[Event "WDCL Rock Cup (replay)"] [Site "Warley Quinborne"] [Date "2025.05.09"] [Round "Final"] [White "Ian Emery"] [Black "Phil Maybury"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "1851"] [ECO "A21"] [EventDate "2025.05.09"] [WhiteElo "1912"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 $6 ( { Main line is } 2...Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 $10 ) 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 d6 5.d4 ( { Book is } 5.a3 a6 6.d4 Ba7 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.b4 $14 ) 5...Bb4 6.dxe5 Bg4 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O Qe7 10.Nd5 Qe6 $6 ( 10...Nxd5 11.cxd5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.Be2 O-O $14 ) 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Nxe6 Bxd1 13.Nexc7+ ( { Better was } 13.Nxg7+ Kf8 14.Nf5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Be2 16.Re1 Bf3 17.dxc6 Rg8 18.Ng3 Bxc6 $14 ) 13...Bxc7 14.Nxc7+ Kd7 15.Nxa8 Be2 16.Re1 Bxc4 17.Rd1+ Kc8 18.b3 Be6 19.f4 Kb8 20.h3 $6 ( { Better was } 20.Nb6 axb6 21.Bb2 $10 ) 20...Ne4 ( 20...Kxa8 $15 { preventing the double pawn } ) 21.Bb2 Rg8 ( { Stronger was } 21...Kxa8 22.Bxg7 Rg8 23.Bb2 Bxh3 $1 $15 ) 22.g4 g6 23.Nb6 axb6 24.Kg2 Nb4 ( 24...f5 25.g5 b5 $15 ) 25.Kf3 ( 25.Be5+ { was better } ) 25...Nc5 26.Rd6 Bd5+ 27.Ke2 Bc6 28.Rf6 Bb5+ 29.Kf3 Bc6+ 30.Ke2 $15 { Draw agreed } 1/2-1/2