[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