1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 Be7 8.Be3 a6 9.h4 ( The book move here is 9.Qe2 when Kuijf - Sax, Amsterdam 1983 continued g5 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Qd2 Nh7 with an equal position. ) d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Nf3 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Bc3 Bb4 15.Qd2 Nc6 16.O-O-O Qa5 I felt this was best given the nature of the position. 0-0 was never going to be an option with White's pieces poised to launch an attack on my king. 17.Bxb4 Qxb4 18.Qe3 Bd7 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Rg8 ( O-O-O was a serious alternative, since 21.Qxg7 is met by Qf4+ 22.Kb1 e5 23.Re1 Rde8 24.Bg2 Rhg8 winning the pawn on g4. ) 21.Qc7 Bc6 22.g5 An interesting move, better than ( 22.Bg2 Bxg2 23.Rxg2 Qe7 ) ( or 22.Bxa6 Qe7 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Bc4 Ra4 25.Bb3 Rf4 ) Qxh4 Dubious; ( hxg5 held the position. I realised afterwards that having my queen on h4 meant I couldn't get it back to e7 to defend, so 23. Bxa6 now seems possible. ) 23.g6 ( What?! He doesn't play it? 23.Bxa6 hxg5 24.Bxb7 Bxb7 25.Qxb7 Qf4+ 26.Kb1 Qa4 27.a3 Qa7 28.Qb5+ Ke7 29.Qxg5+ leaves White a pawn up with an attack on the black king. ) Qe7 Whew! Now I can defend. 24.gxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qe5 Qf6 26.Qh5+ Ke7 27.Qc5+ Kf7 28.Qh5+ Ke7 29.Qc5+ Kf7 I'd be happy with a draw. But... 30.Bd3 ...no. Still, I have a good position. Qf4+ 31.Kb1 g6 32.f3 Rac8 ( I think h5 would have been preferable, to stop White's next move. ) 33.Rg4 Qf6 34.Qe3 g5 ( I could have won two rooks for my queen here, with Bxf3 but getting rid of one's queen in such a position can be nerve-racking. ) 35.f4 Rcd8 36.a3 ( Rcd8 prevented 36.fxg5 hxg5 37.Rf1 since Qxf1+ 38.Bxf1 Rd1+ leaves Black much better. ) Qf5 The best move I could see to help relieve the pressure. 37.Rdg1 ( 37.Bxf5 Rxd1+ 38.Ka2 exf5 39.Rg3 g4 with enough compensation to draw. ) Rxd3 ( Turns out gxf4 would have given me more chances to win. 38.Bxf5 fxe3 39.Bxe6+ Kxe6 40.Rxg8 Rxg8 41.Rxg8 e2 is very good for Black. Tough move to find with my queen en prise though. ) 38.cxd3 ( On 38.Qxd3 I would exchange queens, followed by 39...Bf3 and 40...g4. ) Rd8 39.Ka1 Rxd3 40.Qb6 Bd5 A sneaky little move, threatening 41...Qxg4. 41.Qc7+ Ke8 Hmm... White can keep checking me with his queen... I think this is his best option now. But wait... 42.fxg5 Qxg4 Woohoo... free rook! But can I win now? Unfortunately my king is still exposed... 43.Qc8+ Ke7 44.Qc5+ Ke8 ( Omigod... why didn't I play Kd7 ?? ) 45.Qc8+ Kf7 This didn't look any worse, so I thought I may as well try all options... 46.Qd7+ Kg6 47.Qe8+ Kf5 48.Qf7+ Ke5 49.Qc7+ Kf5 50.Qf7+ Ke5 51.Qc7+ Kf5 52.Qh7+ Ke5 53.Qc7+ ( Thankfully, 53.Re1+ was not possible, due to Be4 ) Kf5 1/2-1/2