British over 65, round 4 - Bedford Chess Club

Paul turned down a draw and then lost, always frustrating!

   [Event "British O-65"]   [Date "2021.10.07"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Habershon, Paul"]   [Black "Stimpson, Phil"]   [Result "0-1"]   [PlyCount "64"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 a6 8. Rb1   d6 9. a3 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bd2 Bd7 {offering a draw   } 14. Qc2 {Playing on, not that I thought I had an advantage, but the game has   been rather tedious so far.} e6 15. Rfc1 Qe7 16. e3 Rfc8 17. Qb3 d5 18. d4 Ne8   19. Ne1 Nd6 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. Be1 Bh6 22. Nd1 Nxd4 {Fritz does not like this   sacrifice.} 23. exd4 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Ra8 25. Ne3 Ra3 26. Qd1 Rca8 27. Nxc4 bxc4   28. Nc5 Ba4 29. Qe2 {Getting into difficulty.} Qf6 30. Qe5 $2 (30. Bc3 {   is better}) 30... Qxe5 31. dxe5 Bb5 32. h3 $4 {but I was losing now anyway. I   thought of the rook going to a2 but not a1, Now i lose material.} Ra1 0-1

In the open, Andrew Ledger played out a 113 (!) move draw so remains one of the joint leaders.