18 September 2017 - Central League Division 1

Badgers Brook A v Stirling A
Kenny McGeoch   Mark Cooke   David McConnell   Fabio Biancalana   Stuart Ward	2054   2012   1863   1782   1763	1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1767   1704   1663   1584   1418	Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   Kyle Kirkpatrick
		4 - 1

Thanks to Dave for providing the game below, his board 4 clash with White against Fabio Biancalana.

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Hewitt, D–Biancalana, F½–½Badgers Brook A v Stirling ABadgers Brook CC18.09.2017

1.d4 f6 2.g5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.xf6 xf6 5.f3 b6 6.bd2 b7 7.d3 d6 8.c3 g5 9.h3 g7 10.c2 d7 11.h2 c5 12.g4 e7 13.f3 a6 14.e2 0-0 15.0-0 cxd4 16.xd4 e5 17.c2 g6 18.g3 ac8 19.ae1 c5 20.b3 c7 21.d4 c5 22.b3 ½–½

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Dave writes:- The computer doesn't reckon there was ever much in it - I felt I had a slight edge but probably Fabio thought he had one too! I offered the draw after the repetition and Fabio accepted immediately. I'm wanting to keep my N on d4 if possible, to prevent any e5 ideas due to Nf5, but I didn't want his Rc5 becoming too active. Ideally I was wanting to push the f-pawn and create attacking chances on the K-side, and there were also ideas along the b3-g8 diagonal, but it felt risky and Fabio's a strong opponent so in the end I was happy to settle for the draw. Later in the season with a few more games under my belt I might well have carried on to see where it might lead.