[Event "WDCL Div 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.18"] [Round "?"] [White "McCarthy, Damian"] [Black "Ellis, Gareth"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [Annotator "Damian"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1bqk2r/ppp1bppp/4pB2/8/3PB3/5N2/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 9"] [PlyCount "73"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"] [WhiteTeam "Culcheth A"] [BlackTeam "Skelmersdale"] {[%evp 0,21,19,31,41,51,23,31,47,42,54,54,49,50,57,53,37,40,40,43,52,24,24,17] [#]} 9... Bxf6 10. Qd2 $6 (10. Qd3 {Is the testing move here, preventing castling and creating some Bxb7 threats.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O c6 12. h4 Be7 13. Qe2 f5 14. Bd3 b5 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. g4 g6 17. g5 ({seriously considered} 17. h5 fxg4 18. Nh2 Qxd4 19. c3 Qe5 {which I might have gone in for if i's seen Be4 here}) 17... Bg7 18. c3 {I was quite optimistic here, that the pawn structure might be quite good for White. But didn't see the activation of his LSB} Qc7 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Bb3 Rae8 21. Ne5 {I was forgetting about his c5 and Bc6.} Bxe5 22. dxe5 c5 {Now I realised I wasn't better} 23. f4 c4 24. Bc2 Bc6 25. Rh2 Bd5 26. Qe3 Kg7 27. Rdd2 Rd8 28. Rd4 a6 29. Rhd2 Qb6 30. Kc1 a5 31. Bd1 Qc7 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rd8 35. h5 {just hoping for some vague threats with pawn control of g7. But I already consdidered it was probably a draw. The minute one of our queens infiltrates the other's king will get perpetual checked.} ({I didn't like} 35. Qd1 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qc6 {where I didn't think i'd have anything}) 35... Rxd4 36. h6+ Kf7 37. cxd4 Qd7 38. Kc2 Qxd4 39. Qb7+ Kf8 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Qf7+ Kd8 {and now I basically can't make further progress} 43. Qxe6 Qd3+ 44. Kc1 Qe3+ 45. Kc2 Qd3+ {draw agreed.} 1/2-1/2