1 game; won,lost,then drawn

1. Ng1f3 g6

{Boring! I'm offering you the centre! Take it!}
2. g3 Bf8g7 3. Bf1g2 d6 4. O-O Ng8f6 5. c4 O-O 6. d4

{OK. I give up .. I'll take the centre.} Qd8e8 7. b4 c6 8. Bc1b2 d5 9. c5

{SPACE. It might be the final frontier to Kirk but for me its how I grind out wins.} b6 10. Nb1d2 Bc8a6 11. Rf1e1 bxc5 12. dxc5

{Giving black a half passed pawn but making his fiancettoed B look worried.} e6 13. e4 Nb8d7

{I was expecting a Q move because now I get a passed pawn!} 14. exd5 cxd5 15. a4

{Charge!!!!}

15. Qe8b8 16. c6

{I think this caught him :-)}
Nd7b6 17. Bb2e5

{I almost played b5 but I think this is better }
Qb8e8 18. b5 Ba6c8 19. Ra1c1 Qe8e7 20. a5 Nb6c4 21. Nd2xc4 dxc4 22. Be5d6

{the pawn can wait}Qe7e8 23. Rc1xc4

{the rook can wait} Nf6d5 24. Nf3g5

{too ambitious? I'm looking at throwing the rook across to h5 and/or attacks on e6. Perhaps saccing the rook with threats of pinning his Q.}Nd5c3 25. Qd1b3

{again hitting e6}Qe8d8 26. Bd6xf8

{I must win now!}Kg8xf8 27. Ng5xf7 Qd8d2

{A surprise. But my Shiraz fuelled solution is simple.}28. Qb3xc3

{BLUNDER. The bishop is hiding in the corner and off my radar.} Bg7xc3

{Surely I have lost this?} 29. Rc4e4

{OK. Think! Save the rook first.}Kf8xf7 30. c7

{PPP} Bc3xa5

{QxR would give black an easy win but my opponent was looking after his troops..} 31. Re1f1 Ba5xc7 32. Re4c4 Qd2d8 33. Bg2xa8

{Now I can lose with dignity!} Bc8d7 34. Rf1d1 Kf7e7 35. Ba8c6

{maybe c4-d4 is better?} Bc7d6 36. Rc4d4 Qd8c7

{Black should swap everything off with d7xc6 and the a pawn romps home} 37. Bc6xd7 Qc7xd7 38. Rd4xd6 Qd7xb5

{Black should grab the 2 rooks for the Q and get that a-pawn home.}
39. Rd6d3 a5 40. Rd3a3 h5 41. Rd1a1
{a-pawn dead. Mission accomplished. DRAW} Qb5b4 42. Ra3xa5 h4 43. Ra5a4 Qb4c3 44. Ra4a3

{draw agreed.}