Grocott, Philip – Dragan, Cristian-Gabriel

Grocott, Philip (1292)
Dragan, Cristian-Gabriel (1390)

Result: 0-1
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. Nf3 e6 6. c3 c6 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Nhf3 Nd7 16. Rh2 Nf6 17. Ne5 This is an error, as the subsequent exchange will result in black's Knight forced to a strong square 17... Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Nf1 Nxh2 20. Nxh2 Qg5 21. Qf2 Rdf8 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rf1 Rg1 would have been better in anticipation of an eventual g4 attack, forcing the knight to h4 and creating a potential pin on Rook and Queen 23... h5 24. Qe1 g5 25. Kd2 g4 26. Nh4 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Rf8 28. Qe2 Qe8 29. b4 g5 White resigns