I had tried fruitlessly to win a drawn bishop-and-pawn ending, during which my opponent three times offered a draw while my clock was running.
Eventually we reached the following position:
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| White to make his 47th move in Spanton (1881/168) - Samuel Parry (1773/152) |
Feeling I had tried everything I could, I played Bf6 and offered a draw, which was quickly accepted. Can you see what we both missed?
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47.Bf6?? is a gross blunder. Black wins with 47...h5+, eg 48.Kf3 Kf5 49.a3 (the only move to stop Black quickly winning the h4 pawn) Bf4 50.Be7 Bc1 51.b3 Bb2 52.Bc5 Bc3, and the h4 pawn falls anyway (or the d4 pawn after 53.Bb4 Bxd4). If White tries to save the h4 pawn with 49.Bg7 Bb4 50.Kg3, then 50... Be1+ 51.Kh3 Ke4, and again White loses either the d4 or h4 pawn.
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