After a lengthy absence, I played an online game against Fritz on chessbase.com and was going fairly well up until move 29 when I blundered. It's been a while since I inserted a game into a blog and you need to practise these techniques or else you quickly forget. So here goes.
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OK, looks like I've succeeded. Reviewing the game, I simply didn't see the black rook sweeping down to b3. However, if I'd taken the time to tuck my white-squared bishop into the fianchettoed pawn position that was already set up, I might have had a chance. As it turned out, I lost a piece outright and it was all over really. Even if I move the queen to e1 and threaten problems on the black's back rank, the move Qb8 is decisive. Ah well. I should keep practising and remember not to leave pieces completely undefended because they then become targets for attack. In this case, my queen was attacked and the undefended white bishop. I couldn't save both. Below is a continuation after I retracted my losing move and in which I manage to secure a draw by perpetual check. I should practise inserting comments into games as well.
