[Event "WDCL Div 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.02.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Lythgoe, Martin"] [Black "McCarthy, Damian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [Annotator "McCarthy,Damian"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1bQk2r/pp3ppp/2n1pn2/1Nb5/8/2P2N2/PP3PPP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 9"] [PlyCount "70"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"] {[%evp 0,20,16,28,46,-5,20,-48,-36,-22,-23,-23,30,5,82,86,108,68,66,38,49,41, 21] [#]} {We join the game where White has just traded Queens on d8. Neather player has so far deviated from well known theory} 9... Kxd8 10. Bg5 (10. Bf4 { Is the most played option but Black is more then fine e.g} Ne4 $1 11. Rd1+ Ke7 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. Nb5 $4 Bxf2+ $17) 10... Ke7 $11 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Bxd1 a6 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. Nc2 Rd8 (15... e5 {is desirable but too loose just now }) 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be8 18. Bc2 {with a draw offer} Nd7 19. Ke2 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd1 Bb5+ 22. Ke1 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxd3 25. Kd2 { with another draw offer, but I felt only Black can be better here with pawns on both sides of the board. The engine won't get it though} Be4 26. f3 Bc6 27. Nc2 g5 {trying to fix white's pawns to the light squares} 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Ke3 e5 30. Ne2 f5 31. c4 {again he is giving me every chance putting more pawns on light squares where they my become a target} a5 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. b3 Kd6 34. a3 Kc5 35. Kd3 e4+ $2 {Too hasty, black is still better if he continues to quiety build up with say h5, the fact I had only 2 mins left is no excuse} ({I suspect if i'd just continued to play patiently i'd have probably won from this position.} 35... h5 $17) 36. fxe4 Bxe4+ $4 37. Nxe4+ fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 (38. Kc3 $1 $18) 38... a4 39. bxa4 Kxc4 40. Kf5 b6 41. Kxg5 Kb3 42. Kh6 Kxa4 43. g4 Kxa3 44. Kxh7 {and here to complete a bad evening I hastily resigned in what may still have been a drawn position. (I missed that I was queening with check) } 1-0