[Event "Club Championship 2025/6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "10.9.2025"]
[Round "Rd2"]
[White "Sadler, Paul"]
[Black "Bailey, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1813"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d4 e6 8. a3 (8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 c6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O-O $14 {3-1-6}) 8... O-O-O 9. Be3 (9. Qd3 Qh5 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Qxh2+ 15. Kf2 Bg3+ 16. Ke3 Qh6+ 17. Kd3 Bf5+ (17... Nc5#) 18. Ne4 Nc5+ 19. Kc3 Bxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qg6 $2 (20... Na4+ 21. Kb4 Qg6 22. Kxa4 Rxd4 $19) 21. Nxc5 $11 {1-0 Heiser,J (664)-Bester,K (706) RN-2015-0-01044 LSS email}) (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qh5 11. g4 Qh4 12. Bd3 $16 {Cloud Engines- Wh has a bit more space}) 9... a6 (9... Qh5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. g3 Nd5 12. Nh4 N7f6 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nxd6+ Rxd6 $11 {0-1 Berbatov,K-Miadzvedzey,A EU-ch U10 Herceg Novi 2005 (2)}) (9... Ne5 $1 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 h5 $11 {SF17.1- the exchanges help Bl , who now has fewer pieces to find room for in the slightly contricted position}) 10. Be2 Nd5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qf5 12. b4 $14 {SF17.1}) 11. Ne4 (11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Ng5 Be6 13. c3 Be7 14. b4 Qb6 15. c4 $19 dxc4 16. d5 Bxg5 17. dxe6 $1 Bxe3 18. exd7+ Rxd7 19. Bg4 Bd4 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rc1 {SF17.1 Wh emerges from the tactics an exchange up}) 11... Nxe3 12. fxe3 f6 (12... Qh5 $11) 13. b4 {gaining time for a Q side advance} Qd5 14. Nc5 (14. Nfd2 $18 h5 (14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nb6 16. c4 Qd7 17. Nc5 $18) 15. c4 Qc6 16. Qe1 g6 17. b5 axb5 18. cxb5 Qc2 19. Rc1 Qa4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Qg3 e5 22. Nc3 Qa7 23. Nd5 $18 Bd6 24. Nc4 {SF17.1 the Bl K position lies exposed .}) 14... Nxc5 (14... Bxc5 {is a little bit better as the B is as yet undeveloped, and does not have any particulat good place to go to instead-the Wh N needs to removed from so close to the K}) 15. bxc5 $16 Qe4 16. Qc1 (16. Qd2 $18 {connects the R's, which are then ready to come down the b file}) 16... Be7 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Rb1 $18 {Wh has plenty of targets against the Bl K; while Bl has nothing with which to open up the Wh K side} Rdf8 20. Qb2 Kd8 21. Qxb7 Ke8 22. Qxa6 (22. Nc4 Bf5 23. c6 Qd8 24. Qa7 Kf7 25. Rb7 $18 {The Bl K remains unsafe despite fleeing to the K side on the K side}) 22... Kf7 23. Nc4 Ra8 (23... Kg8 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Ra8 26. Rb7 Bd8 27. a4 $18 {Wh controls 3/4s of the board as well as being two pawns up}) 24. Qxa8 (24. Ne5+ {is even stronger as it wins a whole R} Ke8 25. Qxa8+) 24... Rxa8 25. Ne5+ Ke8 26. Nxd7 Kxd7 27. Ra1 {Bl's other problem is that neither of the two Bs have any real purpose, let alone getting to the Q side in time to prevent the steadt advance of the a pawn} f5 28. a4 Bg5 29. Rfe1 (29. Kf2) 29... Ra5 30. Kf2 Bh4+ 31. g3 Bf6 32. Reb1 e5 33. c3 e4 34. Bc4 Bh5 35. Rb5 Ra7 36. a5 Be8 37. a6 Kd8 38. Rb7 (38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7 Ra8 40. Bd5 {another way in}) 38... Ra8 39. Rab1 (39. a7 {also}) 39... Bc6 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rxa8 Bxa8 42. Rb8 Bc6 43. a7 (43. a7 f4 44. d5 {drives the QB away, so Wh gains an entire Q}) 1-0
