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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2025/26"] [Site "Morda"] [Date "20.08.2025"] [Round "Rd 1"] [White "Evans, Alf"] [Black "Sadler, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "1396"] [BlackElo "1605"] [GameId "2213268911295483"] [EventDate "20.08.2025"] {[%evp 0,56,19,20,0,9,23,19,29,4,8,42,4,7,8,-38,13,23,23,23,12,15,19,65,19,19,36,20,24,15,83,69,63,76,58,45,43,0,54,39,105,39,-53,22,-107,15,18,10,-32,-6,-27,-10,-76,-299,-399,-369,-424,-606,-608]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. h3 Na5 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Re1 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 b5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bh4 Rad8 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Bc2 c4 17. Rad1 e5 18. d4 d5 19. Nxe5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxh4 21. Bc2 Bf6 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Ng3 Nc6 24. Re2 Bd6 25. Qg5 Be7 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh6 Qd6 28. Rde1 Bc8 29. Nh5 gxh5 30. Qxh7+ {1-0 Karastoyanov,M (2049)-Angelov,G (2218) Sofia MGU op 26th 2011 (4)}) (7... Rb8 8. Na3 Qc7 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 cxb4 11. cxb4 d5 12. b5 dxc4 13. bxc6 Qxc6 14. Nxc4 Qxa4 15. Qe2 b5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Nb6 Qa5 18. Be3 b4 19. Nc4 Qh5 20. Qd2 Bb5 21. Rfc1 Nxe4 22. Qc2 Nc3 23. Ra1 Be7 24. Bd4 Nd5 25. Be3 O-O 26. Nce5 Bf6 27. d4 Rc8 28. Qxc8 {1-0 Gomez,N-Jaramillo Ochoa,M (1955) Pan American-ch Amateur Cali 2010 (1)}) 8. Ba2 Be7 9. O-O O-O $11 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 b5 12. axb5 Bxb5 (12... axb5 $11 {Looks more natural.There are quite a few similarities to the other rd1 game R Van Kemenade -G Slegg, 1-0 . though there Bl had a fianchettoed K B, and had played e5.}) 13. Qc2 (13. Bb1 $16 {SF17.1}) 13... Qc7 14. Rfe1 Bc6 (14... Nc6 $11) (14... Rfb8 $11) 15. Bf4 $16 (15. d4 $16) 15... e5 16. Bg3 (16. Bg5) 16... Bd7 17. Rac1 (17. Nf1 Nc6 18. Ne3 a5 19. Nd2 a4 20. Ndc4 $16 {SF17.1}) 17... Rac8 18. Nf1 Qb7 19. Ne3 Be6 $6 (19... Rb8 20. Rb1 Nb3 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. Bxb3 Rxb3 23. Nd2 Rbb8 24. Ndc4 $16 {Bl has to keep an eye on the a isolated since move 12. also Bl's centre pawns are static , & restricting the KB.}) 20. Ra1 {missing a chance} (20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. b4 $1 cxb4 22. Qa2 Nc6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ng5 h6 27. Nf5 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Nf7+ $18 {SF17.1}) 20... Nb3 21. Bxb3 Bxb3 22. Qd2 (22. Qe2 Be6 23. Nd2 Nd7 (23... Qxb2 24. Reb1 Qxc3 25. Nd1 {wins the Q}) 24. Ndc4 Nb6 25. Na5 Qd7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 $14) 22... Be6 23. Reb1 c4 24. Ng5 (24. Bh4 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Rc6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 $14 {HoweverWh would have excellent longterm prospects- Bl has a bad B vs a superb N, and weakpawns on d6 and a6.}) 24... cxd3 25. Qxd3 Bd7 26. Nd5 $2 (26. Qxa6 Qxa6 27. Rxa6 h6 28. Nf3 Nxe4 29. Ra7 Nf6 30. c4 $2) 26... Nxd5 $19 27. Nf3 (27. exd5 Bxg5 $19) 27... Nf6 28. Rxa6 $2 Bb5 0-1
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