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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Telford A - Oswestry A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.04.23"] [Round "Bd 4"] [White "Szwajkun, Richard"] [Black "Van Kemenade, J."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "1762"] [BlackElo "1681"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2170129642281964"] [EventDate "2025.04.24"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 e5 (4... g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. c3 O-O (6... e5) 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. h3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Re8 13. e5 $16 {Szwajkun-Belur, British Chess Championships, 2023,0-1}) (4... h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 {alternative}) 5. e3 (5. dxe5 dxe5 6. e4 {main,40% for Wh}) 5... Be7 6. dxe5 (6. Bd3 {main}) 6... dxe5 7. Nc4 {its not usually advisible to move the same piece twice in the opening, when there are others that still need to come out} (7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O {4 draws, 1 Bl win}) 7... Ng4 (7... Ng8 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qd2 f6 10. Be2 Nh6 11. a4 Nf7 12. a5 O-O 13. Qc3 f5 {½-½ Dominte,M (2360)-Badea,B (2395) ROM-chT Romania 1992}) (7... e4 {SF17.1} 8. Nd4 Nb6 (8... O-O 9. Nf5 $11) 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. a5 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Ng4 13. Bg3 Bd6 $11) (7... Ne4 {SF17.1} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qd5 Nef6 10. Qa5 b6 11. Qa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Bb7 13. Nc4 e4 14. Nd4 a6 $11) 8. Bxe7 (8. h3 $1 {SF17} Bxg5 (8... Nh2 9. Rxh2 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. Qd5 O-O 12. O-O-O Qe7 $11 {SF17}) 9. hxg4 Bf6 $11 10. Qd5 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Ncd2 Nb6 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. g5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxb7 Bg4 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Qc6 Kg7 20. Nf6 Qxf6 21. Rxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxf6 Bxd1 23. Bxf7 Bh5 24. g4 Nd5 25. Qe6 Rad8 26. gxh5 Rd6 27. hxg6+ Kg7 28. Qxe5+ Nf6 29. Qe7 Rfd8 30. b3 {1-0 Schleining,Z (2300)-Hirsch,S (2225) Ruhrgebiet VK3-chT 9596 Germany 1995}) 8... Qxe7 9. c3 (9. e4 $11) 9... Ngf6 (9... O-O 10. Be2 e4 11. Nfd2 h5 $15 {SF17.1} 12. h3 Nh6 13. a4 Rd8 14. O-O Rb8 $15 15. Bxh5 a6 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 cxb6 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Be2 b5 20. b4 (20. Na5 Rb6 $19 {with a powerful K side attack}) 20... Nd3 21. Nb2 Bxh3 $1 22. gxh3 Rd5 23. Rxa6 Rbd8 24. Bg4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Rh5 $1 26. Nxd3 Rh8 27. Nf4 Qh4 28. Nh5 Rxh5 29. gxh5 Qg4+ $11 {SF17.1 perpetual}) 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. b4 Bb7 {SF17.1 veers between slight Bl advantage and equal.} 13. a4 Rad8 14. Qc1 (14. Qc2) 14... Ne4 (14... e4 15. Nd4 c5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb5 Bd5 18. Nba3 h5 $15 {SF17.1}) 15. Ncd2 Ndf6 16. Qb2 g5 (16... h5) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rfd1 g4 (18... Qf6 19. Bd3 g4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Ne1 h5 $15 {SF17.1}) 19. Nd2 Nf6 $11 (19... h5 $11 {SF17.1}) (19... f5 $11 {vk}) 20. a5 Qe6 (20... Bc8 21. c4 Bf5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rac1 c5 $11 {SF17.1}) 21. a6 Bc8 22. b5 Qf5 23. Qb1 Qg5 24. Bd3 g3 $6 (24... h5 $11) 25. hxg3 Ng4 (25... Bg4 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. Re1 (27. Be2 e4 $19) 27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3 29. Ra4 $16 {SF17}) 26. Nf3 Qh6 27. Nh4 $18 {[Draw?-Oswestry having won on the other 3 boards ( despite defaulting due to illness on board5) ]} 1/2-1/2
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