[Event "BUCA Individual Ch"] [Site "?"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Usher"] [Black "Eggington"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D77"] [Annotator "MJDonnelly"] [PlyCount "31"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.05.10"] {[%evp 0,31,28,14,25,1,28,14,11,0,18,-16,38,35,26,-5,22,8,4,4,2,11,15,-21,-12,-43,24,-94,183,198,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 e6 {Supporting d5 in a manner that appears to weaken the black squares. However, it seems fully playable and is often used by Grandelius and Blomqvist amonst other players rated over 2500.} ({Much more usual are the following lines which yield characteristic Grunfeld opening positions:} 5... O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6) ({or} 5... c6 6. d4 O-O 7. cxd5) 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 {Surprisingly this appears a novelty in this exact position where White has tried numerous other alternatives.} (7. Nc3 {fighting for control of e4 is the most common line here with some examples of play going:} b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. b3 c5 (9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Rbc8 16. a3 Ba6 17. h4 {Donnelly-D.Wise Teesside Ch 1969.}) 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bb2 bxc5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. f4 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 {Tejedor Fuente-Theodorou, Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024.}) 7... Nbd7 (7... c6 {transposes to a few other games such as Grave-Dias, Titled Tuesday intern op 21 Jan Late INT blitz Chess.com 2025.}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 c6 (9... Re8 {controlling the e-file is a reasonable alternative. After} 10. Bg5 {the solid} c6 {transposes to a few games such as Lakat-Csapo, Budapest FS11 FM 2002.}) 10. Bf4 ({opening the centre with} 10. e4 {is not stronger as Black has a fully acceptable position after} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 {Stefkovic-Ydo, Goch op 21st 2010.}) 10... Re8 11. Ng5 $5 {A teasing move by which White tries to encourage Black to weaken his king's-side position.} ({Alternatives have also not led to any White advantage. Examples include} 11. Rc1 Nb6 {Kozlov-Dushkin, Moscow ch final e-mail ICCF 2010.}) ({and} 11. Qd2 Ne4 {Komucikova-Matnadze, W-ch U14 Girls Cannes 1997.}) 11... Nf8 {Solid play but in fact} (11... h6 {could have been played and is of equal merit for after} 12. Nf3 Nf8 13. Qd2 g5 14. Be3 Ng4 {Black has a good game.}) 12. Qb3 {With indirect pressure on f7.} Nh5 {A strong reply made even better by White's next move.} 13. e3 f6 $2 {Missing White's next crushing move. Correct now was} (13... h6 14. Nf3 g5 15. Be5 f6 16. e4 fxe5 17. dxe5 g4 {with a significant edge. White is here unable to exploit the a2-g8 diagonal with} 18. exd5 gxf3 19. dxc6+ ({or by} 19. Bxf3 Qg5 20. dxc6+ Be6 21. Qc2 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Nd7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 {and Black should win.}) 19... Be6 {winning.}) 14. Nxd5 fxg5 (14... Be6 {doesn't save Black due to} 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Nc7 Nhxf4 17. Nxe8 (17. exf4 Qxc7 18. Rxe6 Kh8 {is less clear.}) 17... Nxg2 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Kxg2 {winning material.}) 15. Nf6+ {is a discovered double check that leads to mate. (Discovered check was examines in detail in the annotated games presented on Nov-Dec 2024 on this web site-see recent archive).} Kh8 {the king must move when faced with a double check.} 16. Qg8# 1-0