[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