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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Cox Trophy"] [White "Holyhead, James"] [Black "Bailey, Adrian"] [Site "?"] [Round "Rd1 Bd3"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2024.12.12"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1761"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2122769847537733"] [EventDate "2024.12.13"] {[%evp 0,18,15,23,23,5,35,16,19,7,12,12,7,17,17,-9,13,-10,34,28,24]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 {A Schlechter Gruenfeld, which also has affities with a Slav} 7. b3 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 {main}) 7... Bf5 8. Bb2 Qd7 {11 games} (8... Nbd7 {403 games}) (8... Ne4 {390 games} 9. Nbd2 Qa5) 9. Nbd2 (9. Ne5 Qe6 $11 {3-0}) 9... Bh3 10. Ne5 Qf5 $146 (10... Qc8 $14 {1-2-2}) (10... Qe6 {Cloud Engines} 11. Rc1 {1.5-0.5}) 11. cxd5 (11. f3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 $14 {SF17}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 cxd5 13. Rc1 Na6 $14 (13... Rc8 14. Ndf3 Na6 15. Qd2 Qe6 $11 {SF17}) 14. Qc2 Qe6 (14... Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 e6 $11 {SF17}) 15. e4 {leads to an isolated QP and a passive B behind it} (15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a4 Nb4 $11 {SF17}) 15... Rac8 $17 16. Qb1 dxe4 (16... Bh6 $1 17. f4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd5 19. Rfe1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Rc8 21. Ba3 Bf8 22. Kh3 Qa5 23. Nxf6+ exf6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Nc4 Qc7 $17 {SF17}) 17. Nxe4 Qd5 18. f3 Bh6 {looks promising, but Wh can just escape} (18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qd8 20. Qd3 Nc7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qe2 Bg7 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Qd6 $15 {Wh needs to defend carefully with the IQP}) 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Ng4 Bg7 (20... Bg5 {looks risky} 21. h4 h5 22. hxg5 hxg4 23. Qe4 gxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxg5 25. Ba3 Rfe8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxb7 Rc2+ 28. Rf2 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qd2+ {SF17- with a perpetual}) 21. Ba3 (21. Ne3 Qa5 22. Rfd1 $11 {SF17}) 21... Rfe8 $11 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qd3 h5 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. Qc4 (27. d5) 27... Nc7 28. d5 f5 29. Bb4 Na6 30. d6 (30. Ba3 $11) (30. Bd2 $11) 30... Nxb4 (30... b5 31. Qf4 Nxb4 32. Qxb4 Be5 33. a4 Bxd6 (33... bxa4 34. Nc4 $11) 34. Qxb5 Qxb5 35. axb5 Kf8 (35... f4 36. gxf4 Bxf4 37. Nd5 Bd6 38. b6 axb6 39. Nxb6 $11) 36. f4 $11 {SF17}) 31. Qxb4 Bf8 32. Nd5 {[Draw?]} (32. Nd5 Qxd6 (32... Kg7 $2 33. Qd4+ $18) (32... Bxd6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Qxd6 (34. Qd4 {also wins}) 34... Qxd6 35. Ne8+ $18) 33. Qxb7 Qe5 34. f4 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qg4+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ {perpetual}) 1/2-1/2
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