
[Event "Oswestry A - Maddocks A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.10"]
[Round "Bd 1"]
[White "Preece, Tony"]
[Black "Bryant, Richard BE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[GameId "2166916704694624"]
[EventDate "2025.04.15"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"]

{[%evp 0,119,18,22,11,4,-4,0,-40,8,25,31,-1,42,51,39,39,18,22,23,78,91,112,128,128,92,136,131,183,171,301,182,247,130,149,116,339,260,436,437,355,483,501,489,308,452,254,398,511,360,238,371,403,386,421,386,541,536,537,449,267,269,60,-391,-394,-403,-377,-255,-261,-236,-209,-314,-332,-359,-357,-365,-352,-332,-299,-248,-213,-221,-204,0,296,297,286,136,617,585,612,618,542,542,533,518,656,615,707,726,616,756,667,688,725,743,792,783,882,838,851,510,734,788,803,868,837,892,1000,1000,1030,1097]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 (2... Ne4 {main}) 3. c3 (3. Bxf6 {main}) 3... Ne4 (3... d5) (3... Qb6 {main lines}) 4. h4 (4. Bf4) (4. Bh4 {main lines}) 4... Qa5 (4... d5 $11 {SF17; 2-2-2}) (4... Qb6 5. Qc2 d5 6. e3 f6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qb3 e5 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Ndc5 13. Na3 Nxc3 14. Be5 N5a4 15. Nf3 Nxb2 16. Bxc3 Bxa3 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Be5 Bb4+ 19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ke2 Bd3+ 22. Kd1 Rxg2 23. Bg3 c3 24. Nb3 c2+ 25. Kc1 Bc3 {0-1 Clarke,T (2230)-McShane,L (2385) Kilkenny Masters 1996 (5)}) 5. Nf3 d5 (5... d6 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 f6 8. Bf4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg3 Be6 11. Rd1 Na6 12. e3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rd8 15. Qe2 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Nd5 17. O-O Nb6 18. a3 Nc4 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Ba2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxa2 22. Bf2 Bb3 23. Qf5 Qd8 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Rc1 Bf7 26. Qg4 Qd7 27. Qxg7 Rg8 28. Qxh7 Qg4 29. Ne1 Bd5 30. g3 Qh3 31. e4 Be6 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Ke8 {½-½ Huette,S (2061)-Bader,A (1889) Werther Schloss op-B 13rd 2007 (1)}) 6. Nbd2 h6 {SF17} (6... Bf5 {8-2-1}) 7. Bf4 Bf5 (7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Nd7 $16 {1.5-0.5}) 8. e3 (8. Qb3 Qb6 {2 draws & 1 Bl win}) 8... Nd7 (8... e6 $14 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. f3 Bh7 12. Qd2 f6 13. Ng4 Nd7 14. h5 O-O-O 15. a4 Re8 16. a5 Qd8 17. Kf2 e5 18. Bg3 a6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 f5 21. Nh2 Nf6 22. Nf1 f4 23. exf4 exd4 24. f5 Bd6 25. Be6+ Kb8 26. Rd1 d3 27. Qc3 Rhf8 28. Rxd3 Rxe6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qb4 Ne8 31. Ne3 Ka8 32. Nc4 c5 33. Qxc5 Rxf5 34. Nb6+ Rxb6 35. Qxb6 Qd2+ {0-1 Jirovsky,P (2325)-Aronian,L (2390) Decin op 1996 (2)}) 9. Ne5 (9. Qb3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qb6 $11 11. Be2 e6 12. f3 Bh7 13. Kf2 Be7 14. g4 O-O-O 15. c4 Rhe8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bg6 19. Rhc1 Nf8 20. Bf1 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 g6 23. b4 Ne6 24. b5 Nxf4 25. exf4 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Qd4 {1-0 Heinzel,O (2340)-Farmani Anosheh,A (2190) Einhausen op 2009 (3)}) 9... Ndf6 $2 (9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 e6 11. g4 Bh7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bh7 14. a4 Qd8 $11 {SF17}) 10. Nb3 $18 (10. g4 Bh7 (10... Nxd2 11. gxf5 Nxf1 12. Rxf1 Qd8 13. Rg1 $18) 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Bd3 $18 {SF17}) 10... Qd8 11. f3 Nd6 12. g4 Be6 (12... Bh7 13. Nc5 e6 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. O-O-O $18 {SF17; the Wh pawns control all the squares that the Bl pieces need to have any activtiy at all}) 13. Bd3 Qc8 14. Nc5 Bd7 15. Qe2 e6 16. Kd2 (16. O-O-O {is fine, though Wh preferred to not have the longrange gaze of the Bl Q upon him}) 16... Be7 (16... b6 $5 {SF17}) 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ncxd7 {Wh has just won a piece because of the way in which Bl had a congested position} b6 19. Bh2 Nf5 20. Rag1 (20. Bxf5 {SF17} exf5 21. e4 dxe4 (21... fxe4 22. fxe4 Qb7 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Raf1 $18) 22. Qc4 $18 {SF17}) 20... Nxh4 21. gxh6 Rxh6 22. Ng4 (22. Kc1 f6 23. Ba6 Qd8 24. Nb8 $1 fxe5 25. Nxc6 Qd7 26. Nxe5 Qd8 27. Kb1 $18 {SF17- some very unhuman moves in this line}) 22... Rh8 (22... Kxd7 23. Nxh6 gxh6 24. Be5 Qf8 $18 {looks a possible idea,(to go an exchange down rather than a piece) but the Bl Ns look in a precarious position}) 23. Nde5 b5 24. Bg3 (24. Nxc6 $1 $18 {SF17}) 24... Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Nf2 (26. e4 {SF17} dxe4 (26... fxg4 27. fxg4 Qe6 28. gxh5 O-O-O 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. Nxg4 $19) 27. Ne3 g6 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Qg2 Qe6 30. Qxe4 $18 {SF17}) 26... Qe6 27. Bh4 Rh6 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. b4 $6 {Wh tries to block the Q side, but it gives Bl a lever to open it up instead.} (29. e4 {opening up the K side as SF17 gives, looks promising for Wh}) 29... a5 30. Kd3 {ok but riskier than} (30. Kc1) (30. Nfd3) 30... axb4 31. cxb4 $2 (31. f4 $18) (31. Qb2 $18) 31... Ra3+ $19 {Wh missed that this ch means the a2 pawn will no longer be protected by the Q, so losing the Q instead.} 32. Kd2 Rxa2+ 33. Kd1 Rxe2 34. Kxe2 Qd6 (34... f4 $1 $19 {SF17}) (34... f6 35. Rxg7+ Ke8 36. Ned3 f4 37. e4 dxe4 38. fxe4 Ng3+ 39. Rxg3 Rxh1 40. Nxf4 Qc4+ 41. N4d3 Ra1 $19 {SF17}) 35. Kd1 (35. Rg5 Qxb4 36. Nfd3 Qb3 37. Rhxh5 Qc2+ 38. Ke1 f4 39. Nxf4 Rxh5 40. Rxh5 b4 41. Rh8 f6 42. Neg6+ Kd7 43. Nf8+ Kd6 44. Rh7 c5 45. dxc5+ Qxc5 46. Rxg7 Qxe3+ 47. Ne2 b3 48. Rb7 d4 49. Rd7+ Kc5 50. Rxd4 b2 51. Rd1 Qxf3 52. Ne6+ Kc4 53. Rd4+ Kb5 (53... Kb3 $2 54. Nc5+ Kc2 55. Rc4+ Kb1 56. Nc3+ Qxc3+ 57. Rxc3 Ka2 58. Rb3 b1=Q+ 59. Rxb1 Kxb1 $11) 54. Nc7+ Kc6 55. Rc4+ Kd7 56. Rb4 Qa3 $19 {SF17}) 35... Qxb4 36. Nfd3 Qb1+ 37. Kd2 Qa2+ 38. Kc3 Qa5+ {Heading towards the time control, Bl fails to find the winning idea- which is to bring the R into the attack against the K. Qs on their own cannot mate( unless its a sudden smothered mate) A pawn is often useful, but the b pawn here is no direct support} (38... c5 $1 {SF17} 39. dxc5 Ra6 40. Rb1 Ng3 41. Rhe1 Ne2+ 42. Rxe2 Qxb1 43. Rb2 Qa1 $19 {SF17}) (38... b4+ {SF17-is another way} 39. Kxb4 Rh8 40. Kc3 Ra8 41. Rb1 Ra3+ 42. Kb4 Rxd3 43. Nxd3 Qd2+ 44. Kc5 Qc2+ 45. Kb6 Qxd3 46. Rhd1 Qa3 47. Kxc6 Qa6+ 48. Kc7 Nf6 $19 {SF17}) 39. Kb3 Qa4+ 40. Kb2 Qa8 {Suddenly Bl realises that the Q could be lost next move so retreats. While this shouldn't be losing, it does give Wh an idea, (which does though risk losing), rather than a safe line that should be drawn} 41. Rxg7 (41. Ra1 {should draw} Qe8 42. Ra7+ Kf8 43. Rha1 Rd6 44. Nc5 f4 45. Ncd7+ (45. exf4 Nxf4 46. Rh1 Rh6 47. Rha1 Rh2+ 48. Kb3 Ne2 49. Ra8 Nxd4+ 50. Kc3 Rh4 51. Rxe8+ Kxe8 52. Ra8+ Ke7 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. Ned3 b4+ 55. Kb2 Rh2+ 56. Kb1 Rh1+ 57. Kb2 Rh2+ $11 {SF17}) 45... Rxd7 46. Nxd7+ Ke7 47. exf4 Qxd7 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. f5+ Kxf5 51. Rxf7+ Ke6 52. Ra7 g5 $11 {SF17- Wh,s last two pawns are split and vulnerable, theBl pawns more compact , which helps the N maintain control}) 41... b4 (41... Nxg7 {seems to be the only move to retain winning chances for Bl} 42. Rxh6 Ne8 43. Nxc6+ Kf8 44. Ncb4 Kg7 45. Rb6 Qa5 46. Rc6 Qa4 47. Nxd5 Qd1 48. Ne5 f6 49. Rc1 Qd2+ 50. Rc2 Qa5 $17 {SF17}) 42. Rxf7+ Ke8 43. Nxb4 (43. Ra1 $1 Qb8 44. Rg1 (44. Raa7 Qd8 45. Kb3 c5 46. Nxc5 $18) 44... Rh8 45. Rg6 Qc8 46. Ra7 f4 47. Rxc6 $18 {SF17}) 43... Qb8 (43... Qa4 44. Rb7 Qa8 45. Rg7 Nxg7 46. Rxh6 Qb7 47. Kc3 $18 {SF17}) 44. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 45. Nd7+ Kg7 46. Nxb8 $18 {Wh is a piece up, and Bl is still tied down on the h file} f4 47. exf4 Kf6 48. N8xc6 Ke6 49. Kc3 Rh8 50. Kd2 Rh7 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. f5 Rh8 53. Ne5 Rh7 54. Nbd3 Nf6 55. Rxh7 Nxh7 56. Kf4 Ke7 57. Ng4 Kd6 58. f6 Ke6 59. Nc5+ Kf7 60. Kf5 (60. Kf5 {one possible way the game might end} Nf8 61. Ne5+ Kg8 62. Ne6 Nh7 (62... Nxe6 {lasts a little longer}) 63. f7+ Kh8 64. Ng6#) 1-0

[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

[Event "Oswestry A - Maddocks A"]
[Site "Senior Citizens Club, Oswestry"]
[Date "2025.04.10"]
[Round "Bd 3"]
[White "Maydew, Simon"]
[Black "Fisher, Peter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[GameId "2165385906192394"]
[EventDate "2025.04.10"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"]

{[%evp 0,40,17,34,8,12,6,6,8,4,5,6,130,5,5,10,8,0,15,-3,3,-6,6,-6,-53,-98,-35,-68,-85,69,1,-66,-77,-75,-67,-77,-81,-87,-1,1,70,96,71]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 (4... c5 {main-vk}) 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5 9. Ne5 Nc6 (9... Nbd7 {alternative-vk}) 10. a3 (10. f4 {may be more exact, to take back with the f pawn-vk}) 10... Rc8 (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 {47 % for Wh-vk}) 11. f4 a6 12. Rf3 c4 $146 {interesting gambit- classical play- a K side attack is countered by opening up the centre-vk} (12... b5 13. Rh3 g6 $14 {2-0-1 perhaps a bit easier to play for Wh-vk}) 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Nexc4 b5 15. Ne5 $6 {[%eval -64,18]} (15. Rh3 {[%eval 0,17]} bxc4 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Qh5 f6 18. e4 c3 19. Bxc3 Nxd4 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ {[repetition-vk]}) 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd5 {[Bl has a definite plus-vk]} 18. Ne4 f5 $6 {[%eval 2,16]} (18... Qd7 {[%eval -64,14]} 19. Qh3 h6 20. Rf1 Qc7 21. Qg3 Rcd8 22. Rf3 Qb8 23. c3 Rc8 24. Bc2 Qb6 25. Bb3) (18... g6 19. Qh3 Rc6 20. Rf1 f6 $17 (20... f5 $17 {SF17-vk]})) 19. exf6 Nxf6 $6 {[%eval 59,19]} (19... Bxf6 {[%eval 8,15]} 20. Qh3 Rc6 21. a4 h6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qg3 Bh4 24. Qg6 Ne7 25. Qh5 Nf5 26. Rf1) 20. Qh3 Nxe4 (20... Nxe4 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qxe4 g6 23. Qe6 Bf6 24. Qxa6 Bg7 25. Qb7 Rb8 26. Qe4 Qg5 27. Rf1 Rfe8 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. exf4 b4 $11 {[SF17-vk]}) 1/2-1/2

[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
[Event "Oswestry A v Maddocks A"]
[Site "Oswestry"]
[Date "2025.04.10"]
[Round "Bd 5"]
[White "Billington, Mark"]
[Black "Slegg, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Slegg,Gary"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[GameId "2165386284052538"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"]

{[%evp 9,92,-14,-6,-23,-18,-12,-13,-23,-11,-16,47,9,17,-76,-75,-130,-120,-130,1,-121,-30,-76,-19,-35,1,-1,1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,1,-89,-27,-74,-63,-260,-182,-397,-329,-365,-335,-837,-313,-346,-297,-462,-333,-352,-345,-358,-266,-329,-317,-406,-302,-316,-290,-369,-321,-341,-295,-459,-415,-461,-401,-517,-364,-372,-351,-484,-463,-465,-285,-480,-396,-1128,-1164,-1099,-462,-1071,-1026,-29998,-29999] A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 c5 2. c3 {No one has ever played this version against me, so I wasn't sure what I should play, however, I played it correctly} e6 (2... Nf6) 3. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5g3][%mdl 32]} 4. Qc2 (4. a3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Bxf6 dxe3 9. Bxg7 Rg8 10. Bd4 exd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 f5 15. Qc2 f4 16. Bc4 Rg7 17. Bh4 e4 18. Qxe4 Nb4 {Gogolis,A (2280)-Haritakis,T (2320) Thessaloniki 1996 ½-½ (42)}) 4... d5 5. Bf4 (5. Bg5 Nc6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Rad8 {Bozinovic,B (1932)-Li Bo (2183) Belgrade SRB 2024 0-1 (54)}) 5... Nh5 $146 {[SF17 first line-vk]} (5... Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Bd3 f5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O a5 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 a4 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Ba6 18. Ng5 g6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Qxa4 {Hackbarth,C (1872)-Wunderl,E (1867) Austria 2014 1-0 (32)}) 6. Bg3 Nxg3 {I was a little nervous opening the h-file to his Rook, especially as I had intended to castle King side, however, his dark squared Bishop is quite powerful, so it seemed sensible to eliminate one of his most powerful pieces} 7. hxg3 g6 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. e4 c4 {[%eval 47,19] I was in two minds about this move, it entombs his light squared Bishop, but mine hasn't got a lot of space either. Also, as I have the 2 Bishops I should be trying to open the centre, not close it. However, I reasoned that if he played exd5 then my light squared Bishop is released along the h3-c8 diagonal, whereas if he playes e5 I can start putting pressure on the Queenside} (9... cxd4 $11 {[%eval -16,19]} 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Be7) 10. exd5 {[%eval 9,22]} (10. b3 $14 {[%eval 47,19] is superior.}) 10... exd5 $11 11. Ne5 {[%eval -76,20]} (11. b3 $11 {[%eval 17,21] remains equal.}) 11... Qe7 {Strongly threatening ...f6.} 12. O-O-O {[%eval -130,22]} ({Better is} 12. Be2 {[%eval -75,22]}) 12... Nxe5 $17 13. dxe5 Bd7 {[%eval 1,22]} ({Don't take} 13... Qxe5 14. Bxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be7 15. Nf3 $16) (13... Qg5 $17 {[%eval -130,21] aiming for ...b5.} 14. f4 Qxg3 15. Nxc4 (15. Qa4+ Bd7 $19) 15... Qxf4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Bg7 {[SF17 gives s this line as winning for B-vk]}) 14. Re1 {[%eval -121,21]} (14. Nf3 $11 {[%eval 1,22]}) 14... O-O-O {[%eval -30,22]} (14... b5 $17 {[%eval -121,21] Hoping for ...Rb8.} 15. Nf3 Rb8) 15. f4 {[%eval -76,21]} (15. Nf3 $11 {[%eval -30,22]}) 15... Qc5 {[%eval -19,23]} (15... Bf5 $17 {[%eval -76,21]} 16. Qa4 Qc5) 16. Nf3 $1 $11 Bf5 {[%eval 1,21]} (16... Qa5 $15 {[%eval -35,22] [SF17 definite plus for Bl=vk]}) 17. Qd2 Qa5 {And now ...d4 would win.} 18. a3 Bc5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qa4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ra4c2]} 21. Re2 {[%eval -89,24] [#] Against Qc2+} (21. Qd1 $11 {[%eval 1,22] keeps the balance.} Qd7 22. Rh6) 21... Kb8 {[%eval -27,24] I offered a draw} (21... Qb3 $1 $17 {[%eval -89,24] Threatens to win with ...h5.} 22. Rd2 (22. Qxa7 Qa2 $17) 22... Kb8) 22. Rd2 {[%eval -74,25] [#]} (22. g4 $11 {[%eval -27,24]} Bxg4 23. Rd2) 22... Qb3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. Rf2 $2 {[%eval -260,23] This move loses the game for White.} ({White should play} 23. g4 $1 $15 {[%eval -63,23]} Be4 24. g5 {[though Bl retains a definite plus-vk]}) 23... Qa2 24. Kd2 $2 {[%eval -397,24]} (24. Re2 {[%eval -182,24] was worth a try.}) 24... Qxb2+ $19 25. Ke3 Qc1+ ({Not} 25... Qxa3 $2 26. Rd2 $19) 26. Qd2 $2 {[%eval -837,24]} (26. Ke2 {[%eval -335,22]}) 26... Qxa3 $2 {[%eval -313,23]} (26... d4+ {[%eval -837,24]} 27. Kf3 Qa1 28. Bxc4 Qxh1) 27. Qd4 Qc1+ 28. Rd2 {[%eval -462,23]} (28. Kf3 {[%eval -297,23] keeps fighting.}) 28... Qe1+ 29. Re2 Qxg3+ 30. Kd2 Qd3+ 31. Qxd3 Bxd3 32. Re3 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} d4 34. Ree1 dxc3+ 35. Kxc3 b5 36. Rb1 {[%eval -459,23]} (36. Kb4 $142 {[%eval -295,19]}) 36... a6 37. f5 Rhe8 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Rxf7 Rxe5 40. Rf6 Rd3+ 41. Kb4 Red5 42. Rxg6 $2 {[%eval -480,28]} (42. Rxa6 {[%eval -285,26] was called for.} Rg3 43. Rb2) 42... Kb7 43. Rg7+ $2 {[%eval -1128,28]} (43. Rf6 {[%eval -396,24]}) 43... Kb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Ra6a5]} 44. Rg6+ Rd6 45. Rxd6+ Rxd6 46. Rg1 Rd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.98/Black=0.48} 0-1

