[Event "Rapid Play #1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.03.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Kent Baden"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.O-O c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne4 Bb7 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb1 O-O 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Qe2 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Nce4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.f3 Nf6 20.e4 Qc5 21.Be3 Qc4 22.Qf2 e5 23.Nf5 Qe6 24.Bb6 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Re8 26.b4 Nd5! 27.Bc5 Nc3 28.Ra1 Rd8 29.a3 g6 30.Ne3 Na4 31.Rc1 Rd3 32.Nc2 Qd7 33.Qf1 Nxc5 34.bxc5 Bc6 {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} 35.h3 a5 36.a4 b4 37.Qe2 Bxa4 38.Ne3 Qd4 39.Rc4 Qxe3+ 40.Qxe3 Rxe3 41.c6 Rc3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play #1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.03.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Peter Wang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 d6"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 Be7 5.Nc3 Be6 6.d3 O-O 7.Nf3 d5? 8.Nxe5 Qd6 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.a3 c6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Be2 Rac8 16.O-O Be6 17.d4 f6 18.b4 Qc7 19.Rc1 Qd7 20.Qb3 Qd6 21.Rc5 f5 22.Bf3 f4 23.Bxd5 Rxc5 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.dxc5 Qd2 26.Rd1 Qe2 27.Bc4 Qg4 28.f3 Qg5 29.e4 h6 30.Rd7 Qh4 31.Qc3 Bf6 32.e5 Be7 33.Qd2 Qg5 34.Rxb7 Rf5 35.Rb8+ Rf8 36.Rxf8+ Bxf8 37.Qd5 Qf5 38.Bd3 {38.Qg8 # is better...(P.C.)} Qc8 39.e6 a6 40.Qd7 Qxd7 41.exd7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.03.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Bas van Riel"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.c4 dxc4 8.bxc4 Nbd7 9.d4 c5 10.e3 Qb6 11.Qb3 e6 12.Nc3 cxd4 13.exd4 Rd8 14.Rad1 Qxb3 15.axb3 Nb6 16.Ne5 Nfd7 17.f4 f6 18.Nd3 e5 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.c5 exf4 21.Nxf4 Re8 22.cxb6 Nxb6 23.Na4 Bg4 24.Rde1 g5 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Nxb6 axb6 27.Nd5 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Kf7 29.Nxb6 Ra6 30.Bd5+ Kf6 31.Nc4 b5 32.Rf1+ Kg7 33.Ne3 Be2 34.Rf2 Ra1+ 35.Kg2 Bh5 36.g4 Be8 37.Nf5+ Kf8 38.Nd6+ Ke7 39.Nxe8 Kxe8 40.Bc6+ Ke7 41.Bxb5 Rb1 42.Bc4 h6 43.Rf7+ Kd6 44.Rh7 Ke5 45.Rxh6 Rb2+ 46.Kg3 Rc2 47.Re6+ Kd4 48.Re2 Rc3+ 49.Kf2 Rh3 50.Kg2 Rc3 51.Rd2+ Ke4 52.Rd3 Rc2+ 53.Kg3 Rc1 54.h4 Rg1+ 55.Kf2 Rxg4 56.hxg5 Rxg5 57.b4 Rf5+ 58.Ke2 Rh5 59.Kd2 Rh2+ 60.Kc3 Rh1 61.Bd5+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.03.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qe7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 f6 9.Qxd5 Rd8 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Kf8 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.Ba3 Bd6 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.Nc3 Qe5 16.O-O Ne7 17.Qc7 Kf7 18.Qxa7 Ra8 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.exd4 Rhc8 21.Ne4 Rxc2 22.Nxd6+ Kg6 23.Nc4 Raxa2 24.Rxa2 Rxa2 25.Rb1 Nd5 26.Kf2 Nb4 27.Ke3 Kf5 28.Nd6+ Ke6 29.Ne4 Nd5+ 30.Kd3 Nf4+ 31.Kc3 Nd5+ {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} 32.Kc4 Rc2+ 33.Nc3 Rxd2 34.Nxd5 Rxg2?? 35.Nf4+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.03.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Kiki Dunn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 a6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Ba7 10.O-O Bg4 11.Re1 O-O 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rab8 16.Qd2 Qf5 17.Re2 Nb4?? 18.Qxb4 Qd3 19.Rae1 Bxd4?! 20.Rd2 Bc5 21.Rxd3 Bxb4 22.Re7 c6 23.Bf3 d5 24.Rd7 Rfe8 25.cxd5 Re1+ 26.Kh2 Ba5 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.Bc3 Bb6?? 29.Bxe1 g6 30.Bc3 h5 31.Bxc6 Bxf2 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kh7 34.Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.03.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Harrison Harrison"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A50"] [Opening "Indian: 2.c4"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a5 3.Nc3 Ra6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e4 b6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bf4 Nc6 10.Nb5 Nb4 11.Qd2 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 d6 13.O-O Bb7 14.d5 e5 15.Bd2 c6 16.Nc3 cxd5 17.cxd5 a4 18.a3 Ra5 19.Rac1? Ba6 20.Qc2 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Qc8 22.Na2 Qa6+ 23.Kg1 Rc5 24.Nc3 Rfc8 25.Be3 R5c7 26.h3 b5 27.Qe2? Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 30.Kh2 Rc8 31.Nc3 Rb8 32.Nd2 f5 33.f3 Bg5 34.g3 Qc8 35.h4 Bxd2 36.Qxd2 Qc4 37.Qe3 Qb3 38.Qa7 Qxb2+ 39.Kh3 Rc8 40.Nxa4 bxa4 41.Qd7 Qb8 42.Qe6+ Kh8 43.Qxf5 Rf8 44.Qe4 Qc8+ 45.g4 h5 46.Kg3 hxg4 47.fxg4 Rf4 48.Qe3 Qxg4+ 49.Kh2 Qxh4+ 50.Kg2 Qg5+ 51.Kh2 Rh4+ 52.Qh3 Qd2+ 53.Kg1 Rxh3 54.Kf1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.07.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Kalen Douglas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "QGD: Marshall Defence, 3.Nf3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qb3 b6 6.Bg5 Be7? 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qxd5 Qxd5 10.Nxd5 Bd8 11.e3 O-O 12.Rc1 c6 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Be2 c5 15.Nd5 Nd7 16.Bb5 Be6 17.Nc7 Rad8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.O-O Be7 20.Rfd1 Nf6 21.Bc4 Rd6 22.dxc5 bxc5 23.Rxd6 Bxd6 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Rd1 Bc7 26.Rc1 Bb6 27.Ng5 h6 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Ne5 Re8 30.Bf5+ Kg8 31.Nd7 Nxd7 32.Bxd7 Rd8 33.Rd1 Kh8 34.Kf1 a5 35.Ke2 a4 36.Bxa4 Rxd1 37.Kxd1 g5 38.Bd7 Kg7 39.Ke2 Bc7 40.Bg4 Bxh2?? 41.g3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.07.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Jasan Barnett"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E20"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defence"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.e3 Bb7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bd3 d6 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Qb3 h6 13.Nf4 Rfc8 14.Rfe1 Ba6 15.Rab1 cxd4 16.cxd4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Qxc4 Rxc4 19.Rec1 Rac8 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 21.Rc1 d5 22.Rc3 b5 23.Nd3 Nb6 24.Nc5 Nfd7 25.Rxc4 dxc4 26.Nxd7 Nxd7 27.Bc3 Kf8 28.Kf2 Nb6 29.Bb4+ Ke8 30.Bc5 Kd7 31.Bxb6 axb6 32.Ke2 Kc6 33.Kd2 f5 34.e4 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} g5 35.Kc3 h5 36.h3 f4 37.Kb4 {White, again, offered a draw...(P.C.)} h4 38.Kc3 Kb7 39.Kb4 Ka6 40.d5? exd5 41.exd5 Kb7 42.Kc3 Kc7 43.a4 bxa4 44.Kxc4 b5+ 45.Kc5 a3 46.d6+ Kd7 47.Kxb5 a2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.07.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...d5 2.Bb2"] 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 e6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 a5 7.O-O a4 8.Bb5 a3 9.Bc1 Bd7 10.c3 Ra5 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.b4 Ba4 13.Qe2 Bb5 14.d3 Ra4 15.Nxa3 Ba6 16.Qc2 b5 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Bb2 O-O 19.Qb3 Rc8 20.Rac1 c5 21.bxc5 Rxc5 22.Nac2 Rc8 23.Nb4 Bb7 24.a3 Ng4 25.Rfe1 e5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.h3 Bxb4 28.cxb4 Ng6 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8 30.Rc1 Bb7 31.Rc5 Qe8 32.Bc1 Ra8 33.Nxb5 Rd8 34.Nd4 Qe5 35.Nc6 Bxc6 36.Rxc6 Qg3 37.Qc2 Nh4 38.Qf2 Qg5 39.e4 Qh5 40.Rc5 Qd1+ 41.Kh2 Ng6 42.Rc7 Rf8 43.Be3 Ne5 44.Bc5 Qh5 45.Qf5 Qxf5 46.exf5 Ra8 47.d4 Nc4 48.a4 g6 49.fxg6 hxg6 50.a5 Kg7 51.Rc6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.07.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Rodney Jacobs"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Veresov, 3.Nf3"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 h6 4.h3 Bf5 5.Bf4 e6 6.e3 Bb4 7.a3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Bxe4 Bxe4 10.Qe2? {Nxe4 (RJ)} Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Qg3 Kh7? {Bd6 (RJ)} 13.Bxc7 Qd7 14.h4 {Be5 is better (RJ)} Nc6 15.Qh2 {Bf4 is preferable. (RJ)} Rac8 16.Bf4 f6 17.h5 e5! {Opens up the game to Black's advantage. (RJ)} 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.Bxe5? {Just a bit too greedy. (RJ)} Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Bf6 21.Qg3 Bxc3+? {Rxc3 seems obvious when the engines point it out!. (RJ)} 22.bxc3 Rxc3 {Now it's even. (RJ)} 23.Rd1 Qc6 24.O-O Rxa3 25.Rd4 Rf5 26.Rg4 Qf6 27.Rg6 Qf7 28.Qd6 Ra6? {The engines point out Rxe3! (RJ)} 29.Qc5 Ra2 {Ra4, maintaining an advantage, is better. (RJ)} 30.g4 Rf3 31.Qd4! {Setting a nasty trap, which Black falls headlong into. (RJ)} Rxc2?? 32.Qd3 {Oh yes. Black is now lost. (RJ)} Rfxf2 {Hoping against hope for a blunder by White, in terms of overlooking the mate. (RJ)} 33.Rf6+ Kg8 34.Rxf7?? Rg2+ {And so Black, a Queen down, wins after an awful blunder by White.A very enjoyable bloodthirsty game. It's a very interesting dynamic, with Queens and rooks on the board and no minor pieces. It seems to be all immediate attack and defence, with very little room for strategy. (RJ)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Rodney Jacobs"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C03"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, 3...Be7 4.Ngf3"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nfd7 9.Nb3 f5 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.Re1 Bd6 12.c3 h6 13.Bc2 Qf7 14.Qd3 Nf6 15.c4 Nc6 16.a3 b6 17.Bd2? Ba6 18.Qe3 dxc4 19.Nbd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Ng4 21.Qe4 Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Nxf2+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Sean Macak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qe7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e4 9.Qg4 f6 10.Nc3 Qf7 11.O-O-O Ne7 12.Qh4 O-O-O 13.g4 h5 14.Rdg1 hxg4? 15.Qxg4+ f5 16.Qxg7 Qxg7 17.Rxg7 Rh6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne2 Rdh8 20.Rxe7!? Bxe7 21.Bxh8 Rxh8 22.Nd4 Ba3+ 23.Kd1 Rh5 24.Nxc6 a6 25.Nd4 Kd7 26.c3 Bc5 27.b4 Bxd4 28.cxd4 Kc6 29.Kc2 Kb5 30.Kb3 Rh8 31.a4+? Kb6 32.h4 Kc6 33.h5 Kd6 34.h6 Ke7 35.h7 Kf7 36.Rh5 Kg6 37.Rg5+ Kf6! 38.Rh5 Kg6 39.Rh2 Rxh7 40.Rxh7 Kxh7 41.b5? a5! 42.Kc3 Kh6 43.d3 Kh5?? 44.dxe4 dxe4? 45.d5 Kg6 46.d6! {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C17"] [Opening "French: Winawer, 5.a3"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5 9.Qg3 Nbc6 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Bg5 Rf7 13.O-O cxd4 14.Rfb1 Qc5 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Ng5 Nc6 18.Kh1 b6 19.f4 Bd7 20.Qh4 h6 21.Nf3 Rf7 22.Qh5 Nd4 23.c3? Qxc3 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Qf3 Rc8 26.Rc1 Rff8 27.Rd1 Qc3 28.h3 Ba4 29.Re1 Bc2 30.Be2 Qxf3 31.Bxf3 Be4 32.Rac1 Bxf3 33.gxf3 Kf7 34.Kg2 Ke7 35.Kf2 Kd7 36.Ke3 Rxc1 37.Rxc1 Rc8 38.Rg1 Rc3+ 39.Ke2 Rxa3 40.Rxg7+ Kc6 41.Rg6 Kc5 42.Rxe6 b5 43.Rxh6 b4 44.e6 Kd6! 45.h4 b3 46.Kd2 b2 47.Kc2 Rxf3 48.Kxb2 Rxf4 49.Kc3 Re4 50.e7+ Kxe7 51.Rh7+ Ke6 52.h5 a5 53.Rh6+ Kf7 54.Ra6 a4 55.Ra7+ Kf6 56.Ra8 Kg5 57.h6 Kxh6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid #2"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Bas Van Riel"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Benko Opening: Symmetrical"] 1.g3 g6 2.c4 c5 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.e3 {Unfortunately, in most symmetrical openings, white has the advantage so black has to come up with something (R.C)} d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 {8... Bg4 also looked playable (R.C) Typo Ruari, as 8...dxc6 will win a piece (BvR)} 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Nd4 Qd6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 {Weirdly enough, in this position, Stockfish 8 gives -0.5, suggesting Rb8 (R.C)} Bd7 13.Rd1 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Rb6 15.d3 Rab8 16.Rb1 e5? 17.b3 Bg4 18.f3 Be6 19.Ba3 Bf8 20.Rbc1 Rxb3?! {Something just told me to go for it, following the logic of if I lose I lose. Given the relative speed that I played this and the time Bas spent on the next few moves, I can guess this came as a shock (R.C)} 21.axb3 Bxb3 22.Bxc5 {With this move, White blows his advantage (from +2.8 to 0 :stockfish) (R.C)} Qxc5 23.Qxc5 Bxc5 24.Re1 Bb4 25.Re2 a5 26.Rxc6 a4 27.Rb2 Ba3 28.Rb1 Bf8 29.f4 {Bas had 5 mins left compared to my 17+ mins (R.C)} exf4 30.gxf4 a3?! {Allowing white to use the exchange advantage with 31. Ra6} 31.Bd5?? a2?? {Blowing most of blacks' advantage, from -6.9 to -0.7. but Bas resigned anyway (R.C)} (31...Bxd5 32.Rxb8 Bxc6) {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid #2"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Jasan Barnett"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "997"] [ECO "B04"] [Opening "Alekhine: Modern Variation"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Bc4 N5b6?? 7.Bxf7# {A very short game, would've been interesting to see how the game would turn out if we played for longer (R.C)} 1-0

[Event "Rapid #2"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Harrison Harrison"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1611"] [ECO "E70"] [Opening "King's Indian: 4.e4 d6"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Bd3 Nh5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 e5 11.d5 Nd4 12.O-O-O c5 13.Rdf1 a6 14.g4 Nf6 15.h4 b5 {Both sides attacking on opposite side of the board. Who get there first? (R.C)} 16.h5 b4 17.Nd1 Qa5 18.Kb1 Qb6 19.Bh6 a5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Qh6+ Kf7 23.g5 Ng8 24.Qxh7+ Ke8 25.Nxd4 cxd4 26.Qxg6+ Kd8 27.Qg7 Kc7 28.Rh7 Rad8 {Stockfish give +6.5 (R.C)} 29.Qg6 a4 30.Rf7 Rfe8 31.Rh1 Ne7 32.Qh7 Qa5 33.Rxe7 b3 34.axb3 axb3 35.Rxe8 Rxe8 36.Kc1 Ra8 {In typical Harrison fashion, an attack that looks lethal is formed despite being material down. Stockfish gives +7.7, but I imagine things could go south if white is not careful (R.C)} 37.Qh2 Qb4 38.Qe2 Ra1+ 39.Bb1 Qa5 40.g6 Qa8 41.Rg1 Qf8 42.g7 {5 mins left for white (R.C)} Qg8 43.Qd3 Ba4 44.c5 dxc5 45.Qa6 {And Black is practically in zugzwang (R.C)} Kb8 46.Rg6 Bc6 47.Qxc6 Ra7 48.Re6 Rc7 {I pointed out to Harrison that he had 5 seconds left and the next few moves we blitzed out (R.C)} 49.Re8+ Ka7 50.Qxc7+ Ka6 51.Rxg8 {Bd3+ leads to mate in 1 (R.C)} Kb5 52.Rb8+ Kc4 53.Rc8 d3 54.Qxc5# 1-0

[Event "Rapid #2"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2018.07.19"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Sean Macak"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "699"] [ECO "A10"] [Opening "English: Vector"] 1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 Nf6 3.e4 e6 {Of course not Nxe4, otherwise Qa4+ winning the night (R.C)} 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.e5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nd5 9.Bb5 Ne7 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bxc6+ Nxc6 12.O-O O-O 13.d4 h6 14.Be3 Qe7 15.h3 b5 16.Qc2 Qa3 17.Rfd1 Ne7 18.Bc1 Qa5 19.a4 Rab8 20.Ba3 Bf5 21.Qd2 Rfe8 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.axb5 Qxb5 24.d5 Rd7 25.Qf4 Bg6 26.c4 Qb6 27.e6 fxe6 28.Ne5 Qd6 29.c5 {Missing Nxg6, still protecting the queen} Rf8 30.cxd6 Rxf4 31.Nxd7 cxd6 32.dxe6 Bf5 33.Rxd6 Re4 34.Raxa6 {You are playing well Sean, just remember that when you play a gambit, you need to play (very) actively. (True for most cases) (R.C)} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid #2"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2018.07.19"] [White "Sasha Jacobs"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "492"] [BlackElo "1500"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bc4 Bxe4 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 d5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Bd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.Qe3 O-O 14.c4 Rfe8 15.h3 dxc4 16.Bxc4 b5 17.Bb3 a5 18.c3 Nb6 19.Rac1 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Qd3 Re6 22.Rfe1 Rae8 23.Rxe6 Qxe6 24.Qe3? {Black wins a second pawn (R.C)} Qxe3 25.fxe3 Rxe3 26.Kf2 Re6 27.g4 f6 28.Kf3 Kf7 29.Kf4 g5+ 30.Kf5 Re3 31.h4 Rf3# 0-1

[Event "Rapid 2018"] [Site "Clubrooms"] [Date "2018.07.26"] [White "Bas Van Riel"] [Black "Rodney Jacobs"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [Opening "Reti: 2.c4"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb2 Nbd7 {Both my engines like b5 here. This would gain Black more space, ask some awkward questions of White's c pawn and make Black's task of developing his Queen's bishop much easier. (RJ)} 8.e3 {A bit timid, my programs prefer the bold d4. (RJ)} Ne4? {Breaking the maxim of not moving a piece twice on the opening, and pointless as it is just chased back. The engines again like b5. (RJ)} 9.d3 Nef6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.e4 e5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.d4 {cd is better. (RJ)} e4 15.Nh4 e3 {I was very confident about this, but it's an error. The engines like Nf8. (RJ)} 16.fxe3 Ng4 17.Nf5 Ndf6 {My intended continuation, which I felt was very strong, in view of the 'obvious' fact that Nxd6 loses to Nxe3. (RJ)} 18.Rfe1? {But White can, and should play 18. Nxd6. The response .....18.....Nxe3 can be met by 19. Qc3! And if......19. Qxd3 (best) 20. Rxf6! (best) Qxf6 21. Re1. :Pretty hard for a human to pick up in a rapid game. (RJ)} Bxf5 {Bb4 is stronger. (RJ)} 19.Qxf5 Nxe3 20.Qd3 Nxg2 21.Kxg2 Qd7 22.Nf3 Qg4 {Probably Rad8, bringing Black's last undeveloped piece into play, is more solid. (RJ)} 23.Ne5 Qh5 24.h3 Rad8 25.Re3 {Qf3 is better. (RJ)} dxc4 26.Nxc4 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Re8 28.Qf3?? {Overlooking a trick. Ne5 is necessary. After that, Stockfish 9 gives Black a -.45 advantage and Deep Shredder -.2. (RJ)} Re2+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.01.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Sasha Jacobs"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Nc3"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Re1 O-O 10.a3 Nbd7 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.b4 Ne4 14.Bxe4?? dxe4 15.Nxe4 Rxe4 16.Bd2 Rxe1+ 17.Bxe1 Nf6 18.Qd3 Bg6 19.Qe3 Bxc2 20.Bd2 Re8 21.Qc3 Bg6 22.Rd1 Ne4 23.Qb2 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 h6 25.Qc3 Be4 26.Re1 Re7 27.Nh4 g5 28.Nf3 Bxf3 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.Qxf3?? Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.01.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Sean Macak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A65"] [Opening "Benoni: 6.e4"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10.O-O a6 11.a4 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.a5 b6 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Qc2 Nfd7 16.Bf4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.f4 Re7 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.e5 Rae8 22.Ne4 Nc8 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Nxe8+ Rxe8 25.Qc3 Kg8 26.Re3 Ne7 27.exd6 Qxd6 28.Qe1 Kf8 29.g3 Qb6 30.d6 c4 31.dxe7+ Rxe7 32.Kf2 Qxb2+ 33.Kf1 Rxe3 34.Qxe3 Qxh2 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Qe5+ Kh6 37.Qg5+ Kg7 38.f5 Qh1+ 39.Ke2 Qg2+ 40.Kd1 Qf3+ 41.Kc2 Qb3+ 42.Kd2 c3+ 43.Ke1 Qb1+ 44.Kf2 Qb6+ 45.Kg2 Qb7+ 46.Kh2 Qb2+ 47.Kh3 c2 48.f6+ Qxf6 49.Qxf6+ Kxf6 50.Rc8 Kg5 51.Rxc2 f5 52.Ra2 h5 53.Rxa6 h4 54.gxh4+ Kh5 55.Ra8 g5 56.Rh8+ Kg6 57.Rg8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.01.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: 2.Nc3 d5"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 Bf5 9.O-O Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Re8 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Nd7 13.Nf4 Nf8 14.Nh5 Neg6 15.Bg3 Qd7 16.f4 Qg4 17.Nxf6+!? gxf6 18.f5 Ne7 19.Rf4 Qh5 20.Raf1 Nc6 21.Rh4 Qe2! 22.Rff4 Re3 23.Rfg4+ Kf7 24.Qxe2 Rxe2 25.Bxc7 Rae8 26.h3 R8e4 27.Bd6 Rxg4 28.Rxg4 Rxc2 29.Rg3 Nd7 30.h4 Re2 31.h5 Re8 32.h6 Rg8 33.Kf2 {White resigned before I could reply...probably 33...Rxg3 (P.C.)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.01.31"] [Round "4"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Dan Wang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bb5 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Ne7 9.fxe5 a6 10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.O-O Qd7 12.e6? Qxe6? {12...fxe6 (P.C.)} 13.Bxg7 Rg8 14.Bb2 O-O-O 15.Qxf7 Qe4 16.Na3 Nb4 17.Rf4 Qd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Rf7 h5 20.e4 Nb6 21.Raf1 Rge8 22.d3 d5 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Nc4 Nb4 25.Be5 Rd7 26.Rf8 Rdd8 27.Bg7 b5 28.Ne5 Kb7 29.Nxg6 Nxc2 30.Rc1 Nb4 31.Rf7 Nd5 32.d4 Rg8 33.Ne7 Nxe7 34.Rxe7 Rc8 35.Be5 Kb6 36.Bxc7+ Kb7 37.Bd6+ Kb6 38.Bc5+ Ka5?? 39.a3 h4 40.Rb7 Rb8 41.Bb6# 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.01.31"] [Round "5"] [White "Harrison Harrison"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O h6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e3 e6 8.a3 Bd6 9.b4 O-O 10.Bb2 Nb6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.f3 Rfc8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Ncxe4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Bg6 16.c4 Bc7 17.Re1 Qd8 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 cxd5 20.c5! Nd7 21.Nf3 Nf6 22.Ne5 Be4 23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Qxg4 g6 26.Qxe4 b6 27.Rad1 Qf8 28.Qd4 f6 29.Rf1 Rd8 30.Qc4+ Kh7 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Bxf6 Rd7 33.Bd4 Qe8 34.c6 Re7 35.b5 Re1 36.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37.Qf1 Qe7 38.Qf3 Qe1+ 39.Qf1 Qe7 40.Qf2 Qe6 {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} 41.Bc3 Qb3 42.Qd2 Qb1+ 43.Qe1 Qxe1+ 44.Bxe1 Kg7 45.g4 h5 46.Bg3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.01.31"] [Round "6"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D90"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Nc6 7.d5 Nxd5? 8.Nxd5 Be6 9.e4 Qd6 10.Bf4 Bxd5 11.exd5 Qb4+ 12.Qxb4 Nxb4 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bxb5 Nxa2+ 16.Kb1 Nb4 17.Bc4 Kb7 18.Rhe1 Rhe8 19.Bd2 Nxd5 20.Bxd5+ Rxd5 21.Bc3 Bxc3 22.Rxd5 Bxe1 23.Nxe1 Kc6 24.Rd3 e5 25.Kc2 f5 26.Nf3 e4 27.Rc3+ Kd6 28.Nd2 Re7 29.f3 Kd5 30.fxe4+ fxe4 31.Nc4 Kd4 32.Ne3 c5 33.Kd2 Rb7 34.Rc4+ Ke5 35.Rxc5+ Kd4?? 36.Rd5# 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Justin Goodison"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 a6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.a3 Be7 7.Qc2 d6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Be2 Be6 10.d4 exd4 11.exd4 d5 12.Rd1 O-O 13.O-O Qd7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nh7 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qe6 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.f4 Rxd5 20.cxd5 Qb6+ 21.Bd4 Qa5 22.Bd3 Qxa3 23.Bxh7+ Kh8 24.Ra1 Qb4 25.Be3 g6 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Qxg6 Qc3 28.Qxh6+ Kg8 29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qxe7 Qxa1+ 33.Kf2 Qb2+ 34.Kf3 Kg8 35.Qg5+ Kh8 36.h4 Qxb3 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.e6 Qd1+ 40.Ke4 Qc2+ 41.Kf3 Qd1+ 42.Kf2 Qc2+ 43.Kg1 Qb1+ 44.Kh2 Qe4 45.Qe5+ Qxe5 46.fxe5 Re8 47.Bg5 b5 48.e7 a5 49.d6 cxd6 50.exd6 Kg7 51.d7 Kf7 52.d8=Q {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "2"] [White "Leonard Goodison"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B03"] [Opening "Alekhine: 3.d4 d6 4.exd6"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.exd6 cxd6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.Qg4 O-O 12.O-O f5 13.Qh4 Nb4 14.Rd1 Nxd3 15.Rxd3 Nxc4 16.b3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 e5 18.Qe1 exd4 19.exd4 Qb6 20.Qc3 Rac8 21.Qd2 Rfe8 22.Na3 Re4 23.Nc4 Bxd4+ 24.Kh1 Qc5 25.Rd1 d5 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Qxd4 dxc4 28.Qb2 c3 29.Qc2 b5 30.Qe2 Qc6 31.a4 Re8 32.axb5! Rxe2 33.bxc6 c2! 34.Rc1 Re7 35.Rxc2 Rc7 36.Ra2 Rxc6 37.Rxa7 Rb6 38.Ra3 Kf7 39.Kg1 Ke6 40.Kf2 Kd5 41.Ke3 Kc5 42.Kf4 h6 43.Ke5 Kb4 44.Ra1 Rc6 45.Rd1 Rc2 46.g4 Rf2 47.Rd4+ Kxb3 48.Rf4 Rxf4 49.Kxf4 fxg4 50.Kxg4 Kc4 51.h4 Kd4 52.h5 g5 53.Kf5 Ke3 54.Kg6 g4 55.Kxh6 g3 56.Kg7 g2 57.h6 g1=Q+ 58.Kf7 Qf2+ 59.Kg7 Qg3+ 60.Kf6 Qg8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Rodney Jacobs"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.c4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 Qd7 11.b4 Nd8 12.Nb3 Ne6 13.c5?! e4 14.dxe4 fxe4 15.Nfd4 dxc5 16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rc1 Bd5 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Bxf6? Bxa3 21.Rxc7 Rxf6 22.Qa4 Bd6 23.Rxa7 Rxa7 24.Qxa7 Qe5 25.g3 h5 26.Rc1 Qf5 27.Rf1 h4 28.Qa5 Qe6 29.Qd8+ Kh7 30.Rc1 Qf5 31.Rf1 Rh6 32.Rd1 hxg3 33.f4 gxh2+ 34.Kh1 Rg6 35.Qh4+ Rh6 36.Qg5 Rf6? 37.Rxd5 Qxd5?? {Played with magisterial calm...(P.C.)} 38.Qxd5 {Now Rodney surveyed the position in bewilderment...and resigned. (P.C.)} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics insititute"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Ne2 Na5 10.Bb3 b5 11.O-O Bb7 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Rb1 a5 14.Bc1 Qd7 15.a4 c6 16.Bd3 Ba6 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Bf4 Rfd8 19.Qc2 Qg4 20.Rb6 Qd7 21.Rfb1 Rdc8 22.h4 e6 23.Qc1 c5 24.d5 exd5 25.exd5 Qxd5 26.Rd6 Qe4 27.Ng3 Qe7 28.h5 g5 29.Nf5 Qe4 30.Nxg7 gxf4 31.h6 Rd8 32.Rbb6 Rxd6 33.Rxd6 Bb7 34.f3 Qe5 35.Rb6 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Qg5+ 37.Kf1 Qg3 38.Qd1 Qh3+ 39.Ke2 Qg2+ 40.Ke1 Qg1+ 41.Ke2 Qg2+ 42.Ke1 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics insititute"] [Date "2019.07.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Nc3"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.h3 a6 5.a4 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 O-O 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Qd4 12.Qe2 e6 13.d3 b6 {move 14 rook g5 = keeps the balance [jb]} 14.Qe3 Bb7 15.Ne2 Qxe3 16.Rxe3 Rfe8 17.Ng3 Nd5 18.Re1 Nb4 $41 19.Re2 Nc6 20.c3 Ne5 21.Bf4 Nxc4 22.dxc4 e5 23.Rae1 f6 24.f3 Kf7 25.Bc1 Rad8 26.a5! {and black is slightly better [jb]} f5 27.axb6 Re6 28.b4 Rxb6 29.Be3 $10 Rd3 30.Bxc5 Rc6 31.Rxe5 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Bc8 33.Re7+ $14 Kg8 34.Ne2 a5? 35.Nd4 $16 Rxd4 36.Bxd4 axb4 37.Rg7+ Kf8 38.Rxh7? b3 $19 {now I am losing bummer [jb]} 39.Rh8+ Ke7 40.Rh7+ Ke6 41.Rh6 b2 42.Rxg6+ Kd7 43.Rg7+ Kd8 44.Rg8+ Kc7 45.Rg7+ Kb8 46.Be5+ Ka8 47.Bd4 b1=Q+ 48.Kh2 Rxc4 49.Ra7+ Kb8 50.Rg7 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.07.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Neo-Indian, 3...c5"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Bf8 11.Bd3 a6 12.a4 Qc7 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Qxe5 17.Bf4 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Kg8 19.Qf3 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Rae1 Qxe1 22.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23.Bf1 Bg4 24.Qf2 Rae8 25.h3 Bh5 26.Kg1 Bd6 27.g4 Bf7 28.Qd2 Ra1 29.Kf2 Rxa4 30.Kg2 Rd4 31.Qc2 Nxd5 32.Kg1 Ne3 33.Qf2 Rf4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.07.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Justin Goodison"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nc6"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bf5 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 h5 7.e3 Bd6 8.Ne5 Bxe5 9.dxe5 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.f3 Bf5 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Qxd5 g5 15.Bg3 Rd8 16.Qb5 O-O 17.O-O Rb8 18.Rad1 a6 19.Qd3 Qe6 20.Qd5 Rbd8 21.Qxe6 fxe6 22.f4 g4 23.Bh4 Rc8 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Kf2 Rf7 26.Bf6 Kf8 27.Rh1 Ke8 28.Rh8+ Rf8 29.Rh6 Rf7 30.Bg5 Nd8 31.Rh8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.07.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Harrison Harrison"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Mieses"] 1.d3 Nf6 2.Nd2 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Ndf3 Bg7 5.h3 c5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 e5 8.Ne2 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.b3 e4 11.Nh2 O-O 12.Rc1 Bf5 13.g4 exd3 14.gxf5 dxe2 15.Qxe2 Rfe8 16.Ng4 d4 17.Kf1 gxf5 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qh5 Re5 20.Rg1 Kf8 21.Qxh7 Qa6+ 22.Ke1 dxe3 23.fxe3 Rae8 24.Bf1 Qb6 25.Bc4 Nd8 26.Rg8+ Ke7 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.Ke2 Qc6 29.Rg1 b5 30.Bd3 Ne6 31.Kd1 f4 32.Qh6 Bg5?? 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qxe5 Bf6 35.Qe4 Qd6 36.exf4 Kd7 37.Bxb5+ Kc7 38.Kc1 Nd4 39.Ba5+ Kb8 40.Rg8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.07.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A17"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bf4 Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.h3 Be6 12.Nb5 Nh5 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxg3 15.Re1 Ne4 16.Nd3 Bb6 17.a4 Qd7 18.e3 Bxh3 19.Nf4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ba5 21.Re2 Qg4+ 22.Kf1 Qf3 23.Kg1 Qg4+ 24.Kf1 Rad8 25.Nd4 g5 26.f3 Ng3+ 27.Kg2 Qh4 28.Nh3 Nxe2 29.Qxe2 Bc7 30.Nf5 Qc4 31.Qd2 g4 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Nxg4 Rg8 34.Kf2 Rxg4 35.fxg4 d4 36.e4 Qb3 37.Ng5 Qg3+ 38.Kf1 Kg8 39.Ra3 Qxg4 40.Nxh7 Kxh7 41.Qd3 Be5 42.Rb3 Rd6 43.Rxb7 Rf6+ 44.Ke1 Qg1+ 45.Ke2 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 2"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.07.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Bas van Riel"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine: Chase Variation"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.Rc1 c5 11.a3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc6 13.Nf3 Be7 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.Be2 O-O 16.O-O Bd3 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.b4 f6 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Rfe1 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22.Kh1 Bxc3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 3"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.09.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Justin Goodison"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D50"] [Opening "QGD: 4.Bg5"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.cxd5 Bb4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.dxc6 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 b6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.e3 Re8 12.Be2 Qg6 13.O-O f6 14.Rfd1 e5 15.dxe5 fxe5 16.Rd2 e4 17.Nd4 Re5 18.Rad1 Rg5 19.g3 h5 20.Nb5 h4 21.Nxc7 hxg3 22.fxg3 Rxg3+ 23.Kh1 Rg2 24.Bf1?? Rg1# 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 3"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.09.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Sasha Jacobs"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian, Exchange"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Nxd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Bd6 9.d4 Nc6 10.c4 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qf5 12.g4 Bxg4 13.hxg4 Qxg4+ 14.Kh1 Qh3+ 15.Kg1 Nxd4 16.Re1 O-O-O 17.Bf1?? Nxf3+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 3"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.09.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: Indian Variation"] 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 e5 4.c4 Be7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 a6 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Nc5 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.b4 Nce4 14.Qd3 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Ng4+ 16.Ke2 Bg5 17.Bc1 Ne5 18.Qc2 Re8 19.Nd1 Bf6 20.Nf3 Nxf3 21.gxf3 Bxa1 22.Nc3 Qg5 23.Kf2 Qh4+ 24.Kg2 Re5 25.e4 Rh5 26.Ne2 Be5 27.Be3 Qh3+ 28.Kf2 g5 29.f4 gxf4 30.Bxf4 Qh4+ 31.Bg3 Bxg3+ 32.Nxg3 Re8 33.Qe2 Rhe5 34.Kg2 g6 35.Qf3 f5 36.Rf1 Qg5 37.Kh1 fxe4 38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.Rf6 Rg8 40.Re6 Rxe6 41.Qxe6 e3 42.Qh3+ Kg7 43.Qd7+ Kf6?? 44.Ne4+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid #3"] [Date "2019.09.26"] [White "Nigel Block"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti: 1...d5 2.e3"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c5 3.d4 e6 4.c4 Nf6 5.h3 Nc6 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Nce2 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Qd3 Qb6 15.Bd2 Rad8 16.Bc3 b4 17.Be1 e5 18.a3 exd4 19.e4 Bxe4 20.Qxa6 d3 21.Qxb6 Bxb6 22.Bxb4 dxe2 23.Rfe1 Rfe8 24.Rxe2 Nd5 25.Rae1 Nxb4 26.axb4 Bc6 27.Re7 Rxe7 28.Rxe7 Kf8 29.Re5 Rd1+ {Kh2 is met with Bc7 (R.C)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid #3"] [Date "2019.09.26"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Peter Miitel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: London"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Bxg3 6.hxg3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 b5 9.Bd3 a5 10.Ne2 Ba6 11.Nf4 Qc7 12.Nh5 Nxh5 13.Rxh5 Nf6 14.Rh4 O-O-O 15.a4 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid #3"] [Date "2019.09.26"] [White "Justin Goodison"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 Bxe4 7.Nd2 Bb7 8.Qg4 Qf6 9.d5 e5? 10.Ne4 Qf4 11.Qxf4 exf4 12.Bxg7 {Oh no. (R.C)} Bxd5 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.Bxh8 f6 15.O-O-O d6 16.Bb5 Kd7 17.Bxc6+ Nxc6 18.Rhe1 Rf8 19.Nd5 Rf7 20.Re4 f3 21.gxf3 Ne5 22.f4 Ng6 23.Rc4 c6 24.Nb4 N8e7 25.Rcd4 d5 26.R4d2 Nxh8 {At least I've got something back. (R.C)} 27.c4 Nhg6 28.cxd5 c5 29.Nc2 Nxf4 30.d6 Nc6 31.Ne3 Nd4 32.Nc2 Nf3 {Somehow managed to get back the exchange. (R.C)} 33.Ne3 Nxd2 34.Rxd2 Ne6 35.Nf5 Ng5 36.Nh6 Rf8 37.h4 Nf3 38.Rd3 Nxh4 39.Ng4 Nf5 40.Rf3 Nxd6 41.Rxf6 Rxf6 42.Nxf6+ Ke6 43.Nxh7 Kf5 44.Nf8 Ne4 45.f3 Ng5 46.Nd7 Nxf3 47.Kc2 Ke4 48.Kc3 Kd5 49.b4 cxb4+ 50.Kxb4 Kc6 51.Nb8+ Kb7 52.Nd7 Nd4 53.a4 Nc6+ 54.Kb5 a6+ 55.Kc4 Kc7 56.Nf6 Ne5+ 57.Kb3 Kc6 58.Ne4 Nd3 59.Kc3 Nf4 60.Kc4 Nd5 61.Nd2 Ne3+ 62.Kb4 a5+ 63.Kb3 Kd5 64.Kc3 Nd1+ 65.Kb3 Nf2 66.Nc4 Kc5 67.Ne5 Ne4 68.Nc4 Ng5 69.Na3 {Allows black to target the a4 pawn. (R.C)} Ne6 70.Kc3 Kc6 71.Kc4 Nc5 72.Nc2 Nxa4 73.Nd4+ Kb7 74.Kb5 Nc3+ 75.Kc4 Ne4 76.Kd5 Nd2 77.Nb5 a4 78.Nc3 a3 79.Kd4 Ka6 80.Kd3 Nb3 81.Kc2 Nd4+ 82.Kb1 b5 83.Ka2 b4 {Just in time to protect the other pawn. (R.C)} 84.Nb1 Nb5 85.Nd2 Nc3+ 86.Kb3 Kb5 87.Kc2 Ka4 88.Nc4 Nd5 89.Kb1 b3 90.Ka1 Kb4 91.Nd2 Ne3 92.Nxb3 Kxb3 93.Kb1 a2+ 94.Kc1 a1=Q+ 95.Kd2 Qc3+ 96.Ke2 Nd5 97.Kf2 Qe3+ 98.Kg2 Nf4+ 99.Kh2 Qh3+ 100.Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 3"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.10.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Bas van Riel"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Benko Opening"] 1.g3 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.O-O e6 7.c4 c6 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Qc7 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Re1 Rac8 13.Ne5 Ne4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Rfd8 17.c5 b5 18.b4 Qe7 19.Qb3 e5 20.Rcd1 exd4 21.exd4 Qf6 22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.Bxf3 Kf8 24.Re2 Rc7 25.Kf1 Rcd7 26.Re4 f5 27.Re2 Bf6 28.h4 g5 29.hxg5 Bxg5 30.Re5 Bf6 31.Rxf5 Kg7 32.Rf4 Kg6 33.Be4+ Kg7 34.Bf5 Rd5 35.Be6 Rh5 36.Rg4+ Kf8 37.Rg8+ Ke7 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.Kg2 Rh6 40.Bc1 Rg6 41.Bf5 Rg7 42.Be3 Re7 43.Rh1 Bc8 44.Bd3 Rd7 45.Rxh7 Be7 46.Bf5 Rc7 47.Rh8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 3"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.10.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Harrison Harrison"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Mieses: 1...d5"] 1.d3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Kd2 Bg7 5.Bb2 Ne4+ 6.dxe4 Bxb2 7.Nc3 dxe4+ 8.Ke2 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Bxa1 10.c3 Bg4+ 11.f3 exf3+ 12.Nxf3 e5 13.h3 e4 14.hxg4 exf3+ 15.gxf3 Nd7 16.Kd3 O-O-O 17.Kc2 Ne5 18.Be2 h5 19.g5 Rd6 20.Nf2 Rhd8 21.Ne4 R6d7 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid #3"] [Date "2019.10.03"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Bas van Riel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A16"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.d3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2 Be6 10.a3 a5 11.Qc1 Kh7 12.h4 Qd7 13.Nh2 Bh3 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nd4 17.Qd1 Qc6 18.f3 Qxc4 19.Rc1 Qxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Nxe2 21.Rxc7 b6 22.Kf2 Nd4 23.Rfc1 Nb3 24.R1c2 Nc5 25.Rc6 Ne6 26.Rxd6 Nd4 27.Rc7? {I overlooked the next move primarily because I had intended to play this for a few moves previously, without too much thought. (R.C)} Nb5 28.Rdd7 Nxc7 29.Rxc7 Rac8 30.Rb7 Rc2 31.Nf1 Rxb2 32.g4 Rd8 33.Ke2 Kg8 34.Re7 Kf8 35.Rc7 Rb3 36.Rc6 Ke8 37.g5 h5 38.f4 Rd4 39.Rc8+ Rd8 40.Rc6 Rd4 41.Rc8+ Ke7 42.Rc7+ Rd7 43.Rc8 Bf8 44.f5 gxf5 45.exf5 Rd8 46.Rc7+ Ke8 47.g6 Rd7 48.Rc8+ Rd8 49.gxf7+ Kd7 50.Rxd8+ Kxd8 51.Bg5+ Kd7 52.Ne3 Rxa3 53.Nc4 Ra2+ 54.Kf3 Be7 55.Nxe5+ Kd6 56.Ng6 {The end goal of the knight, covering the promotion square and threatening to capture the bishop. (R.C)} Ra3+ 57.Ke2 Ra2+ 58.Kd3 Ra3+ 59.Kc2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid #3"] [Date "2019.10.03"] [White "FM Simon Rutherford"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Qe2 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Nf3 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nb5 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 Ba6 13.Nfd4 O-O 14.Qa3 Qxa3 15.Nxa3 Nd7 16.f4 Nc5 17.O-O-O Rac8 18.Nab5 Bxb5 {After the game, Simon told me that this move only helps white and that the a-pawn is almost untouchable due to the potential attacking lines on the a-file. (R.C)} 19.Nxb5 a6 20.Nd4 Ne4 21.Rhf1 g6 22.Rf3 Rc4 23.g4 Rfc8 24.f5 Ng5 25.Ra3 a5 26.Rb3 Rb4 27.Rxb4 axb4 28.h4 Ne4 29.fxe6 fxe6 30.Nxe6 Kf7 31.Nf4 Nf2 32.Rxd5 Nxg4 33.Rd7+ Ke8 34.e6 Nf6 35.Rf7 b3 36.axb3 Ne4 37.Rxh7 Rc6 38.Nd5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid #3"] [Date "2019.10.03"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Leonard Goodison"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: London"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Bxg3 7.hxg3 c6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Rc1 Qb6 11.Be2 Qxb3 12.Nxb3 b6 13.Nh4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.g4 a5 16.g5 Ne4 17.f4 Ng3 18.Rh3 Nxe2 19.Kxe2 Ke7 20.Rch1 Nf8 21.Nd2 a4 22.Nf3 Kd6 23.Ne5 c5 24.Nf7+ Kc6 25.Nxh8 c4 26.a3 b5 27.Nf7 b4 28.cxb4 Kb5 29.Ne5 Rc8 30.Kd2 Rc7 31.Rxh7 Nxh7 32.Rxh7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.01.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Ian Boyle"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6"] {15 min. + 5 sec.} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bxh6? Qxb2 8.Nbd2 gxh6 9.O-O Qxc3 10.Rc1 Qa5 11.a4 cxd4 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Nb3 Qb4 14.Nfxd4 Nxe5 15.Re1 Nc6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.01.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Sean Macak"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"] {15 min. + 5 sec.} 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qe7 7.Nf3 f6?! 8.fxe5 fxe5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Nxe5 Nf6 11.Nxc6? Qe4 12.O-O Bh3 13.Rf2 Ng4 14.d3 Nxf2 15.Qh5+ Qg6 16.Qxg6+ hxg6 17.Kxf2 O-O+ 18.Ke2 Rf1 19.Nd2 Rxa1 20.Bxa1 Bg4+ 21.Kf1 a5 22.a4 Bd1 23.Nd4 Be5 24.c3 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Rb8 26.e4 Bxb3 27.Nxb3 Rxb3 28.Ke2 Ra3 29.Bb2 Ra2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.01.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Chantelle Barnett"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] {15 min. + 5 sec.} 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 c6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Qb6 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.c3 Bg4 12.Qc2 Rfe8 13.a4 Rad8 14.a5 Qc7 15.b4 Nd5 16.Bb2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 e5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Rac1 b6 20.axb6 axb6 21.Qb3 Nf6 22.c4 c5 23.b5 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rd4 26.Bd5 Nxd5 27.cxd5 Qd7 28.Ra1 Qxd5 29.Ra6?? Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Rapid Play # 1"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.01.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Rodel Sicat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Neo-Indian"] {15 min. + 5 sec.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Be6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qb3 Qxb3 11.axb3 cxd4 12.Nb5 Kd7 13.O-O h5 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 h4 16.Rfd1 hxg3 17.hxg3 a6 18.e4 Bh3 19.Nf5 Bxg2 20.Rxd5+ Kc7 21.Kxg2 Kb6 22.Nd6 Ka7 23.Nxf7 Rh7 24.Nd6 Rb8 25.Nc4 Re8 26.f3 Be7 27.Rad1 Reh8 28.Kf2 Rh2+ 29.Ke3 R2h3 30.g4 Bf8 31.R1d3 Bh6+ 32.Kd4 Bf4 33.Rd7 Kb8 34.Nb6 Ka7 35.Nd5 Be5+ 36.Ke3 Bxb2 37.Nb4 Bc1+ 38.Kd4 Rc8 39.Kd5 a5 40.Na2 Rh2 41.Nc3 Rc2 42.Na4 Ka6 43.Rd6+ Ka7 44.Rxf6 Ba3 45.e5 Re2 46.f4 Rd8+ 47.Kc4 Rc8+ 48.Kd4 b5 49.Rf7+ Kb8 50.Nb6 Bc5+ 51.Kd5 Bxb6 52.Ke6 a4 53.bxa4 bxa4 54.g5 Re3 55.Rxe3 Bxe3 56.g6 a3 57.g7 a2 58.Rf8 a1=Q 59.Rxc8+ Kxc8 60.g8=Q+ Kc7 61.Qf7+ Kb6 62.Qd7 {#d} 1/2-1/2