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Oswestry Chess Club

[Event "Oswestry A-Telford A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "Bd 3"]
[White "Neal, Toby C"]
[Black "Bailey, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[GameId "2137603919123817"]
[EventDate "2025.01.24"]

{[%evp 0,14,13,20,19,23,21,1,22,-13,-13,-29,-5,-5,-5,-17,49]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {The Evans Gambit} Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 {The Euwe defence, second most frequent,seen as a postional response} (5... Ba5 6. d4 (6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bb6 {is the Lasker defence}) 6... d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 $1 (7... Qe7 {loses a piece to} 8. d5)) (5... Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 {the so called 'compromised defence 'is very dangerous for Bl} 8. Bxf7+ (8. Qb3)) 6. d4 exd4 (6... Na5 {is main,returning the pawn, when Wh has either} 7. Nxe5 {or} (7. Be2)) 7. Qb3 {scores better than} (7. cxd4 {most frequent and in theory books considered to give Wh enough compensation for the pawn} d6) 7... d6 (7... Na5 {is a better way to defend, though Wh scores well against it} 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Qa4 Kxf7 10. Qxa5 {when the Engines concur on} c6 $11 {2-3-2}) 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bc4 $146 (9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. cxd4 $16 {3-1-1}) (9. cxd4 Na5 {transposes} 10. Qa4 Kxf7 11. Qxa5 {90 games}) 9... Na5 {now Bl gets back on track} 10. Qa4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 dxc3 {but this helps Wh develop} (11... Nf6 12. Qd3 c5 13. cxd4 d5 $11 {SF17}) 12. Nxc3 $16 Bf6 (12... Bg4 {develops rather than move a piece a second time} 13. Rb1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 b6 15. O-O $16) 13. Rb1 (13. e5 $1 {SF17 , open lines matter more than pawns} Qe7 (13... dxe5 14. Ba3+ Ne7 15. O-O Qe8 16. Rfe1 Qc6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Qe3 Kg8 19. Rad1 Nf5 20. Qc5 Qe8 21. Nd5 $18) 14. O-O dxe5 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Qc3 e4 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Qb4+ Qe7 19. Qxb7 Re8 20. Qxe4 $18 {SF17}) (13. O-O b5 (13... Qe7 14. e5 {as above}) 14. Nxb5 Bxa1 15. Ba3 Ba6 (15... Bf6 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. e5 $18) 16. Rxa1 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qe8 18. Qc4 Qf7 19. Qa6 Nf6 20. e5 $18 {SF17}) 13... Bxc3+ (13... Be6 $1 14. Qxe6 Bxc3+ 15. Ke2 Qe8 16. Qc4 Qc6 17. Qd3 a6 (17... Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Nf6 21. Rb7 $16 {SF17})) 14. Qxc3 Qe7 (14... Nf6 15. e5 $18 {SF17}) 15. O-O Nf6 (15... b6 16. Re1 Bb7 17. e5 Re8 18. Ba3 $18 {SF17}) 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qd3 Qf7 18. Qd4 (18. Ng5 Nf4 19. Qe4 Qf5 20. Qxf4 {SF17}) (18. Rb5 c6 19. Rb3 Qg6 20. Qd4 $18 {SF17}) 18... c5 19. Qh4 (19. Qd2 b6 20. Ng5 Qb7 21. Rb3 h6 22. Rf3+ Kg8 23. Nf7 $18 {SF17}) 19... Bf5 20. Rb2 (20. Rb3) 20... b6 21. exd6 (21. Rd2 Re8 22. Bb2 Bd7 23. exd6 Qf5 24. Ne5 Nf6 25. Nxd7+ Nxd7 26. Qg3 Qf7 27. Rd3 $18 {SF17}) 21... Re8 22. Qg3 Qg6 23. Qxg6 (23. Nh4 Qg4 (23... Qxg3 24. fxg3 g6 25. g4 Re4 26. gxf5 Rxh4 27. fxg6+ Kg7 28. Rd2 Rd4 29. Bb2 $18) 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Rb3 Qf7 26. Rf3 Nf6 27. d7 (27. Rxf6 Qxf6 28. d7 $18) 27... Qxd7 28. Rxf6+ {Engines can always calculate a King hunt precisely- humans have trouble with long sequences} gxf6 29. Bh6+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Qb8+ Qc8 32. Rd1+ Ke7 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Bg7 Rhf8 35. Qxb6+ Kf5 36. Qb1+ Ke6 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. Re1+ Kd7 39. Qb5+ Qc6 (39... Kd8 40. Qb6+ Kd7 41. Re6 Qc7 42. Re7+) 40. Re7+ Kxe7 41. Qxc6 $18) (23. Bg5 {also keeps Qs on} h6 24. Rd2 hxg5 (24... Nb4 25. d7 Bxd7 26. Be7+ $1 {wins the Q}) 25. Rxd5 Qf7 26. d7 Bxd7 27. Qd6+ Re7 28. Ne5 Rh6 29. Nxf7 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 $18) (23. Rb3 {3rd line of SF17} Qxg3 24. fxg3 Nf6 25. Ra3 a5 26. Bb2 Re2 27. Rb3 Kf7 28. Rxb6 $18) 23... hxg6 $1 {lets the R out and stops d7} 24. Bg5 (24. Rd2 Nf6 25. Bb2 Kg8 26. h3 Bd7 27. Ne5 Kh7 28. f3 $18 {Wh is still ahead the Bl pieces have no good squares to go to}) 24... Nf6 25. h4 Kf7 (25... Be4 $11) (25... Bd7 $11) 26. Bf4 Nd7 (26... Rhf8 27. Ne5+ Kg8 28. Nc6 Re4 29. Bg5 Bd7 30. Nxa7 Ra8 31. Nb5 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Nd7 33. Rb2 $14) 27. g3 {[draw?]} (27. g3 Rhf8 28. Ng5+ Kg8 $11 {SF17}) (27. Ng5+ $18 {SF17- disconnects the Rs or puts the K on an exposed square} Kf6 28. g3) 1/2-1/2

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