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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "OswestryB-TelfordB"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.02.14"] [Round "Bd 2"] [White "Sadler, Paul"] [Black "Skidmore, Tim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [BlackElo "1419"] [PlyCount "34"] [GameId "2145197736551762"] [EventDate "2025.02.14"] {[%evp 0,7,8,21,22,22,-25,9,52,48]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 {best- Lein & Pickard 1995} (4. d3 {main, but is no threat according to Lein & Pickard 1995,} Nf6 (4... d6 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Ne6 (6. Nxh7 Ng4 7. Ng5 Qf6) 6... Bxe6 7. Bxe6 Qf6 8. exf5 Nxf5 9. Bb3 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Qg6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bd5 Nb4 13. Bg2 Nd4 14. O-O Nbxc2 15. Nd5 Bf6 16. Rb1 c6 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. a3 h5 19. Bh3+ Kc7 20. f3 f5 21. Rf2 f4 22. Rxc2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 fxg3 24. Be3 gxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rhg8 26. Qf2 Qxd3 27. Bxa7 c5 28. b4 Qxb1 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Qxc5+ {½-½ Strelis,V-Vitols,K Betins mem corr 1971}) 5. Nc3 Bb4) (4. Bxg8 {leads to complications after} Rxg8 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O d6 {corr games in 1960s, 1-2-1 Studier-Gunderam,}) 4... exd4 (4... Qe7 {given as best in Lein & Pickard 1995:46-9}) (4... fxe4 {main, 55% for Wh}) 5. Nxd4 {63% for Wh} (5. e5 {SF17; 70% for Wh}) (5. Ng5 {SF15.1 & F17} Ne5 6. Bxg8 Rxg8 7. Qxd4 $16 {Cloud Engines; 1-1-1}) 5... Nf6 (5... Nxd4 6. Qxd4 fxe4 7. Bxg8 Rxg8 8. Qd5 $16 {SF17; 5-2-1}) 6. Nxc6 {main} (6. Nc3 {SF17;5-1-0}) 6... bxc6 $16 (6... dxc6 $11 {Cloud Engines; 2-0-1}) 7. exf5 {F16} (7. e5 $16 {SF17 & Komodo9.2} Ng4 8. O-O (8. Qe2 Qh4 9. g3 Qe7 10. f4 Bb7 11. Nc3 d5 12. Bd3 g6 13. h3 Nh6 14. Ba6 Qb4 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rb1 d4 19. Ne2 c5 20. O-O Qd5 21. c4 Qe4 22. Nc1 Be7 23. Re1 Qc6 24. Qf1 Nf7 25. Nd3 Qe6 26. b3 Rg8 27. Kh2 h5 28. Qf3 h4 29. g4 g5 30. Rg1 Kf8 31. Rbe1 fxg4 32. Rxg4 Qf5 33. Rf1 Nh6 34. Rgg1 g4 35. Qe2 Rg6 36. Rg2 g3+ 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Qf3 Rf8 39. Ne1 Qxh3 40. f5 Nxf5 41. Qe4 Qg4 42. Rf4 Qh5 43. Re2 h3 44. Nf3 h2+ 45. Kh1 Bg5 46. Rxf5 Qh3 47. Rg2 Qxf5 48. Qxf5 Rxf5 49. Bxg5 Rxf3 50. Bf6+ Kf7 51. Re2 Rf1+ 52. Kg2 h1=Q# {0-1 Samaranayake,P (1570)-Dabarera,G (1956) SRI-ch Colombo 2023 (1)}) 8... Qh4 9. Bf4 Bc5 10. Bg3 Nxf2 11. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Qxc4 13. Rxf5 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 d5 15. Rf1 Ba6 16. Rf3 O-O-O 17. Ra3 Rhf8 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Nb3 Qf2 20. Ra5 Rf4 21. Nc5 Rdf8 22. h3 Rc4 23. Nxb7 Rxc2 24. Qg4+ Kxb7 25. Qxg7 Rf7 26. Qg4 Rf4 27. Qg7 Re4 28. Ra3 Rxb2 29. Rf3 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe4 32. Rb3+ Rxb3 33. axb3 d4 34. Qf6 d3 35. e6 d2 {0-1 Torres Orozco,A (1180)-Vasquez Garrido,N (1976) Barranquilla Carnaval Cup 2024 (1)}) 7... d5 $11 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. a3 c5 12. Qf3 c4 13. Be2 Kh8 14. Bg5 c6 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. h3 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. g4 Ne5 19. Qg2 d4 20. Ne4 c5 21. f3 d3 22. Bd1 Bxe4 23. fxe4 c3 24. cxd3 Nxd3 25. Rf1 Be5 26. b3 c4 27. Bc2 Nb2 28. bxc4 Nxc4 {½-½ Matthey,H (2326)-Sobolevsky,L (2415) Soemmerda op 2002 (5)}) 8... Bxf5 $15 9. O-O Qd7 (9... Bd6 $17) 10. Bg5 $11 Qf7 11. Re1 $14 (11. c4 $5 $14) 11... Kd7 $6 (11... Ne4 12. Bh5 g6 13. Bf3 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 O-O 16. Nd2 $14 {SF17}) 12. Nd2 $18 (12. c4 $18 {SF17}) 12... Bd6 13. Bxf6 (13. c4 $18 {SF17}) 13... Qxf6 14. Bg4 (14. c4 $14) 14... Rhf8 15. Bxf5+ Qxf5 16. Nf3 Rae8 17. Qd4 (17. Qd2 $11) 17... Qg6 (17... Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 (18. Rxe1 Qxc2 19. Qxg7+ Kc8 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Rf4 $15)) 1/2-1/2
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