Stalemate

In the following game from today's International Chess Academy tournament in Hackensack NJ, my opponent found an ingenious way to draw what looked like a lost position. The time control was game/90. I could have won easily with 40...Qc2!.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Solomon Lerner (USCF 1869) - Jim West (USCF 2200), ICA Winter 2007 Open 12/16/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bd2 Nd4

12.Qd1 a6 13.Ba4 b5 14.Bb3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bb7 16.d4 e4 17.Ng5 Qb6 18.Ne2 Rae8 19.O-O Ng4 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Nxf4 Qh6 22.Ngh3 e3 23.f3 Nf2 24.Qe2 g5 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.cxd3 f4 27.Rac1 Rc8


28.Kh1 Qf6 29.Rc3 h6 30.Rfc1 Qxd4 31.Ng1 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Qb6 33.d4 Bc8 34.Qe1 Bf5 35.Ne2 Bd3 36.Qd1 Qg6 37.Ra1 Bxe2 38.Qxe2 Rc8 39.Rc1 Rxc3 40.Ra1 Rxb3?! 41.Qa2 Qd3 42.h3 h5 43.Kh2 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4

45.Qxa6 Qh7+ 46.Kg1 Rb1+ 47.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 48.Kh2 g3+ 49.Kh3 Qf5+ 50.Kh4 e2 51.Qa8+ Kg7 52.Qg8+! Kxg8, stalemate.