1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. b4 Bg4 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rac8 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 g6 22. a4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. a5 Ke7 26. Ke2 Kd6 27. f3 Rc3 28. Kd2 Rc8 29. Rb1 Nd7 30. h4 h5 31. Rg1 Nc5 32. Bc2 Nd7 33. Bd3 b6 34. a6 Nc5 35. Bc2 Nd7 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 Ke7 38. Bd3 Nc5 39. Bc2 Ne6 40. f5 Nd4 41. Bd1 gxf5 42. exf5 Rd8 43. Ke3 Nxf5+ 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Bxh5 Rd4+ 46. Kf3 Nxh4+ 47. Ke2 Ng6 48. Rc1 Ne5 49. Rc7 Rd7 50. Rc8 Ke7 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Ke4 f6 53. Be8 Rc7 54. Rxc7 Kxc7 55. Kf5 Kd6 56. Kxf6 Nf3 57. Bg6 Nd4 58. Bd3 Kc5 59. Ke7 Nxb5

Tablebase draw.

60. Kd7 Nd4 61. Kc7 Nc6

Colm Daly's notes gave this a ‘?’, giving 61... b5 62. Kb7 Kd6 63. Kb8 b4 64. Kb7 b3 and wins, but simply capturing on a7 on either of the last two moves draws straightforwardly.

62. Kb7 Kd6 63. Bb5 Nb4 64. Kxa7 Kc7 65. Be8 Nxa6

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Annotator(s): Colm Daly, Irish Chess Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, August-September 1997, pp. 15-16 (excerpted here).

Event information: Tournament report.