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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2024/5"] [Site "Oswestry"] [Date "2025.02.06"] [Round "Rd 3"] [White "Bryant, Richard BE"] [Black "Slegg, Gary"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Slegg,Gary"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1904"] [BlackElo "1573"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2142429696241677"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 12,61,-5,-19,-17,-28,-16,-16,-9,-41,-33,-110,-51,-86,-35,-219,-58,-116,-11,-125,-105,-152,-146,-196,-143,-155,-144,-173,88,77,349,342,498,273,346,288,312,274,310,308,445,295,266,245,324,262,333,296,784,732,1451,862] B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 b5 (7... d6 {Kotronias & Lakdawala}) (7... e6 {main lines-vk}) (7... Nh6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 d5 10. e5 f6 {King 2024:159, Wh} 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. b3 Bf5 {King 2024:160, 3 draws} (12... O-O {9 draws, 2 Bl wins-vk})) 8. Nxd4 cxd4 {scores better for Bl than the other capture-vk} (8... Bxd4+ {vk-given as best by Jones, despite} 9. Kh1 Bb7 10. e5 Ra7 11. Be4 Bxc3 12. Bxb7 Bxb2 13. Bxb2 Rxb7 14. f5 Nh6 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. e6 f6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Qxf6 Rg8 20. Rae1 d5 21. Qg5 Re7 22. Qxh6 Qa5 23. Rf6 Qxa2 24. Rxg6 Rf8 25. Qxf8+ {1-0 Jones,G (2526)-Van Wely,L (2680) Staunton Memorial 5th London 2007 (10)}) 9. Ne2 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 10. Ng3 $146 {[%eval -41,19] yet cf below Butanaev-Kravshenko,Abaza 2012,1-0-vk} (10. Qe1 $11 {[%eval -9,19]}) (10. b3 Qb6 11. Kh1 (11. Bb2 d6 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. Qe2 h5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Nh1 e5 16. Nf2 Bc8 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Qf2 f5 19. a4 O-O 20. g3 d5 21. axb5 fxe4 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 exf4 24. d3 f3 25. Qd1 Qe6 {Keely,L (1923)-Wells,P (2364) Bridgend WLS 2024 0-1 (32)}) 11... h5 12. Bb2 h4 13. h3 d6 14. f5 g5 15. Qe1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qf2 g4 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Rae1 O-O-O 20. Be4 gxh3 21. Nxh3 Nf6 22. Bxb7+ Qxb7 23. Qf3 Rd7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 {Burke,M (2001)-Bryant,H (1951) Huddersfield ENG 2025 0-1 (36)}) (10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 d6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Ng3 h5 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. f5 e5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Qe3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. e5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 h4 23. Ne4 c4 24. Bc2 Bxe5 {Wippermann,T (2366)-Ivanisevic,I (2555) Dos Hermanas 2003 0-1 (39)}) (10. a4 Qb6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. b3 d6 14. Ng3 h5 15. Qe2 h4 16. Nh1 h3 17. g4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Nf2 Nc5 20. b4 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Qc6 22. Ba3 Qc2 23. Qd1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Kd7 {Docampo Beltran,D (2371)-Horcajuelo Rocamora,M (2295) Mutxamel ESP 2024 0-1 (46)}) 10... Qb6 (10... h5 $17 {SF17-game added in by vk} 11. e5 Qb6 (11... h4 12. Ne4 h3 $17 {SF17}) 12. Qe2 e6 13. b3 Ne7 14. Ba3 Nf5 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Qf2 h4 17. Ng5 Rh5 18. Bb2 Rxg5 19. fxg5 Bxe5 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qd5 23. Be4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. d3 Bd5 26. Qd2 e5 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bc6 29. g4 Ne3 30. Qf2 Rb8 31. Qe2 Nd1 32. Qxe5+ {1-0 Butanaev,V (1908)-Kravshenko,K (2134) Abaza op 2012 (3)}) 11. Kh1 {[%eval -110,19]} (11. Qe2 $15 {[%eval -33,19]}) 11... Rc8 {[%eval -51,20]} (11... h5 $1 $17 {[%eval -110,19][%cal Rh5h4]} 12. Ne2 Nf6 (12... h4 $19 {SF17} 13. h3 Nf6 14. e5 Nh5 15. a4 g5 {SF17- vk})) 12. c3 {[%eval -86,21]} (12. a4 $15 {[%eval -51,20]}) 12... Nf6 {[%eval -35,19]} (12... h5 $1 $17 {[%eval -86,21][%cal Rh5h4] ...h4 is the strong threat.} 13. h3 h4 (13... f5 14. exf5 h4 15. Ne2 gxf5 16. Bxf5 Qc6 17. Rf3 Nh6 18. Bc2 Qd6 19. Qf1 O-O $19 {SF17-vk})) 13. f5 $2 {[%eval -219,20] [#]} (13. Qf3 $15 {[%eval -35,19]}) 13... O-O $2 {[%eval -58,19]} (13... h5 $1 $19 {[%eval -219,20] aiming for ...h4.} 14. Qf3 e6 (14... h4 15. Ne2 gxf5 16. Qxf5 h3 17. Rf2 (17. cxd4 hxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rh4 $19) 17... Rc5 18. Qf4 Bh6 19. Qb8+ Rc8 20. Qe5 dxc3 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 exf6 $19 {SF17-vk}) 15. fxg6 fxg6) 14. Qe2 {[%eval -116,21]} (14. e5 $15 {[%eval -58,19]} Nd5 15. Qe2) 14... Rc5 {[%eval -11,20]} (14... h5 $17 {[%eval -116,21] Threatens to win with ...h4.} 15. a4 (15. Qe1 e5 16. Bc2 h4 17. Ne2 d3 18. Bxd3 h3 19. Ng3 d5 $19 {SF17-vk}) 15... h4) 15. a4 {[%eval -125,22]} (15. cxd4 $11 {[%eval -11,20] remains equal.} Rcc8 16. b3) 15... Re5 $17 {[%cal Of6e4]} 16. a5 {[%eval -152,23] [#]} (16. axb5 $142 {[%eval -105,21]} axb5 17. Qf2) 16... Qa7 $1 17. Qf2 {[%eval -196,22]} (17. b3 $17 {[%eval -146,23]}) 17... Nxe4 {[%eval -143,24]} (17... Bxe4 $19 {[%eval -196,22]} 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bxd3 20. dxe5 Ng4) 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. cxd4 Rd5 {[%eval 88,24]} (19... Rxf5 $1 $19 {[%eval -173,23]} 20. Nxf5 Bxf5) 20. Nxe4 Bxd4 {[%eval 349,22][%mdl 8192]} (20... Rxf5 $16 {[%eval 77,23]} 21. Qe2 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Qxd4) 21. Qh4 $18 Re5 {[%eval 498,23]} (21... Bg7 {[%eval 342,22] was necessary.} 22. d3 Qd4 23. Qxe7 Rxf5) 22. Ng5 {[%eval 273,5]} (22. d3 $142 {[%eval 498,23]}) 22... h5 23. d3 Bf2 24. Qh3 Rxf5 25. Ne4 d5 {[%eval 445,24]} (25... Qd4 $142 {[%eval 308,26]} 26. Bd2 (26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Nxf2 Qxf2 $16) 26... b4) 26. Ng3 ({Less strong is} 26. Nxf2 Rxf2 27. Be3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 d4 $18) 26... Re5 27. Bh6 {[%cal Bc1h6,Bh6f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32] And now Rac1 would win.} Re8 28. Bf4 Bxg3 29. Qxg3 ({Resist} 29. Bxg3 Re3 30. Rae1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rd8 $18) 29... Re2 {[%eval 784,25]} (29... Rf5 {[%eval 296,23]} 30. Bg5 Qd7) 30. Qf3 {[%csl Bd5,Be2]} Rxb2 31. Be5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.81} 1-0
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