[Event "C v St Helens"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.11.02"] [Round "?"] [White "RMF"] [Black "Ellis, Mark"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [BlackElo "2049"] [Annotator "robertfurness"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.11.03"] {[%evp 17,57,-21,17,0,41,25,40,29,134,71,137,0,170,200,333,131,142,46,47,40,98, 59,138,121,187,177,295,147,158,124,159,161,146,150,212,196,246,113,324,316,286, 50]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Bb4 6. e3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Re8 (9... Qe7 $142) 10. f3 $11 {Hoping for Nxe4. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} exf3 (10... Bf5 $11) 11. Bxf3 $14 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rxe3 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxc6 Qg6 16. Bxe8 {1-0 (16) Smith,R (2270)-Hosseinzadeh,N (2217) Chess.com INT 2020} ) 12. e4 {White is slightly better.} Nh7 (12... Na5 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Rb1 (13. Bh5 $142) 13... Qe7 (13... Ne7 $142) 14. c5 ({Better is} 14. Qe1 $16) 14... Ng5 $2 (14... dxc5 $11 15. Ba3 b6) 15. cxd6 $18 Qxd6 (15... cxd6 { was worth a try.} 16. Ba3 Qc7) 16. Nc4 $2 (16. Bh5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 16... Nxf3+ $16 17. Qxf3 (17. Rxf3 $16 Qd8 18. Rg3) 17... Qg6 $14 18. Nd2 Nd8 (18... b6 $14) 19. Bb2 (19. Ba3 $16) 19... h5 (19... Bg4 $14 20. Qg3 Rc8) 20. c4 h4 (20... f6 $16) 21. d5 $18 {Strongly threatening Qf4.} Bg4 (21... f6 $142) 22. Qd3 (22. Qf2 $18 {is more deadly.}) 22... f6 $16 23. Bd4 ({ White should try} 23. h3) 23... b6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 23... Bd7) 24. h3 $1 {&Bianco is more active.} Bd7 {[#]} 25. Rf4 $1 {Black must now prevent Rbf1. } c5 (25... Qg5 $16 {is a better defense.} 26. Rbf1 Nf7) 26. Bc3 {aiming for Rbf1.} Nf7 (26... Qg5 $142 27. Rbf1 Nf7) 27. Rbf1 (27. Rxh4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. And now Qe3 would win.} Qg5 28. Nf3) 27... Ne5 $2 (27... Qh6 $16) 28. Bxe5 $18 Rxe5 29. Qf3 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.48/ Black=0.59} ({Less strong is} 29. Rxh4 Rg5 $16) (29. Nf3 $18) 1/2-1/2