[Event "Arthur Teters Memorial"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2016-08-11"] [White "Jasan Barnett"] [Black "Michael Tausz"] [WhiteElo "825"] [BlackElo "1491"] [Result "0-1"] 1.Nc3 {MT: Am I playing Harrison? After the game, JB explained the opening to me. Microbase calls it the Van Geet.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Ne4 d5 4.Ng3 Nf6 {MT: Most logical seems e4, as Nf3 can only go back to g1. But I thought Black will expect that and have something in mind, so I just developed.} 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bb5 O-O 7.d3 Bd7 8.Ba4 Bg4 {MT: Moving the bishop a second time, but as White voluntarily lost a move just before with Ba4, I thought that's ok.} 9.e4 {MT: Another slow move (e2-e3-e4 instead of e2-e4). Both sides play quite strangely.} dxe4 10.dxe4 Nd4 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh3 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Qb3 c6 16.Qc2 b5 17.Bb3 a5 18.a3 Bg2? {MT: I had my eye on that for a while, but totally underestimated White's attack.} 19.Qd2! Rad8 20.Nf5! {MT: hitting the Queen as well as threatening Nxh6 or Bxh6} Qc7 21.Rg1 {MT: wins the bishop! White is +/-.} Bc5 22.Qe2 Nh5 23.Rxg2 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Nf4 25.Rxg7+ Kh8 26.Kf1 c5 27.h3 Rd3 28.Qc1 Rxf3 29.Bd1 {MT: Luckily for Black, White lets himself get confused by the apparent counterplay. 29. Rg3! would have just stopped any silly ideas. (The engine on Microbase pointed this out).} Rxh3 30.Bf3?? {MT: start of a mutual 'blunderfest'.} Rxf3 31.Ke1?? Rxf2?? {MT: Tunnelvision! I was only waiting for the opportunity to lure the King onto f2 and into a fork that I completely overlooked that Black had walked into that fork voluntarily!!} 32.Kxf2 Nd3+ 33.Ke3 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Rg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 {MT: Very lucky escape for Black, who is winning now.} 36.Rg1+ Kf8 37.Nxh6 c4 38.Rg8+ Ke7 39.Nf5+ Kf6 40.Kf3 Qd7 41.Kg3 Qd3+ 42.Kh4 Qxe4+ 43.Rg4 Qxf5 44.Kg3 Qg5 45.Kf3 Qxg4+ 46.Kxg4 Kg6 47.Kf3 Kf5 48.Ke3 Kg4 49.Ke4 f5+ 50.Kxe5 f4 51.Kd5 f3 52.Kc5 f2 53.Kxb5 f1=Q 54.Kxa5 Qe2 55.Kb4 Qxb2+ 56.Kxc4 Qxa3 57.Kd3 Kf3 58.Kd4 Qd6+ 59.Kc4 Ke3 60.Kb3 Qc5 61.c4 Kd3 62.Ka4 {MT: A last trick 62...Kxc4?? stalemate!} Qxc4+ 63.Ka5 Qb3 64.Ka6 Kc4 65.Ka7 Kc5 66.Ka8 Kc6 {MT: Black got very lucky here to escape with the point. Quite undeserving.} {#R}