[Event "GM Keith Arkell simul"] [Site "Maryport"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Arkell, Keith C"] [Black "Gawne, Martin P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "1817"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. d5 {This took me by surprise, and I didn't know how best to reply.} e5 ({I also thought about} 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc5) 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. g3 Ne7 8. Bh3 Nc5 ({Again, I thought about} 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc5 {, but this would have left my king stranded in the centre with} 10. Bh6) 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 {Threatened to give me a weak, isolated pawn with 11. Bxc5} b6 11. Nd4 {At first, I thought this was a blunder, and that I was about to win a piece.} e5 12. Nc6 {And he escaped! What a move.} ({If} 12. Bxc8 { , then} exd4) 12... Nxc6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. Qd5+ Rf7 15. Qxc6 Qb7 16. Qxb7 Nxb7 17. Ne4 h6 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Nd8 20. Rad1 axb4 21. axb4 Ra4 22. Rb1 Nc6 23. Bd2 Rf8 24. e3 Rfa8 25. Rfc1 Kf7 26. Kg2 Ke6 27. Rc2 Kf7 28. Kf3 Ke6 29. h4 Ra3 { To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to do here, so I went for this little cheapo, threatening 30...Nd4+} 30. Nc3 {At first, I was annoyed with myself for allowing this, as my a3 rook could then be kicked away with Bc1 at some point. However, after a couple of minutes of thinking, I spotted a neat combination.} Nd4+ 31. exd4 exd4 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Rec1 {At this point, I realised that not only this combination got me out of trouble, but it also won me a pawn.} dxc3 34. Bxc3 R8a4 35. Kg4 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxb4 38. f4 Ke6 39. h5 Kf6 40. hxg6 Kxg6 41. Re3 h5+ 42. Kh4 Rxc4 43. Re6+ Kf5 44. Rh6 Ke4 45. Rxh5 Rc5 46. Rh8 Rc1 47. Kg4 d5 48. Re8+ Kd3 49. Kf3 d4 50. g4 Rf1+ 51. Kg3 Kd2 52. f5 d3 53. Kg2 {I might have had a winning advantage here, but I couldn't see deep enough to work it all out. Therefore, I decided to repeat the position, then offered a draw, which Keith accepted.} Rf4 54. Kg3 Rf1 55. Kg2 Rf4 1/2-1/2