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1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7

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5.Nc3 e4 6.Nd4 Ngf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Nf5 Be5 9.f4 ef3 10.Qf3 (worse 10.gf3 Re8 11.d4 Bf4-/+) 10...Nb6 11.d4 Bd6 12.Nd6 Qd6 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.0-0 Nc4 15.Bc4 dc4 (15...Ng4 16.Qf4 dc4 17.Rae1=) 16.h3 (worse 16.Qb7 Ng4 17.Rf4 Bc6-/+) 16...Qb6 17.d5 Rae8 Attacks the backward pawn on e3 18.Rae1 Re7 (18...a6 19.Kh1 a5 20.e4 ab4 21.ab4+/-) 19.Kh1+/- Rfe8 20.e4 h6 21.Re2 a5 22.e5 ab4 23.ef6 Re3 24.Re3 Re3 25.Qh5 bc3 26.fg7 Qg6 (26...Kg7 27.Qf7 Kh8 28.Qf8 Kh7 29.Rf7 Kg6 30.Rg7 Kh5 31.Qf7 Kh4 32.Qf2 Rg3 33.Qg3 Kh5 34.Qe5 Kh4 35.g3 Kh3 36.Qh5) 27.Qg6 fg6 28.Bc1 Re5 29.Bh6 Rf5 30.Rb1 Rh5 (30...b5!?+/-) 31.Rb7 Rh6 32.Rc7 Ba4 33.d6 g5 (33...Rh5 34.d7 Bd7 35.Rd7+-) 34.d7+- Bd7 35.Rd7 g4? (35...Ra6 36.Rd4 Ra3 37.Rc4 Kg7+-) 36.Rc7 gh3 (36...Rd6 37.Rc8 (37.Rc4 g3 38.Rc8 Kg7 39.Rc7 Kf8 40.Rc8 Ke7 41.Rc7 Kd8 42.Rc8 Kc8 43.Kg1 Rd1; 37.hg4?! Rd2+-) 37...Kg7 38.Rc4 (38.hg4?! Rd2+/-) 38...gh3 39.Rc3 (39.gh3?! Rd1 40.Kg2 Rd2 41.Kf3 Rc2+-) 39...hg2 40.Kg2+-) 37.Rc4 hg2 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.a4 Rh8 40.a5 Rh5 (40...Kf6 41.Rc3 Ra8+-) 41.Ra4 Kf6 (41...Rg5 42.Kf3 Rf5 43.Ke3 Rf7+-) 42.a6 Rh8 43.a7 Ra8 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.Kd3 Kc6 47.Kc3 Kb6 48.Kb4 1-0. hurnavich (2315) - dynamic_dv (1995), gameknot.com, 2010.

5.c4 d4 6.c5+= Be7 7.e3 de3 (7...Ngf6 8.Qc2+=) 8.de3 (worse is 8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Be5 Bf6+=) 8...Bf6 9.Nc3 c6 (9...a5!?+=) 10.Ne4+/– Be7 (10...Nh6!?+/–) 11.Ne5+- f6?? (better is 11...Ngf6 12.Nd6 Bd6 13.Qd6 Ne5 14.Qe5 Be6+-) 12.Qh5 (12.Qh5 g6 13.Ng6 hg6 14.Qh8+-) 1–0. fredbaraer (1900) – gumshoe (2210), net–chess.com, 2013.

5.c4 Ngf6?? 6.c5+= e4 (6...Be7 7.Ne5 Ne5 8.Be5+=) 7.cd6 ef3 8.dc7 Qc7 9.ef3 (9.gf3 0-0+=) 9...0-0 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 b6 (11...Qf4 12.Re1+=) 12.Nc3 a6 13.d4 Qc6 14.Bd3 Nf8 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Rfe1+/– Re1 17.Re1 Re8 18.b5 Re1 19.Qe1 Qc8 20.Qe5 a5 21.Qd6 Qe6 22.Qe6 Ne6+/– 23.Ne2 g5 24.a4 h5 25.Ba3 Bc8 26.Be7 Ne8 27.h4 gh4 28.Bh4 f6 29.Bg6 Kf8 30.Bh5 Ng5 31.f4 Ng7 32.Bg6 Bf5 33.Bf5 Nf5 34.Bg5 fg5 35.fg5 Nh4 36.Nf4 Nf5 37.Nd5 (37...Nd4 38.Nb6+-) 1–0. Ventimiglia,Charles – Krevitz,Rob, IECC, 1998.

5.d4 e4 6.Ng1 f5 (6...e3!? 7.g3 Nb6-/+) 7.e3=+ Ngf6 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.g3 g5 (10...dc4 11.Bc4 Kh8 12.Nge2=+) 11.h4 g4 12.Qb3 dc4 13.Bc4 Kg7 14.Qd1 (14.d5 a5=+) 14...b5 15.Bb3 Nb6 (15...a5 16.ba5 Ra5 17.a4=+) 16.Nge2 (16.d5 Bd7=) 16...Qe7 (16...a5!?=+) 17.d5= cd5 18.Nd5 Nbd5 19.Qd5 Bb7?? (better 19...Rb8=) 20.Qf5+- Bc8 (20...a5 21.ba5 Kh8 22.Qb5+-) 21.Qg5 Kh8 22.Nd4 (better 22.Rd1 Bc7 23.Nc3+-) 22...Qd7?? (better 22...Bd7 23.Nb5 Bb5 24.Qb5 Rab8+-) 23.Rd1 (23.Ne6 Qe6 24.Be6 Be7+-) 23...a6 (23...Qg7 24.Nf5 Bb4 25.ab4 Bf5+-) 24.Nb5 (better 24.Ne6 Qe6 25.Be6 Be7 26.Bc8 Rac8+-) 24...ab5 (24...Bb4 25.ab4 Qe7+-) 25.Bf6 (25.Bf6 Rf6 26.Qg8) 1-0. black_bishop_88 (2630) - Sv_Ynga (2375), lichess.org, 2020. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6)

5.d4 Qe7 6.Ne5 (6.de5 Ne5 7.Qd5 Nf6=) 6...Ne5=+ 7.de5 Be5 8.Be5 Qe5 9.c3 c6 10.Qd4 f6 11.Qe5 fe5 12.c4 (12.Nd2 Nf6=+) 12...Nf6 (12...dc4!? 13.e4 a5-/+) 13.cd5 cd5 14.Nc3 Be6 15.e3 Kf7 16.Be2 Rhc8 17.Kd2 d4 18.ed4 ed4 19.Nb5 Ne4 (better 19...Rd8 20.Bd3 a6=) 20.Kd3?? (20.Ke1 Bc4 21.Nd4 Nc3 22.Bc4 Rc4+=) 20...Bf5?? (better 20...Nf2 21.Kd2 Nh1 22.Nd6 Ke7 23.Nc8 Rc8 24.Rh1 Rc3-+) 21.Kd4+= a6 (21...Kf6 22.Bf3 Nf2=) 22.Ke5 (22.f3!? Re8 23.Bc4 Kg6 24.Nc7 Rad8 25.Bd5=) 22...ab5 (22...Bg6 23.f3 ab5 24.fe4 Re8 25.Kf4 Re4 26.Kf3=) 23.Kf5+= Nc3 (23...Nf2 24.Rhc1+=) 24.Bf3 (24.Rhe1 g6 25.Kf4 Re8+/-) 24...g6 (24...Rc4 25.g4 h6-/+) 25.Kg4+/- Rc4 26.Kg3 h6 27.Bb7 (27.Rhe1 Ra7+/-) 27...Rb8? (better 27...Ne2!? 28.Kf3 Nd4 29.Kg4 Nc2 30.Kg3 Rc3 31.f3 Raa3 32.Ra3 Ra3+/-) 28.Bf3+- h5 29.h4 Kf6 30.Rhe1 Ra8?? (better 30...Rd8+-) 31.Ba8 1-0. black_bishop_88 (2510) - ald2 (2380), lichess.org, 2020. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6)

5.e3 e4?? 6.Bg7+- f6?? (6...ef3 7.Bh8 fg2 8.Bg2 Ngf6+-) 7.Nd4 Be5 8.Qh5 Ke7 9.Bh8 c5 (9...Nf8 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bg7+-) 10.bc5 Nc5 11.Qh7 Kd6 12.Nc3 a6 13.Nf5 (better is 13.Qf7 Ne6 14.Nf5 Kc5 15.Na4 Kc6 16.Rb1+-) 13...Bf5 14.Qf5 Nh6 15.Qh5 Qh8 16.Rb1 Qg7 17.Rb6 Kd7 18.Nd5 Rh8 19.Qh3 f5? 20.d4 ed3 21.Bd3 Bc3 22.Ke2 Nd3 23.Rb7 Kd6 24.Rg7 Bg7 25.cd3 Kd5 26.Qf3 Ke6 27.Qc6 Kf7 28.Rb1 Bf6 29.Rb7 Kg6 30.Rb6 Rf8 31.Ra6 Ng4 32.h3 Ne5 33.Qd6 Rf7 34.Qe5 (34.Qe5 f4 35.Qf4+-) 1–0. anonymouuus (1605) – mariusdima, internet, 2013.

5.Nc3 Nb6

6.e3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.0-0 =+.

6.e4 d4 7.Nb5 Nf6 8.Bd3=.

5.Nc3 Ne7

6.Nb5 0-0 7.Nd6 cd6 8.e3=.

6.e4 d4 7.Nb5 Nf6 8.Nbd4=.

5.e3 a6

6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 b5 (7...Ngf6 8.d3=) 8.Bd5+= Rb8 9.d4 Ngf6 (9...ed4!? 10.Bd4 Ne7+=) 10.de5+/– Ne5 11.Bb3 (better is 11.Ne5 Be5 12.Bf7 Kf7 13.Qd8 Rd8 14.Be5+/–) 11...Nd3?? (better is 11...Qe7=) 12.Qd3+- Bb4 13.Ke2 Qd3 14.Kd3 Bf5 15.Ke2 Rd8?? (15...Be7+-) 16.ab4 Bd3 17.Ke1 0-0 18.Bf6 gf6 19.Nbd2 Rd6 20.Rc1 Rd7 21.Bc2 Ra8 (21...Bc2 22.Rc2 f5 23.Ke2+-) 22.Bd3 Rd3 23.Ke2 Rd7 24.Nd4 Rad8 (24...a5 25.ba5 Ra5 26.Rc5+-) 25.Rc6 Re8 26.Kf3 Ra8 (26...f5 27.Rhc1+-) 27.Ra1 Rd6 28.Rd6 cd6 29.Nb5! Rb8 30.Nd6 Rb4 31.Ra6 Rb8 32.Nf5 h5 33.Rf6 Rb7 34.Ne4 Rb1 35.Ng5 Rb7 36.Rc6 Rb8 37.Rc8! Rc8 38.Ne7 Kg7 39.Nc8 f6 40.Ne6 Kf7 41.Nf4 Kg7 42.Nh5 Kg6 43.Nf4 Kg5 44.Ne7 f5 45.Nfd5 Kh5 46.Kf4 Kh6 47.Kf5 Kh5 48.g4 Kh6 49.g5 Kh5 50.g6 Kh4 51.g7 Kh3 52.g8Q Kh2 53.Nf4. Fournier,Frederic (1855) – Martinet,Charles, FRA Coupe, 2013.

6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 h6 8.d3 (8.d4 Qe7=) 8...Ngf6= 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Bb3 c5 12.bc5 Nc5 13.Bc2 (13.Ne5 Be5 14.Be5 Nd3 15.Bf6 Qf6+=) 13...Be6 (better 13...Re8!?=+) 14.Ne5 Be5 (14...Rc8 15.a4+=) 15.Be5+- Nd3 (15...Ng4 16.Bd4 Qd6 17.Nf3+-) 16.Bf6 (16.Bd4!? Bc4+-) 16...gf6+- 17.Qh5 Kh7 (better 17...Kg7!?+-) 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.Ne1 Rc2 20.Nc2 Rg8 21.Rfd1 (better 21.Nb4+-) 21...Bc4?? (better 21...Qa8 22.f3 Rg5 23.Qg5 fg5 24.Rd3 a5+=) 22.Nd4 (22.Qf5 Kh8 23.Ne1 Rg5 24.Rd3 Bd3 (24...Rf5?? 25.Rd8 Kg7 26.Ra8+-) 25.Qd3 Qd3 26.Nd3 Rd5+-) 22...Ne5 (22...Rg5 23.Qh3 Qd5+-) 23.Nf5 Rg2 (23...Qf8 24.Rd8 Be2+-) 24.Kg2 Qg8 25.Ng3 Ng6 (25...Be6 26.Rd6 Qb8 27.Ne4+-) 26.Rd7 (26.Rd6!? a5+-) 26...Be6 27.Ra7 Bc8 (27...Qc8 28.Ne4+-) 28.Rc1 Qd8 (28...Ne5 29.Qh4 Be6+-) 29.Rf7 (29.Rf7 Kh8 30.Qh6 Kg8 31.Qg7) 1–0. Hilbert,Stephan J – Bromo,Alexis, FICGS, 2017. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 a6)

5.e3 b6

6.Bb5 f6 7.Bc6 Rb8 8.Bd5 Ne7 +/–.

6.c4 Bb7 7.cd5 Bd5 8.Be2 Ngf6 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Nd5 Nd5 11.d3 0-0 12.0-0 N7f6 13.Qc2 Qe6 14.Rfd1 Qg4? (14...b5 15.Ng5 Qf5 16.Nh3+=) 15.h3 (15.Ne5 Qg5 16.Nc6 Ng4 17.Bg4 Qg4+-) 15...Qg6? (15...Qe6!?+=) 16.Be5 Be5 17.Ne5 Qf5 18.Nf3 Kh8? (better is 18...Qe6+-) 19.e4 (19.e4 Qg6 20.ed5 Nd5 21.Ne5+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1815) – montto (1615), Active, 2011.

6.c4 dc4+= 7.Bc4 Bb7 8.0-0 Ngf6 9.d3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.e4 c6 12.Bb3 c5 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Qd2 (15.bc5!? bc5 16.Rab1+=) 15...b5= 16.Ne3 Bb6 17.Rfc1 cb4 18.ab4 Rc7 (18...Rc1 19.Rc1 Rf8 20.Bc3+= (20.Be5?! Ne4 21.Qe2 Ng5 22.Ng5 Qg5+=)) 19.Rc7 (19.Nf5 h6+/–) 19...Qc7 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.h3 (21.Nf5 h6 22.Ng5+-) 21...Rd8 22.Qc3 (22.Nf5 h6 23.Ng5+-) 22...Rc8= 23.Qd2 Rd8 (23...Rc1!? 24.Bc1 h6+=) 24.Bc3 Nf8?? (better is 24...Be3 25.Qe3 h6+/–) 25.Be5+- (25.Ne5?! Ne4 26.Bf7 Kh8=) 25...Qa8 26.d4?? Be4 27.Ng5 Bd5? 28.Nd5 Nd5+/– 29.Qd3 f6? 30.Nf3?? fe5+= 31.Ne5 Nd7 32.Nc6+= N7f6 33.Nd8 Qd8 34.Qb5 Bd4?? 35.Rd1+- Bb6 36.Bd5 Kh8 37.Bf3 Qe7 38.Qc6 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1990) – gwena (1830), Echecs21, 2003.

6.c4 c6 7.cd5 cd5 8.Be2 Ngf6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.d3 Rc8 12.Rc1 a6 13.Qd2 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (2000) – BRITNEYSPEARS (1870), Echecs21, 2003.

5.e3 f6

6.c4+/– dc4!? 7.Bc4 Nb6 +/–.

6.c4+/– Ne7 7.c5 0-0 8.cd6 cd6 9.d4 a5 10.de5 ab4?? (10...fe5 11.Nc3 Nb6+-) 11.ed6 Nf5 (11...Nc6 12.Qd5 Kh8 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Ba1 Nb4 15.Qe4+-) 12.ab4 (better 12.Qd5 Rf7 13.Qf5 Nb6+-) 12...Nd6 (12...Ra1 13.Qd5 Kh8 14.Ba1 Nb6+-) 13.Ra8 Qb6 (13...Nb6 14.Ra7 Be6 15.Bd4+-) 14.Ra1 (better 14.Qd5 Nf7 15.Rc8 Rc8 16.Qd7 Qb4 17.Nbd2 Rd8+-) 14...Qb4 15.Bc3 Qb6 (15...Qc5 16.Bd4 Qc6 17.Nc3+-) 16.Be2 (better 16.Qd5 Kh8+-) 16...Nc4 (16...Nc5 17.Ba5 Qb2 18.Nc3+-) 17.0-0 (better 17.Qd5 Kh8 18.Qc4 Nb8+-) 17...Nde5 18.Bc4 (better 18.Ne5!? fe5 19.Qd5 Be6+-) 18...Nc4 19.Bd4 Qd6 20.Nbd2 Be6 21.Nc4 dc4 22.Rb1 Qc6 23.Qc2 Rd8 (23...b5 24.Bc3 Qb7 25.Nd4+-) 24.Rfc1 (better 24.Rb6 Qd7+-) 24...g6 (24...b5 25.Bc3 Qe8 26.Nd4+-) 25.h3 (25.Rb6!? Bf5 26.Rc6 Bc2 27.Rc4 Be4 28.Bf6 Rf8+-) 25...Qd5 (25...Bf5 26.Qc3 Bb1 27.Rb1+-) 26.Qb2 b5 27.Bf6 b4 28.Bd8 b3 29.Qc3 (29.Bg5 Qf5 30.Bh6 Kf7 31.Qh8 Bd5 32.Nd4 Ke7 33.Nf5 Kd7 34.Qg7 Kc6 35.Nd4 Kd6 36.Bf4 Kc5 37.Qa7 Kb4 38.Bd6) 29...Qd8 30.Nd4 (30.Ne5 Qf6+-) 30...Bf7 31.Rd1 (better 31.Nc6 Qe8 32.Ne5 Qe6+-) 31...Qb8 32.Nf3 (32.Nc6 Qc7 33.Qf6 h6 34.Ne7 Qe7 35.Qe7 h5 36.Rd8 Kh7 37.Qf7 Kh6 38.f4 b2 39.Rh8) 32...Qb6 33.Qd4 (33.Ng5 Qa5 34.Qa5 Be8 35.Qe5 h6 36.Qe8 Kg7 37.Qf7 Kh8 38.Rd8) 33...Qd4 34.Nd4 h5 35.Nf3 Kg7 36.Ne5 Kf6 37.Nf7 Kf7 38.Rd4 c3 39.Rb3 c2 40.Rc4 c1Q 41.Rc1 Kf6 (41...Ke6 42.Rb6 Kd7 43.Rg6 h4 44.Rh6 Ke7 45.Rc7 Kd8 46.Rhh7 Ke8 47.Rc8) 42.Rc5 (42.Rb6 Kg5 43.h4 Kh4 44.Rc5 g5 45.Kh2 Kg4 46.Rb4) 42...Ke6 (42...Kf7 43.Rb6 Kg7 44.Rb7 Kf6 45.Rc6 Kg5 46.f4 Kf5 47.Re7 h4 48.Re5) 43.Rb6 Kf7 (43...Kd7 44.Rg6 h4 45.Rh5 Ke7 46.Rh7 Kf8 47.e4 Ke8 48.Rg8) 44.Rc7 Kg8 (44...Ke8 45.Rb8) 45.Rb8 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (2155) - DavidA95 (2030), Rated Bullet game, 2015.

6.c4+/– Ne7 7.c5+- Nc5 8.bc5 Bc5 9.d4 ed4 10.ed4 Bd6 11.Bd3 0-0 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Bf5 (13.Nc3 Qd7+-) 13...Nf5 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Qb3 c6 16.Nd5! Bh2 (16...cd5 17.Qd5 Double attack (17.Qb5 Decoy)) 17.Nh2 Qd5 18.Qb4 (18.Qd5 cd5 19.Bc3 Rac8+/–) 18...Nh4+= 19.f3 Re2 20.Rf2 Rae8 21.Qb7?? (better is 21.Raf1+=) 21...Rf2–+ 22.Kh1 Rg2 23.Rf1 Qd6 24.Qb3 Kh8 25.f4 Ree2 26.Qh3 Rh2 27.Kg1 Rh3 0–1. olsime (1955) – marekt (2030), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.d3 Ne7 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 c6 9.Nbd2 b5 10.c4 bc4 11.dc4 e4 12.Nd4 Be5? (12...Ne5 13.Rc1+=) 13.Qb3?? (13.Ne6 Qb6 14.Be5 fe5+-) 13...Rb8? (better is 13...Rf7+=) 14.cd5 cd5 15.Rac1 (15.Ne6 Qb6 16.Nf8 Kf8+-) 15...Nb6? (15...Rf7 16.Bh5 g6 17.Be2+=) 16.Nc6?? (16.Ne4 a5 17.Nc5+- (17.ba5?! Nc4 18.Bc4 Rb3 19.Bb3 Kh8+=)) 16...Nc6= 17.Rc6 Bb7 18.Rcc1 Re8 19.Be5 Re5 20.Rfd1 Rg5? 21.g3?? Qd7? 22.Bf1 Qd6?? 23.Bg2 f5+= 24.Nf1 Nc4?? 25.Qa2 Rc8?? 26.Rc4!+- Rc4 27.Qc4!! Qh6 28.Qc7 Qb6 29.Qb6 ab6 30.Rc1 h5 31.Rc7 Ba6 32.Rc6 Bc4 33.Rb6 Kh7 34.a4 Rg6 35.Rg6 Kg6 36.b5 Bb5 (36...Bb5 37.ab5 h4+-). Fournier,Frederic (1805) – maval (1680), Active, 2007.

5.e3 Nh6

6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 =+.

6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 0-0 8.d3=.

6.Be2 a5 7.b5 0-0 8.0-0 =+.

5.g3 a5

6.b5 Ngf6 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 =+.

6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.b5 c6 8.c4 =+.

6.Bh3 Ngf6 7.b5 c6 8.d4 =+.

5.g3 c6

6.d3 a5 7.Nbd2 Ngf6 8.Bg2-/+.

6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.0-0-/+.

6.Bh3 Ngf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 =+.

5.g3 Qe7

6.Nc3 c6 7.Bg2 Ngf6 8.0-0 =+.

6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.0-0 =+.

6.Bh3 Ngf6 7.d4 e4 8.Nh4-/+.

5.g3 Qf6

6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne4 Qb2 8.Nc3=.

6.e3 Ne7 7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 =+.

6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc4 8.Nd5=.

5.h3 a5

6.b5 Ngf6 7.e3 c5 8.bc6 =+.

6.Nc3 ab4 7.Nb5 ba3 8.Nd6-/+.

6.e3 ab4 7.ab4 Ra1 8.Ba1-/+.

5.h3 a6

6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 =+.

6.c4 dc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.Ne5-/+.

6.e3 Ngf6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 =+.

5.h3 c6

6.Ra2 Ngf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 =+.

6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 =+.

6.e3 Ne7 7.Be2 a5 8.b5 =+.

5.h3 Ne7

6.Nc3 a6 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 =+.

6.e3 a5 7.b5 c5 8.bc6 =+.

6.e4 de4 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Nc3 =+.

5.h3 Ngf6

6.Nc3 d4 7.Nb1 a5 8.b5-/+.

6.e3 0-0 7.Nc3 e4 8.Nd4 =+.

6.g4 a5 7.b5 0-0 8.g5-/+.

5.Nc3 c6

6.Rb1 Ngf6 7.e3 b5 8.a4 =+.

6.e3 Ngf6

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Qc7 9.h3 a6 10.Nh4 Nb6 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.d3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rfd1 Rfb8 15.e4 Be6 16.Ng5 Nf8 17.ed5 cd5 18.Bf3 Rd8 19.Ne6 fe6 20.Re1 e4 21.Be2 Bf4 22.Qd1 e3 23.fe3 Be3 24.Kh1 Qg3 25.Bf3 Bf4 26.Kg1 Qh2 27.Kf1 Bg3 28.Re3 Rac8 29.Ne2 Qh1 30.Ng1 d4 31.Re2 Ng6 32.Re6 Nf4 33.Rf6 Bh2 34.Kf2 Bg1 (< 34...gf6 35.Qd2 Bg1 36.Rg1=+) 35.Qg1 Rc2 36.Kg3 Qg1 37.Rg1 gf6 38.Kf4 Rb2 39.Ra1 Re8 40.Rc1 Re3 41.Rc8 Kf7 42.Rc7 Ke8 43.Rh7 Rd3 44.Rb7 Ra3 45.Rb8 (Better is 45.Bc6!? Kf8 46.Kf5–+) 45...Kd7 46.Rb7 (46...Kc8 47.Rb6–+) –+. b4_player (2225) – uysd (2240), GameColony.com, 2003.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Qc7 9.h3 Rd8 10.d4 e4 11.Nd2 Nb6 12.b5 a5 13.ba6 ba6 14.a4 Qe7 15.a5 Nbd7 16.Qc1 Bc7 17.Rd1 Ne8 18.g3 Qg5 19.Kg2 Nd6 20.Rh1 Nf5 21.h4 Qf6 22.Nf1 Nd6 23.Ba3 Rb8 24.Bd6 Bd6 25.Nd2 Bb4 26.Ncb1 Bb7 27.c4 (27.Ra4!? Be7 28.c4-/+) 27...c5 28.dc5?? (28.Qb2 dc4 29.Nc4 Bd5 30.dc5 Qe6–+) 28...Nc5 (28...Qa1 29.Nb3 Qa4 30.cd5 Qb3 31.c6 Ba5 32.Bc4–+) 29.cd5 (29.Ra2 d4–+) 29...Qg6 (Better is 29...Qa1 30.Bc4 Ba5–+) 30.Na3? (Better is 30.Nc3–+) 30...Bd5 (31.Rb1 Nd3 32.Rb4 Nc1 33.Rb8 Rb8 34.Rc1 Kf8–+) 0–1. Klemens,Leszek – Ruhle,Ernst_Olav, corr ICCF TT, 2003.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Qe7 9.d3 Re8 10.Re1 Nf8 11.Qd2 Ng6 12.Red1 Bg4 13.Rdb1 Rad8 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4+= e4 16.gh5 ef3 17.hg6 fe2 18.gh7 Nh7 19.Qe2 d4 20.Ne4+= Nf6 21.Nf6+/– Qf6 22.Qg4 Be5 23.f4+/– Qh6 24.fe5+- Re5 25.Kh2 Rg5 26.Qf4 Rdd5? 27.Bd4 Rdf5 28.Qb8 Kh7 29.Rf1 Qh5 30.Qf4 Rf4 31.ef4-/+ Rg6 32.Rf2 Rh6 33.Rg2 Qh3 34.Kg1 g6 35.Kf2-/+ Qh4 36.Ke3 Qe7 37.Kd2 Qd6 38.Ba7 Qf4 39.Be3 Qf3 40.Rf2+= Qg3 41.Rf7 Kg8 42.Raf1 Rh2 43.R1f2 g5 44.Rh2 Qh2 45.Rf2 Qe5 46.Rg2+/– Kf7 47.Rg5 Qb2 48.Ra5 Ke6 49.Ra8 Kd7 50.Ra7 Kc8 51.Bb6 Kb8 52.Bc5 Qe5 53.a4 Qf4 54.Kc3 Qf6 55.d4 Qf3 56.Kb2 Qe2 57.a5 Qb5 58.Kc3 Qa4 59.Kd2 Qa1 60.Kd3 Qd1= 61.Kc3 Qa1 62.Kd2 Qa3? 63.b5+- cb5?? 64.Rb7!! Kb7 65.Ba3 Ka6 66.d5 Ka5 67.d6 Ka4 68.d7 Ka3 69.d8Q Kb4 70.Qb6 Kc4+- 71.c3 Kd5 72.Qb5 Ke6 73.Ke3 Kf6 74.Ke4 Ke6 75.Kf4 Kd6+- 76.Kf5 Kc7 77.Qa6 Kd7 78.Qb6 Ke7 79.Qc6 Kf7 80.Qd6 Ke8 81.Kf6 (81.c4 Kf7 82.Qc7 Ke8 83.Ke6 Kf8 84.Qf7#). mrkt (2370) – poobeshtamil (2120), ICC, 2003.

7.Be2 Qc7 8.h3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.d4 ed4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Re1= Qc8 14.f4 Ng6 15.Bd3 Nh4 16.Nf3 Nf5 17.Bf5 Bf5-/+ 18.Nh4 Bh3 19.gh3= Qh3 20.Nf3 Qg3 21.Kf1 Ng4 22.Qe2 Re3 23.Qe3 Ne3 24.Re3 Bf4 25.Rce1 Be3 26.Re3 d4! 27.Ne4 Qh3 28.Ke2 de3 (29.Nd6 Qg3–+) 0–1. Jatkowski,Grzegorz – Kilpatrick,Robert, corr 3GMM–01, 1995.

6.e4 d4

7.Na4 Ngf6 8.d3 b5 9.Nc5 Bc5 10.bc5 Qe7 11.c3 dc3 12.Bc3 0-0 13.Qc1 Re8 14.Bb2 Nc5 15.Ne5 Nb3 16.Qc6 Bb7 17.Qc3 Na1-/+ 18.Ba1 Rac8 19.Qb2 Qc7 20.Be2 Qa5 21.Kd1 Be4! 22.de4 Ne4 23.Bg4? Nc3 24.Kd2 Qd8 25.Kc2 Na4 26.Bc8 0–1. Comet B50 – Fritz 6, 2004.

7.Ne2 c5 8.c3 d3 9.Ng3 c4 10.Nf5 Qf6 11.Ne3 Nb6-/+ 12.a4 Be6 13.a5 Nd7 14.h4 b5 15.ab6 Nb6-/+ 16.g3 Ne7 17.h5 Bc8 18.h6 g6 19.Bg2 0-0 20.g4 Bb7 21.g5 Qe6 22.Rh4 f5 23.gf6 Qf6 24.Ng4 Qh8 25.Ng5 Bc8 26.Rh3 Nc6 27.Rf3 Rf4 28.Rf4 ef4 29.e5 Ne5 30.Nh2? Qf6–+ 31.Ne4 Qe7 32.Kf1 f3 33.Nf3 Bg4 34.Nd6 Rf8 35.Qe1 Bf3 (36.Bf3 Rf3–+ (36...Qd6?! 37.Bg2–+); 35...Rf3?! A) 36.Bf3?? Nf3 37.Kg2 Ne1 (37...Qd6?! 38.Qe8 Qf8 39.Qf8 Kf8 40.Ra7 Nd2 41.Rh7 Bf3 42.Kh3=+) 38.Re1 Qe1–+; B) 36.Ra5 Qd6 37.Qe5 Qe5 38.Re5=) 0–1. Vetter,Udo – Baer,Werner, TT–11 ETC (year?).

7.Ne2 c5 8.c3 d3 9.Ng3 c4 10.Nf5 Qf6 11.g3 Bc7 12.Bg2 Nb6 13.Ne3 Ne7 14.a4 a5 15.b5 0-0 16.Ba3 Bd6 17.Qc1 Rd8 18.0-0 Be6 19.Bd6 Rd6 20.Qa3 Rad8 21.Qc5 Ng6 22.h4 Nc8 23.h5 b6 24.Qa3 Nge7-/+ 25.Qa2 R6d7 26.h6 Nd6–+ 27.hg7 Ne4 28.Nc4? Ng6 29.Nh2 Bc4 30.Qc4 Nd2 31.Qa2 Nf1 32.Nf1 Ne7 33.Nd2 Kg7 34.Re1 Rc7 35.Qb2 Nf5 36.Bc6 Kg8 37.Rd1 Ne7 38.Bg2 Qe6 39.f3 Qh6 40.Re1 Qg7 41.Kf2 f5 42.Qb3 Nd5 43.c4 f4 44.g4 Ne3 45.c5 Kh8 46.Qe6 bc5 47.b6 Re7 48.Qc6 e4! 49.Kg1 Ng2 50.Re4 Ne3 51.Rf4 Qa1 52.Kh2 Nf1 53.Nf1 d2 54.Ng3 d1Q 55.Kh3 0–1. COMP – COMP, 2002.

7.Ne2 c5 8.Ng3 cb4 9.Bb5 Qf6 10.ab4 Bb4 11.c3 dc3= 12.dc3 Bc5 13.0-0 Qb6 14.Bd7 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rd8 16.Qe2 Nf6= 17.Nd7 Rd7+= 18.Rfb1 Qe6 19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Ra3 b6 21.e5 Ng4 22.Re1 0-0= 23.Ra4 Nh6 24.Rea1 a5 25.Rd4 Re7 26.Rd6 Qe5 27.Qe5 Re5 28.Rb6 Ra8 29.f3 Kf8 30.c4 a4 31.Ra3 Nf5 32.Nf5 Rf5 33.Rb4 Rfa5 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.h3 Kd6=+ 36.Rb7 R8a7 37.Rb1 Kc5-/+ 38.Rc3 a3 39.Rc2 h5 40.g3 f5 41.f4 R7a6 42.Re1 Ra8 43.Kf3 a2 44.Ra1 Kb4 45.Rd2 Kc4 46.Rb2 Ra3 47.Kf2 Kc3 48.Re2 Kb3 49.Re7 Kb2 50.Ree1 Rc8 51.Kf1 Rc2 52.Red1 Rf3 53.Kg1 Rg3 54.Kh1 Rh3 55.Kg1 Rg3 56.Kf1 Rf3 57.Kg1 Rf4 (58.Re1 Rg4 59.Kh1 f4–+) 0–1. Comet B50 – Fritz 6, 2003.

7.Ne2 c5 8.Ng3 cb4 9.Nf5 Qf6 =+.

7.Ne2 Ngf6

8.Ng3 0-0

9.c3 a5 10.Be2 dc3 11.dc3 Qc7 12.0-0 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nf8 14.h3 b6 15.Nf5 Bf5 16.ef5 e4 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Nc4 Bf4=+ 19.Rad1 N8d7 20.Kh1 Nd5 21.g3 Bg5 22.Rfe1 ab4 23.cb4 Bf6 24.b5 Bb2 25.Qb2 N7f6 26.bc6 Qc6 27.Rc1 Qd7 28.g4 Nf4 29.Qb6= N6d5 30.Qb3 Ne2 31.Re2 Nf4 32.Rec2 Nd3 33.Rb1 Rad8 34.Qb6 Qa4 35.Qb3 Qa8 36.Kh2 Rb8=+ 37.Qa2 Qc6 38.Rb8 Rb8 39.Qa1 h5 40.Ne3 Qh6 41.Kg2 hg4=+ 42.hg4 Rb6 43.Qg1 Kh7 44.Qd1 Qg5 45.f6 Rf6-/+ 46.a4 Ne5 47.Rc3 Qf4 48.Nf5 Ng4 49.Rh3 Nh6 50.Nh6 Qf2 51.Kh1 gh6 52.Rh2 Qf4 (53.Rg2 Rg6–+; better is 52...Qf1!? 53.Qf1 Rf1 54.Kg2–+) 0–1. Ashwad (1835) – pierre (2075), internet, 2006.

9.c3 Nb6 10.c4 Nbd7 11.d3 a5 12.Nf5 Bc7 13.Be2 b5 14.cb5 cb5 15.0-0 Nb6 16.N5h4 Na4-/+ 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.Rfc1 Bd6–+ 19.Bd1 Nb2 20.Qb2-/+ Bd7 21.Qb3 ab4 22.ab4 Ra1 23.Ra1 g6 24.Qb1 Rc8 25.Ra6 Ne8 26.Ra7 Rc6 27.h3 Nc7–+ 28.Qb2 Ra6 29.Ra6 Na6 30.Qd2 Bb4 31.Qb2 Bc3 32.Qa2 Nc5 33.Bc2 Kg7 34.Qa7 Qd6 35.Qa8 b4 36.Qa7 b3 37.Bb1 h6 38.Qa8 Bb5 39.Qa3 b2 40.Bc2 Qc7 41.Qa2 Bd3 42.Bd3 Nd3 (43.Kh2 Qa5–+) 0–1. Pierred (2230) – Lyd, Rated game, 5m + 0s, 2005.

9.c3 c5=.

9.Bc4 b5+= 10.Bb3 c5 11.bc5 Nc5 12.d3 Nb3 13.cb3 Nd7 14.0-0 g6 (14...Nc5!?-/+) 15.Bc1= f6 16.Bh6 Rf7 17.h4 Nf8 18.Qd2 Be6 19.b4 Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rac8 21.Rc7 Rc7 22.Rc1 Nd7 23.Rc7 Qc7 24.Qc1 Qc1 25.Bc1 Nb8 26.Kf1 Nc6 27.Ke1 Kf7 28.Kd2 Bb3 29.Bb2 Bf8 30.Kc1 Ke8 31.Kb1 Kd7 32.Nd2 Be6 33.Ne2 Kc7 34.Nc1 Kb6 35.Ka1 (35.Ncb3 Be7-/+) 35...Be7 (35...a5 36.ba5 Ka5 37.Nb1–+) 36.g3 (36.Ncb3 h6-/+) 36...Bf8 (36...a5 37.ba5 Ka5 38.Nb1–+) 37.Ne2 (37.Ncb3!?-/+) 37...a5–+ 38.ba5 Ka5 39.f4 Ka4 40.Nb1 (40.fe5 fe5 41.Nc1 h6–+) 40...Na5 (40...b4 41.fe5 fe5 42.ab4 Nb4 43.Bd4 Nc2 44.Kb2 Nd4 45.Nbc3 Kb4 46.Nd4 ed4 47.Ne2–+) 41.Bc1 Bg4 42.Ng1 Nb3 43.Kb2 Nc1 44.Kc1 Ba3 45.Na3 Ka3 46.fe5 (46.h5 gh5 47.fe5 fe5–+) 46...fe5 0–1. Sandercock,E Barry (1645) – Reynolds,D Ian W (1975), Beacon Seniors op, 2006. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Nc3 c6 6.e4 d4 7.Ne2 Ngf6)

9.Be2 a5 10.c3 ab4 (10...dc3 11.dc3 Qc7 12.0-0=) 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Qa1 Re8 (12...dc3 13.dc3 Qc7 14.0-0=) 13.0-0 Qc7 14.cd4 ed4 15.Bd4 Bb4 16.d3 (16.e5 Nd5=) 16...Bc5 (16...Bd6 17.Nf5 c5 18.Bf6 Nf6 19.Nd6 Qd6 20.e5=) 17.Bc5 (17.Bc3 Bd6=) 17...Nc5 18.e5 Nd5 19.d4 Ne6 20.Ne4 (20.Bc4 Rd8=) 20...Nef4 21.Bc4 Qd7 22.Nd6 Qg4 (22...Rd8 23.h3+=) 23.Ne1 Rf8 (23...Rd8 24.Qa7=) 24.Qb2 b5 (24...b6 25.Bd5 Nd5 26.Nc2=) 25.Bd5+= Nd5 26.Nc2 Be6 27.Re1 Qg6 28.Ne3 Nf4 29.Ra1 f6-/+ 30.f3 Nd3 31.Qc3 fe5 32.Qc6 Qg5?? 33.Qe4+/– Nf4 34.Qe5 Qe5 35.de5+= b4 36.Ra7 Rb8 37.Nd1 Nd3= 38.Rb7 Rb7=+ 39.Nb7 b3 40.Nd6 b2 41.Nb2=+ Nb2 42.f4 Nd3 43.g3 Bd5 44.Kf1 Bf3 45.h4 Kf8-/+ 46.Kg1 Ke7 47.Nf5 Kf7 48.Nd6 Ke6 49.Kh2 Bc6 50.Nc4 Kd5 51.Ne3 Ke4 52.Nc4 g6 53.Nd6 Kd5 54.Kg1 Nc5 55.Kh2 Ne4 56.Nc8 Ke6 57.Nb6 Kf5 58.Nc8? Kg4 59.Ne7 Bb7 60.Ng8 h5 61.e6 Kf3 62.Kg1 Kg3 63.Kf1 Ba6 64.Ke1 Bc4 65.e7 Nd6 66.Nf6 Bf7 67.Nh7 Kh4 68.Ng5 Be8 69.Ne6 Kg4 70.Kf1 Kf5 (71.Nc5 Bb5 72.Kf2 Kf4 73.Ne6 Ke5–+) 0–1. Klemens,Leszek – Cottarelli,Franco, corr ICCF TT–6–02–F, 2006.

9.Be2 c5 10.c3=.

6.e4 Ngf6

7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Nb6 9.Re1 (9.Qe2 Re8=+) 9...d4 10.Nb1 Na4 11.Bc1 b5 (11...a5 12.c3 ab4 13.cd4=) 12.c3 dc3 13.dc3 Qe7 (13...a5 14.Qc2=) 14.c4= bc4 15.Bc4 Nb6 16.Nbd2 a5 (16...c5 17.bc5 Bc5 18.Bd3=+) 17.ba5 Ra5 18.Bb3 (18.Be2 Be6=) 18...Bg4 19.Qc2 Rc5 (19...Rb8 20.Bb2= (20.Qc6?? Rc5 21.Qc5 Bc5–+)) 20.Qd3 Rd8 21.Bb2 (21.Rd1 Be6=) 21...Bc7 (21...Nh5 22.Qe3=) 22.Qe3 Bf3 23.Nf3 (< 23.gf3 Nh5 24.Nf1 Nf4-/+) 23...Nc4 24.Bc4 Rc4 25.Qa7 Rd7 26.Rac1 Rc1 27.Bc1 c5 28.Qa4 h6 (28...Bd6 29.Qc4=) 29.Bb2 (29.Qc4 Ba5 30.Rf1 Bc7=) 29...Rd8 (29...Qe6 30.Qb5=) 30.Qc4 Nd7 31.Rc1 (31.Rd1 Rb8 32.Bc1 Rd8+=) 31...Rb8 (31...Bd6 32.a4=) 32.Qc2 (32.Bc3 Nb6 33.Qa2 Ra8=) 32...Rb7 (32...Bd6 33.Nd2=) 33.a4 (33.Nd2 Qg5+=) 33...Ba5 34.Nd2 ½–½. Marcotulli,Giancarlo – Poschmann,Hans, IECC, 2000.

7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.Re1 Nf8 (9...a6 10.Ng5 Nb6 11.h3-/+) 10.ed5 cd5 11.Nb5 e5 draws heavy fire 11...e4 12.Nd6 Qd6 13.Bb5 Bg4 14.Be8 Re8 15.h3 Bh5 16.Bf6 Qf6 17.g4 Bg6 (17...Ne6!? 18.Nh2 Bg6=+) 18.c3+= Ne6 19.Nd4 Nf4 20.Qf3 Qe5 (20...Re5 21.Qg3 h5 22.f3+/-) 21.Qg3+/- f5 22.f3 fg4 23.fg4 Nd3 (23...Rf8!?+/-) 24.Qe5+- Re5 25.Rf1 a6 26.Nc2 h5 27.Ne3 hg4 28.hg4 Rg5 (28...Bf7 29.Kg2+-) 29.Kg2 Ne5 (29...Be8 30.Kg3+-) 30.Kg3 Nf3 (30...Be8+-) 31.Kf4 (31.Kf4 d4 32.cd4+-) 1-0. Adlai – Kraentr, internet, 2021.

7.ed5 cd5 8.Qe2 0-0 9.Nb5 Bb8 10.0-0-0 (better is 10.Rb1!?=+) 10...d4–+ 11.a4 (11.g4 a6 12.g5 Nh5 13.Nbd4 ed4–+) 11...a5 12.Ng5 ab4 13.f4 (13.Re1 Ra4 14.Kd1 Nc5–+) 13...Ra4 14.fe5 Qa5 (14...Ne5?! 15.Nd4 Ra2 16.Ndf3–+) 15.Kb1 Be5 16.Qd3 Nc5 17.Qe2 Bf5 18.d3 Ra8 19.Ba3 Ra3 20.Kc1 (20.c3 Ra1 21.Kb2 Qa2) 20…Bf4 (21.Qe3 Be3 22.Kb2 Ra1 23.Ra1 Qa1) 0–1. Anna_Goldberg (1815) – jnunes (1990), internet, 2007.

7.ed5 cd5 8.Be2 d4 9.Na2 0-0 10.d3 (10.0-0 Nb6=+) 10...a5-/+ 11.0-0 ab4 12.ab4 Nb6 (12...Nd5!?-/+) 13.c4=+ Re8 14.Qd2 Na4 15.Nc1 Bd7 16.Bd1 Nb2 17.Ra8 Qa8 18.Qb2 b6 19.Nd2 Qa7 20.Bf3 Bf5 21.Bc6 Rc8 22.b5 h6 (22...Qe7 23.Re1=+) 23.Nf3 (23.f4 Qe7 24.fe5 Qe5=) 23...Rc7 24.Ne2 (24.Nh4 Bh7=) 24...Bd3=+ 25.Ra1 Be2 26.Ra7 Ra7 27.c5 Bc5 28.Ne5 d3 29.h3 Ra4 30.Nf3 Ne4 31.Be4 Re4 32.Nd2 (32.Qc3 Bf3 33.gf3 Rd4–+) 32...Rf4 33.Qe5 Bf2 (better is 33...Rf2!? 34.Kh2 Kh7–+) 34.Kh2=+ g5 35.g3? (35.Ne4!?=) 35...Ra4-/+ 36.Qe8 Kg7 37.Qe5 Kg6 38.Qd6 f6 39.Qe6 (39.Qd8 Rd4 40.Qe8 Kf5 41.g4 Kf4+/–) 39...h5 40.Ne4= Re4 41.Qe4 Kg7 42.Qe7 Kg6 43.Qe6 Bc5 44.Qg8 Kf5 45.Qd5 Kg6 46.h4 gh4 47.gh4 Bf1 48.Kg3 Be2 49.Kf4 Kg7 50.Qd7 Kg6 51.Qe6 Kg7 52.Qd5 Bb4? 53.Ke3?? Ba3 54.Qb7 Kg6 55.Qc6 Bf8 56.Qe8 Kg7+= 57.Qd7 Kg6 58.Qd5 Ba3 59.Qg8 Kf5 60.Qc4 Kg6 61.Qe4 Kf7 62.Qc6+/– Kg6 63.Qe8 Kg7 64.Qd7 Kg6 65.Qc8 Bb2 66.Qe8+- Kg7 67.Qc6 Kg6 68.Qd6 Bc1 69.Kf2 Bh6 70.Qe6 (70...Bd2 71.Qb6+-; 70.Qb6 Bg4 71.Qc6 d2 72.Qe4 Kg7 73.Qe7 Kg6 74.Qe4 Kf7 75.Qc4 Kf8–+) 1–0. Winiger,Albert (2150) – Seckler,Siggi (2080), remoteschach.de, 2004.

7.ed5 cd5 8.Be2 d4 9.Na2 0-0 10.d3 Nd5 11.c3+= dc3 (11...Nf4 12.0-0 (12.cd4 Ng2 13.Kf1 Nf4 14.de5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Bh3 16.Ke1 Ng2 17.Kd2 Qg5) 12...dc3 13.Nc3+= Re8 14.Re1 Qf6 15.Ne4 Qg6 16.Nh4 Qh6 17.Bg4 Bb8; 11...Nc3 12.Nc3 dc3 13.Bc3 b5 14.d4 Qc7 15.Rc1 e4 16.Ng5 Qb7 17.Qc2 Bf4) 12.Nc3 Nc3 (12...Nf4 13.Ne4 Qe7 (13...Nf6 14.Nd6 Ng2 15.Kf1 Bh3 16.Kg1 Qd6 17.Bf1 Nd5) 14.0-0+= Qe6 15.Re1 Re8 16.Bc1 Ne2 17.Qe2 Be7) 13.Bc3 Re8 (13...Qf6 14.Rc1+= Nb6 15.d4 e4 16.Ne5 Nd5 17.Qc2 Bf5; 13...b5 14.d4 Qc7 15.Rc1 e4 16.Ng5 Qb7 17.Qc2 Bf4) 14.0-0 Nb6 (14...Nf6 15.Qb3 Bf5 16.Rfe1 Rc8 17.Rac1 Qb6) 15.Re1 (15.Rc1 Nd5 16.Bb2 a5 17.b5 Nf4) 15...Bf5 (15...Nd5 16.Bb2+= a5 17.d4 e4) 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Bb2 (17.d4 Nd5) 17...Nd5 (17...Qf6 18.Rc8 Rc8 19.Qd2=) 18.Rc8 Qc8 19.Bf1 (19.Bf1 f6 20.d4+=). Winiger,Albert (2340) – Sondermann,Dirk (2050), RSS7E adv–7 remoteschach.de, 2004.

5.Nc3 Ngf6

6.e3 a6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 =+.

6.Nb5 0-0

7.Nd6 cd6 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 Nb6 10.c3 Bd7 11.e3 Ba4 12.Qc1 Qd7 13.Be2 Bb5 14.Bb5 Qb5 15.Qc2 Rac8 16.0-0-0 Ng4 17.Nf1 f5 18.f3 Nf6 19.Ng3 Qd7 20.Rhe1 Nc4 21.Kb1 Rc7 22.Bc1 a5 23.Bb2 Ra8 24.Qc1 Rcc8 25.Rf1 g6 26.Rfe1 Qa4 27.b5 Qb5 28.Ka1 Ra6 29.Qc2 Nb2 30.Qb2 Qc4 31.Ne2 b5 32.Rc1 Kh8 33.Qa2 Qc6 34.Kb1 Qb7 35.Rf1 Rac6 36.Qb3 Rc4 37.Qd1 Qg7 38.Qd2 Qh6 39.Rh1 Qg5 40.Nf4 Qh4 41.Ka1 g5 42.Ne2 Qf2 43.h4 g4 44.Rcf1 Qg2 45.Rfg1 Qf3 46.Rf1 Ra4 47.Kb2 b4 48.cb4 ab4 49.Rf3 gf3 50.Ng3 f4 51.ef4 Rg8 52.Qe1 ba3 53.Ka2 Rb8 54.Nf5 Rb2 55.Ka1 Rab4 56.Rf1 Rb6?? 57.Qc3+/– Rb8 58.Qc7 R2b7 59.Qd6 Rb6 60.Qe7 Nh5 61.Qe5 Nf6 62.Nd6 1–0. GLChess207e – Amyan111, computer chess game, 2000.

7.Nd6 cd6 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 Nb6 10.c3 Bd7 11.e3 Ba4 12.Qc1 Qd7 13.Be2 Bb5 14.Bb5 Qb5 15.Qc2 Rac8 16.0-0-0 Ng4 17.Nf1 f5 18.f3 Nf6 19.Ng3 Qd7 20.Rhe1 Nc4 21.Kb1 Rc7 22.Bc1 a5 23.Bb2 Ra8 24.Qc1 Rcc8 25.Rf1 g6 26.Rfe1 Qa4 27.b5 Qb5 28.Ka1 Ra6 29.Qc2 Nb2 30.Qb2 Qc4 31.Ne2 b5 32.Rc1 Kh8 33.Qa2 Qc6 34.Kb1 Qd7 35.Nf4 Rc4 36.Qf2 Rac6 37.Qb2 g5 38.Ne2 Rc8 39.Rf1 Ng8 40.Rcd1 Ne7 41.Rfe1 g4 42.fg4 fg4 43.Rf1 Nf5 44.Qd2 b4! 45.Rc1 ba3 46.Ka2 Rf8 47.Rb1 Rcc8 48.Ka3 Rb8 49.Nf4 Qc6 50.Ne6 Rb1 51.Rb1 Rc8 52.Kb2 Qa4 53.Kc1 Qc4 54.Kc2 a4 55.Nf4 a3 56.Ne2 Qa4 57.Kc1 Qa5 58.g3 Qa4 59.Nf4 a2 60.Ra1 Qa3 61.Kc2 Rb8 62.Qc1 Qb3 63.Kd2 Qb1!! 64.Qb1 ab1Q 65.Rb1 Rb1 66.Nd5 Rh1 67.Nf6 Rh2 68.Kc1 Ne3 69.Ne4 d5 70.Nd2 Rg2 71.Nb3 Rg1 72.Kd2 Nc4 0–1. GLChess207e – Amyan111, computer chess game, 2000.

7.Nd6 cd6 8.e3 Re8 9.Bb5 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Nc4 14.Qc1 Ng4 15.h3 Qh4 (worse is 15...Nb2 16.Bd5 (16.Qb2?! Qh4 17.0-0 Nf6=; worse is 16.hg4 Nc4+=) 16...Rb8 17.hg4+- (17.Qb2?! Nf6 18.Bb3 a5+=)) 16.0-0 Nf6 (worse is 16...Nb2 17.Bd5 Rb8 18.Bc6+=) 17.c3 Bh3 18.gh3 Qh3 19.a4?? (19.Re1–+) 19...Ng4 20.Nf3 ef3 (20...ef3 21.Bc4 Qg2) 0–1. Yannick – Evets, playchess.de, 2005.

7.e3 Qe7 8.Be2=.

6.Nb5 a6

7.Nd6 cd6 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 0-0 10.e3 b5 11.Be2 Nb6 12.c3 Na4 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.f3 ef3 15.gf3 Bh3 16.Rg1 Rc8 Attacking the backward pawn on c3 17.0-0-0 (17.Rg3 Bd7 18.0-0-0 Nh5+=) 17...Rc6 (17...Qc7!? 18.Nb1 Qe7-/+) 18.Rg3 Qc8 19.Nb1 Nh5 20.Rg5 g6 21.Rdg1 Qe6 22.Qd3 Nf6 23.Bd1 Nb6 24.Nd2 Kh8 25.Re1 Bf5 26.Qe2 Qc8 27.Bc2 Bc2 28.Kc2 Na4 29.Nb1 Re8 30.Kb3 Qd8 31.Qd3 Nh5 32.Rgg1 Qh4 33.Qe2 Rc7 34.Ka2 f5 35.Ka1 Nf4 36.Qd2 (36.ef4 Re2 Pinning (36...Re2 Deflection)) 36...Nh3 37.Rg3 Rce7 38.Rg2 Ng5 39.Rg3 Qh5 (better is 39...Nb2!? 40.Kb2 f4-/+) 40.Qg2+= Ne6 41.Rh3 Qg5 42.Qg5 Ng5 43.Rg3 Nf7 44.f4 g5 45.fg5 f4 46.Rgg1 Nb2 47.Kb2 Re3 48.Re3 fe3 49.h4 Re4 50.Rh1 e2 51.Re1 Kg7 52.Kb3 Kg6 53.Nd2 Re3 54.Kc2 Kh5 55.Nb3 Kh4 56.g6 hg6 57.Nc1 g5 58.Kd2 Re4 (58...Rf3!?–+) 59.Ne2-/+ Kg4 60.Rg1 Kh3 Black prepares g4 61.Rf1 Re7 62.Rf5 g4 (62...Kg2!?+=) 63.Nf4= Kh4?? (better is 63...Kh2=) 64.Ng6+- (64.Ng6 Kh3 65.Ne7+-) 1–0. Waller – Grom, playchess.de, 2002.

7.Nd6 cd6 8.e3 Nb6 9.a4 Bd7 10.a5 Na4 11.Bc1 0-0 12.Be2 Qe8 13.Ra3 Rc8 14.0-0 Ne4 15.Nh4 g6 (15...Bb5 16.f3 Nf6 17.Nf5=) 16.f3+= Nf6 17.f4 Ne4 18.Nf3 (18.Bd3 f5+=) 18...Kg7 (18...f6!?+=) 19.c3= Bb5 20.Re1 f6 (20...b6 21.Qb3 Be2 22.Re2+/–) 21.Qc2+= Rf7 22.Bd1 Rfc7 23.Ra4 Nc3 24.dc3 Rc3 25.Qa2 Rc1 26.Ra3 Qc6 27.Qd2 (27.Kf2 Qc4+=) 27...Qc4+= 28.Ra2 ef4 29.Ra3 Rb1 30.ef4 Qb4 31.Qd5 (31.Rae3 Qd2 32.Nd2 Rb4+/–) 31...Bc4 (31...Re8!? 32.Re8 Be8+=) 32.Qe4+/– Qa3 33.Qb1 Bd5 34.Qb6 Qc5 35.Nd4 Kf8 36.f5! gf5 37.Qc5 Rc5 38.Bh5 (worse is 38.Nf5 Bg2 39.Bg4 Bd5+=) 38...Bf7 (38...Bc4 39.Ne6 Be6 40.Re6+/–) 39.Bf7 Kf7 40.Rb1 Ra5 41.Rb7 Kg6 42.Ne6 Ra2 (42...f4 43.Nf4 Kf5 44.Ne2+-) 43.Nf8+- Kg5 44.Nh7 Kf4 45.g3 (worse is 45.Nf6 Ra1 46.Kf2 Ra2 47.Kf1 Ra1 48.Ke2 Ra2 49.Kd3 Rg2+/–) 45...Ke3 46.h4 Ra1 (46...f4 47.Rb3 Ke4 48.Nf6 Ke5 49.Nh5 fg3 50.Re3 Kf5 51.Rg3+-) 47.Kg2 Ra2 (47...a5 48.h5 Ra2 49.Kh3+-) 48.Kh3 a5 (48...d5 49.Nf6 d4 50.Rb3 Ke2 51.Nd5+-) 49.h5 Ra1 50.Nf6 (50.Nf6 a4 51.Rb2+-) 1–0. glovio (2260) – marekt (2035), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Nb5 e4

7.Nd6 cd6 8.Nd4 0-0 9.e3 Ne5 10.Be2 Nc4 11.Bc3 Bd7 12.0-0 Rc8 13.a4 Qe7 14.a5 a6 15.Qe1 Ne5 16.Rc1 Kh8 17.f4 Nc4 18.f5 Ne5 19.Qg3 h6 20.Rb1 Rc7 21.b5 ab5 22.Nb5 Bb5 23.Rb5 Ra8 24.Rfb1 Rg8 25.R1b2 Kh7 26.Qf4 g5 27.Qf1 Rgc8 28.Kh1 Kg7 29.Qf2 Kh7 30.R2b3 Rd8 31.Qf1 Rdc8 32.Kg1 Kg7 33.Qe1 Kh7 34.Qa1 Ra8 35.Qb2 Ra7 36.Bd4 Ra8 37.Rb7 Rac8 38.Rc7 Rc7 39.a6 Nfd7 40.a7 Ra7 41.Ba7 Nc5 42.Ra3 Qf6 43.Qd4 Qf5 44.Bc5 dc5 45.Qc5 Qf6 46.Qd5 Kg7 47.Ra6 Nf3 48.gf3 Qb2 49.Bc4 Qc1 50.Kf2 Qd2 51.Qd2 ef3 52.Qd5 1–0. themonkey (2115) – Kroshka (2105), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.Nd6 cd6 8.Nd4 0-0 9.e3 Ne5 10.Be2 Bg4 11.f3 ef3 12.Nf3 Bf3 13.Bf3 Rc8 14.0-0 Qc7 15.Rc1 Rfe8 16.Bd4 b6 17.d3 Qd7 18.Qe2 Qa4 19.c3 Qa6 20.Rfd1 Qa4 21.Ra1 a6 22.Rf1 Qb5 23.Rad1 Qa4 24.Rc1 Rc6 25.Rfd1 Re6 26.h3 Qb5 27.Be5 Re5 28.c4 Qa4 29.Qd2 Rc7 30.cd5 Rc1 31.Qc1 Re7 32.Qc6 b5 33.Qc3 Re3?? 34.Rc1+- Re8 35.Bd1 Nd5 36.Qc6 Re1 37.Kf2 h5 38.Ba4 Rc1 39.Qc1 Nb4 40.Qc8 Kh7 41.Qf5 g6 42.Qf7 Kh6 43.Qf4 Kg7 44.Qd4 Kh6 45.Bb3 a5 46.Qh8 Kg5 47.Qd8 Kf5+- 48.g4 hg4 49.hg4 1–0. GLChess207e – Bestia02c, computer chess game, 2000.

7.Nd6 cd6 8.Nd4 Ne5 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 Bd7 11.f3 Rc8 12.0-0 Re8 13.d3 ef3 14.Bf3 Qe7 15.h3 Nf3 16.Rf3 h6 17.Ne2 Nh5 18.Bd4 b6 19.g4 Qg5 20.Kf2 Nf6 21.Bf6 gf6 22.Nd4 Re5 23.Qg1 Ba4 24.Ra2 Rc3 25.Rf4 Re8 26.b5 Qg6 27.Qe1 Rcc8 28.Rf5 a5 29.ba6 Rc5 30.Qh1 Ra5 31.Rd5 Ra6 32.Rd6 Qg5 33.Qf3 Re7 34.Nf5 Rc7 35.Qe4 Kh8 36.Rd8 Kh7 37.Ne7 f5 38.Qe5 Rc2 39.Rc2 Be8 40.Re8 f6 1–0. COMP – COMP, 2002.

5.c4 dc4

6.e3 h6 7.Qc2 Ngf6 8.Bc4 e4 9.Nd4 0-0 10.d3 Ne5 11.Nd2 ed3 12.Bd3 1–0. Riepe,Bernhard (2080) – Philipps,Siegfried, desc–online.de, 2003.

6.e3 a5

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3 ab4 9.0-0 ba3 10.Na3 0-0 11.Nb5 Ra1 12.Qa1+=.

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3 ab4 9.0-0 c6 10.ab4= Ra1 11.Ba1 b5 12.Bb3 0-0 (12...Qe7 13.Qc2 Nb8 14.Nbd2=) 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.Nbd2 (14.d4!? ed4 15.Nd4=+) 14...Qe7=+ 15.d4 ed4 16.Nd4 Attacks the backward pawn on c6 16...Bb4 17.Rd1 Qc5 18.Qd3 (18.Qb2 Ra8=+) 18...Qh5 (18...Ne5 19.Qb1=+) 19.Nf5=+ Nc5 20.Qb1 (20.Qc2 Nb3 21.Nb3 Bc8=+) 20...Nb3-/+ 21.Nb3 Ne4 22.Nbd4 (22.Ng7!? Qe2 23.Rf1=+) 22...c5-/+ 23.Ne7 Kh8 24.f3 Nd2 (24...cd4 25.Qb4 Re8 A) worse 26.ed4 Qg5 27.Re1 Re7 (27...Qe7?! 28.Qb5 f5 29.fe4=) 28.fe4 Be4-/+; B) worse 26.Rd4 Qg5 27.fe4 Qe3 (27...Qe7 28.Qe7 Rg8 29.Rd8 h6 30.Qf7 Kh7 31.Rg8 Be4 32.Qg7) 28.Kf1 Qf4 29.Ke2 Qg4 30.Kf2 Qf4 31.Ke1 Qh2=; C) 26.Qd4+-) 25.Qf5 Qf5 (25...Qh6 26.Nc2 Qd6 27.Qg4 Nf3 28.Kf2=+) 26.Ndf5=+ f6 27.Nd6 Ba8 28.Kf2 c4 29.Nb5 Nf3 30.gf3 Be7 31.Rd7 (31.Nd6 Bd6 32.Rd6 Kg8=+) 31...Re8-/+ 32.Nd6 Bc6 33.Rc7 Bd6 34.Rc6 Bh2 35.f4 Ra8 (35...h5 36.Rc4 h4 37.Rc7-/+) 36.Bd4 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1865) – Duenas,Alexis (1900), FICGS, 2016.

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3 ab4 9.0-0 c6 10.ab4= Ra1 11.Ba1 b5 12.Bb3 0-0 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Nc3 Nb8=.

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3 ab4 9.0-0 c6 (9...ba3 10.Na3 0-0 11.Nb5 Ra1 12.Qa1=+) 10.ab4= Ra1 11.Ba1 b5 12.Bb3 0-0 (12...Qe7 13.Qc2 Nb8 14.Rc1=) 13.Nbd2 (13.Qc2!? Bb7 14.d4 ed4 15.Nd4=) 13...Qe7=+ 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.d4 ed4 16.Nd4 The backward pawn on c6 becomes a target 16...Bb4 17.Rd1 Qc5 18.Qb1 Bd2 19.Rd2 Ra8 20.h4 (20.Bc2 b4=+) 20...g6 (20...Qe5 21.Ra2 Qe4 22.Ra8 Ba8 23.Qa2=+) 21.Ba2 (21.Nf3 Qf5 22.Bc2 Qg4=+) 21...Kf8 (21...Qe7 22.Qc2=+) 22.Nf3 Qf5 23.Qb2 c5 24.Ng5 (24.Qb5 Bf3 25.gf3 Qf3 26.Bf6 Nf6 27.Qc5 Kg7=+) 24...c4-/+ 25.Bb1 Qg4 26.g3 Kg8 (26...Bc6!?-/+) 27.Rd4= c3 28.Qc3 Qe2 29.Bb2 Rc8 30.Qd2 Qd2 31.Rd2 h6 32.e4 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1865) – Duenas,Alexis (1900), FICGS, 2016.

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3 ab4 9.0-0 c6 10.ab4= Ra1 11.Ba1 b5 12.Bb3 0-0 13.Nbd2 Qe7+= 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.d4 ed4 16.Nd4 Exerts pressure on the backward pawn 16...Bb4 17.Rd1 Qc5 18.Qb2 Ra8 19.N2f3 h6 (19...Ba3 20.Qb1 Qh5=) 20.Qb1= Bc3 (20...Qf8 21.Qg6=) 21.Bc3+= Qc3 22.Rc1 Qa5 23.Qg6 (23.Nc6 Bc6 24.Rc6 Qa1 25.Rc8 Nf8=) 23...Nd5 24.Bd5 cd5 25.Qd6 Qc3 (25...Nf6 26.Ne5 Rc8 27.Rf1=) 26.Rf1+= (26.Rc3?? Ra1 27.Rc1 Rc1 28.Ne1 Re1) 26...Nc5 27.Nb5 Qc4 28.Nfd4 Ne4 29.Qc7 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1865) – Duenas,Alexis (1900), FICGS, 2016.

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3 ab4 9.0-0 c6 10.ab4= Ra1 11.Ba1 b5 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Qc2 Nb8 14.Rc1=.

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3 ab4 9.0-0 c6 10.ab4= Ra1 11.Ba1 b5 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Qc2 Nb8 14.Nbd2=.

6.e3 b5

7.a4 c6-/+ 8.Nc3 Qb6 9.Ne4 Qc7 (9...Bb4 10.Ne5 Ndf6 11.Qf3=+) 10.Nd6 Qd6 11.ab5 cb5 12.Bc3 Ngf6 13.d3 cd3 14.Qd3 Qc7 15.Rc1? (better is 15.Qc2=+) 15...e4–+ 16.Qb1 ef3 17.Bf6 Qb7 18.Bb5 Qb5 19.Qe4 Ne5 20.Qe5 Qe5 21.Be5 fg2 22.Rg1 Bb7 23.Ke2 (23.Rc7 Bd5=) 23...f6 24.Bd4 (24.Bd6 Ba6 25.Kf3 Kd7=+) 24...Kd7-/+ 25.Ra1 Rhc8 26.Ra2 g5 (26...Bd5 27.Ra7 Ra7 28.Ba7-/+) 27.f3=+ f5 28.Ba7 g4 29.fg4 fg4 30.Rd2 Ke6 31.Bc5 Rc7 32.Rd6 Ke5 33.Rd2 Rf7 34.Bd6 Kf5 35.Bf4 Bf3 36.Kf2 Rfa7 37.Rc1 Ra1 38.Rdc2 R8a2 39.Kg1 Rc1 40.Rc1 Rb2 41.Bd6 h5 42.Be7 Be4 43.Ra1 Ke6 44.Bc5 h4 45.Ra6 Kf5 46.Ra1 g3 47.h3=+ Ke6 48.Bd4 Rc2 49.b5 Bf5 50.Ra6 Kd7 (51.Ra7 Kc8 52.Ra8 Kb7–+) 0–1. Riepe,Bernhard (2215) – Hirscheider,Helmut (2165), 2005.

7.a4 c6 8.Nc3 Qb6 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.Nd6 Qd6 11.ab5 cb5 12.d3 Qb4-/+ 13.Qd2 Qd2 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.Ne4 Kf8 16.dc4 b4 17.Nd6 a5 18.g3 a4 19.0-0-0 Nc5 20.Bg2 e4 21.Bd4 Nb3 22.Kb2 f5 23.f3 Nd4 24.ed4 ef3 25.Bf3 Ra5 26.Rde1 Bd7 27.c5 h5 28.Nc4 Ra7 29.d5 Ra6 (better is 29...g5=) 30.Ne5+/– Be8 31.d6 (31.d6 Nc8 32.d7 Bd7 33.Nd7 Kf7 34.Bd5 Kg6 35.Rhf1+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2540) – Cormier,Adam (2380), chess.com (team), 2010.

7.Nc3 a6 8.d3 cd3 9.Bd3+=.

7.Nc3 c6 8.Ne4 Bc7 9.a4 (9.d3!? cd3 10.Qd3+=) 9...Ngf6 10.Nf6 Qf6 (worse is 10...Nf6 11.Ne5 Qd5 12.Nf3+=) 11.ab5 cb5 12.d3 cd3 13.Bd3 Qb6 (13...Qe7 14.0-0 e4 A) 15.Bg7? Rg8 16.Bd4 ed3–+ (16...ef3?! 17.Qf3 Rb8 18.Ra7+=); B) 15.Rc1 Bh2 16.Nh2 ed3 17.Qd3=) 14.Qc2 (14.0-0 Bb7 15.Ng5 h6+=) 14...Bd6 15.Bc3 h6 (15...Bb7 16.Ra5 a6 17.Bf5-/+) 16.0-0 0-0 (16...Bb7 17.Ra5 a6 18.Bf5=) 17.Rfd1 Be7 (17...Bb7!?=) 18.Ne5 (18.Bh7 Kh8 19.Be4+/– (worse is 19.Ne5 Ne5 20.Be4 Bg4 21.Ba8 Bd1 22.Rd1 Rc8=)) 18...Ne5+= 19.Be5 Bb4 20.Rdb1 a5? (better is 20...Qc5 21.Qc5 Bc5 22.Rb5 Be7+/–) 21.Rb4! (21.Rb4 Bf5 22.Rd4 Bd3 23.Qd3+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – Lallirani92, Partie evaluee, 5m + 1s, 2009.

7.d3 cd3 8.Bd3 a6 9.Be4 Rb8 10.0-0 Ngf6 11.Bc6 0-0 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Bb7 Rb7 14.Nbd2 Qe7 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Qe4 Rb6 17.Rfd1 c5 18.Nh4 g6 19.Nf3 Nf6 20.Qh4=+ cb4 21.ab4 Rc8 22.Rac1 Rbc6 23.Rc6 Rc6 24.Qg5 Ne4–+ 25.Qe7 Be7 26.Ne5 Rc2 27.Ba3 Ra2 28.Nc6 Bf6 29.Bc1 Rc2 30.Nb8 Nc3 31.Re1 Ne2 32.Kf1 Nc1 33.Rd1 Na2 34.Na6 Nc3 35.Re1 Rb2 36.Rc1 h5 37.h3 h4 38.Re1 Be7 39.Rc1 Ne4 40.Kg1 Nf2 41.Nc7 Bb4 42.Nb5 Nd3 43.Rc8 Kg7 44.Kf1 Rf2 45.Kg1 Re2 46.Rc4 Bd2 47.Rh4 Be3 48.Kh2 Re1 49.g3 Re2 50.Kh1 Ne1 (51.Nd4 Bd4–+) 0–1. Malm – Steuer, email 4AMM–02, 1997.

6.e3 Ngf6

7.Qc2 b5 8.Nc3 a6 9.d3 cd3 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0-0 (11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Be4 Ne4 14.Qe4 0-0-/+) 11...Qe7 12.Ng5 (12.Ne4 0-0-/+) 12...c5 13.Be4 Ne4 14.Nce4 c4 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Rfd1 Qc6 17.f3 f6 18.Ne4 (18.Nh7? e4 19.Rd4 Qe6–+ (19...Rh7?! 20.Re4 Kf7 21.Rc4 Qc4 22.Qh7-/+)) 18...0-0 19.Rd6 Qc7 20.Rad1 Be4 (20...Rad8!?-/+) 21.Qe4+= Nb6 22.f4 c3 (22...Rae8 23.fe5 fe5 24.Ba1-/+) 23.Bc3 (23.Rc6 Rad8 24.Rd8 Qd8 25.Bc3 Qd1 26.Kf2 Nc4-/+) 23...Qc3+= 24.Rb6 Rad8 25.Rf1 ef4 26.ef4 Qa3 27.f5 Rc8 28.Re1 Rc4 29.Qe6 Kh8 30.Ra6 Qb4 31.Qe7 h5 32.Ra7 (32.Rd6 Qc5 33.Kh1 Rc1 34.Qf8 Kh7-/+) 32...Qc5-/+ 33.Qc5 Rc5 34.Ree7 Rg8 (34...Rf5?! 35.Rg7 Rg5 36.Rh7 Kg8 37.h4=) 35.Reb7 Kh7 36.h3 Rf5 37.Ra5 Kg6 38.Rbb5 Rb5 39.Rb5 h4 40.Rb4 Rh8 41.Kf2 f5 42.Kf3 Kg5 43.Rb7 g6 44.Ra7 Rc8 45.Ra2 Rc3 46.Kf2 Rd3 47.Rb2 Rd6 48.Ke3 Kf6 49.Rb3 g5 50.Kf3 Rc6 51.Ra3 Rc5 52.Rb3 Ke5 53.Ra3 Kd4 54.Ra4 Rc4 55.Ra5 Rc3 56.Ke2 Ke4 57.Ra4 Ke5 58.Rb4 Ra3 59.Rc4 Rg3 Black prepares the advance g4 60.Kf2 Rd3 61.Ra4 Rd4 62.Ra3 g4 63.hg4 (63.Ke3 Re4 64.Kd2 Rb4–+) 63...fg4 64.Ke3 Re4 65.Kf2 Rc4 66.Ke3 Rc5 67.Ra2 Kf5 68.Kd4 Rc8 69.Ke3 Rc3 70.Kf2 Rc5 71.Rb2 Ra5 72.Rd2 Kg5 73.g3 h3 74.Kg1 Ra3 75.Kh2 Kf6 76.Rc2 Ra4 77.Re2 Rb4 78.Kg1 Kf5 79.Re8 Re4 80.Rg8 Rd4 81.Re8 Rb4 82.Rf8 Ke5 83.Rg8 Rc4 84.Kh2 Kf5 85.Re8 Re4 86.Rf8 Ke5 87.Re8 Kd4 88.Rd8 Ke3 89.Rf8 Rd4 90.Re8 Kf3 91.Rf8 Ke2 92.Re8 Kd1 93.Kh1 Kc2 94.Rc8 Kd2 95.Kh2 Re4 96.Rd8 Kc3 97.Rg8 Kc2 98.Rg5 Rd4 99.Rc5 Kd3 100.Rc7 Re4 101.Rd7 Kc4 102.Rg7 Kd4 103.Rg5 Kd3 104.Rg7 Kd2 105.Rg8 Rc4 106.Rd8 Ke3 107.Re8 Kf3 108.Rf8 Ke2 109.Re8 Kd1 110.Rd8 Kc2 111.Rg8 Kd3 112.Rg6 Rc2 (better is 112...Ke3!? 113.Re6 Re4–+) 113.Kh1-/+ Rc1 (113...Ke4!? 114.Rg4 Kf3-/+) 114.Kh2+= Rc4 115.Rd6 Ke3 116.Re6 Re4 117.Rd6 Kf3 118.Rf6 Ke3 ½–½. antinephilehi (2010) – cyrano (2560). gameknot.com, 2011.

7.Bc4 0-0 (--> 5.e3 Ngf6 6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 0-0).

7.Bc4 a5 8.0-0 Nb6 9.Bb3 Bg4+=.

7.Bc4 a5 8.0-0 e4+= 9.Ng5 0-0 10.Qc2 Bh2 11.Kh2 Ng4 12.Kg1 Qg5 13.Qe4 Nde5 14.Be5 Qe5 (14...Ne5? 15.f4 Qe7 16.Qe5 Qe5 17.fe5 ab4 18.d4+-) 15.Qe5 Ne5 16.Ba2 Nd3 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Rfb1 Ba2 19.Ra2 ab4 20.ab4 Ra2 21.Na2 Rd8 22.Nc3 Kf8 23.b5 Ke7 24.Ra1 Kd6 25.Ra7 b6 26.Ne4 Ke5 27.Ng5 Kf6 28.Nf3 (worse is 28.Nh7 Kg6-/+) 28...Rd7 29.Kf1 h5 30.Nd4 g6 31.Ke2 Nc1 32.Kd1 Nd3 33.Ke2 Nc1 34.Kd1 Nd3 35.Ke2 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1900) – Anout,Benin (2040), Chess.com, 2012.

7.Bc4 a5 8.b5 e4 9.Ng5 0-0=.

7.Bc4 a5 8.Nc3 ab4 9.Nb5 (9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 Nb6+= (10...Bb4?! 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Bf7 Kf8 13.Ba2+=)) 9...Nb6 (9...ba3 10.Nd6 cd6 11.Ra3 Ra3 12.Ba3-/+) 10.Nd6 (10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 Nc4 12.Nc7 Kf8 13.Na8 Ne5=) 10...cd6+= 11.Bb3 (11.ab4 Ra1 (worse is 11...Nc4 12.Ra8 0-0 13.Bc3+/–) 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bd7 Qd7 14.Qa1 0-0+=) 11...ba3-/+ 12.Ba3 0-0 13.Ne5 1–0. Cirulis,Ilmars (1920) – Duenas,Alexis (1860), FICGS, 2017.

7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Be2 Qe7 9.Qc2 a5 10.ba5 Ra5 11.d4 e4 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.Nd2 0-0 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Rfc1 Raa8 16.a4 Bb4 17.Ndc4 White prepares the advance a5 17...Nbd5 18.a5 Ra6 19.Qb3 b5 20.ab6 Ra1 21.Ra1 cb6 22.Ba3 Ba3 23.Ra3 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 23...Ne8 24.f3 Nef6 25.Ra1 Qc7 26.Qa3 Rd8 27.Qa7 Qa7 28.Ra7 Be6 29.Nc6 Rf8 30.Kf2 Bd7 31.N6e5 Be6 32.Nd6 ef3 33.Bf3 Ne8 34.Ndf7! 1–0. Riepe,Bernhard – Vetter,Udo, DESC, 2003.

7.Bc4 e4

8.Ng5 0-0

9.Qc2 a5 10.0-0=.

9.Qc2 Nb6 10.Bb3 (10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Be6=) 10...Bf5 11.Nc3 Qe7 (11...Be5 12.f3 a5 13.fe4 ab4 14.ef5 bc3 15.Bc3 Bc3 16.Qc3= (< 16.dc3 Qe7 17.e4 Qc5=)) 12.f3 a5 13.Nce4 (13.fe4 Bg4=) 13...Ne4 (< 13...ab4 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.Bf6 Bc2 16.Bc2 gf6 17.Nh7 (17.Bh7? Kg7–+) 17...ba3 18.Nf8 Kf8 19.Ke2+-) 14.Ne4 (14.fe4 Qg5 15.ef5 ab4 16.ab4 Ra1 17.Ba1 Qg2–+) 14...ab4 15.ab4 Bb4 16.0-0 c5 17.Ra8 (17.d3 Rfe8=) 17...Ra8 18.Ra1 (18.d3 Be6=) 18...Ra1=+ 19.Ba1 Kf8 (19...Be4 20.fe4 (20.Qe4? Qe4 21.fe4 c4–+) 20...Qh4 21.g3=) 20.Qb2 f6 21.Qc2 Bg6 22.Bb2 (22.d4 c4 23.Bc4 f5=) 22…c4 ½–½. Riepe,Bernhard (2015) – Grott,Peter (2090), desc–online.de, 2003.

9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 a5 13.0-0 ab4 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Ba1 Qg5 16.f4 Qg6 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Qb5 Qc2 19.Qb7 Bc4 (19...Qd2 20.Qf3 Bb4 21.Ne4+/–) 20.Rd1+= White plans b5 20...Bb3 21.Kh1 (21.d3!?+/–) 21...Qd3= 22.Rg1 Qd2 23.Qf3 f6 24.b5 Qd3 25.Rb1 Bc2 26.Rc1 Re8 Attacking the backward pawn on e3 27.e4 Qd2 28.Rf1 ½–½. Riepe,Bernhard (2050) – Hoegerl,Gerd (2230), Meisterschaft, 2004.

9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 a5 13.0-0 ab4 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Ba1 Qg5 16.f4 Qg6 17.e4 Be6 (17...Bh3 18.Rf2+=) 18.Qd4 (18.Qc3 f5 19.e5 Bd5+=) 18...f5= 19.Rf3 Rf7 (19...fe4 20.Rg3 Bg4 21.h3 Rf4 22.Rg4 (22.hg4 e3 23.Qd5 Rf7–+) 22...Rg4 23.hg4 Qg4 24.Qc4 Kh8 25.Nc3+/–) 20.Nc3 (20.Rg3 Qh6 21.e5 Bf8+=) 20...fe4= 21.Ne4 Rf4 (21...Bf4 22.Nc5 Bg5 A) < 23.Ne6 Rf3 (23...Qe6?! 24.Rf7 Qf7 25.Bc3=) 24.Qg7 Qg7 25.Bg7 Rd3–+; B) 23.Rf7 Bf7 24.Bc3= (24.Nb7? Bf6 25.Qa7 Qe4 26.Qa8 Be8–+)) 22.Rf4+= Bf4 23.g3 (23.Nc5 Bd6=) 23...Bg5 24.Qg7 Qg7 25.Bg7 Bd2 26.Nd2 Kg7 27.Ne4 (27.Kf2 Kf6=) 27...Bf5 28.Nc3 Be6 (28...b6 29.Kf2=) ½–½. Riepe,Bernhard (2015) – Heyn,Ulrich (2050), DESC, 2003.

9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Qg5 13.0-0 Qg6 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Qh4 Be5 16.Nd5 Bd6 17.Be5! Rae8 (17...Be5 18.Ne7 Double attack) 18.Nf4 Qg4 19.Qg4 Bg4 20.Bd6 cd6 21.Rfc1 Rc8 22.Nd5 Rfe8 23.f3 Be6 24.Rc8 Bc8 25.Rc1 Bd7 (better 25...Be6 26.Nc7 Rc8+-) 26.Rc7 Bc6 (26...Be6 27.Nc3+-) 27.Ne7 (27.Ne7 Kf8 28.Nc8+-) 1–0. Teverovski,Bogoljub (2015) – Foster,Duncan, FICGS, 2016.

9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Qg5 13.0-0 Qg6 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Qh4 Be5 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.Ne7+- Kh8 18.Be5 (18.Nf5?! Bb2 19.Rab1 Ba3+-) 18...Qe5 19.d4 Qe4 20.Nf5 Qf5 21.Qe7 Rac8 22.Rfc1 Rfe8 23.Qc5 Qc5 24.Rc5 c6 25.Rac1 Rb8 26.a4 White plans b5 26...g6 27.b5 cb5 28.Rb5 Rbc8 29.Rc8 Rc8 30.Kf1 b6 31.a5 ba5 32.Ra5 Rc7 33.Ke2 Kg7 34.e4 Kf6 35.h4 Ke7 36.Ke3 h6 37.d5 Kd6 38.Kd4 Rc2 (38...h5 39.e5 Kd7 40.Rb5+-) 39.Ra7 (39.Ra6 Ke7 40.Ra7 Ke8+-) 39...Rf2 (39...f6+-) 40.e5 1–0. Simmelink,Joop (2240) – Foster,Duncan, FICGS, 2016.

6.e4 b5

7.Nc3 a6 8.Qc2 (8.d3 cd3 9.Qd3 Ngf6=+) 8...Ngf6 (8...c5 9.d3 cb4 10.ab4 cd3 11.Bd3-/+) 9.Ne2 (9.d3!? cd3 10.Qd3-/+) 9...0-0 10.Ng3 (10.d3 c5 11.dc4 cb4 12.ab4 Bb4 13.Nc3 Bb7-/+) 10...c5 11.Bc3 Bb7 (11...Qc7 12.Be2-/+) 12.Be2 (12.d3 cd3 13.Bd3 Rc8-/+) 12...Qb6 13.0-0 Rfd8 14.h3 (14.Rfd1 Rac8-/+) 14...Qc6–+ 15.bc5 Nc5 16.Ne5 Be5 17.Be5 Nfe4 (17...Nce4?! 18.Bf3 Rd3 19.Bf6 Rf3 20.Ne4-/+) 18.Bf3 Rd3 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Rfe1 Rf3! 21.gf3 Ng5 22.Re3 Nf3 23.Kf1 Ne5 (24.Re5 Qh1 25.Ke2 Bf3 26.Ke3 Qa1–+) 0–1. Vermaas,Fred – Speisser,Patrick (2120), TE.2004.P.01710, 2004.

7.d4 Qe7-/+ 8.de5 Ne5 (8...Be5? 9.Ne5 Ngf6 10.f4+-) 9.Ne5 Be5 10.Qd5 Bb2 11.Qa8 Qd7 (11...Ba1 12.Qc8 Qd8 13.Qa6=+) 12.Ra2= Bd4 13.Be2 (13.Rd2 Ne7 14.Be2 Qc6 15.Qc6 Nc6=) 13...Nf6 14.e5 (14.Rd2 0-0 15.e5 c3–+) 14...Be5=+ 15.Qa7 0-0 16.0-0 (16.a4 Nd5 17.Qc5 c6-/+) 16...Qd6 (16...Bd4 17.Qa5 Bb7 18.Rd2=+) 17.Rd1 (17.h3 Bd4 18.Qa5 Bd7-/+) 17...Bh2 18.Kf1 Qf4 (18...Qe5 19.a4=+) 19.Rad2 (19.Nc3!? c6 20.Bf3=+) 19...Qh4-/+ 20.Rd8 Bd6 (20...Bf4 21.Rf8 Kf8 22.Bf3+=) 21.Rf8 Kf8 22.Bf3 Ng4 23.Bc6 Qh1 24.Ke2 Qh5 25.Nc3 Ne5 26.Bf3 Nf3 27.gf3 Qf5 (27...Qe5 28.Qe3 c6 29.Qe5 Be5 30.Nb5 cb5 31.Rd8 Ke7 32.Rc8=) 28.Qb8=+ Qc2 29.Kf1 Ke7 (29...Qc3!? 30.Qc8 Ke7=+) 30.Nd5 Kd8 31.Ne3 Qa4 32.Rd6 cd6 33.Qd6 Bd7 34.Nd5 Qa7 (34...Qa3?? 35.Qc7 Ke8 36.Qb8 Bc8 37.Qc8) 35.Kg2 c3? (35...h5!?+/–) 36.Qe7+- Kc8 37.Qf8 Kb7 38.Qd6 Kc8 39.Ne7 (39...Kb7 40.Qd7 Ka6 41.Qc6 Qb6 42.Qc3+-) 1–0. Crawford,Gary (2085) – Ottenweller,Wolfgang (1970), TE.2004.P.01706, 2004.

7.d4 Qf6 8.Nc3 c6 9.de5 Ne5 10.Be2 Ne7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Qe3 Nf3 14.Bf3 Ng6 15.Rad1 Qe5 16.g3 Bh3 17.Rfe1 Qe6 18.Bh5 Ne5 19.Be2 a5 20.f4 ab4 21.ab4 Ng4 22.Qd4 Be7 23.Nd5? Bf8 24.f5 Qh6 25.Bc1 Qh5 26.Nf6 gf6 27.Qd8 Rd8 28.Rd8 Kg7 29.Ba3 Qg5 30.Bc1 Bb4 31.Bg5 Bc5 32.Kh1 Nf2 33.Kg1 Nd3 34.Kh1 Ne1 35.Bf3 fg5 36.Rd2 Nf3 0–1. Deadbob – crafty, mmeics rated blitz game, 1998.

7.d3 cd3

8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Bb5+= Be4 10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 f6 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Bd7 (13.Bc7!? Rc8 14.Bf4+/–) 13...Kd7+=.

8.Bd3 Ngf6 9.Bb5 0-0 (9...Ne4? 10.Bc6 Nf2 11.Kf2+-) 10.Nbd2 (10.Bc6 Rb8+=) 10...a5 (10...Bb7 11.Qe2=) 11.0-0 (11.Bc6!? Rb8 12.b5=) 11...ab4=+ 12.ab4 Rb8 (12...Ra1 13.Qa1 Bb4 14.Rd1=+) 13.Bd7 (13.Qa4!?=) 13...Nd7=+ (13...Bd7?! 14.Be5 Be5 15.Ne5=) 14.Nc4 Rb4 15.Qe2 Qe7 16.Ba3 Rb3 (16...Rc4 17.Bd6 Re4 18.Qe4 cd6 19.Ra7=) 17.Bd6 cd6 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.Nd6 (< 19.Rd6 Bg4=+) 19...Bg4 (19...Nb7!? 20.Nb7 Rb7=) 20.Qc2+/– Rf3 21.gf3 (21.Qc5?! Qg5+=) 21...Bh3 22.Kh1 (22.Nf5 Bf5 23.ef5 Rc8=) 22...Ne6 23.Nf5 Qg5 24.Rg1+= Qf6 25.Ra6 Bf5 26.ef5 Nd4 27.Rf6 Nc2 28.Rd6 f6 29.f4! Nd4 30.fe5+- fe5 31.f6 g6 32.Re1 Nf5 33.Rb6 Re8 34.Rd1 e4 35.Rd7 Rf8 36.Kg2 e3? 37.fe3 Ne3 38.Kg3 Nf5 39.Kf4 Nh6 40.Rg7 Kh8 41.Kg5 Ng8 42.Rgb7 1–0. cgits (2635) – iivanov (2515), net–chess.com, 2006.

8.Bd3 a6

9.0-0 Ne7 10.a4 ba4 11.Qa4 0-0 12.Nbd2 Ng6 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Qc2 Nc4 15.Bc4 Qf6 16.Bc1 Bb4-/+ 17.Bd5 Ra7 18.Rb1 c5 19.Bg5 Qd6 20.Be3 Qe7 21.Rfc1 Bg4 22.Ne1 Nf4 23.f3 Be6 24.Nd3 Nd3 25.Qd3 Rd8 26.Qc4 Bd5 27.ed5 a5 28.Bc5 Bc5 29.Qc5 Qc5 30.Rc5 a4 31.d6 h6 32.Rc7 Ra6 33.d7 Kf8 34.Rbb7 Ke7 35.Kf2 Rd6 36.Ra7 Rd2 37.Kg1 Ra2 38.h4 g6 39.Kh2 h5 40.Kg3 a3 41.Kh3 Ra1 42.Kg3 f6 43.Rc6 a2 44.Raa6 Rd1 45.Ra2 R8d7 46.Kh3 R1d6 47.Rd6 Rd6 48.Kg3 Ke6 49.Kf2 Kf5 50.Rb2 Rd4 51.Kg3 Rc4 52.Ra2 Rb4 53.Rc2 Rb6 54.Kf2 ½–½. Haas,Uwe (2110) – Taulien,Hans_Juergen (2225), RSX8D – priv – XMAS, 2004.

9.0-0 Ne7 10.Nbd2 c5 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Rfd1 cb4 13.a4 ba4 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Ra4 Nc5 16.Bc2 Qe7 17.Raa1 0-0 18.Ne3 Ra7 19.Nd5 Qe6 20.Qc4 Bd6–+ 21.Ng5 Qg6 22.Nb4 Nb4 23.Qb4 Rb7 24.Qc3 h6 25.Ba3 Rc7 26.Qd2 Nb7 27.Bd6-/+ Nd6 28.Nf3 Ne4 29.Qe2 Ng3 30.hg3 Rc2 31.Qe5 Qb6 32.Nd4 Rb2 33.Rf1 f6 34.Qd5 Kh8 35.Qe4 Rd8 36.Nf3 Bb7 37.Qf5 Re2 38.Rab1 Qa7 39.Rb4 Bc6–+ 40.Qg6 Qe7 41.Rd4 Be4 42.Qg4 Bd5?? 43.Ra1 Rd6?? 44.Qf5?? Bb7-/+ 45.Rg4 Qd7 46.Qd7 Rd7 47.Nd4 Rd2 48.Ne6 Kg8 49.Raa4 Re2 50.Nc5?? Rd1 51.Kh2 Ree1 52.Rg7 Kg7 53.g4 Bc8 54.Na6 Ra1 (55.Ra1 Ra1–+; 54...Re2 55.Nc5 Rf2 56.Ra7 Kg6 57.Rc7 Bg4 58.Kg3–+) 0–1. Comet B25 – Caissa, 2005.

9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Nh4 g6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Qd2 Nh5 15.g3 Nf4 16.Nf5 gf5 17.gf4 ef4 18.Nd5=+ Qh4 19.f3 Ne5 20.Kh1 f6 21.Be2 fe4 22.fe4 Ng6 23.Rg1 Be5 24.Qc2 Kh8 25.Bg4 Bb2 26.Qb2 Ne5 27.Be6 f3 28.Qc2 c6 29.Rg3 cd5 30.Qc7 Qh6 31.Qb7 de4 32.Qe4 Rae8 33.Qf5 Ng6 34.Rf3 Nh4 35.Qf4 Qf4 36.Rf4 Re6 37.Rh4 Rg8 38.Rhd4 Re3 39.R4d3 Rge8 40.Kg1 Kg7 41.R1d2 Rd3 42.Rd3 Re6 43.Rg3 Kf7 44.Rh3 Kg6 45.Rg3 Kf5 46.Rh3 Re1 47.Kf2 Ra1 48.Rf3 Ke5 49.Re3 Kd4 50.Rh3 Ra2 51.Kf1 f5 52.Kg1 f4 53.Rh7 Ra3 54.h4 Kc4 55.Rf7 Kb4 56.Rf4 Kc5 57.Rf5 Kd4 58.h5 Rh3 59.Kg2 Ke4 60.Rc5 Rh4 61.Kg3 Rh1 62.Kg2 Rd1 63.Rc6 Rd5 64.h6 a5 65.Kg3 Rh5 66.Kg4 Rh1 67.Kg5 Kd5 68.Ra6= a4 69.Kg6 Kc4 (70.h7 Kb3=; 69...Rg1 70.Kf6 Rf1 71.Kg7 Re1-/+) 0–1. Crapov – DaveMC, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

9.0-0 Ngf6

10.a4 ba4 11.Qa4 0-0 12.Nbd2 =+.

10.a4 Bb7 11.ab5 ab5 12.Ra8 Qa8 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Nb5 Be4 15.Be4 Qe4 16.Nd6 Qb4 17.Nf7 Qb2-/+ 18.N7g5 Rb8 19.Ne4 Qb5 20.Nf6 Nf6-/+ 21.Qc2 e4 22.Nd4 Qd7 23.Nc6 Rb6 24.Ne5 Qe7 25.Qa2 Kf8 26.Qa8 Qe8 27.Qa3 ½–½. Riepe,Bernhard – Grott,Peter, Telechess, 2004.

10.Qc2 Qe7 =+.

10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qd2 0-0 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.ed5 e4 15.Rfe1 f5 16.Bc2 Ne5 17.Ne5= Be5 18.Be5 Qe5 19.f3 Rae8 20.fe4 fe4 21.Be4 Qd6 22.Qd4 Re7? 23.Bh7!+- Kh8 24.Re7 Qe7 25.Bc2 Qf6 26.Qf6 Rf6 27.Be4 Rd6 28.Kf2 Kg8 29.Ke3 Kf7 30.Rc1 Rd7 31.Bf5+- Re7 32.Kd4 Kf6 33.Rf1 Kg5 34.Be4 g6 35.Rf8 Rd7 36.Rg8 c6 37.Rg6 Kh5 38.g4 Kh4 39.d6 1–0. cgits (2700) – iivanov (2585), net–chess.com, 2006.

10.Nc3 0-0

11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.ed5 e4 (14...Bd5?! 15.Bh7 Kh7 16.Qc2 Kg8 17.Rd5=+) 15.Re1 f5 16.Bc2 (16.Ng5–+) 16...Ne5 (16...Qf7 17.Ng5 Qh5-/+) 17.Ne5=+ Be5 18.Bb3 Kh8 19.Be5 Qe5 20.Rac1 Rad8 21.Rc5 (21.Red1 f4-/+) 21...Rd7 (21...c6 22.dc6 Rd2 23.Re5 Bc6 24.Re6-/+) 22.f3 (22.a4 ba4 23.f4 Qf6 24.Ba4 c6-/+) 22...Rfd8 23.Qe3 Bd5 24.fe4 fe4 25.Rd5 (25.Bd5 Rd5 26.Rd5 Qd5 27.Qe4 Qe4 28.Re4 Kg8=+) 25...Rd5-/+ 26.Bd5 Rd5 27.Qe4 Qe4 28.Re4 Kg8 29.Re6 Rd6 30.Re7 (30.Re3 Kf7-/+) 30...Rc6 (30...Rd3 31.Rc7 Ra3 32.Rc8 Kf7 33.Rc7 Kg6 34.Rc6 Kh5 35.Kf2-/+) 31.Re3 Kf7 32.Rf3 Ke7 33.Re3 Re6 34.Rc3 Kd7 35.Kf2 Rh6 36.Rg3 Rg6 37.Rd3 Rd6-/+ 38.Rh3 h6 39.Rg3 g5 40.Rf3 Rd2 41.Kf1 Kc6 42.Rh3 Rd6 43.Rc3 Kb6 44.Ke2 c6 45.g3 a5 46.h3 ab4–+ 47.ab4 Rd4 48.Rb3 c5 49.bc5 Kc5 50.Rc3 Rc4 51.Re3 b4 52.Kd2 Kb5 53.g4 Rc6 54.h4 gh4 55.Rh3 Ka4 56.Rh4 Ka3 57.Rh1 Ka2 58.Rh5 b3 59.Ra5 Kb1 60.Kd1 Rc4 61.g5 hg5 62.Rg5 b2 63.Kd2 Ra4 64.Rb5 Ka1 65.Kc2 Ra2 (66.Kc3 b1Q 67.Rb1 Kb1–+) 0–1. cgits (2680) – iivanov (2545), net–chess.com, 2006.

11.Qd2 c5 12.Bb5 cb4 13.ab4 Bb4 14.Qe2 Qb6 (14...Re8 15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.Bd7 Nd7 17.Na2+=) 15.Nd5 (15.Bd7 Bd7 (< 15...Nd7 16.Nd5 Qd6 17.Nb4 Qb4 18.Ba3+/–) 16.Ne5 Be6=) 15...Nd5=+ 16.ed5 f6 17.Bc6 a5?? (17...Ra7 18.Bc1 Rd8 19.Be3=) 18.Ba8 Ba6 19.Qe4 (19.Qe3!? Qe3 20.fe3 Ra8 21.Rfd1=) 19...Bf1 20.d6 (20.Bc6!? Nc5 21.Qe3=+) 20...Bb5-/+ 21.Bd5 Kh8 22.Nh4 f5?? (22...g6 23.Ng6 hg6 24.Qg6 Bd2-/+) 23.Ng6!! (23...hg6 24.Qh4; 23.Nf5 Bd6 24.Qg4 g6=+) 1–0. cgits (2710) – iivanov (2525), net–chess.com, 2006.

11.Qd2 Re8 12.Rfd1 =+.

11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Ng3 Nb6 13.Rc1 Na4 14.Ba1 c5 15.Bc2 Nb6 (15...cb4?! 16.Ba4 ba4 17.Rc8 Rac8 18.Nf5=) 16.bc5 Bc5 17.Bb3 (17.Ne5!? Ba3 18.Rb1-/+) 17...Ba3–+ 18.Rc6 Nbd7 19.Nf5 Qe8 20.Re1 Bb4 21.Qc1? (21.Nd6 Qe7 22.Nf7 Be1 23.Qe1-/+) 21...Be1 22.Qg5 Bf2 23.Kf1 Nh5?? (23...g6 24.Ne5 Be3 25.Ne3 Ne5 26.Qf6 Qc6 27.Qe5 Qc1 28.Ke2 Qa1 29.Qa1 Re8+-) 24.Qh5+- Nf6 25.Nh6 gh6 26.Rf6 Be3 27.Rh6 (27...Bh6 28.Qh6+-) 1–0. Eagle_9 (2300) – marekt (2505), ChessWorld.net, 2003.

6.e4 Ngf6

7.Nc3 Nb6 8.a4 (8.d4 cd3 9.Bd3 Be6=+) 8...Bb4 9.a5 Nbd7 10.Bc4 0-0 11.d3 Re8 (11...c6 12.Qa4 Bd6 13.Qc2-/+) 12.0-0 (12.Bf7 Kf7 13.Qb3 Nd5+=) 12...h6 (better 12...Bc5!?-/+) 13.Qb3 Qe7 14.Bf7 Qf7 15.Qb4 Nb8 16.Qa4 Nc6 17.Rfd1 (17.a6 Rb8+=) 17...Bd7 (17...a6 18.h3=+) 18.Rac1 (18.a6!?=) 18...Nd4=+ 19.Qa2? (19.Qb4!? Nf3 20.gf3-/+) 19...Nf3 (19...Ne2 20.Kf1 Be6 21.Qb1 Nc1 22.Bc1-+) 20.gf3 Be6 21.Qa3 Qg6 (21...Nh5 22.f4 Qg6 23.Kf1 Nf4 24.Ne2 Qg2 25.Ke1 Ne2 26.Ke2 Bg4 27.Kd2 Qf2 28.Kc3 Bd1 29.Rd1 Qh2 30.Qb3 Kh7 31.Rd2-+) 22.Kf1 Qh5 23.Ke2 Rad8 (23...c6!?-/+) 24.Nb5=+ c6 (better 24...Rf8 25.Nc7 Nd5 26.ed5 Qf3 27.Kd2 Qf2 28.Kc3 Bd5+/-) 25.Nc7+/- Bh3 (25...a6 26.Ne8 Re8 27.Qd6+/-) 26.Ne8+- Ne8? (better 26...Re8!? 27.Qb3 Kh7 28.Qb7 Bg2+-) 27.Qe7 Rc8 (27...Rd7 28.Qe5 Qf7 29.Qb8+-) 28.Qe5 (28.Rg1 Qf7 29.Qf7 Kf7 30.Be5 b5+-) 28...Qe5 (28...Qf7 29.Bd4+-) 29.Be5 1-0. black_bishop_88 (2545) - DuccDuccDucc (2445), lichess.org, 2020. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 dc4 6.e4 Ngf6)

7.Bc4 0-0 8.d3 (8.Qe2 a6=+) 8...c6 (8...c5 9.0-0 cb4 10.ab4=+) 9.0-0= Qc7 (9...Qe7 10.Qc2=) 10.Re1 (10.d4 ed4 (< 10...Ne4 11.Re1+/–) 11.Qd4 Re8=+) 10...Re8 (10...a5 11.b5=) 11.Ng5 (11.Nbd2 b5 12.Ba2 a5=) 11...Re7 12.Nd2 (12.Qb3 Nb6=) 12...b5 13.Bf7 Rf7 14.Qb3 Nf8 15.Ndf3 h6 (better is 15...Ng6!? 16.d4 Ng4+=) 16.Qf7+/– Qf7 17.Nf7 Kf7 18.Be5 Be7 19.Rac1 Be6 (19...a5!? 20.Bc3 Ng6+/–) 20.Rc6 (20.Nd4 N6d7 21.Nc6 Ne5 22.Ne5 Ke8+-) 20...Ng6 (20...a5 21.Bc3 ab4 22.Bb4 Bb4 23.ab4+-) 21.Rc7 (21.d4 a5 22.Bf6 gf6+-) 21...Ne8 (21...Bg4 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Nd4+-) 22.Rb7 a6 (22...Rd8 23.Re3 a6 24.d4+-) 23.Bg3 (23.h3 Bc8 24.Rb6 Nf6+-) 23...Rd8 (23...Bg4 24.d4+-) 24.d4 (24...Nd6 25.Ra7+-) 1–0. Skaza,Adam (1800) – Rozumek,Krzysztof (1800), corr Poland, 1998.

7.Bc4 a5 8.b5=.

7.Bc4 a5 8.Qc2 =+.

7.Bc4 c5 8.bc5= Bc5 9.0-0 (9.Be5 A) 9...Ne4 A1) < 10.Bg7 Rg8 (< 10...Nf2 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Ng5 Qe2 13.Ke2 Nh1 14.Bh8+/–; < 10...Bf2 11.Kf1 Rg8 12.Qe2+/–) 11.d4 Rg7 12.dc5 Rg2=+; A2) 10.Qe2 f6 11.Qe4 fe5 12.0-0+=; B) 9...Ne5 10.Ne5 Qd4 11.Bb5 Bd7–+) 9...Qe7 (9...0-0 10.Nc3=) 10.d4 Bd6 (10...ed4 11.Bd4 0-0 12.e5=) 11.Re1+= 0-0 12.Nc3 Rd8 (12...ed4 13.Nd5 (13.Nd4?! Nb6 14.Bd5 Re8=; 13.Qd4?! Nb6+/–) 13...Nd5 14.ed5+=) 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.Rc1 Nb6 16.Bf7 (16.de5 Be5 17.Be5 Qe5 18.Nf7 Rf7 19.Qd8 Ne8 20.Bf7 Kf7 21.Na7 Qf6 22.Qf6 gf6 23.Nc8 Nc8+/–) 16...Rf7 17.Nf7 Kf7 18.Qb3 Be6 19.d5 Bd7 (19...Bc8 20.f3+=) 20.Nc7 Bc7 21.Rc7 Rb8 22.Qg3 (22.Qb4 Qb4 23.ab4 Na8+=) 22...Na8 23.Rcc1 Re8 24.Qe3 (24.f4 ef4 25.Qf4 Kg8+=) 24...b6 25.f4 ef4 (25...Kg8 26.Qd2 ef4 27.e5+/–) 26.Qf3+/– g5 (26...Kg6 27.e5 Nh5 28.e6+-) 27.e5 Nd5 (better is 27...Bg4!? 28.Qd3 Kg8+-) 28.e6 Be6 (28...Qe6 29.Re6) 29.Qh5 Kg8 30.Re5 Bf7 (30...Qf7 31.Rg5 Kf8 32.Qh6 Ke7+-) 31.Rg5 Bg6 32.Rg6! hg6 33.Qh8 (33.Qd5?! Kh7 34.Rf1 Rd8=) 33...Kf7 34.Qg7 Ke6 35.Qg6 Nf6 36.Bf6 Qf6 37.Rc6 (37...Kd7 38.Qf6 Re1 39.Kf2 Re7 40.Rd6 Kc8 41.Qe7 Nc7 42.Rc6 Kb7 43.Rc7 Ka6 44.Qe2 b5 45.Qe6 Ka5 46.Ra7) 1–0. Skaza,Adam – Jalinski,Robert, corr Poland, 1999.

7.Bc4 Ne4 8.0-0 0-0 9.d3 (9.d4 ed4 10.Qd4 Nef6+=) 9...Nef6 10.Nbd2 b6 (10...a6 11.Re1-/+) 11.Re1+= e5 draws heavy fire 11...Bb7 12.Qb3 a5 13.b5 c6 (13...a4 14.Qc2+=) 14.Be5 Ne5 15.Ne5 cb5 16.Qb5 Rc8 17.d4 Be5 18.de5 (18.Qe5 Re8 19.Qf4 Bd5 20.Bd5 Nd5=) 18...Ng4+= (18...Qd2?! 19.ef6 gf6 20.Rab1=) 19.Re2 Rc5 20.Qb2 Ne5 21.Re5 Re5 22.Qe5 Qd2 23.h3 h6 (23...Bc6 24.Rf1 Qd7 25.Rc1-/+) 24.Rb1+= Qc2 25.Rb6 Bg2 26.Bb3 Qe4 27.Qe4 Be4 28.Rb5 Ra8 29.Bd5 Bd5 30.Rd5 a4 31.Kg2 Kf8 32.Rd7 Ra6 33.f3 g5 34.Kg3 Kg7 35.h4 Kg6 36.Rd8 f5 37.Rg8 Kf7 38.Rd8 Rb6 (38...gh4 39.Kh4 Rb6 40.Rd4-/+) 39.hg5 hg5 40.Ra8 Rb3 41.Ra4 (41.Ra7 Ke6 42.Ra6 Kd7 43.Ra7 Kd6 44.Ra6 Ke7 45.Ra7 Kf6 46.Ra6 Kg7 47.Ra4 g4-/+) 41...g4 42.Rf4 Kf6 43.a4 Kg5 44.a5 Ra3 45.a6 Ra6 46.fg4 Ra3 ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio (2135) – Carroll,Patrick (2145), RA–2012–0-00223, 2012.

7.Bc4 Ne4 8.d4 ed4 9.Qd4 Ndf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nbd2N c5 (11...Bf5 A) 12.Rad1 c5 13.Qe3 Qc7 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Nh4 Bh2 16.Kh1 Bf4=; B) 12.Rae1 Re8 (12...c5 13.bc5 Nc5 14.Qe3 Nd3 15.Bf6 gf6 16.Re2 Bc5=+) 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Qe3 Qd7 15.Bf6 gf6 16.Qc3 b5=+; C) 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Ne5 (13.Qe3 Re8 14.Rae1 Qd7 15.Bf6 gf6 16.Qb3 Rad8=+) 13...Be5 14.Qe5 Re8 15.Qg3 Bg6 16.Rad1 Qe7=) 12.Qd3 Nd2 (12...cb4? 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Qe4 ba3 15.Be5 Be5 16.Ne5+-; 12...Bh2 13.Kh2 Qd3 14.Bd3 Ng4 15.Kg1 Nd2 16.Nd2 Rd8=) 13.Qd2 (13.Nd2 Bf4 14.Rfd1 cb4 15.ab4 Qd3 16.Bd3 Nd5=+) 13...Bg4 (13...cb4 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Qe1 Qe8 16.ab4 Bg4=) 14.Rad1 (14.bc5 Bc5 15.Qf4 Be6 16.Rfd1 Qb6=+) 14...Bf3 15.gf3 Be7 (15...Ne8 16.bc5 Bh2=+) 16.Rfe1 (16.Qg5 Qc7=+) 16...Qd2 17.Rd2 Rfe8 (17...Bd8 18.Bc3=+) 18.Bb5= Red8 19.Rd8 Bd8 20.bc5 Kf8 21.Rb1 Rc8 22.Be5 Be7 23.Bd6 Bd6 24.cd6 Rd8 25.Ba4 b6 26.Rc1 Ne8 27.d7 Nf6 28.Rc7 a6 29.Ra7 b5 30.Bc2 Rd7 31.Ra6 Rd2 32.Be4 Nd5 33.Kg2 Nf4 34.Kg3 Ne2 35.Kg2 g6 36.Bc6 Rd1 37.h3 Rg1 38.Kh2 Rb1 39.Ra8 Kg7 40.Ra7 Rf1 41.Kg2 Rg1 42.Kh2 Rg5 43.a4 (43...ba4 44.Ra4-/+). michaelbuss – corisio, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

7.Bc4 Ne4 8.d4 ed4 9.Qd4 Ndf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Nd5 c6 14.Nf6 Qf6 (14...gf6 15.Nh4 Qd7 16.Re4 Be4 17.Qf6 Bh2 18.Kh2 Qc7 19.f4+-; 14...Nf6?! 15.Red1 Be6 16.Qd6 Bc4 17.Bf6 Qf6 18.Qf6 gf6 19.Rd7=) 15.Rad1 Qh6 16.h3 Bc7 17.Nh4 Bg6 18.Ng6 Qg6 19.Qe3 Bb6 20.Bd4 Nd6 21.Qc3 Nc4 22.Qc4 (22...Re1 23.Re1=+). Crapov – SkyNet, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

7.Bc4 Ne4 8.d4 ed4 9.Qd4 Ndf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nbd2 Nd2 13.Re8 Qe8 (13...Ne8 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.Ne4=+) 14.Qd2= Bg4 15.Qg5 (15.Ng5!? Bh5 16.Bf6 gf6 17.Re1=) 15...h6=+ 16.Qh4 Bf3 17.Bf6 Bc6 (17...gf6 18.gf3 Qe5 19.Rd1 Qg5 20.Qg4-/+) 18.Bc3 (18.Qg4 Bf8=+) 18...Qe4-/+ 19.Qe4 Be4 20.Re1 Bg6 21.Bd5 c6 22.Bf3 Kf8 23.Rd1 Be7 (better 23...Rd8!?-/+) 24.Rd7= Rb8 25.Be5 Bf5?? (better 25...Re8 26.Rb7 Bb4 27.Bc6 Re5 28.Rb8 Ke7 29.Re8 Kf6 30.ab4 Be4=+) 26.Re7+- (26.Bb8?! Bd7 27.Ba7 Bf6=) 26...Rd8? (26...Ke7 27.Bb8 a6+-) 27.Rb7 Be4 28.h3 (28.Ra7!? Bf3 29.gf3 f6+-) 28...Bf3 29.gf3 Rd3 (29...Rd5 30.Bc7+-) 30.Kg2 (30.Ra7 f6 31.Bg3 h5+-) 30...Ra3 (30...f6 31.Bb2 Rb3 32.Bd4+-) 31.b5 Ra5 (31...c5 32.Bd6 Ke8 33.Bc5+-) 32.bc6 (better 32.Bd6 Kg8 33.bc6+-) 32...Re5 33.c7 Rc5 34.Rb8 Ke7 35.c8Q Rc8 36.Rc8 Kd7 37.Ra8 Ke6 38.Ra7 Kf6 39.Ra6 Kg5 40.Kg3 f5 (40...Kf5 41.Ra7 Kg6 42.Kf4+-) 41.f4 (41.h4 Kh5 42.f4 g6 43.f3 g5 44.fg5 hg5 45.hg5 Kg5 46.f4 Kh5 47.Kf3 Kh4 48.Rh6) 41...Kh5 42.h4 (42.Rb6 g5 43.f3 gf4 44.Kf4 Kh4 45.Rh6) 42...g6 43.Kf3 g5 44.Rf6 (44.hg5 hg5 45.Kg3 g4 46.f3 gf3 47.Kf3 Kh4 48.Rh6) 44...Kh4 (44...gh4 45.Rf5 Kg6 46.Rd5+-) 45.fg5 (45.Rh6) 45...hg5 (45...Kg5 46.Rf8 h5+-) 46.Rf5 (46.Rh6) 46...g4 47.Kf4 Kh3 48.Rh5 Kg2 49.Kg4 Kf2 50.Rh3 (50.Re5 Kg2 51.Rf5 Kh2 52.Kf3 Kg1 53.Rh5 Kf1 54.Rh1) 50...Ke2+- 51.Rg3 Kd2 52.Rf3 Ke2 53.Kf4 Kd2 54.Re3 Kc2 ½-½. black_bishop_88 (2520) - rahemos (2550), lichess.org, 2020. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.c4 dc4 6.e4 Ngf6)

7.Bc4 Ne4 8.d4 ed4 9.Qd4 Nef6 10.0-0 (10.Qe3 Qe7 11.Qe7 Ke7 (11...Be7 12.0-0 a5 13.ba5 Nc5 14.Be5 Be6 15.Nbd2=+) 12.0-0 Re8 13.Re1 Kf8 14.Nbd2 Re1 15.Re1=+) 10...0-0 11.Nbd2 (11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.Ne4 Bf3 14.gf3 Nbd5 15.Rad1=+; 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Nbd2 Na4 13.Ne4 Nb2 14.Nd6 Nc4 15.Nc4=+) 11...Nb6 12.Bb3 (12.Rfe1 Na4 13.Rad1 Nb2 14.Qb2 a5 15.b5=+) 12...Bf5 (12...a5 13.Rfe1 ab4 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Ra1=+) 13.Rfe1 a5 14.Rad1 (14.Nh4 Bd7 15.Ne4=) 14...ab4 15.ab4 Re8 16.Re8 Qe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Nde4 Be4 19.Bf7 Qf7 20.Nf7 Kf7 21.Qc3 Bd5 22.Qh3 h6 (< 22...Bb4 23.Bf6 gf6 24.Qh7 Ke6 25.Qc7=) 23.g4 c6 24.Bf6 Kf6 (24...gf6?! 25.Qh6 Rg8 26.Qh7 Rg7 27.Qh5 Kf8 28.Rd4=) 25.Qh5 Ke7 (25...Bb4?! 26.Qf5 Ke7 27.Qe5 Kd7 28.Qg7 Be7 29.Qh6=) 26.g5 Kd7 (26...Bb4?! 27.gh6 Bc3 28.h7+=) 27.Qg6 hg5 28.Qg7 Be7 29.b5 Ra4 (29...cb5?! 30.Qe5+=) 30.h3 Re4 (< 30...cb5 31.Qe5+=) 31.bc6 bc6 32.Qg6 Re5 33.Qd3 Nc4! 34.Qh7 (34.Qc4 Re1) 34...Kc7 35.Qg7 Re6 36.Kf1 Re4 37.Qh7 Re5 38.Qg7 ½–½. michaelbuss – Seneca54, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

5.c4 c6

6.Nc3 Ne7 7.cd5 cd5 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 0-0 (9...e3 10.fe3 Nf5 11.Nf3=) 10.e3= f5 11.Be2 f4 12.Qb3 fe3 13.fe3 Nb6 (13...Kh8!?=) 14.Nde4 Bc7 15.Nf2 Nf5 16.e4 (better 16.Nb5!?+=) 16...Nd4=+ 17.Qa2? (17.Qd1 Qf6 18.Rf1 Ne2 19.Qe2 Be5=+) 17...Ne2 (17...Nc2 18.Kf1 Ne3 19.Kg1 Qg5-+) 18.Ne2=+ Qh4 19.g3 Qg5 20.0-0 Qe3 (20...Be6!?=+) 21.Rae1 (better 21.Bd4 Qg5 22.Rad1+=) 21...Kh8?? (better 21...Qg5!?=) 22.Nf4 (22.Bc1 Qf3 23.Nd3 de4 24.Rf3 ef3+-) 22...Qf3? (better 22...Bf4 23.Qa1 Rf7 24.Re3 Be3+/-) 23.N2d3 White intends e5 (23.Nd5 Bg3 24.Ng4 Be1 25.Rf3 Rf3+-) 23...Qh5 (23...Qg4 24.Ng6!! hg6 25.Rf8 Kh7+-) 24.e5 (better 24.Nh5 Rf1 25.Rf1+-) 24...Qe8+/- 25.Bd4 (25.Nd5 Rf1 26.Rf1 Nd5 27.Qd5 Bh3+/-) 25...Be6 (25...Bf5!?+/-) 26.Nc5 Bg8 27.e6 Bd6?? (27...Bf4!? 28.gf4 Rc8+-) 28.e7 (better 28.Qb2 Qe7 29.Nh5 Bc5 30.bc5 Be6 31.Rf8 Rf8 32.Bg7 Kg8 33.Bf8 Qf8 34.cb6 Qc5 35.Qf2 Qb6 36.Qb6 ab6 37.Re6+-) 28...Rf7 29.Nb7 Be7 30.Nd6! Qf8?? (30...Bd6 31.Re6 Double attack (31.Re8 Pinning; 31.Re8 Deflection; 31.Re6 Decoy)) 31.Nf7+- Bf7 (31...Qf7 32.Nh5!! Bf6 33.Nf6 Qg6+-) 32.Qe2 (better 32.Ne6 Bf6 33.Nf8 Bd4 34.Kg2 Bf6+-) 32...Bd6 (32...Bf6 33.Bf6 gf6+-) 33.Bg7 (better 33.Nh5 Kg8 34.Ng7+-) 33...Qg7=+ 34.Ng6?? (better 34.Ne6 Qg6 35.Nf4=) 34...hg6 (34...Bg6 35.Rf2-+) 35.Qe8 (35.Qe8 Re8 36.Re8 Be8 37.Kg2-+). black_bishop_88 (2530) - n1kolashka (1980), Ukrainian Bullet League, 2020. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 c6)

6.c5 Bc7 7.Nc3 Qe7 8.e4 Ngf6 9.d3 (9.ed5 cd5 10.Qb3 d4=) 9...0-0 (9...d4 10.Ne2=+) 10.Be2 (10.ed5 Nd5 11.Nd5 cd5=+) 10...a5 (10...d4 11.Na4=+) 11.0-0 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Qa1 b6 (13...d4 14.Na4=) 14.cb6 (14.ed5!? Nd5 15.Nd5 cd5 16.c6+=) 14...Bb6=+ 15.h3 (15.Na4 Bc7=+ (worse 15...Qb4 16.Nb6 Qb6 17.Ne5+/-)) 15...Bb7 (15...Qb4?! 16.Ba3 Qa5 17.Bf8 Kf8 18.ed5 cd5 19.Qa5 Ba5 20.Nb5+=) 16.b5 (better 16.Na4!? Ra8 17.Qd1-/+) 16...Ra8-+ 17.Qb1 cb5 18.ed5 b4 (18...Bd5?! 19.Nb5 Nh5 20.Nc3-/+) 19.Ne4 Nd5 20.Bc1 (20.Bd1 Ra7-+) 20...Nf4 (20...f5!? 21.Qb3-+) 21.Bf4-/+ ef4 22.Rc1 (22.Re1 Rb8-/+) 22...h6 (22...f5 23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Neg5-+) 23.Qb3 (23.Re1!?-/+) 23...Ra3-+ 24.Qb2? (24.Qc4-+) 24...Be4 (better 24...f5-+) 25.de4-/+ Nf6 26.e5 Ne4 27.Bc4? (better 27.Rc8 Kh7 28.Qb1-/+) 27...Bf2-+ 28.Kh1 Bg3 29.e6 Nf2 30.Kg1 fe6 31.Qe5 Kh8 (31...Re3!? 32.Qb8 Kh7 33.Ba2-+) 32.Be6 Re3?? (better 32...Ra8 33.Nd4 Rd8-+) 33.Rc8 Kh7 (33...Qf8 34.Rf8 Kh7 35.Bf5 g6 36.Rh8) 34.Bf5 g6 35.Rh8 (35.Qh8) 1-0. black_bishop_88 (2530) - mamey78 (2460), lichess.org, 2020. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 c6)

6.d3 Ngf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 Qe7 9.c5 Bc7 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Nbd2 Nf8 (11...a5 12.0-0=) 12.0-0 Bg4 (12...Ng6 13.Rae1=) 13.Rac1 (13.Rfe1 N8d7=) 13...Ng6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Rfd1 h6 (15...a5 16.ba5 Ra5 17.Nb3=) 16.Nb3 Nh7 17.Na5 (17.a4 Ng5=) 17...Rab8 (17...Ba5 18.ba5 Ng5 19.Nd2=+) 18.Nb3 (18.Qa4 Ng5=) 18...Ng5 19.Nbd2 Nf3 20.Nf3 Nh4 (20...Qf6 21.Rb1=) 21.e4 (21.Qa4 Nf3 22.Bf3 Ra8=) 21...Nf3 (21...d4 22.Nh4 Qh4 23.Rb1=+) 22.Bf3= d4 23.Qe2 Qg5 24.Bg4 Bg4 25.Qg4 Qg4 26.hg4 Re6 27.Ra1 (27.Kh2 Bd8=) 27...b6 (27...Rg6 28.f3=+) 28.cb6 ab6 29.Rdc1 Bd8 30.Rc4 (30.Rc2 Rc8=) 30...Be7 (30...Bg5 31.a4=+) 31.Rac1 (31.Kf1 Rg6=+) 31...c5 32.b5 Ra8 33.Ra1 Ra5 34.a4 Bg5 35.Kf1 (35.Ba3 Re8-/+) 35...Re7 36.Ke2 Rea7 37.Kd1 ½–½. Haas,Uwe (2110) – Wokurka,Werner (2215), RSX10D – XMAS–1, 2003.

6.e3 Ngf6 (--> 5.e3 Nf6 6.c4 c6).

6.Nc3 Ngf6

7.cd5 cd5 8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Nb6 10.d3 Bd7 11.0-0 Qe7 Black intends e4 12.Qb3 Rac8 13.Rfc1 Rfd8 14.d4 e4 15.Nd2 Ng4 16.h3 Bh2 17.Kh1 Nf2 18.Kh2 Qd6 19.g3 Qh6 20.h4 (better is 20.Nf1=) 20...Qe3-/+ 21.Nf1 Ng4?? (better is 21...Rc3 22.Qc3 Qe2–+) 22.Bg4+- Qf2 (22...Qf2 23.Kh3 f5+/–). antinephilehi (2010) – kikoursus (2255), gameknot.com, 2010.

7.e3 0-0 8.Qb3 dc4 9.Bc4 (9.Qc4 Nb6 10.Qh4 a5=+) 9...Nb6 10.d4 (10.d3 Nc4 11.dc4 e4-/+) 10...Nc4 (10...e4 11.Ne5 Nc4 12.Qc4-/+) 11.Qc4 Be6 (11...e4 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.g4 Bg4 14.Nce4 Ne4 15.Ne4-/+) 12.Qf1 (12.Qd3 ed4 13.Nd4 a5=+) 12...ed4 (12...e4 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.f3-/+) 13.Nd4=+ Re8 (13...Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Ne6 fe6 16.Rd1=+) 14.Ne6 Re6 15.Ne2 (15.Qc4 Qc7=+) 15...c5 16.bc5 Bc5 17.h3 (17.Nc3!?-/+) 17...Ne4 18.Bc3 Qc7 19.Nd4 (19.Bb4!?–+) 19...Nc3 20.Ne6 fe6 21.Qc4 Qe5 (21...Nd5 22.0-0–+) 22.0-0 (22.Rc1 Be3 23.Rc3 Bd4 24.Kd2 Bc3 25.Qc3 Rd8 26.Kc2 Qf5 27.Kc1 Qf2–+) 22...Bd6 23.g3 Rd8 (23...b5 24.Qg4–+) 24.Rfc1 (24.Rac1 Nd5 25.Qh4 Be7–+) 24…Ne4 (25.f4 Qf5–+).

6.cd5 cd5

7.Qb3 Ngf6 8.g4 (8.Nc3 d4 9.Nb5 Bb8=+) 8...e4= 9.g5 ef3 10.gf6 Nf6 11.Qf3 Be7 (11...Bg4 12.Qe3 Be6 13.Bh3=+) 12.Rg1= 0-0 13.Nc3 Attacks the isolani on d5 13...Be6 14.e3 (14.e4 de4 15.Ne4 Ne8+=) 14...Rc8 15.Bd3 g6 (15...a6 16.Na4 Ne8 17.Qh5=) 16.h4 (16.Nb5 a6 17.Nd4 Rc7+=) 16...h5= 17.Nb5 Bg4 18.Qf4 Nh7 (18...a6 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.f3 Qf4 21.ef4=) 19.Nd4 (better 19.Na7!? Ra8 20.Nb5 Bh4 21.Nd4=) 19...Bf6 20.Rg4 hg4 21.Qg4 Bh4? (21...Bg7!?=) 22.Ne6 (better 22.Bg6 Qg5 23.Bf7 Rf7 24.Qc8 Nf8 25.0-0-0 Bf2 26.Nb5+-) 22...Qe7?? (better 22...Nf6 23.Qg2 Qe7 24.Nf8 Rf8+=) 23.Bg6+- Ng5 (23...Bg5 24.Bh7 Kh7 25.Ng5 Kh6 26.Qh4 Kg6 27.Qh7 Kg5+-) 24.Bh7!! Kh7 (24...Kh7 25.Qh5 Mate attack) 25.Qh5 (25.Qh5 Kg8 26.Qh8) 1-0. Superfish (2160) - scharra (2295), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.Nb5 Bb8 9.Rc1 0-0 10.Qc2 e4 11.Nfd4 Be5 12.Nc7 Rb8 13.e3 g6 (better is 13...a6=) 14.Na6?? (14.f4 ef3 15.Nf3 Bb2 16.Qb2 a6+=) 14...Ra8?? (14...ba6 15.Nc6 Bb2 16.Qb2 Qb6-/+) 15.Nc7= Qc7 (better is 15...Rb8!?=) 16.Qc7+/– Bc7 17.Rc7 Ne8 18.Rc1 Nb6 19.Nb3 Be6 20.Na5 Nd6+= 21.Be2 f6 22.0-0 Nbc4= 23.Nc4 Nc4 24.Bc4 dc4 25.f3 ef3 26.Rf3 f5 27.Rf4 g5 28.Rd4 Kf7 29.Bc3 Kg6 30.Rd6 Rfe8 31.Bd4 Rad8=+ 32.Rd8 Rd8 33.a4 a6 34.Ra1 Bd5 35.b5 ab5 36.ab5 Be4 37.Ra4 Rc8 38.Ra5 Rd8 39.b6 (39.Ra4 Bd3=+) ½–½. Kostrun,Slaven (2245) – Dizdarevic,Emir (2505), CRO–chT Sibenik, 2005.

7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.Nb5 Bb8 9.Rc1 0-0 10.Qc2 e4 11.Nfd4 Ne5 12.Nc7 (12.e3 a6 13.Nc7 Nd3 14.Bd3 ed3=) 12...Bc7+= 13.Qc7 Nc4 14.Qd8 Rd8 15.Bc3 (15.Rb1 Bg4+=) 15...Na3 16.e3 Nc4 17.f3 (17.Nb5 Be6+=) 17...Nd6 18.b5 (18.Nb5 Nb5 19.Bf6 gf6 20.Bb5 Be6+=) 18...Bd7-/+ 19.Kf2 (19.Bb4 Rdc8 20.Rc8 Nc8-/+) 19...Rdc8 (19...a5 20.ba6 ba6 21.Ra1-/+) 20.Be2 (20.Ra1 Nc4-/+) 20...h6 (20...a5 21.ba6 ba6 22.Ra1-/+) 21.Ra1 Nfe8 22.Bb4 Nc4 (22...Nf5 23.Nf5 Bf5 24.Ra3+=) 23.fe4 (23.Rhc1 ef3 24.gf3 a6+=) 23...de4 24.Rhc1 Ne5 25.Rc8 (25.Rc5 f6+=) 25...Bc8 26.Kg3 (26.Ra5 f6+=) 26...g5 27.b6 a6-/+ 28.Ra5 Nd7 29.Nf5 Kh7 30.Bc4 Nb6 31.Bf7 Bf5 32.Rf5 Ng7 33.Re5= Nd7 34.Re4 Nf6 35.Re5 Nd7 36.Ra5+= b6 37.Ra1 a5= 38.Bb3 Rc8 39.Bc3 Rf8 40.Rb1 Nf5 41.Kh3 h5 42.g4 Nh4 43.gh5+/– Kh6 44.Be6 Rf3 45.Kg4 Nf6 46.Bf6 Rf6 47.Bd5 Nf5 48.h4! gh4 49.e4 Ng3 50.e5 Nh5 51.ef6 Nf6 52.Kh4 Nd5 53.Rb5 Nb4 54.Rb6 (54.Rb6 Kg7 55.Kh5+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio (2350) – Cottarelli,Franco (2105), corr WSTT/3/06/Semifinal, 2008.

7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.e3 0-0 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Nb5 e4 11.Nfd4 Re8 (better is 11...Be5!?+=) 12.Nd6+= Qd6 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.Rc1 Re7 15.Bf6 gf6 16.Be2 a6 17.Nc7 Rb8 18.Rc5 Qd6 19.Nd5 Nd5 20.Rd5 Qc6 21.Rc5 Qe6 22.Qc2 Bd7 23.d4 ed3 24.Bd3 h6 25.0-0 Bc6 26.Qe2 b6? (26...Bb5+-) 27.Bf5 Qd6 (27...bc5 28.Qg4 Kh8 29.Qf4 (29.Be6?! Rg8 30.Rc1 Bg2+-) 29...Qf5 30.Qf5+-) 28.Qg4 Kf8 29.Rd1 Qd1 (29...Qc7 30.Rc3 Rbe8 31.Qh4+-) 30.Qd1 bc5 31.Qd6 (31.Qd6 Rbb7 32.Qc6 cb4 33.Qf6+-) 1–0. Fritz11 – jumbo, casual, 2013.

7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.e3 0-0 9.Rc1 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.0-0 Nb6 12.d3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Rc2 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 Rc7 16.h3 Rac8 17.Bd1 h6 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (2470) – Noreikis,Andris (2360), chess.com (team), 2009.

5.d3 a5

6.b5 f5 7.Nbd2 Ngf6 8.e3 e4 9.Nd4 Nc5 10.a4 0-0 11.g3 Qe7 12.Be2 f4 13.gf4 (13.ef4?? ed3 14.0-0 de2 15.Ne2 Bg4–+) 13...Bf4 (better is 13...ed3!? 14.cd3 Bf4=+) 14.de4+= (14.ef4 ed3 15.Ba3 de2 16.Qe2 Qd8 17.Bc5 Re8–+) 14...Be3 15.fe3 Ng4 16.N2f3 (16.Bg4 Qh4) 16...de4 17.Qd2 ef3 (17...Rf3?! 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Nf3 ef3 20.0-0-0=) 18.Nf3 Ne3 19.Rg1 Bg4 20.Ra3 Rf3 21.Rg4 Ng4 22.Rf3 Re8 23.Rg3 Na4 24.Bd4 Nf6 25.Re3 Ne4 26.Bc4 Kh8 27.Qa5 Qg5 28.Bf1 c5 29.Qa4 Qf4 (29...Qh4!? 30.Kd1 cd4 31.Qd4–+) 30.Bg7 Kg7 31.Qa1 Kh6 (32.Qc1 Qf2 33.Kd1 Rd8 34.Rd3 Kg6–+) 0–1. Protze,Gunter – Gutsche,Dieter, ML–041 BdF, 2000.

6.b5 Ngf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 Qe7 (8...c6 9.c4=+) 9.Nbd2 e4 (9...Rd8 10.0-0=+) 10.de4 de4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.c4 Bg4 13.0-0 (13.Qc2 Be2 14.Ke2 Ned7=+) 13...Nd3 14.Bg4 Nb2 15.Qe2 Na4 16.Nf5 Qe5 (16...Bh2 17.Kh2 Qe5 18.Kh3=+) 17.f4 ef3 18.gf3 Nc3 19.Qg2 Ng4 20.fg4 Rfe8 21.Kh1 Rad8 22.Nf3 (22.Nb3 b6=+) 22...Qe4 (22...Qc5 23.Qd2 Ne4 24.Qd4-/+) 23.Nd6 (23.N3d4!?=+) 23...Rd6 24.Nd4 Qg2 (24...Qe3 25.Nf5 Qe6 26.Nd6 cd6 27.Qb7 Qc4 28.Rac1+-) 25.Kg2 Re3 26.Rae1 Re1 (26...Rd4 27.Re3 Ne4 28.Rf4 Rd2 29.Kf1+-) 27.Re1 Kf8 (27...h5 28.Nf3 hg4 29.Ng5-/+) 28.Nf3 Rd3 29.Re5 (29.g5!?-/+) 29...Na4–+ 30.Rf5 Ra3 31.Ng5 f6 32.Ne6 Kg8 33.Nc7 (33.g5 Ra2 34.Kh3 Kf7 35.Nc7 Nc3-/+) 33...Rc3 34.Rd5 h5 (34...Nb6 35.Rd6 Rc4 36.Ne8 Rc2 37.Kg3 Rc3 38.Kf2–+) 35.gh5 (35.Ne6 Rc4 (35...hg4?! 36.Rd7-/+) 36.gh5 Re4–+) 35...Rc4 36.Rd8 (36.Ne6 Re4 37.Nd8 b6–+) 36...Kh7 37.Ne8 Nc5 38.Nd6 0–1. Pott,Brian (1870) – Johansson,Mats (2285), IECG, 2006.

6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.c4 ab4 8.ab4 Ra1 (8...Bb4?? 9.Ra8 Nb6 10.Ra7+-) 9.Qa1 dc4 (9...Bb4 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be5=+) 10.Ne5 (10.Nc4 Bb4 11.Ncd2 0-0-/+) 10...Ne5 11.dc4?? (better is 11.Be5 cd3 12.ed3-/+) 11...Bb4–+ 12.Bc3 Nc6 (12...Bc3 13.Qc3 Qe7 14.e3–+) 13.Qb2 (13.g3 Be6–+) 13...Qd6 (better is 13...Bc3 14.Qc3 0-0 15.e3–+) 14.f4 (14.Bf6 Bd2 (< 14...gf6 15.e4–+) 15.Qd2 Qf6–+ (15...gf6?! 16.Qd6 cd6 17.e3–+)) 14...0-0 (better is 14...Bc3!? 15.Qc3 Qf4 16.g3–+) 15.Bb4 Nb4 16.e4 Bg4 17.g3 (17.Nf3 Ne4 18.h3 Qf4–+) 17...Nd3 (18.Bd3 Qd3–+) 0–1. Reussner,HD – Leisebein,Peter, 1.CFT, 1999.

6.g3 ab4 7.Bg2-/+.

6.g3 Ngf6 7.Bg2 (7.b5 c6-/+) 7...0-0 (7...ab4!? 8.0-0 Qe7 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 Bb4-/+) 8.0-0=+ ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 Re8 11.Re1 (better 11.b5!?=+) 11...Bb4–+ 12.c3 Ba5 13.Qa4 (13.Nbd2 b5-/+) 13...Bb6 14.Rd1 Nc5 15.Qb5 Bd7 16.Qb2 Ng4 (16...e4 17.de4 Nce4 18.Nd4–+) 17.e3 (17.Rf1 Qe7–+) 17...Bf5 18.Qe2 (18.Ne1 Qd6–+) 18...Nb3 (better 18...Bd3 19.Rd3 Nd3 20.Qd3 e4–+) 19.Bb2-/+ e4 (19...c6 20.c4 Qc7 21.Nh4-/+) 20.de4 Be4 21.Nd4 (21.c4 Ne3! 22.fe3 Bf3 23.Qf3 Re3–+) 21...Nd4 22.cd4 Nf6 23.Nc3 Bg2 24.Kg2 c6 25.Qf3 Ba5 26.Ne2 Re4 (26...Ne4 27.Ra1–+) 27.Ba3 Qb6 28.Bc5 (28.Ra1 Re8-/+) 28...Qb3 29.Ra1 b6 30.Qf5? (30.Bd6 Re6 31.Be5 Qb2-/+) 30...Re8 (30...Qb2 31.Ra4–+) 31.Nf4? (31.Ba3 Qc4 32.Nf4 Qc3-/+) 31...Qb2 (31...Qc3 32.Ra3 Qd2 33.Bb6 Bb6 34.Qb1–+) 32.Ra3 (better 32.Rb1 Qa2 33.Bb6–+) 32...Qd2 33.Rd3 (33.Bb6 Bb6 34.Qb1–+) 33...Qc2 34.Bd6 (34.Nh3 bc5 35.dc5 Qc5–+) 34...Ne4 35.Qd7 (35.Be5 Qf2 36.Kh3–+) 35...Qf2 36.Kh3 Qf1 37.Kh4 (37.Ng2 Nf6 38.Rd1 Qd1 39.Qf5–+) 37...Nf6 (better 37...g5 38.Kh5 Nf6 39.Kg5 Nd7 40.Bc7–+) 38.Qc6 (38.Qh3 Qf3 39.Be5–+) 38...h6 39.Nh3 (39.Qe8 Ne8 40.Be7–+) 39…Qf5 (39...Qf5 40.Qe8 Kh7 41.Qg8 Kg8 42.e4 Qg4) 0–1. Ramos,Francis – Foster,Duncan, FICGS, 2016.

5.d3 Ngf6

6.c4 0-0 7.c5= Be7 8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Be5 d4 10.Nd2 Be6 (10...Ng4 11.Bf4=) 11.Nf3+= a5 (11...Bd5!?+=) 12.Bd4+/– (12.Nd4?! Ng4 13.Bg7 Kg7+=) 12...ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Qa1 Bd5 (14...Re8 15.e3+-) 15.e4 Bc6 16.g3 Bb5 17.Be2 c6 18.0-0 Ne4 19.Re1 (19.Bg7 Re8 20.Nd4+- (20.de4?! Be2 21.Nd4 Bf1+=)) 19...Nf6+/– 20.Qc3 Re8 21.Be3 (21.Qb2 b6+/–) 21...Nd5+= 22.Qc2 (22.Qd2 b6 23.Bd4 bc5 24.bc5 Nc7+=) 22...Ne3 (22...Nb4!? 23.Qb3 Nd5= (worse is 23...Nd3 24.Rd1+/–)) 23.fe3+= Bf6 The pawn on d3 gets attacked 24.e4 Bd4 25.Nd4 (25.Kg2!?+/–) 25...Qd4= 26.Kg2 Qb4 27.Rd1 (27.Ra1 Qd4 28.Rf1 Re7=) 27...Qd4 (27...Ba4 28.Rb1 Qe4 29.de4 Bc2 30.Rb7 Be4 31.Kf2+=) 28.Qd2 (28.Rf1=) 28...f5 (28...Qc5 29.d4 Qe7 30.Bf3-/+) 29.Qf4?? (better is 29.Qa2 Kh8 30.Qf7+=) 29...fe4 30.de4 Qe4 31.Qe4 Re4 32.Bb5 cb5 33.Rb1 Rc4 (better is 33...b4!?+=) 34.Rb5+= h6 35.Rb7 (35.Kf3 g5+=) 35...Rc5= 36.h4 Kh7 37.Re7 Kg6 38.Kh3 Kf6 39.Ra7 Re5 40.Ra6 Re6 41.Re6 Ke6 42.Kg4 g6 43.Kf4 Kf6 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.g4 Kf6 46.Kd5 h5 47.g5 Kf5 48.Kd6 Kg4 49.Ke6 Kh4 50.Kf6 Kg4 51.Kg6 h4 52.Kf6 h3 53.g6 h2 54.g7 h1Q 55.g8Q Kf4 56.Qc4 Ke3 57.Qc5 Kd3 58.Qb5 Kc3 59.Qa5 Kc4 60.Qa6 Kb4 61.Qb6 Kc4 62.Qa6 Kc5 63.Qa7 Kb5 64.Qb8 Ka6 65.Qd6 Kb7 66.Qb4 Kc7 67.Qc5 Qc6 68.Qc6 Kc6 ½–½. flogx – stani, internet, 2013. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7)

6.c4=+ dc4 7.dc4 e4 8.c5 Bc5 9.bc5 ef3 10.Bd4 =+.

6.c4=+ c6 7.e4 (7.e3 0-0=+) 7...0-0 8.ed5 cd5 9.c5 Bc7 10.Be2 Qe7 (10...Re8 11.0-0=+) 11.0-0= e4 (11...d4 12.Nbd2=) 12.de4 de4 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Qb3 (14.Re1 e3 15.fe3 Neg4 16.Bg4 Bg4=) 14...Neg4 (14...Bg4 15.Re1=) 15.h3+= Qe5 (15...Ne5 16.Nd2+=) 16.g3+/– Qh5 (better is 16...Nh6!? 17.Nb5 Qe7 18.Bf6 gf6 19.Nc7 Qc7+/–) 17.hg4 (17.Kg2 Rd8+-) 17...Bg4 18.Re1 Be2 19.Re2 (19.Ne2 Ng4 20.Bd4 Qh2 21.Kf1 Be5–+) 19...Ng4 (19...Rad8 20.Rd2+-) 20.f3 ef3 21.Qf3 Rae8 22.Nc3 (22...Re2 23.Nce2 (23.Qe2?! Bg3 24.Ne4 Bf4+=) 23...Qh2 24.Kf1 Qh3 25.Ke1+-; 22.Qb7?? Re2 23.Nf3 Qh3 24.Nfd2 Qg3 25.Qg2 Qg2#) 1–0. Aegis – thejinx (2740), ICC, 2001.

6.Nbd2 b6 7.e4 d4 8.Nc4 Qe7 9.Qd2 c5 10.Nh4 Nf8 (10...cb4?? 11.Nf5 Qd8 12.Nfd6 Kf8 13.ab4+-) 11.b5 (11.Nd6 Qd6 12.c3 Be6=) 11...Be6 12.Nf5 Bf5 13.ef5 N8d7 14.g3 0-0 15.Bg2 Rac8 16.0-0 Nb8 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.f4 Nfd7 19.Re2 Qf6 20.Rae1 Re7 21.g4 Bc7 22.c3 Rce8 23.fe5 Ne5 24.cd4 Ng4 (24...cd4 25.Bd4 Nf3 26.Bf3 Qd4 27.Kg2 Re2 28.Re2 (28.Be2?! Qd5 29.Bf3 Qb5=) 28...Re2 29.Qe2+/– (29.Be2?! Qd5 30.Bf3 Qb5=)) 25.h3+- Nh6 26.dc5 Qh4 27.f6! Re6 (27...gf6 28.Re7 Decoy (28.Re7 Interception)) 28.Re6 Re6 (28...fe6 29.cb6 ab6 30.Re4+-) 29.Re6 fe6 30.fg7 (30.Qe2 Kf7 31.Be5 Be5 32.Qe5 gf6 33.Qb8 Qd4 34.Kh1 bc5 35.Qa7 Kg6 36.Be4 f5+-) 30...bc5? (30...Nf5 31.c6 a6+-) 31.Qe3 Kf7 32.Ne5 Be5 33.Qe5 (33.Be5?! Nd7 34.Bc3 e5+-) 33...Nd7 34.g8Q! (34.g8Q Ng8 35.Qg7 Ke8 36.Qg8 Ke7 37.d4+-) 1–0. Cabrera,Diego (2095) – Osuna,Omar, Pan American–ch U16, 2004. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6)

6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 c6 8.0-0 Ne8 9.Nbd2 f5 10.c4 f4 (10...Qf6!?=) 11.cd5+= cd5 12.Rc1 (12.Qb3!? Nc7 13.Ne4+=) 12...Qb6 0–1. bblchess (1650) – madik, gameknot.com, 2014.

5.e3 a5

6.ba5 Ngf6 7.d4 e4 (7...Ra5? 8.de5 Ne5 9.Be5 Be5 10.Ne5+-) 8.Ne5 c6 9.Bc3 0-0 10.Be2 Bc7 11.a6 (11.Nd7!? Bd7 12.0-0=+) 11...Ne5-/+ 12.ab7 Bb7 13.de5 Nd7 14.0-0 Ne5 15.Nd2 Qd6 16.g3 Bc8 17.Re1 Qg6 18.Bb4 Re8 19.a4 Bh3 20.Bf1 Bf1 21.Rf1 Ng4 22.Re1 Re5 23.Bc3 Rf5 24.Re2 Nh2! 25.Qb1? (25.Kh2 Rh5) 25...Qg4 26.Qb7 Rf8 27.Qa6 (27.Rae1–+) 27...Nf3 28.Nf3 Qf3 (28...Rf3?! 29.a5 Rf5 30.Kf1–+) 29.g4 Bh2 0–1. weBNimzo – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

6.Nc3 ab4 7.ab4 Ra1 8.Qa1 =+.

6.b5 c5

7.d3 f5 8.Nbd2 Qe7 (8...Ngf6 9.e4=) 9.g3 (9.e4 d4=) 9...Nb6 (9...Ngf6 10.c4+=) 10.c4 dc4 11.Nc4 Nc4 12.dc4 e4 (12...Nf6 13.Bg2+=) 13.Ng5 (13.Nd2 Nf6=) 13...Nf6+= (worse is 13...Qg5 14.Qd6 Qe7 15.Qe7 Ne7 16.Bg7+-) 14.Qc2 h6 15.Nh3 g5 (15...Be6 16.Nf4 Bf4 17.ef4=) 16.0-0-0 (16.Rd1 Rf8=) 16...Rf8 (16...0-0 17.Rd2+=) 17.Ng1 Be6 18.Ne2 (18.h4 0-0-0+=) 18...0-0-0 19.Nc3 Bc7 (19...Be5 20.Be2+=) 20.Be2 b6 21.Rd8 Rd8 22.h4 gh4 (22...Be5 23.hg5 hg5 24.g4+=) 23.Rh4= Qh7 24.Rh1 Qg6 (24...Kb8 25.Rd1=) 25.a4 (25.Nd1 Ng4+=) 25...Kb7 26.Rd1 Rd1 27.Qd1 Qf7 28.Qf1 h5 29.Nb1 Ng4 30.Bc3 Qd7 (30...Bd8 31.Nd2+=) 31.Nd2 Qh7 32.Kc2 Qg6 33.Bg4 (33.Kb1 Qg5+=) 33...Qg4 (33...hg4 34.Kb1 Qh7-/+) 34.Qa1 (34.Qd1 Qg5+=) 34...h4 (better is 34...Qe2!? 35.Qf1 Qf1 36.Nf1 Bc4–+) 35.gh4 (35.Be5 hg3 36.Bc7 Kc7 37.Qe5 Kd7 38.fg3 Qg8=) 35...Qh4 36.Be5 Qd8 37.Bc7 Kc7 ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio (2035) – Cirulis,Ilmars (1980), FICGS, 2016.

7.d3 Ngf6 8.c4+=.

7.d3 Ngf6 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.c4 (9.Be2 Re8=+) 9...d4 10.g3 (10.Be2 a4=+) 10...Re8 (10...Nb6 11.Bg2=+) 11.Bg2 h6 (11...Nb8 12.0-0=) 12.0-0= Nf8 (12...Nb6 13.Re1=) 13.Nh4 (13.Qc2 Ng6=) 13...Rb8 (13...a4 14.Qc2=) 14.Re1 Bg4 15.Qc2 b6 (15...N8d7 16.Rab1=) 16.a4 (16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4 Nh7=) 16...N8h7 (16...N8d7 17.Ra2=) 17.h3 Be6 18.Nhf3 (18.Kh2 Ng5=) 18...Qd7 19.Kh2 Rbd8 (19...Nf8 20.Re2=) 20.Re2 e4 ½–½. Flores,Luis (2105) – Benassi,Aspasio (2035), FICGS, 2016.

6.b5 Ngf6

7.c4 0-0 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bc4 N7b6 (9...N5b6 10.Be2+=) 10.Ba2 (10.Bd5 Nd5 11.Be5 Be5 12.Ne5 Qg5=) 10...Bg4 11.d3 Qf6 (11...Qd7!?-/+) 12.Nbd2+= Qe7 13.0-0 Rad8 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ne4 Bg6 16.Rc1 (16.Nd6 cd6 17.e4 Nf4=) 16...Kh8 (better is 16...Ba3!? 17.Ba3 Qa3-/+) 17.Qb3 f5 18.Ned2 (18.Nd6 cd6 19.Qc2 Bh5=) 18...Bf7 19.Nc4 Now all is on e5 19...Nc4 20.dc4 Nb6 21.Qc2 Ba3 22.Ba3 Qa3 23.Ne5 Bg8 24.Ra1 Qc5 Can c4 get defended? (24...Qe7!? 25.Nf3 Qc5=) 25.Nd3+= Qe7 26.Bb3 (26.c5 Nd5 27.Rfd1+=) 26...Nd7 (better is 26...Qe4 27.Rfd1 Nc4=) 27.Ra5+/– Nc5 28.Nc5 Qc5 29.Rfa1 f4 30.ef4 Rf4 31.Ra7 (better is 31.Ra8!? Rdf8 32.Rf8 Rf8 33.Qd2+/–) 31...Rdf8= 32.Rb7?? (better is 32.R7a2=) 32...Rf2–+ 33.Rc7 (33.Qf2 Rf2 34.Kh1 Qe3–+) 33...Qb6 (33...Rf1! 34.Kh2 Qc7 35.g3 R8f2 36.Qf2 Rf2 37.Kh1 Qb7 38.Kg1 Qg2) 34.c5 (34.Qf2 Qf2 35.Kh1 Qg3–+) 34...Qc7 (34...Rc2?! 35.cb6 Bb3 36.Raa7=) 35.Qf2 Rf2 36.Kf2 (36.Ra8 Rg2! 37.Kf1 Qf4 38.Kg2 Qe4 39.Kf2 Qa8 40.Bg8 Kg8–+) 36...Qc5 37.Kf1 Qc3 (better is 37...Bc4 38.Bc4 Qc4 39.Kf2 Qd4 40.Kf3 Qa1 41.b6–+) 38.Kg1 (38.Ra8 Qb3 39.Kg1–+) 38...Qa1 39.Kh2 Bb3 40.b6 Qb1 41.b7–+ Bd5 42.b8Q Qb8 43.Kg1 Qb7 44.Kf2 Bg2 45.h4 Bh3 46.Kg3 Qd5 47.Kh3–+ Qe4 48.Kg3 Qe3 49.Kg4 Qf2 50.Kg5 Qh4! (50...Qh4 51.Kh4 g6–+) 0–1. anonymouuus – indiber (1610), internet, 2013.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.d3 e4 11.de4 de4 12.Nd2 c5 13.Nc4 Nc4 14.Bc4 Be6 15.Be6 Re6 16.Ne2? (16.Qe2 Qc7 17.h3 Bh2 18.Kh1 Be5+=) 16...Qc7 (better is 16...Bh2!? 17.Kh1 Bd6–+) 17.Ng3+= Bg3 18.fg3 Rd8 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Bf6 Rf6 21.Rad1 Rd1 22.Qd1 Qd6 23.Qa1 (23.Re1!?+=) 23...Qd2-/+ 24.Qe1 Rf1 25.Kf1 Qe1 26.Ke1 h5 27.h4 f5 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.c4 a4 30.Kf2 g5 31.hg5 Kg6 32.Kg1 Kg5 33.Kh2 Kf6 34.Kh3 (better is 34.Kg1–+) 34...Kg6 35.Kh4 b6 36.g4 ½–½. Yannick – Wenik, playchess.de, 2004.

6.c4 ab4

7.ab4 Ra1 8.Ba1 dc4 9.Na3 Ngf6 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.Nd6 cd6 12.Be2 0-0 13.0-0 b6 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Qc7 Bd5 16.Bb2 Ne8 17.Qc2 Nef6 18.Ra1 Ra8 19.Ra8 Ba8 20.Qc7 Ne8 21.Qc8 Bd5 22.d3 Ndf6 23.Nd2 Kf8 24.e4 Qb7 25.Qc2 Qc6 26.Bd1 Qc2 27.Bc2 Bc6 28.f3 Nd7 29.Kf2 f6 30.d4 g6 31.Nc4 Ke7 32.d5 Bb5 33.Ne3 Nc7 34.h4 Ne8 35.g3 Ng7 36.f4 Nb8 37.Bc3 Nd7 38.Bb1 Nh5 39.Kf3 Ng7 40.Bc2 Kd8 41.f5 Ke7 42.fg6 hg6 43.g4 Kd8 (43...Nb8 44.Bd2+=) 44.Bd2-/+ Ke7 45.h5 gh5 46.gh5 Nh5 47.Nf5 Kd8 48.Nd6 Bf1 49.Bh6 Kc7 50.Nf5 Bh3 51.Ne3 Nb8 52.Ba4 Nd7 53.Bb5 (53...Kd8 54.Nf5+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – de Visser,Arno, corr or01–014, 2002.

7.ab4 Ra1 8.Ba1 dc4 9.Bc4 Ngf6 10.0-0 e4 11.Ng5 0-0 = (11...Bb4?? 12.Bf7 Ke7 13.Ne6+-).

7.ab4 Ra1 8.Ba1 dc4 9.Bc4 Ngf6 10.b5 Nb6 11.Be2 e4-/+ 12.Nd4 0-0 13.0-0 Qe7 14.d3 Qe5 15.g3 Bh3 16.Re1 Ra8 17.Nd2 ed3 18.Bd3 Bb4 19.Bf1 Bg4 20.Qc2=+ Bd2 21.Qd2= Ne4 22.Qc2+= Nd5 23.Bg2 Nd6= 24.Bb2 Re8 25.Rc1 Nf6 26.Qc7 Nd5 27.Qc5 Nf6 28.Qb4 Nd5 29.Qa3 Nb6 30.Nb3 Nb5 31.Qa1 Qe6 32.Bg7?? Nd7?? 33.Nd4 Qa6 34.Nb5 Qb5 35.Rc7 Ne5 36.Rb7 Qc5 37.Be5 Qe5 38.Qa4 Bc8 39.Ra7 Rd8 40.Ra8 Qh5 41.h4 Qf5 42.Be4 Qc5 43.Bb7 h5 44.Qa6 Qc1 45.Kh2 Qb2 46.Rc8 Rc8 47.Bc8 Qf2 48.Kh3 Qe3 1–0. Ganesan – Kuhlmann,AEJ, corr ICCF, 1996.

7.ab4 Ra1 8.Ba1 dc4 9.Bc4 Ngf6 10.b5 e4 11.Ng5 0-0 12.Qc2 =+.

7.ab4 Ra1 8.Ba1 dc4 9.Bc4 Ngf6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.b5 Qe7 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nge4 Bf5 16.f3 Ra8 17.0-0 Ra5 18.Bb2 Bb4 19.Ra1 Bc3 20.Nf6 gf6 21.Qc3 Rb5 22.Ba3 Qd8 23.Ba2 Nd5 24.Bd5 Rd5 25.e4 Rd3 26.Be7 Qd7 27.Qb4 Rd4 28.Ra8 Kh7 29.Qb7 Be4 30.fe4 Rc4 31.h3 Rc1 32.Kh2 Qd2 33.Rh8 Kh8 34.Qc8 Kh7 ½–½. Ganesan – Coltharp,Cameron, email 4AMM–F, 1998.

6.c4 dc4

7.Bc4 ab4 8.ab4 Ra1 9.Ba1 Ngf6 10.Bc3 0-0 11.d3 Qe7 12.b5 Nb6 13.0-0 Nc4 14.dc4 e4 15.Nfd2 Bh2 16.Kh2 Ng4 17.Kg3 Qd6 18.f4 Ne3 19.Qe2 Nf1 20.Nf1 e3 21.Qe1 Bf5 22.Bb4 Qg6 23.Kh2 Re8 24.Nc3 e2 25.Nd2 Qh6 26.Kg1 Qf4 27.Nd5 Qd4 28.Kh1 Bd3 29.Bc3 Qg4 30.Bb4 Re6 31.Bc5 Bc4 32.Ne7 Kh8 33.Kg1 b6 0–1. Doctor 3.0 – Fritz 6, 2003.

7.Bc4 ab4 8.Qb3 =+.

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.Qa4 0-0 9.d3 Nb6 10.Qb3 Nc4 11.dc4 e4 12.Nfd2 Re8 13.0-0 Bh2 14.Kh2 Ng4 15.Kg3 Qd6 16.f4 Qh6 17.Ne4 Re4 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Bd4 Bc4 20.Qc2 Qg6 21.f5 Qg5 22.Qe4 Nf6 23.Kh2 Qh5 24.Kg1 0–1. Doctor 3.0 – Fritz 6, 2002.

5.e3 c6

6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.h3 =+.

6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3=.

6.c4 f5 7.cd5 cd5 8.Bb5 Qe7 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Qb3 Qe6 11.d4 e4 12.Ng5 Qg8 13.Be2 a6 14.Rc1 =. Gross,Wilhelm (2425) – Jacewicz,Grzegorz, corr 3GMM½–06, 1998.

6.d3 f5 7.c4 Ngf6 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Be2 e4 11.de4 fe4 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.0-0 Bb8 14.f4 Neg4 15.h3?? (better is 15.Qb3+=) 15...Ne3–+ 16.Qe1 (16.Qb3 Nf1 17.Rf1–+) 16...Nf1 17.Qf1 Qd6 18.g3 a6 19.Rc1 Ba7 20.Kg2 e3 21.N2f3 Ne4 22.Bd3 Qg6 23.Be4 de4 (23...Qe4!? 24.Kh2–+) 24.Ne5 Qh6 (24...Qh5 25.g4 Qe8 26.Rc7–+) 25.h4 (better is 25.Qc4 Kh8 26.Nf7 Rf7 27.Qc8 Rf8 28.Qb7-/+) 25...g5?? (better is 25...Be6 26.Ne6 Qe6–+) 26.hg5?? (26.Qc4 Kg7 27.Ng4+-) 26...Bh3 (better is 26...Qh3 27.Kg1 Qg3 28.Kh1 Qh4 29.Kg1 Rf4 30.Qc4 Kf8 31.Qc8 Rc8 32.Rc8 Ke7 33.Rc7 Kd6 34.Rd7 Ke5 35.Nf3 Ke6 36.Rd6 Kd6 37.Be5 Kd5 38.Nh4 e2 39.Kg2 Ke5 40.Kg3 e1Q 41.Kh3 Rh4 42.Kg2 Qf2) 27.Kg1-/+ e2 28.Qe2= Qb6 29.Qe4 Rad8 30.Rd1 Bf5= 31.Qe3 Qc7 32.Kg2 Qc4?? 33.Qc3 Qc3 34.Bc3 Be4 35.Kf2 Rfe8 36.Nef3 Bf3 37.Kf3+/– Rd4?? 38.Bd4+- Bd4 39.Rd4 Re7 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Hwp, Partie evaluee, 2m + 0s, 2009.

6.c4 Ne7

7.Nc3 0-0 8.cd5 cd5 (8...Nd5 9.Nd5 cd5 10.Qb3=) 9.Qb3 (9.Be2 e4 10.Nd4 Nf6=) 9...e4 10.Nd4 Nf6 11.Rc1 (11.d3 Bd7=+) 11...Bd7 (11...Be5 12.Nce2=+) 12.Be2 Rc8 (12...Be5 13.d3=) 13.0-0 Bg4 (13...Be5 14.d3=) 14.f3+= ef3 15.gf3 (15.Bf3 Re8=) 15...Bh3 16.Rfe1 Nc6 17.Nc6 (17.Nd5 Nd5 18.f4 Nd4 19.Bd4 Bf4 20.ef4 Rc1 21.Rc1 Nf4–+) 17...Rc6 (better is 17...bc6 18.Ba6 Rb8=) 18.Bf1 (18.f4 Be7=) 18...Qd7 (18...Bh2 19.Kh2 Bf1 20.Rf1 Nd7+-) 19.Ne2 (19.Bd3 Be6 20.Nb5 d4=) 19...Bf1 (19...Qf5 20.Bf6 Qg6 21.Kh1 Qf6 22.Qd5 Bf1 23.Rf1 Bh2 24.d4=) 20.Rf1 Qh3 21.Rf2 Ne4! 22.Rc6 Nf2 23.Rd6 Qf3 24.h3 Ne4 25.Qd5 Qf2 26.Kh1 Nd6 27.Nf4 Nf5!! 28.Qf5 Qe1 29.Kg2 Qd2 30.Kf3 Qb2 31.Nd5 Qa3 32.Ne7 Kh8 33.Qc5 Re8 34.Nf5 Qa6 35.Nd6 Qf1 36.Kg3 b6 37.Qd4 Re6 38.Nf5 Rg6 39.Kh4 Qf2 (40.Kh5 Qf5 41.Kh4 Qg5) 0–1. Alekseev,Vadim (2440) – Driamin,Dmitrij (2230), Petroff mem op St Petersburg, 2000.

7.d3 0-0 8.Nbd2 (8.Be2 b5=) 8...a5 (8...b6 9.Be2=) 9.c5 Bc7 (9...Bb8 10.Be2=) 10.Be2 f5 (10...Ng6 11.0-0=) 11.e4 (11.0-0 Ng6=) 11...Ng6 (11...ab4 12.ab4 Rb8 13.Ng5=) 12.0-0 (12.ed5 Nf4=) 12...Nf4=+ 13.g3 (13.ed5 Nd5 14.Qb3 Re8=) 13...Ne2 14.Qe2 fe4 15.de4 b6 (15...Qf6 16.ed5 cd5 17.Qd3=+) 16.Rfc1 (16.cb6 Nb6 17.Rfc1 ab4 18.ab4 Ra1 19.Ba1 d4 20.Rc6 Bb7=) 16...Ba6 17.Qe3 bc5 18.ed5 cd5 (< 18...cb4 19.dc6 Nb6 20.Be5+/– (< 20.Ne5 Nd5 21.Qb3 ba3 22.Ra3 Bc8+/–)) 19.Ne5 (19.bc5 d4 20.Qb3 Kh8-/+) 19...Re8 (19...cb4 20.Nc6 Qe8 21.Ne7 Kf7 22.Rc7 Qe7 23.Qf3 Ke8 24.Qd5+-) 20.f4 (20...ab4 21.ab4 cb4 22.Ra4-/+) 1–0. Morelle,L – Kogan,A, Saint Affrique, 1997.

7.d3 b6 8.Be2=.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 e4 9.Nd4 Qc7 (9...dc4 10.Qc2=+) 10.h3 (10.f4 dc4 11.Nc3 Nf6=) 10...Nf6 11.f4 (11.c5 Bh2 12.Kh1 Be5=) 11...ef3 (better 11...dc4!? 12.Bc4 b5=+) 12.Nf3+= Ne4 13.d3 Ng3 14.Rf2 (14.c5!? Ne2 15.Qe2=) 14...dc4=+ 15.dc4 Ne4 (15...Rd8 16.Bd3 Bf5 17.Nd4=+) 16.Rf1 (16.Qd4 Nf6=) 16...Nf5 17.Qd3 Re8 18.Nbd2 (better 18.c5!? Bg3 19.Ra2-/+) 18...Neg3–+ 19.e4 Ne2 20.Qe2 Ng3 (20...Ng3 21.Qf2 Nf1 22.Rf1 a5–+) 0–1. Zaichenko,Andrey – Pilipchuk,Andrey (1800), FICGS, 2008.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 f5 9.Nc3 f4 10.Qb3 Kh8 (10...fe3 11.de3 Nf6 12.cd5 cd5+/–) 11.cd5+/– cd5 12.Nd5 Nf6? (better is 12...Nd5!? 13.Qd5 Qe7+/–) 13.Nf6+- Rf6 14.Ne5 Be6 15.Qc3 (better is 15.Qe6! Re6 16.Nf7 Kg8 17.Nd8 Rd8 18.Bc4+-) 15...Rc8 16.Qd3 Bf5 17.e4 Be5 18.Qd8 Rd8 19.Be5 Re6 20.ef5 (better is 20.Bf4!? Re4 21.Be3+-) 20...Re5+/– 21.Bf3 Rf5 (better is 21...Nf5!? 22.Bb7 Re7+/–) 22.Bb7+- Rff8 23.Rfd1 Nf5 24.Be4 Nd4 25.d3 f3 26.g3 (26.gf3 Nf3 27.Bf3 Rf3+-) 26...Ne2 27.Kf1 Nc3 28.Rdc1 Ne2? (28...Ne4 29.de4 Rfe8+-) 29.Rc7 a5 (29...a6 30.Rc6+-) 30.b5 Rb8 31.a4 g6 32.Rb1 Rb6 33.Rc6 (33.Bf3 Ng3 34.fg3 Rf3 35.Ke2 Rf8+-) 33...Rfb8 (33...Rc6 34.bc6 Nc3 35.Rc1 Na4 36.c7+-) 34.Bf3 Nd4 35.Rb6 Rb6 36.Be4 Kg7 37.Rc1 1–0. anonymouuus – rantavasta, internet, 2013.

6.c4 Ngf6

7.Qb3 0-0 8.Nc3 a6 9.Be2 (9.cd5!? cd5 10.Nd5 Nd5 11.Qd5=) 9...e4+= 10.Nd4 Ne5 (10...dc4 11.Bc4 Be5 12.Qc2 Bd4 13.ed4+=) 11.0-0 (11.cd5 c5 12.bc5 Bc5+=) 11...Bc7 (11...dc4 12.Bc4 Nc4 13.Qc4+=) 12.f4 (12.c5!?=) 12...ef3+= 13.Nf3 (13.Nf3 dc4 Combination; 13.Bf3 dc4 Deflection; 13.gf3 dc4 Combination) 13...Qd6 (13...Nf3 14.Rf3 dc4 15.Bc4 b5-/+ (15...Qd2?? 16.Rd1 Qd8 17.Rd8 Bd8 18.h3+-)) 14.c5?? (14.Ne5 Qe5 15.g3 dc4 16.Bc4 Qe7=) 14...Qe7?? (better is 14...Nf3 15.Bf3 Qh2 16.Kf2 Ne4 17.Be4 de4–+) 15.Ng5 (15.Nd4 Bg4=) 15...h6 (better is 15...Nfg4!? 16.h3 Ne3 17.Nh7 Nf1 (17...Kh7?! 18.de3 Qg5 19.Rf2+=) 18.Nf8 Ng3–+) 16.Nf3= Bg4 17.Nd1 Bf3 18.Bf3 Nc4 19.Bf6 Qf6 20.d3?? (better is 20.Ra2 Qe5 21.g3=) 20...Nd2–+ (20...Qa1?! 21.dc4 dc4 22.Qc4–+) 21.Qc2 (21.Qa2 Nf1 22.Kf1 Bh2 23.Nf2–+) 21...Nf1 22.Kf1 Qa1 0–1. elsh1403 – mister1962 (1975), internet, 2012. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.e3 c6 6.c4 Ngf6)

7.Nc3 e4 8.Nd4 0-0 9.cd5 cd5 10.d3 Nb6 (10...a5 11.de4 ab4 12.Ncb5=) 11.de4 (11.Be2 a5=) 11...de4 12.Be2 Qe7 13.Qb3 (13.Qd2 Rd8=) 13...Bd7 14.Ncb5 (14.Rd1 Rfd8=) 14...Be5=+ 15.Rd1 Rad8 (15...Rfd8 16.0-0=+) 16.0-0= (16.Na7 Ba4 17.Nf5 A) 17...Bb3?? 18.Ne7 Kh8 19.Rd8 (19.Be5?! Bd1 20.Bd1 Rd7+-) 19...Rd8 20.Be5+-; B) 17...Qc7–+) 16...Ng4 (16...a6 17.Nc3=) 17.h3 (17.Na7 Bh2 18.Kh1 Qh4 19.Bg4 Bg4–+) 17...Nh2 18.Rfe1 Nf3 19.Nf3 ef3 20.Rd7 Qd7 21.Be5 fe2 22.Nc3 (22.Nd4 Qd5 23.Qd5 Rd5-/+) 22...Qd3 23.Bd4 (23.Re2 Rfe8 24.Re1 Re5-/+) 23...Nd5 (23...Rc8 24.Qb2-/+) 24.Qb1 Qb1 25.Nb1 (25.Rb1?? Nc3 26.Re1 Rd4 27.ed4 Rd8–+) 25...Rc8 26.Nd2 (26.f3!?-/+) 26...Rc2–+ 27.Re2 Rfc8 28.Kf1 (28.g3 Nc3 29.Bc3 R8c3-/+) 28...Ra2 29.Nf3 Ra3 30.Rb2 f6 (31.Ke2 Kf7–+; 30...b5 31.Ne5–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Pommerel,Wim, corr, 1996.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 0-0 9.Nc3 a5 10.Qb3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 Qe7 13.cd5 Bb4 14.dc6 bc6 15.Be2 Nb6 16.0-0 Nbd5 17.Nc4 Be6 18.Qc2 c5 (better is 18...Nc3!? 19.Bc3 Bc3 20.Qc3 c5=) 19.Ne4+/– Rc8 20.dc5 Ne4 21.Qe4 Bc5 22.Ne5 Nf6 23.Qh4 Bf5 24.Bf3 h6 (24...Qe8 25.Qg5 Qe6 26.Ng4 Bg4 27.Bf6 Qf6 28.Qf6 gf6 29.Bg4+-) 25.Nc6+- Qd6 (25...Qe6 26.Bf6 Qf6 27.Qf6 gf6 28.Rc1+-) 26.Bf6 (26.Rd1!? Rc6 27.Rd6 Rd6+-) 26...Qf6 27.Qf6 gf6 28.g4 (28.Rc1 Bf8+-) 28...Be6 (28...Bg4 29.Bg4 Rc6 30.Rc1+/–) 29.Rd1 (29.Rc1 Bf8+/–) 29...Kg7 (29...Bg4 30.Bg4 Rc6 31.Rd7+/–) 30.Kg2 (30.Nd4 Bd4 31.ed4 f5 32.gf5 Bf5+/–) 30...Bf8 (30...Bg4 31.Bg4 Rc6 32.Bf5+/–) 31.Rd8 (31.Nd4 Rc5+-) 31...Rc7 32.Nd4+- Be7 33.Ne6 fe6+/– 34.Rd4 e5 35.Ra4 Kg6 36.Be4 Kg5 37.Kg3 h5 38.h4 Kh6 39.Bf5 hg4 40.Kg4 Bd6 41.Kg3 Rg7 (41...Rg7 42.Kh3 Rb7+/–). ferminkatcho (1705) – uplc (1930), internet, 2012.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 Qe7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Qb3 dc4 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Be2 Nb6 13.Nb6 ab6 14.Rc1 b5 15.h3 Be6 16.Qc2 Bf5 (better is 16...Bc4!?+=) 17.Nb5+= Bb8 18.Nc3 Bg6 19.Qb3 Nd7 20.b5 Qg5 21.g3 c5 (21...Qe7 22.bc6 bc6 23.Qb7 Bg3 24.fg3+/–) 22.Qd5 Qd5 23.Nd5 cd4 24.ed4 Kh8 25.0-0 f5 (25...Bd6 26.Rfd1+/–) 26.Nf4 (better is 26.Nc7!? Ra7 27.d5+-) 26...Bf4 27.gf4 Nb6 28.Rc7 Nd5 29.Rb7 Nf4 30.Bc4 Nh3 31.Kh2 Ng5 32.Be2 f4 33.Rc1 f3 34.Bf1 Rf7 35.Rcc7 Rc7 36.Rc7 h5 (better is 36...Ne6 37.Re7 Re8+-) 37.b6 Rb8 38.b7 Kh7 39.a4 (better is 39.d5 Bf7 40.Be5 Rb7 41.Rb7 Bd5 42.Rg7 Kh6 43.Bb5+-) 39...Ne6+/– 40.a5?? (better is 40.Re7 Nd8 41.Ba6+-) 40...Nc7–+ (40...Nc7 41.a6 e3 42.fe3 f2–+) 0–1. ferminkatcho (1770) – dovator (1840), internet, 2013.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 b6 (8...dc4 9.Bc4 e4 10.Nd4+=) 9.d3 Bb7 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.cd5 cd5 14.h3 Red8 15.Rfe1 Nf8 16.Nb5 Bb8 17.Rc8 Rc8 18.d4 e4 19.Ne5 Ng6 20.Ng6 hg6 21.Rc1 Rc1 22.Bc1 a6 23.Nc3 Qd6 24.g3 Bc8 25.Kg2 (25.Bf1 Qe6=) 25...Qe6 26.Bg4 Ng4 27.hg4 Qg4 28.Qd1?? (better is 28.Qd5 Qh3 29.Kg1 Bg3 30.fg3 Qg3 31.Kf1 Bh3 32.Ke2 Qg2 33.Kd1 Bg4 34.Ke1 Qg1 35.Kd2 Qf2 36.Ne2 Be2 37.Kc3 Qe1 38.Kb2–+) 28...Qh3 29.Kg1 Bg4 (better is 29...Bg3 30.fg3 Qg3 31.Kf1 Bh3 32.Ke2 Bg4 33.Kd2 Bd1 34.Kd1 Qg4 35.Kc2 Qg2 36.Kb1 Qf1–+) 30.Qf1 Qh5 31.Qg2 Bf3 32.Qh2 Qf5 33.Qh4 Qc8 34.Bd2 Bd6 35.Nd5? (better is 35.Kh2 f6 36.Qh3–+) 35...Qc2 36.Qd8 (36.Be1 Qd1 37.Qh3 Qe1 38.Qf1–+) 36...Bf8 37.Ne7 Kh7 0–1. anonymouuus (1615) – buldozer2000 (1670), internet, 2013.

6.Be2 Ngf6

7.0-0 a5 8.b5 =+.

7.c4 0-0 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nc3 a6 10.0-0 b6 11.h3 Bb7 12.d3 Re8 13.Re1 h6 14.Bf1 Rc8 15.Rc1 e4 (15...Qe7 16.Be2+=) 16.de4= Ne4 17.Ne4 Re4 18.Bd3 Re8 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.Ne5 Be5 21.Be5 Re5 22.Rc8 Qc8 23.Rc1 Qe6 (better is 23...Qd7+=) 24.Qc2 Rg5? (better is 24...Qe8 25.Qc7 Re7 26.Qb6 Qa8+-) 25.Kh2 (25.Qc7 g6+-) 25...Qe5?? (better is 25...d4 26.f3 g6=) 26.g3 (26.f4 Qb8 27.Qc7 Rg2 28.Kg2 d4 29.Kh2+-) 26...Rh5 (26...f5 27.f4 Qe3 28.fg5 f4+-) 27.Qc7 (27.Qc8! Bc8 28.Rc8 Qe8 29.Re8) 27...Qc7+- 28.Rc7 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2085) – diosadelmar (2020), Active (4/0), 2004.

5.e3 Qe7

6.c4 Ngf6 7.c5 Nc5 8.bc5 Bc5 9.Be5 Bg4 10.d4 Bb6 11.Be2 (11.Nbd2 Bf5+-) 11...Ne4 12.0-0 f6 13.Bg3 Ng3 (13...0-0 14.Qb3 c6 15.Bd3+-) 14.hg3 (14.fg3?! Qe3 15.Kh1 0-0+=) 14...h5 (14...0-0 15.Nc3 c6 16.Bd3+-) 15.Nc3 g5 (15...0-0-0 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Nh4+-) 16.Nd5 Qd6 17.Nb6 ab6 18.Nd2 Bf5 (18...Qe6 19.Rc1 Be2 20.Qe2+-) 19.e4 (19.Bh5 Kf8+-) 19...0-0-0 (19...Bg6 20.d5 h4 21.gh4 Rh4+-) 20.ef5 h4 (20...Qd4 21.Nc4 Qc5 22.Qb3 Qf5 23.Rad1+-) 21.Bg4 (21.Ne4 Qd4 22.Qd4 Rd4 23.Nf6 Rf8+-) 21...hg3 (21...Qd4 22.Nb3 Qc4 23.Rc1 Rd1 A) 24.Bd1?! Qe4 25.Rc3 hg3 26.Rg3 Kb8=+ (26...Qf5?? 27.Bg4 Qg4 28.Rg4+-); B) 24.Rc4+-) 22.fg3 (22.Ne4!? Qd4 23.Qd4 Rd4+-) 22...Qg3 (22...Qd4 23.Rf2 Rh1 24.Kh1 Qf2 25.Ra2 Rh8 26.Bh3+-) 23.Qf3 Qh2 24.Kf2 Rd4 25.Rad1 (better 25.Ne4 Qe5 26.Rae1+-) 25...Qe5?? (better 25...Rf4!?=) 26.Rfe1 (better 26.Qe2!? Qf4 27.Bf3+-) 26...Qc5+/- 27.Kf1?? (better 27.Qe3 Rg4 28.Qc5 Rf4 29.Kg3 bc5 30.Ne4 Rf5 31.Rf1+/-) 27...Rf4-/+ 28.Qf4 gf4 29.Bf3?? (better 29.Bh3-/+) 29...Rh1 30.Ke2 Qe3 0-1. GM_HUSARZ (2030) - moo (1920), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.d4 f6 7.c4 (7.de5 Ne5 8.Qd5 c6+=) 7...ed4 (7...dc4!? 8.Bc4 Bb4 9.Nbd2 Bd2 10.Nd2 ed4 11.Bd4 Ne5=) 8.Nd4+= dc4 9.Bc4 Ne5 10.Be2 c6 11.0-0 Nh6 12.Qb3 Nf5 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.N2f3 g6 15.Nf5 Bf5 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Rfe1 Kf8 19.f4 Nf7 20.Bf3 Kg7 21.g3 Rhe8 22.e4 h6 23.h4 Bc7 24.h5 g5 25.Nf5 (25.Qe3!?=) 25...Bf5+= 26.ef5 Rd1 27.Rd1 Bb6 (27...gf4!? 28.gf4 Bf4-/+) 28.Kg2 Qe3 (28...gf4!? 29.gf4 Qc7=) 29.Qe3+= Re3 30.fg5 hg5? (30...Ng5 31.Rd7 Kf8 32.Bf6 Nf3 33.Bg7 Ke8 A) 34.Bh6? Ne1 (34...Kd7?! 35.Be3 Nh4 36.Kh3 Nf5 37.Bb6 ab6 38.g4-/+) 35.Kf1 Rf3 (35...Kd7?! 36.Be3 Be3 37.Ke1+=) 36.Ke1 Kd7–+; B) 34.Rb7=) 31.g4 (31.Rd7 Rb3 32.h6 Kf8 33.Bf6 Nh6 34.Bh5 Nf5 35.Rh7 (35.Rb7?! Rg3 36.Kh2 Bg1 37.Kh1 Rh3 38.Kg1 Rh5+=) 35...Rg3 36.Kh2 Bg1 37.Kh1+-) 31...Rb3+= 32.Ba1 (32.Rd2!? Be3 33.Rc2+=) 32...Ra3= 0–1. ferminkatcho (1720) – 06zb (1750), internet, 2012.

6.Be2 Ngf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 (8.Nc3 a6=+) 8...c6 (8...dc4 9.Bc4 e4 10.Nd4-/+) 9.c5= Bc7 10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Nf8 12.Re1 Ng6 13.g3 (13.Qc2 Bg4=) 13...Bg4 14.Kg2 Qd7 15.Ng5 h6 Black gets the initiative 16.Bg4 Ng4 17.Ngf3 e4 18.Nd4 (better 18.de4!? de4 19.Nd4=) 18...N6e5-/+ 19.f3 (better 19.de4!? Nd3 20.ed5 Ngf2 21.Qf3 Ne1 22.Re1-+) 19...Nd3-+ 20.fg4 Nb2 21.Qe2 Nd3 22.Rf1 g6 23.N2b3 a5 24.ba5 (24.Nc2 Ra7-+) 24...Ba5 25.Na5 Ra5 26.Nb3 Ra4 27.Ra2 (27.Nd4 Qe7-+) 27...Rea8 28.Rfa1 R8a7 29.Nd4 (29.g5 hg5 30.Kg1 Qe6-+) 29...Nc5 30.Qd1 Nd3 31.h3 Qd8 32.Qb3 Qg5 33.Re2 Qe7 34.Rea2 Ne5 35.Qc3 Nc4 36.Nc2 c5 (36...b5 37.Qb3-+) 37.Kf2 (37.Rd1 Qg5-+) 37...b5 38.Qb3 (38.Rd1 b4 39.Qb3 Qf6 40.Ke1 Qe5-+) 38...R7a5 39.Ke2 (39.Kg1 Qf6 40.Ne1 b4 41.ab4 Rb4-+) 39...Qe5 (better 39...Qf6 40.Ke1 Qf3 41.Rb1-+) 40.Ne1 (40.Rd1-+) 40...Qg3 41.Nc2 Qf3 (41...d4 42.Rd1-+) 42.Ke1 d4! 43.Rd1 (43.ed4 A pinning theme 43...Qb3) 43...d3 44.Na1 (44.Rd3 ed3 45.Qd3 Qh3 46.g5-+) 44...Qe3 (44...Qg3 45.Rf2 Qg1 46.Rf1 Qe3) 45.Kf1-+ Ra3 46.Ra3 Ra3 47.Qb5 Qf3 (47...Qf3 48.Kg1 Qd1 49.Kh2 Ra2 50.Qb2 Rb2 51.Kg3 Qf3 52.Kh4 Qf2) 0-1. petrobbo (1955) - ChessPleasure (2290), ChessWorld.net, 2018.

6.c4 dc4

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d3 =+.

7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.d4 =+.

6.c4 c6

7.c5 Bc7 8.Be2 Ngf6 9.d3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.0-0 Nf8 12.e4 d4 13.Nc4 Ng6 14.Bc1 Be6 15.Qc2 Bc4 (15...b5!? 16.cb6 ab6=+) 16.Qc4= h6 17.g3 Nh7 18.h4 Ngf8 19.Kg2 Ne6 20.Nh2 (20.Re1 a5 21.Bd2 ab4 22.ab4 Nf6=) 20...Nhf8 21.Bd2 Ng6 22.Bh5 Rf8 23.Nf3 (23.Bg4 Qd7=) 23...Kh7 24.Nh2 Rad8 25.Qc1 Nh4 (better 25...Qe8=) 26.gh4+/- Qh4 27.Bg4 Nf4 28.Bf4 ef4 29.Bf3 (29.Bf5 g6 30.Nf3 Qf6+-) 29...Rfe8 30.Rg1 Re5 (30...Kg8 31.Qd1+/-) 31.Ng4 Rg5 32.Kf1 Rg6 33.Rh1 Qe7 34.Ke2 f5 35.Nh2 Re6 36.Qc4 fe4 37.Be4 (worse 37.de4 d3 38.Ke1 Rg6+/-) 37...Re4 38.de4 Qe4 39.Kd2 Qg2 40.Qd3 Kh8 41.Qf3 Qg5 (41...Qg6 42.Ng4+-) 42.Rag1 (42.Rae1 Qf6 43.Qh5 Qf8+-) 42...Qf6 (42...Qf5 43.Qd3 Qd5 44.Rc1+-) 43.Ng4 (43.Qd3 Qf7 44.Ra1 b6+-) 43...Qf7 (43...Qe6 44.Qd3 f3=) 44.Nh6?? (better 44.Ra1 Qc4 45.Nh6 Qc3 46.Qc3 dc3 47.Kc2 gh6 48.Rae1+-) 44...Qa2= 45.Kc1 Threatening mate: Nf5 45...Qa1 46.Kc2 Qa2 47.Kc1 Qa1 48.Kc2 d3?? (better 48...Qa2 49.Kd1 Qb1 50.Kd2 Qa2 51.Ke1 Qa1 52.Kd2 Qa2=) 49.Kb3+- (49.Kb3 Qg1 50.Rg1+-) 1-0. petrobbo (2020) - johnpolanyk (1985), ChessWorld.net, 2018.

7.Be2 dc4 8.Bc4 Ngf6 9.d3=+.

7.Be2 Ngf6 8.d3 (8.c5 Bc7=) 8...0-0 (8...dc4 9.dc4 c5 10.Nh4=+) 9.Nbd2 (9.c5 Bc7=+) 9...Re8 (9...b6 10.Qa4 Bb7 11.0-0=+) 10.0-0 Nf8 (10...Qe6 11.c5 Bc7 12.Qc2=) 11.Rc1 Bd7 (11...Ng6 12.cd5 cd5 13.Qa4=) 12.cd5 (12.c5 Bc7=) 12...cd5 13.Qb3 (13.Nb3 Bg4=) 13...Ng6 14.Rfd1 (14.Rc3 Rac8=) 14...h6 (14...a5 15.d4 ed4 16.Bd4 ab4 17.Bf6 Qf6 18.ab4-/+) 15.Nf1 (15.Rc3 Rac8=) 15...Be6 (15...a5 16.d4 ab4 17.de5 Ne5 18.Be5 Be5 19.Qb4-/+) 16.d4= e4 17.Ne5 Nh4 (17...a5 18.Ng6 fg6 19.Bc3=) 18.Bc3 (18.Qa4 a6=) 18...Nh7 (18...Nf5 19.Nd2=) 19.Be1 (19.Bb5 Red8 20.f4 f6-/+) 19...f6=+ 20.Ng4 h5 21.f3 Ng2 22.Kg2 ef3 23.Bf3+= hg4 24.Bd5 Qf7 25.Be6 Re6 26.Bg3 Bg3 27.Ng3 Rae8 28.Rc3 Ng5 29.Rdc1 b6 30.Rc7 Qg6 31.Qc2 Qh6 32.e4 Nf3 33.Rh1 Nd4-/+ 34.Qa2 Kf8 35.h4 Qf4 36.Qc4?? Qf3 37.Kg1 Qg3 38.Kf1 Qf3 39.Kg1 Ne2 40.Kh2 Qg3 0–1. Fucik,Timo (1800) – Baisakow,Alexander, GER–chT U20 Greifswald, 2002.

6.d4 e4

7.Nfd2 f5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4 (worse is 11.Qc4 Nb6 12.Qe2 Be6+=) 11...Nb6 12.Be2 Be6 13.Qc2 0-0 14.Nb3 Rad8 15.Nc5 Bf7 16.g3 Nfd5 Black intends f4 17.0-0 Nc3 18.Bc3 Bd5 19.a4 f4 (19...Nc8!?+=) 20.ef4 e3 (20...Nc8 21.f3 e3 22.Bd3=) 21.a5 (better is 21.fe3!? Qe3 22.Rf2+/–) 21...Nc4= 22.f3 g5 (22...Rfe8 23.Rfe1+=) 23.Be1 (better is 23.fg5 Qg7 24.Be1+/–) 23...gf4?? (better is 23...Nd2 24.Bd2 ed2 25.Qd2 gf4=) 24.Bc4+- fg3 25.Bd5 cd5 26.hg3 (26.Bg3 e2 27.a6 Bg3 28.hg3 ef1R 29.Rf1 b6–+) 1–0. ferminkatcho (1890) – ondoko (1870), internet, 2012.

7.Nfd2 f5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Rc1 0-0 11.cd5 cd5 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.g3 Be6 14.Be2 Rac8 15.0-0 a6 16.Na4 Na4 17.Qa4 Kh8 18.Rc5 (18.Rc8!? Rc8 19.Rc1=+) 18...Bc5 19.dc5 h5 (19...Bd7 20.Qa5-/+) 20.h4 Ng4 21.Nb3 Qc7 22.Nd4 Bg8 23.Bg4 (23.c6!? Rf6 24.Rc1=+) 23...fg4-/+ 24.c6 bc6 (24...Qf7 25.cb7 Qb7 26.Rd1-+) 25.Qa6-/+ c5 (25...Qd7!?-/+) 26.bc5=+ Qc5 (26...Rf6 27.c6=+) 27.Qg6 (better 27.Nf5 d4 28.Bd4+/-) 27...Rc7?? (27...Bf7!? 28.Qg5 Qb6=+) 28.Nf5?? (28.Qh5!? Bh7 29.Ne6 Qd6+-) 28...Rf5 (better 28...Qa7 29.Qh5 Bh7=) 29.Qf5+- Qe7 (29...d4!? 30.Qe4 de3 31.fe3 Re7+-) 30.Qh5 Bh7 31.Qd5 Rd7 32.Qa8 Rd8 33.Qc6 Bg8 (33...Qf7 34.h5! Qh5 35.Bg7 Kg8 36.Bd4+-) 34.Rc1 Rd2?? (34...Bd5 35.Qg6+-) 35.Bd4 (35.Qh6 Bh7 36.Rc8 Rd8 37.Rd8 Qd8 38.Qg7) 35...Qf7 (35...Kh7+-) 36.Qh6 Bh7 37.Rc8 Qg8 38.Qg7 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2535) - worstofall (2060), lichess.org, 2017.

5.e3 Ne7

6.Nc3 e4 7.Nd4 c6 8.d3=.

6.c4 0-0 7.cd5 (better is 7.c5 Bc5 8.bc5+/–) 7...Nd5+= 8.Nc3 c6 (8...Nc3 9.dc3 a5 10.Bd3+=) 9.Nd5= cd5 10.Be2 (10.Qb3 d4=) 10...e4 11.Nd4 Nf6 12.d3 a6 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qb1 Qe7 16.h3 Ne8 (16...Rc1 17.Qc1 Rc8 18.Qb1+=) 17.de4 de4 18.Rc8 Bc8 19.0-0 Qg5 (19...Nc7 20.Rd1=) 20.g4 (better is 20.Qe4!? Nf6 21.h4 Ne4 22.hg5 Ng5 23.Rd1+=) 20...f5 21.f4 (21.Qa2!? Kh8 22.Ne6 Be6 23.Qe6 fg4 24.hg4+=) 21...ef3-/+ 22.Bf3? (better is 22.Rf3!? fg4 23.h4 Qh4 24.Qa2 Kh8 25.Rf8 Bf8 26.Qf7-/+) 22...Qe3 23.Kg2 fg4 (23...Qe5 24.Rf2 fg4 25.hg4 Bg4 26.Qd1–+) 24.hg4 (better is 24.Bd5 Kh8 25.Rf8 Bf8 26.hg4–+) 24...Qd2?? (better is 24...Qe5 25.Rf2 Bg4–+) 25.Rf2+= Qg5 The isolani on g4 becomes a target 26.Qe4? (better is 26.Qc1 Qd8 27.Bd5 Kh8 28.Rf8 Bf8 29.Bf3-/+) 26...Nf6–+ 27.Qe2 Re8 (better is 27...Ng4 28.Bg4 Bg4 29.Rf8 Kf8 30.Qf2 Kg8–+) 28.Bd5?? (28.Qc4 Kh8 29.Qc1 Qh4–+) 28...Kf8 (28...Qd5 29.Qf3 Re4 30.Qb3 Rg4 31.Kf1 Rd4 32.Qd5 Rd5 33.Bf6 gf6 34.Rf6–+) 29.Qf3?? (better is 29.Ne6 Be6 30.Be6–+) 29...Bg4 30.Qg3 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2090) – NN, jeu.europe–echecs.com, 2013.

6.c4 d4?? 7.c5+- Nc5 8.bc5 Bc5 9.Ne5 Qd6 10.Nc4 Qf6 11.ed4 Bd4 12.Bd4 Qd4 13.Nc3 Qc4?? (13...Be6 14.Ne3 0-0-0+-) 14.Bc4 Bf5 15.0-0 0-0 16.Qb3 Ng6 17.h3 (better 17.Qb7!? Rad8+-) 17...b6 18.Rfe1 Bd7 19.Bd5 Rad8 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Ng3 (better 21.Ng5 Nh8 22.Re7 Bg6+-) 21...Bd3 22.Qd3 c6 23.Qb3 (better 23.Bf7 Kf7 24.Qb3 Rd5+-) 23...Rd5 24.d4! h6 (24...Rd4 25.Qc3 Double attack (25.Qc3 Decoy)) 25.Rad1 (25.Rac1!? Rd6+-) 25...Nf4 26.f3 (better 26.Qc2!? Rfd8+-) 26...Ne6 27.Ne4 (27.Qc4 Rc8+-) 27...Rfd8 (27...Nd4 28.Qa4 Rfd8 29.Nc3+-) 28.Rd2 (28.Nc3 R5d6 29.d5 cd5 30.Rd5 Kh7+-) 28...Nf4 (28...Nd4 29.Qa2+-) 29.Red1 Ne6 30.a4 (30.Qa4 R8d7+-) 30...Nf4 (30...Nd4 31.Qb2 c5 32.Nc3+-) 31.a5! Ra5 (31...ba5 32.Qa4 Decoy; 31...Ra5 32.Qc4 Combination). POLSKA_HUSARIA (2075) - clownopening (2115), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Be2 0-0 7.Nc3 c6 8.0-0 Nb6 9.d3 Ng6 10.b5 Bd7 11.bc6 Bc6 12.h3 Qd7 13.Re1 f5 14.g3 (14.Qd2 Rac8=+) 14...Be7 15.d4 e4 16.Nd2 Rac8 17.Nb3 (17.Kh2 Bd6-/+) 17...Nc4 18.Bc4 dc4 19.Nd2 b5 20.Qe2 a5 (20...a6 21.Red1-/+) 21.Rec1 (21.Red1 Qe6-/+) 21...b4 (21...Rf7!?–+) 22.Qc4-/+ Kh8 23.Nd1 Ba4 24.Qa2 Rc2 25.ab4 Rc1 26.Rc1 ab4 27.Nb3 Rd8 28.Ra1 Bc6 29.Nc5 Bc5 30.dc5 f4 31.Bd4 (31.ef4 Qd1 32.Rd1 Rd1 33.Kg2 e3 34.f3 Rd2 35.Kg1 Bf3 36.Bg7 Kg7 37.Qa1 Kf7 38.Qf1–+) 31...fe3–+ 32.fe3 Qh3 33.Qh2 Qf5 34.Qb2 Qg5 35.Bg7 Kg8 36.Bd4 (36.Kf2 Qc5 37.Bd4 Rf8 38.Ke1 Qc4-/+) 36...Nh4 (better is 36...Qg3 37.Qg2 Qg2 38.Kg2 Nh4 39.Kh3 Nf3–+) 37.Kf2 Rf8 38.Ke2 Nf3 39.Nf2 Qg3 40.Rf1 Bb5 41.Kd1 Bf1 42.Qa2 b3 43.Qb3 Rf7 44.Qd5 Be2 45.Kc1 Nd4 46.Qd8 Rf8 47.Qd5 Ne6 48.Qe6 Kh8 49.Qe4 Rd8 50.c6 Qg1 (51.Kb2 Rb8 52.Kc2 Qb1 (52...Qf2?! 53.Qe5 Kg8 54.Qb8 Kg7 55.Qe5 Qf6 56.Qd4-/+) 53.Kd2 Qb2 54.Ke1 Rd8 55.Qe5 Qe5–+; 50...Qf2?! 51.Qe5 Kg8 52.Qg5 Kf7 53.Qd8 Qe3 54.Kb2 Qe5 55.Kc2–+) 0–1. Hohlstein,Walter (1955) – Scholz,Sascha (2040), RSX9E – A00 – Sokolsky–2, 2004.

6.Be2 a5 7.b5 e4 8.Nd4=.

6.c4= dc4

7.Bc4 0-0 8.0-0 Ng6 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Be2 Bg4 (10...Be6 11.Ne4=) 11.Nb5 (11.d4 Bf3 12.Bf3 Nc4=) 11...Qe7 (11...e4 A) worse 12.Nd6 ef3 (12...cd6?! 13.Ne1 Be2 14.Qe2=) 13.gf3 Bh3-/+; B) 12.Ne1 Be2 13.Qe2=) 12.Rc1 Nd5 13.d3 a5 14.Nd6 cd6 (14...Qd6 15.b5=) 15.b5 Rac8 16.Nd2?? (16.Rc8 Bc8 17.Qd2 b6=) 16...Be6?? (better 16...Rc1 17.Bc1 Nc3 18.Bg4 Nd1 19.Rd1 d5-+) 17.Nc4+= f5 18.Na5 f4 19.ef4 (19.e4 Rc1 20.Qc1 Nf6+=) 19...Ndf4 (19...Ngf4 20.Bf3=) 20.Bf3 Nh4 21.Bb7 Rb8 22.g3?? (better 22.Bc6+=) 22...Rb7 23.Nb7 (23.gh4 Qh4 24.f3 Qg5 25.Kf2 Qg2 26.Ke1-+) 23...Bd5 (better 23...Nh3 24.Kh1 Bd5 25.f3 Nf3 26.Nd6 Ne1 27.Qf3 Rf3 28.Rc8 Qf8 29.Rf8 Rf8 30.Ne4 Rf1) 24.f3?? (24.gf4 Nf3 25.Qf3 Bf3 26.Rfe1-+) 24...Nh3-+ (24...Qb7?! 25.gf4 Nf3 26.Rf3 Bf3 27.Qc2=+) 25.Kh1 Qb7 26.gh4 (26.gh4 Rf3 27.Kg2 Re3 28.Qf3 Bf3 29.Kh3 Be2 30.Rf3 Qf3). GM_HUSARZ (1965) - Hadzik1990 (2010), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bc4 0-0 8.d4 Nb6 9.Bd3 ed4 10.Bd4 Nf5 11.Bb2 Bd7 12.Qc2 Ba4 13.Qe2 Qd7 (better is 13...Nh4!?=) 14.Nc3+= Bb3 (14...Ne7 15.Na4 Qa4 16.Nd4+/–) 15.0-0 (better is 15.Bf5!? Qf5 16.Nd4+-) 15...Be6 16.Rad1 Rae8 17.Qc2 Nc4 18.Ne4 Nb2 19.Qb2 Qc8 20.Nd6 Nd6 21.Ng5 Bf5 22.Qc2 Bd3 23.Qd3 Qf5 24.Qf5 Nf5 25.Rd7 Nd6 (25...f6!? 26.Nf3 Rf7+=) 26.Rc7+/– f6 27.Nf3 Rc8 28.Rfc1 b5 29.Rc8 Rc8 30.Rc8 Nc8 31.Nd4 a6 32.f3 Nb6 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Nc2 Kf7 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Kd3 a5? 37.ba5 Na5 38.Nd4 Kd5 39.Nb5 Kc5 40.g4?? g6?? 41.h4?? h6?? 42.Nc3+- Nc4 43.a4 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (2090) – Cadet,Yves, Match, 2011.

6.c4= c6

7.Qb3 0-0 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be2 Be6 10.0-0 h6 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nb5 d4 13.Qd1 (better is 13.Qc2=) 13...de3?? (better is 13...Bb8!? 14.ed4 e4=) 14.fe3 (14.de3!? Bb8 15.Be5 (15.Ne5?! a6+=) 15...Be5 16.Ne5+/–) 14...Ng6+= 15.Qe1 Bb8 16.h3 (better is 16.Rd1=) 16...a6–+ 17.Nc3 Qb6 (better is 17...e4 18.Nd4 Qd6–+) 18.Qf2 Ba7 (18...e4 19.Nd4=) 19.Kh1 Rad8 20.Rfd1 Nf4 (20...Bb3 21.Rdc1=) 21.d4 (better is 21.Ne5!? Ne2 22.Ne2+=) 21...ed4+= 22.Nd4 Ne2 23.Nce2 Bc4 24.Nf5 Bd3?? (24...Ne4 25.Qh4 Rd1 (worse is 25...Be2 26.Rd8 Rd8 27.Qe4+=) 26.Rd1 Be2-/+) 25.Bf6?? (better is 25.Bd4 Rd4 26.ed4 (26.Nfd4?! Ne4 27.Qf3 Be2 28.Ne2 Qe3 29.Qe3 Be3+/–) 26...Bf5 27.Qf5+-) 25...Qf6-/+ 26.Neg3 Kh8 27.Qf4 Bf5 28.Nf5 Qg6 29.Rac1 Rd1 30.Rd1 Re8 31.e4 Qc6 32.Qg4+/– Qg6 33.Qg6 fg6 34.Nd6 Re6 35.Nb7 Re4 36.Nc5 Bc5 37.bc5 Rc4 38.Rd6 Rc5 39.Ra6+/– Rc2 40.Kh2 Ra2 0–1. elsh1403 (1635) – wstretnybil (1805), internet, 2012.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.cd5 cd5 9.Rc1=.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.cd5 cd5 9.Be2 =+.

7.Nc3 a6 8.cd5= cd5 9.Qb3 (9.Be2 0-0=) 9...Nf6=+ 10.d4 e4 11.Ne5 0-0 12.0-0-0 (12.Be2 Be6 13.Qc2 Ng6=+) 12...Ng4 (12...Be6 13.Be2-/+) 13.Ng4 (13.Rd2 Be5 14.de5 Be6-/+ (14...Ne5?! 15.Ne4 f6 16.Kd1=)) 13...Bg4 14.Rd2 b5 (14...a5 15.h3 ab4 16.ab4-/+) 15.Kb1 (15.Rc2 Bc7-/+) 15...Be6 16.f3 (16.Rc2 Rc8-/+) 16...ef3 (16...Qb6 17.Rc2-/+) 17.gf3=+ Qd7 (17...Rc8 18.Bd3-/+) 18.Rg1 Rfb8 19.Bd3 (19.Rdg2 g6=+) 19...a5-/+ 20.Rdg2 g6 21.e4 (21.Kc1!?-/+) 21...ab4 22.ab4 de4 23.Ne4 Bb3 24.Nf6= Kg7 25.Nd7 Ba2 26.Kc1 Rc8 27.Kd1 Nd5-/+ 28.Rg5? h6 29.Rd5?? Bd5–+ 30.Nb6 Bb3 31.Ke1 Re8 32.Kf1 Ra2 33.Rg2 Bb4 34.d5 Kh7 35.Be4 f5 36.Nd7 fe4 37.Nf6 Kg7 38.Ne8 Kf7 39.Nc7 ef3 40.Rf2 Bd1 41.Bd4 Be2 42.Kg1 Rd2 43.Re2 fe2 44.Bf2 Bc5 (45.d6 e1Q 46.Kg2 Qf2 47.Kh3 Qe3 48.Kg4 Rd4) 0–1. Maeurer,Christoph (2310) – Pfrommer,Christoph (2310), BL2–Sued, 2002.

7.Nc3 a6 8.Be2 0-0 9.d4 (9.c5 Bc7=) 9...e4 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.b5 (11.Rc1 Re8=) 11...dc4 (11...ab5 12.cd5 b4 13.Nce4 Ne4 14.Ne4 ba3 15.dc6 Nc6 16.Nd6 Qd6 17.Bc3=+) 12.bc6 (12.ba6 b5=+ (< 12...ba6 13.Nde4 Ne4 14.Ne4+=)) 12...Nc6 (12...b5 13.Nde4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Nc6 15.Rc1=+) 13.Nc4= Bf5 (13...Bc7 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Rd1=) 14.Nd6 Qd6 15.a4 Rfc8 16.Ba3 Qd7 17.Rc1 Ne7 18.Be7 Qe7 19.0-0 Qb4 (better is 19...Rc7=) 20.Qd2 (better is 20.Qe1!? Qb3 21.f3=) 20...Nd5!-/+ 21.Nb1 (21.Nd5 Qd2) 21...Qa4 22.Rc5 Be6 23.Rfc1 Qd7 24.Qc2 Rc5 25.dc5 f5 26.c6 bc6 27.Qc6 Rc8 28.Qc8=+ Qc8 29.Rc8 Bc8 30.Bc4 Be6 31.Ba6 Kf7 32.Bb7 Nb6 33.Nc3 Bc8 34.Bd5 Be6 35.Bc6 Bd7 36.Na4 Bc6 37.Nb6 Ke6 38.Nc4 Kd5 39.Nd2 Ba4 40.h4 h6 41.Kh2 Bd1 42.Kg3 g5 43.Kh2 Be2 44.Nb3 Bh5 45.Nd4 Ke5 46.g3 Be8 47.Kg2 f4 48.Kf1 fe3 49.fe3=+ gh4 50.gh4 Bh5 51.Kf2 Bd1 52.Kg3 h5 53.Kf2 Bg4 54.Ke1 Kd5 55.Kd2 Kc5 56.Kc3 Bd1 57.Nf5 Kd5 58.Kb4 Ke5 59.Ng3 Kd5 60.Kb5 Bg4 61.Kb4 Bd1 62.Nf5 Bg4 63.Ne7 Kd6 64.Ng6 Ke6 65.Kc5 Kf5 66.Ne7 Ke6 67.Nc6 Bf3 68.Kd4 Kf5 ½–½. Schwalen,Peter – Nordhoff,Georg, Ruhrgebiet VK2, 1997.

7.d3 0-0 8.Be2 a5 9.c5 Bc7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.h4 Re8 12.h5 Ngf8 13.h6 g6 14.Qa4 f5 15.Kf1 Ne6 16.Kg1 e4 17.Ne1 Be5 18.Be5 Ne5 19.Rd1 (19.d4 Nf7=) 19...Qg5 20.Qb3 (20.Nf1 Bd7=) 20...Nf7 (20...ab4 21.ab4 (< 21.Qb4 f4 22.de4 fe3-/+) 21...Rf8 22.Rh3=) 21.Qb2 ab4 22.ab4 Nh6 (22...Rf8 23.Rh3=) 23.Nef3 ef3 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.Rh6 f4 26.e4 Qg7 27.Qg7 Kg7 28.Rh1 de4 29.de4 Ra2 30.Rd2 Ra4 31.Rb2 Nc7 32.Nd2 Be6 33.Kh2 Rd8 34.e5 (34.Rd1 Ra3=) 34...Rd4 35.Rhb1 Bd5 36.Nf3 Bf3 37.Bf3 Kf7 38.Rd1 Nb5 (38...Rab4? 39.Rb4 Rb4 40.Rd7 Ke6 41.Rc7 Ke5 42.Rh7+-) 39.Bg4 Rd1 40.Bd1 Ra8 41.Bb3 Ke7 42.Rd2 Rd8 43.Rd8 Kd8 44.Kh3 Nd4 45.Bg8 Ke7 46.Kg4 (< 46.Bh7 Kf7-/+) 46...Kf8 47.Bc4 (< 47.Bh7 f3 48.gf3 Kg7-/+) 47...Nc2 48.b5 cb5 49.Bb5 (49...Nd4 50.Bc4+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – De Virgilio,Osmar, Memorial Rolando Illa, 2005.

7.d4 ed4 8.ed4 (8.Bd4 f6+=) 8...0-0 9.Nbd2 (9.c5 Bc7=) 9...Re8 10.Be2 Nf6 11.0-0 Nf5 12.Ne5 (12.c5 Bf4=) 12...Be6 (better is 12...Nd4!? 13.Bd4 Be5 (worse is 13...Re5 14.c5+=) 14.Be5 Re5-/+) 13.c5= Bc7 14.f4?? (14.Bd3 Nd7=) 14...h6?? (better is 14...Ne3 15.Qb3 Nf1 16.Rf1 Ne4–+) 15.Qb3 Ne4 16.Ne4 de4 17.Qc3 f6 18.Nc4 Bd5 19.Rae1 Qd7 20.Ne3 Ne3 21.Qe3 Qf5 22.g4 Qg6 23.Rf2 f5 24.Rg2 fg4 25.Rg4 Qf6 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Rf2? (27.f5 b5=) 27...Rae8?? (better is 27...h5 28.Rg3 Bf4 29.Rf4 Qf4 30.Qf4 Rf4–+) 28.Bc1 Re7 29.Rfg2 (29.f5!? Ref7 30.Qh6 Qh6 31.Bh6=) 29...Ref7 30.Qg3? (better is 30.Kh1-/+) 30...Qd4–+ 31.Be3 Qa1 32.Kf2 (32.Bf1 Kh8–+) 32...g5 33.h4 Rg7?? (better is 33...Be6 34.hg5 Bg4–+) 34.hg5+= hg5 35.Rg5= Rff7? 36.Rg7 Rg7= 37.Qg7 Qg7 38.Rg7 Kg7 39.Bd1 Kg6 0–1. ferminkatcho (1745) – pavpav (1785), internet, 2013.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 0-0 9.Nc3 a6 10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Be2 Re8 12.0-0 Qc7 13.h3 Be6 14.cd5 cd5 15.Rac1 Qd7 16.Rfd1 Bh3 17.gh3? (better is 17.Na4 Bg4 18.Nc5-/+) 17...Qh3–+ 18.Nf1 Nf5 19.Nd5 (19.f4 ef3 20.Bf3 Qf3 21.Qc2–+) 19...Nh4 20.Nf6 gf6 0–1. ognos – lenafranek, internet, 2013.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 0-0 9.Nc3 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.c5 Bc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.ab5 (13.0-0 Nf6=) 13...ab5 14.0-0 f5 (14...Nf6 15.Qc2=) 15.f3 (15.Qb3 Nf6+=) 15...Nf6= 16.f4 (16.g3 Bd7=) 16...Kh8 (16...Ng4 17.Bg4 fg4 18.Qb3-/+) 17.Kh1 (17.Nb3 Be6+=) 17...Rg8 (17...Ng4 18.Bg4 fg4 19.Qe2=+) 18.g3 (18.Nb3 Be6+=) 18...g5 (18...Ng4 19.Bg4 fg4 20.Qe2=+) 19.Ra7 (19.fg5 Rg5 20.Ra7 Be6=) 19...Be6 (19...gf4 20.ef4 Be6 21.Rg1=) 20.Qb3 (20.fg5 Rg5 21.Qa1 Kg8=) 20...Qd7 (20...gf4 21.ef4 Qd7 22.Nd1=+) 21.Nd1 (21.fg5 Rg5 22.Kg1 h5=+) 21...Rg6 (21...gf4!? 22.ef4 Ra8 23.Ra8 Ra8=+) 22.Nf2 (22.fg5!? Rg5 23.Nf2+-) 22...gf4= 23.ef4 Rbg8 (23...Rh6 24.Rfa1=) 24.Rfa1 (24.Nh3 h6+=) 24...Rh6 25.Nf1 (25.Rb7 Rb8 26.Rb8 Bb8+=) 25...Ng6 (25...Qc8 26.Qa3=) 26.Qe3 (26.R1a6 Rg7+=) 26...Qg7 (26...Nf8 27.g4 Rh4 28.Ng3=+) 27.Ra8 (27.R1a6 Qd7=) 27...Bb8 28.Bc1 (28.Bc3 Ne7=) 28...Bf7 29.Bd2 (29.Qc3 Ne7=) 29...Ne7 30.R1a6 (30.Bc3 Bh5=) 30...Nd7 (30...Bh5 31.Bh5 Nh5 32.Qa3=) 31.Qb3 (31.Nd1 Nf6=) 31...Bh5 (31...Qd4?? 32.Bc3 Be5 33.Bd4 Bd4 34.Kg2+-) 32.Qd1 (32.Bh5!? Rh5 33.Qe3=) 32...Be2-/+ 33.Qe2 Re6 (better 33...Qd4!? 34.Ra3 Qg7=+) 34.Ne3 (34.Bc3 Rh6=) 34...Qf7 (34...Rg6!?=) 35.Nh3+= h6 36.Be1 (36.Bc3 Kg7+=) 36...Kh7 37.Ng1 (37.Bc3 Nf6+=) 37...Rg7 (37...Nf6 38.h3=) 38.Ng2 (38.Bc3 Rg8+=) 38...Ng8 (38...Rg8 39.Bd2=) 39.Ne3 (39.Ra1 Ne7=) 39...Qg6 (39...Ne7 40.Bd2+=) 40.Nh3 (40.Qg2 Ngf6+=) 40...Ngf6 41.Nf2 (41.Ra3!?=) 41...Bf4-/+ 42.Nh3 Bg5 (42...Be3!? 43.Qe3 Nh5-/+) 43.Ng2= Qh5 (43...Nh5!? 44.Rc8 Rge7=) 44.Qh5+= Nh5 45.Rc8 f4? (better 45...Bc1+=) 46.gf4+- Bf6 47.Rcc6?? (better 47.f5 Ree7 48.Rcc6+-) 47...Rc6+= 48.Rc6 Bd4 49.Rd6 (49.Nh4 Rf7+=) 49...Ndf6= 50.Bh4 (50.Rb6=) 50...e3?? (50...Ra7 51.Be1 Ra1–+) 51.Bf6 (better 51.Ne3!? Be3 52.Bf6 Nf6 53.Rf6+=) 51...Nf6= 52.c6?? (52.Ne3 Ne4 53.Nf5 Nd6 54.cd6= (worse 54.Ng7 Kg7 55.cd6 Kf6=+)) 52...Ne4–+ 53.Rd7 (53.Rd5?? Nf2 54.Kg1 e2 (54...Nh3?! 55.Kf1 Bf6 56.Rd7 Rd7 57.cd7–+) 55.Ng5 hg5–+) 53...Nf2 54.Kg1 Nh3 55.Kf1 Bb6 (55...Rd7 56.cd7 Bb6 57.Ne3 Nf4 58.Nc2–+) 56.Ne3 (56.Rb7 Rb7 57.cb7 Bc7 58.Ne3 Nf4–+) 56...Nf4 (56...Rd7 57.cd7 Nf4 58.Nf5–+) 57.Nd5 (57.Rb7 Rb7 (57...Be3?? 58.Rg7 Kg7 59.c7+-) 58.cb7 Bc7–+) 57...Nd5 (better 57...Rd7 58.Nf6 Kg6 59.Nd7 Bc7–+) 58.Rd5 Rg5?? (better 58...Rg6–+) 59.Rd7= Rg7 60.Rd5 Rc7 (60...Rg6 61.Rd7 Kg8 62.c7 Rf6 63.Kg2 Rf2 64.Kg3–+) 61.Rb5 (61.Rd6 Rc8–+) 61...Rc6 62.Rd5 (62.Ke2 Rd6–+) 62...Kg6 (62...Rc2 63.Rd7 Kg8 64.Rb7–+) 63.h4 (63.Ke2 Kf7–+) 63...h5 (63...Rf6 64.Ke2–+) 64.Ke2 (64.b5 Rf6 65.Kg2 Bf2–+) 64...Re6 (better 64...Rf6 65.Rd3 Bc7–+) 65.Kd3? (better 65.Kf3–+) 65...Bf2 66.Rg5 Kh6 67.b5 (67.Rg2 Bh4 68.b5 Bd8–+) 67...Bh4 68.Rc5 (68.Rg2 Bd8–+) 68...Re7 69.Rc4 (69.Rc6 Kg5 70.Rc5 Kg6 71.b6–+) 69...Bg3 70.Re4 Rb7 71.Rb4 (71.Re6 Kg5 72.Ke4 Rb5–+) 71...h4 72.Ke4 (72.Ke2 h3 73.Rb1–+) 72...Rf7 73.Rb3 Kg5 74.b6 (74.Rf3 Re7 75.Kd5 Kg4–+) 74...Kg4 75.b7 (75.Kd5 h3 76.Rb4 Kf5–+) 75...Rf8 (better 75...Bb8 76.Kd5 h3 77.Rb4 Kf5 78.Kc4–+) 76.Rc3 (76.Rb6 Re8 77.Kd5–+) 76...Rf7 (better 76...h3 77.Rc1–+) 77.Rb3?? (better 77.Rg3 hg3 78.b8Q Re7 79.Kd4+-) 77...Bb8–+ 78.Kd5 (78.Rb1 h3 79.Rg1 Kh5–+) 78...h3 79.Ke6 (79.Rb4 Kf5–+) 79...Rh7 80.Rb4 Kf3 81.Rb1 h2 82.Rh1 Ke2 83.Kf5 Kf2 84.Kg6 Rh3 (84...Re7 85.Rb1–+) 85.Kg5 Kg2 (85...Kg2 86.Rh2 Bh2–+) 0–1. Kossobudzki,Robert (2130) – Jahncke,Giso (2400), European Rapid, 2017.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 0-0 9.Nc3 f5 10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Be2 Be6 12.h3 Qb8 13.0-0-0? (13.c5 Bc7=) 13...a5 (13...dc4 14.Bc4 Nfd5 15.b5-/+) 14.f3 (better is 14.b5!? dc4 15.Nc4+=) 14...ab4–+ 15.ab4 ef3 16.gf3 dc4 17.Bc4 Nfd5 18.e4 fe4 19.fe4 Rf2?? (better is 19...b5 20.Bd5 cd5 21.ed5 Bd7-/+) 20.ed5+- cd5 21.Nd5 Qc8? (better is 21...Nd5 22.Bd5 Bd5 23.Qd5 Kh8+-) 22.Ne7 Be7 23.Kb1 (23.d5 Bf7 24.Qg3 Rf6 25.Bf6 Bf6+-) 23...Bc4 24.Qc4 Qc4 25.Nc4 Bb4 26.Rhg1 b5 27.Nb6 Re8 28.Nd5 Ree2 29.Bc1 Bd6 (29...Rf3 30.h4+-) 30.Rdf1 b4 (30...Rf1 31.Rf1 Rh2 32.Rf3+-) 31.Rf2 (31.Rf2 Rf2 32.Nb6+-) 1–0. ferminkatcho (1735) – rovinjcro (1755), internet, 2013.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 f5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Be2 Be6 12.h3 (12.c5 Bc7=) 12...dc4 13.Bc4 Nfd5 14.Rc1 (14.b5 a6 15.bc6 bc6=) 14...Qe8 (14...b5 15.Bd5 Nd5 16.Nd5 Bd5 17.Qc2-/+) 15.0-0 (15.b5=) 15...g5 (15...b5!? 16.Bd5 Nd5+=) 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.f3 ef3 18.Nf3 Qg6 19.Ne5 Be5 20.de5 Rae8 21.Rcd1 h5 (21...Nb6 22.Be6 Qe6 23.Qe6 Re6 24.Rd6 Rd6 25.ed6=) 22.Rd5 (22.Bd4!?+=) 22...cd5+= 23.Bd5 Bd5 24.Qd5 Qf7 (24...Rf7+=) 25.e6 (better is 25.Qd4=) 25...Qe7?? (better is 25...Qe6 26.Qb7 Re7-/+) 26.Rf5+- Rf5 27.Qf5 h4 (27...Rc8+-) 28.Qg6 Kf8 29.Bf6 (29.Qh6 Kg8 30.Qh8) 29...Qe6 30.Qg7 1–0. ferminkatcho (1685) – uplc (1945), internet, 2012.

7.d4 e4 8.Ne5+=.

7.cd5 cd5 8.Bb5 =+.

7.cd5 cd5 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Ng5 Bf5 Black prepares the advance e4 12.0-0 e4 (12...Nc6 13.Nb5 Qg5 14.Nd6 Bh3-/+) 13.a4 (13.f3!? Qb8 14.fe4 Bh2 15.Kh1 de4 16.Bh5+=) 13...Ng6 (13...Nc6 14.h4 Bb4-/+) 14.a5? (14.f4 h6 15.a5 hg5 16.ab6 A) worse is 16...Qb6 17.Nd5 (worse is 17.Qd5 Ne7 18.Qb3 Qb4+=) 17...Qc6 18.Rac1+/–; B) 16...d4 17.ba7 Be6+=) 14...Nc4?? (14...Qg5 15.ab6 d4 16.ed4-/+) 15.Bc4?? (better is 15.Nge4 Bh2 16.Kh2 Be4 17.Bc1=) 15...dc4–+ 16.Qc4 Qg5 17.g3?? (better is 17.Ne4 Bh2! 18.Kh2 Qh4 19.Kg1 Qe4 20.Qe4 Be4 21.f3–+) 17...Qg4 (17...Ne5 18.f4 Qg3 19.hg3 Nc4 20.g4–+) 18.Qd4 (18.f3 ef3 19.Qg4 Bg4–+) 18...Rad8 (18...Be5 19.Qc4 Be6 20.Qe4 Qe4 21.Ne4 Bb2 22.Rab1–+) 19.Nd5 Be5 20.Ne7 Kh8 (better is 20...Ne7 21.Qe5 Rfe8–+) 21.Ng6= hg6 22.Qe5 f6 23.Qf4 Rd2 24.Ba3 (24.Bc3 Rd7=) 24...Qh3 25.b5 Rfd8 26.Qh4 Qh4 27.gh4 R8d5 28.b6 ab6 (worse is 28...Ra5 29.Bb4 Ra1 30.Ra1+/–) 29.ab6 Bh3 30.Rfe1 Rh5 (30...Rf5 31.Red1 Rdf2 32.Bd6–+) 31.Bb4 (31.Red1!? Rd1 32.Rd1-/+) 31...Rb2–+ 32.Bd6 1–0. anonymouuus – mars2010, internet, 2013.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e4 N5f6=.

6.c4 e4

7.c5+= Bc5 8.bc5 ef3 9.Qf3 Nc5 10.Bg7 Rg8=.

7.c5+= Nc5? 8.bc5+- ef3 (8...Bc5 9.Bg7 Rg8 10.Bd4 ef3 11.Qf3 Bd4 12.ed4-/+) 9.cd6 fg2 10.Bg2 Qd6 11.Qf3 Bf5 12.Qg3 Qg3 13.hg3 f6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Ne2 Kd7 16.Nd4 Bd3 17.Bh3 Kd6 18.Rc1 Rae8 19.Rc3 Ba6 20.a4 b6 21.Ne6 g6 22.Ba3 c5 23.Nc5! bc5 24.Bc5 Kc6?? 25.Be7 Bc4 26.Bf6 Rhf8 27.Bd4 Rb8 28.Rc1 Rb3 29.Bf1 Rfb8 30.Bc4 dc4 31.Rc4 Kd6 32.Rh7 a5 33.Rcc7 R8b4 34.Bc5 (34...Ke6 35.Bb4 Rb4 36.Rc6 Kd5 37.Rg6 Ra4 38.Rh5 Kc4 39.Rg4 Kb3 40.Ra4 Ka4 41.Ra5 Kb4 42.d4+-) 1–0. Jina,J (1705) – Pensimus,P (1725), OCC–2002–04, 2002.

7.Nd4 dc4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bc4=.

7.Nd4 c6 8.Qb3 dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Nc3 Nb6 (10...Nf6!?=) 11.Be2 Nf5 12.Ne4 Nd4 13.Bd4 (worse is 13.ed4 Re8 14.Nd6 Qd6+=) 13...Be6 (13...Bc7!?+/–) 14.Qb2 f6 15.0-0 (15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Bc5 Qd5+-) 15...Be7 16.Nc5 Bc5 (16...Qc8 17.Ne6 Qe6 18.Rac1+-) 17.Bc5 (17.bc5!? Nc4 18.Qb3 Qd5 19.Qb7 Nd2+-) 17...Re8 18.Rad1 Nd5 19.Bc4 b6 20.Bd4 Rb8 21.e4 Nf4 22.Be6 Re6 23.Rfe1 c5 24.Be3 (24.bc5? bc5 25.Bf6 Rf6–+) 24...Nd3 (24...Re4? 25.f3 (25.bc5?! Nd3 26.Qa2 Kh8+=) 25...Rd4 26.Bd4 Qd4 27.Qd4 cd4 28.Re4+-) 25.Qb3 Qd7 26.Re2 (26.bc5!? Ne1 27.Re1+=) 26...cb4= 27.ab4 Kh8 (27...Rc8 28.Kf1+=) 28.f3= Rc6 (28...Rc8=) 29.Ra1 (better is 29.b5!? Rc7 30.Qd5+=) 29...Rbc8+= 30.g3 (30.Ree1 Ne1 31.Re1 Rc1 32.Rc1 Rc1 33.Kf2 f5-/+) 30...Rc1 31.Rc1 Nc1 32.Qd1 Ne2 33.Qe2 a5 34.ba5 ba5 35.d4 a4 36.e5? fe5–+ 37.de5 a3 38.Qa2 Qe7 39.Bd4 Rd8 40.Qc4 h6 41.f4 Rd4?? 42.Qd4+= a2 43.f5?? Qb7 44.Qd8?? Kh7 45.f6 (45.Qa5 Qb1 46.Kg2–+) 45...Qb1 46.Kg2 a1Q 47.fg7 Qab2 48.Kh3 Qf5 49.Kh4 Qh2 0–1. elsh1403 – denisgov (1710), internet, 2013.

7.Bg7 Rg8 8.c5 ef3 (8...Rg7?! 9.cd6 cd6 10.Nd4=) 9.Qf3 Bc5 (worse is 9...Rg7 10.cd6 cd6 11.d4-/+) 10.bc5 Rg7 –+.

5.e3 f5

6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 Qe7 8.d3 Ngf6 9.Ng5 h6 (9...Nb6 10.Bf7 Kd8 11.Qb3=) 10.Nf7+= Rf8 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.0-0 (12.Nd2 Nb6+=) 12...Nb6 13.Nd2 Bd7 (13...Be6 14.Be6 Qe6 15.Rc1+=) 14.Rc1 Bc6 (14...0-0-0 15.f4 ef4 16.Rf4+=) 15.b5 Bd7 (15...Bd5 16.Bd5 Nfd5 17.Qf3+/–) 16.a4 Rd8 (16...Kd8!?+/–) 17.Qb3+- 1–0. Magat – Malmstroem,Jan, email 4AMM–05, 1997.

6.c4 c6

7.Nc3 dc4 8.Bc4 Ngf6 9.Ng5+=.

7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.Qb3 dc4 9.Bc4 Qe7 10.Na4?? (better is 10.d4=) 10...b5–+ 11.Bb5 (11.Be2 ba4 12.Qa4–+) 11...cb5 12.Nc5 Bc5 13.bc5 Nc5 (13...Qc5?! 14.Qe6 Kd8 15.Rc1–+) 14.Qb5 Bd7 (14...Nfd7!? 15.Bc3 Ba6 16.Qa5–+) 15.Qc4 Rb8 16.Be5 Bb5 17.Qa2 (17.Bf6 Qf6 18.Qc3 Nd3 19.Kf1 Nf4 20.Ke1 Ng2 21.Kd1–+) 17...Nd3 18.Kd1 Nf2 19.Ke1 Nd3 20.Kd1 Ne5 21.Nd4 g6 (better is 21...Nd3 22.Nb5 Rb5 23.Qc2–+) 22.Rb1 Ba4 23.Ke2 Rb1 24.Rb1 Kf8 (better is 24...Qd6 25.Qe6 Qe6 26.Ne6–+) 25.Ne6 Kf7 26.Rb4 (26.Nc5 Kg7 27.Na4–+) 26...Qe6 27.Rb7 (27.Qe6 Ke6 28.Ra4–+) 27...Nfd7 (27...Nfd7 28.Qe6 Ke6–+) 0–1. elsh1403 – chessthought (1640), internet, 2013.

7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.Qb3 e4= 9.Ng5 (9.Nd4 dc4 10.Bc4 Ne5=) 9...Ng4 (better is 9...Ne5!?+=) 10.Ne6+= Qe7 11.Nd4 (11.cd5 Ndf6+=) 11...Nde5 (11...dc4 12.Bc4 A) 12...Nh2?? 13.Nf5 Qf8 14.Ne4+- (worse is 14.Nd6 Qd6 15.Ne4 Qh6+-); B) 12...Bh2 13.Nf5 Qf8 14.Be6+=; C) 12...Nde5+=) 12.cd5+= Nd3 (12...Bd7!?+=) 13.Bd3+- ed3 14.dc6 bc6 15.Nc6 Qh4 (better is 15...Qd7 16.Nd4 Rb8+-) 16.g3 Qh3?? (16...Qh6 17.Qd5 Qe6 18.Qd3 Bg3 19.hg3 Qc6+-) 17.0-0-0 (better is 17.Qd5 Qh6 18.Nb5+-) 17...Nf2?? (17...Qg2 18.Qd5 Qd5 19.Nd5 Bb7+=) 18.Nd5 (better is 18.Qd5 Qh6 19.Nb5+-) 18...Nh1?? (18...Qh6 19.Ne5 Nh1 20.Qc4 Be5 21.Be5+=) 19.Rh1?? Qg2 20.Rd1= Be6 21.Nc7+= Kd7 22.Qe6 Kc7 23.Be5?? Qc6–+ 24.Bc3 Qd7 25.Qc4 Qc6 26.Qd3?? Rhf8 27.Kb1 Rad8 28.Rc1 Kb7 29.Bd4? Qe4–+ 30.Qe4 fe4 31.Bg7 Rf2 32.Bc3 Rh2 33.Rg1 h5 34.g4 Rg8 35.g5 Rg6 36.Kc2 h4 37.Bf6 h3 38.Kc3 Rg2 39.Rh1 h2 40.Kd4 Rg1 41.Rh2 Bh2 42.Ke4 R1g5 43.Bg5 Rg5 44.d4 Kc6 45.a4 a5 46.b5 Kb6 47.d5 Re5 48.Kd4 Kc7 49.e4 Kd6 50.Kc4 Bg1 51.b6 Bb6 52.Kb5 Bd8 53.Kc4 Re4 54.Kb5 Kd5 0–1. elsh1403 (1645) – japi2 (1630), internet, 2012. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 f5)

7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.cd5 cd5 9.Qb3 e4=.

7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.cd5 cd5 9.Rc1 a6=.

7.cd5 cd5 8.Qb3 Ngf6 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.a4 Be6 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.a5 Nbd7 13.Ne6 Qe6 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bd7 Qd7 (15...Kd7!? 16.Na4 Ke8+=) 16.Nd5+/– Nd5 17.Qd5 0-0-0 (17...e4!?+/–) 18.Rc1 Kb8 (18...Bc7 19.Qd7 Kd7 20.Ke2+/–) 19.0-0 (19.Be5 Rhe8 20.Bd6 Qd6 21.Qd6 Rd6+-) 19...Qe7 (19...Rhe8!?+/–) 20.b5+- Ba3? (20...Bc7 21.Qb3 ab5 22.Qb5 Qe8+-) 21.Qe5 (21.Ba3!? Rd5 22.Be7 Rb5 23.Bd6 Ka8+-) 21...Qe5 22.Be5 Bd6 23.Bd6 (better is 23.Bg7!? Rhg8 24.Bf6 Rdf8+-) 23...Rd6 24.ba6 Ra6 (24...ba6 25.Rc5+-) 25.Rc5 g6 26.Rb1 Rc8 27.Rbb5 (better is 27.Rcb5!? Rc2 28.Rb7 Kc8+-) 27...Rc5 28.Rc5 Rd6 (28...b6 29.Rc6 Ra5 30.Rb6 Kc7 31.Rb1+-) 29.d4 f4 (29...Ka7 30.h3+-) 30.Kf1 b6 (30...Ka7 31.Ke2+-) 31.ab6 (better is 31.Rb5!? Rd8+-) 31...Rb6 32.ef4 Rb4 33.Rd5 Kc7 34.Ke2 Rb2 35.Ke3 Rb3 36.Ke4 Rb2 37.Kf3 Rb3 38.Kg4 Rb2 39.Kg3 Rb3 40.f3 Kc6 41.Re5 Rd3 42.Re7 Rd4 (42...h5 43.Re6 Kc7 44.Rg6 Rd4 45.Kh4+-) 43.Rh7 Rd6 44.Rh6 Kd5 45.f5! Ke5 (45...gf5 46.Rd6 Combination) 46.Rg6 Rd7 47.Rg5 Kf6 48.h4 Rd4 49.f4 Rd3 50.Kg4 Rd2 51.g3 Rd3 52.Rg6 Kf7 53.h5 Rd1 54.h6 Rh1 55.Kg5 White intends f6 55...Rh3 56.g4 Rh2 57.f6 Kf8 58.Rg7 Rh3 59.h7 Rh2 60.Kg6 White prepares f7 60...Rh4 61.g5 Rh3 62.f7 Rh7 63.Rh7 Ke7 64.Kg7 Ke6 65.f8Q Kd5 66.Qf6 Ke4 67.Kg8 Kf3 68.g6 Kg4 69.Rh4 Kg3 ½–½. anonymouuus – andrzeej, internet, 2013.

7.cd5 cd5 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Qb3 Nf6 10.Nb5 e4 11.Nd6 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.Nd6 Qd6+=) 11...Qd6= 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.b5 (13.Nb5 Bb5 14.Bb5 Kf7=) 13...f4 14.Qb4 (14.ef4 Qf4 15.Qe3 Qd6=) 14...Qb4 15.ab4 fe3 (15...Ng6 16.h4=) 16.de3 Kf7 17.Be2 Rhc8 18.0-0 (18.Kd2 Nf5=) 18...Nf5 19.Rfc1 (19.Ra2 Nd6=) 19...Rc1 20.Rc1 Nd6 21.h3 (21.Rc5 Rc8=) 21...Nfe8 (21...Rc8 22.Ra1 Nc4 23.Bc4 (worse 23.Ra7 Nb2 24.Rb7 Ke7–+) 23...dc4 24.Ra7=) 22.Rc5 Nf6 23.g4 (23.Nb3 b6 24.Rc7 Nde8=) 23...g5 24.Nb3 (24.f4 gf4 25.ef4 Rg8=) 24...b6 25.Rc7 Nde8 26.Rc1 Rc8 (26...Kg6 27.Nd4=) 27.Rc8 Bc8 28.Be5 (28.Nd4 Nc7+=) 28...Nd7 (28...Be6 29.Nd4=) 29.Bg3 Kf6 30.f4 (30.Nd4 Ne5=) 30...ef3 31.Bf3 Bb7 32.Be1 (32.Nd4 Ne5=) 32...Nd6=+ 33.Bc3 Ne5 34.Be2 (34.Be5 Ke5 35.Nd4 Ne4=+) 34...Ne4= 35.Ba1 (35.Be5 Ke5 36.Nd4 Kd6=) 35...Ke6=+ 36.Nd4 Kd6 (36...Kf7 37.Nf3 Nf3 38.Bf3=+) 37.Nf5= Ke6 38.Kg2 (38.Nd4 Kf7=+) 38...Nc4=+ 39.h4 (39.Nd4 Ke7=+) 39...gh4 40.Kh3 Ng3 (40...Bc8 41.Kh4 Kf7 42.Bd4=+) 41.Ng3 (41.Bd3 Kd7=) 41...hg3 42.Bd4 (42.Kg3 Ne3 43.Bd3 h6=) 42...Ne5 (42...g2 43.Kh2=+) 43.Kg3= Bc8 44.Kf4 Nf7 (better 44...Ng6 45.Kg5 Ne5=) 45.Bd3+- Bd7 (45...Ke7!? 46.Bh7 Nd8 47.Bf5+-) 46.Bh7 Bb5 (46...Nd6 47.g5 Ke7 48.Bf6 Kf8 49.Ke5+-) 47.g5 Be8 (47...Ke7 48.g6 Nd8 49.g7 Ne6 50.Kg3 Ng7 51.Bg7+-) 48.g6 Nh6 49.Kg5 (49.Kg5 Nf7 50.gf7 Bf7 51.b5+-) 1–0. Kutuzov,Denis (2410) – Kuznetsov,Mikhail V (2185), Moscow Victory Day op, 2011.

7.cd5 cd5 8.d4 e4 9.Ne5 (9.Nfd2 Ngf6=) 9...Ngf6=+ 10.Nd7 Bd7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Be2 0-0 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qe8 (14...f4 15.Qd2=+) 15.h3 (15.Qb3 Qe6=) 15...Qg6 (15...f4 16.Qb3 Rc3 17.Bc3 f3-+) 16.Qd2? (better 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Na4=+) 16...Nh5?? (16...f4 17.Kh1 f3-+) 17.Bh5 (17.Nd5 Be6 18.Nb6 Ng3 19.Rc8 Ne2 20.Qe2 Bc8 21.Nc8 Rc8+=) 17...Qh5+= 18.Nd5 g5 (18...Bb5!? 19.Rc8 Rc8+=) 19.Rc8+/- Bc8 20.Rc1 Be6 21.Nc7 (21.Nb6!? f4 22.d5+-) 21...Bd7+/- 22.Nd5 (better 22.d5!? g4 23.Qd4+/-) 22...f4 23.ef4 gf4 24.Nc3 (24.Nb6!? Bf5 25.Nc4+/-) 24...Qg6 (better 24...f3 25.Ne4 Bf4=+) 25.Qc2?? (better 25.Kh1=) 25...f3-+ 26.g3 (26.g4 Qh6 27.Qb3 Be6 28.Qe6 Qe6 29.Nd5 Qd5 30.Re1-+) 26...Qf5 (26...Bg3 27.Ne2 Bf2 28.Kf2 fe2 29.Ke3 Rf3 30.Kd2 Qg5 31.Ke1 Qg1 32.Ke2 Qe3 33.Kd1 Rf1) 27.Qe4?? (better 27.Ne4 Qh3 28.Qc4 Be6 29.Qf1 Qf1 30.Rf1+/-) 27...Qh3-+ 28.Qd5 (28.Qf3 Rf3 29.Ne4 Bc6 30.Rc6 bc6-+) 28...Be6 29.Qg5 Kh8 (29...Kh8 30.Qg7 Kg7 31.d5 Qg2) 0-1. keene2019 (1700) - snodlandwizard (1890), gameknot.com, 2020. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.e3 f5 6.c4 c6)

5.e3 Ngf6

6.Bb5 0-0 7.0-0 a5 8.c4 (8.Bd7 Nd7 (< 8...Bd7 9.Ne5 Bb5 10.Nd3=) 9.b5 e4-/+) 8...dc4 9.ba5 (9.Bc4 e4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nf7 Rf7 12.Bf7 Kf7-/+) 9...e4–+ 10.Nd4 Ne5 (< 10...Ra5 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Be2-/+) 11.Qc2 Ra5 12.Bc4? (better is 12.a4–+) 12...Rc5 (12...Nc4?! 13.Qc4 Bh2 14.Kh1–+) 13.Bf7 (13.Nb5 Rc4 14.Bc3 Nd3–+) 13...Nf7 (< 13...Kf7 14.Nc3–+; < 13...Rf7 14.Nc3–+) 14.Nc3 Bh2! 15.Kh1 (15.Kh2 Ng4) 15...Rh5 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qe4 (17.Nf3 Qd6 18.Qe4 Be5 19.Nh4 Bb2 20.Kg1 Ba1 21.Ra1–+) 17...Bf4 18.Kg1 Rh1 (19.Kh1 Qh4 20.Kg1 Qh2#) 0–1. leighcastle – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

6.Bb5 a6 7.Be2 =+.

6.c4 Kf8 7.cd5 (7.c5 Be7 8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Be5 Bg4+/–) 7...Kg8 (7...Nd5!? 8.Qc2 Qe7+=) 8.Nc3+/– a6 9.d3 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 a5 (11...c6 12.dc6 Bc6 13.0-0+/–) 12.0-0 (12.Nb5 ab4 13.Nd6 cd6 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Qa1 h6+-) 12...a4? (12...ab4 13.Nb5 ba3 14.Na3 Rb8+-) 13.Rc1 (13.Nb5!? Qe7+-) 13...c6 14.dc6 Bc6 15.Re1 g6 16.d4 Bb7 17.Bb5 Qb6 18.Bd7 Nd7 19.de5 Ne5 20.Nd5 Qb5 21.Ne5 Be5 22.Be5 Bd5 23.Qd5 Qd5 24.ed5 h5 25.Bh8 Kh8 26.d6 Rd8 27.Rcd1 Kg7 28.d7 Kf8 29.Re5 f6 30.Re8! Re8 31.de8Q Ke8 32.Rd6 Ke7 33.Ra6 g5 34.Ra4 h4 35.b5 Ke6 36.Rb4 Kd6 37.b6 Kc6 38.b7 Kc5 39.b8Q Kd5 40.Qb5 Ke6 41.Re4 Kf7 42.Qe8 Kg7 43.Re7 Kh6 44.Qf7 g4 45.Qf6 Kh5 46.Re5# 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1885) – Gena44, Active, 2012.

6.d4 0-0?? 7.de5+- (7.Ne5?! a5=) 7...Ne5 8.Ne5 Re8 9.Nf3 c5 (9...a5 10.b5+-) 10.c4 (10.Bb5 Re6+-) 10...d4? (10...cb4 11.ab4 Bb4 12.Bc3 Be7+-) 11.bc5 de3 (11...Bc5 12.Bd4 Bd4 13.Qd4+-) 12.Qd6 (better 12.cd6!? Qa5 13.Bc3 ef2 14.Kd2 Ne4 15.Kc2 Nc3 16.Nc3 Bf5 17.Kb2 Rad8+-) 12...ef2 13.Kd1 Ng4 (13...Ne4 14.Qd8 Rd8 15.Nbd2+-) 14.Qd8 Rd8 15.Kc1 Ne3 (15...Bf5 16.Nc3+-) 16.Nbd2 (better 16.Bd4!? Nf1 17.Rf1 Bg4+-) 16...Bf5 17.Be2 (17.Be5 Bd3+-) 17...Nc2 (17...Rac8 18.Be5+-) 18.Ra2 (18.Nh4 Na1 19.Nf5 Re8+-) 18...Rac8 (18...Re8 19.Bd1 Ne1 20.Ba4 Nf3 21.Nf3+-) 19.Be5 (19.Nh4!? Ne3 20.Nf5 Nf5+-) 19...Ne3 20.Bd4 Ng4 (20...Ng2 21.Bf2 Nf4 22.Bf1+-) 21.h3 Nf6 22.Bf2 Ne4 23.Ne4 Be4 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rad2 b6 (25...f6 26.Re1+-) 26.cb6 ab6 27.Bb6 f5 28.c5 Bc6 (28...Kf8 29.Ng5 h6 30.Ne4 Re4 31.Rd8 Re8 32.Re8 Ke8 33.Bb5 Kf7 34.Bd7+-) 29.Nd4 (29.Bc4 Kf8 30.Nd4 Re4+-) 29...Ba4 30.Bc4 Kh8 31.Bb3 (31.Rf1 g6+-) 31...Bb3 32.Nb3 g6 33.Rd8 Kg7 34.Rc8 (better 34.Re8 Re8 35.c6+-) 34...Re4 (34...Rc8 35.Rd7 Kf6 36.Rh7 f4+-) 35.Rdd8 (better 35.Rd7!? Kh6 36.Bd8 Re8+-) 35...Kh6 36.Rd7 (36.c6 Rc4 37.Kd2 f4+-) 36...Kg5 37.Rd1 (37.c6 Re6 38.Kd2 Kh6+-) 37...Kf4 38.c6 Kg3 39.Be3! Kg2 (39...Re3 40.Kc2 Combination) 40.Bd2 (better 40.Bc5 Re6 41.c7 g5+-) 40...Rc4 41.Kb2 Re4 42.Bc3 (better 42.Rc1 Re7+-) 42...Re2 43.Rd2 Rd2 44.Nd2 f4 45.c7 f3 46.Rd8 f2 (46...Kf2 47.c8Q Kg1 48.Qg4 Kh1 49.Nf3 h6 50.Qg1) 47.c8Q Kh2 (47...g5 48.Qg4 Kh1 49.Qg3 g4 50.Nf1 gh3 51.Qh2) 48.Qg4 f1Q (48...Kh1 49.Qg3 f1Q 50.Nf1 h6 51.Qh2) 49.Nf1 Kh1 50.Bd4 h6 51.Qg1 (51.Qf3) 1-0. FeegLood (2775) - AMADAN (2630), lichess.org, 2016.

6.d4 c6?? 7.de5+- (7.Ne5?! Qc7=) 7...Ne5 8.Ne5 Be5 (8...0-0 9.Bd3+-) 9.Be5 Qe7 10.Bb2 (10.Qd4 Bf5+-) 10...Bf5 11.Nd2 Rd8 (11...Bg4 12.Nf3+-) 12.Bd3 Qe6 13.0-0 Ke7 (13...0-0 14.Nb3 Bd3 15.cd3+-) 14.Nf3 Ne4 (14...Bd3 15.cd3 Kf8 16.Nd4+-) 15.Nd4 Qg6 16.Nf5 Qf5 17.f3 Ke6 (17...Qg5 18.Bd4 Nd6+-) 18.fe4 de4 (18...Qg5+-) 19.Bc4 (better 19.Rf5 ed3 20.Qg4 Rhf8+-) 19...Qd5 20.Qg4 Kd6 21.Qf4 (21.Qg3 Ke7 22.Bd5 Rd5 23.Qc7 Ke8 24.Rf7 Rd1 25.Rd1 Rf8 26.Qd7) 21...Kd7 22.Bd5 cd5 23.Rad1 Kc6 24.Qf7 Rhf8 25.Qg7 (25.b5 Kc5 26.Bd4 Kd6 27.Be5 Kc5 28.Qc7 Kb5 29.Rb1 Ka4 30.Rb4 Ka3 31.Qa5) 25...d4 26.c4 (26.Rf8 Rd6 27.Rc8 Kb5 28.Qe5 Rd5 29.Qd5 Kb6 30.Qa5) 26...b5 (26...Rf1 27.Rf1 b5 28.Qa7 h5 29.Rf7 Rd7 30.Qd7 Kb6 31.Qb5) 27.Rf6 (27.Rf8 Rf8 28.ed4 Rf7 29.Qf7 bc4 30.d5 Kb6 31.Bd4 Kb5 32.Qd7 Ka6 33.Qc6) 27...Rf6+- 28.Qf6 Kd7 29.Rd4 (29.Rd4 Kc7 30.Qd8 Kb7 31.Rd7 Kc6 32.Qc7) 1-0. FeegLood (2495) - pashpash (2405), lichess.org, 2016.

6.Be2 Qe7 7.0-0 a5 8.b5 =+.

6.Be2 Ng8 7.0-0 (7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4=) 7...e4 (better is 7...Ngf6!?=) 8.Bg7+/– ef3 9.Bf3 Qh4?? (better is 9...Be5 10.Bh8 Bh8+=) 10.g3+- (10.g3 Qg5 11.Bh8+-) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Guest1999, internet, 2004.

6.h4 0-0 7.h5 c6 8.h6 g6 9.c4 Bc7 10.c5 Qe7 11.Nc3 d4 12.Ne2 d3 13.Nc1 e4 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Ne6 fe6 17.Be5 Be5 18.Ra2 Ng4 19.Qc4?? (better is 19.f4 ef3 20.Nd3 Bg3 21.Kd1-/+) 19...Nf2–+ 20.Nb3 (20.Bd3 Nh1 21.Be2–+) 20...Qf6 (better is 20...Nh1 21.Bd3 ed3 22.Qd3 Qh4 23.Kd1 Nf2 24.Kc2 Nd3 25.g4–+) 21.Nd4 Bd4 (better is 21...Nh1 22.Bd3 ed3 23.Nf3 Bg3 24.Kd1 Nf2 25.Kc1–+) 22.Qd4 Qd4 23.ed4 Nh1 0–1. swislina – smeerkees, internet, 2013.

6.Bb5 c6

7.Ba4 0-0 8.0-0 Qc7 9.Bb3 (9.h3!?-/+) 9...e4-+ 10.Nd4 Bh2 11.Kh1 Bd6 12.Nf5 Be5 (12...Ne5 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Be5 Qe5 15.d4-+) 13.Qc1? (better 13.Ne7 Kh8 14.Nc3-+) 13...Ng4 14.Qd1 (14.g3 Ndf6 15.Nd4 Bg3 16.f4 ef3 17.Rf3 Nf2 18.Kg1-+) 14...Ndf6 (14...Bb2 15.Qg4 Ba1 16.d4 ed3 17.cd3-+) 15.Be5 (15.Ra2 Bb2 16.g3 Be5-+) 15...Qe5 16.Nd4 (16.g3-+) 16…Qh2 0-1. keene2019 (1700) - butalidnl (1780), gameknot.com, 2020.

7.Ba4 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 (8...Qc7 9.h3-/+) 9.d3 Bc7 (9...a5 10.Qd2-/+) 10.c4 (10.Bb3 Qe7=+) 10...e4 11.de4 de4 (11...Re4?! 12.Nbd2 Re6 13.Bb3+=) 12.Nfd2 (12.Nd4 Ne5 13.c5 Nd3–+) 12...Ne5 (12...Nb6 13.Bc2 Bh2 14.Kh1–+) 13.Bc2 (13.Bd4 Neg4 14.h3 Qd6=+) 13...Qd6 (13...Bg4 14.Qe1-/+) 14.c5 (14.Be4?? Nc4!! (14...Ne4?! 15.c5 Qh6 16.h3 Bh3 17.Ne4–+) 15.g3 Nb2–+ (15...Ne4?! 16.Nc4 Qg6 17.Qe2-/+; 15...Re4?! 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qd6 Bd6 18.Bd4–+)) 14...Qe7 15.Ne4 (better is 15.Bd4!? Bg4 16.Qc1=+) 15...Ne4–+ 16.Be4 Nc4 17.Bh7 Kh7–+ 18.Qd3 Qe4 19.Qe4 Re4 20.Bc3 Be6 21.Nd2 Nd2 22.Bd2 Rd8 23.Bc3 Be5 24.Be5-/+ Re5 25.Rfd1 Red5 26.Rd5 Rd5 27.e4 Rd2 28.f3 Bb3 29.h3-/+ Kg6 30.Kh2 Re2 31.Rb1-/+ Ba4 32.Rc1 Re3 33.Ra1 Kf6 34.Kg3 Ke5 35.Kg4 Kd4 36.h4 Kc3 37.Rc1 Kb2 38.Rc4 Bb5 39.Rd4 Rd3 40.Rd3 Bd3 41.e5 Bc4 42.Kf5 Ka3 43.g4 Kb4 44.g5 a5 45.h5 a4 46.h6 Bd3 47.Kf4 Bh7 48.g6 Bg6 49.hg7 Bh7 50.Kg5 Kc5 51.Kf6 Bg8 52.e6 fe6 53.Ke7 a3 54.Kf8 Bh7 (55.Kf7 a2–+) 0–1. McCarthy,Mike – Harrel,Bruce, IECG, 2000.

7.Ba4 0-0 8.d3 a5 9.ba5?? (better is 9.0-0-/+) 9...Qa5–+ 10.Nc3 Bb4?? (better is 10...d4 11.ed4 ed4 12.Nd4 Qb6–+) 11.ab4+- Qb4 12.Bb3 Ra1 13.Qa1 (13.Ba1?! d4 14.Qb1 c5 (14...dc3?? 15.Bf7 Kf7 16.Qb4+-) 15.ed4 ed4 16.Bf7 Kf7 17.Qb4 cb4+-) 13...d4 14.0-0 dc3 15.Ba3 Qa5 16.Bf8 Qa1 17.Ra1 Kf8 18.Ne5! 1–0. zunsurfer (2065) – yulio (1915), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Ba4 0-0 8.d3 Qc7-/+.

7.Ba4 a5 8.Bc3-/+.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.d4 e4 10.Ng5 (10.Nfd2!?=+) 10...Qc7–+ 11.g3 (11.h4 Nb6-/+) 11...Nf8 12.f3 (12.c4 h6 13.c5 Be7 (13...hg5?! 14.cd6 Qd6 15.Nd2-/+) 14.Nf7 Kf7–+) 12...h6 13.Ne4 (13.fe4 de4 (13...hg5?! 14.e5=+) 14.Nf7 Qf7–+) 13...de4 14.f4 Bh3 15.Re1 Qd7 16.c4 Ng4 (16...Rad8 17.Nc3–+) 17.c5 (17.Qd2 Ng6–+) 17...Ne3 18.Qb3 (18.Qc1 Ng2 19.cd6 Ne1 20.Qe1 Qd6–+) 18...Ng2 19.Rd1 Bf4 20.gf4 Nf4 21.Bc4 (21.Qe3 Ne2 22.Qe2–+) 21...Qg4 22.Qg3 Qd1 23.Kf2 e3 24.Qe3 Re3 25.Ke3 (25.Bf7 Kf7 26.Ke3 Re8 27.Kf2 Nd3 28.Kg3 Qg4) 25...N8g6 (25...Ng2 26.Kf2 Qe1 27.Kf3 Qe3) 26.Nd2 Re8 27.Ne4 Ng2 (28.Kf2 Qc2 29.Kg1 Re4 30.Bd3 Qb2 31.Rb1 Qd4 32.Kh1 N2h4 33.Bf1 Rg4 34.Bh3 Qe4 35.Bg2 Qg2; 27...Qc2 28.Bf7 Kh8 29.Bg6 Nd5 30.Kf3 Qg2) 0–1. CSLewis – Morphystyle, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

6.Nc3 0-0

7.Nb5 Qe7=.

7.d3 b6 (7...c6 8.Be2-/+) 8.h3 (8.Nb5 Qe7=) 8...Bb7 (8...Qe7 9.Be2=+) 9.Be2 (9.Nb5 a5=) 9...c5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.bc5 bc5 12.c4 (12.d4 e4 13.Nh4 c4-/+) 12...a6 13.Nc3 d4 14.ed4 ed4 15.Ne5 0-1. opperwezen (2745) - JannLee (2825), lichess.org, 2019.

7.g4 Ng4-/+ 8.Nd5 c6 9.Nc3 Ndf6 10.Rg1 (10.h3 Nh6=+) 10...Bf5 (10...e4 11.h3 ef3 12.hg4 Bg4 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Rg4=+) 11.h3 Bc2?? (better 11...Nh6=+) 12.hg4?? (better 12.Qc2 Nh6 13.Ne4+-) 12...Bd3 (better 12...Bd1 13.Rd1 Qe7-+) 13.Bd3+- Bb4 (13...Re8 14.g5 Nd5 15.Rh1+-) 14.Bh7! Nh7 (14...Nh7 15.ab4 Zwischenzug; 14...Kh7 15.Ng5 Double attack (15.Rh1 Decoy; 15.ab4 Zwischenzug)) 15.ab4 Ng5 (15...Qe7 16.Ne4 Qb4 17.Qc2+-) 16.Ke2 (better 16.Ne5 Re8 17.f4+-) 16...Qd3 (16...Nf3 17.Kf3 Qd3+-) 17.Kd3 e4 (17...e4 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Ke4 a6+-). opperwezen (2685) - JannLee (2615), lichess.org, 2018. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7)

7.g4 Ng4-/+ 8.Nd5 c6 9.Rg1 (9.Nc3 Ndf6=+) 9...cd5 (9...Nf2 10.Qe2 cd5 11.Qf2-/+) 10.Rg4 Nf6 11.Rg7? (better 11.Rg5 Ng4 12.Rh5-/+) 11...Kg7-+ 12.Nh4 (12.Ne5 Bf5-+) 12...Ne4 (better 12...Rg8-+) 13.Ke2 (13.Qh5 Qe7-+) 13...Ng5 (better 13...Qh4 14.Qe1 Bg4 15.f3 Bf3 16.Kd3 Nf2 17.Kc3-+) 14.Nf5 (14.Ke1 f6-+) 14...Kg6 (better 14...Bf5 15.Ke1-+) 15.Nd6 (15.h4 Bf5 16.hg5 Qg5 17.d3-+) 15…Bg4 (15...Bg4 16.Ke1 Bd1 (16...Qd6?! 17.Qg4 h5 18.Qg2+=) 17.Nb7 Qc8 18.Kd1 Qg4 19.Ke1 Nf3 20.Kd1 Nh2 21.Ke1 Rfc8-+) 0-1. opperwezen (2620) - JannLee (2595), lichess.org, 2018.

7.g4 Ng4-/+ 8.Nd5 e4 9.h3 Nde5 10.Nd4=+.

7.h4 e4 8.Ng5 Ne5 9.Nd5 (better 9.Nb5!?-/+) 9...Nd5-+ 10.Ne4 Nc6 (better 10...Bg4 11.f3 Be6-+) 11.Bg7?? (better 11.c4 Ndb4 12.Nd6 Qd6 13.ab4 Nb4 14.Ba3=) 11...Kg7-+ 12.c4 Bf5 (better 12...Nf6 13.Nd6 cd6-+) 13.cd5 Be4 14.dc6 (better 14.Qg4 Kh8 15.Qe4=+) 14...Be5?? (better 14...Bc6 15.b5 Bd7-/+) 15.cb7 (15.d4 Bd4 16.Qd4 Qd4 17.ed4 Bc6+/-) 15...Rb8 (better 15...Bb7 16.d4 Bd6=) 16.Qc2?? (better 16.d4 Bd6 17.Qg4 Bg6 18.Ba6+/-) 16...Bc2-+ (16...Ba1?! 17.Qe4 Qd7 18.Bc4-/+) 17.Rd1 (17.Rc1 Bd3 18.b5 Qd6-+) 17...Bd1 18.Bd3 Bh5 (18...Qd3 19.Kd1 Bc3 20.Kc1 Qd2 21.Kb1 Qb2) 19.0-0 (19.0-0 Qd3 20.f4-+). opperwezen (2675) - TheFinnisher (2515), Monthly Crazyhouse Arena, 2018.

6.Nc3 c6

7.d3 Qe7 8.Be2 0-0 9.Qd2 b6 10.Nh4 d4 (10...Qe6 11.Nf3=+) 11.Nf5 Qe6 12.Nd6? (12.Ne4 de3 13.fe3 Bb4 14.Nh6 Kh8 15.Qb4 Ne4 16.Nf7 Rf7 17.Qe4 Qd6+=) 12...Qd6?? (better 12...dc3 13.Bc3 Qd6-+) 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.de4 Nf6 (better 14...Qg6!? 15.0-0 Nf6 (worse 15...Qe4 16.ed4 Qd5 17.Rad1+/-) 16.ed4 Ne4=) 15.ed4 Ng4? (better 15...ed4!? 16.Qd4 Qd4 17.Bd4 Ne4+/-) 16.g3 1-0. TwelveTeen (2710) - opperwezen (2760), lichess.org, 2016. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 c6)

7.Bd3?? e4-+ 8.Be4 de4 9.Ng5 0-0 (better 9...Qe7!? 10.d3 ed3 11.cd3-+) 10.Nce4 Be5 11.Be5 Ne5 12.Rg1? (better 12.d4!? Ne4 13.Ne4-+) 12...Bg4 (12...Ne4!? 13.Ne4 Qh4 14.Ng3-+) 13.f3 Bf3 (13...Bf3 14.gf3 Ne4 15.fe4 h6+=) 0-1. Jasugi99 (2695) - opperwezen (2815), lichess.org, 2019. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 c6)

7.d4 e4 8.Nd2 a6 9.Na4 Nf8 (9...0-0 10.c4=+) 10.c4= Bc7 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.Nc5 0-0 13.Qb3 (13.cd5 cd5 14.Qa4 a5=) 13...b6=+ 14.cd5? (better 14.Na4!?=+) 14...bc5-+ 15.dc6 Be6 16.Ne4 0-1. Jasugi99 (2700) - opperwezen (2805), lichess.org, 2019. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 c6)

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Qc7 9.h3 Re8 10.d3 Nf8 (10...Nb6 11.Nd2=+) 11.Na4 Qe7 (11...Ng6 12.c4=) 12.c4= b5 (12...Ng6!?=) 13.cb5+= cb5 14.Nc3 (14.Nc5 Rb8+=) 14...e4 (14...a6 15.Qb3=) 15.Nd4 (better 15.de4!? de4 16.Nd2+=) 15...Qe5=+ 16.f4? (16.g3!? Bh3 17.de4 Ne4 A) worse 18.Bb5 Nd7=+; B) 18.Ncb5? Ng3 19.Nd6 B1) 19...Bf1?! 20.Bf1 Qd6 21.Bg2= (worse 21.fg3 Qg3 22.Bg2 Qe3 23.Kf1 Ne6-/+); B2) 19...Nf1?! 20.Bf1 Qg5 21.Kh2 Bf1 22.Qf1 Qh6 23.Kg1 Qd6 24.Qg2–+; B3) 19...Qd6?! 20.Bg4 (20.fg3 Qg3 21.Kh1 Qg2) 20...Nf1 21.Bh3 Qh2 22.Kf1 Qh3 23.Ke1–+; B4) 19...Qg5–+; C) 18.Ne4 de4 19.Bb5=) 16...ef3!-/+ 17.Nf3? (17.Nf3 Qe3 Discovered attack (17...Qe3 Deflection); 17.Bf3 Qe3 Double attack (17...Qe3 Discovered attack); 17.Rf3 Qh2 Combination; 17.gf3 Qh2 Mate attack) 17...Qe3–+ 18.Rf2 Bg3 19.Qf1 Qf2 (19...Bf5!? 20.Re1 Ne6 21.Nd1–+) 20.Qf2 Bf2 21.Kf2 Bd7 22.d4 (22.a4 a5 23.ba5 ba4 24.Na4 Ra5–+) 22...a6 (22...Rac8!? 23.Bd3 Ng6 24.Re1 Re1 25.Ne1–+) 23.Ne5 Rac8 24.Nd7? (24.Bd3–+) 24...N8d7 (24...N6d7?! 25.Bd3 Nf6 26.a4 Ne4 27.Be4 de4 28.ab5 ab5 29.Ke3–+) 25.Bf3 (25.Kf1 Nb6–+) 25...Ne4 26.Ne4 (26.Be4 de4 (26...Re4?! 27.Ne4 Rc2 28.Ke3 de4 29.Bc1–+) 27.Re1 Nb6–+) 26...de4 (26...Rc2 27.Kg3 de4 28.Bg4–+) 27.Be2 (27.Bd1 Nb6–+) 27...Rc2 28.Rb1 (28.Bc1 Rec8 29.Bg5 Nb6–+) 28...Nb6 29.Bc1 (29.Kf1–+) 29...Nd5 30.Be3 (30.Ke1 Nc3 31.Rb2 Rc1 (31...Ne2?! 32.Rc2 Nd4 33.Rc5–+) 32.Kd2 Ne2 33.Ke2 Ra1–+) 30...Re2! 31.Ke2 Nc3 32.Kf1 (32.Kf2 Nb1 33.d5 Na3–+) 32...Nb1 33.Bc1 Rc8 34.Bf4 Na3 (34...Rd8 35.Be3–+) 35.Bd6 Rd8 36.Bc5 Nc2 37.Kf2 Nd4 (better 37...f5–+) 38.Bd4 Rd4 39.Ke3 Rb4 40.Kf2 a5 41.Kg1 (41.Ke3 a4 42.g3 a3 43.g4 a2 44.g5 a1Q 45.Kf4 Qc3 46.h4 e3 47.Kf3 Qd2 48.Kg3 Qf2 49.Kh3 Rh4) 41...a4 42.Kh2 (42.h4 a3 43.h5 a2 44.Kh2 a1Q 45.Kg3 e3 46.Kh3 Qh1 47.Kg3 Qh4 48.Kf3 Qf2) 42...a3 43.Kg1 (43.Kg3 a2 44.Kg4 a1Q 45.h4 e3 46.Kh3 Qh1 47.Kg3 Qh4 48.Kf3 Qf2) 43...a2 44.Kh2 (44.Kf2 a1Q 45.Kg3 e3 46.Kh2 Qe1 47.g3 Rb2) 44...h5 (44...Rb3 45.Kg1 a1Q 46.Kf2 Qd4 47.Kf1 Rb2 48.h4 Qf2) 45.Kh1 (45.Kg3 a1Q 46.Kf4 Qf6 47.Ke3 Qg5 48.Kf2 Rb2 49.Kf1 Qc1) 45...h4 (45...a1Q 46.Kh2 h4 47.g3 Rb2) 46.Kh2 (46.Kg1 a1Q 47.Kf2 Qc1 48.g3 Rb2) 46…a1Q (46...a1Q 47.g3 Rb2) 0–1. Lee Wing Kin – Oh,Benjamin Yao Teng (1835), Jolimark HK Open (1), 2016.

7.Be2 Qc7 8.h3 =+.

6.c4 0-0

7.c5+= e4 8.Nd4 Be5=+ 9.c6 bc6 (9...Bd4 10.cb7 Bb7 11.Bd4=) 10.Nc6= Bb2 (better is 10...Qe8!? 11.Nc3 a6=) 11.Nd8+/– Ba1 12.Nc6 Re8 13.Nc3 Bb2 (13...Bc3 14.dc3 Nb6 15.Qd4+/–) 14.Qb3 (14.Nb5 Bb7 15.Na5 Rab8+-) 14...Bc3 (14...Bb7 15.Na5 Bc3 16.Qc3+-) 15.Qc3+- Bb7 (15...Nb8 16.Nd4+-) 16.Bb5 (16.Na5 Rab8+-) 16...a6+/– 17.Be2 Bc6 18.Qc6 Ne5 (18...Ra7 A) 19.Ba6? Re6 20.Qc2 Rea6–+ (20...Raa6?! 21.Ke2–+); B) 19.0-0+/–) 19.Qc3 c6 20.0-0+- a5 21.ba5 h6 22.a6 Nfd7 23.f4 Ng6 24.Qc6 Nf6 25.Rb1 Rec8 26.Qb7 Ne8 27.a7 Nd6 28.Qa8! Ra8 29.Rb8 Rb8 30.ab8Q Nc8 31.Qc8 Kh7 32.Qf5 f6 33.Bh5 Kh8 34.Bg6 Kg8 35.Qc8# 1–0. pierred (2540) – cruciverbalist (1995), net–chess.com, 2007.

7.c5 e4 8.cd6+/– ef3 9.dc7 Qc7 10.gf3 Ne5 (10...Re8 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bf6 ab5 13.Bd4+/–) 11.f4 Nc4? (better is 11...Ned7!?+/–) 12.Bf6+- gf6 13.Rg1 Kh8 14.Qh5 Rg8 15.Rg8 Kg8 16.Nc3 d4?? (16...Nb6+-) 17.Nd5 (17.ed4?! Qc6+-) 17...Qd6 (17...Qd8 18.Bc4 Be6 19.e4+-) 18.Bc4 Be6 (18...Kg7 19.e4+-) 19.Nf6 Kg7 20.Qg5 Kh8 21.Nh5 (21...Qf8 22.Qe5 Kg8 23.Be6 fe6 24.Qe6 Qf7 25.Nf6 Kg7 26.Qf7 Kf7 27.Nh7+-) 1–0. marus – KarlGauss, internet, 2001.

7.c5+= e4 8.cd6+/– ef3 9.dc7 Qc7 10.Qf3 Ne5 11.Be5 Qe5 +/–.

7.c5+= e4 8.cd6+/– ef3 9.Qf3 cd6+= 10.Nc3 (10.Qg3 Ne5 11.Bb5 Nh5 12.Be5 Ng3 13.Bg3 Bd7 14.Bd7 Qd7–+) 10...Ne5 (10...d4 11.Nd5+=) 11.Qf4 (11...Re8 12.Bb5+=). fightinbluehen (2375) – badplayer (2300), net–chess.com, 2002.

7.d4 dc4?? 8.Bc4?? (better is 8.de5 Ne5 9.Ne5+-) 8...e4+= 9.Nfd2 c6 10.Nc3 b5 (10...Nb6 11.Bb3 Bf5 12.Qc2=) 11.Be2 (11.Ba2 Qe7 12.Qc2 Re8+/–) 11...Nb6 (better is 11...Re8!?=) 12.Nce4+/– Nbd5 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.0-0 (14.Nd6 Qd6 15.Nb3 Bc8+-) 14...Bb8 (14...Ne4!? 15.Ne4 Bh2 16.Kh2 Qh4 17.Kg1 Qe4+=) 15.Nc5+- Qc7 16.g3 a5 17.e4 Nf4? (17...ab4 18.ed5 ba3 19.dc6 (19.Nb7?! ab2 20.Rc2 Ra1+/–) 19...Bc6 20.Ba1+-) 18.Nb7 (better is 18.gf4 Qf4 19.e5+-) 18...Ne2 19.Qe2 Qb7 20.Nb3 ab4 21.ab4 Ba7 (21...Qe7 22.Rc6 Qb4 23.e5+/–) 22.Nc5 (better is 22.Na5!? Qd7 23.Nc6+-) 22...Bc5+/– 23.dc5 Qe7 24.f3 Ra2?? (24...Rfd8 25.Ra1+/–) 25.Rc2 (better is 25.Bf6 Qe6 26.Bb2+-) 25...Nd7 26.Rd1 Rfa8 27.Qd3 Nf6 (27...Nf8 28.Qc3 f6 29.Rd6+/–) 28.Qb3 (28.Bf6!? gf6 29.Ra2 Ra2 30.Qd8 Qd8 31.Rd8 Kg7+-) 28...Ne8 29.Rcd2 h6 30.Rd7 Qe6 31.Qe6 fe6 32.Be5 Rc2 (32...Kf8 33.Rb7+-) 33.Rd8 (better is 33.Re7+-) 33...Kf7?? (better is 33...Raa2 34.g4 Kf7+-) 34.Ra8 Rc4 (34...Nf6 35.Ra7 Kg6 36.Re7+-) 35.Rc8 Nf6 36.Rc7 Kg6 37.Rc6 Rb4 38.Re6 Rc4 39.Bf6 gf6 40.c6 Kf7 41.Red6 Ke7 0–1. ferminkatcho (1780) – kowczi (1710), internet, 2013.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2+=.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bc4 c6 9.0-0! f6 10.d4 N7b6 11.Bb3 ed4 12.Bd4 Kh8 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Qd2 Ne4 15.Qb2 c5 16.bc5 Nc5 17.Bc2 Bg4 18.Nd2 Rc8 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Be4 Rc7 21.Bb6 ab6 22.Qb6 Bc8 23.Bf3 Be5 24.Rad1 Qe7 25.a4 Qc5 26.Qb3 Qc2 27.Qb4 Re8 28.g3 Qc4 29.Qa3 Be6 30.Rc1 Qa6 31.Rc7 Bc7 32.Rc1 Bd6 33.Qb2 Qa4 34.Qb7 h6 35.Rc6 Rb8 36.Qa6 Qa6 37.Ra6 Bh3 38.Ra1 Be5 39.Rd1 Rb2 40.Bh5 Kh7 41.f4 Bc3 42.e4 Bd2 43.f5 Be3 44.Kh1 Bg2 0–1. vihavald – danut60, internet, 2014.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 N7f6 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.h3 Bf5 12.Qb3 a6 13.Rc1 b5 14.Be2 Qd7 15.Nf1 Be6 16.Qd1 Bf5 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bg4 Ng4 19.hg4 Bg3 20.fg3 Nd5 21.Nd5 Qd5 22.Rc7 Qb3 23.Qb3 1–0. vihavald – blady300, internet, 2013.

7.c5 Be7

8.Ne5 b6 9.Nc6 Qe8 10.Ne7 Qe7 11.d4 bc5 12.dc5 Ne4 (12...Ne5 13.Qd4 Nc6 14.Qh4+/-) 13.Bd3 (13.Qd5 Rb8 14.Nd2 Nec5+/-) 13...f5? (13...Ne5!? 14.0-0 Bf5+/-) 14.0-0 f4? (better 14...Bb7+/-) 15.ef4+- Rf4 (15...Rb8 16.Nc3 Ndf6 17.Re1+-) 16.Nd2 (better 16.Be4!? Qe4 17.Nc3 Qc4 18.Nd5 Rf7 19.Nc7 Rb8+-) 16...Nd2 (better 16...Ne5 17.Bc2 Bb7+-) 17.Qd2 Qg5 (17...Qf7 18.f3+-) 18.g3 Rg4 19.Qg5 (better 19.Qe1!? Qh6+-) 19...Rg5 20.Bc1 (20.Rfe1!? Kf8+-) 20...Ne5 21.Bg5 Nf3 (21...Nd3 22.Rad1 Ba6 23.f4+-) 22.Kg2 Ng5 23.Rfe1 Bh3 24.Kh1 Rf8 (24...a5 25.b5 Ne6 26.Rec1+-) 25.f4 Nf3 26.Re3 Nd2 27.Ra2 (better 27.Re7!? c6 28.Rae1 Nf3+-) 27...Nc4 28.Bc4 dc4 29.Rc2 Bf1 30.Re1 Bd3 31.Rd2 Rf7? (31...Rd8 32.Red1+-) 32.Kg1 Kf8 33.Kf2 Rd7 34.Re3 Kf7 35.h3 c6 36.g4 a5 37.Kg3 (better 37.ba5!? h5+-) 37...ab4 38.ab4 Rb7 39.Rb2 Kf6 40.Kf3 (40.Ra2 Rc7+-) 40...h5 41.Kf2 (better 41.Ra2 hg4 42.hg4+-) 41...hg4 42.hg4 Kf7? (42...c3 43.Rb3 c2 44.Rc3+-) 43.Re5 (43.Ra2!? Rb4 44.Ra7 Kf8+-) 43...Kf6? (better 43...c3 44.Rb3 c2+/-) 44.Ke3 Kf7 (44...c3 45.Rb3 c2+-) 45.Rg5 (45.Kd4 Bf1 46.Kc3 Rd7+-) 45...Kf6?? (better 45...c3 46.Ra2 Bb1+/-) 46.Re5 g5?? (46...Kf7 47.Kd4 Rd7 48.Kc3 Bf1+-) 47.Kd4 (better 47.Rg5 Re7 48.Re5 Re5 49.fe5 Ke5 50.Rh2+-) 47...gf4 (better 47...Rd7 48.Kc3 gf4+/-) 48.Re1?? (better 48.g5 Kg6 49.Rf2+-) 48...Rd7+= 49.Kc3 Kg5 50.Rd2 Kg4 51.Re5 f3 52.Re3 f2?? (better 52...Rf7 53.Rf2 Rf5=) 53.Rf2+- Kg5 (53...Bf5 54.Re5 Bh7 55.Re6+-) 54.Rf8 (better 54.Rg3 Kh4 55.Rg8 Kh3+-) 54...Kg6 (54...Kg4+-) 55.Rg3 Kh5 (55...Kh7 56.Rf4 Kh8 57.Rh4 Bh7 58.Rgh3+-) 56.Rf2 (better 56.Rh8 Bh7 57.Rh7 Rh7 58.Rh3 Kg6 59.Rh7 Kh7+-) 56...Kh4 57.Rg8 Kh5 (57...Kh3 58.Rf6 Rh7 59.Rc6 Kh2+-) 58.Rh2 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (2080) - seyheshmat (2025), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Ne5 Ne4 9.d3+=.

8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Be5 a5 10.Nc3+=.

8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Be5 c6 10.d4 a5 11.Nc3 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Qa1 Bf5 14.Qa7 Qa8 15.Qa8 Ra8 16.f3 b6 17.Be2 (17.g4!? bc5 18.gf5 Ra1 19.Nd1 cd4 20.Be2 Bb4 21.Kf1+/–) 17...Ra1 18.Nd1 bc5 19.bc5 Nd7 20.Bg3 Bg5 21.0-0 Bc2 22.f4 Bd8 23.Nf2 Rf1 (23...Ra3!?+=) 24.Kf1+/– Ba5 25.Nd3 Bd2 26.Kf2 Nf6 27.Ne5 Ne4 28.Kf3 Ng3 29.hg3 Ba4 30.Ba6 f6 31.Nd3 (31.Nd7 Be1 32.Ke2+-) 31...Kf7+= 32.Bc8 Ke7 33.e4?? (33.g4 Bc3+=) 33...Bb5?? (better is 33...Bd1 34.Kf2 de4–+) 34.ed5 (better is 34.Nf2!?+/–) 34...Bd3+= 35.d6 Kd8-/+ 36.Bg4 Bb5 37.Be6-/+ Bc3 38.Ke4 White intends d5 38...g6 39.d5? f5 40.Ke3 cd5 41.Bd5-/+ Bf6 42.c6 Bc6 43.Bc6+/– Bc3 44.Kf3 Bb4 45.g4 Bd6+= 46.gf5 gf5 47.Ba4 Kc7 48.Bc2+/– Kb6 49.Bf5 Bc5? 50.Bh7+- Bd6 51.Kg4 Bc5 52.Kf5 Bd6 53.Ke6 (53.Ke6 Bf4 54.g4+/–) 1–0. anonymouuus – szejkbenladen, internet, 2013.

8.Ne5 Re8 9.d4 c6 (9...a5 10.Bd3+/–) 10.Nd2 (10.Bd3 Ne5 11.de5 Nd7+/–) 10...Bf8 (10...Ne5 11.de5 Nd7 12.Bd3+/–) 11.Nef3 (11.Bd3 Ne5 12.de5 Nd7+/–) 11...Ne4 12.Bd3 Ndf6 13.0-0 Bg4 14.b5 (14.Qc2 Bf5+/–) 14...Nd2 15.Qd2 Ne4 16.Qe1 (16.Qc2!? Bf3 17.gf3+/–) 16...Bf3+= 17.gf3 Qg5 18.Kh1 Nf6 (18...Qf6!? 19.Qe2 Nd2+=) 19.Rg1+/– Qh5 20.bc6 (20.Rg3!?+/–) 20...Qf3+= 21.Rg2 Ne4?? (better is 21...bc6 22.Qd1 Qd1 23.Rd1 Rab8+=) 22.cb7+- Rab8 23.c6 Bd6 24.Be2 (24.Qe2 Qh3+-) 24...Qf6 (24...Qf5 25.Rc1 Bc7 26.Qg1+-) 25.f3 Ng5 26.Qa5 Nf3 (26...Re3 27.c7 Bc7 28.Qc7 Ree8+-) 27.Rf1 (27.Qd5?! Nh2 28.Qg5 Qg5 29.Rg5 Re3+-; 27.Qa7 Nh2 28.Kg1 Nf3 29.Bf3 Qf3+=) 27...Re3 (27...Kh8 28.Qd5 Re3 29.Rf3 Rf3 30.Qf3+-) 28.Qd5 1–0. Sorbi,Luca (1985) – Hilbert,Stephan J, FICGS, 2016.

6.c4 b6

7.d4 dc4 8.de5 Ne5 (9.Be5 b5+-). pcmvr (2390) – mbarker (2090), net–chess.com, 2006.

7.d4 e4=+ 8.Nfd2 a5 9.b5 Bb7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.cd5+= Re8 12.Bc4+/– Nf8 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.h3 Ng6 15.a4 Rad8 16.0-0-0 Bc8 17.Rde1 Bb4 18.Qb3 Qd6 19.Ndb1 Bb7=+ 20.f3 Bd5 21.Bd5 Nd5 22.fe4 Nc3 23.Nc3 Bc3 24.Qc3 Re4 25.Rhf1 Rde8 26.Qc4 Qd7 27.Qc3 Qe7 28.Kd2 Qd6 29.Re2 Ne7 30.Ba3 Qg6 31.Rf3 Qe6 (32.Be7 Re7=+; 31...Nf5 32.Ref2 Re3 33.Re3 Re3 34.Qc7=). Sebald,Ralph – Aust,Werner, Sparkassen op–B, 2000.

7.cd5 Bb7 8.Bb5 Bd5 9.Be5 Bf3 10.Bf6 Bd1 11.Bd8 Rd8 12.Kd1 0-0 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Rc1 (14.f4 a5 15.ba5 ba5+/–) 14...c5 15.bc5 Bc5 16.a4 Bb4 17.Ke2 Bc3 18.Rc3 Ne4 19.Rc2 a5 20.d3 Nd6 21.Rc6 Nb5 22.ab5 Rb8 23.d4 Rfc8 24.Rhc1 Rc6 25.Rc6 (25.bc6 Kf8+-) 25...Kf8 26.Kd3 Ke8 27.d5 Kd7 28.e4 a4 29.Kc3 Rc8? (29...a3 30.Kb3 Re8+-) 30.Rc8 Kc8 31.e5 Kc7 32.f4 f6 (32...h6 33.Kb4+-) 33.Kb4 fe5 34.fe5 Kd7 35.Ka4 1–0. Cattaneo,Romain (1880) – Ducrocq,Christophe, Salon de Provence op 4th, 2009.

7.cd5 Bb7 8.Bb5 e4 9.Bc6+=.

7.cd5 Nd5

8.Bb5 Bb7 9.Be5 a6 10.Bd7 Qd7+=.

8.Bb5 Ne7 9.Be5 a6 10.Bd7 Qd7 +/–.

8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Nd5 Bd5 10.d3 0-0 11.Be2 Rc8 12.Rc1 c5 13.bc5 bc5 14.0-0 f6 15.Qa4 Qb6 16.Rb1 Qc6 17.Qc6 (17.Qa7?? Ra8 18.Qa8 Ra8–+) 17...Bc6 18.e4 Nb6 19.Rfc1 Rfd8 20.Nd2 Be7 21.Nc4 Kf7 22.Na5 Ba8 23.Nc4 Ke6?? (23...Rb8 24.Kf1=) 24.f3?? (better is 24.Bg4 Kf7 25.Bc8 Rc8 26.Kf1+-) 24...g6 25.Kf2 Bf8 (25...Nc4 26.Rc4 Rb8 27.Ke3=) 26.g4 Bb7 27.Nb6 ab6+= 28.Bc3 Rc6 29.Bd1 Rd3 30.Ba4= Rcd6 31.Rd1?? Ba6 32.Rd3 Bd3 33.Rd1 c4 34.Bb4 Rd8 35.Bf8 Rf8 36.Bb5 Ra8 37.a4 Bc2 38.Rc1 Ba4 39.Bc4 Ke7 40.Kg3?? b5 41.Bd5+= b4?? 42.Rb1 Rd8?? 43.Rb4= Bd7 44.Rb1 Be6 45.Be6 Ke6 46.Rb6 Rd6 47.Rd6 Kd6 48.h4 h6 49.h5 g5 50.Kf2 Kc5 51.Ke2 Kd4 52.Kd2 Kc4 53.Ke3?? Kc3–+ 54.Ke2 Kc2 55.Ke3 Kd1 56.Kf2 Kd2 57.Kf1 Ke3 58.Kg2 Ke2 59.Kg3 Kf1 60.Kh3 Kf2 61.Kh2 Kf3 62.Kg1 Ke4 (62...Ke4 63.Kf1 Kf3 64.Kg1 Kg4 65.Kg2 Kh5 66.Kf3 g4 67.Kf2 f5 68.Kf1 Kh4 69.Ke2 Kg3 70.Kd3 h5 71.Kc4 e4 72.Kd4 Kf4 73.Kd5 g3 74.Kc4 h4 75.Kc3 h3 76.Kd4 g2 77.Kd5 e3 78.Kc4 e2 79.Kb3 g1Q 80.Kc3 e1Q 81.Kc4 Qe4 82.Kb5 Qgb1 83.Kc5 Qbb4) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – feic (1840), Active, 2008.

8.Bc4 Bb7 9.Qb3+= e4?? 10.Nd4?? Qg5= 11.g3 0-0 12.0-0 N7f6 13.Nc3 Nc3=+ 14.Bc3 h5 15.Rfc1 h4 16.Nb5 Bc8 17.Nd6 cd6 18.Rc2 Qh5 19.Bf6+/– Bh3? 20.Bh4+- Qf3? 21.Bf1 Bf1 22.Rf1 a6 0–1. thedesertfox (2170) – tstrickland (2070), net–chess.com, 2004.

8.Bc4 N5f6 9.d4 e4 10.Ne5+=.

6.c4 dc4

7.Bc4 c6 8.d3 0-0 9.Nbd2 (better 9.0-0=) 9...e4 (better 9...b5!? 10.Bb3 a5=+) 10.de4 (better 10.Ne4 Be7 11.0-0+/-) 10...Ne5?? (better 10...Qe7+/-) 11.Be5 Be5 12.Qe2 (12.Ne5 Qe7 13.f4 a5+-) 12...Bd4 (12...Ba1 13.0-0 Bc3-+) 13.ed4+- Qd4 (13...Re8 14.Qe3+-) 14.0-0 (better 14.Nd4 Re8 15.0-0+-) 14...Be6 (14...Qb6+-) 15.Nd4. opperwezen (2625) - JannLee (2715), lichess.org, 2017. (=1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 dc4)

7.Bc4 c6 8.d4 e4=+ 9.Nfd2 Bc7 (9...Nb6!?=+) 10.Nc3+= 0-0 (10...Nb6+=) 11.h4 (better 11.Nde4!? Ne4 12.Ne4+/-) 11...Qe7 12.h5 Qe6?? (better 12...Nb6=+) 13.h6 (better 13.Be6 fe6 14.Nde4 Nd5+-) 13...Ng4?? (13...Qe7!? 14.hg7 Kg7+/-) 14.Qe2 (14.Be6 Nf2 15.Kf2 fe6 16.Kg1 g6+-) 14...gh6?? (14...Qg6 15.hg7 Re8 16.Nce4 Re4 17.Ne4 Qe4 18.f3 Qe3 19.fg4 Qe2 20.Be2+-) 15.Nde4 (better 15.Be6 Nf2 16.Qf2 fe6 17.Qh4+-) 15...Qe4?? (better 15...Qg6+-) 16.Ne4 (16.Ne4 Nb6 17.Bb3+-) 1-0. opperwezen (2755) - JannLee (2730), lichess.org, 2019. (=1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 dc4)

7.Bc4 c6 8.Be2 e4 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.h3 (10.Qc2 a5 11.Nc3 ab4 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.Qe4 ba3=) 10...0-0 11.Nc3 Bd7 (11...c5!? 12.Ndb5 cb4 13.Nd6 bc3 (worse 13...Qd6 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.ab4=+) 14.dc3 Qb6 15.Nc8 Rac8-/+) 12.Qb1 a5 13.h4 (13.Ne4!? Ne4 14.Qe4=) 13...ab4=+ 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Ba1 Bb4?? (better 15...Re8=+) 16.Qb4+- Qe7?? (better 16...b6 17.Qd6 Re8+-) 17.Nd5 (better 17.Qe7 Re8 18.Qb4+-) 17...Nd3?? (better 17...Nd5 18.Qb7 Qd6-/+) 18.Bd3+-. opperwezen (2745) - JannLee (2695), lichess.org, 2019. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 dc4)

7.Bc4 h6 8.0-0 0-0 9.d3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Rc1 Bb3 13.Qb3 c6 14.Nc4 Nc4 15.Qc4 Nd5 16.e4 Nf4 17.g3?? (17.d4 Qd7 18.h3 Nh3 19.gh3 Qh3=) 17...Ne6?? (better is 17...Ne2 18.Kg2 Nc1 19.Rc1 Rfd8–+) 18.Be5 Be5 19.Ne5 f6?? 20.Ng6+- Qd6 21.Nf8 Rf8 22.f4 Kh8 23.Rfd1 Nd4 24.Kf2 Rc8 25.Ke3 Ne6 26.d4 Rd8 27.e5 fe5 28.de5 (28.de5 Qe7 29.Rd8 Nd8 30.Qd4+-; 28.fe5?! Qe7+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1895) – dubbin, Active (5/0), 2005.

7.Bc4 h6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.Be2 e4 10.Nd4 a6 (10...a5 11.b5=) 11.d3+= Bf5?? (better is 11...ed3 12.Qd3 0-0+=) 12.Nf5+- 0-0 (12...ed3 13.Qd3 (13.Ng7?! Kf8 14.Bd3 Kg7+-; worse is 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Qd3 Qe7+-) 13...Bf8 14.Ne4 Qd3 15.Nf6 gf6 16.Bd3+-) 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.de4 Re8 (14...f6 15.Qb3 Kh7 16.Rd1+-) 15.Bg7 Re4 16.Bf3 Re6 17.Bb7 Rb8 18.Qf3 Qg5 19.Ba6 Bf4 20.Bd3 Rbe8 21.h4 Re3 22.fe3 Be3 23.hg5 (23.hg5 Bg5 24.Kd1+-) 1–0. Rompf,Hartmut (1955) – Fischer,Bernd (1860), remoteschach.de, 2009.

7.Bc4 h6 8.d4 Qe7=.

7.Bc4 0-0

8.0-0 a5 9.Qb3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qe7 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.Nd5 Nfd5 14.Bd5 c6 15.Be4 Be6 16.Qd3 f5 17.Ne5 Be5 18.Bf3 Ba1 19.Ra1 Nd5 20.b5 Rd8 21.h3 Nf4 22.Qc3 Nd3 23.bc6 bc6 24.Qc6 Qf6 25.Be2 Ne5 26.Qc7 h6 27.d4 Ng6 28.Ra6 Qf7 29.Bd3 Re8 30.Qg3 Kh7 31.e4 f4 32.Qf3 Rc8 33.d5 Rc1 34.Kh2 Bc8 35.e5 Ba6 36.e6 Qf6 37.Ba6 Rc3 38.Qe4 f3 39.g3 Ra3 40.Bd3 Ra2 41.Qe3 h5 42.d6 h4 43.e7 hg3 44.Kg3 Qd6 45.Kf3 Qe7 46.Qe7 1–0. elsh1403 – biring (1630), internet, 2013.

8.0-0 a6 9.d4 b5 (better 9...e4!? 10.Nfd2 Nb6=+) 10.de5 bc4 11.ed6 cd6 12.Qd6 Bb7 13.Nc3 Qc8 14.Rad1 Rd8 15.Qg3 Nf8? (15...Qb8 16.Ne2 Qg3 17.Ng3+/-) 16.h3 (16.Ne4! Ng6 17.Bf6 Rd1 18.Rd1 gf6 19.Nf6 Kg7 20.Nh5 Kg8+-) 16...Qe6 17.Rd8 Rd8 18.Rd1 (18.Na4!? Bf3 19.Nc5+- (worse 19.Qf3 Ne4+/-; 19.gf3?! Rd2+/-)) 18...Rd1 19.Nd1 Ng6 20.Bf6 Qf6?? (20...gf6 21.Qb8 Qc8 22.Qc8 Bc8 23.Nd4+-) 21.Nd4 (better 21.Qb8 Nf8 22.Qb7+-) 21...Qd8+/- 22.Nc3 h6 23.Qg4 Qd6 24.Nf5?? (better 24.Na4+/-) 24...Qc6?? (better 24...Qd3 25.Nd4 Qc3-/+) 25.f3 (25.f3 Qe6 26.Ne2+/-) 1-0. POLSKA_HUSARIA (2060) - clownopening (2135), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.0-0 Nb6 9.Be2 c6 10.d4 (better 10.Be5 Bg4 11.Bd4+/-) 10...Qc7?? (better 10...e4 11.Ne5 Nfd5=) 11.de5+- Be5 12.Be5 Qd8 13.Qd8 Rd8 14.Bf6 gf6 15.Nc3 Nd5 16.Nd5 Rd5 17.Rfd1 Rf5 (17...Be6 18.Nd4 Rad8 19.Rac1+-) 18.Bd3 (18.Rd8 Kg7 19.Rad1 b5+-) 18...Kg7 (18...Rh5+-) 19.Bf5 Bf5 20.h3 Be4 21.Rd4 f5 22.Rad1 Rg8 (22...a5 23.Rd7 ab4 24.ab4+-) 23.Ne5 (23.Rd8 Rd8 24.Rd8 h6+-) 23...Kf6 (23...Bd5 24.Nd3+-) 24.Nc4 (better 24.Rd6 Kg7 25.Rd7 Bd5 26.Rb7 h5+-) 24...Rg2 25.Kf1 Rh2 26.Nd6 (better 26.Rd6 Kg7 27.Ke2+-) 26...Bf3=+ 27.Ke1 Rh1 28.Kd2 Rd1 29.Kc3 Ra1 30.Kb3? (30.Kb2 Rh1=+) 30...Rf1?? (30...Bd5!? 31.Kb2 Ra2 32.Kc1 Rf2 33.Nb7-+) 31.Nb7? (better 31.Rf4!? Bd5 32.Kb2=) 31...Rf2-/+ 32.Nd8 (better 32.Na5!? Re2 33.Nc4-+) 32…Bd5 (32...Bd5 33.Kc3 Ke5-+) 0-1. POLSKA_HUSARIA (2055) - clownopening (2145), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.0-0 Nb6 9.Be2 Re8 10.d4 ed4 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Bf3 Nc3 15.Rc3 Qg5 (better 15...Na4!? 16.Rc2 Nb2 17.Rb2 c6=) 16.Bb7+/- Rab8 17.Bf3?? (17.f4 Qg6 18.Bc6 Rbd8+-) 17...Bh3?? (better 17...Na4 18.Rc2 Nb2 19.Rb2 Qh6=) 18.Kh1?? (18.Nc6 Ra8+-) 18...Be6?? (better 18...Qe5 19.g3 Bf1 20.Qf1 Na4-/+) 19.g3 Qf6 20.Ne6 Re6 21.Rc2 Qg6 22.Qe2 Qf6?? (22...Na4+-) 23.Bg4 (better 23.Bf6 Rf6 24.Kg2+-) 23...Qg5 (23...Qg6 24.Be6 Qe6 25.Rd1+-) 24.Be6 fe6 25.Qf3 (25.e4!? Rc8+-) 25...Qg6 26.Qg2 (26.e4 Ra8+-) 26...Rf8 (better 26...Qc2 27.Bd4 Qd3-+) 27.Rfc1+- Qh5 28.Bd4 Qe8 29.Bc5 Bc5 (29...Nd5 30.e4 Nf6 31.Kg1+-) 30.Rc5 (30.bc5?! Nd5+-) 30...Nd7 (30...Nd5 31.e4 Nb6 32.Rc7+-) 31.Rc7 Nf6 32.Ra7 Ng4 (32...Nd5+-) 33.Rcc7 Rf2 (33...Qg6 34.Rg7 Qg7 35.Rg7 Kg7+-) 34.Rg7 Kf8 35.Rgf7 (35.Rh7 Rf7 36.Raf7 Qf7 37.Qa8 Qe8 38.Rh8 Ke7 39.Re8 Kf6 40.Qf3 Kg7 41.Qg4 Kf6 42.Re6 Kf7 43.Qg6 Kf8 44.Re8) 35...Rf7= 36.Rf7 Qf7 37.h3 Nf2 38.Kg1 Nd3 39.Qe4 Nc1 (39...Qf2 40.Kh1 Qf1 41.Kh2 Qe2 42.Kg1 Qd1 43.Kg2 Qc2 44.Kg1=) 40.Qa8 Kg7 41.Qc6 Ne2 42.Kg2 Qf6 43.b5 Kg6?? (better 43...Qe5 44.b6 Qe3 45.Qd7 Kg6 46.Qe8 Kg7 47.Qe7 Kg6 48.Qe8 Kg7 49.Qd7 Kg6 50.Qe8=) 44.b6 (better 44.Qc2 Kh6 45.Qe2+-) 44...Qb2 45.Kf3?? (better 45.Qe6 Kg7 46.Qd7 Kf6 47.Qd6 Kf7 48.h4 Nc3 49.Kh3+-) 45...Nc3 (better 45...Ng1 46.Kf4 Qf6 (46...Nh3?! 47.Kg4 Ng5 48.Qe8 Nf7 49.Qe6 Kg7 50.Kh4=) 47.Ke4 Qf3 48.Kd3 Qc6-+) 46.b7?? (better 46.Qe6 Kg7 47.Qd7 Kf8 48.Qc6 Qe2 49.Kf4+-) 46…Nd5 (46...Nd5 47.Qe8 Kg7+-). POLSKA_HUSARIA (2065) - clownopening (2130), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.0-0 c5 9.bc5+/– Nc5 10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 Qe7 12.d4 Nce4 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Be6 fe6 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Qd3 Qh4 17.g3 Qg4 18.Bf4 (better is 18.f3 Rf3 19.Rf3 Qf3 20.Rf1+-) 18...Ng5 19.Bg5 Qg5 20.f4 Qg4 21.Rfe1 Rad8 22.Qe2 Qg6 23.Rac1 b6 24.Qc4 Kh8 25.e4 (25.Qc7 Ra8+/–) 25...h5 (25...Rf4 26.Qc7 Rff8 27.Qe5=) 26.Kg2 (better is 26.Kh1!?+/–) 26...Rf4= 27.Qd3 Rdf8 28.Rf1 Rf1 29.Rf1 Rd8 30.Rd1 h4 31.e5 Qg4 32.h3 Qg5 33.g4 Rf8 34.Rf1 Rf1 35.Kf1 Qf4 36.Kg2 Qc1 37.d5 ed5 38.Qd5 Qb2 39.Kg1 Qc1 40.Kg2 Qc2 41.Kg1 Qc1 42.Kg2 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1750) – sibemol (1780), Active, 2009.

8.0-0 c6 9.d3 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Nd5 (11...Qc7 12.Re1=) 12.e4 (12.d4!?+=) 12...Nf4= 13.Qc2 Qf6 14.Rae1 Qg6 15.g3 Nh3 (15...c5!? 16.Nh4 Qg5 17.bc5 Rac8+=) 16.Kg2= Nf4 17.Kh1 Nh5 (17...Ne6!? 18.Nh4 Qg5+=) 18.Nh4+/– Qf6 (better is 18...Qg4 19.Nf5 Bb8+/–) 19.Nf5 (19.f4 Qd8 20.Nhf3 a5 21.fe5 Be7+-) 19...Bc7? (better is 19...c5!? 20.Nd6 Qd6=) 20.Qd1 Qg6?? (better is 20...g6 21.f4! gf5 22.Qh5 Qg6 23.Qg6 hg6 24.ef5 c5 25.Nf3 e4 26.de4 c4+-) 21.Ne7+- Kh8 22.Ng6 fg6 23.f3 Ndf6 (23...a5 24.Be6 Nhf6 25.f4+-) 24.d4 Nd7 25.de5 Ne5 26.f4 Nd3 27.Qc2 Ne1 28.Re1 Bc8 29.e5 Bh3 30.Qc6 Bb6 31.Qb5 Rad8 32.Qe2 Nf4 33.gf4 Rf4 34.Nf3 Bg4 35.Bd1 Rdf8?? 36.Kg2 h5 37.h3 Bf3 38.Qf3 Rf3 39.Bf3 Re8 40.e6 a5 41.ba5 Ba5 42.Re2 Re7 43.Bd4 Kh7 44.Bc5 Re8 45.e7 Bc7 46.Bc6 Re7 47.Re7 Bd8 48.Re8 Bf6 49.Bb4 Kh6 50.a4 g5 51.a5 Kg6 52.a6 Kf7 53.a7 Bd4 54.a8Q Kg6 55.Re1 Bf6 56.Re2 h4 57.Rf2 Kh6 58.Re2 Kh5?? 59.Rf2 Kg6?? 60.Ra2 Kh5 61.Qa3 Kg6 62.Bf3 Kh6 63.Bg4 (63.Bg4 Be5 64.Qd3 g6 65.Bf8 Kh7 66.Ra7 Kh8 67.Qg6 Bd4 68.Qh7; 63.Qa8 Bd8 64.Ra6 Kh7 65.Be4 g6 66.Ra7 Bc7 67.Rc7 Kh6 68.Qh8) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1870) – raulmsn (1745), Active (5/0), 2005.

8.0-0 c6 9.d4 b5?? (9...e4 10.Nfd2+=) 10.Bb3 (better is 10.de5 Be5 11.Bf7 Kf7 12.Be5+/–) 10...e4= 11.Nfd2 Nb6 12.Nc3 (12.Qc2 Bh2 13.Kh2 Ng4 14.Kg3 Qd6 15.f4 Qg6 16.Qe4 Bf5-/+) 12...Re8 (12...Bh2 13.Kh2 Ng4 14.Kg3 Qd6 15.f4 Ne3 16.Qe2 Nf5 17.Kh2+=) 13.Qc2 Can e4 get defended? 13...Bf5 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.Rac1 Nbd5 17.Qb1 a5 18.Qa2? (better is 18.ba5!? Qa5 19.Qc2+=) 18...ab4–+ 19.Bd5 cd5 20.ab4 Bb4 21.Nb3 Ra8 22.Qb1 Qe7 23.Nc5 Bc5 (better is 23...Reb8!?-/+) 24.dc5+= h6 (24...Nh5 25.Ne2=) 25.c6 Rec8 26.Bd4 (26.Bf6 Qf6 27.Qb5+=) 26...Ra6 (better is 26...b4+=) 27.Qb5+/– Ra2 28.Qb7 White prepares c7 28...Qc7 29.Be5! Qd8 (29...Qe5 30.Qc8 Deflection) 30.c7 Qd7 31.Rc5 Ng4?? (better is 31...Rd2+/–) 32.Rd5+- Qe8 33.Bd4 (33.Qc8 Qc8 34.Rd8 Kh7 35.Rc8 Ne5+-) 33...Rc2?? 34.Bb6 Rb2 35.Rd8 Rd8= 36.cd8Q Qd8 37.Bd8 Rb7+= 38.Bf6?? gf6 39.Nf5 (39.Nf5 Bf5 40.h3–+). elsh1403 – morce, internet, 2012.

8.0-0 e4 9.Nd4 Be5 10.Qc2 Bd4 (10...Nb6!?=) 11.Bd4+= b6 12.d3 Bb7 13.de4 Be4 14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Qd3 Ne5 (15...c5 16.bc5 bc5 17.Bc3=) 16.Qc3 Ned7 17.Nd2 (17.Rd1 Qc8+/–) 17...Qe7? (17...c5 18.bc5 bc5 19.Bf6 Qf6 20.Rac1 Qc3 21.Rc3=) 18.Nf3 (18.Qc7 Rfc8 19.Qb7 Rcb8+/–) 18...Ne4 (18...c5 19.Bf6 Qf6 20.Rfc1=) 19.Qb2 (better is 19.Qc7!? Rfc8 20.Qb7+/–) 19...f6+= 20.Rac1 Rac8 (20...c5 21.Bc3=) 21.Rfd1 (21.b5 Nb8+=) 21...c5= 22.bc5 Ndc5 23.Bc5 Nc5 24.Nd4 Rfd8 25.h3 Qf7 26.Nb5 Rd1 27.Rd1 h6 28.Nd6 (28.Nd6 Qd7 29.Qd4+=) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – Filibusterov, Active, 2009.

8.0-0 e4 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.Be2 Nfg4 (better is 10...a5-/+) 11.f4?? (11.h3 Qh4 12.Nc3= (12.hg4?? Ng4 13.Nf3 ef3 14.Be5 Be5 15.Re1 Qf2 16.Kh1 Qg2; 12.Bg4 Bg4 13.Qc2 f5–+)) 11...ef3!-/+ 12.Nf3?? (12.Nf3; 12.Bf3 Nh2 Decoy; 12.gf3 Qh4 Combination) 12...Nf3–+ 13.Bf3 (13.Rf3 Bh2 14.Kh1 Nf2 15.Rf2–+) 13...Bh2 14.Kh1 Qh4 0–1. Puentes,Alvaro (2115) – Escobar Forero,Alder (2460), IRT Camp Nal Mayores Absoluto AJEDREZ B, 2012.

8.0-0 Re8 9.Qb3 Re7 10.Ng5 (10.d4 e4 11.Ne5 Qe8=) 10...Qf8 (10...Qe8 11.d4=) 11.Nc3 h6 (11...Nb6 12.Bd3=) 12.Nge4+= Ne4 13.Ne4 Nb6 14.Bd3 (14.d4 Nc4 15.Qc4 Be6+=) 14...Be6= 15.Qc2 Bf5 (15...Bd5 16.Rfc1=) 16.f3 (16.Nf6! gf6 17.Bf5+/–) 16...Bg6+= 17.f4 ef4 18.ef4 Qe8? (18...Be4 19.Be4 c6 20.Rae1=) 19.Nd6?? (19.f5 Bh7 20.Bg7 Nd5 21.Nd6 cd6+-) 19...cd6? (better is 19...Bd3!? 20.Ne8 Bc2 21.Ng7 Nc4+=) 20.f5+- Bh7 21.f6 Bd3+/– 22.Qd3 Re6 23.fg7 Rg6 24.h4 Qc6 25.h5?? Qg2# 0–1. chess55555 – Istvanny (1670), internet, 2007.

8.0-0 Re8 9.d4 Nb6 10.Bb3 ed4 11.Nd4 Qe7 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Qc2 Bh5 14.Rac1 Bg6 15.Qd2 Rad8 16.Nce2 Qe5 17.g3 Qh5 18.Qe1 (18.Nf4 Bf4 19.ef4= (19.gf4?? Qg4 20.Kh1 Rd4 21.Qd4 Qf3 22.Kg1 Be4 23.Qe4 Qe4-+)) 18...Be5 19.Nf4?? (19.Qd2 Nbd5 20.Nc3-+) 19...Bf4-+ 20.gf4?? (20.Bd1 Qh3 21.gf4 Rd4-+) 20...Ng4 (better 20...Rd4 21.f3 Rd3-+) 21.h3 (21.Nf3 Be4 22.Bf7 Kf7 23.Ng5 Kg8 24.h3-+) 21...Qh3 22.Nf3 Qf3 (22...Qf3 23.Qc3 Ne5-+) 0-1. POLSKA_HUSARIA (2080) - clownopening (2115), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Qb3 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Be2 Qe7 (10...e4 11.Nd4=) 11.Nc3= c5 12.Nb5 Rfc8 (12...Bf3 13.Bf3 e4 14.Be2+=) 13.Nd6 (13.Bc4 Ne4=) 13...Qd6= 14.Rfd1 (14.Bc4 Bd5=) 14...Bd5 (14...e4 15.Ne1 Bd5 16.Qc3+=) 15.Qc3 (15.bc5 Nc5 16.Qb4 e4=) 15...Ne4+= 16.Qc2? (better is 16.Qd3!?+=) 16...cb4–+ 17.Qa4 ba3 (17...b3 18.d4 ed4 19.Nd4–+) 18.Qa3 Qa3 (18...f6 19.Ne1+=) 19.Ra3+= f6 20.Rda1 (20.Ne1 Ng5+=) 20...a5 21.Bb5 (21.Bd1-/+) 21...Bc6 (21...Ndc5 22.d4 ed4 23.Nd4-/+) 22.Bc6? (better is 22.Bc4!? Kh8 23.d4-/+) 22...Rc6–+ 23.d3 Nf2! 24.d4 (24.Kf2 Rc2 Double attack) 24...ed4?? (better is 24...Rc2 25.Rb1 Re8–+) 25.Nd4= Rd6 (better is 25...Rac8!?=) 26.Kf2+/– Re8 (26...Rc8 27.Rc3 Rc3 28.Bc3+/–) 27.Ke2 (27.Rc3 Nc5 28.Kf3 Rd5+/–) 27...Ne5 (27...Nc5 28.Kf3+/–) 28.Rc1 Ng4 (28...Kf7 29.Nb5 Rd7 30.Bd4+-) 29.h3+- Ne5 30.Nb5 (30.Rb3 g6+-) 30...Rd7 31.Be5 (31.Bd4 Re6+-) 31...Re5 32.Rc8 (32.Rb3 Rg5+/–) 32...Kf7 33.Rc7 (33.Rb3 Kg6+/–) 33...Rc7+= 34.Nc7 Rc5 (34...Ke7 35.Rd3 b5 36.Nd5 Ke6 37.Nf4 Ke7 38.Kd2+=) 35.Na8 Rc6 (35...Rb5 36.g4+=) 36.Rb3 (36.Kd3 Kg6+/–) 36...a4 (36...Rc2 37.Kd3 Rg2 38.Nb6+/–) 37.Rb1 (37.Rb6?? Rb6 38.Nb6 a3–+) 37...a3 (37...Rc2 38.Kd3 Rg2 39.Nb6+=) 38.Ra1 Rc2 39.Kf3 (better is 39.Kd3!? Rg2 40.Ra3+/–) 39...b5?? (better is 39...a2 40.Nb6 Ke6=) 40.Ra3+- 1–0. Dos Anjos,Diovana F – De Camargo,Dayane J, Sao Jose dos Pinhais Brazil, JOJUPS, 2012.

8.Qb3 c5 9.Ng5 Qe7 10.0-0 h6 11.Nf7 Rf7 12.bc5 Nc5 13.Bf7 Qf7 14.Qb5? (better is 14.Qf7!? Kf7 15.d4 ed4 16.Bd4-/+) 14...Bd7 (14...Bf5 15.Be5 Bd3 16.Qd3 Nd3 17.Bd6–+) 15.Qe2 (15.Qb4 Nce4 16.Qb7 Rb8 17.Qa7 Rb2–+) 15...a6 (15...Nb3 16.f4 ef4 17.Bf6 gf6 18.Ra2–+) 16.Nc3 b5 (16...Bf5 17.Rfe1–+) 17.Rab1 Bf5 (better is 17...Qg6 18.d4 ed4 19.ed4 Bh2 20.Kh2 Ng4 21.Kg1 Qh5 22.Qg4 Bg4 23.dc5 Qc5–+) 18.d3?? (better is 18.Qf3 Be4 19.Ne4 Nfe4 20.d4 ed4 21.ed4 Qf3 22.gf3+=) 18...Bd3–+ (worse is 18...Nd3 19.Qf3 e4 20.Qf5+=) 19.Qf3 Bf1 20.Qa8+= Kh7 21.Rf1 Qb3 22.Nd1 Nd3 Black intends b4 23.Bc3 Qa3 24.h3 b4 25.Bd2 b3 26.f4 Qa2 27.Bc3+= Nc1 28.Rf2?? Qa4?? 29.fe5+- Ne4 30.ed6 Nf2 31.Kf2 Nd3?? 32.Kg1 b2 33.Nb2 Nb2 34.Bb2 Qd1 35.Kh2 Qd6 36.Kh1?? Qe6 0–1. elsh1403 (1705) – peterkabi (1620), internet, 2012.

8.Qb3 Qe7 9.0-0 a6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Bd5 Rb8 13.Bc6 Nb6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.d4 Bc6 16.Rc6 e4 17.Ne5 Nd7 (better 17...Rbd8!?=) 18.Nd7+/- Qd7 19.Rfc1 Qg4 20.Qd5 Rfe8 21.h3 Qg6 22.a4 ba4 23.Ra6? (better 23.Qa5=) 23...Rb4?? (better 23...Bh2! 24.Kh2 Qa6 25.Rc7 Rf8-/+) 24.Ba3+- Rbb8 (24...Qe6 25.Rd6 cd6 26.Qe6 fe6 (26...Re6?? 27.Rc8 Re8 28.Re8) 27.Bb4 d5+-) 25.Bd6 cd6 (25...Qe6 26.Qe6 Re6 (26...fe6?? 27.Rc7 Ra8 28.Raa7 Ra7 29.Ra7+-) 27.Rc7 h5+-) 26.Rd6 Re6 (26...Qd6 27.Qd6 Ra8 28.Rc7+-) 27.Rd8 Re8 28.Re8 Re8 29.Qd7 (better 29.Rc6 a3 30.Rg6 hg6 31.Qa5+-) 29...Rf8 30.Qa4 h6 31.Qc6 Qh5? (better 31...Qc6 32.Rc6 Rb8+/-) 32.Qe4+- Qe2 33.Rf1 g6 34.d5 Rc8 (34...Qd2 35.Qf3 Rd8+-) 35.d6 (35.d6 Qb5 36.Qe7+-) 1-0. cocoarg (2225) - clownopening (2040), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Qb3 Qe7 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.0-0 Nc4 11.Qc4 Be6 12.Qe2 c6 13.d4 ed4 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.f4 (15.Rfd1 Rad8=+) 15...Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Nf3 Bg4 18.Qf2 Ne4 (18...c5!?-/+) 19.Ne4= Qe4 20.Qg3 Qc2 (20...Qg6!?+=) 21.Bg7+/- (worse 21.Qg4 Qb2 22.Qh4 c5=+) 21...Kg7 22.Qg4 Kh8 23.Nd4 (23.Rad1 Rg8 24.Qh3 Qg6+/-) 23...Qg6 24.Qg6 hg6 25.Kf2 a6 (25...Kg7 26.Rad1+/-) 26.Nf3 (26.Rad1 Be7+/-) 26...Kg7 27.Rad1 c5 28.bc5 Bc5 Attacking the backward pawn on e3 29.Rb1 b5 30.a4 (30.Rb3 Rd5+=) 30...b4 (30...ba4 31.Ne5=+) 31.Ne5 f6 32.Nc4 (32.Rec1 Rc8 33.Nc4=) 32...a5?? (better 32...Re4 33.Rec1 Rf4 34.Ke2 Re4-/+) 33.Na5+/- Rd2 (33...Rd3!?+/-) 34.Kf3+- Rd3 35.Nc4 b3 36.Re2 (better 36.a5+-) 36...Rc3+= 37.a5 (37.Nd2 Rce3 38.Re3 Re3 39.Kf2 b2=) 37...Rc4= 38.Rb3 Ra4 39.Rb5 Bb4 40.Rb2 (40.a6 Be7-/+) 40...Ba5 41.Rb7 Kg8 42.R2b5 Bd2 43.Rb3 (43.Rd5!? Re3 44.Kg4 Rf4 45.Kf4 Re7 46.Rd2 Rb7 47.h3=) 43...Rae4-+ 44.R7b4?? (44.Rd7 Re3 (44...Be3?! 45.Rbb7=) 45.Re3 Be3-+ (45...Re3?! 46.Kf2=)) 44...Re3 (better 44...Bb4 45.g3 Bc5-+) 45.Re3 Be3 (45...Re3 46.Kf2 Re8 47.Rc4-+) 46.Rb7 (46.Re4 Re4 47.Ke4 Bg1-+) 46...Bd4 47.Rb4 (47.Rd7 Re3 48.Kf2 Bc5-+) 47...Bc3 (47...Bg1 48.g3-+) 48.Rc4 Bb2 49.Rb4 Ba1 50.Rb7 g5?? (50...Re1 51.Kg4-+) 51.Ra7? (better 51.fg5!? fg5 52.Kg4=+) 51...Bd4-+ 52.Ra4 Bb2 (52...Be3 53.fg5 Bg5-+ (53...fg5?! 54.Re4 Re4 55.Ke4=)) 53.fg5=+ fg5 54.Rg4 Bf6 55.h4 Re5 56.hg5 Rg5 (56...Bg5 57.Re4 Rf5 58.Kg4=+) 57.Rg5= Bg5 58.g4 Kf7 59.Ke4 Ke6 60.Kf3 Ke5 61.Kg3 Ke4 62.Kh3 Kf3 63.Kh2 Kg4 ½-½. alddhsfd (1770) - Oussattaque (1810), lichess.org, 2019.

8.Qc2 e4 9.Ng5 Ne5 10.Ne4 A) < 10...Nc4 11.Nf6 gf6 12.Qc4+/–; B) 10...Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Be6 =.

8.Qc2 Qe7 9.0-0 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5=+.

8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Nc3 a5 (9...Nb6 10.Bb5=+) 10.b5 (10.Nb5 e4 11.Nd6 Qd6= (< 11...ef3 12.Nf5 Qd8 13.gf3+=)) 10...Nc5 (10...Nb6 11.Bb3=+) 11.d4= Ncd7 (11...ed4 12.Nd4 Rd8 13.Rd1=) 12.Ne4 (12.0-0 e4 13.Ng5 Nb6+=) 12...Ne4= 13.Qe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 e4 15.Ne5 Be6 16.Be2 (16.0-0 Be5 17.de5 Bc4 18.ef6 Qc5 19.fg7 Rfe8+=) 16...Bd5 (16...Bb4 17.Kf1 Bd6 18.Kg1=+) 17.0-0= Rae8 (17...Rfd8 18.Rfc1=) 18.Rfc1 (18.Nc4 a4=) 18...c5 (18...a4 19.Rab1=) 19.bc6 (19.Nc4 Bc4 20.Bc4 cd4 21.Bd4 Ba3 22.Bf6 gf6+=) 19...bc6 20.Nc4 Rb8 21.Nd6 Rb2 22.Nf5 Qe6 23.Qg5 g6 24.Ng3 (24.Nh6 Kg7 25.Bg4 Ng4 26.Ng4 Rfb8=) 24...Rfb8 25.h4 (25.Rc3 a4=) 25...Kg7 26.Qf4 a4 27.h5 h6 28.hg6 fg6 29.Bd1 Rf8 30.Rab1 Rb1 31.Rb1 Rf7 32.Qe5 Qe5= 33.de5 Nd7 34.e6 Be6 35.Ne4 Bf5 36.Rb4 c5 37.Ra4 Nb6 38.Ra6 Be4 39.Rb6 Rc7 40.f3 Bd3 41.Rb3 c4 42.Rc3 Ra7 43.e4 Kf6 44.Kf2 Rb7 45.Ke3 Rb2 46.g3 g5 47.f4 Rg2 48.Kf3 Rb2 49.Ke3 Rg2 50.g4 gf4 51.Kf4 Rb2 52.Ba4 Rf2 53.Kg3 Rb2 54.Kf4 Rf2= 55.Kg3 Rb2 ½–½. Poley,Vladimir (2405) – Akesson,Joel (2360), Spiltan Pelaro open, 2004.

8.Qc2 Qe7 9.h3 Nb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.b5 (11.ba5 Ra5 12.d4 e4=+) 11...e4 Black launches an attack 12.Nd4 Nfd7 (12...a4 13.Ba2=+) 13.Nf5 Qg5 14.g4 (14.Nd6!? cd6 A) worse 15.Qe4 Nc5 (worse 15...Qb5 16.Bc2 f5 17.Qd4+=) 16.h4 Qf5 (16...Ne4 17.hg5 Ng5 18.f4+/-) 17.Qf5 Bf5-+; B) 15.Nc3=+) 14...Nc5-/+ 15.Nd6 Nd3 (worse 15...Nb3 16.Qb3 cd6 17.Nc3=+) 16.Kf1 (16.Ke2!? cd6 17.Nc3-/+) 16...cd6-+ 17.Rg1? (17.Bd4 a4 (17...Qb5?! 18.Nc3 Qa6 19.Kg2=+) 18.Ba2 Qh4 (18...Qb5?! 19.Nc3 Qa6 20.Kg2=+) 19.Qd3 ed3 20.Bb6 Bg4-+) 17...Qb5 (better 17...a4!? 18.Ba2 Qb5 19.Nc3 Qb2 20.Qb2 Nb2 21.Ne4-+) 18.Nc3 Qe5 19.f4 Qe7 20.Rg3 (20.Kg2 h5-+) 20...Bd7 21.Nd5 (21.Qb1 Rac8-+ (worse 21...Nb2 22.Qb2 Ra6 23.Bc2-/+)) 21...Nd5 22.Bd5 Rac8 (worse 22...Nb2 23.Qb2 Bc6 24.Bc6 bc6 25.Rb1-+) 23.Bc3 b5 24.Qa2 b4 25.Bb2?? (25.ab4 ab4 26.Bd4-+) 25...Rc2 26.Rb1 (26.ab4 Rb2 27.Qa5-+) 26...Rd2 (26...Qh4!? 27.Rg2 Rb2 28.Qb2 Qh3 29.Be4 Nb2 30.Rb2 ba3 31.Ra2 Bg4 32.Ra3-+) 27.Rg2?? (better 27.Bf6 Ra2 28.Be7 Ra3 29.Bf8 Kf8 30.Be4 Nf4 31.Kf2 Ra2 32.Kf3-+) 27...Rg2 (better 27...Qh4 28.Rd2 Qh3 29.Kg1 Qe3 30.Kh1 Qd2-+) 28.Kg2 Be6 (28...Nb2?! 29.Rb2 h5 30.ab4 hg4 31.ba5 gh3 32.Kh2-/+) 29.g5 Bd5 (29...Nb2?! 30.Rb2 ba3 31.Rd2 Bd5 32.Rd5-+) 30.Qd5 Qc7 (30...Nb2?! 31.Rb2 ba3 32.Ra2-+) 31.Qb3 Rb8 (31...Rc8 32.Bd4-+) 32.Bd4 a4 33.Qa2 (33.Qa4 b3! 34.Kg1-+) 33...b3 34.Qd2 Rc8 35.Kg3 Qc2 36.Rd1 Qd2 37.Rd2 Rb8 (37...Rc2 38.Rd1-+) 38.Rd1 (38.f5 Rb5 39.Kg4 Rd5-+) 38...b2 39.Rb1 Rb3 40.f5 (40.Kg4 Ra3 41.Kf5 d5 42.Bb2 Rb3-+) 40...Ra3 41.h4 (41.Bb2 Rb3-+) 41...Rb3 42.h5 (42.Bb2 d5 43.Rd1 Rb2-+) 42...a3 43.g6 (43.Bb2 ab2 44.f6-+) 0-1. petrobbo (2050) - martin358 (2395), ChessWorld.net, 2019.

8.Nc3 c6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Rc1 (10.0-0 Nb6 11.Bd3 Nbd5=) 10...Nb6 11.Ba2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 (12...Bf3!? 13.gf3 a5 14.ba5 Ra5-/+) 13.Nh4= Nfd5 (better is 13...a5 14.ba5 Ra5=) 14.Nf5+/– Qe6 15.e4 Bg6 16.g4 (16.ed5?! Qf5 17.Qf5 Bf5 18.dc6 bc6=) 16...Rac8 17.ed5 Nd5 18.Qd3 e4 (18...Bf5 19.gf5 Nf4 20.fe6 Nd3 21.Ke2 Nc1 22.Rc1 f6+-) 19.Qe4 Bf5 20.gf5 (20.Bd5 Be4 21.Be6 Bh1 22.Bc8 Rc8=) 20...Qe4 (20...Qh6 21.Qf3 (21.Nd5?! Rce8 22.Qe8 Re8 23.Ne3 Be5 24.Be5 Re5+/–; 21.Bd5?! Rce8 22.Be6 fe6+-) 21...Rfe8 22.Ne4+/–) 21.Ne4 Rfe8 (21...Rce8 22.f3 Be5 23.d4+-) 22.Bb1 0–1. Romero,Ricardo (2265) – Pech,Jose, Merida op, 1997. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 Nf6 3.Bb2 Nbd7 4.e3 e5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 0-0)

8.Nc3 c6 9.Ng5 e4 (better 9...Nb6 10.Be2 Bf5=+) 10.Nce4+/- Ne4 11.Be5?? (better 11.Ne4 Nb6 12.Bb3+/-) 11...Be5 (better 11...Qg5 12.Bg3-+) 12.Ne4 Ba1 13.Nf6 (13.Qa1 a5 14.Qc3-+) 13...Bf6 14.Be6 Re8 (14...fe6 15.d4-+) 15.Kf1 Bc3 (better 15...Re6 16.d4-+) 16.Ke2 0-1. opperwezen (2655) - JannLee (2680), Elite Crazyhouse Arena, 2018. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 Ngf6 6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 0-0)

8.d3 a5 9.0-0 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.Qc2 c6 14.Ba2 Rd8 15.Rb1 Bd2 16.Qd2 b5 17.h4 Bb7 18.Ng5 Rf8 19.d4 ed4 20.Qd4 c5 21.Qf4 Ba6 22.Qc7 Ne8 23.Qa7 Qd6 24.Ne4 Qc6 25.Rd1 Qe4 26.Qa6 Nef6 27.Qb5 Qe7 28.Qb7 Re8 29.Qc7 Kf8 30.Bc4 Ra8 31.Bb5 g6 32.Bc3 Nb6 33.Qe7 Ke7 34.Bf6 Kf6 35.Rd6 Kf5 36.Rb6 Kg4 37.g3 f5 38.Rb7 Ra2 39.Rh7 Kf3 40.Bc6 Ke2 41.Rg7 Ke1 42.Rb7 Ke2 43.Kg2 Ke1 44.Rb1 Kd2 45.Bd5 Ra7 46.Rb5 Rc7 47.Kf3 Kd3 48.Rb3 Kd2 49.Kf4 Ra7 50.Kg5 Rd7 51.Be6 Rd6 52.Bf7 Ke2 53.Rb2 Rd2 54.Rd2 Kd2 55.Kf4 g5 56.hg5 c4 57.Bc4 Kc3 58.Be6 Kd2 59.g6 Ke2 60.f3 Kd2 61.g7 Ke2 62.g8Q Ke1 63.Bf5 Ke2 64.Qa2 Ke1 65.Bd3 Kd1 66.Ke5 Ke1 67.Qe2# 1–0. Delfi 1.40 – Monik211, computer chess game, 2001.

8.d3 a5 9.b5=.

8.d3 a6 9.0-0 b5 10.Ba2 Bb7 11.Nc3 c5 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.de4 Qf6 14.Qd2 Rfd8 (worse is 14...Be4 15.Rfd1 Bf3 16.gf3 cb4 17.ab4 Bb4 18.Qb4+/–) 15.Rfd1 Be7 16.Qd7 Rd7 17.Rd7 Bc6 18.Be5 Qf3 19.gf3 (19.Re7? Qe4 20.f3 Qe3 21.Kh1 c4–+) 19...Bd7 20.bc5 Bc5 21.Bd5 Re8 22.f4 Be6 23.Kg2 Rd8 24.Be6 fe6 25.Bc3 Bf8 26.Bb4 Rd3 27.Rb1 Kf7 28.Kf3 Bb4 29.ab4 Ra3 30.Rc1 Ra4 31.Rc7 Kg6 32.Re7 Kf6 33.Ra7 Kg6 34.h4 Rb4 35.Ra6 Kf7 36.Ra7 Kg6 37.h5! (37.h5 Kh6 38.Rb7+/–) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2470) – Silva (2240), echecsemail.com, 2010.

8.d3 a6 9.Bb3 b5 10.d4 ed4 (10...Qe7 11.Nc3=) 11.Qd4 (11.Nd4 Bb7 12.Nf5 Be5 13.Be5 Ne5=) 11...Bb7+= 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.0-0 c5 14.bc5 Nc5 15.Bc2 Rfd8 16.Qh4 Nfe4 17.Qe7 Be7 18.Rfd1 Nd3 19.Bd3 Rd3 20.Ne4 Be4 21.Nd4 Rd1 22.Rd1 Rc8 23.f3 Bg6 24.h3 f6 25.Kf2 Be8 (25...Bf7 26.e4=) 26.Rd2 (26.f4 b4 27.ab4 Bb4=) 26...a5+= 27.g4 b4 28.ab4 Bb4 29.Rd3 h5 (29...Bf7 30.Rd1+=) 30.f4 (30.Ba3 hg4 31.hg4 Bf7=) 30...h4 (30...hg4 31.hg4 Bf7 32.e4+=) 31.Kf3 Rd8 32.Kf2 (32.Ke2 Bf7 33.Nc6 Rc8 34.Nb4 ab4=) 32...a4 (32...Bc6 33.Ba3 Be4 34.Rb3+=) 33.Ke2 Bf7 (33...Bc5 34.Kd2+=) 34.Nc2 (34.Ba3 Ba5 35.Nc6 Rd3 36.Kd3 Bc7=) 34...Rd3 (34...Bd6 35.Rd4+=) 35.Kd3 Bf8 36.e4 Be8 37.Nd4 (37.Kd4 Bb5 38.Ne3 a3+=) 37...Kf7 (37...Bd6 38.f5+=) 38.Kc2 (38.e5 Bd7+=) 38...Bd7 39.f5 Bc8 40.Nf3 Bb7 41.Nd2 (41.Kd3 Ba6 42.Kd2 a3-/+) 41...Bc5 (41...Bd6 42.Kd3-/+) 42.Bc3 Bc6 (42...Be3 43.Kd3 Bd2 44.Bd2-/+) 43.Ba5 g5 44.fg6 Kg6 45.Kc3 Bf2 46.Nf3?? (better is 46.Kb4-/+) 46...Be4–+ (46...Be4 47.Nd2 Bg2–+) 0–1. Benassi,Aspasio (2180) – Jempty,George (2000), FICGS, 2016.

8.d3 a6 9.Nbd2 b5 Black gets the initiative 10.Bb3 c5 11.Bc3 Qe7 12.bc5 (12.Nh4 g6=+) 12...Nc5-/+ 13.Bc2 Bb7 14.e4 (14.0-0 Rac8 15.Bb2 Rfd8=+) 14...Rac8-/+ 15.Bb2 Rfd8 16.0-0 Ne6 (better 16...Bc7 17.Qe2 Nh5-/+) 17.Ne5? (better 17.a4=+) 17...Qc7-+ 18.Nf7 (18.Nec4 Bh2 19.Kh1-+) 18...Qf7 (better 18...Bh2!? 19.Kh1 Kf7 20.Rc1-+) 19.e5 (19.Bb3 Kh8 20.e5-+) 19...Qg6 Threatening mate: Qxg2 20.g3 Nf4 Threatening mate... how? 21.Bb3 Kh8 22.f3 (22.Re1 Ng4 23.Ne4 Be5 24.gf4 Ne3 25.Ng3 Nd1 26.Be5 Nf2 27.Kf2 Rd3-+) 22...Ng4! 23.Ne4 (23.fg4 Nh3 A classical mating theme) 23...Be4 24.Qd2 Be5 25.fe4 (25.Be5 Nh3 26.Kg2 Rd3 27.Qe2 Ne3 28.Kh1-+) 25...Rd3 26.Qe1 (26.Qd3 Nd3 27.Be5 Nde5 28.Rac1-+) 26...Qh5 27.h4 Rg3! 28.Qg3 A deflection 28...Ne2 Theme: Double Attack (28...Bb2?! 29.Qf4 Qc5 30.Kh1-+) 29.Kg2 Ng3 30.Be5 Qe5 (30...Ne3 31.Kg1 Qe5 32.Rfe1 Ngf5 33.Re2 Qa1 34.Kh2 Qe5 35.Kg1 Rc1 36.Bd1 Rd1 37.Re1 Re1 38.Kf2 Qg3) 31.Rf3 Qa1 32.Kh3 Qg1 (32...h5 33.Rf2 Nf2 34.Kg2 Qf1 35.Kg3 Ne4 36.Kh2 Qf2 37.Kh3 Rc3) 33.Kg4 (33.Bc4 Ne4 34.Rf8 Rf8 35.Bb5 Qg3) 33...Nh5! 34.Kh3 (34.Kh5 Decoy to h5 34...Qg6 A classical mating theme) 34...Qh1 (34...Nf4 35.Rf4 Rc3 36.Rf3 Rf3) 35.Kg4 Qg2 (35...Qg2 36.Rg3 Qg3 37.Kf5 Re8 38.e5 Re5) 0-1. petrobbo (2020) - alcee (2375), ChessWorld.net, 2020.

8.d3 b6 9.Nbd2 c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.0-0 Bb7 12.e4 Qe7 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bb3 Rac8 15.a4 a5 (15...Rb8!?=) 16.Qc3+/– c4 17.Nc4 Be4? (better is 17...Nc4!? 18.Bc4 Rfe8+/–) 18.de4+- Ne4 19.Qc2 Nc4 20.Bc4 Nf6 21.Rfe1 e4 (21...Nd7 22.Rac1+-) 22.Bf6 Qf6 23.Qe4 h6 24.Rac1 Rc7 25.Bd3 g6 26.Qd5 Rc1 27.Rc1 Qb2 (27...Rd8 28.Qb5 Bb4+-) 28.Rc6 (28.Qd6?! Qc1 29.Bf1 Re8+-) 28...Qa1 29.Bf1 Kh7 (29...Bb8 30.Rg6 Kh7 31.Rc6+-) 30.Qd6 Re8 31.Qd7 (31.Qd7 Rf8 32.Nd4+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2090) – Mammouth06, Active, 2012.

8.d3 Nb6 9.Ba2 (9.Be5 Be5 10.Ne5 Nc4 11.Nc4 Bf5+=) 9...Bg4 10.Nbd2 Na4?? (better is 10...a5=) 11.Qa4+- c6 (11...Re8 12.Ng5 Bh5 13.Nde4+-) 12.Be5 b5 (12...a5 13.b5 cb5 14.Qb5 Ba3 15.Bf7 Rf7 16.Ra3+-) 13.Qc2 Bf3 14.Nf3 (14.gf3?! Be5 15.d4 Bd6 16.Qc6 a5 17.Qb5 ab4 18.ab4 Qc8+-) 14...Ng4 15.Bd6 Qd6 16.d4 g6 (16...a5 17.Qc5 Qc5 18.bc5+- (worse is 18.dc5 ab4 19.ab4 Ra4+-)) 17.0-0 h5 (17...a5 18.h3 Nf6 19.e4+-) 18.h3 Nf6 (18...Nh6 19.Ne5 Kg7 20.Qc6 Qc6 21.Nc6+-) 19.Qg6 Kh8 20.Qh6 Kg8 21.Ng5 Qe7 22.Qg6 (22.Qg6 Kh8 23.Bf7 Qf7 24.Nf7 Rf7 25.Qf7+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1930) – Kulisek,Vlado (1765), Chess.com (Tournoi ferme), 2012.

8.d3 c6 9.0-0= Qc7 (9...b5 10.Bb3=) 10.Nbd2 Nb6 (10...a5 11.Qb3=) 11.Bb3 (11.Qc2 Rd8=) 11...Bd7 (11...a5 12.Qc2=) 12.Rc1 (12.Qc2 Nbd5=) 12...Rad8 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.h3 (14.e4 Bg4=) 14...Qe7 (14...Rfe8 15.Ne4=) 15.Rfe1 (15.Rfd1 Be6=) 15...Bb8 (15...Be6 16.Be6 Qe6 17.Ng5=) 16.e4 Be6 (16...Bg6 17.d4 ed4 18.Bd4+=) 17.Nc4 (17.Be6 Qe6 18.d4 ed4 19.Nd4 Qe7+=) 17...Nc4 18.dc4 (18.Bc4 Bc4 19.dc4=) 18...Nh5 (18...c5 19.Rcd1=) 19.Rcd1 (19.Be5!? Be5 20.Ne5+/–) 19...c5 20.Bc3 (20.Ne5 cb4 21.ab4 Bh3 22.Rd8 Rd8=) 20...Bd6 (20...Nf4 21.Kh2= (< 21.Ne5 Bh3 22.Nd3 Ng2–+; < 21.Be5 Be5 22.Ne5 Bh3 23.gh3 Qg5 24.Ng4 Nh3 25.Kh2 Qg4-/+)) 21.b5 (21.bc5 Bc5 22.Ne5 Ba3=) 21...Bc7 (21...f6!?=) 22.Be5 (22.Ne5 Rd1 23.Rd1 Bh3+=) 22...Be5 23.Ne5 (23.Rd8!? Bh2 24.Kh2 Rd8 25.e5+/–) 23...Bh3+= 24.Qc3 (24.gh3 Rd1) ½–½. Sternik,Ryszard – Bothe,Erhard, corr SOK–122, 1999.

8.d3 e4 9.Ng5 (9.de4!? Ne4 10.Qd4=) 9...ed3 (9...Ne5 10.Be5 Be5 11.d4=+) 10.Qd3 Ne5 (better is 10...a5=+) 11.Be5+/– Be5 12.Ra2 (better is 12.Qd8!? Rd8 13.Nf7 Ba1 14.Nd8 Kf8 15.Be6+/–) 12...Qd3 (12...Qe7 13.Rd2=+) 13.Bd3 h6 (13...a5 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.b5=) 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.0-0 (15.Rd2 Rd8=) 15...Bg4 16.Nd4 c5 (16...a5 17.b5=) 17.bc5 Bc5 18.f3 (18.h3 Be6 19.Ne6 fe6+=) 18...Bd4 (18...Be6 19.Rb2=) 19.ed4 Be6 20.Rd2 Rad8 (20...Rac8 21.Re1=) 21.Be4 Nd5 22.Re1 Nf4 23.Nc3 f5 24.Bc2 Bc4 25.g3 Nh3 26.Kg2+/– Ng5 27.d5 f4 28.d6 h5?? 29.Ne4 Ne4+/– 30.Re4 Bb5 31.a4 Bc6+/– 32.Rf4 Rf4 33.gf4 b5 34.Be4+- Bd7 35.ab5 Bb5 36.h4 a5+/– 37.Bd5 Kf8 38.Be6 a4 39.f5 a3 40.Rd3?? Bd3–+ (41.Ba2 Bf5–+) 0–1. dugmak – DanielP4R, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

8.d3 h6 9.0-0= a6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Bb3 Nb6? (better is 11...Bb7!?=) 12.Be5 (12.Ne5 Bb7+/–) 12...Be5 (12...a5 13.Qc2+/–) 13.Ne5 Nfd7 (13...Qd6 14.d4+/–) 14.Ng6 (14.Nc6 Qe8+-) 14...Re8+/– 15.Rc1 (15...a5 16.Qc2 ab4 17.ab4+/–) 1–0. marekt – KHW, ChessWorld.net, 2001.

8.d4 Nb6 9.Bb3 (9.Bb5 e4 10.Ne5 c6=+) 9...e4 10.Ne5 a5 11.ba5 Ra5 (11...Nbd5 12.0-0=+) 12.Nd2 (12.Qc2 Bd7=+) 12...Qe7 (12...Bf5 13.0-0=+) 13.Bc2 (13.Qc2 Bf5=+) 13...Rd8 (13...Bf5 14.Qb1=+) 14.Qb1= Bf5 15.0-0 (15.f3!?=) 15...Be5 16.de5 Ng4 17.Ne4 (17.Bd4 Qh4 18.h3 Ne5 19.Ne4 Nc6 20.Bb6 cb6=) 17...Qh4 18.h3 Ne5 19.Ng3 (19.Bd4 Rad5=) 19...Bg6 (19...Bc2 20.Qc2 Nec4 21.Bd4=) 20.Bg6=+ hg6 (20...Ng6 21.Nf5 Qg5 22.Ng7 Rad5+/–) 21.Bc3 Rad5 22.Bd4 (22.e4 Rc5 23.Be5 Re5+=) 22...Nec4= 23.Qb4 Rc8 (23...Qg5!? 24.Qc3 c5 25.Bg7 Rd3+=) 24.Bb6+= cb6 25.Rad1 Qd8 (25...Rcd8 26.Rd5 Rd5 27.Rc1+/–) 26.Rd5+/– Qd5 27.e4 Qd3 28.Rc1 Rc5 29.Rc3 Qd1 30.Kh2 Qd4 31.a4 f6 32.Rc1 Qd3 33.a5 Nd6 34.Rc5 bc5 35.Qc5 Ne4 36.Qc8 Kh7 37.Qb7 Nc5 38.Qc6 Qa3 39.Qb6 Kg8 40.Nf1 Kh7 41.Ne3 Nd3 42.a6 Qa4 43.a7 Qf4 44.Kg1 Qf2 45.Kh1 Qg3 46.Ng4 Qe1 47.Kh2 Ne5 48.Nf6! gf6 49.Qf6 Qe4 50.Qe7 Kg8 51.Qd8 Kf7 52.a8Q Qf4 53.Kg1 Qc1 54.Kf2 Qf4 55.Ke2 Qc4 56.Ke3 Qc1 57.Ke4 Qe1 58.Kd5 (58...Qd2 59.Ke5 Qb2 60.Kf4 Qf2 61.Qf3 Qf3 62.Kf3 Kg7 63.Qe7 Kh6 64.g4 g5 65.h4 Kg6 66.h5 Kh6 67.Qf6 Kh7 68.h6 Kg8 69.Qg7#) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Arditi Rocha, email LADAC, 1999.

8.d4 ed4 9.Bd4 b6 10.Nc3 c5 11.Bf6 Nf6 (11...Qf6?? 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Nd6+- (13.Qd6?! Qe4 14.Bd5 Qc2+-)) 12.bc5 (12.Nb5 Bb8 13.bc5 bc5 14.Qd8 Rd8=) 12...Bc5 13.0-0 Qd1 (13...Bb7 14.Qb3=+) 14.Rad1 (14.Rfd1 Bb7=) 14...Bg4 (14...Ba3 15.Nd5=+) 15.Be2 (15.a4!?=) 15...Ba3-/+ 16.h3 Bf3 (better 16...Bc8!?-/+) 17.Bf3= Rac8 (17...Rae8 18.Nb5 Bc5 19.Na7 Ne4=) 18.Nd5 (better 18.Nb5!? Bc5 19.Na7+=) 18...Nd5=+ 19.Bd5 (19.Rd5 a5=+) 19...Bc5 (19...b5 20.Rd3 b4 21.Rb1-/+) 20.Ra1 (20.Bb7 Rcd8-/+) 20...Rc7 21.Ra6 Rd8 22.Bf3 Rd2 (22...g6 23.Rc1-/+) 23.Rfa1 b5 24.Be4 (24.Rc1!?=+) 24...b4 25.Bd5?? (25.R6a2 Rd8-/+) 25...Rd7 (better 25...Rd5 26.Kf1 b3-+) 26.e4? (26.Bb3!? Rb2 27.Bc4-/+) 26...Kf8 (26...Rf2 27.Kh1 g6 28.R6a2-+) 27.Kh2 (27.R1a2 Rd1 28.Kh2 Rb1-+) 27...f5 (better 27...Rf2!? 28.R1a2-+) 28.f3 (28.R6a2 Ra2 (28...Rf2?! 29.Rf2 Bf2 30.Rf1=+) 29.Ra2 fe4 30.Be4 g6-+) 28...fe4 29.fe4 Bf2 (better 29...g6!?-+) 30.Ra7?? (better 30.Rb1=+) 30…Ba7-+ 0-1. Fettito – Eugne, lichess.org, 2018.

8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 Nb6 10.Nc3 Nc4 11.Nc4 c6 (11...Re8 12.Nd6 Qd6 13.Qc2=+) 12.d5 (12.Qc2 Re8=) 12...cd5=+ 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Qd4 Bb4 15.ab4 f6 16.0-0 Nb4 17.Nd6 Nc6 18.Qd5 Kh8 19.Nf7 Rf7 20.Qf7 Qe7 21.Qe7 (21...Ne7 22.Ra4=+; 21.Qh5 Be6=). Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Junker,Anders, Tiger Chess Club, 2001.

8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 Nb6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Be2 Nbd5 (11...a5 12.b5=) 12.Nb5 (12.Nc4 Nc3 13.Bc3 Nd5 14.Nd6 cd6+=) 12...Bf8+= 13.Qc2 a5 14.ba5 Ra5 15.h3 (15.Bc4 c6 16.Nc3 Be6+=) 15...Bf5 (15...c6 16.Nc3+=) 16.Nc3 The pressure on e4 grows (16.0-0 c6 17.Nc3 Nc3 18.Bc3 Ra7=) 16...Nf4 17.ef4 e3 18.Qd1 Qd4?? (better is 18...ed2 19.Qd2 Qa8=) 19.Nc4+/– ef2 (19...Qf4 20.Ne3 Bc5 21.g3+-) 20.Kf1+- Qf4 (better is 20...Qd1 21.Rd1 Rc5+/–) 21.Qd2?? (21.Na5 Nh5 22.Bh5 Re1 23.Qe1 fe1Q 24.Ke1 Qg3 25.Kd2 Qg5 26.Ke1 Qg2–+) 21...Qg3?? (better is 21...Qd2 22.Nd2 Nd5=) 22.Na5+- Be4 (22...Ne4 23.Qd5 Nc3 24.Qf5 Ne2 25.Qf2= (25.Nb7?? Nf4 26.Qf7 Kf7 27.Nd8 Kg8 28.Rh2 Re1 29.Re1 fe1Q)) 23.Bf3 Bf3 24.Qf2 (24.gf3?! Re1 25.Re1 fe1R 26.Qe1 Qf3 27.Kg1 Bc5 28.Kh2 Bd6 29.Kg1 Bc5 30.Kh2 Bd6 31.Kg1 Bc5=) 24...Bg2 25.Qg2 Qd3 26.Kg1 (26.Ne2!? Nd5 27.Qf2+/–) 26...Nh5 0–1. Cirulis,Ilmars (1905) – Jempty,George (1900), FICGS, 2015.

8.d4 e4 9.Ne5 Qe7 10.Nd7 Bd7 11.Nc3 a5 12.b5 c6 13.Qc2 cb5 14.Bb5 Rfc8 15.Qa4 Ra6 16.0-0 (16.Ne4!? Qe4 17.Bd7 Qg2 18.Rf1 Nd7 19.Qd7-/+) 16...Bh2!-/+ 17.Kh2 Ng4 18.Kg3 Rh6 19.Bd7 Qh4 20.Kf4 Rf6 21.Ke4 (21.Bf5 Nf2 22.Ke5 Qg3 23.Kd5 Rf5#) 21...Nf2 22.Kd5 (22.Ke5 Qg5 23.Bf5 Qf5#) 22...Qg5 23.Bf5 Qf5# 0–1. Pierred (2210) – Poison (2590), Rated game, 3m + 0s, 2005.

8.0-0 b6

9.Nc3 Bb7 10.d3 (10.d4 a6=) 10...Qe7 (10...a6 11.d4=) 11.e4 a5 12.b5 Rfd8 13.a4 Bc5 14.Qb3 Nf8?? (better 14...Rac8=) 15.Ng5+- Rd7?? (better 15...Ne6 16.Be6 fe6 17.Ne6 Qf7 18.Nc5 bc5 19.Qf7 Kf7+/-) 16.Nf7 (16.Nf7 Qf7 17.Bf7 Rf7 18.Nb1+-; 16.Bf7 Kh8 17.Bc4 h6+/-) 1-0. alddhsfd (2065) - Eerojohannes (2025), lichess.org, 2021.

9.d4 ed4 10.Qd4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 c5?? (better is 11...Qe7+=) 12.Qd6+- cb4 13.ab4 Ne4 (13...a5 14.ba5 ba5 15.Rfb1 Bf3 16.Nf3+-) 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Ne5 (better is 15.Rfd1!? Bf3 16.Qg3 Bg4 17.Rd7 Qg5+-) 15...Qg5 16.f3 Qe3 (16...Ne5 17.Qe5 Qe5 18.Be5 Bb7+-) 17.Kh1 Nf6 18.fe4 Rad8 (18...Ne4 19.Qd4 Qd4 20.Bd4 Nf6 21.Nf7 h5+-) 19.Qe7 Ne4 20.Rf7 h6 21.Rg7 1–0. Kotlowski,Tomasz – Bajerlein,Dawid, Poznan op–B Poland, 2004.

9.d4 ed4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.Be2 c5 12.Nb5 Be7 13.Be5 1–0. kaasparov – piona2, internet, 2013.

9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 Bb7 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Nd5 (13.Rfd1 Rfd8=) 13...Bd5 (better is 13...Nd5!? 14.Bd5 Bh2 15.Kh2 Qd6 16.Kg1 Bd5-/+) 14.Bd5= c5 15.dc5 bc5 16.b5 Nb6 (16...Bh2 17.Kh2 Qd6 18.Kg1 Nd5 19.Ne4=) 17.Bc4 Be5 18.Rad1 Rfd8 (18...Rcd8 19.Be2=) 19.Bf7 Kh8 (19...Qf7 20.Be5 Deflection (20.Be5 Overloading)) 20.Be5+/– Qe5 21.Nc4 Qe7 22.Na5 (22.Nb6 ab6 23.Be6 Ra8+/–) 22...Qc7 (22...Rd1 23.Rd1 Ng4 24.Qe6+=) 23.Nc6 (better is 23.Be6!? Rd1 24.Rd1+/–) 23...Rd1+= 24.Rd1 Rf8 (24...Ng4!? 25.g3 Ne5 26.Ne5 Qe5+/–) 25.Be6+- Qe5?? (better is 25...a6+-) 26.Ne5 (26.Ne5 g6 27.Qc3+-) 1–0. ferminkatcho (1770) – johnrambo2 (1865), internet, 2012.

8.d3 Qe7

9.0-0 Nb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.ba5 Nbd5 12.Nbd2 Bg4 13.Nc4=.

9.0-0 Nb6 10.Nbd2 Bg4 (10...a5 11.Qc2=+) 11.Qc2 (11.h3 Bd7=) 11...Nc4 (11...a5 12.Bb3=+) 12.dc4= c6 (12...c5 13.h3 Bh5 14.bc5=) 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rfd1 (14.c5 Bc7=) 14...Bc7 (14...Rfd8 15.e4=+) 15.Rac1 (15.e4 Rfd8=) 15...Rad8 16.Bc3 (16.Qa4 Bb8=+) 16...Rd7=+ 17.e4 (17.Ne4 Rd1 18.Rd1 Ne4 19.Qe4 f5–+) 17...Rfd8 18.Re1 Rd3 (18...Qe6 19.Ng5 Qe8 20.Ngf3=+) 19.c5 Qe6 20.Ng5 Qe7 (20...Qe8 21.Ngf3=+) 21.Ngf3 Qd7 (21...Bb8 22.Qb2=+) 22.a4 (22.Qa4!?=) 22...Qe6 23.b5 Ne8 (23...Qe7 24.Qb1=+) 24.Nh4 (24.Re2 R8d7=+) 24...Qe7 25.Ndf3 cb5 (25...f6 26.b6 Bb8 27.Ba5=) 26.ab5= Bf3 (26...Qc5 27.Be5 Qc2 28.Rc2 Be5 29.Ne5=+) 27.Nf3 Qc5 28.Qb2 Qb6 29.Be5 (29.Ra1 Qg6 30.Kh1 a6=) 29...Qe6?? (better is 29...Be5 30.Qe5 Nd6=+) 30.Bc7+- (30...Nc7 31.Rc7+-; 30.Rc7?! Nc7 31.Bc7 Rc8+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Vazelakis,Dimitris, CiF, 2002.

9.Nbd2 a5 10.b5 a4 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Ba2 Bd7 13.Nc4 e5 draws heavy fire 13...Bb5 14.Nce5 Rad8 15.Nf7 (better is 15.Qc2=) 15...Bh2?? (better is 15...Rf7 16.Ng5 Be8-/+) 16.Kh2+- Rd3?? (better is 16...Rf7 17.Ne5 Be8+-) 17.N7e5 (17.N7e5 Rd5 18.e4 (worse is 18.Bd5 Nbd5 19.Rh1 Qe6+-) 18...Bf1 19.ed5+- (19.Qf1?! Ne4 20.Bd5 Nd5+-; 19.Bd5?! Nbd5 20.Qf1 Ne4+-)) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – Vekemans,Paul, Coupe Federation, 1998.

9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 (11...Bd7 12.Bb3=) 12.g4 (12.Bb3 a5=) 12...Bg6=+ 13.e4 (13.Nh4 Nc4 14.Ng6 fg6 15.dc4 c5=) 13...Rad8 (13...a5 14.Qc2-/+) 14.Re1 h5 (14...c6!?=+) 15.Nh4= Nc4 16.dc4 Ng4?? (better is 16...c5 17.Ng6 fg6=+) 17.Ng6+- Qg5 18.hg4 fg6 19.Re3 Rf4 20.Rg3 Bc5 21.bc5 Rf2 22.Bc3 Qf4?! 23.Rg2= Rg2 24.Kg2 Rd3 25.Qf1 Rg3 26.Kh1 Qg4 27.Qf2 Rh3 28.Qh2 Qg3 29.Nf1 Qc3 30.Qh3 Qh3 31.Nh2 Qe3 32.Rd1 Qe4 33.Kg1 Qc4 34.Rd8 Kh7 35.Nf3 Qc5 36.Kg2 e4 (37.Ne5 Qe5–+; 36...Qa3?? 37.Ng5 Kh6 38.Nf7 Kh7 39.Rh8) 0–1. Bulcourf,Carlos (2295) – Bibiloni,Jorge Jaime, Buenos Aires Najdorf op, 1993.

9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.Qc2 a5 11.b5 Bd7 12.0-0 Rfc8 13.Rfc1 c6 14.bc6 Bc6 15.Qb3 Nfd7 16.a4 Na4 17.Ra4 Nc5 18.Bf7 Qf7 19.Qf7 Kf7 20.Ra3 Nd7 21.Rac3 Bb4 22.Rc4 Re8 23.e4 h6 24.R4c2 Bd6 25.Nc4 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 25...Bb8 26.Ne3 Ra6 27.Rc3 Re6 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2215) – Micka,Jaroslav (2045), corr ICCF Jubile Gpe B, 2001.

8.d4 Qe7

9.0-0 e4 10.Nfd2 Nb6 =+.

9.Qc2 e4 10.Nfd2 (10.Ng5 Nb6 11.Bb3 h6 12.Nf7 Rf7 13.Bf7 Qf7-/+) 10...Nb6 11.Ba2 Bf5 (11...a5 12.b5=+) 12.Nb3 (12.0-0 a5 13.b5 Nfd5=+) 12...Na4 (12...Nbd5 13.0-0=+) 13.Bc1 (13.Bc3 Be6=+) 13...c6 (13...Qd7 14.0-0=+) 14.N1d2 (14.Nc5 Nb6=+) 14...Nb6 (14...Ng4 15.h3 Nf6 16.Nc4=) 15.Bb2 (15.0-0 Qc7=+) 15...Na4 (15...Rfd8 16.0-0=+) 16.Nc4 (16.Bc1 Ng4=+) 16...Nb2 17.Qb2 b6 (17...Rfd8 18.Nd6 Qd6 19.Nc5=+) 18.Nd6= Qd6 19.Nd2 Be6 (19...Rad8 20.Nc4 Qd7 21.Ne5+=) 20.Be6 Qe6 21.0-0 (21.Rc1 Rad8=) 21...Nd5 (21...Rad8 22.Qc2=) 22.Rac1 (22.Qc2 Rfe8=) 22...a5 23.Qc2 (23.b5 cb5 24.Qb5 Rac8=) 23...ab4=+ 24.ab4 Nb4 25.Qe4 Qe4 26.Ne4 f5 (26...Rfe8 27.Nd6 Red8 28.Rc4 Rd6 29.Rb4=) 27.Nd2 Ra2=+ 28.Nc4 Nd5 29.Ne5+= Rc8 30.Nc6 Kf8 31.h4 g6 32.Ne5 Rca8 33.Rfe1 Ke7 34.Rc6 R8a3 35.Rb1 Ra1 36.Ra1+/– Ra1 37.Kh2 Rb1 38.Kg3 Rb2 39.Kf3 Nf6 40.Nd3 Rd2+/– 41.Nf4 Rb2 42.Rc7 Kd6 43.Rg7 Rc2 44.Rf7 Ne4 45.Nh3 Rc7 46.Rc7 Kc7 47.Ke2 Kd6+- 48.f3 Ng3 49.Kd3 Nh5 50.Ng5 Nf6 51.e4 fe4 52.Ne4 (52...Ke7 53.Nf6 Kf6 54.Kc4+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Borensztein, CADAP email, 1999.

9.Nc3 a5 10.0-0 =+.

9.Nc3 c6 10.h3 (10.0-0 e4 11.Nd2 Nb6=+) 10...ed4 11.Nd4 (11.Qd4 Ne5=+) 11...Ne5 12.Be2 (12.Ba2 a5-/+) 12...a5 13.b5 (13.ba5 Ra5 14.0-0 Ng6=+) 13...c5-/+ 14.Nb3 (14.Nf3 Bf5-/+) 14...b6 (14...Bf5!? 15.g4 Bg6–+) 15.Qc2 (15.Nd2 Rd8=+) 15...Bb7 (better is 15...Rd8 16.0-0 Bb7=+) 16.Rg1? (better is 16.0-0!?=+) 16...Rad8 17.Nd2 Rfe8 18.g4 Ng6 19.0-0-0-/+ Nd5 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.Nd5 Bd5 22.Qc3 f6 23.Rd5= Rd5 24.Nb6 Rdd8 25.Bc4+= Kh8 26.Nd5 Qe5 27.Nc7 Qc7 28.g5+= fg5 29.Rg5 Re7 30.h4 Qh2= 31.h5?? Qh1 32.Kc2 Qd1 0–1. Nguyen Tran Quang,Minh – Tran Nguyen Hung, VIE–chT Thua Thien Hue, 2001.

9.Nbd2 e4 10.Ng5 (10.Ng1 Nb6 11.Be2 a5-/+) 10...Nb6 (10...h6 11.Nh3-/+) 11.Ba2 (11.0-0 h6 12.Bf7 Kh8=+) 11...a5 (11...h6 12.Nf7 Rf7 13.Bf7 Qf7 14.Qc2-/+) 12.Bc3 ab4 (12...Bf5 13.ba5 Nbd5 14.Qc2=+) 13.ab4 (13.Bb4!? Bb4 14.ab4=+) 13...Bf5 14.Bf7 (14.0-0 h6 (14...Bb4?! 15.Bb4 Qb4 16.Qc2=+) 15.Nf7 Rf7 16.Bf7 Qf7 17.Ra8 Na8-/+) 14...Rf7 15.Ra8 Na8 16.Nf7 (16.Qb3 Nd5 17.Qd5 Qg5 18.Qb7 Nb6 19.Ne4 Qg4–+) 16...Qf7 17.Qa1 (17.Qa4 Nb6 18.Qa7 Nbd5–+) 17...Nb6–+ 18.0-0 (18.Qb2 Qg6 19.0-0 Nfd5–+) 18...Qh5 (18...Nfd5 19.Qb2–+) 19.Qa2 (19.h3 Nfd5–+) 19...Kf8 (19...Nfd5 20.f4–+) 20.g3 (20.h3 Nbd5 21.Rc1 Qe2 22.Qa8 Kf7–+) 20...Ng4–+ 21.h4 g5 (better is 21...Nf6!?–+) 22.Qa5-/+ gh4 23.gh4 Ne3 24.fe3 Qg4 (25.Kf2 Bg3 26.Kg1 Bf4 27.Kf2 Qh4 28.Ke2 Bg4 29.Nf3 Bf3 30.Rf3 ef3 31.Kd3 Qh3–+) 0–1. Borrmann,Fritz – Woschkat,Karl_Heinz, CiF, 1994.

9.de5 Ne5 10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 Qe5 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.Qc1 c6 14.0-0 Rad8 15.Ba2 (15.h3 Be6=) 15...Nd5 (15...Qg5 16.Bc4=+) 16.Nc4 (16.Qc5 b6 17.Qc6 Ne3=) 16...Qe7 (16...Qg5 17.e4 Nf4 18.Re1–+) 17.f3 Be6 18.e4 Nc7 19.Qe3 b6 20.Ne5 (20.f4!?=) 20...Ba2-/+ 21.Nc6 Qe6 22.Nd8 Rd8 23.Rfc1 Rd7 (23...Bc4 24.Rc4 Qc4 25.Rc1–+) 24.b5 (24.Rc7 Rc7 25.Qd2 Rc8 26.Ra2 Qf6+=) 24...h6?? (24...Bc4 25.Qf4-/+) 25.a4 (25.Rc6 Qb3 26.Qb3 Bb3=) 25...Qb3 (25...Bc4 26.Rc3 Ne8 27.Rac1=) 26.Qb3 (better is 26.Qe2!? Qa4 27.Ra2 (< 27.Qa2 Qa2 28.Ra2 Nb5+/–) 27...Qb5 28.Qf2+/–) 26...Bb3= 27.Rc3 Bd1? (better is 27...Be6!?=) 28.Rc7!+/– Rc7 29.Rd1 Rc4 30.Ra1 Rb4 31.Rb1?? (better is 31.Kf2+/–) 31…Rb1–+ (32.Kf2 Ra1–+) 0–1. Pogorzelski,Wlodzimierz – Nilsson,Anders, corr SSKK 2–751, 1991.

7.Bc4 Nb6

8.Ba2 0-0 9.Be5+= Be5 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.d4+/– Be6 12.Be6 Qe6 13.Nd2 c6 14.Qb3 Qb3 15.Nb3+- Rfe8 16.0-0 Nfd7 17.Nd7 Nd7 18.Nc5 Nc5 19.dc5 Rad8 20.Rfd1 Kf8 21.Kf1 Ke7 22.Ke2 Ke6 23.e4 Rd7 24.Rd7 Kd7 25.Rd1 Ke7 26.Ke3 Rd8 27.Rd8 Kd8 28.e5 Ke7 29.Ke4 Ke6 30.f4 b6 31.f5 Kd7 32.g4 Ke7 33.h4 b5 34.g5 g6 35.Kf4 Kd7 36.Kg4 Ke7 37.h5 Ke8 38.hg6 hg6 39.Kf4 Ke7 40.e6 Kf8 41.ef7 (41...Kf7 42.f6+-) 1–0. tossubanaani – Old Sisyphus, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

8.Ba2 e4!? 9.Ng5 0-0=.

8.Bb3 Qe7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Nb5 Be6 11.0-0 Bb3=+ 12.Qb3 e4 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Ng5 Ng4 15.f4 Qd2 16.Bd4 Qd3 17.Qd3 ed3 18.h3 Nh6 19.Rad1 Nf5 20.Rd3 Nd4 21.Rd4 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Rd4 23.Rd4 h6 24.Ne4 a5 25.Nc5 ab4 26.ab4 Ra7 27.e4 Na4 28.Kf2 b6 29.Rd8 Kh7 30.Nd7 c5 31.f5+/– (31...g6 32.Nf6 Kg7 33.e5+/–) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Manarin,Franco, corr ICCF XII WC, 2000.

8.Bb3 Bg4 9.Qc2 Bf3 10.gf3 0-0 11.h4 c5 12.bc5 Rc8 13.d4 ed4 14.Bd4 Nbd5 (14...Nbd7!?+=) 15.Nd2 Qa5? Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on c5 (better is 15...Bc5!? 16.Bc5 b6+=) 16.Qf5 (16.cd6 Rc2 17.Bc2 Rd8-/+) 16...Ne7 17.Qg5 h6? (better is 17...Rc5 18.Bc5 Bc5+-) 18.Qg2+- Kh7 (18...Nf5 19.Bf6 Rc5+-) 19.cd6 Ned5 20.Qh3 Rcd8 21.Bd5 Qd5 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Ne4 Qa5 24.Kf1 Qe5 (24...Qb5 25.Kg2 Rg8 26.Ng3+-) 25.Rd1 Qb5 26.Kg2 Rg8 27.Kh2 Qe5 28.Ng3 Qb2 (28...Rd6 29.f4 Qe6 30.Qe6 Re6 31.Rd7+-) 29.Qf5 Rg6 30.Ne4 h5 (30...Qe5 31.Qe5 fe5 32.h5+-) 31.Qh5 Kg7 32.Rhg1 Rh8 (32...Qe5 33.Qe5 fe5+-) 33.Rg6 fg6 34.Qc5 (34.Qh8 Kh8 35.d7 Qb6 36.d8Q Qd8 37.Rd8 Kg7 38.Rd7 Kg8 39.Nf6 Kf8 40.e4 b6 41.e5 a6 42.e6 b5 43.Rf7) 34...Rh4 35.Kg2 Rh5 36.Qd4 Qb3 37.Qf6 Kh7 38.Rh1 Rh1+- 39.Kh1 Qd5 40.Ng5 Kh6 41.e4 Qg8 42.d7 1–0. combijack (1805) – dgrandman (1745), gameknot.com, 2012.

8.Qc2 Nc4 9.Qc4 =+.

8.d3 =+.

7.Bc4 e4

8.Ng5 0-0

9.Qb3 Qe7-/+ 10.Nc3 (10.f3 h6 11.Ne4 Ne4 12.fe4 Qh4 (12...Qe4?! 13.0-0+=) 13.Ke2 Qe4-/+) 10...h6 11.Nh3 Nb6 12.Nf4 Bf4 13.ef4 Nc4 (13...Rd8 14.Ne2-/+) 14.Qc4 Be6 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.h3 c6 (16...a5 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Qe4-/+) 17.0-0+= b5 (17...Bf5 18.g4 Bh7 19.f5+=) 18.Rfe1 (18.Ne4!? Ne4 19.Qe4+=) 18...Bc4+= 19.Qe3 Qd6 20.Ne2 Nd5 21.Qg3 f6 22.f5 Qd7 23.Nd4 Ne7 (better is 23...Nb6!?=) 24.Qg4+= Bd3 25.Re3 Nd5 26.Rg3 Qc7? (better is 26...a5+=) 27.Ne6+- Re6 (27...Re6 28.fe6 Re8+-). jeich (1835) – libelle_3 (1910), gameknot.com, 2015.

9.Qc2 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bf5 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.f3 a5 13.0-0 Qe5 14.f4 Qe7 15.Ne2 Nbd7 16.Ng3+= g6 17.Nf5 gf5 18.d3 ab4 19.de4 fe4 20.ab4 Ra1 21.Ra1 Bb4 22.Rd1 h6 23.Ne4 Qe4 24.Qe4 Ne4 25.Rd7 Nc5 26.Rd4 Nb3 27.Rb4 Na5 28.Kf2 Rd8 29.Be5 Rd7 30.Ke2 f5 31.Rb5+/– ½–½. Mehlhorn,Uwe (2315) – Taulien,Hans_Juergen (2225), RSX9E – A00 – Sokolsky–2, 2004.

9.Qc2 Nb6 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4=.

9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4= Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Be6 13.Qe4 Re8 14.Qb7+= Rb8 15.Qa7+/– Qg5 16.g3 Qd5 17.Rg1 c5 18.Nc3 Qd3 19.Qa4 cb4= 20.ab4 Bb4 21.Rc1 Bf5 22.g4 Bg6 23.h3 Red8 24.Qd1 Be7 25.Na4 Qd6 26.Rg2 Be4 27.f3 Bd5 28.Rc3 Qh6 29.e4 Qh3 30.Kf1 Bb3 31.Rb3 Rb3 32.Qb3 Rd2 33.Qb8 Bd8 (34.Qg3 Qh1 35.Rg1 Rd1 36.Ke2 Rg1–+ (36...Qg1?! 37.Qg1 Rg1 38.Bd4 Rg2 39.Kd3–+)) 0–1. Louro,Eugenio Diogo (2140) – Schiller,Wilfried (2225), CL1–2005.01.01, 2005.

9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Qg5 13.0-0 Bf5 14.Nc3 Qg6 15.Rfe1 a5 16.e4 Be6 17.Qb5 ab4 18.ab4 (18.Qb7? bc3 19.Bc3 Bh3–+) 18...Ra1 19.Ba1 c6 (19...Bh3 20.g3 Rb8 21.d4=) 20.Qa5 (better is 20.Qb7!? Bh3 21.g3+=) 20...Bh3= 21.g3 Bf4 22.Nb1 Re8 23.Qa3 Bd6 24.d3 h5 25.e5 (better is 25.Nd2!?=) 25...Qg4-/+ 26.Qc3?? (better is 26.f4 Qf3 27.Qa2-/+) 26…Qf3 (26...Qf3 27.Qc6 bc6 28.ed6 Re1; 26...Qb4?! 27.Nd2+=) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2050) – Kaspajunior (2230), echecsemail.com Team, 2006.

9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Qg5 13.0-0 Qg6 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.e4 Qh5 17.g3 Bh3 18.Re3 c6 19.Ne2 Rad8 20.Nd4 Be7 21.Rae1 Bf6 22.Bc3 Bg5 23.f4 Be7 24.f5 a6 25.Nf3 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (2430) – Mcerik (2310), echecsemail.com (team), 2009.

9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Qg5 13.Qe4 c6 14.h4 Qh6 15.Nc3 Qh5 16.Qd4 Qg6 17.h5 Qh6 18.Ne4 Bc7 19.d3 f5 20.Nc5 b6 21.Qc4 Kh8 22.Nb3 f4 23.e4 Bd6 24.Nd2 Bd7 25.Nf3 a5 26.Qd4 ab4 27.ab4 Ra1 28.Ba1 Bg4 29.Bb2 Bf3 30.gf3 b5 31.Bc3 Re8 32.Qa7 Rd8 33.Qf7 (33.Rg1!? Bf8+-). Fritz 8 – NN, Blitz:1', 2005.

9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Be2 Bf5 12.f3 Nd3-/+ 13.Kf1 Nb2 14.Nge4 Be4–+ 15.fe4 a5 16.Qb2 ab4 17.ab4 Ra1 18.Qa1 Bb4 19.Bf3 Rd8 20.d4-/+ Bc3 21.Qc3 Ne4 22.Qb2 c5 23.dc5 Qc5 24.Be4 Qe3?? 25.Qc2?? g6 26.h4?? Rd2–+ 27.Qd2 Qd2 28.Rh3 Qd1 29.Kf2 Qd4 (30.Re3 f5–+) 0–1. Gilles,Raphael (2250) – Berzinsh,Roland (2435), Bern Ambassador op, 2000.

7.Nd4 e4

8.Bc4 0-0 9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Be2 Bg4 11.Nc3 Be2 12.Ke2 Re8 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Qe4 Nc4 15.Qc2 Nb2 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.Qb2 Qb5 18.d3 a5 19.Rhb1 ab4 20.ab4 Ra1 21.Ra1 Bb4 22.Qb3 Rf8 23.h3 c5 24.Kf1 Rd8 25.Kg1 Qd7 (25...Qd3?? 26.Qd3 Rf8 27.Ra7+-) 26.Ra7 Qc7 (26...Qd3?? 27.Qd3 Rf8 28.Ng5+-) 27.Qc4 h6 28.Qe4 Rb8 29.Qc4 Qb6 30.Ra1 Qf6 31.Ra7 b5 32.Qb3 Qe6 33.Qe6 fe6 34.Ne5 Bc3 35.Nd7 Rc8 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto H – Woelfelschneider,Peter, corr, 2000.

8.Bc4 0-0 9.Nc3 Ne5 10.Be2 Nd3 (10...a5 11.b5+=) 11.Bd3= ed3 12.Qb1 c5 (12...Be5!? 13.Qd3 Bd4 14.Qd4 Qd4 15.ed4 Re8 16.Kf1 Be6=) 13.bc5+= Bc5 14.Na4 Bd4 15.Bd4 Qa5 16.Nb2 (16.Nc5 b6 17.Nd3 Qg5+=) 16...Ne4 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Qe2 Bg6 19.f3 Nc5 20.Bc3 Qd8 21.Bb4 Nd3 22.Nd3 Bd3 23.Qd1 Re8 24.Kf2 Qh4 25.g3 Qf6 26.Rc1 Rac8 27.Qb3?? (better is 27.Rc8 Rc8 28.Qa1+=) 27...Be4–+ 28.f4 Bh1 29.Rh1 Qc6 30.Rb1 b6 31.Bc3 Qd7 32.Qb2 f6 33.Qb3 Qe6 (33...Kh8 34.Qb5 Qe7 35.Qb3-/+) 34.Qd1 Qh3 35.Kg1 Red8 36.Qe2 Qd7 37.Rb4 h6 38.Qf3 Qe7 39.Qg4 Rc3!–+ 40.dc3 Qe3 41.Kg2 Qc3 42.Qe6 Kh8 43.f5 Qa3 44.Qe7 Qa2 45.Kh3 Qd2 46.Rg4 Rd7?? 47.Qe8= Kh7 48.Qg6 Kh8 49.Qe8 Kh7 50.Qg6 Kh8 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1860) – Roux,Jean Francois, FRA Coupe, 2005.

8.Bc4 Ne5

9.d3 0-0 10.de4 Ne4 11.Nd2 Nd2 12.Qd2 Bd4 13.Bd4 Nf6 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Qb2 Re8 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Qb3 Ne4 18.Bd3 Qg5 19.Qc2 Qh4?? (19...Re7 20.Rac1+=) 20.Be4?? (better is 20.f3+-) 20...Be4+/– 21.Qe2 Qg5 22.f3 Bf5 23.e4 Bh3 24.Be3 Qg6 25.Qf2 Red8 26.Qg3 Be6? 27.Qg6 hg6 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Ke1 Ke7 30.Bc5 Ke8 31.Rd8 Rd8 32.Rd1 Rd1 33.Kd1 Kd7 34.Kd2 b6 35.Bd4 f6 36.Ke3 Kc6 37.Kd3 Kb5 38.Kc3 Ka4 39.Kb2 f5 40.g3 fe4 41.fe4 Kb5 42.Kc3 c5 43.Bc5?? bc5–+ 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1750) – nanico, Active (5/0), 2005.

9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 a5 11.b5 Nfg4 12.g3 Qg5 13.Nc3 Qh6 14.h4 f5 15.Kg2 c5 16.Bg4?? (better is 16.bc6 bc6 17.Bg4 Ng4 18.Nc6+=) 16...cd4–+ (16...fg4?! 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Nde2–+; 16...Ng4?! 17.Nde2-/+) 17.ed4 (17.Ne4 fe4 (17...Ng4?! 18.Nd6 Qd6 19.Bd4–+) 18.Bc8 Rac8 19.Bd4 Qe6–+) 17...Ng4 (17...fg4?! 18.de5 Be5 19.Qe2 Bc3 20.dc3+=) 18.Ne2 (18.Rc1 Bd7–+) 18...Be6 19.Bc3 f4 20.Nf4 Rf4 21.gf4 (21.Qe2 Raf8 22.d5 Rf2 23.Rf2 Rf2 24.Qf2 Nf2 25.de6–+) 21...Qf4 22.Rh1 Qf2 23.Kh3 Qg3 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Darkpendert (2355), Partie evaluee, 2m + 0s, 2008.

9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 a5 11.b5 Nfg4 12.h3 Qh4 13.Nc3 (13.hg4?? Ng4 14.Nf3 ef3 15.Be5 Be5 16.Re1 Qf2 17.Kh1 Qg2; worse is 13.Bg4 Bg4 14.Qc2 f5–+) 13...Nf6 14.Qe1 (14.Qc2 Bh3 15.g3 Qg5 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qe4 Bf1 18.Kf1 Nd7 19.Qb7 Nc5=) 14...Qg5 15.f4 ef3 16.Nf3 Nf3 17.Rf3 Qe5 18.Kf1 Nh5 19.Bd3 Rd8 20.Qb1 (20.b6!?=) 20...Qh2+= 21.Ne2 Be6 22.Bh7 Kh8 23.Be4 Ng3 24.Ng3 Bg3 25.Rg3 Qg3 26.Bc3 (26.Bb7?? Rab8 27.Bg7 Qg7–+) 26...Bd5 27.Qd3 Rd6 (27...Qg5 28.a4+=) 28.Bd5 (28.Kg1 Re8 29.Bd5 Red8=) 28...Rad8 29.a4 Rd5 30.Qe4 b6 31.Kg1 Rg5 32.Rf1 Kg8 33.Rf5 Rf5-/+ 34.Qf5 Qd6 35.Qg4 f6 36.Qc4 Kf8 37.Qh4 Qe6-/+ 38.Qh8 Qg8 39.Qg8 Kg8 40.Kf2 Rd6 41.Ke2 c6 42.bc6 Rc6 43.Kd3 f5 44.g3 Rh6 45.g4 fg4–+ 46.hg4 Rg6 47.Bd4 Rg4–+ 48.e4 Rg3 49.Be3 Kf7 50.Ke2 Rh3 51.Bb6 Ra3 52.Ba5 Ra4 53.Bb6 Re4 54.Kf3 Re6 55.Be3 Kg6 56.Bd4 Re7 57.Bc5 Rd7 58.Be3 Kh5 59.Ke4 Kg4 60.Ke5? Re7 61.Kd6 Re8 62.Bb6 Kf3 63.d4 Ke4 64.Kd7 Ra8 65.Bc5 Kd5 0–1. Cottarelli,Franco (2140) – Cherkashov,Mikhail Borisovich, corr WS/M/121 ICCF, 2007.

9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Bg4 11.f3 ef3 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Qe2 Neg4 15.Nf5 Bh2 (15...Qe6!? 16.Nd6 Qd6=) 16.Kh1+= Qe6 17.Bf6 Nf6 18.Nd4 Qg4? (better is 18...Qe5 19.Rf5 Qg3=) 19.Kh2+- Qh4 20.Kg1 Ng4 21.Nf3 Qh5 22.g3 Rad8 23.Nh2 (23.Nd4 Qg6 24.Kg2 c6+-) 23...f5? (better is 23...Qe5!? 24.Ng4 Qa1+/–) 24.Rf4 (24.Ng4 Qg4 25.Qg4 fg4 26.Rf8 Rf8+-) 24...g5 (24...Qh2 25.Qh2 Nh2 26.Kh2+-) 25.Rc4 (25.Ng4 fg4 26.Qg4 Qg4 27.Rg4 Rf5+-) 25...Rd6? (better is 25...Qh2 26.Qh2 Nh2 27.Kh2 c6+-) 26.Ng4 (26.Rc7?! Rh6+=) 26...fg4 27.Qg4 Qf7 (27...Qg4 28.Rg4 Rf5 29.d4+-) 28.Rf4 Qg7 29.Rf8 Qf8 30.Nc3 Rd2 31.Qg5 Qg7 32.Qg7 Kg7 33.Rd1 Rc2 34.Rd7 Kg6 35.Rc7 Kf5 36.Nb5 Ra2 37.Rh7 Kg4 38.Rb7 Kg3 39.Rg7 Kf3 40.Ra7 Ra1 41.Kh2 Ke3 42.Nd6 Kd4 43.a4 Kd5 44.Nc8 Rc1 45.Ne7 Kd6 46.b5 Rb1 47.b6! Rb3 48.a5 Rb5 49.Nc8 (49.Nc8 Kc6 50.Rc7 Kd5 51.a6 Rb2 52.Kg3 Rb3 53.Kf4 Rb4 54.Kg5+-) 1–0. Vastrukhin,O (2290) – Kiriushin,V (2220), Doroshkevich mem, Maykop RUS, 2008. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 e4 8.Nd4 Ne5)

9.Be2 a5

10.0-0+=.

10.b5 0-0 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Qc2 Ng6 13.f3 ef3 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.0-0 Ne5 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Nd4 g6 (17...Be2 18.Nce2 Qd7 19.Qf5=) 18.h3 Be2 19.Nce2 Ned7 20.Rf3 Ne5 21.Rf2 Nfd7 22.Rcf1 Qe7 23.a4 Nb6 24.Ng3 (24.Bc3 Bb4+=) 24...Nbc4 25.Bc3 Rf8 26.Rf4 Rce8 27.Qb3 Nb6 28.Ne4 Ned7 29.Rg4 Be5 30.Nf5 Qe6 31.Qc2 f6 32.Ba5 Kh8 33.Nh4 Rg8 34.Nf3+/– Nd5 35.Bc3 Nc3 36.Nc3 Rd8 37.d4 Bd6 38.Re4 Qc4 39.Ne5! fe5 40.de5 Qc5 41.ed6 Qd6 42.Rd1 Qa3 43.Nb1 Qf8 44.Red4 Qe8 45.Qc7 (45.Qc7 Rg7 46.e4+-) 1–0. Winiger,Albert (2340) – Meissner,Ruediger (2250), RSS7E high–56, 2008.

10.b5 c5 11.bc6 Nc6=.

10.Nb5 Bg4-/+ 11.Nd6 (11.0-0 Be2 12.Qe2 0-0+=) 11...Qd6 (11...cd6?! 12.Be5 Be2 13.Qe2 de5 14.Qb5 Qd7 15.Qe5 Qe7 16.Qe7 Ke7 17.ba5 Ra5 18.f3+=) 12.Qa4 c6 13.ba5 Nd3 14.Bd3 Qd3 (14...ed3?! 15.0-0+=) 15.Nc3 0-0 16.Rc1 Rfd8 17.Qc2 Qc2 18.Rc2 Ra5 19.Ne2 (19.h3 Bf5+=) 19...Nd7 20.h3 Be6 21.f3 (21.Nf4 Bb3 22.Rc3 Rb5-/+) 21...Nc5 (21...Bd5 22.Rg1+=) 22.Nf4 (22.Nd4 Nd3 23.Ke2 Bd5-/+ (23...Nb2?! 24.Ne6 fe6 25.Rb2=)) 22...Bb3 23.Rc1 g5 24.Bf6 Re8 25.Bg5 Ra3 26.0-0 (26.Rf1 Ra5+=) 26...Ra5 27.Bh4 f5 28.fe4 (28.g4 fg4 29.hg4 ef3 30.Rf3 Ne4=) 28...fe4 29.Be1 (29.Bf6 Rea8=) 29...Nd3 30.Nd3 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Sternik,Ryszard, Tiger SC, 1999.

10.Nc3 0-0 11.Qb1 (11.b5 c5 12.bc6 bc6=) 11...ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 Re8 14.0-0 (14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 Bb4=) 14...c6 15.h3 Ng6 16.f3 (16.d3 ed3 17.Bd3 Ne5=) 16...ef3 17.Nf3 Bb8 (17...b5 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Bd3+=) 18.Bd3 (18.b5 c5=) 18...Qd6 (18...Ne5 19.Ne5 Be5 20.Qc2=) 19.Ne2 Nd5 Attacking the isolated pawn on b4 20.b5 c5 21.Ng5 (21.Be4 Bd7=) 21...Re7 (21...Qh2 22.Kf2+=) 22.Bf5 (22.Nf3 b6=) 22...Qh2 (22...Bd7 23.Nf3=) 23.Kf2 Qc7 24.Rc1 (24.Be4 Qd6=) 24...b6+= 25.Bc8 Qc8 26.Nd4 f6 27.Qb3 Qd7 28.Nc6 Re8 29.Nf3 Kh8 (29...Bc7 30.Kg1=) 30.d4 (30.e4 Ndf4 31.d4 Bd6=) 30...Bc7 (30...Bd6 31.Re1+=) 31.Re1 Qd6 (31...Nde7 32.Ne7 Qe7 33.e4=) 32.Kg1= Nh4 (32...Nh4 33.Nh4 Qh2 34.Kf1 c4–+) 0–1. Brisson,Pascal – Monaville,Guy (2455), corr ICCF W–Cup12 Gr037, 2000.

9.Be2 Bg4

10.f3 ef3

11.Nf3 Bf3 12.gf3 0-0 13.f4 Ng6 14.0-0=.

11.Nf3 Bf3 12.gf3 0-0 13.f4 Ng6 14.Nc3=.

11.Nf3 Bf3 12.gf3 c6 13.Nc3 Ng6 (13...0-0 14.f4 Ng6 15.0-0=) 14.Qa4 (14.b5 c5=) 14...0-0 15.b5 c5 16.f4 Qd7 17.h4 Rfe8 (17...Rfd8 18.Qc2=) 18.h5 (18.Rd1 h6=) 18...Nf8 (18...Ne7 19.Rg1+=) 19.Rg1+= White gets strong initiative 19...Ne6 (19...Qh3 20.Ne4 Qh4 21.Kd1+/–) 20.f5 Nc7 (20...Nd8 21.Nd5!? Nd5 22.Rg7 Kf8 23.Rg8 Ke7 24.f6 Nf6 25.Bf6 Kf6 26.Qh4 Ke5 27.Qf4 Ke6 28.Bc4 Ke7 29.Qg5 f6 30.Rg7 Nf7 31.Rf7 Kd8 32.Rd7 Kd7 33.Qf5 Kc7 34.Qh7 Re7 35.Qg6+-) 21.b6+/– Qa4 22.Na4 Ncd5 23.h6 (23.Bf3 Be5 24.h6 ab6 25.Rg7 Kf8 26.Be5 Re5 27.Bd5 Nd5+=) 23...g6+= 24.fg6 hg6 (24...fg6!? 25.Bc4 Re4+/–) 25.Bf3+- Be5 26.Be5 Re5 27.Nc5 ab6 28.Nb7 Re7 29.Nd6+- Kh7 30.Rh1 Rd8 31.Nc4 Rc8 32.Rh4 Rc5 33.Nd6 Rd7 34.Ne4 Ne4 35.Be4 f5 36.d4 Rcc7 37.Bd5 Rd5 38.Rb1 g5 39.Rh5 Kg6 40.Rh1 Rd6 41.Ke2 g4 42.Rb5 Rdc6 43.Kf2 Re6 44.Re5 Re5+= 45.de5 Kh7 46.e6 Re7= 47.Rh5 Re6 48.Rf5 Kh6 49.a4 Re4 50.Rf4 Rf4 51.ef4 Kg6 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Baer,Werner, Tiger SC, 2000.

11.Nf3 Bf3 12.gf3 Nd5 13.0-0 (13.f4 Qh4 14.Kf1 Nd7=) 13...Ng6 (13...Qf6 14.Kh1 Qh6 15.f4+=) 14.f4 (14.Bg7 Rg8 15.Kh1 Rg7 16.Qa4 Kf8–+) 14...0-0 15.Nc3 (15.Qc2 Re8 16.Nc3 Nf6=) 15...Nc3 16.Bc3 Re8 (16...Qe7 17.Qe1=) 17.Bf3 (17.Bc4 c6=) 17...Qc8 (17...c6 18.Qc2=) 18.Bh1 (18.Bg4 Qd8=) 18...c6 19.Qh5 Qd7 20.Rf3 f6 (20...Bf8 21.Rh3 h6 22.Rg3+=) 21.b5 (21.Rh3 Nf8+=) 21...Rab8 22.Rh3 White gets the initiative 22...Nf8 23.a4 Re7 (23...a6 24.d3+=) 24.Rg3 Ng6 25.Bf3 f5 26.Kh1 (26.Rb1 Qe6+/–) 26...Bc5 (26...cb5? 27.Bd5 Rf7 28.ab5+- (28.Bf7?! Qf7 29.ab5 Qd5 30.Kg1 Ra8+-)) 27.Rg5 Rf8 (27...Qd3 28.Rc1 (28.Rf5?! Be3 29.Rd1 Bf4+=) 28...Be3 29.de3 (worse is 29.bc6 Nf4 30.Qh4 Bd2-/+) 29...Qe3 30.Rcg1 Qc3 31.R5g3–+) 28.bc6 bc6 29.Rc1 Rff7 (29...Ba3 30.Rcg1+=) 30.Ba5+/– Qd3 (30...Bb6 31.Bc6 Qd6 32.Bb6 ab6 33.Qd1+/–) 31.Rc5 (31.Rc3 Qf1 32.Rg1 Qf2+-) 31...Nf4 32.Rc3 (32.ef4 Re1) 32...Qf1 33.Rg1 Qg1 34.Kg1 Nh5 35.Bh5 g6 36.Be2 (36.Bf3 f4 37.Bc6 Re5+-) 36...Re5 37.Bb4 (37.Bb4 a5 38.Bc5+-) 1–0. Ganesan,Arasu – Magat, corr 4AMM–05, 1998.

11.Nf3 Bf3 12.gf3 Nh5 13.d4 (13.Qa4 c6 14.b5 0-0=) 13...Qh4 (13...Ng6 14.Qa4 c6 15.Nc3=) 14.Kd2 Ng6 15.Qa4 c6 16.b5 0-0 17.bc6 bc6 18.Nc3 Rfc8 (18...c5 19.dc5 Bc5 20.Qh4 Nh4 21.f4 Rfd8 22.Kc2+=) 19.Ne4 Bh2 (19...Qe7 20.Qa5 Nf6 21.Nd6 Qd6 22.Qc5=) 20.Rag1 (20.Ba6 Rcb8 21.Qc2 f5+=) 20...Nhf4 (20...Bg1 21.Rh4 Nh4 22.Qd1+=) 21.Bc4+= Rab8 22.Bc1 Nd5? (better is 22...Bg1 23.Rh4 Nh4 24.ef4 Nf3 25.Kd3 Rd8+=) 23.Rg2+- (23.Qa7?! Bg1 24.Rh4 Nh4+=) 23...Qh3 24.Rgh2 Qf3 25.Bd3 c5 26.dc5 Rd8 27.Qd4 Ndf4 28.Nd6 Ne6 29.Qc3 Qd5? 30.Rh7 Rb3 31.Qb3 Qb3 32.Bg6 (32.Bg6 Kf8 33.Rh8 (33.Bf7?! Qd5 34.Ke1 Qc5=) 33...Ke7 34.Rd8 Qd5 35.Bd3 Nd8 36.Rg1+-) 1–0. pierre – Janika, internet, 2008.

6.c4 c6

7.Qb3 0-0 8.Nc3 dc4 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.0-0 Be6 12.Qc2 Bc4 13.d3 Be6 14.Ng5 Bd7 15.Nce4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Rad8 17.Rad1 f5 18.Nd6 Qd6 19.d4 e4 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Be6 Qe6 22.Bc1 Qc4 23.Qb2 Na4 24.Qa1 Nb6 25.Bb2 Qe6 26.Rde1 Nd5 27.Bc1 a6 28.f3 ef3 29.Rf3 g6 30.Qb1 Rfe8 31.Qc2 Nf6 32.Qf2 Ne4 33.Qh4 Qe7 34.Qh6 Qg7 35.Qh4 Qe7 36.Qf4 Qd6 37.Qh6 Qd7 38.Bb2 Qg7 39.Qh4 Qf6 40.Qf4 Rd5 41.Qc7 Qf7 42.Qf4 Red8 43.Rh3 Qg7 44.Rf3 a5 45.h4 ab4 46.ab4 Rb5 47.Ba3 Ra8 48.Ra1 Rb4 49.Bb4 Ra1 50.Kh2 Ra8 51.Rh3 b6 52.h5 c5 53.dc5 bc5 54.Be1 Rf8 55.hg6 hg6 56.Qd6 Qf6 0–1. elsh1403 (1680) – lovcenac (1660), internet, 2014.

7.Qb3 0-0 8.Nc3 e4 9.Nd4 dc4 10.Bc4 Ne5 11.Be2 Bg4 (11...a5 12.0-0=+) 12.f3 ef3 13.Nf3 (13.gf3 Bh5=+) 13...Nf3 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.gf3 Re8 16.0-0-0 (16.b5 c5=+) 16...b5 (16...a5 17.b5-/+) 17.Rdg1 Bf8 (17...a5 18.ba5 Ra5 19.Ne4=+) 18.h4 (18.Ne2 a5=+) 18...a5-/+ 19.h5 (19.Na2 Re6-/+) 19...ab4 20.ab4 Qd6 (20...h6-/+) 21.Ne4 (21.Rh4!?-/+) 21...Ne4–+ 22.fe4 Re4 23.Bc3 Rc4 24.Kb2? (better is 24.Kd1 Qd3 25.Qb2–+) 24...Ra4 25.h6 Rab4 26.Bb4 Rb4 27.hg7 Rb3 28.Kb3–+ Qa3 29.Kc2 Qa2 30.Kd1 Bb4 31.Rh7 Qd2# 0–1. RageofKlugman – Nokarookoff, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

7.Qc2 0-0 8.d3 e4 9.de4 Ne4 10.Bd3 Ndf6 11.0-0 Be6 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.c5 Bc7 14.Be4 de4 15.Ne4 Bf5 16.Nf6 gf6?? (better is 16...Qf6 17.Bf6 Bc2+/–) 17.Qf5+- Be5 18.Ne5 (better is 18.Be5 fe5 19.Ng5 Kg7+-) 18...fe5 19.Be5 Qh4 (19...f6 20.Rad1 Qe8 21.Bf6+-) 20.g3 (better is 20.Rad1 Qh6 21.Rd4 Qg6+-) 20...Qe7 (20...Qh6+-) 21.Qg4 1–0. ourang – zoranmacak, internet, 2013.

7.Qc2 0-0 8.Be2 h6 9.h4 e4 10.Nd4 Re8 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.cd5 cd5 13.f4 Neg4 14.Qd1 a6 15.Nd5 Nd5 16.Bg4 Nf6 17.Be2 Bd7 18.g4 Rc8 19.g5 Nd5 20.Bg4 Nf4 21.ef4 Bf4 22.gh6 Bh6 (22...Bg3 23.Kf1 Be5 24.Rg1=) 23.Bf5 (better is 23.Bd7 Qd7 24.Rf1+-) 23...e3= 24.d3 Bf5?? (24...e2 25.Qb3 Qc7–+) 25.Nf5+- Qb6?? (25...e2 26.Nh6 gh6+-) 26.Qg4 Qg6 27.Ne7! Re7 28.Qc8 Kh7 29.0-0-0?? e2+= 30.Kb1 ed1Q 31.Rd1 f5 32.Qd8 Re2 33.Qd4 f4 34.Rg1 Rg2 35.Rg2 Qg2 36.Qe4 Qe4 37.de4 f3 38.Bd4 Kg6 39.Kc2 Kh5 40.Bf2 Kg4 41.Kd3 Bc1 42.a4 b5 43.ab5 ab5 44.Kd4 Kf4 45.Kd5? Be3–+ 46.Be1 f2 47.Bf2 Bf2 48.h5 Kg4 49.e5 Kh5 50.e6 Bh4 51.Kd6 Bf6 52.Kc5 g5 53.Kb5 g4 54.Kc6 g3 55.b5 g2 56.b6 g1Q 57.b7 Qg8 58.Kd7 Qd8 59.Kc6 Be7 60.Kb5 Qd6 0–1. combijack (1795) – jjmg30 (1710), gameknot.com, 2012.

7.Nc3 dc4 8.Bc4 0-0!?=.

7.Nc3 dc4 8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Bb3 =+.

7.Nc3 dc4 8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Be2 e4 10.Nd4 a5 11.ba5 Ra5 12.d3 ed3=.

7.Nc3 dc4 8.Bc4 e4 9.Ng5+= Ne5 10.Bb3?? (better is 10.Qb3 0-0 11.Nce4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Nc4 13.Qc4+/–) 10...Nd3 (10...h6 11.Nge4 Nd3 12.Ke2 Nb2 13.Qc2=) 11.Ke2 Nb2 (11...0-0 12.Qb1 Bf5-/+) 12.Bf7? (better is 12.Qc2 0-0 13.Qb2-/+) 12...Kf8 13.Qb3 Nd5?? 14.Nce4 Be5 15.d4+= Bf6 16.Ne6 Be6= 17.Be6 Qe7? 18.Bd5+- cd5 19.Nf6 Qf6 20.Qb2 Rc8 ½–½. Gutsche,Armin – Winter,Rudolf, Gross Gerau op, 1996.

7.Nc3 e4 8.Nd4 dc4 9.Qc2 0-0 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Ne5 (11...Re8 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.Bc4 Nc4 14.Qc4=) 12.Qc2 (12.f4!? Ng4 13.Bc4+/–) 12...a5 (12...b5 13.f4 Ng4 14.Be2 Qh4 15.g3+/–) 13.b5 cb5 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.Bc4 (15.a4 Nd3 16.Bd3 Qd3=) 15...Nc4 16.Qc4 Qg5 17.Qf1 (17.g3 Be6 18.Qe2 Bg4=) 17...Bd7 18.Nd4 (18.a4=) 18...Ba7 (better is 18...Re8!?+=) 19.f4+= Qh5 (19...Qg6 20.Qf3+=) 20.Qf3 Qf3 21.gf3 (21.Nf3 f6+=) 21...Rac8 (21...Bc5 22.Bc3+=) 22.Rg1 (22.Bc3 Rc4+=) 22...f6 23.Kf2 (23.Bc3 Rc4+=) 23...b5 (23...Rc5 24.Bc3 Rd5 25.a4+=) 24.Rgc1 (24.Bc3 Rc4+=) 24...Kf7 25.Ne2 (25.Bc3 Bd4 26.ed4 a4+=) 25...Bc5 26.Bd4 Bd6 27.Nc3+= Be7 28.Rcb1 Rb8 29.Nd5 Bd6 30.Rc1 Be6 31.Nc3 Rfc8 32.Ne4+= Rc1 33.Nd6 Ke7 34.Rc1 Kd6 35.Bc5 Kd7 36.Rb1 Kc6 37.d4 Bc4 38.e4 Re8 39.f5+/– Rb8 40.h4 Rb7 41.Ke3 Rb8 42.h5 h6 43.Rc1 Re8 44.Rg1 Rg8 45.Rc1 Bf7?? 46.d5+- Kb7 47.Rh1 Ka6 48.Kd4 Kb7 49.f4 Rd8 50.d6 Kc6 51.e5 Bc4 52.Rg1 Rg8 53.e6 1–0. Daly,C – Garcia Paolicchi,R, Linares Zonal, 1995. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.c4 c6)

7.Nc3 e4 8.Nd4 dc4 9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 0-0 12.f4 Qh4=.

7.Nc3 e4 8.Nd4 Ne5 9.cd5= cd5 10.Qb3 Bb8 (10...Be6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Be2=) 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Be2 (12.Nd5 Bb5 13.Nf6 gf6 (13...Qf6?! 14.Nb5 Qg5 15.Kf1-/+) 14.Nb5 Nd3 15.Ke2 Nb2-/+) 12...Bc8 13.f4 ef3 14.gf3 0-0 15.Rc1 a6 16.Rg1 b5 17.Nc6 (17.f4 Ng6+/–) 17...Nc6= 18.Nd5 Ne5 (18...Qd5?? 19.Rg7! Kh8 20.Bf6+-) 19.Rc8! Qd5 (19...Qc8 20.Ne7 Double attack (20.Nf6 Deflection; 20.Ne7 Decoy; 20.Nf6 Overloading)) 20.Qd5 Nd5 21.Rb8! Rab8 (21...Rab8 22.Be5 Double attack (22.Be5 Decoy; 22.Be5 Remove defender); 21...Rfb8 22.Be5 Double attack (22.Be5 Decoy; 22.Be5 Remove defender)) 22.Be5 Rbd8?? (better is 22...g6 23.Bb8 Rb8+/–) 23.Rg7+- Kh8 24.Rf7 Kg8 25.Rg7 Kh8 26.Rg6 (26.Rg6 Nf6 27.Bf6 Rf6 28.Rf6+-) 1–0. Ackaert,Thierry (2035) – Ta Long,Vu (1660), Belgian Championship, 2016.

7.Nc3 Qe7 8.Qb3 (8.cd5 cd5 9.Nb5 Bb8=) 8...d4 (8...e4 9.Nd4 dc4 10.Bc4=+) 9.Na4 c5 (9...b6 10.Rb1=+) 10.bc5= Nc5 (10...Bc5 11.ed4 Bd4 12.Nd4 ed4 13.Be2+=) 11.Nc5 Bc5 12.Be2 0-0 (12...de3 13.de3 e4 14.Qb5 Bd7 15.Qb7=) 13.0-0 (13.ed4 ed4 14.Bd4 Bd4 15.Nd4 Re8=) 13...Rd8 (13...d3 14.Bd1 e4 15.Nd4=+) 14.ed4= ed4 15.Rae1 Qc7 16.Bd3 b6 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.Kh1 (18.Bf5 Re8 19.f4 Re7=) 18...Re8 19.f4 Nd7 (19...Re7!?=) 20.Bh7+= Kf8 (20...Kh7 21.Qh3) 21.Qg3+/– g6? (better is 21...Ne5 22.fe5 Re7+/–) 22.Ng6! Kg7 (22...fg6 23.Qg6) 23.Nf8! Kh6 (23...Kf8 24.Qg8#) 24.Qh4 (24.Qg5#) 24...Kg7 25.Qg5 (25...Kf8 26.Qg8#) 1–0. Kecic,Stevan (2245) – Potocnik,Primoz (2240), SLO–chT West, 2001.

7.c5 Bb8 8.Nc3 =+.

7.d3 a5 8.c5 Bc7 9.Be2=.

7.d3 a5 8.Be2 ab4-/+ 9.ab4 (9.0-0 Qe7 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 Bb4-/+) 9...Ra1 (9...Bb4 10.Nbd2 Ra1 11.Ba1-/+) 10.Ba1 Bb4 11.Nbd2 (11.Bc3 Bc3 12.Nc3 Qa5-/+) 11...dc4 12.0-0 (12.dc4 Qe7-/+) 12...cd3–+ 13.Bd3 Qe7 (better 13...Nc5 14.Bb1 Bd2 15.Nd2 Qd5-/+) 14.Qb3? (better 14.Qc2–+) 14...e4 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Bg7 Rg8 17.Bb2 (17.Qb2–+) 17...Ndc5 18.Qb4 Bh3 (18...Nd3 19.Qe7 Ke7 20.Ba1–+) 19.Be4 (19.Ne1 Nd3 20.Qe7 Ke7 21.Nd3 Bg2–+) 19...Rg2 (19...Ne4?! 20.Qe7 Ke7 21.Nh4=+; 19...Qe4?! 20.Qe4 Ne4 21.Nh4=+) 20.Kh1 Qe4 21.Qe4 Ne4 22.Bd4 (22.Ng1 Nf2 23.Rf2 Rf2 24.Nh3 Rb2 25.Ng5–+) 22...Nf2 23.Rf2 Rf2 24.Ng5 (24.e4 Rf3 25.Bb6–+) 24…Rf1 0–1. Goldmund,Heike – Benassi,Aspasio (2105), FICGS, 2016.

7.d3 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.Qc2 0-0 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Qc7 12.g3 (12.c5 bc5 13.bc5 Bc5 14.Ne5 Re5=) 12...c5 13.b5 (13.bc5 Bc5 14.cd5 Rac8=) 13...e4 (13...d4 14.Nh4=+) 14.de4 de4 15.Nh4 Ne5 16.Nf5 Rad8 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.Be5 (18.Rad1 Qe6 19.Bc3 Nf3 20.Nf3 ef3-+) 18...Qe5 (18...Qd2 19.Qd2 Rd2 20.Bf6 Re2 21.Bg5-/+) 19.Rfd1=+ Qf5 20.Nf1 Ng4 (20...a6 21.ba6 Ba6 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Rd1 Rd1 24.Qd1=) 21.Bg4 (21.f4!?=) 21...Qg4=+ 22.Nd2 Rd3 23.a4 (23.Nf1!?-/+) 23...Red8 24.Ra2 f5 (24...Bc8 25.a5-+) 25.Qc1 (better 25.a5-/+) 25...f4!-+ 26.Kg2?? (26.ef4 Qh3) 26...fe3 27.fe3 Qe2 28.Kh1 Qe3 29.Re1 Qf2 (29...Qf2 30.Nf3 Qf3 31.Kg1 e3 32.Re3 Rd1 33.Qd1 Rd1 34.Re1 Re1; 29...Rd2?! 30.Re3 Ra2 31.Kg1-/+) 0-1. petrobbo (1970) - hwntw (2155), ChessWorld.net, 2018.

7.d4 ed4 8.Qd4 Qe7 (8...c5 9.bc5 Bc5 10.Qc3=) 9.Nbd2 (9.cd5 cd5 10.Nc3 Nb6+=) 9...0-0 10.Bd3 g6? (10...c5 11.bc5 Bc5 12.Qh4+=) 11.h4 (11.cd5!? cd5 12.Bb5+-) 11...c5 12.bc5 Nc5 (12...Bc5 13.Qc3 dc4 14.Bc4 a6+=) 13.h5 (better 13.Be2!? Ncd7 14.cd5+/-) 13...Nd3= 14.Qd3 Re8?? (14...Nh5 15.cd5 Re8+/-) 15.0-0-0?? (better 15.Qd4 Be6 16.hg6 fg6 17.Ng5+-) 15...Bf5 (better 15...Nh5 16.Qc3 f6=+) 16.hg6?? (better 16.Qc3 Rac8 17.hg6 fg6 18.Qf6 Qf6 19.Bf6 Ba3 20.Bb2+/-) 16...fg6 (better 16...Bd3 17.gf7 Qf7-+) 17.Qc3= Rac8 (better 17...Rf8 18.Ng5 h5=+) 18.Rh7?? (better 18.Qf6 Qf6 19.Bf6 Ba3 20.Bb2 Bb2 21.Kb2 dc4 22.Kc3+/-) 18...Qh7 (better 18...Kh7 19.Qf6 Qf6 20.Bf6 Ba3 21.Bb2 Bb2 22.Kb2 dc4-+) 19.Qf6 Be7 20.Qc3 Rf8 (20...dc4 21.Re1-+) 21.Qe5 Rfd8 (21...dc4 22.e4 Bg4 23.Kc2-+) 22.g4 (better 22.Nd4-/+) 22...Bb1?? (better 22...Bg4 23.Rg1 Bf3 24.Nf3 Kf8-+) 23.Qe6 Kf8 24.Bg7?? (better 24.Kb1 dc4 25.Rc1 g5 26.Qe4 Qe4 27.Ne4+-) 24...Qg7-+ 25.Qf5 (25.Qf5 Bf5 26.Nb1 Ba3 27.Kd2 dc4 28.Ke2 Rd1 29.gf5 Qb2 30.Nfd2-+). FeegLood (2040) - Arka50 (2060), lichess.org, 2015.

7.d4 Qe7 8.Nc3 dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Qc2 e4 11.Nd2 Nb6 12.Be2 (12.Bb3 Re8=) 12...Bf5=+ 13.h3 (13.0-0 a5=+) 13...h6 (13...a5 14.ba5 Ra5 15.g4=) 14.g4= Bg6 15.h4 Rfe8 16.b5 (16.g5 hg5 17.hg5 Nh7=) 16...Qe6 (16...Nfd5 17.bc6 bc6 18.g5=) 17.Qb3 (17.g5!? hg5 18.hg5=) 17...Nfd5=+ 18.Nd5 cd5 19.a4 (19.g5 h5=+) 19...Rac8 20.Ba3 f5 (20...Ba3 21.Qa3 Rc2 22.a5=+) 21.g5 (21.Bd6 Qd6 22.a5 Nd7=) 21...Ba3=+ 22.Qa3 hg5 (22...h5!?=+) 23.a5 Nd7 24.hg5 Nf8 25.Nb3 b6 26.Nc1 (26.Qb4 Nh7+=) 26...Nh7 27.Rg1 f4 (27...Qe7 28.Qe7 Re7 29.Bd1+=) 28.Bg4 (28.ef4!? ba5 29.Bg4+- (29.Qa5 e3 30.Rf1 Rc2-/+)) 28...Bf5= 29.Bh5 Red8 (29...g6 30.Bd1=) 30.Ne2 (30.ef4!? Rd7 31.Qe3+=) 30...f3= 31.Nf4 Qd7 32.Kd2 (32.ab6 ab6 33.Qa6 Qd6=+) 32...Rc7 (32...Qb5 33.ab6 ab6 34.Rab1-/+) 33.Rac1 (33.ab6 ab6 34.Qa6 Rdc8=+) 33...Rc1=+ (33...Qb5?? 34.Rc7 Rf8 35.Ra7+-) 34.Rc1 Ng5 (34...Qb5 35.ab6 ab6 36.Qe7=) 35.Rc6 (35.ab6 ab6 36.Rc6 Nh3 37.Nh3 Bh3=+) 35...Nh3 (35...ba5 36.Bg6 Bg6 37.Rg6=+) 36.Nh3= Bh3 37.Bg6 Bf1 38.ab6 ab6 39.Rb6? (39.Qc1 Qh3 (39...Bb5?? 40.Qh1 Re8 41.Qh7 Kf8 42.Be8 Qe8 43.Rc8 Qc8 44.Qh8 Kf7 45.Qc8+-) 40.Rb6 Bc4-/+) 39...Bb5 (39...Qc7 40.Qc5 Qa7=) 40.Be4= de4 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1980) – Romano,Jacopo (1935), FICGS, 2016.

7.d4 Qe7 8.Nc3 dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Be2 a5 11.b5 c5 12.de5 Ne5 13.Qc2 (13.Qa4 b6=) 13...b6 (13...Rd8 14.Rd1=) 14.Ne5 (14.Rd1 Bb7=) 14...Be5 (worse 14...Qe5 15.Bf3 Bf5 16.Qe2+-) 15.Bf3 Ra7 (15...Rb8 16.Rd1=) 16.Rd1 Be6 17.0-0 (17.Na4 Bb2 18.Qb2 Nd7=) 17...Bc4 18.Be2 Qe6 (18...Be2 19.Qe2 Qe6 20.Na4 Bb2 21.Nb2=) 19.Bc4 Qc4 20.Qa4 Qe6 21.Qc2 Bc3 22.Bc3 Ne4 23.Bb2 Nd6 24.Rd3 (24.a4 Re8=) 24...Rd8 (24...Nb5 25.Rfd1=) 25.Rfd1 Rad7 26.a4 Ne8 (26...Qg6 27.Qc3=) 27.Rd7 Rd7 28.Rd7 Qd7 29.e4 Qe6 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1980) – Romano,Jacopo (1935), FICGS, 2016.

7.d4 Qe7 8.Be2 0-0 9.Nc3 a5 10.b5 (10.c5 Bc7=) 10...dc4=+ 11.Bc4 (11.0-0 e4 12.Nd2 Nb6=) 11...e4 (11...ed4 12.Qd4 Ne5 13.Be2=+) 12.Nd2=+ Nb6 13.Be2 Bf5 (13...Bd7 14.0-0=+) 14.h3 (14.bc6 bc6 15.Rb1 Rab8= (15...Ba3?? 16.Ba3 Qa3 17.Rb3+-)) 14...Rfd8 (14...Rac8=+) 15.Qb1? Increases the pressure on e4 (15.bc6 bc6 16.0-0 a4=) 15...Nbd5 (better 15...c5!? 16.dc5 Bc5-/+) 16.Nc4=+ Bc7 (16...c5=+) 17.Kf1 (17.0-0 Nc3 18.Bc3 Nd5=+) 17...Qe6 (better 17...Nc3 18.Bc3 Nd5-/+) 18.Qd1? (18.bc6 bc6 19.Qc2 Nc3 20.Bc3 Nd5=+) 18...c5 (better 18...Nc3 19.Bc3 cb5–+) 19.Nd5-/+ Nd5 (19...Rd5 20.Rc1=+) 20.Rc1=+ (worse 20.dc5 Ne3 21.fe3 Rd1 22.Rd1 Bg3–+) 20...Rd7 (20...h6 21.Qd2 cd4 22.Bd4=+) 21.Qe1 (21.Qd2 cd4 22.Bd4 b6=+) 21...cd4 22.Bd4 b6 (22...h6 23.Kg1=+) 23.Rc2 (23.h4 h6=+) 23...Rad8 (23...Re8 24.Kg1-/+) 24.Qa1 (24.h4 Nf4 25.Kg1 Rd4 26.ed4 e3–+) 24...f6 25.g4 (25.Qe1 Bg6-/+) 25...Bg6 26.h4 (better 26.Rg1-/+) 26...Nf4?? (26...Be8-/+) 27.h5?? (better 27.ef4!? e3 28.Ne3 Bc2 29.Nc2 Bf4 30.Rh3=) 27...Bf7 (better 27...Ne2 28.hg6 Nd4 29.gh7 Kh8 30.ed4 Rd4–+) 28.Rg1?? (28.ef4 Rd4 29.Qc1 Bb8=+) 28...Nd3 (better 28...Ne2 29.Ke2 Bh2–+) 29.Nd2 (29.h6 Be5 30.Ne5 fe5 31.Rc6=+) 29...Rd4 (better 29...Bh2 30.Rc6 Qe8 31.Bb6 Rb8-/+) 30.ed4= Bf4 31.Qc3 Nf2 32.Bc4 Qe7?? (better 32...Qd7 33.Qb3 Nd1 34.Bf7 Kf8=) 33.Bf7 (better 33.Kf2!? Re8 34.Bf7 Kf7+-) 33...Qf7 34.Kf2 e3 35.Kf3 Bh2 36.Rg2 (better 36.Rd1!? ed2 37.Qc4+-) 36...ed2+- 37.Rgd2 (37.Qd2?! Qd5 38.Kf2 Be5=) 37...Qd5 38.Kf2 Bf4 (38...f5 39.Qc4 fg4 40.Qd5 Rd5 41.Ke3+-) 39.Rd3 (better 39.Re2 Qb5 40.Re4+-) 39...Qh1? (better 39...Qg5+=) 40.Qc6+- Qh4 41.Kf3?? (better 41.Kf1 Qg4 42.Qe4+-) 41...Qg3+= 42.Ke2 Qg4 (42...Qg1 43.Rf3 (43.Qb6?? Re8 44.Qe6 Re6 45.Re3 Re3 46.Kd2 Qe1) 43...Kf8 44.Rf4 Re8 45.Re4 Qg4 46.Ke3 Qh3 47.Kd2 Qg2 48.Kc1 Qe4 49.Qb6+=) 43.Qf3+= Re8 (better 43...Qf5+=) 44.Kf2?? (44.Kf1 Qg5 45.a4+-) 44...Qh4–+ 45.Kg2 Qh2 46.Kf1 Qc2 47.Rc3 (47.d5 Bg3! 48.Re3 Qc1 49.Ke2 Rc8–+) 47...Qe4 (47...Qd2 48.Qf2 Qc3 49.Kg2 Re4 50.h6 Bd6 51.Qa2 Kf8 52.hg7 Kg7 53.Qf2 Rg4 54.Kf1 Qd3 55.Qe2 Rf4 56.Kg2 Qe2 57.Kg3 Rd4 58.Kh3 Qf3) 48.Qe4 Re4 49.Rc6 (49.Rc8 Kf7–+) 49...Rd4 50.Rb6 Ra4 51.Rc6 (51.Ra6 f5–+) 51...Ra3 52.Rc4 (52.Ra6 f5–+) 52...Be5 53.b6 (53.Rc8 Kf7 54.Rd8 Ke6–+) 53...h6 54.Rc5 (54.Rc8 Kh7–+) 54...Rb3 55.Ra5 (55.Rc6 Bd4–+) 55...Rb6 56.Kg2 (56.Ra3 Rb2–+) 56...Rb3 57.Ra7 (57.Rd5 Kh7–+) 57...Rg3 58.Kf2 (58.Kf1–+) 58...Bd4 59.Kg3 Ba7 60.Kf4 Kf7 61.Kf5 Bb6 62.Kf4 Ke6 63.Ke4 f5 64.Kf4 Kf6 65.Kg3 Kg5 66.Kh3 Kh5 67.Kg3 g5 68.Kh3 (68.Kf3 g4 69.Ke2 g3 70.Kf3 f4 71.Kg2 Be3 72.Kf3 Kh4 73.Ke4 g2 74.Kd5 g1Q 75.Kc6 f3 76.Kd7 f2 77.Ke7 f1Q 78.Kd6 Qg6 79.Kc7 Qf8 80.Kd7 Qgd6) 68...g4 (68...f4 69.Kh2 g4 70.Kg2 f3 71.Kf1 g3 72.Ke1 g2 73.Kd2 f2 74.Kc3 f1Q 75.Kd2 Qc4 76.Ke1 g1Q 77.Kd2 Be3) 69.Kg2 (69.Kg3 Kg5 70.Kg2 f4 71.Kf1 f3 72.Ke1 g3 73.Kd2 f2 74.Ke2 g2 75.Kd2 f1Q 76.Kc2 Qc4 77.Kd2 Ba5 78.Ke3 g1Q 79.Kf3 Qd3) 69...f4 70.Kh2 (70.Kf1 f3 71.Ke1 g3 72.Kd2 f2 73.Kd3 f1Q 74.Ke4 g2 75.Ke5 g1Q 76.Ke6 Qc5 77.Kd7 Qf7) 70...Kh4 Black prepares g3 (70...f3 71.Kg3 Kg5 72.Kh2 Kh4 73.Kh1 Bd4 74.Kh2 g3 75.Kh1 g2 76.Kh2 g1Q) 71.Kg2 g3 (71...f3 72.Kf1 g3 73.Ke1 g2 74.Kd2 g1Q 75.Kd3 Qc5 76.Kd2 f2 77.Kd3 f1Q 78.Ke4 Qcf5) 72.Kh1 (72.Kf3 Be3 73.Kg2 Kg4 74.Kf1 f3 75.Ke1 g2 76.Kd1 g1Q 77.Kc2 f2 78.Kd3 f1Q 79.Kc3 Qb5 80.Kc2 Qc1) 72...Kg4 73.Kg2 f3 74.Kh1 (74.Kf1 g2 75.Ke1 f2 76.Kd2 f1Q 77.Kc3 g1Q 78.Kb3 Qd3 79.Kb4 Qgd4) 74...g2 75.Kh2 g1Q 0–1. Kossobudzki,Robert (2130) – Konopka,Michal (2380), European Rapid, 2017.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bc4 N7b6 10.Bb3 Be6 (10...Nc3 11.dc3 e4 12.Nd2+=) 11.0-0 (11.Ne4!? f6 12.d4 ed4 13.Nd4+=) 11...Nc3+= 12.Bc3 Bb3 13.Qb3 Re8 14.e4 h6 15.Rfe1 Nd7 16.Rad1 c5 17.bc5 Nc5 18.Qb2 (better is 18.Qd5!?+=) 18...Nd3-/+ 19.Qa1 (19.Qb7!? Rb8 20.Qd5 Ne1 21.Re1 Ba3 22.Qa2-/+) 19...Ne1 20.Re1 Qc7 21.Rc1 Qe7 22.a4 Rac8 23.Re1 f6 24.Nh4 Bb4 25.Nf5 Qc5 26.Rc1 Bc3 27.Rc3 Qb4 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1970) – tonirovet (1860), Active (5/3), 2005.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bc4 e4-/+ 9.Nd4 Be5 (9...Qg5 10.0-0 Qh4=+) 10.Qg4 (10.Qc2 N5b6=+) 10...N7f6 (better is 10...N7b6!? 11.Qe2 Nc4 12.Qc4 Qg5-/+) 11.Qe2 (11.Qg5 Ng4 12.Qd8 Kd8+=) 11...Qe7 (11...Qc7 12.d3=+) 12.0-0 (better is 12.d3=+) 12...Bh2?? (better is 12...Qd6!? 13.f4 ef3 14.gf3 Bh3=+) 13.Kh2+= Ng4 14.Kg3 Qe5 15.f4 ef3 (15...Qh5 16.f5 Qh2 17.Kg4 Nf6 18.Kg5 h6) 16.Kf3+= Nh2 17.Kf2 Qf6 (17...Nf1 18.Kf1 Qh2 19.Bd5 cd5 20.Qb5 Bd7 21.Qb7 Qh1 22.Kf2 Qh4 23.Ke2 Bg4 24.Nf3 Bf3 25.gf3+- (25.Kf3?! Qh5 26.Kf2 Qh4 27.g3 Qh2 28.Kf3 Qh1 29.Ke2 Qh5 30.g4 Qg4 31.Kf2 Qh4 32.Kg2 Qg4 33.Kf1 Qf3 34.Ke1 Qg3 35.Kd1 Qf3 36.Kc2 Qf5 37.d3 0-0=)) 18.Kg1+/– Nf1 19.Qf1 Qf1 20.Kf1 Be6 21.Ne6+- fe6 22.Bd5 ed5+/– 23.Bg7 Rg8 24.Be5 Kd7 25.Nc3 Raf8 26.Bf4 h5 27.Kf2 d4 28.Ne2+- de3 29.de3 Rf7 30.Rh1 Rh8 31.Ng3 h4 32.Ne4 b6 33.Ng5 Rf5 34.Kf3 Ke7 35.Kg4 Rd5 36.e4 Rd3 37.Rh3 Rdd8 38.Nf3 Ke6 39.Rh4 (39...Rh4 40.Nh4+-; 39.Be3 Rd3+-) 1–0. Trkn – oldestchuck, itsyourturn.com, 2001.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.d3 a5+= 9.Nbd2 ab4 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.a4 0-0 12.Be2 f6 13.0-0 N7b6 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Nfd2 Nc4 16.Nc4 Nb6! 17.d4 (17.Nb6 Bb3 Pinning (17...Bb3 Deflection; 17...Bb3 Clearance)) 17...Kh8 18.Rfc1 ed4 19.Bd4 c5 20.Bb2 Nc4 21.Bc4 Bc4 22.Qc4 b6 23.g3 h6 24.Rd1 Rfd8 25.Qb5 Qc7 26.Qc4 Be5 27.Be5 Qe5 28.Qf7 (28.Kg2 f5 29.Qb3 Rd1 30.Rd1 Qe8–+) 28...Rd6 (28...b5 29.a5–+) 29.Rdc1 Rad8 30.a5 ba5 31.Qa7? b3 (31...b3 32.Rab1 b2–+) 0–1. Aubertin,Tim (2000) – Huwig,Manfred, Saarland–ch MB, 2008.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e4 N5f6=.

7.Be2 Qe7 8.d3 0-0 9.Nbd2 a5 10.b5 (10.c5 Bc7=) 10...Bc5 (10...e4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.de4 de4 13.bc6 bc6 14.Qc2=) 11.0-0 e4 12.Nd4 ed3 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Be2 dc4 15.Nc4 Nc4 16.Bc4 cb5 17.Bb5 Bg4 18.Be2 Be2 19.Qe2 Rad8 20.Qb5 (20.Qf3 Bd4 21.Bd4 Ne4+=) 20...Ne4 (20...Rd5 21.Qa4=) 21.Rac1 (21.Qa5 Rd5 22.Qe1 Rfd8+=) 21...b6 22.Nf5 Qg5 23.Ng7 (23.Nd4 Rd6=) 23...Rd2=+ 24.Ba1?? (24.h4 Qh4 25.Nf5-/+) 24...Rf2! (24...Ba3?! 25.Qg5 Ng5 26.Nf5=) 25.Rf2 (25.Rf2 Be3 Double attack (25...Be3 Decoy)) 25...Nf2 26.Bd4? (better 26.Qe2 Ng4 27.Kh1-+) 26...Nh3-+ 27.Kh1 Bd4 28.Qg5 Ng5 29.ed4 Kg7 30.Rc6 (30.h4 Ne4 31.Re1 f5-+) 30...Rd8 31.Rb6 Rd4 32.h3 Ne6 33.Rb5 a4 (33...Ra4 34.Rb3-+) 34.Ra5 Rd1 (better 34...Kg6!? 35.g3-+) 35.Kh2 Rd4 36.Kg3?? (36.Kh1 h5 37.g3-+) 36...Nf4 (better 36...Rd3 37.Kf2 Ra3 38.g4-+) 37.Kh2 (37.Kf3 Kf6-+) 37...Ne2 38.Kh1 Nc3 39.Kh2 Nd5 (39...Rd5 40.Ra8-+) 40.Rc5 Ne3 (40...f5 41.g3-+) 41.Rc3 Nc4 42.Rc2 (42.Kg1-+) 42...Na3 43.Ra2 Rd3 (better 43...Nb5-+) 44.Rc2 (44.Kg1 f5-+) 44...Kf6 (44...Nc2 45.g4 a3 46.g5 a2 47.Kg2 Ne3 48.Kf3 a1Q 49.g6 Qf1 50.Kg3 Rd4 51.gf7 Qf4) 45.Rf2 Kg7 46.Ra2?? (46.Rc2 Nc2 47.h4-+) 46...Rb3 47.h4 Nb5 (better 47...f5-+) 48.Re2 (48.Ra4 f5 49.g4-+) 48...Nc3 49.Re5 a3 50.Rg5 (50.Rg5 Kf6 51.Ra5-+). black_bishop_88 (2545) - mamey78 (2525), lichess.org, 2020. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.c4 c6 5.e3 Ngf6 6.Nf3 Bd6)

7.Be2 h6 8.0-0 0-0 9.c5 Bc7 10.d3 Re8 11.Nc3 Nf8 Black plans d4 12.e4 (12.Qc2 Bg4=) 12...d4=+ 13.Nb1 Be6 14.Nbd2 N6h7 15.Re1 Ng5 16.Bf1 Ng6 17.g3 Bg4 18.Bg2 Qf6 19.Qe2 Nf3 (19...b5 20.Reb1-/+) 20.Bf3=+ Bf3 21.Qf3 Qg5 22.Nc4 Rf8 (22...b5 23.Bc1 Qe7 24.Nb2=+) 23.Bc1= Qd8 24.Qf5 (24.a4 b6=) 24...Ne7 (24...b5 25.cb6 ab6 26.Bd2=) 25.Qg4 Kh8 26.Kh1 (26.a4 b6=) 26...Qc8 (26...b5!? 27.cb6 ab6=) 27.Qc8+= Rac8 28.f4 f6 29.Rf1 Rcd8 30.Kg2 b5 31.cb6 ab6 32.fe5 fe5 33.Bd2 b5 34.Nb2 Kg8 35.Nd1 (35.a4 ba4 36.Ra4 Rf1 37.Kf1 Kf7=) 35...Rf1 36.Kf1 Rf8 37.Kg2 Nc8 38.Nf2 Bd8 39.Ng4 Nd6?? (better 39...Bc7=) 40.Ne5+- c5?! (40...Bf6 41.Nc6 Rc8 42.Rc1+-) 41.bc5 Nb7 (41...Re8 42.Nc6 Nf7 43.Rb1+- (43.Nd4?! Bf6 44.Bc3 Bd4 45.Bd4 Rd8+-)) 42.c6 Nd6 43.Bb4 Rf6 44.Nd7 Re6 45.Nc5 (better 45.Bd6 Rd6 46.Rf1 Bc7 47.Rf8 Kh7+-) 45...Re5 (45...Rg6+-) 46.Nd7 (better 46.Nb7!? Ne4 47.Nd8 Nf6+-) 46...Re6 47.Bd6 Rd6 48.Rc1 Bc7 49.e5 Re6 50.Rc5 Kf7 51.Rb5 (better 51.Kf3 Ke7 52.Ke4 Rc6 53.Rc6 Kd7 54.Rc5+-) 51...Rc6 52.Rc5 (better 52.Kf3!? Ke6 53.Nc5 Ke5 54.Nb3 Kf6 55.Nd4 Ra6+-) 52...Rc5+/- 53.Nc5 Be5 (better 53...Bb6 54.Ne4 Bc7+-) 54.a4 1-0. alddhsfd (1820) - Flashbreezer (1815), lichess.org, 2019.

7.h3 0-0 8.d3 a6 9.Nbd2 b5 10.c5 Bc7 11.Qc2 Re8 Black intends e4 12.Nh2 (12.Be2 a5=) 12...Nf8 13.g4 Ng6 14.Bg2 Nh4 15.Rg1 e4 16.Bf6?? (better 16.Nhf1 ed3 17.Qd3-+) 16...Qf6 17.d4 Bh2 18.0-0-0 (18.Ke2 Bg1 19.Rg1 a5-+) 18...Bg1 19.Rg1 (19.Ne4 de4 (19...Ng2?! 20.Nf6 gf6 21.Rg1=+; worse 19...Re4 20.Be4 Bf2 21.Bh7 Kh8 22.Kb1 Be3 23.Qe2-+) 20.Rg1 Ng2 21.Rg2 a5-+) 19...Qf2 20.Qd1 Ng2 21.Rf1 Qe3 22.Kb2 Qh3 (better 22...Qd4 23.Kb1 e3 24.Nb3 Qe4 25.Qc2-+) 23.Qe2 Qg4 (23...Bg4 24.Qf2 e3 25.Qf7 Kh8 26.Ne4-+) 24.Qg4 Bg4 25.Rg1 Bf3 (better 25...e3 26.Rg2 e2-+) 26.Nf3 ef3 27.Rf1 (27.Rc1 f2 28.Rf1 Re2 29.Kb1 Re1 30.Kb2 Rf1 31.a4 Re8 32.Ka2 Re2 33.Kb3 Rh1 34.ab5 ab5 35.Kc3 Rh3) 27...Re3 (27...Re2 28.Kb1 Re1 29.Re1 Ne1 30.Kc1 f2 31.Kd2 f1Q 32.Kc1 Qe2 33.Kb1 Nd3 34.a4 Qb2) 28.Rf2 (28.Kc2 Re2 29.Kb1 Re1 30.Re1 Ne1 31.Kc1 f2 32.Kd2 Re8 33.Kc1 f1Q 34.Kb2 Re2 35.Kc3 Qf3) 28...Re2 29.Re2 fe2 30.Kc2 (30.a4 e1Q 31.Ka2 Qd2 32.Kb3 Re8 33.ab5 ab5 34.Ka3 Re3) 30...e1Q 31.a4 (31.Kb3 Re8 32.a4 Qe2 33.ab5 ab5 34.Kc3 Re3) 31...Re8 32.ab5 Re2 33.Kb3 Re3 (33...Qg3 34.Ka4 Ra2) 34.Ka4 (34.Kc2 Qf2 35.Kc1 Re1) 34…Qa1 0-1. Peltu_Yono (2040) - ironmanx2216 (2185), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.h3 0-0 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nc3 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 (10...a5 11.ba5 Be5 12.Nb3=+) 11.Qb3 Bb8 (11...Be6 12.f4 ef3 13.gf3 Nf3 14.Nf3=+) 12.Be2 a6 (12...Nc6 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Qa4=) 13.a4 (13.0-0 Nc6 14.Nc6 bc6=) 13...Re8 (13...Nc6 14.Nc6 bc6 15.0-0=+) 14.a5 (14.0-0 Nc6 15.Nc6 bc6=) 14...Qd6 (14...Nc6 15.Nc6 bc6 16.0-0=+) 15.Ba3 (15.Rc1 Nc6 16.Nc6 bc6= (16...Qc6? 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Rc6 bc6 19.d3+-)) 15...Nc6=+ 16.Nc6 Qc6 (16...bc6 17.d4 ed3 18.Bd3=+) 17.Rc1 Qe6 18.Na4 (18.d3 ed3 19.Bd3 Be5=) 18...Ba7 (18...Be5 19.d4 ed3 20.Nc5 d2 21.Kd2=+) 19.Bb2 Bd7 20.Nc5 Bc5 21.Rc5 Bc6 22.Qc3 Red8 23.Qd4 Ne8 24.0-0+/– f6 25.d3 Nd6 26.de4 Qe4 27.Bf3 Qd4 28.Bd4 Ne4 29.Rc2 Ba4 30.Ra2 Bb5 31.Rd1 f5 32.Be4 (better is 32.Rc1!?+/–) ½–½. Skulsky,Ian – Vetemaa,Juri, NWC June op Seattle, 1990.

7.h3 dc4 8.Bc4 0-0 9.d3 =+.

7.Nc3 0-0

8.Qb3 a5 9.cd5= ab4 (9...cd5 10.Nd5 Nd5 11.Qd5=) 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 cd5 (11...Qe7 12.dc6 bc6 13.b5=) 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Qd5 Bb4 14.Bb5 Qa5 15.0-0 (15.Be5 Ne5 16.Qe5 Bg4=) 15...Nb6+= 16.Qd3 f6 17.Qb3 (17.Rb1 Be6=) 17...Kh8 18.Bd3 Nd7 (18...Rd8 19.Be4 Nd7 20.d4+=) 19.Qc2+= g6 20.Nh4 (20.Be2 Nc5+=) 20...f5 (20...Rd8 21.Bc3=) 21.f4 (21.Nf3 Bd6+=) 21...Be7 (21...Bd2 22.fe5 Be3 23.Kh1 Qd8 (23...Ne5? 24.Nf3 Bf4 25.g3+-) 24.Bf5 Qe7+=) 22.Bc3 (22.Nf3 Bf6 23.Bc3 Qd5+/–) 22...Qc7?? (better is 22...Bb4+=) 1–0. Poley,V (2380) – De Marchi,Olivier, 18th Touraine Open, 2003.

8.Qb3 e4!? 9.c5 Bc5 10.bc5 ef3-/+.

8.Qb3 e4 9.Nd4 dc4 10.Bc4 a5 11.Be2 Nb6 12.0-0 Be5 13.Qc2 Bd4 14.ed4 Bf5 15.Rfe1 ab4 16.ab4 Bg6 (16...Qd4 17.Na4 Qd8 18.Nb6 Qb6 19.Bf6 gf6 20.Qc3=+) 17.Ra8= Na8 18.Nd1 (18.Na4 Nc7 19.Qc5 Nfd5=+) 18...e3 19.Qc1 (19.d3 ef2 20.Nf2 Re8=+) 19...ef2=+ 20.Nf2 Nc7 21.Bc3 Nfd5 22.Bc4 Qd7 23.Qd1 (23.Ne4 b6=) 23...Qd6=+ The isolani on b4 becomes a target 24.Qa1 (24.Qb3 b5 25.Bd3 Nf4=+) 24...h5 (24...b5 25.Bd3=+) 25.Qb2 (25.Qa7 b5 26.Bd3 h4=+) 25...b5=+ 26.Bb3 (26.Bd3 Nf4 27.Bf1 Ncd5=+) 26...Rd8 (26...Ra8 27.Ne4 Be4 28.Re4=+) 27.Ne4 Be4 28.Re4 Nf6 (28...Nb4?? 29.Bb4 Qg6 30.Bc2+-) 29.Re2 (29.Re5 Ncd5 30.Qb1 g6=+) 29...Ncd5 30.Bd5 (30.Qb1 Nf4 (30...Nb4? 31.Bb4 Qd4 32.Kh1+-) 31.Re1 c5-/+) 30...Nd5-/+ 31.Qb1 g6 32.Qe1 Qd7 33.Re4 Ra8 34.Qh4 (34.Qg3 Kh7 35.Qe5 Ra3-/+) 34...Re8 35.Qh3 Qd8 36.Qd3 (36.Re8 Qe8 37.Qg3 Qd7-/+) 36...f6 37.Kf1 Re4 (37...Nc3?! 38.dc3 Kf7 39.Re8 Qe8 40.d5=) 38.Qe4 Kf7 39.g3 (39.h3 Qd6-/+) 39...Qc8 40.Kf2 Qh3 41.Kg1 Qg4 42.Qg2 (42.Qg4 hg4 43.Kf2–+) 42...Qd1–+ 43.Qf1 Qf1 44.Kf1 Ke6 45.Ba1 0–1. Pierre – Anatol, internet, 2019.

8.Rc1 b6 9.cd5 cd5 10.Be2 (10.Nb5!? Qe7 11.Qc2+/–) 10...Bb7 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.0-0 Bb8 14.f3 ef3 15.Bf3 (worse is 15.gf3 Re8-/+) 15...Re8 16.Re1 Nf8 17.Nf1 Ne6 18.Qd3 Ng5 19.Be2 Nge4 20.Bf3 Nc3 21.Rc3 Rc3 22.Qc3 Qd7 23.Bc1 Ba6 24.Qa1 Bf1 25.Rf1 Qc7 26.g3 Ne4 27.Qa2 Qd7 28.Bh5 g6 29.Bf3 Kg7 30.a4 f5 31.Be2? (better is 31.Be4!? Re4 32.b5+=) 31...Nc3-/+ 32.Qc2 Ne2 33.Qe2 Qa4 34.Qb2 Bd6 35.Bd2 Rc8 36.Ra1 Qd7 37.Qb3 Bb8 38.b5 Qe6 39.Rf1 Qe4 40.Rf4?? Bf4–+ (40...Bf4 41.gf4 Qc2–+) 0–1. David,Gerard (1610) – Clement,Alexandre (1710), Cap d'Agde Avenir op, 2008. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 Ngf6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 0-0)

8.Rc1 e4!? 9.Nd4 dc4 10.Bc4 Ne5+=.

8.Qc2 a5 9.b5 Nc5 10.bc6 d4 11.Nd5 (11.ed4 ed4 12.Nd4 Re8 13.Be2 bc6=+) 11...bc6 12.Nf6 (better 12.ed4!? ed4 13.Nf6 Qf6 14.Bd4 Re8 15.Be2=+) 12...Qf6–+ 13.ed4 ed4 (13...Bf5!? 14.Qd1 ed4 15.Bd4 Qg6–+) 14.Bd4=+ Re8 15.Be2 Bf5 16.Qc3? (better 16.Bf6!? Bc2 17.Bd4=+) 16...Qg6–+ 17.Be3 Ne4 (17...Qg2? 18.Rg1 Ne4 19.Rg2 Nc3 20.dc3+-) 18.Qc1 Qg2 19.Rg1 Qh3 20.d3 Nc5 21.Qc3 Bg6 22.Rg5? (better 22.Qd4 Qd7 23.Rd1–+) 22...Nd3! 23.Bd3 Qf3 24.Be2 (24.Bf1 Be7 (24...Bh2?! 25.Bg2 Qf4 26.Rg6 hg6 27.Bc6–+) 25.Bg2 Bf6–+) 24...Qe4 (24...Qh1!? 25.Kd2 Qh2 26.Rag1–+) 25.Rd1 (25.Ra5 Rab8 26.Rd1 Qh1 27.Kd2 Qh2–+) 25...Bf4 26.Rg4 (26.Qd4 Bg5 27.Qe4 Re4 28.Bg5–+) 26...Qh1 27.Kd2 Rad8 28.Kc1 (28.Bd3 Re3 29.Rh1 Red3 30.Kc2 Rc3 31.Kc3 Rd3 32.Kc2 Rf3 33.Kd1–+) 28...Rd1 29.Bd1 Rd8 30.Qb3 Be3 (better 30...Rb8 31.Qb8 Bb8 32.Rd4–+) 31.fe3 Rd1! 32.Qd1 Qd1 33.Kd1 Bh5 34.h3 (34.Kc2 Bg4 35.Kd3–+) 34…f5 0–1. Steffens,Olaf (2175) – Akshat,Khamparia (2415), Polar Capital Jersey Open, 2019.

8.Qc2 a5 9.b5 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.bc6 bc6 12.cd5 cd5 13.Ncb5=+.

8.Qc2 a5 9.b5 Re8 10.bc6 bc6 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nb5 Bb8 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Qc8 Rc8 15.Rc8 Nf8 16.a4 (better is 16.Be5 Qb7 17.Rb8 Rb8 18.Bb8 Qb8 19.Be2=) 16...Qb7 17.Rc1 Ng6 18.Be2 e4 19.Nfd4 Be5 20.0-0 Qd7 21.Rc2 h6 22.Rfc1 Nh4 23.h3 Ng6 24.Rc6 Ne7 25.R6c2 Kh7 26.Ba3 Nfg8 (26...Ng6 27.Nc6+=) 27.Rc5 (27.d3 Bd4 28.Rc7 Qd8 29.ed4 Rc8=) 27...Ra6 28.Kf1 Rf6 29.Bg4 Qb7 (29...Qd8!?+=) 30.Rc7= Bc7 31.Rc7 Qb8 32.Be7 Ne7 33.Re7 Qh2 34.f4 ef3? (better is 34...Qh1 35.Kf2 Qc1=) 35.Bf3+- (35.Nf3?! Qh1 36.Kf2 Qd1=) 35...g5 36.Ke2 h5 37.Nc3 g4 38.hg4 (38.Bd5 gh3 39.Ne4 hg2 40.Nf6 Kg6–/+) 38...hg4 39.Bd5 Qg1 (39...Rf2 40.Kd3 Qd6 41.Rf7 Rf7 42.Bf7 Kg7+-) 40.Rd7?? (40.Kd3 Qf1 41.Kc2 Kh6+-) 40...Kg7 (40...Qf1) 41.Kd3 (41.Ne6 Re6 42.Be6 Qg2 43.Kd3 Qf1 44.Kc2 Qa6 45.Rf7 Kh6+-) 41...Rf2 (41...Qf1 42.Kc2 Qa6 43.e4+-) 42.Rb7 Qf1 43.Nce2 (better is 43.Nde2!? Rg2 44.Bg2 Qg2+-) 43...Rf6 44.Rb5 Rd6 45.Kc4 (45.Ra5 Qb1 46.Kc3 Qa1 47.Kb4 Rd8+-) 45...Qf2? (45...Rd8 46.Rb7 Kh8 47.Rf7 (47.Bf7?! Rd4 48.Kd4 Qe2=) 47...Rc8 48.Kb5 Qb1 49.Ka6+- (49.Ka5?! Rc5 50.Nb5 Rd5+/-)) 46.Nc3 (better is 46.Ra5!? Rd7 47.Bc6 Rc7+-) 46...Rd7 47.Bc6 (47.Bc6 Ra7 48.Kd3+-) 1–0. Steffens,Olaf (2290) – Pettersson,Anders (2315), 31st ECC Open, 2015.

8.d3 a5 9.c5 Bc7 10.g3 (10.Be2 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Qa1 Qe7=) 10...Qe7 11.Bg2 Re8 12.0-0 Nf8 13.Qe2 Ng6 14.e4 (14.Rfb1 ab4 15.ab4 Be6=) 14...d4 15.Na4 Be6 16.Qc2 Qd7 (16...h6 17.Rfb1=+) 17.Nd2 Bh3 18.Nc4 Bg2 19.Kg2 Qg4 20.f3 (20.Kg1 ab4 21.f3 Qg5 22.ab4 Qh5=+) 20...Nh4-/+ 21.Kh1 Nf3 22.Qe2 Ng5 23.Qg4 Ng4 24.Nab6 (24.ba5 Ne3 25.Ne3 de3-/+) 24...Bb6 25.Nb6 Ra6 26.Bc1 Ne6 27.Bd2 ab4 28.ab4 Ra1 (28...Nf2 29.Kg2 Nd3 30.Nc4-+) 29.Ra1 Nf2 30.Kg2 Nd3 31.Kf3 f5! 32.ef5 e4! 33.Ke4 Nec5 34.Kf3 (34.Kd4 Nb3 35.Kd3 Na1-/+) 34...Nb3 35.Rd1?? (better 35.Ra2-+) 35...Nb2 (35...Nd2?! 36.Rd2 Ne5 37.Kf4-/+) 36.Rg1 Nd2 37.Kg4 Re4 38.Kh3 Nf3 39.Rf1 Nd2 (better 39...d3 40.Ra1-+) 40.Rf2?? (40.Rg1 d3 41.b5-+) 40...Nbc4 (40...Ndc4 41.Nc4 Nc4 42.Rf3-+) 41.Nc8 (41.Nd7 Re3 42.f6 gf6 43.Rf6 d3 44.Rf8 Kg7-+) 41...d3 42.Rf4 (42.f6 gf6 43.Rf6-+) 42...Rf4 43.gf4 Ne4 44.f6 Nf6 45.Ne7 Kf7 46.Nf5 d2 47.Nd6 Nd6 48.Kg2 (48.Kg3 d1Q 49.h3 Qe2 50.f5 Nf5 51.Kf4 Qe3 52.Kf5 g6) 48...d1Q 49.Kf2 (49.h4 Qg4 50.Kf1 Nde4 51.Ke1 Qg2 52.f5 Qd2 53.Kf1 Qf2) 49...Qd2 50.Kf3 (50.Kg3 Nde4 51.Kh3 Qe2 52.Kh4 Qh2) 50...Nde4 51.f5 (51.h3 Qf2) 51…Qf2 0-1. black_bishop_88 (2575) - Ergashev (2255), 1st CL WorldCup G3 Qualif, 2020. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.c4 c6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nc3 0-0)

8.d4 ed4 9.Qd4= c5 10.bc5 Bc5 11.Qf4 Qb6 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Qh4 Ne5 14.Ne5 (worse 14.cd5 Bf5 15.e4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Nf3 17.gf3 Be4 18.fe4 Ba3=+) 14...Be5 15.Bd3 dc4 16.Qc4 Bd7 (16...Rd8 17.Na4 Qa5 18.Qb4=) 17.Ba1 (17.Na4 Qa5 18.Qb4 Qd5 19.Be5 A) worse 19...Qd3 20.Nc5 Qg6 A1) worse 21.Qb7 Bc8 22.Qb5 a6-/+ (22...Qg2?! 23.Qf1 Qf3 24.Rg1=); A2) 21.Nd7?! Nd7 22.Bd4 a5=; A3) 21.Bf6+=; B) 19...Qe5=) 17...Qa5 18.Qb4 (18.Rb7? Rfc8 (18...Qa3?! 19.Ke2=+) 19.Qb4 Qb4 20.ab4 Bc3 (20...Rc3?! 21.Bc3 Bc3 22.Ke2-/+) 21.Bc3 Rc3-+) 18...Qb4 19.ab4 Rac8 (19...a5 20.b5=+) 20.Nd5 (20.Ne4!? Ba1 21.Ra1=) 20...Nd5=+ 21.Be5 Nb4 22.Rb4 Rc1 23.Kd2 Rh1 24.Rb7 Rd8 25.Bc7 Bc6 26.Ra7 Rd7 27.Ke2 g6 28.e4 Rh2! 29.Bh2 Ra7 30.Be5 (30.Ke3 h5-/+) 30...Ra5 (30...Re7 31.f4-+) 31.Bc3 Rg5 32.g3 Bb5 33.Bf6 Rc5 34.Bd4 Bd3 35.Kd3 Rc6 36.Ke3 f6 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.g4 Rc4 39.Bb2 (39.Be3 h5 40.gh5 gh5-+) 39...Rb4 40.Ba1 Rb3 41.Kg2 h5 42.gh5 gh5 43.Kh2 (43.e5 f5 44.Bd4 Ke6-+) 43...Ra3 44.Bb2 Ra2 45.Bd4 Ra4 46.Bb6 Re4 47.f3 Rc4 48.Kg3 Kg6 49.Ba7 Kf5 50.Bb8 (50.Bf2 h4 51.Kh3 Kf4-+) 50...h4 51.Kh3 Rc3 52.Kg2 Rc2 (better 52...Rc8 53.Bd6-+) 53.Kg1 (53.Kh3 Kg5 54.Ba7-+) 53...h3 54.Bd6 Rg2 55.Kf1 (55.Kh1 Rf2-+) 55...Rd2 56.Bc7 h2 57.Bg3 (57.Bh2 Rh2 58.Ke1-+) 57…h1Q 0-1. Steffens,O (2185) - Zelcic,R (2515), 34th Schwarzacher Open, 2019.

8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 Re8 10.Be2 a6 11.Qb3 dc4 12.Nc4 Bc7=.

8.d4 Re8 9.cd5 Nd5 (9...cd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.de5 Ne5 12.Be5 Be5=) 10.Nd5 cd5 11.de5 Ne5 12.Bb5 (12.Qd5?? Bb4 13.ab4 Qd5 14.Ne5 Qe4–+; 12.Be5 Be5=) 12...Nc6 (12...Nf3=) 13.Rc1 (13.Qd5?? Bb4 14.ab4 Qd5 15.Bc6 Qc6–+) 13...Bg4 14.Bc6 (14.Qd5?? Bb4 15.ab4 Qd5–+) 14...Bf3 15.Qf3 bc6 16.Rc6 a5 17.b5 (17.Qd5?? Bb4 18.ab4 Qd5–+) 17...Rb8 18.Qg4 (18.Qd5?? Bb4 19.ab4 Qd5–+) 18...g6 19.b6 (better 19.Qa4 Be5 20.Be5 Re5 21.Qd4+-) 19...Re4= (worse 19...Rb6 20.Qd4 Rb2 21.Qb2+-) 20.Qf3 f5 (better 20...Re6!?=+) 21.Qd1+- Bf4? (better 21...Re6+-) 22.0-0+- Bh6 23.Qc2 Re8 (23...Qd7+-) 24.Qc3 (24.Qc3 d4 25.Qc4 Kf8 26.Bd4+-) 1–0. Pandurevic,M (2310) – Raguz,I (1920), 15th Open, Bosnjaci CRO, 2010.

8.Be2 dc4!? 9.d3 cd3 10.Qd3 Qe7+=.

8.Be2 Qe7 9.0-0 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.Qb3 (better 11.cd5 cd5 12.Qb3+=) 11...dc4-/+ 12.Bc4 Nc4 13.Qc4 Be5 14.Nce2 Bd7 15.Rac1 b5 16.Qc2 Rac8 17.Rfd1 h6 18.d3 ed3 19.Qd3 Qd6 (19...Rfd8!?=) 20.h3 Qb8 21.Qc2 Rfe8 22.Nf3 Bc7?? (22...Bf5 23.Qd2 Bb2 24.Qb2+/-) 23.Ned4 (better 23.Bf6 Be6 24.Bb2+-) 23...Bb6 24.Qc3?? (better 24.Nb3!? Nd5 25.Nc5 Bc5 26.Qc5+/-) 24...Ne4 25.Qc2 f5?? (25...Qb7 26.Nb3=) 26.Rd3?? (26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Qf7+-) 26...Be6?? (better 26...c5!? 27.bc5 Bc5 28.Qb3 Kh7+=) 27.Nc6 (better 27.Ne6 Re7 28.Ng7 Rg7 29.Qb3 Kh7 30.Bg7+-) 27...Bd7?? (better 27...Qb7 28.Nfe5 f4+/-) 28.Nfd4 (better 28.Rd7 Qc7 29.Qb3 Kh8 30.Bg7 Kh7 31.Rcd1+-) 28...Bc6?? (better 28...Qb7 29.Qb3 Kh7=) 29.Nc6 Qb7 30.f3 (better 30.Qb3!? Kh8 31.Nd4 Rc1 32.Bc1+/-) 30...Nf6 31.Bf6 gf6 32.Rc3 (better 32.Kf1 Be3 33.Qb3 Kg7 34.Re3 Rc6 35.Rc6 Qc6 36.Re8 Qe8 37.Qd5+=) 32...Ra8?? (better 32...Re3 33.Kh2 Kg7=) 33.Nd4 Rad8? (better 33...Re3 34.Qb3 Qf7 35.Re3 Bd4+-) 34.Nf5+- Qh7 35.Nd4! Qc2 (35...Bd4 36.Qh7 Double attack (36.Qh7 Decoy)) 36.R1c2 (36.R3c2?! Re3 37.Nc6 Ra3 38.Kh2 Rd7=; 36.Nc2?! Rd2+/-) 36...Bd4 (better 36...Re3!? 37.Re3 Bd4+/-) 37.ed4+- Rd4 38.Kf2 Rd1 (better 38...a5!? 39.Rc8 Rc8 40.Rc8 Kf7+-) 39.Rc7 a6 40.R7c6 Ra8?! (40...Kg7+-) 41.Rf6 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (2035) - Ghost09116 (2065), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Be2 Qe7 9.d3= a6 10.Qb3 dc4 11.dc4 b5 (11...b6 12.0-0=) 12.c5 Bc7 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Nce4 Ne4 15.Ne4 Nf6 16.Bf3 (16.Qc2 Nd5=) 16...Ne4 (16...Be6!? 17.Qc2 Bc4+=) 17.Be4= Bd7 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.0-0 Kh8 20.Qc2 h6 21.Rd2 Qe6 (21...f5 22.Bf3=) 22.g3 f5 23.Bg2 Rf8 24.Qc3 Rf6 25.Rfd1 Rg6 (25...Kg8 26.a4+/–) 26.Qc2 (26.f4!? ef4 27.ef4+-) 26...e4+= 27.Rd4 Be5?? 28.Rd7!+- Rd7 29.Rd7 Qd7 30.Be5 Qd5 31.Bd4 Kg8 32.Bc3 Kf7 33.Bf1 Re6 34.Be2 Re7 35.Qb2 Kg6 36.Bd4 Qe6 37.Bd1 Rd7 38.Bb3 Qe7 39.Qe2 Rd8 40.f3 Rd7 41.Kg2 Rd8 42.fe4 Qe4 43.Qf3 Qe8 44.Bd1 Qe6 45.Bc2 Qd5 46.Qd5 Rd5 47.g4 Kh7 48.Bf5 Kh8 49.Be4 Rg5 50.Kf3 Kg8 51.h4 (51.h4 Rg6 52.Bg6+-) 1–0. David,Bogdan_Emanuel (1670) – Michaelides,Konstantinos, Prague CZE, European Ch Boys U10, 2012.

8.d3 Re8

9.Be2 b6 10.cd5 cd5 11.Nb5=.

9.Be2 Nf8

10.0-0 Be6=.

10.h3 a5 11.c5 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Qa1=.

10.h3 Ng6 11.0-0 Be6=+.

10.h3 Ng6 11.Qc2 a5 12.c5 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Ba1=.

10.h3 Ng6 11.Qc2 d4 12.Ne4 White prepares c5 12...h6 (12...Ne4!? 13.de4 c5=+) 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.c5 Qd7 15.0-0 (15.ed4 ed4 A) worse 16.Bd4 Nf4 17.Be5 N6d5-/+ (17...Ng2?! 18.Kf1 Nh4 19.d4=+); B) 16.Nd4+=) 15...a6? (better 15...de3!? 16.fe3 Nd5=) 16.ed4+- ed4 17.Rfe1 Nh5 (17...a5 18.Bd4 Nd5 19.ba5 Ra5 20.Bf1+/-) 18.Nd4+- Nhf4 19.Bf1 Re1 20.Re1 Kf8 21.Kh2 Nd5 22.g3 f6 (22...a5 23.Qa4+-) 23.Nf3 (23.Bg2 Kg8+-) 23...Qc7 (23...Kg8 24.Bg2+-) 24.d4 Nde7 25.Bd3 Qd7 26.Ng1 (26.Bg6?! Qh3 27.Kg1 Ng6=) 26...Nh8 27.f4 Nd5 28.f5 Qc7 (28...Nf7 29.Nf3+-) 29.Bc1 Nf7 30.Ne2 Ng5 31.Rf1 Kg8 32.Nf4 Kh8 (32...Qf7 33.Bc4 a5 34.h4 ab4 35.Qb3 Bf5 36.hg5+- (36.Bd5?! cd5 37.hg5 hg5+-; 36.Nd5?! cd5 37.Bd5 Be6 38.Be6 Qe6 39.Qe6 Ne6=)) 33.Ng6 (33.Qe2 Bd7+-) 33...Kh7 34.Qe2 Qd8 35.Bg5 a5? (35...fg5 36.Ne5 Nf6 37.Qe3+-) 36.b5 (36.Bd2 ab4 37.ab4 Ra2+-) 36...cb5 (36...fg5 37.bc6 Nf6 38.cb7 Bb7+-) 37.Bd2 b4 38.Be4 Nc7 (38...ba3 39.Ra1 Nb4 40.Qc4+-) 39.d5 Na6 (39...ba3 40.Nf4+-) 40.ab4 ab4 41.Qc4 Bd7 (41...Qa5 42.Be3 Bd7 43.c6 bc6 44.dc6+-) 42.d6 (42.d6 Qe8 43.Re1+-) 1-0. marekt - groove_rider, ChessWorld.net, 2023.

10.h3 Ng6 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.h4 (12.c5 Bc7=) 12...h5 (12...Bg4 13.cd5 cd5 14.Rc1-/+) 13.Ng5 (13.c5 Bc7 14.0-0=+) 13...e4 (13...Rd8!?=+) 14.c5 (14.cd5 cd5 15.de4 de4+=) 14...Bc7 15.de4 de4 16.Bc4 Ne5 17.Nce4 Bf5? (17...Ne4 18.Qe4 Bf5 19.Qf5 g6+-) 18.Be5 (18.Nf6 Qf6 19.e4 Bg6+/–) 18...Be4+/– 19.Bf6 Qf6 (19...Bc2 20.Be7 Re7 21.Rc1+/–) 20.Bf7 Kf8 (20...Qf7 21.Ne4 Qe6 22.Ng5+-) 21.Qa2 (21.Qc1 Red8+-) 21...Qc3 22.Kf1 Bd3 (22...Bd5!? 23.Bd5 cd5+-) 23.Kg1+- Bf5?? (better is 23...Re7 24.e4 Be4 25.Ne6 Kf7 26.Nc7 Bd5 27.Nd5 cd5 28.Qd5 Kf8+-) 24.Be8 Ke8 (24...Bh2 25.Rh2 Ke8 26.Qf7 Kd8 27.Rd1 Kc8 28.Qf8 Kc7 29.Qd6 Kc8 30.Qd8) 25.Qf7 (25...Kd8 26.Rd1 Bd6 27.Qb7 Qe1 28.Re1 Rc8 29.Nf7 Ke8 30.Nd6 Kd8 31.Nf5 Rc7 32.Rd1 Ke8 33.Qc7 a5 34.Qe7) 1–0. Quast,Michael (2215) – Liepold,Stefan (2230), Bayern–chI Bank Hofmann 2nd, 1998.

8.cd5 cd5

9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.0-0 d4 (12...Bf5!?=) 13.Ne6+= fe6 14.ed4 ed4 15.Nb5 Be5 16.f4 d3 17.fe5 (worse is 17.Be5 de2 18.Rf2 Qb5 19.Qe6 Rf7–+) 17...de2 18.Rfe1 Qb5 (better is 18...Ne4!? 19.Re2 Nd2=) 19.ef6+/– Nd5 20.Rac1 (20.fg7 Rf5 21.Bd4 Qd7+/–) 20...a5 21.Rc5 Qd7 (21...Qa6 22.Ra5 Qb6 23.Rc5 Nf6 24.Qe3+/–) 22.Re2 ab4 23.ab4 (23.fg7!? Rfe8 24.ab4+/–) 23...gf6+= 24.Re6 (better is 24.Qg3!? Kh8 25.Qg4+=) 24...Qe6+= 25.Qd5 Qd5 26.Rd5 Ra2 27.Bc3 f5 28.Rd7 b5?? (better is 28...Rf7 29.Rd8 Rf8=) 29.Rg7 Kh8 30.Ra7 Kg8+- 31.Ra2 f4 32.Ra7 Re8 33.Rg7 Kf8 34.Kf2 Ra8 35.Rh7 Ra1 36.Rh5 Rh1 37.h3 Rd1 38.Rb5 Ke7 39.Rb6 Kd7 40.h4 Rb1 41.h5 Ke7 42.h6 Kf7 43.h7 Rh1 44.h8Q Rh8 45.Bh8 Kg8 46.Bd4 Kf7 Plans Rf6+ 47.Rf6 Ke7 48.b5 Kd7 49.b6 Kc8 50.Rf7 Kb8 51.b7 f3 52.Be5 Ka7 53.b8Q Ka6 54.Ra7 1–0. anonymouuus (1610) – ferko123, internet, 2013.

9.Nb5 Bb8 10.Rc1 a6 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Be2 (12.d4!?=) 12...d4-/+ 13.ed4 (13.Nb1!?-/+) 13...ed4-+ 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.0-0? (better 15.Nf3 Nd3 16.Kf1 Nc1 17.Qc1-+) 15...Qd4 16.Na4 Qh4 17.f4 Neg4 18.h3 Ba7 19.Nc5 b6 20.Na4 h5?? (20...Bd7!? 21.hg4 Ba4 22.Qe1 b5 23.d4 Qe1 24.Rfe1-+) 21.Bd4? (better 21.Qe1!? Qe1 22.Rfe1=+) 21...Qg3 22.hg4 Re2 (22...Ng4 23.Bg4 A) 23...hg4?! 24.Rc3 Qh4 25.Bf2=+ (25.Nb6?? g3 26.Rff3 Bg4-+); B) 23...Bg4-+) 23.Qe2= Ng4 24.Rf3 (24.Qe8!? Kh7 25.Rf2=) 24...Qh2-/+ 25.Kf1 Qh1 26.Bg1 Nh2 27.Kf2 Nf3?? (27...Bg4 28.Rh3 Be2 29.Rh2 Qh2 30.Bh2=) 28.Qf3 (better 28.Qe8 Kh7 29.Qe4 g6 30.Qa8 (30.Qf3?! Qh4 31.g3 Qd8=; 30.Kf3 Bg4 31.Ke3 Rd8=+) 30...Ng1 31.Rc8 (31.Qc8?! b5 32.Nc5 Nh3 33.Qh3 Qc1+=; 31.Qa7?! Nh3 32.gh3 Qc1 33.Qf7 Kh6 34.Qf8 Kh7 35.Qe7 Kg8+/-) 31...Qh4 32.Kf1+- (32.Kg1?! Qe1 33.Kh2 Qh4 34.Kg1 Qe1 35.Kh2 Qh4 36.Kg1=)) 28...Bg4?? (better 28...b5 29.Nc5 Rb8=) 29.Qa8+- Kh7 30.Qa7 Qh4 31.g3 (31.Kf1 Qg3 32.Nc3 Qf4 33.Ke1 Qg3 34.Bf2 Qg2+-) 31...Qh1 (31...Qd8 32.Ke1 Qe8 33.Be3 Qa4 34.Qf7+-) 32.Rc3 (better 32.Nc3 Qf3 33.Ke1 Qg3 34.Bf2 Qf4 35.Qb6 Qe5 36.Qe3 Qe3 37.Be3 h4+-) 32...Qd5 33.Ke1 (33.Qa6?? Qd2 34.Qe2 Qe2) 33...Qg2 (33...Qb5 34.Qe7 Qa4 35.Qe4 g6 36.Qe3 Qd1 37.Kf2+-) 34.d3 (better 34.Qa6 Qg1 35.Qf1+-) 34…Qe2 0-1. black_bishop_88 (2690) - Jeffbutt847 (2375), Daily SuperBlitz Arena, 2020. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 c6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.c4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.cd5 cd5)

9.Nb5 Bb8 10.Be2 a6 11.Nc3 h6 12.0-0 Re8 13.d3 Nf8 14.Na4 Ng6 15.Qb3 Qd6 16.e4 (16.d4 e4 17.Ne5 Nd7=) 16...de4 17.de4 Ne4 18.Rfd1 Qf6 19.Nc5 Nc5 20.bc5 Nf4 21.Bc4 Ra7 22.Re1 e5 seems the pivot of the position 22...Be6 23.Rac1 (23.Ne5 Bc4 24.Nc4 Re1 25.Re1 Qc6+=) 23...Bc7 (23...Qg6 24.g3 e4 25.Nh4+=) 24.c6 (24.Ne5 Bc4 25.Nc4 Re1 26.Re1 Qc6=) 24...b5 (24...Qg6 25.g3 Bc4 26.Rc4 Nh3 27.Kg2 b5=) 25.Be6+= Re6 26.Qe3 Ra8 27.Ne5? (better is 27.Be5 Be5 28.Ne5+=) 27...Rae8–+ 28.Qc5?? (better is 28.Rc5–+) 28...Be5 (28...Re5?! 29.Be5 Re5 30.Re5 Be5 31.Rd1–+) 29.c7 (29.Be5 Re5 30.Re5 Re5 (30...Qe5? 31.Qe5 Re5 32.c7+-) 31.Qe5 Qe5–+) 29...Bb2 (better is 29...Bd4! 30.Re6 Nh3 31.Kh1 Qe6 32.gh3 Bc5 33.Rc5 Qh3 34.Rc1–+) 30.c8Q Rc8 31.Qc8 Kh7 32.Re6 fe6 33.Qc2 Qg6 34.Qb2 Qg2 0–1. elsh1403 – magda1500 (1975), internet, 2013.

9.Rc1 a5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.ba5 e4 12.Nfd4 Ra5=.

9.Rc1 d4 10.Nb5+= Bb8 11.ed4 (11.Qc2!?=) 11...e4=+ 12.Ng1 (12.Ne5 a6 13.Nd7 Bd7-/+) 12...Nb6 (12...a6 13.Nc3-/+) 13.Ne2 (13.Qc2 Nbd5=+) 13...Re8 (13...a6 14.Nbc3-/+) 14.Ng3 (14.Qc2 Nbd5-/+) 14...Bg4 (14...a6 15.Nc3-/+) 15.Be2 Be2 16.Ne2 (16.Ke2? a6 17.Nc3 Nc4–+) 16...Ng4 17.h3 Nh2 18.Rc5 (18.Rh2 a6 19.Nc7 Bc7=+) 18...a6-/+ 19.Nbc3 Nf3 20.gf3 ef3 21.Kf1 (21.Qb3 fe2 22.Rg1 A) 22...Qd4?? 23.Nd5 Be5 24.Bd4 (24.Nb6?! Qb2 25.Qb2 Bb2 26.Na8 Ra8+-) 24...Bd4 25.Nb6 Bc5 26.Na8+-; B) 22...Bf4=+) 21...fe2 22.Ne2 Bd6 (22...Nc4 23.Qc2 (23.Rc4? Qd5 24.Rg1 Qc4–+) 23...Nb2 24.Qb2-/+) 23.Rg1 g6 (23...Bc5 24.dc5 g6 25.cb6+-) 24.Rg4 (24.Qb3 Qd7-/+) 24...Qd7 25.Rh5 (25.Qc2 Bc5 26.dc5 Nd5-/+) 25...f5–+ 26.Qb3 (26.Rg2 Rac8-/+) 26...Kf8 27.Rgg5 Rac8 (27...Na4 28.Bc3 Rad8–+ (28...gh5?? 29.Rg8 Ke7 30.Rg7 Kd8 31.Rd7 Kd7 32.Qa4 Kc7 33.Qa5 b6 34.Qf5+-; 28...Nc3?! 29.dc3 Qe7 30.Qa2-/+)) 28.Qf3-/+ Re2 (28...Re2 29.Ke2 Qb5 30.d3 Rc2 31.Kf1 Qd7 (31...Rb2? 32.Rf5 gf5 33.Rf5 Ke7 34.Rb5 ab5 35.Qb7 Nd7 36.Qb5+-) 32.Rf5 gf5 33.Rf5 Ke8–+; 28...gh5?? 29.Rf5 Ke7 30.Rf7 Kd8 31.Rd7 Nd7 32.Qb7+-) 0–1. Domingo,Jordi (2015) – Martinez,Chapo (1955), FICGS, 2011.

9.Rc1 Re8 10.Nb5 Nb6 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.Qb3 (13.d4 e4 14.Ne5 Rac8=) 13...Ba4 (13...Bg4 14.d3=) 14.Qa2 a5 (14...Nbd7 15.0-0=) 15.ba5 Ra5 16.Qa1 (16.Bc3 Raa8+=) 16...d4 17.ed4 ed4 18.Bd4 Bb5 19.Be3 (19.Be5 Qd5 20.Bb5 Qb5-/+ (worse 20...Rb5 21.0-0+=)) 19...Be2 20.Ke2 Nbd5 (20...Nfd5 21.Qb1=+) 21.Qd4 Qa6 (21...Qd7 22.Rhe1-/+) 22.Qc4 b5 (22...Nf4 23.Kd1 Ng2 24.Qa6 Ra6 25.Ra1=+) 23.Qc6 Nf4 (23...Ra3 24.Qa6 Ra6 25.Nd4=+) 24.Kf1 (24.Kd1 Ng2 25.Qa6 Ra6=) 24...Qc6-/+ 25.Rc6 Ra3 26.Rb6 (26.Ne1 Ra1-/+) 26...b4! 27.g3 (27.Rb4 Ra1 Pinning) 27...Ra1 28.Ne1 N4d5 29.Rb7 Ne4 30.Kg2 Ra2 31.Nf3 (31.Nd3 Ne3 32.de3 Rd2 33.Nb4 Rf2 34.Kh3 Rb2–+) 31...Ne3 32.fe3 g5 33.h3 (33.Rf1 g4 (worse 33...Nd2 34.Rf2+=) 34.Nd4 Rd2 35.Kg1 Ng5 36.Rb4 Kf8-/+ (36...Re3? 37.Rb8 Kg7 38.Nf5 Kg6 39.Rg8 Kf6 40.Ne3 Nf3 41.Rf3 gf3 42.Rg4+-)) 33...h5 (33...Nd2 34.Nd2 Rd2 35.Kf3–+) 34.g4 (34.Rd7 f5-/+) 34...Nd2 35.Nd2 Re3 (35...Rd2 36.Kf3 Rd3 37.Re1 hg4 38.Kg4-/+) 36.Rd1 b3 (36...Re2 37.Kf3 Red2 38.Rd2 Rd2 39.Rb4 Rd3 40.Kg2-/+) 37.Kf1 (37.Rd7!?=) 37...Rh3=+ 38.Rb3 (38.gh5 Rh2 39.Rd7 b2=+) 38...Rh1 (38...Rb3 39.Nb3 hg4 40.Nc5=+) 39.Ke2=+ Rh2 40.Ke1 hg4 41.Rb5 f6 42.Rb7 g3 43.Rc1 (43.Rb6 Kf7 44.Rb7 Kg6–+) 43...Rh1 44.Nf1 Ra8 45.Re7 (45.Rb2 Re8 46.Kd2–+) 45…g2 (45...g2 46.Ke2 g1Q–+) 0–1. Remizov,Juri (2155) – Ubiennykh,Ekaterina (2360), Novokuznetsk RUS, Siberia Ch (m), 2013.

9.Be2 e4 10.Nd4 a6 11.d3 Re8 12.0-0 ed3 13.Bd3 (13.Qd3 Ne5 14.Qc2 Bg4=) 13...Ne5 14.h3 (14.Rc1 a5=) 14...Bd7 (14...Bc7 15.Rc1=) 15.Be2 (15.Rc1 a5=) 15...Nc4 16.Qc2 (16.Bc4 dc4 17.Qd2 a5=+) 16...b5 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Bc4 Rc4 19.Qd2 (19.Qd3 Qc7=) 19...Be5=+ 20.Nf3 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d5 (20.Nce2 Ne4 21.Qd3 Qe7=) 20...Bc3 21.Bc3 Ne4 22.Qe1?? (better 22.Qd5 Nc3 23.Qd7 Nd1 24.Rd1 Qd7 25.Rd7-/+) 22...Nc3-+ 23.Rc1 Qc8 24.Kh2 Re6 25.Ne5 (25.Rg1-+) 25...Re5 26.f3 d4 27.e4 f5 28.Rf2 (28.Qf2 fe4 29.fe4 Qe8-+ (29...Ne4?? 30.Qf7 Kh8 31.Qf8 Qf8 32.Rf8; 29...Re4?? 30.Qf7 Kh8 31.Qf8 Qf8 32.Rf8)) 28...fe4 29.fe4 Re4 30.Qd2 Qc7 31.g3 (31.Kh1 Re3 32.Rcf1-+) 31...Ne2! 32.Rc4 (32.Qe2 Re2) 32...Qg3 33.Kh1 (33.Kh1 Qg1) 1-0. keene2019 (1910) - dinamichu (1950), gameknot.com, 2020. (=1.e3 d5 2.a3 Nf6 3.b4 e5 4.Bb2 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.cd5 cd5)

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Rc1 Bg4 12.Nh4 (12.Nb5!?=) 12...Be2 13.Qe2 Nc4 (13...a5 14.ba5 Ra5 15.Nf5-/+) 14.d3= Nb2 15.Qb2 Qd7 16.g3 (16.Qb3 e4 17.Rfd1 Qg4+=) 16...Rac8 17.f3 Bc7 18.Ng2 Bb6 19.Ne2 d4 20.e4 Qb5 21.Rc8 Rc8 22.Rc1 Rc1 23.Qc1 g6 24.Ne1 Qa4 25.Kf2 Qd7 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.f4 Qg4 28.Qd2 ef4 29.Nf4 Qd7 30.h3 Bc7 31.Nf3 Bf4 32.gf4 Nh5= 33.Qc1 Qd6-/+ 34.e5 Qd5 35.f5= f6 36.Qc7 Qf7 37.ef6+/– Nf6 38.Qf7 Kf7 39.fg6 hg6 40.Nd4 Ke7 41.Kf3 a6 42.Nb3 b6 43.Nd2 a5 44.ba5+- ba5 45.Nc4 Nh7 46.Na5 Ng5 47.Kg4 Nf7 48.Nc4 Ke6 49.a4 Kd5 50.a5 Nd8 51.a6 Kc6 52.d4 Ne6 53.d5! Kd5 54.a7 Nc7 55.Nb6 (55.Nb6 Ke6 56.Kg5+-) 1–0. Logvinov,Kirill (1795) – Mukhin,Alexander (2175), Elets–C op, 2009.

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Rc1 Nf8 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Ng5?? (13.Nb5 d4 14.Bc4 a6 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.ed4 e4+=) 13...Rac8 (better is 13...d4 14.Ne6 dc3 (14...Ne6?! 15.Nb5=; worse is 14...Qe6 15.Bc4 Qd7 16.ed4+/–) 15.Ng7 cb2 16.Ne8 bc1Q 17.Nf6 Qf6 18.Rc1 a5-/+) 14.Ne6 Qe6 15.Nb5 Bb8 16.Rc8 Rc8 17.Rc1 Rc1 18.Bc1 a6 19.Nc3 Ng6 20.Bb2 h5 21.Na4 Bd6 22.Nc5 Bc5 23.bc5 Qc6 24.d4 Nd7 25.Bh5 Ne7 26.h3 g6 27.Bf3 Kg7 28.de5 Kg8 29.Qc3 Qc5 30.Qb3 Qc6 31.a4 Nc5 32.Qc2 (better is 32.Qb4 Nf5 33.Qd2+-) 32...Na4= 33.Qc6 bc6 34.Ba3 Kf8 35.Be2 a5 36.Bc1 Ke8 37.Bd2+/– c5?? 38.Ba5 c4+/– 39.e4 c3?? 40.Bb5+- Kf8 41.Ba4 de4 42.Bb4 g5 43.Kf1 Kg7 44.Be7 Kg6 45.Bf6 Kf5 46.g4 Kf4 47.Ke2 e3 48.fe3 Kg3 49.Bd1 Kh3 50.Kd3 Kg3 51.Kc3 Kf2 52.Kd4 Kg3 53.e4 Kf4 54.Kd5 Ke3 55.Be7 Kd3 56.Kd6 Ke4 57.Bf6 Kf4 58.Ke7 Ke4 59.Kf7 Kf4 60.Kg7 Ke4 61.Kg6 Kf4 0–1. anonymouuus – uncoletta (1695), internet, 2013.

7.c5 Bc7

8.d3 b6 9.Qa4 b5 10.Qc2 =+.

8.d4 ed4 9.Bd4 0-0 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Be5 (11...Ne4 12.Nfd2=) 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Nf3 Nf3 15.Bf3 Bg6 (15...Ne4 16.Bg4 Bg4 17.Qg4=) 16.h3 (16.Be2 Bf5+=) 16...b6 (16...Ne4 17.Bg4=) 17.cb6 (17.Rc1 b5+=) 17...ab6 18.Qc1 Qc7? (18...Rc8 19.Qb2=) 19.Re1 (19.Bf6 gf6 20.Bd5 Rac8+/-) 19...Nd7 (better 19...Ne4!?=) 20.Bd5!+/- Rac8 (20...cd5 21.Qc7 Pinning (21.Qc7 Deflection)) 21.Bf3 (21.Bc4 c5 22.bc5 bc5+/-) 21...c5 22.bc5 (22.Bb2 Ne5 23.Be5 Qe5+/-) 22...bc5+= 23.Bc3 Ne5 (23...c4 24.Qd1+=) 24.Be2 (24.Be5!? Re5 25.Qc4+/-) 24...c4= 25.Be5 Qe5 26.Bf3 (26.Bc4? Bf5-+) 26...c3 27.a4 Bd3 (27...Qa5 28.e4=+) 28.a5= Ba6 29.Rd1 Rc5 30.Rd4 Rec8 (30...Qc7 31.Qc2=) 31.Qd1 (31.Rb1 g6= (worse 31...Ra5 32.Qc3 g6 33.Qd2+/-)) 31...g6= 32.Bd5?? (better 32.Rc1=) 32...c2-+ 33.Qc1 (33.Bf7 Kf7 34.Qf3 Kg8-+) 33...Rd5 34.Rd5 (34.f4 Qe6 35.Qd2 Ra5 36.Rc1-+) 34…Qd5 0-1. Pashtunboy (2145) - chunky_pawn (2180), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.d4 Re8 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.de5 Be5 13.Be5 Re5 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Rc1 Rg5 (15...Bd7 16.Nf3 Ree8 17.Nd4=) 16.Nf3 Rg6 17.Qd4 Ne4 18.cb6 ab6 19.Qd5 Qh2 (19...cd5? 20.Rc7 Bh3 21.Nh4+-) 20.Kh2 cd5 21.Nd4 Be6 22.Ra1 Rf6 23.Kg1 Bd7 24.Bf3 Ra7 25.Rfc1 h5 (25...g6 26.Ne2+=) 26.a4 Kf8 27.a5 h4 28.Rc2 ba5 29.Ra5 Ra5 30.ba5 Ra6 31.Ra2 Ke7 32.Be2 Ra7 33.Ra1 White prepares a6 33...Ra8 (33...Kd6 34.a6=) 34.a6+= Nc5 35.Ra5 Kd6 36.a7 Ne4 37.Bh5 Ke7 38.Bd1 Kd6 39.Bh5 Ke7 40.Bf3 Kd6 41.Nc2 Bc8 (41...Nf6 42.Ra6 Kc7 43.Nd4=) 42.Nd4 Bd7 43.Be2 (43.g4 hg3 44.fg3 f5= (44...Ng3?? 45.Rd5 Kc7 46.Rd7 Kd7 47.Ba8+-)) 43...Kc7= 44.Bd3 Nf6 45.Nf3 Kb7 46.Nh4 Ra7 47.Ra7 Ka7 48.Nf3 Ne4 49.Ne5 Be8 50.f3 Nc5 51.Bh7 Kb6 52.Kf2 Kc7 53.Bc2 Kd6 54.Nd3 Nd3 55.Bd3 ½–½. zunsurfer (2070) – marekt (2170), gameknot.com, 2014.

8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 h6 10.d3 e4 11.de4 Ne4 12.Nbd2 f5 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.N2f3 Ng4 15.h3 Ngf6 16.b5 Qe8 17.bc6 bc6 18.Qa4 Bd7 19.Ba6 g5 20.Bb7 Rb8 21.Qa7 g4 22.Nc6 Bc6 23.Bc6 Qc6 24.Bd4 gf3 25.Rab1 Rb1 26.Rb1 Ne8 27.gf3 Ng5 28.Kg2 Qg6 29.f4 Ne6 30.Kh1 Qh5 31.Rg1 Kf7 32.Rg3 Nd4 33.ed4 Rg8 34.Rg8 Qh3 35.Kg1 Kg8 36.Qa8 Qg4 37.Kf1 Qd1 38.Kg2 Qg4 39.Kf1 Kf8 40.Qd5 Bf4 41.c6 Qh3 42.Ke2 Qc3 43.Qf5 Ke7 44.Qf4 Qc6 45.Qh4 Kd7 46.Kf1 Qc1 47.Kg2 Qa3 48.Qh6 Qa8 49.Kh2 Qe4 50.Qh3 Kd6 0–1. mete61 – maciejmaik, internet, 2014.

8.Be2 0-0 9.d3 e4 10.de4 Ne4 11.0-0 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Ne5 13.Ne4 de4 14.Ne5 Be5 15.Be5 Qe5 16.Qc2 Qg5? (16...Rd8 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Rac1=) 17.g3 (better is 17.Qe4!? Bf5 18.Qf3+/–) 17...Bh3 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 (better is 18...Bf5!?=) 19.Rd8 Rd8 20.Rd1 (better is 20.Qe4!? Qf6 21.Rd1+/–) 20...Rd1 21.Qd1 Qe7 22.Qd4 Bd7 23.Bf1 g6 24.Bg2 f5 25.a4 Qe6 26.Bf1 Qe7 27.Bc4 Be6 28.Be6 Qe6 29.Qd8 Kf7 30.Qc7 Qe7 31.Qa5 a6 32.Qb6 Qd7 33.b5? (better is 33.Kg2!?+=) 33...ab5 34.ab5 cb5 35.Kg2 Qc6 36.Qa7 b4 37.Qa2 Qe6 38.Qa7 (better is 38.Qa8 Qa6 39.Qh8-/+) 38...Qc6 (better is 38...Qd5!?–+) 39.Qa2+= Ke7 40.Qc4? (better is 40.Qg8!?+=) 40...b6–+ 41.Qb4 bc5 42.Qc4 Kd6 43.h4 Qd5 (better is 43...Ke5!?–+) 44.Qa6-/+ Ke5 45.Qc8 c4 (better is 45...Qd6!? 46.Qh8 Kd5 47.Qa8 Kc4 48.Qg8 Kc3 49.Qh7 Qe6-/+) 46.Qh8= Kd6 47.Qc3?? (better is 47.Qd8!? Kc5 48.Qa5 Kc6 49.Qa8 Kc5 50.Qa5 Kd6 51.Qd8 Ke6 52.Qg8 Ke5 53.Qh8 Ke6 54.Qg8 Ke5 55.Qh8=) 47...Qd3 (better is 47...h5!?–+) 48.Qb4 Kd5 49.Qb5 Kd6 50.Qb6 Ke5 51.Qc7 Qd6 52.Qg7 Qf6 53.Qf6?? (better is 53.Qc7 Kd5 54.Qa5 Ke6 55.Qb6 Kf7 56.Qc7 Kf8 57.Qc8 Ke7 58.Qc7 Ke8 59.Qc4=) 53...Kf6–+ 54.Kf1 Ke6 55.Ke2 Kd5 56.Kd2 Kc5 57.Kc3 Kb5 (57...h5 58.Kd2 Kb4 59.Ke2–+) 58.Kc2 (58.Kd2–+) 58...h5 59.Kc3 Kc5 60.Kc2 Kb4 61.Kb2 c3 62.Kc2 Kc4 63.Kc1 Kd3 (63...Kd3 64.g4 hg4–+) 0–1. ourang – zf471, internet, 2013.

8.Be2 0-0 9.d4 Qe7 10.de5 Ne5 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Bd4 ½–½. Silva,Julio Armando (1640) – Borbon,Oscar (1950), Bogota COL, 5th Open, 2011.

8.d3 0-0

9.Nbd2 b6 10.cb6 ab6 11.Be2 e4 12.de4 de4 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.0-0 Bb7 (14...Qd6!? 15.f4 ef3 16.N4f3 Neg4+=) 15.Qc2+= Re8 16.Rfc1 Neg4 (16...Qd5 17.Rd1+=) 17.g3 (17.h3 Ne5+/–) 17...Ne5 (17...Qd7 18.Rd1+=) 18.Nc4 (18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Qe4 Nc4+/–) 18...Nc4 (18...Qd7!?=) 19.Qc4+= Qd6 20.Nc6 Nd7 (20...Nd5 21.b5+/–) 21.b5 (better is 21.Nd4 Bb8 22.Nf5+-) 21...Re6?? (better is 21...Qh6!?+/–) 22.Bg4 (better is 22.Rd1 Qf8 23.Rd7 Bc6 24.bc6+-) 22...Rg6 (22...Ree8 23.Bg7! Bc6 24.Qc6 Nc5+/–) 23.Qe4 Nf6 24.Ne7 Kh8 25.Qb7 Re8 26.Ng6 hg6 27.Bf6 gf6 28.Rc7 Rf8 29.Rf7 Rf7 30.Qf7 Qe5 31.Rd1 (31.Rd1 Qe8 32.Qe8 Kg7 33.Rd7 Kh6 34.Qh8 Kg5 35.Qh4) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2005) – bolu (2020), Echecs21 (8/2), 2003.

9.Nbd2 e4 10.de4= de4 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Qb1 Re8 (12...Ng4 13.Nde4 Bh2 14.Be2+-) 13.Bc4+/– Ne5? (13...Rf8 14.Nde4 Ne4 15.Ne4+=) 14.Be5 Be5 15.Bf7 Kh8 16.Be8 Qe8 17.Ra2 Qg6 18.f4 Bc3 19.Rc2 Bd2 20.Rd2 Bf5 21.Qa1 h6 22.Nh3 Nd5 23.Qd4 Qh5 24.Nf2 Qh4 25.0-0 Re8 26.Re1 (26...a6 27.Red1+-; 26.b5 Rd8+-) 1–0. marus1 – voluspa, internet, 2001.

9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Be2 =+.

9.Be2 b6 10.cb6 ab6 11.Nc3+=.

9.Be2 e4 10.Nd4 Be5=.

9.Be2 Re8 10.Nfd2 (10.0-0 b6+=) 10...Nf8 (10...b6 11.cb6 ab6 12.0-0-/+) 11.0-0+= Ng6 12.Nc3 d4 13.Nce4 Ne4 14.Ne4 f5 15.Nd2 (15.Ng3 Nh4-/+) 15...Kh8 (15...Be6!?+=) 16.ed4= ed4 17.Nb3 (17.Nf3 Nh4=) 17...Nf4 (17...Be5 18.Re1+=) 18.Bf3= (18.Nd4? Be5 19.Bh5 Nh5 20.Qh5 g6 21.Nc6 bc6 (21...gh5? 22.Be5 Re5 23.Nd8+-; 21...Bb2?! 22.Nd8 gh5 23.Nf7 Kg8 24.Nd6–+) 22.Be5 Re5–+) 18...Qh4 (18...Qf6!?=) 19.g3+= Qg5 (19...Qh6 A) 20.gf4 Bf4 (20...Qf4 21.Re1 Qh2 22.Kf1 Qh3 23.Bg2 Re1 24.Qe1 Qd3 25.Kg1 Qb3 26.Qe8 Qg8 27.Re1+-) 21.Re1 Qh2 22.Kf1 Qh3 23.Bg2 Re1 24.Qe1 Qd3 25.Kg1 Qb3-/+; B) 20.Kh1 Nh3 21.Bh5+= (worse is 21.Bd4 Be6+=)) 20.Bd4 (20.h4!? Qg6 21.Nd4 Nh3 22.Kh1+=) 20...Be6= 21.Rb1 (21.Kh1 Bd5 22.Bd5 (worse is 22.gf4 Qf4 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Rg1 Kf6-/+) 22...Nd5 23.Re1=) 21...Rad8+= 22.Be3 (better is 22.Re1 Rf8 23.h4+=) 22...Bb3?? (better is 22...Nh3 23.Kg2 f4–+) 23.Rb3+/– (23.Qb3 A) 23...Rd3?? 24.Qd3 (24.Bf4?! Rb3 25.Bg5 Rf3+/–) 24...Nd3 25.Bg5+-; B) 23...Nh3 24.Kg2 f4 25.Kh3 fe3+/–) 23...Re6? The backward pawn on d3 becomes a target (23...Nh3 24.Kg2 f4 25.Bd2+/–) 24.Qd2?? (better is 24.Kh1 Re3 25.fe3+-) 24...Nh3+= Black prepares the advance f4 25.Kg2 f4 26.Bd4 (26.Kh3 fe3 27.Qe2 Qe7+=) 26...Rd4 (26...fg3 27.Qg5 Ng5 28.Bg4 Rd4 29.Be6 Ne6 30.fg3-/+) 27.Kh3 Qf5 (27...Rh6 28.Kg2 Rh2 29.Kg1 Rd8+=) 28.Kg2= Rh6 (28...Qf7 29.b5 Rh6 30.Qc3+/–) 29.g4+= Qg5? (29...Qd7 30.Re1 Re6 31.Re6 Qe6 32.Qc2+=) 30.Qe2 (better is 30.Re1 Qd8 31.Qe2+-) 30...g6?? (better is 30...Be5 31.Re1 Re6+/–) 31.Re1+- Rd8 32.Qe7 Qe7 33.Re7 Bb8 (33...Rc8 34.b5 cb5 35.Rb5+-) 34.Rb7 g5 (34...a6 35.Rb6 Kg7 36.Ra6+-) 35.Rb1 (better is 35.b5!? cb5 36.R3b5 Be5+-) 35...Be5 (35...Re6 36.b5 cb5 37.R1b5+-) 36.Re1 (36.Ra7 Bd4+-) 36...Bb2 (36...Bc3 37.Re2 a6 38.Ra7+-) 37.Ra7 Rg6 (37...Rc8 38.Ree7+-) 38.Be4 (38.Ree7 Kg8+-) 38...Re6 (38...Rh6 39.b5! cb5 40.c6 f3 41.Bf3+-) 39.Rh7 Kg8 40.Rh5 Re5 (40...Kf8 41.Rg5 Rd3 42.Bd3 Re1 43.Rf5 Ke7 44.a4+-) 41.Bh7 Kg7 (41...Kf7 42.Re5 Be5 43.Rg5+-) 42.Re5 Be5 43.Be4 (43.Rg5 Kf6 44.Rg6 Ke7 45.Rc6 Rf8+-) 43...Bf6 (43...Kf6 44.Rh6 Ke7 45.Rc6+-) 44.Rh7 Kg8 (44...Kf8 45.a4 Rb8 46.b5+-) 45.Rc7 Bb2 (45...Kf8 46.Rc6 Kf7 47.b5+-) 46.a4 Ba3 (46...Rb8 47.a5 Be5 48.Rd7 Rb4 49.a6+-) 47.Rc6 (47.Rb7!? Bb2+-) 47...Bb4 48.Rg6 Kf7 49.Rg5 Kf6 (49...Bc3 50.h4+-) 50.Rf5 Ke6 (50...Ke7 51.g5+-) 51.g5 Rg8 (51...Bc3 52.Rf4 Rh8 53.Rf5+-) 52.c6 (better is 52.Kf3 Bd2+-) 52...Kd6 (52...Bc3 53.Kf3 Be5 54.g6+-) 53.Rf6 (53.Rd5 Ke6 54.Rb5 f3 55.Bf3 Kd6 56.Rb4 Rg5 57.Kf1 Re5+-) 53...Kc7 (53...Ke7 54.h4 Bd2 55.Kf3+-) 54.g6 (better is 54.Rf7 Kb6 55.g6 f3 56.Kf3 Bd6+-) 54...Ba5 (54...Rg7+-) 55.Bd5 (55.Bd5 Rg7 56.h4+-) 1–0. Dos Anjos,Diovana F – Ferreira,Daisy C, Sao Jose dos Pinhais Brazil, JOJUPS, 2012.

7.d3 0-0

8.Nc3 Re8 9.Qb3 d4 10.ed4 ed4 11.Ne2 c5 12.bc5 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Bd4 Ba4 15.Qc3 Nd3 16.Qd3 Ng4 17.Be3 Ne3 18.fe3 Bc5 19.Qd8 Rad8 20.Ned4 Re3 21.Kf2 Re4 22.Bd3 Bd4 23.Nd4 Red4 24.Be2 Bc6 25.Rhe1 Rd2 26.g3 b5 27.Rad1 bc4 28.Rd2 Rd2 29.Ke3 Rc2 30.Rd1 g6 31.Rd8 Kg7 32.Rc8 Bd5 33.Rc5 Be6 34.Rc7 Rc3 35.Kd4 Ra3 36.Bc4 Ra4 37.Kd3 Bc4 38.Rc4 Rc4 39.Kc4 0-1. RiverUltimo (2120) - knightvuillaume (1985), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.e3 Ngf6 6.c4 c6)

8.c5 Bc7 9.Qc2 a5 (9...Re8 10.Be2=) 10.Be2 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 Qe7 (12...Re8 13.0-0=) 13.0-0 Re8 14.Nbd2 Nf8 (14...Qe6 15.Bc3=) 15.Bb2 Ng6 16.Ra1 Bf5 17.h3 (17.Nb3 b6=) 17...h6 (17...b5 18.cb6 Bb6 19.Qc6 Qb4 20.Ba3=) 18.Ra7 (18.Nb3 b5+=) ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio (1700) – Wittal,Werner (1700), TT–02.46 TSC, 2002.

8.Nbd2 b6 9.Be2 Qe7 10.cd5 cd5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.0-0 Rfc8 13.Nh4 (13.Qa4 a6=+) 13...g6 (13...Rc1 14.Qc1 Qe6 15.Nhf3=+) 14.Rc8 Rc8 15.Bf3 (15.Nhf3 a6=) 15...e4 (15...a5 16.ba5 ba5 17.Nb1=+) 16.de4 (16.Be2 Ne5 17.de4 de4=+) 16...Ne4 17.Ne4 de4 18.Bg4 Rd8 19.g3 Ne5 20.Bd4 Ng4 21.Qg4 Bc8 22.Qe2 Be6 23.Qb2 Rc8 24.Rd1 Rc4 (better 24...Qc7!?=+) 25.Bh8+= Kf8 26.Bf6 (26.Qg7!? Ke8 27.Qg8 Kd7 28.Qa8+=) 26...Qc7=+ 27.Bh8 (27.Qd2 Be7 28.Be7 Qe7=+) 27...Ke8 (27...Bg4 28.Qg7 Ke8 29.Rd4=+) 28.Ng2 (28.Bf6 h6=+) 28...Rc2 (28...Bg4 29.Rf1=+) 29.Qa1 (better 29.Qd4 Rc1 30.Nf4=) 29...Re2?? (29...Qc4 30.Qd4 Qd4 31.ed4=+) 30.Qb1 (30.Qd4 Rc2 31.Ne1+- (worse 31.Qd6 Qd6 32.Rd6 Rc1 33.Ne1 Bh3=+)) 30...Qc6 (30...f5 31.Rc1 Qd7 32.Rc2 Rc2 33.Qc2=+) 31.Nf4 (31.b5!? Qc2 32.Qc2 Rc2 33.Ne1=) 31...Bf4=+ 32.gf4 Qc2 (32...Bc4!?=+) 33.Qc2= Rc2 34.Be5 (better 34.Bf6!? Rc8 35.Rd4+=) 34...Bg4-/+ 35.Rd4 Bf3 36.h4 Rc1 (36...Ke7 37.f5-/+) 37.Kh2=+ Rh1 38.Kg3 Rg1 ½–½. Cerami,Giuseppe (1795) – Bonanno,Giuseppe, 4th Nicolo La Rosa op, 2006.

8.Be2 b6=+.

8.Be2 Re8 9.Qb3 d4 10.Nbd2 (10.c5 Bc7=) 10...c5 11.0-0 h6 12.Rfe1 b6 13.b5 Nf8 14.Nf1 a5 15.N3d2 Ra7 (15...de3 16.Ne3 Ne6 17.Bf3=) 16.Bf3 Ng6 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Be4 Kh8 19.Bd5 f5 20.Qd1 Ne7 21.Bf3 g5 (21...Kg8 22.Qe2+=) 22.h3 Ng6 Black prepares the advance f4 23.Bc1 (23.Qe2 de3 24.fe3 Rf7+=) 23...Rg7 (23...e4 24.Bh5 Kh7 25.ed4 cd4 26.Bb2=) 24.Bc6 Reg8 25.Qh5 Kh7 26.e4 (26.Bb2 Ne7 27.Bf3 Be6=) 26...f4 27.Nh2 (27.Bd5 Rf8+=) 27...Ne7= 28.Ng4 Rg6 (28...Bg4 29.hg4 Nc6 30.bc6=) 29.Bd5 R8g7 30.Kf1 (30.f3 A) 30...Nd5 31.ed5 (31.cd5? Bd7-+) 31...Bf5 32.Nf2=+ (32.Ne5? Be5 33.Re5 Bd3-+); B) 30...Bd7 31.Bf7 Rf7-+) 30...Bd7 (30...Nd5 31.cd5 a4 32.Re2=+) 31.a4 (31.Ra2 f3 32.Kg1 Nd5 33.ed5 Be8 34.Nh6 Rh6 35.Qf3 Bg6-/+) 31...Qf8 (31...Be8 32.Nh2=) 32.Ra2 (32.Kg1 Nd5 33.ed5 Re7=+) 32...Be8 (32...f3 33.Bb7=+) 33.Nh2 g4 (33...Nd5 34.cd5 Bd7 35.Ng4=) 34.hg4= Rg4 35.Qg4 Rg4 36.Ng4 Bd7 37.Nh2 Nd5 38.cd5 c4 39.Rc2 cd3 (39...cd3 40.Rc4 Qf6=+) 0-1. marekt (2385) - ahn89 (2555), gameknot.com, 2022.

7.d4 e4

8.Nfd2 dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Bb3 Nb6 11.Nc3 Re8 12.h3 Nbd5 13.Nd5 cd5 14.Nb1 Be6 15.Nc3 Rc8 16.Qe2 a6 17.Rc1 b5 18.Rc2 h6 19.g4 Qd7 20.Rc1 Nh7 Black gets the initiative 21.Bd1 (21.f4 ef3 22.Qf3 Ng5=+) 21...Ng5-/+ 22.Qd2 Bb8 23.Na2 (23.h4 Nf3 24.Bf3 ef3-/+) 23...f5 24.Rc8 Rc8 25.gf5 Bf5 26.h4 Nf3 27.Bf3 ef3 28.Nc3 Bh7 29.Kd1 (29.Rg1 Qh3-/+) 29...Qg4 30.h5 (30.Qe1 Qg6 31.Qd2 Qg2-+) 30...Kh8 (30...Qg2!? 31.Qe1 Bg3 32.Rf1-+) 31.Qe1-/+ (31.Nd5?? Rc2 32.Qc2 Bc2 33.Kc2 Qe4 34.Kd2 Qd5-+) 31...Bd6 32.Rg1 Qf5 Threatening mate: Qc2 33.Qd2 Qh5 34.Qe1 (34.Re1 Qh2 35.Rf1 Qg2-+) 0-1. Pierre – Kapossy, internet, 2020.

8.Nfd2 Nf8 9.Nc3 h5 (9...Ne6 10.Qb3 Nc7 11.Be2=) 10.h3 (10.Rc1 a5+=) 10...Ng6 (10...Ne6 11.Be2+=) 11.Qb3 (11.Be2 Bd7+=) 11...Ne7 12.a4 (12.Be2 Bf5=) 12...g5 (12...Be6 13.c5 Bc7 14.b5=) 13.Ne2 (13.Be2 Be6=) 13...g4 (13...dc4 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Rc1=+) 14.hg4 Bg4 15.c5 (15.b5 Rg8=) 15...Bc7 16.a5 (16.Rb1 Ng6=) 16...a6=+ 17.0-0-0 (17.Nc3 Nf5=+) 17...Qd7 18.f3 Be6 (18...ef3 19.gf3 Be6 20.Qc2=+) 19.Qa3 (better 19.fe4 Ng4 20.Nf4 Bf4 21.ef4=+) 19...Nf5?? (19...0-0-0 20.Nf4-/+) 20.Re1?? (20.fe4 Ng3 21.Ng3 Bg3 22.e5=) 20...Ke7 (20...0-0-0!?-/+) 21.Rg1 (21.Rd1 h4=) 21...Rhg8 (21...Ng3 22.fe4 Nge4 23.Ne4 Ne4 24.Nf4=+) 22.Kb1 (22.Rh1 Rae8=+) 22...Bg3 (better 22...Kd8=+) 23.Rd1? (better 23.Ng3 Ng3 24.fe4 Nf1 25.Ref1 Ne4 26.Ne4-/+) 23...Bf2–+ 24.fe4 (24.Rh1 Ne3 25.Rc1 Bf5–+) 24...de4 (24...Ne3!? 25.Rc1 Bg1 26.Ng1 Nf1 27.Rf1 Ne4 28.Ne4 de4 29.Nh3–+) 25.d5 Nd5 26.Rh1?? (better 26.Ne4 Bg1 27.Nf6–+) 26...Nde3 (26...Nfe3?! 27.Rc1–+) 27.Bf6 Kf8 28.Ne4 (28.Rh5 Nf1 29.Rf1 Qd2 30.Rf2 Qe1 31.Qc1 Qf2 32.Qd1–+) 28…Qd1 (28...Qd1 29.Nc1 Qc2 30.Ka1 Qe4–+) 0–1. Klekowski,Maciej (2175) – Sieciechowicz,Marcin (2255), Leba Poland, Ch U16 (b), 2008. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.e3 d5 4.a3 Nbd7 5.b4 e5 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.d4 e4)

8.Nfd2 Nf8 9.h3 Ng6=+ 10.Nc3 0-0 11.g3 (11.Be2 Nh4 12.0-0 a6=) 11...Re8 (11...Be6 12.Bg2-/+) 12.c5 (12.cd5 cd5 13.Rc1 Bd7=+) 12...Bc7-/+ 13.b5 (13.Bg2 Be6-/+) 13...h5 (13...Bf5 14.Qa4=+) 14.a4 (14.Bg2 Bd7-/+) 14...h4 (14...Bd7 15.Bg2-/+) 15.g4 Nh7 (15...Bd7 16.Ra3-/+) 16.Nb3 (16.a5 a6 17.b6 Bb8-/+) 16...Ng5 17.Be2 (17.Bg2 f5 18.gf5 Bf5-/+) 17...f5 18.gf5 (18.a5 fg4 19.Bg4 cb5 20.Nb5 Rf8-/+) 18...Bf5–+ 19.Kd2 (19.a5 a6 20.b6 Bb8–+) 19...Rf8 (19...Nh3!? 20.Rf1–+) 20.Qg1 (20.Qf1 Qd7 21.Qg2 Bd8–+ (worse 21...Nh3 22.a5-/+)) 20...Qf6 (20...Nf3 21.Bf3 ef3 22.a5–+) 21.Qg2-/+ Bd8 22.Rag1 (22.Raf1 Qe6 23.Bh5 Kh7–+) 22...Qe6 23.Nd1 (better 23.Kd1!?-/+) 23...Kh7–+ (23...Bh3 24.Rh3 Qh3 25.Qh3 Nh3 26.Rg6 Nf2 27.Rg2 Nd1 28.Bd1-/+) 24.Kc1 (24.Qh2 Nf3 25.Bf3 ef3–+) 24...Nh3 25.Rf1? (25.Re1–+) 25...Ngf4! 26.ef4 Nf4 27.Qh2 Ne2 28.Kd2 (28.Kb1 cb5 29.ab5 a6–+) 28...Bg4 29.Re1 (29.Qd6 Qf7 30.bc6 Be7 31.cb7 Bd6 32.Rh4 Bh5 33.cd6 Rad8–+) 29...Nf4 30.Nc1 (30.Re3 Bf3–+) 30...Bf3 31.Ne3 (31.Nc3 Bh1 32.Rh1 Qf6–+) 31...Bh1 (31...cb5 32.ab5 Qd7 33.Kc2–+) 32.Rh1 Bg5 (32...Qd7 33.bc6 Qc6 34.Kc2–+) 33.Rg1 (33.Kc2 Kg6–+) 33...Nh3 34.Rg2 Bf4 35.Qh1 Be3 36.fe3 Rf3 37.Ne2 (37.Qh2 Qh6 38.Kc2 Raf8–+) 37...Qh6 38.Bc3 (38.Nf4 Re3! 39.Ke3 Nf4 40.Rg4–+) 38...Qe3 39.Kc2 Raf8 40.Kb3 Qd3 41.Rg4 Qc4 (41...Qc4 42.Kb2 Qe2 43.Kb3 Qc4 44.Kb2 Qc3 45.Kb1 Rf1 46.Qf1 Rf1 47.Ka2 Ra1) 0–1. Bernadskiy,Vitaliy (2525) – Kuzubov,Yuriy (2635), Lviv Rapid Cup, 2017.

8.Ne5 0-0 9.c5 Be5 (9...Bc7!? 10.Nd7 Qd7-/+) 10.de5=+ Ne8 11.f3 (better 11.Nc3=+) 11...Qc7?? (better 11...ef3 12.gf3 Qh4 13.Ke2 f6-/+) 12.f4 (12.fe4 b6 13.ed5 cd5+/- (13...Ne5?? 14.d6 Qd8 15.Be5+-)) 12...f6 (12...g6!?+=) 13.e6+/- Nb8 14.Qg4 (14.f5 g6 15.g4 b6+/-) 14...Qe7 (better 14...f5 15.Qg5 Be6=+) 15.f5+/- Nd6?? (15...g6 16.Be2 Kh8 17.fg6 Be6 18.Qh4+=) 16.Qh3 (16.cd6 Qd6 17.Kf2 b5+-) 16...g6?? (16...Nf5 17.Qf5 b6 18.cb6 ab6 19.Nc3+-) 17.g4 (better 17.cd6 Qd6 18.g4 Be6 19.fe6 Qe6+-) 17...Nf5 (17...Ne8 18.Nd2 b6+-) 18.gf5 g5?? (18...gf5 19.Rg1 Kh8 20.Qf5 Be6+-) 19.Qg3 Qg7 (19...b6+-) 20.h4 h6 21.hg5 hg5 22.Be2 (22.Qd6 Bd7 23.Nc3 Be6 24.fe6 Qg6+-) 22...Na6 (22...Nd7 23.Rh5 Re8 24.Bf6 Nf6 25.Rg5+-) 23.Ba6 ba6 24.Nd2 Bb7 (24...Re8 25.Rh5 Be6 26.fe6 Re6 27.0-0-0+-) 25.0-0-0 (better 25.Rh5 g4+-) 25...Rae8 (25...Bc8 26.Rh5 Be6 27.fe6 d4+-) 26.Rh2 1-0. Fettito (1845) - wrage (1725), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Ne5 Qe7 9.Nd7 Bd7 10.Nc3 (10.c5 Bc7=+) 10...0-0 (10...dc4 11.Bc4 0-0 12.Qc2=+) 11.Qb3 (11.c5 Bb8=+) 11...Be6 (11...dc4 12.Bc4 b5 13.Be2=+) 12.b5 (12.c5 Bc7=+) 12...dc4 13.Bc4 Bc4 14.Qc4 cb5 (14...Rfc8 15.0-0=+) 15.Nb5 Rfc8 (15...Rac8 16.Qb3 a6 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.Bc3=+ (18.Qb7?? Rb8 19.Qa7 Rb2–+)) 16.Qb3 a6 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.a4 (18.f3 b5=+) 18...Qd5 (18...Rab8 19.Ba3 Qc7 20.0-0=+) 19.Qd5= Nd5 20.Kd2 Rc4 (20...b6 21.Rhc1=) 21.Rhc1 Rac8 22.a5 f5 23.Ba3 (23.Rc4 Rc4 24.Ba3 Ra4=+) 23...Rc1=+ 24.Bc1 (24.Rc1 Rc1 25.Kc1 b5=+) 24...Rc4 (24...Rc6 25.Ba3=+) 25.Rb1= Rb4 (25...Ra4 26.Rb7 Ra5 27.Kc2=) 26.Rb4 Nb4 27.Kc3 (27.Ke2 Kf7=) 27...Nc6=+ 28.Kc4 (28.d5!? Na5 29.f3=+) 28...Na5-/+ 29.Kd5 (29.Kb4 b6 30.d5 Nb7-/+) 29...Kf7 (29...Nb3 30.Ba3 Kf7 31.Ke5-/+) 30.Bd2 Nb3 31.Bc3 Ke7 (31...Nc1 32.Bd2 Nd3 33.f3-/+) 32.g4 (32.f3 ef3 33.gf3 Kd7-/+) 32...fg4-/+ 33.Ke4 a5 34.Kd3 b5 35.Kc2 (35.e4 g5-/+) 35...a4 36.Kb2 (36.e4 Ke8-/+) 36...g6 (36...Kd7 37.Bb4-/+) 37.e4 (37.Bb4 Ke6-/+) 37...Kd7 38.d5 Nc5 39.e5 Nd3 40.Kc2 Nf4 (40...Nf2?! 41.e6 Ke7 42.Bb4 Kf6 43.Bc3 Ke7 44.Bb4 Kf6 45.Bc3 Ke7=) 41.d6 Ke6 (41...g5 42.Kb2–+) 42.Bd2 (42.Kd2 g5–+) 42...Nd5 43.Kd3 Nb6 (43...Ke5?? 44.d7 a3 45.d8Q+-) 44.Bc3 Nd7 45.Bd4 Kd5 46.Kc2 b4 (46...Kd4?? 47.e6 Nc5 48.e7+-) 47.Kb1 Nf8 (47...Kd4?? 48.e6 Nc5 49.e7+-) 48.Ba1 b3 (48...Ne6 49.Ka2–+) 49.Bb2 a3 (better 49...Nd7–+) 50.Bc3?? (better 50.Ba3 Ke5 51.Kb2-/+) 50...Kc4 (better 50...Nd7–+) 51.d7? (51.Ba5–+) 51...Nd7 52.e6 (52.Bb2 a2 53.Ka1–+) 52…Kc3 ½–½. Bryakin,Mikhail (2330) – Barash,Mikhail (2115), 13. Moscow Open F, 2017. (=1.a3 d5 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 Ngf6 6.c4 c6)

8.Nh4 Nb6=.

8.Nfd2 0-0

9.Nc3 a5 10.c5 ab4 11.Nce4 de4 12.cd6=.

9.Nc3 a6 10.Qb3 Ng4 (10...dc4!? 11.Nc4 Bc7=) 11.cd5+/– cd5 12.Nd5 Ndf6 13.Nf6 Nf6 14.Be2 Be6 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.Qb1 Bb8 (better is 16...Bd5!?=) 17.Ne4+/– Bd5 (17...Ne4!? 18.Qe4 Bd5+=) 18.Bd3 Ne4 19.Be4 f5 20.Bd5 Qd5 21.0-0 Qd6 22.g3 Rf6 23.Qd3 Rh6 (23...Qd5 24.Rac1 Rfc6 25.Rc6 Rc6 26.f3+-) 24.Rac1 Rf8 25.Rc5 White plans d5 25...f4 26.ef4 Qd7 27.Qf3 Qh3 28.Qg2 Qe6 (28...Qd7 29.Qd5 Qd5 30.Rd5+-) 29.d5 (better is 29.Qb7!? Qe2 30.Bc3 Bd6+-) 29...Qd7 30.Rd1 (30.Be5 Bd6 31.Rc3 Rh5+-) 30...Bd6 31.Rc4 Re8 (31...Bf4 32.Re4+-) 32.Re4 Rc8 33.Re6 Re6 (33...Bf4 34.Qe4 (worse is 34.gf4 Re6 35.Qf3 Rg6 36.Kh1 Rf8+=) 34...Bg5 35.Bd4+-) 34.de6 Qe6 (34...Qe6 35.Qb7 Bc7+-). ferminkatcho (1690) – pablano (1810), internet, 2013.

9.Nc3 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.c5 Bc7 12.a4 Bb7 13.0-0 Bb8 14.f3 ef3 15.Bf3 (15.Rf3 Re8=) 15...Qe8 (15...a5!? 16.ab5 ab4+=) 16.Re1 Qd8 17.g3 (17.e4 de4 18.Nde4 Ne4 19.Ne4 Re8+=) 17...ba4 (17...Re8 18.e4 de4 19.Nde4 Ne4 20.Ne4+=) 18.Qa4 a5 (18...Bc7 19.e4 de4 20.Nce4+=) 19.b5 (19.ba5 Bc7 20.Nb3 Re8+/-) 19...cb5 20.Qb5 White gets the initiative. (20.Nb5?! Bc6=) 20...Qc7 21.e4 de4 (21...Bc6 22.Qd3 de4 23.Nde4 Ne4 24.Be4+/-) 22.Nde4 Ne4 23.Be4 (23.Ne4 Kh8+/-) 23...Be4 24.Ne4 Ba7? (better 24...Qd8!?+/-) 25.Bc3+- (25.Ra5 Rfb8 26.Qa4 Rb2=+) 25...f5 (25...Rfb8 26.Ba5 Qc8+-) 26.Ba5 Qc8 (26...Qb8 27.Qc4 Kh8+-) 27.Nd6 (27.Nd6 Qb8 28.Qd7+-) 1-0. Pereira – Teluen, internet, 2021.

9.Nc3 a6 10.Be2 b5 (10...Re8 11.Qb3=) 11.c5 Bc7 12.a4 Bb7 13.0-0 Ne8 (13...Qe7 14.Qb3=) 14.f4+= f5 (14...Nef6 15.Qe1+=) 15.ab5 (15.Qe1 Qf6+=) 15...ab5 16.Ra8 Qa8 17.Qb3 Qb8 (17...Qd8 18.Ra1+=) 18.g3 (18.Ra1 Nef6+=) 18...g5 (18...Nef6 19.Ra1=) 19.Nb5 (19.Bb5 cb5 20.Nd5 Kg7 21.Nc7 Nc7 22.d5 Kg6+-) 19...gf4 (19...cb5!? 20.Bb5 Rf7+-) 20.Nc7+- f3 (20...Nc7 21.Rf4 Ba6 22.Bh5+-) 21.Bf3! Nc7 (21...ef3 22.Ne6 Decoy) 22.Bg2 Ba6 23.Rf2 Qe8 24.Qd1 (24.Qa4 Bb5 25.Qd1 Qg6+-) 24...Qg6 25.Bf1 (25.Qa4 Ra8+-) 25...Bf1+= 26.Qf1 Rb8 (26...Qg5 27.Qe1+=) 27.Rf5 b4 28.Bc3 Rb8 29.Kg2 (29.Ba5 Ne6+=) 29...Ne6 (29...Ra8 30.Rf2+=) 30.h4 (30.Rf2 Ra8+=) 30...h6 (30...Ra8 31.Rf2=) 31.Rf2+= Ng7 32.Ba5 Ra8 33.Bc7 Ra3 34.Qe2 Nf5 Attacks the backward pawn on g3 35.Bf4 (35.h5 Qg5 36.Bf4 Re3 37.Bg5 Re2 38.Re2 Nd4+-) 35...Nh4 (35...Nf6 36.Nf1 Nh4 37.Kh1=+) 36.Kh3 (36.Kg1 h5=) 36...Nf5 37.Nf1 Nf6 (37...Kf7 38.Qb2 Rd3 39.Qb7=) 38.Be5= Nd7 39.g4?? (39.Bf4 Kf7=+) 39...Ne7?? (better 39...Ne3 40.Bg3 Nf1 41.Rf1 Nf6–+) 40.Bd6 (40.Qb2 Ra7=) 40...Qg5 (40...Nc8 41.Bf4=) 41.Bf4 Qg7 42.Ng3 Ng6 (42...Ra1 43.Bd6=) 43.Nf5 Attacking the isolated pawn on h6 (43.Bd6 Ne7=) 43...Nf4 44.Rf4 Qg5 45.Qf2 Nf8 46.Qg3 Ne6 47.Rf2 Rb3 (47...Ng7!? 48.Kh2 Kh7=) 48.Qe5 (48.Qd6 Re3 49.Ne3 Qe3 50.Kg2 Ng7 51.Qc6 Qd4 52.Qh6 Qc5+-) 48...Re3 (48...Ng7 49.Ne7 Kh7 50.Qg5 hg5 51.Kg2+- (51.Nc6?! Re3 52.Kh2 Ne6=)) 49.Kh2 (better 49.Ne3 Qe3 50.Kg2+=) 49...Rf3?? (better 49...Ng7 50.Ne3 Qe3+=) 50.Qe6+- Kh7 51.Rf3 ef3 52.Qe7 (52.Qe7 Kg8 53.Qg5 hg5 54.Ne7 Kf7 55.Nc6+-) 1–0. Jaramillo,Carlos Orlando (1900) – Vargas,Diana Paola (1730), IRT Ajedrez Clasico MI. OSCAR CASTRO In, 2015.

9.Nc3 Re8

10.Qb3 a5!?=.

10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4 Qe7 12.h3 b5 13.Be2 Nb6 14.0-0 a6 (14...a5 15.ba5 Ra5 16.Rfc1=+) 15.Rfc1= Bf5 16.Bf1 (16.Nd1 Nbd5=+) 16...h5 (16...a5 17.ba5 Ra5 18.Qc2=+) 17.g3 (17.Na2 Na4=) 17...Nbd5=+ 18.Bg2 Qd7 (18...Qe6 19.Rc2=+) 19.h4 Can e4 get defended? 19...Ne3 20.fe3 Bg3 21.Rf1 (21.Qc2 Bh4 22.Nd1 Rac8+=) 21...Bh4= 22.Rac1 (22.Qc2 Nd5 23.Nd5 cd5=) 22...Bg5 23.Nd1 Rac8 24.Rc5 Nd5 25.Kh1 h4 26.Rg1 Bh6 27.Bc1 Re6 (27...h3 28.Bf1=+) 28.Qc2 (28.Nb1 Rg6 29.Nbc3 h3-+) 28...Rce8 (28...Be3 29.Ne3 Ne3 30.Qc3-/+) 29.Nb1 Attacks the backward pawn on c6 (29.Nb3 Rg6=) 29...Rg6 (29...Bg4 30.Nf2 Ne3 31.Qc3-/+) 30.Nbc3= Bg4 31.Kh2 (31.Ne4 Bf3!? 32.Nef2 Rg2 33.Rg2 h3-+ (worse 33...Bg2 34.Kg2 Ne3 35.Ne3 Be3 36.Be3 Re3 37.Rc6+/-); 31.Be4 Bf3 32.Bf3 Qh3 33.Qh2 Qf3 34.Qg2 Rg2 35.Rg2 h3 36.Nd5 Qg2) 31...f5 32.Kh1 (32.Nd5 cd5 33.Kh1 Qd6-+) 32…f4 (32...f4 33.a4 Bf3-+; 32...h3 33.Bh3 Bf3 34.Rg2=+) 0-1. Grandie – Guestfree, internet, 2021.

10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4 Qe7 12.h3 b5 13.Bf1 Nb6 14.g4 a5 15.ba5 Be6 16.Qc2 e4 becomes the focus of attention 16...Ra5 17.g5 Nfd5 18.Nde4? (better 18.Nce4 Ba3 19.Ra3 (worse 19.Qc6 Rc8 20.Ra3 Rc6 21.Ra5 Rc8–+) 19...Ra3 20.Ba3 Qa3 21.Qc6–+) 18...Bf5–+ 19.Bd3 Ba3 20.Nd5 (20.Ra3 Nb4 21.Qd1 Nd3 22.Qd3 Ra3 A) worse 23.Ba3 Qa3 (23...Be4 24.Ne4 Qe4 25.Qe4 Re4 26.Ke2+=) 24.Ke2 Nc4–+; B) 23.Nf6 gf6 24.Qf5–+) 20...Nd5–+ (20...cd5?! 21.Ra3 Ra3 22.Ba3 Qa3 23.Nf6 gf6 24.Bf5 Qa1 25.Qd1 Qd1 26.Kd1=) 21.Ba3 (21.Ke2 Nb4 A) 22.Ba3?? Nc2 23.Be7 Ra1 (23...Na1?! 24.Bb4 Ra2 25.Kf3-/+) 24.Ra1 Na1–+; B) 22.Qc5 Be4 23.Qe7 Bd3 24.Kd2 Re7 25.Ra3–+) 21...Ra3 22.Ra3 Qa3 23.Qc6 (23.Nf6 gf6 24.Bf5 Ne3 25.Qc6 (25.fe3 Qe3 26.Kd1 Qf3 27.Kc1 Qh1 28.Kb2 Ra8 29.Bh7 Kh8–+; 25.Bh7 Kh8 26.Qc6 Re6 27.Qe6 fe6 28.fe3 Qc1 29.Ke2 Qh1–+) 25...Qb4 26.Ke2 Qc4 27.Qc4 Nf5 28.Kd2 bc4 29.gf6–+) 23...Rc8 24.Qd5 (24.Qb5 Be4 25.0-0 (25.Be4?? Nc3 26.Bh7 Kf8–+) 25...Qd3 26.Qd3 Bd3 27.Ra1–+) 24...Qd3 25.Nc5 (25.Nc3 h6 26.Qb5 Qc3 27.Ke2 Qc2 28.Kf3 Be4 29.Kg3 Bh1 30.Qd7 hg5 31.Qb5 Qe4 32.Qg5 Qf3 33.Kh4 Rc6 34.Qf4 Rh6 35.Qh6 Qf2 36.Kg4 gh6 37.e4 Qe3 38.d5 Qg5) 25...Qb1 26.Kd2 Qc2 27.Ke1 Bd3 28.Qf3 0–1. Pereira – West, internet, 2020.

10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4 Re7 12.b5 Nb6 13.bc6 bc6 14.Be2 Rb8 15.Qc2 Nbd5 (15...Bf5 16.0-0=) 16.Na4 (16.Nc4 Reb7=) 16...Bg4 (16...Reb7 17.Rb1=+) 17.Nc4 (17.Bg4 Ng4 18.Qc6 Ngf6=+) 17...Nb6 (17...Be2 18.Nd6 Qd6 19.Qe2=+) 18.Nab6=+ Be2 19.Qe2 ab6 20.Nd6 (20.Rc1 Nd5=+) 20...Qd6 21.0-0 Nd5 22.a4 (22.Qg4 Ra8=+) 22...Ra7 23.Rfc1 (23.Qg4 Re8=+) 23...f5 (23...Nb4 24.f3 Nd3 25.Rd1=+) 24.Rc4 Rc8 25.g3 Kh8 26.Qc2 Qg6 27.Kh1 Qe6 28.Rc1=+ Rac7 29.Ba3 Qd7 30.a5 ba5 31.Kg1 Qe6 32.Ra4=+ Ra8 33.Qd2 Rcc8 34.Rc5 Rab8=+ 35.Raa5 Rb1 36.Rc1= Rc1 37.Qc1 h5 38.h4 Kh7 39.Kh2 Rc7 40.Qb2 Qc8 41.Qc2 Qd7 42.Qc5 Qe6 43.Ra8 Rc8 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Hemzo,Miguel Angelo, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2001.

10.Qb3 Nf8 11.cd5+= cd5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Qd5 Be6 (13...Bb4!? 14.Qd8 Bd2 (14...Rd8?? 15.ab4 f5 16.f3+-) 15.Kd2 Rd8+=) 14.Qe4+- Ng6 15.Bb5 (15.Qb7 a5+-) 15...Bd7? (better is 15...Re7+/–) 16.Qb7+- Bb5 17.Qb5 Nf4 18.0-0 Rb8 19.Qf5 Ne2 (19...Qc8 20.Qc8 Ne2 (20...Rbc8?? 21.ef4 Rc2 22.Bc1+-) 21.Kh1 Rbc8+-) 20.Kh1 Qh4 21.Nf3 Qh6 22.Qd3 g5 (22...a5 23.Qe2 ab4 24.ab4 Bb4 25.Rfc1+-) 23.Qe2 g4 24.Ne5 f6 (24...Be5 25.de5 Qe6 26.Rad1+-) 25.Qg4 (25.Qc4!? Kg7 26.Qf7 Kh8 27.Ng4 Qg7 28.Qf6 Be7 29.Qg7 Kg7 30.d5 Kf8+-) 25...Kf8 26.Qf4 (26.Qf5 Be5 27.de5 Qg6 28.Qf6 Qf6 29.ef6 Rbc8+-) 26...Qg7 (26...Qf4 27.ef4 fe5 28.fe5+-) 27.Qf5 Rb7 28.Rac1 Kg8 (28...Qg5 29.Qf3 Rbe7 30.Nc6+-) 29.Nf3 (29.Ng4 Rf8+-) 29...Rbe7 30.d5 Rf8 (30...Rf7 31.Rc4 Be5 32.Rg4 Bb2 33.Rg7 Kg7 34.d6+-) 31.Rc6 Be5 32.Ne5 fe5 33.Qh5 Kh8 34.f4 Rg8 35.g3 Qf7 36.Be5 Re5 37.Qe5 Qg7+- 38.Rc7 Qe5 39.fe5 Rd8 40.d6 Kg8 41.Rff7 a5 42.Rh7 a4 43.Rhd7 Rf8 44.Rg7 Kh8 45.Rh7 Kg8 46.Rcg7 1–0. ferminkatcho (1855) – sniper10200 (2020), internet, 2013.

10.Qb3 Ng4 11.cd5+= cd5 12.Qd5 Ndf6 13.Qb3 Nf2? (better is 13...Nh2 14.Bc4 Re7+=) 14.Kf2+- Ng4 15.Kg1?? (better is 15.Ke2+-) 15...Qh4–+ 16.g3 Bg3! 17.Nce4 (17.hg3 Qg3 Mate attack) 17...Bf2 18.Kg2 Ne3 (18...Ne3 19.Qe3 Be3–+; 18...Qh3 19.Kh3 Ne3 20.Qe6 Be6) 0–1. ferminkatcho (1680) – bezdomnymenel (1760), internet, 2013.

10.Be2 Nf8 11.b5 Ng6 12.h4 a5 (12...Ne7 13.h5=) 13.c5 Bf8 14.h5 Ne7 15.b6 h6 16.a4 Nf5 17.Na2 (17.g4 Ne7=) 17...Nh7 18.Bc3 Qg5 19.Bf1?? (19.Kf1 Be7=) 19...Nf6?? (better is 19...Ne3 20.Qb3 Ng4–+) 20.Nb3 Ng4 (20...Nh4 21.Rh2+=) 21.Bd2 Nh4 22.Nac1 f5 23.Na5 Nf6 24.Rh2= Nh5 25.Nab3 f4 26.a5 Bg4 27.Be2?? Be2–+ 28.Ne2 Ng2 29.Kf1 f3 30.Ng1 Re6 31.a6? Ra6 32.Ra6-/+ ba6 33.b7? Re8 34.Na5 Qg6 35.Qb3 Rb8 36.Qb6 Nf6 37.Nc6 Rb7?? 38.Qb7+- Ng4 39.Ne7?? Kh7?? 40.Ng6?? Kg6 41.Rg2 fg2 42.Kg2 Nf6 43.Qc6 Kh7 44.Qf6! Kg8 45.Qf8! Kf8 (45...Kf8 46.Ne2 Kf7+-) 0–1. Hechtlinger,John (2155) – Abdalla,Luiz Guilherme (2085), Dos Hermanas Internet qual–E, 2009. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 Ngf6 6.c4 c6)

10.g4 dc4 11.g5 Nd5 12.Bc4? (better is 12.Nce4!? c3 13.Bc3 Nc3 14.Nc3 Qg5 15.Nde4=) 12...N7b6 13.Be2 (better is 13.Nd5 cd5 14.Bb5-/+) 13...Qg5?? (better is 13...Nc3 14.Bc3 Qg5–+) 14.Nce4 Qh6 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Qc2 Nf6 17.0-0-0 (17.Qc5 Qd8=) 17...Be6 18.e4 (18.Qc5 Qd8=) 18...Qd7 (18...Qf4!?+=) 19.Rhg1= a5?? (19...Kh8=) 20.f4?? (better is 20.d5 cd5 21.Bf6+-) 20...ab4 21.ab4 Na4?? 22.d5+/– cd5 23.ed5?? Rec8 24.Nc4-/+ Bf5 25.Bf6?? Bc2–+ 26.Rg7 Kf8 27.Kc2?? Qf5–+ 28.Bd3 Rc4 29.Kb3 Qf6 0–1. lendzior (1725) – holomorf (1785), internet, 2013.

7.cd5 cd5

8.Qb3 0-0 9.Nc3 d4 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.ed4 e4 12.Ne5 Ne5 (12...a6!? 13.Nf7 Rf7=) 13.de5+= Ng4 14.Be2 (14.Qg3 Qd5 15.Nd6 Bd6 16.ed6 Rd8+=) 14...a6 (14...Ne5!? 15.Nd4 Qg5=+) 15.Bg4+= Bg4 16.Qg3 Be6 (16...Qd7 17.Nd6 Bd6 18.ed6+/-) 17.Nd6 Bd6 18.ed6 f6 19.0-0 Qd7 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.Rc8 Rc8 (21...Qc8 22.Rc1 Qd8 23.d3 ed3 24.Qd3+-) 22.Bf6+- Rc2 (22...b5 23.Be5+-) 23.Bc3 1-0. carlos78 (2270) - jarda (2110), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Bb5 a6 9.Bd7 Nd7 10.Qb3=.

8.Bb5 Qb6 9.Bd7 Nd7 10.Nc3 =+.

8.Bb5 Qc7 9.h3 (9.0-0 a6 10.Qa4 Rb8=) 9...a6 10.Be2 b5 (10...0-0 11.0-0=+) 11.d4 (11.a4 ba4 12.Qa4 Rb8=+) 11...e4 12.Nfd2 0-0 13.Nc3 (13.0-0 Nb6=+) 13...Nb6 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.0-0 (15.Qc2 Bf5=+) 15...Bf5 (15...Bd7 16.Qc2=+) 16.Qb3 (16.f3 Rac8=+) 16...Qe6 (better is 16...Nc4 17.Qc2 Nb2 18.Qb2 Bc7=+) 17.Nce4? (better is 17.Rc2=+) 17...Be4 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Qa2 Rac8 20.Rc8 Rc8 21.Bg4 f5 22.Bd1 Qg6 23.Bf3 Rc2 24.Qb3 Rc4 25.Qd1 Qh6 26.Be2 Rc8 27.f4 Ng3 28.Re1 Ne2 29.Re2 Nc4 30.Qf1 Qg6 31.Qf3 Qe6 32.Bc1 Ne5 33.de5 Rc1 34.Kh2 Bc7 35.Rd2 Rc3 36.Rd5 Ra3 37.Rc5 Bb6?? 38.Qa8 Kf7+= 39.Qb7 Kf8?? 40.Rc8+- Qc8 41.Qc8 Kf7 42.Qd7 (42...Kg6 43.Qe6 Kh5 44.Qf5 Kh6 45.Qg5#) 1–0. marus1 – Fizban, internet, 2001.

8.Bb5 e4 9.Ne5 0-0 10.Nd7 Nd7 11.Qb3 a6 (11...Qg5!? 12.Bf1 Nb6+=) 12.Bd7= (12.Qd5? Nf6 (12...ab5 13.Qd6 Qg5 14.0-0+/–) 13.Qg5 ab5 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Qf6 gf6–+) 12...Qd7 13.Qd5 Re8 14.Nc3 Rb8? (14...Be5 15.Qd7 Bd7 16.f3+=) 15.0-0 (15.Ne4!? Bf8 16.Qd7 Bd7+-) 15...Qc7 (15...Re5 16.Qd4 Bc7 17.Rfc1 Qd4 18.ed4+/–) 16.g3 (16.Ne4!? Bh2 17.Kh1+/–) 16...Bh3 17.Rfc1 Qd7? (better is 17...Qe7+=) 18.Ne4+- Qg4?? (18...Be7 19.Qd7 Bd7+-) 19.Nd6 (19.Qd6?? Qe4 20.f3 Qf3 21.Qd5 Qd5 22.e4 Qe4 23.Bg7 Qg2) 19...Rf8 (19...Re7 20.Rc5+-) 20.Qd4 (better is 20.Nb7!? Qg6+-) 20...f6 21.Qg4 (21.Qg4 Bg4 22.d4+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1800) – lobodgubbia, Active, 2011.

8.Bb5 Qe7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qb3 a6 11.Bd7 (11.Be2 a5=+) 11...Bd7 (11...Nd7?! 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Qd5+=) 12.Nc3 Bc6 13.d4 e4 14.Ne5 Be5 15.de5 Qe5 16.Ne2 Qg5 17.Nf4 Nd7 18.Qc3 Rae8 19.Rad1 f6 20.Qb3 Nb6 21.Qa2 Qf5 22.Ne2 Qg5 23.Nd4 (better 23.Nf4!?=) 23...Nc4 24.Bc3? (better 24.Nc6 bc6 25.Rc1-/+) 24...Ne3!-+ 25.fe3 (25.fe3 Qe3 Double attack) 25...Qe3 26.Kh1 Qc3 27.Nc6 bc6 28.Rc1 Qe5 (28...Qd3 29.Rfd1 Qb5 30.Rc5-+) 29.Rc6 e3 (29...Re6 30.Re6 Qe6 31.Qf2-+) 30.Ra6 Kh8 (30...Qc3 31.Qe2-+) 31.Ra5 (31.Qe2 Qe4-+) 31...Rd8 (31...e2 32.Re1 Qc3 33.Qb1-+) 32.Re1 (32.Qe2 Qe4 33.b5 Rfe8-+) 32...Qe4 33.Rc5 (33.Ra6 Rfe8 34.Ra7 Qg6-+) 33...d4 34.Qc4 f5 35.Qe2 (35.Rc7 d3 36.Qc3 Qd4 37.Qd4 Rd4-+) 35...f4 (35...d3 36.Qd1-+ (36.Qe3?? Qe3 37.Re3 d2-+)) 36.Rc4 f3 37.gf3 Rf3 (37...Qf3?! 38.Qf3 Rf3 39.Kg2 Rf2 40.Kg3-+) 38.Kg1 (38.Qg2 e2 39.Rg1-+) 38...Rf2 39.Qf2 (39.Qf3 Qf3 40.Rd4 Qg2) 39…ef2 (39...ef2 40.Kf2 Rf8 41.Kg1 Qe1 42.Kg2 Rf2 43.Kh3 Qe3 44.Kg4 Rf4 45.Kh5 Qe5) 0-1. Grandpa_Steve - drink1966, ChessWorld.net, 2021.

8.Bb5 Qe7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nc3 a6 11.Ba4 (11.Be2 e4 12.Nd4 Ne5=) 11...b5 12.Bb3 Nb6 13.Rc1 (13.d3 Bd7+=) 13...Bb7 (13...Nc4 14.Qc2+=) 14.Rc2 (14.d3 Rac8+=) 14...Rac8 (14...Nc4 15.Qe2-/+) 15.d4 (better is 15.d3!?+=) 15...e4-/+ 16.Ne5 Nfd7 17.Nd7 Qd7 18.Qh5 Bb8 19.f3 Rc6 20.f4 (20.g3 Rh6 21.Qg5 f6–+) 20...Rh6-/+ 21.Qd1 Rc8 22.g3 Nc4 23.Bc4 Rc4 (23...bc4 24.f5–+) 24.Ne2 Qh3 25.Rf2 Rc2 26.Qc2 Rc6 27.Qd1 h5 28.Rg2 Bc8 29.Nc3 Bg4 30.Qf1 Bf3 31.Rf2 Qf5 32.Qb1 Qd7 33.Qa2 Rd6 34.a4? h4! 35.Bc1?? hg3 36.hg3 Qh3 37.Rh2 Qg3 38.Kf1 Rg6 39.Qf2 Qf2 40.Kf2 Rc6 41.Bd2 ba4 42.Na4 g5! 43.Nc5 gf4 44.ef4 Rg6 45.Nd7-/+ Bd6 46.Ke3 Bd1-/+ 47.Be1 Bb3 48.Bh4? Kg7 49.Rb2 Bc4 50.Rb1?? Rg4 51.Bf6 Kg6 52.Be5?? Be7 53.Kd2 Rg2 54.Ke3 Rg3 55.Kf2–+ Bh4 56.f5+- Kf5 57.Bg3 Bg5? 58.Ke1 e3 59.Nb6 Bd3+/– 60.Ra1 Kg4 61.Be5 Kf3 62.Nd5 Bh4 63.Kd1 e2 64.Kd2 Bc4 65.Nc3 Kf2?? 66.Ne4 Kf3 67.Bg3?? Bg3+= 68.Ng3 Kg3 69.Ke1 f5 70.d5 f4 71.d6 f3–+ 72.Ra3 Bb5 (72...Bb5 73.Kd2 Kg2–+) 0–1. Dolejs,D (1950) – Hothersall,Rik, Open, Kaikoura NZL, 2008.

8.Bb5 Qe7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Be2 (10.Nc3 Qe6=) 10...e4=+ 11.Ne1 (11.Nd4 Qe5 12.g3 Qg5=+) 11...Ne5 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bc4 (13.Bd4 Bf5=+) 13...dc4-/+ 14.Bf6 Qf6 (14...gf6?! 15.Qc2=) 15.Nc3 Bf5 16.Nc2 g5?? (16...a5!?-/+) 17.Nd4 (better is 17.g4!? Bd7 18.Ne4+/–) 17...gf4= 18.Nd5 Qg6 19.Rf4 Be6 20.Nb5 Bd5 21.Rg4+= Be5 22.Nc3 Bc3 23.dc3 Rad8 24.Rg6 hg6 25.Qd4 f5 26.Rd1 f4 27.ef4 Rf4 28.Qc5 Rf5 29.g4 Re5 30.Qe3 Rde8 31.a4 a6 32.Rf1 Kg7 33.b5 ab5 34.ab5 Be6 35.Qb6 Re7 36.Qd8 Bf7 37.Kf2 Re8 38.Qd4 Kg8 39.Ke2 R8e7 40.Qd8 Re8 41.Qf6 R8e7 42.Ke3 R5e6 43.Qd4 Re5 44.Rf6 Kg7 45.Rd6 Kh7 46.Rd8 Re8 47.Rd7 Kg8 (47...R5e7 48.Qd6 Rd7 49.Qd7+-) 1–0. Bulcourf,Carlos (2210) – Beer,C, Grand Prix I Buenos Aires, 1992.

8.Nc3 a6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 b5 11.a4 (11.Rc1 Nb6=) 11...ba4=+ 12.Qa4 Nb6 13.Qc2 (13.Qb3 Qe7=) 13...Bb7 (13...Bg4 14.d4 Bf3 15.Bf3 ed4 16.Na4 Na4 17.Ra4 de3 18.fe3=+) 14.b5= a5 15.d4 e4 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Qb3 (17.Ba3 Rfc8 18.Bd6 Qd6=) 17...Be5 (17...Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Be5 19.de5 Qe5 20.Na4 Rc1 21.Rc1=) 18.de5 Qe5 19.Na4 Qe6 20.Nb6 Qb6 21.Bd4 Qe6 22.Rfc1 (22.Ra4 Qf5+=) 22...Rfc8= 23.Rc8 Bc8 (23...Qc8 24.Bb6=) 24.Qc3 Ne8 (24...a4!?+=) 25.Ra5+/– Ra5 26.Qa5 Nd6 (better is 26...Qd7!?+/–) 27.Qd8+- Ne8 28.b6 (better is 28.Bg4 f5 29.Bf5 Qf5 30.Qe8 Qf8 31.Qc6+-) 28...f5?? (better is 28...Qc6+-) 29.Bb5 Kf7 30.Be8 Qe8 31.Qc7 Ke6 32.Qe5 Kf7 (32...Kd7 33.Qd5 Ke7 34.Qe5 Kd7 35.Qf5 Qe6 36.Qh7+-) 33.Qg7 (33...Ke6 34.Qe5 Kd7 35.Qd5 Ke7 36.Qe5 Kd7 37.Qf5 Qe6 38.Qh7 Qe7 39.Qf5 Qe6 40.Qf4+-) 1–0. mtr – Igor, internet, 2009.

8.Nc3 a6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Rc1 Nf8 12.Na4 Ng6 13.d3 h5 14.Nd2 h4 15.Bf3 Bd7 16.Nc5 Bc6 17.Qb3 Rc8 18.Rc2 Bb8 19.Rfc1 e4 (19...Qd6!? 20.Nf1 h3=) 20.Bf6 Qd6 21.Nce4 de4 22.Ne4 Qh2 23.Kf1 h3 24.gh3 Qh3 25.Bg2 Qf5 26.Rc5 Qd7 27.Qc3 Be4 28.Rc8 (worse is 28.Be4 Rc5 29.bc5 gf6=) 28...Bg2 29.Kg2 Qg4?? (better is 29...gf6 30.Re8 Qe8+-) 30.Kf1 Qh3 31.Ke1 Rf8 32.Rf8 (32.Rf8 Nf8 33.Bg7 Qh1 34.Ke2 Qh5 35.Kd2+-) 1–0. Kutuzov,D (2360) – Jumabayev,R (2555), Moscow Open E, 2011.

8.Nc3 a6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.h3 Nf8 (11...b6 12.Rc1=) 12.d4 (12.Rc1!?+=) 12...e4= 13.Ne5 Ng6 14.Ng6 hg6 15.Qd2 (15.Rc1 g5=+) 15...Bf5 (15...Bc7 16.h4=+) 16.f3 (16.Rfc1!?=+) 16...ef3-/+ 17.Bf3 Bc7 18.g4 Be6 19.Rfe1 Qd6 (19...Bg3 20.Rec1=+) 20.Qf2 Rac8 21.Rac1 Bb8 22.e4 de4 23.Ne4 Ne4 24.Be4 Rc1 25.Rc1 (25.Bc1 Bd7 26.Bd2 Qg3 27.Qg3 Bg3=+) 25...Bd5-/+ 26.Bd5 Qd5 27.Re1 Re1 28.Qe1 Bf4 29.Kf2 g5 30.Bc3 (30.a4 Bd6 31.Qc3 Qa2=+) 30...Qa2 (30...Qb3 31.Qe8 Kh7 32.Qe4 g6 33.Qd3-/+) 31.Qe2=+ Qd5 32.Qe8 (better 32.Qe1!?=) 32...Kh7-/+ 33.Qe2 b5 34.Qd3 g6 35.Qf3 (35.Bd2 Qa2 36.Ke1 Bd2 37.Qd2 Qa3-/+) 35...Qa2 (35...Qb3 36.Qd3-/+) 36.Qe2 Qa3 37.Qb2 Qa4 (37...Qb2!? 38.Bb2 Bd2-+) 38.d5=+ Qd1 39.Bh8 f6 40.Bf6 Qh1 (better 40...Qd5 41.Qd4 Qd4 42.Bd4 Kg8=+) 41.Bh8?? (better 41.Qd4 Qh2 42.Ke1 Qh1 43.Kf2 Qh2 44.Ke1 Qh1 45.Kf2=) 41...Qh2-+ 42.Ke1 Qg1 43.Ke2 Qg2 44.Ke1 Bg3 (better 44...Qg3!? 45.Ke2 Qe3 46.Kf1 Qh3 47.Kf2 Qg3 48.Kf1 Qf3 49.Ke1 Bg3 50.Kd2 Qd5 51.Qd4 Qd4 52.Bd4 Kg8-+) 45.Kd1=+ Qd5 46.Kc2 Qf7 47.Qc3 Bf4 48.Kb2 Bd6 49.Bd4 Bf8 50.Bc5 Bg7 51.Bd4 Bd4 52.Qd4 Qc7 53.Qc3 Qd7 54.Qc5 Qd2 55.Kb3 Qd3 56.Kb2 Qh3 (56...Qe2!? 57.Kc3 Qe4=+) 57.Qe7= Kh6 58.Qf8 Kh7 59.Qe7 Kh6 60.Qf8 Kh7 61.Qe7 ½-½. skyper (2400) - mecker (2210), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Nc3 e4 9.Nd4 0-0 10.Nf5 Bb8 11.d4 ed3 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.0-0 Nd3 14.Qd3 Ne4 15.Nd4 Nc3 16.Bc3 Be5 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Nf3 Bc3 19.Qc3 Qf6 20.Qf6 gf6 21.Rac1 Rfc8 22.Nd4 Rc1 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Rc8 Bc8 25.Kf1 a6 26.Ke2 Kf8 27.Kd3 Ke7 28.Nb3 Kd6 29.Kd4 b6 30.g3 Bg4 31.h4 Bd1 32.Nd2 Be2 33.Nb1 a5 34.ba5 ba5 35.Nc3 Bf3 36.Nb1 Kc6 37.Nc3 Kb6 38.Nd5 Bd5 39.Kd5 Kb5 40.Kd4 Ka4 41.Kc3 Ka3 42.f4 Ka4 43.Kc4 Ka3 44.Kc3 a4 45.g4 f5 46.gf5 h5 47.e4 Ka2 48.Kc2 Ka1 49.Kc1 a3 50.e5 a2 Time forfeit 0-1. GM_HUSARZ (2025) - Zabur (2155), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nd5 Ndf6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bd7 Qd7 12.Nf6 Nf6 13.Be5 Be5 14.Ne5 Qb5 15.d4 Rc8 16.Qe2 Qe2 17.Ke2 Rc2 18.Kf3 g5 19.Rac1 Rc1 20.Rc1 Kf8 21.Rc7 b5 22.Nd7 Nd7 23.Rd7 Kg7 24.Ra7 h5 25.Rb7 Kg6 26.Rb5 f5 27.Rb6 Kf7 28.a4 Ke7 29.a5 Kd7 30.a6 Kc7 31.Rf6 g4 32.Kf4 Ra8 33.b5 Kb8 34.Rf8 Ka7 35.b6 Ka6 36.Ra8 Kb6 37.Rc8 Kb7 38.Rc1 1–0. gena2013 (1930) – scottmotorrad, gameknot.com, 2014.

8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Rc1 b6 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.Qb3 a6 12.Nc7 Bc7 13.Rc7 Qd6 14.Qc3 0-0! 15.Ne5 d4 16.ed4 Re8 17.f4 Nd5 18.Qc6 Qc6 19.Rc6 Nf4 20.g3 Ng6 21.Bg2 Bb7 22.0-0! Bc6 23.Bc6 Nde5 24.Be8 Re8 25.de5 Ne5 26.Re1 Nf3 27.Kf2 0–1. vihavald – lukaszn1978 (1695), internet, 2014.

8.d3 a5 9.b5 =+.

8.d3 Qe7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 e4 11.Nd4 Qe5 12.g3 Qg5 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.N2b3 (better 14.de4!? de4 15.Qc2+=) 14...Bh3 15.Re1 h5 16.Nb5 Bb8 17.de4 de4 18.Qd4 Nf3 19.Bf3 ef3 20.Rad1? (20.Nd6 Qg6 21.e4 Rd8=+) 20...Bg2?? (better 20...Qb5 21.Qh4 Bg4 22.Bf6 gf6-+) 21.Qh4?? (better 21.Nd6 Bd6 22.Qd6-/+) 21...Qh4-+ (21...Qb5?! 22.Nc5 Qc6 23.Bf6 Qf6 24.Qf6 gf6 25.Nd7-+) 22.gh4 Ng4 23.h3 (23.Nd6 Rd8 24.h3 Bh3 25.Nd4-+) 23…Bh2 0-1. AlexisArsenal (2220) - mrios (2355), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.a3 A00: Irregular Openings 1...c6 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.c4 Nbd7 5.e3 e5 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.cd5 cd5)

8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 0-0 10.Nc3 Qe7 11.Be2 a6 12.h3 b5 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Nb3 Rac8 15.Nc5 Bc5 16.bc5 Ba8 17.Rc1 Nb8 18.a4 Nc6 19.ab5 ab5 20.Nb5 Rb8 21.Bc3 Nd7 22.Nd6 Nf6 23.Nf5 Qe6 24.Ng3 h6 25.Bg4 Qe7 26.h4 Qc7 27.Bh3 Rb7 28.Qd2 Rfb8 29.Nf5 Rb3 30.Nd6 Bb7 31.Rc2 Ba6 32.Rfc1 Bd3 33.Rb2 Qd8 34.Rb3 Rb3 35.Qa2 Qb8 36.Qa4 Rb1 37.Qd1 Rc1 38.Qc1 Ne7 39.Kh2 Ng6 40.g3 h5 41.Qb2 Qd8 42.Qb6 Ng4 43.Bg4 hg4 44.Qd8 Kh7 45.c6 Be2 46.Qg5 Bf3 47.h5 Ne7 48.c7 Nf5 49.h6 g6 50.Qf6 Kh6 51.c8Q Ng7 52.Qh8 1-0. James_Flynn (2065) - kotgo (2120), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

8.d4 e4 9.Ne5 0-0 =+.

8.Be2 a6 9.Qb3 0-0 10.d3 Qe7 11.0-0 b5 12.Nbd2 Nb6 (12...Bb7 13.Rfc1+=) 13.Qa2 (13.Rfc1 Bd7=) 13...a5+= 14.Qb1 (14.ba5 Ra5 15.d4 e4+=) 14...ab4 15.ab4 Na4 (15...Ra1 16.Qa1 Bg4 17.h3-/+) 16.d4-/+ e4 (worse is 16...Bb4 17.Bb5 e4 18.Ba4 ef3 19.Nf3+/–) 17.Ne5 (17.Bb5 ef3 18.Ra4 Ra4 19.Ba4 fg2 20.Kg2 Qe6–+ (20...Bb4?! 21.Nf3-/+)) 17...Bd7 (17...Bb4?! 18.Bb5 Nb6 19.Ra8 Na8 20.Qc2=) 18.Nd7 Qd7 (18...Nd7?! 19.Nb3=) 19.Nb3 Bb4 20.Rc1 Rac8 (20...Rfb8 21.Nc5 Qd6 22.Qc2-/+) 21.Nc5+= Nc5 22.dc5 Rc5 23.Bf6 (23.Rc5 Bc5 24.Bf6 gf6 25.Qb5 Qb5 26.Bb5 d4+=) 23...Rc1 24.Qc1 gf6 25.Rb1 (25.Qb2 Qd6+=) 25...Qd6 26.Bb5 Bc5 27.g3 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1970) – Romano,Jacopo (1800), FICGS, 2016.

8.Be2 a6 9.Nc3= 0-0 10.Rc1 b6 (10...b5 11.0-0=) 11.0-0 Qe7 12.Nh4 (12.Qa4 Bb7=) 12...Qe6=+ 13.Nf3 Bb7 14.Qb3 (14.Qc2 a5=+) 14...Rfc8 15.h3 (15.d4 e4 16.Nd2 Rc7=+) 15...b5 (15...Rc7 16.Rc2=+) 16.d3 (16.d4 e4 17.Nd2 Nb6=+) 16...Qe7 (16...Rc7 17.Rc2=+) 17.Rfe1 (17.Nh4 g6 18.Nf3 Qe6=) 17...Rc7 18.Rc2 Rac8 19.Rec1 Nb6 (19...Qe6 20.Ng5 Qf5 21.Nf3=+) 20.d4 (20.Nd1 Rc2 21.Rc2 Rc2 22.Qc2 Na4=+) 20...e4 21.Nd2 Rc6 (21...Nc4 22.Qa2=+) 22.Qa2 Bc7 (22...Nc4 23.Nb3=+) 23.Nb3 Qd6 24.g3 Nc4 25.Nc5 Ba8 (25...Nb2 26.Nb7 (< 26.Qb2 Rb6+-) 26...Qd7 27.Qb2 (27.Rb2 Bg3 28.Nc5 Qh3 29.fg3 Qg3 30.Kf1 Nd7 31.Nd5 Rh6–+) 27...Bg3 28.Na5 Qh3 29.fg3 Qg3 30.Kf1 Qh3 31.Ke1 Qe3 32.Nd1 Qg3 33.Nf2 Rc2 34.Rc2=) 26.Bc4 dc4 27.Qb1 (< 27.N5e4 Ne4 28.Ne4 Qe6–+; < 27.N3e4 Ne4 28.Ne4 Qe6–+) 27...Qe7 28.Rd2 Rd6 29.a4 Rb6 30.Qc2 Nd5 31.Qe4 Qe4 32.N3e4 f5 33.Nc3= Nb4 34.ab5 ab5 35.Ra1 Bf3 36.Kh2 Nd5 37.Nd7 Rb7 38.Nc5 Rbb8 39.Na6 Rb6 40.Nd5 Bd5 41.Nb4 Be4 42.Bc3 h5 43.h4 Bd6 44.Rb2 Rbb8 45.Na6 Rb7 46.Bb4 c3 47.Rb3 c2 48.Rc1 Ra8 49.Bd6 Ra6 50.Bc5 Ra2 51.Kg1 Rb8 52.Bb4 Rba8 53.Bc3 R8a3 54.Ra3 Ra3 55.Bd2 Bd3 56.f3 Rb3 57.Kf2 b4 58.e4 fe4 59.fe4 Be4 60.Re1 Rf3 61.Ke2 b3 62.Bc1 Rg3 63.Bb2 Rh3 64.Ra1 Rh4 65.Ke3 Rg4 66.Kf2 h4 67.Rg1 Rg1 68.Kg1 g5 69.Ba3 g4 (70.Kh2 Kf7–+) 0–1. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio (2350) – Royer,Oto Inacio (2325), XV Zonal Latinoamericano SF, 2000.

8.Be2 b6 9.b5 0-0 10.a4 Bb7 11.0-0 Re8 12.d3 Rc8 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.Rc1 Ba3 (14...Rc1 15.Qc1 a6 16.d4=) 15.Ba3= Qa3 16.Rc8 Rc8 17.Qa1 Qc3 18.Qc3 Rc3 19.Ra1 Rc5 (better is 19...a5!?+=) 20.d4+= ed4 21.Nd4 Ne4 22.N2f3 Nc3 23.Bd3 Ne4 24.Nb3 (24.a5!?+=) 24...Rc3= 25.Be4 de4 26.Nfd2 Nc5 27.Nd4 Rd3 28.Nc4 Bd5 29.Nd6 Nb3 30.Nb3 Bb3 31.Rc1 h6 32.Rc8?? (better is 32.Ne4 Ba4 33.Nc3=) 32...Kh7–+ 33.Rc7 (33.f3 Rd6 34.Rc7 Ba4 35.Rf7 Bb5 36.Ra7 Rd1 37.Kf2 Rd2 38.Kg3–+) 33...Rd1 0–1. aniabielak – jerome92, internet, 2013.

8.Be2 e4 9.Nd4 0-0 A) 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Qb3 Nc4 12.Rc1 Nb2 13.Qb2 a5 14.Ncb5 Be5 15.0-0 Bd7; B) 10.Qb3 Ne5 (10...Nb6 11.Nc3 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qc4 Bd7 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Qe2 Qe7; 10...a5 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Ncb5 Nc4 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Bc4 dc4 15.Qc4 Bd7) 11.Nc3 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qc4 Bd7 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Qe2 Qe7; C) 10.0-0 Ne5 (10...Nb6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4 14.Qc4 Rc8 15.Qe2 h6; 10...a5 11.Nc3 ab4 12.Ncb5 Be7 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Qa1 Ne5 15.Rc1 Bd7) 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Nd5 Be2 13.Nf6 Qf6 14.Ne2 Rfc8 15.Ng3 Qg6.

8.Be2 e4 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.f4 (10.Nc3 0-0 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Ncb5 a6 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.h3 Nc4 15.Bc3 Nd7; 10.h3 0-0 (10...Bd7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Ncb5 Be7 13.0-0 a6 14.Nc3 b5 15.Qb3 Nc4; 10...Nc4 11.Qc2 Nb2 12.Qb2 a5 13.ba5 0-0 14.Nc3 Qa5 15.0-0 Bd7; 10...a5 11.Nc3 0-0 12.0-0 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Qa1 Bb4 15.Ba3 Qe7) 11.Nc3 Nc4 12.Qc2 Nb2 13.Qb2 Qe7 14.Qb3 Be6 15.0-0 Be5; 10.Qb3 a5 (10...0-0 11.Nc3 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qc4 Bd7 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Qe2 Qe7; 10...Be6 11.Nc3 a6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rfc1 Rc8 14.Na4 b5 15.Nc5 Bd7; 10...Nc4 11.Bc4 dc4 12.Qc4 0-0 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Qe2 Qe7; 10...Bd7 11.Nc3 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qc4 0-0 14.0-0 Re8 15.h3 Rc8) 11.Nc3 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qc4 0-0 14.Ncb5 Be5 15.0-0 Bd7; 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Nd5 Be2 13.Nf6 Qf6 14.Ne2 Qh6 15.Ng3 Nd3) 10...ef3 (10...Nc4 11.Qc2 Nb2 12.Qb2 a5 13.ba5 0-0 14.0-0 Qa5 15.Nc3 Bc5) 11.Nf3 Nf3 (11...Qe7 12.Nc3 0-0 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Nd4 Be2 15.Qe2 g6) 12.Bf3 Ne4 (12...Be6 13.Nc3 a6 14.0-0 0-0 15.Na4 Ne4) 13.Be4 (13.Nc3!?= Be5 14.d4 Qh4 15.g3 Bg3) 13...de4=+ (13...Qh4 14.g3 Qe4 15.0-0 Bh3) 14.Qh5 0-0 15.0-0 (15.Nc3 f5) 15...f5 16.Nc3 Be5 17.Qe2 Be6 18.Na4 Bb2 19.Nb2 Rc8 20.Rfc1. Schweber,Samuel (2345) – Bulcourf,Carlos (2185), Lomas de Zamora op, 1995.

8.Bb5 0-0

9.0-0 a5 =+.

9.0-0 a6 10.Bd7 Nd7 =+.

9.0-0 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.a4 Qc7 13.Rc1 Qb6 (worse is 13...Bb4 14.Nd5 (worse is 14.ab5 Qd6+=) 14...Qd6 15.Nb4 Qb4 16.Bc3+=) 14.ab5 ab5 (14...Bb4!? 15.Rb1 Qe6=) 15.Nb5+= Bb4 (15...Ba6 16.Nd6 Be2 17.Qe2 Qd6 18.b5+/–) 16.Be5 Ra5? (better is 16...Ne5 17.Ne5 Ra2+/–) 17.Bc7+- Qc6 (17...Qe6 18.Nfd4 Qe8+-) 18.Rc6 (18.Rc6 Bc6 19.Ba5 Ba5 20.Qc2 Bb5 21.Bb5+-) 1–0. pierre – radak, internet, 2010.

9.0-0 Qc7 10.Qc1 Qb6 11.Bd7 Nd7 =+.

9.0-0 Qc7 10.Qc1 Qb8 11.h3 =+.

9.0-0 Qc7 10.h3 a6 11.Ba4 (11.Be2 Qb6=+) 11...b5-/+ 12.Bb3 Bb7 (12...e4 13.Nh4=+) 13.d4 e4 14.Nfd2 Rae8 15.Nc3 Nb6. thedesertfox (1920) – castlerock, net–chess.com, 2004.

9.0-0 e4 10.Nd4 Nb6 11.Be2 Nc4 12.Bc3 Ne5 13.d3 Nd3 14.Bd3 Bh2 15.Kh2 Ng4 16.Kg3 Qd6 17.f4 Qg6 18.f5 Bf5 19.Nf5 Ne3 20.Kh4 Nf5 21.Rf5 Qf5 22.Qf1 (better is 22.Be2!?=) 22...Qg6-/+ 23.Be2 d4! 24.Bd4 Qh6 25.Kg3 Qd6 26.Qf4 Qd4 27.Ra2 Qg1 28.Qf1 Qe3 29.Kh2 Rac8 (29...Rac8 30.Rd2 Rc6–+) 0–1. Riepe,Bernhard (2050) – Carstens,Michael (2160), Meisterschaft, 2004.

9.0-0 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.Nc3 a6 12.Be2 Bg4 13.h3 (13.Nd5!? Be2 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.Qe2=) 13...Be2-/+ 14.Nce2 Nd3 15.Bc3 Qe7 16.Nf5 Qd7 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.Ng3 Qe6 19.Qe2 Rac8 20.f3 Kh8 (20...Nd7!?+=) 21.fe4 de4 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Qf3?? (better is 23.Nh5=) 23…ef3–+ (23...ef3 24.Rf3 Rc2–+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Guest, Partie amicale, 5m + 0s, 2007.

9.d3 Qe7 10.0-0 a6 11.Qa4 Rb8 12.Bd7 Bd7-/+.

9.d3 Qe7 10.0-0 a6 11.Ba4 e4 12.de4 de4 =+ (< 12...Qe4 13.Bd7 Nd7 14.Nc3+/–).

9.d3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 a6-/+ 11.Bd7 Bd7 12.0-0 Bb5 (12...Rfc8 13.Qb3-/+) 13.Ne1 (13.Qb3 Rfc8=+) 13...e4 (13...a5 14.a4 Bd7 15.b5-/+) 14.a4 (14.Qb3 a5=+) 14...Bc6 15.de4 (15.Rb1 Nd7=+) 15...Bb4 (15...de4 16.Nc2-/+) 16.Nc2 (16.Nd3 Bd2 (< 16...Ne4 17.Ne4 de4 18.Nb4 Qb4 19.Ba3+=) 17.ed5 Rfd8 18.Qd2 Rd5=) 16...Bd6 (16...Bd2 17.ed5 Bd5 18.Qd2=+) 17.e5 (17.Nd4 Ne4 18.Nf5 Qc7 19.Ne4 Bh2 20.Kh1 de4+/–) 17...Be5 18.Be5 Qe5 19.Nd4 Ne4 20.N2f3 Qf6 21.Qc2 Rac8 22.Rfc1 g5 23.Qe2 Ba4+- 24.h3?? Bd7 25.Qa2 Bc6 26.Nh2 h5 27.Nf1 Rfe8 28.f3 Nd6 29.Nc6 bc6 30.Qa6 Nc4 31.Rc4 dc4–+ 32.Rc1 c3 33.Qc4 Qe5 34.h4 gh4 35.Qh4 Red8 36.f4 Qg7 37.Qh5 Rd5 38.Qe2 Rcd8 39.e4 Rd3 40.e5 Qg6 41.Ne3 Rd2 42.Qe1 c2 43.f5 Qg5 44.Rc2 Rc2 45.Nc2 Qf5 46.Qe2 Qf4 47.e6 Rd2 48.ef7 Kg7 (49.Qf3 Qf3 50.gf3 Rc2–+) 0–1. Bulcourf,Carlos (2280) – Paglilla,Carlos (2335), Buenos Aires PRO op, 1993.

9.d3 Qe7 10.Bd7 Bd7-/+ (< 10...Qd7 11.Be5 Be5 12.Ne5+/–; 10...Nd7?! 11.0-0=+) 11.Nbd2 a6 (11...Rfc8 12.0-0-/+) 12.Qb3 (12.0-0 Rfc8-/+) 12...h6 (12...Rfc8 13.0-0-/+) 13.Nf1 (13.0-0 Rac8=+) 13...e4 (13...Rfc8 14.Ng3-/+) 14.de4 (14.Bf6 A) < 14...gf6 15.Nd4+= (< 15.Qd5 ef3 16.Qb7 a5-/+); B) 14...Qf6 15.Nd4 b6=+) 14...de4-/+ 15.Nd4 Rfc8 (15...Rac8 16.Rd1-/+) 16.Nd2 (16.Ng3=+) 16...Ng4 (16...Be5 17.Nc4 Ba4 18.Qa4 Bd4 19.Bd4=+) 17.h3 (17.Qd5=) 17...Qh4 (better is 17...Nf6!?=+) 18.Ne4+= Re8?? (better is 18...Be5+=) 19.Nf3+- Qe7 20.Nd6 (20.hg4?! Qe4 21.Rd1 Be6+/–) 20...Qd6 21.hg4 Bg4 22.Nh2 (22.Rd1 Qe7+-) 22…Be6 1–0. Barnes,Will – Trkn, itsyourturn.com, 2000.

9.d3 Re8 10.0-0 =+.

9.Bd7 Bd7 10.Be5+= Be5 11.Ne5 Bb5 12.Nc3 Re8 (12...Qb6 13.Nb5 Qb5 14.d4+/–) 13.Nb5 (13.Nf7 Qb6 14.Nb5 Kf7+-) 13...Re5+/– 14.0-0 d4 (better is 14...Qd7!? 15.Nd4 Rc8+/–) 15.Nd4+- Ne4 16.Nf3 Re8 17.d4 Nc3 18.Qd2 Ne4 19.Qd3 Rc8 20.Rfc1 Qe7 21.Nd2 Nd2 22.Qd2 Qd7 23.Rc8 Rc8 24.Rc1 g6 (24...Re8 25.Qc2+-) 25.Rc8 Qc8 26.f3 Qc4 27.Kf2 a6 28.h3 b5 29.e4 White prepares d5 29...Qb3 30.Qe3 Qb2 31.Kg3 Qa2 32.d5 Qc4 33.Qa7 Qc8 34.Qc5 Qd7 35.e5 Qf5 36.f4 Qd3 37.Kh2 Qe4 38.Qc8 Kg7 39.Qg4 Qd5 40.Qg5 Qc6 41.Qf6 (41.Qf6 Qf6 42.ef6 Kf6 43.g4+=) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1830) – nukibb, Active, 2011.

9.Bd7 Nd7 10.0-0 e4 11.Nd4 Be5 12.d3= Nf6 13.de4 de4 14.Nd2 Bg4 15.Qb3 Rc8 16.h3 Bh5 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Nc4 Bb8 19.a4 Qe7 (19...Qc7 20.g3=+) 20.Nf5= Qe6 21.Ng3?? (21.Nd4 Qd5=) 21...Bg6?? (21...Bg3 22.fg3 Be2 23.Rf6 gf6-+ (23...Bc4?! 24.Re6 Bb3 25.Rc8 Rc8 26.Re4=)) 22.Bf6 Qf6 (worse 22...gf6 23.Ne2=) 23.Nd2 (23.b5 Rcd8=+) 23...Qe5 (23...Bg3!? 24.fg3 Qd6-/+) 24.Rc4=+ Can e4 get defended? 24...Rfd8 (24...Rc4 25.Qc4 h5 26.Rc1=+) 25.Rfc1 (25.Nde4 b5 26.Rc8 Rc8 27.f4 ba4 28.Qd1+- (28.fe5? ab3 29.Nf5 Bf5 30.Rf5 b2-+; 28.Qa4?! Qe7 29.f5 Bh5+/-)) 25...Rc4=+ 26.Nc4 (26.Qc4 h5 27.Nb3 h4=+) 26...Qd5 (26...Qg5 27.Na5 Bg3 28.Nb7=+) 27.Na5 Qd2 28.Rf1 (28.Qc3 Qd7=+) 28...Qd7 (28...Bg3 29.fg3 Rd3 30.Qc4-/+) 29.b5 Kf8 (29...Bg3 30.fg3 Qc7 31.b6 ab6 32.Nc4-/+) 30.Qb4 Bd6 31.Qd4 (better 31.Qc4 Bg3 32.fg3=+) 31...f5?? (31...Qc7 32.Qa7 Bc5 33.Qb7 Qa5 34.Ne4-/+) 32.Nc4?? (better 32.Qa7 Rb8 33.Rd1+/-) 32...Bb8 (32...Bg3 33.Qd7 Bf2 34.Rf2 Rd7 35.g4=+) 33.Qc5 (33.Rd1 Qd4 34.Rd4 Ke7=+) 33...Qe7 34.Qe7 Ke7 35.Ne2 Bf7 36.Na5 Rd7 37.Nd4 Be5 (better 37...Kf6!?=+) 38.Nf5= Kf6 (38...Kd8 39.Rc1+=) 39.Ng3 Bc3?? (better 39...Bg3 40.fg3 Ke5+=) 40.Ne4+- (40.Ne4 Ke5 41.Nc3+-) 1-0. Abdullaevich (1855) - LBrosig (1795), lichess.org, 2019.

9.0-0 Qe7

10.Ba4 Nb6-/+ 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.Qe1 (12.h3 Bh5 13.d3 a5-/+) 12...Rad8 (12...Nc4 13.Bc3-/+) 13.d4 (13.Nc3 Qd7-/+) 13...Bf3 14.gf3 Nc4 15.Bc4 (15.Bc3 Qe6 16.Kg2 Rc8-/+) 15...dc4 16.b5 (16.Qc1 Qe6 17.de5 Be5 18.Be5 Qe5-/+) 16...Qe6 (16...ed4 17.Bd4 Nh5 18.f4 Bf4 19.ef4 Qe1 20.Re1 Rd4 21.f5–+) 17.de5 (17.Kg2 Nd5-/+) 17...Be5 18.Be5 Qe5 19.Qc3 (19.Nc3!?-/+) 19...Qb5–+ 20.Nd2 (20.Rc1 Rd3 21.Qb4 Qg5 22.Kf1 Nd5 23.Qc4 Re3–+) 20...Rd3 21.Qc2 Qg5 22.Kh1 Qd5 23.Rad1 (23.Ne4 Ne4 24.fe4 Qe4 25.f3–+) 23...Rd8 (24.e4 Qh5–+; 23...Ra3?! 24.Qc4 Ra2 25.Qd5 Nd5 26.Ne4-/+) 0–1. Fourcart,Marc – Bagirov,Vladimir (2485), Selestat op, 2000.

10.Nc3 Nb6 11.d4 (11.Rc1 e4 12.Nd4 Bg4=) 11...e4+= 12.Nd2?? (better is 12.Ne5+=) 12...Bh2!–+ 13.Kh2 Ng4 14.Kg3 Qd6 (better is 14...h5 15.Rh1 Qd6 16.f4 ef3 17.Kf3 Qf6 18.Ke2 Qf2 19.Kd3 Bf5 20.e4 de4 21.Kc2 Ne3 22.Kb3 Nd1 23.Rad1 Be6 24.d5 Nd5 25.Nd5 Bd5 26.Bc4 Bc4 27.Nc4 Rad8–+) 15.f4-/+ Ne3 (15...a6 16.Ba4 Ne3 17.Qe2 Nf5 18.Kh2–+) 16.Qe2 (better is 16.Qh5!?+=) 16...Nf5–+ 17.Kh2 Nd4 (17...a6 18.Ba4 e3–+) 18.Qf2= Nf5 19.Qc5 (better is 19.Nd1!?=) 19...Qh6-/+ 20.Kg1 Be6 21.Nde4 (better is 21.Rae1!?-/+) 21...de4–+ 22.Ne4 Rac8 23.Qf2 Bc4 24.Bc4 Nc4 (worse is 24...Rc4 25.Rae1-/+) 25.Bd4 Nd4 (25...Rfe8!? 26.Rae1 Qg6 27.Re2–+) 26.Qd4-/+ b6 27.Rfc1 (27.Rad1 Qh4 28.Ng5 h6-/+) 27...b5 28.a4 Rfd8 29.Qf2 Qc6 30.Nc5 (better is 30.Nc3 ba4 31.Na4–+) 30...Rd2?? (better is 30...a5 31.ab5 Qb5 32.ba5 Rd2–+ (32...Qc5?! 33.Qc5 Rc5 34.a6-/+)) 31.ab5+= Qb5 (31...Rf2? 32.bc6 Rf4 33.Ra7+-) 32.Qf1 Nd6 33.Qb5 Nb5 34.Ra5 Nd4 35.Kh1 Nc6 36.Nb7 Ne7 37.Rc8+= Nc8 38.Rc5 Nb6 39.Re5 f6 40.Re6 Rd4 41.g3 Rb4 42.Nd6 h5 43.Re8 Kh7 44.Re7 h4 45.Ne8 hg3 46.Rg7 Kh6 47.Ra7 Rb2 48.Rg7 Rb1 49.Kg2 Re1 50.Rb7 Nd5 51.Nd6 ½–½. Isha,Sharma – Singh,Neha (2045), Mapusa IND, 2014.

10.Nc3 e4 11.Nd4 a6=.

10.Be2 a5 11.Nc3 ab4 12.Nb5 (12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 Bb4-/+) 12...Bb8 (better is 12...ba3 13.Qb3 Nc5–+ (13...ab2?! 14.Ra8 Nb6 15.Ra2+=)) 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Qa1 e4 (14...Qb4 15.d4 Ne4 16.Ba3+- (16.Ne5?! Qd2 17.Re1 Ne5 18.de5 Bd7=; 16.de5?! Nd2+=)) 15.Ne1 (15.Nfd4 Ne5=) 15...Ne5 (better is 15...Qb4!? 16.Bc3 Qe7-/+) 16.f4 ef3 17.Nf3 Neg4 (better is 17...Bg4!?=) 18.Bd4 Qb4 19.h3 Nh2 (better is 19...Nh6 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Qf6 Nf5+/–) 20.Nh2+- Qd2 21.Qd1 (better is 21.Nc3 Rd8 22.Nf3+-) 21...Ne4 22.Qd2 Nd2 23.Rd1 Ne4 24.Nf1 Re8 25.Nc3 Bf5 (better is 25...Be6!?+/–) 26.Nd5+- Bd6 27.Nb6 Ba3 28.Ra1 Bd6 29.g4 Bg6 30.Ra7 Ng5 31.h4 Ne6 32.Nc4 Be7 33.h5 Be4 34.Ng3 Bd5 35.Nb6 Bc6 36.Kf2 g6 37.Bf3 Bh4? 38.Bc6+- bc6 39.Nd7 Nd4 40.ed4 Re6 41.h6 f5 42.Kf3 Bg3 43.Kg3 (43...g5 44.gf5 Rh6 45.Kg4+-) 1–0. Bulcourf,Carlos (2230) – Velazquez,Gustavo, Villa Ballester op, 1994.

8.Nc3 0-0

9.Qb3 Nb6 10.a4 Be6 11.a5 Nbd7 12.Ng5 Qe7 13.Ne6 fe6 14.Be2 Bb4 15.0-0 Bd6 16.Nb5 Nc5 17.Qd1 Rfd8 18.Nd6 Qd6 19.Rc1 b6 20.d4 ed4 21.ed4 Nce4 22.f3 Ng5 23.Qd2 Nf7 24.Bb5 Rdc8 25.Ra1 ba5 26.Qa5 Qb6 27.Qa4 Rab8 28.Ba6 Rc7 29.Rfb1 Qb4 30.Qd1 Qe7 31.Ba3 Rb1 32.Qb1 Qd7 33.Bb5 Qc8 34.Qd3 Nd6 35.Ba6 Qd8 36.Rb1 Nc4 37.Bb4 Rc6 38.Bb5 Rc8 39.Qb3 h6 40.Qa4 Qb6 41.Bc5 Qb7 42.Bc4 Qb1 43.Kf2 dc4 44.Qc4 Qb2 45.Kg3 Nd5 46.Qd3 Qb8 47.Kh3 Qc7 48.Qe4 Qd7 49.g4 Rf8 50.Kg3 e5 51.h4 ed4 52.Qd4 Rf4 0–1. elsh1403 – danchob74, internet, 2014.

9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Nb5 e4 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Be2 Rac8 14.d3 Ng4 15.a4 ed3 16.Bd3 Rfe8 17.Nf3 Nc4 18.Bd4 b6 19.Rd1 Nf6 20.Bf6 Qf6 21.0-0 Be6 22.Rfe1 Nb2 23.Ra1 Nd3 24.Qd3 Rc4 25.b5 Rec8 26.a5 Bf5 27.Qd5 Be4 28.Qd1 ba5 29.Nd2 Bc2 30.Qe2 Rc3 31.Ra5 Bd3 32.Qd1 Qb6 Attacks the isolani on b5 33.Qa1 R3c7 34.Nf3 Bb5 35.Nd4 Bd3 36.Ra3 Be4 37.f3 Bg6 38.Ra6 Qc5 39.Qa3 Qa3 40.Ra3 1–0. Maetz,Erich (2050) – Matsuyama,Takefumi, ICCF World Cup, 2000.

9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Nb5 Re8 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Be2 Nfd7 15.0-0 Rac8 16.Rfc1 Nf8 17.h3 f6 18.Ng4 Nc4 19.Bc3 Nd7 20.Nh2 b5 21.Nf1 Ndb6 22.Rc2 Rc7 23.Rac1 Rec8 24.Ba1 Bf7 25.Qa2 a6 26.Nd2 Nd2 27.Rc7 Nf3 28.gf3 Rc7 29.Rc5 Na4 30.Rc7 Qc7 31.Qd2 Nb6 32.Qc3 Nc4 33.Bc4 bc4 34.fe4 de4 35.Qc2 Qc6 36.Bc3 Bd5 37.Qd1 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (2215) – Cottarelli,Franco (2215), ICCF TT6/02/2, 2002.

9.Qb3 e4 10.Nd4 Nb6 11.a4 (11.d3 Bg4=+) 11...a5 (11...Qe7 12.a5 Nc4 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Bc4 Nb4 15.0-0=) 12.ba5=+ Ra5 13.Ncb5 Bc5 (13...Be7 14.Bc3 Ra6 15.a5=) 14.Qc3 Na4 (14...Bd4!? 15.Qd4 Bg4=+) 15.Ra4+= Ra4 16.Qc5 Ra2 17.Ba3 (17.Qb4 Bg4+=) 17...Re8 (17...Ra1 18.Ke2 Re8 19.Nd6=) 18.Nb3 (18.Qc3 Bg4+=) 18...Re6 19.Nc3 Rc6 (19...b6 20.Qb4 Ra3 21.Qa3+-) 20.Qb4 (20.Na2 Rc5 21.Bc5+= (21.Nc5?? Qa5–+)) 20...Rb6 (20...Rc2 21.Kd1 R6c3 22.dc3 Rf2 23.Ke1+/–) 21.Bb5+= Bd7? (better is 21...Rc2!?+=) 22.Na2+- Rb5 23.Qc3 Qa8 24.Qb2 (24.Nd4 Ra5 25.Nc2 Qd8+/–) 24...d4 (24...Qa4 25.Nac1+-) 25.0-0 (25.ed4 Qa4 26.Nac1 Be6+-) 25...Be6 26.Nb4 Bb3 27.Qb3 d3 28.f3 (28...Ra5 29.Bb2+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Plock,Joerg, corr or01–003 E–mail, 2001.

9.Qb3 e4 10.Nd4 Nb6 11.a4 (11.d3 Bd7=) 11...a5 (11...Bd7 12.Ndb5 Be7 13.d3=+) 12.ba5 Ra5 13.Ncb5 Be7 (13...Be5 14.Bc3 Ra8 15.a5=) 14.Bc3= Ra8 (14...Ra6 15.d3=) 15.a5 Nbd7 16.Nf5 Nc5 17.Ne7 Qe7 18.Qb2 Be6 19.h3 b6 (19...Rfc8 20.Bf6 Qf6 21.Qf6 gf6 22.Nd4=) 20.ab6 (20.Be5 Qd8+=) 20...Na4 21.Qa3 Qa3 22.Ra3 Nc3 23.Ra8 Ra8 24.Nc3 Ra1 25.Nd1 (25.Ke2 Ra6=) 25...Nd7 26.b7 Rb1 27.Be2 (27.d4 Rb7 28.Kd2 Rb1=) 27...Nc5=+ 28.0-0 Rb7 29.Nc3 Kf8 30.Bb5 Ke7 31.Rd1 g5 32.Bc6 Rb2 33.Bd5 Bd5 34.Nd5 Ke6 35.Nc3 f5 36.g4 fg4 37.hg4 Ke5? 38.f3!+/– Rc2 39.fe4 Nd3+= 40.Kf1 Nb2 41.Ra1 Rd2 42.Ra5 Kf6 43.e5 Ke7 44.Ne4 Nc4 45.Nd2 Na5 46.Ke2 Nc6 47.Nf3 h5 48.gh5+- g4 49.Nh2 Ne5+= 50.Kf2 Kf6 51.Kg3 Kg5 52.h6 Kh6 53.Ng4 Ng4= 54.Kg4 Kg6 55.e4 Kf6 56.Kf4 Ke6 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Blankenberg,Bruno, ST, 2001.

9.Qb3 e4 10.Nd4 Nb6 11.d3 Re8 12.Rd1 Bg4 13.Rd2 ed3 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.h3 Bd7 16.Rc2 a5 17.Ncb5 Be5 18.Rc8 Qc8 19.Nf3 a4 20.Qa2 Bb2 21.Qb2 Ne4 22.Nbd4 Nc4 23.Qa1 Ng3 24.fg3 Re3 25.Be2 Ra3 26.Qc1 Qf8 27.0-0 Qb4 28.Qg5 Qf8 29.Qd5+- Nd6 30.Ne5 Be8 31.Nb5 Bb5 32.Bb5 Rc3 33.Bc4 Rc4 34.Nc4 Nc4 35.Qc4 a3 36.Ra1 h6 37.Qd3 Qc5 38.Kh2 1–0. Rey,Manny – Cornacchini,Gabriele, corr or03–027, 2003.

9.Qb3 e4 10.Nd4 Nb6 11.f4 (11.Rc1 Be5=+) 11...ef3= 12.gf3 (12.Nf3 Be6 13.Nb5 Be7=) 12...a5 (12...Be5 13.Na4=) 13.ba5 Ra5 14.Bb5 (14.Ncb5 Be5=) 14...Nfd7 (14...Bd7 15.Be2=) 15.Nce2 (15.Rc1 Nc5 16.Qc2 Nc4 17.Nd5 Rb5 18.Nb5 Nb2=) 15...Nc5 (15...Na4 16.Rg1 Nb2 17.Qb2 Qh4 18.Kd1-/+) 16.Qc2 Nba4 17.Bc3 (17.Rg1 Qh4 (17...Bh2 18.Rg7 Kg7 19.Ne6 Kg8 20.Nd8 Rb5 21.Bf6=) 18.Kd1 Rb5 19.Rg7 Kg7 20.Nb5 Kg8 21.Nd6 Nd3–+) 17...Nc3-/+ 18.Qc3 (18.dc3 Qe7 19.Kd2-/+) 18...Ra8?? (better is 18...Qh4 19.Kd1 Rb5 20.Nb5 Qa4 21.Qc2 Qb5–+) 19.h4 (19.Rg1 Qh4 20.Kd1 f6=+ (< 20...Qh2 21.Rg7 Kh8 22.Rg5+=)) 19...Bd7 20.h5 h6 21.Rg1 f6 (better is 21...Bb5 22.Nb5 Ne6=+) 22.Nf4? (better is 22.Ng3!? Bb5 23.Nb5 Bg3 24.Rg3=) 22...Bb5-/+ 23.Nb5 Bf4 (23...Na4 24.Qd3 Bf4 25.ef4 Qe8 26.Kf2 Qh5=+) 24.Qc5= Rc8 25.Qb4 Rc4 26.Qb3 Re8 27.Qd3 Bg5 (27...Qd7 28.Rb1=) 28.Kd1+= Qd7 29.Rb1 f5 ½–½. Basman,Michael – Gillam,Simon Robert, St George, 1979.

9.Nb5 Bb8 10.Rc1 a6 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.a4 (better 13.d4!? e4 14.Nd2=+) 13...Be6 14.a5?? (better 14.d4 ed4 15.Nd4-/+) 14...d4-+ 15.Qc2 dc3 16.ab6 (16.Bc3 Nbd5 17.Be5 Nb4-+) 16...cb2 17.Qb2 Rd8 18.Ne5 Be5 19.Qe5 Rac8 20.Rc7 (20.Rc8 Rc8 21.Qb2 Bf5-+) 20...Rc7 (better 20...Qb4 21.Bd3 Rd3 22.Rc8 Bc8-+) 21.bc7 Rc8 22.Bd3 Qc7 (better 22...Rc7 23.0-0 Rd7-+) 23.Qg5 (23.Qc7 Rc7 24.Ke2-+) 23...Qc1 24.Ke2 Qc7 (better 24...Qh1 25.h3 Rc1-+) 25.h3 (25.Qh4 Qd6 26.Rd1 Rd8-+) 25...h6 26.Qg3 Qd7 27.h4 (27.Qf4-+) 27...Bc4 28.Bc4 Rc4 (28...Ne4 29.Bf7 Qf7 30.Qf4 Qc4 31.d3 Qc2 32.Kf3 Nf2 33.Kg3 Nh1 34.Kh2-+) 29.d3 (29.f3-+) 29…Rc2 (29...Rc2 30.Kf1 Ng4 31.Qb8 Kh7 32.Qg8 Kg8 33.g3 Qd3 34.Kg2 Qe4 35.Kh3 Nf2 36.Kh2 Qh1) 0-1. GM_HUSARZ (2125) - MaxPower64 (2005), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

9.d3 a5 10.Nb5 Be7 11.Ne5 ab4+=.

9.d3 e4?? 10.de4+- de4 11.Nd4 (better is 11.Qd6!? ef3 12.gf3+-) 11...Ne5 12.Qc2 Bg4 (better is 12...Qe7+=) 13.Be2 (better is 13.Ne4 Rc8 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.Qe4+/–) 13...Be2+= 14.Nde2? (better is 14.Qe2!? a5 15.b5+=) 14...Nd3–+ 15.Kf1 Rc8 16.Qd2 Be5 17.Na4?? Bb2 18.Nb2+= Nb2 19.Qb2 Qd7 20.Nd4+= Ng4 21.h3 Ne5 22.Ke2 Nd3 23.Qb3 Qd6 24.Ra2? Rc7 25.Rc2 Rc2 26.Qc2 Qf6 27.Rf1 h5 28.f3= ef3?? 29.Nf3?? Qd6?? 30.Qd3+- (30.Qd3 Qd3 31.Kd3 Rd8 32.Nd4+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1630) – Kovylin_Konstantin (1760), ChessOK.com, 2012.

9.Be2 a5 10.b5 Nc5 (better 10...Nb6=+) 11.Nd5?? (11.d4 ed4 12.Nd4= (worse 12.Qd4 Nb3 13.Qa4 Na1-/+)) 11...Nd5-+ 12.Ne5 Bg4?? (better 12...Re8 13.d4 Be5 14.de5 Be6-+) 13.Bc3?? (13.Ng4 Qg5+-) 13...Bf3 (better 13...Be2 14.Qe2 Nc3 15.dc3 Be5-+) 14.gf3?? (better 14.Nf3 Nc3 15.dc3+-) 14...Qf6?? (better 14...Nc3 15.Nf7 Qf6 16.Nh6 gh6 17.dc3 Qc3 18.Kf1 Ne6-+) 15.Ng4?? (better 15.Nd7 Qg6 16.Nf8 Kf8 17.Rc1+-) 15...Nf4?? (better 15...Qe6 16.Bd4 f5 17.Bc5 Bc5+=) 16.ef4 (better 16.Nf6 gf6 17.ef4+-) 16...Kh8 (16...Qf4 17.d4 Nd7+-) 17.Rf1 0-1. opperwezen (2715) - JannLee (2765), Elite Crazyhouse Arena, 2019. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 c6 7.cd5 cd5)

9.Be2 a5 10.Nb5= Bb8 11.0-0 ab4 12.ab4 (12.Qb3 e4 13.Nfd4 Nc5 14.Qb4 Na4=) 12...Ra1 13.Qa1 =. DaveMC – SkyNet, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

9.Be2 a5 10.Nb5= Bb8 11.0-0 e4 12.Nfd4=.

9.Be2 a5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.0-0 Qe7 12.ba5 Re8 13.Bc3 e4 14.Nfd4 Ne5 15.Bb4 Qd7 16.d3 Rd8 17.Rc1 +=.

9.Be2 a6 10.0-0 Re8 11.Na4 e4 12.Nd4 b5 13.Nc3 Nb6 14.a4 (14.d3 Qc7 15.de4 Ne4=+) 14...Nc4 15.Rb1 (15.Qc2 ba4 16.Nd5 Nb2 17.Nf6 Qf6 (worse 17...gf6 18.Qb2 Bd7 19.f3+=) 18.Qb2 Bd7=+) 15...Be5 (15...Qc7 16.h3 ba4 17.Qa4 Nd2 18.Nd5=+) 16.ab5 Bd4 17.ed4 ab5 18.Nb5 The passed pawn on b4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon 18...Qb6 (18...Rb8 19.Na3 Rb4 20.Nc4 dc4 21.Ba1 Rb1 22.Qb1=+) 19.Bc4 (19.Nc3 Nb2 20.Rb2 Qd4=+) 19...dc4 20.Nc3 Bg4 21.Nd5 (21.Qc2 Qb4 22.Rfe1 Bf5-/+) 21...Nd5-/+ (21...Bd1?! 22.Nb6 Rab8 23.Rfd1 Rb6 24.Bc3=) 22.Qg4 Qb4 (worse 22...Nb4 23.Bc3 Ra4 24.d5+-) 23.Bc3 Qa3 (23...Qd6 24.Rfe1=+) 24.Rfc1 (24.Rfe1 Re6=+) 24...g6 (24...Qd6 25.Re1=+) 25.Qg5 (25.Ra1 f5 26.Qe2 Qb3=+) 25...f5 26.h4 (26.Qg3 Qe7=+) 26...Reb8 (26...Qd6 27.h5-/+) 27.Rb8 Rb8 28.Ra1 Qd6 29.g3 e3 30.fe3 h6 (worse 30...Nc3 31.dc3 Rb2 32.Ra8 Kf7 33.Qf4 Rb1 34.Kh2=) 31.Qh6 ½-½. kylion (2390) - lephenix (2320), gameknot.com, 2020.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 a5 11.Qb3 e4 12.Nd4 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Ra1 Nb6 15.f3 g5 16.fe4 de4 17.Ra5 h6 18.Rb5 Bc7 19.Nf5 Bf5 20.Rf5 Be5 21.Nd5 Nbd5 Attacking the isolated pawn on b4 22.Re5 Qb4 23.Qb4 Nb4 24.Rb5 Nbd5 25.Bc4 Rd8 26.Rb7 Nh7?? (better 26...Kg7+/-) 27.Bd5+- Rd5 28.Rb8 Nf8 29.Ba3 Rd2 30.Bf8 (30.Rf8?! Kg7+-) 30...Kh7 31.Rb6 h5 32.Rh6 Kg8 33.Be7 Rd1 34.Kf2 Rd2 (34...f6 35.Bf6 Rd5+-) 35.Ke1 Rg2 (35...Kg7 36.Bf8! Kf8 37.Kd2 Kg7 38.Rh5 Kg6+-) 36.Bf6 (36.Bf6 Rg1 37.Kf2 Rf1 38.Kf1 Kf8 39.Rh8) 1-0. GiorgeiX (2205) - SuperCroc (2125), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2015.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.d3 a6 11.0-0 Re8 12.Re1 e4 13.de4 de4 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.f4 (15.Rc1 Bd7=) 15...ef3+= 16.Nf3 (16.gf3!? Bd7 17.Qd2+=) 16...Neg4-/+ 17.Nd5?? (17.Qd4 Qc7 18.Nd5 Bh2 19.Kf1–+) 17...Nd5–+ 18.Qd5 (18.e4 Ndf6 19.Bd3–+) 18...Qe3 19.Kh1 Nf2 20.Kg1 Nh3 21.Kh1 Qg1!! 22.Ng1 (22.Rg1 Nf2#; 22.Ng1 Nf2#) 22...Nf2 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Ihatechess111, Chess.com, 2013.

9.Be2 Ng4 10.h3 (10.Nd5 e4 11.Nd4 Qg5+= (11...Nh2? 12.Qc2+-)) 10...Nh6 11.d3 f5 (11...Nb6 12.Nb5 f6 13.Rc1=) 12.0-0 (12.Nd5 Nf7+/-) 12...Nf7 (12...Nf6 13.Qb3+=) 13.Nd5+/- Ng5 (13...Nf6 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.Rc1+/-) 14.e4! f4 (14...fe4 15.Ng5 Decoy) 15.Rc1 Nf3 16.Bf3 Qg5 17.Kh1 (17.Nc7 Bc7 18.Rc7 Nb6 19.Qb3 Kh8+-) 17...Nf6 (17...Nb8 18.Nc7 Bc7 19.Rc7+-) 18.d4 Bh3?? (better 18...Be6+-) 19.gh3 Qh6 (19...Rad8 20.Nc7 Bc7 21.Rc7+-) 20.Bg2 (better 20.de5 Nd5 21.Qd5 (21.ed5?? Qh3 22.Kg1 Rf5-+) 21...Rf7 22.Bg4+-) 20...Ne4 21.de5 (21.Be4 Qh3 22.Kg1 f3-+) 21...f3 (21...Be5 22.Be5 (22.Be4?? Qh3 23.Kg1 f3-+) 22...f3 23.Nf6 Rf6 24.Qd5 Rf7 25.Qe4 fg2 26.Kg2 Qg5 27.Bg3+-) 22.ed6 fg2 23.Kg2 Qg5 (23...Nd2 24.Ne7 Kh8+-) 24.Kh2 (better 24.Qg4 Qg4 25.hg4 Nd6 26.Ne7 Kf7+-) 24...Rf7 (24...Rf2 25.Rf2 Qg3 26.Kh1 Nf2) 25.Qg4 (25.Ne7 Kf8+-) 25...Qg4?? (better 25...Qd5 26.Rfd1 Nd2+-) 26.hg4+- Nd6 27.Rc7 Rf3 (27...Rd8 28.Rc2+-) 28.Kg2 (28.Rg7!? Kf8 29.Nc7 Re8 30.Ne8 Ke8 31.Rh7 Rf7 32.Rh8 Kd7+-) 28...Rb3 (28...Rf7+-) 29.Rg7 Kf8 30.Bd4 (better 30.Rh7 Ne8 31.Bc1 Rd8+-) 30...Rd3 (30...Re8 31.Rh1 Re4 32.Rhh7 Rd4 33.Nf6 Rg3 34.fg3 Rd2 35.Kh3 Rh2 36.Kh2 b5 37.Rg8) 31.Rh7 (31.Nf4!? Rd4 32.Ne6 Ke8 33.Nd4 Kf8 34.Ne6 Ke8+-) 31...Re8 (31...Rd4 32.Rh8 Kf7 33.Ra8 Rd5 34.Ra7+-) 32.Be3 (32.Bg7 Kg8 33.Nf6 Kf7 34.Ne8 Ke8+-) 32...Ne4 (32...Rd5 33.Ba7 Nf7+-) 33.Rh8 (better 33.Rc1 Re3 34.Rcc7 Rh3 35.Rh3 Kg8+-) 33...Kf7 34.Re8 Ke8 35.Nf4 (better 35.Re1 Kd7 36.Ba7 Ra3 37.Re4 Ra7 38.g5+-) 35...Kf7 (35...Ra3 36.Ba7! Nf6 37.Re1 Kf7 38.Bc5 Ng4 39.Re7 Kf6 40.Rb7+-) 36.Rc1 (better 36.Nd3 Nc3 37.Rc1+-) 36...Ra3 37.Rc7 (37.Rc7 Kf6 38.Rb7+-) 1-0. brucepeng (1925) - ersh79 (1925), lichess.org, 2021.

9.Be2 Nb6

10.Nb5 e4 11.Nfd4 Be5 12.Ne6 Be6 13.Be5 Nc4 14.Bd4 a5 15.Qb1 ab4 16.Qb4 Ng4 17.d3 ed3 18.Bd3 =.

10.Nb5 e4 11.Nfd4 Be5 12.Ne6 Be6 13.Be5 Nc4 14.Bd4 a6 15.Nc3 Nd6 16.d3 Nf5 17.Bc5 =.

10.d3 Qe7 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.d4 e4 14.Ne5 Nc4 15.Nc4 Bb5 16.Ne5 Be2 17.Qe2 =+.

10.d3 Bd7

11.0-0 Rc8 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Rfc1 e4 14.Nd4 Qe5 15.g3 a6 (15...Qg5 16.a4=) 16.de4 de4 17.a4 a5 18.ba5 Qa5 19.f3 ef3 20.Bf3 Be5 21.Ba3 Rfe8 22.Bb7 Rb8 23.Bb4 Qa7 24.Bf3 Na4 25.Ncb5 (25.Na4 Bd4 26.ed4 Qd4 27.Kg2 Rb4–+ (27...Qb4?! 28.Qb4 Rb4 29.Nc5 Rb2 30.Kg1-/+)) 25...Qb6 26.Qa4 (26.Ra4 Bd4 (26...Bb5 27.Nb5 Qb5 28.Bc6+/–) 27.ed4 Bb5+=) 26...Bb5 27.Qa7 Bd3 28.Qb6 Rb6 29.Bc5 Rbb8. hooks – SkyNet, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

11.0-0 Rc8 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qd2 Qe6 14.d4 e4 15.Ne5 Nc4 16.Nc4 dc4 17.d5 =.

11.0-0 Qe7 12.Qd2 Rac8 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.Rc2 Rc7 15.Rfc1 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (2215) – Ruhle,Ernst Olaf (2095), ICCF TT6/02/2, 2002.

11.0-0 Qe7 12.Qd2 Rac8 13.Rac1 Qe6 14.Rfd1 Na4 15.Na4 Ba4 16.Rc8 Rc8 17.Rc1 =.

11.0-0 Qe7 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Be5 14.de5 Qe5 15.Rc1 Qg5 16.Kh1 Rac8 17.Qd4 =+.

11.Rc1 a5 12.b5 Qe7 13.Na4 Na4 14.Qa4 b6 15.0-0 Rac8 16.d4 e4 17.Ne5 =.

9.Be2 e4

10.Nd4 a5 11.ba5 Be5 12.Nb3 Bc7 13.Nb5 Ba5 14.Na5 Qa5 15.Rc1 Rd8 16.Bc3 Qb6 17.0-0 +=.

10.Nd4 a5 11.Nf5 Be5 12.d4 Bc7 13.ba5 Ba5 14.0-0 Nb6 15.Ng3 Be6 16.Qb3 Bg4 17.Bb5 Qd6 18.Rfc1 =.

10.Nd4 Nb6 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Re8 13.Rc1 ed3 14.Bd3 Qe7 15.Na4 Bb4 16.Kf1 Na4 17.Qa4 Bd6 18.b6 =.

10.Nd4 Be5 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Nc5 13.de4 de4 14.Na4 Na4 15.Qa4 Qd6 16.Rd1 Nd5 17.Qb3 Rd8 18.Bc4 =.

10.Nd4 Ne5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Ncb5 Bb8 13.Rc1 a6 14.Ne6 fe6 15.Nd4 Qd7 16.f4 ef3 17.Nf3 =.

10.Nd4 Ne5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Ncb5 Bb8 13.Rc1 a6 14.Ne6 fe6 15.Nd4 Qe7 16.f4 ef3 17.gf3 Ned7 18.f4 =.

9.Be2 Re8

10.0-0 b6 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Rc1 a6 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.d3 Qe7 15.Na4 Bd6 16.d4 e4 17.Ne5 Rec8 (< 17...Be5 18.de5 Ne5 19.Nb6+/–; < 17...Ne5 18.de5 Be5 19.Be5 Qe5 20.Nb6+=) 18.Qd2 Rc7 (< 18...Be5 19.de5 Rc1 20.Rc1+/– (< 20.Bc1 Qe5 21.Bb2 Qe6=+; < 20.Qc1 Ne8+=)) 19.Rc7 Bc7 20.Rc1 Rc8 (< 20...Be5 21.de5 Ne8 22.Bd4+/–) 21.Qd1 ½–½. Schirmer,Michael – Malmstroem,Jan, TKM/SF/02, 2001.

10.0-0 e4 11.Nd4 Be5 12.Na4 h6 13.f4 Bd6 14.Rc1 a5 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.b5 Nb6 17.Nd4 =.

10.Nb5 Bb8 11.0-0 a6 12.Nc3 d4 13.ed4 e4 14.Ne1 Qe7 15.d3 e3 16.Nc2 ef2 17.Rf2 +=.

10.Nb5 Bb8 11.0-0 d4 12.ed4 e4 13.Ne1 a6 14.Nc3 Qb6 15.d3 Qd6 16.g3 Qd4 17.de4 Qb6 18.Rc1 +=.

10.Rc1 e4 11.Nd4 Be5 12.d3 a5 13.b5 Bd4 14.ed4 e3 15.fe3 Re3 16.0-0 Nb6 17.Qd2 =.

8.d3 0-0

9.Nc3 a5 =+.

9.Nbd2 a5 10.b5 a4 11.Be2 Qa5 12.Rb1 Re8 13.0-0 Nf8 14.e4= d4 15.Nc4 Qd8 16.Bc1 Ng6 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.Rb4 Bd7 19.Ra4 Bb5 20.Rb4 Ba6 21.Nd2 Nf4 22.Nc4 Ne2 23.Qe2= Qe6 24.Rb6 Qd7 25.Rb4 Qe6 26.Rb6 Qd7 (26...Qg4 27.Qg4 Ng4 28.f4=) ½–½. Pommerel,Wim – Cottarelli,Franco, corr 3GMM½–01, 1998.

9.Nbd2 a5 10.b5 Rb8 11.Be2=.

9.Nbd2 a5 10.Be2 =+.

9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Be2 =+.

9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Be2 Nf8 11.Rc1 Bf5 12.Qb3 Ng6 13.0-0= Qe7 14.Rc2 Rac8 15.Rfc1 Rc2 16.Rc2 Rc8 17.Nf1 Rc2 18.Qc2 h6 19.Ng3= Be6 20.Qc3 (20.d4 e4 21.Ne5 a6=) ½–½. Pommerel,Wim – Ganesan,Arasu, email 4AMM–05, 1997.

9.Be2 e4 10.de4+= de4 (10...Ne4 11.Qd5 Ndf6+/–) 11.Nd4?? (better is 11.Qd6 ef3 12.Bf3+-) 11...Be5 12.0-0 Nb6 13.Nd2 a6 14.Qc2 Bd4 (14...Re8 15.Rac1=) 15.Bd4+= (15.ed4?! Bf5=) 15...Be6? (15...Bf5 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Qb3+=) 16.Rac1 (better is 16.Ne4!? Nbd5 17.Nf6 Nf6 18.Qb2+-) 16...Rc8+/– 17.Qb2 Rc1 18.Rc1 Nbd5 19.Bc4 Qd7 20.Bd5 Bd5 21.Nb3 Qg4 22.Bf6 gf6 23.h3 Qg6 24.Nd4 Be6 25.Ne6 fe6 26.Rc7 Rf7 27.Rf7 Kf7 28.Qd4 (28.Qd4 Kg7 29.Kh2+=) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – Tapdanseur, Partie evaluee, 1m + 0s, 2008.

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 e4 (better is 10...a5!? 11.b5 Qc7+=) 11.de4+/– de4 (better is 11...Ne4!? 12.Qd5 Ndf6+/–) 12.Qd6+- ef3 13.Bf3 Nb6 14.Rd1 (better is 14.Qd8!? Rd8 15.Bf6 gf6 16.Nc3+-) 14...Qd6+/– 15.Rd6 Re6? (better is 15...Nc4 16.Rf6 gf6 17.Bf6 a5+/–) 16.Rd8+- Ne8 17.Nd2 (17.Bd4 Re7+-) 17...Bd7 18.Ra8 Na8 19.Bb7 Nb6 20.Rc1 Rd6 21.Nf3 Bc8 22.Bc8 Nc8 23.h3 Ne7 24.Bd4 Rd7 25.Ne5 Rb7 26.Nc6 Nc6 27.Rc6 Re7 (27...f6 28.e4+-) 28.Rc8 Kf8 (28...a6+-) 29.Bc5 (29.Bc5 f5 30.Ra8+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – rauso, Active, 2007.

8.Be2 0-0

9.0-0 a5 10.Qb3 =+.

9.0-0 a5 10.d4 e4 11.Ne5-/+.

9.0-0 a6 10.d3 b5 11.Nc3 Re8 Black intends e4 12.Re1 Qb6 13.Qb3 Bb7 14.d4 e4 15.Nd2 Rac8 16.Qa2 Bb8 17.Nb3 Qd6 18.g3 Rc6 (18...Nb6 19.Nc5 Qc6 20.Rec1=+) 19.Nc5= Bc8 20.a4 ba4 (20...Nc5? 21.dc5 Qe6 22.ab5 ab5 23.Bb5+-) 21.Qa4 Nb6 22.Qd1 (22.Qa2 Rd8+=) 22...Nc4 23.Bc4 (23.Qc2 Nb2 24.Qb2 Re7+=) 23...dc4 24.Qe2 Bh3 (24...Be6 25.Ra4+=) 25.Qc4+/- Nh5? (better 25...Be6!? 26.Qf1 Bc8+/-) 26.Ra6 (26.d5 Rb6 27.N3e4 Qg6+-) 26...Ra6 (26...Qf6 27.Qe2 (27.N3e4?? Qf3 28.Qf7 Qf7-+) 27...Ra6 A) 28.Qa6?? Qf3 29.Qf1 Bf1 30.Rf1 Nf6-+; B) 28.Qh5?! Qh6 29.Qh6 Rh6+- (29...gh6?? 30.Na6 Bd6 31.b5+-); C) 28.Na6+-) 27.Qa6 (worse 27.Na6 Nf6+-) 27...Qd8 (27...Nf6 28.Qd6 Bd6 29.b5+-) 28.N3e4 f5 (28...Bf5 29.Rc1+-) 29.Qc4 Kh8 30.Ne6 Qe7 31.N4g5 Bg4 (31...h6 32.Ng7 hg5 33.Nh5 Kh7+-) 32.Nd8! h6 (32...Qd8 33.Nf7 Mate attack; 32...Rd8 33.Nf7 Double attack (33.Nf7 Decoy)) 33.Ndf7 Kg8 34.Nh6 (better 34.Ne5 Qe6 35.Ne6 Be5 36.Nc7 Kh7 37.Ne8 Bf6+-) 34...Kh8 35.Nhf7 Kg8 36.Ne5 Kh8 37.Ng6 1-0. apistos (1925) - warehamus (1935), gameknot.com, 2017.

9.0-0 a6 10.d3 b5 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Nb3 Rac8 14.Na5 Rc1 15.Qc1 Rc8 16.Qb1 Ba8 17.Rc1 Rc1 18.Qc1 e4 19.Nd4 Qd8 20.de4 de4 21.Qc2 Qc7 22.Qc7 Bc7 23.Ndc6 Kf8 24.Bd4 Nd5 (24...Ba5!? 25.Na5 Bd5=) 25.Bg4+= N7b6 26.Bf5 1–0. AdMaiora (2305) – Diduk (2155), FICS rated standard game, 2013.

9.0-0 Qe7 10.Nc3= Rd8 (10...e4 11.Nd4=) 11.Qb1 (11.Nb5 Bb8=) 11...e4 12.Nd4 Ne5 (12...Be5 13.Na4=) 13.Ncb5 (13.f3 Nc6 14.Ncb5 Nd4 15.Bd4 Be5=) 13...Bb8=+ 14.f4 ef3 (14...Nc4 15.Qc2=+) 15.Nf3= (< 15.gf3 Nc4 16.Qc1 Bh3-/+) 15...Ne4 16.Qe1 (16.Qc1 Nf3 17.Bf3 Qh4=) 16...Nc4 17.Bd4 (17.Bc1 Bg4 18.Nbd4 Bf3 19.Bf3 Ng5=) 17...a6 (17...Bd7 18.Nc3 Nc3 19.Bc3=) 18.Nc3 Nc3 (18...b5 19.a4 Ncd2 20.Nd2 Nc3 21.Bh5+/– (< 21.Bc3 Qe3 22.Qf2 Ba7 23.Qe3 Be3 24.Rf2 Bd7=+)) 19.Bc3 Rd6 (19...Bg4 20.Nd4 Be2 21.Qe2=) 20.Qh4 (20.Bd4 Ba7=) 20...Qh4 21.Nh4 Ba7 22.Nf3 Bg4 23.Bc4 dc4=+ 24.Ng5 f6 25.Ne4 Rc6 26.h3 Be2 27.Rf2 Bd3-/+ 28.Ng3 Rd8 29.Nf5 Bf5 30.Rf5 Rd3 31.Re1 b5 32.Kf2 Re6 33.a4 ba4–+ 34.Ra5 Be3 35.Re3 Ree3 36.de3 Rc3 37.Ra4 Rb3 38.Ra6 Rb4 39.Rc6 Kf7 40.Rc7 Kg6 41.Kf3 h5 42.g3 Kh6 43.Rc6 Kg5 44.Rc5 Kg6 45.Rc7 Ra4 46.Rc5 Kh6 47.Rc6 Rb4 48.h4=+ Ra4 49.Rc5 Rb4 50.Rc6 Kh7 51.Rc7 Ra4 52.Rc5 g6 53.Rc7 Kg8 54.Ke4 ½–½. Basman,Michael J (2405) – Watson,John L (2375), Aaronson Masters, 1979.

9.0-0 Re8 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rc1 b6 (11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5+=) 12.Qb3 Bb7 13.Na4 (13.Rc2 Qb8 14.h3 e4=) 13...Rc8 (13...Qe7 14.d4 e4 15.Ne5=) 14.Rc8= Qc8 (14...Bc8 15.Rc1=) 15.Rc1 (15.d4 e4 16.Ne5 Qb8=) 15...Qb8 16.h3 (16.d4 e4 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Rc8 Bc8=) 16...Rc8 17.Rc8 Qc8 18.d4 (18.b5 a5=) 18...e4 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Qc3 Qc3 21.Bc3 Kf8 (21...Bc7 22.b5 a5 23.Kf1=) 22.f4 (22.Nd7!? Nd7 23.b5+=) 22...Ke7 (22...ef3 23.gf3 Ke7 24.Bd3=) 23.g4 (23.Be1=) 23...b5 (23...h6!?=) 24.Nc5+/– Nc5 25.bc5 (25.dc5 Bc7+/–) 25...Bc7+= 26.Bb4 Ke8 27.c6 Bc8 28.Bd1 Ng8 (28...h6 29.Kf2+=) 29.Bb3+/– f6 (29...Ne7 30.Be7 Ke7 31.Bd5+=) 30.Bd5 fe5 (30...Ne7!? 31.Be4 fe5 32.fe5 Be6+/–) 31.Bg8+- ef4 (31...ed4 32.ed4 h5 33.f5+-) 32.Bh7 fe3 33.d5 Bg3 (33...Kf7 34.Be4 Bb6 35.Kg2+-) 34.Kf1 (34.Be4?! e2+=) 34...a5 (34...Be5 35.Be4 Bc7 36.d6+-) 35.Bg6 Kd8 36.Ba5 Ke7 37.Ke2 b4 (37...Kd6 38.Be4 (worse is 38.Ke3 Kd5 39.Be4 Kc5+-) 38...Bf4 39.Kf3+-) 38.Bb4 Kf6 39.Be4 Bf2 (39...Bf4 40.Kf3 g5 41.d6+-) 40.d6 Ba6 (40...Bh4 41.d7 Bd7 42.cd7 Ke6 43.Bf5 Kd5+-) 41.Kf3 Bh4 42.d7 (42.d7 Ke6 43.Bf5 Kf7 44.c7 Bb7 45.Be4 Be4 46.Ke4+-) 1–0. Janek – zaquz, internet, 2017.

9.0-0 Re8 10.Nc3 e4 11.Nd4=.

9.0-0 Re8 10.Nc3 Nf8 11.Rc1= Ng6 (11...e4 12.Nd4=) 12.d4 (12.Nb5 Bg4=) 12...e4 13.Nd2 Bd7 (13...a5 14.b5=) 14.Qb3 (14.Nb5 Bb8=) 14...Ne7 (14...Be6 15.Nb5=) 15.f3 (15.Nb5 Bb8=) 15...ef3 16.Bf3 Be6 (16...Qb8 17.h3 Be6 18.Nb5=+) 17.Rfe1 (17.Nb5 Bb8=) 17...Qb8 (17...Qd7 18.Qc2=+) 18.Nf1 (18.h3 Bh2 19.Kh1 Qg3=+) 18...b5=+ 19.Be2 a6 20.Bf3 (20.Bd3 Rc8=+) 20...Bh2?? (better is 20...a5=+) 21.Nh2+- (21...Qg3 22.Nf1+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Sotelo, email Copa Peru, 1999.

9.0-0 Re8 10.d3 e4 (better is 10...Qb6!?+=) 11.de4+/– de4 (better is 11...Ne4 12.Qd5 Ndf6+/–) 12.Nd4?? (better is 12.Qd6 ef3 13.Bf3+-) 12...Be5 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.Nc4 Bd4 15.Bd4 b6 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.Bf6 (18.Rc2 Red8+=) 18...Nf6= 19.Qb2 Red8 20.Ne5 Rc1 21.Rc1 (21.Qc1?? Qe5 22.Qe1 Bd5–+) 21...Qd6 22.Ng4 Ng4 23.Bg4 h6 24.h3 Qd2 25.Qd2+= Rd2 26.Rc7 Ba6 27.Ra7 Bd3+/– 28.Rb7 b5 29.Re7 Ra2? 30.Re8 Kh7 31.Bf5 g6 32.Be4 Ra3 33.Bd3 Rd3 34.Re5 Rd1 35.Kh2 Rd2 36.f3 Rb2 37.Rb5 Kg7 38.Rb6 h5 39.e4 Rb3 40.b5 Rb4 41.Rb7 Rb3 42.b6 Rb5 43.Rb8 Rb4 44.b7 Rb6 45.e5 Rb5 46.f4 Rb6 47.h4 Rb3 48.g3 Rb4 49.Kg2 Rb2 50.Kf3 Rb3 51.Ke4 Rb4 52.Kd5 Rb5 53.Kc6 Rb1 54.Ra8 Rc1 55.Kd6 Rd1 56.Ke7 Rg1 57.b8Q Rg3 58.Qh8# 1–0. tyop (1625) – obrad, internet, 2013.

9.Nc3 a6 10.d4 (10.0-0 Qe7=) 10...e4 11.Nd2 b6 (11...Re8 12.Rc1=) 12.Rc1 Bb7 (12...Qe7 13.0-0=) 13.0-0 Rc8 (13...Qe7 14.f3=) 14.Qb3 (14.b5 a5=) 14...Re8 (14...Qe7 15.b5 a5 16.Rc2=) 15.Rc2 (15.b5 a5=) 15...Qe7 16.Rfc1 Nf8 (16...b5 17.Qa2=) 17.Nf1 Rc7 18.Ng3 Rec8 (19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Nd6 Qd6+=; 18...Bg3 19.hg3 Rec8 20.a4=). thedesertfox (1920) – rhand (2175), net–chess.com, 2004.

9.Nc3 Qe7 10.0-0 (10.Nb5 Ne4=) 10...e4=+ 11.Nd4 Ne5 (11...Be5 12.Nf5 Qe6 13.Nd4 Bd4 14.ed4=+) 12.Qb3 (12.f4 Nc6 13.Ncb5 Bd7=) 12...Rd8 (12...Be6 13.f3=) 13.Rac1 (13.f4 Nc6=) 13...Bg4 (13...a5 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.Qd5–+) 14.Bg4 (14.f3 ef3 15.Nf3 Nf3 16.Bf3 Qe5=) 14...Neg4 15.f4 ef3 (15...Bc7 16.h3 Nh6 17.Qc2=) 16.Nf3 Ne4 (16...a5 17.b5= (17.Nd5? Nd5 18.b5 a4–+)) 17.Nd5+= Qe6 18.h3 (18.d3 Nd2 19.Qc3 Nf3 20.gf3 Bh2 21.Kg2 Be5–+) 18...Bf8 (18...Nd2 19.Nd2 Bh2 20.Kh1 Rd5 21.Bc3=) 19.hg4+= Qd5 (19...Rd5 20.d3 Ng3 21.Rf2+=) 20.Qd5+/– Rd5 21.Rc7 (21.Rfd1 a5 22.ba5 Raa5+=) 21...Nd2 22.Nd2 Rd2 23.Bc3 (23.Bc1 Re2+/–) 23...Rd3+= 24.Bd4 f6 25.Rb7 (25.g5 fg5 26.Rff7 b5+=) 25...Ra3 26.g5 fg5 27.b5 Ra2 (27...Ra5 28.Rff7+=) 28.Rff7 Rc8 (28...a6 29.b6+/–) 29.Ra7 Rc1 30.Rf1 Rf1 31.Kf1 Ra7 32.Ba7 Kf7 33.e4 (33...Be7 34.Bd4+/–) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Castro Torres,Juan A, Memorial Rivas, 2001.

9.d3 a5 10.b5 Qe7 (10...Re8 11.0-0=) 11.0-0 b6 12.Nbd2 (12.Nc3 Ra7=+) 12...Re8 13.a4 Bb7 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Qb3 Nc5 (15...Qe6 16.Ba3=) 16.Qd1= Ncd7 (16...e4 17.Ne1=) 17.Qb3=+ h6 (17...Qe6 18.Ba3=) 18.h3 Nc5 (18...Qe6 19.d4=+) 19.Qd1= Ncd7 (19...e4 20.Ne1=) 20.Qb3=+ Kh7 (20...Bb4 21.Nb1=+) 21.Rfd1 Rg8 22.Nf1 g5 (22...d4 23.N1d2 Bd5 24.Nc4 de3 25.fe3=+) 23.d4 (23.Ng3 Qe6=) 23...e4 24.N3h2 h5 25.Rc8 Rc8 26.Ra1 (26.Nd2 Bh2 27.Kh2 Qd6 28.Kg1 Qb4=) 26...Qe6 (26...Bh2 27.Kh2 Qd6 28.Kg1=) 27.Ba3+= Bb8 (27...h4 28.Bd6 Qd6 29.Ng4=) 28.Qd1 h4 29.Rc1 Rg8 (29...Rc1 30.Qc1 Kg7 31.Nd2=) 30.Nd2 Ne8 31.f3 Qg6 32.fe4 de4 33.Nc4 Qe6 34.Ng4 Bd5= 35.Nd2 f5 36.Nf2 Nef6 37.Bc4 g4 38.Bd5 Nd5 39.Rc6 Qf7 40.Qe2 Bg3 41.hg4 Bf2 42.Qf2 Rg4 43.Bd6 h3 44.g3 Qh5 45.Rc1 Rg6 46.Nc4 N7f6 47.Ne5 Rg8 48.Kh1 Rd8 49.Ba3 Ng4-/+ 50.Ng4 Qg4 51.Rf1 Kg6 52.Qa2 Kf6 53.Qc2 Kg7 54.Bc1 Kh7 55.Kh2-/+ Rc8 56.Qd2 Rc3 57.Qf2 Kg6 58.Qa2 Kf6–+ 59.Qf2 Nb4 (60.Qf4 Rc2 61.Kh1 Qf4 62.gf4 Ra2–+) 0–1. Pommerel,Wim – Schroeder,Marc (2110), NBC KE01 email, 1998.

9.h3 a5 10.b5 Re8 11.Nc3 (11.0-0 Nb6=+) 11...e4 (11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2=+) 12.Nd4= Nc5 13.Na4 (13.0-0 Qe7=) 13...Nfd7 14.Nc5 (14.0-0 Na4 15.Qa4 Qg5=+) 14...Nc5=+ 15.a4 (15.0-0 Qg5 16.f4 ef3 17.Rf3 Qe5-/+) 15...Qg5 16.g3 Bg3 (better is 16...Qh6=+) 17.Rg1+= Bf2 18.Kf2 Qh4 (18...Qf6 19.Kg3+/–) 19.Rg3 Re5 20.Qh1 Rg5 21.Rag1 (better is 21.Qh2!?+/–) 21...Bd7 (21...Na4 22.Ba3=) 22.Ba3 Rg3 (22...Na4 23.Qh2=) 23.Rg3+= Na4 24.Qg2 (24.Qa1 Qh6+= (24...Bh3?? 25.Nf5 Qg3 26.Ng3+-)) 24...g6 (24...Qf6 25.Kg1=) 25.Bg4 (25.Ke1 Nb6+=) 25...f5 26.Bd1 Nb6= 27.Kg1 Kf7 28.Bd6 a4= 29.Bf4 Qe7 30.h4 a3 31.h5 Rg8?? 32.hg6 Rg6?? 33.Bh5+- a2 34.Qf1 Qb4 35.Kh1 Qd2?? 36.Rg6?? hg6–+ 37.Bg6 Kg6 38.Qg1 Kf7 39.Be5?? a1Q! 40.Qa1 Qe3 41.Qd1 Qh6 42.Bh2 Qg7 43.Qh5 Qg6 44.Qd1 Nc4 45.Qa1 Ne3 46.Qg1 Qg1 47.Kg1 Kf6 48.Bf4 Nc4 49.Kf2 Nb2 50.Ke3 Nd3 51.b6 Ne5 52.Kf2 Ng6 53.Bc7 Kg5 54.Ke3 f4 55.Kf2 f3 56.Ke3 Nh4 57.Bd6 Nf5 58.Nf5 Kf5 59.Bc5 Kg4 60.Kf2 Kh3 61.Bd4 Kg4 62.Bc5 Kf5 63.Ke3 Ba4 64.Bd4 Ke6 65.Kf4 Kd7 66.Ke5 Kc6 67.Be3 Bb3 68.Bf2 Kb5 69.Kd6 Kc4 70.Kc7 d4 71.Bd4 Kd4 72.Kb7 Bd5 (73.Kb8 f2 74.Kc7 f1Q 75.Kd7 Qf7 76.Kc8 Bc6 77.b7 Qb7 78.Kd8 Qd7#) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Kroth, Dresd.Bk–Dt.Bk., 1996.

9.0-0 b6

10.Nc3= Bb7 (10...a6 11.Rc1=) 11.Rc1 (11.Nh4 a5 12.Nf5 ab4 13.Nd6 bc3 14.Bc3 Ba6=) 11...a6 (11...Qb8 12.h3=) 12.h3 (12.Nh4 d4 13.ed4 ed4=) 12...a5 (12...Qe7 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2=+) 13.b5 (13.Nb5 Qe7=) 13...Qe7=+ 14.a4 (14.Qa4 Nc5 15.Qh4 Nb3-/+) 14...Bb4 (14...Rfc8!?=+) 15.d4 e4 16.Ne1 (16.Nh2 Rac8=) 16...Rac8=+ 17.Qb3 Rc7 18.Na2 Rc1=+ 19.Bc1 Bd6 20.g3 Rc8 21.Ng2 Qe6 22.Kh2=+ Nf8 23.Nc3 Ng6 24.Ba3 Bb8 25.Bd1 Rd8-/+ 26.Ne2 Bc8 27.Ng1=+ Qd7 28.Be2 Qe6 29.Rc1 Bd7 30.Rc3 Qf5 31.Nf4 Nf4 32.ef4 Rc8 33.Be7 Rc3 34.Qc3 Qg6 35.Bd8 Nh5?? 36.Bh5+- Qh5 37.Bb6 Qd1 38.Qa5 Qc2 39.Qe1 Qa4-/+ 40.Bc5 Bb5=+ 41.Ne2 Bc7 42.Nc3 Ba5 43.Qe3 Qb3 44.Nb5= Qb5 45.Kg2 Qd3 46.f5 Bd2 47.Qd3 ed3 48.Kf3 f6 49.Bd6 Bc3 50.Bc5= Kf7 51.Ke3 d2 52.Ke2 Ke8 53.f3 Kf7 54.Bd6 Bd4-/+ 55.Kd2 Be5 56.Be5 fe5–+ 57.h4 Kf6 58.g4 h5 59.Ke3-/+ g5 60.hg5 Kg5-/+ 61.gh5? Kf5?? 62.h6?? Kg6–+ 63.h7 Kh7 64.f4 e4 65.Kd4 Kg6 66.Ke5 e3 67.Ke6 e2 68.f5 Kg7 (69.Kd5 Kf6–+) 0–1. Gutsche,Armin – Hartung,Jakob, Gross Gerau op 3rd, 2000.

10.Nc3 Bb7 11.d3 Rc8 12.Qd2 e4 (better is 12...a6!?+=) 13.de4+/– Ne4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Qd6 ef3 16.Bf3 (worse is 16.gf3 Rc2 17.Bb5 Rd2-/+) 16...Bf3 17.gf3 Qg5 18.Qg3 Qh6 19.Kh1 Rc2 20.Bd4 Nf6 21.Rg1 Nh5? (21...Rfc8 22.Rad1+/–) 22.Qh4 (better is 22.Qg5 Qg5 23.Rg5 Rf2 24.Rh5+-) 22...g6 23.Rg2 Rfc8 24.Rag1 Rc1 25.Qe7 Rg1 (25...R1c7!? 26.Qe5 Ng7+/–) 26.Rg1+- a5 27.Bb6 ab4 28.ab4 Ng7 29.Bc5 Nf5? 30.Qd7 Rc5 31.bc5 Ng7 32.c6 Qg5 33.Qc8 Ne8 34.Qe8+- Kg7 35.Rg5 h6 36.Rg1 h5 37.c7 Kh7 38.c8Q Kh6 39.Qf8 Kh7 40.Qh8 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1985) – EstevezEmilio (2050), Active (5/0), 2004.

10.d3 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qb3 h6 14.e4 (14.d4 e4 15.Nh4 Qe6 16.Rc8 Rc8+=) 14...d4 (14...de4 15.de4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Be4 17.Rfd1-/+) 15.Rc8 Rc8 (worse is 15...Bc8 16.Nh4 Qe6 17.f4 ef4 18.Bd4+/–) 16.Rc1 Rc1 17.Bc1 Qd8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Bd2 b5 20.Nd6 Qd6 21.Nh4 Qc6 22.Nf5 Nf8?? (better is 22...Qb6+=) 23.Ne7+- (23.Ne7 Kh7 24.Nc6 Bc6 25.Qf7+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1910) – philidor24 (1930), Active (5/0), 2005.

10.d3 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.Qa4 a6 14.Rc8 Rc8 15.Rc1 Rc1 16.Bc1 e4 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.de4 Ne4?? (18...Qc7 19.Qc2 Qc2 20.Nc2 de4 21.Nd4=) 19.Qc2 (19.Ne4!? de4 20.Nf5+-) 19...h6 (19...g6 20.f4 Nd2 21.fe5 Qe5 22.Bd2 Qh2 23.Kf1 Qh1 24.Kf2 Qh4 25.Kf1 Qh1 26.Kf2 Qh4 27.Kf1 Qh1=) 20.Ne4 (20.f4!? Ng6 21.Ne4 de4 22.Nf5+=) 20...de4= 21.Nf5 Qf6 22.Nd6 Qd6 23.Bb2 Nd3 24.Bd4 Ne5 25.Qc3 f6 26.h3 Nc6? (better 26...b5+=) 27.Bb6+- Ne7 (27...Kh7 28.h4+-) 28.Bc5 Qd7 (28...Qe6 29.a4+-) 29.Qc4 Nd5 (29...Kf8 30.a4!+-) 30.Qe4 Kh8 (30...f5 31.Qe5+-) 31.Qd4 (31.Bd3!? f5 32.Qf5 Qf5 33.Bf5 Nc7+-) 31...Qc6 32.Bf3 f5 (32...Qe6+-) 33.Bd5 (better 33.Qe5 Qd7 34.a4+-) 33...Qd5+/- 34.Qd5 Bd5 35.f3 Kg8 36.Kf2 Kf7 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.Kd3 Ke5? (38...g6 39.e4 Bc6 40.Bd4 Ke6 41.Ke3+/-) 39.Bf8 (better 39.Bd4 Ke6 40.Bg7+-) 39...Kf6+/- 40.e4 fe4 41.fe4 Bb7 42.Kd4 Kf7 43.Bc5 g5 44.g3 Ke6 (44...h5!?+/-) 45.g4+- Bc6 46.Bf8 Bb5 47.Bh6 Bf1 48.Bg5 Bh3 49.a4 Bg4 50.b5 ab5 51.ab5 Kd7?? (51...Be2 52.b6 Ba6 53.Bf4+-) 52.Be3 (52.Ke5 Be2 53.b6 Bc4+-) 52...Kc8?? (better 52...Ke6+-) 53.Ke5 Kb7 54.b6 Bf3 55.Kd4 (55.Kd4 Kb6 56.e5=) 1-0. Atotheking (1775) - TR221 (1915), lichess.org, 2021.

10.d4 e4 11.Ne5 Re8 12.Nc3 (12.Nd7!? Bd7 13.Nc3=+) 12...Ne5-/+ 13.de5 Be5 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Ba1 (15.Bb5 Re6-/+) 15...Rc8 (15...d4 16.ed4 Bd4 17.Nb5 Ba1 18.Ra1-/+) 16.Nb5 Ba1 17.Rc8 Qc8 (17...Bc8 18.Qa1 Bg4 19.Nd4-/+) 18.Qa1 (18.Nd6 Qb8 19.Ne8 Ne8 20.Qa1 Qd6+/-) 18...Qd7 (18...Qb8 19.Nd4=+) 19.Nd4 (19.Na7!? Ba6 20.Ba6 Qa7 21.b5=) 19...a6 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.h3 h6 22.Rc8 Bc8 23.Qf1 Qb7 24.a4 b5 (24...a5!?=+) 25.ab5= ab5 26.Bb5 Kh7 27.Qa1 Be6 28.Qa5 (worse 28.Ne6 Qb5 29.Nd8 Qb4 30.Nf7 h5=) 28...Qe7 29.Bf1 (29.Bc6 Qd6+=) 29...Bc8 (29...Nd7 A) 30.Ne6?! Qe6 (30...fe6? 31.Qc7+-) 31.Ba6 Qc6+=; B) 30.Qc7 Qf6 31.b5+- (31.Ne6?! Qe6 32.Be2 Nf6+=)) 30.b5 Qb7 31.b6 (31.Qd8!?+=) 31...Nd7= 32.Qb5 (32.Nf5 A) 32...Qb6? 33.Qc3 (33.Qd5?! Nf6 34.Qd6 Qb1=) 33...Qf6 34.Qc8 Qf5 35.Bb5+-; B) 32...Nb6 33.Nd6 Qc6 34.Nf7 Qe6=) 32...Qb6 (32...Nb6 33.Qe8=+) 33.Qd5= Qc7?? (better 33...Qg6 34.Kh2 Nb6+=) 34.Qe4+- (34.Qf7?! Qb7+-) 34...g6 35.Qe7 Kg7 (35...Qe5 36.Qf7 Qg7+-) 36.Ne6 Kg8 37.Nc7 (37.Qe8 Kh7 38.Qf7 Kh8 39.Qg7) 37...Nf6 38.Qf6 (38.Bc4 Be6 39.Ne6 fe6 40.Be6 Kh8 41.Qf6 Kh7 42.Qf7 Kh8 43.Qg8) 38...Be6 (38...Bd7 39.Bc4 Be6 40.Ne6 fe6 41.Qe6 Kg7 42.Qf7 Kh8 43.Qg8) 39.Ne6 fe6 40.Qg6 (40.Qg6 Kf8 41.Qf6 Kg8 42.Qe6 Kg7 43.Qe7 Kg8 44.Bc4 Kh8 45.Qf8 Kh7 46.Bd3; 40.Qe6 Kg7 41.Bc4 h5 42.Qg8 Kh6 43.f4 h4 44.Qh8) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2615) - Vanegas (1695), lichess.org, 2018.

9.Nc3 e4

10.Nd4 a5 11.ba5 Qa5 12.Ncb5 Be5 13.Bc3 Qd8 14.f4 ef3=.

10.Nd4 a5 11.Nf5 Be5 12.d4 =+.

10.Nd4 Nb6 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Bd7 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Qd2 Qe7=.

10.Nd4 Be5 11.d3 a5 12.de4 de4 13.b5 Qe7 14.Rc1 Rd8=.

10.Nd4 Ne5

11.Qb3 Be6= 12.Ncb5 Bb8 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.0-0 a6=.

11.Qb3 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.Nd5 ef3 14.Nf3 Nf3+=.

11.d3 a5 12.de4 de4 13.Ndb5 Bb8 14.Qd8 Rd8 15.ba5 Nd3 16.Bd3= ed3 17.Kd2 Bf5 18.f3 Ra5 19.Nd4 Bg6 20.Na2 Nd5 21.Nb4 Nb6 22.Rhc1 Na4 23.Bc3 Rh5 24.h3+= Nc5 25.Rab1 Bd6 26.Nb3 Na4 27.Bd4 f6 28.Rd1 Rb5 29.Nc1 f5 30.Ncd3+/– f4 31.h4 Bc7 32.Rbc1 fe3 33.Ke3 Bg3 34.f4 Bh4 35.Ne5 Bf5 36.g4 Bc8 37.g5 Be6 38.Ba1 Ra8 39.Rh1 Nb6 40.Rh4 Ra3 41.Nbd3 Bf5 42.Ke2 Ra2 43.Ke1 Ra4 44.Bb2 Nd5 45.Rc5 Rc5 46.Nc5 Rf4 47.Rf4 Nf4 48.Nb7 Bc2?? 49.Kd2+- Bb1 50.Nc5 h6 51.gh6 gh6 52.Ke3 Nd5 53.Kf3 Bc2 54.Nc6 Kf7 55.Be5 Kg6 56.Kg3 Ne3 57.Bb2 Nf5 58.Kf4 Kh5 59.Nb4 Bb1 60.Nd5 Kg6 61.Nd7 Kh5 62.Ne5 Kh4 63.Nc3 Bc2 64.Nf3 Kh3 65.Ne1 Nd4 66.Ke5 Nc6 67.Kd5 Nb4 68.Kc4 h5 69.Kb4 Bg6 70.Nd1 Kg4 71.Kc4 Kf4 72.Bh8 Ke4 73.Nc3 Kf5 74.Ng2 Kg4 75.Bf6 Kf5 76.Nd5 (76...Bf7 77.Nge3 Ke4 78.Kc5+-) 1–0. Pierred (2190) – Goldmann (2610), Rated game, 5m + 0s, 2005.

11.h3 a5 12.ba5 Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4 14.Qc2 Ra5=.

11.h3 a5 12.Qb3 =+.

11.h3 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qe2= a5 14.Qc4 ab4=.

11.h3 Nc6 12.Ncb5= Bb8 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Nd4 Qd6 15.Rc1+= Bd7 16.Nb3 Ne8 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Qa4 Qg6 19.g3 Nc7 20.Na6 Bd7= 21.Nb8 Rfb8 22.Be5 Rc8 23.Bc7 Rc7= 24.Qa5 Rcc8 25.Ba6 Rd8 26.Qc5 Qf5 27.Be2 Qg6 28.h4 h5 29.0-0 Qf5 ½–½. Skulsky,Ian – Moore,Harry, BC Closed, 1996.

9.d3 Re8

10.0-0 b5 =+.

10.0-0 Nf8 11.Ne1 Ng6 12.f4?? (better 12.Nc3=+) 12...Be6 (better 12...ef4 13.ef4 Nf4-+) 13.f5+- Bf5 14.Rf5 Qd7 15.Rf1 d4 16.e4 Rac8 17.h3 (17.Rf6 gf6 18.Bg4 Re6+-) 17...a6 (17...Nf4 18.Nd2+-) 18.Nf3 (better 18.Rf6!? gf6 19.Bg4 Re6+-) 18...b5 19.Nh2 Nf4 20.Bg4 Ng4 21.Ng4 (21.Qg4? Qg4 22.Ng4 Nd3-+) 21...h5 22.Nh2 Nh3?? (better 22...Re6+=) 23.gh3+- Qh3 24.Rf2 (better 24.Qf3!? Qf3 25.Nf3 Rc2+-) 24...Re6 25.Rg2 Rf6 26.Qf3?? (better 26.Bc1+-) 26...Qf3 (better 26...Rf3 27.Nf3 Qf3-+) 27.Nf3 Rf3 28.Nd2 Rd3 29.Nf3?? (better 29.Rf1-+) 29...Re3 (better 29...Rf3 30.Re1 h4-+) 30.Rf1? (30.Nh4!? Re4 31.Nf5-/+) 30...Re4 31.Bc1? (better 31.Ng5 Rg4 32.Rg4 hg4 33.Nf7-/+) 31...Rg4 32.Ng5 Rg2 33.Kg2 f6 34.Kg1 (34.Ne4 Be7 35.Bd2-+) 34...fg5 35.Rf6 (35.Bg5 Kh7 36.Re1-+) 35...e4 (35...gf6 36.Bd2 e4 37.Be1 e3 38.Kg2 Rc2 39.Kf1 d3 40.a4 Rc1 41.ab5 d2 42.Kg2 de1Q 43.Kf3 f5 44.ba6 Qf2) 36.Re6 Bf8 (36...Rc1 37.Kf2 e3 38.Ke2 Rc2 39.Kd1 Rd2 40.Kc1 Bf4 41.Re7 e2 42.Re2 Re2 43.Kd1 d3 44.a4 Rg2 45.Ke1 Be3 46.ab5 Rg1) 37.Re4 (37.Bg5 e3 38.Kg2 Rc2 39.Kf3 Rf2 40.Ke4 Rg2-+) 37...Rd8 (better 37...Rc1 38.Kf2 Rc2 39.Kf1-+) 38.Re8 (38.Bg5 Rd5 39.Bd2-+) 38...d3 (better 38...Re8 39.Bg5 Re3-+) 39.Kg2 (better 39.Rd8 Kf7 40.Bg5+-) 39...Re8-+ 40.Kg3 Re2 (40...Re2 41.Bg5 d2 42.Bd2 Rd2-+; 40...Bd6 41.Kf3 Bf4 42.Bb2 d2 43.Bd4 d1Q 44.Kg2 Re1 45.Bc5 g4 46.Bd4 Qf3) 0-1. draculino (2130) - DavidSanders (2240), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

10.Nbd2 a5 11.d4 =+.

10.Nbd2 b6 11.0-0 a5 12.b5 a4 13.Nb1 Bb7 14.Nc3 1–0. Riepe,Bernhard – Weber,Achim, DESC Meisterschaft, 2003.

10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.a4 e4 13.de4 de4 14.Ng5 Bb4 (14...Bf5 15.Nc4 Nc4 16.Bc4=+) 15.a5= Bd2 (15...Nbd5 16.Nde4 Ne4 17.Ne4=) 16.ab6+= Bc6 (16...Bf5 17.Bc4 Bg6 18.Bd4+=) 17.ba7 (better is 17.Bc4 Bd5 18.Qd2 Bc4 19.Qd8 Red8 20.Rfc1+= (< 20.ba7 Bf1 21.Kf1 Rd6=+)) 17...Nd7?? (better is 17...Qd5+=) 18.Nf7!+- (18.Qd2?! Qg5 19.Qd6 Rec8+/–) 18...Kf7 19.Bc4 Kg6 (19...Ke7 20.Qd2 Ne5+-) 20.Qg4 (20.Qd2?! Nb6 21.Qc3 Qe7+-) 20...Qg5 21.Bf7!! (21...Kf7 22.Qg5+-) 1–0. MrkT – natik, internet, 2005.

10.Nbd2 Nf8 11.Rc1 (11.0-0 a5=) 11...Ng6 (11...a5 12.0-0=+) 12.Qb3 (12.d4 e4 13.Ng5 h6-/+) 12...d4 (12...a5 13.0-0=+) 13.Nc4 de3 (13...Be6 14.0-0=) 14.fe3 Bc7 (14...b5 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.d4=) 15.a4 (15.0-0 b5 16.Ncd2 Be6=+) 15...Nd5 (15...e4 16.de4 Ne4 17.0-0=) 16.0-0 Be6 17.Qa3 (17.d4 e4 18.Nfd2 Qh4=+) 17...f6 (17...Rc8 18.a5= (< 18.Be5 Ne5 19.Nce5 Ne3-/+)) 18.Nfd2 (18.d4 e4 19.Nfd2 f5=) 18...Rc8 (18...Bb6 19.Rf3=+) 19.Ne4= b6 (19...a5 20.b5=) 20.b5+= Re7 (20...f5 21.Ned6 Bd6 22.Qd6 Rc4 23.Qd8 Rd8 24.dc4 Ne3 25.Rf2+=) 21.d4 ed4 22.Bd4 Rd7 23.Ncd2 Ne5 24.Nf3 Nf3 25.Bf3 f5 26.Nf2 Bd6 27.Qb2 Rdc7 28.Nd3 Qg5 29.Rc7 Rc7? 30.Qa2 Qh6? 31.Bd5+- Qh2 32.Kf2 Qg3 33.Ke2 Qg2? 34.Bg2 Ba2 35.Rf5 Rc2 36.Kf1 Bc4 37.Bd5 (37...Bd5 38.Rd5+-) 1–0. Saradjen,Janko – Navinsek,Thomaz (2285), Ljubljana op 3rd, 1992.

7.Be2 0-0

8.0-0 b6 9.c5 (9.cd5 cd5 10.Nc3 e4=) 9...bc5=+ 10.bc5 Bc7 11.d3 (11.d4 Rb8 12.Qc2 e4=) 11...Qe7 12.Qc2 (12.d4 e4 13.Nfd2 Rb8=) 12...Re8 (12...e4 13.Nd4 Qc5 14.Qc5 Nc5 15.Nc6 ed3 16.Bf3=+) 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.Nbd2 a5 (14...e4 15.de4 de4 16.Ng5=+) 15.a4 (15.Rab1 Ba6=) 15...Ba6 (15...Qc5 16.Qc5 Nc5 17.Be5 Re5 18.d4=+) 16.Nb3 (16.Rab1 e4 17.Ne1 Qe6=+) 16...Rb7 17.d4? (better is 17.Bc3 Nc5 18.Nc5 (< 18.Na5 Ba5 19.Ba5 Nb3-/+) 18...Qc5 19.d4=) 17...Be2–+ 0–1. algernon (2290) – bobsponja (2000), net–chess.com, 2005.

8.0-0 dc4 9.Bc4 e4 10.Nd4 =+.

8.0-0 Qc7 9.Nc3 e4 10.c5? ef3-+ 11.cd6 fe2 12.dc7 ed1Q 13.Rad1 Nb6 (13...Ne8 14.Rfe1-+) 14.f4 (14.e4 de4 15.Rfe1 Re8-+) 14...Nc4 15.Bc1 Ne8 16.a4 (16.d3 Ncd6-+ (16...Nc7?! 17.dc4 dc4 18.Rd4=+)) 16...Nc7 17.d3 Nd6 18.Ba3 b6 19.e4 Bb7 20.b5 c5 21.e5 (21.d4 Ne4 (21...de4?! 22.dc5 Nc4 23.cb6 Nb5 24.Nb5 Na3 25.Na3-+) 22.Ne4 de4 23.dc5 bc5-+) 21...Nf5 22.Kf2 (22.Bc1 d4 23.Ne4 Nd5-+) 22...Ne6 (better 22...d4 23.Ne2 Ne3 24.Nd4 cd4 25.Bf8 Kf8 26.Rc1-+) 23.g4 Nfd4 24.Ke3 (24.f5 Nd8-+) 24...Nc2 25.Kd2 Na3 (25...Na3 26.Ra1 d4-+) 0-1. alddhsfd (1795) - jarios (1655), lichess.org, 2019.

8.0-0 e4 9.Nd4 Qc7 10.h3 (10.cd5 Nd5 11.h3 a5=) 10...dc4 11.Bc4 b5 (11...a5 12.Qb3=+) 12.Be2 a5 (12...a6 13.f3=+) 13.Qb3 (13.Qc2 Bb7=) 13...ab4 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Ba1 Ne5 16.Rc1 Attacks the backward pawn on c6 (16.Qc2 Bb7=) 16...Qd7 17.g4 (17.f4 ef3 18.Nf3 Nf3 19.Bf3 Nd5=) 17...Nd5 The isolani on b4 becomes a target (17...Re8!?=+) 18.Nf5 (18.Nb5!? Bb4 19.Be5 cb5 20.d3 ed3 21.Bf3+/-) 18…Bb8 ½-½. alexvdm (2225) - OnlyPolishOpening (2330), lichess.org, 2020.

8.0-0 e4 9.Nd4 Ne5 (9...dc4 10.Bc4 a5 11.ba5 Qa5 12.f4-/+) 10.d3 (better is 10.c5!? Bc7 11.f3=) 10...ed3-/+ 11.Bd3 dc4 12.Be2 c5 (12...a5!?-/+) 13.Nb5+= Bb8 14.Qc2 (14.bc5!? Nd3 15.Bd3 cd3 16.Nd4+=) 14...a6-/+ 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Be5?? (better is 16.N5c3!?-/+) 16...Be5 (better is 16...Qe5 17.Nd6 Bd6 18.Rd6 Qd6 19.bc5 Qc5 20.Qc4 Qc4 21.Bc4 Rd8–+) 17.N5c3 cb4 18.ab4 b5 19.Nd2 (19.Bf3 Ra7 20.Qb2 Rc7–+) 19...Bb7 (19...Qb4 20.Ndb1–+) 20.Rab1 Rfd8 (20...Bc3!? 21.Qc3 Nd5 22.Qd4 Nb4 23.Qc3–+) 21.Bf3 Bf3 22.Nf3 Bd6 23.Nd4 Rac8 24.Nf5 Qc7 25.g3 Bf8 26.e4 g6 27.Ne3 Bg7 28.Ncd5 Nd5 29.Nd5 Qb7 30.Qe2 Re8 31.Qf3 Rcd8 32.Re1 Be5 33.Nf6 Bf6 34.Qf6 Qe7 35.Qa6+= Rd2 36.Qb5+= Qe6 37.Qc5 Qg4 38.b5 Qf3 39.b6 h5? 40.b7+- Rb8 41.Qc8 Rc8?? 42.bc8Q Kh7 43.Qc5 Qe3 44.Re3 Rd1 45.Rd1 h4 0–1. anonymouuus – almaster (1725), internet, 2013.

8.0-0 Re8 9.c5 Bc7 10.d3 Nf8 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.Re1 b6 (12...Ng6 13.Qc2=) 13.cb6 (better 13.Qc2=) 13...Bb6 (better 13...ab6!? 14.Qc2 Qd6=) 14.Be5 N8d7 15.d4 Ng4 (15...a5 16.Rc1+/-) 16.Bg3+- a5 17.Nh4 Be6?? (better 17...Nh6+-) 18.Bg4 Bg4 19.Qg4 Nf6 20.Qe2 (20.Qf5 Bc7+-) 20...Ne4 (20...ab4 21.ab4 Ra1 22.Ra1 Bd4 23.Rc1+-) 21.Ne4 Re4 22.Nf3 Qe7 (22...Bc7 23.Bc7 Qc7 24.Qc2+-) 23.Ne5 Rc8 (23...Qb7 24.Qc2+-) 24.Qa6 Bc7 (24...Qd8 25.Rac1 Re5 26.Be5 h5+-) 25.Qc8 (25.Qc8 Qd8 26.Qd8 Bd8 27.Nc6+-) 1-0. alddhsfd (1820) - Constplanka (1730), lichess.org, 2019.

8.0-0 Re8 9.d3 e4 10.de4 de4? (10...Ne4 11.cd5 cd5 12.Qd5+=) 11.Nd4?? (better 11.Qd6 ef3 12.Bf3+-) 11...Nf8 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.c5 Be5 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.g3 Bh3 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Nc4 Bd4? (better 17...h5=) 18.Rd4+- (18.ed4?! Re6=) 18...Rd5 19.Nd6 Ree5 20.Bc4 Rd4 21.Bd4 (21.ed4?! Re7+/-) 21...Rh5?? (better 21...Re7+-) 22.Nf7 (22.Bf6!? gf6 23.Bf7 Kf8 24.Qe4 Re5+-) 22...Nd5 23.Nd6 Ne5 (23...Qe7 24.Be2 Rh6 25.Qe4 (25.Ne4?! Bf5 26.f3 Ne5+-) 25...Qe4 26.Ne4+-) 24.Qe4 Nf7 (24...Qe7 25.Bd5 cd5 26.Qd5 Be6+-) 25.Qe8 1-0. goltrpoat (2015) - dragonweave (2050), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.a3 A20: English Opening: 1...e5 1...Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 c6 4.b4 d5 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Bd6)

8.0-0 Re8 9.d3 Nf8 10.Nc3 Bc7 11.cd5 cd5 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 (13...Bd7+=) 14.Nh2 (14.Rac1!?+/-) 14...Bg6 (14...Be2 15.Ne2 Rc8 16.Qb3=) 15.a4 (15.Rac1 d4 16.Ne4 Ne6 17.Nf6 Qf6=) 15...Ne6 Black plans d4 16.e4? (better 16.Nb5=) 16...Nd4-+ 17.Ng4?? (better 17.Qd1 de4 18.de4 Ne4 19.Ne4 Be4 20.Bc4-+) 17...Ne2 (better 17...Nc2 18.Nf6 gf6-+) 18.Qe2= (worse 18.Ne2 Ng4 19.hg4 Bd6-/+) 18...d4 19.Nf6 Qf6 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.Nc7 Qc7 22.Rac1 Qe7 23.Qd2 h6 24.f4 f6 25.fe5 Qe5 (25...fe5!? 26.b5 Rac8=) 26.b5 Red8 27.Rc4 The isolani on d4 becomes a target 27...Rd7 28.Ba3 b6 29.Rfc1 (29.Rc6 Bf7+=) 29...Bf7 30.Rc8 Rc8 31.Rc8 Kh7 32.Qc1 f5 33.ef5 (33.Qc6 Qe6 34.e5 Qe5 35.Qd7 Qe1 36.Kh2 Qe5 37.g3 Qe2 38.Kg1 Qe3 39.Kg2 Qe2 40.Kg1 Qe3 41.Kg2 Qe2 42.Kg1=) 33...Qf5 34.Qf1 (34.Qc2 Qg5=+) 34...Qg5 (34...Bg6 35.Qf5 Bf5 36.Kf2-/+) 35.Bc1=+ Qg3 (35...Qf6 36.Qf6 gf6 37.Bf4=) 36.Rc6 (better 36.Bf4!? Qh4 37.Be5=) 36...Bg6-/+ Attacks the isolani on d3 37.Qf3 Qe1 38.Qf1 Qf1 39.Kf1 Bd3 40.Kg1 Rf7 (better 40...Bb1!?-/+) 41.Bb2= Rd7 42.Rc1 (42.Bc1 Bb1 43.g4-/+) 42...Be4 43.Re1? (better 43.Kf2!?-/+) 43...Bc2-+ 44.Ra1?? (44.Bc1-+) 44...d3 45.Bc1 d2 46.Bd2 Rd2 47.a5 Be4 48.ab6 (48.g4 Rg2 49.Kf1 Rb2 50.ab6 ab6-+) 48...Rg2 49.Kf1 ab6 50.Ra4 0-1. Darkseid (1765) - Cesardg (1955), ChessWorld.net, 2011.

8.0-0 h6 9.Nc3 dc4=+ 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Ba2 Qc7 (11...e4 12.Nd4=+) 12.h3 Bd7 (12...a5 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 ab4 15.ab4=+) 13.Rc1 Rae8 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Be5 (16.Qc2!? e4 17.Nd4=) 16...Re5=+ 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.d4 Qe7 19.Re1 Be6 20.Qc2 Ba2 21.Qa2 Qe6 (21...Re8 22.Qc2=+) 22.Qe6= fe6 23.Rc2 Ne4 24.f3 Nd6 25.Rec1 Nb5 26.Ra1 Na4 (better 26...Nd5 27.Kf2 g5=+) 27.e4?? (better 27.h4=) 27...Nd4-+ 28.Rd2? (28.Rf2 Rd8-+) 28...e5 (better 28...Nb3!? 29.Rad1 Nd2 30.Rd2-+) 29.Rb1 Nc3 30.Rc1?? (better 30.Rf1-+) 30…Nce2 (30...Nce2 31.Kf2 Nc1-+) 0-1. alddhsfd (1755) - Nevera965 (1735), lichess.org, 2019.

8.c5 Bc7 9.0-0 e4 10.Nh4 Ne5 11.g3 Bh3 12.Ng2 Nfg4 13.Be5 Be5 14.Nc3 Qg5 15.Rc1 f5 16.f4 ef3 17.Bf3? (better is 17.Rf3 Qh6 18.Qf1+=) 17...Nh2!–+ 18.Kh2 Qg3 19.Kg1 Qh2 20.Kf2 Bg3 21.Ke2 Bg2 22.Bg2 Qg2 23.Kd3 Be5 24.Rg1 Qh3 25.Rh1 Qg3 26.Qh5 Qg6 27.Qg6 hg6 28.Rcg1 Kf7 29.Rh7 Rh8 30.Rgh1 Rh7 31.Rh7 Rd8 32.Ne2 g5 33.Ng1 Kg6 34.Rh1 f4 35.Nf3 Bf6 36.Rg1 Kf5 37.Nd4 (37.Rf1 Re8–+) 37...Bd4 38.Kd4 0–1. Real Pons,Joan (1850) – Asis Gargatagli,Hipolito (2455), Barcelona ESP, 2nd Chavarria Mem, 2013.

8.cd5 cd5 9.0-0 (9.Nc3 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5=) 9...Ne4 (9...e4!? 10.Nd4 Ne5=) 10.d3+= Ng5 11.Nbd2 (11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Nb5 Nf3 13.Bf3+=) 11...f5? (11...Nf3 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.Qb3=) 12.Ng5 (12.Qb3!? Nf7 13.Qd5+-) 12...Qg5+= 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 (14.Nf3!? Qe7 15.a4+=) 14...Be6= 15.Nf3 Qf6 16.a5 Nd7 17.d4 e4 18.Nd2 Qg6 19.b5 (19.f4 ef3 20.Nf3 Qh6=+) 19...Qh6 (19...f4 20.ef4 Bf4-/+) 20.h3? (better 20.g3!? f4 21.ef4 Rf4 22.Qe3=) 20...f4-/+ 21.ef4?? (21.Bg4!? Bg4 22.Ne4–+ (22.hg4?? fe3 23.Qd5 Kh8–+)) 21...Bf4 (better 21...Qf4!? 22.Qg3 Qd2 23.Qd6–+) 22.Nb1 Rf6 (better 22...e3 23.Kh1 Nf6 24.fe3 Bg3–+ (24...Be3?! 25.Rf3 Ng4 26.Re3 Qe3 27.Qe3 Ne3 28.Kg1–+)) 23.Qd1?? (better 23.a6 Rg6 24.ab7–+) 23...Rg6–+ 24.f3 (24.Ra3 Bh3 25.g3–+ (25.Rh3?? Qh3 26.g3 Rg3 27.fg3 Qg3 28.Kh1 Qh2)) 24...Qh3 25.Kf2 (25.Rf2 Qh2 26.Kf1 Qh1) 25...Qg2 (25...Qg3 26.Kg1 Qg2) 26.Ke1–+ Bg3 (better 26...Qg3 27.Rf2 Be3–+) 27.Kd2 Bf4 (27...e3 28.Kc2 a6 29.Rg1–+) 28.Kc2?? (28.Ke1 Qg3 29.Rf2–+) 28...Bf5 (better 28...Rg3!? 29.Kb3 Bg4 30.Nc3 ef3 31.Bd3–+) 29.Kb3 (29.fe4 Be4 30.Kb3 Qh2–+) 29...Qg5 (29...e3!? 30.Nc3–+) 30.Nc3 Bd2 (better 30...e3–+) 31.fe4 de4?? (better 31...Be4 32.Ne4 de4 33.Bc4 Kh8–+) 32.Rf5+= Qf5 33.Qd2 Nf6 34.Rf1 Qg5 (34...Qh3 35.Qf4+=) 35.Bc4 Kh8 36.Qe2 The isolani on e4 becomes a target 36...Qg2 37.Rf2 (37.Qg2 Rg2 38.Ba3 Rg3+-) 37...Qg4 38.Qc2 (38.Nd5 Qg3 39.Ka4 a6+=) 38...Qg3 (38...a6 39.Qe2=) 39.Ka2 (39.Bc1 Qh3+=) 39...Qc7= 40.Qa4 Qg3 (40...Qd6 41.Re2 Rg4 42.Nd1=) 41.Re2+= Qf4 (41...Rg4 42.Nd5 Ne8 43.b6 ab6 44.Nb6+-) 42.Nd5+- Nd5 (42...Qg4 43.Qc2 Re8 44.Nf6 Rf6 45.d5+-) 43.Bd5 Rb8 (43...e3 44.Qb3 Rd6 45.Bb7+-) 44.Re4 (better 44.Be4 Rg5 45.Qc4+-) 44...Qd2?? (better 44...Qf8+-) 45.b6! ab6 (45...ab6 46.Re8 Mate attack) 46.ab6 (46.Re8 Re8 47.Qe8) 46...h6?? (46...h5 47.Re8 Re8 48.Qe8 Kh7+-) 47.Re8 Re8 (47...Kh7 48.Bg8 Kh8 49.Rb8 Qb2 50.Kb2 Rg2 51.Ka3 Rg3 52.Bb3 Kh7 53.Qe8 Rf3 54.Qe4 Rf5 55.Qf5 g6 56.Qd7) 48.Qe8 Kh7 49.Qg8 1–0. retiponziani (1785) – KNIGHTSTALKRRRRR (1805), ChessWorld.net, 2014.

6.c4 e4

7.c5 Bc5 8.bc5 ef3 9.Qf3 Nc5 10.Bf6 gf6 11.d4 Ne4 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.Qf4 Rg8 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nc3 c6 16.Kf2 Bh3 17.Rhg1 (17.gh3 Nh3 Double attack) 17...Rg7 18.g4 h5 (18...Qd8 19.Qg3=) 19.gh5= 0-0-0 20.h6 Rgg8 21.Nb5. Fournier,Frederic (2310) – Fernando1971 (2410), Queenalice.com (AUTO–ELITE–900), 2012.

7.c5 Be7 8.Nd4 Ne5 9.Nc3 c6 (9...0-0!?=+) 10.Qb3 Nfd7 (10...0-0 11.f4 ef3 12.gf3=+) 11.Be2 (11.f4 ef3 12.gf3 0-0=) 11...a5 (11...0-0 12.0-0=) 12.0-0+= b6? (better 12...0-0+=) 13.Nd5!+- bc5 (13...cd5 14.Qd5 Double attack) 14.Ne7 Qe7 15.Nf5 Qf8 (15...Qf6 16.Ng3 Qg6 17.Be5 Ne5 18.Qc3+-) 16.b5 Rb8 (16...Bb7 17.f4 ef3 18.Bf3+- (18.gf3?! g6 19.Ng3 c4+-)) 17.Qa2 Rb6 (17...cb5 18.Be5 Ne5 19.Qd5+-) 18.bc6 Nf6 (18...Rc6 19.Qd5 f6 20.Be5 Ne5+-) 19.Be5 Bf5 20.Rab1 Be6 (20...Rc6 21.Bb5 Kd7+-) 21.Rb6 Ba2 22.c7 Ke7 23.Bd6 Ke6 24.Bf8 Kd7 25.Bg7 Rg8 26.Bf6 Be6 27.Be5 Rc8 28.Bb5 Ke7 29.Bd6 Kf6 30.Rb8 Kg7 31.Ba6 Rg8 32.Be5 f6 33.Rg8 Kg8 (33...Kf7 34.Bc4! fe5 35.Be6 Ke6 36.c8Q Kf6 37.Qd8 Kf7 38.f4 Ke6 39.fe5 Ke5 40.Re8) 34.Bc4! Bc4 (34...Bc4 35.c8Q Double attack) 35.c8Q Kg7 (35...Kf7 36.Rb1 Ba6 37.Qa6 fe5 38.Rb7 Kf8 39.Qa8) 36.Rb1 h5 (36...Bd5 37.Qd7 Kg6 38.Qd5 a4 39.Qg8 Kh5 40.Bf6 c4 41.Qg5) 37.Qd7 Kg6 38.Qc6 Be6 (38...h4 39.Qf6 Kh5 40.Qf5 Kh6 41.Rb6 Be6 42.Re6) 39.Qe6 h4 40.Qf6 Kh5 41.Qf5 Kh6 42.Rb6 1–0. Janek – Taoslrjtj, corr, 2018.

7.c5 ef3 8.cd6 fg2 9.Bg2 c6 10.Qf3 Nb6 11.Bf1 Qd6 12.Rg1 Kf8 (12...Qh2?? 13.Rg7 Nbd7 14.Bf6+-) 13.d3 Nbd7 14.Nd2 Qh2 15.Rg3 Qh5 16.Qg2 (16.Qf4 Ne8=) 16...Rg8 (16...Qh6 17.Be2=) 17.Be2 Qf5 18.Nb3 h6 19.Kd2 (19.Nd4 Qh7+=) 19...Ne5 20.Nd4 Qh7 21.Nb3 Ned7 22.Rg1 Ne8 (22...h5 23.Kc1=) 23.b5 g5 (23...a6 24.bc6 bc6 25.Bc3=) 24.f4 f6 25.Qh2 (25.bc6 bc6 26.Nd4 c5=) 25...Rh8 (25...cb5 26.Nd4 Nc5 27.Qh1=) 26.Rh3 (26.bc6 bc6 27.Kc1 Rb8=) 26...Nb6 27.Rh5 g4 (27...Ng7 28.fg5 fg5 29.Qd6 Kg8 30.Rgh1+-) 28.Bg4 (28.bc6 bc6 29.Qh4 Ke7+/–) 28...Bg4 29.Rg4 Ng7 (29...cb5!? 30.Rgh4 Qf7+/–) 30.Bf6+- Nh5 31.Bh8 Qh8 32.Qh5 Re8 33.Ke2 (33...Qf6 34.bc6 bc6 35.f5+-; 33.Nd4 c5 34.Qf5 Ke7 35.Qe6 Kd8+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Davila,Mario, Memorial Dr. Julio Cesar Luzardo, 2005.

7.c5 ef3 8.cd6 fg2 9.Bg2 cd6 10.Bd4 0-0 11.Nc3 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 11...Ne5 12.Nd5 Nd3 (12...Nd5 13.Bd5 Bg4 14.Qb3=+) 13.Ke2= Nd5 14.Bd5 Bf5 15.Qg1 g6 16.Bb7 Rb8 17.Ba6 Re8?? (better 17...Ne5 18.Qg3 Qd7=) 18.Bd3+- Bd3 19.Kd3 Qd7 (19...a5 20.Bc3 d5 21.Qg4+-) 20.Qg5 d5 (20...Re6 21.Rhc1 f5 22.Ke2+-) 21.Qf6 Qf5 (21...Qb5 22.Kc2 Rbc8 23.Kb2 Kf8 24.Qd6 Kg8+-) 22.Qf5 gf5 23.Ba7 Rb7 (23...Kf8 24.Bb8 Rb8 25.Rhc1+-) 24.Rhg1 Kf8 25.Bc5 Ree7 26.Rg5 Ke8 27.Be7 Re7 28.Rf5 Kd7 29.Kd4 (29.Kd4 Kc6 30.Rd5+-) 1–0. Janek – Vito, internet, 2018.

7.Nd4 c6 8.Qc2 Ne5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.cd5 cd5 11.d3 (11.Ncb5 Be7 12.Qc7 Nd3 13.Bd3 ed3=) 11...ed3 12.Bd3 Nd3 13.Qd3 h6 14.0-0 Re8 15.Rac1 a5 16.Ncb5 ab4 17.ab4 Bb4? (better 17...Bb8!?=) 18.Nc7+/- Rb8 19.Ne8 Ne8 20.Ra1 Qg5 21.Nf3 Qg6 22.Qg6 (22.Qd5 Be6 23.Qd4 Be7+-) 22...fg6 23.Be5 Nd6? (better 23...Bd6+-) 24.Rfb1 Bc5 25.Rc1 (25.Rc1 b6 26.Ra7+-) 1-0. Adlai – Grobbi, internet, 2021.

7.Nd4 c6 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nf5 Ne5 10.Ng7?? (better 10.Bb5 Kf8 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.Bd4=) 10...Kf8–+ 11.Nh5 (11.f4 ef3 12.gf3 Rg8–+ (worse 12...Kg7 13.f4 Ng6 14.Rg1–+)) 11...Bg4 12.Be2 (12.Qb3 Bh5 (12...Nh5?! 13.Qd5 Nf6 14.Qb7-/+) 13.Nc3 Bb8–+) 12...Nd3 (better 12...Bh5 13.Be5 Be5 14.Nc3 Be2 15.Qe2–+) 13.Kf1? (13.Bd3 Bd1 14.Nf6 ed3 15.Kd1–+) 13...Nb2 14.Qb3 Be2 (14...Nh5?! 15.Bg4 Qf6 A) 16.Bh5?? Nd3 17.f3 Qh4–+ (worse 17...Qa1 18.fe4 Qf6 19.Ke2–+); B) 16.d4–+) 15.Ke2 Nc4 (15...Nd3 16.Ng3–+) 16.Ng3 Qd7 (better 16...Rc8 17.Nc3–+) 17.h3 (17.d3 Qg4 18.Kf1 ed3 19.Qd3 Rc8–+) 17...Rg8 18.Rf1 (18.Rc1 Bg3 19.fg3 Rg3–+) 18...h5 19.Nc3 Be5 (19...b5 20.Rg1–+) 20.Rac1 b5 0–1. Przibilla – Rilling, 2001.

7.Nd4 c6 8.cd5= cd5 9.Nf5 Bf8 10.Bb5 g6 11.Ng3 a6 12.Ba4 Bg7 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Bb3 Nb6 (14...Ne5 15.0-0-/+) 15.0-0 Nc4 16.Bc4 dc4 17.Qc2 b5 (17...Qd3 18.Rac1 b5 19.a4+=) 18.Rad1 (18.Nce4 Ne4 19.Ne4+/– (worse is 19.Qe4 Bb2 20.Qa8 Ba1 21.Ra1 Qd2+=)) 18...Bb7-/+ 19.Nge4? (better is 19.a4 Qd7 20.Ra1-/+) 19...Ne4–+ 20.Ne4 (20.f3 Nd6–+) 20...Be4 21.Qe4 Bb2 22.Rb1 (22.a4 Qd6–+) 22...Ba3 23.f4 (23.Qc2 a5 24.ba5 Ra5 25.d4–+) 23...Qd3 (better is 23...Qd2 24.Rfd1 Qc3–+) 24.Qd3 cd3 25.Rb3 Rfc8 (better is 25...Bb4 26.Rb4 Rfb8–+) 26.Ra3= Rc2 (26...Rc4!? 27.Rb1 Rd8=) 27.Rd3+= Rac8 28.Ra1 Rc1 29.Rc1 Rc1 30.Kf2 Rc2 31.Ke2 Rb2 32.Rd4 h5 33.h3 Kg7 34.g4 hg4 35.hg4 Kf6 36.g5 Ke6 37.Kf3 Ra2 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2005) – kingisback (2045), Echecs21, 2003.

7.Nd4 c6 8.cd5= Nd5 9.Nc3 N7f6 10.Qc2 Nc3 11.Bc3 0-0 12.d3 Re8 13.de4 Ne4 14.Bb2 Nf6 15.Bd3 Be5 16.0-0-0 (16.0-0!?+=) 16...a5+= 17.Nc6 (17.Nb3!? Bb2 18.Qb2+=) 17...Bb2-/+ 18.Kb2 Qb6 19.Nd4 ab4 20.ab4 Qb4 21.Qb3 Qb3 (better is 21...Qe7!?-/+) 22.Kb3= Ne4 (22...Be6!? 23.Ne6 Re6=) 23.Be4+= Re4 24.Ra1 Ra6 25.Ra6 ba6 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Rc7 g6 28.Kb4 Be6 29.Ka5 Kf8 30.Ka6 Ra8 31.Kb6 Bd5 32.g3 (32.f3!? Kg7+-) 32...Ra2+/– 33.Rc2 Ra1 34.h4 Be4 35.Rd2 Ke7 36.Kc5 Rc1 37.Kb4 Rc8 38.Ra2 Rb8 39.Kc3 Rc8 40.Kd2 Bd5 41.Rc2 Ra8 42.f3 h5 43.e4 Be6 44.Ne6 Ke6 45.Ke3 Ra3 46.Kf4 Kf6 47.g4 hg4 48.fg4 Rb3 49.g5 Kg7 50.Rh2 Rb1 51.h5 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1780) – Leber,Jean Francois (1620), Open, 2001.

7.Nd4 Be5 8.Qc2 c6 9.cd5 cd5 10.f4 ef3 11.Nf3 Bb2 12.Qb2 0-0 13.Be2 Ne4 14.Nc3 Ndf6 15.0-0 Bg4 16.Ne4 (16.Nb5 a6 17.Nbd4 Qe7=) 16...Ne4 (16...de4!? 17.Nd4 Be2 18.Ne2 Rc8+=) 17.d3 Ng5 18.Ng5 Be2? (18...Qg5 19.Bg4 Qg4 20.Rf3+=) 19.Qe2 (better is 19.Nf7!? Rf7 20.Rf7 Kf7 21.Qe2+/–) 19...Qg5= 20.Qf3 Qe5 21.e4 de4 22.Qe4 Qe4 23.de4 Rfe8 24.Rfe1 f6 25.Re3 Re5 26.Rae1 Rae8 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.g3 h6 29.h4 g5 30.hg5 hg5 31.Kf3 b5 32.Rc1 R8e7 33.Rce1 Kg6 34.g4 Rh7 35.Rg1 Rc7 36.Rge1 Rc4 The isolani on e4 becomes a target 37.R1e2 a6 38.Rd2 Re6 39.Rde2 Rec6 40.Rd3 Rc3 41.Ree3 Rd3 42.Rd3 Kf7 43.Rd5 (43.Ke3!?=) 43...Ke6 (43...Rc3 44.Ke2 Ra3 45.Rd6-/+) 44.Rd3 Ke5 (44...Rc1 45.Ke3-/+) 45.Ke3 Rd6 46.Rd6 Kd6 47.Kd4 Kc6?? (47...Ke6 48.Kd3=) 48.Kc3 (better is 48.e5 f5 49.gf5+-) 48...Kd7= 49.Kd4 Kd6 50.Kd3 Ke5 51.Ke3 Kd6 52.Kd4 Ke6 53.Kd3 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1685) – Sacha51 (1655), ChessOK.com, 2013.

7.Nd4 Ne5 8.c5 Be7 9.Qc2 Bd7 10.Nc3 c6 11.d3 b6 12.de4 bc5 13.bc5 Bc5 (13...de4 14.Rd1 Bc5 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Qe4+/–) 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.ed5 cd5 16.Be2 (16.Nd5!? Rc8 17.Nf6 Qf6 18.Qe4+/–) 16...Rc8= 17.Qd2 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn (17.Rd1 Ba4+=) 17...Bc6 18.0-0 Rb8 (18...Nc4 19.Qc2=) 19.Rab1 (19.Nd5!? Qd5 20.Qd5 Bd5 21.Be5+/–) 19...Bc7 20.Nd4 Qd6 21.g3 (21.Nc6?? Nf3 22.Bf3 Qh2) 21...0-0 22.Nc6 Qc6 23.Rfc1 Qd7 (23...Qe6 24.Qd1+=) 24.Qc2 (24.Nd5!? Nd5 25.e4+/–) 24...Bb6 25.Nb5 Nfg4 26.Bd4 Rfc8 27.Qb2 Rc1 28.Rc1 Rc8?? (better is 28...Nc4 29.Bc4 dc4 30.Rc4 Ba5+=) 29.Rc8+- (29.Be5?! Rc1 30.Qc1 Ne5+=) 29...Qc8 30.Be5 Ne5 31.Qe5 Qd7 (31...Qd8 32.Bf3+-) 32.Qb8 Qd8 33.Qd8 Bd8 34.Na7 Kf8 35.Nc6 Bb6 36.Bf3 Ke8 37.Bd5 Kd7 38.a4 Kd6 39.Bf3 Bc5 40.a5 Kc7 41.a6 Kb6 42.a7 (42.a7 Kb7 43.Ne5 Ka7 44.Nf7+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1770) – Mansard,Williams, Ch Picardie, 2000.

7.Nd4 Ne5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qc2 f5 10.Nc3= Nc3 11.Qc3 0-0 12.f4 ef3 13.Nf3 (13...Nf3 14.gf3 Qh4 15.Kd1=). Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Fernandez,G, email Copa Peru, 1999.

7.Nd4 Ne5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nc3 Nc3 10.Bc3 0-0 11.Qc2 f5 12.Qb3 Kh8 13.Rc1 a6 14.Be2 Qh4 15.g3 Qe7 16.Qd1 b6 17.f4 Ng6 18.h4 Qe8?? 19.h5+- Ne7 20.h6 Rf7 21.Bc4 Rf6 22.hg7 Kg7 23.Nb3 Qg6 24.Bf6 Kf6 25.Rg1 b5 26.Be2 Be6 27.Nd4 ½–½. Serowy,Reinhold – Biszof,Henryk, Brandenburg Seniors op, 2003.

7.Nd4 0-0

8.c5 Be5 9.c6 Nb6 10.cb7 Bb7 11.Nc6 Bc6 12.Be5 Ba4 13.Qc1 Ng4 14.Bg3 (14.Qc7?? Rc8 (14...Ne5 15.Qe5 Re8 16.Qd4+=) 15.Qc8 Qc8–+; 14.Bc7?? Qf6 15.f3 ef3–+) 14...Qf6 15.Qc3 Qf5 16.d4 (16.Qc7?? Rfc8 17.Qc8 Rc8–+) 16...c6 17.Nd2 Rfe8 18.Rc1 Nf6 19.Qc5 Re6 20.Qa5 g6 (20...Ree8 21.Nc4 Nc4 22.Bc4+=) 21.h3 Nfd7 22.Be2 Qf6 23.Bg4 Bb5 24.Be6 Qe6 25.Rc2 Bd3 26.Rc3 f5 27.Bc7 Nc4 28.Nc4 Bc4 29.Rc1 Bd3 30.Bd8 f4 31.Qc7 fe3 32.fe3 Bc4 33.Rb1 Bd3 34.Rb2 Qe8 35.Bg5 Rc8 36.Qd6 Nb6 37.Be7 Qd7+/– 38.Qd7 Nd7 39.Rf2 Nb6 40.h4 Nc4 41.h5 Ne3 42.hg6 hg6 43.Bf6 Ng4 44.Rh8 Kf7 45.Rf4 Rh8 46.Bh8 Kg8 47.Rg4 Kh8 48.Rg6 Bb5 49.Re6 Kg7 50.Re7 Kf6 51.Ra7 e3 52.a4 Bc4 53.a5 Kf5 54.a6 Bb5 55.Rf7 Ke6 56.a7 Kf7 57.a8Q Ke7 58.g4 e2 59.g5 Kf7 60.Qh8 Bd3 61.Qf6 Ke8 62.Qc6 Kf8 63.Qe6 Kg7 64.Qf6 Kh7 65.Qf7 Kh8 66.b5! Be4 67.b6 Bg6 68.Qf8 Kh7 69.b7 Bh5 70.Qh6 Kg8 71.b8Q Be8 72.Qe8 1–0. orane (2090) – Caissa (1895), Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

8.c5 Be5 9.c6 Nb6 10.Qc2 =+.

8.c5 Be5 9.c6 Bd4 10.cb7 Bb7 11.Bd4 a5 12.b5 Qe7 13.Nc3 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.d3 Ne5 (15...c5 16.bc6 Bc6 17.a4=) 16.Be5 Qe5 17.d4 Qd6 18.Na4 Bc8 19.Qc5 Qc5 20.Nc5 Rb6 21.Rc1 a4 22.f3 c6 23.bc6 Rc6 24.Bb5 Rb6 25.Ba4 ef3 26.gf3 Bh3 27.Kf2 Rb2 28.Kg3 Bg2 29.Rb1 Nh5 30.Kg4 Nf6 31.Kf4 Nh5 32.Ke5 Re2 33.Rhe1 Re1 34.Re1 Bf3 35.Rf1 Be2 36.Rb1+- Nf6 37.Bc6 Rc8 38.Bd5 Re8 39.Kd6 Re3 40.Rb8 Ne8 41.Kc6 Kf8 42.a4 Rh3 43.Kb6 Bf3 44.Bf3 Rf3 45.a5 Rf6 46.Kb5 Ke7 47.Rb7 Kd8 48.Rd7 Kc8 49.a6 Rf2 50.a7 Ra2 51.Kc6 g5 52.d5 h5 53.Rf7 Ra7 54.Ra7 Kb8 55.Ra6 Nc7 56.Rb6 Kc8 57.d6 Na8 58.d7 Kd8 59.Kd6 Nc7 60.Rb8 1–0. orane (2060) – Caissa (1930), Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

8.c5 Be5 9.d3 a5 10.Nd2 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Qa1 Re8 13.de4 Ne4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Bc4 Bf6 16.Ne2 (16.0-0 Ne5 17.Bb5 c6=) 16...Bb2 17.Qb2 Ne5 18.Qb3 (18.Qc3 Bg4+=) 18...Nd3 (18...Be6!? 19.Be6 Nd3 (19...fe6?! 20.0-0+=; 19...Re6?! 20.0-0=) 20.Kf1 Re6–+) 19.Bd3+= ed3 (worse is 19...Qd3 20.Qd3 ed3 21.Nd4+/–) 20.Nf4 d2 21.Ke2 Bg4 22.f3 g5 23.Nd3 Qe7 24.e4?? (better is 24.Nf2 Be6 25.Qc3+=) 24...Qe4–+ 25.Kd2 Qe2 26.Kc3 Qg2 (26...Bf5!? 27.Qd1 Bd3 28.Qe2 Be2 29.Re1–+) 27.Re1 Be6 28.Qd1 Qh2 29.Rh1 Qa2 30.Nb2 Qa3 (30...Qa3 31.Kd2 Qb2 32.Kd3 Qa3 33.Ke2 Bh3 34.Kd2 Bf5 35.Qc2 Qe3 36.Kd1 Rd8 37.Qd3 Rd3 38.Kc2 Qd2 39.Kb1 Ra3) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2000) – Porsche8 (2050), Echecs21, 2003.

8.c5 Be7 9.Nf5 a5 10.Ne7 Qe7=+ 11.d4 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 b6 14.Bb5 bc5 15.bc5 Ba6 16.Ba6 Ra8 17.Qa4 Qe6=+ 18.Qc2 Qa6 19.Bc3 Qc4 20.Qe2 Qe2 21.Ke2=+ Ra2 22.Nd2= Rc2 23.Ba5 c6 24.Ra1 Ne8 25.Kd1 Rb2+= 26.Kc1 Rb7 27.f3 f5 28.fe4 fe4= 29.Ra2 Nef6=+ 30.Rb2 (30...Rb2 31.Kb2=+; 30.h3 Kf7=+). Trkn – Heron, itsyourturn.com, 2001.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nc3 Nc3 10.Bc3 Ne5 11.d3 Bg4 12.Qc2 a5 13.b5 ed3 14.Bd3 Nd3 15.Qd3 Qg5 16.h3 Bd7 17.0-0 (17.Qe4!?+=) 17...Bh3-/+ 18.g3?? (better is 18.Qe4 Bc8 19.Rfc1-/+) 18...Bg3–+ (18...Bf1?! 19.Kf1 Rfd8 20.Kg2–+) 19.Nf3 (19.Qe4 Rae8 20.Qf3 Bd6 21.Kh1 Bf1 22.Nf5–+) 19...Bh2! (19...Bf1?! 20.Rf1 (20.Ng5?? Bd3 21.fg3 Rfe8–+) 20...Qg4 21.fg3–+) 20.Kh2 (20.Kh2 Qg2 Mate attack) 20…Qg2 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1855) – pastelitos, Active, 2011.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.d3 ed3 10.Bd3 Ne5 =+.

7.Nd4 dc4

8.Nf5 Ne5 9.Qa4 Kf8 10.Nd6 Qd6=+ (< 10...cd6 11.Be5 de5 12.Bc4=).

8.Nf5 Ne5 9.Nd6 Qd6 (9...cd6?! 10.Be5 de5 11.Bc4=+) 10.Be5 Qe5 11.Nc3 (11.Ra2 b5–+) 11...Be6-/+ 12.Qa4 c6 13.Rb1 (13.Qc2 0-0–+) 13...0-0 (13...b5!? 14.Qa6 Qc7–+) 14.b5-/+.

8.Nf5 Ne5 9.Ng7 Ke7 =+.

8.Bc4 0-0

9.0-0 a5 10.b5 Ne5 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Bg4 Neg4 14.h3 Ne5 =.

9.0-0 a5 10.d3 Ne5 11.b5 Nc4 12.dc4 Bh2 13.Kh2 Ng4 14.Kg3 Qd6 -/+.

9.0-0 Nb6 10.Be2 a5 11.b5 Qe7 12.f3 Qe5 13.f4 Qc5 14.Nc3 Nc4 =.

9.0-0 c5 10.bc5= Nc5 11.f4 (11.f3 Qc7 12.h3 Bd7=) 11...a6=+ 12.a4 Bg4 13.Qe1 Rc8 14.h3 (14.Qg3 Bd7=+) 14...Bd7-/+ 15.Nc3 (15.Ba3 Be7-/+) 15...Na4 16.Na4 (16.Bf7!? Rf7 17.Na4-/+) 16...Rc4–+ 17.Nc3 Qe7 18.Qe2 Rfc8 19.Nc2 b5 (better 19...R4c7–+) 20.d3?? (better 20.Nd4 b4 21.Nb1–+) 20...ed3 21.Qd3 b4 22.Nd5 (22.Nb4 Bb4 23.Rfc1 Qe6–+) 22...Nd5 23.Qd5 Rc2 24.Bd4 (24.Qd4 f6 25.Rad1–+) 24...Bc6 25.Qg5 Qg5 (25...Qg5 26.Rf2 Qg6–+) 0–1. Zaichenko,Andrey – Block,Benjamin, FICGS, 2008.

9.Qc2 a5 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Be2 ab4 12.ab4 Nd3 13.Bd3 Ra1 14.Ba1 ed3 15.Qb1 =+.

9.Nc3 a5 =+.

9.d3 Ne5 10.0-0 Nc4 11.dc4 Bh2 12.Kh2 Ng4 13.Kg3 Qd6 14.f4 Ne3 -/+.

9.f4 c5 10.Nf5 Bc7 (10...Nb6 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.bc5 Qc5 13.Be2=) 11.Ng3 Nb6 (11...cb4 12.ab4 Nb6 13.Be2=) 12.Be2= cb4 13.ab4 Re8 (13...Nbd5 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Ba3=) 14.Bf6 Qf6 (14...gf6 15.Bb5 Rf8 16.Ne4+=) 15.Nc3+= Bf5 (15...Qe7!?+=) 16.0-0+/– g6 (16...Bd6 17.Qb1+/–) 17.Qc2 Qe7 (17...Bd6 18.Nce4 (18.Nge4?! Qe7 19.Bd3 Bb4=) 18...Be4 19.Ne4+/–) 18.Ra5 (better is 18.Nf5 gf5 19.Ra5 Qb4 20.Rf5+-) 18...a6? (better is 18...Bd7!? 19.Nge4 Rec8+/–) 19.Nf5+- Qb4 20.Rfa1 gf5 21.Rf5 Rac8 22.Rb1 Qe7 23.Bh5 Rf8 24.Qe4 Qe4 25.Ne4 h6 26.Nd6! Rcd8 27.Nf7 Rd2 28.Nh6 Kg7 29.Bf3 Rc8 30.Rh5 Bd8 31.Nf5 Kg8 32.Bb7 Rcc2 33.Nd4 Rc3 34.Rh3 a5 35.Be4 a4 36.Nf3 Re2 37.Rg3 Kf8 38.Nd4 Ree3 39.Ne6 Ke7 40.Nd8 Kd8 41.Re3 Re3 42.Bc2 Re2 43.Bf5 Nc4 44.Bd3 Rb2 45.Re1 Nb6+/– 46.f5 Nd7 47.h4 a3+/– 48.h5 Nf6 49.h6 a2 50.Ra1 Ke8? 51.g4!+- Rd2? 52.Bc4 Rd4 53.Ba2?? Rg4+/– 54.Kf2 Rh4 55.Kg3 Rh6 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Re1 Kf8 58.Kg5 Rh2+= 59.Bc4 Nd7 60.Bd5+/– Rc2 61.Kg6 Rd2 62.Bc4 Rg2= 63.Kh6 Nf6 64.Re6 Ng8 65.Kh5+= Kg7 66.Kh4 Nf6 67.Re7 Kh6= 68.Kh3 Rg7 69.Re6 Kg5 70.Re5 Kf4 ½–½. marus1 – Siget, internet, 2001.

9.f4 ef3!? 10.Nf3 Nb6 =+.

9.0-0 Ne5!

10.Be2 a5 11.f4 ef3 (11...Ng6 12.b5=) 12.Nf3= Nf3 13.Bf3 ab4 (13...c6 14.ba5 Ra5 15.Bc3=+) 14.ab4= Ra1 15.Ba1 c6 16.Bc3 (16.Qe2 Bb4 17.Bd4 Bd6-/+) 16...Qe7 17.Qb3 (17.b5 cb5 18.Bd4 Be6=+) 17...Ne4 18.Qc2 (18.Be4 Qe4 19.Qb2 Re8-/+) 18...Nc3 19.Nc3 Bb4 20.Qe4 (20.Rb1 Bd6-/+) 20...Qe4–+ 21.Ne4 Rd8 (21...f5 22.Nc3–+) 22.d4-/+ f5 23.Nc5 Bd2 24.Kf2 Re8 25.e4 b6 (25...f4 26.Ke2 Be3 27.Rb1-/+) 26.Nb3 fe4 27.Nd2 ef3 28.Nf3 Bf5 (28...Be6 29.Ra1 Bd5 30.Ra6-/+) 29.Ra1 (29.Ne5 Be4-/+) 29...b5 (29...Be4 30.Ra6 b5 31.Rb6-/+) 30.Ra6 Be4 31.Rb6 h5 32.Ne5 Rc8 (32...Re6 33.g4-/+) 33.g3 Bd5 34.Ng6 (34.Ke3 Kh7-/+) ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Kuhlmann,Antonius Egidius J (+), corr 3GMM½–06, 1998.

10.Be2 Bd7 11.Nc3 Nd3 (11...a5 12.Qc2 Neg4 13.h3+= (< 13.Ne4 Bh2 14.Kh1 Be5=+)) 12.Bd3 ed3 13.Qb1 Ng4 (13...Be5 14.Qd3 Be6 15.Ne4+/–) 14.f4= (14.Qd3 Bh2 15.Kh1 Bc6=) 14...a5 15.b5 c5 16.bc6 bc6 17.Qd3 Rb8 18.Rab1 Qf6 (18...c5 19.Ne4 Qh4 20.Nf3+-) 19.h3 Nh6 20.Ne4 Qg6 21.g4 (21.f5 Bf5 22.Nf5 Nf5 23.Rf5 Qf5 24.Nf6 Qf6 25.Bf6 Rb1 26.Qb1 gf6+-) 21...Bg4 (better is 21...Rfd8!? 22.Qc2 Bf5 23.Nf5 Nf5 24.Qc6 h5+-) 22.hg4+- Ng4 23.Nf2 Qh5 24.Ng4 Qg4 25.Kf2 Qh4 (25...Be7 26.Nf5 Rfe8 27.Rh1+-) 26.Ke2 Qh2 27.Kd1 Qg2 28.Kc2 Qd5 29.Nf5 Qd3 30.Kd3 Rfd8 31.Nd6 (31.Bg7 Ba3 32.Kc2 Rb1 33.Rb1 Bb4+-) 31...Rd6 32.Ke2 Rh6 (32...Rdd8 33.Rfc1 Rb6 34.Bc3 Rb1 35.Rb1+-) 33.Bc3 Rh2 34.Kd3 Rd8 35.Kc4 (35...Rh5 36.Rb6+-) 1–0. Eralos – marekt (1725), ChessWorld.net, 2001.

10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nc3 a6 12.d3 Bg4?? (12...ed3!? 13.Bd3 c6=+) 13.Bg4 (better 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.de4 Be2 15.Qe2+/- (15.Ne2?! Nc4=)) 13...Neg4= 14.de4 Nh6?? (14...Bh2!? 15.Kh1 Be5=) 15.h3 (15.Qd3 Rfe8 16.f3 Rad8+-) 15...Be5? (better 15...Ne4 16.Qc2 Nc3 17.Bc3 Rac8+=) 16.f3 Rfd8 17.Qe2 (better 17.Qd3+-) 17...b6?? (better 17...Bd4!? 18.ed4 Rd4+/-) 18.Rfd1 (18.Nc6 Qe6 19.Nd8 Rd8+-) 18...Rd7? (18...Qd6 19.Na4+-) 19.Rac1 Rad8? (19...Qe8 20.Nc6 Rd1 21.Nd1 Bb2 22.Qb2+-) 20.Qc2 (better 20.Nc6 Qe8 21.Nd8 Qd8 22.Qa6+-) 20...Bd4 21.ed4 (21.Rd4?! Nf5 (worse 21...Rd4 22.ed4 c5 23.bc5 bc5 24.d5+-) 22.Rd7 Rd7+-) 21...Rd4? (21...Nh5+-) 22.Rd4 Rd4 23.Nd5 Nd5 (23...Rd5 24.Bf6 gf6 25.ed5 Qe3 26.Kh2 Qe5 27.Kh1 Qd5 28.Qc7 Nf5 29.Qb6 Kg7 30.Qa6 Ng3 31.Kh2 Qe5+-) 24.Bd4 (24.ed5?! Rd5 25.Qc7 Qc7 26.Rc7 f6+=) 24...Nf4 25.Qc7 Qg5 (25...Qc7 26.Rc7 f6 27.Bb6 Ne6+-) 26.Qc8 (26.Qc8 Qd8 27.Qd8) 1-0. POLSKA_HUSARIA (2045) - clownopening (2150), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

10.Be2 Bg4 11.f3 ef3 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ne5 Be2=+. Wilhelm Gross.

10.Be2 Nfg4!? 11.h3 Qh4! 12.Nc3 (12.Nb5? Nf3 13.Bf3 ef3 14.Qf3 Nh2-/+; 12.Qc2?! Ne3! 13.de3 Bh3 14.gh3 Qg5 15.Kh1 Qh6!) 12...Nh2 13.Re1=+. Wilhelm Gross.

9.Qc2 Ne5

10.Bb3? Nd3-+ 11.Kf1 (11.Ke2 a5-+) 11...Nb2 (better 11...Ng4!? 12.Nc3 Ndf2-+) 12.Qb2-/+ Be5 13.Qa2 (better 13.Qc3!?-/+) 13...Bd4-+ 14.ed4 Qd4 15.Nc3 Ng4 Do you see the mate threat? 16.Nd1 a5 (16...Be6 17.Rb1-+) 17.Ne3 (17.Rc1-+) 17...ab4 18.a4 b5 19.a5 c5 20.Ng4 (20.Bd5 Ra6 21.Re1 c4 22.Ng4 b3-+) 20...Bg4 21.h3 (21.Qb1 Qd2 22.Qe4 Qc3-+) 21...Bd7 (21...Be6 22.Be6 fe6 23.Kg1-+) 22.Bd5 (22.Ke1 c4 23.Bd1 b3-+) 22...Rad8 (22...Be6 23.Be6 fe6 24.Kg1-+) 23.Bb7 (23.Re1 Bf5 24.Bb7 Rfe8-+) 23...Be6 24.Qb1 Bd5 (24...Qf6 25.Qe1 Rd2 26.Rc1-+) 25.a6 (25.Bd5 Rd5 26.Ra2 Rf5-+) 25...Bb7 26.ab7 Rb8 27.Ra7 Qd5 28.Kg1 (28.Ke2 Rb7 29.Rb7 Qb7-+) 28...Rb7 29.Rb7 Qb7 30.Kh2 Qc7 (30...Qd5 31.Rd1-+) 31.g3 Qd7 (31...Qe5 32.Re1 Qd4 33.Re2-+) 32.Rd1 (32.Qe4 Qd2 33.Kg2 Rd8-+) 32...Qd3 33.Qb2 (33.Qd3 ed3 34.Rb1 Ra8-+) 33...Qe2 34.Qc2 (34.Rg1 Qf2 35.Rg2 Qd4 36.Qd4 cd4-+) 34...Qf2 (34...e3 35.Qb1 Rd8 36.Rf1 ed2 37.h4-+) 35.Kh1 e3 36.Qe4 e2 (36...Rd8!? 37.d4 Qg3 38.h4-+) 37.Rg1 f5 38.Qd5 (38.Qe6 Kh8 39.Qe7 Ra8-+) 38...Kh8 39.Qg2 (39.Qe5 b3 40.Qe7-+) 39...e1Q 40.Re1 Qe1 41.Kh2 Re8 (41...Re8 42.h4 b3 43.d4 Re2 44.Qe2 Qe2 45.Kh3 b2 46.g4 b1Q 47.Kg3 Qg4 48.Kf2 Qbg1) 0-1. keene2019 (1710) - sriv (1875), gameknot.com, 2020. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.e3 Ngf6 6.c4 e4 7.Nd4 dc4 8.Bc4 0-0)

10.d3 Nc4 11.dc4 Re8 =+.

10.Be2 a5 11.b5 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 (12...ef3 13.gf3 Bh5 14.f4=+) 13.0-0 ef3 14.Nf3 Qe7 (14...Bg6 15.Qa4 Qe7 16.Nh4=) 15.Nd4 (15.Nc3 Nf3 16.Bf3 Qe5=) 15...Be2=+ 16.Ne2 Rad8 (16...Rac8 17.Nbc3=+) 17.h3 Rfe8 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Nc3 Nc4 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Qc4 Be5 22.Rac1 g6 23.Qc2 ½–½. Domingo,Jordi (1980) – Sorcinelli,Andrea (2000), FICGS, 2012.

10.Be2 a5 11.Nc3 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 Nd3 14.Bd3 ed3 15.Qb1 =+.

10.Be2 Re8 11.h3 (11.0-0 a5 12.b5 Bg4=) 11...Bd7 (11...a5 12.b5=+) 12.Nc3 a5 13.b5 c5 14.bc6 Nc6 15.Ndb5 Bf8 (15...Be5 16.0-0=+) 16.0-0= Rc8 17.Rac1 Bf5 18.Qb1 (18.Rfd1 Ne5=) 18...Bg6 (18...Qd7 19.Rfd1=+) 19.Na4 Nd5 20.d4 ed3 21.Bd3 Bd3 22.Qd3 Nc7 23.Qb3 Qd5 (23...Qg5 24.Nac3=) 24.Qd5 Nd5 25.Rfd1 Rcd8 26.Bd4 h6 (26...Be7 27.Nc5 Bc5 28.Bc5+=) 27.Bc5+= Be7 28.Be7 Re7 (28...Nde7 29.Nd6 Rf8 30.Nb7 Rd1 31.Rd1+-) 29.Nc5 Kh7 30.Kh2 f5 31.Rd2 f4 32.ef4 Nf4 33.Nd6 b5 34.Rcc2 Rb8 35.Nb3 a4 (35...Ne5 36.f3+=) 36.Rc6 ab3 37.Rb2 Ne2 38.Nf5 Re5 39.g4 Rb7 40.Rb3 Rf5 41.gf5 Nd4 42.Rcc3 Nb3 43.Rb3 Ra7 44.Kg3 Ra4 45.Rb5 Ra3 46.Kg4 Ra6 47.Rb8 Ra4 48.f4 Ra6 49.Rd8 Rf6 50.h4 Ra6 51.Rf8 Rb6 52.Re8 Rf6 53.Rd8 (53.h5 Rf7+/–) 53...Rf7 (53...Ra6 54.Rd7 Rf6+/–) 54.Rd6 Kg8 55.f6 (55.Rc6 Kf8+/–) 55...gf6 56.Kf5 Ra7 (56...Kg7 57.Ke6 Rf8 58.h5+-) 57.h5 Kg7 58.Ke6 (58.Rf6?? Ra5 59.Ke6 Ra6 60.Kf5 Rf6 61.Ke4 Rb6–+) 58...Ra4 59.Rd7 Kg8 60.f5 (60.Kf6 Rf4 61.Kg6 Rg4 62.Kh6 Kh8+-) 60...Rh4+/– 61.Kf6 Rh5 62.Rd8 Kh7 63.Ke6 (63.Re8 Rg5+/–) 63...Rh1 64.f6 Re1 65.Kf7 h5 66.Kf8 Rf1 67.f7 Kg6 68.Rd6 Kg5 69.Kg7 Rf7 70.Kf7 h4 71.Rd2 (71.Ke6!? h3+-) ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Molo,Rene Angel, corr XVI Camp. Argentina – Final, 2000.

10.Be2 Bg4 11.Nc3=+ Be2 12.Ke2 Qc8 =+.

10.Be2 Bg4 11.Nc3 Be2 12.Ke2 Qd7 13.Ne4+= Qg4 (13...Ne4!? 14.Qe4 a5+=) 14.f3+/– Qg2 15.Nf2 Qg6 16.Nf5 Qh5 17.Be5 Be5 18.Rag1 g6 19.h4 h6 20.Ng4 Kh8 21.Ne5 (21.Nfh6 a5 22.Ne5 Qh6 23.Qc7 Qh7 24.ba5 Nh5+-) 21...Qf5 22.Qf5 gf5 23.Rg2 Rad8 24.Rhg1 f4?? (better is 24...Nh5+/–) 25.Rg7+- fe3 26.Nf7 Rf7 27.Rf7 Rd2 28.Ke3 Rd6 29.Kf4 Nd7 30.Rfg7 h5 31.R1g5 c5 32.Re7 cb4 33.ab4 Rd4 34.Kf5 Rd3 35.Re8 Kh7 36.Re7 Kh8 37.f4 Rd5 38.Ke6 Rg5 39.hg5 Nf8 40.Kf7 (40...Kh7 41.f5 Kh8 42.Kf8 h4 43.g6 h3 44.Rh7#) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Boerngen, Tiger SC, 1999.

10.Be2 Bg4 11.Nc3 Be2 12.Ke2 Re8 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Qe4 Nc4 15.Qc2 Nb2 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.Qb2 Qb5 18.d3 a5 19.Rhb1 ab4 20.ab4 Ra1 21.Ra1 Bb4 22.Qb3 Rf8 23.h3 c5 24.Kf1 Rd8 25.Kg1 Qd7 26.Ra7 Qc7 27.Qc4 h6 28.Qe4 Rb8 29.Qc4 Qb6 30.Ra1 Qf6 31.Ra7 b5 32.Qb3 Qe6 33.Qe6 fe6 34.Ne5 Bc3 35.Nd7 Rc8 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Woelfelschneider,Peter, 3. 1.b4 Thementurnier, 2000.

10.Be2 Bg4 11.Nc3=+ Re8 12.Bg4 (12.f3 ef3 13.gf3 Bd7=+) 12...Nd3-/+ (< 12...Nfg4 13.Ne4 a5 14.f4+/–) 13.Kf1 Ng4 (13...Nb2 14.Be2 c5 15.bc5 Bc5+-) 14.Ne4= Nb2 15.Nd6 cd6 16.h3 Ne5 17.Qb2= Rc8 18.Qb1 Nc6 19.Ne2 Qf6 20.Kg1 Ne5 21.d4 Nc4 22.Qd3 b5 23.Nf4 a6 24.Rc1 Red8 25.Kh2 d5 26.Rc3 a5 27.Rhc1+= ab4 28.ab4 Qd6 29.Qf5+= g6 30.Qg5+/– f6 31.Qg4 f5 32.Qf3 Qb4 33.Nd5 Qd6 34.Nf4 Nd2 35.Qb7 Rb8 36.Qa7 Nc4 37.g3 g5 38.Nd3+/– g4 39.hg4 fg4+= 40.Qc5 Qc5 41.Nc5+/– Nd2 42.Kg2 Rb6 43.Ra3 Rh6 44.Nd3 Nf3+= 45.Rc7 Re8 46.d5 Rh2 47.Kf1 Nd2 48.Ke1 Ne4 49.Raa7 Rf8 50.Nf4 b4 51.Kf1 Nd2 52.Ke2+- Ne4 53.Ne6 Re8 54.Kd3 Nf2 55.Kd4 Nd1 56.Rab7 Rd2 57.Ke5 Rh2 58.e4 (58...Nf2 59.Kf4+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Schols,Andre, corr or01–006 E–mail, 2002.

8.Bc4 a5

9.b5 0-0 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Be2 c6 (11...c5 12.bc6 bc6 13.Qc2=) 12.bc6= bc6 13.0-0 (13.Qc2 Rb8=) 13...Qd7 (13...Ba6 14.Ba6 Ra6 15.Qc2=) 14.Na4 (14.Qc2 Rb8=) 14...Rb8+= 15.Qc2 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 15...Nd3 16.Bd3 ed3 17.Qc6 (worse is 17.Qd3 c5 18.Nc5 Bc5–+) 17...Qc6 18.Nc6 Bd7 19.Rfc1 (19.Rac1!? Rbc8 20.Nb6 Bc6 21.Bf6 gf6 22.Nc8 Rc8 23.Rc3=) 19...Rbc8+= 20.Bf6 Bc6 (worse is 20...Rc6 21.Bc3=) 21.Nb6 gf6 22.Nc8 Rc8 23.Rab1 Rc7 24.Rc4 Bd5 25.Rc7 Bc7 26.Rc1 Bd6 27.Rc3 Be7 (27...Be4 28.f3 Bg6 29.g4+=) 28.Rd3 Ba2 (28...Be6 29.a4+=) 29.Rc3+= Kg7 30.Kf1 (30.Rc1 a4+=) 30...a4 31.Rc1 Bb3 (31...Bd5 32.Ra1+=) 32.Ra1 Bc4 33.Ke1 f5 34.d4 f4 35.e4 Bf6 36.e5 Be7 37.Kd2 (37.f3 Bd5+=) 37...Kg6 (37...Bd5 38.Kc3=) 38.f3 Kf5 39.Rc1 (39.Kc3 Bb3=) 39...Bb3= 40.Rc6 (40.Ra1 f6 41.ef6 Kf6=) 40...Ba3 (40...Kg5 41.Kc3 Ba3 42.Ra6=) 41.Kc3 (41.Rh6 Bf8 42.Rf6 Kg5+=) 41...Be7 (41...h5 42.Rf6 Kg5 43.Rb6=) 42.Ra6 (42.Rh6 Bd5+=) 42...h5+= 43.Ra5 h4 44.h3 (44.Ra7 Ba3+=) 44...f6-/+ 45.Ra7 Bf8 46.ef6 Kf6 47.Ra6 Kf7 0–1. Cirulis,Ilmars (1980) – Koivuniemi,Raimo (1855), FICGS, 2016.

9.Nf5 Ne5 10.Bb5 c6 11.Nd6 Qd6-/+.

9.b5 Ne5=+

10.Bf1 0-0 11.d3 =+.

10.Bf1 c6 11.bc6 bc6 12.Nc3 (12.f4 ef3 13.Nf3 Bg4=+) 12...Ba6 13.Ba6 (13.Qa4 Qc8-/+) 13...Ra6-/+ 14.0-0 Nd3 15.Rb1 Nb2 (15...Qb8 16.Ba1 Qc7 17.Qc2=) 16.Rb2=+ Ba3 17.Qe2 Bb2 (17...Ra8 18.Rb7 Qd6 19.f3 ef3 20.Qf3=) 18.Qa6 0-0 19.Qc6 Qc8 20.Qd6 (20.Rb1 Qc6 21.Nc6 Bc3 22.dc3 a4=+) 20...Rd8 (20...Bc3!? 21.dc3 Qc3-/+) 21.Qb6= Bc3 22.dc3 a4 23.c4 Qb8 24.Qa5 Qa8 (24...Ng4 25.g3 Ne5 26.Qa4=) 25.Qb4 (25.Qb5 Rb8 26.Qg5 Rb2=) 25...Qa6 26.Ra1 Ra8 27.Nb5 h6 (27...Qa5 28.Qe7=) 28.h3 (28.Ra3!?+=) 28...Qa5= 29.Qb2 Rc8 (29...Kf8 30.Qa3 Kg8 31.Nd6=) 30.Nd6+= Rc6 31.Qd4 (31.Qb8 Kh7 32.Nf7 Rc4 33.Qh8 Kg6-/+) 31...Qb6= 32.c5 Qc5 33.Qc5 Rc5 34.Ra4 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Baer,Werner, TT–02.59 TSC, 2002.

10.Be2 0-0

11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Nc3 Be2 13.Ke2 =+.

11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Qc2 Be2 13.Ke2 Re8 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 Nc4 =+.

11.Qc2 Rb8

12.0-0 c5 13.bc6= bc6 14.Nc3 c5 15.Ndb5 Bg4 16.Nd6 (16.f3 ef3 17.gf3 Bh5=) 16...Qd6=+ 17.Rab1 Be2 (17...Rfd8 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Be5 Qe5 20.Nc3=) 18.Ne2= Nd3 (18...g6 19.Ng3 Qd5 20.Qa4=) 19.Bf6+= Rb1 (19...Qf6 20.f3+=) 20.Qb1 Rb8 21.Qa1 Qf6 22.Qf6 gf6 23.Ng3 Rb3 24.Ra1 (24.Ne4 f5 25.Nd6 Ra3=) 24...Rb2+= 25.h3 (25.Rd1 Rc2=) 25...f5 (25...Kg7 26.Ne4 f5 27.Nd6 Rd2 28.Nf5 Kf6 29.Nd6=) 26.Rd1 Ra2 (26...Rb3 27.Nf5 Ra3 28.Nd6=) 27.Nf5 Ra3 28.Rb1 (28.Nd6 Ra4=) 28...Nb4 (28...h5 29.Ng3=) 29.Nd6 (29.Rc1 Nd3 30.Rc4 Ra1 31.Kh2 a4=) 29...f5 30.Nf5 (30.g4 a4 31.gf5 Rb3=) 30...a4 31.Nd6 (31.Ng3 Rb3 32.Ra1 a3 33.Ne4 a2=) 31...Rb3=+ 32.Rd1 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Domancich, email CADAP, 1999.

12.0-0 c5 13.bc6= bc6 14.Nc3 c5 15.Ndb5 Bg4 16.f3 (< 16.Ne4 A) 16...Be2?! A1) < 17.Nbd6 Ne4 (< 17...Bf1 18.Be5 Ne4 19.Qe4+=) 18.Qe4 Nf3 (< 18...Qd6 19.Qe5 Qe5 20.Be5+=) 19.gf3 Rb2-/+ (19...Qd6?! 20.Be5 Qd2 21.Bb8 Bf1 22.Rf1 Rb8 23.Rb1 Rb1 24.Qb1=); A2) 17.Ned6 Bd3 18.Qc5 Bf1 19.Rf1= (19.Kf1? Nd3 20.Qc2 Nb2–+; < 19.Be5 Bb5 20.Nb5 Nd7-/+); B) 16...Ne4 17.Qe4 Be2 18.Nd6 Ng6-/+ (< 18...Qd6 19.Qe5 Qg6 20.Rfe1+/–)) 16...ef3 17.gf3 Bh5 18.Nd6 Qd6 19.Na4 (19.Rab1 c4=) 19...Rfe8 (19...Nfd7 20.Be5 Ne5 21.Nc5=) 20.Rab1=+ Bg6 (20...Ne4 21.Be5 (< 21.Qe4 Nf3 22.Bf3 Re4 23.Be4 Bg6-/+) 21...Re5 22.Rb8 Qb8 23.fe4 Rg5 24.Kh1 Be2 25.Rf2=+) 21.e4= c4 (21...Nfd7 22.Be5 Qe5 23.Rb8 Rb8 24.Qc3 Qg5 25.Kh1=) 22.Be5 Qe5 23.Rb8 (23.Bc4? Qd4 24.Kg2 Rb1 25.Rb1 Ne4–+) ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Domancich, email LADAC, 1999.

12.0-0 c5 13.bc6= Nc6 14.d3 Re8 15.Nd2 Nd4 16.Bd4=.

12.0-0 Nd3!? 13.Bd3 ed3 14.Qd3 c5 15.bc6 bc6 =+.

12.Nc3 c5 13.bc6 bc6=.

8.Bc4 Ne5

9.Qb3 0-0 10.Nc3 Qe7 11.h3 c6 12.Be2=+ Re8 13.Qc2 Ng6 14.d3 ed3 15.Qd3 a5 16.b5 Ne5 17.Qc2 c5 18.Nf5 Bf5 19.Qf5 Rad8 20.0-0 g6 21.Qc2+= Ned7 22.Nb1 Ne4= 23.Bf3 Ndf6 24.Rd1 h5 25.Nc3+/– Ng5 26.Bd5 Kh7 27.Rd2 Qe5 28.Rad1 Bc7? 29.Kf1 Qe7 30.Bb7 Rd2 31.Rd2 Bf4? 32.Bc6 Qe6 33.Be8 Nh3 34.Bf7! Qf7 35.ef4 Nf4 36.Ne4 Ne4 37.Qe4 c4 38.Qd4 (38…c3 39.Bc3+-; Better is 38.Rd8!? Kh6+-) 1–0. Dubinskaya,M (2015) – Kljus, Yalta op (Women), 1996.

9.Qb3 c6 10.Be2 a5 11.d3 ed3 12.Bd3 Nd3 13.Qd3 ab4 14.Nd2 ba3 15.Ba3 Be7 16.0-0 c5 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Qe4 Ra3! 19.Ra3 cd4 20.Rd3 0-0 21.Rc1 Bf6 22.ed4 Re8 23.Qf3 Qd6 24.Re3 Rd8 25.Rd1 Bd7 26.Re2 b5 27.Red2 b4 28.Rb2 Ba4 29.Rdd2 Bg5 30.Rd3 Qc7 31.Rb1 Bc2 32.Rdb3 Bb1 33.Rb1 Rd4 34.Qe2 h6 35.Qe8 Kh7 36.Qe2 b3! 37.Qe1 Rc4 38.Rb3 Rc1 39.Rb1 Re1 40.Re1 Qc3 41.Rf1 Bf6 42.Rd1 Qc2 43.Rf1 Bd4 44.h3 Qe2 45.h4 Kg6 46.g3 Qf3 (47.Kh2 Bf2–+) 0–1. Pierred (2110) – Marckox (2465), Rated game, 2005.

9.Qb3 Nfg4 10.Nc3 Nc4 11.Qc4 Ne5 12.Qb3 Qh4 13.Kd1? Nd3–+ 14.Kc2 0-0 15.f3 Nf2 16.g3 Qh5 17.Rhf1 Qh2 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.fe4 Bg3 20.Rh1 Qg2 21.Qd5 Bf2?? 22.Nf5= Bf5 23.Qf5 h6 24.Be5 Qg5 25.Bf4 Qf5 26.ef5 g5 27.fg6 fg6 28.Rh6 Kg7 29.Rah1 Rf4 30.ef4 Rc8 31.Rh7 Kf6 32.Rf1 Bb6 33.f5 gf5 34.Rh5 Ke6 35.Rff5 Rd8 36.Re5 Kf6 37.Rhf5 Kg6 38.Rf3 a6 39.Re6 Kg5 40.Re2 Kg4 41.Rf7 Kg3 42.a4 Rd4 43.a5 Ba7 44.Kc3 Rd6 45.Rc7 Bd4 46.Kc4 b5 47.ab6 Bb6 48.Rce7 a5 49.Kb5 ab4 50.R2e6 Re6 51.Re6 Ba7 52.Kb4 Kf4 53.Kc4 Kf5 54.Re8 Kf6 55.d4 1–0. Caissa – flipper, ACL–T052 playchess.de, 2003.

9.d3 a6 10.f4 ef3 11.Nf3 Nc4 12.dc4 Qe7 13.Bd4 Bg4 14.0-0 c6 15.Nbd2 Bh5 16.Bf6+= gf6 17.Qb3 Bg6 18.c5 Bc7 19.Nd4 Rg8 20.Rf2 0-0-0 21.a4 Rd5 22.Raf1 h6 23.b5 Rc5 24.ba6 ba6 25.Nc4 Be4 26.Rb2 Kd7=+ 27.Rd2 Ke8 28.Kh1 Rg6 29.Nf3 Bd5–+ 30.Rd5 cd5 31.Ncd2 Qe6 (32.Nh4 Rg4–+) 0–1. Milde,Lars (2205) – Baer,Werner (1830), TT–08.27 ETC, 2004.

9.Be2 a5 10.Nb5 Bg4 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.Qa4 c6 13.ba5 Nd3 14.Bd3 Qd3 15.Nc3 0-0 16.Rc1 Rfd8 17.Qc2 Qc2 18.Rc2 Ra5 19.Ne2 Nd7 20.h3 Be6 21.f3 Nc5 22.Nf4 Bb3 23.Rc1 g5 24.Bf6 Re8 25.Bg5 Ra3 26.0-0 Ra5 27.Bh4 f5 28.fe4 fe4 29.Be1 Nd3 30.Nd3 ½–½. Luzuriaga – Ster, Tiger SC, 1999.

9.Be2 Bg4 10.f3 ef3 11.Nf3 Bf3 12.gf3 c6 13.Nc3 Ng6 14.Qa4 0-0 15.b5 c5 16.f4 Qd7 17.h4 Rfe8 18.h5 Nf8 19.Rg1 Ne6 20.f5 Nc7 21.b6 Qa4 22.Na4 Ncd5 23.h6 g6 24.fg6 hg6 25.Bf3 Be5 26.Be5 Re5 27.Nc5 ab6 28.Nb7 Re7 29.Nd6 Kh7 30.Rh1 Rd8 31.Nc4 Rc8 32.Rh4 Rc5 33.Nd6 Rd7 34.Ne4 Ne4 35.Be4 f5 36.d4 Rcc7 37.Bd5 Rd5 38.Rb1 g5 39.Rh5 Kg6 40.Rh1 Rd6 41.Ke2 g4 42.Rb5 Rdc6 43.Kf2 Re6 44.Re5 Re5 45.de5 Kh7 46.e6 Re7 47.Rh5 Re6 48.Rf5 Kh6 49.a4 Re4 50.Rf4 Rf4 51.ef4 Kg6 ½–½. Luzuriaga – Baer, Tiger SC, 2000.

9.Be2 Bg4 10.f3 ef3 11.Nf3 Bf3 12.gf3 Nd5 13.0-0 Ng6 14.f4 0-0 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.Bc3 Re8 17.Bf3 Qc8 18.Bh1 c6 19.Qh5 Qd7 20.Rf3 f6 21.b5 Rab8 22.Rh3 Nf8 23.a4 Re7 24.Rg3 Ng6 25.Bf3 f5 26.Kh1 Bc5 27.Rg5 Rf8 28.bc6 bc6 29.Rc1 Rff7 30.Ba5 Qd3 31.Rc5 Nf4 32.Rc3 Qf1 33.Rg1 Qg1 34.Kg1 Nh5 35.Bh5 g6 36.Be2 Re5 37.Bb4 1–0. Ganesan – Magat, corr 4AMM–05, 1998.

9.Bf1 0-0 10.Qc2-/+.

9.Bf1 a5 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Qb1 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 Re8 14.Be2 Nf3?? 15.gf3+- ef3 16.Nf3 c6 17.Rg1 Bf8 18.b5 h6 19.Na4 Be6 20.Qc2 Bd5 21.Nc5 cb5 22.Qf5 Ne4 23.Bb5 (23...Nc5 24.Be8+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Baer,Werner, Tiger SC, 1999.

9.Be2 0-0

10.0-0 c6 (10...a5 11.b5=+) 11.Qc2 Re8 (11...Bg4 12.Bg4 Neg4 13.h3=) 12.Nc3 (12.f3 ef3 13.Nf3 Nf3 14.Rf3 Nd5=+) 12...Bg4 (12...a5 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Qe4-/+) 13.Bg4 Neg4 14.h3 Nh6 (14...Nh2 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.d3+/–) 15.d3 (15.Rfd1 a5=) 15...ed3 16.Qd3 Qd7 (16...a5 17.Qc4=) 17.Rfd1 (17.Rad1 Rad8=) 17...Rad8 18.Qc4 (18.Rd2 a5 19.Qc4 ab4 20.ab4 Nf5=) 18...Qc7 (18...Qe7 19.Rd2=) 19.Nf3 (19.b5 c5 20.Nf3 Qd7=) 19...a6 20.Rac1 Qe7 21.Qb3 Bb8 (21...Bc7 22.Na4 Ne4 23.Nc5=) 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Na4 (23.Rd1 Rd1 24.Qd1 Bc7=) 23...Ne4 24.Nc5 Rd5 (24...Bd6 25.Ne4 Qe4 26.Qc2 Qc2 27.Rc2=) 25.Ne4 Qe4 26.Rd1 Rd1 27.Qd1 Qe7 28.Qb3 (28.Qd3 f6+=) 28...Nf5 29.Qc3 f6 30.Qc4 Qf7 31.Qf7 (31.Qg4 Nd6=) ½–½. Ganesan,Arasu – Malmstroem,Jan, email 4AMM–F, 1998.

10.Nc3 a5 11.Qb1 (11.b5 c5 12.bc6 bc6=) 11...ab4-/+ 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 Nd3 (13...Re8 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 Bb4 16.Bc3 Bc3 17.dc3=+) 14.Bd3= ed3 15.0-0 c6 16.f4 (16.Qd3 Qc7=) 16...Re8 17.Na2 Nd5 18.Bc3 (18.Qd3 Nb4 (< 18...Bb4 19.Nc6 bc6 20.Nb4+=) 19.Nb4 Bb4=+) 18...Nc3 19.Nc3 Bg4 (19...Qf6 20.Na2=) 20.h3= Bd7 (20...Bh5 21.Na2=) 21.Na2 Qe7 22.Qd3 Ra8 23.Qc2 Be6 (< 23...Bb4 24.Nb4 Qb4 25.Rb1+=) 24.Nc3 Bb4 25.Ne6 Qe6 26.Rb1 c5 (26...Bc3 27.f5 Qf6 28.Qc3 Qc3 29.dc3=) 27.Rb2 (27.e4 Bc3 28.dc3 Ra2 29.Rb7 h6+/– (29...Rc2?? 30.Rb8 Qe8 31.Re8)) 27...b6 (27...Ra1 28.Kh2 b6 29.e4=+) 28.Qe4 (28.e4 Ra1 29.Kh2 Ba3=) 28...Qe4 (28...Ra1 29.Kf2-/+) 29.Ne4=+ f5 (29...Kf8 30.d3=+) 30.Nc3 Kf7 31.Nd5 Ba5 32.Kf2 (32.d3 Ra6=) 32...Rb8 (32...Rd8 33.Nc3=+) 33.d3= Ke6 34.e4 Kd6 (34...fe4 35.de4 c4 36.Ke2=) 35.g4 fe4 36.de4 c4 (36...b5 37.Ke3=) 37.Ke3 (37.Rb5 Kc6 38.Rb2 b5=) 37...Kc5 (37...b5 38.Kd4=) 38.Ra2+= Rb7 (38...Ra8 39.Nc7 Ra7 40.Ne6 Kc6 41.Ke2=) 39.f5 (39.g5 c3+=) 39...h6 (39...Be1 40.Ra1 Bh4 41.Nf4=) 40.h4 (40.Nf4 Bc3+=) 40...Be1= 41.Ra8 b5 42.Rc8 Kd6 43.Rd8 Kc6 44.Rc8 Kd7 45.Rg8 Kd6 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Krasny,Henryk Jan, corr or01–002 E–mail, 2001.

10.Nc3 c5 11.bc5 Bc5 12.Nb3 Bd6 13.Qc2 (13.Nd4 Re8=+) 13...Bf5 14.Nd4 Bg6 (14...Nd3 15.Bd3 ed3 16.Qb3=+) 15.0-0 (15.Ncb5 Nd3 16.Bd3 ed3=+) 15...Nfg4 (15...Qd7 16.Qb3=+) 16.Ne4 Qh4 17.h3 Nf2 18.Rf2 (18.Nf2 Nf3) 18...Be4 19.Qb3 Qg3 (19...Qg5 20.Nb5 Be7 21.Raf1+=) 20.Nf5 Bf5 21.Rf5 Rac8 22.Rd1 (22.d4 Ng6 23.Bc4 Qh2 24.Kf1 Nh4–+) 22...Rc7 23.Be5 Be5 24.Rf3 (24.d4 Qh2 25.Kf1 Bg3=) 24...Qh2=+ 25.Kf2 Rd8 (25...Rfc8 26.Qd5=+) 26.Qb1 (26.d4 Bf6 27.Rf4 Bg5=) 26...Bf6 (26...Bd6 27.Qa1=+) 27.Qe4= Re7 (27...Be7!?=) 28.Qf4+= Qf4 29.Rf4 Kf8 30.Rc4 h6 31.a4 b6 32.Bf3 Bg5 33.h4 Bf6 34.g3 g6 35.d4 h5 36.Rc6 Kg7 37.Rdc1 g5+= 38.Rh1 g4= 39.Bg2 Rde8 40.Rc3+= Bd4 41.ed4 Re2 42.Kg1 Rd2 43.Kh2 Ree2 44.Rg1 Rd4 45.a5 ba5 46.Rc5 a4 47.Rh5 a3 48.Rg5 Kf8 49.Kh1 a2= 50.Ra5 Rdd2 51.Ra4 Rb2 52.Kh2 a6 53.Ra6 Kg7 54.Ra7 Kg6 55.Ra6 Kg7 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Dechen,Andre, corr CON–MGB–E–I–B, 2000.

10.Nc3 Nd3 11.Bd3= Nh5?? (better 11...ed3 12.Qb1 Be5=) 12.Ne6 (better 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.Be4+-) 12...Be5?? (better 12...fe6 13.Ne4 Be7+-) 13.Nf8 (better 13.Nd8 ed3 14.Qh5+-) 13…Nf6 1-0. opperwezen (2630) - JannLee (2685), Elite Crazyhouse Arena, 2018. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Be2 e4 9.Nd4 Ne5)

10.0-0 a5

11.ba5 Ra5 12.Qc2 Bg4 (12...Neg4 13.h3 Nh2 14.Rd1=) 13.Bg4 Neg4 14.h3 Ne5 15.f3 ef3 16.Nf3 Re8 17.Ne5 (17.Bc3 Rd5=+) 17...Be5 18.d4 (18.Be5 Ree5 19.Nc3 Qd6=+) 18...Bd6 19.Nd2 Qe7 (19...Re3 20.Nc4 Rh3 21.gh3 (21.Na5?! Bh2 22.Kh1 Rh4+/–) 21...Rg5 22.Kf2+-) 20.Rf3 b5 21.Qf5 Qe6 22.Qe6 Re6 23.Rc1 (23.Rf5 g6 24.Rf3 Ne4 25.Ne4 Re4=+) 23...Ba3 (23...Ra6 24.g4=+) 24.Ba3= Ra3 25.Rc7 Rd3 (25...Rae3 26.Re3 Re3 27.Rb7=) 26.Nf1 Rd1 27.Rb7 Rb1 28.Kh2 (28.Rf5 Re3 29.Rfb5 Rd1 30.Rb8 Re8 31.Re8 Ne8+=) 28...Kf8= 29.Rf5 b4 30.Nd2 Rc1 (30...Rb2 31.Nc4 Rb3 32.Rc5+=) 31.Rf3 (31.e4 g6 32.Rf4 Rd1+/–) 31...Rc2 32.Nb3 Rc3 (32...Rc4 33.Na5 Rc3 34.Rb4 Rce3 35.Re3 Re3 36.Nc6+=) 33.Rb4 Ree3 34.Nd2 (34.Re3 Re3 35.Nc5 Nd5 36.Rb8 Re8 37.Nd7 Ke7+=) 34...Rf3= 35.Nf3 (35.gf3?? Rc2–+) 35...Rc7 36.Ra4 (36.Kg3 Ke7=) ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Vetter, Tiger SC, 2000.

11.ba5 Ra5 12.f3 ef3 13.Nf3 Re8 =+.

11.ba5 Ra5 12.f4 Nd3 13.Bd3 ed3 14.a4 (14.Qb3 Be7=+) 14...Re8 (14...Qe7 15.Qb3=+) 15.Qb3=+ Be7 (15...Bf8 16.Qc3 (16.Qd3? c5–+) 16...c5 17.Nb3-/+) 16.Na3 (16.Qc3 Rh5=+) 16...c5 17.Nf3 Ne4 (17...Be6 18.Nc4 Bc4 19.Qc4=+) 18.Nc4= Ra8 19.Nfe5 Bf6 (19...Be6 20.Qb5 Bf6=) 20.Nf3 (20.Rfd1 Be6 21.f5 Bd5 (21...Bf5?! 22.Qb7 Be5 23.Ne5=+) 22.Qd3 Bc4 23.Qd8 Rad8 (< 23...Bd8 24.Nc4 Bc7 25.a5+/–; 23...Red8?! 24.Nc4 Bb2 25.Nb2=+) 24.Nc4 Bb2 25.Nb2 Nd2=) 20...Bb2=+ 21.Qb2 (21.Nb2 Be6 22.Qa3 Ra5-/+) 21...Be6 22.Nb6 (22.Qb5 Re7=+) 22...Ra5 23.Ra3 c4 (23...f6 24.Rc1=+) 24.Qb4 Rc5 25.a5 (25.f5 Bf5 26.Nc4 Bg4=+) 25...Qc7 (25...Qe7 26.Rc1=) 26.Ne5 f5 (26...Qe7 27.a6 ba6 28.Ra6=) 27.Ra4 (27.Rc1 c3 28.dc3 d2=) 27...Rd8 (better is 27...c3 28.Nd3 Rc6 29.dc3 Rc3+=) 28.Nf3?? (better is 28.Nbc4 Rc8 29.Nb6+/–) 28...c3-/+ 29.Raa1 cd2 (29...Qd6 30.Na4 Rc7 31.dc3 Nc3 32.Qd6 Ne2 33.Kf2 Rd6 34.Rfb1-/+) 30.Nd2 Nd2 31.Qd2 Rc2 32.Qd1 Bb3 (32...Qc6 33.Rf3–+) 33.Qb1 Qc3 34.h3?? (better is 34.Na4 Qc4 35.Nb6–+) 34...d2 35.Kh1 Qe3 36.Rg1 Rd3 (better is 36...Rc5 37.Qb2–+) 37.Qf1 (37.Rd1 Rc6 38.Rd2 Rd2 39.Qf5–+) 37...Rdc3 38.a6 ba6 39.Rd1 Rc1 (40.Qa6 Qe4–+) 0–1. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Meisinger,Peter, Tiger SC, 1999.

11.ba5 c5 12.Nb5 =+.

11.b5 c5 12.bc6 bc6 13.Qc2 (13.f4 Qb6 14.Qb3 Qb3 15.Nb3 Ned7=+) 13...Rb8 (13...c5 14.Nb5=+) 14.Nc3 (14.f4 ef3 15.Nf3 Nf3 16.Rf3 Nd5=) 14...Re8 (14...c5 15.Ndb5 c4 16.Nd6 Qd6 17.Na4=+) 15.Rab1 (15.Rfb1 c5 16.Ndb5 c4=) 15...c5 16.Ndb5 Bf8 (16...c4 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Qe4+/–) 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Qe4 Bb7 19.Qc2 Qg5 20.f3 Red8 (20...Bf3 21.Bf3 Nf3 22.Rf3 Rb5 23.Rf7 Rb2 24.Rf8 Rf8 25.Qb2+/–) 21.Bc3+/– c4 (21...Nc6 22.Rb2+/–) 22.a4 (22.Be5 Qe5 23.Bc4 Qg5+/–) 22...Bb4+- 23.Bb4 ab4 24.Rb4 Bd5 25.Qc3 Qe7 (25...Nc6 26.Rb2+-) 26.Rfb1 Rb6 27.Nd4 (27.e4 Nc6 28.a5 Na5+-) 27...Rb4 28.Rb4 Qh4 29.g3 Qe7 30.Rb5 Qf6 (30...Qd7 31.f4 Nd3 32.a5+-) 31.e4 Bc6 (31...Ba8 32.a5+-) 32.Rb6 (32.Nc6 Nc6 33.Qf6 gf6+-) 32...Qd6 33.Nf5 Qc5 34.Kg2 Re8 (34...Be8 35.Rb7 Rc8 36.Re7+-) 35.a5 Qf8 36.Bc4 Bd7 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Mestak,Kamil, corr or01–014 E–mail, 2002.

11.b5 Nd3 12.Bd3 ed3=.

11.f4 ef3 12.Nf3= Nf3 13.Bf3 ab4 (13...c6 14.ba5 Ra5 15.Bc3=+) 14.ab4= Ra1 15.Ba1 c6 16.b5 cb5 17.g3 (17.Bd4 Qc7 18.Bf6 Bh2 19.Kh1 gf6=) 17...b4=+ 18.Bd4 Qe7 19.Bf6 (19.Bg2 Ng4=+) 19...Qf6 20.Bb7 Qe6 21.Bf3 (21.Bc8 Rc8 22.Qf3 b3=+) 21...Ba6-/+ 22.Be2 Be2 23.Qe2 Re8 24.Qh5 Rc8 25.Qf3 Rc2 (25...b3 26.d4=+) 26.Qa8 Bf8 27.e4 (27.Qf3 b3=+) 27...Qc4 28.Kf2 (28.Kg2 Rc1 29.Rc1 Qc1–+) 28...Rb2 (better is 28...Ra2 29.Qd5 Bc5 30.Ke1 Qd5 31.ed5 Bd6-/+) 29.Kg1? (better is 29.Kg2-/+) 29...Qb3–+ 30.Qa1 Qc2 31.Re1 Ra2 32.Qe5 Rb2 33.Kg2 Rb1 (34.Re2 b3–+) 0–1. marekt – momir1, gameknot.com, 2001.

11.f4 Ng6 12.b5=.

10.0-0 Re8

11.Qc2 c6 12.f3=.

11.Qc2 Bg4 12.f3 ef3 13.Nf3 Qe7=.

11.Qc2 Bg4 12.f3 ef3 13.Nf3 Nf3 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Rf3 Ne4 (15...Ng4 16.h3 Nh6 17.Nc3=) 16.Qc4 (16.d3 Ng5 17.Rf1 Re3-/+) 16...Qe7 17.h4 (17.Qd4 Qg5 18.Nc3 Qh5=) 17...b5=+ 18.Qd4 Nf6 19.h5 Nh5 20.Qg4 Be5 21.Be5 (21.Qh5 Bb2 22.Ra2 Bf6 23.Qb5 a5 24.ba5 Reb8=+) 21...Qe5-/+ 22.d4 Nf6 23.Qg7 (23.de5? Ng4 24.Nc3 Ne5–+) 23...Kg7 24.de5 Re5 (24...Ne4 25.Ra2-/+) 25.Nc3 a5 26.Raf1 ab4 27.ab4 Ra6 28.e4 (28.Rg3 Kh6-/+) 28...c5 29.bc5 Rc5 30.Rb1 h5 31.Rg3 (31.Rb5 Rb5 32.Nb5 Ne4-/+) 31...Kf8 (31...Kh6 32.Rf3-/+) 32.Rf3 Rac6 33.Nb5 Ne4 34.Nd4 Rc1 35.Rc1 Rc1 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Nf5 Kh7 38.Rf4 Rc5 39.Re4 (39.Ne7 Nd6-/+) 39...Rf5 40.g4 (40.Kg3 Rf1-/+) 40...hg4 41.Rg4 Kh6 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Gabor,Klaus, VCC KO–32/1.3, 2002.

11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Bg4 Neg4 13.h3 Ne5 14.f3 ef3 (14...Nd3 15.fe4 Nb2 16.Qb2 Ne4 17.Nf5=) 15.Nf3 c6 16.Nd4 (16.Be5 Be5 17.Nc3 a5=+) 16...a5=+ 17.b5 c5 18.Nf5 Rc8 19.Nc3 Bb8 (19...c4 20.Ne4 Ne4 21.Qe4=) 20.Ne2 (20.Na4 g6 21.Ng3 Nfd7=) 20...c4 (20...Qd7 21.Rab1=) 21.Nf4 (21.Bd4 Bd6=) 21...Qd7 22.a4 (22.b6 Rcd8 23.Bd4 Qb5=) 22...Bd6 23.Bd4 Bf8 (23...Bb4 24.Rad1=) 24.Rab1 Rcd8 25.Ng3 Bb4 26.Rbd1 Qc7 27.d3 Rc8 28.dc4 Qc4 29.Qf5 Bc3 (29...Qb3 30.Ne4 Ne4 31.Qe4=) 30.Nfh5 Nh5 (30...Qa4?? 31.Nf6 gf6 32.Ne4+- (< 32.Qf6 Re6 33.Qg5 Rg6 34.Qe5 Bd4 35.ed4 Qa2+-)) 31.Nh5 (31.Qh5 Qb3= (31...Qa4 32.Bc3 g6 33.Qg5 Rc3 34.Nh5+-)) 31...h6 (31...f6 32.Nf4=) 32.Kh1 (32.Qf4 Ng6 33.Qg4 Bd4 34.Rd4 Qb3=) 32...Qe6 33.Qe4 Qe7 34.Qf5 (34.Rc1 Bd4 35.ed4 Ng6 36.Qe7 Ne7=) 34...Qe6 35.Qe4 (35.Qf2 Qg6 36.Nf4 Qf5=) ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Ster, Tiger SC, 2000.

11.f3 ef3 12.Nf3 Nf3 13.Bf3 c6=.

7.Nd4 c5

8.bc5 Nc5=+ 9.Nc3 dc4 10.Bc4 0-0 =+.

8.bc5 Nc5=+ 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Be6?? (better is 10...Nc3 11.Bc3 0-0=+) 11.Ne6+/– Nc3?? (11...fe6 12.Nd5 ed5 13.Bg7 Rg8 14.Qh5 Kd7+-) 12.Ng7+- (12.Nd8 Nd1 13.Nf7 Nd3 14.Bd3 Nb2 15.Nd6 Kd7 16.Be4 Kd6+-) 12...Kf8 13.Bc3 (13.dc3?! Kg7 14.Qg4 Kh6+/–) 13...Rg8 14.Nf5 Rc8 (14...Rg5 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.f3+-) 15.Qh5 Rg5 (15...Bb8+-) 16.Qh6 Kg8 17.Bf6 (17...Rg6 18.Bd8 Rh6 19.Nh6 Kf8 20.Bf6+-) 1–0. marekt – grover, gameknot.com, 2001.

8.bc5 Nc5 9.cd5 Be5 10.Qc2 Bd6 (10...Qd5 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Nf5=) 11.Bb5 (11.Nb5 0-0+=) 11...Bd7= 12.0-0 Rc8 (12...Nd5 13.f3 ef3 14.Rf3=) 13.Nc3 a6 14.Bd7 Qd7 15.h3 0-0 16.Rac1 (16.f3 Be5=) 16...Nd3=+ 17.f3 (better is 17.Rb1 Be5 18.Qb3 Bd4 19.ed4=+) 17...Qe7?? (better is 17...Nc1!? 18.Rc1 ef3-/+) 18.fe4 (better is 18.Nf5 Qe5 19.Nd6 Qd6 20.Rb1 Nd5 21.fe4=) 18...Nb2?? (better is 18...Nc1 19.Rc1 Ne4 20.Qe4 Rc3 21.Qe7 A) 21...Be7?? 22.Rc3 (< 22.Bc3 Ba3 23.Rb1 b5+-) 22...Bf6 23.Rc7+-; B) 21...Rc1 22.Bc1 Be7=+) 19.Nf5+- Qc7 20.Nd6 Qd6 21.Qb2 b5 0–1. rommeltdf (1660) – joecool (1755), net–chess.com, 2002.

8.Nf5 Be5 9.Qc2 += (9.Ng7? Kf8–+).

8.Nf5 Be7 9.bc5 (9.Ng7 Kf8 10.Nf5 dc4 11.Bc4 Rg8+/–) 9...Bc5 (9...Nc5 10.Ne7 (worse is 10.Ng7 Kf8-/+) 10...Ke7 11.Bd4=) 10.d4 (10.Ng7!? Kf8 11.Nh5 dc4 12.Bc4+/–) 10...ed3 11.Bd3 Bb6? (11...Qb6 12.Bc3 (worse is 12.Ng7 Kf8 13.Bc3 Kg7-/+) 12...dc4 13.Bc4= (worse is 13.Ng7 Kf8 14.Bc4 Kg7-/+)) 12.Nc3 (better is 12.Ng7!? Kf8 13.Nh5 Ba5 14.Kf1 dc4 15.Bc4+-) 12...dc4+/– 13.Bc4 (worse is 13.Ng7 Kf8 14.Bc4 Kg7+=) 13...0-0 14.Ng3 (better is 14.Nd5!?+/–) 14...Qc7 15.Qb3 Nc5 16.Qa2 Bg4 17.0-0 Nce4?? (better is 17...Be6=) 18.Nce4 Ne4 19.Ne4 Bf5 (19...Rad8 20.Rac1 Qe7 21.Nc3+-) 20.Ng3 Qd6 (20...Bg6 21.Rac1 Kh8 22.Qb3+-) 21.Rad1 (better is 21.Nf5 Qd7 22.e4 Rae8+-) 21...Qe7 (21...Qg6 22.Nf5 Qf5 23.Bd5+-) 22.Qb3 (better is 22.Nf5 Qe4 23.Bf7 Rf7 24.Qf7 Kf7 25.Nd6 Kf8 26.Ne4+-) 22...Bg6 (22...Be6 23.Nh5 Rac8 24.Be6 Qe6 25.Qe6 fe6 26.Ng7+-) 23.Qc3 Rac8 (23...Qf6 24.Qf6 gf6+-) 24.Qg7 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – elhedonista, Active, 2007.

8.Nf5 Bf8 9.cd5 g6 +/–.

6.d3 0-0!

7.Nbd2 b5 8.Be2 a6 9.0-0! Bb7 10.c4 e4 11.de4 de4 12.Nd4 bc4 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Nd6 Qd6 15.Rc1 Rad8 16.Qa4 Nfg4 17.Bg4 Ng4 18.Rcd1 Qh2 0–1. sunnyda – bororo75 (1685), internet, 2013.

7.Nbd2 b6 8.Be2 e4 9.de4= de4 10.Nd4 Bb7 11.0-0 c5 12.bc5 Nc5 13.Nb5 (13.Nc4 Na4 14.Nd6 Qd6=) 13...a6 (13...Bb8 14.Nc4=+) 14.Nd6= Qd6 15.h3 (15.Nc4!? Qc6 16.Qd6=) 15...Rad8 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Qe1 Nd5 18.Nd2 (18.Be5 Qc6=+) 18...Na4 19.Bd4 b5 (better 19...Nf4!?=+) 20.c4+= Ndc3 21.cb5 (21.Rc1 Ne2 22.Qe2 Qd7+=) 21...Ne2= 22.Qe2 Qa5? (22...Nc3 23.Bc3 Qc3 24.Rfd1+=) 23.Nb3 (better 23.b6!?+-) 23...Qb5+= 24.Qb5 ab5 25.Nc5 (25.Na5 Rd7+=) 25...Nc5 26.Bc5 Bd5?? (26...Rfe8 27.Bd4=) 27.Rfc1?? (better 27.Bf8 Kf8 28.Rfd1+-) 27...Rfe8= 28.Bd4 Rc8 29.g4 Rc1 (29...f6 30.Rcb1 Bc6 31.Rb2=) 30.Rc1= Bc4 31.a4 Rb8 32.ab5 Bb5 33.Rb1 Rb7 34.Kg2 g6 (34...f6 35.h4=) 35.Kg3 f5 36.gf5 gf5 37.Kf4 Kf7 38.h4 Kg6 (38...Ke6 39.Rc1=) 39.Rg1 Kh5 40.Rg5 (40.Kf5!? Bc6 41.Rg5 Kh4 42.Rg3 Rb5 43.Be5+/-) 40...Kh4= 41.Rf5 Bd3 42.Bf6 (42.f3 ef3 43.Rf6 h5 44.Kf3 Rg7=) 42...Kh3=+ 43.Rg5 Rf7 44.Rg3 Kh2 45.Ke5 (45.Kf5 Be2=+) 45...h5 46.Ke6 Rh7 47.Rg8?? (better 47.Be5!? Kh1 48.Kf5=+) 47...h4 (better 47...Bc4 48.Ke5 Bg8-+) 48.Ke5 h3 0-1. e4_e5_f4 (1675) - Terraplana_e_bizarro (1775), lichess.org, 2020.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 Re8 9.c4 c6 10.c5 Bc7 11.Be2 b6 12.cb6 (12.Qc2 b5=+) 12...ab6=+ 13.Nf1 (13.b5 cb5 14.Bb5 Ba6=+) 13...c5 (13...Ba6!?-/+) 14.bc5 bc5 15.dc5 Nc5 16.Nc3 (16.Bd4 Be5 17.Be5 Re5=+) 16...Ba5 17.Nd2 Rb8 18.Qc2 (better is 18.Nb5=+) 18...Nd3! 19.Bd3 (19.Qd3 ed3) 19...ed3 20.Qd3 Rb2 21.0-0 Bc3 (better is 21...Rd2!? 22.Qd2 Ne4 23.Qd5 Nc3 24.Qf3–+) 22.Qc3 Rb8 23.Rfb1 Bf5 24.Rb4 Rb4 25.ab4 Ne4 26.Ne4 Be4 27.b5 (27.f3 Bf5–+) 27...Qb6 (27...Qg5!? 28.g3–+) 28.Rb1?? (better is 28.Qc6 Qb8 29.Qd7–+) 28…Bb1 (29.Qc1 Qb5–+) 0–1. Rob – tonjan (1650), internet, 2007.

7.Be2 a5 8.b5+=.

7.Be2 c5 8.c3 (8.bc5!? Qa5 9.Nbd2 Qc5 10.d4=) 8...b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.b5 e4 (10...Qc7!?+=) 11.de4= Ne4 12.Nfd2 (12.c4 dc4 13.Bc4 Qe7=) 12...Qh4 13.f4 Ndf6 14.Nf3 Qh6 15.Qe1 Ng4 16.Qh4 (16.Bc1!?-/+) 16...Qh4–+ 17.Nh4 Ne3 18.Rf3 Nc2 Black intends d4 19.Ra2 d4 20.Bc1 Ne3! 21.Be3 de3 22.Re3 Bf4 23.Rd3 Rfd8 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Bf3 Nd6 26.Nd2? (better is 26.Bb7 Nb7 27.Re2–+) 26...Be3 27.Kf1 Bc8 28.Ke2 Bh6 (better is 28...Bg5 29.g3 Bh4 30.gh4 Nb5 31.Nb1–+) 29.Nf1?? (better is 29.Bc6–+) 29...Be6 30.Rc2 (30.Ra1 Bg5 31.g3 Nb5–+) 30...Nc4 31.a4 g6 32.g4 Bg5 33.Ng2 Na3 34.Ra2 Ba2 35.Nge3 Nc4 36.Nd5 Re8 37.Kd3 Nb2 38.Kc2 Bd5 39.Bd5 Na4 40.Kb3 Re5 41.c4 Re1 42.Ng3 Ra1 43.Ne4 Be7 44.Nd2 Bf6 45.Ne4 Bg7 46.Nd6 Nc3 47.Bc6 Rb1 48.Kc2 Rf1 49.Nc8 Rf2 50.Kd3 Rf3!? 51.Bf3 f5 52.Bd5 Nd5–+ 53.cd5 Kf8 54.Na7 Ke7 55.Nc8 Kd7 0–1. oldi62 – phongthuthui (1715), internet, 2013.

7.Be2 e4 8.Nd4 (8.de4 de4 9.Nd4 Be5=+) 8...ed3 (8...a5 9.de4 Ne4 10.0-0 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 Bb4 13.Nb5-/+) 9.cd3 c5 (9...a5 10.b5=+) 10.Nb5 Qb6 (10...Be7!?=+) 11.Nd6= Qd6 12.bc5 Nc5 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Nf3 h6 (14...Qa6 15.0-0=) 15.Be5 Qe6 16.Bc3 (16.0-0 Rac8+=) 16...Rac8 17.Bb4 Rfe8 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Nf5 Qf5 20.0-0 b6 (20...Rc7 21.Qb1=) 21.h3 (21.d4!? Ncd7 22.Ba6+=) 21...a5 22.Bc3 Ne6 23.Bf6 Qf6 24.d4 Rc3 (24...Ng5 25.Bb5 Red8 26.Rc1=) 25.Qd2+= Rec8 26.Bg4 (26.Rac1!? R3c7 27.Bf3+=) 26...Rc2=+ 27.Qe1 Rb2 (27...R8c7!?=+) 28.Rb1+= Rbc2? (better 28...Rb1!? 29.Qb1 Rc6+=) 29.Rb6+/- a4 (29...R2c3 30.a4+-) 30.Rb5 (30.Bf3 Qd8 31.Qa5 R2c3+-) 30...Qg5 (30...g6 31.Rd5 Qe7 32.Re5+-) 31.Rb4 (31.Qa5 Qf6 32.Qa4 R2c4+-) 31...R2c4 (31...g6 32.Ra4 Rb8 33.Rb4+-) 32.Rb7 (32.Rb6 Qe7 33.Qa5 Qd7+-) 32...h5 (32...Qd8 33.Qb1+/-) 33.f4 (better 33.Bf3+-) 33...Qg6?? (better 33...Qh6 34.Bf3 Nc7+/-) 34.f5+- Qg5 (34...Qh6 35.fe6 hg4 36.ef7 Kf8 37.hg4 Qe6+-) 35.fe6 hg4 36.ef7 Kf8 37.Qg3 R4c7 (37...R4c6 38.h4 Qd8 39.Qg4 R8c7 40.Rc7 Qc7+-) 38.Rc7 Rc7 (38...Rd8 39.Qe1 Rd6 40.Rc8 Qd8 41.Rd8 Rd8 42.Qb4 Rd6 43.Qd6) 39.Qc7 Qe3 40.Kh1 gh3 (40...Qf3 41.gf3 g3 42.Qd7 g2 43.Kg2 g5 44.Qf5 g4 45.fg4 Ke7 46.f8Q) 41.Qd8 Qe8 42.fe8Q (42.fe8R?!=; 42.Qe8?!=) 1-0. yordn (1785) - Fettito (1790), lichess.org, 2021. (=1.a3 e5 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.d3 0-0)

7.h3 Re8 (7...a5 8.b5-/+) 8.Be2 c5 (8...a5 9.Qd2-/+) 9.c3 (9.bc5 Qa5 10.Bc3 Qc5=+) 9...b6 10.Qb3 (10.0-0 Qe7=+) 10...Bb7 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Nh4 g6 (12...e4 13.de4 Ne4 14.Nf5-/+) 13.Nd2 Bf8 14.Rac1 Bh6 15.Qd1 (15.Nhf3 a6=) 15...Rad8 (15...e4 16.de4 de4 17.Qc2=+) 16.b5 (16.bc5 bc5 17.Nhf3 e4 18.de4 de4=+) 16...Bg7 (16...e4 17.d4=+) 17.a4 (17.c4 a6=) 17...Nf8 (17...e4 18.de4 de4 19.Qb3-/+) 18.Nhf3 e4 19.Nh2 Ne6 20.f4 (20.de4 Ne4 21.Ne4 de4=+) 20...ef3 (20...ed3 21.Bd3 c4 22.Bc2-+) 21.Nhf3 (21.Bf3 Bh6 22.Re1 c4-/+) 21...Nf8 (21...Bh6 22.Nh4 Be3 23.Kh1-+) 22.c4 Re3 23.Rf2 Ne4 (23...Ng4 24.Bg7 Nf2 25.Kf2-+) 24.de4 de4 25.Bg7 ef3 26.Bf8 fe2 27.Re2 Rh3 The mate threat is Qh2 28.Qf1?? (28.gh3 Qg3) 28...Qh2 29.Kf2 Qg3 (29...Rd2 30.Rd2 Rf3 31.Ke1 Rf1 32.Kf1 Qh1 33.Ke2 Qg2 34.Kd3 Qe4 35.Kc3 Qe3 36.Kc2 Be4 37.Kd1 Kf8 38.Rcc2-+) 30.Kg1 Rd4 (30...Rd2 31.Rd2 Qh2 32.Kf2 Rf3 33.Ke1 Rf1 34.Kf1 Qh1 35.Kf2 Qg2 36.Ke1 Qg1 37.Ke2 Qc1 38.Rd8 Qc4 39.Kd2 Qf4 40.Kc2 Be4 41.Kb3 Qf3 42.Ka2 Bd5 43.Kb2 Qf6 44.Kc1 Qd8 45.Bg7 Be4 46.Bb2 Qd3 47.a5 Qc2) 31.Qf2?? (31.Re8 Qh2 32.Kf2 Rd2 33.Ke1 Re3 34.Re3 Rg2 35.Bd6 Qd6 36.Rd1-+) 31...Qh2-+ 32.Kf1 Rf4 33.Nf3 (33.Ke1 Rf2 34.Rf2 Re3 35.Kd1 Qg1 36.Rf1 Qg2 37.Rc2 Kf8 38.Kc1-+) 33...Bf3 (33...Kf8 34.Nh2 Rf2 35.Kf2 Rh2 36.Kg3+=) 34.Ke1 Be2 (34...Kf8?! 35.gh3 Qh3 36.Qh2 Qh2 37.Rh2-+) 35.Qe2 Qg1 (35...Qg3 36.Kd1 Rd4 37.Qd2 Rd2 38.Kd2 Qg2 39.Ke1 Rh1) 36.Kd2 Qd4 (36...Qd4 37.Kc2 Rf2 38.Rd1 Qc4 39.Kb2 Rb3 40.Ka1 Qa4 41.Qa2 Ra2) 0-1. petrobbo (2030) - Rubinstein82 (2220), ChessWorld.net, 2014.

6.d3 c6

7.Nbd2 0-0 8.Be2 Ne8 9.Rc1 f5 10.0-0 g5 (better is 10...a5!?+=) 11.c4+= Ng7 12.cd5 cd5 (12...g4 13.dc6 gf3 14.Bf3 bc6+/–) 13.g3?? (better is 13.Qb3!? Kh8 14.Qd5+-) 13...e4 (13...g4!? 14.Ne1 Qb6=) 14.de4 fe4 15.Ne1 Nf6 16.Nb3 Be6 17.Nd4 Bf7 18.Nb5 Be7 19.Nd4 a6 (19...Bd6 20.f3+=) 20.Bg4 (20.Bc3 Rc8+=) 20...h5 (better is 20...Ng4!? 21.Qg4 Bh5-/+) 21.Bh3 Qd6 22.Nf5 Nf5 23.Bf5 h4 24.Bf6 Bf6 25.Be4 Attacking the backward pawn on d5 25...Rae8 26.Bg2 Be6 27.Nf3 h3 28.Bh1 Bg4 29.Qd3 Bf3 (better is 29...Bb2!? 30.Ng5 Rf5+-) 30.Bf3+- Re5 31.Qg6 Kh8 32.Rcd1 Be7 33.Qh5 Kg7 34.Bg4?? (34.Qg4 b5+-) 34...Qg6?? (better is 34...Rh8 35.Qh8 Kh8 36.Bh3 Kg7–+) 35.Qh3 a5 36.b5 (better is 36.ba5 Qa6 37.Rb1 Qa5 38.Rb7 Qa3 39.Rfb1+-) 36...Ba3+/– 37.Qg2 Rd8 (better is 37...Qe4!? 38.h3 Bc5+=) 38.Bf3+- Bc5 39.Rd5 Red5 40.Bd5 Qf5 (better is 40...b6+-) 41.Bb7 Qe6 42.Bc6 Be3 (42...g4+-) 43.fe3 Qe3 44.Kh1 Rd2 (44...Rd2 45.Qg1 Qg1 46.Kg1 Rb2+-). sunnyda – macles, internet, 2013.

7.Be2 0-0! 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.0-0! Re8 10.Rc1 Nf8 11.c4 Ng6 12.cd5 cd5 13.Nb3 b6 14.h3 h6 15.Nh2 Bd7 16.Nd2 Rac8 17.Rc8 Rc8 18.Ng4 Ne8 19.Ba1 f5 20.Nh2 f4 21.ef4 Nf4 22.Bg4 Nd3 23.Bd7 Qd7 24.Ndf3 e4 25.Ne5 Qf5 26.Nd3 ed3 27.Ng4 Nf6 28.Nf6 gf6 29.g4 Qe4 30.Bf6 Qf4 31.Be5 Be5 0–1. sunnyda – jedrusz344 (1695), internet, 2014.

6.d4 ed4

7.Qd4 0-0 8.Bd3 c6 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.c4 Ne5 11.Be2 (worse 11.Ne5 Be5 (worse 11...Re5 12.Qh4+/-) 12.Qe5 Re5 13.Be5 a5-/+) 11...Bf5 (11...Bg4 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Rd1=) 12.Qh4 h6 (12...Nf3!? 13.Nf3 Re4=) 13.Ne5 Be5 14.Be5 Re5 15.Qd4 (15.Qf4!? Nd7 16.Nf3+/-) 15...Re6 16.0-0 dc4 17.Qd8 Rd8 18.Nc4 Re7 19.Rfd1 Red7 20.Kf1 Kf8 21.Ke1 Ke7 22.Rd7 Rd7 (worse 22...Kd7 23.Rd1 Nd5 24.Rd4+/-) 23.Na5 Kd8 24.f3 Kc7 25.e4 Be6 26.Rc1 Kb6 27.Rc2 Ne8 28.Kf2 Nd6 29.Ke3 Nb5 30.Bb5 Kb5 31.f4 f5 32.ef5 Bd5 33.g4 b6 (33...Ka4 34.Rc3=) 34.Nc6 Bc6 35.a4 Ka4 36.Rc6 Kb4 37.g5 Re7 (37...Kb5 38.Rg6+=) 38.Kd4 b5 39.f6 Rf7? (better 39...gf6 40.Rf6 hg5 41.fg5 Rd7 42.Ke5 a5+=) 40.g6+- Rd7 41.Ke5 gf6 42.Kf6 a5 43.g7 Rd8 44.Ke7 Ra8 45.f5 (worse 45.Rh6 a4 46.f5 a3+-) 45...a4 46.f6 a3 47.f7 a2 48.Rc1 Kb3 (48...a1Q 49.Ra1 Ra1+-) 49.g8Q Ra7 50.Ke8 Kb2 51.Rh1 (51.Qg2 Kc1 52.f8Q Ra8 53.Qa8 a1Q 54.Qa1 Kc2 55.Qf3 b4 56.Qfd1) 51...Ra8 52.Kd7 Ra7 53.Kc6 b4 54.f8Q Ka3 (54...Ra6 55.Kd5 Rd6 56.Qd6 b3 57.Qg2 Kc3 58.Rc1 Kd3 59.Qdg3) 55.Qh8 (55.Qf3 b3 56.Qgb3) 55...Ra4 (55...Kb3 56.Qf3 Ka4 57.Qd3 h5 58.Qc2 b3 59.Qd4 Ka5 60.Qa7 Kb4 61.Qcc5) 56.Qc3 1-0. FeegLood (2750) - CheeseMuffin (2810), lichess.org, 2016.

7.Qd4 0-0 8.Bd3 c6 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Qh4 h6 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Be5 Re5 14.Qd4 Re8 15.Rad1 Be6 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Qc3 Rad8 18.Nd4 Bc8 19.Qc5 Qb8 20.Rfe1 Nd7 21.Qc3 Ne5 22.Bf1 a6 23.Nb3 Ng4 24.g3 Ne5 25.Be2 Bg4 26.Bg4 Ng4 27.Nd4 Ne5 28.Kg2 Qd6 29.Nf3 (29.e4 de4 30.Re4 Qd5=) 29...Nc4 30.e4 Qg6 31.ed5 Re1 32.Ne1 (32.Re1 cd5 33.Nd4 Qf6=) 32...cd5 33.Qf3 Ne5 34.Qe3 (worse 34.Rd5 Nf3 35.Rd8 Kh7 36.Nf3 Qc2-/+) 34...f6 35.Nd3 (35.a4 Qg4 36.Rd4 Qd7=) 35...Nc4 (35...Qe4!? 36.Qe4 de4-/+) 36.Qf3= Qe4 37.Nc5 Qc2 (37...Qf3 38.Kf3 Na3 39.Nb7=) 38.Rd5+= Re8 39.Rd7 Ne5 40.Qe3 (40.Qd5 Kh8 41.Rd8 Rd8 42.Qd8 Kh7+=) 40...Qg6 (better 40...b6!? 41.Rd2 Qc4=) 41.Rb7+/- Ng4 (41...f5!? 42.Rc7 Qd6+/-) 42.Qf3 Ne5 (42...a5+-) 43.Qd5 Kh7 44.Qe4?? (better 44.Ra7+-) 44...f5+/- 45.Qd5 Ng4 (45...f4 46.Qe4 f3 47.Kh3 Qe4 48.Ne4 Re6+/-) 46.Qd7 (better 46.h3 Ne3 47.fe3 Re3 48.Kf1 Qg3 49.Qf5 Kg8 50.Qf7 Kh7 51.Qf5 Kg8 52.Qc8 Kh7 53.Qf5=) 46...Re2= 47.Kg1 (47.h3 Rf2 48.Kg1-/+) 47…Re1 (47...Re1 48.Kg2 Re2=; 47...Nf2? 48.Kf1 Rc2 49.Ne6+-; 47...Rf2?? 48.Ne6 Qf6 49.Qg7 Qg7 50.Rg7 (50.Ng7?! Ra2+/-) 50...Kh8 51.Rg4+-). FeegLood (2780) - CheeseMuffin (2780), Time forfeit, 2016.

7.Qd4 0-0 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qh4 Re8 10.Nbd2 h6 11.c4 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Be5 Re5 14.Qd4 Re7 (14...Rg5 15.g3=+) 15.h3 Be6 16.c5 Qc7 17.0-0 Nd7 18.Nf3 f6 19.Rfe1 Bf7 20.e4 (20.Qc3 Ne5 21.Nd4 Be6+=) 20...de4 (20...Ne5!?=) 21.Re4+= Re4 22.Qe4 Nf8 23.Qg4 Rd8 24.Bf5 (24.Rd1 Ng6+=) 24...Kh8 (24...Rd5 25.h4=) 25.Re1+= b6 26.cb6 ab6 27.Nh4 g5 (27...c5!?=) 28.Nf3+/- c5 29.Bb1 c4 30.Qf5 Kg7 31.Rc1 (31.Qc2 Bg6 32.Qc1 b5=) 31...c3 (31...Qa7 32.Re1=+) 32.Qc2 (32.Qb5 Ng6 33.Be4 Nf4=) 32...Rc8 (32...Qc4!?=) 33.Nd4+= Bg6 34.Qb3 (34.Qe2 Bb1 35.Rb1 Kh8+=) 34...Bb1 (34...Qc4 35.Ba2 Qb3 36.Bb3=) 35.Rb1 (35.Qb1 Qd7 36.Ne2 Qd2+=) 35...Rd8 (35...Qd7 36.Nc2=) 36.Ne2 (better 36.Nf5 Kh8 37.Nh6+/-) 36...c2=+ 37.Rc1 Rd2 38.Kf1?? (better 38.Ng3 Ne6 39.Rc2 Rc2 40.Qe6=+) 38...Qc4!!-+ 39.Qc4 (39.Qc4 Rd1 Mate attack) 39…Rd1 (39...Rd1 40.Rd1 cd1Q) 0-1. FeegLood (2810) - CheeseMuffin (2755), lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bd4 0-0 8.c4 c5 9.bc5 Nc5 10.cd5 (10.Nc3 dc4 11.Bc5 Bc5 12.Qd8 Rd8 13.Bc4 Bg4+=) 10...Nd5 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Ba2 Ne6 (12...Bg4 13.0-0+=) 13.Bb2 (13.Be5 Be5 14.Qd8 Rd8 15.Ne5 Nd7=) 13...Qe7+= 14.Nbd2 Bd7 15.Ne4 (15.Ne5 Rfd8+=) 15...Bb4 (15...Ba3 16.Ba3 Qa3 17.0-0-/+) 16.ab4 (16.Nfd2 Nc5 17.Nc5 Bc5=) 16...Qb4+= 17.Qd2 Qe4 18.0-0 (18.Bb1 Qd5+=) 18...Bc6-/+ 19.Bb1 Qg4 (19...Qd5 20.Qc3-/+) 20.h3+= Qc4 (20...Qh5 21.Ra5 Qh6 22.Ne5+=) 21.Bd3 Qb3 22.Nd4 Nd4 23.Bd4 Qd5 24.f3 Qe6 25.Qf2 Nd5 (25...Qh6 26.Ra5=) 26.Bc4 Qg6 27.Ba7 b6 28.e4 Nf4 29.Kh1 b5 30.Bb3 h6 (30...Bd7 31.Rfb1=) 31.Be3+= Nd3 32.Qc2 Ne5 (32...Nb4 33.Qd2 Na6 34.Rfd1+=) 33.Rab1 (33.Bd4 Nd7+=) 33...Rac8 34.Bd4 Nc4 (34...Rfe8 35.Qd2=) 35.Bc4+= bc4 36.Rb4 Bd5 37.Rb6 (37.Rfb1 Rfd8 38.Qc3 Be6=) 37...f6 (37...Be6 38.f4 f5 39.g4+/–) 38.Qc1 (38.Qc3 Bf7+=) 38...Ba8 (38...Bf7!?=) 39.Qc3+= Qf7 40.Rc1 (40.Rb4 Rc7+=) 40...Kh7 (40...f5 41.ef5 Qf5 42.Bg7 Bf3 A) 43.gf3?? Qh3 44.Kg1 Qg3 45.Kh1 Rf3–+ (45...Qg7?? 46.Rg1 Rf7 47.Rh6+-); B) worse is 43.Rh6 Bg2 44.Kg2 Qg5 45.Kh1 Rf2 (45...Qg7 46.Rg1 Rf7 47.Rg7 Rg7 48.Qe5+-) 46.Rh8 Kf7 47.Rf8 Rf8 48.Qc4 Kg7=; C) 43.Kh2 Qf4 44.g3+/–) 41.Rd6 (41.Rb4 f5 42.ef5 Qf5=) 41...Bb7 (41...Qe7 42.Ra6+=) 42.e5 (42.Qb4!?+/–) 42...fe5= 43.Be5 Rc5 44.f4 Rd5 45.Qc2 Qf5 46.Qf5 (46.Qc4?? Rd6 47.Kh2 Rd2–+) 46...Rf5 47.Rc4 Rd6 48.Bd6 Rf7 (48...Rd5 49.Rc7 Rd6 50.Rb7+/–) 49.Kh2 Kg8 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1980) – Romano,Jacopo (1935), FICGS, 2016.

7.Nd4 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Be2 N7f6 13.0-0 Qe7 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Qc2 Rad8 16.Nf5 (16.Bd3 Ne4=) 16...Qf8 (16...Bf5 17.Qf5 b5 18.Na5 Ne3 19.fe3 Qe3 20.Kh1=+) 17.Bf3 (17.Rfd1 b5 18.Nd2 a5 19.ba5 Ba5+=) 17...Bc8 18.Rfd1 Bb8 (18...g6 19.Nd4+=) 19.g3 g6 20.Nd4 Qe7 21.Ne2 (21.Na5 Rd6+/-) 21...Ne4 (21...Bf5 22.Qb3=) 22.Ba1 (22.Be4 Qe4 23.Qe4 Re4+=) 22...Bf5 23.Qb2 f6 24.Nd4 Bc8 25.Nd2 Ng5 26.Bg2 Bh3 (26...Bg4 27.N4f3=) 27.Qb3 Kg7 (27...Bg2 28.Kg2 a6 29.N4f3 Nf3 30.Kf3=) 28.N2f3 Bg2 (28...Nf3 29.Bf3 Nb6 30.a4=) 29.Kg2 (29.Ng5 Kg8 30.Nge6+/- (worse 30.Kg2 fg5 31.Re1 Kf8+=)) 29...Ne4 30.Nc2 Kh6 31.Rd4 f5 32.Rcd1 Nb6?? (32...Bd6 33.R4d3=) 33.Nd2?? (better 33.Rd8 Rd8 34.Rd8 Qd8 35.Qf7+-) 33...Rd4 34.Nd4 (worse 34.ed4 Nf2 35.Re1 Ne4-/+) 34...Nd2 35.Rd2 Nd5 (35...Be5 36.Bb2=) 36.Qc2 (36.b5 Rc8+=) 36...Qe4= 37.Qe4 Re4 38.Ne2 Re8 39.Kf3 Be5 40.Be5 Re5 41.Nd4 Kg7 42.Nb3 Kf6 (42...g5 43.h3=) 43.Nc5 (43.Na5!? Re7 44.b5+/-) 43...Re7= 44.e4 fe4 45.Ne4 Ke5 46.Nc5 Nb6 (better 46...b6 47.Nd3 Kd4 48.Nf4 Kc4=+) 47.Re2+/- Kd6 48.Re7 Ke7 49.Nb7 Nc4 50.Na5 (better 50.a4!?+/-) 50...Na5= 51.ba5 Kd6 52.Ke4 Ke6 53.Kd4 Kd6 54.f4 h5 55.h3 (55.h3+-) 1-0. FeegLood (2775) - CheeseMuffin (2785), lichess.org, 2016.

6.d4 e4

7.Nfd2 a5 8.ba5 (8.c4 0-0-/+) 8...c6 (8...0-0!?-/+) 9.c4 Qa5 10.Nc3 (10.c5 Bc7=+) 10...0-0 11.Be2 (11.c5 Bc7=+) 11...Bb8 (11...Qc7 12.Qb3 dc4 13.Nc4=) 12.cd5 cd5 13.a4 (13.Nb3 Qd8=) 13...Rd8 (13...Bd6 14.Ba3 Ba3 15.Ra3=) 14.Qb3 (14.Nb3 Qb4=+) 14...Nf8 (14...Bd6 15.Rc1=+) 15.Ba3 (15.Rc1 Bd6=) 15...Bd6 (15...Bg4 16.Bb4 Qb6 17.a5 Be2 18.ab6 Ra1 19.Ke2 Rh1 20.Be7+-) 16.0-0 (16.Bd6 Rd6 17.Rc1 Rb6=) 16...Ba3 17.Qa3 (17.Ra3 Ne6=) 17...Bg4 18.Bg4 Ng4 19.h3 (19.Rac1 b5 20.Qe7 ba4-/+) 19...Nf6=+ 20.Rab1 Rdb8 (20...Rdc8 21.Rfc1 Rc7 22.Rb5=) 21.Rb5 Qd8 22.Rfb1 (22.Qb3 Ra5+=) 22...Ne6 (22...Qd7!?=) 23.Rb7+/– Rb7 24.Rb7 Rc8 (24...Rb8 25.Rb8 Qb8 26.Qe7+/–) 25.a5 Nc7 (25...Rc7 26.a6 Qa8 27.Qb3 Qa6 28.Rb8 Nf8 29.Nd5 Rc1 30.Kh2 Qd6 31.Nf4+/–) 26.Nb3 Qd7 (26...Na6 27.Nc5 Qf8 28.N3a4+/–) 27.a6 Qc6 28.Nc5 g5? (28...Na6 29.Nd5 Nd5 30.Qa6 Qa6 31.Na6 Rc1 32.Kh2 f5+-) 29.a7+- (29...Na8 30.Qb4+-) 1–0. Winiger,Albert – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–06 TSC, 2003.

7.Nfd2 a5 8.b5 0-0 9.c4 c6 (9...dc4 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.Nbd2=) 10.c5 Bb8 (10...Bc7 11.Be2=) 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Rb1 Re6 13.Be2 Ne8 14.Qa4 (14.0-0 Qg5=) 14...Qg5 (14...Rh6 15.f4=) 15.g3 (15.0-0 Rh6 16.g3 cb5 17.Nb5 Ndf6=) 15...Qf5 (15...Nef6 16.Nb3=) 16.Nb3 (16.0-0 Rh6 17.f4 cb5=) 16...Rf6 17.Nd1 (17.0-0 Rh6 18.f4 ef3=+) 17...cb5=+ 18.Bb5 Qf3 (18...Nc7 19.Na5 b6 20.cb6 Rb6 21.Be2-/+) 19.Rf1= Qg4 20.Bc3 (20.Be2 Qh3=) 20...Nc7 21.Be2 Qf5 22.Na5 b6 23.cb6 Nb6 24.Qc2 Ba6 25.Bb4 Be2 26.Qe2 Na6 27.Qb5 Bc7 28.Nc3 Nb4 29.ab4 Qe6 30.Nb7 h6 31.Nc5 Qh3 32.Nb3 Rd6 33.Rc1+= Rc8 34.Nc5 Bb8 35.Qa6 Qf5 36.Qb7 Rg6 37.Ra1 Qg5 38.N5a4+/– Qd8 39.Nb6 Rb6 40.Qd5 Bd6 41.Ra7 Qf6 42.Ne4 Qf3 43.Nc3 Qf6 44.Ra8 Ra8 45.Qa8 Rb8 46.Qa7 Qf3 47.Kd2 Qg2 48.Ke2 Qc6 49.Kd3 Rc8 50.Rc1 Qc4 51.Kd2+/– Bb4 52.Qa1 Qb5 53.h4 Qc4 54.Rc2 Rb8 55.Qc1 Qb5 56.g4 Qc6 57.g5 h5 58.Rb2 Qc4 59.g6 fg6 60.f4 Ra8 61.Rc2 Ra3 62.Qb2 Kh7 63.Qc1 Qa6 64.Qb1 Qa5–+ 65.Qc1 Bc3 66.Rc3 Ra1 67.Qa1 Qa1 68.Rc5 Qh1 69.Rg5 Qh4 70.Ke2 Qh2 71.Kf3 h4 72.Rg2 Qh1 73.Kf2 h3 74.Rg3 Kg8 75.d5 Kf7 76.d6 Ke8 77.Rg5 Kd7 78.Rg3 h2 79.Rg2 Kd6 80.Rg6 Kd5 81.Rg2 g6 82.Rg5 Ke4 83.Rg2 Qg2 84.Kg2 h1Q! 85.Kh1 Ke3 86.Kg2 Kf4 87.Kh3 g5 (88.Kg2 Kg4–+) 0–1. OrangoTango (2365) – Viniegra (2535), internet, 2003.

7.Ne5 0-0 8.Be2 (8.c4 Re8=+) 8...Re8 (8...Qe8 9.Nd7 Bd7 10.Nd2=+) 9.Ng4 (9.Nd7 Qd7 10.c4 dc4 11.Bc4 b5=+) 9...Ng4-/+ 10.Bg4 Nf6 (10...a5 11.ba5 Ra5 12.Nd2-/+) 11.Bc8 Rc8 (11...Qc8 12.Nd2-/+) 12.0-0 (12.Nd2 c6-/+) 12...b6 (12...c6 13.Nd2-/+) 13.c4 (13.Nd2 b5=+) 13...c6 (13...dc4 14.Qe2 b5 15.Nc3-/+) 14.cd5 (14.Nd2 Qc7 15.h3 Qd7=+) 14...cd5 15.Nc3 a6 (15...Rc4 16.Rc1=+) 16.b5 (16.Qe2 b5=+) 16...a5 (16...Rc4 17.Rc1 Qc7 18.ba6 Bh2 19.Kh1-/+) 17.a4 (17.Rc1 Bc7=+) 17...Bb4 (17...Rc4 18.Rc1-/+) 18.Ne2 (18.Na2 Be7=+) 18...Qd7 (18...Re7 19.Rc1=+) 19.Ba3 Qe7 (19...Ba3 20.Ra3 Rc4 21.Rc3=+) 20.Bb4= Qb4 21.Rb1 Qd6 22.Nf4 Rc4=+ 23.Ne2 Rec8-/+ 24.Rc1 Qa3 25.Rc4 Rc4–+ 26.Nf4 Qa4 27.Qa4 Ra4 28.Rc1 Rc4 29.Ra1 g5 30.Ne2 Rb4 31.Nc3 Rb3 32.Rb1?? Rc3 33.f3 Nd7 34.fe4 de4 35.d5 Kf8 36.Rd1 Ke7 37.d6 Ke6 38.Kf2 f5 39.g3 Rb3 40.Rd4 Rb5 41.g4 Rb2 42.Kg3 b5 43.gf5 Kf5 44.h4 g4 45.h5 a4 46.h6 a3 47.Rd5–+ Ke6 48.Rd4 a2 49.Re4 Kd6 50.Rd4 Ke5 51.Rd1 Rb1 52.Rd7 a1Q 53.Re7 Kf6 54.Rd7 Rg1 55.Kf4 Qf1 56.Ke4 Qf5 57.Kd4 Rd1 58.Kc3 Rd7 (59.Kb4 Qe4 60.Kb5 Rd5 61.Kb6 Qe6 62.Kc7 Rd7 63.Kb8 Qe8#; 58...Rc1 59.Kb4 Qc5 60.Kb3 Qc3 61.Ka2 Ra1#) 0–1. Nautiluschess – AlexF, ICS blitz, 2001.

7.Ne5 a5 8.c4 0-0 =+.

7.Ne5 Qe7 8.Nd7 Bd7 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4 =+.

7.Ne5 Qe7 8.Nd7 Bd7 9.c4 c6 10.Be2 (10.c5 Bc7=) 10...dc4=+ 11.Bc4 Be6 (11...0-0 12.Qc2=+) 12.Be6 Qe6 13.Nd2 (13.Nc3 0-0=+) 13...a5 14.ba5 Ra5 15.Bc3 (15.0-0 Rh5 16.h3 0-0=+) 15...Rg5-/+ 16.g3 0-0 17.Rb1 Ra8 18.Rb7 Ra3 19.Bb4 Bb4 20.Rb4 Rb5 21.Rb5 (21.Ra4 Ra4 22.Qa4 Rb2=+) 21...cb5 22.Qb1 Rc3 (22...Qd5 23.0-0 Rc3 24.Rc1 Rc1 25.Qc1=) 23.0-0 Rd3 24.Qb2 h6 25.Ra1 Nd5 26.Nb3 Qg4 27.Qc2 (27.Nc5 Rd1 28.Rd1 Qd1 29.Kg2 Qf3 30.Kg1 Ne3 31.fe3 Qd1 32.Kf2 Qf3 33.Ke1 Qh1 34.Kd2 Qh2 35.Kc3 Qg3+/–) 27...b4 (27...Rc3 28.Qa2 Kh7 29.Qb1=+) 28.Re1 (28.Nc5 b3 29.Nb3 Nb4+/–) 28...Rc3=+ 29.Qa2 Rc8 30.Nc5 Nc3 (30...Qf5 31.Qb1 Re8 32.Na6=+) 31.Qa6 (31.Qc4 Rb8=) ½–½. Rosner,Dirk – Fiedler,Reinhard, CiF, 2000.

7.Nfd2 0-0

8.c4 dc4 9.Nc4 (9.Nc3 A) 9...c6 A1) 10.Nce4 Ne4 11.Ne4 Nb6 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.0-0 Qg6; A2) 10.Be2 b5 (10...Nb6 11.Nce4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Bf5 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.0-0 Qg6) 11.Nde4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Qc1 Nd5; A3) 10.Nc4 Nb6 (10...Bc7 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Be2 Nb6 13.Ne5 Bf5 14.0-0 Be5) 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Be2 a5 14.0-0 ab4; B) 9...a6 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.Qc2 Re8 13.b5 Bg4 14.ba6 ba6; C) 9...Nb6 10.Nc4 Nc4 (10...Be6 11.Na5 Rb8 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Be2 Bg4 14.0-0 Be2) 11.Bc4 a5 12.0-0 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Qa1 Bb4; 9.h3 A) 9...Nb6 10.Nc4 Nfd5 (10...Nc4 11.Bc4 a5 12.Nc3 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Qa1 Bb4) 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Nd6 Qd6 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Qg6; B) 9...b5 10.Nc3 a6 (10...c6 11.Nde4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Nf6 Qf6 14.Be2 a5) 11.Nde4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Bb7 13.Nd6 cd6 14.d5 Nf6) 9...Nb6 10.Nbd2 (10.Nc3 Be6 (10...Nc4 11.Bc4 a5 12.0-0 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Qa1 Bb4) 11.Na5 Qb8 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Be2 h6 14.b5 Qc8; 10.Nd6 Qd6 11.Nc3 a5 12.b5 Nbd5 13.Qc2 Nc3 14.Qc3 Be6) 10...Bd7 (10...Bg4 11.Qc2+= (11.Be2 Be2 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.0-0 Nc4 14.Nc4 Nd5) 11...Qe7 12.Ne5 Rae8 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Ng4 Nd7; 10...Qe7 11.Be2 Bf5 12.0-0 Rfd8 13.Nd6 Rd6 14.a4 Nfd5) 11.Be2= Qe7 (11...h6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Ne5 a5 14.Qc2 Bf5) 12.0-0 Nfd5 (12...Ba4 13.Qb1 Nc4 14.Nc4 Rad8) 13.Ne5 (13.h3 Rfe8 14.Nd6 Qd6) 13...Ba4 14.Qb1 f5 (14...f6=) 15.Ndc4 (15.g4 Nd7 16.Bc4 c6 17.gf5 b5 18.Bd5 cd5+=) 15...Nc4 16.Bc4 c6 17.Rc1 Qe6 18.Bc3 Rad8 19.h3 Rf6 20.Qa2 a6 21.Re1 b5 22.Bd5 cd5 23.Rac1 Rc8 24.Ba1 Rff8 25.Rf1 Be7 26.Rfe1 Rfe8 27.Rf1 Red8 28.g3 Rf8 29.h4 g6 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rc5 Rfd8 32.Rfc1 Bc5 33.dc5 Kf8 34.h5+= g5 35.c6 Rd6 36.Qd2 Ke8 37.Qd4 Rc7 38.Nd7+/– Rcc6 39.Rc6 Rc6 40.Nc5 Rc5 41.bc5 h6 42.Qh8 Kd7 43.Bf6 d4+= 44.ed4 Bb3?? 45.Qd8+- Kc6 46.Qa8 Kc7 47.Be5 Kd7 48.Qb7 Ke8 49.Bd6 Qd7 50.c6 Qd6 51.c7 Be6 52.d5! (52.d5 Qd5 53.Qd5 Bd5 54.c8Q Ke7 55.Qf5+-) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio (2335) – Gavrijski,Dimitar (2140), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/Final, 2009.

8.c4 c6

9.Nc3 a5 10.Qb3 Ng4 11.cd5+= ab4 (better 11...cd5!? 12.Nd5 Ndf6 13.Nf6 Nf6+=) 12.Nce4+/- Bh2? (better 12...Nb8+/-) 13.Be2+- cd5 14.Qd5 ba3 15.Ra3 Ra3 16.Ba3 Ne3 (16...Nde5 17.Qb5 Re8+-) 17.fe3 Qh4 (17...Bc7 18.Bf8 Nf8 19.Qd8 Bd8 20.Nd6+-) 18.Kd1 Rd8 (18...Nb6 19.Qc5 Nd7 20.Qc2+-) 19.Nf3 (better 19.Ng5 Qf2 20.Bc4 Rf8 21.Bf8 Nf8+-) 19...Nb6 20.Nh4 Nd5 (20...Rd5?? 21.Rh2 Ra5 22.Bc1+-) 21.Rh2 Ne3 22.Kd2 Nd5 (22...Ng4 23.Bg4 Bg4 24.Nd6+-) 23.Nd6 Be6 24.Nhf5 Ra8 25.Bc5 (better 25.Bf3!? Ra3 26.Bd5 Ra5 27.Be6 fe6 28.Ne7 Kf8+-) 25...Ra2 26.Ke1 b6 (26...Ra1 27.Kf2 b6+-) 27.Bb6! Ra1 (27...Nb6 28.Bf3 Combination) 28.Kf2 Nb6 29.Ne7 Kf8 30.Nc6 h6 31.Ne5 (31.Rh5 Ra2 32.Rb5 Nd7+-) 31...Ra2 32.Kf3 Bd5 (32...Ra3 33.Bd3+-) 33.Ke3 Be6 34.Bf3 Ra3 35.Kf4 g5 (35...Ke7 36.Nf5 Bf5 37.Kf5+-) 36.Kg3 Kg7 37.Ne4 (better 37.Ne8 Kf8 38.Nc7+-) 37...f5 38.Ng5?? (better 38.Nc5 Bd5 39.Ncd3+-) 38...hg5= 39.Nd3?? (39.Rh5!? g4 40.Rg5 Kf8 41.Rg6 f4 42.Kf2 Ra2 43.Be2=) 39...f4 (better 39...Rd3 40.Rh1 g4-+) 40.Nf4=+ gf4 41.Kf4 Bf7 42.Rh4 Nd7 43.Rg4 Kf8 44.Rg3 Nf6 45.Kg5? (better 45.Rg5=+) 45...Ne4!-+ 46.Kf5?? (46.Be4 Rg3 Pinning (46...Rg3 Deflection)) 46...Ng3 47.Kf4 Ne2! 48.Be2 Ra4 49.Bf3 (49.Ke5-+) 49...Rd4 50.Ke5 Rb4 0-1. TwelveTeen (2630) - Night_King96, Time forfeit, 2018.

9.Nc3 a5 10.b5 Re8 11.g4 (11.c5 Bb8=) 11...h6 (11...dc4 12.g5 Nd5 13.Nce4=) 12.h4= dc4 (12...c5!? 13.Nd5 cd4 14.Bd4 Nd5 15.cd5 Ne5+=) 13.bc6 bc6 14.g5 hg5? (better 14...Nd5!? 15.Nce4 c3 16.Bc3 Bf4+/-) 15.hg5+- Nh7 16.Qh5 (16.Nc4?! Bc7 17.g6 Ng5+/-) 16...Ndf8 17.Bc4 (17.Nce4 Ba6+-) 17...Be6 (17...g6 18.Qh4 Qg5 19.Nce4 Qh4 20.Rh4+/-) 18.Be6 Re6 19.Nce4 Be7 20.0-0-0 (20.f4 Qd5 21.Qf3 Re8+/-) 20...Qd5 g5 draws heavy fire 21.Nc3 Qf5 22.Qf3 Qf3 23.Nf3 Ng5 24.Ng5 Bg5 25.Rh5 Bh6 (25...Bf6 26.Rg1+=) 26.Rg1 Rae8 (26...Nd7+/-) 27.Ra5 (better 27.Kc2!? Ra8 28.Na4+-) 27...Re3= 28.fe3 (28.Kc2!? Rf3 29.Rg2=) 28...Be3=+ 29.Kc2 Bg1 30.Kd3 Ne6 31.Ne2 Bf2 32.a4 Rd8 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 33.Ke4 g6 34.Re5 (34.Bc3 f5 35.Ke5 Re8-+) 34...Ra8 35.a5 c5 (better 35...Be1!?-/+) 36.d5= Nd4 (36...Ng7 37.d6=) 37.Nd4 Bd4 (37...cd4!? 38.d6 Bg3=) 38.Bd4+/- cd4 (38...f6!? 39.Re6 f5 40.Kd3 cd4+/-) 39.d6+- (39.Kd4?! Ra5 40.d6 Ra8=) 39...Kf8? (39...f6 40.Rc5 Kf7 41.d7+- (41.Kd4?! Ke6=)) 40.Kd4 (better 40.d7 f5 41.Kd4+-) 40...f6+/- 41.Rb5 Ke8 42.Kd5 Ra7? (better 42...Kd7+/-) 43.Ke6+- Ra6 (43...Ra8+-) 44.Rb8 1-0. FeegLood (2825) - chickencrossroad (2650), lichess.org, 2016.

9.Nc3 a5 10.b5 Re8 11.g4 (11.c5 Bb8=) 11...h6 12.h4 Nh7 (12...c5!? 13.Nd5 cd4 14.Bd4 Nd5 15.cd5 Ne5+=) 13.cd5+/- cd5 14.Nd5 Ndf6 15.Nc3 (better 15.Nf6!? Nf6 16.g5+/-) 15...Bg4= (worse 15...Ng4 16.Nce4 Be7 17.Qf3+/-) 16.Qc2 e4 seems the pivot of the position 16...h5 (16...Rc8 17.Rg1=+) 17.Rg1 (17.Nde4!? Ne4 18.Ne4+=) 17...Rc8=+ 18.Be2 (18.Bc4 Re7=+) 18...Be2-/+ 19.Ke2 Ng4 (better 19...Nd5!=+) 20.Nde4+= Qh4 21.Rh1 Qe7 (better 21...Bh2!? 22.Raf1 Nhf6 23.Nf6 Qf6+=) 22.Rh5+/- Nhf6 23.Nf6 Nf6 24.Rh4 Nd5?? (better 24...g6+/-) 25.Qh7 (25.Qh7 Kf8 26.Qh8) 1-0. FeegLood (2800) - singapu85 (2675), lichess.org, 2017.

9.Nc3 a6 10.Be2 b5 (10...Re8 11.Qb3=) 11.c5 Bc7 12.a4 Bb7 13.Nb3 (13.0-0 Qe7=) 13...Ne8 14.Na5 Ba5 15.ba5 b4 16.Na2 Qa5 17.Qd2 Qc7 (17...Qa4?? 18.Nb4 (worse is 18.Qb4 Qb4 19.Nb4 Nc7+=) 18...Qb3 19.Ra3 (19.Ba6?! Ba6 20.Na6 Qb7=; 19.Na6?! Ba6 20.Ba6 Nc7=) 19...Qa3 20.Ba3+-) 18.Nb4 f5 (18...a5 19.Nc2=) 19.a5 Rb8 (better is 19...Nef6!?+=) 20.Na6 Ba6 21.Ba6 Qa7 (21...Nef6 22.Be2+/–) 22.Be2+- Nc7 23.0-0 Na6 (23...Rb3 24.Rfb1+/–) 24.Bc3 Rb7 25.Rfb1 Rfb8 (25...Rb1 26.Rb1 Ra8+-) 26.Rb6! Nb6?? (26...Nc7+-) 27.ab6 (27.cb6?! Qa8+/–) 27...Rb6 28.cb6 Rb6 29.Qa2 Qb8 (29...f4 30.ef4 Qf7 31.Ba6 Qf4 32.Bc8+-) 30.Ba6 g5 (30...f4 31.ef4 Qf4 32.Bc8+-) 31.Qa3 Rb3 (31...f4 32.Bf1 fe3 33.fe3+-) 32.Qe7 (better is 32.Qc5 Rb6 33.Bf1 Qb7+-) 32...Rc3 33.Qg5 Kh8 34.Qf5 Qb2 (34...h6 35.Qf6 Kg8 36.Qg6 Kh8 37.Qh6 Kg8 38.Qe6 Kf8 39.Qf5 Kg7 40.Qd7 Kh6+-) 35.Qf8 1–0. Benassi,Aspasio (2035) – Hilbert,Stephan J, FICGS, 2016.

9.Nc3 a6 10.g4 g5 (better 10...b5 11.g5 Ne8 12.cd5 cd5 13.Nd5 Qg5=) 11.h4+/- h6 12.hg5 hg5 13.Qb3 b5 14.cd5 cd5 15.Nd5 Bb7 16.Nf6 (16.Nc3 Re8+/-) 16...Nf6 17.d5 Qe7?? (17...Re8 18.Bg2 Be5 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Be4 Qf6 21.Bh7 Kf8+/-) 18.Qc3 Kg7 (18...Qe5 19.Qe5 Be5 20.Be5+-) 19.Ne4 (19.Ne4 Be5 20.Qe5 Qe5 21.Be5 Bd5 22.Bd3 Be4 23.Be4+-) 1-0. FeegLood (2680) - Spinaltap (2580), lichess.org, 2016.

9.Nc3 dc4 10.Bc4 (10.Nce4 Ne4 11.Ne4=) 10...Bc7 (better 10...Nb6!?=) 11.Nce4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Qe7 14.Nc5 Bf5 (14...a5 15.Qh5+/-) 15.Qf3 (15.Nb7 Be4 16.Qg4 Bd5+-) 15...Bg6 (15...Bc8 16.0-0+/-) 16.h4 h5 (16...h6 17.Nb7 Be4 18.Qg4+-) 17.g4 (17.Nb7 Nd5 18.Nc5 a5+-) 17...hg4? (better 17...Nd7!? 18.gh5 Nc5 19.dc5 Be4+/-) 18.Qg4+- Nd5 19.h5 Ne3 (19...Bh7 20.Rg1 f5 21.Qg2+-) 20.fe3 Qe3 21.Qe2 (better 21.Kd1 Bf4 22.Qe2+-) 21...Qg3+/- 22.Kd2 (better 22.Kd1 Rae8 23.hg6 Re2 24.gf7 (24.Ke2? Re8 25.Kd1 Qf3 26.Kc2 Re2 27.Kb1 Qh1 28.Ka2 Rb2 29.Kb2 Qg2 30.Kc3 Qg6-+; 24.Bf7 Rf7 25.gf7 Kf7 26.Ke2 Bf4=) 24...Rf7 25.Bf7 (25.Ke2? Qf3 26.Kd2 Bf4 27.Kc2 Qg2 28.Kb1 Qh1 29.Ka2 Qh5-+) 25...Kf7 26.Ke2=) 22...Bf4 23.Kd1 Rae8 24.hg6 Re2 25.gf7 Rf7 26.Ke2 Qe3 27.Kf1 Bg3 (better 27...Qf3 28.Ke1 Qh1 29.Kf2 Qh2 30.Kf1 Qb2-+) 28.Bf7 Kf7 29.Kg2?? (29.Nd3 Qd3 30.Kg2-+) 29...Qf2 30.Kh3 Bf4 (30...Qf3 31.Rhg1 Be1 32.Kh2 Qf4 33.Rg3 Qg3 34.Kh1 Bf2 35.Nb7 Qh3) 31.Raf1 (31.Ne4 Qf3 32.Kh4 Qe4 33.Rae1-+) 31…Qg3 0-1. FeegLood (2685) - ArgentoKings (1830), lichess.org, 2015.

9.Nc3 h6 10.Be2 Qc7 11.cd5 cd5 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.h3 a6 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.a4 Bd7 (better is 15...Be6=) 16.a5+/– Nc8 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.Qd5 Bc6 19.Qb3 Ne7 20.Ba3 Nf5 (20...Qe8!?+/–) 21.d5+- Bd7 22.Ne4 Be5 23.Nc5 Rd8 24.Nd7 Rd7 25.Bg4 g6 26.0-0 Rd8 27.Bf5 gf5 28.Rfd1 Qd6 29.b5 Qg6 30.d6! Kh7 (30...Bd6 31.Bd6 Decoy) 31.b6 Rg8 32.Qd5 Bf6 33.Rc7 Rg7 34.Qb7 Rag8 35.Kf1 Qh5 36.Qd5 Rg2 37.Qf7 (37.Rf7?? Kh8 38.Rh7 Kh7 39.Qg8 Rg8–+) 37...Qf7 38.Rf7 (38.Rf7 Kg6 39.Ra7+-) 1–0. Louro,Eugenio (1740) – Billion,Paul, 20. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2010.

9.Be2 Re8 =+.

9.Nc3 Re8

10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4 Qe7 12.b5 Nf8 13.h3 Be6 14.bc6 bc6 15.Qc2 Will e4 fall? 15...Bc4 16.Nc4 N8d7 17.0-0 Bc7 18.a4 Qe6 19.Nd2 Qd6 20.g3 Qe6 21.Kg2 Ba5 22.Rfc1 Rac8 23.Ba3 c5 24.Ne2 Bd2 25.Qd2 c4 26.Nf4 Qf5 27.Rab1 Nb6 28.Kh2 Qd7 29.a5 1–0. FortKnox – Michail, playchess.de, 2004.

10.c5 Bc7 11.b5 Nf8 (11...a6 12.b6 Bb8 13.Be2=) 12.Be2 h5 (12...Ne6!?=) 13.Bh5 Nh5 14.Qh5 Re6 15.Qe2 (15.bc6 bc6 16.Qe2 Rh6+=) 15...Qg5 16.g3 (16.0-0 Rh6 17.f4 Qh4+=) 16...Rh6 (16...cb5 17.h4 Qd8 18.Qh5+=) 17.a4 (17.bc6!? bc6 18.h4+=) 17...Bg4= 18.Qf1 Bh3 19.Qg1 Qf5 (19...Ne6 20.bc6 bc6 21.Rb1=) 20.a5 Nh7 (20...Qd7 21.a6 ba6 22.bc6 Qc6 23.Ra2=+) 21.b6 (21.a6 b6+=) 21...ab6= 22.ab6 Ra1 23.Ba1 Bb8 24.Kd1 Ng5 25.Kc2 (25.Bb2!?=) 25...Nf3-/+ 26.Nf3 Qf3 27.Qe1 (better is 27.Kd2!?=+) 27...Bg2–+ 28.Rg1 Rh2 29.Kc1 Bh3–+ 30.Nd1 Bg4 31.Qa5 Kh7 32.Nc3?? Qe2 33.Qa4 Bf3 34.Nd1 Rh1 35.Rh1-/+ Bh1 36.Qa5 Bf3 37.Nb2? Kg6 38.Kb1 Qf1–+ 39.Ka2 Be2 40.Qa8=+ Qe1?? 41.Qb8+= Qf2? 42.Qb7+- Bc4 43.Kb1 Bb3 44.Qc6 Kh7 45.Qg6 (45.Qh6 Kh6 46.c6 Qc2) ½–½. Barkan,O – Goetz,G, corr Pan–Am t–ch, 1989.

10.Be2 a6 11.cd5 (11.0-0 b5 12.c5 Bb8=) 11...cd5 12.0-0 Nb6 13.Qb3 (13.Rc1 Be6=) 13...Bg4=+ 14.Rfc1 Be2 15.Ne2 Qd7 16.a4 (16.Nc3 Rac8=+) 16...Rec8 (16...Rac8 17.a5 Qg4 18.Kf1=+) 17.a5 Qg4 18.Nc3 Nc4 19.Nc4 dc4 20.Qa4 Qh4 (20...Qf5 21.Rc2=+) 21.h3 g5 22.Qc2 Bb4 23.d5 Bd6 24.Rd1 Re8 (24...Rab8 25.Na4 Nd7 26.Rd4=) 25.Ne2 g4 26.g3 (26.Bf6 Qf6 27.hg4 Qh4=) 26...Qh6 27.h4 (27.Bf6 Qf6 28.hg4 Qf3=) 27...Rac8 (27...Nd7 28.Qc4 Rac8 29.Qb3=) 28.Ra4= Nh5 29.Rd4 Will c4 fall? (29.Rc4 Rc4 30.Qc4 Ng3 31.Ng3 Bg3=) 29...c3 (29...Ng3 30.Ng3 (30.fg3 Qe3 31.Kg2 Qf3 32.Kg1 Bg3 33.Ng3 Qg3 34.Qg2 Qg2 35.Kg2 c3-/+) 30...Bg3 31.fg3 Qe3 32.Kh2+=) 30.Bc3 Nf6 31.Qb2 (31.Qb1 Rc7=) 31...Rc7 32.Rdc4 Rc4 (32...Nd5 33.Re4 Re4 34.Re4+=) 33.Rc4+= Nd5 (33...b5 34.ab6 Nd5 35.Rd4+=) 34.Qb7+- Qe6 (34...Nc3 35.Nc3 Bg3 36.Rc8 (36.fg3?? Qe3 37.Kg2 Qf3 38.Kg1 Qg3 39.Kf1 Qd3 40.Ke1 Qc4–+) 36...Bf2 37.Kf2 Qh4 38.Ke2 Qh2 39.Kd1 Qg1 40.Kd2 Qh2 41.Ne2+-) 35.Qa6 Rb8 36.Nd4 Qd7 37.Qc6 Qc6 38.Rc6 Bf8 (38...Be5 39.Rc5 Nc3 40.Re5+-) 39.a6 Rb1 (39...Bg7 40.Ba5 Ra8 41.Rd6+-) 40.Kg2 Nc3 41.Rc3 Ra1 42.Rc6 Ra5 43.h5! Be7 (43...Rh5 44.a7 Passed pawn) 44.h6 (44.h6 Bf8 45.Rb6+-) 1–0. Hanison,Bernard – Lane,Michael, BCCA etA11, 2000.

10.Be2 Nf8 11.Qb3 Be6 12.cd5 cd5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.g3 h5 15.h3 Rc8 16.g4 hg4 (16...h4 17.0-0=+) 17.hg4 Bg4 18.Bg4 Ng4 19.Qd5 (better 19.Nd5 Rc1 20.Bc1=) 19...Qf6?? (better 19...Nf2 20.Kf2 Rc3=+) 20.Nce4+- (20.Nde4 Qf3 21.Rf1 Ne3 22.fe3 Qe3 23.Kd1 Bf4-/+) 20...Rc1 21.Bc1 Re4 22.Ne4 Qf3 23.Rf1 (23.Rh5 N4e5 24.Re5 Be5 25.de5 Qh5+-) 23...Nh2 (23...b5 24.Nc3 Qd5 25.Nd5+-) 24.Rg1 (24.Qd6?! Nf1 25.Qb8 Nf8 26.Qb7 Nh2+-) 24...Nh4 (24...Ng4 25.Rg4 (25.Qd6?! Qe4 26.Qg3 Nf6+-) 25...Qg4 26.Nd6 (26.Qd6?! Qe4 27.Qb8 Kh7+-) 26...Qg1 27.Ke2 Qc1 28.Qf7 (28.Nf7?! Qc2 29.Kf3 Qd1 30.Kg3 Qg1 31.Kh3 Qf1 32.Kg4 Qg1 33.Kh5 Ne7 34.Nh6 Kh7=; 28.Qb7?! Qc2 29.Kf3 Nh4 30.Kg3 Qg6 31.Kh4 Qd6 32.Qc8 Kh7+-) 28...Kh7 29.Qf5 (29.Nb7?! Qc2 30.Kf3 Qd1 31.Kg3 Qg1 32.Kh3 Qh1 33.Kg4 Qg2 34.Kh5 Qh3 35.Kg5 Qh4 36.Kf5 Qf2 37.Ke6 Qe3 38.Kd6 Qd4 39.Qd5 Qf4 40.Kc5 Qe3 41.Kb5 Nf4 42.Qh1 Kg6=) 29...Qa3 30.Qh5 Kg8 31.Qg6 Qb4 32.Qf7 Kh7 33.Nf5 Qb5 34.Kf3 Qc6 35.d5+-) 25.Qd6 (25.Qg5!? Ng6 26.Nd6 Qc6+-) 25...Qe4 26.Qb8 Kh7 27.Qh2 g5 (27...Kg8 28.Qb8 Kh7+-) 28.Rg5 Kh6 29.f4 (29.f4 Qg6 30.Qh4 Kg7 31.Rg6 Kg6 32.Qg5 Kh7 33.f5 f6 34.Qg6 Kh8 35.d5 b5 36.Bb2 a5 37.Bf6) 1-0. opperwezen - Blitzstream_twitch (2675), lichess.org, 2016.

10.Be2 Nf8 11.g4 (11.cd5 cd5 12.Rc1 a6=) 11...h6 12.h4 N6h7 (better 12...Ne6=+) 13.cd5+/- cd5 14.Nd5 a5 15.b5 (15.Qc2+/-) 15...a4? (better 15...Ba3!? 16.Ba3 Qd5+=) 16.Nc3+- Ng6 (16...f5 17.Rc1+-) 17.Nce4 f5 (better 17...Be6+-) 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.gf5 (19.Nd6 Qd6 20.g5 f4+-) 19...Bf5 20.Qh5 Be4 21.Ne4 Re4 22.Qg6 Qe7 (22...Nf6 23.Rg1 Qe7 24.h5+-) 23.Rg1 (23.Bd3!? Nf6 24.Be4 Ne4+-) 23...Nf8? (23...Rh4 24.Qe6+-) 24.Qf5 (better 24.Qf7 Qf7 25.Bf7+-) 24...Re3?? (better 24...Rh4 25.Qf7 Qf7 26.Bf7 Kh7+-) 25.fe3 Qe3 26.Kf1 Nh7 (26...Ne6 27.Be6 (27.Qe6 Rf8 28.Qf7 Rf7 29.Bf7 Qf3 30.Ke1 Qf7-/+) 27...Rf8 28.Bf7+-) 27.d5 (27.Rg7 Kg7 28.d5 Kg8 29.Qg6 Kf8 30.Qd6 Kf7 31.Qd7 Kg6 32.Qg7 Kh5 33.Be2 Qe2 34.Ke2 Rf8 35.Rg1 Re8 36.Be5 Rg8 37.Qf7 Kh4 38.Rh1 Kg5 39.Qh5) 27...Ng5 28.Re1 (better 28.hg5!? Rf8 29.Bf6 gf6+-) 28...Qh3 (28...Qc5 29.hg5 Rf8 30.Qf8 Bf8+-) 29.Qh3 (29.Qh3 Nh3 30.Rg7 Rf8 31.Rf7 Kg8 32.Rf8 Kf8 33.Re6+-) 1-0. FeegLood (2155) - HandKnit (2210), lichess.org, 2015.

10.g4 dc4 11.g5 Nd5 12.Nce4 Bf8 (12...c3!? 13.Bc3 Nc3 14.Nc3 Qg5=) 13.Bc4+= N7b6 14.Bd3 Bh3 15.Qf3 Qd7 16.Nc5 Bc5 17.dc5 Na4 18.Bd4 Nac3 (18...Bg2 19.Qh5 h6 20.gh6+-) 19.Nc4 (19.Rg1 Rad8 20.Ne4 Ne4 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Bh7 Kh7 23.Qh5 Kg8-/+) 19...Nb4 (19...Bg2! 20.Qg2 Nf4=) 20.ab4+/- Qd4 21.Kd2 Ne4 22.Qe4 Qe4 (22...Re4? 23.ed4 Rd4 24.Kc3+-) 23.Be4 Re4 24.Kc3 Be6 (24...a6 25.Nd6 Re7 26.Rhd1+/-) 25.Nd6 (25.Nb6 Rf8 26.Ra7 f6+/-) 25...Rg4 26.Rhg1 (26.f4 Rh4+/-) 26...Rg1 27.Rg1 a5 28.b5 (28.f4!?+/-) 28...cb5= 29.Nb5 (worse 29.Nb7 b4 30.Kd3 a4-/+) 29...Rc8 30.Kd4 Rd8 31.Nd6 b6 32.Ra1 bc5 33.Kc5 h6 (better 33...Ra8!?+=) 34.gh6+/- gh6 35.Ra5 Kh7 36.e4 Rg8 37.f4 Rg2 38.f5 Bd7? (better 38...Ba2 39.Ra7 Rc2 40.Kd4 Kg8+-) 39.Nf7 Kg7 40.Ne5 Be8 41.Ra7 Kf6 42.Nf3 Re2 (42...Rc2 43.Kd6 Rc6 44.Kd5+-) 43.Ra6 (43.e5!? Kf5 44.Nd4 Ke5 45.Re7 Kf6 46.Re2 Bd7+-) 43...Kf7 (43...Kg7 44.Kd4+-) 44.Kd4 (better 44.Rh6 Rc2 45.Kd5+-) 44...Bc6 (44...Kg7+-) 45.Ne5 Kf6 (45...Ke7 46.Rc6 Rd2 47.Ke3+-) 46.Rc6 (46.Rc6 Kg5 47.f6+-) 1-0. FeegLood (2815) - AMADAN (2400), Time forfeit, 2016.

10.g4 h6 11.h4 Nf8 12.g5 Bg4 13.Be2 Be2 14.Qe2 hg5 15.hg5 N6h7 16.cd5 cd5 17.Nd5 Ng5 18.Qh5 Ng6 19.Ke2 Bf8?? (better 19...Bb8 20.Nc3 a5+/-) 20.Rag1+- f6 21.Nc3 (21.Qg6?! Qd5 22.Rg4 Qb5 23.Ke1 Qd3 24.Rg5 fg5+/-) 21...Ne7 22.Nce4 (22.Rg5 fg5 23.Nde4 Nc6 24.Ng5 Nd4 25.Kf1 Qg5 26.Qg5 Ne6+-) 22...Ne4 (22...Nd5 23.Nf6! Qf6 24.Qg5 Qg5 25.Rg5 Nf4 26.Kf3 Nd3+-) 23.Ne4 Nd5 (23...Nc8 24.Qe8!! Qe8 25.Nf6 Kf7 26.Ne8 Ke8 27.d5+-) 24.Qg6 (24.Qd5 Qd5 25.Nf6 Kf7 26.Nd5 a5+-) 24...Qe7 (24...b5 25.Rh5 Re4 26.Qe4 Nc7+-) 25.Qh7 (better 25.Rh4 Qd7 26.Rgh1 Nf4 27.Rf4 Re4 28.Re4 Qb5 29.Kf3+-) 25...Kf7 26.Qh5 Ke6 27.Rc1 (27.Qg4 Kf7 28.Rh4 Qc7+-) 27...Rad8 (better 27...Qd7+-) 28.Nc5 Kd6 29.Qh2 Kc6 30.Na4 (better 30.Ne6! Kb6 31.Nd8 Rd8 32.Qh7+-) 30...Kd7 31.Qh3 Qe6 32.Nc5 (32.Qe6 Re6 33.Rh7 b6+-) 32...Bc5 33.Qe6 (33.bc5?? Nf4 34.Ke1 Nh3-+; 33.dc5?? Nf4 34.Kf1 Nh3-+; 33.Rc5?? Nf4 34.Kf1 Nh3-+) 33...Re6 34.Rc5 Nb6 35.Rhc1 Rc6 36.Rc6 bc6 37.Rg1 g5 38.e4 (38.Rh1 Ke6+-) 38...Nc4+/- 39.Bc1 Re8 (39...Ke6 40.Rd1+/-) 40.Kd3+- Nd6 41.f3 Nf7 42.f4 gf4 43.Bf4 Rh8 44.Rg7 Ke6 45.d5! cd5 46.ed5 Ke7 47.Be3 Rh5 (better 47...Kf8 48.Rg2 Ne5 49.Ke2 a6+-) 48.Bc5 Ke8 49.Ke4 (49.Ba7?! Nd6+-) 49...Ng5 (49...a5 50.ba5 Rh4 51.Kf5 Rh5 52.Kf6 Rd5 53.Bb4+- (53.Rf7?! Rc5 54.Ra7 Kd8+/-)) 50.Kf5 Nf7 (50...Nh3 51.Kf6 Rd5 52.Be3 Rd6 53.Kf5+-) 51.Kf6 (51.Ke6 Ng5 52.Kf6 Ne4 53.Ke6 Rh6 54.Ke5 Nc3+-) 51...Rh6 52.Kf5 (52.Rg6!? Rg6 53.Kg6 a6+-) 52...Rh5 53.Ke4 Rh4 54.Kd3 a6 55.a4 Ne5 56.Kc3 Rh3 57.Kd4 Nf3 58.Ke4 Nd2 59.Kf5 Rh5 60.Ke6 Rh6 61.Ke5 White prepares the advance d6 61...Rh5 (61...Nc4 62.Kd4 Nd6 63.Bd6 Rd6+-) 62.Kd6 Ne4 (62...Nc4 63.Kc6 Rf5 64.a5+-) 63.Kc6 Nc3 (63...Re5 64.Ra7+-) 64.d6 (64.Re7 Kf8 65.Rh7 Kg8 66.Rh5 Nd5 67.Rd5 Kf7+-) 64...Rh6 65.Kc7 (65.Bd4 Na4 66.Kc7 Nb6 67.Re7 Kf8 68.Bg7 Kg8 69.Bh6 Nd5 70.Kc6 Ne7 71.de7 Kf7 72.Kd7 Kg6 73.Bd2 Kh5 74.e8Q Kg4 75.Qe4 Kg3 76.Be1 Kh2 77.Qh4 Kg2 78.Qg3 Kh1 79.Bf2 a5 80.Qg1) 65...Nd5 66.Kc8 Nf6 67.d7 (67.Re7 Kf8+-) 67...Nd7 68.Re7 Kf8 69.Kd7 Kg8 70.Re6 (70.Re6 Rh5 71.Ra6 Rh7 72.Kc8+-) 1-0. Xiong,Jeffery (2675) - Smirnov,Ant (2565), chess.com Junior Speed, 2019.

10.g4 h6 11.h4= Nf8 (11...h5 12.cd5 cd5 13.g5+=) 12.g5+= hg5 13.hg5 N6h7 14.cd5 cd5 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Bd7 Qd7 17.Nd5 Be7 (17...Qf5!? 18.Nc3 Ng5+=) 18.Nc3+/- Bg5 (18...Ng5!? 19.Nce4 Ne4 20.Ne4 Bb4 21.ab4 Re4+/-) 19.Nce4 Bh6 (19...Rac8 20.Qf3+-) 20.Qf3 Rac8 (20...Ng5 21.Ng5 Bg5 22.Ne4+-) 21.Nc5 Qc6 22.d5 Qb5 23.Qg4 Kh8 (23...Ng6 24.Nde4 Rcd8+-) 24.Rh6 f6 25.Rh1 (better 25.Nde4 Qc4 26.Rh4+-) 25...b6 (25...Rc5 26.a4 Qd3 27.bc5 Qd5 28.Rh5+-) 26.Rg1 (26.a4 Re3 27.fe3 Qe8+-) 26...Rc7 (26...Re7 27.Qc8 bc5 28.Qc5+-) 27.d6 (better 27.a4 Re3 28.fe3 Qe8+-) 27...Rf7 28.Nce4 (better 28.a4 Qc6 29.Qc4 Ne6+-) 28...Qd3 (28...Qd7 29.Rc1+-) 29.Nf6! Nf6 (29...Rf6 30.Qg7 Mate attack; 29...gf6 30.Qg8 Mate attack; 29...Nf6 30.Bf6 Combination) 30.Bf6 Re3 (30...Qh7 31.Be7 a6+-) 31.fe3 Qe3 32.Kd1 Qh6 33.Bc3 Ne6 (33...Kg8 34.Rc1 a5 35.ba5 ba5 36.Qc4+-) 34.Kc2 Kg8 35.Rh1 Qe3 36.Rae1 Rf4 37.Qe6 Qe6 38.Re6 Rf2 (38...Rf8 39.Re7 Rf2 40.Rg7 Kf8 41.Rh8) 39.Re7 Kf8 (39...Rf7 40.Re8 Rf8 41.d7 Kf7 42.Rf8 Kf8 43.d8Q Kf7 44.Qd7 Kg6 45.Rg1 Kh5 46.Qh3) 40.Rg7 (40.Rh8) 40...Ke8 41.Rh8 (41.Rh8 Rf8 42.Re7 Kd8 43.Rf8) 1-0. FeegLood (2605) - magnacoil (1780), Time forfeit, 2016.

7.Nfd2 Nb6

8.c4 Bg4 9.Qc2 Nc4 10.Nc4 dc4 11.Bc4=.

8.c4 dc4

9.Nc3 a5 10.ba5 Ra5 11.Nce4=.

9.Nc3 Bf5 10.Nc4= Nc4 11.Bc4 0-0 12.f3 Qe7 13.0-0 c6 14.fe4 Be4 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Qe1 Rae8 17.Bc1 (17.Qe2 Qg5 18.g3 Ng3 19.hg3 Re3–+) 17...Qg5=+ 18.Ra2 Kh8 19.Rc2 a6 20.Bd3 f5 21.Qd1 g6 (21...Qh6 22.g3=) 22.Qf3 h6 23.Qh3 Kg7 24.Re2 (24.Bc4 Qe7 25.Qf3 Qc7=+) 24...Qe7=+ 25.Be4 Qe4 26.Ref2 Re7 27.Rf3 Rfe8 28.Bb2 Qd5 29.g4 Re3!? 30.Re3 fg4 31.Qh6 Kh6 32.Re8 g3 33.h3 Qa2 34.Re2 Kh5 35.Rf6 Qd5 36.Rfe6 Kh4 37.Rg6 Kh3 38.Rh6 Kg4 39.Rhe6 Bf4 40.Re8? (better is 40.Re7!?–+) 40...Kf3 (41.Ba1 Qb3–+) 0–1. Louro,Eugenio (2235) – Schoen,Werner, EM/M/189 ICCF Email, 2002.

9.Nc4 Nc4 10.Bc4 0-0 11.0-0=.

9.Nc4 Bg4 10.Qc2 (10.Nd6 Qd6 11.Qc2 0-0=) 10...Nc4=+ 11.Bc4 0-0 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Nb5 a5 14.Nd6 Qd6 15.ba5 (15.b5 Be6=) 15...Ra5+= 16.Qb3 Bh5 (16...Be6!? 17.Be6 Qe6 18.Qb7 Qd7+=) 17.Qb7+/– Rg5 (17...c5 18.Rd1+/–) 18.Bb5 c6? (18...Rd8 19.0-0+/–) 19.Qc6 (19.Bc6? Rb8 20.Qa6 Rb2 21.Qc8 Qf8 22.Qf8 Kf8–+) 19...Qb8 20.a4 Rc8 21.Qa6 Rg2 22.Ba3 Rc2 23.Bd6 Qd8 24.Bb4 (24.Rf1 Bf3+=) 24...Ng4 (24...Rgf2 25.Qd6 Qd6 26.Bd6-/+) 25.Ba5 (25.Qd6 Qc8 26.Bc5 Nf2–+) 25...Qb8 (25...Qd5 26.Qb6 Qa8 27.Qd8 Qd8 28.Bd8 Nf2 29.Bf1–+) 26.Qb6 Qb6 (better is 26...Qf8=) 27.Bb6-/+ Nf2 28.Ba5?? (28.Rf1 Nd3 29.Bd3 ed3 30.Rh1 Rce2 31.Kf1 Ref2 32.Ke1 d2) 28...Bf3 (28...Nh1 29.h3 Rg1 30.Bf1 Rf2 31.Bb6 Rgf1) 29.Bd2?? (better is 29.Rf1 Rh2 30.Bc7-/+) 29…Nh1–+ (30.d5 Rgd2–+) 0–1. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio (2060) – Reichardt,Bernd (1700), KO–002 TSC, 2003.

9.Ne4?? Ne4–+ 10.Nd2 (10.d5 0-0 (10...Nd5 11.Qd4 Qh4 12.g3 Qg4 13.Nd2 Nd2 14.Kd2 c3 15.Bc3) 11.Qd4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Ng4 13.Bc4 Be5 14.Qd3 Ne3 15.fe3; 10.Qc2 Bf5 (10...Qh4 11.g3 Qe7 12.Bc4 Nc4 13.Qc4 0-0 14.Nc3 Bh3 15.d5; 10...Qe7 11.Bc4 Nc4 12.Qc4 Qg5 13.g3 0-0 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3) 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc1 Nd2 13.Qd2 0-0 14.Be2 Qh4 15.g3) 10...Nd2 (10...Qe7 11.Rc1 (11.Ne4 Qe4 12.d5 Be5 13.Be5 Qe5 14.Rc1 c3 15.d6) 11...Nd2 12.Qd2 Be6 13.e4 0-0-0 14.Qe3 c6 15.Be2) 11.Qd2 Qg5 (11...0-0 12.g3 Bf5 13.Bg2 c6 14.0-0 Bd3 15.Rfe1) 12.g3 (12.d5 0-0–+ 13.Rc1 Qg6 14.g3 Re8 15.Bg2) 12...Qd5 13.f3 Qf3 14.Bg2 Qh5 15.e4 (15.0-0–+) 15...0-0 16.0-0 Be7 17.Qf4 (17.Qc2 Qg6–+) 17...Na4 18.Bc1 Nc3 (18...c6 19.d5–+) 19.Bf3 (19.Qc7 Ne2 20.Kf2 Bf6 21.Qc4 Nd4–+) 19...Ne2 20.Be2 Qe2 21.Qe3 Qe3 22.Be3 c6 23.Bd2 (23.Kf2 Be6–+) 23...Bh3 24.Rfd1 (24.Rfc1 Be6–+) 24...Rad8 (24...f5 25.e5–+) 25.Be3 (25.Bc3 f5 26.e5 f4–+) 25...f5 26.e5 g5 27.Rac1 b5 28.Rc3 f4 29.gf4 gf4 30.Bf4 Bg4 31.Rf1 Rd4 32.Be3 Rd3 33.Rd3 cd3 34.Rf8 Kf8 35.Kf1 Bh4 36.Kg2 Be1 37.Bh6 Kf7 38.h3 Be6 39.Bd2 Bd2 40.Kf2 Bh6 (40...Bh6 41.Kf3 d2 42.Kg3 d1Q 43.Kf2 Qd4 44.Kg2 Qd2 45.Kg3 Bf4 46.Kh4 Qd3 47.a4 Qh3) 0–1. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio (2335) – Vegjeleki,Adolf (2195), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/Final, 2009.

7.Nfd2 c6

8.c4 a5 9.c5 Bb8 10.b5 0-0 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Qa4 Re6 13.Be2 (13.h3 Qc7=) 13...cb5 14.Qb3 Nf8 15.Bb5 b6 16.a4 bc5 17.dc5 Be5 18.Ne2 Bb2 19.Qb2 Re7 20.Nd4 Qc7 21.N2b3 N8d7 22.Nc6 Re6 23.Nbd4 Re8 24.Rc1 (24.Qc3 Bb7+=) 24...Bb7= 25.Qd2 Ne5 (25...Bc6 26.Nc6 Ne5 27.Nd4=) 26.Ne5+/– Re5 27.0-0 Rg5 28.Rfd1 (28.Rc2 Rc8+/–) 28...Bc8 (28...Ng4 29.f4 ef3 30.Nf3+= (< 30.gf3 Ne3 31.Kh1 Rg2 32.Qg2 Ng2 33.Kg2 Rd8–+)) 29.Bc6 (29.Kh1 Bg4 30.f4 ef3 31.gf3 Bf5+=) 29...Bh3 (29...Ra6 30.h4 Rh5 31.Bb5=) 30.g3+= (30.Ba8?? Rg2 31.Kf1 Qh2 32.Nf3 Rf2 33.Ke1 Rf1) 30...Ra6 31.Bb5 Ra8 32.Rc2 Ng4 33.Bc6+/– Rb8 34.Rb2+- Rb2 35.Qb2 Qc8 36.Qb7 Qd8 37.Qb6 Qf8 38.Qa5 Rh5 39.Qa8 Nh2 40.Rb1 Qa8 41.Ba8 f6 42.Kh2 Bg4 43.Kg1 Kf7 44.a5 Bc8 45.Bb7 Bb7 46.Rb7 Kg6 47.a6 Re5 48.a7 Re8 49.Rb8 (49...Re5 50.a8Q+-) 1–0. guest706 – guest2201, ICC, 2005.

8.c4 a5 9.c5= Be7 10.b5 0-0 11.bc6 bc6 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.Na4 (13.Rb1 Bb7=) 13...Qc7 (13...Rb7 14.Rb1=) 14.Be2 Bd8 (14...Rb7 15.0-0=) 15.Rb1 Qa7 16.0-0 Ne8 17.Bc3 Rb1 18.Qb1 f5 (18...Ba6 19.Qd1=) 19.Qb3 Kh8 (19...Ba6 20.Ba6 Qa6 21.Rb1=) 20.Rb1+= Nef6 21.Nb6 Ba6 22.Nd7 Nd7 23.Ba6 Qa6 24.Qb7 Qb7 25.Rb7 Rf7 26.a4 Kg8 27.Nb3 Nf8 28.Rf7 Kf7 29.Ba5 Bg5 30.Bb6 (30...Ne6 31.Na5+-) 1–0. Velker – Van Roosmalen, corr Netherlands, 1989.

8.c4 Qe7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be2 Rd8 (10...a5 11.c5 Bb8 12.b5=) 11.0-0 a6 12.c5 Bc7 13.f3 (13.Qa4 Nf8=) 13...ef3 14.Rf3 Ng4 (14...Re8 15.h3=) 15.Nf1 Ndf6 (15...Re8 16.Bd3=) 16.h3 Nh6 17.Qc2 Ne4 (17...Qe6 18.Bd3=) 18.Ne4 de4 (< 18...Qe4 19.Bd3 Qh4 20.Bh7 Kh8 21.Bd3+/–) 19.Rf2 f5 20.Rd1 (20.Nd2 Be6=) 20...Be6 21.g3 (21.a4 Qg5=) 21...Nf7 (21...Qg5 22.Kg2=) 22.Bc4 Ng5 23.Rf5= Bd5 24.Kg2 Nf3 25.Bd5 cd5 26.Qf2 Qe6 27.Rf3 ef3 28.Qf3 Rf8 29.Qg4 Qg4 30.hg4 Rae8 31.Rc1 Re4 32.c6=+ b6 33.a4= Rg4 34.b5 ab5 35.ab5 Ra8 36.Ra1 Ra1=+ 37.Ba1 Kf7 38.Kf3 h5 39.Bc3 g5 40.Be1= Ke6 41.Nd2 Kf5 42.Nb1+= h4 43.Nc3+/– hg3 44.Nd5 g2 45.Bf2 Rg3 46.Ke2 Bd6? 47.Bg1+- g4 48.Nb6 Rf3 49.Nc4 Ke6 50.Nd2 Rf5 51.b6 Ra5 52.Nc4 Ra4 53.Nd6 Kd6 54.b7 Rb4 55.d5 Rb2 56.Kd3 Rb1 57.Kc2 Rb4 58.e4! g3 59.e5! Kc7 60.e6 Kd6 61.e7! Ke7 62.c7 Rc4 63.Kd2 (63…Rc7 64.b8Q+-) 1–0. Gross – Domenche Redondo, corr 3GMM–19, 1997.

8.c4 0-0

9.Nc3 a5 10.b5=.

9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Qb3 Qe6 (10...dc4 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Rc1=) 11.cd5= cd5 12.Be2 (12.Nb5 Bb8=) 12...a6 13.0-0 b5 14.a4 ba4 15.Na4 (15.Ra4 Rb8=) 15...Rb8 16.Bc3 Rd8 (16...Qe7 17.Nc5=+) 17.Rfc1 Qf5 18.Qd1 (18.Qa2 Bb4 19.Bb4 Rb4=) 18...Bb4=+ 19.Nb3 Bd6 20.Ba5 (20.Nac5 Ra8=+) 20...Re8=+ 21.Bc7 Bc7 22.Rc7 Qg5 (22...Qe6 23.Rac1=) 23.Ra7 (23.Nac5 Nc5 24.Nc5 Rb2=) 23...Nf8 (23...Qh4 24.Nbc5= (24.Ba6? Ba6 25.Ra6 Ng4–+)) 24.Nac5+= (< 24.Ba6 Ba6 25.Ra6 Ng4-/+) ½–½. Winiger,Albert – Vetter,Udo, TT–09 ETC, 2003.

9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Be2 dc4 11.Qc2 Nb6=.

9.Nc3 Qe7 10.g4 dc4 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Be2 Nfd5 (12...h6 13.h4+=) 13.Nce4+= f5 14.Nd6 Qd6 15.Qb3 fg4 16.0-0 Be6 17.Ne4 Nf4?? (better 17...Qe7 18.Nc5 Nf4 19.Ne6 Ne2 20.Kh1 Nd5-/+) 18.ef4+- (18.Nd6? Ne2 (18...Bb3? 19.ef4 Rab8 20.Rfe1+-) 19.Kg2 Bb3-+) 18...Qe7 (worse 18...Bb3 19.Nd6 Rab8 20.Bg4 Rf4 21.f3+-) 19.Qg3 (19.Qc2 Nd5+-) 19...Bd5 20.Nc3 (20.Bd3 Na4 21.Bc1 Be4+-) 20...Rf6? (better 20...Na4 21.Rfe1 Nc3 22.Bg4 Ne4+/-) 21.Rae1 (worse 21.Qg4 Rg6 22.Qg6 hg6=+; 21.Bg4?! Re8+-; 21.Nd5?! Nd5 22.Bg4 Re8+-) 21...Raf8 22.Bd3 (worse 22.Qg4 Rg6 23.Nd5 Nd5 24.Qg6 hg6=+; 22.Bg4?! Qf7 23.Nd5 Nd5+-; 22.Nd5?! cd5 23.Bc1 Re6+-) 22...Qd7 23.f5 Rf5 (23...Rh6 24.Nd5 (24.Qg4 Rg6 25.Qg6 hg6-/+) 24...Nd5 25.f3 (25.Qg4?! Rg6 26.Qg3 Rg3 27.fg3 Qd8=) 25...gf3 26.Bc1+-) 24.Bf5 Qf5 25.Re3 (better 25.Re7!? Nc4 26.Nd5 cd5+-) 25...Nc4 26.Re7 (better 26.Nd5 Qd5 27.Re2+-) 26...Nb2 27.Nd5 cd5 28.Rc1 (28.Rb7 Nc4 29.Rb8+-) 28...Nd3? (better 28...Kh8!?+/-) 29.Rcc7+- Nf4?? (29...Nf2 30.Rg7 Kh8 31.Rh7 Qh7 32.Qe5 Kg8 33.Rh7 Kh7 34.Qe7 Kg8 35.Qb7 Rf7 36.Qd5 Nh3 37.Kh1 Kg7 38.Qe5 Rf6+-) 30.Rg7 (better 30.Qf4! Qb1 (30...Qf4?? 31.Rg7 Kh8 32.Rh7 Kg8 33.Rcg7) 31.Qc1 Qc1 32.Rc1 h5+-) 30...Kh8 31.Rh7 Qh7 32.Rh7 Kh7 33.Qh4 (33.Qg4? Rg8 34.Qg8 Kg8-+) 33...Kg6 34.Qg4 Kh6 35.h4 1-0. FeegLood (2650) - Sadistika (2405), Time forfeit, 2015.

9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qb3 dc4 (10...a5 11.b5=) 11.Bc4 Qe7 (11...Re7 12.d5=) 12.b5 (12.Nde4 Ne4 13.Ne4 Qe4 14.Bf7 Kh8 15.Be8 Qe8=) 12...Nb6=+ 13.bc6 bc6 14.Be2 Rb8 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.0-0 Nfd5 17.Rfc1 (17.Rfb1 Qh4 18.h3 Qg5=) 17...Qg5 (17...Nc3 18.Bc3 Ba3 19.Bb2=+) 18.Kh1 (18.Ba6 Qg6=+) 18...Re6 19.g3 (19.Nde4 Qh6 20.f4 Ne3–+) 19...Nf6 (19...Qg6 20.Rab1=+) 20.Kg1 Bf8 (20...Nbd5 21.Rab1=) 21.Bf1 (21.Rab1 Be7=) 21...Nbd7 (21...Nbd5 22.Rab1=) 22.Bg2 Qg6 (22...c5 23.d5 Ree8 24.Rab1+=) 23.Rab1 (23.h3 Qh6=) 23...c5+= 24.Ne2 (24.d5 Ree8=) 24...Reb6= 25.Ba1 (25.Nf4 Qh6=) 25...Rb1 (25...Qg4 26.Nf4 cd4 27.Bd4 Ba3 28.Bb6 Nb6 29.Rd1+/–) 26.Rb1 Rb1 27.Qb1 Nb6 (better is 27...a6!?=) 28.Nf4 Qh6 29.dc5 Bc5 30.Qb5 (30.Bf6 Qf6 31.Be4 Be4 32.Ne4+/– (32.Qe4?! Ba3 33.Qe8 Bf8=)) 30...Nbd7? (better is 30...Nfd7!?+/–) 31.Nb3+- g5 32.Nc5 gf4 33.ef4 a6 34.Qa5 Be6 (34...Bg4 35.Nd7 Nd7 36.Be4+-) 35.Nd7 (35...Nd7 36.Be4+-) 1–0. Winiger,Albert – Zimmermann,J, PMC–2004 ETC, 2004.

9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4 Qe7 12.g4 Nb6 13.g5 Nc4 14.Qc4 Nd5 15.Nce4 Bc7 16.0-0-0 (16.h4 Bf5 17.Nc5 b6-+) 16...a5 (16...Be6 17.Qc2 a5 18.ba5 Ba5=) 17.Rhg1 (better 17.b5=+) 17...ab4-+ 18.ab4 Be6 (better 18...Bf5 19.Nc5 Bh2-+) 19.Nf6=+ Nf6 (19...Kh8!? 20.Ne8 Re8=+) 20.gf6+= Qf6 (better 20...Qf8!? 21.fg7 Qe7+/-) 21.d5+/- cd5?? (better 21...Be5 22.Be5 Qe5 23.de6 Re6+-) 22.Bf6+- dc4 23.Rg7 Kf8 24.Rh7 (24.Rh7 Ra1 25.Ba1+-) 1-0. FeegLood (2515) - RobertFontaine (2520), lichess.org, 2015.

9.Nc3 Re8 10.cd5 cd5 11.Rc1=.

9.Nc3 Re8 10.Be2 h5 11.c5 Bc7 12.h3 h4 13.b5 Nf8 14.a4 N6h7 15.0-0 Ng5 16.Re1 (16.Kh1 Bd7=) 16...Re6=+ 17.Bh5 Rh6 18.Kh1 Bb8 19.a5 (19.bc6 bc6 20.Ba3 Rf6-+) 19...Nfh7 (19...Rf6 20.Qe2 Qc7-/+) 20.Bg4? (better 20.a6=) 20...Nf6-/+ 21.Bc8 (better 21.f4!? ef3 22.Bf3-+) 21...Qc8-+ 22.a6 (22.f4 ef3! 23.Nf3 Nh3-+) 22...ba6 23.Ra6 (23.bc6 Nh3 24.Re2 Nh5-+) 23...Nh3 24.Rf1? (better 24.Qe2 Nf2! 25.Qf2-+) 24...Ng4 25.Qe2 (25.Nce4 de4 26.Qe2 Nhf2 27.Rf2 Qc7-+) 25...Nhf2 26.Rf2 Nf2 27.Qf2 Bg3 28.Nd5 0-1. adlai – helicco, internet, 2021.

9.c5 Bc7 10.b5 cb5 11.Bb5 a6 12.Be2 b6 13.Nb3 Qe7 14.Qc2 bc5 15.dc5 =+.

9.c5 Bc7 10.b5 Re8 11.b6? ab6–+ 12.cb6 Bb6 13.Be2 Ba5 14.0-0 Nf8 (14...Bc7 15.Qb3–+) 15.Nc3 (15.Bc3 Bc7-/+) 15...Ng6 16.f3 (16.Qc2–+) 16...ef3 17.Nf3 (17.Rf3 Nh4 18.Rf4 Re3–+) 17...Re3 (17...Qe7 18.e4 de4 19.Ne5–+) 18.Bd3 (18.Qd2 Qe8 19.Bd3 Nf4–+) 18...Bg4 (better is 18...Nf4 19.Ne5 Nd3 20.Nd3–+) 19.h3? (19.Qd2 Re7–+) 19...Bf3 (better is 19...Nf4!? 20.Qc1 Rd3 21.Qf4 Bh3 22.gh3 Bc3 23.Bc3 Rc3 24.a4–+) 20.Rf3 Qe7 21.Re3 (21.a4–+) 21...Qe3 22.Kh1 Re8 (better is 22...Nf4!? 23.Bh7 Nh7 24.Bc1–+) 23.Ne2 (23.Qc2 Nf4 (23...Qd4?! 24.Ne4 Qe3 25.Nf6 gf6 26.Rf1–+) 24.Bf1 N4h5–+) 23...Bc7 (23...Ne4 24.Be4 Re4 25.Nc1–+) 24.Bc1 Qe7 (24...Qf2!? 25.Bd2 Nh5 26.Qf1 Re2 27.Qf2 Rf2 28.Be3–+) 25.Bd2 Ne4 26.Be3 (26.Be1 Qf6–+) 26...Qd6 (better is 26...Nf4 27.Be4 Ne2 (< 27...de4 28.Nf4 Bf4 29.Bf4+=) 28.Bh7 Kh7 29.Qe2 Qe3 30.Qh5 Kg8–+) 27.Kg1 (27.Qg1–+) 27...Qh2 28.Kf1 Ng3 (28...Nh4 29.Be4 Re4 30.Qd3 Qg2 31.Ke1 Nf3 32.Kd1 Qf1 33.Kc2 Qa1 34.Qc3 Qc3 35.Nc3 Re3 36.h4 Nd4 37.Kb2–+) 29.Ng3 Qg3 (better is 29...Re3 30.Nf5 Rd3 31.Qd3 Qh1 32.Kf2 Qa1–+) 30.Bf2 Qh2 31.Bg1 Qf4 (31...Qh1!? 32.Kf2–+) 32.Bf2 Qf6 33.Kg1 Nf4 34.Bg3?? (34.Bf1–+) 34...Nh3! 35.gh3 Bg3 36.Qf1 Qd4 37.Kg2 (37.Kh1 Re3 38.Rd1 Qb2–+) 37...Bh4 (37...Re3 38.Qf5 g6 39.Qc8 Kg7–+) 38.Rd1 Qb2 (39.Kh1 Qa3–+) 0–1. orane – Tomorob, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2008.

9.c5 Bc7 10.b5 Re8 11.Bc3 A) 11...Re6 12.bc6 (12.Ra2 cb5 13.Bb5 a6 14.Be2 b6 15.Nb3=+; 12.Nb3 cb5 13.Bb5 a6 14.Be2 Rc6 15.N1d2=+; 12.a4 Ne8 13.a5 Rh6 14.h3 cb5 15.Bb5=+; 12.Bb4 cb5 13.Bb5 b6 14.cb6 Rb6 15.Qa4=+) 12...bc6 13.Ra2 Rb8 14.Rb2 Rb2 15.Bb2=+; B) 11...Qe7 12.bc6 (12.Bb4 Qe6 13.Be2 cb5 14.Bb5 Rb8 15.Qc2=+; 12.Ra2 Qe6 13.Qa4 cb5 14.Bb5 a6 15.Rc2=+; 12.Qa4 cb5 13.Bb5 a6 14.Be2 b6 15.Qc6=+; 12.a4 Qe6 13.Be2 Rd8 14.bc6 bc6 15.0-0=; 12.Be2 cb5 13.Bb5 Qe6 14.Be2 b6 15.Nb3=+; 12.h3 Qe6 13.Qa4 cb5 14.Bb5 a6 15.0-0=+) 12...bc6 13.Qa4 Qe6 14.Ba5 Bb8 15.Nc3=; C) 11...Bb8 12.Qa4 (12.bc6 bc6 13.Qa4 Re6 14.Ba5 Qe7 15.Be2=; 12.Ra2 Re6 13.bc6 Rc6 14.Bb5 Re6 15.Rb2=; 12.a4 a6 13.b6 Re6 14.Be2 Ne8 15.0-0=) 12...Re6 13.bc6 bc6 14.Ba5 Qe7 15.Be2=; D) 11...Re7 12.Bb4 (12.Be2 cb5 13.Bb5 b6 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Be2=+; 12.Ra2 cb5 13.Bb5 Re6 14.Rc2 a6 15.Be2=; 12.Qa4 Re6 13.b6 Bb8 14.Be2 Ne8 15.0-0=+; 12.h3 Re6 13.bc6 bc6 14.Be2 Ne8 15.Ra2=+; 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.bc6 bc6 14.Qa4 Re6 15.Be2=+; 12.Qb3 cb5 13.Bb5 b6 14.c6 Nb8 15.Ra2-/+) 12...Re6 13.a4 Qe7 14.a5 Nb8 15.Nc3=; E) 11...cb5 12.Bb5 a6 13.Ba4 Re6 14.Qc2 b6 15.Ra2=+.

9.c5 Bc7 10.b5 Re8 11.Nc3= A) 11...cb5 12.Nb5 Bb8 13.Be2 Re6 14.Rc1 Ne8 15.0-0=; B) 11...Bb8 12.Rb1 (12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Bc7 14.Be2 Re6 15.0-0=; 12.Be2 cb5 13.Qb3 Nf8 14.Bb5 Re6 15.Be2=; 12.Qa4 Re6 13.Be2 cb5 14.Qb3 Nf8 15.Qb5=; 12.Rc1 Re6 13.Be2 Ne8 14.bc6 bc6 15.0-0=; 12.h3 a6 13.bc6 bc6 14.Rb1 Ra7 15.Qa4=; 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Be2 Qg5 14.bc6 bc6 15.Qa4=+) 12...Qc7 13.Be2 b6 14.bc6 Qc6 15.Qa4=; C) 11...Re6 12.Rc1 (12.Be2 b6 13.bc6 Rc6 14.Qa4 Re6 15.Nb3=; 12.Rb1 cb5 13.Nb5 Ba5 14.Rc1 Rc6 15.Nd6=) 12...Ne8 13.Rb1 Qg5 14.Qa4 Nef6 15.bc6=.

9.Be2 =+.

6.d4 Qe7

7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 a6 (8...dc4!? 9.Bc4 0-0=) 9.cd5+= cd5 10.de5 Ne5 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Qd5 Be6 13.Qd1 Rd8 (13...Nf3 14.gf3 Rd8 15.Qc2=) 14.Nd4+= (worse 14.Be5 Be5 15.Qc1 Ba1 16.Qa1 0-0-/+) 14...Bc4 15.Be2 0-0 16.Nf5?? (better 16.0-0+=) 16...Bb4!-+ 17.ab4 (17.Kf1 Rd1 18.Rd1 Qc5 19.Nh6 gh6 20.Be5 Ba3-+) 17...Rd1 (better 17...Qb4 18.Kf1 Rd1 19.Rd1 Be2 20.Ke2 Qb2 21.Ke1 Qc3 22.Ke2 Qc2 23.Rd2 Qf5 24.h3 Qh5 25.f3-+) 18.Rd1 Qb4 19.Rd2 Be2 20.Be5 Qb1 (better 20...Bg4 21.Ne7 Qe7-+) 21.Ke2 Qh1 22.Bg7 Qg2 (better 22...Re8 23.Kf3-+) 23.Bf8 Qg4 24.Kf1 (24.f3 Qf5 25.Bd6 Qb5 26.Rd3 a5-+) 24...Qf5 25.Rd8 (25.Bd6-+) 25...Qb5 26.Ke1 Qa5 27.Bb4 (27.Rd2 Kf8 28.h3 Qh5-+) 27…Qd8 0-1. FeegLood (2575) - venerius (2225), lichess.org, 2015.

7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 e4 9.Nd2 h5 (9...0-0 10.Be2=) 10.Qb3 Qe6 11.Rc1 a6 12.Na4 b5 13.cd5 cd5 14.Nc5 Qf5 15.f3 0-0 (15...Qg5 16.f4 Qg4 17.Qc2=) 16.fe4 de4 17.Be2 Nb6 18.Rf1 (18.Bd1 Re8=) 18...Qg6 19.g3 Bg4 20.Rf6 Qf6 21.Nce4 (21.Nde4 Qg6=+) 21...Qg6=+ 22.Rc6?? (better 22.Nc5=+) 22...Nc4?? (better 22...Bg3 23.Ng3 Qc6-+) 23.Bc4+= (23.Nc4 Qe4 (worse 23...bc4 24.Bc4 Qe4 25.Bd5-+) 24.Na5 Qh1 25.Kd2 Qh2-+) 23...bc4 24.Qc4 (worse 24.Rd6 Qd6 25.Nd6 cb3 26.Nb3 Rfd8-/+; 24.Rc4?! Rfe8 25.Nd6 Qd6=; 24.Nc4? Bb4! (worse 24...Qe4 25.Rd6 Rfc8 26.h3 Rc4 27.hg4-+) 25.ab4 Qe4-+) 24...Rad8 (24...Qh6 25.Kf2 (25.Nd6 Qe3 26.Kf1 Bh3) 25...Rfd8 26.d5+/-) 25.Qa6 (25.Nd6?! Rd6 26.Rd6 Qd6+=) 25...Rfe8 (25...Ra8!? 26.Qb5 Rfd8+/-) 26.Rd6+- (26.Nd6 Qg5 27.Nf1 Re3 28.Kf2 Re2 29.Qe2 Qf6 30.Ke1 Be2 31.Ke2 Rd6 32.Rd6 Qd6-/+) 26...Rd6 27.Qd6 (27.Nd6 Qg5 28.Nf1 Re3 29.Kf2 Re2 30.Qe2 Qf6 31.Ke1 Be2 32.Ke2 Qd6-/+) 27...Re4 28.Ne4 Qe4 29.Kd2 Bf5 30.Qc5?? (30.Qb8 Kh7 31.Qb5 Qc2 32.Ke1=+) 30...Qd3 31.Ke1 Qe3 (31...Bg4 32.Qc2 Qc2 33.Kf1 Qe2 34.Kg1 Bf3 35.e4 Qe1) 32.Kd1-/+ Qd3 33.Ke1 Bg4 34.Qe5 Qd1 35.Kf2 Qd2 36.Kg1 Bf3 37.Kf1 Qb2 38.Qe3 Bd5 39.Qe8 Kh7 40.Qe3 Qg2 41.Ke1 Qh2 42.b5? (42.Qe5 Qg1 43.Ke2 Qg2 44.Ke1 Qf3-+) 42...Qh1 (better 42...Qb2-+) 43.Kd2-/+ Qg2 44.Kc3 Qa2 45.Kb4 Qc4 46.Ka5 g5 47.a4 (47.Qg5 Qc3 Double attack (47...Qd4 Deflection)) 47...Qc7 (47...Kg6 48.Qe5-/+) 48.Kb4 (better 48.b6 Qd8 49.Qc3-/+) 48...Qc4 49.Ka5 Qc3 1-0. FeegLood (2690) - Spinaltap (2570), lichess.org, 2016.

7.c4 c6 8.cd5 cd5 (8...Nd5 9.e4 Nf4 10.g3=) 9.de5 Ne5 10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 Qe5 12.Nd2 d4 (better 12...Bg4 13.Bb5 Ke7=+) 13.Nf3+/- Qh5 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.Bb5 Kf8 16.Be2 Be2 17.Qe2 Qe2 18.Ke2 Ke7 19.Nf5 Kf8 20.Rhd1 g6 21.Nd6 Rb8 (21...b6 22.Rac1 Kg7 23.e4+-) 22.Rac1 Kg7 23.Rc7 Rhf8 24.Nb7 1-0. FeegLood (2575) - Blitzstream_twitch (2360), lichess.org, 2015.

7.c4 c6 8.Ne5 Ne5 9.c5 (9.de5 Be5 10.Be5 Qe5+=) 9...Ne4+= 10.de5 Be5 11.Be5 Qe5 12.Qd4 Qd4 13.ed4 Ng5 (13...Kd8 14.f3 Ng5 15.Kd2=) 14.Nc3 White intends b5 14...Bf5 15.b5 f6 (15...Kd7 16.Be2=) 16.Rd1 (16.0-0-0 Ne6=) 16...Kf7 (16...Kd7 17.Be2=) 17.f3 (17.Bd3 Bd3 18.Rd3 Rhe8 19.Kd2 Rad8=) 17...h5 (17...Rhe8 18.Kf2=) 18.h4 (18.Bd3 Bd3 19.Rd3 Rhe8 20.Kf2 Re7=) 18...Ne6 19.Rd2 a6 20.b6 g5 (20...Rae8 21.Be2=) 21.Kf2 g4 22.Ne2 (22.Be2 Rhg8=) 22...Bg6 (22...gf3 23.gf3 Rae8 24.Ng3=) 23.Nc1 (23.fg4 hg4 24.Ng3 f5=) 23...Rhg8 (23...gf3 24.gf3 Rae8 25.Nb3=) 24.Rg1 (24.fg4!? hg4 25.h5+=) 24...Rae8 25.g3 gf3 26.Kf3 Ng7 27.Re2 Ne6 28.Rd2 Ng7 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1980) – Mevel,Alberic (1900), FICGS, 2016.

7.Be2 a5 8.b5 a4 9.0-0 e4 10.Nfd2 h5 11.Re1 Bh2 (11...Ng4!? 12.Nf1 Qh4=+) 12.Kh2= Ng4 13.Kg1 Qh4 14.Nf1 Qf2 15.Kh1 Qh4 16.Kg1 Qf2 17.Kh1 Ndf6 18.Nbd2?? (better 18.Qd2=) 18...Qh4 (18...h4 19.Ne4 de4 20.Rb1 h3 21.gh3 Rh3 22.Nh2 Rh2) 19.Kg1 Qf2 20.Kh1 h4 21.Nh2 h3 22.gh3 (22.Rg1 hg2 23.Rg2 Rh2 24.Rh2 Qh2) 22...Rh3 (22...Qh2) 23.Ndf1 (23.Ndf3 Rh2 24.Nh2 Qh2) 23...Nh5 (23...Rh2 24.Nh2 Qh2) 24.Bg4 Rg3! 25.Ng3 (25.Ng3 Ng3 Mate attack) 25…Ng3 0-1. pacalmisu (2220) - FeegLood (2340), lichess.org, 2015.

7.de5 Ne5 8.Be2 Nf3 9.Bf3 c6 =+.

7.de5 Ne5 8.Be5 Be5 9.Ne5 Qe5 =+.

7.c4 dc4=+

8.Bc4 0-0 9.Nc3 c6 (9...e4 10.Nd2+=) 10.Be2 (10.Qc2 e4 11.Nd2 Nb6=) 10...ed4 (10...a5 11.b5=) 11.Qd4= a5 (11...Rd8 12.Qh4=) 12.Ne4 Bc7 13.Nf6 Nf6 14.0-0 Rd8 15.Qh4 Bf5 (15...Nd5 16.Qe7 Ne7 17.b5=) 16.b5 c5 (16...Nd5 17.Qe7 Ne7 18.Rfd1=) 17.Qg5 Be4 18.Bf6 (18.Rfd1 b6+=) 18...Qf6 19.Qc5 Bd6 20.Qg5 (20.Qc4 Qe7+=) 20...Qb2= 21.Bc4 (21.Qh4 A) worse is 21...Qe2 22.Nd4 (22.Qe4?! Qb5 23.a4 Qc6=) 22...Qb2 23.Qe4+/–; B) 21...Bg6 22.Nd4 Bc5=) 21...Rac8 (21...Rdc8 22.Rac1=) 22.Nd4+= Bg6 (22...a4 23.f3 Bg6 24.Bd5+=) 23.h4 (23.Bb3 b6+= (23...Ba3? 24.Ra2 Qc1 25.Nc6+-)) 23...Re8 24.Qg4 (24.Bd5 Rc5=) 24...Be5 (24...Rc4 25.Qd7 Rec8 26.Qd6+/–) 25.Bd5 (25.Ra2 Qc3 26.Bd5 Rcd8 27.Bb7 Bd3+=) 25...Rcd8 (25...Bd4 26.Qd4 Qb5 27.h5=) 26.Bb7 (26.Ra2 Qc3 27.Bb7 Bd4 28.ed4 Bd3+=) 26...Bd4= 27.ed4 Qb5 (27...Rd4 28.Qg5=) 28.Bf3+= Qa4 Attacking the isolated pawn on d4 (28...Qc4 29.Rfd1 Bc2 30.Rac1+=) 29.Rfe1 (29.Rfd1 Bc2 30.Rd2 Bb3+=) 29...Re1= 30.Re1 h5 (30...Qd4?? 31.Qd4 Rf8 32.h5+-) 31.Qg5 Rd4 32.Re3 Kh7 (32...Rd6 33.g3+/– (33.Bh5?! Bh5 34.Qh5 Rd1 35.Kh2 Qf4 36.Rg3 Rd4=)) 33.Bh5 Rh4 (33...Bh5 34.Qh5 Kg8 35.g3+/–) 34.Bg6 fg6 35.Qd8 Qd4 36.Qa5 Qd1 37.Re1 Ra4 (37...Qh5!? 38.Qh5 gh5+/–) 38.Rd1+- Ra5 39.Ra1 (39.Rd3 g5+-) 39...Kg8 (39...Ra4 40.Kf1+-) 40.a4 Kf7 41.f3 (41.Kh2 Ke6+-) 41...Ke6 (41...g5 42.g4+-) 42.Kf2 (42.Re1 Kd5 43.Re4 Rc5+-) 42...g5 (42...Kf5 43.Ra2+-) 43.Ke3 (43.Re1 Kd5 44.Re4 g6+-) 43...Ke5 44.Kd3 Kd5 (44...g4 45.fg4 Kd5 46.Kc3+-) 45.Kc3+- Kc5 46.Kb3 Kb6 (46...g4 47.f4+-) 47.Re1 (47.Rd1 Re5+-) 47...Rd5 48.Kc3 Ka5 49.Re7 1–0. Cirulis,Ilmars (1980) – Duenas,Alexis (1920), FICGS, 2016.

8.Bc4 0-0 9.Nc3 c6 10.e4 ed4=+ 11.Nd4 (11.Qd4 Ne5=+) 11...Nb6 (11...Ne4 12.Qe2 Ndf6 13.f3 Nc3 14.Qe7 Be7 15.Bc3-/+) 12.Be2 (12.Bd3 Rd8=+) 12...Rd8-/+ 13.Qc2 Be5 14.Nf3 Bc3 15.Bc3 (15.Qc3 Qe4 16.Qe5 Bg4-/+) 15...Qe4 (15...Ne4 16.Bb2 Bf5 17.Qc1-/+) 16.Qe4 Ne4 17.Bd4 Bg4 18.0-0-0 h6 (18...Nd5 19.h3 Nf4 20.Rhe1 Ne2 21.Re2 Bf3 22.gf3-/+) 19.h3 Bh5 (19...Bf3 20.Bf3 Nd6 21.Rhe1=+) 20.Rhe1 Nd5 21.g4 Bg6 22.Ne5 Nec3 23.Bc3 Nc3 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Bc4 Nd5 (25...Re8 26.h4 h5 27.f3=+) 26.Ng6= fg6 27.Re7 b5 28.Bb3 Kh7 29.Ra7 Nf4 30.h4 Nd3 31.Kb1 Nf2 32.Bc2 Ng4 33.h5 Ne5 34.Re7 Rd5?? (34...Nc4!? 35.Bg6 Kg8=+) 35.Re6?? (better 35.Be4 Rd4 36.Re5 Re4 37.hg6 Kg6 38.Re4+-) 35...Nd3?? (better 35...Kg8 36.Bb3 Nc4 37.hg6 Kf8 (37...Na3?? 38.Kb2 Nc4 39.Bc4+-) 38.Bc4 bc4 39.Rc6 Rd3+=) 36.hg6 (36.hg6 Kg8 37.Re8) 1-0. FeegLood (2710) - ArminTanzarian (2515), lichess.org, 2016.

8.Bc4 0-0 9.de5 Ne5 10.Nbd2 Rd8 11.Qc2 c6 (11...a5 12.b5=) 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Be5 Qe5 14.0-0 Bg4 15.Rfc1 Rd7 16.Bf1 (16.Nb3 Bf5 17.Qa2 Ng4+=) 16...Bf5 17.Qa2 Be4 18.Nc4 Qe6 19.Na5 Bd5 20.Qc2 Re8 (20...Rad8 21.b5 cb5 22.Bb5+=) 21.Bc4 Qe5 22.Bd5 Ng4 (22...Nd5 23.Nb3=) 23.g3 (23.Be4! Qh2 24.Kf1=) 23...cd5= 24.Nb3 Rd6 25.Ra2 Rf6 (25...Rc6 26.Qd1 Rc1 27.Nc1=) 26.Qd3 (26.Qc7 Qh5 27.h4 Qf5+=) 26...Qh5 27.h4 a6 (27...Ne5 28.Qb5 Rc6 29.Raa1 (29.Qb7? Rc1 30.Nc1 Qd1 31.Kg2 Qc1–+) 29...Nf3 30.Kg2=) 28.Rac2 g6 (28...Ne5 29.Rc8 Rfe6 30.Re8 Re8 31.Qd1=) 29.Nd4+= Re4 ½–½. Cirulis,Ilmars (1905) – Romano,Jacopo (2000), FICGS, 2016.

8.Bc4 Bb4 9.ab4 Qb4 10.Nc3 ed4 11.Qd4 Qb2 12.Nb5 Qd4 13.Nfd4 (13.ed4 Kd8 14.Na7 Re8 15.Kf1 Nb6 16.Bf7 Re4=+) 13...Kd8-/+ 14.Na7 c5 15.Ndb5 Ke7 16.Nc7 Rb8 17.Rc1 Ne5 (17...Rd8 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Bd5-/+) 18.Be2 b6 (18...Nfd7 19.Nd5 Ke6 20.Nc7 Kd6 21.Nab5 Ke7 22.Nd5 Kf8 23.Nd6=) 19.f4 Neg4 20.e4 Ne3 (20...Ne4 21.Nd5) 21.Bf3 (21.e5 Ng2 22.Kf2 Nf4 23.Nc6 Kd7 24.Nb8 Kc7 25.ef6 Kb8 26.fg7 Rg8-/+) 21...Bb7 (21...Rb7!? 22.Ncb5 Be6=+) 22.Ke2= Neg4 23.e5 Nh5 24.g3 f5 25.Rcd1 Kf7 26.Bc6 (26.Bb7 Rb7 27.Ncb5 Kg6 28.Rd6 Kf7+/–) 26...h6 (26...Kg6 27.Rd6 Kf7 28.Rd7 Kg6 29.Rb1+/–) 27.Kf3+/– Kg6 (27...g5 28.h3 Ngf6 29.ef6 Nf6 30.Ncb5+/–) 28.h3+- Ngf6 29.ef6 Nf6 30.Rhe1 Rhf8 31.Bb7 (31.Ncb5 Rfe8+-) 31...Rb7 32.Nab5 Rc8 33.Re7 (33...Rf8 34.Nd6+-) 1–0. Winiger,Albert – Baer,Werner, TT–09 ETC, 2003.

8.Bc4 Bb4 9.Nc3 Bd6 =+.

8.Bc4 Bb4 9.Nbd2 Bd6 10.de5 Ne5 11.Ne5 Be5 12.Be5 Qe5 13.0-0 =+.

8.Bc4 e4 9.Nfd2 a5 10.b5 Nb6 11.Qc2 0-0 12.Nc3 Bf5 (12...Nc4 13.Nc4 Bg4 14.Rc1=) 13.Be2 (13.0-0 Nc4 14.Nc4 Qe6=) 13...a4 (13...Rfd8 14.0-0=+) 14.0-0 Qe6 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 (15...Rfc8 16.Rab1=) 16.h3 (16.Rac1 Ra5=) 16...Bh3 (better is 16...Nfd5!?=+) 17.gh3+= Qh3 18.Nf1 Re6 19.Bd1 (19.Rac1 Nfd5 20.Qe4 Re4 21.Ne4 Qh4 22.Nd6 cd6–+) 19...Rae8 20.Qe2 (20.Na4 Nfd7 21.Nb6 Nb6–+) 20...Nfd5 21.Qh5 Rg6 22.Ng3 Rg3 23.fg3 Qg3 24.Kf1 Nc4 25.Bc1 Nce3 (better is 25...Nc3 26.Bg4 g6–+) 26.Re3 Ne3 27.Be3 Qe3 28.Nd5 (28.Ne2 Re6 29.Qg4–+) 28...Qd4 29.Ra2 Re5 30.Nf6 gf6 31.Rg2 Kh8 32.Qg4 Rg5 33.Qc8 Kg7 34.Rg5 fg5 (35.Bh5 Qa1 36.Kg2 Qb2 37.Kf1 Qb5 38.Be2 Qb1 39.Kg2 Qb2–+) 0–1. Winiger,Albert (2150) – Maec,Michael (2295), remoteschach.de, 2004.

8.Bc4 e4 9.Nfd2 Nb6 10.Be2 h5 11.h3 c6 12.Nb3 (12.Nc3 Bf5=) 12...Bf5 13.Nc5 Nbd5 14.Nd2 b6 15.Ncb3 h4 16.Rc1 Qd7 (16...Ne3 17.fe3 Bg3 18.Kf1=+) 17.Nc4+= Rc8 18.Ne5 Qe6 (18...Qb7 19.Qc2+=) 19.Nc6+/- Rh6 20.Ne5 Rc1 21.Qc1 (21.Nc1 Kf8+/-) 21...Kf8 (21...Nb4 22.ab4 Qb3 23.0-0+/-) 22.Qc6 (22.Nd2 Bc7+/-) 22...Be5 (22...Ne3 23.Bc1 Be5 24.Qe6 Ng2 25.Kf1 Be6 26.de5 Bb3 27.ef6+=) 23.Qa8 (better 23.Qe6!? Be6 24.de5+/-) 23...Ne8= 24.de5?? (better 24.Bc4 Qg6 25.Qd5+= (worse 25.de5 Qg2 26.Rf1 Ndc7 27.Qa7 Bh3=+; 25.Bd5?! Qg2 26.Rf1 Bh3+=)) 24...Ne3?? (better 24...Ndc7 25.Qa7 Qb3-+) 25.Nd4+/- (25.fe3?! Qb3 26.Bd4 Rg6= (26...Qa3? 27.0-0+-)) 25...Ng2 26.Kf1 Qg6?? (26...Qe5 27.Kg2 Rg6 28.Kf1 e3=) 27.Nf5 (better 27.Bb5 Kg8 28.Be8+- (28.Qe8?! Kh7+-)) 27...Qf5+= 28.Bb5?? (better 28.Kg2 Rg6 29.Bg4 Qf3 30.Kg1 Rg4 31.hg4 Qg4 32.Kh2 Qf4 33.Kg2 Qf3 34.Kg1 Qg4 35.Kf1 Qd1 36.Kg2 Qf3 37.Kg1 Qg4=) 28...Re6-+ 29.Kg2? (better 29.Be2 e3 30.Qf3-+) 29...Qf3 30.Kg1 (30.Kf1 Qh1 31.Ke2 Qf3 32.Ke1-+) 30...Rg6 31.Kf1 (31.Kh2 Qf2) 31…Qd1 0-1. FeegLood (2750) - RebeccaHarris (2745), lichess.org, 2016.

6.Be2 0-0

7.0-0 b6 8.d4 e4 9.Ne1 a5 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.Ba6 Ra6 12.Qe2 Qa8 13.b5 Ra7 14.a4 c5 15.bc6 Qc6 16.Qb5 Qb5 17.Ra2 Qc6 0–1. valpa – nau, playchess.de, 2002.

7.0-0 c6 8.Nc3 Qc7 9.h3 a6 10.Nh4 Nb6 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Re1 a5 13.b5 c5 (14.d3 d4-/+) 0–1. Klaus Behrmann – marekt, ChessWorld.net TNo. #12353, 2004.

7.0-0 c6 8.c4 e4 9.Ne1 (9.Nd4 dc4 10.Bc4 a5=+) 9...dc4-/+ 10.Bc4 a5 11.b5 Nb6 12.Be2 cb5 13.Bb5 (13.f3 b4-/+) 13...Bh2! 14.Kh2 Ng4 15.Kg1 Qd6 (15...Qh4 16.Be5 Ne5 17.f3-/+) 16.g3?? (16.f4 Qh6 17.Nf3 ef3 18.Rf3 Qh2 19.Kf1 Ne3 20.de3 Qh1 21.Ke2 Qg2 22.Ke1 Qb2 23.Qd4 Qb5 24.Rg3–+) 16…Qh6–+ (16...Qh6 17.Qg4 Bg4–+) 0–1. Zaichenko,Andrey – Hakuc,Waclaw (1755), FICGS, 2008.

7.0-0 c6 8.d3 a5 9.ba5 (9.Nbd2 Qc7+=) 9...Ra5 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Nb3 Ra8 12.c4 bc4 13.dc4 Ba6 14.cd5 Be2 (14...Nd5 15.Ba6 Ra6 16.e4+/–) 15.Qe2 cd5 16.Rfc1 Rc8 (16...Qb6 17.Nfd2-/+) 17.Qa6 (better is 17.a4=) 17...Be7?? (better is 17...Rc1 18.Rc1 Qb8+=) 18.Rc8 Qc8 19.Qc8 Rc8 20.Ne5 Rb8 (20...Ne5 21.Be5 Ng4+/–) 21.Nd7?? (better is 21.Nc6 Rb3 22.Ne7 Kf8 23.Bf6 Nf6 24.Nf5+/–) 21...Nd7–+ 22.Bg7 (22.a4 Rb3 23.Bd4 Nb8–+) 22...Kg7 23.Nd2 Rb2 (23...Ra8 24.Kf1–+) 24.Nf3 (24.Nf1 Bd8–+) 24...Bf6 (24...Ba3!? 25.g4 Bc5 26.Ra5–+) 25.Rd1 Nb6 26.g3 (26.g4 Ra2–+) 26...Rb3 27.Nd4 Ra3 28.Nf5 Kg6 29.g4 Ra2 30.h3 h5 31.Kg2 hg4 32.hg4 Kg5 33.Kf3 (better is 33.Kg3 Ra1 34.f4 Kg6 35.Ne7 Kg7 36.Nf5 Kf8 37.Rd3–+) 33...Be5?? (33...Ra1 34.Ra1 Ba1 35.Ke2–+) 34.Ne7? The isolani on d5 becomes a target (better is 34.Rh1 Bc7 35.Rh5 Kf6 36.Rh6 Kg5 37.Rh5 Kf6 38.Rh6 Kg5 39.Rh5=) 34...Ra5 35.Nc6 Ra1 36.Rd3 Bf6 37.Nb4 Ra5 38.Nc6 Rc5 39.Nb4 Bc3 40.Nc2 Nc4 41.Kg3 Nb2 42.f4 Kg6 43.Rc3 Rc3 44.Nb4 d4 45.Kf3 Re3 46.Kf2 Nd3 47.Nd3 Rd3 (47...Rd3 48.Ke2 Rb3–+) 0–1. jeich (1825) – phildo (1895), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.0-0 c6 8.d3 Qc7 9.h3 Re8 10.Nbd2 e4 11.de4 de4 12.Nd4 Be5 13.Nc4 Bd4 14.Bd4 b5 15.Nd2 Ne5 16.c4 bc4 17.Nc4 Nc4 18.Bc4 Nd5 19.Rc1 Qd6 20.Qc2 Be6 21.Rfd1 a5 22.Bc5 Qe5 23.Bd4 (23.Rd4 Nf6+=) 23...Qd6 (23...Qg5!? 24.Qe4 ab4 25.ab4 Nb4+=) 24.b5 cb5 25.Bb5 Rac8? (25...Rec8 26.Qe4 Rc1 27.Rc1 Qa3 28.Rc6+-) 26.Qb2 (better is 26.Bc5 Qe5 27.Be8 Re8 28.Bd4+-) 26...Rc1+= 27.Rc1 f6?? (better is 27...Rc8+/–) 28.Be8+- Kf8 (28...Qd8 29.Bc6+-) 29.Bb5 Kf7 30.Rc5 Nc7 31.Bc4 Bc4 32.Rc4 Kg6 33.Qc2 Nb5 34.Qe4 f5 35.Qc6 Qc6 36.Rc6 Kh5 37.Rc5 Na3+- 38.Rf5 g5 39.Ra5 Nc4 40.Rc5 Nd2 41.f4 h6 42.fg5 hg5 43.g4 Kh4 44.Kg2 Ne4 45.Rc8 Ng3 46.Rh8 Nh5 47.Rh5 1–0. ejdrzej (1725) – pawn13, internet, 2013.

7.0-0 e4 8.Nd4 Ne5 9.d3 ed3 10.cd3 c6 11.Nd2 a5 12.b5 c5 13.N4f3 Nf3 14.Nf3 b6 15.a4 Bb7 16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.Bf1 Nd7 19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Ne5 Be5 21.Be5 Qe5 22.Qc3 (better is 22.d4!? cd4 23.ed4+/–) 22...Qc3+= 23.Rc3 Re7 24.f3? (24.Rec1!?=) 24...Rae8 (better is 24...d4!? 25.Rc2 de3–+) 25.e4-/+ de4 (25...Kf8!?-/+) 26.de4= Rd7 27.Rd3 Red8 28.Red1 Rd3 29.Rd3 Rd3 30.Bd3 f6 31.Bc4 Kf8 32.Kf2 Ke7 33.Ke3 Kd6 34.f4 Bc8 35.h3 Be6 36.Kd3 Bc4 37.Kc4 Ke6 38.g4 g5 39.fg5 fg5 40.Kd3 Ke5 41.Ke3 h6 (41...h6 42.Kd3 Kf4–+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1840) – fritz59 (2160), Active (5/0), 2004.

7.0-0 Qe7 8.d3 c6 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.c4 Nf8 11.c5 Bc7 12.e4 Ng6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Rad8 15.Rc1 (15.Qa4!?+=) 15...de4 16.Ng5 ed3 17.Nh3 de2 18.Re2 Qe6 19.Ng5 Qf5 20.h4 h6 21.Nf7? (better is 21.Ngf3–+) 21...Kf7 22.Qb3 Qe6 23.Qc2 Ne7 24.Rce1 Ned5 25.Ne4 Ne4 26.Qe4 Kg8 27.f4 Qg4 28.Kh2 (28.Qg2–+) 28...ef4 29.Qe8 Re8 30.Re8 Kh7 31.Rg1 fg3 32.Kg2 Nf4 0–1. ejdrzej (1690) – jedrusz344 (1790), internet, 2013.

7.Nc3 Nb6+=.

7.Nc3 c6 8.0-0 Qc7 9.g3 (9.Nh4 Nb6=+) 9...a5 10.b5 Nb6 11.bc6 bc6 (11...Qc6?! 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5=) 12.d3 Bh3 13.Re1 h6 14.a4 (14.Rb1 Rab8-/+) 14...Rfe8 15.Nd2 (15.Qd2 Bg4-/+) 15...Bb4 16.Bf1 (16.Nb3 Rad8 17.Bf3 Be6-/+) 16...Qd7 (16...Bf1 17.Rf1 Rab8 18.Qe2-/+) 17.Bh3 Qh3 18.f3 (18.Qf3 Rab8-/+) 18...Nfd7 (18...Re7 19.Re2-/+) 19.Qe2 Nc5 20.Nb3 Nb3 21.cb3 Nd7 22.Rec1 Nc5 (22...Rab8 23.Na2 Bc5 24.Bc3 Rb3 25.Ba5–+) 23.Qc2 (23.Qd1 Rab8-/+) 23...Rab8 (23...Qf5 24.Na2 Nd3 25.Rd1–+) 24.Rf1-/+ d4 25.ed4 ed4 26.Ne4 Nb3 27.Rad1 Qe6 28.g4 Qd7 (28...Rb7 29.Rb1–+) 29.Bc1 (29.Rb1 Qd5–+) 29...Nc1 30.Rc1 Re6 (30...Rb6 31.Rb1–+) 31.Qf2 (31.Nc5 Bc5 32.Qc5 Rb3-/+) 31...Be7 (31...Rbe8 32.Rc4-/+) 32.Nc5-/+ Bc5 33.Rc5 Qe8 (33...Qd8 34.Rfc1-/+) 34.Qd4 Re2 35.Kh1 Rbb2 (36.Rh5 Qb8–+) 0–1. Sternik,Ryszard – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, corr or01–006 E–mail, 2001.

7.c4 c6 8.0-0 Re8 9.d4 dc4?? (9...e4 10.Nfd2=) 10.Bc4?? (better 10.de5 Ne5 11.Be5 Be5 12.Qd8 Bh2 13.Kh2 Rd8 14.Bc4+-) 10...ed4 11.Nd4 Bc7 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.Be2 Qd6 14.N4f3 Nf3 15.Nf3 Qe6 16.Qc2 Ne4 17.Nd4 (17.Bd3 Qg6+=) 17...Qh6= 18.Nf3 (18.f4!?=) 18...Bg4 19.g3 Bh3 20.Rfd1? (20.Rfe1 Nf2 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Qc3 Kg8 23.Kf2 Re3 24.Qe3-+) 20…Nf2!-+ (20...Nf2 21.Re1 Ng4-+ (21...Qe3 22.Bd4 Qe4 23.Qc3+/-)) 0-1. craig4000 (2045) - bobby fissure (2095), ChessWorld.net, 2017.

7.d3 b6 8.Nbd2 c5 9.b5 (9.bc5!? bc5 10.0-0+=) 9...Bb7-/+ 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nh4 g6 12.g3 Nf8 (12...a6 13.ba6 Ba6 14.e4+=) 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Bg2 Rad8 (14...a6 15.a4-/+) 15.Qf3 (15.a4 N8d7+=) 15...Be7 Black prepares d4 16.Qe2 N6d7 (16...Ne6 17.a4+=) 17.Nhf3 (17.a4 Ne6=) 17...f5 (better is 17...Ne6+=) 18.e4? (18.Rab1 a6 19.a4 ab5 20.ab5 Bf6+=) 18...fe4 (better is 18...c4 19.Bc1 c3–+) 19.de4= d4 20.c3 Bf6 21.cd4 (21.Nc4 Ne6=) 21...ed4 (21...cd4!? 22.Ne1 Nc5-/+) 22.Qc4 Kg7 23.Bd4?? (better is 23.Rac1 Ne6 24.Rfe1=) 23...Bd4–+ 24.Nd4 Ne5 25.Qc3 Rd4 26.f4 Rd6?? 27.Qb2?? Rd2?? 28.Qd2-/+ Nf7 29.Qc3 Kg8 30.Qc4 Qe7 31.Rfe1 Qe6 32.Qc2 Qf6 33.e5 Qe7+= 34.Rad1 Bg2-/+ 35.Qg2 Ne6 36.Qe4 Nd4 37.a4 Qe6 38.Ra1 Qb3 39.Re3 Qc2 40.Qd3 Qd3 41.Rd3+= Rd8 42.Kf2 Kf8 43.h3 c4 1–0. Real Pons,Joan (1990) – Vives Cabau,Jordi (2170), Barcelona ESP, Vila de Gracia Open (s), 2014.

7.d3 e4 8.de4 de4 9.Nd4+=.

7.d3 Re8 8.0-0 Nf8 9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.c4 e4 11.de4 de4 12.Nd4 c6 13.Qc2 Ng4 (13...Bg4!? 14.h3 Be2 15.Ne2 Be5=) 14.Bg4+/– Bg4 15.g3 (better is 15.Ne4!? Be5 16.Nc5+/–) 15...f5 16.c5 Bc7 17.Qc3 Re7 18.f3 ef3 19.N2f3 Qd5 20.Rad1 Rd8 21.Ne2 (21.Rd3!? Red7 22.Rd2+=) 21...Qd1-/+ 22.Rd1 Rd1 23.Kf2 Bf3 (23...Kh8 24.Qb3 Rd8 25.h3 Bf3 26.Kf3+=) 24.Kf3 (better is 24.Qb3!? Rd5 25.Kf3+=) 24...Ne5–+ 25.Kg2 Ng4 26.Qc4 (better is 26.Bc1!? Rd5 27.b5-/+) 26...Kf8–+ 27.Bd4 Rd2 (27...Ne3?! 28.Be3 Re3 29.Kf2–+) 28.Kf3 Nh2 (better is 28...Re3 29.Be3 Ne5 30.Kf2 Nc4 31.Bd2 Nd2 32.Nd4–+) 29.Kg2 Ng4 30.Kf3 Be5 31.Qc3 Rd1 32.Qc2 Rf1 33.Kg2 Rf2 34.Kg1 Bd4 (34...Bd4 35.Nd4 Rc2 36.Nc2 Ne3–+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1770) – Rouas,Yannick (1760), Open Paris FRA, 2000.

7.d3 h6 8.c4 c6 (8...e4 9.de4 de4 10.Nd4=+) 9.Nbd2 (9.Nc3 a5=) 9...e4=+ 10.Nd4 (10.de4 de4 11.Nd4=) 10...Ne5 (better 10...ed3 11.Bd3 c5 12.bc5 Nc5=+) 11.cd5?? (11.de4 Ne4 12.Ne4 de4=) 11...cd5?? (better 11...ed3 12.Bf1 Nd5–+) 12.de4= de4 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Ne4 Rc8 15.Nf6 Qf6 16.Qd2 Bb8 (16...Qg6!? 17.f3 Be6 18.Ne6 Qg2+=) 17.Bg4 Ng4 18.Nf3 (18.g3!?+=) 18...Qg6= 19.Rc1 Rcd8 (better 19...Nh2!? 20.Rh2 Bh2 21.Nh2 Qg2=) 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.g3 (21.0-0 Qf5+-) 21...Qh5 (better 21...Rd5+-) 22.0-0?? (better 22.Rc5 Qg6 23.0-0+-) 22...Nh2!–+ 23.Kg2 (23.Nh2 Qe2 Pinning (23...Qe2 Deflection; 23...Qe2 Clearance)) 23...Nf1 24.Rf1 Qd5 25.Rh1 Be5 26.Rh5 (better 26.Be5 Re5 27.Rc1–+) 26...f6?? (26...g5 27.e4 Bb2 28.Qb2–+ (28.ed5?? Re2 29.Rh6 Rd5–+)) 27.e4? (better 27.Be5 fe5 28.e4-/+) 27...Qd3–+ 28.Qd3 Rd3 29.Ne5 fe5 (29...Re5?! 30.Be5 fe5 31.Re5 Ra3 32.b5=) 30.Be5 (30.Rf5 g6 31.Rf6 Kg7–+) 30...Ra3 (better 30...g6 31.Rh6 Re5 32.Rg6 Kf7 33.Rg4 Ra3 34.Rf4 Ke6 35.Kf1–+) 31.f4 a5 (better 31...Rd8–+) 32.Bd6?? (better 32.ba5 Rd8 33.Bc7–+) 32...Ra2 (better 32...Rd3!? 33.Bc7 ab4 34.Rb5 Re4 35.Rb7–+) 33.Kf3 ab4 (better 33...Rd2!? 34.Bc5 Rd3 35.Kf2–+) 34.Bb4 Ra6 (better 34...Rb2 35.Bc5 Rb5–+) 35.Rb5=+ b6 (35...Rd8 36.Rb7 Rd3 37.Kg4=+) 36.e5 Kf7 37.Ke4 (37.Rd5 Ra7=+) 37...Rc8-/+ 38.f5 Rc2 39.e6 Ke8 40.Kd5 (40.Bd6 Ra4 41.Kd3 Rc6-/+) 40...Rb2 (40...Rg2 41.Be1-/+) 41.Kc4 Rg2 (41...Rb1 42.Rd5-/+) 42.Bd6 (42.Rd5 Ra7=+) 42...Rc2-/+ 43.Kd3 Rc6 (43...Rca2 44.Rb3-/+) 44.Be5=+ Ra7 (44...g6 45.g4=+) 45.Bd4 Attacks the isolani on b6 (45.Ke4 h5=) 45...Rb7 (45...g6!? 46.fg6 Ra3 47.Ke4 Re6 48.Kf5 Ke7 49.Bb6 Rf3 50.Kg4 Rf1-/+) 46.Ke4 Rc4 47.Kd5 Rc1 48.Kd6 (48.Rb6? Rb6 49.Bb6 Rc3–+) 48...Rd1 (48...Rc8 49.g4= (49.Rb6? Rb6 50.Bb6 Rc3–+)) 49.Kc6 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on b6 49...Rd4 50.Kb7 Rg4 51.Rb3 b5 52.Kc6 b4 53.Kd5 Ke7 54.Ke5 Rc4 55.Rd3 Rc5 56.Kf4 Rc7 57.Rb3 Rc4 58.Ke5 Rg4 (58...Rc5 59.Kf4 Kf6 60.g4 Rc4 61.Kf3=) 59.Rd3 h5 60.Rd7 ½–½. Chin,Yi Hao – Gurung,Mohan Kumar (1680), Jolimark HK Open, 2017.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 Nb6 9.c4 dc4 10.Nc4 Nc4 11.Bc4 a5 12.b5 Ng4 13.g3 (13.Nc3 Re8= (worse is 13...Nh2 14.Ne4 Bg4 15.f3+/–)) 13...Qf6 14.Qe2 Qg6 15.Nc3 c6 0–1. Krivoshapko,Alexander – Skokov,Boris, Final Omsk, 2010.

7.Ng5 Nb6 8.Nh7 Nh7 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Kh1 Nf6 11.Kg1 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.d3 cd3 14.cd3 Nd5 15.Nc3 Nf6 16.e4 Be6 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.ed5 Bd5 19.Qg4 Qf6 20.d4 e4 21.f3 e3 22.Rfe1 Rae8 23.Bc1 Bf4 24.g3 Qd4 25.gf4 Qa1 26.Kg2 Qd4 27.Kh3 Bc4 28.Qg1 Qd7 29.Kg3 e2 30.Qf2 Qd1 31.Be3 Re3! 32.Qe3 (32...Qe1 33.Kg4 f5 34.Kg5 Qa1 35.Qe7 Qg1 36.Kh5 Qh2 37.Qh4 Qh4 38.Kh4 e1Q 39.Kh3 Qf2 40.b5 Bf1#; 32.Rd1 ed1Q 33.Qe3–+). TD_6 – babylyub, ICS rated light match, 1998.

7.0-0 a5

8.Nc3 c6

9.b5 Qc7

10.h3 a4 11.Rb1 A) 11...c5 12.d3 Ra5 13.Bc1 Rd8 14.Bd2=+; B) 11...Nb6 12.d3 c5 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.e4=+.

10.h3 a4 11.Rc1 A) 11...c5 12.Nb1 Re8 13.d3 Nb6 14.c4=+; B) 11...Qb6 12.Rb1 c5 13.d3 Rd8 14.Nd2=+; C) 11...Ra5 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Ba6 14.Ba6=+; D) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Rd8 13.bc6 bc6 14.Rb1=+.

10.h3 a4 11.bc6 bc6 12.Rb1 Ba6 13.d3 Rfb8 14.Na4 =+.

10.h3 c5 11.Na4 e4 12.Nh4 Bh2 13.Kh1 Be5 14.d4 =+.

10.h3 c5 11.d3 A) 11...Rd8 12.Rb1 d4 13.Na4 b6 14.c4=+; B) 11...b6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Rad1 d4 14.Na4=+; C) 11...a4 12.e4 d4 13.Nb1 Qb6 14.c4=+; D) 11...Re8 12.e4 d4 13.Na4 Nb6 14.c3=+; E) 11...Qb6 12.Nd2 Be7 13.d4 ed4 14.ed4=; F) 11...Nb6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4=+.

10.h3 Ra7

11.Ra2 A) 11...Re8 12.Na4 b6 13.bc6 Qc6 14.Nc3=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.Ra1 c5 13.Na4 Ra8 14.d3=+; C) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Be6 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.a4=+; D) 11...c5 12.Na4 Re8 13.c4 e4 14.Nh4=+; E) 11...a4 12.Re1 Nb6 13.bc6 bc6 14.Ra1=+.

11.a4 A) 11...Nb6 12.Ba3 d4 13.ed4 ed4 14.Bd6=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.d3 Nb6 13.Qd2 c5 14.Rfd1=+; C) 11...Re8 12.Re1 c5 13.d3 b6 14.e4=+; D) 11...c5 12.Ba3 b6 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4=+.

11.Na4 Qd8 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.c4=.

11.Rb1 A) 11...Re8 12.d3 c5 13.e4 d4 14.Na4=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.Na4 b6 13.bc6 Qc6 14.Nc3=+; C) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Re8 13.Qd2 c5 14.e4=+; D) 11...c5 12.Na4 b6 13.d4 ed4 14.ed4=+.

11.Rc1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 Re8 13.d3 e4 14.Nd2=; B) 11...Re8 12.d3 b6 13.bc6 Qc6 14.d4=; C) 11...Rd8 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.Rb1=+; D) 11...a4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Ba6 14.Ba6=+; E) 11...Nb6 12.Rb1 c5 13.d3 Bf5 14.Nd2=+.

11.bc6 bc6 12.d3 Rb7 13.Rb1 Qb8 14.Qc1 =+.

11.d3 A) 11...Rd8 12.Rb1 c5 13.Na4 b6 14.d4=+; B) 11...Re8 12.Qd2 Nb6 13.Rab1 c5 14.e4=+; C) 11...c5 12.Na4 Re8 13.c4 d4 14.Qc2=; D) 11...b6 12.bc6 Qc6 13.Rb1 Rd8 14.Nb5=; E) 11...a4 12.Rb1 c5 13.Qd2 d4 14.Ne4=; F) 11...Nb6 12.Qd2 e4 13.Ne1 Rd8 14.Rb1=+.

11.Re1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 b6 14.Nf5=; B) 11...Rd8 12.Na4 b6 13.bc6 Qc6 14.Nc3=+; C) 11...Re8 12.d3 c5 13.Na4 d4 14.ed4=; D) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Bd7 13.d4 e4 14.Ne5=+.

11.Ng5 e4 12.h4 h6 13.Nh3 Nb6 14.f4-/+.

10.h3 Nb6

11.Ra2 A) 11...Re8 12.bc6 bc6 13.Ra1 Ba6 14.d3=+; B) 11...c5 12.d4 cd4 13.ed4 e4 14.Ne5=+; C) 11...Be6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Be5 14.de5=+; D) 11...Rd8 12.d3 Be6 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.a4=+; E) 11...Bf5 12.Re1 c5 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4=+; F) 11...Bd7 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Rfc8 14.Nd7=+; G) 11...e4 12.Ne1 Be6 13.Ra1 c5 14.d3-/+.

11.a4 A) 11...c5 12.Nb1 d4 13.d3 Re8 14.c4=+; B) 11...Re8 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Be6 14.bc6=+; C) 11...Rd8 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Bb4 14.Ncb1=+; D) 11...Bf5 12.Ba3 Ne4 13.Ne4 de4 14.Ne1=+.

11.Qb1 A) 11...Rd8 12.Qc1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nd1=+; B) 11...Re8 12.d3 Bd7 13.bc6 Bc6 14.d4=+; C) 11...c5 12.d3 Bf5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nf3=+; D) 11...Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.d3 Bd7 14.bc6=+; E) 11...a4 12.Qd1 c5 13.d3 Bd7 14.d4=+; F) 11...Bd7 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Qd1=+; G) 11...Bf5 12.Re1 Rfe8 13.Qd1 Ne4 14.d4=+.

11.Rb1 A) 11...Re8 12.bc6 bc6 13.d3 Rb8 14.Qd2=+; B) 11...c5 12.d3 Bf5 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Bf3=+; C) 11...Rd8 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.bc6=+; D) 11...e4 12.Ne1 c5 13.Na2 c4 14.d3=+.

11.Rc1 A) 11...Be6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.f4=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Re8 14.Nb1=+; C) 11...Bd7 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Qd2=+; D) 11...Re8 12.d3 Qe7 13.Ra1 d4 14.ed4=+; E) 11...Bf5 12.d3 c5 13.Nd2 Bg6 14.Bf3=+; F) 11...c5 12.d4 cd4 13.ed4 e4 14.Ne5=+.

11.bc6 bc6 12.d3 Rb8 13.Rb1 Rb7 14.d4 e4 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.Nb3 Ra7 17.Nc5 Qe7 18.N3a4 Na4-/+ 19.Na4 Bc7 20.Nc5 Qd6–+ 21.g3 Bh3 22.Re1 Qd8 23.c4 Qc8 24.cd5 cd5 25.Qd2 Qf5 26.Rbc1 Ng4 27.Bd1 Qg6 28.Rf1? Rb8 29.Ba1 f5 30.f4? Bf1 31.Kf1 Qh5 32.Bg4 Qg4 33.Qf2 Rc8 34.Nd7 Raa8 35.Nc5 Bd6 36.Kg1 Rc7 37.Kh2 Rac8 38.a4 Rc6 39.Kg2 Be7 40.Bc3 Bc5 41.dc5 Rc5 42.Qd2 Qf3 43.Kg1 Qg3 44.Qg2 Qe3 45.Kf1 Qc1 46.Ke2 Rc3 (47.Qg7 Kg7 48.Kf2 Qd2 49.Kf1 Rc1#) 0–1. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio (2375) – Wallner,Josef (2330), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/4, 2006.

11.d3 A) 11...Re8 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.bc6 Qc6 14.d4=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.Qd2 c5 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4=+; C) 11...Bd7 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Be6 14.bc6=+; D) 11...c5=+ 12.Rb1 d4 13.Na2 Bf5 14.c4=+; E) 11...Be6 12.a4 Rac8 13.bc6 bc6 14.Ba3=+; F) 11...Bf5 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Rab8 14.Qd2=+.

11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.bc6 Bc6 14.Nb5 =+.

11.Kh1 A) 11...Be6 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Ne4 14.Ne4=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.d3=+; C) 11...c5 12.d4 cd4 13.ed4 e4 14.Ne5=+; D) 11...Re8 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Kg1=+; E) 11...Bf5 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Rab8 14.Nh4=+.

10.h3 Rb8

11.Rb1 Nb6 12.d3 Re8 13.Qd2 e4 14.Ne1 =+.

11.Rc1 A) 11...c5 12.d3 d4 13.Nb1 Qb6 14.c4=; B) 11...Nb6 12.Ra1 e4 13.Ne1 Bd7 14.Rb1=+; C) 11...Rd8 12.Rb1 c5 13.d3 Nb6 14.Qd2=+.

11.d3 A) 11...Re8 12.Rb1 Nb6 13.Qd2 e4 14.Ne1=+; B) 11...Qb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nh4 Qd8 14.Nf5=; C) 11...Nb6 12.Rb1 Re8 13.Qd2 e4 14.Ne1=+; D) 11...c5 12.Rb1 d4 13.Na4 Nb6 14.ed4=; E) 11...b6 12.Nh4 Nc5 13.Nf3 Ne6 14.bc6=; F) 11...Rd8 12.Rb1 c5 13.Qd2 Nb6 14.e4=+.

11.Qe1 A) 11...Rd8 12.Qb1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nd1=+; B) 11...Re8 12.Rb1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nd1=+; C) 11...c5 12.d3 Rd8 13.Rd1 Nb6 14.Nb1=+; D) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Bd7 13.d4 e4 14.Ne5=+.

11.Re1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 Bh2 14.Kh1=; B) 11...Rd8 12.d3 c5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nf3=+; C) 11...Re8 12.Ra2 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nb1=+; D) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Bd7 13.bc6 bc6 14.Rb1=+.

11.Kh1 A) 11...c5 12.Kg1 d4 13.ed4 cd4 14.Na4=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.Kg1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nb1=+; C) 11...Re8 12.d3 Qb6 13.a4 d4 14.Ne4=+; D) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Re8 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Rab1=+.

10.h3 Qd8

11.Ra2 A) 11...c5 12.d3 a4 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Nd2=+; B) 11...Re8 12.a4 c5 13.d3 Nf8 14.Ra1=+; C) 11...Qe7 12.d3 Rd8 13.bc6 bc6 14.Qd2=+; D) 11...Qe8 12.a4 c5 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4=+; E) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.a4=+; F) 11...Rb8 12.Re1 c5 13.d3 Qe7 14.Qd2=+; G) 11...a4 12.Ra1 c5 13.d3 Qb6 14.Nd2=+.

11.Na4 e4 12.Nd4 Nb6 13.Nb6 Qb6 14.a4 =+.

11.Rb1 A) 11...Qe7 12.Qc1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nd1=+; B) 11...Re8 12.d3 Qe7 13.a4 Qe6 14.Qc1=+; C) 11...Qe8 12.d3 c5 13.Qd2 b6 14.Na4=+; D) 11...c5 12.Na4 Qe7 13.Nh4 Qe6 14.c4=+; E) 11...a4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Qc1 Re8 14.Re1=+.

11.Rc1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 Qc7 13.d3 Re8 14.c4=; B) 11...Re8 12.Re1 c5 13.d3 Qb6 14.Qd2=+; C) 11...a4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Qc1=+; D) 11...Rb8 12.d3 Re8 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Qd2=+; E) 11...Qe8 12.d3 c5 13.Na4 Qe6 14.c4=; F) 11...Qe7 12.a4 c5 13.d3 Nb6 14.d4=+.

11.bc6 bc6 12.Rb1 Qe7 13.Nh4 Qe6 14.Nf3 =+.

11.d3 A) 11...a4 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.bc6 bc6 14.Rab1=+; B) 11...Re8 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Qd2 b6 14.bc6=+; C) 11...Qc7 12.Rb1 Rd8 13.Qd2 c5 14.Rfd1=+; D) 11...c5 12.Qd2 b6 13.Nh4 Nb8 14.Nf3=+; E) 11...Rb8 12.a4 c5 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Nh4=; F) 11...Qb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Rb1=+; G) 11...Qe7 12.Qd2 c5 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.Na4=+.

11.Re1 A) 11...c5 12.d3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.e4=+; B) 11...Nb6 12.d3 c5 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rad1=+; C) 11...Re8 12.Rc1 c5 13.d3 Qb6 14.Qd2=+; D) 11...a4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Qc1 Qe8 14.Rb1=+; E) 11...Qe8 12.Rb1 c5 13.d3 Nb6 14.Qd2=+; F) 11...Rb8 12.Rb1 c5 13.d3 Qc7 14.Qd2=+; G) 11...Qe7 12.d3 Re8 13.Qd2 a4 14.bc6=+.

11.Kh1 A) 11...Qe7 12.Kg1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Na4=+; B) 11...c5 12.d3 a4 13.Rb1 b6 14.Nh4=+; C) 11...a4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Qc1=+; D) 11...Nb6 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Ba6 14.d4=+; E) 11...Re8 12.Kg1 c5 13.d3 a4 14.Qd2=+.

11.Nh4 Nb6 12.Nf3 c5 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4 =+.

10.h3 Rd8

11.Ra2 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 Be5 14.d4=; B) 11...a4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Ra1 Nb6 14.Rb1=+; C) 11...Rb8 12.Ba1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nb1=+; D) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Ra1=+.

11.Rb1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 Rb8 13.d4 cd4 14.b6=+; B) 11...Rb8 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Na4=+; C) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.bc6=+.

11.Rc1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 Bh2 14.Kh1 Be5=+; B) 11...Rb8 12.Na4 c5 13.d3 Re8 14.c4=; C) 11...Nb6 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.d3=+.

11.bc6 bc6 12.d3 Rb8 13.Rb1 Rb7 14.Re1 =+.

11.d3 A) 11...Qb6 12.Na4 Qa7 13.c4 cb5 14.cb5=; B) 11...Nb6 12.Qd2 c5 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4=+; C) 11...b6 12.Qd2 c5 13.Rad1 d4 14.Na4=+; D) 11...a4 12.Rb1 c5 13.Qd2 Nb6 14.Nd1=+; E) 11...c5 12.Ng5 Nb6 13.Bh5 Rf8 14.Be2=+.

11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.Rb1 Re8 14.Nb3 =+.

11.Re1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 Be5 14.d4=; B) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Nd7=+.

11.Ng5 e4 12.h4 Nb6 13.bc6 bc6 14.f3-/+.

11.Kh1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 d4 13.ed4 cd4 14.Re1=+; B) 11...Nb6 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.d3=+.

10.h3 Re8

11.a4 A) 11...c5 12.d3 Nb6 13.Ng5 Qd7 14.Qd2=+; B) 11...Rb8 12.Qe1 Nc5 13.d4 Ncd7 14.de5=+; C) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Be6 14.bc6=+.

11.Qb1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 Rb8 13.d3 d4 14.c4=; B) 11...Nb6 12.Rd1 Bf5 13.d3 Rac8 14.bc6=+; C) 11...a4 12.Re1 c5 13.d3 Ra5 14.Bc1=+.

11.Rb1 A) 11...c5 12.d3 d4 13.Na4 b6 14.Nh4=+; B) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Bd7 13.bc6 Bc6 14.d4=+.

11.Qc1 A) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Bd7 13.bc6 Qc6 14.d4=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.Re1 c5 13.d3 a4 14.e4=+; C) 11...d4 12.Nd1 c5 13.Re1 e4 14.Nh4=+; D) 11...Ra7 12.Qe1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nd1=+; E) 11...c5 12.d3 d4 13.Nd1 Nb6 14.c3=+.

11.Rc1 A) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Qe7 13.Ra1 d4 14.ed4=+; B) 11...Rb8 12.Re1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.ed4=+; C) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 b6 14.f3=+.

11.bc6 bc6 12.d3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Rb8 14.Rab1 =+.

11.d3 Nb6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.bc6 Qc6 14.d4 =+.

11.Re1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 Be5 14.d4=+; B) 11...Nb6 12.d3 c5 13.e4 d4 14.Nb1=+.

11.Kh1 A) 11...c5 12.d3 d4 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.de4=+; B) 11...Rb8 12.Kg1 c5 13.d3 Nb6 14.e4=+; C) 11...Rd8 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.d3=+; D) 11...Ra7 12.Kg1 c5 13.d3 Nb6 14.Ng5=+; E) 11...Re7 12.Kg1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Ne4=+; F) 11...Nb6 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Kg1=+.

10.h3 h6

11.Ra2 A) 11...Re8 12.Na4 c5 13.d3 e4 14.Nd2=; B) 11...Rd8 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Ra1=+; C) 11...c5 12.Na4 Re8 13.d3 e4 14.Nd2=; D) 11...a4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Ra1 Nb6 14.Rb1=+; E) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Re8 14.Nb1=+.

11.a4 A) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Nb3=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 c5 14.dc5=; C) 11...c5 12.d3 Nb6 13.Re1 Be6 14.e4=+.

11.Rb1 A) 11...c5 12.Na4 Re8 13.c4 e4 14.Nh4=+; B) 11...Re8 12.d3 c5 13.Na4 Nb6 14.Nb6=+; C) 11...Rd8 12.bc6 bc6 13.d3 e4 14.Nd4=; D) 11...a4 12.d3 c5 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.e4=+; E) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 c5 14.f4=+.

11.Qc1 A) 11...Rd8 12.Rb1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Nd1=+; B) 11...Re8 12.Rd1 c5 13.d3 d4 14.Ne4=+; C) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 Bh2 14.Kh1 Be5=; D) 11...Ra7 12.Qe1 c5 13.Na4 b6 14.d3=+; E) 11...Nb6 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Ba6 14.Ba6=+.

11.Rc1 A) 11...Rd8 12.Na4 c5 13.d3 Re8 14.c4=; B) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 Re8 14.Rb1=+; C) 11...Re8 12.Na4 e4 13.Nd4 Nb6 14.Nb6=+; D) 11...Ne4 12.Na4 c5 13.c4 d4 14.Qb3=; E) 11...a4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Rb1 Ba6 14.d3=+; F) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Re8 14.Nb1=+.

11.d3 A) 11...Nb6 12.Qd2 e4 13.Ne1 Rd8 14.Rd1=+; B) 11...Rd8 12.Qd2 b6 13.Rfb1 c5 14.e4=; C) 11...b6 12.bc6 Qc6 13.a4 Ba6 14.Rb1=+; D) 11...c5 12.e4 d4 13.Na4 Rd8 14.c3=; E) 11...Qb6 12.Na4 Qd8 13.c4 cb5 14.cb5=; F) 11...Re8 12.Qe1 c5 13.e4 d4 14.Nd1=+.

11.Qe1 A) 11...Rd8 12.d3 c5 13.Na4 e4 14.Nd2=; B) 11...Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Re8 14.Qd2=+; C) 11...Re8 12.d3 b6 13.Rb1 c5 14.e4=; D) 11...Ra7 12.d3 c5 13.Na4 Ra8 14.c4=; E) 11...c5 12.Na4 Re8 13.d3 d4 14.c4=+.

11.Re1 A) 11...Rd8 12.d3 c5 13.e4 d4 14.Na4=+; B) 11...c5 12.Na4 e4 13.Nh4 Be5 14.d4=+; C) 11...Re8 12.d3 c5 13.e4 d4 14.Na4=; D) 11...Ne4 12.Na4 Re8 13.d4 ed4 14.Qd4=; E) 11...Nb6 12.d3 Be6 13.bc6 bc6 14.Rb1=+.

7.0-0 Re8

8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Ba2 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.d3 e4 (12...Qd7 13.Nc3=+) 13.de4= Ne4 14.Qe2 (14.Qd4 Nf6=) 14...a5=+ 15.Nc3 (15.b5!?=+) 15...Ng5–+ 16.Nb5?? (better 16.Ng5 Be2 17.Nf7 Bh2 18.Kh2=+) 16...Bf3 17.gf3 Nh3 18.Kh1 Qh4 19.Rg1 (19.Bf7 Kf8 20.Kg2 Nf4 21.ef4 Re2 22.Nd6 Rb2 23.Nc4 Nc4 24.Bc4 ab4 25.Ra2–+) 19...Ng1 (19...Nf4) 20.Kg1 (20.Kg2 Qh3 21.Kg1 Qh2 22.Kf1 Qh1) 20...Qh2 21.Kf1 Qh1 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan J – Foster,Duncan, FICGS, 2016.

8.c4 c5 9.b5 dc4 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Be2 a6 12.a4 ab5 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Qd1 Bd7 16.Qe2 Nbd5 17.Nc3 b6 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Qd3 Bb5 20.ab5 Ra1 21.Ra1 Nb4 22.Qc4 Qe7 23.Bc3 h6 24.g3 e4 25.Nh4 Qe6 26.Qe6 Re6 27.Nf5 Bf8 28.Ra7 Nd5 29.Ba1 g6 30.Nh4 Re7 31.Re7 Be7 32.Kf1 Bh4 33.gh4 Nc7 34.Ke2 Nb5 35.f3 ef3 36.Kf3 Nd6 37.Kf4 Kf8 38.d3 Ke7 39.h3 Nf5 40.h5 Nd6 41.hg6 fg6 42.Bg7 h5 43.Kg5 Kf7 44.Be5 Nf5 45.e4 Nd4 46.h4 b5 47.Kf4 Ne6 48.Ke3 b4 49.Kd2 Nd4 50.Bd4 cd4 51.Kc2 g5 52.hg5 h4 53.Kb3 h3 54.Kb4 h2 55.Kc4 h1Q 56.Kd4 Kg6 57.Kd5 Kg5 58.d4 Qd1 59.Ke5 Kg6 60.d5 Kf7 61.Kd6 1–0. waldi1962 – obuz, internet, 2014.

8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Nf8 10.cd5 cd5 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Rc1 a6 13.Nc3 Ng6 14.d3 Qd6 15.g3 b5 16.Re1 Bb7 17.Bf1 h5 18.Bg2 Bc7 19.Na2 Rad8 20.Rc2 Rc8 21.Qa1 Bb6 22.Rc8 Rc8 (better is 22...Bc8 23.Rc1 Ng4=) 23.Ne5+/– h4 24.Ng6 fg6 25.Be5 (25.gh4 Ng4 26.Re2 Qh2 27.Kf1 Rf8-/+) 25...Qe6 26.Qb2 (26.gh4!? Rc2 27.d4 Qf5+/–) 26...h3+/– 27.Bh1 Ng4 28.d4 (28.Bg7 Qf5 29.Re2 Qd3+/–) 28...Rf8 29.Re2 Ne5 30.de5 Rf2?? (better is 30...Rf5+=) 31.Kf2+- (31.Rf2 Be3 32.Kf1 Bf2 33.Kf2 Qb6 34.Kf1 d4 35.Qb3 Kh7+/–) 31...Qf5 32.Ke1 a5 33.ba5 Ba5 34.Nb4 Bb4 35.ab4 1–0. algernon (2400) – pops (2435), net–chess.com, 2013.

8.c4 c6 9.c5 Bc7 10.d3 Nf8 11.Qb3 Ng6 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Ng5 h6 14.Ne6 Re6 15.Nf3 e4 16.Nd4 Re8 17.de4 Ne4 18.Rad1 Qg5 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.Rfe1 f5 21.h3 f4 22.ef4 Nf4 23.Bf1 Qf7 24.Bc1 Re7 25.Bf4 Bf4 26.Nd4 Rae8 27.Qf3? (27.Re2!?+=) 27...Ng5 (better is 27...Nd2 28.Rd2 Re1–+) 28.Re7?? (better is 28.Qc3-/+) 28...Nf3–+ (28...Re7?! 29.Qg4+=) 29.Nf3 Re7 30.Bd3 Qf6 31.Rf1 Qc3 32.Bb1 Qa3 33.b5 Qc5 34.bc6 bc6 35.Ba2 Re2 36.Bb1 Bg3 37.Kh1 Rf2 38.Re1 Rf3! 39.Re8 Kf7 40.Bg6 Kg6 41.gf3 Qf2 42.Re6 Kh7 43.Re2 Qe2 0–1. lllllll21 – ribeiro10 (1700), internet, 2013.

8.d3 Nf8 9.Nbd2 c6 10.c4 Bf5 11.Qb3 Rc8 12.Rac1 Bb8 13.cd5 cd5 14.Rc8 Qc8 15.Rc1 Qd8 16.h3 e4 (16...Ng6 17.Qa4=) 17.de4 (17.de4 de4 18.Nd4+=) 1-0. avz81 (1685) - bremstra2 (1715), lichess.org, 2018.

8.d3 Nf8 9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.c4 e4 11.de4 de4 (worse is 11...Ne4 12.cd5 Bf5 13.Bb5+/–) 12.Nd4 Be5 13.c5 Qe7 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Ne6 Qe6 17.Qc2 h5 18.Rad1 h4 19.h3 Re7 20.Be5 Qe5 21.Rd4 Rae8 22.Rfd1 Qg5 23.Rd8 c6 24.Re8 Re8 25.Rd6 Nd5 26.Bc4 Nf6 27.Qb3 Qg6 (27...Qh5 28.Qa4 a6 29.Qb3+=) 28.Qd1 (28.Qa4 Qf5 29.Qa7 Qc8+-) 28...Re5 29.Rd8 Kh7 30.Rd6 Rg5 31.Qf1 Qf5 32.Kh1 Qg6 33.Be2 Rd5 34.Bc4 Rd6 35.cd6 Nd7 36.Qd1 Qf6 37.Kg1 g6 38.a4 Kg7 39.b5 cb5? (better is 39...c5+=) 40.Bb5+- Qe6 41.Qd4 f6 42.Qa7 Qd6?? (42...Qd5+-) 43.Qb7 Qd1 44.Bf1 Kh6?? 45.a5 Nc5 46.Qb6 Nd3 47.Qf6 Qe1 48.Qf8 Kh7 49.Qe7 Kh6 50.Qh4 Kg7 51.Qg3 Qa5 52.h4 Qf5 53.Qc7 Kh6 54.Qg3 Ne1?? 55.Qg5! Qg5 56.hg5 Kg5 57.Be2 Kf5 58.Kf1 Nc2 59.g4 Ke5 60.g5 Nb4 61.f4 ef3= 62.Bf3 Nd3 63.Kg2 Nc5 64.Kg3 Ne6 65.Kg4 Nc5 66.Bc6 Ne6 67.Bd7 Nf8 68.Bc8 Kd5 69.Kf4+/– Kd6 70.e4 Ke7 71.e5 Kf7 0–1. ejdrzej (1665) – tulata, internet, 2013.

6.Be2 a5

7.b5 0-0 8.a4 Qe7 9.Ba3 Ba3 10.Na3 Nb6 11.c4 Bg4-/+ 12.cd5 Nfd5 13.0-0 Rfd8 14.d4? Nc3–+ 15.Qd2 Ne2 16.Qe2 e4 17.h3 ef3 18.gf3 Bh3 19.Kh2 Qh4 20.Rh1 Rd6 21.f4 Rg6 (22.Qg4 Bg4 23.Kg1 Be2#) 0–1. Sprig – crafty, mmeics rated lightning game, 1997.

7.b5 e4 8.Nd4 Nc5 9.Nc3 Be5 10.d3 0-0 11.de4 de4 12.0-0 Re8 13.Nb3 Nb3 14.cb3 Be6 15.Qc2 Qd6 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Rd2 Kh8 18.Rfd1 Bc3 19.Bc3 Qa3 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Qc7 Bb3 22.Qc3 Rac8 23.Qf6 Kg8 24.Rd7 Qa2 25.Bh5 Rc5 26.Rd8 Rc8 27.Qg5 Kf8 28.R8d7 a4 29.Qf6 Kg8 30.Ra1 Bd5 31.Qd4 Rc4 32.Qd1 Qb2 33.Rd5 Rf8 34.Rb1 Qc3 35.Bf7 Kf7 36.Rd7 Kg8 37.Qg4 Kh8 1–0. Fritz 6 – Doctor 3.0, 2002.

6.Be2 c6

7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Qc7-/+ 9.h3 Rd8 10.d4 a5 (10...e4 11.Nd2=+) 11.b5 e4 12.Nd2 Nb6 13.bc6 (13.Rb1 Qe7=+) 13...bc6 14.a4 (14.Rb1 a4=+) 14...Be6 (14...Ba6 15.Ba6 Ra6 16.f3=+) 15.Nb3 Qc8 (15...Bb4 16.Nb1=+) 16.Ba3 Bh3 (16...Bb8 17.Bc5 Qc7 18.f4 ef3 19.Rf3 Qh2 20.Kf1–+) 17.gh3 (17.Bd6 Rd6 18.gh3 Qh3 19.Nc5–+) 17...Qh3–+ 18.Bd6 Rd6 19.Nc5 (19.Re1 Nfd7 20.Bh5 Rh6–+) 19...Nc4 (19...Nfd7!? 20.Bh5 Rh6 21.Nd7 Nd7 22.Qg4–+) 20.Rb1 (20.Re1 Nd7 21.Bh5–+) 20...Nd2!! 21.Nb7 (21.Qd2 Ng4) 21...Ng4! 22.Bg4 Rg6 (23.Ne4 de4 24.f4 Qg3 25.Kh1 Nf1 26.Qe2 Rg4 27.Qf1 Rh4 28.Qh3 Rh3#) 0–1. Hohlstein,W – Hoch,H, remoteschach.de, 2004.

7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 e4 (8...Qc7!?+=) 9.de4= Ne4 10.Nbd2 Nd2 11.Nd2 Qh4 12.g3 Qh6 13.c4 dc4 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Bf3 Nf6 16.Qc2 Bh3 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Be5 Be5 19.Ne5 Nd5 20.Bg2 Be6 21.Bd5 Bd5 22.Qf5 Be6 23.Qf3 Qh3 24.e4 f6 25.Rd8 Rd8 26.Nd3 Bg4 27.Qe3 Rd4?? (better is 27...Qh5!?=) 28.Re1 (better is 28.Qd4 Qh5 29.Qd8 Kf7 30.Qc7 Kf8 31.Qb7+-) 28...Rd6 29.Nf4 (29.Nf4 Qh6 30.Qa7+/–) 1–0. ejdrzej – latibro, internet, 2013.

7.0-0 0-0 8.Nh4 Nb6 =+.

7.d3 0-0 8.0-0 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.c4 Qc7 11.h3 h6 12.cd5 cd5 13.Rc1 Qd8 14.e4 de4 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.de4 Qe7 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Qe2 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rd7 20.Nh4 Ne4?? (better is 20...g6+=) 21.Be4 Qh4 22.Bb7 e4 (22...Rb7 23.Rd6 Re7 24.Qd3+-) 23.Qe4 Qh5 24.Qf3 Qg6 25.Be4 f5 26.Bc6 Re7 (26...Rdd8+-) 27.Qd5 Re6 (27...Rff7 28.Qd6 Re1 29.Kh2 Qd6 30.Rd6 Rc1 31.Bc1 Rc7+-) 28.Bd7 (28.Re1 Qf7 29.Re6 Rd8 30.Rd6 Rd6 31.Qd6 Kh8 32.Bd5 Qf6 33.Qf6 gf6 34.Rc7 a5 35.Bf6) 28...Kh8 29.Qe6 Rf6 (29...Qe6 30.Be6 Be7 31.Rd5+-) 30.Qe8 (30.Rc8 Qe8 31.Qe8 Kh7 32.Bf6 Bh2 33.Kh2 b5 34.Bf5 g6 35.Qg6) 30...Qe8+- 31.Be8 Re6 32.Bf7 Re7 33.Bg6 Be5 (33...Bc7 34.Rc7! Re8 35.Rg7 Re1 36.Re1 b5 37.Re8) 34.Rc8 1–0. ejdrzej – jonas77777, internet, 2013.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 Nb6 9.c4 Nc4 10.Nc4 dc4 11.Bc4 0-0 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.0-0 Bh2! 15.Kh2 Ng4 16.Kg1 Qh4 17.Bf7 Kf7 18.Nf3 Qh6 19.g3 ef3 20.Qf3 Kg8 21.Qh1 Qg6 22.d5 Bf5 23.dc6 Be4 24.Qh3 Bc6 25.Bd4 Re6 26.f4 Rf8 27.Rf3 Bf3 28.Ba7 Qe4 (29.Bd4 Rh6 30.Qh6 gh6 31.Kf1 Qd3 32.Kg1 Qd2 33.e4 Qc1#) 0–1. Nittschalk,Karl – Felkel,Siegfried, TT–18.39 ETC, 2005.

6.Be2 e4

7.Nd4 0-0 8.c4 c6 (8...dc4 9.Bc4 Ne5 10.Be2-/+) 9.0-0 (9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.Bc3 Qg5+=) 9...Ne5 (9...dc4!? 10.Bc4 a5+=) 10.cd5 (10.c5 Bc7=) 10...cd5 11.f4 Nc6 12.Qe1 Ne8 (12...Nd4 13.Bd4 Bf5 14.Nc3=) 13.h3 (13.d3 Nd4 14.Bd4 a5 15.de4 de4+=) 13...Be7 14.d3 Bh4 (14...Nd4 15.Bd4 Bf6 16.Nc3=) 15.Qc1 (15.Nc6 bc6 16.Qc1 ed3 17.Bd3 Bf6+=) 15...Nd4= 16.Bd4 Bf5 17.Qd2 (17.de4 Be4 18.Nc3 f5+=) 17...Nd6 (17...Bf6 18.de4 de4 19.Nc3=) 18.Nc3 ed3 19.Bd3 Ne4 20.Ne4 (20.Be4 de4 21.g4 Bd7+=) 20...de4= 21.Be2 Be6 (21...Bf6 22.Rfd1=) 22.Qb2+= Bf6 23.Bf6 Qf6 24.Qf6 gf6 25.f5 Bd5 (25...Bb3 26.Rac1 Rac8 27.Kf2+=) 26.Rfd1+/– Rfd8 27.Rd4 Bc6 28.Rad1 Rd4 29.Rd4 Re8?? (29...a6 30.Kf2+/–) 30.Kf2?? (30.b5 Bb5 31.Bb5 Re5+-) 30...Kf8?? (30...a6 31.Rd6+/–) 31.g4 (better is 31.b5 Re5 32.bc6 Rf5 33.Bf3 bc6 34.Re4+-) 31...Re5+/– 32.Kg3 h5 33.Kf4 hg4 34.hg4 a6 35.g5 a5 (35...Re7 36.gf6 Re8 37.Bf1+-) 36.Bc4 ab4 37.ab4 Re8 (37...Re7 38.gf6 Rd7+-) 38.b5 (38.gf6?! b5 39.Rd6 Rc8+-) 1–0. Puentes,Alvaro (2090) – Parra,Brayan (1815), Cali COL, 3rd Latinoamerican Cup–A, 2012.

7.Nd4 0-0 8.Nf5 Ne5 9.Nd6 cd6 (9...Qd6!? 10.Nc3 Bd7=) 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Bg4 Neg4 12.f3 Ne5 13.fe4 Ne4 (13...de4!? 14.Bd4 Nd5=) 14.d3 Ng5 (14...Nf6 15.Bd4+=) 15.Nd2 (15.Nc3!?+/–) 15...Rc8 16.Rc1 Re8 17.e4 (better is 17.Qh5!?+=) 17...de4+= 18.Ne4 Qb6 19.Kh1 Ne4 20.de4 Qe3 21.Qd6 (21.Qd5 Rc7=) 21...Ng4 (better is 21...Nc4!? 22.Qd4 Qd4 23.Bd4 Na3 24.Ba7 Re4+=) 22.Qd4 Qh6 23.h3 Rcd8 24.Qc3 (24.Qa7 Ne3 25.Qb7 Nf1 26.Rf1 Qg6+=) 24...Ne5 (24...Ne3 25.Rf3 Nd1= (worse is 25...Re4 26.Qc7 Rf8 27.Qb7+/–)) 25.Rcd1+/– Rd1 26.Rd1 Qf4?? 27.Kg1 Qe4= 28.Re1?? Nf3! 29.gf3 Qe1 30.Qe1 Re1 31.Kf2 Re8 32.c4 g6 33.c5 f5 34.Be5?? Kf7 35.Bd6 Ke6 36.f4 Kd5 37.Be5?! a6 38.Ke3 Kc4 39.Kd2 Kb3 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2020) – johnnatan (1850), Active (4/3), 2004.

5.g3 Ngf6

6.Nc3 d4 7.Na4 b5 8.Nc5-/+.

6.d4 e4-/+ 7.Ne5 0-0 (7...e3 8.f4-/+) 8.Bg2 Re8 9.Nd7 Bd7 10.0-0 Qe7 (10...a5 11.Qd2-/+) 11.Qd2 c6 (11...Qe6 12.Qe3-/+) 12.Nc3 (12.Qc3 Bg4 13.Qe3 a5-/+) 12...Bf5 (12...Qe6 13.Qe3-/+) 13.Nd1 Qe6 14.Ne3 Bh3 15.Bh3 Qh3 16.a4 (16.Rfc1 b5=+) 16...h5 (16...Ng4 17.Ng4 Qg4 18.Bc1-/+) 17.b5=+ Re6 (17...cb5 18.ab5 Ng4 19.Ng4 Qg4 20.Ba3=) 18.bc6 (18.Ba3=+) 18...Ng4 (better is 18...bc6 19.Ba3 Ng4 20.Ng4 hg4-/+ (20...Qg4?! 21.Bd6 Rd6 22.Rab1=)) 19.Ng4+/– hg4 20.e3 (20.cb7 Rb8 21.Qc3+/–) 20...Rh6 21.f4 gf3 22.cb7 Rb8 23.Kh1?? (better is 23.Qf2-/+) 23...Bg3–+ 24.Rf2 Bf2 25.Qf2 Rg6 (25...Rb7 26.Rb1–+) 26.Rg1 Rg1 27.Kg1 (27.Qg1 Rb7 28.Ba3 f2 29.Qg7 Kg7 30.Bf8 Kf8 31.c4 f1Q) 27...Rb7 28.Qg3 (28.Bc1–+) 28...Qg3 29.hg3 Rb2 30.c3 (30.Kf1 Rc2 31.g4 Ra2–+) 30...Re2 31.g4 Re3 (32.Kf2 Rc3–+) 0–1. Kaminski,Roman (2535) – Fritz,Harry, corr 3GMM½–07, 1998.

6.Bg2 c5 7.bc5= Bc5 8.d4 (8.Be5? Ne5 9.Ne5 Bd4 10.Nf7 Kf7–+) 8...ed4 (8...Qb6 9.Bc3 ed4 10.Nd4=) 9.0-0 Nb6 (9...0-0 10.Bd4 Re8 11.e3=) 10.Bd4 Bd4 (10...Qe7 11.Qd3=) 11.Qd4 (11.Nd4 0-0=) 11...0-0 12.Nbd2 Bg4 13.Rfc1 (13.a4 Re8=) 13...Re8 14.e3 Qc7 15.c4 Rac8 16.cd5 (16.a4 Nc4 17.Qa7 b6 18.Qc7 Rc7=) 16...Qc1 17.Rc1 Rc1 18.Nf1 Nbd5 19.Qa7 b6 (19...b5 20.Nd4 Nc3 21.Qb6=) 20.Nd4 Bc8 (20...Rc7 21.Qa6 Rc1 22.e4=) 21.Nb5+= Re7 (21...h6 22.Nd6 Rc7 23.Qa4=) 22.Qb8 Rb7 (22...Re8 23.Nd6 Rf8 24.Qa7+=) 23.Qa8 Rd7 24.e4 Ne7 25.e5 Nfd5 26.Qa4 (26.Nd6 Rd8+=) 26...Bb7 (26...Rd8 27.Nd6+=) 27.Qg4 Bc6 28.Nd4 (28.Nd6 Ra1+=) 28...Rc4 29.e6 Rd8 30.ef7 Kf7 31.Qe6 Kf8 32.Qe5 (32.Nc6?! Rc6 33.Qe4 Ng6=) 32...Kf7 33.Ne6 (33.Nc6?! Rc6 34.h3 Re6 35.Qh5 Kg8+=) 33…Ra8 (34.Bh3 Nf6+=). Pleschke,Helmut – Betts,Michael, IECG, 2000.

6.Bg2 c6 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 Qe7 9.c4 dc4 10.dc4 c5 11.b5 a6 =+.

6.Bg2 e4 7.Nd4 c6 8.Nf5 (8.0-0 Ne5=+) 8...Be5 9.Be5 (9.Bd4 Bd4 10.Nd4 0-0=+) 9...Ne5-/+ 10.Nd4 Qb6 11.e3 (11.Nb3 0-0=+) 11...Bg4 12.Qc1 0-0 (12...a5 13.h3 Bd7 14.ba5 Ra5 15.0-0-/+) 13.0-0=+ a5 14.ba5 Qc5 (14...Qa5 15.h3 Bd7 16.f3=+) 15.Qb2 Qe7 (< 15...Ra5 16.Nb3 (16.Qb7?! Qd6 17.Qb6 Rc5=) 16...Nc4 17.Qc3+/– (17.Nc5?! Nb2 18.Nb7 Ra7+=)) 16.Qc3 (16.h3 Be6=+) 16...c5 17.Nb3 Rfc8 18.d3 c4 19.dc4 Rc4 20.Qd2 (20.Qb2 Qc7 21.Rc1 Bf3=+) 20...Qc7-/+ 21.Rc1 Nf3 22.Bf3 Bf3 23.Nd4 Bg4 24.Nb3 h5 25.Ra2= h4 26.Qe1 hg3 27.fg3 Nh7 28.N1d2 Ng5 29.Kg2 Rc6 30.Nd4 Rf6 31.Ne2? Nf3–+ 32.Qd1 Qc5 33.Nf1? Qc4 34.Rb2 Ng5 35.c3 Bf3 36.Kf2 Be2 (37.Kg2 Bd1 38.Rd1 Ra5–+) 0–1. Jatkowski,Grzegorz – Woschkat,Karl_Heinz, corr 3GMM–01, 1996.

6.Bh3 a5 7.b5 c6 8.d4 =+.

6.Bg2 0-0

7.0-0 a5 8.b5 a4 9.Qc1 Ra5 10.d4 e4 11.Nfd2 Nb6 12.c4 -/+.

7.0-0 a5 8.b5 a4 9.d3 c6 10.bc6 bc6 =+.

7.0-0 a5 8.b5 c6 =+.

7.0-0 a5 8.d3 ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 Qe8 =+.

7.0-0 Re8 8.d3 a5 9.b5 c6 10.c4 cb5 =+.

7.Nc3 a5 8.b5 Nb6 9.d3 d4 10.Nb1 Na4 =+.

7.Nc3 a5 8.Nb5 e4 9.Nh4 Be5 10.Be5 Ne5-/+.

7.Nc3 c6 8.0-0 Re8 9.Re1 Nb6 10.e4 Nc4-/+.

7.Nc3 c6 8.e3 b5 9.0-0 a5 10.d3 Re8-/+.

7.Nc3 e4 8.Nd4 a5 9.ba5 c5 10.Ndb5 Be5-/+.

7.Nc3 e4 8.Ng5 a5 9.b5 Nb6 10.d3 Ng4-/+.

7.d3 c6 8.0-0 Re8 (8...a5 9.c4=+) 9.Nbd2 (9.c4 Qb6=+) 9...Qc7 (9...a5!?-/+) 10.c4= b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 (11...Qb8 12.h3=) 12.cd5 Nd5 13.e4 N5f6 14.Qb3 (14.d4 Rad8=) 14...a5 15.Ng5 (15.ba5 Nc5 16.Qb6 Nd3=+) 15...Rf8 (15...Re7 16.d4=+) 16.Ba1 (16.d4 ab4 17.ab4 Ba6=) 16...h6 (16...ab4 17.ab4 Bc8 18.d4=+) 17.Ngf3 ab4 18.ab4 Ra6 (18...Ra7 19.d4=+) 19.Nc4 Rfa8 (19...Re8 20.Rfd1=) 20.b5 Nc5 21.Qc3 cb5 22.Nce5 Ra3 23.Qb2 Ra2 24.Qd4 Qe7 25.Rcd1 (25.Rb1 R8a4 26.Qc3-/+) 25...Nb3 26.Qb6 Na1 (27.Qb5 Nc2–+) 0–1. Bendig,Frank – Bothe, corr, 1994.

7.d3 a5

8.0-0 ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1=+ Qe7 =+.

8.0-0 ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1=+ Qe8 11.Qd2 =+.

8.0-0 Re8 9.b5 Nb6 10.Qc1 Na4 =+.

8.0-0 Re8 9.c4 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 =+.

8.ba5 Ra5 9.0-0 Qe7 10.c4 dc4 11.dc4-/+.

8.ba5 Ra5 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Qd2 b6-/+.

8.ba5 Re8 9.0-0 Ra5 10.c4 dc4 11.dc4 =+.

8.b5 c6 9.c4 cb5 10.cb5 a4 =+.

8.b5 c6 9.c4 cb5 10.cb5 Re8 11.0-0 =+.

8.b5 Re8 9.c4 dc4 10.dc4 e4 11.Nd4 =+.

8.b5 Re8 9.c4 e4 10.de4 de4 =+.

7.d3 Qe7

8.0-0 a5 9.b5 Nb6 10.a4 c6 =+.

8.0-0 a5 9.b5 Nb6 10.Qc1 =+ c6 11.c4 =+.

8.0-0 Nb6 9.Qc1 Na4 10.Nbd2 Nb2 11.Qb2 =+.

8.Nbd2 a5 9.b5 c6 10.bc6 bc6 11.c4 =+.

8.Nbd2 c5 9.bc5 Nc5 10.d4 ed4 =+.

8.Nbd2 Rd8 9.c4 e4 10.de4 de4 11.Nd4 =+.

7.d3 Re8

8.0-0 a5 9.b5 Nb6 10.Qc1 Na4 =+.

8.0-0 a5 9.c4 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 =+.

8.0-0 Nb6 9.Qc1 Na4 10.c4 c6 =+.

8.0-0 Nb6 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.e3 Rc8-/+.

8.0-0 Nb6 9.Nc3 c6 10.e3 Qd7 11.a4 =+.

8.0-0 Nb6 9.Nc3 c6 10.e3 Bd7-/+.

8.c4 c5 9.b5 Qb6 10.Qc2 dc4 =+.

8.c4 c5 9.b5 Nb6 10.cd5 Nfd5 =+.

8.c4 c5 9.b5 Nb6 10.cd5 Bd7 11.a4 =+.

6.Bg2 a5

7.0-0 ab4 8.ab4 Ra1 9.Ba1-/+.

7.0-0 Qe7 8.ba5 Ra5 9.d3 Nb6 10.c4 (10.Qd2 Ra6-/+) 10...dc4 11.Nbd2 (11.Bc3 Ra4 12.dc4 Rc4 13.a4-/+) 11...0-0 (better 11...cd3!? 12.ed3 0-0-/+) 12.Nc4=+ Nc4 13.dc4 b6 14.Bc3 Ra7 15.c5 bc5 16.Nd2 Be6 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.a4 f5 19.e3 e4 20.a5 Bd5 21.Rfd1 Qe6 22.Bf1 Rfa8 23.Ra4 h6 24.Nc4 Kh7 25.Qb2 (25.Qd2 c6=) 25...Be7 (25...Nb6 26.Nb6 cb6 27.a6-/+ (27.Qb6?? Rb7 28.Qb7 Bb7-+)) 26.Bg7 (better 26.Qd2!? c6 27.Qc2=+) 26...Nb6!-/+ 27.Qe5 (27.ab6 Ra4 Pinning (27...Ra4 Deflection); 27.Nb6 cb6 Combination) 27...Bc4 28.Rc4 Qe5 29.Be5 Nc4 30.Bc4 Rd8 (30...Ra5? 31.Rd7 Re8 32.Bf7+-) 31.Rd8 Bd8 32.a6 Kg6 33.h4 h5 34.Bb2 c6 35.Bc3 Ra8 36.Kf1 Bf6 37.Ba5 Bd8 38.Bc3 Bb6 39.Ke2 Rb8 40.Kd2 Ba7 41.Kc2 Bb6 42.Kd2 Ra8 43.Ke2 Rd8 44.Ke1 Rd7 45.Ke2 Ba7 46.Bb2 Rd5 47.Ke1 Bb6 48.Bc3 Rd8 49.Ke2 Rd7 ½-½. marekt (2145) - new_reflexx (2400), gameknot.com, 2020.

7.b5 0-0 8.0-0-/+.

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