One really good trick

The first round of the 2019 ANU Open saw a couple of upsets on the lower boards. One was a win by Bevan Clouston, who was able to play his favourite Morra Gambit against WIM Biljana Dekic. Once he played 9.Nd5 is was pretty much all one way traffic, with Closton finding some nice moves along the way.


Clouston,Bevan - Dekic,Biljana [B21]
2019 ANU Open, 27.07.2019

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. Nd5 exd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Ne5 d6 13. Bg5+ f6 14. Rc1 Qb7 15. Nc6+ Nxc6 16. dxc6 Qc7 17. Qf3 h5 18. Bf7 Be7 19. Bxh5 Nh6 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. c7+ Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Kxc7 23. Qxa8 fxg5 24. Bf3 Nf5 25. g4 Nd4 26. Qa7+ Kd8 27. Qxd4 Kc7 28. Qxg7+ 1-0