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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry A v Shrewsbury A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.10.31"] [Round "Brd 3"] [White "Priestley, Stephen"] [Black "Bailey, Adrian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1741"] [BlackElo "1774"] [Annotator "Rudy van Kemenade"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2107150557258413"] [EventDate "2024.11.01"] {[%evp 0,19,35,-29,-29,-34,-30,-26,6,-5,-1,-17,-21,-19,-18,-26,-26,-30,10,7,2,-26]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 {main} (3. g3 g6 {Priestley- Bailey, Shropshire league 2024,1/2-1/2 & Shropshire League online 20231-0}) 3... c5 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 (7. Bxd7+ {a little bit more frequent}) 7... O-O 8. O-O (8. Bxd7) 8... a6 (8... Bg4 $17 {0-2-9}) 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. d4 $146 {0bstructs the QB} (10. d3 $11 {6-5-8}) 10... Ne4 $15 (10... Rc8) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf6 (12... Rc8 $15) 13. dxc5 (13. c4 $11) 13... Ne4 14. Qc1 Nxc5 (14... Bxb2 $5) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ Kg8 17. Rad1 Ne4 18. c4 Qb6 19. Qd4 (19. Rd4 e6 20. Ne5 Rad8 $11 {SF17}) 19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 e6 22. cxd5 exd5 (22... Nc3 23. R1d2 Rxd5 $11) 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc8 $11 25. Nd2 (25. h3 {looks simpler. providing an escape for the K rather than having a piece pinned down} Rc2 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rd7 b5 28. Ne5 Rxa2 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Re7 Ng3 $11) 25... Rc1+ 26. Nf1 Nc3 (26... h5 27. g3 Rb1 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rd7 Ra1 30. Rd4 f5 31. a4 Rb1 32. b4 Kf7 33. Kg2 $11 {SF17}) 27. Rd2 $11 {(Draw?]} 1/2-1/2
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