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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Church Stretton A v Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.11.05"] [Round "Brd 2"] [White "Lear, Chris"] [Black "Smith, Jonathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1966"] [BlackElo "1552"] [Annotator "Rudy van Kemenade"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2108997440131103"] [EventDate "2024.11.06"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.11.06"] {[%evp 0,22,25,16,10,25,16,23,4,7,5,9,23,8,16,-40,-35,-41,-19,-19,-48,-48,25,-26,-4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 (5. d4 {older line}) 5... h6 (5... d6) (5... a6 {main lines}) (5... O-O 6. O-O (6. b4 {not discussed in any theory books} Bb6 7. b5 Na5 8. Nxe5 {scores only 29 5 in 42 games} Qe7 $1 $19 {SF17}) 6... d5 {is analysed as the continuation to aim for in Kravtsiv- The Italian Renaissance II 2020 ch1-4}) 6. b4 (6. O-O) 6... Be7 (6... Bb6 7. b5 Na5 8. Nxe5 O-O $15 {[#] The Engines reckon Bl has a slight advantage, though in practice Wh has scored 73 % with} 9. Bb3 {mostly since Bl did not folow up with} d5 $1 $17) 7. b5 Na5 8. Nxe5 Nxc4 9. Nxc4 d5 $1 $17 {Bl exploits the fact that Wh can't drive the Q away with a Nc3} 10. exd5 (10. Ncd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O $17 {though 1-1-1 Bl has very active play for the pawn, akin to variations from the Two Ns vs the Italian.}) 10... Qxd5 11. O-O Qxb5 (11... O-O $1 {1-3} 12. a4 Bf5 {0-2}) 12. Re1 (12. Ba3 c5 $15 {1-0}) 12... Be6 13. a4 (13. Ne5 O-O-O 14. d4 Bd6 $17 {Afgoun-Govindasamy, Africa ch U20 girls, Hammamet 2012,0-1}) (13. Ba3 c5 (13... Bxa3) 14. Nbd2 O-O $15 {yet 2-0}) 13... Qa6 (13... Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Ba3 Nf4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. d4 c5 $15 {SF17- the Bl pieces are better co-ordinated}) 14. Ba3 (14. Nba3 $11) 14... Bxa3 15. Nbxa3 O-O $15 16. Nb5 Nd5 (16... Bxc4 17. dxc4 Rad8 18. Qb3 c6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 $15 {Sf17}) 17. Ne3 (17. Ne5 $11 {SF17}) 17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 (18. Rxe3 $11 {looks more natural}) 18... Qc6 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Qf3 Qxf3 (20... Qd7 21. Qxb7 Qxd3 22. Nxc7 Rab8 23. Qxa7 Rb2 24. Nxe6 (24. Nxe8 Qe4 $19) 24... Rxe6 25. Qa8+ Kh7 26. Qd5 Qg6 27. Kh1 Re5 28. Qf3 Rf5 29. Qh3 Rh5 30. Qf3 Rf5 $11 {SF17- typical Engine tangle}) 21. gxf3 Re7 $11 22. Rab1 b6 23. Kf2 a6 (23... c6 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11 {Sf17}) 24. Nc3 (24. Nd4 Bd7 25. a5 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rec1 Rxa5 28. Rxc7 Ra2+ 29. Kg3 Rd2 30. Nf5 Re5 31. Rxd7 Rxf5 32. e4 Rg5+ 33. Kf4 Rxh2 34. Ra1 $11 {Sf17}) 24... Rd8 25. Rbd1 Red7 26. Ke2 Kf8 $11 27. Ne4 Bf5 (27... f5 28. Nf2 a5 $11) 28. Nf2 (28. d4 c5 29. d5 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Re8 31. Kd3 Rde7 32. Rb1 Rxe4 33. Rxb6 f5 $11 {Sf17}) 28... Be6 29. Rg1 g5 $5 {gives Wh something to attack} (29... f5 $11) 30. h4 f6 31. hxg5 (31. Rh1 Kg7 32. e4 Rb8 33. Rb1 Rdd8 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. f4 $16 {SF17- Bl must watch our for the K position}) 31... hxg5 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Rh2 (33. a5 bxa5 34. Ra1 $14 {SF17}) 33... Rh8 (33... b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. cxb5 Rb8 36. Rb1 c6 37. bxc6 Rxb1 38. cxd7 Rb2+ 39. Kf1 Bxd7 $11 {Sf17}) 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. a5 $16 Kg7 36. axb6 (36. Ne4 Kf7 37. Ra1 g4 38. fxg4 Bxg4+ 39. Kd2 Bf5 40. Nf2 Rd6 41. Kc3 Bc8 42. d4 $18 {SF17 Bl is slowly being pushed back, though it will take some expertise to find a breakthrough. Wh.s R & N are more active than the R &B, also the Wh pawns are able to advance in a way the Bl ones can't.}) 36... cxb6 37. Rb1 (37. Ra1 a5 38. Rb1 Rb7 39. Ne4 Rb8 40. Nc5 Bf7 41. Na4 Rh8 42. e4 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Rh3 44. Rf1 Bh5 45. Nxb6 $18 (45. d4 $18 {SF17})) 37... Rd6 38. Ne4 Rc6 39. Kd2 g4 40. fxg4 Bxg4 41. Rg1 (41. Nc3 f5 42. Nd5 b5 43. cxb5 axb5 44. Rxb5 $14 {SF17- Wh retains winning chances because the R & B are separated}) 41... f5 42. Nf2 Rg6 43. d4 $11 (43. Ra1 a5 44. Kc3 Kf6 45. Rh1 Ke7 $11 {SF17}) 1/2-1/2
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