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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Newport Junior A - Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.04.29"] [Round "Bd 3"] [White "Smith, Jonathan"] [Black "Poluru, Mohanaditya"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "1517"] [BlackElo "1410"] [PlyCount "50"] [GameId "2172668397627162"] [EventDate "2025.05.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"] {[%evp 0,11,7,-5,21,19,-28,10,69,72,89,93,82,85]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 (3. d5 {main, when Bl can play the Benko Gambit} b5) 3... Nc6 {a bit risky} (3... cxd4) (3... g6) (3... e6 {main lines}) 4. d5 Nb4 {96% for Wh} (4... Na5 {main, 75% for Wh}) (4... Nb8 {75% for Wh}) 5. a3 Na6 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 (7. e4 $16 {5-1-0}) 7... g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Bd2 {not clear yet where the best place for this B will be- developing the other more natural} (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc7 (10... Bd7 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qe7 15. Qe2 Be8 16. Bg5 Nc7 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. h4 Be8 20. Rad1 h6 21. Bc1 Nd7 22. Nf3 e5 23. Be4 Rb8 24. h5 Rf6 25. hxg6 Bxg6 26. Bxg6 Rxg6 27. Nf5 Qf7 28. N3h4 Rf6 29. Qg4 Kh7 {1-0 Swapnil,S (2410)-De Silva,O (2020) Asia-ch U20 Chennai 2008 (3)}) 11. Re1 e5 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Ne2 g5 18. Kh2 Qf6 19. Nc3 Qh6 20. Kg2 Re8 21. Rh1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. cxb5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxb5 25. h4 Bxg4 26. hxg5 Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Qg7 28. Rh5 Nxc3 29. Rah1 c4 30. Rxh7 Qxh7 31. Rxh7 Kxh7 32. Qxc3 cxd3 33. Qf6 Kg8 34. g6 fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qxd6 d2 37. Ke2 Rxe4+ 38. Kxd2 Rbe8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Kd3 Re1 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. d6 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 Re2+ 44. Kxd1 f3 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46. Qxf3 Re8 47. Qf5 Rf8 48. Qe5+ Kg6 49. d7 Rxf2 50. d8=Q {1-0 Willenberg,G (1644)-November,E (1618) RSA-ch Seniors Cape Town 2019 (2)}) (9. Be2 {Cloud Engines} O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bf4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. Bg4 Nd6 15. Re1 h5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. Bh6 a6 20. Qg5 Kh7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd3 Qd6 23. Qxe7 Rae8 24. Qxd6 {1-0 Lohani,S (1756)-Phillips,R (1852) Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Jul Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (10)}) 9... Bd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O $16 Qc8 12. Re1 $18 (12. e5 $18 {SF17.1 even stronger- the Bl pieces are unco-ordinated}) 12... Bxh3 $2 {too speculative, as the Bl pieces are not quite in place to support the Q, and the centre is open for Wh} (12... e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 Ne8 15. e5 $18 {SF17.1}) 13. gxh3 Qxh3 14. Bf1 $18 (14. e5 $18) (14. Bf4 $18) 14... Qg4+ 15. Bg2 e6 16. Nh2 (16. e5 $1 {a side attack is usually beaten off easily if the centre is open or can be opened} dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qh4 18. Ne4 (18. Qf3 Rae8 19. Bf4 $18) 18... Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qe7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qe2 $18 {SF17.1}) 16... Qh4 17. Nf3 {Wh could have taken the draw, by continuing to chase the Q which Bl would have been happy with. However the position should be winning for Wh} Qg4 18. Ng5 Qh4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 $2 {but this iwinning of more is too dangerous- Wh has got rid of a trusty defender, and brings in the QR into the attack, with most of the Wh army far away on the Q side} (20. Nf3 Qg4 21. e5 $18 {still the best way of preventing Bl getting enough play for the piece}) 20... Ng4 $19 21. Nxf8 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Rxf8+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ (25... Ne5 {preventing the K running to d3, is mate in 9, SF17.1}) 0-1
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