Round 2 was ".... just like getting ground down by Steve Ledger! "

Paul recounts an unfortunate change of fortune in round 2 of the Over-65’s:

I was losing for most of today’s game but when Black blundered on move 35 I had an easily drawn position. After four and a half hours I blundered back on move 50. It was just like getting ground down by Steve Ledger! Embarrassingly simple to see the drawing line. What a waste against the third seed.

   [Event "British Over-65 Championship, Llandudno"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2017.07.31"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Habershon, Paul"]  [Black "Emerson, Roger"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2018"]  [BlackElo "2196"]  [PlyCount "116"]   1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nh3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. f4 c6  9. Nf2 Be6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng4 15. Qd2  $2 ({Missing 22...g5! which eliminates my black square bishop.} 15. Nxg4 fxg4  16. Qd2 {is better.}) 15... g5 16. Nxg4 gxf4 17. Nf2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qf6 19. b5  Nc5 20. bxc6 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. cxb7 Rab8 23. Rb6 Rfd8 24. e3 $2 {Planning  to evict the knight, but unnecessarily weakening.} (24. Kh2) 24... Bd2 25. d4  Ne4 26. Nxe4 $2 (26. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 27. c5 {at least equalises.}) 26... fxe4 27.  Bxe4 Bxe3+ 28. Kg2 Bxd4 29. Rb5 Bxc4 30. Rg5+ Kh8 31. Rh1 Rd7 32. Rgh5 Rbxb7  33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. R1h4 Rb2+ 35. Kh1 Bf7 $4 {Now Black goes wrong. 35...Rd2 is  maintains his easily won game.} 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Rxd4 {How did  I lose from here!?} Ke6 39. Kg1 d5 40. Rf4 Ke5 41. Rf2 Rb3 42. Kg2 d4 43. Re2+  Kd5 44. g4 Kc4 45. Kf2 Kc3 46. Re5 Kc2 47. Rd5 d3 48. Ke3 Rc3 49. g5 {Still OK  but the simplest was 49 Rxd3 Rxd3+ 50 Kf4 and the Black rook will have to be  sacrificed for the g pawn.} Rc6 50. g6 $4 {I'd seen the zwischenzug 50...Re6+  but somehow thought it didn't matter! Again 50 Rxd3 draws.} Re6+ 51. Kf2 Rxg6  52. Ra5 d2 53. Rc5+ Kd1 54. Rh5 Rf6+ 55. Ke3 Re6+ 56. Kd3 Rd6+ 57. Ke3 Kc1 58.  Rc5+ Kb2 {White resigns.} 0-1