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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Newport Junior A - Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.04.30"] [Round "Bd 2"] [White "Fletcher, Malcolm"] [Black "Sadler, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1566"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2172776825248565"] [EventDate "2025.05.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"] {[%evp 0,84,16,26,19,16,23,18,-56,0,11,0,0,3,66,-10,2,-22,-33,-26,-9,-5,6,-13,-32,-16,-48,-58,-54,-102,-81,-328,-241,-352,-233,-206,-273,-290,-293,-551,-602,-760,-647,-622,-607,-649,-547,-650,-744,-919,-567,-658,-673,-672,-569,-687,-700,-800,-906,-1439,-1605,-1660,-1791,-1838,-1779,-1807,-1605,-29989,-29990,-29993,-29986,-29989,-29976,-29995,-29990,-29991,-29988,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29999,-29998,-29999,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Bb5 g6 (4... Bd7 {main}) 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d3 {48% in 342 games} e6 {Wh scores 51% in 70 games- Bl was a bit worried about this} (6... Bd7 {Wh scores 48% in 342 games}) 7. O-O (7. Bxc6+ {does appear to score quite well} bxc6 8. O-O (8. e5 d5 9. O-O {83% in 80 games, SF17.1 gives Wh a winning lead as the Bl Bs are passive in a blocked pawn structure that favours Ns}) 8... Ne7 9. Qe1 {SF17.1, main} (9. e5 {again scores 83 % after} d5)) 7... Nge7 8. Qe1 O-O 9. Qh4 {main} (9. Ne2 $11 {Cloud Engines, yet 4-1-0}) 9... Bd7 (9... Nd4 {5-3-7}) (9... a6 {3-2-5}) 10. f5 (10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 Nc8 12. Qh3 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. g4 Bd7 17. Bxh6 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxh6 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Bg7 21. Na4 Rb8 22. c3 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. Rf2 Rfb8 25. Raf1 R6b7 26. Ng2 f6 27. b3 f5 28. Rc2 Re7 29. Kf2 Rbe8 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 Bf6 32. Nf3 Kf7 33. c4 Bd4+ 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. Re2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 c5 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. h3 Kg5 39. Kg3 Kh5 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5 Kxg5 42. a3 a5 43. Kf3 f4 44. Kf2 Kg4 45. Kg2 f3+ 46. Kf2 Kf4 47. Kf1 Ke3 {0-1 L'Huillier,R (1730)-Netzer,J (1990) FRA-ch U12 Calvi 2005 (6)}) 10... exf5 {usually inferior as it opens up a diagonal for the Wh B} (10... gxf5 $11 {Cloud Engines; not yet played}) 11. Bh6 (11. Bc4 $16 {Cloud Engines; 19-1-2}) 11... f6 $17 {Cloud Engines} (11... fxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ngxe4 Nf5 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Rae1 Qe5 17. Qxe5+ Nxe5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. g4 Nd4 20. Nxd6 b6 21. Re7 Nf6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Nce4 Nxg4 25. Nxg5 Nxc2 26. Ne6+ {1-0 Cyfka,K-Wojciechowska,A POL-ch U12 Girls Krynica 1998}) 12. Bc4+ {one move too late- timing is often crucial in chess} (12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qg3 a6 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 12... Kh8 13. Nb5 Bc8 14. Nd2 a6 (14... g5 $19 {SF17.1}) 15. Rf3 {Bl thought this plan was too slow to justify leaving the N on b5, thinking that 15.Nc3 was a better way forward} (15. Nc3 g5 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qf2 f4 $19 {SF17.1}) 15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 (16... axb5 {SF17.1- even stronger}) 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rxf5 axb5 (18... gxf5 19. Ng3 axb5 $19 {is also fine for Bl}) 19. Raf1 (19. Bg8 Rxg8 20. Rxf6 Rf8 21. Ng5 h6 {SF17.1- also fails to break through}) 19... Bxf5 ({also, SF17,1} 19... gxf5) 20. Rxf5 bxc4 ({or} 20... gxf5) 21. Rf3 Ne5 22. Rh3 Rh8 23. g4 h5 24. g5 Ng4 25. gxf6+ Nxf6 26. Ng5 Qd7 27. Rg3 cxd3 {the attack has come to an end, and Bl can nowconsolidate} 28. Qc4 d2 29. Ne6+ Qxe6 30. Qxe6 d1=Q+ 31. Kg2 Qxc2+ (31... Rae8 {SF17.1- mate in 8}) 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Ng4+ 34. Kg2 Raf8 (34... Qd2+ 35. Kg1 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Qf2#) 35. Qe7+ Rf7 (35... Kh6) 36. Re3 Rxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kh6 38. h4 Rf8 39. Rh7+ {hoping for stalemate ? But Wh still has two Q side pawns left.} Kxh7 40. Kg3 Rf3+ (40... Qf3#) 41. Kg2 Qe2+ (41... Qf1#) 42. Kh1 Rf1# 0-1
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