Contacts
News
Fixtures
- Crewe A
- Crewe B
- Crewe C
- Crewe D
- Crewe E
- Crewe F
- Crewe G
- Crewe H
- Crewe I
- Crewe U
- Crewe V
Members
- ECF Live Rating
Useful Links
Honours List
2025 Congress Entry

Scarpa, Mario – Green, Malcolm

Scarpa, Mario (1354)
Green, Malcolm (1291)
Result: 0-1

Metadata » Click to open.

Date: 1 April 2025
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: 2024/25 Club Championship Div 3
Round:
Opening: B00 Irregular King's Pawn
Submitted by:
Published on: 2 April 2025
Categories: game

[Event "2024/25 Club Championship Div 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round ""]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Green, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1291"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[WhiteElo "1354"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Ng6 6.a3 a6 7.Bc4 {White's idea is to start thinking about f7. The medium-term being, Ng5 and at some point advancing the pawn d5 to d6}7...b5 8.Bb3 b4 9.axb4 Bxb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nxe4 12.Bxe5 O-O 13.Qd4 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Nd6 15.O-O {Castling was vital to prevent the Knight from being pinned by Rook or Queen.}15...Nf5 16.Qc3 d6 17.Nc6 Qg5 18.f4 Qg6 19.Rfe1 {The idea is to lure Black into thinking Nh4 g3 Nf3+ forking King and Rook... hoping he wouldn't notice the much more devastating Nh4 Ne7+ forking King and Queen}19...Kh8 20.Ne7 {He did notice, but the move still makes sense, as it forces the exchange of Knights, which where becoming troublesome.}20...Nxe7 21.Rxe7 Bb7 22.Qxc7 {This is the beginning of the end. Rxc7 would have been much better}22...Ra7 23.Rae1 $4 {not even noticing the danger in g2...}23...Bxd5 24.Re8 $4 {Completely oblivious of Qxg2#, White is offering a Queen because Rxf8# was round the corner, as well as Rxe8 Rxe8# or even h6 Rxf8+ Kh7 Qxa7 and all the rest of it... but obviously that only works without the triangular attack in g2.}24...Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "2024/25 Club Championship Div 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round ""]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Green, Malcolm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1291"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[WhiteElo "1354"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Ng6 6.a3 a6 7.Bc4 {White's idea is to start thinking about f7. The medium-term being, Ng5 and at some point advancing the pawn d5 to d6}7...b5 8.Bb3 b4 9.axb4 Bxb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nxe4 12.Bxe5 O-O 13.Qd4 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Nd6 15.O-O {Castling was vital to prevent the Knight from being pinned by Rook or Queen.}15...Nf5 16.Qc3 d6 17.Nc6 Qg5 18.f4 Qg6 19.Rfe1 {The idea is to lure Black into thinking Nh4 g3 Nf3+ forking King and Rook... hoping he wouldn't notice the much more devastating Nh4 Ne7+ forking King and Queen}19...Kh8 20.Ne7 {He did notice, but the move still makes sense, as it forces the exchange of Knights, which where becoming troublesome.}20...Nxe7 21.Rxe7 Bb7 22.Qxc7 {This is the beginning of the end. Rxc7 would have been much better}22...Ra7 23.Rae1 $4 {not even noticing the danger in g2...}23...Bxd5 24.Re8 $4 {Completely oblivious of Qxg2#, White is offering a Queen because Rxf8# was round the corner, as well as Rxe8 Rxe8# or even h6 Rxf8+ Kh7 Qxa7 and all the rest of it... but obviously that only works without the triangular attack in g2.}24...Qxg2# 0-1

White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution

Contacts
News
Fixtures
- Crewe A
- Crewe B
- Crewe C
- Crewe D
- Crewe E
- Crewe F
- Crewe G
- Crewe H
- Crewe I
- Crewe U
- Crewe V
Members
- ECF Live Rating
Useful Links
Honours List
2025 Congress Entry

Crewe Chess Club Privacy Policy Proudly powered by WordPress