At move 7 I discovered he was leading F2 and by the time this game was over, he had won it!

Surely with 10.Qe2 I have to be happy with the opening? But it is all dressed up, nowhere to go and like I seem to do rather a lot, soon play my Knight on the rim, but I am just trying to draw.

13...b6 is a mystery to me.

16...Nh5 threatens 17...Nf4 and I panic but today I would venture 17.Qh6 where she can settle down for a good time.

With the last move and 23.Qf1 forced and with my bad Bg2, Bill offered a draw which I was delighted to take. Black's Pf5 break is answered by Pf4 and no one wants to capture. Prolonged trench warfare is on the horizon, something I would love today but the practical side of so many games on the go won.