Fundamentals (part 41)

Joshua Higgs (1792) - Spanton (2020)
Hastings 2012-13

Black to play and draw

*****
*****
*****
*****
*****
*****
*****
*****
*****
*****
39...fxg4?
Black draws with 39...Kg6, eg 40.g5 (not 40.gxf5+ as Black wins after 40...Kxf5 41.Kg3 b5 42.a3 Kg5 43.f4+ Kf5 44.Kf3 a6 45.Kg3 a5 46.Kf3 a4 47.Kg3 Ke4 48.Kg4 Ke3 49.Kg5 Kd2 50.Kf6 Kxc3 51.Kxe6 b4 52.f5 bxa3 53.f6 a2 54.f7 a1=Q 55.f8=Q a3 56.Kxd5 Kxc2 when Black eventually queens a second pawn) b5 41.f4 a5 42.a3 a4 as the position is deadlocked.
40.fxg4 Kg6 41.g5 b5 42.Kg4 e5!?
Desperation, but the black position is beyond saving.
43.dxe5 a5 44.Kf4 Kf7 45.Ke3 1-0