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Knott, Steve – Scarpa, Mario

Knott, Steve (1303)
Scarpa, Mario (1355)
Result: 0-1

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Date: 3 February 2026
Location: Crewe 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: 4 February 2026
Categories: game

[Event "2025/2026 League Season NSDCA Division 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "1.1.4"]
[White "Knott, Steve"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1355"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe 'G'"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2026.02.03"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe 'H'"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 a6 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nb4 6.c3 {This apparently innocuous move allows Qc2, doubling Queen and Bishop while attacking h7. This jeopardises the safety of O-O... therefore, the Bishop has to go.}6...Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 Ne4 {This prevents the pawn from advancing, thus keeping the remaining Bishop stuck.}8.O-O Bf5 9.Qe2 Bg4 {This pins the Knight and, should White try to chase the Bishop by advancing the pawn in h3, Kg3 would fork Queen and Rook.}10.Nbd2 e6 11.h3 Ng3 {...et voila!}12.Qf2 Nxf1 13.Nxf1 Bf5 14.Ne5 Be7 15.g4 Bh4 16.Ng3 Be4 17.f5 exf5 18.gxf5 Qg5 19.Kh2 Bxf5 20.e4 Bxg3+ 21.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 22.Kxg3 Bxe4 23.Kf4 O-O-O {Black hopes to lure White into Kxf7, forking both Rooks, which is a trap because Rhf8 would pin the Knight, making White losing material.}24.c4 Rhf8 {White isn't fooled so Black needs to get into action and start moving the Rooks}25.c5 f6 26.Ng4 g5+ 27.Kg3 h5 28.Nh6 Rde8 29.h4 g4 30.Bd2 Bd3 31.b4 Re4 32.Nf5 Re2 33.Bh6 Rfe8 34.Rf1 Rxa2 35.Ne3 Bxf1 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "2025/2026 League Season NSDCA Division 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "1.1.4"]
[White "Knott, Steve"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1355"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe 'G'"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2026.02.03"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe 'H'"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 a6 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nb4 6.c3 {This apparently innocuous move allows Qc2, doubling Queen and Bishop while attacking h7. This jeopardises the safety of O-O... therefore, the Bishop has to go.}6...Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 Ne4 {This prevents the pawn from advancing, thus keeping the remaining Bishop stuck.}8.O-O Bf5 9.Qe2 Bg4 {This pins the Knight and, should White try to chase the Bishop by advancing the pawn in h3, Kg3 would fork Queen and Rook.}10.Nbd2 e6 11.h3 Ng3 {...et voila!}12.Qf2 Nxf1 13.Nxf1 Bf5 14.Ne5 Be7 15.g4 Bh4 16.Ng3 Be4 17.f5 exf5 18.gxf5 Qg5 19.Kh2 Bxf5 20.e4 Bxg3+ 21.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 22.Kxg3 Bxe4 23.Kf4 O-O-O {Black hopes to lure White into Kxf7, forking both Rooks, which is a trap because Rhf8 would pin the Knight, making White losing material.}24.c4 Rhf8 {White isn't fooled so Black needs to get into action and start moving the Rooks}25.c5 f6 26.Ng4 g5+ 27.Kg3 h5 28.Nh6 Rde8 29.h4 g4 30.Bd2 Bd3 31.b4 Re4 32.Nf5 Re2 33.Bh6 Rfe8 34.Rf1 Rxa2 35.Ne3 Bxf1 {White resigns} 0-1

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