[Event "Koelle 2017"] [Site "Rob's house"] [Date "2017.10.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Cassandra Barnett"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1145"] [BlackElo "1765"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"] 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 e5 9.a3 Re8 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 exd4 12.exd4 Nb6 13.Rfe1 Bg4 14.Ng5 Rxe1+ 15.Rxe1 Nh5 16.Qd2 d5 17.h3 Bc8 18.c5 Nd7 19.Nf3 Nf8 20.Bb1 {White offered a draw} Ne6 21.Ne2 Qf8 22.Bc1 Bd7 23.g4 Nf6 24.Ng3 Nc7 25.Qd3 Re8 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.Kg2 Bc8 28.Bf4 {White offered a draw #2} Ne6 29.Qe3 Nxf4+ 30.Qxf4 Be6 31.g5 {White offered a draw #3} Nd7 32.Qc7 Qb8 33.Qxb8+ Nxb8 34.Bd3 Nd7 35.Ne2 {White offered a draw #4} f6 36.h4 Bg4 37.Kg3 Bxf3 38.Kxf3 Kf7 39.Kg3 {White offered a 5th draw} fxg5 40.hxg5 Nf8 41.f4 Ne6 42.f5 Nxg5 43.Kg4 Ne4? {Better was Kf6} 44.fxg6+ hxg6 45.Bxe4 dxe4 46.Kf4 Kf6 {Back to equal } 47.Kxe4 Kg5 48.Kf3 Kh4 49.Kg2 Kg4 50.Kf2 Bf6 51.Ke3 Kf5 52.Ng3+ Kg4 53.Ne4 Bg5+?? {(RL)Blunder - the Knight should now be swapped off and the pawn majority can sweep down the board! (BvR) Bg5 is not a blunder, perhaps not the best move. It was a draw position before Bg5, but also after Bg5. And also 5 times when Cassandra offered a draw! (RL) Bas, Komodo gives it a +10 (ie huge blunder) . + (10.70): 54.Nxg5 Kxg5 55.d5 cxd5 56.a4 Kf5 57.b5 axb5 58.c6 bxc6 59.a5 b4 60.a6 b3 61.Kd2 g5 62.a7 b2 63.Kc2 c5 64.a8Q d4 (BvR) Yes, Rob you are correct, I was wrong as my own chess engine told me, when I finally decided to check properly. Before doing this, I incorrectly believed (?) that 57.b5, Ke6 (instead of axb5); 58.c6, Kd6; would hold for black because of his 2 passed pawns. Very sad mistake from my part(quoting D.Trump)...} 54.Kd3?? {Missed opportunity (BvR)} Bc1 {(BvR).54...Bc1 deserves a question mark, as it helps the white pawn-wall to march forwards.} 55.a4 Kf4 56.Nd6 {(BvR) Rob's pawns cannot be defended. For example,} Kf3?? {Should just push the passed pawn!} 57.Nxb7 g5 58.d5? {(BvR) ? Cassandra, you had very good chances to win here, because you are a pawn up, and have a more solid pawn structure. After 58.Nd6, g4;59.Ne4, g3;60.Nxg3!, Kxg3;61.d5!, cxd5; 62.b5! you will win. Rob's king is too far away to help, and his bishop cannot prevent one of the 2 remaining pawns to queen. Alternatively, but harder to calculate will be 58. Nd8 (or Na5), g4; 59.Nxc6, g3; 60.Ne5+,Kf4; 61.c6, g2;62.Ng6+, Kg5; 63.c7, g1(Q); 64.Kxg5??, Qg8+ or 64.Qxg6, Qxc1 and black is 2 pawns up in a queen-ending: at least a draw for black.} cxd5 59.b5?? {Giving back equality} axb5 60.axb5? {(BvR) 60.a5! and white is first to queen her pawn} g4 61.Nd6 g3 {Another blunder with 3 minutes left on the clock! Should have moved the Bishop to e3 on the way to b6 to stop the pawns} 62.b6? {Knight should go after the black pawn - white also in time trouble} g2 63.b7 g1=Q 64.b8=Q Qd1+ 65.Kc3 Qd2+ 66.Kb3 Qb2+ 67.Ka4 Qxb8 68.c6 Qxd6 69.Ka5 Qxc6 70.Kb4 Bd2+ 71.Ka3 Qb5 72.Ka2 Bc3 73.Ka3 Qb4+ 74.Ka2 Qb2# {Three lucky escapes for Black!} 0-1