[Event "Standard Chess League - Season Six"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2010.09.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Richard W"] [Black "Geoffrey Rosser"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35g"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [WhiteElo "1861"] [WhiteRD "119"] [BlackElo "1952"] [BlackRD "82"] [GameID "260426"] 1. d4 { Richard W: Hi Charlie, hope we have a couple of good games! } 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Qc2 c4 11. Bf5 Nb6 12. a3 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Nc8 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. Re1 Nde4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 b5 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Nb4 Qb7 22. Na2 a5 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. Nc3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Nb1 Ra2 28. Rc1 c3 29. Rc2 Ra1 30. Qd1 Qb5 31. g3 Qa4 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Kg2 Qb3 34. Qc1 Rxb1 35. Rxc3 Rxc1 36. Rxb3 Kf8 37. Rb5 Ke7 38. Rxd5 Ke6 39. Rb5 Rc2 40. Rb7 g6 41. g4 Ba3 42. g5 Be7 43. d5+ Kd6 44. e4 Bxg5 45. Rxf7 Ke5 46. Rxh7 Kxe4 47. h4 Bf4 48. Rg7 Kf5 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Kf3 Bc1 51. d6 Ke6 52. Rc7 Rxc7 53. dxc7= { Richard W: Thanks for the compliment, Geoff, the draw is inevitable I think. I did wonder about Rg7 in the hope you'd fall into the trap of playing Kf6?, which would have made Rc7 even more powerful! } { Game Over: Yes, I may well have fallen into the trap and I would have had to lose the bishop! Thanks for the games!Geoff } 1/2-1/2