T Total Tim?

ROUNDS two and three at Bradford U171 saw me beat a 151 in 98 moves in a game I should have won much quicker but was lucky to recover after blundering my queen, and then I lost to a 159 after turning down a draw at a time when my opponent had the superior position but I had the greater arrogance.
I have drowned my sorrows this evening, but it is clear future success will need a sustained period of alcoholic abstinence.

Bugbears Again

LOST feebly to a 148 today in the 'Paignton' afternoon U180 after turning down a draw offer in a marginally inferior rook-and-pawn ending.

Blunderthon Continues

HAD a lucky escape today after pushing too hard in a drawn position.

Position after 32.Bb4-d6 in Jiri Fiala (1849) - Spanton (1946), Olomouc Seniors round seven

I had already rejected two draw offers, and now made matters worse by playing 32...Nh5? without noticing White could reply 33.g4
Luckily for me, I had 33...Qg6 (not 33...Qf6?? 34.Be5)
JF played 34.Be5 anyway, and now 34...Ng7 would have given some drawing chances, although White is much better, eg 35.Qh4 Qf7 36.Bf4 h5! (not 36...Qg6 37.Qe7) 37.Kg3, which looks pretty grim for Black.
Instead I played 34...Nf6? and, luckily for me, my opponent was so intent on drawing that he played 35.Bxf6? and the game was indeed drawn a few moves later.
He should have played 35.Qh4, eg 35...Kg7 36.Qxf6+ (even better is 36.b4, according to Komodo9 and Stockfish9) Qxf6 37.Bxf6+ Kxf6, with a fairly straightforward pawn-ending win for White.