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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Shrewsbury A - Oswestry A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.04.02"] [Round "Bd 3"] [White "Van Kemenade, J."] [Black "Ilesamni, Olusegan"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1681"] [BlackElo "1768"] [PlyCount "44"] [GameId "2163628039565881"] [EventDate "2025.04.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e5 {389 games out of 43,079} 4. Nf3 {72% for Wh} (4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. Nf3 {77% for Wh}) 4... exf4 {could have arisen from a King's Gambit with a rather peculiar followup of c5 and Nc6} 5. Bc4 d6 6. h3 $146 {Wh was needlessly woried by Bg4 with a resultant pawn storm} (6. d3 Be6 {4-1-2} (6... g5 7. h4 {3-1-1} (7. O-O {2-3-0})) (6... Bg4 7. O-O (7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. O-O Nd4 9. Nd5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 b5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Bg3 Be7 14. c3 Ne6 15. Bc6+ Kf8 16. f4 b4 17. e5 Qh6 18. Bd5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc7 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Be4 d5 22. Bg2 Qa6 23. f5 Nb5 24. f6 gxf6 25. exf6 Bd6 26. Qg4 Bxg3 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Bh3 {1-0 Arnold,J-Trigo,R IECG Cat-B email IECG email 1995}) 7... g5 8. h4 (8. g3 Bg7 9. gxf4 Qd7 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nd4 12. Rf2 Qh3 13. Qf1 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 g4 15. Nd5 Kd7 16. c3 b5 17. Bb3 Nc6 18. Ne3 Nh6 19. Rg2 f5 20. exf5 Rhf8 21. Be6+ Ke7 22. h3 g3 23. Rxg3 Bh8 24. Bd2 Kd8 25. a4 b4 26. Rg5 Rb8 27. Rh5 Ng8 28. Rxh7 Nf6 29. Rh6 Ne7 30. Ke2 Bg7 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Rxh8+ Bxh8 33. Kf3 Kc7 34. cxb4 cxb4 35. Rc1+ Kd8 36. b3 Nd7 37. Nc4 Nc5 38. Nxd6 Bd4 39. Be3 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Nxe6 41. fxe6 Nd5+ 42. Ke4 Nc3+ 43. Ke5 {1-0 Moiseenko,V (2441)-Sargsjan,V (2187) Cherepovets North Cup 2012 (4)}) 8... h6 9. Qe1 Bg7 10. g3 Bh3 11. gxf4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 gxh4 13. Qxh4 Qxh4 14. Nxh4 Nd4 15. Nb5 Nxc2 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nxa7 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bd2 Bg7 21. Rc1 Ne7 22. Bb5+ Nc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 O-O 25. b4 d5 26. e5 h5 27. a4 Kh7 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. Kh3 Rfc8 30. a5 Bf8 31. Ba4 Rxc6 32. Bxc6 Bxb4 33. Bxb4 Rxb4 34. a6 Rb3 35. a7 Rxd3+ 36. Kh4 Ra3 37. a8=Q Rxa8 38. Bxa8 d3 39. Bxd5 d2 40. Bf3 Kg6 41. Bxh5+ Kf5 42. Kg3 Ke4 43. Bd1 Kf5 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Bb3+ Kf5 46. Bc2+ {1-0 Allford,Z (1786)-Zurowski,D (1320) IECC Swiss email IECC email 1998})) 6... Be7 (6... g5 $17 {SF17 starts a pawn storm as h4 now loses a tempo and Wh's K side has been weakened , so 0-0 would run into h5}) 7. Ne2 (7. O-O {SF17 - is still prefeable though to the text- the Engine fights it out if Bl continues with} g5 8. b4 $1 cxb4 (8... Nxb4 9. d4 $14) 9. Nd5 h6 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 $15 {The initial assesment of the Engine, but it concludes that Bl is best giving at least a pawn back} Ne5 (12... O-O 13. axb4 Re8 14. d3 $11) (12... Rg8 13. Bb5 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. axb4 Kf8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. d4 $11) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. d4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 d5 16. exd5 Kg7 $11) 7... Bh4+ (7... g5 8. d4 h6 {with a pawn structure (except for c5 and h3) close to normal lines in the King's Gambit}) 8. Kf1 Be7 (8... Bf6 9. Nxf4 Ne5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nd5 Nxf3 13. Qxf3 Be5 14. d3 Ne7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. g3 O-O 17. Kg2 Qe6 18. Rf1 b5 19. a3 a5 $15 {SF17}) 9. Nxf4 $11 Nf6 10. d3 O-O 11. c3 (11. Kf2 $11) (11. Be3 $11) (11. Kg1 $11) 11... Ne5 12. Bb3 Bd7 $15 (12... c4 13. Bc2 cxd3 14. Bxd3 Re8 $17 {SF17}) 13. Bc2 Bc6 14. Qe1 (14. Kg1 Kh8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 g5 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Rh2 Rc8 21. Nc3 Rg8 22. Qd2 Qf8 23. Kh1 f5 24. Rg1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Re8 26. d5 Bf6 $15 {SF17}) 14... Nxf3 (14... Re8 $17) 15. gxf3 Nd7 (15... d5 16. Rh2 g6 17. Kg1 Re8 18. Re2 d4 19. Rg2 Nd7 $15 {SF17}) 16. Qg3 (16. h4 $11 {SF17- gives Wh that extra little space for attacking Bl's K instead}) 16... Bh4 17. Qg2 Ne5 (17... f5 18. Ke2 Qe7 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Bb3 b5 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qf7 23. Kd2 Nb6 $19 {the Wh K is dangerously placed in the middle of the board and the Q side is a bit draughty as well}) 18. Rg1 Qf6 (18... g5 {looks wild, but SF17 has it all worked out} 19. Ke2 (19. Nd5 f6 20. f4 Ng6 21. Bb3 f5 (21... Kh8 22. f5 Ne5 $15) 22. exf5 (22. Nb6+ Kh8 23. Nxa8 fxe4 $19 {the position opens up around Wh's K, and Wh's Q side is still undeveloped}) 22... Rxf5 23. Qg4 Rxd5 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Bxd5 Qf8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Kg2 gxf4 28. Rf1 Bg3 $17 {a crazy sequence}) 19... Kh8 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rc8 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Bd2 exf4 24. Bc3+ f6 $17 {also not your normal kind of play}) (18... g6 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rg2 Bd7 21. Kg1 Kh8 22. Be3 {and now} g5 {looks sensible as it picks up an exchange} 23. Nd5 Bxh3) 19. Be3 (19. Nh5 $1 $11 Qg6 (19... Qxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nxf3 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Bh6 f5 23. Ke2 fxe4 24. dxe4 Bb5+ 25. Bd3 c4 26. Bc2 Be8 27. Nf4 Rf6 28. Rxb7 Rxh6 29. Kxf3 Rf6 30. Rf1 Bg5 31. Kg3 $11) 20. f4 (20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe2 Bg3 22. Qg2 Bh4 {repetition, looked at in pm analysis}) 20... f5 21. Qe2 Qh6 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. fxe5 fxe4+ 24. Kg1 Bf2+ 25. Kh2 e3 26. d4 Rg8 27. Bxe3 Rxg7 28. Bxh6 Rg2+ 29. Kh1 Rg1+ 30. Kh2 Rg2+ {SF17 an equally curious variation, though easier to follow.}) 19... g6 (19... Kh8 $17 {SF17}) 20. Nh5 $2 {one move too late} (20. Bb3 b5 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Nxf3 24. Rh1 f5 25. Ke2 Ne5 26. Raf1 fxe4 27. dxe4 a6 $15 {SF17}) 20... Qxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Nxf3 22. Rg4 $2 (22. Rg2 Kh8 23. Ng3 f5 $19 {Bl is a pawn up and is still attacking with better placed pieces}) 22... Nh2+ 0-1
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