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Hiscock, Peter – Scarpa, Mario

Hiscock, Peter (1242)
Scarpa, Mario (1345)
Result: 0-1

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Date: 15 May 2026
Location: Cheddleton Chess Club
Tournament: 2025/2026 Cups NSDCA Minor Cup (U1375)
Round: 4.1.1
Opening: C26 Vienna Game, Falkbeer Variation
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Published on: 20 May 2026
Categories: game

[Event "2025/2026 Cups NSDCA Minor Cup (U1375)"]
[Site "Cheddleton Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.05.15"]
[Round "4.1.1"]
[White "Hiscock, Peter"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1345"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe Perry 1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "2026.05.15"]
[WhiteElo "1242"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheddleton Perry"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.c4 Qe4+ 7.Qe2 Bf5 {If Queens are to be exchanged, doing it passively instead of actively implies that Black will end up with more pieces developed at the end of the exchange, thus gaining tempo.}8.d3 Qxe2+ 9.Bxe2 Nc6 10.Be3 Rd8 11.O-O-O Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Re1 Be7 14.Bf3 c6 15.Kc2 Rd7 {Planning to castle, Black needs to protect the Bishop from Rxe7}16.g4 Be6 17.h4 O-O 18.Bd1 Rc8 {Black tries to reach a breakthrough by pinning either pinning the pawn in c-file, or forcing an exchange that would result in discovery check... not realising he's condemning his white-square Bishop to death.}19.f4 b5 20.f5 {Black realises too late that the Bishop cannot be saved and it might as well mitigate the damage by taking some material in exchange.}20...Bxc4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.f6 Bxf6 23.g5 d3+ 24.Kd2 Bxb2 25.Bg4 {This doesn't worry Black too much, because he can disengage by chasing the King check after check.}25...c3+ 26.Ke3 Re8+ 27.Kf2 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 Re7+ 29.Kf2 c2 30.Nh3 c1=Q 31.Rxc1 Bxc1 32.Kf1 d2 {Black runs out of time}0-1

[Event "2025/2026 Cups NSDCA Minor Cup (U1375)"]
[Site "Cheddleton Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.05.15"]
[Round "4.1.1"]
[White "Hiscock, Peter"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1345"]
[BlackTeam "Crewe Perry 1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "2026.05.15"]
[WhiteElo "1242"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheddleton Perry"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.c4 Qe4+ 7.Qe2 Bf5 {If Queens are to be exchanged, doing it passively instead of actively implies that Black will end up with more pieces developed at the end of the exchange, thus gaining tempo.}8.d3 Qxe2+ 9.Bxe2 Nc6 10.Be3 Rd8 11.O-O-O Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Re1 Be7 14.Bf3 c6 15.Kc2 Rd7 {Planning to castle, Black needs to protect the Bishop from Rxe7}16.g4 Be6 17.h4 O-O 18.Bd1 Rc8 {Black tries to reach a breakthrough by pinning either pinning the pawn in c-file, or forcing an exchange that would result in discovery check... not realising he's condemning his white-square Bishop to death.}19.f4 b5 20.f5 {Black realises too late that the Bishop cannot be saved and it might as well mitigate the damage by taking some material in exchange.}20...Bxc4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.f6 Bxf6 23.g5 d3+ 24.Kd2 Bxb2 25.Bg4 {This doesn't worry Black too much, because he can disengage by chasing the King check after check.}25...c3+ 26.Ke3 Re8+ 27.Kf2 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 Re7+ 29.Kf2 c2 30.Nh3 c1=Q 31.Rxc1 Bxc1 32.Kf1 d2 {Black runs out of time}0-1

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