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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Maddocks B - Oswestry B"] [Site "Maddocks Sport & Social Club, "] [Date "2025.04.17"] [Round "Bd 1"] [White "Fisher, Peter S"] [Black "Tarr, Steve"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "1635"] [BlackElo "1793"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2167969855692810"] [EventDate "2025.04.17"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"] {[%evp 0,92,12,28,19,85,25,71,-8,30,15,38,31,41,43,40,53,50,42,54,296,316,315,74,81,-36,-7,3,-1,4,-47,-69,-69,-92,-92,-130,-70,-127,-169,-157,-68,-153,-111,-121,-101,-130,-176,-123,-83,-101,-18,32,-32,-69,-105,-135,-126,-144,-153,-145,-87,-139,-193,-162,-123,-273,-317,-324,-147,-127,-118,-244,-224,-253,-187,-241,-206,-351,-330,-333,-242,-146,-196,-333,-255,-301,-181,-306,6,-582,626,631,988,1086,965]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 (3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bg7 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bf4 e6 9. Ne4 {R Van Kemenade-Tarr, Shropshire Open 2024,1-0}) 3... Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. e5 Ng8 9. c5 a6 10. Bc4 Nh6 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. h4 $18 {Liu-Tarr, 4NCL 2024, 1-0} (12. e6 $18 {SF17-added by vk})) 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Ng4 $2 {[%eval 294,15]} (9... Qa5 {[%eval 76,12]} 10. f4 Qb6) (9... Bd7 {main- vk}) 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Qd2 $2 {[%eval 52,12] [transposes to 208 games, 66% for Wh though only slight advantage according to SF17-vk]} (11. Nxc6 {[%eval 282,14] [116 games, 98% for Wh-vk]} bxc6 12. Qxg4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. Qh3 Rf7 15. Rab1 Qc8 16. Rfd1 c5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bg5 e4) 11... Rc8 12. Rac1 $6 {[%eval 17,15]} (12. Nd5 {[%eval 60,13]} Bd7 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxc4) (12. b3 {[main, 66% for Wh-vk]}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rxc4 {[SF17 judges = -vk]} (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 $14 Be6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Kh1 Qc5 17. Qd3 a6 18. f4 f6 19. a4 Kg7 20. Rce1 Qa3 21. f5 Bf7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nd5 Rce8 24. Qf3 Qb2 25. Nb6 Be6 26. Qe3 Rh8 27. Rf3 Qe5 28. Rg3 Rh4 29. Kg1 Reh8 30. h3 R8h5 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Rf3 g5 33. Qc3 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Qxe4 35. Re3 Qh7 36. Qe1 Qf5 37. g4 Qc2 38. gxh5 {1-0 Salomon,J (2353)-Mudasir,I Olympiad-41 Tromsoe 2014 (4.4)}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h3 (15. Nd5 $11 {[SF17-vk]}) 15... Bd7 $6 {[%eval 35,14]} (15... Be6 {[%eval -13,15]} 16. b3 Rc5 17. a3 f6 18. b4 Rc4 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Nd5 Rfc8 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qd3 Bxd5) 16. Rfd1 $6 {[%eval -26,17]} (16. b3 {[%eval 35,14]} Rc7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Qxa7 f5 19. Qd4 fxe4 20. b4 Be6 21. Qxe4 Qd7 22. Nd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ e6 25. Qd4) 16... Qa5 17. Qe3 Qc5 18. Qd2 $6 {[%eval -82,16]} (18. Qe2 {[%eval -35,16]} Rc8 (18... f6 $17 {[SF17-vk]}) 19. e5 Be6 20. exd6 exd6 21. Rd3 Bf5 22. Rdd1 Qe5 23. Qf3 Be4 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Qd2 Qb4 26. a3 {[SF17 considers this now =]}) 18... Rc8 {[Wh is a pawn down, with enourmous Bl pressure down the c file-vk]} 19. Re1 b5 20. a3 b4 (20... a5 $19 {[looks natural- vk]}) 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. e5 Rd4 23. Qe2 e6 $6 {[%eval -44,17]} (23... d5 {[%eval -80,15]} 24. Qe3 Be6 25. Ra1 Rdc4 26. Qxa7 Qxb2) 24. Ra1 dxe5 (24... d5 25. Rxa7 Be8 $15 {SF17-vk}) 25. Qxe5+ f6 26. Qe2 $6 {[%eval -93,16]} (26. Qe3 {[%eval -46,16]} Rc7 27. Ra6 Rd6 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Qxa7 e5 30. Re2 h6 31. Qe3 Qd4 32. Qc1 Bc6 33. Qe1 Qf4 34. Qf1 Rd3 {[SF17 agrees with this and considers the whole line as equality for Wh-vk]}) 26... a5 27. Ra2 (27. Rad1 $15 {[SF17]}) 27... Ra8 28. Rea1 a4 29. Qf3 Ra7 30. Qe3 Ra5 31. Qe2 Qd6 32. f3 $2 {[%eval -238,17]} (32. Nd1 {[%eval -133,15]} Rd2 33. Qe1 Rf5 34. Ra3 Rf4 35. Rc3 Kh8 36. Rb1) 32... Rd2 33. Qf1 Qb6+ $6 {[%eval -117,13]} (33... Rg5 {[%eval -211,12] [clearly stronger , but the text should still be winning easily-vk]} 34. Rd1 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Bb5 36. Qg1 Rgxg2 37. Qxg2 Rxg2 38. Kxg2 Qg5+ 39. Kh2 Bc6 40. Rf1 Qf4+ 41. Kg2 e5 42. Raa1 Qg5+ 43. Kh2 Qd2+) 34. Kh1 Rxb2 (34... Rg5 35. Ne4 Rdxg2 36. Nxg5 Rxg5 $19 {SF17-vk]}) 35. Ne4 $2 {[%eval -225,17]} (35. Qd1 {[%eval -120,14]} Bc6 36. Rxb2 Qxb2 37. Nxa4 Qb4 38. Nb2 Rxa1 39. Qxa1 e5 40. Qa7+ Qb7 41. Qf2 Bd5 42. Qd2 Qb5 43. Nd3 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 {[only a slight Bl advantage according to SF17-vk]}) 35... Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rd5 37. Qe2 $6 {[%eval -247,14]} (37. Qc1 {[%eval -203,14]} Qb4 38. Rc2 Qb3 39. Nc5 Qb8 40. Ne4 Qe5 41. Kg1 g5 42. Ra2 Qf4 43. Qe1 e5) 37... Bb5 $2 {[%eval -135,16]} (37... Qd4 {[%eval -247,14]} 38. Nf2 e5 39. Qe1 f5 40. Re2 Bb5 41. Re3 Qf4 42. Kg1 Rc5) 38. Qf2 $2 {[%eval -327,18]} (38. Qb2 {[%eval -135,16]} Qd8 39. Nc3 Re5 40. Nxb5 Qb8 41. Ra1 Rxb5 42. Qa2 Rb2 43. Qxa4 Qg3 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qg1 g5 46. Ra7 e5 47. Ra6 Kg6) 38... Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qc7+ $6 {[%eval -239,17]} (39... Qxf2 {[%eval -302,17]} 40. Nxf2 Rc1 41. Ra3 Bc6 42. Kg3 e5 43. h4 h5 44. Nd3 Rc4 45. Kh3 Rc2 46. Kg3 Bb5 47. Nb4 Rd2 {and Bl is winning comfortably-vk}) 40. g3 Qc1 $6 {[%eval -171,17]} (40... Bc6 {[%eval -238,15]} 41. Qc2 Qd7 42. Nf2 Rd4 43. Qc3 e5 44. Rc2 Rd6 45. Qe3 Qf5 46. Rc3 Qb1 47. Kg2 Qb2 48. Qc5 Rd2 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Kh5) 41. g4 $2 {[%eval -308,15]} (41. h4 {[%eval -171,17]} Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Qe1 43. Qxe1 Rxe1 44. Nc5 Bc6 45. Nxa4 Rc1 46. Ra3 e5 47. Kh3 Kh8 48. Nb6) 41... g5 42. Rc2 Qf4+ 43. Ng3 Bc6 $4 {[%eval 44,13] things go haywire in mutual time pressure-vk} (43... Qd4 {[%eval -305,14]} 44. Nh5+ Kg6 45. Qxd4 Rxd4 46. Rc8 Rd2+ 47. Kg1 Kf7 48. Ra8 Bc6 49. Ra7+ Rd7 50. Ra6) 44. Kg2 $4 {[%eval -579,17]} (44. Rxc6 {[%eval 44,13]} Rd2 45. Kg1 Rxf2 46. Nh5+ Kg8 47. Nxf4 Rxf3 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Rc7+ Kg8 50. Nh5 e5 51. Kg2 e4 52. Ra7 a3 53. Ng3 Re3 54. Ra4 Kf7 55. Nxe4 a2 56. Nd6+ Ke6) 44... Rd3 $4 {[%eval 1680,14]} (44... Bxf3+ {[%eval -579,17]} 45. Qxf3 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Rxg3 47. Qxf4 gxf4 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. h4 e5 50. h5+ Kh6 51. Rf7 e4 52. Rxf6+ Kg5 53. Rf7 e3+ 54. Kf1 f3 55. Rxh7 Rxg4 56. Re7 Kf4 57. h6 Rh4 58. Rxe3 Kxe3) 45. Nh5+ Kg6 46. Nxf4+ gxf4 1-0
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