Menu
Download PGN
Exit Game
Tips
Use the on-screen buttons or keyboard arrow keys to step through game.
Down arrow skips to end of game, up arrow to start of game.
The middle [ + ] button toggles auto-play mode.
Select the first move of a variation to step through the variation.
Select any move in the game or in a variation and the board will update to that position.
Select the bottom left square of the board to flip the board.
The bottom right square shows/hides the annotations.
Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry A - Maddocks A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.04.10"] [Round "Bd 2"] [White "Van Kemenade, J."] [Black "Kenyon, James"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1681"] [BlackElo "1889"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2165221142950617"] [EventDate "2025.04.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"] {[%evp 0,119,22,-14,26,14,-33,4,39,17,17,35,5,15,25,14,15,0,44,41,23,9,0,-60,-7,-1,6,-91,-103,-142,-139,-144,-140,-191,-169,-211,-47,-187,-181,-178,-230,-207,-190,-194,-103,-170,161,101,216,-19,-20,-51,56,148,157,-283,-109,218,225,225,220,215,107,-57,444,365,377,362,361,445,427,359,337,361,343,339,341,436,321,458,358,436,365,531,423,436,410,341,308,365,429,313,549,279,512,464,507,502,667,491,493,551,596,359,828,590,752,697,738,699,1111,790,1016,1011,1016,1016,1016,1016,1016,1022,1016,1032]} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Bc5 (6... Bd6) (6... Bg4 {main lines}) 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... Qe7 {main}) 8. a3 $146 (8. Qe2 {2-0}) (8. c3 {0-2}) (8. Nb3 Bb6 (8... Nxe4 9. Nxc5 Nexc5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. b4 Na4 12. Qd3 e4 13. Nxf7 $18 {a crazy Engine line}) 9. a4 a5 10. Qe2 O-O $11 {SF17, not yet played}) 8... b5 9. Ba2 a5 $6 {not sure what this move is meant to be chasing, It also gives Wh a chance to seize the adantage by neglecting development.} (9... O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. c4 $14 {SF17}) 10. h3 (10. Ng5 $1 Rf8 (10... O-O 11. Ndf3 Qe7 (11... h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Nxe5) 12. Nxf7 $18 {SF17}) 11. Ngf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. h3 $16 {as its difficult then finding a safe square for the Bl K}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. b4 $6 {trying to win an exchange} (13. Nh4 g6 14. Nf1 b4 15. Qf3 $14 {SF17}) 13... axb4 14. Nb3 (14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Nh4 g6 $17 {SF17}) 14... bxa3 (14... Be7 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Bd2 Be7 $19 {and Bl is content with a sfe pawn up-SF17}) 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 (16. Bxa3 {works if Bl takes the B, but not after} b4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxa6 Qb5 {when Wh is a piece down}) 16... Qc3 17. Bg5 b4 18. Qd1 Rad8 {eyeing the Q, but also selfpinning the N.} (18... Bb5 19. Re3 Qb2 20. Rb3 Be2 21. Qe1 Qxc2 $19 {nifty footwork by SF17}) 19. Bd2 (19. Re3 $1 Qb2 (19... Qc5 20. c3 h6 (20... bxc3 21. Qc2 $11 {as Wh can pick off Bl's split Q side pawns})) 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qe1 Qxc2 22. Qxb4 Qb2 23. Qxb2 axb2 24. Rb1 Rfe8 25. Rxb2 Kf8 26. Rc2 Bb5 27. Bc4 $15 {SF17}) 19... Qc5 20. Qb1 Rb8 21. Qb3 Qb5 (21... Qd6 $1 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. Bxb4 Qxd1 24. Qxa3 Qxc2 25. Bxc5 Rb2 26. Ra1 Nxe4 27. Ne1 Qxc5 28. Qxb2 Bb5 29. Bb1 Nc3 $19 {SF17}) (21... Qa5 22. Nh4 Nc5 23. Qf3 Bc8 $19 {SF17}) 22. Rab1 (22. c3 $1 $11 {staticpawns often turn outto be vulnerable} c5 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Reb1 Qe2 25. Bxb4 Nxe4 26. Qxa3 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2 Qg3+ 28. Kg1 Nf2 (28... Qf2+ $11) 29. Be1 (29. Bxf8 $11) 29... Nxh3+ 30. Kh1 Qg6 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Nh4 Qd3 33. Qxd3 Bxd3 34. gxh3 $11 {SF17}) 22... Nc5 $2 (22... c5 {now wins, as if} 23. c3 (23. Nh4 g6 24. Qg3 {better try}) 23... Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c4 25. Qxb4 Qc6 26. Qxa3 Qxe4 27. Rxb8 Nxb8 $19 {SF17}) 23. Qxb4 $18 Ncxe4 (23... Nfxe4 {may have been played}) 24. Rxe4 (24. Qxa3 $1 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Nxe5 $18 {SF17, picking up pawns}) 24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxb1+ (25... Qe2 $1 $11 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (26... Kh8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qf5 Qf1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2 30. Qxe5 Qa7 31. Ng5 $18) 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Ng5 Qh5 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 (34... Kf8 35. Qd6+ $18) 35. Nf7+ {repetition, SF17}) 26. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 27. Kh2 a2 28. Bc3 (28. Ng5 g6 29. Qxe5 a1=Q 30. Bc3 Qxc3 31. Qxc3 Rb6 32. Ne4 $18 {SF17}) 28... a1=Q 29. Bxa1 Rxa1 30. Qxe5 $11 (30. Ng5 g6 31. Qh4 h5 32. Ne4 Ra8 33. Qe7 Bc4 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Qxe5 R1a6 36. Nxh5+ Kf8 37. Qc5+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Qd4 $18 {SF17, but still pretty complex to reach a conclusion, though clearly the Q & N co-operate far better than Bl's scatttered pieces.Eventually Wh's advancing Pawns will open up the Bl K position even further}) 30... Ra2 (30... Ra4 31. Qd6 Rc4 32. Ne5 Rxc2 33. Nxc6 Re2 34. Ne7+ Rxe7 35. Qxe7 Bc4 $11 {SF17-Bl has a fortress position that the Q on her own will be unable to break open}) 31. Nd4 g6 $2 {making pawn moves on the side where one is under attack should , if possible be avoided or examined very carefully} (31... Bc8 32. Qd6 h6 33. Qxc6 Ra5 34. g4 Be6 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Kg2 Rc5 38. Qe4 Rfc8 {SF17 -and the two Rs can support each other for a fortress}) (31... Bc4 32. Nf5 f6 33. Qc5 Bf7 34. Qxc6 h5 {needed to hold up g4} 35. Nd6 Rb2 36. f4 $14 {SF17}) 32. Ne6 $1 {easier to play than} (32. Nxc6 h5 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Qf6 Bc4 35. Nxg6 {SF17 also wins}) 32... fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Qxa2 $18 {as the Bl K position has been opened up} Bc8 35. Kg3 (35. Qa7+ Rf7 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Rf8 38. Qc7 Be6 39. Qxc6 Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kg8 41. Qd6 Re8 42. Qa6 $18 {SF17}) 35... Bf5 36. Qa7+ Rf7 37. Qd4+ Kh6 (37... Kg8 {looks a little safer as the Wh pawn advance coulfd trap the K here}) 38. c4 Bd7 39. f4 g5 40. Qd6+ Kh5 41. fxg5 (41. f5 Bxf5 42. Qxc6 {SF17 prerence}) 41... Kxg5 42. h4+ Kh5 43. Qd1+ (43. Qc5+ {SF17} Bf5 (43... Kh6 44. Qg5#) (43... Rf5 44. Qe7 Kg6 45. Qxd7) 44. Qxc6 $18 {SF17}) 43... Kg6 (43... Kh6 44. Qd6+ Kg7 45. h5 h6 (45... Kg8 46. h6 Be8 47. Kh4 Bd7 48. Qb8+ Rf8 49. Qc7 {wins the B}) 46. Qg6+ Kf8 47. Qxh6+ $18 {SF17}) 44. Qd2 Rg7 45. Kh2 h5 (45... Bg4 46. Qd6+) 46. Qg5+ Kf7 47. Qxh5+ Kf8 48. Qe5 Rg4 49. Qh8+ (49. Qf6+ Ke8 50. h5 Rxc4 51. h6 {SF17- there are many ways for Wh to win}) 49... Ke7 50. c5 Ke6 51. Qh6+ Kd5 52. Qd6+ Kc4 53. Qxd7 Rxh4+ 54. Kg3 Rh5 55. Qxc6 (55. Qg4+) 55... Rxc5 56. Qe6+ Kd4 57. Kf4 Rc2 58. Qe5+ Kd3 59. Qe4+ Kc3 60. Qxc2+ {Wh about 5 mins left, Bl 25} 1-0
:
Annotated by