At the time that this game was played, Simen was the youngest Grand Master in the world.
1.e4
e5
Rather fortunately for me, he was in the process of widening his Black opening repertoire having previously been mostly a player of the French Defence - in which case, why play into his hands and play 2.Nf3 !!
2.f4!!
What else !!?
2...d5
3.exd5
exf4
4.Nf3
Bd6
[ 4...Qxd5?!
5.d4
5.d4 scores 65% in my database, whilst both 5.Nc3 (71%) and 5.Be2 (75%) seem even better.]
5.Bb5+
c6
6.dxc6
Nxc6
[ 6...bxc6
7.Bc4
Ne7
8.0-0
0-0
9.d4
Bg4
10.Qd3
Ng6
11.c3
Nd7
12.b4
Re8
13.Na3
Nf6
14.Bb3
Ne4
15.Nc4
Bc7
Tonev-Pashov, 1990, 1/2-/12, 32.]
7.Nc3
[ 7.Bxc6+
bxc6
8.0-0
Nf6
9.d4
0-0
10.Nc3
Re8
11.Ne2
Ng4
12.Nxf4
Re3
13.Bxe3
Nxe3
14.Qd2
Bxf4
15.Rfe1
Nd5
16.Qd3
Bg4
17.h3
Bxf3
18.Qxf3
Qg5
19.Re4
Be3+
20.Kh1
f5
21.Re5
Wolfram-Schweinberger, 2001, 1-0, 32.]
7...Nge7
8.d4
0-0
9.0-0
see photograph
9...Bg4
10.Ne4
Bc7
11.c3+/=
White has the traditional central/Q-side pawn majority against Black's majority on the K-side.
11...a6
12.Bd3
Nd5
13.Qc2
[ 13.Nc5!?
; 13.Qb3!?
]
13...h6
14.Bd2
[ 14.Nc5
Bb6
15.Nxb7
Qe7
16.Bh7+
Kh8
17.Be4+/-
]
14...Bb6
15.Kh1
Rc8
16.Qb3
Be6?!+/-
[ >=16...Na5!?
17.Qd1
Re8=
]
17.c4
Ne3
18.d5
Nxf1
19.Rxf1
The final position is somewhere between +/- and +- (but he was a GM !!) - he did, however, think for at least five minutes before accepting my draw offer !! [ 19.Rxf1
Na5
20.Bxa5
Bxa5
21.dxe6
fxe6
22.Ne5
Bc7
23.Ng6
Rf7
24.Rd1
is one possible continuation ......] 1/2-1/2