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Scarpa, Mario – Marshall, James

Scarpa, Mario (1345)
Marshall, James (1543)
Result: 0-1

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Date: 14 January 2025
Location: Alsager Chess Club
Tournament: 2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4
Round: 1.1.1
Opening: B01 Scandinavian Defence
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Published on: 22 January 2025
Categories: game

[Event "2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4"]
[Site "Alsager Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.01.14"]
[Round "1.1.1"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Marshall, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[BlackTeam "Alsager E"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2025.01.14"]
[WhiteElo "1345"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe I"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nf6 6.d4 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 e6 9.Ne5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 {White forced the exchanges planning to eventually gain a better by moving Qf2, which threathens both f7 (protected by the Knight) and b7.}10...c6 {Black realises the danger.}11.O-O Be7 12.Ne4 O-O 13.c3 {White intends to unbridle his two horses but first the pawn in d4 must protected. Also, c3 renders Black's Bishop nearly useless.}13...Qc7 14.Qh5 Nd7 15.Nf3 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Ng5 {White is hoping to force an exchange.}17...h6 18.Ne4 Kh7 {Exchanging at this point would disrupt the pawn's formation but also free the g-file for the Rook to eventually attack g2 in combination with the Queen}19.f4 Be7 20.Ng5+ {Hoping for another exchange that wouldn't backfire}20...Kg8 21.Ne4 Rad8 22.Qg4 $4 {Running out of time often implies blunders.}22...f5 23.Qg6 fxe4 24.Qxe6+ Rf7 25.Qxe4 Rdf8 26.g3 Bf6 27.Rae1 Re7 28.Qg6 Qd6 29.Qc2 Rfe8 30.Rd1 Re2 31.Qb3+ Qe6 32.Qxb7 $4 {With this blunder, White signs his death warrant}32...Qe3+ 33.Kh1 Qe4+ 34.Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4"]
[Site "Alsager Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.01.14"]
[Round "1.1.1"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Marshall, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[BlackTeam "Alsager E"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2025.01.14"]
[WhiteElo "1345"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe I"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nf6 6.d4 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 e6 9.Ne5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 {White forced the exchanges planning to eventually gain a better by moving Qf2, which threathens both f7 (protected by the Knight) and b7.}10...c6 {Black realises the danger.}11.O-O Be7 12.Ne4 O-O 13.c3 {White intends to unbridle his two horses but first the pawn in d4 must protected. Also, c3 renders Black's Bishop nearly useless.}13...Qc7 14.Qh5 Nd7 15.Nf3 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Ng5 {White is hoping to force an exchange.}17...h6 18.Ne4 Kh7 {Exchanging at this point would disrupt the pawn's formation but also free the g-file for the Rook to eventually attack g2 in combination with the Queen}19.f4 Be7 20.Ng5+ {Hoping for another exchange that wouldn't backfire}20...Kg8 21.Ne4 Rad8 22.Qg4 $4 {Running out of time often implies blunders.}22...f5 23.Qg6 fxe4 24.Qxe6+ Rf7 25.Qxe4 Rdf8 26.g3 Bf6 27.Rae1 Re7 28.Qg6 Qd6 29.Qc2 Rfe8 30.Rd1 Re2 31.Qb3+ Qe6 32.Qxb7 $4 {With this blunder, White signs his death warrant}32...Qe3+ 33.Kh1 Qe4+ 34.Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

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