Grob Opening - 19 Example Games

White Wins

[Event "White Nights Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Tuturin, S"]
[Black "Khamatshin, I "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "4"]

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. O-O-O 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

[Event "11th ch-NATO"]
[Site "Leopoldsburg BEL"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "De Cat, B "]
[Black "Tia, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "4"]

1. g4 d6 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 Ne7 7. Nge2 f5 8. gxf5 gxf5 9. Bg5 f4 10. Nc1 Be6 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bh5+ Kd8 14. Nb3 Qg5 
15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 h5 19. gxh5 Ke7 20. O-O-O b6 21. d4 Nf6 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rdg1 Rh7 24. Nd2 Rah8 25. Nf3 Nxh5 26. Rxh5 Rxh5 27. Rxg7+ Kf6 28. Rd7 Rh1+ 29. Kd2 Ke6 30. Rd3 Rf1 31. Ke2 Rc1 32. Rd2 Rhh1 33. a4 Ra1 34. b3 Rac1 35. Na2 Ra1 36. Nb4 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Rd5 a5 39. Rxe5+ Kd6 40. Rd5+ Ke6 41. Nd3 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Ra5 a3 44. Nd4+ Kd7 45. Nb3 Ra2 46. Nb4 Rb2 47. Rxa3 Rbb1 48. Nd3 Rh4 49. Ra1 Rxa1 50. Nxa1 Ke6 51. Nb3 Kf6 52. Nd4 f3+ 53. Kxf3 Rh3+ 54. Kg4 Rh1 55. e5+ Ke7 56. f4 Rg1+ 57. Kf5 Rh1 58. Ke4 Rh2 59. f5 Rh4+ 60. Kd5 Rh1 61. c4 Rd1 62. Nf4 Rf1 63. Ng6+ Kf7 64. e6+ Ke8 65. c5 Rf2 66. Ne5 Kd8 67. Nd7 Rh2 68. Nc6+ Ke8 69. Nf6+ Kf8 70. e7+ Kg7 71. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "XXIII COOP"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[White "Albores, P"]
[Black "Langier, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "06"]

1. g4 e5 2. h3 h5 3. g5 Qxg5 4. d4 Qf6 5. dxe5 Qxe5 6. Nf3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Qe4+ Ne7 12. O-O-O c6 13. Qf4 f5 14. e4 Bb4 15. Bc4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Bb3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qf6 19. e5 Qh6 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Kc1 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rhe1 d5 24. h4 Be6 25. Qc7 Kf8 26. Re5 Re8 27. Rde1 Ng6 28. Rxe6 1-0

Draws

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, M"]
[Black "Teran Alvarez, I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "9"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. e3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IV Rapidplay"]
[Site "Mirabal ESP"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Do Brito, O"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "5"]

1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 d6 3. c4 Ne7 4. d3 c6 5. h3 Ng6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qb3 Na6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nf1 Rfd8 15. Ng3 b5 16. Be4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Bxc4 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. h4 Qa5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. h5 Nf4 22. Ne3 Bxa2 23. b3 Qa3+ 24. Qb2 Qb4 25. Bc2 c4 26. Nxc4 Bc5 27. Nxa2 Nxe2+ 28. Kb1 Qb8 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxf2 31. Rh2 Bg3 32. Rxe2 Re8 33. Nc3 Bxe5 34. Na4 g6 35. Nc5 Re7 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Rf2 Kg7 38. Kb2 a5 39. Kc3 Re4 40. Bd1 Be7 41. Nb2 Bf6+ 42. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NOR"]
[Site "Asker NOR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Hagesaether, H"]
[Black "Johansen, T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "9"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 e5 4. c4 Be6 5. Nf3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Techirghiol ROM"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Kutnik, A"]
[Black "Tikhomirov, S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "10"]

1. g4 d6 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. c4 h5 5. gxh5 Qh4 6. Qb3 a6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Nge2 Qxh5 9. Ng3 Qg4 10. d3 Be7 11. Bd2 Nd8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Rc1 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Ba5 c5 18. Qd5 Rc8 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Qc6+ Qd7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rc4 g6 23. Ra4 Ra8 24. h4 Rhb8 25. b3 a5 26. h5 gxh5 27. Rxh5 Rb4 28. Rh7 Rxa4 29. bxa4 Ke6 30. Rh6+ f6 31. f4 exf4 32. exf4 d5 33. f5+ Ke5 34. Rh7 Bd6 35. Rd7 Rb8 36. Ne2 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2 38. Kf3 Rxa2 39. Nc3 Rd2 40. Ke3 Rc2 41. Nb5 Bf8 42. Nc7 d4+ 43. Kf3 Kxf5 44. Rd5+ Kg6 45. Ne6 Be7 46. Rd7 Kf7 47. Nf4 Ke8 48. Ra7 Bd6 49. Ne6 c4 50. dxc4 Bb4 51. Nxd4 Rxc4 52. Nf5 Kd8 53. Ke2 Rf4 54. Ng7 Re4+ 55. Kd3 Re7 56. Ra8+ Kd7  57. Nf5 Re1 58. Ra6 Re6 59. Ra7+ Kc8 60. Rf7 Kd8 61. Nd4 Ke8 62. Rb7 Re7 63. Rb5 Rc7 64. Ke4 Rc5 65. Rb7 Re5+ 66. Kd3 f5 67. Rb5 Rxb5 68. axb5 f4 69. Nc6 Kd7 70. Ke4 Bc3 71. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, M"]
[Black "Botsari, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "5"]

1. g4 d5 2. e3 e5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nd2 Be6 5. h4 Be7 6. h5 Qd7 7. f3 h6 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Ng3 O-O-O 10. a3 e4 11. fxe4 Nxg4 12. Nb3 Qd6 13. Qf3 Nce5 14. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geller mem (Cup Russia)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Tuturin, S"]
[Black "Nikitin, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "7"]

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. O-O-O O-O 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 1/2-1/2

Black Wins

[Event "Open NOR-ch Junior"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Ingvaldsen, J "]
[Black "Hanley, C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "6"]

1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Be6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4 Bd5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nf3 cxd3 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 dxe2 12. Kxe2 b5 13. Rad1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "AKN Open"]
[Site "Haarlem NED"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Muller, W "]
[Black "Diepeveen, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "1"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Qxb6 axb6 
8. Nc3 e5 9. d3 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rfd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. a3 c5 16. f3 Be6 17. Kf2 c4 18. Bc3 cxd3 19. exd3 Rxd3 20. Bxe5 Rd2+ 21. Ne2 Bc4 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Bc3 Bh4+ 24. Ke3 Rd3+ 25. Kf4 h5 26. Rf1 g5+ 0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Molina Mansilla, R"]
[Black "Gonzalez Diaz, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "8"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. e4 Ne7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Nf1 Nc5 10. Ng3 Ne6 11. Bd2 Nf4 12. Qf1 d4 13. O-O-O c5 14. g5 Be6 
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Ne2 c4 18. Nxf4 c3 19. Nxe6 Qb6 20. b3 Qb4 21. Ka1 fxe6 22. Rb1 Rc6 23. Qc1 Ra6 24. Rf1 Ra3 25. Nh2 Qa5 26. Qxa3 Qxa3 27. Ng4 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Caissa Open"]
[Site "Kharkov UKR"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Kolkin, M"]
[Black "Poluektov, Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "9"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d4 4. h3 c5 5. e4 Be7 6. d3 Bg5 7. Bxg5 Qxg5 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10. a3 Nge7 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. O-O Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Nb3 b6 15. e5 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Na5 0-1

[Event "ch-AUT"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Stichlberger, M"]
[Black "Weinzettl, E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "7"]

1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 Ne7 3. c4 Ng6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g5 Nh4 7. Be4 Nd4 8. e3 Ne6 9. f4 exf4 10. exf4 Nd4 11. Nge2 Nhf5 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bf2 c6 15. Qe2 Be7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. d4 d5 18. cxd5 Bb4 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. Ne2 Re8 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Kb1 Rb8 23. Ng3 g6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Bc3 26. Kc2 Nxg3 27. Bxe8 Nxh1 28. Rxh1 Ba5 29. Ba4 Bf5+ 30. Kd1 Rxb2 31. Be3 Rxa2 32. Bc6 Bd3 33. Bd5 Re2 34. Bc1 Rf2 35. h4 Bc2+ 0-1

[Event "ch-AUT"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Stichlberger, M"]
[Black "Casagrande, H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "11"]

1. g4 d5 2. h3 c6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d4 Nd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 
8. Nc3 h5 9. g5 f5 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Bg3 Bb4 13. Nf3 N8e7 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Rd2 h4 16. Bh2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Kf7 18. e4 Rad8 19. Rd4 Ng6 20. Rhd1 Be7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Be4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxg5+ 24. Kc2 Bxe4+ 25. Nxe4 Be7 26. Rg1 Rh5 27. a3 c5 28. Bc3 Rf5 29. Rg4 Rf3 30. Ng5+ Bxg5 31. Rxg5 Rxf2+ 32. Kd1 b6 33. Rd5 Nf8 34. Rg5 Ne6 35. Rg4 g5 36. Bd2 Kg6 37. Be1 Rxb2 38. Bxh4 Kf5 39. Be1 Rb3 0-1

[Event "ch-AUT"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Stichlberger, M"]
[Black "Moser, E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "15"]

1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. h3 Bc5 4. c4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. Nf3 Nf4 7. Bf1 O-O 8. e3 Ng6 9. Be2 d6 10. d4 Bb4 11. Rg1 Nh4 12. a3 exd4 13. exd4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Re8+ 15. Be3 Qh4 16. Qd3 Nxd4 17. Bd1 Bc5 18. Kd2 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Nb3+ 20. Bxb3 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Bd7 22. Rg3 Qg5+ 23. Ke2 Re8+ 24. Kf1 Bc6 25. Nd5 Qd2 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rc3 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Re2 29. Rf3 Rxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qd3+ 31. Kg2 Qxb1 32. Bc2 Qe1 33. Bd3 g6 34. Be2 Kg7 35. Bf3 Qc1 36. Re2 c5 37. Kf2 b5 38. Be4 a5 39. Bd3 c4 40. Be4 Qf4+ 41. Bf3 Qd4+ 42. Kg2 c3 0-1

[Event "ch-AUT"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Stichlberger, M"]
[Black "Sommerbauer, N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "3"]

1. g4 d5 2. h3 c6 3. Bg2 h5 4. g5 Bf5 5. d3 e5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nf1 Qb6 10. c3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Qb3 Ne5 14. Nh2 O-O-O 
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nhf3 Ng6 17. b4 Be7 18. a4 f6 19. Bh3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Nf5 Rd7 22. f3 Bxh3 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxh3 e4 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. dxe4 Rxe4 27. Rf3 Rhe8 28. Ra2 Kd7 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. Rd3 Kf5 31. Rd7 R8e7 32. Rad2 Rxe2+ 33. Rxe2 Rxd7 34. Re8 Kg4 35. Rf8 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Ra2 37. Rf7 f3 38. Rxg7 f2+ 39. Kf1 Kg3 40. Rf7 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[White "Basman, M"]
[Black "Rowson, J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "2"]

1. g4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Be2 g5 5. Rg1 h6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d4 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. d5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. Qd4 Rg8 14. e4 c5 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. a4 d6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Nxg6 Rxg6 21. O-O-O Rf6 22. Rg3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bf3 Ke7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Kb2 Qh1 27. h3 Qf1 28. Rf3 Qxc4 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Ka3 a6 31. Qf3+ Kg6 32. Kb2 Qxa4 33. Qd3+ Kg7 34. Qd6 Qe8 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. f4 gxf4 37. Qxf4 Qb5+ 38. Ka2 Qa5+ 39. Kb2 Qb5+ 40. Kc1 Qd3 41. Qf6 Qe3+ 42. Kb2 b5 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Qg6+ Kd7 46. Qf7+ Kc6 47. Qe8+ Kd5 48. Qa8+ Kc4 49. Qxa6 Qxc3+ 50. Kb1 Qe1+ 51. Kc2 Qe2+ 52. Kc1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "XIV Intercoop tt"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[White "Albores, P"]
[Black "Lotito, G "]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Round "07"]

1. g4 e5 2. h3 d5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Qb3 Nbc6 8. Qb5 Bb6 9. Nxd5 O-O 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Be4 f5 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Nf3 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Rf4 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Ng5 Ng6 18. Rg1 Nd4 19. Qb1 Nc2+ 20. Kf1 Qd4 21. e3 Qd3+ 22. Kg2 Nh4+ 23. Kg3 Qf5 0-1

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