R Shaw vs R Lindsay [Event "Nomads D vs Darnall"] [Site "Home"] [Date "2017.03.16"] [Round "-"] [White "-"] [Black "-"] [Result "*"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Ne7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Qf3 Nbc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qb3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 h6 { Here, I considered Nxe6, trading the knight for pawns } 11. Nf3 c6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qd3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Qc4 Qd6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rae8 19. Bf4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qd8 21. Qb4 b6 22. Qe7 { Offering to swap queens. I felt that while my pawns were slightly weaker the resulting position was still likely to be a draw. } 22... a5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 g5 26. Bc7 Rxd4 27. Bxb6 Ra4 28. Re5 Rxa2 29. Rxa5 { Not RxB, because of the back rank mate. } 29... Rxa5 30. Bxa5 Bxc2 31. f3 Kg7 32. Bb4 Kg6 33. Kf2 f5 34. Ke3 Ba4 35. Kd4 Kf6 36. Kc5 Ke6 37. g3 h5 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4 Ke5 40. Bd2 { Here, a draw was agreed. Black has a slight advantage, but not sufficient to force a win. } * You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)