I know I made some blunders in the course of this game... read the annotations to see where I feel I made some stupid moves. Any further analysis on possible better moves, help in showing what could have been done better, etc., would be greatly appreciated.
If a passed pawn/bishop trade is induced I will lose at LEAST one of my two pawns behind, leading to (at best) another draw or (more likely) a loss as White would capture, then be two pawns to one and be in position to promote.
8.. Nd7 then 9...Qc7 wins the pawn.
remember, a theme in sicilian as black is to take control of c file with rook, so that knight move to b4 was premature.
that draw was forced at the end - good play with king repetition.
Well, I had a pretty entertaining time of it trying to figure out how to win the position after Black's 51st move. There are a few pitfalls, but it looks like White could do it thusly:
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