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Chan, Waylon – Scarpa, Mario

Chan, Waylon (1698)
Scarpa, Mario (1344)
Result: 0-1

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Date: 18 February 2025
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: 2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4
Round: 1.1.1
Opening: D09 Queen's Gambit Declined Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
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Published on: 19 February 2025
Categories: game

[Event "2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "1.1.1"]
[White "Chan, Waylon"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1344"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe I"]
[ECO "D09"]
[EventDate "2025.02.18"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[WhiteTeam "Gables B"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 {Once there, the pawn on the d-file can be a proper wedge in the opponent's formation, as well as in his morale...}4.Nf3 {This counters the Lasker's Trap that White was planning... and likely this is precisely the reason why White moved Nf3 instead of e3.}4...Nc6 5.g3 Be6 6.Bg2 Bxc4 7.O-O Qd7 8.b3 Be6 9.Bb2 O-O-O {Let's mount the pressure on d4}10.Ng5 Nxe5 11.f4 {Is this a blunder or a trap? Black is not sure, but it looks like the former... plus, there is a very tempting opportunity for the Knight to fork Queen and Rook}11...Ng4 12.f5 Bxf5 13.e4 Ne3 14.Qf3 {Probably White was thinking of 14.... Nxf1 (which is tempting) 15.exf5 leaving room the the laser beam to hit on b7... but Black won't have any of that.}14...Bg4 15.Qf4 Nxf1 16.Nxf7 Ne3 17.Nxh8 Nh6 {Now the white Knight is stuck in the remotest corner of the board, thus rendering itself useless... or at least harmless and teethless for the time being.}18.e5 {Black fears another try from White to move Qe4 in the pursuit of laser-beaming b2. Therefore, he puts that danger at rest}18...Nxg2 19.Kxg2 Bh3+ {From here on, Black smokes out the King and keeps throwing everything at it}20.Kg1 Qd5 21.Qd2 Bc5 22.Ba3 Rf8 23.Qf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Ng4+ 25.Ke1 Qxe5+ 26.Kd2 Qe3+ 27.Kc2 Qe2+ 28.Nd2 Ne3+ {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "1.1.1"]
[White "Chan, Waylon"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1344"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe I"]
[ECO "D09"]
[EventDate "2025.02.18"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[WhiteTeam "Gables B"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 {Once there, the pawn on the d-file can be a proper wedge in the opponent's formation, as well as in his morale...}4.Nf3 {This counters the Lasker's Trap that White was planning... and likely this is precisely the reason why White moved Nf3 instead of e3.}4...Nc6 5.g3 Be6 6.Bg2 Bxc4 7.O-O Qd7 8.b3 Be6 9.Bb2 O-O-O {Let's mount the pressure on d4}10.Ng5 Nxe5 11.f4 {Is this a blunder or a trap? Black is not sure, but it looks like the former... plus, there is a very tempting opportunity for the Knight to fork Queen and Rook}11...Ng4 12.f5 Bxf5 13.e4 Ne3 14.Qf3 {Probably White was thinking of 14.... Nxf1 (which is tempting) 15.exf5 leaving room the the laser beam to hit on b7... but Black won't have any of that.}14...Bg4 15.Qf4 Nxf1 16.Nxf7 Ne3 17.Nxh8 Nh6 {Now the white Knight is stuck in the remotest corner of the board, thus rendering itself useless... or at least harmless and teethless for the time being.}18.e5 {Black fears another try from White to move Qe4 in the pursuit of laser-beaming b2. Therefore, he puts that danger at rest}18...Nxg2 19.Kxg2 Bh3+ {From here on, Black smokes out the King and keeps throwing everything at it}20.Kg1 Qd5 21.Qd2 Bc5 22.Ba3 Rf8 23.Qf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Ng4+ 25.Ke1 Qxe5+ 26.Kd2 Qe3+ 27.Kc2 Qe2+ 28.Nd2 Ne3+ {White resigns} 0-1

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