[Event "Maastricht"] [Site "Maastricht"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Willem Jan Wolthuis"] [Black "Conel Hughes O'Donel Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2217302907842598"] [EventDate "1946.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,49,19,34,29,0,-11,-10,25,-17,-2,2,31,7,-1,6,6,2,31,14,35,44,39,9,13,41,50,60,61,54,103,52,60,17,24,28,13,37,96,83,84,76,74,109,108,108,79,89,81,89,520,528]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. g3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bg2 Qf6 11. e3 Bd7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Bb2 c6 15. a4 Rfc8 16. bxc6 ({White stood better, mainly because of his bishop on b2 which could have a big influence on the center. With} 16. b6 {White could have kept many interesting possibilities.}) 16... Nxc6 {Now Black has some counterplay.} 17. O-O Nb4 18. Qb3 d5 {Counterplay, but White's acces to e5 is more important.} 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Ra1 {White is better, but no acute disaster is in sight.} Nd2 {But now there is. Black is immediately lost.} ({After a move like} 24... h6 {White's coming deadly action would not have been possible.}) 25. Qxb4 {Here Alexander resigned. In the Columbo episode they showed the moves that could have followed:} axb4 26. Rxa8+ Be8 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxe8# {mate.} 1-0