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Scarpa, Mario – Kanalos, Peter

Scarpa, Mario (1362)
Kanalos, Peter (1208)
Result: 1-0

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Date: 25 March 2025
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: 2024/25 Club Championship Div 3
Round: 7.1.5
Opening: B12 Caro-Kann
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Published on: 12 March 2025
Categories: game

[Event "2024/25 Club Championship Div 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "7.1.5"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Kanalos, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[WhiteElo "1362"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 {If left unchecked, Black would configure his position to apply pressure on c2. White deflates the plan immediately by forcing exchange.}4...Bxd3 5.Qxd3 c5 6.Qb5+ {The plan is to capture the pawn in c5, thus vanifying Black's initial strategy.}6...Qd7 7.Qxc5 e6 8.Qc3 Nc6 9.Qe3 Nb4 10.Na3 Rc8 11.c3 Nc6 12.Qg3 {White sees the disaster of Bxa3, because it forces bxa3 and weakens the pawn in c3 (and by extension the whole structure). White's only way to prevent that is counter-threatening to unleash an even greater disaster so, if Bxa3, then Qxg7, eventually gaining a free Rook and reeking havoc in that corner of the chessboard.}12...Bxa3 $4 {Black doesn't see the counter threat and blunders.}13.Qxg7 Be7 14.Qxh8 Kd8 15.Qxg8+ Kc7 16.Qxf7 h5 17.Qxh5 a5 18.Nf3 Kb8 19.O-O b5 20.a3 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "2024/25 Club Championship Div 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "7.1.5"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Kanalos, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[WhiteElo "1362"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 {If left unchecked, Black would configure his position to apply pressure on c2. White deflates the plan immediately by forcing exchange.}4...Bxd3 5.Qxd3 c5 6.Qb5+ {The plan is to capture the pawn in c5, thus vanifying Black's initial strategy.}6...Qd7 7.Qxc5 e6 8.Qc3 Nc6 9.Qe3 Nb4 10.Na3 Rc8 11.c3 Nc6 12.Qg3 {White sees the disaster of Bxa3, because it forces bxa3 and weakens the pawn in c3 (and by extension the whole structure). White's only way to prevent that is counter-threatening to unleash an even greater disaster so, if Bxa3, then Qxg7, eventually gaining a free Rook and reeking havoc in that corner of the chessboard.}12...Bxa3 $4 {Black doesn't see the counter threat and blunders.}13.Qxg7 Be7 14.Qxh8 Kd8 15.Qxg8+ Kc7 16.Qxf7 h5 17.Qxh5 a5 18.Nf3 Kb8 19.O-O b5 20.a3 {Black resigns} 1-0

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