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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2025/26"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.08.20"] [Round "Rd 1"] [White "Muxlow, Joseph"] [Black "Grice, Keith"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1664"] [BlackElo "1446"] [EventDate "20.08.2025"] 1. c4 e6 2. e4 Nc6 (2... d5) (2... c5 {main lines}) 3. Nf3 b6 {9 games, 89% for Wh a bit slow & creates wh square problems for Bl} (3... d5 {17 games, 34% for Wh}) 4. d4 d5 (4... Bb7 5. Bd3 {transposes to 192 games, 45% for Wh} (5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 $16 {3-3-3}) (5. d5 {5-0})) 5. cxd5 {SF17.1, surprisingly has not been in databases before} (5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb7 $14 {1-1}) (5. exd5 $16 exd5 6. a3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Qd2 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bd6 17. Qd3 Na5 18. Ba2 Re8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxe8 Qg5 22. Rf8# {1-0 Hanusek,S-Leczycki,P POL-ch U12 Kolobrzeg 2003 (7)}) (5. Bd3 $16 Be7 6. e5 Bb7 7. O-O Nb4 8. Be2 f6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Qd7 13. e6 Qc8 14. Bf4 a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Qc2 Qd8 17. Bxh7 Kf8 18. Nh4 Rxh7 19. Qxh7 {1-0 Meiss,S (1372)-Kowohl,E (1178) Vellmar op 1st 2009 (7)}) 5... exd5 6. Bb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 (7. Nc3 $18 Nge7 8. Qa4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. exd5 Na5 11. Ne5 $18 {SF17,1}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Bb7 (8... Bd7 {is a little better, unpinning} 9. Rc1 (9. exd5 Nce7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Ne4 Nxd5 12. Ne5 Qb5 13. Qf3 Ngf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Nd3 O-O-O $14 {SF17.1}) 9... Nb8 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. Qxc7 $18 {SF17.1}) 9. Qc2 $18 (9. Qa4 {even stronger}) 9... Nge7 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Rc1 {and the piece cannot be saved} O-O 12. Nxc6 Rfc8 13. e5 Qe6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. O-O c5 16. Qf5 Rc7 17. Nf3 Bc8 18. Qg5 Qf8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Qe6 22. Qh4 Bd7 {Bl has been doing the best to get some Q side activity, but in the end, a piece is a piece} 23. Qg3 c4 24. Bb1 Rac8 25. Rc3 a5 26. Nh4 Qe8 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Rd8 29. e6 Re7 30. Rce3 f6 31. Bg6 Qf8 32. Bf7+ Kh8 33. Qg6 b5 34. Rh3 Rc8 35. Ree3 Rec7 36. Reg3 b4 37. Rxh6+ $1 $18 {thebreakthrough as the Bl Rs are unable to return from the Q side to help their K} gxh6 38. Qxf6+ (38. Rh3 Rxf7 39. exf7 c3 40. Rxh6+ Qxh6 41. Qxh6# {SF17.1 is slightly quicker}) 38... Kh7 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Rh3 Rxf7 41. exf7 1-0
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