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Scarpa, Mario – Patullo, Jack

Scarpa, Mario (1457)
Patullo, Jack (1437)
Result: 0-1

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Date: 1 September 2026
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: 2026/27 Club Championship Div 3
Round: 2.1.5
Opening: B00 Irregular King's Pawn
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Published on: 3 September 2026
Categories: game

[Event "2026/27 Club Championship Div 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.09.01"]
[Round "2.1.5"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Patullo, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2026.09.01"]
[WhiteElo "1457"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nxe5 {This early blunder will eventually determine the outcome of the game}5...Nxe5 6.d4 {This would have recovered the lost material, had the Bishop not been in c4... but White miscalculated that in the previous move.}6...Nxc4 7.dxc5 Qe7 8.Qd4 Ne5 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Qxd5 c6 11.Qd6 Qxd6 12.cxd6 Nc4 13.Bf4 Nxb2 14.Be5 Nc4 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bf6 Rxg2 17.O-O-O Rg6 18.Be7 b5 19.Rhg1 Ne5 20.f4 Rxg1 21.Rxg1 Ng6 22.Bf6 Bb7 23.f5 c5 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Rg4 Kf7 26.Rf4 Ke6 27.e5 Rf8 28.h4 Bd5 29.a4 b4 30.Rg4 a5 31.Rg3 Bc6 32.c4 Bxa4 33.h5 Kf5 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Rg5+ Ke4 36.Rxg6 Rf7 37.Kd2 Rh7 38.Rg4+ Kf5 39.Rg5+ Ke6 40.Rg6 Rh2+ 41.Ke3 Rh3+ 42.Kf4 Bc2 43.Rg7 Rh7 44.Re7+ Rxe7 45.dxe7 Kf7 46.Kg5 b3 47.Kf4 b2 48.e6+ dxe6 49.Ke5 {Time pressure makes White oversee Bxb2, which would have prevented Black's pawn promotion to Queen... at least for a while longer.}49...b1=Q 50.Kd6 Qb6+ 51.Kd7 Ba4+ 52.Kc8 Qa7 53.Kd8 Qd7# 0-1

[Event "2026/27 Club Championship Div 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.09.01"]
[Round "2.1.5"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Patullo, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2026.09.01"]
[WhiteElo "1457"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nxe5 {This early blunder will eventually determine the outcome of the game}5...Nxe5 6.d4 {This would have recovered the lost material, had the Bishop not been in c4... but White miscalculated that in the previous move.}6...Nxc4 7.dxc5 Qe7 8.Qd4 Ne5 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Qxd5 c6 11.Qd6 Qxd6 12.cxd6 Nc4 13.Bf4 Nxb2 14.Be5 Nc4 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bf6 Rxg2 17.O-O-O Rg6 18.Be7 b5 19.Rhg1 Ne5 20.f4 Rxg1 21.Rxg1 Ng6 22.Bf6 Bb7 23.f5 c5 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Rg4 Kf7 26.Rf4 Ke6 27.e5 Rf8 28.h4 Bd5 29.a4 b4 30.Rg4 a5 31.Rg3 Bc6 32.c4 Bxa4 33.h5 Kf5 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Rg5+ Ke4 36.Rxg6 Rf7 37.Kd2 Rh7 38.Rg4+ Kf5 39.Rg5+ Ke6 40.Rg6 Rh2+ 41.Ke3 Rh3+ 42.Kf4 Bc2 43.Rg7 Rh7 44.Re7+ Rxe7 45.dxe7 Kf7 46.Kg5 b3 47.Kf4 b2 48.e6+ dxe6 49.Ke5 {Time pressure makes White oversee Bxb2, which would have prevented Black's pawn promotion to Queen... at least for a while longer.}49...b1=Q 50.Kd6 Qb6+ 51.Kd7 Ba4+ 52.Kc8 Qa7 53.Kd8 Qd7# 0-1

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