1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 e5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. f3 Qe7 13. e4 Rac8

I considered 13... Nh5 and after 14. Nb3 ( or 14. g3 f5 15. exf5 exd4 16. cxd4 Qe3+ 17. Kg2 Qxd4) 14... Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qd2 Qh4 it might have turned out well

14. Rf2 Nf8 15. Nf1 Ne6 16. g3? exd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qc3 Ne6

18... Qe5 19. Bb2 c5 was also possible.

19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Nd5 Bxd5! 21. cxd5 Nxd5!!

A bolt from the blue.

22. exd5 Qe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bf1 Nb3 25. Rb1 Nxc1 26. Kg2 c5

26... Rce8 was better.

27. Rc2

27. Bc4! .

27... Nd3 28. Rb3 Ne5 29. Rd2 Rc1 30. f4 Nd7

30... c4 looked interesting but I decided to play safe.

31. Bb5 Nf6 32. Re3 Kf8 33. Bc6 g6 34. h3 h5 35. a4 Rc7 36. Ba8 Re7

My main problem now was that I had only 8 minutes left while Sam still had 50 minutes to use.

37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Re2+ Kf8 39. Rd2 Rc3 40. Bc6 Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Ne4+ 42. Kf3 Nxd2+ 43. Ke3 Nb3 44. Bb5 Nd4 45. Bc4 Ke7 46. Bd3 Kf6 47. Bc4 g5 48. Bd3 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Be4 a6 51. Bd3 b5 52. axb5 axb5 53. Be4 b4 54. Bd3 Ke7 55. f5 Kf6 56. Kf4 g3 57. Kxg3 Nxf5+ 58. Kf4 Nd4 59. Bc4 b3 60. Bd3 b2

and Black won.

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Source(s): David McAlister.

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