[Event "BCC Championship"] [Site "BCC"] [Date "2016.05.12"] [Round "6"] [White "James Watson"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1802"] [BlackElo "1669"] [ECO "C05"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ndf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Ne2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qb4 12.Nc3!? {An interesting pawn scrafice (JW)} Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.f4 {Incidentally Rybika indicates only a half pawn advantage to black after 14.o-o Qxe5 which suggests pretty legitimate compensation given white gives up two center pawns without inflicting any weakness. The move played provides white with full compensation for the pawn} a6 15.a4 Ke7 16.Ne2 Qb6 17.a5 Qa7 18.Qb4+ Qc5 19.Qd2 f6 20.Rc1 Qa7 21.Qb4+ Kf7 {Here i spent time considering several candidate moves including f5!? and Qd6 (JW)} 22.Rc7 f5 23.Qd6 Re8 24.Bxf5 {surprisingly whites position is so strong according to the engine that the best plans are actually quiet moves like 24.Rf1 or 24.Bc2 intending Ba4. This sacrifice also maintains whites advantage} exf5 25.Qxd5+ Kf8 26.Nd4 g6 27.e6 Kg7 28.Kd1 Kh6 29.g4! fxg4 30.Qg5+ Kg7 31.Nf5+ Kg8 32.exd7 Rf8 33.Nh6+ {#r} 1-0