D.Elliott v R.Portugal
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 | D.Elliott |
 | R.Portugal |
1. g4 The look on Black's face when I made this move was amazing. Clearly he had never faced it before or, if he had, was uncomfortable playing against such an unorthodox opening. With this move White throws down the gauntlet for a highly tactical game where the a8-h1 diagonal, the g and h files will be the battleground. White's weakness in the opening always seems to be the black squares 1... d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. h3 Bc5 4. e3 c6 Black has achieved a strong safe central position with the ideal anti-Grob formation 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bd6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nf6?! 9...