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Groaners Grabbed FTB Fritzzie3
Compiled by fredthebear
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A00
Clemenz Opening 1.h3

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etc.

A00
Grob's Attack 1.g4

Spike Attack 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.g5

Fritz Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4

Romford Counter-Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 d4

The Grob Opening 1.g4?! is an unorthodox, unsound opening, with many amusing miniatures to prove it. Watch your step! Black seems to have an easy game in control of the center but then finds himself snared upside-down. There are opening traps and creative middlegames, but matters are usually resolved prior to an endgame. Henri Grob was an excellent tactician, perhaps the equal of Clint Eastwood on the draw!!

The games herein are mostly sorted by the White player or specific defense. (Yes, there are some label variation errors, which occurs in all openings.)

Grob Gambit refers to 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2. Black may accept or decline the pawn. Like most White gambits, accepting the pawn tends to be riskier for Black in the early going. If White is not up to the task of offering the g-pawn gambit in response to 1...d5, s/he can play 2.h3 or 2.g5 instead of 2.Bg2.

Note that Basman's version of the Grob plays out much slower, usually from closed positions in a creepy, crawly fashion, reluctant to initiate exchanges. (Basman is tremendous at seizing control of open lines when they finally do occur.) Most players would probably prefer Claude Bloodgood's more active style developing the queenside immediately. Both players delay castling, if at all.

Index:
- Fool's Mate
- Various
- Grob Opening 2.h3 (20)
- Grob Opening 2.g5 (50)
- Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 Bloodgood (60)
- Grob Gambit. Declined (80)
- Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (200)
- Grob Gambit d5, e6 (230)
- Grob Gambit d5, c5 (240)
- Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (250)
- Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit Romford Countergambit (280) - Grob Opening 2...Bc5 (300)
- Grob Opening 1...e5 2.d3 (330)
- Grob Opening 1...e6 2.d3 (340)
- Grob, pseudo Sicilian, English, etc. (400)
- Grob Opening 2...h5 (555)
- Grob Opening: Keene Defense (750)
- Indian Game: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit. Maltese Falcon (A45) - Wedding games, various
- Welling games, various
- Unsorted games, various

* Brief Intro: https://www.chessonly.com/grob-open...

Grob Opening 1.g4

Grob Opening: Alessi Gambit 1.g4 f5

Grob Opening: Double Grob 1.g4 g5

Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit 1.g4 g5 2.f4

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Basman Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 h5 3.gxh5

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Declined 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit Romford Countergambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 d4 4.Bxb7 Nd7 5.Bxa8 Qxa8

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Keres Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d4 exd4 4.c3

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Richter-Grob Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.b3

Grob Opening: Keene Defense 1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6

Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line 1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7

Grob Opening: London Defense 1.g4 e5 2.h3 Nc6

Grob Opening: Romford Countergambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 d4

Grob Opening: Spike Attack 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.g5

Grob Opening: Spike, Hurst Attack 1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4

Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3

Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit, Schiller Defense 1.g4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 h5

Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit, Zilbermints-Hartlaub Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3

Fredthebear collected all this, but he does not recommend playing it.

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Steinitz's Theory
1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal. 2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides. 3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.
4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer. 5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained. 6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage. 7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.

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Wade Defense: General (A41) 1/2-1/2 Imprisoned Q saves draw
H Ree vs Hort, 1986 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 62 moves, 1/2-1/2

Fool's Mate out of the gate
L Darling vs R Wood, 1983 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1

1...e6 embarrasses White with Fool's Mate
I Skrypin vs A Glebov, 2007 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 2 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Variation (A03) 0-1 The worst way to start
Van Kessel vs Rensen, 1990 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 3 moves, 0-1

Van Geet (Dunst), Tuebingen Gambit (A00) 1-0 Tapping c7 twice
Anders vs Samendankas, 1988 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening vs b6-Bb7 QID (A00) 1-0 Black blunders piece, pawn
M Dekker vs B Hoareau, 2004 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2.h3 (A00) 0-1 W opens files but Black seizes them
A Holleville vs L Houssais, 1993 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening 2.h3 vs e5-d5-Nc6-Nge7 (A00) 0-1 Two kNights Rule
M Basman vs Miles, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening 2.h3 vs e5-d5-Bc5-Nc6 (A00) 0-1 Short K walk fails
M Hamer vs A Fellousi, 2007
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening 3.h3 Nc6 4.c4 Be6 (A00) 1-0 Rapid Black 0-0-0
B de Cat vs T Arcasoy, 2001 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2.h3, 5.BxNc6 (A00) 1-0Active N, R on 7th, B+ fork
M Basman vs A Summerscale, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2.h3 h5 3.g5 (A00) 1-0 Black K caught in center
A Hurley vs E M Wilkinson, 1985
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2.g5 (A00) 0-1 6.Rb1 Qe4 picks up a rook
I Nemet vs M Knezevic, 1972 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 5 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening 2...h5 3.g5 (A00) 0-1, EG down the exchange
S Skembris vs Velimirovic, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 61 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 (A00) 1-0 Castle opposite, heavy act
C Bloodgood vs G Trefzer, 1958 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 (A00) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy
C Bloodgood vs B Evans, 1961 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 (A00) 1-0 Nifty N work to the rescue
C Bloodgood vs R Lewis, 1961 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined 3...f5 4.g5 (A00) 1-0 Black opens w/10 Ps
C Bloodgood vs L Bostic, 1964 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 (A00) 1-0Keene's Def. - Slick Unpin!
C Bloodgood vs B Brown, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 (A00) 1-0 h-file attack & pesky N
C Bloodgood vs L Lundy, 1968 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 (A00) 0-1Inspiration of Keene's Def?
C Bloodgood vs E Meyerhofer, 1967 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 0-1

$Grob Gambit. Declined Long KIA vs Triangle 6...h5 (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs H Fuller, 1973
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit Declined d5-c6 (A00) 1-0, 17 moves
D Wedding vs Barak, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit Declined d5-c6, 3...e5 (A00) 1-0 Q threatens 7th
I Horvath vs D Torrielli, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit Declined d5-c6, 4...e5 (A00) 1-0, 22 moves
Grob vs Kessler, 1966
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit Declined d5-c6, 4...e5 (A00) 1-0 Easily won EG
F Haider vs H Turian, 1990
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined d5-c6-h5 (A00) 1/2-Useful Dbl Rook lift
S Skembris vs Gheorghiu, 1984 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Grob Opening Declined, pseudo NY System (A00)1-0, Pawn roller
Grob vs NN, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 14 moves, 1-0

Grob Declined, pseudo NY System (A00)1-0 Q interposes into pin
Grob vs Clausen, 1966
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 Sac attack!
Koltanowski vs Love, 1949 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0, 12 moves
Grob vs NN, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0, 23 moves; discovery
Grob vs Hasler, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack d5-c6-e5 (A00) 1-0, 23 moves
Grob vs A Gaffar, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 75 moves; shoddyEG
Grob vs B Brechbuehler, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0Semi-exposed BlackK
C Bloodgood vs J Brogan, 1972
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0Repeat skewer trap
C Bloodgood vs R Traylor, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

$Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0Exchange sac works
C Bloodgood vs H Erwin, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

$Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 Qside, then Kside
C Bloodgood vs E Baker, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 Skewer gains Bishop
C Bloodgood vs Taylor, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 Q+ & fork LPDO Rook
C Bloodgood vs M Brenneman, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack 4.b4 (A00) 1-0 Incomplete gam
C Bloodgood vs W Campbell, 1975 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 N+ wins a piece
C Bloodgood vs J Boothe, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0
Grob vs Lenherr, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0
Grob vs David, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 0-1 What if 23.QxB?
Grob vs R Bucher, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00)1-0 B pair yields passer
C Bloodgood vs J Lawson, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit d5-e6 (A00) 1-0 Hammer the 6th w/minors
C Bloodgood vs F Leonard, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit d5-e6 (A00) 1-0 Rob the pin not Fredthebear
C Bloodgood vs W R Waymire, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening e6-d5-c5 Tarrasch (A00) 1-0 Gain EG edge w/tactics
C Bloodgood vs T Sanderson, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit d5-e6 (A00) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy was threatened
A Belezky vs T Zojer, 2005
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit d5-c5 (A00) 1-0, 25 moves; N fork
D Wedding vs H Erwin, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening d5-c5-e5 (A00) 1-0 pressure on f2 but up a piece
M Hamer vs K Kuenitz, 2009
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, no castling (A00) 0-1
G Kadas vs L Sapi, 1976
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0, 33 moves; read blog line
Keres vs J Niemann, 1934 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Qa4+ & fork LPDO Bg4
H van der Heijden vs Van Wanrooy, 1978 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Qa4+ & fork LPDO Bg4
Lemke vs Brummett, 1977 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Black resigns prematurely
Koltanowski vs NN, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Q trap. What just happened?
C Bloodgood vs Davis, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 8 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 0-1 Gain time on the queen
B Olsson vs Bronstein, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0White K suffers, Q to rescue
G Krull vs H Alf, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Spearhead hits f7+, BxNf8
C Bloodgood vs W R Waymire, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit (A00) 0-1 White Qxb7 trapped; notes by CB
C Bloodgood vs M Haack, 1975 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Bxb7, N sac, QxQb7
C Bloodgood vs J Boothe, 1972 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) · 1-0, 13 moves
C Bloodgood vs R W Christy, 1957 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Make use of c-file
C Bloodgood vs A Cacalano, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 W has easy ending
C Bloodgood vs H Carpenter, 1975
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Pin discovery turns P lever
C Bloodgood vs R Porter, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Interesting Pawn thrust
C Bloodgood vs J McKay, 1961 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Blind Swine
C Bloodgood vs D Casteen, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0, 35 moves
C Bloodgood vs R Halley, 1958  
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0, 21 moves
C Bloodgood vs A Acevedo Villalba, 1958 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0, 30 moves
C Bloodgood vs K Stevens, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs D Moore, 1972 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 29 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs D Stroemer, 1972 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs D Ebright, 1975 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0 scared Fredthebear
C Bloodgood vs K Amirjahed, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs S Patterson, 1975 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs J Boothe, 1973
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs T Sanderson, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs F Monroe, 1973
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
C Bloodgood vs F Monroe, 1973
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Richter-Grob Gambit (A00) 0-1 Structural weakness
Fewell vs W B Regensberg, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Declined (A00) 0-1 Book line
P Elger vs M L Brent, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 60 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 0-1 Qless MG
S Sloan vs W Brock, 2005 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 0-1 Stockfish
B Wall vs A Caruso, 1986 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 19 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Q+ & fork
P H Nielsen vs L Sawlin, 2015 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0, 17 moves, Bxb7 etc.
J Rau vs H Klausner, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0, 20 moves
Vasile vs M S Lupu, 1990
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 0-1 Even FTB uses a computer!
W Loch vs B Knorr, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Study: positional tight fit
R Daconto vs E Faraoni, 1990
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 0-1 Heat on f2; promotion race+
S Ostojic vs M Mihajlovic, 2008 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 73 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit Romford CG (A00) 1-0Exchang sac fails
F Fric vs F Lustig, 1930 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2...Bc5 (A00) 1-0 Black try 4Scholar's # backfires
C Bloodgood vs H Mizesko, 1975 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2...Bc5 (A00) 1-0 N fork; alternate line given
C Bloodgood vs R W Christy, 1972 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 1-0

Grob 3...Bc5 (A00) 1-0, 28 moves; Black down a bishop
Hanstein vs Froehlich, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Grob 3...Bc5 pseudo KGD structure (A00) 1-0, 25 moves; pin
P Kayser vs G Gawlas, 1990
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 1...e5 2.d3 (A00)1-0 Kside pawn exchanges, K hunt
C Bloodgood vs H Fuller, 1973
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 1...e5 2.d3 (A00) 1-0 Another f6 victim
C Bloodgood vs A Cacalano, 1961 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening e5-d6-Be7 Philidor Exchange (A00) 1-0 K in center
S Ostojic vs S Devedzic, 2008
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Grob, pseudo Sicilian (A00) 1-0, 26 moves; pile on the pin
Y Lapshun vs F H Brock, 2001 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening, pseudo Symetrical English (A00) 1-0, 64 moves.
Toufighi vs F Poetz, 2008 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 64 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening Sicilian 0-0-0 (A00) 1-0 Simplification aids White
S Ostojic vs P Markovic, 2008 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 63 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2...h5 (A00) 0-1 Naka drove computer crazy w/6 Bs
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening 2...h5 (A00) 1-0 Middlegame is bananaz
S Skembris vs S Mariotti, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2...h5 3.gxh5 (A00) 1-0, 26 moves
A Holleville vs M Plantet, 1993
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2...h5 3.gxh5 (A00) 1-0 Premature Q development
H Otte vs W Baer, 1987
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Def (A00) 1-0 Old game; open file dominance
F Brown vs L Van Vliet, 1904
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0 Black failed to castle
Grob vs Gahwiller, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined d5, e5 (A00) 1-0 Ns help trap Q
Grob vs Sperling, 1952 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Long Fio vs Keene Def (A00) 1-0 Too many P moves
C Bloodgood vs E Winterfield, 1957 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Long Fio vs Keene Def (A00) 1-0 W opens center
C Bloodgood vs R McSorely, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense, early White 0-0-0 (A00) 1-0, 78 m
S Skembris vs Ivkov, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 79 moves, 1-0

Grob (A00) Keene's Defense played by Schiller, 32 moves, 0-1
W M Duckworth vs E Schiller, 1988 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Keene Def (A00) 1-0 Black was better, blundered
G Krull vs G Kiene, 1990
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Def. Main Line (A00) 0-1 Correspondence
A Holleville vs A Debree, 1993
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0, 27 moves; smothered #
S Sloan vs Gina Sanchez, 1996 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 0-1 Nice Qside attack
S Sloan vs D Gertler, 2013
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 0-1, too many holes
M Hamer vs M Weeks, 2005 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

Grob, Keene Def. Main Line (A00) 0-1, 33 moves; rob the pin
M Hamer vs R Montero Melendez, 2010 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Keene Def. Main Line (A00) 0-1 Know RK's notes!
M Basman vs Keene, 1981  
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 0-1, 0-0-0overlooked 25...Be2
M Basman vs Giri, 2014 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening, Keene Defense Main Line e5-d5-c6 (A00) 1-0, 21m
M Basman vs R A Barton, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Grob, Keene Def., early Q exchange (A00) 1-0, 24 moves
M Basman vs S Dishman, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Grob, Keene Def., early Q exchange (A00) 1-0, 25 moves; pin
M Basman vs N Foster, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0, 28 moves; White rally
M Basman vs R Granat, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Grob, Keene Def (A00) 1-0, 47 moves; misorder capture sequence
M Basman vs P Large, 1982 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 47 moves, 1-0

Anderssen Opening1.a3 Delayed Grob (A00) 1-0 boring closed game
M Basman vs Ilic, 1979 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 56 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit Declined 6...e4 (A00) 1-0Black N got too cute, lost
J A Ingvaldsen vs Brage Brakedal, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack d4-e5-f6 (A00) 1-0 Simplified
B Kuijper vs M Jaspers, 1990
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 0-1 Black has better Rs
I Silverman vs R J Fontinha, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit 3.h3 Nc6 (A00) 1-0 Black 0-0-0, rob the pin at b7
A Belezky vs G Phillips, 2005 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening Copycat Hungarians (A00) 1-0 h-file attack
A R Green vs P Leggett, 2005
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0

Grob (A00) Modern Def. g6-Bg7 Black returns P 0-1 W cramp
W M Duckworth vs V McCambridge, 1983 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attk open center (A00) 1-0 Pin wins
A Garrido Borja vs A Mendes, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 52 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 2.h3 Dbl Fianchetto (A00) 1-0, 38 moves; pin
M Basman vs Taylor, 1989
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined c6-d5-e5 (A00) 1-0 Q penetration, pin
S Sloan vs R Loong, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0
S Sloan vs I Si, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
S Sloan vs W Brock, 2005 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined (A00) 1-0 Fredthebear once met Sam I AM
S Sloan vs M Maga, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening / Big Clamp vs Sicilian (A00) 1-0
S Sloan vs J Jacobs, 2007 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0 FIDE master falls in Philly
S Sloan vs Luis Flaquer, 2018 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 57 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening; Dbl long fianchetto (A00) 1-0, 28 moves
M Basman vs C Horvath, 1979 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Grob d3-e4 vs. Cntr Pawn Duo (A00) 0-1, 54 moves; bad bishop
M Basman vs G Botterill, 1979
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 54 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
M Basman vs S Joksic, 1979 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
M Basman vs D Goodman, 1979 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 67 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
M Basman vs K Arkell, 1986
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 58 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0
M Basman vs Maguire, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Keres Gambit (A00) 0-1 Too many White sacrifices
Keres vs E Zimmer, 1934 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 0-1

A victory for the mighty Grob against one of England's top GMs.
M Basman vs Nunn, 1978 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0
M Basman vs C Crouch, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 29 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0
M Basman vs Keith A Dawson, 1982 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0
M Basman vs D J Strauss, 1984 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 59 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0
M Basman vs De La Mothe, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 47 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined (A00) 1-0 Fredthebear at pizza while they
I Horvath vs A Billio, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 85 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0
G Blum vs A Becking, 1992
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Def (A00) 1/2-1/2
S Ghonimy vs A Farahat, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Grob Opening: Keene Def w/N on 3rd (A00) 0-1 Juniors
J A Ingvaldsen vs D Hersvik, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: General (A00) 1-0 Keep Fredthebear happy
G Blum vs B Loew, 1992
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit. Accepted (A45)1-0 Qzap
Gibbins vs Franklin, 1961 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit 2.g4 vs Indian Def (A45) 1-0 K walks
D Barron vs P Gardner, 2001 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit ...h6 (A45)1-0 Loose Ps
E Spaete vs H Bister, 2000 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Lasker h3, g4 (B01) 1-0 K caught in center
I A Horowitz vs F Kibbermann, 1935 
(B01) Scandinavian, 27 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit (A00) 1-0
D Wedding vs Checkmar, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Dangerman couldn't stop the Wedding.
D Wedding vs Dangerman, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening, Long fianchetto vs Cntr Pawn Duo (A00) 1-0 Weak P
G Welling vs P Bekkers, 1996 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Gerard Welling posts here under the handle
G Welling vs R Verhey, 1976 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 1...e5 2...Ne7 (A00) 1-0 Q trap, pins, activity
G Welling vs E Bongers, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0 Black center melts away
G Welling vs Kelly van der Heijden, 1993 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Def. ML (A00) 1-0 Time loss, material even
G Welling vs R Sanders, 1993
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined (A00) 1-0 Remove the guard
G Welling vs F Metzger, 1977 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening vs center P duo (A00) 1-0 N on 6th, passed g-pawn
G Welling vs H Scholten, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) · 1-0
Grob vs Wiedemeier, 1965 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) · 1-0
Grob vs W Sommerhalder, 1965 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 49 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 Sharky moves
Grob vs W Fischer, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 Q+ & fork LPDO Rook
Grob vs W Sommerhalder, 1965 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0Initiate the capture
Grob vs H Glauser, 1965 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1/2-1/2 Pin to R ending
P Hurst vs P Kopp, 1979 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) · 1/2-1/2
C Bloodgood vs F Monroe, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 He's not Henri Grob
H Le Nineze vs J Pierre, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 0-1 Corresp
B Camargo vs J C Torres, 1969
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 0-1 Corresp
H Mizesko vs M L Brent, 1976 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 N trap
Grob vs B Brechbuehler, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 N Double Attack
C Bloodgood vs H Erwin, 1972 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

The Big Clamp (B23?) 1-0 White climbs the vine
Ivanchuk vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: General (A00) 0-1 Correspondence dozen
A Holleville vs J Marie Barre, 1993
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: General (A00) 0-1 It keeps happening to fools
B Tavassoli vs S Schoknecht, 2007 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: General (C41) 1-0 Scholar's # by trailing Q
Karjakin vs M A Sola Lluch, 2003 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Opening: General (A40) 0-1 Nailed by the Bishop pair
R Blikra Vea vs J A Ingvaldsen, 2001 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1

London System vs KID h6, g5 (A48) 1-0 Nxh6, pin
Harikrishna vs V S Gujrathi, 2016
(A48) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Def: Tartakower-Indian (A54) 0-1 Pawn grabbing
K Kuenitz vs S Stanek, 2010 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 25 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Gedult Attack. Gedult Attack (A45) 0-1
A Kuebler vs D Gerasimov, 1984 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

Anderssen Opening/ slow QGD Exchange vs Bg4 (A00) 0-1
Indjic vs A Diermair, 2018 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 36 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Bled Variation (A12) 0-1 Sticky
M Ujtelky vs N Cortlever, 1969 
(A12) English with b3, 23 moves, 0-1

Creepy Crawly Formation: Classical Def (A00) 1-0Deceptive Combo
M Basman vs A Budnikov, 1993 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def Nc3, Nge2, h3, g4, Bg2 (B07) 1-0 Space grab
E M Green vs D Lovejoy, 2017 
(B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense. Main Line (A00) · 0-1
F R Lund vs H Haugsrud, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 0-1 Capture & Continue
M Kolkin vs Y Poluektov, 2000 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 0-1 Correspondence
W A Starbuck vs L G Tremblay, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0 Push Onward!
T Gareyev vs Makarov, 2018 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 0-1 Stockfish
S Sloan vs W Hook, 2009 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 46 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: General (A00) 0-1
A Reprintsev vs G Castaneda, 2006 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: 1.g4 Nf6 2.g5 (A00) 1/2-1/2 wrong capture
C Bloodgood vs A Hall, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

Mississippi State Championship (1979), Starkville MS USA
William R Trim vs Dale C Jones, 1979 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

Gareyev Blindfold Simul (2016) (blindfold), Las Vegas USA, rd 1
T Gareyev vs O Bobadilla, 2016
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: London Defense (A00) 1-0 It's in his book
M Basman vs Wilman, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Def (A00) 0-1
G Yanez Acin vs Sutovsky, 1996
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Keene Def (A00) 0-1 loose bishops
S Sloan vs J Schroer, 1985 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening vs 1...e5 traditional set-up w/Nge7 (A00) 1-0
S Sloan vs J Lux, 1985 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

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