28 January 2019 - Thornton Cup

In the Thornton Cup, the following game was played between Robert Togneri (White) and Gordon Allcock (Black). I'll let the moves speak for themselves...(because they have a lot to say)

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Togneri, R–Allcock, G½–½Thornton Cup SFStirling CC28.01.2019

1.d4 d5 2.c4 f6 3.c3 e6 4.f3 c6 5.f4 b4 6.a3 xc3+ 7.bxc3 bd7 8.e3 e4 9.b3 a5 10.c1 df6 11.d3 0-0 12.d2 xd2 13.xd2 dxc4 14.xc4 e4+ 15.e1 f6 16.e5 d5 17.d6 e8 18.b4 d8 19.d1 h4 19 ... a5! wins the Bishop. 20.xd5 exd5 21.d6 xe3+ 22.f1 22 Bg4 keeps the pressure up. e6 23.g3 h6 24.f3 b6 25.f2 a6+ 26.g1 ae8 27.g3 e2 28.h3 e3+ 28 ... Rd2. If Whites moves the Queen 39 ... Ree2 29.h2 xf3 30.f1 e3 30 ... Rxg2+ 31 Qxg2 Re2 31.e1 d2 32.xe2 xe2 33.e1 e3 34.f2 e6 35.d2 d6+ 36.g3 xa3 37.e1 e7 38.a2 a5 39.b2 b5 40.a2 a4 41.d6 Both players have written this as the move, although it can't be correct... Qxd6+ e3 42.e5 xc3 43.xe2 f6 44.c2 b3 45.d6 xa2 46.xa2 e6 47.c5 f7 48.g3 g6 49.a3 h5 50.f3 g5 51.g3 f5 52.f2 e4 53.a1 f6 53 ... h4 gives Black the opportunity to create a(nother) passed pawn. 54.f3 g4+ 55.hxg4 hxg4+ 56.f2 g5 57.h1 This seemingly innocuous move is the start... e6 Stockfish recommends 57 ... f4 58 gxf4 Rxf4+. After 57 ... Re6, the evaluation (previously in Black's favour) has moved to dead drawn 58.h8 g6 59.c8 f7 60.c7+ g6 61.c8 f7 62.c7+ g6 63.c8 Draw by repetition... g7 64.c7+ g6 65.c8 g7 66.c7+ g6 67.c8 f6 68.g8+ f7 69.c8 g7 70.c7+ g6 71.c8 e6 72.g8+ f7 73.c8 f6 74.f8+ g7 75.c8 f7 76.c7+ g6 77.c8 f7 78.c7+ g6 79.c8 g7 80.c7+ g8 81.c8+ h7 82.c7+ g6 83.c8 f7 84.c7+ g8 85.c8+ h7 86.c7+ g6 87.c8 Stockfish has stopped analysing this. It's adjudicated it as a draw for the last 20 moves... The game continues, although the scoresheets conflict from here. For completeness, the moves recorded as follows (from Black's scoresheet):- 87 ... Rf6 (this can't be right, because it's already on that square) 88 Rc7 Re6 89 Rc8 Kg7 90 Rc7+ Kf6 91 Rc8 Kg6 92 Rg8+ Kh7 93 Rc8 Rf6 94 Rc7+ Kg6 95 Rc8 Kf7 96 Rc7+ Ke8 97 Rh7 Rf7 98 Rh8+ Kd7 99 Rg8 Kc7 100 Ra8 Rf6 101 Rg8 Kd7 102 Rg7+ Ke8 103 Rg8+ Kf7 104 Rc8 Re6 105 Rc7+ Kg6 White's scoresheet has 87 ... Rf7 88 Rc7 (which can't be right either, because 88 ... Rxc7) 89 Rc8 Kf7. The rest of the moves concur. And here, on move 105, White claims a draw on the basis that no capture and no pawn move has been made for 50 moves (55 hxg4+). White has made 49 consecutive Rook moves. ½–½

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Hopefully the replay will be an easier game to transcribe.