Bettini, Federico – Scarpa, Mario

Bettini, Federico (1225)
Scarpa, Mario (1345)
Result: 0-1

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Date: 28 November 2025
Location: Cheddleton Chess Club
Tournament: 2025/2026 League Season NSDCA Division 3
Round: 1.1.4
Opening: D00 Queen's Pawn Game (including Blackmar–Diemer Gambit, Halosar Trap and others)
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Published on: 29 November 2025
Categories: game

[Event "2025/2026 League Season NSDCA Division 3"]
[Site "Cheddleton Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.11.28"]
[Round "1.1.4"]
[White "Bettini, Federico"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1345"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe 'G'"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.11.28"]
[WhiteElo "1225"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheddleton 'B'"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Nc6 $4 {This is an unforgiveable blunder...}4.Nb5 e5 5.dxe5 Ne4 6.e3 {White is trying to open up his ranks, but this allows Black to counterattack by kicking the Knight}6...a6 7.Nd4 Nxd4 8.exd4 Bb4+ {If 9.c3 then 9.... Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3+. Exchanging Knight and Bishop for a Rook and two pawns seems reasonable enough, considering also that one white pawn would be isolated as a consequence}9.Ke2 {But White doesn't take the bait...}9...Bg4+ 10.f3 Qh4 11.g3 Qh5 12.fxg4 Qxg4+ 13.Nf3 Bc3 {If White takes the Bishop, then Nxc3+, capturing the Queen}14.Qd3 Bxb2 15.Rb1 $4 Nc3+ 16.Kf2 Nxb1 17.Bh3 Qxh3 18.Rxb1 Ba3 {Another blunder... Black should have played Bxd4, at least it would have mitigated the loss.}19.Qxa3 {This is now tricky for Black: O-O is blocked by the white's Queen, while O-O-O can be dangerous since Queen and Rook can double on the b-file. Black's only chance is to gain tempo through checks.}19...Qf5 20.Qc3 O-O 21.Rxb7 Rab8 {Whether White exchanges Rooks or takes the pawn, Black ends gaining control of the b-file}22.Qxc7 {Except, White does neither... This blunder allows Black to gain the c-file instead, threatening the pawn in c2 and subsequent check.}22...Rbc8 23.Qd7 Rxc2+ 24.Bd2 $4 Rxd2+ 25.Ke3 Rd3+ {It would be mate in two moves and White resigns.} 0-1