[Event "Bendigo-Ballarat match 4.5-4.5"] [Site "Bendigo"] [Date "2018.05.20"] [White "Efrain Tionko"] [Black "Bas van Riel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1806"] [BlackElo "1812"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: Sveshnikov (4.g3)"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.h3 Qc7 9.Be3 e5 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Rfe1 Nb6 12.b3 Bd7 13.a4 a5 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.d5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Nbxd5 17.exd5 b5 18.axb5 Bxb5 19.c4 Bd7 20.Nc3 Rb8 21.Qa2 Rb4 22.Bd2 Rb7 23.Ne4 Ra8 24.Nxf6+ Bxf6 25.b4 Qc8 26.bxa5 Bxh3 27.Be3 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Rb4 29.Rc1 Qd7 30.Bd2 Rb6 31.Qc2 Rba6 32.c5 dxc5 33.Qxc5 Rd6 34.Bb4 Rxd5 35.Qc6 Qxc6 36.Rxc6 Bd8 37.a6 Kg7? {after 37...Ba5!; 38.Re4, Bxb4; 39.Rxb4, Rxa5 instead, only black will have winning chances (BvR)} 38.Bc5! f6? {Now white's a-pawn becomes very powerfull. White misses another chance for equality, as Kent and Ruari pointed out after the game. After 38..Rxc5!; 39.Rxc5, Rxa6, the positions are in balance, with the exchange against two pawns (BvR)} 39.Rb1 Rd7 40.Rb7 Rf7 41.Rd6 Ba5 {41...Bc7 would have been a better try (BvR)} 42.Rdd7 Rxd7 43.Rxd7+ Kh6 44.Ra7! Rc8 45.Be3+ g5 46.Rb7 {#r} 1-0