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Oswestry Chess Club

[Event "Maddocks A - Oswestry A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.10"]
[Round "Bd 4"]
[White "Sadler, Paul"]
[Black "White, Gary M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[GameId "2166962434472172"]
[EventDate "2025.04.15"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"]

{[%evp 0,11,20,9,10,18,72,38,29,62,103,80,101,46]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 {the Latvian Gambit- a very sharp line in some lines Bl is prepared to give up the KR for active counterplay} 3. d4 {a good general move against most Bl gambits} (3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. f3) (3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 {are the two main lines , both heavily analysed , especially by correspondence players.}) (3. d3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O fxe4 8. dxe4 Bg4 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. b4 {Wh missed a sequence that would have mated, then missed a threat that lead to a Bl mate- J Van Kemenade-G White, Shropshire League jan 2025,0-1}) 3... exd4 (3... fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6) (3... d6 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Qh5+ {main lines here, both need careful , preferably prepared , moves}) 4. Nxd4 d6 (4... Nf6 {3-0}) (4... fxe4 5. Qh5+ {2-0}) 5. Bc4 (5. exf5 c5 6. Nf3 (6. Qh5+ Ke7 7. Ne6 Bxe6 8. fxe6 g6 9. Qh4+ Nf6 10. Nc3 Kxe6 11. Bc4+ Kd7 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh3+ Kc7 14. Nb5+ Kc6 15. Rd1 Bf8 16. Bf4 Ne8 17. Qf3+ Kd7 18. Qxb7+ Nc7 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6+ {1-0 Kaszas,V (1947)-Korponai,A Senta January op 2010 (1)}) 6... Bxf5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Rdf8 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Be6 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxe6 Rxf4 18. Qxd6 Nb8 19. Bxd7+ Nxd7 20. Qxf4 Rf8 21. Qa4 Kd8 22. Rad1 g6 23. Qxd7# {1-0 Zaunercik,I (1439)-Kehayov,Y (1185) FICGS class F 000220 email FICGS email 2019 (1)}) 5... fxe4 {transposes to 24 games} 6. O-O (6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qd5 Qe7 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Bxf6 (9. Qa5 $16 {SF17}) 9... Qxf6 $11 {main theory, 4-3-2 mostly correspondence}) 6... d5 $2 {loses an exchange without enough counterplay} (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 (7. Bg5 c6 8. Re1 d5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. c4 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. f3 exf3 14. Ba4+ Kf7 15. Nxf3 Rf8 16. Ne5+ Kg8 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ba4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Ng4 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Bb3 Kh8 25. Bf4 Qe7 26. Qf3 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nxe4+ 29. Kf1 Bd6 30. Be3 Be5 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Bxa7 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Nxb3 34. axb3 Nb5 35. Bb6 Rd7 36. Kd2 Nd6 37. Re1 Bxb2 38. Re6 Ne4+ {0-1 Carvajal Gamoneda,A (2085)-Huertas Soris,R (2265) Isla Guitart op 1994}) 7... c6 8. Nxe4 (8. Ne6 Bxe6 9. Bxe6 Nbd7 10. Re1 d5 11. f3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Rxe4+ Be7 17. Bg5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 O-O 19. Rxe7 Rf2 20. Be3 Re2 21. g3 Rxc2 22. Rdd7 Rxb2 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Bc5+ Ke8 25. Rde7+ {1-0 Gilberd,G (1701)-Potter,C (1600) W-ch WS/O/554 email ICCF email 2012}) 8... d5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qh5+ Qf7 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Rxe7+ Kxe7 13. Qh4+ Kf8 14. Bd2 {1-0 Feetham,R-Akrill,R (1995) GB/C2017/ResC ICCF email}) (6... Nc6 7. Re1 Be7 8. Nc3 Kf8 9. Ne6+ Bxe6 10. Bxe6 Nf6 {½-½ Carter,M (2129)-Akrill,R (1981) BCCA 2017/CanA email ICCF email}) 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qe5+ Ne7 9. Qxh8 $18 dxc4 10. Bh6 Kf7 11. Qxh7+ Ke8 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Qh8+ (13. Rd1 {SF17}) 13... Ng8 14. Nc3 c5 15. Nde2 Nc6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. f3 e3 19. Nxe3 Be6 20. Qh4 Re8 {Bl has managed to get almost fully developed, but the Wh pieces so much better placed} 21. Qf4 Bf5 22. Ng3 Nd4 23. Rf2 (23. Nexf5 Nxf5 (23... gxf5 24. c3) 24. Rfe1 {and the Wh Rs get onto open files}) 23... Kg7 24. Nexf5+ gxf5 25. c3 Ne6 26. Qxf5 (26. Nxf5+ {also}) 26... Qe7 27. Rfd2 (27. Re2 {also}) 27... Nf6 28. Nh5+ Nxh5 29. Rd7 $1 {SF17} Nef4 (29... Nf6 30. Qxe6) 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rd7 1-0

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