[Event "Ballarat Begonia 2008"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2008-03-07"] [White "Barrow,N"] [Black "Morris,James"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [Result "0.5-0.5"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Bg2 Rc8 8.O-O c5 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Rfe1 cxd4 12.Bxd4 dxc4 13.bxc4 Bc5 14.Rac1 Bxd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5 16.N4f3 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Rc5 18.Red1 Qc7 19.Qa4 Bb5 20.Qb3 Rc8 21.a4 Bc6 22.Nf1 Bxf3 23.exf3 Nd7 24.Rd4 Ne5 25.Nd2 h6 {In the post-mortem analysis, James preferred 25... Rd5! which seems to be winning.} 26.Rc3 Nc6 27.Re4 Na5 28.Qc2 Qc6 29.Rg4 {I felt like I was starting to squirm out of it here.} h5 30.Rh4 Re5 31.Ne4 Nb7 32.Rd3 Nc5 33.Nxc5 Qxc5 34.Rhd4 Rd5 35.Qd2 Rxd4 36.Rxd4 {I offered James a draw here.} Qf5 37.Kg2 e5 38.Re4 Qe6 39.a5 Rxc4 {In a lifeless position, now it was time for James to offer me a draw - not a bad way to finish up the tournament.} {#d}