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Keenan, Michael – Scarpa, Mario

Keenan, Michael (1335)
Scarpa, Mario (1342)
Result: 0-1

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Date: 23 October 2024
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: Club Championship - Division 3
Round: ?
Opening: C44 King's Knight/Ponziani/Scotch/Göring
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Published on: 22 January 2025
Categories: game

[Event "Club Championship - Division 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keenan, Michael"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1342"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "2024.10.23"]
[WhiteElo "1335"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Nxe5 Bc5 5.Be3 Ne6 6.Bxc5 Nxc5 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qe3 Nf6 11.Nc3 d5 {If White takes the pawn, Re1 pins the Queen}12.O-O-O Re8 13.Qd3 c6 14.f3 Be6 15.e5 Bf5 16.Qe2 Qc7 {Black threats the pawn in e5 hoping that White will support it with that in f3, not noticing that Queen and Rook are in the Bishop's fire line...}17.f4 $4 {...as foreseen...}17...Bg4 18.Qf2 Bxd1 19.exf6 Bg4 20.Bd3 Rad8 21.Kb1 d4 22.Ne4 Bf5 23.Ng5+ Kxf6 24.Bc4 c5 $4 {The idea was to protect the pawn, as Black planned to double the Rooks in the e-file. Black concentrates solely on f7, seeing the synergy between Knight and Bishop. This massive blunder could have been the beginning of Black's end...}25.Qh4 Qc6 {Suddenly seeing the discovery check, Blacks panicks and miscalculate the Queen protection, starting the descent into the abyss... (realising it's mate in three moves: 26. Ne6+ Kf7 27. Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Qg7#)}26.Nf3+ $4 {But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? In this black despair, can even Hell harbour hope?}26...Kg7 27.g3 $4 {...I suppose it can...}27...Qxf3 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "Club Championship - Division 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keenan, Michael"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1342"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "2024.10.23"]
[WhiteElo "1335"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Nxe5 Bc5 5.Be3 Ne6 6.Bxc5 Nxc5 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qe3 Nf6 11.Nc3 d5 {If White takes the pawn, Re1 pins the Queen}12.O-O-O Re8 13.Qd3 c6 14.f3 Be6 15.e5 Bf5 16.Qe2 Qc7 {Black threats the pawn in e5 hoping that White will support it with that in f3, not noticing that Queen and Rook are in the Bishop's fire line...}17.f4 $4 {...as foreseen...}17...Bg4 18.Qf2 Bxd1 19.exf6 Bg4 20.Bd3 Rad8 21.Kb1 d4 22.Ne4 Bf5 23.Ng5+ Kxf6 24.Bc4 c5 $4 {The idea was to protect the pawn, as Black planned to double the Rooks in the e-file. Black concentrates solely on f7, seeing the synergy between Knight and Bishop. This massive blunder could have been the beginning of Black's end...}25.Qh4 Qc6 {Suddenly seeing the discovery check, Blacks panicks and miscalculate the Queen protection, starting the descent into the abyss... (realising it's mate in three moves: 26. Ne6+ Kf7 27. Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Qg7#)}26.Nf3+ $4 {But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? In this black despair, can even Hell harbour hope?}26...Kg7 27.g3 $4 {...I suppose it can...}27...Qxf3 {White resigns} 0-1

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