[Event "Hurlinghan v Athenaeum (Cup)"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.01.23"] [Round "0"] [White "Quartermaine, Stephen"] [Black "Lee, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E70"] [Opening "King's Indian: 4.e4 O-O"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 c6 7.Nge2 {White’s knight starts off on a long trek – see moves 11 to 13.} e5 8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.Qd2 b5 11.Nc1 {White’s 11th is good and he is slightly better. Black might try 11..Nh5.} Nbd7 12.Nd3 Nb6 13.Nb4 {13 b3 may be better restricting Black’s possibilities.} Bd7 14.Be2 Ne8 {Stockfish prefers 14..Nc4 though I felt I might lose the c4 pawn after 15 Bxc4.} 15.O-O Qc7 16.Rac1 Qb7 17.b3 Rc8 18.Rc2 {Black’s set up is poor and vulnerable to 18 a4 with a fair plus.} f5 19.Rfc1 Nf6 20.a4 {a4 is still strong.} fxe4 21.a5 {Better 21 fe4: now White loses most of the advantage. 21..Rxc3 is also OK for Black.} exf3 22.Bxf3 Na8 23.Ne4 Rxc2 {White is still a little better.} 24.Rxc2 {24 Qxc2 better – now the position about equal.} Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Bf5 {Better for Black to play Nc7 and Ne8 with equality.} 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Rc6 Qe7 28.Rxa6 {Better 28 Bg5. After 28 Rxa6 Black is slightly better with attacking options.} f4 29.Nc6 Qf6 {Better 29..Qg5 Black was very short of time here.} 30.Bb6 e4 31.Bd4 e3 32.Qe2 f3 {Again better 32..Qg5 with equality.} 33.gxf3 {White wins with 33 Qxe3. Black cannot play Qg6 or Qf5 due to Ne7+.} Qg6+ 34.Kf1 Qb1+ 35.Kg2 {Black offered a draw here seeing a repetition and having very little time but was winning with 35..Bxd4 36 Nxd4 Qg6+ 37 Kf1 Nc7 and 38..Nxd5 Draw agreed.} {#d} 1/2-1/2