[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zabrocki, Philip"]
[Black "Martin, Lewis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 (5... f6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3
(7... Ne7 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. Nbc3 {Novikov-Martin, Titled Tuesday
blitz,sept 2023,0-1}) 8. Qxd3 Ne7 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Nc3 {
Zabrocki-Bedi, English Online Blitz 2020,1-0}) 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 {main} (
7... Qxb2 8. e6 {84 % for Wh} Nf6 (8... f6 9. Bf4 Qxa1 10. Qb3 Qxd4 11. Qxb7
Qe4+ 12. Ne2 Qxe6 13. Qxa8 {Zabrocki-Bedi, Checkmate covid rematch blitz 2021,
1-0}) 9. Nf3 Ne4 {Zabrocki-Haydon, English Online blitz 2020,0-1}) 8. Nd2 Ne7 (
8... c5 9. c4) (8... Qa6 9. c4 {main lines}) 9. c4 (9. Ngf3) (9. Ne2 {main,
both score well for Wh}) 9... c5 (9... Nf5 {main}) 10. Ngf3 Nbc6 11. O-O cxd4
12. cxd5 {71% for Wh} (12. a3 {77% for Wh}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nc4 Qc7 (13... Qa6 {
2-0}) 14. a3 $146 (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qe4 $14 {2-0} (16. Qd3 $14 {
1 draw})) 14... f6 (14... Bc5 15. Rac1 $14 {SF16}) 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Rac1 $16 (
16. Rfe1 $16) 16... Qf7 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. b4 (18. Na5 Nxe5 19. Qb5+ Kf8 20. Nxd4
Nb6 21. Nab3 Kg8 22. Rc7 $14 {SF16}) 18... O-O (18... a6 $11) 19. b5 (19. exf6
Bxf6 20. b5 Nce7 21. Nce5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qg6 23. Qb3 d3 24. Rg5 Qf6 25. Qxd3 $14
{SF16}) 19... Nxe5 20. Ncxe5 fxe5 21. Rxe5 Bxh4 (21... Bd6 $15 {SF16}) 22. Qe4
(22. Rce1 $11 {SF16}) 22... Bf6 $19 23. Rxe6 Nc7 (23... Nc3 $1 24. Bxc3 dxc3
25. a4 Qd7 26. g3 Qd5 $19 {SF16}) 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qxb7 Na8 (25... Ne6 $17)
26. Qc6 (26. Qe4 $11 {SF16}) 26... Nb6 27. Qe4 Rfe8 28. Qf4 (28. Qf5 Rd5 29.
Qd3 $11 {SF16}) 28... Nc4 (28... Qg6 $19) 29. Bb4 Ne5 30. Nxd4 Ng6 31. Qd2 Qd5
(31... Re4 $19 {SF16}) 32. Qc2 (32. Qh6 $11 {SF16}) 32... Nf4 33. Qc4 (33. Nf3
Rd7 $17) 33... Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kett, Timothy"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. Nc3 (4. Qe2 Ng6 5. d4 Be7 6. g3 fxg3 7. hxg3
d5 8. Nc3 Be6 {Waterfield-Jukes, Frome op 2018,0-1}) (4. d4 {main} d5 5. exd5
Nxd5 6. c4 Ne3 7. Bxe3 fxe3 8. Bd3 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 {
Kett-Zherebtsova,Titled Tuesday intern blitz, 2021,0-1}) 4... d5 5. exd5 (5. d4
{main, recommended in Shaw 2013:375}) 5... Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 {
56 games} (8. c4 {main, 91games}) 8... g5 9. O-O {20& for Wh} (9. Qe2 {47% for
Wh}) 9... g4 (9... Bg4 $15 {SF16, 4 draws, 1 Bl win}) 10. Ne1 f3 {1 SF16 line}
(10... Qxd4+ $11 {SF16, 0-2}) 11. Be3 (11. c3 Nc6 12. Qb3 $11 {SF16}) 11... Nc6
$17 12. c4 Qh5 $19 13. Be4 Bd6 14. g3 O-O {Wh now had a long think} 15. Bxc6
bxc6 16. c5 Re8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rf2 Ba6 (18... Bf5 {also}) 19. Nc2 Re4 20. Nb4
Rae8 21. Nxa6 Rxe3 22. Raf1 Bh6 (22... Re2 {also}) 23. Nxc7 R8e7 24. Qb4 Re2
25. Qb8+ Kg7 26. Rxe2 fxe2 27. Ne8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8 Be3+ (28... exf1=Q+ 29. Kxf1
Qf5+ 30. Ke1 Qb1+ $19 {SF16}) 29. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 30. Kxh2 exf1=N+ 31. Kg2 Nxe3+ 32.
Kf2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Potter, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 (1... g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nfd7 7. Nc3
Nc6 8. Be3 e5 {F Badacsonyi-Potter, Southend on Sea 2022,1/2-1/2}) 2. d4 g6 3.
c4 c5 4. d5 b5 {main} (4... d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9.
exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Nh5 11. O-O f5 12. Bg5 Nf6 {Vaidyanathan-Truman, 4NCL nov
2023,1-0}) 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 (6. b6 {main}) 6... Bg7 (6... Bxa6) 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 {39% for Wh} (10. Be2 {53% for Wh}) 10... Qxa6 11.
Qe2 d6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Rfb8 {21% for Wh} 14. b3 Nb4 15. Rfc1 Nd3 16. Rd1
Ng4 17. Rf1 Rb7 (17... c4 18. Rab1 Ngxf2 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Bxc3 21. Bxc3
Rxa2+ 22. Kf1 Rc2 23. Bd4 cxb3 $17 {SF16}) (17... Nb4 18. h3 Nh6 19. a4 Nc2 20.
Ra2 Nd4 (20... Nb4 $11) 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 (21... cxd4 22. Ne2 Rxb3 23. Nxd4 Bxd4
24. Bxh6 $11 {Ernst-Tschoepke,Dortmund Sparkassen 2015,1-0})) 18. h3 Nge5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd4+ 21. Kh2 f6 $11 (21... f5 $17 {SF16-breaks up Wh's centre}
) 22. Rf3 Nb4 23. a4 Rab8 24. Raf1 Bxc3 (24... f5 $5 {SF16}) 25. Rxc3 Na6 26.
Rff3 Rb4 (26... f5 $11) 27. Rce3 $14 Rd4 28. Bc3 Rd1 29. e5 Nc7 30. exd6 exd6
31. Bxf6 Nxd5 32. Re6 Nxf6 33. Rxf6 Kg7 34. Re6 $14 Kf7 35. Re2 Rb1 36. f5
R1xb3 37. fxg6+ Kxg6 $11 38. Re6+ Kg7 39. Rxd6 Rxf3 40. gxf3 Rc8 $11 41. Kg3 c4
42. Rd2 c3 43. Rc2 Ra8 44. Rxc3 Rxa4 {with the pawns all on the same side it
should be drawn, but Wh keep trying} 45. Rc6 h5 46. Re6 Kf7 47. Rh6 Ra5 48. Kf2
Kg7 49. Re6 Kf7 50. Rc6 Ra4 51. Rb6 Rc4 52. Rh6 Rc5 53. f4 Kg7 54. Re6 Rc3 55.
Re3 Rc2+ 56. Kg3 Kf6 57. Re8 Rc3+ 58. Kh4 Rf3 59. Kxh5 Rxh3+ {clear drawn
position} 60. Kg4 Ra3 61. Rb8 Ra5 62. Rb6+ Kf7 63. f5 Ra1 64. Rb5 Rg1+ 65. Kf4
Rf1+ 66. Ke4 Re1+ 67. Kd5 Kf6 68. Kd6 Rd1+ 69. Rd5 Rxd5+ 70. Kxd5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Surtees, Michael"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 (3... Bc5) 4. d3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O
d6 $146 (7... d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bg5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. dxe4
$15 {0-3}) 8. h3 Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf1 Nf8 13. d4 Qe7
14. Bb2 (14. d5 $16 {Sf16, expected}) 14... g5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 (16. Nd5
cxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. c5 Bf4 19. d6 Qd8 20. g3 g4 21. Nd4 Be5 22. h4 $11) 16...
Ng6 17. g3 Be6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Nb3 h5 (19... g4 20. h4 Nxh4 (20... Nh5 21.
Rad1 Nhf4 22. Nc5 Bc8 $11 23. gxf4 Nxh4 24. Bg2 exf4 $19) 21. gxh4 Nh5 {
considerd} 22. Re3 Qxh4 23. Ne2 Nf4 24. Na5 Bc8 25. c5 $17) (19... Nh5 20. Rad1
Nhf4 $11 21. Kh2 Kh7 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ne2 Nh4 25. Ng1 Qg5 26.
Nd2 Qh5 27. Qc3 Rg8 28. Ndf3 Qg6 29. Re2 $16) 20. Nd1 Qd7 $2 {intended to get
the K to move to h2, then h4 & sac on g4} (20... g4 21. Ne3 (21. h4 Nh7 22. Bg2
(22. Ne3 Nxh4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Bg2 Ng5 25. Qe2 Bc8 26. Bc1 Ne6 27. Nf5 Qf6)
22... Nxh4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Bc1 Ng5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Re3 (26. Ne3 h4 $11))
21... h4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Nf8 $11) (20... h4 {other sac looked at} 21. g4
$16 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Be2 $18) 21. Nc5 $18 Qc8 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Ne3 h4
24. c5 hxg3 (24... Rd4 $5 {SF16, considered}) 25. fxg3 Nh5 (25... b5) 26. Nf5
Ne7 27. Bc4 Qg6 28. Rf1 Nxf5 (28... Nf4 $5 {SF16}) 29. Rxf5 Re7 30. Raf1 Rdd7
31. Bc1 Ng7 32. Rxg5 Qh7 33. Kg2 Rd4 34. Rg4 Kf8 35. Bg5 (35. Rf6 {SF16}) (35.
Rh4) 35... Red7 36. Rh4 Qg8 37. Be3 Ke8 38. Bxd4 exd4 39. e5 d3 (39... Re7 40.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 41. Qg6) 40. Bxd3 (40. Qf2) 40... Bxe5 41. Re1 f6 42. Bc4 Qf8 43.
Re2 (43. Rd1) 43... Kd8 44. Rd2 (44. Rh7) 44... Rxd2+ 45. Qxd2+ Kc7 46. Rh7 b5
47. Qh6 (47. cxb6+ Kxb6 48. h4 {SF16}) 47... f5 48. Qe6 Qf6 49. Qxf6 Bxf6 50.
Bd3 (50. Be2 Bb2 51. Bf3) 50... Kc8 51. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Hilditch-Love, Daniel"]
[Black "Burrows, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 (2... d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Be7 8. O-O O-O {Hilditch-Love vs Morgans, Newport op 2023,1-0}) 3. g3 g6 4.
Nge2 (4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 {3 draws, 2 wins -Burrows}) 4... Bg7 5.
Bg2 d6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 Nd4 {main, 38 % for Wh} 9. Nf4 (9. Qd2 {main
}) 9... O-O 10. h4 (10. Qd2 {main}) 10... Rb8 $15 11. h5 $146 (11. Qd2 {0-3}) (
11. Rb1 {0-1}) 11... b5 (11... g5 12. Nfe2 h6 $17 {SF16}) 12. Qc1 (12. h6 Bh8
13. a3 a5 14. Rb1 $11 {SF16}) 12... b4 $19 13. Nce2 e5 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nh3
Bd7 (15... gxh5 $19 {Sf16}) 16. hxg6 (16. h6) 16... fxg6 (16... hxg6 $19 {SF16}
) 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. f4 Bh6 19. Ng5 Bg4 20. Bf3 Bxf3 (20... Qc8 $19 {SF16}) 21.
Nxf3 d5 22. Kg2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qe7 (23... exf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 25. Nfxd4 Rbe8 26.
Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Ng3 Rd8 28. Qxb4 Bxf4 29. Qb3+ Kg7 $17 {SF16}) 24. Rh1 $11 Bg7
25. Rae1 h6 26. fxe5 (26. Nh4) 26... Nxe5 (26... Rxf3 27. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 28. Kg2
Nc4 29. Qd3 Ne3+ 30. Kg1 Qg5 31. Rh3 Rd8 $15 {SF16}) 27. Nexd4 Nxf3 28. Nxf3
Rbd8 29. Qe3 Qe6 $11 30. b3 (30. Qb3) 30... Rd7 31. Re2 Rdf7 32. Rf1 Kh7 (32...
Qc6 33. Qd2 a5 $11) 33. e5 $16 a5 34. Qe4 Qa6 35. e6 (35. Rd2) 35... Rf6 (35...
Re7 36. Nh4 Qa8 37. Rxf8 Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Bxf8 39. Kf3 $16 {SF16}) 36. e7 (36.
Rfe1 Re8 37. Nd4 Qd6 38. e7 $18 {SF16} Qd7 39. Ne6 Rf7 40. Nf4 Rexe7 41. Qxg6+
Kg8 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Rxe7 Qxe7 44. Ne6 $18) 36... Re8 37. Nh4 (37. Rfe1 $16)
37... Rxf1 (37... Qc6 $11) 38. Kxf1 $18 Qd6 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. Rd2 (40. Nxg6 $1
Qxg6 41. Qxd4 $18 {SF16}) 40... Rxe7 41. Rxd4 $18 Rxe4 42. Rxd6 Re2+ 43. Kf3
Rxc2 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Nxg6 Rxa2 46. Ra7 (46. Kg4 Rb2 47. Kh5 Rh2+ 48. Nh4 Rh3
49. Kg4 Rh1 50. Nf5 Rb1 51. Nxh6+ Kf8 52. Ra7 Rxb3 53. Rxa5 Rb1 54. Ra7 b3 55.
Rb7 b2 56. Kg5 Rg1 57. Rb8+ Ke7 58. Nf5+ Kd7 59. Rxb2 $18 {SF16}) 46... Ra3 47.
Ne7+ (47. Kg4 Rxb3 48. Rxa5 Kg7 49. Nf4 Rb1 50. Ra6 $18 {SF16}) 47... Kf8 48.
Nc6 {draw agreed (mutual time shortage)} (48. Nc6 Rxb3+ 49. Kg4 h5+ 50. Kh4 Rb1
51. Kxh5 b3 $11 {SF16}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ferrington, Nigel"]
[Black "Hollands, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {main} (4... Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 f6
7. Bc4 Nh6 8. d4 Nf5 9. Nxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxf5 11. Qb3 b6 12. Be6 Qc2 13. Qxc2
Bxc2 14. Bf4 $18 {Ferrington-A Hagesaether,4NCL 2007,0-1}) 5. Qe2 e6 (5... Nxe4
6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 {main, 56% for Wh}) 6. d4 Be7 7. c3 O-O
(7... Nbd7) 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Qe4 Qd5 10. Bd3 Qxe4+ 11. Bxe4 Nd7 (11... b6 12.
O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nc5 $11 {
Avazkhonov-Zainullina, Titled Tuesday int blitz 2022,0-1}) 12. Bf4 Re8 13.
O-O-O $14 h6 14. Rhe1 g5 {weakens K side} 15. Bg3 $16 (15. Bd6 $16) 15... Bg7
16. Bc2 b6 (16... Nb6 17. h4) 17. d5 (17. h4 $16 g4 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Bf4 $16 {
SF16 more positional}) 17... cxd5 18. Ba4 b5 (18... Rd8 19. Bc6 Ba6 20. Bxa8
Rxa8 21. Kc2 Rc8 $11 {Bl has a pawn & two Bs for the exchange}) 19. Bxb5 $18 a6
20. Bc6 Ra7 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Rd2 Bf6 (22... Bb7) 23. Kc2 (23. Red1 Kg7 24. Ne5
$18 {SF16}) 23... Nb6 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Bb8 Re7 26. Bd6 Ra7 27. Rd1 $18 Bc7
28. Bc5 Bb7 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. Bxb6 (30. b4) 30... Bxb6 (30... Rxb6 31. Rd7) 31.
Rd2 f6 32. b4 Kf7 33. c4 a5 34. a3 (34. c5 Rc7 35. Kb3) 34... Ke7 35. h3 Bc7
36. Kc3 (36. Nd4 axb4 37. Nc6+ Kf7 38. axb4 {SF16}) 36... h5 37. c5 g4 38. hxg4
hxg4 39. Nd4 Be5 40. Kc4 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Dooley, Max"]
[Black "Underwood, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 (3. d4) (3. Bb5+ {main lines}) 3... e5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5.
O-O (5. d3 {120 games}) 5... Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 $146 {3rd line SF16} (7. d3
Nc6 {142 games, 51% for Wh}) (7. Re1 {2-0}) 7... exd4 (7... cxd4) 8. cxd4 Nxe4
9. Qe2 (9. dxc5 d5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 $11 {SF16})
9... Nf6 (9... d5 10. dxc5 Re8 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc5 $17 {SF16}) 10. Nc3 (
10. dxc5 $11) 10... Nc6 11. d5 (11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bg4 13. Bf3 Qd7 14. Nd5
Bxf3 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Qxf3 Ng4 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qb3 N5g6 19. Bd2 Rfe8 $15 {
SF16}) 11... Nb4 $17 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Rd2 (13. a3) 13... Re8 14. a3 Bf8 (14...
Na6) 15. Qd1 Na6 $17 16. Nh4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 $19 18. Rf2 h6 (18... b5) 19. f4
Qb6 (19... c4) 20. Qd3 Re1+ 21. Bf1 Ng4 (21... c4 22. Qxc4 Ng4 $19 {SF16}) 22.
Qd2 Rae8 23. Ne2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 (24. Qxe1 Nd3 25. Qc3 c4+ 26. Qd4 Nac5 27. Nc3
Re1 $19 {SF16}) 24... Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Freeland, Alex"]
[Black "Conway-Lees, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 {Cambridge Springs
} 7. cxd5 (7. Nd2 {main}) 7... exd5 (7... Nxd5 {main}) 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 (
9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. e4 {79 % for Wh}) 10. Nxg5 h6 (10... Nf6) 11. Qh5
g6 12. Bxg6 $18 Nf6 13. Qf3 (13. Bxf7+ Ke7 $19 {0-3}) 13... fxg6 (13... Bg7 14.
Nxf7 {3-0}) 14. Qxf6 hxg5 15. Qxh8 (15. e4 Rh7 16. Rfe1 $18 {SF16, opening up
the centre against the K}) 15... Be6 16. Qf6 Kd7 17. e4 (17. Qxg6 {also}) 17...
Be7 18. Qe5 (18. Qxg6 Rg8 19. Qh7 {SF16}) 18... Bd6 19. Qg7+ Be7 20. exd5 cxd5
21. Rfe1 {2Bs vs a R&N usually have good prospects, but here the Bl K is too
exposed} Rg8 22. Qe5 Qa6 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Nxe7 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Kxe7 26. Rae1 Rc8
27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. h3 Rc2 29. R1e2 (29. Rxg6) 29... Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rd1 31. Rxg6
Rxd4 32. Rxg5 a6 33. Rg7+ Kc6 34. Re6+ Kc5 35. Rc7+ Kb5 36. Rxb7+ Ka5 37. Re3
Ra4 38. Re5# 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Fleming, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. g3 (5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Bc5 7. h3 Qe7
8. Nbd2 Be6 9. g3 O-O-O 10. Bg2 h6 11. b4 {Van Kemenade-Haigh, Dyfed Closed
2014,1/2-1/2}) 5... Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 a5 9. O-O b6 10. Nbd2 (10.
Rd1 Qe7 {0-2}) 10... Ba6 11. c4 Qe7 (11... a4 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. b3 a3 {
Khamidulin-Ignatiev, RUS cup Chigorin mem, St Petersburg 1996,0-1}) 12. Nb3 Bd6
(12... a4 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. b3 axb3 {Sorg-Posch, Vienna ch 1997,Wh resigned})
13. Rd1 (13. Bg5 $5) 13... a4 $19 14. Nbd2 Na5 (14... Qe6 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Qd3
Qg4 $19 {SF16}) 15. b3 Bc5 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Bb2 (17. Nh4 {Rudy} g6 $17) 17...
Nc6 18. Nf1 a3 19. Bc3 Bb4 20. Bxb4 (20. Be1 {Wh wondered afterwards whether
this would have been better} Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd7 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Nb4 24.
Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Nd5 Nfxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Nxe5 Rd8 28. Nc6 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Nxc6
30. Bxc6 $11 {SF16}) 20... Nxb4 21. g4 (21. Ne3 $11 {SF16}) 21... h6 (21... g6)
22. Ng3 (22. Ne3 $15) 22... g6 23. Nh2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $19
26. Bf1 Qd4 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Ne2 Qxe4 (28... Qb2) 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Nc1 Nc3 31.
Nf3 Nbxa2 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Black "He, Tom Junde"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 e5 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 (5. Nf3) (5. Nc3) 5... exf4 (5...
d6 {transposes to 34 games}) 6. gxf4 d5 $15 (6... Nh5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9.
Be3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. h3 $16 {Mamonova,Andrenko,UKR ch women,
Poltava 2010,0-1}) 7. e5 Nh5 8. Nf3 Bh6 9. Nc3 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Nxf4 11. Qd2 Nxg2+
12. Qxg2 Nc6 $17 13. O-O-O Bf5 (13... Be6) 14. Rhf1 d4 (14... Qd7) 15. Ne4 (15.
Ne2 Qd7 $15) 15... Bxe4 16. dxe4 Qd7 (16... Qe7 17. h4 O-O-O $19 {SF16}) 17.
Qg5 Qe7 18. Qg4 (18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. exf6 O-O-O $17 {Sf16}) 18... h5 (18... Nxe5
$19 {SF16}) 19. Qh3 Nxe5 $19 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qa3 a6 (21... b5 22. Rg1 (22.
Qb4 Rd8 23. Rd3 Rd6 24. Qa5 Qc5 $19) 22... c5 $19 {SF16}) 22. Qb4 O-O-O 23.
Rxf7 Rhe8 $19 24. Qc4 Qxh2 {SF16} 25. b4 Rxe4 26. Rd3 Qd6 27. Rdf3 b5 28. Qb3
Re6 (28... Re1+ 29. Kb2 Re3 30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxb4+ {SF16}) 29. Kb2 Qd5
30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Rg7 Rf5 (31... Rg5) (31... Kb7) 32. Rxg6 Rxg6 33. Rxf5 Rh6
34. Rd5 (34. Rf8+ Kb7 35. Rf3 h4 36. Rh3 Kc6 $19 {SF16}) 34... h4 35. Rxd4 h3
36. Rd1 h2 37. Rh1 Kd7 38. Kc3 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kf5 40. Ke3 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Holyhead, James"]
[Black "Pink, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 (3. d5) 3... cxd4 4. Bg2 (4. Nxd4) 4... e5 5. O-O Nc6
{39% for Wh} 6. c4 (6. c3 {hopes for some pressure against Bl's centre} dxc3 7.
Nxc3 d5 8. Bg5 d4 $17) 6... d5 (6... Be7 {1-8}) (6... Bc5 {1-5}) 7. Nbd2 (7.
cxd5 Qxd5 $17 {1-2} (7... Nxd5 8. Nxe5 {3-0})) (7. Qa4 Bd7 8. cxd5 Na5 9. Qd1
Bd6 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 $11 {SF16}) 7... Be6 (7... e4 8. Ng5 Be7 $17 {SF16})
8. Ng5 Bf5 (8... Be7 9. Nxe6 fxe6 $17 {SF16}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... Nb4 10. Nc4 h6
11. e4 dxe3 12. Nxe3 Bd3 13. Re1 (13. a3 hxg5 14. Re1 $11) 13... hxg5 14. a3
Qd7 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Bd2 $11 {SF16}) 10. Qb3 $16 Ncb4 (10... Qxg5 11. Qxb7 Rc8
12. Bxd5 Qg6 13. Nc4 Bd7 14. Bd2 $16 {SF16}) 11. Nc4 $18 h6 (11... Qc7 12. Nxe5
Qxe5 13. a3 $18 {SF16}) 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. a3 (13. e4 $1 $18 {SF16} Be6 (13...
dxe3 14. fxe3 Qc8 15. e4 $18) 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bd2 Kf6 16. Bxb4 $18 {SF16})
13... Nc6 (13... Be6 14. Qf3+ Kg8 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Nxe5 $16 {SF16}) 14. Qxb7+
$18 (14. e4 $1 $18) 14... Nce7 15. Nd6+ $2 (15. e4 $1 dxe3 16. fxe3 Kg8 17.
Rxf5 Rb8 18. Bxd5+ Qxd5 19. Qxd5+ Nxd5 20. Nxe5 $18) 15... Qxd6 16. Qxa8 Nc6 (
16... Qd7 17. Qb8 e4 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Qc4 Nc6 $17 {SF16}) 17. e4 {too late} (17.
Bd2 e4 18. Rac1 Nde7 19. b4 $16 {Sf16}) 17... Nc7 (17... Nb6 $1 18. Qb7+ Qd7
19. Qxd7+ (19. Qa6 Be6) 19... Bxd7 $19 {SF16}) 18. Qb7 Be6 (18... Nd8 19. Qxa7
Nc6 20. Qb7 Nd8 21. Qb3+ Be6 22. Qf3+ Kg8 23. Bd2 $14 {SF16}) 19. f4 (19. Bd2
Nd8 20. Qxa7 $18) 19... Kg8 (19... Qd7 $19 20. Bd2 (20. fxe5+ Kg6 21. b4 Bc5
22. bxc5 Rb8 $19) 20... Bc5 21. Rac1 Rb8 $19 {SF16}) 20. fxe5 (20. Bd2 $18 {
SF16}) 20... Nxe5 {So far a frustrating game for humans, with the Engine
telling both players alternatively they have got it all wrong ( it continues)}
(20... Qd7 21. Rxf8+ (21. b4 Kh7 22. b5 Na5 23. Qxa7 Nb3 24. Rb1 Bc5 25. b6 Rc8
26. Bf4 Qb5 $19 {SF16}) 21... Kxf8 22. Bd2 Ne8 23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 $15 {
SF16}) 21. Bf4 $11 g5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qb8 (23. Rac1 $11) 23... Kg7 $19 24.
Qxa7 {(draw?)} Bc5 25. Qa4 Ra8 $19 (25... d3+ $19) 26. Qd1 Nb5 (26... d3+ 27.
Kh1 Rd8 $19 {SF16}) 27. Qd3 Nd6 28. Rac1 Bg4 $2 (28... Bb6 29. Rc6 Rb8 $19 {
SF16}) 29. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 30. e5 Re8 31. Rf6 $2 {going for the K, but Bl has a
zwischenzug} (31. exd6 Qxd6 32. Qc4 Bh5 $11 {SF16- Bl's advanced pawn is
enough to hold before Wh's Q side gets moving}) 31... Bf5 $19 32. Rxf5 Nxf5 33.
Qxf5 Qxe5 {playing safe after all the turmoil and also with both in time
shortage} (33... d3+ $1 34. Kh1 (34. Kf1 Rf8) 34... Qc1+ 35. Bf1 Rf8 36. Qd7+
Rf7 37. Qxd3 Qxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Rxf1+ $19 {SF16}) 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. Bf1 Re3 36.
Kf2 Rb3 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Kd2 Rxb2+ 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Kc4 Rxh2 41. a4 Ke4 42. a5
Ra2 43. Kb5 d3 44. a6 Ke3 45. Bh3 h5 (45... d2 46. Bg4 Ra1) 46. Be6 Rxa6 {
simplest for humans} (46... Rb2+ 47. Kc6 d2 48. a7 d1=Q 49. a8=Q Rc2+ 50. Kb7
Qb1+ 51. Ka6 Qa1+ 52. Kb7 Rb2+ 53. Kc7 Qxa8 {SF16- Engines don't suffer under
pressure}) 47. Kxa6 d2 48. Bb3 h4 {neither a B nor a K can dance at two
weddings.} 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Martin, Lewis"]
[Black "Freeland, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 (3... Nf6 {main} 4. d4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 {
Gilfillan-Freeland, 4NCL 2015,0-1}) 4. Na3 (4. Qa4+) (4. Nf3 {main lines}) 4...
Bxa3 5. bxa3 (5. Qa4+ {3 Wh wins, 1 draw}) 5... c6 6. Qc2 (6. Bb2 Nf6 {3-2-2})
(6. Nf3 {30 games,43% for Wh}) 6... b5 7. a4 a6 8. Nf3 (8. axb5 axb5 9. Bb2 Nf6
10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nd4 (11. a4 $11) 11... Nd5 12. a4 Bd7 13. O-O Na6 $15 {
Roessner-Bifulco, Arco op 2018,0-1}) 8... Nf6 9. Ba3 (9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 $11 {
2-1-1}) 9... Bb7 (9... Nd5 $11 {2-0}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rab1 (11. Rfd1 c5 $17
12. Bb2 Be4 13. d3 cxd3 14. exd3 Bd5 {Vallespir Salor-Shen, Palma de Mallorca
op 2013,0-1}) (11. Ne1 Qb6 12. d3 c5 13. dxc4 b4 14. Bb2 (14. a5 Qxa5 15. Bxb7
Rb8 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bb2 $11 {SF16}) 14... a5 $15 {Ziemak-Caliguire, USA ch
ICCF 2019, 0-1}) (11. d3 $11 {SF16}) 11... Nb6 (11... c5 $17 {SF16}) 12. Rfd1 (
12. d3 $14 {SF16}) 12... Nxa4 (12... Qc7 $11 {SF16}) 13. Ne5 $16 Qc7 14. Nxc4
Rd8 15. Bb4 Rd4 16. d3 c5 (16... Ba8 17. Ba5 Qc8 18. e3 Rd7 19. Ne5 Rd6 20. d4
$16 {SF16}) 17. Ba5 $18 Qe7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxa4 (19. e3 Rd7 20. Qxa4 {SF16})
19... Qc8 20. Rxb5 axb5 21. Qxb5+ Qd7 (21... Nd7 22. Bc3 $18 {SF16}) 22. Qb8+
Ke7 23. Qxh8 Rxc4 24. Qd8+ (24. Rb1) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fleming, Nigel"]
[Black "Surtees, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 (1... f6 2. d4 c6 {8-1-2 Surtees ( mostly vs GMs and IMs)} 3. Nc3 Qa5
4. e4 Qh5 {Svane-M Carlsen, Katara Bullet final 2020,1-0 & Hansen-M Carlsen,
Titled Arena blitz lichess 2021,0-1}) 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 (3. g3 {main}) 3... d6 (
3... e6 {main}) 4. Nc3 (4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 {main, 70% for Wh}) 4... c6 {
main, 70% for Wh} (4... Nbd7) 5. Qd3 (5. e3) 5... Na6 (5... d5 {1-4}) (5... Qa5
6. Nd2 Na6 {Eng-Buecker, GER ch FRG ,Bad Neunahr 1984,1/2-1/2}) 6. a3 g6 7.
Bxf6 exf6 8. h4 (8. d5 $16 {SF16}) 8... d5 $11 9. O-O-O b5 (9... Bd6 $15 {SF16}
) 10. h5 g5 11. Nd2 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 $17 13. Qf3 h6 (13... Bd6 $17) 14. e4 fxe4
15. Ndxe4 Be7 (15... dxe4 16. Qxe4+ Be7 17. Bc4 Kf8 18. d5 cxd5 (18... f5 19.
Qe2 Rh7 $11) 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Qd5 Bb4 23. c3 Bc5 24.
Re1 Kg7 $11 {SF16}) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 (16... O-O $11) 17. dxc5 O-O $11 18. Bd3 f5
19. Rhe1 Qf6 20. Rd2 (20. Ne2 a5 21. c3 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 a4 23. Nd4 $14 {SF16})
20... Bd7 21. Rde2 Rae8 (21... f4) 22. Rxe8 Nxd3+ 23. cxd3 Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8
25. g4 (25. Ne2 $11 {0.00/0 SF16- though Wh might hope against Bl's bad}) 25...
Kg7 (25... Qf8 26. d4 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Kg7 $15 {SF16}) 26. Qe2 (26. gxf5) 26...
Bf7 27. f3 d4 $17 28. Nb1 fxg4 29. fxg4 Qe6 30. Kd1 (30. Qd1 Qe3+ 31. Kc2 Qe5
$17 {Sf16}) 30... Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Be6 $19 32. Kf3 Kf6 (32... Bd5+ 33. Kf2 a5 34.
Na3 Kf6 35. Nb1 Ke6 36. Nd2 Ke5 37. Kg3 a4 $19 {SF16- Bl will win the d3 or/
and the c5 pawns}) 33. Nd2 (33. b4 $11) 33... Ke5 (33... Bd5+ $19) 34. Kg3 (34.
b4) 34... a5 $19 35. Ne4 Bg8 (35... Bb3 36. Nd6 Bc2 37. Nf7+ Ke6 38. Nxh6 Bxd3
$19 {SF16}) 36. Nd6 Be6 (36... Bh7 $19 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. Nxa5 Bxd3 39. b4 Be2
$19 {SF16}) 37. Kf3 $11 a4 38. Kg3 Kd5 39. Ne4 Bc8 (39... Bf7) 40. Nf6+ (40.
Nxg5 Ba6 41. Nh3 Bxd3 42. Nf4+ Kc4 43. Nxd3 Kxd3 44. g5 Kc2 45. gxh6 d3 46. h7
d2 47. h8=Q d1=Q 48. Qc3+ Kb1 49. h6 Qg1+ 50. Kf4 Qh1 $11 {SF16}) 40... Kxc5
$19 41. Ng8 Kb4 42. Nxh6 Kb3 (42... Be6 43. Nf5 Bg8 44. Nh6 Bh7 45. Nf7 Kb3 46.
Nxg5 Bg8 47. Ne4 Kxb2 48. Nf6 a3 $19 {SF16}) 43. Nf5 Be6 $2 (43... Kxb2 44. h6
a3 45. h7 a2 46. h8=Q a1=Q 47. Qxd4+ Kb1 48. Qc5 $11 {SF16}) 44. Ne7 (44. Nxd4+
Kxb2 45. Nxe6 a3 46. h6 a2 47. h7 a1=Q 48. h8=Q+ Kb1 49. Qxa1+ Kxa1 50. Nxg5
$18 {SF16}) 44... Bc4 $5 (44... Kxb2 45. h6 $11) 45. h6 (45. dxc4 $18 Kxb2 46.
h6 a3 47. h7 a2 48. h8=Q c5 49. Qb8+ Kc2 50. Qa7 Kb1 51. Kf3 $18 {SF16}) 45...
Bxd3 $11 46. Nf5 Bxf5 47. gxf5 d3 48. h7 (48. Kf2 d2 $19) 48... d2 49. h8=Q
d1=Q 50. Qc3+ Ka2 51. f6 Qd6+ 52. Kg4 Qf4+ 53. Kh5 g4 54. Kg6 (54. Qa3+ Kb1 55.
Qd3+ Kxb2 56. Qe2+ Kb1 57. Qe1+ $11 {SF16}) 54... g3 55. f7 g2 56. Qa3+ Kb1 57.
Qd3+ Kc1 58. Qc3+ Kd1 59. Qd3+ Ke1 60. Qc3+ Kf1 61. Qd3+ Kf2 62. Qc2+ Kg3 63.
Qc3+ Kg4 64. Qe1 (64. Qc5 Kh4 65. Qh5+ Kg3 66. Qc5 $11 {SF16}) 64... Kh3 (64...
c5 $19 {SF16} 65. Qd1+ Kg3 66. Qg1 Qd6+ 67. Kh7 Kf3 68. b4 c4 69. b5 a3 70. Qc1
Qh2+ 71. Qh6 g1=Q 72. f8=Q+ Ke2 73. Qe7+ Kd1 74. Qed6+ Qxd6 75. Qxd6+ Kc2 76.
Qxa3 Qh1+ 77. Kg6 Qe4+ 78. Kh6 Qe6+ 79. Kg5 Qe5+ 80. Kh4 Qxb5 $19 {SF16-
endgame tablebases agree [not as simple as some of the earlier variations of
missed wins]}) 65. Qg1 Qg4+ 66. Kh7 Qh5+ 67. Kg7 Qg5+ 68. Kf8 Qd8+ 69. Kg7 Qg5+
70. Kh7 Qf4 71. Kg8 Qg5+ 72. Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pink, Joshua"]
[Black "Ferrington, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {new to both players, according to databases, yet
both follow complex theory} Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 {a promising piece
sacrifice} (5... Ne7 {main}) 6. dxc6 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Bb6 (7... bxc6 {is an older
move} 8. Qa4 {61% for Wh}) 8. Qd5 (8. Be3 bxc6 (8... Bxe3 {are good for Bl}))
8... Nf2 9. cxb7 (9. Rg1 {is the only move to keep Wh in the game,
Lokanderv2015 & Ntirlis 2016} O-O $1 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Qf6 12. Qd5 {
41 % for Wh} (12. Na3 {39% for Wh})) 9... Bxb7 10. Qxb7 O-O (10... Nxh1 $15 {
Cloud Engines, 17 games, 29% for Wh}) 11. Bg5 (11. Rg1 {transposes back to 34
games}) (11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Kxf2 e4 13. Nd4 f5 $15 {SF16 , not yet played})
11... f6 12. Qd5+ (12. Be3 Nxh1 13. Qd5+ (13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qd5+) 13... Kh8 14.
Bxb6 axb6 {1-2}) 12... Kh8 13. Be3 c6 (13... Nxh1 $17 {trasposes to the above
note}) (13... Bxe3 14. Kxe3 Nxh1 15. Nbd2 $11 {Pichler-Schaefer,
Sachsen-Anhalt Verbandsliga 2019,1-0}) 14. Qb3 (14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Qd6 Nxh1 $17
{SF16}) (14. Qd2 Nxh1 $17 {SF16}) 14... Bxe3 15. Kxe3 Nxh1 $19 16. c4 d5 (16...
e4) 17. Nbd2 e4 18. Bd3 (18. Nd4 f5 $19 {SF16}) 18... exf3 (18... exd3) 19.
Rxh1 fxg2 20. Rg1 Rb8 21. Qc2 Qb6+ 22. c5 Rfe8+ (22... Qxb2) 23. Kf3 Qxb2 24.
Rxg2 Qe5 25. Nf1 Rb4 26. Re2 Qf4+ 27. Kg2 Rxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Qe5 29. Ng3 Rb2 30.
Bc2 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Underwood, Jon"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 (3. d4 Nf6 {3-3 Jukes}) 3... e5 4. a3 (4. Nf3 Nc6 5.
Be2 Bc5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Na4 d6 8. Nxc5 bxc5 $17 {Sipho-Jukes, West Wales op
2022,0-1}) (4. d3 Nc6 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. Na4 Nge7 7. Nxc5 bxc5 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nd4
$11 {C.Morris-Jukes, WLS ch 2023,0-1}) 4... a5 (4... Nc6) (4... g6 5. g3 Bg7 6.
Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. d3 Nd4 {Underwood-Dizdarevic,Hvar op, oct 2023,1/2-1/2}
) 5. Nf3 (5. f4 exf4 6. Nf3 g5 7. d4 g4 8. Bxf4 gxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O $16
{Narayanan-Daulyte Cornette, PRO league Chess.com rapid 2023,1-0}) (5. d3 Bc5
6. Nge2 Nc6 7. f4 d6 8. Na4 Nge7 9. f5 g6 10. Ng3 {Tari-Duijn, EU cup Durres,
2023,1-0}) 5... Nc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 g6 (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qf6 9. Qd3 Bc5 10.
f3 Ne7 $14 {SF16}) 8. Be2 (8. Ndb5 $18 Nf6 (8... Nge7 9. Bf4 d6 10. Bxd6 cxd6
11. Nxd6+ $18) 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Bh3 $18 {SF16}) 8... Bg7 9. Ndb5 Nge7 (9... Na7) 10. Nd5 (10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4
O-O 12. Qd2 $18 {SF16}) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Na7 12. Qc2 (12. Nc3 $16 {Sf16})
12... Nxb5 13. Bxb5 O-O 14. O-O $11 c6 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. Be3 c5 18.
f3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rad1 Raa8 21. Rd3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd8 24.
b3 {[draw?]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "He, Tom Junde"]
[Black "Mason, Donald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 (4. exd5) (4. Ngf3 {main lines}) 4... Bxc5
5. Nb3 Bb6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bd3 (7. Nf3 {main, scores better}) 7... Nf6 8. Qe2+
(8. Nf3) 8... Be6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O {1-1-3} 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O g5 (12...
Re8 13. c3 Bg4 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 {Damm-Jorgensen, Copenhagen AS04
Centenary 2004,0-1}) (12... Bg4 13. Rfe1 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Qd1 Ne4 16. c4 Nxg3
17. hxg3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qf6 {Scholz-Schwarte, rangliste 2100-2600, freechess
2014,0-1}) 13. Bg3 (13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kg7 $17) 13... Re8 14. c3 Ne4 (14...
Bg4 $1 15. Qd1 Ne4 $19 {SF16}) 15. Rad1 (15. Nfd4 Qf6 16. Rad1 Rad8 $15 {SF16})
15... Qf6 (15... Bf5 $17) 16. Nbd4 (16. Nfd4) 16... Bg4 $19 17. Qc2 Bxd4 18.
Nxd4 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Re7 22. Kh2 Kg7 23. Qc5 Rd8 24.
Rf1 b6 25. Qb4 a5 26. Qc3 h5 27. Qd2 h4 28. g4 Qf4+ 29. Qxf4 gxf4 30. Rc1 Rde8
31. Rc6 Re1 32. g5 Rd1 33. Bf5 Rxd4 34. Kh3 (34. Rxb6 Rd2) 34... Re5 35. Bg4
Rxg5 36. Rxb6 Rb4 37. Ra6 Rxb2 38. Kxh4 Rg6 39. Rxa5 Rxf2 40. Bf3 Rf1 41. g4 (
41. Bg4 Rh1+ 42. Bh3 Rxg2 43. Rxd5 Rg3) 41... Rxf3 42. Rxd5 Rf1 43. Kh3 Rg1 44.
a4 Rh6+ (44... Rg3+ 45. Kh2 R6xg4 46. Rh5 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 f3 48. a5 Rg1+ 49. Kh2
R4g2+ 50. Kh3 Rh1# {SF16}) 45. Rh5 Rxh5+ 46. gxh5 f3 47. h6+ Kxh6 48. a5 f2 49.
Kh4 f1=Q 50. a6 f5 51. a7 Rg4# 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Potter, John M"]
[Black "Hilditch-Love, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 (4. f4) (4. Nf3 {main lines}) (4. g3 Qa5 5.
Bg2 e5 6. Nge2 b5 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Be3 b4 10. Nb1 c5 11. c3 {Van
Kemenade-Hilditch-Love, Shropshire League 2023,1-0}) 4... Nbd7 5. f3 Qa5 6. Qd2
e5 7. Nge2 Be7 {2-1-4} 8. h4 b5 (8... O-O {0.5-1.5}) 9. Ng3 (9. Nc1 b4 10. N3e2
d5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4 Nc4 15. Qe2 O-O $15 {
Kislov-Genovese, Catania op 1991,1-0} (15... Bb7 $19 {SF16})) 9... h6 (9...
exd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 $11 {SF16}) 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 b4 12. Nd1 (12. Nf5 Ne5 (
12... bxc3 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. Nf5 $16) 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. Ne2 $16 {
SF16}) 12... Ne5 13. Ne3 h5 (13... O-O 14. c3 $14) 14. b3 (14. Ngf5 Bxf5 15.
Nxf5 Kf8 16. O-O-O Qxa2 17. Qxb4 $18 (17. b3 $18 {SF16})) 14... Rb8 15. a4 (15.
Nef5 $18) 15... Qc7 16. O-O-O $18 g6 17. f4 (17. Bb2) 17... Ned7 (17... Neg4
18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. Re1 O-O 20. f5 $18 {SF16}) 18. Nc4 (18. Bc4 Bb7 (18... O-O
19. f5 $18) 19. Rhe1 Rd8 20. Bb2 a5 21. Qf2 O-O 22. Nef5 $18 {SF16}) (18. Bb2
O-O 19. e5 {Kmoch's sealer, sweeper idea} dxe5 20. f5 $18) 18... O-O 19. e5 (
19. f5 $18 {SF16}) 19... dxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. Be2 Nc5 (21... Ndxe5 22. Nxe5
Nxe5 23. Qe3 Bf6 24. Bxh5 Bg7 25. Bxa7 Bg4 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Bxg4 Nxg4 28. Qf3
Qe5 29. Qxg4 Bh6+ 30. Kb1 Bg7 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33. Ne2 Bg7 34. h5 $16
{SF16}) 22. Rdf1 (22. Nxh5 Nxb3+ 23. cxb3 gxh5 24. Rhf1 $18 {SF16}) (22. Bxc5
Bxc5 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Ne4 Bxd1 25. Qh6 f5 26. Nxc5 Bg4 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Qxc6
$18 {SF16}) 22... Rd8 23. Bxg4 (23. Qf4 $18) 23... Bxg4 24. Qf2 (24. Qf4 Be6
25. Nd6 $18 {SF16}) 24... Be6 25. Nd6 (25. Bxc5 Bxc4 26. Bd6 Rxd6 27. bxc4 Rd7
28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf4 Bf8 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Ne4 Bg7 32. Ng5+ Kh6 33. Qf4 Qa5 34.
Ne4+ Kh7 35. e6 Rdd8 36. Ng5+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kh7 38. Nxd8 Rxd8 39. e7 Re8 40. Qf7
b3 41. Rf6 Rxe7 42. Qxe7 Qc3 43. Rf2 Qa1+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Qxc4+ 46. Ke3
Qd4+ {perpetual- one of those complex Engine variations}) 25... Nb7 (25...
Nxb3+ 26. cxb3 c5 27. Be3 Bxd6 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Bf4 Qd3 30. Qc2 Rbc8 31. Qxd3
Rxd3 32. Rf3 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Bxb3 34. a5 Bd5 35. Rd1 Bxg2 36. Nxh5 gxh5 37. Rg1
$16 {Sf16}) 26. Bxa7 (26. Nxh5 $1 $18 {SF16} gxh5 (26... Nxd6 27. exd6 Rxd6 28.
Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Bf5 30. Bb2 Rf8 31. h5 $18) 27. Qg3+ Kf8 28. Nxf7 Ke8 (28...
Bxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. e6+ Kxe6 31. Qxc7) 29. Bxa7 $18) 26... Nxd6 27. Bxb8
Qxb8 28. exd6 Qxd6 (28... Bxd6 29. Ne4 $18) 29. Qf4 $16 Qd5 30. Rd1 Qc5 (30...
Qxg2 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Qb8 Kh7 33. Qxd8 Qxg3 34. Qd4 $18 {Bl has lost the B
pair which gave compensation vs R & N}) 31. Rxd8+ (31. Ne4 Qf5 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8
33. Qxf5 Bxf5 34. Nd6 Be6 35. Nb7 Bc7 36. Re1 Bd5 37. Re2 f5 38. a5 $18 {
SF16- the a pawn wins}) 31... Bxd8 32. Qb8 $2 {missing the reply} (32. Rd1 Bd5
33. Ne4 Qe7 34. Qg5 Kg7 35. Qxe7 Bxe7 36. Rd4 Bd8 37. Kd1 Ba5 38. Ke2 Kf8 39.
Nc5 Bxg2 40. Nb7 Bb6 41. Rxb4 Bc7 42. Kf2 Bh1 43. Nc5 Bd6 44. Rc4 $18 {
SF16-Engines can calculate dispassionately in a way humans are not always
capable of , especially in time shortage}) 32... Qd4 $11 33. Kb1 (33. Ne2 Qa1+
34. Kd2 Qxh1 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Qg5 Bg4 $11 {Sf16}) 33... Kg7 34. Ne2 (34. Ne4
Bxb3 35. Nd6 Bxh4 36. Ne8+ Kh7 37. cxb3 Qe4+ 38. Ka1 Qd4+ 39. Kb1 Qd3+ $14 {
SF16}) 34... Qd2 $17 {Wh offered a draw} (34... Qd2 35. Ng3 Bf6 36. Rf1 Bd4 37.
Ne4 Qxg2 38. Qf4 (38. Ng3 Bxb3 $19) 38... Bf5 39. Nd2 c5 40. Kc1 Bf6 41. Kd1 c4
$19 {SF16}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Burrows, Martin"]
[Black "Wastney, Dylan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {Burrows, 27 games,
72 %} (6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 {Rida-Wastney, Daventry 4NCL op 20223,1-0})
6... e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 (8. f4 b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 (11. Bxe6
$1) 11... Qb6 12. Ne4 (12. Nf5 exf5 13. Nd5 $11 {SF16}) 12... Nc6 13. Be3 Ncxe5
(13... O-O $17) 14. Nf5 $16 {Burrows-Forsaa, e2e4 op Sunningdale 2014,0-1})
8... b5 9. f3 (9. a3 {many games by Kramnik}) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. g4 Bb7 (
11... Nc6 {main, 55% for Wh}) 12. g5 (12. O-O-O {5-3}) 12... Nh5 (12... Nfd7
13. O-O-O $14 {2-1}) 13. O-O-O $16 Nd7 (13... Nc6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8
16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bg4 $16 {Sf16}) 14. Nce2 Rfd8 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $18 Nf8 17.
Qh2 (17. Rxh7 $1 $18 {SF16} Nxh7 18. Rh1 (18. Qh2 Bxg5 $11) 18... d5 19. Qh2
Kf8 20. Qxh7 Ke8 21. Qxg7 Qxg3 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Qxf7 Qd6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. exd5
Rf8 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. dxe6+ Kd6 28. Rd1 $18 {Sf16}) 17... d5 18. g6 fxg6 (
18... Bc5 19. Bg5 Bxd4 20. gxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rxd4 Rdc8 22. e5 Qxf3 23. Rf4 $18 {
Sf16}) 19. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rac8 (22... Bf6
23. Bf4 $18) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qxg6+ Bf6 26. Re1 Kd7 27. Qf5+
Kc6 28. Qc5+ (28. Qe4+ Rd5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Qxc4+ Kd6 32. Bf4 $18 {
SF16}) 28... Kd7 29. Rd1+ Kc8 30. Qxc7+ Kxc7 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. c3 $18 {Wh has
an extra pawn on both sides} Kd7 33. Bd4 Bg5+ 34. f4 (34. Kc2) 34... Bh6 35.
Kd2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. g4 g6 38. g5 (38. b3 {SF16- zugzwang}) 38... Bf8 39. f5
gxf5 40. g6 Bh6+ 41. Kf3 (41. Kd3 Ke6 42. b3 {also}) 41... Ke6 42. b3 a5 43. a4
(43. c4) 43... bxa4 44. bxa4 Bd2 45. c4 Bb4 46. Ke3 (46. g7 Kf7 47. Kf4) 46...
Bd6 47. Bc3 Bc7 48. Kd4 (48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Kd4) 48... Be5+ (48... Kf6 49. Kd5+
Kxg6 50. Kc6 Bb8 51. Bxa5 Ba7 52. c5 $18 {SF16}) 49. Kd3 Bc7 50. c5 Bd8 51. Kc4
Bc7 52. c6 Bb6 53. Kb5 (53. g7 Kf7 54. Be5 {Sf16}) 53... Bc7 54. Bxa5 Be5 55.
Kc4 Kd6 56. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Hood, Simon W"]
[Black "Whitmore, Darren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 a6 (5... Nge7 {main, elite GMs})
6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe1 Qb6 (9... O-O {85 games}) 10. Kh1 (
10. Na4 Qb4 11. b3 Qxe1 12. Rxe1 $18 {SF16- as Bl has an awful pawn structure
and a bad QB-similar to Rossolimo lines}) 10... O-O 11. b3 $16 {SF16} (11. e5 {
3-0}) (11. Qg3 $14 {0-2}) 11... c4 {Bl's best try, before Wh gets to play c4
and fixes the pawn on c5} 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. dxc4 a5 15. Ne5 (15. e5
Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. g4 $16 {SF16}) 15... Ba6 $11 16. Rf3 Rab8 (16... Nd7 17.
Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. c5 Rfd8 $11 {Sf16}) 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18.
Na4 (18. Rd3 Rb7 19. Qd1 $14 {SF16}) 18... Rb1 $15 19. Rb3 (19. Nc3 Ra1 20. Rd3
h5 $15) 19... Ra1 $17 20. Rb6 Bxc4 (20... Ba3 21. Rxa6 h6 $19 {SF16}) 21. Rxc6
(21. Nxc4 Qxf4 22. Nd2 Ng4 23. g3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qe3 25. Rb8+ Bf8 26. Nc3 Qf2
27. Nf1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ $11 {SF16}) 21... Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Ba3 23. Bd2 $2 (23.
Ne5 Ba6 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Nxe4 26. Bxa5 $11) (23. Nxa5 Bxa2 24. Bd2 Rxe1+
25. Bxe1 Nxe4 $11) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bb5 $19 {a retreat overlooked by Wh}
25. e5 Bxc6 26. exf6 Bxa4 27. Bxa5 Bxc2 28. fxg7 Kxg7 29. Bb6 Bb1 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Tarr, Stephen"]
[Black "Sullivan, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 (2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 {N Arkell-Sullivan, Buxton e2e4 op, 2013,1/2-1/2}) 2... d5 3. e3 e6
4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 {main} (6... b6 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3 Bb7 9. Bh4 Be7
10. Nd2 Ne4 11. Bg3 f6 12. Nef3 Nd7 13. Qc2 f5 {Tarr-Ellames, Blackpool op
2019, 0-1}) 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne5 (8. Nbd2) (8. O-O {main lines}) 8... Ne7 (8... Qc7
9. f4 {main, 42 % for Wh}) 9. h4 $146 (9. f4 {2-1-2}) (9. Nd2 {transposes to
55 games, 42 % for Wh}) 9... Nf5 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Ne4 11. Bh2 f6 12. Nf3
Qa5+ 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxh2 15. Rxh2 e5 $15 {SF16}) 10. Bf4 Qc7 (10... Ne4
11. g4 Nxh4 12. g5 Ng2+ 13. Kf1 Nxf4 14. exf4 g6 15. Rh6 f5 16. Nxg6 Bxf4 17.
Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxh7 Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ {repetition, SF16})
11. g4 (11. Nd2 Ne8) 11... Ne7 12. Nd2 Ne8 (12... Nd7 $11 {SF16}) 13. Qc2 $16 (
13. g5 Bd7 14. Qb1 f5 15. h5 b5 16. Ndf3 c4 17. Bc2 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4+ 19. Kf1
$16 {SF16}) 13... g6 (13... h6 14. g5 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. exd4 h5 $11) 15...
Qxc2 16. Bxc2 h5 17. Ke2 $16 {SF16}) 14. Bh6 Ng7 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. exd4
f6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. f4 (17. Nef3 e5 $14) 17... fxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5
Qxe5+ 20. Be2 Qg3+ 21. Kd1 $16) 15... Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Ng7 17. Bf4 $16 {SF16}) 15.
f4 $18 f6 16. h5 $1 c4 17. hxg6 (17. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 (17... fxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
fxe5 $18) 18. hxg6 fxe5 19. Bxg7 Nxg6 (19... Kxg7 20. Rh7+ Kg8 21. Nf3 $18) 20.
Bxf8 Nxf8 21. fxe5 Bxe5 (21... Be7 22. g5 Bd8 23. O-O-O $18) 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23.
O-O-O $18 {SF16}) (17. Ndxc4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Rf7 19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6 Bd7 23. g5 $18 {SF16}) 17... cxd3 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Qxd3 (
19. Nxd3 Bd7 20. O-O-O $18 {Sf16}) 19... fxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 (
21... Bd7 22. O-O-O a6 23. Qf1 {typical engine idea} (23. Ne4 Bb5 24. Ng5 Bxd3
25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nxe6+ Kh8 27. Nxc7 Be4 28. Nxa8 Bxh1 29. Rxh1 Rxa8 $11 {
SF16-quite odd as well}) (23. e4 Bb5 24. Qe3 $11 {looks much more human}) 23...
Rxf1 24. Rdxf1 Ng6 25. Rf7 Ne8 26. Nf3 Rc8 27. Ng5 Bb5 28. Rf3 Be2 29. Nf7+
Kxh7 30. Bf8+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ {perpetual -SF16}) 22. O-O-O $16 Bd7 23. Bf4 Qf6 (
23... Rxf4 24. exf4 Qf6 25. Rdf1 $16 {SF16}) 24. Rh6 $18 Qf7 25. Be5 (25. Nf3
Ba4 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Bg5 Bxd1 28. Bxe7 Bxg4 29. Bxf8 Bf5 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.
h8=Q+ Qxh8 32. Rxh8 Rxh8 33. Qd4 $18 {SF16}) (25. Rf1 a6 26. c4 Rac8 27. Be5
$18 {SF16}) 25... Nc6 26. Bd6 Ne7 (26... Ne8 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. g5 Qe7 29. Nf3
Ng7 30. Rf6 Be8 31. Nh4 $18 {SF16- best try for Bl}) 27. Rf1 Qe8 28. Nf3 $2 {
a natural move, but it seems to give up Wh's advantage} (28. Be5 Rf7 29. Rxf7
Qxf7 30. Rf6 Qe8 31. Nf3 $18) 28... Bb5 29. Qd4 (29. Qd1 Bxf1 30. Ne5 Bg2 31.
Bxe7 Be4 32. Bxf8 Qxf8 33. Qh1 $1 (33. Qe1 {more human}) 33... Nh5 34. Rxh5 Qf2
35. Qd1 Qxe3+ 36. Qd2 Qg1+ {repetition, SF16} (36... Qxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Bxh7 38.
Rh6 Re8 39. g5 Kg7 40. Ke3 $18 {SF16- despite all the wide open space, Bl's B
remains bad})) 29... Nc6 (29... Bxf1 $19) 30. Qc5 (30. Qd2 Bxf1 31. Nh4 Bd3 32.
Qxd3 Rd8 33. Bg3 $11 (33. Qg6 Rf7 34. Qd3 Rf8 $11 {both SF16})) (30. Qd1 Bxf1
31. Nh4 Qf7 32. Ng6+ Qxg6 33. Rxg6 Bc4 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. b3 Rf1 36. bxc4 Rxd1+
37. Kxd1 Ne5 38. Rf6 Nxc4 39. Rf7 Na5 40. Ke2 Kxh7 41. Rf8 $11 {SF16}) 30...
Bxf1 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Qxf8+ Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Burns, Martin"]
[Black "Gunarathne, Senith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 (6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. O-O {Burns, 1.5-0.5}) 6... e6 7. f4 {main} (7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9.
O-O-O Qa5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Qe3 O-O-O {
Ajimal-Gunarathne, 4NCL nov 2023,0-1}) 7... Be7 (7... Qb6 {main, very complex
theory}) 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bg2 {
32 games, 30% for Wh} (13. f5 {6428 games,62% for Wh}) 13... Bb7 (13... Rb8 {
scores a little better}) 14. Rd2 $146 (14. a3 {50 games, 58% for Wh}) 14... Nc5
(14... b4 15. Nd1 a5 $15 {SF16}) (14... Nb6 15. a3 Nc4 16. Rd3 Qb6 $15 {SF16})
15. Qe3 O-O-O (15... b4 16. Nd1 h6 $15 {Sf16}) 16. Kb1 $11 (16. a3 $14) 16...
e5 (16... b4) 17. Nf5 $16 exf4 18. Nxe7+ (18. Qxf4 Ne6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qf2
Kb8 21. Rhd1 $16 {Sf16}) 18... Qxe7 19. Qxf4 Ne6 (19... Qe5 $14) 20. Bh3 (20.
Qf2) 20... Kb8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rhd1 Rhf8 23. Qg3 (23. Qe3) 23... b4 24. Ne2
Bxe4 (24... e5 25. Qb3 a5 26. a3 Bxe4 27. axb4 Qb7 28. b5 d5 29. Re1 d4 30. Nc1
Bg6 31. Rxe5 $16 {SF16}) 25. Rxd6 (25. Rd4 Bb7 26. Rxb4 $14 {SF16}) 25... Rxd6
26. Rxd6 e5 27. Rd1 Qc5 $17 28. Qb3 (28. Rd2 Rf2 29. a3 bxa3 30. Qb3+ Kc7 31.
bxa3 Qb5 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Kc1 Rxh2 $19 {SF16}) 28... Rc8 (28... Rf2 $19 29.
Qg8+ Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Kxc8 31. Re1 Rxh2 $19 {SF16}) 29. Rc1 a5 30. Ng3 Bg6 31. h4
Qf2 $19 32. h5 Bxc2+ 33. Rxc2 Qe1+ 34. Rc1 Rxc1# 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Berkley, Stephen"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 (5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2
e5 8. d5 a5 9. f3 Nc5 10. h4 Qe8 11. g4 {Dicen-Vaidayanathan, Witney op 2023,
1-0}) 5... O-O 6. Ng3 h5 (6... e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2 Na6 {main}) 7. Be2 c5 (7...
a5 8. f3 a4 9. O-O c5 10. d5 a3 11. Nh1 h4 12. Nf2 Nh5 13. Qc2 e6 {
Berkley-Bazakutza, Cambridge Int 2023,0-1}) (7... h4 8. Nf1 e5 9. d5 Nh7 10. f3
f5 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Nd2 Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. O-O-O {Berkley-Soulier,
Cambridge int 2023,1/2-1/2}) 8. d5 a6 (8... h4) (8... b5) 9. a4 Nbd7 (9... e6 {
3-1-5}) 10. a5 $146 (10. Bg5 {2-2-2}) (10. f4 $16 {SF16}) 10... b6 11. axb6
Nxb6 12. O-O h4 13. Nh1 Nfd7 (13... a5 14. Qc2 e6 $14 {SF16}) 14. Na4 (14. f4
$16 {SF16}) 14... Nxa4 15. Rxa4 Rb8 $15 16. Qc2 h3 (16... Bd4 $17 {SF16}) 17.
g4 Bd4 18. Ra3 Ne5 19. Rxh3 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Rg3 (21. Ng3 $14 {SF16})
21... Qd7 22. h3 Ne5 (22... Nf6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. f4 Rh8 $15 {SF16}) 23. b3 Qb7
24. Kh2 Nd7 25. f4 Nf6 26. Rgf3 Kg7 27. Ng3 Nd7 28. Qg2 $18 (28. e5 dxe5 29. f5
$18 {SF16}) (28. Bb2 Rh8 (28... Bxb2 29. Qxb2+ f6 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. e5 $18) 29.
Rg1 Kf8 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Ne2 $18 {SF16}) 28... e6 29. Bb2 $18 (29. Nh5+ Kg8
30. f5 $18) (29. f5 Kh8 30. Qd2 Bg7 31. f6 $18) 29... Bxb2 30. Qxb2+ e5 31. f5
Nf6 32. Qg2 Nh7 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Nf5+ (34. Nh5+ {also}) 34... Kh8 (34... Rxf5
$5) 35. Nxd6 (35. Nh4 $1 {SF16}) 35... Qg7 36. Rf7 (36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Rg3 {SF16}
) 36... Rxf7 37. Rxf7 (37. Nxf7+ Kg8 38. d6 {SF16}) 37... Qh6 38. Rf6 (38. Rf1
Qh5 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Rf5 g5 41. Nxg5 $18 {SF16}) 38... Ng5 39. Nf7+ (39. Qg3
Qh5 40. h4 Nh7 41. Rxg6 $18 {SF16}) (39. Qg4 Rf8 40. Nf5 (40. Rxf8+ Qxf8 41.
Qxg5 Qxd6 42. h4 $18) 40... Nf3+ 41. Kg3 Qf4+ 42. Qxf4 exf4+ 43. Kxf3 Rxf6 44.
d6 Rf7 45. e5 Rxf5 46. d7 Rf8 47. e6 $18 {SF16}) 39... Nxf7 40. Rxf7 Rxb3 $11
41. Rf3 Rb1 42. Qf2 Kg8 43. Rf7 Rd1 44. Rf3 $2 (44. Rf6 Kg7 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46.
Rf6 $11) 44... Rd2 $19 45. Rf8+ Qxf8 46. Qxd2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Bolt, Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 (1... c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 b5 6. Ba2 b4 7. Nce2 Be7
8. Nf3 Nf6 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe1 {Van Kemenade-Bolt,
Wrekin Premier 2004,1-0}) 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bc4 (3. d4) 3... e6 (3... d6) 4. Nc3
Ne7 5. d3 d5 6. Bb3 (6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb3 {2-2=3}) 6... d4 (6... O-O 7. Bg5 d4
8. Ne2 c5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. Bh6 {Steinberg-Wiesemann, Dortmund Sparkassen 2012,1/
2-1/2}) 7. Ne2 c5 (7... e5 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Ng3 a5 11. h3 {
Tarnowski-Sieczkowski, POL sf U11, Besia 2007,1-0}) 8. O-O O-O (8... Nbc6 9. a3
O-O 10. Ne1 Kh8 11. f4 {Chandler-Hehn, Vellmar op 2017,1=0}) 9. h3 Nbc6 10. a3
h6 11. g4 Kh7 (11... Kh8) 12. Ng3 f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Kh2 Nh4
16. Ng1 Ne7 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Qe4 Nef5 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22.
Qg2 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Qg4 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28.
Rg1 Re7 29. Qd5 Qd6+ 30. Qxd6 Nxd6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Bd5 b6 34. f3
Nf5 35. Be4 Ne3+ 36. Kf2 g5 37. c3 Nf5 38. cxd4 Nxd4 39. h4 Nf5 40. hxg5+ hxg5
41. Rc1 (41. Rh1 $11 {Rudy}) (41. Bxf5 $11 {Tim Kett}) 41... Ke5 42. b4 cxb4
43. axb4 Rf7 44. Rc8 g4 45. Re8+ Kd6 46. f4 (46. Rd8+ Ke7 47. Ra8 g3+ 48. Kg2
Ke6 49. Re8+ $11) 46... Ng7 47. Rg8 (47. Rc8 Rxf4+ 48. Ke3 Rf1 49. Rc6+ Ke7 50.
Rg6 Nf5+ 51. Bxf5 Rxf5 52. Rxg4 $11) 47... Rxf4+ 48. Kg3 (48. Ke3 Rf7 49. d4
Ke6 50. Bd3 Kd6 51. Be4 $11) 48... Rf7 (48... Nh5+ 49. Kg2 Nf6 $19) 49. Kxg4
$11 Ne6 50. Rg6 (50. Kg3 $11) 50... Ke5 51. Bc6 Rf4+ 52. Kg3 Rxb4 $19 53. Be8
Nd4 54. Rg5+ Kd6 55. Bf7 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Hollands, David"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 (1... c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O
O-O {Hollands-Higgie, Shropshire League 2023,1/2-1/2}) 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4.
d4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 (8. d5 {main} Ne5 (8... Na5 {
alternative}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 (10. e4 f4 {main}) 10... Kh8 11. Qa4 (11. Qb3
) 11... a6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Qh4 Rf7 14. Rad1 Qf8 15. d6 cxd6 16. cxd6 exd6 17.
Qb4 h6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd5 Re6 20. Nb6 Rf6 21. Nd5 Re6 22. Nb6 Rf6 23. Nd5
Qd8 24. Rd2 Bf8 25. Rc1 Bd7 {Omearat-Kett, Turin ol 2006,1/2-1/2}) 8... e5 {
32% for Wh-Bl has a good Kings Indian} 9. e3 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. e4
{main, 37 % for Wh}) 9... e4 {1 draw, 5 Bl wins} 10. Nd2 Nb4 {0-3} 11. Bf1 $146
{SF16} c5 $17 12. d5 Ng4 (12... g5) 13. a3 Na6 14. Be2 h5 15. Bxg4 hxg4 $19 16.
Rb1 Nb8 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb8 $19 {SF16}) 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. b4 Ne5 (18... b6)
19. Bb2 (19. bxc5 Nd3 20. Rd1 dxc5 21. Bb2 b6 $17 {SF16}) 19... cxb4 (19... b6
$19) 20. axb4 Nd3 21. Red1 Nxb4 22. Qb3 Nd3 23. Na4 b6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qa3
Bd7 26. Nc3 Qe7 (26... Qf6 $19) 27. Ne2 Rh8 $19 28. Nf4 Ne5 29. Kg2 g5 30. Ne2
Kg6 31. Rh1 Nf3 32. Nf1 Rac8 33. Rc1 Rc5 34. Qxa7 Qh7 35. Ng1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Dooley, Max"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 {4-2 Baer}) 3... d6 4. Be3 (4. Nc3 {main})
4... Nf6 5. Nbd2 Ng4 6. Bc4 (6. Bf4 {2-1-5}) 6... Nxe3 7. fxe3 e6 (7... e5 $15
{SF16}) 8. Qe2 (8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 Bd7 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Bh6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Qc2
O-O $11 {Haugwitz-Bangert, Hamburg St Pauli op 2011,0-1}) 8... a6 9. O-O h6 10.
Qf2 Qe7 11. a4 Nd7 12. b4 (12. a5 O-O $11 {SF16}) 12... b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Bd3
g5 15. c4 (15. a5 $11) 15... g4 16. Ne1 (16. Nh4 O-O 17. e5 dxe5 18. d5 Qxb4
19. Ne4 Rad8 20. Qg3 Qe7 $11 {SF16}) 16... h5 $17 (16... a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18.
Bc2 h5 $17 {SF16}) 17. g3 $6 {best not to move pawns on the side where one is
under attack} (17. a5 $15) 17... h4 $17 18. Ng2 hxg3 19. Qxg3 (19. hxg3 Rh3 20.
Qf4 Ne5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxg4 Rxg3 23. Qh5 Rg5 24. Qh3 O-O-O $17 {SF16}) 19...
O-O-O 20. a5 bxa5 (20... c5 $19 {SF16}) 21. bxa5 (21. c5 $5) 21... Nf6 (21...
c5 $19 {Sf16}) 22. Rb1 Rh3 23. Qf2 Rdh8 $19 24. Nf4 g3 (24... Rxh2 25. Qxh2
Rxh2 26. Kxh2 e5 $19 {SF16}) 25. Qe1 Rxh2 26. d5 Ng4 (26... Nh5 $19) (26... g2
27. Nxg2 Ng4 $19 {both SF16}) 27. Nf3 Rh1+ (27... Be5 $19 {SF16} 28. Nxh2 (28.
Qxg3 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 Nxe3+) 28... Qh4) 28. Kg2 Rxf1 29. Bxf1 exd5 30. cxd5 Qxe4
31. Bd3 Nxe3+ 32. Kxg3 Qxf4+ 33. Kxf4 Ng2+ 34. Kg4 Nxe1 35. Rxe1 Bxd5 36. Bxa6+
Kd7 37. Rc1 Ra8 (37... Rg8) 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Conway-Lees, Joe"]
[Black "Zabrocki, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 (3... dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 {main}) 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5
Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {36% for Wh} (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4
{23% for Wh}) 8... h6 (8... Nc6 {main 32% for Wh}) 9. c3 {3-4-2} (9. Nbd2 Nc6
10. c3 Re8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nbd4 {2.5-0.5} (12. Bf4 {6-4})) (9. Nc3 Nc6 {
main, 40% for Wh}) 9... Qd6 $146 (9... Ne4 $11 {SF16, not yet played}) 10. Nbd2
(10. b4 Bb6 11. c4 $16 {SF16}) 10... Qg3 $17 (10... Bxh3 $1 {SF16} 11. Nd4 (11.
gxh3 Qg3+ 12. Kh1 Qxh3+ 13. Kg1 Nc6 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Re1 Bh2+ 17.
Nxh2 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Nce5 20. Bf5 Nf3+ $19) 11... Bg4 12. Nf5 Bxf5
13. Bxf5 Nc6 $17 {Sf16}) 11. Kh1 (11. Ne1 Bxh3 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nexf3 Bd7 14.
Nb3 Bb6 $15 {SF16}) 11... Bxf2 $19 12. Qe2 Bb6 13. Re1 Nc6 (13... Nbd7 $19 {
SF16}) 14. Nf1 Qd6 15. a4 (15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Bd7 17. Qf2 Rae8 $17 {SF16})
15... Bd7 $19 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Bc7 18. c4 d4 (18... Nb4) 19. b4 $5 Nxb4 20.
Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Reb1 Qc3 22. Qd1 Ne4 (22... Bc6 23. a5 Ne4 $19 {SF16}) 23. Bxe4
Rxe4 24. Rxb7 Qa5 (24... Rc8) 25. N1d2 Re3 (25... Rf4 26. Nb3 Qh5 27. Rxc7 Bxh3
28. Rc5 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg4+ 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Qh1 d3 32. Ra2 Rfe4 33. Qf1 Rf4 $17
{SF16}) 26. Nb3 $11 Rxb3 (26... Qh5 27. Rxc7 Bxh3 $11 {similar to previous note
}) 27. Rxb3 Bc6 $11 28. Qxd4 Rd8 29. Qc3 Qf5 30. Qe3 $2 (30. Qb2 Rd6 31. Qb1
Qc8 32. Re3 Rg6 33. Qd3 $11 {SF16}) 30... Bxf3 $19 31. gxf3 (31. Qxf3 Qe5 $19)
(31. Kg1 Bc6 $19) 31... Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf2 Bg3+ 34. Kg1 Qh2+ 35. Kf1
Rd2 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qe4+ g6 38. Qe3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Holyhead, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Bc5 {
55% for Wh} (7... Bb4 {main, 60% for Wh}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg4 g6 (9... Ne7 {
52% for Wh}) (9... Kf8 {70% for Wh}) 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 {6-2, 75 % for Wh}) (10.
h4 h5 11. Qg3 Ne7 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nf5 14. Qf3 $11 {Barcud9-fQ-System (FM),
QL jan 2021,0-1}) 10... h5 (10... Qc7 11. O-O Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qg7 13. cxd5 exd5
14. Qh4 Be6 15. Rfe1 $14 {SF16}) 11. Qg3 Ne7 12. Bg5 Qc7 (12... Nf5 13. Qf4 Be7
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O O-O $14 {SF16}) 13. Bf6 Nf5 14. Qf4 $18 Rh7 (14... Rg8 {
looks better}) 15. O-O (15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. O-O Nd4 18. Bd3 $18 {SF16
}) 15... Be7 16. Bxe7 (16. Qd2 Kf8 17. Rfe1 $16 {Sf16}) 16... Qxe7 17. Bd3 Bb7
(17... Kf8 18. Rac1 h4 19. Rfd1 $16 {SF16}) 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. cxd5 a6 $2 {
worried about Nb5 Bl lets worse happen} (19... cxd5 20. Nb5 a6 (20... Kf8 21.
Rfc1 a6 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Qd4 f6 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. exf6 $18) 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22.
Rac1 Rd8 23. Qd4 Kg8 24. Rc3 Rg7 25. Rfc1 $18 {SF16}) 20. d6 Qd8 21. Na4 Qa5 (
21... c5 $5 22. Nxc5 Bc6 23. Rfc1 $18) 22. Rac1 (22. Qg5 {SF16} Kf8 (22... Qd8
23. Qg8+) 23. Qe7+ Kg8 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. Qb6 $18 (25. Qxc6 $18)) 22... Qd5 (
22... O-O-O 23. Rc5 $18 {seen by Wh}) 23. Nc5 (23. Qg5 Kf8 24. Nb6 Rg7 25. Qe7+
Kg8 26. Nxd5 $18 {Sf16}) (23. Nb6 $18) (23. b3) 23... Bc8 (23... Rg7 24. f3
O-O-O 25. Rfd1 Qxa2 26. Qb4 $18 {Sf16}) 24. b3 (24. Rfd1) (24. Qg5) 24... Rg7
25. f3 f6 (25... Kf8 26. Rfd1) 26. exf6 e5 27. Rfe1 Kf7 28. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ferrington, Nigel"]
[Black "Martin, Lewis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 (2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6
8. Nd2 {Zabrocki-Martin, rd1, 0-1}) 2... d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 {main} (3... dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 f6 7. Bc4 Nh6 8. d4 Nf5 9. Nxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxf5 {
Ferrington-Hagesaether,4NCL 2007,0-1}) 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 (6. d3 {main
}) 6... dxe4 7. Qxe4 {main} (7. Nxe4 {scores a little better for Wh}) 7... Nf6
8. Qd3 Be7 (8... Nbd7) (8... Na6) 9. g3 Na6 10. a3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. O-O Rfd8
13. Be3 Rd7 (13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. b3 Nb8 16. c4 Qa6 17. Rfd1 Nc6 {
Rasik-Brejnik, CZE ch Usti nad Lebem 2022,1/2-1/2}) 14. b4 Rad8 (14... Qc7 15.
b5 Nb8 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Ne4 (17. Nxd5 exd5 18. a4 $18) 17... cxb5 18. Qxb5 Nc6
$15 {Bugaj-Sloniewska,POL ch U18 girls 2022, 1/2-1/2}) 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Na4 Nd5
17. Bd2 Bf6 18. c4 (18. c3 $14 {SF16}) 18... Ne7 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Rd2 22. Qh5 Ng6 (22... Rc2 $11 {SF16}) 23. Nc3 $16 Qc7 24. Ne4 R2d4 25.
Ng5 Nf8 (25... h6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxg6 $16 {SF16}) 26. c5 $16 Nb8 (26... b6
27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rfc1 Nb8 29. Ne4 $16 {SF16}) 27. Ne4 $18 g6 28. Qf3 (28. Qg5
h6 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Qe3 $18) (28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qg5 $18 {SF16}) 28... Qxe5 29.
Nd6 R8xd6 30. cxd6 Qxd6 31. Rfd1 $16 e5 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Bf1 (33. b5 $16 {SF16
}) 33... Nbd7 $11 34. Re1 Ne6 35. h4 Kg7 36. Qe4 b6 37. Bc4 $16 Kf6 38. f4 (38.
h5) 38... c5 39. Kf2 (39. g4 $16 {SF16}) 39... h5 40. Bxe6 (40. b5) 40... Qxe6
(40... fxe6 41. g4 hxg4 42. Rg1 Qd5 43. Qxd5 exd5 44. Rxg4 Kf7 45. Rg5 Nf6 46.
Ke1 c4 47. f5 gxf5 48. h5 d3 49. h6 c3 50. Rg7+ Ke6 (50... Kf8 51. Rc7 $18) 51.
h7 Nxh7 52. Rxh7 d4 53. Kd1 Kd5 54. Rd7+ Ke4 55. Re7+ Kd5 56. Rd7+ $11 {SF16})
41. Qxe6+ (41. Qa8 $18 Qa2+ 42. Re2 Qxa3 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qxd7 d3 45. Rd2 Qc3
46. Rxd3 Qxb4 47. Qd6 $18 {Sf16}) 41... fxe6 $17 42. Kf3 (42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Rb1
e5 44. Rb7 Ke6 45. Rxa7 e4 $19 {SF16}) 42... Kf5 $19 43. bxc5 bxc5 44. Rc1 e5
45. fxe5 Nxe5+ 46. Ke2 c4 47. Rf1+ Ke4 48. Rf4+ Kd5 49. Rf8 c3 50. Ra8 d3+ 51.
Kd1 Nc4 (51... c2+ 52. Kc1 Kd4 53. Rxa7 Kc3 54. Rc7+ Nc4 {SF16}) 52. Rd8+ Ke4
53. Re8+ Kf3 54. Rf8+ Kxg3 55. Rd8 Nb2+ 56. Kc1 d2+ 57. Rxd2 cxd2+ 58. Kxd2
Kxh4 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bolt, Graham"]
[Black "Surtees, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 (1... f6 {Surtees 1-1}) 2. d3 Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5.
Be2 Bb4 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. exf5 O-O 9. d4 {Bolt-Benson, Paignton op
2018,1-0}) 3. e4 d6 4. e5 (4. Nc3 e5 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 e4 7. Nh4 Qd7 8. Nxf5
Qxf5 9. Be2 Be7 10. g4 Qa5 11. Bd2 {Bolt-Aston, Torquay op 2018,1-0}) (4. exf5
{main, 65% for Wh}) 4... Nd5 (4... dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nxe5 (6... e6 {
3-3-2}) 7. Bxe5 {6-1-1}) 5. c4 (5. d4 Nd7 6. c4 N5b6 7. e6 Nf6 8. Ng5 Bxe6 9.
Nxe6 Qd7 10. d5 {Tarasov-Karaseva, Nizhnij Novgorod, Voroniatov memorial 2008,
1-0}) 5... Nb6 6. Nc3 (6. d4 e6 {6-0, Bl has an inferior Alekhine}) 6... Nc6 7.
Bf4 (7. d4 dxe5 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nxe5 $18 {SF16}) 7... dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qd4 (8... Nxe5
9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Bg3 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nf6 13. Qe2+ Be7 14. O-O-O O-O $11
{SF16}) 9. Ne2 Qxb2 10. Nxc6 (10. Rb1 Qxa2 (10... Qa3) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g3 Qa4
13. Qxa4 Nxa4 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Ke2 e5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Nxc6 $18 {
SF16}) 10... bxc6 11. Qc1 (11. Rb1 Qf6 12. d4 Nxc4 13. Bxc7 Qe6 14. g3 Qd5 15.
Rg1 Ba6 16. Bg2 Qd7 17. Qa4 Bb5 18. Rxb5 cxb5 19. Qa6 Qxc7 20. Qxb5+ Kd8 21.
Bxa8 Qa5+ 22. Qxa5+ Nxa5 23. g4 e6 $11 {SF16}) 11... Qxc1+ 12. Rxc1 e6 13. Bxc7
Bb4+ 14. Kd1 (14. Nc3) 14... c5 15. g3 (15. Kc2 O-O 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Re1 Na4 18.
Be5 Bc6 19. f4 Rab8 20. Rg1 Rb6 21. Be2 $11 {SF16}) 15... Bb7 16. Rg1 Kf7 17.
Bg2 (17. Nc3) 17... Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Rac8 (18... Rhc8 $17) 19. Be5 (19. Bxb6 axb6
20. a4 Ra8 21. Ra1 e5 22. f3 Rhd8 23. Kc2 e4 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Rf2+ Kg8 26. Nf4
Rd4 27. Nd5 Rxd3 28. Nxb6 Rc3+ 29. Kb2 e3 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Nd5 Rxc4 32. Nxb4
Rxb4+ 33. Kc3 $11 {SF16}) 19... Rhd8 $19 20. Kc2 Nxc4 21. dxc4 Rd2+ 22. Kb3
Rxe2 23. Rd1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sullivan, Daniel"]
[Black "Burrows, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 (6. Bb5+ {is sharper,
but runs out if Bl knows it well} Nbd7 (6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nf5 d5 9. Bg5
dxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 gxf6 12. fxe4 {74% for Wh}) 7. Nf5 d5 {44% for Wh}
) 6... Be7 (6... Be6) (6... d5 {main lines}) 7. c4 a5 {main} 8. Be3 a4 9. Nc1 (
9. N3d2 {main}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 a3 (10... Qa5 {elite GM}) 11. b3 Nc6 12. Be2
$14 (12. Bd3 $16 {1.5-0.5}) (12. Qd2 $14 {1-1}) 12... Ne8 13. O-O f5 (13... Bg5
) 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. N1e2 Nf6 17. Ng3 Nb4 (17... d5 $11 {SF16}) 18.
Nf5 Qd7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Be4 Rfd8 (20... d5 21. cxd5 Rfd8 $11 {SF16}) 21. Qe2
h6 22. Rfd1 Nxe4 (22... d5 $11 {SF16}) 23. Nxe4 (23. fxe4 $16 {SF16}) 23... Bf5
24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Nc3 (25. Rd2 d5 26. Bc5 Qe6 27. Nc3 Nd3 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3
Rc8 30. b4 b6 31. Nxd5 bxc5 32. b5 $16 {SF16- primed to be optimistic}) 25...
Ra6 26. Bf2 Qg5 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Re7 29. Be3 Qg6 30. Rad1 e4 31. Qc2 (31.
Rf1 $11) 31... Re5 (31... exf3 32. Rxf5 d5 33. cxd5 Rxe3 34. Qf2 Qxf5 35. Qxe3
fxg2 36. Qd3 Qxd3 37. Rxd3 Kf7 $11 {Sf16}) 32. f4 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qf6 34. Rd2 (
34. h3 $16) (34. Rd4 $16) 34... Rc6 35. Qd1 Kh7 $16 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Whitmore, Darren"]
[Black "Underwood, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 {39% for Wh} (6. Be3
) (6. Bg5 {main lines}) 6... g6 (6... e5) (6... e6 {main lines}) 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 $11 {0-5} (9. Re1 {4-2-3}) 9... Be6 $146 (9... Nc6) 10. Nd4 Bd7
11. h3 Nc6 {1-4-2} 12. Qd2 b5 13. a4 (13. Nce2 Qc7 14. Nf3 Rfe8 15. Ng3 Na5 16.
b3 Nb7 17. Rac1 Nc5 $11 {Rigolot-Desanlis, FRA ch tm Top 16, 2005,0-1}) 13...
b4 14. Nce2 Qc7 15. f3 d5 $11 {If Bl can get in d5 vs a Sicilian without
damage elsewhere , then they are usually at least equal} 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxb4
(17. e5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qe6 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Qxb4 Nd7 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxe7 Bxb2
23. Ra2 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Nc5 $15 {SF16}) 17... Rfb8 18. Qc5 Nd7 19. Qxe7 Bf6 20.
Qa3 Bxb2 21. Qa2 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 f6 $6 (22... Re8 23. Bh6 Qe5 24. Nd4 dxe4 25.
fxe4 Bb7 26. Qb2 Rab8 27. Bf4 Bxe4 28. Qa1 Qc5 29. Bxb8 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Rxb8 31.
Kh1 $11 {SF16}) 23. Nf4 $16 Re8 (23... Qe5 24. c3 Rb3 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bd4 Qd6
27. exd5 Ra3 28. Qc1 Rxa4 29. Qc2 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Rd8 31. Ra1 $14 {SF16}) 24. Qd4
(24. Qc3 Rec8 25. exd5 Bxa4 26. Qb4 Qe5 27. Bf2 Bxc2 28. Ne6 Nf8 (28... Bxd3
29. Qe7 $18) 29. Nxf8 Bxd3 30. Nd7 Qf5 31. Qe7 Rf8 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Rc1 Rf7
34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qc6 Qe5 36. d6 $14 {SF16}) 24... Qe5 25. exd5 Bxa4 26. Qxe5 (
26. Ne6 $11 {SF16}) 26... Nxe5 $17 27. Ra1 (27. Ne6) 27... Bb5 (27... Nxd3 28.
Rxa4 Nb2 29. Ra2 Rxe3 30. Rxb2 Rc3 $19 {SF16}) 28. Bd4 Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Nxd3 30.
cxd3 Kf7 $19 (30... Red8 $17) 31. Bc5 Red8 (31... Re5 32. d4 Rxd5 $19 {SF16})
32. d6 Ke6 33. Kf2 Kd5 (33... a5 34. Ke3 Kd5 35. d4 a4 $19 {SF16}) 34. Ra5 Kc6
35. d4 Rdb8 (35... Re8 {also}) 36. Ra2 a5 37. Kg3 a4 38. Kf4 Rb3 39. h4 (39.
Ba3 Kd7 40. Ke4 Ra5 41. Kf4 h5 $19 {SF16}) 39... a3 40. g4 Rc3 41. g5 fxg5+ 42.
Kxg5 (42. hxg5 Rf8+) 42... Rxf3 43. Kh6 Rh3 44. Kxh7 Rxh4+ (44... g5 $1 $19)
45. Kxg6 Rh3 46. Kf6 Kd7 47. Ke5 Re3+ 48. Kd5 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gunarathne, Senith"]
[Black "Fleming, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. d4 (4. Bc4 {main}) 4... Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6.
Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 {main}) 7... O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Be4 Qa5 11.
Bd2 (11. Qd2 cxd4 (11... Rd8 12. Bh6 cxd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf4 dxc3 15. Bxc6
bxc6 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. g4 Ba6 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Nxc6 e5 {Tripi-Altieri,Recco op
2012,0-1}) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Qxc3 {
Verdiana-Sadikin The, Asean Circuit (women) 2008,0-1}) 11... Rd8 12. Qe2 Bg4
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 (14... Rd7 $15 {SF16}) 15. Rab1 (15. Rfb1 $11 {SF16})
15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxa2 $15 17. c3 Bxd4 18. Rxb7 Bf6 (18... Bb6 $15 {SF16})
19. Bxc6 Qxd2 20. Qa6 (20. Qf3 Kg7 21. Rfb1 $11 {Sf16}) 20... Qxc3 (20... Qd6
$19 {SF16}) 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxa8 Bd4 $15 23. Bf3 Bb6 24. Bg4 Qd4 (24... h5
25. Qb7+ Kf6 26. Bf3 Qe5 $17 {SF16}) 25. Qb7+ (25. Qe2 Qf6 26. Re1 Rd6 27. g3
$11 {SF16}) 25... Rd7 26. Qf3+ Qf6 27. Qc6 Rc7 (27... Rd2) 28. Qd6 Re7 29. Kh1
Bc7 (29... e5 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31. g3 e4 32. f4 Qc3 33. f5 Bd4 34. fxg6 hxg6 35.
Qd6 Bf6 36. h4 a5 $17 {Sf16}) 30. Qd3 Qe5 31. f4 Qd5 32. Qe3 (32. Qc3 h5 33.
Be2 Qf5 34. Qh8 Qf6 35. Qh7+ Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. g3 $11 {SF16}) 32... Bb6
33. Qe2 Qd4 34. Re1 (34. Rd1 Qc3 35. Rd3 Qc5 36. Rd1 $15 {SF16}) 34... Kg7 (
34... Qf6) 35. f5 (35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Kf6 37. g3 $11 {SF16}) 35... Bc7 (
35... e5 $15) 36. Qf3 (36. Rf1 gxf5 37. Rxf5 $11 {SF16}) 36... h5 $19 (36...
gxf5 37. Bh5 (37. Bxf5 Qd6 38. g3 exf5 $19) 37... Qd6 $19 {SF16}) 37. Rxe6 Rxe6
38. fxe6 Qa1+ $1 39. Qd1 Qe5 40. g3 hxg4 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. e7 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+
44. Kh1 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Bb6+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Mason, Donald"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 (3... d6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. c4 e5 7. d3
Be7 8. Be3 f5 9. exf5 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bxf5 11. Re1 O-O {T Jones-VaidYanathan, 4NCL
Online U1700, 2021,1-0}) 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O (6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
O-O e5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Qd2 h6 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. Na4 b6 14. bxc5 b5 15.
Nb2 f5 {Mason-Sowray, BCF ch Douglas 2005,0-1}) 6... e5 7. a4 Be6 $146 (7... a5
) (7... Qe7) 8. b3 (8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qe1 $16 {SF16}) 8... Ne7 (8... Nf6 9. a5 O-O
$11 {SF16}) 9. a5 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. b4 cxb4 (11... O-O 12. axb6 axb6 13. Rxa8
Qxa8 14. bxc5 b5 15. Qc1 g5 16. Nbd2 Qa2 17. d4 $14 {SF16}) 12. axb6 a5 (12...
axb6 13. Bxb6 Qb8 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qd2 b3 16. Bc5 bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd8 18. Nbd2
O-O 19. Ra1 $16 {SF16}) 13. c3 $18 O-O 14. cxb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bc5 Re8
17. Bxb4 {(draw?)} (17. Qe1 Qa4 18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 $18 {SF16}) 17... Nc8
$11 18. Bc3 Bg4 (18... Qb8 $11) 19. Qb3 Qb7 20. Nbd2 (20. Ba5 $16 {SF16}) 20...
Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Ra1 $11 Nd7 23. Ra5 f6 24. h3 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 g5 26. Kf1
Nf8 27. g3 Ne6 28. Ke2 h5 29. Nd2 Bf8 30. Ra6 Rc8 31. Nc4 Nc5 32. Ra7 Rd8 33.
Nb2 Nb3 34. Rc7 c5 35. Rb7 Nc1+ $11 {Wh ceased keeping score at this point} 36.
Kd2 (36. Ke3 $11) 36... Nxd3 $15 37. Ba5 Ra8 (37... Rd4 38. Nxd3 c4 $15 {SF16})
38. Kxd3 Rxa5 39. Nc4 $11 Ra2 40. Rb2 Ra1 41. Ne3 Rh1 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. Nd5 Bg7 (
43... Kg7 44. Nxf6 Rxh3 45. Kc4 Rh2 46. Kd5 Kf7 47. f3 Bg7 48. Nh7 Rd2+ 49.
Kxc5 Bf8+ 50. Nxf8 Kxf8 51. Re6 Rg2 52. g4 hxg4 53. fxg4 Rxg4 54. Rxe5 $11 {
SF16}) 44. Rb7+ Kg8 (44... Kf8 45. Ne7 Ke8 46. Kc4 Rd1 47. Nf5 Bf8 48. Rh7 Rd2
49. f3 Rd1 50. Rxh5 Kf7 51. Rh7+ Ke6 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Rf1 $11 {SF16}) 45.
Ne7+ Kh8 46. Nf5 Bf8 47. Rf7 Kg8 48. Rxf6 Rxh3 49. Re6 (49. Rg6+ Kf7 50. Rxg5
c4+ 51. Kxc4 Rh2 52. f3 Kf6 53. Rg8 Kf7 54. Rh8 Rc2+ (54... Rf2 55. Nh4 $18)
55. Kd3 Rf2 56. Nh4 Be7 57. Nf5 Bf8 58. Nh4 Be7 $11 {Sf16}) 49... h4 (49... Kf7
50. Rxe5 h4) 50. Rxe5 (50. Rg6+ $11) 50... Rh1 51. Ne3 h3 (51... Bh6 $11) 52.
Rxg5+ Kf7 53. Rf5+ Kg7 54. Rh5 Kg6 55. g4 h2 56. Ke2 Bd6 57. Kf3 (57. Nf1 c4
58. Nxh2 Bxh2 59. Ke3 Re1+ 60. Kd4 c3 61. Kxc3 Rxe4 62. f3 Re3+ 63. Kb4 Rxf3
64. Rxh2 Rf4+ 65. Kc5 Rxg4 $11 {SF16}) 57... Rg1 $19 (57... Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Potter, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bd7 (3... c5 4. b4 {Jukes 3-5}) 4. d4 (4. a3 a5 5. d4
c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. dxc5 Ng6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nxe5 {
Jukes-Pollack, S Wales International 2023,0-1}) 4... c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 (6.
Be2) (6. a3 {main lines}) 6... Rc8 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3
Ne7 11. Bg5 {25% for Wh} h6 (11... Qb6 {alternative}) 12. Nb5 (12. Bh4 {2-0-4})
(12. Bxe7 Bxe7 {1-0-3}) (12. Bd2 $11 {SF16,0-3}) 12... Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Rac1 (16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. Rxc6 (17. Kf1 Rhc8 18. Rxc6
Rxc6 19. Ne1 Rc4 20. Rd1 a5 21. b3 Rc3 22. Rd3 Rc1 $15 {Khandelwal-Itgelt,
Titled Tuesday blitz sept 2022,0-1}) 17... bxc6 18. Ne1 c5 $17 {
Hanser-Reefschlaeger, Casino op Velden 1996,0-1}) 16... b5 (16... Rc6 17. Rfd1
Rhc8 $17 {SF16}) 17. g3 Rc4 18. b3 Rcc8 19. a4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 (20... bxa4
21. bxa4 Rb8 22. h4 Bd8 23. Kg2 Rb4 24. Ra1 a5 25. g4 Bb6 $19 {SF16}) 21. Rxc8
Kxc8 22. axb5 Bb4 23. Kf1 (23. b6 a6 24. Kf1 Kb7 25. Ke2 Kxb6 26. Kd3 $11 {SF16
}) 23... Kc7 24. Ke2 Kb6 25. Kd3 Kxb5 $11 26. h4 Ba5 27. h5 Kb4 28. Kc2 Bb6 29.
g4 Bd8 30. Ne1 Kb5 31. f4 Bh4 (31... a5 32. f5 a4 (32... Be7 $11) 33. Kb2 axb3
34. Kxb3 Ba5 35. Ng2 Bb6 36. Kc3 Kc6 37. Nf4 Kd7 38. g5 $18 {SF16}) 32. Nf3 (
32. Nd3 Be7 33. f5 exf5 34. gxf5 a5 35. Nf4 Kc6 36. Kd3 Bg5 37. Ne2 Be7 38. Nc3
Bg5 39. Ne2 $14 {SF16}) 32... Bg3 (32... Be7 $11 {safest}) 33. f5 $18 Bf4 (
33... exf5 34. gxf5 Bf4 35. Nh4 (35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 Bd6 37. Nh4 Kc6 38. Nf5
Bf4 39. Nxg7 Kd6 $11) 35... Bg5 36. Ng6 $1 Kc6 (36... fxg6 37. hxg6 (37. f6 $18
) 37... Be7 38. f6 Bf8 39. e6 gxf6 40. g7 $18 {SF16})) 34. f6 gxf6 35. exf6 Bc7
(35... a6 36. Kd3 Kb4 37. g5 hxg5 38. h6 g4 39. h7 $18) 36. g5 (36. Ne5 Bb6 37.
Kd3 Bd8 38. Nxf7 Bxf6 39. Nxh6 Kc6 40. Nf7 $18 {SF16}) 36... hxg5 37. Ne5 (37.
Nxg5 Bd8 38. Nxf7 Bxf6 39. Kc3 Kc6 40. h6 Kd7 41. h7 Ke7 42. h8=Q Bxh8 43. Nxh8
Kf6 44. Kb4 e5 (44... Kg7 45. Kc5) 45. dxe5+ Kxe5 46. Ng6+ Kf6 47. Nf4 $18 {
SF16}) (37. Nh2 $1 $18 {SF16} Bb6 (37... Bxh2 38. h6) (37... Bd8 38. Ng4) 38.
Kd3 Bd8 39. Ng4 Kb4 40. h6 $18) 37... Bxe5 38. dxe5 g4 $11 {Bl escapes by a
whisker} 39. Kd3 (39. h6 g3 40. h7 g2 41. h8=Q g1=Q 42. Qe8+ Kc5 43. Qe7+ Kb5
44. Qd7+ Ka5 45. Qxf7 Qf2+ {perpetual-SF16}) 39... g3 40. Ke2 d4 41. h6 d3+ 42.
Kxd3 g2 43. h7 g1=Q 44. h8=Q Qd1+ 45. Kc3 Qe1+ 46. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Kett, Timothy"]
[Black "Zabrocki, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O (7...
Qc7) 8. Bd3 f5 {59% for Wh} (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 {63% for Wh}) 9. exf6
Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh4 {48% for Wh} (11. Qh5 {63% for Wh} g6 (11... h6 12.
Nf3) 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 {669 games}) 11... h6 12. Bxe7 (12. Nf3 Nbc6) 12...
Qxe7 (12... Rxe7 13. Nf3 {53% for Wh}) 13. Qxe7 Rxe7 {(draw?)} 14. Nf3 {
45% for Wh} (14. f4 {main, 57% for Wh}) 14... c4 15. Bg6 $11 {2-4-3} (15. Be2
$11 {2 draws}) 15... Nc6 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Rhe1 (17. Rae1 $11 {1-1-1}) 17... Be8
(17... Rf8 18. Re2 Rf6 19. Bh5 g6 20. Bg4 Rf4 21. Bh3 g5 {Savage-Domanski,
APCT corr USA 1995,1/2-1/2}) 18. Bxe8 (18. Nh4 Bxg6 19. Nxg6 Rf7 20. f3 Rf6 21.
Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Kf7 $11 {SF16}) 18... Raxe8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rd7 (20...
Rf7 21. Ke3 Rf5 22. f4 Rxe5+ 23. dxe5 Rc8 24. Kd4 b6 25. Rf1 (25. f5 $16) 25...
Rc5 26. f5 $16 {Vogel-Baskin, Wiesbaden op 2011,1-0}) (20... Rf8 21. f3 Rf5 $11
{SF16}) 21. Rae1 Rd6 22. f4 $14 Kf7 (22... Rf8 23. g3 Rf6 24. Rb1 b6 25. h4 g6
26. h5 gxh5 27. Rxh5 Rg6 28. Rh3 Rd7 29. Ke3 Rdg7 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. Kf3 $14 {SF16
}) 23. f5 (23. g4 g6 24. h4 $16 {SF16}) 23... Ra6 (23... g6 24. g4 gxf5 25.
gxf5 Rg8 26. R1e2 exf5 27. Rxf5+ Kg6 28. Rfe5 Rgd8 29. h4 R8d7 30. h5+ Kf7 $14
{SF16}) 24. g4 $16 Re7 25. h4 Re8 26. fxe6+ (26. a4 Re7 27. h5 Rd6 28. R1e3 a5
29. Re2 Ra6 30. fxe6+ Raxe6 31. Rf5+ Rf6 32. Rxd5 $18 {SF16}) 26... Rexe6 {
(draw?)} 27. Rxd5 (27. Rf1+ Ke7 28. Rxd5 $14 {SF16}) 27... Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Rxa3
29. Kd2 b6 (29... Ke6 $14) 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rc7 (31. Rd6+ Kf7 32. Rc6 b5 33. g5
hxg5 34. hxg5 Ra1 35. g6+ Ke7 36. d5 Ra3 37. Re6+ Kd7 38. Rf6 Ra1 39. Rf7+ Kd6
40. Rxg7 Rg1 41. Rxa7 Kxd5 42. g7 Ke4 $11 {SF16}) 31... Ra4 (31... b5 32. Rb7
a6 33. Rb6+ Ke7 34. d5 a5 35. Rxb5 Kd6 36. Rb7 g5 37. Rb6+ Kxd5 38. h5 Ra1 39.
Rxh6 Rg1 $11 {SF16}) 32. Ke3 (32. h5 $18) (32. Rc6+ Kf7 33. h5 $18 {both SF16})
32... b5 33. Rc6+ Kf7 34. d5 $16 Ra2 35. Kd4 Rxc2 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rxa7 $18
Rd2+ 38. Kc5 b4 39. cxb4 (39. Kxb4 Rxd5 40. Kxc4 $18 {also, text is better})
39... c3 40. Ra1 c2 41. Rc1 Ke5 42. b5 (42. Kc6 $1 Kd4 (42... Rxd5 43. Rxc2 $18
) 43. b5 $18 {SF16}) 42... Rxd5+ 43. Kc6 $11 {(time?)} (43. Kc6 Rd6+ 44. Kc7
Rd5 45. b6 Rc5+ 46. Kd8 Kd6 47. b7 Rb5 48. Kc8 Rc5+ $11 {SF16}) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Freeland, Alex"]
[Black "He, Tom Junde"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 {0.5-1.5 He}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3
(6. Nf3 {main, Freeland 2-0}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 {
main, 52% for Wh}) 8. Nf3 {41% for Wh} (8. cxd5 {main, 63% for Wh}) (8. Ne2 {
55% for Wh}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 (12. Bb2 Nbd7
13. c4 Rac8 {42% for Wh}) 12... Nc6 (12... Nbd7 $11 {3 draws, 3 Bl wins}) 13.
Bb2 Na5 $146 {SF16} (13... Rfd8 {52 % for Wh}) 14. d5 (14. Ne5 $11 {SF16})
14... Rad8 (14... exd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. cxd5 Rad8 17. e4 f5 $15 {SF16}) 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. e4 (16. Bd3 f5 17. Qe2 Qe7 $11 {SF16}) 16... Qf4 (16... f5 $17 {
SF16}) 17. g3 $2 (17. Bd3 $11) 17... Qxe4 $19 18. Bd3 Qg4 19. h3 Qxh3 (19...
Qh5 $1) 20. Nh4 f5 21. Qe1 Qg4 22. Rd1 Rfe8 23. f3 (23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bxf5 Rxd1
25. Bxg4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Kf8 $19 {SF16}) 23... Qd4+ 24. Kg2 (24. Qf2) 24... exd5
25. Qd2 dxc4 26. Nxf5 Qf6 27. Qf4 Rxd3 (27... cxd3) 28. Rde1 Rdd8 (28... Rxe1
29. Rxe1 Kf8 $19) 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Qg4+ Qg6 (30... Kxh6 31. Rh1+ Qh4 32. Rxh4#)
31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Qh4+ Qg5 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 (1. g3 d6 2. Bg2 e5 3. e4 Nc6 4. Ne2 h5 5. d4 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. d5 Nce7
8. c4 g6 {Baer-Van Kemenade, Ilkley op 2022,1/2-1/2}) 1... d6 2. d3 e5 3. e4
Nc6 4. g3 f5 (4... Nf6) (4... g6) 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. c3 (6. Nc3) (6. Nbd2) 6... Be7
(6... fxe4 7. dxe4 Be7 $11 {SF16} 8. Nbd2 {2-2-3} (8. O-O {3-1-3})) 7. Nbd2 O-O
(7... fxe4 8. dxe4 O-O $15 {1-1-1}) 8. b4 $146 (8. O-O {46 games, 40% for Wh})
8... a6 $15 (8... Kh8) (8... Qe8) 9. a4 Qe8 10. h3 fxe4 (10... h6) 11. dxe4 Kh8
12. Qe2 Nd8 (12... Be6) 13. Nc4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qg6 (14... Bc6 15. Nfd2 Nh5 $15) (
14... Ne6 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Be6 17. Ne3 Ng4 $17 {SF16}) 15. Nh4 $11 (15.
O-O Qh5 16. Nh4 $11) 15... Qf7 16. Ne3 g6 (16... Ne6 17. Nhf5 Bd8 18. O-O g6
19. Nh6 Qg7 20. Nhg4 Nxg4 21. Nxg4 h5 22. Ne3 Bg5 $15 {SF16}) 17. Nf3 Bc6 18.
Ng5 $14 Qg8 19. Ng4 (19. h4 h6 20. Nh3 Bd7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qg7 23. c4 $14
{SF16}) 19... Nxg4 (19... Bd7 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. h4 a5 $11 {SF16}) 20. hxg4 Bxg5
21. Bxg5 Ne6 (21... Qe6 22. f3 Nf7 23. Be3 d5 $11 {SF16}) 22. Be3 g5 23. O-O-O
$14 Rf6 (23... b5) 24. Rh5 (24. Rh2 Raf8 25. Rdh1 R8f7 26. Bf1 Qe8 27. a5 Ba4
28. Qa2 Qc6 29. Kd2 Qd7 30. Bc4 Bc6 31. Qb1 d5 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Qxd5+ 34.
Kc1 e4 35. Kb2 Qc4 36. Qf1 Qc6 37. Qe2 $16 {SF16}) 24... Re8 (24... Be8 25. Rh2
Bg6 $11 {SF16, considered}) 25. Rdh1 Re7 26. Bf1 d5 $2 {this just results in
opening lines for Wh} (26... b5 {planned, but thought b5 might become weak} 27.
axb5 (27. a5 Be8 28. R5h2 Bg6 29. Bd3 c5 {pm analysis, but Wh was feeling
uncomfortable again}) 27... axb5 28. Kb2 Be8 29. R5h2 c5 30. Qd2 cxb4 31. cxb4
Bg6 32. Qd5 Qf7 $11 {SF16} 33. Bxb5 Rb7 34. Ra1 Kg7 35. Bc4 Qc7 36. Qxb7 Qxb7
37. Ra7 Qxa7 38. Bxa7 Bxe4 $11) 27. exd5 $18 Bxd5 28. R1h2 Bf3 29. Bd3 (29. Be2
{was the move anticipated by Bl when breaking with ...d5}) 29... Rff7 (29... e4
30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qg6 (31... Rff7 32. Qe5+ $18) 32. Qe5 Kg8 33. Rh6 Qxh6
34. Rxh6 Rxh6 35. Bxg5 Rh1+ 36. Kb2 Re8 37. Qd5 Re1 38. Be3 $18 {SF16}) 30. Bf5
(30. Bxh7 Rxh7 31. Qf5 Rxh5 32. Rxh5+ Rh7 33. Qxf3 $18 {SF16}) 30... Rg7 (30...
Bc6 31. a5 Rg7) 31. Kb2 (31. Bxh7 $1 $18) 31... Nf8 $2 (31... b6 32. Bxh7 {SF16
} (32. Qd3 Bb7 33. Rh6 Nf8 34. Qd8 Ng6 35. Qxg8+ Kxg8 36. Bxg5 $18)) (31... Bc6
32. a5 Bd7 33. Rh6 c5 34. bxc5 Nf8 35. Rd6 $18 {SF16}) 32. Bc5 e4 (32... Qf7
33. Bxe7 Qxe7) 33. Bd4 (33. Bxe7 Rxe7 34. Qd2) 33... Qc4 34. Rxg5 (34. Bxh7
Bxg4 35. Rxg5 Nxh7 36. Rxg4 Qd3 37. Bxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rxe4 Qxc2+ 39. Kxc2 $18) (
34. Rxh7+ Nxh7 35. Bxh7 Bxg4 36. Bf5+ Kg8 37. Bxg4 $18) 34... Kg8 35. Bxg7 Rxg7
36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qd2 Qf1 38. Rh5 (38. Qd4+) 38... c5 39. bxc5 (39. Qh6+ Kf7
40. Be6+ Nxe6 41. Rf5+ Ke7 42. Qf6+ Kd7 43. Qf7+ Kd8 44. Rd5+ Kc8 45. Qxe6+ Kb8
46. Qd6+ Ka8 47. Qf8+ Ka7 48. Qxc5+ Kb8 49. Rd8#) 39... h6 40. Qxh6+ Kf7 41.
Qd2 (41. Bg6+ Nxg6 42. Qh7+ Ke8 43. Qxg6+ Kf8 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Rh7+ Kd8 46.
Qg8#) 41... Qc4 42. Rh6 Qxa4 (42... Qxc5) 43. Rb6 (43. Qd5+) 43... Qc4 44.
Rxb7+ Ke8 45. Bd7+ (45. Bg6+ Nxg6 46. Qd7+ Kf8 47. Qd8#) 45... Kd8 46. Bb5+ (
46. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Hilditch-Love, Daniel"]
[Black "Pink, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 (2... g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nbc3 e5
8. d5 Ne7 9. O-O {Hilditch-love vs R Van Kemenade, Shropshire League, 2023,1-0}
) 3. d5 (3. e3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 e5 {
Morea-Pink, Gibraltar Amateurs, 2019,0-1}) 3... e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3
g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 (10... a6 {main}) 11. e4 Ne5
12. Qe2 (12. Qc2 {4-1-9}) 12... Bg4 (12... Nh5 $11 {0-3}) (12... g5 {0-1}) 13.
f3 Bh5 $6 (13... Bd7 $11 {SF16}) 14. g4 (14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 a6 16. Qe2 $18 {
SF16}) 14... Nfxg4 15. fxg4 Nxg4 16. Nf3 $16 f5 17. Qc2 $18 Rc8 18. h3 Ne5 19.
Ng5 c4 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Ne6 Qb6 22. exf5 Bh4 23. f6 {Bl has sacrificed a piece,
but Wh gets the attack} Kf7 (23... Nf7 24. Bd2 $18 {SF16}) 24. Bg5 (24. Qe4 Bg3
25. Bf4 {SF16}) 24... Bg3 25. Bf4 (25. Ne4 h6 26. Nxg3 hxg5 27. Nxg5+ Kf8 28.
Nxh5 $18 {Sf16}) 25... Bxf4 26. Rxf4 h6 27. Raf1 Nd3 28. Rh4 Qe3 (28... Qxb2
29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. Nb5 $18 {SF16}) 29. Ne4 Qb6 30. Qa4 (30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Qe2
$18 {SF16}) 30... Ne5 31. Ng3 (31. Rxh5) 31... c3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. Nxh5 (33.
Rxh5 gxh5 34. Nf5 {SF16}) 33... gxh5 34. Rxh5 Rc4 35. Qd1 (35. Ng5+ hxg5 (35...
Kf8 36. Rxh6) 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Qxe8+ Kxh7 38. Qe7+ Kg6 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. Qh7# {
SF16}) 35... Qe3 36. Qb1 (36. Rg5 {SF16}) 36... Rh8 37. Qxb7+ (37. Ng5+) (37.
Rg5) 37... Kg6 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. Qxh8 Rc2 41. Rf5+ (41. Bf3+ Kg6
42. Qg8+ Kf5 43. Qh7+ Kxf6 44. Bg4+ Rf2 45. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Wastney, Dylan"]
[Black "Hood, Simon W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 {main} 5. Bc4 {Bl wants to play d5
anyway} (5. Be2) (5. h3) 5... e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 (6... d5) 7. h3 Bh5 (7... Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 g6 (8... e5 {2-5-3}) (8... Qb6 9. Ne2 e5 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. O-O Qb6 $14 {
Oswald-Valent, Graz op 2001,0-1}) 9. Bg5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Bg7 {1-3})
8. Be3 (8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 d5 10. Nd2 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+
Qxf6 14. c3 $11 {Schick-Schindler, Berlin Seniors ch 2009,0-1}) 8... Be7 9. Qd2
b5 10. a4 a6 11. Ne2 Bg6 12. Ng3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qe2 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5
Nb6 16. N5xe4 Qd5 17. f3 Nc4 18. Qc1 c5 19. dxc5 O-O 20. O-O Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qxb2
22. Qxb2 Nxb2 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 $11 {SF16}) 14... Nb6 (14...
Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxd3 18. Kxd3 b4 $15 {SAF16}) 15.
axb5 axb5 16. O-O Nc4 (16... Na4 17. Rab1 O-O 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 h6 20.
Ngxe4 Qd5 21. Qf3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. g4 Qd5 25. b4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4
Nc3 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Bh2 Ra4 $11 {SF16}) 17. b3 (17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4
19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 O-O 21. Qxe4 $16 {SF16}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nxg3 19.
fxg3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 O-O $11 21. Qc3 (21. c4) 21... Qb6 22. Qb2 (22. b4 $11)
22... b4 $17 (22... c5 $17) 23. Kh1 Ra3 24. Rxa3 bxa3 $19 25. Qa1 Ra8 (25...
Qb4) 26. Rb1 a2 27. Rd1 Ra3 (27... Qa6 28. Re1 c5 {SF16}) 28. Nd2 Qa6 29. b4
Qe2 30. Nb3 Qxc2 31. Nc5 Qxd1+ 32. Qxd1 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Tarr, Stephen"]
[Black "Burns, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 (2... e6 3. e3 {2-1-2 Burrows}) 3. e3 c6 (3... e6 {Tarr
2-1-3}) 4. c3 (4. c4) (4. Bd3 {main lines}) 4... Bf5 5. Nd2 (5. Bd3 {main})
5... e6 6. Qb3 (6. Ngf3 {main}) 6... Qb6 7. Be2 (7. Ngf3) 7... Nbd7 8. h3 h6 9.
Ngf3 Be7 10. c4 (10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Ne4 {main}) 10... Ne4 $146 (10... Qxb3 11.
axb3 $11 {2 Wh wins and a draw}) 11. c5 Qxb3 (11... Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Qa5+ 13. Qc3
Qxc3+ 14. Kxc3 a5 $11 {SF16}) 12. axb3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 (13. Kxd2 $11) 13... e5
$15 14. Bh2 exd4 15. exd4 Bf6 16. Nf3 Be4 17. Ra4 O-O 18. O-O (18. Kd2) 18...
Rfe8 19. Rfa1 (19. Rd1 g6 20. Kf1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 a6 22. Rb4 Ra7 23. Bg4 Nf8 24.
Re1 Rea8 25. Bc7 h5 26. Bd1 Rc8 27. Bd6 Ne6 $15 {SF16}) 19... Bc2 20. Bd1 Bxd1
21. Rxd1 Re2 22. Rd2 Rae8 23. Bf4 (23. Kf1 $11) (23. Rxa7 Re1+ 24. Nxe1 Rxe1#)
23... R2e4 24. Be3 a6 25. Rd1 R8e7 26. Nd2 R4e6 27. Nf3 g5 28. Bd2 Re2 29. Ba5
Rxb2 30. Rd2 (30. Rb4 Ra2 31. Bd8 Re8 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Rxb7 Ree2 34. Rf1 Ne4
$17 {SF16}) 30... Rxd2 (30... Rxb3 $19) 31. Bxd2 Nf8 $19 32. Kf1 Kg7 (32... Ne6
33. Be3 Kh7 34. Ke2 Bg7 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kd3 f5 $19 {SF16}) 33. Ng1 Kg6 34. Ne2
Bg7 35. g4 Ne6 36. Be3 f5 37. Ng3 f4 38. Nf5 Rd7 (38... Rf7 39. Bd2 f3 $19 {
SF16}) 39. Bd2 h5 $17 (39... f3 $17) 40. f3 Bf8 41. Ra1 hxg4 42. hxg4 Ng7 43.
Nxg7 Bxg7 44. Bc3 Re7 45. Re1 Kf7 (45... Rd7 $17) 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 47. Ke2
Kd7 48. Kd3 Bf6 49. Ba5 Bd8 50. Bxd8 Kxd8 51. Kc3 Kc7 52. Kb4 (52. b4 b6 53.
Kb3 $11 {SF16}) 52... b6 $19 {Wh stopped keeping score here} 53. Kc3 bxc5 (
53... a5 $1 {SF16} 54. b4 axb4+ 55. Kxb4 bxc5+ 56. Kxc5 Kd7 57. Kb4 Kc8 58. Ka4
Kb7 59. Ka5 Kc7 60. Ka4 (60. Ka6 c5) 60... Kb6 61. Kb4 c5+ 62. dxc5+ Kc6 63.
Kc3 Kxc5 $19 {SF16}) 54. dxc5 Kd7 $11 (54... a5 $19 55. Kd4 Kb7 56. Ke5 Ka6 57.
Kf5 d4 58. Ke4 Kb5 59. Kxd4 Kb4 $19 {SF16}) 55. b4 Ke6 56. Kd4 Kf6 57. Kc3 Ke6
58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Kc3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Hollands, David"]
[Black "Berkley, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 (1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 Nbd7
8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Qe7 10. Nd2 Ne4 11. Ndf3 Ndf6 12. c5 Bc7 13. Qd3 Nd7 {
Patel-Berkley, Cambridge International 2023,1/2-1/2}) 1... e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2
Nf6 4. d4 c6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 (6. c4 {main}) 6... Bd6 7. Bb2 (7. Ba3 {main, 65%
for Wh}) 7... b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ndf3 Qe7 11. a4 $146 (11. c4 {
transposes to 170 games}) 11... a5 12. e3 (12. Nd3 $5) 12... Nbd7 13. Re1 Ne4
14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Ba3 (17... Rfd8 $11) 18. Bxa3 Qxa3
19. c4 $16 Qd6 (19... Qe7) 20. Qc2 (20. c5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23.
Qd2 $16 {SF16}) 20... c5 21. f4 (21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. e4 c4 24. Nf2
cxb3 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kf7 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Nd3 $14 {SF16}) 21... cxd4 (
21... Rac8 $11) 22. exd4 $16 Rac8 23. Qd2 (23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Qc7 25. Qe2 Ne4
26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. c6 Ba8 28. Qa6 $16 {Sf16}) 23... Rc7 $11 24. Qe3 Rfc8 25. Bf1
Ne4 26. Rc2 dxc4 27. Bxc4 (27. bxc4) 27... Bd5 28. Rec1 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 (29. bxc4
Qb4 30. Ra1 $11 {SF16}) 29... Rxc4 30. bxc4 Qb4 31. Qd3 (31. g4 h6 (31... Qxa4
32. d5 exd5 33. Qxb6 Re8 34. Qb7 $11) 32. Rf1 Nd6 33. Qd3 Ne4 $11 {SF16}) 31...
Qxa4 $15 32. d5 Qb4 (32... Rd8 $17 {SF16}) 33. dxe6 Qc5+ (33... Qe7 34. Qd7 Rc7
$11 {SF16}) 34. Kg2 Qe7 (34... Qf2+ 35. Kh3 g5 36. Rc2 g4+ 37. Nxg4 fxg4+ 38.
Kh4 Nc5 39. Qf5 Qe3 40. Re2 Qxe2 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ $11 {SF16}) 35. Qd7 Re8
36. Rd1 (36. Rb1 $14 {SF16}) 36... Kf8 37. Qxe7+ (37. Rb1 Qxe6 38. Qa7 Re7 39.
Qxb6 Qxb6 40. Rxb6 a4 41. Ra6 Rb7 42. Rxa4 Rb2+ $11 {SF16}) 37... Rxe7 (37...
Kxe7 38. Rd7+ Kxe6 39. Rxg7 Ra8 40. Rxh7 a4 41. Rh6+ Ke7 42. Rxb6 a3 43. Rb1 a2
44. Ra1 Nc5 45. Nc6+ Kf6 46. Nd4 Nd3 47. Ne2 Ra4 48. h3 Kg6 49. g4 Kf6 $11 {
SF16}) 38. Rd8+ (38. Nd7+ Ke8 39. Nxb6 Rxe6 40. Nd5 Kf7 $11 {SF16}) 38... Re8
39. e7+ {Wh stopped keeping score} (39. Nc6 a4 40. e7+ Kf7 41. Rd7 Nc5 42. Ra7
Ke6 $11 {SF16}) 39... Kxe7 40. Nc6+ (40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rxg7 Re7 42. Rg8 $11 {
SF16}) 40... Kf7 (40... Kf8 41. Rd5 Rc8 42. Ne5 (42. Rxf5+ Nf6 43. Ne5 Ke7 $19)
42... Nc5 43. Kf3 Ke8 44. Rd2 Rd8 $19 {SF16}) 41. Rd5 (41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Ra7 Nc5
43. Kf3 Re1 $17 {SF16}) 41... g6 42. Rb5 (42. Ne5+ Ke6 43. Rb5 Rb8 $19 {SF16})
42... Nd6 {Draw agreed} (42... Nd6 43. Rxb6 Nxc4 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Ra7 Re2+ 46.
Kf3 Rc2 47. Nxa5 $11) (42... Ra8 $1 43. Rxb6 a4 $19 {SF16} 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45.
Nd4+ Kd6 46. Nb5+ Kc5 (46... Kc6 47. Rxh7 $17) 47. Na3 Rd8 48. Kh3 Rd2 49. Nb1
Ra2 50. g4 Kxc4 51. Ra7 Kd3 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Ra5 Ra1 54. Rb5 Kc2 55. Rb4 Nf2+
56. Kh4 Nd3 $19 {SF16}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Holyhead, James"]
[Black "Dooley, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. g3 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Qc7 6. Re1 e5 7. e4 Be7
8. c4 Nf8 9. h4 Bg4 {Holyhead-J Van Kemenade, Shropshire Individual 2023,0-1})
2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c6 (7... e5 {main}) 8.
c4 d5 (8... Qc7 {main}) 9. Nbd2 {main} (9. Nc3) 9... c5 $146 (9... e6) (9...
Re8 {main lines}) 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. cxd5 (11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Rxc4 $16 {SF16})
11... Qxd5 12. Nc4 (12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Ndc4 $16 {SF16}) 12... Qf5 13. Nh4 Qh5 14.
Bf3 Bg4 $11 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rfd8 17. Qe1 (17. Qc2 Nd3 18. Bxf6 Rac8 19.
g4 Qh3 20. Bxg7 Rxc2 21. Ng5 Qh4 22. Nf3 {SF16, repetition}) 17... b6 (17...
Nd3 18. exd3 (18. Qb1 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Ng4 $19) 18... Qxf3 $15 {SF16}) 18. Qb4
Rac8 (18... Nd3 $1) 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 (20. gxh4 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Nxe3 22. fxe3
Kxg7 $17 {SF16}) 20... Nce4 (20... Rd2 $19 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rac1 Bb2 23. Rce1
Bd4 24. Rc1 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Re8 26. b4 Ne4 $19 {SF16}) 21. Rfd1 (21. Rac1 Ng4 22.
Nd5 Bf8 23. Nc3 Nexf2 24. Rxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Bg7 26. Ke1 Rc5 27. Ng2 Rdc8 28.
Kd2 Rh5 29. h4 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Re5 31. Rd1 $11 {SF16}) 21... Rxd1+ (21... Nxf2 $1
$19 22. Rxd8+ (22. Kxf2 Ne4+ 23. Kf3 Ng5+ 24. Kg2 Bxb2 $19) 22... Rxd8 23. Rc1
N2e4 24. Rc7 Ne8 25. Rc2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Rc8 $19 {SF16}) 22. Rxd1 $11 Kf8 23. f3
Nd6 (23... Nc3 24. Rd2 Ne8 25. Nhg2 $11 {SF16}) 24. Kf2 $6 (24. Nhg2) 24...
Nfe4+ 25. fxe4 Bxb2 $15 26. Kf3 Ba3 27. e5 Nb5 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. e3 (29. Rd2)
29... Ke8 (29... Nc3 30. Ra1 (30. Rd2 b5 31. Rc2 Nd5 32. Na3 a6 $19) 30... b5
31. Nb2 Ba3 32. Nd1 b4 $19 {SF16}) 30. Ng2 (30. Rc1 $11) 30... Nc3 31. Rd2 b5
32. Na5 Bb4 $19 (32... Rc7 $19) (32... Bb6 $19) 33. Nb7 Rb8 34. a3 Bxa3 35. Na5
(35. Rc2 Rxb7 36. Rxc3 Kd7 $19 {SF16}) 35... Rc8 36. b4 (36. Nb7 a5 37. Nf4 (
37. Nxa5 Bb4 38. Nb7 Rb8 39. Rd4 Na2 $19) 37... a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 $19 {SF16})
36... Bxb4 37. Nb3 e6 (37... a5 $19 {SF16- simplest}) 38. Nf4 Nd5 39. Nxd5 Bxd2
40. Nf6+ Ke7 41. Nxd2 b4 (41... a5 {SF16- the N on f6 and the Wh K are far
away from the action}) 42. Nb3 Rc3 43. Nd4 a5 (43... b3 {also} 44. Ne4 Rd3 45.
Nb5 Rd1 46. Nxa7 Rf1+ 47. Kg2 b2 48. Nc3 Rc1 49. Nab5 b1=Q 50. Nxb1 Rxb1 51.
Nd4 Rb2+ $19 {SF16}) 44. Ne4 Ra3 (44... Rc4 45. Nd2 Rc7 46. Ke2 a4 {SF16}) 45.
Nc2 Ra2 46. Nd4 Kd7 47. Nb3 a4 48. Nbc5+ Kc6 49. Kf4 h6 (49... b3 50. Nd3 Rxh2
(50... a3)) 50. Nd3 b3 $1 {Bl had a ? by this move on the scoresheet} (50...
Rxh2 51. Nxb4+ Kb5 52. Nd3 a3 53. Nd6+ Ka4 54. Nc5+ Kb4 55. Nd3+ Kc3 56. Ke4 a2
57. Nb5+ Kd2 58. Nd4 Rh1 59. Nc5 Kc3 60. Na4+ Kb4 61. Nb2 a1=Q 62. Nc2+ Kc3 63.
Nxa1 Rxa1 {and the N has no escape-SF16- more convoluted}) 51. Nb4+ Kb6 52. Nd6
Rxh2 (52... Rf2+ 53. Ke4 b2 54. Nc4+ Kb5 55. Nxb2 Rxb2 56. Nd3 Rxh2) 53. Nxf7
Rf2+ {(though Bl does not need to pick up the N on f7- the b pawn gets though}
(53... Rf2+ 54. Kg4 b2 55. Nd3 b1=Q 56. Nxf2 Qf5+ 57. Kh4 Qh5#) 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Conway-Lees, Joe"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 Ngf6 (3... e5) 4. Nc3 (4. e5 {78% for Wh}) 4... e5 5.
Bc4 Be7 6. a4 c6 7. O-O h6 8. Ba2 (8. Re1 {main}) 8... Qc7 9. h3 (9. Re1 {main}
) 9... Rg8 (9... Nf8 {main}) 10. Qe2 (10. Be3 g5 11. Ne1 Nf8 12. g4 Ng6 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. f3 Nf4 {Faraci-Pauwels, Imperia op 2001,1/2-1/2}) 10... g5 (10...
Nf8 11. Qc4 Ne6 {SF16}) 11. Qc4 Rg7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Nb6 15. Qc3 Bd6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 O-O-O (
19... Nd5) 20. Nxe5 Qc7 21. Nd3 Kb8 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Qxe6 Qxc2 24. Bd2 $16 {SF16
}) 13... Qb8 (13... Nc5 $11 {SF16}) 14. a5 Nf8 15. Be3 (15. a6 $18 {SF16})
15... Be6 16. Qd3 Qc7 (16... Bxa2 $5) 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Qc4 Bd8 $2 {thinking
that Wh threatened Nb5, but the Q is protected} (18... g4 $11 {SF16} 19. Bxh6
gxf3 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 fxg2 23. a6 b5 24. Qxc6+ Qxc6 25. dxc6
Rc8 $11) 19. Bc5 Nf4 (19... Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Nd7 21. Qc4 Rg6 22. Ne2 $18 {SF16- a
N comes to f5}) 20. Bd6 Qc8 21. a6 (21. Bxe5) 21... b5 (21... g4 22. Nxe5 gxh3
23. g3 Bb6 24. axb7 Qxb7 25. Kh2 Ne6 26. f3 $18) 22. Qc5 (22. Nxb5 $1 {SF16}
cxb5 23. Qxb5+ Nd7 24. Nxe5 f6 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Bxb8 Qxb8 27. Nd6+ Kf8 28. Qxb8
Nxb8 29. Nf5 $18) 22... Nxh3+ (22... Nd7 23. Qe3 Bb6 24. Qd2 f6 25. Ne2 Nc5 26.
Ng3 Qe6 27. Qc3 $16 {SF16}) 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. Qxe5+ (24. Qxc6+) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Surtees, Michael"]
[Black "Martin, Lewis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 (1... e6 2. f4 (2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 {Surtees 1-1}) 2... d5 3. e5
c5 4. b4 {Surtees 4-0-4}) 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 {Surtees 6-1-2 ( one loss
to Arkell)} cxb4 5. a3 (5. d4) 5... Qc7 $146 {2nd line SF16} (5... Nc6 {
Surtees 1-1 ( a loss to Arkell) , overall 7-0-5}) (5... b3 {1 SF16 line} 6.
cxb3 d4 7. Ng1 Qd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bc4 Qc5 10. O-O $11 {Surtees-Hutchinson, BCF
ch Seniors 65+, Coventry 2015,1-0}) 6. f4 (6. axb4 Qxe5 7. d4 Qd6 8. c4 $11 {
SF16}) 6... Nh6 (6... e6 $15 {SF16}) 7. axb4 Bf5 8. Nd4 Nc6 (8... Bg4 $11) 9.
Bb5 (9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. c3 $16 {SF16}) 9... Bg4 10. Ne2 e6 $15 11. c3 Be7 12. d4
O-O 13. O-O Qb6 (13... a5 $15 {SF16}) 14. Na3 (14. Bd3 $11 {SF16}) 14... a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 (15... Qxa5 $15 {SF16}) 16. Bxc6 (16. Bd3 $11 {SF16}) 16... bxc6 $19
17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qa7 19. g4 Bxa3 20. Bd2 Be7 21. Rxa5 Qxa5 22. f5 Nxf5 {
playing safe} (22... exf5 $19) (22... Rb8 $19) (22... Ra8 $19) 23. gxf5 exf5
24. Rxf5 Qa2 $17 25. Rf2 Rb8 26. e6 Qb1+ 27. Rf1 Qg6+ 28. Qg4 Qxg4+ (28... Qxe6
) 29. hxg4 fxe6 $19 30. Ra1 Bd6 31. Ra6 Rc8 32. Kf2 e5 33. dxe5 Bxe5 34. Ke2
Kf7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Be3 Kd6 37. Ra7 Rc7 38. Ra8 Rf7 39. c4 dxc4+ 40. Kxc4 Rf3
41. Bd2 h6 (41... Rg3 42. g5 Rg4+ 43. Kd3 Bf4 44. Bb4+ c5 45. Ra6+ Kd5 46. Ra5
Bd6 47. Bd2 Bc7 48. Rb5 Rg3+ 49. Kc2 Rg2 50. Kd3 Kc6 $19 {SF16}) 42. g5 hxg5
43. Bxg5 Rc3+ 44. Kb4 c5+ 45. Kb5 Bd4 46. Bf4+ Kd5 47. Rd8+ Ke4 48. Bd2 Rc2 49.
Be1 g5 50. Rg8 Be3 51. Ka4 {(time?)} 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Fleming, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 {played by Spassky and Karpov} Bb7 5. Nc3 d5
6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. b4 (8. Rc1 {main,53% for Wh}) 8... dxc4 (8... c5 {2-2-2
}) 9. Bxc4 {1-2-4} a5 $146 (9... Nbd7 {0-3-4}) 10. b5 (10. Rb1) 10... Ne4 11.
Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 (14... c6 $11 {SF16}) 15. O-O
(15. Qc3 $14 {SF16}) 15... Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Qb3 e5 18. Rc3 h6 19. h3 e4 (
19... exd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Nc6 Qe4 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Qc3 Qb7 25.
Qxc5 Rd5 26. Qc2 Rg5 27. g3 Rxb5 $11 {SF16}) 20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Nc4 Nd5 22. Rc2
Qg5 23. Rfc1 Kh8 (23... Qe7 $14 {SF16}) 24. Ne5 $18 Qf5 25. Rxc7 a4 26. Qa2 (
26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28. g4 Qe6 29. R1c6 Qe7 30. R6c7 Qxa3 31. Nxf7 Kg6
32. Rg8 $18 {SF16}) 26... Rxc7 (26... Nxc7 27. Qxf7 $18 {SF16}) 27. Rxc7 Nxc7
28. Nxf7+ Kh7 29. Nxd8 Qxb5 30. Qf7 Ne8 31. Ne6 Qc6 32. d5 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa3
34. Qxe8 Qd6+ 35. g3 a3 36. Qf7 (36. Qf7 Qe5 37. Nf8+ Kh8 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Nxe5
a2 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Ng6 a1=Q 42. Ne7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sullivan, Daniel"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 {scores best for Wh
at 69%} (6. c3) (6. h3 {main lines}) 6... O-O 7. Re1 Be6 (7... Na5 {main}) 8.
Bxe6 (8. Nbd2) (8. a5 {main lines}) 8... fxe6 9. c3 Qd7 10. b4 Rae8 (10... a6 {
main, 68% for Wh}) 11. Nbd2 {4-1-1} (11. Na3 {2-0}) 11... Bd8 12. Nc4 $14 (12.
b5 $16 Ne7 13. d4 {3-0}) (12. Nf1 $14 Qf7 13. b5 Nb8 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Ng3 {
Eljanov-Khmelniker, ISR ch tm 2019,1-0}) 12... Qf7 13. h3 (13. d4 $16 {SF16})
13... Nh5 14. Be3 (14. Ra2 $16 {SF16}) 14... b6 (14... Nf4) 15. b5 $18 Nb8 16.
Nfxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qf6 18. Qxh5 g6 19. Qh6 g5 20. Qxf6 (20. Ng4) 20... Bxf6
21. Bd4 Rd8 22. Rad1 c5 23. bxc6 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxc6 25. Bg3 e5 26. Re2 (26. Kf1
{SF16}) 26... Rd7 27. Red2 Rfd8 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. f3 (30. h4 g4 31.
Rb2 Kg6 32. Rb5 Re8 33. Ke3 h5 34. f4 gxf3 35. gxf3 Kf7 36. d4 $18 {SF16})
30... Na5 31. Bf2 (31. d4 $18 {SF16}) 31... Nb3 32. Rb2 (32. Rc2 Rc8 33. Rb1
$18 {SF16}) 32... Rxd3 33. Rdb1 (33. Rbb1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 h6 36.
Kc2 Na5 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Be3 Kd7 39. h4 $18 {0.00/0 SF16- with pawns on both
sides of the board, the B is stronger than the N. Besides, all of Bl's pawns
can be targets for the}) 33... Nd2 34. Rd1 Nb3 35. Rdb1 Nd2 36. Rd1 {(draw?)} (
36. Bxb6 axb6 37. Rxb6+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Rd1 R3d6 40. Re7 h6 41. Rxe5 Nxe4
42. Rxd6 Nxd6 43. a5 Kf7 44. a6 Ra8 45. Ra5 Ra7 46. f4 gxf4 47. Kf3 $11 {SF16})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Burrows, Martin"]
[Black "Whitmore, Darren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 g6 (5... Nf6) (5... e6 {
main lines}) 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 (7. Nd5 {main, 53% for Wh}) 7... Qc7 8. Qd2 Nf6
9. f3 (9. Be2 O-O 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 d5 12. h4 Bg4 13. h5 {Cannon-Whitmore,
Birmingham op 2022,1-0}) 9... O-O 10. O-O-O Rd8 $16 {SF16} (10... d6 11. g4 {
main, 53% for Wh}) 11. Nd5 $16 {SF16} (11. g4 $11 {2 draws, 1 Bl win}) 11...
Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. d6 $5 (13. h4 d6 14. h5 $16 {SF16}) 13... exd6 14. Qxd6
Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Re8 $11 16. Bf4 Kf8 (16... Bf8 17. Rd5 Nc6 $11) 17. Rd1 (17. Nc5
$16 {SF16}) 17... a6 18. Nc5 d5 (18... b5 19. Be2 f5 20. Rhe1 d6 21. Rxd6 Nc4
22. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 23. Kd2 Re8 24. Bd5 Ra7 25. Bc6 Be5 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. Rd3 Rae7
28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. c3 Bxh2 $11 {SF16}) 19. Rxd5 Bf5 20. Bxe5 (20. Nxb7 Nc6 21.
Bc4 $18 {SF16}) 20... Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 $18 Bd6 24. f4
Re8 25. Kd2 b5 26. g3 f5 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Ke7 29. Kd3 Bc5 30. Nf3 Kd6 31.
c3 (31. c4) 31... Bf2 32. b3 Kc5 $2 33. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "He, Tom Junde"]
[Black "Ferrington, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 a6 (6... c5) (6...
dxc4 {main lines}) 7. O-O (7. Nbd2) 7... dxc4 8. a4 (8. Qxc4 {alternative})
8... Bd7 9. Rd1 (9. Qxc4) 9... Bc6 {main} (9... Nc6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. axb5 axb5
12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qxb5 {4 Wh wins, 1 draw}) 10. Nc3 Nd5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a5 {276 games, 58% for Wh}) 11. e4 {79games, 70 % for Wh}
Nxc3 (11... Nb4 12. Qe2 Nd3 13. Be3 b5 14. d5 $16 {2 Wh wins, 1 draw}) 12. bxc3
b5 13. Ne5 $16 {SF16- 67% for Wh} (13. d5 {75% for Wh}) 13... Be8 $146 {
3rd line SF16} (13... Bb7 14. Rb1 $16 {3 Wh wins, two draws} (14. Qb1 $16 {
3 draws,1 Bl win})) (13... Qe8 14. Bf4 $16 {2-0}) 14. a5 (14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Qa2
Nd7 16. Nxc4 $16 {SF16}) 14... Qc8 $15 (14... f6 $17 {SF16}) 15. f4 c5 16. d5
exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 $17 18. Be3 f6 (18... Bd7 19. Qf2 Bf5 $17 {SF16}) 19. Nc6 Bg6
(19... f5 $17) 20. Qf2 (20. Qe2) 20... Nd7 21. Bf3 (21. f5 {difficult decision
to cede the e5 square} Bh5 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxf5
26. Bh3 Rxf2 27. Bxc8 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rd2 29. Bb7 Ra7 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 31. Rxh5 b4
32. d6 $11 {SF16}) 21... Bd3 $17 22. Bd2 Qc7 (22... f5 $19 {SF16}) 23. Re1 Rfe8
(23... f5 $19 {SF16}) 24. Re6 Nf8 (24... f5 {Engines can be quite insistent})
25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3 (26. Qxe3 Bg6 27. Qf2 Re8 28. Re1 Qd7 $17 {SF16}) 26...
Nd7 27. Re1 b4 28. Be2 {an interesting sacrifice} (28. Bd2 b3 29. Bc1 Nf8 30.
Qe3 Bg6 31. Qd2 Qb7 32. Kf2 Kh8 $17 {SAF16}) 28... bxc3 29. Rc1 c2 (29... Qb7
30. Rxc3 Qb2 $19 {SF16}) 30. Qf1 Nb8 (30... Be4 31. Bxc4 f5 32. Qe2 Re8 33. Bf2
Nf6 $17 {SF16} 34. Bxa6 g5 35. fxg5 Nxd5 $19) 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Nxc6 33.
dxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxc2 Rc8 (34... Re8 {SF16} 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Bxc5 $2 Rc8 $19) 35.
Qc4+ Kf8 (35... Kh8 36. Bf2 Rb8 37. Rc1 h5 $15 {SF16}) 36. Rd2 (36. Rb2 $11 {
SF16}) 36... Be7 $15 {Bl was suddenly worried about Rxd6, however SF16 finds
it is no real threat Wh won the c pawn, though Qs & Rs came off.However then
Wh had all hs pawns on the colour of his B, and game ended at about move 50.}
0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Underwood, Jon"]
[Black "Hilditch-Love, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
O-O Qb6 (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 {main}) 9. Nb3 d6 10. Nd5 (10. Be3 {main}
) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Be3 Qd8 {63% for Wh} (12... Qa6 {main 44% for Wh}
) 13. Rc1 $14 (13. Bd4 $14 {4-5-2}) 13... Ng4 (13... Bd7 14. Qd2 $11 {0-1} (14.
h3 Ba4 15. Bd4 Bh6 16. f4 Nd7 17. g4 $14 {Garcia-Picado, NCA ch tm Managua
2015,1-0})) 14. Bd4 f5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Qb4 (17. Qe3 Nh5 18. Bxg7
Nxg7 19. Rc4 $16 {SF16}) 17... Qb8 (17... a5 18. Qa3 Bh6 19. e3 Bg7 20. Nd2 $14
{SF16}) 18. Na5 (18. Rc2 b6 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Qa3 a4 21. Nd2 b5 22. Rc7 Rc8 23.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qe3 Qb7 25. Nf3 $16 {SF16}) 18... b6 19. Nc6 Bxc6 (19... Qe8 20.
a4 h5 21. h4 Kh7 22. a5 $16 {SF16}) 20. dxc6 $18 Qc7 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Qe6 (22.
Rfd1 e5 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Bd5 $18 (24. Bg5 $18 {SF16})) 22... Ne8 23. e3 Bxd4
24. exd4 Rf6 25. Qe3 $16 e5 (25... e6) 26. d5 (26. dxe5 Re6 (26... dxe5 27.
Rfd1 Nd6 28. Qxe5 $18) 27. exd6 Rxe3 28. dxc7 Re7 29. Rfe1 Rxc7 30. Red1 Nf6
31. b4 Kg7 32. b5 $18 {SF16}) 26... f4 (26... Qg7 27. Rfd1 Nc7 28. Rc2 $16 {
SF16}) 27. gxf4 (27. Qd3 $16) 27... Rxf4 $14 {Wh's B is not very effective in
this position, blocked by its own pawns} 28. Rfd1 Ng7 $11 29. Be4 Raf8 30. f3
Nh5 $15 (30... Nf5 31. Bxf5 R8xf5 $15) 31. Kh2 R4f6 (31... Qe7 $11) 32. Qg5 $14
Nf4 33. Rc2 R6f7 34. Rg1 Nh5 $2 (34... b5 $14) 35. Qh6 (35. Bxg6 $18 Rxf3 (
35... hxg6 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qxh5) 36. Bxh5 R3f6 37. Rcg2 $18 {SF16}) 35... Nf4
36. Rg4 (36. a4) 36... Rf6 37. Rc1 Qf7 38. Rcg1 Rg8 {(draw?)} (38... Rg8 39. h4
Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rc1 Rf7 42. Rc4 Kf6 43. Rg1 Ke7 44. Ra4 Kd8 45. Ra6 Kc8
46. b4 Ne2 47. Rg2 Nd4 $11 {SF16}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 d6 {recommended by Tiger
Hillarp-Persson, aming for possible c5} (5... Bb7 {main}) 6. Bd3 c5 (6... Nd7 {
Tiger}) 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Bb7 9. O-O (9. Qe2 Nh6 10. a4 {4-3-1}) 9... Nh6 10.
Qe2 (10. Be4 Qc8 {3-2-0}) 10... Nf5 $146 (10... O-O {1-0-3}) (10... Qb6 11. Be4
O-O {J Tan-Meri Grigoryan, Queenstown op 2009,0-1}) 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Be3 $16
Qc8 13. Rad1 e6 14. Qf2 (14. g4 $18 {SF16}) 14... Bf8 $11 15. Ne2 Be7 16. Ng3 (
16. Qg3 Kf8 17. Qh3 h5 18. Bf2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 $11 {Sf16})
16... h5 $15 17. h4 Nd7 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc6 19. Qxc6+ Nxc6 20. Kh2 c4 $15
{SF16}) 18. Kh2 (18. Ng5 $14) 18... Qc6 19. c3 O-O-O $15 20. b4 Rdg8 21. bxc5 (
21. Kh3 Rg4 22. Ne2 f6 $19 (22... Rhg8 $19 {SF16})) 21... Rg4 $19 22. Nd4 Qxg2+
(22... Qc7 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Ne2 Rxh4+ 26. Kg1 Rg4 $19) 23. Qxg2
Bxg2 24. Rf2 (24. Kxg2 Bxh4 25. Nde2 Bxg3 26. Kf3 Bh4 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rd6 Nb8
29. Rb1 Bd8 30. Nd4 $11 {SF16}) 24... Bd5 25. c6 (25. Ndxf5 Bxh4 26. Rxd5 exd5
27. Rf3 Bxg3+ 28. Rxg3 Kc7 $19 {SF16}) 25... Nc5 (25... Rxh4+ 26. Kg1 Rg8 27.
cxd7+ Kxd7 28. Rf3 Rxg3+ 29. Rxg3 Rh1+ 30. Kf2 Rxd1 $19 {SF16}) (25... Nxe5 26.
Ndxf5 (26. fxe5 Rxh4+ 27. Kg1 Rg8 $19) 26... exf5 27. Rxd5 Bxh4 28. Nxf5 Bxf2
29. Bxf2 Nxc6 $19 {SF16}) 26. Ndxf5 exf5 27. Nxf5 $18 Bf8 28. Rfd2 $2 (28. Rxd5
$18) 28... Bxc6 (28... Bf3 29. Rd8+ Kc7 30. R1d2 Rg2+ 31. Rxg2 Kxd8 $19 {SF16})
(28... Be4 $19 {SF16}) 29. Rd8+ Kc7 (29... Kb7 30. Bxc5 Rxf4 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32.
Bxf8 Rxf5 $15 {SF16}) 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 (30... Rxf4 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Bxf8 Rxf5 33.
a3 $11 {SF16}) 31. Rxh8 Rxf4 32. Nh6 (32. Rxh5 $16 {SF16}) 32... Rf2+ (32...
Bf2 33. Rd3 Be4 34. Rh3 a5 $19 {SF16= 2Bs are often superior to R & N in
endings, they co=operated better}) 33. Kg3 Be3 (33... f6 $15) 34. Rd4 $2 {
time scramble} (34. Rh7 $11) (34. Rd6 $11) 34... Rg2+ (34... Bxd4 35. cxd4 Rf3+
36. Kh2 b4 $19) 35. Kh3 Rxa2 $19 36. Nxf7 Bxd4 37. cxd4 b4 38. Nd6 Bd7+ 39. Kg3
b3 40. Nc4 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Potter, John M"]
[Black "Bolt, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Be3 (5. Bh4) 5... Nf6 6. f3 a6 (6...
c6 7. Qd2 {main, 59% for Wh}) 7. Qd2 {6-2-3} (7. a4 {3-2-1}) 7... b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nd1 a5 10. Bc4 $146 (10. Bd3 $14 {1-1-1}) (10. c3 $14 {0.5-1.5}) 10... d5
11. Bb3 $5 (11. Bd3 dxe4 12. fxe4 e5 $11 {SF16}) 11... dxe4 {a delayed
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit} 12. Nf2 Bb7 13. O-O-O exf3 (13... e6 $15) 14. Nxf3 Bd5
$11 (14... e6 $11) 15. Nd3 (15. Ne5 $11) (15. Rhe1 $11) 15... Bxb3 (15... Ne4
16. Qe2 e6 $17 {SF16}) 16. cxb3 Nd5 (16... Qd5 17. Qc2 (17. Kc2 Ne4 18. Qe2 Ra6
$17) 17... Qc6 18. Qc4 Nd5 19. Rhe1 e6 $11 {SF16}) 17. Rhe1 (17. Kb1 $16) 17...
Nd7 18. Kb1 N7f6 (18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O 20. Rc1 e6 21. Rc6 $16 {SF16}) 19.
Bf2 O-O 20. Nfe5 Re8 21. g4 Qc8 22. Qe2 $18 Nd7 23. Qf3 $16 (23. Nxf7 Ra6 24.
Nfe5 $18 {SF16}) (23. Nxg6 Nc3+ (23... fxg6 24. Qe6+ Kh7 25. Qxd5) 24. bxc3
fxg6 25. cxb4 axb4 26. Bg3 $18 {SF16}) 23... Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nf6 25. h4 $18 Kh7
26. g5 (26. Ka2 $18) 26... Ng8 (26... Nh5 27. Nxf7 Qf5+ 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. d5
$18) 27. Qxf7 Qf5+ $2 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. g6+ Kh8 30. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Hood, Simon W"]
[Black "Mason, Donald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 (7... a6
) (7... cxd4 {main lines} 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 {
Lappage-Mason, Coventry Open 2005,0-1}) 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 (9. dxc5 {main}) 9...
b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd1 (11. Rad1 {main}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nf2 f5 (
13... Qd7) (13... Nxd4 {main lines}) 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 (15. c3 {1 Wh win,
2 draws}) 15... Nxd4 $146 (15... Qc7 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Ng4 Bh4 18. Nd4 Ne4 19.
Qd3 Na5 20. Bc1 Bf6 21. Qh3 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Nc6 23. Rdd1 $14 {Swati-Pham, Asian
Continental op (women) 2014,0-1}) (15... Qe7 16. Bb5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. fxe5
Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd4 $11 {Ganguly-Raahul, IND ch rapid, Pune 2023,1-0})
16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Qe3 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe3 $14 {SF16}) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4
19. Rd2 (19. Bxf6 Rxf6 (19... gxf6 20. f5 $16) 20. c3 $14 {SF16}) 19... Rad8
20. Bxf6 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxf6 22. Rd1 Qc5+ 23. Qd4 Qxc2 24. Bc4 h6 25. Bb3 (25.
g3 $11) 25... Qe2 (25... Qc6 $17) 26. Bc4 Qc2 (26... Qg4 $17) 27. Bb3 {Draw
agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Pink, Joshua"]
[Black "Gunarathne, Senith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 {transposing to a Pirc} Nbd7 (
5... O-O) (5... c6 {main lines}) 6. e5 (6. Bc4) (6. Qd2 {main lines}) 6... dxe5
7. dxe5 Ng4 8. e6 (8. Bf4 {1-1-2}) 8... fxe6 9. Bc4 {4-1-1} Nde5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8
11. Nxe5 (11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Nb5 Nxc4 13. Nxc7+ Kf7 14. Nxa8 Nxb2 $15 {
Gungor-Gunes, TUR ch tm 2022,1-0}) (11. O-O-O+ $11) 11... Nxe5 $11 (11... Bxe5
12. O-O-O+ (12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Rad1+ Ke8 $11
{Tampe-Schiewe, GER ch U18 girls, Willingen 2019,1-0}) 12... Ke8 13. Ne4 Rf8
14. f3 Bf4+ 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Rhe1 $14 {Nagy-Mester, HUN ch tm 1993,1/2-1/2})
12. Bb3 Bf6 (12... c6 13. O-O-O+ Ke8 14. Rhe1 Nf7 15. Bf4 Rf8 $11 {SF16}) 13.
Bf4 (13. O-O-O+ Ke8 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Nb5 $18 {SF16}) 13... Ke8 (13... Nf7 14.
O-O-O+ Nd6 15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Rhe1 e5 17. Bg3 b6 18. f3 $14 {SF16}) 14. Nb5 Kf7
15. Nxc7 (15. O-O-O g5 16. Bg3 c5 17. Rhe1 c4 (17... Ng6 18. Nc7 $18) 18. Bxe5
cxb3 19. axb3 b6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Nb5 Ra8 22. Re3 $16 {SF16}) 15... Rb8 16.
O-O-O $14 (16. O-O $16) 16... b5 17. Rhe1 Nc4 18. c3 a6 (18... Rb6 19. Nxb5
Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Rxb5 21. a4 Rc5 22. Rd3 g5 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Bd4 $14 {SF16}) 19. a4
(19. Nxb5 Nxb2 20. Nd6+ exd6 21. Kxb2 Rd8 22. Bxd6 Rb5 23. a4 Rb7 24. Kc2 $18 {
SF16}) 19... Rb6 (19... Nxb2 20. Nxe6 Nxd1 21. Bxb8 Nxc3 22. a5 Bb7 23. Nd8+
Kg7 24. Ne6+ Kh6 25. Ba7 Bd5 $11 {SF16}) 20. axb5 (20. Ba2 $14) 20... axb5 21.
Nxb5 Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Rxb5 23. Kc2 Rb6 $11 24. Re2 Ba6 25. Re3 Rc8 26. Rde1 Bc4
27. Rb1 Rbc6 28. g3 (28. Be5 Bd5 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. g3 g5 $11 {SF16}) 28... Bd5
$17 29. Bxd5 exd5 (29... Rxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 31. Kd2 exd5 32. Rb5 d4 $15 {SF16
}) 30. Kd2 (30. Rb3 d4 31. Rf3 Rc5 32. Bd2 g5 33. g4 h6 34. Rd3 Rc4 $15 {SF16})
30... Bxc3+ (30... Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 32. Ke2 e5 33. Rb7+ Kf6 34. Bh6 Bd4 $17
{SF16}) 31. Ke2 d4 (31... Kf6 $17) (31... Bf6 $17) (31... Bd4 32. Rd3 e5 $17)
32. Re4 $11 {Bl's centre pawns can now be blockaded} Kf6 33. Kd3 Rc5 34. Rb6+
R8c6 35. Be5+ Kf5 36. g4+ Kg5 37. Bf4+ Kf6 38. Be5+ Kf7 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Bxd4
Bxd4 41. Kxd4 $11 {with the pawns all on the same side, even if Bl does lose
the weak e6 pawn, drawn as long as Rs stay on} Ra6 42. Rf4+ Ke6 43. Ke3 (43. f3
Ra2 44. h4 Ra4+ 45. Ke3 Rxf4 46. Kxf4 Kf6 $11 {and drawn with neither K having
an entry square}) 43... Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Rh3 45. Kf1 Rxh2 {though Bl has won a
pawn, it should still be a draw} 46. Kg1 Rh3 47. f3 h5 48. Kg2 (48. gxh5 Rxh5
$11 (48... gxh5 $2 49. Kg2 $18)) 48... hxg4 49. Rxg4 Rh6 50. Re4+ Kf6 51. Kg3
Rh5 52. Rf4+ Rf5 53. Ra4 e5 54. Ra6+ Kg5 55. Re6 Kh5 56. Re8 Kh6 57. Re7 Rg5+
58. Kf2 Rh5 59. Kg3 Rf5 60. Rd7 Kg5 61. Rd8 Kf6 62. Rd6+ Kf7 63. Rc6 Rf6 64.
Rc5 Ke6 65. Ra5 Kf5 66. Rb5 Rd6 67. Rb8 Rd3 68. Rf8+ Ke6 69. Re8+ Kf6 70. Kg4
Rd4+ 71. Kg3 Rf4 72. Rf8+ Kg5 73. Re8 Rf5 {20 moves without a cature or pawn
move} 74. Rxe5 Rxe5 75. f4+ Kf5 76. fxe5 Kxe5 77. Kg4 {the K & P ending is
also drawn as Bl needs his K to be in front of his pawn( and to have the
opposition)} Ke6 78. Kg5 Kf7 79. Kg4 Kg8 80. Kg5 Kg7 81. Kg4 Kf6 82. Kf4 g5+
83. Kg4 Kg6 84. Kg3 {falling back to the reserve blockade square each time} Kf5
85. Kf3 Ke5 86. Kg4 Kf6 87. Kg3 Kf5 88. Kf3 g4+ 89. Kg3 Kg5 90. Kg2 Kg6 91. Kg3
Kh5 92. Kg2 Kh4 93. Kh2 g3+ 94. Kg2 Kg4 95. Kg1 Kf3 96. Kf1 Kf4 97. Kg2 Kg4 98.
Kg1 Kh3 99. Kh1 g2+ 100. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Berkley, Stephen"]
[Black "Freeland, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 {broughtback from the wilderness by
Kasparov} O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 (6... dxc4) (6... c5 {main lines}) 7. O-O Bb7
8. Qa4 (8. Ne5 $14) (8. cxd5 $14 {main lines}) 8... Bxc3 (8... Be7 {transposes
to 61 games, 69% for Wh}) 9. bxc3 Ne4 (9... dxc4 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Qxc4 {1.5-0.5
}) 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 $14 {SF16}) 10... Nd7 (10... Nc6 11. h4 Na5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3 Nc4 $11 {Fernandes-Leon Lopes, BRA ch Amateur
U200,2019,1/2-1/2}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd2 (12. c4 c6 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Ba3 Qf6
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qc7 Bc6 $11 {Shen-Lozano Osorio, ESP ch U18; Salobrena 2015,
1-0}) 12... Ndf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Re8 15. Bg5 c5 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Qf5 cxd4
18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. cxd4 Rc4 21. e3 $11 Rc3 22. Rac1 (22. f4 $11) (
22. Kf2 Ba6 $15) 22... Rcxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Rc7 Ba6 25. Rxa7 Re1+ 26. Kf2
Re2+ 27. Kg1 Rxa2 28. f4 Bc4 29. Rd7 Ra5 30. Rd6 Kg7 31. Rxb6 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Rd1
33. Rb4 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 Rxd4 35. Ke3 Rd3+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 (37. Kg1 $11) 37...
Kg6 (37... h5 $19 {SF16}) (37... f5 38. Bh3 Kg6 39. g4 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 Rc3 41.
Rb6+ Kg7 $19 {SF16}) 38. h4 (38. g4 $11 {SF16}) 38... Rd3+ (38... h5 39. Bh3 f5
40. Rb6+ f6 41. Rc6 Ra2 42. Rd6 Bd3 43. Ke3 Ra3 44. Kd4 Bc2 45. Bf1 Rxg3 $19 {
SF16}) 39. Kf2 Rb3 40. Rxb3 Bxb3 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Bh3+ $11 Kg6 43. Bg2 Bc4 44.
Kd4 Kf5 45. Bh3+ Kg6 46. Bg2 Kf5 47. Bh3+ Kg6 48. Bg2 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Zabrocki, Philip"]
[Black "Dooley, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 (5. Bb5 {main}) 5... e6 6. f5
Nd4 (6... Nge7 {main}) 7. fxe6 (7. O-O {6-1-3}) 7... dxe6 {1-4-2} 8. d3 {
1 Wh win, 3 draws} (8. O-O {2 Bl wins, 1 draw}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O O-O {
transposes to 183 games- Wh usually delays the f5 sac until Bl has 0-0} 10.
Nxd4 $11 {2nd most played, 44% for Wh} (10. Bg5 $15 {most played, 40% for Wh})
(10. Kh1 $11 {5th most frequent ; scores best of all at 69% for Wh,, 5-1-2})
10... Bxd4+ $11 {3 Wh wins, 2 draws} (10... cxd4 $11 {main, 33 % for Wh over
48 games}) (10... Qxd4+ $11 {8-0-2}) 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 (13. Qd2
$11 {3-0}) 13... Kxg7 14. Qe1 (14. a4 Qh4 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Bb3 h5 17. Qf2 Qxf2
18. Rxf2 b6 $17 {Sysoenko-Vatinyan, Donetsk Masters rapid 2011,1/2-1/2}) 14...
b6 (14... Qd6 15. Rd1 Bd7 $11 {SF16}) 15. Qg3 Bb7 (15... Nd4 16. Rf2 Bb7 17.
Raf1 f6 $11 {SF16}) 16. Nb5 $14 Qe7 (16... e5 17. h4 f6 $14 {SF16}) 17. Nd6
Rad8 18. e5 $16 Nd4 $2 (18... Ba8) 19. c3 $18 Nf5 $2 (19... Nc6 20. Rf2 Kh8 21.
Ne4 Nb8 22. Nf6 Nd7 23. Qg5 Rg8 24. Nxh7 $18 {SF16}) 20. Rxf5 Rxd6 21. exd6 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Burns, Martin"]
[Black "Conway-Lees, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 (3... Bg4 {main}) 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ (5. Qe2 {
main, when not} Nbd7 6. Nd6# {38 games- higest graded Marie SEbag, 2429, in a
Titled Tuesday blitz july 2023,1-0}) 5... exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be3 (7. Bd3) (7.
Be2 {main lines}) 7... O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 9. O-O-O Nd7 {4-3-5} (9... Be6 10. Kb1 {
2-4-6}) 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Rde1 $146 (11. Kb1 $11 {46% for Wh in 14 games}) 11...
Be6 12. Kb1 a5 $15 (12... b5 $15) 13. Nh4 g6 (13... b5 $17) 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3
f6 (15... Nd7 16. Rhg1 Nf6 $17 {SF16}) 16. Qf2 b5 17. c3 a4 18. Qc2 Qb8 19. g3
Bd5 20. Rhf1 b4 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 Ne6 24. Qc3 Qb6 25. Nf3 (
25. Nc4 Qa7 (25... Qxd4 26. Rxe6 $18) 26. Ne3 Rab8 27. Bc2 a3 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29.
Bb3 Rec8 30. Rxe6 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Qd7 32. Rfe1 Kf7 33. R6e3 g5 $17 {SF16}) 25...
Bxf3 (25... a3 26. b3 Kg7 27. Bc4 Be4+ 28. Bd3 Nc7 $19 {SF16}) 26. Rxf3 Nxd4
27. Rfe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rf8 (28... a3 29. h3 Ra7 30. g4 Kg7 31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5
h5 $19 {SF16}) 29. Re1 $11 (29. Re7 $11) 29... Nb5 30. Qb4 Kg7 31. Bc4 Qb8 (
31... Rd8 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Qxf6 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Na3+ 35. Kc1 (35. Ka1 Nc2+ 36.
Kb1 Na3+ $11) 35... Qe3+ 36. Rd2 Qe1+ 37. Rd1 Qe3+ $11 {SF16}) 32. Qe7+ (32. a3
Kh6 33. Re6 Nd4 34. Qxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxf6 $14 {SF16}) 32... Kh6 33. Kc1 Nd6 $19
34. Be6 Ne4 35. Bd7 Qd8 (35... Rd8 $1 36. Bxf5 (36. Bxc6 Rc8 $19) (36. Rd1 Qb6
37. Qa3 Qa7 $19) 36... Re8 37. Qxe8 Qxe8 38. Rxe4 Qd8 39. Be6 Qd3 $19 {SF16})
36. Qxd8 Rxd8 37. Be6 Rd3 $15 (37... Kh5 38. g4+ Kh4 39. gxf5 Nc5 $17 {SF16})
38. Re2 Rd6 39. Bc8 Kg7 (39... c5 40. Re3 (40. Rc2 Kh5 $19) 40... c4 41. Bb7
Nc5 42. Bf3 g5 $17 {SF16}) 40. g4 (40. Rc2 h5 41. Rc4 h4 42. gxh4 Rd8 43. Rxc6
Kh6 $11 {SF16}) 40... Nc5 $15 (40... Rd4 41. gxf5 Nd6 42. Re7+ Kh6 43. fxg6
Nxc8 44. gxh7 Rd8 45. Re6 Kg6 46. Rxc6 Rh8 47. Rc7 Nd6 $17 {SF16}) 41. gxf5 (
41. Rd2 $11) 41... Nd3+ (41... Rd8 42. Re7+ Kh6 43. Rc7 Nd3+ 44. Kb1 Nxf4 45.
Rxc6 Nd5 46. Be6 Nb4 47. Rc8 Rd1+ 48. Rc1 Rd2 49. Rc3 Nd3 $15 {SF16}) 42. Kc2 (
42. Kb1 Nxf4 43. Re7+ Kh6 44. Rd7 Rd3 45. Rxd3 Nxd3 46. fxg6 hxg6 47. Kc2 Ne5
48. a3 $11 {SF16}) 42... Nxf4 (42... Nb4+ 43. Kc3 (43. Kc1 Nxa2+) (43. Kb1 Rd1#
) 43... Nd5+ 44. Kc2 Rd8 45. Be6 (45. Bb7 Rb8 46. Bxc6 Rc8 $19) 45... Nxf4 46.
Re4 Nxe6 47. fxe6 f5 $19 {SF16}) 43. Re4 (43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Rxh7 $11) 43... Nd5
44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Rxa4 Nb6 (45... f5 46. Ra7+ Kh6 47. Rd7 Rf6 48. Kd2 g5 49. h3
g4 50. hxg4 fxg4 51. Rd8 g3 52. Rg8 Ne7 53. Rxg3 Nxc8 54. Kc3 $11 {SF16}) 46.
Ra7+ Kh6 47. Rc7 Nxc8 48. Rxc8 f5 49. a4 f4 50. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Tarr, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 (2... d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. d5 Nd8 11. a4 $16 {Van Kemenade-Tarr, S
Wales Autumn Open 2013,1-0}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 (4. Nxd4 {main}) 4... Nf6 5.
Nc3 (5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 {main, 59% for Wh}) 5... Nc6 6. Qa4 Bg7 (6... d6 7. e5
dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 {main, 63 % for Wh}) 7. e5 {75% for Wh}
Ng8 (7... Ng4 8. Qxg4 {6-1}) 8. Bf4 e6 $6 (8... Nh6) (8... f6 {main lines}) 9.
Ne4 (9. Nb5 {3-0}) 9... Qb6 (9... Qa5+ 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. O-O-O Nh6
13. Bg5+ Kf8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Rxd7 $18 {Van Kemenade-Djulianto, online Arena
2017,1-0}) (9... h6 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. g4 {Svoboda-Simajchi,
Ceske Budejovice 2022,1-0} (12. h4 {Thavandiran-Hortillosa, New England
Masters, Pawtuckett 2008,1-0})) 10. O-O-O (10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. O-O-O {considered
by Wh} Qxf2 12. Qa3 {missed, threatens to trap Q & a discovery ch}) (10. Bb5
Nge7 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. O-O-O $18 {also SF16}) 10... Qb4 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Bb5 (
12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Bb5 {SF16}) 12... Qxa4 13. Bxa4 Bh6 {exchanging
Bs helps Wh} (13... h6 14. h4 b6 15. Rd2 Ba6 16. Rhd1 Kf8 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. Ne4
$18 {SF16}) 14. Bxh6 (14. Ng5 {considered by Wh, the Engine shows how the
tactics are in Wh's favour} Nxe5 15. Bxe5 (15. h4 Nc6 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Ndxf7
Bxg5 18. hxg5 Kxf7 19. Be5 {SF16 also very strong}) 15... Bxg5+ 16. f4 Bf6 17.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rxd7+ Kf8 19. Rxb7 {SF16, Wh is a pawn up & Bl is scarcely
developed}) (14. Bg5+ Bxg5+ 15. Nxg5 Nxe5 16. f4 h6 17. Nxe6 Nd3+ 18. Rxd3 dxe6
19. Nxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rd7+ Kf6 21. Rxb7 $18 {SF16, is also good for Wh}) 14...
Nxh6 15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Ng5 (16. Rd2 {SF16, just building up} b6 17. Rhd1 a5 18.
h3 Ra7 19. Ng5 $18) 16... Ng4 $5 {it looks as if Wh can virtually ignore this
single piece incursion} 17. Rde1 (17. Rhe1 Nxf2 18. Rd2 Ng4 19. Ngxf7 Rf8 20.
h3 Nh2 21. Rh1 $18 {SF16}) (17. Ngxf7 $1 Rf8 18. Rd4 h5 19. h3 c5 20. Rd2 $18 {
SF16}) 17... Nh6 18. Re4 (18. Rd1) 18... f6 19. Nxc8+ Raxc8 20. exf6+ Kxf6 21.
f4 (21. Nxe6 $18 {is simplest- Wh starting looking at attacking the K}) 21...
Rce8 22. Rhe1 e5 23. Rxe5 (23. Nf3 {is also good}) 23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Ng4 25.
Re6+ {starting a slide} (25. Ne4+ {considered by Wh to keep the K back} Kf7 26.
Ra5 $18 Nxh2 (26... Ra8 27. Ra3 (27. Nd6+ Kg7 28. Nxb7) 27... Ke7 (27... Nxh2
28. Rh3 Nf1 29. Rxh7+ Ke6 30. Rxb7) 28. h3 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Kd2 $18) 27.
Rxa7 $18 {SF16}) 25... Kf5 26. g3 $2 {loses a N} h6 27. Re7 {just hoping to
collect pawns in compensation} (27. Nf7 Kxe6 28. Nxh8 Kf6 {trapped N}) 27...
hxg5 28. fxg5 Rxh2 29. Rxb7 a5 $2 {Wh gets very good play now} (29... Ne3 $1
30. Rxa7 (30. c3 {just doesn't feel right} Ke4 31. a4 Rh1+ 32. Kd2 Rh2+ 33. Ke1
Nc4 34. b4 a6) 30... Rxc2+ 31. Kb1 Rg2 32. a4 Nc4 33. Rb7 Rxg3 34. Rb4 (34. b4
Ke4 35. a5 Kd4 36. Kc2 Rg2+ 37. Kd1 Ra2 38. Rg7 Ne5 $19) 34... Na5 35. Rb8 Ke4
36. Kc2 Nc4 $19 {SF16- the Wh K is still in trouble}) 30. Ra7 Ne3 (30... Ne5
31. Rxa5 Rg2 {just holding on to pawns is best- the race between the g and a
pawns should favour the g pawn, which has extra support} 32. a4 Rxg3 33. Ra8
Rxg5 34. a5 Kf4 35. a6 (35. b4 Rf5 36. Rd8 Rf7 37. c4 Ke4 38. Kb2 (38. b5 Nxc4
39. bxc6 Nxa5 40. Rc8 g5 $19)) 35... Rf5 36. a7 Rf7 37. Kd2 g5 38. Ke2 g4 39.
Kf2 g3+ 40. Kg2 Nc4 41. Re8 Rxa7 42. Rf8+ Ke4 43. Kxg3 Nxb2 {and the last Bl
pawn wins}) 31. Rxa5+ Kg4 {going for an attack on the K, but the safety of the
Bl pawns is crucial.After the text Wh was seeing at least a draw, and quite
likely winning chances with the Q side pawns} (31... Ke6 32. Rc5 Kd6 33. b4 Rg2
34. a4 Rxg3 35. a5 Nd5 36. Rc4 Rxg5 37. a6 Rf5 38. Rg4 Kc7 (38... g5) 39. Rxg6
Nxb4 40. Rg7+ Kd6 41. a7 Ra5 $19) 32. Rc5 Kf3 $11 (32... Rh1+ {best try Sf16}
33. Kd2 Nf1+ 34. Kd3 Nxg3 35. a4 Rd1+ 36. Kc4 Ne4 37. Rxc6 Kxg5 38. a5 Kf5 39.
a6 g5 40. Kb5 Ra1 41. Rc7 g4 42. Rf7+ Nf6 43. Rg7 Nh5 44. Rd7 g3 45. Rd2 Kf4 (
45... Nf4 46. Kb6 g2 47. Rxg2 Nxg2 48. a7 Ne3 49. Kb7 $11) 46. Kb6 Ke3 47. Rg2
Kf3 48. Rxg3+ Nxg3 49. a7 $11) 33. Rxc6 {a Rxg6 now assures a draw at least
for Wh} Ke2 34. b4 $16 Rg2 35. Rxg6 {deciding to have a the draw confirmed,
but makes life more difficult} (35. b5 Rxg3 36. b6 (36. Rxg6 Nc4 $11) 36...
Rxg5 37. a4 {considered, but got not much further} Rg1+ 38. Kb2 Rg4 39. Kb3 Rg1
40. c4 g5 41. a5 Ra1 42. Rg6 g4 43. Rg7 Kd3 44. Rd7+ Ke4 45. b7 Rb1+ 46. Kc3 g3
47. a6 g2 48. Rg7 Ke5 49. Rxg2 Nxg2 50. a7 $18 {Sf16}) 35... Nc4 36. Re6+ Kf3
37. Re1 (37. c3 {SF16} Rxg3 (37... Rxa2 38. g6 Rg2 39. b5 Rxg3 40. b6 Na5 41.
Re5 Nc6 42. Rc5 Rxg6 43. b7 Nb8 44. Rc8 Na6 45. Ra8 $18) 38. Rc6 Ne5 39. Rd6
Nc4 (39... Rg2 40. a4 Ke3 41. a5 Nc4 42. Rh6 Rxg5 43. Kc2 Rg2+ 44. Kb3 Nd2+ 45.
Ka4 Kd3 46. a6 Ne4 47. Ka5 Nxc3 {and the tablebases confirm this is a drawn
position})) 37... Rxg3 $11 {SF16} 38. Rd1 (38. a4 Kf2 39. Rd1 Ke2 40. Rh1 Ke3
41. a5 Rxg5 42. Rd1 Nxa5 (42... Ke2 {and Wh unable to make progress}) 43. bxa5
Rxa5 44. Kb2 $18 {tablebases}) 38... Rxg5 39. a4 Rg8 40. Rd3+ {brings the Bl K
nearer, though 3rd rank control is also important} (40. Kb1 {looks better, but
Bl can hold} Ke4 41. Ka2 Ne3 42. Rd2 Nd5 43. Ka3 Rg3+ 44. Rd3 Rxd3+ 45. cxd3+
Kxd3 $11 (45... Kd4 46. a5 Nc3 47. a6 Kd5 $11 {tablebases})) 40... Ke4 41. Kb1
Rb8 42. b5 Ra8 (42... Nb6 {seems simplest} 43. Rh3 (43. Ra3 Kd5 44. Ka2 Kc5 45.
Kb3 Rh8 46. c3 Nc4 47. Ra2 Na5+ {and Bl has a blockade}) 43... Nxa4 44. Rh4+
Kd5 45. Rxa4 Rxb5+ $11) 43. Ka2 Rxa4+ (43... Ne5 44. Rd1 Rxa4+ 45. Kb3 Ra8 {
t= Tablebases}) 44. Kb3 Nb6 45. Rd6 Ra3+ (45... Nc8 46. Rd8 Ra8 47. Kb4 Ke5 48.
c4 Ke6 49. c5 Ke7 50. Rh8 (50. Rd4 Rb8 51. c6 Nd6 52. Rd5 Ke6 53. Rh5 Rb6 54.
c7 Rb7 55. Rh6+ Kd7 56. Rh7+ Kc8 57. Kc5 Rxc7+ (57... Nxb5) ({even} 57... Rxb5+
58. Kxd6 Rb6+ 59. Kd5 Rg6)) 50... Kd7 {and Bl has come back in time}) 46. Kb4
Ra4+ $2 (46... Nc8 {is still the move that holds, though Wh can play on for a
while} 47. Rd8 Ra8 48. Kc5 Ke5 49. Re8+ Kf6 50. c4 Rb8 51. Kc6 Na7+ 52. Kd7
Rb7+ 53. Kd6 Nxb5+ 54. Kc6 Na3 55. Kxb7 Nxc4 {still a draw}) 47. Kc5 $18 Nc4 $2
{seen coming as a possibility by Wh} (47... Nc8 48. Rc6 Ra8 (48... Na7 49. Re6+
Kf5 50. Ra6) 49. b6 Ra5+ 50. Kb4 Ra6 51. Re6+ (51. Rxc8 Rxb6+ 52. Kc5 Rb1 53.
Re8+ {Bl's K gets cut off further}) 51... Kd5 52. b7 $18) 48. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Wastney, Dylan"]
[Black "Hollands, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 (3... e6 {main}) 4. Bf4 (4. Bg5) 4... Bg7 5. Qd2
d6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h3 $146 (7. O-O-O $16 {1-3 main}) 7... e6 {Bl resumes the
Hippopotamous moves} 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O (9... h6 10. Rfe1 g5 11. Bg3 Ng6 {
is more in Hippo spirit}) 10. Rfe1 a6 11. a4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Bc4+ (15. Be3 Kh8 16. Rad1 $16 {SF16}) 15... Kh8 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17.
Be3 f5 18. Bg5 Bf6 (18... Rde8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bc1 Rd8 21. b3 $14 {SF16}) 19.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 20. f3 (20. exf5 gxf5 (20... Rxf5 21. Bd3 Rff8 22. Rxe5 $18) 21.
Rxe5 Ng6 22. Re3 Kg7 23. Rae1 $16 {SF16}) 20... f4 $11 21. Rad1 Rfd6 22. Rxd6
Rxd6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Kg7 $11 25. Kf2 Kf6 26. c3 {takes a square away
from the N} a5 27. Ke2 Bc6 (27... Nc8 28. b3 Nd6 29. Bb5 c6 30. Bd3 Bc8 $15 {
SF16-Wh's B is bad}) 28. b3 g5 29. Nf2 h5 (29... Bd7 30. Ng4+ Bxg4 31. hxg4 Ng6
$11 {neither K can force a way in}) 30. Kd2 (30. Bb5 {swaps off Wh's bad B})
30... Bd7 31. Be2 Be6 $15 32. Kc2 (32. Bc4 $5 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Nc8 34. Nd1 g4 $15
{SF16}) 32... Nc6 (32... Ng6 33. c4 Ke7 34. Nd3 Kd6 35. Kd2 Nh4 36. Bf1 $15 {
Bl has a definite pull, but breaking in will be far from easy}) 33. Bb5 Nb8 34.
Be8 Bf7 (34... g4 35. Bxh5 g3 36. Ng4+ Kg7 (36... Bxg4 37. Bxg4 Na6 38. Bf5 Nc5
39. b4 Nb7 40. Bd7 $11) 37. Nxe5 Bxh3 38. Kd2 Bxg2 39. Ke2 Bh3 40. Ng6 Be6 41.
c4 Na6 42. Nxf4 Nc5 43. Kf1 Kf6 $11 {SF16}) (34... h4 35. Bb5 $11 {SF16}) 35.
Bb5 {Wh should be very happy to swap off this liability} (35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. b4
Ke6 37. Nd3 Nd7 $11 {SF16}) 35... c6 36. Be2 Nd7 37. b4 Ke7 38. Nd3 Bc4 39. Nc1
Bxe2 (39... Be6) 40. Nxe2 Kd6 41. Kd3 c5 42. Kc4 cxb4 43. cxb4 axb4 44. Kxb4
Kc6 $11 45. Kc4 Nf6 46. Nc3 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Kb4 (48. fxg4 Nxg4 49. Nd5 Kb7
50. Kb3 Nh2 51. Kb4 f3 52. gxf3 Nxf3 $11 {SF16}) 48... g3 49. Kc4 Nh7 50. Ne2
Ng5 51. Kb4 Ne6 52. Kc4 Ng5 53. Nc1 Nf7 54. Nd3 Nd6+ 55. Kb4 Nf7 56. Kc3 Kd6
57. Kc4 Kc6 58. Nb4+ Kd6 59. Kb5 Kc7 (59... Ng5 60. Kxb6 Nxf3 61. Nc2 Nd2 62.
Ne1 Nxe4 63. a5 $11 {SF16}) 60. Nd5+ Kb7 61. Nf6 (61. Kc4 Ng5 62. Nc3 Kc6 63.
Kb4 $11 {SF16}) 61... Ng5 $19 62. Ng4 Nxf3 63. Kc4 Ne1 64. Nxe5 f3 65. Nxf3
Nxf3 66. Kd5 Ne1 67. e5 Nxg2 68. e6 Nf4+ 69. Ke4 Kc7 (69... g2) (69... Nxe6)
70. Kf3 g2 71. Kf2 Kd6 72. Kg1 Kxe6 73. Kh2 Kd5 74. Kg1 Kc4 (74... Ke4) (74...
Ke5 75. Kf2 Ke4 {SF16}) 75. Kh2 Kb4 (75... Kd3 76. a5 Ke3 77. Kg1 Kf3 78. Kh2
Kf2 {SF16}) 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Holyhead, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 (3. Nd2 {main}) 3... e6 4. g3 Ne7 (4... Nf6 5. Bg2
Nbd7 6. Nf3 (6. e5) 6... Bc5 7. O-O (7. e5 Ng8 8. d4) 7... dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 $11
{J Van Kemenade-C Lewis, Shropshire Individual 2023,0-1} 9. Nbd2 {79 % for Wh})
5. Bg2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O {4-1} 8. Re1 (8. e5 $14 {SF16} c5 9. c3 Nec6
10. h4 h6 11. Bf4 Kh7 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Nf1 $16 {Vantika-Molina,
Titled Tuesday int op blitz 2020,0-1}) 8... b6 (8... e5 $11) 9. e5 $16 Qc7 10.
Bf4 Ba6 11. h4 h6 12. c4 (12. a4 c5 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. c3 $16 {SF16}) 12... Rd8 (
12... dxc4 13. dxc4 c5 14. Nc3 Nbc6 15. Nb5 $16 {SF16}) 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rac1 (
14. Rad1 a6 15. h5 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 $16 {Sf16}) 14... Qd7 15. Rcd1 Na6
$18 {Bl's pieces are just too passively placed} 16. Nh2 (16. Qd2 h5 17. cxd5
Nxd5 (17... exd5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Ng5 $18) (17... cxd5 18. d4 Rac8 19. Bh3 Nb4
20. Bg5 Ba6 21. g4 $18 {Sf16}) 18. Bg5 Ne7 19. Ne4 $18 {SF16}) 16... h5 $2 {
keeps the N out, but a serious weakening of the K side} (16... Nf5 17. d4 dxc4
18. Ne4 Nxd4 19. Qe3 h5 20. Bg5 c5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Kh7 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24.
Bxf3 Rh8 25. Be4 Rab8 26. g4 $18 {SF16}) 17. g4 $18 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bg3 (
19. gxh5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 $18 {SF16}) (19. Bh3 Bc8 20. gxh5 Bxh4 21. Nf3 Bf6 22.
Ne5 Qe8 23. Kh2 $18) 19... Nc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 22. g5 Bxc3 23.
Qxe7+ Qxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kg8 (24... Kf8 25. Rxb7 Bxb2 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. d4 (27. Nf1
) (27. Re1)) 25. bxc3 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Martin, Lewis"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 (5... e6) (5... d6 {main
lines}) 6. d3 Nge7 7. e4 {30% for Wh} (7. O-O {46% for Wh}) 7... d6 8. O-O O-O
9. a3 f5 10. Nd5 {2 draws, 6 Bl wins} (10. Rb1 {main, 30% for Wh}) 10... Nxd5
11. cxd5 Nb8 (11... Ne7 {0-5-1.5}) (11... fxe4 12. dxe4 Nd4 {1-0}) (11... Nd4
$15 {SF16}) 12. b4 $16 Na6 13. b5 (13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng5 Rb8 15. Ne4 $16) 13...
Nc7 14. a4 b6 $11 15. Qb3 fxe4 (15... a6 16. Bd2 Qf6 $15 {SF16}) 16. dxe4 a6
17. Bd2 (17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Be3 $14 {SF16}) 17... Qe8 (17... axb5 18. axb5 Bd7
$11 {SF16}) 18. bxa6 Bxa6 (18... Rxa6 $11) 19. Rfb1 b5 20. Ba5 (20. axb5 Qxb5
21. Qxb5 Nxb5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxb5 $18 {SF16}) 20... bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nb5 (21...
Be2 $11) 22. Be1 (22. Bd2 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bf4 Rb8 25. Qxb8 Qxa4 $11 {SF16
}) 22... Nc7 (22... Nd4 $17) 23. Rba1 Rb8 24. Qe3 Bc8 25. Nd2 Bd7 26. R4a2 Nb5
$11 27. Nc4 Qe7 28. Ra6 Nd4 29. Qd3 (29. Ra7 $11) 29... Rb3 (29... Bb5 $17) 30.
Qd1 Bb5 31. Ra7 Qf6 32. Nd2 (32. Bf1 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Rb4 35. Ne3
Bxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Rb2 37. Nd1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Rd2 39. Ra8 Qxe4 $17 {Sf16}) 32... Rb2
$19 33. Ra8 Bh6 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rb1 Be2 (35... Ne2+ $1 36. Kh1 Nc3 $19 {SF16
}) 36. Qc1 (36. Qa4 Rxb1 37. Nxb1 Bd3 38. Nd2 Qb8 39. h4 c4 $17 (39... Bb5) 40.
Nxc4 Qb1 41. Kh2 Qxe1 42. Nxe5 dxe5 43. d6 $11 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 Qxf2+ 45. Bg2 Bf1
46. Qe8+ Bf8 47. Qe6+ Kh8 48. Qxe5+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ {perpetual- SF16}) 36... Rc2
37. Qa3 Bxd2 38. Qa7 Rc1 (38... Bxe1) 39. Rxc1 Bxc1 40. Ba5 Bf3 41. Bh3 Bxe4
42. f4 exf4 {SF16- mating 12 year old wins the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ferrington, Nigel"]
[Black "Burrows, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 (7...
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 {a complex pawn sac, though there are often piece sacrifices
later, is still the most frequent line played.}) 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10.
f5 {62% for Wh} (10. g4 {main, 58% for Wh}) 10... e5 11. Nde2 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Bd3 Qa5 $14 {2-1-0} (16... Qc5 $14 {
5-1-0}) 17. Kb1 Rc5 $14 {SF16} (17... b4 18. Be4 $16 {1.5-0.5}) (17... f6 18.
Nh5 O-O 19. g4 $14 {Li-Connor, 4NCL 2017,1-0}) 18. Be4 b4 (18... Bf6 19. Nh5
Kd7 $14 {SF16}) 19. Nh5 $18 Bf8 20. g4 Kd8 21. f6 (21. g5 $18 {SF16}) 21... g6
22. Ng3 Bh6 23. h4 Bf4 24. Ne2 g5 (24... Re8 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Re5 27. Rd4
$16 {SF16}) 25. Nxf4 gxf4 26. g5 $18 Kc8 27. Rhg1 (27. Qh5 Rc7 28. Qh6 Kb8 29.
Qg7 Rhc8 30. Qxh7 $18 {SF16}) 27... Kb8 28. h5 Qb6 (28... Ka7 $14 {SF16}) 29.
g6 (29. Bxh7 $1 $18 {SF16= the Wh pawns crash through}) 29... hxg6 30. hxg6
fxg6 31. Rxg6 Rcc8 (31... Rf8 32. Qg2 Qd8 33. Rh1 Bc8 $11 {SF16}) 32. Bf5 Rcf8
33. Be6 $16 Qd8 (33... Ka7) 34. f7 $18 Rh7 35. Qg4 (35. Qe4 Rfxf7 36. Bxf7 Rxf7
37. Qxb4 $18 {SF16}) 35... Rhxf7 36. Bxf7 Rxf7 37. Qe6 Rf8 (37... Qd7 $11) 38.
Rg7 Bc8 $11 39. Qg6 Qf6 (39... Qb6 $11) 40. Qg1 $18 Bb7 41. Rg8 (41. Rh7 Rf7
42. Rxf7 Qxf7 43. Qb6 Qc7 44. Qxb4 $18 {SF16}) 41... Rxg8 42. Qxg8+ Ka7 43. Qe6
(43. Qg1+ Ka8 44. Qb6 $18 {SF16}) 43... Qxe6 (43... Qd8 44. Rg1 Qb6 $11 {
SF16-Bl has two solid pawns for the exchamge and his K is safe. But both sides
are in a time scramble. The life board records the battle/}) 44. dxe6 $18 f3
45. e7 Bc6 46. Kc1 (46. Rxd6) 46... e4 47. Kd2 Kb6 48. Ke3 Kc5 49. c3 bxc3 50.
bxc3 d5 51. Rh1 Kc4 52. Rh8 Kxc3 53. Rc8 d4+ 54. Kf2 e3+ 55. Kg3 e2 56. Rxc6+
Kd2 57. e8=Q d3 58. Kf2 Kd1 59. Qe3 d2 60. Qxf3 (60. Qb3#) 60... a5 61. Qxe2# {
This gained Wh joint 2nd and 3rd place} 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Baer, Bruce L"]
[Black "Underwood, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 c5 (4... Nf6 {main}) 5. g3 Be7 6. Bh3 fxe4
7. Bxc8 Qxc8 8. dxe4 Qd7 $146 {SF16} (8... Nc6 {2 Wh wins, 3 draws}) (8... Nf6
9. Bg5 O-O {Fressinet-Vaisser,FRA ch Top tms 2013,1/2-1/2}) 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Nxe7
Qxe7 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O Qe6 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kett, Timothy"]
[Black "Surtees, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 f6 {Jobava} (4... h5) (4... h6 {main lines})
5. g4 Bd7 6. Nc3 $146 {SF16} (6. f4 {main}) 6... Qb6 7. Nh3 (7. exf6 exf6 8.
Bf4 $16 {SF16}) 7... e6 8. Nf4 (8. exf6 Nxf6 9. g5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nf4
$18 {SF16}) 8... fxe5 (8... c5 $11 {SF16}) 9. dxe5 c5 10. g5 (10. Bg2 $16 {SF16
}) 10... Ne7 11. Bh3 Na6 $11 12. O-O Nc7 13. a3 a5 14. Bd2 g6 15. b4 Bg7 (15...
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 cxb4 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 20. Na2 b3 21. Rxb3
Nc5 $11 {SF16}) 16. bxc5 (16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Re1 O-O 18. a4 $16 {SF16}) 16...
Qxc5 17. Nd3 Qc4 $11 18. Qg4 O-O (18... Bc6 $11) 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Nc5 Bc8 (
20... Bc6 21. Nxe6 Rf3 22. Bg4 Nxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bg4 $16 {SF16}) 21. f4
$16 b6 22. N5e4 $18 Nf5 23. Rab1 (23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Rab1 b5 26. h5
gxh5 27. Nce4 Rd8 28. Nf6+ $18 {SF16}) 23... Ra6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6
26. gxf6 Bd7 27. a4 Ne6 28. Be3 Nc5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Rfd1 (30. Rb7) 30... Be6
31. Rb7 Re8 32. Nb5 (32. Nd5) 32... Rc8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Nc7 Rb6 35. Nxe6 (35.
Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Rdd7) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Fleming, Nigel"]
[Black "Potter, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. d4
Nbd7 9. O-O e6 (9... e5 {main}) 10. Qc2 a6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Nd2 (12. e4 $14 {
1-1-4}) 12... Rfd8 $146 (12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 Rae8 15. Rfe1 $14 {
Najdeski-Miskoski, FRM ch tm 2023,1-0}) 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 c6 15. Ba3 Ne8
16. e4 Qf6 17. Rfe1 (17. e5 dxe5 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Be7 Rdc8 20. Rfe1 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd3 Qe6 24. Ba3 Ra7 25. c5 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qf5 27. Qc1
$18 {SF16}) 17... e5 18. Bc1 h6 19. Be3 Qe7 20. dxe5 (20. d5 $16) 20... dxe5
21. Rd2 Nc5 22. Red1 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 $14 Nf6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Ncxe4 26. Nxe4
Nxe4 27. Rxc6 b5 (27... Nc3 28. Bxb6 Nxa2 29. g3 $14 {SF16}) 28. Kf1 (28. g4)
28... Kf8 29. Nd2 Nxd2+ 30. Bxd2 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Ke7 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Bb4 a5 34.
Bc3 Bf8 35. Ke2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Hilditch-Love, Daniel"]
[Black "Hood, Simon W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 (5... Bg5) 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 a6
8. a4 Ne8 9. h4 (9. Nge2 {main}) 9... b6 $146 (9... Nd7 {1-0}) (9... Nc7 {0-1})
10. Nh3 Nd7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. g4 Nc7 13. Qe2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. g5
Bd7 $11 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 f5 (18... Qe8 $11) 19. Kd2 (19. O-O $18 {SF16})
19... Qe8 $11 20. Ra5 Bd8 21. Rha1 (21. Kc2 $11) 21... fxe4 (21... Qe5 $17 22.
Kc2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 25. Kb3 c4+ 26. Ka3 Ncxd5 $15 {SF16}) 22.
Bxe4 $11 Nxb5 23. Bxh7+ (23. Rxb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Nc4+ 26. Kd3 Nxe3
27. Ne6 Rxb5 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Nxf8+ Kg8 30. Ne6 Rb3+ 31. Ke4 Ng2 (31... Be7
32. g6 $18) 32. Nxd8 $11 {SF16}) 23... Kxh7 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 (24... Qe5 $19 {SF16}
) 25. Rxb5 Nc4+ (25... Qe4 26. Qd3 Nc4+ 27. Kc3 Qxd3+ 28. Nxd3 Rxb5 29. Kxc4
Rb7 $15 {SF16}) 26. Qxc4 Qxb5 27. Qe4+ (27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. Ne6 Rf3 $11 {SF16})
27... Kg8 (27... Kh8 $19 {SF16}) 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 (29... Kh8 $19)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Mason, Donald"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 dxc4 (9... O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Be4 {Mason-Van Kemenade, GBR ch Great Yarmouth 2007,1/2-1/2})
10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 {Mason-Alicock, 4NCL 2006,1-0}) 3... Bb4 (3... Nc6 {
expected by Wh}) 4. a3 (4. Bc4) (4. Nxe5 {main lines}) 4... Bxc3 5. dxc3 O-O (
5... d6 6. Bd3 (6. Bc4) (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 g5) 7... Qxf6)) 6. Bg5 {main
} d6 {main} (6... h6 {scores better} 7. Bh4 d6 (7... g5 8. Nxg5 $14 {risky for
Bl, calculated by Wh})) 7. Nd2 $11 (7. Bd3) (7. Bc4 {main lines}) 7... Nbd7 (
7... Be6 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. h3 c6 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Qg3 $14 {
Silva-Basson, IECG 2006,1-0}) 8. Bd3 (8. f3 c6 $11 {SF16}) (8. Qf3 c6 9. Bc4 b5
10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 d5 {Martin Hernandez-Perez Gutierrez, Teneriffe
ch tm 2018,0-1}) 8... Nc5 {SF16} 9. Qf3 (9. O-O Ne6 $11 {1.5-0.5}) 9... h6 10.
Bxf6 (10. h4 c6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 {Capellades Subirana-Herreros Fernandez,
La Pobla de Lillet 2013, draw agreed}) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxf6 Nxd3+ (11... gxf6 {
alternative Bl wished had gone for, but was concerned the B might with draw to}
12. Be2 (12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Bxf5 15. Kd2 Be6 $11 {SF16}) (12.
g4 Kg7 (12... Ne6 13. h4 Nf4 $11) 13. Nf1 h5 14. h3 Ne6 15. Ng3 Nf4 $11) 12...
f5 $11) 12. cxd3 gxf6 {(draw?)} 13. g4 (13. f4 f5 14. O-O f6 $11 {SF16}) 13...
Kh7 (13... Rd8 14. f4 Kf8 15. Rg1 Ke7 $11 {is a better defence, looked at in
PM analysis}) 14. h3 $14 Be6 15. f4 (15. Ke2 h5 $14 {SF16}) 15... c6 {too slow}
(15... exf4 $1 {SF16} 16. Ke2 (16. O-O-O h5 17. Rdf1 hxg4 18. hxg4+ Kg7 19.
Rxf4 Rh8 20. Rhf1 Rh2 21. Rxf6 Rah8 $11 {SF16}) 16... Rh8 17. Kf3 Kg7 18. Kxf4
h5 19. Rag1 d5 $11 (19... Kf8 20. d4 Ke7 21. Nf1 Rag8 $11)) 16. f5 $16 Bd7 17.
Nf1 Rh8 (17... Rfd8 18. Ng3 Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kf8 20. Nxf6 Ke7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Ke2
d5 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. h4 $18 {SF16}) 18. Ng3 Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kf8 20. Nxf6 $18 Bc8 (
20... Ke7) 21. O-O-O Ke7 22. Nh5 f6 23. d4 Bd7 24. dxe5 dxe5 (24... fxe5 25.
f6+ Ke6 26. Rhf1 d5 27. f7 Raf8 28. Rf6+ Ke7 29. exd5 cxd5 30. Rxd5) 25. Nxf6
Bxf5 26. gxf5 Kxf6 27. Rhg1 Rag8 28. Rd6+ Ke7 29. Rxg8 (29. Rgd1) 29... Rxg8
30. Rxh6 Rg1+ 31. Kc2 Rg2+ 32. Kb3 Rg3 33. Re6+ Kd7 34. Rxe5 Rxh3 35. f6 Rf3 (
35... Rh7 36. Rg5) 36. Rf5 (36. Re7+ Kd8 37. e5) 36... Rxf5 37. exf5 Ke8 38.
Kc4 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Whitmore, Darren"]
[Black "Zabrocki, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 (3... dxe4 4. Nc3 {55% for Wh}) 4. e5 {58% for Wh}
Nfd7 5. Nf3 {46% for Wh} (5. f4 {60%}) (5. Qg4 {62% main lines}) 5... c5 6. Bd3
(6. d4) (6. Bb5 {main lines}) 6... Nc6 7. O-O g6 {2-0-1} (7... a6 $17 {2-0-2})
(7... Be7 $11 {1-0-2}) (7... g5 {Ollen-Ziegler,Deltalift op 2013,0-1} 8. Bb5
Rg8 $11) 8. Bb5 $14 Bg7 9. Re1 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Nxe5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Qf6 (15... Rxf2 $19 {SF16}) 16. Qe1
$16 {Stojanovic(1800)-Kranebitter (2115), Seefeld op 1997,1-0}) 9... O-O (9...
g5 $11 {SF16}) 10. Qe2 (10. Bxc6 $16) 10... Qc7 (10... Ndb8 11. c3 f6 12. exf6
Qxf6 13. Ba3 b6 14. d4 $14 {SF16}) 11. d3 a6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Nbd2 $14 Qc7 14.
d4 cxd4 15. Ba3 (15. Bxd4 Qxc2 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. h4 $16 {SF16})
15... Re8 16. Bd6 Qb6 (16... Qxc2 17. Nxd4 Qc3 18. N2f3 $14 {SF16}) 17. Qd3 f6
(17... Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Nxd4 $14 {SF16}) 18. Rad1 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 $14 Rf8 21. Ndf3 Qd6 22. Qxd4 Bd7 23. Qg4 Rf5 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. c4 (25.
Nd4) 25... d4 $2 {(draw?)} (25... Rc8 $14) 26. Nxd4 $18 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28.
Rxd4 Raf8 29. f3 R5f6 30. Rd6 Re8 31. Re5 Kf7 32. Kf2 Re7 33. Ke3 Rf5 34. Ke4
Kf6 35. f4 Rxe5+ 36. fxe5+ Kg5 37. b4 Rc7 38. c5 a5 39. a3 axb4 40. axb4 Re7
41. b5 Rc7 42. c6 bxc6 43. bxc6 Ra7 44. Rxe6 Ra4+ 45. Kd5 Ra1 46. c7 Rd1+ 47.
Kc6 Kf5 48. Kb7 (48. c8=Q Rc1+ 49. Kd7 Rxc8 50. g4+ Kxg4 51. Kxc8 {SF16}) 48...
Kxe6 49. c8=Q+ Kxe5 50. Qh8+ Kf5 51. Qxh7 Rd6 52. Qf7+ Rf6 (52... Ke5 53. Kc7)
53. g4+ Ke5 54. Qg7 Ke6 55. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Gunarathne, Senith"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 {2nd most frequent
, 36% for Wh} (6. Ndb5 d6 {main, 1-1-1 Jukes; 53 % for Wh}) 6... Bb4 7. Bd3 d5
8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 (10... Be7 {also popular}) 11. O-O O-O
12. Be3 (12. Qh5 f5 {23 games, 30 % for Wh}) 12... e4 $146 (12... Qe7 {0-4}) (
12... f5 13. f4 {2 draws}) 13. Bc4 (13. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxe4
$15 {SF16}) 13... Ne5 14. Bd5 (14. Be2 Qc7 $17 {SF16}) 14... Qh4 $19 15. Re1 (
15. Kh1 Rd8 16. g3 Qh3 17. f3 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 exf3 19. Qxf3 Rf8 $19 {SF16}) 15...
Bg4 16. Qd4 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Bxf3 19. Bf4 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Bolt, Graham"]
[Black "He, Tom Junde"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 {second , 59 % for Wh} (5...
d6 {main, 58% for Wh}) (5... c6 6. O-O a5 7. bxa5 Qxa5 8. c4 d6 9. d3 {39% for
Wh, Bolt-Portman, GBR ch Atkins op, 2019, 1/2-1/2}) 6. d3 a5 7. a3 Qd6 (7...
axb4 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Qd6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 (11... e5 12. Nbd2 c6 {
Krysa (2531)-Kahlert(2155) Titled Tuesday blitz 2020,0-1}) 12. Nbd2 Bd7 {
Weiss-De Lange, Nordic tm cup 1970,0-1}) 8. b5 $146 (8. Be5 $11 {2 Wh wins, 1
draw (corr)}) (8. Nbd2 $11 {2 draws, 1 Bl win (corr)}) 8... Qc5 $15 9. O-O Qxb5
$15 10. Qc1 Qe8 (10... Qa6 {SF16}) 11. c4 c6 (11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nc6 $15 {SF16
}) 12. Nbd2 $11 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a4 (14. e4 $11) 14... b6 15. Nb3 Ba6 16.
Qd2 Qb8 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. Rab1 e5 $17 19. Ba3 e4 20. dxe4 dxe4 21. Bd6 e3 (21...
Qb7 $19 {SF16}) 22. fxe3 Ne4 23. Bxb8 Nxd2 24. Nfxd2 Raxb8 25. Rc7 Nf6 26. Bf3
Bh6 27. e4 Rbd8 $19 28. Rb2 Bc8 29. Kg2 b5 30. Nf1 (30. axb5 a4 $19) 30... bxa4
31. Nxa5 Be6 32. e5 a3 33. Rb1 Nd5 34. Rcb7 Nc3 35. Ra1 a2 36. e3 Rb8 37. Kf2
Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Bg7 (38... Bf8 {SF16}) 39. Nd2 (39. Nc6 Ne4+ 40. Ke1 Nc5 {SF16})
39... Bxe5 40. Rc1 Rb8 41. Nac4 Rxb7 (41... Bc7) 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Freeland, Alex"]
[Black "Burns, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Rc1 O-O 7. Nf3 Qa5 (7...
Bg4) (7... Be6 {main lines}) 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 {2-3-1}
) (9... e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 {Budisavljevic-Savic, Belgrade ch tm 2017,
1-0}) 10. Qb3 $146 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 {80 games, 58% for Wh})
10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 (12... Nb6 13. Be2 Nfd5 14. Bg3 Kh8 $14 {
SF16}) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 (14. Be2 $16 {SF16}) 14... Qxe5 15. Qxb7 Rab8 (
15... Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Qf5 17. Be2 Rab8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 $11 {SF16}) 16. Qxa7 (16.
Qxc6 Rb6 $11) 16... Rxb2 17. Ne2 $14 h5 18. Qd4 (18. Qa6 $16) 18... Qg5+ 19.
Kh1 Nd5 (19... Ng4 20. Qd1 Nxh2 21. Kxh2 Rd8 22. Bd3 Rxa2 23. Kh3 Ra3 24. Rg1
Qe7 25. Nf4 g5 26. Qc2 Rc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Kf8 29. Nxh5 $16 {SF16}) 20.
Qe4 Kh7 21. Rg1 Qf6 22. f4 $16 Ne7 23. Rc2 Nf5 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25. Qxc6 $18 Nh6
26. Qb5 Qc2 27. Bd3 (27. Qd5 $18 {SF16}) 27... Qxa2 28. Qxh5 (28. f5 $1 $18 {
SF16} Qa8+ 29. Rg2 gxf5 30. Bxf5+ Kh8 31. Bd3) 28... Kg8 (28... Qa8+ 29. Rg2
Qc6 30. Ng1 Rd8 31. Qe2 Bf6 32. h3 Kg7 33. Kh2 $16 {SF16}) 29. Qf3 $18 Rd8 30.
Bb1 Qb2 31. Ng3 (31. f5 $1 {SF16}) 31... f5 32. h3 Rd2 33. Kg2 Qb6 34. Rd1 Rb2
35. Ba2+ Kh7 36. Bc4 Qc5 37. Bd5 Qc2 38. Nf1 Qc5 39. Nd2 Qb4 40. Nc4 Rc2 41.
Ne5 Qb2 42. Qg3 Bxe5 (42... Qb6 43. Nf3 Bf6 44. Ng5+ Kh8 45. Ne6 Qb8 46. Qxg6
Qg8 47. Qxg8+ Nxg8 48. Ng5 $18 {SF16}) 43. fxe5 Rd2 44. Rxd2 Qxd2 45. Bc4 Qb4
46. Qf4 Qb7+ 47. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Hollands, David"]
[Black "Pink, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 (3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 e5 {main}) 3... e5 (3... Nf6) (3...
Nd7) 4. dxe5 Nd7 (4... Bxf3 {85% for Wh}) 5. e6 (5. exd6 Bxd6 {315 games , 60%
for Wh ; a line favoured by Souleidis and Goroshkov mostly derived via a
Philidor opening} 6. Qd4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. Qa4 O-O-O 10. Nd2 Nb6
11. Qb3 Be6 12. Nc4 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ {Christopher Lewis-Pink, 4NCL 2015,0-1}
) 5... fxe6 6. h3 (6. Be2 Ngf6 {1-1-2}) 6... Bh5 7. Bc4 (7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Ngf6
9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nf8 11. Qb5+ N6d7 12. f4 h6 13. Nf3 Qc8 14. Nc3 {
Sheikh-Pink, 4NCL 2019,1-0}) (7. Nc3 h6 {2-0} (7... c6 8. Bc4 d5 9. exd5 exd5
10. Be2 Ngf6 11. O-O Bd6 $11 {Manukian-Souleidis, Titled Tuesday blitz 2022,0-1
})) 7... Ne5 8. Bb3 (8. Be2 $11 {SF16}) (8. Bxe6 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qf6 10. Qd5 Qxf3
11. Rf1 c6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 $11 {SF16}) 8... Qf6 (8... Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qf6
10. Rg1 (10. Nd2 O-O-O $19) 10... Ne7 11. Bg5 Qxb2 12. Nd2 h6 13. Rb1 Qc3 14.
Be3 Kf7 $17 {SF16}) 9. Nbd2 $11 Nh6 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Qe3 (11. g4 Nhxg4 12.
Nxe5 Nxf2 13. Qxf2 Qxe5 14. O-O $16 {SF16}) 11... Bxf3 (11... d5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5
13. g4 Bg6 14. O-O Nf7 15. f4 Qd6 16. exd5 exd5 17. f5 Ng5 18. Kg2 (18. fxg6
hxg6 $19) 18... Re8 19. Qxa7 Re2+ 20. Rf2 Rxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Be8 $11 {SF16}) 12.
Nxf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 (13. Qxf3 Qg6 14. O-O $16 {SF16}) 13... d5 $11 14. e5 d4 (
14... Qf5 15. Qxa7 Qxe5+ 16. Be3 Nf5 17. f4 Qe4 18. O-O-O Nxe3 19. fxe3 c6 $11
{SF16}) 15. exf6 dxe3 16. Bxe6+ Kb8 17. fxe3 $18 (17. Bxe3 $18) 17... gxf6 18.
e4 Re8 19. Bxh6 (19. Bg4 $18 {SF16}) 19... Rxe6 (19... Bxh6 20. Bf5 Re7 21. Rg1
$16 {SF16}) 20. Bxf8 (20. Bf4 f5 21. O-O-O Bh6 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. e5 $16 {SF16})
20... Rxf8 21. O-O-O (21. Kf2 f5 22. exf5 Rb6 (22... Rxf5 23. Rhe1 $18) 23. b3
Rb5 24. Rhe1 Rbxf5 25. Re3 $16 {SF16}) 21... Kc8 (21... f5 $14) 22. Rd5 $16 c6
23. Rh5 $18 Rf7 24. Rg1 Re5 25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. Rg3 Kd7 27. Kd2 Ke6 28. Ke3 Kf6
29. f4 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 Rd7 31. Rd3 Rg7 32. e5+ Ke6 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34. c4 (34. Rh6
{SF16}) 34... Rg2 35. b4 Rxa2 36. Rh6 Rc2 37. Rxh7+ Ke6 38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. Kf5
Rxc4 (39... Rf2+ 40. Ke4 Re2+ 41. Kd4 c5+ 42. bxc5 Kd7 43. c6+ bxc6 44. Rh7+
Ke6 45. Rxa7 Rf2 46. Kc5 Kxe5 47. Kxc6 $18 {SF16}) 40. Rh7+ Kd8 41. Rxb7 Rh4
42. Rxa7 Rxh3 (42... Rxb4 43. Kf6 Re4 44. h4 Rxh4 45. Ra8+ Kc7 46. e6 Rh6+ 47.
Kf7 Kd6 48. Rd8+ Ke5 49. e7 $18 {SF16}) 43. e6 Rb3 44. e7+ Ke8 45. Ke6 Re3+ 46.
Kd6 Rd3+ 47. Kxc6 Rc3+ 48. Kb6 Rc1 49. b5 Rc2 50. Rc7 Rb2 51. Rb7 (51. Ka6 Ra2+
52. Kb7 Rb2 53. b6 Rb3 54. Ka7 Ra3+ 55. Kb8 Rb3 56. b7 Rb2 57. Kc8 {SF16})
51... Ra2 52. Ra7 Rb2 53. Ka6 Ra2+ 54. Kb7 Rb2 55. b6 Kxe7 56. Ka8+ Kd8 57. b7
Kc7 58. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Conway-Lees, Joe"]
[Black "Berkley, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Bd6 (5... c5 {main}) 6. Ne2
Nbd7 7. Nd2 (7. O-O {main, 49 % for Wh}) 7... O-O (7... e5 8. Ng3 O-O (8...
exd4 $15) 9. Nc4 $14 {Doluhanova-Bluebaum,GER ch tm Women 2022,1-0}) 8. Nc4 Be7
{3rd line SF16} (8... e5 9. Nxd6 cxd6 $14 {4-2-4}) 9. O-O $14 Nb6 10. Ne5 c5
11. Bf4 Nfd5 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nb4 (13... f6 14. Nc4 e5 15. Qe4 Qc7 $11 {
SF16}) 14. c3 $16 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 N4d5 16. c4 f6 17. cxd5 fxe5 18. Nxe6 (18. Nxe6
Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd5 20. Rfe1 Bxe6 21. Rxe5 Bf7 22. Rd1 a6 23. Rexd5 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 Rd8 $11 {SF16}) (18. Bxe5 Nxd5 19. Rac1 Bg5 20. Rc5 Be7 21. Rcc1 Bg5 22.
Rcd1 $16 {SF16}) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Dooley, Max"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 (4. f4) (4. Nf3) (4. a4) 4... e5 5. dxe5 {
second most frequent} (5. Nge2) (5. Nf3) 5... dxe5 6. Nge2 (6. Nf3) (6. Bg5 {
main lines}) 6... Qc7 (6... Be6 {1-2-3}) 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... Be7 8. f4 Ng4 9. Qe1
b5 10. h3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 h5 12. Nd1 $16 {Bodi-Gruz,HUN ch tm 2009,1-0}) 8. Ng3 g6
$11 (8... h5 9. h3 h4 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne3 Be7 $11 {SF16}) 9. Qe2 Bg7 {Wh wanted
to play Kh1, but found himself holding the h pawn} (9... h5 {considered by Bl}
10. Be3 h4 11. Nh1 Nh5 12. h3 Bc5 $15 {SF16}) 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rae1 (
12. Rad1 {more natural}) 12... Nf8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Nce2 c5 {weakens the wh
squares} (14... Nd7) (14... b5) (14... h5 {sf ideas}) 15. Bc4 (15. c4) 15... b6
(15... Nd4 16. c3 h5 17. Bh6 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Be6 $11 {SF16}) 16. Bg5 (16. f4 Bb7
(16... exf4 17. Nxf4 Nd4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxg3 20. Bf4 Qh4 21. Bxa8 Ba6
22. Bg5 Qh5 23. Bd5 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 (25. Kh2 Be5+ $19) 25... Nd4 26.
c3 h6 27. Bf4 Ne6 28. Kg1 $14) 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Nd4 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Qc1
Kh8 $11 {Sf16}) 16... Nxg5 (16... Rd8 17. Qe3 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Bb7 $15 {SF16}) 17.
Qxg5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc3 a6 (19... Rd8) 20. Rd1 h6 (20... Rd8) 21. Qe3
Re7 (21... Rd8) 22. Qe2 (22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd7 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Qa3 Rxd5 (
25... Qc8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxa6 Qd1+ 29. Nf1 Qxc2 30. Qxb6 Qxe4
31. Qxc5 Qb1 32. b4 $16) 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 Qd8 28. Qd3 Bf8 29. b3 b5 30.
c4 f5 31. cxb5 e4 32. Qc4 axb5 33. Qxb5 Qxd5 34. Nf1 Bg7 $11 {SF16}) 22... b5
23. a3 Rd8 (23... c4 $11) 24. Rxd8+ (24. a4 b4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27.
exd5 Qd6 28. Rd1 f5 29. Nf1 e4 30. Ne3 Bd4 31. Nc4 Qd8 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3
Bxc3 34. Qe3 Bd4 35. Qxh6 Kf7 36. Rb1 $14 {Sf16}) 24... Qxd8 25. Re1 (25. Rd1 {
the open file}) 25... Rd7 26. Nf1 Ne8 $6 (26... Rd4 27. Ne3 Kh7 28. Qf3 h5 $11
{SF16}) (26... Kh7 $11) 27. Nd5 (27. a4 $16 Qb8 28. axb5 (28. b3 bxa4 29. Nxa4
Qb4 30. Ne3 (30. Qxa6 Qxe1) 30... Rd2 31. Qxa6 Nf6 32. Qc6 Rd6 (32... Nxe4 33.
Nc4 $18) 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Ra1 Qd4 35. Rd1 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 37. f3 Rxd1+ 38.
Nxd1 Nd6 39. Nxc5 $18) 28... axb5 29. Qxb5 Rb7 30. Qxc5 Bf8 31. Qc4 Rb4 32. Qc6
Rxb2 33. Nd5 Kg7 34. h4 $18 {SF16}) 27... Nc7 (27... Nf6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Nxf6+
Bxf6 30. Qxc4 Qb6 31. Qc2 Bg5 32. g3 h5 $11 {SF16}) 28. Nfe3 (28. Nxc7 Qxc7 29.
Ne3 c4 30. Nd5 $14 {the N is better placed than the B}) 28... Nxd5 (28... Ne6
$11) 29. Nxd5 f5 (29... c4 {gives the B some space to relocate} 30. a4 f5 31.
Rd1 Kh8 32. axb5 axb5 33. b3 cxb3 34. cxb3 b4 35. f3 $16) 30. f3 (30. c4 $16)
30... Bf8 (30... Kf7 {first, Bl's later idea, however} 31. c4 $18 {a good N vs
a bad B}) 31. c4 $18 Rb7 (31... bxc4 32. Qxc4 Kg7 33. Qxa6 $18) (31... fxe4 32.
fxe4 Rb7 33. Rf1 Bg7 34. b4 $18) 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Qxe5 bxc4 (33... Rf7 34. Qe6
Kg7 35. Qxa6 $18) 34. Nf6+ (34. Qxf5 Qg5 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Re4 c3 (36... Rxb2
37. Rg4) 37. bxc3 Qg3 38. Ne3 Rb1+ 39. Nf1 Qg8 40. Qxa6 $18 {SF16}) 34... Kf7 (
34... Kh8 35. Nd5+ Rg7 36. f4 (36. Qxf5 Rg5 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. Nxf6 Kg7 39. Nd7
Bd6 40. Nb6 Bg3 41. Re4 h5 42. Nxc4 Kf6 43. Kf1 $18) 36... a5 37. Qxf5 Rd7 38.
Qe5+ Bg7 39. Qh5 Bd4+ 40. Kf1 Kg7 41. Re8 Rxd5 42. Qg4+ Rg5 43. Qe6 Qxe8 44.
Qxe8 Rg6 45. Qd7+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ Kg7 47. Qxc4 $18 {SF16}) 35. Qe6+ Kg6 36. Ne8+
Kh7 37. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Open"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Tarr, Stephen"]
[Black "Wastney, Dylan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 (4. Nd2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3
8. axb3 Nbd7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be7 {Tarr-Swajkun, 4NCL U1850,
Telford 2018,1/2-1/2}) 4... e6 (4... c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Bc7 Rc8 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Nf3 h6 {Tarr-Nicholson,
4NCL 2020,0-1}) 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 b6 7. cxd5 (7. Nf3 Nc6 (7... Bd6 {4-1-1}) (
7... Be7 {5-1-1}) 8. Qa4 {7 Wh wins, 1 draw}) 7... exd5 (7... Nxd5 {2-0}) 8.
Nf3 $16 Be7 (8... Nc6 9. Rc1 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Nxc6
Nxc3 14. Nxd8 {Delgado Osorio-Gonzalez Regueiro , ESP ch U10, Banos de
Montemayor 2006,1-0}) (8... Bd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc6 Qe8 12. Bxd6
cxd6 13. Nxd5 {Traverso-Borgiani, Montevideo Duchamp cup 2023,1-0}) 9. Ne5 O-O
10. Be2 (10. g4 Be6 11. Bg2 $16 {SF16}) 10... c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rac1 b5 13. a4
$16 Qb6 14. axb5 (14. Bf3 Be6 15. Ne2 $16 {SF16}) 14... axb5 15. Ra1 Nbd7 $11
16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. e4 $2 (17. Nxd7 Bxd7 (17... Nxd7 18. Nxd5 $18) 18. Bd3 $11 {
SF16}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Bxe5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 $17 {SF16}) 18... Nxe4
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 $19 20. Rc1 Bc5 21. Bg3 Be7 22. Bg4 Rd8 23. Bf4 c5 24. Qe3 Bg6 (
24... Qg6 25. f3 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. g4 Qg6 28. Qd2 d4 $19 {SF16}) 25. b4 (
25. e6 d4 26. exf7+ Kf8 27. Qf3 Bxf7 $19 {SF16}) 25... d4 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Qd2
b4 28. Bd1 b3 29. Bxb3 (29. Qb2 Ba3 30. Qxa3 b2 $19 {SF16}) 29... Ba3 $1 $19
30. Bg5 Rf8 31. Qa2 Bxc1 32. Bxc1 h6 (32... Rb8 33. Bc4 Qb1 34. Qd2 Rc8 $19 {
SF16}) 33. g3 Rb8 34. Bd5 Qb1 (34... Qb4 35. Bd2 Qb1+ {SF16}) 35. Qc4 d3 36.
Kg2 Rd8 37. Bf4 (37. Bd2 Qc2) 37... d2 38. Bxd2 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pugh, Glyn D"]
[Black "Shkivakumar, Akshath"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 e6 (3... d6) 4. g4 g6 (4... d5 {main}) 5. gxf5 (5.
Nc3 {3 draws}) 5... exf5 6. Nc3 (6. Bg5 Bg7 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. c3 Nc6 9.
h4 Bg7 10. Qb3 Ne7 $11 {Hillarp Persson-Ask, Vaxjo op 2023,1-0}) 7. c4 d6 8.
Nc3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. h4 {Davidow-Sek, POL ch tm, South Wisla 1998,1/2-1/2})
6... Bg7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2 d5 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. h4 $16 h6 11. Bf4 (11. Ne5 hxg5
12. Nxg6 Ne4 13. Nxe7 Nxd2 14. Nxc8 Nxf1 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. Nxf5 Bf6 17. Rhxf1
gxh4 18. e4 $16 {SF16}) 11... Ng4 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bh3 (13. Rg1 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxg6 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qb4 $16 {SF16})
13... Ndf6 14. Be5 (14. Rdg1) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Bxg4
fxg4 18. Ne5 Bf5 (18... h5 19. Qb4 Rf8 $11 {SF16}) 19. h5 $16 g5 20. Rdg1 O-O-O
(20... O-O $14 {much safer}) 21. Qa5 b6 (21... Rhf8 22. Qxa7 Kc7 23. Qa5+ Kb8
24. Rg2 $18 {SF16}) 22. Qa6+ (22. Qa4 Rd6 23. Nxc6 Qb7 24. Nxa7+ Kb8 25. Qb4
Rf6 26. Nb5 $18 {SF16}) 22... Qb7 23. Qxb7+ (23. Qc4) 23... Kxb7 24. Nf7 $18
Be6 25. Nxh8 Rxh8 26. b3 Rf8 27. Rh2 b5 28. Kb2 (28. Kd2 Kc7 29. Ke2 $18 {
SF16-releases a R}) 28... Kb6 29. a3 (29. Rc1) 29... Rf3 30. Kc3 (30. c4 $18 {
SF16}) 30... a5 31. d5 cxd5 32. Kd4 Kc6 33. c4 {opening lines for the Rs is
the correct strategic idea, but Wh seems to have mistimed the break} (33. c3
Kd6 34. Rb1 Bd7 35. Rg2 Rh3 36. c4 $18 {SF16}) 33... bxc4 (33... dxc4) 34. bxc4
(34. Rc1 $14) 34... dxc4 35. Kxe4 (35. Rd1 Rf5 36. Rd2 a4 $11 {SF16}) 35... Rh3
(35... Kc5 $19 36. Rd1 (36. Ke5 Bd7 37. e4 c3 38. Rd1 Bc6 39. Rhh1 Rxf2 40.
Rhg1 Re2 41. Rxg4 c2 42. Rc1 Kc4 $19) 36... Rf5 37. Rd8 Rd5 38. Rf8 c3 {
SF16- the R on h2 is out of the game}) 36. Rxh3 gxh3 $11 {a distant extra
passed pawn often saves the game an exchange down, as the K gets out of play
in mopping it up} 37. Ke5 Bf7 38. Rh1 g4 39. Kf4 (39. f3 Bxh5 40. fxg4 Bxg4 41.
Kd4 Be6 42. e4 $11 {SF16}) 39... Bxh5 (39... Kb5 $19 {SF16}) 40. Kg3 (40. e4
Kd6 41. Rd1+ Kc6 42. Kg3 Bg6 43. Kxg4 Bxe4 44. Kxh3 Kb5 45. Kg3 Bd3 $11 46. Re1
Ka4 47. Re5 Kxa3 48. Rxa5+ Kb2 49. Kf4 c3 50. Rc5 h5 (50... c2 $2 51. Ke3 Bg6
52. Kd2 Kb3 53. f4 Kb4 54. f5 Bh7 55. Re5 Bg8 56. f6 h5 57. Re7 $18) 51. Ke3
Bf1 52. f4 h4 53. Kf2 Bd3 54. Ke3 Bf1 55. f5 h3 56. f6 c2 57. f7 h2 58. f8=Q
h1=Q 59. Qb8+ Kc1 60. Qf4 $11 {SF16- quite tricky to play for both sides})
40... Kd5 (40... Kb5 $19) 41. Rd1+ Kc5 42. Kh4 $2 (42. Rc1 Kd5 43. Rd1+ Kc5 44.
Rc1 $11 {SF16}) 42... Bf7 $19 43. Kxg4 Be6+ (43... c3 {also}) 44. Kg3 c3 45.
Kf4 c2 46. Rc1 Bb3 47. Ke5 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rodger, Paul"]
[Black "Preece, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 (2... d5) (2... Nf6 {main lines}) 3. Bd2 (3. e4) 3... f5 4.
Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 {a restrained setup by Wh, 29 games, 47% for Wh} b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7.
O-O O-O 8. a3 Be7 $11 (8... Bxc3 $14 {1-0-2}) 9. b4 (9. Ne1 d6 10. f3 $15 {1-0}
) (9. Ne5 d6 10. Nf3 $11 {0-1}) 9... Qe8 (9... c5 $11 {SF16}) 10. Nb5 Bd8 11.
c4 Ne4 12. Be2 Rf6 13. Nc3 d6 14. Rc1 Rh6 15. d5 {Wh has to careful as Bl's
pieces are looking quite active} (15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne1 e5 17. c5 $14 {SF16})
15... Nxd2 (15... c5) 16. Qxd2 (16. Nxd2 $16 {SF16-Wh keeps a space advantage})
16... e5 17. Qc2 Qh5 18. h3 Qg6 $11 19. Kh2 Nd7 20. g3 Qf7 21. Rh1 Bc8 22. Rcg1
Nf6 23. Kg2 Bd7 24. c5 $16 {with the K safe, Wh starts Qside operations} bxc5
25. bxc5 Kh8 26. Rd1 (26. c6 Bc8 27. Rb1 $16 (27. Ng5 Qe8 28. h4 $16 {SF16}))
26... Ne8 27. c6 Bc8 28. a4 (28. h4 $16 {SF16}) 28... g5 29. Bc4 Qg7 30. Rdg1 (
30. Rb1 $16 {SF16}) 30... Rg6 31. Kf1 g4 32. hxg4 Rxg4 33. Be2 Rb4 34. Nh4 (34.
Na2 Rg4 35. Nd2 Rg5 36. Nc3 Qf7 37. Qb3 $14 {SF16- though there does not seem
a way in for either side}) 34... Qf7 (34... Bxh4 35. Rxh4 Rxh4 36. gxh4 Qe7 37.
Bd3 Qxh4 (37... e4 38. Bc4 Rb8 39. Ke2 Qxh4 40. Rb1 Ra8 41. Rb3 Nf6 42. Nb5 f4
43. Nxc7 Bg4+ 44. Ke1 Rg8 45. Bf1 Bh3 46. Bxh3 Qxh3 47. Ne6 Qf3 48. Nxf4 Rg1+
49. Kd2 Qxf2+ 50. Kc3 Qxe3+ 51. Kb2 Qd4+ 52. Rc3 Rg8 53. Ka3 e3 $11) 38. Bxf5
Nf6 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40. Qf5 Qc4+ 41. Ne2 Rf8 42. Qg5 Rf7 43. Qf5 Rf8 44. Qg5 $11
{SF16}) 35. Bd3 e4 36. Be2 Rab8 37. Ng2 Rb2 38. Qc1 Bf6 39. Nf4 $11 Ng7 (39...
R8b3 40. Nd1 Rb1 41. Qd2 Bc3 42. Qc2 Be5 43. Kg2 Nf6 44. Rh6 Kg8 45. Rgh1 Kf8
$11 {SF16}) 40. Kg2 $18 R8b3 41. Nb5 (41. Bd1 Rb4 42. Rh2 Kg8 43. Rgh1 h5 44.
Bxh5 Nxh5 45. Rxh5 $18 {SF16}) 41... a6 42. Nd4 (42. Na7 $1 $18 {SF16} Qe8 43.
Nxc8 Qxc8 44. Rh3 Kg8 45. Rgh1) 42... Bxd4 43. exd4 Ra2 $2 (43... e3 $14) 44.
Bc4 Rba3 45. Bxa2 Rxa2 46. Rh6 $18 Ne8 47. Rgh1 Nf6 48. Qc4 (48. Ng6+ Kg8 49.
Ne5 dxe5 50. Qg5+ Qg7 51. Qxf6 Qxf6 52. Rxf6 exd4 53. d6 cxd6 54. Rxd6 e3 55.
Rf1 $18 {SF16}) 48... Rb2 49. Qc3 Ra2 50. Qb3 Rd2 51. Qb8 Qf8 52. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Szwajkun, Richard"]
[Black "Rastall, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 c6 (5... O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O
c5 8. c3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14.
Rad1 $14 {Szwajkun-Clegg, West Bromwich 4ncl Op-B; 2016,1/2-1/2}) 6. c4 O-O 7.
Bd3 Bf5 (7... Nbd7) (7... Bg4) 8. Qc2 (8. Bxf5 gxf5 $14 {2-1-2}) 8... e6 (8...
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. Rfd1 Qb6 12. c5 Qb5 13. Nb3 (13. Qxb5 cxb5 14.
a4 $16) 13... Qxd3 14. Rxd3 b6 $11 {Rios Filho-Limp, Rio de Janeiro state ch
2012,0-1}) 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 $11 {Sf16}) 10.
Rac1 Qb6 11. Bxf5 gxf5 (11... exf5 $14) 12. Bf4 (12. c5 Qb5 13. a4 Qb4 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Ne1 Rfb8 16. Nd3 Qa5 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nf3 $16 {SF16-Wh has a space
advantage on both sides of the board}) 12... Nh5 13. Bd6 Rfe8 14. cxd5 (14. Ne5
$16) 14... cxd5 15. Qc7 Qb5 16. Qc3 (16. Rc3 Nhf6 17. Rb3 Qa6 18. Rc1 $16 {SF16
}) 16... Ndf6 (16... Nb6 17. Qc7 Rad8 18. h3 Rd7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 f4 21.
Kh2 Bf8 $11 {SF16}) 17. Qb3 (17. Qc7 $16) 17... Qd7 (17... Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Ne4
19. Ba3 Bf8 $11 {SF16}) 18. Be5 (18. Bc7) 18... Rec8 19. Rc3 Bh6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6
21. Ne5 (21. Rfc1 $11) 21... Qe7 22. Rfc1 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 f4 (23... Ne8 $11) 24.
exf4 Bxf4 25. Ndf3 $2 (25. Rc2 $14) 25... Bxc1 26. Qxc1 Ne4 $19 27. Qf4 Rc8 28.
h3 Qf6 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qh5 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nxf2 (31... Rc2) 32. g3 Ne4 33. Nxf7+
Kg8 34. N7e5 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 Rc8 36. Kg2 Qg7 37. g4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Raeburn, Andrew"]
[Black "Rodger, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 (7. Qd2 {
main}) 7... Be7 8. Qd2 h6 9. Be3 a6 10. Bf3 $146 (10. f4) (10. O-O) (10. O-O-O)
10... Bd7 (10... Ne5 11. Be2 Qc7 $15 {SF16}) 11. Nb3 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. a4 Nd7
13. Be2 Nf6 14. f3 d5 $11 {Sf16}) 11... b5 $17 12. a3 Rc8 13. O-O Ne5 14. Be2
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 $15 (15... bxc4 $17) 16. f3 Rc8 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Rad1 d5 (
18... O-O $15) 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. e5 (20. Na5 Qd6 21. Rfe1 Qb8 22. exd5 O-O 23.
Bd4 $14 {SF16}) 20... Nh7 21. Be3 (21. Na5 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 Bc5+ 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24.
Rd2 $14 {SF16}) 21... Bxa3 (21... O-O) 22. Na5 (22. bxa3 Qxc3 23. Bc5 Nf8 24.
f4 Ng6 25. Rfe1 $16 {SF16}) 22... Qa8 (22... Qc7 $11) 23. Nxd5 (23. bxa3 Rxc3
24. Bc5 $14) 23... exd5 24. bxa3 Ng5 (24... O-O $11) 25. Rd2 (25. Bc5 $18)
25... Bf5 26. h4 Ne6 27. g4 Bh7 28. f4 Rc3 (28... d4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 O-O
$11 {SF16}) 29. f5 $18 Nd8 30. Nb3 (30. Bc5 $18) (30. Bd4 Rh3 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32.
cxd3 O-O 33. Rc1 $18 {SF16}) 30... O-O 31. Bd4 Rc4 32. Qg3 Nc6 33. g5 Nxd4 34.
Nxd4 Qa7 35. c3 (35. gxh6 {first}) 35... Rfc8 36. g6 (36. gxh6 {also}) 36...
Rxc3 37. gxh7+ (37. Qg4) 37... Kxh7 38. Rf3 Rc2 39. Qf2 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 Rc4 41.
Rd3 Qc7 42. Qe3 Qe7 43. Qg3 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Rc4 45. Nf3 Qd7 46. e6 (46. Nd4) 46...
fxe6 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. Qxe6 (48. fxe6) 48... Qc7+ 49. Kh3 Rc2 50. Ne5 (50. Qe8+
Kh7 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Re3) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rastall, Joe"]
[Black "Neal, Toby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O (9. Bc4 {holds up Bl's next, but it's a matter of choice, Wh has
a plus score with both highly theorised lines}) 9... d5 10. Kb1 (10. exd5) (10.
Qe1 {main lines, though the text, 3rd in line, scores better than these two})
10... dxe4 $2 (10... Nxd4) (10... Rb8 {main lines}) 11. Nxc6 Qxd2 (11... Qc7
12. Nd4 $18 {3-1-2}) 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. Bxd2 {SF16} (13. Rxd2 {22 Wh wins, 2
draws}) 13... exf3 (13... Re8 14. Ned5 (14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. Nxe4) 14... Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Rd8 16. Ne3 Bh6 17. Bc4 exf3 18. Bc3+ {Mesa Crespo-Bracamonte, LA Paz
Fundacion 2017,1-0}) 14. Nxc8 (14. gxf3 Be6 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. Bf4 $18 {
Dalipovic-Lienau, GER ch Schools tm U17,0-1}) 14... fxg2 15. Bxg2 Raxc8 16.
Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. h4 Ne5 19. Be2 h5 20. Bf4 Rb4 21. Nd5 (21. Rhf1) 21...
Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Nc4+ (22... Nd3+ 23. Ka3 Nxf4 24. Nxf4) 23. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hankey, Chris"]
[Black "Raeburn, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 c6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. f4 $17
{a bit early, 0-6} (8. O-O) (8. d5 {main lines}) 8... Qe7 $146 (8... exd4 {
SF16- 0-2}) 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. O-O $2 (10. d5 Qc5 $15) 10... Bg4 (10... exd4 11.
Qxd4 (11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Rf2 Qc5 (12... c5 $19) 13. Rd2 Ng4 14. Nce2 Na6 15. h3
Ne5 16. a3 Nxc4 $19) 11... Ng4 12. Qd2 Qc5+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Kg1 Nd3+ 15. Kh1
Qxc4 $19 {SF16}) 11. d5 Rd8 (11... Qc5+ 12. Rf2 Qxc4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxe2
15. Rxe2 Rd8 16. Be3 $11 {SF16- though Bl may be able to make the pawn count
in the ending}) 12. Be3 $16 Na6 13. a3 Rac8 14. h3 (14. Bxa7) 14... Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 c5 (15... Nc5 16. Rad1 Nb3 17. Qf2 h6 18. Bxa7 $16 {SF16}) 16. Nb5 $18 (
16. h4 $18) (16. Rf2 $18) 16... b6 17. Qd2 Ne8 18. Rf2 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20.
Raf1 f6 21. h4 Nb8 22. Bh3 Rf8 (22... Rc7 $5) 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Rdd8 25. c5
Qc7 26. d6 (26. h5) 26... Qc6 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Qd5 (28. h5) 28... b5 29. Ra2
Qxd5 30. Bxd5 Rd7 31. Be6 Rfd8 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Rfa1 a6 34. Rc1 (34. Rxa6) 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hankey, Chris"]
[Black "Rastall, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f4 (6. Nf3) (6. Bd3 {
main lines}) 6... O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 $5 (9... Re8) (9... Bg4)
10. Bxb5 {38% for Wh} (10. e5 {main, 62% for Wh} dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5)
10... Nxe4 11. Bd2 (11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Kf2 (12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxb5) 12...
Qxb5) 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 {0.5-3.5} Qe7+ $17 13. Qe2 Qf6 (13... Qxe2+) 14. Qd2
Bd7 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 $17 16. O-O Rab8 17. Rab1 Rb4 $19 18. Ng5 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 Bxd4+
20. Kh1 Rfb8 21. Nce4 h6 22. Nf3 Rxb2 23. Rbd1 Nf6 24. Nxd6 Nxd5 (24... R8b4)
25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne3 27. Rg1 Rxa2 28. Re4 (28. f5) 28... Ng4 29. h3 Nf2+
30. Kh2 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Rbb2 32. h4 h5 33. Nc3 Ra3 34. Rc1 Kg7 35. Ne4 Raa2 36.
Rg1 a5 37. Nc3 Ra3 38. Ne4 Re2 39. Nd6 a4 40. Nb5 Rd3 41. Rc1 a3 42. Nc3 Rf2
43. Ne4 Rxf4 44. Ng5 Rxh4+ 45. Kg1 a2 46. Kf2 Ra4 47. Ke2 Rb3 48. Rf1 Rb7 49.
Ke1 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dean, Robert"]
[Black "Graff, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bxe4 (8... Ngf6 {main}) 9. Bxe4 c6 10. c3 {4-6-2} (10. c4 {4 Wh wins, 2
draws}) 10... Ngf6 11. Bd3 (11. Bc2 {leaves option of putting Q on d3}) 11...
h6 $146 (11... O-O) (11... Qc7) 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qc2 O-O-O {the K is more
exposed here than} (13... O-O) 14. b4 $18 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. a4 (16. Be5) 16...
Nxg3 17. hxg3 g4 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. b5 c5 20. d5 (20. a5 cxd4 21. Nc4 $18 {SF16})
20... Ne5 21. Be2 (21. b6 axb6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Nc4 Qg5 25. dxe6
Rxd3 26. Qxd3 fxe6 27. Nb6+ Kb8 28. Qb5 $16 {Sf16}) 21... Rxd5 $14 22. a5 Qd7
23. Nf1 (23. Nc4 $14) 23... Bg5 24. Reb1 (24. b6 a6 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. c4 Rd4
27. Rxe5 Qd6 28. Rae1 $11 {Sf16}) 24... f5 $17 (24... Kb8 $17) 25. Ra2 (25. Rd1
) 25... Nd3 (25... h5 $19) 26. f4 gxf3 27. Bxf3 (27. gxf3) 27... Rd6 $19 28. a6
b6 29. Bc6 Qc7 30. Qa4 Ne5 (30... Qg7) 31. Bb7+ Kb8 32. Re2 Rd3 (32... Bf6 $19)
(32... Rdd8 $19) 33. Rbe1 (33. Rbe1 Bf6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rastall, Joe"]
[Black "Lake, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 (6... Bg4) 7. Nxd4
Bg4 (7... g6 {main}) 8. Nf3 {5-4-3} (8. Qd2 {6-1-3}) (8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7
{3 Wh wins and a draw}) 8... Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc5 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3
$14 (12. cxd3 $16 Be7 13. Be3 O-O {2 draws}) 12... O-O-O 13. Rb1 d5 14. e5 Bc5+
15. Kh2 Ne4 (15... Nd7 16. Bd2 $16 {SF16}) 16. Nxe4 (16. b4 $1 Bxb4 17. Nxe4
dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bc5 19. Qf5+ Kb8 20. Qxf7 Qc7 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. f5 $18 {SF16})
16... dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxa2 18. Be3 (18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 a6 20. Qe2 $14 (20. f5
$14 {SF16 White wins the Major on 4.5})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Major"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Stephenson, David William"]
[Black "Neal, Toby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 (4. f4) (4. Nf3) (4. Be3 {main lines}) 4...
Bg7 5. Qe2 O-O (5... Nc6 6. e5 Nxd4 7. exf6 Nxe2 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Ngxe2 Rxg7 {
is a complex line, theorised to a great depth, 68% for Wh}) 6. e5 Nfd7 {
62% for Wh} (6... dxe5 7. dxe5 {77% for Wh}) (6... Ne8 {73% for Wh}) 7. f4 (7.
e6 fxe6 8. Bxe6+ Kh8 9. Nf3 {63% for Wh}) 7... Nb6 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. Nf3 {
1.5-0.5}) 9... Na5 10. O-O-O {going short looks preferable as Bl can open up
lines on the Q side quite speedily} (10. Nf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 {transposes to 21
games, 50%}) 10... d5 {though this is a little slow} (10... Nxb3+ 11. axb3 c6
12. Nf3 Nd5 $17 {SF16}) 11. g4 $16 Nac4 12. Bf2 f6 13. Bg3 c6 14. h4 (14. Nh3
Bh6 15. Kb1 $16) 14... Qd7 $11 15. g5 (15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. b3 fxe5 17. dxe5 Nb6
18. f5 gxf5 19. h5 f4 20. Bf2 f3 21. Qe3 Qe6 22. Nxf3 Qf7 23. h6 Qxf3 24. hxg7
Qxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Rf3 26. Bh6 Bxg4 27. Rh4 Bf5 $11 {SF16- both sides have chances}
) 15... Qg4 (15... fxe5 16. fxe5 Qg4 $17) 16. Qe1 h5 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. b3 Nb6 (
18... Na3 19. Nge2 b5 $17 {SF16}) 19. Qe3 a5 20. a4 Qe6 21. Nh3 f5 (21... Qf7
22. Ne2 Bf5 $17 {SF16}) 22. Nf2 Nd7 23. Nd3 b6 24. Kd2 Ba6 25. Rb1 Rfc8 26.
Rhc1 c5 (26... Nf8 27. Bf2 Qd7 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. Ke1 c5 $17 {SF16}) 27. Qf3 Bb7 (
27... cxd4 28. Ne2 Nc5 29. Nxd4 Qd7 30. Ke1 Ne4 $17 {Sf16}) 28. Bf2 Rab8 29.
Nb5 $11 c4 30. Ne1 (30. Nb2 $14) 30... Ra8 31. b4 Qc6 32. Qc3 Bf8 33. bxa5 Rxa5
34. Ra1 e6 (34... Rca8 35. e6 Nb8 36. Nf3 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Rxa4 38. Rb1 Qxe6 39.
Ne5 Na6 $15 {SF16}) 35. Ke2 Ba6 $6 (35... Rca8 36. Nd6 Bxd6 37. exd6 Qxd6 38.
Be3 Bc6 39. Nf3 Bxa4 40. Kf2 R5a7 41. Bd2 Nb8 42. Ne5 Nc6 43. Nxc6 Qxc6 44. Ra2
$11 {SF16- both sides have bad Bs}) 36. Na7 Qb7 37. Nxc8 Qxc8 38. Rcb1 $18 Qc6
39. Kf3 (39. Nf3) 39... Rxa4 40. Rxa4 Qxa4 41. Ra1 Qb5 42. Ng2 (42. Ra2 Bb4 43.
Qa1 Nb8 44. c3 Ba5 45. Be3 Kf7 46. Kf2 Bb7 47. Bc1 $16 {SF16}) 42... Bb7 43.
Ne3 (43. Ra7 Qc6 44. Be1 Nc5 45. Qb2 Na4 46. Qa2 b5 47. Ba5 Qc8 $11 {SF16- the
position is blocked}) 43... Qc6 44. Nd1 b5 45. Qa5 b4 46. c3 b3 47. Nb2 (47.
Be3 Nb6 48. Bc1 Be7 49. Ba3 Bd8 50. Qb4 Nd7 51. Qd6 Qxd6 52. exd6 $18 Nb8 53.
Ke2 Kf7 54. Bb4 Nc6 55. Nb2 Bc8 56. Na4 Ke8 57. Nc5 Bb6 58. Ra8 Kf7 (58... b2
59. d7+ Kf7 60. dxc8=Q Bd8 61. Qd7+ Ne7 62. Rxd8 b1=Q 63. Qxe6+ Kg7 64. Qxe7#)
59. Kd2 $18 {SF16- Engines have near infinite patience}) 47... Nc5 $11 48. Qd8
Ne4 (48... Bc8 $11) 49. Be1 (49. Ra7 $18 {SF16} Nxc3 50. Qb8 Ba6 51. Ra8 Bc8
52. Qxc8 Qxc8 53. Rxc8 Kf7 54. Be1 Nb5 55. Ke3 Ba3 56. Rb8 Bxb2 57. Rxb5 c3 58.
Bxc3 Bxc3 59. Rxb3 $18 Be1 60. Ke2 Bxh4 61. Rh3 $18) 49... Kf7 $11 50. Ra7 Bc5
$11 51. dxc5 d4 52. Ke2 (52. Rxb7+ Qxb7 53. Qxd4 Nxg5+ 54. Kf2 Qf3+ 55. Kg1
Qg4+ {perpetual-SF16}) 52... dxc3 (52... Nxc3+ 53. Bxc3 Qe4+ (53... dxc3 54.
Rxb7+ Qxb7 55. Qf6+ $18) 54. Kd2 Qxf4+ {perpetual-SF16}) 53. Nxc4 (53. Qh8 Ng3+
$11) 53... Ng3+ (53... b2 $19 {SF16}) 54. Bxg3 (54. Kd3 $1 $18 {SF16} Qf3+ 55.
Ne3 b2 (55... Qc6 56. Bxg3 c2 57. Qf6+ $18) 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. Qb8+ Ke7 58. Rxb7+
{Sf16}) 54... Qf3+ 55. Ke1 Qxg3+ 56. Ke2 Qf3+ 57. Ke1 Qe4+ 58. Kf2 Qxf4+ 59.
Ke2 (59. Ke1 Qe4+ 60. Kf2 (60. Kd1 c2+ 61. Kc1 Qe1+ 62. Kb2 c1=Q+ 63. Kxb3
Qcc3+ 64. Ka2 Qea1#) 60... Qg2+ 61. Ke1 $11 {SF16}) 59... Qxc4+ 60. Qd3 Qg4+
61. Kf2 (61. Kf1 Qg2+ 62. Ke1 Qh1+ 63. Ke2 {Wh is better playing safe by
repeating moves}) 61... Qxh4+ 62. Qg3 $2 (62. Kf1) 62... Qxg3+ 63. Kxg3 c2 $19
64. Rxb7+ Ke8 65. Rxb3 c1=Q 66. Rb8+ Kd7 67. Rb7+ Kc8 68. Rg7 Qxg5+ (68... f4+
69. Kg2 Qd2+ 70. Kf3 Qe3+ 71. Kg2 Qe2+ 72. Kg1 f3) 69. Kf3 Qg4+ (69... f4) 70.
Ke3 f4+ 71. Kf2 Qg3+ 72. Ke2 f3+ 73. Ke3 Qxe5+ (73... f2+ 74. Ke2 Qg2 {mating
soon-SF16 A very tough struggle that could several times have gone either way 
(or down the middle)}) 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pandya, Dhairya"]
[Black "Flavell, Archie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 (3. e5 {main}) 3... e6 (3... Nc6 {main, most flexible}
) 4. Be3 $146 (4. Nf3) (4. f4) 4... d5 $15 5. e5 Nfd7 (5... d4 6. exf6 (6. Bc1
Nfd7 7. f4 Nc6 $15) 6... dxe3 7. fxe3 Qxf6 $15 {SF16}) 6. f4 (6. d4 $14) 6...
Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O f6 (9... d4 10. Bf2 $11) 10. exf6 (10. d4 $14)
10... Bxf6 (10... Nxf6) 11. Qc2 b6 (11... d4) 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. d4
$14 cxd4 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxd4) 16... Qe7 17. Bg4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf6
19. Bh3 $16 (19. Qe2 $16) 19... Ba6 20. Rfe1 Ne4 21. Qa4 Bb7 22. Qxa7 (22. Be5
$16) 22... Rxf4 (22... Rc6 23. Qa4 Rxf4 $11 {SF16}) 23. Bxe6+ (23. Rf1 $18
Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Ng5 25. Bg4 Qc7 26. Qxb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 Re8 28. Re1 $18 {SF16})
23... Qxe6 24. Qxb7 Rg4 25. Re2 $18 h5 26. Qxb6 Rc6 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qe5 Qg6
29. Rf1 (29. Qxd5) 29... Rg5 30. Qf4 h4 31. Qxh4+ Rh5 32. Qf4 Rf5 $2 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gilbert, David"]
[Black "Gillett, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Be6 (5... Nb6 {main}) 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 {50% for Wh} (8. d4 {69% for Wh}) 8... O-O 9. Nxd5 (9. Bd2
Qd7 (9... Nb6)) (9. a3) 9... Bxd5 10. a3 (10. Be3 f5 11. Rc1 {3-2-3}) 10... a5
(10... f5 {2-3-8}) 11. Be3 a4 $11 {1 draw, 4 Bl wins} 12. Rc1 f6 13. Bc5 Ra5 (
13... Kh8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Rd7 17. Nd2 {Cui-Sade, World
Olympiad U16, 2018,1/2-1/2}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd4 17. e3 {
but Wh's pieces get quite active} (17. b4 axb3 18. Nxb3 Rxa3 19. Nxd4 exd4 20.
Qc2 Rc3 21. Qb2 c6 22. Rxc3 dxc3 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Rc1 Qxe2 25. Qxb7 Qb2 26. Qe7
Ra8 27. Qe1 $11 {SF16}) 17... Nf5 (17... Ne6) 18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Qf3 $16 Nd6 20.
Nxd6 cxd6 21. Qd5+ (21. Rc2) 21... Kh8 22. Rc2 (22. Rc4) 22... Rc6 23. Rxc6
bxc6 24. Qxc6 $18 Rb8 25. Rc1 Kg8 26. Qxa4 Rxb2 27. Qa8+ (27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Qc4+
Kg6 29. Qg4+ (29. Rc7 Qf8 30. Qg4+ Kh6 31. e4 $18) 29... Kf7 30. Qh5+ Ke6 31.
Re8 $18 {SF16}) 27... Kf7 28. Qd5+ Kg6 29. Rc6 (29. Qe4+ Kh6 30. Qh4+ Kg6 31.
Qg4+ Kh6 (31... Kf7 32. Qh5+) 32. Rc8 $18 {SF16- Engines are good at these
long lines of calculation, humans much less so.}) 29... Qa7 30. Qe4+ Kh6 31.
Rxd6 Qb7 (31... Qxa3 32. Qxe5 $18) 32. Qxb7 (32. Rc6 Rb5 (32... Rb6 33. Rxb6
Qxb6 34. a4 $18) 33. h4 $18) 32... Rxb7 33. d4 exd4 34. Rxd4 Ra7 35. a4 Kg6 36.
e4 (36. Kf3 {activating the K is usually best in an ending rather than
unforced pawn moves}) 36... Kf7 37. f4 Ke6 38. Kf3 h5 39. h4 Ra5 40. f5+ {
this the tactical Engine move, which should work, but requires some
exactfollowup ( eg the e awn is now not so easy to advance , and the a pawn is
still not moving either.} (40. Ke3 {bringing the K across to support the a
pawn is a more systematic approach. The Bl K is cut off, more pawns are kept
on and Bl has no entry for his R.}) 40... Ke7 41. g4 (41. Ke3 $1 {SF16}) 41...
hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Ra8 43. h5 (43. Kh5 Rh8+ 44. Kg6 Rxh4 45. Kxg7 Rg4+ 46. Kh6 Rg1
47. Rb4 Rh1+ 48. Kg6 Rg1+ 49. Kh5 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 {
after taking the g7 pawn, the K has to scramble his way back to the centre
after all} Ra1 53. Rb7+ Kf8 54. Ra7 Ra3+ 55. Kd4 Ra2 56. Kd5 Kg8 57. Ke6 Re2
58. Kxf6 Rxe4 59. a5 Ra4 60. a6 Ra1 61. Ra8+ Kh7 62. Ke7 Re1+ 63. Kf7 Re2 64.
Re8 Ra2 65. Re6 Ra5 66. f6 Rc5 67. a7 Rc7+ 68. Re7 Rc8 69. Re8 Rc7+ 70. Ke6
Rc6+ 71. Kd7 Ra6 72. a8=Q) 43... Ra5 44. h6 gxh6 45. Kh5 Ra8 46. Rb4 Kd6 47.
Kxh6 Kc5 48. Rb5+ (48. Rb7 Rxa4 49. Re7 Ra8 50. Kg6 {and Wh will get two
connected passed pawns}) 48... Kd4 49. a5 (49. Kg6 Kxe4 50. a5 Ra6 51. Rb6 Rxa5
52. Rxf6 {in order to save K & R vs K, R & p endings, the defending K needs to
be in front of the pwn, not cut off behind or to one side.}) 49... Kxe4 50. Kg6
Ra6 51. Rb6 Rxa5 52. Rxf6 Ra7 53. Rf7 (53. Re6+ Kd5 54. Re1 {is a simple win,
but Wh has spent too much time sacrificing pawns to break in withthe K on the
K side}) 53... Rxf7 {time} 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rodger, Andrew"]
[Black "Pandya, Dhairya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 d6 (2... Nf6 {main}) 3. f4 (3. Nf3) (3. g3) 3... g6 (3... Nc6) (
3... Nf6) 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c3 (5. Nc3) 5... Nc6 6. Be2 d5 (6... Nge7 7. O-O O-O {
56% for Wh}) 7. exd5 (7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1 Be6 9. Qg3 f5 10. fxe5 dxe4 11. dxe4
fxe4 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nd4 Bxe5 {Frith-Armstrong, 4NCL 2013,0-1}) 7... Qxd5 8.
O-O $16 Nge7 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 N5c6 11. Na3 (11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Ne4
$16 {SF16}) 11... Bf5 12. Nh4 (12. Nb5 $1 Rc8 13. c4 Qd7 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bf4 O-O
16. Qd2 a5 17. Rad1 $18 {SF16- the Bl pieces scarcely have any activity, while
controls a great deal of space}) 12... Be6 $14 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Nf3
Rad8 16. Bg3 Nf5 17. Bf2 a6 $11 18. Nc2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Nce7 20. Re1 (20. Ng5 Bd5
21. Nb4 c6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qf3 $11 {SF16}) 20... c5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 (21... Nxf5
) 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Bg3 {Wh has failed to capitalise on his advantage by
launching a direct attack on the K} Qb6 (23... Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Nf5 25. Qf2 cxd4
$19 {SF16}) 24. Nc4 Qc6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 (25... Qb5 26. b4 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 cxd4 $19 {
SF16}) 26. Rxe5 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 cxd4 $17 28. Qb3 Nf5 $19 (28... d3 $19) 29. Rxe8+
Rxe8 30. cxd4 Nxd4 31. Qd3 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxg3+ 33. Qxg3 (33. hxg3) 33... Qb5+ {
Wh's K is exposed, as the Wh pieces fail to cooperate} 34. Kg1 Qxb2 35. Rf1
Qxa2 36. Qc7 Qd5 37. Rb1 b5 (37... a5 {also}) 38. h4 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Neil, Graham"]
[Black "Thimmegowda, Krishnaswaroop"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Nc6 (3... e6) 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Ne5
Ne4 $146 (7... Bxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Nf3 Be4 $17 {SF16; 1-2-2}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9.
Bxd6 Qxd6 (9... cxd6 $15 {SF16-is a useful pawn mass in the centre, whick
keeps Wh's pieces away from squares they might otherwise occupy}) 10. e3 $11
Rb8 11. Qc1 h5 {Bl is far better developed, but the position is still closed}
12. Be2 h4 (12... g5 {interesting idea from SF16}) 13. Bf3 Ng5 14. Bd1 Ne4 15.
Bf3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rh6 17. Rc1 e5 (17... Rg6 $11) 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. b3 (19. O-O
$14) 19... Rd6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. cxd4 a5 $11 {though Wh can try to make
something of his pressure on the c file} 22. O-O g5 23. Kh2 (23. Rc5 Ra8 24.
Rfc1 Kd7 25. Be2 $14 {SF16}) 23... a4 24. Bd1 (24. bxa4 Rb4 25. a3 (25. Bd1 Rb2
26. Bb3 Bd3 27. Rfd1 Be4 28. Rf1 (28. Kg1 g4 29. a5 Rg6 $19 {SF16}) 28... Bd3
$11) 25... Rxa4 26. Rc3 Rc4 27. Rfc1 Bd3 28. a4 Kd7 29. a5 Rh6 30. Rxc4 dxc4 (
30... Bxc4 31. Bg4+ $16) 31. a6 Rh8 32. Ra1 Ra8 $11 {SF16}) 24... Bd3 25. Re1
axb3 26. Bxb3 Rf6 (26... Kd7) 27. Red1 Be2 28. Rd2 Bh5 29. Bd1 Bg6 30. Ba4 Kd7
31. Rc5 Rd6 32. Bd1 Ra8 (32... Rb1 $11 {SF16}) 33. a4 $16 f5 34. Ra2 (34. a5)
34... f4 35. Bg4+ Ke7 36. a5 fxe3 37. fxe3 $16 Bd3 38. Rf2 (38. Ra3 Be4 39. a6
Rf6 40. Ra2 Ra7 41. Bc8 Bd3 42. e4 Bb1 43. Rd2 Bxe4 44. Bb7 Kd8 $14 {SF16- Bl
has a R stuck on a7. However as soon as the wh Rs try to get into the game via
the other side, then a Bd3 will release that a7 R}) 38... Ra6 39. Bh5 (39. Bc8
Ra7 40. a6 Rg6 41. Ra5 Rg7 42. Bb7 $18 {here Wh already has a R on the f file,
poised to enter} Rf7 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Kg1 Ke7 45. Kf2 Bb5 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Ra3
Bc4 48. Ra5 Bb5 49. e4 dxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Ke6 51. Kf3 Kf6 {the Engine insists that
Wh is winning, but keeps on probing. Lets try nudging the Engine} 52. Ra2 Ke6 (
52... Kf5 53. Bc8+ Kf6 54. Kg4 c5 55. dxc5 Bc4 56. Rf2+ Kg6 57. Bb7 Bd3 58. Rd2
Bxa6 59. Ra2 Rxb7 60. Rxa6+ Kf7 61. Kxg5 {and with a far more active R & K Wh
is clearly winning}) 53. Kg4 Kd5 54. Kxg5 Kxd4 55. Kxh4 c5 56. g4 Bd3 57. g5 c4
58. Rg2 Bg6 59. Rg4+ Kc5 60. Rg1 c3 61. Kg4 Kd6 62. h4 c2 63. h5 Bd3 64. g6
Be2+ 65. Bf3 Bxa6 66. Rc1 Bd3 67. g7 $18 {SF16 nudged}) 39... Rf6 40. Bf3 Bb5
41. Ra2 Bc4 42. Kg1 {time ?} (42. Ra3 Kd6 43. Bg4 Rf2 44. Bc8 Ra8 45. Bb7 Rb8
46. a6 Bxa6 47. Bxa6 Rbb2 48. Rac3 Rxg2+ 49. Kh1 Rh2+ 50. Kg1 Rbg2+ 51. Kf1 Ke7
52. Rxc6 Kd8 53. Ke1 Rxh3 54. Bf1 Rh1 55. R3c5 Rgg1 56. Rxd5+ Kc8 57. Rf6 g4
$14 {and SF16 here finds only a small advantage for Wh}) 42... Bxa2 $19 43. Be2
Bc4 44. Bf3 Rf8 45. e4 dxe4 46. Bxe4 Rf1+ (46... Bd5) 47. Kh2 Bb5 48. d5 Kd6
49. Rxc6+ Bxc6 50. Bd3 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pandya, Dhairya"]
[Black "Weller, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 (5. c3 {main}) 5... exd4 6. Nxd4
Nc5 7. Nc3 Nxd3+ (7... Bg4) (7... Be7 {main lines}) (7... g6 $5) 8. Qxd3 {
2 draws, 2 Bl wins} (8. cxd3 {6-0-2}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 c5 (10... c6
11. Rae1 Qc7 12. Kh1 a6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qb6 16. e5 dxe5 {
draw agreed, Kuehnling-Rosmann, Mittelfranken ch Ansbach 2000}) 11. Nf3 (11.
Nde2 h6 12. Qg3 Nh7 13. f5 Bh4 14. Qg4 Bg5 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Qg3 Re8 17. Rae1 {
Ulunque Villazo-Niering, Steinfurt Bezirksklasse 2010,1-0}) 11... Bg4 (11...
Re8 $11) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $16 Qd7 14. Rad1 Qc6 15. Nd5 {takes the tension
out of the position} (15. Be1 h6 16. g4 $16 {SF16}) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd7 $11
17. c4 Bf6 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rfe8 20. Rf3 (20. f5) 20... f5 (20... Qf5 $15)
21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Kf7 $11 25. a3 b6 26. Kf2 h6
27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Qc3 Qh4+ (29... Qe4) 30. Kf3 Qe7 31. Qd4 Qf6 32.
Qe3 Qe7 33. Qd3 g6 34. g3 Qe1 35. Qe2 Qc3+ (35... Qxe2+) (35... Qh1+) 36. Qe3
Qf6 37. c5 bxc5 38. bxc5 dxc5 39. Qxc5 Qb6 40. Qc4 Ke7 41. g4 fxg4+ 42. hxg4
Kd6 $11 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Qb7 (44... Ke7 45. Qd3 a5 $11) 45. Qf4+ (45. f6
Qf7 46. Qb4+ Kc7 47. Qc5+ Kd8 48. Qd6+ Kc8 49. Qe6+ $18 {SF16}) 45... Kc5 (
45... Kd7 $11) 46. Qe3+ Kc4 47. Qe4+ (47. f6 $18) 47... Kc5 48. f6 $18 Qf7 49.
Qe7+ Qxe7 50. fxe7 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Thimmegowda, Krishnaswaroop"]
[Black "Brown, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 (4... d5 {main}) 5. Nf3 (5. d4) 5... Be7
6. e3 (6. O-O) (6. d3) 6... Bg4 $146 (6... O-O $11 {4.5-0.5}) 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nbd7 (8... d5 $14) 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 $14 (10. Qxd4 $16 {SF16}) 10... Rb8
11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Re1 $16 Re8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Ne4 (15. b3 Nf8 16. d5
c5 17. Kg2 $16 {SF16}) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bg5 (16... Bf8 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. Bf3
Qd7 19. Bg5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. Kg2 $14 {Sf16}) 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7
18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Bxg5 $18 f6 20. Bf4 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qh5+
Kg8 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. h4 Nf8 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Be3 g6 28. h5 g5 29. Qe4 Qc6 30.
d5 Nc5 31. dxc6 Nxe4 32. cxb7 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gillett, John"]
[Black "Thimmegowda, Krishnaswaroop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 (5. cxd5 {main line}) 5... Nc6 6.
O-O Be7 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5) (7. Nc3 {main lines}) 7... O-O 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Be3 (
9. Nc3 {1-3-1}) 9... Qxd1 $146 (9... Qh5 {1 Wh win, 3 draws (corr)}) 10. Rxd1
Nd5 (10... Ng4) 11. Bd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc5 13. Nb3 (13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 $14)
13... Bb6 14. Na3 (14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Rxd5 Rfe8 17. e3 $16 {SF16})
14... Rd8 15. Nc4 Kf8 $2 (15... Bc7 16. Rac1 $14 {SF16}) 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. e4
$18 Ke7 18. exd5 g6 19. d6+ (19. Rd2) 19... Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Kxd6 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22.
a3 Bd7 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bg2 e5 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nc4 e4 27. f3 Re8 28. fxe4 Bb5
29. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hollands, Sam"]
[Black "Horner, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. Nc3 (4. cxd5) (4. e3 {main lines}) 4... cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Nf6 {48% for Wh} (5... e5 {39 % for Wh}) 6. Bg5 (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 {main
}) 6... e5 (6... Be7) 7. Bxf6 (7. Nf3 d4 8. Nd5 Nc6 (8... Be7)) 7... gxf6 8.
Ndb5 (8. Nc2 d4 9. Nd5 Be6 {41% for Wh}) 8... d4 (8... a6 $19 {SF16, 1-0-3}) 9.
Nd5 Na6 10. Qa4 {5-0-2} Bd7 11. g3 Rc8 12. Bh3 Rc6 (12... Be7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7
14. Nd6+ Kd8 15. Nxf7+ Ke8 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nxh8 {Stahlberg-Stoltz, SWE ch m
Gothenburg 1931,1-0}) 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (13... Qxd7 14. Nxa7 $18) 14. Nxa7 Nc5 15.
Qb5 Kd6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Qxb7 Rxc4 (17... Qc7 18. Nb5+) 18. Nb5# 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gillett, John"]
[Black "Pandya, Dhairya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 {Bl has deprived himself of a
countering of the centre by ...c5 ( though it has been played by some elite
GMs)} (4... Be7) (4... dxc4) 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 (7. b3 {main}) 7... a5
8. cxd5 (8. Qc2 {transposes to 28 games, 66 % for Wh}) 8... exd5 9. Nc3 b6 (
9... Bf5 {1-1-2}) 10. Bf4 $16 (10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Rb8 12. h4 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 $18 {Fondrat-Eric Andriana, St Denis op 2019,0-1}) 10...
Bb7 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Nxd6 Nxd6 14. Qb3 (14. Qc2) 14... Nc4 15. Rc3 (
15. e4 $16 {SF16}) 15... Qd7 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 (16... a4 17. Qc2 b5 $11 {SF16}) 17.
Qc2 Rac8 18. Ng5 $18 (18. b3 Nxa3 19. Qa2 Nb5 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. Ne5 $18 {SF16})
18... g6 19. Bh3 Qe7 (19... f5 20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4+ Qd5 22. Bg2 Qxc4 23.
Rxc4 h6 24. Ne6 $18 {SF16}) 20. Bxc8 (20. Nf3 Ra8 21. b3 Nxa3 22. Qd1 a4 23.
Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxc7 $18 {Sf16}) 20... Nxd4 21. Qd3 (21. Bxb7 Nxc2 22. R3xc2 h6
23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. e4 c6 25. Bxc6 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxd5+ Ke8 28. Rc7 Rd7
29. R7c6 Qxb2 30. Re6+ Kd8 31. Rcc6 $18 {SF16- though it looks a risky line
for Wh on first human sight}) 21... Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 (22. Qxe2 Qxe2 23. Bxb7 h6
24. Nxf7 (24. Nf3 Qxb2 25. h4) 24... Kxf7 25. b3 g5 26. Bxc7 Rd7 27. bxc4 Rxc7
28. Bxd5+ Kg7 29. Re3 Qa2 30. Rd1 $14 {SF16}) 22... Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc8 $19 24.
Re1 Qd7 25. Qd4 h6 26. Ne4 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 dxe4 (27... Qe6 28. Bxh6 Qxe4+ $19 {
SF16}) 28. Qxc4 Qg4+ (28... Rd8) 29. Kd2 Qd7+ 30. Ke2 (30. Kc1 Kg7 31. Rd1 Qc6
$19 {SF16}) 30... Rd8 31. h4 Bc6 32. Qc3 Bb5+ 33. Ke3 f5 (33... Qg4 {mating-
the engine starts giving away Qs to delay the process} 34. Kxe4 Re8+ 35. Kd5
Qd7+ 36. Bd6 Qxd6#) 34. Qb3+ Kh7 35. Bxc7 $2 (35. Rd1 $1 {SF16} Bd3 (35... Qd3+
36. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 37. Qxd3 Bxd3 38. Bxc7 a4 39. Bxb6 $11) (35... Qxd1 $2 36. Qf7+
Kh8 37. Be5#) 36. Qc3 c5 $17) 35... Qd2# {The Bl player wins the Intermediate
with 4.5} 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Intermediate"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Thimmegowda, Krishnaswaroop"]
[Black "Rodger, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1601"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 d5 {It has become a
Schlechter-Grunfeld, a cross between a Grunfeld & a Slav} 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3
O-O 8. O-O (8. Ne5 {main, as in several Karpov & Kasparov games, also in
reverse.}) 8... a6 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bf4 e6 $146 {though it is the main reply to
an early Ne5.} 11. Rc1 $14 Qa5 (11... Ne4 $14 {SF16}) 12. a3 Bd7 13. h3 (13.
Ne5 $14 {Sf16}) 13... Rac8 14. g4 Rfe8 (14... h5 $11 {a standard response to
g4 moves aganst a Draon/King's Indian structure}) 15. e3 b5 16. g5 Nh5 17. Bd6
Qd8 18. h4 Bf8 19. Bh2 Ng7 20. e4 $16 dxe4 (20... Nh5) 21. Nxe4 $18 Nh5 22. Bd6
(22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Be7 24. Bf3 f6 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. h5 $18 {SF16}) 22... f5
23. Bxf8 (23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bg3 Bg7 26. Rc3 $18 {SF16}) 23...
fxe4 $19 24. Bd6 exf3 25. Bxf3 Ng7 26. d5 Na5 (26... Ne7) 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Be5
Nf5 29. Bf6 Qd7 30. h5 Bb7 31. b3 Bxd5 (31... exd5 $19 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Bxd5+
Kf8 $19 {SF16}) 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxd5+ Kf8 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. b4
Nc4 $19 37. a4 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Nfe3+ 39. fxe3 Nxe3+ 40. Kf3 Nxd5 41. axb5 axb5 42.
Bd4 Qxb4 (42... Qf1+ 43. Bf2 Kf7 {mating-SF16} 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Bc5 Kf5 46. Bd4
Nf4 47. Bg1 Qg2+ 48. Kh4 Qh3#) 43. Ke4 Ne7 44. Kd3 Nf5 45. Bf2 Qc4+ 46. Kd2 b4
47. Ke1 b3 48. Kd1 b2 49. Kd2 Qc1+ (49... b1=Q) 50. Ke2 b1=Q 51. Kf3 Qxg5 (
51... Qh1+ 52. Ke2 Qc2#) 52. Ke2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Green, Mal"]
[Black "Wilson, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1282"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. Bd3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 e6 (5... Nf6 {37% for Wh}) 6.
c3 Ne7 7. Qc2 d6 $11 8. Be4 $6 {helping Bl develop} (8. e4 Nd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10.
Be3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Rc8 {Lawrence-Ratnesan, 4NCL online 2020,0-1})
8... d5 $15 9. Bd3 Nd7 (9... c5) 10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. b3 (12. b4 $11 {
there will be no Q side play for either side, and Wh can get a space advantage
on the K side with e4 & hopefully e5}) 12... Rc8 (12... c5 $17) 13. O-O c5 14.
Qb2 c4 (14... O-O) 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Be4 Qc7 (16... Nd5 $17) 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18.
e4 (18. Qc2 O-O 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Rfd1 $11 {SF16}) 18... O-O (18...
e5 $17) 19. Qc2 (19. e5 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Ndf3 Nfd5 $15 {SF16})
19... e5 20. Ba3 Rfe8 (20... exd4 21. Bxe7 dxc3 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Nb1 b4 $17 {
SF16-the Bl pawns are worth more than the exchange}) 21. d5 Nc5 $2 (21... Rcd8
22. h4 Nf6 $17 {SF16}) 22. Rfd1 (22. d6 $18 {wins a N one way or another})
22... Red8 (22... Nd3 23. Ne1 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. f3 f5 26. Nf1 e4 $11 {
SF16- but Bl has more choice in moves}) 23. Nf1 $11 Kh8 24. Ne3 Ng8 25. Ng5 (
25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. g4 $11 {SF16}) 25... h6 26. Nf3 Nd3 (26... Re8) 27. Ne1 Nxe1
28. Rxe1 Nf6 29. Rad1 (29. f3 $11) 29... Kg8 30. Qe2 $2 Nxe4 $19 31. Bb4 Nf6
32. Nf1 Nxd5 33. Qf3 Qa8 34. Ne3 Nxb4 35. cxb4 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Bf8
38. Nd5 Rc6 (38... c3) 39. Kf1 f5 40. Ke2 Rd6 41. h3 Kf7 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. f4
exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Ke6 45. Ne3 Rxd1 46. Nxd1 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jones, Andrew"]
[Black "Gabriel Dragan, Cristian-Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "1459"]
[BlackElo "1279"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O Qf6
(8... Nf6 {main}) 9. d3 Nge7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Be6 (11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg6
13. Kh2 Be6 14. Nh4 Qg5 15. Qe1 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Qxg6 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kxg3 Bxb3
19. Nxb3 g5 $11 {Zakovic-Jambrich, SVK ch tm 2000,0-1}) 12. Bxc5 (12. Bxe6 fxe6
13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 b4 15. Qe2 $16 {SF16}) 12... dxc5 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qe2 (
14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Nb3 Qd6 16. Qe2 $11 {SF16}) 14... Ng6 $15 15. Qe3 Nf4 $19 16.
Bc2 Qg6 (16... Bxh3 $1 $19 17. g3 (17. gxh3 Qg6+ 18. Ng5 Qxg5+ 19. Qg3 Nxh3+
20. Kf1 Qxd2 $19) 17... Nd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ng2 20. Qf3 Nxe1 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Rxe1 Rxd4 $19 {SF16}) (16... Nd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 $19 {SF16
}) 17. Nh4 Qh5 (17... Qg5 18. Ndf3 Nxh3+ 19. Kf1 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Nf4 $17 {SF16})
18. Ndf3 g5 (18... Bxh3 19. gxh3 Nxh3+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Qxc5 Rd6 22. Rg1 g5 23.
Rae1 Ne7 24. Nh2 (24. Qxc7 Neg6 $19) 24... Qxh4 25. Rg4 Qh5 (25... Ne6) 26.
Qxc7 Nc8 27. Rg3 f6 $17 {SF16}) 19. Nf5 $16 g4 $2 20. hxg4 Qxg4 21. Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wilson, Jeff"]
[Black "Brims, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 {The Stafford Gambit, very popular online} 4.
Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 (6. Be2) (6. h3 {main lines}) 6... Nxe4 7. Bxd8
Bxf2+ {0-8} 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Maheshwari, Shlok"]
[Black "Jones, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. Nc3 (5. O-O) (5. c4 {main lines
}) 5... Ngf6 6. d3 e6 {110 games 29% for Wh} (6... g6 {130 games,31% for Wh})
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. e5 (9. h3 {25 games, 52% for Wh}) (9. Bf4 {14 gmes,
61 % for Wh}) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Qd4 (11... Bd6 {1-1-2}) 12. Rg5
(12. Re1 c4 13. dxc4 Qxc4 14. Qe2 Rac8 {Radovic-Djordjeviv, SRB Central ch
2016,0-1}) 12... a6 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 {Singe-Otim, Nairobi op, 2016,0-1}) 13.
Be3 Qh4 14. g3 (14. Qf3 $11 {SF16}) 14... Qh3 $2 (14... Qb4 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Re5
Qc6 17. b3 b5 $15 {SF16}) 15. d4 $2 (15. Ne4 $18 g6 (15... Nxe4 16. Rh5 $18)
16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxc5 {SF16}) 15... cxd4 (15... h6 $1 16. Re5 Ng4 $19 {SF16})
16. Bxd4 h6 $2 (16... Rfd8 $19 {SF16}) 17. Bxf6 hxg5 18. Bxe7 $18 Rfe8 19. Bxg5
Kh7 20. Qd3+ g6 21. Qf3 (21. Ne4 $1 {exploits the bl square weaknesses} e5 (
21... Rec8 22. Qd4 e5 23. Qxe5 Rc6 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 25. Bxf6 Qe6 26. Qg5 $18) 22.
Nf6+ (22. Qd5) 22... Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qf3 $18 {SF16}) 21... f5 (21... Qf5
$5) 22. Qxb7+ Kg8 23. Bf6 (23. Re1 $1 {brings the last piece into the game} Qh5
24. h4 Qh7 25. Qxh7+ Kxh7 26. Na4 Rac8 27. c3 Rc6 28. Rd1 $18 {SF16- 2 pices
and two pawns against a R, & Bl is still got holes around the K position})
23... Qh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rd1 Kh6 26. Rd7 (26. h4 $1 {keeps Bl's pawns back
ward}) 26... g5 27. h4 gxh4 28. Bxh4 Kh5 29. Re7 {Wh should keep Rs on for the
moment as his R is better than either of Bl's} (29. Kg2 Rab8 30. b3 Rbc8 31.
Ne2 Rxc2 32. Nf4+ Kh6 33. Rd6 Rxa2 34. Nxe6 $18 {SF16- Bl has to be careful
not to get mated} Kh7 35. Bf6 Kg8 36. Bd4 (36. Nd4) 36... Re2 37. Ng5 Kf8 38.
Rf6+ Ke7 39. Rxa6 Rg8 40. Bc5+ Kd7 41. Nf3 Re4 42. Nd4 Rg5 43. Kf3 Rh5 44. Ra7+
Kc8 45. b4 {SF16- Bl's R can find little to do while Wh slowly advances, after
picking off the f5 pawn as well}) 29... Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Kg4 31. Kg2 Ra7 32. Bf6 (
32. Bd6 {covers f4}) 32... Rd7 33. a4 Rd2 34. b4 (34. Be5 Rxc2 35. Nd1 Rc1 36.
Ne3+ Kg5 37. a5 Rc5 38. f4+ Kg6 39. Bc3 {SF16- everything is protected and Wh
advances the K into the centre , then wins more pawns before the final advance}
) 34... Rxc2 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Rb2 37. Be5 $18 {this should be quite
comfotable as well, though Wh could do with getting his K active} Rb3 (37...
Rc2 38. b6 Rb2 39. Nd5 Rb3 40. Nf6+ Kg5 41. Nd7 Rb4 42. Bf4+ Kg6 43. Bc7 Kf7
44. Ne5+ Ke8 45. Kf3 {SF16-heading over to the Q side to support the b pawn})
38. Bd4 (38. f3+ Kg5 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Rb4 41. Bd6 Rb2 42. Kd4 Rf2 43. b6
Rb2 44. Kc5) 38... Rb4 39. Bf6 Rb3 (39... f4) 40. f3+ Kh5 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Be5
Kf7 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Kd3 (44. Kd4) 44... Rb4 45. Bd4 Kd7 46. g4 {Wh should
leave the K side pawns alone-keep pawns on when going for a win. The Q side
should be the scene of battle} (46. Bc5 Rb2 47. f4 Rg2 48. Kc4 Rxg3 49. Bd4 Kc8
50. Na4 Rf3 51. Be5 Kb7 52. Nc5+ Kb6 53. Nxe6 Ra3 54. Bd4+ Kb7 55. b6 Ka6 56.
Nd8 (56. Kd5 {though Wh can pick up the f5 pawn at any time}) 56... Ra5 57. b7
Rb5 58. Be5 Ka7 59. b8=Q+ Rxb8 60. Bxb8+ Kxb8 61. Kd5 Kc8 62. Ne6 Kd7 63. Ke5 {
SF16}) 46... fxg4 47. fxg4 e5 48. Ba7 Rxg4 {without the extra pawns it has
become more difficult. And Wh also needs to know how to mate with a B & N vs K}
49. b6 (49. Bc5 $18 Rf4 50. Kc2 Rh4 51. Kb3 Kc7 52. Nd5+ Kd7 53. Bb4 Rh2 54.
Ka4 Ra2+ 55. Ba3 Rh2 56. Ka5 Ra2 57. Kb4 Ra1 58. Nb6+ Ke6 59. Nc4 e4 60. Ne3 {
The Engine knows how to win this, but Bl has gained a lot of activity}) 49...
Kc6 $11 {the B is cut off from the centre} 50. Ne4 Kb7 51. Nc5+ Ka8 52. Nd7 $2
(52. Ke3 Rc4 $11) 52... Rd4+ 53. Ke3 Rxd7 $19 54. Ke4 Re7 55. Ke3 Kb7 (55... e4
{keeps the B away from the B, then Bl brings the K up while the R stops the B
pawn from advancing}) 56. Ke4 Kc6 $2 (56... Re8 57. Kd3 e4+ 58. Ke3 Re7 $19 {
repeating the process to Q the pawn}) 57. Bb8 Kxb6 58. Bxe5 $11 {Bl can only
win this if the B gets pinned against the K on the back rank, or the K gets
trapped in a corner} Kc6 59. Kf5 (59. Kd4 {keeps the K in the centre, a much
safer place}) 59... Kd5 60. Bg3 Rf7+ 61. Kg4 (61. Kg5) 61... Ke4 62. Bh4 (62.
Kg5) 62... Rg7+ 63. Bg5 Rg8 64. Kh4 Kf5 65. Bd2 Ke4 66. Bg5 Kf3 67. Kh5 Kg3 68.
Kh6 (68. Be3 {stays away from the corner}) 68... Kg4 69. Bf6 Kf5 70. Bg7 Rxg7
71. Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Brims, Alex"]
[Black "Podmore, Lea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 (2... d5) (2... Nf6 {main lines}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 a6 (4...
Nf6) (4... g6 {main lines}) 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 (6. Nf3 {main, 74% for Wh}) 6...
Ne5 7. f4 {78% for Wh} Nd7 8. Nf3 $18 {3-0} Nc5 9. b4 Nd7 10. Qa4 (10. Bb2 Qb6
11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 g6 13. Ncb5 Bg7 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nde6+ fxe6 16. Nxe6+ Kf7
17. Bxg7 {Chirila-Mar, San Francisco TMN 2008,1-0}) (10. Be3 Ngf6 11. Bd4 $18 {
SF16}) 10... Ngf6 11. h3 (11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. e6 $18 {SF16}) 11... Qc7
12. Bb2 e6 13. e5 (13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Rc1 $18 {SF16}) 13... Nh5 (13... dxe5 14.
dxe6 fxe6 15. fxe5 Nh5 16. Ne4 $16 {SF16}) 14. Rc1 $18 Qb6 15. Nd1 (15. Nb5 $1
$18 {SF16}) 15... Be7 (15... dxe5 16. a3 Be7 17. Bxe5 O-O $17 {SF16}) 16. Bd4
Qd8 17. Bc4 Bh4+ (17... exd5 18. Bxd5 Nxf4 $19 {SF16}) 18. Kd2 Bg3 (18... dxe5)
19. exd6 (19. dxe6 Bxf4+ 20. Be3 fxe6 21. Nd4 b5 22. Bxb5 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Nf4
24. Bc4 d5 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Bxd5 O-O $11 {SF16- a rather wild Engine line})
19... O-O (19... exd5 20. Bxd5 O-O $19 {SF16}) 20. dxe6 fxe6 (20... Bxf4+ 21.
Ne3 Nb6 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Qa5 Nxc4+ 24. Rxc4 Qxa5 25. bxa5 Be6 26. Rc7 Bxd6 27.
Rxb7 Bxf7 $11 {SF16}) 21. f5 (21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxd7 Bxf4+ 24.
Kd3 Qxd7 25. Bxd7 Bxd6 26. Kc4 $16 {SF16}) 21... Nb6 $19 22. Bxb6 Qxd6+ (22...
Qxb6 $19) 23. Bd4 Bf4+ (23... b5 24. Qb3 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Bb7 $17 {SF16}) 24. Ne3
(24. Kc2) 24... Kh8 (24... b5) 25. Kc3 Rd8 26. Rhd1 $18 Qc7 27. g4 e5 (27... b5
28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. bxa5 bxc4 30. gxh5 $18) 28. Bc5 Nf6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rd1 Bd7
31. Qc2 b6 32. Rxd7 (32. g5 $18) (32. Bd6 $18) 32... Nxd7 $19 33. Bxb6 Nxb6 34.
Kb3 Bxe3 35. Nxe5 Ra7 (35... Qd4 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Ne5+ Nxc4 38. Qxc4+ Qxc4+ 39.
Nxc4 Bf4 $19 {SF16}) 36. Nf7+ (36. Nc6 $11) 36... Rxf7 37. Bxf7 h6 $19 (37...
Qd7 $19) 38. Qc3 Qd7 (38... Bd2) 39. Be6 (39. Qxe3 Qxf7+ 40. Qe6 Qxe6+ 41. fxe6
Kg8 42. b5 axb5 43. Kb4 Kf8 44. Kxb5 Nc8 45. Kc6 Ke7 46. a4 Kxe6 47. a5 Ne7+
48. Kb7 Kd7 49. a6 Nc6 50. h4 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kb6 Kd6 53. Kb7 Kd7 54. Kb6
$11 {SF16- an unusual drawing sequence}) 39... Qd1+ 40. Qc2 Qf3 (40... Qd4 $19)
41. Qd3 $18 h5 42. Qd8+ (42. g5 $18) 42... Kh7 $11 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Qh8+ Kg5
45. Qd8+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gretton, Margaret"]
[Black "Chadwick, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
[BlackElo "1298"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 (3. d3) 3... Nc6 (3... Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6.
Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 {is the interesting
Frankenstein-Dracula var}) 4. Nf3 d6 (4... Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 {26 % for Wh}) 5.
Ng5 (5. d3 {main}) 5... d5 6. exd5 Na5 7. d3 (7. Bb5+ {main 65% for Wh}) 7...
Nxc4 8. dxc4 {77% for Wh} Bf5 $146 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O $18 h6 11. Nge4 a6 12.
Re1 Bg4 $2 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxg4 Bc5 15. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Brims, Alex"]
[Black "Gretton, Margaret"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[BlackElo "1485"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 (2... exf4) (2... d5) (2... Bc5 {main lines}) 3. Bc4 (3. Nf3
{main}) 3... Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 (5. c3) 5... Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Nd5 (7. Na4 {
62 % for Wh}) 7... Nd4 (7... Nxd5 8. Bxd5 Nd4 9. h4 c6 10. Bb3 exf4 11. Bxf4
Qf6 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qf6 $19 {SF16}) 12. Bg5 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxf3 14. Qxf3
Bxf3 15. Bxf7+ {Nielsen-Jessen, Politiken cup 1999,1/2-1/2}) (7... Bb4+ 8. c3
Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 $16 {11-0-2}) 8. Rf1 (8. c3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Nxd5 10.
h4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 $17 {SF16}) 8... c6 (8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh3
$19 {SF16}) 9. Ne3 Bxf3 (9... Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh3 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nf5 g6 $19 {
SF16}) 10. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Bxe3 (12... d5 13. exd5 O-O $19 {
SF16}) 13. Bxe3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qf2 Nxe3 $2 (15... O-O $19) 16. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jones, Andrew"]
[Black "Kornilovich, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "1459"]
[BlackElo "1130"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. h3 (4. d4 {main}) 4... a6 5. Ba4 Bd7 6. O-O (
6. c3) 6... Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 (9. d4 {main}) 9... Qc8 (9... b5) (
9... h6 {main lines}) 10. Kh2 $14 {1-1-3} (10. Nbd2 {9-1-2.} Bxh3 {is no real
threat} 11. gxh3 Qxh3 12. Nh2 {is simplest, keeps the N from g4 & allows the Q
to come across} (12. Nf1 Ng4 13. N3h2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Bh4+ 15. Kg1 Bxe1 16. Qxe1
f5 17. Qg3 $18 {Maggiolo-Fratti, Buenos Aires ch women 2008,1-0})) 10... h6
$146 {SF16} 11. Be3 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Rd8 14. d4 exd4 (14... Bxb3 15.
axb3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. d5 $14 {SF16}) 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 $16
Nh7 17. Nf1 Na5 18. Bc2 $18 Nc4 19. Qd3 (19. Bc1) 19... Nf8 20. Rab1 c5 21.
dxc5 (21. Bf4) 21... Bxc5 (21... d4 22. Bxd4 Bxc5 23. b4 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bd6 25.
Ng3 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxc2 $11 {SF16}) 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd4 $18 {
Bl has an inferior B & an isolated QP. Also Wh can easily advance pawns on the
K side} g6 24. Nxe6 {but this gets rid of a major Bl weakness} (24. f4 Re8 25.
Ng3 Qe7 26. Re2 f5 27. b3 Na3 28. Rd1 b4 29. Red2 Nb5 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Bb1 Nd7
32. Qxb5 $18 {SF16- the other N can also get to d4}) 24... Nxe6 $11 25. Ng3 $2
(25. Qg3 Qd4 26. b3 Na3 27. Rbd1 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Bd3 Rac8 $11 {SF16})
25... Nf4 (25... Qxf2 $19) (25... Rac8 26. Qe2 Qd4 27. Kg1 Nf4 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29.
Bxd1 Nd3 $19 {SF16}) 26. Qf3 $16 Ne6 (26... g5 27. Rbc1 Nd2 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29.
fxe3 (29. Rxe3 d4 $19) 29... Ne6 30. b3 $16 {SF16}) 27. Qf6 $18 Nf8 (27... Nxe5
28. Bxg6 Nxg6 29. Rxe6 Qc7 (29... fxe6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Re1 Re8 32. Re3 {SF16}
) 30. Rbe1 Qf4 31. Qxf4 Nxf4 32. Rxh6 $18) 28. Rbc1 (28. e6 $1 fxe6 29. Rxe6
Rd7 30. Bxg6 Rg7 31. Rc6 Qe7 32. Bf5 $18 {SF16}) 28... Qb6 (28... d4 29. e6
fxe6 30. Bxg6 Qg5 31. Bf7+ Kh7 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. Bxe6 Nxe6 34. Rxe6 d3 35. Ne4
$18 {SF16}) 29. Qf4 (29. e6 $1 $18 {SF16}) 29... Kg7 30. Qg4 (30. b3 Na3 31.
Bd3 Rdc8 32. Qb4 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Qxf2 34. Qxa3 $18 {SF16}) 30... Kh8 31. Qf4 Kg7
32. b3 Na5 33. Bb1 (33. Qg4 Rac8 (33... Ra7 34. f4 $18) 34. e6 $18 {SF16})
33... Rac8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Qg4 Rc7 36. Nh5+ $18 (36. e6 $18 {also}) 36... Kh8
37. Nf6 Qxf2 38. Qb4 (38. Re2 Qc5 39. Qh4 Qc1 40. Ne8 Kg8 41. Qf6 Ne6 42. Nxc7
Qxc7 43. Bxg6 $18 {Sf16}) 38... Ne6 39. Qxa5 Ng5 (39... Nf4 40. Rg1 Ne2 41. Re1
Nf4 42. Rg1 Ne2 43. Rd1 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Ng3+ 45. Kg1 Ne2+ $11 {SF16}) (39... Rc1
40. Rxc1 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qxc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ $11 {SF16}) 40. Kh1 Ne6 (40... Nf3 41.
Rd1 (41. gxf3 Qxf3+ $11) 41... Qe2 42. Rg1 Qf2 43. Rd1 Qe2 $11 {SF16}) 41. Nxd5
$18 (41. Rd1 Qe2 42. Qe1 $18 {SF16}) 41... Rd7 42. Be4 Ng5 43. Qb4 (43. Qc3 $18
) (43. e6 Nxe6 44. Bf3 Kg7 45. Rd1 Qb2 46. Qe1 $18 {SF16}) 43... Kg7 (43...
Nxe4 44. Qxe4 Rxd5 45. e6 fxe6 46. Qxe6 Kg7 $11 {SF16}) 44. Qc3 $18 Nxe4 45.
Rxe4 Rxd5 46. e6+ {the Engine is happy} Kh7 47. e7 Rd2 1-0

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ou, Siyao"]
[Black "Jones, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1097"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. a3 (10. g4 {main- 73% for Wh}) 10... Rc8 11. Qf2 (11. g4
$16 {yet 0-3}) 11... O-O (11... Ne5 12. Nb3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Bb6 Qc8 15.
Na5 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Qe3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qe5 19. Rb1 Ng4 {draw agreed ;
Karsokaite-Skerute, LTU ch Blind and visually impaired, Vilnius 2010,1/2-1/2}
20. Qe2 $16) 12. g4 Ne5 13. Qg3 b5 14. Kb1 (14. Qe1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. g5
Nh5 17. f4 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. f5 Qb8 $11 {SF16- here it clearly means both
have equal chances , rather than a level position}) 14... Nc4 (14... Rxc3 $1 {
a typical exchange sacrifice in various versions of the Sicilian} 15. bxc3 Qa5
16. Nb3 Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qc6 $17 {SF16}) 15. Bc1 $2 (15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Na2 Qc7 17.
Rd2 Rc8 18. Qf2 a5 19. Rhd1 $11 {SF16}) 15... Nxa3+ $19 16. bxa3 Rxc3 17. Bd3
e5 18. Nb3 (18. Nf5 $5) 18... Be6 (18... a5) 19. Kb2 Qc7 20. Rhe1 (20. Bd2 b4
21. axb4 Rc8 $19 {SF16}) 20... Rc8 21. Qf2 Bxb3 (21... Nd7) 22. cxb3 d5 23. h3
Qa5 24. Ka2 Bxa3 (24... Rxc1 {also}) 25. Bxa3 b4 (25... Rxb3 $1 {mating-SF16})
26. Qb2 bxa3 (26... d4) 27. Qd2 Qb4 28. Re2 (28. Rb1 dxe4 29. fxe4 Rd8 30. Re3
h6 31. Qe2 a5 32. Rg3 Qc5 $19 {SF16}) 28... Qxb3+ 29. Ka1 a2 30. Ree1 Rb8 31.
Qxa2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Qxd3 33. Rb1 Rxb1+ 34. Qxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kxb1 d4 (35... dxe4)
36. Kc2 a5 37. Kd3 a4 38. f4 exf4 39. Kxd4 a3 40. Ke5 f3 41. Kf4 f2 42. e5 Nd5+
43. Kg5 f1=Q 44. e6 fxe6 (44... Qf6+ 45. Kh5 Nf4#) 45. Kh5 Qxh3+ 46. Kg5 Qh6# {
Bl player was a joint winner of the Minor on 4.5} 0-1

[Event "Shropshire Minor"]
[Site "Telford"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Viszokai, George"]
[Black "Brims, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[Annotator "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2024.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Bb3 Qe7 (5... Qg5 {main} 6. O-O
Qxe5 7. d3 Bd6 8. g3 Ng5 $1 9. Re1 Nf3+ 10. Kf1 Bh3# {NN-Zukertort, 1862,0-1})
6. Nf3 (6. d4 $16 {but 2-1-9}) 6... Nc3+ (6... Ng3+ $1 {deprives Wh of the f1
square} 7. Ne5 Qxe5+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2# {SF16 Bl also won his second round game in 7
moves by winning the Q. This made the Bl player a joint winner of the Minor
with 4.5 points}) 0-1

