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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2024/5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.02.26"] [Round "Rd 4"] [White "Smith, Martyn R"] [Black "Smith, Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1384"] [BlackElo "1543"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "2149686309636354"] [EventDate "2025.02.27"] {[%evp 0,17,15,20,-4,19,42,16,23,0,18,71,10,-3,-3,-32,-28,-32,3,-190]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 (8... Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 {is the ultra-sharp Moeller Attack, analysed to about move 33, mostly in correspondence play}) (8... Nf6 {Considered by Bl afterwards} 9. Re1+ Be7 10. d5 $18 Na5 11. d6 $1 {Cloud Engines} (11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bb4 14. Bxf6 Be7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxe7 Kf8 18. Rae1 g6 19. Ng5 Kg7 20. Rxf7+ Kh6 21. h4 Kh5 22. Re4 h6 23. Be2# {1-0 Gnaam,K (2022)-Vayanos,G Beirut op 9th 2017 (2)}) 11... cxd6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bxg6+ Kf8 18. Qxd5 Qe8 19. Bxe8 Kxe8 20. Bxh6 Kd8 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kc7 23. Rad1 b6 24. Qf6 Rd8 25. Qxd6+ Kb7 26. Rc1 {1-0 Abdulghafour,Y-Hassan,A Asia-chT fin 09th Penang 1991 (6)}) 9. Qb3 (9. bxc3 d5 $1 {Cloud Engines}) 9... O-O (9... d5 $1 {the usual response to most K side gambits, returning a pawn for free play 1-0-2}) 10. bxc3 Be7 $11 {1-8-12} 11. Qc2 $146 (11. Qb5 $11 {0-7-2}) (11. Bd3 $11 {Cloud engines} d5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Re2 g6 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. Bb5 c6 22. Re7+ Rf7 23. Rxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Qa4 Qc7 27. Qc2 c5 28. Qe2+ Kf7 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. dxe5 g5 31. g3 g4 32. f4 gxf3 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. Kxf3 Kxe5 35. Ke3 d4+ 36. cxd4+ cxd4+ 37. Ke2 Be6 38. a4 h6 39. Bb5 f4 40. gxf4+ Kxf4 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. h4 Bh3 43. Kd2 a5 44. Be8 Bf5 45. Bb5 Kd6 46. Be8 Be4 47. Bb5 Bc6 {0-1 Van Thillo,Q-Busscher,F Hengelo U12 op 2004}) 11... d5 $15 12. Bd3 g6 $11 {slightly weakens K side} (12... h6 $15 {SF17}) 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rae1 (14. Rfe1 Bg4 $15 (14... Bf8 $11 15. Bg5 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Be7 17. Bh6 Bg4 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bh6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. a4 a5 24. Bg5 Nf5 25. Rb1 b6 26. Rb5 h6 27. Bd2 Nh4 28. Be2 Re8 29. Kf1 Bxh2 30. Bxh6 f6 31. Bc1 Rd8 32. Bd1 g5 33. Bb3 Kg7 34. Bxd5 Kg6 35. Bb7 Bd6 36. Bd2 Bh2 37. Ke2 Re8+ 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. Rb1 Ng6 40. Rh1 Bf4 41. Be4 Bd6 42. Bxg6 Kxg6 43. Re1 Rh8 44. c4 Rh2 45. Be3 Rh3 46. Ke2 Rh4 47. Rb1 Bf4 48. Bxf4 Rxf4 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Rb5+ Ke6 51. c5 Rf5 52. Ke4 Rf4+ 53. Ke3 Rf5 54. f4 gxf4+ {½-½ Munoz Romero,P (1718)-Garcia Pardo,L (1458) ESP-ch U14 Salobrena 2021 (9)}) 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Qb2 b6 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Bf4 c5 20. Qc1 c4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Rxd8 Raxd8 23. Re4 Bf5 24. Rxc4 b5 25. Rc5 Rd7 26. Rxb5 Red8 27. Rb1 Bxb1 28. h3 Rd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2 Be4 31. g4 Rh1+ 32. Kg3 Bc5 33. Kh4 Kg7 34. e6 fxe6 35. Be5+ Kh6 36. g5# {1-0 O'Rourke,C (423)-Damaschino,J Doeberl Cup U1200 48th Canberra 2010 (2)}) (14. Rab1 a6 (14... Bg4 $15) 15. Rfe1 b6 16. h4 Bg4 17. Nh2 Bd7 18. h5 Bd6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. Re1 Bb5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ne5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nf5 25. Bg5 Qb5 26. Qh3 Re8 27. Bf6 Ng7 28. Qh6 Bf8 29. Re3 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qc1 32. e6 Qd1 33. e7 {1-0 Harris,M-Van Bommel,T IECG C1.1997.0.00090 IECG email (1)}) 14... Bf8 (14... Bg4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd7 $15 {SF17}) 15. Bxf8 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Kxf8 $11 (16... Qxf8 $11) 17. Qd2 Qf6 $2 (17... Kg7 $11) 18. Ng5 (18. Qh6+ Qg7 19. Re8+ Kxe8 20. Qxg7 $18 {SF17}) 18... Qg7 (18... Kg7 $17 {SF17; again secures Bl's K side}) 19. Qe3 (19. Qf4 $18 Bf5 (19... Bd7 20. Qxc7 $18) 20. Qxc7 (20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 {looks simpler}) 20... Bxd3 21. Qxb7 Rd8 22. Qxc6 $18 {SF17}) 19... Bd7 20. Be2 (20. Qf4 Rc8 21. h4 $14 {SF17}) 20... Re8 $17 21. Qg3 Re7 (21... Rc8 $11 {preferred by Bl in retropect}) (21... f6 22. Nf3 Bf5 $17 {SF17}) 22. Qxc7 Bg4 (22... Qh6 23. Qg3 Kg8 $11 {SF17}) 23. Qd6 Bxe2 $18 {a miscalculation} (23... Kg8 24. f3 Bf5 25. Qxd5 Re3 26. g4 (26. Kf2 Rxc3 $11) 26... Qf6 27. Nxf7 Qxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. gxf5 Rxc3 30. fxg6+ hxg6 31. Rd1 Nb4 32. Rd2 Rc2 33. Rxc2 Nxc2 34. Bc4+ Ke7 35. d5 Ne3 36. Bd3 g5 37. Be4 Kd6 $11 {SF17}) 24. Rxe2 $18 f6 25. Ne6+ 1-0
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