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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2024/5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "Rd 4"] [White "Grice, Keith"] [Black "Sadler, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "1450"] [BlackElo "1541"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2152830439974825"] [EventDate "2025.03.07"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.03.07"] {[%evp 0,16,17,3,7,0,37,16,27,4,27,8,27,26,37,19,20,29,32]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 (5. e4 {main}) 5... d6 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Nbd7 (7... e5 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Re8 (11... d5) 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. b5 d5 {2-7-5}) 8. Re1 (8. Rb1 {main line}) 8... Nc5 {Komodo10, not sure wher this N is headed for- its more usual direction is towards the K side. It often gets here when Wh has played d5, but it could be chased away} (8... e5 {1-3-1}) 9. Bd2 (9. b4 Nfe4 $15) 9... Bd7 (9... a5 {keeps the N in place} 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Qc1 Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Qg5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd7 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Bg2 Ne5 17. Bh3 Nd4 18. Bg2 Qc8 19. Rac1 Qd8 20. Bf4 Ne6 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qc2 Nd4 23. Qd2 e6 24. e4 Bg7 25. Ne2 Qb6 26. Rb1 a4 27. Rf1 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Qa5 29. Qe1 Qc5 30. Qe3 Bd4 31. Qd2 b5 32. cxb5 Qxb5 33. Rfc1 Ra6 34. Qc2 e5 35. Qc4 Qb7 36. Qc2 Rea8 37. Qd2 Rb6 38. Rc2 Rb8 39. b3 Bc5 40. Rcb2 Bd4 41. Rc2 c5 42. Qe2 axb3 43. axb3 Rxb3 44. Rxb3 Qxb3 45. Ra2 Qb1+ 46. Bf1 Qb6 47. Kg2 Qb7 48. Kg1 Rf8 49. Bh3 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 Rb8 51. Bd7 Kg7 52. Bc6 Qb6 53. Bd5 Rf8 54. Ra8 Rxa8 55. Bxa8 Qa7 56. Bd5 f6 57. h4 Qd7 58. Qf3 f5 59. exf5 Qxf5 60. Qxf5 gxf5 61. f3 Kf6 62. Kh3 Be3 63. Kg2 h6 64. Kh3 Ke7 65. Kg2 Kd7 66. Kf1 Kc7 67. Ke2 Bc1 68. Kd1 Be3 69. Ke2 Bd4 {0-1 Sochor,T-Zitny,P Brno Trade op-B 2005 (3)}) 10. a3 (10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 Nc7 12. a4 $14 {SF17}) 10... a5 11. Rb1 (11. b3 {prevents Bl from clamping down on Q side expansion, but then} b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nb3 16. Qa3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Qb8 $11 {SF17}) 11... a4 12. Ng5 (12. h3 e5 13. Be3 e4 14. dxe4 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd4 Re8 $11 {SF17}) 12... Bf5 (12... Nb3 $15 {SF17}) 13. d4 $2 (13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Nf3 e5 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 $11 {SF17}) 13... Bxb1 14. dxc5 Bf5 $19 15. Nxa4 h6 16. e4 Bc8 (16... Bg4 17. Nf3 Nd7 $19 {SF17}) 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Qb3 (19. Na4 {must be better , as the N is not doing much on b6}) 19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 dxc5 {winning more material} 21. Be3 Rxb6 22. Qc2 Nd7 23. b4 Ra6 24. Qb3 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Ne5 26. Be2 Qc7 27. c5 Ra7 (27... Qa5 {SF17 prefers simplification to end Wh resistence} 28. Bxa6 Qxb4 (28... Qxa6 29. Rd1 Qe2 30. Qb3 h5 31. h4 Qf3 $19) 29. axb4 bxa6 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Bc1 a5 32. bxa5 Rxa5 33. Be3 Ra8 $19 {SF17}) 28. Bd2 Rfa8 29. f4 Nd7 (29... Ra4 30. Qb1 Rxa3 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Bc1 Ra2 $19 {SF17}) 30. e5 Rxa3 31. Qd4 b6 32. Bb4 bxc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Qxc5 Qa7 35. Qxa7 R3xa7 36. Kf2 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Rxa1 38. h4 f6 39. exf6 exf6 40. Kf3 c5 41. Ke3 f5 42. Bc4+ Kf8 43. Bd5 Ra3+ 0-1
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