Author: Havergal Brian
Date: 21:21:52 06/10/99
This game goes to show why even the smallest mistake in what appears to be a
totally won position can lead to disaster:
[Event "ICS Rated standard match"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "1999.06.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OzsO"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[TimeControl "600+15"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
8. Na4 Qd7 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qd6 11. O-O Qe7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4
14. Nxe5 a5 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 O-O 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. f4 Ng4 20.
Bd4 Rf7 21. h3 Nh6 22. Ra4 Qe8 23. Be3 Re7 24. Rfa1 Nf7 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26.
Rxa5 Kh8 27. Ra6 Nd8 28. Ra8 Rd7 29. Qxc6 h6 30. Qb5 Kh7 31. Bd4 Qe7 32.
Bc5 Qf7 33. Bb4 c6 34. Qb6 Qxf4 35. Qf2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Rf7 37. Qe2 Rf1 38.
Ra2 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Qg5+ 40. Qg4 Qe3+ 41. Qf3 Qg5+ 42. Qg4 Qe3+ 43. Qf3 Qg5+
44. Qg4
{Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2
Can you find the blunder... ;-)
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