1e4...Game played by Alan Hayward (White) and Robin Haldane (Black) at two moves per day by text in October and November 2020. Comments below by Alan Hayward1...e52Nc3...We agreed not to play an opening that we usually play2...Nf63g3d54exd5c6After 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 nf6 3 c4 in the Scandinavian, I always play 3 ... c6, so I wasn't going to take the pawn5d4exd46Qxd4cxd57Bg5Be78O-O-ONc69Qd2d410Bxf6Bxf611Ne4Be712f3...Now my knight has a retreat square12...f5A typical attacking move by Robin followed by a pawn sacrifice13Nf2Be614Kb1Nb415a3Nd516Qxd4Bf617Qa4+Kf718Ngh3Qc719Rxd5...I have a couple of books with chapters on the exchange sacrifice and wanted to look at them, but felt that would be cheating19...Bxd520Nf4Qb621Nd1Bc6If 21 ... Be6, 22 Nxe6 Kxe6 23 Bc4+ and the Black king is too exposed22Qc4+Kf823Bd3Bd724Nd5Qd625N1e3b526Qb3g627g4f428Nxf6Qxf629Qb4+Qe730Qxf4+Qf731Qc7Be8In a difficult position, I felt this may not be the best move32Qe5...I now have a knight and 3 pawns for a rook and an exposed king, but did not find winning the game easy32...Qg733Qd5Rc834Bxb5Bxb535Qxb5Qd436Qb7Re837Nd5Rg838Qc6Kf739g5Rg740Nc3...40 Nf6 was tempting, but more important to get the Rook in play40...Re641Qb7+Kf842Qc8+Re843Qc6Rge744Ne4...Change of plan, must block the file44...Re645Qc7R8e746Qf4+Kg747Qc1...My favourite move of the game and probably a good one, castling with the queen, although I did not see it before this point47...Rb748b3Rc649Ka2a550Rd1Qe551a4Qxh252Qb2+...The long diagonal must be worth more than the h pawn52...Kf753Rd2Qc754c4...Now Black cannot do much54...Rb855Nf6Rd656Nd5Qb757Rh2Kg858Re2Rxd559cxd5...Now if 59 ... Qxd5 60 Re7 wins59...Rd860Re5Qf761Qe2Kf862Re6Qc763Rf6+Kg764Rc6Qf765d6...I thought that it was a slight advantage having nearly 24 hours for every other move and did not see this move until after about 22 hours65...Re866Qc4Qxf367Rc7+Kf868Qd4Re2+I expected 68 ... Qe2+ 69 Ka3 Qe5, but after70 Qxe5 Rxe5 71 Rc8+ followed by 72 d7 wins a rook for a pawn69Ka3...Black resigned