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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "TelfordB v OswestryB"] [Site "Telford"] [Date "2024.09.25"] [Round "Brd 3"] [White "Sadler, Paul"] [Black "Tennant, Stefan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1570"] [BlackElo "1567"] [Annotator "Rudy van Kemenade"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2101963337400352"] [EventDate "2024.10.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.09.14"] {[%evp 0,18,19,31,80,74,79,32,67,8,0,0,49,40,56,46,46,38,53,48,43]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 e6 4. f4 Ne7 5. Nf3 h6 $146 {though this and a6 are part of the Hippopotamous setup that Bl is engaged in} (5... b6) (5... d6) (5... d5 6. e5 {3-1-2 looks strategically ok, to dampen the e3 B}) 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 (8. Nc3) (8. c4 {both look more active}) 8... d6 9. c3 (9. f5 exf5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Qe1 (12. Qe2 O-O $11) 12... Bf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. c4 $16 {SF17}) 9... Nd7 (9... O-O 10. Qe2 Kh7 11. g4 f5 12. h3 Nd7 13. Rf2 Nf6 $11 {Doerfler-Staufer, Nuremberg Ch 2001,1-0}) 10. Qc2 e5 $6 {Normally in the Hippo Bl seeks to keep the centre closed rather than open it when Wh is better developed, especially since his K is still in the middle} (10... O-O {Cloud Engines} 11. Rf2 Kh7 12. Nf1 f5 13. Ng3 a6 14. h4 h5 15. Ng5+ Kh6 16. Nxe6 {Hasenoeder-Homfeldt, Nuremberg Zabo op 2014,1-0}) 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Rf2 (12. dxe5 $18 O-O (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb5+ Bc6 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Bxh6 $18) 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qb3 $18 {SF17}) 12... Nc6 13. Raf1 $16 exd4 (13... O-O) 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 $18 {SF17} Nb4 15. Qb3 Nxd3 16. Ng5 $1 Bd5 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. exd5 hxg5 19. Ne4 f6 20. g4 $18) 14... Nxd4 (14... Nce5 15. Rxf7 Nxf7 16. Ne6 Qe7 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Bc4 Nde5 19. Ne6+ Kg8 20. Bb3 Kh7 21. Bd4 $16 {SF17}) 15. Bxd4 O-O 16. Bxg7 (16. Bc4 $1 $18 {targets f7, the whole point of doubling Rs in the first place} Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxf7 Rxf7 19. Rxf7 Kh8 20. Nf3 $18 {SF17}) 16... Kxg7 $15 {the isolated e4 pawn obstructs Wh's pieces} 17. Qb3 f6 (17... Nc5 18. Rxf7+ $18 {the text tries to keep this threat in being, but}) (17... Ne5 $17 {gives Bl excellent play} 18. Bb1 Ba6 19. c4 Qd4 $19 {SF17}) 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Be2 a5 20. Nf3 Ng4 (20... Qe7 $17) 21. Nh4 $2 {Wh sees the right idea, but goes in the wrong direction} (21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rf4 Qd7 24. Qf2 $11 {SF17}) 21... Ne3 (21... Nxf2 22. Rxf2 f5 23. Nf3 Bxe4 $19 {SF17 is simpler}) 22. Qb1 Nxf1 23. e5 {the idea behind Qb1, but Bl has an easy answer to the threat} f5 24. Nf3 (24. Nxg6 Kxg6 25. Qxf1 {gets an extra pawn, but Wh is still a R down}) 24... Nd2 25. Qe1 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Re8 28. e6 Qf6 29. Re3 Re7 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Qg3 Rd6 (31... Rd1+) 32. h3 Rexe6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. b3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6 0-1
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