Chris Sykes (1766 Fide/1990 ECF) - Spanton (1858 Fide/1919 ECF)
New London
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Bg3 Nf6 5.Nd2 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Ngf3 Ne4!?
Swedish grandmaster Nils Grandelius has three games in ChessBase's 2023 Mega database that reach the position after 7.Ngf3. In the first two he played 7...Nbd7, but then switched to the text.
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8.Bxe4!?
Commonest in Mega23 is 8.c3. Stockfish16 and Komodo14.1 suggest the apparent novelty 8.c4!?, but they are also OK with other moves, eg 8.Rc1.
8...dxe4 9.Ne5 Nd7!?
This may be new. Known moves are 9...0-0 and 9...Bxe5!?
10.Qg4!? Nxe5
The engines reckon Black may have an edge after 10...0-0.
11.dxe5 Bf8 12.0-0-0 h5!? 13.Qe2 h4 14.Bf4 g5??
Correct is 14...Qe7, when 15.Qb5+ Qd7!? (not 15...c6? 16.Qe2 as 16...c5 can be met by 17.Nxe4! with Nd6+ to come) 16.Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.Nxe4 Ke8 leaves Black a pawn down but with the bishop-pair and good play, eg 18.f3 Bxe4 19.fxe4 Be7 should be fine for Black. If instead 18.Nc3 then both 18...Bxg2 and 18...h3!? are available.
15.Nxe4 Qc8
Objectively better is giving up the queen.
16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.Bxg5 Bh6 1-0
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