What A Mug

ALL 32 competitors in the 50+ Seniors tournament at the British Chess Championships received a commemorative mug courtesy of the tournament's sponsors, Hull & District Chess Association and Hull Culture & Leisure.

I felt like a different kind of mug after my round-three game today.
Just for a change, I got a great position out of the opening. The initiative fluctuated a little in the middlegame but I was pleased to get the following position from successfully using hanging pawns.

Black to play and get a decisive advantage in Nigel Blades (2072) - Spanton (1927)

The game went: 31...Bxb2 32.Qxb2 (32.Nb2 is met in a similar way) Nc2 33.f5!?Objectively it was probably better to move the e1 rook and give up the e4 pawn, but NB - rightly in my view - went for counterplay at the cost of the exchange.
33...Qe8 34.f6 Nxe1 35.Rxe1 Rd4 36.e5 gxf6!?
This is fine if followed up correctly, but opening lines to your king is very often a risky business. A more practical move was 36...Qd8 or 36...Qe6, and if White captures on g7, leaving the white pawn as partial cover for the black king.
However, my other main thought of 36...g6? would have been problematic after 37.Qd2, eg 37...Kh7 38.Nd6.
37.Qd2 Rcd8??
I had seen that White's last move made it possible for him to capture on f6, but somehow forgot it and played the text anyway.
Black is winning comfortably after NB's suggested 37...Qd8, or the analysis engines' 37...Qe6.
38.exf6 Qxe1+?
Panic stations.
I rejected the superior 38...Qf8 because of 39.Qg5+ Kh8?? 40.Qxh5+ Kg8 41.Re3, with mate to follow. In fact, Black is still in the game in this line after 39...Kh7 40.Qxh5+ Qh6, although it is definitely White for choice.
But 38...Qf8 would not save Black as White has a winning attack starting with 39.Re7. Stockfish9 gives 39...R8d5 40.Ne5 Kh7 41.Rxf7+.
39.Qxe1 d2 40.Nxd2 Rxd2 41.Qg3+ Kf8 42.Qg7+ Ke8 43.Qg8+ Kd7 44.Qxf7+
The rooks are no match for White's queen and advanced passed pawn. 1-0 (55 moves)