Steve Eyre vs Robert Shaw [Event "Ravenfield Bishops vs Nomads"] [Site "Away"] [Date "2015.12.07"] [Round "-"] [White "Steve Eyre"] [Black "Robert Shaw"] [Result "*"] 1. e4 e5 2. c4 Bc5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Ng4 5. Be3 Nxe3 6. fxe3 Bxe3 7. Qe2 Bd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. e5 O-O 10. Nd2 d6 11. exd6 Re8 12. Ne4 f5 13. dxc7 Qd7 14. cxb8=Q Rxb8 15. O-O-O fxe4 16. dxe4 Qd6 { I also considered Qg5, but decided against risking exchanging queens. } 17. g3 Bf5 18. Bg2 Qd7 19. Bf3 Rbd8 20. g4 d3 21. Qe3 Bxg4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxe4 { By this point, I was playing for a draw } 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. b3 Re5 27. Rd1 b5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Rxa7 Rh5 32. Ra6+ Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kg6 34. Ra6+ { Here, a draw was offered, and agreed. If white stops checking, he loses his h pawn, and it wasn’t clear to either of us who’d win the resulting race for promotion } * 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)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)
Gordon has suggested 31 … h6 instead, allowing 32 … Kh7 My king would then be safe from checks unless Steve brought his king up to support his rook, preventing him forcing a draw, and I should still be able to win Steve’s h pawn. Reply
Gordon has suggested 31 … h6 instead, allowing 32 … Kh7
My king would then be safe from checks unless Steve brought his king up to support his rook, preventing him forcing a draw, and I should still be able to win Steve’s h pawn.
A draw looks like a fair result.