[Event "Begonia Open"]
[Site "Ballarat"]
[Date "2016-03-14"]
[White "Roland Brockman"]
[Black "Michael Tausz"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[Result "0.5-0.5"]

1.d4 {Comments MT (Black); my thoughts during the game and after looking it over once more. I did not use an engine!} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 e6 5.Bxf5 exf5 6.Qd3 Ne4?! {I walked right into the next move.} 7.Qb5+! Nd7 8.Qxd5 Nd6 {For now, all else is defended, but I sure feel the pressure.} 9.Qb3 Be7 10.c4 c5 {cannot allow c5 chasing the central defender Nd6 (defends f5, b2, f2) away.} 11.d5 O-O 12.Nc3 a6 13.O-O b5 {Maybe this allows Black to free his position?} 14.cxb5 c4 15.Qc2 axb5 16.Nd4 {But White is calling the shots. Should Black defend b5 with something like Qb6?} b4 {Trying for initiative at all (too high?) costs.} 17.Nc6! {Double attack on queen and b5.} Qe8 {Otherwise the bishop hangs.} 18.Nxb4 Bf6 19.Re1 {The rook is undefended here! Any chance there?} Ne5 20.a3 f4?! {Let's try. exf4 is not possible because of Nf3+ and RxRe1!} 21.Ne4 f3 {What else? Who says A must say B. I thought I get the piece back.} 22.Nxd6 Qd7 {Eyeing g4 and mate threat, and on g3, Qh3 and mate is unstoppable.} 23.Nf5 Nd3 {blocking the defender of Nf5. Giving away the second knight to get back the first!? Getting a bit desparate.} 24.Nxd3 Qxf5 25.Qxc4 Rac8 26.Qf4 Qxd3 27.Qxf3 {Black has the piece back, but the attack is over and a few pawns are missing.} Rc2 28.Qd1 {Defends d5.} Qf5 29.Re2 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Qxd5 {At least one more pawn back. Does not look good for Black.} 31.Qd2 Qxd2 {Better take now, as it gives Black another pawn back.} 32.Bxd2 Bxb2 33.Ra2 Rb8 34.g3 {Avoiding baseline mate tricks like Bc3.} f6 {same} 35.Bb4 Be5 36.Rd2 Rc8 37.Kg2 Bc3?? {Try to get into a rook endgame, right? Black did not see that Rc2 will just lose the bishop!} 38.Bxc3? {Mutual confusion. White did not see it either!} Rxc3 {Rook endgame two pawns down for Black. Probably White is winning, but as rook endgames are known to be difficult, I decide to wait for proof.} 39.Ra2 {Rooks belong behind pawns.} Rc5 40.a4 Ra5 {not such a good place for the rook. I decide here to bring the king over to release the rook.} 41.Kf3 Kf7 42.Ke4 Ke6 43.Kd4 Kd6 44.h4 Kc6 45.g4 Rd5+ {why not?} 46.Kc4 Ra5 47.f4 {Is this making the pawns strong or weaker?} Kb6 48.Kb4 Rd5 49.Ra3 {Is Rd2 (behind the pawns) better.} h5 {I think reducing the number of pawns makes it easier for the defender. But who knows...} 50.g5 fxg5 51.fxg5 Re5 {Keep the rook active is supposed to be a good guideline.} 52.a5+ Ka6 53.Rd3 {both rooks will go pawn hunting} Re4+ 54.Rd4 Rxe3 {Trading the rooks would lose immediately for Black! Rook endgames may be drawn even with one or two pawns difference, but I guess pawn endgames rather not. Only one pawn down anymore?} 55.Rd6+ {not quite.} Ka7 56.Rd7+ Ka6 57.Rxg7 Re4+ {but now!} 58.Kc5 {a little trap! Kxa5, Ra7# would be mildly embarrassing.} Rxh4 {Here I dared to think for the first time, I can hold this.} 59.Rh7 Rh1 60.g6 Rg1 {happy to swap these off, as I believe (maybe wrongly) he cannot win with the a pawn only.} 61.g7 h4 62.Kd6 {the rook alone will not get the pawn through, so the king has to help.} h3 63.Ke7 h2 64.Kf7 {just in time to prevent Rxg7!} Rf1+ {but whenever the king touches the pawn, a rook check chases him away. Kg8 does not work because of the simple h1Q!} 65.Ke6 Rg1 66.Kf5 {The king can't approach, because on stepping on the g-file, Black will just take the pawn after Rg1+, same if the king goes to the e-file further towards the first rank (after Rg1).} Rf1+ 67.Ke6 Rg1 {surely drawn!} 68.Kf5 Kxa5 {Unnecessary! Rxg7 would make it clear!} 69.Kf4 Rxg7 {But now!} 70.Rxh2 {Still a chance to blunder: RxR, h1Q!} {#d}