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Gary K. Gifford penswift@yahoo.com

Contributors to UON 20
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Frank Bendig, Bill Wall, Sven-Erik Zetterström, Earl Roberts, Lev D. Zilbermints, Clyde Nakamura, G. K. Gifford, Giorgio
Codazza, Mark Crowther, Donald K. Wedding Jr. , FM Eric Schiller, Rolando Dubini, the Italian Chess Review “L’Arcimatto”
(for Mr. Dubini’s Articles in Appendix A, with kind permission of editor Mauizio Mascheroni).

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UON 20 © 2007 by Gary K. Gifford

Cover Art: “Victim of a Grob” designed and sketched by Luke K. Gifford, digitized and colored by Gary K. Gifford
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UON 20 - GROB SPECIAL

Dedicated to the Memory of FIDE International Master

Henry Grob (1904-1974)

Table of contents:
Letter from the Editor & Chess Cartoon….2

PART 1 The GROB

Henry Grob … 3
1: Why the Grob?, by Orest Vovk…. 4
2: Section of Games (games 3 thru 21) …..6
3: 1997-1999; 5 Games, 14th Italian Corres. Master Champonship, by Davide Rozzoni*….10
4. Section of Games (games 27-37) … 11
5: Frank Bendig wins the ICCF 1.g4 Thematic, games submitted by Frank Bendig ....14
6. Fritz versus Shredder* .... 16
7: Five Grob Miniatures, by Bill Wall .... 17
8: Davide Rozzoni vs. Itallian Corres. Master Aurelio Napoli Costa 4 Games* ..... 18
9: Zilbermints e5 Gambit in the Grob, by Sven-Erik Zetterström; reworked by Earl Roberts .... 19
10. GROB ATTACK / Zilbermints Gambit, by Lev D. Zilbermints ….. 22
11. The Sicilian Grob Attack 1.e4 c5 2. g4 by Clyde Nakamura … 23
12. My Rediscoverd Grob Games – Gifford ... 30

PART 2 Basman’s Defense (1...g5) & the Myer’s Defense (1. c4 g5)
(The GROB as Black, aka the BORG) .... 33
13. Two games with g5* ... 33
14: E. J. Diemer, Four 1... g5 Defense Games .... Compiled by Corres. Master di Giorgio Codazza.... 34
15. Basman’s Loss as White Against Pratt’s 1. …g5*….. 35
16. Is the Myers Defense (1.c4 g5) Playable? By Lev D. Zilbermints …..36
17. 2… g5 against the Reti-Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5) by Clyde Nakamura.... 41

Who was Claude F. Bloodgood? Donald K. Wedding Jr. … 52

PART 3 REFERENCE MATERIALS ... 56

Grob (1... g4) Reference Materials* ... 56
Eric Schiller’s Opening Nomenclature for Unorthodox Gambits with g4, by Eric Schiller …. 57

APPENDIX A
Rolando Dubini’s Grob’s attack refutations. Parts 1 and 2 (in Italian) Source: Italian chess review
“L’Arcimatto” Republished with kind permission of Maurizio Mascheroni.

Editor’s Note In Closing – Gifford

* An asterisk denotes material written or compiled by Davide Rozzoni

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Letter from the Editor

I had no intentions of putting together a Grob Special. But two things happened: First, my
seventeen year old son Luke made a pencil sketch involving his rendition of a “Killer Grob,” a
bizarre thing that attacks chess pieces. He remembered the title of my Basman book and drew a
creature based on that title. He hoped I would use his sketch for a UON cover. Second, I needed
to find a way to save lots of time because the Krazy Kat / Hippo book (by Davide Rozzoni, Bill Wall,
and myself) needed a few tweaks before we could begin submitting it to publishers.

Having a Grob cover, of course, suggested having Grob games; and I expected to receive those
from readers, as requested in UON 19. Editing such a UON should take much less time than would
a standard UON.

But, as December rolled around I had only received one Grob contribution and Danny
Senechaud’s excellent, and dependable, Gambit’s from France. I was faced with a problem - what
to do? Delay the UON, cancel the UON? I looked through past UONs and extracted games and
articles pertaining to Grobs and reverse Grobs (Borgs). Elsewhere I looked up information
regarding Henry Grob and added a short dedication to him. The result of all this is UON 20.

Regarding the one Grob contribution received. It is a bit of a Grob treasure. Davide Rozzoni,
former UON editor and long-distance friend, obtained permission for UON to reprint two Rolando
Dubini articles from L’Arcimatto.” And so we have that here, in the appendix.

Best chess to all…

Gary K Gifford
Cleveland Ohio, USA December, 2007

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Henry Grob was born on June 4th 1904 and died July 5th, 1974. He was both a chess
master and an artist. He won the Chess Championship of Switzerland in 1939 and again
in 1951. His greatest chess success is considered to be that of sharing first place with
Paul Keres and Salo Flohr at Ostende in 1937. In 1950 he was awarded title of FIDE,
International Master.

Grob wrote a number of chess books including Attack g2-g4 (Zurich 1942), Learn Chess
Play (Zurich 1945), The Openings in the Chess Game using the Fight Plan (Zurich 1946).

Henry Grob’s match results are not good. He won against Jacques Mieses in 1934 and
drew against Koltanowski three years later; but lost his other six matches. Of course,
another way to look at it is to realize that Henry Grob actually defeated all his opponents
[aside from Max Euwe] in at least one game. To defeat Flohr, Najdorf, and Bogoljubow at
all is pretty impressive.

1933, vs. Salo Flohr (1 win; 4 losses; 1 draw) - lost match

1934, vs. Jacques Mieses (4 wins, 1 loss; 1 draw) – won match
1935, vs. Lajos Steiner (1 win; 3 losses; no draws) – lost match
1937, vs. George Koltanowski (1 win; 1 loss; 2 draws) – drawn match
1947, vs. Max Euwe (no wins; 5 losses, 1 draw) – lost match
1948, vs. Miguel Najdorf (1 win; 5 losses; no draws) – lost match
1949, vs. Efim Bogoljubow (2 wins; 4 losses; 1 draw) – lost match
1950, vs. Lodewijk Prins (1 win; 4 losses; 1 draw) – lost match

Between 1946 and 1972, Grob played 3,614 correspondence chess games; winning
2,703, losing 430, and drawing 481. In perecentage that comes to: 75% wins; 12% loss;
13% drawn. All of these games were played against readers of a leading Swiss
newspaper, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

Henry Grob’s legay to the chess world is, of course, his 1.g4 opening which today is
known as the Grob or Grob’s Attack.

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Henry Grob vs. Hasler 1966 Correspondence Game

1.g4 d5 2.¥g2 e5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.£b3 e4 6.¤c3 ¤e7 7.d3 f5 8.gxf5 ¤xf5 9.dxe4 dxe4 10.¥xe4
¤c6 11.¤f3 ¤fd4 12.£c4 ¥f5 13.¥xf5 ¤xf5 14.£e6+ ¤fe7 15.¥f4 ¤d4 16.¤xd4 £xd4 17.¦d1

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Mr. Grob offers up his bishop. But, the offer is part of a brilliant combination. 17...£xf4 18.¤d5 £c4 19.¤f6+
gxf6 20.£xc4 ¦c8 21.£b5+ ¦c6 22.£xb7 ¦g8 23.£xa7 1-0

Section 1: Why the Grob? by Orest Vovk {original edit by Davide Rozzoni}

The move 1.g4 is named Grob Attack after the name of the Swiss Master Henry Grob, who played it
regularly in on the board as well in correspondence games. My first acquaintance with 1.g4 took
place on the Crimean peninsula in the city of Yalta in the summer of 1995. At that time I saw IM
Vlassov playing it against future world champion Ruslan Ponomariov:

(2) Vlassov, N. - Ponomariov, R., Yalta 1995

1.g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5.cxd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qxb3 7.axb3 cxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9.
Bxd5 Nc6 10. Nf3 f6 11.d3 e6 12. Rg1 exd5 13. Rxg4 f5 1/2

The game ended in a draw, but the move 1.g4 impressed me a lot. Since then I started to play it
sometimes against weaker opponents, in order to be ready to play it against strong players.

The first real fight took place in 1998 in a game with IM Shishkin Vadim. With general surprise the
game finished with my win.

Some advantages of playing 1.g2-g4

* It is rarely played and produces interesting play.
* It forces your opponent to think from the first move.
* Playing a rare opening from White point of view, his/her knowledge of the opening should
be superior to the opponent’s. This also offers white the opportunity to save additional
time for use in the middle-game.
* It is possible to win a game quickly.

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Some disadvantages of playing 1.g2-g4

* There are more reliable openings.
* Statistics confirm that white only scores about 40% with 1.g4.
* It is possible to lose a game quickly.

The most common Black answer is the aggressive 1.... d5. Black takes the center with a pawn, and
simultaneously attacks the proud g4 pawn.

Play may continue 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4.

Under a psychological perspective it is difficult to play this position as Black: 1st thought might be
“My opponent plays so badly that he/she has already lost a pawn! And/or 2nd thought “Now how do
I defend this advantage?”

Many players do not maintain this pressure and start thinking for a long time. In my experience,
there were cases when my opponents spent up to 90 minutes for the first 7 or 8 moves. I realized
that surprise is an important tool.

For instance 3 … .dxc4? 4. Bxb7 +--and 3 … .c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 e6? 6. Qa4 +-.

If black doesn’t take on g4, his difficulties to protect the centre do not come to an end.

In blitz games even grandmasters do not wish to waste time. So they play simple moves like 2 …
.c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4-and white simply plays Qb3, Nc3 and so on

It is necessary that Black tries not to lose the center (in comparison with the French Defence with
inverted colors, here white has no blocked Bishop and the “g” pawn ready to attack the Knight if it
were placed on f6. These things make it difficult for Black to protect adequately the d5 square.

For example:
5 … .Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Qb3 0-0 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bd2 Be6? 10.cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne4!

A Queen exchange will not help also: 5 … .Be6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.c5! Qxb3 (if 8…Qc7 it
follows 9.Bf4!) 9.axb3 Nbd7 10.b4! a6 11.b5 with advantage.

Or 5 … .Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.c5! Qxb3 9.axb3 Bc7 10.b4 a6 11.b5 Nbd7 12.b4 0-0 13.b6!
Bb8 14.b5 +/-.

If black tries dxc4-then after Be4 and Nf3, whites solve the main task (development of the Nf1)
with advantage.

Learned by bitter experience 4 … .exd4 5. Qxd4 (with small advantage in development) or

4 … .Nd7 5.c4! dxc4 6. Nf3!

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Personally, when I started to play 1.g4 I wanted to eat the Ra8, but then I started to taste some
strategic victories and the I started feel pleasure from playing complex struggles after
1 … .d5 2. Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 Nd7 5.c4 dxc4 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nb6 8. Qxd8 Kxd8 9.0-0!
With compensation for a pawn.

Lets look at 1.g4 e5 2. Bg2 h5 3.d4!

Now, if 3 … .ed 4.g5! White sacrifices a pawn with compensation. The position after white’s 3rd
move has not been studied extensively, but my results with it encourage me to play it again, so it is
interesting! For example, 4 … .Nc6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6.c3 dxc3 7. Nc3 d6 8.0-0 Nge7 9. Na4! At a price
of a pawn, white has two magnificent Bishops pressing on both diagonals.

In conclusion, I hope that the number of players who will try 1.g4 will increase; and that we will be
able to improve the statistics, from White’s perspective.

Section 2: A Collection of Games employing the GROB

(3) Basman,M (2385) - Singh,S (2225) Lloyds Bank op London ENG, 1989
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 0–0 8.Bd2 Na6 9.Rc1 Bb4
10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxb4 c5 12.Bxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 f5 14.gxf5 Bxf5 15.h4 Ng6 16.Qc3 Nf4
17.Bf1 Qc7 18.h5 Rad8 19.h6 Nd3+ 20.exd3 exd3 21.Nf3 Rde8+ 22.Kd1 Bg4 23.Bxd3
Rxf3 24.Kc2 Bf5 25.Rcd1 Rd8 26.Rhg1 g6 27.Bxf5 Rxc3+ 28.bxc3 Rxd1 29.Be6+ Kf8
30.Rxd1 Qxc5 31.Rd4 Qe5 32.Bg4 Qg5 33.f3 Qxh6 34.Rd8+ Ke7 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.Rxb7
Qh2+ 37.Kb3 h5 38.Bd7 Qf2 39.Rb5 Qxf3 40.Kb4 Qd1 41.Rd5 Qb1+ 42.Kc5 0–1

(4) Narciso Dublan,M (2235) - Cramling,P (2470) ESP-chT Linares (1), 1991
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 Na6 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bd2 Qb6
10.e3 Qxb3 11.axb3 h5 12.gxh5 Be6 13.Bf1 Nb4 14.Ra4 a5 15.c5 Bc7 16.Na2 Nxa2
17.Rxa2 Kd7 18.Be2 Bf7 19.Kf1 Bxh5 20.Bxh5 Rxh5 21.b4 a4 22.Ne2 g5 23.Ng3 Rh7
24.Ke2 f5 25.Nxf5 Ng6 26.f3 exf3+ 27.Kxf3 g4+ 28.Kg2 Nh4+ 29.Kf2 Ng6 30.Ng3 Bxg3+
31.Kxg3 Rah8 32.h4 0–1

(5) Tuturin,S (2248) - Nikitin,A (2418) RUS-Cup03

(Geller mem) Moscow (7), 08.02.1999
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 h6 8.Bd2 Bc7 9.0–0–0 0–0
10.g5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 dxc4 12.Qc2 f6 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Nxe4 Be6 15.Nc5 Bf7 16.Qe4 Re8
17.Qh4 b6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Bd2 Na6 20.Nc3 Nab4 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Nf3 Nxc3 23.bxc3
Qxe2 24.Rdg1 Qxf3 25.Rxg7+ Kf8 26.Qh6 Bf4 27.Bxf4 ½–½

(6) Basman,M - Granat,R Borehamwood, 1981

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 h5 6.g5 f5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.h4 Be6
10.Nh3 Bd6 11.Nf4 Bxf4 12.Bxf4 Nge7 13.e3 a6 14.0–0 Ng6 15.Bg3 b5 16.a4 b4 17.Ne2
a5 18.Rc1 Na7 19.Rc7 Nxh4 20.Rxa7 Nf3+ 21.Bxf3 Rxa7 22.Nf4 exf3 23.Nxe6 Qe7
24.Nf4 Qxg5 25.Qxf3 h4 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Ng6 Rh6 28.Qxf5 1–0

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(7) Basman,M - Large,P (2330) BCF-ch Torquay ENG (8), 1982

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 h5 6.g5 Ne7 7.Nc3 Na6 8.h4 Ng6 9.Be3 Be6
10.Qa4 Qd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qxd7+ Kxd7 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Nc7 15.Bf2 Bd6 16.e3 Raf8
17.e4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf4 19.Nf3 Ncd5 20.Ne5+ Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Bd5 23.Bxd5
Nxd5 24.c4 Ne7 25.Rd1+ Ke6 26.Rd6+ Kxe5 27.Bg3+ Ke4 28.0–0 Rd8 29.Rf4+ Ke3
30.Rxf7 Rxd6 31.Rxe7+ Kf3 32.Bxd6 Rd8 33.c5 b6 34.Rf7+ Kg4 35.Kg2 Kxh4 36.g6 Kg5
37.Rxg7 bxc5 38.Bxc5 Rc8 39.Be3+ Kf6 40.Bd4+ Kg5 41.Bxa7 Rc2+ 42.Kf3 Rxa2
43.Be3+ Kf6 44.Bd4+ Kf5 45.Rg8 Ra3+ 46.Ke2 Ke4 47.g7 1–0

Orest Vovk, currently the leading 1.g4 player in the world, together with S. Belezky,
choose 6. Nc3 over 6. g5 which was used by Basman in the previous two games. The
diagram shows the position after 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 h5 6. Nc3… and
he following game (Vovk,O - Dolzhikova,K Cup Independence – 2005) starts that way.

(8) Vovk,O - Dolzhikova,K Cup Independence - 2005 (A) Kyiv (3), 14.08.2005
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 h5 6. Nc3 hxg4 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Qb3 Nc6?! (9. ..Ne7!?
may be an improvement 10. Bf4 a6 11.Rc1 Nbc6) 9.Qxd5 Qxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd4 11.Bxe4 Bd6
12.Be3 Bf5 13.Bxf5 Nxf5 14.Rd1 Nge7 15.Bf4 Rd8 16.Nc7+ Bxc7 17.Bxc7 Rxd1+ 18.Kxd1
Kd7 19.Bf4 Ng6 20.Bd2 Ke6 21.Rh2 Kd5 22.Rg2 gxh3 23.Rh2 Nd6 24.Rxh3 Rxh3
25.Nxh3 Ne4 26.Be1 f6 27.f3 Nd6 28.Bg3 Nc4 29.Kc1 Nce5 30.b3 Ne7 31.Nf4+ Kd6
32.Nd3 N7c6 33.Kd2 b6 34.Ke3 Ke6 35.Nf4+ Kf7 36.Nd5 Ke6 37.Nc7+ Kd7 38.Nb5 a6
39.Nc3 Ke6 40.Ne4 Nd7 41.Nc3 Nde5 42.Na4 Nd7 43.Be1 g5 44.Nc3 ½–½

(9) Tuturin Sergey - Nikitin Andrey [A00]

Cup Russia (open) Moscow (Russia) (7), 1999
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 h6 8.Bd2 Bc7 9.0-0-0 0-0
10.g5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 dxc4 12.Qc2 f6 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Nxe4 Be6 15.Nc5 Bf7 16.Qe4 Re8
17.Qh4 b6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Bd2 Na6 20.Nc3 Nab4 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Nf3 Nxc3 23.bxc3
Qxe2 24.Rdg1 Qxf3 25.Rxg7+ Kf8 26.Qh6 Bf4 27.Bxf4 ½-½

(10) Tuturin,S (2253) - Khamatshin,I [A00]

White Nights Open St Petersburg RUS (4), 26.06.2000
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Nc3 h5 7.gxh5 Rxh5 8.e4 e5 9.exd5 exd4
10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Nde2 Bd7 12.Qd3 Na6 13.Qe3+ Qxe3 14.Bxe3 Nb4 15.0-0-0 Ne7
16.Ng3 Rh8 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Rhe1 Rb8 20.Bc5 Rb7 21.Nge4 Be5
22.Nd6+ Bxd6 23.Bxd6 f5 24.a3 Na6 25.Re3 Kf7 26.Rde1 Re8 27.Bf4 Rd7 28.Bg5 Nc7
29.h4 Ned5 30.Nxd5 cxd5 31.Rxe8 Nxe8 32.b3 Nc7 33.a4 Ne6 34.Re5 a6 35.Kb2 Nc5
36.Be3 Ne6 37.c3 Nd8 38.h5 Kf6 39.Bd4 Kg5 40.hxg6 Kxg6 41.f4 a5 42.Re8 Kf7 43.Re5
Kg6 44.Bb6 Nb7 45.Kc2 Rd6 46.Bd4 Nd8 47.Bc5 Rd7 48.Re7 Rxe7 49.Bxe7 Nc6 50.Bc5
Kf6 51.Kd3 Kf7 52.b4 axb4 53.cxb4 Ke6 54.a5 Kd7 55.a6 Kc7 56.b5 Nd8 57.b6+ Kc6
58.b7 Nxb7 59.axb7 1-0
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(11) Rozzoni,D - Pagnoncelli,M [A00]

Semi-Italia Scacchistica Cr. E-mail, 1999/2000 [Rozzoni]
1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.d3 c6 4.Bg2 Be6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Ng5 Bd7?! [6...Bc8!?] 7.c4 h5 8.cxd5
hxg4 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Nxf7! Kxf7 11.dxc6+ Be6 12.cxb7 Bxb3 13.Nc3 gxh3 14.Bf3 Qxb7
15.Bxb7 Na6 16.Bxa8 Nb4 17.0-0 Nc2 18.Rb1 Be6 19.Bd2 Nf6 20.Bb7 Nd4 21.Rfe1 a5
22.b3 Bb4 23.Kh1 Rb8 24.Ba6 Bg4 25.f3 Bxf3+ 26.exf3 Nxf3 27.Bc4+ Kg6 28.Rg1+ Kh7
29.Rbd1 Nxd2 30.Rxd2 Bxc3 31.Rh2 Ng8 32.Rxh3+ Nh6 33.Bd5 Kh8 34.Rc1 Bd4 35.Rc7
Rf8 36.Rg3 Nf5 37.Rf3 Rf6 38.Be4 Nd6 39.Rh3+ Rh6 40.Rxh6+ gxh6 41.Rh7+ Kg8
42.Rxh6 Nb5 43.a4 Na3 44.Ra6 Bc3 45.Ra7 Kf8 46.Bg6 Bb4 47.Kg2 Nc2 48.Kf3 1-0

Davide Rozzoni played two games against Germany’s Frank Bendig in the ICCF thematic Grob
preliminaries (both ending as draws). Frank won the finals after obtaining 9 out of 10 points
(as will be seen in an upcoming section).

(12) Bendig,F - Rozzoni,D [A00] - TT/14/99/1, 2000

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 h5 4.gxh5 Nf6 5.d4 e4 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bg5 Rxh5 9.h4 Qd6
10.e3 Bg4 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxe4+ Be6 14.Nge2 0-0-0 15.Nf4 0 15...Rh6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.a3 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Rdh8 19.Rb1 Rxh4 20.Rxh4 Rxh4 21.f4 Rh2 22.Rb5
Qh4+ 23.Kf1 Qg4 24.Kg1 Rh6 25.Rxb7 Qd1+ ½-½

(13) Rozzoni,D - Bendig,F [A00] - TT14/99/1, 2000

1.g4 d5 2.h3 c6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Qd6 6.Nc3 Ng6 7.e4 d4 8.Ne2 Be6 9.Bd2 h6
10.Ng3 Na6 11.Nf5 Qd7 12.h4 f6 13.h5 Ne7 14.N3h4 0-0-0 15.0-0 Rg8 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4
g5 18.hxg6 Nxg6 19.Nxg6 Rxg6 20.Kf2 Re8 21.Rh1 Qd8 22.Bf3 Nc5 23.a4 Nd7 24.a5
Ne5 25.a6 b6 26.Rh5 Qc7 27.Ke2 c5 28.Qh1 Qd7 29.Bxh6 Bxh6 30.Rxh6 Rxh6 31.Qxh6
Bxf5 32.gxf5 Qxf5 33.exf5 Ng4+ 34.Kd2 Nxh6 35.Rh1 Rh8 36.c3 Nf7 37.Rxh8+ Nxh8
38.Bd5 dxc3+ 39.Kxc3 Kd7 40.Kc4 Kd6 41.Be6 ½-½

In UON 5’s Grob Adventures, Davide Rozzoni wrote:

Either I or Frank Bendig will participate in the next ICCF thematic Grob final.
We tied for first in our semi-final drawing our 2 games. My pet line in the Grob
was 1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3!? instead of the main line 4.d4 I scored
rather well against all Black's moves until Italian Corr. Master Salvatore
discovered 4....h5!? a new move which gave me troubles. I played 5.gxh5 and I
lost as you can see:
Editor’s Note:
Frank participated in, and won, the ICCF Grob finals. See games 38 through 45 – gkg

(14) Rozzoni,D - Rozzoni,R [A00]

Friendly corr. game, 2000 between son (White) and father (with Black)

David Rozzoni wrote that, “In year 2000, my dad thought he could beat
1.g4 easily. So we decided to play a friendly correspondence game.”

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Ng6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.e4 0–0 8.0–0 d4 9.Ne2 c5
10.Ng3 Nc6 11.Nf5 Be6 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.Qc1 f6 14.h4 Qc7 15.h5 Nf4 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.c3
dxc3 18.bxc3 Bd6 19.d4 Nd8 20.N3h4 Nf7 21.Qb2 Rad8 22.Rfe1 game suspended. Note
that White is not lost.

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(15) Arnaud Lafolie - Bemd Gràfrath (1999-2000) -ICCF-TT 14/99/1

1. g4 e5 2. Lg2 h5 3. gxh5 Dg5 4. Lf3 Dh4 5. Sc3 Sf6 6. e4 Lc5 7. d4 Lxd4 8. De2
Lxc3+ 9. bxc3 Sxh5 10. Le3 Sc6 11. Le3 Sc6 12. Dd3 d6 13. Se2 Lg4 14. Lxg4 Sxg4
15. f4 Sxe3 16. Dxe3 exf4 17. Sxf4 0-0-0 18. Kb2 Tde8 19. Td5 g5 20. Sg2 Dxe4 21.Dxe4
Txe4 22. Txg5 Th3 23. Tg3 Txg3 24. hxg3 Tg4 25. Th3 Se5 26. Se3 Sc4+ 27. Sxc4 Txe4
28. Th7 Tg4 29. Txf7 Txg3 30. Th7 Tg4 31. Tf7 b5 32. Th7 Kb7 33. resigns 0-1.

(16) Myers,H - Computer "Designer Mach III/Master 2265,

Davenport - 20 min. for each player, 1991
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d3 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nd2 Ne7 7.c4 0–0 8.Ngf3 Qa5 9.Kf1! Na6
10.a3 Be6 11.b4 Qd8 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Bb2 f6 14.Ngf3 Qb6 15.Qb3 Bc7 16.e4! Be6 17.c5
Qb5 18.Kg1! Bf7 19.d4! dxe4 20.Qc2 exf3 21.Bf1 Nxb4 22.axb4 Qxb4 23.Bc3Bg6 24.Qc1
24...Qxc3 25.Qxc3 1–0

(17) Rozzoni,D - Salvatore,C [A00]

Semi-Italia Scacchistica e-mail, 2000
1.g4 e5 2.h3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 h5!?N 5.gxh5 Rxh5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.Nf1 Nd7
9.Ng3 Rh8 10.c3 Nh6 11.Qc2 f5 12.e3 Nf7 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.0-0-0 c5 15.h4 e4 16.dxe4
dxe4 17.Ng5 Nxg5 18.hxg5 0-0-0 19.Qa4 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 Ne5 21.Be1 Qd6 22.c4 Bxg5
23.Bf1 g6 24.Qa5 Qa6 25.Qb5 Qxb5 26.cxb5 b6 27.Bc3 Ng4 0-1

Sadly, the NOVAG computer’s defense to my Grob allows his bishop to get trapped... maybe under the impression
that it will get a kingside attack going by saving some tempo; but it never does. –gkg 11-24-2007

(18) Gifford, G – NOVAG VIP 4-12-2001

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.d3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.g5 Ng8 6.h4 Ne7 7.c3 Nbc6 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Bb6
10.a4 f6 11.e3 fxg5 12.hxg5 Rf5 13.Qh5 h6 14.Nh3 Qf8 15.a5 Bxa5 16.bxa5 Be6 17.e4
Bf7 18.Qh4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Ng6 20.Qg3 Nge7 21.gxh6 Bd5 22.Rg1 Rf7 23.Qh4 Rd8
24.hxg7 Rxg7 25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Qh5+ Ke6 27.Qh6+ Kf7 28.Ng5+ Kg8 29.Bh7+ Kh8 30.Ra4
Rxg5 31.Qxg5 b6 32.Rh4 1-0

(19) Gifford, G – NOVAG VIP 4-14-2001

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.d3 Bc5 4.e3 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.g5 Ng8 7.h4 Nge7 8.b4 Bb6 9.Bb2 O-O
10.Qd2 Ng6 11.a4 f6 12.h5 Nge7 13.g6 hxg6 14.hxg6 Qd6 15.a5 Bxa5 16.bxa5 f5 17.Ne2
Qxg6 18.Na3 Be6 19.O-O-O b6 20.a6 Rab8 21.Bh3 b5 22.Rdg1 Qf7 23.f4 b4 24.Nb1 Rb6
25.Ng3 Rxa6 26.Qh2 exf4 27.Nxf5 Nxf5 28.Bxf5 Qe7 29.Qh7+ Kf7 30.Bg6+ # 1-0

(20) Gifford, G – NOVAG VIP 4-17-2001

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.d3 Bc5 4.e3 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.g5 Ng8 7.h4 Nge7 8.b4 Bb6 9.Qd2 O-O
10.a4 f6 11.a5 Bxe3 12.fxe3 fxg5 13.b5 Nb8 14.hxg5 Bf5 15.Ba3 Nd7 16.Qh2 c5 17.bxc6
bxc6 18.Bd6 e4 19.Nh3 c5 20.Nf4 exd3 21.Bxd3 h6 22.gxh6 d4 23.hxg7 Re8 24.Bc4+ 1-0

(21) Gifford, G - FRITZ (Sparring Mode) 4-25-2001

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.d3 Be6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 Bd6 6.c3 Nge7 7.e3 O-O 8.Ne2 Re8 9.e4 dxe4
10.Bxe4 Qd7 11.Ng3 Rad8 12.Be3 a5 13.Nd2 b5 14.Qf3 Kh8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.gxf5 Rf8
17.f6 Kg8 18.fxe7 Nxe7 19.Nf1 c6 20.d4 f5 21.Bc2 exd4 22.Bxd4 Ng6 23.O-O-O b4
24.axb4 axb4 25.Bb3+ Kh8 26.Rg1 Qc7 27.Qh5 f4 28.Rxg6 Rf5 29.Rxg7 Qxg7 30.Qxf5
Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Rf8 32.Qe6 Bc7 33.Rd7 Bd8 34.Qe5+ Bf6 35.Qf5 Be7 36.Bf7 Kg7 37.Rxe7
1-0

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Section 3: 1997-1999 Five Games from the

th
14 Italian Correspondence Master Championship
Played by and Compiled by Davide Rozzoni

“In 1997-1999 I played five Grobs/Macho Grobs in the 14th Italian

correspondence Master Championship. My opponents were all
correspondence Chess Masters and my score was +2 =3.” D.R.

(22) Rozzoni,D - Gatto,L [A00]

Cr ASIGC 14th C.I.M., 1998
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d3 Be6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Ng5 Bc8 7.c4 h5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Nc3 f6
10.Qa4+ Kf8 11.Nf3 hxg4 12.hxg4 Rxh1+ 13.Bxh1 d4 14.Nb5 Nc6 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.g5
Be6 17.gxf6 gxf6 18.Bd2 a6 19.Rc1 Nge7 20.a3 Kf7 21.Qc2 Rh8 22.Bg2 Rg8 23.Bh1 Qd5
24.e4 dxe3 25.fxe3 e4 26.dxe4 Qh5 27.Kf2 Ne5 28.Nxe5+ fxe5 29.Rf1 Bh3 30.Qd1 Qh4+
31.Ke2+ Bxf1+ 32.Qxf1+ Qf6 33.Bf3 Rh8 34.Qf2 Ng6 35.Bc3 Nh4 36.Bg4 Qxf2+ 37.Kxf2
Kf6 38.Kg3 Ng6 39.Kf3 Ne7 40.a4 b6 41.Bd7 Rb8 42.Be1 Rb7 43.Bh4+ Kf7 44.Bh3 Rc7
45.Bg3 Nc6 46.b4 Nxb4 47.Bxe5 Rc1 48.Bd4 b5 49.axb5 axb5 50.Ke2 Ke7 51.e5 Rc2+
52.Kd1 Rh2 53.Bg4 Nd5 ½–½

(23) Rozzoni,D - Elmi,M [A00]

Cr ASIGC 14th C.I.M., 1997
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d3 Bd6 5.c4 Be6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Qxb6 axb6 8.cxd5 Bxd5 9.Bxd5
cxd5 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Nb5 Kd7 12.Nxd6 Kxd6 13.f4 f6 14.Nf3 Nbc6 15.0–0 Rhc8 16.a3
Ng6 17.fxe5+ fxe5 18.Bd2 Nf4 19.Rae1 Rf8 20.Kh2 Ne6 21.Kg3 Nc5 22.Nh4 Ke6 23.Rxf8
Rxf8 24.Nf3 Nb3 25.Be3 d4 26.Bf2 Kd5 27.h4 b5 28.h5 b4 29.axb4 b5 30.Rh1 Nxb4 31.h6
gxh6 32.Nxe5 Kxe5 33.Rh5+ Ke6 34.Rxb5 Nxd3 35.exd3 Nc1 36.b4 Ne2+ ½–½

(24) Rozzoni,D - Roberti,B [A00]

Cr ASIGC 14th C.I.M., 1997
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.e4 Ngf6 7.g5 Ng8 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Qe2 Ne7
10.0–0 Nf5 11.Re1 f6 12.gxf6 gxf6 13.d4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Qh5+ Ke7 16.c3 Bb6
17.Bxd5 Qe8 18.Qf3 Nc5 19.Kh2 Be6 20.Bxe6 Kxe6 21.b4 Nd7 22.Be3 Rg8 23.Qxb7
Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Qg6 25.Na3 Qf5 26.Rf3 Qg5 27.Rd3 Qf4+ 28.Kh1 Rad8 29.Rad1 Qf5
30.Qc6+ Ke7 31.Nb5 Qe6 32.Nxa7 Qf5 33.Qc7 1–0

In the ICCF Corr. Grob Semi-final another player played 4....h5 again. This time I tried 5.g5 and I
lost again!! If I'm not wrong this is the only game I lost in that semi-final. This is the game:

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(25) Rozzoni,D - Goedhart,W [A00]

cr TT/14/99/1, 2000
1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 h5 5.g5 Bd6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.c4 0-0 8.Nc3 Be6 9.b3 Nd7
10.Bb2 Ng6 11.e3 d4 12.Ne4 Bb4+ 13.Ke2 Nc5 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Qd2 Bf5 16.b4 Be7
17.Rag1 Qb6 18.a3 dxe3 19.fxe3 Rad8 20.Ne1 Bxg5 21.c5 Qb5 22.Qc3 Bh4 23.Bf1 b6
24.cxb6 axb6 25.Rh2 c5 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Kd1 c4 28.Qb4 Qc6 0-1

(26) Rozzoni,D - Conato,L [A00]

Corr. ASI Coppa Italia, 1997

In UON 10: Sept 2004; Davide Rozzoni included the following advice in the title of his 1.g4 adventures
series:

“Never trust the book lines blindly.” – D.R.

Davide also stated:

“I was so excited to play my Grob’s attack once again! I felt I

could deal with every kind of difficulty arising, in fact I had
many books dealing with this openings…” D.R.

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 [After this game I started to play 4.d3!?]
4…e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 0–0 [7...Bc7!?]
8.Bg5 f6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Be6 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.d5 fxg5 13.dxe6

“I was quite happy with my position. I.M. Basman comments’ on

this position in his 1993 book “The killer Grob” pag. 49 were the
following: “when White has a pawn more in a complex position.”
But my opponent found a very strong move.” D.R.

13... e3! A novelty and I was lost in a few moves 14.fxe3 Bb4+ 15.Kd1 Nc6 16.Nf3 Rad8+ 17.Kc2
Na5 18.Qa4 b5 19.Qxb5 Rb8 20.Qe5 Rfc8+ 21.Kd3 Nc4 22.Qd4 Qxe6 0–1

Section 4: More Grob Games

(27) Belezky,S (2402) - Suarez Pozo,J [A00]

XXX Open Seville ESP (1), 07.01.2005
1.g4 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.h3 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bd2 Nf6 9.a3 a6 10.b4
Nd4 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.bxc5 dxc5 13.Qc1 0–0 14.Bf4 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 e5 16.Bg5 Be6 17.Bxf6
Bxf6 18.Bd5 Bh4 19.0–0 Kg7 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Ne4 h6 22.Rb3 Qe7 23.Qb2 Qc7 24.Rb6
Rfe8 25.f4 Bd8 26.Rd6 Kh7 27.fxe5 Kg7 28.Qc1 Be7 29.Rxe6 Bg5 30.Nxg5 hxg5 31.Rxe8
Rxe8 32.Qxg5 Rxe5 33.Qf6+ Kh7 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.g5 Qd6 36.Rf2 b5 37.cxb5 axb5
38.Rf6 Qd4+ 39.Qxd4 cxd4 40.Kf2 Rxg5 41.Rd6 Rf5+ 42.Ke1 Rh5 43.Rxd4 Rxh3 44.Rd5
Rh1+ 45.Kd2 Ra1 46.Rxb5 Ra2+ 47.Ke3 Rxa3 48.Kf4 Kh6 49.d4 Ra2 50.e4 Ra1 51.d5
g5+ 52.Ke5 g4 53.d6 Rd1 54.Rd5 Rxd5+ 55.exd5 g3 56.d7 g2 57.d8Q 1–0

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(28) Petakov,U (2251) -Klasan,V (2151) [A00]

It Indjija SCG (2), 12.04.2004; [Fritz 8 (30s)] A00: Irregular Openings
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 [5.Nf3 f6 6.Nc3 Be6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.e4 d4 9.Ne2 h5 10.g5 h4
11.c3 dxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 13.Qd2 Rh5 14.d4 Bc4 15.Rd1 Bf7 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Bc5 18.Rb1 Rb8 19.Re1 Kf8
Fischer,L -Czech,L/Hofbieber 1996/DB2003 -4/0-1 (41)] 5...Ne7 6.e4 Be6 7.Nf3 Qc7N [7...Nd7 8.exd5
Nxd5 9.Ne4 f6 10.d4 Bb4+ 11.c3 Be7 12.Qe2 0-0 13.0-0 Qc7 14.Rd1 Rae8 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nd4 Bf7 17.c4
Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Ne3 19.Qe2 Nxd1 20.Qxd1 Rd8 21.Be3 Qb6 22.Qa4 Nagley,T -James,M/IECC email
1997/DB2003 -4/½-½ (48)] 8.0-0 Nd7 9.exd5 cxd5 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 0-0
13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Qxb6 Nxb6 [15...axb6? 16.Bd6 Rfe8 17.f4+-] 16.Bd6 Rfe8 17.Nb5
Nc6 18.Bc5 Nd7 19.Ba3 Red8 20.f4 Nb6 21.f5 Bd7 22.Nd6 Rc7 23.b3 Ne5 24.Rd2
[¹24.c4!? dxc4 25.Nb5+-] 24...Bc6 25.f6 d4 26.fxg7 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 [‹27.Rxg2 Nd5 28.Nb5 Rcc8=]
27...Nd5 28.Nf5 [‹28.Rxd4 Ne3+ 29.Kg3 Nxc2 ±] 28...Rdc8? [¹28...Rc3!? 29.Rf1 Ne3+30.Nxe3 Rxe3±]
29.c4 [‹29.Rxd4 Rxc2+ 30.Kf1 Nf6+-] 29...Ne3+ 30.Kf2 Nxf5 31.gxf5 Kxg7 32.Bd6 [32.Bd6 Nc6
33.Bxc7 Rxc7 34.b4+-] 1-0

(29) Keiser,P (1866) - Arras,P (1904) [A45]

Club Championship, 1999 [Keiser Paul]
1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 3.e4 e5!?± 4.Qxg4 exd4 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.a3 d6 7.Nd2 g6 8.Nb3 Bg7 9.h4
Be6 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.0–0–0 h6 12.Bf4 0–0–0 13.Bh3 Rhe8 14.f3 Bxh3 [14...f5 15.Qd2 fxe4
16.fxe4 Bxh3 17.Rxh3 Rxe4 18.Bxh6+-] 15.Nxh3 Qe6 16.Nf2 f5 17.Qd2 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Qf7+-
[18...d3 19.Qxd3 d5 20.Nc3+-] 19.Qh2 [19.Bxh6!? Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Qxf3] 19...Rf8 20.Bxd6 cxd6
21.Nxd6+ Rxd6 22.Qxd6 Rd8 23.Qg3 ½–½

(30) Eliseev,A (2489) - Smirnov,A (2286) City-ch St-Petersburg RUS (4), 19.04.2002
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.c4 d4 4.d3 Nc6 5.g5 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxg5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nf3 Bxd2+
9.Nbxd2 Qe7 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Qa5 f6 12.Ne4 Nh6 13.Rg1 Bf5 14.Nc5 0–0 15.Nd2 Bg4
16.b4 Bh5 17.Qa6 Rab8 18.a3 Rb6 19.Qxa7 f5 20.Ne6 Qxe6 21.Qxc7 Qf6 22.Qxb6 e4
23.Nb3 Rd8 24.Nc5 Nf7 25.b5 exd3 26.Nxd3 Qe6 27.Nf4 Qe5 28.Nxh5 d3 29.Ra2 d2+
30.Kd1 Qc3 31.Rxg7+ Kh8 32.Qxd8+ Nxd8 33.Rxd2 Qa1+ 34.Kc2 Qa2+ 35.Kc3 Qxa3+
36.Kd4 Ne6+ 37.Ke5 Qc3+ 38.Kxe6 Qxd2 39.Rd7 Qxe2+ 40.Kf6 Qe8 41.bxc6 Qg6+
42.Ke5 Qxh5 43.c7 f4+ 44.Kd6 Qg6+ 45.Kc5 Qf5+ 46.Rd5 Qf8+ 47.Kc6 Kg7 48.Rd7+ Kf6
49.Rd8 Qb4 50.c8Q Qxc4+ 51.Kb6 Qb4+ 52.Ka7 Qe7+ 53.Rd7 1–0

(31) Gigov,P - Stoimenov,V [A00]

ch-Serbia Dimitrovgrad YUG (7), 06.03.2003
1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d4 d6 4.dxe5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 dxe5 6.h3 Bb4 7.Bd2 f6 8.a3 Be7 9.e4 Qc7
10.Nge2 Be6 11.f4 Nd7 12.b3 0–0–0 13.f5 Bf7 14.Ng3 Nc5 15.Bf1 Kb8 16.b4 Nd7 17.Qf3
Nb6 18.Be3 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Qf2 b6 21.Rd1 g5 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Qd2 Nh6 24.Nb1
Be7 25.Qc3 Bb5 26.Kf2 Rd8 27.Qb3 Bf8 28.Kf3 Nf7 29.Nh5 Qe7 30.Qe6 Rd6 31.Qb3
Qd7 32.Nc3 Ba6 33.Ra1 Nd8 34.a4 Qf7 35.Qb2 Qc4 36.a5 b5 37.Bc5 Nb7 38.Bxd6+
Bxd6 39.Nxf6 Bxb4 40.Ne2 Bd6 41.Qb3 Qxb3+ 42.cxb3 h6 43.Rd1 Kc8 44.Ng3 b4
45.Ng8 Bf8 46.f6 Kc7 47.Ne7 Nd8 48.Ngf5 Nf7 49.Ng7 Bc8 50.Ne8+ Kb7 51.a6+ Kxa6
52.Nxc8 1–0

(32) Lutton,J (2133) - Diamond,D (2110) [A00]

13th S&WYM Rated Millfield School ENG (11), 17.07.2003
1.h3 Nf6 2.g4 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.d3 b6 5.c4 Bb7 6.Nc3 Qc8 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Bxd5 9.Bxd5
exd5 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Qb3 Qb7 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.Bc3 Nc5 14.Qc2 Ne6 15.Be5 Bxe5 16.Nxe5
Nd4 17.Qa4+ 1–0

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(33) Helstroffer,A (2158) - Taga,G (2223) [B00]

Open Saint Lo FRA (4), 12.07.2003
1.e4 g5 2.d4 h6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.h4 d5 5.exd5 g4 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bf5 9.Nge2 Nbd7
10.Ng3 Bh7 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Bxh7 Rxh7 13.Qd3 Nbxd5 14.Be5 Rh8 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.0–0–0
Rg8 17.Rhe1 Qd7 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.c4 Nb4 20.Qb3 a5 21.Ne3 0–0–0 22.c5 ½–½

(34) Vovk,O (2296) - Karnaukh,A (2248) [A00]

Stepchev Memorial Kiev UKR (9), 29.12.2004
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c5 3.h3 Nc6 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d3 Be7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Nf3
0–0 10.0–0 Be6 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Qd2 b5 13.Ng5 Qd7 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bg3 b4 16.f4 a5
17.e4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Nd4 19.Qg2 Bd6 20.Kh2 Qc7 21.f5 Bxg3+ 22.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 23.Kxg3
e5 24.Bd5+ Kh8 25.Rae1 g6 26.Rxe5 gxf5 27.gxf5 Rf6 28.Kg4 h6 29.Rfe1 Rc7 30.Re8+
Kh7 31.R1e7+ Rxe7 32.Rxe7+ Kh8 33.Be6 a4 34.Kf4 Rf8 35.Ke4 a3 36.bxa3 bxa3
37.Rc7 Nxe6 38.fxe6 Rf2 39.e7 Re2+ 40.Kf3 1–0

(35) Belezky,S (2399) - Vaya Gomez,A (2140) [A00]

XXXXII Open La Roda ESP (6), 26.03.2005
1.g4 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 e5 7.Bd5 Nge7 8.Nf3 Nb4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bd2 Nbxd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.a4 b6 13.e4 Bd7 14.Be3 h5 15.g5 f5 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Ne4 0–
0 18.Ke2 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qd2 Qe7 21.b4 Nd4+ 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Qf4
c4 25.Kf1 Bf5 26.Nxd6 Bxd3+ 27.Kg2 Rf8 28.Qg3 Be2 29.Nh4 Kh7 30.Nxb5 Be5 31.d6
Qb7+ 0–1

(36) Phildius,B (2312) - Womacka,M (2436) [A00]

3rd ch-GER Internet Blitz Candidates playchess INT (9), 02.04.2005
1.h3 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.e4 d6 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nge7 9.Nf3 0–0
10.0–0 Rb8 11.Qd2 b5 12.Rae1 b4 13.Nd1 Be6 14.Bh6 f6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.c3 Bxa2
17.d4 Bc4 18.Rf2 bxc3 19.bxc3 Qa5 20.Ne3 Bg8 21.d5 Ne5 22.Ref1 Qa6 23.Ne1 h6
24.h4 Bh7 25.Kh2 g5 26.h5 Qa4 27.Nd3 Bxe4 28.Nb2 Rxb2 29.Qxb2 Bxg2 30.Rxg2 Qe4
31.Qe2 Kh7 32.Nf5 Qxe2 33.Rxe2 Nxg4+ 34.Kg3 Nxf5+ 35.Rxf5 Ne5 36.Rf1 Kg7 37.Ra1
f5 38.Rxa7+ Rf7 39.Rxf7+ Kxf7 40.Ra2 f4+ 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.Ra8 Kf5 43.Rh8 Ke4 44.Rxh6
Ng4+ 45.Kg2 Nxh6 46.Kh3 Kxd5 47.Kg2 Kc4 48.Kf3 Kxc3 49.Ke4 d5+ 50.Kxd5 f3 51.Ke5
f2 52.Kf6 f1Q+ 53.Kg6 Qh3 54.Kxg5 Nf5 55.Kg6 c4 56.Kg5 Qxh5+ 57.Kxh5 Kd2 58.Kg5
c3 59.Kf4 c2 60.Ke5 c1Q 61.Kf6 Qc6+ 62.Kg5 ½–½

(37) Castaignet,L (2159) - Godard,M (2351) [B00]

ch-FRA National 1 Lille FRA (11), 08.05.2005
1.e4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 h6 4.Nge2N d6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Bg2 Qc8 7.h3 Bd7 8.Be3 Nc6 9.f4
gxf4 10.gxf4 e5 11.Qd2 Nge7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.f5 Na5 14.b3 Ng8 15.Bf3 b6 16.Rg1 Bf6
17.0–0–0 c6 18.Bh5 Be7 19.Rg7 Nf6 20.Bxf7+ Kf8 21.Bxh6 Bxf5 22.Rh7# 1–0

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Section 5: Frank Bendig wins the ICCF

1.g4 Thematic Tournament - TT 14/99 – Final
Games submitted by Frank Bendig

Frank Bendig of Germany ensured himself of first place in the ICCF GROB (g4) thematic
tournament. Frank reached an impressive early 9 points out of ten. No other player in the
event could reach that score. Earlier in this issue we present two games (12 & 13) of
Rozzoni vs. Bendig which took place in a preliminary round of this ICCF event.

Games 38 through 45 are from Event "TT 14/99/Final" Site "ICCF" Date "2003.03.10"

(38) Bendig, Frank -- Nalepovic, Jozef

1. g4 e5 2. d3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. h3 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6 6. Nf3 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bc5
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 h5 11. g5 Be6 12. Nbd2 Na6 13. c3 0-0-0 14. Kc2 Nc5 15. Bf1 Rd7
16. b4 Na4 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rhd8 19. Rac1 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Rhg1 Nf8 22. Rg8
Kc7 23. Kb3 b5 24. Nb2 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Rf7 26. Kc2 a6 27. Rf1 Nd7 28. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

(39) Nalepovic, Jozef -- Bendig, Frank

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 e5 4. d3 Bd6 5. c4 Ne7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9.
Nxd5 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7
16. Qa4 Be5 17. Bd2 b5 18. Qe4 Rad8 19. f4 Bf6 20. Rh2 Rfe8 21. Qb4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 a5
23. Nxb5 Qb7 24. Qxa5 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Bd5 0-1

(40) Gnirk, Hajo -- Bendig, Frank

1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 e4 6. f3 Qh4+ 7. Kf1 f5 8. Bf4 Ne7 9. e3 Qf6
10. g5 Qe6 11. h4 h6 12. gxh6 gxh6 13. Nge2 Nf6 14. h5 Rg8 15. a4 Qf7 16. Ng3 Be6 17.
a5 Nc8 18. Qe1 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ne4 20. Rg1 Ncd6 21. a6 b5 22. Nb1 Ng5 23. Bg2 Nde4
24. Nc3 Nxg3+ 25. Qxg3 Qxh5 26. Rh1 Qg6 27. Ne2 0-0-0 28. Be5 Qh7 29. Bf4 Ne4 30.
Qh2 Qe7 31. c3 Re8 32. Ke1 Nf6 33. Bf3 Ng4 34. Qh4 Qd7 35. Kd2 Bf7 36. Bxg4 fxg4 37.
Bxh6 Be7 38. Qg3 Bg6 39. Raf1 Be4 40. Rh5 b4 41. Ra1 Rh8 42. Rh2 Qf5 43. Bf4 Rxh2
44. Qxh2 Bb1 45. Ke1 Bd3 46. Ng3 Qg6 47. Kd1 b3 48. Qh5 Qxh5 49. Nxh5 Rh8 50. Kd2
Bc4 51. Rh1 Bxa6 52. Ra1 Kb7 53. Ng7 Rh3 54. Nf5 Rf3 55. Rxa6 Kxa6 56. Ne7 Rf2+ 57.
Kd1 Kb5 58. Bc7 a5 59. Bf4 Rxb2 60. Kc1 Rc2+ 61. Kb1 a4 62. e4 a3 63. Nf5 a2+ 64.
Ka1 Ka4 65. Nd6 Ka3 0-1

(41) Bendig, Frank -- Gnirk, Hajo

1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 h5 5. g5 Be6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. 0-0
Qa5 10. Bd2 Qa6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nb5 0-0 14. Nh4 Rfd8 15. e3 Nc5 16. Bb4
Ne4 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxh5 Nxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. g6 f6 21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 Qb6
23. Rae1 Rc7 24. Te3 Rdc8 25. Bf3 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Nf5 Qc6 28. Bg4 Bxf5 29. Bxf5
Re8 30. Rfe1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Re7 34. e4 dxe4 35. d5 e3 36.
d6 Re8 37. d7 Rd8 38. Qh4 Ne7 39. Qc4 Nxg6 40. Bxg6 Ke7 41. Qc5+ Kxd7 42. Bf5+
Ke8 43. Qc7 Rd2 44. Kg3 Kf8 45. Bg6 Rg2+ 46. Kxg2 1-0

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(42) Ruhle, Dr. Ernst-Olav -- Bendig, Frank

1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bd6 5. e4 Ne7 6. d4 0-0 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nf3 Bc7 9.
exd5 Nxd5 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Nc3 Qd6 15. Nxe5 fxe5
16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. a4 h6 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Qe2 a5 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. b3 Bb6
23. c4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. c5 Bc7 26. Qe3 Bd5 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. cxd6 Qh4 29. Re2
Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rdf8 31. Rd2 h5 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. gxh5 Rf3 34. Qg4 Rf5 35. Kh1 Rg5 36.
Qe2 Rd8 37. Rc5 Qf5 38. Kh2 Rxh5 39. Rd3 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Rg5+ 41. Kh1 Qf5 42. Kh2 Qf6
43. Re3 Rf5 44. Kg1 Qg6+ 45. Kh1 Rxd6 46. Rexe5 Rxe5 47. Rxe5 Qd3 48. Qxd3 Rxd3
49. Kg2 Rxb3 50. Rxa5 Kf7 51. Ra8 g5 52. Rb8 Ke6 53. Re8+ Kf5 54. Rf8+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

(43) Bendig, Frank -- Ruhle, Dr. Ernst-Olav

1. g4 d5 2. h3 f5 3. gxf5 Bxf5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Rg1 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Be3 Nc6 9.
Nbd2 Nxc5 10. c3 e5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Qh5+ Bf7 17. Qg5 g6 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Rg3 Nh5 22.
Re3 Kf6 23. Nhf3 a6 24. 0-0-0 Nf4 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Kf5 27. Rde1 Rhe8 28. a4 Re7
29. Kc2 Rae8 30. h4 Nd8 31. b5 a5 32. Nd2 Nf7 33. Nc4 g5 34. hxg5 Nxg5 35. Nd6+ Kg6
36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Bd3+ Kh5 38. Rh1+ Kg4 39. Rg1+ Kh5 40. Nxe8 Rxe8 41. c4 Re7 42.
Bf5 Kh6 43. Rd1 Kg7 44. b6 Kf6 45. Bc8 Ne4 46. Rd5 Re8 47. Bxb7 Rb8 48. Rxa5 Rxb7
49. Rh5 Ng3 50. Rb5 Nf5 51. Rxf5+ Kxf5 52. c5 h5 53. a5 Rb8 54. c6 Ke6 55. c7 1-0

(44) Peres, José C. M. -- Bendig, Frank

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. g5 e5 4. h4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. e3 h6 7. d4 e4 8. f3 hxg5 9. hxg5
Rxh1 10. Bxh1 Qd8 11. f4 Nh6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. gxh6 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qxh6 15. Nxe4 Be7
16. Ne2 Bg4 17. Qf1 Nd7 18. Nf2 Be6 19. e4 0-0-0 20. Kd1 Qh5 21. Qg2 f5 22. e5 Bd5
23. Qh3 Bh4 24. Nd3 Bf3 25. Qf1 c5 26. c3 Be4 27. Ne1 Nxe5 28. Be3 Nc4 29. Bf2 Bf3
30. Nd3 Nxb2+ 31. Kd2 Nc4+ 32. Kd1 Qe8 33. Rc1 Qe4 0-1

(45) Bendig, Frank -- Peres, José C. M.

1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Nge7 5. c3 f5 6. Qb3 fxg4 7. hxg4 Bxg4 8. Qb7 Rb8 9.
Qa6 Bc8 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qh4 Be6 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. Ng5 Bg8 14. Na3 Ng6 15. Qa4 Kd8
16. Bh3 h6 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nc2 Bc5 19. d4 e4 20. Nh2 Be7 21. b4 Rb6 22. Ng4 Qf7 23.
b5 Nb8 24. Qxa7 Nf8 25. a4 Bd6 26. Ba3 Qe7 27. Ne5 Ke8 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Na3 Qd8
30. a5 Rd6 31. b6 c6 32. Qxg7 1-0

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Section 6: Fritz vs Shredder A00 1 Game

By Davide Rozzoni

While reading Adorjan’s book “Black is Ok in Rare Openings” I found the following move order
and annotation as follows: 1.g4 d5 2.h3 c6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 0–0
8.Bd2 Na6 9.cxd5?! cxd5 10.Nxd5?? Nxd5 11.Qxd5 e3! -+ (diagram)

As I could not find a clear winning way for Black, I decided to let Fritz 8 play this position as white
against Shredder 7 for some moves. This is what happened:

(46) Fritz 8.0 vs Shredder 7.0 A00

Thematic 60' x game-45Mb Hash-
No book, no permanent brain, Hardware AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 12.06.2005

1.g4 d5 2.h3 c6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 0–0
8.Bd2 Na6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 e3

the game started now, after Black’s last move . . .

12.fxe3 0.00/14 3:13 Nb4 -0.48/13 1:13

13.Bxb4 -0.03/14 1:55 Bxb4+ -0.50/13 49
14.Kf2 (¢f1) 0.00/14 1:54 14...Bd6 -0.05/14 2:14
15.e4 (£h5) -0.12/13 1:06 15...Qb6 -0.12/13 1:27
16.e5 (¤f3) 0.09/15 2:30 16...Be7 -0.32/13 26
17.Rd1 0.13/14 1:51 Bh4+ (¦d8) 0.03/13 1:28
18.Kf1 0.34/15 1:52 Qa6 (¦d8) 0.14/14 5:27
19.Be4 (¤f3) 0.78/14 1:29 19...Be6 0.70/14 1:15
20.Qxb7 0.81/14 1:34 Qa4 1.03/14 1:39
21.b3 (¦d2) 0.72/14 1:21 21...Qxa2 0.60/12 14
22.Nf3 0.75/14 2:04 Rab8 1.60/13 1:43
23.Bb1 0.72/13 53 Qxb1 1.50/13 45
24.Rxb1 0.94/15 53 Rxb7 1.62/14 12
25.Nxh4 1.00/13 45 ±

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Section 7: Five Grob Miniatures by Bill Wall

(47) Bill Wall - Alberto Carlosa, Internet 1997

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 h6 4.c4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 e5 7.dxe5 Bb4+
8.Bd2 O-O 9.Nf3 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 Nf4 11.O-O Nxg2 (11...h5) 12.Kxg2 c5
13.Qc2 b6?? (13...Qe7) 14.Qe4 1-0

(48) Bill Wall - Gambiteer, Internet 2000

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.h3 h5 4.g5 Qxg5 5.Bxd5 Nd7 6.Nf3 Qd8 7.Nc3 c6
8.Bb3 Ngf6 9.d3 Be7 10.Ng5 O-O 11.e4 b5 (11...Nc5) 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nc5
(13...b4) 14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.e5 Nd5 17.Qxh5+ Kg8 18.Nxd5 Bh4+
19.Kd2 cxd5 20.Rag1 Ne6 21.Bh6 Qe7 22.Rg4 g5 23.Qxh4 1-0

(49) Bill Wall - Brian Soltz, San Antonio 1994

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.h3 c6 4.c4 f6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Ne7 7.Nc3 e4
8.d3 Na6 9.dxe4 Nc5 (9...d4) 10.Qb5+ Nd7 11.exd5 a6 12.Qd3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qb6
14.Na4 Nc5 15.Nxb6 Nxd3+ 16.exd3 1-0

(50) Bill Wall - J. Kubasek, Thailand 1973

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.dxc6 Qxb3? (6...bxc6)
7.cxb7 Qc2 8.Nc3 1-0

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Section 8: Davide Rozzoni vs. Aurelio Napoli Costa (Italian Correspondence Master )
A friendly correspondence Thematic Grob Match 4 Games
Submitted by Davide Rozzoni

(51) Napoli Costa,A - Rozzoni,D (Cr, 2000)

1.g4 Nh6 2.h3 f5 3.d4 Nf7 4.Bg2 fxg4 5.hxg4 d5 6.e3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Qxd5 Qxd5
9.Bxd5 Nxg4 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bg2 c6 12.e4 Na6 13.Bg5 Bc5 14.f3 0-0 15.0-0-0 h6 16.Bh4
Be6 17.Kb1 Bc4 18.Nge2 Rae8 19.b3 Be6 20.Nd4 Bc8 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.Nce2 Bb6 23.Bh4
Nc7 24.c4 c5 25.Nc2 Ne6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Ne3 Rd2 29.Bf1 Ng5 30.Nc3
Nxf3 31.Rxh6 Kg7 32.Rh1 Bc7 33.Be2 Be5 34.Bxf3 Bxc3 35.Rg1+ Kf7 36.Rg2 ½-½

(52) Rozzoni,D - Napoli Costa,A [A00] Cr, 2000

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Nc3 Ng6 7.e4 d4 8.Ne2 Nh4 9.Nxh4
Qxh4 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.0–0 h5 12.f3 Nc5 13.Qe1 Qe7 14.g5 Ne6 15.h4 f6 16.f4 exf4 17.gxf6
gxf6 18.Nxf4 Nxf4 19.Bxf4 Rg8 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Kh1 Bd7 22.Qf2 0–0–0 23.Qf4 Qe5
24.Qxf6 Qg3 25.Qf2 Qxf2 26.Rxf2 Rg4 27.Raf1 Rxh4+ 28.Kg1 Be6 29.a3 Kd7 30.Rf8
Rxf8 31.Rxf8 Rg4 32.Kh2 Rg5 33.Bh3 Bxh3 34.Kxh3 Rc5 35.Rf2 a5 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4
Rb5 38.Kh4 Ke6 39.Rg2 Rxb4 40.Kxh5 Rb5+ 41.Kg4 Rb1 42.Kf3 Rf1+ 43.Ke2 Rh1
44.Rg6+ ½–½

(53) Napoli Costa,A - Rozzoni,D [A00] Cr, 2000

1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 h5 3.gxh5 Qg5 4.Bf3 Qh4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 Bc5 7.e3 d6 8.Bd2 c6 9.Ne4
Nxe4 10.dxe4 Be6 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.Ng3 0–0–0 13.Qe2 d5 14.Ba5 Bb6 15.Bxb6 Nxb6
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.0–0–0 Nf6 18.e4 Qf4+ 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.Rhg1 Rd4 21.Rxd4 exd4 22.Qd3
c5 23.h3 Nd7 24.Ne2 Qh4 25.Bg4 Bxg4 26.Rxg4 Qxf2 27.Rxg7 Qe1+ 28.Nc1 Ne5 29.Qg3
Qxg3 30.Rxg3 Rxh5 31.Nd3 c4 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.Rg8+ Kc7 34.Rg7 Rxe4 35.Rxf7+ Kc6
36.Rf1 Rh4 37.Rf3 Kd5 38.a4 Ke4 39.Rf7 Rxh3 40.Rc7 Rh1+ 41.Ka2 Kd5 42.Rd7+ Ke4
½–½

(54) Rozzoni,D - Napoli Costa,A [A00] Cr, 2000

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qb3 c6 6.Qxb7 Nd7 7.d4 Bd6 8.h3 Be6 9.Nf3
Ne7 10.e3 0–0 11.Qa6 Qb6 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.Nc3 Rfe8 14.b3 Bf5 15.Bb2 Bd3 16.0–0–0
Bg6 17.Nh4 Bh5 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Bb4 20.Kb1 Ra6 21.Rhg1 Rea8 22.a4 b5 23.axb5
cxb5 24.Ne5 Bxc3 25.Bxc3 Nf6 26.f3 Nf5 27.Rge1 Nh4 28.Rg1 Ne8 29.Rdf1 Ra3 30.Kc2
Nf5 31.Bd2 f6 32.Nd7 Kf7 33.Nb6 Ra2+ 34.Kd3 R8a3 35.Rb1 Ne7 36.Rgc1 Ke6
37.Nxd5?? (Note by D. Rozzoni: I had set up the wrong position at the chessboard....after
37.e4 White is still slightly better) 37...Nxd5 38.e4 Ndc7 0–1

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Section 9: Zilbermints e5 Gambit in the Grob

By : Sven-Erik Zetterström with reworked by Earl Roberts / edited by G. Gifford
Analysis and game commentary by Sven-Erik Zetterström.

1.g4 d5
2.e4 e5
3.exd5!? Qxd5
4.Qf3! ....

A 4.... e4 (games 55, 56, 57)

B 4.... Qxf3 (game 58)
C 4.... Qc6 (game 59)
D 4.... Qe6 (game 60)

(55) Svenne vs Jerry game in 20 min.

1.g4 d5
2.e4 e5
3.exd5!? Qxd5
4.Qf3! e4
5.Nc3! exf3
6.Nxd5 Bd6 (If 6.... Bxg4? then 7.Nxc7+!)
7.Ne3 Nc6 (7.Nxf3 is playable to, but I don’t recommend it, see game 2 below )
8.Nxf3 Be6
9.d4 Nge7
10.Bd3 0-0
11.Bd2... = (What a mess… but both have fine attacking possibilities)

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(56) game in 5 min.

1.g4 d5
2.e4 e5
3.exd5!? Qxd5
4.Qf3 e4
5.Nc3! exf3
6.Nxd5 Bd6
7.Nxf3? Bxg4
8.Be2 Be6
9.c4 Bxd5
10.cxd5 Nf6 (loses a pawn)
11.D4 Nxd5 -++ My pawn structure is bad. I have no place to castle to hide my king...

(57) Jerry vs Micke game in 20 min.

1.g4 d5
2.e4 e5
3.exd5!? Qxd5
4.Qf3 e4
5.Nc3! Qe5
6.Qxe4 Qxe4+
7.Nxe4 Bxg4
8.f3 Bf5
9.Ne2 Nc6
10.d4 Nf6 Hard to decide... Is white better, or is black better...

(58) game in 20 min.

1.g4 d5
2.e4 e5
3.exd5!? Qxd5
4.Qf3 Qxf3
5.Nf3 e4
6.Ng5 Bxg4
7.c4 Nh6!
8.Rg1 Bf5
9.Nc3 Nc6
10.Nge4 0-0-0 = This variation also has good attacking possibilities for both sides...

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Man versus Machine (Sven – Mephisto)

This is a game against an old "Mephisto" machine. I know this game should not be in my analysis but I’ll look
at it anyway... I know that machines and mankind are not on the same playing terms.

Note from editor: In the original UON 4 version Sven referred to “4….Qc6” as “the Cheat Variation” and stated
that he would explain why. However, no such explanation was to be found. -gkg

Played in a Hobby Shop

(59) Sven Old Mephisto
1.g4 d5
2.e4 e5
3.exd5!? Qxd5
4.Qf3 Qc6
Does the machine believe that I will leave the c2 pawn unprotected? or does he think that I will give him a
lead in development by 5.Qxc6 Nxc6? No way!! Hmmmm...two posibilllities.Bxg4 or e4…
5.Nc3 Bxg4 I thought about the next move for a couple of minutes...
6.Qxg4! Qh1? A bad move which makes 6.Qxg4 turn out to be a very good sacrifice...
7.Qc8+ Ke7
8.Qxc7+ Kf6?? (Nd7!) Here I get confused... why did the machine make such a silly move?
9.Qd8+ Kf5? (9.Kg6 is better, or perhaps Be7!)
10.Bh3+ Kf4
11.d3#

(60) Sven Jerry game in 3 min.

1.g4 d5
2.e4 e5
3.exd5!? Qxd5
4.Qf3 Qe6!?
5.h3 Nc6
6.Bb5 Bd7
7.Nc3 0-0-0
8.Nge2 Nf6

Black is better... hard to prevent 9 ... Nd4! threats Nxf3 (Queen) and Nxc2
with a nice fork as result.

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Section 10: GROB ATTACK / Zilbermints Gambit

by Lev D. Zilbermints

(61) Zilbermints - eriskigal (2272)

Internet Chess Club; 3 0 rated blitz; 29. 12. 2004 GROB ATTACK / ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT

1 g4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 The Zilbermints Gambit in the Grob Attack. It was invented by me in June
1999. 3...Nf6 Cowards usually play chicken lines like 3...Nc6, 3...g6, 3...e5, to avoid all the fun.
Brave players usually play 3...Nf6, 3...Bf5, or 3...Qd4. 4 g5 Bg4 5 Be2 Bxe2 6 Qxe2 Nd5 7 Qb5+
c6 8 Qxb7 Nd7 9 Qxc6 Nxc3 10 dxc3 The doubling of pawns prevents any Black tricks on the c-
file. 10...e6 11 Qxe4 Be7 12 Nf3 00 13 00 Nc5 14 Qd4 Qc7 15 Bf4 Qb6 16 b4 Qb7 17 Qe3
Na4 18 Rad1 Rac8 19 Rd3 Nb6 20 Rfd1 Nd5 21 Re4 Rfe8 22 Nd2 Qa6 23 c4 Nxb4 24 Rd7
Qxa2 25 Rxe7 Rxe7 26 Bd6 Rd7 27 Bxb4 Rxc4 28 Qa8+ 1-0

(62) Zilbermints - MooseBreath (1999);

5 0 rated 5 minute blitz; ICC; 29.12.2004 GROB ATTACK / ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT

1 g4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 e5 Black chickens out! Ooh, it's a gambit! So, how do you force a coward
into accepting gambits? Simple. Give the coward another pawn! 4 d3! exd3 The Zilbermints-
Hartlaub Gambit. This variation bears a striking similarity to the Hartlaub Gambit in the 1 d4 e5
complex. That line runs 1 d4 e5 2 de5 Nc6 3 Nf3 d6 4 ed6 Bxd6 or 2...d6 3 ed6 Bxd6. For the pawn
Black has better development and some tactical chances. 5 Bxd3 Nc6 6 Qe2 It is very important to
ensure that the Bd3 does not get traded. Thus, the Queen has to move, preventing 6...Nb4! 6...Be6
7 h3 Qd7 8 Nf3 f6 9 Be3 000 10 000 Okay... So what does White have? Faster development,
pressure in the center, and an unorthodox opening. 10...Bb4? Oops! Now White crashes through.
11 Bb5! Qe7 12 Bxc6! Rxd1+ 13 Rxd1 Bxc3 14 Bxb7+ Kxb7 15 Qb5+ Ka8 16 Qa6! Bd4 17
Nxd4 Bc4 18 Qc6+ Kb8 19 Nf5 Qf8 It is pretty much over here. The conclusion was: 20 Qxc4
Ne7 21 Qa6 22 Rd3 g6 23 Rb3+ Nb6 24 Ng3 Qd6 25 a4 Rd8 26 Rd3 Qe7 27 Rxd8+ Qxd8 28 a5
Nc8 29 Qb5+ Ka8 30 Qc6+ Kb8 31 Ne4 1-0

(63) Zilbermints - mehitabel (2077);

Internet Chess Club; 3 0 rated blitz; 29.12.2004 GROB ATTACK / ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT

But how do you play if you opponent chickens out of accepting the e4-pawn? This game illustrates
the point.

1 g4 d5 2 e4 d4?! Told you so. This move is common to those Black players who are afraid of
unknown territory...and open positions! 3 Bc4 Taking aim on f7. Of course, 3 Bg2, with a later
...f4-f5 push comes to mind. I will cover that in another article. 3...e5 4 d3 Be7 5 Qf3! Be6
6 Bxe6 fxe6 7 Ne2 Nc6 8 a3 Nf6 9 Nd2 00 10 Qh3 g5 Black closes up the position. What did I say
before? Told you so. 11 Nf3 Nd7 12 Bd2 Rf7 13 000 Nf8 14 Qg3 Ng6 15 Rhg1 Nf4 16 Nxf4
ef4 17 Qg2 e5 18 Rh1 b5 19 h4 h6 I am attacking on the Kingside, and Black? Hey, if he wants the
Queenside, that is fine by me. My attack is swifter than his. 20 hg5 hxg5 21 Rh5 Rg7 22 Qh3
Kf7 23 Rh7 Qg8 24 Qg5+ Kf8 25 Rg8 It is pretty much over, but my opponent still resists for
another ten moves. The game concluded 25...b4 26 Rxg8 Kxg8 27 a4 b3 28 Rh1 Rb8 29
Qh8+ Kf7 30 Qh5+ Kg8 31 c3 dxc3 32 Bxc3 Bf6 33 Rd1 Nb4 34 Bxb4 Rxb4 35 Qe8+ 1-0

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Finally, a real weird game against IM Tarek Fatin of Egypt (2375 FIDE)

(64) Zilbermints - IM Tarek Fatin

ICC; 3 min./2 sec. increment rated blitz; 2004.04.11 GROB ATTACK

1 g4 h5 2 g5 g6 He tries a fianchetto, ...Bg7. 3 b4! Bg7 4 Nc3 a5 5 b5 c6 6 a4 d5 7 e3 e5

8 h4 d4 9 Ne4 Bf5 10 Bg2 Nd7 11 Nd6+ Kf8 12 Nxb7 Qb6 13 bxc6 Nc5 14 Nxc5 dxc3
15 fxe3 Ne7 16 Ba3 Kg8 17 Rb1 Qd8 18 c7 1-0
It should be noted that Tarek and I have played 152 (!) blitz games since February 2004. In
November, we played 92 games alone. The score for that month stood at +43, -43, =6.

Section 11: The Sicilian Grob Attack (1.e4 c5 2.g4)

by Clyde Nakamura

I had been playing the Halasz Variation 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd5 3.Bd3 of the Sicilian
Defense for quite some time but got bored with playing the same variation so I
decided to play a new opening variation against the Sicilian Defense with an early g4
move. The moves for this new opening are 1.e4 c5 2.g4.

Actually the move 2.g4 is not a bad move because it can transpose into the Closed
Sicilian variation a tempo up. Usually in a closed Sicilian white has pawns at c2, d3,
e4, g3 and the knights at c3 and e2 and a B at g2. White does in some Closed Sicilian
lines play h3 and g4 and f4. The move 2.g4 actually saves a tempo by not having to
play g3 first. If white can survive the opening he should obtain a good game a tempo
up. White has another way of playing this opening and that is to play an early Bc4 to
put that B on the active diagonal a2 to g8. But the king side is definitely weak so
whites best option is to castle queenside. If black castles king side then white has a
pawn roller down the king side. If black K remains in the middle of the board then
white can try to break through on the king side. Black’s best option is to castle queen
side. It is also possible to play the Sicilian Grob Attack like a gambit after 1.e4 c5 2.g4
d5 3.Nc3 cxe4 4.d3 and black could take another pawn with 4…exd3 5.Bxd3 and white
has 2 minor pieces developed.

Listed below are sample games that I have played with the Sicilian Grob Attack.

(65) Evilone (1906) – CCun (1846) Playchess.com 4/11/05 Game 5m

This was my very first game with this new opening. I was really feeling very insecure about
this opening till I had castled king side on move 9. I had felt that black had found
the bust to my new opening.

{B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} 1. e4 c5 2. g4 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. f4 d4 5. h3 e6 6.

Nf3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Nd5 8. d3 Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. c4 dxc3 11. bxc3 h5 12. g5 {White wins
space} f6 ? (12... Bc8 13. a3 +/=) 13. c4 (13. Nh4 Bc8 +-) 13... Ndb4 (13... Nb6!? +/-) 14.
a3 Na6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bb2 Rf8 (Better is 16... Rh7 17. Nbd2 fxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19.
fxg5 Qxg5 +-) 17. Nh4 +- Qb6 18. Qxh5+ Kd8 19. Bxf6?? {there were better ways to
keep up the pressure} (better is 19. Qe2 {and White wins} fxg5 20. Ng6 +-) 19... Bxf6 =
20. gxf6 Rxf6?? {spoils everything} (20... Qb2 21. Ng6 Be8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 +/-) 21. Qh8+

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+- Ke7 (21... Kc7 {does not solve anything} 22. Qxf6 Rg8 23. f5 +-) 22. Qxa8 (22. Qg7+
{and White can already relax} Rf7 23. Ng6+ Kd6 24. Qxf7 Qb2 +-) 22... Nab8 (22... Qb2
{there is nothing else anyway} 23. Nd2 Qxd2 24. Qxb7 Nab8 +-) 23. Nc3 Qc7 (23... Qb2
{is not the saving move} 24. Nb5 Rh6 25. Nf3 +-) 24. Rab1 b6 (24... Bc8 {doesn't get the
cat off the tree} 25. Nb5 Qd7 26. Nxa7 Nxa7 27. Qxa7 +-) 25. Nb5 Qd8 26. Nxa7 Nd4
(26... Qc7 {does not save the day} 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Qg8 +-) 27. Qb7 Qg8 28. Rxb6
(Better is 28. Qxb6 {makes it even easier for White} Na6 29. Qxa6 Rh6 +-) 28... Qg3 (28...
Ne2+ {otherwise it's curtains at once} 29. Kf2 Nxf4 30. Qxb8 Nxg2+ 31. Nf3 Qxb8 32.
Rxb8 Nf4 +-)
29. Nc8+ (Better is 29. Qxb8 {might be the shorter path} Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Qxd3 31. Nc8+ Kf7
32. Nd6+ Kg7 +-) 29... Kd8 30. Nd6 (30. Qxb8 Nc6 31. Rxc6 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Qd4 33. Rc7
Rf8 34. Nb6+ Ke7 35. Ng6+ Kf7 36. Qxf8+ Kxg6 37. Be4+ Qxe4 38. Rg1+ Qg2+ 39.
Rxg2+ Kh5 40. Qh8#) 30... Nbc6 31. Ne4 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Rh6
33. Nxc5 Rh7 34. Qa8+ (34. Ra6 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Qxc5 36. Bxc6 Qxc6 37. Ra8+ Bc8 38.
Qxc6 Ke7 39. Qc5+ Kf6 40. Qg5+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Bd7 42. Rxd7+ Kf8 43. Qd8#) 34... Ke7
35. Ng6+ Kf6 36. Ne5 (36. Qf8+ Kxg6 37. Nxd7 Rxh3+ 38. Bxh3 Nf3+ 39. Rxf3 Qd2+ 40.
Bg2 Qe3 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Rxe3 Nd4 43. Rh3#) 36... Rxh3+ 37. Bxh3 Qe2+ 38. Bg2 (38.
Kh1 Qxf1+ 39. Bxf1 Nxe5 40. fxe5+ Kf7 41. Rb7 Nc6 42. Rxd7+ Ne7 43. Qf3+ Kg6 44.
Qf6+ Kh7 45. Rxe7+ Kg8 46. Qg7#) 38... Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nxf4 41. Nexd7+
(41. Nxc6?! {is a bad alternative} Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Qxg2+ 43. Kxf4 Qxf1+ 44. Ke4 Qh1+ 45.
Ke3 Qe1+ 46. Kf3 Qf1+ 47. Kg3 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+
49. Kg4 Qg1+ 50. Kh4 Qh2+ 51. Kg4 Qg2+ 52. Kh4 Qh2+ 53. Kg4 Qg2+ 54. Kh4 Qh2+ =)
(41. Bxc6 Qh2+ 42. Bg2 Qh4+ 43. Kf3 Qh5+ 44. Kxf4 Kg7 45. Ncxd7 Qh4+ 46. Ng4 Qh8
47. Rxe6 Qh2+ 48. Nxh2 Kh7 49. Be4+ Kg7 50. Qf8#) (41. Rxc6 {is a useless try} Qe2+
42. Kg3 Qxg2+ 43. Kxf4 Qxf1+ 44. Nf3 Bxc6 45. Qxc6 Qh3 46. Ne4+ Kg7 47. Qc7+ Kh6
+-) 41... Kf5 (41... Kg6 {is not much help} 42. Be4+ Qf5 43. Bxf5+ Kxf5 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45.
Rg1+ Ng2 46. Rxg2+ Kh5 47. Qh8#) 42. Qf8+ (42. Rxc6?? {is not to be advocated
because of the following mate in 3} Qe2+ 43. Kg3 Qxg2+ 44. Kh4 Qg4#) (42. Bxc6?! {is
easily refuted} Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Rf2 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2+ 46. Bg2 Qh4+ 47. Bh3+
Qxh3+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kh1 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kf1 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ =) 42...
Kg6 43. Be4+ Kg5 (43... Qf5 {does not win a prize} 44. Rg1+ Ng2+ 45. Bxf5+ Kh5 46.
Rxg2 exf5 47. Qh8#) 44. Rg1+ (44. Qf6+ Kg4 45. Bf3+ Kh3 46. Rh1#) 44... Kh4 (44...
Qg4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 45. Qg7+ Kh5 46. Qxg4+ Kh6 47. Qg5#) 45. Qf6+
(45. Qxf4+ Qg4 46. Qxg4#) 45... Kh3 (45... Qg5 {cannot undo what has already been
done} 46. Qxg5+ Kh3 47. Rh1#) 46. Rh1+ (46. Rh1+ Kg4 47. Bf3#) 1-0

(66) Evilone (1954) – Sillye Kálmán (1997) Playchess.com 4/18/05 Game 5m

In the following game I was winning the game until I played a really horrible blunder
32.Rd1?? and went on to lose that game.

1. e4 c5 2. g4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 e6 5. Bg2 {White has transposed into a Closed

Sicilian type of position a tempo up.} Be7 6. Nge2 a6 7. a4 (7. d4 {Fritz8 recommended
this line.} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Nfd7 13. a4
Nc4 14. Bc1 Rd8 15. f4 Qc5 16.
b3 Na5 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Be3 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc7 {+/=0.68 a slight edge according to
Fritz8.}) 7... Bd7 8. O-O Rc8 9. d3 Qc7 10. f4 Nd4 11. f5 Bc6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 e5
14. Ng3 Nf6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5

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17. exd5 g6 (17... Rf8 18. Nh5 Rf7 19. Qg4 Nf8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Rf1+
Kg8 23. Qf5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Ng6 25. Be4 Qe7 26. Qg4 Qe8 27. Rf6 Rc7 28. Bxg6 hxg6
29. Rxg6 Kh8 30. Nf6 Qxg6 31. Qxg6 gxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Qxd6 {+-16.95 white is won
according to Fritz8.}) 18. c3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qh5+ Kd8 21. Rxf5 Qb6 22. Qe2 Kc7
23. Rf7 Rce8 24. Rc1 Rhg8 25. h4 h6 26. gxh6 Bxh4 27. b4 Rg6 28. h7 Rh8 29. bxc5
dxc5 30. d4 Qd6 31. dxc5 Qxd5 32. Rd1?? {a horrible blunder. Best was Raf1. Up until
this move white was winning this game according to Fritz8 by +-4.37.} Rxg2+ 33. Qxg2
Qxd1+ 34. Rf1 Qd3 35. Qf3 Rxh7 36. Rd1 Rg7+ 37. Kh1 Qh7 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39.
Qxb7+ Ke6 40. Qc6+ Kf7 41. Qd5+ Kf6 42. Qd6+ Kf5 43. Qd3+ Ke6 44. Qxh7 Rxh7 45.
Kg2 Kd5 0-1

(67) Evilone (1869) – Marbuse (1930) Playchess.com 4/18/05 Game 5m

In the game vs Marbuse I played the B to c4 to obtain the a2 to g8 diagonal and later
sacrificed my R to maintain the B on that strong diagonal. I had later played a very
powerful move 18.Bh6! which totally dismantled blacks game.

1.e4 c5 2. g4 e5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Qf3 f6 (5... Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d3 =/+) 6.
Nge2 (6. Qd1 Bf8 +/=) 6... d6 (6... Nb4 7. O-O Nxc2 8. Rb1 =) 7. g5 (7. Nd5 a6 8. d3 b5
+/=) 7... a6 {Covers b5} (7... Nb4 8. Kd1 =) 8. a4 (8. Bxg8 Rxg8 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxh7 Be6
+/=) 8... Rb8 (8... Nb4 9. Kd1 =) 9. Rg1 (9. Nd1 +/-) 9... Kf8 ? (9... Nb4 !? {is noteworthy}
10. Kd1 Qc7 =) 10. d3 (10. Nd5 +/-) 10... Qe8? (Better is 10... Nb4 11. Bb3 Be6 +/=) 11.
Nd5 +- Bd8?? {the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (11... Qd8 12. Be3 +- (12. Nxe7
Qxe7 13. Bd2 Be6 +/-)) 12. h4 (12. gxf6 {might be the shorter path} g5 13. Nc7 Qg6 14.
Rxg5 Nxf6 15. Rxg6 hxg6 +-) 12... b5?? {leading to a quick end} (Better is 12... f5 13. exf5
Ba5+ 14. c3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 +-) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bb3 (14. gxf6 {and White can
already relax} g5 15. Nc7 Qg6 16. Rxg5 bxc4 17. Rxg6 hxg6 +-) 14... Na5?? {Black
crumbles in face of a dire situation} (Better is 14... h6 +- ) 15. Rxa5 (15. gxf6 g6 16. Nc7
Nxb3 17. Nxe8 Nxa1 18. f7 +-) 15... Bxa5+ =/+ 16. c3 {Consolidates b4} Bd8?? {forfeits
the advantage} (Better is 16... f5 {had to be tried to avoid defeat} 17. exf5 b4 =/+) 17. gxf6
+- Nxf6?? {an oversight. But Black was lost anyway.} (17... g6 18. Nc7 {Theme:
Clearance for b3-g8} Qd7 +-) 18. Bh6! {Demolishes the pawn shield} gxh6 {Deflection
from f6} 19. Nxf6 {Eliminates the defender f6} (19. Nxf6 Qe7 20. Rg8+ Rxg8 21. Nxg8+
Ke8 22. Qh5+ Kd7 23. Nxe7 Bxe7 24. Qxh6 +-) 1-0

(68) Evilone (1862) – Nalbandian (1872) Playchess.com 4/24/05 Game 5m

In the game vs Nalbandian, black castled queen side. I had already set up a Closed
Sicilian type of position but decided to close the king side and center off. I opened the files
and diagonals on the queen side to conduct a very strong attack on black’s king.

{B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} 1. e4 c5 2. g4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. h3 g6 5. Nge2

Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 (6... e6 7. d3 =) 7. O-O Nge7 8. f4 Bd7 9. f5 {White gains space} (9. Nd5
O-O +/=) 9... f6 = 10. d3 g5 (Better is 10... Qb6!? = {is interesting}) 11. Ng3 Qb6 12. Kh2
Nd4 13. Nh5 Rg8 (13... O-O +/-) 14. Ne2 (Better is 14. Bxg5 fxg5 15. f6 +-) 14... O-O-O
+/= 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. c3 dxc3 (16... d5 17. Qb3 Qd6+ 18. Kh1 dxe4 19. cxd4 (19. Bxe4
Bc6 =) 19... cxd4 20. Bd2 +/- (20. Nxg7?! Rxg7 21. dxe4 Nc6 =/+)) 17. bxc3 +/- Qc7 18.
Kh1 Be8 19. Ng3 (19. Rb1 d5 +/-) 19... Nc6 (19... d5 20. Qf3 =) 20. Rb1 Ne5 (20... d5!?

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{is worth consideration} 21. Qe1 Bf7 =) 21. d4 +/- cxd4 (Better is 21... Nc4) 22. cxd4 +-
Nc6 (22... Nc4 23. Rf3 +-) 23. Be3 h5 (23... Kb8 +-) 24. gxh5?? {White is ruining his
position} (24. d5!? {seems even better} Ne5 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Qxa7 Qxa7 27. Bxa7 Rd7
28. Rfc1+ Kd8 29. Bb6+ Ke7 30. Nxh5 Bxh5 31. gxh5 Rh8 +-) 24... Kb8 (24... d5 25. exd5
Qxg3 26. Bg1 +-) 25. d5 (25. Qd3 Ka8 26. Rfc1 Qb8 +-) 25... Ne5 26. Qd4 b6 (26... Qa5
27. Rfc1 Rh8 +-) 27. Rfc1 Qb7 28. Bf1 Bd7? (28... Ka8 29. a4 Rb8 +-) 29. Qb4 Be8 (29...
Bc8 {doesn't change anything anymore} 30. a4 Nd7 31. a5 +-) 30. a4 (30. Qa3 Nc6 31.
Ba6 Qc7 32. dxc6 Bxc6 +-) 30... g4 (30... Ka8 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 31.
a5 b5 32. a6 +-) 31. h4 (31. a5 b5 32. a6 Qf7 +-) 31... Nf3 (31... Ka8 {is one last hope} 32.
a5 b5 +-) 32. a5 b5 (32... Bh6 {hoping against hope} 33. axb6 a5 +-) 33. Bxb5 Bxb5 (33...
Bh6 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 34. Ba6 Bb5 35. Qxb5 Rg7 36. Qxb7+
Rxb7 37. Rxb7+ Ka8 38. Rxa7+ Kb8 39. Rb1#) 34. Qxb5 Qxb5 35. Rxb5+ Ka8 36. Rc7
a6 (36... Nd4 {doesn't do any good} 37. Bxd4 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Bh6 39. Rxa7#) 37. Ra7#1-0

(69) Evilone (1957) – Onderonsje (1922) Playchess.com 5/16/05 Game 5m

Presently I do not believe that the early e5 move is good after 1.e4 c5 2. g4 d5 3. e5
because of the following game because it is difficult to defend the e5 pawn. My opponent
played f6 and I had to take the pawn at f6 but this gave Black a good game.

1. e4 c5 2. g4 d5 3. e5 (3. Nc3} d4 4. Nb1 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. f3 e5 7. Ne2 a6 8. Bd3 b5

9. Ng3 h5 10. b3 hxg4 11. fxg4 c4 12. bxc4 Nc5 13. g5 {-+ 2.98 Fritz8}) (3. Bg2 Nf6 4. g5
Nxe4 5. d3 Nd6 6. Bxd5 e6 7. Bg2 Nc6 {Playing 8.Bxc6 doubling the c pawn is bad for
white.} 8. Nf3 (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 c4 10. d4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Bf4 Nxd4
14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be5 Qd8 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. h4 Qb6 18. Ne4 c3 19. Bxc3 Bb4 20. Nf6+
gxf6 21. gxf6 Bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Kh8 23. Rg1 Ba6 24. Qe4 Rg8 25. Rg7 Rxg7 26. fxg7+ Kg8
27. Rd7 Qb1+ 28. Kd2 Qb5 29. a3 Qh5 30. Qxc6 Qe2+ {-+ 4.03 Fritz8} 31. Kc1 Rc8 32.
Qd6 Qe1+ 33. Qd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Rxc3 35. a4 Ra3 36. Rxa7 Rxa4 37. Kd2 Kxg7) 8...
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 (11. gxf6 Bxf6 12. Re1 Nd4 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5
Rxf2 15. Kxf2 Qf6+ 16. Kg1 Qxe5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Nc6 19. c3 b6 20. Qg4 Ba6 21.
Bf4 Be2 22. Qxe2 Qxf4 23. e5 Rc8 24. Qa6 Rc7 25. Qb5 Ne7 26. Re1 Qf7 27. Rd1 Rc8
28. Qd7 Rf8 29. Qxa7 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qe2 31. Qd7 Kh8 32. Rg1 Ng6 33. Qxe6 Qxb2 34.
Rf1 Qxc3 35. Rxf8+ Nxf8 36. Qf7 Qe1+ 37. Bf1 Qe4+ 38. Bg2 Qb1+ 39. Bf1 {= 0.00
Fritz8}) 11... c4 (11... fxg5 12. Bxc5 Nf5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qd2 g4 16. Ng5 h6
17. Ne4 Nh4 18. Rfe1 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 Be6 {-+ 1.67 Fritz8}) 12. gxf6 Bxf6 13. Re1 Qa5
14. d4 Qf5 15. Qd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qg6 20. Bc5
Bg4 21. Qe5 Bh3 22. Qd5+ Rf7 23. Re2 Rd8 24. Kh1 Qf5 25. Rd1 Bg4 26. Re5 Qxc2 27.
Rde1 h6 28. Bxd6 Qg6 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. Be4 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33.
Qxf5+ Rxf5 34. Re7 Kg8 35. Rxb7 Ra5 36. a3 g5 37. Bb4 Ra6 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Bd2
{white is up +- 6.49 according to Fritz8}) 3... Nc6 4. f4 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. h3 e5 7. d3 Bd6
8. Nf3 (8. g5 Nd7 9. Bg2 exf4 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2+ Nde5 12. Bxd5 Qxg5 13. Nf3 Qe7
14. Nxe5 Nd4 15. Qf2 Qxe5+ 16. Be4 c4 17. Nc3 Be6 18. O-O Bxh3 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20.
Qxf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 cxd3 22. cxd3 O-O-O 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. Rh4 Be6 25. Rh6 Rd7 26. a4
Rf8 27. Kg2 Nf5 28. Rh3 Rdf7 29. Re1 h5 30. Bd5 Bxd5+ 31. Nxd5 Nd4 32. Rhe3 Rf2+
33. Kg1 a6 34. Re8+ Ka7 35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. Re4 Nb3 37. Re6 Rd8 38. Nb4 Rd4 39. Re4
Rxe4 40. dxe4 Nd2 41. e5 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nxe5 {-+ 3.81 Fritz8}) (8. fxe5 Bxe5 9. Bg2 Bg3+
10. Kf1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Kg1 Nd4 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Rh2 Qe3+ 16. Kh1
Bxh2 17. Nxh2 Nb6 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Nhf3 Rac8 20. g5 Qf4 21. Rc1 Rce8 22. Qg1 Re2
23. Qh2 Qe3 24. Rf1 Rc8 25. Qd6 {-+ 2.95 Fritz8}) 8... exf4 9. Bg2 Qe7+ 10. Kf2 O-O 11.
Re1 Qf7 (11... Be6 12. Ng5 Ne4+ 13. dxe4 Qxg5 14. Kg1 d4 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. Rf1 Ne5 17.
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Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Be5 19. Bd2 Rae8 {-+2.74 Fritz8}) 12. Nc3 h5 13. g5 Ng4+ 14. hxg4
hxg4 15. Nh4 f3 16. Nxf3 gxf3 17. Bh1 Qh5 18. Rg1 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Bh3+ 0-1

I have corrected the 3.e5 move with either 3.Bg2 or 3.Nc3. If 3...dxe4 White can recover
the pawn with 4.Nc3 and if Black plays 4...Nf6 White has 5. g5 and White recovers the
pawn at e4. White can also play 4.Bxd4 after 3...dxe4 but the other line is probably better.
See games below.

(70) Evilone (1897) – LegendUK (1873) Playchess.com 5/31/05 Game 5m

1.e4 c5 2. g4 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 (4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nxe4 e5 6. g5 f5 7. gxf6 Nxf6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Be4 c4 11. dxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bg4+ 13. Kd2 Rd8+ {Fritz8
suggested this line but it is definitely bad for white. -/+ 1.42}) 4... Nf6 5. Bf3 Nc6 6. h3
{guarding the g pawn in case Black plays Nd4 attacking my Bishop.} Qd6 7. Nc3 e5 {Fritz8
liked the move Bd7 preparing to castle queen side. But my opponent played a more
aggressive move.} 8. d3 Be7 9. g5 Nd7 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. Ne2 {Fritz8 said I should play
c3.} Nd4 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. c3 Nxe2 {This was a mistake on Black's part. He traded his
more active N for my N that only moved once. This means that Black lost 2 tempo. He
took 3 tempo to trade it off. My N took only one move to get to e2.} 14. Qxe2 {After the N
exchange my Q is in a better position.} b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. f4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 exf4 18.
Bxf4 Bd6 19. Bd5+ Kf8 {?? a horrible error, it is now mate in 8.} 20. Bxd6+ Qxd6 21.
Rxf7+ 1-0

(71) Evilone (1933)- Adavi0 (1847) Playchess.com 4/24/05 Game 5m

1.e4 c5 2. g4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nxe4 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. dxc3 e6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O
9. f4 Nd7 10. f5 Qh4 11. Be3 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bf2 Qg5 15. Be3 Qh4 16.
f6 Ng6 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Bf2 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Ng3 Nh4 21. Nh5+ Kh8 22. Bxh4
gxh4 23. Nf6 Bc6 24. c4 Be5 25. Rad1 d4 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Nd7 Bg3 28. Nxf8 Rxf8
29. Kg2 e5 30. Rf6 e4 31. Rxc6 e3 32. Kf3 Re8 33. Ke2 Re4 34. Rxc5 Rf4 35. Rf1 Bf2
36. Rf5 Rxf5 37. gxf5 Kg7 38. Rxf2 exf2 39. Kxf2 Kf6 40. Kf3 Kxf5 41. b4 Ke5 42. a4 f5
43. c5 Kd5 44. Kf4 a5 45. bxa5 Kxc5 46. Kxf5 Kc6 47. Ke5 Kb7 48. Kxd4 Ka6 49. Ke4
Kxa5 50. Kf4 Kxa4 51. Kg4 Kb4 52. Kxh4 Kc3 53.Kg5 Kxc2 54. h4 1-0

Hossa’s games with the Sicilian Grob Attack

I believe Hossa’s games are theoretically important for the development of this opening.

Hossa is a strong computer chess program developed by Stefan Jacob. Stefan Jacob
also developed that other very strong chess program called Brause. Brause was playing
that strange opening called the Halloween Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5).
Stefan Jacob also has a web site devoted to the Halloween Attack but discontinued
updating it to devote the time to developing the Hossa chess program. As we will see in
the following games Hossa likes to play an early g5 in the opening. What this does is to
disrupt Black’s normal course of development.

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(72) Hossa (2479) [Computer Program] – Young (2102) ICS Rated Blitz Match 11/7/00

1. e4 c5 2. g4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g5 {Fritz8 gives Bg2 as best. I am really curious

why Hossa played 5.g5. The position is still even according to Fritz8.} Bg7 6. h4 h6 7. Bg2
hxg5 8. hxg5 Rxh1 9. Bxh1 Bd7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Rb1 {Another curious move. I believe
Hossa intends to play Nd4 but that would leave the b2 pawn unguarded.} O-O-O 12. Nge2
Nd4 13. Nd5 Qb8 14. Nxd4 cxd4 {I believe this is an error on Black's part because it
weakens Black's castled position on the queen side. Best was 14...Bxd4.} 15. Qf3 Rf8 16.
Rc1 e6 17. Nf6 Nxf6 18. gxf6 Bh8 {Now another piece is on the Back rank. Black is
slowing being strangled.} 19. c3 dxc3 20. Rxc3+ Kd8 21. Bg5 Bc6 22. Qe2 Kd7 23. d4
Qd8? {This was a mistake. 23.Re8 was best, now the B at c6 is trapped.} 24. d5 exd5 25.
exd5 Bxf6 26. dxc6+ bxc6 {Black is now in big trouble because of the following sequence
of moves: 27.Qg4+ Kc7 28.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Qb4+ Qb6 30.Qxd6+ Qc7 31.Qxc7+ Ka8
32.Rb6 + mate} 1-0

(73) Hossa (2505) [Computer Program] – Lupica (2134) ICS Rated Blitz Match 11/7/00

In the following game Hossa got greedy and took too many pawns in the opening and left
his king without much protection. The final result was disastrous for Hossa.

1. e4 c5 2. g4 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nxe4 Bg7 6. Nxc5 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Qe2 Nge7

9. f4 O-O 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 Bxg4 12. Qe4 Bf5 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 N7c6 {Hossa
took a lot of pawns and his King is not exactly in a safe position. Fritz8 gives Black an
edge of -+3.41 even though Hossa is 2 pawns up. Hossa's evaluation is skewed. It did not
consider king safety.} 15. Qa3 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Nd3 17. Be3 {Nxd3 cannot be played
because of Bxd3 mate.} Rxb2 18. Qxb2 {Black's king side attack is to strong. Hossa has
to try to defuse Black's attack by exchanging his Q for R & N.} Nxb2 19. Bxc6 Nc4 20.
Bf2 Qf6 21. Bf3 Bh3+ 22. Ke2 Re8+ 23. Kd3 Na3 {White's king is still not in a safe
position. Black is trying to weave a mating net.} 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Bf5+ 26. Ke2
Qe7+ 27. Kf1 Nc2 28. Bd2 Bf6 29. Na4 Bh4 30. Nb2 Ne3+ 31. Ke2 Nc4+ 32. Kd1 Nxb2+
33. Kc1 Nd3+ 34. Kc2 Nf2+ 35. Kb2 Nxh1 36. Ne2 Nf2 37. Ka1 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Qxg5 39.
Kb2 Qd2+ 40. Kb3 Be6+ 41. Kb4 Nd3+ 42. Kb5 Qb2+ 43. Kc6 Qxa2 44. Ng1 {White is
now truly lost, he is down too much. Fritz8 gives mate in 9.} Qc4+ 45. Kb7 Qxc3 46. d5
Qb3+ 47. Kc7 Bxd5 48. Kd6 Bxf3 49. Nxf3 Nf4 50. Ng1 Qd5+ 51. Kc7 Ne6+ 52. Kb6
Qc5+ 53. Kb7 Qc7+ 54. Ka6 Qc6+ 55. Ka5 Qc5+ 56. Ka6 Qxg1 57. Kb7 Qc1 58. h4 Qc5
59. h5 gxh5 60. Ka6 Qb4 61. Ka7 Qb5 62. Ka8 Nc5 63. Ka7 Qb7# 0-1

(74) Hossa (2485) [Computer Program] – Young (2096) ICS Rated Blitz Match 11/7/00

1.e4 c5 2. g4 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g5 Bg4 6. f3 exf3 7. Bxf3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Ng8
9. Qxb7 Nd7 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. Nxa7 Rc7 12. Qa6 h6 (12... Qa8 13. Nb5 Qxh1 14. Nxc7+
Kd8 15. Qa8+ Qxa8 16. Nxa8 Kc8 17. a4 Kb8 18. Ra3 c4 19. Rc3 Kxa8 20. Rxc4 Kb7 21.
Rb4+ Kc6 22. Rc4+ Kb6 23. a5+ Kb5 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. d4 Ng6 26. Bd2 e5 27. c4+ Ka6 28.
b4 Bxb4 29. Bxb4 Nf4 30. Rc6+ Kb7 31. Rb6+ Ka8 32. Bf8 h6 33. Bxg7 Rh7 34. gxh6
exd4 35. Nf3 Ne6 36. Ne5 Ne7 37. Nxf7 Nxg7 38. Ng5 Rxh6 39. Rxh6 {+- 5.34 Fritz8}) 13.
Nb5 Rc8 14. g6 Ngf6 {Better was 14...Ne5 attacking the g6 pawn and guarding the f7
square.} 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. O-O Qd7 18. d3 g5 19. Ng3 Bg7 20. Rf5 Rc6
21. Qa5 Re6 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Nxg5+ Kg6 25. Nxe6 Kxf5 26. Nbc7 Bh6
27. Rf1+ Kg6 28. Qe1 Rg8 29. Rf2 Qd6 30. Rg2+ Kf7 31. Qf2 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Neg4 33.
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h3 Be3+ 34. Kf1 Qe5 (34... Nh2+ 35. Ke2 Bh6 36. Kd1 c4 37. d4 Ne8 38. Qf2+ Kg8 39.
Qg2+ Kf7 40. Qe4 Nxc7 41. Qf5+ Ke8 42. Nxc7+ Qxc7 43. Qg6+ Kd7 44. Qxh6 Nf3 45.
Qh5 Nxd4 46. Qd5+ Qd6 47. Qxc4 Ne6+ 48. Kc1 Qf4+ 49. Qxf4 Nxf4 50. h4 Kc6 51. c3
Kd5 52. b3 Kc5 53. a4 e6 54. a5 Kb5 55. b4 Nd5 56. Kc2 Nf4 57. c4+ Ka6 58. Kd2 e5 59.
Ke3 Ng2+ 60. Ke4 Nxh4 61. Kxe5 Nf3+ 62. Kd6 Nd4 63. Kd5 Nc2 64. Kc5 Ne1 65. Kd4
Nf3+ 66. Kd5 Ne1 67. c5 Nd3 68. Kc4 Ne5+ 69. Kb3 Kb5 {It appears that Black can hold
the draw.}) 35. hxg4 Qxb2 36. Qe2 Qe5 37. Kg2 Nd5 38. Qf3+ Nf4+? {A clear error by
Black, now he will lose his B in 3 moves.} 39. Nxf4 Bxf4 40. Nd5 1-0

(75) Hossa (2328) [Computer Program] – Arasan 6.0 (2393) Chessclub.com 2/17/02

1. e4 c5 2. g4 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. g5 {Fritz8 suggests the move 4.d3.} e5 5. h4 Be6 6. d3

Nc6 7. Ne2 Qc7 8. Bd2 O-O-O 9. f4 h6 10. f5 Bd7 11. a4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13.
Bxh1 Nb4 14. b3 g6 15. f6 Be6 16. Na3 Bg4 {I am not sure why White took 2 moves to
play this move. It could have been played in one move.} 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Na3 Qe6 19.
Bg2 Bh5 20. Rc1 Na2 21. Ra1 Nc3? {this is a mistake because the pawn at c3 will be
picked off after White plays Bxc3.} 22. Bxc3 dxc3 23. Kf1 Qg4 24. Qe1 Qxg5 25. Nxc3
Nxf6 26. Nc4 Qf4+ 27. Qf2 Ng4 28. Qxf4 exf4 29. e5 Bg7 30. Re1 f3 31. Bh3 {Not Bxf3
because 31...Nh2+ and the B drops.} Kb8 32. Bxg4 Bxg4 33. Kf2 f5 34. Rh1 Re8 35.
Nd5 b6 36. Nf6 Bxf6 ? {Better was 36...Re6.} (36... Re6 37. Nxg4 fxg4 38. Rh4 Bxe5 39.
Rxg4 Bd4+ 40. Kxf3 a6 41. b4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. bxc5 Bxc5 44. Rg5 Rf6+ 45. Ke4
bxc4 46. Rxc5 Kb7 47. Rxc4 Rf7 48. Ke5 g5 49. Rg4 Re7+ 50. Kf5 Kc6 51. Rxg5 Re1 52.
c4 Rd1 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. c5+ Kc6 55. Kd4 Rf1 56. Rg6+ Kc7 57. Kd5 Rf5+ 58. Kc4 Rf1 59.
d4 Rf4 60. Kd5 Rf7 61. Ke6 Rf4 62. d5 Re4+ 63. Kf6 Rf4+ 64. Ke5 Rf7 65. c6 Rh7 66.
Ke6 Kb6 67. Rf6 Kc5 68. c7 Rxc7 69. d6 Rc8 70. d7 Rg8 71. Ke7 Kd4 72. Rd6+ Ke4 73.
d8=Q {and Black is lost}) 37. exf6 Bh5 38. Rxh5 gxh5 39. Ne5 Kc7 (39... Rd8 40. f7 Kb7
41. Ng6 Kc6 42. f8=Q Rxf8 43. Nxf8 Kd6 44. Ng6 Ke6 45. Kxf3 Kf6 46. Nf4 Kg5 47. c3 h4
48. Nd5 f4 49. Nxf4 Kf5 50. Ng2 h3 51. Ne3+ Ke6 52. Kg3 h2 53. Kxh2 Kd7 54. Kg3 a6
55. Kf4 Kc6 56. Ke5 b5 57. axb5+ axb5 58. Ke6 Kc7 59. d4 b4 60. d5 Kb7 61. cxb4 cxb4
62. d6 Kb8 63. d7 Kc7 64. Nd5+ Kd8 65. Nxb4 Kc7 66. Ke7 {and Black is lost}) 40. Ng6
Kd6 41. f7 Rd8 42. f8=Q+ Rxf8 43. Nxf8 Ke5 44. Kxf3 Kd4 45. b4 cxb4 46. Ne6+ Kc3
47. d4 Kc4 48. Ke3 h4 49. Ng5 Kc3 50. Nf3 Kxc2 51. d5 b3 52. Nd4+ Kc3 53. Nxb3 h3
1-0

Conclusion
The Sicilian Grob Attack (1.e4 c5 2.g4) is still in the very early stages of its theoretical
development. We still have to discover its tactics, strategy and its many little hidden
moves. However I believe it is a good opening to play in blitz and tournament games. It
will certainly surprise many of your opponents. - Clyde

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Section 12: My Rediscovered Grob Games

Rediscovered Score Sheets of June 14th to June 25th, 2000 -- Gifford

The score sheets for these ten-minute Grob games had not been seen since 2001; and
after recently searching for them off and on for several months I thought I’d never see
them again and so I certainly did not expect to get them into UON 20. However, much to
my surprise, a chat with Lev Zilbermints via internet led to their quick discovery…
somewhat in the manner of the Amazing Kreskin. Thanks Lev.

(76) Gifford – tuz75, June 14, 2000

1.g4 e6 2.h4 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 Bf6 6.Nc3 Bxh4 7.Nf3 Be7 8.e3 Nc6 9.a3
Bd7 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.Na4 Qc7 12.Bxg7 Bf6 13.Bxh8 Bxh8 14.Rd1 O-O-O 15.Nxc5 Na5
16.d4 Nf6 17.Ne5 Bc6 18.g5 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Rxh7 f5 22.Qh5
Qc3+ 23.Kf1 Bxd4 24.exd4 Qxc2 25.g6 f4 26.Re1 f3 27.Bh3 Qxb3 28.Qxa5 Qd3+
29.Kg1 e3 30.Rc1+ 1-0

(77) Gifford – Lity464, June 15, 2000

1.g4 e6 2.h4 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.c4 Bc5 5.e3 Nge7 6.a3 b6 7.b4 Bd6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bb2 f6
10.Nc3 Nde7 11.Nge2 Bb7 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nd4 b5 15.Qd1 e5 16.Nf5 Nxf5
17.gxf5 Qxf5 18.Be4 Qd7 19.Qh5+ g6 20.Bxg6+ Ke7 21.Nd5+ Kd8 22.Bf5 Qg7 23.e4
Ne7 24.Nxe7 Kxe7 25.Rh3 Bc8 26.Rg3 White won on move 79 1-0

(78) Gifford – Omisound, June 16, 2000

1.g4 e5 2.h3 e4 3.Bg2 d5 4.c4 Be6 5.cxd5 Bxd5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6
9.Bg2 Nd5 10.e3 Qe7 11.Ne2 Qg5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bd6 14.d4 O-O 15.h4 Qe7
16.Bd2 Nd7 17.Qc2 h6 18.O-O-O Qf6 19.f4 Qg6 20.Be4 Qxg4 21.Rdg1 Qh5 22.Bf5 Nf6
23.e4 Bc7 24.e5 Nd5 25.Bg4 Qg6 26.f5 Qh7 27.Bf3 Rae8 28.Be4 f6 29.e6 Re7 30.Bxd5
cxd5 31.Rg6 Kh8 32.Rhg1 b6 33.h5 a5 34.Qb3 Rd8 35.a4 Rd6 36.Qb5 Rd8 37.R1g2
Rd6 38.Kd1 Bd8 39.Qf1 Rc6 40.Qg1 Rcc7 41.Bxh6 Rxc3 42.Bxg7+ Rxg7 43.Rxg7
Qxh5+ 44.R2g4 Rd3+ 45.Kc2 Qxf5 46.Rg8+… {Rh4+is better. But not Qh1+ due to
Black's reply of Rh3 with a discovered check while blocking White's, and winning the
queen. Both players were likely very short on time.} 46….Kh7 47.Rh4+ 1-0

(79) Gifford – Mojo139, Game 1 of 2 June 18, 2000

1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.e3 Nge7 5.a3 d5 6.b4 Bb6 7.Bb2 f6 8.h3 O-O 9.Nd2 Be6
10.Nb3 d4 11.Nc5 Bxc5 12.bxc5 Bd5 13.e4 Bf7 14.Nf3 b6 15.cxb6 axb6 16.a4 Ng6
17.Bc1 b5 18.h4 Rxa4 19.Rxa4 bxa4 20.g5 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.gxf6 Qxf6 {At this point
it looks like Black should win this game; and I think he should.} 23.Qa1 Ra8 24.Qa3 Be6
25.Kd2 Qf8 26.Ra1 Qb8 {Black should have traded queens.} 27.Ng5 Bf7 28.e5 Ra6
29.e6 Bg6 30.Bxc6 Rxc6 31.Qxa4 Rd6 32.Qa8 Qd8 33.Qb7 Qe7 34.Ra8+ Be8 35.Qxc7
Rxe6 {Black could not play QxQ because of Rxe8#} 36.Nxe6 Qxe6 37.Qc4 {This forced
exchange of queens dashes the any remaining hope Back may have had.} 1-0

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(80) Gifford – Mojo139, Game 2 of 2 June 18, 2000

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 f5 5.g5 g6 6.h4 Bg7 7.c3 Ne7 8.Na3 Be6 9.Qb3 Qc8
10.Bd2 Na6 11.d4 e4 12.Nh3 O-O 13.Nf4 Nc7 14.h5 Bf7 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.O-O-O Ne6
17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.e3 a6 20.Rh2 c5 21.Rdh1 c4 22.Qd1 Kf7 23.Rh7 Rh8
24.Be5 {25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Be5+ seems to be the correct move order.} Rxh7 25.Rxh7
Rg8 26.Qh1 1-0

(81) Gifford – Kimchi_Rice_Dish, June 20, 2000

1.g4 e5 2.h3 d5 3.Bg2 f5 4.gxf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 O-O
9.Qb3 e4?! 10.Qxb7?! {Taking the pawn is likely not worth the lost tempo and opening
the b-file for Black’s rook} 10….Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nc5 12.Qb4 Qd6 13.Qd4 Nxd5 14.dxe4
Ne6 $4 15.Qxd5 Qxd5 16.exd5 Nd4 17.Rc1 Rae8 18.e4 Bxe4?? 19.Nxe4 a5 {And up
two pieces and a pawn White went on to win with no trouble.} 1-0

(82) Gifford – Garesc, June 22, 2000

A terrible Grob game for White. Not an example to follow.
1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Nd7 5.c4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.Qf4 d4 9.Ne4
Bb4+10.Bd2 Qe7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Qxd4 O-O 13.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14.Qc3 Qxc3+ 15.bxc3
Be6 {White is behind in development but will catch up quickly.} 16.c5 Nd7 17.Nf3 Nxc5
18.Nd4 Bc4 19.O-O Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Rad8 21.e3 Rd7 22.a3 Red8 23.Kh2 Nd3 24.Rf1 Ne5
25.Rfb1 Bd3 26.Rb2 Nc4 27.Rb4 c5 28.Rxc4 Bxc4 29.Nf5 Rd2 {White has a lousy
position and is worse off in material as well; but Black is in time-trouble. If not for the time-
factor Black should surely win.} 30.Kg3 R8d7 31.Rb1 b6 32.Nh4 Rc2 33.Bc6 Rd8 34.Nf5
Rxc3 35.a4 Rd2 36.a5 Rb3 37.Rc1 b5 38.a6 Ra3 39.Bb7 Raa2 40.f4 Kf8 41.g5 g6
42.Nh4 Rdc2 43.Rd1 b4 44.Rd8+ Kg7 {The wrong direction. Black is helping to set up a
mating net against himself} 45.f5… {Threatening mate next move; but Black, in time-
trouble, doesn’t notice.} 45….Ra3 46.f6+ # 1-0

(83) Gifford – Bitterfool, June 23, 2000

Another “Bad Grob Day.” Bitterfool throws me around the board and it looks like I won’t
survive. I need to re-study the Grob or set it aside. On move 32 I set up a trap that works
and saves me from certain defeat.

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.e3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.c3 e4 7.d4 Bb6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxe4 Qe7
10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Nge2 O-O 13.Qa4 c5 14.Qxc4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Ba6
16.Qa4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Rfd8 18.Qf4 Nd5 19.Qe4 Qc5 20.Bd2 Rab8 21.Qc2 Qc6 {Black is
calling all the shots. He now lines his queen up with the rook on h1 so he can move his
knight with deadly effect.} 22.O-O-O Qb6 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.Bc3 Rc5 25.Kb1 Bc4 26.Rd2
Bb3 27.Qc1 Qc6 28.Re1Qe4+ 29.Ka1 h6 30.Rd4 Qf3 31.Qd2 Qxh3 32.Bxa5?!...
{Probably not a good idea. But it allows for a tactical shot if Black takes the bait.}
32…Rc2?? {Black takes the bait! This looks strong but losses a piece.} 33.Rd8+ Rxd8
34.Qxd8+ Kh7 35.Qd3+ g6 36.Qxb3 Rxf2 37.Bb4 Qxg4 {White will need to do something
before Black's kingside pawns get rolling.} 38.Qc3 Qd7 39.Bc5 h5 40.Bd4 h4 41.e4 Rg2
42.Rh1 g5 43.Bh8 Kh6 44.Qg7+ Kh5 45.Qh7+ Kg4 46.Bc3 1-0

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(84) Gifford – Cruz2000, Game 1 of 3 - June 25, 2000

1.g4 d5 2.h3 Nf6 3.g5 Ne4 4.d3 Nd6 5.Bg2 Nf5 6.Nc3 c6 7.e4 Nh4 8.Bf3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3
e5 10.exd5 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 {The bishop wants to protect the g4 pawn.} cxd5
13.Ne2 O-O 14.h4 Bf5 ?? {A horrible and unforgiving oversight.} 15.Qxf5 and 1-0 at
move 28 1-0

(85) Gifford – Cruz2000, Game 2 of 3 - June 25, 2000

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.g5 Ne4 5.h4 Bc5 6.e3 Be6 7.d3 Nxf2? {An interesting
sacrifice. But there is no heavy artillery to back it up.} 8.Kxf2 e4 9.dxe4 d4 10.Qe2 O-O
11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Bh3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 d3 14.Rd1 Nc6 15.Rxd3 Qe8 16.Bd7 Qe5 17.Bxc6
Qh2+ 18.Kf1 bxc6 {Qxc2 was expected.} 19.h5 Qxc2 {Probably expecting 20.Qd1.}
20.Rc3 Qh2 21.Rxc5 Rad8 {Black is correct not to resign since his queen and two rooks
are active and White's entire queenside is like a fleet in mothballs. Also, it is a quick game
and White just might blunder.} 22.Nc3 Rd3 23.Rxc6… {This pawn munch is justified, not
so much to win a pawn but to put pressure on f6 and also free up b5 and d5 for the knight.
Notice the rook on f8 has potential to pin the White queen to the king.} 23… Qh4 24.Rxc7
Qxg5 {f6 seems better due to the rook/f-file factor.} 25.Nd5 f5 {Now Black hopes to work
in the rook/f-file queen pin; but it goes drastically wrong.} 26.Ne7+ Qxe7 $4 27.Rxe7 fxe4
28.Qxf8+ Kxf8 29.Rxe4 {Black played on a bit before throwing in the towel... but then
wanted to face the Grob a third time. (see next game)} 1-0

(86) Gifford – Cruz2000, Game 3 of 3 - June 25, 2000

1.g4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.g5 Nh5 6.h4 e5 7.d5 Nf4 8.Bxf4 exf4 9.Qf3 ??
{A terrible oversight giving up a pawn and rook} Bxb2 10.h5 Bxa1 11.hxg6 fxg6 12.Qh3
Qe7 13.Ne2 d6 14.Qf3 Qxg5 15.Bh3 Bxh3 16.Rxh3 Nd7 17.Nd2 Ne5 ! {A great outpost
for the knight. White is in some serious hurt.} 18.Qh1 Qe7 19.f3 b5 20.Nb3 Bb2 21.Nbd4
b4 22.Ne6 Bc3+ 23.Kd1 Nc4 24.N2xf4 {White has gone from looking hopeless to actually
getting an attack going.} Ne3+ 25.Ke2 Nxd5? {Black's move is clever - but wrong. He is
not winning a pawn. He is exchanging a knight and h-pawn for a knight and d-pawn. He is
also improving the position of White's remaining knight.} 26.Nxd5 Qxe6 27.Rxh7 c6??
{This losses the queen!} 28.Ne7+ Qxe7 29.Rxe7 Rf7 30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Qh7+ Bg7 32.Qh3
Rd8 33.Qg4 d5 34.Qf4+ Ke8 35.Qc7 Bc3 36.Qxc6+ Kf8 37.exd5 Re8+ 38.Kd3 Re1
39.Qa8+ Kf7 40.Qxa7+ Kf6 41.Qb6+ Kf5 42.Kc4 Re5 43.a4 Re2 44.Kb3 Re1 45.a5
Rb1+ 46.Kc4 Rf1 47.Qe6+ Kg5 48.Qg4+ 1-0

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PART 2. Basman’s Defense (1… g5) and the

Myer’s Defense (1. c4 g5) The GROB as Black, aka BORG

13. Two Games with 1.... g5

(87) Leone,A - Rozzoni,D [A04]

Cr ASIGC 14th CIM, 1997
1.Nf3 h6 2.g3 g5 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.c3 c6 6.h4 g4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Na3 Bf5 9.Nc2 h5
10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Ne3 Bh7 12.0–0 Ne4 13.f3 gxf3 14.exf3 Nec5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.dxc5 Nxc5
17.Bg5 Qb6 18.b4 Ne6 19.Qd2 a5 20.a3 d4 21.Qa2!? dxe3 22.Bh3 e2+ 23.Rf2 c5 24.bxc5
Qc6 25.Bxe6+ Qxe6 26.Rxe2 Qxa2 27.Rxe7+ Kg6 28.Rxa2 Bxc3 29.Kg2 Rac8 30.Rxb7
Rxc5 31.Re2 Rc6 32.Rb5 Bg8 33.f4 Bf7 34.f5+ Kg7 35.Re7 Re8 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.Rb7+
Bf7 38.Kh3 Be5 39.Rb5 Bc7 40.Be3 Bc4 41.f6+ Kxf6 42.Rxh5 Bf1+ 43.Kh2 Rc2+ 44.Kg1
Bh3 45.Bf2 Bf5 ½–½

(88) Mattheus,I (2340) - Rozzoni,D [B00]

Cr. Match 2000 Italy Vs. Germany, 1998 [Annotated by I. Mattheus]
1.e4 g5 2.d4 h6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 [4.Be2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 (5...g4 6.Ng1 Nxd4 7.Bxg4=) 6.h3
a6 7.d5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne5²] 4...e6 [4...Nc6 5.Be3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6=] 5.Nge2 [5.Nf3 Nc6
6.0–0 g4 7.Ne1 Bxd4 8.Nb5 Be5 9.Qxg4 d5=] 5...Ne7 [5...Nc6 6.d5 exd5 7.exd5 Ne5
8.Bb5 c6 9.dxc6 dxc6=] 6.0–0 d5 7.Bb3 [7.Bb5+ Nbc6 8.Be3 a6 9.Ba4 b5 10.exd5 exd5
11.Bb3 b4=] 7...Nbc6 8.e5 [8.Ba4 0–0 9.e5 Bd7 10.Ng3 Na5 11.Bxd7 Qxd7 12.Nh5 Nf5²]
8...f6 [8...Nf5 9.Be3 Na5 10.Ng3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Nxb3 12.axb3 0–0±] 9.exf6 Bxf6 10.Ba4
[10.Re1 0–0 11.Be3 Nf5 12.Qd2 Bg7 13.Rad1 Qf6 14.f3 Nxe3=] 10...0–0 11.Be3 Nf5
[11...Bg7 12.Qd3 a6 13.Bxc6 Nxc6 14.f4 Nb4 15.Qd2 g4=] 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qd3 a5
[13...Rb8 14.b3 Bg7 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Ng3 e5 17.dxe5 Qxe5²] 14.Qd2 [14.Rae1 Ba6
15.Qd1 c5 16.Na4 cxd4 17.Bc1 Qd6 18.b3 Be5µ] 14...e5 [14...c5 15.Rad1 Rb8 16.b3 Ba6
17.Rfe1 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4²] 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.Bc5 Bd6 [16...Nd6 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.b3
Ba6 19.Bd4 Rae8 20.Rfe1 g4²] 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Rad1 Rb8 19.b3 Ba6 [19...Qb6 20.Na4
Qb4 21.Qd3 Ne7 22.Nd4 Bf5 23.Qe2 Rf7²] 20.Rfe1 Qf6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Qxd4
23.Rxd4 Rbe8 [23...Rfe8 24.Rdd1 Kf7 25.g3 Kg6 26.a4 h5 27.Rxe8 Rxe8³] 24.Rxe8
[24.Rdd1 Kf7 25.a4 Kg6 26.f3 h5 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Kf2 Kf5=] 24...Rxe8 25.h3 Kf7
[25...Re1+ 26.Kh2 Rc1 27.Rd2 Ra1 28.Kg3 Re1 29.h4 Kf7=] 26.Kh2 Re1 [26...Bc8 27.g4
Re1 28.Kg3 Ba6 29.Rd1 Rxd1 30.Nxd1 d4=] 27.Kg3 Bc8 28.Rd1 [28.Nd1 Re4 29.Rxe4
dxe4 30.Ne3 Be6 31.c3 Ke7 32.h4 d5=] 28...Rxd1 [28...Re7 29.Rd2 Bf5 30.Nd1 Bg6
31.Ne3 Re4 32.c3 h5=] 29.Nxd1 d4 [29...Bf5 30.Ne3 Be6 31.h4 d4 32.Nc4 Bxc4 33.bxc4
Kg6²] 30.Nb2 Bf5 [30...Be6 31.Nd3 Bf5 32.h4 Bxd3 33.cxd3 Kg6 34.hxg5 Kxg5²] 31.Nd3
Kf6 [31...c5 32.f4 Be4 33.Ne1 Kf6 34.h4 gxf4+ 35.Kxf4 d5=] 32.h4 c5 [32...Bxd3 33.cxd3
Kf5 34.a3 c5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.f3 Kg6±] 33.hxg5+ hxg5 34.f4 Be4 35.fxg5+ Kxg5 36.a4
Kf5 37.Kf2 Kg4 [37...Bxd3 38.cxd3 Kf4 39.g3+ Kg4 40.Kg2 d5 41.Kf2 Kg5²] 38.Ne1 d5
39.Nd3 c4 40.bxc4 dxc4 41.Ne5+ Kf4 42.Nxc4 Bxc2 43.Nxa5 [43.g3+ Ke4 44.Nxa5
Bxa4 45.Nb7 Bc6 46.Nc5+ Kd5 47.Nb3 Ba4³] 43...Bxa4 44.Ke2 Ke4 45.Kd2 Kd5 ½–½

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14. E. J. Diemer, Four 1... g5 Defense Games

Compiled by Correspondence Master di Giorgio Codazza

Note: UON 3 includes analysis of the following four games, in Italian. That analysis is by
Correspondence Master di Giorgio Codazza

(89) Streng - Diemer Cham Bayerwald Open 1984

1.Nf3 g5?! 2.Ng5 e5 3.d4 h6 4.Nf7 Kf7 5.e4 Qh4!6.Bc4 Ke8 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nd4 9.Nd5
c6?10.Nc7 Kd8 11.Na8 d5 12.c3,Bg4 13.f3,Nf3 14.Rf3 Bc5 15.Kh1 Bf3 16.Qf3 Qe1?!
17.Qf1 Qh4? 18.Bd2 dc4 19.Be3 Be3? 20.Qf8 Kd7 21.Rd1 Bd4 22.cd4 Qg4 23.Rf1! Rh7
24.de5 Ne7 25.Qb8 Rf7 26.Qd6 Ke8 27.Nc7 Kf8 28.Qd8! Kg7 29.Rf7 Kf7 30.Qe8 1-0

(90) Stengelin - Diemer Oberndorf, 1984

1.Nf3 g5 2.Ng5 e5 3.d3 d5 4.e4 d4 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 h5 7.h4 f6 8.Nh3 Be6 9.Bf3 Bf7 10.0-0
Qd7 11.Kh2 0-0-0 12.Bg2 Be6 13.f4 Nh614.f5 Ng4 15.Kh1 Bf7 16.Bf3 Ne3 17.Be3 de
18.Be2 Rg8 19.Kh2 Nd4 20.Rg1Bh6 21.Bf1Rg4 22.c3 e2 23.Be2 Ne2 24.Qe2 Qd3
25.Qd3 Rd3 26.Nf2 Be3 27.Nd3 Bg1 28.Kg2 Bb6 29.Kf3 c6 30.Na3 Re4 31.Re1?!Rg4
32.c4 Bc4 33.Nc4 Rc4 34.Ne5 fe5 35.Re5 Rc5 0-1

(91) Stohr - Diemer Grisbach,1984

1.Nf3 g5 2.Ng5 e5 3.d4 h6 4.Nf7 Kf7 5.e4 Qh4! 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.0-0 d6 8. Nc6!= 9.g3 Qg410.
Qh3 11.ed Bd6 12.e5 Ne5 13.Re1 Ne7 14.Bb5 c6 15.Bf1 Qh5 16.Be2?!Bc5 17.Kh1 Be6
18.Bf4 Rd8 19.Nd2 Rd2!! 20.Bd2 Bd5 21.Kg2 Rf8 22.Bf4 Rf4! 23.gf4 Qg4 (23…Nf3 24.Bf3
Qg4 25.Kf1 Bc4 26.Qd3 Qf3 #!) 24.Kh1 Nf3! 0-1

(92) NN - Diemer Baden-Baden,1984

1.Nf3 g5 2.Ng5 e5 3.d4 h6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nc4 b5 7.Ne3 d5 8.c4 (8.c3!?) bc4 9.Nc3
c6 10.g3 Ne7 11.Ng2 f5 (11…Bg7 12.Nf4 Rg8 13.Bg2=) 12.Bf4 Bg7 13.f3? (13.e3!?) Qb6!
14.e3? (14.Rc1-+) Qb2 (14…ef315.Nh4 Qb2) 15.Rc1?? (15.Qc1 Qc1 16.Rc1 ef3 17.Nh4) ef3 16.Nh4
f2 # ! 0-1

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15. Basman’s Loss as White Against Pratt’s 1. …g5

by Davide Rozzoni

What would you say if I told you that in 1989 a UCO list member beat
IM Basman with 1…g5 in a simultaneous display?

No, I’m not joking! Still you don’t believe me…right? OK look at Basman’s “The Killer
Grob” page 74. After line e) he wrote:

“1.e4 g5 2.d4 Bg7!? As played in my game against Pritchett from the 1986 British Championship
which continued 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 – see Section 1, game 15. More critical was 4.dxc5 aiming to hold
on to the pawn. In a recent simultaneous display James Pratt actually played this line against me
as Black and had the temerity to win!”

After reading this, I got in touch with James Pratt

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chessparrot), as I was
really curious to see the game, and he kindly wrote me
the following:

“I had not played chess all year and only took a board because so few had registered to
play. After the event, MB declared this the best game of the simul, but it is quite a bad
effort.”

(93) MJ Basman - JD Pratt;

Simul, Basingstoke (UK), 11.05.1989 Borg B00 [Pratt]

1.e4 (Basman had played 1. g4 when last we met, in a rapid play in

1984, and prior to that played the exchange versus my French. in a
simul in 1980.) 1... g5 (Basman first played the Grob in a Basingstoke
Congress and it became his favourite. Later he was to write about it,
which perhaps explains why he later lost interest in it.) 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3
c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 h6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.f3 b6
10.cxb6 axb6 11.0-0 d6 12.a4 Bd7 13.Bb5 Ne5 14.Qd2 0-0
15.Bxg5?? hxg5 16.Qxg5+ Ng6 17.h4 Kh7 ("I thought you would."-
MJB) 18.h5 Ne5 19.Bxd7?? Nxf3+(!) 0-1

During the 1986 World championships in London, BH Wood asked

Basman to give a quick talk about his games, but BHW immediately
chided Basman for wheeling out his game, which the above stands
comparison with, against Craig Pritchett. I was in the audience and
perhaps got inspired. Or tainted!

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16. IS THE MYERS DEFENSE PLAYABLE? (1. c4 g5)

By Lev D. Zilbermints

The defense 1 c4 g5 has been around for quite some time, but it had no single advocate. The oldest
game I could find in both the Internet Chess Club 2 million games database and the ChessBase
database was Gedeon Barcza versus Dirk Van Geet (1964).

(94) Gedeon Barcza - Dirk Van Geet, Amsterdam 1964

1 c4 g5 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 d5 Ne5 5 Bg5 Nxc4 6 Rc1 c6 7 e4 b5 8 dc6 Nb2 9 c7 Qxc7
10 Nxb5 Qa5+ 11 Qd2 Qxd2 12 Bxd2 Rb8 13 Be3 Bb7 14 Bxa7 Rd8 15 f3 f5 16 Rb1 fxe4
17 Bd4 e5 18 Bxb2 d5 19 Ba3 Bc6 20 Rc1, 1-0.

After this game, it would be four more years before another game would be played with this line.

(95) Friedgood - Myers, Lugano 1968

1 c4 g5 2 d4 Bg7?! 3 Bxg5 c5 4 Nf3 Nc6 5 e3 cxd4 6 exd4 Qb6 7 Qd2 Nxd4 8 Nd4 Qd4 9
Nc3 d6 10 Nd5?! . Eric Schiller, who cites this game in both Unorthodox Openings (1987) and
Unorthodox Chess Openings (1998) says that 10 Bd3! Is better. I agree with him in that. My
opinion is that (after 1 c4 g5 2 d4) 2...Bg7?! is a risky but interesting continuation. Myers
probably decided to use an approach similar to the Grob (1 e4 g5). That he got away with it must be
ascribed to his opponent’s unfamiliarity with this line. Now, this does not mean 1 c4 g5 is bad! It
means that 2 d4 Bg7 is risky. However that may be, the line 1 c4 g5 was named the Myers
Defense by Eric Schiller after Hugh Myers started playing it in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Myers also analyzed 1 c4 g5 in his publication, Myers Opening Bulletin. Because he was an avid
advocate of this line, the defense bears his name.

Anyhow, the best move after 2 d4 is 2...h6, strengthening the g5-pawn and preparing a
hypermodern formation. Let us see how 1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 works.

(96) NM G. Krips (2260) - Zilbermintz, Thursday 4 Rated Games, New York 1996
1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 c5 Hitting from the left flank. 5 d5 d6 Black has the dark
squares. This is a consistent theme in the Myers Defense. 6 Be2 Nf6 7 f4 Qa5 8 Bd3 Nbd7 9
Nf3 gf 10 Bxf4 Ng4 11 00 Nde5 12 Nxe5 Bxe5 13 Qf3 Bxf4 14 Qxf4 Ne5 Centralizing
the Knight. 15 Be2 Bd7 16 a3 000 17 Rfb1 Rdg8 18 b4 Qb6 19 b5 Rh3 20 g3 h5 21 Na4
Qa5 22 Bd2?? A blunder. Had a realized it, I could have mated in two moves: 22...Qe1+ and mate
next. As it was, the game continued for another eight moves. 22...Bg4? 23 Bc2 23 Bc2 Nf3+ 24
Kf2 h4! 25 Rh1 Nd4 26 Qc1 hxg3 27 Ke3 gh2 28 e5 Rh3+ 29 Kf2 Rf3+ 30 Kg2 Bh3+, 0-1.

(97) NM Michael Shahade (2271) - Zilbermintz, Insanity Open, New York, 1996
1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 c5 5 d5 d6 6 Be2 Qa5 7 Bd2 a6 8 a4 Qc7 9 h4 gh 10 Bh4
Nf6 11 Bc8 Qc8 12 Nf3 Qg4 13 Nh4 Qd8 14 Rd1 e6 15 fe fe 16 Bf4 e5 17 Nf5 Bf8 18 Bg5
Nbd7 19 BxN NxB 20 Nd6 Bd6 21 Rd6 Ke7 22 Rb6 Rb8 23 Nd5 Nd5 24 ed h5 25 Re6+
Kd7 26 Re5 b5 27 cb ab 28 ab Rb5 29 g4 h4 30 Re2 Kd6 31 00 Kd5 32 Rd1+ Kc4 33
Re4+ Kb3 34 Rd2 Ra5 35 Kg3 Ra2, DRAWN.

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(98) Zemanian (2055) - Zilbermintz (2026) 4 Rated Games Tonight!, New York 1999:
1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 e4 Now the game transposes into a Grob after 1 e4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 c4 d6. 4 Nc3
Bg7 As in the previous games. 5 Be3 Nd7 6 Nge2 Ngf6 I use a Grob approach here: get counter-
play on the dark squares. 7 Qd2 Ng4 8 f4 Nxe3 9 Qxe3 c5 Having the two Bishops, I strike from
the flank. 10 g3 cxd4 11 Nxd4 Qb6 12 0-0-0 e5 13 Nf5 Qxe3 14 Nxe3 ef 15 gf? Bxc3! 16
bc3 Nf6 17 fg hg 18 Nd5 Nd5- 9 Rd5 g4 20 Rd6 Be6 21 a3 Rc8 Best was 21...b5! 22 Rd4
Ke7 23 Kc2 Rh5 24 Kb3 R8h8 25 Kc2 Rxh2+ 26 Rxh2 Rxh2 27 Rd2 g3 28 c5 f5 29 Bg2
fxe 30 Re2 f5 31 Kd1 e3? Time pressure, for 31...Bg4! wins on the spot. 32 Rb2 Kf6 33 Ke1
Bh3! 34 Kf1 Rxg2! 0-1.

(99) Watson (2030) - Zilbermintz, New York 2000

1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nfe2 Nf6 6 g3 Nbd7 7 Bg2 c5 8 d5 Ne5 Black
dominates on the dark squares. 9 b3 Bg4 10 f4 gf 11 gf Nf3+ 12 Kf2 Nd4 13 Bb2 Nxe4 14
Nxe2 Nxe4 15 Be4 Bb2 16 Rb1 Bf6 17 b4 Qb6 18 b5 Bh4+ 19 Ng3?? Bxd1! 0-1

(100) Toolsidas (1338) - Zilbermintz, New York 1996

1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 c5 A Grob. 5 d5 d6 6 Be2 Qa5 7 Bd2 a6 8 Bg4 Qc7 9
Bc8 Qc8 10 h3 Nd7 11 Nf3 Ngf6 12 00 Rb8 13 a4 b6 14 Re1 Nh7 15 Qc2 00 16 Ne2 Ne5
17 Ne5 Be5 18 Bc3 Nf6 19 Ng3 e6 20 de fe 21 Rad1 Qc7 22 Rd3 Rbd8 23 Red1 Rd4 24 f3
h5 25 Ne2 Rxd3 26 Rd3 Rd8 27 Qd2 Rxd3 28 Qd3 Kf7 29 g4 h5 30 Kf2 Qd7 31 Ke3 Qxa4
32 b3 Qd7 33 Qc3 Qd4+! 34 Qxd4 ed 35 Kd3 e5 36 Nc1 Nd7 37 Kc2 Ke6 38 Nd3 39 b4
cb 40 Nxb4 Kc5 41 Kb3 a5 42 Nd3+ Kd6 43 Nb2 Nc5+ 44 Ka3 e3 45 Nd1 Ne6 0-1.

Some of my opponents tried the move 4 h4 , trying to open up the Black Kingside. The
following three games illustrate how this move should be handled:

(101) Sam Barsky (2171) - Zilbermintz (2038) G/10 Tournament, New York 1996
1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 g4! Clamping down on the White Kingside. 5 h5 c5 6 e3
Nc6 7 Qxg4 Kf8 8 d5 d6 9 Qd1 Ne5 10 f4 Nd7 11 Nf3 Qa5 12 Bd2 a6 13 Nh4 Ndf6 14
Be3 Qc7 15 00 Rb8 16 Rc1 b5 17 cb c4 18 Bc2 ab 19 e4 Bg4 20 Qe1 Nh5 21 Nf5 Bf6
22 Qf2 Ng7 23 Nd4 Bd7 eventually 0:1 . To me, this winning this game was important, as
Barsky had deliberately chosen 1 c4 to avoid facing 1 d4 e5!

In the next game, time pressure prevented me from winning with a nice combination.

(102) NM K. Khaburzania (2277) - Zilbermints, Leslie Braun Memorial, 1998

1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 h4 g4! 5 Bf4 Developing and clamping on the dark squares.
d6 6 e3 More commonly seen is 6 e4, transposing to the Grob. The text move keeps it a Myers
Defense. 6...c5 7 d5 Qa5 8 Qd2 Nf6 9 h5 Nbd7 10 Nfd2 a6 11 Ng3 Nb6 12 Bd3 Na4 13
Nxa4 Qxa4 14 Be2 b5 15 b3 Qa3 16 Rd1 b4 17 00 Bd7 18 Qc2 000 19 Bd3 Qa5 20 Bf5
Qc7 21 Bxd7 Qxd7 22 a3 a5 23 ab ab 24 Ra1 Kb7 25 Ra5 Ra8 26 Rb5+ Kc8 27 Nf5
Bf8 28 Qb2 Qxf5 29 Ra1 Ra3 30 Rxa3 ba3 31 Qxa3 Qb1+ 32 Kh2 g3+ 33 Bxg3 Ng4+ 34
Kh3 The decisive moment. Qh1+?? In tight time pressure, I blunder. Correct was 34...Nxf2+!
which either draws or wins. Now the White attack crashes through. 35 Kxg4! Rg8+ 36 Kf4 e5+
37 de Kd8 38 Qa7 Rg5+ 39 Kxg5 f5+ 40 Kf4, Black resigns.

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Against the talented and beautiful Elizabeth Vicary, I had to watch my step, as she played a strong
game.

(103) Elizabeth Vicary (2031) - Zilbermintz (2023)

1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 h4 g4! 5 e4 d6 A Grob. 6 Nge2 Nc6 This is an alternative to
C.Wells-Basman, City Chess Quickplay, London 1988. That game continued 5...c5 6 Be3 Qa5 7
Nge2 d6 8 f4 Nf6 9 Qc2 Nc6 10 a3 Nh5 11 000 Bd7 12 d5 Nd4 =+, 0-1/ 31. As can be seen,
the motif …c5 - …Qa5 - …Ne5 is very consistent with allowing Black to obtain counter-play on
the dark squares. In my game with Vicary, I played 6...Nc6 with the purpose of developing my
Nb8. 7 Be3 As in Zemanian-Zilbermintz, above. These moves tend to repeat themselves. 7...e5
8 d5 When White pushes the pawn forward, Black gets excellent play. 8...Nce7 9 Ng3 h5 10 Qc2
Ng6 11 Qd2 Nf4 12 Bf4 exf4 13 Nge2 Bf6 14 Nxf4 Bxh4 15 000 Bg5 16 Kb1 Qf6 17
Nce2 Bd7 18 g3 000 19 Qa5 Kb8 20 Rd3 Ne7 21 Ra3 Nc8 22 Nc3 Bxf4 23 gf4 Qxf4
24 Bd3 Qxf2 25 Nb5 Bb5 26 cb5 Qb6 27 Qc3 g3 28 Bf1 h4 29 Bh3 Rhg8 30 Qf6
Rdf8 31 Qh6 Rh8 32 Qg7 Rfg8 33 Qf6 Rh7 34 Rf3 g2 35 Bxg2 Rxg2 36 a4 Rg1+ 37 Rf1
Rxf1 38 Qxf1 Qe3 39 Qf5 Rh5 40 Rh3?? Up until here the game was pretty much even. But,
with time pressure, Elizabeth blunders. I did the same against Khaburzania. 40...Qe1+! 41 Ka2
Rf5 0-1.

Having looked at the line 1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 h4 g4! I feel it is important to look at
other continuations on Black’s second move. First, let me look at Hugh Myers’ original 2...Bg7?!
The idea is not as stupid as it looks. If White captures via 3 Bg5, he risks weakening the b2-square.
Space considerations limit me from looking at this in more depth. However, I will publish an article
on this in the next issue of UON.

An important alternative to 1 c4 g5 2 d4 h6 is the Zilbermints Gambit, 2...e5!? This move

offers a pawn for development and takes White away from well-known theory. I invented this
gambit in 1996, but after playing one game, forgot all about it. After rediscovering the gambit in
2000, I played some games with it. I present all of them here.

(104) Ralph Cilento (2025) - Zilbermintz, West Orange (NJ) Swiss, 1 March 1996:
1 c4 g5 2 d4 e5!? 3 de5 Nc6 4 Nc3 h6 5 e4 Bg7 6 f4 gf 7 Bxf4 Nxe5 8 Nf3 Ng6 9 Bg3
d6 10 h3 Be6 11 Be3 Nge7 12 Qc2 Nc6 13 Ne2 Qd7 14 a3 a5 15 Nf4 Nxf4 16 Bxf4 Ne5
17 Nxe5 Bxe5 18 Bxe5 de5 19 Qc3 Qd4 20 Qxd4 ed4 21 Ke2 Ke7 22 a4 ab
23 ab b6 24 Rhb1 Rhg8 25 Kf2 Kf6 26 c5 Ke5 27 g3 Rxa1 28 Rxa1 Bh3 29 Rh1 Be6
30 Rh6 Ra8 31 Rh5+ Kf6 32 cb cb 33 e5+ Ke7 34 Rh4 Rd8 35 Rh1 Bd5 36 Re1 Ra8 37
Be4 Ra2+ 38 Kf3 Ke6 39 g4 Kxe5 40 Bxd5 Kxd5 41 Re7 f6 42 Rb7 Ra3+ 43 Kf2 Ke5
44 Rxb6 Rf3+ 45 Ke2 d3+ 46 Ke1 Rf4 47 b5 Kd5
48 Rc6 Kd4 49 b6 Re4+ 50 Kd1 Rxg4 51 b7 Rg1+ 52 Kd2 Rb1 53 Rxf6 Rb2+ 54 Kd1
Rb1+ 55 Kd2 Rb2+ 56 Kd1 eventually DRAWN.

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(105) Elizabeth Vicary (2031) - Zilbermintz (2023), August Grand Prix, New York 2000
1 c4 g5 2 d4 e5!? 3 de5 Nc6 4 e6?! Why give up a perfectly good pawn?? fxe6 5 e4 Ne5 6
Qh5+ Nf7 7 e5 Bg7 8 Nf3 h6 9 Bd2 d6 Best was 9...Kf8! 10 Bc3 Qe7 11 Nbd2 de5? 12
Qg6 Qf6 13 Qxf6 Bxf6 14 Ne4 Bg7 15 000 Ne7 16 Be3 b6 17 Bc2 Bb7 18 Rhe1 Rd8 19
Ned2 g4 20 Nxe5 Nxe5 21 Bxe5 Bxe5 22 Rxe5 Bxg2 23 Rxe6 Kf7 24 Rde1 Rd7 25 R6e5
Rhd8 26 Ne4 Nc6 27 Rf5+ Kg7 28 Ba4 Bxe4 29 Rxe4 Rd6 30 Rxg4 + Kh8 31 Bxc6 Rxc6
32 Rf7 Rg8 33 Re4 Rg7 34 Ree7? Rxc4+ 35 Kd2 Rxf7 36 Rxf7 Kg8 37 Rd7 a5 38 b3
Rh4 39 Rxc7 Rxh2 40 Ke3 Rh3+ 41 Kf4 Rh5 42 a4 b5 43 axb5 Rxb5 DRAWN.

(106) Elizabeth Vicary - Zilbermintz, Match, game 1, New York 2000

1 c4 g5 2 d4 e5!? 3 de5 Nc6 4 e6?! fxe6 5 e4 Ne5 6 Qh5+ Nf7 7 e5 Bg7 8 Nf3 h6 9 Be3
Kf8 10 00 Nxe5? A mistake. 11 Nxe5 Bxe5 12 f4 Bd4+ 13 Kh1 g4 14 Qxg4 Nf6 15 Qh4
Qe8 16 f5 Be5 17 Nc3 Here 17 Bf4! was much stronger. Ke7 18 fxe6 dxe6 19 Ne4? Again 19
Bf4! was very strong. Qh5! 20 Qxh5 Nxh5 21 Be3 b6 22 Rf2 Bd7 23 R1f1 Raf8 24 Rxf8
Rxf8 25 Rxf8 Kxf8 26 Bxh6+ Ke7 27 g3 Bc6! 28 Kg2 Bxb2 29 Kf3 Kf7 30 Kg4 Nf6+ 31
Nxf6 Bxf6 32 h4 e5 33 Kf5 Be7+ 34 Ke4 Kg6 35 Bd2 Bf5+ 36 Ke3 Bxd3 37 Kxd3 Kf5
38 Be1 e4+ 39 Ke3 c6 40 g4 Kxg4 41 Ke4 b5 42 cxb5 cxb5 DRAWN.

(107) F. Gisondi (2020) - Zilbermintz (2023), Grand Prix, New York 2000
1 c4 g5 2 d4 e5!? 3 de5 Nc6 4 Nc3 h6 5 h4 g4 6 Bf4 Bg7 7 h5 Nxe5 8 e3 d6 9 Be2 Be6
10 Bxe5 Bxe5 11 Bxg4 f5 12 Be2 Qg5 13 Nf3 Bxc3 14 bc3 Qf6 15 Qd4 c5 16 Qd2 000
17 Rb1 Rh7 18 Rb5 Rg7 19 Nh4 d5?? I blundered here. Any reasonable move would do.
Now, the pawn gone, the defenses quickly collapse. The conclusion was: 20 Rxc5+ Kb8 21 d5
Qe7 22 Qd4 b6 23 Rb5 Bd7 24 Rxb6 axb6 25 Qxb6+ Ka8 26 d6 Qe4 27 Qxd8 Ka7 28
Qa5+ Kb8 29 Qc7+ Ka8 30 Bf3 Qxf3 31 Nxf3 Rf7 32 Rf7 Rh4 … eventually 1:0.

Having looked at 2 d4, it is only fair that I look at alternatives for White. The most common
alternative is 2 Nc3, developing the Nb1 to a good square and aiming for the center. I will first
look at two miniatures, and then, at my games against two masters.

(108) Alex Mitchell (1431) - Zilbermintz (2038), New York 1996

1 c4 g5 2 Nc3 h6 Notice how I always play 2...h6 to strengthen the g5-pawn? 3 b3 Bg7 4 Bb2
d6 5 d4 c5 6 dc5 Qa5 7 Qc2 dc 8 000?? Nc6 9 Kb1 Nb4 10 Qd2 Bf5+ 11 e4 Bc3! 12 Bc3
Bxe4+ 13 Bd3 Bxd3+ 14 Qxd3 Qxa2 15 Resigns 0-1.

(109) Galliard (1054) - Zilbermintz (2094), Newark, New Jersey, 1999

1 c4 g5 2 Nc3 h6 3 g3 Bg7 4 Bg2 d6 5 e3 Nc6 6 Bxc6 bc6 7 Nge2 c5 8 00 Nf6 9 Qa4+
Bd7 10 Qd1 h5 11 a3 Bc6 12 Qc2 Qd7 13 d4 Bf3! 14 d5 Qh3 0-1.

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And now, I present two games against masters:

(110) FM Ilye Figler (2290) - Zilbermintz (1975), New York 2000

1 c4 g5 2 Nc3 h6 3 h4 Thinking my opening is unsound, Figler tries to immediately open up the
game. However, as I showed earlier, the move 3 h4 is not to be feared. 3...g4! 4 g3 His ploy beaten
back, Figler chooses a hypermodern formation. d6 5 Bg2 Bg7 6 d4 Nc6 7 e3 e5 Hitting at the
center. 8 Nge2 exd4 9 exd4 Nf6 10 Be3 Bd7 11 00 Qe7 12 d5? Closing the long diagonal. Ne5
13 Qb3 b6 14 Nd4 a6 Preventing tricks. 15 Rae1 00 16 Nce2 Nh5 17 Qc2 f5 18 b3 Qf6 19
Rfd1 Ng6 20 Ne6 Bxe6 21 de6 Rab8 22 Bd4 Ne5 23 Bd5 Qe7 24 Rfe1 Rbc8 25 Bxe5 de5
Controlling f4 and d4 26 Bb7 Rcd8 27 Rxd8 Qd8 28 Rd1 Qf6 29 Rd7 f4! Black starts
attacking. 30 e7 Rb8 31 Bd5+ Kh8 32 Qf5 Qxf5 33 Rd8+ Rxd8 34 exd8/Q+ Qf8 35
Qc7 fxg3 36 Nxg3? Nxg3 37 fxg3 e4! 38 Bxe4?? A blunder. After 38 Qf4! , the game is
probably drawn. Bd4+ 39 Kg2 Qf2+, White resigns. 0-1

(111) NM Oliver Chernin (2233) - Zilbermintz (2038), Saturday Action, New York 1996
1 c4 g5 2 Nc3 h6 3 g3 Bg7 4 Bg2 c5 5 e3 Nc6 6 Nge2 e5 7 d3 Nge7 8 a3 d6 9 Rb1 a5
10 00 Be6 11 Nd5 Bd7 12 Bd2 Nxd5 13 cd Ne7 14 b4 ab 15 ab b6 16 Nc3 Bf5! This
tempts White to play 17 e4, closing the long h1/a8 diagonal. 17 e4?! Bd7 18 bc bc 19 Rb7
Rb8 20 Qb3 Rxb7 21 Qxb7 Qc8 22 Qa7 0-0 23 Rb1 Ng6 24 Rb7 Bh3 25 Rc7 Qg4 26 f3
Qh5 27 Nd1 Bxg2 28 Kxg2 g4 29 fg Qxg4 30 Nf2 Nh4+??! I blundered here, as in my
analyses, I completely missed the text move. 31 Kf1! Qh5? Perhaps 31...Qf3!? 32 gf Bf6 33
Be1! Bxh4 34 Qa2 ( 34 Qa3 Bxf2 35 Bxf2 Qe1+ 36 Kg2 Kh8 with good drawing chances)
Bxf2 35 Bxf2 Qd1+ 36 Kg2 Qxd3 37 Qa4 Kh7 offered Black better chances. 32 gh Qxh5 33
h3 Qg3 34 Qb7 Bf6 35 Rc8 Bh4 36 Rxf8 Kxf8 37 Qc8+ Ke7 38 Qf5 Qh2 39 Bxh6 Bxf2
40 Bg5+ Kf8 41 QxB Qxh3 42 Qg2 Qxd3+ 43 Kf2 …

Here, with two pawns for the piece, I continued playing. Eventually I drew the game -- with my
opponent’s flag falling two moves away from mating me!

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17. 2…g5 against the Reti-Opening (1. Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5)

by Clyde Nakamura

Yesterday I ran an engine tournament with that same opening and listed below are the results.

Reversed Devin Gambit

Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score
Strelka 1.8
1 2750 ** 10 11 0 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 6.5
Naum 2.0
2 2704 01 ** 01 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 6.0
Fritz 10
3 2811 00 10 ** 1 1/2 1 1/2 11 6.0
Fruit 2.3
4 2863 1 1/2 0 1/2 0 1/2 ** 01 11 5.5
Colossus 2007c
5 2625 0 1/2 1/2 1/2 0 1/2 10 ** 01 4.0
Alaric 707
6 2752 0 1/2 1/2 0 00 00 10 ** 2.0

Acer Athlon 4400 Dual Core Processor Operating System – Window Vista Home Premium
Time control – 5 min 2 gig ram Hash table – 512 meg Set
Opening position - 1. Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5

There were 30 games total. Actually this gambit had only 3 wins from the Black side and
there were a number of draws but mostly losses. I am not certain whether this gambit is
playable or not. Chess engines sometimes do not play the gambit side correctly because
of their material bias.

Best Regards
Clyde Nakamura

(112) "StAndersen(C)" vs. "Yawce v0.16" Result "1-0" ECO "A06"

[Event "Computer chess game"] [Site "LYAPKO"] [Date "2002.07.09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 e5 4.Qh5 Nh6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Nxe5 0-0 7.d4 f6 8.Nd3 Bg4 9.Qh4 Qc8
10.Nc3 c6 11.Qg3 b5 12.Bd2 a5 13.f3 b4 14.Na4 Be6 15.Nb6 Qb7 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.0-0-0 Nd7
18.e4 Nf7 19.Nf4 Nd8 20.Nh5 Rf7 21.Bh6 dxe4 22.Bxg7 f5 23.Bf6+ Kf8 24.Qd6+ Kg8
25.Qg3+ Kf8 26.Qd6+ Kg8 27.Be7 a4 28.Nf4 Bxa2 29.Qxd7 Nb7 30.fxe4 fxe4 31.Qg4+ Rg7
32.Bg5 h6 33.Ne6 Qc8 34.Qxe4 Bxe6 35.Bxh6 Rg4 36.Qe1 b3 37.cxb3 Bxb3 38.Rd3 c5 39.Qc3 c4
40.Rg3 Rxg3 41.Qxg3+ Kf7 42.Be2 Qh8 43.Rf1+ Ke6 44.Qh3+ Kd5 45.Qd7+ Ke4 46.Qe6+ Kxd4
47.Be3# 1-0

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(113) "SdBC 0.3.90" (1979) vs. "Yawce 0.16" (1857)

[Event "Computerschach 40 min + X sec"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"]
[Site "Internet"] [Date "2002.??.??"] [Round "27"] [Opening "Reti Opening"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 e5 4.Qh5 Nh6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxe5
9.Bxf5 Nxf5 10.Qxf5 Nc6 11.d4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Bxd4 13.Nxd5 Re8+ 14.Ne3 Re5 15.Qf3 h5
16.c3 c5 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qxa7 Ra8 19.Qb7 Bxe3 20.Bxe3 Rb8 21.Qf3 h4 22.Qf4 Rd5 23.c4
Rd6 24.Bxc5 Re6+ 25.Kf1 Rxb2 26.Qf3 Qc7 27.Qd5 Qb8 28.Qd1 Qc7 29.Qd5

{An amazing position, the game is actually equal according to Fritz 10. This is because the White
Rooks are not actively placed. And the R at h1 cannot get out.}

Qb8 { +- 12.22 Fritz10} 30.Qd1 Qc7 31.Qd4 Qb8 32.Rd1 Rb1 33.Qd3 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Rc6 35.Bd4
Rd6 36.Qg4+Rg6 37.Qe4 Qc8 38.Ke1 Re6 39.Be5 f6 40.Qg6+ Kf8 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Qg6+ Kf8
43.Qh6+ Kg844.Qxh4 Rxe5+ 45.Kd2 Rg5 46.Qe4 Rg4 47.f4 f5 48.Qd5+ Kh7 49.g3 Rg7 50.Kc3
Rc7 51.h3 Kh852.g4 Rc5 53.Qd4+ Kh7 54.a4 Ra5 55.Re1 Qc7 56.Qf6 Ra7 57.Qxf5+ Kg7 58.g5
Qb8 59.Re6Qa8 60.Qe5+ Kf8 61.Qh8+ Kf7 62.Rf6+ Ke7 63.Qg7+ Ke8 64.Rf8# {Mate} 1-0

(114) Momoma (1943) vs. GodofThunder (1943)

[Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2007.04.15"]
[Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] Time Control "900"

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 {a reverse Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4} 3.Nxg5 Nf6{prevents
Qh5 which could be a problem for White} 4.d4 Nc6 5.Bd3 { this looks like a Colle System type of
opening where the N is out early, I used to play the ColleSystem as my main tournamentweapon} e5
6.c3 e4 { this shuts down the B at d3} 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Qa4 Bd7 {I cannot allow Bxc6+} 9.Nh3 a6
10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Ng1 {this N spent 4 moves taking a pawn and now it lands up on its original
squares. White lost 4 tempi. I believe Black definitely has compesation for the pawn at g4. The only
White piece that is developed is the White Q and even then a4 is not a good postion for the Q.} O-O
12.Ne2 Kh8 13.Qc2 Rg8 {this should create some weaknesses in White's position. If b3 then White
has light square weaknesses in the Kingside position.} 14.a4 Rxg2 15.Ng3 Bh3 {White intends to
trap the Black R at g2, and that is why I have to guard it with Bh3} 16.Nd2 Ng4 17.Ndxe4 dxe4
18.Nxe4 Nxh2 19.Bd2 Bg4 {prevents White from castling Kingside} 20.c4 f5 { chasing away the
White N from e4 which guards the f2 square.} 21.Ng3 { this was probably a better move than Ng3
since now my K is lined up with the B at c3} Bxg3 22.fxg3 {-+ 29.96 Deep Fritz 8} Nf3+ 23.Kd1
Rxd2+ 24.Qxd2 Nxd2+ 25.Kxd2 Rb8 26.Kc3 Qd6 27.c5 Qd5 28.b4 a5 29.b5 cxb5 30.Rhb1 b4+
31.Kd3 Bf3 32.Rbf1 Qe4+ 33.Kd2 Re8 34.Rae1 Bg4 35.Rf4 Qg2+ 36.Kd3 b3 { I was trying to put
a mating net around the White K} 37.Kc4 c6 38.d5 Qc2+ 39.Kd4 Qd2+ 40.Kc4 Qxe1 41.Kxb3
Rxe3+ 42.Kc4 Qc3# {Mate} 0-1

(115) "Alaric 707" vs. "Naum 2.0"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"][Round "1.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 e4 6.Ne5 Bd6 7.d4 Qe7 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 c6 10.Be2
Kh8 11.O-O Ne8 12.f4 exf3 13.Rxf3 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Qd2 Nf6 16.a4 Rae8 17.h3 Nh5
18.Bd3 Rfg8 19.Qf2 Bg3 20.Qf1 f5 21.Ba3 Qg5 22.Bc1 Qg6 23.Ne2 Bc7 24.c3 Nf6 25.Bxf5 Bxf5
26.Rxf5 Ne4 27.Rf7 Qd6 28.Nf4 Ng5 29.Rf5 Ne4 30.Ba3 Qd8 31.Qf3 Qc8 32.Nh5 Nd2 33.Qf2
Ne4 34.Qf1 Ba5 35.Bb2 Bc7 36.Bc1 Qd8 37.Ra2 Qh4 38.Kh1 Re6 39.Bd2 Ng3+ 40.Nxg3 Qxg3
41.Re5 Bxe5 42.dxe5 Qxe5 43.c4 Rf6 44.Qa1 d4 45.exd4 Qe4 46.Ba5 Rf3 47.d5+ Rg7 48.Bc7

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Rxh3+ 49.Kg1 Rxb3 50.Qf6 Rf3 51.Qe5 Qb1+ 52.Kh2 Qg6 53.Re2 Rf8 54.d6 Qh6+ 55.Kg1 Kg8
56.Qe6+ Qxe6 57.Rxe6 Rd7 58.a5 Rff7 59.Re2 Kg7 60.g3 Kf6 61.Re8 Rfg7 62.Kf2 Rg4 63.Rf8+
Kg5 64.Rb8 b6 65.axb6 axb6 66.Rd8 Rf7+ 67.Kg2 b5 68.cxb5 cxb5 69.Rb8 Rb4 70.Bb6 Kg4
71.Rg8+ Kf5 72.Re8 Re4 73.Rc8 b4 74.Rb8 b3 75.Bf2 Rd7 76.Kf3 Ra4 77.Rxb3 Rxd6 78.Be3 Kg6
79.Rb5 Ra3 80.Rg5+ Kf6 81.Rh5 Rd1 82.Rxh7 Re1 83.Rh6+ Ke5 84.Rh5+ Kd6 85.Rh6+ Kd7
86.Rh7+ Ke8 87.Rh8+ Kf7 88.Rh7+ Kg6 89.Re7 Rf1+ 90.Kg2 Rd1 91.g4 Kf6 92.Re4 Rdd3 93.Kf3
Ra5 94.Rb4 Re5 95.Rf4+ Ke6 96.Re4 Kd5 97.Rxe5+ Kxe5 98.g5 Kf5 99.Kf2 Rb3 100.Kf3 Rc3
101.g6 Kxg6 102.Ke4 Kh5 103.Kf4 Rc8 104.Kf5 Rf8+ 105.Ke4 Kg4 106.Bd4 Re8+ 107.Be5 Re7
108.Kd5 Kf5 109.Bd6 Re1 110.Bc5 Rd1+ 111.Bd4 Rd2 112.Kc4 Ke4 113.Bc3 Rc2 114.Kb4 Kd5
115.Kb3 Rc1 116.Bd2 Rd1 117.Kc2 Rg1 118.Kd3 Rg3+ 119.Be3 Rh3 120.Kd2 Ke4 121.Bb6 Rd3+
122.Kc2 Ra3 123.Bc5 Rh3 124.Kd2 Rd3+ 125.Kc2 Rf3 126.Kd2 Rg3 127.Bb6 Rg6 128.Bc5 Rg5
129.Bb6 Rb5 130.Bg1 Rb3 131.Bc5 Rf3 132.Bb6 Rf6 133.Bc5 Rc6 134.Bf2 Rc7 135.Bb6 Rc8
136.Bf2 Rc6 137.Bg1 Rc4 138.Be3 Ra4 139.Bc5 Ra5 140.Bb6 Ra3 141.Bg1 Rd3+ 142.Kc2 Rg3
143.Bb6 Kd5 144.Kd2 Rg4 145.Be3 Ke5 146.Kd3 Rg3 147.Kd2 Kf5 148.Kd3 Rg8 149.Bc5 Re8
150.Bd4 Kg5 151.Kc4 Kf5 {50 moves rule} 1/2-1/2

(116) "Fritz 10" vs. "Fruit 2.3"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"][Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.O-O a6
9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qd5 12.f3 Rd8 13.c4 Qxe5 14.dxe5 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Rg8
16.Kf2 g4 17.Bb2 Be7 18.Rdg1 Rg6 19.Bd4 Rh6 20.Kg3 Rg6 21.fxg4 h5 22.Kf2 Rxg4 23.h3
Rg7 24.g4 hxg4 25.Rxg4 Rxg4 26.hxg4 Be4 27.c5 Bh4+ 28.Ke2 Be7 29.a3 Kf8 30.Rf1 Ke8
31.Rf4 Bc6 32.Kd3 Bb5+ 33.Kc3 Kf8 34.Rf2 Kg7 35.Rh2 Bd8 36.Kd2 Be7 37.e4 Bc6 38.Ke3
Bg5+ 39.Kf3 Be7 40.Bf2 Ba4 41.Bh4 Bxh4 42.Rxh4 Bc6 43.Rh2 Bb5 44.Rd2 Kf8 45.Rd8+ Ke7
46.Ra8 Ba4 47.g5 Bd7 48.Rb8 Bc6 49.Rc8 Kd7 50.Rh8 Ke7 51.Rh7 Kf8 52.Kf4 Ke8 53.g6 fxg6
54.Rxc7 g5+ 55.Kxg5 Bxe4 56.Kf6 Kd8 57.Re7 Bd5 58.Rxe6 Kc7 59.Rb6 Bf3 60.e6 Bh5 61.Kg7
Be8 62.Kf8 Ba4 63.e7 {55sec-32sec} {} 1-0

(117) "Strelka 1.8 UCI" vs. "Colossus 2007c"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"][ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nc3 g4 4.Ne5 f6 5.Nd3 Nc6 6.h3 d4 7.exd4 Nxd4 8.hxg4 Qd6 9.b3
Bxg4 10.Qxg4 Nxc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.Ba3 Qxa3 13.Nb5 Qd6 14.Nxd6+ exd6 15.Qe6+ Kd8
16.Nf4 Nxb3 17.axb3 Ne7 18.Qxf6 {} 1-0

(118) "Naum 2.0" vs. "Colossus 2007c"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Rg8 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Rg1 Bg7 8.h3 Qd6
9.Nc3 e5 10.d3 e4 11.dxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxd6 cxd6 14.Nd2 d5 15.Nb3 Bf6 16.g3
Bxh3 17.Rh1 Bd7 18.Rh6 Ke7 19.Rb1 Bg7 20.Rxh7 Rgh8 21.Rxh8 Rxh8 22.Kf1 Bg4 23.Nd2
Be5 24.Kg2 Bd1 25.c4 Ke6 26.cxd5+ cxd5 27.Ra1 f5 28.Kg1 a5 29.a4 Rb8 30.Nb1 Rc8
31.Nd2 Bxa4 32.Rxa4 Rxc1+ 33.Kg2 Rc2 34.Nb3 Rxb2 35.Nxa5 Kd6 36.Ra3 Kc5 37.Rb3 Ra2
38.Nb7+ Kc4 39.Rb1 d4 40.Rc1+ Kb3 41.exd4 Bxd4 42.Rf1 e3 43.Kf3 exf2 44.Nd6 Ra8 45.Nxf5
Rf8 46.g4 Bc5 47.Rxf2 Bxf2 48.Kxf2 Kc4 49.Kg3 Kd5 50.Nh4 Rg8 51.Kf4 Rc8 52.g5 Ke6
53.Kg4 Rc4+ 54.Kh5 Rc5 55.Kg4 Re5 56.Kh5 Rb5 57.Kg4 Rb4+ 58.Kh5 Re4 59.Nf3 Kf7 60.Nh4

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Re2 61.Nf5 Rh2+ 62.Kg4 Rf2 63.Nh4 Rd2 64.Nf3 Rd5 65.Kh5 Ke6 66.Kg4 Rd1 67.Kf4 Rd7
68.Kg4 Rd3 69.Kf4 Rd8 70.Kg4 Rd5 71.Kf4 Rd3 72.Kg4 Rd6 73.Kf4 Ra6 74.Nd4+ Kf7 75.Nf3
Ra3 76.Kg4 Ke7 77.Kf4 Ra2 78.Kf5 Rf2 79.Kg4 Ke6 80.Kf4 Kd5 81.Kg3 Ra2 82.Kf4 Rg2
83.Kf5 Rf2 84.Kf4 Ke6 85.Kg4 Ra2 86.Kh5 Rg2 87.Nh4 Rg1 88.Nf3 Rf1 89.Kg4 Ra1 90.Nd4+
Kd5 91.Nf3 Ra3 92.Kf4 Kd6 93.Kg4 Ke6 94.Nd4+ Ke5 95.Nf3+ Kd6 96.Kf4 Ke7 97.Ne5 Ra4+
98.Kf5 Ra5 99.g6 Kf8 100.Kf6 Ra6+ 101.Kg5 Kg7 102.Kf5 Rd6 103.Kg5 Rf6 104.Kg4 Kh6
105.Nf3 Kxg6 106.Ne5+ Kg7 107.Kg5 Rf1 108.Nd3 Kf7 109.Nf4 Ra1 110.Kf5 Ra5+ 111.Ke4 Ke7
112.Nd5+ Kd6 113.Nf4 Ra4+ 114.Kf5 Rb4 115.Nd3 Rd4 116.Nf4 Ra4 117.Nd3 Kd5 118.Nf4+
Kd4 119.Ne6+ Ke3 120.Ke5 Ra5+ 121.Kd6 Kd3 122.Nc5+ Kc4 123.Ne6 Rd5+ 124.Kc6 Rd2
125.Nc5 Rd8 126.Ne6 Rd1 127.Nc5 Kd4 128.Kd6 Rb1 129.Ne6+ Ke4 130.Nc5+ Kf5 131.Nd7
Rd1+ 132.Ke7 Rd2 133.Nc5 Ke5 134.Nd7+ Kd5 135.Nf6+ Kd4 136.Ke6 Rf2 137.Nd7 Ra2
138.Nf6 Rb2 139.Nd7 Rb3 140.Kd6 Rb5 141.Ke6 Rh5 142.Nf6 Re5+ 143.Kd6 Ra5 144.Ke6 Ra2
145.Kf5 Rf2+ 146.Ke6 Rf3 147.Nd5 Rh3 148.Nf6 Re3+ 149.Kd6 Re2 150.Nd5 Rf2 151.Ke6 Rb2
152.Nf6 Rb3 153.Nd5 Ra3 154.Ne7 Ke4 155.Kd6 Ra4 {50 moves rule} 1/2-1/2

(119) "Fruit 2.3" vs. "Strelka 1.8 UCI"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 Nf6 4.c4 Bh6 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qe6 7.Bd3 g4 8.Ne5 O-O 9.h3
g3 10.f4 Na6 11.O-O Bg7 12.a3 h5 13.Qf3 h4 14.f5 Qd6 15.Qf4 Nd7 16.f6 Nxf6 17.Qxh4
Rd8 18.Ne4 Qb6 19.Ng5 Rd5 20.Ngxf7 Rxe5 21.Nxe5 Be6 22.b4 Qd6 23.Rf3 Kf8 24.Rxg3
Nxb4 25.axb4 Bb3 26.Ba3 Qe6 27.b5 Qg8 28.Nd7+ Ke8 29.Nxf6+ {1:54 - 18 sec} {} 1-0

(120) "Alaric 707" vs. "Fritz 10"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Qe7 6.d4 e4 7.Ne5 c6 8.f4 Rg8 9.h3 Kd8 10.a4 Kc7
11.g4 Nfd7 12.g5 h6 13.h4 f6 14.gxf6 Nxf6 15.Qd2 Qd8 16.h5 Bg4 17.Nxg4 Nxg4 18.Be2 Be7
19.b3 Bh4+ 20.Kf1 Nf2 21.Rh2 Rg7 22.Nxd5+ Kc8 23.Bc4 cxd5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Rxh4 Rg3
26.Qb4 Ng4 27.Qe1 Rf3+ 28.Ke2 Rf2+ 29.Kd1 Qg8 30.Qc3+ Nc6 31.Bd2 Nf6 32.Kc1 Qg3 33.Rh1
Nd5 34.Qc5 Rxd2 35.Qxd5 Rxc2+ 36.Kb1 Qg2 37.Qe6+ Kc7 38.Ra3 Rg8 39.Re1 Qf2 40.Qf7+
Kb6 41.a5+ Ka6 42.Rd1 Rg2 43.Qxb7+ Kxb7 44.a6+ Kc7 45.Ra2 Rb2+ 46.Ka1 Rxa2+ 47.Kb1
Qb2# {1:03-1:50} {Mate} 0-1

(121) "Fritz 10" vs. "Naum 2.0"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "1.3"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 g4 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.c4 Bg7 6.cxd5 O-O 7.Be2 Nxd5 8.Bxg4 Bxe5
9.dxe5 Nc6 10.f4 Bxg4 11.Qxg4+ Kh8 12.O-O Rg8 13.Qh3 Ndb4 14.Nc3 a6 15.Rd1 Qc8 16.Qxc8
Raxc8 17.a3 Nc2 18.Ra2 Rcd8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Kf2 e6 21.g4 Kg7 22.h4 b5 23.b3 N6b4
24.axb4 Nxb4 25.Ra1 Rd3 26.Ne4 Rxb3 27.Ke2 h5 28.gxh5 c6 29.Nd6 c5 30.Bd2 Kh6 31.Bxb4
cxb4 32.Rg1 Kxh5 33.Nxf7 Ra3 34.Kf3 {1:52-1:13} {} 1-0

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(122) "Strelka 1.8 UCI" vs. "Alaric 707"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nc3 g4 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.d4 Be6 6.Be2 h5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.f4 gxf3 9.Nxf3 Bh6 10.Nh4
Bg4 11.h3 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 e6 13.Qb5 Rb8 14.Nf3 Bf8 15.e4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 c6 18.Qe2
Nf6 19.Qf2 Be7 20.Bf4 Rg8 21.Bxb8 Rxg5 22.Be5 Qb6 23.Bxf6 Rf5 24.Qe2 Rxf6 25.c3 Rxf1+
26.Rxf1 Qa5 27.Qxe4 Qxa2 28.Qh7 Qxb2 29.Qxf7+ Kd8 30.Qxe6 Qxc3 31.Qe5 Kd7 32.Rf7 Qb4
33.Rg7 h4 34.Kh1 a5 35.d5 Qb1+ 36.Kh2 Qb4 37.dxc6+ bxc6 38.Qa1 c5 39.Rg4 Qd2 40.Qf1 Kc7
41.Re4 Bd8 42.Qc4 Qd6+ 43.Kg1 Qd1+ 44.Kf2 Qd2+ 45.Kf1 Qd1+ 46.Re1 Qd6 47.Re6 Qd1+
48.Kf2 Qd2+ 49.Kf3 Qb4 50.Qf4+ Kb7 51.Qe4+ Ka7 52.Qd5 Qc3+ 53.Ke4 Qc2+ 54.Ke5 Bc7+
55.Kf6 Qf2+ 56.Kg6 Qd4 57.Qc6 Kb8 58.Qb5+ Kc8 59.Re8+ Bd8 60.Qa6+ Kb8 61.Re1 Qb4
62.Qd6+ Bc7 63.Re8+ Kb7 64.Qd7 Qb1+ 65.Kh5 a4 66.Rg8 c4 67.Qc8+ Kb6 68.Rg6+ Qxg6+
69.Kxg6 a3 70.Qf8 Kb5 71.Qxa3 Be5 72.Kf5 {} 1-0

(123) "Colossus 2007c" vs. "Fruit 2.3"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "1.3"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.d4 Rg8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd2 Bh6 7.h3 Be6 8.Nc3 Qd7 9.g4 O-O-O
10.Bd3 Nb4 11.Bb5 Qd6 12.a3 Nc6 13.Bd3 a6 14.Qe2 Kb8 15.O-O-O Bd7 16.Rdg1 Bg7 17.g5 Ne8
18.Bxh7 Rh8 19.g6 fxg6 20.Bxg6 Bh6 21.h4 e5 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.h5 Bc6 25.f4 Qf6
26.Be1 Qf8 27.Qd3 Nf6 28.Rh4 Nd7 29.Nd1 Bg7 30.Bb4 Nc5 31.Qf5 Qe7 32.Qg5 Bf6 33.Bxc5
Bxg5 34.Bxe7 Bxe7 35.Rh2 d4 36.e4 Rdf8 37.f5 Bd6 38.Rh4 Be7 39.Rhg4 Bc5 40.Rh1 Rh6 41.Nf2
Bd7 42.Nd3 Bd6 43.e5 Be7 44.e6 Bc6 45.Rf1 Bd5 46.Rfg1 c5 47.Ne5 Kc7 48.Nf7 Rhh8 49.Nxh8
Rxh8 50.Kd2 Kd6 51.R1g3 Bf6 52.Rh3 Rh6 53.a4 b6 54.b3 a5 55.Rhg3 Be5 56.R3g1 Bf3 57.Rh4
Bf6 58.Rh3 Bc6 59.Rh2 Ke7 60.Kd3 Be5 61.Rf2 Rh8 62.Re2 Bf6 63.Rh2 Be5 64.Rh4 Bf6 65.Rh3
b5 66.axb5 Bxb5+ 67.Kd2 Bg7 68.Ke1 Bh6 69.Rg4 Kf6 70.Rf3 Rg8 71.Kd1 Bc6 72.Rfg3 Ke7
73.Ke1 Kf6 74.Bh7 Rxg4 75.Rxg4 Be8 76.Re4 a4 77.bxa4 Ke7 78.a5 Bg7 79.Rg4 Bf6 80.a6 Bc6
81.a7 {} 1-0

(124) "Naum 2.0" vs. "Fruit 2.3"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.4"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Rg8 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Rg1 Qd6 8.d4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3
10.Qxf3 Ne4 11.Nd2 Qh2 12.Kf1 Nxd2+ 13.Bxd2 Rb8 14.Rb1 Qd6 15.Qf5 c5 16.g3 Rg6 17.Kg2
Bg7 18.Bc3 e6 19.Qh5 cxd4 20.exd4 Kf8 21.Qxh7 Ke7 22.Qh5 Rh8 23.Qd1 Bf6 24.Qd3 Kd7 25.a3
Qb6 26.a4 Qd6 27.f4 Rhg8 28.Kh2 a6 29.Bd2 Rh8 30.Kg2 c5 31.dxc5 Qxc5 32.Rgf1 Rgg8 33.c3
Qc6 34.b3 Kc8 35.Rbc1 Kb8 36.Rf3 Qb7 37.b4 Rgc8 38.b5 axb5 39.Rb1 Rc5 40.Rb3 Qa6
41.Rxb5+ Rxb5 42.axb5 Qa2 43.Rf2 Qb3 44.Rf1 d4 45.Rf3 Rd8 46.cxd4 Qa2 47.Qe2 Rxd4 48.Rf2
Qd5+ 49.Kh2 Rd3 50.f5 e5 51.Rg2 Be7 52.Be3 Kb7 53.Qf2 Bb4 54.h4 Qc4 55.Qg1 Bc3 56.Bg5 e4
57.Bf4 Qxb5 58.Ra2 Qb6 59.Qg2 Qc6 60.Re2 Rf3 61.Qg1 Rd3 62.Qb1+ Qb6 63.Qa2 Rd7 64.Qc2
Bd4 65.Rxe4 Bg1+ 66.Kh3 Qb5 67.Qg2 Qxf5+ 68.g4 Qd5 69.Rb4+ Bb6 70.Be3 Qxg2+ 71.Kxg2
Kc7 72.Bxb6+ Kc6 73.h5 Re7 74.h6 f6 75.Bf2 Kd5 76.Rf4 {} 1-0

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(125) "Alaric 707" vs. "Colossus 2007c"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"][Round "1.4"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 e4 6.Ne5 Rg8 7.d4 c6 8.f4 Bd6 9.a4
Qe7 10.a5 Be6 11.g3 Kd8 12.Be2 Kc7 13.O-O Na6 14.Kh1 Bh3 15.Rf2 Rab8 16.b3 Rge8
17.g4 h6 18.g5 hxg5 19.fxg5 Bxe5 20.Ba3 Bd6 21.Bxd6+ Qxd6 22.Rxf6 Be6 23.Bxa6 bxa6
24.Ne2 Reg8 25.Nf4 Rxg5 26.Nxe6+ fxe6 27.Rf7+ Kd8 28.Qe2 Rb5 29.Rg1 Rxg1+ 30.Kxg1 Qe7
31.Rxe7 Kxe7 32.Qe1 Kd7 33.Qc3 Rb7 34.Qc5 Rc7 35.Qf8 Rc8 36.Qf7+ {} 1-0

(126) "Fritz 10" vs. "Strelka 1.8 UCI"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.4"] [Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 Nf6 4.c4 Bh6 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qe6 7.Bd3 g4 8.Nh4 Qb6 9.O-O Bg5
10.Nf5 Nc6 11.Na4 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd5 13.Nc3 Qa5 14.f4 Bxf5 15.Bb5 Bh6 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxa5
O-O 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qe2 Bd7 20.Rac1 a6 21.b4 f5 22.Rfe1 Rf6 23.Qc4 Re6 24.Qd3 Re4 25.Qb3
e6 26.Qd3 Bg7 27.Qd2 Bf6 28.Rcb1 Kg7 29.Rb3 Kg6 30.Rc1 Kf7 31.Qf2 Rb8 32.Kh1 Rg8 33.Qg3
Be7 34.Rcb1 h5 35.Qe1 Bf6 36.Qd2 h4 37.Rc1 Rb8 38.a3 Kg6 39.h3 g3 40.Rd3 Re8 41.Rc2 Ra8
42.Rb3 Rc8 43.Rc5 Re8 44.Kg1 Rc8 45.Rd3 Be7 46.Rc1 Rb8 47.Re1 Bd6 48.Qd1 Kh6 49.Qb1
Kg7 50.Qa1 Rd8 51.Qc1 Rc8 52.Rb3 Be8 53.Kh1 Bd7 54.Qd2 Rb8 55.Reb1 Be7 56.Rd3 Kh6
57.Rb2 Kg6 58.Rc2 Ra8 59.Rc1 Bf8 60.Rf1 Bd6 61.Rf3 Bf8 62.Kg1 Bd6 63.Qc2 Re8 64.Rb3 Be7
65.Qe2 Ra8 66.Qe1 Ra7 67.Qd2 Bf6 68.Qc2 Be7 69.Qb2 Bf6 70.Qc1 Be8 71.Qc5 Ra8 72.Qc2 Kf7
73.Qd2 Kg6 74.Kh1 Bd7 75.Rf1 Kg7 76.Rc1 Be8 77.Rc2 Ra7 78.Rcb2 Kh6 79.Qc1 Kh7 80.Rd3
Kg7 81.Rb1 Rb7 82.Rbb3 Ra7 83.Qc5 Ra8 84.Rb1 Be7 85.Qc1 Kg8 86.Kg1 Kf7 87.Rdb3 Bd6
88.a4 Kg6 89.Qa3 Bd7 90.Ra1 Rb8 91.Qc1 Be7 92.Qb1 Bf8 93.Raa3 Bd6 94.Kh1 Ra8 95.Qf1 Ra7
96.Kg1 Be8 97.Qc1 Ra8 98.Kf1 Be7 99.Qc4 Kf6 100.Rbd3 Kg7 101.Rab3 Kg8 102.Kg1 Bf6
103.Rba3 Kg7 104.Qc1 Rb8 105.Rdb3 Be7 106.Qe1 Bf6 107.Qd1 Bf7 108.Qd2 Be8 109.Kh1 Ra8
110.Qc1 Bd7 111.Rbd3 Be7 112.Qd2 Bd6 113.Rdb3 Be7 114.Ra1 Kg6 115.Qb2 Nxe3 116.Bxc7
Nd5 117.Be5 Nxf4 118.Qc1 Nd5 119.Qc4 Ne3 120.Qd3 Nd5 121.Qb1 Ra7 122.a5 Rb7 123.Qd3
Rb5 124.Rbb1 Bxb4 125.Rxb4 Nxb4 126.Qd1 Rd5 127.Qb1 c5 128.Bh8 Bb5 129.dxc5 Nd3
130.Qb3 Re3 131.Qb1 Re1+ 132.Qxe1 Nxe1 133.Rxe1 Kh5 134.Be5 Rxc5 135.Bf4 Bd7 136.Re5
Rc2 137.Re1 Ra2 138.Rg1 Rxa5 139.Rc1 e5 140.Be3 Ra2 141.Bg1 a5 142.Ba7 a4 143.Bb6 a3
144.Ba7 Rb2 145.Rc3 a2 146.Rc1 Bc6 {} 0-1

(127) "Strelka 1.8 UCI" vs. "Naum 2.0"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.5"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nc3 g4 4.Ne5 f6 5.Nd3 Nh6 6.b4 e5 7.h3 d4 8.exd4 Qxd4 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.hxg4
Nxb4 11.f3 Be6 12.Rb1 Nxd3+ 13.Bxd3 O-O-O 14.Ne4 Qa4 15.g5 Nf7 16.gxf6 Qc6 17.Qe2 Kb8
18.a3 Ba2 19.O-O Rg8 20.Bc3 Bxb1 21.Rxb1 Rg6 22.g4 Ka8 23.Kg2 Qe8 24.Rh1 Rh6 25.Rxh6
Bxh6 26.Bb5 c6 27.Bc4 Nh8 28.a4 Ng6 29.Kf1 Qh8 30.Qh2 Bf4 31.Qh5 a6 32.a5 Rf8 33.g5 Rc8
34.Qh6 c5 35.f7 Rc6 36.Bd5 Rc7 37.Be6 Nf8 38.Nd6 Kb8 39.Bf5 Ka7 40.Nc8+ Kb8 41.Qd6 Qg7
42.Ne7 Bxg5 43.Qd8+ Ka7 44.Qxc7 Qh6 45.Nc8+ Ka8 46.Bxe5 Qh1+ 47.Kf2 Bh4+ 48.Ke2 Qe1+
49.Kd3 {45sec-35sec} {} 1-0

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(128) "Colossus 2007c" vs. "Fritz 10"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.5"] [Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.d4 Rg8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd2 Ne4 7.h3 Bf5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bb5 Bg7 10.h4
h5 11.g5 Qd7 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Qe2 a6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.O-O-O Nd6 16.Be1 f6 17.Nd2 e5
18.Nb3 Nf5 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.Na5 Qe6 21.Qf3 e4 22.Qh3 b6 23.Nb3 c5 24.Ne2 Kb8 25.Nf4 Qf7
26.Nxg6 Qxg6 27.f4 a5 28.Nd2 a4 29.Bf2 b5 30.Rhg1 a3 31.bxa3 Ka8 32.Qf1 Qa6 33.Nb1 Nd6
34.c3 Nc4 35.Qe1 b4 36.axb4 cxb4 37.Qe2 Bxc3 38.Qc2 Bg7 39.Rd2 Rdc8 40.Kd1 Nxe3+ 41.Bxe3
Rxc2 42.Rxc2 d4 43.Bxd4 Bxd4 44.Re1 Qd3+ 45.Kc1 Be3+ 46.Rxe3 Qxe3+
47.Nd2 Qxf4 {55sec-1:44} {} 0-1

(129) "Fruit 2.3" vs. "Alaric 707"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "1.5"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 h6 4.c4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.h4 g4 8.Ne5 h5 9.Nc3 N8d7 10.Bf4 c6
11.Qb3 e6 12.a4 a5 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O-O Rg8 15.Nd3 Bf6 16.Be3 Bxh4 17.Nf4 Bg5 18.Rxh5 Qe7
19.Kb1 Qb4 20.Qc2 Bd8 21.d5 e5 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Na2 Qe7 24.Bxb6 Bxb6 25.Qxc6 Rb8 26.Nd5
Qe6 27.Nc7+ Bxc7 28.Qxc7 Qb6 29.Rxe5+ Kf8 30.Qxb6 Rxb6 31.Rxa5 Rf6 32.Nb4 Rxf2 33.Ba6
Bxa6 34.Rxd7 Rg6 35.Rxa6 Rxa6 36.Nxa6 g3 37.b4 Rxg2 38.Rd3 Rg1+ 39.Kb2 Rg2+ 40.Kc3 Rg1
41.Rd2 Rc1+ 42.Kb3 Rg1 43.b5 Ke7 44.Rb2 Rf1 45.b6 Rf2 46.Rb1 g2 47.Rg1 Rf6 48.a5 {} 1-0

(130) "Naum 2.0" vs. "Alaric 707"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qd6 6.b3 Ne4 7.Nd4 Rg8 8.Ba3 Qg6 9.g3 a6
10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.d3 c5 12.dxe4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxe4 14.Qxe4 dxe4 15.Bb2 Bb7 16.Nd2 O-O-O
17.Rd1 Bd5 18.c4 Bc6 19.Nb1 Rd3 20.Ke2 Bh6 21.Bd4 Rd8 22.h3 Kb7 23.Rhg1 f6 24.Bc5 Bf8
25.Rd2 Bd7 26.Rxd3 exd3+ 27.Kxd3 Bxh3+ 28.Ke2 Kc6 29.Bb4 Be6 30.Nc3 h5 31.e4 Kb7 32.f3
Bf7 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Kxd1 Kc6 35.Ke2 Kd7 36.Na4 Kc6 37.f4 Be6 38.f5 Bg8 39.Kd3 Bf7 40.Kc2
Bg8 41.Kc3 a5 42.Bxa5 e6 43.Bb4 Bxb4+ 44.Kxb4 exf5 45.exf5 Bh7 46.Nc3 Bxf5 47.Nd5 Bb1
48.a4 f5 49.Nf4 Kb6 50.a5+ Ka6 51.Nxh5 Bc2 52.Nf4 c5+ 53.Kc3 Bd1 54.Ne6 Kxa5 55.Nxc5 Kb6
56.Ne6 Bf3 57.b4 Be4 58.Nd4 Kc7 59.c5 Bb1 60.Kd2 Be4 61.b5 Bg2 62.Ke3 Bh3 63.Kf4 Bf1
64.b6+ Kb7 65.Nxf5 Ba6 66.Ne7 Be2 67.g4 {53sec-24sec} {} 1-0

(131) "Fruit 2.3" vs. "Fritz 10"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 g4 4.Ne5 Nd7 5.Nd3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 h5 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O Rg8 9.b3
Qc7 10.Ba3 Bh6 11.Qd2 h4 12.Rae1 Nf8 13.Kh1 g3 14.fxg3 hxg3 15.h3 Bxh3 16.Rxf6 exf6
17.gxh3 Ng6 18.Bg4 f5 19.Bh5 Nh4 20.Kg1 O-O-O 21.Nf4 Rde8 22.Bc1 Rg5 23.Bd1 Qd6 24.Na4
Rgg8 25.Nc5 Qf6 26.Qb4 Re7 27.Ncd3 Ng6 28.Nxg6 Rxg6 29.Ne5 Rg8 30.Ba3 Rc7 31.Qa5 b6
32.Qd2 Qe6 33.Bf3 f6 34.Nd3 Re8 35.Bc1 Rce7 36.Qg2 Qd6 37.Bh5 Rg8 38.Bd2 Qd7 39.a3 Kc7
40.a4 a5 41.Re2 Rgg7 42.Qf1 Kc8 43.Bf3 Rg8 44.h4 Re4 45.Bxe4 fxe4 46.Nc1 Qg4 47.Qxf6
Rg6 48.Qe5 g2 49.Re1 Rg7 50.Qf6 Rg6 51.Qe7 Qg3 52.Nd3 exd3 53.Qe8+ Kb7 54.Qd7+ Ka8
55.Qd8+ {43sec-1:12} {} 1/2-1/2

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(132) "Colossus 2007c" vs. "Strelka 1.8 UCI"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"][Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Rg8 6.Bd2 a6 7.h3 Qd6 8.g4 h5 9.gxh5 Bf5 10.c4 O-
O-O 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb4 13.Ke2 e6 14.Rg1 Rh8 15.Ne5 Rh7 16.Rc1 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6
18.Bb3 Qd7 19.Ke1 Rxh5 20.e4 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxh5 Nxd2 23.Qg4 Bb4 24.Kd1 Nxb3
25.axb3 f5 26.Qg7 Qxd4+ 27.Qxd4 Rxd4+ 28.Ke2 Rd2+ 29.Kf1 Rxb2 30.Rg8+ Kd7 31.Rg7+ Be7
32.Rc3 Rd2 33.h4 Kd6 34.Ke1 Bf6 35.Kxd2 Bxg7 36.Rg3 Bh6+ 37.Ke2 Ke7 38.Rg6 Bf8 39.Kd3
Kf7 40.h5 b6 41.f3 a5 42.Kc4 c6 43.Kd3 Bg7 44.Rg2 Bf8 45.Rh2 Bd6 46.Rh1 Bf4 47.h6 Kg8
48.Rh4 Bg5 49.Rh2 Bf4 50.Rc2 c5 51.Rg2+ Kh7 52.Rg7+ Kxh6 53.Rb7 Kg5 54.Rxb6 Kf6 55.Rc6
Bg3 56.Ke2 c4 57.bxc4 Ke5 58.Ke3 f4+ 59.Kd3 Be1 60.Ra6 Bb4 61.Rb6 Be1 62.Rb5+ Kd6 63.Ke4
Bd2 64.Rb8 Bb4 65.Kxf4 Kc5 66.Rc8+ Kd4 67.Kg5 a4 68.Kf6 e5 69.c5 Bxc5 70.Rd8+ Kc4
71.Kxe5 a3 72.Ra8 Kb3 73.f4 a2 74.Rxa2 Kxa2 75.Kd5 Bf8 76.f5 Kb2 77.Kd4 Kb3 78.f6 { 29sec-
47sec} {} 1/2-1/2

(133) "Colossus 2007c" vs. "Naum 2.0"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"] [Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.d4 Nc6 5.c4 Rg8 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Nbd2 b5 8.a4 Nb4
9.axb5 Bf5 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxc4 Nc5 12.Ne3 Nbd3+ 13.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 14.Kf1 Be4 15.Nd2 Bb7
16.Nb3 Nxc1 17.Rxc1 Bh6 18.Rg1 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Qd5 20.Nc5 Qf5+ 21.Ke1 Rxg2 22.Rxg2 Bxg2
23.Qe2 Bh3 24.Kd2 Rd8 25.Na6 Kf8 26.Nxc7 Rd7 27.Qe1 Rd6 28.Kc3 Rg6 29.Ra1 Rg2 30.Qc1
Qe4 31.Rxa7 Rxh2 32.Kb3 Bf5 33.b6 Rc2 34.Qe1 Qg2 35.Qa1 Be4 36.Nb5 Bd5+ 37.Ka3 Qg6
38.Qb1 Qd3+ 39.b3 Qd2 40.Nc7 Be4 41.d5 Qxe3 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.b7 Qc5+ 44.Ka4 Rd2 45.Rg8+
Kh6 46.b8=Q Rd4+ 47.b4 Bxb1 48.Qf8+ Kh5 49.Qxf7+ Bg6 50.Qf3+ Kh4 51.Qf2+ Kh3 {} 1/2-
1/2

(134) "Strelka 1.8 UCI" vs. "Fruit 2.3"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.2"] Result "1/2-
1/2"][ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nc3 g4 4.Ne5 f6 5.Nd3 e5 6.h3 h5 7.hxg4 Bxg4 8.Be2 Nh6 9.b3 Nc6 10.Bb2
Qd7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Qg7 13.Bxg4 hxg4 14.Qe2 O-O-O 15.Ng3 Kb8 16.O-O-O Be7 17.Kb1
Nf7 18.Nf5 Qg6 19.Nxe7 Nxe7 20.Nc5 Rxh1 21.Rxh1 b6 22.Ne4 f5 23.Nc3 Nc6 24.Qe1 Kb7 25.d3
a6 26.Rh4 Qf6 27.Qh1 Ng5 28.Rh6 Qe7 29.Qh4 Rg8 30.Nd5 Qf7 31.Ne3 Nd4 32.Qh2 Qf8 33.Nc4
g3 34.fxg3 Qc5 35.g4 f4 36.Qg1 Nxb3 37.Qxc5 Nxc5 38.Nxe5 Na4 39.a3 b5 40.Rf6 Re8 41.Rf5
Ne6 42.Nf3 Nxb2 43.Kxb2 Kc6 44.Ne5+ Kb7 45.Ng6 c6 46.Kc3 Kc7 47.Kd2 a5 48.Nxf4 Nxf4
49.Rxf4 Rg8 50.c4 Kd6 51.Kc3 Kc7 52.d4 Kb6 53.Re4 Kc7 54.g3 Rg7 55.Kd3 Rg8 56.Rf4 Kb6
57.Kc3 Rg7 58.c5+ Kc7 59.Kd3 Kd7 60.Ke3 Ke6 61.Re4+ Kf6 62.Kf4 Rf7 63.g5+ Kg6+ 64.Kg4
Kg7 65.Re6 Rc7 66.Kf4 b4 67.axb4 axb4 68.Ke3 Kf7 69.Rf6+ Kg7 70.Kd3 b3 71.Kc3 Rb7 72.Kb2
Rb4 73.Rd6 Kf7 74.g6+ Kg7 75.Rxc6 Rxd4 76.Rd6 Rc4 77.c6 Rb4 78.Rd8 Rc4 79.Rc8 Kxg6 80.c7
Kg7 81.Kxb3 Rc1 82.Kb4 Rb1+ 83.Kc5 Rc1+ 84.Kd6 Rd1+ 85.Ke5 Re1+ 86.Kd5 Rc1 87.g4 Rc3
88.Kd6 Rd3+ 89.Ke6 Rc3 90.Kd5 Rc1 91.Kd6 Rd1+ 92.Kc5 Rc1+ 93.Kd4 Rd1+ 94.Ke3 Rc1
95.Kf4 Rc5 96.Ke4 Rc4+ 97.Ke5 Rc1 98.g5 Rc6 99.Kd5 Rc3 100.Kd6 Rd3+ 101.Ke6 Re3+
102.Kd7 Rd3+ 103.Kc6 Rc3+ 104.Kb7 Rb3+ 105.Ka7 Ra3+ 106.Kb6 Rb3+ 107.Kc5 Rc3+
108.Kb5 Rc2 109.Kb6 Rb2+ 110.Kc6 Rc2+ 111.Kd6 Rd2+ 112.Ke6 Rc2 113.Kf5 Rc5+ 114.Ke4
Rc4+ 115.Ke3 Rc5 116.Kf4 Rc2 117.Kg4 Rc5 118.Kf3 Rf5+ 119.Ke4 Rc5 120.Ke3 Rc4 121.Kd2
Rc5 122.Kd3 Rc6 123.Kd4 Rc1 124.g6 Rc6 125.Ke5 Rc1 126.Kd5 Rc2 127.Kd6 Rd2+ 128.Kc5

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Rc2+ 129.Kb6 Rb2+ 130.Kc6 Rc2+ 131.Kb5 Rc1 132.Kb6 Rb1+ 133.Kc5 Rc1+ 134.Kd6 Rd1+
135.Kc6 Rc1+ 136.Kd7 Rd1+ 137.Ke6 Rc1 138.Kf5 Rc5+ 139.Kf4 Rc4+ 140.Ke3 Rc6 141.Ke4
Rc1 142.Kd3 Rc6 143.Ke3 Re6+ 144.Kd2 Rc6 145.Kd1 Rc5 146.Ke2 Rc3 147.Kf2 Rc4 148.Kg3
Rc3+ 149.Kg2 Rc5 150.Kf3 Rc4 151.Kf2 Rc1 152.Re8 Rxc7 153.Re6 Rc5 154.Kf3 Rg5 155.Kf4
Rxg6 156.Re2 Kf6 157.Rb2 Kf7 158.Rb7+ Kf6 {} 1/2-1/2

(135) "Fritz 10" vs. "Alaric 707"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.2"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"][Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 h6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb4 9.a3 Be7 10.b3 a6
11.Bb2 O-O 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.Nd2 Ne7 14.Rfe1 Ned5 15.e4 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 b5 17.Bf1 Be7 18.Rac1
Ra7 19.Qe3 Ra8 20.Qh3 Kg7 21.Qg3 Ra7 22.Qe3 Rb7 23.b4 Bd7 24.Qg3 c6 25.h4 Kh7 26.Nb3
Qc7 27.Qd3 Kg8 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.g3 Re8 30.Be2 Ra7 31.Kg2 Raa8 32.e5 Nd5 33.Reh1 f5 34.exf6
Bxf6 35.Qg6+ Kf8 36.Rh7 Re7 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Rxe7 Bxe7 39.Qg6+ Kf8 40.Rh1 Bf6 41.Rh7 Be8
42.Qh6+ Qg7 43.Rxg7 {2:04-55sec} {} 1-0

(136) "Naum 2.0" vs. "Fritz 10"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.3"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"][Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Rg8 5.Rg1 Nc6 6.h3 e5 7.Bb5 e4 8.Ne5 Qd6 9.d4 exd3
10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nf3 dxc2 12.Qxc2 Ne4 13.Nc3 f5 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Ne2 c5 16.Qb3 c6
17.Qa4 a5 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Qb3 Kf8 20.Qa3 Be5 21.g4 Qe7 22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.Ng3 Bd3 24.Nf5
Qa7 25.Ra1 Rb8 26.f4 Bf6 27.g5 Rb4 28.Kf2 Bh8 29.Nh6 Rg6 30.Ng4 a4 31.Rg2 Qd7 32.Kg1 Qf5
33.h4 h5 34.Nf2 Bc2 35.Nh1 Bd1 36.Nf2 Bf3 37.Rg3 Kg8 38.Rb1 Rc4 39.b4 axb3 40.Qxb3 Rb4
41.Qc2 Qf7 42.Rxb4 cxb4 43.Bd2 Be2 44.Bxb4 Bc4 45.a4 Re6 46.Kh2 Bg7 47.a5 Qg6 48.Qd2 Re8
49.Nd1 Ba6 50.Bc3 Rf8 51.Bf6 Rxf6 52.gxf6 Qxf6 53.Rg5 Bc8 54.Nf2 Qe7 55.Qe2 Qf7 56.Rxh5
Kf8 57.Nh1 Qd7 58.Qg2 Qa7 59.Rg5 Be6 60.h5 Bf6 61.Rg6 Qe7 62.a6 Bf7 63.a7 Qxa7 64.Rxf6
Qe7 65.Qg5 Ke8 66.h6 {} 1-0

(137) "Alaric 707" vs. "Strelka 1.8 UCI"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"][Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Rg8 6.d4 a6 7.h3 Qd6 8.g4 Bg7 9.a3 h6 10.Bd3 Be6
11.Nh4 O-O-O 12.Qf3 Kb8 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.O-O-O e5 15.Qg3 Qe7 16.Rde1 e4 17.Be2 Bf8 18.Ng2
Qe8 19.Nf4 Bd6 20.f3 Nxd4 21.exd4 e3 22.Qh2 exd2+ 23.Kxd2 h5 24.Bxa6 Qf8 25.Bd3 Qh6
26.Re5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 d4 28.Nce2 Nd5 29.Ke1 Bc6 30.Nxh5 Rge8 31.Rg1 Ba4 32.f4 Qb6 33.b3
Bc6 34.Kf2 Ne3 35.Nf6 Reh8 36.Rc1 Rh6 37.Kg1 Rdh8 38.Nh5 Qc5 39.b4 Qa7 40.Qg3 Qxa3
41.Re1 Qa7 42.Qf2 Rg8 43.Neg3 Qa4 44.c3 Ng2 45.Rf1 dxc3 46.b5 Rd8 47.bxc6 Rxd3 48.Qxg2
Rxc6 49.Ne2 c2 50.Nhg3 Qa3 51.Kh2 c1=Q 52.Nxc1 Rxc1 53.e6 Rcc3 54.Rb1 c6 55.Qb2 Qxb2+
56.Rxb2 Rdxg3 57.exf7 Rgxh3+ 58.Kg2 Rcg3+ 59.Kf2 Rgf3+ 60.Kg2 Rxf4 61.Kxh3 Rxf7 62.g5
c5 63.Kh4 Rh7+ 64.Kg4 c4 65.Rb1 c3 66.Kf5 c2 67.Rc1 Rc7 68.Ke4 b5 69.Kd3 Rg7 70.Kxc2
Rxg5 71.Kb2 Kb7 72.Kb1 Kb6 73.Rc2 b4 74.Kb2 Kb5 75.Rc8 Rg2+ 76.Rc2 Rg8 77.Re2 Ka4
78.Re3 Rg2+ 79.Kb1 b3 80.Re8 Rf2 81.Ra8+ Kb4 82.Re8 Rh2 83.Rb8+ Kc3 84.Rc8+ Kd3 85.Rc1
Rg2 86.Rc6 Rf2 87.Rc7 Ra2 88.Rc5 Kd4 89.Rc1 Rh2 90.Rc6Rf2 91.Rg6 Kc5 92.Rg4 Rh2 93.Rf4
Rg2 94.Ra4 Rd2 95.Re4 Rc2 96.Rh4 Ra2 97.Rh3 Kc4 98.Rh8 Re2 99.Rb8 Kc3 100.Rc8+ Kb4
101.Ra8 Kc5 102.Ka1 Rh2 103.Re8 Kb5 104.Re4 Rd2 105.Kb1 Rg2 106.Rd4 Rf2 107.Rg4 Ra2
108.Rf4 Rc2 109.Rf8 Rg2 110.Kc1 Kc5 111.Rf4 Re2 112.Kb1 Kb5 113.Rh4 Ka5 114.Rg4 Ra2

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115.Re4 Rg2 116.Rd4 Kb5 117.Re4 Rd2 118.Re8 Ra2 119.Rc8 Rh2 120.Ra8 Rf2 121.Rb8+ Kc4
122.Rc8+ Kd4 123.Kc1 Re2 124.Rc7 Rg2 125.Kb1 Rf2 126.Rc1 Rd2 127.Rg1 Kc5 128.Kc1 Rf2
129.Kb1 b2 130.Rd1 Kc4 131.Re1 Kd3 132.Rh1 Kd4 133.Rh3 Kc4 134.Ka2 Re2 135.Rh4+ Kc3
136.Rh8 Kc2 137.Rc8+ Kd3 138.Kb1 Kd4 139.Rc7 Rh2 140.Ka2 Rf2 141.Rb7 b1=Q+ 142.Kxb1
Kc3 143.Rb5 Re2 144.Rc5+ Kd3 145.Rh5 Kd4 146.Rh4+ Kd5 {} 1/2-1/2

(138) "Colossus 2007c" vs. "Fruit 2.3"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.3"]["1-0"]
[ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"][Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 g4 4.Ne5 h5 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qb3 Bd6 9.e4 Bxe5 10.dxe5 d4
11.Bc4 Rh7 12.Ne2 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qxe5 14.O-O c5 15.Nf4 Nc6 16.Rfe1 h4 17.Nd5 Qd6 18.Bf4
Ne5 19.Qb5+ Kf8 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Qxc5+ Kg7 22.Rad1 h3 23.Qxd4 Qxd4 24.Rxd4 hxg2 25.Nc7
Rb8 26.Rd8 Ne7 27.Ne8+ Kh6 28.Nd6 f6 29.Rc1 Ng6 30.Bd5 a6 31.Rdxc8 Rxc8 32.Rxc8 Rd7
33.Nxb7 Nf4 34.Nc5 Rd6 35.Rc6 Rxc6 36.Bxc6 a5 37.a4 Kg5 38.b4 axb4 39.a5 Kh4 40.a6 Kh3
41.Bb5 {} 1-0

(139) "Fruit 2.3" vs. "Naum 2.0"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.4"] ["1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 g4 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 h5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.f4 gxf3 10.Nxf3
h4 11.Bd2 h3 12.g3 Nb6 13.a4 Bg4 14.Ne5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qd6 16.a5 Nbd7 17.Nd3 O-O-O 18.Na4
Qc7 19.Bb4 Rde8 20.Nac5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Kb8 22.Kh1 Rhf8 23.Bb4 Qc8 24.Qf3 Ng4 25.Rfe1 f5
26.a6 b6 27.Ref1 Rf6 28.Ra3 Qc7 29.Rb3 Rf7 30.Nf2 Nxf2+ 31.Rxf2 e6 32.Qh5 Rh8 33.Qg6 Qd7
34.Kg1 Ka8 35.Rf1 Rc8 36.Bd6 Bh8 37.Ba3 Rd8 38.Bb4 Bg7 39.Kh1 Rc8 40.Bd6 Bf8 41.Bxf8
Rfxf8 42.Rd3 c5 43.c3 Rce8 44.Ra1 Rfh8 45.Qf6 c4 46.Rdd1 Ref8 47.Qg5 Rh7 48.Rdf1 Qc7
49.Rf4 Qc8 50.Rh4 Rxh4 51.Qxh4 Rh8 52.Qe7 Re8 53.Qg5 Rg8 54.Qh6 Rh8 55.Qf6 Rf8 56.Qg7
Rg8 57.Qh7 Rh8 58.Qf7 Rf8 59.Qh5 Rh8 60.Qf3 Kb8 61.Qf4+ Qc7 62.Qg5 Qh7 63.Qf6 Re8
64.Rf1 Kc7 65.Rf4 Qd7 66.Qh6 Qa4 67.Qxh3 Qxa6 68.Rf1 Qa2 69.Qh5 Kd7 70.Qe2 Rg8 71.Qg2
Rg7 72.h4 a6 73.Qf2 Qb3 74.Kg2 a5 75.h5 a4 76.Qd2 Rh7 77.Rh1 Qa2 78.Qf2 Qb3 79.Qd2 Qa2
80.Qf2 {17sec-30sec} {} 1/2-1/2

(140) "Colossus 2007c" vs."Alaric 707"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.4"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"][Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Rg8 6.Bd2 Bh6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Qd6 9.g4 Bd7 10.Rg1
Ne4 11.Bd3 f5 12.gxf5 Rxg1+ 13.Nxg1 Nxd2 14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.Nxd5 Bg7 16.Nc3 Qh6 17.Qxh6
Bxh6 18.Nd5 Rd8 19.Nxc7 Rc8 20.Ne6+ Bxe6 21.fxe6 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Nb4 23.Bd3 Nxc2+ 24.Bxc2
Rxc2 25.b3 Bg5 26.Ne2 Bh4 27.d5 b6 28.e4 Bg5 29.f4 Bf6 30.Rd1 Rxa2 31.d6 Bh4+ 32.Kf1 exd6
33.Rxd6 Ra1+ 34.Kg2 Re1 35.Rd2 Ke8 36.e5 Rb1 37.Rd3 h5 38.f5 Re1 39.Rd2 Bg5 40.Ra2 Be7
41.f6 a5 42.Rc2 Bc5 43.Nf4 Rxe5 44.f7+ Ke7 45.Ng6+ Kxe6 46.Nxe5 Bf8 47.Rc8 Kxe5 48.Rxf8
Ke6 49.h4 Ke7 50.Rb8 {} 1-0

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(141) "Strelka 1.8 UCI" vs. "Fritz 10"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.4"] "1-0"] [ECO
"A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nc3 g4 4.Ne5 Nd7 5.Nxd7 Qxd7 6.h3 gxh3 7.Rxh3 Nf6 8.Rg3 h5 9.b3 Bh6
10.Ba3 Qd8 11.Bd3 h4 12.Rf3 Bg4 13.Bf5 Bh5 14.Qe2 c6 15.O-O-O e6 16.Bd3 e5 17.e4 d4 18.Nb5
Bf8 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Na3 Qe7 21.Nc4 Rg8 22.Rh1 Rxg2 23.Rxh4 O-O-O 24.Kb2 Rg5 25.Rh1 Kb8
26.Na5 Qc7 27.b4 c5 28.a3 Rg6 29.Nc4 Bxf3 30.Qxf3 b5 31.Na5 c4 32.Bf1 Rdg8 33.Ka2 Ka8
34.Qf5 d3 35.c3 Ng4 36.f3 Nh6 37.Qh5 Rf6 38.Qh4 Rgg6 39.Qf2 Qb6 40.Qh2 Rg5 41.a4 Ng8
42.Qh4 Rg7 43.Qh2 Qc7 44.axb5 Rxf3 45.Bh3 Ne7 46.Bf5 Rfg3 47.Qf2 R3g5 48.Rh6 R5g2
49.Rh8+ Ng8 50.Qe1 Re2 51.Qc1 a6 52.b6 Qxb6 53.Nxc4 Qc6 54.Kb3 Ka7 55.Nxe5 Qb5 56.Nxf7
Rgg2 57.Nd6 Qc6 58.Rh7+ Kb8 59.Rb7+ Qxb7 60.Nxb7 Kxb7 61.Qh1 Rexd2 62.Qh7+ Kb8
63.Qd7 Rdb2+ 64.Kc4 Rgc2 65.Qc8+ Ka7 66.Qc7+ Ka8 67.Qd8+ {} 1-0

(142) "Naum 2.0" vs. "Strelka 1.8 UCI"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.5"] [Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"][Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d4 Qd6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Rg8 8.c4 Bh6 9.c5
Qe6 10.Nc3 Qh3 11.g3 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.a3 Qh5 14.Re1 Kb8 15.b4 a6 16.Bb2 Bf8
17.Nd2 Bh6 18.b5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Ng4 21.Nf1 Rg6 22.f3 Nf6 23.a4 Na5 24.Bc3
Nc4 25.a5 Nd7 26.Na3 e5 27.Nxc4 dxc4 28.a6 bxa6 29.Qxc4 Qxf3 30.Rxa6 Rdg8 31.Ra2
Qe4 32.Qb5+ Kc8 33.dxe5 Qd5 34.Rea1 Qb7 35.Qd3 Nb8 36.R2a7 Qf3 37.Ba5 Na6 38.Be1
Rd8 39.Qb3 Qd5 40.Qa4 Nb8 41.Rb1 Qxc5 42.Rxb8+ Kxb8 43.Ra8+ Kb7 44.Rxd8 Ra6 45.Qe4+
Qc6 46.Qxh7 Qg6 47.Qh8 Qe6 48.Bc3 Kc6 49.h4 Kb5 50.Rd1 Kc6 51.Qb8 Qg6 52.Qc8 Bxe3+
53.Nxe3 Qxg3+ 54.Ng2 {1:01-10sec} {} 1-0

(143) "Fritz 10" vs. "Colossus 2007c"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"] [Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"] [Round "2.5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Variation "1...d5 2.e3"] [TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.d4 g4 4.Ne5 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 c6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.a3
Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qd3 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Ne4 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Rc1 f5 16.f3 gxf3 17.gxf3 Nf6
18.Qb1 b6 19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.cxb4 Rg8 21.Be5 Ke7 22.Rc3 a5 23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Rb3 b5 25.Kf2
Rga8 26.Rg1 Ne8 27.Rg5 R5xa3 28.Rb1 h4 29.c5 R3a2+ 30.Be2 Rc2 31.Rh5 Raa2 32.Re1 b4
33.Ke3 Nf6 34.Bxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rh7 Be8 36.Rxh4 b3 37.Bd3 Rcxh2 38.Rxh2 Rxh2 39.Bc4 b2 40.f4
Bh5 41.Rb1 Rg2 42.Ba6 Ke7 43.Bc4 Kf7 44.Ba6 Ke8 45.Bb7 Kd7 46.Ba6 Kc7 47.Bc4 Bg4 48.Ba2
Kd7 49.Kd3 Rf2 50.Re1 b1=Q+ 51.Bxb1 Rxf4 52.Rh1 Rf3+ 53.Kd2 Rh3 54.Rxh3 Bxh3 55.Ke3
Bf1 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Bc2 Bg2 58.Ke5 Bd5 59.Bd3 Kd7 60.Be2 Kd8 61.Ba6 Ke8 62.Bd3 Ke7 63.Be2
Kf7 64.Ba6 Kg7 65.Bc8 Kf8 66.Ba6 Kf7 67.Bc8 Ke7 68.Ba6 Bb3 69.Bf1 Kd7 70.Be2 Bd5 71.Bd3
Kc7 72.Be2 Kc8 73.Bd3 Kb7 74.Bf1 Kb8 75.Bd3 Ka7 76.Be2 Ba2 77.Bf3 Kb7 78.Kd6 Bd5
79.Bxd5 exd5 80.Ke5 Ka6 81.Kxf5 Kb5 82.Ke5 Kc4 83.Kd6 Kxd4 84.Kxc6 Ke4 85.Kd6 d4 86.c6
{16sec-28sec} {} 1/2-1/2

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(144) "Alaric 707" vs. "Fruit 2.3"

[Event "Reversed GWC 1"][Site "Hawaii"][Date "2007.12.07"][Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"][ECO "A06"][Opening "Reti Opening"][Variation "1...d5 2.e3"][TimeControl "900"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Nxg5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Rg8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.b3 e5 7.Bb2 e4 8.Ng1 Bd6
9.Nge2 a6 10.d3 Qe7 11.dxe4 dxe4 12.Ng3 Be5 13.Be2 h5 14.Bxh5 Qb4 15.Qd2 Nxh5 16.Nxh5
Bg4 17.a3 Qa5 18.b4 Bxc3 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.bxa5 Bxb2 21.Rb1 Rd8 22.Rxb2 Rxd2 23.Kxd2
Nxa5 24.Kc3 Rg5 25.h4 Rf5 26.Rb4 Rc5+ 27.Kb2 Nc4+ 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.h5 Kf8 30.Rh4 Be6
31.h6 Kg8 32.Kc1 Kh7 33.Kb2 f5 34.Rh3 Rc6 35.Rh1 Rd6 36.Kc3 Bf7 37.f3 Rc6+ 38.Kd4
Rxc2 39.fxe4 Rc4+ 40.Ke5 Rxe4+ 41.Kxf5 Rxe3 42.g4 Rxa3 43.g5 Bg6+ 44.Kf4 Ra4+ 45.Ke5
Re4+ 46.Kf6 c5 47.Rd1 Rd4 48.Rf1 b5 49.Ra1 Rd5 50.Rxa6 Rf5+ 51.Ke6 Rxg5 52.Kf6 Rf5+
{ 39sec-1:10} {} 0-1

Who was Claude F. Bloodgood?

Donald K. Wedding Jr.

Forward from the editor: In UON 4, August 2001, Davide Rozzoni mentioned that he learned of the death of Claude
Bloodgood from an article in The Week in Chess, no. 254. Mark Crowther, that publication’s editor, provided Davide
with a copy.

In UON 4 Davide Rozzoni wrote:

The obituary was written by Donald K. Wedding Jr. A friend of Bloodgood. I’m republishing it
here because I think that together with Mr. Grob himself, Claude Bloodgood is the
chessplayer who has loved and played 1.g4 more than anyone else. About 2 months ago I
got Claude’s address (through Earl Roberts who played recently some games with him – see
UON n° 3) and I sent him the photocopies of UON 1-2-3 while asking him if he wanted to
share with us his own Grobs. But my letter reached him late…too late.

The following article, by Donald K. Wedding, Jr. appeared in UON 4. One non-Grob game and a paragraph associated
with the non-Grob game were removed for this Grob Edition Special. Refer to UON 4 for that game and paragraph, if
interested. - gkg

Claude F. Bloodgood III, July 14, 1924 – August 4, 2001

by Donald K. Wedding Jr.

The chess world lost one of its most colorful figures on August 4, 2001 with the passing
of Claude F. Bloodgood from lung cancer at the age of 77. He was born Klaus Frizzell
Bluttgutt III on July 14, 1924 in La Paz, Mexico to German nationals. He learned chess
from his father at a young age. Both his skill and love for the game grew quickly, and
soon became a passion that followed him throughout his life.

Claude spent most of his early chess career earning money as a hustler. During this
time, he developed a taste for unorthodox (and generally unsound) openings filled with
traps and aggressive lines. These openings were, of course, ideally suited to both his
chosen profession and also to his style of play. He continued to play these openings
throughout his life.

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Bloodgood’s tournament chess career began in 1957 when he started conducting

monthly Norfolk USO invitational chess tournaments until 1961. During that time span,
Claude won over half of all the USCF rated tournaments in the state of Virginia. These
tournaments included:

Virginia Open (1957, 1958)

Norfolk Open (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961).
Norfolk Chess Club Championship (1957, 1958, 1959, 1961).
Norfolk USO Invitational (36 of 60 monthly tournaments)
Camp Elmore Championship (1957).
FMFLant Championship (1957).
Oceana NAS Open (1959)

In addition to his over the board play, Claude was also an avid postal chess player. This
passion for postal chess inspired Claude to set up the All Service Postal Chess Club
(ASPCC) tournament in 1958, which continues to operate to this day.

Sadly, Claude’s chess career never had a chance to flourish due to numerous problems
with the law. During the 1960’s he was in prison from 1962 to 1964 and from 1965 to
1967 for 4th degree burglary. Upon being released he was imprisoned again from 1968
to 1969 for forgery. In 1970, he was convicted of murdering his stepmother and was
sentenced to death in Virginia’s electric chair. While on death row, Claude spent
virtually all of his time playing postal chess, and because he was on death row, the
State of Virginia paid his postage. At one time, Claude was playing as many as 2000
games simultaneously. This is probably a record. Claude spent the remainder of his
time writing about chess. He wrote numerous articles for various chess publications and
also wrote the first of his three published chess books, The Tactical Grob. To this day,
this book is considered to be a classic by fans of unorthodox chess openings.

In 1972, Claude’s death sentence was commuted to life in prison. As he was no longer
on death row, the State of Virginia no longer paid his postage, so Claude’s postal career
came to an abrupt end. His prison chess career, however, was only beginning. Claude
began organizing chess tournaments within the prison walls with outsiders being
permitted to come in and compete. With “Fischer chess fever” still at its height, these
tournaments gained a considerable amount of good publicity for the prison system.
Claude was soon allowed to organize chess tournaments outside the prison walls. To
this day, people wonder how Claude, a convicted killer, fresh off of death row, was
allowed to leave prison virtually unguarded to set up chess tournaments. Claude was
always vague on this point. He would only smile and say that anything was possible if
you knew how the prison bureaucracy worked.

During one of these outings, Claude and another prisoner, Lewis Capleaner, were
forced to escape by a prison guard named George Winslow who was escorting them to
a tournament. According to Bloodgood, George Winslow had serious financial problems
and tried to coerce Bloodgood and Capleaner to rob a local gambling house for him
while they were on the furlough. Although Bloodgood and Capleaner refused, Winslow
was insistent. The situation ended with Winslow getting handcuffed to a bed while
Bloodgood and Capleaner escaped with their respective girlfriends, seven dollars in
cash, and no place to go. With no plan and no money, Bloodgood and Capleaner were
soon recaptured, and George Winslow was arrested for his involvement in the escape.

As fantastic as this story sounds, it is probably an accurate account, especially

considering how meticulously Bloodgood orchestrated the prison to allow him furloughs
to play chess and how poorly planned the actual escape was. Bloodgood never denied
his intention to use his prison chess furloughs as a means of escape, but he always
denied that he intended to escape at that particular moment, with that particular inmate,
and with only a few dollars in his pocket.

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Bloodgood’s escape and the details behind it, and the fact that the Virginia prison
system was allowing convicted murderers to leave prison practically unguarded to set
up chess tournaments proved somewhat embarrassing to the State of Virginia. As a
result Bloodgood’s chances for parole became nonexistent. Another consequence was
that the Virginia Penitentiary (VAPEN) Chess program was dismantled.

Bloodgood continued to play offhand chess games within the prison walls throughout
the 1980’s, and by the early 1990’s decided to re-form the VAPEN Chess club. This
sparked yet another controversy that again drew national chess attention to Bloodgood.
During this time, Bloodgood held tournaments inside of Powhatan Correctional Center.
These tournaments uncovered a serious flaw in the United States Chess Federation
(USCF) rating system. It turned out that the USCF provisional ratings formulas along
with the ratings floors caused serious ratings inflation if a small group played numerous
games within a closed pool. This is precisely what happened at the VAPEN chess club.
As the VAPEN chess club was, what might euphemistically be called, a “captive
audience” with not much else to do, Bloodgood and about twenty or so of his fellow
inmates started playing several rated games a day. This group had members that were
playing literally thousands of games a year. This caused their ratings to jump to
extremely high levels.

When it became obvious to Claude and VAPEN that the ratings formula was flawed,
they alerted the USCF. Unfortunately, the USCF could not correct the problem quickly,
and soon Claude Bloodgood was ranked second in the United States with a rating of
2702. This triggered an outcry from some members of the United States Chess
Federation who alleged numerous unfair and untrue allegations that Bloodgood was
committing ratings fraud. This was, of course, not the case as Bloodgood had alerted
the USCF to the problem long before he ever reached the stratospheric level of 2702.
Bloodgood was also quick to admit to anyone who would bother asking that he was over
rated. His true ability at that time in his life was probably high expert class to low master
level. At his prime, in the early 60’s, he was probably close to senior master strength.

During this period of Claude’s life, he penned several more books on his beloved
unorthodox openings. Two of these were published by Chess Digest, Inc.: the
Nimzovich Attack: The Norfolk Gambits and the Blackburne-Hartlaub Gambits.
Bloodgood has the manuscripts of several other books also written, but they have not
yet been published.

By 1997, Bloodgood’s health had deteriorated so drastically, that he was transferred to

the prison medical unit where he was to live out the remaining years of his life.
Fortunately after his transfer, the Veterans Administration awarded him benefits
amounting to approximately 90 a month. With this money, Claude was able to resume
his postal chess career. During these final years, Claude played as many as 200 postal
chess games at any given time. Claude continued to play postal chess at this
phenomenal rate up until the final three months of his life. By that point, his health and
his chess ability deteriorated to where he could no longer continue. No matter how poor
his health, however, Claude was always mentally alert even until his final day.

On a personal note, I knew Claude for close to a decade and became good friends with
him. I found him to have a brilliant mind, a great sense of humor, to be a loyal friend,
and to be kind and generous with others. Even though he had only limited finances, for
example, he was always quick to share what little he had with other inmates, particularly
when it came to promoting prison chess. Claude was always quick to send his own
money to a fellow prisoner who needed money for a membership to the USCF or a
postal chess club. He would also send money to inmates who needed chess sets,
chess clocks, or needed chess books. He was also a great chess player of master to
senior master strength who played fanatically throughout his life. His chess style came
from the old school, and might even be described by the romantic chess players of
nineteenth century as “speculative” and perhaps a bit “too aggressive”. The chess
world will be less interesting without him. I will miss him very much.

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Claude Bloodgood’s papers will go to the Cleveland Public Library

All of Claude’s papers (including the drafts of his unpublished books) will be donated to
the John G. White collection of the Cleveland Public Library that has the largest
collection of chess literature in existence. Claude was thrilled and honored that they
wanted his papers. If anyone wishes to donate any material related to Claude
Bloodgood, please contact the Cleveland Public Library. The library web site link is
www.cpl.org and it has a link to the John G. White collection. In addition, donations can
be made to the All Service Postal Chess Club (ASPCC) to assist prisoners who wish to
play postal chess, but are financially unable to do so.

Claude will always be best known for his Grob opening. Here’s an exciting game from
his book, The Tactical Grob.

(145) Bloodgood, Claude vs. Erwin, Hugh;

Event: "VAPEN Game";1973

1. g4 d5
2. Bg2 e5
3. c4 c6
4. cxd5 cxd5
5. Qb3 Ne7
6. Nc3 e4
7. d3 exd3
8. Bf4 a6
9. Rd1 d4
10. Rxd3 Nbc6
11. e3 Ng6
12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. Rxd4 Qa5
14. Re4+ Be6
15. Rxe6+ fxe6
16. Qxe6+ Ne7
17. Nge2 Rd8
18. Nd4 Qb6
19. O-O Qxb2
20. Ne4 Rxd4
21. exd4 Qxd4
22. Nd6+ Kd8
23. Nf7+ Ke8
24. Bc7 Qd7
25. Nd6+ 1-0

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PART 3 Reference Materials

Grob (1…g4) Reference Material by D. Rozzoni

If you wanted to start playing 1.g4, where could you find valuable information on it? This article
will provide some answers, although it is by no means a complete 1.g4 bibliography:

“Grob’s Angriff” by Henry Grob – Zurich – Schachverlag Grob 1969. Grob’s own book,
german language & algebrical notation. An important historical work by the man who
played 1.g4 more than anyone else in correspondence chess.
“The tactical Grob” by Claude Bloodgood – Sutton Coldfield: Chess Ltd., 1976
descriptive notation. This book includes a lot of Grob’s own book games and it adds
Bloodgood’s own games. A free e-book version of this book is available at
http://www.chessville.com/downloads/misc_downloads.htm#TacticalGrob
“Grob’s attack in practice” by G. Welling – Myers Openings Bulletin, Vol. 2, nr. 6 (n°
20), 1981 – Welling’s short article provides useful insights in the Grob’s attack.
“Grob’s Angriff” by Helmut Warzecha – Erich Muenter Verlag – A useful year 1986
survey in algebrical notation an few comments in german language.
“Grob’s attack” by Bill Wall – Coraopolis –Chess Enterprises, Inc. – A year 1988 well
arranged list of all the variations arising from 1.g4 plus 50 games. Still available in some
chess bookstores although a research in internet is necessary.
“Dynamic White Openings” by Tim Harding – Chess Digest – 1989 – From page 14 to
page 35 contain 1.g4 games and analysis. One of my favourite sources.
“The killer Grob” by Michael Basman – Pergamon Chess – 1991 – THE 1.g4 book!
Strongly recommended. It contains Basman’s own games and analysis. Also contain
material on 1…g5
“Black is OK in…rare openings” by Andràs Adorjàn – Caissa LTD – 1998 - From page
55 to page 62 contain possible 1.g4 refutations. Wordsless, algebrical notation.
“Unorthodox Chess Openings” by Eric Schiller – Cardoza Publishing – 1st Edition 1998
– From page 183 to page 190 you can find 1.g4 analysis. Although the 1.g4 section is
limited to 7 pages, this book contains essential info for the UCO player. 67 pages of the
book’s second edition can be downloaded for free at
http://www.ericschiller.com/pdf/Unorthodox%20Chess%20Openings%202%20Sample.pdf
“Grob’s Attack” e-book by Rev. T. Sawyer - Nice and recent work including the
history of this opening, overview of its main features, opening surveys/reports and large
database. Recommended. More details can be found at
http://www.chesscentral.com/pickard/Grobs_Attack.htm
“How to meet the Polish and Grob” by A. Martin
http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/041001_h_t_,mt_plsh_grb2.html
“Grob’s attack: Not for beginners” A recent & well done 1.g4 article in English language
by Stefan Buecker downloadable at http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kaiss25.pdf
http://nestore.mysteria.cz/index.htm A 1.g4 web site – games download available.

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Eric Schiller sent us a list of Orthodox and Unorthodox Gambits for UON 4. Grob-related ones are
repeated here.

Unorthodox Gambits with g4

OpeningName MoveList OpeningID ECO
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation: 1.f4 d5 2.g4 118 A02
Dudweiler Gambit:
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Von 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bf5 2353 D00
Popiel Gambit: Zilbermints 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.g4 Bg6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Qb5+
Variation:
Clemenz Opening: Spike Lee 1.h3 h5 2.g4 266 A00
Gambit: :
Dutch Defense: Hevendehl 1.d4 f5 2.g4 e5 295 A80
Gambit: :
Dutch Defense: Janzen-Korchnoi 1.d4 f5 2.h3 Nf6 3.g4 299 A80
Gambit: :
Dutch Defense: Krejcik Gambit: : 1.d4 f5 2.g4 304 A80
Dutch Defense: Manhattan 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 e6 3.g4 310 A80
Gambit: Anti-Classical Line:
Dutch Defense: Manhattan 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 g6 3.g4 2409 A80
Gambit: Anti-Leningrad:
Dutch Defense: Manhattan 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.g4 2411 A80
Gambit: Anti-Modern:
Dutch Defense: Manhattan 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d5 3.g4 2410 A80
Gambit: Anti-Stonewall:
Dutch Defense: Senechaud 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 f5 3.g4 317 A80
Gambit: :
Dutch Defense: Spielmann 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g4 318 A80
Gambit: :
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit: 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4 326 A82
Tartakower Variation:
Dutch Defense: Tate Gambit: : 1.d4 f5 2.g4 fxg4 3.e4 d5 4.Nc3 333 A80
English Opening: Anglo-Indian 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.g4 2306 A18
Defense: Zviagintsev-Krasenkov
Attack:
English Opening: Wade Gambit: : 1.c4 f5 2.g4 443 A10
Grob Opening: Alessi Gambit: : 1.g4 f5 619 A00
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit: : 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 622 A00
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit: 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 h5 3.gxh5 623 A00
Basman Gambit:
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit: 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 624 A00
Declined:
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit: Fritz 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 625 A00
Gambit:
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit: Fritz 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 d4 4.Bxb7 Nd7 626 A00
Gambit: Romford Countergambit 5.Bxa8 Qxa8
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit: 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 627 A00
Keres Gambit:
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit: 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.b3 628 A00
Richter-Grob Gambit:
Grob Opening: Zilbermints 1.g4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 635 A00
Gambit: :

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Unorthodox Gambits with g4

OpeningName MoveList OpeningID ECO
Gruenfeld Defense: Gibbon 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.g4 657 D80
Gambit: :
Indian Game: Devin Gambit: : 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g4 702 E00
Indian Game: Gibbins- 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 709 A45
Wiedehagen Gambit: Accepted:
Indian Game: Gibbins- 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 3.f3 Nf6 4.e4 711 A45
Wiedehagen Gambit: Maltese
Falcon:
Indian Game: Gibbins- 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 e5 712 A45
Wiedehagen Gambit: Oshima
Defense:
Indian Game: Gibbins- 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 3.e4 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 713 A45
Wiedehagen Gambit: Stummer 5.Nc3
Gambit:
Italian Game: Classical Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 748 C54
Greco Gambit: Moeller-Bayonet exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3
Attack 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.g4
King's Gambit: Accepted: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.g4 953 C34
Schallop Defense: Tashkent
Attack
Latvian Gambit: Lobster Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.g4 1096 C40
:
Queen Pawn Game: Zurich 1.d4 d5 2.g4 1397 D00
Gambit: :
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 1903 B81
Variation: Delayed Keres Attack: 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6 9.g5
Perenyi Gambit
Van Geet Opening: Tübingen 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4 2217 A00
Gambit: :

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UON 20 Appendix A

Articles from L’arcimatto

GROB ATTACK REFUTATIONS
by Rolando Dubini

Reprinted for UON 20 with kind permission of Maurizio Mascheroni

12/11/2007
UON 20 Appendix A Rolando Dubini - Grob Attack Refutations Reprinted from L’arcimatto

In Dec. 1981 and Feb. 1982 correspondence player Rolando Dubini played close to fifty correspondence 1.g4 games. He later
published ten lines of play to show refutations to the Grob Attack. The articles, originally published in the Italian chess review
“L’Arcimatto” have been republished here with the kind permission of Maurizio Mascheroni, the former editor of “L’arcimatto.”
We are grateful. Note that the Italian algebraic notation should read as follows:

King = R; Queen = D; Rook = T; Bishop = A; Knight = C

Editor Note: A special thanks to Davide Rozzoni for (a) locating this material, (b) obtaining permission to use it, and (c) providing the information for the above
paragraph. We also would like to thank, in addition to Maurizio Mascheroni, Rolando Dubini himself. -gkg,
UON 20 Appendix A Rolando Dubini - Grob Attack Refutations Reprinted from L’arcimatto
UON 20 Appendix A Rolando Dubini - Grob Attack Refutations Reprinted from L’arcimatto
UON 20 Appendix A Rolando Dubini - Grob Attack Refutations Reprinted from L’arcimatto
UON 20 Appendix A Rolando Dubini - Grob Attack Refutations Reprinted from L’arcimatto
UON 20 Appendix A Rolando Dubini - Grob Attack Refutations Reprinted from L’arcimatto
UON 20 Appendix A Rolando Dubini - Grob Attack Refutations Reprinted from L’arcimatto
UON 20 – Grob Special, a few notes in closing

(1) This was the first UON to be created primarily by collecting and combining material from earlier
editions of UON. Depending on feedback received, UON 21 might follow this route with another
unorthodox opening.

(2) I apologize for my oversight in UON 19, i.e., in my article: Who’s Afraid of the Gunsberg
Variation (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3!?). I missed an important opening trap and will
revisit that issue in the next regular UON. At the moment I am not sure if UON 21 will be regular
or another special.

(3) The chess book, Winning with the Krazy Kat and Old Hippo, by Gifford, Rozzoni, and Wall is
currently making its way through editorial reviews by London chess publishers. Hopefully the
book will be published before UON 21.

(4) Remember to send material to me with the subject of “UON Submission” for upcoming editions.
Send to penswift@yahoo.com. You can also send comments.

Finally, here is a very recent Grob game that was included in an e-mail from Davide Rozzoni. It arrived
too late to make it into the main body of this issue.

(146) Basman, Michael (2300) - MacKinnon, John (2000)

Civil Service Open, London November 12, 2006 Round 4 ECO A00

1. g4 e5 2. c4 h5 3. gxh5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxh5 5. d3 c6 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9.

Qd2 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. b4 Bg7 12. Rg1 f6 13. Be3 g5 14. h3 Nf8 15. d4 Ng6 16. d5
Bf5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. Nb5 cxb5 20. cxb5 Qxc1+ 21. Qxc1 e4 22. Qc6+
Ke7 23. Bxg5+ Bf6 24. Bxe4 Bd7 25. Qd5 Rag8 26. Qb7 Ne5 27. Bxf6+ Nxf6 28. Rxg8
Rxg8 29. f4 Nc4 30. Bc6 Rg1+ 31. Kf2 Rc1 32. Qxa7 Ke6 33. f5+ Ke5 34. Bf3 Bxb5 35.
a4 Bd7 36. b5 Rb1 37. Qc7 Kd4 38. h4 Bxf5 39. e3+ Kc3 40. Qg7 Bd3 41. Qxf6+ Kb4
42. Qd4 Kxa4 43. Qxd3 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Ne5 45. Qd4+ Ka3 46. Qxd6+ 1-0

Best regards and best chess to all,

and I wish you all a great 2008 new year….

Sincerely,

Gary K. Gifford

January 2, 2008
Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A.