I witnessed quite a strange set of games on Wednesday, in two online events I ran. The game below was played in a junior tournament, and watching it I thought Black resigned a little early. It looks as though White is winning material after 12 ... bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxf5 14.Bxc6+ but 14. ... Qd7! forced White to give up the piece he had just won. White is still better after the simpler 14.exf5 Kd7 but isn't ahead by that much.
The weird thing was the same two players then met in another tournament a few hours later, and played exactly the same game! And I have no idea why.
Meuwteuw (1102) - kmthorikawa (928) [C41]
Live Chess Chess.com, 03.06.2020
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nd2 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Ba4 Qd7 12. Qf5 1-0
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