[Event "Newport Junior A - Oswestry B"]
[Site "Royal British Legion, Newport"]
[Date "2025.04.29"]
[Round "Bd 1"]
[White "Fisher, Peter S"]
[Black "Chan, Waylon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[GameId "2172274665848603"]
[EventDate "2025.04.29"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.25"]

{[%evp 0,106,17,21,21,16,28,26,33,10,12,19,18,7,15,6,23,23,30,25,42,35,34,11,11,-20,-12,-7,55,12,3,9,29,8,16,0,9,24,18,-95,-115,-105,-86,60,-6,-94,82,-9,-116,-160,-125,93,-134,74,-24,23,-18,-136,-137,78,-56,-89,65,-55,65,-75,-56,-40,94,-140,-10,-175,-64,-52,-17,-83,-14,-109,-9,-7,-1,-17,83,-149,19,-150,39,-257,-80,-185,-228,-23,-256,-252,-154,-234,-106,-233,-231,-334,-353,-436,-444,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 (4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 {[is currently very fahionable, 5497 games in database-vk]}) 4... Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 {[SF17.1 prefers the text as slight Wh advantage, yet2-4-6-vk]} (9. Bd2 $11 {[swaps off Wh's potentially bad B- Bl has already done this with his in this French pawn structure; 1-3-1-vk]}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Nge7 11. a3 (11. Ne2 $14 {[Cloud Engines- not yet played-vk]}) 11... Bxc3 12. Qxc3 (12. bxc3 $11 {[1-0-2  vk]}) 12... Rc8 (12... Qb6 $11 {[Cloud Engines-vk]}) (12... O-O $11 {games added by vk} 13. Bd2 (13. Be3 Nf5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. b4 h6 17. h3 a6 18. Rc5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ne7 {½-½ Jadron,B (1755)-Sarocky,L (1735) SVK-ch U18 Stara Lubovna 2014 (4)}) 13... Rc8 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. b4 Nf5 16. Bc3 h6 17. g4 Nfe7 18. Rfc1 Ng6 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rc5 Qd8 21. Rac1 Nh4 22. Ne1 Qd7 23. b5 Nb8 24. a4 Kh8 25. Ng2 Ng6 26. h4 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 b6 28. Rc2 a5 29. Qc3 $18 Ne7 30. Bc1 Rc8 31. Qd3 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qc8 33. Qxc8+ Nxc8 34. Ba3 Nd7 35. f4 Kg8 36. Kf2 f6 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. Ne1 Ne7 39. Nf3 fxe5 40. Nxe5+ Nxe5 41. fxe5 $11 (41. dxe5 $18) 41... g6 42. Bd6 Nc8 43. Ba3 g5 44. Bc1 Kg6 45. Be3 Ne7 46. Bd2 Nc8 47. Bc1 Na7 48. Ba3 Nc8 49. Bf8 h5 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. gxh5 Kxh5 52. Bg7 Kg5 53. Bf6+ Kf5 54. Kf3 $11 Na7 55. Bd8 Nc8 56. Bc7 Kg5 57. Bd8+ Kf5 58. Bh4 Na7 59. Bd8 Nc8 60. Bc7 Kg5 61. Bd8+ Kf5 62. Bh4 Na7 63. Be1 Kg5 64. Bc3 Kf5 65. Bd2 Nc8 66. Bc1 Ne7 67. Bb2 Ng6 $2 68. Ba3 $18 Nxe5+ 69. dxe5 Kxe5 70. Ke3 d4+ 71. Kd3 Kd5 72. Be7 e5 73. Bd8 e4+ 74. Ke2 Kc5 75. Kd2 Kb4 76. Bxb6 d3 77. Be3 {1-0 Brecevac,V (1562)-Berni,A (1756) Porec op 2008 (7)}) 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. b4 a6 16. Rfc1 (16. a4 $11 {[SF17.1, insists on b5 , giving the B another diagonal=vk]}) 16... Nf5 17. Rc5 Nh4 18. Ne1 Nf5 19. Nc2 $6 {[%eval -36,18]} (19. Nf3 {[%eval 14,17]} Qe7 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Be3 Rfc8 22. Qc2 Qf8 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Qd3 Qe8 25. R5c3 Qe7) 19... Qh4 20. f4 Qg4 $6 {[%eval -3,16] (SF17.1 agrees that the alternative is best. However it considers the text still leaves Bl with a definite advantage ( all except one of the Wh pawns on the same colour as the B, making it bad -vk]} (20... b6 {[%eval -40,17]} 21. Rc3 Nce7 22. Rf1 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Rc8 24. Ne3 b5 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Qd2 Rc4 27. Bb2 h5 28. Rf3 Rc7 29. Rc3) 21. Rf1 Nh4 22. g3 $6 {[%eval -35,16] [Now all of them are, SF17.1 disagrees with Hiarcs14 assesment here. After the text it gives Bl a definite advantage.After the Ne3 it does level out as Wh can get f5 in .-vk]} (22. Ne3 {[%eval 0,17]} Qg6 23. Qxg6 (23. f5 $11 {SF17.1}) 23... fxg6 24. g3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rfc1 Rce8 27. Bc3 Rc8 28. Bb2 Ra8 29. Bc3 Rfd8 30. a4) 22... Qh3 $6 {[%eval 34,19]} (22... Nf5 {[%eval -35,16]} 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 b6 25. Rcc1 Ne7 26. Qd3 b5 (26... Nf5 27. Qxa6 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 h5 29. Qd3 h4 30. Qf3 Qg6 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. Bb2 Rc4 33. Rd1 b5 $19 {SF17.1- Wh will be slowly suffocated-vk}) 27. Rc5 Qf5 28. Qe3 Qh3 29. Rfc1 Nf5 30. Qd3 Rcd8 31. R1c3 Kh8) 23. Rf2 $6 {[%eval -51,15]} (23. Ne3 {[%eval 34,19]} Nf5 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Rxd5 Rcd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc3 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. Kf1 g5 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Ke2 f6 {[ the whole variation is level according to SF17.1-vk]}) 23... Nf5 24. Qc3 Qg4 (24... Nce7 25. Qf3 h5 $19 {[SF17.1-vk]}) 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Bxe3 Qd1+ (26... Ne7 27. Qe1 b6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19 {[SF17.1-vk]}) 27. Rf1 Qa4 28. Qc1 $6 {[%eval -74,15]} (28. Rc1 {[%eval -25,14]} Na7 29. Qd3 Rxc5 30. dxc5 Nb5 31. Ra1 a5 32. bxa5 {[SF17.1 asesses as equal-vk]}) 28... Ne7 29. g4 Qd7 $6 {[%eval -23,15]} (29... Qb3 {[%eval -78,14]} 30. f5 b6 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Qe1 Qxa3 33. f6 gxf6 34. Qd2 fxe5 {[SF17.1 continues} 35. Bxh6 Qh3 36. Qg5+ Ng6 37. dxe5 Qh4 38. Qxh4 Nxh4 39. Bg5 Ng6 40. Bf6 (40. Ra1 Nxe5 $19) 40... Rc4 $19 {SF17.1-vk]}) 30. Rf2 Rc6 $6 {[%eval -11,15]} (30... b6 {[%eval -45,14]} 31. Rc3 h5 32. gxh5 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Rc8 34. Qd3 Nf5 35. Rf1 Qa4 36. Bf2 b5 37. Re1 Rc4 38. h6 Nxh6) 31. Rfc2 Rfc8 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Kg3 Kg8 34. h4 $6 {[%eval -79,14]} (34. Rxc6 {[%eval -30,14]} Nxc6 35. Kg2 Na7 36. Rc5) 34... Qe8 $6 {[%eval -15,15]} (34... Rxc5 {[%eval -79,14]} 35. bxc5 h5 36. Rb2 hxg4 37. Bf2 Nf5+ 38. Kxg4 b5 39. Qd2) (34... h5 $17 {[SF17.1-vk]}) 35. Qf1 $6 {[%eval -92,13]} (35. h5 {[%eval -15,15]} Rxc5 36. Rxc5) 35... Qd7 $6 {[%eval -20,15]} (35... h5 {[%eval -92,13]} 36. Bf2 hxg4 37. Kxg4 Nf5 38. h5 b6 39. Rxc6 Rxc6) 36. Qd3 $6 {[%eval -53,16]} (36. h5 {[%eval -20,15]} a5 37. Qd3 axb4 38. axb4 b6 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Ra2 Rc4 41. Ra8+ Rc8 42. Ra6 Qc7 43. f5 Qc3 44. Qxc3 Rxc3 45. Kf4) 36... R8c7 $6 {[%eval -4,16]} (36... h5 {[%eval -53,16]} 37. gxh5 Nf5+ 38. Kh2 Nxh4 (38... b6 $19 {SF17.1}) 39. Bf2 Nf5 40. Kg2 R6c7 41. R2c3 Qe7 42. Kg1 Qd8 43. a4 Rxc5 44. bxc5 Qa5 45. Rb3 Rc7 46. Ra3 {[SF17.1 concludes Bl is winning this after both} b6 {and} (46... Qb4 {-vk]})) 37. Rf2 $6 {[%eval -70,14]} (37. h5 {[%eval -4,16]} Rc8 38. Kg2 b5 39. Bf2 Rxc5 40. dxc5 Nc6 41. Rd2 Qe7 42. Kg1 Qd8 43. Bg3 Rc7) 37... g6 $6 {[%eval 0,14]} (37... h5 {[%eval -70,14]} 38. f5 hxg4 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Kxg4 Nf5 41. Rf3 b6 42. Rxc6 Qxc6 43. h5 b5 44. Qd2 Qe8 45. Bf2 Rc4 46. Qg5 Nxd4) 38. Kh3 $6 {[%eval -41,17]} (38. Kh2 {[%eval 0,14]} h5 39. gxh5 Nf5 40. Rg2 Nxh4 41. Rg4) 38... Kg7 39. Rg2 Rc8 40. Qd2 Rh8 41. Qd3 $6 {[%eval -70,16]} (41. Kh2 {[%eval 0,14]} h5 42. f5 Rxc5 43. bxc5 exf5 44. Bg5 Rh7 45. Bxe7 Qxe7 46. gxf5 Qxh4+ 47. Kg1 Qe4 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Re2 Qg4+ 50. Rg2 Qe4 {SF17.1 agrees this variation is equal-vk]}) 41... Rh7 $6 {[%eval 3,13]} (41... h5 {[%eval -70,16]} 42. g5 Rhc8 43. Rgc2 Nf5 44. Bf2 b6 45. Rxc6 Rxc6 46. Kg2 Rxc2 47. Qxc2 Qb5 48. Qd2 Qc4 49. a4 Kf8 50. Kg1 Qb3) 42. Qb3 $6 {[%eval -57,16]} (42. h5 {[%eval 3,13]} Rxc5 43. bxc5 gxh5 44. gxh5+ Kh8 45. Rb2 Nf5 46. Bf2 Qe7 47. Rb1 f6 48. c6 bxc6) 42... h5 43. a4 $6 {[%eval -154,15]} (43. g5 {[%eval -60,15]} Rh8 44. Rgc2 Rcc8 45. Rc1 Nf5 46. Bf2 b6 47. R5c3 Rhf8 (47... Qb5 $1 $19 {SF17.1, as if} 48. Rxc8 (48. Qd1 Rc4 $19) 48... Rxc8 49. Rxc8 $2 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qxf2+ 51. Kh3 Ne3 {and Bl has to give up the Q to prevent mate-vk}) (47... Rxc3+ 48. Qxc3 Qb5 $19 {SF17.1}) 48. Kh2 Rxc3 49. Qxc3) 43... hxg4+ 44. Rxg4 Nf5 45. Bf2 b6 46. Rc2 Qc7 47. Rxc6 Qxc6 48. Rg1 b5 49. axb5 Qxb5 50. Ra1 $2 {[%eval -1113,17]} (50. Qf3 {[%eval -209,14]} Qxb4 51. Rd1 Qb2 52. Rd3 a5 53. Rb3 Qd2 54. Rd3 Qc1 55. Ra3 {[SF17.1 considers this position at least as -7-00, continuing with} Qf1+ (55... Rh8 56. Rc3 (56. Rxa5 Qf1+ 57. Kg4 Nxh4 $19) 56... Qf1+ 57. Qg2 Qa1 58. Rf3 a4 $19) 56. Qg2 Qb1 57. Bg3 (57. Rxa5 Qd3+) 57... Rh8 58. Rxa5 Qb3 $19 {[SF17.1-vk]}) 50... Qe2 51. Ra2 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Nxh4 53. Bxh4 Rxh4+ (53... Rxh4+ 54. Kg3 Rh3+ 55. Kg4 Rxb3 56. b5 Qh3+ 57. Kg5 Qg3# {[SF17.1-vk]}) 0-1

[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

[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

[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

[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

