Opposite Exceptions (part 14)

White has just captured on f2 in Spanton (1881) - Raj Bhopal (1931), Northumbria Challengers (Newcastle) 2019. Who stands better, and by how much?

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Black has the upper hand, according to Stockfish12; a slight edge, according to Komodo11.01.

61...Bxh2 62.Ke3 Bd6?!

Activating the king with 62...Kf6 seems better.

63.a5?!

The engines prefer 63.Kd4.

63...h5?

Much better is 63...Bc5+ (winning, according to Stockfish12, although Komodo11.01 gives Black just a slight edge).

64.Bf1?

64.Kd4 wins, eg 64...g5 65.a6 Bb8 66.Kc5 g4 67.Kc6! etc.

64...Kf6?

64...Bc5+ draws.

65.Ke4?

Again Kd4 wins.

65...Ke7 66.a6 Bb8 67.b4?

67.f4 seems to  hold.

67...Ba7?

There is no need for this. Black wins with 67...f5+ followed by ...g5 etc.

68.b5?

Again f4 seems to hold.

68...Kd6!?

68...g5 wins. The text probably does too, but is less clear.

69.Kf4

Or 69.f4 f5+ 70.Kf3, when 70...e5 seems strong.

The game finished:

69...f6 70.Ke4 g5 71.Bc4 f5+ 72.Kd3 h4 73.Ke2 e5 74.Bd3 Ke6 75.Bc4+ Kf6 76.Bd5 g4 77.Kf1 h3 78.fxg4 fxg4 79.Bb7 Kg5 80.Bc8 Kf4 81.Bd7 e4 82.Be6 Kf3 0-1