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Vincent Keymer vs Gabor Papp, Rat Defense (Pillsbury), A41
2018 Grenke Chess Open, Round 8, Karlsruhe, Germany

The young German genius, Vincent Keymer won the Grenke Open Tournament with an astonishing performance, scoring 8/9, with seven victories and two draws. No losses! In a field dominated by strong grandmasters, some even over 2700 fide, this brilliant IM managed to play with such confidence and precision that no one ever came close to challenging him for 1st place.

Among other strong names, he beat Richard Rapport, who is over 2700 ELO, and Vincent is rated only 2403! Such a rating difference is not often surmounted, especially not by someone only 13 years old.
Despite being far less experienced than the rest of the field, he played calmly and at almost engine strength.

In this game he faced the Hungarian GM Gabor Papp, rated just over 2600. Vincent Keymer had the white pieces and after 1.d4, Papp replied with the Rat Defense! The Rat (or the Pillsbury, as it’s alko known) starts after 1…d6 for black. Not a very fighting way for black to play. Relinquishing central control to white and not even playing g3, preparing to fianchetto, or Nf6, which would be a logical developing move. Gabor Papp must have wanted to get Keymer out of his prep and to surprise with him with the Rat Defense, but young Vincent wasn’t confused or surprised! Quite the opposite, actually! He played the opening very well, as if he himself had prepared it for the game.

The position was relatively equal entering the middlegame, but then it started… Vincent Keymer started playing like Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer combined, improving his position with attacking chess move after move, and slowly building his initiative. This made Papp go on the defensive, and serious blunders from black were soon to follow. In an already superior position, Vincent Keymer then found a completely winning tactic, crushing black and getting a material and positional advantage which couldn’t be made up for by black any longer. He went on to convert easily. This was his third consecutive win in a row (he will go on to win the last round against Rapport as well). This secured his win in the Grenke Open. He will be playing in the elite portion of the event next year; in the Grenke Classic.

His round 9 win over Rapport:
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His round 7 win over Buhmann:
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Game Moves:
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nh5 10. Nd3 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Nd3 Ne5 14. c5 Qa5 15. b4 Qa3 16. Qc1 Nc4 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Qxa3 Nxa3 19. Rac1 Nb5 20. Nd6 Nc3 21. Rc2 Rab8 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Rfc1 Na4 24. Rd1 a6 25. Rd3 Rfd8 26. Nxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxd8+ Bf8 29. Rc8 Bd7 30. Ra8 Rxb4 31. c6 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Bf5 33. Nd3 Nb6 34. Rb8 Rb5 35. a4 Nxa4 36. c7 Nb6 37. Rc5 Rb3 38. Rxf5 gxf5 39. c8=Q Nxc8 40. Rxb3 Kg7 41. Rb8 Nd6 42. Ra8 Nb5 43. Rxa6 Nd4 44. Nf4 h6 45. e3 Nb5 46. Nh5+ Kh7 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Ne8+ Kg8 49. Ra5 1-0

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