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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2024/5"] [Date "2024.11.14"] [Round "Rd 2"] [White "Andrews, Dave"] [Black "Tiddy, Phil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "Unrated"] [BlackElo "1269"] [Annotator "Rudy van Kemenade"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2113337176349594"] [EventDate "2024.11.18"] {[%evp 0,8,19,22,28,29,36,-73,-77,-74,61]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 $2 (3. Nc3) (3. Bd3) 3... dxe5 4. dxe5 Nfd7 (4... Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Ng4 {wins a pawn for Bl}) {now Wh gets a slight space advantage} 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bg5 (6. Bf4 {the text allows Bl to swap off a couple of pices- keeking as many on as possible means they may get in each others way in a contricted space}) 6... Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bc4 (8. Nc3 {is more cautious}) 8... Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 Qxb2 {There is an apocryphal story about someone leaving their gandchild with their fortune , provided they never took a b pawn with their Q. Engines might be able to defend, but Wh gains a lot of time for development. A rough principle is that 3 deveping moves are enough compensation for a pawn} 10. O-O (10. Rb1 {is more exact, as now Bl could get an extra e pawn}) 10... Qb6 (10... Nxe5 $17 {SF17}) 11. Rb1 Qc5 12. Re1 Qe7 13. h3 (13. Nd4 $14 {aiming for Bl's tangled Q side}) 13... Nc6 14. Bb5 O-O 15. Nc4 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Re4 $11) 15... Qc5 (15... Ndb8 {allows Bl to regroup without damage to the pawn structure}) 16. Re2 (16. Re4 $5 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Rh4 $16 {the Bl K side is virtually undefended}) 16... a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 {Bl will have real problems now getting the Q side developed} (17... Qxc6 $15) 18. Qd4 (18. Re4 $14) 18... Qe7 19. h4 (19. Na5 c5 20. Nc6 cxd4 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Nxd4 Nb6 23. Nxc8 Rfxc8 24. Nc6 $14 {the Wh pieces are more active}) 19... f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 (20... gxf6 21. h5 $16 {but now Wh controls e5 and the Bl pawns are a mess}) 21. Qe4 $18 (21. Nce5 $18) 21... Rb8 22. Rb3 (22. Rxb8 $1 Nxb8 23. Ng5 g6 24. Ne5 {Wh has a tremendous attack, while two Bl pieces are doing nothing much on the Q side}) 22... Bb7 23. Ng5 g6 24. h5 (24. Ne5 Nxe5 (24... Nc5 25. Qb4) 25. Qxe5 $18 {SF17}) 24... Nc5 25. Qe3 (25. Qg4 Nxb3 26. axb3 Rbf8 27. Ne5 $11 {SF17}) 25... Nxb3 26. cxb3 c5 27. Nxe6 Bc8 (27... Bc6 28. Nxc5 Qxe3 29. Nxe3 gxh5 $19 {SF17}) 28. Qxc5 Qe8 (28... Qxc5 $1 29. Nxc5 Rf5 30. Nd3 gxh5 $19 {Bl will just be an exchange up}) 29. Nd4 Qf8 30. Qxc7 (30. Qd5+ $1 Kg7 31. Qg5 Kg8 32. Ne5 $14 {Wh has a dangrous initiative with the Q & 2 Ns threatening the K, with Bl's QB & QR still off side}) 30... Bb7 (30... Rb7 31. Qe5 Rbf7 $11 {SF17}) 31. Ne6 $18 Bd5 $2 {the Bl Q is overloaded- and Bl must return the exchange, though still leaving his K vulnerable} (31... Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qd8 33. Qe5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxh5+ {saves the K but loses a piece} 35. Qxh5 gxh5 36. Rb6 $18 {SF17}) 32. Nxf8 Rbxf8 33. h6 Bf7 34. Nd6 g5 35. Re8 (35. Qc3 $1 {SF17} Rg6 (35... Rxh6 36. Nf5 Rg6 37. Ne7#) 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 37. Re8+ Rf8 38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. Rxf8+ Rg8 40. Qxg8#) 35... Rxe8 36. Nxe8 Rxh6 37. Nd6 Be6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Ne8+ Kg6 40. Qf6+ Kh5 41. Ng7+ 1-0
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