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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Darwinian Knights B - Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.11"] [Round "Bd 5"] [White "Read, Stephen"] [Black "Wilson, Steve"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "A45"] [BlackElo "1467"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2159006254043416"] [EventDate "2025.03.24"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.03.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 (2... d5) (2... g6 {main lines}) 3. Bf4 (3. e4 d6 {transposes to Pirc or Philidor lines}) 3... e6 4. e4 (4. e3 d5 {transposes to 534 games}) 4... Bb4 $146 (4... d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nce2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nd4 Qb6 9. Ngf3 Nc6 10. c3 Qxb2 11. Be2 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qb2 13. Nb5 O-O 14. O-O a6 15. Bc3 Qxa1 16. Bxa1 axb5 17. Qc2 b4 18. Bd3 h6 19. Qe2 b6 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. Nh4 Ra3 22. f4 Rfa8 23. f5 Rxa2 24. fxe6 Rxe2 25. exf7+ Kh8 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Nf8+ Kh8 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Nf8+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ {½-½ Fiorito,J (2328)-Sos Andreu,E (2364) Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Dec Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (10)}) 5. Bd3 (5. e5 {gains space.} Nd5 6. Bd2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bf8 (7... Be7 8. Qg4 g6 9. h4 $16) 8. Bd3 d5 $16 {transposes to something like a French position, where Wh has excellent play on the K side.}) 5... Ba5 {it is seldom a good idea to be moving the same piece twice in the opening before the others get a chance to join in.Here the only idea behind this seems to be to swap off blsquare Bs, which takes time & also favours Wh} 6. Nf3 $18 {Wh is ahead in development and still can gain space in the centre} (6. Bd6 Bc7 {or Bl won't get 0-0} 7. Bxc7 Qxc7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 {and Wh threatens to get a N into d6} O-O 10. Nh3 (10. Nd6 f5 11. c4 Nf4 12. Ne2 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Na6 14. Nf4 $18 {Bl will be unable to get the QB & QR into satisfacory positions- while Wh just piles on the pressure on the K side with more pieces in the critical area.}) 10... f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4 Rf8 15. O-O d5 16. Rae1 $18 {SF17- Bl's weakened K side is close to collapse}) 6... h6 7. O-O (7. Bd6) 7... Bc7 8. e5 (8. Bxc7 Qxc7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 O-O 11. c4 Nf4 12. Bc2 f5 13. Nd6 c5 14. d5 $18 {SF17}) 8... Nd5 9. Nxd5 (9. Bg3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Re1 $18 {SF17- Wh has a clear plus on the K side, with more effective pieces in place}) 9... cxd5 10. Qd2 (10. c4 $18 {SF17- opens up the position for Wh's better developed pieces}) 10... Nc6 11. c3 $16 d6 12. Rfe1 a6 13. exd6 (13. Rad1 {usually better to let the opponent do the exchanges as it would let pieces come in further forward.}) 13... Bxd6 14. Ne5 (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. h4 Bd7 16. Re3 $16 {SF17}) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 (15. dxe5 {keeps more pieces on, & perhays eyes a chance to sacrifice on h6 should Bl get round to 0-0 at some point}) 15... Bxe5 16. Rxe5 b5 17. b4 {closes up the pawn structure on the Q side( and pawns can not go back to where they were.} (17. Rae1 O-O 18. R1e3 $14 {continues activities in the area where Wh has a preponderance}) 17... O-O 18. f4 (18. a4 {is the logical followup to Wh's previous move} Bd7 19. a5 Rc8 20. Rae1 f5 21. R1e3 $14 {SF17}) 18... f6 19. Re2 f5 $11 20. g3 Rf6 21. Rg2 h5 22. Qe2 (22. a4 $14) 22... Rh6 23. h3 Qc7 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. Be2 Be8 $11 {its a totally blocked position where Wh would have been happier with a b pawn on 2 rather than 4.} 27. g4 $6 {this attempt at forcing things needed better preparation, it is the Bl pieces that manage to take advantage of the open lines} hxg4 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Qxg4 Rg6 30. Qh3 $2 (30. Qh4 $11) 30... Rxg2+ (30... Qxf4 $1 31. Rf1 Qh6 $19 {SF17}) 31. Qxg2 $2 (31. Kxg2 Qf7 32. Bd3 Qf6 33. Qg3 $11 {SF17}) 31... Qxf4 $19 32. Rf1 Qe3+ 33. Qf2 Rxc3 $19 {SF17} 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Kf2 Re4 36. Rd1 Kf7 (36... Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Bh5+ 38. Kd2 Bxd1 39. Kxd1 {gives Bl a comfortable winning K & P ending}) 37. Bh5+ g6 38. Bf3 Rf4 39. Ke3 g5 40. Bh5+ Ke7 41. Bxe8 Kxe8 {WWh has lost too many pawns} 42. Rc1 Kd7 43. Rh1 Re4+ 44. Kd3 g4 45. Rh7+ Kd6 46. Rg7 Rf4 47. Ke3 Rf3+ $19 48. Ke2 {something like this happened} Rf4 49. Ke3 Re4+ 50. Kd3 Kc6 51. Ra7 g3 52. Rxa6+ Kd7 53. Ra8 Rg4 54. Rf8 g2 55. Rf7+ Kd6 56. Ke2 g1=Q 57. Rf2 Re4+ 0-1
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