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[Event "Club Championship 2025/26"] [Site "Morda"] [Date "20.08.2025"] [Round "Rd 1"] [White "Billington, Mark"] [Black "Cockburn, Josh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "1590"] [EventDate "20.08.2025"] 1. d4 c5 2. c3 (2. d5 {main}) 2... cxd4 3. cxd4 b6 (3... d5) (3... Nf6 {main lines}) 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 (5. Bf4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. e3 Nf6 8. h3 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Rc8 14. Qe2 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Rc2 Nxb2 18. Nxb5 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 axb5 20. Qxb2 Qa5 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bh2 Nc3 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Kh1 d5 27. Qc2 Qxa3 28. Nd2 b4 29. Nb3 Ra8 30. Ra1 Qxa1+ 31. Nxa1 Rxa1+ 32. Bg1 Bd8 33. f4 Ba5 34. f5 Ra2 35. Qb3 Ra3 36. Qc2 exf5 37. h4 Ra2 38. Qb3 gxh4 39. Kh2 Bc7+ 40. Kh3 Ra1 41. Qxb4 Rxg1 {0-1 Palchun,G (2047)-Galstyan,G World School-ch U11 3rd Chalkidiki 2007 (8.2)}) (5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Nf3 a6 13. Bg5 e6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e3 Bg7 16. Nd2 b5 17. Rc1 b4 18. Nce4 Nb6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 d5 21. Rc6 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Qa5 23. Qb3 Rfc8 24. Rfc1 Rd8 25. Qc4 Qa4 26. Qb3 Qb5 27. Qc4 Qh5 28. Kg2 h6 29. Bf3 Qg5 30. h4 Qf6 31. b3 a5 32. Rc7 Bf8 33. d5 e5 34. e4 Qb6 35. Rc6 Qb7 36. Rc7 Qb6 37. Rc6 Qb7 38. h5 Qb5 39. Qxb5 Rxb5 40. hxg6 Ra8 41. gxf7+ Kxf7 42. Bh5+ Kg8 43. Be2 Rb7 44. Bg4 a4 45. Be6+ Kg7 46. d6 axb3 47. axb3 Rd8 48. d7 Rbb8 49. Rc8 Kf6 50. Rxb8 Rxb8 51. Rc8 Kxe6 52. Rxb8 Kxd7 53. Rxf8 Ke7 54. Rh8 Kf6 55. Rxh6+ Kg5 56. Rb6 Kg4 57. Rxb4 Kg5 58. f4+ Kg4 59. fxe5 Kg5 60. e6 Kf6 61. e7 Kf7 62. e8=Q+ Kxe8 63. Rb7 Kd8 64. Ra7 Kc8 65. g4 Kb8 66. Rh7 Kc8 67. g5 Kd8 68. g6 Ke8 69. b4 Kf8 70. b5 Kg8 71. b6 Kf8 72. b7 Ke8 73. Kf3 Kd8 74. Kf4 Ke8 75. Ke5 Kf8 76. Kd4 Ke8 77. Ke3 Kf8 78. Kf3 Ke8 79. Ke2 Kf8 80. Ke1 Ke8 81. b8=Q# {1-0 Bazeev,G (2398)-Song,G (2145) Chess.com Bullet op2 Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (13)}) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne5 (8. O-O {3 draws, 1 Bl win}) 8... Bd6 9. Bb5+ (9. f4 O-O $11 10. Qf3 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. c4 Qe7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Ba3 Qe8 16. f5 dxc4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bc2 Nbd7 19. Qh3 Bb7 20. Rf4 {1-0 Popchev,M (2459)-Heinzel,O (2340) Tabor op 2009 (6)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qa4 Bc8 $2 (11... a6 $17 {SF17.1}) 12. Bc6 Rb8 13. Nb5 $18 Qe7 14. Nxd6+ (14. Qxa7 O-O 15. Bd2 $18 {SF17.1}) 14... Qxd6 15. Bd2 (15. b3 $1 $18 {SF17,1} Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Ba3 Qb8 18. Rc1 {Bl has trouble finding moves}) 15... a5 16. O-O O-O 17. b4 $16 Nf6 18. bxa5 (18. Rfc1 Ng4 19. g3 Qe7 20. f3 Nh6 21. Rab1 Bb7 22. Bb5 Ra8 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Bd3 $16 {SF17.1}) 18... bxa5 19. Bxa5 (19. f3 Ba6 20. Rfc1 Bc4 21. Bxa5 Rfc8 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxc6 24. Bc7 Rxc7 (24... Qxc7 25. Qa8+ Qc8 26. Rb8 $18) 25. Rb8+ Qf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qb4+ Re7 28. a4 Ne8 $11 {though the Q might struggle against the 3 pieces If Bl can get to co-ordinate them}) 19... Bb7 20. Bb5 (20. Rfc1 $16) 20... Rfc8 $2 (20... Ba6 $11) 21. Rfc1 (21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Bxb4 Bc6 23. Ba6 Bb7 24. Be2 Ra8 25. a4 $18 {SF17.1}) 21... Ba6 22. Bb4 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 (23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxb5 Qc7 25. a4 $18 {in these lines Wh runs the a pawn backed by the R}) 23... Qd8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qc5 Qa6 26. Rc1 h6 27. h3 $2 (27. a3 $18) 27... Ne4 $11 (27... Qxa2 $11) 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Bxa5 Rb2 (29... Ra8 $11 30. f3 Rxa5 31. fxe4 dxe4 (31... Rxa2 $11) 32. Rc5 Rxa2 33. Re5 Ra6 34. Rxe4 $11 {SF17.1}) 30. f3 (30. Ra1 Nxf2 31. a4 Ne4 32. Be1 Rb6 33. a5 Ra6 34. Rb1 Rc6 $11 {SF17.1}) 30... Ng3 31. Ra1 Nf5 32. e4 (32. Bc3 Rc2 33. Be1 Nxe3 34. Bf2 Nc4 35. a4 Na5 $11 {SF17.1}) 32... Nxd4 33. a4 $2 (33. exd5 exd5 34. Be1 Kh7 $11) 33... Nb3 $19 34. Rd1 Nxa5 35. exd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Nc6 37. Rc5 Nb8 (37... Nd4) 38. a5 Kf8 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. Rc7+ Ke6 41. a6 Ra2 42. a7 Nd7 43. Rb7 Kd6 44. Kh2 Kc6 45. Rb2 Rxa7 $19 46. h4 Nf6 47. g4 Ra3 48. Kg3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Ra4+ 50. Ke3 Rc4 51. Rb7 Ke6 52. Kd3 Rf4 53. Ke2 Nd5 (53... Nxg4 $1 54. fxg4 Rxg4 {SF17.1 & vk ;trades in the extra N for a simplified ending, where Bl will be 3 pawns up}) 54. Ra7 g6 (54... Ra4 $1 {SF17.1} 55. Rb7 Ra2+ 56. Kd3 g6 57. Rb8 Ke5 58. Rb7 Nf4+ 59. Kc4 Kf6 {both Wh's K & R have been driven away from the defence of the remaing Wh pawns}) 55. h5 gxh5 (55... Ra4 $1) 56. gxh5 (56. Ra6+ Ke5 57. Rxh6) 56... Rf5 (56... Ke5 57. Ra6 Rf6 58. Ra8 Rf5 $17 {SF17.1}) 57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. Rxh6 Rxh5 $2 {to force Rs off, but missing that Wh gets the check first} (58... Nf4+ 59. Kf2 f6 60. Rh8 Rxh5 61. Ra8 Kf5 $19) 59. Rxh5+ f5 $11 {fortunately for Bl at least the draw is still there, as the endgame tablebases confirm. Wh has no K entry.} 60. Rh8 Kf4 61. Kf2 Kg5 62. Rg8+ Kf4 63. Rd8 Nf6 64. Ke2 Nh5 65. Rh8 Nf6 1/2-1/2
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