Hello folks,
Following on from Paul Benson's recent post. The subtitle for this game is 'How
not to play the Grob, Part 1.' Part 2 will follow shortly.
Regards,
Tyson
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MORDUE,A T - EASTWICKFIELD,S [B00]
BCA AGM TOURNAMENT, 24.03.2000
[Mordue,Tyson]
1.e4 g5
2.d4 h6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.h4! e6
5.Be3 b6?
6.hxg5 hxg5
7.Rxh8 Bxh8
8.Qh5 Qf6
[If 8...Bf6 9.e5 Be7 10.Nf3 wins the g5 Pawn anyway.]
9.Nf3 Bb7
10.Bxg5 Qg7
11.0–0–0 Nc6
12.e5 Nge7??
[Dropping a piece to a simple skewer. An improvement is 12...Nce7 but then
13.Nb5 forces 13...Kd8 when White is a Pawn up and clearly better.]
13.Bf6
[Black could resign already.]
13...Qg8
14.Qxh8 0–0–0
15.Qxg8 Rxg8
16.g3 Ng6
17.Bd3 Nb4
18.Be4 Bxe4
19.Nxe4 1–0
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