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Oswestry Chess Club
[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
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