[Event "CT Class 3 #366"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2020.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Randy Bahr"] [Black "Archon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "CAN"] [WhiteElo "1801"] [WhiteRD "72"] [BlackElo "1885"] [BlackRD "105"] [GameID "461902"] 1. c4 { Randy Bahr: Greetings John1 } 1... e5 { Archon: Hi Randy, good luck in your games. } 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 { Randy Bahr: Good luck to you also. } 3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 { Archon: I've been married 40 years, it will be 41 this December. No children but one dog and many cats in our past. We both are retired now, I'm 68, like I said and Donna is 66. We fight like cats and dogs but we always make up at the end of the day... :-) } 6. Nf3 { Randy Bahr: I love being retired. My wife still has a little bit to go. congrats on the soon to be 41 years. You live in a beautiful part of the world. Was in Victoria many years ago when I was in the military. Lovely city. } 6... Nc6 { Archon: I'm glad you like our city. We were born here and I stayed here all my life. Most of the people I knew went to the Oil Patch in the Prairies for high paying jobs but I stayed here and took what I could get. I am happy with my decision. } 7. O-O { Randy Bahr: Is Calgary part of the oil patch? I had a brief stop there for work. The company I worked for made cooling units to cool down the motors that ran the fracing pumps. } 7... Be7 { Archon: Yes Calgary is, but the biggest part is further North. } 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. e3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Kg2 Qe6 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. d4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Rd7 23. Rc4 Rbd8 24. Rc1 f5 25. Rd1 { Randy Bahr: Nice move John. I should have looked at that pawn push a little deeper. } 25... fxe4 { Archon: Thanks, I have fallen for this many times myself... } 26. Rxe4 Qf7 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Nf6 30. Rh4 Rxd4 { Randy Bahr: John, You are positioned too well, I have no counter play . Nicely done. } { Archon: Thank you Randy, I was lucky, good luck in all your other games... } 0-1