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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Darwinian Knights B - Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.11"] [Round "Bd 2"] [White "Westhead, John A"] [Black "Smith, Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "1592"] [BlackElo "1539"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2155656661823557"] [EventDate "2025.03.15"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.03.15"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nc6 {The cause of Bl's later problems generally in QP openings, Bl should not obstruct the c pawn with a N. Pawns like travelling in pairs, and since after d5, e5 is difficult to achieve, then c5 is next best. The N should go to d7 or wait untill c5 has been played to go to c6 -Copied from Grocott-James-J Smith, Oswestry Ch 2023,0-1} 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 h6 8. Bxf6 (8. Bh4 {much more frequent}) 8... Bxf6 9. cxd5 (9. Bd3) (9. Qc2 {main lines}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 (12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxd4 15. exd4 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Nxd4 17. Qxd5 Qf6 18. f4 Qxf4 19. Qg2 Re5 20. Rg1 Rg5 21. Qe4 Rxg1+ 22. Rxg1 Qxe4+ 23. Bxe4 {1-0 Fernandez,D (2485)-Untiedt,U (1720) Kiel op 30th 2017 (2)}) 12... a6 13. h3 Rc8 {hoping to move the c pawn, and admitting that the N is in the wrong place, but better to move the N first} (13... Ne7 14. Na4 c6 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. Nh2 $14) 14. Na4 $16 {Now the N on c6 becomes the target, as wellas the Q side pawns} Qd7 $2 (14... Bd7 15. Nc5 Rb8 16. Qc2 Be7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxa6 $16 {SF17}) (14... Na7 15. Nc5 Rb8 16. Ne5 Nb5 17. Qh5 Nd6 18. f4 $16 {SF17-with a strong attack}) 15. Nc5 $18 Qe7 16. Nxb7 Rb8 (16... Nb8 {not a great post, but it keeps an extra pawn for the moment}) 17. Bxa6 Bc8 (17... Nd8 18. Nxd8 Rexd8 19. b4 $18) 18. Rxc6 Bxb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. b4 Ra8 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Rfc1 {Wh is two pawns up- the c pawn in trouble, and the N is superior to the B} Be7 23. Ne5 Qd8 24. Nd3 Qd7 25. R6c2 Rba7 26. Ra2 f6 {keeps the N from e5, but doesn't do much for the B, also weakens the K side} 27. Rca1 Qb5 28. a4 Qb7 29. b5 Ra6 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rb8 32. Qd3 (32. c6 Qxc6 33. Qd3 {wins a R}) 32... Raa8 33. c6 Qc8 34. Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Qd7 (35. a5 {SF17}) 35... Qd8 36. Qxd8+ Rxd8 37. Kf1 Kg8 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Ke6 41. Kc3 Kd5 42. Kb4 g5 43. Rd1+ Ke4 44. Rd7 Rc8 45. a5 Ke5 46. Kc5 1-0
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