[Event "Australian open 2019"] [Date "2018.12.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Omar Khaled"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1915"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.Nd2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.Ngf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 c6 9.e4 {Castling first may have been better. (R.C)} dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qd3 {Or Qc2 (R.C)} Bd6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.O-O-O {Castling kingside now, would lead to late game problems with the bishop+queen battery and the Idea that I could trade off the knight for the dark-squared bishop. (R.C)} O-O-O 15.Kb1 {With the queen on c7, there can be a few discoveries later. (R.C)} Rd7 16.h3 h6 17.Be3 Rhd8 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qc7 20.Rhe1 c5 21.Ne5 Bxe5 {After Re7, I would have tried for a a draw by repetition. (R.C)} 22.dxe5 Ng8 {Manoeuvring the knight to the kingside. (R.C)} 23.Bc3 Ne7 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Kc1 {Wanting to trade everything on the d-file after Rd1. (R.C)} Nc6 26.Rd1 Nd4 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.Rd3 {Qc3 would have given better chances for white. (R.C)} Qc6 {Attacking g2. (R.C)} 29.f3 {Stopping the queen from coming to e4} Qc5 30.f4 Qc6 31.b3 Qe4 32.Qd2 g5 33.g3 b6 34.Kc2 h5 35.Qf2 gxf4 36.gxf4 Kc7 37.Qf3 {Hoping that once the queens are off the board, the endgame favours white, with blacks' overextended pawn. (R.C)} Qf5 38.Kb2 h4 39.Rd2 d3 40.Kc3 Rg8 {A combination that I missed. Black hopes to create many weaknesses in white's camp for the price of a pawn. (R.C)} 41.Rxd3 {Of course not Qxd3. (R.C)} Rg3 42.Qf1 f6 43.exf6 Qxf6+ 44.Kc2 {Possibly Kb4 instead. (R.C)} (44.Kb4 Qe7+ 45.Ka4 Qc5 46.b4 Qc6+ 47.Kb3 Qe4 48.Kc3 Rxd3+ 49.Qxd3 Qxf4 {This will most likely be ended in a draw. (R.C)}) 44...Qf5 45.Qe2 Qxf4 46.Qxe6 {Black's king is unprotected and white will try and take advantage of that. (R.C)} Rg2+ 47.Kc3 Rg7 48.Qd5 Qc1+ 49.Kb4 Qe1+ 50.Ka3 Qe7+ 51.Ka4 {The mistake that loses the game. Kb2 or b4 would have given better chances. (R.C)} Rg5 {There is a mating threat on a5. The queen can't move and can't attack the king. (R.C)} {#R} 0-1