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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Newport A - Oswestry A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.02.18"] [Round "Bd 3"] [White "Bailey, Adrian"] [Black "Lord, David E"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "1782"] [BlackElo "1904"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2147705298987758"] [EventDate "2025.02.21"] {[%evp 0,32,19,-12,4,20,20,39,32,28,60,33,23,25,30,32,55,46,50,43,35,170,41,117,16,25,1,29,17,4,5,68,49,83,68]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 (5. Be3 {Engine recommendation[ probably transposes to a Samish after d6 & f3-vk]}) 5... d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 {The Mar del Plata var- Kotronias devotes two books out of his 5 volume work on the King's Indian to this line} 9. Be3 {Engine doesn't dislike this move but prefers b4, which I considered -AB} (9. b4 {but was worried about reply-AB [the Bayonet attack is the second most frequent line with top choice 9 Ne1-vk]} Nxe4 (9... Ne8 10. Nd2 f5 11. f3 f4 12. c5 g5 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. a4 Rf7 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. a5 h5 17. c6 $146 {Ferrington-R Van Kemenade, Shropshire Open 2025,0-1}) 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Ng3 (11. Nc3 {added by vk} e4 12. Nd4 $18 c5 13. dxc6 Qb6 14. Ndb5 bxc6 15. c5 dxc5 16. Qb3+ Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. bxc5 Qa5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Nd6 Bb7 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ {1-0 Catta Preta,D (2150)-Andrade,F (1950) Brasiliense-ch 46th Brasilia 2006 (6)}) 11... e4 {hitting N & R, but I needn't have worried because} 12. Nd4 {saves the day-AB}) (9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 Nf6 {If one compares this theory line with the position reached in the game after move 15- then one can see that there Bl has gained two attacking tempi with g5 & h5 already on the board- vk}) (9. Be3 {Kotronias considers this as procative, but playable-vk}) 9... Ng4 10. Bg5 {43% for Wh-vk} (10. Bd2 {49 % for Wh-vk}) 10... h6 (10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 {given by Kotronias- leaving the B a bit misplaced on g5 in his view despite the engines view-32 % for Wh in 22 games; -vk} 12. h3 {cited by Kotronias2015:19} Nh6 13. a3 Nf7 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Ne1 a6 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Qc1 f4 18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Qc2 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Be1 Qh5 24. Bd3 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Kh8 26. Bc3 Bd7 27. Rf2 Rg8 28. a4 Bf6 29. Re2 Rg3 30. Be1 Rg7 31. Bb4 a5 32. Ba3 Rg3 33. c5 Rag8 34. cxd6 cxd6 35. Bxd6 Qg5 {0-1 Hauser,J (2326)-Sparnacini,S (2124) W-ch WS/M/277 email ICCF email 2010}) (10... f6 {Gawain Jones 2022:356} 11. Bh4 Nh6 12. Nd2 g5 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. b4 Nf4 15. c5 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nde4 Nd4 18. Bg4 Bxg4 ({but here Jones gives} 18... dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxd5 {and Wh does not have enough for the pawn}) 19. Qxg4 {2-0- vk}) 11. Bh4 {38% for Wh} (11. Bd2 {49% for Wh-vk}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 f5 13. Nd2 (13. exf5 Nxf5 $11 {1-1-3 vk}) 13... Nf6 14. f3 (14. exf5 $11 {SF17}) 14... f4 $15 15. Bf2 h5 (15... b6 $11 {has been played but just weakens Bl's Q side, and b4 will get c5 in anyway, 1.5-0.5-vk}) 16. c5 g4 {Cloud Engines-vk} (16... Rf7 17. Nc4 $16 {SF17} (17. Rc1 Ng6 $15 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb5 b6 21. Qb3 g4 22. Qc3 gxf3 (22... g3 $19 {SF17-vk}) 23. Bxf3 Bg4 24. h3 Rg7 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Bxg4 Nxg4 27. Qh3 Qg5 28. Nd2 Nh8 29. Nf3 Qg6 30. Rfe1 Rh7 31. Nh4 Qg5 32. Nf3 Qg6 33. Nh4 Qh5 34. Nf5 Qxh3 35. gxh3 Rxh3 36. Kg2 Rh2+ 37. Kf3 Rxf2+ 38. Kxg4 Nf7 39. Rg1 Kh7 40. Rc7 Kg6 41. Nh4+ Kf6 42. Kh5 Nh8 43. Rg5 {1-0 Shi Zheng,Y (1729)-Ibanez Aullana,J (2325) Lanzarote op 2019 (1)})) 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nc4 g3 $146 {a standard ssacrifice for l to get access to the bl squares arond Wh's K} (18... Ng6 19. a4 (19. Nb5 gxf3 20. Bxf3 Bg4 21. Nbxd6 Qd7 22. a4 Rfd8 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Nb5 b6 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. Rc2 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Ng4 28. h3 Nxf2 29. Qxh5 Qg7 30. Rfxf2 Bc5 31. Nxa7 Rc7 32. Nc6 Rf8 33. N4xe5 Nxe5 34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. Qxe5 {1-0 Ribeiro,R (1463)-Bolduc,M (1563) IECC CL4-2002.06 IECC email}) (19. fxg4 hxg4 $17 20. Nb5 g3 21. hxg3 Nxe4 22. gxf4 Nxf4 23. Bf3 Qg5 24. Be3 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. gxh3 Bxh3 {0-1 Dzagnidze,N (2541)-Kosintseva,T (2476) EU-ch (Women) 15th Plovdiv 2014 (7)}) 19... Rf7 20. Nb5 g3 21. hxg3 Bf8 $15 {SF17}) 19. hxg3 fxg3 20. Bxg3 Ng6 $11 21. f4 (21. Be1 h4 22. Bd2 Nh5 23. f4 Nhxf4 24. Bg4 $11 {SF17}) 21... Ng4 $2 {The first blunder of the game so far according to the engine-up to this point everything was pretty even-AB} (21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Ng4 $11 {SF17-vk}) 22. f5 $18 {blocks off everthing for Bl-vk} Nf4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 {[and Wh gets the K side attack-vk]} Rf6 $2 25. Bh4 a6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Rac1 (28. g3 Nd3 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Rh1 {SF17-vk}) 28... Qd8 29. Nca4 Bd7 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Nb6 Qd8 32. f6 $1 Qxf6 33. Nd7 Qd8 34. Nxb8 Qxb8 35. Rc8+ 1-0
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