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Scarpa, Mario – Whitehurst, Derek

Scarpa, Mario (1351)
Whitehurst, Derek (1453)
Result: 1/2-1/2

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Date: 3 December 2024
Location: Longton Snooker & Pool Club
Tournament: 2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4
Round: 1.1.1
Opening: C00 French
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Published on: 22 January 2025
Categories: game

[Event "2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4"]
[Site "Longton Snooker &amp; Pool Club"]
[Date "2024.12.03"]
[Round "1.1.1"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Whitehurst, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[BlackTeam "Fenton B"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe I"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.Be3 cxd4 4.Bxd4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Bd3 Ng6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.O-O Bf6 10.c3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Bxg6 {White's thinKing is now positional. With the previous exchange, Black already isolated the central pawn. By exchanging material now White intends to weaken Black's position by forceing him to double the pawns on the g-file.}12...fxg6 13.h3 d4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Qxd4 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Rad1 {More positional thinKing. White's idea is to protect the Knight and eventually develop it while attacKing the Queen at the same time, thus forcing Black to yield the d-file to the white Rook.}18...b6 19.Nf3 Qf6 20.Rfe1 {No risk, no fun. The aim is to gain control of yet another central file but the risk is weakening the defence of f2, which is risky considering that Black has Rook and Queen in the same file...}20...Bxh3 21.Re3 {TaKing the Bishop would have been a mistake, because it would have isolated two pawns and force the Exchange of Queens, which White did not want.}21...Bg4 22.Rde1 h5 23.Qc2 Rac8 24.Qa4 Rc7 25.Re8 Bd7 {Black offers a draw, and White accepts because, although the positions were fairly even, time was running out, and the risk of blundering into disaster was only a move away.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024/2025 League Season NSDCA Division 4"]
[Site "Longton Snooker &amp; Pool Club"]
[Date "2024.12.03"]
[Round "1.1.1"]
[White "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Black "Whitehurst, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[BlackTeam "Fenton B"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[WhiteTeam "Crewe I"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.Be3 cxd4 4.Bxd4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Bd3 Ng6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.O-O Bf6 10.c3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Bxg6 {White's thinKing is now positional. With the previous exchange, Black already isolated the central pawn. By exchanging material now White intends to weaken Black's position by forceing him to double the pawns on the g-file.}12...fxg6 13.h3 d4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Qxd4 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Rad1 {More positional thinKing. White's idea is to protect the Knight and eventually develop it while attacKing the Queen at the same time, thus forcing Black to yield the d-file to the white Rook.}18...b6 19.Nf3 Qf6 20.Rfe1 {No risk, no fun. The aim is to gain control of yet another central file but the risk is weakening the defence of f2, which is risky considering that Black has Rook and Queen in the same file...}20...Bxh3 21.Re3 {TaKing the Bishop would have been a mistake, because it would have isolated two pawns and force the Exchange of Queens, which White did not want.}21...Bg4 22.Rde1 h5 23.Qc2 Rac8 24.Qa4 Rc7 25.Re8 Bd7 {Black offers a draw, and White accepts because, although the positions were fairly even, time was running out, and the risk of blundering into disaster was only a move away.} 1/2-1/2

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