Earlier today my opponent playing the Black pieces offered me a draw with her 30th move. I accepted the offer even though my next move would have been 31.Bxd4 giving me a slight material advantage. My army of Bishop and 5 pawns and her army of Knight and 4 pawns would then have faced an insufferably long battle of attrition against each other. Much better just to call the game a draw now, shake hands, and focus attention on our other games.
The final board position of this Correspondence Chess tournament game and our move record follow:
![[a chess diagram should appear here]](http://images46.fotki.com/v1446/photos/1/178468/7100623/31705-vi.jpg)
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.g3 Be4 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Bxf3 6.Bxf3 Be7 7.Nd2 Nc6 8.e3 h6 9.Re1 Nf6 10.c4 Bb4 11.a3 Bxd2 12.Qxd2 dxc4 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.b4 Ne4 15.Qc2 Ng5 16.Kg2 Nh7 17.Qxc4 Qd5+ 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.e4 O-O 20.exd5 exd5 21.Bf4 c6 22.Rac1 Rfc8 23.Re7 Nf8 24.Rc7 Rxc7 25.Bxc7 Ne6 26.Rxc6 Nxd4 27.Ra6 Ne6 28.Be5 d4 29.Rd6 Rd8 30.Rxd8+ Nxd8
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