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22. Kf1
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The king is in no danger and wants to be active, if the queens come off the board. However, there is a tactical drawback to this move. |
 
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22... Qe5
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This is a tactic called a double attack. The h-pawn and the c-pawn are both threatened. |
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23. Nf3
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White can only save one of the pawns. |
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23... Qxc3
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Establishing material superiority. Black now has a technically won game. |
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24. Qxc3
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White has little choice but to exchange queens now. Otherwise, Black would go into attack mode. |
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24... Bxc3
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Bllack is up one pawn, and still has the two bishops. |
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25. g3
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I'm not certain why white played this move. |
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25... Kg7
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25. ...c4 was a consideration, but white holds after 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Be2. Better was the immediate f7-f6. |
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26. Ke2
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Activating the king. |
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26... f6
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One of the keys for playing against knights is to rob them of the squares they want to move to. |
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27. h4
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White wishes to exchange pawns. |
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27... Kf7
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Activating the king. |
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28. Nd2
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The knight has no good square to move to. |
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28... Ke6
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Continuing to activate the king. The king is a fighting piece in the endgame. |
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29. Nb1
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Black is not troubled by this attack. The bishops can move out of the knight's range relatively easily. |
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29... Ba5
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The bishop is no worse off on a5 than c3, and the knight is certainly not better on b1. |
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30. Ke3
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Activating the king. |
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30... Ke5
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Ditto. |
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31. f4+
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This drives the king from the e5 square, but now white's kingside pawns may become vulnerable. |
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31... Kd6
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The king provoked the pawn advance and retreats to the next best square. |
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(2129)