[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