[Event "Barrow-van Riel Challenge"] [Site "Bendigo"] [Date "2023.05.21"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Dwayne Sparkes"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian: 2.c4"] 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Nd5 Rd6 11.f3 Nxd5 12.cxd5 f6 13.Be3 Nb8 14.Rc1 c6 15.Bc4 Kh8 16.Bb3 b6 17.dxc6 Rxc6? 18.Bd5 Bb7 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.a3 f5 21.Ne2 Nd4 22.exf5 Nxe2 23.Kxe2 gxf5 24.Rc7 Ba6+ 25.Kf2 f4 26.Bc1 Rd8 27.Re1 Bf8 28.Rxa7?? {28.b4...was necessary. (P.C.)} Bc5+ 29.Be3 Bxe3+ 30.Rxe3 fxe3+ {30...Rd2= was even better (P.C.).} 31.Kxe3 Bc4 32.Re7 Rd3+ 33.Ke4 Rd2 34.Rxe5 Rxb2 35.Kd4 Bg8 36.Re8 Rxg2 37.Rb8 Rb2 38.h4 Kg7 39.Ke5 b5 40.f4 Bc4 41.Rb7+ Bf7 42.h5 h6 43.f5 Re2+ 44.Kf4 Ra2 45.Ke5 {White offered a draw...(to general merriment all round!) (P.C.)} Rxa3 46.f6+ Kf8 47.Rxb5 Re3+ 48.Kf4 Rh3 49.Rb8+ Be8 50.Kg4 Rh1 51.Ra8 Kf7 52.Ra7+ Kxf6 53.Ra6+?! {53. Rh7... was much better. (P.C.)} Kg7 54.Ra7+ Bf7 55.Rb7 Kf6 56.Rb6+ Be6+ 57.Kf4 Rxh5 58.Ra6 Rh4+ 59.Kg3 Rg4+ 60.Kf3 Rg7 61.Kf4 h5 62.Ra5 Rg4+ 63.Kf3 Bf5 64.Ra6+ Kg5 65.Ra5 h4 66.Ra1 Rg3+ 67.Kf2 Kf4 68.Ra4+ Be4 69.Rb4 Rg2+ 70.Kf1 h3 71.Ra4 Ke3 72.Ra3+ Bd3+ 73.Ke1 Rg1# 0-1