[Event "WDCL Div 1"] [White "Massey,Paul"] [Black "Maudsley,Keith"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "Keith Maudsley"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2023.11.??"] [WhiteElo "1707"] [BlackElo "1903"] [PlyCount "90"] {[%evp 0,90,16,28,27,8,18,9,1,-12,1,-38,-25,-53,-68,-39,-76,-71,-61,-147,-97,-97,-103,-122,-120,-132,-139,-120,-113,-114,-79,-105,-51,-37,-8,-50,-70,-115,-125,-128,-120,-139,-123,-175,-177,-195,-171,-194,-169,-170,-174,-174,-174,-174,-181,-182,-182,-185,-197,-197,-202,-202,-202,-202,-202,-202,-202,-445,-460,-473,-504,-504,-539,-546,-553,-573,-605,-605,-619,-665,-761,-823,-837,-909,-1042,-1265,-1481,-1554,-1648,-1691,-1763,-1769,-1997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 {Paul had beaten Ilya with the Colle in the A team match against Skelmersdale two weeks before, so no surprise he repeats} 4. Nd2 O-O 5. f4 { White’s issue in the Stonewall variation is the locked-in B on c1. As we’ll see, in this game the B never gets to move} d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. c3 Qe7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Qe2 Rd8 {Preventing white answering Qg3+ with Qf2} 13. Bc2 Re8 {Nh5 is better} 14. Nf3 Qc5 15. O-O Bh6 16. Nd4 Bg7 {Unnecessarily cautious. 16... Ne4 17 Qf3 f5 is fine. White is unlikely to be able to get both his bishops on the long diagonals towards black’s K} 17. Qb5 Qe7 18. Qg5 c5 19. Nf3 b6 20. Re1 Bb7 21. Qg3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qf4 Qxf4 (23... Qc2 24. Nd2 Rac8 {Is very tempting, but I’d seen that after the following exchanges black’s R gets to the back rank and makes the ending very difficult for white, and will cost at least one P} )24. exf4 Bxf3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. gxf3 Re1+ 27. Kf2 Rh1 28. Kg2 Rd1 29. Kg3 f5 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Kf2 Bh6 {Depending on what white does, black can play c4, advance the K, or re-route the B to c5 and pick up at least the h pawn} 32. Ke2 Rh1 33. Kf2 {Ke3 at least makes black work a bit} Bxf4 34. Kg2 $2 {But 34 Bxf4 Rxa1 is a straightforward win anyway} Rxc1 {Not much of a life for the c1 bishop!} 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 {White now played on for another 10 moves before resigning. For the record . . .} 36. b3 Ke6 37. Kg3 Ke5 38. Kg2 Kf4 39. Kf2 Bb2 40. c4 Bd4+ 41. Kg2 g5 42. h4 gxh4 43. Kh3 Kxf3 44. a3 f4 45. b4 Ke2 {White Resigns} 0-1