[Event "Shrewsbury A - Oswestry A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.03"]
[Round "Bd 1"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Higgie, Charles L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[GameId "2162335531925665"]
[EventDate "2025.04.03"]

{[%evp 0,6,22,32,24,4,24,19,31]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O e5 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Na6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Nc4 {Van Kemenade-Higgie, Oswestry Ch 2024,1-0}) 3. Bb5 g6 (3... e6 4. Bxc6 (4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 a6 7. Be2 h6 8. d4 Qc7 9. d5 Nd8 10. Nc3 e5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. d6 Qc6 13. dxe7 Bxe7 14. Nd5 Bd6 15. f4 Be6 16. fxe5 Bb8 17. Bg4 b5 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Bf5 Qe8 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. exf6 Bxf5 23. exf5 Kh7 24. Qh3 Ne6 25. Bc1 Nf4 26. Rxf4 Qe2 27. Qxh6+ {1-0 Waters,C (2115)-Higgie,C BCF-chT3N 1314 (4NCL) England 2013 (5.79)}) 4... bxc6 5. e5 Ba6 6. d3 c4 7. O-O cxd3 8. cxd3 Ne7 9. Re1 Nd5 10. d4 Be7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rb8 13. Qc2 d5 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Ba3 Qd5 20. Rab1 Bc4 21. Re5 Bb3 22. Qd3 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Bb4 Bd5 26. h3 a5 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28. Bb4 Rxa4 29. Re2 {½-½ Cartlidge,A-Higgie,C BCF-chT3N 1314 (4NCL) England 2013 (1.79)}) 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Qb6 (5... Nf6) (5... e5 {main lines}) 6. Bxc6 (6. Na3) (6. Ba4 {more frequent lines}) 6... Qxc6 {main} (6... bxc6) (6... dxc6 {against which Wh has better scores than the text}) 7. Re1 d5 {SF16} (7... d6 {main;SF17}) 8. exd5 (8. e5 Bg4 9. d4 $11 {SF17} e6 10. dxc5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxc5 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Qh3 Nc6 14. b4 Qb6 15. Nf3 a5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bc5 b6 18. Bd6 Qd7 19. b5 Ne7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nd2 c3 22. Ne4 O-O 23. Qxc3 Rfc8 24. Qd4 {½-½ Burg,T (2507)-Halvax,G (2404) BL2-West 2122 Germany 2022 (4.3)}) 8... Qxd5 9. d4 {the position has some resemlance to an Alapin c3 line vs the Sicilian} Bg4 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 $11 {SF17}) 10. dxc5 {Wh was content with a longterm 3 to 2 Q side majority , as well as getting some rapid development.} (10. Qa4+ {considered} Bd7 11. Qa3 cxd4 (11... Bc6 12. Qxc5 Qxc5 13. dxc5 Nh6 $14) 12. cxd4 Be6 13. Nc3 Qc4 14. Ne5 Qxd4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Qa4 Kf8 17. Bf4 $18 {SF17}) 10... Qxc5 11. Be3 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Nd2 $14 {SF17}) 11... Qc6 12. Nbd2 Rd8 (12... Nf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. Bd4 Rfe8 $14 {SF17}) 13. h3 (13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qb4 b6 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 f6 17. a4 $16 {SF17}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 a6 16. Bc5 (16. Rad1) (16. Bb6 Rd6 17. Bc5 Rd5 18. Ba3 e6 19. c4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bf6 $14 {SF17}) 16... e6 17. Ng5 (17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nf6 19. Nd2 b5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Rd3 Ra8 24. Nf5+ Kf6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Ra3 Kf6 $11 {SF17}) 17... Ne7 (17... Rd5 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Bd4 (19. Nd6+ Kd7 20. Rad1 Rxc5 21. Nxf7+ Ke7 22. Nxh8 Bxh8 23. f4 Nd7 $17) 19... Ke7 20. Nc5 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. b4 Rc8 $11 {SF17}) 18. Ne4 Nc8 19. Rad1 b6 20. Ba3 h6 21. c4 a5 (21... f5 {given as best try by SF17 even though it gives up a pawn} 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Rxe6+ Kf7 24. Rexd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rc8 {active R} (25... Rb8 $18) 26. Rd7+ (26. Rxb6 Rxc4 27. Rxa6 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Be5+ 29. g3 Rc2 30. Kg2 Bd4 $11) 26... Kg8 27. b3 b5 28. cxb5 (28. c5 a5 $11) 28... axb5 29. Rd2 Ra8 30. Bc5 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Kf1 b4 33. Ke2 g5 34. Kd3 Rc8 35. Rc2 Rd8+ 36. Ke3 Kf7 $11 37. Rc4 Re8+ 38. Kd2 Ra8 39. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 40. Ke3 h5 $11 {a classic drawing techique with the R behind the pawnthough Wh retains some chances}) 22. b3 Bd4 {here Wh spent some time looking at 5 different continuations, before deciding on} (22... Bf8 $2 23. Nf6#) 23. Rd2 ({A]} 23. Rd3 {seen by Bl is an improvement , Wh was wary of putting the R on a loose square. Then} f5 (23... Be5 {SF17} 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Ng5 hxg5 26. Rxe5 Kc7 27. Bc1 (27. Rxg5 Rd8 $11) 27... g4 28. hxg4 a4 29. f3 $16 {SF17}) (23... Bg7 24. Red1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rh7 26. Bc1 Ke7 27. c5 b5 28. c6 Nb6 29. Nd6 $18) 24. Nd6+ Nxd6 25. Rxe6+ (25. Rxd4 Nc8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Rxe6 $18 {even better}) 25... Kf7 26. Rxd6 Bf6 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Rd6 Rg8 30. Kf1 $18) ({B]} 23. Nd6+ Nxd6 24. Rxd4 Nb7 {SF17} (24... Nf5 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Kc8 27. g4 Nh4 {then SF17 continues} 28. Bb2 Rg8 29. Bf6 g5 30. f4 Rg6 31. fxg5 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nxg5 33. Bd4 Kb7 34. h4 Nh7 35. Kh3 $4) 25. Bb2 Rg8 26. Red1 Ke7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Kf1 Nc5 30. Ke2 $16 {SF17}) ({C]} 23. c5 bxc5 (23... b5 {Bl pm suggestion} 24. c6 $18 {SF17} b4 25. c7 Rd5 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Bb2 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 f5 29. Rd4 $1 (29. Rxe6+ Kd7 30. Rxg6 Re8 31. f4 $18) 29... O-O 30. Rd8 Kf7 31. f4 $18 {SF17}) 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Ne7 26. Bb6 (26. Bd4 {SF17} O-O 27. Bc5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re8 29. Bb6 a4 30. bxa4 Nd5 31. a5 $16) 26... Ra8 27. Re5 a4 28. Ra5 {then SF17} O-O 29. bxa4 Nd5 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. a5 {as above}) ({D]} 23. Rxd4 {simplest way for advantage- SF17 line 1} Rxd4 24. Bb2 {missed by Bl} Rxe4 (24... e5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nd6+ Kd7 27. Nxf7 {is worse- pm analysis}) 25. Rxe4 Rg8 {SF17} (25... O-O 26. Bf6 (26. Rd4 Re8 27. Rd7 e5 28. h4 $18 {SF17}) 26... Na7 27. Rh4 h5 28. Rd4 Nc6 29. Rd6 Rc8 30. Kf1 $18 {Bl is still tied down}) 26. Rd4 g5 27. Rd3 f5 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Re8 30. Be5 $18 {SF17}) (23. g3 {E] a 6th continuation, SF17 line 2} g5 24. Re2 (24. Rd2 f5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bb2 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. Bxh8 $18) 24... Bg7 25. Red2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Be5 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Bxd6 f6 29. Bc7 Ke7 30. Kf1 $18 {SF17}) 23... f5 24. Nd6+ (24. Rxd4 $1 {briefly considered by Wh, still the best plan} Rxd4 25. Bb2 e5 (25... Rxe4 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Bxh8 $18 {as Bl's pawn structure is worse than in the game}) 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nd6+ Kd7 28. Nb5 Nd6 29. Nxd4 Re8 30. Rd1 $18 (30. Kf1 $18) (30. Rxe8 $18 {SF17})) 24... Rxd6 25. Bxd6 Bc3 26. Red1 (26. Rxe6+ Kd7 27. Rde2 Nxd6 28. Rxg6 $16 {PM analysis, still better for Wh with R &2 pawns vs two minor pieces}) (26. Bf4 $1 {SF17} Bxd2 27. Bxd2 Kd7 (27... Kf7 28. Bc1 g5 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. a4 Rh7 31. g4 Rb7 32. Kg2 $18) 28. Rd1 Kc6 29. Bf4 $18) 26... Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Rh7 {missed by Wh} 28. Be5 (28. Bf4 g5 29. Be5 a4 30. g4 axb3 31. axb3 Ra7 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. Rd3 $14 {SF17}) 28... Rd7 (28... Rb7 29. h4 b5 30. c5 Rd7 31. Rc2 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd5 33. Bc7 a4 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. c6 e5 $14 {SF17}) 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Bg7 h5 31. h4 $14 {Wh was aiming to Q this pawn after getting the K into the K side} (31. f4 $1 $18 {SF17 stops the centre pawns while still leaving the Wh K an entry route to the K side}) 31... Kd6 32. Bd4 (32. Bf8+ $1 {SF17} Kc6 (32... Ke5 33. Kf1 Kd4 34. Ke2 Kc3 35. Bg7+ Kb4 36. Kd3 Ka3 37. Be5 Kxa2 38. Kc2 Ka3 39. Kc3 Ka2 40. b4 {Wh invades on the Q side then switches to the K side with the Bl K offside}) 33. Kf1 e5 34. Ke2 Na7 35. Kd3 Nc8 36. Kc3 Kc7 37. Bg7 Kd6 38. g3 $18 {SF17}) 32... e5 $11 33. Bc3 Na7 {[Draw?]} 34. Kf1 {Wh still hoped to use the superior mobiity of the B vs the N} (34. c5+ Kxc5 35. Bxe5 {considered as level by Wh, but SF17 finds Bl winning} Nc6 36. Bb2 (36. Bc3 Nb4 37. a3 Nc2 38. Bb2 b5 39. Kf1 Nd4 $19) 36... Kd5 37. Kf1 Nb4 38. a3 Nd3 39. Ba1 Nc1 $19) 34... Nc6 35. a3 $2 {weakens b3} (35. Ke2 Kc5 36. Kd3 Nb4+ 37. Kd2 Nxa2 38. Bxe5 a4 39. Kc2 axb3+ 40. Kxb3 Nb4 41. Bg7 Nd3 42. Kc3 Nf4 43. g3 Ne6 44. Bh6 $11 {SF17}) 35... e4 {missing a win} (35... Kc5 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Ke3 Nxb3 38. Bxe5 Kxc4 39. Kf4 Nd4 {cuts off the B from the Q side} 40. Kg5 b5 41. Bd6 Kd5 42. Be7 Ke6 43. Bf6 Nc2 44. Bb2 (44. Kxg6 Nxa3 $19) 44... Kf7 $19 {Sf17}) 36. Ke2 $11 Kc5 (36... Ne5 37. c5+ bxc5 38. Bxa5 Nc6 39. Bc3 f4 40. Kd2 Kd5 41. a4 Nd4 42. Bxd4 cxd4 43. a5 Kc6 44. b4 e3+ 45. fxe3 fxe3+ $11 {both sides have protected passed where neither side can take the rear one without the other getting through to Q}) 37. Ke3 a4 38. bxa4 Kxc4 39. Bd2 $11 (39. Bf6 $11) 39... Kb3 (39... Ne7 $11 40. Kf4 (40. a5) 40... Kd3 41. Bb4 Nd5+ 42. Kg5 f4 43. a5 bxa5 44. Bxa5 e3 45. fxe3 fxe3 46. Be1 $1 (46. Kxg6 Nc3 $19) 46... e2 47. Kxg6 Nf4+ 48. Kg5 Nxg2 49. Bb4 $11 (49. Bg3 Ke4 $19) 49... Kc2 50. a4 Kb3 51. Bd2 Kc2 52. Bb4 Nxh4 53. Kxh4 Kb3 54. Be1 Kxa4 $11 {SF17}) 40. Kf4 Kxa3 (40... Kxa4 {preserves the b pawn and expected by Wh, who now deviated from the planned invasion to 'play safe'. But there is a subtle difference in where the Bl K is as SF17 indicates why this holds and the text should lose} 41. Kg5 Ne5 42. Kf6 Ng4+ 43. Kxg6 Kxa3 {the K can now help the B pawn advance further than is possible in the variation covered in the next note} 44. Kxh5 b5 45. Kg5 b4 46. Bxb4+ Kxb4 47. Kxf5 Nxf2 48. Kf4 Kc3 49. Ke3 (49. h5 {also draws}) 49... Kc2 $1 50. h5 (50. Kxf2 $2 Kd2 $19) 50... Ng4+ 51. Kxe4 Nf6+ 52. Kf5 Nxh5 {It would be more difficult for Bl to draw this if the pawn was an h pawn, as then when chased by the K ithe N would not be able to move off in two different directions} 53. g4 Ng7+ 54. Kg6 Ne6 55. Kf6 Nf4 56. Kf5 Nh3 {this idea would not be possble if the pawn was on an h file.}) 41. Be3 {Wh's original conception in playing on after the draw offer was that the K could infiltrate on the K side and be able to give up the B to stop any advancing pawn. Meanwhile the K & N would be far away.Changing plan to eliminate the paw n at once, not only uses up tempi, it even helps Bl get the K back quicker to the K side.} (41. Kg5 $18 Kxa4 (41... Ne5 42. a5 bxa5 43. Bxa5 Kb3 44. Bc7 Ng4 45. Bb6 Ne5 46. Bd4 Nc6 47. Bf6 $18) 42. Kxg6 Kb3 43. Kxf5 {SF17} (43. Kxh5 {taking this pawn which was the idea behind 31h4 in the first place only draws} Kc2 44. Bf4 b5 45. Kg6 b4 46. h5 b3 47. h6 b2 48. h7 b1=Q 49. h8=Q Ne7+ 50. Kf6 Qa1+ 51. Be5 Qxe5+ (51... Nd5+ 52. Kxf5 Qf1 {is a safer line}) 52. Kxe5 Ng6+ 53. Kxf5 Nxh8 54. Kxe4 $11 {tablebases give this as drawn with best play, but Bl is the only one who can lose}) 43... Kc2 44. Bg5 b5 45. Kxe4 b4 46. Bf6 Na7 47. g4 Nb5 48. Ba1 Nc3+ 49. Kf4 Kb1 50. gxh5 Kxa1 51. h6 b3 52. h7 Nd5+ (52... b2 53. h8=Q b1=Q 54. Qxc3+ Ka2 55. Qa5+ Kb2 56. Qb4+ Kc1 57. Qxb1+ $18) 53. Kg5 b2 54. h8=Q $18 {some enterprising play demonstrated by the SF17 analysis}) 41... Kxa4 42. Bxb6 Kb5 43. Be3 Kc4 $11 44. Kg5 Ne5 45. Kf6 $2 (45. Bb6 Kd5 46. Bc7 f4 (46... Nd3 47. Kxg6 Nxf2 48. Kxh5 (48. Kxf5 e3 49. Bb6 Nd1 50. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 51. Kg5 Nxg2 52. Kxh5 Nxh4 53. Kxh4 $11) 48... e3 49. Kg5 e2 50. Ba5 Kc4 51. Kxf5 (51. h5 $2 Ne4+ 52. Kxf5 Nc3 $19) 51... Nd1 52. Be1 Ne3+ 53. Ke4 Nxg2 54. Bf2 Nxh4 55. Bxh4 $11 {SF17})) 45... Ng4+ $19 (45... Kd5 $2 46. g3 $18) 46. Kxg6 Nxe3 47. fxe3 f4 48. exf4 e3 49. Kxh5 e2 50. g4 e1=Q $19 51. f5 {Wh playing on is not entire pointless- If two of the Wh pawns can get to the 6th with the Wh K in front the Wh can draw- provided the Bl K does.t get to close. (a position Wh got in a game some 30 years ago)} Qe5 (51... Kd5 {brings the K in}) 52. Kg6 Qf4 53. g5 Qxh4 54. f6 Qe4+ (54... Kd5) (54... Qh8 {both look better}) 55. Kg7 Kd5 $2 {now is the wrong time for this move!} (55... Qe5 $1 56. g6 Kd5 57. Kf7 Kd6 58. g7 Qe6+ 59. Kg6 Ke5 $19 {SF17}) 56. f7 $11 Qe5+ 57. Kh7 Qf5+ 58. Kg8 $2 (58. g6 $2 Ke6 59. Kg7 Qf6+ 60. Kh6 (60. Kf8 Qh8#) 60... Kf5 61. Kh7 Kg5 62. f8=Q Qxf8 63. g7 Qf7 64. Kh8 Qh5+ 65. Kg8 Kf6 66. Kf8 Qf7#) (58. Kg7 $1 {is the typical drawing line with an f pawn on the 7th} Qxg5+ 59. Kh7 Qf6 60. Kg8 Qg6+ 61. Kh8 Qxf7 {stalemate}) 58... Qg6+ 59. Kh8 Qxf7 60. g6 Qf6+ 61. g7 Qh6+ (61... Qh4+ 62. Kg8 Ke6 63. Kf8 Qd8# {is quicker, but the human way is easier to play}) 62. Kg8 Ke6 63. Kf8 Kf6 (63... Kf6 64. Ke8 Qxg7 65. Kd8 Qb7 66. Ke8 Qe7#) 0-1

[Event "Shrewsbury A - Oswestry A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.02"]
[Round "Bd 2"]
[White "Kitchen, Peter J"]
[Black "Bryant, Richard BE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[GameId "2163956852508641"]
[EventDate "2025.04.07"]

{[%evp 0,32,17,6,2,19,-7,8,37,44,45,45,45,45,37,57,49,55,48,51,48,49,50,44,46,58,30,35,48,52,53,53,14,57,70]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7 {main; 3-4-3 Bryant}) 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Qe3 Bd7 {133 games, 53% for Wh}) 12... Qc7 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Nf4 (16... Rxf3 {main, is a promising exchange offer, though Wh can decline it} 17. Bxh5 {main} (17. gxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kg2 (18. Kh1 Nf4) 18... Nf4+ 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxd4 22. Be8 {4-3-4}) 17... Rf8 (17... Rf5 18. Bg4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. f4 Bd7 22. Qd2 Be6 23. Nc3 Qf7 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. Re1 Bd7 26. a3 Na5 27. Rh3 Nc4 28. Qf2 Kg8 29. Qg3 Bc6 30. Bg5 hxg5 31. Qh2 Qg6 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rxc8 Bxf4 34. g3 Bd6 35. Qe2 Qh6+ 36. Kg1 Qf6 37. Rxc6 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 {1-0 Jina,T (1720)-Bryant,R (1948) High Wycombe e2e4 Challengers op 05 2014 (2)}) 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Rac1 (19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Nc3 Ne7 21. Qe2 a6 22. Bg4 Nf5 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qd2 Rc4 25. Ne2 Kg8 26. b3 Rc7 27. Rc1 Rfc8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nf4 Qc6 30. h3 Qc3 31. Rd1 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 g5 33. Ng6 Be8 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Bf3 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Kf6 38. Nf3 Nd6 39. Re2 Ne4 40. Nh2 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Bb5 42. Rb2 a5 43. Be2 Bxe2 44. Rxe2 Kf5 45. Nf3 Rc3 {½-½ Foster,C (1875)-Bryant,R (1917) BCF-ch Atkins op Aberystwyth 2014 (3)}) 19... Rac8 20. Qd2 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qd6 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. Bg4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 g5 25. Nd3 Nc6 26. Re1 Rf6 27. Ne5 Be8 28. Qe3 Nb4 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. Be2 Qb4 31. Ng4 Rf8 32. Qxe6 Qd2 33. Rd1 Qxb2 34. Bd3 Rf7 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Qe6 Kf8 37. Bg6 Nd8 38. Qd6+ Kg7 39. Bxf7 Nxf7 40. Qf6+ {1-0 Grinberg,E (2448)-Bryant,R (2016) Gibraltar Masters 16th Caleta 2018 (1)}) 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Bg3 Bxg3 (18... Qb6 {main, 65% for Wh}) 19. hxg3 Qd6 (19... Qb6 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Rac1 (21. Rfe1 Rf6 22. Bc2 Be8 23. g4 Bg6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 26. Qd3 Rh6 27. Nxg5 Qc7 28. g3 Qe7 29. f4 Nd8 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. Rh1 Rc8 32. Rac1 Rc6 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Rxh6 gxh6 35. Nf3 Qe8 36. Ne5 Kg7 37. Qa3 Nb7 38. Qxa7 Qc8 39. Qa6 Qc7 40. Qxc6 {1-0 Erlank,W (1915)-Khumalo,K (1951) Pretoria Capablanca A 2018 (6)}) 21... Rf6 22. Bb1 Be8 23. Rc3 Bh5 24. Rb3 Qc7 25. Qc2 Bg6 26. Qd2 Bh5 27. Qc2 Bg6 28. Qd2 Bh5 29. Qc2 {½-½ Coimbra,M (2113)-Jeremias,B (1951) POR-ch (Women) Vila Nova de Foz Coa 2011 (6.1)}) 20. Rfd1 $14 (20. Rfe1 $16 Bd7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rf6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qb1 Qf8 25. f3 Qb4 26. b3 a5 27. g4 Be8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Qd3 Kg8 30. Qe3 Kf7 31. f4 Qd6 32. Re1 Qd7 33. g3 g6 34. Qd2 b6 35. Qh2 Qc8 36. R5e3 Rh8 37. Qd2 Qd7 38. Kg2 Qc8 39. Rc1 Qd7 40. Rec3 Kg8 41. Rc7 Qd6 42. R1c6 Qa3 43. Rxb6 Rh7 44. Rc5 Ra7 45. g5 hxg5 46. fxg5 Rf5 47. Rxe6 Kh7 48. Rf6 Qb4 49. Qe3 Rf7 50. Rxf5 gxf5 51. Qe6 Qb7 52. g6+ Kg7 53. Qxf7+ Qxf7 54. gxf7 Kxf7 55. Rxd5 f4 56. g4 f3+ 57. Kf1 f2 58. g5 a4 59. b4 a3 60. Re5 Kg6 61. b5 Kh5 62. g6+ Kxg6 63. b6 Kf6 64. b7 Kf7 65. b8=Q Kg7 66. Qc7+ Kf6 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Re7+ {1-0 Darshan,V (1670)-Vihaan,K (1736) IND-ch U13 Secunderabad 2023 (7)}) 20... Bd7 {2nd line SF17} (20... e5 {SF17 1st line}) 21. Bh5 Rac8 22. Qd2 (22. Qb3 Rc7 23. Re1 $16 {SF17}) 22... Rf6 23. a3 Be8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 $16 Kg8 26. Ne5 (26. Re3 Qd8 27. Rae1 $16 {SF17}) (26. Rac1 Rf7 27. b4 Rfe7 28. Nh4 Rc7 29. Rc5 $16 {SF17- in both cases Wh has a space advantage , but making further progress is a slow process}) 26... Ref8 (26... Rf5 27. Nf3 e5 28. Nxe5 Nxd4 29. Nd3 Re4 30. b4 Qf6 31. Rad1 Qg5 32. Rxe4 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 dxe4 34. Nc5 Nb5 $11 {SF17-both sides have vulnerable pawns & both Rs are active}) 27. f4 {commital- SF17 prefers the more flexible} (27. Re2 $16) 27... Rf5 (27... h5 $11 {SF17}) 28. Rf1 (28. Ng6 Re8 29. Rac1 Qd8 30. Rc3 Rf7 31. Kh2 Rf6 32. Nh4 Ref8 $11) 28... Nxe5 29. dxe5 {feels wrong-BWh is left with a static f4 pawn(all static pieces are potentially weak) while Bl's d5 looks to have potential} (29. fxe5 Qb6 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Re1 a5 $11 {SF17}) 29... Qb6+ 30. Qf2 {Wh should keep Qs on, Qs are good attackers, but also good defenders able keep various parts of a position together} (30. Rf2 g5 31. Kf1 h5 32. Rc1 R8f7 33. Rc3 h4 34. gxh4 gxf4 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Qe2 $11 {SF17-keeps things more fluid}) 30... Qxf2+ 31. Rxf2 g5 $15 {the Wh Rs are now passive , having to ensure the safety of Wh's pawn structure on the K side} 32. Raf1 $2 (32. Rc1 {rather than defend a weak pawn, Rs are better off going on a marauding venture of their own. This ability of Rs to move rapidly from one side of the board to another is typical in R & p endings}) 32... Kg7 $19 33. Rf3 Kg6 34. Rb3 R8f7 (34... gxf4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. Rxb7 a5 $19 {SF17- Bls a pawn threatens to go to a 4 holding up two Wh pawns. Also Bl will win the e5 pawnand his two centre pawns, supported by the K as well are very speedy in advancing, with the Wh K also in danger of a mating attack}) 35. Rb4 Kh5 {the K is a fighting force in its own right in endings and should be used assuch} 36. Rf3 Rc7 (36... b6 37. Rc3 Kg4 38. Rc6 Kxg3 $19 {SF17}) 37. g4+ {Wh gets worried about the safety of his K, so tries a bit of chaos instead ( it might work)} (37. a4 {gives better chances} Rc1+ (37... b6 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rb8 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Kg1 Rf7 42. Kh2 Kg4 $17) 38. Kf2 b6 39. a5 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 Rc6 41. axb6 axb6 42. Rc3 $11) 37... Kxg4 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rg3+ Kh5 40. Rg8 Rg5 41. g4+ Kh4 42. Rh8 Rxg4+ 43. Rxg4+ Kxg4 44. Rxh6 Kf5 45. Rh5+ Ke4 46. Kf1 Rc1+ 47. Ke2 Rc2+ 48. Kd1 Rxb2 0-1

[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

[Event "Shrewsbury A - Oswestry A"]
[Site "Cromwell's Tap House, Shrewsbu"]
[Date "2025.04.02"]
[Round "Bd 4"]
[White "Priestley, Stephen"]
[Black "Fisher, Peter S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[GameId "2162854008098826"]
[EventDate "2025.04.02"]

{[%evp 0,128,17,-22,-37,-27,-22,-18,-20,-20,-22,-25,-25,-24,-37,-26,-29,-29,-30,-25,-22,-23,-12,-46,-29,-21,-21,-29,62,-95,-59,-87,-100,-107,-87,-140,-94,-116,-113,7,-132,-174,-139,-97,-55,-49,-49,-4,-138,-28,-5,33,1,-25,-167,-45,1,-92,14,-46,-82,-119,-106,-95,-185,-168,164,254,185,305,198,205,166,180,185,204,201,176,61,79,101,152,210,28,184,56,111,60,46,144,207,140,154,109,283,-52,-192,-83,287,364,388,249,395,246,482,417,544,461,732,845,997,1132,1897,962,1580,646,935,668,639,1,1,-31,281,321,321,61,325,1,-1,-651,-717]} 1. f4 d5 (1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d3 Bb7 9. e4 Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Na3 a6 {Priestley-Fisher, 4NCL Online, 2020,0-1  vk}) 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 c5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d3 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nd2 Rc8 $11 {0-4-3 vk} (10... Nd7 $11 {50% over 32 games- vk}) (10... Qc7 $11 {50% over 18 games-vk}) 11. d4 Qc7 (11... Ne4 {inserted by vk} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. c3 Bd6 14. Qe1 Ne7 15. Nc4 Nd5 16. Qg3 f5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Be5 Qf7 22. Rd6 Rc6 23. Rd2 Nd7 24. Bh5 g6 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxg6 Rc7 27. Bh5+ Qg7 28. Bxc7 {1-0 Brito,L (2275)-Bortoloso,M (2228) Guarapari 3rd 2007 (7.1)}) 12. c3 (12. Rc1 {inserted by vk} Rfd8 13. Qe1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb4 15. Qh4 Nxa2 16. Rcd1 Nc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. Ndf3 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Qxe2 20. Rde1 Qxc2 21. Qh3 Ba6 22. Nxf7 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qf5 24. g4 Nxg4 {0-1 Aagaard,M-Christensen,J DEN-ch U18 int Denmark 1980}) 12... a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. g4 $6 {[%eval -65,13]} (14. a4 {[%eval -12,12]} c4 15. Be2 Rcd8 16. Qc2 cxb3) 14... c4 (14... Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. a4 Bc6 $17 {SF17-vk}) 15. Bb1 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ne4 17. b4 $6 {[%eval -97,16]} (17. Bxe4 {[%eval -54,15]} dxe4 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Qe2 Bd5 20. a4 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Ba3 e5 24. Bc5 Qa5 25. Bb4 Qd8 {[even in this variation SF17 considers Bl has a defite plus-vk]}) 17... Bg5 $6 {[%eval -63,16] [This line is winning for Bl as the Wh Bs are hemmed in on the Q side and impeding the R-vk]} (17... f6 {[%eval -97,16]} 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qe2 e5 20. Bc2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bg5 22. Qe2 Rce8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qe7 26. Kf2 Bc8 27. Qf3 e4 28. Qe2 Qe6 29. Kg3 {SF17 continues with} h5 $19 {[vk]}) 18. Qe1 Nxd2 (18... Qe7 19. Nf3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qe2 Ng5 $19 {[SF17-vk]}) 19. Qxd2 Qe7 20. Rf3 $6 {[%eval -150,15]} (20. Bc2 {[%eval -76,16]} f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rf3 Bg5 23. Raf1 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 e5 25. Qf2 Bh4 26. Qg2 {[SF17 continues with} e4 $19) 20... g6 $2 {[%eval -39,15]} (20... f6 {[%eval -150,15]} 21. exf6 Rxf6) 21. Bc2 Ra8 22. Raf1 f5 (22... f6 $17 {(SF17-vk]}) 23. gxf5 exf5 (23... gxf5 $15 {[SF17]}) 24. Qf2 Rf7 25. Qg2 Kh8 26. Rg3 Bh4 27. Rh3 Qg5 28. Rff3 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Be7 30. Rfg3 $6 {[%eval -100,17]} (30. a3 {[%eval -71,17]} a5 31. Bb1 Rff8) 30... Kg7 31. Bc1 Bc8 32. Rh5 Kh8 $2 {[%eval 100,17]} (32... a5 {[%eval -147,15]} 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Bb1 b4 35. cxb4 Bxb4 36. Kh1 Be1 37. Rg1 Bf2 38. Rg2 {SF17 continues with} Rb7 39. Bxf5 Rxa2 40. Rhg5 Ra1 $19 {[added by vk]}) (32... Kf8 {vk watching, thought this would be simply threatening f4 and putting both Wh Rs in danger. SF17 considers this winning, but has a few tricky lines in response} 33. e6 (33. Rhh3 a5 (33... f4 34. exf4 Bxh3+ 35. Kxh3 Ke8 $15 {as Wh's centre somewhat obstructs the activity of the Bl Rs})) 33... Rg7 (33... Bxe6 34. Rxg6 $11) 34. e4 dxe4 35. Bh6 Bxe6 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Re5 Kf7 38. Bxg7 Bd6 39. Bh6 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Rd8 $19 {[SF17the Wh Q side pawns are at risk}) 33. Rxg6 Rg7 $6 {[%eval 203,19]} (33... a5 {[%eval 114,15]} 34. e6 Bxe6 35. Rxe6 {though Wh now has a definite plus-vk}) 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Bxf5 Bxf5 36. Rxf5 {[Bl has lost two crucial pawnsand after e4 the Wh B re-enters the game-vk]} Kg6 37. Rf4 h5 $6 {[%eval 260,15]} (37... a5 {[%eval 189,13]} 38. a3 axb4 39. axb4 Ra1 40. Rf1 Bg5 41. Kg3 h6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. h4 Be7 44. Kg2+ Ke6) 38. h4 a5 39. a3 $6 {[%eval 210,19]} (39. bxa5 {[%eval 260,18]} Rxa5 40. a3 Ra8) 39... axb4 40. cxb4 c3 41. Kf2 $6 {[%eval 152,21]} (41. e4 {[%eval 180,20]}) 41... Rc8 $2 {[%eval 258,21]} (41... Rf8 {[%eval 152,21]} 42. Rxf8 Bxf8 43. Ke2 Be7 44. Kd3 (44. a4 bxa4 45. b5 {is given as winning by SF17 here} Bxh4 (45... a3 46. Bxa3 Bxa3 47. Kd3 Be7 48. b6 Bd8 49. b7 Bc7 50. Kxc3 Kf5 51. Kb4 Ke4 52. Kc5 $18) 46. b6 Bd8 47. b7 Bc7 48. Ba3 Bb8 49. Bd6 a3 50. Bxa3 c2 51. Kd2 h4 52. Bd6 h3 53. Kxc2 h2 54. Bxb8 h1=Q 55. Ba7 Qa1 56. b8=Q $19 {SF17- vk]}) 44... Bxh4 45. Kxc3 Kf5 46. Kd3 (46. a4 $18 {SF17}) 46... Bg5 47. Ke2 Ke4 48. Kf2 h4 49. Kg2 Be7 50. Kh3 Kd3 51. Bb2 Kxe3 52. Kg4 Ke4 53. Ba1 Bd8 {[this final position is drawn- up to Wh's move 52, an a4 is winning at each move according to SF17- vk]}) 42. Ke2 Rc4 43. Kd3 c2 44. e4 dxe4+ 45. Rxe4 Kf5 46. Rf4+ (46. e6 $18 {Is the strongest here according to SF17}) 46... Kg6 $6 {[%eval 339,18]} (46... Ke6 {[%eval 236,20]} 47. a4 Rxb4 48. axb5 Rxb5 49. Kxc2 Rb8 50. Be3 Ra8 51. Bf2 Ra3 52. Kd2 Rb3 53. Ke2 Rh3 54. Kf1 Ra3 55. Ke2) 47. d5 $4 {[%eval -17,17]} (47. a4 {[%eval 339,18]} Rxb4 48. axb5 Rxb5 49. Kxc2 Kg7 50. Kd3) 47... Rxf4 48. Bxf4 Bxh4 $4 {[%eval 546,25]} (48... Kf5 {[%eval -21,16]} 49. d6 Kxf4 50. Kxc2 (50. dxe7 $1 c1=Q 51. e8=Q Qc4+ $11 {SF17}) 50... Bf8 {because now Bl is winning- vk}) 49. Kxc2 Kf5 50. Bh2 Bf2 $2 {[%eval 1054,24]} (50... Ke4 {[%eval 478,25]} 51. d6 Kf5 52. Kb3 Bf2 53. a4 h4 54. axb5 Ke6 55. Kc4 h3 56. Kd3 Ba7 57. Kc3 Kd5 58. Kd2 Ke6 59. Kd3 Kd7 60. Kc4 Ke6 61. Kc3 {This position is a comfortable win for Wh- the text move is at least worth a try-vk} (61. b6 Bxb6 62. Kb5 Bf2 63. Kc6 {wins quickly-SF17-vk})) 51. Kd3 Bb6 52. e6 Kf6 $2 {[%eval 1743,22]} (52... Bd8 {[%eval 997,25]} 53. Bd6 h4 54. e7 Bxe7 55. Bxe7 Ke5 56. d6 Ke6 57. Ke2 h3 58. Kf2 h2 59. Kg2 h1=N 60. Kxh1 Kd7 61. Kh2 Ke6 62. Kg3 Kd7 63. Kh3 Kc6 64. Kg4 Kd7 65. Kf5 Ke8 66. Kg4 Kd7) 53. Ke4 Bf2 54. Be5+ Ke7 55. Kf5 h4 56. Kg4 Be1 57. Bh2 $6 {[%eval 998,24]} (57. Kf5 {[%eval 32748,27]} Bf2 58. d6+ Kd8 59. Bf6+ Kc8 60. d7+ Kb7 61. d8=Q Bb6 62. Qd7+ Ka6 63. e7 h3 64. e8=Q Bf2 65. Qxb5+ Ka7 66. Qeb8#) 57... Bf2 58. Kf5 Bg3 59. Bg1 $4 {[%eval 9,20]} (59. d6+ {[%eval 890,21] This is actually Wh's only move to win- alternatives draw (with best play)-vk]} Kxd6 60. Kf6 Bxh2 61. e7 Kd5 62. e8=Q Kc4 63. Qc6+) 59... h3 60. Bc5+ Ke8 $4 {[%eval 539,21]} (60... Bd6 {[%eval 9,17]} 61. Bxd6+ Kxd6 62. Kf6 h2 63. e7 h1=Q 64. e8=Q Qh4+ 65. Kf5 Qf2+ 66. Kg4 Qg2+ 67. Kh4 Qh2+ 68. Kg5 Qg3+ 69. Kh6 Qh4+ 70. Kg6 Qg4+ 71. Kh7 Qh4+ 72. Kg7 Qd4+ 73. Kg8 Qxd5+ 74. Kh7 Qh1+ 75. Kg6 Qg2+ 76. Kf6 Qf3+) 61. d6 h2 62. d7+ Kd8 63. Bb6+ $4 {[%eval 0,30]} (63. Kf6 {[%eval 353,16] again the only way to win-vk} Kc7 64. Be7 Bh4+ 65. Kf7 Bxe7 66. Kxe7 Kb7 67. d8=Q h1=Q 68. Qd3 Kb6 69. Qd6+ Kb7 70. Qc5 Qf1 71. Kd6 Qf4+ 72. Kd7 Qd2+ 73. Qd6 Qc3 74. Qc5 Qxa3 75. Qxb5+) 63... Bc7 64. Bxc7+ $4 {[%eval -1789,15]} (64. Be3 {[%eval 0,28]} Bd6 65. Bg5+ Be7 66. Be3 Bd6 {and its level- vk}) 64... Kxc7 {As Tartakower said- one can never save half a point by resigning. It can be worth playing on if one sees a possibility of a chance- vk} 0-1

[Event "Shrewsbury A - Oswestry A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.02"]
[Round "Bd 5"]
[White "Smith, Jonathan"]
[Black "Smith, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[GameId "2164249900183616"]
[EventDate "2025.04.08"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"]

{[%evp 0,19,15,23,15,-92,35,20,36,21,16,16,11,7,7,43,-32,-61,-20,-69,-71,-91]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 {A solid line} O-O 5. Nc3 d5 {a Grunfeld} (5... d6 {King's Indian more frequent here}) 6. cxd5 (6. Be2 c5 7. O-O {main, but the text keeps things more closed}) 6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 {this brings Bl's Q to a strong square, from which she is not easily ousted.Wh scores 21% from 309 games} (7. Bc4 {main, 50%}) (7. Be2) (7. Qb3) (7. Bd2) 7... Qxd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bc3 Nc6 10. dxc5 {The consensus of the Cloud Engines actually give this as Wh's best. but it ruins Wh's pawn structure and goes behind in development. SF17 prefers} (10. Be2 {when} cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8 12. O-O {Bl can then win the d pawn immediately; 1-1-4, though} Nxd4 (12... Be6 {seems even stronger} 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Qa3 a5 16. Qc5 b4 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Be1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. b3 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rxd1 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bxd1 Bf5 24. Be2 Bb1 25. Bb5 Bxa2 26. Ba4 Bb1 27. Bd2 Bd4 28. Bf4 Bb6 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Bb8 Ke6 32. f3 Kd5 33. Bg3 e5 34. Be8 f5 35. Bf7+ Kd6 36. Be8 f4 37. Bh4 Bc2 38. Ba4 Kd5 39. Kd2 Bb1 40. Ke2 e4 41. fxe4+ Bxe4 42. Kf1 f3 43. gxf3 Bxf3 44. Bg3 g5 45. h4 g4 46. h5 Ke4 47. Bb5 Bd1 48. Bc4 Kf3 49. Bd6 Ke3 50. Ke1 Bf3 51. Bg3 Bd8 52. Kf1 Kd4 53. Be1 Bg5 54. Bg3 a4 55. Bf2+ Kc3 56. Be1+ Kc2 57. Bxb4 axb3 58. Bg8 Be4 {0-1 Underwood,I (1784)-Groh,J (2087) EU-chT Railways USIC Dresden 2000 (1.5)})) (10. Bb5 {would be vk's choice, even though it cedes the two Bs} cxd4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 (11... Qxc6 $1 $19) 12. Bxd4 e5 $2 13. Bxe5 $1 $11 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rd8+ 16. Kc3 Bf8 17. Rhd1 Be6 18. b3 a5 19. Bf6 Bb4+ 20. Kb2 Rdb8 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. f3 a4 23. e4 Be6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rd7 Bf8 26. Rad1 axb3 27. axb3 Ba3+ 28. Kc2 Bf8 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 Rb5 31. Bd4 Rh5 32. h3 Rg5 33. g4 Rb5 34. Kc3 e5 35. Be3 Bb4+ 36. Kc4 Bf8 37. Rd8 Kf7 38. Rc8 Rb4+ 39. Kc3 Rb7 40. Rxc6 Bb4+ 41. Kc4 Be7 42. Bb6 Ke8 43. Bc5 Kd7 44. Rb6 Rc7 45. b4 Bd8 46. Rd6+ Ke8 47. Kd5 Bf6 48. Rxf6 Rd7+ 49. Kxe5 Rd3 50. Re6+ Kd7 51. Rd6+ Rxd6 52. Bxd6 Kc6 53. Ke6 Kb5 54. Kf7 Kc4 55. Kg7 Kd3 56. Kxh7 Ke2 57. Kxg6 Kxf3 58. e5 Kg3 59. g5 Kxh3 60. Kf6 Kg4 61. g6 Kf4 62. g7 Ke4 63. g8=Q Kd4 64. Qe6 Kc3 65. Qd5 Kb2 66. Qc4 Ka3 67. b5+ Kb2 68. Qd3 Ka2 69. Qc3 Kb1 70. Qd2 Ka1 71. Ke6 Kb1 72. Kd5 Ka1 73. Kc4 Kb1 74. Kb3 Ka1 75. Qd1# {1-0 Karwowski,K (2155)-Haydon,D (2242) Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Oct Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (4)}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc5 $17 12. Qc2 (12. Rc1 {2 draws, 1 Bl win}) 12... Bf5 (12... Be6 $17 {SF17, preparesto target the c pawn}) 13. Bd3 (13. Qb2 Rfc8 14. Be2 Na5 15. Rc1 Nc4 16. Qa1 a5 {looks terrible as Wh is completely passive, though not yet lost}) 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rfd8 {a natural move- the Cloud Engines find} (14... Rad8 {even stronger} 15. Nd4 (15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 e5 $19) 15... b6 (15... e5 16. Nb3 Rxd3 17. Nxc5 Rxc3 18. Nxb7 $15 {Wh escapes the worst}) 16. Qd2 e5 17. Nb3 Qc4 18. Qb2 e4 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. a4 Rd6 $19 {SF17}) 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Rac8 $17 (17... Rd6 18. c4 (18. Qxb7 Nf4+ $1 {exposing the Wh K} 19. exf4 Qc4+ 20. Ke1 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2 Qc4+ 22. Ke1 Rad8 23. Qxe7 Qc3+ 24. Kf1 Qxa1+ 25. Ne1 Qd4 $19 {SF17- good Engine tactics , though not that easy to calculate}) 18... e5 19. Ng5 Qc6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rhd1 h6 23. Nh3 e4 $19 {SF17- the Bl pieces control the centre & Wh's K is still unsafe}) 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. c4 Nc5 (19... b5 $1 {SF17, opens up lines or wins with a powerful pawn} 20. Rhd1 (20. cxb5 Rc3 $19) 20... bxc4 21. Qc2 Rd6 $19 {SF17}) 20. Qc2 Rd3 21. Rhd1 {now vk seeing this position, missed that it was Bl to move. If it were instead Wh's move then Rb5 would be a win for Wh against all the run of play} Ra3 (21... Rc3 22. Qb2 Rxc4 $19 {SF17- simpler}) 22. Ra1 Rc3 (22... Nb3 $19) (22... b5 $19 {are SF17 ideas of finishing off}) 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Qd5 Rc2+ 25. Nd2 (25. Nd2 Nc3+ 26. Kf1 Nxd5 $19) (25. Kf1 Rxf2+ 26. Kg1 Qxd5 27. cxd5 Rcc2 28. Ne1 Rxa2 29. Rdb1 Nd6 $19) 0-1


