rad1 f6 25.d6 Rd7 26.e5 fxe5 27.Bxe5 Rc6 28.Re4 Qa6 29.Rde1
{Leaves black a pawn up after} Nxd6 30.Bxd6 Rcxd6 31.Re8+ Kf7 32.Qe5 Rd2+
33.Kg1 Qf6 {Completely forgetting that the queen can block any checks from
that square anyway} 34.Rf8+!! {A brilliant move. If king takes rook, mate in
one} Kg6 35.Rxf6+ gxf6 36.Qe8+ Kh6 37.Qf8+ Kg6 38.Qg8+ Kh6 39.Re4 Rd1+ 40.Kg2
R1d2+ 41.Kh3 Rg7 42.Rh4+ Kg6 43.Rg4+ {A well deserved win by Kevin} {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Heath Gooch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 3.g3"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 e6 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Be3 {Looks awkward but must
protect c5} c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bxc5 Nxc5 9.Qd4 Nce4 10.Ne5 Bf5 11.g4 Bg6 12.h4
h6 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 Qxd4 16.cxd4 e3 17.fxe3 Nxg4 18.Rh3 Rc8
19.Nb3 b6 20.Kd2 O-O 21.Rf3 Rfd8 22.Rc1 Rxc1 23.Kxc1 e5 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Rf4
Rc8+ 26.Kb1 {If king goes toward the center, the rook and knight create
mayhem} Nc4 27.e4 Re8 28.Kc2 Ne5 29.Kc3 Rc8+ 30.Kd4 Nf7 31.e5 {Where it all
starts to fall apart} Rd8+ 32.Ke4 {Black will now win a pawn} Re8 33.Nd4 Rxe5+
34.Kd3 g5 35.hxg5 Nxg5 36.Nc6 Rd5+ 37.Rd4 Rxd4+ 38.Kxd4 a6 39.Ne7+ Kf7 40.Nd5
b5 41.Nc7 Ne6+ 42.Nxe6 Kxe6 43.Ke4 g5 44.b3 h5 45.e3 h4 46.Kf3 h3 47.Kg3 g4
48.a3 Ke5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL2017"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Sugrue"]
[Black "James Watson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.d3 O-O 10.a3 Bd7 11.Qc2 Rac8 12.Bf4 Qh5 13.Rfe1 b6 14.Rab1 Rfe8 15.Qd1 Bf6
16.Be3 e5 17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 Bf5 19.b5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Qa4 Re7 22.Qb4 Rce8
23.Nxd4 Bxd3 24.exd3 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Bxd4 27.Bc6 {white offers a
draw} Qf5 28.Qe2 Qc5 29.Kg2 a5 30.Qa2 Qf5 31.Qc2 Kg7 32.Qe2 Bc5 33.Be4 Qd7
34.Qb2+ Bd4 35.Qb3 Qd6 36.Bd5 Qf6 37.Qc2 Bc5 38.Bb3 Qd4 39.Ba4 g5 40.Bb3 h5
41.Qe2 g4 42.Qc2 Qe5 43.Qc4 Qf6 44.Qf4 Qxf4 45.gxf4 Kf6 46.Kg3 Kf5 47.Bxf7 h4+
48.Kxh4 Kxf4 49.Be6 Bxf2+ 50.Kh5 g3 51.hxg3+ Bxg3 52.Bc4 Ke3 53.Kg4 Bd6 54.Kf5
Kd4 55.Ke6 Bc5 56.Kf5 a4 57.Ke6 a3 58.Kf5 Bb4 59.Ke6 Be1 60.Kd6 Bf2 61.Kc6 Kc3
62.Kd5 Kb2 63.Ke5 a2 64.Bxa2 Kxa2 65.d4 Kb3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL2017"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "James Watson"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.Nf4 Qe7 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Qh3 Ndxe5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2 g5 14.Nd3 Ng6 15.Nb3 h5
16.Bd2 e5 17.Qe3 d4 18.Qe4 Qf7 19.Rc1 Be7 20.Ndc5 Rb8 21.Bc4 Qh7 22.Qd5+ Ke8
23.Bb5+ Kf8 24.Ne6+ Bxe6 25.Qxe6 Qf7 26.Qd7 Kg7 27.Bc4 Qe8 28.Qd5 Rf8 29.Nc5
Bxc5 30.Qxc5 b6 31.Qa3 Qd7 32.Be2 Nh4 33.g3 Qb7 34.Rg1 Nf5 35.h4 g4 36.Qb3
Rfe8 37.Qc2 e4 38.Qc7+ Re7 39.Qf4 Kg6 40.Bxg4 hxg4 41.Qxg4+ Kf7 42.Qxf5 e3
43.Qh5+ Kg8 44.Qg4+ Rg7 45.Qe6+ Kh7 46.fxe3 dxe3 47.Qf5+ Kg8 48.Bc3 Rf8 49.Rd1
Qe7 50.Qf4 Qc5 51.Qd4 Qh5 52.Qd5+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC2019"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Sean Macak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Opening "Benoni: 6.e4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.f4 O-O 9.Nf3
Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Kh1 a6 13.a4 Re8 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rab8 16.b4
c4 17.Bc2 b5 18.a5 Kh8 19.g4 Ng8 20.g5 f6 21.h4 Rf8 22.Qh3 Ne7 23.Rf2 h5
24.gxh6 Bxh6 25.h5 g5 26.fxg5 Bxg5 27.Bxg5 fxg5 28.Rcf1 Qa7 29.Rf7 Rxf7
30.Rxf7 Ne5 31.Rf6 Kg7 32.h6+ Kxf6 33.Qe6# 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Giblin"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4? cxd4 8.Nxd4
Nxe5 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Qg4 Nge7 12.Nf5?? exf5 13.Qf3 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 O-O
15.Nc3 Rfe8 16.Qa4 a6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Qb3 b5 19.a4 b4 20.Ne2 a5 21.c3 Ng6
22.g3 Nge5 23.c4 Nxc4 24.Qc2 N4e5 25.Kg2 d4 26.Qb3 Qd5+ 27.Qxd5 Rxd5 28.Nf4
Rdd8 29.Ne2 Ng6 30.f3 d3 31.Nf4 Nxf4+ 32.gxf4 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Nd4 34.Rd1 Nb3
35.Kf2 d2 36.Ke3 Rc8 37.Rxd2 Re8+ 38.Kd3 Rd8+ 39.Kc2 Nxd2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.a3 a5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ne4 Qe7 11.Nxc5 Qxc5 12.e3 O-O 13.Bd3 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rac1
Rac8 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Qe2 e5 18.Bb1 e4 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Nb5 d5 21.cxd5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1
Bxd5 23.Nd4 {White offered a draw...} Qg5 24.Kh1!? f5 25.Qb5 Qd8 26.Ne6 Bxe6
27.Qxe5 Qd7 28.h3 Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8 30.Qc3?! Qxc3 31.bxc3 Bd5 32.Kg1 Kf7
33.Kf1 Ke7 34.Ke1 Kd6 35.Kd2 Kc5 36.Bc2 Kb5 37.h4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.g3 Ba2
40.Kc1 a4 41.Kd2 Bb3 42.Bb1 g4 43.Kc1 Kc4 44.Kd2 Kd5 45.Ke2 Kc5 46.Ke1 Kc4
47.Kd2 b5 48.Bc2 Ba2 49.Bd1 Bb1 50.Kc1 Bd3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English: Bremen, Reverse Dragon"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Bxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.exd4 Rad8
15.Be3 Bf6 16.Rfd1 {At this point White offered a draw. I thought I might be
able to win the d pawn, but maybe not the ensuing endgame...and neither of us
wanted a long game!} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Khosrou Ghafouri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...d5 2.Bb2"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Qc7 6.a3 e5 7.d3 Bd6 8.h3 Be6 9.Nbd2
Rd8 10.c4 d4 11.e4 O-O 12.Qc2 a6 13.O-O g6 14.Rae1 Nh5 15.Ng5 Nf4 16.Nxe6 Nxe6
17.Bg4 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Bh5 Nf4 20.Bf3 Qg7 21.Kh1 Kh8 22.Rg1 Qh6 23.Nf1
Nxh3!! 24.gxh3 Qxh3+ 25.Nh2 e4 26.Rg3 Bxg3 27.fxg3 exf3 28.Qf2 Rde8 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tom Nemaric"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, 4...Nc6"]

{My opponent is 87 years old!! (P.C.)} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bb5
Bd7 6.Nf3? Nxe5 7.dxe5 Bxb5 8.Be3 Qc7 9.b3 Ne7 10.a4 Bd7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bf4 Be7
13.Qd2 O-O 14.Qc1 Rac8 15.Nbd2 f6 16.Re1 fxe5 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bd6 19.Ndf3
Rf5 20.Ng4 Rcf8 21.Nh4 Rf4 22.h3 e5 23.g3 R4f7 24.Qg5 Bxg4 25.Qxg4 Rxf2
26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.Rf1 Qf7! 28.Qxf7 R2xf7 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.g4 g6 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Rd1
{White offered a draw...!} d4 33.c4 e4 34.Rf1 Be7 35.Rxf7+ Kxf7 36.Kg3 Bxh4+
37.Kxh4 d3 38.Kg3 d2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Geoffrey Gill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.a3 Bxc3 {I thought
I was in serious trouble here...(P.C.)} 8.Qxc3 Ne4 9.Be3! Nxc3 10.Bxc5 Ne4
11.Bd4 O-O 12.b4 Nc6 13.Bb2 b6 14.Nf3 Bb7 15.e3 Ne7 16.Be2 Rac8 17.O-O d5
18.Rac1 dxc4 19.Bxc4 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Nd5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs "]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Marshall, 4.c4"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 e5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nc6 8.Nb5
Bg4+ 9.f3 O-O-O+ 10.Ke1 Be6 11.b3 a6 12.Nc3 Nxe5 13.Bd2 Ba3 14.Rd1 Bf5 15.Ne4
Rhe8 16.g3 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 Bxe4 18.Kf2 Bc5+ 19.Kg2 Be3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Alexander Harris "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1379"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra Accepted"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 a6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Rac1 Qb8 12.a4 O-O 13.Rd2 e5 14.Be3 b6 15.h3 Na5
16.Ba2 Bd7 17.Rcd1 h6 18.Nh4 Rc8 19.Ng6 Bd8 20.Rxd6 Be8 21.Bxb6 Bxb6 22.Rxf6
gxf6 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Ncd5 Rc7 25.Qh5 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Qa7+ 27.Kf1 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Alistair Anderson "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Schiller Defence"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Be3 e6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Re1 Be7 11.g4 Bg6 12.a4 O-O 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Bf4 Bd6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Qg5 Nb6 19.Qh4 Nbd5 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 f6 22.g5
f5 23.Re5 Nb6 24.Rde1 Rfe8 25.b3 Nd7 26.R5e2 Re7 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Qxd4
29.Qxd4 Rxd4 30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 Kf7 32.Re2 b6 33.Kg2 c5 34.Kf3 a5 35.c3 Rd1
36.c4 Rd4 37.Re3 Rd2 38.Re2 Rd4 39.Re3 Rd1 40.Kf4 Rd4+ 41.Kf3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander Harris"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1379"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.f3 O-O
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8?! {I think this was a error, Typically whenever
White plays h4, black needs to play h5 to stop white from opening a file.}
12.h5 Nxh5 13.O-O-O {It may have been better for me to play g4 or Bh6 straight
away to avoid something like Re8, then Bh8 when met with Bh6, but I wanted my
king to be safe before I did anything.} Ng3 14.Bh6 Nh5? {I think it would have
been better for white to play Nxh1 then after 15. Rxh1, Bh8 offering the
exchange so the queen can come and defend} 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.g4! Nxg4 {Probably
would've been better to take with the bishop then the Knights could
potentially protect each other after Bxg4, 17. fxg4, Nxg4 or even Nxf3,
17.Nxf3, Bxg4. If black played this I'd have to consider Rxh5, then after gxh5
Qg4+} 17.fxg4 Bxg4 18.Rdg1 e5 19.Rxg4 Nf6? 20.Qh6+ Kh8 21.Nf5 Rg8 22.Nd5 {#r}
1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Mio Ristic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1638"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nb3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11.Qd2 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Bd3 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2
O-O 16.Rhe1 Rae8 17.Re2 Nb4 18.Bb1 Bb5 19.Ree1 Ng4 20.Nc5 Nxf2 21.a4 Bc6
22.Ng5 Ne4+ 23.Ncxe4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Rf2+ 25.Re2 Rxe2+ 26.Kxe2 Bd5 27.Kd1 Re7
28.Rc3 g6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jack Smith"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Icelandic Gambit"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nf3
Bg4 9.d3 Nd4 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Ne5+ Ke8 12.Nxg4 Qe7+ 13.Be3 h5 14.O-O hxg4
15.Bxd4 Qh4 16.Re1+ Kd7 17.g3 Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 Qh3+ 19.Ke2 Bd6 20.Rh1 Qg2 21.Kd2
Rxh1 22.Qxh1 Qh3 23.Qxb7 Rf8 24.Rh1 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shumsheer Ghumman"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qh5 8.Nb3
Bb6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bd2 Bc6 12.O-O-O Ne4 13.g4 Qg6 14.Ne5 Qf6 15.Nxc6
Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Nxc6 17.Ne4 Qf4+ 18.Kb1 Rac8 19.Nd6 Nd4 20.Rxd4 Qxd4 21.Rd1 Qxf2
22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Qe4 g6 24.Rf1 Qc5 25.Bxe6 Rc7 26.Bd7 Qc4 27.Qe8+ {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VCCC2016"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khosrou Ghafouri"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc: Austrian, 5.Nf3"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Ne7 8.h3 O-O 9.Be3
b6 10.Ne2 c5 11.c4 cxd4 12.Nfxd4 e5 13.Nb5 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne8 15.Qd2 Nc6 16.Rad1
a6 17.Nbc3 Ne5 18.b3 Bb7 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Nf4 Qb8 22.Ncd5 Nd7 23.Qb4 a5
24.Qb5 Nc5 25.Qxb6 Nxd3 26.Rxd3 Rf7 27.Bd2 Ra6 28.Qf2 f5 29.exf5 Bxd5 30.Nxd5
Kh8 31.Rf3 gxf5 32.Rxf5 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 Bd4+ 34.Kh1 Bg7 35.Bc3 Ra7 36.Qf8# 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "James Kerr-Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "799"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd7? 5.Bxc6 Bxc6 6.Bxe5 d4 7.Nf3 dxe3 8.fxe3
Be7?? 9.Bxg7 Bf6 10.Bxh8 Bxa1? 11.Bxa1 Nf6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd4 Qg6
15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Qf3 Qxf3 17.Rxf3 O-O-O 18.Rxf7 Rh8 19.Nc3 b6 20.Nb5 Kb7
21.Rxc7+ Ka6 22.a4 Ka5 23.Rxa7+ Kb4 24.Rc7 Rd8 25.Rc4+ Ka5 26.c3! Rxd2 27.Rc7
Rd1+ 28.Kf2 Rd2+ 29.Kf3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Russell Murray"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Mason Variation"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Bxg3?! 6.hxg3 c6 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Qc7
9.Nbd2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Qc2 h6 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.Nd4 g6 15.O-O-O
Qe7 16.Rh4 Bd7 17.Re1 O-O-O 18.e4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Rhxe4 Qg5+ 21.R4e3?
Rhe8 22.Qe2 Rxe3 23.Qxe3 Re8 24.Qxg5 Rxe1+ 25.Kd2 hxg5 26.Kxe1 Kd8 {Black
offered a draw...} 27.f4 gxf4 28.gxf4 Ke7 29.Kf2 f6 30.Ke3 Kd6 31.Nf3 Be6
32.b3 c5 33.Nh4 g5 {33...Bf7 might be objectively better.} 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.Nf3
g4 36.Ne1 b5 37.g3 a5 38.Nd3 c4! 39.Nc1 cxb3 40.axb3 a4 41.bxa4 bxa4 42.Kf4 a3
43.Kg5 Kc5 44.Kf6 Bd5 45.Kg5 Bf3 46.Kf4 Kc4 47.Na2 Kb3 {The latest victim of
"Patrick's curse"!} {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khosrou Ghafouri"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.c3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Qb6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Ne2 dxe4
9.Nxe4 a6 10.Bd3 Ne5 11.Qd1 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bb5 14.Qe3 Bxe2 15.Kxe2
Bxd2 16.Qxd2 Ne7 17.Rhd1 Rd8 18.Qc3 O-O {White offered a draw at this
point...Black insisted he make a move first.} 19.Rd2 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Andrew Wemyss"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1494"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Neo-Indian"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bb1 b4!
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd1 Ne4 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.Nd2 Nxd2 20.Qxd2 Qc6 21.f3 Qb6 22.Nf2
Rd8 23.Qe2 a5 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Nxd1 Bg5 26.b3 {White offered a draw...} Qc5
27.Bd3 Bf6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "FM Simon Rutherford"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Bb2
Bd7 10.g4 Nfe7?! 11.Nc3 h5!? 12.Na4 Qd8 13.g5 h4 14.Nc5 Rb8 15.Bd3 Nf5 16.g6
f6 17.Qe2 fxe5 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.b5 Ncxd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.b6! a6
23.Bf5 Bc5 24.Bxe6 Qe7 25.O-O Kd8 26.Qe5 Bd6 27.Qxd5 h3 28.Rad1 Rh6 29.Bf7 Qe5
30.Qxe5 Bxe5 31.Rfe1 Rh5 32.f4 Bd6 33.Rxd4 Kd7 34.Re6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Zoran Babic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical Variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Bxc3+ 5.Qxc3 Ne4 6.Qc2 f5 7.Nf3 b6 8.e3 Bb7
9.Bd3 d6 10.b3 Nd7 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.h3 Nef6 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Qc2 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL2015"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Michael Tausz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Opening "Vienna Gambit: 4.fxe5"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be6 8.d4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Qe1 c5 12.Qg3 Re8 13.Ng5 g6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bxg6 Bh4
16.Qg4 Rf8 17.Be8+ Bg5 18.Qxe6+ Kg7 19.Rxf8 Kxf8 20.Qf7# 1-0


[Event "VRCL2015"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael Sugrue"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Spanish: Schliemann, 4.d3"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.Qe2 d6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 fxe4 11.dxe4 Qe8 12.Rad1 a5 13.Qc4+ Kh8 14.Rfe1 Bd7 15.Rd2
Qh5 16.Ne2 Qg6 17.Ng3 Rab8 18.c3 c5 19.Qe2 Bc6 20.Rf1 Qg4 21.c4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4
Bxe4 23.Kh1 Bc6 24.Qd1 Qxc4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL 2015"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Michael Tausz"]
[Black "Ben Kersten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1347"]
[BlackElo "1371"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: Chigorin Variation"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Nc3 Re8
9.Bf4 a6 10.Rad1 Qc8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Nh7 13.Qd2 Bf6 14.e5 Be7 15.Ne4 dxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bc6 18.f4 Rd8 19.Qe2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Qe8 21.Nc5 Bxg2 22.Qxg2
Bxc5 23.Bxc5 b6 24.Bf2 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Qc6 Nf8 27.Qc4 Qd1+ 28.Kg2 Qd5+
29.Qxd5 exd5 30.Kf3 Nd7 31.Ke2 Kf8 32.Kd3 c5 33.c3 Ke7 34.g4 Ke6 35.Bg3 g6
36.h4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL 2015"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2015.10.17"]
[White "Chris Charnley"]
[Black "Michael Tausz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1205"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Opening "Evans Gambit Accepted"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6? 7.dxe5 Nxe5?? 8.Nxe5
dxe5 9.Bxf7+! Ke7 10.Ba3+! {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCRL 2015"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bailey Rob"]
[Black "Jacobs Rodney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Marshall, 4.Nf3"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bg2 c6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.c4 Nb6 11.b3 Na6 12.Bb2 Nc7 13.Qe2 Be7 14.Nd2 Bf6 15.Nf3 Qe7
16.Ne5 Qb4+ 17.Kf1 O-O 18.h4 g5 19.hxg5 Bxg5 20.Qe4 f5 21.gxf5 Rxf5 22.Nf3 Bh6
23.Bh3 Rf6 24.Rd1 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Qxb2 26.Kg2 Raf8 27.Rd3 Qc2 28.Bg4 Qxc4 29.Rb3
b6 30.Ne5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "CVCC"]
[Site "Geelong Chess Club"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Gareth Mills"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "715"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav: 4.e3 g6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.b3 Qc7 9.Bb2
Na6 10.Rc1 Re8 11.cxd5 Nb4? 12.dxc6 Qxc6? {12...Nxc6 was better} 13.Nb5 Qb7
14.Nc7 Bg4 15.Be2 Rac8 16.Nxe8 Rxe8 17.a3 Nbd5 18.h3 Bf5 19.Bd3 Qd7 20.Ne5 Qd6
21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Rc6 Qb8 23.Qc2 Ne4 24.Rc1 Nd6 25.Kf1 Bh6 26.Ke2 Qb7 27.b4 Qa6+
28.Qd3 Qb7 29.Qb3 Nf6 30.b5 Nfe4 31.f3 Nf6 32.a4 Qb8 33.Ba3 Rd8 34.Bxd6 exd6
35.Qxf7+ Kh8 36.Qxf6+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "CVCC"]
[Site "Geelong Chess Club"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alistair Anderson"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 c5 11.Qe2 Be7 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Qb6 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Ne5 cxd4 17.exd4 Nd5? 18.Bxh7+! Kxh7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Qxf7+ Kh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8
22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Qf7+ Kh7 24.Qxe7 Nf6 25.Rd3 Ng8 26.Rh3+ Nh6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8
28.Ng4 Qxd4! {desperation} 29.Rxh6+! Kg8 30.Nf6+! Qxf6 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.Qxb7
{#r} 1-0


[Event "CVCC"]
[Site "Geelong Chess Club"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Sasha Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "580"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd7? 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Bxe5 c5 7.Nf3 f6 8.Bb2 f5?!
9.O-O Nf6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.c4! dxc4?? 14.Qxd6 Qc8 15.Ne5
Be6 16.Nd2 Nd5 17.Ndxc4 Qc7?? 18.Qxe6+ Kf8 19.Nd7+ Qxd7 20.Qxd7 Re8 21.Qxg7#
1-0


[Event "CVCC"]
[Site "Geelong Chess Club"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reza Daneshvar"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.Ngf3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.N2f3 a6 8.c3 Qc7
9.Bf4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Bd3 Nc5 12.Bc2 b5 13.O-O Bb7 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Rc1 Nd7
16.Re1 Bc5 17.Bg3 h6 18.Qg4 Bf8 19.Qh5 Qb6 20.Kh1 Nc5 {Black offered a
draw...} 21.f4 g6 22.Qg4 h5 23.Qe2 Be7 24.Bf2 Qc7 25.Kg1 Kd7? 26.b4 Ne4
27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Red1 Ke8 29.c4 Rc8 30.c5 Bd5 31.Be3 Bc4 32.Rxc4! bxc4 33.Qxc4
Qb7 34.Nb3 Kf8 {Black tried to castle here!!} 35.a4 Kg7 36.Na5 Qa7 37.Qxe4
Rhd8 38.Rc1 Rd5 39.Nc4 Bxc5 40.bxc5 Rdxc5 41.Kf2 Qb8 42.Bxc5 Rxc5 43.Qe2 Qa7
44.Kf1 Qd7 45.a5 Qc7 46.Rc2 Kg8 47.Kf2 Kg7 48.Kg3 Kg8 49.Kh3 Kg7 50.g3 Kg8
51.Ne3 Qxa5 52.Rxc5 Qxc5 53.Qd3 a5 54.Nc4 Qb5 55.Qd8+ Kg7 56.Qxa5?? {Reza
picked up the Queen, then gasped in horror, before slamming it down on a5!}
Qxc4 {Later, I thought perhaps I should have played on...he was down to a
minute on the clock and was upset...but that would have been too cruel.} {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "CVCC"]
[Site "Geelong Chess Club"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Stewart Booth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Indian: Slav-Indian, 3.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Re1 O-O 15.Be3 h6
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Bc2 Qe7 18.b4 Nd7 19.Qd3 g6 20.a3 Rac8 21.Bb3 Bb7 22.Rac1 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 {White offered a draw here, thinking it's a dull, solid position!}
Nxe5!! 24.Qe3 {24.Nxe5? Qg5! -+} Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Qg5+ 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.Rc3 Rd8
28.Kf1 Rd2 29.Ke1 Rb2 30.Rd3 Kg7 31.Bxe6! fxe6 32.Rd7+ Kf6 33.Rxb7 Ra2 34.Rb6
Rxa3 35.Ke2 Ke5 36.Rc6 Ra4 37.Ke3 Rxb4 38.Rxa6 Rb3+ 39.Ke2 Rb2+ 40.Ke3 Kd5
41.Rb6 Ke5 42.h3 b4 43.Rb5+ Kf6 44.Rb6 b3 45.Rb5 Rb1 46.Ke2 b2 47.Rb3 Ke5
48.Rb4 Kd5 49.Kd2?? {Rb8 gives some hope of a draw...} Rf1 50.Rxb2 Rxf2+
51.Kc1 Rxb2 52.Kxb2 Kd4 53.Kc2 Ke3 54.Kd1 Kxf3 55.Ke1 Kg3 56.Ke2 Kxh3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "CVCC"]
[Site "Geelong Chess Club"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Max Mollard"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "Slav: 4.Nc3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Bd6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Bg3 Bxg3 {Black offered a draw...} 12.hxg3 Re8 13.Rc1
Qd6 14.a3 Nf8 15.Qc2 Bg4 16.b4 N8d7 17.Rfe1 a5 18.b5 Qxa3 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Ra1
Qd6 21.Rec1 Rec8 22.Na4 Be6 23.Ne5 Rc7 24.f4 Nxe5?? 25.dxe5 Qe7 26.exf6 Qxf6
27.Qc3 Qd8 28.Nc5 Qe7 29.Rxa5 Rxa5 30.Qxa5 Ra7 31.Qc3 Bg4 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.fxe5
Ra3 34.Rb1 g6 35.Rb6 Rc3 36.Rxc6 h5 37.Rc7 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc3 39.Ke1 Rc1+ 40.Kf2
Rc3 41.Kg1 Rc1+ 42.Kh2 Re1 43.e4 dxe4 44.Nxe4 Be6 45.Nf6+ Kg7 46.Rc5 Rd1
47.Be4 Re1 48.Bf3 Bf5 49.g4 hxg4 50.Nxg4 Be6 51.Kg3 Rf1 52.Rc2 Re1 53.Re2 Rxe2
54.Bxe2 Bd5 55.Bf3 Bc4 56.Kf4 Bb3 57.Kg5 Bc4 58.Nf6 Bb3 59.Bd5 Ba4 60.Ne4 {#t}
1-0


[Event "VRCL 2014"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simon Rutherford"]
[Black "Alistair Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Schiller Defence"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.d3 a6 8.Ng5 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 Nbd7 10.O-O e6 11.Qf3 h6 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qc6 14.c3 Be7 15.Bf4 e5
16.Bh2 O-O 17.Rfe1 Rae8 18.Re2 Bd8 19.Rae1 Re6 20.Nd2 Qxf3 21.Nxf3 Rfe8 22.Kf1
Bf6 23.Bg3 g6 24.h4 h5 25.Nd2 Nc5 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 c6 28.a4 Kg7 29.f3 Rd8
30.R1e3 Rde8 31.Ke1 Kf8 32.Kd1 R8e7 33.Kc2 Ke8 34.a5 Bg7 35.Rc4 Bh6 36.Re1 f5
37.Bf2 Kd7 38.b4 Re8 39.g4 fxg4 40.fxg4 Rf8 41.Be3 Bxe3 42.Rxe3 Rf4?! 43.Rxf4
exf4 44.Rf3 hxg4 45.Rxf4 Re2+ 46.Kd1 Rg2 47.Rf6 Rh2 48.Rxg6 Rxh4 49.Rg7+ Kc8
50.Ke2 Rh2+ 51.Ke3 Rg2 52.Kd4 g3 53.Ke5 Rc2 54.Kd6 Kb8 55.c4 Rb2 56.Rg8+ Ka7
57.Kc5 g2 58.d4 Rc2 59.Rg6 Rd2 60.d5 Rc2 61.dxc6 bxc6 62.Rg7+ Kb8 63.Kb6 Kc8
64.c5 Rb2 65.Kxc6 Kd8 66.Rg4 Rxb4 67.Rxg2 Rb1? 68.Rg8+! Ke7 69.Ra8 Rh1 70.Kc7
Rh5 71.Kb6 Rh6+ 72.c6 Rg6 73.Rxa6 Rg1 74.Ra7+ Kd6 75.Rd7+ Ke6 76.Rd2 Rb1+
77.Kc7 Ra1 78.Re2+ Kf7 79.Re5 Kf6 80.Kd6 Rc1 81.c7 Rxc7 82.Kxc7 Kxe5 83.a6 Kd5
84.a7 Kc5 85.a8=Q {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL 2014"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Mark Bruere"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Bd6 8.dxc5
Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.c3 O-O 11.Bg5 Re8 12.Bd3? Bg4 13.Be2 Qd6 14.Re1 Ne4 15.Bh4
Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qf4 17.Bg3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Qxg3 19.Nd4 Qh4 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Bxd5
Nxd4 22.cxd4 Bxd4 23.Qf3 Qe7 24.Rd1 Bxb2 25.Rb1 Be5 26.Rxb7 Bc7 27.g3 Qd7
28.Kg2 Re7 29.Rxa7 g6 30.a4 Qd6 31.a5 Kg7 32.a6 Qc5 33.Rb7 Bb6 34.Rxe7 {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL 2014"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Reza Deneshvar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...Nf6 3.e5 Nd5"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Qb6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 d5 8.Bd3 e6
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Ne7 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Qb3 b6 14.Rfe1 g6 15.c4 Qd8
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxe7 Bxe7 19.Qxd5 Be6 20.Qc6+ Kf8 21.Qc2 Ba3 22.Red1
Kg7 23.Be4 Bd5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.Rxb3 Be7 27.Rc3 Rhd8 28.Rc7 Kf8
29.g3 Rd5 30.Rd2 Bd8 31.Rb7 a5 32.Rc2 a4 33.Kf1 a3 34.Rc4 Rb5 35.Ne1 Rb2
36.Rc2 Ra4 37.Rd7 Ke8 38.Rd5 b5 39.Rc8 Rxa2 40.Rdxd8+ Ke7 41.Re8+ Kd7 42.d5
Re4 43.Nd3 Ra1+ 44.Kg2 Rc4 45.Red8+ Ke7 46.Re8+ Kd7 47.Rcd8+ Kc7 48.d6+ Kc6
49.d7 a2 50.Rc8+? Kxd7 51.Rcd8+ Kc7 52.Rc8+ Kb7 53.Rb8+ Kc6 54.Rec8+ Kd7
55.Rd8+ Ke6 56.Rd6+ Kf5 57.Kf3 Rc3 58.Rxb5 Rxd3+ 59.Rxd3 Re1 60.e6+ Kxe6
61.Ra3 a1=Q {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL 2014"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alistair Anderson"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Snyder, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bb5 exf4 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 Bg4 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.h3 Be6 13.d4 d5 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.exd5 cxd5
16.Nd3 Rac8 17.Rc1 g5 18.Nxc5 Ng7 19.b4 Nf5 20.Qd2 Ne3 21.Rf2 Bf5 22.a3 Bf6
23.Rf3 Rfe8 24.Ba1 Re7 25.Rf2 Rce8 26.c3 Nc4 27.Qd1 Qc8 28.Kh2 Re3 29.Ng1 Rg3
30.a4 Kg7 31.a5 Ree3 32.Qf1 h5 33.Re1 Qe8 34.Rxe3 Nxe3 35.Qe2 Kg6 36.Bb2 Qb8
37.Kh1 g4 38.h4 Bxh4 39.Bc1 Bg5 40.Nd3 Be4 41.Ne5+ Kg7 42.Bxe3 Rxe3 43.Qa6 Qc7
44.Qc6 Rxc3 45.Qxc7 Rxc7 46.b5 Rb7 47.Rb2 Bf6 48.Nc6 Bd3 49.b6 axb6 50.axb6
Kf8 51.Na5 Bxd4 52.Nxb7 Bxb2 53.Nc5 Be5 54.Nd7+ Ke7 55.Nxe5 Ba6 56.Nc6+ Kd6
57.Nb4 Bb7 58.Ne2 Kc5 59.Nd3+ Kxb6 60.Nexf4 Kb5 61.Nxh5 f5 62.g3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL2013"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coen Johnson"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian: 4.Bd2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 c5 11.e3 O-O 12.b4 Rfc8 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.Rc1 cxd4 15.exd4
Qxa3 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Nxb3 Rc7 18.Rc2 Rac8 19.Nbd2 Ba6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nd5
22.Bxd5 exd5 23.e6 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Kf7 25.Re5 dxc4 26.Ne4 Rc6 27.f4 h6 28.h4 Re6
29.Rxe6 Kxe6 30.f5+ Ke5 31.Nf2 Kxf5 32.Rc3 b5 33.Rf3+ Kg6 34.h5+ Kxh5 35.g4+
Kg6 36.Ne4 Bb7 37.Re3 Re8 38.Ra3 Rxe4 39.Rxa7 Rxg4+ 40.Kf2 Bc8 41.Kf3 Rg5
42.Rc7 Be6 43.Rc6 Re5 44.Kf4 Kf6 45.Rb6 c3 46.Rb8 g5+ 47.Kf3 c2 48.Rf8+ Kg7
{#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL2013"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Gareth Mills"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Indian: Mexican Defence, 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.a3 a6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.h3
d6 10.Nf3 Nh5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxh5 f5 13.Be2 f4 14.Bd4 Bd7 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.b4
Bh4 17.O-O Qg5 18.Bg4 Bxg4 19.Qxg4 Qxg4 20.hxg4 f3 21.g3 Be7 22.Rfd1 Rf6 23.c5
Raf8 24.d6 cxd6 25.Nd5 Re6 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.Rxd6 Rf6 28.Rad1 Kf7 29.Kf1 Rxd6
30.Rxd6 Rc7 31.Ke1 Ke7 32.Kd2 Rd7 33.Rxd7+ Kxd7 34.Ke3 Kc6 35.Kxf3 g5 36.Ke3
Kb5 37.f4 exf4+ 38.gxf4 gxf4+ 39.Kxf4 Kc6 40.Kf5 Kd7 41.Kf6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL2013"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stewart Booth"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "Slav: Chameleon, 5.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.h3
Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7?? 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nxd5 b5 13.Rd1 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nb6 15.Qf3 e6
16.Bd2 Qd7 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Bb4 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Qxc8 21.Qd1 Nd5
22.Bd6 Qc6 23.Bg3 Nf6 24.Qc2 Qxc2 25.Bxc2 Kf8 26.Kf1 Nd5 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Bb1 Nb4
29.f3 Nc6 30.a3 Kd7 31.Ba2 Ne7 32.Kd3 Nd5 33.e4 Nb6 34.Bf2 Kc6 35.Be3 Bf6
36.g4 Be7 37.Bb3 Bf6 38.f4 Bg7 39.f5 gxf5 40.gxf5 exf5 41.exf5 f6 42.Ke4 Bf8
43.Bg8 h6 44.Be6 Nc4 45.Bc1 Nd6+ 46.Kd3 Ne8 47.Be3 Ng7 48.d5+ Kd6 49.Bf4+ Kc5
50.Bxh6 Nxe6 51.dxe6 Be7 52.Bf4 Kd5 53.h4 Bf8 54.h5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL2013"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.Nf3 b6
9.e3 Bb7 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.b4 Qf6 13.Bb2 Qg6 14.Rad1 Ndf6 15.d5 e5
16.Nh4 Qg5 17.Nf3 Qh6 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Ne4 20.Qc2 a5 21.b5 Rae8 22.Bc1 Bc8
23.f3 Nc5 24.e4 Qg6 25.Be3 fxe4 26.Bxc5 Bh3 27.Rf2 dxc5 28.Qxe4 Bf5 29.Qe3 e4
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL2013"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Max Mollard"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, 5.a3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Nf3
Nge7 10.Bd3 O-O?? 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Ng5 g6 13.Nxc7 Qxc7 14.O-O Kg7 15.Bb2 Rh8
16.Rf3 Rxh7 17.Nxh7 Kxh7 18.Rh3+ Kg7 19.b5 Na5 20.Qg4 Nf5 21.c3 Nc4 22.Bc1
dxc3 23.Rxc3 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Qf2 25.Bd2 Nxd2 26.Qg5 Qh4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL2013"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Oladoyin Fasakin"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, 5.a3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bf4
Nge7 10.Nxc7+ Qxc7 11.b5 Na5 12.Qxd4 Qxc2 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.Qb4 h6
16.O-O O-O 17.Rc2 b6 18.Rfc1 Nb7 19.Be3 Bd7 20.Qg4 f5 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Ne5 Rc8
23.Bd4 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 Nf5 25.Nxd7 Nxd4 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Rc8+ Nd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.Qxd4 Qd6 30.a4 e5 31.Qe3 e4 32.Bf1 Qb4 33.f3 Qxa4 34.fxe4 dxe4 35.Kf2 Qc2+
36.Be2 g5 37.g3 Kf7 38.Qd4 Ke7 39.Qe5+ Kf7 40.Qf5+ Kg7 41.Qd7+ Kf6 42.Qc6+
Qxc6 43.bxc6 Ke6 44.Ke3 Kd6 45.Bb5 a6 46.Bxa6 Kxc6 47.Kxe4 b5 48.Kf5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Vic Country Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Stewart Booth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...d6"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.O-O Be7 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5
9.Qe2 h6 10.a3 a6 11.c4 Nc7 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.Nd2 b6 14.f4 Bb7 15.Nde4 g6 16.Be3
Kf8 17.Rad1 Ne8 18.Bc2 Qc7 19.Rd2 Rd8 20.Rfd1 Nb8 21.Qg4 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Nc6
23.Qd1 Nb8 24.Ba4 Bc6 25.Bc2 h5 26.Nd6 Bxd6 27.exd6 Qd8 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.Bxe4
Nd7 30.b4 Ng7 31.Qa1 h4 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Qb2 Rg8 34.Qb7 Nf5 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.h3
Kg7 37.Rb2 Qa5 38.Bd2 Qxa3 39.Rb3 Qa4 40.Kh2 Nf6 41.Bc3 Rf8 42.Bxf6+ Kxf6
43.Qe7+ Kg7 44.Qg5+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL 2012"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: Exchange, 4.Nc3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Ne5 O-O
9.Bd3 Qb6 10.Qe2 Bxe5 11.Bxe5 Nbd7 12.f4 Qa5 13.O-O b5 14.a3 Qd8 15.f5 exf5
16.Bxf5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Qe7 20.Qh5 Bb7 21.Nd6 Bd5 22.e4
Be6 23.Rae1 f6 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Qxf5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL 2012"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav: Slav-Reti System"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxc4 Nb6 10.Ne3 Be6 11.Nc2 Qd7 12.e4 Bh3 13.f3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rfd8 15.Qe2 h5
16.Be3 Rac8 17.Rfd1 h4 18.g4 Nh7 19.Qf2 Nc4 20.Bc1 a6 21.b3 Nd6 22.Bb2 e6
23.Na4 Qe7 24.Ba3 Qc7 25.Bc5 Qb8 26.e5 Nb5 27.Nb6 Nc3 28.Rd3 Nd5 29.Qd2 {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL2012"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "David Lumsdon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Qe8 7.Nc3 Qh5 8.e3 d6 9.Nd2
Ng4 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qxh5 Nxh5 12.e4 Nd7 13.exf5 exf5 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.Nf3 {White
offered a draw here.} c6 16.Nc3 Nb6 17.b3 Nf6 18.Bb2 d5 19.cxd5 Nbxd5 20.Nxd5
Nxd5 21.Ne5 Ba5 22.Bxd5+ cxd5 23.f4 Rd8 24.Rac1 Be6 25.Rc2 Rac8 26.Rfc1 Rxc2
27.Rxc2 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Bxc8 29.Kf2 Kf8 30.h4 Ke7 31.Ba3+ Ke6 32.Bb2 Bb4 33.Nd3
Be7 34.Kf3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL2012"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Mark Bruere"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: Indian Variation"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d3 d5 9.exd5
Nxd5 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Ne4 b6 12.Qd2 h6 13.N4c3 Qd7 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nxf4 Qd4+ 19.Qf2 Rae8 20.Kg2 Re7 21.Rae1 Rfe8
22.Rxe7 Rxe7 23.a4 Qxf2+ 24.Rxf2 f5 25.Ne2 Re5 26.Ng1 Nd4 27.Nf3 Nxf3 28.Kxf3
g5 29.Re2 Kf6 30.Rg2 Re1 31.Rd2 Ke5 32.Kf2 Rc1 33.Ke3 Re1+ 34.Kf2 Rc1 35.Ke3
f4+ 36.gxf4+ gxf4+ 37.Kf3 Kd4 38.Kxf4 Kc3 39.Rg2 Rxc2 40.Rg7 Kxb3 41.Rxa7 Rxh2
42.a5 b5 43.Rb7 Kb4 44.a6 Ra2 45.a7 c4 46.d4 c3 47.d5 c2 48.Rc7 Kb3 49.d6 Rxa7
50.Rxa7 c1=Q+ 51.Ke4 Qc4+ 52.Ke5 Qc5+ 53.Ke6 Qxa7 54.d7 Qxd7+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "VRCL2012"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Terence Mills"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nf3 e6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bd2 Bb7 7.e3 d5 8.Bd3 h6 9.O-O
Nbd7 10.a3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bxf3 12.axb4 Bb7 13.f3 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Nb5 cxd4
16.exd4 Nb6 17.Bd3 a6 18.Nc3 Qxd4+ 19.Kh1 Rfd8 20.Qb3 Nfd5 21.Ne2 Qf6 22.Rfc1
Rd6 23.Ng3 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Nh5 Qg5 26.Rc7 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Qxh5 28.Bc2 Rd2
29.Bd1 Qxh2# 0-1


[Event "VRCL2012"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Max Mollard"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bg3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qc2 c5 14.e4 Nh5 15.Rad1 Nxg3
16.Nxg3 cxd4 17.cxd4 b6 18.d5 Qc7 19.Qe2 exd5 20.Bxd5 Bb7 21.Rc1 Bc5 22.Nf5
Kh7 23.Qh5 Rad8 24.Rfd1 Bxd5 25.exd5 Qf4 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.gxf3 g6 28.Ne3 Rd7
29.Rd3 Rfd8 30.Rcd1 Kg7 31.f4 Bxe3 32.fxe3 f5 33.Kf2 Kf6 34.Kf3 Rd6 35.h4 g5
36.hxg5+ hxg5 37.fxg5+ Kxg5 38.e4 fxe4+ 39.Kxe4 Kf6 40.Rf3+ Ke7 41.Ke5 Re6+
42.dxe6 Rxd1 43.Rf7+ Ke8 44.Rxa7 Re1+ 45.Kd6 Rd1+ 46.Kc6 Rb1 47.Rb7 Ra1 48.Ra7
Rb1 49.a4 Rb4 50.Kd6 Rd4+ 51.Ke5 Rb4 52.Kf5 Rb1 53.Rb7 Ra1 54.Rxb6 Rxa4 55.Rb7
Ra1 56.Kf6 Rf1+ 57.Ke5 Re1+ {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Russell Murray"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano: 5.d4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 ed4 6.cd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bd2+ 8.Nbd2 d5
9.ed5 Nd5 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qa4+ c6 12.0-0 Nc4 13.Qc4 O-O 14.Rfe1 Be6 15.Ne4 Qc7
16.Nc5 Bg4 17.Ne5 Bf5 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.b4 a6 20.a4 Qb6 21.g4 Bc8 22.Rb1 Qc7
23.b5 cb5 24.ab5 a5 25.Qb3 b6 26.Ne4 Nb4 27.Rbc1 Qb7 28.Nc6 Be6 29.Qg3 Rd5
30.g5 Kh8 31.Nd6 Qd7 32.Nc4 Rb5 33.N4e5 Qd5 34.Qh4 Nc6 35.Nc6 Qg5+ 36.Qg5 Rg5+
37.Kf1 a4 38.Re3 b5 39.Ke2 Bc4+ 40.Kd2 Rg2 41.Kc3 Rf2 42.Rh3 g6 43.Re1 Kg7
44.Re7 Ra8 45.Kb4 a3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Swan HIll"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Stewart Booth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...d6"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.0-0 Ngf6 7.Qe2 Qc7 8.Re1 e5 9.h3
h6 10.Be3 a6 11.Nbd2 b5 12.a4 c4 13.Bc2 Bb7 14.ab5 ab5 15.Ra8+ Ba8 16.Ra1 O-O
17.de5 de5 18.Ra7 Qb8 19.Ra5 Rc8 20.Nh4 Bc5 21.Nf5 Kh7 22.Qf3 Qb6 23.Ra1 Qe6
24.Qg3 Nh5 25.Qh4 Be3 26.Ne3 Nf4 27.Nf5 Qf6 28.Qf6 Nf6 29.Nf3 Rd8 30.Ra7 Be4
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vineetha Wijesuriya"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 3.c3"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 c6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.e3 e6 6.Ne5 Bd6 7.Ndf3 Ne4 8.Bd3 f6
9.g4 Bg6 10.Ng6 hg6 11.h4 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.g5 Ng5 14.h5 Ne4 15.Ne4 fe4 16.Be2
Qf6 17.Bg4 O-O-O 18.Qe2 gh5 19.Rh5 Rh5 20.Bh5 Rh8 21.Qg4 g6 22.Qg6 Qg6 23.Bg6
Nf8 24.Be4 de4 25.Ke2 Rh1 26.a4 Nh7 27.b4 Ng5 28.Bb2 Ra1 29.Ba1 Nf3 30.Bb2 Kc7
31.b5 Kb6 32.c4 Bb4 33.d5 ed5 34.cd5 cd5 35.Bd4+ Nd4+ 36.ed4 Ka5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "NIgel Barrow"]
[Black "Max Mollard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dc4 8.Bc4 O-O
9.Rc1 Nd5 10.Bg3 Qa5 11.0-0 N7f6 12.Qd3 b5 13.Bb3 Ba6 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.Rc6 Nb4
16.Bc7 Qc7 17.Rc7 Nd3 18.Re7 b4 19.Rb1 h6 20.d5 e5 21.Ne5 Rfe8 22.Re8+ Re8
23.Nd3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Swan Hill"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Ken Czuczman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 d6"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Nd5 c6 11.Nxf6 Kh8 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Qc3 Qc7 14.Ne8 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geoff Davis"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Bd2
Ne4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. O-O Rf6 11. Ne5 Rh6 12. g3 Nd7 13. f4 Ndf6 14. Kg2 Bd7 15.
Be1 Be8 16. b4 Bh5 17. Bxh5 Rxh5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qe2 Rh6 21.
Rc1 a6 22. h4 Re8 23. Rh1 Rf6 24. h5 Rh6 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Nf6 27. Qf3 Qe6
28. Bg3 Qf5 29. Rh2 Rxh5 30. Rch1 Qc2+ 31. Bf2 Rxh2+ 32. Rxh2 Ne4 33. Kh1 Qc1+
34. Bg1 h6 35. Qg4 Nf6 36. Qg6 Rf8 37. Rg2 Ne8 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qg6+ Kg8 40.
Qxh6 Rf6 41. Qh5 Rf8 42. Ng6 Rf6 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qh5 Qb1 45. Ne5+ Ke7 46. Qg5
Qh7+ 47. Rh2 Qe4+ 48. Rg2 Qh7+ {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Russell Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3
Rad8 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Na4 Qc7 17. b4 Qb8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Red1 h6 20. Nc5 g5 21.
Qd3 Bg7 22. Qb5 Ng3 23. Bd3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nb3 Ne2+ 27.
Bxe2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Bxf2 29. Qd3 Qxh3# 0-1


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stewart Booth"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ba3
Ne4 9. Qc1 f4 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 fxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. c5 Qc7
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nc3 e5 17. Nxe4 Be6 18. Ng5 Bg4 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. dxe5 Bf5
21. f4 Rae8 22. Rad1 h6 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Kg2 Bf5 26. e4 Bg4 27. Qc3
Qe6 28. Rh1 Qe7 29. Rd6 Kg8 30. Nh4 Rf7 31. Qc4 Be6 32. Qd4 Qc7 33. f5 Bc8 34.
b4 b6 35. e6 Rff8 36. Ng6 Rf6 37. Rxh6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad, 4...h6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Re8 14. Bc2 Nf8
15. Ba4 Re7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nh4 Ng6 18. Nf5 Kh7 19. Qh5 Qf8 20. Nxe7 Qxe7
21. g3 Rg8 22. Kh1 Bc8 23. Bd1 Qd7 24. Bc2 Qg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. f3 Bh3 27.
Rf2 Bc8 28. a4 h5 29. a5 h4 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra7 Kg7 32. Bd3 hxg3 33. hxg3
Nf8 34. Rb2 Nd7 35. Bc2 Kf8 36. g4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD Tarrasch: 4.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.0-0 O-O 9.cd5
ed5 10.dc5 Bc5 11.Nd4 Re8 12.b3 Bb6 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.h3 Qe5 16.f4 Be3+
17.Be3 Qe3+ 18.Rf2 Bd7 19.Rd1 Qb6 20.Kf1 d4 21.Nb1 Nd5 22.Rf3 Re3 23.Ke1 Rf3
24.Bf3 Re8+ 25.Kd2 Ne3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.d4"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.f3 O-O
9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Bd4 Bd7 11.h4 Rc8 12.Bb3 Qa5 13.0-0-0 Rfe8 14.Kb1 a6 15.h5 Nh5
16.Bg7 Kg7 17.g4 Nf6 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Nd5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Russell Murray"]
[Black "Stewart Booth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...d6"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O Ngf6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Re1 b5
9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.h3 Rc8 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Bh2 Qb6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 dxe5 15.dxe5 Rcd8
16.Nfg5 h6 17.Qh5 c4 18.Bc2 f5 19.exf6 N5xf6 20.Qg6 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4
Rf6 23.Re2 Bc5 24.Bg3 Nf8 25.Rf1 Rd5 26.Kh1 g5 27.b3 Bd6 28.Bxd6 Qxd6 29.bxc4
Rf4 30.cxd5 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Qxd5 32.Re2 Qc4 33.Rfe1 Qxc3 34.Bb3 Kf7 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Russell Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Classical"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O e6
9.Re1 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Qd3 Re8 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.c4 Rad8 15.Ne5
Nxe5 16.Rxe5 c5 17.Qe2 cxd4 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rb5 a6 20.Rb3 Rc8 21.Ne4 Red8
22.c5 Be5 23.g3 Qc6 24.Rb6 Qd5 25.b4 Bc7 26.Nc3 d3 27.Qg4 Qe5 28.Na4 Bxb6
29.Nxb6 Qe2 30.h3 Qxg4 31.hxg4 Rc6 32.f3 a5 33.a3 axb4 34.axb4 e5 35.Kf2 f5
36.Nc4 e4 37.gxf5 gxf5 38.Nd6 b6 39.Nxf5 Rf6 40.Nh4 bxc5 41.bxc5 g5 42.Ng6
Rxg6 43.fxe4 Rc6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alex Malejewicz"]
[Black "Russell Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...d5"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 Rc8 10.c5 Qc7 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Qc2 Rfe8 14.Rac1 Ng4 15.h3 Nh6
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf6 18.Rfe1 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Nf5 20.Rcd1 Bf6 21.Kg2 Rcd8
22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Re3 Rd5 24.Red3 Red8 25.Qd2 R8d7 26.Bc3 Qd8 27.h4 e5 28.f4 e4
29.Re3 Bxd4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Leigh Healy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.g3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Na5 8.Nd2 c5 9.d5
a6 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 bxc4 13.bxc4 Ng4 14.Rab1 Bd7 15.Nce4 f6 16.h3
Nh6 17.f4 Qc7 18.g4 Nf7 19.Rf3 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 f5 21.Nc3 fxg4 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.Rg3
Bd7 24.e4 Rb8 25.f5 Rxb2 26.Qxb2 Ne5 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Bf1 Qb7 29.Qxb7 Nxb7
30.Nf3 Kf7 31.Nxe5+ Bxe5 32.Rf3+ Kg7 33.Ne2 Na5 34.Ng3 Bd4+ 35.Kg2 Bb2 36.Be2
Bg4 37.Rf2 Bxe2 38.Rxe2 Nxc4 39.Nf1 Bd4 40.Nd2 Ne3+ 41.Kf3 Nd1 42.Nb3 Be5
43.Na5 Nc3 44.Rc2 Nb5 45.Nc6 Bf6 46.Rc4 Nc7 47.Ra4 e6 48.dxe6 Nxe6 49.Rxa6 Kh6
50.e5 Ng5+ 51.Kf4 dxe5+ 52.Nxe5 Bxe5+ 53.Kxe5 Kh5 54.Kd5 Nf3 55.Rf6 Nd2 56.Rf2
Nb1 57.Kxc5 g5 58.a4 Nc3 59.Rh2+ Kg4 60.a5 Kg3 61.Rc2 Ne4+ 62.Kc6 Kf3 63.a6 g4
64.a7 g3 65.a8=Q {#r} 1-0


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Mathew Clarke"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2...e6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nc6 4.Na3 a6 5.Nc2 Qc7 6.d4 cd4 7.Ncd4 d6 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Bd3 Be7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.h3 Bd7 12.0-0 Rac8 13.Rac1 Qa5 14.b4 Qh5 15.Qe2 Ne5
16.Rc2 Nd3 17.Qd3 Qg6 18.Nd2 d5 19.f3 Bd6 20.Rfc1 Ba4 21.Rb2 a5 22.a3 Qg3
23.Nf1 Qg6 24.Nd2 ab4 25.ab4 Rfd8 26.b5 Ba3 27.Rbb1 Bc1 28.Rc1 de4 29.Qb1 Nd5
30.Bf2 e3 31.Be3 Qb1 32.Rb1 Ne3 33.Ne4 Bc2 34.Rc1 Be4 35.fe4 Rd4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Alex Malejewicz"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English: Symmetrical, 3.g3 Nf6"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.e4 Be7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.0-0 d6 8.d4 cd4
9.Nd4 a6 10.Nc6 bc6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Rac1 e5 14.h3 a5 15.Rfd1 Qb7
16.b3 Be6 17.Na4 Nd7 18.c5 dc5 19.Nc5 Nc5 20.Bc5 Rbc8 21.Be7 Qe7 22.Qa6 Qa3
23.Qe2 a4 24.ba4 Qa4 25.Rd2 c5 26.Rdc2 c4 27.Rc3 Rfd8 28.Bf1 Rd4 29.a3 Rcd8
30.Qc2 Qc2 31.R3c2 Rc8 32.f3 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.h4 Kd6 35.Ke3 Kc5 36.Rc3 Rb8
37.R1c2 Rb1 38.Be2 g6 39.Rc1 Rb2 40.R1c2 Rc2 41.Rc2 Rd6 42.f4 f6 43.fe5 fe5
44.Rb2 Ra6 45.Rc2 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 c3 47.Bd3 Kd4 48.Ke2 Bg4+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "Victorian Country Championship"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Geoff Davis"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2...e6 3.d4"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.c3 d6 7.0-0 Bd7 8.Kh1 Qb6
9.Bc2 Be7 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Ne3 Nd4 13.cd4 Rc8 14.Bd2 Bb5 15.Rg1 Qb6
16.Bc3 O-O 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nd5 ed5 19.f4 de5 20.fe5 Bg5 21.a4 Bd7 22.Qd3 Qh6
23.Qf3 Bf4 24.g3 Be3 25.Rgd1 Bg5 26.Bb3 Qh3 27.Re1 Bg4 28.Qd5 Be6 29.Qb7 Rb8
30.Be6 fe6 31.Qg2 Qh5 32.Rf1 Rfc8 33.Rf3 h6 34.Raf1 Qg6 35.h4 Be7 36.Qh3 Rc6
37.g4 Qe4 38.Qg2 Kh7 39.h5 Bg5 40.R3f2 Qe3 41.Re1 Qe1+ 42.Be1 Rc1 43.Rf1
{+9.98|d11 Tiger 12.0} Z0 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC09"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "P Cook"]
[Black "N Barrow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni: 2.d5 Nf6"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bd3 a6 11. a4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. Re1 Ne5
15. Qd1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. f4 Rc8 18. Be3 c4 19. Qc2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Re2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rae1 Rc8 24. Qd2 b4 25. Nb1 Qa5 26. e5 c3 27. bxc3
bxc3 28. Qd3 c2 29. Rxc2 Qxe1+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "N Barrow"]
[Black "L Healey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad, 4...h6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qb3 O-O 14.
Bd3 Bc6 15. O-O Na6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. c4 Nc7 18. Qe2 Qh5 19. Be4 Ne8 20. Rac1
Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd6 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Qg6 24. Qb3 b6 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5
Nf5 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. c6 Ne7 29. Qb7 Kf8 30. h3 Qf5 31. c7 Rc8 32. Rd1 e5 33.
Qxa7 Kg7 34. Qc5 e4 35. Nd4 Qxc5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC09"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2009.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "N Barrow"]
[Black "S Booth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bg3 N7f6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Qd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
O-O 15. Bb3 Bf6 16. e4 e5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Qe3 Bg4 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Nh2 Be6
21. f4 Bxb3 22. axb3 exd4 23. cxd4 Qb4 24. e5 Be7 25. f5 Bg5 26. Qe4 c5 27.
Nf3 cxd4 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. f6 Rfe8 30. Qf5 Rd5 31. Qxg5 g6 32. g4 Rdxe5 33.
Qh6 Qf8 34. Qh4 Re3 35. Rxd4 Rxb3 36. Rd5 Rd8 37. Re5 Rbd3 38. Rfe1 Rd1 39.
Re3 Qc5 40. Qf2 Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Re8 42. Kf2 Qxe3+ 43. Qxe3 Rxe3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC07"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pyke, Malcolm"]
[Black "Booth, Stewart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dc4 5.a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Be4 9.
fe4 Ne4 10. Bd2 Qd4 11. Ne4 Qe4 12. Qe2 Bd2 13. Kd2 Qd5 14.Kc2 Na6 15. Nc4 Nb4
16. Kb3 c5 17. Rd1 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Qb5 Nc6 20.a5 Qc7 21.Nc6 Qc6 22.Rd6 Qb5
23.Bb5 Kf8 24.Rd7 Rb8 25.Rf1 f6 26.Rfd1 a6 27.Bc4 b6 28.Rd8 Kf7 29.R1d7 Kg6
30.Rh8 Rh8 31.ab6 Rb8 32.b7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC07"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steven Fletcher"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...c5"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.a3 d5 5.dc5 Bc5 6.b4 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 a5 9.ba5
Qa5 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.h3 Ba3 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.c4 Bb2 16.Ra8 Nb6
17.Rb8 Qb8 18.Qb2 Nc4 19.Qd4 Bb5 20.Rb1 Na3 21.Rb5 Rc1 22.Bf1 Nb5 23.Qb2 Rf1
24.Kf1 Nc7 25.Qe5 Na6 26.Qb5 Qc8 27.Nd4 h6 28.f4 Nb8 29.Qb6 Nd7 30.Qd6 Nf6
31.g4 b5 32.g5 hg5 33.fg5 Qc4 34.Ke1 Qc1 35.Ke2 Ne4 36.Qe5 Qc4 37.Ke1 Qd3
38.Qb8 Kh7 39.Qf4 Qb1 40.Ke2 Nc3 41.Kf2 Qg6 42.Nf3 Nd5 43.Qd4 Ne7 44.Qc5 Nd5
45.Qb5 Qf5 46.Qf1 e5 47.e4 Qe4 48.Qa6 Qe3 49.Kg3 Qf4 50.Kg2 Ne3 51.Kf2 e4
52.Qe2 Nf5 53.g6 {!} fg6 {?} 54.Qe4 {! If 54... Qe4 55.Ng5 wins back the
Queen} Qg3 55.Ke2 Qg2 56.Kd1 Qf1 57.Kd2 Qf2 58.Kc1 Qc5 59.Kd2 Qf2 60.Kc1 Kh6
{?? The losing move.} 61.Qf4 g5 62.Qg5 Kh7 63.Qf5 Kg8 64.Qc8 Kh7 65.Qc2 Qc2
66.Kc2 Kh6 67.Kd3 Kh5 68.Ke4 g6 69.Kf4 Kh6 70.Kg4 Kh7 71.Kg5 Kg7 72.Nh4 Kh7
73.Ng6 Kg7 74.h4 Kh7 75.h5 Kg8 76.Kh6 Kf7 77.Kh7 Kf6 78.Ne5 Kg5 79.h6 Kf6
80.Kg8 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC07"]
[Site "Castlemaine"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mollard, Max"]
[Black "Pyke, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: 2.d4 d5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 ed5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Qd7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.Qa4 Bf5 12.Bf5 Nf5 13.Rfe1 Kb8 14.Bg3 Ncd4 15.Qd7
Nf3 16.Nf3 Rd7 17.Re2 Bg3 18.hg3 c6 19.Rae1 Kc7 20.g4 Nd6 21.Nd4 Nc8 22.b4 Kb8
23.Re6 Rf8 24.f3 Rff7 25.f4 Nd6 26.f5 Kc7 27.R6e2 Ne4 28.Ne6 Kb6 29.Re3 Kb5
30.a4 Ka4 31.Ra1 Kb5 32.Ra7 Kb6 33.Ra5 Rde7 34.Rd3 {34.c4! threatens mate and
forces the win of the knight!} Ng5 35.Re3 Ne6 36.fe6 Rf8 37.c4 dc4 38.Rc5 Rfe8
39.Rc4 Re6 40.Rd3 Re4 41.Rdd4 Rd4 42.Rd4 Re7 43.Kf2 c5 44.bc5 Kc5 45.Rf4 b5
{#R} 0-1


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peter Stickland"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "900"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.c3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.c3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qb4+ 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 Bb4 12.Rc1 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Nb4 14.Bb1 O-O
15.O-O Nc6 16.Nf3 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Ng5 h6 19.Nf3 Bd7 20.Nh4 Rac8 21.Ng6 Rfe8
22.Rc3 Kf7 23.Ne5+ Nxe5 24.Rxc8 Nf3+! 25.gxf3 Rxc8 26.Bd3 a6 27.h3 Ng8 28.h4
Ne7 29.Ng3 Nc6 30.Ne2 Nb4 31.Bb1 Bb5 32.Re1 Bxe2 33.Rxe2 Rc1+ 34.Kg2 Rxb1
35.a3 Nc6 36.Rd2 Rc1 37.Rd3 Rc4 38.b3 Rxd4 39.Rxd4 Nxd4 40.b4 Nc2 41.f4 Nxa3
42.Kf3 b5 43.Ke3 Nc2+ 44.Kd3 Nxb4+ 45.Kd4 Kf6 46.Kc3 Nc6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Geoffrey Barber"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD: Janowski Variation"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.a3 Nbd7
9.O-O c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Qb3 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.h3 h6 17.Rd2 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Rxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Bxd5 20.Qd1 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Russell Murray"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Bd6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Ne2 Bg4 6.c3 c6 7.Qc2 h6 8.Nd2 Nf6
9.Nf1 Qc7 10.Nfg3 Nbd7 11.Be3 Be6 12.h3 Nb6 13.b3 O-O 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rfe8
16.O-O Nbd7 17.c4 b6 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.Rac1 Qb8 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nb5 Rc8 22.Nxd6!!
Rxc2 23.Nxe8 Qxe8 24.Rxc2 g6 25.Rfc1! Kg7 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Rc7 Qe6 28.Bf4 g5
29.Be5 Qf5 30.R1c6 Qb1+ 31.Kh2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1444"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 b5
9.Qd3 Bb7 10.a3 Nbd7 11.b4 Rc8 12.O-O c6 13.h3 Qc7 14.Be3 Rfd8 15.Qc2 a5
16.Rfc1 axb4 17.axb4 Qb8 18.Qd2 Ba8 19.Ra2 Nb6 20.Rca1 Nc4? 21.Bxc4 bxc4
22.Rxa8! Qxb4 23.R8a4 Qb3 24.R1a3 Nxe4! 25.Nxe4 Qb1+ 26.Qc1 Qxe4 27.Rxc4 Rb8
28.Ra1 e5 29.Nd2 Qf5 30.Rc5 exd4 31.Rxf5 dxe3 32.fxe3 Bxa1 33.Rc5 Bb2 34.Qc2
Ba3 35.Rxc6 Rb2 36.Qc3 Rdxd2 37.Qxa3 Rxg2+ 38.Kf1 Ra2 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Qf8+ Kf6
41.Rc6+ Kg5 42.Qxf7 Rgb2 43.Qf4+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nigel Barrow"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd3 Nbd7 12.Bb3 Nc5! 13.Qc2 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 b5 15.Rfd1
Bb7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.a4 Bd5 18.Nxd5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Paul Brown"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "979"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko Gambit: 4.cxb5 a6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Nge2
axb5 10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Qb6 13.Kh1 Rfb8 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.Be3 Rb7
16.Qd2 Ne5 17.b3 Nb4 18.h3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD: 3.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.a3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Bc1 Bf5 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.Nd2 Nxc3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Rod Hessing"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qb3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Bb7 8.Rd1 O-O
9.g3 Qe8 10.Bxf6 Rxf6 11.Bg2 d6 12.O-O Nd7 13.b4 Rh6 14.d5 {Aiming to close
down black's light squared bishop for a time, while giving scope to my queen.
(R.C)} e5 15.e4 {There were a few lines where black plays Qh5, e4 f5 etc in
some order which allows black to infiltrate with the queen so I thought if I
removed the e2 pawn from the calculation, there may be some better chances for
me.} Qh5 16.h4 Nf6 17.exf5 Bc8 18.Nxe5! {I was happy to find this as I was
starting to get concerned with the number of blacks pieces getting closer to
my king. (R.C)} Qxf5 (18...dxe5 19.d6 Rb8 (19...cxd6 20.Bxa8 Bxf5 21.Rxd6
{White would be doing quite well at this point though it does look scary.
(R.C)}) 20.dxc7 Rb7 21.Rd8+ {And black is just losing (R.C)}) 19.Nc6 Kf8
20.Rd4 Bb7 21.Rf4 Qd7 22.Nd4 Re8 23.Ne6+ {It was around this move where I was
starting to have trouble finding an attacking continuation without having to
give up material for an attack that may not work. So I just applied more and
more pressure until something happened. (R.C)} Kg8 24.Re1 Bc8 25.Re3 Qf7
26.Bh3 Qd7 27.Qc2 Rg6 28.Bf5 Rh6 29.b5 Qf7 30.Bh3 Kh8 31.Ng5 Qg8 32.Bxc8 Rxc8
(32...Rxe3 33.Be6 {Threatening Nf7. (R.C)} Rxe6 34.dxe6 Qf8 35.Nf7+ Kg8
36.Nxh6+ gxh6 37.Qf5 {One possible line to win with white. (R.C)}) 33.Re7 Ne8
34.Nf7+ {Black loses the queen and is likely to be checkmated shortly. (R.C)}
{#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[White "Rifky Althaf"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Bf4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 Qb6 6.Qb3 Bf5 7.dxc5 Qxb3 8.Nxb3 e5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Bb5 f6 12.f3 Nxc5 13.Na5 a6 {The only move I could
find that doesn't lose more than a pawn (R.C)} 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Nxc6 a5
{Hoping to play Ra6-b6 to trap the knight, and if Nxa5, black wins back the
pawns. (R.C)} 16.b4 axb4 17.cxb4 Na4 18.Ne2 Rc8 19.b5 Bc5 20.Bf2 Kd7?! 21.Rd2
Rc7 22.Kc2 Nb6 23.Nc3 Ra8 24.Ra1 Ke8 25.a4 Nc4 26.Nxd5 Rd7 27.Nxf6+ {I had
anticipated e4 as a move but apparently, white had found something in that
line that is better for black so went for this line. (R.C)} gxf6 28.Rxd7 Bxd7
29.Kb3 Na5+ 30.Nxa5 Rxa5 31.Rc1 Be6+ 32.Kb2 Bd6 33.Rc6 Kd7 34.Rxd6+ Kxd6
35.Ka3 Ra8 {Perhaps missing my chance, Kc5-c4 seems like the way to go as the
bishop can protect from c8 (R.C)} 36.Be1 {e4 or Kb4 seemed better but white
still finds an active plan. (R.C)} Kc5 37.Bb4+ Kc4 38.b6 Bd7 39.a5 Bc6 40.e4
Kb5 {The kingside pawns are now stopped. (R.C)} 41.Kb3 Rg8 42.g3 Rd8 43.Be7
Rd3+ 44.Kc2 Rxf3 45.Kd2 Kxa5 46.Bd8 Kb5 47.Ke2 Bxe4 48.g4 Bb7 49.h4 Kc4 50.g5
fxg5 51.hxg5 Kd4 52.Bf6 Rh3 53.Kf2 Ke4 {A tough game that I had thought I
wouldn't be able to win after giving up the pawn but turned out the position
was complex enough for both sides to create chances. (R.C)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "FM Christopher Wallis"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian: 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 c6 6.e4 O-O 7.Nge2 e5 8.O-O Qc7 9.h3
Nbd7 10.Be3 b6 11.d5 Bb7 12.dxc6 Bxc6 13.Rc1 Rae8 {The threat was Nd5 and as I
wanted to keep my bishop, I had to stop Ne7 as well. I had also wanted to not
block my rook in after Qb8 so this was the only plan I could see. I am already
in a fair amount of trouble. (R.C)} 14.Nd5 Qb8 15.Nec3 Nc5 16.b4 Ne6 17.f4 Nh5
18.f5 {The following threat is f6 with Bh6, completely shutting down my pieces
so I had to do something. (R.C)} Bxd5 19.Nxd5 Nc7 20.Kh2 {Keeping everything
safe from the h5 knight and also finding that f6 doesn't work. (R.C)} (20.f6
Nxd5 21.fxg7 Nxe3 22.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 23.Qf3 Nxf1 24.Rxf1 Qc7 {I would have been
fine with something like this but unfortunately was not meant to be. (R.C)})
20...Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Nf6 22.Qd3 h6 23.Rf2 g5 24.Rd2 Rd8 25.Rcd1 Rd7 26.Qe2 Rfd8
27.h4 {A tough decision to be made here, either g4 and block everything up but
allow white in on the dark squares or take and survive an attack on the
g-file. In hindsight perhaps g4 was slightly better that what happened. (R.C)}
gxh4 28.gxh4 b5 29.cxb5 d5 30.Bc5 d4 31.Bf3 Kh8 32.Kh1 Qb7 (32...h5 {Holds the
draw apparently (stockfish 14+)} 33.Bxh5 d3 34.Qf3 Qxb5) 33.Qd3 Rb8 34.a4 Rc8
35.Rg2 Bf8 36.Bxf8 Rxf8 37.Qd2 Kh7 38.Rdg1 Ne8 39.f6 Nxf6 40.Rg7+ Kh8 41.Qxh6+
Nh7 42.Rxh7# {I figured it was a nice enough checkmate and whites attack was
successful enough. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Geoff Barber"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: London"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Ne5 a5 9.Qe2
Bb7 10.g4 {I felt that I had developed enough and wanted to play an attacking
game after my previous games had been more positional. I tried to go for the
throat. (R.C)} Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bb5 f6 13.Nc4 Ba6 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.h4 Nd7
16.Bc4 Bd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qb5 Rc8 19.b4? {I had though this breaks everything
open but had completely forgotten that black doesn't always have to take and
can actually move away from any tactics. (R.C)} axb4 20.cxb4 Kh8 21.bxc5 bxc5
22.g5 f5 23.Rb1 Ra8 24.Qb7 Rxa2 25.Qxd5 Qa5 26.O-O {After the game, Geoff
admitted that he had missed this move. I had found this move slightly humorous
during the game because not many games castle this late in an attack. (R.C)}
Rxd2 27.Qxd7 Qd8 28.Rb7 Qxd7 29.Rxd7 Re8 {Black offered a draw to which white
declined. (R.C)} 30.Rb1 Kg8 31.Rbb7 Bf8 32.h5 Ra2 33.dxc5 Rc2 34.Bd6 Ra8
35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Rf7+ Ke8 37.Rxf5 {Perhaps just Rxg7 and go with that but I
wanted to find a more creative way to checkmate (R.C)} Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Raa1 39.Kg3
Rg1+ 40.Kf4 Ra4 41.c6 Rh1 42.g6 hxg6 43.hxg6 Rh2 44.Re5+ Kd8 45.Rd7+ {And
checkmate is next move. A tricky game with the number of tactics/ideas to keep
track of. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Reza Daneshvar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Be7 4.Bd3 b6 5.c4 Bb7 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.e4 e5 9.Qe2
c6 {I had played this pawn structure earlier and was thinking about how to
play against it. I then realised my LSB was in the wrong place and black
manages to find a way to exploit that very well. (R.C)} 10.b3 Qc7 11.Bb2 Nf8
12.Rac1 Ng6 13.g3 Bc8! {I had completely overlooked this as an option and now
saw what black's goal was. All of the light squares are now weak and
everything else is in the way. (R.C)} 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Ne1 Bg4 16.f3 Bh3 17.Ng2
O-O 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Bc2 h5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 h4 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Qd1 Qc7 {I
had wanted to trade all of blacks heavy pieces to alleviate most of the attack
but black was determined to use the queen successfully. (R.C)} 24.Ne2 Nh5
25.Bc3 {White offered a draw. I had figured that black may not take this to to
their overwhelmingly pleasant position but figured it mightn't hurt to ask.
(R.C)} Bc5+ 26.Kh1 Qe7 27.Be1 Qf6 28.Qd3 hxg3 29.hxg3 Qg5 30.Qd2 Be3?? {Reza
had gotten lost in thought about the way the attack will happen then picked up
his DSB. I assume he wanted to take on g2 first, then this move. He had not
let go of his piece even when placing it on e3 and could have played Be7 to
protect the queen, though that may lead to a more drawish position. All of
blacks pieces are still quite close to the white king so I had to be careful
and not fall into any checkmates. (R.C)} 31.Nxe3 Nhf4 32.Nxf4 exf4 33.Nf5 Qh5
{Planning two different threats, Qxf3+ and Bxf5+. I had found only one way to
deal with this. (R.C)} 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Nh4 Nxh4 36.Qxh4 {And after the trade of
queens and the f-g pawns, the game looks better for white, being the piece up.
A very lucky escape for white (R.C)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stickland, Peter"]
[Black "Barrow, Nigel"]
[WhiteElo "1150"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra Accepted"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 Bg4
9.Be3 Ne5 10.Rfd1 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qc8 12.Bb3 Qh3 13.Bf4 Nxf3+ 14.Kh1 Ng4 15.Ba4+
Kd8 16.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 17.Kg1 Qxf2+ {#R} *


[Event "Vccc"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thatipamala, Ajitesh"]
[Black "Stickland, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "600"]
[BlackElo "1150"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Dragon"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Ng4 8.Bf4 Qb6
9.Be3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Qxb2 11.Rb1 Qa3 12.Ndb5 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14.Nxc3 O-O
15.Bc4 Nc6 16.O-O Ne5 17.Bb3 b6 18.h3 Ba6 19.Rf2 Rac8 20.Nd5 Rfe8 21.Ba4 b5
22.Bb3 Bb7 23.Nb4 Bxe4 24.a4 bxa4 25.Bxa4 Rf8 26.Rf4 Bc6 27.Bb3 Rb8 28.Nxc6
Nxc6 29.Rbf1 Ne5 30.Ra1 Rb7 31.Bd5 Rc7 32.Kh2 Rxc2 33.Rxa7 e6 34.Bb3 Rd2 35.h4
Rb8 36.Ba2 Rbb2 37.h5 Rxg2+ 38.Kh3 Kg7 39.Bc4 Rh2+ 40.Kg3 Rbg2# 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stickland, Peter"]
[Black "Leach, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1150"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.Nf4 Nxd4 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.Ng6+ hxg6 12.exf6+ Nxf6 13.Qxh8 Kf7 14.O-O e5 15.Nb3
Nxb3 16.axb3 e4 17.Be2 Qb6 18.Qh4 Qxb3 19.Qg3 Qb6 20.Rd1 Be6 21.Rb1 d4 22.Bg5
Rd8 23.Bf4 Rd7 24.Be5 Be7 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Bg4 Re7 27.Be2 Bb3 28.Rdc1 a5
29.Bc4+ Bxc4 30.Rxc4 Qe6 31.Rc7 b5 32.Rxe7+ Bxe7 33.b3 Qd5 34.Qf4+ Kg8 35.Qg4
g5 36.Qc8+ Kf7 37.Qc7 b4 38.Qxa5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ainsley, Kai"]
[Black "Stickland, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "450"]
[BlackElo "1143"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.Be3 a6 9.e5
dxe5 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.Bxc5 Ngxe5 12.d4 Nxc4 13.b3 Ne3 14.Qe2 Nxf1 15.Qxf1 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 18.Kh1 Qxc3 19.h4 Bg4 20.Re1 e6 21.Re4 Bf5 22.Rc4
Qe5 23.g4 Be4+ 24.Kg1 Qg3+ 25.Qg2 Qxg2# 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stickland, Peter"]
[Black "Ristic, Mio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1130"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4
9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Qb6 11.Nf3 f6 12.a3 Be7 13.Kh1 a6 14.Qc2 f5 15.Rg1 Kh8 16.g4
Ndb8 17.gxf5 exf5 18.Be3 Be6 19.Ng3 g6 20.Qd2 Na5 21.Qd1 Qd8 22.Kg2 Nc4
23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Rh1 Kg8 25.h4 Bd5 26.Kh3 Nd7 27.Qf1 Qb6 28.Rh2 Qc6 29.Rc1 Bxf3
30.Rf2 Bg4+ 31.Kh2 b5 32.Rd2 Qd5 33.Ne2 Bxe2 34.Rxe2 Bxh4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "VCCC"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makonaholoi, Tarun"]
[Black "Stickland, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "475"]
[BlackElo "1130"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 g6 5.Ng5 e6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7
9.Re1 O-O 10.e5 dxe5 11.Rxe5 Nd5 12.Re4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Ba3 b6 15.Re3 Ne5
16.Rb1 h6 17.Ne4 Nc4 18.Rd3 Qc6 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Qf3 Ne5 21.Nf6+ Bxf6 22.Qxf6
Nxd3 23.cxd3 Rab8 24.Rf1 Rb2 25.g3 Rfb8 26.f3 Rb1 27.Kf2 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Qd7
29.d4 cxd4 30.cxd4 Rb1+ 31.Ke2 Qb5+ 32.Ke3 Re1+ 33.Kf4 Qf5+ 34.Qxf5 exf5 35.d5
Kf8 36.d6 Ke8 37.d7+ Kxd7 38.g4 fxg4 39.fxg4 f6 40.h4 Ke6 41.h5 gxh5 42.gxh5
Re2 43.a4 Rxd2 44.a5 Ra2 45.a6 Rxa6 46.Kg4 Ra4+ 47.Kf3 Rd4 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Kf3
a5 50.Ke2 a4 51.Kf3 a3 52.Kg3 a2 53.Kf3 a1=Q 54.Kg3 Qc3+ 55.Kf2 Rd2+ 56.Kf1
Qc1# 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ryan Zhang"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "500"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, Steinitz"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f3 Bxc5 6.Nh3 Nxe5 7.f4 Nc6 8.Be2 Nf6
9.Ng5 Qb6 10.c3 h6 11.b4 Nxb4 12.cxb4 Bxb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Kxd2 hxg5 15.Qa4+
Bd7 16.Bb5 Bxb5 17.Qb3 Ne4+ 18.Kc2 Rc8+ 19.Kb2 Qd4+ 20.Ka3 a6 21.Qb2 Qa4# 0-1


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Alistair Anderson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav: 4.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Be2 Be6 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.O-O
Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Bc4 Qe4 19.Qxe4 Bxe4 20.f3 Bc2 21.Rc1 Bd3
22.Bxd3 Rxd3 23.e4 Rfd8 24.Rc2 Kf8 25.Re1 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Ke7
26.Kf2 f6 27.Ke2 Ke6 28.Rec1 f5 29.exf5+ Kxf5 30.Rc5+ Kf6 31.R1c2 Rd1 32.R5c4
R1d5 33.Rf4+ Ke6 34.Re4+ Kf6 35.Rf4+ {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jack Smith"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 f6 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.O-O
c4 10.Bc2 Bd6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.f4 Rae8 14.Nd2 b5 15.Ndf3 a5 16.Bd2 Bc8
17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Be1 g6 20.Bh4 Kg7 21.Rf3 Bxe5 22.fxe5 Ng8 23.Raf1
Rxf3 24.Qxf3 Qd7 25.Bf6+ Nxf6 26.Qxf6+ Kg8 27.Bxg6 hxg6 28.Qxg6+ Kh8 29.Rf7
Qxf7 30.Qxf7 Rg8 31.h4 b4 32.Kh2 bxc3 33.bxc3 a4 34.h5 Rg7 35.Qf8+ Kh7 36.Qxc8
Rg8 37.Qxe6 Rg7 38.Qxd5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Robert Dejanovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1241"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian: 3.Nc3 c6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.g3 Qa5 6.Bd2 Qc7 7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rc1 Be7 10.d5 O-O 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nf5 Rfe8 14.Nxe7+ Rxe7 15.Bg5 Ree8
16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Qa4 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.Qc2 Bg6 20.Qd2 Nfe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4
22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Qxd6 h6 24.Qxc7 Rxc7 25.Rd8 Rc8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Be3 Rb8 28.b3
a5 29.f3 Bf5 30.g4 Be6 31.Bc5 f6 32.Rc3 Kf7 33.a4 Ke8 34.Rd3 Bd7 35.Kf2 h5
36.Kg3 hxg4 37.hxg4 Rb7 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.Ke3 g6 40.Kd2 e4 41.Re3 Be6 42.Kc3 exf3
43.exf3 g5 44.Rd3 f5 45.gxf5 Bxf5 46.Rd8 Rd7 47.Rxd7+ Bxd7 48.Bb6 Ke6 49.Kd4
Kd6 50.c5+ Ke6 51.Bxa5 Kf5 52.Bc7 Bc8 53.b4 Ba6 54.Bd6 g4 {Black offered a
draw...(P.C.)} 55.fxg4+ Kxg4 56.Ke5 Bc4 57.Be7 Bb3 58.b5 cxb5 59.axb5 Bd1
60.b6 Bf3 61.Kd6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargargiri Goswami"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, 4.a3 Bxc3+"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6
Nbd7 9.Ne2 b6 10.h3 Bb7 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Qh4 Rg7 14.c4 Rdg8 15.Ng3
e3 16.d5 exf2 17.Ne4 Rg6 18.Nxf6 Nxf6 19.Bd3 Nxd5 20.Qxe7 Nxe7 21.Bxg6 Rxg6
22.Rhf1 Bxg2 23.Rxf2 Bxh3 24.Rxf7 Nf5 25.Be5 Nd6 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rxh7 Bf5
28.Rxa7 Rg3 29.Rxd6 Rc3 30.Rd2 Rxc4 31.Rh2 Kb8 32.Re7 Rc8 33.Kb2 Rc7 34.Rxc7
Kxc7 35.Kb3 Kc6 36.c3 Kc5 37.Rh5 Kc6 38.Kc4 Bg4 39.Rg5 Bf5 40.Rh5 Bg4 41.Re5
Bf5 42.Kd4 Bg4 43.a4 Bf5 44.Re3 Bg4 45.Re5 Bf5 46.a5 bxa5 47.Rxa5 Kb6 48.Re5
Kc6 49.Ra5 Kb6 50.Rc5 Bg4 51.Rg5 Bf5 52.c4 Kc6 53.Rg8 Bh3 54.Rc8+ Kd7 55.Ra8
Kd6 56.c5+ Kc6 57.Ra6+ Kb7 58.Rb6+ Kc7 59.Ke5 Bf5 60.Kf6 Bh3 61.Ke7 Bf5 62.Kf6
Bh3 63.Ke5 Bf5 64.Kd4 Bh3 65.Kc4 Bg4 66.Kb5 Be2+ 67.Ka5 Bc4 68.Kb4 Bd5 69.Kb5
Kd7 70.Rb8 Kc7 71.Rb6 Kd7 72.Rd6+ Kc7 73.Rb6 Kd7 74.Ra6 Kc7 75.Ra7+ Kb8 76.Kb6
Be4 77.Re7 Bd5 78.Re8# 1-0


[Event "VRCL"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Matteo Bonifaccio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 a6 9.Nf3
Rb8 10.a4 Qa5 11.O-O Re8 12.h3 Nf8 13.Rfd1 e6 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.Qxd6 Rbd8 16.Qf4
Nh5 17.Qe3 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 {White offered a
draw...(P.C.)} Bd7 21.a5 Rxe4 22.Be3 Bc6 23.Nd2 Re8 24.Bxh5 gxh5 25.Bxc5 Rd8
26.Be3 Ng6 27.Bd4 Nf4 28.Nf3 Nxh3+ 29.gxh3 Bxf3 30.Re1 {White offered a
draw...(P.C.)} Bc6 31.Re5 Rd6 32.Rg5+ Rg6 33.f4 {#t} 1-0


[Event "Victorian Rural Chess League"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clarke, Rory"]
[Black "Dao, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "675"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Mason Variation"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.Nbd2 b5 8.Ne5 Bxe5
9.Bxe5 Nfd7 10.Bg3 f5 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.Bg3 Qe7
16.c3 a6 17.a4 Rac8 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Qd2 Nb6 20.b3 Nh5 21.Rfc1 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Rf6
23.Kf1 Rh6 24.f4 Nd7 25.Nf3 Nf6 26.Ng5 Ng4 27.Ke2 Rf8 28.Kd1 e5 29.Kc2 Rc6
30.Kb2 h6 31.Nf3 e4 32.Nh4 exd3 33.Ng6 Rxg6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Victorian Rural Chess League"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dao, Paul"]
[Black "Jyani, Vipin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Qb3 Rab8 13.a4 a6 14.Rfe1 Nd7 15.Qc2 Bg6
16.b4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 e5 18.dxe5 Ncxe5 19.Qd4 Nxf3+ 20.Nxf3 Rbc8 21.Rad1 Nf6
22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Re3 Rfe8 24.Rdd3 Re6 25.f4 Rce8 26.g4 h6 27.Kg2 Nd7 28.Qxd5 Nxe5
29.Rxe5 Rxe5 30.fxe5 Qxe5 31.Qxe5 Rxe5 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Rd7 b5 34.a5 Kg6 35.Rd6+
Re6 36.Rb6 Kg5 37.Kf3 Kf6 38.h4 g5 39.hxg5+ hxg5 40.Rb8 Rc6 41.Ke4 Rxc3
42.Rb6+ Kg7 43.Rxa6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Victorian Rural Chess League"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anderson, Alistar"]
[Black "Dao, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: Reti (Spielmann) Variation"]

1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 b5 9.O-O
c4 10.d3 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 Ba6 12.d4 b4 13.Re1 c3 14.Bc1 Bb7 15.Be3 a5 16.a3 Rc8
17.Bh3 g6 18.g4 h5 19.g5 Nf8 20.Qe2 Na7 21.Bf1 Rc6 22.h4 Nd7 23.Rc1 Kd8 24.Ne1
Kc7 25.Nf3 Rb8 26.Kg2 Bc8 27.Qe1 Nb5 28.a4 Na7 1/2-1/2


[Event "Victorian Rural Chess League"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dao, Paul"]
[Black "Perrin, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1402"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: 2...Nf6 3.d4"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nc4 Qa6 10.Bf4 Qe6+ 11.Ne3 Nb6 12.d5 Nbxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Be4 15.Qxe6
fxe6 16.Bg2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Victorian Rural Chess League"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dao, Paul"]
[Black "Barrow, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Scheveningen"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.Bc4 a6 8.a4 Qc7
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Nb3 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.f3 O-O 13.Qe1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Qf2 Rfc8 19.c4 Bb7 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Qxc5 Rxc5
22.Rfd1 Rac8 23.Rd6 R5c6 24.Rcd1 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Bc6 26.c5 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.b4
Kf8 29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Ke3 Rc7 31.Bd3 f5 32.Kd2 h6 33.Kc3 Rc8 34.Bc2 g5 35.Bb3 Bd7
36.Rb6 h5 37.Kd4 Bc6 38.Ke5 g4 39.Bxe6 gxf3 40.gxf3 Rc7 41.Bxf5 Bxf3 42.Rxb5
Be2 43.Rb6 Bf3 44.Rh6 Rc6 45.Rh7+ Kd8 46.Be4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Victorian Rural Chess League"]
[Date "2022.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Watson, James"]
[Black "Dao, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD: 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 O-O 10.Qc2 Re8 11.O-O Nb6 12.Ne5 Nfd7 13.Bg3 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bd6 15.Bxd6
Qxd6 16.Rab1 a5 17.b3 Bd7 18.Rbc1 Rac8 19.Qb2 Qb8 20.Ne2 Qd6 21.Nc3 Qc7 22.Qa3
Ra8 23.Nb5 Qb8 24.Nd6 Rd8 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Bxf5 Qd6 27.Rc5 Nd7 28.Bxd7 Rxd7
29.Qa4 b5 30.Qa3 a4 31.Qc1 Rc7 32.Qc3 axb3 33.axb3 Ra6 34.h3 Rb7 35.Rc1 b4
36.Qd3 Rbb6 37.Qf5 Qe6 38.Rxd5 Qxd5 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Rc5 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Qd6+ 42.f4
Rb8 43.Qg4 Qg6 44.f5 Qd6+ 45.g3 Re8 46.Qf3 Qe7 47.Re5 Qd7 48.Rc5 Ra2+ 49.Kg1
Rea8 50.h4 Rb2 51.Qd1 Qd6 52.Re5 f6 53.Qc1 Raa2 54.h5 fxe5 55.Qf1 exd4 {#R}
0-1


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2023.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rory Clarke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "629"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Opening "Benoni: 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bg5 Na6 12.e4 Bg4 13.Qd2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nb4 15.a3 Na6
16.Bg2 Qc8 17.Bf4 Nd7? 18.Bxd6 Nc7 19.Rac1 Nb6 20.Bxc5 Nc4 21.Qe2 Ne5 22.f4
Nd7 23.Bf2 Na6 {7 Knight moves in succession...!! (P.C.)} 24.e5 g5 25.Ne4 Qd8
26.Nxg5 Nb6 27.d6 f6 28.Bxb7 fxg5 29.Bxa8 Qxa8 30.Qxa6 gxf4 31.gxf4 Bh6
32.Bxb6 Bxf4 33.Qc4+ Kg7 34.Qxf4 axb6 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Rc7 Rf8 37.Qg7# 1-0


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2023.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reza Daneshvar"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: Reti (Spielmann) Variation"]

1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nd2 Qb6 8.Ngf3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.Qc2 f5 12.Qd1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qd8 14.Re1 g5 15.Kh1 h6
16.Ng1 Kg7 17.Ne2 Rh8 18.Ng3 Nf8 19.Ndf1 Ng6 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.Nfg3 Bd7 22.Ne2
Qe8 23.Nhg3 Rc8 24.Rc1 Kg7 25.Bb1 Qf7 26.Ng1 Nf4 27.N1e2 Nxe2 28.Qxe2 a6
29.Red1 h5 30.Nf1 g4 31.Re1 h4 32.Rcd1 Bb4 33.Nd2 Rcg8 34.Rf1 Kf8 35.f3 g3
36.h3 f4 {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} 37.a3 Be7 38.b4 b5 39.Nb3 Kg7 40.Qd2
Kh6 41.Bc1 Kg5 42.Qc2 Rh6 43.Qd2 Rc8 44.Qd3 Be8 45.Rfe1 Qg6?? 46.Bxf4+! Kxf4
{I saw the mate, but didn't want to play on the exchange and pawn
down...(P.C.)} 47.Qd2# 1-0


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2023.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Nigel Block"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "899"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 e6?! 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Qxd1+
9.Rxd1 Nfd7 10.f4 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.O-O Nh5 14.Nb5 c6 15.Nc7 Rb8
16.Nxe6 Re8 17.Nxg7 Rxe2 18.Nxh5 gxh5 19.Rf2 Re8 20.Rfd2 Nc5 21.Rd8 Bg4
22.Rxb8 Rxb8 23.Rf1 Nd3 24.b3 Rf8 25.h3 Be6 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Rf3 Ne1 28.Re3 {#r}
1-0


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2023.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rob Dejanovic"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1279"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: Indian Variation"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2 a6 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.c4 Bd6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.d4 cxd4 12.exd4 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Qxc4 14.bxc4 Rac8 15.c5
Be7 16.Rfe1 b6 17.d5 Nxc5 18.dxe6 Nxe6 19.Ng5 Bb4 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rac1 Kf7
22.a3 Be7 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Bf6 25.Rf4 Rfd8? {25...Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Rd8...wins
a piece. (P.C.)} 26.Rf1 Ke7 27.Bxf6+ gxf6 28.Rh4 Rh8 29.a4 b5 30.axb5 axb5
31.g3 Rc4 32.Rb1 Rxh4 33.gxh4 Rb8 34.Kg2 b4 35.f4 b3 36.Kf3 b2 37.Ke2 Kd6
38.h5 h6 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.Kc2 Ke4 41.Re1+ Kxf4 42.Kb1 e5 43.Rf1+ Kg5 44.h4+ Kxh4
45.Rxf6 Kg5! 46.Ra6 Rb5 47.Ra3 Kxh5 48.Rg3 Kh4 49.Rg2 h5 50.Rg7 Kh3 51.Rg5 h4
52.Rg7 Kh2 53.Rg5 h3 54.Rg8 Kh1 55.Rg3 h2 56.Rg5 Rb3 57.Rxe5 Rg3 58.Kxb2 Kg2
{#R} 0-1


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2023.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Nigel Barrow"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian: 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 a6 8.h3 b5 9.f3
Nbd7 10.Bd3 Nb6 11.cxb5 cxb5 12.b4 Bb7 13.Nge2 Rc8 14.O-O Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4
16.a3 Qc7 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Na2 Qb6 19.Be3 Qd8 20.Rfd1 e6 21.Rxc4 Rxc4 22.Rc1 Qc7
23.Qd3 Rxc1+ 24.Naxc1 Nd7 25.Nb3 Nb6 26.Kf2 Nc4 27.Bc1 Kf8 28.Qc3 Qb6 29.Kf1
Qc6 30.Nd2 Nxd2+ 31.Bxd2 Ke7 32.Qxc6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Country Vic. Championship"]
[Site "Geelong"]
[Date "2023.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daniel Barker"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1354"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko Opening"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.Nf3 c6 4.d3 e6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.e4 Qc7 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.d4 dxe4
9.Ng5 h6 10.Ngxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Be7 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.c3 Nf6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Bxd6
Bd7 16.O-O O-O-O 17.Bc5 Qc7 18.Bxa7 b6 19.Qa6+ Qb7 20.Qxb6 Qxb6 21.Bxb6 Rde8
22.Rfe1 Kb7 23.Bc5 Nd5 24.a4 Ra8 25.a5 Ra6 26.Bf1 Raa8 27.c4 Nc7 28.b4 Ka6
29.Bb6 Rhc8 30.Reb1 f6 31.Bxc7 Rxc7 32.b5+ Kb7 33.a6+ Kb8 34.b6 {#r} 1-0