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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Newport Junior A - Oswestry B"] [Site "Royal British Legion, Newport"] [Date "2025.04.29"] [Round "Bd 5"] [White "Read, Stephen"] [Black "Chinthalapati, Karthikeya"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1481"] [BlackElo "1240"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2172641456686875"] [EventDate "2025.04.29"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"] {[%evp 0,63,15,38,9,-5,9,8,0,0,0,1,14,21,12,15,27,32,14,12,17,22,3,28,24,137,29,25,48,-86,47,64,176,95,130,63,-17,72,157,94,104,141,151,144,107,147,149,130,93,118,107,129,115,170,289,429,382,363,469,378,379,414,692,689,980,743]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {London System, very fashionable at all levels} c6 4. e3 e6 (4... Bf5 {main} 5. f3 (5. Nf3) (5. Bd3)) 5. Bd3 Bb4 (5... Bd6 {main}) 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O h6 $11 (7... Nbd7 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. Bg3 N7f6 12. c4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bf3 a5 15. Qc2 a4 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Qc7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 h6 21. g3 Re8 22. Bg2 b6 23. h3 Bb7 24. Qc3 Rac8 25. Re3 c5 26. d5 exd5 27. cxd5 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Rd8 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. Qc4 Re8 31. Qc3 Qd6 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Rd1 b5 34. Qa5 Qd7 35. Qb6 c4 36. Re1 Rc8 37. Qa7 Bc6 38. Qd4 Rd8 39. Qc5 Ba8 40. Re7 Qf5 41. Re1 Bxd5 42. Bxd5 Qxd5 43. Qe7 Qd2 44. Re2 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46. Kh2 Kh8 47. Qe3 Qf5 48. Qe7 Rg8 49. Qe3 {1-0 Tripurambika,V (1396)-Stangl,A (2055) Swiss Queens Wed #1 FIDE Online Arena INT blitz 2024 (5)}) 8. a3 Bd6 9. Re1 Re8 (9... Bxf4 10. Nxf4 Qd6 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Qxh5 Nd7 13. Rad1 e5 $11 {SF17.1}) 10. e4 e5 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Nd7 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Bf3 $14 {The Bl position is a bit cramped, but solid- main problem is getting the QB developed}) 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 (12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf4 $14 {Bl gets the B out, but has an isolated QP}) 12... Rxe5 13. Ng3 Qb6 {Bl needs to develop the Q side, rather than go on Q adventures} (13... dxe4 14. Ngxe4 Nxe4 15. Bc4 $1 Qc7 16. Nxe4 Na6 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qd4 Qd8 21. Qg4 Nc7 22. Re1 $14 {But Wh for preference, with more active pieces, a space advantage and a weak p to target-which also weakens the K side as a whole}) 14. b4 (14. exd5 $1 $18 {SF17.1- opens up the positionagainst Bl's underdeveloped and uncoordinated pieces- the B pawn is far too risky for Bl to even consider taking} Rxe1+ (14... Nbd7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b3 {SF17.1 Bl's best chance, but a key pawn down}) 15. Qxe1 Nbd7 (15... Qxb2 16. Bc4 Qxc2 17. Ra2 Qg6 18. Re2 Nbd7 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Re7 $18 {SF17.1- the Bl K side is collapsing}) (15... cxd5 16. Nxd5 {is disastrous because of the backrank}) 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. h3 Ne5 19. Be2 (19. Rd1 Bxh3 $14) 19... Be6 20. Nc5 $18 {SF17.1} Re8 21. Rd1 {SF17.1- Wh is a pawn up and Bl's Q side pawns split}) 14... Bg4 (14... a5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Nc5 axb4 17. axb4 Qxa1 {a neat way to develop the Bl QR} 18. Qxa1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b6 20. Ra8 bxc5 21. Rxb8 Re8 22. exd5 Nd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf5 Rc7 25. Bxd7 cxd5 (25... Rxd7 26. dxc6 Rc7 27. b5 {and the pawns & N will win easily}) 26. Ba4 Ra7 27. Bc6 Ra2 28. bxc5 Rxc2 29. Bxd5 Rxc5 30. Bf3 $14 {however Wh has excellent winning chances- since the pawns are all on the same side of the board, if the two pieces can gang up on and capture a pawn, then K & 3 vs K&2 is normally a winning ending}) 15. Qd2 d4 16. Nce2 Nbd7 17. h3 (17. f3 Bh5 18. f4 Ree8 19. e5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Re6 21. Nf5 $18 {SF17,1- Wh will have a ferocious K side attack}) 17... Bxe2 18. Rxe2 (18. Qxe2 {the Q is better placed to move into the wh squares near the Bl K} Re6 19. f4 a5 20. Qf3 g6 21. Rab1 axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 23. e5 Nd5 24. h4 Rxb4 25. Ra1 Qd8 26. h5 $18 {SF17.1Wh will breakthrough soon}) 18... Rae8 19. Kh2 c5 20. f4 $18 {the pawn advances chase the passive Bl pieces into worse positions} R5e7 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nf5 Re6 23. Bc4 Nc3 24. Bxe6 (24. Ree1 Rc6 25. b5 Rg6 26. Qd3 Qd8 27. Qf3 b6 28. Nd6 {SF17.1- is not much fun for Bl either}) 24... Qxe6 25. Nd6 Nxe2 26. Nxe8 Qxe8 27. Qxe2 f6 {only encourages the Wh pawns further} 28. e6 Nf8 29. f5 cxb4 30. axb4 Qb8+ 31. g3 Z0 {in the time-scramble the Bl move was not recorded nor remembered afterwards} 32. e7 1-0
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