[Event "Fletcher-Morrow Shield 2016"]
[Site "Ballarat"]
[Date "2016-08-14"]
[White "Mio Ristic"]
[Black "Michael Tausz"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "1491"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Be6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Nd2 f5?! {Comment MT: too ambitious and it seems to lose a pawn from here, as the Ne5 gets into trouble after eventual f3. Probably better Bf5 which would allow the Ne5 to retreat by d5 to d6. Or NxNd2.} 12.Nf3! {MT: I underestimated this knight manoeuvre. On exf6 e.p. 13. Nxf6 would be fine for Black, and NxN would open the f-file for Black.} O-O 13.Nd4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.f3 c4 16.fxe4 cxb3 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Qxb3 Rc8 {MT: in the post-game analyses 18...Be4 was highlighted. Can't argue with engines, but I still prefer to put the rook on open file, as either rook or bishop might become annoying from c2.} 19.Qg3 Qb6 {MT: stops things like Bh6 because of Qxe4+.} 20.Be3 Rc2 21.Qf3 {MT: Now Be4 is impossible due to Qxf8#, and d5 is attacked. Sure looked good at the time. Around here the engine on MR's phone gave some alternative computer lines that all turned out more in White's favour, but I can't remember them, and we both agreed we would have never been able to calculate them over the board. As the engine did not reveal any obvious blunders here, I don't bother recreating them.} Qd8 {MT: MR said he did not see that this covers both d5 and prevents g4 from being catastrophic (on any other move, bishop can't move after g4 because of mate on f8!).} 22.Rf2 {MT: b2 was hanging.} Be4 {MT: finally...} 23.Qxf8+ Qxf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Rf1+ Ke7 {MT: One pawn down I was quite ok with these exchanges. Not worried about Bg5 as Ke6 would go where he wanted to anyway. And the following rook swap is nearly forced, because otherwise g2, b2 are left hanging. That leaves opposite coloured bishops and Black should hold comfortably.} 26.Rf2 Ke6 27.Rxc2 Bxc2 28.b4 Bb1 29.a3 Bf5 30.h3 h5 31.Kf2 Be4 {MT: I was under the pump the whole game, and happy to hold the draw. Unfortunately that did not help my Ballarat team much.} {#d}