[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

[Event "Maddocks B - Oswestry B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.17"]
[Round "Bd 2"]
[White "Morrison, Munroe"]
[Black "Sadler, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[GameId "2168114964022202"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"]

{[%evp 0,14,11,21,14,-64,14,18,-20,9,1,2,-3,-16,-5,-7,-1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ (5. Bc4 Nc6 {main, 51% for Wh}) 5... Bd7 6. Bxd7+ (6. Bc4 {maiin}) 6... Qxd7 7. d3 b5 {rather committal} (7... Nc6 {main, 42% for Wh}) 8. O-O b4 9. Nd5 (9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. f5 Ng4 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. c3 d5 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. exd5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Rxd5 21. Be3 Qc7 22. c4 Rd7 23. b4 Qe5 24. b5 Rc8 25. Qa2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. c5 Bf6 29. c6 Rd5 30. Qb1 Qc4 31. Rb3 Bd4 32. Rb4 Qc5 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Qxd4 35. Qb3 e6 36. Qf3 Rc7 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. h3 Kg7 39. Qd3 a6 40. bxa6 Qc5 41. Ra1 Ra7 42. Qd2 Qb6 43. Qc2 Qc7 44. Qc4 Qe5 45. Rc1 {1-0 Volovikov,A (2324)-Aridov,V (2291) Donetsk Masters 1st rapid 2011 (8)}) 9... e6 10. Ne3 Nc6 11. f5 (11. Re1 Nge7 12. g4 Nd4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc6 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. fxe6 f5 17. Rf1 Nd5 18. Qf3 f4 19. c3 Bxe3+ 20. Bxe3 fxe3 21. c4 Ne7 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23. Rae1 Rg8 24. h3 Qe8 25. Qxh7 Qg6 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Rxe3 Ne5 28. Rg3 Ke7 29. g5 Kxe6 30. h4 Rh8 31. Rf4 Rag8 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Re4 Kf5 34. Kh3 Nxd3 35. Re7 Rxh4+ 36. Kg2 Rg4 37. Rxg4 Kxg4 38. Rxa7 Nxb2 39. g6 Rg8 40. g7 Nxc4 41. Kf2 Kf5 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Kd3 Ne5+ 44. Ke4 Rxg7 45. Ra6 Ke6 46. Ke3 Rg3+ 47. Kd2 Ra3 {0-1 Douglas,R (1703)-Villalobos,O (1863) Scarborough CC Early Summer Toronto 2008 (1)}) 11... Nge7 $11 (11... exf5 12. exf5 Nf6 13. g4 $11 {Bl wasn't particularly keen on this line, but later decided that castling either side would have fine- it is, according to SF17}) 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qe1 h6 $11 (13... O-O) 14. a3 Rb8 (14... O-O $11) 15. Nc4 Nd4 (15... O-O $11 {best option, as Bl mentions, though worried about K position could have been weak}) 16. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bg7 (17... bxa3 18. Rxa3 $18 {SF17}) 18. Qg3 e5 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Ra6 $18 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ (21. Nxd6+ $1) 21... Bxf8 (21... Kxf8 22. Rxd6 Qa4 $18 {SF17 but slightly better than the text}) 22. Nxd6+ Kd8 23. Nf7+ Ke8 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Qf4 Qxc2 26. Qf7+ Kd8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Qxe7+ Kc8 29. Rc6+ (29. Qd7#) 1-0

[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

[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

[Event "Maddocks B v Oswestry B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.04.17"]
[Round "Bd 5"]
[White "Smith, Jonathan"]
[Black "Heys, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1258"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.08"]

{[%evp 0,9,11,35,33,21,37,50,19,41,39,42]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 (4. g3 {main}) 4... Bb4 5. Bd2 {main} Bxc3 {this can wait for Wh to spend a tempo with a3} (5... O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Bb2 Ndf6 $14 {[SF17, though 0-1-5 in games played}) 6. Bxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6 $14 {28 % for Wh} (9... Ne4 $14 {43% for Wh}) 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Re1 {doesn't look right, as the e file will not be open , especially after Bl's next} (11. f3 Nd5 $1 12. cxd5 Qxg5 $11 13. e4 fxe4 14. dxe6 exf3 15. Bxf3 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 d5 20. b4 Nc6 21. b5 Ne7 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Re5 c6 24. Bb4 Ng6 25. Rf5 cxb5 26. Kg1 a5 27. Bd6 Re8 28. Rxd5 Rxe6 29. f4 b4 30. Be5 Rc6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Kf3 Ke8 33. Bxg7 {½-½ Neumann,U-Wurdig,G DESC M2014 Rd.1 Gr.02 email DESC email (1)}) (11. Bf3 Ne4 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 $11 {SF17}) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bg4 $14 Nd7 14. f4 exf3 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Rf8 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Rf1 Ne4 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qf3+ Qf5 23. Be1 c6 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Ke2 Ke6 27. Kd3 d5 28. b3 dxc4+ 29. bxc4 b5 30. d5+ Kd6 31. dxc6 Kxc6 32. Kd4 g6 33. Bh4 b4 34. Be7 a5 35. Bd8 a4 36. Be7 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. Ba3 Nd2 39. Kd3 Nf1 40. h3 Ng3 41. Kc3 f4 42. Kd3 fxe3 43. Kxe3 Nf5+ 44. Ke4 Nh4 45. g3 Nf5 46. g4 Nd6+ 47. Kd4 Nf7 48. Kc3 Ng5 49. h4 Nf3 {½-½ Webersberger,J (1665)-Gastinger,M (1912) Niederbayernliga 0607 Germany 2006 (8.6)}) 11... Ne4 (11... Nd5 12. Bd2 Qxg5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 Qe7 15. Qc2 c6 $11 {SF17}) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bf1 {Wh's idea, but Bl can build up on the f file at leisure} (13. b4 {The Wh Bs are wellplaced for a Q side pawn advance} Nd7 14. a4 Qh4 15. Rf1 Rf6 16. Be1 Rh6 17. h3 Qg5 18. Kh2 Rg6 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. a5 Rf8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Ra7 Bc8 23. Rxc7 $14 {SF17}) 13... Qf7 (13... Rf5 $11) (13... Qg5 $11) 14. Qc2 Nd7 (14... Nc6 15. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. Bd3 Qh6 18. Qg4 $14 {SF17}) 15. g3 (15. a4 a5 16. h3 Nf6 17. b4 axb4 18. Bxb4 Bc6 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bxa5 Rfc8 21. Ra2 d5 22. Rea1 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Bd5 24. Be1 Rxa2 25. Qxa2 $14 {SF17}) 15... Qf5 $15 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Re2 g5 {Bl wants to put a N into f3, then mate on g2 if taken after gxf3( maybe even a Q sac on h2 followed by a R mate if K on h1 & Rg1 defending g2) , or on h2} (17... Rac8 18. Rd2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. f4 h5 $15 {SF17}) 18. Rf1 (18. d5 $1 {prevents Bl's plan} exd5 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Rd2 Qc5 22. Bxe4 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Re8 24. Rc1 Re7 $11) 18... g4 19. b4 (19. d5 e5 20. f3 gxf3 21. Rxf3 Qg6 22. Rf1 Rae8 23. Ref2 Bc8 $15 {SF17}) 19... h5 (19... d5 $1 $19 {SF17- prevents Wh playing d5, and also leaves Wh's QB as a bad one blocked in by its own pawns (nor is the KB much better , biting on granite is the usual phrase, blocked by Bl pawns)}) 20. c5 $2 (20. d5 e5 21. f3 gxf3 22. Rxf3 Qg6 23. Rf1 $11 {SF17}) 20... Ba6 $19 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 d5 23. a4 h4 (23... Nh7 $1 24. Kf1 Ng5 25. Ke1 h4 26. gxh4 (26. Kd1 h3 27. Bh1 Nh7 {and the B will be out of the game, with the N switching to the Q side, where Bl will then in effect be a R up}) 26... Nf3+ 27. Kd1 Nxh4 28. Bf1 Kg7 29. b5 Nf3 30. Bb4 Rf7 (30... Rh8) 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Kc1 Nxh2 33. Bg2 Nf3 34. Kb2 Ng1 35. Rd2 Nh3 36. Ka3 Nxf2 $19 {SF17- the moves are fairly straight forward, Bl just has to play it a move at a time, increasing the advantage bit by bit}) 24. gxh4 Rf7 25. c6 Rh7 26. Bf1 Qh5 {there are several ways for Bl to play the position, another is} (26... Kf7 27. a5 Rah8) 27. Be1 Qxh4 28. f3 Qh6 29. f4 Kh8 {Bl prefers to keep the g pawn} (29... Ne8 30. Rg2 Nd6 31. Rxg4+ Rg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {SF17-Bl posts the N on a good square on f5 and opens the g file for the R}) 30. Bg3 Nh5 31. Be1 Ng7 32. b5 Nf5 33. Qd2 Rg8 34. Rg2 Nh4 (34... g3 35. Bxg3 Rhg7 36. Be1 Rxg2+ 37. Bxg2 Qg6 38. Qf2 Qg4 39. Kh1 Nxe3 40. Bf1 Nf5 $19 {SF17 alternative}) 35. Bxh4 Qxh4 36. Qf2 g3 {and the g pawn wins the game} (36... g3 37. Rxg3 (37. hxg3 Qh1#) 37... Rxg3+ 38. Qxg3 Rg7 $19) 0-1

