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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry B v Maddocks B"] [Site "Oswestry"] [Date "2024.11.14"] [Round "Bd2"] [White "Slegg, Gary"] [Black "Morrison, Munroe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1568"] [BlackElo "1712"] [Annotator "Slegg,Gary"] [PlyCount "40"] [GameId "2111994355081226"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 9,39,24,30,28,30,22,28,16,40,25,38,3,35,26,35,-1,1,-1,44,8,52,-88,-70,-99,-93,-90,-7,-102,-92,-112,-102,-88] C41: Philidor Defence} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 {main-vk} Nbd7 5. Bd3 (5. Bc4 {main-vk}) 5... c6 6. O-O Be7 7. Be3 (7. h3 {main-vk} O-O 8. Be3 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. a4 a5 13. Bc4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. c3 Be6 {½-½ (15) Delander,A (2220)-Lukovski,L (2055) Freudenstadt 2002}) 7... O-O 8. a4 {White has an edge.[2-3-0 vk]} a5 9. Bc4 $146 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bd7 16. f3 Re8 17. Qf2 Bd8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Nh7 20. Nxa5 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxa5 23. Rxd7 Nhf8 {Iudina,V (1720)-Gureeva,D (2158) Sochi RUS 2023 1-0}) (9. Re1 {2-0 vk}) 9... Qc7 10. Bb3 {[%eval 3,20]} (10. h3 $14 {[%eval 38,19] is more appropriate.}) (10. Qe2 h6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nh4 {1-1-1 vk}) 10... Re8 {[%eval 35,21]} (10... Ng4 $11 {[%eval 3,20]}) 11. Ng5 $14 Rf8 12. d5 {[%eval -1,22]} (12. dxe5 $14 {[%eval 35,20]} Nxe5 13. h3) ({Post game analysis we discussed whether I should play} 12. f4 h6 13. Nh3 (13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. g4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qb6 16. h4 d5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Bxg4 $11 {SF17- though few humans would go in for this complexity- vk}) 13... b6 14. Qf3 $11 {but Fritz 18 has this as level[as does SF17-vk], although personally I prefer it}) 12... h6 $11 (12... c5 {suggested by vk at pm, with idea of then switching to K side with centreclosed} 13. Bc4 Qd8 14. Nf3 Ne8 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Qe2 $14 {SF17}) 13. Nf3 Nb6 {[%eval 44,22]} (13... Ng4 $11 {[%eval -1,22] is superior.}) 14. Qd3 {[%eval 8,23]} (14. h3 $14 {[%eval 44,22]}) 14... Bg4 {[%eval 52,20]} (14... Ng4 $11 {[%eval 8,23] might be stronger.}) 15. Nxe5 {[%eval -88,22] interesting idea to simplify matters- vk} (15. Nd2 Nh5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Ne2 cxd5 (17... c5 18. g4 $16) 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxd5 Rac8 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. b3 b6 $11 {SF17- vk}) 15... dxe5 $17 16. d6 Bxd6 {Threatens to win with ...Rad8.} 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxd6 {[%eval -102,24] [#] I calculated as far as this move, and thought it looked a good tactic and I had an active Queen, so I played it; however, unfortunately my Queen becomes vulnerable} (18. h3 $1 $11 {[%eval -7,22] [ again this suggestion by PowerFrit18z just loses according to SF17]} Qd8 $1 (18... Qd4 $19) (18... Rad8 $19) 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Rad1 Qg5 21. g3 Bc5 22. Kg2 Rad8 23. Qe2 Rd4 $19 {SF17- Bl has an extra pawn and far more active pieces- vk}) 18... Rfe8 $1 19. Qd3 {[#]} Rad8 $1 20. Qg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.10 (very precise)} Be6 {He offerd me a draw} (20... Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. b3 Rd2 (22... Nh5 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. Rad1 Rg6 25. g3 Ne6 $15) 23. Rac1 Qd4 24. Rfe1 Ng4 25. Ne2 Qxe4) 1/2-1/2
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