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Draw appended. Shouldn’t have put my g pawn on a white square in the ending, but above all inexplicably didn’t take the chance to simplify to a K & P ending.

Paul

   [Event "British O-65 Torquay"]   [Site "?"]   [Date "2022.08.16"]   [Round "2"]   [White "Habershon, Paul"]   [Black "Blewitt, Stephen"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [PlyCount "99"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O   h6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Ne5 Qe7   15. Bf3 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Re2 Rfe8 18. a3 b6 19. Rae1 Bb8 20. Ng6 Qd7 21.   Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Nf4 Rbd8 23. Re5 Kf8 24. Qe3 Bf5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.   Qxe8+ Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Bxd5 Ke7 30. f4 Be6 31. Bf3 $2 ({Don't know why   I didn't go for the pawn ending.} 31. Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Kf2 {Perhaps I thought I   was going to lose the d pawn, but it's so obvious I can get to e3 in time with   the king.}) 31... Kd6 32. Kf2 a5 33. Ke3 f5 34. g4 g5 35. b4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4   fxg4 37. hxg4 axb4 38. axb4 Bd7 39. Be4 Be6 40. Bf5 Bf7 41. Be4 Be6 42. Bf5 Bf7   43. Ke4 Bd5+ 44. Kd3 Ba2 45. Bc8 Kd5 46. Bb7+ Kd6 47. Ke4 Bb1+ 48. Kf4 Bg6 49.   Be4 Bf7 50. Bf3 1/2-1/2