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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2024/5"] [Site "Oswestry"] [Date "2025.03.13"] [Round "Rd 4"] [White "Slegg, Gary"] [Black "Bailey, Adrian"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Slegg,Gary"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1536"] [BlackElo "1790"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2155130378833930"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,74,-57,-24,-36,-32,-165,-156,-184,-180,-178,-130,-264,-233,-427,-409,-514,-504,-516,-441,-451,-391,-408,-386,-447,-439,-435,-281,-322,-285,-317,-209,-371,-337,-435,-366,-402,-406,-387,-391,-405,-369,-551,-367,-409,-348,-407,-375,-425,-362,-475,-391,-518,-408,-599,-571,-624,-404,-634,-418,-687,-648,-29984,-29985,-29985,-1440,-29986,-1368] B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 Bf5 {[%eval -24,20]} (5... exf3 $15 {[%eval -57,19]} 6. Nxf3 Bf5) 6. g4 $11 Bg6 7. f4 $146 {[%eval -165,21] [a true N, not a good one. 7 h4 though has been played ,-vk]} (7. g5 $1 $15 {[%eval -32,19]} Nd5 (7... b5 8. gxf6 bxc4 9. fxe4 exf6 10. Qf3 Qxd4 11. Nge2 Qb6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. h4 h5 15. Qg3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Nd3+ 17. Rxd3 cxd3 18. Ne6 d2+ 19. Kb1 fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Kf8 21. Rg1 Rg8 22. Bh6 {Jacob,V-Hauke,C Heidelberg 1989 ½-½ (43)}) 8. Nxe4 (8. fxe4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 (9... Bxe4 10. Nf3 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qe2 Bd5 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. c4 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Qe7 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. c5 Bc7 18. Ba6 Nb6 19. cxb6 Bxb6 20. Bd3 Rxd4 21. Kh1 Rhd8 22. Be3 Rb4 23. Rbf1 Bc7 24. Rxf7 {Arslanov,S (2410)-Osmak,Y (2458) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (56)}) 10. Nf3 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bxe4 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qf4+ Ke8 16. Qxe4+ Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rae1+ Kd6 20. c4 Rae8 21. Nd2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rf8 {Badmatsyrenov,O (2416)-Svane,R (2631) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (65)}) 8... b5 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qe2 e6 11. c3 Qc7 12. a4 b4 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Nh3 Qh4+ 16. Nhf2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxg5 18. Bxc6 O-O-O 19. c5 Nb8 20. Qe4 Nxc6 21. Qxc6+ Kb8 22. Qe4 Rd5 23. Nd3 {Kokholm,D (1899)-Friis,J (1548) Amager 2009 0-1 (54)}) (7. h4 h5 8. g5 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. gxf6 bxc3 11. fxg7 Bxg7 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. fxe4 Qg3+ 15. Kf1 Qxc3 16. Rb1 Qxd4 17. Bb2 Qxe4 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bb2 Qxh1 {0-1 (19) Wind,M-Nemet,I (2470) Dieren 1979}) 7... e6 $19 8. h4 {Black is clearly better.} h5 9. g5 Nd5 {[%eval -130,18]} (9... Ng4 $19 {[%eval -178,20]} 10. Nge2 b5) 10. Qe2 {[%eval -264,21] White does not recover from this.} (10. Nge2 $17 {[%eval -130,18]}) 10... Bb4 11. Bd2 {[%eval -427,21] [#]} (11. Bxd5 {[%eval -233,21]} cxd5 12. Qe3) (11. Rh3 {SF17, might be worth a try, but the e4 pawn, not eliminated with f3, remains a winning force-vk}) 11... e3 12. Bxd5 exd2+ ({Inferior is} 12... cxd5 13. Qxe3 Bxc2 14. Nf3 $17) 13. Qxd2 exd5 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. Nf3 Be4 {Keeping the B on f5 would stop any pawn advances by Wh, but there ids no breakthrough for Wh; and the N couldperhaps be a nuisance on e5-vk} 17. Rhf1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 g6 19. f5 Qd6 20. Rd2 $2 {[%eval -371,24]} (20. fxg6 {[%eval -209,21]} Qxg6 21. Rde1) 20... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rdf2 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Qc6 {White must now prevent ...Qa4.} 25. Rxd5 {[%eval -551,26]} (25. Rd4 $142 {[%eval -369,20]}) 25... Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Ne4 {And now ...f6 would win.} 28. f6 Rb8 29. c4 Ng3 30. Rd3 Nf5 {[Ns love to pick off static pawns-vk} 31. Rh3 {[%eval -599,25]} (31. a4 $142 {[%eval -408,22]}) 31... Rc8 32. b3 b5 33. Kb2 {[%eval -634,26]} (33. Kd1 $142 {[%eval -404,25]}) 33... bxc4 {[%cal Oc4c3] [#] ...c3+! is the strong threat.} 34. Rc3 {[%eval -687,25]} (34. Kc3 $142 {[%eval -418,25]}) 34... Nxh4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. bxc4 Kf8 {[%eval -1440,27]} (36... Nf5 $142 {[%eval -32737,25]} 37. Kb3 h4 38. Kc3 h3 39. c5 h2 40. Kb4 h1=Q 41. Kc3 Qc1+ 42. Kd3 Qxc5 43. Ke4 Qd4+ 44. Kf3 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kh1 Qf2 47. a4 Ng3#) 37. c5 Ke8 {[%eval -1368,27] Weighted Error Value: White=1.23/Black=0.60} (37... Nf5 $142 {[%eval -32739,25]} 38. Kc3 h4 39. Kd3 h3 40. c6 h2 41. c7 Nd6 42. Kd4 h1=Q 43. Kc5 Nb7+ 44. Kc4 Qc1+ 45. Kd3 Qxc7 46. Kd4 Qf4+ 47. Kd3 Nc5+ 48. Ke2 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Kg1 Ne4 51. Kh1 Qg3 52. a4 Nf2#) 0-1
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