Cameron Davis (1860 ECF/1925 Fide) - Spanton (1916 ECF/1766 Fide)
New London
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Qg4!?
There ae only 47 examples of this move in ChessBase's 2024 Mega database, but it scores 60%, three percentage points more than the 1.218 examples of 4.Bg3.
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4...g6!?
After 4...Nf6 5.Qxg7 Rg8 6.Qh6, Stockfish16 and Komodo14.1 reckon Black does not have enough compensation for a pawn. The text leaves holes on the black kingside, but has the immediate threat of ...e5.
5.Qf3 Bxf4 6.Qxf4 Qd6 7.Ne2!?
This apparent-novelty is liked by the engines. Anthony Atanasov (2189) - Yahli Sokolovsky (2394), Chess.com Blitz 2022, went 7.Qxd6 cxd6 8.h4 Nf6 9.c4 dxc4 10.Bxc4, with an equal game, according to the engines (but 0-1, 45 moves).
7...b6
Black can grab two pawns with 7...Qb4+!? 8.Nbc3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qxc2, when 10.Qxc7 Nc6 11.Rc1 Qb2 12.Rb1 Qc2 etc is a perpetual, and 13.Rxb7 Nge7 14.Rb1 is also completely equal, according to the engines. However Stockfish16 comes up with a major improvement in 10.Qe5! f6 11.Qxc7, when 11...Nc6? fails to 12.Qg7. That leaves 11...Ne7, but then 12.Qc5!? seems strong, after which best may be 12...g5!? 13.Rc1 Qb2 14.Nd1 Qb6 15.Qxc8+!? Nxc8 16.Rxc8+ Kf7 17.Rxh8, giving White rook, bishop and knight for queen and pawn. Alternatively Black can sac back the queen with 16...Qd8!? 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8, giving White bishop and knight for rook and pawn, and, according to the engines, again leaving White on top.
8.Qxd6 cxd6 9.Nf4 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.h4 h5 12.c3 Nh6!? 13.a4 Nc7 14.Na3 Kd7 15.Nb5 a6 16.Nxc7 Kxc7 17.Ke2 ½–½
Oxford 3 won the match 4.5-1.5.
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