My First Victory Against a Grandmaster (Age 16)

Analysis of a game I played at the North American Open on December 28, 2002, against GM Pavel Blatny (FIDE: 2479) when I was 16 years old.

[Event "North American op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "GM Pavel Blatny"]
[Black "FM John Bartholomew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Re8+ 8. Ne2 Bf8 9. Nd2 d5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Rf2 Ne7 15. Ndf1 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. g3 c5 18. N1e3 Rc8 19. Qd2 c4 20. Bf1 Qb6 21. b4 Ne7 22. Nh4 Ng6 23. Nhg2 Bd6 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Be2 h5 26. Nf1 Bh3 27. Re1 h4 28. Qg5 Nh7 29. Qh5 Nf6 30. Qg5 Nh7 31. Qxd5 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bxg3 33. Nxg3 Qxg3 34. Bf1 Nf4 35. Qb5 Bd7 36. Qxd7 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Nxf2+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 39. Kh1 Red8 40. Qxb7 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Ng5 42. Be2 Ngh3+ 43. Kf1 Nd3 0-1

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