Paul at the British, day 3 - Bedford Chess Club

I was happy to draw today against a 2121 after playing insipidly in the middlegame. Black missed two good chances for a clear advantage. Jim Burnett is now sole leader on 3/3 and I am in a group of 5 on 2.5/3. Richard Freeman is also on 2.5/3 in the O-50s.

  [Event "British O-65 "]  [Site "Torquay"]  [Date "2019.07.31"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Habershon, Paul"]  [Black "Norman, Ken"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2017"]  [BlackElo "2121"]  [Annotator "Paul Habershon"]  [PlyCount "63"]     Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 Qe8 8. O-O  e6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. c3 e5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nf6 15.  Nc4 Ng4 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bg4 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Nh2 Bc8 20. Bg4 $2 ({Fritz  doesn't like this at all., suggesting} 20. Nf3 {instead.}) 20… Bxg4 21. Nxg4  h5 $2 ({and here's why my 20th move was poor:} 21… Qe6 {forks knight and a  pawn.}) 22. Nh2 exd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. Nf3 b6 25. Qc4 Rfe8 26. Qd5 Rc8 27. e5  dxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 ({Fritz likes} 28… Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. f4 cxd4 31. Rxd4  Rce8 {forcing the win of a pawn.}) 29. Rxe5 Qf6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. dxc5 bxc5   b3 ({I played 32 b3 and offered a draw, immediately accepted. I discovered  afterwards, however, that Fritz gives me a slight advantage with} 32. Qxc5 Qxb2   Qxa7 Qc2 34. Rd7 Qc4 35. Rd4 {Anyway I was happy because overall Black had  the better chances.}) 1/2-1/2