[Event "Club K.O."] [Site "Barrow"] [Date "2022.12.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Whalley, Frank"] [Black "Mackenzie, Matthew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "1630"] [BlackElo "2178"] [Annotator "Mackenzie, Matthew"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2022.12.07"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.12.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Be3 $6 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qe6 {Black now has a slight advantage after White's inexact 9th move} 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rfe8 16. Be3 {(as at move 9, and again not the best!} Qg4 $5 {played in the hope he would try to swap off Queens with 17 Nd4 which looks plausible - but falls to 17....Qg2+!! 18 Kg2 Nd4+ and wins} 17. h3 $1 {after this Black loses some of his advantage - instead 16....e4!, which I thought about playing, would have left White struggling} Qg6 18. Nh4 Qf6 19. Qg4 Bc8 $5 20. Qg3 Nb4 21. f4 $2 {White is now dreaming of an attack, but his position is too loose for this - he had to defend the c-pawn instead} Nxc2 $1 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf2 $2 {23 Bf4 was the best try, but after 23....Qd4+ and taking the Ra1, its not enough for White even if he tries B takes h6} Qxe3 {A pin of course!!!} 0-1