A lot of recent games between myself and Milan Grcic have ended in quick draws. Usually Grcic isn't happy with his position, offers me a draw, and after some thought I accept. At least tonight's draw was a more full blooded affair, especially after I decided to go pawn grabbing. The pawn sacrifice on on move 8 is theory btw, and even 14.Qxa7 has been played a couple of times before. But after that it got a bit complicated, although I had seen a potential double bishop sacrifice for Black when calculating Qxa7. After the first bishop sac I thought he would take the quick draw, and at first I thought the second bishop sac was just for show. But 26. ... R3b5 gave me a bit of a shock, until I realised I could always surrender the queen for the second rook.
In the post mortem we debated whose pawns would be faster in the 2R v Q position, but Stockfish thinks Black should simply keep checking and take the draw (so I assume White would win the race)
Press,Shaun - Grcic,Milan [B34]
Swiss Festive Fun, 06.11.2018
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qd4 d6 14. Qxa7 Bxe5 15. c3 Qc8 16. Be2 Qe6 17. Qa4 Rfc8 18. Qc2 Bd5 19. a3 Rc7 20. Qd2 Rb3 21. Bd3 Rcb7 22. Rab1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 R3b5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Bg5 Qh5+ 29. Kg2 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 1/2-1/2
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