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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Church Stretton A v Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.11.15"] [Round "Brd 1"] [White "Cosens, Paul"] [Black "Brotherton, Trevor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1875"] [BlackElo "2051"] [Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2113228330817059"] [EventDate "2024.11.16"] {[%evp 0,94,11,21,-20,-13,-3,-13,-10,-17,-23,-24,-20,-6,5,-2,52,-14,-6,-20,-8,-14,-33,-70,16,-38,-33,-129,9,-6,9,-39,-40,-175,0,21,108,39,41,15,66,-40,-29,-53,2,-55,-45,-89,-44,-91,-108,-1,-50,-32,-66,-527,-510,-553,-341,-329,-235,-377,-142,-449,-362,-247,-449,-447,-421,-542,-489,-524,-558,-599,-480,-551,-388,-536,-536,-494,-533,-661,-522,-473,-548,-734,-477,-616,-736,-1470,-29982,-29991,-886,-29993,-29994,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. exd5 (3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 {is an interesting gambit that has been played by GMs and scores 56% for Wh}) 3... exd5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Be7 (6... Bd6 {1-1-5}) 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {SF14} (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne5 {1'5-0.5}) 8... a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 Bb7 $11 11. Nc3 (11. d4 c5 12. Nd3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Re8 $11 {SF17}) 11... Nd7 (11... d4 12. Na4 Re8 13. Re1 c5 14. Ba3 Qd5 15. Qf3 Ne4 16. Nd3 f5 $11 {SF17}) 12. f4 (12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Na4 c5 14. d4 c4 $11 {SF17}) 12... Nxe5 (12... d4 $17 {blocks off Wh's QB and activates Bl's}) 13. fxe5 Bc8 (13... c5 {is natural when the QB is wellplaced on the long diagonal. On e6 the B is a little more passively placed}) 14. Qe2 (14. Qf3) 14... Be6 15. d4 (15. Na4 d4 16. c4 dxc3 17. dxc3 $14 {because of the doubled Bl pawns}) 15... c5 16. Na4 (16. dxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh2 $11 {SF17}) 16... c4 (16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bd7 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Re8 21. Qf2 Qd7 $11 {the grip on the bl squares is sufficient compensation for the pawn down, but no more than that.}) 17. Rad1 cxb3 18. axb3 {taking towards the centre is more usually indicated, though here Wh might try to get some pressure down the c file with} (18. cxb3) 18... Qd7 19. Nc5 (19. Ra1 Qb5 20. Qe3 Qc6 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qxc2 23. Nc5 $16 {SF17, Wh has a good N vs a bad B}) 19... Qc6 (19... Bxc5) 20. Nd3 (20. Ba3 $16) 20... a5 $11 21. Ra1 a4 22. b4 (22. Ba3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 axb3 24. Rxb3 Qc4 25. Qf2 Ra2 26. Nb2 $11 {SF17- the text leads to Wh having problems getting activity for his QB}) 22... Qc4 $15 23. Qd2 h6 24. c3 (24. Nc5 $5) 24... Bg5 25. Qd1 Bd7 26. Nc5 Bb5 $17 27. Nxa4 $2 Be3+ 28. Kh2 Rxa4 (28... Qxf1 {maybe even better as the N on a4 gets lost}) 29. Rxa4 Qxf1 30. Qxf1 Bxf1 {Bl is just a piece up with a horrible B on b2} 31. Ra5 c6 32. Ra7 h5 (32... f6) 33. Kg3 Be2 34. Rc7 Bb5 35. Kf3 Bd2 36. Ra7 Re8 37. Ba1 Bc4 38. g3 Re6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Ra7 Kg6 (40... f6) 41. Bb2 f6 42. exf6 Rxf6+ (42... Re3+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kh1 gxf6 $19 {SF17}) 43. Kg2 Bd3 44. b5 Be4+ 45. Kh2 cxb5 46. Ba3 Rf1 47. g4 Bf4# 0-1
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