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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Telepost A v Oswestry A"] [Site "Shrewsbury"] [Date "2025.02.05"] [Round "Bd 5"] [White "Slegg, Gary"] [Black "Parker, Ethan"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Slegg,Gary"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1573"] [BlackElo "1769"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2142081184538634"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 18,96,15,-10,-1,-18,-2,-21,1,-1,30,-50,11,1,58,-87,-71,-96,-103,-115,-101,-115,-106,-108,-74,-245,-225,-234,-217,-239,-151,-243,-167,-248,-253,-256,-167,-285,-127,-221,-186,-299,-245,-501,-483,-545,-545,-562,-475,-616,-586,-725,-704,-733,-659,-749,-726,-744,-736,-757,-724,-767,-688,-751,-766,-781,-545,-779,0,-780,-755,-785,-685,-838,-815,-820,-757,-1024,-961,-1148,-990] B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 e5 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 {Is supposed to be better as it prevents the Knight from coming to d4}) (10. h3 {main, 1163 games, prevents the pin that allows the N in- vk}) 10... Bg4 {[%cal Oc6d4]} 11. Nb5 {Against Nd4} ({Of course not} 11. h3 Nd4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 $17) 11... a6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {The position is equal.} 13. Nc3 (13. Na3 Nd4 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. f4 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 exf4 18. Qxd4 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qh3 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qd5+ Kf8 23. e5 f3 24. Rg1 Rg2 {0-1 (24) Cao,Z (1480)-Loo,P (2043) Penang MAS 2023}) 13... Nd4 14. Qd3 {[%eval -50,22]} (14. Rxd4 $11 {[%eval 30,22] SF17-vk} exd4 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Bb3 Qa5 17. Rd1 Rg8 18. h3 Bxh3 19. Nxd4 Rxg2+ 20. Kh1 Bg4 21. Qe3 Bxd1 22. Kxg2 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qc5 24. Qh3 Qc1 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Nfe3 Be7 27. Qxh7 Bd8 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qxf7+ Kc6 30. Qe8+ {Musalov,R (2410)-Karmov,M (2218) Moscow 2011 1-0 (37)}) 14... Nxf3+ $146 {[%eval 11,19]} (14... Bxf3 $15 {[%eval -50,22]} 15. gxf3 Qc8 (15... Qd7 16. Ne2 (16. f4 Qg4+ 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. fxg3 Nc2 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. Nb6 Rc6 21. Rac1 Ne3 22. Rd3 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 O-O 24. Rdc3 Bd8 25. f5 Bb6+ 26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. b3 Rd8 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke8 {½-½ (29) Shchedrova,T (1583)-Golsta,M (1675) Panevezys 2017}) 16... Qh3 17. Ng3 h5 18. Qe3 h4 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Kh1 Qe6 23. Qb6 Qd7 24. Rac1 Rc8 25. Bc4 Rg8 26. Bd5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bd8 28. Qb3 Kf8 29. Bxb7 Qb5 30. Qxb5 {Horvat,D (2095)-Taras,G (2224) Predeal 2007 ½-½ (43)})) (14... Rg8 15. Kh1 Qc8 16. Rg1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg6 18. Nd5 b5 19. Bb3 Bd8 20. f4 f5 21. Rac1 Rxg1+ 22. Rxg1 Kf8 23. Qg3 {1-0 (23) Mathey,F (1701)-Bruneau,M (1644) Gonfreville 2016}) 15. gxf3 $11 Bh3 {[%eval 58,22]} (15... Be6 $11 {[%eval 1,23]}) 16. Ne2 {[%eval -87,25]} (16. Kh1 $14 {[%eval 58,22] stays ahead. [ SF17 gives it a definite plus for Wh-vk]}) 16... Rc8 {[and now SF17 gives Bl the definite plus-vk]} 17. Rac1 Rg8+ 18. Ng3 {[#]} h5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Qb6. White is under strong pressure.} 19. Qb3 {[%csl Bb7,Bf7] [#] Against Qb6} Rxc4 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Qxc4 h4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 21. Qa4+ $2 {[%eval -245,26]} (21. Qc7 $17 {[%eval -74,25] keeps fighting.}) 21... Bd7 $19 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 22. Qb3 {[%cal Ob3b7]} hxg3 23. hxg3 b5 (23... Bc6 $19 {SF17-vk]}) 24. g4 {[%eval -243,21]} (24. Qd5 $17 {[%eval -151,23]} Qb6 {controls b7 (Qd5-b7)} 25. Kg2 a5 26. Rc3 Kf8 {Black is two bishops for a rook up, Manoeuvre: 26...Ke8-f8-g7} 27. Qd3 Rh8 28. g4 Be6 {Black has a winning attack, Sharp play with 28...Be6, Black is clearly better}) 24... f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Qd5 Bd7 27. Kf1 {[%eval -285,22]} (27. Rd3 $142 {[%eval -167,20]}) 27... Bf8 {[%eval -127,20]} (27... Qb8 $19 {[%eval -285,22] aiming for ...Bg5.} 28. Rd3 Kf8) 28. Rc2 {[%eval -221,23]} (28. Qb7 $17 {[%eval -127,20]}) 28... Rh8 29. Ke2 {[%eval -299,22]} (29. Qb7 $142 {[%eval -186,21]}) 29... b4 {...Bb5+ is the strong threat.} 30. Rdc1 $2 {[%eval -501,25]} (30. Qb7 {[%eval -245,23] was necessary.}) 30... Bb5+ 31. Qxb5+ axb5 32. Rc8 Bh6 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 34. Rc6 Kd7 35. Rb6 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rc2+.} 36. Kd3 Rc5 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rb6 Bc1 (38... Rd5+ {vk & SF17} 39. Kc2 Rd2+ 40. Kb3 Rxf2 41. Rxb5 Bc1 $19) 39. b3 Bb2 {Threatens to win with ...Bd4.} (39... Rd5+ 40. Kc2 Bf4 41. Kb1 Rd1+ 42. Kc2 Rd2+ 43. Kb1 Rxf2 44. Rxb5 Bd2 $19 {SF17-vk}) 40. Ke4 Rd5 41. Rb8 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 Bc1+ 43. Ke2 Rd2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Ke1 Rxa2 45. Rxb5 Rb2 46. Kd1 Bd2 {Hoping for ...Bc3.} 47. Rb6 Bc3 48. Rc6 Rxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.70/Black=0.35} 0-1
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