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Old 11-23-2008, 03:23 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LMatheson View Post
Here Goes, I copied this out of ChessBase

[Event "Canterbury Summer Swiss 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Matheson, Laurence"]
[Black "Cook, Geoff"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. Bf2 O-O 12. g4 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Rc8 15.
Rg1 Ne5 16. Qc1 $6 (16. h5 {is better}) 16... Rxc3 $5 (16... d5 $1 17. exd5 {
black should strike while white is not ready and his king is in the centre}
Nxd5 18. Ne4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 $15) 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. c4 $6 {
an attempt to delay black's attack but turns out to be a bad move} Nexc4 19. h5
g6 $1 {stops many hopes of a counterattack} 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh1 {
looking for a quick attack down the h-file} e5 22. Nb3 d5 23. Bd3 Nd6 $6 24.
Rh4 $6 (24. Nc5 $1 {stopping blacks attack for the meantime was better}) 24...
Qc3+ 25. Ke2 $11 dxe4 $6 26. fxe4 Na4 27. Be3 $2 (27. Qh1 $1 {was better} f5 (
27... Bxg5 28. Rh8+ Kg7 29. Qh7+ Kf6 30. Rxf8 $18) 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Ke8
30. Qxg6+ Kd7 31. Rxf8 fxe4 $16) 27... Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Qc4+ 30. Bd3
Qg4+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ (31... e4 {Is just winning} 32. Bf1 Bd6 $19 {
and black has a winning attack}) 32. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2
I don't understand why this game ended in a draw. can someone please explain it to me?
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