1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. c4 a5 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Rh2 Red8 22. Qe1 a4 23. Rhd2 Kh7 24. Ba3 Bf5 25. Ng3 Nf4 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Bd6 Qb6 28. Bc5 Qa5 29. Bd6 Qb6 30. Ba3 Qa5 31. Qf2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rd8 33. Bb4 Qc7 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Qc2 Kg6 36. Qxa4 Qd4 37. Qxc6+ Ne6 38. Qd5 Qxh4 39. Qd2 Following 39... f6 then 40. Bc3 looks the best line for white, should lead to a draw; 40... fxg5 41. Qd6 Kf7 42. Qd3 Kg6 43. Qd6 etc. 39... Qg3 40. Qg2 h4 41. Bd2 f4 42. Kd1 Nxg5 Adjourned position. had it not been for the crash then this would not have been adjourned and certainly both players would have wanted to play on as there is much potential for an error on either side. As it happens it transpired that both myself and Ernie, who I shared the title with, had seen the dangers and it would have been a draw. 42... Nxg5 One sample line of how the draw arises is 43. c5 Bf8 44. Qxg3 hxg3 45. c6 Bd6 46. Ba5 Ne6 47. Bh3 f5 The white queen side pawns are held by the black pieces and the black king side pawns by the white king and bishop. Neither side can fully attack as the need to defend is strong.
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