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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Newport A - Oswestry A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.02.18"] [Round "Bd 5"] [White "Atherton, Marcus"] [Black "Greenwood, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "1543"] [BlackElo "1703"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2147072940730003"] [EventDate "2025.02.19"] {[%evp 0,12,15,20,27,12,17,0,16,-20,12,-9,-17,-67,-89]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 {The Two Knights Tango} 3. Bc4 (3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nd7 5. Nxd5 Ndb8 6. Ne3 Qxd4 {main}) 3... e5 (3... e6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 {main}) 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nge2 (5. f4) (5. Bg5) (5. Nf3 {main lines}) 5... O-O 6. Bg5 $2 {.3.5-0.5 from this position} (6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {5-3-3}) 6... Bxf2+ {not always found by Bl} 7. Kxf2 (7. Kd2 {Cloud Engines} Bc5 $19 (7... h6 $17 8. Qf1 hxg5 9. Qxf2 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 d5 13. g4 dxe4 14. Rad1 exd3 15. cxd3 Nb4 16. Qg3 e4 17. d4 c5 18. Kc1 {1-0 Balaram,M (860)-Wood,B (566) LSS RN-2008-0-00170 LSS email}) 8. Nd5 Nxe4+ 9. dxe4 Qxg5+ 10. Ke1 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bd3 c6 14. Nf4 Qxh2 15. a3 Be7 16. Qf3 d5 17. Rh1 Bh4+ 18. Kd1 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Qxh1+ 20. Kd2 Qh2+ 21. Ne2 h5 22. Qf3 Bg5+ 23. Kd1 dxe4 24. Qxe4 f5 {0-1 De Leur,B-Dalmolen,H NED corr Netherlands 1989}) 7... Ng4+ 8. Ke1 Qxg5 9. Qd2 Qf6 (9... Qh4+ 10. g3 Qh3 {SF17}) 10. Rf1 (10. Nd5 $5) 10... Qh4+ 11. Kd1 Qxh2 12. Ng1 Qh5 13. Nce2 Nd4 14. c3 Nxe2 15. Nxe2 d6 16. Kc2 Be6 17. Rh1 Qg6 $19 {remains two pawns up} 18. Bb3 Bxb3+ 19. axb3 f5 20. Ra4 fxe4 21. dxe4 Rf2 22. Kb1 Raf8 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Ng3 {Wh is trying for activity, but the deficit is too much, and the Bl pieces are better coordinated} Ne3 25. Qxb7 Qxg3 26. Rxa7 Qxg2 27. Qxc7 Qxh1+ (27... Rxb2+ 28. Ka1 Rxb3 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kxb1 Rf1#) 28. Ka2 Qg2 29. Qe7 (29. Qe7 Rxb2+ 30. Ka3 Ra2+ 31. Kb4 Qxe4+ 32. c4 Nc2+ 33. Kb5 Nd4+ 34. Kb6 (34. Kb4 Qe1#) 34... Qc6#) 0-1
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