[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "Rd 5"]
[White "Bryant, Richard BE"]
[Black "Bailey, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[GameId "2170570600939243"]
[EventDate "2025.04.25"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"]

{[%evp 0,20,15,11,29,20,19,22,27,16,18,-11,2,-18,44,27,28,39,5,52,80,73,88]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 (4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bh7 6. e6 fxe6 7. Bd3 {Pool-Bailey,4NCL Online 2021,0-1}) 4... e6 5. g4 (5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. c3 Ba5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Ne1 O-O 11. f4 Bb6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qa8 16. Qb2 Bc7 17. Nef3 b5 18. Nb3 Qb7 19. Ra1 Ra8 20. Na5 Bxa5 21. bxa5 Qa6 22. Nd2 Nc8 23. Nb3 Qb7 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. Qd2 Bg6 26. Rf1 Ne7 27. Qd1 Ra8 28. Bc1 Qc7 29. Ba3 Nc8 30. Bb4 Qd8 31. Qe1 f5 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. Qh3 Qe8 34. Nd2 Ne7 35. Nf3 Kg8 36. Qh4 Kf7 37. h3 Nf8 38. g4 Nh7 39. Qg3 fxg4 40. hxg4 Be4 41. Rf2 Kg8 42. Rh2 Qf7 43. Nd2 Bg6 44. Rf2 Ra7 45. Nb3 Be4 46. Nc5 Bb1 47. Qe3 Qg6 48. Rg2 Be4 49. Bf3 Bxf3 50. Qxf3 Nc8 51. f5 exf5 52. gxf5 Qe8 53. f6 g5 54. Qf5 Ra8 55. e6 Kh8 56. f7 Qf8 57. Nd7 {1-0 Bryant,R (1849)-Naldrett,G (1526) Gibraltar Amateurs op-A Caleta 2020 (2)}) 5... Bg6 6. h4 (6. Ne2 {2-1-1}) 6... h6 (6... h5 $17 {Cloud Engines} 7. g5 (7. gxh5 Bxh5 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Rxh4 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 7... f6 8. Nh3 Nd7 9. Nf4 Bf5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nxh5 e5 12. gxf6 (12. Ng3 $16 {SF17.1}) 12... Ngxf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. h5 Be4 16. Rh3 Qf5 17. Rg3 Bxc2 18. Qc1 Bd3 19. Rg5 Nf3+ {0-1 Nguyen T Thuy,L-Le Thi Thuy,H VIE-ch U13 Girls Ha Tinh 2000 (7)}) 7. h5 Bh7 8. Bd3 $14 (8. c3 $14 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qb6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Ne2 c4 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Qc2 Qc6 16. f3 Ba3 17. Kf2 b5 18. Rab1 a5 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Nge4 Nd5 21. f4 N7b6 22. Rbg1 Ke7 23. g5 hxg5 24. Rxg5 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 Nd5+ 26. Kf3 b4 27. Kg3 Ne3 28. Qb1 Nf5+ 29. Kg4 bxc3 30. Nf3 Ne3+ 31. Kg3 c2 32. Qe1 Qxe4 33. Qxa5 Nf5+ 34. Kg4 Ne3+ 35. Kg3 Ra8 36. Qc7+ Kf8 37. Rh2 Be7 38. Nd2 Qd3 39. Qb7 Rd8 40. Qb2 Nf5+ 41. Kg2 c3 42. Qc1 cxd2 43. Qb2 d1=Q {0-1 Cacheiro Blanco,D (1769)-Ghaziolsharif,K (1557) Gran Canaria Online Blitz Lichess.org INT 2021 (2)}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 {transposes to 13 games; 58% for Wh} Qb6 {SF17.1} (9... Nd7 10. Nd2 $16 {2-0-2} (10. f4 $16 {3-0})) 10. Nc3 Nd7 (10... Bb4 11. O-O-O $16 Qa5 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nb6 15. Nb1 Nc4 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ba5 $16 {0-1 Luptak,P (2018)-Sevcik,L (1805) SVK-chT2C 1415 Slovakia 2014 (10.7)}) (10... c5 $14 {SF17.1, not yet played}) 11. f4 (11. O-O-O c5 $16 {Cloud Engines, 2-0-1}) 11... c5 12. Nge2 $146 (12. O-O-O $16 {Cloud Engines, not yet played}) (12. Nf3 c4 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. f5 Ne7 15. Nh4 Qa5 16. Ke2 Nb6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Na4 20. Bd2 b5 21. Rhf1 Kd7 22. f6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Rh7 24. Raf1 Ke8 25. R1f3 Ng8 26. R6f4 Ke7 27. Ng2 Rf8 28. Rf1 f6 29. exf6+ Rxf6 30. Ne3 Rhf7 31. Nd1 Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Nb6 33. Kf3 Rxf4+ 34. Bxf4 Nd7 35. Nb2 Ndf6 36. a4 a6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Nd1 Ne4 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. Kh4 Kf6 42. Be5+ Kf7 43. Bf4 Kf6 44. Be5+ Ke7 45. Bf4 {½-½ Gonzalez Viso,J-Bratu,R Burgas op 16th Ourense 2007 (7.42)}) (12. Qb5 Rc8 13. Nf3 a6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. O-O-O Nc4 16. Bf2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Rd3 Ne7 19. Ne2 b5 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 Kd7 22. Rhh3 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rc3 Rhc8 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rc3 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Ke3 Kc6 30. Kd4 Kb6 31. a4 Kc6 32. a5 Kd7 33. Kc5 Kc7 34. g5 {1-0 Hajagos,J (1992)-Solymosi,F (1970) HUN-chT2 Toth 1516 Hungary 2015 (10.7)}) 12... cxd4 (12... Ne7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nb5 Nc8 16. f5 $16 {SF17.1}) 13. Bxd4 $18 Bc5 14. O-O-O $16 (14. Nb5 $1 Ne7 (14... Bb4+ 15. c3 Qc6 16. cxb4 $18) (14... O-O-O 15. Nd6+ Kb8 16. Nxf7 $18) 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. O-O-O $18 {SF17.1}) 14... Bxd4 (14... Ne7 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Rhg1 {SF17.1 is a little better, but Wh gets a terific K side attack duethe space advantage gained}) 15. Nxd4 $18 a6 16. Qg3 (16. f5 $1 $18 Nxe5 17. Qg3 Nc4 18. b3 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. fxe6 Nf6 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Rhf1 Rhd8 23. Nxd5 $18 {SF17.1}) 16... Ne7 17. f5 $18 O-O-O 18. fxe6 (18. Na4 $1 Qa5 19. b3 b5 20. Nc3 Kb7 21. Rhf1 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Kxc6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rf7 $18 {SF17.1}) 18... fxe6 19. g5 (19. Na4 Qb4 20. b3 Nb6 (20... b5 21. Qc3+ Qxc3 22. Nxc3 {and Bl loses the e6 pawn}) 21. Qc3+ Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Kd7 23. a4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Kxc6 25. Ne2 Rde8 26. Nf4 $18 Nd7 27. Ng6 Rhg8 28. Rhf1 $18 {SF17.1- Bl pawns are weak and the pieces lack activity}) 19... Rde8 (19... Nc5 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Qe3 Nc6 22. Rhg1 Rde8 23. Rg6 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Nd7 $14 {SF17.1}) 20. Qh3 (20. Rhf1 $16 {SF17.1}) 20... Nf5 $2 (20... hxg5 21. Nxe6 g4 22. Qxg4 Nxe5 23. Qh3 Kb8 $14 {SF17.1}) 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Nxd5 $18 Qe6 23. Qc3+ Qc6 (23... Kb8 24. Nc7 Qxa2 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. e6 Rxe6 27. b3 $18 {SF17.1}) 24. Qd4 (24. e6 $1 $18 Qxc3 (24... Nc5 25. e7 hxg5 26. Qxg7 $18 {SF17.1}) (24... Rxe6 25. Qxg7 Rhe8 26. gxh6 $18 {the pawn threatens to Q}) 25. exd7+ Kxd7 26. Nxc3+ (26. bxc3 {SF17.1})) 24... Qc5 (24... Kb8 25. e6 Qxe6 26. Qxg7 $18 {SF17.1}) 25. Nb6+ (25. e6 Rxe6 26. Qxg7 Rhe8 27. Rh3 $18 {SF17}) 25... Qxb6 26. Qxd7+ Kb8 27. Qxg7 {looks natural, but SF17.1 has an answer to this; so instead} (27. g6 $1 $18 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qxe5 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. Rhd1 $18 {SF17.1- both f5 and g7 pawns under doomed}) 27... hxg5 (27... Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qxg5 $14 {SF17.1- holds out longer, with good chances of saving the game}) 28. Qxg5 Qe6 29. Qf4 (29. Rhe1) 29... Qxe5 $2 {Bl falls for what Bl described as one of the oldest tricks in the world} (29... Qxa2 {and Bl survives for the time being} 30. c3 $1 Re6 31. Qd4 Rhe8 32. Rde1 Rc8 33. Reg1 $14 {SF17.1}) 30. Rd8+ Ka7 (30... Rxd8 31. Qxe5+) 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxh8 {A decisive game that got Richard the Oswestry title for a second year running} 1-0

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "Rd 5"]
[White "Van Kemenade, J."]
[Black "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Rudy Van kemenade"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[GameId "2171535974748191"]
[EventDate "2025.04.28"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"]

{[%evp 0,52,17,22,33,-2,22,-19,22,-7,26,8,10,6,0,-9,12,-1,45,16,65,67,93,125,90,101,146,106,102,69,127,113,141,114,271,55,65,115,139,73,133,-134,35,77,85,107,99,101,63,-53,-310,-73,-139,-73,-81]} 1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nf3 a6 (4... Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 Qb6+ 10. Kh1 b4 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Rb1 Rac8 14. f5 c5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nf4 c4 17. Ba2 b3 18. cxb3 cxd3 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Qd2 Nxe4 21. Qxa5 Ng3+ 22. Kh2 Nxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxb2 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qg5 Bf6 26. Qg4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bd4 Qe4 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Re1 Qxf4+ {0-1 Van Kemenade,J (1736)-Pinto,C (2052) Tom Weston Major op Cardiff 2015 (5)}) 5. c3 (5. a4 Nd7 6. Bxf7+ $18 Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Ke8 8. Ne6) 5... b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 (6... c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd5 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. d4 c4 15. Bc2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Rae1 a5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Be4 Rcd8 22. Nf3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nd2 Qc7 25. Qf3 Ra5 26. cxb4 Rb5 27. Qc3 Qb7 28. b3 cxb3 29. Nxb3 Rxb4 30. Nc5 Qb5 31. Rd1 Bxe5 32. Nd7 Rc4 33. Qe3 Bxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Qxd7 35. d5 Qd6+ {0-1 Djikerian,R (1833)-Abdulaziz,M (2108) Beirut op 10th 2019 (3)}) 7. d3 Nd7 (7... e6 8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxf4 12. d4 Nd3 13. Qe2 Nxc1 14. Raxc1 Nd7 15. Ne4 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qe3 Bg7 20. Rce1 Rad8 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Qh3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qc5+ 24. Qe3 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rd2 27. Rf2 Rfd8 28. Rc5 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rd2+ {0-1 Medda,C-Gagliardi,C (2119) Lugano op 2006 (3)}) 8. O-O (8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke8 10. Ne6 Qb8 {Q escapes} 11. Nxg7+ Kf7 {and N is trapped}) 8... Nc5 (8... Ngf6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. f5 gxf5 11. exf5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bc2 Qd5 14. Qe2 Kh8 $11 {SF17.1}) 9. Bc2 f5 $2 {Bl was trying for an unbalanced position, but this move is far too weakening} 10. Nbd2 (10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. d4 Nce4 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Ndxe4 fxe4 15. Bb3 d5 16. f5 O-O 17. Ne6 Rf7 18. Qe1 $18 {SF17.1}) 10... fxe4 $6 {this still allows Wh to play f5, which Bl's f5 was meant to prevent} (10... Nh6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Bxb3 d5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Ne6 h5 17. d4 Qd6 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. Rae1 Bh4 20. Rd1 Bc8 21. Ng5 O-O 22. g3 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qe6 24. Qg2 Bb7 25. Rde1 Qd7 26. Re5 e6 27. Bc2 $18 {SF17.1, though it will take a while for Wh to engineer a breakthrough}) 11. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 12. dxe4 e6 {after some thought} (12... c5 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Qe2 h6 15. Nf3 e6 $18 {is a better sequence though still winning for Wh according to SF17.1}) 13. Qe1 (13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Bb3 {is immediately winning, as against the intended} d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 {Wh has various ways of winning} 16. f5 $18 (16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 $18) (16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxe6 $1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Kf7 19. Nxc7 $18) 16... gxf5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Ne6+ Kc8 20. Nxg7 Qxg7 21. Qxd5) 13... Qe7 14. Be3 {Wh is in no rush, just developing} (14. f5 {expected now by Bl, when} O-O-O 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. a4 Nh6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. e5 Qg7 22. exd6 Rxd6 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Ne5 Nf5 26. Bb3 $18 {The Bl pawnstructure is far too weak and the Bl pieces lack activity}) 14... c5 15. Rd1 Nh6 16. f5 O-O (16... Nf7 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. e5 $18 {SF17.1}) 17. Qd2 (17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qg3 $18 {SF17.1- wins a pawn}) 17... Nf7 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Be5 (19... Ne5 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Qf2 Be5 22. Qh4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Rf8 25. Qg3 Ne5 $16 {Bl has survived the worst and can hope for some compensation from the blocking out of Wh's B}) 20. Nxf7 (20. Nf3 $1 $18 {SF17.1} Bf6 21. Qe1 Ne5 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. Bg5 Qd7 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Be7 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Re8 30. Bf6 Qh7 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Rf7+ $18 {SF17.1}) 20... Rxf7 21. Bg5 Qd7 (21... Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qg7 23. Rf3 Bc6 24. Bf4 Ra7 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Rg3 Be8 27. Rg5 Qf6 28. e5 dxe5 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rg4 Rd7 31. Qe1 $14 {SF17.1}) 22. Bh6 (22. Bf4 $18 {SF17.1} Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Rd8 25. Qf6 Qe8 26. e5 $18 {SF17.1}) 22... Qe7 23. Bg5 (23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Qg5 Kh8 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. Rf2 Qh7 27. Rf3 c4 28. Qg4 $1 Re8 29. Bf4 Qg7 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. b3 $18 {SF17.1}) 23... Qf8 24. Bh6 $2 (24. Qd3 Bc6 25. Qh3 Bd7 26. Bh6 Qe7 27. Qg4 Be8 28. Rf3 c4 29. Rdf1 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Bf7 31. h4 Kh7 32. Bg5 Qf8 33. Bf6 Ra7 34. Bd1 Qh6 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. b3 $14) 24... Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qxf1 $19 27. Qg5 (27. Qxd6 Qf6 28. Qg3 e5 $19 {SF17.1}) 27... Qf7 (27... Kh7 28. Qh4 (28. e5 Qxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Bxg2 $19) 28... Rh8 $1 {SF17.1}) 28. e5 Kh7 (28... dxe5 29. Qxe5 (29. Bxg6 Qf4+ $19) 29... Rd8 30. Be3 (30. Qxc5 Rd5 31. Qe3 g5 32. Kg1 Qf6 $19) 30... Rd5 31. Qg3 e5 32. Bxg6 Qg7 $19 {SF17.1}) 29. exd6 $11 {Bl has won an exchange, but it is quite a difficult position now} e5 (29... Bc6 30. Kg1 e5 31. Qh4 Rh8 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Bg5+ Kg7 34. Qxe4 Re8 35. Qh4 Re6 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Be7 $11) 30. d7 Qf4+ $2 (30... e4 31. d8=Q Rxd8 32. Qxd8 Kxh6 33. Qh8+ Kg5 34. Qe5+ Qf5 35. Qe7+ Kh6 (35... Kg4 36. Bd1+ Kf4 37. Qxb7 Ke3 38. Qc7 Kd2 39. Qd6+ Kc1 40. Be2 Qg5 41. Kg1 Kxb2 $11 {SF17.1}) 36. Qxb7 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qxc2 39. Qe7 $11) 31. Kh3 $2 (31. Qxf4 exf4 32. Bg5 $1 $18) 31... Bc6 $2 {Bl had now seen the flaw in Qf4ch and now planned to answer Q xf4 with an intermediate ch, entirely forgetting about the real threat (even so, the pawn could still advance to Q)} (31... Qf7 32. d8=Q Rxd8 33. Qxd8 Kxh6 (33... Qf2 34. Qd2 Bc8+ 35. g4 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Bb7 37. Be3 Qxg4 $11 {is an Engine line few players would venture down}) 34. Qh8+ Qh7 35. Qxe5 Qd7+ 36. g4 Qd8 37. Qf4+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kf7 39. Qf4+ $11 (39. Qxc5 Qh8+ 40. Kg3 Qb8+)) 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "Rd 5"]
[White "Sadler, Paul"]
[Black "Loe, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Rudy Van kemenade"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1455"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[GameId "2170317068214303"]
[EventDate "2025.04.28"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"]

{[%evp 0,123,17,22,-12,16,32,27,27,21,36,33,32,32,58,65,65,63,61,62,65,68,70,59,87,81,-20,81,90,92,112,66,76,99,120,142,138,67,153,172,81,132,283,300,113,143,149,138,131,145,137,147,144,147,186,91,165,179,211,187,200,202,223,156,250,147,149,150,135,21,73,73,19,74,73,70,166,101,101,-15,-79,-1,-79,-1,-1,-1,32,-1,-1,-1,-1,-324,-305,-318,-335,-284,-362,-265,-304,-236,-250,-310,-277,-223,-268,-328,-302,-272,-266,-412,-487,-487,-474,-589,-690,-478,-755,-776,-463,-1270,-1220,-1439,-1436,-1462,-1522,-29975]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Bg4 (5... d5 {main}) 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 (7... Be7) 8. c3 Be7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 (10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 {Sarkozy-Wehhofer, Frankfurt Ch 2008, 0-1}) 10... Bxf6 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Nbd2 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 O-O 16. d5 {Petauer-Straze. Sentjur Ipavec Memorial 2010,1-0}) 12... O-O 13. Qb3 b6 $2 {weakens the wh squares} (13... Rb8 14. Re3 $16 {SF17.1}) 14. Be4 (14. Qd5 Bd7 15. Qe4 f5 (15... g6 16. Bb5 $18) 16. Qd5+ Kh7 17. Bb5 Qe8 18. Qc4 Ne5 (18... Na5 19. Qxc7 Bxb5 20. Qxe7 $18) 19. dxe5 Bxb5 20. Qxc7 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Nd4 Ba4 23. e6 g6 24. Nf1 $18 {SF17.1}) 14... Na5 (14... Bd7 15. Nf1 Rb8 16. Ng3 $16 {SF17.1}) 15. Qa4 (15. Qb5 c6 (15... Bd7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Bc2 Re8 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qf4 Bf8 20. h4 $18) 16. Bxc6 a6 17. Qd5 Nxc6 18. Qxc6 Bd7 19. Qe4 Re8 20. d5 $16 {SF17.1}) 15... Rb8 (15... d5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rad1 $14 {Sf17.1}) 16. b4 (16. d5 $16 {SF17.1}) 16... d5 (16... Bd7 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Nf1 Bf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. h4 $16 {SF17.1} Bxh4 21. b5 Na5 22. Bxg6 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qf6 (23... fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Kf2 $18) 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bd3 $18 {SF17.1}) 17. Bxd5 (17. Ne5 $1 Bg5 18. Bb1 Bxd2 19. Qc2 f5 20. Qxd2 Nc4 21. Qd3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 c6 23. b5 $18 {SF17.1 most players would just take the pawn on d5}) 17... Qxd5 18. Rxe7 $18 Qd6 19. Rae1 Nb7 20. Re8 (20. R7e3 {SF17.1} Be6 21. c4 Bd7 22. Qb3 Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qf8 24. Ne5 Re7 25. c5 $18) 20... Ra8 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Re8+ (22. Qa6 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rb8 24. h3 $18 {SF17.1}) 22... Rxe8 23. Qxe8+ Qf8 24. Qe4 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Nd6 26. Qc6 Qc8 27. h3 {Wh is a sound pawn up, so the win should just be a matter of time to gradually advance the Q side pawns.} f6 28. Nh4 (28. d5 Qb7 29. Qxb7 Nxb7 30. Nd4 Nd6 31. Kf1 Ne4 32. c4 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Nxc4 34. Nb5 {SF17.1- Wh regains the pawn and has managed to bring the K into the game well before Bl}) 28... Qb7 (28... Kf7 29. a4 g5 30. Nf3 Nf5 {SF17.1-keeping Qs on is a better chance of survival as it stops the Wh K from getting active}) 29. Qxb7 Nxb7 30. Nf5 Kf7 31. g4 {these pawns should be kept back, as Wh's advantage lies on the other side.} (31. Kf1 {The K needs to go to the centre to support the advance of the extra pawn}) 31... g6 32. Ne3 (32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. g5 f5 34. d5 Nd6 $11 {as the Wh N is out of the game}) 32... Ke6 33. Kg2 (33. Kf1) 33... Nd6 34. f4 (34. c4 {was needed to keep the Bl N out of the centre} Ne4 35. b5 Nc3 36. Kf3 Nxa2 37. Nd5 Kd6 38. Nxf6 Nb4 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. Nc3 c6 41. Ke4 $18 {and with a centralised K Wh has a much easier time converting}) 34... Nb5 35. d5+ Kd6 36. c4 Nc3 $11 37. a3 a6 (37... Ne2 38. Kf3 (38. f5 g5 $11) 38... Ng1+ 39. Kg3 Ne2+ {SF17.1- repetition}) 38. Kf3 Nb1 39. Nc2 (39. Ke4 $1 Nxa3 40. f5 g5 41. Kd4 $18 Nb1 42. c5+ Ke7 43. Nc4 b5 44. Na5 Nd2 45. Ke3 Nf1+ 46. Ke2 Ng3+ 47. Kf3 Nf1 48. Nb3 {and the Bl N is lost}) (39. h4 {SF17.1 sacrifices an outside pawn in order t o break through on the other side.} Nxa3 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 a5 42. c5+ bxc5 43. bxa5 c6 44. a6 Nb5 45. Nf5+ Kxd5 46. Nxh6) 39... Nd2+ 40. Ke3 Nxc4+ 41. Kd4 b5 $11 42. h4 (42. a4 {releases the Wh N from guard duty}) 42... f5 43. g5 h5 44. a4 Nd2 45. Ne1 $2 {worried about the Nf3 ch , Wh loses it on the Q side} (45. axb5 axb5 46. Na3 (46. Ke3 Ne4 47. Kd4 Ng3 48. Na3 Ne2+ 49. Ke3 Nc3 50. Kd4 Nxd5 51. Nxb5+ Ke6 52. Kc5 Nxf4 53. Nxc7+ Kd7 54. Na6 (54. Nd5 Nxd5 55. Kxd5 Kc7 56. Kc5 Kb7 57. Kb5 (57. Kd5 Kb6 58. Ke5 Kb5 59. Kf6 f4 60. Kxg6 f3 61. Kh7 f2 62. g6 f1=Q 63. g7 Qf7 64. Kh8 {also draws}) 57... Ka7 58. Kc5 {Wh keeps the opposition}) 54... Ne6+ 55. Kc4 $11) 46... Nf3+ 47. Ke3 Nxh4 48. Nxb5+ {a better continuation. as noted by Wh in an afterthought} Kxd5 49. Nxc7+ Kc6 50. Ne6 Ng2+ (50... Kb5 51. Kf2 $18) 51. Kf3 Ne1+ 52. Kg3 Nd3 53. Nf8 h4+ 54. Kf3 Ne1+ 55. Kf2 (55. Ke2 h3 $19) 55... Nd3+ $11 {SF17.1- N endings can often be very tricky with their changes of direction}) 45... bxa4 $19 46. Kc3 Ne4+ 47. Kc4 Nd2+ 48. Kc3 Ne4+ 49. Kc4 a3 (49... Ng3 50. Nd3 Ne2 $19) 50. Kb3 a2 (50... Nf2 51. Kxa3 Kxd5 $19) 51. Kxa2 Kxd5 52. Nd3 Nc3+ 53. Kb3 Ne2 54. Ka4 Kd4 55. Nc5 Nxf4 56. Nxa6 Nd5 57. Nc5 f4 58. Ne6+ Ke3 59. Nf8 f3 60. Nxg6 f2 61. Ne5 f1=Q 62. g6 0-1

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Oswestry"]
[Date "2025.04.03"]
[Round "Rd 5"]
[White "Grice, Keith"]
[Black "Slegg, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Slegg,Gary"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "1442"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[GameId "2162804020936717"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,52,-27,-23,-22,23,5,17,24,36,36,25,11,123,40,46,48,214,194,254,179,321,318,477,348,349,177,268,43,68,42,93,-155,-138,-162,-148,-168,-3,-19,1,1,1,1,1,0,29] A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Bxc3 {[%eval 23,22]} (6... cxd5 $142 {[%eval -22,21]} 7. Qb3 (7. d4 e4 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nf4 Rc8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Bc3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Qc7 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. b3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qb2 {Sierra Pena,M (1273)-Marcos Rodriguez,R (1656) Salobrena 2022 0-1 (62)}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O {I have no idea why I didn't play this, this is clearly much better than what I played}) (6... cxd5 {I was worried about} 7. Qa4+ {however} Nc6 {solves the problem}) 7. bxc3 cxd5 8. Ba3 {[%cal Oc3c4] I had seen this move, but didn't think it would be a big problem to deal with - how wrong was I! I begun to wish I'd castled earlier} (8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 e4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. c4 Bf5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Qb2 Qd7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Bh3 19. Rac1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxc8 Kf8 {Lau,Y-White,D Tornelo INT 2021 1-0}) 8... Nc6 9. Nf3 $146 (9. Ne2 Bf5 10. d3 Qa5 11. Qb3 O-O-O 12. Rb1 Qa6 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxf7 Rd2 17. Qf5+ Kb8 18. Qxe4 Rxa2 19. Bb2 Rf8 20. O-O Ra4 21. Qc2 Rg4 22. Qd1 h5 23. Qd6+ {1-0 (23) Bruil,R (1811)-Marchesich,G (1438) Porec 2015}) 9... Bf5 10. d4 Ne4 {[%eval 123,21]} (10... Qa5 $11 {[%eval 11,21] remains equal.} 11. Qb3 exd4) 11. Rc1 {[%eval 40,22]} ({Better is} 11. O-O $16 {[%eval 123,21]}) 11... Qa5 $14 {[%csl Ba3,Bc3]} 12. Qb3 {Black must now prevent 0-0.} Rb8 $2 {[%eval 214,22] Annoyingly I invested an awful lot of time in this move, I didn't want to play it, but I thought I had to defend the pawn or my Queenside Knight would drop, however, if he take b7 his Queen gets trapped - see below} (12... exd4 $1 $14 {[%eval 48,21]} 13. Bb4 (13. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 $19 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Bb4 Qxa2 16. Qxd7+) 13... Qc7) 13. O-O $18 (13. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rc8 $16) (13. dxe5 $6 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 $16) 13... Bg4 {[%eval 254,23]} (13... h5 $142 {[%eval 194,23]} 14. Rfd1 (14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb4 Qb5 $16) (14. dxe5 Nc5 $18) 14... Bg4 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 (16. Qxd5 $2 Qxa3 17. h3 Rd8 $19) 16... Qxc5 17. Rxd5 Qe7) 14. Rc2 ({Don't do} 14. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 15. Bxe4 (15. dxe5 Nd2 $16) 15... dxe4 $18) (14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Bb4 (15. Bxf3 $2 Nd2 $19) 15... Nd2 $11) 14... exd4 {[%eval 321,23]} (14... Be6 {[%eval 179,22] might work better.} 15. Nxe5 (15. dxe5 Nc5 $16) 15... Nxe5) 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 {[%eval 477,26]} (15... Nc5 $142 {[%eval 318,24]} 16. Qxd5 Qxa3) 16. exd4 Be6 17. Qb2 {[%eval 177,24]} (17. c4 $142 {[%eval 349,24] cxd5 is the strong threat.} dxc4 18. Qe3) 17... Kd7 {[%eval 268,22]} (17... b5 $142 {[%eval 177,24]} 18. f3 Nf6) 18. f3 $2 {[%eval 43,22]} (18. c4 $1 $18 {[%eval 268,22][%cal Rc4d5]} Qb6 19. Qc1) 18... Nd6 $14 19. Bxd6 Kxd6 {[#]} 20. Qb4+ $2 {[%eval -155,20]} (20. f4 $1 $16 {[%eval 93,20][%cal Rf4f5] And now f5 would win.} g6 21. c4) 20... Qxb4 $17 21. cxb4 Rhc8 22. Rfc1 {[#]} Rxc2 $2 {[%eval -3,23] I didn't give this move any thought at all} (22... Rc4 $1 $19 {[%eval -168,25]} 23. a3 Rbc8 24. Rxc4 dxc4) 23. Rxc2 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc8 24. Rxc8 {White offered a draw} Bxc8 25. Kf2 Kc6 26. Bf1 b5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.67/Black=0.63 Black offered a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Senior Citizens Club, Oswestry"]
[Date "2025.04.24"]
[Round "Rd 5"]
[White "Grocott-James, Al"]
[Black "Fisher, Peter S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Rudy Van kemenade"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2170482756671924"]
[EventDate "2025.04.24"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"]

{[%evp 0,84,18,22,12,14,33,21,31,38,45,50,52,47,48,41,31,34,27,27,42,34,43,18,38,19,18,-17,-26,-6,-3,109,3,9,54,-128,54,-91,-81,-107,11,-15,-32,-69,-162,-111,-9,-165,275,335,287,143,295,340,819,419,803,343,195,210,157,30,208,163,235,259,259,159,290,-361,-533,-556,-348,-464,-463,-414,-475,-842,-85,1,-87,-86,-81,-1396,-1392,-1401,-1410]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 {[unusually a bit early, but it transposes into a mainsteam Tartakower variation-vk]} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Bb7 (8... Be6 {is actually preferred by some theory books-vk}) 9. Rc1 a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 (11. Bb1) (11. Qc2) (11. Qe2 {[alternatives-vk]}) 11... c5 12. Re1 $6 {[%eval 32,15]} (12. Bf5 {[%eval 60,15] [is a Cloud Engine preference, but in practice scores badly , with 1 2-3 results- vk]} Re8 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. Qh5 Ne5 18. Rfd1 Nc4 19. b3 Nb2 20. Nf5) (12. Bb1 $11 {[main, preserving the B to take aim at the K side; 6-3-3. It depends on which position one is comfortable with-vk]}) 12... Re8 13. e4 $6 {[%eval -28,15] [N- but looks as reasonable as the other moves played or suggested-vk]} (13. Bf5 {[%eval 36,15]} Nf8 14. Ne5 Ng6 15. Na4 c4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11 {[last move added in by SF17.1-vk]}) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 cxd4 17. Qe1 $2 {[%eval -129,18]} (17. Bxe7 {[%eval 18,13]} Rxe7 18. Rxd4 Rc8 19. h3 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qb8 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. b3 Nf6 23. Rd8+ Re8) 17... Nf6 $2 {[%eval 12,17]} (17... Bxg5 {[%eval -129,18]} 18. Nxg5 Nc5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nf3 Qxe1+ 21. Nxe1 a5 22. Rd1 Nb3 23. f4 a4 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. Kf2 f6 26. Rd3 Re8 27. g3 {[and Bl keeps the extra pawn with Rd8 or Re4 winning -vk]}) 18. Re2 $6 {[%eval -53,18]} (18. Rxd4 {[%eval 12,17]} Qb8 19. Qd2 b5 20. Re1 Qb6 21. Re5 h6 22. Bh4 Bf8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[with a level position-vk]}) 18... h6 19. Bh4 Qd6 $6 {[%eval 22,13]} (19... Qd7 {[%eval -11,15]} 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Rce1 b5 22. Qd3 Nd5 23. Qxd4 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. h3 f5 28. Qd4 Qe4 29. Qa7 {[another level position-vk]}) 20. Bg3 Qd8 21. Bc7 $6 {[%eval -36,18]} (21. Qf1 {[%eval 0,14] [looks myserious, but the Engine is anticipating Bl playing, d3, so targets that square in advance , and removes the Q from the gaze of the R on e8-vk]} d3 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Re1 Qd5 24. Rxd3 Qb5 25. b4 a5 26. Nd4 Qd7) 21... Qd7 22. Ne5 (22. Bxb6 d3 23. Rd1 Qd6 24. Be3 dxe2 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Qxe2 Ng4 $17 {[SF17.1-vk]}) 22... Qd5 $6 {[%eval 0,16]} (22... Qb5 {[%eval -84,17]} 23. Qd1 Rac8 24. a4 Qd5 25. Nd3 b5 26. Be5 bxa4 (26... Rxc1 $19 {SF17.1-vk]}) 27. Ra1 a3 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 (28... axb2 29. Rxb2 Bxf6 $19 {according to SF17.1-vk]}) 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxa3 Qb5) 23. Nc4 $2 {[%eval -169,16]} (23. Bxb6 {[%eval 0,16]} Bd6 24. Ng4 Qb5 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Re4 d3 (26... Bf4 $17 {is SF17.1 view on this variation}) 27. a4) 23... Qf5 $4 {[%eval 205,17]} (23... Bc5 {[%eval -169,16]} 24. Nxb6 Bxb6 25. Bxb6 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 d3 27. Qf1 Rb8 28. Be3 Rxb2 29. f3 Re2 30. Bf2 d2 31. Rb1 Qe5 32. Bg3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Re6 34. Bf2 Qe5 35. Qd3 Qd6 36. Qc2) 24. Rxe7 $2 {[%eval 103,20] [it seems severe to put a ? onto a perfectly sensible move that wins a piece comfortably,just because the Engine considers that there is an even stronger possibility. Remove the ?, and intead give the Engine move !-vk]} (24. Re5 {[%eval 205,17]} Qd3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Re8 27. Ne5 Qb3 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. axb4 Nd5 30. Bd6 f6 31. Nd3 Re2 32. Rd1 Rc2 33. g3 Rc6 34. Bf4 Rc2 35. Ra1 Nxf4 36. gxf4 Rd2 37. Ra3) 24... Rxe7 25. Qxe7 Re8 $2 {[%eval 289,20]} (25... Nd5 {[%eval 134,20]} 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. Bxe5 Rc8 28. b3 b5 29. Bxd4 f5 30. g3 f4 31. Rc2 bxc4 32. Rxc4 Re8 33. Rc5 f3 34. Kf1 (34. h3 $18 {SF17.1, which considers this winning for Wh, who is after all a piece up-vk]})) 26. Nd6 Qg5 $2 {[%eval 1018,19]} (26... Qxf2+ {[%eval 300,19] [definitely a better line for B, but Wh is still winning-vk]} 27. Kxf2 Rxe7 28. Nf5 Rd7 29. Bxb6 d3 30. Kf3 Kh7 31. Rd1 h5 32. Bg1 Ng4 33. Ke4 Nf6+ 34. Kf4 Nd5+ 35. Kg3 Nf6 36. Bd4 d2 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. b4 Rd5 39. Ne3 Rd4) 27. Qxf7+ Kh7 28. Rd1 $2 {[%eval 353,15]} (28. f4 {[%eval 1016,17] is the best, though Rf1 or Qc4 are also winning for Wh-SF17.1-vk]} Qxf4 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nxe8+ Nxe8 31. Bxf4 Kf7 32. Rc6 h5 33. Rxb6 a5 34. Be5 d3 35. Rb3 Ke6 36. Bd4 d2 37. Rd3 a4) 28... Re2 29. Nc4 $6 {[%eval 220,14]} (29. Qc4 {[%eval 353,14]} Rd2 30. Qf1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Nd5 32. Qc2+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. Bb8 d3 35. Ne4 Kf5 36. Nd2 h5 37. h4 b5 38. Bd6 Ke6 39. Bc5 {[Wh is a piece up, so the win is a matter of time-vk]}) 29... b5 30. h4 $2 {[%eval 55,17]} (30. Ne5 {[%eval 232,15]} Qf5 31. Nf3 Rxb2 32. Bd8 Rb1 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Qe5 35. Ba5 Qe2 36. Qa7 Qb2 37. Bb4 Nd5 {[and Qc5 -SF17.1 is a comfortable win for Wh-vk]}) 30... Qxh4 $6 {[%eval 133,18]} (30... Qf5 {[%eval 55,17]} 31. Bg3 bxc4 32. Qxc4 d3 33. f4 Rxb2 34. Qxd3 Ne4 35. Re1 Nxg3 36. Qxg3 Rd2 37. Re7 Qf6 38. Re4 Ra2 39. Kh2 {[the position is level, both sides retain chances-vk]}) 31. Bg3 Qe4 $2 {[%eval 266,18]} (31... Qg4 {[%eval 144,13]} 32. Nd2 Rxf2 33. Qb3 Re2 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Nf3 Rxb2 36. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Rb3 38. Bd6 Re3 39. Kf2 Re4 40. Rd1 Ng4+ 41. Kg1 {[Wh remains a piece up, though Bl might be able to swap off Wh's remaining 2 pawns for a draw-vk]}) 32. Ne5 Rxb2 33. Nf3 $2 {[%eval 107,18]} (33. Nd3 {[%eval 262,18]} Rc2 34. Be5 Qh4 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. Nb4 Rc3 38. Nxa6 Rxa3 39. Nb4 Kg6 40. Rxd4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Ra4 42. g4 h5 43. gxh5+) (33. Nd7 {[considered by SF17.1 to be even stronger]} Nxd7 34. Qxd7 Re2 35. Kh2 Qe6 36. Rxd4 Qxd7 37. Rxd7 {[and Bl has nothing much to play for- the only hope is Wh losing the a pawn, but this is easily protected-vk]}) 33... d3 {[%eval 427,19]} (33... Rb1 {[%eval 107,18]} 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe4 36. Bd6 Qf5 37. Qe7 Qe4 38. Be5 Ng4+ 39. Kh3 Nxe5 40. Qxe5 {[Wh remains a piece up- vk]}) 34. Nd2 $4 {[%eval -529,21]} (34. Be5 $1 {[%eval 427,19] [seen by vk & mentioned in pm- the B hits both N & r]} Qe2 35. Kh2 (35. Bxb2 Qxb2 36. Qe6 $18 {[SF17.1]}) 35... Qxf2 36. Bxb2 Qxb2 37. Rxd3 {[simplest-SF17.1 gets more convoluted-vk]} (37. Re1 d2 38. Re7 Ng8 39. Rd7 Qf6 40. Nxd2 $18) 37... Qc1 38. Qe6 Qc5 39. Rd4 Qh5+ 40. Nh4) 34... Qe2 35. Rb1 $6 {[%eval -635,18]} (35. Ra1 {[%eval -530,20]} Rxd2 36. Qb3 Rb2 37. Qd1 Ne4 38. Qxe2 Rxe2 39. Rd1 d2 40. Kf1 Nc3 41. Bb8 Re8 42. Rxd2 Rxb8 43. Rd3 Rc8 44. f4 Rc5 45. g3 Ne4 46. Ke2) 35... Rxb1+ 36. Nxb1 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxb1 38. Be5 $2 {[%eval -1853,19] [both players short of time-vk]} (38. Bf4 {[%eval -559,19]} Qe1 39. Qa2 Qe2 40. Qb3 Ng4+ 41. Kg3 h5 42. Qb4 Nxf2 43. Kh2 Ne4 44. Qe7 Ng3 45. Qxe2 Nxe2 46. Bd2 Kg6) 38... d2 $4 {[%eval -97,19]} (38... Ng4+ {[%eval -1853,19]} 39. Kg3 Nxe5) 39. Bxf6 Qg6 40. Qd7 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 $4 {[%eval -3582,18] [Q xg7 was illegally played here ( an echo of Bl.s previous game in rd4!-vk]} (41. Kg3 {[%eval -100,18]} Qg6+ 42. Kh2 Qxf6 43. Qxd2 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qc4 45. g3 {[assessed as level by SF17.1- though Bl is a pawn up, the game will most likey end in a perpetual from either side-vk]}) 41... d1=Q+ 42. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.30"]
[Round "Rd 5"]
[White "Atherton, Marcus"]
[Black "Smith, Martyn R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[GameId "2172439835074667"]
[EventDate "2025.05.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"]

{[%evp 0,24,15,19,4,22,22,1,9,18,13,24,18,102,116,101,25,6,128,137,103,133,132,130,134,182,121]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 {not considered as good as d4, but has been used by Carlsen and others to avoid the Riga} (6. d4 {is the main response, when Bl was intending to play the Riga variation, shown to him some years ago by Brandon Clarke.} exd4 (6... b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {main line of the Open variation}) 7. Re1 d5 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Nxc6 Bxh2+ {now correct is} 10. Kh1 (10. Kxh2 Qh4+ {draws, as in many GM games}) (10. Kf1 Qh4 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Nf3 Qh5 {may be playable, but Wh has to endure a fierce attack, and the Engine and results favour Bl}) 10... Qh4 11. Rxe4+ dxe4 12. Qd8+ Qxd8 13. Nxd8+ Kxd8 14. Kxh2 {when the Wh pieces are more active and Bl's R s lack entry squares- 68% for Wh}) 6... d5 (6... Nc5 {main, to eliminate the B} 7. Nxe5 (7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 {is an inferior version of a Ruy Lopez exchange, Wh is lacking the usual k side 4 vs 3 formation as compensation for giving Bl the 2Bs}) 7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5+ Be7 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. d4 d5 {24% for Wh}) 7. d3 b5 (7... Nc5 {now too late, Wh scores 89%} 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nxc6) 8. Bb3 (8. dxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 bxa4 11. Rxe4 $11 {Cloud Engines-though 3 Wh wins and a draw}) 8... Nc5 (8... Nf6 {54% for Wh}) 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5+ Be6 {main} (10... Be7 11. Bxd5 $18 {9-1-0}) 11. Bxd5 Bd6 12. Bc6+ Nd7 (12... Kf8 13. Bg5 (13. Rxe6 Nxe6 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 $16 {but 1-1-1}) (13. Re1 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qd6+ 15. Kg1 Qxc6 16. Nc3 h5 17. Ne2 h4 18. Nd4 Qd5 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 h3 21. gxh3 Bxh3 22. Bf4 Ne6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. c3 f6 25. Re3 Kf7 26. Rae1 c6 27. Nd2 Ng5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. f4 Nf7 31. Ne4 Bc8 32. Kf2 {½-½ Parveen,T-Johns Putra,G (2005) Olympiad Women-29 Novi Sad 1990 (9)}) 13... f6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Be3) 13. Rxe6+ {SF15 & 17.1} (13. Bg5 $18 {Fritz15} f6 14. Rxe6+ Kf7 15. Bd5 fxg5 16. Rxd6+ Ke7 17. Re6+ Kf7 18. Qf3+ Nf6 19. Rxa6+ Qxd5 20. Rxf6+ gxf6 21. Qxd5+ Kg6 22. Nd2 Rac8 23. Re1 Rhe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Ne4 b4 26. Qc6 h5 27. Qxf6+ {1-0 Ryan,K-Critchfield,T CServe email 1994}) 13... fxe6 14. Bxa8 (14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh3 Kf7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Nc3 $18 {SF17.1}) 14... Qxa8 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qe2 O-O (16... Qd5 17. Nc3 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne4 O-O {is better, but Wh is a pawn up with a superior pawn structure.}) 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 $2 (17... Rf7 {had to be played}) 18. Qxd7 Re8 19. Bd2 (19. Be3) 19... Bf4 20. Bc3+ Be5 21. Bxe5+ (21. Qxc7 {SF17.1}) 21... Rxe5 22. Qd4 Qe8 (22... Qd5 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. f4 Qc5+ 25. d4 Qxc3 26. Nxc3 $18 {SF17.1}) 23. f4 c5 24. Qxe5+ Qxe5 25. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.30"]
[Round "Rd 5"]
[White "Smith, Jonathan"]
[Black "Read, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1481"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[GameId "2172730641911216"]
[EventDate "2025.05.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"]

{[%evp 0,15,26,24,12,17,39,30,37,35,37,24,16,17,44,51,61,51]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 (5. e4) (5. g3) (5. Bg5 {main lines}) 5... d6 6. Be2 Nc6 (6... Nbd7 {main}) 7. O-O Re8 (7... e5) (7... Nd7) (7... Bg4 {more frequent}) 8. Re1 (8. b3 e5 9. Bb2 exd4 10. exd4 Bf5 {50 % over 21 games}) 8... e5 (8... a6 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qd2 c6 15. b4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Rad8 17. Red1 Rd3 18. Be1 Red8 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. f3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Kf2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 Ra3 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Re8 Rxa2+ 27. Kg3 f6 28. Rd8 Ra1 29. Bf2 Rb1 30. Rxd5 Rxb4 31. Rd8 Kg7 32. Rb8 Rb1 33. e4 b4 34. Rb7+ Kh6 35. Be3+ g5 36. h4 Kg6 37. hxg5 Rb3 38. Bd2 Rd3 39. Bxb4 Bxb4 40. Rxb4 Kxg5 41. Rb8 Rd7 42. Rg8+ Kh6 43. Kg4 Rg7+ 44. Rxg7 Kxg7 45. Kh5 f5 46. exf5 Kf6 47. g4 Kg7 48. Kg5 h6+ 49. Kh5 {1-0 Adelino,Y (1800)-Cunha,J (1572) Joao Pessoa Fischer Memorial 7th 2016 (3)}) 9. dxe5 (9. d5 $14 {SF17.1} Ne7 {2-0}) 9... Nxe5 (9... dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. e4 Bg4 12. Bg5 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 10. h3 (10. Nxe5 Rxe5 {1-1-4} 11. f3 $11 {Cloud Engines, not yet played}) 10... Bf5 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 $11 {SF17.1}) 11. Nd4 Qd7 (11... Bd7 $11) 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. f3 Rad8 14. e4 Qd7 (14... Qe6 15. Qb3 Nfd7 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Be3 $14 {SF17}) 15. Qc2 (15. Be3 $14 {SF17.1- Wh has a little bit of extra space}) 15... h5 {not a bad move in itself , it restrains Wh's g4 space gaining. Leaves g5 for aB, but Bl can contest with Nh7} (15... Qe6 $11 {SF17.1}) 16. Bg5 c6 $2 {to control d5 against a Wh invasion, but takes away a square from the N} (16... Rc8 17. Bh4 Nh7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bf1 $16 {SF17.1}) 17. f4 $18 Neg4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Rad1 Kh7 (19... Qe6) 20. e5 Nh5 21. Bxd8 (21. Ne4 d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bxd8 (23. Nf2 {SF17.1})) 21... Rxd8 22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd1 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Nxf4 26. Bxg4 Qxb2 27. Ne2 (27. Qf3 {SF17.1}) 27... Bxe5 28. Nxf4 Bxf4 29. Rf1 Qf6 30. g3 1-0