There is a saying that all rook endings are drawn - obviously not meant literally, but the idea is correct that with an active major piece, the defender can often draw even when down material, so should not despair. Queen endings are even more complicated and tricky for Class players, who are unlikely to know the key ideas or be able to calculate the greater possibilities for checks.
This next tournament game has some useful observations in the opening (a Caro-Kann Exchange) and middlegame phases, especially regarding the interplay between defense and counterplay possibilities. However, the main feature becomes the ending, which seesaws back-and-forth until I calculate out the correct K+P sequence to draw, after missing a win (which my opponent did as well).
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 5...Bg4 6.h3 g6 7.c3 Bf5 8.0-0 Qc7 9.Qc2 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bg7 11.Re1 0-0 12.Nbd2 Rfe8 13.Ne5 Rad8 13...e6 14.Ndf3 Nd7 14...Ne4!? 15.Bf4 Ncxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5?! 17...Qb6= 18.Rxe5 e6 19.Qf3 19.Rae1 19...Kg7 20.Rae1 Rf8 20...h5 20...b5!? 21.Qg3 Rc8 22.h4 h5 23.Qd3 Qc4 24.Qb1 b5 25.Rg5 Rc6?! 25...Qc6= 26.g4 hxg4 27.h5 Kf6 26.Re3 Ra6? 26...b4! 27.Reg3 Kf6 27.Reg3+- e5 28.b3?! 28.Rxh5+- 28...Qc7 28...Qe2!?± 29.Rxe5 Qd8 30.Rxh5! Rh8 31.Rxh8 Qxh8 32.Rh3 Re6 33.Qd1 Qe8 34.Qd3 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Qe2 36.Qg3?! 36.Qe3! 36...Qxa2= 37.h5 Qb1 38.h6+ Kh7 39.Qf4 Rh1+ 40.Kg3 Rxh3+ 41.Kxh3 Qd3+ 41...Qf5+!? 42.Qxf5 gxf5 43.b4 Kxh6= 42.Qe3? Qxe3+ 43.fxe3 a5! 44.e4 a4? 44...Kxh6! 45.bxa4= bxa4 46.exd5 a3 47.d6 a2 48.d7 a1Q 49.d8Q Qxc3+ 50.g3 Kxh6 51.Qf8+ Kh7? 51...Kg5 52.Qxf7 Qxd4= 52.Qxf7+ Kh6 53.d5?! Qe1? 53...Qc8+ 54.Kg2 Qc2+ 55.Qf2 Qe4+ 54.Qf4+? 54.Qf6 54.Kg4 54...Kg7= 55.Qd4+ Kf7 56.g4 g5 57.Kg2 Qe2+ 58.Qf2+ Qxf2+ 59.Kxf2 Kf6! 60.Ke3 Ke5 61.d6 Kxd6 62.Kd4 Ke6 63.Ke4 Kf6 64.Kd5 Kf7 65.Ke5 Ke7 66.Kf5 Kf7 67.Kxg5 Kg7 68.Kh5 Kh7 69.g5 Kg7 70.g6 Kg8 71.Kh6 Kh8 72.g7+ Kg8 73.Kg6 ½–½
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