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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Maddocks B v Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.04.18"] [Round "Bd 4"] [White "Viszokai, George"] [Black "Slegg, Gary"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Slegg,Gary"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1393"] [BlackElo "1520"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2167885924126730"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"] {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Nf3 {[%eval -49,23] [%wdl 48,759,193] After his move 5 and 6 I thought this was going to be easy, however, he then started playing well and I realised I was going to have a fight on my hands} (6. Bc4 $11 {[%eval -16,28] [%wdl 79,796,125]}) 6... Nf6 $15 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Be3 $146 {[%eval -119,24] [%wdl 15,549,436] [ as usual it's not, cf the game inserted at Bl move 10-vk]} (8. Qe2 $15 {[%eval -44,27] [%wdl 50,768,182]}) (8. O-O d5 (8... d6 9. Bg5 (9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 a6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Rfd8 14. Bf1 Be6 15. b4 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Na3 Nb6 18. b5 Na5 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Nc2 Nbc4 21. b4 Nc6 22. Ncd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bd7 {Straubell,S (1723)-Salvadego,M (1947) Concordia 2019 0-1 (63)}) 9... h6 (9... Bg4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nbd2 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 b5 17. Qd3 Qc4 18. Qb1 Qa4 19. b3 Qa5 20. c4 b4 21. Rc2 Rc5 22. Qd1 Rcc8 23. Nd4 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 {Nandi,A (1571)-Morgan,J (1781) online 2022 0-1 (47)}) 10. Bf4 Kh7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. Rad1 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Bb5 Bg4 17. Rc1 h5 18. h3 Be6 19. Rcd1 Qc7 20. Nf3 Bh6 21. a4 Rfd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 {Razsits,G (1995)-Veleski,R (2262) Zalakaros 2013 0-1 (39)}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Be4 Nb6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Na4 21. Qe2 b5 22. Nc2 Qb7 {Kaiser,H (1851)-Waterfield,J (1980) Dresden 2013 ½-½}) 8... d5 $17 9. e5 {[%eval -218,23] [%wdl 3,186,811] Clearly, this just loses a pawn} (9. Nbd2 $17 {[%eval -114,26] [%wdl 15,566,419]}) 9... Ng4 $19 10. Bf4 Ngxe5 ({Don't go for} 10... Ncxe5 $2 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O $19 {I don't really understand why the computer says not to play Ncxe5 as it more or less ends up in the same position as Ngxe5} (13. Qe2 Bg7 14. h3 e5 15. O-O Re8 16. f3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. b3 Re7 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. Qf2 a6 22. c4 Bc6 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 b5 26. Nd2 f5 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Rce1 Qd5 29. Qe3 Qd4 30. Qxd4 exd4 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. f4 Re2 {0-1 Krejci,Z (1520)-Braeu,E (1478) Arber Seniors op 6th Bayerisch Eisenstein 2018 (8)})) (10... Qb6 {thrown in by SF17 as main -vk} 11. Qe2 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O Bf6 $19) 11. h3 $2 {[%eval -608,20] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (11. Bxe5 {[%eval -264,29] [%wdl 1,85,914]} Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nd2) 11... Qc7 $2 {[%eval -234,26] [%wdl 2,128,870]} (11... Nxd3+ {[%eval -608,20] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} 12. Qxd3 e5 {That's annoying, I should have really seen this}) 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. b3 $2 {[%eval -484,20] [%wdl 0,1,999]} (13. Nxe5 {[%eval -258,26] [%wdl 1,81,918]} Bxe5 14. Qb3) 13... Qc5 (13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. O-O Nc2 $19 {[SF17-vk]}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 ({And not} 14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Bc2 $17) 15. b4 Qc6 16. O-O Be6 (16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rc1 d4 $19 {[SF17-vk]}) 17. a4 a6 {Against Bb5} 18. Ra3 Rac8 {Ganging up on the backwards pawn} 19. Re1 Nxd3 {[SF17 is now happy-vk]} 20. Qxd3 Bf5 21. Qd2 Bxb1 (21... Rfe8 $19) (21... e5 $17 {both preferred by SF17 as the text, though winning a second pawn, does ease Wh's piece congestion-vk]}) 22. Rxb1 Bxc3 23. Qe2 Qf6 (23... Bxb4 $1 {[SF17-vk]}) 24. b5 a5 25. Rd1 d4 {I was a bit worried about restricting the movement of my darksquared Bishop, however, it also restricts the movement of his pieces} 26. Be5 $2 {[%eval -747,23] [%wdl 0,0,1000] An understandable error that seals his fate. The problem was his pieces were really uncoordinated and his Queen is enprise.} (26. Qe4 {[%eval -338,29] [%wdl 0,6,994]} b6 27. Ra2) 26... Qe6 (26... d3 $1 27. Rxd3 Bxe5 $19 {[SF17-vk]}) 27. Qe4 f6 {Perhaps I should have played b6 first to save the pawn, as I'm going to win the Bishop anyway [SF17 second line- first is Rc5, f4 then f6-vk]} (27... b6 28. Qf4 {saves the B} Rfd8 29. Qg3 f6 30. Bf4 Qe2 31. Rc1 Rd5 $19 {[SF17-vk]}) 28. Qxb7 Qxe5 29. Qf3 Qc5 30. Ra2 Rfd8 31. Qe2 Kf7 32. Qd3 Qc4 33. Qxc4+ Rxc4 {[%cal Bc8c4,Bc4b4,Bb4b1][%mdl 32]} 34. Rd3 {I was getting worried that he might try and push his b-pawn} Rb4 (34... e5 {[SF17-vk]}) 35. Rc2 Rd6 ({I had to be wary of} 35... e5 36. Rcxc3 dxc3 37. Rxd8 {[though again} c2 {wins- vk]}) (35... Rxa4 $1 36. Rcxc3 dxc3 37. Rxd8 c2 38. Rc8 Ra1+ {[SF17-vk]}) 36. Ra2 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2 38. Ra3 Rxf2 39. Kg3 Rb2 40. Kf3 Bb4 {I played this so I could play e5 without having to worry about the Rxc3, dxc3, Rxd6 trick [line 1 SF17-vk]} 41. Ra1 e5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Re6.} 42. Kg3 e4 43. Rdd1 e3 44. Rd3 Rd2 45. Rb3 e2 {( ...Rd1)} 46. Kf2 {[#]} e1=Q+ {[%eval -6192,40] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (46... Ra2 $142 $3 {[%eval -32747,40] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} 47. Rf1 (47. Kf3 Rxa1) 47... d3 48. Re1 Bxe1+ 49. Kf3 Bh4 50. Rb1 d2 51. g4 d1=Q 52. Rxd1 exd1=Q+ 53. Kf4 Rxa4+ 54. Ke3 Re6#) 47. Kxe1 Rb2+ {White got outplayed after the [bad-vk] opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.78/Black=0.38} 0-1
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