[Event "2018 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 5"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2019.07.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Robert Pallett"] [Black "thefriediceman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C96n"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2387"] [WhiteRD "86"] [BlackElo "2079"] [BlackRD "136"] [GameID "443201"] 1. e4 { Robert Pallett: Hi , again .Best wishes from London :) } 1... e5 { thefriediceman: Hi again, all the best from the US. } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. f5 Ne5 22. Rf1 Bd7 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Ra7 Rfd8 25. Qd2 f6 26. Rfa1 Qe8 27. Qe1 Ra8 28. Bxe5 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Qxe5 30. Qa5 Qe8 31. Qc7 Qe7 32. Bd1 Kf8 33. Be2 c4 34. Bh5 Kg8 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. Kg1 Kf8 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Qxb8+ Be8 40. Bxe8 Qxe8 41. Qxd6+ Qe7 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. d6 Qd7 44. Kf2 g6 45. Ke3 gxf5 46. exf5 h6 47. Kd4 h5 48. g4 { thefriediceman: This zugzwang has been coming for a while now. Good game, excellently played. Best of luck in the rest of the tournament. } { Robert Pallett: Yes . You are right about the zugzwang . They don't come along very often ! Thanks for an enjoyable game . Best wishes } 1-0