[Event "VCCC"] [Date "2021.11.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Geoff Barber"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1837"] [BlackElo "1650"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: London"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Ne5 a5 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.g4 {I felt that I had developed enough and wanted to play an attacking game after my previous games had been more positional. I tried to go for the throat. (R.C)} Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bb5 f6 13.Nc4 Ba6 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.h4 Nd7 16.Bc4 Bd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qb5 Rc8 19.b4? {I had though this breaks everything open but had completely forgotten that black doesn't always have to take and can actually move away from any tactics. (R.C)} axb4 20.cxb4 Kh8 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.g5 f5 23.Rb1 Ra8 24.Qb7 Rxa2 25.Qxd5 Qa5 26.O-O {After the game, Geoff admitted that he had missed this move. I had found this move slightly humorous during the game because not many games castle this late in an attack. (R.C)} Rxd2 27.Qxd7 Qd8 28.Rb7 Qxd7 29.Rxd7 Re8 {Black offered a draw to which white declined. (R.C)} 30.Rb1 Kg8 31.Rbb7 Bf8 32.h5 Ra2 33.dxc5 Rc2 34.Bd6 Ra8 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Rf7+ Ke8 37.Rxf5 {Perhaps just Rxg7 and go with that but I wanted to find a more creative way to checkmate (R.C)} Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Raa1 39.Kg3 Rg1+ 40.Kf4 Ra4 41.c6 Rh1 42.g6 hxg6 43.hxg6 Rh2 44.Re5+ Kd8 45.Rd7+ {And checkmate is next move. A tricky game with the number of tactics/ideas to keep track of. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0