When both players refuse to win :-)

Verduyckt, Johan - Goossens, Francis 1/2-1/2

CK 2014 2014.04.11

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 ( 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3)

7... Bd7 8.Be2 ( 8.O-O-O)

8... Nf6 9.f3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Nd1

Diagram #1

( 11.Rad1 ( 11.Nb3))

11... Rc8 (11... d5 (11... b5))

12.c4 Ne8 ( Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6)

13.Rc1 ( 13.Nc3)

13... Nc7 14.Nc3 Ne6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Nd5 f5 17.Nf4 ( 17.exf5 Bxf5 ( Rxf5 18.f4) 18.Rfd1)

17... Bf7 (17... Bd7)

18.exf5 gxf5 19.Rfd1 ( 19.Nd5 e6 20.Bg5)

19... Kh8 (19... Qa5)

20.Nd5 Rg8

Diagram #2

21.Bd3 ( 21.b4 e6 22.Nb6 ( 22.Bg5 Bd4+ 23.Be3)22... Rc7 23.b5 ( 23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Nxb4))

21... e6 (21... Ne5)

22.Bg5??

Diagram #3

( 22.Nb6)

22... Bd4+?

Diagram #4

(22... Qxg5 23.Qxg5 Bd4+ 24.Qe3 exd5)

23.Be3 exd5 24.Bxd4+ ( 24.Bxf5 Bxe3+ 25.Qxe3 Rc7 26.cxd5)

24... Nxd4 25.Qc3 Qf6 26.Bf1 Nxf3+ 27.Qxf3 dxc4 ( Qxb2 28.Qxf5 Rc7)

28.Qxb7 d5 29.Qa7 Rb8 ( Rgd8 30.Re1)

30.Rc2 ( 30.b3 cxb3 31.Rc7 Bg6 32.axb3)

30... Rb6 (30... Qb6+ 31.Qxb6 Rxb6)

31.Re2 ( 31.b3 cxb3 32.axb3 Rxb3 33.Qxa6)

31... Re6 (31... f4 32.Re7 Rf8)

32.Rxe6 Qxe6 33.Qd4+ Rg7 34.Kf2 ( 34.b3 cxb3 35.axb3)

34... Qe4 35.Qc3 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 h5 37.Rd4 Qg5 38.g3 ( 38.b3)

38... h4 (38... f4 39.Kf2 fxg3+ 40.hxg3 Kg8)

39.Kf2 hxg3+ 40.hxg3 Kg8 41.Bg2 Qd8 42.Qxc4 f4 43.Bxd5 fxg3+ 44.Kg2 Bxd5+ 45.Qxd5+ ( 45.Rxd5 Qa8 46.Qe4 ( 46.Kh3 g2 47.Rd8+ ( 47.Rh5+ Rf7 48.Qg4+ Rg7 49.Qe6+ Rf7 50.Rg5+ Kf8 51.Qd6+ Re7 52.Qf6+)47... Kh7 48.Qd3+ Rg6 49.Rd7+ Kh6 50.Qd2+ Kh5 ( Rg5 51.Qd6+ Rg6 52.Qf4+ Rg5 53.Qf6+ Rg6 54.Qh4#) 51.Rh7+))

45... Qxd5+ 46.Rxd5 Rg6 47.Ra5 ( 47.Rf5)

47... Kf7 48.b4 ( 48.Ra3)

48... Ke7 49.a4 Kd7 50.Rc5 Kd6 51.Rc3 Kd5 52.Rc8 Rb6 53.Rc5+ Kd4 54.Ra5 Kc4 55.b5