[Event "BCC Championship"] [Site "BCC"] [Date "2016.06.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Bas van Riel"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1529"] [BlackElo "1884"] [ECO "E70"] [Opening "King's Indian: 4.e4 d6"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.g4 h5 10.gxh5 Nxh5 11.Qd2 {11.Ng3 (!), Nf4 would have been more active, also allowing the development of the white bishop. See also later in the game (BvR)} f5 {(!) Trying to blunt white's attack on the king side, at the same time fixing the pawn structure (BvR)} 12.Bg5 f4 13.O-O-O Bf6 {Trying to swap my weak bishop against white's strong bishop} 14.Bxf6 {14.h4, followed by Bh3 would be an attractive alternative. BTW. Although Fritz gives white a small advantage here, I felt that I had achieved my goal, ie. stopping white's king-side attack. I now could prepare for an attack on white's queen-side without much risk.. (BvR)} Nxf6 15.Nb5 {stupid move} a6 16.Na3 Bd7 17.Nc3 Qe8 {It is clear that black's aim is to play b5, in an effort to create 'mayhem' in black's camp. A cool-headed defence by black is needed here. He only has to realize that the world does not go under once b5 is played!} 18.Qf2 {From the next three (queen-) moves, it is clear that white has not made up his mind. For instance activating the Na3 seems a good idea. Incidentally, Fritz rates white's position still better, but this changes after white's next move (BvR)} Kg7 19.Qc2 {Now 19.c5 would have worth a try} Rb8 20.Qe2 Nc8 21.Rd2 Na7 22.Rc2? {Jamie had 2 much better options here: Qf2, attacking the knight and preventing 5 for the moment or Nc2. After the text move, it is all black's game.. (BvR)} c5 23.dxc6 Nxc6 24.Qf2 Nd4 25.Rd2 b5 26.cxb5? {nc2 -0.17 cb5 is bad now -1.21. Yes, indeed. This and the next move loose the game for white} axb5 27.Ne2? {thats the loseing move -+ 2.06 b4 is better but black is still better -0.67} Rc8+ 28.Nc2 {During the game, I briefly looked at the possibility 28Kb1, Nxf3!, Qxf3; 29.Nxe4. The combination appears to be correct and beautiful, but I was not sure that I could have calculated all the lines if Jamie had played Kb1 (BvR)} Rxc2+ 29.Rxc2 Nxc2 30.Kxc2 Qa8! 31.Bg2 Qxa2 32.Nc3 Qc4 {I missed the much stronger 32...Rc8} 33.Qe2 Qc5 34.b4 Qxb4 35.Rb1 Qc5 36.Kd2 b4 {im back to drown my sorrows agian cheer bas i will have one for you hope to get you next l fail a sleep again on move 27 doing a rob bailey hahaha lol. Don't worry Jamie. I was lucky this time. You beat me last year, so it may happen again.. (BvR)} {#R} 0-1