[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