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Scarpa, Mario – Taylor, Jon

Scarpa, Mario (1355)
Taylor, Jon (1525)
Result: 1/2-1/2

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Date: 20 January 2026
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: 2025/2026 League Season NSDCA Division 3
Round: 1.1.4
Opening: C20 King's Pawn Game
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Published on: 21 January 2026
Categories: game

[Event "2025/2026 League Season NSDCA Division 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "1.1.4"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Taylor, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[BlackTeam "Holmes Chapel 'B'"]
[ECO "C20"]
[EventDate "2026.01.20"]
[WhiteElo "1355"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe 'G'"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.h3 a6 7.a4 Qe7 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 Nb4 10.d4 {WWhite's idea is to lure the pawns away from the e-file, so that Re1 would pin the Queen.}10...Nxd5 11.exd5 Ba7 12.Bf4 O-O {Black doesn't take the bait, so White might as well restore his position.}13.dxe5 d6 14.exd6 {This forces cxd6, leaving the black pawn isolated.}14...cxd6 15.Re1 Qf6 16.Qc1 Bd7 17.b3 Rac8 18.c4 Bc5 19.Qd2 $2 {Be3 would have been better: forcing the exchange immediately would have optimised White's tempo.}19...a5 20.Qc1 Qg6 21.Nh4 Qf6 22.Nf3 Bb4 23.Bd2 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 b6 25.Qe3 Qd8 26.Qf4 Qc7 27.Re7 Rce8 28.Rae1 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 g5 $4 {This is a blunder that White could have capitalised greately... had he not been running out time...}30.Qf6 Qd8 31.Nd4 Qc8 32.Qxh6 Re8 33.Ne6 {Time pressure fogged White's mind. It could have been mate in 4 moves (33. Qxg5+ Kf8 34. Qf6 Be6 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Qxf7#) but a hurried miscalculation made him force a draw instead.}33...Bxe6 34.dxe6 Rxe7 35.Qxg5+ Kf8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 {Draw by mutual agreement... not that it would have ended differently anyway...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2025/2026 League Season NSDCA Division 3"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "1.1.4"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Taylor, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[BlackTeam "Holmes Chapel 'B'"]
[ECO "C20"]
[EventDate "2026.01.20"]
[WhiteElo "1355"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe 'G'"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.h3 a6 7.a4 Qe7 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 Nb4 10.d4 {WWhite's idea is to lure the pawns away from the e-file, so that Re1 would pin the Queen.}10...Nxd5 11.exd5 Ba7 12.Bf4 O-O {Black doesn't take the bait, so White might as well restore his position.}13.dxe5 d6 14.exd6 {This forces cxd6, leaving the black pawn isolated.}14...cxd6 15.Re1 Qf6 16.Qc1 Bd7 17.b3 Rac8 18.c4 Bc5 19.Qd2 $2 {Be3 would have been better: forcing the exchange immediately would have optimised White's tempo.}19...a5 20.Qc1 Qg6 21.Nh4 Qf6 22.Nf3 Bb4 23.Bd2 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 b6 25.Qe3 Qd8 26.Qf4 Qc7 27.Re7 Rce8 28.Rae1 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 g5 $4 {This is a blunder that White could have capitalised greately... had he not been running out time...}30.Qf6 Qd8 31.Nd4 Qc8 32.Qxh6 Re8 33.Ne6 {Time pressure fogged White's mind. It could have been mate in 4 moves (33. Qxg5+ Kf8 34. Qf6 Be6 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Qxf7#) but a hurried miscalculation made him force a draw instead.}33...Bxe6 34.dxe6 Rxe7 35.Qxg5+ Kf8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 {Draw by mutual agreement... not that it would have ended differently anyway...} 1/2-1/2

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