[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