Event: Round 6: Grieve, Harry - Merriman, John
Date: 2024-08-01
White: Grieve, Harry
WhiteTitle: IM
WhiteElo: 2479
Black: Merriman, John
BlackTitle: FM
BlackElo: 2242
Result: 1-0
ECO: C11
Opening: French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
Variant: Standard

1. e4 { [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:30:59] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:27:46] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:31:25] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:28:00] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:31:51] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:27:54] } 4. e5 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:32:17] } 4... Nfd7 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:28:19] } 5. f4 { [%eval 0.31] [%clk 1:32:44] } 5... c5 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:28:44] } 6. Nf3 { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:33:10] } 6... Nc6 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:29:08] } 7. Be3 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:33:37] } 7... a6 { [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:28:55] } 8. Ne2 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 1:34:00] } 8... b5 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 1:19:18] } 9. c3 { [%eval 0.72] [%clk 1:34:24] } 9... b4 { [%eval 0.6] [%clk 1:16:46] } 10. cxb4 { [%eval 0.65] [%clk 1:34:47] } 10... cxd4 { [%eval 0.76] [%clk 1:11:00] } 11. Nexd4 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 1:35:12] } 11... Bxb4+ { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 1:10:36] } 12. Kf2 { [%eval 0.78] [%clk 1:35:39] } 12... Nxd4 { [%eval 0.87] [%clk 1:07:40] } 13. Bxd4 { [%eval 0.84] [%clk 1:36:04] } 13... a5 { [%eval 1.11] [%clk 0:56:58] } 14. Rc1 { [%eval 1.03] [%clk 1:32:15] } 14... Be7 { [%eval 1.14] [%clk 0:47:30] } 15. h4 { [%eval 1.17] [%clk 1:27:26] } 15... f6 { [%eval 1.19] [%clk 0:40:50] } 16. Bd3 { [%eval 1.26] [%clk 1:12:48] } 16... f5?? { [%eval 3.27] } { Blunder. fxe5 was best. } { [%clk 0:30:40] } 17. Ng5 { [%eval 3.28] [%clk 1:05:31] } 17... Nb8? { [%eval 6.03] } { Mistake. Bxg5 was best. } { [%clk 0:24:05] } 18. g4 { [%eval 5.47] [%clk 0:52:57] } 18... O-O { [%eval 6.8] [%clk 0:22:41] } 19. gxf5 { [%eval 6.62] [%clk 0:52:07] } 19... exf5 { [%eval 7.66] [%clk 0:21:30] } 20. Qh5 { [%eval 6.9] [%clk 0:49:34] } 20... h6 { [%eval 7.58] [%clk 0:21:19] } 21. Qg6 { [%eval 7.25] [%clk 0:49:16] } 21... hxg5?? { [%eval #12] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxg5 was best. } { [%clk 0:20:11] } 22. hxg5 { [%eval #11] [%clk 0:48:37] } 22... Re8 { [%eval #2] [%clk 0:19:47] } 23. e6 { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:48:30] } 1-0