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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2025/26"] [Site "Morda"] [Date "20.08.2025"] [Round "Rd 1"] [White "Bailey, Adrian"] [Black "Smith, Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1813"] [BlackElo "1492"] [GameId "2213246024363538"] [EventDate "20.08.2025"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 {the American Defense. It allows Wh to gain a centre} (2... e6) (2... c6) (2... dxc4 {then hitting back with c5; are 3 safer lines}) 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 {80% for Wh} Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 {In QP openings the N rarely goes to c6 which blocks the c pawn with which Bl needs to counter Wh's centre. (The exception is 2,,,Nc6 and then Bg4, the Chigorin Defense]} (6... Be7) (6... Bb4 {more frequent}) 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bg5 {9-0} (8. O-O {59 games, 87% for Wh}) 8... Be7 9. e5 (9. O-O $18 {18 games, 87% for Wh}) 9... Nd5 (9... Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 h6 13. Qd2 g6 14. Ne4 b5 15. Bb3 Bc8 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Nc5 Ng7 18. Nxb7 Nd8 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Qa5 Rc8 21. Qxa6 Qd7 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 O-O 24. Rfc1 Ne8 25. Rb6 b4 26. Rxb4 Ng7 27. h3 Rfe8 28. Rbc4 Re7 29. Rc6 Ne8 30. Ba4 Ra8 31. R6c4 c6 32. Bxc6 Rc8 33. Bxe8 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxe8 35. b4 Rb8 36. a4 Kf8 37. b5 Ke7 38. Rb4 Kd7 39. a5 Kc7 40. Kf1 f6 41. exf6 {1-0 Smorchkov,D-Galiaskarov,E Satka-ch 2011 (6)}) 10. Bxe7 (10. Nxd5 {Cloud Engines} exd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O $14 {SF17.1}) 10... Ncxe7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O O-O $11 13. Qc2 (13. Ne4) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6 $11 {SF17.1} 15. Rab1 b6 (15... Rab8) (15... c5) 16. c4 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Qc6 $11 (18... c6 $11) 19. Rd3 Rd7 (19... Qa8 $11 {is SF17.1- the kind of hedgehog positional move favoured by Sweden's Ulf Andersen in his prime} 20. h3 (20. Rbd1 c5 21. h3 (21. d5 $2 exd5 22. cxd5 $2 c4 $19)) 20... c5 21. Rbd1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc6 $11) 20. Rbd1 Rcd8 21. a4 a5 {a natural move , stopping any ideas of a5 by Wh. Its quite complex despite the reduced material which requires a bit of subtlety from both players. Can Wh get in d5 succesfully?} (21... Qe4 22. Re1 Qb7 23. Red1 Qe4 $11 {SF17.1}) 22. Ne1 (22. R3d2 $11) (22. h3 $11) 22... Qb7 (22... Qe4 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Red1 Nb4 26. R3d2 c5 $11 {SF17.1}) 23. Nc2 c6 $11 (23... c5 $1 24. g3 (24. dxc5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 bxc5 27. Ne3 Nc6 28. Qe4 Qc7 29. f4 Qd7 $17) 24... cxd4 25. Nxd4 Qe4 26. Qxb6 g5 27. f3 Qa8 28. Qb2 Qc8 29. Qb5 Ng6 30. R3d2 Qc7 31. Nb3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rb8 33. Qxa5 Qxc4 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Nd2 Qxa4 $15 {SF17.1 a very comlicated pawn sacrifice of the b6 in order to show up the e5 pawn as a weakness- but this is GM strategy play}) 24. Kf1 (24. h4 $11) (24. g3 c5 $11 (24... Nf5 $11)) 24... Kf8 (24... Ng6 25. Ne3 Qc7 26. Qc2 c5 $15 {SF17.1}) 25. Ne3 Kg8 26. f4 Nf5 $2 {losing control over d5 and the game. Bl had to wait patiently and look to get c5 in} (26... Qc7 27. Kg1 Qa7 28. Qb2 Qb7 29. Qd2 Qa6 $11 (29... b5 {seems to be an option as well} 30. d5 exd5 31. axb5 d4 32. f5 Qc8 33. Ng4 Nxf5 34. Qf4 Ne3 35. Nxh6+ gxh6 36. Qxh6 cxb5 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Kg7 $11 {SF17.1})) 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. d5 $18 cxd5 29. cxd5 Qa6 30. Kg1 (30. d6) 30... Qb7 31. d6 Kf8 32. Rc3 Qa7 33. Qb5 Qb7 34. Rdc1 Ra8 35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 (36. dxc7 {may be even stronger}) 36... Qa6 (36... Qe4 {clings on a little longer} 37. Qc4 Qe1+ 38. Qf1 Qd2 39. h3 Qd5 40. Qc1 Re8 41. Rc8 $18 {SF17.1}) 37. Qd5 Rc8 38. Qxf7# 1-0
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