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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2024/5"] [Site "Oswestry"] [Date "2024.10.17"] [Round "Rd 1"] [White "Bailey, Adrian"] [Black "Grice, Keith"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "1774"] [BlackElo "1439"] [Annotator "Rudy van Kemenade"] [PlyCount "40"] [rd1_gameId "2102049648553771"] [EventDate "2024.10.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.09.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 (5. Bg5 {main}) 5... a6 (5... O-O) (5... c6) 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 (7. c5) (7. Rc1) 7... exd5 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 {main}) 8... Be6 $146 (8... Nbd7) (8... b6) (8... Bf5) (8... Nh5 {Cloud Engines, not yet played}) 9. O-O c5 10. Qb3 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 $14 {SF17}) 10... Ra7 (10... b5 $15) 11. a4 Nc6 12. Ng5 $2 {in pursuit of a small positional edge Wh neglects the centre} cxd4 $17 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Na2 $6 {not a good square for the N} (14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qd1 Nc6 $19) 14... Ne4 $19 15. Qc2 Qd7 (15... g5 16. Bg3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Bc5 $19 {Sf17}) 16. f3 Nd6 17. Qd2 Nc4 (17... e5 $1 18. Bg3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 $19 {SF17, the Bl central pawn mass will advance}) 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. exd4 b5 (19... Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Be3 e5 22. Nc3 Raa8 $19 {but the text is simpler, getting the pawns moving}) 20. Rfd1 b4 $19 {Bl offered a draw. In the pm analysis the Bl Qside pawns were decisive in many variations, especially with the N awkwardly placed on a2.Though SF17 does not replicate them.} (20... b4 21. Rac1 Qd5 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Qe2 Nd8 24. Kh1 a5 25. Bg1 Bg5 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. Nc1 h5 28. Qe1 h4 29. Ne2 Nc6 {is one such line, where Bl has a decisive advantage due to his extra space. But there remains a lot of play left, and humans are liable to make mistakes}) 1/2-1/2
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