Balakrishnan Jagadeesh (1695/144) - Spanton (1881/168)
Northumbria Challengers Round 9
Irregular QP
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.g3 c5
Before this round, BJ had gained 46 Fide elo, so he is not the mug this game makes him seem.
4.Bg2!?
Kasparov and Kramnik have played this, but it does seem strange at first sight to allow Black a central pawn-majority.
4...cxd4
More popular are 4...Nc6 and 4...Nf6, but Kasparov has played the text.
5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.0-0 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Bf4?
Watch this bishop - it plays a major role in the farce that ensues.
The mainline in ChessBase's 2019 Mega database runs 8.c4 Nge7 9.cxd5 Nxd5, when Black's central pawn-majority has gone. Stockfish10 and Komodo10 reckon White has an edge.
8...e5 9.Bc1 Be6 10.Nc3 Nge7 11.Bg5? f6 12.Be3?? d4 13.Bd2
It's an easy quip to make, but a stronger move was 13.Resigns.
13...dxc3 14.Bxc3 0-0 15.Qe1 Qc7 16.a4 a5 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.b3?! Nd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.c3?
This jettisons a pawn and allows Black to pin the white knight.
20...Bxc3 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.Qd1 Rxd2 23.Qxd2 Bxd2 0-1
My final score of +3=3-3 saw me lose 13.4 Fide elo with an ECF grading performance of c164.4.
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