Scarpa, Mario – Taylor, Jon

Scarpa, Mario (1450)
Taylor, Jon (1423)
Result: 1-0

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Date: 19 May 2026
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: Frienly rated
Round: 18.1.9
Opening: B07 Pirc Defence
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Published on: 20 May 2026
Categories: game

[Event "Frienly rated"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2026.05.19"]
[Round "18.1.9"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Taylor, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2026.05.19"]
[WhiteElo "1450"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb4 7.h3 Nxd3 8.Qxd3 b6 {So far the game has been diplomatic and even. White decides to spice it up by forcing Black to castle, at which point White would cross-firing with Queen and Bishop.}9.Qb5+ Bd7 10.Qg5 O-O 11.Qg3 c5 12.Bh6 Ne8 {Now most of Black's pieces are stuck, reducing significantly their mobility.}13.e5 Kh8 14.Bf4 cxd4 15.exd6 Bf6 16.Ne4 e5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 f6 19.Qf4 {Black cannot take the Bishop or Qxf8# would end the game.}19...Bc6 20.Rfe1 {Protecting the Knight with the Rook allow the Queen to continue the pressure on the f-file and, in case of an exchange, the Rook will be developed in e4 enabling the doubling with Rae1}20...Kg8 21.Bxd4 {As the Black King deflated the pressure, the Bishop needs to move.}21...Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Nxd6 23.Re6 Nf7 24.Rae1 Ne5 {White is a pawn up, this exchange would result in a second pawn, so it makes sense to force it.}25.Bxe5 fxe5 26.Qxe5 Kf7 27.Re7+ Kg8 {White should win with Qxg7# but time pressure (only 3 minutes left) has the best of any reasoning...}28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Qg4 Rg8 30.Rd7 Qf6 31.c3 Raf8 32.f3 Rf7 33.Re6 Qf5 {Being two pawns up, White decides to exchange.}34.Qxf5 Rxf5 35.Rxa7 Rf6 36.Ree7 h6 37.Ra6 Rb8 38.Rea7 Kh7 39.Ra8 Rb7 40.R6a7 Rff7 41.Rxb7 Rxb7 42.b4 Rc7 43.Rb8 Rxc3 44.Rxb6 Ra3 45.b5 Rxa2 46.Ra6 Rb2 47.b6 h5 48.h4 g6 49.Ra7+ Kh6 50.b7 Rb6 51.Kf2 g5 52.hxg5+ Kxg5 53.Ke3 Kf5 54.g3 Rb4 55.Ra5+ Kg6 56.Ra7 Kg5 57.Kd3 Kf5 58.Kc3 Rb1 59.Kd4 Ke6 60.Kc5 Kd7 61.b8=Q+ {Black resigns.}1-0