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Oswestry Chess Club
[Event "Club Championship 2025/6"] [Site "?"] [Date "10.9.2025"] [Round "Rd2"] [White "Smith, Jonathan"] [Black "Dyke, Anthony"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Rudy Van Kemenade"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "1492"] [BlackElo "0"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 {has become back into fashion, with elite GMs; but usually with the idea of an early b4 to generate a rapid Q side advance while keeping the centre firm} (5. e4 {main}) 5... Bg4 (5... O-O) 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bxf3 (7... c6) (7... c5) (7... Nc6 {are waiting for Wh to committ to h3 before exchanging}) 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Bd2 $146 {its not clear what the B is doing here. Far better to advance pawns on the Q side, when Ba3 ( or b2) might offer a better post after a4 & b5} (9. b4 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. g3 e4 14. Bg2 Nb6 15. c5 Nbd5 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. b5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 cxb5 19. Qxb5 $14 {1-0 Kockum,A (2357)-Cicak,S (2572) SWE-chT 1213 Sweden 2012 (9)}) (9. e4 e5 10. d5 $16 {is preferred by SF17.1- leaving the B in place for action later. In the meantime Wh might benefit from a4, follwed by Ra3, when the QR can join in on a K side attack via the 3rd rank} c5 {3-4-3}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne4 (10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bd3 e5 14. Bc3 e4 15. Be2 Kh8 16. b3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {½-½ Glaschak,J (1292)-Decherdt,M (1366) Daehne Cup Region 13/14 I Rest Hannover 2013 (2)}) (10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 e6 12. Re1 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. h3 Kh8 15. Qc1 Rc8 16. Rb2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rc2 $11) 17... Rxc1 $19 {1-0 Bortnicker,J (868)-Bester,K (723) RN-2017-0-01244 LSS email 2016}) 10... Re8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (11... Nxf6 12. Qc2 e5 $11 {SF17.1}) 12. Bc3 e5 13. e4 Qb6 (13... exd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Be2 Nc6 $15 {SF17.1, rather like the game position a little later. Bl has a superior N that can go to d4, while Wh has been left with a baddish B, impeded by its pawns on c4 &e4. Bl can then aim for a direct K side attack on the bl squares}) 14. dxe5 (14. d5 $14 {closing in the bl B is a better idea.}) 14... Nxe5 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Qc2 {with the centre more open Wh has level chances} Bg7 17. Rad1 c5 18. Qd2 Qc6 (18... Nc6 $5) 19. Qd5 (19. f4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bf3 Qb6 22. Qc3+ f6 23. h4 $14 {SF17.1 Wh is now probing the Bl K side before Bl gets a chance to do so.}) 19... Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc6 21. Bxg7 {Wh is better off letting Bl exchange on c3, as then bxc3 stops the N getting to d4, while also giving the Wh rs access to the b file} Kxg7 22. f3 {this puts another pawn on a wh square obstructing the B, while also leaving that B loose.} (22. Bf3 {is more cautious} Re5 23. Rd3 Nd4 24. Rfd1) 22... Nb4 {This is a strategic error- there is no pawn to be won, and it just lets the Wh Rs into the game'} (22... f5 23. Rfd1 fxe4 24. Rxd6 Nd4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Kf1 Rf8 27. b4 b6 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rb1 Rf7 $17 {SF17.1 compare the relative positioning of the N vs the B.}) (22... Nd4 {is where the N belongs, though the note above prepares its entry better}) 23. Rd2 Nxa2 $6 24. Ra1 Nb4 25. Rxa7 b6 {the R which was sitting on f1 has now achieved a dominant position on the 7th rank} (25... Re7 $11) 26. Rb7 $16 Ra8 (26... Rb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rxd6 $16) (26... Nc6 27. Rxb6 Nd4 28. Bf1 Ra8 29. b4 $16) 27. Rxb6 $18 Ra1+ 28. Rd1 (28. Kf2 $1 {leaves the R on a1 with no targets, and then d6 cannot be defended either, leaving Wh two pawns up}) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rd8 30. e5 $2 {Perhaps Wh thought that the B on d1 was still the R that had been there? It loses all Wh's advantage.} (30. f4 h5 31. Kf2 $16 {SF17.1}) 30... dxe5 31. Be2 (31. Ba4 $1 {Wh needs to use this B tothreaten to attack Bl's weakess on f7} Rd2 32. Rb7 Rxb2 33. g3 (33. Be8 $2 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Nd3+ $19) 33... Nd3 34. Rc7 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 e4 36. fxe4 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Ne5 38. h4 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Nd2+ 40. Kg1 Nf3+ {repetition, SF17.1}) 31... Rd2 $17 32. Kf1 (32. Bf1) 32... Rxb2 (32... Nc2 $1 {Bl is just winning that passive B} 33. Rb5 Nd4 34. Rxc5 Rxe2 $19 {SF17.1}) 33. Rb5 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. Ke1 (35. Kf1 {is better}) 35... Rb1+ (35... Ra2 $19 36. Rxc5 Kf6 37. Kd1 Nc2 38. Bd3 Ne3+ 39. Kc1 Nxg2 40. Bb1 Rf2 $19 {SF17.1}) (35... Kf6 36. Kd1 (36. Rxc5 $2 Nc2+ 37. Kf1 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Nxg2 $19) 36... Ra2 37. Rxc5 Nc2 {as in the variation given above this}) 36. Kf2 1/2-1/2
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