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Grocott, Philip – Scarpa, Mario

Grocott, Philip (1288)
Scarpa, Mario (1368)
Result: 1/2-1/2

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Date: 25 March 2025
Location: Crewe Chess Club
Tournament: Friendly rated
Round:
Opening: D00 Queen's Pawn Game (including Blackmar–Diemer Gambit, Halosar Trap and others)
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Published on: 20 March 2025
Categories: game

[Event "Friendly rated"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "Grocott, Philip"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[WhiteElo "1288"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 a6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.Be2 Bf5 9.Bd3 e5 10.dxe5 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3 {The original idea behind Bxf3 was disruption through doubling the pawns in the f-file. Taking the Knight now is not as effective, but I feared that too much back and forth was not a great strategy either.}12.Bxf3 Qh4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Be7 15.Qf3 Bg5 16.Qg3 h6 17.Nd2 O-O-O 18.O-O-O Qh5 19.Nf3 Bxf4 {The tension in this corner of the chessboard was higher than during the Cuban Missile Crisis.Exchange was necessary for de-escalation.}20.Qxf4 Rhe8 21.g4 Qh3 {If White tries to eventually corners the Queen by moving the Rook in g3, the other Rook will be left on its own, easily exchanged and Qf1 will grant a tempo through a check.}22.Rhg1 g5 23.Qf5+ Kb8 24.Rg3 {This blunder flips the side of luck.}24...Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Qf1+ 26.Kc2 Qe2+ 27.Kb3 Na5+ 28.Ka3 Qb5 29.b4 Nc4+ 30.Kb3 Qd5 31.Kc2 Nxe3+ {What a blunder! Thinking of forking King and Queen while still thinking of the potential pin of one move ago... Luck flips side again.}32.fxe3 Qxa2+ 33.Kd3 Rd8+ 34.Nd4 Qb1+ 35.Kc4 Qa2+ 36.Kd3 b5 37.Ke4 Qd5+ 38.Kd3 {Draw by agreement.} 1/2-1/2

FEN image of position

[Event "Friendly rated"]
[Site "Crewe Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "Grocott, Philip"]
[Black "Scarpa, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[WhiteElo "1288"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 a6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.Be2 Bf5 9.Bd3 e5 10.dxe5 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3 {The original idea behind Bxf3 was disruption through doubling the pawns in the f-file. Taking the Knight now is not as effective, but I feared that too much back and forth was not a great strategy either.}12.Bxf3 Qh4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Be7 15.Qf3 Bg5 16.Qg3 h6 17.Nd2 O-O-O 18.O-O-O Qh5 19.Nf3 Bxf4 {The tension in this corner of the chessboard was higher than during the Cuban Missile Crisis.Exchange was necessary for de-escalation.}20.Qxf4 Rhe8 21.g4 Qh3 {If White tries to eventually corners the Queen by moving the Rook in g3, the other Rook will be left on its own, easily exchanged and Qf1 will grant a tempo through a check.}22.Rhg1 g5 23.Qf5+ Kb8 24.Rg3 {This blunder flips the side of luck.}24...Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Qf1+ 26.Kc2 Qe2+ 27.Kb3 Na5+ 28.Ka3 Qb5 29.b4 Nc4+ 30.Kb3 Qd5 31.Kc2 Nxe3+ {What a blunder! Thinking of forking King and Queen while still thinking of the potential pin of one move ago... Luck flips side again.}32.fxe3 Qxa2+ 33.Kd3 Rd8+ 34.Nd4 Qb1+ 35.Kc4 Qa2+ 36.Kd3 b5 37.Ke4 Qd5+ 38.Kd3 {Draw by agreement.} 1/2-1/2

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