Game 6 was played as the first game of a double round day (which in part excuses the quick draw the game before). I was happy with my position until I moved the queen to the wrong square on move 21. This meant I could not meet Bg5 with f4 and left me in trouble down the c file. After that I had to deal with pressure on my d pawn, which left me in a bad way. But the game then turned on a joint hallucination where both my opponent and I thought that 38.Qc2 lead to a perpetual, or a queen exchange leading to an equal ending. My opponent chose the later, and despite his attempts to create winning chances, it finished in a drawn opposite coloured bishop ending. Turns out he could have avoided to perpetual by making sure the king maneuvered to the correct squares .
So another draw, but at least I stayed on 50%
2025 Hilton Bennett Memorial (6.3), 17.01.2025
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Nice work Shaun. The peace-keeping seems to be working. I wish I was there. Maybe next time it will be a fuddy-duddies only division? Cheers, Your Guam bunny.
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