[Event "Telepost A v Oswestry A"]
[Site "Shrewsbury"]
[Date "2025.02.05"]
[Round "Bd 1"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[GameId "2142082757410892"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 (3... c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. c3 Be7 8. h3 h6 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Bh7 {Van Kemenade-Paul, Shropshire Open 2025,1/2-1/2}) 4. Bg2 b5 {SF17} 5. a4 (5. O-O Bb7 6. d3 Nbd7 $11 {2-2-4}) 5... b4 6. O-O Bb7 7. Ne5 (7. a5 {SF17- briefly considered by Wh}) 7... Bc5+ {provokes th d4 , which Wh was intending to play anyway.} (7... c5) 8. d4 Be7 9. c4 (9. a5 O-O 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Na6 12. Nd2 $11 {SF17}) 9... c5 10. e3 (10. Be3) (10. a5 O-O 11. Be3 $11 {SF17}) 10... O-O 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 dxc4 (13... Rad8 $5 $11 {SF17}) 14. Ndxc4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bc5 17. Rc1 (17. Bb2 $5 {Sf17}) 17... Qb7+ 18. Kg1 {Wh anticipated a R to come to d8} (18. Qf3 {original idea planned} Qxf3+ (18... Qd5 {pm analysis} 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Na5 Bxd4 21. exd4 Nb6 22. Rc7 $18) 19. Kxf3 $1 {there are similar plans in a Catalan when Bl engineers a B swap- the K is well placed for an ending} (19. Nxf3 {considered} Rfc8 $14) 19... Bxd4 20. exd4 Nb6 21. Nd6 Nfd5 22. Rc5 Rad8 23. Nb7 Rb8 24. Na5 $16 {SF17}) 18... Rfd8 (18... Rac8 $11 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd6 Nxe5 $1 21. Qxc5 Nf3+ 22. Rxf3 Qxf3 23. Qxb4 Rd8 24. Qe1 h5 25. Ne5 Qd5 26. Qb4 a5 27. Qd4 Qa8 28. Qc4 Ng4 $11 {SF17 Bl has active piece play for the pawn}) 19. Qf3 (19. Na5 $1 {SF17} Qb6 (19... Qa6 20. Nec6 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Re8 22. Qxb4 $18) (19... Qe4 20. Nec6 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Re8 (21... Qxd4 22. exd4 Re8 23. Nxb4 $18) 22. Qxe4 (22. Nxb4 Qg6 23. Nbc6 $18) 22... Nxe4 23. Rfd1 Nc3 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. Nxb4 Nce4 26. Rd3 $18) 20. Nac6 Re8 21. a5 Qb5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc4 Nb7 24. Rxb4 $18 {SF17}) 19... Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxd4 (20... Nd5 21. Na5 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxe3 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Nac6 Re8 25. Nb5 a6 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. f5 exf5 28. Nxf5 $11 Rfe8 {SF17- now Wh has active piece play for the pawn}) 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Ne5 (22. Na5 Nd3 23. Rcd1 Nc5 24. Ndc6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Kf2 Ne4+ 27. Kf3 f5 28. Rd4 h5 29. Ke2 $14 (29. Nxb4 Nxb4 30. Rxb4 Rd8 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. Nc4 Rb8 33. Na5 Rc8 $11 {SF17})) 22... Nfe4 23. Nec6 Rd7 24. Nxb4 Rb7 25. Nbc6 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 (26. Rb1 Nxd4 27. Rxb7 (27. Nxd4 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nc3 29. Rb4 a5 30. Rb7 Nxa4 31. Nc6 Nc3 32. Nxa5 h5 $11) 27... Nxc6 28. Rc7 Nd8 29. Rfc1 Nd6 30. e4 Kf8 31. e5 Ne8 32. Rd7 a5 $11) 26... Rxb3 27. Nxa7 {the culmination of Wh's plan, but missed the reply} (27. Rfe1 h5 28. a5 $11 {SF17}) 27... Nc3 28. Rf2 $1 {fortunately there is a resource, Bl hasd a long think here} Rxa7 29. Rfc2 Rc7 30. Kf1 (30. Kg2) (30. a5 {original idea, but then would keep needing to calculate N checks} g5 31. a6 (31. fxg5 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Nxc1 33. Rxc7 Nd3 34. a6 Ra3 35. a7 Kg7 36. Kf3 $11 {SF17 but unclear}) 31... g4 32. a7 Rxa7 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Ra2+ 36. Kg1 Re2 37. Rc5 f6 38. e4 Rxe4 39. h3 gxh3 40. Kh2 Kf7 41. Kxh3 {SF17; R & 3 vs R & 2 all on same side mostly drawn}) 30... g6 31. a5 Kg7 32. a6 Kf6 33. e4 (33. g4 {afterthought}) (33. Kg2 g5 34. Kf3 {SF17- gets the K off the backrank}) 33... h5 34. a7 Rxa7 35. Rxc3 Rb2 36. R1c2 Raa2 37. Rxb2 Rxb2 38. h4 $11 {[draw?]} Rh2 39. Kg1 (39. Re3 e5 40. Re2 Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Kf3 $11 {SF17}) 39... Re2 40. Rc4 e5 41. Kf1 (41. Rc6+ Kg7 42. fxe5 Rxe4 43. Rf6 (43. Rc5 $11) 43... Rxe5 44. Rf2 $11 {considered}) 41... Re3 42. Kf2 (42. Kg2 exf4 43. gxf4 Re2+ 44. Kg3 $11) (42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. Kg2 Rxe4 44. Rc7 $11) 42... exf4 {Wh had missed this move} 43. e5+ (43. gxf4 Rh3 44. f5 $1 {SF17 saves the h pawn} gxf5 (44... Rxh4 45. e5+ Kg5 46. Rxh4 Kxh4 47. e6 $18) 45. exf5 Kxf5 46. Rc5+ Kg4 47. Rc4+ Kf5 48. Rc5+ Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kh7 50. Rc4 $11) 43... Rxe5 44. gxf4 {the position is still holdable but trickier with the pawns split} (44. Rxf4+ Rf5 $19) 44... Ra5 45. Rc3 $2 (45. Rc7 $1 Ra1 (45... Ke6 46. Kg2 f6 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Kf5 49. Rc6 $11) 46. Kg2 $11) 45... Ra1 $19 46. Kf3 Rh1 (46... Rg1 $19) 47. Kg3 (47. Rc6+ Kg7 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kh3 Rg4 50. Rc4 $17 f6 51. Rc7+ Kf8 52. f5 g5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. f6 Rf4 55. Rh7 h4 56. Rg7 $11 {SF17}) 47... Rg1+ 48. Kh3 Rg4 49. Rc4 Kf5 50. Rc7 f6 51. Rc6 (51. Ra7 Rxf4 (51... Kxf4 52. Ra4+ {much the same}) 52. Ra5+ Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kd5 54. Ra5+ Kc6 55. Kg3 Rg4+ 56. Kh3 f5 57. Ra8 Kb6 58. Rc8 {SF17 keeps going round in circles- making no progress while insisting that Bl is clearly winning- both KomodoDragon3.2 Endgame and Fritz18 Neuronal do the same.}) 51... Rxf4 52. Rc5+ Ke6 53. Rc6+ Kf7 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Ra7 Rg4 (55... Re4 56. Kg3 Kf8 57. Rb7 Re7 {suggested by Nigel Ferrington, yet the Engines again don't seem to be able to come up with a clear plan( they usuallly like jockeying around for that extra miniscule advantage before pouncing., so there may be something buried deep in the analysis. Just trying some human ideas to see what gives} 58. Rb8+ Kg7 59. Kf4 Ra7 60. Kg3 (60. Rc8 Ra3 {wins the h pawn}) 60... Kh6 (60... Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Kh6 62. Rb6 Kg7 63. Rb7+ {repetition?}) 61. Rb3 Ra6 62. Kf4 g5+ 63. Kf5 gxh4 64. Rh3 Kg7 65. Rxh4 {normally the split h & f pawns give Wh good drawing chances, but here} Ra5+ {drives the K away-Syzygy tablebases} 66. Ke6 Kg6) 56. Rb7 (56. Ra8+ $1 {and keep checking simplest,as the one hiding place doesn't help} Kg7 57. Ra7+ Kh6 58. Rf7) 56... f5 (56... Re4 {to release the K, as above}) 57. Ra7 {the position is now drawn , confirmed by various Cloud Engines. The Wh K now has entry points} f4 (57... Kf8 58. Rb7 Re4 59. Kg3 Re7 60. Rb4 Kg7 61. Kf4 $11) 58. Rb7 f3 59. Rb2 Kf7 60. Rf2 Rf4 61. Kg3 Rg4+ 62. Kh3 Rf4 63. Kg3 Rf5 64. Rxf3 Kf6 (64... Rxf3+ 65. Kxf3 Ke7 66. Ke3 {the distant opposition} Kf6 67. Kf4 $11) 65. Ra3 $11 {tablebases} Re5 66. Kf4 Re6 67. Ra4 Rb6 68. Rc4 Rb1 69. Rc6+ Kg7 70. Kg3 (70. Rc4) (70. Rc7+) 70... Rb3+ 71. Kh2 Re3 72. Ra6 Kf7 73. Kg2 Re6 74. Ra4 Kf6 75. Kg3 Re3+ 76. Kg2 Kf5 77. Ra5+ Re5 78. Ra4 Re4 79. Ra5+ Re5 80. Ra4 Rb5 81. Kg3 Rb3+ 82. Kg2 Re3 83. Ra5+ Re5 {this is actually a threefold repeat -cf moves 77 & 79 . Wh was looking out for something like this, but missed it( we had gone onto extra scoresheets and Bl had borrowed Wh's having made a mess of his score- which had also occurred in the opening moves of the game- two different kinds of repetition)} 84. Ra4 Re4 85. Ra5+ Kg4 86. Rg5+ Kxh4 87. Rxg6 Rg4+ 88. Rxg4+ hxg4 89. Kh2 g3+ 90. Kg2 Kg4 91. Kg1 {the reserve blockade square} (91. Kf1 $2 Kf3 92. Kg1 g2 93. Kh2 Kf2 $19) 91... Kf3 92. Kf1 g2+ 93. Kg1 Ke2 (93... Kg3 {alternative}) 94. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Telepost A-Oswestry A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.05"]
[Round "Bd 2"]
[White "Ferrington, Nigel M"]
[Black "Bryant, Richard BE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[GameId "2144085919930125"]
[EventDate "2025.02.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 (5... O-O) (5... Bxc5 {main lines}) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. f3 {2nd most frequent} (8. b4 {main}) (8. Bg5 Nce4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. Nf3 Ba6 {Pugh-Bryant, Shropshire League jan 2025,0-1}) 8... b6 (8... d5) (8... a5 {main lines}) 9. e4 (9. b4 Nb7 $16 {11-1-0} (9... Na6 $16 {6-1-3})) 9... d6 $11 {8-4-2} 10. Ne2 (10. Be3 $14 {main,3-3-0}) 10... Bd7 (10... Bb7 11. Nd4 h6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Be3 $16 {Sanz Wawer-Vidruska,Mikhail Tal Blitz lichess 2020,1-0}) 11. b4 Nb7 (11... Na4 12. Qd4 Qc7 13. Bg5 e5 14. Qd2 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ng3 $16) 12. Ng3 $18 (12. Qb2 b5 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. a4 Bc4 15. a5 a6 16. Bg5 $18 {SF17}) 12... Rc8 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. Bd3 h6 15. O-O O-O 16. Be3 $16 {SF17} Rfe8 17. Bd4 (17. Rfd1 e5 18. Bf2 Kh8 19. Rac1 Ng8 20. Ne2 Qf8 21. Nc3 Ne7 22. Bf1 $18 f6 23. Qd2 {SF17-Wh has much more space and Bl can only sit and wait}) 17... e5 18. Bc3 $11 {It seems the B gets in the way here, obstructing the Rs} (18. Bf2 $16 Be6 19. Rfc1 Nd8 20. Rc2 Nc6 21. Bf1 Red8 22. Rd1 Qf8 23. a4 $16 {SF17- the pawns move forward supported by both Bs}) 18... Nd8 (18... Be6 19. Qe2 b5 {the c3 B is loose} 20. c5 a6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Bb2 Nd8 23. Rfd1 Qb8 $11 {SF17}) 19. Rae1 (19. Be1 Be6 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Bf2 Nc6 22. Ne2 Nh5 23. Be3 $16 {SF17}) 19... Ne6 (19... Be6 20. Qd2 Nc6 (20... Bxc4 21. Nf5 Qd7 22. f4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Re6 24. Qh3 Rc7 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rd1 Qe8 27. Rd3 Nd7 28. Bd2 {a dangerous K side initiative} Rg6 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Nxh6+ Kf8 31. Nf5 Qe6 $14 {SF17 -Wh retains pressure to compensate for the piece sac}) 21. Rd1 Red8 22. Bb2 Ne8 23. Ne2 a5 24. b5 Nb8 $14 {SF17}) 20. Nf5 Qf8 21. Bd2 Kh7 22. Be3 $16 Ng8 (22... g5 $5 {might be holdable} 23. Bb1 Nf4 24. g3 N4h5 25. Rc1 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qg7 27. Qg2 Rg8 28. Rfd1 Qf8 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 g4 32. fxg4 Rxg4 33. c6 d5 34. c7 Rc8 35. Bc5 Qg7 36. Bf2 e4 37. Rc3 $14 {SF17}) 23. Qd2 g6 (23... Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf5 25. exf5 exf4 26. Qxf4 (26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Re1 Qc6 28. f6+ g6 29. Qxf4 Re8 30. Be4 d5 31. cxd5 Qxf6 32. Qd2 $16) 26... Nf6 27. h4 d5 28. g4 a5 $14 {SF17}) 24. Ng3 f6 (24... Ne7) 25. Rc1 (25. Ra1 h5 26. a4 $18 {SF17- Bl is tied down on the K side, so open a second front where there are fewer defences}) 25... Rc7 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. Bb1 Ba4 28. Bc2 (28. Rf1 {exchanges in a cramped position help Bl}) 28... Bxc2 29. Rxc2 f5 $11 30. exf5 gxf5 31. f4 e4 (31... Ne7 $11) 32. Qd5 Ng7 33. c5 (33. Qb5 Ne7 34. Rcd2 Ne8 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5 d5 37. Ne2 $16 {SF17}) 33... Ne7 (33... bxc5 34. Rxc5 Ne7 35. Rxc7 Nxd5 36. Rxd5 Kg6 37. Rxa7 Qe8 38. Bd4 Ne6 39. Be3 Ng7 40. Bd4 $11 {SF17}) 34. Qd2 bxc5 35. bxc5 (35. Bxc5 $1 Rcd7 36. Bd4 Qf7 37. a4 $14 {SF17- the Wh Q side pawns are not split}) 35... d5 $11 36. Ne2 Ne6 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. Bxd4 Nc6 39. Rb1 (39. Qc3 Rb7 40. Rcd2 Qf7 41. h3 $11 {SF17}) 39... Qf7 40. Rb3 Rg8 41. Rcb2 Rg4 (41... Qe7 {comes close to getting an advantage} 42. Rc2 Rgc8 43. h3 Nxd4 44. Qxd4 Rxc5 45. Rbc3 Rxc3 46. Rxc3 Rxc3 47. Qxc3 Qd6 48. Qc8 Qxf4 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kg5 51. Qd8+ Kh5 52. Qxd5 $11 {SF17}) 42. g3 Kg8 $2 (42... h5 $15 43. a4 h4 44. a5 Qe7 45. Rc2 Rg8 46. a6 h3 47. Kf2 Kg6 48. Rb5 $11 {SF17}) 43. Bc3 (43. Rb8+ $18 Kh7 (43... Nxb8 44. Rxb8+ Kh7 45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. h3 Rxg3+ 47. Kh2 {wins R} Rxa3 48. Qg2+ Kh5 49. Qg5#) 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Kg2 Nxd4 46. Qxd4 Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. Rd8 Rg6 49. Rxd5 Rf7 50. Kf2 $18 {SF17}) 43... d4 44. Bxd4 Rd7 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Rh8+ (46. Qc3 $1 {SF17} Nxb8 (46... Rxd4 47. R2b7 Rd7 48. Qh8+ Kg6 49. Rf8 Rd1+ 50. Kg2 Qa2+ 51. Rb2 Rd2+ 52. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 53. Kh3 Rh4+ $1 54. gxh4 Qe3+ {perpetual}) 47. Rxb8 Qd5 48. c6 Rc7 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Qd2 Qxc6 51. h3 Rxg3+ 52. Kh2 e3 53. Bxe3 Rxe3 54. Qxe3 Qc2+ 55. Kh1 Qb1+ 56. Qg1+ Qxg1+ 57. Kxg1 Rc4 58. Ra8 Ra4 59. Kg2 Kh5 60. Rf8 Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Rh8 Kg7 63. Rd8 (63. Ra8) 63... Rxa3 64. Rd7+ $11 {SF17}) 46... Kg6 $19 {great complexities in mutual time trouble} 47. Rb4 Nxb4 (47... Qd5 $1 48. Rb7 Nxd4 (48... Rxb7 49. Rxh6+ Kxh6 50. Bg7+ Rgxg7 51. Qxd5 Rb1+ $19) 49. Rxd7 Qxd7 50. Kf2 Qg7 51. Rd8 Nf3 $19 {SF17}) 48. axb4 (48. Qxb4 $1 e3 49. Qc3 (49. c6 Qa2 50. Qb2 Qxb2 51. Bxb2 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 e2 53. Bc3 Rc1 54. Bb4 Rxc6 55. h3 Kg7 56. Ra8 Rgg6 57. Rxa7+ Kh8 58. Kf2 Rge6 59. Be1 Rc1 60. Ra5 $15 {SF17}) 49... e2 50. Kf2 Qd5 51. Be3 Qe4 52. Rf8 Rf7 53. Rxf7 Kxf7 54. c6 Rg8 55. c7 Rc8 56. Kxe2 Qe7 57. Qc4+ Qe6 58. Qxe6+ Kxe6 59. Bxa7 Rxc7 60. Bg1 Rc2+ 61. Kf3 Ra2 62. a4 (62. Bc5 Rxh2 63. Bf2 Rh1 $19 {as Wh's K side pawn sructure is now unsafe}) 62... Kd5 (62... Rxa4 63. Kg2 Ra2+ 64. Kh3 $11) 63. a5 h5 64. Bb6 Kc4 65. Ke3 $11) 48... Qc4 49. c6 Qxc6 (49... Rxd4 $19) 50. Rg8+ {[draw?] severe time shortage} (50. Rg8+ Kh5 (50... Kf7 51. Qa2+ Qd5 $19) 51. Rf8 Qd5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "TelepostA-Oswestry A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.05"]
[Round "Bd 3"]
[White "Bailey, Adrian"]
[Black "Hilditch-Love, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2144136349154515"]
[EventDate "2025.02.10"]

{[%evp 0,84,18,11,9,19,23,32,44,41,39,20,24,-39,-58,-73,-64,-65,-79,-73,-74,-89,-63,-114,-71,-104,-63,-53,-66,-45,-65,-109,-67,-67,-165,-49,-48,-27,-49,-49,-47,-38,-46,-107,-126,-51,-86,-154,-96,-214,-204,-129,-163,-238,-231,-236,-122,-215,-72,-349,-345,-388,-336,-387,-401,-398,-302,-384,-384,-399,-437,-455,-308,-471,-413,-585,-468,-522,-603,-784,-689,-944,-792,-1108,-1130,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 (3... b5) (3... e6 {main lines}) 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 (5. e4) (5. g3 {main lines}) 5... Be7 6. Qc2 (6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {37% for Wh}) ({after} 6. e3 {nearly 2/3rds missed} Nxd5) 6... Nxd5 7. Bxe7 (7. Nxd5 Bxg5 $17 {is slightly better than the text, 1 Wh win, 2 Bl wins}) 7... Nxe7 8. O-O-O (8. Rd1 Bf5 9. Qd2 Nc8 (9... Nbc6) 10. e4 Be6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Ng5 (12. Nxe5 $16) 12... O-O $17 {Sandoval Huertas-Plotnikov, Dos Hermanas blitz 2004,1-0}) 8... Nbc6 9. Qd2 (9. Nb5 Nd4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. e3 Nxb5 12. cxb5 d5 $19 {Rachmadi-Spiller,Oceania zt Gold Coast 2009,0-1}) 9... O-O 10. e3 (10. Qxd6 Qa5 $19 {SF17}) 10... Qa5 $19 11. Kb1 Bf5+ (11... a6) (11... Be6) 12. Bd3 Rad8 (12... Be6 $19) 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Nge2 a6 (14... Nfe7 $17 {SF17}) 15. Nd5 (15. g4 Nfe7 16. Ng3 Qb4 (16... b5 17. Nf5 Qb6 18. Qe2 bxc4 19. Qxc4 h6 20. Nxd6 $11) 17. b3 b5 18. Nce4 bxc4 19. Qxb4 cxb4 20. bxc4 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nf5 $11 {sF17- Wh has managed a blockade of the centre pawns}) 15... b5 (15... Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nh4 17. g4 e4 18. h3 f5 $15 {SF17}) 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nec3 b4 19. Ne4 $11 h5 20. h3 (20. g4 hxg4 21. h3 g3 22. fxg3 Nc6 23. Rhf1 $11 {SF17}) 20... h4 21. Rc1 (21. g4 hxg3 22. fxg3 {as above}) 21... f6 $17 22. Rhd1 Kf7 23. Nd2 Ne7 $19 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Ke6 27. Rd1 Rh8 (27... g5) 28. Rg4 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. exf4 Rdg8 (30... e4 31. Rg7 d5 $19 {SF17}) 31. fxe5 Rxg4 32. hxg4 fxe5 33. Rh1 e4 {the centre pawns are irresistable} 34. Kc2 d5 35. Kd2 c4 36. Rf1 Rg8 37. g5 Rxg5 38. Rf2 d4 39. Re2 e3+ 40. Ke1 Kd5 41. a4 h3 42. Kd1 hxg2 0-1



[Event "Telepost A - Oswestry A"]
[Site "Telepost Sports & Social Club,"]
[Date "2025.02.05"]
[Round "Bd 4"]
[White "Bench, FRed"]
[Black "Fisher, Peter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[GameId "2142245806611213"]
[EventDate "2025.02.05"]

{[%evp 0,93,11,21,14,22,-9,0,-3,2,-5,-14,-9,-12,2,-4,-6,-8,-6,-6,-4,-13,-18,-18,-18,-8,8,57,5,4,8,-17,131,183,148,261,140,140,119,139,333,372,365,264,382,358,398,285,212,410,401,428,307,443,232,403,413,294,364,378,144,359,234,307,342,363,200,372,184,363,311,389,404,415,479,292,412,467,486,457,480,262,479,380,324,400,523,206,501,458,567,490,616,257,896,866]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 (4... Nc6 {main} 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 e5 10. Bg5 {Slegg-Parker, same match 0-1-vk}) 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 O-O (10... Nh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bb3 b5 13. Rac1 $18 {Bench-Fisher, Shropshire League 2024,1-0-vk}) (10... Nc6 {and}) (10... e5 {main lines -vk}) 11. Rac1 {main} (11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 $11 {Cloud Engines, but 6-2-1-vk}) 11... Rd8 (11... Nc6 $11 {655 games-vk}) 12. Bb3 ({vk} 12. b4 Nh5 (12... Nc6 $11 {SF17}) 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nd5 Qxc1 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Rxc1 Kxe7 18. Rc7 Nhf6 19. Qc4 h6 20. Nd4 d5 21. Qc5+ Ke8 22. Qd6 Ng8 {1-0 Moore-Olsen,T corr 1983}) 12... Qa5 (12... Nc6 13. Nd5 {57 games} exd5 14. exd5 Bf8 {Cloud Engines, 2-2-2 -vk} (14... Bg4 $14)) 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nc6 15. Nc4 Qh5 $2 {[%eval 151,14]} (15... Rxd1+ {[%eval -9,12]} 16. Qxd1 Qd8 17. Qxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bd1 Bd7 19. Bf3 Be7 20. Nb6 Re8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Bc7 Bg5 {[=, SF17]}) 16. Nb6 (16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Bc7 Rf8 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Ne4 $18 {-SF17-vk}) 16... Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Bd7 (17... Ra7 18. Bb8 $1 $18 {SF17-vk}) 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Bc7 b5 $2 {[%eval 300,13]} (19... Nb4 {[%eval 126,12]} 20. Nf4 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5) 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxc6 a5 $6 {[%eval 322,14]} (21... Bf6 {[%eval 272,12]} 22. Nf4 Nf8 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Nd3 Ng6 25. Bb6 Rb8 26. Ba5 Ra8 27. Rc6 Bd4 28. Nc5 Bxb2) 22. Bd6 Bf6 23. Nc3 b4 24. Na4 g6 25. Kf1 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. g3 Kg7 28. Ke2 Ra7 29. f4 Bf6 30. Kd3 Rd7+ 31. Kc2 Ra7 32. Nc5 Bd4 33. h3 Bf2 34. g4 Be3 35. Nd3 h6 36. Ba4 Kf6 37. Kd1 Ke7 38. Ke2 Bd4 39. Kf3 Bg7 $6 {[%eval 408,18]} (39... Rd7 {[%eval 353,19]} 40. Rc8 Rd8 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 42. h4 Ke7 43. Ke4 Bg7) 40. Ke4 Bf6 $6 {[%eval 415,20]} (40... Rd7 {[%eval 361,17]} 41. Ra6 f5+ 42. gxf5 gxf5+ 43. Ke3 Bd4+ 44. Ke2 Ra7 45. Rxa7+ Bxa7 46. Ne5 Bb6 47. Nc4 Bc7 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. b3) 41. f5 exf5+ 42. gxf5 g5 43. Ne5 h5 $6 {[%eval 570,20]} (43... Rb7 {[%eval 461,21]} 44. Bb3 Bxe5 45. Kxe5 f6+ 46. Ke4 Rd7 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Re5+ Kf8 49. Rxa5 h5 50. Ra6 Re7+ 51. Be6 Rb7 52. Bd5 Re7+ 53. Kd4 Kg7 54. Re6 Ra7 55. Rb6 Ra4) 44. Kd5 $6 {[%eval 479,19]} (44. Nc4 {[%eval 570,20]} b3 45. Bxb3 Rd7 46. Nb6 Rd4+ 47. Ke3 a4 48. Nd5+) 44... Bg7 45. b3 Bf6 $6 {[%eval 591,20]} (45... g4 {[%eval 517,20]} 46. hxg4 Bxe5 47. Kxe5 hxg4 48. f6+ Kd8 49. Rd6+ Kc8 50. Kf4 g3 51. Kxg3 Rc7 52. Kg4 Rb7 53. Ra6 Kd8 54. Bc6 Rd7 55. Ra8+ Kc7 56. Bxd7) 46. Rc8 $6 {[%eval 460,20]} (46. Rd6 {[%eval 591,20]} Bxe5 47. Kxe5 f6+ 48. Rxf6) 46... Bg7 $2 {[%eval 1081,24]} (46... Bxe5 {[%eval 460,20]} 47. Kxe5 f6+ 48. Kd5 Kf7 49. Be8+ Kg7 50. Bxh5 a4 51. Kc4) 47. Nc6+ 1-0

[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

