[Event "British Champs Over 50"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.10.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Mason, Don"] [Black "Waddington, Mike"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B28"] [Annotator "Waddington,Mike"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 $1 {Psychologically brilliant. Of late Don Mason has been playing 3.Bb5. Michael Franklin used to play this.} 3. c3 $6 {In my opinion d4 was the move rather than an Alapin looking system.} d5 $1 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 Bh5 9. c4 $6 {mixing systems. It does not look very harmonious to me.} Qd8 $1 10. Qb3 Qc8 $1 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Be7 13. d6 $2 {hoping for favourable complications but a lot of white's army is not playing.} Bxd6 14. Ng5 $5 {The Big idea but now he had less than 30 mins.} Bg6 {calm play.} (14... O-O 15. Bxh5 Nxh5 16. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 17. Qd5) 15. Bf3 Nc6 16. Re1+ Kf8 {Black has been denied castling at the cost of a pawn but there is no really good follow up for white.} 17. Rd1 $2 {moving the same piece at a cheap looking shot.} Be7 ({avoiding a banana skin that really isn't} 17... Qc7 $1 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxb7 {but} Re8 $1 {highlights development issues.}) 18. Nc3 h6 $1 {removes a dangerous attacking piece and provides a square for the black king.} 19. Nge4 Ne5 $1 {The drawback of Nge4. White is in big trouble.} (19... Nd4 $6 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxb7) 20. Nd6 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qxh3 $1 {Who has the safer king?} 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Bf4 Bh5 $1 25. Rd3 (25. Bg3 Ne4 $1) 25... Kg8 26. Rad1 Kh7 27. Nd5 Re6 $1 {menacing Rg6+ or doubling rooks on the e file.} 28. Bg3 Rhe8 {and here Don exceeded his time in this unenviable position of having to stop a back rank mate without losing all of his pieces.} 0-1