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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Maddocks B - Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.04.17"] [Round "Bd 3"] [White "Fowkes, Sam"] [Black "Gostelow, David"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1533"] [BlackElo "1760"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2167894120231038"] [EventDate "2025.04.20"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"] {[%evp 0,63,17,22,14,31,21,16,24,21,24,13,55,57,41,62,43,32,67,70,20,59,54,-8,71,-8,65,85,139,148,158,115,280,271,290,276,114,245,68,170,319,219,334,345,382,419,489,328,520,387,518,352,155,314,178,308,453,427,600,655,713,605,750,591,821,733]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {main, Sveshnikov}) 5. Nb5 a6 {Lowenthal variation} (5... d6 {main,Kalashnikov}) 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd2 {scores slightly best at 65% for Wh} (8. Qd1) (8. Qxf6) (8. Qc7 {main alternatives}) 8... Qg6 (8... Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 Nd4 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. f4 d6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Bb7 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rg1 Be4 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Bd1 b4 24. g3 f5 25. Re1 Rc3 26. Kd2 Rc5 27. Kc1 Rc3 28. Kb2 a5 29. a4 h6 30. Kc1 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. g4 Rc5 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Rg1 Be6 35. Rg3 Kf7 36. Be2 Kf6 37. Kd2 Rc8 38. Rf3+ Kg7 39. Re3 Rd8+ 40. Bd3 Kf6 41. Rf3+ Ke5 42. Rf2 Rh8 43. Re2+ Kd6 44. Rg2 g4 45. Be2 Rh3 46. Bxg4 Bxg4 47. Rxg4 Rxh2+ 48. Kd3 Rh5 49. Rg6+ Kc5 50. Ra6 Rh3+ 51. Kd2 Rh2+ 52. Kc1 Rh4 53. Rxa5+ Kc6 54. Rb5 Rd4 55. c3 bxc3 56. Kc2 Rh4 57. Kxc3 Rh3+ 58. Kb4 Rh4+ 59. Ka3 Rh3 60. Rg5 Kb6 61. a5+ Ka6 62. Ka4 Rh1 63. Rg6+ Ka7 64. b4 Rh4 65. a6 Rh1 66. Ka5 Ra1+ 67. Kb5 Rf1 68. Rg7+ Ka8 69. Ka5 Rf5+ 70. b5 Re5 71. Rd7 Rh5 72. Kb6 Rh6+ 73. Kc5 Rh5+ 74. Kc6 Rh6+ 75. Rd6 Rh7 76. Rd8+ Ka7 77. Rd7+ {1-0 Vega Gutierrez,B (2132)-Gostelow,D (1901) Gibraltar Masters 18th Caleta 2020 (3)}) 9. Nc3 Nf6 (9... Nge7 10. f3 O-O 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Nd4 {3-0-1} (12... Bb7 {3-1-0})) (9... d5 10. exd5 (10. Nxd5 {main}) (10. f3 $16 {Cloud Engines}) 10... Nd4 11. Bd3 Qxg2 12. Be4 Nf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qxf3 14. Rg1 Bf5 15. Qg5 g6 16. Be3 f6 17. Qh4 Rd8 18. Rd1 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Ne7 20. d6 Nc6 21. Bc5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Qf5 24. Nd5 Kf7 25. Ne3 Rhe8 26. Qc4+ Kg7 27. Qxc2 Qf3 28. Qd3 Qf4 29. Kf1 Qxh2 30. Nf5+ Kf7 31. Qd5+ Kf8 32. Ne7 Rxe7 33. dxe7+ {1-0 Cooley,O (2085)-Gostelow,D (2050) BCF-chT4 0506 (4NCL) West Bromwich 2005 (7.2)}) 10. f3 O-O 11. b3 (11. Bc4 $11 {2-1-2}) 11... Rd8 (11... d5 $11 {SF17, not yet played at this point} 12. Ba3 (12. Nxd5 {transposes} Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Kd1 $11 {0-1-2}) 12... Rd8 13. exd5 Nd4 14. O-O-O Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Kb2 $11 {SF17}) 12. Bb2 b5 (12... Nd4 13. Bd3 d6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. g4 h5 17. g5 Nd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Qxg5 20. Rhg1 Qa5 21. Rxg7+ Kf8 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Qf4+ {1-0 Lopez Garcia,M (2127)-Nersesyan,D (1683) Alicante Dama Negra 5th 2024 (1)}) (12... d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. O-O-O Rxd5 17. Bc4 Rd6 18. Rhe1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Re4 Rc8 21. Kb1 d3 22. cxd3 b5 23. Rde1 h6 24. h4 a5 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 a4 $11 {SF17} 27. bxa4 (27. d4 a3 28. Qc2 Qg3 $11) 27... bxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxd3 $11) 13. Nd5 $18 (13. O-O-O d6 14. Kb1 $18 {SF17}) 13... Bb7 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. Bxe5 (15. O-O Re8 16. a4 $18 {SF17}) 15... d6 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Qh5 17. Bxg7 Re8+ (17... Kxg7 18. dxc6 Re8+ 19. Be4 Qh4+ 20. Qf2 Qf6 (20... Rxe4+ 21. fxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Kd1 (22. Qe2 Qb4+ 23. Qd2 Qe4+ 24. Kd1) 22... Qe5 23. Re1 $1 (23. Qg3+ Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rxc6 25. Kd2 $16) 23... Qxa1+ 24. Kd2 Qf6 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. cxb7 Qd4+ 27. Qd3 Qxd3+ 28. Kxd3 Rb8 29. Re4 Rxb7 30. Rh4 Kg7 31. Rd4 $18 {SF17- Bl's pawns are split and R passive. but it will take some expertise to force the win}) 21. O-O Bxc6 22. Bd3 $18) 18. Be4 Kxg7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. O-O-O $18 {SF17}) 16. Bb2 $18 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O $18 {SF17}) 16... Ne8 17. O-O (17. O-O-O) 17... Qe6 18. Rae1 (18. f4 f6 19. c4 $18 {SF17}) 18... f6 19. c4 Nc7 20. Qe2 b4 21. Qf2 Ba8 22. f4 Ne8 {The Bl pieces have been left with zero actitvity, but in these kind of positions one must be careful not to advance too quickly in ways that might suddenly let them loose} 23. c5 (23. e5 $1 {Having said that the Engine pounces against the passive pieces} dxe5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf5 Qf7 26. Rxe5 (26. Bxe5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Bg3) 26... Bxd5 (26... fxe5 27. Be6 {wins the Q because of mate}) 27. cxd5 Qf8 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Bxc8 $18) 23... Kf8 24. Bc4 Qg4 25. cxd6 Nxd6 26. e5 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Kf7 28. exf6 Re8 29. fxg7 Rg8 30. Re3 Rcd8 31. Rg3 Qf5 32. Rg5 1-0
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