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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry A v Newport A"] [Site "Oswestry"] [Date "2024.10.03"] [Round "Brd 2"] [White "Bryant, Richard BE"] [Black "Lewis, Christopher"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "1906"] [BlackElo "1992"] [Annotator "Rudy van Kemenade"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2097073439842345"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.09.14"] {[%evp 0,31,25,16,59,58,44,-35,13,0,-9,-16,-15,-18,-9,-69,-61,-65,-54,-55,-39,-38,-38,-45,-50,-51,-48,-78,-73,-120,-96,-131,-99,-130]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 {Richard 2-2} (3. Nf3 {Christopher 3 draws}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 (4... Nd7 {main}) 5. Bc4 (5. Nxf6+ {alternative}) 5... Nbd7 6. d4 {main} Nb6 (6... e6 7. Bg5 (7. Ne2 {main lines})) 7. Bb3 {41 % for Wh} (7. Bd3 Qxd4 8. Ne2 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ exf6 10. O-O $11 {SF17- 1.5-0.5}) 7... Qxd4 $17 {3-2-4} 8. Ng5 e6 (8... Nbd5 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 9. Ne2 (9. h3 h6 {seen by Wh, pm analysis}) 9... Qg4 10. Qxg4 {one cloud engine} (10. Qd3 h6 11. Nf3 a5 12. a3 Nbd7 $17 {SF17}) 10... Nxg4 11. Ne4 {Wh has no real compensation for the pawn down} Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. h3 Nf6 14. N4g3 Nbd7 $19 (14... Rd8 $19 {SF17}) 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. O-O-O {turns out to be riskier than 0-0 would have been, but with a solid pawn up Bl is just slowly increasing the placement of his pieces.} Nxb3+ (16... a5 {SF17 also looks powerful}) 17. axb3 b6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Bd2 a5 $19 (19... c5 20. Rhg1 Rd8 21. Ne4 Bb7 $19 {SF17}) 20. Kb1 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. b3 Ra7 23. c4 Nb4 24. Bc3 c5 (24... b5 {SF17- opens Wh's K position}) 25. Nh5 {a fishing expedition that comes to grief in the log run} Bb7 26. Nc1 (26. Nxg7 Be4+ 27. Kc1 Ra2 28. Rd2 Nd3+ 29. Kd1 Nf2+ 30. Ke1 Rxd2 $19 {SF17}) (26. Bxg7 Be4+ 27. Kc1 Rfa8 28. Bb2 Bc2 $19 {SF17}) 26... Be4+ 27. Kb2 Rfa8 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Rhe1 (29. Rhg1 Ra1 {mating}) 29... Bxg2 30. Re3 g6 31. Rg1 (31. Rd2 Bc6 32. Ng3 b5 $19 {SF17}) 31... Bc5 32. Rxg2 Bxe3 33. Ne2 Ra2+ 34. Kb1 Bd4 35. Kc1 Rxe2 {simplifying down, the Engine has a mate} (35... Ra1+ 36. Kd2 R8a2+ 37. Kd3 Rd1+ 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kf3 Rd3# {Sf17}) 36. Rxe2 Ra1+ 37. Kd2 Ra2+ 38. Kd3 Rxe2 0-1
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