[Event "WDCL Bidgood Trophy"]
[Site "Sedgley"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "Final"]
[White "Phil Maybury"]
[Black "Chris Bateson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1349"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 $6 ( { Book is } 4...exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5
Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 $10 ) 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.O-O Nc6 8.Ng5 Nd8 9.Nc3 h6
10.Nf3 Bd6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bb5+ Nc6 13.Be3 O-O-O $6 ( { Better was } 13...Bd7
$10 ) 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.a3 Kb8 16.Rfd1 g5 17.g4 a6 18.Rab1 Ka8 19.b4 Bc4 $6 (
{ Stronger was } 19...Rdg8 $10 ) 20.Nd2 Be6 21.Na4 ( 21.Nb3 Bxb3 22.cxb3 a5
23.bxa5 Bxa3 24.a6 $14 ) 21...Rdg8 22.f3 h5 23.Kg2 Rh7 24.Rh1 h4 $2 ( { or }
24...hxg4 25.hxg4 Rxh1 26.Rxh1 a5 27.bxa5 Nd7 $14 ) 25.c4 Nd7 26.c5 Be7
27.Nc3 f6 28.Rhd1 Nf8 29.a4 Ng6 30.b5 $2 ( 30.Nb3 Bxb3 31.Rxb3 $14 )
30...Nf4+ 31.Bxf4 exf4 32.bxc6 Bxc5 33.Nd5 Rf7 34.Nc4 $2 ( { Winning was }
34.Rb7 Rc8 35.Nc4 Rg7 36.Rdb1 Bxd5 37.exd5 Rgg8 38.d6 $18 ) 34...Bxd5 35.exd5
f5 36.Ne5 Re7 37.Re1 $2 ( { Winning was } 37.Nd7 Bd6 38.gxf5 Re2+ 39.Kh1 Rge8
40.f6 $18 ) 37...fxg4 38.fxg4 Rge8 39.Nf3 Re2+
{ White has 8 mins, Black 1 min } 40.Kh1 R2e3 41.Rxe3 Rxe3 ( { Better was }
41...fxe3 $10 ) 42.Nxg5 f3 43.Rf1 ( { Interesting was } 43.Ne6 Bb6 44.d6 Rxe6
45.d7 Rd6 46.Rxb6 Rd1+ 47.Kh2 f2 48.Rb1 f1=Q 49.d8=Q+ Rxd8 50.Rxf1 $14 )
43...f2 $10 { Black lost on time } 1-0