[Event "Australian open 2019"] [Date "2018.12.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Daniel Poberzovsky"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1725"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nd2 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Ngf3 Bg4 {Gives white a bit of play. (R.C)} 7.Bc4 Qd6 8.Qb3 O-O 9.Ng5 {According to stockfish, white has an advantage of +2.3} e6 10.h3 Bf5 11.g4 {Thinking that this traps the bishop, however I missed that the rook can become attacked. (R.C)} Qc6 {White still has a big advantage of +3.8.} 12.Rg1 {Believe it or not, but castling is actually the move that the engine recommends. (R.C)} Be4 13.Ndxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4? {d5 wins the piece. For whatever reason, I thought that it didn't work so I decided to continue with my original plan. (R.C)} (14.d5 Qe8 15.Nxe4 exd5 16.Bxd5 c6 17.Qxb7 cxd5 18.Qxa8 Qxe4+ 19.Be3 {White is a rook and pawn up. I'd still have to find the way to win. (R.C)}) 14...Qxe4+ 15.Be3 Nd7 16.O-O-O a5 17.Bd3 Qc6 18.Qb5 Qxb5 19.Bxb5 c6 20.Bd3 {Be2 would give some better attacking chances on the kinsgside after g5, h4-5 and the rooks coming to the open files. (R.C)} Rfd8 21.f4 {Gripping e5} Nb6 22.f5 Nd5 23.Bd2 e5 24.fxg6 fxg6 {A suspect move. Blacks's idea was for the endgame where there would be an h and g pawn on each file. (R.C)} 25.dxe5 Bxe5 26.Bg5 Rf8 27.Bc4 Bf4+ 28.Bxf4 Rxf4 29.Bxd5+ cxd5 30.Rxd5 {In this position, White is winning according to engines [+1.6 stockfish 10+] (R.C)} a4 31.Rgd1 Rf3 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kg7 34.h4 Rf1+ 35.Kc2 Rf4 36.Rd4 Rf2+ 37.Rd2 Rf4 38.Rg2 {White's rook is now passive. The game is now most likely a draw, with proper play. (R.C)} (38.Rd7+ {The move that should have been played. (R.C)} Kf6 39.Rd4 Rf2+ 40.Kd3 Rxb2 41.Rxa4 {with much better chances for white (R.C)}) 38...Kf6 39.Kd3 b5 40.b3 axb3 41.axb3 Ke5 42.Rg3 Kd5 43.h5 g5 44.Ke3 h6 45.Rg2 Ke5 {Black offered a draw. I thought I had something but this is a draw no matter how you spin it. (R.C)} 46.Rg1 Re4+ 47.Kd3 Kd5 48.Rg2 Rf4 49.Rg3 Re4 50.Kd2 Rf4 51.Rd3+ Kc5 52.Rg3 {I then offered a draw. I was hoping that perhaps black would advance their king which would definitely give white better chances} {#d} 1/2-1/2