[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.20"] [Round "-"] [White "aymanmrshan"] [Black "egor_tensin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1515"] [BlackElo "1709"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "8/1p3p2/p1p2P2/P1P5/1q1PK3/5P2/8/6k1 w - - 0 50"] {A completely lost pawn endgame I was lucky to win.} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 {The most boring line ever.} Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.h3 O-O 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe7 Re8 13.Bh4 Nf6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.O-O-O Nc6 (15...Bxa2 {Hanging pieces drop.}) 16.Rde1 Nb4 17.a3 Nd5 18.Nd4 Nf4 19.Bf3 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.c4 Nf4 22.Kd2 {I am clearly worse: both my opponent's king and pawn structure are better.} a6 23.h4 Kf8 24.g3 Ne6 25.Nf5 Ng7 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Re1 Re6 29.Re3 h5 30.d4 c6 31.b4 d5 32.c5 Kg6 {Trying to activate my king. Sadly, I'm completely lost after this move.} 33.Ke2 Kf5 34.Kf3 Re4 {According to my engine, one of the most accurate moves. The engine also evaluates this position as being completely crushing for White. But I had an idea!} 35.Rxe4 dxe4+ 36.Ke3 Kg4 37.Kxe4 f5+ {The great idea is I want to queen my h-pawn. I am oh-so-completely lost.} 38.Ke3 f4+ 39.gxf4 Kxh4 40.Kf3 Kh3 {Now I have to crawl along the 'h' file. Fortunately, this plan is hard to stop. Unfortunately, I am still completely lost.} 41.f5 {Insane and completely pointless.} (41.a4 {would've been completely over. Now if I continue along with} Kh2 {I am completely lost after something like} 42.d5 (42.b5 {also wins, but it's much more complicated.} h4 43.bxc6 bxc6 44.d5 h3 45.dxc6 (45.d6 {is the same, except I have my c6 pawn at the end.} Kg1 46.d7 h2 47.d8=Q h1=Q+ {and it's a draw.}) 45...Kg1 46.c7 h2 47.c8=Q h1=Q+) 42...cxd5 43.b5 h4 44.c6 ({or} 44.bxa6) {and my opponent's gonna queen way before I can make anything happen. My h-pawn is too slow and my d-pawn is easily stopped by White's king.}) 41...h4 42.f6 {In the same crazy spirit. It's like me plying White! Amazing, but now it's Black who's winning. The rest is silly really.} Kh2 43.a4 h3 44.a5 Kg1 45.Kg3 h2 46.f3 h1=Q 47.Kg4 Qg2+ 48.Kf4 Qd2+ 49.Ke4 Qxb4 0-1