Mason's Variation - 7 Example Games

White Wins

[Event "6th Stuttgart Open"]
[Site "Ditzingen GER"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Stock, J"]
[Black "Meijers, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Round "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Qe1 Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Qh4 h6 12. Ngxe4 Qe6 13. Nf2 Qxe3 14. Nf3 Qe2 15. f5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxf3 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qxf5 19. Rae1 Nc6 20. Re4 Rfd8 21. Rh4 Qf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Nh3 Nxd4 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "corr M.024"]
[Site "IECG"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[White "Goodman, C"]
[Black "Mori, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Round "?"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Rf3 Nbd7 11. Rh3 h6 12. g4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. g5 hxg5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qh5 f6 17. Bxe4 f5 18. fxg5 1-0

Draws

[Event "corr M.034"]
[Site "IECG"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[White "Goodman, C"]
[Black "Gawehns, K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Round "?"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 cxd4 8. exd4 Qb6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf3 Na5 15. Qd1 f6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ng4 Nc4 18. Qe2 f5 19. Ne5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Open"]
[Site "Jyvaskyla FIN"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Raivio, Y"]
[Black "Lampen, T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Round "9"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 f6 5. Nh4 Be6 6. Be2 Qd7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qa4 O-O-O 9. Nc3 Kb8 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Nb5 Qe6 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Na5 15. Bd3 Nb3 16. Rb1 e6 17. O-O a6 18. Nc3 c5 19. Bc2 Nxc1 20. Rbxc1 cxd4 21. exd4 Ne7 22. Be4 Nc8 23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Bf3 Bc8 25. Nb3 Bd6 26. g3 Ka7 27. Ne4 Bb8 28. Nec5 h5 29. Rfe1 Rd6 30. Ne4 Rdd8 31. Nec5 Rd6 32. Ne4 Rdd8 33. Nec5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

Black Wins

[Event "ch-SVK"]
[Site "Nove Zamky SVK"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Szaraz, V"]
[Black "Palecek, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Round "6"]

1. f4 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. fxe5 Nd7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Be5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bf3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Kg2 Bxg3 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. hxg3 Rf3 23. Qf2 Rxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qf7+ 25. Kg2 Qf3+ 26. Kh3 h5 27. b3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "V Open"]
[Site "Lisbon POR"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Costa, A "]
[Black "Ubilava, E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Round "2"]

1. f4 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Ne5 h6 9. c3 a6 10. g4 Bh7 11. Qe1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. Qh4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qe7 16. Rf2 O-O-O 17. Rg2 g5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Qf2 Ne4 20. Qe2 Rh3 21. Bd2 Rdh8 22. Rf1 Qc7 23. Be1 f5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Nd4 Bxh2+ 27. Rxh2 Rxh2 28. Qxh2 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 Qc4 30. Rxf5 Qxa2 31. Kh3 Qxb2 32. Rxd5 g4+ 33. Kh4 Qh2+ 34. Kxg4 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "XI Blind Ol"]
[Site "Zakopane POL"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Irimia, M "]
[Black "Zsiltzova Lisenko, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Round "7"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 c4 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Bg4 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qe2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Bb2 b5 16. Rfc1 Rfb8 17. b4 Ne8 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. e4 Nd6 20. e5 Nc4 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qc2 g6 23. Rcb1 Rb5 24. Bc1 Qb7 25. Rb2 Bd8 26. Raa2 Kg7 27. Kh2 a5 28. bxa5 Raxa5 29. Rxa5 Bxa5 30. Rxb5 Qxb5 31. Bd2 Qb3 32. Qc1 Bd8 33. Qe1 Qc2 34. Qe3 Be7 35. Bc1 Kf8 36. Qd2 Qe4 37. Qe3 Qb1 38. Qd2 Ke8 39. Qb2 Qxb2 40. Bxb2 Kd7 0-1

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