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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry B - Church Stretton A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.27"] [Round "Bd 4"] [White "Smith, Jonathan"] [Black "Shepherd, Graham C"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "A51"] [WhiteElo "1539"] [BlackElo "1563"] [PlyCount "38"] [GameId "2160510809096261"] [EventDate "2025.03.28"] {[%evp 0,14,5,5,-14,23,43,-14,1,3,-104,-20,-33,-33,-33,-12,-9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 {rather than enter into the depths of Budapest Gambit theory, Wh plays a stolid line. This gives Wh no first move advantage, but it becomes a kind of French Defence Exchange variation in reverse, known for its drawish tendencies.} 3. e3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 exd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Ngf3 d5 {This position can also arise from 1 c4, as featured in many games by Normunds Miezis} 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nc6 {main} (9... Nbd7 {SF17 and suggested by vk} 10. O-O Nb6 {is another possibilty,1-2-2}) 10. O-O Be6 11. Nce5 Nb4 (11... Bd5 $11 {0.5-3.5}) (11... Qd6 $11 {1-1-2}) 12. Bc4 (12. a3 Nbd5 $11 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Qd6 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. Bb1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rd4 Qf8 22. Qd2 Ne7 23. Rd1 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Bd5 25. Nd2 a5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 axb4 28. axb4 Nf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. h3 Ra4 31. Qf4 Qxb4 32. Qxh6 Qe7 33. Rd3 f4 34. g3 f3 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Rxf3 Qg7 38. Qe8+ {1-0 Varaljai,I (2153)-Molnar,J (2162) HUN-chT2 Charousek 0001 Hungary 2000 (6)}) 12... Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Nc6 (13... Nbd5) 14. Nce5 Qd5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rc2 (19. Qb3 b6 20. Qc4 Re7 21. Qa6 Qf4 22. Rf1 g6 23. Qxa7 Re2 $11 {SF17}) 19... h6 {[draw?]} 1/2-1/2
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