Bertok, Mario – Mestrovic, Zvonimir

2311 1979 · Draw

Englund Gambit, 1979: Bertok (2311) gave the pawn back with 2.dxe5, and Mestrovic (2402) regained material while developing briskly, both sides castling by 10.O-O O-O. White held the better game — 11.b4, then 12.Qc2 and the recapture 13.Bxc4 — until move 15 changed everything: 15.Qf5 is a mistake that drops the evaluation from +1.6 to +0.1, a missed win. Black answered 15...Nxh2 and 16...Nxf3+, and the position settled into balance through 22...h6, where the draw was agreed. Accuracy: 68% for White, 73% for Black. The takeaway: a clear plus is kept with quiet, solid moves, not with an early queen sortie.