[Event "Club Championship  2025/26"]
[Site "Morda Village Hall, Morda"]
[Date "2025.09.03"]
[Round "Rd 1"]
[White "Fisher, Peter S"]
[Black "Grocott-James, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[GameId "2218361424835293"]
[EventDate "2025.09.03"]

{[%evp 0,73,10,39,46,-19,29,32,1,49,55,56,64,70,63,-41,65,80,50,80,90,102,122,110,132,114,141,140,159,147,152,142,283,291,286,334,563,558,560,543,583,538,579,544,646,692,864,629,695,621,679,693,723,668,1651,780,1086,766,784,832,816,771,840,620,897,900,700,891,883,835,886,718,967,976,29997,29998]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 e6 $6 {[%eval 60,17] The Alehine defence, it seeks to lure Wh's pawns forward, and then undermine them and get active pieces..But Bl must start the process at once, left alone, as here, the Wh centre pawns will just squeeze then squash the passive Bl pieces -vk} (4... d6 {[%eval 28,16] is the correct theoretical response- vk} 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. exd6 exd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nb4 13. Qe2) 5. a3 {over cautious vk} (5. Nc3 d6 (5... Bb4 6. Qg4 {89% for Wh}) 6. exd6 {81 % for Wh vk}) 5... Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 (6... d5 {added by vk, echoes game continuation} 7. c5 Nd7 8. Nf3 a6 9. b4 b5 10. Bd3 a5 11. Bf4 axb4 12. axb4 Bb7 13. Nxb5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Be7 15. Qb1 h6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nxc7+ Kf7 19. Bg6+ Ke7 20. Bd6# {1-0 Van de Groep,K (1010)-Childress,S (954) IECC M email IECC email 2001}) 7. f4 $6 {[%eval -42,17] [in danger of overextending, though Bl misses the opportunity vk]} (7. exd6 {[%eval 57,16]} cxd6 8. Nf3 e5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd3 a6 12. b3 Be7 13. O-O {[& SF17.1 gives Wh as winning with a clear space advantage vk]}) 7... Qh4+ $6 {[%eval 56,20]} (7... dxe5 {[%eval -42,17]} 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Na5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. b4 Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Kc2 f5 15. Nb5 Rfc8 16. Be3 a6 17. Nxc7 {[when SF17.1 sees as leading to = after} Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc7 19. Kb3 b5 20. Be2 $11 {[vk]}) 8. g3 Qd8 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 d5 (10... dxe5 11. fxe5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Be3 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Ne4 {[ SF17.1 is a litle bit better continuation for Bl, but comparing the minor pieces Wh is clearly better, also with a preferable pawn structure vk]}) 11. c5 Nd7 (11... Nc4 {a frequent idea in the Alehine, but c5 still has Bl struggling to find that neccasary piece activity vk} 12. b3 N4a5 13. Bd3 b6) 12. O-O a6 13. b4 {[Wh has succesfully consolidated the centre vk]} h6 $6 {[%eval 115,18]} (13... f5 {[%eval 85,16]} 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qa4 Na7 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 b6 19. cxb6 Nxb6) 14. Qd3 b6 15. Be3 a5 $6 {[%eval 150,16]} (15... Nf8 {[%eval 123,15]} 16. Qc2 h5 17. Bd3 h4 18. g4 Bb7 19. Qg2 Bc8 20. f5 Bb7 21. fxe6 Nxe6 22. Rab1 O-O 23. Qc2) 16. b5 bxc5 $6 {[%eval 285,18]} (16... Ncb8 {[%eval 175,18]} 17. f5 (17. c6 $18 {SF17.1, just forces Bl to lose a piece, while even then the Bl q side remains out of the game}) 17... Nf8 18. Qc2 h5 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Nh4 g6 21. Bf3 bxc5) 17. bxc6 c4 $2 {[%eval 561,19]} (17... Nb8 {[%eval 270,17]} 18. dxc5 Nxc6 19. f5 O-O 20. f6 gxf6 21. Bxh6 fxe5 22. Qe3 f6 23. Rad1 Bd7) 18. cxd7+ Bxd7 {The sacrifice of two pieces has not gives Bl's remaing pieces much play either. vk} 19. Qc2 a4 20. Rfb1 (20. f5 $18 {[SF17.1 opens up the position vk]}) 20... h5 21. h4 g5 $6 {[%eval 852,20]} (21... Qc8 {[%eval 612,16]} 22. Ng5 c5 23. f5 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 h4 26. gxh4 Rxh4 27. Bf2 Rh8 28. Bf3 Qd8 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. Rxb8) 22. fxg5 Bf8 $6 {[%eval 1128,17]} (22... Bc6 {[%eval 861,18]} 23. g6 fxg6 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qd7 26. Qxg6+ Qf7 27. Qf6 Qxf6 28. exf6 Kd7 29. Rb4) 23. Bd2 $6 {[%eval 870,18]} (23. g6 {[%eval 1128,17]} Bh6 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Qe7 26. gxf7+ Kd8 27. Qg6) 23... Qe7 24. Nd1 (24. Bxc4 $1 {SF17.1 Wh being two pieces up can afford to return some material in order to break Bl's resistance vk} dxc4 25. Ne4 Bc6 26. Bb4 {and SF17.1 gives up the Q to holdup an early mate vk]}) 24... Bg7 $6 {[%eval 921,20]} (24... c5 {[%eval 760,17]} 25. dxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Be3 Qc8 27. g6 Qc7 28. Nf2 Bg7 29. Bb6 Qc6 30. Nh3) 25. Bb4 Qd8 26. Bc5 Rg8 $2 {[%eval 2284,22]} (26... Ra5 {[%eval 864,19]}) 27. Kh2 (27. Qh7 {[wins another piece SF17.1}) 27... Bf8 28. Bxf8 $6 {[%eval 917,20]} (28. Qh7 {[%eval 1364,22]} Bxc5 29. Qxg8+ Bf8 30. g6 Qe7 31. g7 O-O-O 32. gxf8=Q Qxf8 33. Qg5 Qh8 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. Bd1) 28... Kxf8 29. Qh7 Ke7 30. Qxh5 Qf8 31. Qg4 Rg7 32. Qf4 Qh8 33. Rb4 Qh7 34. Qd2 Qf5 35. Rab1 Rh8 36. Rb8 Rgg8 37. Qb4+ 1-0