[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


[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


[Event "Oswestry B v Telford B"]
[Site "Oswestry"]
[Date "2025.02.13"]
[Round "Bd 3"]
[White "Butler, Keith"]
[Black "Slegg, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Slegg,Gary"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1438"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[GameId "2145101051457546"]
[EventDate "2025.??.??"]

{[%evp 9,75,20,66,-7,-1,-12,0,-29,13,-5,16,1,6,-31,-11,-20,-13,-59,23,-41,67,64,83,2,68,32,55,27,31,-30,-1,-36,49,45,59,40,63,42,64,1,6,0,5,-21,-23,-41,-42,-48,-36,-41,-37,-53,-32,-51,-26,-49,-9,-52,-18,-27,1,-60,-8,-80,-28,-83,1,-58] B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 {[%eval 66,20]} (5... e6 $11 {[%eval 20,20] is superior.}) 6. d3 {[%eval -7,21]} (6. e5 $14 {[%eval 66,20] [quirk that Wh also scores 66% with this-vk]}) 6... O-O 7. Bg5 (7. Be3 {[Indeed the most frequent but Wh only scores 39% with it; it blocks the e file where Wh's R need to be(Wh's structure is similar to a Ruy Lopez, especially after Bl plays e5)-vk]} b6 8. h3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 Nxe3 11. Rxe3 Bb7 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 b5 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Re1 Bh6 17. Re4 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Ne3 e6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. R4e2 Rfd8 {Joaquim,C-Carneiro,C (2232) Lisbon 2015 0-1 (49)}) 7... d6 8. h3 $146 {[ not at all- Chessbasedatabase online has 46 games with this-vk} (8. Nbd2 {[main here , transposing to 44 games in total- but that is less than the 46 after the text move-vk]} a6 (8... Bg4 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Nf1 d5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qd2 Qf5 15. Ne3 Qg5 16. Qc2 Bh5 17. Rab1 Qh4 18. Red1 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1# {0-1 (19) Kammerer,L (856)-Wozniak,N (789) Verden an der Aller 2020}) 9. a4 Rb8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nxe4 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. Nxe4 Qb6 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Qd3 Qb4 17. Rfb1 Qa5 18. Qb3 d5 19. Ng5 Rf5 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. g4 Rf6 22. Rc5 e6 {Hadj Sassi,N (2000)-Schmalzried,V (1866) Berlin-Lichtenrade 2011 0-1 (39)}) 8... Qb6 {[%eval 13,20]} (8... Na5 $142 {[%eval -29,21] [ Cloud Engines& =, yet 0-3-6-vk}) (8... a6 $11 {vk- yet 1-3-13}) 9. Bb3 $11 {Komodo10-vk} (9. Na3 {vk} a6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Na5 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. b4 Nc6 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. e5 b4 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bf4 {1-0 Rocha,M (2154)-Alfaro Caracas,W (2166) NCA-ch Managua 2017 (2)}) (9. Qd2 Na5 10. Na3 $11 {SF17 & F19-vk}) 9... Qc7 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bh6 {[%eval -31,21]} (11. Qe3 $11 {[%eval 6,18]}) 11... c4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bc2 {[%eval -59,18]} (13. dxc4 $11 {[%eval -13,20]} bxc4 14. Bxc4) 13... Bb7 {[%eval 23,20]} (13... cxd3 $15 {[%eval -59,18]} 14. Qxd3 Qb6) 14. Re1 {[%eval -41,18]} ({White should try} 14. d4 $11 {[%eval 23,20]}) 14... Nd7 {[%eval 67,21]} (14... Rfd8 $15 {[%eval -41,18]}) 15. d4 $14 e5 {[#]} 16. d5 {[%eval 2,20]} (16. a4 $1 $16 {[%eval 83,18]}) 16... Ncb8 {[%eval 68,19] [ this just creates a logjam on the Q side with the Ns interfering with each others amovements-vk} (16... Ne7 $11 {[%eval 2,20]}) 17. a4 {[%eval 32,20]} (17. b4 $142 $1 {[%eval 68,19]}) 17... a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na3 {[%eval -30,21]} ({Better is} 19. Rxa8 $14 {[%eval 31,21]} Bxa8 20. Nh2 {[agreed - Wh should go for a K side attack, earlier commenced by swapping off the g 7 B protector, especially with all those Bl piecestied up on the Q side-vk}) 19... Qb6 20. b3 {[%eval -36,23]} (20. Nh2 $11 {[%eval -1,20] was preferrable.}) 20... Qc5 {[%eval 49,22]} (20... cxb3 $15 {[%eval -36,23]} 21. Bxb3 Nc5) 21. b4 Qb6 22. Qe3 {[#] And now Qxb6 would win.} Ra6 (22... Qxe3 $2 23. fxe3 Nb6 24. Nxb5 $18) 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Nb1 {[%eval 1,23] White is more active.} (24. Nd2 $14 {[%eval 64,23]}) 24... Na6 $11 25. Nbd2 Ra8 26. Ra5 Nc7 {White must now prevent ...Rxa5.} 27. Rea1 Rba6 {Against Ra7} 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Bxa6 30. g4 h6 31. Nh4 Bc8 32. f3 Nb6 {[%cal Of7f5]} 33. Nb1 {[%eval -52,24]} (33. Kf2 $11 {[%eval -9,24]}) 33... Kf6 {[%eval -18,25]} (33... f5 $15 {[%eval -52,24] deserves consideration.[best though SF17 still rates it as =-vk}) 34. Kf2 Kg5 35. Kg3 {[%eval -60,25]} (35. Ng2 $11 {[%eval 1,24]}) 35... h5 {[%eval -8,25]} (35... Bd7 $1 $15 {[%eval -60,25] [SF17 =-vk}) 36. Bd1 {[%eval -80,25]} (36. Ng2 $1 $11 {[%eval -8,25]}) 36... Ne8 {[%eval -28,25]} (36... f5 $17 {[%eval -80,25] Hoping for ...f4+.} 37. Ng2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bd7) 37. Na3 {[%eval -83,25]} (37. Bc2 $11 {[%eval -28,25] remains equal.}) 37... Nc7 {[%eval 1,25]} (37... f5 $17 {[%eval -83,25] Strongly threatening ...f4+.} 38. Ng2 (38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nxf5 Bxf5 $17) 38... hxg4 39. hxg4 Bd7) 38. Bc2 {[%eval -58,26] Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.34[ just level most of the game-vk]} (38. Nb1 $1 $11 {[%eval 1,25]}) 1/2-1/2


[Event "OswestryB-TelfordB"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.13"]
[Round "Bd 4"]
[White "Read, Stephen"]
[Black "Szwajkun, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "A41"]
[BlackElo "1318"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[GameId "2145227281891410"]
[EventDate "2025.02.14"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 e6 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe2 a6 9. e5 (9. a4 g6 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Qh5 Kf8 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. g3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Ke7 21. c3 Bg7 22. Bxa6 Rhd8 23. Ra1 Ra7 24. Bc4 Rda8 25. Bb3 b5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qb6 28. Re2 Rb8 29. Bd1 Qd4 30. Qxc6 Nb4 31. Qc5+ Qxc5 32. Nxc5 Rc8 33. Ne4 Nd3 34. Rb1 Nxb2 35. Bb3 Nd3 36. Re3 Nc1 37. Bd1 f5 38. Nc3 Bd4 39. Rxc1 Bxe3 40. Nd5+ Kd7 41. Nf6+ Kd8 42. Rxc8+ Kxc8 43. fxe3 Kc7 44. g4 Kd6 45. gxf5 exf5 46. Bb3 Rb7 47. Bc4 Ke5 48. Nd5 Rb1+ 49. Kg2 Ra1 50. Nb6 h5 51. h4 g4 52. Bf7 Ke4 53. Bxh5 Kxe3 54. Bg6 Ra2+ 55. Kg3 f4+ 56. Kxg4 Rg2+ 57. Kh5 f3 58. Be8 Re2 59. Bd7 Kd4 60. Bh3 Rh2 61. Kg4 f2 62. Bf1 Rh1 63. Ba6 Rb1 64. a5 Rb3 65. Bf1 Rb1 66. Ba6 Rb3 67. Bf1 Ra3 68. a6 Ra1 69. Bc4 Kc5 70. Kg3 Ra2 71. Kg2 f1=B+ {½-½ Havelka,J (2338)-Pechac,J (2441) EU-chT U18 Rymanow Zdroj 2017 (4.7)}) 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 c5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Qf2 Nb4 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 c4 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Qh4 exf5 19. exf5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 g5 21. Qf2 Rae8 22. Rde1 d5 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Bf2 Qf4 25. Qxf4 gxf4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Ne2 Nxc2 28. Nxf4 Ne4 29. Nxd5 Nxf2 30. f6 Bf8 31. Kxf2 Nxd4 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Bc5 35. Kd2 Bd4 36. Kc2 Kh7 37. Nc7 Kg6 38. Nxa6 Kf5 39. Nb4 Bxf6 40. Nd5 Bd8 41. Ne3+ Kf4 42. Nxc4 Bc7 43. Nd2 Ke3 44. h3 f5 45. b4 h5 46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Bxa5 48. Nc4+ Kxf3 49. Nxa5 Kg3 50. Kd2 Kxh3 51. Ke2 Kg2 52. Nc4 f4 53. Ne5 h4 54. Nf3 h3 55. Nh4+ Kg3 56. Nf3 h2 57. Nxh2 Kxh2 {½-½ Dudas,E (2253)-Emodi,G (2265) HUN-chT2 Charousek 1213 Hungary 2012 (5)}) 9... d5 (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 d5 {gives Bl a French without the usually bad QB}) 10. a4 (10. Nd1 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. h3 $16 {SF17}) 10... Ng6 (10... c5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. Ne2 Bb4 14. Qd1 Bc5 $15 {SF17}) 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qd3 Qe7 (12... Kf7 13. a5 $14 {SF17}) 13. Qxg6+ Qf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7 15. Rfe1 $16 (15. h4 $16 {SF17}) 15... c5 16. Rad1 Be7 17. h3 (17. h4) 17... Nf8 18. g4 Ng6 (18... g5 19. Bg3 Ng6 $11 {SF17}) 19. Bg3 Raf8 (19... h5 20. Re3 h4 21. Bh2 Rhf8 $14 {SF17}) 20. Re3 (20. a5 bxa5 21. Ra1 h5 22. Re3 h4 23. Bh2 Rb8 24. Rxa5 $16 {SF17}) 20... Ke8 21. h4 Rf7 (21... h5 22. g5 Bc6 23. b3 Kd7 $11 {SF17}) 22. Nh2 (22. Ne2) 22... Nxh4 (22... cxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxh4 $15 {SF17}) 23. Ne2 Ng6 24. c3 c4 (24... Rhf8 25. Kg2 a5 26. Re1 Ba6 $19 {SF17}) 25. f4 Rhf8 26. Rf3 $11 Bc8 27. Nf1 (27. Rdf1 $11) 27... Bd7 (27... Bg5 $19 {SF17}) 28. Ra1 (28. Ne3 Bd8 29. Rf2 Ne7 30. f5 exf5 31. Nf4 Bc8 32. e6 Rf6 33. Nh5 Rg6 34. Rdf1 Bxe6 35. gxf5 Rg5 36. fxe6 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxh5 $11 {SF17}) 28... Bg5 $17 29. Nd2 (29. a5) 29... Bxf4 $19 30. Raf1 $2 (30. Nxf4 Nxf4 31. a5) 30... Bxd2 $19 31. Kg2 Bxa4 32. R1f2 Bg5 33. Ng1 Bd1 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Nf3 Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Bc1 38. Be1 Bxb2 39. Ke2 a5 40. Kd1 a4 41. Kc2 a3 42. Kb1 Nf4 43. Bd2 Ne2 44. Ka2 b5 45. Be1 Kg6 46. Bd2 Nxc3+ 47. Bxc3 Bxc3 48. Kxa3 Kg5 (48... b4+) 49. Ka2 Kxg4 0-1


[Event "Oswestry B-Telford B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.02.13"]
[Round "Bd 5"]
[White "Pichanick, Erin"]
[Black "Grocott-James, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade,Rudy"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "1415"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[GameId "2145237862595318"]
[EventDate "2025.02.14"]

{[%evp 0,73,17,22,-12,36,32,9,16,-21,-6,-24,-10,6,3,-17,78,-27,50,44,54,45,-12,40,39,15,7,40,471,-30,68,95,90,35,192,118,142,95,212,246,141,161,293,276,317,344,305,210,443,326,766,777,1095,853,964,991,973,1148,1911,883,1103,1126,1135,1100,1788,1773,1657,1324,1729,1318,1264,1310,1291,1124,1323,1291]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 (4. Bc4 {main}) 4... Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O-O 8. d4 (8. d3 {main -26% for Wh}) 8... e6 {transposes to main} (8... Nxd4 {Cloud Engines} 9. Nxd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qxd4 $11 {0-2-4}) (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qxd4 $11 {1-1-6}) 9. Be3 {50%} (9. c3 {transposes to more games, 41 % for Wh}) 9... Be7 10. h3 Bh5 (10... h5 {SF17}) 11. Qd2 (11. c3 $16 {Cloud Engines, 1-1-3}) 11... h6 (11... g5 $11 {SF17}) (11... Bf6 12. c3 e5 13. Rad1 Rd7 14. c4 Qe6 15. d5 Qe7 16. Qe1 Nb4 17. a3 Nc2 18. Qd2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 e4 20. Nd2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Bxb2 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxa3 24. Rd3 Bd6 25. Rf3 f6 26. Re1 Re8 27. Nxd6+ Rxd6 28. Rxe8+ Kd7 29. Rg8 g5 30. Rg7+ Kd8 31. Rxh7 a5 32. Re3 Ra6 33. Ree7 a4 34. Reg7 {1-0 Serna Puerto,L (1564)-Jimenez Haneda,N (1294) ESP-ch U10 Rapid Salobrena 2022 (2)}) 12. Rfe1 g5 $11 13. c4 Bb4 $2 (13... Qf5 14. Qd1 (14. g4 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qxg4+ 16. Kh1 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 g4 $19) 14... Bb4 15. Rf1 Rhg8 16. d5 $11 {SF17}) 14. Qc2 (14. cxd5 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxe2 16. dxc6 Ba6 17. Ne4 $18 {SF17}) (14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. cxd5 $18 {SF17}) 14... Qd7 (14... Qf5 $15) 15. Red1 $18 Bd6 16. Rd2 (16. b4 $18 Nxb4 17. Qb2 f6 18. Rab1 b6 19. a3 Nc6 20. c5) (16. c5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 $18 {SF17}) 16... Qe7 17. d5 (17. c5 Bf4 18. b4 $18 {SF17- the Bl K is too vulnerable}) 17... Nb4 (17... exd5 18. cxd5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bh5 $16 {SF17}) 18. Qc3 (18. Qa4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. a3 Na6 21. b4 Qe7 22. b5 $18 {SF17}) 18... Kb8 19. a3 (19. Bd4) 19... Na6 20. Bd4 $18 (20. dxe6 $18) (20. b4 $18) 20... Rhg8 21. Bf6 Qd7 22. Bxd8 Qxd8 23. b4 (23. Ne5 $18 {SF17}) 23... Kc8 24. dxe6 f6 (24... Qe7 25. Rad1 $18 {SF17}) 25. c5 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qe7 27. Bxa6 (27. Nd4 {SF17}) 27... bxa6 28. Qc4 c6 29. Qxa6+ (29. Rd7 {is quicker}) 29... Qb7 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rad1 Rg7 32. Rd7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7+ (33. exd7 {queens}) 33... Kb8 34. Rd8+ (34. g4 Bg6 35. Rg7 Be8 36. Rg8 {vk- seen while watching}) 34... Kc7 35. e7 Bg6 36. e8=Q Bxe8 37. Rxe8 1-0
