[Event "KNSB 3E 2025-2026"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grochal, Joey"]
[Black "Both, Bert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "JG Paul Keres4 Goes 2,5-5,5"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[GameId "2229314315956653"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.10.04"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 (7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2 Be7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Be2 Nf6 {1-0 Zeng,C (2539)-Grochal,J (2300) Vlissingen HZ op 22nd 2018 (3)}) 7... Be7 8. e4 (8. Bd2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. b4 Be7 14. Qb2 {1-0 Bareev,E (2719)-Wahls,M (2580) Bundesliga 0102 Germany 2001 (5.3)}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 (10... Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. h4 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 c4 16. Qc2 Bf6 {1-0 Grochal,J (2335)-Guimaraes,W (2218) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (8)}) 11. O-O Nc6 (11... Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. a4 (13. e5 Rfd8 14. h4 Nf8 15. h5 h6 16. Be3 {1-0 Krasenkow,M (2624)-Fedorchuk,S (2603) Warsaw AIG Life rapid 8th 2008 (8)}) 13... Rac8 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Rfb1 h6 16. a5 $14) 12. Be3 $6 (12. Bb2 $142 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. h4 Bxh4 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bf6 {0-1 Jussupow,A (2610)-Sokolov,A (2605) World Cup Rotterdam 1989}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Rfd1 (15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Qe6 18. Nd4 Qxe5 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Qg4 Rce8 21. Bd2 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxa1 23. Nxg7 Bxg7 24. Bh6 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2640)-Najdorf,M (2510) Bugojno 1982 (3)}) 15... Rc3 16. a4 Nb3 (16... Qa8 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. f3 Nc6 19. Nb1 Rb3 20. Nd2 Rb2 21. d5 Ne5 {½-½ Gheorghiu,F (2540)-Stean,M Sao Paulo International 1979}) 17. Rab1 Qd6 $6 $146 (17... Qa8 18. Bc2 Na5 19. d5 Rfc8 20. Bd3 exd5 21. e5 d4 22. Bxd4 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Be4 24. e6 f6 25. Re1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc6 27. Nh4 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 {1-0 Grooten,H (2408)-Schulte,T (2128) Stuttgart op 2003 (3.11)}) 18. d5 $5 exd5 19. e5 (19. exd5 $142 Nc5 20. Bc4 Nxa4 21. Bd4 Ra3 22. Nd2 Nc5 23. Be5 Qd8 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. d6 $1 Nc5 26. Bb2 Bxd6 27. Qg4 $1 g6 28. Bxa3 $16) 19... Qd7 (19... Qe6 $2 20. Rxb3 Rxb3 21. Nd4 Rxd3 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 fxe6 24. Qg4 $18) 20. Rxb3 (20. Bd4 $5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 g6 22. Nb5 Rc5 23. Nxa7 Qxa4 24. Nb5 Bc8 $15) 20... Rxb3 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (21... Kh8 22. Nd4 Kxh7 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. Qxb3 Rc8) 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Qxb3 Rc8 24. h3 Bc5 25. Bd4 (25. Bxc5 $5 bxc5 26. Ng5 $1 Qc6 27. Qb1 g6 28. e6 $16) 25... Bc6 26. Ra1 Qe8 (26... a5 27. Qe3 Bxa4 $2 28. e6 $18) 27. Qd1 Bd7 28. a5 Be6 29. axb6 Bxb6 30. Bxb6 (30. Qd2 $142 Qb5 31. Kh2 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 $14) 30... axb6 31. Rb1 b5 (31... Bf5 $1 32. Rxb6 Be4 33. Qd4 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Rc6 $11) 32. Qd3 Rb8 $2 (32... Bd7 $1 33. Ng5 Qxe5 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh5 Ke7 36. Qxf7+ Kd6 37. Nf3 $11) 33. Rb4 $6 (33. Ng5 $1 g6 34. Qg3 Bf5 35. Rb4 Qc8 36. Qh4 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Rf4 $18) 33... Qc6 34. Nd4 $6 (34. Kh2 $142) 34... Qc7 35. Qe3 (35. f4 $2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf4+ 37. Qg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Bd7 $15) 35... Qc5 36. Qd2 Bd7 37. Kh2 Ra8 $132 38. Nb3 Qc6 39. Rd4 Be6 40. Rd3 Qc4 41. Rg3 g6 $2 (41... Ra3 42. Qg5 (42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ $11) 42... g6 43. Nd2 Qc5 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Nf3 Ra7 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Nh4 Qe7 48. Nxg6 Qxf6 49. Ne7+ Kf8 50. exf6 Ke8 51. f4 $18) 42. Nd4 Bd7 $2 (42... Ra2 43. Qe3 Ra4 44. Nxe6 d4 $1 45. Qb3 Qxe6 46. Qxb5 $16) 43. e6 $18 Be8 (43... Bxe6 44. Nxe6 fxe6 45. Qh6 Qc7 46. Qxg6+ Kf8 47. Qf6+ Ke8 48. Qxe6+ Kd8 49. Qxd5+ Ke7 50. Qxa8 $18) 44. Qf4 Rc8 45. Qf6 Qc7 46. Nf5 (46. Nf5 fxe6 47. Ne7+ Kh7 48. Nxc8 (48. h4 $1 d4 49. h5 $18) 48... Qxc8 49. Rg4 Kg8 50. Rh4 Qc7+ 51. f4 Qg7 52. Qxe6+ Kf8 53. Qd6+ Kf7 54. f5 gxf5 55. Rh5 Qf6 56. Rh7+ Kg6 57. Rh6+ $18) 1-0
