1. c4 c5 2. Sf3 Sf6 3. g3 g6 4. Lg2 SuMo out of book 4... Lg7 Explorer out of book 5. d4 cxd4 6. Sxd4 Sc6 7. Sxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Quite boring game ahead... but its their chocie 8... La6 9. Dc2 O-O 10. Lg5 Da5 11. Dd2 Df5 12. Sa3 Tfb8 13. Lf4 e5 14. Le3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Tac1 Dh5 17. Lf3 Sg4 18. Lxg4 Dxg4 19. f3 De6 Black has the pair of bishops and a good centre 20. Lc5 Tb7 21. b3 Td8 22. Tfd1 Tc7 23. Le3 Txc1 24. Txc1 Td7 25. Lc5 Tc7 26. b4 f5 27. b5 Lc8 28. Tc2 Dd7 29. b6? The black bishop on c8 was made passive, and with a move like b6 will regain his squares... not really smart move 29... axb6 30. Lxb6 Txc2 31. Dxc2 Lb7 32. Db3 De6 33. Sc2 La6 34. Lc5 Kf7 34... Lxe2 35. Db8+ Kf7 36. Dc7+ Kg8 (36... Ke8?? 37. Dxg7) 37. Db8+ Draw by repetition of moves 35. e3 Dc6 36. Db4 Db5 37. Dxb5 Lxb5 38. Kg2 h6 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. h4 d4 41. exd4 La4 42. Sb4 exd4 43. Sd3 Lb5 44. Sf4+ Kf7 45. h5 White is increasing the number of blacks pawn chains (isolanis) 45... gxh5 46. Ld6 Lf6 47. Sxh5 d3 48. Lb4 Lg5 49. Sf4= The game is slowing down and a clear winning plan is out of sight 49... Lxf4 50. gxf4 Now this looks really drawish to me ....and my chess engine confirms this after 30 ply deep ! However there is always the chance that one oldie blunders when the consequences of its move is out of its own horizon. With simple 8 to 10 ply calculations you might play an very unfortunate endgame error. 50... h5 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kh2 Kg7 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Kh3 Kg6 55. Kh4 Kh6 56. Lf8+ Kh7 57. Lb4 Kg6 58. Kh3 Lc6 59. Kg3 La4 60. Kh4 Le8 61. Kh3 Ld7 62. Kh4 La4 63. Kg3 Lc6 1/2-1/2 [Stefan Timmermans]