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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Maddocks A-Oswestry A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.01.16"] [Round "Bd 1"] [White "Van Kemenade, R."] [Black "Preece, Tony"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1905"] [BlackElo "1859"] [PlyCount "105"] [GameId "2134829771415583"] [EventDate "2025.01.17"] {[%evp 0,12,17,17,17,0,-48,5,8,5,19,24,12,19,28]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 (5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5) 5... Nd7 6. d4 (6. g3 f6) 6... h6 $146 (6... f6 {3-1-3}) (6... Be7 {2-0-2}) (6... Ne7 {1-0}) 7. h4 (7. c3 {SF17}) 7... Nb6 8. g3 (8. c3 a5 9. a4 Na7 10. Rh3 c5 11. h5 $16 {SF17}) (8. Rh3 a6 9. h5 Bd7 10. b3 f6 11. c3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Nc8 14. Bf4 Nd6 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Bg6+ Kd8 17. Nd2 $16 {SF17}) 8... Bd7 9. b3 Nb4 10. c3 Na6 11. a4 $16 c5 12. a5 Nc8 13. Bg2 (13. Bh3 {considered by Wh}) 13... Ne7 14. O-O Nf5 15. Bh3 {tHe N has made 6 moves, this is the Bs second} (15. Rd1) 15... g6 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Kh2 Bc6 18. Be3 (18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 a6 20. Bf4 Be7 21. b4 Nd7 22. Nd2 $18 {SF17}) 18... Qd7 (18... c4) 19. Nbd2 (19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Na3) 19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 $18 Qc7 21. b4 Bd7 22. Nb5 (22. Rfc1 Qxe5 23. N2f3 Qg7 24. Bf4 Qg4 25. Qe3 Bg7 26. Ne5 $18 {SF17}) (22. b5 Nc5 23. Bf4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. b6 Qxc3 26. a6 $18 {SF17}) 22... Bxb5 23. Qxb5+ Qc6 24. Qd3 (24. Qe2 Qxc3 (24... Nc7 25. Rab1 b5 26. axb6 axb6 27. b5 Qb7 28. Nb3) 25. Rfc1 Qxb4 26. Rab1 Qxa5 27. Rxb7 $18 {considered,}) 24... Nc7 25. Rfb1 (25. Rac1 Qb5 26. c4 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Rd8 {considered} 28. Qb3 Nd5 29. Bxa7 Bxb4 30. Bc5 $1) 25... a6 26. Bb6 (26. c4 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Nd5 {reason not down this considered line} 28. Nb6 Nxb6 29. axb6 Rd8 30. Qe2 Qb5 31. Qxb5+ axb5 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Rc1 Bxb4 34. Rc7 O-O 35. Bxh6 $18) 26... Rc8 27. Bxc7 (27. Rc1 {saves the pawn, which Wh was happy to have sacrificed earlier, but not as good here.}) (27. Rd1 Bg7 28. Qe3 O-O 29. Bc5 Rfe8 30. Rg1 $18) 27... Qxc7 $15 28. Rc1 Qxe5 29. b5 Qd6 30. Rab1 (30. c4 dxc4 31. Qc3 {looked at} axb5 (31... Qc5 32. Nxc4 Qxf2+ 33. Kh3 Qe2 34. Qxh8 Qg4+ $11) (31... Rg8 32. Nxc4 {Wh could not evauate this position} Qc5 33. Qf3 $18) 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Qxh8 Qd2 34. Rxc4 Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 bxc4 $11 {SF17}) 30... Be7 31. Qf3 (31. bxa6 bxa6 (31... Qxa6 32. c4 $11) 32. Nf3 (32. Rb6 {intended by Wh if axb6} Qc5 33. Kg2 Qxa5 34. Rxa6 Qd8 35. Nf3 O-O 36. Qe3 Kh7 37. Rb1 $15) 32... Bd8 33. c4 Rc5 34. Qa3 O-O 35. cxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Rc5 $11) 31... Bd8 (31... O-O $19 32. Kg2 {SF17} (32. Qh5 Kg7 33. Nf3 Bf6 $19) 32... Qa3 $19) 32. c4 $11 Bxa5 33. Nb3 Bd8 34. cxd5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 exd5 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Ra1 f4 39. Rxa6 fxg3+ 40. fxg3 Ke7 41. Ra7+ (41. Nd4 $11) 41... Ke6 42. Nd4+ Ke5 43. Nc6+ (43. Nf3+ Ke4 44. Kg2 d4 45. Rxf7 d3 46. Rd7 $11) 43... Ke4 44. Rxf7 Bb6 45. Rf4+ Ke3 46. Ne5 $11 (46. Ne7 Rd8 47. Nf5+ Ke2 48. Rb4) 46... h5 47. Rb4 (47. Kg2) 47... Bc7 48. Ng6 (48. Rb3+) 48... Rd8 49. Ne7 d4 50. Nf5+ Ke4 51. Nxd4 Rxd4 52. Rxd4+ Kxd4 53. Kh3 $11 {[draw?]} 1/2-1/2
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