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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Newport Junior A - Oswestry B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.04.29"] [Round "Bd 4"] [White "Spiers, Ellick"] [Black "Slegg, Gary"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 5.3 (10s)"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "1449"] [BlackElo "1520"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2172236873158666"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"] {[%evp 9,76,-10,-11,-53,-11,-13,1,-77,-63,-108,-109,-113,-57,-73,-62,-86,-85,-101,-70,-96,-71,-302,-307,-364,-349,-381,-383,-405,-401,-409,-309,-380,-375,-435,-390,-472,-308,-305,-294,-287,-283,-287,-243,-259,-250,-312,-289,-255,-263,-255,-136,-132,-42,-759,-758,-801,-806,-806,-806,-759,-682,-975,-975,-965,-952,-949,-681,-681,-681] A43: Schmid Benoni} 1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 {[ A trappy line, but overall only scores 44% for Wh.-vk]} (2. d5 {Main, 56% for Wh}) 2... e6 3. Bf4 (3. Nc3) (3. Nf3) (3. e4 {[main lines. the last could transpose to a Sicilian setup-vk]}) 3... Bxc5 4. Nf3 (4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 d5 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Ngf3 (7. Bd3 h6 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. Bg3 e5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bf5 Rad8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qf5 Red8 19. Nf3 g6 20. Qxe5 Qb6 21. Qd4 Qa6 {Krsnik Cohar,I (2331)-Balague Camps,M (2184) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. O-O e4 18. Nd2 Rfe8 {Krsnik Cohar,I (2313)-Oparin,G (2652) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (57)}) 4... Qb6 5. e3 Nf6 (5... Qxb2 {[is just about playable, but Wh gets a slight advantage-vk]} 6. Be5 (6. Nbd2 $11 {2-0-1}) 6... Qb4+ 7. Bc3 Qg4 8. h3 Qg6 9. Bd3 $14 (9. Ne5 $11 Qh6 10. Ng4 Qg5 11. h4 Qg6 12. Ne5 Qe4 13. Nd2 Qd5 14. e4 Qd6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qf3 f6 17. Nec4 Qe7 18. Nb3 Bb4 19. Rd1 Bxc3+ 20. Qxc3 d5 21. Ne3 Nc6 22. Bb5 Bd7 23. exd5 exd5 24. O-O Qb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5+ Ke6 29. Rfd1 b6 30. Rd6+ Kf7 {½-½ Shmidt,K-Didenko,N Novokuznetsk Kuzbass Festival 2014 (2)}) 9... Qh6 10. g4 f6 11. h4 Nc6 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Be2 Qg6 14. Na3 Ne7 15. Rb1 Nec6 16. g5 fxg5 17. Nxg5 d6 18. Bh5 O-O 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nb5 {1-0 Slangal,L-Sedy,P CZE-chMa U16 Svetla nad Sazavou 1998 (9)}) 6. Be5 {[%eval -53,27] [%wdl 45,750,205]} (6. Qc1 $11 {[%eval -11,27] [%wdl 85,798,117] [SF17.1 agrees level, but results are 1-1-4-vk]}) 6... Be7 $146 {[%eval -11,31] [%wdl 84,801,115]} (6... Nc6 $15 {[%eval -53,27] [%wdl 45,750,205]} 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. b3 d5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rg8 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rfc1 Ke7 16. Nb2 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Nf3+ 18. Kf1 Nxd4 {0-1 (18) Anastasopoulou,A (1085)-Androni,K (1550) Athens 2008}) 7. Nbd2 d5 {Inhibits Nc4.} 8. Nb3 {[%eval -77,28] [%wdl 29,693,278]} (8. c4 $11 {[%eval 1,27] [%wdl 99,806,95] keeps the balance.}) 8... Nc6 $17 9. Bg3 {[%eval -108,23] [%wdl 16,585,399]} (9. Bc3 $15 {[%eval -63,29] [%wdl 35,729,236]}) 9... Ne4 10. Bd3 {[#]} Nxg3 {[%eval -57,27] [%wdl 36,746,218] Black is more active.} (10... h5 $1 $17 {[%eval -113,22] [%wdl 14,561,425] Threatens to win with ...h4.} 11. c3 h4 {[SF17.1 continues with]} 12. Bf4 h3 13. g4 f6 14. Nfd2 e5 15. Bg3 Nxd2 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17. Qxd2 Be6 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 a5 20. Rd1 a4 21. Nc1 a3 22. bxa3 Rd8 23. O-O {SF17.1- Bl has a definite advantage with the pawn centre, but still lots to play for-vk]} Bxa3) 11. hxg3 $15 g6 (11... e5 12. e4 (12. Bxh7 Bf5 $19) 12... d4 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 $17 {[SF17.1- Wh's Q side pawns are split,and Bl has two active Bs-vk]}) 12. a3 Bf6 13. c3 Bd7 {[%eval -70,28] [%wdl 25,711,264]} (13... e5 $17 {[%eval -101,27] [%wdl 15,596,389] aiming for ...e4.} 14. Nfd2 Be6) 14. Qc2 Ne7 (14... h5 15. O-O g5 $17 {[SF17.1-vk]}) 15. Nbd4 $2 {[%eval -302,31] [%wdl 0,31,969] [#]} (15. Nbd2 $17 {[%eval -71,31] [%wdl 24,705,271]}) 15... e5 $19 {[wins a piece from which Wh never recovers-vk]} 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. O-O-O Rc8 (18... O-O-O {SF17.1 is a simpler solution than the coming K journey. 0-0 is risky as the h pawn is weak and h5 would encourage g4 if the Bl K is on that side-vk]}) 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Rh2 Kd8 (21... Kf8 {Having said that in the note above-SF17.1 decides to keep the pawn and that the K is quite safe- it will take Wh too long to triple on ythe h file-vk]}) 22. Rdh1 Kc7 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Rxh7 Rf8 {[Wh has gained an extra pawn, but this is still insufficient compensation for the piece-vk]} 25. Kb1 Be8 26. Qd1 Rh8 27. Qh1 Rxh7 28. Qxh7 a6 29. g4 Nc6 {[%eval -136,26] [%wdl 2,364,634]} ({Better is} 29... Qd6 $19 {[%eval -255,25] [%wdl 0,33,967]} 30. Qh6 Qe5) 30. Bxg6 $17 Nd8 {[%eval -42,31] [%wdl 22,828,150]} ({Stronger than} 30... Bxd4 31. exd4 Nd8 32. Bd3 $15) (30... Ne5 $17 {[%eval -132,24] [%wdl 3,387,610]} 31. Bd3 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 Qd6) 31. Qg8 {[%eval -759,30] [%wdl 0,0,1000][%mdl 8192]} (31. Bd3 $15 {[%eval -42,31] [%wdl 22,828,150]}) 31... Bxd4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Inferior is} 31... fxg6 32. Qxe8 Bxd4 33. Qe7+ Kc8 34. exd4 $15) 32. exd4 Qxg6+ 33. Qxg6 fxg6 34. Kc2 Ne6 35. g3 Ng5 36. f4 Ne4 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Nxg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.39} 0-1
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