[Event "Shropshire Chess League division one"] [Site "Shrewsbury"] [Date "2022.03.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Kitchen, Peter"] [Black "Bryant, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "1860"] [BlackElo "1937"] [Annotator "Kitchen, Peter"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.09.27"] [WhiteTeam "Shrewsbury A"] [BlackTeam "Oswestry A"] {[%evp 0,155,19,27,17,32,24,5,22,7,17,9,29,28,11,-6,12,0,25,-37,-30,-30,-50, -23,28,35,48,43,75,58,54,70,81,97,96,115,125,127,157,177,177,153,153,151,151, 152,158,177,166,101,103,110,110,104,151,133,133,99,138,130,131,133,126,117,142, 134,148,138,156,142,160,152,179,132,133,131,313,325,366,221,279,282,286,202, 282,215,199,206,206,206,203,205,326,326,332,332,373,284,337,298,310,233,310, 135,82,82,85,82,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,297,297,297,297,352,342,352,349,356, 342,396,396,415,1002,373,1002,1022,1022,1022,470,1044,1312,1032,1467,1463,1463, 1312,1312,1032,1478,29973,29966,29985,2311,29973,29962,29967,29974]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Rd1 Rc8 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rac1 a6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxa5 bxa5 20. Bxd5 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Ne5 22. Ne3 Nc6 23. Bb2 Bc5 24. Bg2 Bxe3 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. fxe3 Kf8 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Kg2 g6 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. Bc3 Ke6 31. Kf4 f6 32. h4 h6 33. e4 g5+ 34. hxg5 ( 34. Kf3 {I think was stronger than exchanging, as he had the option of ...fxg5 after my move.}) 34... hxg5+ 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. g4 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Bxf6 a4 39. Bxg5 (39. bxa4 {would be less compliant than 39.Bxg5 which I played.}) 39... axb3 40. axb3 Na5 41. Bf6 Ke6 42. g5 Nxb3 43. Kd3 (43. Kf4 {trying to help the pawns forward is much more to the point.}) 43... Nc5+ 44. Kd4 Nd7 45. Bd8 Kf7 46. Kd5 Nf8 47. e5 Ke8 48. Bf6 Kf7 49. Kd6 a5 50. Kc5 $2 {This was the one major conceptual error I made. Chasing after the a-pawn with my king should have thrown away the win. See note to move 58.} Ne6+ 51. Kb5 Nd4+ 52. Kxa5 Nxe2 53. Kb6 Nf4 54. Kc6 Ke6 55. Kc5 Ng6 56. Kd4 Nf8 57. Ke4 Ng6 58. Kd4 Nf4 (58... Kf5 $1 {would have been drawn, either here or on the next move. Richard could have forced an exchange of the e-pawn and minor pieces with my king on the wrong side so my g-pawn would have fallen too. But after he allows my triangulation the position is won for me - my king gets to the kingside and I can make progress.}) 59. Ke3 Ng6 60. Ke4 Nf8 61. Kf4 Ng6+ 62. Kg4 Nf8 63. Kh5 Kf7 64. Kh6 Ne6 65. g6+ Kg8 66. g7 Nf4 67. Kg5 Ne6+ 68. Kf5 Nd4+ 69. Ke4 Ne6 70. Kd5 Nf4+ 71. Kd6 Nh5 72. Ke7 Nf4 73. Kd7 Nh5 74. Ke8 Nf4 75. Ke7 Nh5 76. Kd6 Ng3 77. e6 Ne4+ 78. Ke7 Ng3 79. Be5 Nf5+ 80. Kd7 1-0