Here is a game from today's meetup at uptown espresso. Really enjoyed this game. I made several blunders and missed some good attacking chances. Game highlights my continued blindness to pinned pawns. Something I need to correct to improve my game. Really highlights that what I need to focus on most right now is tactics, tactics, and more tactics. Will be getting good use out of the tactics trainer here on chess.com
Here is a game from today's meetup at uptown espresso. Really enjoyed this game. I made several blunders and missed some good attacking chances. Game highlights my continued blindness to pinned pawns. Something I need to correct to improve my game. Really highlights that what I need to focus on most right now is tactics, tactics, and more tactics. Will be getting good use out of the tactics trainer here on chess.com
Thanks Eddie for a fun game.
Here is the PGN text:
[Event "Seattle Chess Meetup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matt"]
[Black "Eddie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nxe4 c5 {Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64: 4)} 5.
Be3 (5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 O-O
11. Ne5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd5 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. h3 Bd6 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Rc1 Nd5 17.
Re1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Qd7 {1-0 Armanda,I (2326)
-Petrina,T (2097)/Bosnjaci 2009/CBM 128 Extra}) (5. dxc5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 f5 7.
Nd6+ Bxd6 8. cxd6 Nf6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Ke1 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. f3 Nf6 13. Bxc6
Bxc6 14. Ne2 Nd5 15. c4 Nb6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. b4 Nb6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20.
Be5 O-O 21. c5 Nd5 22. b5 Nb4 23. Rhd1 Rc8 24. a3 {1-0 Lorenzini,M (2325)
-Gonzalez,D/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 2001}) (5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Nxd4 Nc6 7.
Be3 Nf6 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 bxc6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Be2 Bb4+ 12. c3 Ba5 13.
Bf3 Bd7 14. O-O Bb6 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Rd6 Rc8 17. Rfd1 {1-0 Schmidt,V (1955)
-Putz,W (1748)/Suedwestfalen 2000/EXT 2007}) 6... Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bf4 Nf6
9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Nb5 Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rd3 Ne5 14. Rxd8+
Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Kc8 16. Be3 a6 17. Be2 h5 18. Kb1 f5 19. Bd4 f6 20. f4 Nd7 21.
Bc4 e5 22. Bc3 exf4 23. Be6 Rh7 24. Bxf5 Rf7 25. b3 Kc7 26. Bd2 Bd6 27. Rf1 Rg7
28. Be4 Nc5 29. Bf3 Ne6 30. Bd5 Re7 31. Re1 Be5 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Bxf4 Kc6 34.
Bxe5 fxe5 35. Kb2 b5 36. Re4 Kd5 37. Rh4 e4 38. Rxh5+ Kd4 39. Rh8 Ke3 40. Rf8
Kd2 41. Rd8+ Ke1 42. Kc1 e3 43. Rf8 Rd6 44. h4 Rg6 45. h5 Rxg2 46. h6 Rh2 {1/
2-1/2 Vandeweeghe,S (2065)-Van Maele,R (1910)/Bethune 2000/EXT 2003}) (5. Nxc5
Bxc5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ (6... Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 Nf6 11.
Bc5 Ne4 12. Ba3 Bd7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. O-O Kf7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Bc4 h6
18. Qxf5 {1-0 Mancini,M (2285)-Van Maele,R/Bethune 1998/EXT 2001}) 7. Kxd1 Nf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. c3 a5 10. Ne5 (10. Be3 Ng4 11. a4 Nd7 12. b4 Nxe3+ 13. fxe3 Nf6
14. Bc4 Rd8+ 15. Kc2 Bd7 16. Kb3 Bc6 17. Rhe1 Kf8 18. Re2 Ne4 19. Nd4 e5 20.
Nxc6 bxc6 21. Kc2 Ke7 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Bc4 Rdb8 24. b5 Rc8 25. Rb1 Rab8 26. bxc6
Rxb1 27. Kxb1 Rxc6 28. Rb2 Nd7 29. Rb7 Kd8 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Kxc7 32. c6 Nc5
33. Kc2 f6 34. Kd2 g6 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Kf3 Ne6 37. g4 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Kg3
Nc7 40. Bd3 e4 41. Bc4 Ke5 42. Bg8 h6 43. h3 Na8 44. Bc4 Nc7 45. Kh4 Kf6 46.
Kh5 Kg7 47. Bb3 Ne8 48. Be6 Kf6 49. Bd7 Nc7 50. Kxh6 f4 51. exf4 Ne6 52. Bxe6
Kxe6 53. f5+ {1-0 Boros,D (2198)-Gazic,J (2215)/Budapest 2001/CBM 084 ext})
10... Rd8+ 11. Ke1 Rd5 12. f4 Rxc5 13. Be3 Rc7 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. Bb6 Rc6 16.
Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bf2 f6 18. Bc4 Kf7 19. Rd6 Nd8 20. Ke2 b6 21. Rhd1 Ke7 22. Bb5
Ra7 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxb6 Rb7 25. Bxd8+ Kxd8 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. cxb4 Kd6 30. Kd3 Kd5 31. a4 h6 32. a5 g5 33. g3 g4 34. a6 Kc6
35. b5+ Kb6 36. Kc4 h5 37. Kd4 Ka7 38. Kc5 h4 39. gxh4 e5 40. fxe5 f5 41. e6 f4
42. e7 g3 43. hxg3 fxg3 44. e8=Q {1-0 Resika,N (2203)-Gazic,J (2215)/Budapest
2001/CBM 084 ext}) ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64: 1)} 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Bf4 Bd7 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Bxd6 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nce7 12. Rd1 Nf6
13. c4 Nf5 14. Be5 Ng4 15. Bc7 Ba4 16. Be2 Bxb3 17. axb3 {0.50/5}) ({Houdini 2.
0c x64 Main _20_x64: 2)} 5. Nxc5 Bxc5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9.
Be3 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng5 f4 14. h3 Nxe3+ 15. fxe3 Nxc5
16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Ke2 Bd7 18. exf4 Bb5+ {0.50/19}) ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main
_20_x64: 3)} 5. dxc5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. b4 a5 10. c3
axb4 11. cxb4 Ne5 12. Nf3 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Rg8 14. Bd3 Rg2 15. Kc2 Bd7 16. Bxh7
Ra3 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Bf1 {0.33/5}) (5. Be3 {Better continuations existed. Nf3
is the most common move here with 149 games in my database and a white score
of over 70%. If I face this in the future Nf3 will be my move. The point of
this opening is to maintain the initiative. All moves in this opening need to
improve my position and maintain initiative. Be3 places this bishop on a
temporary square that does not really accomplish anything - placing me in a
defensive position and turning the initiative over to black. Nf3 develops a
piece to a useful square and achieves the same defensive objective. Opening
lesson learned.} {Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64: 1)} cxd4 ({Houdini 2.0c x64
Main _20_x64: 2)} 5... Nf6 6. Nxc5 Nd5 7. Nd3 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O
b6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Nde5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bc5 16. c3 {0.
43/5}) ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64: 3)} 5... Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qd8 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bc3 Qg6 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. b4 e5 12. Bd3 f5 13. Qg3 e4 14. Bc4 a5
15. Qxg6+ hxg6 16. b5 Nd8 17. Rd1 Ne6 18. c6 bxc6 19. bxc6 Nf4 20. g3 Be6 {0.
64/5}) 6. Bxd4 Nc6 7. Bc3 Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 f5 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Rxd6 Nf6 11. Rd1
Kf7 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Be5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5+ Kf6 15. Nc4 b5 16. Na5 a6 17. c4 Nc5 18.
f3 Rf8 19. b4 Na4 20. c5 Nc3 21. Rd6 Nxa2 {0.22/5}) 5... Nc6 {This move takes
us out of my database. A better continuation is cxd which does appear in the
database and is more aggressive.} (5... cxd4 6. Bxd4 (6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6
8. Bc3 a6 9. O-O-O f5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Rxd6 Nf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g3 Ke7 14.
Rd2 b5 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Ne2 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Nd4 Rd6 20.
Nxc6+ Bxc6 21. Rxd6 Kxd6 22. Bxc6 Kxc6 23. Kd2 Kd5 24. Kd3 Ke5 25. b3 f4 26. c4
fxg3 27. hxg3 bxc4+ 28. Kxc4 Ke4 29. b4 Kf3 30. a4 e5 31. Kd5 e4 32. g4 Kxg4
33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Kf3 35. b6 f5 36. b7 Kxf2 37. b8=Q e3 38. Qf4+ {1-0 Mraz,
M (1821)-Hajas,L (1943)/Slovakia 2009/EXT 2011}) 6... Nc6 7. Bc3 (7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Nf3 Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nb3 Qxd1
14. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be7 16. h3 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. a4 e5 19. Kf1 f5 20.
Ke2 h5 21. f3 f6 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. fxg4 Kd7 25. Nc5+ Kc6 26. b4 a5
27. Ne6 Bb6 28. c3 axb4 29. cxb4 Bd4 30. Nxd4+ exd4 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. a5 {1-0
Kurics,L-Talaber,Z/Ajka 1998/EXT 2004}) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 e5 (8... f5 9. Nd6+
Ke7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bc4 h6 12. h4 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Nxc8+ Raxc8
16. Rxe6+ Kf8 17. Rdd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Re6+ Kf8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6+
Kg7 22. Rf7+ Kh8 23. Bb3 Na5 24. Ne5 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Rb8 26. Nxg6+ Kg8 27. Rc7 a6
28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxf5 {1-0 Minnebo,J-Moernaut,K/Hengelo 2003/EXT 2005}) 9. Nf3
Nf6 10. Ng3 Bg4 11. Be2 Bb4 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. c3 Nc6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rd8
16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nf5 e4 18. Bd1 {0.30/19}) 6. dxc5 Qc7 7. Bb5 {Better was
Nd6+. Bb5 does not really accomplish much and does not maintain the momentum.}
({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. cxd6 Qa5+ 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nf3
O-O 11. b4 Qd8 12. b5 Na5 13. Qd4 a6 14. bxa6 Nc6 15. Qd2 bxa6 16. Rb1 Ne4 17.
Qd3 Nxd6 18. Bc5 Nf5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. g4 Nd6 21. Ng5 f5 22. Qh3 {1.33/20})
7... Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Qf3 {better was Nf3, allowing short castle and
developing a piece.} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 9. Nf3 Nd5 10. Ne5 Nxc3
11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. bxc3 bxc6 13. Qf3 cxb5 14. Qxa8 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O O-O
17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. c4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rb8 23.
f3 {0.86/18}) 9... Nd5 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Bb7 {exchanging was
better for black here} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 12... Bxc5 13. Bxc5
Qxc5 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. c4 Nc7 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Qb3 c5 18. Qxb7 cxd4 19. Qc6+ Kf8
20. Rad1 Rd8 21. c5 h5 22. Nd6 Nb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Qxb5 h4 25. c6 h3 26. g3
Qc7 27. b4 Kg8 28. Qb7 {1.07/20}) 13. a3 {I had a crazy idea I might kick away
the queen but this was a silly move. I should have kept up the momentum
building towards an attacl with Ne4.} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 13. Ne4
Qc7 14. Rad1 Be7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. cxd6 Qd7 17. Bc5 a5 18. c4 Nf6 19. Nc1 O-O
20. Nd3 Qd8 21. d7 Nxd7 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Rfe1 Qe7 24. Qg3 Nb6 25. Ne5 f6 26.
Qb3 Qb4 27. Nd3 Qxb3 28. axb3 {2.33/19}) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 {Black actually
did me a favor here} Qc7 15. Ne4 {better was Rad1 immediately grabbing the
open file.} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 15. Rad1 f5 (15... Bxc5 {Houdini
2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 16. Ne4 {3.91/19}) 16. Na4 g6 17. b4 Rd8 18. Nb6 Bd6
19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. cxd6 Qxb6 21. Qg3 Bc8 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Qe5+ Kf7 24. Qxh8
Qxe3+ 25. Kf1 Qe6 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Nf4 Qxd6 28. Qxg6+ Ke7 29. Qxd6+ Kxd6 30.
Kf2 c5 31. Ke3 Bb7 {2.90/19}) 15... a5 16. Rad1 {ended up there anyway} Ba6 17.
Nd6+ {better was Rf2 here, which I ended up playing later anyway} ({Houdini 2.
0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 17. Rf2 {2.64/19}) 17... Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qd7 19. Rf2 O-O
20. Ng3 Rab8 21. b3 {This was a mistake. Ne4 led to a very good game for
white - the pawn was not an issue and I should not have been trying to protect
it.} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 21. Ne4 Rb5 (21... Rxb2 22. Nc5 Qd8 (
22... Qa7 23. Qxc6) 23. Nxa6) 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. b4 f6 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Rb8
26. e4 e5 27. Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Kg8 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. d7 Ke7 32. Rd6
Bb5 33. Rg2 g6 34. Ke3 Bc4 {3.33/19}) 21... Rb5 22. e4 {...continuing to miss
Ne4} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 22. Ne4 Rd5 23. c4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qa7
25. Qd3 f5 26. Ng5 Bc8 27. Qd4 Qb7 28. Nf3 Qxb3 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Qxd7 Qxc4 31.
Rd2 Qe4 32. Qa7 a4 33. Qb6 Qc4 34. Qb2 Qb5 35. Qd4 {1.85/18}) 22... Rb6 23. Nh5
f6 24. e5 f5 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Rd4 ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 26. Qc3 Rb7
27. Qxa5 Ra8 28. Nf4 Qe8 29. Qc5 g5 30. Ne2 Bxe2 31. Rxe2 Qd7 32. a4 Kg7 33.
Rf2 Rbb8 34. Rf3 f4 35. h4 h6 36. a5 Rb5 {2.58/19}) 26... Rb7 27. Rh4 {I could
have also considered Ra4 here picking up a pawn but I was very focused on
kingside attack at this point} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 27. Ra4 Ra8
28. Rxa5 Rb5 29. Qc3 Qe8 30. Nf4 Rxa5 31. Qxa5 g5 32. Nh3 h6 33. Qc7 Bc8 34. a4
Qd7 35. Qxd7 Bxd7 36. Rf1 Ra5 37. Re1 Kg7 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ng1 g4 40. Kg3 Rd5 {
2.86/19}) 27... Rg8 {This was a blunder for black. But I failed to see an
obvious tactic, falling victim to pawn pin blindness. This is a major problem
for me in my games that I need to work on.} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:}
27... Qf7 28. Nf4 Kg8 29. Nh3 Qe8 30. Ra4 Qh5 31. Rd2 Ra8 32. Rxa5 Qe8 33. Nf4
Qd7 34. Nh5 Kh8 35. Rf2 Rb5 36. Qc3 Qe8 37. Nf4 Rxa5 38. Qxa5 g5 39. Nh3 h6 40.
Qc7 Bc8 41. a4 Qd7 42. Qxd7 Bxd7 43. Rf1 Ra5 44. Re1 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Ng1 g4
47. Kg3 Rd5 {2.86/20}) 28. Nf4 {This was where my game came off the rails.
Having put all that pressure on the kingside I missed my opportunity and gave
black a more equal position. I really need to force myself in critical
positions to take a moment and look for any pawn pins.} ({Houdini 2.0c x64
Main _20_x64:} 28. Qg6 Rgb8 29. Nf4 h6 30. Nxe6 Qf7 31. Rxh6+ gxh6 32. Qxh6+
Kg8 33. Rf3 Be2 34. Qg5+ Qg7 35. Nxg7 Rxg7 36. Qxf5 Bxf3 37. Qxf3 a4 38. Qxc6
axb3 39. cxb3 Rgb7 40. d7 Rxb3 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. d8=Q Rxd8 44. Qxd8
Rc3 45. a4 Rc1+ 46. Kf2 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 Rc3+ 48. Kf4 Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg6 50. Qf6+ Kh7
51. a5 Rc4+ 52. Kg5 {11.31/20}) 28... g5 29. Nh5 {This was a major blunder.
During the game I had the idea that my knight would prove more valuable than
my rook in this particular position but I had miscalculated.} ({Houdini 2.0c
x64 Main _20_x64:} 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kf8 32. Nf6 Qg7 33. Qc3
Kf7 34. Nxg8 Qxg8 35. Qxc6 Qa8 36. g4 Bb5 37. Qf3 Rb8 38. gxf5 Qxf3 39. Rxf3 a4
40. f6 Rc8 41. Rh3 Kg6 42. c4 Bd7 43. b4 g4 44. Rh4 Rxc4 45. Rh8 Re4 46. Rg8+
Kf7 47. Rg7+ Ke8 48. Re7+ Kd8 {0.52/20}) 29... Qf7 {This could have let me
back into a strong position if I took it.} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:}
29... gxh4 30. Qxg8+ Kxg8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rf4 h3 34. gxh3 Ra7
35. Kf2 Ke8 36. Rf3 a4 37. Rg3 axb3 38. cxb3 Rf7 39. Rg8+ Kd7 40. Ra8 Bb7 41.
Ra7 Ke8 42. b4 Bc8 43. Ra8 Kd8 44. Ke3 Rg7 45. Kf4 Rg2 46. Ra7 Re2 47. Rxh7
Re4+ 48. Kg5 Rxe5 {-0.52/23}) 30. Nf6 {Another blunder. For some reason
during the game I thought retreating my took would not save it but that was a
miscalculation. Rh3 was my opportunity to get back into a great attacking
position.} ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 30. Rh3 g4 31. Rh4 a4 32. Nf6 Rg7
33. Qc3 Bb5 34. Qd4 axb3 35. cxb3 Qf8 36. a4 Ba6 37. b4 Qb8 38. Rf4 Qd8 39. Qc5
Rb8 40. Rh6 Bd3 41. Rd4 Be2 42. d7 g3 43. Qxc6 gxh2+ 44. Kxh2 {4.06/19}) 30...
gxh4 31. Qxg8+ Qxg8 32. Nxg8 Kxg8 33. Rd2 Rd7 34. b4 a4 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. Kf2 ({
Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 36. Rxh4 Kf8 37. Kf2 Rg7 38. Ke3 Ke8 39. c4 c5
40. bxc5 Bb7 41. g3 Kd7 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. h3 Kd7 44. Rh6 Bc6 45. Rh4 Bf3 46. Rh6
Be2 47. Rh4 Kc6 48. Ke3 Bf1 {-0.10/22}) 36... Kg6 37. Rxh4 Kg5 38. g3 Rf7 39.
Rf4 ({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 39. Ke3 {0.27/20}) 39... h5 40. h4+ ({
Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 40. Ke3 Bc8 41. h4+ Kg6 42. Rc4 Bd7 43. Rc5 Kh6
44. Ra5 Rg7 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Ra7 Rf7 47. Ke3 Rg7 48. Rxa4 Kf7 49. Kf3 c5 50. Ra7
Ke8 51. Rc7 cxb4 52. axb4 Rg4 53. c4 Rd4 54. b5 Rd3+ 55. Kf2 {0.55/21}) 40...
Kg6 41. c4 Rb7 42. c5 {Best chance for white was to break here. With c5 we
agreed to a draw. Even breaking here, the game may well have ended in a draw.}
({Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 42. b5 Bxb5 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Rd4 Rb8 45. Rb4
Kf7 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Kd4 Kd7 48. Kc5 Rg8 49. Kxb5 Rb8+ 50. Kxa4 Ra8+ 51. Kb3 Ra5
52. Rb7+ Kd8 53. Rh7 Rxe5 54. a4 Rd5 55. Kc4 Kc8 56. Rxh5 Kd7 57. Rg5 Rd1 58.
h5 Ra1 59. Kb3 Rb1+ 60. Kc3 Rc1+ 61. Kd2 Rh1 62. a5 Ra1 63. Rg7+ Kxd6 {0.85/24}
{Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 64. h6 Rxa5 65. Ke3 Ke5 66. h7 Ra3+ 67. Kf2
Ra2+ 68. Kg1 Ra1+ 69. Kg2 Ra2+ 70. Kh3 Ra1 71. Re7 Rh1+ 72. Kg2 Rh5 73. Rf7 Rh6
74. Kf3 Rh2 75. Ke3 Rh3 76. Ke2 Ke4 77. Kf2 Rh2+ 78. Kg1 Rh6 79. Kg2 e5 80. Re7
Rh5 81. Kf2 Rh2+ 82. Kg1 Rh5 83. Kg2 Rh6 84. Rc7 f4 85. g4 f3+ 86. Kg3 Rh1 87.
Rc4+ Ke3 88. Rc3+ {0.42/23} {Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} Kd4 89. Rc7 Ke3
90. g5 f2 91. Rf7 Rxh7 92. Rf3+ Kd4 93. Rxf2 Rg7 94. Kg4 e4 95. Ra2 e3 96. g6
Rxg6+ {0.00/23}) {Houdini 2.0c x64 Main _20_x64:} 42... Kf7 43. Ke3 Ke8 44. Rd4
Rg7 45. Kf3 Rh7 46. Ke3 Kd7 47. Kf4 Rg7 48. Kf3 Rg6 49. Kf2 Rg8 50. Kf3 Rg7 51.
Kf2 Bb5 52. Kg2 Ke8 53. Kf3 Ba6 54. Kg2 Kd7 55. Kf3 Rg6 {-1.19/27} 1/2-1/2