Antony Long (1735) - Spanton (1985)
Sicilian Closed
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nge2 a6 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7!?
Stockfish17 and Dragon1 prefer winning the bishop-pair, or dropping the queen's knight back to c6.
8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Ne2 Bc5 10.0-0 Nf6!?
More popular is 10...Ne7.
11.Bg5!? h6 12.Bh4 g5!? 13.Bg3 d6
White threatened 14.Be5.
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| How should White proceed? |
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14.f4?!
The engines strongly dislike this as it creates a weakness at e3. They reckon White is at least slightly better after 14.a4 or 14.h3.
14...Ng4 15.Qd2
The engines suggest an apparent-novelty in 15.Bf2!?
15...Ne3 16.Rf2 g4?
Cutting off the retreat of the knight.
17.c3 Qb6?!
Black must lose material, but the engines prefer the sharp 17...Nc4!? 18.dxc4 d3!? 19.Nd4 h5 20.Rff1 h4 21.Bf2 g3, when White is winning but the position is somewhat murky.
18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Re1 h5 21.Qxe3
18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Re1 h5 21.Qxe3
This is better than allowing the knight to escape after 21.Bh4?! g3.
21...Qxe3 22.Rxe3 h4 23.Rc2 hxg3 24.Rg3 Rh4 25.Rc7 Rb8 26.h3 a5 27.Rxg4 Rxg4 28.hxg4 a4 29.Bd1 d5 30.e5 d4 31.Bf3 Bxf3 32.gxf3
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| A rook-and-pawn ending, but one that is easily winning for White |
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32...b4!?
This is the engines' top choice, which only shows how desperate Black's situation is.
33.Rc4 a3 34.b3 Ke7 35.Rxd4 (1-0, 55 moves)
HMRC Croydon won the match 3.5-0.5
MY BATTERSEA SEASON 2024-5
DATE.....EVENT...........................COL..RATING..OPP'S RATING..SCORE..SEASON PERF
12/9/24..Central London League....W......1933..........1886................1............2286
26/9/24..Central London League....B.......1933..........2112................1............2399
15/10/24.Club Championship.........W......1968..........1578................1............2259*
31/10/24.Central London League...B.......1968..........1867................0...........2061*
19/11/24.London League...............W.......1957..........1991................1............2127*
21/11/24.Central London League...B.......1957..........2035................=............2112*
27/11/24.London League...............W.......1957..........1723................=............2056*
12/12/24.Central London League...B.......1965..........2153................0............2018*
7/1/25.....Club Championship.........B.......1958..........1785................1............2037*
9/1/25.....Central London League...B.......1958..........1851................0............1978
14/1/25....Eastman Cup.................B........1958..........2052................1............2021*
28/1/25....London League..............B........1958..........1766................1............2033*
4/2/25......London League..............B........1980..........1757................1............2043*
6/2/25......Central London League..W.......1980..........1932................0............2006*
11/2/25....Central London League..B........1986..........2178................=............2018*
13/2/25....Central London League.W........1986..........1998................1............2042*
27/2/25....Central London League..B........1986..........1996................0............2015*
13/3/25....Central London League..B........1984..........2286................0............2008*
17/3/25....London League..............W........1984..........1870................0............1980*
3/4/25......Central London League..W.......1985...........2127...............0............1967
8/4/25......London League..............W........1985..........1992................=............1968
9/4/25......London League...............B........1985..........2004................0............1952
22/4/25....Croydon League.............B....... 1985..........1735................0............1925
*My season's performance is slightly better than this as my win against a 1578 was a 1978 performance, lowering my average despite me winning.
I also scored a default win in a Croydon League match.
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