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Oswestry Chess Club
[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
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