[Event "Camborne Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.11.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Colin Sellwood"] [Black "Robin Kneebone"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [Annotator "Ian George"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] {Bishops of opposite colour don't always guarantee a draw....} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d3 Ne7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nb3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ng6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Nxb6 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 cxb6 16. f3 Ne5 17. Nd2 Be6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Nf1 Kf7 {(=)} 20. Ng3 g6 21. Ne2 Rd7 22. Rxd7+ Bxd7 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Rd1 Ra7 25. Kg1 Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. f4 f5 29. e5 g5 30. g3 g4 31. Ke2 Nf8 32. Kd3 Ng6 33. Kc4 Ne7 34. Bf2 Nd5 35. a4 Nxc3 36. Kxc3 Kd5 37. Kd3 b5 38. c4+ bxc4+ 39. bxc4+ Ke6 40. Bxc5 Bxa4 41. Bf2 Kd7 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Be1 Bb3 44. Bb4 Ba2 45. e6 a5 46. Be7 a4 47. Ke5 Bxc4 48. Kxf5 Kc7 {The losing move. Correct is} (48... Kd5 {Denies c5 to the bishop and, most importantly, e5 to the king, attacks the e-pawn so that the white king can't take the g-pawn immediately and clears the a4-e8 diagonal for the bishop} 49. Kf6 (49. Kxg4 Kxe6) (49. Ba3 Bd3+ 50. Kf6 h5 {transposes to the main variation}) 49... h5 {threatens 50...h4} 50. Kf7 (50. Kg5 Kxe6 51. Kxh5 Kf5) 50... a3 51. Bxa3 h4 52. gxh4 (52. e7 Bb5 53. gxh4 (53. f5 hxg3 54. f6 g2 55. Kg8 g1=Q 56. f7 Qe3 57. f8=Q Qg5+ $11) 53... g3 54. Bc1 Ke4 55. Ba3 Kd5 $11 {repeats moves}) 52... g3 53. Bc1 Ke4 54. Ba3 {repeats moves} Kd5 $11) 49. Ke5 a3 50. Bxa3 Kd8 51. f5 1-0
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