Club Championship 2019 - Dave Mooney v Yaroslav Kolodiy

Congratulations to Dave Mooney for winning the Stanley Johnson Trophy Club Championship beating Yaroslav Kolodiy in the final.

Here is the game with notes by the winner.

  [Event "South Shields Club Championship 2019"]  [Site "South Shields"]  [White "Mooney, Dave"]  [Black "Kolodiy, Yaroslav"]  [Result "1-0"]  [Annotator "Mooney, Dave"]  [PlyCount "1"]  [TimeControl "75+10"]   e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3  {The early development of the Queen's Knight is an alternative to the main line 3. d4 that has been suggested by the British GM Nigel Davies.} Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Bd7 9. Nge2 g6 10. 0-0-0 {White's decision to castle queenside is not his best option according to Stockfish. The engine prefers castling short as the best way to maintain an edge for White.} Bg7 11. Qg3 0-0 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. b3 a5 15. Qe3 Re8 16. a4 Qc8 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. f3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. g4 {White is intent on breaking through on the kingside but Black's position has its own attacking chances.} hxg4? {The error that costs Black the game. After} (20… c5! 21 dxc5 dxe5) {the position is unclear.} 21. h5 gxf3 22. hxg6. fxg6 23. Qg5 Bf5 24. Nf4 dxe5 25. Nxg6 Bf6 26. Qg3 Kf7 {despite being short of time, Black finds an ingenious way to avoid the mating net but White still has the option to convert his advantage into a winning endgame.} 27. Nxe5+ Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Rg8 29. Qxd5+ Qe6 30. Qf3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Rhf1+ Kg6 33. Rde1 Bg2 {If Black's king takes the bishop then the White rook captures on e4 with excellent prospects in the subsequent rook and pawn endgame.} 34. Re6+ Kh7 {Here} (34…Kh5) {avoids the immediate loss of a piece but White still has a clearly won game.} 35. Rf7+ Kh8 36. Ree7 Rg6 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Reg7+ Rxg7 39. Rg7+ {resigns}