[Event "BCC Championship Reserves"] [Site "BCC"] [Date "2016.05.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Raurie Coffey"] [Black "Cassandra Barnett"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian"] {C.B. glad I save the game on my father's laptop before I lost the paper last night, lol} 1.d4 d6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bf4 Re8 7.Qd2 h6 {C.B. should have thought a bit more on this one.} 8.Bxh6 e5 {C.B. again, needing more thought.} 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 {C.B. after the exchange, white could have taken e5.} 12.Bd3 {C.B. still, bishop d3 was ok.} Nc6 13.O-O-O Be6 {C.B. black took too long developing queen side.} 14.a3 Nd4 {C.B. oops, hangs e5, but thankfully not serious.} 15.Nxe5 Nh5 16.g3 f6 17.Ng4 a6 18.Ne2 Nf3 {C.B. odd looking knight pattern lol} 19.Nf4 {C.B. not sure 19. Nf4 was best as it frees black's knight on h5} Nxf4 20.gxf4 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Ne3 Kf6 23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 b5 {C.B. was thinking of playing 24. Nd4 right away but b5 is still good.} 25.Ne3 Nd4 {C.B. now Nd4, thinking to play 26. Ne2+, 27. Kb1, Nxf4, winning the pawn.} 26.h4 {C.B. white missing the fork. Perhaps 26. Kb1 would be better as 26. Kb1, Ne2, 27. Nd5+, would be highly annoying for black.} Ne2+ 27.Kb1 Nxf4 {C.B. white now unable to play Nd5+.} 28.h5 c6 {C.B. making sure Nd5 doesn't happen, plus frees black's knight to do other things.} 29.h6 Ng6 30.Rxd8 {C.B. not sure the trade was best for white at this point.} Rxd8 31.h7 Rf8 {C.B. protecting the pawn when king moves.} 32.Rh5 f4 33.Rf5+? {C.B. 33. Nf5 would have been best for white.} Kg7 34.Rxf8 Nxf8 35.Ng4 Nxh7 {C.B. I think this was about where I offered a draw.} 36.b4 Ng5 37.Kb2 Nh3 38.Kb3 Kg6 39.f3 Ng1 40.c4 Nxf3 41.cxb5 cxb5 {C.B. white's king has a while to get to a6.} 42.Kc3 Kg5 43.Nf2 Kh4 44.Kd3 Ng1 45.Ke4 Kg3 46.Nd3 f3 47.Ke3 Kg2 48.Ne1+ Kg3 49.Nxf3?? Nxf3 {C.B. happy to continue from here (no more offering draws).} 50.Kd3? {C.B. white should have probably made a beeline for black's base pawn (a6).} Ne5+ {C.B. planning to move to c4 if white threatened back.} 51.Kc3? {C.B. not good for white, 51, Kc3, Nc6, keeps the king out of play.} Kf4? {C.B. should have done Nc6 right away.} 52.Kb3? Nc6 53.a4 Ke5 54.axb5 axb5 {C.B. happy to trade here (white's king still out of play).} 55.Kc3 Kd5 56.Kb3 Kd4 {C.B. gradually forcing white away from the pawn.} 57.Kb2 Kc4 58.Ka3 Nxb4 59.Kb2 Nd3+ 60.Kb1 b4 61.Kc2 b3+ 62.Kb1 {C.B. I think white was hoping for stalemate (not going to happen).} Kc3 63.Ka1 b2+ 64.Kb1 {C.B. white offers draw here (not happening either). Black just needs a waiting move.} Ne1 65.Ka2 Kc2 {C.B. and white resigns. Very pleased with how the end game turned out and glad my draw offer wasn't taken earlier : ) I was determined that this end game would not end the same as the one I played last week. I was also a knight up but made my moves without enough thought, ending with a draw. Raurie said that he prefers playing the whole game and I think that's a good way to go. Thanks for the game, Raurie, look forward to playing you again : )} {#R} 0-1