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I played the opening badly and never recovered. Toby is on 5.5/8 in the Major Open, only a point behind the leader, but cannot reach =1^st. The 6.5 is playing a 6.

Paul

   [Event "British O-65, Torquay"]   [Site "?"]   [Date "2022.08.20"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Habershon, Paul"]   [Black "Girdlestone, Paul"]   [Result "0-1"]   [PlyCount "94"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.   e3 b6 9. Bd3 $2 {Poor decision. I was too worried about control of e4.} Nxd3+   10. Qxd3 Ba6 11. Qd4 Rc8 12. b3 d5 13. Nb5 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bxb5   16. cxb5 Qxd4 17. exd4 Rc2 18. Nb3 $2 {Better Nf3 eyeing e5 and c6.} Rfc8 19.   O-O Kf8 20. Rfe1 Nd5 21. Kf1 Ke7 22. a4 Rb2 23. Nc1 Nb4 24. Re2 Rcc2 25. Rxc2   Rxc2 26. Ne2 Kd6 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Ra2 29. Rxa2 Nxa2 30. Ke1 Kd5 31. Kd2 Kc4   32. Kc2 Nb4+ 33. Kd2 Nd5 34. Kc2 Kxb5 35. Kb3 a5 36. Ng3 f5 37. Nh5 g6 38. Ng7   a4+ 39. Ka3 Nc7 40. f3 h5 41. g3 Ka5 42. Ka2 Kb4 43. h3 Kc4 44. Ka3 Kxd4 45.   Kxa4 Ke3 46. g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 f4 {The endgame has been lost throughout and   Black never looked like making a mistake.} 0-1