[Event "Camborne Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Watkins, Mark"]
[Black "George, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Annotator "George, Ian"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Rd1 Rab8 13. Rb1 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Bc8 17. h3 Bf5 18. e4 Bc8 ({The attempt to win the pawn
back with} 18... Bxh3 $4 {fails to} 19. Na4 $18) 19. f4 {(=)} Nd7 20. Ne2 Qa7
21. Be3 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa6 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Bf1 Qa8 25. Nc3 h5 $2 (25... Bd7 $16)
26. Nb5 (26. b4 $5) 26... Bd7 27. Qf2 $2 (27. a4 $16) 27... Kh7 $2 (27... Bxb5
28. Bxb5 Nxd5 $11) 28. a4 f5 $2 {Wins for white but black is determined to
continue taking risks in order to play for the win.} (28... Rfc8 {is
objectively better.}) 29. e5 dxe5 (29... Bxb5 30. axb5 Qa5 31. b4 cxb4 32. Rd2
$18) (29... Rfc8 30. exd6 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 exd6 32. Bc6 $18) 30. Bxc5 exf4 (30...
Nxd5 31. Bc4 Bxb5 32. Bxd5 Bc6 33. Bxc6 Qxc6 34. Bxe7 $16) 31. gxf4 $2 {
White, needing only a draw, plays cautiously but he is winning.} (31. Bxb6 $18
fxg3 32. Qc5 Rfc8 33. Nc7) 31... Nxd5 32. Bg2 (32. Nc7 Nxc7 33. Rxd7 Ne6 34.
Bxe7 Rf7 35. Bc4 (35. Re1 Rb7 36. Bg2 Rxd7 37. Bxa8 Bd4 38. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 39. Kxf2
Rfxe7 40. Rxe7+ Rxe7 {Black is the exchange up but white should not lose.})
35... Re8 36. Bxe6 Rfxe7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Re1 $16) 32... Bc6 $4 ({A blunder.
There is no win for black here but merely minimising white's advantage with}
32... Bxb5 33. Bxd5 Bc6 34. Bxc6 Qxc6 35. Bxe7 Rfe8 {did not appeal.}) 33. Nc7
$4 {White's turn to make a losing blunder. He has an easy win with} (33. Bxd5
Bxd5 34. Nc7) 33... Nxc7 34. Bxc6 Qxc6 35. Rbc1 Qb7 36. Bxe7 Rfe8 $2 ({Throws
away the advantage and the championship.} 36... Rfc8 {is an easy win}) 37. Rd7
Rxe7 $4 {Panic stations with less than five minutes on the clock but time
shortage is no excuse for this appalling move which hands the win back to
white,.} (37... Rec8 38. Kh2 Qxb3 39. Rdxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Qxa4 41. Bf6 Rg8 42.
Be5 Kh6 $11) 38. Rxe7 Qxb3 39. Rcxc7 {and white made a very generous draw
offer which black can hardly refuse. Botvinnik's assessment of a particularly
error-strewn game against Smyslov in one of their World Championship matches
applies here: "Truly the two players were worthy of each other on this
occasion!"} 1/2-1/2
