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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry A v Shrewsbury A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.10.31"] [Round "Brd 1"] [White "Hopkins, Jamie R"] [Black "Van Kemenade, R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A27"] [WhiteElo "1889"] [BlackElo "1893"] [Annotator "Rudy van Kemenade"] [PlyCount "56"] [GameId "2106934671392799"] [EventDate "2024.11.01"] {[%evp 0,56,26,-5,-22,-15,-12,-23,28,13,55,71,65,65,74,65,51,62,132,70,74,57,51,62,58,58,61,20,17,16,4,47,9,-27,-23,-11,10,10,-3,-3,-12,-13,-13,-16,-11,-15,14,23,23,26,37,28,54,34,63,54,48,48,69]} 1. c4 {2043, expired grade from 2023} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 {main} (6. Ng5) (6. Nh4) 6... exf3 (6... Ne5 7. Nd4 Nf6 8. f4 {4-3-0, all correspondence games}) 7. dxc6 bxc6 (7... fxe2 8. Qxe2+ {1.5-0.5}) 8. exf3 (8. e3 g6 9. Qxf3 {1-1-1}) 8... Be6 (8... Nf6 9. Bg2 $16 {2-1-1}) (8... Be7 {SF17} 9. Bg2 Bf6 10. O-O $16 {1.5-0.5}) 9. Qa4 (9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O {also F17} Bg7 11. Re1 Kf7 12. c5 Nf6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Ne2 Nd5 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Re8 17. Qa4 $18 {SF17}) 9... Bd7 (9... Qd7 {SF17} 10. Bg2 d5 11. f4 Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qxa7 $18 {Gueci-Grineva, EU ch women, Prague 2022,1/2-1/2}) (9... Kf7 10. Qxc6 Ne7 {F17} 11. Qa4 g6 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. O-O $18 {SF17}) 10. Qc2 (10. c5 Nf6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 d5 14. Ne2 $18 {SF17}) (10. Bd3 Nh6 (10... c5 11. Qc2 g6 12. h4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. h5 O-O 15. O-O-O $16 {SF17}) 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. O-O $18 {F17}) 10... g6 (10... Be7 {SF17}) (10... Qe7+ 11. Be3 (11. Be2 {SF17}) 11... Nf6 {F17} (11... f4 12. gxf4 Nh6 {SF17- both players aware of this possibility during the game and Wh would have avoided it on principle})) 11. Bg2 {F17} (11. Bd3 {SF17}) 11... Bg7 (11... Qe7+ 12. Ne2 (12. Be3 f4 $11) 12... Nf6 13. O-O Bg7 14. c5 O-O $16 {Sf17}) 12. O-O Ne7 (12... Nf6 13. Re1+ Kf7 14. b4 $16 {SF17}) (12... Kf7 13. Bf4 Nf6 {F17} 14. c5 Nh5 15. Bd2 d5 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rab1 $16 {SF17}) 13. Bg5 (13. Re1 h6 {both Engines}) 13... h6 14. Bxe7 (14. Be3 {both Engines}) 14... Kxe7 15. f4 Rb8 {SF17} (15... a5 {SF17}) 16. b3 (16. Rab1 $16 {both Engines}) 16... Kf7 $14 17. Rad1 Qf6 (17... Re8 $14 {both Engines}) 18. Ne2 (18. Na4 {F17}) (18. Rd3 {SF17}) 18... Qb2 {both Engines} (18... c5 {considered} 19. Qd2 Rhe8 20. Rfe1 Rb4 21. Rb1 Kf8 22. h4 h5 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Rbc1 a5 25. Nc3 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 (26. Nd5 Rxc1 27. Nxf6 Bxf6 28. Qxc1 Bd4 $14) 26... c6 27. Qh1 Qd4 28. Rc2 Rb6 29. Na4 Rb8 30. Qc1 $14 (30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qxc6 Qd3 32. Rc1 Re8 33. Kh3 Qd2 34. Rf1 Qd3 35. Kg2 Re2 $11 {SF17})) 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 $11 20. Rd2 Bf6 21. Nd4 Bxd4 (21... c5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 $11 {considered, and pm but Bl can no longer get a R onto e8}) 22. Rxd4 Rhe8 (22... c5 $1 {Wh Wh in pm and both Engines. Bl can then begin to attack the passive Wh pawn dstructure on the Q side with a5 or Rb6-a6, a possibility that concerned wh}) 23. c5 d5 24. Ra4 Rb7 (24... Ra8 25. Ra6 {preferred by both Engines} g5 {SF17} (25... Re6 {F17})) 25. Bf3 (25. Rd1 Re2 26. Bf1 Rc2 27. Ra5 $14 {F17}) (25. h4 Re2 26. Rc1 Rb2 27. Bxd5+ cxd5 28. c6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 h5 30. Kg2 Re2 31. Raa6 d4 32. Kf3 d3 {SF17- something like this was looked at in pm analysis, though Wh K was further away} 33. Rf6+ $1 Ke7 34. Rxg6 Rb6 35. Rg7+ Kf6 36. Rxb6+ axb6 37. Rxc7 Rxa2 38. Rc6+ Ke7 39. Rxb6 d2 40. Ke2 d1=Q+ 41. Kxd1 Rxf2 42. b4 $18 {Sf17}) 25... Re7 (25... Rb5 {SF17- considered as main choice for a while by Bl & looked at in pm} 26. Rc1 (26. Rxa7 Rxc5 27. Rxc7 Ke7 $11 {SF17- the players considered that this gave Bl quite good chances, since Wh's extra pawn is useless on the K side, while the 3 Bl pieces are better cordinated than Wh's}) 26... a5 {the R on e8 prevents Be2} 27. Kf1 Ra8 28. h4 Rb4 29. Ra3 Kf6 (29... a4 30. Bd1 $11) 30. Bd1 $11 {SF17}) (25... Ra8 {F17} 26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Ra5 $16 {SF17}) 26. Rc1 Ke8 (26... Bc8 27. Kf1 a6 {both Engines}) 27. Kf1 Kd8 28. Re1 (28. h4 $18 {SF17}) 28... Rxe1+ {Draw? Wh running low on time} (28... Rb5 29. Rc1 Rb7 30. Be2 Re4 31. Ra6 g5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Ke1 Rd4 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 g4 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. Ra4 Kf6 38. h4 gxh3 39. Rh4 a5 40. Rxh3 a4 41. Rh7 axb3 42. axb3 Be8 43. Kc3 $14 {SF17}) (28... Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Rb5 30. b4 {the variation Bl was thinking about and looked at in pm analysis} (30. Be2 $1 $18 Rxc5 31. Kd2 d4 32. Bc4 {the Bl R is trapped} Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Kxd4 a5 35. a3) (30. Kd2 {also}) 30... a5 {both Engines gives this which was considered as best, Wh thought that} (30... Rb7 {would just produce a stalemate for both Rs- however Wh can just slowly improve all his pieces} 31. a3 Kc8 32. Be2 Kd8 33. Kd2 {both Engines keep wanting Bl to play g5, which surely must give Wh a chance to make something of his K side majority currently held up by the doubled pawn} Ke7 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. Ra6 Kf6 37. h4 h5 38. Bd3 (38. b5) 38... Ke6 39. Bc2 Kf6 40. Ba4 $18) 31. bxa5 Kc8 32. a6 Kb8 33. a7+ Ka8 34. Be2 Rxc5 35. Kd2 Bc8 36. Bf1 Bb7 37. Be2 Bc8 38. Bf1 Bb7 39. Bd3 Bc8 40. h3 h5 41. f3 {and Wh will break through on the K side}) 1/2-1/2
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