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Oswestry Chess Club

[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

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