Mastering the bishop pair - Lalic, P - Colter, N 1-0

Spoken commentary: Round 2 from one of my nicest tournaments.
Lalic,Peter (1950) - Colter ,Nigel (1804) [B11]
Uxbridge International Major G (2), 12.08.2010
Time control: (1 hour and 30 minutes / all moves) + (30 seconds / per move). 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3!? dxe4 4.Nxe4 ‹e6 [¹4...Nd7 5.d4 Ngf6 6.Bd3] 5.Bc4 (1 hour and 17 minutes remaining) [5.d4!?© I spent some time trying to convince myself that this imaginative gambit, which I thought up at the board, was sound. 5...Qxd4 6.Ne2 Qb6 7.N2c3=] ‹5...Nf6 (44 minutes) [¹5...Nd7] 6.Nxf6+! Qxf6 7.Qxf6 gxf6 8.d4² b6 9.Ne2 Ba6 10.Bb3 (1:05) 10...Bxe2? (37) 11.Kxe2 Rg8 12.g3 Bd6 BLACK DRAW OFFER. 13.a4! Na6 14.Bc4 Nb4 15.c3 (54) 15...Nd5 (25) 16.Bd2 Kd7 17.Rad1 f5! 18.Bd3² Nf6 19.c4 Rac8 20.b4 (32) 20...Ne4 (12.34) 21.Be1 Ke7 22.Rb1 Rb8 23.f3 Nf6 24.Bf2 h5 25.Ke3 (15.03) 25...c5?! (6.15) [¹25...a6] 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.b5!² Bc7 28.Ke2 Nd7 29.f4! Bb6 30.Ra1 (12.04) 30...Ba5 (5.21) 31.Ra2 Kd6 32.Rd1 Kc7 33.Kf1 Rbd8 34.Be2 Rh8 35.Ra3!± (8.39) 35...Bb4 (3.01) 36.Rad3 Nf6 37.Bf3?! 37...Rxd3 38.Rxd3 Rd8?! BLACK DRAW OFFER. [¹38...Ne4! 39.h4 Rh6 40.Rd1²] 39.Rxd8 Kxd8 40.a5!?± (3.43) 40...Kc7 (4.34) 41.a6! Ng4 42.Bg1 Kb6 43.Ke2 Nf6 44.Kd3 Ba5 45.Be3 (2.36) 45...Bb4?? (1.50) 46.Bc1! Be1 47.Ke2? 47...Ba5?? 48.Bb2! Ng4 49.h3 (2.07) 49...Nh6 (1.31) 50.Bxh5+- 1-0

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[Nola213]

Very solid play with the Bishops; and the pawn structure was just lovely although they were all on the same color as his bishop, everything is defended, and his only bishop as you said IS biting on granite.

Bringing you King in to help was just like playing with an extra piece. I think your end-game studies/lectures have really made your endgame strong, and your confidance in that shows here.

GG, thanks for uploading as always Peter.

[Vonzi0000]

Well played! 4...e6 seems to be way to passiv.

[BasicPawn]

Excellent endgame technique. I liked a4-a5 very much. This game must have felt like slow torture for black. Very impressive play.