(1) McCumiskey,A - Crouch,C [D00]
4NCL Div 2 West Bromwich Moat House (4), 21.11.2004
[Andrew MCcumiskey]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.e3 e6 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 f5 7.Qb3 [ 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.h3+/- Hodgson-Martin BCh Plymouth 1992]

7...a6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.g3 dxc4 10.Qxc4 b5 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Bg2 Nd7 13.0-0 h5? [ 13...c5= ]

14.e4! fxe4 [ 14...b4?! 15.exf5 bxc3 16.fxe6 Nb6 17.exf7+ Kxf7 18.bxc3 Kg7~~ ]

15.Nxe4 Bc7? [ 15...Be7 16.Rac1 Qc7+/= ]

16.Rac1 Qe7 17.Ne5! Nxe5 18.dxe5 0-0-0 19.Nc5 Rd5! is Blacks only option

20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Nxb7? Leaving the Knight on might have been better [ 21.Qc2 Rh6 22.Rfe1 h4 23.a4+- ]

21...Kxb7 22.Qc2 Qe6 23.Rfe1 h4 24.a4 hxg3 25.fxg3 bxa4 26.Qxa4 Bb6+ 27.Kh1 Rg8 28.Qf4 [ 28.Rf1! ]

28...d4 29.Qf3 [ 29.Rf1! ]

29...Rd8 30.Qe4 d3 31.Red1 [ 31.Rcd1 d2 32.Re2 Rd4 33.Qf3 Ba5 34.Kg2+- ]

31...Rd4 32.Qf3 d2 33.Rc2? [ 33.Rc3 Ba5 34.Ra3 Bb4 35.Re3+- ]

33...Qxe5 34.Kg2 Qd6 35.Qxf7+ Bc7 36.Qf3 Rd3 37.Qe4 Rd4 38.Qf3 Rd3 39.Qe4 Rd4 repeating to gain moves

40.Qe2 Ba5 41.Qh5 Qe6 42.Qf3 Bb4 43.Kf2 Rd7 44.Kg2 a5 45.h4 Qg6 46.Rc4 Rd3 47.Qg4 [ 47.Rg4! Qd6 48.Qe4 Rd5 49.Rg6 Qe5+- ]

47...Qd6 48.Qf4? [ 48.Kh3 Qd5 49.h5 Qf7 50.h6 Rd5 51.Kg2+- ]

48...Qd5+ 49.Qe4 Qd6 50.Qf4 Qd5+ 51.Qe4 Qd6 Draw agreed 1/2-1/2