The Blackmar-Diemer in Iran

According to TWIC (what a great resource), "The 18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament took place February 19th-28th 2010 in Mashhad - Iran. 11 rounds Swiss System 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1."

And what turns up there? An Iranian FM playing (and winning) a BDG. See for yourself:

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Abbasifar, H. 2333 - Marfavi, J. 2100

1-0 (18th Fajr Open) 2/21/2010

[#] 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 Nf6 5.g4 Bg6 6.g5 Nh5 7.fxe4 e5 8.d5 Bb4

[8...h6 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Qe2 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nf4 12.Qb5+ c6 13.Qxb7 cxd5 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Qxa8 Bxe4 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.O-O Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Ke7 19.Bd3 hxg5 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4+ Qe6 22.Qxe6+ fxe6 23.Nxg5 e5 24.Rae1 Nc6 25.Rxf4 Kd6 1-0 Purser,T-Anonymous/Internet Chess Club 1998.]

9.Bg2 O-O 10.Nh3 f5 11.gxf6 Qxf6 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.O-O-O Nf4 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.d6 Nc5? +1.33

[16...Bxc3 17.Qc4+ Kh8 18.Qxc3 cxd6 19.Rhf1 Bh5 -0.60]

17.Qc4+ Bf7 18.Nd5 Qxd6? +2.38

[18...Bxd5 +1.33]

19.e5 Qxe5 20.Bxf4 Qh5 21.Qxb4 Na6 22.Qxb7 Nc5 23.Qc6 Ne6 24.Bg3 Qg5+ 25.Kb1 h5 26.Rhe1 Rae8 27.Re5 Qg4 28.Bf3 Qh3 29.Ne3 Nd4 30.Rxd4 Rxe5 31.Bxe5 Bxa2+ 32.Kxa2 Rxf3 33.Rd8+ [1-0]

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