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Oswestry Chess Club
[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
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