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(1) Gabetto,Flaviano (2050) – Galli,Fabio
Robecchetto op, 1999
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Qc7 
   (4...Nc6 5.Be3 (5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.Nbd2 Nge7 8.0–0 Nf5 9.Bb2 Be7 
   10.h3 Bf3 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.g4 Nh4 13.Nh4 Bh4 14.Qd2 h6 15.Rab1 0–0 16.c3 
   a5 17.f4 Rfc8 18.Ba1 Be7 19.Kg2 Qa7 chesspal (2295)–calcex (2000)/
   net–chess.com 2009 (34)) 5...Nh6 6.Bh6 gh6 7.Nf3 a5 8.a3 ba3 9.Na3 
   Bg4 10.Bb5 e6 11.0–0 Rc8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qd3 Bg7 14.Nh2 0–0 15.Qd2 Qh4 
   16.c3 Qg5 17.f4 Qg3 18.Bd3 f6 19.Nb5 giveaway (2370)–huimre (2770)/
   net–chess.com 2008/0–1) 
5.Bd3N 
   (5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.0–0 Nc6 8.h3 Bf3 9.Bf3 Nge7 10.Be3 Nf5 0–1 
   fersbery (2110)–lopesq (2365)/net–chess.com 2008) 
5...Nc6 6.Be3 Na5 7.Nd2 Bd7 8.Ne2 e6 9.0–0 Nc4 10.Nc4 dc4 11.Be4 Bc6 
12.Ng3 Ne7 13.f4 g6 14.a3 ba3 15.c3 
   (15.Ra3? Nf5 16.Bc6 Qc6–+ (16...bc6?! 17.Rc3–/+)) 
15...h5 16.Bc2 b5 17.Bc1 
   (17.Ra3?? Nd5 18.Bc1 Ba3 19.Ba3 Ne3–+) 
17...Nd5 18.Ne4 a5 19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Ra3 Ne3 21.Nf6 Kf8 22.Qe2 Nf1 
   (22...Ng2?! 23.Qf2=) 
23.Qf1 Kg7 24.Ra1 Bd5 25.f5 gf5 26.Nd5 ed5 27.Qf5 Qe7 28.Qf3 Qe6 29.Bf5 
Qc6 30.e6 Rh6 31.Re1? 
   (better is 31.Qg3 Kf8 32.Qg5 Re6 33.Be6 Qe6 34.Qh5–/+) 
31...fe6–+ 32.Qg3 Kf7 33.Qg5 Rf6 
   (better is 33...Rah8–+) 
34.Qh5–/+ Ke7 35.Bg4?? 
   (better is 35.Qg5 Rg8! 36.Qg8 Rf5 37.Qb8+=) 
35...Raf8–+ 36.Qg5 Kd7 37.h4 b4 
   (better is 37...Qd6–+) 
38.cb4 ab4 39.h5?? 
   (better is 39.Re6 Re6 40.Qg7 Ke8 41.Bh5 Kd8 42.Qf8 Kc7 43.Qb4–+) 
39...b3 40.h6 
   (40.Qg7 R8f7 41.Qg8–+) 
40...b2 41.h7 
   (41.Kh2 Qd6 42.g3 Rf2 43.Kh3–+) 
41...Rf1! 42.Rf1 Rf1 43.Kh2 
   (43.Kf1 b1Q 44.Kf2 Qh7–+) 
43...Rh1! 44.Kg3 
   (44.Kh1 b1Q Double attack) 
44...Qd6 45.Kf2 b1Q 46.Qg7 
   (46.Be6 Kc7 47.Qg7 Kb6 48.Qe5 Qf1 49.Kg3 Qd3 50.Kg4 Qg6 51.Kf3 Rf1 
   52.Ke2 Qd3) 
Kc6 
   (46...Kc6 47.Qe5 Qe5 48.de5 Qe1 49.Kf3 Rf1) 
0–1



(2) Gabetto,Flaviano (2125) – Aranovitch,Emiliano (2300)
Milan Crespi op, 2004
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Bf5 6.ab4 Nb4 Exerts pressure on 
the backward pawn 7.Bb5 Nc6 
   (7...Bd7 8.Bd7 Qd7 9.Ba3 Qa4 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.e6 Nc6 12.ef7 Kf7 13.Nge2 
   Qd8 14.0–0 Nf6 15.Nf4 e6 16.Re1 Ba3 17.Ne6 Qd7 18.Ng5 Kg6 19.Ra3 Kg5 
   20.Nd5 Qd5 21.Rg3 Kh6 22.Qc1 Simacek,P (2475)–Luch,M (2415)/GMA, 
   Olomouc CZE 2009/1–0 (41)) 
8.c3 e6 9.Ne2 Qc7N 
   (9...Nge7 10.Ba3 Ng6 11.Bf8 Nf8 12.Bd3 Bd3 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.0–0 0–0 
   15.Nd2 Rc8 16.h3 Qe7 17.f4 f5 18.Nf3 Nb6 19.Ra2 Nc4 20.g4 b5 21.Ng3 g6 
   22.gf5 gf5 23.Nh5 Kh8 24.Nf6 Frink,F (2195)–Secheres,A (2035)/Baile 
   Felix ROM, 2012/1–0 (43)) 
10.0–0 a6 11.Ba4 Ra7 12.c4 Bb1 
   (12...dc4 13.Be3 Ra8 14.Nbc3–+) 
13.Rb1 dc4 14.d5 ed5 15.Nd4 Nge7 16.Ba3 b5 
   (16...g6 17.Bd6 Qd7 18.Be7 Ke7 19.Rb7 Rb7 20.Nc6 Ke6 21.Nd4 Ke7 
   22.Bd7 Rd7 23.Nc6 Ke6 24.Qg4 f5 25.ef6 Kd6 26.Nb8+–) 
17.Bb5 ab5 18.Nb5 Qe5 
   (better is 18...Qa5!? 19.Nd6 Kd7 20.Qg4 Kc7 21.Nf7 Qa3 22.Nh8 Ne5+=) 
19.Re1 Qg5?? 
   (better is 19...Ra3 20.Re5 Ne5 21.Na3 f6+/–) 
20.Na7+– Kd8 21.Be7 Ne7 22.Rb8 Kc7 
   (22...Nc8 23.Rc8 Kd7 24.Qa4 Kd6 25.Qc6) 
23.Qb1 
   (23.Qb1 Qe3 24.Re3 Kd7 25.Qb6 d4 26.Rd8) 
1–0



(3) Gabetto,Flaviano (2135) – Martinez,Rolly (2410)
Lodi op 1st, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 e6 8.ab4 Bf3 
9.gf3 Qb4 10.c3 Qb2 11.Qa4 
   (11.Nd2 Qc3 12.Be2 Nge7 13.0–0 Nf5 14.Bb5 Ne3 15.fe3 Qe3 16.Kh1 Qd4 
   17.Qc2 Qc5 18.Qa4 Rc8 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Rg1 a6 21.Be2 Bb4 22.Rb1 0–0 
   23.Nf1 Qa5 0–1 aaaakuku (1720)–nowy2002 (2015)/kurnik 2013) 
11...a6N 
   (11...Nge7 12.Bd3 Nf5 13.0–0 Ne3 14.fe3 Rc8 15.e4 Be7 16.Ra2 Qb6 
   17.ed5 ed5 18.f4 0–0 19.Qd1 Rfe8 20.Kh1 Qc7 21.Qh5 g6 22.Rg2 Bf8 
   23.Rfg1 Bg7 24.Qf3 Rcd8 25.h4 Qd7 26.h5 Coates,S (1925)–Bozkurt,M 
   (1865)/IECG 2003/1–0 (34)) 
12.Bd3 Ra7 13.Ra2 Qb6 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.c4 dc4 16.Qc4 b5 17.Qb3 Nb4 18.0–0 
   (18.Ra1!? Nd3 19.Qd3–/+) 
18...Na2–+ 19.Qa2 Ne7 20.d5 Nd5 21.Ba7 Nb4 
   (21...Qa7?! 22.Bb5 Kd8 23.Qa5 Qb6 24.Qb6 Nb6 25.Ba6=) 
22.Qa1 
   (22.Bb5 ab5 23.Qa1 f6–+) 
22...Nd3 
   (22...Qa7?! 23.Bb5 Ke7 24.Ne4=) 
23.Qa6 Be7 
   (23...Ne5 24.Qb5 Nd7 25.Ra1–+) 
24.Bb6 
   (better is 24.Qb5!? Qd7 25.Qb8 Bd8 26.Ne4=) 
24...Qc6–+ 25.Rb1 Ne5 26.Rb5 Nd7 
   (26...Nf3 27.Nf3 0–0 28.Rb3+/–) 
27.Nc4 
   (27.Rb3 Bc5 (27...Nb6?! 28.Qb6 Qc1 29.Nf1–+) 28.Nc4 0–0–+ (
   28...Nb6?! 29.Nb6 Bb6 30.Rb6 Qc1 31.Qf1 Qg5 32.Qg2 Qg2 33.Kg2–+)) 
27...0–0 
   (27...Qc4 28.Qa8 Nb8 29.Qb8 Kd7 30.Qb7 Ke8 31.Ra5=; 
   27...Nb6 28.Rb6 Qd5 29.Qa4 Qd7 30.Rb8 Bd8 31.Qb4+/–) 
28.Rb3 
   (28.Na5 Qf3 29.Bc7 Nc5–+) 
28...Rc8 
   (28...Rb8 29.Na5 Qd5 30.Rb5 Qd1 31.Kg2–+) 
29.Na5 Qc1 30.Kg2 Qg5 31.Kh3 Rc1 32.Be3 
   (32.f4 Qf4 33.Qa8 Bf8 34.Bd8–+) 
32...Qh5 33.Kg2 Qg6 34.Kh3 Rg1 35.Qc8 
   (35.Rb8 Nf8 36.Rf8 Bf8 37.Kh4 Be7 38.Kh3 Qg2) 
Nf8 
   (35...Nf8 36.Qf8 Bf8 37.Kh4 Be7 38.Kh3 Qg2) 
0–1



(4) Gabetto,Flaviano (2135) – Salvador,Roland (2360)
Lodi op 1st, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Bf3 
   (7...e6 8.ab4 Bb4 9.c3 Ba5 10.Qa4 a6 11.Nfd2 Bf5 12.Be2 Nge7 13.0–0 
   Qc7 14.Qa3 0–0 15.Nb3 Bb6 16.N1d2 Ba7 17.Rfc1 f6 18.ef6 Rf6 19.Bg5 Bb8 
   20.g3 Rg6 21.Be7 Qe7 22.Qe7 Klaric,Z (2415)–Brkic,A (2415)/TCh–CRO, 
   Rabac CRO 2003/1–0 (62)) 
8.gf3 e6 9.ab4 Bb4N 
   (9...Qb4 10.c3 Qb2 11.Nd2 Qc3 12.Be2 Nge7 13.0–0 Nf5 14.Bb5 Ne3 
   15.fe3 Qe3 16.Kh1 Qd4 17.Qc2 Qc5 18.Qa4 Rc8 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Rg1 a6 
   21.Be2 Bb4 22.Rb1 0–0 23.Nf1 Qa5 0–1 aaaakuku (1720)–nowy2002 (2015)/
   kurnik 2013) 
10.c3 Be7 11.Bd3 f5 
   (11...f6!?–/+) 
12.Rg1+= Kf7 13.Kf1 Rc8 14.c4? 
   (14.Kg2 a6+=) 
14...dc4 
   (better is 14...f4 15.cd5 fe3 16.de6 Ke6–/+) 
15.d5?? 
   (better is 15.Bc4 Qd8 16.Qb3 Nd4 17.Bd4 Qd4 18.Be6 Kf8 19.Qb7+=) 
15...Qb2–+ 16.Bf5 ef5 
   (16...Qa1?! 17.Be6 Ke8 18.Bc8 Ne5 19.Bd4+= (19.Rg7?! Nd3 20.Rg4 Nf6=)
  ) 
17.e6 Kf8 18.dc6 Rd8 
   (18...Qa1?! 19.Bd4 Rd8 20.cb7+= (20.Ba1?? Rd1 21.Ke2 Rg1–+); 
   18...Rc6 19.Ra7 Bd6 20.Bd4+–) 
19.Nd2 bc6 20.Qa4 
   (20.Ra7? c3 21.Qb1 cd2 (21...Rd2 22.Qf5 Nf6 23.Rg7 Rd1 24.Kg2+–) 
   22.Qb2 d1Q 23.Kg2 Qd6–+) 
20...c3 
   (20...Rd2!? 21.Bd2 Qd2 22.Qc6 a5–/+) 
21.Nc4 Qb5 22.Qb5 cb5 23.Ne5 b4 24.Ra7 f4 25.Bf4 Rd1?? 
   (25...g5 26.Rg5 Bg5 27.Bg5 Rd5 28.e7 Ne7 29.Be7 Ke8+–) 
26.Ke2+– Rd8 27.Nd7 
   (better is 27.Nf7 Rc8 28.Nh8+–) 
27...Ke8 28.Rg7 b3?? 
   (better is 28...c2+–) 
29.Ne5 
   (better is 29.Be5 c2 30.Rg1+–) 
29...b2+= 30.Nc6 
   (30.Rb7 Rd6 31.Be3 Rd8+–) 
30...Bf6= 31.Rab7?? 
   (better is 31.Rgb7 c2 32.Rb2 Bb2 33.Nd8 Kd8 34.Rc7=) 
31...c2–+ 
   (31...Bg7?! 32.Nd8 Kd8 33.Bd6+=) 
32.Rb2 Bb2 33.Nd8 Kd8?? 
   (better is 33...Bg7 34.Nf7 Nf6 35.Nh8 Nd5–+) 
34.Bd6?? 
   (better is 34.Rc7=) 
c1Q–+ 
   (34...c1Q 35.Rd7 Kc8 36.Rc7 Qc7 37.Bc7 Kc7–+) 
0–1



(5) Gabetto,Flaviano (2135) – Cardani,Roberto (1840)
Lombardia–ch, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 e6 8.ab4 Bb4 
9.c3 Ba5 
   (9...Be7 10.Bd3 Bd8 11.Na3 a6 12.Nb5 Rb8 13.Nd6 Kf8 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 
   Bg6 16.Ng5 Bg5 17.Bg5 f6 18.Qf3 Nd4 19.Qf4 Bd3 20.ef6 Nf3 21.Qf3 Qd6 
   22.fg7 Kg7 23.Qd3 Nf6 24.0–0 Horvath,I (1870)–Havanecz,B (2070)/
   Budapest HUN, Ch U20 (g) 2013/0–1 (37)) 
10.Ra3N 
   (10.Qa4 a6 (10...Nge7 11.Bd3 Bf5 12.Bf5 Nf5 13.0–0 0–0 14.Nfd2 Qc7 
   15.g4 Ne3 16.fe3 Qe7 17.Nf3 f6 18.ef6 Qf6 19.Qb5 Bb6 20.Nbd2 Qg6 
   21.Kh1 Qg4 22.Rg1 Qh5 23.Rg5 Qh6 24.Qd3 Bd8 25.Rg4 Coates,S 
   (1750)–Grinwis,J (1715)/IECG 2004/0–1 (41)) 11.Nfd2 Bf5 12.Be2 
   Nge7 13.0–0 Qc7 14.Qa3 0–0 15.Nb3 Bb6 16.N1d2 Ba7 17.Rfc1 f6 18.ef6 
   Rf6 19.Bg5 Bb8 20.g3 Rg6 21.Be7 Qe7 22.Qe7 Ne7 23.Nc5 Ra7 24.Nf3 Bf4 
   Klaric,Z (2415)–Brkic,A (2415)/TCh–CRO, Rabac CRO 2003/1–0 (62); 
   10.Bd3 Nge7 11.0–0 Bf5 12.Nh4 Bd3 13.Qd3 0–0 14.Nd2 Rac8 15.Ndf3 Qa6 
   16.Qa6 ba6 17.Ra3 h6 18.Nd2 Bb6 19.Ra6 Na5 20.Ra1 Nc4 21.Nc4 Rc4 
   22.Bd2 f6 23.ef6 Rf6 24.Nf3 Nc6 Pinasco,D (2135)–Mena,A (2135)/IECG 
   2005/1–0) 
10...Nge7 11.Rb3 Qc7 12.Be2 a6 13.0–0 b5 14.Nbd2 0–0 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 
17.Nh4 f5 
   (17...f6!? 18.ef6 Rf6 19.Bg5–+) 
18.Ng6–/+ hg6 19.Nf3 Nd8 Attacks the backward pawn on c3 20.Ng5 
   (20.Qd3 Nf7+=) 
20...Qd7 
   (20...Bc3!? 21.gf5 Nf5–/+ (21...gf5?! 22.Bb5 g6 23.Be2=)) 
21.Qa1 Nec6 22.Ra3 f4 23.Bc1 Qe7 Black plans b4 24.h4 Bc3 
   (24...Nb7!?=) 
25.Qc3+/– b4 26.Qd3 Nd4 27.Qd4 ba3 28.Qd3 
   (28.Bf4?! Rb8 29.Bc1 Nf7+=) 
28...a2 
   (28...Qe8!?+/–) 
29.Ba3+– 
   (29.Ba3 Qe8 30.Bf8 Kf8 31.Qd2+–) 
1–0



(6) Gabetto,Flaviano (2135) – Fiorili,Roberto (1740)
Lombardia–ch, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bf5 
   (6...Bg4 7.Be3 e6 (7...Bf3 8.gf3 e6 9.ab4 Qb4 10.c3 Qb2 11.Nd2 Qc3 
   12.Be2 Nge7 13.0–0 Nf5 14.Bb5 Ne3 15.fe3 Qe3 16.Kh1 Qd4 17.Qc2 Qc5 
   18.Qa4 Rc8 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Rg1 a6 21.Be2 Bb4 22.Rb1 aaaakuku 
   (1720)–nowy2002 (2015)/kurnik 2013/0–1) 8.ab4 Bb4 9.c3 Ba5 10.Qa4 
   a6 11.Nfd2 Bf5 12.Be2 Nge7 13.0–0 Qc7 14.Qa3 0–0 15.Nb3 Bb6 16.N1d2 
   Ba7 17.Rfc1 f6 18.ef6 Rf6 19.Bg5 Bb8 20.g3 Rg6 21.Be7 Klaric,Z 
   (2415)–Brkic,A (2415)/TCh–CRO, Rabac CRO 2003/1–0 (62)) 
7.Nh4?N 
   (7.a4 e6 8.Bb2 Nh6 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.Qd3 Be7 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Nb3 Na5 13.Na5 
   Qa5 14.0–0 0–0 15.h3 Qa6 16.Qa6 ba6 17.Rfc1 a5 18.c3 Rc4 19.Nd2 bc3 
   20.Nc4 cb2 21.Nb2 Nf5 nderim2010 (2055)–egomi (1755)/kurnik 2011/1–0 
   (55); 
   7.Bd3 Bd3 8.Qd3 e6 9.0–0 Nge7 10.Bd2 Nf5 11.Be3 Be7 12.g4 Nh4 13.Nh4 
   Bh4 14.f4 h5 15.g5 Ne7 16.ab4 Qb4 17.c3 Qc4 18.Qc4 dc4 19.Nd2 Nf5 
   20.Nc4 Kd7 21.Rf3 Rhc8 aaaakuku–xadodb (1670)/kurnik 2012/0–1 (51) 
  ; 
   7.ab4 Nb4 8.Na3 e6 9.c3 Nc6 10.Nb5 Rd8 11.Be2 a6 12.Na3 Nge7 13.0–0 
   Nc8 14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Qd3 Be7 16.Bf4 Na5 17.Nd2 Qc7 18.Qg3 Kf8 19.h4 b5 
   20.Nc2 Qb6 21.h5 h6 Kadas,G (2280)–Katona,M (2190)/Nyiregyhaza op 
   1994/1–0 (31); 
   7.ab4!? Nb4 8.Na3+=) 
7...Bc2 
   (better is 7...Qd4!? 8.Qd4 Nd4 9.Kd2–+) 
8.Qc2–/+ Qd4 9.Bb5 Rc8 
   (9...Qa1 10.Bc6 Kd8 11.0–0+=) 
10.Nf3? 
   (better is 10.ab4 Qh4 11.Bd2–/+) 
10...Qa1 11.Bb2 
   (11.Be3 Kd8 (11...ba3? 12.Bd4 Qd4 13.Nd4+–) 12.Qb3 e6 13.Bc6 Rc6–+ 
   (13...bc6? 14.Bd4 Qd4 15.Nd4+–)) 
11...Qa2 12.ab4 Kd8 
   (better is 12...e6 13.0–0 Bb4–+) 
13.Nc3= Nb4?? 
   (better is 13...Nb8 14.0–0 a6+=) 
14.Qf5+– Nd3 15.Kf1 Rc7 
   (15...Kc7 16.Na2 Nb2 17.Qd7 Kb8+–) 
16.Qf7 
   (16.Qf7 Rc3 17.Qf8 Kc7 18.Bd3 Rd3 19.Ke2–+) 
1–0



(7) Gabetto,Flaviano (2125) – Massironi,Marco (2105)
Gorgonzola op 9th, 2004
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Qb6 6.Be3 Bf5 7.ab4 Nb4 
Attacking the backward pawn on c2 8.Na3 Rc8 The pressure on the 
backward pawn c2 grows 
   (8...e6 9.Bb5 Nc6 10.c3 Ba3 11.Bc6 Qc6 12.Ra3 Ne7 13.Ne2 0–0 14.0–0 
   Rfb8 15.h3 a5 16.g4 Bg6 17.f4 b5 18.Ng3 Be4 19.Ne4 de4 20.Qd2 Nd5 
   21.Rc1 Qc4 22.Bf2 Rc8 23.Raa1 hasan5–alexztzu (1740)/kurnik 2012/0–1
   ) 
9.c4N 
   (9.Bb5 Kd8 10.c4 Qa5 11.Kf1 a6 12.Bd2 e6 13.cd5 ab5 14.d6 Bd3 15.Ne2 
   Qb6 16.Bb4 Qd4 17.Kg1 Qe5 18.Nc3 Rc3 19.Bc3 Qc3 20.h4 b4 21.Nb5 Bb5 
   22.Ra8 Kd7 23.Rf8 Qd3 Tauscher,D (2505)–Raap,C (2375)/RSX7D – B20 – 
   Siz. FluegelG.–1 2011/ ½–½ () 
9...Qa5 10.Bd2 dc4 11.Qf3 c3 12.Bb5 Kd8 
   (better is 12...Bd7!? 13.Bd7 Kd7–+) 
13.Qf5–/+ cd2 14.Ke2 Nc6 15.Nf3 Nh6 16.Qd3 e6 17.Bc6 Rc6 18.Nc4 Qd5 
   (better is 18...Qc7!? 19.Ncd2 a6+=) 
19.Ne3+= Qd7 20.Ra7 Be7 21.Rb1 Rc7 22.Qd2 b5?? 
   (better is 22...Ke8+/–) 
23.Qa5+– 
   (23.Qa5 Ke8 24.Rc7+–) 
1–0



(8) Gabetto,Flaviano (2125) – Mazzini,Antonio
Corsica op2 Corsico, 1998
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Qb6 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.Be3 
   (7.ab4 Be2 8.Be2 Qd4 9.Qd4 Nd4 10.Bd3 e6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Bb5 Nge7 13.c3 
   0–0–0 14.0–0 a6 15.Bc6 Nc6 16.Bb6 Rd7 17.f4 Be7 18.b5 Nb8 19.Na3 Bd8 
   20.Bf2 Rc7 21.c4 Be7 Neubauer,M (2295)–Rasik,V (2415)/Stockerau 1993/
   1–0 (40); 
   7.f3 Bf5 8.ab4 Qb4 9.c3 Qb6 10.Nd2 h5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.f4 e6 13.Nf3 Nge7 
   14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Qd3 Na5 16.Rb1 Qc6 17.0–0 Nc4 18.f5 h4 19.Ne2 Nf5 20.Nd2 
   Nd2 21.Bd2 Be7 juzekbond (1620)–eksterogen (1825)/playok.com 2012/
   1–0 (31)) 
7...e6 8.ab4 Bb4 9.c3 Be7N 
   (9...Ba5 10.f3 Bf5 11.Kf2 Nge7 12.Na3 0–0 13.g4 Bg6 14.h4 f5 15.ef6 
   Rf6 16.Bg2 Raf8 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.h5 Be4 19.f4 e5 20.de5 Ne5 21.Rh4 d4 
   22.Qd4 Bg2 23.Kg2 Qc6 24.Kf2 Montavon,G (2050)–Gilles,R (2250)/
   Ambassador Open 2000/0–1 (34)) 
10.Nd2 Nh6 11.h3 Be2 12.Be2 Nf5 13.Bf4 0–0 14.g4 Nh4 15.Bg3 f5 16.f4 fg4 
17.hg4 Ng2 18.Kf2 Nf4 19.Bf4 Rf4 20.Kg3 Raf8 21.Bd3 h6 22.Rb1 Qc7 23.Rh5 
Bg5 24.Rg5 hg5 25.Qh1 g6! 26.Qh6 
   (26.Bg6 Ne5 Decoy) 
26...Qf7 27.Rh1 
   (27.Bg6 Rg4! 28.Kh3 Rh4 29.Qh4 Qg6 30.Rg1 Qd3 31.Rg3 Qd2 32.Qh6–+) 
27...Rg4! 28.Kg4 
   (28.Kg4 Qf4 Mate attack) 
28...Qf4 29.Kh3 g4 
   (29...Qe3 30.Kg4 Rf4 31.Kg5 Qg3) 
30.Kh4 0–1



(9) Gabetto,Flaviano (2125) – Aglietti,Graziano (2060)
Corsica op1, 1998
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Bf5 6.ab4 Qb6 7.Ne2 Nb4 
Attacking the backward pawn on c2 8.Na3 Rc8 The pressure on the 
backward pawn c2 grows 9.Nf4 Nc2 10.Nc2 Bc2 11.Qg4 
   (11.Nd5 Qb3 12.Qf3 Qf3 13.gf3 e6 14.Bb5 Kd8 15.Bg5 f6 16.ef6 gf6 
   17.Nf6 h6 18.Nd7 hg5 19.Nf8 Ke7 20.Nd7 a6 21.Nb6 Rd8 22.Ba4 Bf5 23.0–0 
   Rh7 24.d5 ed5 25.Rfe1 Kf6 Puzzoni,C (2110)–Aagaard,J (2475)/Capo 
   d'Orso Porto Mannu PAL 2007/0–1 (42)) 
11...e6 12.Nd5 Qb3N 
   (12...Qc6 13.Be2 Qd5 14.0–0 Bf5 15.Qg3 a6 16.Ba3 Ne7 17.Rac1 Nc6 
   18.Bd6 Bg6 19.Bf3 Qb5 20.d5 ed5 21.Rfe1 Be7 22.e6 0–0 23.ef7 Rf7 
   24.Bg4 Bd6 25.Qd6 Rd8 0–1 Krastev,G (2010)–Mladenov,A/3rd MGU Open, 
   Sofia BUL 2010) 
13.Ra5 
   (13.Bd2 Qd5 14.Ra7–+) 
13...Bb4 14.Nb4 Qb4 15.Ke2 Bd1!! 
   (15...Qa5 16.Qg7 Qd5 17.Be3–+) 
16.Kd1 Qb3 
   (16...Qa5 17.Qg7 Qa4 18.Ke2 Rc1 19.Qh8 Qd1 20.Ke3 Rc3 21.Kf4 Qd4 
   22.Kg5 f6 23.Qf6 Nf6 24.Bb5 Kf7 25.Be8 Kg7 26.ef6 Qf6 27.Kh5 Rc5 
   28.Kg4 Rg5 29.Kh3 Qf5 30.Kh4 Qg4) 
17.Ke2 Rc1 18.Rc5 Qd1 19.Ke3 Qg4 20.Bb5 Kf8 
   (better is 20...Kd8!? 21.Rhc1 Ne7 22.Be2 Qg2 23.Bf3 Qg5 24.Kd3 Qf5 25.Be4 Qf2 
   26.Bb7 Qf5 27.Kc4–+) 
21.Rhc1 g6 
   (21...Qg2?? 22.Rc8 Ke7 23.R1c7) 
22.Rc7 Ne7 23.Rb7 
   (23.Re7 Qg5 24.f4 Qe7–+) 
23...Qg5 
   (better is 23...Nf5 24.Kd2 Qf4 25.Kc2 Qe4 26.Bd3 Qb7 27.Bf5 gf5 28.Rd1–+) 
24.f4 Nd5 25.Ke2 
   (25.Kd3 Nf4 26.Kc3 Nd5 27.Kb2 Qd2 28.Kb1 Qd4 29.Rc8 Kg7–+) 
25...Qg2 26.Ke1 Qg1 
   (26...Qg1 27.Bf1 Qe3 28.Kd1 Qd4 29.Ke1 Qe4 30.Kd2 Qf4 31.Kc2 Nb4 
   32.Rb4 Qb4–+) 
0–1



(10) Gabetto,Flaviano (2135) – Agrifoglio,Fabio (2025)
Brianza–ch, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Bf5 5.a3 Qb6N 
   (5...Qc7 6.Bb5 (6.Bd3 Bd3 7.Qd3 e6 8.ab4 Bb4 9.c3 Be7 10.Qg3 g6 
   11.Ne2 Nd7 12.0–0 Nb6 13.Na3 Qc6 14.Qd3 a6 15.Nc2 Nc4 16.g4 0–0–0 
   17.Qh3 h5 18.Ng3 Nh6 19.gh5 Rh7 20.hg6 fg6 Cueto,J (2305)–Wong 
   Meng_Kong (2470)/36. Olympiad 2004/0–1 (51); 6.ab4 Bc2 7.Qd2 Bf5 
   8.Nf3 e6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Be2 Qb6 11.b5 Bf3 12.Bf3 Qb5 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.Na4 
   Qb4 15.Bc3 Qb5 16.Be2 Qc6 17.Qb2 Nd7 18.0–0 b6 19.Ba6 Qc7 20.Bd2 Rd8 
   marekt–David Lonsdale/chessworld.net 2008/1–0 (43)) 6...Nd7 7.Bd7 
   Bd7 8.ab4 Bf5 9.c3 Bb1 10.Qa4 Kd8 11.Rb1 Qc3 12.Bd2 Qd4 13.Ne2 Qe5 
   14.Be3 Qd6 15.Ba7 Rc8 16.0–0 Nf6 17.Rfc1 Rc1 18.Rc1 e5 19.Qb5 Qa6 
   20.Bb6 NN–NN/1–0 (50); 
   5...ba3 6.Bd3 Bd3 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.c3 f6 9.f4 g5 10.e6 gf4 11.Nf3 Bh6 
   12.0–0 Qd6 13.Re1 Nd8 14.Na3 a6 15.Qf5 Rc8 16.Bd2 Rc6 17.Qh5 Kf8 
   18.Rab1 b5 19.Nc2 Ne6 20.Nb4 antique (1950)–mariano2033 (2040)/
   kurnik 2011/0–1 (64); 
   5...Qc8 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bd3 8.Qd3 e6 9.0–0 f5 10.Kh1 Nh6 11.Bd2 a6 
   12.Qb3 ba3 13.c4 dc4 14.Qc4 Nb4 15.Qe2 Nd5 16.Bh6 gh6 17.g4 f4 18.g5 
   Qc6 19.Nbd2 Nc3 20.Qd3 Simonsen,O (2065)–Nilssen,J (2305)/Nordic 
   Grand Prix 1997/1–0 (31)) 
6.ab4 Nc6 
   (6...Qb4!? 7.c3 Qb6+=) 
7.c3= e6 8.Nf3 Nge7 9.Nbd2 Rc8 
   (9...Ng6+=) 
10.Nb3 
   (better is 10.b5!? Na5 11.Ba3+/–) 
10...Nb4+= 11.cb4 Bc2 12.Qd2 
   (better is 12.Qe2!? Bb3 13.Qb5 Rc6 14.Qb6 Rb6 15.Nd2+=) 
12...Bb3–/+ 13.Qb2 Bc4 
   (13...Qb4 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Ba5+/–) 
14.b5 Nf5 15.g4 Nh6 
   (15...Ne7 16.Be3–/+) 
16.h3 
   (16.Bh6 gh6 17.Qb1 Bf1 18.Rf1 Rc4–/+) 
16...Be7 
   (16...Ng8 17.Bc4 dc4 18.Be3–/+) 
17.Be2 
   (17.Bc4 Rc4 18.Bd2 a6+=) 
17...Be2 
   (17...Ng8!?–/+) 
18.Ke2+= Rc4 19.Bd2 Bb4 20.Rhb1 
   (20.Bb4 Qb5 Decoy) 
20...Qb5 
   (20...Bd2 21.Qd2 Kd7 22.Qa5+=) 
21.Kd1 
   (better is 21.Ke1! a5 22.Bb4 Rb4 23.Ra5 Qa5 24.Qb4 Qb4 25.Rb4+=) 
21...a5–/+ 22.Ra3 
   (22.Bh6 gh6 23.Qe2 Qc6–+) 
22...0–0–+ 23.Rb3 Rfc8 24.Bb4 
   (24.Ne1–/+) 
24...ab4 
   (24...Rb4 25.Kd2 Rcc4 26.Qa3–+) 
25.Rb4? 
   (better is 25.Nd2!? Qc6 26.Nc4 dc4 27.Rb4 Qh1 28.Kd2 Qh3 29.Qc3+=) 
25...Rb4–+ 26.Qb4 Qf1 27.Ne1 Qh3 
   (27...Qf2!? 28.Qd2 Qh4 29.Rb3–+) 
28.f3–/+ Qh2 29.Qb7 Rf8 30.Rb2 Qf4 31.Qa7 f5 32.Rb7 Qg5 33.Qb6 Re8 34.Qc6 
Qd8 35.Rd7 Qa8 36.Qd6?? 
   (better is 36.Qc7 Qa4 37.Nc2+–) 
36...Nf7 
   (better is 36...Qa1 37.Ke2 Qa2 (37...Qd4 38.Rd8 Qb2 39.Kd1 Qb1 40.Kd2 Qa2 
   41.Kd3 Rd8 42.Qd8 Kf7 43.Qd7 Kg6 44.Qe6 Kg5 45.Qe7 Kf4 46.g5=) 38.Kd1 
   fg4–+) 
37.Qc7+= Rf8 
   (37...Qa1 38.Ke2 Qa2 39.Kf1 Qa6 40.Kf2+=) 
38.gf5= Qa1 39.Ke2 Qb2 
   (39...ef5!? 40.Qa7 Qb2 41.Kf1 Qb5 42.Kf2 Qb4=) 
40.Kf1 
   (better is 40.Nc2 Qb5 41.Kd2+/–) 
40...Qd4? 
   (better is 40...Qa1+=) 
41.fe6+– Ng5? 
   (41...Qc4 42.Qc4 dc4 43.ef7 Rf7+–) 
42.Rg7 Kh8 43.Rg5 Rf3 
   (43...Qc4 44.Qc4 dc4+–) 
44.Nf3 Qd3 
   (44...Qa1 45.Kf2 Qb2 46.Kg3 Qh2 47.Kh2 d4 48.Qc8) 
1–0



(11) Gabetto,Flaviano (2125) – Cazzaniga,Walter (2175)
Corsica op1, 1998
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 
   (4.Be2!?+=) 
4...cb4+= 5.a3 ba3 6.d4 Nc6 7.c3 f6 8.Bd3 Nh6 9.Bh6 gh6 10.Na3 Bg7 11.0–0 
0–0 12.Qe2 
   (12.ef6 Qf6 13.Re1 Qf4=) 
12...fe5+= 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.de5 Qg5 15.Rae1 Bd7 16.g3 Rac8 17.f4 Qe7 18.Nb1 
Be8 
   (18...a5 19.Rf2+=) 
19.g4 White prepares the advance f5 19...h5 20.f5 
   (20.gh5 Qh4 Decoy) 
20...Qg5 21.f6 Bh6 
   (21...Qg4?! 22.Qg4 hg4 23.fg7 Rf1 24.Rf1 Kg7 25.Rf6=) 
22.Rf2 Kh8 
   (22...hg4!? 23.c4 dc4 24.Bc4 Bf7–/+) 
23.Rg2+= h4 24.h3 Bg6 25.Rf2 Rf7 26.Bg6 
   (26.Rf3 Kg8–/+) 
26...hg6 27.Qb5 Bf8 28.Kg2 Rc6 29.c4? 
   (29.Qa5 b6 30.Qa4–/+) 
29...d4?? 
   (better is 29...dc4 30.Qa5 Rc5–+) 
30.Nd2+= a6 
   (30...Qh6 31.Re4 Bc5 32.Nf3=) 
31.Qa4 
   (31.Qb3 Qh6=) 
31...Kg8 
   (31...d3!? 32.Re4 Bc5=) 
32.Nf3+= Qf4 33.Nh4 Qh6 34.Nf3 Rh7 35.h4 White plans g5 35...Qf4 36.g5 
   (better is 36.Nh2!? Qh6 37.Nf3=) 
36...d3–/+ 37.Kf1 0–1



(12) Gabetto,Flaviano (2155) – Everet,Alexandor (2130)
Corsico op, 1996
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 e6 4.a3 ba3 5.c3 d5 
   (5...Nf6 6.Bd3 d5 (6...Be7 7.Na3 a6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nb5 0–0 10.Nf3 Nc6 
   11.0–0 Rb8 12.c4 Ndb4 13.Nd6 Bd6 14.ed6 Qf6 15.Bg5 1–0 marre–oppo/
   internet 2010) 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Ba3 Ba3 9.Na3 a6 10.Nb5 0–0 11.Nh3 Qh4 
   12.0–0 Nc6 13.f4 f6 14.Nc7 pcmvr (2735)–diggitus (2325)/
   net–chess.com 2007) 
6.e5 Nc6N 
   (6...Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.Bd3 h5 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Nh6 11.Ba3 Ba3 12.Na3 Qe7 
   13.0–0 Bd7 14.Rfb1 b6 15.Nb5 0–0 16.Qe3 Nf5 17.Bf5 ef5 18.Nc7 Rac8 
   19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Qh6 f6 21.Qg6 marekt–akbardoc/chessworld.net 2008/1–0
   ; 
   6...a2 7.Ra2 Ne7 8.Nf3+=) 
7.Bd3 
   (7.Nf3 f6 (7...a2 8.Ra2 Nge7 9.Bd3 f6 10.Na3 fe5 11.de5 g6) 8.Ba3 
   Ba3 9.Na3 Nge7 10.Bd3 fe5 11.de5 0–0) 
7...Bd7 
   (7...a2 8.Ra2 Nge7 9.Nf3 f6 10.Na3 fe5 11.de5 Kf7; 
   7...Nge7 8.Ba3 (8.Nf3 Nf5 9.Ba3 Ba3 10.Na3 0–0 11.0–0 Nh4) 8...Ng6 (
   8...b6 9.Bd6 f6 10.Nf3 Ng6 11.Bf8 Rf8; 8...a5 9.Nf3 b6 10.Qe2 Bd7 
   11.0–0 a4) 9.Bf8 Nf8 10.Na3 Nd7 11.Nb5 0–0) 
8.Nf3 
   (8.Na3 Qc8 (8...Nge7 9.Nf3 Ng6 10.0–0 Be7 11.Rb1 b6; 8...a6 9.Nf3 
   b5 10.0–0 h6 11.Nc2 Na5) 9.Ne2 f6 10.ef6 Nf6 11.Bf4 Nh5) 
8...g6 
   (8...Be7 9.Ba3 Qc7 (9...f6 10.0–0 Qc7 11.Re1 b6) 10.0–0= a6 11.Nbd2 
   Ba3; 
   8...f6 9.Nh4 Qc8 10.Qh5 Kd8 11.Ba3 Be8) 
9.0–0 Bh6 
   (9...f6 10.Ba3 fe5 11.Bf8 Kf8 12.de5=) 
10.Na3 a6 
   (10...Bf8 11.Bg5 Be7) 
11.Nc2 
   (11.Bh6 Nh6 12.c4 f6=; 
   11.c4 g5) 
11...Bc1 12.Qc1 Qe7 
   (12...Qc7 13.Qb2=) 
13.Qb2+= Nd8 14.Qc1 Rc8 
   (14...Nc6 15.Qe3+=) 
15.Qd2 h5 16.Ne3 Nh6 17.c4 Bc6 
   (17...Ng4 18.c5+=) 
18.cd5 
   (18.Rfc1 Qd7+/–) 
18...ed5 
   (18...Bd5 19.Nd5 ed5 20.Rfc1 Rc1 21.Rc1+=) 
19.Rfc1 
   (19.Ra5 Qe6+/–) 
19...Qd7+= 20.Ng5 
   (20.h3 Ne6+=) 
20...Ne6 21.Ne6 Qe6 22.f4 0–0 23.f5 gf5 24.Rf1 Bd7 
   (24...f4 25.Rf4 f6 26.Nf5 fe5 27.Nh6 Kh8 28.Rf5+–) 
25.Nf5 Nf5 26.Bf5 Qf5 27.Rf5 Bf5 28.Qg5 Bg6 29.e6 Rc6 30.Re1 Kg7 
   (better is 30...Re8!? 31.ef7 Kf7 32.Qd5 Kf8 33.Rf1 Ke7+/–) 
31.e7 Re8 32.Qd5 f6 33.Qd7 Rb6 
   (33...Rc4 34.d5 (34.Qb7?! Rd4 35.Qa6 Rd7+–) 34...Rd4 35.d6+–) 
34.d5 a5 
   (34...Rb5 35.d6 Rb2 36.Qd8+–) 
35.d6 Rc6 
   (35...Ra6+–) 
36.Qb7 
   (better is 36.Qd8! Rd6 37.Qd6+–) 
36...Rd6 37.Qc7 Ra6 38.Qb7 Rd6 39.Qc7 Ra6 40.Qb7 
   (better is 40.Qc5+/–) 
Rd6= ½–½



(13) Gabetto,Flaviano (2125) – Bemporad,Filippo (2070)
Gorgonzola op 9th, 2004
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d6 4.a3 ba3 5.c3 
   (5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Na3 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Rb1 b6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Re1 0–0 
   12.Nc4 d5 13.e5 Nfd7 14.Nd6 Bd6 15.ed6 Nf6 16.Ba3 Nbd7 17.Re3 Re8 
   18.Bb5 a6 19.Bc6 Rb8 marekt–pafcontour/internet 2012/1–0; 
   5.c4 g6 6.Na3 Bg7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Bd3 0–0 10.Nc2 a6 11.d5 Na7 
   12.Rb1 Ng4 13.Bb6 Qd7 14.Qd2 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.0–0 f5 17.ef5 gf5 18.f4 
   Bg7 19.Qe3 Nc6 panainte (1830)–nageljani/kurnik 2012/1–0) 
5...Nf6N 
   (5...e6 6.Bd3 Nf6 (6...Nd7 7.f4 Qc7 8.Ba3 Ngf6 9.Nf3 Ng4 10.Qe2 Be7 
   11.h3 Nh6 12.0–0 0–0 13.g4 Kh8 14.e5 Nb6 15.Qe4 g6 16.Nbd2 d5 17.Qe2 
   Ba3 18.Ra3 Kg7 19.Rc1 Qe7 20.Rb3 Bd7 21.c4 danielprevost 
   (1855)–gutmann58/kurnik 2011/1–0) 7.f4 Be7 8.Nf3 0–0 9.0–0 Nc6 
   10.Na3 Bd7 11.Qe1 Rc8 12.e5 Ne8 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh7 Bh4 15.g3 f5 16.Nf8 
   Kf8 17.gh4 Ne7 18.Bd2 h5 19.Qg3 Ng8 20.Nc4 danielprevost 
   (1790)–khemazf/kurnik 2011/1–0; 
   5...Nc6 6.Bd3 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.0–0 0–0 10.Qe1 Bg4 11.Qh4 Bf3 
   12.Rf3 Qa5 13.Ra3 Qh5 14.Qf2 Ng4 15.Qg3 a6 16.h3 Nf6 17.Nd2 Rac8 
   18.Nc4 Nd7 19.Ne3 Nd4 20.cd4 danielprevost (1740)–bird68 (1610)/
   kurnik 2011/0–1 (32)) 
6.Bd3 g6 7.Ne2 Bg7 8.h3 Nc6 9.Be3 0–0 10.Qd2 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.Ra3 Qc7 
13.Qa2 b6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.c4 Nc5 16.Ba5 Nd3 17.Rd3 ba5 18.0–0 f5 19.ef5 Bf5 
20.Ra3 Rfc8 21.Nd2 Bh6 22.Ng3 Rf8 23.Nde4 Bf4 24.Ra5 Rf7 25.Ra6 Bg3 
26.Ng3 Bd3 Attacks the backward pawn on c4 27.Rc6 Qe7 28.Re1 Raf8 
29.f3 Rf4 30.c5 Bc4 
   (30...dc5 31.d6 Qf7 32.Qf7 R8f7 33.Re5+= (33.Rc5?! Rd4=)) 
31.cd6 
   (31.Qa1 Rf3 32.cd6 Qh4 33.Qe5 Rg3=) 
31...Qh4 
   (31...Ba2?? 32.de7 Re8 33.d6+– (worse is 33.Re5 Bd5 34.Rd5 Re7+–)) 
32.Rc4 
   (32.Qf2 Bd5 33.Rc7 R4f6 34.Re5 Rd6 35.Ra7 Qf4+/–) 
32...Qg3 
   (32...Rc4 33.Kh2 Ra8 34.Re5+=) 
33.Rf1 
   (33.Re3 Rf3 34.Rf3 Rf3 35.Rc8 Kg7 36.Qa7 Kh6+=) 
33...Rf3 
   (33...e4 34.Qf2 Qf2 35.Rf2 e3+=) 
34.Rf3+= Rf3 35.Re4 
   (35.Rc8!? Kg7 36.Qa7 Kh6 37.Rc1+=) 
35...Rd3 36.Qe2 Rd5 37.Qc4 Qd3 38.Qc8 Kf7 39.Qd7 Kf6 40.Qe7 Kf5 41.Re1 
   (better is 41.Rg4!? Qe3 42.Kh2+/–) 
41...Qd4+= 42.Kh1 Rd6 43.Qf7 Kg5 44.Qe7 Kf5 45.Rf1 Ke4 46.Qb7 Ke3?? 
   (better is 46...Qd5 47.Qh7 Qa5+=) 
47.Qf3+– 
   (47.Qf3 Kd2 48.Rd1 Kc2 49.Qe2 Kc3 50.Rc1 Kb4 51.Rb1 Ka3 52.Qf3 Qd3 
   53.Qb7 Qb1 54.Qb1+–) 
1–0



(14) Gabetto,Flaviano (2120) – Martinez,Rolly (2410)
Milan Crespi op, 2006
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 e6 4.a3 d5 5.e5 ba3 6.c3 Bd7 7.Na3 Ne7 8.Bd3 a6 
9.Ne2 Nbc6 10.0–0N 
   (10.h4 Na5 11.h5 Nec6 12.Rb1 b5 13.Nc2 f6 14.Nf4 Qe7 15.Qg4 0–0–0 
   16.Qe2 fe5 17.Bb5 ab5 18.Qb5 Be8 19.Qa6 Kc7 20.Nb4 ef4 21.Bf4 e5 
   22.Nc6 Bc6 23.Qa5 Kd7 24.Be5 Ke8 Mariotti,S (2495)–Larsen,B (2625)/
   Milan 1975/0–1 (37)) 
10...Na5 11.f4 h5 12.f5 
   (12.Nb1!?+=) 
12...Nf5–/+ 13.Bf5 ef5 14.Nf4 Be6 15.Qa4 b5 16.Nb5 ab5 17.Qb5 Bd7 18.Qd5 
Bc6 19.Qd8 Kd8 20.d5 Nc4 21.Rb1 Be8 22.Nd3 f6 23.e6 g5 24.h4 f4 25.hg5 
fg5 26.Nf4 gf4 27.Bf4 Bd6 28.Rb7?! 
   (28.Bd6 Nd6 29.Ra1 Ra1 30.Ra1 h4–+) 
28...Kc8 
   (better is 28...Ra5!? 29.Bd6 Nd6 30.Rg7–+) 
29.Rg7 Rf8 30.g3 Ra5 31.Rb1 
   (31.Rg5 Bc5 32.Kh1 Be7–+) 
31...Rd5 32.Rbb7 
   (32.Bd6 Nd6 33.Ra1 Bc6–+) 
32...Rf4 
   (better is 32...Ne5 33.Rb1–+) 
33.gf4 Bf4 34.Rb4 
   (34.Rbe7 Kd8 35.Rb7 Nd6 36.Rb8 Nc8–+) 
34...Be3 35.Kh2 Nd6 36.Rg8 
   (36.Rb2 Bf4 37.Kg1 Rd1 38.Kf2 Ne4 39.Kf3 Be5–+) 
36...Kc7 
   (36...Re5 37.Kg3–+) 
37.Rg7 Kc6 38.Rb8 Re5 39.Re7 Bb6 
   (39...Bb6 40.Rbe8 Ne8 41.Re8 Kd5–+) 
0–1



(15) Gabetto,Flaviano (2050) – Montaruli,Roberto
Robecchetto op, 1999
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.b4 
   (better is 3.Nc3!?+=) 
3...cb4+= 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 b6 6.0–0 Ba6 7.a3 Bd3 8.Qd3 d5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.ab4 
Bb4 11.c3 Be7 12.c4 dc4?? 
   (better is 12...Nc6+=) 
13.Qe4+/– Na6 14.Ra6 Qc8 15.Ra1 f5 
   (15...b5 16.Na3 Rb8 17.Nc2+/–) 
16.Qc2 b5 17.Nc3 a6 
   (17...b4!? 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nd6 Bd6 20.ed6 0–0+/–) 
18.d5+– ed5 
   (18...0–0 19.Rd1+–) 
19.Nd5 
   (19.Qf5?! Nc5 20.Qc8 Rc8 21.Nd5 Bd8+–) 
19...Qc6 20.Ne7 Ke7 21.Nd4 Qd5 
   (21...Qg6 22.Ba3 Kd8 23.e6+–) 
22.Nf5 Kd8 23.Bg5 Kc7 24.Rad1 Qe5 
   (24...Qe6 25.Rfe1 Nc5 26.Rd6+– (26.Ng7?! Qg6 27.Qd2 Nd3+–)) 
25.Rfe1 Qc5 
   (25...Qe1 26.Re1 Rhe8 27.Bf4 Kb6 28.Re8 Re8 29.Qd2+–) 
26.Re7 
   (26.Bf4 Ne5 27.Re5 g5 28.Rc5 Kb7 29.Qe4 Kb6 30.Qc6 Ka5 31.Rc4 bc4 
   32.Bd2 c3 33.Bc3) 
26...Rad8 
   (26...Qe7 27.Ne7 Raf8 28.Qe4 Nc5 29.Qe5 Kb6 30.Rd6 Ka5 31.Bd2 Ka4 
   32.Qb2 c3 33.Qa2 Kb4 34.Nd5) 
27.Rg7 
   (better is 27.Bf4 Kb6 28.Be3 Qe3 29.fe3 Nc5+–) 
27...Qe5 28.Bd8 Rd8 29.Re7 Qc5 30.Qe4 c3 
   (30...Qc6 31.Qe5 Kb6 32.Qg7+–) 
31.Ne3 
   (better is 31.Qe6 Qe7 32.Ne7 c2 33.Qd6 Kb7+–) 
31...Qc6 32.Qh7 
   (better is 32.Qf4 Kb7 33.Rd6 Qc7+–) 
32...Kc8 33.Qf5 b4 
   (33...a5 34.Re6 Qc5 35.Qf3+–) 
34.Re6 
   (better is 34.Nc4! c2 35.Rdd7 Rd7 36.Rd7 Qd7 37.Nb6 Kb7 38.Qd7 Kb6 39.Qd4 Kb5 
   40.Qd3 Kb6 41.Qc2 Kb5+–) 
34...Qa4 35.Qd5 b3 36.Rc6 
   (36.Qa8 Nb8 37.Rd8 Kd8 38.Qb8 Kd7 39.Qe8 Kc7 40.Nd5 Kb7 41.Rb6 Ka7 
   42.Qb8) 
36...Kb8+– 37.Rc3 1–0



(16) Gabetto,Flaviano (2120) – Sgnaolin,Davide (2140)
Milan Crespi op, 2006
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 Nf6 4.f3 
   (4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 d6 6.0–0 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.f4 0–0 9.Kh1 Bg4 10.Bb2 Nd7 
   11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Rb1 Nd3 13.Qd3 d5 14.e5 Qd7 15.Ng3 f6 16.Nh4 fe5 17.de5 
   e6 18.h3 Qe7 Jurkovic,H (2370)–Dvoirys,S (2590)/Oberwart op 1999/0–1 
   (35)) 
4...e6N 
   (4...g6 5.a3 ba3 6.Na3 Bg7 7.e5 Nd5 8.c4 Nc7 9.f4 0–0 10.Nf3 d6 11.d5 
   Nd7 12.Bb2 Nc5 13.Be2 a6 14.0–0 Rb8 15.Kh1 b5 16.cb5 ab5 17.ed6 ed6 
   18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qd2 antique (1900)–poetepe42 (1850)/kurnik 2012/0–1 
   (37)) 
5.a3 ba3 6.c3 d6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Be3 Be7 9.Ne2 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.Na3 Rb8 
12.c4 e5 13.d5 Qc7 14.Ng3 g6 15.Kh1 Nc5 16.Bh6 Re8 17.h4 Bd7 18.Bc2 b5 
19.cb5 ab5 20.h5 
   (better is 20.Bb3–+) 
20...b4 
   (20...Nh5?! 21.Nh5 gh5 22.Rb1–+; 
   20...gh5?! 21.Qd2 Kh8 22.f4–/+) 
21.hg6 hg6 22.Nc4 b3 23.Bb1 Bb5 24.Nb2 Bf1 25.Nf1 Rec8 26.Nd2 Ncd7 
27.Ndc4 Nb6 28.Bd3 Nc4 29.Bc4 Qc5 30.Qe2 Nh5 31.Kh2 g5 32.g3 
   (32.Qd2 Qd4 33.Bg5 Bg5 (33...Rc4 34.Nc4 Qa1 35.Be7–+) 34.Qg5 Ng7–+ 
  ) 
32...Kh7 33.f4 
   (33.Bg5 Bg5 34.f4 Nf4 35.gf4 Bf4 36.Kh1 Qe3 37.Qe3 Be3–+) 
33...Kh6 34.Rh1 Rh8 
   (better is 34...Nf6 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.fg5 Nd7–+) 
35.fe5 
   (35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Rh5 Rh5 37.Qh5–+) 
35...Kg7 36.Kg2 Ng3! 37.Rh8 
   (37.Kg3 Rh1 Discovered attack (37...Rh1 Deflection; 
   37...Rh1 Overloading)) 
37...Rh8 
   (better is 37...Ne2 38.Be2 Rh8 39.Nc4–+) 
38.Qf3 
   (38.Qd1 Rh1 39.Bb3 Rd1 40.Nd1 Ne4–+) 
38...Qd4 
   (38...Rh1 39.Qg3 Rg1 40.Kf3 Rg3 41.Kg3 Qg1 42.Kf3 g4 43.Ke2 Qg2 
   44.Kd3 Qc2 45.Kd4 de5 46.Ke5 Qc3 47.Kf5 Qf3 48.Ke5 Qf6) 
39.Kg3 
   (39.Nd1 Qc4 40.Ne3 Qd4 41.Kg3 Qe5 42.Kf2 b2–+) 
39...Qg1 40.Qg2 Qe3 
   (40...Qe3 41.Qf3 Rh3 42.Kh3 Qf3 43.Kh2 g4 44.Nd1 Qh3 45.Kg1 g3 46.Bb3 
   Bd8 47.Ne3 Qh2 48.Kf1 Qf2) 
0–1



(17) Gabetto,Flaviano (2050) – Rossi,Giampiero (2020)
Robecchetto op, 1999
1.e4 c5 
   (1...e5=) 
2.b4 
   (better is 2.Nf3!?+=) 
2...cb4+= 3.d4 d5 4.e5 e6 5.a3 Nc6 6.ab4 Bb4 7.c3 Bf8 8.Bd3 Nh6 9.Nf3 Nf5 
10.0–0 Be7 11.g4 
   (11.Ba3 0–0=) 
11...Nh4 12.Nh4 Bh4 13.f4 Be7 14.Ba3 a6 15.Be7 Qe7 16.Na3 Rb8 17.Nc2 Bd7 
18.Ne3 g6 
   (18...Ra8 19.f5+=) 
19.g5= h5 20.gh6 
   (20.Be2 0–0=) 
20...Rh6 21.Ng4 Rh8 22.Nf6 Kd8 23.Qb3 Be8 24.Qa2 Qc7 25.Qb2 Na5 
   (25...Na7!?–/+) 
26.Qa3 Nc4 27.Bc4 Qc4 28.Rf2 
   (better is 28.Qd6!? Kc8 29.Ne8 Re8 30.Ra5=) 
28...Bb5 29.Rc1 Qc7 30.Rf3 Qe7 31.Qa2 Rc8 32.Rb1 Kc7 33.Rb5 
   (better is 33.Qg2!?–/+) 
33...ab5–+ 34.Qa5 Kc6 35.c4? 
   (35.Qa1–+) 
35...bc4 36.Qa4 Kc7 37.Qa5 b6 38.Qa7 Kd8 39.Qb6 Qc7 40.Qb5 Rb8 41.Rh3 Rf8 
   (41...Rb5?? 42.Rh8 Ke7 43.Re8) 
42.Qa4 Rb1 
   (42...Qb7 43.Rf3–+) 
43.Kf2 
   (43.Kg2 Rb2 44.Kf1 Qb7 45.Qa5 Rb6–+) 
43...Rb2 
   (43...Qb7 44.Qa5 Qb6 45.Qb6 Rb6 46.Ra3 Rb2 47.Ke1–+) 
44.Kg3 Rb3 
   (better is 44...Rb7!? 45.Kg4 Qb6 46.Qa8 Rb8 47.Qa3–+) 
45.Kg4 Rh3 46.Qa8 ½–½



(18) Gabetto,Flaviano (2135) – Salmoiraghi,Angelo (1820)
Lombardia–ch, 2005
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cb4 5.a3 Nc6 6.ab4 Bb4 7.c3 Bf8 8.d4 Nge7 
   (8...Bd7 9.Bd3 h6 10.h4 a6 11.h5 Na7 12.Na3 Ne7 13.Nh4 Bc6 14.Qe2 b5 
   15.f4 Bd7 16.Nc2 Qc8 17.Bd2 Nf5 18.Nf5 ef5 19.Ne3 Be6 20.g4 g6 21.hg6 
   fg6 22.gf5 gf5 23.Bf5 Drazic,S (2310)–Giocastro,A/Catania op 1990/
   1–0 (31)) 
9.Bd3 
   (9.Na3 Bd7 10.Bd3 Ng6 11.h4 Be7 12.Kf1 Nf8 13.Rh3 h5 14.Rg3 g6 15.Ng5 
   a6 16.Rf3 Bg5 17.Bg5 Qc8 18.Qb1 Rh7 19.Qb6 Qb8 20.c4 Bc8 21.cd5 ed5 
   22.Rc1 Be6 23.Nc2 Qa7 Llaneza Vega,M (2410)–Ning,K (1705)/1st 
   Zhongfu Open 2015/1–0 (38)) 
9...g6 10.h4N 
   (10.Na3 a6 11.Nb5 Nf5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Be7 Nce7 14.g4 Bd7 15.gf5 Bb5 
   16.fg6 fg6 17.Bb5 ab5 18.Ng5 Ra1 19.Qa1 Qc8 20.Qa5 0–0 21.0–0 Rf5 
   22.f4 h6 23.Nh3 Kf7 24.Qb4 Rh5 Deus Filho,J (2020)–De Moura,R/
   Cordeiropolis BRA, 3rd Open 2013/1–0 (52)) 
10...h5 11.Ng5 Nf5 12.Na3 a6 13.Nc2 Bh6 14.Qf3 Qc7 15.Bf5 gf5 16.Qh5 Ne5 
   (16...b5 17.Rh3 Bg7 18.Nh7=) 
17.de5 Qe5 
   (better is 17...Bg7!? 18.Qe2 Qc3 19.Kd1 Qe5+=) 
18.Kd1+/– Bg5 
   (18...Qf6!? 19.Qf3 Bg7+/–) 
19.Qg5+– Bd7 
   (better is 19...b6+–) 
20.Ba3 f6 21.Qg6 Kd8 22.Re1 Qc3 
   (22...Qf4 23.Qf6 Kc7+–) 
23.Re3 Qc4 
   (23...Qa1 24.Na1 Kc7+–) 
24.Qf6 Kc7 25.Rc3 
   (25.Rc3 b5 26.Rc4 dc4 27.Nd4+–) 
1–0



(19) Gabetto,Flaviano (2120) – Delorme,Axel (2415)
Pavia Italy, Open, 2009
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cb4 5.a3 Nc6 6.ab4 Bb4 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 f6 
9.Bd3 fe5 10.Ne5 
   (10.de5 Qc7 11.Bf4 Bd8 12.Na3 a6 13.Nb5 ab5 14.Ra8 Na5 15.Bb5 Bd7 
   16.Bd7 Kd7 17.0–0 Ne7 18.Nd4 Nec6 19.Qa4 h6 20.Rb1 Rf8 21.Bg3 Ke7 
   22.Nb5 Qb6 23.Qa3 Kf7 24.Nd6 Kg8 zenegblues (1810)–anhvuhp (1765)/
   kurnik 2014/1–0) 
10...Nf6 11.f4N 
   (11.0–0 0–0 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.de5 Nd7 14.Qh5 g6 15.Bg6 hg6 16.Qg6 Kh8 
   17.Ra4 Rf5 18.Qh6 Kg8 19.Qe6 Rf7 20.Rg4 Bg5 21.Qd5 Kf8 22.e6 Rg7 
   23.Ba3 Be7 24.Qf5 1–0 Berg,E (2600)–Eriksson,J (2400)/ch–SWE Master 
   Elite 2011; 
   11.Bg5 Ne5 12.de5 Ne4 13.Be7 Qe7 14.Be4 de4 15.Qd4 0–0 16.Qe4 Bd7 
   17.Qe3 Bb5 18.Nd2 Qc7 19.f4 Rad8 20.Ne4 Rd3 21.Qc5 Qc5 22.Nc5 Re3 
   23.Kf2 Re5 24.Nb7 Rf4 25.Kg3 Rf6 Reinderman,D (2410)–Glek,I (2520)/
   Groningen op 1992/0–1) 
11...0–0 12.0–0 Ne5 13.fe5 Ne4 14.Rf8 Qf8 15.Qe1 Bd7 16.Be4 de4 17.Nd2 
Bc6 18.Ne4 Qf5 19.Ng3 
   (19.Nd6 Qg4 20.Ra2 b5=) 
19...Qc2+= 20.Qd2 Qb3 21.Ra2 a5 22.Qc2 
   (22.Rb2!? Qc4 23.Nf1+=) 
22...Qc2–/+ 23.Rc2 a4 24.Ra2 Bd5 25.Ra1 a3 26.Nf1 b5 27.Ne3 Be4 28.Kf2 a2 
29.c4 b4 30.Nf1 b3 31.Nd2 Bc2 32.c5 Ra4 33.Bb2 Kf8 34.g3 Ke8 35.h4 Kd7 
36.Ke3 g5 37.Rh1 gh4 38.gh4 Bd8 39.Rg1? 
   (better is 39.Ne4–+) 
39...Bh4 40.Nf3 
   (40.Ne4 Be4 41.Ke4 Kc6–+) 
40...Be7 41.c6 
   (41.Rg7–+) 
41...Kc6 42.d5 
   (42.Ba1 Ba3 43.Kd2 Bb1 44.Rc1 Kd7–+) 
Kd5 0–1

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