[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.12.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Harrison Harrison"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian: 2.c4"] 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nd7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Ndf6 5.e4 h6 6.Be2 Ne7 7.O-O g5 8.e5 Nd7 9.exd6 cxd6 10.Ne4 Nf5 11.Nfxg5?! hxg5 12.Bxg5 f6 13.Bh5+ Ke7 14.Bf4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Re1 Be6 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qf3 Bg7 19.Qa3+ Nd6 20.Rad1 Rxh5 21.Nxd6 Qh8 22.Nf5+ Kf7 23.Qe7+ Kg6 24.Qxe6 Rxf5! 25.Rd3 Qh4 26.Rd7?? Qxf2+ {Rapid Play 25" + 10'} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.12.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "James Watson"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Qc8 5.d4 c6 6.Nbd2 Bh3 7.c4 h5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Qb3 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Nc6 11.e3 h4 12.Nxh4 g5 13.Nhf3 Qh3+ 14.Kg1 Rd8 15.Re1 Ng4 16.Nf1 Qh5 17.Qxb7 Rd6 18.Qc8+ Nd8 19.Bd2 Nf6 20.Kg2 Ne4 21.Ba5 f6 22.Rac1 g4 23.Nh4 Qg5 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Qf5 Rg8 26.Qxg5? fxg5! 27.Nf3 gxf3+ 28.Kxf3 {White offered a draw...} g4+ 29.Ke2 Rg6 30.Nd2 Ng5 31.Rc7 Rb6 32.b3 Ra6 33.a4 Ne6 34.Rc3 Rb8 35.Rec1 Kd7 36.f4 gxf3+ 37.Nxf3 Bg7 38.h4 Rab6 39.Nd2 a5 40.Kd3 Bh6 41.g4 Rh8 42.g5 Bg7 43.Nf3 Nf8 44.Rh1 Rb4 45.h5 Ne6 46.h6 Bf8 47.Ne5+ Ke8 48.Rc8+ Nd8 49.Rxd8+! {Classical 60" + 30'} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.12.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.Nxd5 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Bxd5 10.e3 Nd7 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 e6 13.Rc1 c5 14.Qe2 f5 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Ba3! Rfd8 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nd4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qb7+ 20.f3 e5 21.Bxc5 exd4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.exd4 Re8 25.Qd3 Qe6 26.Kf2 Kf8 27.d5 Qd6 28.Qd4 Ke7 29.Re1+ {Rapid Play 25" + 10'} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.12.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Coen Johnson"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C17"] [Opening "French: Winawer, Advance, 4...c5"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.a3? Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nxe5! 9.Nxe5 Bxb5 10.Qg4 g6 11.a4 Bd7 12.Ba3 cxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Qb4! Nh6! 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Qf4 Ng8! 17.Qb4 Ne7 18.Qf4 O-O 19.Qd6?! Qxd6 20.Bxd6 Kf7 21.Kd2 Rfc8 22.Bxe7 Kxe7 23.Rab1 b6 24.Kd3 e5 25.Rb5 Kd6 26.Ra1 Rc6 27.a5 Rac8 28.Ra3 Rc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.axb6 axb6 31.Ra6 e4+ 32.Kd2 Rc6 33.Ra7 Rc7 34.Rxc7? Kxc7 35.Ke3 b5! 36.Kd4 Kd6 37.h3 Kc6 38.g3 Kd6 39.h4 h5 40.Ke3 Kc5 41.Ke2 Kc4 42.Kd2 f5 43.Kc1 Kxc3 44.Kd1 d4 45.Kc1 b4 46.Kd1 d3 47.cxd3 Kxd3 48.Kc1 Ke2 {Classical 60" + 30'} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.12.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Harrison Harrison"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian: 2.c4"] 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nd7 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Qe7 5.Be2 h5 6.e4 f6 7.Nc3 g5 8.h3 a6 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 fxe5 12.Bxh5+ Rxh5 13.Qxh5+ Kd8 14.Bxg5 Nf6 15.Qh8 Qf7 16.Bxf6+ Ke8 17.Rd1 Bd7 18.O-O Qg6 19.Rd3 Qxd3 20.Qh5+ Qg6 21.Qxg6# {Classical 60" + 30'} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon 2017"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2017.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "James Watson"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1805"] [BlackElo "1652"] [ECO "C03"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, 3...Be7 4.Bd3"] {Rapid : 25min + 30sec} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.f4 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f5 9.Ndf3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Bb4 12.O-O Bxd2 13.Qxd2 Qxd2 14.Nxd2 Nb4 15.Bb1 b6 16.Rf3 Ba6 17.Nc3 Nc6 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Nb4 20.Rg3 g6 21.Nb5 Ke7 22.a3 a6 23.Rb3 Nc6 24.Rc1 Rac8 {24...Na5 (P.C.)} 25.Nd6 Rc7 26.Rbc3 Ndb8 27.Nf3 h6 28.b4 b5 29.h4 Rh7 30.Nd2 Kd8 31.Nb3 Rhe7 32.Kf2 Na7 33.Nc5 Nac6 34.Nxa6 Nxa6 35.Rxc6 Nb8 36.Rxc7 Rxc7 37.Rxc7 Kxc7 38.Nxb5+ Kb6 39.Nd6 Nc6 40.Ke3 Ka6?? 41.b5+ Kb6 42.bxc6 Kxc6 43.Nf7 h5 44.Nh8 Kb5 45.Nxg6 Ka4 46.Nf8 Kxa3 47.Nxe6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon 2017"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2017.12.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1652"] [BlackElo "1564"] [ECO "A56"] [Opening "Benoni: 3.d5 g6"] {Classical : 60min + 30sec} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bg4 8.O-O Qd7 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Nc7 11.Re1 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bg5 Rae8 14.Rad1 d5 15.Ne5 Qc8 16.Bxf6 Bf5 17.e4! Bxf6 18.exf5 exf5 19.f4 d4 20.Nd5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Rxe5 22.fxe5 Nxd5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon 2017"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2017.12.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1582"] [BlackElo "1652"] [ECO "E00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Anti-Nimzo-Indian"] {Rapid : 25min + 30sec} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 b6 4.f3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Nxc3 11.Bxd8 Nxd1 12.Rxd1 Rxd8 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.O-O Nf6 15.Ng3 Bb7 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Rfe1 g6 18.b4 Kf8 19.Kf2 Ng8 20.Rc3 f5 21.Rec1 Ke7 22.Ne2 Nf6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Triathlon 2017"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2017.12.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1652"] [BlackElo "1426"] [ECO "D21"] [Opening "QGA: 3.Nf3"] {Classical : 60min + 30sec} 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 e6 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 a5 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Nb6 11.Be2 c6 12.Nh4 Re8 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.Qc2 g6 16.Rfd1 Bd6 17.h3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Triathlon 2018"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.12.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [Opening "Bogo-Indian: 4.Bd2 Bxd2+"] {Rapid : 25min + 30sec} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Nbxd2 d6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.e4 Nbd7 10.Rc1 e5 11.d5 a5 12.Ne1 Nc5 13.Bb1 Re8 14.a3 Qe7 15.g3 Bc8 16.f3 Bd7 17.Nd3 Ba4 18.b3 Nxd3 19.Bxd3 Bd7 20.a4 g6 21.Kg2 Kg7 22.Rh1 h5 23.Qe2 Ng8 24.Rcf1 Rf8 25.g4 hxg4 26.fxg4 Nf6 27.h3 Rh8 28.Rf3 Nxg4! 29.Rg3 Nf6 30.Rf3 Nh5 31.Qe3 Nf4+ 32.Kg1 Rh4 33.Bf1 Rah8 34.Rg3 Nxh3+ 35.Bxh3 Bxh3 36.Nf3 R4h5 37.Ng5 Bd7 38.Rxh5 Rxh5 39.Qd2 Qf6 40.Qg2 Qf4 41.Ne6+ Bxe6 42.dxe6 Qc1+ 43.Kf2 Qd2+ 44.Kf3 Qxg2+ 45.Kxg2 fxe6 46.Rc3 Rh4 47.Re3 Rf4 48.Re2 Kf6 49.Re3 g5 50.Re2 c6 51.Re3 d5 52.cxd5 exd5 53.exd5 cxd5 54.Rc3 Kf5 55.Rd3 Rd4 56.Rc3 e4 57.Rc6 Rb4 58.Rc3 d4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon 2018"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.12.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...O-O"] {Classical : 60min + 30sec} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.e3 Re8 9.Nge2 Bf8 10.O-O Rb8 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nf4 Ne7 13.b4 c6 14.Bb2 Bf5 15.Qa4 Nc8 16.Qd1 Nd6 17.Nd3 Nde4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Nc5 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Qc8 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Kg2 g6 23.Qc2 h5 24.h4 Bd6 25.Qe2 Rg4? 26.f4! g5 27.hxg5 h4 28.Rf3 Qf5 29.Rh1 hxg3 30.Rxg3 Rxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Re8 32.Qf3 Qd3 33.Bc1 a5 34.Qh5 Rxe3+ 35.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 36.Kg4?? Qxf4+ 37.Kh3 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Triathlon 2018"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Leonard Goodison"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"] {Rapid : 25min + 30sec} 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.cxd5 Bb4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.dxc6 Qxd4 9.cxb7+ Ke7 10.Qxb4+ Qxb4 11.bxa8=Q Qxb2 12.Rb1?? Qxc3+ 13.Kd1 Rd8+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon 2018"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.12.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Andrew Wang"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Two Knights Variation"] {Classical : 60min + 30sec} 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3? dxe4 5.Ng5 exd3 6.cxd3 h6 7.Nge4 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.a3 b6 11.Bf3 Rb8 12.Bf4 e5 13.Bg3 Bb7 14.d4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 f5 16.Nc3 f4 17.dxe5 fxg3 18.fxg3 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Nxe5 21.f4 Bc5+ 22.Kg2 Qxd1 23.Rxd1 Nc4 24.b4? Ne3+ 25.Kf2 Nxd1+ 26.Ke2 Nxc3+ 27.Kd3 Bg1 28.Kxc3 Bxh2 29.Kd3 Bxg3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon 2019"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English: Bremen, Reverse Dragon"] {Rapid 25" + 10 sec} 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Bf6 12.Qb4 Rb8 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Qa4+ Bd7 15.Qxa7 O-O 16.Bxc7 Ra8 17.Qxb7 Qxe2 18.Bd6 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Rxa2 20.Bf3 Qxb2 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Triathlon 2019"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E38"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5"] {Classical 60" + 30 sec.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.a3 a6 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bh4 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.h3 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Be2 b6 16.O-O Bb7 17.e4 f5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Nd5! Qd8 20.Ne3 Rf8 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Qd2 Qg5 23.g3 h5 24.h4 Qg6 25.Qd4 Bf3! 26.Qxe5 Bxe2 27.Nd5! exd5 28.Qxe2 Rxc4 29.Rxd5 Rc2 30.Qxh5 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Qxh5? {30...Rfxf2!;31.Rxf2, Qxg3+; looks pretty good(wins) for Rob (bas)} 31.Rxh5 Rxb2 32.Rd5 Rf7 33.Rd6 Kf8 34.f4 Re7 35.Rf2 Rb3 36.Kg2 Ke8 37.Rfd2 Rxa3 38.Rxb6 Ree3 39.Rg6 Kf7 40.h5 Re7 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Triathlon 2019"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Caitlin Barnett"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3"] {Rapid 25" + 10 sec.} 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bb4 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 a6 10.a3 Be7 11.b4 a5 12.Rb1 axb4 13.axb4 O-O 14.O-O h6 15.Rd1 Nb6 16.Ne5 Bb7 17.Ne4 Nbd5 18.Nc5 Bxc5 {Black offered a draw...after much squirming and face pulling, accepted. (P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Triathlon 2019"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Harrison Harrison"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian: 2.c4"] {Classical 60" + 30 sec.} 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nd7 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 e5 5.d5 Ngf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Be3 b6 8.Qd2 Nc5 9.f3 a5 10.Bd1 a4? 11.Bxc5 bxc5 12.Bxa4+ Nd7 13.Bc6 Rb8 14.Nge2 O-O 15.Bxd7 Bxd7 16.O-O f5 17.b3 f4 18.g3 Bg5 19.gxf4 exf4 20.e5!? dxe5 21.Ne4 Be7 22.N2c3 Rb6 23.Kf2 Rh6 24.Ke1 Rf5 25.Kd1 Rfh5 26.Rf2 Bf5 27.Kc2 c6 28.Rd1 Bh4 29.Re2 Rd6 30.Kb2 Rd7 31.Nxc5 Ra7 32.Rxe5 Bf6 33.Re2 Qa5 34.Na4 Qb4 35.a3 Qb8 36.Ka2 Rb7 {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} 37.dxc6 Rxb3 38.Re8+ Qxe8 39.Kxb3 Be6 40.c7! Qc6 41.Qxf4 Rh4 42.Rd8+ Kf7 43.Qd6 Qxc4+ 44.Kc2 Qb3+ 45.Kd2 Bg5+? {45...Rd4+ (P.C.)} 46.Ke1 Rc4?? 47.Rf8+ Kg6 48.Qxe6+ Kh5 49.Qxc4! Qxc4 50.c8=Q Bh4+ 51.Kd2 Qd4+ 52.Kc2 Qf2+ 53.Kb3 Qxh2 54.Qg4+ Kh6 55.Qf4+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Lilian Blanch"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "100"] [BlackElo "1695"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Nc3 g6"] {Rapid: 25+10} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7!? {Allows white the option to take more space in the centre but doesn't use their chance. (R.C)} 5.Bf4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Bc4 e6 9.O-O Nge7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Qd3 Ne5 12.Qd4 Nxc4 13.e5?? Nxe5 14.Nb5 Nf3+ 15.gxf3 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 Nf5 17.Be5 d6 18.Bxd6 Nxd6 19.Nxd6 {After a move like 19.Rad1, black can just take the knight anyway. (R.C)} Qxd6 20.Rad1 Qc6 21.Rd2 b6 22.Rfd1 Bb7 23.Rd6 Qxf3 24.R1d3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Triathlon"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Harrison Harrison"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1695"] [BlackElo "1589"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game"] 1.d4 g5?? {Apparently, this is called the Borg Defence/Borg Gambit and gives white a +1.5 right out of the opening. (R.C)} 2.Bxg5 a5? 3.e4 a4? 4.c3 {Anticipating a Bg7 development at some point and wanted to use my pieces to attack. (R.C)} h5? 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Qf3 {I wanted to create more weaknesses in blacks camp so it would be dangerous to castle on either side of the board. (R.C)} Rh7 7.e5 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Nd2 {Na3 was also an idea, intending to come to b5 and pressure the c7 pawn as well as to stop the advancement of the a-pawn.. (R.C)} a3 10.b3 Bg4 11.Qe3 O-O-O 12.Bd3 Rg7 13.f3 Be6 {Black offered a draw. (R.C)} 14.Ne4 Qd5 {Black offered another draw. (R.C)} 15.Bc4 Qa5 16.Bxe6+ fxe6 17.Nh3 {Giving back a pawn but was hoping to maintain an advantage in having the lead in development and slightly better king safety. (R.C)} Nxd4 18.Rc1 Nf5 19.Qe2 Qb6 20.Qf2 Qa6 21.c4 Nf6 22.O-O Rg6 23.Rcd1 Nd7 24.Nf4 Rg7 25.h4 e5 {pushing the knight to a direction I wanted it to go anyway. (R.C)} 26.Nd3 b6 27.Nb4 Qb7 28.Nc2 Qa8 29.b4 Re8 30.c5 bxc5 {I was considering Rxd7 to try to lure out the king but after the king returns to c8, I couldn't find any continuation that has an advantage so had to take the long way of winning. (R.C)} 31.Nxc5 Nxc5 32.Qxc5 e6 33.Qb5 {Not in any rush to take the e5 pawn. By aiming at the rook another weakness has to occur or else give up the exchange. (R.C)} c6 {Black offered another draw. (R.C)} 34.Qxe5 Qa7+ 35.Kh2 {I spent a bit of time working out where the king will be safe and surprisingly enough, h3 was where I figured safest even though the king will be feeling a massive draft. (R.C)} Rd7 {Planning Bd6 pinning the queen. (R.C)} 36.Qe4 Bd6+ 37.Kh3 Qc7 {Bh2 and Qg3# are the threats but f4 and the threat has stopped while threatening the bishop after Bh2. (R.C)} 38.b5! Ng3 {I missed this but wasn't too worried about how I would defend the rook on f1 as my pieces are more active while blacks king has very little safety so an exchange down doesn't seem like that much of an issue. (R.C)} 39.Qg6 Rf8 40.bxc6 Qxc6 41.Nd4 Qa6 42.Rc1+ Kb8 43.Rfd1 Ne2 44.Rb1+ Rb7 45.Rxb7+ Qxb7 46.Rb1 Bb4 {Ng1+ would manage to keep the queen but it is still a losing position for black. (R.C)} 47.Rxb4!! {Nc4 wins the queen if the rook is taken. (R.C)} Nxd4 48.Rxb7+ {And black resigned as after Kxb7, Qg7+ wins the rook as well as the knight depending on the next move black makes. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] {Rapid: 25+10} 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 c5 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.dxe4 Bg4 11.Qd3 a6 12.Bd2 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Bc3 Qc7 16.f4 {Diving right into an attack. White has the bishop pair and would like to open many lines to help with an attack. (R.C)} Nc6 17.Qg4 {Threatening mate and seeing what black wants to do. Either create a weakness in the pawns or move the knight again. (R.C)} Nd4 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Rd2 f5 20.exf5 exf5 21.Qd1 Bf6 {Cementing the night on d5. It is really an annoying piece for white to deal with. (R.C)} 22.Kh1 {Getting the king out of the line of fire along the dark squares as well as any discovered attacks that come with check. Less things to calculate that way. (R.C)} Rab8 23.Rd3 Rd6 24.Bxd4 {Using the fact that blacks rooks are currently disconnected as after a series of exchanges, the b-rook will come onto the open file with ease, I decided to remove blacks most annoying piece that puts pressure on a lot of important squares. (R.C)} Rxd4 25.c3 Rdd8 26.Qe2 Kf8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Bd5! {Taking control of the central squares of the board and making a defensive bishop a very active one. (R.C)} g6 29.Qe6 Kg7 30.c4 Qd7 31.b3 {It's possible to leave the pawn there and after Bxb2, Rb1 and after the bishop moves, Rxb7+, however decided to let black use up some moves first. (R.C)} Qxe6 32.Rxe6 Rd7 33.Rb6 Bc3 {Planning Ba5 but this doesn't work as white will win two pawns and despite being opposite coloured bishops may have a decisive advantage. (R.C)} 34.Kg2 a5 35.Kf3 Bb4 36.h3 Re7 37.Bxb7 Bd2 38.Rd6 Bc3 {Just as black played the move and hit the clock, the flag fell. Whites best chance in this endgame is to keep the rooks on for a bit more and push the advantage further without letting blacks rook becoming too active. (R.C)} {#t} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Caitlin Barnett"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...O-O"] {Classical: 60+30} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 d5 8.Nf3 {Considered a line of theory but white definitely has an easier game. (R.C)} Nd7 9.e3 c6 10.Bd3 f5 {Transposing into a Dutch Stonewall structure which is solid but works best after white has castled kingside. This transposition is most likely too early. (R.C)} 11.b4 Qe8 12.Bb2 Qg6 13.Rg1 {The proper way to defend the pawn. It allows g4 to be played without having to wait for a3. (R.C) (R.C)} Ndf6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Ne5 Qe8 16.c5 a5 17.f3 Ng5 18.h4 Nf7 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 {With the idea that during a kingside attack, a more permanent defender is needed for the g7 square. (R.C)} 20.e4 axb4 21.axb4 Qb8 {Finding a cute way to protect the f5 square as well as perhaps add an attacking piece on the a-file. (R.C)} 22.exf5 exf5 23.Bxf5?? {Missing the tactic and ends up a piece down. (R.C)} Qf4+ 24.Qd2 Qxd2+ {With the queens off the board, whites pawn pushing becomes less troublesome. (R.C)} 25.Rxd2 Bxf5 26.g4 Bd7 27.Rf2? Nxg4 28.Rff1 Ne3 29.Rf2 Nc4 {Placing the knight on a very nice outpost controlling many squares around the king and bishop (R.C)} 30.f4 Bf5 {Restricting the king to find safety going up the board or to the b-file. White will have to move the king over towards the centre to lessen the pressure of the knight on c4 but is very dangerous nonetheless. (R.C) _MARK:b2,d2,c4->g8_} 31.Rg5 Re8 {Threatening mate in 1. (R.C)} 32.Bc3 Re3 33.Bd2 Ra3 {Zig-zagging the rook to its most useful square so it can deliver mate. (R.C)} 34.Kd1 Bd3 {Desperately wanting the checkmate but forgot that the bishop can defend on c1. (R.C)} 35.f5 Ra2 {With the threat of Nxd2 and if Bxd2, Ra1 is mate. (R.C)} 36.Rg3 Bxf5 37.Rc3 Bg4+ 38.Ke1 Rxf2 39.Kxf2 Rxd2+ 40.Kg3 Rxd4 41.Rc1 h5 42.Ra1 Ne3 43.Kf2 Nf5 44.Re1 Rxb4 {Removing any chance for white to get counterplay as well as to keep the rook out of any line of fire} 45.Re5 g6 46.Re6 Kf7 47.Re1 Rb2+ 48.Kf1 Bh3+ 49.Kg1 Rg2+ 50.Kh1 Ng3# 0-1

[Event "Triathlon"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Harrison Harrison"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] {60'+30"} 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.a4 e6 {Figuring that if I know what Harrison is playing, I just have to make sensible moves and will win the game later. (R.C)} 3.Ra3 Bxa3 4.Nxa3 a6 5.b3 d5 6.d4 h6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.c3 Qe7 10.Nc2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Bb2 O-O 14.O-O Bf5 15.Be2 Rfe8 16.Bf3 Rad8 17.Ne1 d4 {According to the engine, this move loses much of black's advantage. The resulting position will be a pawn's difference for the exchange. (R.C)} 18.cxd4 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Qc7 20.Nd3 Nd7 21.Nf4 Ne5 22.Be2 Nc6 23.g3 {I was relieved when this was played as I saw that Qc1 made the game much more tricky to solve. (R.C)} Nxd4 24.exd4 Qd6 25.d5 g5 26.Nh5 Qe5 27.Bc4 Rd6 28.Qf3 Bg6 29.h3 f5 30.Qd1 Re7 31.Kg2 Kh7 32.Kg1 Kh8 33.f4 Qe3+ 34.Kh2 Bxh5 35.Qxh5 gxf4 36.Rxf4 Qd2+ 37.Kg1 Re1+ 38.Bf1 Qe3+ 39.Kg2 Qd2+ 40.Kg1 Qxd5 41.Rxf5 Qd4+ {This loses all of black's advantage and will likely now end up a draw. How I missed Rxf1 I will never know, probably too scared of the threatened mate in 2. (R.C)} 42.Kh2 Qd2+ 43.Bg2 Re7 44.h4 Qe3 45.Bd5 {This is a blunder as it can draw away white's rook from the action allowing the black queen to infiltrate. After several hours of the game, it's not easy to give back material when nothing is seen clearly. (R.C)} Qe2+ 46.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 47.Kh3 Re7 48.Kg4 Kg7 49.Kh5 b5 50.axb5 axb5 51.g4 Rc7 52.g5 hxg5 53.Kxg5 Rg6+ 54.Kf4 Rg1 55.h5 b4 56.Ke5 Rc3 57.Kd6 Rd1 58.Ke7 Re3+ 59.Be6 Rde1 60.Rf6 Rxb3 61.h6+ Kh7 62.Kf7 Rxe6 63.Kxe6 Rb1 64.Kd5 b3 65.Kc4 b2 66.Kc3 Rh1 67.Kxb2 Rxh6 68.Rxh6+ Kxh6 {A long game lasting three hours and a bit. (R.C)} {#D} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Triathlon"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "James Watson"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] {15'+5"} 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.c3 d5 8.Nbd2 dxe4 9.Nxe4 b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Bg5 Qc8 12.Rac1 Qf5 {The queen is fine here and also invites white to waste a tempo. This idea wasn't seen until after white loses the tempo. (R.C)} 13.Nh4 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.Nf3 Qe6 16.a4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 Na5 18.Re1 h6 19.Bf4 Rd7 20.h4 Ba6 {Threatening Bd3. (R.C)} 21.b4 Bd3 22.Qb2 Nc4 23.Qa2 Ne5 24.Qxe6 Nxf3+ 25.Bxf3 fxe6 {There are now some attacks on white's bishop pair. (R.C)} 26.Kg2 Rfd8 27.e5 Bc4 28.g4 Bd5 29.Re2 Rf8 30.Bxd5 Rxd5 {White offered a draw. (R.C)} 31.Bg3 h5 32.gxh5 {Better was to probably entomb the black bishop by playing g5 and f4 but the weakness on f4 could become a big target and will occupy all of white's pieces to defend. (R.C)} gxh5 33.Rcc2 Rf5 34.f4 Bh6 35.Re4 Rd3 36.a5 Rf8 37.axb6 axb6 38.bxc5 bxc5 39.Rc4 Kf7 40.Kf2 Rg8 41.Bh2 Rh3 42.Kf1 Rc8 {I had very little time left on the clock and needed to somehow keep my position viable. so desperate moves are to be played. (R.C)} 43.f5 exf5 44.Rf2 e6 45.Kg2 Rd3 46.Ra2 Rc7 47.Bg1 Bg7 48.Bd4 {While I could still record moves, I thought this was just flashy. (R.C)} f4 49.Rxc5 Rxc5 50.Ra7+ Kg6 51.Bxc5 Bxe5 {And white is busted with no recording of the moves after this. White resigns when black has just a rook left against a lonely king. (R.C)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Ruari Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.Bf4"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bd6 5.Ne5 c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Nxd7 Bxd7 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Rc1 e5 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.Be2 O-O 15.h3 Rfe8 16.O-O h6 17.Qb3 a6 18.c4 {A very strong move that could lead to many issues down the road. (R.C)} Bc6 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Rfd1 Nf6 21.Nh4 Qa5 22.Nf5 {I had completely missed ideas of Nd6 and Qf7 as well as Ne7 ideas to change the position of the king allowing more attacking ideas. (R.C)} Rcd8 23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Bc4 b5 {I had seen the Bc4 idea and found that I have two pieces for the rook and a pawn hence the encouragement of this idea with b5. Rob however admitted that he forgot about a piece and therefore was just up an exchange. (R.C)} 26.Bxf7+ Qxf7 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Nd6+ Ke6 29.Nxe8 Bxe8 30.Rd8 {White offered a draw. (R.C)} a5 31.Ra8 a4 32.Ra7 Bd7 33.Ra6+ Kd5 34.Kf1 Kc5 35.Ke1 Bc6 36.f3 Nd5 {I was indeed trying to trap the rook but perhaps Nd7 was the way to go about it. (R.C)} 37.Ra7 g5 38.Kf2 Nb4 39.Ke2 Nxa2 40.Rh7 b4 41.Rxh6 a3 42.bxa3 Nc3+ 43.Kd3 {After Rob had played this, I thought I had blundered everything as the king was in time to take the a-pawn and would be on the back foot. I eventually found an idea the let me keep playing. (R.C)} e4+ 44.Kc2 Ba4+ 45.Kb2 Nd1+ 46.Ka2 b3+ 47.Kb1 Bb5 {And black will get a queen by force which should prove enough to win the game. (R.C)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon 2020"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Ruari Coffey"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [Opening "Indian: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3"] {15 min. + 5 sec.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 c5 8.Ne5 cxd4 9.Bxd4 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.c4 Rd8 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.Qd3 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 O-O 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Rd3 Rxd3 19.Qxd3 Rd8 {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} 20.Qf3 Qc5 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qd5 23.Qxd5 Rxd5 24.Rc1 g6 25.Rc7 Ra5?! 26.a4 b5? 27.Rc5 Kf8 28.Kf3 Ke7 29.Ke4 Kd6 30.Kd4 a6 31.f4 f6 32.e4 e5+ 33.fxe5+ fxe5+ 34.Rxe5 Kc6 35.g4 Kb6 36.axb5 axb5 37.Re6+ Kc7 38.Re7+ Kd6 39.Rxh7 Ra2 40.Rh6 Rd2+ 41.Ke3 Rb2 42.Rxg6+ Ke7 43.h4 Rxb3+ 44.Kd4 {#t} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon 2020"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: Indian Variation"] {60 min. + 30 sec.} 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 e5 4.c4 Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nc3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.Bf3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Nc6 10.O-O Qd7 11.h3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Ne6 14.Nf3 h6 15.Nd5 {White offered a draw...Kevin responded by stating that he didn't accept draws before he had made 15 moves! (P.C.)} Nxd5 {Black offered a draw...I burst out laughing before accepting! (P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Triathlon 2020"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Leonard Goodison"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.c3"] {15 min. + 5 sec.} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.Bc3 Bd7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Nf3 Ne7 13.Rc1 Nd5 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Be4 Nf4 16.Qf1 Bb5 17.Bb4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon 2020"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Sean Macak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...d5 2.Bb2"] {60 min. + 30 sec.} 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d3?? Qa5+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qd2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 dxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.Rg1 Nf6 13.O-O-O Qxh2 14.f4 Qh3 15.d4? Ne4 16.Qe1 Qf5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Bd4 Qa3+ 19.Kb1 e6 20.Bxg7 Bxg7 21.Rxg7 Qc5 22.c4 Qf5 23.Kc1 Qf6 24.Qg1 Ke7 25.Rd4 c5 26.Rxe4 Qc3+ 27.Kb1 Qd3+ 28.Kb2 Qxe4 29.Qg5+ Kd6 30.Rxf7 Rae8 31.Qg7 Qc6?? 32.Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2023.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Rey Mukherjee"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Two Knights Variation"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d3 c5 6.Be3? d4 7.Bxd4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe5 9.Nf3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Bb4 12.g3 Qf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Bg2 Bd7 15.Ne4 Ke7 16.a3 Ba5 17.b4 Bc7 18.Nc5 Rab8 19.Rde1 Bb6 20.d4 Nxd4 21.Rd1 Bxc5 22.bxc5 Nb5 23.Rd2 Nxa3 24.Rhd1 Rhd8 25.Kb2 Nc4+ 26.Kc1 Nxd2 27.Rxd2 Bc6 28.Bxc6 Rxd2 29.Kxd2 bxc6 30.Kd3 e5 31.Ke4 Rb5 32.Kf5 Rxc5 33.f4 exf4+ 34.Kxf4 Rxc2 35.g4 Rxh2 36.g5 fxg5+ 37.Kxg5 Rf2 38.Kh6 Rg2 39.Kxh7 f5 40.Kh8 Kf7 41.Kh7 Rh2# {15" + 5 sec} 0-1

[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2023.12.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Paul Marko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav: 4.e3 Bg4"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.b3 Nb6 10.Be2 Nbd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.h3 Qe7 14.Bd3 g6 15.Rfc1 h5 16.Rc2 Rd8 17.a3 Bb8 18.b4 Qd6 19.g3 Ng4 20.hxg4 h4 21.Kg2 h3+ 22.Kh2 a6 23.Rac1 Qe7 24.e4 Rd6 25.exd5 Kf8 26.dxc6 Rf6 27.Qd1 bxc6 28.d5 Rxf2+ 29.Rxf2 Bxg3+ 30.Kxg3 Qd6+ 31.Kf3 Rh4 32.Be4 f5 33.Bb1 fxg4+ 34.Ke2+ Kg8 35.Rxc6 Qe7+ 36.Re6 Qxe6+ 37.dxe6 {60" + 30 sec} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2023.12.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Lucas Ware"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "QGD: Austrian Defence"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.dxc5 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nc6 8.Nc3 e5 9.Nb5 Kd7 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Rd1+ Ke7 12.Bd2 h6 13.h3 Nf6 14.e3 e4 15.Nfd4 Kd7 16.b4 b6 17.Nxc6 Kxc6 18.Nd4+ Kd7 19.c6+ Kc7 20.b5 a6 21.a4 Bc5 22.Nb3 Be6 23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.Ba5+ Kb8 25.b6 Bb3 26.Rb1 Bxa4 27.b7 Bxc6 28.bxa8=Q+ Kxa8 29.Bxa6 Nd5 30.O-O Ka7 31.Bc4 Rf8 32.Bxd5 Bxd5 33.Bb6+ Ka6 34.Bxc5 Rc8 35.Rb6+ {15" + 5 sec} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Triathlon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2023.12.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Scott Stewart"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.Nc3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.h4 e6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Qxc3 11.bxc3 Ne4 12.Rh2 {White offered a draw...(P.C.) 60" + 30 sec} {#d} 1/2-1/2