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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Oswestry B v Telford B"] [Site "Oswestry"] [Date "2025.02.13"] [Round "Bd 1"] [White "Tennant, Stefan"] [Black "Smith, Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1552"] [BlackElo "1543"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "2145180849414226"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. g3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 (3... Bf5 {main}) 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 Nc6 {cedes a bit of territory in the centre} (5... O-O) (5... c5 {main lines}) 6. Ne2 $11 {4-0} O-O 7. d3 b6 {too slow and puts the B on a square it never emerges from} (7... e5 {is the logic behind Nc6-taking a bit of space and letting the B out.}) 8. Nd2 Bb7 9. O-O $11 (9. c4 $11 Re8 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb1 Ng4 12. O-O Bf6 13. a3 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Nxd3 15. Qc3 Nc5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Rf1 e5 21. f4 exf3 22. Bxf3 Qxh3 23. Rf2 Ne4 24. Qd3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 e4 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 exf3 28. Nf4 Rad8 29. Rxc7 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 f2+ 31. Kxd2 f1=Q 32. Rxb7 Qf2+ 33. Kc3 Qxe3+ 34. Kc2 Qe4+ 35. Kc3 Qxb7 36. Kb4 a5+ 37. Kb5 Re5+ 38. Ka4 Qc6# {0-1 Shqau,E-Larionova,K EU-ch U10 Girls 18th Herceg Novi 2008 (2)}) 9... Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. f4 g6 (11... e5 $11 {gets a little bit of space back, rather than sitting waiting with no piece beyond the 3rd rank, True, Wh's are on the second , but playing a White Hippo, the pawns are flexibly placed to gradually move out.}) 12. Nf3 $14 Bg7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. d4 Bh6 (15... f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 $11 {reclaims the space Wh has gained}) 16. Nf4 $16 c5 17. Kh2 Rc8 18. c4 Ba6 19. Rc1 (19. Qf3 dxc4 20. d5 $11 {SF17}) 19... Bxf4 $2 {temporarily getting a piece to his 5th rank, but this B is a vital defender of the squares around Bl's K} (19... dxc4 $1 20. Rf2 (20. bxc4 cxd4 21. exd4 Bxc4 22. Rf2 b5 $15) 20... cxb3 21. axb3 Bb5 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bg7 24. Nc3 Bc6 (24... a6 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Rxf7 Nxe5 (26... Kxf7 27. Bd5+ Kf8 28. Qf1+ Bf6 29. exf6 Rxe3 30. Rd1 $14)) 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd2 Re7 27. Nd5 Rxe5 28. Nb4 Rc7 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 $11 {SF17}) 20. Rxf4 $16 Bb7 21. Qf3 Rf8 (21... Rc7 {guards B & gets a bit of play} 22. Qf2 $16 (22. Rxf7 $2 Nxe5 $1 $19)) 22. Rf1 $18 Qe8 23. Rf6 (23. Qd1 Qe7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. h4 h5 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. R1f2 Rcd8 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. Rf6 $1 $18 {SF17}) 23... Qe7 (23... Nxf6 24. exf6 Kh8 25. Qf4 g5 (25... Rg8 26. Qg5 Rc7 27. Rf4 Rd7 28. Rh4 Qf8 (28... Qd8 $2 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qh4#) 29. e4 $18 {is too passive, as Rs are bad defenders}) 26. Qxg5 Rg8 27. Qh5 Rg6 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. e4 Bb7 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Qe3 32. Qf3 Re8 33. Bc1 Qxf3 34. Bxf3 Kg8 35. Bh5 Bxd5 36. Rd1 Be6 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. g4 $11 {SF17}) 24. Qf4 $18 {there is no saving move} Nxf6 (24... Rc7 25. Qh6 dxc4 (25... Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rd8 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. e4 Bc6 29. Bc1 Rcd7 30. Bg5 Qe8 31. R1f4 $18) 26. R1f4 Rd8 (26... cxd4 27. Rh4 Nxf6 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Qxh7#) 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxg6+ Ke7 33. Qh7+ Ke8 34. d5 $18) (24... Kg7 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. e4 Bb7 27. Bc1 Kh8 28. Qh6 cxd4 29. Bg5 $18) 25. exf6 1-0
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