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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry A-Telford A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.01.23"] [Round "Bd 1"] [White "Faustino, Tiago"] [Black "Van Kemenade, R."] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "1905"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2137356637696121"] [EventDate "2025.01.24"] {[%evp 0,24,18,20,7,10,39,19,29,-7,5,16,33,21,20,45,36,0,-10,-11,7,-2,-3,2,7,-29,6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 (2... e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. a3 a5 10. Nc3 Ncxe5 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 $14 {Faustino-Van Kemenade, Shropshire Open 2025,0-1}) 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bg5 (8. d5) (8. dxe5 {main lines} dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. b3 h6 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Nc3 e4 $19 {0.5-3,5 Van Kemenade, including Poulsen-Van Kemenade, EU ch tm Dresden 2010,0-1}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 (11... dxe5 {2-1-4}) 12. Qd2 {7-3-4}) 11. Qxd8 Bxd8 12. Nd5 (12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Nd5 f6 14. Rd2 Nb8 15. Rad1 c6 16. Ne3 Be7 17. b3 Na6 18. Nh4 Kf7 $17 {Jeverstar-Van Kemenade,playchess.com 2014,0-1}) 12... f6 (12... f5 13. e3 e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 c6 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Ne2 Be6 19. b3 b5 20. d5 (20. f3 $11) 20... Bf7 $17 {Urazayev-Khandelwal, Titled Tuesday blitz 2022,0-1}) (12... e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Nd4 15. e3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 exf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd3 a5 $17 {SF17}) 13. Rfd1 Nb8 14. Rac1 (14. b4 c6 15. Ne3 Be7 16. Rab1 Kf7 $11 {SF17}) 14... c6 15. Nc3 Be7 $15 16. a3 a5 17. Ne4 Be6 (17... a4 18. Nd6 Na6 19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 20. Nd2 (20. Rd7 Kf7 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Nxc7 23. Nd2 Rd8 $17) 20... Nc5 21. Ne4 Nb3 22. Rb1 f5 23. Nd2 Nc5 $17 {SF17}) 18. Nd6 b6 (18... Ra7 $17 {Bl's initial idea} 19. c5 Rd8 20. Nh4 Kg7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bxd6 23. cxd6 g5 24. Nf3 Ra2 25. Kf1 Rb2 26. Ne1 Rxb4 $17 {SF17}) 19. Nh4 Kg7 20. Nb5 (20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 f5 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Nb5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 cxb5 (24... Bxc4 25. Nbd4 $11) 25. Nd4 Ra7 26. Nxe6+ Kf6 27. Bd5 Bd6 28. Nd4 bxc4 29. e3 Rd7 30. Bxc4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Nc6 $15 {SF17}) 20... Rc8 (20... cxb5 {considered and pm analysis} 21. Bxa8 Bxc4 22. Bd5 {SF17} (22. Kf1 Bb3 23. Rd2 Bc5 24. Nf3 $18) 22... Bxd5 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. Rxd5 Bc5 25. Rc8 Nd7 26. Nf3 $18 {SF17- Bl does not have enough for the exchange}) (20... Bg8 $17 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Nb5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f5 25. Nd6 e4 26. Rd2 Bd5 27. Ne8+ Kf7 28. Nc7 Ra7 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Rb7 31. Rd2 Bf6 32. Rc2 Nd7 $19 {SF17}) 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. c5 bxc5 (22... a4 $17 {also, SF17 & pm analysis}) 23. Nb7 $2 (23. Nb5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bb3 25. Rd2 f5 26. Nd6 e4 $19 {when SF17 gives as Wh's best chance} 27. Nhxf5+ gxf5 28. Nxf5+ Kf8 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Bxe4 Ra7 31. Bf5 Nd7 $19 {but a long game}) 23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bd7 {an idea after thinking about things , hoping to trap the N} (24... Ra7 25. Nd6 {SF17} (25. Nd8 Bb3 {pm analysis} (25... Bd7 {traps N- totally missed in pm analysis}) 26. Rd2 c4 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 28. Bxc6 a4 29. Be4 f5 30. Bb1 (30. Bc2 Rc7) 30... e4 31. Ng2 c3 32. bxc3 Bxa3 $19 {and the a pawn walks on}) 25... Rd7 26. Ne8+ Kf7 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Nc7 Bd8 29. Na8 Bc8 {an echo of Bl's position at move 13.wins N, SF17}) (24... Bb3 25. Rd2 Ra7 26. Nd6 Rd7 27. Ne4 f5 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Nd2 Bd5 $19 {pm analysis, SF17}) (24... Ra6 {pm analysis} 25. Nd6 Rb6 (25... Ra7 26. Ne4 f5 {SF17}) 26. Rd2 c4 27. Bf1 {SF17} Na6 28. Ne4 f5 (28... Nc5) 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Rc2 e4 31. Ng2 g5 $19) 25. Rc1 Na6 $2 (25... a4 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Nf3 Ra5 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nc3 e4 30. Nd4 Bf6 31. e3 c5 32. Ndb5 Be5 33. Rd1 Be6 34. Bf1 Nd7 35. Nd5 $11 {SF17}) 26. Nxa5 $11 Rb8 $2 (26... Nb8 27. Nb7 Na6 28. Na5 Nb8 $11 {SF17}) 27. Rd1 $18 Be8 28. Bxc6 Bf7 (28... Bxc6 29. Nxc6 Rb7 30. Nxe7 Rxe7 31. Rd6 Nc7 32. Rb6 $18 {SF17}) 29. Rd7 Bd8 (29... Kf8 30. Nc4 $1 {SF17} (30. Ra7 Rxb2 31. Rxa6 {seen by both, & much simpler for humans}) 30... Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Nd6) 30. Nb7 (30. Bd5 Bxa5 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Nxg6#) 30... Bc7 31. Bd5 Rf8 32. Bc4 1-0
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