B&H 4 draw with Args.

The fourth team managed to keep their second division hopes alive last night by holding the Args. to a dramatic draw in spite of an overwhelming grading difference. Anthony (135) drew with Peter Farr (179) on top board and Kevin (117) beat Jim Graham (156) on board three. Joe and Arthur on boards two and four were also out-graded by nearly 40 points. We're now in a three-way fight to avoid relegation with two home matches still to go.

[Event "MSL Argumentatives v BHCC 4th"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gee, Kevin"]
[Black "Graham, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "2019.03.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Qc7 7.h3 ( { Hiarc's opening book suggests } 7.Nbd2 ) 7...Bh5 8.O-O e6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Ngxe7 11.Nbd2 Bg6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Nh4 a6 14.Ba4 b5 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Bc2 Rfc8 17.Nb3 b4 18.Nc5 bxc3 19.bxc3 Na5 20.Qe2 Nb7 21.Na4 Nc6 22.Rab1 Ra7 23.Bd3 Qa5 24.Nb6 { At first glance this dangerous for the Knight, but it also looked interesting and gives my opponent something to think about. Besides I was a getting low on clock time and I couldn't see myself fighting to defend c3 for ages.

Update: I'm pleased to say the a quick look with the computer seems to agree with me, givng this variation +0.17 compared with about -0.7 for Bc2. } 24...Rc7 { I was surprised when Black played Ra7 earlier, and now vacating the back rank with the other rook seemed a mistake. I had noticed earlier that if my opponents KIng was forced to h7 the Bishops pin of g3 woud allow Qh5, but that couldn't happen ... could it? } 25.Rfc1 Nd6 26.f3 Rcb7 { Things are getting a bit desparare for white, but I hatched a possibly crazy plan that might save the day with a fork on c5 } 27.c4 Nxd4 28.Qe5 Qc5 { threatening a very nasty double-check } 29.Kh1 { low on time, this seemed prudent, what else? } ( 29.cxd5 Nxf3+ 30.Kf1 Qxc1+ 31.Qe1 Qxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Nxe1 33.Kxe1 Rxb6 ) 29...Rxb6 30.Rxb6 Qxb6 31.c5 Qb2 { low on time, just in time I saw Rb1 give me chances } 32.Rb1 Qc3 { I can't believe my luck :-) } ( { Black should have played } 32...Qd2 { allowing the queen to block on h6 , e.g. } 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Qh5+ Qh6 ) 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Qh5# 1-0

(This works if you paste the whole thing into an engine.)