[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Clancy, Martin"] [Black "Stimpson, Philip"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C96"] [Annotator "Martin Clancy"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 11. exd5 e4 12. Ng5 Nxd5 13. Nxe4 {I was trying to get my head round what was preventing black playing f5.. f4... f3 and concluding very little!} f5 14. Ng3 f4 15. Ne4 f3 16. d4 fxg2 17. Kxg2 Nf4+ 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Nbd2 Rh4 $146 20. Re3 Qd7 ({Better is} 20... Bg5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 $11) 21. Qh1 (21. b4 Rxh3 22. Ng3 Bg5 $16) 21... Bb7 $11 22. Nf3 ({And white should play} 22. Kg1 Rf8 23. Qg2 Rhf4 $11) 22... Nc4 23. Re2 $4 ({This should have been the final error.} 23. Nxh4 $142 {would keep White alive} Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Bxh4 25. Rf1 $11) 23... Rf4 $19 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Raf8 26. Rd1 Qf5 27. Kg1 $17 Qxe5 28. Qh2 $2 {a last desperate trap!} Bd6 $2 {[#]} ({The correct move is} 28... Qh5 $142 29. Rdd2 Kh8 $19) 29. Bb3+ $1 $16 Kh8 30. Nxd6 Qxe2 31. Qxf4 $1 Qxd1+ ({The queen can't be taken! Black back rank is too weak after} 31... Rxf4 $2 32. Nf7+ {and it is mate in 3.}) 32. Bxd1 Rxf4 33. Nxb7 b4 34. Bb3 {White is a le bit better, but I was pleased but feeling a bit guilty on having survived!} 1/2-1/2