Wednesday, 5 September 2018

Seedy Goings-On

IT is not often the top seed plays on bottom board, but that is what happened in round three of the afternoon U180 at 'Paignton'.
Position after 44.Qg2-h3 in Spanton (167) - Kevin Simpson (176)
Here KS broke up my attack by sacrificing the exchange: 44...Rxf5!?
The game continued 45.gxf5 Nh4 46.Qf1 Qe7
I was attracted to 47.Qg1 f6 48.R5xh4 gxh4, which Stockfish9 and Komodo9 reckon is good for White after 49.Rg2 (and after the more prosaic 49.Rxh4), although the locked pawn-structure and opposite-coloured bishops would seem to give Black some drawing chances.
Instead I played a real lemon: 47.Qe1?
There came 47...Nxf5 48.Rg2 Ng3+ 49.Rxg3 fxg3 50.Qxg3, and a draw was soon agreed.

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