1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. e5 Nd7?

Probably 8... b5 is better.

9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. exd6 exd6 12. f5?! Nxf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. O-O O-O! 15. Bh6 Qa5 16. Bf4 Nb6! 17. Rbe1 Bf5?

17... Be6 is safer.

18. Re7 Nc4 19. Qe1 Bf6?

19... b5.

20. Bh6! Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ng5 Kg8 23. Qh4 h5 24. Nce4 Nd2! 25. Nxd2

Maybe 25. Qe1 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Nc4 was better. Black was tempted to take the draw because of the clock position.

25... Qxd2 26. Rxf5?? gxf5 27. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 28. Kf1 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Qg7 31. h4?

Critical is 31. Ne6 fxe6 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 should win. [RR 33. Qh4!: White will win the d-pawn.]

But not 31. Ne6 Qg6 32. Qxg6+ fxg6 33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxb7=.

31... Rae8 32. Rxb7 Qa1+

32... Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qe1+ 34. Kf3 Qe2+ wins the queen.

Times: White: 2.11; Black: 2.16.

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Annotator(s): Alan Ludgate (see source).

Source(s): Alan Ludgate scoresheet.

Event information: Tournament report.

Note: Unlabelled comments are Alan Ludgate's contemporaneous notes. 'RR' denotes editorial comments added in April 2018.