[Event "WDCL Div 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maudsley, Keith"]
[Black "Dubov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Damian"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[WhiteTeam "Culcheth A"]
[BlackTeam "Culcheth B"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nd2 c3 14. bxc3 ({
Keith - Probably the most interesting position, I thought about playing} 14.
Rac1 {and if} cxd2 ({I decided against it because of} 14... c2 {and wondered
whether} 15. Nf3 ({I should instead have been looking at} 15. g4 {followed by
f4 and black is suddenly under real pressure.}) 15... Rd8 16. Nd4 {and black
can play} Rxd4 {with the c2 pawn becoming troublesome later.}) 15. Rxc6 {
is crushing.}) 14... Be7 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 Qxe5 18. Nxc6 Qc7
19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rfd1 a6 21. c4 Qf6 22. c5 Qg6 23. Qf4 Be4 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25.
hxg3 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ {draw agreed. Keith - "Maybe I let Ilya off the hook in
this game, at the end White is marginally better, but the opposite colour
bishops mean that black can blockade the c pawn."} 1/2-1/2