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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "MaddocksA-Oswestry A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.01.16"] [Round "Bd 2"] [White "Pugh, Glyn D"] [Black "Bryant, Richard BE"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "1873"] [BlackElo "1895"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2137547407070375"] [EventDate "2025.01.24"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.24"] {[%evp 0,22,7,18,13,16,25,12,14,6,10,8,10,54,54,31,14,-25,-9,-7,-49,-26,-24,-28,-15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 c5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 d5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O $11 {Pugh-Bryant, Cox final 2024,0-1}) 3... Bb4 4. Qc2 {Fashion reigns in chess as well. This was all the rage in the 1930's, then died out , until Kasparov usbrought it back to life 50 years later. It is now the second most popular move after e3.} c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ {main} (6... Qa5 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Rd1 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Nxa4 {is fine for both sides}) 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. Bg5 (8. b4) (8. f3 {main lines}) 8... Nce4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11 {3-8-8} (9... Nxf6 $11 {0-3-8}) 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 (10... gxf6 {0.5-2.5}) 11. g3 (11. Nf3 {2-2-3}) 11... b6 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. Nf3 Ba6 (13... Bb7 $11 {Cloud Engines; Yushko-Alyabusheva, UKR ch sf women, Evpatoria 2006,1-0}) 14. Nd2 (14. Ne5 $11 Rc8 15. b3 Ke7 16. Kd2 Rc7 17. Rhc1 Rhc8 18. a4 $11 {Novopashin-Lenchiner, UKR ch 1960,1/2-1/2}) 14... Rc8 $15 15. Rc1 (15. b3) 15... d5 $17 16. b3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 (17. bxc4 {appears to be slightly better according to engines}) 17... Ke7 18. O-O Rc5 (18... Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rc5 20. Rc2 Rhc8 21. Rfc1 {the split pawns are a headache for Wh- Engines}) 19. Ne3 Rhc8 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Bf3 Rc3 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. a4 {Trying for some space, but best to try and avoid pawn moves on the side where one is under attack.} (23. Kf1 {best, but Wh is struggling} Nc5 24. b4 Nb3 25. Ke1 Nd4 26. a4 Bd3 27. Ra1 Rb3 28. Rc1 Nxf3+ 29. exf3 Kd7 30. Kd2 Bg6 31. Rc4 e5 32. f4 Rb2+ 33. Kc3 Rxf2 34. fxe5 Rxh2 $17 {SF17}) 23... Ne5 $19 24. Rb2 Nxf3+ 25. exf3 Bb7 26. Kg2 g5 (26... f5 {SF17}) 27. g4 Kf8 {to enforce f5, but takes the K away from duty at the front} (27... Kd6 28. Rd2+ Bd5 29. h4 gxh4 30. g5 Ke5 31. Re2 Rxb3 $19 {SF17}) 28. Kg3 $17 e5 (28... Rc1 $17 {Engines}) 29. b4 $11 (29. Rd2 $11) 29... a6 30. a5 b5 31. Rc2 $2 {swap pawns, keep pieces on , when fighting for a draw} (31. Rd2 $11) 31... Rxc2 32. Nxc2 Ke7 $19 33. Ne3 Ke6 34. h3 f6 {Zugzwang} 35. Kg2 e4 36. fxe4 Bxe4+ 37. f3 Bd3 38. Kg3 Ke5 39. h4 Kd4 (39... gxh4+ 40. Kxh4 Kd4) 40. Ng2 Kc3 41. f4 gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 Be4 43. Ne3 Kxb4 0-1
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