Book work ...
Home Sometimes you get caught in your opponenents book .... Then it's a question of hard work! So well done Mark Davy, who here nearly completely refutes Black's book prep over the board but runs out of time and has to settle for a hard fought draw.
Enjoy the battle!
1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
f5
3.Nxe5
Nc6
4.Qh5+
g6
5.Nxg6
Nf6
6.Qh4
54 mins left
6...hxg6
7.Qxh8
Qe7
8.c3
Qxe4+
9.Kd1
Ng4
10.d3
Nxf2+
11.Kd2
Qf4+
Now white has 17 mins left, black has 58 mins left. (Black has been playing from the book, but White had to work it out at the board.
12.Kc2
Qg4
13.b3
Qd1+
14.Kb2
Nxh1
after this massive disaster (black didn't think white had any threats so obviously wasn't looking too hard) white should win. But somehow I managed to avoid this. Having only 14 mins left didn't help !)
15.Bh6
d6
16.Qxf8+
Kd7
17.Qf7+
Ne7
(now I think I can win the N on e7, but I mess it up)
18.Nd2
Qh5
19.Bf8
thought I could not play Bg5 for some reason, but cannot remember now why
19...Qh4
20.Nf3
I thought this was ok, since after Qf2+ Qc5+ I thought I could play b4, but missed that this loses to Qxc3+
20...Qf2+
21.Ka3
Qc5+
22.Kb2
Qf2+
23.Be2
only move I could think of to avoid the repitition
23...Qxe2+
24.Ka3
Qe6
black offers a draw & a drink
25.Qxe6+
Kxe6
26.Re1+
Kf7
27.Bxe7
Nf2
28.Ng5+
Kg7
29.d4
here I wanted to play 29. Bd8, but only has 30secs left so was unsure
29...Bd7
30.Re2
Re8
(black offers draw)
draw agreed (I hate agreed draws, as they are boring & you don't get the experience of the rest of the game. But here I think I may be slightly worse (probably would have been better if 29. Bd8) so accepted the draw) 1/2-1/2