[Event "Spielvogel 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.02.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Cook, Patrick"] [Black "Perrin, Kevin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1537"] [BlackElo "1531"] [ECO "E32"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...O-O"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.g3 Rd8 13.Bg2 Bb7?! 14.Qxc7 Rd7 15.Qe5 Qg6 16.Nh4 Qc2 17.Bxb7 Qxb2? {this loses a piece...(P.C.)} 18.O-O Rxb7 19.Qe4 Nc6 20.Qxc6 Rab8 21.e3 b5 22.Rfc1 Qe2 23.Qc2 Qh5 24.Qe4 Qe2 25.Rc2 Qh5 26.Rc5 Qe2 27.Rac1 Kf8 28.Rc8+ Ke7 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.Qc2 {finally!...White is able to force an exchange of Queens (P.C.)} Qxc2 31.Rxc2 Rb7 32.Nf3 a5 33.Ne5 Kd6 34.Rc5 f6 35.Nd3 b4 36.Rxa5 b3 37.Nb2 Rc7 38.Rb5 Rc3 39.a4 Kc6 40.Rb4 Kd5 41.Kg2 e5 42.a5 exd4 43.exd4 Rc6 44.Rxb3 Ra6 45.Ra3 Kxd4 46.Kf3 g5 {Black offered a draw...!(P.C.)} 47.Kg4 Ke5 48.Nd3+ Kd4 49.Nb4 Ra8 50.a6 Kc4 51.Nc6 Kc5 52.Ne7 Kb4 53.Ra1 Kc5 54.a7 Kb6 55.Kf5 Kc7 56.Kxf6 Kd7 57.Nf5 Ke8 58.Nxh6 Kf8 59.Kxg5 Kg7 60.f4 Kh7 61.f5 Kh8 62.f6 Kh7 {62...Rxa7 might have been played here, since 63.Rxa7...would be stalemate!, but 63.f7!... would be a nice follow-up.(P.C.)} 63.Ra6 Kh8 64.Kf5 Kh7 65.Ng4 Kg8 66.Ne5 Kh8 67.f7 Kg7 68.Ke6 Kf8 69.Nd7+ Kg7 70.Ke7 Kh7 71.Nf6+ Kh8 72.Ne8 Kh7 73.f8=Q Rxe8+ 74.Qxe8 {Not 74.Kxe8...stalemate! (P.C.)} {#r} 1-0