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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Cox Trophy"] [White "Bryant, Richard BE"] [Black "Walker, Kate"] [Site "?"] [Round "Rd1 Bd2"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2024.12.12"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "1720"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2122416208752703"] [EventDate "2024.12.13"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Nd7 (5... Bg4) (5... exd4 {main}) 6. c3 (6. Bc4 {main}) 6... Ngf6 7. Qc2 $146 (7. Bd3 {2-1-3}) (7. Nbd2 {2-1-1}) 7... Bd6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. a4 Qb6 (10... Qc7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qc5 16. Qf2 $11 {SF17}) 11. a5 (11. Be2 $11) 11... Qc7 $15 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 16. Nd4 (16. Nxe5 Bxe5 (16... fxe5 17. Bg4 $16) 17. Nf3 Bf4 18. Bd3 c5 19. c4 Rfd8 $11 {SF17}) 16... Ng6 17. N2f3 Bc5 (17... c5 18. Nf5 Rae8 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. c4 b4 22. Rad1 $11 {SF17- though Bl has gained a pawn, which gives endgame chances}) 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Nf5 Bc8 20. N3d4 Rfe8 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Ndf5+ Bxf5 23. Nxf5+ Kh8 24. b4 {releases the R , but Wh's pawn chain could be undermined by a later c5} Bf8 25. Rf3 (25. Rac1 c5 26. c4 $11 {SF17}) 25... Qe5 (25... c5 $11 {SF17}) 26. Ng3 $2 {Wh protects the wrong pawn- the e4 is a weakling, that even gets in the way of Wh's own pieces.} (26. Raf1 Qxe4 27. Bd3 Qd5 28. Nd4 Bxb4 29. Rxf6 Bxc3 30. Bxg6 Bxd4 31. Rxf7 Bg7 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Qf2 $11 {SF17- as the open Bl K compensates for the pawn down}) (26. Nd4 Rc8 (26... Qxe4 27. Bd3 Qd5 28. Raf1 Bxb4 {as in previous note}) 27. Rf5 Qxe4 28. Bd3 Qe3 29. Rf3 (29. Rxf6 Ne5 30. Be2 c5 31. bxc5 Rxc5 32. Nf5 Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxa6 b4 $15 {SF17})) 26... Bxb4 $17 27. Raf1 Bd6 (27... Bxa5 28. Rxf6 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc6 b4 31. Rxa6 Rb8 32. Rb1 Rec8 33. Bd1 Ne5 $17 {SF17}) 28. Rf5 (28. Rxf6 Qg5 29. R1f5 Qe3 30. Rxf7 Bxg3 31. Rh5 h6 32. hxg3 Rd2 33. Qb3 Rxe2 34. Rh7+ Kxh7 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 (38... Nf8 39. Rf5 $18) 39. Qd7+ $11 {SF17}) 28... Qe7 29. Bf3 {again, keeping the pawn on e4 just makes the wh B very bad and which itself also getsin the way of the rest of the pieces} (29. Rxf6 Bxg3 30. hxg3 Qe5 31. Rxf7 Qxg3 32. R1f3 Qe1+ 33. Rf1 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Qg5 35. Qc1 Rd2 36. R1f2 (36. R7f2 Red8 $19 37. Bh5 Nf4 $1) 36... Red8 37. Bh5 $11) 29... Be5 $19 30. Rh5 Qa3 31. Ne2 Rd6 (31... c5 {SF17}) 32. Nd4 Qxa5 (32... Red8 33. Bg4 c5 34. Ne2 Rd2 35. Qb1 Qa2 $19 {SF17}) (32... b4 33. Nf5 b3 34. Qf2 Rd3 35. Nh6 Qe7 36. Ng4 Red8 $19 {SF17}) 33. Nf5 Rdd8 (33... Rd7 $19) 34. Qb3 (34. g3 Bxc3 (34... Qxc3 35. Qg2 Bd6 36. Qh3 Bf8 (36... Nf8 37. Qh4 Be5 38. Qg4 Ne6 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. Qh5+ $11) 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. e5 Qxe5 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qh7+ Ke6 41. Qxg6 Kd7 42. Qf7+ Be7 43. Qa2 Qc5 44. Qxa6 Kc7 $15 {a complex engine line}) 35. Qg2 Nf8 $17 {SF17}) 34... Qc7 (34... Rd7 $19 {SF17-keeps the threat of taking on c3}) 35. Nh6 (35. g3 Qd7 36. Nh6 Qd3 37. Kg2 Ra8 38. Nxf7+ Kg7 39. Nh6 Ra7 $19 {SF17}) 35... Re7 36. Qc2 Nf4 (36... Bf4 37. Nf5 Red7 $19 {SF17}) 37. Rf5 Red7 38. g3 Ng6 39. Qb3 c5 40. Rh5 c4 41. Qc2 Rd2 42. Qc1 Bxg3 {[#] scorekeeping ran out at this point. Wh did later get in a Rxh7ch which was declined, but eventually the Wh K side attack failed, and the Bl Q side pawns won through} (42... Bxg3 43. hxg3 Ne5 $1 {SF17} (43... Qxg3 44. Nxf7+ Kg8 45. Nxd8 Rxd8 46. Qh6 $18) 44. Bg2 Qb6 45. Qa3 Re8 46. Nf5 Red8 $11 {SF17-the B protects the K but has no extra activity}) (42... b4 $1 43. Qe1 bxc3 44. Be2 c2 45. Qf2 R8d6 46. Qf3 R2d3 47. Qg4 Rd1 48. Bxd1 c1=Q $19 {SF17}) (42... R8d3 43. Qa3 Qa7 44. Bg4 Bd6 45. Qa5 Bf8 46. Nf5 Qb7 47. Re1 b4 $19 {SF17}) (42... Bxg3 {The following is a reconstruction by vk from a position reconstructed by Julie who was watching the Rh7 sacrifice} 43. hxg3 Qxg3 44. Qe1 Qc7 (44... Qxe1 45. Rxe1 Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kh8 47. Ne3 $11 {SF17}) 45. Nf5 (45. e5 fxe5 46. Be4 $18 {Sf17}) 45... Ne5 (45... Qf4 $11 {SF17}) 46. Bg2 (46. Qh4 $18 {SF17}) 46... Ng4 47. Rxh7+ $1 Kg8 {and now Rh8 ch would win(seen by Julie), as would Rg7 ch Kf8, Rxg4.SF17} (47... Kxh7 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Qxg4+ Kf8 50. e5 R8d3 51. Qg7+ Ke8 52. Re1 $18 {Sf17})) 0-1
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