[Event "Standard Chess League"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2005.10.01"] [Round "-"] [White "winkel"] [Black "markagodfrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C05s"] [WhiteCountry "DEN"] [BlackCountry "GBR"] [WhiteElo "2108"] [WhiteRD "72"] [BlackElo "2139"] [BlackRD "108"] [GameID "26261"] 1. e4 { winkel: Hi from Maribo, Denmark. I hope we will have 2 fine games. Good luck. } 1... e6 { markagodfrey: Look forward to it ...Mark } 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O a5 9. b3 a4 10. bxa4 c4 11. Bc2 Qa5 12. Nb1 Nb6 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qh5 Rf8 17. Nf3 Bxa4 18. Rc1 Bxc2 19. Rxc2 Ng6 20. Qg4 Na4 21. a3 { markagodfrey: Nice move ...I didn't think of that !! } 21... Rh8 22. Ne1 h5 23. Qg3 h4 24. Qg4 h3 25. g3 b5 26. f4 Kf8 27. f5 exf5 28. Qxf5 Ne7 29. Qg4 Qa6 30. Rf2 Qg6 31. Qxg6 Nxg6 32. Raa2 Ke7 33. Nc2 Ke6 34. Nb4 Nf8 35. Rf3 Nh7 36. Re2 { markagodfrey: Merry Christmas...Feliz Navidad...Joyeux Noël...Froehliche Weihnachten...Buon Natale } 36... Ng5 37. Rf4 Nb6 38. g4 Rh6 39. Kf1 Rg6 40. Re3 Nc8 41. Ke1 Ne7 42. Kd1 { markagodfrey: I must admit I'm confused in this position, there seems no easy way forward without weakening my position. I guess its the same for you. Sorry I've taken so long with my moves but I am playing a lot of games } 42... Rh6 43. Re1= { winkel: I agree. And I therefore will offer a Draw in this game too. What about it? } { Game Over: Its been a please playing against you ...do take care } 1/2-1/2