[Event "Spielvogel 2017"] [Date "2017.02.16"] [Round "4"] [White "James Watson"] [Black "Harrison Harrison"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1858"] [BlackElo "1642"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Nb6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.O-O a5 12.a3 Ne8 13.Bg3 f5 14.b4 g5?! {(JW)...f4 isn't even really a threat as it open the king too much} 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bf6 17.f4 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Ng7 19.b5 Bd7 20.b6 Be8 21.g4 Bg6 22.Ne2 Qd7 23.Rf2 h5 24.h3 Kf7 25.Raf1 Ke7 26.Ng3 h4? 27.gxf5! {(JW) This is winning for white but Nxf5 is an even clearer win. Though I have to admit I didnt really calculate it because I just sort of assumed this should win, "somehow"} hxg3 28.f6+ Kd8 29.fxg7 gxf2+ 30.Rxf2?? {(JW) Blowing a lovely win. 30.Qxf2! was the winning move, which s so often happens I didnt see until immediately after playing this. the consequence of not really taking any time as I still had almost all my starting time at this point.} Qxg7! 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Bxg6 Qf3? 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kxf2 {(JW) This position is a fortress. The "correct result" from here would typically be an eventual draw} a4 35.Bh5 Kd7 36.Be2 Ke7 37.Kg3 Rf8 38.Kg2 Kf7 39.Bd1 Kg7 40.Bg4 Re8 41.Bh5 Re7 42.Bd1 Re8 43.Bh5 Rh8 44.Be2 Rh4 45.Bf1 Kf7 46.Be2 Ke7 47.Bg4 Kd7 48.Be2 Rh8 49.Kg3 Ra8 50.Kg4 Ra5 51.Kxg5 {(JW) Had I not taken the pawn Harrison was going to play Rb5 which we both thought worked for black. It turns out though that in fact all the lines where black gives up the rook on b5 are actually losing pawn endgames, extremely complex ones mind you.instead of taking the pawn 51.Kh5 Rb5?? 52.Bxb5 cxb5 53.e4!! is the only winning move and one I seriously doubt I could have found.} Ra8 52.Bd3 Rg8+ 53.Bg6 Rf8 54.h4 Rf3 55.h5 Ke7! {(JW) The only move. Here I went into the tank for a long think because I could see that white has h6 with an easy draw since black would have no choice but to give a perpetual check. But I was determined to find some other possibilities.} 56.Bd3?? {(JW) What I came up with is horrific. After the game I found out Harrison had intended not to give perpetual after h6 but instead thought (mistakenly) that black was winning. 56.h6 Rg3+ 57.Kh5 Rxe3?? h7 Rxh3 but I pointed out white has both Kh4 or g4 whihc Harriosn hadnt seen. Infact white has 4 winning moves in that position which are all mate in around 10} Rxe3 57.Ba6?? {(JW) The worst thing about this whole idea is not that it loses, it's that I wasnt even playing it as a winning attempt. I'd seen h6 was an easy draw for black so I played what I thought would be a flamboyant draw where I give up a bishop.} bxa6 58.h6 Rg3+ 59.Kh5 Kf7! 60.Kh4 Rxa3 61.h7 Kg7 62.h8=Q+ Kxh8 63.Kg5 Kg7 {#R} 0-1