[Event "Barrow-van Riel 2018"] [Site "Bendigo"] [Date "2018.05.20"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "David Lumsdon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1657"] [BlackElo "1651"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Bf6 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 Qe8 12.Rad1 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qd2 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Qh5 17.Bf3 {I was worried about ...Rf6...Rh6 (P.C.)} Qg6 18.Qd2 f4! 19.Qd5+ Kh8 20.Rd2 Rf5 21.Qd3 Qf6 22.Qd4 Qh6 23.c5! Rf6 24.cxd6 Rxd6 25.Qe5! Bh3 26.Rfd1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 fxg3 28.Qd4! gxh2+ 29.Kh1 Be6 30.Bxb7 {White offered a draw...I spent a long time thinking about 30.Qd8+ Rxd8 31.Rxd8+ Bg8 32.Bd5 and it appears that Black cannot prevent mate; but 32...Qc1+ 33.Kxh2 Qh6+ 34.Kg1 Qg5+ picks up the rook and it's game over. After the game, David said he'd only looked as far as 32.Bd5...and was intending 30.Qd8+ Bg8, when we concluded that 31.Qxa8 Qxd2 leads to a draw. (P.C.)} Qg5 31.Kxh2 Rf8 32.Bf3 h5 33.Rd1 Qf5 34.Qh4 g6 35.Rd8!? {After 35.Qd4+ Kg8; 36. Qxa7..(+0.8), white could try for a win. Admittedly, it looks risky with the white queen far from her "exposed" (!?) majesty, but he seems to be completely safe (BvR)} Qe5+ 36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Rxf8 Kxf8 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kh6 40.Qf8+ Kh7 41.Qe7+ {#d} 1/2-1/2