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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry A - Darwinian Knights A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "Bd 3"] [White "Graham, Nick"] [Black "Van Kemenade, J."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1563"] [BlackElo "1679"] [PlyCount "59"] [GameId "2153255704125610"] [EventDate "2025.03.08"] {[%evp 0,17,21,30,22,31,38,44,31,34,39,30,32,10,37,14,69,71,71,63]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. f4 e6 (6... b5 {main}) 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Nf6 10. h3 b5 (10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nh4 Nf5 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. b3 h5 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. Bf2 h4 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Ng1 Bh6 22. Be3 Qe7 23. c4 Bc6 24. Rc1 Rg8 25. Nf3 Rc8 26. Ng5 Nxf4 27. Nh7 Rxg2 28. Nf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxg2 Nxg2 30. exf6 Nxe3 31. Rg1 dxc4+ 32. Kh2 Bf4+ {0-1 Hahmann,M (1866)-Sejdini,V (1876) Troisdorf op 2014 (4)}) 11. Rae1 Bb7 12. a3 Qd7 {SF8} (12... d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng3 15. Rf2 Nef5 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nh2 h5 $15 {Sf17}) 13. Qf2 (13. b4 Bc6 (13... d5 $14 {SF17 & F18}) 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Qf2 Qc6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Bd2 Qb6 {½-½ Zadravec,M (2239)-Sanikidze,T (2439) EU-ch 22nd Terme Catez 2022 (4)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qe2 (14. Nd2 g5 15. Qe2 g4 16. hxg4 h5 17. g5 Ng4 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxa4 21. Ra1 Nc6 22. c3 b3 23. Bc4 bxa2 24. Rxa2 Qb4 25. d5 Qb6 26. Qxb6 cxb6 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. Bxa6+ Kb8 29. Bd3 $18 {SF17}) 14... Rdg8 15. b4 {looks strong, to start a Q side attack, but the loose N gives Bl some chances} Nh5 16. Kh2 c5 $5 (16... g5 17. a4 c6 18. e5 Nf5 19. Ne4 gxf4 20. Bf2 dxe5 21. dxe5 Nhg3 22. Bxg3 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 fxg3+ 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. axb5 axb5 28. c4 Rhd8 29. Be4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 Bf8 31. b5 c5 32. Bxb7+ Qxb7 33. Ra1 Be7 34. Rfb1 $16 {SF17}) (16... f5 17. a4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. axb5 Nhg3 21. Qd2 axb5 22. Bxb5 Qd6 23. Na4 Nxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rf8 25. g3 g5 26. Nc5 $18 {SF17}) 17. e5 (17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Na4 $1 {SF17} bxa4 (18... Qc7 19. Nxc5 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21. Kh1 Qc7 22. a4 $18) 19. Rb1 Kc7 20. Bxa6 Rb8 21. Bd2 Kd8 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qa6 Ra7 24. Ba5+ Ke8 25. Rb8+ Nc8 26. Qb6 Ke7 27. Qxc5+ Nd6 28. Rfb1 Rxa5 29. Qxa5 Nxf4 30. Rxh8 Bxh8 31. Rb8 Bg7 32. Qc5 $18 {SF17}) 17... c4 (17... cxd4 {Rudy} 18. Bxd4 (18. Nxd4 dxe5 19. Bxb5 $1 axb5 20. Ndxb5 Ba6 21. Rd1 Nd5 22. Qc4+ Kb8 23. Nxd5 Bxb5 24. Qc5 Rc8 25. Qb6+ Qb7 26. Qd6+ Rc7 27. c4 exd5 28. cxb5 Ka8 29. Rxd5 Nf6 30. Rfd1 Ne4 31. Qa6+ Qxa6 32. bxa6 Nc3 33. Rd8+ Rc8 34. Rxh8 Bxh8 35. Rd7 exf4 36. Ra7+ Kb8 37. Rb7+ $11 {SF17}) 18... dxe5 (18... Nxf4 19. Qf2 Nf5 20. Be4 Nd5 $11) 19. Bxe5 f6 20. g4 fxe5 21. gxh5 gxh5 22. Ne4 Ng6 23. Nc5 Nxf4 24. Qe3 Qd6 $11 {SF17}) 18. Be4 (18. Bxc4 Nf5 (18... bxc4 19. g4 Nf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. b5 Nd5 22. Qxc4+ Qc7 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $11) 19. Bd3 Nhg3 20. Qf2 Nxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Kb8 $11 {SF17}) 18... d5 19. g4 (19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Nd2 Nhxf4 21. Bxf4 f6 22. Qh5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Bf8 $11) 19... dxe4 20. Nd2 Bf8 (20... f5 $1 $19 {Julie, pm analysis} 21. gxh5 g5 $1 {SF17} (21... gxh5 22. Qxh5 Qe8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 $11) 22. Qf2 Bf8 23. Rg1 Qe8 24. Qe2 Rg7 25. Rg3 Rhg8 26. Reg1 g4 27. Ndb1 Qxh5 $19 {SF17}) 21. gxh5 Nf5 22. Ndxe4 Be7 $11 (22... gxh5 {Rudy} 23. Nf6 Qd8 (23... Qc6 {original idea} 24. Nxg8 Rxg8 25. Rg1 Rg6 26. Rxg6 fxg6 27. Rg1) 24. Nxg8 Rxg8 25. Rg1 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4 $11 {SF17- Two Bs are often at least equal vs a R & N}) 23. Rd1 (23. hxg6 Rxg6 24. Rg1 $11 {SF17}) 23... Bd5 $6 (23... gxh5 24. Bf2 h4 25. Qh5 Rg6 26. Rg1 Rhg8 $15 {SF17}) 24. Nc5 (24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Nc3 gxh5 26. Bf2 Rg6 27. Rg1 Rhg8 (27... h4 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Qg4 Qe6 30. Rg1 $18) 28. Qxh5 Kb7 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. Rb1 $16 {SF17}) 24... Bxc5 (24... Qc6 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Bf2 (26. Nxa6 gxh5 $19) 26... Bxc5 (26... gxh5 27. Ne4 Rg6 $11) 27. dxc5 Qb7 28. Rd6 gxh5 29. c6 Qc7 30. Qf3 Rd8 $11 {SF17}) 25. dxc5 Qc6 (25... gxh5 $1 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Bf2 Rg6 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Rg1 $11 {SF17}) 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Qf3 Rd8 (27... gxh5 28. Rxd5 $2 Nxe3 29. Rd8+ Kc7 $19 (29... Kxd8 30. Qxc6 Nxf1+ 31. Kh1 {considered by Bl, didn't feel right}) 30. Rxg8 (30. Qxc6+ Kxc6 31. Rd6+ Kc7 32. Rf2 Rg6 $19) 30... Nxf1+ $19 {SF17}) 28. hxg6 Qxg6 (28... fxg6 29. Bf2 Kb7 30. Rg1 $16 {SF17}) 29. Rg1 Qe6 30. c3 {[draw?] Wh has a bad B and the c5 pawn is fine but can scarcely move. On the other hand Bl has nothing on the g file anymore} 1/2-1/2
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