[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Somerset, W."]
[Black "Parsons, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.26"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. d3 Nd4 8. e4
Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 e5 12. Bg2 h5 13. f4 Bh6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. h3
O-O 16. Rf2 Nh7 17. fxe5 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qg5 21. Qf3
Rad8 22. Re1 Rd6 23. h4 Qe7 24. Ree2 f6 25. Bh3 Rfd8 26. Be6+ Rxe6 27. dxe6
Qxe6 28. Re4 Qc6 29. Qe2 Nf8 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. g4 hxg4 32. Rxg4 Qe6 33. Rg3 Rd4
34. h5 g5 35. Kf2 Rf4+ 36. Ke1 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qe8 38. Rf3 Nh7 39. h6+ Kxh6 40.
Qh1+ Kg7 41. Rh3 Nf8 42. Kd2 Qg6 43. Qd5 Qf5 44. Rf3 Qd7 45. Qa8 Qa4 46. a3
Qa5+ 47. Kc2 Qa4+ 48. Kc1 Qd7 49. Qe4 Qd4 50. Qf5 Nh7 51. Rg3 Qf4+ 52. Qxf4
exf4 53. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Calderdale Individual Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Sugden, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "154"]
[BlackElo "135"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bb3 {In order to restrain
d6-d5, but my book prefers 6.Re1 and Fritz suggests 6.Nc3 or 6.a3.} O-O 7. c3 {
Fritz now rates Black as marginally better.} Nbd7 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. h3
{So that I can follow immediately with g2-g4, if the central situation
requires it.} Bh5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Rfe8 13. Ng3 Bxf3 {Fritz rates this and
13...Bg6 almost equally, but I was glad to see the back of his bishop; it
brings my queen into play, too.} 14. Qxf3 Rad8 15. Bg5 {This first? Or...} (15.
Nf5 {was better; he's not going to play} g6 16. Nh6+ Kg7 17. d4 $18) 15... Ne6
{I had focussed on 15...h6; this knight plays a useful defensive role.} 16. Bd2
{16.Be3 is better, supporting d3-d4; I had thought it would interfere with my
king's rook on e3.} Qc7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. g4 {Fritz doesn't think much of this.
I should a) be preparing to open the centre and b) have given more thought to}
(18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. h4 Rd7 20. Rad1 d5 21. Bg5 Ng8 22. Ng4) 18... Kh8 19. g5 Ng8
20. d4 {About time! Though I'll need to be careful, as neither of my bishops
is protected.} exd4 21. cxd4 (21. Nxd4 {was better, screening my king's bishop
from his queen but, more importantly, challenging his useful knight; e.g.} g6 {
or} (21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 g6 23. Bb3 Bg7 24. Bc3 Rf8) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. h4)
21... d5 22. exd5 cxd5 $2 (22... Rxd5 {was better; no I didn't foresee all the
following.} 23. Bb3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxd4 26. Re8 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8
28. Qxf7) 23. Qd3 {We both missed 23.Ba4, winning the exchange while
maintaining the pressure. I was happy to guard my bishops while aiming at h7.}
g6 24. Rac1 $6 Qd7 $6 {Again, we both missed} (24... Nf4 25. Qf3 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1
gxf5 27. Bd2 Ng6 28. Qxf5 Bd6 $19) 25. Nh4 {I should have liked to play 25.Ne3,
en route to f6, but of course this leaves my g pawn en prise. I couldn't see
much future in 25.Nh6+, which removes his "dead" knight on g8; my g pawn is
more of a restraint than it would be on h6. I had ideas of playing f2-f4-f5,
while being aware that my own king is left rather naked!} Bg7 26. Nf3 Nc7 $2 {
Dave said afterwards that all his troubles stemmed from this move, removing
his useful knight from its central position.} 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 {I felt
good about this: having been forced to play g6, he's had to exchange his black
squared bishop.} Ne7 29. e6 {The fact that Fritz didn't include this move
suggests it must be unsound; let's find out.} Nxe6 {Not} (29... fxe6 30. Qd4+
Kg8 31. Bc3 e5 32. Qxe5 d4 33. Bb3+ {is winning.}) 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Qd4+ Kg8
$2 {This gives me the time I need to get my bishop on to the diagonal; he must
play} (31... f6 {This is infact the only way Black could have avoided
catastrophe (Ed)} 32. Bc3 {and either} Nc6 {or} (32... Qe5 33. gxf6 Qg5+ 34.
Kf1 Nc6 35. f4 Nxd4 36. fxg5 Nxc2 37. f7+ d4 38. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Rxc2 dxc3 40.
Rxc3 $11 {No, I didn't see all this!}) 33. Qxf6+ Qxf6 34. Bxf6+ Kg8 35. Bxd8
Rxd8 $11) 32. Bc3 f6 33. gxf6 {Now the game is up.} Nf5 34. f7+ Kxf7 35. Bxf5
Qxf5 36. Qg7+ {Those watching told me that it was mate in 10 from 34.f7+
though Fritz doesn't see it that way. The rest is forced, though he could have
prevented mate by giving up queen for rook.} Ke6 37. Re1+ Kd6 {Now it's mate
in five, or four if he doesn't interpose 39...Qc2.} 38. Bb4+ Kc6 39. Rc1+ Kb6
40. Qc7+ {It's 41.Qa5#, whichever move he makes.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bendall, B."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.05"]
[WhiteTeam "Brighouse"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 {I think it was Nick Sykes who told me a few years ago that
Bruce "plays 2.f4 against everything". Indeed all three games in my database
where Bruce has White feature him playing 2.f4!} Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 a6 {I
always like to throw in this move because it means White will himself have to
play a3 or a4 in order to deploy his bishop to c4 and also it means that I
only need to be familiar with the Bc4 lines instead of those and the Bb5 lines
where play can take on a different character..} 5. a3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7
8. Ne2 {Also possible was} (8. e5 O-O 9. Ne4 d5 10. exd6 Nf5 {and Black will
regain the pawn.}) 8... O-O 9. c3 {White is preparing to advance in the centre,
but, the story of this game, Black is one tempo ahead of him.} d5 $1 {Well
timed. This move secures Black an advantage as White's pieces become passively
placed.} 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ba2 Bf5 {This is ok but not the most accurate.
Better was} (11... Nf5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Qb6 {and Black has a comfortable
advantage.}) 12. d4 Qb6 {According to Fritz this hands back equality to White.
The engine prefers to close the position in order to retain Black's advantage.
I did in deed consider playing 12...c4 but such murky positional meanderings
are not my style and so often in chess playing a position you are comfortable
with is more important than the objective theoretical assessment of the
situation.} (12... c4 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 {Is Fritz's recommendation. White
will probably base his play around the e5 square and Black on f5-e4-d3.
White's queen's bishop apears to be quite bad but Black's advantage is pretty
minimal.}) 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Kh1 Rfe8 {Fritz is still keen on closing the
position. I just wanted to complete my development and see what ideas Bruce
had for improving his position as I felt White was on the back foot.} 15. Ne5 {
This is logical play from Bruce. The e5 is square is his trump card and he
should put a knight on there at some point. The computer preferred a different
approach to soften up the Black centre first with} (15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ng3 Bg4
17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qb5 {And Black contiues to hold an edge although at least
White as an isolated d-pawn to take aim at.}) 15... Nxe5 {Now my turn to chose
the wrong path. Black also had an opportunity to damage his opponents
structure with the line} (15... cxd4 16. cxd4 {Seems better than} (16. Nxd4
Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be4 18. Nf3 Rcd8 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Bxb3 {but in fact after}) 16...
Be6 $1 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. Bc3 {Black is much better off.}) 16. dxe5 {For some
reason I hadn't given this move much consideration as I had blithely assumed
Bruce would capture with the f-pawn. This capture is much stronger and he gets
some decent and dangerous counter play in the centre after this.} Red8 17. Ng3
d4 {Bold or rash? Who knows? I just instinctively felt that if the position
opened up I stood slightly better because my pieces were beter coordinated and
my development more advanced. Fritz thinks d4 is ok but prefers the main
alternative which I did spend some time considering.} (17... Be6 {and now
Fritz gives a wild line that I certainly hadn't imagined in my calculations}
18. b4 cxb4 19. Be3 d4 $1 20. Bxd4 b3 $1 {Giving up the exchange for a huge
passed pawn on a2.} 21. Bxb6 Rxd1 22. Rexd1 bxa2 23. Ne2 {and Fritz assesses
this position as equal. Maybe, but I'd bet two human players wouldn't play
this to a draw. It's way too unbalanced!}) 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. e6 {Bruce had
staked all his hopes on the play he'd get after this move. It's certainly
tricky and looks very dangerous.} c4 $1 {The first in a series of moves that
required some very precise calculation and a few drops of cold blood. After a
bit of a think I managed to convince myself that Bruce's attack wasn't
dangerous enough to merit a purely defensive posture and so I decided that I
should counter attack. This move is both defensive (it blocks the bishop on a2
out of the game) and attacking (as now dxc3 or even d3 are threatened). Fritz
suggests an even more hair raising line in the form of} (19... dxc3 $5 {I did
consider this but, from a practical point of view, it felt like this might
disolve the tension a little too soon. I also couldn't calculate as far as
Fritz into the future. how could I possibly figure out all of the continuation
below?} 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. bxc3 Bxc3 {and White
is now threatening the rook and also Re1+ so} 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Bd2 Rd8 {winning
a piece.}) 20. Qa4 Qc5 $1 {Again other moves were possible but I was trying to
find multi-purpose moves that both developed my attacking potential and
restricted White's attacking chances. I had already spotted the tactical motif
that seals the game which is why I'd selected this square for the queen. In
some lines it may be possible to land the queen on h5. One final benefit of
this move is that the queen covers e7 so that White can't advance his pawn to
this square.} 21. Bd2 {The threat was 22...bxc3 23.bxc3 and then Bxc3 forking
the White rooks. At this stage I had a longish think because I could sense
that I was on the verge of winning and was convinced I'd seen the mechanism
that I'd use to win. Finding the most accurate move order and ensuring that
White had no counter play was the critical aspect of my calculations.} (21.
exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bd2 {does not really improve at all on the game variation where
Bruce selected Bd2 immediately.}) 21... dxc3 {Fritz suggests the alternative
line} (21... fxe6 22. Rxe6 dxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rd5 {threatening 25...
Ng3+!! so} 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxc4+ Kh8 28. Bf1 Qxc3 {and Black is
winning.}) 22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rd2 $1 {I did consider 23...Rd5 as well with
the idea mentioned in the note above. However, I saw that 24.Re5 defends the
mate and it was mate that I was playing for so this move seemed more effective.
The Black queen is threatening to come to f2 and the knight to g3. The only
question is whethe White can rustle up counter play with his advanced e-pawn
and the a2-g8 diagonal. I thought not.} 24. Re5 $2 {I think now that this move
was the critical error although at the time I thought it was a decent move.
The point is that White effectively wastes a tempo because the Black queen
wants to come to f2 anyway and once she has White has a sword of Damocles
hanging over his head. Instead it would have been better to initiate his
counter play immediately with} (24. exf7+ Kxf7 {and only now that the a2-g8
diagonal has been cleared should White go for} 25. Re5 $1 Qc7 {the point being
that now 25...Qf2? would be well met by 26.Bxc4+. Instead, Black must
consolidate his advantage after} 26. Re4 Nd6 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. cxd4 Re8 {and
although the material is evenly balanced Fritz assesses Black as being the
equivalent of two pawns to the good. It's not hard to see why when you note
the confluence of White pieces on the a-file!}) 24... Qf2 $1 {Effectively the
winning move. White can only huff and puff now. The Black house will remain
standing.} 25. exf7+ Kg7 $1 {Any other move allows White to at least draw, if
not even win as Fritz will now demonstrate.} (25... Kxf7 {allowing the
critical check on c4} 26. Bxc4+ Kg7 27. Be2 Ne3 28. Bf3 Nxg2 29. Qb4 Qxf3 30.
Qe7+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ {with perpetual check.}) (25... Kf8 26. Qe8+ $1 {wins the
exchange} Rxe8 27. fxe8=Q+ Kg7 28. Re7+ {gives the exchange back to prosecute
his attack} Nxe7 29. Qxe7+ Kh6 30. Qf8+ Kh5 31. Rg1 $1 {Very nice! Black
doesn't have time to capture the bishop as otherwise 31...Rxa2 32.g4+! Kh4 33.
Qh6 is mate.} Kg4 32. Bxc4 {retaining his extra piece and simply winning.}) 26.
Rg1 {He has to defend the mate threat because he can't mate himself.} Ng3+ $1 {
Fairly obvious but still attractive and very satisfying to have successfully
angled for this move from 6 or 7 moves out. Of course the White bishop was
hanging too but it's heavily poisoned} (26... Rxa2 $4 27. Re8 $1 {With the
deadly threat of both f8=Q+ and Qd7. White is winning now.} Qc5 28. Qd7 Qf8 29.
Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Qxb7 Rxf7 31. Qxa6 {is elementary.}) 27. hxg3 Qxg3 {Only now
does the real benefit of shutting out White's queen and bishop truly make it
self manifest. White can check, but he can't mate.} 28. f8=Q+ Rxf8 {and here
Bruce realised that he couldn't check on d7 with his queen. The game is up.}
29. Re7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huett, M."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "124"]
[BlackElo "147"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Todmorden 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 Nc6 {Not a move I have played before. However against Mike who I know
very well I knew what I was likely to get against the other defences I play.
Against 1...e5 a King's Gambit, I avoid that if I can, Against 1...c5 he plays
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+, I had already beat Mike playing this as Black and my
rule is never to repeat an opening against the same player. Against 1...e6 he
likes the Wing Gambit, again I didn't fancy that much. Andy Leatherbarrow had
shown me some of the ideas in this line and I liked the look of them!} 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 {Probably the most annoying move, 3.e5 and 3.exd5 are the other options}
e6 (3... dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. Qxe4 Nf6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Bb5 {is the
other way to play as Black, but this is very sharp!}) 4. e5 {We are now in a
strange kind of French Defence, one that is covered in John Watson's Dangerous
Weapons 'French Defence'} Nge7 (4... f6 {is the main move given by Watson, but
the move played is also okay according to Watson}) 5. Bg5 Qd7 6. Nf3 b6 {How
else to develop the bishop?} 7. a3 {Preparing Bd3 so to avoid ...Nb4} Bb7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Be3 g5 10. h3 Bg7 11. Qe2 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O O-O-O {The
opening is now over and Black has equalised easily, finding an active plan for
either side will now be challenging as neither side has any weaknesses. My
plan is to try and attack the d4-pawn, also try to free my position with ...e5
at some point} 14. Bb5 Nf5 15. Rhe1 Nd6 16. Ba6 Rhe8 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 {I can't
help but think White has done me a favour getting rid of my bad bishop} 18. Kb1
Nc4 19. Qd3 Qg7 {Aiming at the d4 square} 20. Qf1 {I think Mike played this to
prevent ...e5 as after ...e5 and a couple of exchanges Black's knight attack
the queen} Nd6 21. Rd3 Ne4 22. Red1 a6 23. Ka1 {I think White is struggling
for a plan, Fritz now assesses this position as better for Black, but still it
is not easy for either colour} Na5 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. R3xd2 Nc4 26. Rd3 Qe7 (
26... e5 {is recommended by Fritz} 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Bd4 c6 {is clearly better
for Black according to Fritz}) 27. Bc1 {I think Mike is worried about
potential sacrifices on a3} Qg7 28. Ka2 {maybe aiming to play b3?} Nd6 29. Qe2
Nf5 30. Be3 Qf7 {Eyeing up the White monarch!} 31. g4 Nxd4 $5 {possibly not
the best move but a good practical choice Mike was very short of time here 
(about 2 mins left) so I decided to 'mix it up' a bit} 32. Bxd4 e5 33. Qf3 (33.
Bxb6 e4 34. R3d2 d4+ 35. Kb1 d3 36. cxd3 Bxc3 37. Bxc7 exd3 38. Qf1 Qxc7 39.
bxc3 {Is about level according to Fritz}) 33... exd4 34. Rxd4 Rf8 35. Qg2 $4 (
35. R4d3 {is a better option, however Black is still clearly better}) 35...
Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Qxf2 37. Rd2 Qxg2 38. Rxg2 {The rest is a formality} c6 39. Ne2
c5 40. Rg3 Rde8 41. Nc1 Rf2 42. Kb3 b5 43. Kc3 d4+ 44. Kb3 Re3+ 45. Rxe3 dxe3
46. Nd3 c4+ 0-1

[Event "Calderdale Individual Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burke, M."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.11"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O c6 8.
Qd3 Nbd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Be3
Nxb3 15. axb3 Qxe5 16. Qf3 Bxc2 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Rac1 Bg6 19. Qe3 O-O 20. Ra1 b6
21. Be5 Qf5 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. Bd6 Rfd8 24. Bc7 Rdc8 25. Qg3 Bxb2 26. Rad1 e5 27.
Bd6 Re8 28. Qh4 c5 29. Qa4 f6 30. b4 Bd4 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rc1 Rec8 33. b5 Qd7
34. Ba3 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Todmorden WMC"]
[Date "2012.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wright, A."]
[Black "Webb, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "155"]
[BlackElo "178"]
[Annotator "M D Webb"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Todmorden 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. d4 g6 2. e3 $6 {White should certainly grab the centre while it's
uncontested.} Bg7 3. Bd3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 {White is a move behind on
mainline Austrian, (e4 required). Black is simply getting his pieces out in a
logical manner to prepare for confrontation in the center with the break e5 or
c5.} O-O 6. O-O e6 {It's not clear where black wants to place his white
squared bishop. The trade on f3 is unlikely to do black any favours...} (6...
Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. b3 d5 11. Ba3 a5 12. g4 {The
computer suggests this position is roughly equal but it unclear what blacks
plan is here.}) 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 Ne7 {A waiting move, black is hoping to play
the followin moves, c5, Bd7-c6 & Qb6 but even after these moves what has black
achieved? Black would like to see moves like g4 from white to give my light
squared bishop on c6 a more active role.} 9. h3 c5 10. Qe1 cxd4 11. exd4 Ned5 (
11... Bd7 {Sticking with the original plan was probably slighly more accurate.}
12. b3 Bc6 13. Ng5 Ned5 14. Nc4 b5 $5 15. Ne3 Qb6 {Is starting to look
promising for black, all my pieces are active and ready to support a break in
the centre!}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Be3 $6 Nd5 16. Qd2 (16.
Bd2 Qb6 {Black is very happy here. How does white continue without making a
concession?}) 16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. Qf2 Bc6 19. Ng5 $6 h6 20. Ne4 Bd5 {
increasing the pressure.} 21. Ng3 f5 $1 {best. Preparing e5 where white cannot
reply with the counter f5 himself.} 22. Rfe1 Rae8 (22... e5 $1 {no reason not
to play this immediately. You should always consider breaks like this a early
as possibly, sometimes you think you should prepare these moves but this gives
white extra chance to be ready...} 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Rfe8 25. Qxb6 axb6 {
pressure on the a2 pawn is what makes this idea work!} 26. Bb5 Rxe5 27. a4 Bc6
{black is again doing well here.}) 23. Nf1 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Ne3 Be4 (25...
Bf7 {the computer strongly suggests this as the best move but I prefered the
more active Be4 in the game.} 26. d5 e4 27. Bc4 Be5 28. Bb3 Re7 29. g3 Qd6 30.
Kg2 b5 {and black has white in a kinds of knots}) 26. Bc4+ Kh8 {Kh7 probably
better looking how the game turned out.} 27. dxe5 (27. d5 {Only move to stay
alive.} Re7 28. Rad1 Rd7 29. Bb3 Rfd8 30. Ba4 Rd6 31. c4 Qc7 32. a3 h5 33. Rc1
f4 34. Nf1 Bf5) 27... Bxe5 28. Rad1 Qc7 29. Qe2 Bh2+ $1 30. Kh1 f4 $2 {A
mistake which leads to a forced draw!} (30... Bg3 $1 {My intial intension was
to play this move in the game but thought f4 was simply to tempting, missing
whites lovely way to hold on!} 31. Nd5 Qd8 (31... Bxd5 {is good too, but very
tricky!} 32. Qxe8 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. Bd5 h5 36. Rd3 Bd6 {
Black is clearly better and should convert this into a win but it's going to
take some time.}) 32. Rf1 $2 (32. Qd2 Qh4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Bd3 Re6 35. Rf1
Rfe8 36. Rf3 Re1+ 37. Bf1 Rd8 $19) 32... Qh4 33. Kg1 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxe2 35.
Bxe2 Re8 $19) 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Qxe8 Bxg2+ 33. Kxh2 (33. Kxg2 $3 Rxe8 34. Rxe8+
Kg7 35. Rd4 f3+ 36. Kxf3 Qg3+ 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38. Kd1 Qxb2 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40. Re6+
Kf5 41. Rd5+ Kf4 42. Rd4+ Kg5 43. Rd5+ $11) 33... Rxe8 (33... f3+ $4 34. Qe5+ {
oops}) 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. Kxg2 (35. Rd4 {A longer way for white to hold on.} f3+
36. Kg1 Bxh3 37. Kf2 h5 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Kxf3 b5 40. Bb3 Qe7 41. Kf4 Qh4+ 42.
Ke3 Qg5+ 43. Kf2 Qg2+ 44. Ke3 Qg3+ 45. Kd2 Qg5+ 46. Ke1 Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Bg4+ 48.
Kc2 Qe2+ 49. Rd2 Qe4+ 50. Kc1 Qe1+ 51. Bd1 Kxg8) 35... Qc6+ $1 36. Bd5 Qxe8 37.
Bf3 Qb5 38. Rd2 Qg5+ 39. Kf1 Qg3 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rd3 Qxh3+ 43.
Ke2 Qh2+ 0-1

