6.Ba1 Qb4 7.Bc3 Qb6 8.e3 d5 9.Nf3 f6 10.d4 Bg4 (10...Nh6 11.Nbd2=) 11.Be2 Nd7 12.h3 Bh5 (12...Bf5 13.Nbd2 e6 14.0-0=) 13.0-0+= e5 14.de5 (14.g4 Bg6 15.de5+=) 14...fe5 (14...Bf3!? 15.e6 Be2 16.ed7 Kd7 17.Qe2 Kc7=) 15.Nbd2 e4 16.Nd4 (16.Ng5!? Be2 17.Qe2+=) 16...Be2= 17.Qe2 Ngf6 18.Nf5 (18.Rb1 Qc5 19.Ba1=) 18...Be7 (better 18...g6!? 19.Nd4 Qc5=+) 19.f3+= 0-0?? (19...Qc5 20.Bd4 Qc2 21.fe4 g6 (21...Ne4? 22.Ng7 Kd8 23.Ne6 Kc8 24.Bh8 Nd2 25.Nd4+-) 22.Ng7 Kd8+=) 20.fe4?? (better 20.Ne7 Kh8 21.Bd4+-) 20...Ne4?? (better 20...Bd8 21.e5 g6+/-) 21.Ne4 (21.Ne7 Kh8 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Qg4 Ng5 24.Qg5 Kh8 25.Rf8 Nf8 26.Qe5) 21...de4 (21...Rf5 22.Rf5 g6+-) 22.Ne7 Kh8 23.Rf8 (23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qg4 Kh6 25.Rf6 Nf6 26.Nf5) 23...Nf8 24.Qc4 Qd8 (24...Qe3 25.Kh1 Ne6 26.Qe6 Qc1 27.Be1 Qe1 28.Kh2 Qh1 29.Kh1 e3 30.Qc8) 25.Qg8 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (1890) - kurzeme (1910), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.b5 d5 7.e3= Nd7 8.Nf3 f6 (8...Ngf6 9.Be2=) 9.d4+= e6 10.Nbd2 (10.c4 cb5 11.cd5 ed5+=) 10...cb5= 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.e4 Ne7 13.e5 fe5 14.de5 Bc5 15.0-0 0-0 16.Nb3 Nf5 17.g4 (17.Bf5 Rf5 18.Bd4 b4+=) 17...Ne7 (17...Nh4 18.Be2-/+) 18.Nc5 Nc5 (worse 18...Qc5 19.Ng5 Qb4 20.Ne6+/-) 19.Bd4 Qc6 20.Ng5 Nd3 21.Qd3 Ng6 22.f4 Qc4 (22...Rf4?? 23.Rf4 Nf4 24.Qh7 Kf8 25.Qh8 Ke7 26.Qg7 Kd8 27.Qf8 Kc7 28.Qf7 Bd7 29.Qf4 Qc2 30.h3+-) 23.Qe3 (23.Ne6!? Be6 24.f5=+) 23...h6 (23...Qc2!? 24.Rc1 Qa4-/+) 24.Nh3=+ Qc2 25.Rc1 Qe4 Can f4 get defended? 26.Qe4 de4 27.Rc7 b6 28.Kf2 b4 (28...Nf4 29.Nf4 Rf4 30.Ke3=+) 29.Ke3= b3 30.Ke4 (30.f5 A) 30...ef5 31.e6 Rd8 32.gf5 Be6 33.Rg7 (33.fe6? Rd4 34.Nf4 Nh4-+; 33.fg6?! Bh3 34.Rg7 Kf8+=) 33...Kf8 34.fe6+- (34.Rg6?! Rd4 35.Kd4 b2+=); B) 30...Ba6=) 30...Ba6 31.f5 (31.Bb6 b2 32.Kf3 b1Q 33.Ra7 Ne5 34.Kg3 Qb3 35.Be3 Qe3 36.Kh4 Ng6 37.Kh5 Qh3 38.Kg6 Qg4) 31...ef5 32.gf5 Nh4 33.f6 gf6 34.ef6 Bc4?? (better 34...Rf7 35.Rc3 Bb7 36.Kf4 Rd7 37.Rg3 Kf7=) 35.Rc4 (better 35.Rg7!? Kh8 36.f7 Rd8 37.Rg8 Kh7 38.Rd8 Bf7+-) 35...Re8 36.Kf4 Kf7 (36...Ng2 37.Kg3 Ne3 38.Rc7 Nf5 39.Kf4 Nd4 40.f7 Kf8 41.fe8R (41.fe8B?! Ne6 42.Ke5 Nc7+-; 41.fe8N? b2 42.Ng7 b1Q-+) 41...Ke8 42.Rc4+-) 37.Rc7 Ke6 38.Rb7 (38.Kg4 Ng6 39.Kh5 Nf8 40.Kh6 Kf5+-) 38...Ng6 39.Ke4 Kd6 40.Kf5 (better 40.Kd3 Ne5 41.Be5 Re5 42.Rb6 Kc5 43.Rb3+-) 40...Kd5 (40...Nh4 41.Kg4 Re4 42.Kh5 Rd4 43.f7 Rd5 44.Kh4+-) 41.Bb2 (better 41.Kg6 Kd4 42.Rb6+- (42.Kh6?! Re6 43.Rd7 Kc3 44.Rd3 Kc2+-)) 41...Ne5 (41...Kc6 42.Rh7 Nh4 43.Kg4+-) 42.Rb6 (better 42.Re7 Nf7 43.Re8 Nd6 44.Kg6 Ne8+-) 42...Nc4 (42...Nf7 43.Rb3 Kc4 44.Rc3 Kb5 45.Kg6+-) 43.Rb3 Ne3 (43...Rc8 44.f7 Nd6 45.Kg6 Nf7 46.Rd3 Ke4 47.Nf2 (47.Kf7?! Kd3 48.Nf2 Ke3+/-) 47...Kf4 48.Kf7+-) 44.Kg6 (better 44.Re3!? Re3 45.Nf4 Kc4+-) 44...Rg8 45.Kf7 Rg2 46.Nf4 Ke4 47.Ng2 (47.Ng2 Ng2 48.Kg7+-) 1-0. Shuvalov,E (2180) - Martins,Ca1 (2230), Titled Tuesday, 2020.

6.Bc3 c5 7.bc5+= Qc5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.e3 Nd5 10.Bd4 Qc6? (10...Qa5!?+=) 11.Be2 (11.Ne5!? Qh6 12.Bc4 e6 13.Bd5 ed5+–) 11...f6+/– 12.0-0 e5 13.Bc3 (13.c4 Nb6 14.Bb6 Qb6+/–) 13...Bb4 (better is 13...Na6!?+=) 14.Bb4+– Nb4 15.Na3 Rg8? (better is 15...N8a6!?+/–) 16.Bb5 Qc5 17.Ne1 (better is 17.d4!? Qc3 18.Nc4 N8c6 19.de5 d5 20.ed6 Be6 21.d7 Kd8+–) 17...b6 18.Qh5 Kf8 19.Qh7 Ba6 20.Ba6 N8a6 21.Nb1 Nc6 (21...Nd5 22.Nf3+/–) 22.Qe4 (22.Nc3!? Qd6 23.Nf3 Qa3+–) 22...d5 23.Qg4 Ke7 24.Nd3 (24.Nc3 Nab4 25.Nd3 Nd3 26.cd3+/–) 24...Qd6? (better is 24...Qc2 25.Qe2 Nc5 26.Nc5 Qc5+= (worse is 26...bc5 27.Qa6 Nb8 28.Qb7 Nd7 29.Nc3+–)) 25.Nc3+– Nc5 Black plans e4 26.Nb5 (26.Rb1!? Nd3 27.cd3 d4+–) 26...Qe6 Black prepares e4 27.Qf3 Nd3 28.cd3 e4 29.Qg3 Qe5 30.Qh3 f5 (30...d4!? 31.Rb1 Rd8+–) 31.d4+– Qf6 32.Nc7 Rd8 33.Rb1 g5?? (better is 33...Rd7 34.Nb5 Qe6+–) 34.Rb6 Rd6 (34...Rd7 35.Na6 Kd8+–) 35.Qh7 Qf7 (35...Kf8 36.Nb5 Re6 37.Qd7+–) 36.Qf7 (better is 36.Nd5 Kf8 37.Qh8 Qg8 38.Qg8 Kg8 39.Ne7 Ne7 40.Rd6+–) 36...Kf7 37.Nd5! Ke6 (37...Rd5 38.Rc6 Deflection (38.Rc6 Overloading)) 38.Nc3 Nb4 (38...Ne7 39.Rd6 Kd6 40.Kf1+–) 39.d5! Ke5 (39...Nd5 40.Nd5 Combination) 40.f4! gf4 41.ef4 Kf4 (41...Kf4 42.Rd6 Nd3+–). arti000 – lukasiuk, kurnik, 2014.

6.Nc3 Qb4+= 7.e4 Nf6 8.e5 Ng8 9.Nf3 d5 10.ed6 ed6 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.0-0 Be7 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Rb1 Qa5 15.Nd4 Bc8 ½–½. Nozdrin,Alexander V (2160) – Nemov,Anton, Privolzhskogo FO–ch U18, 2004. (=1.a3 c6 2.b4 a5 3.Bb2 ab4 4.ab4 Ra1 5.Ba1 Qb6)

6.c4 Qa6?! 7.Bc3 Qc4 8.e3! Schuehler.

6.c4 d5 7.Qb3 e6 (7...dc4 8.Qc4 Na6 9.b5=+) 8.e3 Nf6 (8...Qb4?? 9.Qb4 Bb4 10.Bg7 dc4 11.Bc4+–) 9.b5 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Be7 11.Be2 0-0 12.Nc3 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Ng5 e5 15.cd5 cb5 16.0-0 (16.f4 Qd6 17.0-0 Rc8+=) 16...h6 17.Nf3 b4 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.d4 (19.Nd1 e4 20.Bf6 Bf6=+) 19...ed4=+ (< 19...bc3 20.dc5 Nd5 21.Ne5=) 20.ed4 Na6 21.Ne4 Nd5 22.Ned2 Rc8 23.Qe4 Be6 24.Bd3 g6 25.Nh4 (25.Ne5 Nc3 26.Bc3 Bd5=) 25...Bh4 (25...Qa2 26.Nb3 Bh4 27.Qh4–/+) 26.Qh4=+ Kg7 27.Nc4? (27.Ne4 g5 28.Qg3 Qc7=) 27...Qd8 (better is 27...Qa2!? 28.Re1 Rc4 29.Bc4 Qc4–+) 28.Qg3=+ Qf6 (28...Qg5 29.Qg5 hg5 30.Nd6=+) 29.Nd6= Rb8 (29...Ra8 30.Be4=) 30.Ne4 Qd8 31.Qe5 Kg8 (31...Kh7 32.Bc4 Nac7 33.Bb2=) 32.Rc1 (32.Nc5 Qf6 33.Qf6 Nf6 34.Ne6 fe6 35.Bg6 Ra8+=) 32...Nac7 33.Nc5 ½–½. Otte,Marco – Dijkstra,Hetser, Wag.ext.4vsASV5, 2002.

6.e3 Na6 7.b5+= Nc7 8.c4 (8.bc6 bc6 9.Nf3 Nf6=) 8...Nf6 9.Nc3 Ne6 (9...cb5 10.Nb5 Nb5 11.cb5=) 10.Nf3+= g6 (10...cb5 11.Nb5 d6 12.Qa4+/–) 11.bc6 bc6 12.Ne4 Bg7 13.Bf6 Bf6 (13...ef6 14.Nd6 Ke7 15.Nc8 Rc8 16.Be2+=) 14.Nf6+/– ef6 15.Be2 0-0 16.0-0 Kg7 (16...d6 17.Qc2+/–) 17.d4 c5 (17...d6 18.Qd3+/–) 18.d5 Ng5 19.Ng5 fg5 20.Qa1 (20.d6 Bb7+/–) 20...f6 21.Rb1 Qa6 (21...Qc7 22.Qb2+/–) 22.Qb2 (22.Qa6 Ba6 23.d6 Kf7+/–) 22...Kf7 (22...Re8 23.Qb5 Qd6 24.Ra1+/–) 23.Qb8 Qa2 24.Bd3 Qa3 (24...Qd2 25.Bf1 f5 26.Qc7+–) 25.Bf1+– Qa2 (25...Qa4 26.Qc7+–) 26.Rb5 Qa3 (26...Ba6 27.Qa7 Rd8 28.Rc5 Bc4 29.Qc7 Bf1 30.Qd8+– (30.Kf1?! Qd2 31.Rc1 Ke7+=)) 27.Qc7 (27...Kg8 28.Rb8+–) 1–0. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Brandt,Michael, T8–02 TSC, 2002.

6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 Nf6 8.g3 e5 9.Bg2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d3 Be6 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.Nge4 (14.e4 Bg4 15.Bf3 Bf3 16.Ngf3 d5=+) 14...Ne4 15.Ne4 d5 16.Nd2 Ra8 17.Nb3 Nf6 18.Na5 Be6 19.Qb1 c5 20.Nb3 (20.c4 Qb4 (20...cb4?! 21.cd5 Bd5 22.Nc4 Bc4 23.dc4–/+) 21.cd5 Nd5 (21...Ra5?! 22.de6 fe6 23.Be5=; 21...Bd5?! 22.Nc4–/+) 22.Qb4 cb4–/+) 20...cb4 21.cb4 Ra4 22.Nc5? (better is 22.Bc3 d4 23.Bd2 Bb4 24.Na1–+) 22...Rb4 23.Na4 Rb1 24.Nb6 Rb6 25.Be5 Rb3 26.Ra1 h5 27.h4 b5 28.Ra7 (28.Ra8 Kh7–+) 28...Rb1 29.Kh2 (29.Bf1 Bc5 30.Ra8 Kh7 31.d4–+) 29...Ng4 30.Kh3 Nf2 31.Kh2 Ng4 32.Kh3 Ne5 33.Kh2 Bc5 34.Bf3 (34.Ra8 Kh7 35.e4–+) 0–1. boa – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

7.Bb2 Qa2 8.Qc1 Nf6 9.d3 d5 10.Nd2 e5 11.Qa1 Qa1 12.Ba1 Bd6 13.c4 (13.Ngf3 b6=+) 13...d4 14.c5 Bc7 15.Ne4? (better 15.f4!? Na6 16.fe5 Be5 17.b5-/+) 15...Ne4-+ 16.de4 0-0 (16...Na6 17.Nf3 Nb4 18.e3 Nc2 19.Kd2 Na1 20.Bc4 de3 21.fe3-+) 17.f3? (better 17.e3 de3 18.Nf3=+) 17...Na6-+ 18.b5 cb5 19.e3 Rd8 (19...de3 20.Bb5 Nc5 21.Bb2-+) 20.Bb5 Nc5 21.ed4 ed4 22.Bc4 d3 23.Kd2?? (better 23.Bc3-+) 23...Bf4 24.Kd1 Bd7 25.g3 (25.Bc3 Ba4 26.Ke1 d2 27.Bd2 Rd2 28.g3-+) 25...Ba4 Black intends d2 26.Ke1 d2 27.Kf2 d1Q 28.gf4 Qa1 29.Ne2 Qb2 (29...Qh1 30.Ke3 Bb3 31.Bd5 Bd5 32.f5 Bb3 33.Ng3 Qh2 34.Kf4 Qh4 35.Ke3 Rd3 36.Ke2 Qh2 37.Ke1 Rd1) 30.Ke3 Qd2 (30...Qb6 31.Nd4 Ne6 32.Kf2 Rd4 33.Kg3 Rc4 34.f5 Qd6 35.Kh3 Qf4 36.Rf1 Ng5 37.Kg2 Rc2 38.Rf2 Qf3 39.Kg1 Qf2 40.Kh1 Qh2) 31.Kf2 b5 32.Rc1 bc4 33.Rc4 Nd3 34.Kg3 Qe2 35.Rd4 (35.Rc1 Qf2 36.Kg4 Qg2 37.Kh4 g5 38.fg5 Qh2 39.Kg4 Bd7) 35...Qf2 36.Kg4 (36.Kh3 Rd4 37.Kg4 Qg2 38.Kh4 Nf4 39.h3 g5) 36...Qd4 37.h3 (37.Kh4 Qf2 38.Kg4 Qg2 39.Kh4 Nf4 40.h3 g5) 37...Qg1 38.Kf5 White prepares e5 (38.Kh4 Nf4 39.e5 g5) 38...Rd6 (38...Bd7) 39.e5 (39.h4 Bd7) 39…Qg6 0-1. Jimito100 (1910) - FreiwiedieGeier (1995), Hourly Bullet Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Bb2 Qa2 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.f3 g6+= 10.e4 Bg7 11.Ne2 0-0 12.Nf4 (12.Na3!? Na6 13.Nd4=) 12...d5–/+ 13.e5 Nfd7 14.Nd3? (better is 14.d4!? Bh6 15.Nd3–/+) 14...Ne5–+ 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be2 Bf5 17.d3 d4! 18.c4? (18.cd4 Bd4) 18...Nd7 (better is 18...Na6 19.0-0 Nb4–+) 19.0-0 b6?? (better is 19...Nb6 20.Na3 Na4–+) 20.g4 Be6 21.f4 Bg7 (better is 21...b5 22.cb5 Bd6+=) 22.f5?? (22.Nd2 Ra8 23.f5 Bf5 24.gf5 Qa4 25.Qa4 Ra4 26.fg6 hg6+/–) 22...gf5?? (22...Bc4 23.dc4 d3 24.Bd3 Qb2 25.Qb2 Bb2 26.Kf2–+) 23.gf5?? (better is 23.Nd2 fg4 24.Ra1 Qa1 25.Ba1+–) 23...Bc4!–+ 24.dc4 (24.Qc4 Qb2 Deflection (24...Qb2 Overloading); 24.dc4 d3 Passed pawn) 24...c5?? (24...d3 25.Qd3 Qb2 26.Qd2–+) 25.b5?? (25.f6 Bf6 26.Bd3 cb4 27.Rf3+/–) 25...Nf6?? (better is 25...d3 26.Bd3 Qb2 (worse is 26...Bb2 27.Rf2+/–) 27.Qb2 Bb2–+) 26.Bd3?? (better is 26.Na3 Nd5 27.cd5+–) 26...Ng4+/– 27.Re1 Ne3 28.Qd2 (28.Qe2 Bh6+/–) 28...Bh6 (28...Qa8 29.Qe2=) 29.Qf2 (29.Nc3 Qa5+/– (29...dc3?? 30.Qc3 f6 31.Ra1+–)) 29...f6 (29...Nc4? 30.Bd4 Qf2 31.Bf2+–) 30.Qg3?? (30.Bc1 Qb3 31.Qe2+/– (31.Be3 Be3 32.Re3 de3–/+)) 30...Bg7 (better is 30...Kf7 31.Bd4 cd4–+) 31.Bc1+– Qb3 32.Be4 Qc4 33.Be3 de3 34.Re3 (34.Re3 Kh8 35.Qh3+–) 1–0. cogit – goras01, kurnik, 2014.

7.Bb2 Qa2 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.Nf3 g6 (9...d6 10.d4=) 10.e3+= Bg7 11.Be2 (11.Na3 Qe6+=) 11...0-0 (11...Nd5 12.d4=) 12.0-0 d6 (12...b5 13.Na3 Qe6 14.c4+=) 13.c4 (13.Na3 Qe6+=) 13...Bf5= 14.d3 (better is 14.Qc1=) 14...Nbd7 (better is 14...Nd5!? 15.cd5 Qb2 (15...Bb2? 16.Nbd2+–) 16.Qb2 Bb2 17.dc6 Nc6=+) 15.Nc3 (15.Nd4 Qa7+/–) 15...Qa7+= 16.Ra1 Qb6 17.b5 (17.Na4 A) 17...Qb4? 18.e4 Ne4 19.Bg7 (19.de4?! Bb2 20.Nb2 Be4 21.Qe4 Qb2+/–) 19...Kg7 20.de4+–; B) 17...Qc7+=) 17...Qc7 (17...e5 18.Nh4+=) 18.e4 (18.Nd4 Bg4+=) 18...Bg4+= 19.bc6 (19.h3 Bf3 20.Bf3 c5+=) 19...bc6= 20.h3 Bf3 21.Bf3 Rb8 22.Bc1 Ne5 23.Qe2 Nf3 24.Qf3= Ne4?? 25.de4+– Rb3 26.Bd2 Qb7 27.Qe3 Qb4?? 28.Ra8 Bf8 29.Qh6 Qb8 30.Rb8 Rb8 31.Qg5 h6 32.Qf4 Rb2 33.Be3 Rb3 34.Ne2 Bg7 35.g3 Be5 36.Qf3 Rb4 37.Bd4 Bd4 38.Nd4 Rc4 39.Qd3 Rc1 40.Kg2 c5 41.Nb5 c4 42.Qd2 Rb1 43.Nc7 Rb7 44.Nd5 e6 45.Nf6 Kg7 46.Ng4 h5 47.Ne3 d5 48.ed5 ed5 49.Qd5 c3 50.Qe5 Kh7 51.Qc3 (51...Rb8 52.Nd5+–) 1–0. senegoid (1890) – Eralos (2185), ajedrez21.com, 2002.

7.Bb2 Qa2 8.Qc2 g6 9.e4 d5 10.ed5 Bf5 11.d3 cd5 12.Nf3 Bg7 13.Be2 Qa6 14.0-0 Nf6 15.Na3 0-0 16.Ra1 Qd6 17.Nd4 (17.Nb5!? Qb6 18.Nbd4+=) 17...Ng4= 18.Bg4 Bg4 19.Nab5 Qd7 20.f3 Be6 21.h4 Nc6 22.Ne2 (22.Qe2!?=) 22...Nb4!–/+ 23.cb4 Bb2 24.Qb2 Qb5 25.Qd4 Bf5 26.Rd1 (26.Nf4!?=) 26...Rc8 27.g4 Be6 28.h5 Rc6 29.h6 Qb6 30.Qb6 Rb6 31.Rb1 Kf8 32.Kf2 Ke8 33.Ke3 Kd7 34.Kd4 Kd6 35.Nc3 (35.g5–/+) 35...f5 (better is 35...Bd7!? 36.Ke3 Ra6–+) 36.g5 f4 37.Ne2? (better is 37.Na4 Rc6 38.Nc3–/+) 37...Bf5–+ 38.Nf4?? (38.Kc3 e5 39.Kc2–+) 38...e5 39.Ke3 ef4 40.Kf4 d4 (40...Bd3 41.Rb2–+) 41.Kg3 (41.Re1 Bd7 (worse is 41...Bd3 42.Rd1–+) 42.Rb1 Rb5–+) 41...Bd3 (better is 41...Rc6!? 42.Rd1–+) 42.f4 (42.Rd1–+) 42...Bb1 0–1. swislina – busal, kurnik, 2013.

7.Bb2 b5 8.e3 d6 9.Nf3 f6 (9...Nf6!?+=) 10.Bd3 g6 11.0-0 Bh6 12.Bc2 e5 13.d4 Bf5? (13...Qa2 14.Qc1 Nd7+/–) 14.Bf5 gf5 15.Nh4 Bg5 (15...Qa2 16.de5 Bf8 17.Nf5 de5+–) 16.Nf5 Qb7 (16...Qa2 17.Nd6 Ke7 18.de5 fe5+–) 17.Nd6 Kd7 18.Nb7 Ne7 19.Nc5 Kd6 20.Qg4 (20.de5 Kc7 21.Qd6 Kc8 22.Qe7 fe5 23.Qb7 Kd8 24.Rd1 Ke8 25.Rd7 Nd7 26.Qd7 Kf8 27.Ne6 Kg8 28.Qg7) 20...Kc7+– 21.Nd2 (better is 21.Qe6 Nd5 22.Qf7 Kd8+–) 21...h5 22.Qe6 Re8 23.Nde4 f5 (23...Kd8 24.Nd6 Kc7 25.Ne8 Kd8 26.Nd6 Nd5 27.Nf7 Kc7 28.Qd6 Kb6 29.Qb8) 24.Qd6 (24.Qe5 Kc8 25.Nd6 Kd8 26.Ra1 Na6 27.Nf7 Kc8 28.Ra6 Be3 29.Ra8) 24...Kc8 (24...Kb6 25.Ra1 Rc8 26.Ne6 Nd7 27.Qd7 c5 28.bc5 Rc5 29.dc5) 25.Ng5 (25.Ra1 Rd8 26.Ra7 Nd5 27.Qd8 Kd8 28.Ne6 Kc8 29.Nd6) 25...Rd8 (25...Ng6 26.Ra1 Rd8 27.Qe6 Rd7 28.Nd7 Ne7 29.Nc5 Kd8 30.Ra7 ed4 31.Qe7 Kc8 32.Rc7) 26.Qe7 Nd7 (26...Rd6 27.Qd6 h4 28.Nge6 ed4 29.Qc7) 27.Nd7 (27.Nge6 Rg8 28.Qd7 Kb8 29.Qb7) 27...Rd7 (27...c5 28.Nc5 Rd4 29.Nge6 Rd7 30.Qd7 Kb8 31.Qb7) 28.Qe8 Kc7 (28...Kb7 29.Qd7 Kb8 30.Ne6 ed4 31.Ra1 dc3 32.Qc7) 29.Ne6 Kd6 (29...Kb6 30.Qd7 ed4 31.Ra1 dc3 32.Qc7) 30.Nc5 Rc7 (30...Kc7 31.Qd7 Kb6 32.Qb7) 31.Qe5 1–0. olawoj – twister56, kurnik, 2013.

7.Bb2 d5 8.Nf3 =.

7.e3 Nf6 8.Nf3 d5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 e6 11.Ne5 Be2 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Nf3 0-0 14.Na3 Ne4 15.Nc2 Nc7 16.Bb2 Ra8 17.Ncd4 Ra2 18.Rb1 Qa6 19.Qa6 Ra6 (19...ba6?! 20.Nc6 Nb5 21.h3+=; 19...Na6?! 20.d3 Nf6 21.b5–/+) 20.Ra1 Ra1 21.Ba1 e5 22.Ne2 Nb5 23.g3 f5 24.Bb2 g5 25.d4 ed4 26.Ned4 Nd4 27.Nd4 f4 28.ef4 gf4 29.Nf5 Be5 30.Kg2 fg3 31.fg3 Bc3 32.Bc3 Nc3 33.Nd4 Kf7 34.Kf3 Na2 35.Nc2 Kf6 36.Kf4 b6 37.h4 c5 38.bc5 bc5 39.g4 Nb4 40.Ne3 d4 41.Nc4 Nd5 42.Ke4 Nc3 43.Kf4 Ne2 44.Kf3 Ng1 45.Ke4 Ke6 46.g5 Ne2 47.Nd2 Ng3 48.Kf4 Nf5 49.h5 Ne7 50.Ke4 Nf5 (better is 50...Kd6–+) 51.Nc4?? (51.Kf4 Ne3 52.g6 hg6 53.hg6–/+) 51...Ng3 52.Kf4 Nh5 53.Kg4 Ng7 (54.Nb6 Nf5–+) 0–1. valpa – kali, HCL–B1657 playchess.de, 2003.

7.Nf3 d5 8.e3 Nf6 9.Bb2=.

7.Nf3 d5 8.e3 Nf6 9.Be2 Bf5 (9...Bg4 10.d3=) 10.0-0 e6 11.d3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 0-0 (12...Qc7 13.Qc2=) 13.h3 (13.e4 de4 14.de4 Be4+/-) 13...c5 (better 13...Bg6=) 14.Nd4?? (better 14.b5 Nb8 15.e4 de4 16.de4 Ne4 17.Ne4 Be4 18.Nd2 Bg2 19.Kg2+/-) 14...cd4-+ 15.ed4 Bg6 16.Qb3 (16.Nf3 Bh5-+) 16...Rc8 (16...Qb5 17.Nb1-+) 17.g4 (17.Nf3 Qb5 18.Qd1 Bh5-+) 17...h6 18.f4 Nc7 19.f5 ef5 20.gf5 Bh5 21.Bh5 Nh5 22.c4 Bf4 23.Nf3 Qf6 24.cd5 (24.Kf2-+) 24...Qf5 25.d6 (25.Qb2 Be3 26.Kg2 Nd5-+) 25...Nd5 (25...Be3 26.Kh2 Qf4 27.Kh1 Ng3 28.Kg2 Nf1 29.Qc3 Qg3 30.Kf1 Qf2) 26.Qa2 (26.Qb2 Qg6 27.Kh1 Ng3 28.Kg1 Nf1 29.Ng5 Qg5 30.Kf1 Ne3 31.Ke1 Qg1 32.Ke2 Qd1 33.Kf2 Qf1) 26...Bd6 (26...Be3 27.Kh2 Qf4 28.Kh1 Ng3 29.Kh2 Nf1 30.Kh1 Qf3 31.Qg2 Rc2 32.Qf3 Rh2) 27.b5 (27.Ne5 Qg5 28.Ng4-+) 27...Nhf4 28.Ne5 Qh3 (better 28...Nh3 29.Kh2 Qf1 30.Qd2 Rc2 31.Kg3 Rd2 32.Kh4 Ng1 33.Nf7 Qh3) 29.Qh2 Qh2 (better 29...Be5 30.Qh3 Nh3 31.Kg2 Nhf4 32.Kf3-+) 30.Kh2 Nd3 31.Kh3 Ne5 (31...Be5 32.de5 Rc5 33.Rb1-+) 32.de5 Bf8 (32...Bb4 33.Bd4-+) 33.Rd1 Ne7 (better 33...Rc5!? 34.b6-+) 34.Rd7 Ng6 (better 34...Rc1!? 35.Bb2 Rc2 36.Ba1-+) 35.Rb7 Re8 36.b6 Ne5 37.Be5 Re5 38.Rb8 (38.Rd7-+) 38...Rb5 39.b7 g5 40.Kg4 Kg7 41.Kf3 f5 42.Ke2 g4 43.Kd3 Rb4 44.Kc3 Bd6 (better 44...Be7 45.Re8 Rb7 46.Ra8-+) 45.Rd8 Rb7 46.Rd6 Rf7 47.Rd1 (47.Kd2 f4-+) 47...h5 48.Kd3 (48.Rd3 f4 49.Kd2 f3-+) 48...Kg6 (better 48...Rd7 49.Ke2 Rd1 50.Kd1-+) 49.Ke3 Kg5 Black plans f4 50.Kf2 f4 51.Kg1 g3 52.Rc1 Kg4 53.Rb1 h4 54.Rb8 h3 55.Rg8 Kf3 56.Ra8 (56.Rh8 Rd7 57.Rd8 Rd8 58.Kf1 Rd1) 56...Re7 (56...h2 57.Kh1 g2 58.Kh2 Rh7 59.Kg1 Rh1) 57.Ra2 (57.Ra2 Re1; 57.Ra1 h2 58.Kh1 g2 59.Kh2 Rh7 60.Kg1 Rh1). persianempire (1950) - Porfirios (1815), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2013.

7.Nf3 d5 8.e3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.b5 (10.d3 Nf6=) 10...Nc5 (10...Nc7 11.bc6 Bf3 12.gf3 Qc6 13.Qb3=) 11.d4 Ne4 12.Qa4 Nd6 (12...e6 13.Qa8 Ke7 14.Bb2 Bf3 15.Ba3 (15.gf3?! Nd6+/–) 15...Kf6 16.Bf8+– (16.gf3 Ba3 17.fe4 Be7+/–)) 13.Na3 (better is 13.Qa8 Qd8 14.Qd8 Kd8 15.bc6 bc6 16.Ne5+=) 13...Nf6 (better is 13...Bf3!? 14.Qa8 Qd8 15.Qd8 Kd8 16.gf3 Nf6=) 14.Ne5 (14.bc6 bc6 15.Qa8 Kd7 16.Ne5 Kc7+/–) 14...Nd7 (14...e6 15.bc6 bc6 16.Nc6+/–) 15.c4 (15.bc6 bc6 16.Nc6 Qb7+/–) 15...Ne5 (15...Qc7 16.Qa8 Qb8 17.Qb8 Nb8 18.c5+/–) 16.de5 (16.c5 Qc7 17.cd6 ed6 18.de5 de5 19.bc6 bc6 20.Qa8 Kd7=+) 16...Nc4 17.Nc4 dc4 18.Bc4 c5?? (better is 18...e6+/–) 19.Bc3+– g5 20.Ba5 (better is 20.e6 f6+–) 20...Qg6 Black prepares the advance g4 21.b6 Kd8 22.0-0 g4 (22...Qe4 23.f3 Qe3 24.Kh1 Qe5 25.Rd1 Qd4 26.Bf7 Bf7 27.Rd4 cd4 28.Qd4 Ke8 29.Qh8 Bg6+–) 23.e6 fe6 (23...Qe6 24.Be6 fe6 25.Rd1 Kc8 26.Qd7 Kb8 27.Qd8) 24.Rd1 Kc8 (24...Qd3 25.Rd3 Kc8 26.Be6 Kb8 27.Rd8) 25.Qd7 (25...Kb8 26.Qd8#) 1–0. pcmvr (2225) – shino (2230), net–chess.com, 2006.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.e3 e6 9.d4+= Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.Qc2 h6 12.Nbd2 Nc7 13.0-0 d6 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Nc4 Qa7 16.Ra1 Qb8 17.Nb6 Qd8 18.e4 Nb5 19.Nd7 Qd7 20.c4 Nc7 21.e5 de5 22.de5 Nfe8 23.Rd1 Qc8 24.b5 cb5 25.cb5 b6 26.Bh7 Kh8 27.Be4 f6? (27...f5 28.Bd3 Bc5+–) 28.Nh4 Rf7 29.Bg6 Rf8 30.Be8 Re8 31.ef6 Bf6 32.Bf6 Nd5 33.Bg7! Kg7 34.Qg6 Kf8 35.Qh7 Qd7 1–0. pcmvr (2765) – rbeckett (2200), net–chess.com, 2014.

7.Qb3 cb4 8.cb4 Nc6 9.Bc3 Nd4 (9...Nf6!?=) 10.Qc4 Nc6 11.e3 e6 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on b4 12.b5 Qb5?? (better is 12...d5 13.Qa2 Nb4+/–) 13.Qb5+– 1–0. rvac066 – elbbdor, kurnik, 2014.

7.Qb3 cb4 8.cb4 e6 9.Bc3 Nc6 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 10.e3 Nb4 11.Qa4 Nd5 12.Qc2 f6 13.Bd3 Nge7 14.Ne2 Qc6 (14...Kf7!?+=) 15.0-0= b6 16.Bd4 (16.Nd4 Qa8 17.g3= (worse is 17.Bh7 f5 18.Nf5 ef5 19.Bf5 Nf5 20.Qf5 Qc6–/+)) 16...Qc2 17.Bc2 e5 18.Bb2 Nb4 19.Bb3 d5 20.Ba3 Nbc6 21.Nec3 Be6 22.Nb5 (22.Be7 Ne7 23.Nb5 Kd7=) 22...Kd7 23.Ba2 Nf5 Black intends d4 24.h3 d4 (24...Ba3!? 25.N1a3 Ra8–+) 25.Be6–/+ Ke6 26.e4 Nd6 27.Nd6 Bd6 28.d3? (better is 28.Bd6!? Kd6 29.Na3–/+) 28...Ba3 29.Na3 Ra8 30.Nb5 Ra2 (30...Kd7!? 31.f4 Ra5 32.fe5 Rb5 33.ef6 gf6 34.Rf6–+) 31.Nc7 Kd6 (31...Kd7 32.Nd5 Rb2 33.Ra1–+) 32.Nd5? (better is 32.Ne8!? Kd7 33.Ng7–/+) 32...b5 33.Rb1 Rd2 34.Rb5 Rd3 35.f3 Rd1 36.Kf2 Rd2 37.Kf1 Rc2 38.Rb6 d3 39.Nb4?? (better is 39.Ne3 Rc1 40.Kf2–+) 39...Rc3 (better is 39...Kc5 40.Rc6 Kb4 41.Rb6 Kc3–+) 40.Ke1 g6 (better is 40...Kc5!? 41.Nd5 Rc1 42.Kd2 Rc2 43.Kd3 Rg2–+) 41.Kd1 Kc7?? (41...Kc5 42.Rc6 Kb4 43.Rf6 Rc2+=) 42.Rb5 (better is 42.Nd5 Kd6 43.Nc3+–) 42...Nd4 (42...Nb4 43.Rb4 Rc2 44.Rb3 Rg2 45.Rc3 Kd6 46.Rd3 Ke6 47.Ke1–+) 43.Ra5 (43.Nd5!? Kc6 44.Rb6 Kc5 45.Nc3 Kb6 46.Kd2=) 43...Rb3 44.Nd5 Kc6 45.Ra6 Kc5 46.Rf6?? (46.Ra5 Kc4 47.Ra4 Kb5+=) 46...Nc2?? (46...Rb2 47.Rf7 Nb3–+) 47.Kd2 Kd4 (better is 47...Na3!? 48.Ne3 Nb1 49.Kd1 Kd4 50.Nc2 dc2 51.Kc2 Rb7–+) 48.Rd6= Na1? (better is 48...Kc5 49.Rd7 Rb2=) 49.Ne3+– Kc5 50.Rd5 Kc6 (better is 50...Kb4 51.Re5 Ra3+–) 51.Rd3?? (better is 51.Nc4 Rb1 52.Ne5 Kb6 53.Kd3+–) 51...Rd3+/– 52.Kd3 Nb3 53.Kc4 Na5? (better is 53...Nc5+/–) 54.Kb4+– Nb7 55.Nd5?? (better is 55.Nc4+–) 55...Nd6 56.g4 h6? (56...Nf7 57.h4+/–) 57.h4 (57.Ne7 Kd7 58.Ng6 Ke6+–) 57...Ne8? (57...Kd7+/–) 58.g5?? (better is 58.Ne7 Kd7 59.Ng6+–) 58...h5?? (58...hg5 59.hg5 Ng7 60.Ne7 Kd6 61.Ng6+=) 59.f4 (better is 59.Ne7 Kd6 60.Ng6+–) 59...Kd6+/– 60.Kc4 ef4 61.Nf4 (61.Kd3!? f3 62.Ke3+/–) 61...Ke5= 62.Ng6 Ke4 63.Kc3 Kf5 64.Ne7 Kg4 65.g6 1–0. cogit – heko2010, kurnik, 2013.

7.c4 Nf6 8.Qb3 Bg7 9.Nf3 (9.d4 d5 10.e3 0-0=) 9...Na6 10.Bc3 d5 11.e3 dc4 (11...Be6 12.Ne5=) 12.Bc4+= 0-0 13.0-0 Rd8 (better 13...Bf5!?+=) 14.Bf7+/- Kh8 15.Bc4 Nd5 16.Ng5 Bc3 (16...Rf8 17.Bd5 cd5 18.Qd5+-) 17.Nc3 Kg7 (17...Rf8 18.Bd5 cd5 19.Nd5 Qd6+-) 18.Ba6 (better 18.Bd5 Qb4 19.Qb4 Nb4 20.Be6+-) 18...ba6+/- 19.Nd5 Rd5 (19...cd5!? 20.Nf3 Bf5+/-) 20.Qc3+- Kh6?? (better 20...Kg8 21.Nf3 Bf5+-) 21.f4 (21.Nf7 Kh5 22.Qh8+-) 21...c5 (21...e5 22.Nf7 Kh5 23.Ne5+- (worse 23.fe5 Qb5 24.d4 Be6+-)) 22.Rf3 (22.Nf7 Kh5 23.Qh8 Kg4 24.Nh6 Kh5 25.Qh7 g5 26.Nf5 Qh6 27.Qh6 Kg4 28.Qg5) 22...cb4?? (22...e5 23.Qc4 Qb7 24.fe5 Kg5 25.Qf4 Kh5+-) 23.Nf7 Kh5 24.Qg7 Kg4 (24...Qe3 25.Re3 Kg4 26.Qh7 Kf5 27.Nh6 Kf4 28.Qg6 Rd2 29.Qg3) 25.Qh7 (25.h3 Kh4 26.Kh2 Bh3 27.Rh3 Kg4 28.Nh6) 25...Kf5 (25...Qe3 26.Re3 Kf5 27.Nh6 Kf4 28.Qg6 Rd2 29.Qg3) 26.Qh3 (26.Ng5 Qe3 27.Re3 Rd6 28.Re5 Kf4 29.Re4 Kf5 30.Qe7 Rd2 31.g4) 26...Ke4?? (better 26...Kf6 27.Qc8 Kf7+/-) 27.Qc8+- Rd2 (27...Kd3 28.Qc1 Rc5 29.Qf1 Kc2 30.d4+-) 28.Ng5 (28.Qc4 Rd4 29.Ng5 Kf5 30.Qc8 Rd7 31.g4 Kg4 32.Qd7 e6 33.Rg3 Kh5 34.Qh7) 28...Kd3+- 29.h3 (29.Qd7 Qd6 30.Qa4 Rb2+-) 29...b3 30.Kh2 Ke2 (30...Re2 31.Qd7 Kc4+-) 31.Qc4 Rd3 32.e4 (32.Ne4 Qe3 33.Ng3 Kd2 34.Nf1 Kd1 35.Ne3 Kd2 36.Nf1 Kd1 37.Rd3 Ke1 38.Qe6 Kf1 39.Rf3) 32...Qd4?? (32...Qb5 33.Qc1 Rf3 34.Nf3 Qb4 35.Qb2 Ke3+-) 33.Qa6 b2 (33...Qd6 34.Qc4 e5 35.Nf7+-) 34.Qb5 Kd2 35.Rd3 Qd3 36.Qb2 Ke3 37.Qc1 Kf2 38.Qg1 (38.Qc5 Qe3 39.Qc2 Kf1+-) 38...Ke2 39.Nf3 (39.Nf3 Qe4 40.Qe1 Kd3 41.Ne5 Kd4 42.Qd2 Kc5 43.Qa5 Kd4 44.Qb6 Kc3 45.Ng6+-) 1-0. carlos78 (2160) - parisien2 (2020), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Qb3 (8.e4 d5 9.ed5 cd5 10.Qa4 Nd7=) 8...Na6 9.Na3 (9.d4!?=) 9...Nb4=+ 10.Qb4 (10.Nb5! Qa5 11.Bb2 Qb5 12.cb4 Bb2 13.Qb2=+) 10...Qb4-/+ 11.cb4 Ba1 12.d4? (better 12.e4!?-/+) 12...Bc3-+ 13.Nd2 Bb4 14.Nc2 Ba5 15.e3 d5 16.Bd3 Nh6 (16...Bc3 17.Ke2-+) 17.h3 (17.Ke2 Bc7-+) 17...Bf5 18.Ke2 Bd3 19.Kd3 Nf5 (19...Bd2 20.Kd2 Nf5 21.Ra1-+) 20.h4 (20.Ra1 Bd8-/+) 20...h5 (20...Bd2 21.Kd2 Kd7 22.Kd3-+) 21.Rh3 (21.Ra1!? Bd8 22.g3-+) 21...Nd6 22.Na3 (22.Rh1 Bd2 23.Kd2 Kd7-+) 22...Bd2 23.Kd2 Ne4 24.Ke2 Kd7 25.f3 Nc3 26.Kd3 Ra8 27.Nc2 Nb5 (27...Nd1 28.Kd2 Nb2 29.g4-+) 28.g4 Na3 29.Ne1 Nb1 (29...Nc4 30.Nc2-+) 30.Nc2 b5?? (30...Ra2 31.Rh1 Rb2 32.gh5 gh5 33.Re1-+) 31.e4?? (31.Rh1 Na3 32.Ra1 b4 33.Nb4 Ra4=+) 31...e6?? (better 31...Na3 32.gh5 gh5 33.ed5 cd5-+) 32.ed5 (32.gh5 Na3 33.hg6 fg6-/+) 32...cd5 (better 32...Na3 33.de6 Ke6-/+) 33.gh5? (33.Rh1 Na3 34.Ra1 b4 35.Nb4 Ra5-/+) 33...gh5 (33...Rc8 34.Nb4 gh5 35.Rh1 Rc3 36.Ke2-+) 34.Rg3? (better 34.Rh1!? Na3 35.Ra1-/+) 34...Na3 (34...Rc8 35.Ne3-+) 35.Nb4?! (35.Rg5-+) 35...Ra4 36.Kc3 (36.Nd5 ed5 37.Rg5 Kd6 38.Rh5 b4 39.Rh6 Ke7-+) 36...Nb1 37.Kb3 Ra3 (better 37...Nd2 38.Kc3 Ne4 39.fe4 Ra3 40.Kd2 Rg3 41.ed5 Rg4 42.de6 Ke6-+) 38.Kb2=+ Ra4 39.Nc2?? (39.Kb3 Nd2 40.Kc3 Ne4 41.fe4 Ra3 42.Kc2 Rg3 43.ed5-+) 39...Nd2-+ 40.Kc3 Nc4 (40...Nf1 41.Rg2-+) 41.Rg5 Na3 42.Rh5?? (42.Ne3-+) 42...Nc2 (better 42...Rc4 43.Kd3 Nc2-+) 43.Kc2 Ra3 (better 43...Rd4!? 44.Rh8-+) 44.f4 Rf3 45.Rg5? (45.Rh7 Rf4 46.h5-+) 45...Rf4 46.Kc3 Rh4 47.Kb4 (47.Rg7 Ke7-+) 47...f5 (47...Rd4 48.Kb5 f5 49.Rg7 Kd6 50.Rg6-+) 48.Kb5 (48.Kc5-+) 48...Rd4 49.Rg7 Kd6 50.Rg8 f4 51.Rd8 (51.Rh8 e5-+) 51...Ke7 52.Rc8 e5 53.Rc3 (53.Rc1 e4 54.Rh1 e3-+) 53...e4 54.Rc7 Kd6 55.Rf7 f3 (better 55...e3 56.Rf6 Ke5 57.Rh6-+) 56.Rf6 Ke5 57.Rf8 Rd2 58.Kc5 f2 59.Re8 Kf4 60.Kd6 (60.Rf8 Kg4 61.Rg8 Kh5 62.Rh8 Kg6 63.Rf8-+) 60...Ke3 61.Rf8 Rd1 (better 61...Rd3 62.Ke6-+) 62.Rf7 f1Q 63.Rf1 Rf1 64.Kd5 (64.Kc6 d4 65.Kc7 Rc1 66.Kd7 d3 67.Ke7 d2 68.Kf7 d1Q 69.Ke6 Rc6 70.Ke7 Qd6 71.Ke8 Rc8 72.Kf7 Rc7 73.Ke8 Qe7) 64…Kd3 (64...Kd3 65.Kd6 e3 66.Kd5 e2 67.Kd6 e1Q 68.Kc6 Qe6 69.Kc5 Rc1 70.Kb4 Qb6 71.Ka4 Ra1) 0-1. ch77essi988 (1685) - NewSeed (1695), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2017.

7.e3 d5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be2 Bb4 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ne5 (11.Bb4 Qb4 12.d4 Ne4=+) 11...Bc3 (11...Bd6 12.f4-/+) 12.Nc3 Nfd7 (12...Nbd7 13.Nf3-/+) 13.Nd7 (13.Nf3!?=) 13...Nd7-/+ 14.d3 (14.Qa1 e5-/+) 14...e5 15.Qd2 Nf6 16.h3 Be6 17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Nd1 (18.Ra1!?-/+) 18...Ra8-+ 19.Qb4 b5 20.c4 (20.Nc3 Qa5-+) 20...Ra4 (20...bc4 21.dc4 c5 22.Qd2-+) 21.Qb3 (21.Qc5 dc4 22.Nc3 Nd7-+) 21...dc4-+ 22.dc4 Bc4 23.Bc4 Rc4 24.Qd3? (better 24.Nb2 Rc5 25.Nd3-+) 24...e4 25.Qa3 h6 (25...Qe5 26.Qa8 Ne8 27.Ra1-+) 26.g3 (26.Nc3 Kh7 27.Ne2 Qd7-+) 26...Nd5 Black prepares b4 27.Ra1 (27.Rc1 Rc1 28.Qc1 Qd6-+) 27...Nb6 (better 27...Qd7 28.h4 Rc2-+) 28.Nc3 (28.Nb2 Rc2 29.Qb3-+) 28...b4 29.Qb3 Rc3 (better 29...bc3 30.Rc1 Qa7 31.Kg2-+) 30.Qb4 Rc4 31.Qb3 Rc5 32.Ra6 (32.Qb2 Rb5 33.Qc2 Qe5-+) 32...Nd5 (32...Rc1 33.Kh2 Nc4 34.Ra8 Kh7 35.Ra1 Ra1 36.Qc4-+) 33.Qb1 (33.Qa4 Nc3 34.Ra8 Kh7-+) 33...Nf6 (33...Qc8 34.Ra1 Qf5 35.Qf1-+) 34.Kg2 Qd7 35.Ra8 (35.Ra3 Rh5 36.h4 Rb5 37.Ra8 Kh7-+) 35...Kh7 36.Qb8 (36.Ra3 Kg6-+) 36...Rh5 (better 36...Qd1 37.Qb2 Rc2 38.Qc2 Qc2-+) 37.h4 Qg4 (better 37...Rb5 38.Qf4 Qe6-+) 38.Qc8 (38.Qf4-+) 38...Qf3 39.Kg1 Ng4 40.Ra2 (40.Qg4 Qg4 41.Kh1 Qe2 42.Kg2 Rf5 43.Rh8 Kh8 44.h5 Rf2 45.Kh3 Qh5) 40...Ne3! 41.fe3 (41.fe3 Qg3 Double attack) 41...Qg3 42.Kf1 Rh4 (42...Rb5 43.Ra1 Qh4 44.Qh8 Kh8 45.Ra8 Kh7 46.Rd8 Rb2 47.Rh8 Kh8 48.Kg1 Qe1) 43.Qf5-+ Qg6 44.Qf2 (44.Qg6 Kg6 45.Ra4-+) 44...Rh1 45.Ke2 Qg4 46.Kd2 Qd1 47.Kc3 Qc1 (47...Qd3 48.Kb4 Rh5 49.Ra5 Ra5 50.Qf5 Rf5 51.Ka4 Qb1 52.Ka3 Ra5) 48.Rc2 (48.Kd4 Rh5 49.Qc2 Rd5 50.Ke4-+) 48...Qa1 49.Kc4 Qa4 50.Kc3 Qa5 51.Kd4 Qd5 52.Kc3 Rd1 (52...Ra1 53.Ra2 Ra2 54.Qa2 Qa2 55.Kd4 Qd5 56.Kc3 Qd3 57.Kb2 Qe3 58.Kc2 Qd3 59.Kb2 e3 60.Ka1 e2 61.Kb2 e1Q 62.Ka2 Qeb1) 53.Qe2 Qd3 (53...Qd3 54.Qd3 Rd3 55.Kb4 Re3-+) 0-1. Bushwacker (1940) - Mely (2090), ChessWorld.net, 2021.

7.Nf3 d5 8.e3 Nd7 9.Be2 Ngf6 10.0-0 Bb4 11.d3 (11.Bb4 Qb4 12.d4 b5-/+) 11...Bc3 12.Nc3 e5 13.Qa1 0-0 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.h3 Re8 16.e4 d4 17.Nd1 Nf8 18.c3 dc3 19.Qc3 Ng6 20.Ne3 Nf4 21.Bf1 h6 22.Nc4 Ng6 23.Nb6 Be6 24.Nd2 (24.Na4 Re7-/+) 24...Nf4 (24...Rd8 25.Nf3-/+) 25.Ndc4 (25.Nf3 Nd7 26.Nd7 Bd7-/+ (26...Qd7?! 27.Ne5 Qe7 28.d4=)) 25...Nd7 (25...Bc4 26.Nc4 b5 27.Ne3-+) 26.Nd7-/+ Bd7 (26...Qd7?! 27.Ne5 Qe7 28.d4=) 27.Rb6 Bc8 28.Qb4 Rd8 29.Qb3 Ne6 30.Qc3 Nd4 31.Rb1 (31.Qb2 Qe7-+) 31...b5 32.Ne3 Qe7 33.f3 (better 33.Nc2 Qf6 34.Ra1-+) 33...Qg5 34.Kf2 (34.Nc2 Nf3 35.Kh1 Nd2-+) 34...Qf4 (34...Qh4 35.g3 Qf6 36.Be2-+) 35.Qe1? (35.Nc2 Bh3! 36.Nd4 ed4 (worse 36...Rd4 37.g3 Qf6 38.Bh3+=) 37.Qc6 Bd7-+) 35...Rd6 (35...Bh3 36.Qa5 Rc8 37.Be2-+) 36.Ra1 (36.Qc1 Qh2-+) 36...Kh7 (36...Rg6 37.g4 Nf3 38.Ng2-+) 37.Ra7 (37.Be2 Rg6 38.Qh1 Be6-+) 37...Rg6 38.Qd1 (38.Be2 Bh3! 39.Qf1-+) 38...Qg3 39.Kg1 Nf3 40.Qf3 Qf3 (40...Qf3 41.Nf5 Bf5 42.ef5 Rg5-+) 0-1. kianas (2115) - whitecat25 (2190), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

7.b5!?=.

7.Be5 Nd7=+ 8.Qg4 Nh6 9.Qg3 (better is 9.Qd4!? Qd4 10.ed4 Ne5 11.de5=+) 9...Qb4–+ 10.Nc3 Nf5 (< 10...Ne5 11.Qe5 Nf5 12.Qb8–/+) 11.Qf4 Qf4 12.Bf4 e5 13.Bd3 Nd6 14.Bg3 Be7 15.e4 d4 16.Nce2 b5 17.f4 f6 18.Nf3 c5 19.c3? (better is 19.fe5 fe5 20.Ne5–/+) 19...c4–+ 20.fe5 fe5 (20...cd3?! 21.ed6 de2 22.Nd4=+) 21.Bb1 d3 22.Nc1 (22.Ne5 de2 23.Nd7 Bd7 24.Ke2 Rf8–+) 22...Ne4 23.Be5 (23.Nd3 Ng3 24.hg3 cd3 25.Bd3 b4–+) 23...Ne5 24.Ne5 0-0 (better is 24...Bh4 25.g3 Ng3 26.hg3 Bg3 27.Kf1 Be5 28.Nd3 cd3 29.Bd3 0-0 30.Ke1 Bg3 31.Kd1 Bg4 32.Kc2–+) 25.Nf3 (25.Ncd3 Re8 26.Kd1 Bd6–+) 25...Bc5 (better is 25...Rf3 26.gf3 Bh4 27.Kd1 Nf2 28.Ke1 Nh1 29.Kf1–+) 26.Ba2 (26.Bd3 Nf2 27.Bh7 Kh7–+) 26...Kh8 (26...Bf2 27.Kd1 Bh3 28.gh3 Rf3 29.Bb1–+) 27.Rf1 Bg4 28.Bb1 Re8 29.Bd3 cd3 30.Nd3 (30.Kd1 Nf2 31.Rf2 Bf2 32.Nd3–+) 30...Nf2 31.Nde5 Nd3 32.Kd1 Re5 33.Kc2 (33.h3 Bf3 34.Rf3 Ne1–+) 33...Bf3 34.gf3 Re1 35.Re1 Ne1 36.Kb3 Nf3 (37.d3 Nh2–+) 0–1. Otte,Marco – Christians,Richard, Wag.Intcomp, 1997.

7.Nf3 Qb4=+ 8.Be2 Nf6 9.0-0 e6 10.c3 (10.Bf6 gf6 11.d4 b5=+) 10...Qb6 11.d4 Be7 12.c4 0-0 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.Na4 Qa5 15.Bc3 Qc7 16.cd5 ed5 17.Qb1 Ne4 18.Ba1 Ndf6 19.Nc3 Bf5 20.Ne4 Be4 21.Bd3 Bd3 22.Qd3 Bd6 23.Ne5 Ra8 24.Bb2 h6 25.g3 Ne4 26.Ra1 (26.f3 Ng5-+) 26...Ra1 27.Ba1 Qa5 28.Bb2 Qe1 29.Qf1 Qf1 30.Kf1 Be5 31.de5 Kf8 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.f3 Nc5 34.Bd4 Ne6 35.Bb2 Kd7 36.f4 g6 37.h3 (37.e4 de4 38.Ke3 c5-+) 37...h5 (37...c5 38.g4-+) 38.Ba3 c5 39.Kd3 Kc6 40.Kc3 b5 Black plans c4 41.Bc1 (41.g4 h4-+) 41...b4 42.Kb3 Kb5 43.Bd2 (43.Kc2 c4-+) 43...c4 44.Kb2 c3 (better 44...Nc5-+) 45.Bc3 bc3 46.Kc3 Kc5 47.Kd3 Nc7 (47...g5 48.f5 Nf8 49.e4-+) 48.Kc3 Ne6 49.Kd3 Kc6 50.Kc3 (50.Ke2 Nc5-+) 50...Nc5 51.Kd4 Ne4 52.f5 (52.g4 h4-+) 52...Ng3 (better 52...gf5 53.Kd3-+) 53.e6 (53.f6 Nf5 54.Kd3-+) 53...gf5 (better 53...Nf5 54.Ke5 fe6-+) 54.ef7+- f4 (54...Ne2 55.Ke5 Kb5 56.f8Q+-) 55.f8Q fe3 0-1. muhammadaudii (1900) - Irina1968 (1960), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.c4 d6 8.Bc3 Qb6 9.h3 (9.d4 Nf6 10.Bd3 Na6=+) 9...e5 10.d3 Nf6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Ne2 0-0 13.Ng3 Re8 14.Qf3 Nbd7 15.Be2 Nc5 16.0-0 Be6 17.Nf5 Bf5 18.Qf5 g6 (18...Na4!? 19.Ba1 Qb4–/+) 19.Qf3=+ Nh5 20.Rb1 Qc7 21.Nb3 Nb3 22.Rb3 Bg5 23.Bd1 Nf4 24.h4 Bh6 (worse 24...Bh4 25.g3 Bg5 26.gf4 Bf4 27.d4+=) 25.h5 Ne6 26.Rb4 Bg5 27.Rb1 Rf8 28.Bb3 Kg7 29.Kf1 Qd7 30.Qg3 Qe7 (30...gh5?! 31.c5 f6 32.cd6=) 31.Bc2 (31.Ke1 Ra8–/+) 31...Bh6 32.Ra1 Nf4 33.hg6 hg6 (33...fg6 34.Bd1–/+) 34.Qg4 Ne6 35.Ra7 Bg5 36.Qf3 Rh8 37.g3 Qc7 38.Qg2 Bd8 39.Ra8 Qd7 40.f4 Bf6 41.Rh8 Kh8 42.Qh3 White intends f5 42...Kg8 43.Bb2 Kg7 44.Bc1 Qd8 45.Be3 Qa5 46.f5 Nc5?? (better 46...Qa1 47.Kf2 Bg5 48.fe6 Be3 49.Ke3 Qc1 50.Kf3 Qc2=) 47.Qh6+– Kg8 48.fg6 (48.fg6 fg6 49.Qg6 Bg7 50.Qd6+–) 1–0. Deveraux – Klages (2590), ICC, 2001.

7.c4 Nf6 8.Qc2 =+.

7.Nf3 Qe4 8.Be2 Nf6 9.0-0 e6 10.Re1 Qb4 11.Bc3 Qb6 12.d3 Be7 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Ne5 Nbd7 15.Nd7 Bd7 16.Bf6 Bf6 17.Bf3 0-0 18.c4 Qc7 19.cd5 ed5 20.d4 Bd4 21.Re2 g6 22.Qe1 Bf6 23.g3 Bf5 24.Bg2 Kg7 25.Nf3 b5 26.Rc2 Qd6 27.Rc1 c5 28.Nd2 b4 29.Nb3 c4 30.Na5 Qb6 31.Nc4 dc4 32.Rc4 b3 33.Rb4 Qe6 34.Qe6 Be6 35.Rb3 Bb3 0–1. guest1063 – guest1728, ICS blitz, 2000.

7.Bc3 Na6 8.Na3 Nb4 9.Nc4 Qc5 10.e4 e5 11.Qb1 Na6 12.Nf3 b5 13.d4 ed4 14.Bd4 Qb4 15.Qb4 Nb4 16.Nd6! Bd6 17.Bg7 Nc2 (17...Nf6 18.Bh8 Ne4 19.Nd4+/–) 18.Kd2 Na3 19.Bh8 c5 20.e5 Bf8 21.Bd3 h5 22.Rd1 (22.Ng5 c4 23.Be4 b4+/–) 22...b4 23.Be4 Ne7 24.Bf6 c4 25.Nd4 c3 26.Ke1 Bd7 27.Bg5 (27.Nb3 Bc6 28.Bc6 Nc6+–) 27...Bg7? (better is 27...Ba4 28.Rd3 Nc4+=) 28.f4+– Nc4 29.Bf3 Ne3 30.Ra1 (30.Bh5?! Nd1 31.Bd1 Nf5=) 30...Nc8 31.Ra8 (< 31.Bh5 b3 32.Nb3 Nc2 33.Ke2 Na1 34.Na1 Bf5+–) 31...Nc4 32.Rb8 Bf8 (32...N4b6+–) 33.e6! N4d6 (33...fe6 34.Bh5) 34.ed7 1–0. marekt – bossew, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

7.Bc3 e5 8.e3 Nf6 9.Ne2 Ne4 10.g3 Be6 11.f3 Nc3 12.dc3 Qe3 13.Bg2 Bd5 14.Qd3 Qg5 (14...Qb6!? 15.Na3–+) 15.0-0 Qe7 16.c4 Be6 17.b5 c5 (better is 17...d5!? 18.cd5 Qc5 19.Kh1 Qd5–/+) 18.f4 Nd7?? (better is 18...f5!? 19.Bd5 g6=+) 19.Bb7 (better is 19.f5!? e4 20.Qb3+–) 19...ef4 20.Nf4 (< 20.Rf4 Ne5 21.Qe4 f5=+) 20...Ne5 21.Bc6 Bd7 22.Bd7 Qd7 23.Qb3 Be7 24.Nc3 0-0 25.Ncd5 Bg5 26.Kg2 Qb7 27.Ra1 Bf4 28.gf4 Ng6 29.Kg3 h5 30.h4 Qd7 31.Qf3 (31...Qf5 32.Qe2=) =. tycho – Dereck, HCL–A1090 playchess.de, 2003.

7.e3 Qa5=+ 8.Bc3 Qc7 9.d4 Nf6 10.Nd2 d5 11.Ngf3 e6 12.Bd3 Be7 (13.0-0 0-0=+; 12...b5 13.0-0=+). Bernardo,Angelo – Solare,Juan, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2001.

7.e3 Qb6 8.Nc3 (8.Be2 d6+=) 8...d5–/+ 9.Nf3 Bg4 (9...Nd7 10.d4–/+) 10.Be2 (10.h3 Bf3 11.Qf3 e5+=) 10...Nf6 (10...Bf3 11.Bf3 e5 12.Ne2–/+) 11.Na4 (11.Ne5 Be2 12.Ne2 e6–/+) 11...Qa5 12.c4 (12.Nc3 b5–/+) 12...Bf3 (12...dc4 13.Bc3 Qd8 14.Nb2–+) 13.gf3 (13.Bf3 dc4 14.Bc3 Qd8–/+) 13...e6 (13...dc4!? 14.Bc3 Qd8 15.Nc5–+) 14.Bc3 (14.Bf6 gf6 15.cd5 cd5–/+) 14...Bb4 15.cd5 cd5 (15...Bc3 16.Nc3 ed5 17.Qb3–/+) 16.Rg1 (16.Bf6 gf6 17.Nb2 Rg8–/+) 16...Bc3–+ 17.Nc3 0-0 18.Qb1 b6 (18...Qc7 19.Rg2–+) 19.Rg5 (19.Qb2 Rd8–/+) 19...h6 (19...Nc6 20.Bb5 Rc8 21.Bc6 Rc6 22.Qb2–+) 20.Rg3 (20.Rg2 Nc6–+) 20...Nc6 21.f4 Ra8 22.Bd1 Rb8 23.f5 e5 24.e4 Rd8 25.ed5 Nd5 26.f6? Nf6 27.Qf5 Kh8 28.Rh3 Rd6 29.Bc2 Ne7 30.Qg5 Qa1 31.Nd1 Qd4 32.Rh6 gh6 33.Qh6 Kg8 34.Qg5 Kf8 35.Qh6 Ke8 36.Nc3 Qf4 37.Qh8 Neg8 38.Ne4 Ne4 39.Qg8 Ke7 40.Be4 Qe4 (40...Qe4 41.Kf1 Qd3 42.Kg2 Rg6 43.Qg6 Qg6 44.Kf1 b5–+) 0–1. Durka,Jan (2125) – Skara,Vladimir (2030), Tatranske Zruby SVK Open, 2005.

7.e4 Qb4 8.Nc3 =+.

7.Nf3 d5 =+.

8.Bc4 Nf6=+ 9.Nc3 Qb4 10.Bb3 (10.Qe2!?=+) 10...Ne4–/+ 11.Qf3 (11.Qg4 Qa3 12.Qd1 Nc3 13.Bc3 d5–+) 11...d5–+ 12.Ne4 Qe4 13.Qe4 de4 14.Ne2 Na6 15.Ng3 Nc5 Black gets the initiative 16.Bc4 b5 17.Bd4 e5 18.Bc5 Bc5 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Be2 f5 21.Ng3 Kf7 22.h4 Be6 23.f3 Ra8 24.Nf1 Ra1 25.Bd1 Bc5 26.Ne3 Kf6 27.g4 Be3 28.de3 fg4 29.fg4 Bg4 30.0-0 Bf5 31.e4 Rd1 32.Rd1 Be4 33.Rf1 Kg6 34.Rf2 b4 35.Kh2 c5 36.Re2 Kf5 37.Kg3 c4 (38.Rf2 Ke6–+) 0–1. Burns – Hanison,Bernard, OPCC open, 1994.

8.Nf3 d5 9.ed5 cd5 =.

8.Nf3 d6 9.d4 Nf6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.e6 fe6 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.Bd3 g6 15.0-0 Bg7 16.Nb3 Bh6 17.h4 0-0 18.Nc5 Bg5 19.hg5 Nh5 20.g3 e5! 0–1. Malatsilava,Volha (1930) – Eidelson,R (2245), ch–BLR w Minsk BLR, 2011.

8.e3 Bf5 9.Na3 e5 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Ngf6 13.Be2 Bd6 14.0-0 0-0 15.f3 ef3 16.Bf3 Qb8 17.Qe1 (Better is 17.h3!?–/+) 17...Bh2–+ 18.Kh1 Re8 19.Bd5 Bd3 (19...cd5?! 20.Rf5 Bg3 21.Qe2–/+) 20.Bf7 Kf7 21.Rf3 Bf4 22.Nac4 Kg8 23.Qf2 Bh6 24.Qg3 Qg3 25.Bc1 (25.Rg3 b5 26.Nd6–+) 25...Qh4 (26.Kg1 Qe1 27.Nf1 Qc1–+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Monteverde,Italo, E–7–030 CiF, 2000.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.d4 Qa2 11.Qc2 e6 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.Nbd2 e5 14.Ke2?? (14.0-0 e4 15.Ne4 Ne4+–) 14...Qa7?? (14...e4 15.Ne4 Ne4=) 15.Ra1= Qb8 16.de5 (16.Kd1 e4 17.Ne4 de4 18.Be4 0-0–/+) 16...Be5 17.c4= Bb2 18.Qb2 0-0 19.Kf1 Re8 20.cd5 Nd5 21.e4 Nf4 22.Bc2 Ne5 23.Qd4 Bg4 24.Ne5 Be2 25.Ke1 Ba6?? 26.Nef3 Ng2 27.Kd1 Nf4 28.e5 Ne6 29.Qe4 h6 30.Qh7 Kf8 31.Ne4 Qa7 32.Nd6 Rd8 33.Ke1 Qb6 34.Rb1 Ke7 35.Nf5 Kd7 36.Ng7 Ng7 37.Qg7 Qb5 38.Bd3 Qd5?? 39.Qg4+– Ke8 40.Ra1 Qd3 (41.Qg8 Ke7 42.Qd8 Kd8=). Waibel – Lange, compuserve, 1996.

8.e3 Nf6 9.Be2 Qa2 10.Ba3 g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.0-0 (12.c4 Bg4=) 12...Na6 (12...Bf5!? 13.d3 Nd5=+) 13.Qa4 0-0 14.b5 cb5 15.Qb5 Nc7 16.Qb4 Ncd5 17.Qh4 Bg4 18.Ng5?? (Better is 18.h3 Bf3 19.Bf3=) 18...Be2–+ (19.Re1 h6–+) 0–1. tromar (1660) – oarkov, GameColony.com, 2002.

8.e4 Be6 9.d4 d5 (9...Qa2 10.Qc2+=) 10.e5+= g6 11.Bd3 Nh6 12.Ne2 Bf5 13.0-0 e6 14.Na3 b5 (14...Nd7 15.Ng3+=) 15.Ng3 (15.Nf4 Bd3 16.Qd3 Be7+/–) 15...Bd3+= 16.Qd3 Bg7 17.Ra1 Qe7? (better is 17...Qb7+=) 18.Nb5!+– f5?? (18...cb5 19.Qb5) 19.Ra7 Qd8 (19...cb5 20.Re7 Ke7 21.Qb5+–) 20.Nc7 Ke7 (20...Kf7 21.Nd5 Nd7 22.Qa6+–) 21.Nd5 Kf8 (21...Ke8 22.Nc7 Kf7 23.Qc4+–) 22.Nf4 Qc8 23.Qc4 Nf7 24.Ne6 Kg8 (24...Ke8 25.Ng7 Kd8 26.Qf7 Qd7 27.Ne6 Qe6 28.Qc7 Ke8 29.Qb8 Qc8 30.Qc8) 25.Ng7 (25.Nd8 Qb7 26.Rb7 h6 27.Qf7 Kh7 28.Qg7) 25...Kg7 26.Qf7 Kh6 27.Bc1 g5 (27...f4 28.Bf4 g5 29.Qf6) 28.Qh5 1–0. Lein,Marina – Vasiukova,Renata D, Seniors Russian Championship Women, 2008.

8.d4 Qa2 9.Qc2 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.Bd3 Na4 13.Bc1 Qc2 14.Bc2 Nb6 15.0-0 e6 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.f4 0-0 18.Nd2 Be5 19.fe5 Ng4 20.Rf3 f6 21.Rg3 Nh6 22.ef6 Rf6 23.e4 Nf7 24.e5 Rh6 25.Nb3 Rh4 26.Nc5 Nc4 27.Bd3 b6 28.Na4 b5 29.Nc5 Kf8 30.Rf3 Ke8 31.Rf2 Ke7? 32.Ra2 Nb6 33.Ra7 Ke8 34.Rc7 Bd7 35.Rb7 Na4 36.Nd7 Nc3 37.Bb2 Nd8 38.Ra7 Nd1 39.Ba1 Ne3 40.Nb8 Rg4 41.g3 Nf5 42.Bf5 ef5 43.Kf2 f4 44.gf4 Rf4 45.Kg3 Rf1 46.Bc3 Rc1 47.Bd2 Rb1 48.Bg5 Rb3 49.Kg4 Rb4 50.Kf5 g6 51.Kf6 1–0. Wall Bill – Astrofulon, Internet, 2002.

8.d4 d5 9.Nd2 e6 10.Ngf3 Bd6 11.e3 0-0 12.Bd3 Qa2 13.Qc2 b6 14.Ng5 h6 15.0-0 Qa7 16.Nh7 Nh7 17.Bh7 Kh8 18.Bd3 Ba6 19.Ra1 Bd3 20.Qd3 Qc7 21.g3 Nd7 22.e4 de4 23.Ne4 Nf6 24.Nf6 gf6 25.Qf3 Kg7 26.Qh5 Rh8 27.Bc1 e5 28.Qg4 Kh7 29.Qf5 Kg7 30.Be3 c5 31.Qg4 Kh7 32.Qe4 Kg7 33.dc5 bc5 34.Ra6 Qe7 35.Qd5 Rd8 36.bc5 Bb8 37.Qf3 Rg8 38.Qh5 Rh8 39.Qg4 Kh7 40.Qf5 Kg7 41.c4 Qd8 42.Qg4 Kh7 43.h4 Qe7 44.Qh5 Kg7 45.Qf5 Qd8 46.h5 Qe7 47.Kh2 Bc7 48.Qg4 Kh7 49.Ra7 Re8 50.c6 Qd8 51.Qd7 Qd7 52.cd7 1–0. mtre – JSF, internet, 2002.

8.e3 Qa2 9.Qc2 =.

8.e3 d5 9.d4 (9.Nf3 Bf5 10.d3 Qb6=) 9...Qa2 10.Qc2 Ne4 11.Bd3 (11.f3 Nd6 12.Bd3 Nc4 13.Bc4 Qc4=) 11...Bf5 12.f3 Ng3 13.hg3 Bd3 14.Qd3 Qb2 15.Ne2 (15.Rh7? Rh7 16.Qh7 g6–+ (16...Qg2?! 17.Ne2–/+)) 15...Nd7 (15...h6 16.e4=) 16.Rh7 (16…Rh7 17.Qh7=). Wall,Bill – Tuomas, Internet, 1996.

8.e3 d6 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be2 Qa2 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Nf3 Nb6 13.0-0 Na4 14.Bc4 Qc4 15.Qa4 Qe6 16.Nbd2 Qc8 17.h3 Bf3 18.Nf3 e6 19.Ra1 Be7 20.Qa8 0-0 21.Qc8 Rc8 22.Ra7 Rb8 23.Nd2 d5 24.Ba3 Bd8 25.c4 Bc7 26.c5 Ne4 27.Ne4 de4 28.b5!! cb5 29.c6 b4 30.Bb4 Bb6 31.Rb7 Rb7 32.cb7 Bc7 33.Ba5 Bb8 34.Bb4 f5 35.f3 f4 36.fe4 fe3 37.e5 g5 38.Bd6 e2 39.Kf2 1–0. mtr – burkez, Internet, 2001.

8.Nf3 d5 9.e3 Nbd7 10.d4 Qa2 11.Qc1 e6 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.Ba3 0-0?? (Better is 13...Ne4+/–) 14.Bd3+– Ne4 15.Bc2 (15.Ne4?! de4 16.Be4 f5+/–; 15.Be4?! de4 16.Ne4 Be7+/–) 15...Nd2 16.Nd2 Bb4 17.cb4 c5 18.Bb3 Qd2 19.Kd2 cd4 20.ed4 Nf6 21.b5 Ne4 22.Ke3 Re8 23.f3 Nf6 24.Qc7 g6 25.Be7 Kg7 26.Bd8 Rd8 27.Qd8 1–0. kamret (2210) – Jovilito, GameColony.com, 2003.

8.Nf3 Ne4 9.e3 Qa2 10.Qc2 d5 11.c4 Na6 12.cd5 Nb4 13.Qe4 Qb2 14.Nc3 f5 15.Qc4 Qc1 16.Nd1 Qc4 17.Bc4 cd5 18.Bb5 Bd7 19.Bd7 Kd7 20.Nc3 g6 21.Ke2 e6 22.Rb1 Bd6 23.Nb5 Bc5 24.Ne5 Ke7 25.d4 Nc6 26.Nd3 Bd6 27.Nd6 Kd6 28.Rb7 e5 29.de5 Ne5 30.Ne5 Ke5 31.Kd3 g5 32.Re7 Kf6 33.Rd7 Ke6 34.Rg7 Kf6 35.Rb7 Ke5 36.g3 h5 37.f4 gf4 38.gf4 Kd6 39.Kd4 Re8 40.Rb6 Kd7 41.Rh6 h4 42.Rh4 Re4 43.Kd5 Re3 44.Rh5 Rb3 45.Ke5 Rb5 46.Kf6 Rb4 47.Kf5 Kd6 48.h4 Rb5 49.Kg6 Rb2 50.f5 Rb4 51.f6 Rf4 52.Rh8 Rg4 53.Kf5 Rg1 54.f7 Rf1 55.Kg6 1–0. Wall,Bill – Chessplayaa, Internet, 2001.

7.Qb3 d5 8.Nf3 (8.e3 Nf6=+) 8...e4 9.Nd4 Nf6 10.d3 Bd6 11.g3 (11.e3 0-0=+) 11...ed3–/+ 12.ed3 (12.e3 Nbd7 13.Nf5 d2 14.Nd2 Bf8=) 12...0-0 13.Be2 Re8 14.Nd2 Bg4 15.h3 (15.f3 Bh3–/+) 15...Be2 16.Ne2 Bg3 (16...Nbd7 17.f4–/+) 17.fg3 Qe3 18.Qd1 Qg3 19.Kf1 Qd3 20.Rh2 (20.Kf2 Qe3 21.Kf1 Nbd7–+) 20...Ne4–+ 21.Ke1 0–1. thotares (1635) – halocan (1625), internet, 2007.

7.e3 d5 (--> 6.c3 d5 7.e3 e5).

7.e4 d5 8.ed5= cd5 9.Nf3 e4 (9...Bd6 10.c4 Bg4 11.c5 Qb4 12.cd6 Bf3 13.gf3+/–) 10.Nd4 Nf6 11.Bb5 (11.Be2 Bd6=) 11...Bd7 (11...Nc6 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Qa8 Ke7 14.Bc6 bc6 15.0-0=) 12.Qa4 (12.Na3 Nc6 13.Nac2 Ne5 14.Bd7 Ned7=) 12...Bd6=+ 13.Nf5 (13.Bb2 Bb5 14.Nb5 Be5=+) 13...0-0 14.Bd7 (14.Nd6 Qd6 15.Na3 Ng4=+) 14...Nbd7 15.Nd6 (15.0-0 Re8=+) 15...Qd6 16.0-0 Ng4 Threatening mate... how? 17.g3 (17.f4!?=+) 17...Qh6–+ The mate threat is Qxh2 18.h4 Nde5 19.Kg2 g5 (19...Qf6 20.f4 ef3 21.Kh1–+) 20.c4 gh4 (20...dc4 21.Be5 Ne5 22.Qb5–/+) 21.Be5 Ne5 22.Rh1? (better is 22.cd5 hg3 23.fg3–/+) 22...Qh5 23.Rh4 Qf3 24.Kg1 Nd3 25.Rh2 Qe2 26.Nc3 Qe1 27.Kg2 Qf2 28.Kh3 Qf5 29.Kg2 Ne1 30.Kg1 Nf3 31.Kg2 Nh2 32.Kh2 Qf2 33.Kh3 Qf1 34.Kh2 d4 35.Nd5 Qf2 36.Kh1 Qe1 37.Kg2 Qd2 38.Kh3 Qh6 39.Kg2 d3 40.Qd7 Qe6 41.Ne7 Kh8 42.Qd4 f6 43.Nd5 Qe5 44.Qf2 b5 45.Ne3 f5 46.cb5 f4 47.b6 Rg8 48.Nf5 e3 49.Qa2 e2 50.b7 e1Q (51.Kh2 fg3 52.Kg2 Q5e4 53.Kh3 Qf5 54.Kg2 Qff1#) 0–1. Pietrzak,Janusz – Koscielski,Janusz (2315), Katowice Fibak op, 1993.

7.Nf3 d5 8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Nd7 Bd7 10.Qa4 Be7 11.e3 Nf6 12.Be2 0-0 13.0-0 Qc7 14.h3 b5 15.Qa6 Rb8 16.d3 Rb7 17.Qa3 Ra7 18.Qb2 Qc8 19.Re1 Bd6 20.Nd2 Bh3 21.gh3 Qh3 22.Nf1 Re7 23.c4 bc4 24.dc4 Re4 25.Rb1 Rh4 26.f4 Bf8 27.Kf2 Ng4 28.Ke1 Ne3 29.Qc3 Ng2 30.Kd1 Qd7 31.Qg3 dc4 32.Kc1 Nf4 33.Bc4 Rg4 34.Qf3 Nd5 35.Bd5 cd5 36.b5 h5 37.Qd3 Bc5 38.Bc3 d4 39.Bb4 Rg5 40.Bc5 Rc5 41.Kd1 Qg4 42.Qe2 Qg6 43.Nd2 Rc2 44.Qe8 Kh7 45.Qe5 Rd2!–+ 46.Kd2 Qb1 47.Qh5 Kg8 48.Qc5 g6 49.b6 Qe4 ½–½. Gierth,Karlheinz (2185) – Simmelink,Joop (2140), WC–2009–F–00003, 2009.

8.Nf3 Bd6 9.e3 Ne7 10.Qb3 0-0 11.Be2 h6 (11...Bg4 12.d3-/+) 12.0-0 (12.c4 Nd7 13.cd5 Nd5=) 12...Be6 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.f3 ef3 16.Nf3 Nf5 (16...Nf6 17.Nc2-/+) 17.c4 (better 17.Nc2!?=+) 17...Qb4-/+ 18.Qb4 Bb4 19.Nc2 Bd6 20.c5 Bc7 21.Bc3 Nf6 (21...Ra8 22.Bd3-/+) 22.Nd2 Re8 23.Bd3 Nh4 24.e4 (24.g3 Ng6=+) 24...de4 25.Ne4 Ne4 26.Be4 Bd5 (26...f5!? 27.Bd3 Bd5-/+) 27.Bd5= cd5 28.g3 (28.Nb4 Rd8=) 28...Ng6=+ 29.Bd2 (29.Rb1!? Rb8 30.Ne3=+) 29...Re2 30.Rf2 Rf2 (30...Re4 31.Kf1-/+) 31.Kf2=+ Ne7 32.Ne3 (32.Na3 Bd8=+) 32...Kf8 33.Kf3 Ke8 34.Bb4 Kd7 35.h3 Ke6 36.Ng4? (36.Nc2!?-/+) 36...Nc6 (36...Nf5!? 37.Bc3-+) 37.Bc3 Bd8 (37...b6!? 38.Ke3-+) 38.Ne3 Bg5 (38...b6 39.Nc2-/+) 39.Nc2 Bc1 40.g4 g6 41.Ne3 (41.Ne1 Bg5-/+) 41...f5 42.gf5 gf5 43.Ke2 (43.Ng2 Kf6-/+) 43...f4 44.Ng2 Kf5 45.Kd1?? (better 45.Kd3-/+) 45…Be3 0-1. BitingSuarez (1700) - McDuck (1825), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.g3 Bd6 9.Nf3 Ne7 10.e3 0-0 11.Nc2 Bg4 12.Qb1?? (better is 12.h3 Bf3 13.Qf3–/+) 12...Bf3–+ 13.Rg1 e4 14.Nd4 Nd7 15.Nf3 ef3 16.Qd1 c5 (16...Ra8 17.Bb2 c5 18.h4–+) 17.bc5 (17.Qf3 Ra8 18.Qd1 cb4 19.cb4 Bb4–+) 17...Nc5 18.Qf3 Ne4 (better is 18...Ra8!? 19.Qd1 Ra2 20.c4–+) 19.Qd1 (19.Bd3 f5 20.Qd1 Ra8–+) 19...Ra8 20.c4 (20.d3 Qa5 21.de4 Qa1 22.Qa1 Ra1 23.Kd2 de4–+) 20...Bb4 21.cd5 (21.Bd3 Nd2 22.Bd4–+) 21...Bd2 22.Qd2 Nd2 23.Kd2 Ra1 24.Ke2 Nd5 25.Kf3–+ Qc6 26.e4 Nf6 27.Kg2 Qe4 28.f3 Ra2 29.Kh3 Qf3 30.Bc4 Qg4 0–1. rryy44 – antoni64, kurnik, 2013.

8.e3 d5 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.d4 Nbd7 14.Nd2 h6 15.Ngf3 Bg4 (15...e4!? 16.Nh4 Be6–/+) 16.h3 Bf3 17.gf3 ed4 18.ed4? (better is 18.cd4 Bb4 19.Rb1–/+) 18...Re8 19.Bd3 Nh5 20.Bb2?? (20.Qb1–+) 20...Qd8 21.f4 Nf4 22.Nf3 Nd3 (22...Nd3 23.Qc2 Nf4–+) 0–1. jeglin – muf211, kurnik, 2014.

8.e3 Be7 9.Nf3 d6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Bd7 12.d4 e4 13.Nfd2 d5 14.f3 Bf5 (14...ef3 15.Bf3 Qa6–/+) 15.g4? (15.fe4 Be4 16.b5 Bd6=) 15...Bg6 (better is 15...ef3!? 16.Bf3 Bg4 17.Bg4 Ng4–+) 16.f4+= h6 17.f5 Bh7 18.h3 Nbd7 19.Rf2 Qc7 20.Nf1 Ra8 21.Bb2 b5 22.Nbd2 Nb6 23.Nb1 Nc4 24.Bc4 bc4 25.Qd1 g5 26.fg6 Bg6 27.Nbd2 Kg7 28.Kg2 Nh7 29.Qe2? (better is 29.Ng3+=) 29...Bh4–+ 30.Rf4 Ng5 31.Nh2 Ra2 32.Nb1 (32.Ndf1 Ne6 33.Rf2 Bf2 34.Qf2 Qb7–+) 32...Qd6 (better is 32...Ne6 33.Rf1–+) 33.Rf1 (33.Na3–+) 33...Qg3 (33...Nf3 34.Kh1 Qh2 35.Qh2 Nh2 36.Kh2 Rb2 37.Kg1–+) 34.Kh1 Qh3 35.Rd1 (35.Na3 Nf3 36.Rb1 Bg3–+) 35...Nf3 36.Rc1 (36.Rd2 Bg3 37.g5 Bh2–+) 36...Qh2 (36...Bg3 37.Qg2 Qh4 38.Nd2 Nh2 39.Qg3 Qg3 40.Nf1 Qf3 41.Kg1 Rb2 42.Rc2 Rc2 43.Nd2 Rd2 44.b5 Qf1) 37.Qh2 Nh2 38.Kh2 Rb2 39.Kh3 Bf2 40.Rf1 Be3 41.Re1 (41.Rh1 Rb3–+) 41...Bg5 (41...Bf4 42.Rh1 e3 43.Nd2 ed2 44.Rd1 Be4 45.Kh4 Rb1 46.b5 Rd1 47.g5 hg5 48.Kg4 f5 49.Kh3 Rh1) 42.Rf1 e3 43.Re1 Bb1 0–1. Valpa – MrM, playchess.de, 2005.

8.Nd2 Nf6 9.Ngf3 Bd6 10.e4 0-0 11.ed5 (11.Be2 Bg4=+) 11...cd5–/+ 12.Be2 Nc6 13.0-0 Be6 14.h3 Ra8 15.Re1 Ra2 (15...e4 16.de4 de4 17.Nc4 Bc4 18.Bc4–/+) 16.Qb1=+ Qa7 17.b5 Ne7 18.Nb3 Ng6 (18...Qa3 19.Bf1 d4 20.c4–/+) 19.d4 (19.Bb2 b6=+) 19...e4–/+ 20.b6 Qa8 21.Nfd2 Nd7 22.Bb5 Nb6 23.Qc1? (better is 23.Bb2–/+) 23...Nc4–+ 24.Qd1 (24.Bc4 dc4 25.Nc5 Nf4–+) 24...Na3 25.Be2 (25.Bf1 Nc2 26.Nc1 Ne1 (26...Na1?! 27.Na2 Qa2 28.Ne4 de4 29.Qa1–/+; 26...Ra1?! 27.Qc2 Qa4 28.Qb2–+) 27.Na2 Qa2 28.Ne4 de4 29.Qe1 Nf4–+) 25...Bf4 26.Ne4 de4 27.d5 Bd7 28.Bg4 (28.g3 Nc2 29.gf4 Ne1 30.Qe1 Nf4–+) 28...Ba4 29.Bf5 (29.d6 Nc4 30.d7 Nd2 31.Re4 Bd7 (31...Bb3?! 32.Re8 Nf8 33.Ra8 Ra8 34.Qe1–+) 32.Nd2 Bg4 33.Qg4 Bd2–+) 29…Nc2 (30.Re4 Bb3–+) 0–1. Machete99 – guest108, ICC, 2002.

8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Nbd2 f5.

8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Nbd2 f6 10.e4 Ne7 11.Qb3 Be6 12.d4 0-0 13.Be2 Ng6 14.g3 Re8 15.0-0 Kh8 16.Qa4 ed4 17.ed5 Bd5 18.Nd4 Nd7 19.Bc4 Qc7 20.Bd5 Nb6 21.Qb3 Nd5 22.Nb5 Qd7 23.Nd6 Qd6 24.Nf3 b5 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Nd4 Qe4 27.c4 bc4 28.Qc4 Ne5 29.Qf1 (29.Qb3 Rb8 30.b5 cb5–+) 29...Nf3 (better is 29...Nb4!? 30.Qe2 Qg6–+) 30.Nf3+= Qf3 31.Re1 Rb8 32.Qc4 h5 (32...Nb4? 33.Qb4!? Rg8 34.Bd4+–) 33.Qc6 Rb4 34.Bc3 (better is 34.Bf6!? Re4 35.Re4 Qe4 36.Qc8 Kh7 37.Bg5+=) 34...Rg4?? (better is 34...Re4 35.Re4 Qe4=) 35.Qe8 (35.Qe8 Kh7 36.Qh5 Kg8 37.Re8) 1–0. Senkyr,Vladimir (2185) – Nehybka,Jiri (2230), CZE–chT2D, 2009.

8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Nbd2 Nf6=+.

8.Nf3 Bd6 9.d4 e4–/+ 10.Nfd2 e3 11.fe3 Nf6 (11...Qc7 12.Qb3 Bh2 13.e4–+) 12.Nf3 (better is 12.e4!? Ng4 13.g3=+) 12...Qc7–+ 13.Ne5 (13.g3!? 0-0–/+) 13...Nbd7 (< 13...Be5 14.de5 Qe5 15.Qd4–+) 14.Nd2 (14.Nd7 Kd7 (14...Nd7?! 15.e4–/+) 15.Qc2 Bh2–+) 14...Ne5 15.de5 (15.e4–+) 15...Be5 16.Nf3 Bg3! 17.hg3 Qg3 18.Kd2 Ne4 19.Kc1 Nf2 20.Qd4 Nh1 21.c4 (21.e4 de4 22.Qe4 Be6–+) 21...Nf2 (better is 21...f6!? 22.e4 dc4 23.e5–+) 22.cd5 cd5 23.Qg7 Qg7 24.Bg7 Rg8 25.Bf6 (25.Be5 Ne4–+) 25...Ne4 (25...Rg6 26.Bd4–+) 26.Bh4 (26.Be5 Rg6–+) 26...Ng3 (26...Rg6 27.Be1–+) 27.Bg3 Rg3 28.b5 (28.Kd2 h5–+) 28...Bd7 29.Nd4 Rg6 (29...h5 30.Kd2–+) 30.Kd2 Rf6 (30...h5 31.Ke1–+) 31.Ke1 Rb6 32.e4 (32.g3 Bb5 33.Bg2 Bc6–+) 32...Bb5 33.e5 (33.ed5 Bc4–+) 33...Bc4 34.g4 (34.g3 Rb1 35.Kf2 b5–+) 34...Rb1 35.Kf2 b5 36.Bg2 (36.g5 b4–+) 36...b4 37.e4 Rb2 (38.Kg3 b3–+) 0–1. Roever,Ludvig – Grafrath,Bernd, BdF, 1998.

8.d4 ed4 9.ed4 d5 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Bb2 Bf5 14.Bc1?? (14.Re1 h6=+) 14...Nbd7 (14...Bb1 15.Be3 Bf5 16.Nh4-+) 15.Bg5?? (15.Nbd2!?-/+) 15...Ne4 (better 15...Bb1 16.Re1 Be4-+) 16.Bh4 Qc7 (better 16...Nf8-+) 17.Bg3?? (better 17.Bd3-/+) 17...Ng3-+ (17...Bg3?! 18.fg3 Ng3 19.hg3 Bb1 20.Qb1 Re2 21.Ng5-/+) 18.hg3 Bg6 (better 18...Bb1 19.Qb1 Re2-+) 19.Bd3=+ Bd3 20.Qd3 Nf6 21.Nbd2 Ne4 22.Re1 f5 23.Nb3 g6 24.Nc5 Bc5 (24...b6!? 25.Ne4 fe4=+) 25.bc5= Re6 26.Ne5 (26.c4 Qa5 27.cd5 cd5=) 26...Qg7 (26...Nc5 27.Qe2 Nd7 28.g4-/+) 27.g4 (better 27.c4!? Nc5 28.Qa3+=) 27...fg4=+ 28.Ng4 Ng5 (better 28...Nc5!? 29.Qd2 Ne4=+) 29.Re6 Ne6 30.Qf3 Qf8 31.Qg3 Qf4 32.Qf4 Nf4 33.Kf1 Kg7 34.g3 Ne6 35.Ne5 Ng5 36.f3 h5 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.Ke3 Ne6 39.c4 Nc5 40.Nc6?? (better 40.Ng6 Nd7 41.Nf4 dc4 42.Nh5 Kg5 43.Nf4=) 40...bc6-+ 41.dc5 (41.cd5 Na6 42.dc6-+) 41...dc4 42.Kd4 c3! 43.Kc3 Ke5 44.Kc4 g5 45.Kb4 (45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Ke3-+) 45...h4 46.gh4 gh4 47.Ka5 (47.Kc4 h3 48.Kd3 Kf4 49.Ke2 h2 50.Ke1 h1Q 51.Ke2 Qf3 52.Ke1 Qg2 53.Kd1 Qa2 54.Kc1 Ke3 55.Kd1 Qd2) 47...h3 48.Kb6 (48.Kb4 Kd4 49.Ka5 h2 50.f4 h1Q 51.Kb6 Kd5 52.Kc7 Qh6 53.f5 Qh7 54.Kc8 Qf5 55.Kb7 Kc5 56.Kc7 Qh7 57.Kc8 Qe7 58.Kb8 Kb6 59.Kc8 Qc7) 48...Kd5 49.f4 (49.Ka6 h2 50.Kb7 h1Q 51.Kb6 Qf3 52.Ka5 Qb3 53.Ka6 Qb8 54.Ka5 Qb5) 49...h2 50.f5 (50.Kc7 h1Q 51.Kc8 Qf1 52.Kd7 Qf3 53.Kd8 Qe4 54.Kd7 Qe6 55.Kc7 Kc5 56.f5 Qf5 57.Kd8 Kd6 58.Ke8 c5 59.Kd8 Qd7) 50...h1Q 51.f6 (51.Kc7 Qh7 52.Kb8 Qf5 53.Ka8 Qf6 54.Kb7 Qe7 55.Kc8 Kc5 56.Kb8 Kb6 57.Kc8 Qc7) 51...Qf3 (51...Qh7 52.Ka6 Kc5 53.f7 Qf7 54.Ka5 Qa2) 52.Kc7 (52.Kb7 Qf6 53.Ka6 Kc5 54.Kb7 Qe7 55.Ka6 Qg7 56.Ka5 Qa1) 52...Qf6 53.Kb6 (53.Kd7 Kc5 54.Kc7 Qe7 55.Kc8 Kb6 56.Kb8 Qd8) 53...Qf7 (53...Qg7 54.Ka6 Kc5 55.Ka5 Qa1) 54.Ka5 Qa7 (54...Qb7 55.Ka4 Qb2 56.Ka5 Qb5) 55.Kb4 Qc5 56.Kb3 Qb5 57.Kc3 (57.Kc2 Kd4 58.Kd2 Qb2 59.Kd1 Kd3 60.Ke1 Qe2) 57...c5 (57...Qe2 58.Kb3 Qd2 59.Ka4 Qb2 60.Ka5 Qb5) 58.Kd2 Qb3 (58...Kd4 59.Kc2 Qe2 60.Kb3 Qd2 61.Ka3 Kc4 62.Ka4 Qb4) 59.Ke2 c4 60.Kd2 (60.Kf2 c3 61.Kg3 c2 62.Kg4 c1Q 63.Kh5 Ke5 64.Kg6 Qg8 65.Kh5 Qgg5) 60...Qd3 61.Kc1 (61.Ke1 c3 62.Kf2 c2 63.Kg2 c1Q 64.Kh2 Qg5 65.Kh1 Qh3) 61...Qe2 62.Kb1 Kc5 63.Kc1 (63.Ka1 c3 64.Kb1 Qb2) 63...Kb4 (63...c3 64.Kb1 Qb2) 64.Kb1 Kb3 65.Ka1 (65.Kc1 Qc2) 65…Qb2 0-1. minnesotawild (2030) - chocho25ar (2020), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Nf3 Qa7 9.Bb2 e4 10.Nd4 d5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.c4 dc4 13.Nc3 Ne5 14.Ne4 Nd5 15.Bc4 Nb4 16.Qc3 Nc4 17.Qc4 Qa6 18.Qa6 Na6 19.Ke2 Be7 (19...Nc5 20.f3=) 20.Ra1 (20.Ng3 f6=) 20...f5= 21.Nc3 c5 22.Nf3 Be6 23.Ne5 0-0 24.f4 Bf6 25.Na4 Rc8 26.d3 Bd8 27.Nc3 Bf6 28.Nb5 Nc7 29.Nc7 Rc7 30.Ra7 h5 31.Kd2 g5 32.fg5 Bg5 33.Nf3 Bd8 34.Be5 Rd7 35.Bf4 Kh7 36.g3 Bd5 37.Ne5 Rg7 38.Ra8 Rg8 39.Nd7 c4 40.dc4 Bc4 41.Bd6 Bc7 42.Nf6 Kg6 43.Rg8 Bg8 44.Bc7 (44.Ng8?? Bd6 45.Kd3 Kg7–+) 44…Kf6 ½–½. didaktikm123 (2085) – forsetinn (2410), gameknot.com, 2015.

8.d3 d5 9.Nd2 Bd6 10.Be2 0-0 11.Ngf3 Rd8 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Nf8 14.ed5 cd5 15.c4 Ng6 16.cd5 Nd5 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.b5 f6 19.Nd6 Qd6 20.d4 e4 21.Nd2 f5 22.Bc4 Be6 23.Qb3 Qf4 24.Bc1 Qh4 25.f3 Qf6 26.fe4 (26...Qd4 27.Rf2 fe4 28.Bb2=). woschkat – heis, net–chess.com, 2000.

8.d3 d5 9.ed5 cd5–/+ 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.Qb1 Ra8 15.c4 (15.b5!? Ne7 16.c4=+) 15...Qb4–+ 16.cd5 Nd5 17.Qb4 (17.g3 Qb1 18.Rb1 Bb4–+) 17...Bb4 (17...Ncb4?! 18.d4 ed4 19.Nd4–/+) 18.Nc4 (18.Rb1–+) 18...Nf4 19.Nb6 (19.Nce5 Ne2 20.Kh1–+) 19...Ne2 20.Kh1 Ra6 (21.Nc4 e4–+) 0–1. cry – churaku, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

8.d3 d5 9.Nf3!? =+.

8.Bd3 d5 9.Qf3 de4 10.Be4 Qa6 11.Bb2 Qa2 12.Bc1 Bd6 13.b5 0-0 14.Ne2 Bg4 15.Qd3 Ne4 16.Qe4 Be2 17.Ke2 f5 18.Qd3 Rf6 19.Ba3? (19.Kd1 Qa4 20.Qc2 Qg4 21.Ke1 Qg2 22.Rf1–+) 19...Ba3 20.Qd8 Rf8 21.Qa5 Qc4 22.Kd1 Qg4 23.Kc2 Qg2 24.Rd1 Qf2 25.Qa3 Qh2 26.Qd6 Re8 27.Na3 Qg2 28.Nc4 Qe2 29.Rg1 Qc4 30.d3 Qa2 (31.Kd1 Qb1 32.Ke2 Qg1 33.bc6 Qg2 34.Kd1 Nc6–+) 0–1. Ross,John – Whitcomb,Wayne, IECG, 1998.

8.Qe2 =+.

8.d4 =.

8.e3 Nf6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.–0 Qa7 11.Bb2 b5 0–1. Pcmvr – Veganray2, playchess.de, 2004.

8.e4 Nf6 9.d3 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 (10...Nbd7 11.0-0=) 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Qc2 (12.Nh4 Nd5 13.Nf5 N7f6=) 12...d5 13.h3 (13.Nbd2 Rd8=) 13...Re8 (13...Qc7 14.Nbd2=) 14.Bb2 (14.Nbd2 c5=) 14...Bd6 (14...c5 15.bc5 Qc5 16.Nbd2=) 15.Bc1 (15.Nbd2 Nh5=) 15...Nf8 (15...c5 16.bc5 Qc5 17.Ba3=) 16.Be3= Qc7 17.Nbd2 Ng6 (17...Ne6 18.Ra1=) 18.Rb1 (18.Ra1 b6=) 18...h6 (18...Nf4 19.Bf4 ef4 20.c4=) 19.Bf1 (19.Ra1 b6=) 19...Qe7 (19...Be6 20.Ra1=) 20.Nb3 (20.Ra1 d4 21.cd4 Bb4=) 20...Nh7 (20...Be6 21.Nc5=) 21.Ra1 f5 (21...Nf6 22.Ra7=) 22.Ra8 (22.Ra7 fe4 23.de4 Nf4+=) 22...Nf6= 23.Nfd2 (23.ed5 Nd5 24.Bc5 Bc5 25.bc5 e4 26.de4 fe4=) 23...f4 24.Bc5 Bc5 25.Nc5 (25.bc5 Be6 26.Ra7 de4 27.de4 Rd8=) 25...b6 26.Ncb3 Nh4 (26...Be6 27.Re8 Qe8 28.ed5 cd5 29.Nf3=) 27.Be2 (27.d4 Qb7 28.Qa2 A) 28...Ne4? 29.Ne4 Qe7 30.Ned2+–; B) 28...de4?? 29.Na5 Be6 30.Qe6 (30.Nb7?! Ba2 31.Ra2 ed4+–) 30...Qf7 31.Qc6+–; C) 28...f3 29.gf3 Ng6+=) 27...Qf7 28.Nf3 (28.ed5 A) 28...Nd5?! 29.Nf3 Nf3 30.Bf3= (30.gf3?? Qg6 31.Kf1 Bh3 32.Ke1 Qg1 33.Kd2 Ra8–+); B) 28...cd5?! 29.Kh2=+; C) 28...Qg6 29.Bf1 Bh3 (29...cd5?! 30.Kh2=; 29...Nd5?! 30.Kh2=) 30.Re8 Ne8–/+) 28...Nf3=+ 29.Bf3 Be6 (29...de4 30.de4 Qg6 31.Nc1=) 30.Re8 Qe8 31.Nd2 Qa8 32.Qb2 Qa6 (32...Qa4 33.ed5 cd5 34.c4=) 33.ed5+= cd5 (33...Bd5 34.c4 Bf3 35.Nf3=) 34.c4 e4 (34...d4 35.Bc6 Bd7 36.b5+=) 35.de4 (35.cd5 ef3 36.de6 fg2 37.Qb3+– (37.Kg2?! Qd3 38.Nf3 Qg6 39.Kh2 Qe4=)) 35...dc4+= 36.Qe5 b5 37.Nb1 (37.Nf1!?+=) 37...Nd7= 38.Qd4 Qa2 (better 38...Qb6!? 39.Qb6 Nb6=) 39.Nc3+= Qa1 40.Kh2 Kh8 (40...Qb2 41.Nb5 Qd4 42.Nd4+–) 41.Nb5 Qd4 42.Nd4 c3 43.Bg4 (43.g3 g5+–) 43...Bg4 44.hg4 Ne5 45.f3 Kg8 46.Kg1 (46.b5 Nc4+–) 46...Kf7 47.Kf1 Nc4 (47...g6 48.Ke2+–) 48.Ke2+– Ne3 (48...Nb2!?+–) 49.Kd3 Ng2 (49...g6 50.b5 Ke7 51.b6+– (51.Kc3?! Kd7+–)) 50.Kc3 g6 (50...Ke8 51.b5 Kd7 52.e5+–) 51.b5 Ke7 52.b6 Kd7 53.Kb4 (better 53.e5 Ne3 54.e6 Kc8 55.Nc6 Nd5 56.Kd4 Nb6 57.Ne5+–) 53...h5 (53...Kc8+–) 54.gh5 gh5 55.Kb5 h4 56.b7 Kc7 57.Ka6 h3 58.Ka7 (58.Ka7 Kd7 59.b8Q Nh4 60.e5 Ke7 61.Qc7 Kf8 62.Ne6 Ke8 63.Qd8 Kf7 64.Qd7 Kg6 65.Qg7 Kf5 66.Qf6) 1–0. Dzieniszewski,Andrzej – Urban, Czestochowa Poland, 1986.

8.Na3!? +=.

8.d3 Bc7= 9.e3 d5 10.Qa4 Bd7 (10...Ne7 11.c4=) 11.Be2 (11.c4 f6=) 11...c5 12.Qa2 Bc6 (12...cb4!? 13.cb4 Qb4 14.Bc3 Qe7=) 13.bc5+= Qc5 14.0-0 (14.Ne5 Be5 15.d4 Bd4 16.cd4 Qc1 17.Bd1 Qc4 18.Qc4 dc4+–) 14...Nd7 (14...e4 15.Nd4 Nf6 16.Nd2=) 15.d4 (15.Qa8 Ke7+=) 15...Qd6= 16.de5 Ne5 Do you see the mate threat? 17.Nbd2 (17.Ne5 Qe5 18.g3 Qg5=) 17...Nc4 (17...Nf3!? 18.Nf3 d4=) 18.Bc4 dc4 19.Nc4 Qh6 (better is 19...Qc5!?+=) 20.Qa8 Ke7 21.Qc8 Bh2 (21...Bd6 22.Rd1 (22.Nd6?! Qd6 23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Nf5 Ke6 25.Ng7 Ke7 26.Nf5 Ke6 27.Nd4 Ke7+–) 22...Bd7 23.Qb7 Bh2 24.Nh2+–) 22.Nh2 Qe6 (22...Qg5 23.Qc7 Kf8 24.Qd6 Qe7 25.Qb8 Qe8 26.Qe8 Ke8 27.Nd6 Kf8 28.c4+–) 23.Qc7 Bd7 (23...Qd7 24.Qe5 Kf8 25.Nd6+–) 24.Qc5 Ke8 25.Nd6 (25...Ke7 26.Nb5 Kd8 27.Qf8 Qe8 28.Qg7 Bb5 29.Rd1 Kc8 30.Qh8+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Valley,Ricky, internet, 2003.

8.d3 Bc7= 9.e4 Nf6 =.

8.Nd4 c5 9.bc5 Bc5 10.Qc2 (10.e3 d5=) 10...Nf6 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 (12.Nb3 Be7=) 12...d5 13.0-0 Bg4 (13...Bd4 14.cd4 Bg4 15.Bg4 Ng4=+) 14.d3 (14.f3!? ef3 15.Nf3=) 14...Be2–/+ 15.Qe2 (15.Ne2 Qa6 16.d4 Bd6–/+) 15...Qa6 16.Nb3 (16.Qb2 Qd3 17.Qb7 Nbd7–/+) 16...ed3 17.Qd1 (17.Qf3 Bd6–/+) 17...Nbd7 18.Nc5 (18.Bb2 Bd6–/+) 18...Nc5 19.Nd2 (19.Bb2 Ra8 20.Ba3 b6–/+) 19...Ra8–+ 20.h3 (20.Nf3–+) 20...Nfe4 21.Bb2 (21.Ne4 de4 22.Qg4 Nb3–+) 21...Qa2 22.Qa1 (22.Qc1–+) 22...Nd2 23.Rd1 Ncb3 24.Qb1 (24.Qa2 Ra2 25.c4–+) 24...Qb1 25.Rb1 Nb1 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Johannes,Jan, corr TKM/A006, 1999.

8.Nd4 Nf6 9.e3 d5 10.d3 Qc7 11.Nd2 Bd6 12.de4 Ne4 (worse is 12...Bh2 13.ed5 Nd5 14.c4 Nb4 15.N4f3+/–) 13.Ne4 de4 14.Qh5 0-0 15.Qh4 Re8 16.Be2 Qd8 17.Qd8 Rd8 18.0-0 Nd7 19.Rd1 Ne5 20.f3 ef3 21.gf3 Be7 22.Bb2 Rd6 23.e4 Rg6 24.Kf2 Bh4 25.Ke3 Rg2 26.Ra1 Bf2 27.Kd2 Bd4 (worse is 27...Rh2 28.Ra8 h5 29.Rc8 Kh7 30.Ba1+/–) 28.cd4 Nf3 29.Ke3 Ng1 30.Bc4 Rb2 31.Ra8 g5 32.Rc8 Kg7 33.d5 Rc2 34.d6+/– Rc3 35.Bd3 Nf3 36.d7 Rd3 37.Kd3 Ne5 38.Kd4 Nd7 39.Rc7 Nf6 40.e5 Nd5 41.Rb7 Nf4 42.Rb6 Nd5 43.Rb8 Ne7 44.Rb7 Kf8 45.Kc5 g4 46.Kd6 Nf5 47.Kc6 Nd4 48.Kd5 (48.Kd5 Nf3 49.b5+–) 1–0. Boehnke,Hartmut (2175) – Budde,Christian (2105), BdF CS–01 remoteschach.de, 2004.

8.Ne5 d5 9.e3 Nf6 (better is 9...Qa7!? 10.Bb2 Qa2–+) 10.Be2 h5 11.d3 Qc7 12.d4 Bd6 13.0-0 Be5 14.de5 Qe5 15.Nd2 Bg4 16.Bb2? (16.c4!? Qe6 17.Bf6 Be2 18.Qe2 Qf6 19.Rd1=) 16...b5 17.g3 Qf5 18.Re1 (18.f3 ef3 19.Nf3 Bh3–+) 18...Bh3 19.Bf1 Nbd7 20.Qa1 Ke7 21.Qb1 Ne5 22.Bh3? (better is 22.Qa2–+) 22...Qh3 23.Re2 Nfg4 24.Nf1 (24.f3 ef3 25.Qf1 fe2 26.Qe2–+ (26.Qh3 e1Q 27.Qf1 Qd2 28.Qf4 Qe1 29.Qf1 Nf3 30.Kg2 Qd2 31.Kf3 Qe3 32.Kg2 Qd2 33.Qe2 Qe2 34.Kg1 Qh2 35.Kf1 Qf2)) 24...Nf3 25.Kh1 Ngh2 (26.Qe4 de4 27.Nh2 Qh2) 0–1. valpa – tycho, HCL–B2378 playchess.de, 2003.

8.Ng1 d5=+.

9.Nc2 d5 =.

10.d3 Nf6 11.Nd2 =.

10.d3 Nf6 11.de4 Ne4 12.e3 =.

12.Nd2 ed3 13.ed3 c5 14.bc5 Bc5 15.N2b3 =.

12.Nd2 e3 13.fe3 Bd6 14.e4 =.

13.e3 b5 14.de4 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nd2 16.Qd2 +=.

13.e3 b6 14.de4 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nd2 16.Kd2 Qa7 17.Bh7 g6 18.Bg6 fg6 19.Qg6 Kf8 20.h4 (20.Nc6 Qa2 21.Nb8 Qb2 22.Qc2 Qc2 23.Kc2 Bd6=) 20...Qa2 (20...Bh4? 21.Rh4 Rh4 22.Qf6 Ke8 23.Qh4+–) 21.Kc1 (21…Rg8 22.Qh5–/+). Benussi – Stevens, 4AMM–04 email, 1997.

13.e3 b6 14.de4 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nd2 16.Kd2 Qa8 17.Ra1 Qb7 18.Ke1 = (< 18.Bh7 g6 19.Bg6 fg6=+).

13.e3 b6 14.de4 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nd2 16.Qd2 c5 17.bc5 bc5 +=.

13.e3 Nbd7 14.de4+/– Ne4 15.Ne4 de4 16.Nf5 Ne5? (16...Nf6 17.Ne7 (17.Ng7 Kf8–+) 17...Ke7 18.c4+/–) 17.Ne7 (worse is 17.Qe4 Qb2 18.Ng7 Kf8 19.Qe5 Rg8+=) 17...Ke7 18.Qe4 Rd8 19.Bc4 Qc4 20.Qe5 Be6 21.Qc5 (21.Qg7 Qd3 22.Qg5 f6 23.Qg7 Bf7–+) 21...Qc5 22.bc5 Bc4 (22...Bd5 23.Rg1 Bb3 24.Ke2=) 23.e4 Ke6 24.f3 f5 25.ef5 Kf5 26.Bc1 Re8 27.Kf2 Re2 28.Kg3 Re5 29.Ba3 Re3 30.Rd1 Be6 31.Bb4 Re2 32.Rd8 Rc2 33.Rf8 Kg6 34.Rb8 Bc4 35.Rb7 Bf1 36.Kf4 Rg2 37.Rc7 Rh2 38.Rc6 Kh5 39.Rc7 g5 40.Kf5 h6 41.c6 Rf2 42.Ke5 Bg2 43.Rd7+/– ½–½. Reuter,Alfred – Blatt,Frank, corr WCCF, 2000.

9.d3 ed3 10.Qd3 Bd6 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.Qe3 Be7 13.g3 Qc7 14.Bg2 0-0 15.0-0 Re8 16.Qd3 b6 17.e4 Ba6 18.b5 cb5 19.ed5 b4 20.c4 Bc5 21.Nf5 Nbd7 22.d6 Qd8 23.Ne4 Ne4 24.Be4 Nf6? (better is 24...f6+–) 25.Bc6 Re6 26.Bf6 Qf6 (26...Rf6 27.Re1 Re6+–) 27.d7 Qd8 28.Ra1 (28.Ra1 Rc6 29.Ra6+–) 1–0. hanzelpeter (2285) – pawnraider (2030), gameknot.com, 2015.

9.d3 e3 10.fe3 Nf6 11.Qc1 Bd6 12.Nd2 Ng4 13.N2f3 0-0 14.Nc2 Re8 15.d4 (15.g3!?–/+) 15...Re6 (15...Bf5 16.g3 Nd7 17.Bh3–+) 16.Bb2 (better is 16.Qa3 Qc7 17.c4 Bh2 18.Nh2 Qg3 19.Kd2–+) 16...Rh6 17.h3 (17.Ne5 Ne5 18.de5 Be5 19.e4 Bg3 20.hg3 Rh1 21.Qe3–+) 17...Bg3 18.Kd2 Nf2 19.Rg1 Ne4 20.Kd1 Rf6 21.Ng5 (21.Qa1 Qc7 22.Nd2 Nf2 23.Kc1 Bh2–+) 21...Ng5 22.Ne1 Bf2 23.Rh1 Ne4 24.g4 Be1 25.Bg2 Bg3 26.Kc2 (26.Be4 de4 27.Qc2 Be6–+) 26...Qb5 27.Bf3 b6 28.Kb1 Re6 29.Rg1 Bh4 30.Rh1 Qc4 31.Rh2 (31.Qc2 Nf2 32.Rf1 Na6–+) 31...c5 32.bc5 bc5 33.Rh1 (33.Qc2 Ng5–+) 33...Nc6 34.Ka1 (34.Qc2 Nf2–+) 34...Na5 35.Kb1 Nb3 (36.Be4 Nc1 37.Bd5 Qd5 38.Rc1 Qe4 39.Ka2 Ra6 40.Ba3 Be6 41.c4 Qe3 42.Kb2 Ra3 43.Rc2 Qb3 44.Kc1 Ra1 45.Kd2 Be1#) 0–1. Bonetti,Shane – gottawinsky, ICC, 2002.

9.d3 e3 10.fe3 Nf6 11.Qc1 Ng4 12.h3 Nf6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.N2f3 (14.Kf2!?=+) 14...Nh5 15.Rg1 Ng3 16.Bb2 Bd6 17.Qd2 b6 18.b5 c5 19.Nc2 f6 20.Na3 Qe7 (20...0-0 21.c4 Be6 22.cd5 Bd5 23.Qc3–+) 21.Kd1 (better is 21.Kf2–/+) 21...Nf5 22.Nc2 Bg3 23.e4 de4 24.de4 Nd6 25.e5 Nc4 (25...Nb5 26.c4 Nc7 27.ef6 gf6 28.Qh6 Qd6 29.Nd2=+) 26.ef6 (26.Qd5 Nb2 27.Kc1–+) 26...Qf6 (26...Nb2?! 27.Kc1 gf6 28.Kb2=) 27.Qc1 Qd6 (better is 27...Qd8 28.Nfd4 cd4 29.cd4 Nb2 30.Qb2–+) 28.Nfd4 cd4 29.Nd4 (29.cd4 0-0 30.Ba3 Na3 31.Qa3–+) 29...Bf2 30.Rh1 Ne3 31.Kd2 Bb7 32.Qa1 (32.Ba3 Nc4 33.Kd1 Na3–+) 32...Qf4 33.Bc1 Nd7 34.Qa2 (34.h4 Ne5 35.c4 0-0–+) 34...Bd5 35.Qa3 Ne5 (36.Qa4 N5c4 37.Qc4 Bc4–+) 0–1. Bonetti,Shane – ajop, ICC, 2002.

9.d3 Nf6=.

9.e3 Qa7 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.d3 Qa2 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.Nd2 0-0 14.de4 Ne4 15.Bc4 dc4 16.Ne4 Be5 17.0-0 Bd4 18.ed4 Bf5 19.f3 Nd7?? (19...Qb3 20.Qe2 Be4 21.fe4 c5 22.bc5 b6 23.cb6 Nd7+–) 20.Ra1+– Be4 21.fe4 (21.Ra2? Bc2 22.Ra7 Bf5–+) 21...Qb3 22.Qb1 c5 23.Ra3 (23.bc5?! Re8+/–) 23...Kh8 (23...Qa3 24.Ba3 cd4 25.cd4 b5+–) 24.Rb3 (24.Rb3 cb3 25.bc5+–) 1–0. Degterev,Pavel – Trevis,Robert, IECG, 2005.

9.e3 Bd6 10.c4= Be5 (worse 10...Bb4 11.Nc6 Qc6 12.Bg7 dc4 13.Bh8+–) 11.cd5 cd5 (worse 11...Qb4 12.dc6 bc6 13.Qc2+=) 12.Qa4 Nd7 13.Nf5 Ba1 (13...Qf6 14.Be5 Qe5 15.Qc2+=) 14.Qa1 Qb4 15.Bb5 (15.Ng7 Kd8=) 15...Ngf6 16.Bd7 Kd7 17.0-0 Rg8 (17...Qb6 18.Qa3 Qe6 19.Qa4 Kd8 20.Ng7=) 18.Nc3 (18.Rc1 Ke6 19.Ng7 Rg7 20.Rc8=) 18...Qb6 (better 18...Kd8!? 19.Rb1 Qc4=+) 19.Na4+= Qb4 20.Rb1 Qf8 (20...Qd2?? 21.Nc5 Kc6 22.Nb3+–) 21.Nb6 Ke6 22.Nd4 Ke7 23.Rc1 Bd7 24.Qa3 Ke8 25.Qa8 Ke7 26.Qb7 (26.Qb7 Qd8 27.Nc6 Ke6 28.Nd8 Rd8 29.Nd7 Rd7 30.Rc6 Ke7 31.Qb4 Ke8 32.Rc8 Rd8 33.Rd8 Kd8 34.Qf8 Kd7 35.Qf7 Kd6 36.Qg7+–) 1–0. Benassi,Aspasio – Kulbacki,Jim, corr or02–024, 2002.

10.Nd2 c5 11.bc5 Bc5 12.e3 =.

10.Nd2 ed3 11.ed3 Bd6 12.Be2 0-0 13.0-0 Nbd7 (13...Re8 14.Re1=) 14.Qa4 (14.Nf5 Bb8=) 14...Qc7 15.N2f3 Ng4 16.h3 Nge5 17.c4 White intends b5 17...Nf6 (17...Re8 18.Re1=) 18.Rc1 (18.c5 Be7+=) 18...Qe7= 19.c5 Bc7 20.Bf1 Re8 21.b5 Bd7 22.b6 Bb8 23.Kh1 (23.Qc2 Nf3 24.Nf3 Qd8+=) 23...Ng6 24.Qa8?? (better 24.Qb4=) 24...Bf4-/+ 25.Qe8?? (better 25.Qa3 Bc1 26.Qc1-/+) 25...Qe8 (25...Ne8 26.Rc2-+) 26.Re1 Qb8 27.g3 (27.Ne2 Qd8-+) 27...Bg3! 28.fg3 Qg3 29.Bg2 (29.Re2 Bh3 30.Bh3 Qh3 31.Kg1-+) 29...Bh3 30.Bh3 Qh3 31.Kg1 (31.Nh2 Nh4 32.Re2 Qd3-+) 31...Nf4 32.Kf2 Nd3 (32...Ng4 33.Kg1 Qg2) 33.Ke3 (33.Ke2 Ne1 34.Ne1-+) 33...Ne1 34.Bc3 Nf3 (34...Ng4 35.Ke2 Nf3 36.Nf3 Qg2 37.Kd1 Qf3 38.Kd2 Qg2 39.Kd3 Nf2 40.Kd2 Ne4 41.Kc1 Qf1 42.Kb2 Qe2 43.Bd2 Qd2 44.Kb3 Nc5 45.Ka3 Qc3 46.Ka2 Qc2 47.Ka3 Qb3) 35.Nf3 Ng4 36.Kf4 f6 37.Be1 If White now only could play Nh2... 37...g5 38.Ng5 fg5 39.Kg5 (39.Kf5 Qf3 40.Kg5 Ne3 41.Kh6 Qg4 42.Bc3 Qg6) 39...Qe3 (39...Qf3 40.Bg3 h6 41.Kh4 Ne3 42.Kh3 d4 43.Kh4 Qg4) 40.Kg4-+ Qe1 41.Kf5 (41.Kg5 Qe4 42.Kf6 d4 43.Kg5 d3 44.Kf6 d2 45.Kg5 Kg7 46.Kh5 d1Q 47.Kg5 h6) 41…Qe7 (41...Qe7 42.Kg4 d4 43.Kg3 d3 44.Kf4 d2 45.Kg3 Qg7 46.Kf3 d1Q 47.Kf4 Qdd4 48.Kf5 Qgf6; 41...Qe4 42.Kf6 d4 43.Kg5 Kf7 44.Kh5 h6 45.Kh6 Qg6) 0-1. upep (1980) - kurzeme (2000), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2013.

10.Nd2 e3 11.fe3 Bd6 12.g3 Qc7 Do you see the mate threat? 13.Qc1 0-0 14.e4 (14.Nc2 Bg3 15.hg3 Qg3 16.Kd1 Ng4–+) 14...Ng4 The mate threat is Bxg3 15.N2f3 de4 16.de4 Re8 17.Qb1 b5 18.Bb2 (18.Nf5 Rd8 19.Nd6 Qd6=+) 18...Nd7 (18...Ne3 19.Nf5 Rd8 20.Kf2=+) 19.Bh3 (19.Nf5 Nde5 20.Nd6 Qd6=+) 19...Ndf6 (19...Nde5 20.Ne5 Be5 21.Bg4 Bg4 22.0-0–/+) 20.Bg4 (20.Nf5 Bf5 (20...Re4?! 21.Bg4 Rg4 22.Nd6 Qd6 23.Qd3=+) 21.ef5 Bg3 22.hg3 Qg3 23.Kd2 Qf4 24.Kc2 Re2 25.Kb3 Qf3 26.Bg4 Qd5 27.c4 Qc4 28.Ka3 c5 29.Qe1 Qc2 30.Be2 Qa4) 20...Bg4 21.Nd2 (21.e5 Be5 22.Qd3 Bd4 23.Nd4 Qd6–+) 21...Bh3 22.Rg1 Ng4 23.N2f3 Nh2! 24.Ng5 Bg3 25.Kd1 Bf2 26.e5 g6 27.Nh3–/+ Bg1 28.Ng1 Qe5 29.Qd3 Ng4 30.Kc2 Qd6 31.Bc1 Qd5 32.Nb3 Qe6 33.Qd4 h5 34.Qf4 f6 35.Qd4 g5 36.Kb2 Ra8 37.Qd3 Ne5 38.Qc2 g4 39.Kb1 h4 40.Bf4 Qf7 41.Be5 fe5 42.Kb2 h3 (43.e3 Qh7–+) 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter – Poulin,Ricky, C–2001–561 FCV–D5, 2001.

10.e3 Bd6 11.Nd2 (11.de4 Ne4 12.Bd3 0-0=) 11...0-0 12.de4 Ne4 13.Ne6?? (better 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Nf5 Bf5 15.Bf5=) 13...Nf2!–+ (13...fe6?! 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Ng3–/+; 13...Be6?! 14.Ne4 Bb4 15.Qb1–/+) 14.Kf2 fe6 15.Nf3 e5 16.Ke2 (16.Bd3–+) 16...e4 17.Kd2 (17.Qd4 ef3 18.gf3 Qa6 19.c4 Qc4 20.Qc4 dc4–+) 17...ef3 18.gf3 Re8 (18...Re8 19.Qe2 Bf4 20.ef4 Re2 21.Be2 Qf2–+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Zaremba,Artur, CiF, 2000.

10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 (11.de4 Ne4 12.Be2 Bd6=+) 11...ed3=+ 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Be2 Bd6 14.0-0 (14.Qc2 0-0=+) 14...0-0 15.Qc2 Re8 16.N2f3 (16.Nf5 Bc7=+) 16...Bb8 (16...Bg4!?=+) 17.Ne5= Re5 18.Nf3 Rh5 (18...Bf5 19.Qa2 Re8 20.c4=) 19.c4 Qb4 20.Bf6 gf6 21.cd5 (21.Ra1 Bf5 22.Qd1 Be4=) 21...Rd5+= 22.Nd4 (22.Bd3 Kg7=) 22...Qe7 (22...Qd6 23.f4=) 23.Bf3 (23.Ra1 Be5=) 23...Rc5 24.Qa2 (24.Qd3 Be5=) 24...Kg7 (24...Be6 25.Qa8 Qc7 26.Ra1 Qh2 27.Kf1 Bc4 28.Ke1 Qg1 29.Kd2 Qf2 30.Be2 Be2 31.Qb8 Kg7 32.Qf4 Qf4 33.ef4–+) 25.Rb1 (25.Rd1 Bd6=) 25...Be5 26.g3 (26.Qa8 Qc7 27.h3 Ra5 28.Nf5 Bf5–+) 26...Bd4= 27.ed4 Rc3 28.Bg2 Bf5 29.Qa5 Bb1 30.Qc3 Qe2 31.h4 (31.h3 Be4=+) 31...Be4 32.Bf1 (32.Be4 Qe4 33.Qb4 b5=+) 32...Qf3 (32...Qd1 33.f4–/+) 33.Qf3=+ Bf3 34.Bd3 h6 (34...b5 35.Kf1=+) 35.Kf1 Kf8 36.Ke1 Ke7 37.Kd2 Ke6 (37...b5 38.Kc2=+) 38.Ke3 Bd5 39.g4 b5 40.f4 (40.Kd2 b4–/+) 40...Ke7 41.Kd2 b4 42.g5 (42.h5!?=+) 42...fg5–/+ 43.fg5 hg5 44.hg5 Kd6 45.Kc2 (45.Bf5 c5 46.dc5 Kc5–+) 45...c5–/+ 46.dc5 Kc5 47.Bh7 (47.Bf5 Kd4 48.Kb2 Ke5–+) 47...Kd6 (47...Kd4 48.Kb2–+) 48.Kb2 (48.Bd3 Ke5 49.Kb2 b3–+) 48...Ke7 (48...Ke5 49.Bd3–+) 49.g6 ½–½. Rovid,Kalman (2200) – Biriescu,Ioan (2335), Budapest Elekes mem–B, 1981.

10.e3 Be7 11.de4 de4 12.Nd2 0-0 13.Qc2 Qa7 14.Bb2 c5 15.bc5 Nbd7 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qe4 Qc5 18.Bd3 Nf6 19.Qf3 Bd6 20.h3 Qe5 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Nf3 Qa5 23.0-0 Ne4 24.Rd1 Nc3 25.Bc3 Qc3 26.Bh7! Kh7 27.Rd6 Qc5 28.Rd1 Bf5 29.Nd4 Be4 30.Qg4 Kg8 31.Qd7 Ra8 32.f3 Bc6 33.Qf5 Qc3 34.Qf4 Re8 35.e4 Rd8 36.Qd2 Qc5 37.Qe3 Ba4 38.Rd3 b5 39.Nc6 Qe3 40.Re3 Rd2 41.Ne7 Kh7 42.Nd5 Rd4 43.Kf2 b4 44.Re2 b3 45.Rb2 Rc4 46.Ke3 Rc2 47.Rc2 bc2 48.Kd2 f6 49.Ne3 Kg6 50.Nc2 Kf7 51.Nd4 Ke7 52.h4 Bd7 53.g4 Kf7 54.Kd3 Bc8 55.h5 Ba6 56.Ke3 Bb7 57.Nf5 Bc8 58.Nd6 Kg8 59.Nc8 Kh7 +–. kamret (2185) – xerxes2008 (2030), GameColony.com, 2003.

10.e3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Qa7 12.Bb2=.

10.e3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Be7 12.de4 Ne4 13.f3 Bf3 14.gf3 (14.Nf3? Qe3 15.Be2 Qf2 16.Kd1 Qa7–+) 14...Bh4 15.Ke2+–.

10.e3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Bh5 12.de4 Bg6 13.Bd3 de4 14.Be2 c5 15.bc5 Bc5 16.Nd2 0-0 17.0-0 Rd8 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Nb3 Bb6 (20...Na6 21.N5d4 Qc7 22.Nc5 Nc5 23.c4=) 21.c4 Nbd7 (21...Na6 22.Qc3=) 22.h3 (22.Bd4 Nc5=) 22...Ra8 (22...Nc5 23.Bd4=) 23.Qd2 Ne5 (23...Bc5!?=) 24.Qd6+/– Nf3 25.Kh1 Bd8 26.Rd1 (26.Bf6 Qd6 27.Nd6 Bf6+/–) 26...Nh4 27.Bc3 (27.c5 Nf5 28.Qe7 Be7+/–) 27...h6 (27...Nf5 28.Qf4+=) 28.Qe7 (28.c5 Nf5 29.Qf4 Qe6+/–) 28...Be7+= 29.Na5 b6 30.Nc6 Bc5 31.Kg1 (31.Rd2 Bf5+=) 31...Ne8 (31...Ra2 32.Bf6 gf6 33.Ncd4+=) 32.Rd7 (32.Kf1 Nf5+=) 32...Nf5 (32...Kh7 33.Rd2+=) 33.Ne5 Nf6 34.Rb7 Ne8 (34...Nh4 35.Na7+=) 35.Ng6+/– fg6 36.Bd1 Kf8 37.Bc2 Ned6 38.Nd6 Nd6 39.Rc7 ½–½. Trokenheim,Marek – Smits, CTON, 1996.

10.de4 de4 11.e3 c5 12.bc5 Bc5=.

10.de4 Ne4 11.Nd2 c5 12.bc5 Bc5 13.e3 0-0 14.Bd3 Qg6 15.Qf3 Re8 16.Be4 de4 17.Qg3 Qa6 18.N4b3 Bd6 19.Qh4 Nd7 20.c4 Nc5 21.0-0 Nb3 22.Nb3 Qc4 23.Qg5 Bf8 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.h3 b5 26.Bb2 f6 27.Qf4 b4 28.Ra1 Qc5 29.Ra6 Kh8 30.Qh2 Rc8 31.Qg3 Qd5 32.Qf4 Qb7 33.Ra1 b3 34.Re1 Kg8 35.Ra1 Rc2! 36.Rb1 Bc5 37.Ba3 Ba3 38.Nc2 bc2 39.Rb7 c1Q 40.Kh2 Qc6 41.Qb8 Qc8 42.Qc8 Bc8 43.Ra7 Bd6 44.Kg1 Bf8 45.g4 f5 46.g5 Be6 ½–½. AndyAndyO – Subedei, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

10.de4 Ne4 11.e3 Bd6=.

10.d3 c5 11.bc5 Bc5 12.Nd2 0-0 13.Qb1 (13.Qb3 Qa5 14.Bb2 Rd8=) 13...Bd4 14.ed4 Qb1 15.Nb1 Re8 16.de4 Ne4 17.Be2 Bf5 (17...Nf6 18.Kf1=) 18.f3= Nc5 19.dc5 Bd3 (19...Bb1!? 20.Kf2 Ba2=) 20.Kd2+= Be2 21.Re1 Bb5 22.Re8 Be8 ½–½. pcmvr (2695) – martijn (2610), net–chess.com, 2006.

10.d3 ed3 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.N2f3 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Bb2 Nbd7 17.Qc2 Re8 18.Ra1 Ne5 19.Ne5 Be5 20.c4 dc4 21.Qc4 Bg6 22.Bg6 hg6 23.Ra2 Ne4 24.Nf3 Bb2 25.Rb2 Qd7 26.Rb1 Qe7 27.Rd1 Kf8 28.Rd4 Kg8 29.b5 c5 30.Rd5 Qf6 31.Rd7 Qf5 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.b6 Ra8 34.Kh2 Nd6 35.Qf4 Qf4 36.ef4 c4 37.Rd7 c3 38.Ne1 Nc4 39.Rb7 Kf8 40.Nc2 Ke8 41.Nb4 Rc8 42.h4 Nd6 43.Ra7 Rc4 44.Nc2 Kd8 45.g4 Kc8 46.Re7 Rf4 47.Kg3 Rc4 48.f3 Rc6 49.b7 Kb8 50.Rd7 Rb6 51.Kf4 Nb7=+ 52.Rf7 Rb2 53.Ne1 Re2 54.Nd3 c2 55.Rf8 Kc7 56.Rf7 Kc8 (57.Rg7 Nc5 58.Rg8 Kc7 59.Rg7 Kd8 60.Rg8 Ke7–+). kamret (2195) – Ace_Of_Aces (2115), GameColony.com, 2005.

10.d3 ed3 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Nf3 (12.Be2 Ne5=) 12...Bd6+= 13.Nbd2 0-0 14.Qc2 (14.0-0 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5=) 14...Qd8 (14...c5 15.c4=) 15.0-0= Qe7 16.Rd1 (16.Bb2 Ne5=) 16...Rd8 17.c4 dc4 18.Nc4 Bb4 19.Bb2 g6 (19...h6 20.Nd4+=) 20.Bf1 (20.Be2 Nd5+=) 20...Nd5 (20...h6 21.Qd3+=) 21.e4= N5f6 22.Nce5 Ne5 23.Rd8 Qd8 24.Ne5 Be6 25.Nd3 Bf8 26.Nc5 Bc8 27.f3 b5 28.Nb3 Bd7 29.Qf2 Be6 30.Nc5 Qd1?? 31.Ne6+– fe6 32.Bf6 b4 33.Bd4 b3 34.Bc3 Bg7? 35.e5+– Bf8 36.Qb6 Qd5 37.Bd4 Be7 38.Kh1 Kf7 39.Be2 c5 40.Bc3 Bg5 41.Qc7 Be7 42.Kg1 Qa8 43.Qd7 Qa3 44.Qd2 c4 45.Bc4 Qc5 46.Qd4 (46.Qd4 Qa3 47.Qf4 Kg7 48.Be6+–) 1–0. Vetter,Udo – Bonetti,Shane, TT–11 ETC, 2004.

10.d3 Bd6 11.de4= Ne4 12.Bd3 0-0 13.0-0 =.

10.d3 Bd6 11.de4= Ne4 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Qc2 0-0 (13...Qe7 14.Nd2 Nd2 15.Qd2=) 14.Be4 de4 15.Qe4 Nd7 (15...b6 16.Nd2=) 16.Nd2 (16.Qh4 Rd8=) 16...Nb6 (16...Rd8 17.Qh4=) 17.h3 (17.Qh4 Rd8+=) 17...f5 (17...Rd8 18.0-0=) 18.Qd3 Qe7 (18...Bd7 19.0-0+=) 19.0-0 Bb8 (19...f4 20.Re1+=) 20.Rb1 White intends b5 (20.Rd1 Rd8+/–) 20...Qd6+= 21.c4 (better is 21.N2f3!?+=) 21...Qh2=+ 22.Kf1 Qc7 23.c5 Nd5 24.b5 Rd8 25.bc6 bc6 26.N2f3 Ba7 27.Qa3 Bb8 28.Qb2 Nf6 29.Qb6 Bd7 30.Ne2 Qc8 31.Be5 Be5+/– 32.Ne5 Re8 33.Qa7 Qd8 34.f4 Bc8 35.Qf7 Kh8 36.Nd4 Qa5 37.Kg1 Qc3 38.Kh2 Qe3= 39.Rb3 (39...Qf4 40.Rg3=; < 39.Ndc6 Qf4 40.Kh1 Be6=). Woelfelschneider,Peter – Bonetti,Shane, TT–08 ETC, 2003.

10.d3 Bd6 11.de4 Ne4 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Nd2 0-0 15.N2f3 Nbd7 16.0-0 b5 17.Nf5 Ne5 18.Nd6 Nf3 (18...Qd6? 19.Ne5 Qe5 20.c4+–) 19.gf3 Qd6 20.Kh1 Bh3 21.Rg1 Qe6 22.c4 bc4 23.Bh7 Kh8 24.Qb1 Rb8 25.Bc2 Ne8 26.Bd4 f6 27.Bc5 Nd6 28.Qd1 Kg8 29.Qd4 Rd8 30.Qf4 Bf5 31.e4 de4 32.Bd6 Rd6 33.fe4 Bh7 34.Rg3 Qd7 35.Ra3 Rd2 36.Qb8 Qd8 37.Qd8 Rd8 38.Rc3 Rd4 39.f3 Kf8 40.Ba4 Bg8 41.Bc6 Rd1 42.Kg2 Rb1 43.b5 Ke7 44.Rc2 Kd6 45.f4 Kc5 46.Kf3 Rb3 47.Kf2 Rh3 48.Kg2 Rd3 49.Rc1 c3 50.e5 Bb3 51.Be4 Re3 52.ef6 gf6 53.Bf3 c2 (worse is 53...Kb5 54.Kf2 Rd3 55.Be2+/–) 54.Kf2 Re6 55.f5 Rd6 56.Ke3? (better is 56.h4!?+=) 56...Kb5–+ 57.Be4 Rd1 58.Rc2 Bc2 59.Bc2 Rh1 60.Kd4 Rh2 61.Be4 Rd2 62.Kc3 Rd7 63.Bd3 Kc5 64.Bc4 Rg7 65.Be6 Rg3 66.Kd2 Kd4 67.Ke2 Ke4 68.Kf2 Rc3 69.Kg2 Kf4 70.Kf2 Rc2 71.Kf1 Ke3 72.Kg1 Kf3 73.Bb3 Rb2 74.Be6 Rd2 75.Bc8 Rg2 76.Kf1 Rc2 77.Bb7 Kf4 78.Ba6 Rc1 79.Ke2 Kf5 80.Kf3 Rc3 81.Ke2 Kf4 82.Kd2 Rb3 83.Bc4 Rf3 84.Bd5 f5 85.Ke2 Ra3 86.Kd2 Kg3 87.Kc2 Kf2 (87...f4 88.Kb2 Re3 89.Bc4–+) 88.Kd2 (88.Kb2 Ra5 89.Be6 f4–+) 88...f4 89.Kc2 Ke1 90.Kb2 Rd3 91.Be4 Kd2 92.Bd3 Kd3 0–1. Blitzmich – Janwitje, playchess.de, 2004.

10.d3 Bd6 11.de4 Ne4 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.Nf5 Qc7 (14...Bf8 15.Nf3=) 15.Nd6 (better is 15.Ng7!? Kf8 16.Nf5+/–) 15...Qd6= 16.c4 Ne5 17.c5 (17.Qb3 dc4 18.Bc4 0-0=) 17...Qe6?? (better is 17...Nd3 18.Ke2 Nc5 19.bc5 Qc5 20.Bf6 gf6–/+) 18.Be2 0-0 19.Bc3 1–0. Korchut,Adam (2035) – Konieczny,Franz, IECG, 2004.

10.d3 Bg4 11.Qc2 c5 12.bc5 Bc5 13.de4 de4 14.Nd2 Bd4 15.cd4 =.

10.d3 Bg4 11.f3 ef3 12.gf3 =+.

10.Be2 Bd6 11.d3 0-0 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.de4 de4 14.Qc2 Re8 15.h3 Qe7 16.Bb2 b6 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.0-0 b5 19.Nd2 Qd6 20.f4 ef3 21.N2f3 Bh3 0–1. busele – lonewolf, playchess.de, 2001.

10.Be2 Nbd7 11.d3 ed3 12.Qd3 Ne5 13.Qc2 Bd6 14.Nd2 0-0 15.0-0 Bd7 16.N4f3 Nf3 17.Nf3 Ne4 18.Bd3 Re8 19.Rb1 Qd8 20.c4 Qe7 21.c5 Bb8 22.Bd4 Bg4 23.Ne1 Bh5 24.Ra1 Be5 25.Qb2 Bd4 26.Qd4 f5 27.Nc2 Qg5 28.b5 Nd2 29.Qb4 Nf3 30.Kh1 Nh4 31.Ne1 Qf6 32.Qd4 Qd4 33.ed4 f4 34.bc6 bc6 35.g3 Nf3 36.Nc2 Rb8 37.gf4 Rb3 38.Be2 Rb2 39.Bd3 ½–½. Boehnke,Hartmut (2095) – Fuhrwerk,Klaus (2345), BdF Pyramide, 2005.

8.e3 d5 9.Be2 Bd6 10.–0 Ne7 11.d3 0-0 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Nbd2 Ra8 15.Ra1 Ra1 ½–½. Pcmvr – BigL, Playchess.de, 2005.

8.e4 d5 9.ed5 cd5 10.d4 e4 11.Nfd2 f5 12.Be2 Nf6 13.b5 f4 14.0-0 Bd6 15.c4 f3 16.gf3 Qc7 17.fe4 Bh2 18.Kh1 de4 19.Bh5 Kd8 20.Bc3 Bh3 (20...Nh5 21.Qh5 Bf4 22.Ne4+–) 21.Re1 Qf4 (21...Nh5?? 22.Qh5 Bf4 23.Qh3+–) 22.Ne4?? (22.Ba5 Kc8 23.Qb3–/+) 22...Ne4–+ 23.Re4 Qe4 24.Bf3 Qh4 25.Kh2 Rf8 26.Kg1 Rf6 (26...Rf6 27.Qd3 Qg5 28.Bg4 Qg4 29.Qg3 Qd1 30.Kh2 Bc8–+) 0–1. Pcmvr – FortKnox, playchess.de, 2004.

8.e4 d5 9.ed5 cd5 10.d4 e4 11.Nfd2 f5 12.Be2 Nf6 13.b5 f4 14.0-0 Bd6 15.c4 f3 16.gf3 Qc7 17.Kh1 Bh2 18.fe4 de4 19.Bh5 Kd8 20.Bc3 Bh3 (20...Nh5 21.Qh5 Bf4 22.Ne4 Qc4 23.Ba5 b6 24.Bb6 Ke7 25.Rg1+–) 21.Re1 Qf4 (21...Nh5?? 22.Qh5 e3 23.Re3+–) 22.Ba5 Kc8 23.Qb3 Bd7 24.Nf1 Qf2 25.Qe3 (25.Nh2 Nh5 26.Re3–+) 25...Qe3 26.Re3 Bf4 (26...Nh5?! 27.Kh2 Nf6 28.Kg1–/+) 27.Be2 Be3 28.Ne3 h5 29.Nc3 Be6 30.c5 Nc6 (better is 30...Kd7!?–+) 31.bc6–/+ bc6 32.Ba6 Kb8 33.Nc2 Bc8 34.Bc4 h4 35.d5 cd5 36.Nd5 Be6 37.Nf6 Bc4 38.Nd7 Kb7 39.Nb4 (39.Ne5 Bb3 40.Ne3 Ra8 41.c6 Kc8–/+) 39...Bb5 (better is 39...Rc8!?–+) 40.c6–/+ Bc6 41.Nc5 Ka8 42.Nc6 Rc8 43.Ne4 Rc6 44.Kh2 Re6 ½–½. Pcmvr – FortKnox, Playchess.de, 2005.

8.Nf3 Bd6 9.c4 Qb4 10.cd5 Bf5 11.Ne5 Bb1 12.Nc6 Nc6 13.dc6 Nf6 14.Bf6 gf6 15.cb7 Qb7 16.f3 0-0 17.Bh3 Bc5 0–1. player27 – lonewolf, playchess.de, 2001.

8.Nf3 e4 9.Nd4 c5 10.bc5 Bc5 11.d3 Nf6 12.Bg2 0-0 13.de4 Ne4 14.Nd2 Nc3 (14...Re8 15.N2b3=+) 15.Bc3 Bd4 16.Bd4 Qd4 17.Nb3 (17.e3!? Qe5 18.0-0=+) 17...Be6?? (better is 17...Qb4 18.Nd2 d4–/+) 18.Nd4 (18...Nc6 19.Nb5+–) 1–0. Nissen,Hans_Henrik – Cijs,Peter, corr ICCF EM/C/A053, 1998.

7.e3 c5 8.bc5 Qc5 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.d4 Qc7 13.Nbd2 d5 14.c4 dc4 15.Nc4 Nd5 16.Qb3 Bd7 17.Nce5 Be8 18.h3 f6 19.Nd3 Bf7 (19...Bg6 20.Nh4 Be4 21.f3 Bd3 22.Bd3+= (22.Qd3? f5–+)) 20.Rb1 (20.e4 Nb6+/–) 20...b6 (20...Nc6!?+=) 21.e4 Nf4 22.Nf4 Qf4 23.Qb6 (better is 23.Bd3+/–) 23...Bd6?? (better is 23...Qe4 24.Qb5 Rc8=) 24.e5+– fe5 (24...Ba3 25.Qb3 Qe4 26.ef6 (26.Qa3?! Qb1 27.Kh2 Nc6=) 26...gf6 27.Re1+– (27.Qa3?! Qb1 28.Kh2 Nc6+=)) 25.de5 (better is 25.Qd6 Nc6 26.Qc6+–) 25...Be7 26.Qd4 Qh6 27.Rb7 Qc1 28.Qd1 Ba3 (28...Qd1 29.Bd1 Nc6 30.Rc7+–) 29.Bd4 (29.Qc1!? Bc1 30.Rc7 Bh6+–) 29...Rc8 30.Qc1 Rc1 31.Kh2 h6?? (better is 31...Rc8+–) 32.Rb8 Kh7 33.Rb3 Bf8 34.Rb8 Ba3 0–1. ourang – farmer1962rt, kurnik, 2013.

7.e3 f6 8.Nf3 d5 9.Be2 Ne7 10.0-0 Nd7 11.d3 Ng6 12.Nbd2 e5 13.Qc2 Bd6 14.Bb2 Ndf8 (14...0-0!?+=) 15.Ra1 Ne6 16.Nb3 (16.c4 Qd8 17.c5+=) 16...0-0= 17.d4 e4 18.Nfd2 Qc7 19.g3 b5 20.Qb1 Ng5 21.Qa2 Bb7 22.Na5 Ra8 23.Qb3 Nf3? (better is 23...f5=) 24.Nf3+– ef3 25.Bf3 f5 26.e4 f4?? (better is 26...fe4 27.Be4 Re8+/–) 27.ed5+– fg3 28.fg3 Rf8 (28...Bc8 29.dc6 Kh8 30.Kg2+–) 29.dc6 (better is 29.Nb7 Kh8 30.Nd6 Rf3+–) 29...Kh8 30.cb7 Rf3 31.Qd5 Rf6 32.Re1 (better is 32.Qb5 Bg3 33.Nc6 (worse is 33.hg3 Qg3 34.Kh1 Qh4 35.Kg1 Nf8 36.Qe2 Qg3 37.Qg2 Qe3 38.Kh1 Rh6 39.Qh2 Qf3 40.Kg1 Rg6 41.Qg3 Rg3 42.Kh2 Qg2) 33...Bh2 34.Kh1+–) 32...h6 (32...Ne7 33.Qb5 Bg3 34.b8Q Qb8 35.Qb8 Bb8 36.Re7+–) 33.Qc6 (better is 33.Re8 Rf8 34.b8Q Qb8 35.Rb8 Bb8 36.Qb5 Ne7+–) 33...Qf7 (33...Bg3 A) 34.hg3 Qg3 (34...Rc6?? 35.Re8 Kh7 36.b8Q Rc3 37.Bc3 Qc3 38.Qd6+–) 35.Qg2 Qe1 36.Kh2 Rf8–+; B) 34.b8Q Qb8 35.Re8 Kh7 36.Rb8 (36.hg3 Qg3 37.Qg2 Qd3–+) 36...Rc6 37.hg3+–) 34.Qe8 (better is 34.Qd6! Rd6 35.b8Q Kh7 36.Qd6+–) 34...Kh7 35.Qf7 Rf7 36.Re8 Rf8 (36...Re7 37.Rd8 Bc7 38.Nc6+–) 37.Rf8 Nf8 38.Nc6 Nd7 39.c4! bc4 40.b5 (40.d5 h5+–) 40...g5 (40...Kg6 41.Na5+–) 41.Ne5 Ne5 42.de5 Bc7 43.Ba3 (better is 43.Kf2 Kg7 44.Ke3 Kf7+–) 43...c3 44.e6 (44.e6 Kg6 45.Kf2+–) 1–0. ourang – janzydyk, kurnik, 2013.

7.e4 d5 8.e5 Bd7 (8...Ne7 9.d4=) 9.Nf3 Ne7 10.Be2 Ng6 11.0-0 Be7 12.d3 Nf4 13.Nbd2 c5 14.bc5 Bc5 15.d4 Be7 16.c4 Nc6 17.c5 Qb4 18.Nb1 Ne2 (18...b5 19.Nc3=) 19.Qe2 0-0 20.Bc3 Qb3 21.Qe3 Nb4? (better is 21...b5=) 22.Nbd2+/– Qc4?? (better is 22...Qa4 23.Bb4 Qb4+–) 23.Nc4+– (23…dc4 24.Bb4+–) 1–0. b4_player (1800) – Gnatman (1610), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.Nf3 f6 8.g3 c5 9.bc5 Bc5 10.d4 Be7 11.Bg2 d5 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Bb5 (better is 13...Nh6!?+/–) 14.Re1+– f5 15.Qb3 Qc6? (15...Qa6 16.Rb1 Be2 17.Qb7 Qb7 18.Rb7+=) 16.Bf1?? (better is 16.Ne5 Qa6 17.c4+–) 16...Ba4+= 17.Qb2 Qb5 (17...Nd7 18.Rb1+=) 18.Qb5 (better is 18.Qa2!? Qa5 19.Nb3+–) 18...Bb5+/– 19.Rb1 Bc6 20.Ne5 Bd7?? (better is 20...Nd7+=) 21.Rb7+– Nf6 (21...Bd6 22.c4 Bc8+–) 22.Rb8 Bd8 23.Nd7 (better is 23.Nb3 Ne4+–) 23...Nd7 (23...Kd7 24.c4+–) 24.Ra8 0-0 25.c4 Nb6 26.Ra6 Nc4 (26...dc4 27.e4 fe4 28.Nc4+–) 27.Nc4 dc4 28.e3 Re8 29.Bc4 Kh8 (29...Kf7 30.Ra8+–) 30.Be6 Bf6 31.Bf5 Rb8 32.Kg2 g6 (32...Kg8 33.e4+–) 33.Be4 (33.Rf6!? gf5 34.d5 Kg8+–) 33...Bg7 34.d5 (34.Bd5 g5+–) 34...Rd8 (34...Ba1 35.Ra1 Rb7 36.g4+–) 35.Bg7 Kg7 36.Ra7 (36.Ra7 Kg8 37.f4+–) 1–0. wk1234 – maneksmm13, kurnik, 2014.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.e3 d5 9.d4 (9.Be2 Bd6=) 9...Bd6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.h3 e5 14.de5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Nf3 (16.c4 Ba1 17.Qa1 dc4 18.Nc4 Rd8=) 16...Bd6 17.Qc2 h6 (17...Be6 18.c4 dc4 19.Bc4 Bc4 20.Qc4=) 18.c4 dc4 19.Bc4 Qe7 (19...Bb4 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Qg6 Kh8 22.Qh6 Kg8 23.Qg6 (23.Qf6?! b5 24.Bb5 cb5 25.Qg5 Kh7 26.Qh4 Kg8 27.Qb4 Qc4+–) 23...Kh8 24.Qf6 Kg8 25.Ng5+–) ½–½. Bothe,E – Bedbur,Heinz, corr SOK–90–57, 1990.

7.Qa4 Qa6 8.Qa6= Na6 9.e3 Nc7 (9...e5 10.Nf3 d6 11.d3=+) 10.c4 b6 (10...b5 11.Be5 d6 12.Bf6 ef6 13.cb5 cb5 14.Nc3=) 11.b5 (11.Nf3 d6+=) 11...g6 (11...cb5 12.cb5 Bb7 13.Nf3=) 12.Nc3 (12.Be5 Kd8+/–) 12...cb5 (12...Bg7 13.Ne4+=) 13.cb5 (13.Nb5 Nb5 14.cb5 Kd8+=) 13...Bg7 (13...Bb7 14.f3+=) 14.Na4+/– Bb7 15.Nf3 (< 15.Nb6 Nb5 16.Nd7 Kd7 17.Bb5 Kd6=) 15...Na8 16.Bc4 (16.Bd4!?+/–) 16...0-0= 17.d3 (17.Ke2 Rc8 18.Bb3 h6=) 17...d5 (17...Bf3 18.gf3 Rc8 19.Ke2=) 18.Bb3+= e6 (18...Rc8 19.Ke2+=) 19.Kd2 (19.Ke2 Rc8+=) 19...Rc8 20.h3 (20.Bd4 Nd7+=) 20...Nd7 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.d4 Nc7 23.Nc3 Ra8 24.Rc1 Kf8 (24...f6 25.Ba4+=) 25.g3 Ke7 26.Ne5 Ne5 27.de5 Rc8 28.Bd1 Na8 29.Be2 Kd8 30.f4 Rc7 31.Na4 Rc1+= 32.Kc1 Bc8 33.Kd2 Bd7 34.Kc3 Kc8 35.Kd4+/– Kd8 36.e4 de4 37.Ke4 Nc7 38.Nb6 Bb5+= 39.Bd1 Ne8 40.g4 Ng7 41.g5 Nf5= 42.Na4 Bc6 43.Kd3 Bb5 44.Kd2+= Nh4 45.Ke3 Ng2 46.Kf3 Bc6 47.Kg3 Ne3 48.Nc3 Nd1 49.Nd1+/– Ke7 50.Nf2 Kf8 51.Ng4 Kg8 52.Kf2 Bb5 53.h4 Bc6 54.Ke3 Bb5 55.Kd4 Be2 56.Nf6 Kg7 57.Kc5 h6 58.Ne8 Kg8? 59.gh6+– Kh7 60.Kd6 Kh6 61.Nf6 Kg7 62.Ke7 Bb5 63.Ne4 Bd3 64.Nd6 Kh6 65.Kf7 Kh5 66.Ke6 Kh4 67.Kf6 Kg4 68.e6 Bc2 69.e7 Ba4 70.Ke5 Bd7 71.e8Q Be8 72.Ne8 Kh5 73.Ng7 Kh6 74.Ne6 (74...Kh5 75.Kf6+–) 1–0. Kallen – Roll, Lugano, 1978.

7.Qa4 Na6 8.Nf3= g6 (8...d6 9.Qa5 Qa5 10.ba5=+) 9.e3 Bg7 10.Be2 0-0 (10...d5 11.Qa5 Qa5 12.ba5=+) 11.0-0 (11.Qa5 Qa7=) 11...d6 (11...d5 12.Qa5 Qc7 13.Qc7 Nc7 14.d4=) 12.Na3 (12.d4 Bf5=) 12...Bg4 13.Nc4 (13.Qa5 Qa5 14.ba5 Ra8=+) 13...Qc7 14.Rb1 (14.Qa5 Ne4=) 14...d5 (14...Bf3 15.Bf3 d5 16.Nb2=) 15.Nce5 Bf3 (15...Bf5 16.d3=) 16.Nf3 Nb8 (16...Ra8 17.b5 cb5 18.Qb5=) 17.Qa5 (17.b5 Nbd7+=) 17...b6= 18.Qa2 (18.Qa4 e5=) 18...b5 (18...e5 19.d3=) 19.Rb3 (19.d3 e5+=) 19...Nbd7 (19...e5 20.Ra3=) 20.Ra3 Nb6 (20...e5 21.Ra7 Qd6 22.Qa6=) 21.Ra7 (21.d3 Rd8+=) 21...Qd6 22.Qa6 Nfd7= 23.d4 e6 24.Nd2 e5= 25.Rb7 Ra8 26.Ra7 Re8 27.Rb7 ed4–/+ 28.Rb6 de3 29.Nf3?? ef2 30.Kf2 Nb6 31.Qb6 Qe6 32.Ng1 d4! (33.g4 dc3–+) 0–1. Neviasky,A – De Coverly,RD, London Lge, 1973.

7.Qa4 e5 8.Nf3 e4 9.Nd4 =+.

7.Qb3 d5 8.e3 (8.Nf3 Nbd7=+) 8...e5 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.h3 Be6 11.Qa4 0-0 12.Na3 Nbd7 13.Ng5 (13.Be2 Qc7–/+) 13...Bf5 14.Bb2 h6 (14...e4 15.Qc2–+) 15.Nf3 Qc7 16.Be2 Nb6 17.Qb3 Ra8 18.0-0 Na4 19.Nh4 (19.Ra1 Nb2 20.Qb2 b6=+) 19...Be6 (worse 19...Nb2 20.Nf5 Na4 21.Ra1=) 20.Qc2 (20.Nf3 Nb2 21.Qb2 b6–/+) 20...b5 (20...e4 21.f4–+) 21.Ra1 (21.Nf3 Nb2 22.Qb2 e4=+) 21...Nb2 22.Qb2 Qe7 (22...e4!?–+) 23.Nf3=+ e4 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Nac2 Ra1 26.Qa1 Qe5 27.f4 ef3 28.Nf3 Qe4 (28...Qg3 29.Qe1=+) 29.d3 (29.Qa8 Qe8 30.Qe8 Be8=+) 29...Qg6 30.Kf1 Nh5 31.g4 Ng3 32.Kf2 (32.Ke1–/+) 32...h5 (better 32...f5!? 33.Qa7 Ne2 34.Qd7 fg4 35.Ke2 gf3 36.Kf3 Qf6 37.Ke2 Qc3 38.Qe6 Kh7 39.Qf5 g6 40.Qd7 Kg8 41.Qe6 Kg7 42.Qd7 Kh8 43.Qe8 Kg7 44.Qd7 Kg8 45.Qe6 Kg7 46.Qd7=) 33.Qa8= Kh7 34.Qd8 hg4 (34...Ne2? 35.Ke2 Bg4 36.hg4 Qg4 37.Qg5+–) 35.Qd7?? (better 35.Ng5 Kh6 36.Bg4=) 35...Ne2 (35...Nh1 36.Ke1 gf3 37.Bf3 Qg3 38.Kd2 Qf3 39.Qd6–+) 36.Nh4 (36.hg4 Nc3 37.Ncd4 Nd1 38.Ke2 Bb4 39.Nc6 Nc3 40.Kd2 Ne4 41.Ke2=+) 36...Bg3?? (better 36...Qd3 37.Qf5 Qf5 38.Nf5 Be5 39.Ke2 gh3=) 37.Ke2= Bh4 38.Qg4 (38.hg4 Bf6 39.Kd2 Be5=) 38...Qf6 (38...Bf6 39.Nd4 Qg4 40.hg4 Bd4 41.cd4=+ (41.ed4? Kh6–+)) 39.Qf4 Qf4 40.ef4 Bf6 41.d4 Kg6 42.Ne3 Kh5 43.Nf5 g6 (better 43...Kg6 44.Nd6 Bh4=) 44.Nd6+– Kh4 (better 44...g5!? 45.fg5 Kg5 46.Nf7 Kf5+–) 45.Nf7+– Kh3 46.Kf3 (46.Ne5 Kg3 47.Ng6 Bg7+–) 46...Kh4? (better 46...Bh4!? 47.Ke3 Be1+–) 47.Ne5+– Be5?? (47...Kh5+–) 48.fe5 (better 48.de5 g5 49.e6 g4 50.Kg2+–) 48...Kg5+– 49.Kg3 Kf5 50.Kf3 (better 50.Kh4!?+–) 50...Kg5= 51.Kg3 ½–½. mario1970 (1725) – yasur (1635), gameknot.com, 2016.

7.Qb3 d6 8.e3 g6 (8...e5 9.d4+=) 9.c4 Bg7 10.Be2 0-0 11.Nf3 Na6 12.b5 Nc5 13.Qd1 cb5 14.cb5 Bd7 15.Na3 Ra8 16.Nc4 (16.Bb2!?+=) 16...Qb5–/+ 17.0-0 Qb3 (17...Qa4–/+) 18.Nd4? (better is 18.Qb3 Nb3 19.Bf6 Bf6 20.Nb6+=) 18...Qd1–+ 19.Rd1 (19.Bd1?? Ra1 20.Nb6 Ra2–+) 19...Ba4 20.Rb1 Nfd7 21.Nb2 (better is 21.Na3–+) 21...Bd4 22.ed4 Bc2 23.Rc1 Nb3 24.Rc2 Ra1 (24...Na1?! 25.Rc7 Nf6 26.Rb7+=) 25.Bf1 Nd4 26.Rc8 Kg7 27.f3 Nc5 28.Kf2 Ra2 29.Nc4 b5 30.Ne5 Rd2 31.Ke3 Rd1 32.Bd3 Ndb3 33.Be2 Rg1 34.Bb5 de5 (34...de5 35.Kf2 Rc1–+) 0–1. Galopin,Clement – Suter,S (2025), Lenk Open Lenk SUI, 2011.

7.d3 d5 8.Nf3 =+.

7.d3 d6 8.Nf3 e5 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.e4 0-0 11.Be2 Be6 12.0-0 Na6 13.d4 Nd7 14.Nc4 (14.b5 Nc7 15.bc6 bc6= (< 15...Qc6 16.d5 Nd5 17.ed5 Qd5 18.c4+/-)) 14...Qc7= 15.Bb2 Nab8 (15...f5 16.ef5 Rf5 17.Ne3+=) 16.Ne3+= ed4 17.Nd4 Nf6 18.Bd3 b5 19.Nef5 Bc4 (19...Kh8!?+=) 20.Ne7 Qe7 21.Nf5 Qe6 22.Bc4 bc4 (22...Qc4 23.Qd6 Re8 24.Qg3+-) 23.Qd6+- (23.Nd6?! Rd8 24.e5 Ng4+=) 23...Re8 24.f3 Nbd7 25.Qe6 (25.Bc1 g6 26.Qe6 Re6+-) 25...Re6 26.Nd4 Rd6 27.Ra1 h6 28.Ra8 Kh7 29.Rd8 Nh5 30.Ba3 Nf4 (30...c5 31.bc5 Ra6 32.Rd7 Ra3 33.c6+- (< 33.Rf7 Kg6 34.Rf8 Rc3+-)) 31.b5 c5 32.Bc5! Ne6 (32...Nc5 A pinning theme 33.Rd6) 33.Ne6 (< 33.Bd6 Nd8 34.Bc7 Ne6 35.Ne6 fe6+-) 33...Rd1 34.Kf2 fe6 35.b6 Rd2 36.Ke1 Rg2 37.Rd7 Rh2 (37...Rb2 38.Bd4 h5 39.b7+-) 38.b7 (38...Rb2 39.Bd6+-) 1-0. Kiwi Crusher - Kiwi Challenger, ChessWorld.net, 2002.

7.d3 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 d5 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 e5 13.h3 (13.c4 Qc7=) 13...Re8 14.Nh2 (14.Qc2 Qc7=) 14...c5 15.bc5 Nc5 16.d4 ed4 17.cd4 Ne6 (17...Nce4 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Qa4=) 18.Nhf3+= Bd7 19.Ne5 Bb5? (19...Rc8 20.Nd7 Nd7 21.Qa4+=) 20.Bb5?? (better is 20.Qb3 Nc7 21.Rb1+-) 20...Qb5= 21.Qb1 Qe2 22.Ndf3 Qa6 23.Qc2 Ne4= 24.Bb2 Nd6 25.Ra1 Qb6 26.Ba3 Rc8 27.Qd1 Nc4= 28.Rc1 Qa6 29.Be7 Rc7 30.Bh4 b5 31.Ra1 Qc8 32.Bg3 Rb7 33.Ra6 b4 34.Qa1 b3?? 35.Ra8+- Rb8 36.Rb8 Qb8 37.Nc4 Qb4 38.Nb2 h6 39.Qe1 Qa3 40.Qc3 Bf6 41.Nd2 Kg7 42.Qb3 Qa1 43.Kh2 Qe1 44.Qd1 (44...Qd1 45.Nd1+-) 1-0. marnzell - kehrsam, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

7.d4 e6 8.Nd2 (8.Nf3 d5=) 8...d5=+ 9.f3 (9.Ngf3 Nbd7=) 9...Bd6 (9...Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Ne2–/+) 10.g3 (10.e4 e5 11.Bd3–/+) 10...e5 (10...0-0 11.e4 e5 12.Ne2–/+) 11.e3 (11.c4!? Bb4 12.de5–/+) 11...ed4 (11...0-0 12.Ne2–/+) 12.ed4–/+ 0-0 13.Bd3 Re8 (13...Qc7 14.Ne2–/+) 14.Kf2 Qc7 15.Ne2 Qe7 16.Re1?? (better 16.Kg2–/+) 16...Qe3–+ 17.Kg2 Qd3 18.Nc1 (18.Nf4 Re1 19.Qe1 Qc2–+) 18...Qf5 (18...Re1 19.Qe1 (19.Nd3?? Rd1 20.Nb3 Rd3–+) 19...Qg6 20.Qe3–+) 19.Re8 Ne8 20.Qe1 (20.Qe2 Nf6–+) 20...Qh3 (20...Nf6!? 21.g4 Qc2 22.Ncb3–+) 21.Kg1 Kf8 (21...Nf6 22.Nd3–+) 22.Nd3 (22.Qe3 Qe6 23.Kf2 Qe3 24.Ke3 Nd7–+) 22...Bf5 23.Nf2 (23.Qe3 Nf6 24.Ne5 Bc2–+) 23...Qh6 (23...Qh5 24.Qe2–+) 24.Bb2 (24.Nf1 Nd7–+) 24...Qe6 25.Qe6 fe6 26.g4 (26.Kf1 Nd7–+) 26...Bf4 (26...Bc2!? 27.Nf1–+) 27.Nb3 Bc2 28.Nc5 Ke7 29.Nb7 Nd6 30.Na5 Be3 (30...e5 31.de5 Be5 32.Kf1–+) 31.Kg2 (31.Kf1 Ba4–+) 31...Nb5 (better 31...Kd7–+) 32.Nb7 (32.Kf1–+) 32...Bd2 33.Nc5 Bc3 34.Bc3 Nc3 35.g5 (35.f4 Ne2–+) 35...Ne2 36.Ng4 (36.h4 Nd4 37.Ng4 Nb3–+) 36...Nd4 37.Ne5 (37.Kf2 Bg6–+) 37...Kd6 (37...Bf5 38.h4–+) 38.Nf7 Ke7 39.Ne5 Nb3 (39...Bf5 40.Kg3–+) 40.Nb3 (40.Ncd3 Bd3 41.Nd3 Na6–+) 40...Bb3 41.f4 (41.Kf2 Ba4–+) 41...Bc4 42.Kf2 (42.Kf3 Kd6–+) 42...Bb5 43.Ke3 (43.Kf3 Na6–+) 43...Na6 44.Kd4 (44.Nf3 Nb4 45.Nd4 Bc4–+) 44...Nb4 45.Kc3 (45.h3 Na6 46.Ke3 c5–+) 45...c5 46.h3 (46.Kb3 d4–+) 46...Nc6 Black intends d4 (46...d4 47.Kd2–+) 47.Ng4 (47.Nc6 Bc6 48.Kd2 d4–+) 47...d4 48.Kd2 Bf1 49.h4 White claimed a win on time.... (49.h4 c4 50.Ke1–+) 1–0. shakattack – scottie67, ChessWorld.net, 2016.

7.e3 e6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 d5 11.d4 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Qa4 Nf8 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Ra1 Ng6 16.Qa5 Qa5 17.Ra5 Rb8 18.Ra7 Bd8 19.Nb3 Bb6 20.Ra1 Ne4 21.Nc5 Nc5 22.bc5 Bc7 23.Ra7 Bc8 24.Ba3 e5 25.Bb4 e4 26.Nd2 f5 27.Ba5 Ba5 28.Ra5 b5 29.Nb3 Ne7 30.Ra7 Rb7 31.Rb7 Bb7 32.Na5 Ba8 33.f3 Kf7 34.fe4 fe4 35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Bg4 g5 37.Bd7 h6 38.g4 Kg7 39.Kg3 Kf6 40.h4 Kg7 41.hg5 hg5 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.Ke2 Kg7 44.Kd2 Kf6 45.Kc2 Kg7 46.Kb3 Kf6 47.Kb4 Kg7 48.Be8 Kf8= 49.Bd7 Kg7 50.Bf5?? Kf6?? 51.Bd7= Kg7 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1870) – wojtunio (2075), Active (6/1) ajedrez21.com, 2004.

7.Nf3 Qc7 8.d3 (8.e3 e5=) 8...d5 9.Nbd2 e5 10.e3 Be7 11.c4 e4 (11...Nbd7 12.Qb3=) 12.Bf6 gf6 13.de4 de4 14.Ne4 Bb4 15.Ned2 Rg8 16.Qc2 Qa5 17.Qh7 Kf8 18.Qc2 (18.Ke2 Bf5 19.Qh6 Ke7–/+) 18...Bf5=+ 19.e4 Bg4 20.Be2 Bf3 21.Bf3 Qa1 22.Bd1 Qd4 23.Bf3 Na6 24.Ke2 Bc5 25.Nb3 Qf2 26.Kd1 Qe3 27.Re1 Qf4 28.Qd2 Qe5 (worse 28...Qh2 29.Nc5 Nc5 30.e5+–) 29.Qd7 Rg6 (29...Kg7 30.Qg4 Qg5=) 30.Qd3 (30.Qb7 Nb4 A) 31.Nc5?? Qd4 (31...Qc5?! 32.Qd7=+) 32.Ke2 Qc4 (32...Qc5?! 33.Rc1=) 33.Kf2 Qc5 34.Kf1 Nd3–+; B) 31.Re2=) 30...Bb4–/+ 31.Re2 Qh2 32.Qd8 Kg7 33.Kc2 c5 (33...Bc5 34.Nd4 Bd4 35.Qd4–/+) 34.e5=+ fe5 35.Qe7 Ba3 36.Bb7 (36.Qe5!? Qe5 37.Re5 Nb4 38.Kd2=+) 36...Nb4–/+ 37.Kd1 Rf6 (better 37...Nd3 38.Be4 Nb2 39.Rb2 Bb2 40.Bg6 Kg6 41.Qd6 Kg7–/+) 38.Qe5= Qe5 39.Re5 Nd3 40.Rg5 Kh6 41.Rg3 Nb2 42.Kc2 Rf2 43.Nd2 Nc4 44.Kd3 Ne5 45.Ke3 Rf6 46.Ne4 Rb6 47.Bd5 Bc1 48.Ke2 f5 49.Rc3 Rb2 50.Kd1 Bg5 51.Ng5 Kg5 52.Rc5 Kf4 ½–½. pvanr (2250) – forsetinn (2335), gameknot.com, 2015.

7.g3 d5–/+ 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.d3 e6 10.Bg2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.Nh4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Qa4 Qc7 17.Ng6 hg6 18.Bb2 g5 (18...b5 19.Qc2=) 19.Ra1 Ne5 20.Qa5 b6 21.Qa7 Qd8 22.Qb7 Bd6 (22...c5 23.bc5 bc5 24.c4+=) 23.d4+– Neg4? (better 23...Ng6 24.Qc6 Qb8+–) 24.hg4+– Ng4 25.Qc6 Bh2 26.Kf1 Bg3 (26...Qb8 27.Nf3 Bg3 28.fg3 Qg3=) 27.fg3 1–0. Leyen – Coccomo, email 4AMM–07, 1997.

8.e3 Bf5 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Be2 h6 11.Qa4 Qc7 12.Nd4 Bh7 13.0-0 e5 14.Nb3 Bd6 15.f3? (15.c4!? e4 16.Qa8 Nb8 17.Kh1=) 15...0-0 (better 15...Nb6 16.Qa7 Ke7-+) 16.Nc2?? (better 16.Nc1-/+) 16...Bc2-+ 17.Qa2 Bg6 18.d4 (18.Bb2 Nb6-+) 18...Re8 (18...ed4 19.Nd4 Bh2 20.Kh1-+) 19.Nc5 (19.g3 ed4 20.ed4 Bg3-+) 19...Nc5 (better 19...ed4 20.Nd7 Nd7-+) 20.bc5 Bf8 21.f4 (21.c4-+) 21...ef4 22.ef4 Be4 (better 22...Qe7!? 23.Bf3-+) 23.c4 dc4 24.Bc4 Bd5 25.Bc3 Bc4 26.Qc4 Nd5 27.f5 Ne3 (better 27...b6 28.cb6 Qb6 29.Rc1-+) 28.Qd3 (28.Qe2-+) 28...Nf1 29.Qf1 Qe7 30.Bd2 Qe4 31.Qf4 (31.Qa1 Rd8 32.Bc3 Bc5-+) 31...Qf4 (31...Qd3 32.Ba5 Qd1 33.Qf1 Qd4 34.Kh1 Bc5 35.h3-+) 32.Bf4 Re4 33.Be5 f6 34.Bd6 (34.Bc7 Rd4 35.Kf2 Bc5-+) 34...Bd6 35.cd6 Rd4 (35...Rd4 36.Kf2 Rf4 37.Ke2 Rf5-+) 0-1. Arturem (1835) - Ziltoid (1995), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Qa4 e6 10.e3 Bd6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.h3 e5 14.g4 (14.Bb2 c5=+) 14...Bg6-/+ 15.Nh4 e4 (15...Ne4 16.Nb1-/+) 16.Kg2 h5 (16...Ne5 17.Ng6 fg6 18.c4=+) 17.Nf5 Bf5 18.gf5 Qd8 19.Rg1 Qe7 20.c4 (20.d4 Nb6 21.Qb3 Qd7-/+) 20...Bb4 (20...dc4 21.Nc2-+) 21.Nc2-/+ Bd6 (21...Bd2?! 22.Rd1 Nb6 23.Qa7=) 22.cd5 cd5 23.f4 ef3! 24.Bf3 (24.Bf3 Ne5 Decoy; 24.Kf3 Qe4 Double attack) 24...Rc8 25.Ne1 Ne5 26.Qh4 Rc1 27.Bb2 Rb1 (worse 27...Nf3 28.Kf3 Re1 29.Re1+=) 28.Bd4 b5 (28...Nf3!? 29.Kf3 Qe4 30.Qe4 de4 31.Ke2 Be7-/+) 29.Bh5=+ b4 30.Be2 b3 31.Kh1 Ned7 (31...Nfd7 32.Qf2=) 32.Bd3+= Rd1 33.Rg7 Kg7 34.Qg4 Kf8 35.Qd1 (35.Qd1 Ne4 36.Be4 (36.Qb3 Qh4 37.Be4 Qe1 38.Kg2 Qe2 39.Kg1 Bh2 40.Kh1 Bg3 41.Qa3 Kg8 42.Qa8 Nf8 43.Qf8 Kf8 44.Bc5 Ke8 45.Kg1 Qf2 46.Kh1 Qf1) 36...Qe4 37.Kg1=+) 1-0. Galaktionov,Artem (2340) - Shoshin,Kirill (2025), 16th Moscow Open A, 2020.

8.Nf3 h6 9.e3 Bf5 10.d4 (10.Be2 Nbd7=) 10...e6=+ 11.Bd3 Bb4 12.Bf5 (12.cb4 Qb4 Double attack) 12...ef5 (12...Ba3 13.Bd3=+) 13.Nc2? (better 13.Qb1!? Ba5 14.Qf5=) 13...Be7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Qb1 Qb1 16.Rb1 b5 17.Nd2 (17.Bb2!?-/+) 17...Nbd7 18.f3 Nb6 19.Nb4 Bb4 20.cb4 Re8 21.Nb3 Re3 22.Nc5 (22.Kf2 Re7-+) 22...Nfd7 23.Kf2 f4 24.Re1 Re1 25.Ke1 Nf8 26.Bc3 Nc4 27.Ke2 Ne6 28.Nd3 g5 29.Ne5 Ne5 30.de5 Kg7 31.Kd3 Kg6 32.h3 Kf5 33.Bb2 h5 34.Bc3 g4 35.hg4 hg4 36.Bb2 Kg5 (36...g3 37.Bc3-+) 37.Ke2 (37.Bc3 Nf8 38.Kd4 Nd7-+) 37...Ng7 (37...Kh4 38.Kf2-+) 38.Bd4 Nf5 39.Bc5 Nh4 (39...g3 40.Kf1-+) 40.Kf2 (40.Be7 Kh5 41.Kf2-+) 40...g3 41.Kf1 Kf5 42.Bd4 Ng6 43.Bc3 Ne5 44.Ke2 (44.Kg1 Nc4-+) 44...Nc4 45.Bd4 Ne3! 46.Be3 (46.Bc3 Ng2 47.Bd4 Ne3-+) 46...fe3 47.Ke3 Kg5 (better 47...Ke5!? 48.f4 Kf5 49.Kf3-+) 48.Kd3 Kf4 49.Kd4 f6 50.Kd3 Ke5 51.Ke3 d4 52.Kd3 Kd5 (52...Kd5 53.f4 f5-+) 0-1. kianas (1960) - rich1chess (2220), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

8.Nd2 Bf5 9.Nb3 Nbd7 10.e3 (10.Nf3 e6=+) 10...e6 (10...e5 11.de5 Ne5 12.Nd4=+) 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Bd3 (12.Nh4 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5=) 12...Bg4 (12...Bd3 13.Qd3 0-0 14.0-0=+) 13.0-0 0-0 (13...e5 14.de5 Ne5 15.Nbd4=+) 14.Qc2 (14.Nc5 Rd8= (worse 14...Nc5 15.bc5 Bc5 16.dc5 Qc5 17.h3+/-; worse 14...Bc5 15.bc5 Qc7 16.c4=)) 14...Bf3 15.gf3 Ra8 16.Bb2 Qc7 17.f4 h6 18.Nc5 Nc5 (18...Nb8!?=+) 19.bc5= Bf8 20.Bc1 (20.c4 g6=) 20...Qe7 (20...b6 21.cb6 Qb6 22.c4=) 21.Bd2 Ne8 (21...Kh8 22.Rb1=) 22.Kh1 (22.Rb1 Ra7+=) 22...Qh4= 23.Rg1 (23.c4 Nf6 24.f3 g6=) 23...Nf6 (23...Qf2 24.Qd1=+) 24.Rg2 (better 24.f3!?=) 24...Ra1-/+ 25.Bc1 Ng4 26.Kg1 (better 26.c4-/+) 26...Be7?? (better 26...Ne3 27.fe3 Qe1 28.Bf1 Rc1-+ (28...Qc1?! 29.Qc1 Rc1 30.Rb2-/+)) 27.Qb2 Ra8 (27...Ne3!? 28.Rg3 Qh5=) 28.Qb7+= Ra1 29.Qb2 Ra8 (better 29...Ne3 30.Rg3 Qh5+=) 30.f3?? (30.c4 dc4 31.Be4 Ra6+/-) 30...Nf6?? (better 30...Qe1 31.Bf1 Ne3 32.Be3 Qe3 33.Kh1 Qf4-+) 31.Bd2+/- Bd8 32.Qb1 Ba5? (better 32...Qh5 33.Qf1 Ra2+/-) 33.Be1+- Nd7 (33...Qh5 34.Ra2 g5 35.fg5 hg5+-) 34.Bh4 (34.Bh4 Rb8 35.Qa1+-) 1-0. ClayPigeons (2080) - Nevaliashkin (2235), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nd2 Bf5 9.Ngf3 e6 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nb3 (11.Ng6 hg6 12.e3 Bd6=) 11...Nbd7 (11...Bh5 12.Nf3=+) 12.Ng6= hg6 13.Bb2 (13.e3 Qc7=) 13...Bd6 (13...Bb4 14.e4 Be7 15.ed5 cd5 16.Bd3-/+) 14.h3 (14.e3 Rh2 15.Rh2 Bh2=) 14...0-0 (14...Bb4 15.e4 Be7 16.e5-/+) 15.Bc1 (15.Qa1 Qc7=) 15...e5 16.Nc5 (16.Be3 Qc7=+) 16...Qc7 (16...ed4!? 17.Nd7 Nd7 18.Qd4 Qd4 19.cd4 Nf6-/+) 17.g4 Ra8 18.Qc2 e4 19.g5 Nh5 20.h4 b6 21.Nd7 Qd7 22.Bh3 Qc7 23.e3 (23.Bg4 Bf4-/+) 23...c5-/+ 24.dc5 bc5 25.b5 Qa5 (better 25...c4!?-+) 26.Bd7= Qa1 (26...Be5 27.0-0 Qc3 28.Qc3 Bc3 29.Bc6+=) 27.Qb2 (27.0-0 Ra2 28.Qd1 Qc3 29.Qd5 Qe5 30.Qe5 Be5+/-) 27...Be5 (27...Qb2 28.Bb2 Ra2 29.Bc1=) 28.Qa1 Ra1 29.Kd2 (better 29.Kd1!?=) 29...Ra2-/+ 30.Ke1 (30.Kd1 Rf2 31.Rh3 Rf1 32.Kc2 Ng3-/+) 30...Bc3 31.Kf1 d4 32.ed4 (32.Bc6 d3 33.Bd5 d2-/+) 32...cd4 (better 32...Bd4 33.b6 Rc2-+ (33...Bf2?! 34.Rh2 Ng3 35.Kg2-+)) 33.Bg4?? (33.b6!? Bb4 34.b7-/+) 33...d3 (better 33...e3 34.b6 Rf2 35.Kg1 Rc2-+) 34.Be3 Rb2 35.b6 (35.Bd7 Bd2 36.Bd2 Rd2-+) 35...Be5 (better 35...Ba5!? 36.b7 Rb7 37.Kg2-+) 36.Bh5 gh5 37.Kg2 Bc3 (37...f5 38.gf6 gf6 39.Rg1-+) 38.Rd1 (38.Kg3 f5-/+) 38...Ba5 (38...f5 39.Rc1 Ba5 40.Rc8 Kf7 41.Rc7 Ke8 42.Rc8 Kd7 43.Rc7 Kd8 44.Rg7 Bb6 45.Rg8 Ke7 46.Rg7 Kf8 47.Rb7-+) 39.Bd4-/+ Rb3 40.Kg3 (40.f3!? f5 41.gf6 ef3 42.Kf3 gf6 43.Bf6 d2 44.Ke2 Rb6 45.Bg5-/+) 40...Bb6-+ 41.Bb6 Rb6 42.Kf4 (better 42.f3!? f5 43.gf6-/+) 42...Re6 43.Rd2 Kf8 (43...Kh7 44.Kf5-+) 44.Ra2 f6 45.g6 Re5 46.Ke3 Rd5 47.Rd2 (47.Kd2 Ke7 48.Ra7 Rd7-+) 47...f5 48.f3 ef3 49.Kf3 Ke7 0-1. petrobbo (1995) - Mely (2155), ChessWorld.net, 2019.

8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 e6 10.Bb2 (10.Bf5 ef5 11.Ne2 Ne4=) 10...Nbd7 (10...Bd3 11.Qd3 c5 12.dc5 Bc5 13.Nf3=+ (worse 13.bc5 Qb2 14.Nf3 Qc1 15.Qd1 Qd1 16.Kd1 Nbd7-/+)) 11.Qc2 (11.Bf5!? ef5 12.Ne2=) 11...Bd3-/+ 12.Qd3 Ne4 (12...e5 13.de5 Ne5 14.Qf5-/+) 13.f3 Nd6 14.Ne2 Nc4 15.Bc1 f5 (15...Bd6 16.e4=+) 16.Nd2 Nd6 17.0-0 Nf6 (17...e5 18.e4=) 18.Ng3 (18.Nf4 Kf7+=) 18...h5 19.e4 h4 (better 19...Qb5 20.Qe3 h4 21.Nf5 Nc4 22.Nc4 dc4=) 20.e5 (better 20.Nf5 ef5 21.e5+=) 20...hg3-/+ 21.ef6 (21.hg3 Kd8-/+) 21...gh2 22.Kh1 gf6 23.Re1 (23.Qe2 Qc7 24.Qe6 Qe7 25.Qe7 Be7=+) 23...Kf7 (23...e5 24.de5 fe5 25.Re5 Kd8 26.Re1-+) 24.Qe3? (better 24.Qe2 e5 25.de5 fe5 26.Qe5-/+) 24...Ne4?? (better 24...e5-+) 25.fe4+= de4 (25...fe4 26.Ne4 de4 27.Qe4+=) 26.Ne4 (26.Qg3 Qd8 27.Nc4 Qd7+=) 26...fe4+= 27.Qe4 Qc7?? (better 27...c5 28.bc5 Qc6+=) 28.Qe6+- Kg7 29.Rf1 (better 29.Qg4 Kf7 30.Bf4+-) 29...Be7 (29...Qe7 30.Qf5+/-) 30.Qg4 (30.Bf4!? Qd8+-) 30...Kf7+/- 31.Bf4 Qd8 (31...Bd6 32.Bg5 Be7 33.Rf2+/-) 32.Be5 (32.Re1 Qc8 33.Qc8 Rc8 34.Kh2 Rh8 35.Kg3 b5+/-) 32...Qd5 33.Qf4 (33.Bh2 Bd6 34.Qd7 Kg6 35.Qg4 Qg5 36.Qg5 Kg5-+) 33...Rg8 (33...Qe6 34.Qf3+=) 34.Bf6?? (better 34.Qh2 Qe4 35.Qh3+/-) 34…Qg2 0-1. ClayPigeons (2175) - Seelenjagd (2190), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.a3 ab4 4.ab4 Ra1 5.Ba1 Qb6 6.c3 d5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.d4).

8.Bb2 Qa2 9.Qc1 d5 10.Nf3 e6 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Na3 Nbd7 14.Bb1 Qb3 15.Nd4 Qa4 16.f4 Ng4 17.h3 Ngf6 18.g4 Qa6 19.g5 Ne4 20.Kg2 c5 21.bc5 Ndc5 22.Nab5 Nb3 23.Nb3 Qb5 24.Nd4 Qa6 25.Be4 de4 26.Qc2 Qd3 27.Qd3 ed3 28.Ra1 Bd7 29.Ra7 Rb8 30.h4 Bc6 31.Kf2 Bc7 32.Nc6 bc6 33.Rc7 f5 34.Ba3 Ra8 35.Bc5 Ra2 36.h5 Rd2 37.Kf3 e5 38.fe5 Rb2 39.Rc6 d2 40.e6 d1Q 41.Kf4 Qa4 42.Kf5 Qc6 43.Bd4 Qd5 0–1. orangutandu – alpet, kurnik, 2012.

8.Bb2 Qa2 9.Qc2 d6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.c4 c5 12.Nc3 Qa8 13.bc5 Nc5 14.d4 Na6 15.Qb3 Bf5 16.c5! dc5 17.Ne5 cd4 18.Bb5 Nd7 19.Qf7 Kd8 20.Qf5 Ne5 21.Qe5 dc3 22.Bc3 Nb8 23.Qd5 Kc7 24.Be5 Kb6 25.Bd4 Kc7 26.Qe5 Kc8 27.Qe6 Nd7 28.Qd7 Kb8 29.Qd8 1–0. orane – Victoria, caissa.com, 2007.

8.Bb2= d6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Qa2 11.Ba3 Ne4 12.0-0 g6 13.Nd4 White prepares the advance b5 13...Bh6 14.b5 Ne5 15.bc6+/– bc6 16.Qa4 Nd2 17.Nc6 Qb3? 18.Qb3 Nb3+/– 19.Ne5 de5 20.Bb5 Bd7+= 21.Bd7 Kd7= 22.Rd1 Ke6 23.Bb4 Rc8 24.Nd2 Nd2=+ 25.Rd2 f6 26.Ra2 Rd8 27.g3 Rd1 28.Kg2 Rc1 29.Ra6 Kf7+= Black gets the initiative 30.Rc6 Rc2= 31.Kf3 f5 32.Rc7?? e4–/+ 33.Kg2 Be3 34.Re7 Kg8 35.Re8 Kg7 36.Re7 Kh6 37.Kh3 Bf2 38.Re8? Bg1 Threatening mate... how? 39.Bf8 Kh5 40.Bg7 Rh2# 0–1. ATUK – EmilyRose, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

8.Bb2= e5 9.c4 =.

8.Na3 e5 9.Nc2 e4 10.f3 (10.c4 Be7=+) 10...Bd6 11.fe4 (11.c4 Qd8=+) 11...Ne4 (11...de4 12.c4 Qd8 13.Nh3-/+) 12.Nf3=+ 0-0 13.Be2 Nd7 14.0-0 Ndf6 (14...Ne5 15.c4 Qc7 16.Be5 Be5 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.Nd4=+) 15.Ncd4?? (better 15.d3!? Qc7 16.de4 de4 17.Nd2 Bh2 18.Kh1+/-) 15...Bg4 (15...Ng4 16.h3 Ngf6 17.Bb2-/+) 16.h3 (better 16.d3!? Bf3 17.Bf3=+) 16...Bd7-/+ 17.Bd3 Re8 (17...Ra8 18.Qb1-/+) 18.Qb1 (18.Qb3 Qd8-/+) 18...Bb8 (18...Ra8!?-/+) 19.c4=+ Qc7 (19...dc4 20.Bc4 h6=) 20.cd5 (20.Ne2 dc4 21.Bc4 Bh3 22.gh3 Nd2=+) 20...cd5 (better 20...Nd2 21.d6 Qd6-+) 21.Rc1?? (better 21.Ne2=+) 21...Qg3-+ 22.Ne2 (22.Be4 Ne4 23.d3 Qf2 24.Kh1 Ng3 25.Kh2 Nf1 26.Kh1 Bh3 27.Nh4 Ng3 28.Kh2 Ne2 29.Kh1 Qg3 30.Ndf3 Bg2 31.Ng2 Qh3 32.Nh2 Qh2) 22...Qf2 23.Kh1 Nh5 (23...Bh3 24.Rg1 Qf3 25.Be4 Ne4 26.Qe1 Nf2 27.Qf2 Qf2 28.Bf6 Qe2 29.Be5 Bg2 30.Rg2 Qf1 31.Kh2 Re5 32.Kh3 Rh5 33.Kg4 Qf5) 24.Be4 (24.Ne5 Be5 25.Be4 de4 26.Be5 Re5-+) 24...de4 25.Nfd4 (25.Ne5 Be5 26.Be5 Re5 27.Nf4-+) 25...Bh3! 26.Rg1 (26.gh3 Qh2 Mate attack) 26...Bg4 (26...Ng3 27.Ng3 Qg3 28.Nf3 ef3 29.Qh7 Kh7 30.Be5 Be5 31.gh3 Qh3) 27.g3 (27.Qe1 Qf6 28.g3-+) 27...Be2 (27...Re6 28.Rc1 Ng3 29.Ng3 Rh6 30.Nh5 Rh5) 28.Ne2 (28.Rg2 Ng3 29.Kh2 Nf1 30.Kh3 Bg4 31.Kg4 Qg2 32.Kh4 Qg3 33.Kh5 Re5 34.Nf5 Rf5) 28...Qe2 (28...Re6 29.Rg2 Ng3 30.Ng3 Rh6 31.Nh5 Rh5 32.Rh2 Rh2) 29.Qb2 Bg3 (29...Re6 30.Qc1 Qf3 31.Kh2 Bg3 32.Rg3 Qg3 33.Kh1 Qf3 34.Kh2 Qf2 35.Kh1 Ng3) 30.Rg3 Ng3 31.Kg1 Qf1 32.Kh2 Qf2 33.Kh3 Nf5 34.Kg4 (34.Qg7 Ng7 35.Bf6 Qf6 36.d4 Qf3 37.Kh2 Rc8 38.d5 Rc1 39.d6 Rh1) 34...h5! 35.Kg5 (35.Kh5 Qh4 Mate attack) 35...Re6 (35...Qh4 36.Kf5 Qg4) 36.d3 (36.Qg7 Ng7 37.Bg7 Rg6 38.Kh5 Qh2) 36...Rg6 37.Kh5 Qh4 (37...Qf3) 0-1. carlos78 (2175) - Raskolnikow (2110), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Na3 g6 9.Nc2 Bg7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.g3 (11.c4 Bf5=) 11...Bg4 12.Bg2 Nbd7 13.0-0 e5 14.d3? (better 14.h3 Bf3 15.Bf3=+) 14...e4-+ 15.de4 de4 (15...Ne4?! 16.Qe1-/+) 16.Ncd4 (16.c4 Qa6 (worse 16...ef3 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Qf3-+; worse 16...Bf3 17.Bf3 ef3 18.Qf3-+) 17.b5 cb5 (17...Bf3?! 18.ba6 Bd1 19.Rd1=) 18.cb5 Qb5-+ (18...Bf3?! 19.ba6 Bd1 20.Rd1 ba6 21.Be4=+)) 16...ef3 (worse 16...Bf3 17.Nf3 ef3 18.Qf3-+) 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Qf3 Ne5 19.Qf4 Nd5 20.Qh4 Qd8 (20...Ra8 21.Qe4-+) 21.Qh3 (21.Qd8 Rd8 22.e4 Nb6-+) 21...Qc8 (21...Nc4 22.Rd1-+) 22.Qg2 (22.Qc8 Rc8 23.e4 Nc7-+) 22...Qg4 (22...Nc4 23.e4 Bd4 24.cd4 Nb4 25.Rb1-+) 23.f3 (23.e4 Nb6-+) 23...Qd7 24.Re1 (24.Qe2 Ra8-+) 24...Nc4 25.e4 Nde3 (25...Nc3 26.Bc3 Bd4 27.Bd4 Qd4 28.Qf2-+) 26.Re3 (26.Qa2-+) 26...Ne3 27.Qe2 c5! 28.bc5 (28.Qe3 cd4 29.Qc1 Ra8-+) 28...Qa4 29.Bb2 Qd1 (29...Nc4!? 30.Bc1-+) 30.Kf2 Qe2 31.Ke2 Nc4 32.Bc1 Ra8 33.Kd3 (33.Bf4 Rc8-+) 33...Ne5 34.Ke3 Ra1 35.Bb2 (35.Bd2-+) 35...Nc4 36.Kf4 Nb2 37.Nb5 (37.c6 Bd4 38.c7 Nd3 39.Kg4 Nf2 40.Kf4 g5 41.Kg5 Be3 42.Kf6 Ra8-+) 37...Nd3 38.Kg4 (38.Ke3 Nc5 39.h4 Rb1-+) 38...Nc5 39.Nc7 (39.h3 h5 40.Kf4 Rh1-+) 39...Bc3 40.Nd5 (40.Kh3 Ra2-+) 40...Bg7 41.Ne7 (41.Kh3 Ra3 42.Kg2 Ra2 43.Kh3 Rf2-+) 41...Kf8 42.Nd5 Ne6 (42...Ra3!? 43.Kf4-+) 43.Kh3 b5 44.Nb6 (44.f4 Rd1 45.Kg2 Rd4-+) 44...b4 45.Nd7 Ke7 46.Nb6 b3 47.Nc4 b2 (better 47...Rc1 48.Na3 b2 49.e5-+) 48.Nb2 Bb2 49.f4 Ra4 50.f5 Re4 (50...Ng5 51.Kg2 Ra2 52.Kf2 Bc1 53.Kg1 Nf3 54.Kf1 Be3 55.f6 Ke6 56.e5 Rf2) 51.fe6 fe6 52.Kg2 Re5 (52...Re2 53.Kf3 Rh2 54.Ke4-+) 53.Kh3 Re2 54.g4 Rh2! 55.Kh2 h5 (55...Kf6!? 56.Kg2-+) 56.Kg3 Bc1 (better 56...e5 57.gh5 gh5 58.Kf3-+) 57.g5 (57.gh5 Bf4! 58.Kg4-+) 57...Bg5 58.Kf3 ½-½. gregoire (1740) - Attention44 (1930), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.d4 Bg4 9.Nf3 e6 10.g3?? (10.Bd3 Bd6=+) 10...Bd6?? (better 10...Bf3 11.Qf3 Qa7-+) 11.Bg2 0-0 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 (14.Qa4 Bg6-/+) 14...Bg6 15.Nbd2 e5 (better 15...Ra8!?-/+) 16.de5=+ Ne5 17.Ne5 (17.c4 Nf3 18.Nf3 Be7=) 17...Be5=+ 18.c4 (18.Nf3!? Bc7 19.Qd4=+) 18...Ba1-/+ 19.Qa1 Qb4 20.Nf3 Qc4 21.Rc1 Qa6?? (better 21...Qe2-+) 22.Qb1?? (better 22.Qa6 ba6 23.Rc6=) 22...Rb8 (22...Bb1 23.Rb1 Ne4 24.Re1-+) 23.Nd4?? (23.Qb2 Ra8 24.Bf1-+) 23...Bb1 24.Rb1 Qd3 25.Rf1 (25.Rc1 Ra8-+) 25...h6 26.h4 (26.Bf3 Qc3-+) 26...c5 (26...Ng4 27.Nf3 b5 28.Re1-+) 27.g5 (27.Nf5 Kf8 28.Bh3 b5-+) 27...cd4 28.gf6 gf6 (28...de3 29.fe3 Qe3 30.Kh2-+) 29.h5 de3 30.fe3 Qe3 31.Kh2 Qe5 32.Kh1 b5 33.Rf3 b4 34.Bh3 b3 35.Rf2 b2 36.Rg2 (36.Rf1 b1Q 37.Rg1 Qg3 38.Bf1 Qe4 39.Rg2 Qeh4 40.Kg1 Qhh2) 36...Kf8 37.Rb2 (37.Bf5 Qf5 38.Re2 Qh3 39.Kg1 b1Q 40.Re1 Qe1) 37...Rb2 38.Bg2 Qe1 (38...Qe2 39.Bd5 Qd1) 39.Kh2 Qf2 40.Kh3 Qg2 41.Kh4 Rb4 0-1. kassanen (1705) - Dezember11 (1980), Hourly Bullet Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nf3 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.a3 ab4 4.ab4 Ra1 5.Ba1 Qb6 6.c3 d5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.e3 Bg4).

8.Nf3 g6 9.Be2 Bg7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 Bf5 12.Bd3 (12.Nh4 Bd7=) 12...Be4 (better 12...Bd3 13.Qd3 Na6=+) 13.Nbd2?? (better 13.Be2=) 13...Bd3-+ 14.Re1 Be4 (14...Nbd7!? 15.e4-+) 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Qb3 Nd7 17.c4 e6 18.c5 Qb5 19.h4 (19.Qa2 Rd8-+) 19...Ra8 20.h5 (20.Qb2 Ra4-+) 20...Qc4 (20...Ndc5 21.dc5 Ra1 22.Ra1 Ba1 23.Qa3-+) 21.Qb1 (21.Qc4 dc4 22.Nh2 gh5-+) 21...Ra2 22.hg6 hg6 (22...Rf2?! 23.gh7 Kf8 24.Ng5-+) 23.Rc1 (23.Bb2-+) 23...Qe2 24.Rf1 Nf2 (24...Nf2 25.Nh4 Ng4-+) 0-1. carlos78 (2300) - Jaar (2250), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Qa4 e5 9.Nf3=+.

8.Qa4 g6 9.Be2 Bg7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.0-0 Bg4 12.h3 Bd7 13.Qa3 Na6 14.d4 Ra8 15.Nbd2 Nc7 (15...Qd8 16.Qb2=) 16.Qb3 Be6 17.c4 Na6 (17...Qa7 18.Ng5=) 18.Bc3+= Rc8 (18...d5 19.Ra1+=) 19.Ra1 Qc7 (19...h6 20.Bd3+=) 20.Qb2 (20.Ng5 Bd7+–) 20...Qb8 21.Ra3 (21.Ng5 Bd7+–) 21...Nc7+= 22.Qa1 (22.Ng5 b5+=) 22...b5= 23.Ng5 (23.c5 Nfd5 24.Nb3 Bf5=) 23...Bf5 (23...Bc4 24.Nc4 (worse 24.Bc4 bc4 25.e4 Nb5–/+) 24...bc4 25.Bc4=) 24.e4+= Bd7 25.e5 Nfe8 26.f4 (26.Ra7 Rd8+=) 26...Ne6 (26...d5 27.cb5 Nb5 28.Ra5=) 27.Ne6 Be6 28.g4 (28.c5 Bh6 29.Qf1 de5 30.de5 Nc7=) 28...Qb6 (28...Nc7 29.Ra7=) 29.c5 Qb8 (29...Qd8 30.Bf3+=) 30.Ne4 (30.Bf3 dc5 31.dc5 Nc7=) 30...de5 31.de5 Nc7 32.Be1 Nd5 33.Bd2 Bh6 (33...f6 34.ef6 Nf6 35.Nf6 Bf6 36.Qe1=) 34.g5 Bg7 35.Bg4 Bg4 36.hg4 e6?? (better 36...Rd8=) 37.Nd6+– Rf8 38.Ra6 Qc7 39.Kg2 Bh8 (39...Rb8 40.Kf3+–) 40.Ra8 Bg7 41.Ra3 (41.Ra7 Qb8+–) 41...h6 (41...Qb8 42.Ra7+–) 42.gh6 Bh6 43.g5 Bg7 44.Qh1 (better 44.Ra7!? Qb8 45.Qa5+–) 44...Rd8 45.Qh3 (45.Ra6+–) 45...Qe7 (45...Ne7 46.Ra1+–) 46.Ra1 (46.Ra6 Qf8 47.Rc6 Rb8+–) 46...Rb8 (46...Qd7!?+=) 47.Ra6+– Qc7 (47...Qd8 48.Rc6 Ra8 49.Qd3+– (49.Nb5? Qe8–+)) 48.Qa3+– Rf8 49.Ra7 Qb8 50.Qa6 (50.Qa5 Qd8+–) 50...Bh8 (50...Nc7 51.Qa5 Nd5 52.Kf3+–) 51.Kg3 (51.Rd7 Bg7 52.Qc6 Qa8 53.Qa8 Ra8+–) 51...Bg7 52.Qa5 Bh8 53.Nf7! Rf7? (53...Rf7 54.Ra8 Combination) 54.Ra8 (54.Ra8 Qf8 55.Rf8 Rf8 56.Qa7+–) 1–0. Holz auf der Heide – Ebeling, Leipzig, 1999.

8.d4 e5=.

8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Be2 Qa7 10.Nd4 Be4 11.f3 Bg6 12.Nb3 e5 13.c4 Be7 14.d4 0-0 15.Bd3 d5 16.Bg6 hg6 (better is 16...dc4!? 17.Bc3 cb3–/+) 17.c5= ed4 18.ed4 Na6 19.Bc3 Nc7 20.N1d2 Nb5 21.Qa1 Re8 22.Qa7? (better is 22.0-0=) 22…Bc5–/+ (22...Bc5 23.Kd1 Ba7–+ (23...Na7? 24.dc5 Nb5 25.Bb2+–; 23...Nc3?! 24.Kc2 Ba7 25.Kc3–/+); 22...Na7?! 23.Kd1=) 0–1. Feng,Jason – Trevis,Robert, RF–2008–0-00006, 2008.

8.Qa4 d5–/+ 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.c4 dc4 11.Be5 Be5 12.Ne5 Na6? (12...Qc7 13.Nc4 b5 14.Qa5 Qa5 15.Na5= (worse is 15.ba5 bc4 16.Bc4 Ke7+=)) 13.Nc4?? (better is 13.Bc4 0-0 14.Ba6 ba6 15.0-0+/– (15.Nc6? Bd7–+)) 13...Qb4+= 14.Qb4 Nb4 15.Nd6 Ke7 16.Nc8 Rc8 17.Nc3 b5 18.d4 (18.g3 Nbd5 19.Bg2 Nc3 20.dc3 Kd6+=) 18...Ra8 19.Be2? (better is 19.Kd2+=) 19...Ra1–+ 20.Bd1 Nbd5 (20...Nd3!? 21.Ke2 Nb2 22.g4–+) 21.Kd2–/+ b4 22.Ne2?? (better is 22.Nd5 Nd5 23.Re1 Ra2 24.Kd3 Rf2 25.e4–/+) 22...Ne4–+ 23.Kc2 Nf2 24.Rf1 (24.Kb2 Rd1 25.Rd1 Nd1 26.Kb3 N1e3 27.g3–+) 24...Ne3 (24...Ne3 25.Kb2 Ra3–+) 0–1. jeglin – bortak11, kurnik, 2014.

8.c4 d6 9.b5 Bf5 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Na4 (12.Be2 Be7=) 12...Be7 13.Bc3 Qa7 14.d4 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nc3 16.Nc3 Qa5 (16...Bg4 17.bc6 bc6 18.0-0=) 17.Bf5 (17.0-0 Bg4 18.Qa1 Qc7=) 17...Qc3= 18.Nd2 ed4 19.bc6 bc6 20.Qa4? (better is 20.ed4!? Qd4 21.0-0–/+) 20...de3–+ 21.Qa8 (21.fe3 Qe3 22.Kd1 Ne5–+) 21...Bd8 22.fe3 Qc1 23.Ke2 Qh1 24.Qc6 0-0 25.Bd7 Qh2 26.Ne4 (26.Qf3 Ba5–+) 26...Qg2 27.Kd3 (27.Nf2 Qh2 28.Bh3–+) 27...Qf1 28.Kd2 (28.Kc2 Qe2 29.Nd2 Ba5–+) 28…Ba5 (28...Ba5 29.Nc3 Rb8–+) 0–1. Osmak,Yulia – Vdovichenko,Vladislav (2180), Kiev Independence Cup–B 9th, 2009.

8.d4 ed4 9.ed4 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.Ne2 (11.Nf3 d5=) 11...d5 12.0-0 Re8 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Ng3 Re1 15.Qe1 Qc7 16.Nd2 (16.Bb2 b6=) 16...b6 17.b5 (17.Bb2 Ba6 18.Bf5 g6=) 17...cb5=+ 18.Bb5 Ba6 19.Ba6 Na6 20.Bb2 Nb8 (20...Qd7 21.Qe2 Nc7 22.Ngf1=+) 21.Ngf1 b5 22.Nf3 (22.Qe2 b4 23.cb4 Bb4=) 22...Nc6 (22...Nbd7 23.Qa1=+) 23.Ne3 Na5 24.Nf5 Bf8 (24...Nc4 25.Nd6 Qd6 26.Bc1=+) 25.Qe5 (25.Ne3!?=) 25...Qa7=+ 26.Bc1 (26.Ne3 Nc4 27.Nc4 bc4=+) 26...Ne4 (26...Nb3 27.Qe1 Ne4–/+ (worse 27...Nc1 28.Qc1 Ne4 29.Ne3=+)) 27.Qd5= Nc3 28.Qe5 Nc6 29.Qe1 b4 30.Bd2 Qd7 31.Ne5? (better 31.Bc3!? Qf5 32.Bb2=+) 31...Ne5–/+ 32.Qe5 f6 33.Qa5 Qa4 34.Qa4 Na4 35.Ne3 b3 36.Nc4 (36.Bc1 b2 37.Bb2 Nb2–+) 36...b2 37.Nb2 Nb2 38.f4 (38.Kf1 Kf7–+) 38...Nc4 39.Bc1 (39.Bc3 Bd6 40.g3 Kf7–+) 39...Kf7 (39...f5 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.h3–+) 40.Kf2 (40.f5 Ba3 41.Ba3 Na3–+) 40...Ke6 41.Ke2 Kd5 42.Kd3 f5 43.h3 h5 44.g3 (44.Kc3 Bd6–+) 44...Bb4 45.Be3 Be1 46.g4 Ne3 (worse 46...hg4 47.hg4 Ne3 48.Ke3 fg4 49.f5–+) 47.Ke3 fg4 48.hg4 hg4 49.Ke2 (49.f5 g3 50.Kf3 Kd4–+) 49...Bh4 (better 49...Kd4 50.Ke1 Ke4–+) 50.Ke3 g6 51.Ke2 Ke4 52.f5 White threatens to counter with g3 52...gf5 53.d5 (53.Kd1 Kd3 54.d5 g3 55.d6 g2 56.Kc1 Kc3 57.Kd1 g1Q 58.Ke2 Qf2 59.Kd1 Qe1) 53...g3 54.Kf1 (54.Kd2 g2 55.Kc2 g1Q 56.Kc3 Qc5 57.Kb3 Bf6 58.d6 Qb5 59.Kc2 Qb2 60.Kd1 Bc3 61.d7 Qd2) 54...f4 (54...Kf3 55.Ke1 g2 56.Kd1 g1Q 57.Kc2 Qc5 58.Kb3 Qb5 59.Ka3 Bg5 60.Ka2 Bc1 61.d6 Qb2) 55.d6 (55.Kg2 f3 56.Kh3 g2 57.Kg4 g1Q 58.Kh4 Kf4 59.d6 Qg4) 55...f3 56.d7 (56.Ke1 Kd3 57.Kf1 g2 58.Kg1 Ke2 59.Kh2 Bf2 60.Kh3 g1Q 61.d7 Qg3) 56...g2 57.Kg1 Ke3 58.Kh2 Bf2 59.Kh3 g1Q 60.d8Q Qg3 0–1. marus1 – JesusGM, internet, 2001.

8.Nf3 d6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.Kf1 (10.d3 Be7=) 10...Be7 11.h3 Bh5 12.d4 Nbd7 13.de5 de5 14.Nbd2 0-0 15.Nc4 (15.g4!? Bg6 16.Nh4=+) 15...Qc7-/+ 16.Qc2 Bg6 Black plans e4 17.Bd3?? (better 17.Qb2-/+) 17...e4 18.Be4 Be4 19.Qb2 (19.Qd1 c5 20.Ncd2 Bd3 21.Kg1 cb4 22.cb4 Bc2-+) 19...Nd5 (better 19...Bd3 20.Kg1 Bc4-+) 20.Ncd2 Bd3 21.Kg1 b5 22.c4 bc4 (better 22...Bf6 23.Qc1 bc4 24.Bf6 N7f6 (worse 24...gf6 25.Nc4 Nb4 26.Ne1-+) 25.Nc4 Nb4-+) 23.Qg7 1-0. muhammadaudii (1920) - CHESSVINTAGE (1940), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.d4 Bg7 9.Nd2 d5 10.Bd3 (10.Ngf3 0-0=) 10...0-0 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.0-0 e5 13.Qb3 (13.Ng3 Re8=+) 13...Qc7 (13...e4 14.Bc2=+) 14.Ng3 (14.c4 e4 15.Bc2 b5 16.cd5 cd5=) 14...e4 15.Be2 h5 (15...b5 16.f3 Bh6 17.f4=+) 16.c4 h4 17.Nh1 Re8 (17...h3 18.f3=) 18.f4 (18.Qc2 h3=) 18...ef3 (18...h3 19.Nf2 hg2 20.Kg2=) 19.Bf3 (< 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.cd5 Ne3 21.dc6 bc6=+ (< 21...Nf1 22.cd7 Bd7 23.Bf1+/–; 21...Qc6?! 22.b5 Qd5 23.Qd5 Nd5 24.Bc4=); 19.gf3?! b6=; 19.Rf3?! b5 20.cb5 cb5=) 19...Bh6 20.Re1 Qd6 (20...Bf4 21.h3=+) 21.Nf2= Bf4 22.h3 b5 23.cd5 cd5 24.Qd3 Bh2=+ 25.Kf1 Qb4 26.Bc3 Qd6 27.Rb1 b4 28.Bb4 Ba6 29.Bd6= Bd3 30.Nd3 Bd6 31.Ke2 Ne4 32.Be4 de4 33.Nf2 f5 34.Nc4 Bg3 35.Nh1 Bh2 36.Nf2 Rc8 37.Nd2 Rc2 38.Nd1 Nf6 39.Rb2 Rc1 40.Rb1 Rc2 41.Rb2 Rc6 42.Nb3 Rc4 43.Nd2 Rc7 44.Rb5 Kf7 45.Nb1 Rc2 46.Nd2 Nh5 47.Rb2 Rc7 48.Nb1 Ng3 49.Kf2 Rc1 50.Nbc3 g5 51.Ke1 f4 52.Kd2 Ra1 53.Ra2 Ra2=+ 54.Na2 Bg1 55.Nac3=+ f3 56.gf3= ef3 57.Ke1 g4! 58.hg4 h3 59.Nf2 Bf2 60.Kf2 h2 61.Kf3 h1Q 62.Kg3 Qe1 63.Kf3 Qc3 64.Kf4 Qd3 (65.g5 Ke6–+) 0–1. Klein,Sabine – Kalinski,Frank, Bad Zwesten op 1st, 1997.

8.Nf3 d5 =.

8.Nf3 Bg7 9.d4 0-0 10.Be2 d6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 c5 13.b5 e6 14.c4 d5 15.Qb3 Ne4 16.dc5 Ndc5 17.Qc2 Ba1 18.Ra1 dc4?? (better is 18...Nd2 19.Nd2 dc4 20.Bc4 Bd7+=) 19.Ne4+– Ne4 20.Qe4 1–0. mihai740609 – jerzyt, kurnik, 2011.

8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 d5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.d3 d4 13.c4 de3 14.fe3? (better is 14.Bd4 ef2 15.Bf2–/+) 14...Qe3–+ 15.Rf2?? (15.Kh1 Rd8 (15...Qe2?! 16.Re1 Qe1 17.Ne1=) 16.Nc3 Ng4–+) 15...Qc1 (better is 15...Ng4 16.Nbd2 Qf2 17.Kh1 Qe2–+) 16.Qd1 Qe3 (better is 16...Qd1!? 17.Bd1 Rd8–+) 17.Bd4 (17.Qb3 Ng4 18.Qd1 Nf2 19.Qf1 Nd3 20.Kh1 Nf2 21.Kg1 Ne4 22.Kh1 Ba1 23.Nh4–+) 17...Qf4 18.Be5 Qe3 19.Bd4 Qf4 20.Qd2 (better is 20.Be5!? Qh6 21.Qd2 Qd2 22.Nbd2–/+) 20...Qd2–/+ 21.Nbd2 Ng4 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Rf1 Ne3 24.Ra1 Nd7 (24...Na6!?–/+) 25.Nd4+= Bg4 26.Bg4 Ng4 27.Ra7 Rb8 28.Ne4 Nde5 29.Nc5 e6?? (better is 29...b6!? 30.Nd7 Nd7 31.Rd7 Ra8–/+) 30.Rb7 Rb7 (30...Ra8!? 31.Kf1 Ra2+=) 31.Nb7+= Nd3 32.Nc6 Nge5 33.c5?? (33.Ne5 Ne5 34.c5 Kf6+/–) 33...Kf6 (33...Nc6 34.b5 Nd4 35.b6–+) 34.Nd6?? (better is 34.Ne5 Ne5 35.b5+/–) 34...Nc6–+ 35.b5 Na5 (better is 35...Na7–+) 36.c6+– Ke7 (36...Nc6 37.bc6 Ke7 38.c7 Kd6 39.c8Q+–) 37.c7 Kd7 (37...Kd6 38.c8Q Ne5 39.Qd8 Kc5 40.Qa5+–) 38.c8Q Kd6 39.Qd8 Kc5 40.Qa5 Ne5 41.b6 Kd6 42.b7 Nc6 43.Qb6 e5 44.b8Q Kd5 (44...Kd7 45.Q8c7 Ke6 46.Qbc6 Kf5 47.Qf3 Kg5 48.Qc1 Kh4 49.Qh6) 45.Qb5 Ke6 1–0. kaasparov – metushspahiu, kurnik, 2013.

8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.Na3 d6 11.0-0 Qc7 (11...Bg4 12.Nc2=) 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.d4 b6 14.c4 Bb7 15.Rd1 Ra8 16.d5 (16.Bb2 e5=) 16...cd5 17.cd5 (17.Nb5 Qc8 18.Bf6 Nf6 19.cd5=) 17...Ne4?? (better 17...Bd5 18.Qd3 Be4-/+) 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Nb5 Nef6?? (better 19...Qc8+=) 20.Nc7+- (20.Nc7 Rc8 21.Nb5+-) 1-0. carlos78 (2235) - pacal56 (2245), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

(--> 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.a3 ab4 4.ab4 Ra1 5.Ba1 Qb6 6.c3 d5 7.Nf3 Nf6).

8.d3 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.a3 ab4 4.ab4 Ra1 5.Ba1 Qb6 6.c3 d5 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.d3 Nf6).

8.e3 Bf5 9.d3 (--> 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.a3 ab4 4.ab4 Ra1 5.Ba1 Qb6 6.c3 d5 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.d3 Nf6 9.e3).

8.d4 Bg4 9.e3 Bf3 (9...e5 10.de5 de5 11.Nbd2=) 10.Qf3 d5 11.Nd2 g6 12.Bd3 Bg7 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.e4 e5 15.ed5 (better 15.Re1+=) 15...ed4? (better 15...cd5 16.Re1 e4 17.Ne4 de4 18.Be4 Qe6=) 16.Re1 Kf8 17.dc6 bc6 (17...dc3 18.cd7 (18.Bc3?! Qc6 19.Be4 Ne4 20.Ne4 Bc3+=) 18...cd2 19.Re8 Ne8 20.de8Q (20.de8B? Qe6-+) 20...Ke8 21.Bg7+-) 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.cd4 Nd5 20.Ne5 (20.b5 Kg8+-) 20...Bf6? (20...Ne5 21.de5 Nb4 22.Bc4+-) 21.Be4 (21.b5 Kg7+-) 21...Kg7 22.Bd5 cd5 23.Qd5 Nb6 24.Qc5 Qb7 25.Ng4 (25.Qc6 Qc6 26.Nc6 Ra8+-) 25...Rc8 (25...Nd5 26.Nf6 Kf6 27.Bc3+-) 26.Qb5 Bd8 27.Qe5 (27.d5 f6 28.Ne3 Qc7+-) 27...f6 28.Nf6?? (better 28.Qe3 Qc6 29.Qd2+-) 28...Bf6-/+ 29.Qb5 Rc7 30.d5 (30.Qd3!?-/+) 30...Nd5-+ 31.Bf6 Nf6 32.Qb7 (32.Qe5-+) 32...Rb7 33.f3 Rb4 34.Re7 Kf8 35.Ra7 Rb8 36.Kf2 Re8 37.g4 Re7 38.Ra8 Kf7 39.Kg3 h6 40.h4 Kg7 41.g5 hg5 42.hg5 Nh5 43.Kg4 Rf7 44.Ra6? (better 44.Ra4-+) 44...Rf4 45.Kh3 Rf3 46.Kg2 (46.Kg4 Rf4 47.Kh3 Rf5-+) 46…Rf7 0-1. bvamrx (2070) - guehae (2155), lichess.org, 2021.

8.e3 e5 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.d3 Nbd7 13.Nbd2 Ra8 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qb3 (15.e4 Be6=+) 15...b5 16.Na5 (16.Ncd2 Be6 17.c4 Qb7=+) 16...Nb6 (16...c5 17.Ra1-/+) 17.Re1 (17.c4 bc4 18.dc4 c5=+) 17...Nfd5 (17...c5 18.Ng5 d5 19.e4-/+) 18.Ra1 Na4 19.e4 (better 19.c4!? Ndb6 20.h3=+) 19...Nf4-/+ (worse 19...Nb2 20.ed5 Bf3 21.gf3+/-) 20.Re1 (20.Bf1 Nb2 21.Qb2 Bf3 22.gf3 d5-/+) 20...Ne2 (20...Bf3!? 21.gf3 Nb2 22.Qb2-+) 21.Re2-/+ Bf3 22.gf3 Qb6 (22...Qd7 23.c4-/+) 23.Kh1 (23.Bc1 Qa6=+) 23...c5 (23...Bg5-/+) 24.Bc1 (24.Qd5 Rc8 25.Kg2-/+) 24...cb4 (better 24...Nc3 25.Qc3 cb4 26.Qb4 Qa5-+) 25.cb4= Rc8 26.Be3 (26.Rc2 Qa6 27.Bd2 Nb6=) 26...Qc7=+ 27.Re1 (27.Kg1 h6=+) 27...d5 (27...Qd7!?-/+) 28.ed5= Qc3 The isolani on b4 becomes a target (28...Qd7 29.Nc6=) 29.Qc3 (better 29.Rc1!? Qc1 30.Bc1 Rc1 31.Kg2+-) 29...Rc3 (29...Nc3 30.Bd2 f6 31.Bc3 Rc3 32.Nc6=) 30.Rd1 (30.Nc6!? Bf8 31.d4+=) 30...Bb4=+ 31.Nc6 Bd6 32.d4 f6 33.de5 fe5 (33...Be5? 34.Ne5 fe5 35.d6+-) 34.Rc1? (better 34.Na7 Rb3 35.Kg2=) 34...Rc1-+ 35.Bc1 b4 36.Na5 Nc3 (36...Kf7 37.Nc4 Ke7-+) 37.Nb3? (better 37.Nc4 Bb8 38.d6=+) 37...Nd5-+ 38.Kg2 Nf4 39.Kf1 Kf7 40.Bf4 ef4 41.Ke2 Ke6 42.Kd3 Kd5 43.h3 (43.Nd2 g5-+) 43...Bc5 44.Nc5 (44.Ke2-+) 44...Kc5 45.h4 g6 46.Kd2 (46.h5 gh5 47.Ke4 b3 48.Kf4 b2-+) 46...h6 47.Kc2 Kc4 48.Kd2 Kb3 (48...b3 49.h5 gh5 50.Kc1 Kc3 51.Kd1 b2 52.Ke1 b1Q 53.Ke2 Qb5 54.Ke1 h4 55.Kd1 Qf1) 49.Kc1 (49.Kd3-+) 49...Kc3 50.Kb1 (50.Kd1 b3 51.Ke2 b2 52.Kf1 Kd3 53.Kg2 Ke2 54.Kg1 b1Q 55.Kg2 Qf1 56.Kh2 Kf3 57.h5 Qg2) 50...Kd3 (50...b3 51.h5 gh5 52.Kc1 b2 53.Kb1 h4 54.Ka2 h3 55.Kb1 h2 56.Ka2 h1Q 57.Ka3 Qa1) 51.Kb2-+ Ke2 52.Kb3 Kf2 53.Kb4 Kf3 54.Kc4 If White now only could play h5... 54...Kg4 55.Kd3 Kh4 56.Ke2 Kg3 57.Kf1 h5 58.Kg1 Kf3 59.Kf1 h4 60.Kg1 Ke2 61.Kg2 (61.Kh2 g5 62.Kh3 Kf3 63.Kh2 g4 64.Kg1 Ke2 65.Kh2 f3 66.Kg1 g3 67.Kh1 f2 68.Kg2 f1Q) 61...g5 62.Kh3 f3 (62...Kf3 63.Kh2 g4 64.Kg1 Ke2 65.Kh1 f3 66.Kg1 g3 67.Kh1 f2 68.Kg2 f1Q) 63.Kg4-+ f2 64.Kh5 (64.Kf5 f1Q 65.Kg5 h3 66.Kg4 Qf6 67.Kg3 Qg5 68.Kh3 Kf3 69.Kh2 Qg2) 64...f1Q 65.Kg4 (65.Kg5 h3 66.Kg4 Qf6 67.Kg3 Qg5 68.Kh3 Kf3 69.Kh2 Qg2) 65...h3 66.Kh5 (66.Kg5 h2 67.Kg4 h1Q 68.Kg5 Qhg2 69.Kh5 Qfh1) 66...h2 67.Kg6 h1Q 68.Kg7 Qh5 69.Kg8 Qff7 0-1. ch77essi988 (1740) - abeche21 (1785), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.e3 e5 9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Na3 (11.d3 Be6=) 11...Nbd7+= 12.Nc2 (12.Bb2 d5+=) 12...Qc7 13.d3 d5 14.Bb2 e4 (14...Rd8 15.h3+=) 15.de4 Ne4 16.Ncd4 (16.Nd2 Ndf6+=) 16...Nb6 (16...Ndf6 17.h3+=) 17.h3 (17.Nd2 Nd2 18.Qd2 Bd7=) 17...h6 (17...Bd7 18.Nd2=) 18.Bd3 (18.Qc2 Re8=) 18...Nc4 19.Qc2 (19.Bc4 dc4 20.Qe2 b5=) 19...Nb2 (19...b5 20.Rd1+=) 20.Qb2= Qd6 21.Ra1 Bd8 (21...Bd7 22.Be4 de4 23.Nd2=) 22.Be4 (22.Qc2 Re8=) 22...de4+= 23.Nh2 (23.Nd2 Bc7 24.g3 Qg6+=) 23...Bc7 24.Nf1 Qg6 25.Kh1 f5 (25...Re8 26.Qc1+=) 26.f4 (better is 26.Nd2!?=) 26...ef3!–/+ 27.Nf3 (27.Nf3 Be6 Combination; 27.gf3 Qh5 Decoy) 27...f4 28.ef4 Bf4 29.Ra8 (29.Nd4 Be5–/+) 29...Be6 (29...Qd3 30.Qa1–/+) 30.Rf8 Kf8 31.Qe2 b5 (31...Kg8 32.Ne5 Qf6 33.Nd3–/+) 32.Nd4 (32.Ne5 Qb1 33.Qf2 g5 34.Nc6 Kg7+=) 32...Bd5–/+ 33.Nh2 (33.Kg1 h5–/+) 33...Qb1 (33...Kg8 34.Nf1–/+) 34.Qf1 Qb2?? (better is 34...Qc1–/+) 35.Qf4+– Kg8 36.Nhf3 Qc3 37.Qd2 (37.Qd6!? Qb2+–) 37...Qd2 38.Nd2 Kf7 39.N2f3 (39.Kg1 Ke7+–) 39...Kf6 (39...Ke7 40.Kg1+–) 40.Kh2 1–0. chessNstocks – Hovla1, ChessWorld.net, 2015.

8.e3 Qa7 9.Bb2 Qa2 10.Qc2 Qd5 11.c4 Qe6 12.Nd4 Qg4 13.h3 Qh4 14.g3 Ng3 15.fg3 Qg3 16.Ke2 Na6 17.b5 Nb4 18.Qa4 e5 19.Qa8 Kd8 20.Qa5 b6 21.Qb6 Ke8 22.Qc7 Bb7 23.Qb8 Ke7 24.Nf5 1–0. Machete99 – guest1411, ICC, 2002.

8.e3 f5 9.g3 d5 10.Bg2 Be6 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Nd7 Kd7 13.0-0 h5 14.Bf3 g5 15.Bh5 g4 16.Bg6 Rh6 17.d3 Ng3 18.hg3 Rg6 19.Nd2 d4 20.ed4 Bd5 21.f3 Rh6 22.Kg2 c5 23.bc5 Qg6 24.c4 Bf3 25.Nf3 Rh3 26.Nh4 e5 27.Ng6 Bg7 28.Rf5 Rh6 29.Ne5 Kc7 30.Qg4 Be5 31.de5 Kb8 32.Qg8 Ka7 33.Bd4 Rc6 34.Qd5 Rg6 35.Rf6 Rg7 36.Rf7 Rg3 37.Kg3 Ka6 38.Qd6 Ka5 39.Rb7 Ka4 40.Qa6 1–0. wk1234 – raddae, playok.com, 2012.

8.e3 d5 9.d4=.

8.e3 d5 9.Be2 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d3 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Qb3 b6 14.Bb2 c5 15.bc5 bc5 16.c4 Ba6 17.Ra1 dc4 18.dc4 Ra8 19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Ne5+= Be5 21.Be5 Qe5 22.Ra5 Bb7 23.Ra8 ½–½. algernon (2295) – mindgame (2315), net–chess.com, 2005.

8.e3 d5 9.Be2 Be7 10.d4 0-0 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.c4 (12.0-0 b5=) 12...b6 (12...dc4 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bd3-/+) 13.c5 Ba6 14.Ba6 Na6 15.0-0 Nd7 16.Nbd2 Bf6 17.e4 bc5 18.bc5 (worse 18.dc5 Rb8 19.Bf6 Nf6-/+) 18...Rb8 19.Qe3 de4 20.Ne4 e5?? (20...Nb4 21.Nf6 Nf6 22.Qe5 Qe5 23.Ne5=) 21.Nd6?? (better 21.de5 Be7 22.Bd4+-) 21...ed4= 22.Bd4 Bd4 23.Qd4 Nac5 24.Re1 (better 24.Nf7!? Kf7 25.Qc4 Kg6 26.Qg4 Kf6 27.Qh4 Ke6 28.Qg4 Kf7 29.Qc4 Ke7 30.Re1 Kf6 31.Qh4 Kf7 32.Qc4 Kf6 33.Qh4 Kf7 34.Qc4 Kf6=) 24...Ne6-/+ 25.Qd2 c5 (better 25...Nb6 26.Nf5 Nd5-/+) 26.Ne5?? (better 26.Nf7 Kf7 27.Qd5=+) 26...Ne5-+ 27.Re5 (27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Qe5 Qd6 29.Qe4-+) 27...Rd8 (better 27...Qd6! 28.Qc1 Qe5-+) 28.Rd5 c4?? (better 28...Nd4 29.Qa2 Qb8 30.Rd4 cd4 (30...Rd6?! 31.Rd6 Qd6 32.Qa8 Qf8 33.Qc6-/+) 31.Nf7 Rd5-+) 29.Nc4= Rd5 30.Qd5 h6 31.h3 Qb8 32.Ne5 Nf4?? (better 32...Qb1 33.Kh2 Qf5=) 33.Qf7+- Kh8 34.Ng6 (better 34.Qf4 Qb6 35.h4+-) 34...Ng6+/- 35.Qg6 Qb1?? (better 35...Qe5 36.Kf1 Kg8+/-) 36.Qb1+- 1-0. kasperoff (1865) - Paris_Maks (1740), Hourly Rapid Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

8.e3 Bd6 9.Be2 Na6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nd4 c5 (11...Be7 12.Qa4=) 12.bc5 Bc5 13.Nf3 d5 14.d4 Bd6 15.c4 dc4 16.Bc4 (16.Nbd2 Qc7 17.Nc4 Bd7+=) 16...Bd7= 17.Nbd2 Bc6 18.Qc2 Bb4 (18...Rc8 19.Ne5=) 19.Rb1 Qa5 20.Nb3 (20.Ba6 Bf3 21.Nf3 ba6+=) 20...Qh5 21.Ne5 Be4 22.Bd3 Bd5 (22...Bd3 23.Qd3 Rd8 24.h3=) 23.Bf1 (better 23.e4 Bb3 24.Qb3+/-) 23...Bd6 (better 23...Ng4 24.h3 Ne5 25.de5 Be7=) 24.g3?? (24.f3 Nb4 25.Qc3 Bc6=) 24...Ng4 (24...Be5 25.Be2 Ng4-+) 25.h3?? (better 25.Ng4 Qg4 26.Be2=+) 25...Ne5-+ (25...Be5?! 26.de5 Ne5 27.e4-+) 26.de5 (26.e4 Nf3 27.Kh1-+) 26...Be5 (26...Qf3 27.e4 Be4 28.Qe4 Qe4 29.Nd2-+) 27.Be5?? (better 27.g4!? Qg5 28.f4 Bf4 29.ef4 Qf4 30.Qf2 Qf2 31.Kf2=) 27...Qe5 (better 27...Qf3 28.e4 Be4 29.Qe4 Qe4-+) 28.Nd4 Be4 29.Bd3 Bd3 30.Qd3 Nc5 31.Qf1 h5 (31...Rc8 32.Qc4 Ra8 33.Qb5-/+) 32.Qg2 Rb8 (32...Rd8 33.Rb5-/+) 33.Nf3 (33.Rb5 Rd8-/+) 33...Qd5 34.Nh4 (34.Nd4 Rd8-/+) 34...Qd3 35.Rc1 Ne4 36.Nf3 Rd8 37.Nd4 Qd2 (37...e5 38.Nf3 Qd5 39.g4-/+) 38.Rf1 Nf6 0-1. cucosant2 (1775) - ven_len_chu (1995), Casual Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.g3 d5 9.Bg2 Bd6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bb2 c5 13.Ba3 cb4 14.cb4 Bb4 15.Bb4 Qb4 16.Nc3 Qc5 17.Rb1 b6 18.Qb3 Qc7 19.Nb5 Qc5 20.d4 Qc6 21.Rb2 (21.Ra1 Bb7=) 21...Ne4 (better is 21...Ba6!?–/+) 22.Rc2= Qa8 23.Ne5? (23.Ra2!? Qb8 24.Ra1=) 23...Ne5 (23...Qa1 24.Bf1 Ne5 25.de5 Qe5 26.Na7–+) 24.de5 (24.Be4 de4 25.de5 Qa1 26.Kg2 Qe5 27.Na7+=) 24...Bd7 (better is 24...Qa1 25.Bf1 Qe5–+) 25.Be4= de4 26.Rc7 Bc6 27.Nd6 Bd5 28.Qc3 Qa2? (28...Qa5 29.Qc1 h6 30.e3=) 29.e3 (29.Rc8 Qb1 30.Kg2 e3 31.f3+–) 29...Qb1= 30.Kg2 Qb3 31.Qb3 Bb3 32.Rb7 Bd5 33.Rb6 Ra8 34.h4 g6 35.g4 Ra2?? (35...h6 36.Rb5+=) 36.Kg3 (36.Rb8 Kg7 37.Ne8 Kh6 38.g5 Kh5 39.Kg3 Rf2 40.Ng7) 36...Rc2?? (better is 36...Ra8+=) 37.Rb8 Kg7 (37...Rc8 38.Rc8 Kg7 39.Ne8 Kg8 40.Nf6 Kg7 41.g5 Bc6 42.Rg8) 38.Rc8 (38.Ne8 Kf8 39.Nf6 Rc8 40.Rc8 Kg7 41.g5 Bc6 42.Rg8) 38...Rb2?? (better is 38...Rc8 39.Nc8 f5=) 39.Rc7 (39.Ne8 Kf8 40.Nf6 Kg7 41.Rg8 Kh6 42.g5) 39...Rd2?? (better is 39...h5+/–) 40.Rf7 (better is 40.Ne8 Kf8 41.Nf6+–) 40...Kg8 41.Rc7 Rd3 (41...h6 42.Ne8+–) 42.Rc8 Kg7 43.Rc7 Kg8 44.Kf4 Rd2 45.Ne4 (better is 45.Rc8 Kg7 46.Ne8 Kf7 47.Kg5 Rf2 48.Nf6+–) 45...Rb2?? (better is 45...Be4 46.Ke4 Rf2+=) 46.Nf6+– Kf8 47.Nh7 (47.Kg5!? Rf2 48.Rh7 Bc6 49.Kg6 Be8 50.Ne8 Ke8+–) 47...Ke8 48.Nf6 Kd8 49.Rd7 (49.Nd5!? Rf2 50.Kg5 ed5+–) 49...Kc8 50.Rg7 Rf2 51.Kg5 White intends h5 51...Rf3 (51...Re2+–) 52.e4 Bc6 53.Rg6 Re3 (53...Kd8 54.h5 Rh3 55.h6 Rh6 56.Rh6+–) 54.h5 Be4 55.Ne4 Re4 56.Kf6 Rf4 57.Ke6 Re4 58.h6 1–0. wk1234 – bobby7, kurnik, 2013.

8.Bb2 d5 =.

8.e3 d6 9.Be2 Bg7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 Bf5 12.Nbd2 Qa7 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Mosatidis,Theodorus (1710), BI–2010–P–00022, 2010.

8.e3 Bg7 9.Bc4 d5 10.Bb3 0-0 11.0-0 Bg4 12.d4 Nbd7 13.Nbd2 e5 14.de5 Ne5 15.h3 Bf3 16.Nf3 Nfd7 17.Nd4 c5 18.bc5 Qc5 19.Qc2 Nc4 20.Qa2 Ndb6 21.Bb2 Ra8 22.Qb1 Nd2 23.Qc2 Nf1 24.Kf1 Nc4 25.Bc1 b5 26.Qd3 Ra1 27.Qc2 Qa3 28.Ke2 Qc1 29.Qc1 Rc1 30.Nb5 Rb1 31.Bc4 dc4 32.Na3 Rb2 33.Kf3 Bc3 34.Nc4 Ra2 35.Nd6 Be1 36.Ne4 f5 37.Nf6 Kg7 38.Nd5 Rf2 39.Kg3 Rd2 40.Kh2 Rd5 0-1. Fettito (1690) - Hurzzz (1655), lichess.org, 2019.

8.e3 Bg7 9.d4 0-0 10.Bd3 d5 11.0-0 Qc7 (11...Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nbd2 Bf3 14.Qf3+=) 12.c4 dc4 13.Bc4 b5 (13...Nd5 14.b5=) 14.Bd3 Na6 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Qa3 (16.Qc3 Nd5 17.Qa3 Nab4–/+) 16...Ra8 17.Ng5 (17.Nc3 Nd5 18.Nd5 Bd5=) 17...Bd5=+ 18.e4 (18.Nc3 Qd6 19.e4 Ng4=) 18...Bh6 (18...Ng4 19.Nf3 Bc4 20.Bc4 bc4 21.Rc1=) 19.ed5 Bg5 20.dc6 ½–½. Behrmann,Klaus – Dietrich,Andreas, compuserve, 1996.

8.e3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 d6 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Qc2 c5 13.bc5 Qc5 14.d4 Qc7 15.Nbd2 Nc6 16.Rb1 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bd3 18.Qd3 e5 19.d5 Ne7 20.e4 Rc8 21.Qb5 Rb8 22.c4 Nd7 23.Bc3 Nc5 (23...Bh6 24.Ba5 b6 25.Bc3+=) 24.Qb6 (better 24.Ba5!? b6 25.Bb6+/-) 24...Qb6+= 25.Rb6 f5 26.Rd6 fe4 27.Ne5 (better 27.Ng5 e3 28.Nde4=) 27...Nf5-/+ 28.g4?? (better 28.Re6-/+) 28...Nd6-+ 29.Nd7 (29.Bb4 Rc8 30.Nd7 Nc4 31.Nc5 Nd2 32.d6 Nf3 33.Kg2-+) 29...Bc3 30.Nb8 (30.Ne4 Nde4 31.Nb8 Be5-+) 30…Bd2 0-1. kasperoff (1805) - Botchwinnik (1820), Hourly SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Na3 Nf6 8.e3 (8.Nc4 Qc7=) 8...d5 (8...Nd5 9.Ba6 Nc3 10.dc3 Qa6 11.Nb1=+) 9.b5 Nc7 10.bc6 bc6 11.Nf3 e6 (better is 11...e5 12.Nb1 e4=+) 12.Be2?? (better is 12.Bd4 Qa5 13.Nb1=) 12...Ba3–+ 13.Qa1 Be7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Rb1 Nb5 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Qb2 Qc7 18.Nb5 cb5 19.Be5 Qa5 20.Bc3 Qa4 21.Ra1 Qh4 22.Bb5 Bb5 23.Qb5 Ng4 24.h3 Nf2 25.Ra4 Ne4 26.Re4 Qe4 27.Qb2 Qg6 (28.Qb7 Bd6–+) 0–1. Bradbury,A – De Coverly,R, Eastbourne QP, 1990.

7.b5 Nc7 8.bc6 bc6 9.d4 Nf6 10.e3 e6 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Ba6 13.e4 Bf1 14.Rf1 Nb5 15.Qb1 0-0 16.g3 Rb8 17.e5 Nc3 18.Qb6 Rb6 19.ed6 Rb2 20.Ne5 Rc2 21.f3 Nb5 22.Ne4 Ne4 23.fe4 Nd6 24.Rf4 Rh2 25.Nd7 h5 26.Nc5 Nb5 27.e5 Rg2 28.Rh4 Rg3 29.Ke2 Rg1 30.Ke3 g6 31.Rf4 g5 32.Rf6 Kg7 33.Ne4 Re1 34.Kd3 g4 35.Ng3 h4 36.Nh5 Kf8 37.Nf4 h3 38.Ne6 Kg8 39.Rf5 fe6 40.Rg5 Kf7 41.Rh5 Kg6 0–1. marekt – preetis, GameColony.com, 2002.

7.Qc1 e6 8.e4 Nb4 9.Be2 d5 10.e5 Bc5 11.Nh3 Na2 12.Qd1 Nc3 13.Nc3 Bd4 14.f4 Bc3 15.dc3 Ne7 16.Qd4 Qb1 17.Bd1 Nf5 18.Qc5 Qc1 19.Qb4? (better is 19.Ke2–+) 19...Ne3 20.Ke2 Nc2 21.Qb6 d4! 22.Bc2 (22.cd4 Qe3#) 22...Qh1 (better is 22...Qc2!? 23.Kf3 Qd3 24.Kg4 h5 25.Kh4–+) 23.Qd4 Qg2 24.Nf2 Qh2 25.Be4 h5 26.c4 h4 27.c5 Rh6 28.Ke3 (28.Qd6 h3–+) 28...Qg3 29.Bf3 h3 30.Qd6 Rh4 31.Qd4 (31.Qb8 Qf4 32.Ke2 Qc4 33.Nd3–+) 31...h2 32.Qd6 (32.Qa1–+) 32...Rh3! 33.Qd1 Qg1 (34.Ke2 Qd1 35.Nd1 Rf3 36.Kf3 h1Q 37.Ke2 Qe4 38.Kf1 Qf4 39.Nf2 g5–+) 0–1. Sigma 4 – MacChess 5.0, 2000.

7.Qc1 Nf6 8.Bf6 gf6 9.c3 d6 10.Na3 Be6 11.e3 Bg7 12.Nf3 0-0 13.Bd3 c5 14.Ba6 (14.Qb1!? h6 15.Nc4 Bc4 16.Bc4 cb4 17.0-0=) 14...Qa6=+ 15.b5 (15.bc5!? dc5 16.d4=+) 15...Qa4–/+ 16.c4? (better 16.Qb2!? Ra8 17.Nb1–/+) 16…Ra8–+ (16...Ra8 17.Nb1 Bc4–+) 0–1. van der Bergh – de Coverly, Jumelage, 1973.

7.e3 Nb4 8.Na3 Nd5 9.Nc4 Qd8 10.Bb2 (10.Ba5 Nc7=) 10...b5 11.Ne5 Ngf6 (11...Nh6 12.e4 Nf6 13.Bd3-/+) 12.Qf3 (12.Ngf3!? h6 13.c4 bc4 14.Bc4=+) 12...Qa5 13.Nh3 (13.Qd1 Qc7-/+) 13...g6 (13...Qa2 14.Nd3-+) 14.Nf4 (14.Ng5!? Qa2 15.Nef7-/+) 14...Nf4-/+ 15.Qf4 Bg7 16.Be2 Qa2 17.Nd3 Qb1 18.Bc1? (better 18.Bd1!?-/+) 18...Qc2-+ 19.0-0 0-0 20.Nb4 Qa4 21.Bb2 (21.Bd1 e5! 22.Qh4-+) 21...Nd5 (better 21...g5 22.Qd4 Ne8-+) 22.Nd5-/+ Bb2 (22...cd5!? 23.Qa4 ba4 24.Bg7 Kg7-/+) 23.Ne7= Kh8 (23...Kg7 24.d4 Re8 25.Qe5 Kf8+/-) 24.Qa4?? (better 24.Qd6 Kg7 25.Nc8 Rc8 26.Qd7+=) 24...ba4-+ 25.Rb1? (better 25.Nc8 Rc8 26.Bc4-+) 25...a3 26.Bc4 Kg7 (better 26...Bb7-+) 27.Nc8 Rc8 28.d4 d5 29.Bb3 Rb8 30.Ba2 Rb5 31.g3 Kf6 32.Kg2 Kf5 33.Kf3 h5 34.h3 g5 35.g4 hg4 36.hg4 Kg6 37.Kg3 Kf6 38.f4 gf4 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.g5 Rc5?? (40...Rb4 41.Rh1 Bc3 42.Kf3-+) 41.Rh1 (better 41.dc5 f5 42.gf6 Kf6 43.e4+-) 41...Rc2 42.Rh6 (42.Bb1 Rc1 43.Rc1 Bc1-+) 42...Ke7 43.Rh7 (43.Bb1 Rc1 44.Ba2 Ra1-+) 43...Bc1 44.Bb3 (44.Rh1 Bd2 (44...Ra2?! 45.Rc1 Kd7 46.Rc3-+) 45.Bb1 Rc3-+) 44...Rb2 (44...Rf2 45.Kg3 Rf1 46.Kg2-+) 45.g6 (45.Rh1 Bd2 (45...Rb3?! 46.Rc1 a2 47.Ra1-+) 46.Ba4 a2-+) 45...Rb3 46.Rf7 Ke6 47.Ra7 (47.Kg4 Rb8 48.Rc7-+) 47...Be3 48.Kg4 Bd4 49.Ra6 (49.g7 Rb8 (49...Ba7?! 50.g8Q Kd6 51.Qd8 Kc5 52.Qa5 Kc4 53.Qa6 Kb4 54.Qb7 Kc3 55.Qa7=) 50.Ra3 Rg8-+) 49...Kd6 (better 49...Rc3!? 50.Ra8-+) 50.Kf4 Kc5 51.Kf5 (51.Ra7 Kb4 52.g7 Bg7 53.Rb7 Kc3 54.Rg7 a2-+) 51...Kb5 (better 51...Kb4-+) 52.Ra7 (52.Ra8 Re3-+) 52...c5 (better 52...Ba7 53.g7 Rg3 54.g8Q Rg8 55.Kf6 Bd4 56.Ke6 a2 57.Kf7 Rg7 58.Ke6 a1Q 59.Kd6 Qf1 60.Ke6 Qf6) 53.Ra8 (53.g7 Rg3 54.Ra3 Rg7-+) 53...c4 54.Rb8 Ka4 55.Rd8 (55.Ra8 Kb4 56.Ke6-+) 55...Rb5 56.Rd7 a2 57.Ke6 a1Q 58.Ra7 Ba7 (58...Ba7 59.Kf7 Qe5 60.g7 Rb7 61.Kg6 Rg7 62.Kh6 Be3) 0-1. FelixMart (1655) – AlexanderAnatolevich, Rated Rapid game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.e3 e6 8.Nf3 Nb4 9.Bb4 Bb4 10.Be2 Nf6 11.0-0 0-0 12.d3 d5 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Rd8 15.cd5 ed5 16.d4 Qc7 17.g3 Bh3 18.Re1 Bb4 19.Nfd2 Ne4 20.Qc2 h5 21.Bf1 Bf1 22.Rf1 Nd2 23.Nd2 Bd2 24.Qd2 b6 25.Rc1 Qd6 26.Qd1 c5 27.dc5 bc5 28.Rc2 g6 29.e4 d4 30.f3 Qb6 31.Qd2 Qb3 32.f4 c4 0–1. valpa – kali, playchess.de, 2002.

7.Nf3 d5 8.b5 Qb5 9.e3 Qa4 10.Be2 =+.

7.Nf3 e6 8.Na3 Nb4 9.e3 d5 10.Be2 =+.

7.Nf3 Nh6 8.Na3 Nb4 9.Nc4 Qa6 10.e4 =.

8.Qa1 d5 9.Bg7?? (9.Qb2 e6 10.e4–/+ (10.Bg7? Bg7 11.Qg7 Nc2 12.Kd1 Na3–+)) 9...Bg7–+ 10.Qg7 Nc2 11.Kd1 Na3 12.e3 Qb1 (12...Qb3!? 13.Ke2 Qc4 14.d3 Qg4 15.Qg4 Bg4 16.Kd2–+) 13.Ke2 Qb5 (13...b6 14.d3 Nc2 15.Nf3–+) 14.Kf3?? (14.d3 Bf5 15.Kf3–+) 14...Qf1–+ 15.Qh8 Qd1 (15...Kf8 16.Qc3 Nf6 17.h3 (17.Qa3 Ne4 18.Nh3 Nd2 19.Kg3 Ne4 20.Kf4 Qg2–+) 17...Qd1 18.Ne2 Qh1 19.Qa3 Bh3 20.Nf4 Bg2 21.Ng2 Qh5 22.Kg3 Ne4 23.Kf4–+) 16.Ne2 Qh1 17.Qg8 Kd7 18.Qh7 (18.Qg4 Kc7 19.Qg3 Kb6–+) 18...Nc4 19.Qh3 (19.Nd4–+) 19...Kc7 20.Qg3 Kb6 (20...e5 21.Nc3 Qe1 22.Qg5 Nd2 23.Kg3 Nf1 24.Kh4 Qc3 25.Qe7 Bd7 26.h3–+) 21.Qb8 (21.Nc3 Qe1 22.Qg7 Nd2 23.Kg3 Nf1 24.Kf3 Nh2 25.Kg3 Ng4 26.Qd4 Kc7–+) 21...Nd6 (better is 21...Nd2 22.Kg3 Ne4 23.Kf3–+) 22.h3 Qb1 (better is 22...Bh3 23.Qd8 Kb5 24.Nd4 Kc4 25.Qg8–+) 23.Nc3 Qf5 24.Ke2 Ne4 (24...Qc2 25.Qa8–+) 25.Ne4 (25.Nd1 Nc5 26.Qa8 Qd3 27.Ke1 Kc7–+) 25...de4 (25...Qe4?! 26.Qc8 e5 27.Qd8 Kb5 28.Qe7=) 26.Qa8 (26.Ke1 e5–+) 26...Qb5 27.Ke1 Qb1 28.Ke2 Qd3 29.Ke1 Be6 30.Qa1 Bc4 (30...c5 31.Qc3 Qb1 32.Ke2 Qb5 33.Ke1–+) 31.Qb2 (31.Qd4 Kc7 32.Qd3 Bd3–+) 31...Kc7 32.Kd1 (32.Qe5 Kd7 33.Qd4 Qd4 34.ed4 b5–+) 32...Qb3 (better is 32...Qf1 33.Kc2 Bd3 34.Kb3–+) 33.Qb3 Bb3 34.Ke2 Bc4 35.Ke1 b5 36.h4 Kd7 37.g4 (37.f3 Bd3–+) 37...f6 38.h5 Ke8 39.Kd1 (39.d4 ed3 40.Kd2 b4–+) 39...Be6 40.h6 Kf7 41.f4 (41.Kc2 Bg4 42.d3 ed3 43.Kd3 Kg6–+) 41...Bg4 42.Kc2 Be2 43.Kc3 Bd3 44.Kb4 f5 45.Kc5 Kg6 46.h7 Kh7 47.Kc6 (47.Kb4–+) 47...b4 0–1. mikebaldini (1630) – amuslumov (1815), gameknot.com, 2015.

8.Nc4 Qa6 9.Nd6 ed6 10.Bb4 =+.

8.Nf3 =+.

9.e3 d5 10.Bd4 Nc2 11.Qc2 +–.

9.e4 d5 10.d4 Qa7 11.Bb4 dc4 12.Bc4 Nf6 +=.

10.Qb1 Nf6 11.d4 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.d4 Qf5–/+) 11...Qe7 12.Bd3 (12.Nb6 Nfd5 13.Nc8 Nc3=+) 12...Nfd5 (12...Nd3 13.cd3 d5 14.Ne5–/+) 13.Ne2 (13.Bb4 Qb4 14.Nd2 Qb1 15.Nb1 Bb4 16.Nd2 b5–/+) 13...Nd3 14.cd3 Nc3 (14...b5 15.Ne5–/+) 15.Nc3 Qb4 16.Kd2 (16.Qc2 d5 17.Ne5 f6–/+) 16...d5 17.Nb6 Kd8 (17...Bd7 18.Nd7 Kd7 19.Rc1–/+) 18.Kc2 (18.Nc8 Qb1 19.Rb1 Kc8–/+) 18...Qb1 (18...Qa5 19.Nc8 Kc8 20.Kd2–/+) 19.Rb1–/+ Bd6 20.f4 g5 21.fg5 Bh2 22.Rf1 Ke7 23.Nca4 (better is 23.Rb1!?=) 23...Bc7 24.Rh1 Bb6 25.Nb6 Bd7 26.Kc3 Be8 27.e4 Rg8 28.Rh7 Rg5 29.e5 Kd8 30.Rh2 Rg4 31.Na4 b5 32.Nc5 Ke7 33.Nb7 Rg7 34.Nd6 Bd7 35.Nb7 Rg3 36.Nc5 Rg7 37.Kb4 Be8 38.Na6 Rg3 39.Kc3 f5 40.Rh7 Bf7 41.Nb4 Rg2 42.Nc6 Kf8 43.Nd8 Bg8 44.Rh3 f4–+ 45.Rf3 Rg4 46.Nb7 Kg7 47.Nd6= Kg6 48.Ne8 Kf5 49.Nd6 Kg5 50.Nb5 Rg3 51.Rf2 Kg4 52.Kc2 Bh7–/+ 53.Rd2 f3 54.Nc3 Rg2–+ 55.Nd1 Re2 56.Nc3?? f2–+ 57.Re2 f1Q 58.Kd2 Qa1 59.Kc2 Kf3 60.Rh2 Bf5 (61.Kb3 Qf1–+) 0–1. Husslein,G – Pommerel,Wim, corr SOK–89–45, 1989.

10.d4 Qe7 11.Nb6=+ Qd8 12.Nc8 Qc8 13.Qd2 (13.Bd2 Nf6=+) 13...Nd5 14.Bb2 f5 15.Nf3 Ngf6 16.Bd3 Be7 17.0-0 b5 18.Ra1 0-0 19.Ra7 Qb8 20.Qa5 Bd8 21.Qa1 Bb6 22.Ra3 Qb7 23.c4 Nb4 24.c5 Nd3 25.Rd3 Ra8 26.Ra3 Ra3 27.Qa3 Bc7 28.Bc3 Bb8 29.h3 Qa7 30.Qb2 Qa4 31.g3 Nd5 32.Be1 Bc7 33.Qb1 Nf6 (33...b4 34.Nd2-/+) 34.Ne5 (34.Bb4!?-/+) 34...Be5-+ 35.de5 Nd5 36.Qd3 (36.Qc1 b4 37.Kh2 b3-+) 36...Qe4 (36...Qa1 37.Kf1 Qe5 38.Qa3-+) 37.Qa3 (better 37.Qd4-+) 37...Qa4 38.Qd3 Qa1 39.Qd2 Qe5 40.Qa5 Qb8 41.f3 (41.Bd2-+) 41...Ne3 42.Qb6 Qc8 43.f4 Nd5 44.Qa7 b4 45.Bd2 Kf7 46.Kf2 Qc7 (46...h6 47.Kg2-+) 47.Qa4? (47.Qc7 Nc7 48.Bb4-+) 47...e5 48.Kf3 e4 49.Kg2 (49.Kf2 Qb7 50.Qa1 b3-+) 49...Qb7 50.Qa5 (50.Bc1 b3 51.Qd4 Qb4-+) 50…b3 0-1. Larsen,Han (1680) - Meyer,Juergen (1885), Xtracon Chess Open, 2019.

10.d4 Qf5!? 11.Bd3 Nd3 12.cd3 Qb5-/+.

10.Bd4 Qd5 11.Nf3 b5 12.c3 (12.Nb2 f6 13.c4 Qf5 14.d3–/+) 12...bc4 13.cb4 f6 14.Qc1–/+.

10.Bd4 Qe7 11.c3 (better 11.Be5 A) 11...Qg5 12.Nd6 (12.Nf3 Qg6 13.d3 Nd5 14.e4= 0.13/9) 12...Bd6 13.Bd6= c5 14.c3= 0.13/9; B) 11...f6 12.Nd6 Kd8 13.Bg3 e5 14.Nc8= 0.09/10) 11...c5?? (better 11...Nd5= 12.Be5 (12.e4 b5 13.ed5 bc4 14.dc6=+ –0.37/10) 12...Qg5 13.Nf3 Qg6 14.Bd6= 0.00/10; 11...Na6 12.Be5 d5 13.Nd6 Kd8 14.Qa4+= 0.41/8) 12.Be5+– Nc6 (12...Nd5 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Bd6 Bd6 15.Qg4+–) 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Bd6 Bd6 15.Nf3 (15.Qg4 Bf8+–) 15...Nf6 16.d4 (16.Bb5 Bc7+–) 16...0-0 17.Bd3 (17.Bb5 cd4 18.Nd4 Bc7+–) 17...Be7 18.Ne5 (18.e4 c4 19.Bc2 d5+–) 18...d5 19.0-0 (19.Nc6 bc6 20.dc5 Bc5+–) 19...Ne5 20.de5 Nd7 21.Bc2 (21.f4 c4 22.Bc2 b6+–) 21...c4 (21...Ne5 22.Bh7! Kh7 23.Qh5 Kg8 24.Qe5+–) 22.e4 (22.f4 Rd8+–) 22...Ne5 (22...Rd8 23.ed5 Ne5 24.Bh7 Kh7 25.Qh5 Kg8 26.Qe5+–) 23.ed5 Rd8 24.Bh7! Kh7 25.Qh5 Kg8 26.Qe5 Bf6 27.Qc7 ed5 28.Rd1 (28.Qa5 d4 29.cd4 Rd4+–) 28...Re8 (28...Be6 29.Qa5+–) 29.Qa5 Be6 30.f4 g6 31.Kf2 Rd8 32.Kg3 (32.Qb6 Ra8 33.Qb2 Re8+–) 32...Kg7 33.Qb6 (33.Qb4 Rd7+–) 33...Rd7 34.Qb2 b5 (34...Bf5 35.Qb4+–) 35.Qb4 (35.h3 Ra7+–) 35...Ra7 36.Rc1 (36.Qc5 Ra2 37.Qb5 Bc3 38.Rd5 Bd5 39.Qd5 Ra4+–) 36...Ra2 37.Qb5 (37.Kf3 Bf5 38.g4 Be4 39.Kg3 g5 40.Qb5 gf4 41.Kf4 Rf2 42.Ke3 Rh2–/+) 37...Rd2+= 38.Qa5 (38.Qc5 Rd3 39.Kf2 Rc3 40.Rc3 Bc3+–) 38...Bf5= 39.h4 (39.Kf3 Be4 40.Ke3 Rg2=) 39...Be4 40.Qc5 (40.Kh3 Bg2 41.Kg3 Be4–/+) 40...Rg2 41.Kh3 Rd2 42.h5 Bf5 (42...Rd3 43.Kh2 Rc3 44.Rc3 Bc3 45.Qe7=+) 43.Kg3–/+ gh5 44.Qg1 Kh7 45.Qc5 (45.Qe1 h4 46.Kf3 Be4 47.Ke3 Rd3 48.Ke2 h3–+) 45...h4 46.Kf3 Be4 47.Kg4 Rd3 48.Rg1 Kg6 (48...Rc3 49.Qf8 Bg7 50.Qf7 Rg3 51.Rg3 hg3 52.Kg3+–) 49.Qc8 Kg7 (49...Bc3?! 50.Kh4 Kf6 51.Qd7=; 49...Rc3? 50.Qg8 Kh6 51.Qf7+–) 50.f5 h3 (50...Rc3?! 51.Kf4 Rg3 52.Rg3 hg3 53.Kg3–/+) 51.Qb8 Bg2 (51...Bc3?! 52.Rg3 h2 53.Kh5 Rg3 54.Qg3 Kf8 55.Qh2=+; 51...Rc3?! 52.Rg3–+) 52.Qf4 Rc3 53.Kh5 Kg8 54.Re1 ½–½. Johannes,Jan – Hansen,Stefan, corr TKM/A006, 1999.

10.Bd4 Qf5 11.d3 f6 12.Ne2 e5 13.Ng3 Qe6 14.Bc3 d5 15.Nb6 Bd6 16.Be2 Ne7 17.Nc8 Qc8 18.0-0 0-0 19.Qb1 Na6 20.e4 b5 21.Qa2 Nc5 22.Bb4 Ne4 23.Ne4 Bb4 24.c3 Qa8 25.Qa8 Ra8 26.cb4 de4 27.de4 Ra2 28.Bg4 Rb2 29.Be6 Kf8 30.Ra1 Ng6 31.Bd7 Rc2 32.f3 Nf4 33.g3 Ne2 34.Kf1 Nd4 35.h4 Nf3 36.Bf5 g6 37.Ra8 Kg7 38.Ra7 Kh6 39.Be6 Rb2 40.Bg8 Kh5 41.Rh7 Kg4 42.Be6 Kg3 43.Rh6 0–1. hal1958 – Rolly, playchess.de, 2002.

10.Bd4 Qf5 11.d3 f6 12.e4 Qb5 13.Be3 d5 14.Nb6=+.

10.Bd4 Qf5 11.d3 Nf6 12.c3 (12.e4=+ Qb5 13.Bf6 gf6 14.d4=+; 12.Nf3 c5 13.Be5 d5 14.Nd6=) 12...d5 13.Ne5 c5 14.Qa4+–.

10.Nf3 d5 11.Bd4= Qe7 12.Nb6 Qc7 (12...Qc7 13.c3 Na6=+). Waibel,Ulrich (1830) – Walter,Mario (2050), remoteschach.de, 2005.

10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Qb1 Nbd5 12.Bd4 Qb4 13.Qa2 b5 14.Qa8 bc4 15.Qc8 Ke7 16.Be2 Ne4 17.0-0 Nd6 18.Qa6 Nb5 19.c3 Qb3 20.Bc5 Kf6 (20...d6 21.Nd4 Nd4 22.Bd4 c5 23.Qa7 Kd8 24.Qa8 Kc7=+) 21.Qc8+– Bc5 22.Qh8 h6 23.Qd8 Be7 24.Qd7 Qa4 (24...Nd6 25.Qc6 Qb6 26.Qa4+–) 25.Qc6 (better is 25.e4!? Nf4 26.e5 Kf5+–) 25...Nbc3 26.Qa4 Na4 27.Bc4 Nab6 28.Bd5 Nd5 29.d4 g5 30.h3 h5 31.Ne5 Bd6 32.Nc4 Bc7 33.Ra1 g4 34.h4 g3 35.f3 Kg6 36.Ra7 Bd8 37.Ne5 Kg7 38.Rf7 Kg8 39.Rd7 Bh4 40.Nc4 Bf6 41.Kf1 h4 42.Ke2 Nc3 43.Kf1 (43.Ke1 Nd1 44.Kf1 Kf8+–) 43...Nd1?? (43...Nd5 44.Rb7 Bg7+–) 44.e4 Bg5 (44...Kf8 45.e5 Be7 46.Rb7+–) 45.d5 e5 (45...ed5 46.Rd5 Ne3 47.Ne3 Be3 48.Rh5+–) 46.Ne5 Ne3 47.Kg1 Bf4 48.Ng6 h3 (48...Bg5 49.f4 Bh6 50.d6+–) 49.gh3 (49...Bg5 50.d6+–) 1–0. Van der Linden,Arie – Berberich,Christoph (2095), Kleve op, 1999.

8.Qa1 Nb4 9.Bd4 Qa5 10.Kd1–/+.

8.Qa1 Nf6 9.Qb2 (9.b5!? cb5 10.e3=+) 9...Ne4–/+ 10.e3 Nc3 11.dc3 e6 (11...e5 12.Nf3 e4 13.Nd4–/+) 12.Nb1 (12.Nf3 Bd6–/+) 12...c5 (12...Bd6 13.Ba6 ba6 14.Nd2–/+) 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.b5 (14.Na3 c4–/+) 14...c4–+ 15.Be2 (15.Nbd2 0-0 16.Bc4 Nc7=) 15...Bd7 16.Na3 Nc7 (16...0-0 17.0-0–+) 17.0-0 0-0 (17...Bb5?! 18.Rb1 Ba3 19.Qa3=+) 18.e4 Ra8 (worse 18...Nb5 19.Nb5 Qb5 20.Qb5 Bb5 21.ed5 ed5 22.Rd1–+; 18...Bb5?! 19.Rb1 Ba3 20.Qa3–/+) 19.Ra1? (19.Nb1–+) 19...Qa5 (19...Nb5?! 20.Nb5 Ra1 21.Qa1 Qb5 22.e5–+; 19...Bb5?! 20.Nb5 Ra1 21.Qa1 Qb5 22.ed5 ed5 23.Nd4–+) 20.ed5 ed5 (worse 20...Ba3 21.de6 Be6 22.Qb1–+) 21.b6 Nb5 (21...Ba3?! 22.Ra3 Qa3 23.Qa3 Ra3 24.bc7 Ra1 25.Bf1–+) 22.g3 (22.Qc1 Ba3 23.Qd2 Be6–+) 22...Ba3 (22...Nc3 23.Nd4–+) 23.Qb1 Nc3 24.Qf1 Qb6 25.Ne5 Bf5 26.Bh5 (26.Bg4 Bc2 27.Qc1 Qb3–+) 26...g6 27.Be2 (27.Bd1 Qb2 28.Bf3 b5–+) 27...Ne4 (27...Qd4!? 28.Re1 Qe5 29.Bc4–+) 28.Kg2 (28.Ng4 Bg4 29.Bg4 Nf2–+) 28...Nf2! 29.Qf2 (29.Rb1 Bb2 30.g4 Bc2 31.Rb2 Qb2 32.Nc4 dc4 33.Qf2 Be4 34.Kg1 Ra2–+) 29...Qf2 30.Kf2 Bc5 31.Kg2 (31.Kf3 Be4 32.Kf4 Ra1–+) 31...Ra1 32.Nf3 Be4 (32...Be4 33.Kh3 Bc2–+) 0–1. Fekete,Istvan – Schmidt, corr DDR, 1984.

8.Qb1 f6 9.Nf3 (better is 9.b5!? Nc7 10.bc6 Qb1 11.Nb1 bc6 12.Ba5+=) 9...e5–/+ 10.d3 (10.e3 Nb4 11.Qb2 Qa5–/+) 10...Bb4 (10...Nb4!? 11.Nd2–+) 11.Bb4–/+ Qb4 (worse is 11...Nb4 12.c3+/–) 12.Qb4 Nb4 13.Kd2 Ne7 14.g3 Na6 15.Bg2 0-0 16.Rb1 b5 17.c4 dc4 18.dc4 Rd8 19.Ke3?? (better is 19.Kc1 b4 20.Nc2–+) 19...Nf5 20.Ke4 Nc5 0–1. Neumann,Frank (1650) – Hingst,Thomas (2095), RSS5E NoEngine–60, 2008.

8.b5 cb5 9.Qa1? b4–/+ 10.Bg7?? (better 10.Bd4 Qg6 11.Nb5 Qc2 12.e3–+) 10...Bg7–+ 11.Qg7 ba3 12.f3 (12.e4 Qb2 13.Bb5 Kd8 14.Qf8 Kc7 15.Nf3 Qb1 16.Ke2 Qb5 17.c4 Qc4 18.d3 Qc2 19.Ke3–+) 12...Qb2 (better 12...Qf6 13.Qf6 Nf6 14.e3–+) 13.c3 a2 14.Qh8 a1Q 15.Kf2 Qd2 16.Qg8 Kd7 17.Qf7 Qae1 0–1. GuestPPCJ – GuestNJTC, freechess.org, 2017.

8.b5 cb5 9.e3 b4 =+.

8.e3 Nb4=+ 9.Qa1 (9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bb2 Nf6=+) 9...f6–/+ 10.Nf3 Na6 (10...e5 11.Be2–/+) 11.Be2 (11.d4 Bf5–/+) 11...Qc7 (11...e5 12.0-0=+) 12.0-0 (12.d4 Bg4=+) 12...Nc5 (12...e5 13.Qb2–/+) 13.Nd4 (13.Bb4 Ne4=) 13...Ne4 (13...e5 14.Nf3–/+) 14.Bh5 (14.Bb4 c5 15.Nab5 Qb8=) 14...g6–/+ 15.Bf3 (better is 15.Be2!?–/+) 15...Nc3 (15...e5 16.Nb3 Nc3 17.dc3–+) 16.Qc3 e5 17.Ne2? (better is 17.Ndb5 Qb8 18.Qb3–+) 17...e4 (18.Nb5 Qd8 19.Be4 de4–+ (19...cb5?! 20.Bd5 Bd6 21.f4–/+)) 0–1. Etzel,S – Krahn,R, 12.DJOFM, 1989.

8.e3= d6 9.Bd4 Qc6 =.

8.e3= d6 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.Qf3 Qc6 11.Bd3 Qf3 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.Be2= Nf6 14.0-0 Nd5+= 15.d4 Ne4 16.Bb2 b4 17.h3 f6 18.Bd3 Nec3 (18...f5 19.Nbd2 Nec3 20.Ra1+=) 19.e4 (19.Bc3 Nc3 20.Nc3 bc3+=) 19...Nb1 (better is 19...Na4!? 20.Bc1 Ndc3 21.Nc3 bc3+=) 20.ed5+= Nc3 21.Bc3 bc3 22.Rb1 Bc8 23.Rb6 Kf7 (23...Kd8 24.Rb3=) 24.Rb3+= g5 25.Rc3 Bg7 26.Bh7 Bh3 27.Ng5 (27.gh3 Rh7 28.Rb3 Rh8+=) 27...fg5= 28.Rf3 Bf6 29.Rh3 Bd4 (29...g4 30.Rh2 Bd4 31.Rh4=) 30.c4 (30.Rf3 Kg7 31.Bd3 Re8+=) 30...Kg7 31.Bc2 Rh3 ½–½. Yannick – Mrchess, playchess.de, 2005.

8.e3 d6 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.Qf3 Qc6 11.Bd3 Qf3 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.Be2= Nf6 14.Na3 Nd5 15.Nb5 Nc3 16.Nc3 e6 17.d4 Na6 18.Kd2 Be7 19.Ra1 Nc7 20.Ra7 Bc6 21.Na2 Kd7 22.Nb4 Ra8 ½–½. Yannick – Mrchess, playchess.de, 2005.

8.e3 Qa4 9.d4=+.

8.e3 Qa4 9.Nf3 d5 10.Be2 Nb4 11.Bb4 Qb4 12.0-0 Bg4 (12...g6 13.Nc3 Bg7 14.Qa1–/+) 13.d4 Nf6 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Qe2 e6 16.c4 Bd6 17.cd5 Be5 18.de5 Nd5 19.Nd2 Nc3 20.Qd3 Ke7 21.f4? (better is 21.Nf3–/+) 21...Rd8–+ 22.Qc2?? (22.Qc4 c5 23.Qb4 cb4 24.Nb3–+) 22...Ne2 23.Kh1 Qd2 24.Qh7 Qe3 25.Qg7 (25.Qh4 Kd7 26.Rd1 Nd4–+) 25...Qf4! 26.Rb1 (26.Rf4 Rd1 Mate attack) 26...b5 27.h3 Ng3 28.Kg1 Rd2 29.Kh2 (29.Qf6 Qf6 30.ef6 Kf6 31.Kh2–+) 29...Nf1 30.Kg1 Qh2 31.Kf1 Qh1 0–1. sacaniev – ab45ad46, kurnik, 2013.

8.e3 Qb6 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Be2 g6 (10...d5 11.Bd4 c5 12.Be5=+) 11.0-0 (11.Bf6 ef6 12.c4 Bb4=+) 11...Bg7 12.d3 (12.Bf6 Bf6 13.d4 d5=+) 12...0-0 13.Nbd2 Nd5 (13...d5!?=+) 14.Bg7= Kg7 15.Nc4 (15.Qa1 Nf6=) 15...Qc7 (15...Qb4 16.Qa1 Qc3 17.e4 Qa1 18.Ra1=+) 16.Qa1 Kg8 17.Rb1 (17.Ncd2 d6=+) 17...b5–/+ 18.Ncd2 b4 19.Bf1 (19.d4 Nc3 20.Re1 Ne2 21.Re2 c5=+) 19...Nc3 (19...Bb7 20.Qb2–/+) 20.Rb2=+ Bb7 (20...c5=+) 21.d4 (21.Ne4!?=+) 21...Ra8–/+ 22.Qc1 c5 23.dc5 (23.Qe1 Bf3 24.Nf3 d5–/+) 23...Nc5–+ 24.Kh1 (24.Rb4 Na2 25.Rb7 Qb7–+ (25...Nc1?? 26.Rc7 d6 27.Re7+–; 25...Nb7?! 26.Qb2–+)) 24...N5a4 25.Rb3 (25.Rb4 Bf3 26.Nf3 Na2 27.Ra4 Ra4–+) 25...Bd5 26.Rc3? (26.Rb4 Na2 27.Qa3–+) 26...bc3 27.Nb1 (27.Nb3 Bf3 28.gf3 Nc5 29.Nc5 Qc5–+) 27...Nb2 (27...Bf3 28.gf3 Qb7 29.Be2–+) 28.Nd4 Ra1 29.Nb5 (29.Kg1 Na4–+) 29...Qc5 (better 29...Qa5 30.Kg1 Bc4–+) 30.Nd4 (30.Kg1 Na4 31.Qd1–+) 30...Ba2 31.Nb3 Bb3 32.cb3 c2 33.Qb2 0–1. Castro Estrella,Joan G – Romero Bustos,Jorge H, 18th Obert Internacional Sant Marti Gro, 2016.

8.e4 Qa4 9.d4 Nb4 10.Bb4 Qb4 11.c3 Qa5 12.Bd3 e5 13.Qh5 d6 14.Bc4 Nh6 15.Nf3 Qa4 16.Ne5 g6 17.Qg5 Bg7 18.Bf7 Nf7 19.Nf7 Kf7 20.Qf4 Ke7 21.0-0 Be6 22.g3 h6 23.Nd2 Ra8 24.Rb1 b5 25.Nf3 Qc2 26.Rc1 Qb2 27.e5 Rf8 28.ed6 Kd7 29.Qd2 Qd2 30.Nd2 b4 31.cb4 Bd5 32.Rd1 Rb8 33.b5 Rb5 34.Nf1 Kd6 35.Ne3 Bf3 0–1. marus2 – aspirant002, internet, 2001.

8.e3 Qa4 9.Nf3 =+.

8.e3 Qc5 9.Nf3 (9.Bd4 Qd6=) 9...Nf6=+ 10.d4 (10.Bd4 Qh5=) 10...Qb6 (10...Qh5 11.Be2=+) 11.Bd3 d5 12.0-0 Ne4 (12...Bg4 13.Nbd2=+) 13.Ne5 (13.Be4 de4 14.Ng5 Bf5=) 13...Nb4 (13...Bf5 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qf3=+) 14.Bb4 Qb4 15.Be4 (15.c4 Bf5=) 15...de4 16.c3 Qb5 (16...Qd6 17.f3 f6 18.Nc4=) 17.Qh5 (17.c4 Qa6 18.Nc3 Bf5=) 17...g6=+ 18.Qh4 Bf5 (18...Bg7 A) 19.Qe4? Bf5 20.c4 Qb2–+ (20...Be4?! 21.cb5 f6 22.Nf3–/+); B) 19.Nd2=+) 19.Nd2 (19.c4 Qb4 20.c5 f6–/+) 19...f6 20.Nec4 Qa4 21.Qf4 (21.Rc1 Be6 22.Nb6 Qa2 23.Ne4 Qb2–+) 21...b5= Black fights for the Initiative 22.Qb8 (22.g4 Bg4 (< 22...bc4 23.gf5 c5 24.Qe4+=) 23.Qg4 A) 23...bc4 24.Qe6 (24.Ne4?! f5 25.Nc5 fg4 26.Na4 Bg7=) 24...Bg7 25.Ne4+–; B) 23...f5=) 22...Kf7=+ 23.Nb6 Qc2 24.Nb1 Bg4 25.Qc7 Be2 26.Re1 Qb2 27.Qa7?? (27.Qc6 Bd3 28.c4 Bb1 29.cb5–+) 27...Bd3–+ 28.Qa3 Qa3 29.Na3 e6 30.Ra1 Bd6 31.Nb1 Bb1 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.Nd7 Rd8 34.Nc5 Bc5 35.dc5 Rd3 36.Rc1 f5 37.Kf1 Rd5 38.Ra1 Rc5 39.Ra7 Kf6 40.Ra3 e5 41.Ke2 h6 42.Kd2 Rd5 43.Kc2 c5 44.Ra6 Kf7 45.Rb6 c4 46.h4 Kg7 47.Rb7–/+ Kh8 48.h5?? gh5 49.Rf7 f4 50.ef4 ef4 51.Rf4 Re5 52.Kd2 Kg7 53.Ke3 b4 54.cb4 Rb5 55.Ke4 Kg6 56.Kd4 Rb4 57.Kc3 Rb3 58.Kc4+/– Rb1 59.Kd4 Rg1 60.g3+/– Kg5 61.Re4 Rf1 62.Ke3 Re1 63.Kf3+/– Re4 64.Ke4 Kg4 65.Ke3 Kh3?? 66.Kf3 Kh2 67.Ke2 Kg2?? 68.f4+– Kg3 69.f5 h4 70.Kf1 h3 71.Kg1 h5 72.f6 (72...h2 73.Kh1+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Utakan, Internet, 2003.

8.Nf3 d5 =+.

8.Na3 Na2 9.Qb2 Qb2 10.Bb2 d5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.e3 Bf3 13.gf3 e6 14.Rg1 Nf6 15.Nb1 h5 16.Kd1 Nb4 17.Be2 h4 18.c3 Na6 19.c4 dc4 20.Bc4 Nb8 21.Ke2 Nbd7 22.Rg4? Rh7 23.h3? Nd5 24.Bb3 Nc5 25.Bc2 g5?? 26.Bh7+– 1–0. Sternik,Ryszard – Zarczynski,Dariusz, corr, 1998.

8.Qb2 Nd5 =+.

9.Na3 d5 10.d4!? (10.Bg7 d4 11.Nc4 Nd3 12.ed3 (12.cd3) 12...Qb2 13.Nb2 Bg7) 10...e5! (10...e6?!! 11.dc5 Bc5 12.Bg7 Bf2 +/–) 11.de5 (11.dc5 Bc5 12.Be5 Bf2 13.Kd1 f6 14.Bc3 Bg1 15.Bb4 Bc5 –/+) 11...d4 (11...c4!?) 12.Bb4 (12.Bd2? Nd3 0–1) 12...Qb4 13.Qb4 cb4 unclear. Aasum.

9.Na3 Nd5 10.Qb6 (10.Bg7 Bg7 11.Qg7 Ndf6 idea Qb2) 10...Nb6 11.Ba5 (11.Nb5 f6? (11...d5! –+) 12.Na7 Kf7 13.Ba5 Nc4 14.Bc7 +/–) 11...Na4 (idea 12...b6) 12.Nc4 d5 13.Na3 (13.Nb6 Nb6 14.Bb6 e5 –+; 13.Ne3? b6 14.Bc3 d4 –/+; 13.Ne5 b6 14.Bc3 Nc3 –/+) 13...b6 14.Bc3 Nc3 –+. Aasum.

9.e4 =+.

9.Bg7?? Bg7–+ 10.Qg7 (10.Qb3–+) 10...Nc2 11.Kd1 Qb1 1–0. Aasum,Anker, 1997.

9.Na3 Bc5 10.e3 f6 =+.

9.Na3 d5 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.d3 Qa5–+ 12.e3?? (better 12.Nb1–+) 12…Qa3!! 0–1. smoothoperator – marekt, net–chess.com, 2019.

9.Na3 Nf6! 10.Nc4 Qc5 11.e3 b5 12.d4 Qa7 13.Bb4 Bb4 14.Qb4 Qa1 (14...bc4?! 15.Bc4 (15.Qc4?? Qa1 16.Ke2 Ba6–+) 15...e5 16.Qd6 ed4 17.ed4=+) 15.Ke2 bc4 16.Qe1 Qb2 17.Qd1 Ne4 18.Kf3 Qb5 19.Qe1 (19.d5 cd5 20.Ne2–+) 19...Qf5 20.Ke2 c3 21.f4 (21.Qa1 Nf2 22.e4–+) 21...Qh5 22.g4 Qg4 23.Nf3 Ba6 24.Kd1 Qf3 25.Be2 Be2 (25...Be2 26.Qe2 Qh1 27.Qe1 Qh2–+) 0–1. Marekt – Brunetti, gameknot.com, 2001.

9.Na3 Nf6! 10.Bf6 gf6 Combination.

9.Nf3 d5 =+.

9.Bg7 Bg7 10.Qg7 Nc2 11.Kd1 Qb1.

10.d3? Qa5!? 11.Kd1 Nf6 12.e3–+.

10.d3? f6 11.Nf3 Bd6 (11...Nh6 12.h3–+) 12.e3–/+ e5 (better 12...Qa5!? 13.Kd2 Nh6–/+) 13.Be2=+ Ne7 (13...Nh6 14.0-0 0-0 15.Bd2=) 14.0-0= c5 15.Bd2 d4 (15...Qd8!?=) 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.ed4 ed4 19.h3 (19.Nd4 Qd4 20.Qd4 cd4 21.Bb4 Nc6+=) 19...0-0 (19...Nbd5 20.c4 dc3 21.Bc3 Nc3 22.Qc3=+) 20.Ra1?? (better 20.Nd4 Ned5 21.Nb5+–) 20...Nec6 (20...Ned5 21.Nh2–/+) 21.Be1 (21.c3 dc3 22.Bc3 Nd3–/+) 21...Re8 22.c3 dc3 23.Bc3 Be6 (23...b5 24.Bf1–/+) 24.Bb4? (24.d4 cd4 25.Nd4 Nd4 26.Bd4 Nc2 27.Qc2 Qd4=+) 24...Nb4 (24...cb4!? 25.d4 Bd5–+) 25.d4–/+ b6 26.dc5 bc5 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.Re1 Qf7 29.Qc3 (29.Rc1 Qf8=+) 29...Rc8 (29...Bd5 30.h4–/+ (30.Qc5? Bf3 31.gf3 Nd3 32.Bd3 Re1 33.Kg2 Kh8–+)) 30.Bf1 g6 (better 30...Qd7–/+) 31.Re6?? (better 31.Nd2=+) 31...Kg7?? (better 31...Qe6 32.Bc4 Nd5–+) 32.Re3 (32.Bc4 Rd8 33.Ng5 Rd1 34.Kh2 Qc7 35.g3+–) 32...Nd5 33.Bc4 Nc3 34.Bf7 Kf7 35.Rc3 h6 (35...Ke6 36.Nd2+–) 36.Kf1 h5 37.Ke2 Re8 (37...Ke6+–) 38.Kd3 Rc8 39.Nd4! Ke7 (39...cd4 40.Rc4 Double attack (40.Rc8 Pinning; 40.Rc8 Deflection; 40.Rc4 Decoy)) 40.Nb3 Kd6 41.Ke4 (better 41.Kc4!? Ra8+–) 41...Re8 42.Kf3 Re5 43.g4 hg4 44.hg4 Rd5 (44...Kc6 45.Nd2+–) 45.Ke3 (45.Na5 Kd7+–) 45...Re5 46.Kf3 g5?? (46...Rd5 47.Na5 Kd7+–) 47.Nd2+– Rd5 (47...Kd5 48.Re3 f5 49.Re5 Ke5 50.gf5 Kf5 51.Ne4 g4 52.Ke3+–) 48.Ne4 Ke5 (48...Ke6+–) 49.Rc5 Rc5 50.Nc5 f5 51.Nd7 Ke6 52.Nf8 Kf6 53.Nh7 Kg6 54.Ng5 Kg5 55.gf5 Kf5 56.Ke3 Ke5 57.f4 Kf5 ½–½. smoothoperator – ziggyblitz, net–chess.com, 2019.

10.e3 Nf6 11.f3 Bd6 (better 11...Be7!?–/+) 12.Nb5=+ cb5 13.Bb4 Bb4 (13...0-0 14.Bd6 Qd6 15.Bb5=+) 14.Qb4= Bd7 15.Kf2 Bc6 16.Ne2 Kd7 17.Nd4 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on b5 17...Ra8 18.Nb5 Ne8 19.Bd3 Nc7?? (better 19...Qa5 20.Qa5 Ra5=) 20.Qd6+– Kc8 21.Nc7 Qc7 22.Qf8 Qd8 23.Qf7 Qd7 (23...g6 24.Rb1+–) 24.Qg8 (24.Qg8 Qe8 25.Qg7+–) 1–0. marekt – smoothoperator, net–chess.com, 2019.

10.e4 de4?! 11.Nc4 Qc5 12.Bg7 Bg7 13.Qg7+=.

10.e4 f6 11.e5 (11.ed5 Nd5 12.Qb6 Nb6–/+) 11...d4 12.Bd4 Bc5 13.Bc5?? (13.Nf3 Bd4 14.Qd4 (14.Nd4?? Nd3 15.cd3 Qb2–+) 14...Nc2 15.Nc2 Qb1 16.Ke2 Qc2 17.g3–/+) 13…Nd3!!–+ (13...Nd3 14.Bd3 Qb2–+; 13...Qc5 14.Nf3+=) 0–1. ziggyblitz – marekt, net–chess.com, 2019.

10.e4 Nf6 11.ed5 Ne4 12.Bd4–/+.

10.e4 Nf6–+ 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Qf6 Rg8 13.Qb2?? (13.Nf3 Be7 14.Qf4–+) 13…Nd3!! (13...Nd3 14.Bd3 Qb2–+) 0–1. ziggyblitz – smoothoperator, net–chess.com, 2019.

10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Kd1 f6 –/+.

10.Nf3 f6 11.e3 Bd6 12.Be2 Ne7 13.0-0 0-0. Borik.

10.Nf3 Nf6 11.e3 Qa5 12.Nb1 (12.Bf6 Qa3!? 13.Bg7 Rg8–/+) 12...Ne4 (12...Qa4 13.Nd4–/+) 13.Be2 (13.Bd4 Qa4 14.Bd3 Nf6–/+ (14...Nd3?! 15.cd3 Nf6 16.Bf6=+)) 13...Nc3 14.Nc3 (better is 14.Qc3!? Qa2 15.0-0 Qc2 16.Qe5–+) 14...Qa1!–+ 15.Qa1 Deflection from c2 15...Nc2 A double attack 16.Kf1 (16.Kd1 Na1 17.d4 c5–+) 16...Na1 17.Bd1 (17.d4 Nb3–+) 17...b5 18.Ke2 (18.d4 b4 19.Na4 b3–+) 18...Ba6 19.d3 Bb4 20.Kd2 c5 21.Ba4 (21.h3 e5 22.d4 e4–+) 21...ba4 22.Ra1 a3 23.Kc2 (23.Ke2 c4 (23...Bc3?! 24.Ra3 Bd3 25.Kd3–+) 24.d4 Ke7–+ (24...Bc3?! 25.Ra3 Bd4 26.ed4–+)) 23…Ke7 (24.Ra2 Ra8–+) 0–1. Sternik,Ryszard – Benassi,Aspasio, corr 3GMM–18, 1994.

11.d4 e5 (11...Qa5 12.Kd2–/+) 12.Nf3 (12.de5!? Qa5 13.Kd1–/+) 12...e4–/+ 13.Nd2 Qa5 14.Nab1 Nh6 15.Nb3 Qa2 16.Qa2 Na2 17.Bd2 (17.Ba5 Bd6–/+) 17...Nb4–+ 18.Kd1 b6 19.h3 Nf5 20.g3 Be7 21.Be2 Kf7 22.Bb4 Bb4 23.c3 Be7 24.N1d2 (24.c4 Be6 25.g4 Nh6–+) 24...Be6 25.c4 Nd6 26.c5 bc5 27.Nc5 Ra8 28.Ndb3 Nb5 29.Kc1 (29.Ne6 Ke6 30.Nc1 Nc3 31.Kd2 Bb4–+) 29...Bc5 30.dc5 d4 31.Kb2 Rb8 32.Bd1 (32.Bh5 g6 33.Bg4 f5–+) 32...Nc3 33.Bc2 Na4 34.Ka3 d3 35.Bd1 Nc3 36.Nd4 (36.Nd2 Bd5–+ (36...Nd1?! 37.Rd1 f5 38.f3–+)) 36...Bd5 37.Bb3 Bb3 38.Nb3 (38.Nc6 Be6 39.Nb8 d2–+) 38...Ra8 39.Kb2 Na4 40.Kb1 (40.Kc1 Rb8 41.Nd4 Rb2–+) 40...Ke6 41.Rc1 (41.Rf1 Kd5 42.Rc1 f5–+) 41…Kd5 0–1. mgilbert – marekt, net–chess.com, 2019.

11.Nf3 Qa5!? 12.Nb1 e5–/+.

11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.0-0 Ne7 14.Rb1+–.

11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Be2 Ne7 13.0-0 e5 (13...0-0; 13...Kf7!?+=) 14.d4+– e4 15.Nd2 (15.Nd2 c5 16.Nb3 cd4 17.Nd4+–) 1–0. marekt – ziggyblitz, net–chess.com, 2019.

11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Be2 Kf7 13.0-0+= Ne7 14.Rb1 c5 15.Nb5 Bb8 (15...Bd7 16.Nd6 Qd6 17.Ng5 Kg6 A) worse 18.Bb4 cb4 (worse 18...Kg5 19.Qd4 cd4 20.Bd6+–) 19.Nf3 Nc6=+; B) 18.h4=) 16.Bb4+= cb4 17.Qb4 Qd8 (17...Bd7 18.h3+=) 18.h3 Rf8 19.c3 Nc6 20.Qb2 Qe7 (20...e5 21.c4 e4 22.Nfd4+–) 21.Qc2 (21.c4 Rd8+–) 21...g6+= 22.Nbd4 (22.c4 Kg7+=) 22...Bd7 (22...Nd4!? 23.cd4 Bd6=) 23.Rb7+– Na5 24.Rb1 e5 (24...Bc7 25.Qa2+–) 25.Nb5 (25.Qa2 ed4 26.Qa5 dc3 27.dc3 Bc6+–) 25...Be6 26.Qa4 Nb7 (26...Nc4 27.Bc4 dc4 28.Na3+–) 27.Qb4 (27.d4 Kg7+–) 27...Re8 (27...Qb4 28.cb4 Nd6 29.Nd6 Bd6 30.b5+=) 28.Qe7 Re7 29.Rc1 (29.d4 Kg7+–) 29...Na5 (29...Nd6 30.g4=) 30.Rb1 Nc6 (30...Nb7!?=) 31.Kf1 Ke8? (31...Re8 32.Ne1+=) 32.d4 (better 32.Nbd4!? ed4 33.Nd4 Kd7 34.Nc6 Kc6 35.Rb8 Ra7 36.Bb5 Kc7+–) 32...e4 (32...Kf8 33.de5 Be5 34.Nfd4 Bd4 35.cd4+–) 33.Nd2 f5 (33...Kd8 34.Nb3+–) 34.c4+– dc4 35.Nc4 (35.Bc4 Nd8+–) 35...Bc4 (35...Bc7 36.Ncd6 Bd6 37.Nd6 Kd8 38.Nb7 Kc8 39.Nc5+–) 36.Bc4+– Na5 37.Ba2 Kd8 38.Ke2 (better 38.Bd5+–) 38...f4? (better 38...Rb7+–) 39.Nc3 (39.Bd5 fe3 40.fe3 Bc7+–) 39...Kc8 (39...Rb7 40.Rb7 Nb7 41.Ne4 fe3 42.fe3+–) 40.Nd5 (40.Nd5 Ra7 41.Nf6 (41.ef4?! Nc6 42.Bc4 Nd4 43.Ke3 Nf5 44.Ke4 Nd6 45.Kf3 Nc4+–; 41.Nf4?! Bf4 42.ef4 Nc6 43.Be6 Kc7+–) 41...fe3 42.fe3+–) 1–0. ziggyblitz – mgilbert, net–chess.com, 2019.

11.Nf3 Bd7?? 12.Be2+= Bd6 (12...c5 13.0-0+=) 13.0-0+– c5 14.d4 Ne7 15.Rb1 Nec6 16.Bd2 Qa5 (16...cd4 17.ed4 Qd8 18.c3+=) 17.Ra1 Qc7?? (better 17...Bc8+–) 18.Nb5+– Qb8 (18...Bh2 19.Nh2 Qb8 20.dc5+–) 19.Nd6 Qd6 20.Ra8 (20.Ra8 Nd8 21.dc5+–) 1–0. marekt – mgilbert, net–chess.com, 2019.

11.Nf3 Nh6 12.Be2+= e5 13.0-0 c5 (13...e4 14.Nd4+=) 14.Bb4 (14.d4 e4 15.Nd2 Qe6=) 14...cb4 (14...Qb4 15.Qb4 cb4 16.Nb5–/+) 15.Ra1+= Bd7 (15...Be7 16.Nb5 0-0 17.Qb3+=) 16.Nb1 (16.c3 Bc5 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.cb4 Be7=) 16...Nf5 (16...Qd6 17.Ra7=) 17.Ra8 (17.Qb3 Be6=) 17...Kf7 18.Qa2 (18.d4 e4 19.Nfd2 Qc6=) 18...Be6+= 19.Qa4 (19.Qb2 Rg8+=) 19...g5 (19...g6 20.d4 ed4 21.Nd4 Nd4 22.ed4–/+) 20.Qe8 (20.Bb5 Kg7+=) 20...Kg7 21.Qb5 (21.Qh5!? Rg8 22.Ne1+=) 21...Qb5–/+ 22.Bb5 Bc5 23.Rh8 Kh8 24.d3 Kg7 25.Nbd2 g4 26.Ne1 h5 27.Nf1 Nd6 28.Ba4 b3 29.Bb3 Bb4 30.c3 Bc3 31.Nc2 b5 32.Ng3 h4 33.Ne2 b4 34.Kf1 f5 35.Nc3 bc3 36.Ke2 Kf6 37.d4 f4 38.Kd3 Bf5–+ 39.Kc3 Ne4 40.Kb2 Nf2 41.ef4 Nd1?? 42.Kc1+/– Bc2 (42...Bc2 43.fe5 Ke6 44.Bc2 Ne3+/–). Engles,Michael – Grobler,David J, WCCF, 2003.

11.f4–/+.

11.Qg7 Nc2!! 12.Nc2 Qb1.

11.Qg7 Nc2! 12.Kd1 Na3 13.e3 Qb1 14.Ke2 b6 15.Qh8?? (15.d3 Ba6 16.Kf3 Qf1 17.Qh8–+) 15...Ba6 16.Kf3 Qf5 17.Kg3 Qg6 (17...Bf1 18.Qg8 Kd7 19.Nf3+–) 18.Kf3 (18.Kh4 Bf1 19.Nh3–+) 18...Bf1 19.g4 h5 20.h3 hg4 (20...Bh3 21.Qh5 Qe4 22.Kg3 Qg2 23.Kh4 Bg4 24.Qg4 Qh1 25.Nh3–+) 21.Kg3 (21.hg4 Qe4 22.Kg3 Qg2 23.Kf4 Qf2 24.Nf3–+) 21...gh3 22.Kh4 Bg2 (22...Qg2 23.Nh3 Nb1 24.Rh2 Qh2 25.Qg8 Ke7 26.Qg5 Kd6 27.Qf4 Qf4 28.Nf4 Nd2 29.Nh5–+) 23.Rh2 (23.Rh3 Bh3 24.Nh3 Nc4–+) 23...Nc4 24.Nh3 (24.Qh5 Qf6 25.Kg3 Nd2 26.Rg2 hg2 27.Kg2 Qg7 28.Kh1–+) 24...Nd2 25.Ng5 Nf3 26.Nf3 Bf3 (26...Bf3 27.Qd4 Nh6 28.Kh3 Nf5 29.Qh8 Ke7 30.Qh4 Nh4 31.Rh1 Qg4 32.Kh2 Qg2) 0–1. Mueller – Borik, Osnabrueck, 1971.

11.Qg7 Nc2!! 12.Kd1 Na3 13.e3 Qb3 14.Ke2 b6 15.Qh8 Ba6 16.Kf3 Bf1 17.Qg8 Ke7 +=.

11.Qg7 Nc2!! 12.Kd1 Nd4 13.e3 Qb3–/+ 14.Ke1 Qa3 15.ed4 Qc1 16.Ke2 Qc2?? (16...Qc4 17.Ke1 Qc1 18.Ke2 Qc4 19.d3 Qc2 20.Kf3 Qc1 21.Qh8 Kf8+–) 17.f3 (17.Qh8 Qe4 18.Kd1 Qb1 19.Ke2 Qe4 20.Kd1 Qb1 21.Ke2 Qe4=) 17...b5 (17...Qc4 18.Kf2 Qc2 19.Qh8+–) 18.Qh8 Kf8 (18...Qg6 19.Ke1+–) 19.g3 (19.Nh3 Bd7+–) 19...b4 20.Nh3 (20.Ke1 Qc1 21.Ke2 Qc2+–) 20...Ba6 21.Kf2 Qd2 22.Kg1 Bf1 23.Kf1 b3 24.Qh7 Qd4 25.Kg2 c5 26.Qh4?? Qh4= 27.gh4 Nf6 28.Kg3 c4 29.Rb1 e5 30.Nf2 Ke7 31.h3 Ke6 32.Kg2 Nh5 33.Kh2 f5 34.Kg1 Nf4 35.h5 c3?? 36.Rb3+/– c2 37.Rc3?? Ne2–+ 38.Kg2 Nc3 39.Nd3 Na2 40.h6 e4 41.fe4 fe4 42.Nf4 Kf7 43.Ne2 Kg6 44.Kf1 0–1. SuperForte5 – KnightStalker, 1994.

11.Qg7 Nc2!! 12.Kd1 Nd4 13.Qh8 Qb3 14.Ke1 Nc2 15.Kd1 Na3 16.Ke1 Qb1.

8.Bb4 Qb4 9.e5? (9.Bd3 g5–/+) 9...b5 (9...Qe4 10.Qe2 Qc2 11.Nc3–+) 10.c3? (better is 10.Nf3–/+) 10...Qe4–+ 11.Be2 Qe5 12.Nf3 Qe6 13.d4 Qa2 14.0-0 g6 15.Nbd2 Nf6 16.Bd3 (16.c4!?–/+) 16...Bg7–+ 17.Ne4 0-0 18.Re1 Nd5 19.Re2 Qa5 20.c4? (20.Qb3 Qb6–+) 20...bc4 (better is 20...Nf4 21.Re3 bc4 22.Bf1–+) 21.Bc4 Nc3 22.Qd3?? (better is 22.Nc3 Qc3 23.Rc2–+) 22...Qa1 (better is 22...Ne2 23.Qe2 d5–+) 23.Re1+= Qb2? (23...Qe1 24.Ne1 Ne4 25.Qe4+=) 24.Nc3 (better is 24.Qc3!? Qc3 25.Nc3+–) 24...d5= 25.Bd5 cd5 26.Nd5 (worse is 26.Re7 Be6 27.g3 Rc8–+) 26...Bf5?? (better is 26...e6 27.Ne7 Kh8=) 27.Ne7+– Kh8 28.Nf5 gf5 29.Qf5 Bd4?! (29...Qb6 30.d5 Kg8+–) 30.Rf1 (better is 30.Ng5 Qf2 31.Qf2 Bf2 32.Kf2+–) 30...h6+/– 31.Nh4 Bg7 32.g4 Qd4 33.Re1 Qd8 34.Re5?? (better is 34.Nf3+/–) 34...Qh4–+ 35.Re7?? (better is 35.Rd5–+) 35...Qe7 36.f4 White prepares g5 (36.Qf3–+) 36...Qe3 37.Kg2 Rd8 38.g5 (38.Qc2 Rd2 39.Qd2 Qd2 40.Kf3 Bd4 41.h4 Qe3 42.Kg2 Qf4 43.g5 Qg4 44.Kh2 Be5 45.Kh1 Qh3 46.Kg1 Bd4#) 38...Rd2 0–1. iczker – ateistawolnyx, kurnik, 2014.

8.Nf3 e6 =+.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Bd4 c5 10.Bf6 ef6 11.Bc4 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Nc3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qa1 d6 16.Rb1 g6 17.d3 f5 18.ef5 gf5 19.Rb6 Nb4 20.Ne7 Qe7 21.Qc3 Qd8 22.Rb4 cb4 23.Qb4 Re8 24.Bd5 Qe7 25.Qc3 Be6 26.Bb3 Bb3 27.cb3 Qe2 28.h3 Qd1 29.Kh2 f4 30.b4 h6 31.Qf6 Re6 32.Qd4 Qc2 33.Nh4 Qe2 34.Nf3 Rg6 35.Nh4 Rg5 36.Nf3 Rg7 37.b5 Rg6 38.Nh4 Rg5 39.Nf3 Rg7 40.b6 Rg6 41.Nh4 Re6 42.Nf3 d5 43.h4 Qa2 44.Kh3 Qb1 45.Qd5 Qb6 46.d4 Re2 47.Qf5 Qe6 48.Qg4 Qg4 49.Kg4 b5 50.Kf4 b4 51.Kg3 b3 52.d5 b2 53.Nd4 Rd2 54.Nf5 b1Q 55.Nh6 Kf8 56.Ng4 Rd5 57.Ne3 Qd3 58.Kh3 Rf5 59.g3 Rf2 60.Ng2 Qf5 61.Kh2 Qf3 62.Kh3 Rg2 0–1. francism (1650) – zorrik (1675), gameknot.com, 2003.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Bf6 ef6 =+.

8.d3!? =.

8.e3 d5 9.Na3 –/+.

8.e3 d5 9.Be2 f6 10.0-0 c5 (10...e5!?+=) 11.Na3 Nc6 (11...e5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Qe2=) 12.Qa1 e5 13.Rb1 (13.Nb5 Qd8+=) 13...Qd8= 14.Nb5 Nh6 15.Rd1 (15.Na7!? e4 16.Nh4 Na7 17.Qa7=) 15...Be7+= 16.d4 (16.Na7 Na7 17.Qa7 0-0+=) 16...cd4–/+ 17.ed4 e4 18.Nd2 0-0 (18...f5–/+) 19.Na7? (19.Ne4!? de4 20.d5=) 19...Bf5 (19...Na7 20.Qa7 Qc7 21.Qa5 Qa5 22.Ba5–/+) 20.Nc6 bc6 21.Qa6 Qa8 22.Ra1 Qa6 23.Ra6 Rc8 24.Ra7 Bd8 25.Nb3 Nf7 26.Nc5 Bb6 27.Rb7 Bc5 28.dc5 Nd8 29.Ra7 Rb8 30.h3 Ne6 31.Kh2 Nc5 32.Bd4 Ne6–+ 33.Ba1 Kf8 34.Bc3 d4 35.Ba5 d3 36.cd3 ed3 37.Bf3 Nd4 38.Bd1 Be6 39.Bc7 Re8 40.Bd6 Kg8 41.Bc5 Nb3 42.Bb4 c5 43.Bc3 c4 44.Rc7 Rd8 45.Rc6 Kf7 46.Rc7 Rd7 47.Rc6 Nd4 48.Ba4 Nc6 49.Bc6 Rd6 50.Bb5 d2 51.Bd2 Rd2 52.Kg3 c3 53.Ba4 c2 54.Bc2 Rc2 55.f3 g5 56.Kh2 h5 57.Kg3 h4 58.Kh2 Kg6 59.Kg1 Bc4 60.Kh2 Kf5 61.Kg1 Kf4 62.Kh2 Ra2 63.Kg1 Kg3 (63...Kg3 64.f4 Ra1#) 0–1. Neumann,Frank (1650) – Hingst,Thomas (2095), RSS5E NoEngine–26, 2007.

8.e3 d5 9.Be2 =+ f6 10.d4 =+.

8.e3 e6 9.Be2+= Nd5 (9...d6 10.d4+=) 10.0-0 (10.Bd4 c5 11.Ba1 Ngf6+=) 10...Ngf6 (10...Nc3 11.Nc3 d5 12.e4+=) 11.Bd4 c5 12.Ba1 Be7 13.Nc3 (13.d3 0-0+=) 13...Nc3 14.Bc3 d5 (14...d6 15.Qb1 Qb1 16.Rb1+=) 15.d3 (15.Qa1 0-0+=) 15...0-0–/+ 16.Qb1 Qb1 17.Rb1 Nd7 18.Ra1 (18.Ba5 g5+=) 18...f6 (18...b5 19.Ba5–/+) 19.Ra7 (19.d4 Kf7–/+) 19...Nb8 20.Nh4 (20.Ra5 Nc6 21.Rb5 e5–/+) 20...Nc6–+ 21.Ra3 (21.Ra1 b5–+) 21...b5 (21...d4 22.Ba1–+) 22.Bd2 (22.Bb2 Kf7–+) 22...g5 23.Nf3 Bb7 (23...g4 24.Ne1 b4 25.Ra4–+) 24.c3 Ra8 25.Ra8 Ba8 26.d4 c4 27.g4 b4 28.cb4 Bb4 29.Bb4 Nb4 30.Kf1 Bc6 31.h4?! h6 32.hg5 hg5 33.Ke1 Ba4 34.Bf1 Kf7 35.Kd2 Na2 (35...Na2 36.Ke1 c3–+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Suess,Stefan, corr SOK–87–12, 1987.

8.e4 d5 9.ed5 Nd5 =+ 10.Bd4 =+.

9.Na3 d5 10.Qb1 e6 11.Bf6 gf6 12.c3 –/+.

9.Na3 e6 10.Nc4 Qa7 11.Be2 d5=+ 12.Nce5 Ne4–/+ 13.Bb2 Qa2 14.Qc1 f6 15.Nd3 Nd3 16.Bd3 e5 17.0-0 Nc5 18.Be2 Na4 19.Ba1 b5 20.d4 e4 21.Nd2 Nb6 22.f3 ef3 23.Nf3 Bd6 24.Bd3 0-0 25.e4 de4 26.Be4=+ Bd7 27.Re1 Re8 28.Qd1 Nd5 29.Nh4 Nf4 30.Bf5 Re1–+ 31.Qe1 Bb4 32.Qd1 Bf5 33.Nf5 Nd5 34.Kf2 Bf8 35.Ne3 Ne3 36.Ke3 Bd6 Black fights for the Initiative 37.g3 f5 38.Bc3 Qe6 39.Kf2 f4 40.gf4 Bf4–+ 41.Qh5 g6 42.Qf3 Bh2 43.Bd2 Kg7 44.Qh1 Qd6 45.Qe4 h6 46.Kg2 Qg3 47.Kf1 Qh3 48.Ke2 Qh5 49.Kd3 Qf5 50.Qf5 gf5 51.c4 bc4 52.Kc4 h5 53.Be1 Kg6 54.Bf2 f4 55.d5 cd5 56.Kd5 Bg3 (57.Bd4 Kf5–+) 0–1. St_Jean,Benoit – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2001.

9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Bf5 11.d3 c5 12.Nbd2 e6 13.Bf6 gf6 14.e4 de4 15.de4 Bg4 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Qd2 b5 18.Na3 Bf3=+ 19.Bb5 Nc6 20.gf3 Rg8 21.Kh1 Ke7 22.Qe3 Ne5 23.Be2 Ng6 24.Nb5 Qe5 25.Na7 Qc7 ½–½. Hildingstam,Stefan – Grobler,David, corr or01–018 E–mail, 2002.

9.Be2 Nbd5 10.Bd4 c5 11.Ba1 e6 12.0-0 Be7 13.c4 Nb4 14.d4 0-0 15.Qb3 d6 16.Rd1 Rd8 17.Nc3 Bd7 18.Bb2 cd4 19.Nd4 d5 20.Ba3 dc4 21.Bc4 Rc8 22.Ncb5 Nbd5 23.Bd5 Nd5=+ 24.e4 Ba3–/+ 25.Qa3 Bb5 26.ed5 Bc4 27.de6 fe6 28.Qe3=+ Qc5 Black begins to deal mighty blows 29.f4 b5–/+ 30.Rc1 b4 31.Kh1 Rd8 32.Rd1 Qb6 33.h3 b3–+ 34.Qc3 b2 (35.Qc4 b1Q 36.Rb1 Qb1 37.Kh2 Qe4 38.Qe6 Qe6 39.Ne6 Rd2–/+) 0–1. Vetter,Udo – Bonetti,Shane, TT–09 ETC, 2003.

9.Be2 Nbd5 10.Bd4 c5 11.Ba1 g6 12.d4 (12.Bc4 Nb4 =+) 12...Qa5 13.Nbd2 Nc3 14.Bc3 Qc3 15.0-0 Bh6 16.Nb1 Qa5 17.Qd2 (17.Nbd2 cd4 18.ed4 0-0 =+) 17...Qd2 18.Nbd2 cd4 19.ed4 d6 20.Ra1 0-0 21.Ra7 e5 22.h4 e4 23.Ng5 d5 (24.Kh2 Bg7 –/+) –/+. Hildingstam,Stefan – Yalcin,Umit, corr or01–018, 2002.

9.Be2 Nbd5 10.Bd4 c5 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.0-0 Nc7 =+.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bd4 =+.

8.b5 Qb5 9.Bd4 =+.

8.Bf6 ef6 9.c3 d6 10.d4 =.

7.e3 Na6=/+.

7.e3 Bf5 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 Ngf6 11.0-0 e6 The isolani on b4 becomes a target 12.Qb3 Bd6 13.h3 0-0 14.Na3 Qa6 15.b5?? (better is 15.Bf6 Nf6 16.Ra1+=) 15...Qa3–+ 16.Qa3 Ba3 17.bc6 bc6 18.d4 (18.g4 Bd6–+) 18...c5 19.Ra1 Bb4 20.Bb4 cb4 21.Rb1 Rb8 22.Rb3 Ne4 23.Kf1 Rb5 24.Ke2 Nb6 25.Ne5 Nc4 26.d3 (26.Nc6 Ned2 27.Rb4 Rb4 28.Nb4 Ne4–+) 26...Ne5 27.de4 Nc4 28.ed5 ed5 29.Kd3 Kf8 30.e4 Ke7 31.f4 White prepares the advance e5 (31.ed5 Na5 32.Rb1 Kd6–+) 31...Nb6 (31...Na5!? 32.Rb1–+) 32.e5 Ke6 33.g4 g6 34.h4 h5 35.g5 (35.f5 gf5 36.gh5–+) 35...Kf5 36.Ke3 (36.Kc2 Kf4 37.Rh3 b3 38.Rb3 Rb3 39.Kb3 Kg4–+) 36...Nc4 37.Kf3 (37.Ke2 Kf4 38.Kd3–+) 37...Nd2 38.Ke2 (38.Kf2 Nb3 39.Ke2 Nd4 40.Kd3 b3 41.Kd4 b2 42.Kd3 b1Q 43.Kd2 Rb2 44.Kc3 Ke4 45.f5 Qc1) 38...Nb3 39.Kd3 (39.Kf3 Nd4 40.Ke3 b3 41.e6 Ne6 42.Ke2 Nf4 43.Kf1 b2 44.Ke1 b1Q 45.Kf2 Ke4 46.Kg3 Qg1) 39...Na5 40.Ke3 (40.e6 fe6 41.Ke3 Nc4 42.Kd3 b3 43.Kc3 b2 44.Kd3 b1Q 45.Ke2 Kf4 46.Kf2 Rb2) 40...Nc4 41.Kd3 (41.Ke2 b3 42.Kf3 b2 43.e6 b1Q 44.ef7 Qf1 45.Kg3 Rb3 46.Kh2 Rh3) 41...b3 42.Kc3 (42.Ke2 b2 43.e6 b1Q 44.ef7 Rb2 45.Kf3 Qd3) 42...b2 43.Kd3 b1Q 44.Kc3 (44.Ke2 Kf4 45.e6 Rb2) 44...Rb3 0–1. ventil (1680) – rozwiertek, kurnik, 2014.

7.Nf3 Na6 8.b5 Qb5 9.e4 +=.

7.Nf3 f6 8.d4 Na6 9.b5 Qb5 10.e4 Qa4 11.ed5 cd5 12.Bd3 Nc7 (12...Nb4 13.Bb4 Qb4 14.c3=) 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Nbd2 (14.h3 Bh5+=) 14...e6 15.Qa1 Qa1 (15...Qc6 16.Rb1=) 16.Ba1 (16.Ra1 Kd7+=) 16...Kd7 (16...b5 17.Rb1+=) 17.Bc3 (17.Rb1 Kc6+=) 17...Bd6 (17...Nh6 18.Rb1+=) 18.Rb1 Kc8 (18...b5 19.Bb5 Nb5 20.Rb5+=) 19.h3 (19.Rb6 Bf4+=) 19...Bf3 Black gets the initiative 20.Nf3 Ne7 21.Rb6 (21.h4 g6–/+) 21...Nc6–/+ 22.Bd2 g6 23.c3 (23.Be3 e5 24.de5 fe5–/+) 23...e5 24.Be2 Re8 25.Be3 Re6 (25...ed4 26.Nd4 Nd4 27.cd4–/+) 26.de5 Be5 (26...fe5 27.Kf1–/+) 27.Ne5 Ne5 (27...fe5?! 28.Bg4=) 28.Re6 Ne6 29.f4 (29.g4 Kd7–/+) 29...Nc4 30.Kf2 Kd7 31.Bf3 (31.g4 Kd6–/+) 31...Kd6 32.Bc1 (32.g4 b5–/+) 32...b5 33.g4 Kc5 34.f5 gf5 35.gf5 Ng7 36.Bg4 h5 (36...d4 37.Bh6 Ne8 38.Bf8 Ned6 39.Ke2–+) 37.Bh6 hg4 38.Bg7 gh3 39.Bf6 Nd6 40.Be7 Kc6 41.Kg1 Nf5 42.Bb4 Ng3 (42...Ng3 43.Kh2 Ne2–+) 0–1. Sawamura,Tetsushi – Azuma,Noriyuki, JPN op4 email, 2002.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bf6 ef6 9.c3 Bd6 10.e3 Bf5 11.Na3 0-0 12.h3 (12.Nd4 Bg6=) 12...Nd7=+ 13.g4 (13.Nc2 Bc2 14.Qc2 Ra8=+) 13...Bg6 14.Nh4 (14.Nc2 Ne5 15.Nfd4 Be4-/+) 14...Ra8 (better 14...Be4!? 15.Ng2 Ne5-+) 15.Ng6=+ hg6 (15...Ra3!? 16.Nh4 Qa7-/+) 16.Nc2= Ne5 (16...Nf8 17.h4=) 17.Be2 (17.d4 Nc4+=) 17...Ra2 (17...Nc4 18.0-0=) 18.f4 (18.d4 Nc4 19.Bc4 dc4=) 18...Nd7 19.Qb1 Ra8 20.0-0 Re8 21.Bf3 (21.Nd4!?+=) 21...Bf4=+ 22.Kg2 (22.Bd5!? Be3 23.Ne3 cd5 24.Qd3=+) 22...Bc7 23.Qa1 Bb8 24.Nd4 Qc7 25.Ne2?? (better 25.Rh1-/+) 25…Qh2 0-1. inSecOP (2325) - BeepBeepImAJeep (2535), lichess.org, 2019.

8.e3 Na6 9.Ba6 Qa6 10.Ne2 e6 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.0-0 Ne4 13.Qd3 Qd3 14.cd3 Nc3 15.Nec3 (better is 15.Nbc3 Bd3 16.Ra1–+) 15...Bd3 16.Rd1 Bb1 (better is 16...Ba6!?–+) 17.Rb1 Bd6 18.b5 c5 19.b6? (better is 19.dc5 Bc5 20.Rc1–/+) 19...cd4–+ 20.ed4 Kd7 21.Nb5 Bf4 22.g3 Bg5 23.f4 Bf6 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rc8 (25.Rc7 Rc7 26.bc7–+) 25...Kc8 26.Nd6 (26.Kf2–+) 26...Kd7 27.Nf7 (27.Nb5 Kc6 28.Na3 Bd4 29.Kf1 Kb6–+) 27...Bd4 28.Kf1 Bb6 (better is 28...Bf6 29.Ke1–+) 29.Ne5 Kd6 30.Ke2 Bd4 31.Nf7 Ke7 32.Ng5 h6 33.Nf3 Bf6 34.Kd3 Kd6 35.g4 (35.Kc2 b5–+) 35...b5 (35...g5 36.fg5 hg5 37.Ke3–+) 36.g5 (36.h4 b4–+) 36...hg5 37.fg5 Be7 38.Kd4 b4 (38...Bd8 39.Kc3 e5 40.h4–+) 39.h4 Kd7 (39...Bd8!? 40.Nd2–+) 40.Ne5 Kc7 (40...Ke8 41.Ng4–+) 41.Nd3 (41.Nf7 Kc6–+) 41...Bd6 (41...Kd8!? 42.Nf2–+) 42.h5 Kc6 (better is 42...Bf8!?–+) 43.h6–/+ gh6 44.gh6 Bf8 45.Nb4 Kd6 (45...Bb4?? 46.h7 e5 47.Ke3 Bc5 48.Ke2+–) 46.h7 Bg7 47.Ke3 d4 48.Ke4 e5 49.Nd3 Ke6 50.Nc5 Kf6 51.Nd7 Ke6 52.Nf8 Kf7 53.Nd7 Ke6 54.Nf8 Kd6 55.Ng6 Ke6 56.h8Q?? (better is 56.Nf8! Kf6 57.Nd7 Kg6 58.Ne5 Be5 59.Ke5 Kh7 60.Kd4=) 56...Bh8–+ 57.Nh8?? (57.Nh4–+) 57...Kd6 (57...Kf6 58.Kf3 Kg7–+) 58.Nf7= Ke6 59.Ne5 Kd6 60.Kd4 ½–½. tedrik – ptrkk, kurnik, 2014.

8.e3 e6 9.Bd3 Bg6 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Ne5 Bc3 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.Ng6 hg6 15.h3 e5 16.de5 Ne5 17.e4 (17.Qa1 Nd3 18.cd3 0-0+=) 17...Nd3 18.cd3 de4 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.de4 0-0 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Qg4 Qb4 23.Re3 Qd4 24.h4? (better is 24.Qf4–/+) 24...Qd1–+ 25.Qd1 Rd1 26.Kh2 Rd2 27.Rb3 b5 (27...Rd7 28.Kg3–+) 28.f3 (28.Rc3 Rd6–+) 28...Rc2 29.Kg3 Kf8 30.Kf4 Ke7 (30...Rg2?! 31.Rc3+=) 31.g4 Kd6 (31...Ke6 32.Ke3 Ra2 33.Rc3–+) 32.e5? (32.Rd3 Ke6 33.Rd8 Ke7–+) 32...Kd5 (better is 32...Ke6!? 33.Ra3 Rc4 34.Ke3 Ke5 35.Ra7–+) 33.Rd3 Kc5?? (33...Ke6 34.Rd6 Ke7 35.Rd4–+) 34.Ke4?? (better is 34.Rd7 b4 35.Rf7=) 34...Rc4–+ 35.Ke3 b4 36.f4 Rc3 37.f5 Rd3?? (37...gf5 38.gf5 Kc4 39.Rc3 bc3–+ (39...Kc3?? 40.e6 b3 41.ef7+–)) 38.Kd3+= Kd5 39.fg6?? (better is 39.e6 fe6 40.f6 gf6 41.h5 gh5 42.gh5=) 39...fg6–+ 0–1. iczker – trus (1695), kurnik, 2014.

8.Bd3 e5 9.Qh5 Kd8 10.Qh4 (10.b5 Nh6+=) 10...Be7 (10...Na6 11.Ba6 Qa6 12.Be5–/+) 11.f3 (11.Qg3 Bf8 12.Qh4 Na6 13.Ba6 Qa6 14.Be5 Bf5–/+) 11...f5 (better is 11...Na6–/+) 12.Qg3+= d4 13.Qe5 (better is 13.ed4!? ed4 14.Qb8 (worse is 14.Qg7 Bf6 15.Qf8 Kc7–/+) 14...dc3 15.Bf5 cd2 16.Nd2+=) 13...dc3+= 14.Qg7?? (better is 14.Qb8 cd2 15.Ke2 d1B 16.Kd1 Qb4 17.Nd2–+) 14...cd2–+ 15.Nd2 Bf6 16.Qf8 Kc7 17.Ne2 (17.Nc4 Bc3 18.Kf2 Qb4 19.Qb4 Bb4 20.Ne2–+) 17...Qb4 (better is 17...Nd7 18.Qf7 Qe3–+) 18.Qb4+– (18.Qb4 Nd7 19.Nc4+–) 1–0. polynesia46 (1640) – krystian97 (1665), kurnik, 2014.

8.Nf3 e5 9.Be2 Bb4 10.Ne5 Bc3 11.Bh5 Kf8 12.Nc3 fe5 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.g4 Ke7 15.g5 Nh5 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qf3 Rf8 (better is 17...Nd7!? 18.Qd1–+) 18.Qd5 Qc7 (18...cd5 19.Nd5) 19.Qc4 Be6 20.Qb4 c5 21.Qh4 Kd8 22.Ke2 Qf7 23.Qg3 Nd7 24.Qg2 b5 25.Nb5? (25.d3 b4 26.Nb5–+) 25...Bc4 26.d3 Bb5 27.Rb1 Bc6 28.e4 Qa2 29.Qg1 (29.Rc1–+) 0–1. Van der Linden,Arie – Ackermann,Robert, Kleve op, 1999.

8.Na3 Ne4 9.Bd3 Nc3–+ 10.dc3 Qa7 11.Qc1 e5 12.e4 de4 13.Be4 f5 14.Bd3 e4 15.Bc4 Bd6 (15...Na6!? 16.Nh3 Nb4–/+) 16.Ne2+= Be5 17.Qb2 (better is 17.0-0!?=) 17...b5–/+ 18.Bb3 Na6 19.Ba2 Nc7 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.0-0 c5 (21...Ke7!? 22.Rd1 Kf6–/+) 22.bc5+= Qc5 23.Rb1 Bd6 24.Nab5 Nb5 25.Nb5 Be5 Attacking the isolated pawn on c3 26.Qb3 e3 27.Qf7 (27.Nd4!? ef2 28.Kf1+=) 27...Kd8= 28.Nd4 Qc3 29.Ne6 (29.Nf5?? e2 30.Qe7 Kc7–+) 29...Be6 30.Be6 ef2 31.Kf1 Qd2 32.Bf5 Qd4?? (better is 32...Re8!? 33.Bd3 Bd6 (33...Bh2?? 34.Qd5 Ke7 35.Rb7 Bc7 36.Rc7 Kf6 37.Rf7) 34.Qf2 Qf2 35.Kf2 Rf8 (35...Bh2? 36.g3+–) 36.Ke3 g6=) 33.Bd3 (better is 33.c3 Qd2 34.Qb3 Bh2 35.Rd1 Qd1 36.Qd1 Ke7 37.Qd7 Kf6 38.Qe6 Kg5 39.Bc2+–) 33...Bh2 34.Qh5?? (34.g3!? Bg3 35.Qf3 Re8 36.Qg3 Re1 37.Re1 fe1B 38.Ke1 h6+–) 34...Bc7 (34...Be5 35.Qf3 g6 36.Be2=) 35.Qg5 (35.Rd1!? Qb6 36.Ba6 Ke7 37.Qg5 Qf6 38.Qc5 Bd6 39.Qa7 (39.Qf2?! Rf8 40.Qf6 Rf6 41.Ke2 Re6 42.Kd3 Bc5=) 39...Kf8 40.Qa8 Ke7 41.Qh8+–) 35...Kd7 36.Qg4?? (36.Rd1 Qf6 37.Qg4 Ke7 38.Bb5+–) 36...Qg4–+ 0–1. tedrik – baroszka (1790), kurnik, 2014.

8.Qc1 Ne4 9.Qb2 Nc3 10.Nc3 e6 11.b5 Nd7 12.f4 Nf6 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.Bd3 0-0 15.0-0 Bf4 16.Na4 Qa5 17.ef4 Qa4 18.bc6 bc6 19.Nd4? (better is 19.Ne5!?=) 19...c5–/+ 20.Bb5?? (better is 20.Nb5–/+) 20...Qd4–+ (20...Qd4 21.Qd4 cd4–+) 0–1. jeglin – mistrw123, kurnik, 2014.

8.Nf3 Na6 =.

8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Bd3 Nc3 10.dc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 Nd7 14.h5 Bd3 15.cd3 e5 16.Qa4 Be7 17.Nbd2 0-0 (18.e4 de4 19.Ne4 Qd8=). Waibel,Ulrich (1650) – Feldtmann,Peter (2025), remoteschach.de, 2005.

8.Bf6 ef6=+ 9.c3 Bd6 10.d4 0-0 11.Bd3 f5 (11...Re8 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qf3=+) 12.Qc2 g6 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.0-0 Qc7 Black prepares the advance f4 16.g3 Re8 17.Ra1 f4 (17...Ne4!?=) 18.Nf4+/– Bf4 19.ef4 Bg4 20.Nf1 (20.f5 b6+/–) 20...Bf3+= 21.Nd2 Bg4 22.Kg2 Nh5 (22...b6 23.f5+/–) 23.Nf1 Qd7 24.f5 Ng7 (24...Bf5 25.Bf5 Qf5 26.Qf5 gf5 27.Ra7+/–) 25.Ne3 (25.fg6 Bh3 26.Kg1 fg6+/–) 25...Bf5+= 26.Bf5 Nf5 27.Nf5 gf5 28.Qd2 Qe6 29.Qg5 Qg6 30.h4 (30.Qh4 b6+=) 30...Qg5 (30...h6 31.Qf4+=) 31.hg5 Kg7 32.Ra7 Re7 33.f4 (33.Kf3 Kg6 34.b5 cb5=) 33...f6+= 34.gf6 (34.b5 cb5 35.gf6 Kf6 36.Ra5=) 34...Kf6= 35.Kf2 b5 36.Re7 Ke7 37.Kg2 Kf6 38.Kh3 (38.Kf3 Ke6=) 38...Kg6 (38...h5 39.Kh4 Kg6 40.Kh3=) 39.Kh4 (39.g4 fg4 40.Kg4 Kf6=) 39...Kh6 (39...h5 40.Kh3=+) 40.Kh3 (40.g4 Kg6=) 40...Kh5 41.g4? (better is 41.Kg2=) 41...fg4–+ 42.Kg3 h6 43.f5 Kg5 44.f6 Kf6 45.Kg4 h5?? (better is 45...Kg6–+) 46.Kh5=+ Kf5 47.Kh4 Ke4 (48.Kg4 Kd3–+) 0–1. De Cat,Ben – Van Hal,M, NATO–ch Germany, 1989.

8.Bf6 ef6 9.c3 Bd6 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Qc2 g6 13.h3 (13.Nd4 Re8=) 13...Bf3=+ 14.gf3 Nd7 15.Ke2 (15.h4 f5=+) 15...f5 16.f4 Nf6 17.Na3 (17.Rg1 Kh8=+) 17...Ne4 18.Be4 fe4 19.Qa4 Qc7 20.Nc2 b5 21.Qa6 Rb8 22.Ra1 Qb7?? (better 22...c5 23.bc5 Bc5=+) 23.Nd4 (23.Qb7 Rb7 24.Ra6 Kf8+/-) 23...c5 24.Qd6 cd4 25.ed4 Qc8 (25...Kh8 26.Ra6+/-) 26.Ra7 (26.Qd5 Qh3 27.Qe4 Qg4 28.Kd3 Rd8+-) 26...Rb7 (26...Qc4!? 27.Ke1 Rf8+/-) 27.Rb7 Qb7 28.Qd8 Kg7 29.h4 (29.Qe8 Kh6+/-) 29...h5 (better 29...Qc6=) 30.Qe8 Kh6?? (30...Kh7 31.f3+/-) 31.Qe5 (31.Qh8) 31...Qd7?? (better 31...Kh7+/-) 32.Qh8 1-0. FERNANDO_2013 (1920) - oupsrouen (1740), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2017.

8.Bf6 gf6 ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio – Grobler, England–Italy, 1995.

7.Na3 d5 8.e3 Ne4 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Bd3 e5 12.Nf3?? (better is 12.Be4 Be4 13.Nf3–/+) 12...Nc3–+ (12...Bb4?! 13.Be4 Be4 14.Qb1–/+) 13.dc3 e4 14.Ne5 ed3 15.cd3 Nd7 (better is 15...Bb4 16.Qb3 Bc5 17.Qb6 Bb6 18.Kd2–+) 16.Nf3 (16.Ng6 hg6 17.Nc2 Bd6–+) 16...Bd6 (16...Bb4!? 17.Nb1 Bd6 18.0-0–+) 17.0-0 0-0 (better is 17...Qa6 18.Qb3 Bd3 19.Ra1–+) 18.h3 (18.Nc2 Qa6 19.c4 Nf6–+ (worse is 19...dc4 20.dc4 Bb8 21.Qd7 Bc2 22.Qd4–+)) 18...Re8 (18...Qa6!? 19.Qb3 Ra8 20.Nc2 Bd3 21.Rd1–+) 19.Qd2 (19.Nc2 Qa6 20.c4 Nf6–+ (worse is 20...dc4 21.dc4 c5 22.b5–+)) 19...Qc7 (better is 19...Qa6 20.Ra1 Qd3 21.Qd3 Bd3 22.Ne1–+) 20.Nc2 Nf6 21.Ncd4 Be5 (21...Ra8 22.Nh4–+) 22.Nb3 (22.Ne5 Qe5 23.Ra1 h6–+) 22...h6 23.Nc5 (23.Ne5 Qe5 24.Ra1 b6–+) 23...b6 24.Nb3 Bd6 25.Nh4 Bh7 26.Nd4 Qd7 27.f4 c5 28.bc5 bc5 29.Ndf3 Qe7 30.Re1 c4 31.f5 (31.dc4 dc4 32.g4 Bc5–+) 31...cd3 32.Qd3 Qe4 (32...Qe4 33.Qd4 Qc2–+) 0–1. polynesia46 – bobby7, kurnik, 2014.

7.d3 d5 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.e3 e6 10.Qd2 c5 11.Bf6 Nf6 12.Be2 cb4 13.0-0 Bd6 14.h3 Bd7 15.c4 dc4 16.dc4 0-0 17.Qb2 Ne4 18.Nfd2 Ng3! 19.Re1 (19.fg3 Qe3 Double attack (19...Qe3 Decoy)) 19...Ne2 20.Re2 Bc6 21.Nf3 (21.Nb3 Be4-/+) 21...Bf3-+ 22.gf3 Qc6 23.Nd2 b5 24.cb5 (24.c5 Bc5 25.Ne4 Be7-+) 24...Qb5 25.Re1 Be5 26.Qb3 Bc3 27.Rd1 Qe2 28.Ne4 Qf3 29.Nc3 bc3 30.Rc1 Qh3 31.Qc3 Qg4 32.Kf1 Rd8 33.Qc6? (33.Qc8 Qh4 34.Ke2-+) 33...Rd1 34.Rd1 Qd1 35.Kg2 Qd5 36.Qd5 ed5 37.Kg3 h5 38.Kf4 f6 39.Kf5 (39.Kg3 g5 40.Kh3 Kf7-+) 39...Kf7 (better 39...g5 40.Kf6 h4 41.e4-+) 40.f3 (40.Kf4 g5 41.Kf3 Ke6-+) 40...g6 (better 40...g5 41.e4 d4 42.e5-+) 41.Kf4 Ke6 42.Kg3 g5 43.Kh3 f5 44.Kg3 h4 45.Kh3 Ke5 Black intends f4 46.Kg2 f4 (46...f4 47.Kf2 h3-+) 0-1. kianas (2035) - PeterRs (2520), ChessWorld.net, 2012.

7.e3 d5 8.d3 e6 9.Qd2 (9.Bf6!? gf6 10.c3+=) 9...Na6 10.Bf6 gf6 11.c3 c5 12.Qb2 cb4 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Nf3 Bc5 15.d4 bc3 16.Qb6 Bb6 17.Nc3 Nb4 18.0-0 0-0 19.Rb1 Ba5 20.Bb5 Bb5 21.Nb5 b6 22.h4 Nd3 23.h5 e5 (better is 23...Rc8!? 24.Rd1 Nc1–/+) 24.Nd6= e4 25.Nh4 Bb4 26.Nb5 Kh8 (26...Rc8 27.Nf5+=) 27.Nf5 Ba5 28.Nc7 b5? (better is 28...Nb4+=) 29.Nd5+– b4 30.Nf6 Bd8? (30...Rb8+–) 31.Ne4 h6 (31...Ba5 32.Kf1 Rc8 33.h6+–) 32.Nc5 (better is 32.Kf1 Bg5 33.Ke2 Nf2 34.Kf2+–) 32...Nc5 33.dc5 Bf6 (33...Ba5+–) 34.Rb4 Rc8 35.Rc4 Be7 (35...Kh7 36.c6 Be5 37.f4+–) 36.c6 (better is 36.Ne7 Rc7 37.Nd5 Rc6+–) 36...Bd8 37.Nh6 (37.Nh6 Bc7 38.Nf7 Kg7 39.Ng5+–) 1–0. pavka66 (1610) – iczker, kurnik, 2013.

7.e3 Nd5 8.Nf3 Nc3 9.dc3 e6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.0-0 d6 12.Qd2 0-0 13.c4 c5 14.b5 Nd7 15.c3 Ne5 16.Be2 Nf3 17.Bf3 Bf6 18.e4 e5 19.Rd1 Be7 20.Qe2 Bg5 21.h3 h6 22.Bg4 Bg4 23.hg4 Qd8 24.f3 b6 25.Qd3 Be7 26.Nd2 f6? (better is 26...Qa8!?=) 27.Nf1 Kh7 28.Ne3 g6 (28...Qa8 29.Kf2+/–) 29.Nd5 h5? (better is 29...Rf7+–) 30.gh5 gh5 31.Ne7 Qe7 32.Qd6 Qd6?! (32...Qg7 33.Qe6 Qg5 34.Qb6 Rg8 35.Qa7 Rg7+–) 33.Rd6 h4 (33...Ra8 34.Rb6 Ra1 35.Kh2 Rc1+–) 34.Rb6 Kg6 35.Rc6 Rd8 36.Rc5 Rd1 37.Kh2 Rd3 (37...Rb1+–) 38.b6 Rc3 (38...Rd8+–) 39.b7 Rb3 40.Rb5 Rf3 41.gf3 f5 (41...Kh5 42.b8Q Kg5 43.Qh8 Kf4 44.Rb3 Kg5 45.Qg8 Kh6 46.Rb7 Kh5 47.Rh7) 42.b8Q fe4 (42...Kh5 43.Qe5 Kg6 44.Qf5 Kg7 45.Rb7 Kh6 46.Rh7) 43.Qe5 ef3 (43...Kh7 44.Qe7 Kg6 45.Rg5 Kh6 46.Qg7) 44.Qg5 (44.Qf5 Kg7 45.Rb7 Kh6 46.Rh7) 44...Kf7 45.Rb6 (45.Rb7 Ke6 46.c5 f2 47.Re7) 45...f2 46.Kg2 (46.Rf6 Ke8 47.Qg8 Kd7 48.Qg7 Kd8 49.Rf8) 46...f1N (46...h3 47.Kf2 h2 48.Qh5 Kg7 49.Rb7 Kf6 50.Rf7 Ke6 51.Qd5) 47.Kf1 h3 48.Qf5 Kg7 (48...Ke7 49.Qh7 Kd8 50.Rb8) 49.Qd7 Kf8 50.Rb8 1–0. bauska18 – mielonka55, kurnik, 2014.

7.e3 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 d6 11.Na3 Be6 12.Nc4 Bc4 13.Bc4 Na6 14.Qb1 Rc8 15.Nd4 (15.Qb2!?+=) 15...Ne4+= 16.Qb3 Nc3 (16...d5 17.Ba6 Qa6 18.b5 cb5 19.Qd5 Nc3 20.dc3 Rc3 21.Qd8 Bf8 22.Qb8–/+) 17.dc3 (17.Bf7 Kh8 18.dc3 Rf8+/–) 17...Nc7 (17...d5 18.Ba6 Qa6 19.b5+=) 18.h3?? (better is 18.Bf7 Kh8 19.Ra1+/–) 18...d5+= 19.Be2 Ne6 20.Ne6 fe6 21.Bg4 c5 (21...Kf7 22.c4+=) 22.Rb1 (22.bc5!? Qa6 23.Rb1+=) 22...c4+= 23.Qa3 Qd6 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.Qa5 b6 (25...Bc3? 26.Be6 Kg7 27.Rd5 Qe6 28.Rd8+–) 26.Qa3 Kf7 27.f4 h5 28.Be2 Kg8 29.Bf1 (29.g3 b5=) 29...Kh7 30.Qa1 e5 31.Bc4 ef4 1–0. ventil – tommy1, kurnik, 2014.

7.Bf6 gf6 8.c3 d6 9.Qc2 f5 10.e3 Rg8 11.g3 e6 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.d4 Nf6 14.Nd2 d5 15.Nf4 Ne4 16.Ne4 fe4 17.Be2 f6 18.f3 f5 19.Nh5 (19.fe4!? fe4 20.Bh5 Ke7 21.Qf2+/–) 19...ef3= 20.Bf3 Ke7 21.0-0 Bd7 22.Kh1 Bh6 23.Nf4 Be8 24.Rb1 Bg6 25.Qd3 (worse is 25.Ng6 hg6 26.Qd3 e5+=) 25...Ra8 26.c4 Ra4 27.cd5 cd5 28.Qb3 Qa7 29.b5 Bf4 30.gf4 (worse is 30.ef4 Qd4 (worse is 30...Rd4 31.Rc1+=) 31.Qc2 Be8+=) 30...Qa5 31.Qd1 Ra2 32.Qg1 Qd2 33.h4 Qf2 34.Qf2 Rf2 35.Bd1 Be8 36.Kg1 Rd2 37.Bf3 Kd6 38.b6 Ba4 39.Ra1 Bb5 40.Ra8 Be2 41.Bg2 h5 42.Rb8 Ba6 43.Rh8 (better is 43.Bf3!?=) 43...Re2+= 44.Rh5 Re3 45.Rh8 Ke7 (better is 45...Rd3 46.h5 Rd1 47.Kh2 Rd4 48.Rd8 Ke7+/–) 46.h5+= Rd3 (46...Re1 47.Kh2+=) 47.h6+/– Kf7 48.h7 (better is 48.Re8! Kg6 49.Re6 Kh7 50.Bd5 Rd4 51.Re7 Kh6 52.Bb7 Bb7 53.Rb7 Rf4 54.Rb8+=) 48...Kg7+= 49.Re8 Kh7 50.Re6 Rd4 51.Rd6 (51.Kf2 Kg7=) 51...Kg7 (51...Rf4 52.Bd5 Rg4 53.Kf2+=) 52.Kf2 (52.Rd5!? Rb4 53.Rf5 Rb6 54.Rg5 Kf6 55.Be4=) 52...Rf4+= 53.Ke3 Rb4 54.Bd5 (54.Rd5? Kf6–+ (54...Rb6?! 55.Rf5 Bb5 56.Rc5+=)) 54...f4 55.Kf3 Kf8 56.Re6 Rd4 ½–½. Jamieson,Ian (1725) – Helbig,Paul (2015), East Devon op, 2008.

7.e3 Qa5 8.Bc3 Qc7 9.Qa4 Na6 10.d4 Nf6 11.Bd3 e6 12.Nf3 Be7 13.0-0 d6 14.Nbd2 0-0 15.Rb1 Nd7 16.c5 (better is 16.Qb3!?=) 16...dc5–/+ 17.Ba6 ba6 18.Nc4 Bb7 19.Ba5 Qc8 20.Nfe5 cd4 21.ed4 Ne5 22.de5 c5 23.Nd6 Bd6 24.ed6 Bc6 25.Qd1 Qd7 26.h4 c4 27.Qd4 Rc8 28.Bc7 Bb5 29.h5 h6 30.Rc1 Rc7 31.dc7 Qd4 32.c8Q Kh7 33.Qb7 Qd2 34.Qe4 f5 35.Qb1 Qg5 36.Rc3 Qh5 37.Qe1 Qg6 38.Rg3 Qf6 39.Re3 Qd4 40.Re6 c3 41.Qc1 f4 42.Re1 Ba4 43.Qa1 Qd2 44.Re7 Bd7 45.Qe1 Qe1 46.Re1 c2 47.Ra1 Ba4! 48.Kf1 a5 49.Ke1 Bb3 50.Kd2 a4 51.Re1 g5 52.Re5 Kg6 53.Ra5 h5 54.Ra6 Kf5 55.Ra5 Kg4 56.Rb5 Kh4 57.Ra5 Kg4 58.Rb5 Bc4 59.Ra5 Bf1 60.g3 Bd3! 61.Ra4 h4 62.gf4 gf4 63.Ra1 Be4 64.Rg1 Kf3 65.Rh1 Kg4 66.Rg1 Kf3 67.Rh1 Kf2 68.Rh4 Kg3 69.Rh8 f3 70.Rg8 Kf4 71.Rc8 Bf5 72.Rc5 f2 73.Ke2 Kg3 74.Rc7 Bh3 (74...Bh3 75.Kd2 f1Q 76.Rc3 Kf4 77.Kc2 Bf5 78.Kb3 Qb1 79.Kc4 Qb2–+) 0–1. Svenninggaard,T (2160) – Pedersen,Jan1 (2390), 50th TCh–DEN XtraCon, 2011.

7.e3 d5 8.Bc3 Qb6 9.cd5 cd5 10.Bd4 =+.

7.e4 b5 8.Qc2 bc4 9.Bc4=+.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.d4 e6 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Bd3 d5 (12...Na6 13.Ngf3=) 13.Ne2 f5 (13...Nf6 14.Qf3=) 14.Qg3 Na6 15.0-0 (15.c5 Qc7=) 15...Nf6 (15...Qc7 16.Qf3=) 16.Ra1 (16.c5 Qc7=) 16...0-0 (16...Qc7 17.Nf4=) 17.Nf4 (17.c5 Qc7 18.Nf4+=) 17...Kf7 (better is 17...Ne4!? 18.Ne4 fe4=) 18.c5+/– Qa7 19.Nf3 (19.Ba5 Ne4 20.Ne4 fe4+/–) 19...Nd7 (19...Ne4 20.Be4 fe4 21.Ne5 Ke8 22.Qh3+/–) 20.Qh3+/– Rh8 21.Qh6 Bf8 22.Ng5 ½–½. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Hasler,Ulrich, GM–95 CiF, 1995.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.d4 Bf5 10.Bd3 (10.Nd2 Nf6=+) 10...Bd3 11.Qd3 Nf6 12.Nf3 Nbd7 (12...d5 13.Nbd2=+) 13.0-0= e6 14.Nbd2 Be7 15.Rb1 (15.Ra1 Qd8=) 15...Qc7=+ 16.Ra1 (16.e4 0-0=+) 16...0-0 17.e4 (17.Bb4 c5 18.Ba5 b6–/+) 17...d5–/+ 18.Qe2 (18.cd5 cd5 19.e5 Ng4=+) 18...de4 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Qe4 Nf6 (20...Rb8 21.c5–/+) 21.Qb1 (21.Qe3 Bd6 22.Qe2 b5–/+) 21...b5–/+ 22.Ba5 Qb7 ½–½. Rosner,Dirk – Plitzko,Christian, DESC, 2001.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.d4 Nf6 10.Bd3 =+.

8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Nc3 –/+.

8.f4 Bf5 9.Nc3 =+.

8.f4 Nf6 9.Nf3 (9.Bc3 Qb6=+) 9...Bg4 (9...Bf5 10.Nc3=+) 10.Be2 (10.Bc3 Qb6=+) 10...Nbd7 (10...Bf3 11.gf3 Nbd7 12.Bc3=+) 11.0-0 (11.Bc3 Qb6=+) 11...e6 12.d4 (12.Bc3 Qb6=+) 12...Be7 (12...Ne4 13.Nbd2 Nc3 14.Qe1–/+) 13.Nbd2 (13.Bc3 Qb6=+) 13...0-0 14.Qc2 (14.Qb1 Qb1 15.Rb1 Ra8–/+) 14...d5 (14...b5 15.cb5 cb5 16.Qd3=+) 15.Bc3 Qd6 16.Bd3 (16.c5 Qc7=+) 16...Bf3 (16...b6 17.Ne5=+) 17.gf3 (17.c5 Qc7 18.Nf3 Ra8=+) 17...Qc7 (17...Ra8 18.c5 Qc7 19.Rb1–/+) 18.Ra1 b6 19.Ra6 dc4 (19...Rb8 20.Bb2–/+) 20.Nc4 b5 (20...c5 21.dc5 Bc5 22.Kg2–/+) 21.Ne5=+ Qb7 Black prepares b4 22.Ra1 b4 23.Bb2= c5 24.Nd7 Qd7 25.dc5 Bc5 26.Bh7 Nh7 27.Qc5 Qd3 28.Qe5 Nf6 29.h4 Qe2–/+ 30.Rf1 Rd8 Black gets in control 31.Bd4 Qd2 32.Rf2 Qe1 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.e4 Rc1–+ The mate threat is Qh1 35.Kg3 Kh7 36.h5 Rd1 37.h6? Qg1 38.Rg2 Qd4 39.hg7 Qe5 40.fe5 Nh5 41.Kg4 Ng7 42.Rb2 Rd4 43.Kf4 Nh5 44.Kg5 Ng7?? 45.Kf6?? Rd3–+ 46.Rb4 Rf3 47.Ke7 Nh5 48.Rb2 Kg6 49.Rb8 Kg7 50.Rb1 Nf4 (51.Kd6 Rd3 52.Kc6 Rd4 53.Rg1 Ng6–+) 0–1. Springer – Bendig,Frank, corr, 1988.

9.Qc2 Na6 10.Bc3 Qb6 =+.

9.Qc2 Na6 10.Be2 Nc5 11.Bc3 Qa4 12.Qa4 Na4 13.d4 –/+.

9.Qc2 Na6 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 (11.Bc3 Qb6=) 11...Nf6=+ 12.h3 (12.Nc3 0-0=+) 12...0-0 13.Bc3 Qb6 14.d3 c5 (14...Bf5 15.e4 Be6 16.Nbd2–/+) 15.Na3 Bd7 16.Rb1 Qa7 (16...Qc6 17.Nd2 Qc8 18.Bf3=+) 17.Qb2 Bc6 18.Nd2 (18.Nb5 Qb8=+) 18...Nc7 (18...Ra8 19.Nb5 Qb6 20.Ra1=+) 19.Bf3 (19.Ra1 Ra8=+) 19...Bf3 20.Nf3 Rb8 21.Nb5 Nb5=+ 22.Qb5 b6 23.Ra1 Qd7 24.Qd7 Nd7 25.Ra7 Rd8 26.Rb7 Kf8 27.e4 (27.Kf1 Bf6=). Muster,Wolfgang – Diener,Rudolf, corr, 1982.

9.Qc2 Nf6 10.Bc3 Qb6 11.d4 =+.

9.Bc3 Qb6 =+.

9.Be2 Nf6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Qc2 0-0 12.d4 e4 13.Nfd2 (13.Bc3 Qb6 14.Nfd2 Bf5–/+) 13...d5 14.c5 Qa5 15.Nc3 Qc7 (15...b5 16.cb6 Qb6 17.Rb1–/+) 16.Rb1 Ng4 Threatening mate: Qxh2 17.g3 (17.Nf1 Bh4 18.Nd1 Nf6=+) 17...Qd7–/+ 18.Qd1 Nf6 19.Qf1 Qc7 (19...Qf5 20.f3 ef3 21.Bf3–/+) 20.Na4 (20.f3 ef3 21.Qf3 Re8–/+) 20...Bg4 21.Bg4 Ng4 22.Bc3 Nd7 23.f3 ef3 24.Qf3 f5 (24...Ngf6 25.Qf4 Qc8 26.g4–/+) 25.Qf4=+ Qd8 26.Qf3 Bg5 27.Nf1 Qa8 28.Nb2 (28.Rb4 Qa6–/+) 28...Qa2 29.Rc1 Ngf6 30.Nd1 Ne4 31.Be1 g6 32.Nc3 Nc3 33.Bc3–/+ Nf6 34.h4 Bh6 35.Ra1 Qb3 36.Be1 Re8 37.Bf2 Ng4 38.Kg2 Qb2 39.Re1 Bg7 40.Re2 Qb3 41.h5 Ra8 42.hg6 hg6 43.Rd2 Bh6 44.Qe2 Qb1 45.Rb2 Qe4 46.Qf3 Qe7 47.Re2 Ra1 48.Bg1 Nf6 49.Nd2 Ra3 50.Nb1 Rb3 51.Nd2 Rb2 52.Nf1 Re2 53.Qe2 Qe4 54.Qf3 Qc2 55.Qf2 Qd3 56.Qf3 Ne4 57.g4 Qc2 58.Kh1–/+ Ng5 59.Qg2 Qe4 60.Qe4 fe4 61.Kg2 Nf3 62.Bf2 Kf7 63.Bg3 Bg7 64.Bc7 Nd4 65.ed4 Bd4 Black gets the initiative 66.Bb6 Ke6 67.Ng3 Be3 68.Kf1 Ke5 69.Bc7 Kd4 70.Ke2 Bg5 71.Bd6 Kc4 72.Bf8 Bf4 73.Bd6? Bg3–+ 74.Bg3 Kc5 75.Ke3 b5 76.Be5 Kc4 77.Kf4 Kd3 (78.Kg3 b4–+) 0–1. St_Jean,Benoit – Luehrig,Walter, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2001.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.Nf3 Na6 (9...Nf6 10.d4=) 10.d4 Nf6 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.c5 Qc7 (12...Qd8 13.Nc4 d5 14.Ba5=) 13.Nc4 d5 (13...d6 14.cd6 Bd6 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Qb3=) 14.cd6 (14.Ba5 Qb8 15.Nce5 Qa8=) 14...Bd6 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Ba6 (16.Ne5 0-0=) 16...Qa3 (16...ba6 17.Qa4=+) 17.Qa1 (17.0-0 Qc3 18.Bd3 0-0=) 17...Qa1 (17...Qa6 18.Qa6 ba6 19.Ne5=+) 18.Ba1 ba6 19.Ne5 ½–½. Kuhlmann,Antonius Egidius J – Hallila,Erkki, corr ICCF TT–4–90, 1993.

8.Nf3 d5 9.Qc2! Nd7 10.Bc3 (10.Be2 Ngf6 11.0-0; 10.Bb2! A) 10...Qa5 11.Be2 Ngf6 12.0-0 Be7 (12...Bd6 13.d4!); B) 10...Ngf6 11.Be2 (11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bf8 Nf8) 11...Be7 12.0-0 0-0? 13.Ba3) 10...Qb6 11.d4 Bb4!? (11...Ngf6 12.c5!; 11...dc4? 12.Bc4) 12.Nbd2 (12.c5 Bc3 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Bd3 Ngf6 15.0-0 0-0) 12...Bc3 13.Qc3 Ngf6 14.Be2 0-0 15.0-0 Qc7 16.Ra1 Re8! 17.h3 e5! 18.de5 Ne5 19.Ne5 Re5 20.Ra8 Re8 21.Nf3 Be6 22.Re8 Ne8 23.Nd4 (23.c5?! Nf6 24.Nd4 Ne4 25.Qa3 Kf8!) 0–1. Muster – Schuehler, corr 1982.

8.Nf3 d5 9.Bc3 Qb6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.0-0 Ngf6.

8.Nf3 d5 9.cd5 ed5 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.d4 (11.Be2 Bg4–/+) 11...Bd6 (11...Ne4!? 12.Qc1 Qa5 13.Ke2–+) 12.Bd3–/+ Bg4 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.Qc2 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.Qb2 b5 17.h3 Bf3 18.gf3 0-0 0–1. Fabik,Jan (1645) – Fridrich,Michal (1870), Bohemia South–chT, 2004.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.Qc2 d6 (9...Na6 10.Nf3=+) 10.Nf3 (10.d4 Na6=+) 10...e5–/+ 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 (13...Be6 14.d4 e4 15.Ng5=+) 14.d3 (14.Qf5 Nbd7 15.d4 Bg6–+) 14...0-0 15.Nbd2 Nbd7 16.Ra1 Qc7 17.Nf1 (17.d4 Bg6 18.Qb3 e4=) 17...b5–/+ 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Ba5 (19.Nh4 d5–/+) 19...Qb7 20.Nh4 Ra8 (20...d5 21.Ngf5 Bf5 22.Nf5=+) 21.Ngf5 (21.cb5 cb5 22.Qb2 b4=+) 21...Bf8 22.cb5 cb5 (22...Qb5 23.Bc3 Ra1 24.Ba1=+) 23.d4–/+ b4 (23...Rc8 24.Qb3=) 24.Qb2 Bf5 25.Nf5=+ e4 Black gets the initiative 26.Bc4 Qc6 27.Qe2 Nb6 28.Bb5 Qc8 29.g4 d5 30.Qf1 Nc4–+ 31.Bc4 dc4 32.Bb4? Ra1 33.Qa1 Bb4 34.Qb2 Bf8 35.Qc2 Nd5 36.Qe4 0–1. Zimmermann,Joerg – Schaefer,Uwe, HFK.069.02 ETC, 2003.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.Nf3 d5 10.cd5 cd5 11.Bd4 Qc7?? (11...Qd8 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Bb5 Nc6 14.0-0+=) 12.Be2?? (better is 12.Be5 Qd8 13.Bb8+–) 12...Nc6+= 13.Be5?? (better is 13.Bf6 gf6 14.Nc3+=) 13...Ne5–+ 14.0-0 (14.Ne5 Qe5 15.Bb5 Bd7–+) 14...Nf3 15.Bf3 e6 16.d4 Bd7 17.Nd2 Bb5 18.Re1 Bb4 (18...Bd6 19.Qb3 Ba6 20.g3–+) 19.Be2 (19.Qb3 Bd2 20.Qb5 Ke7–+) 19...Bc6 20.Qb3 (20.Qc2–+) 20...Bd2 21.Rb1 0-0 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1810) – Night077 (1775), Active ajedrez21.com, 2006.

8.Bc3 Qc5 9.d4 Qa7 10.Bd3 =.

8.Nc3 g6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0. Bendig / Gross.

8.Bd3 Na6 9.Bc3 A) 9...Qd6 10.Bf1 (10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nf3 Qg6 12.0-0 d6 13.d4 e5 14.Nh4 Qf6 15.Nf3 Nc3+=) 10...Ne4 11.Nf3 Nac5 12.d4 Na6 13.Bd3 Qg6 14.0-0 d6 15.Qc2 f5=; B) 9...Qb6 10.Bd4 (10.Nf3 d6 11.Bf6 ef6 12.0-0 Be7 13.Be2 0-0 14.d4 Be6 15.Nbd2 Ra8+=) 10...c5 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Be4 g6 13.Qb3 Bg7 14.Bb7 0-0 15.Be4 d6+=; C) 9...Qc5 10.Nf3 d5 11.Bd4 Qd6 12.Be5 Qd8 13.Be2 Nd7 14.d4 Ne5 15.Ne5 f6+=.

8.Bd3 Na6 9.Be2 A) 9...d5 10.Bf6 (10.Bc3 Qd6 11.d4 dc4 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Bd3 Nb4 14.Bb4 Qb4 15.Qd2 Qd2–/+) 10...ef6 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nc3 Nc7 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.0-0 Qc5=; B) 9...Qa5 10.Bf6 (10.Bc3 Qg5 11.Bf1 d6 12.Nf3 Qg6 13.d4 e6 14.Qd3 Ne4 15.Ba5 e5+=) 10...ef6 11.Nf3 d5 12.cd5 Qd5 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.0-0 Nb4 15.d4 Qe6+=; C) 9...d6 10.Bc3 (10.Nf3 e5 11.Bc3 Qb6 12.0-0 Be7 13.d4 e4 14.Nfd2 0-0 15.f3 ef3–/+) 10...Qb6 11.Bf6 ef6 12.Nf3 Qb4 13.0-0 Be6 14.Qc2 d5 15.Nd4 Bc5+=.

8.Bd3 Na6 9.Nf3 d5 (9...Nc5 10.Be2 d5 11.Bf6 gf6 12.cd5 cd5 13.Nc3 e6 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Bd7 Nd7+=; 9...d6 10.Bc3 Qb6 11.Bf6 ef6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Nd4 Qc5 14.Ne6 fe6 15.Be2 Qg5+=) 10.cd5 (10.Bf6 ef6 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nc3 Nc7 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Nb5 Ne6+=; 10.Bc3 Qd6 11.Be5 Qd7 12.Bd4 Nb4 13.Be2 Qf5 14.0-0 dc4 15.Bc4 b5–/+) 10...cd5 (10...Nc5 A) 11.Be2 Nd5 12.Bd4+= (12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Nd5 cd5 14.Bd4 Nd3 15.Bd3 Bd3–/+) 12...Bf5 13.Nc3 Nd3 14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Ne5 Bf5+=; B) 11.Bc2 Nd5 12.Bd4 Bg4 13.h3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Nb3 15.Be5 Nf6+=; 10...Nd5 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Nd5 cd5 13.Bc3 Qd6 14.Ne5 Bd1 15.Bb5 Qc6+=) 11.Bc3 Qb6 12.Bd4 Qb4 (12...Nc5 13.0-0 A) 13...Qd6 14.Be5= (14.Qc2 e6 15.Be5 Qd7+=) 14...Qd7 15.Be2 Ng4+=; B) 13...e6 14.Bc2 Bd6 15.Nc3 Qb4+=) 13.Nc3 (13.Qc2 Bd7 (13...Bg4+= 14.Ba6 e5 15.Ne5 Be6+–) 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.Nd7 Kd7=) 13...Nc5 (13...Nc7 A) 14.Be5 Qb6 (14...Qa5 15.Qb1 h6=) 15.0-0= h6=; B) 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Ne5 h5=; 13...e6 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.Bb5 Bd7=) 14.Bb5= Bd7 15.Bc5 (15.Qa1 Bb5 16.Bc5 Qc5 17.Qa8 Kd7 18.Qb7 Kd8 19.Qb8 Qc8 20.Qb6 Qc7 21.Qc7 Kc7 22.Nb5 Kb6+=) 15...Qc5 16.Qa4 Qc8 17.Bd7 Nd7 18.Nd5 e6 19.Nb6 Bc5?? (better is 19...Qc6 20.Qc6 bc6 21.Nd7 Kd7 22.Ne5 Ke8+/–) 20.Nc8+– Kd8 21.d4 Bf8 22.Ke2 (22.Qa8!? Kc7 23.Ke2 Bb4 24.Rc1 Nc5+–) 22...Kc8 23.Rc1 Kd8 24.Ne5 Ne5 25.Qa8 Ke7 26.de5 g6 (26...Kd7 27.Qb7 Kd8 28.Rc8) 27.Rc7 1–0. pierre – henningulrich, internet, 2008.

8.Bd3 Na6 9.Bf6 A) 9...Nc5 10.Be2 (10.Qc2 ef6 11.Nf3 d6 12.0-0 Nd3 13.Qd3 Be6 14.Rc1 d5 15.cd5 Bd5–/+; 10.Bh7 ef6 11.Bc2 d6 12.Ne2 Be6 13.0-0 Bc4 14.d4 Nb3 15.Bd3 Nd2–/+) 10...ef6 11.Nf3 d6 12.0-0 Qb3 13.Qc1 Nd3 14.Qc3 Qc3 15.Nc3 Ne5+=; B) 9...ef6 10.Nf3 (10.Ne2 Nc5 11.Qc2 b5 12.cb5 Nd3 13.Qd3 Qb5 14.Qc2 Ba6 15.Nf4 Bb4–/+; 10.Qe2 Qb2 11.Nf3 Qc1 12.Qd1 Qd1 13.Kd1 d5 14.cd5 Nb4 15.Bc4 Nd5–/+) 10...d6 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.0-0 Nd3 13.Qd3 Be6 14.Rc1 d5 15.cd5 Bd5–/+.

8.Bd3 d5 9.Qc2 Be6 10.cd5 (10.c5 Ne4–/+) 10...Bd5 11.f3 Nbd7 12.Ne2 e5 13.0-0 Bd6 14.Nbc3 Qh4 (14...Bb3 15.Qb1–+) 15.Nd5 Nd5 16.Ng3 Nb4 17.Qc4 (17.Qc3 Nd3 18.Qd3 Bc7=+) 17...Qc4 18.Bc4 b5 19.Be2 0-0 (19...g6 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Bc3–/+) 20.Nf5 Bc5 21.f4 g6 (21...Ra8!? 22.fe5 Ra2=+) 22.Nh6= Kg7 23.Ng4 h5 24.fe5 hg4 (24...Kh7 25.Nf2=) 25.e6+= Kg8 26.ed7 The passed pawn on d7 will quickly become a dangerous weapon 26...f5? (26...Rd8 27.Bf6 Rd7 28.d4=+) 27.Bg4?? (better is 27.Bf6! Bb6 28.Be7+–) 27...Rd8= 28.Bf3 Rd7 29.d4 Bf8 30.Rc1 The backward pawn on c6 becomes a target 30...Ra7 31.Bc3 Nd5 (31...Bh6!? 32.Kf1 Be3=) 32.e4 (better is 32.Bd2!? Ne7 33.Kf2+=) 32...Nc3 (32...fe4 33.Be4 Bh6 34.Rc2=+) ½–½. Muster,Wolfgang – Diener,Rudolf, corr ICCF, 1989.

8.Bd3 d5 9.Bf6 ef6 10.cd5 –/+.

8.Bd3 d6 9.Bc3 Qc5 10.Be2 =+.

8.Bd3 e6 9.Nc3 (9.Bf6 gf6 10.Qc2 f5=+) 9...d5–/+ 10.cd5 ed5 11.Nge2 (11.Nf3 Be7–/+) 11...Bd6 12.0-0 Bh2 (better is 12...0-0–/+) 13.Kh1?? (13.Kh2 Qh4 14.Kg1 Ng4 15.Re1 Qh2 16.Kf1 Qh1 17.Ng1 Nh2 18.Ke2 Bg4 19.Nf3 Bf3 20.gf3 Qf3) 13...Qh4–+ 14.Ng1 Bg1 15.Kg1 Ng4 16.Qg4 Qg4 17.Rb1 b5 18.f3 (18.Rb2 b4 19.Be2 Qh4–+) 18...Qg5 19.f4 Qg4 20.Be2 Qg6 21.Rc1 0-0 22.Bb2 Bf5 (23.Ba3 Re8–+) 0–1. Bivens – Rudbeck,Joergen, corr ICCF TT–4–90 SF, 1995.

8.Bd3 g6 9.Nc3 (9.Be2 Bg7=+) 9...Bg7 (9...e5 10.Ne4 Qe7 11.Nf6 Qf6 12.f4=) 10.Ne4 d6 11.Nf6 (11.Bc3 Qa3=+) 11...Bf6 12.Bf6 ef6 13.Nf3 Bg4 (13...Nd7 14.0-0=+) 14.Qa1 (14.0-0 0-0=+) 14...0-0 15.Qf6 Nd7 16.Qd4 Bf3 17.gf3 Ra8 18.0-0 (18.Ke2 Ra2 19.Rd1 d5–/+) 18...Ne5 19.Be2 Ra2 20.Rd1 Rc2 The pressure on c4 grows (20...Ra4 21.Rc1=+) 21.Kg2 (21.f4 Nd7= (21...Nc4 22.Ra1 f5 23.Ra8 Kf7 24.Qh8 Rc1 25.Kg2 Ne3 26.fe3 Qe4 27.Bf3+–)) 21...Qc5 (21...h5 22.f4 Nd7 23.f5+=) 22.Qc5 dc5 23.Rb1 Rd2 24.f4 Re2 25.fe5 Rc2 26.Rb7 Rc4 27.f3 Rb4 28.Ra7 Rb8 29.Ra5 Kf8 30.Rc5= Rc8 31.Kg3 Ke7 32.Kg4 h6 33.h4 Kd7 34.h5 Rg8 35.hg6 Rg6 36.Kf5 Kc7 37.Rc2 h5 38.Rh2 Rh6=+ 39.Kg5 Rh7 40.f4 c5 41.f5 h4= 42.e6 Kd6?? 43.Rd2 Ke5 44.Rd7 h3 45.e7 Rg7 46.Kh4 Rg8 47.Kh3 Re8 48.Kg4 f6 49.e4 Ke4 50.Rd6 Rg8 51.Kh5 Kf5 52.Rd8 Rg7 53.Rd5 Ke4 54.e8Q Kd5 55.Qd8 Ke6 56.Qb6 Kd5 57.Qf6 Rg1 58.Qf4 Kc6 59.Qe3 (59...Rd1 60.Qe8 Kc7 61.Kg4+–) 1–0. Wolf – Pfretzschner,Roland, corr DDR–ch, 1978.

8.Be2. Bendig / Gross.

8.Nf3 d6 9.Be2 (9.Bc3 Qb6=+) 9...e5 10.0-0 (10.Bc3 Qb6=+) 10...Be7 11.d4 ed4 (11...e4 12.Bc3 Qb6 13.Nfd2=+) 12.Bd4 Nbd7 13.Nc3 0-0 (13...Nc5 14.Qa1 Nb3 15.Qb2=) 14.Qa1= Bd8 15.Rb1 (15.Bd3 c5 16.Rb1 Qa5 17.Qa5 Ba5 18.Bf6 Nf6=+) 15...Qa5 16.Qb2 (16.Qa5 Ba5 17.Ra1 b6=+) 16...c5 17.Ra1 Qb6 18.Na4 Qb2 19.Bb2 Ne4 (19...d5 20.cd5 Nd5 21.Rd1=+) 20.Ne1 (20.Nc3 f5=+) 20...Nb6 (20...Re8 21.Nf3=+) 21.Nb6= Bb6 22.f3 Ng5 23.e4 (23.Kf2 f5=) 23...Bd7 24.Nc2 Bc6 25.Ne3= f6 26.Bc3 Kf7 27.Bd3 Ne6 28.Nd5 Bc7 29.Bd2 Rb8 30.Kf2 Bd8 31.Nc3 g6 32.Ra2 Nc7 33.Bf4 Be7 34.Ke2 Na6 35.Ra1 Nb4=+ 36.Bb1 Bd7 37.Bd2 f5–/+ 38.Nb5 Be6 39.Bd3?? fe4–+ 40.fe4 Bg4 (41.Ke3 Bg5 42.Kf2 Nd3 43.Kg3 Bd2–+) 0–1. Baranov,Grigory (2290) – Bochkarev,Alexander (2510), Chigorin mem, 1998.

8.Nf3 e6 9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 d5 12.c5 Qa5 13.Ne5?? (better is 13.Bc3 Qa2 14.Nbd2=) 13...Qa1–+ 14.Qb3 (14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Nc3 Qa3–+) 14...Qa5 15.Nc3 Qc7 16.Na4 Nbd7 17.f4 Ne4 18.Ng4 (18.Nf3–+) 18...f5 19.Qc2 (19.Ne5 Nd2 20.Qc3 Nf1 21.Kf1 Ne5 22.de5 Bd7–+) 19...fg4 20.Bg4 Ndf6 21.Bf3 h6 22.Rb1 g5 23.fg5 hg5 24.h3 (24.Nb6 g4 25.Nc8 Qc8–+) 24...Kg7 (better is 24...g4!? 25.Nb6 gf3 26.gf3–+) 25.Nc3 (25.Nb6 e5 26.Nc8 Rc8–+) 25...Nc3 26.Qc3 e5! 27.de5 Nh7 (27...Nd7 28.Bg4 Nc5 29.Rf1–+) 28.Rb4 (28.Bh5 g4! 29.Bg4 Bg4 30.hg4 Ng5–+) 28...Be6 (28...Qa5 29.Rb3 Qc5 30.Qb2–+) 29.Qb2 (29.Ra4 Bh3! 30.Ra7 Be6–+) 29...Rb8 (29...Bc5 30.Rb7 Be3 31.Kh1+=) 30.Qc3 Nf8 31.h4 1–0. brother – amboo, kurnik, 2014.

8.f4 Qa5 A) 9.Bd4 A1) 9...d5 10.Nf3 (10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Be2 e6 13.Nc3 Qf5 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Ne2) 10...e6 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Qa4; A2) 9...b5 10.Nf3 (10.cb5 cb5 11.Qb3 b4 12.Nf3 Bb7 13.Bc4 e6 14.Bf6 gf6 15.0-0) 10...bc4 11.Bc4 d5 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Be2 e6 14.Bf6 gf6 15.0-0; A3) 9...d6 10.Nf3 (10.Bc3 Qb6 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Bf6 Qb1 13.Qb1 Bb1 14.Bb2 e6 15.Be2) 10...Nbd7 11.Bc3 Qf5 12.d4 d5 13.Bd3 Qg4 14.0-0 dc4 15.Bc4; B) 9.Be5 B1) 9...Na6 10.Nf3 (10.Be2 d6 11.Bc3 Qf5 12.Nf3 Ne4 13.0-0 Nc3 14.Nc3 g6 15.d4) 10...d6 11.Bc3 Qd8 12.Be2 d5 13.0-0 dc4 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bb3; B2) 9...d6 10.Bc3 (10.Bf6 ef6 11.Nf3 d5 12.cd5 Qd5 13.Nc3 Qa5 14.Bd3 Be7 15.0-0) 10...Qb6 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Nf3 e6 13.0-0 Be7 14.Qe1 0-0 15.Qh4; C) 9.Bc3 Qd8 10.Nf3 (10.Qc2 d5 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Be2 dc4 13.Bc4 e6 14.0-0 Bd6 15.Be5) 10...d5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nd7 Qd7 13.Bd4 Qg4 14.Qg4 Bg4 15.Bf6.

8.f4 Na6 A) 9.Nf3 A1) 9...d6 10.Bc3 (10.Be2 Nc5 11.0-0 Qa4 12.Qa4 Na4 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Bb2) 10...Qb6 11.Be2 Nc5 12.0-0 Qb3 13.Qb3 Nb3 14.Bf6 ef6 15.Nc3; A2) 9...Nc5 10.Be2 (10.Bc3 Qa4 11.Qa4 Na4 12.Bd4 d6 13.Be2 h5 14.d3 b5 15.cb5) 10...d6 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Nd4 Bb1 13.Bc3 Qb6 14.Qb1 Qb1 15.Rb1; A3) 9...d5 10.Bc3 (10.Bf6 ef6 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nc3 Nc7 13.Bd3 Bc5 14.Qc2 h6 15.0-0) 10...Qd6 11.Be5 Qd8 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Nc3 f6 14.Bd4 e6 15.Nd5; B) 9.Be2 B1) 9...d6 10.Bc3 (10.Nf3 Nc5 11.Bc3 Qa4 12.Qa4 Na4 13.Bd4 Bd7 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3) 10...Qb6 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.0-0 Qb3 13.Qe1 Qc2 14.Bf6 ef6 15.Nd4; B2) 9...d5 10.cd5 (10.Bc3 Qd6 11.Be5 Qd7 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Nc3 Ndb4 14.Bd4 c5 15.Bc5) 10...Nd5 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Nd5 cd5 14.Bc3 Qa4 15.Qa4; C) 9.Bc3 C1) 9...Qc5 10.Nf3 (10.d4 Qa7 11.Bd3 d5 12.Nf3 dc4 13.Bc4 Bf5 14.0-0 e6 15.Nh4) 10...d5 11.d4 Qa7 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.c5 e6 14.Nd2 Nb8 15.Qb3; C2) 9...Qd6 10.Nf3 (10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nf3 Qg6 12.0-0 d6 13.Bd4 c5 14.Bb2 Nf6 15.Qb3) 10...Qe6 11.Be2 d5 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.0-0 Bf5 14.d3 Nc7 15.Qb3; C3) 9...Qb6 10.Nf3 (10.Be2 d5 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.0-0 dc4 13.Bc4 e6 14.Bf6 gf6 15.d4) 10...d6 11.Be2 Nc5 12.0-0 Qb3 13.Qe1 Qc2 14.Bf6 ef6 15.Nd4.

8.f4 d5 9.Bc3 Qb6 (9...Qc5 10.Bd4 (10.d4 Qa7 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Be2 e6 13.0-0 Qa2 14.Nfd2 dc4 15.Bc4) 10...Qa5 11.Nf3 dc4 12.Bc4 e6 13.Qc2 Nbd7 14.0-0 b5 15.Be2) 10.Nf3 (10.Bd4 Qd8 11.Nf3 e6 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Bd3 dc4 14.Bc4 b5 15.Be2; 10.Qc2 Qd8 11.Nf3 e6 12.Be2 dc4 13.Bc4 Nbd7 14.0-0 Bd6 15.Be5) 10...Bf5 11.Bf6 ef6 (worse is 11...Bb1 12.Bd4 c5 13.Bc5 Qc5 14.Qb1+/– e6 15.Qb7) 12.Nc3 Bb4 (12...dc4 13.Bc4 Qb4 14.Qe2–/+ (14.Nd4 Qc4 15.Nf5) 14...b5 15.Bd3) 13.Nd4+= Be4 (13...Bd7 14.cd5 Bc3 15.dc3 cd5 16.Qc2+=) 14.Ne4= de4 15.Qc2 0-0 16.Qe4 Nd7 (16...Rd8 17.Bd3 g6 18.f5+=) 17.Qc2 (17.Bd3 g6 18.Be2 Qa5=) 17...Re8 18.Kf2 Bc5 19.Qd3 (19.Nf5 g6 20.d4 gf5 21.dc5 Qc5+=) 19...Bd4–/+ 20.ed4 Nf8 21.f5 Rd8 22.c5 Qb4 (22...Qc7 23.Qe4+=) 23.Qc3+= Rd4 24.Qb4 Rb4 25.Ke3 Nd7 (25...g6 26.Bd3 Nd7 27.Rc1–/+) 26.d4 b6 27.cb6 Nb6 28.Ba6 Nd5 29.Ke4 Ne7 30.Rc1 Rb2 31.Bf1 g6 32.fg6 fg6 33.h4 (33.h3 Kg7–/+) 33...h5 34.Kd3 Kg7 35.Be2 Nf5 0–1. Ganz,Harry (2250) – Traut,Gerhard (2130), RSS7E pro–52, 2006.

8.f4 d5 9.Bf6 A) 9...gf6 10.cd5 (10.Qc2 dc4 11.Bc4 Rg8 12.Kf2 b5 13.Bd5 Bd7 14.Bf3 f5 15.Ne2) 10...cd5 11.Nc3 e6 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.Bb5 Qd6 15.0-0; B) 9...ef6 10.cd5 Bc5 11.Nc3 Be3 12.dc6 Bf4 13.Nd5 Qd4 14.Nf4 Qf4 15.Qe2.

8.f4 d6 A) 9.Bc3 Qb6 10.Qc2 (10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Nf3 e6 12.Qc2 Be7 13.0-0 Qc7 14.Be2 0-0 15.d4) 10...Nbd7 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.d4 Nce4 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.0-0 e6 15.Nh4; B) 9.Qc2 B1) 9...Na6 10.Bc3 (10.Nf3 Nc5 11.Be2 Nfe4 12.Bd4 Qb3 13.Qb3 Nb3 14.Bb6 Nc1 15.d3) 10...Qb6 11.Be2 g6 12.Bd4 Qa5 13.g4 h6 14.Bc3 Qb6 15.g5; B2) 9...Nbd7 10.Bc3 (10.Nf3 Nc5 11.Be2 Nfe4 12.Bd4 Qb3 13.Qb3 Nb3 14.Bb6 Nc1 15.d3) 10...Qb6 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.d4 Nce4 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.0-0 e6 15.Nh4; B3) 9...Qa5 10.Bc3 (10.Bf6 ef6 11.Nf3 Na6 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Qb2 d5 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Nd5) 10...Qf5 11.Qf5 Bf5 12.Bf6 Bb1 13.Bc3 Nd7 14.Nf3 Nc5 15.d4; C) 9.Bd3 C1) 9...Nbd7 10.Bc3 Qc5 11.Be2 e5 12.d4 ed4 13.Bd4 Qa5 14.Nd2 Ne4 15.Ngf3; C2) 9...Bg4 10.Nf3 (10.Qc2 Na6 11.Be2 Be2 12.Ne2 b5 13.Bf6 gf6 14.cb5 Qb5 15.0-0) 10...Nbd7 11.Bc3 Qc5 12.Qb3 Qa7 13.Bc2 Bf3 14.gf3 e6 15.d4; C3) 9...Na6 10.Bc3 (10.Nf3 Nc5 11.Be2 Bf5 12.0-0 Qb3 13.Qb3 Nb3 14.Bf6 gf6 15.d4) 10...Qb6 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Bc2 Be6 13.d3 d5 14.Nbd2 dc4 15.Nc4; D) 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Bf6 (10.Nc3 e6 11.Be2 d5 12.cd5 ed5 13.0-0 Bc5 14.Na2 Qb6 15.Bf6) 10...ef6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Nd4 Nb6 14.Ne6 fe6 15.e4.

8.f4 e6 A) 9.Nf3 d5 10.Bf6 (10.Bc3 Qe7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.0-0 dc4 13.Bc4 Nc3 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.d4) 10...gf6 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Qc2 Bd6 14.Be2 Qb6 15.0-0; B) 9.Be5 B1) 9...d6 10.Bc3 (10.Bf6 gf6 11.Nf3 d5 12.cd5 cd5 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.Qc2 Bd6 15.Be2) 10...Qb6 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Nf3 d5 13.d4 Qb4 14.Nbd2 c5 15.cd5; B2) 9...Na6 10.Nf3 (10.Be2 d5 11.Bf6 gf6 12.cd5 ed5 13.Nf3 Rg8 14.0-0 Bh3 15.Rf2) 10...Be7 11.Bc3 Qb6 12.Be2 0-0 13.d4 c5 14.0-0 d5 15.Qc2; C) 9.Be2 C1) 9...Be7 10.Bc3 (10.Nf3 d5 11.Bc3 Qb6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Qc2 Na6 14.d4 c5 15.Nbd2) 10...Qb6 11.Nf3 d5 12.0-0 0-0 13.Qc2 Na6 14.d4 c5 15.Nbd2; C2) 9...d5 10.Bc3 (10.Bf6 gf6 11.cd5 ed5 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.0-0 b5 14.Nc3 Bc5 15.Qc1) 10...Qe7 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.d3 dc4 13.dc4 Ng4 14.Qc1 e5 15.h3; D) 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Qc2 (10.Nc3 d5 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.Bb5 Bd6 15.0-0) 10...d6 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Be2 Nb6 13.0-0 d5 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Rc1.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.d4 Nf6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 (10...Na6 11.Nd2=+) 11.e5= Ng8 12.ed6 ed6 13.Nf3 Ngf6 14.0-0 Be7 15.Re1 Qc7 16.Qe2 Nb6?? (better is 16...Nf8+=) 17.Ba5+– 0-0 (17...Be6 18.Ng5 Bd8 19.Bf5+–) 18.Qe7 Qe7 19.Re7 Na4 20.Bc7 Re8 (20...Nb2 21.Bf1 d5 22.c5+–) 21.Bd6 Bg4 (21...Nb2 22.Be2 Re7 23.Be7 Bf5+–) 22.Rb7 Bf3 23.gf3 Nh5 (23...Ra8 24.Bc2 Ne8 25.c5+–) 24.Bc2 Ra8 (24...Nc5 25.dc5 g5 26.Be4+–) 25.Ba4 (25...Nf6 26.Bc6+–) 1–0. market (2170) – rapunsel (1905), GameColony.com, 2002.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.d4 g6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Nbd2 (11.Bd3 c5 12.dc5 Bc3 13.Nc3 Qc5=) 11...Bg4 (11...Nf6 12.Bd3=+) 12.Be2 (12.Bd3 Bf3 13.Nf3 c5=) 12...Bf3 13.Nf3 Nf6 (13...c5 14.Qd3 cd4 15.Nd4=+) 14.Bd3 (14.Qc2 d5 15.e5 Ne4=) 14...0-0 15.0-0 Nbd7 (15...c5 16.d5=) 16.Qa1 (16.e5 Nh5=) 16...Qc7 17.e5 (17.Rb1!?=) 17...de5=+ 18.de5 Nh5 19.g3 (19.Qe1 Nf4 20.Bc2 Ra8=+) 19...f6 20.Re1 (20.Be2 Ne5 21.Ne5 fe5=+) 20...fe5 21.Ng5 (21.Ne5 Qd6 22.Nd7 Qd7=+) 21...Nc5–/+ 22.Be2 Qd7 (22...Nf6 23.Be5 Qd7 24.Qa5=+) 23.Bh5=+ Qf5 24.Be5? (better 24.f4 Nd3 25.Rf1 gh5 26.Nf3–/+) 24...Qf2–+ 25.Kh1 Nd3 26.Bg7 (26.Bg4 Qe1 27.Qe1 Ne1 28.Be6 Kh8 29.Bf4–+) 26...Ne1 27.Bd4 (27.Qe1 Qe1 28.Kg2 Qf1) 27…Qg2 0–1. Sokolov,Boris (2040) – Meribanov,Vitaly (2260), Moscow Open E, 2011.

7.c3 Qb6 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Na3 11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 Nbd7=+) 11...Nbd7 12.Nc2 (12.Nh4 Bg6-/+) 12...e5 13.Nb4 Bb4 (13...Bd6!?-+) 14.cb4-/+ Qb4 15.Be5 Ne5 16.Ne5 0-0 17.d4 Nd7 18.Nd7 Bd7 19.Qb1 (19.Qc2!? Rb8 20.Rb1=) 19...Qb1-/+ 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.f3 Bf5 22.Rb2 Kf8 23.g4 Be6 24.e4 de4 25.fe4 Ke7 26.Bf3 Kd6 27.Kf2 Kc7 28.Ke3 b5 29.d5 cd5 30.ed5 Bd7 31.Kd4 Kd6 32.h4 f6 33.g5 (33.Ra2-/+) 33...Be8 (better 33...Ra8!? 34.gf6 gf6-+) 34.gf6 gf6 35.Bg4? (35.Ra2 Bd7=+) 35...b4 (35...Ra8 36.Bd1 Ra1 37.Rd2-+) 36.Be6 (36.Rf2 Ke7=+) 36...b3 37.Kc3 Bc6! 38.dc6 Ke6 39.Rb3? (better 39.c7 Rc8 40.Rb3 Rc7 41.Kd3-/+) 39...Rb3-+ 40.Kb3 Kd6 41.c7 Kc7 42.h5 (42.Kc4 Kd6 43.Kd4-+) 42...Kd6 43.h6 Ke6 44.Kc3 Kf5 45.Kd2 Kg6 46.Ke2 Kh6 47.Kf2 Kg5 48.Kg2 f5 49.Kh2 f4 50.Kg1 f3 51.Kf2 Kf4 52.Kf1 Kg3 (52...Ke3 53.Kg1 f2 54.Kg2 Ke2 55.Kg3 f1Q 56.Kh2 Qf4 57.Kg2 Qg5 58.Kh2 Kf3 59.Kh3 Qg3) 53.Kg1 ½-½. saraajogadora (1770) - sezwho (2050), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2013.

7.c4 (--> 6.c4 Qb4 7.e3).

7.Nf3 b5 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Bc3 Qc7 10.0-0 Nf6 11.d4 g6 12.Bb2 Bg7 13.Nbd2 0-0 14.c4 bc4 15.Nc4 Ba6 16.Ba3 d6 17.Qb3? (17.Bb4!?+=) 17...Nbd7 (better is 17...d5!?–+) 18.Qc2 c5 19.Rc1 cd4 (19...Ra8!? 20.Bb2 d5–+) 20.Nd4 (worse is 20.ed4 Bh6 21.Ne3 Qc2 22.Rc2 Be2 23.Re2 Ra8–+) 20...Rc8 (20...Ra8 21.Qd1+=) 21.Qa4 Bc4 22.Rc4 Qb7 23.h3 (23.Qb5!? Rc7 24.Qb7 Rb7 25.g3+=) 23...Rc4 24.Qc4 Ne5 25.Qa4 h5 26.Bb5 Nd5 27.Bb2 Nc7 28.Bc3 Nb5 29.Qb5 Qb5 30.Nb5 Nd3 31.Bg7 Kg7 32.Kf1 Kf6 33.Ke2 Nc5 34.e4? (better is 34.Nc3–/+) 34...Ne4–+ 0–1. beciab70 (1630) – roals, kurnik, 2014.

8.Bb2 d5 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Be2 (10.d3!?=+) 10...Qa2-/+ 11.Qc1?? (11.e4 Be4 12.d3 Bf3 13.Bf3 Qb2 14.0-0-+) 11...Qb1-+ 12.Qb1 Bb1 13.0-0 (13.d3 e6-+) 13...Bg6 (13...Bf5 14.Ra1 e6 15.Ra7-+) 14.Ra1 e6 15.c4 (15.Ra7 b5-+) 15...Nf6 (15...dc4 16.Ra8 Bd6 17.Bg7+=) 16.Be5 Na6 17.cd5 cd5 18.Ba6 ba6 19.Ra6 Nd7 20.Bb2 Be7 21.Ra8 Bd8 22.Bg7 Rg8 23.Bb2 d4 24.Nd4 Be4 25.Rc8 Bb7 26.Rc2 Bg2 27.Rc1 Ne5 28.Ba3 Nd3 29.Rc3 Bh3 (30.Kh1 Nf2) 0-1. Meybohm,Dirk - Cuno,T, 1990.

8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Na3 e5 10.Nc4 Qa7 (10...Qc7 11.d4 e4 12.Qb3-/+) 11.Nf3? (better 11.Ne5!? d6 12.Nef3=) 11...d6 (better 11...e4 12.Nd4 d5-+) 12.Ke2?? (better 12.Ba3!? c5 13.Qb3-/+) 12...b5 (better 12...Qa2 13.Ke1 Be6-+) 13.Na3 Be7 14.Qb3 Be6 15.c4 Nbd7 16.Ke1 0-0 17.Be2 (better 17.Ng5 Nc5 18.Qd1-+) 17...Rb8 18.Ng5 (18.Qc2 bc4 19.Ng5 d5 20.Nc4 dc4-+) 18...bc4 19.Qc3 (19.Qc2 d5 20.Nc4 dc4-+) 19...d5 (better 19...Nd5 20.Qc2 Bg5 21.Bc4-+) 20.Ne6 (20.Nc4 dc4 21.Ne6 Rb3 22.Qc4 Rb2-+) 20...fe6 21.f4 (21.Nc4 Qa2 (worse 21...dc4 22.Bc4 Nd5 23.Qc2-+) 22.Bf1 Rb3-+) 21...Rb2! 22.Qb2 Qa3 23.Qa3 Ba3 24.fe5 (24.Kd1 ef4 25.ef4 Nc5-+) 24...Ne5 25.Kf2 (25.Kd1 Ne4 26.Kc2 Bb4-+) 25...Bb4 (better 25...Ne4 26.Kf1-+) 26.Rb1 (26.Rd1 Ne4 27.Ke1 c5-+) 26...Bd2 (26...Ne4!? 27.Kg1 Bd2 28.Rb7-+) 27.Rb8 Kf7 28.Rb7 Kg6 29.h4 (29.Bd1 c3 30.Bc2 Kh6-+) 29...Nfg4 (better 29...c3 30.Bd1 Ne4 31.Ke2 Ng3 32.Kf2 Be1 33.Kg1-+) 30.Kg1 (30.Bg4 Ng4 31.Ke2 Be3 32.h5 Kf6-+) 30...Be3 (better 30...c3!? 31.Bd1 Ne3 32.Ba4-+) 31.Kf1 Nh2 (31...c3 32.Bd1-+) 32.Ke1 Nhg4 (32...d4!? 33.h5 Kf6 34.Rb8-+) 33.h5?? (33.Kf1 c3 34.Bd1-+) 33...Kh5 34.Rg7 h6 35.Re7 Bd4 (35...Nd3!? 36.Kf1 Nf4 37.Rc7-+) 36.Kd2 (36.Re6 c3-+) 36...Kg5 37.Ra7 (37.Bg4 Ng4 38.Re6 Ne3-+) 37...Kf6 (better 37...Ba7 38.Kc1 Ne3-+) 38.Ra8 c5 39.Rf8 Kg7 40.Re8 c3 41.Kc2 (41.Kc1 Kf7 42.Bg4 Ke8 43.Be6 Be3 44.Kc2 d4-+) 41...Ne3 42.Kc1 (42.Kb1 Nc6 43.Kc1 Nb4-+) 42...c2 (better 42...c4 43.Bd1 Nd3 44.Kb1-+) 43.Re6 N3c4 (better 43...Ng2 44.Rb6 Ne3 45.Rb7 Kg6 46.Rb6 Kg5 47.Rb8-+) 44.Bc4 dc4 (44...Nc4!? 45.g3 Ne3 46.Rc6-+) 45.Re7 (45.Kc2 h5-+) 45...Kf6 46.Re8 (46.Re8 Kf7 47.Re5 Be5 48.Kd2-+). FelixMart - wxcnbv2002 (1605), Rated Rapid game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Qb3 g6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Na3 0-0 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.d4 d6 14.Be2 b5 15.Ncd2 Be6 16.Qc2 Nbd7 17.h4 (17.Ng5 Ba2-/+) 17...h5 (17...Bg4 18.e4-/+) 18.Ng5 Nb6?? (better 18...Bf5 19.e4 Ne4 20.Nge4 d5-/+) 19.Ne6+/- fe6 20.f3 (better 20.Qg6!? Qa7 21.g4+/-) 20...Kh7 21.g4 hg4?? (21...Nbd5 22.gh5 A) 22...Ne3?? 23.Qg6 (23.hg6?! Kg8 24.Qb3 d5=) 23...Kg8 24.h6+-; B) 22...Nh5+=) 22.fg4 (22.h5 Rb8 23.fg4 d5 24.Qg6 Kh8+-) 22...Nc4? (22...Na4 23.h5 Nb2 24.Qg6 (24.Qb2?! Bh6+=) 24...Kg8 25.h6+-) 23.h5 (23.Nc4 d5 24.Ne5 Ne4+-) 23...Ne3? (23...Nb2 24.Qg6 Kg8+-) 24.Qg6+- Kg8 25.h6 Ne8 (25...Rf7 26.h7 Nh7 27.Qh7 Kf8+-) 26.hg7 Ng7 27.Bd3 (27.Rh7 Ng2 28.Kd1 Ne3 29.Kc1 Nef5 30.gf5 Rf7 31.Qh6 ef5 32.Rh8) 27...d5 (27...Ng2 28.Kd1 Ne3 29.Kc1 Nef5 30.Qh7 Kf7 31.gf5 ef5 32.Bf5 Ke8 33.Qg7 Rf5 34.Qg6 Rf7 35.Rh8 Kd7 36.Qg4 e6+-) 28.Qh7 (28.Rh8 Kh8 29.Qh7) 28...Kf7 29.Bg6 Kf6 30.g5! Kg5 (30...Kg5 31.Qh6 Mate attack) 31.Rg1 (31.Qh6 Kf6 32.Bh7 Kf7 33.Qg6) 31...Ng4+- 32.Nf3!! Rf3 33.Qg7 (33.Bc1 Kf6 34.Qg8 Kg6 35.Rg4 Kf5 36.Qg7 Qg3 37.Rg3 Rg3 38.Qg3 e5 39.Qe5 Kg6 40.Qe6 Kg7 41.Bh6 Kh7 42.Bf8 Kh8 43.Qe5 Kh7 44.Qg7) 33...Re3 34.Kd1 Qh2 (34...Qf4 35.Be4 Kh4 36.Qh7 Nh6 37.Qe7 Kh3 38.Qg7+-) 35.Rg4! Kg4 36.Bd3 (better 36.Bh5! Kh5 37.Qh7 Kg4 38.Qh2+-) 36...Kf3=+ 37.Qf7 Kg2 (better 37...Kg3 38.Qg6 Kf2=+) 38.Qg6?? (38.Qf1 Kg3 39.Bc1=+) 38...Kh1-+ 39.Qh5?? (better 39.Bf1-+) 39...Qh5 (39...Rd3 40.Kc1 Qh5 41.Kb1 Qd1 42.Ka2 Qc2 43.Ka1 Rd2 44.c4 Qb2) 40.Kc1 Rd3 (40...Re1 41.Kd2 Qd1) 41.Kb1 (41.Ba1 Qe2 42.c4 Rd1) 41...Rd1 (41...Qd1 42.Ka2 Qc2 43.Ka1 Rd2 44.c4 Qb2) 42.Ka2 (42.Kc2 Qe2 43.Kb3 Qc4 44.Kc2 Qa4) 42...Qe2 43.Kb3 Qb2! (43...Qb2 44.Kb2 Rd4 45.cd4 Kg2-+) 0-1. kasperoff (1730) - Joachimknudsen (2080), SuperBlitz Shield Arena, lichess.org, 2019.

8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Nf3 e5-/+.

8.Bd3 b5 =+.

8.Nf3 b5 9.Bd4 =+.

8.Nf3= d6 9.Be2 Bf5 (9...e5 10.d4 e4 11.Nfd2–/+) 10.d3 (10.Nd4 Nh6=) 10...Nf6 (10...e5 11.0-0=+) 11.Nd4= Bg6 12.e4 (12.f4 e5 13.fe5 de5–/+) 12...c5 (12...e5 13.Nf3–/+) 13.Nb3 Nc6 14.0-0 b5 15.N1d2 c4 (better is 15...Nd4=+) 16.Nd4 (better is 16.dc4!? b4 17.Bf6 gf6 18.c5+=) 16...Nd4 (16...cd3 17.Nc6 de2 18.Qe2 Be4 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Bb4–/+) 17.Bd4 cd3 18.Bd3 Qd4 19.Nf3 (19.Bb5 Kd8 20.Bc6 Qc3–+) 19...Qc5 20.Qe2 b4 21.Ra1 e6 22.Ra8 Ke7 23.Nd2 Qb6 24.Ra6 Qb7 25.f3 Nd7 26.Nb3 Nb8 27.Na5 Qc7 28.Ra8 f6 29.Qe3 Nd7 30.Ra7 Qd8 31.Nc6+– Ke8 32.Nd8 Kd8 33.Bb5 Be7?? 34.Ra8 (34…Nb8 35.Rb8 Kc7 36.Qb6#) 1–0. Schmeding,Irene – Herrmann,Robert, Bahn–chS Bernkastel–Kues, 1995.

8.Nf3 e6 9.Be2 (better is 9.Bd4=+) 9...Be7?? (better is 9...d6=+) 10.Bg7+– Bf6 11.Bh8 Bh8 12.0-0 d5 13.d4 Ne7 (13...Nf6 14.Bd3+–) 14.Qd3 Ng6 15.Nbd2 Qa5 (15...b5 16.Rb1+–) 16.Ng5 (16.c4 Nd7+–) 16...Nd7 (16...c5 17.dc5 Qc5 18.Nh7+–) 17.Nh7 Ndf8 (17...e5 18.c4+–) 18.Nf8 Nf8 19.c4 Nd7 (19...Ng6 20.cd5 ed5 21.Nb3+–) 20.Qh7 (20...Nf8 21.Qh8 Qd2 22.Bh5+–) 1–0. Rosner,Dirk (1930) – Hasler,Ueli, CiF, 2006.

8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Nf3 d5 10.Be2 e6 (10...Bg4 11.0-0=+) 11.Bd4 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.d4 Rg8=+) 11...Qc7 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.Nc3 (14.0-0 e5–/+) 14...0-0 15.0-0 (15.d4 Nbd7–/+) 15...e5 16.d4 Bg4?? (better is 16...e4 17.Nd2 b5–/+) 17.de5+= (17…Qc5 18.Na4+=). Reyes,JG – Sikora,M, corr 3GMM–50, 1996.

8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Nf3 d6 10.Bd4 c5 (10...Qc7 11.Bf6 ef6 12.0-0=+) 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Nc3 Bg7 13.Nh4 Qb4 14.f4 c4 15.Nf5 Bf5 (15...Bf8 16.Be4 e6=+) 16.Bf5–/+ e6 17.Bh3 Nc6 (17...f5!? 18.Na2 Qb2–/+) 18.f5= Nd8 19.fe6 (19.Bg4 0-0=+) 19...fe6=+ 20.Qh5 Kf8 21.0-0 Qb2 22.Qa5 (22...Kf7 23.Qc7 Kg6 24.Qc4 Qc2 25.Be6 Ne6 26.Qe6+–) 1–0. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Cossmann, corr SOK–91–71, 1991.

8.d4 d5 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.0-0 e6 12.h3 Bf3 13.Qf3 Bd6 14.g4 h6 15.Nd2 Qd8 16.Nb3 Nh7 17.Qg2 Qh4 18.Na5 (18.f4 0-0=+) 18...Qe7 (18...Ng5 19.Ra1 b6 20.Nb7–/+) 19.f4 c5?? (better is 19...Nf6–/+) 20.dc5+/– Bc5 21.Bg7 Be3 22.Kh1 Rg8 23.Bh6?? (better is 23.Be5 f5 24.Bb8+–) 23...Nf8 24.Qe2 Bb6 25.Bb5 Kd8 26.Bf8 Rf8 (26...Ba5?? 27.Be7 Ke7 28.Qf3+–) 27.Nb3 Nc6 28.Ra1 Qb4 29.Ra8 Ke7 30.Rf8 Kf8 31.f5 ½–½. Larsen,Andreas – Willumsen,Kaj Roger, NNM Tromso, 1999.

8.Be2 d5 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.0-0 Ngf6 11.d3 e6 12.Bd4 Qc7 13.Bc3 Bd6 14.e4 0-0 15.h3 (15.ed5 cd5 16.d4 b6-/+) 15...e5 (15...de4!? 16.de4 Ne4 17.Bb2-+) 16.ed5 cd5 17.Bb2 d4 (17...b5 18.c3-+) 18.Nbd2 (18.c3!? Qb6 19.Qc2 dc3 20.Nc3-/+) 18...Nb6 19.Qa1 (19.Ne4 Ne4 20.de4 Na4-+) 19...Be6 20.c3 dc3 21.Bc3 Nbd5 (21...Ra8!? 22.Qb1-+) 22.Bb2 (22.Be5!? Be5 23.Qe5 (23.Ne5?? Nc3-+) 23...Qe5 24.Ne5=+) 22...Nf4-/+ 23.Ne4?? (better 23.Re1 Bf5 24.Be5 Ne2 25.Re2 Bd3 26.Re1 Be5 27.Ne5-/+) 23...Ne2-+ 24.Kh1 Ne4 25.de4 Nf4 (25...f6 26.Rd1-+) 26.Ne5 (26.Be5 Be5 27.Qe5 Qe5 28.Ne5 f6-+) 26...b5 (26...Qc2!? 27.Qb1 Qe2 28.Qd1 Qe4 29.f3-+) 27.Nf3 Nd3 (better 27...Qd7 28.Ne5 Qe7 29.Nf3-+) 28.Bg7 Ra8! 29.Bh6?? (29.Qa8 Kg7 Combination) 29...Ra1-+ 30.Ra1 Bc8 (30...Nf2!? 31.Kg1 Ne4 32.Be3-+) 31.e5 (31.Be3 Qc6-+) 31...Nf2 32.Kg1 Be5 (better 32...Bc5 33.Kf1-+) 33.Rf1 (33.Rc1 Nh3! 34.Kf1 Qd7 35.Ne5 Qf5 36.Nf3 b4 37.Rc8 Qc8-+) 33...Ne4 (better 33...Nh3 34.Kh1 Bb7 35.Re1 Bf3 36.gf3-+) 34.Re1 (34.Re1 Qc2 35.Bd2-+). Jimito100 (2050) - Anthroposophical (2075), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Be2 Nf6 9.Nf3 d5 10.0-0 e6 (10...Bg4 11.Bf6 ef6 12.d4=+) 11.Bd4 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.d4 c5=+) 11...Qc7 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.d4 0-0 15.c4 dc4 16.Bc4 Nbd7 17.Nc3 b5 18.Bd3 b4 19.Ne4 (19.Na4!?=+) 19...Ne4-/+ 20.Be4 Nf6 (20...Ba6 21.Re1-/+) 21.Bd3 c5 22.dc5 (22.e4 Qb6=+ (22...cd4 23.e5 Qe7 24.ef6 Qf6 25.Qb1+-)) 22...Qc5-/+ 23.Qb1 h6 (23...Bb7 24.Rc1 Qa5 25.Nd4-/+) 24.Rc1 Qb6 (24...Qd6 25.Nd4-/+) 25.Rc3 (better 25.Rc4!?=) 25...Nd5 26.Rc4 (26.Rb3!? Qd6 27.Qb2-/+) 26...Ba6-+ 27.Rd4 (27.Rc1 Bd3 28.Qd3 Nc3-+) 27...Bd3 (27...Nc3 28.Qf1 Bd3 29.Rd3-+) 28.Rd3 Rc8 29.Rb3 (29.h3 Qc7-+) 29...Rc4 (29...Rc3 30.Nd4-+) 30.Nd4 (30.Qf1 Qc5 31.Rb1 Nc3-+) 30...Nc3 (30...Qc7 31.Ne2-+) 31.Qb2 Nd1 (31...Qd6 32.g3-+) 32.Qb1? (32.Qd2 Qc5 33.Ne6 fe6 34.Qd8 (34.Qd1?? Rc1 35.Rb1 Rb1 36.Qb1 b3-+) 34...Kh7 35.Qd3 Qf5 36.Qd1=+) 32...Nc3 (32...Qc5 33.Ne2 Nc3 34.Nc3 Rc3 35.g3 Rc1 36.Kg2 Rb1 37.Rb1 Qd5 38.Kg1-+) 33.Qb2 Nd1 34.Qb1 Nc3?? (better 34...Qc5 35.Ne2 Nc3 36.Nc3 Rc3 37.Rc3 bc3-+) 35.Qb2= ½-½. kimgds (1760) - kurzeme (1720), Rated Bullet game, 2014.

8.Nf3 d6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.0-0 (10.d4 Ngf6=+) 10...Ngf6 11.d4 e6 12.Ba1 Be7 13.Nc3 (13.Nbd2 Qc7=+) 13...d5 14.Ne5 (14.Bd3 Bb4=+) 14...Ne5 15.de5 Nd7 16.f4 (16.Bd3!?-/+) 16...Qe3-+ 17.Kh1 0-0 18.Rf3 (18.Bd3 f6 19.ef6 Nf6-+) 18...Qb6 19.f5 (19.Nb1 Qc7-+) 19...ef5 20.Rf5 Nc5 21.Rf1 Be6 22.Bg4 Ra8 (22...Qc7 23.Be6 fe6 24.Ne2-+) 23.Be6 fe6 24.Bb2?? (24.Qh5 Rf8 25.Rf8 Bf8 26.Qg4-+) 24...Qb2 25.Qf3 (25.Qh5 g6 26.Qh3-+) 25…Rf8 (25...Rf8 26.Nd5 Rf3 27.Ne7 Kf7 28.gf3 Ke7-+) 0-1. hurvajsmanka (1740) - arina1999 (2025), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Nf3 Qd8 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Ba1 e6 12.c4 Nf6 (12...Bf3 13.Bf3 dc4 14.Qc1-/+) 13.cd5 Qd5 (13...ed5 14.d3-/+) 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nc3 Qd8 16.Ne5 Be2 17.Qe2 g6 (17...Bd6!? 18.Ng4 Nbd7=+) 18.d4 (18.Rb1 Qe7+=) 18...Bg7 19.Nf3 0-0 20.Qc2 Nbd7 21.Qb2 Qc7 22.Ne4?? (better 22.Rb1 Rb8 23.Qc1-/+) 22...Ne4-+ 23.Rc1 Nef6 24.Nd2 Nb6 25.Nc4 Nc4 26.Rc4 Nd5 27.Rb4 (27.Ra4 Rb8-+) 27...b6 (better 27...Nb4 28.Qb4 c5 29.Qb1-+) 28.Rb3 c5 29.Qc2 cd4 30.Qc7 Nc7 31.ed4 Nd5 32.Rb1 Rc8 33.g3 Rc4 34.Re1 Bd4 35.Bd4 Rd4 36.Rb1 Rb4 37.Kf1 (37.Rb4 Nb4 38.Kf1-+) 37...Rb1 38.Kg2 Rb2 39.Kf3 b5 40.Kg2 b4 41.g4 b3 42.h4 Rb1 (42...Rd2 43.h5 b2 44.hg6 b1Q 45.gh7 Qh7 46.Kg3 Qh1 47.g5 Rd3 48.f3 Rf3 49.Kg4 Qh3) 43.h5 gh5 44.gh5 Nf6 45.h6 (45.Kf3 b2 46.Kg2 Rd1 47.Kf3 b1Q 48.Kg3 Rg1 49.Kh2 Qf1 50.h6 Qg2) 45...Nh5 (45...b2 46.Kh2 Ra1 47.Kg2 b1Q 48.Kg3 Qg6 49.Kf3 Re1 50.Kf4 Qg4) 46.f3 (46.f4 Nf4 47.Kf3 Rf1 48.Ke3 b2 49.Ke4 b1Q 50.Ke5 Qb4 51.Kf6 Nd3 52.Kg5 Rf5) 46...Nf4 (46...b2 47.f4 Nf4 48.Kf2 e5 49.Kg3 Rh1 50.Kf2 f5 51.Ke3 Rh3 52.Kd2 Rh2 53.Ke3 b1Q 54.Kf3 Qd3) 47.Kg3 (47.Kf2 b2 48.Kg3 Rg1 49.Kf4 b1Q 50.Ke3 Qc2 51.f4 Rg3 52.Kd4 Qc3 53.Ke4 Qe3) 47...Ng6 (47...e5 48.Kg4 Rh1 49.Kf5 Rh5 50.Ke4 b2 51.Ke3 b1Q 52.Kf2 Qc2 53.Ke3 Qe2) 48.Kg4 (48.f4 b2 49.Kf3 Rh1 50.Kg4 b1Q 51.Kf3 Qe1 52.f5 Rh3 53.Kg4 Qg3) 48...b2 (48...Rg1 49.Kh3 b2 50.Kh2 b1Q 51.f4 Qe1 52.Kh3 Qg3) 49.f4 Rf1 50.f5 (50.Kh3 Nf4 51.Kg3 b1Q 52.Kh4 e5 53.Kg3 Qg6 54.Kh4 Rh1) 50...Rf5 (50...b1Q 51.fe6 Qe4 52.Kg3 Qf3 53.Kh2 Rh1) 51.Kg3 (51.Kh3 b1Q 52.Kg2 Qf1 53.Kg3 Rg5 54.Kh2 Qg2) 51...Rh5 (51...b1Q 52.Kg2 Qf1 53.Kg3 Rg5 54.Kh2 Qg2) 52.Kg4 (52.Kf3 b1Q 53.Ke3 Qa2 54.Kd4 Qb3 55.Ke4 Rh4) 52...Rh6 (52...b1Q 53.Kf3 Qd3 54.Kf2 Rh2 55.Kg1 Qg3 56.Kf1 Qf2) 53.Kg5 (53.Kg3 b1Q 54.Kf3 Qb2 55.Kg3 f5 56.Kf3 Rh3) 53...Rh4 54.Kf6 Rh1 (54...b1Q 55.Kg5 Qf5) 55.Kg5 b1Q 56.Kf6 (56.Kg4 Qe4 57.Kg3 Nh4 58.Kf2 Qf3) 56...Nf8 (56...Qf5) 57.Ke7 (57.Ke5 Qb4 58.Kf6 Nd7 59.Kg5 h6) 57...e5 (57...Qb4 58.Ke8 Qb7 59.Kd8 Qd7) 58.Kf6 (58.Kd6 Qb4 59.Kd5 Rd1 60.Ke5 Ng6 61.Kf5 Qf4) 58...e4 (58...Qb4 59.Ke5 Rh5 60.Kf6 Nd7) 59.Ke7 (59.Ke5 Rh5 60.Kf4 Qd3 61.Kg4 Qf3) 59...e3 (59...Qb4 60.Kf6 Qd6 61.Kf5 Rh4 62.Kg5 Qf4) 60.Kf6 (60.Kd6 Qd3 61.Kc5 Rb1 62.Kc6 Rb5 63.Kc7 Qd7) 60...e2 (60...Qe4 61.Kg5 Rg1 62.Kh5 Qh1) 61.Kg5 f5 (61...Qg6 62.Kf4 e1Q 63.Kf3 Qge4) 62.Kf6 (62.Kf4 Qe4 63.Kg5 Rg1 64.Kh5 Qh1) 62...f4 (62...Rh6 63.Kg5 Rg6 64.Kf4 Qe4) 63.Kg5 (63.Ke5 e1Q 64.Kf4 Qbe4 65.Kg5 Q1h4) 63...f3 (63...Qg6 64.Kf4 e1Q 65.Kf3 Rf1) 64.Kg4 (64.Kf4 Rh5 65.Kf3 e1Q 66.Kf4 Qbe4) 64...f2 (64...Qe4 65.Kg5 h6 66.Kf6 Nd7) 65.Kg3 (65.Kf4 Qb4 66.Kg5 Qd4 67.Kf5 Rh5) 65...h6 (65...f1Q 66.Kg4 Qg6) 66.Kg4 (66.Kf3 Qf5 67.Ke2 f1Q 68.Ke3 Q1d3) 66...Rg1 (66...f1Q 67.Kg3 Qg6) 67.Kf4 Ne6 (67...e1R 68.Kf3 f1Q) 68.Ke3 (68.Ke5 Qd3 69.Kf6 f1Q 70.Ke6 e1Q) 68...Rg3 69.Kf2 (69.Ke2 Qe1) 69...Qb2 (69...e1Q) 70.Kg3 e1Q 71.Kg4 (71.Kh3 Qe4 72.Kg3 Qbg2) 71...Qec1 (71...Qe4 72.Kh5 Qh2) 72.Kf5 Qbd2 (72...Qe2 73.Kf6 Qg5) 73.Kg6 (73.Ke6 Qc4 74.Ke5 Qdf4) 73...Qce1 (73...Qg5) 74.Kf6 (74.Kf5 Qg5) 74...Qdf2 (74...Qg5) 75.Ke7 Qeg1 (75...Qd4 76.Ke8 Nf4) 76.Kd6 (76.Ke6 Qg4 77.Kd5 Qfd4 78.Kc6 Qgd7) 76...h5 (76...Qc5 77.Ke6 Qge3 78.Kf6 Qcg5) 77.Kd5 (77.Ke6 Qg4 78.Kd5 Qfd4 79.Kc6 Qgd7) 77...Nf4 (77...Qgg2 78.Ke6 Qc6 79.Ke5 Qff6) 78.Kd6 Ng2 (78...Qc5 79.Kd7 Qgd4 80.Ke8 Qce5) 79.Kd5 (79.Kd7 Qf5 80.Kd8 Qb6 81.Ke7 Qfe6) 79...h4 (79...Qc5 80.Ke6 Qge3 81.Kf6 Qcg5) 80.Ke5 (80.Ke6 Qf7 81.Ke5 Qc5 82.Ke4 Qe3) 80...h3 (80...Qc5 81.Kf6 Qgd4 82.Ke6 Nf4) 81.Ke4 (81.Ke6 Qf7 82.Ke5 Qc5 83.Ke4 Qe3) 81...Qge1 (81...Qd4 82.Kf5 Qb1 83.Kg5 Qh4) 82.Kd5 Qfd2 (82...Qb6 83.Kc4 Qe4 84.Kc3 Qbb4) 83.Kc4 (83.Kc6 Qe6 84.Kb5 Qed5 85.Kb6 Q2a5) 83...Qec1 (83...Qb4 84.Kd5 Qee4) 84.Kb5 Qdb2 85.Ka4 Qcb1 (85...Qca1) 86.Ka5 Q1a1 (86...Qb5) 0-1. Jimito100 (1960) - Zacek (1940), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Be2 Nd7 10.0-0 Ngf6 11.Bd4 Qc7 12.Nc3? e5-+ 13.Ba7 (13.Ne5 Ne5 14.f4 Ned7-+) 13...Bd6 (13...b6 14.Qa1 Bb4 15.d4-+) 14.Qa1 (14.Nh4 b6 15.Nf5 d4 (15...Qa7?! 16.Nd6 Ke7 17.Nf5 Kf8 18.f4=+) 16.ed4 ed4 17.Nd6 Qd6-+) 14...0-0 (14...b6 15.e4 d4 16.Nd1-+) 15.g3 (better 15.h3-+) 15...Bc5 (better 15...Bb4!? 16.e4 de4-+) 16.Bc5 (16.Ne5 Qe5 (16...Ne5?! 17.Bc5 Re8 18.Qa7=) 17.d4 Bd4 18.Bd4 Qe6-/+) 16...Nc5 17.Na4 (17.Ne5 Qe5 18.d4 Qd6 19.dc5 Qc5-/+) 17...Na4-+ 18.Qa4 Bd7 (18...Bg4 19.Ra1-+) 19.Qb4 (19.Qa7 Bg4-+) 19...Re8 (19...c5 20.Qb2 Bg4 21.Kg2-+) 20.c4 (20.d4!? ed4 21.Qd4-/+) 20...c5-+ 21.Qb3 d4 (21...Bg4 22.Kg2 e4 23.Ng1 Be2 24.Ne2 dc4 25.Qc4-+) 22.ed4 (22.d3 Bc6-+) 22...ed4 (better 22...cd4 23.d3 Rb8-+) 23.d3?? (better 23.Re1-+) 23...Re2 24.Ng5 (24.Qd1 Re7 25.Re1-+) 24...Bh3! 25.Rd1?? (25.Nh3 Rd2 Combination) 25...Qc6 (better 25...Bc8 26.Ra1 h6-+) 26.Nh3 Rf2?? (26...Ng4 27.Ra1 h6-+) 27.Kf2 (27.Nf2 b6+-) 27...h5 (27...Ng4 28.Kg1 Qf3 29.Re1+-) 28.Nf4 (better 28.Ra1!? Ng4 29.Kg1 Ne3+-) 28…h4 0-1. Choco2K - vabanque (1650), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Be2 f6 10.0-0 (10.d4 Bf5=+) 10...e5 11.Ba1 Bd6 12.c4 Ne7 13.cd5 (13.d4 ed4 14.Nd4 Qc7=+) 13...cd5-/+ 14.Nc3 Nbc6 15.Na4 (15.d4 e4 16.Nb5 Bb4=+) 15...Qc7 (15...Qa5 16.Nc3-/+) 16.Nc3 0-0 17.h3 Be6 18.Nh2 (18.Nb5!? Qd7 19.Nd6 Qd6 20.d4-/+) 18...e4-+ 19.Ng4 (19.f4-+) 19...f5 20.Nb5 Qd7 (20...Qb8 21.Nd6 fg4 22.Nb5 gh3 23.Bg4 h2 24.Kh1-+) 21.Nd6? (21.Nh2 f4 22.Nd6 Qd6-+) 21...Qd6 (better 21...fg4 22.Nb7 Qb7 23.Bg4 Qd7-+) 22.Ne5?? (better 22.Nh2-+) 22...Ne5 23.f4 (23.Qb1 Rb8-+) 23...Nd3 (better 23...Nc4!? 24.Qb3-+) 24.Bd3 ed3 25.Qb1 (25.Qb3 Nc6-+) 25...Nc6 (25...Qa6 26.Qb2 Rf7 27.Rc1-+) 26.Qb2 (26.Qd3 Rb8-+) 26...d4! 27.ed4 Bd5 28.Re1 (28.Qb5-+) 28...Qg6 29.g4 fg4 30.h4 Qf5 31.Re5 Qf4 32.Rd5 Qf1 (32...Qg3 33.Kh1 Rf1) 33.Kh2 Rf2 34.Kg3 Qg2 0-1. hurvajsmanka (1705) - Merinda_R (1915), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Be2 Nf6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Bd4 Qc7 12.h3 (12.Be5!? Qd8 13.d4=+) 12...Bf3-/+ 13.Bf3 Nbd7 14.Bb2 e6 15.c4 Be7 (15...dc4 16.Qc1-/+) 16.cd5 ed5 17.Nc3 0-0 18.d3 Ra8 19.Qc2 Qa5 20.Ra1 Qd8 21.Ra8 Qa8 22.Qa4 (22.d4!?-/+) 22...Qa4-+ 23.Na4 Nc5 (better 23...b5 24.Nc3 Nc5-+) 24.Nb6?? (better 24.Nc5 Bc5 25.Bf6 gf6 26.d4=) 24...Nd3-+ 25.Bd4 (25.Bf6 Bf6 (worse 25...gf6 26.Bg4-+) 26.Bg4 Bd8-+) 25...Bc5 (25...Ne4 26.Be4 de4 27.Kf1-+) 26.Be2? (26.Bf6 Bb6 27.Ba1-+) 26...Bd4 27.ed4 Nf4 28.Bd1 Ne6 29.Kh2 (29.Kf1 Nd4 30.Ke1 Kf8-+) 29...Nd4 30.g3 h6 31.Na4 (31.Kg2 Kf8-+) 31...b5 32.Nc5 Kf8 33.Nb7 (33.Kg2 Ne4 34.Ne4 de4-+) 33...Ne6 (33...Ne4!? 34.Na5-+) 34.Na5 Nd8 (34...c5 35.Nc6-+) 35.Bc2 (35.Nb3 b4-+) 35...Ke7 36.Bf5 (36.Nb3 Kd6-+) 36...Kd6 37.Nb3 (37.Bd3 Kc5 38.Nb3 Kb4-+) 37...c5 38.Nc1 b4 39.Nd3 (39.Kg2 c4-+) 39...c4 (better 39...g6 40.Nb4 cb4-+) 40.Ne5 (40.Nb4 Kc5 41.Na6 Kb5 42.Nb8-+) 40...Kc5 (better 40...Ke5 41.Bc2 b3 42.Bd1-+) 41.f4 b3 42.Nf7 (42.Bb1 Kd4-+) 42...b2 (better 42...Nf7 43.g4 Ne4 44.g5-+) 43.Nd8 b1Q (better 43...Ne4 44.Ne6 Kb6 45.Be4 de4-+) 44.h4?? (better 44.Bb1 c3 45.Kg2+/-) 44...Qe1 (44...Qf5 45.Kg2 Qe4 46.Kf1 Qd3 47.Kg1 Qg3 48.Kf1 Ne4 49.Nb7 Kb6 50.Ke2 Qf2 51.Kd1 Qd2) 45.Kh3 Qe2 (45...Qh1) 46.g4 Qe3 (46...Qe3 47.Kg2 Ne4 48.Be4 Qe4 49.Kf2 c3 50.Nb7 Kb4 51.Nd6 Qf4 52.Ke2 c2 53.Kd3 c1Q 54.h5 Qfe3) 0-1. hurvajsmanka (1620) - fremd (1980), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Be5 Nd7 10.Bd4 (10.Bf4!?+=) 10...Qc7–/+ 11.Be2 (11.Bb2 e5–/+) 11...e5 12.Bc3 (12.Bb2 Ngf6–/+) 12...Ngf6 (12...Bd6 13.Bb2–+) 13.0-0 Bd6 (13...b5–/+) 14.Ng5 (14.Nh4!?–/+) 14...0-0 (14...h6 15.Nh3–+) 15.d3 (15.Kh1 b5–+) 15...h6 16.Nf3 (16.Nh3 Nc5–+) 16...e4 17.de4 (17.Nd4 Bh2 18.Kh1 Be5–+) 17...de4 (17...Ne4?! 18.Bd4–+) 18.Nd4 Bh2 19.Kh1 Be5 20.Nf5 (20.Nd2 Rd8–+) 20...Bc3 (20...Nd5 21.Be5 Ne5 22.Nd4–+) 21.Nc3 Ne5 (21...Rd8 22.Qd6 Qa5 23.Ne7 Kh7 24.Nc8–+) 22.Qd6 Qd6 23.Nd6 Rd8 24.Rd1 Nd5 25.Nd5+= cd5 26.Rd5 Be6 27.Rd4 f5 28.Nf5= Rd4 29.Nd4 Bd5 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Kg3 Kf6 32.Nb5 g5 33.Nc3 Bc6 34.Bb5 Kf5 35.Bc6 bc6 36.Ne2 c5 37.Kh3 h5?? 38.Ng3+/– Kg6 39.Ne4 Ng4 40.Kg3+– c4 41.Nd6 Ne5 42.f4 h4 43.Kh3 gf4 44.ef4 Nd3 45.f5 Kg5 46.cd3 c3?? 47.Ne4 Kf5 48.Nc3 1–0. Wall,Bill – Shoshin, chess.com, 2008.

9.Bc4 d5 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 Ne4 14.Ng6 hg6 15.d3 Nc3 16.Nc3 e6 17.Qf3 Nd7 18.0-0 Ne5 19.Qg3 Bd6 20.Qg2 Qc7 21.e4 Ng4 22.Ne2 Bh2 23.Kh1 Be5 24.Ng3 f5 25.ef5 gf5 26.c4 f4 27.Ne2 f3 28.Qg4 Qb6 29.Bd1 Bf6 30.Qg6 Ke7 31.Nf4 e5 32.Nh5 Qd4 33.Nf6 Rh3 34.Kg1 gf6 35.Qg7 Ke6 36.Qg8 Kd6 37.Qf8 Kc7 38.Qe7 Kb6 39.Qb4 Kc7 40.Qe7 Kb6 41.Qd8 Ka6 42.Qa8 Kb6 43.Qd8 Ka6 44.Qa8 Kb6 45.Qd8 Ka6 46.Qa8 Kb6 ½–½. ronnieg (2595) – JHW (2755), fics, 2001.

9.d4 d5 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Ba1 e6 13.c4 Bb4 14.Qb3 (14.cd5!?) 14...Bf3 15.gf3 dc4 16.Bc4 Nd6 17.Na3 Qa5 18.Nc2 Nc4 19.Qc4 Bd6 20.f4?! (20.Qe6) 20...Qh5 21.f3 g5! 0–1. Moeller Nielsen – Hjortstam, email 4AMM–03 1997.

9.Bd4 Qc7 10.Be2 d5?? (10...d6 11.Bf6 gf6 12.c4=+) 11.0-0?? (better 11.Be5 Qd8 12.Bb8+-) 11...Nbd7 12.c4 (12.Bf6!? Nf6 13.d4-/+) 12...e5-+ 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.cd5 cd5 (14...e4 15.dc6 bc6 16.Nd4 Bh2 17.Kh1-/+) 15.Nc3=+ 0-0 16.Qc2? (16.Nb5 Qb6=+) 16...b6 (16...e4!? 17.Nd4 Bh2 18.Kh1 Be5-+) 17.Rc1 Bb7 (17...e4 18.Nd4-/+) 18.Nb5 Qc2 19.Rc2 Bb8 20.Ba3 (20.d4 e4 21.Ne5 Rc8 22.Rc8 Bc8=+) 20...Rc8 21.Rc8 Bc8 22.Nd6 e4?? (better 22...Bd6 23.Bd6 e4-/+) 23.Nc8+/- ef3 24.Bf3 h6 (24...d4+/-) 25.Nd6 (better 25.d4+-) 25...Bd6 26.Bd6 Nc5 27.Bc5 (27.d4 Nb3=) 27...bc5 28.d3 Kf8 (28...g5 29.Be2=) 29.Kf1 Ke7 30.Ke2 Kd6 31.Kd2 Nd7 32.e4 d4 33.Be2 Ke5 34.f4? (34.Bd1 f5 35.ef5 Kf5=+) 34...Kd6 (better 34...Kf4 35.g3 Ke5-+) 35.g3 f5 (35...Nb6 36.Kc2=) 36.Bf3 (36.ef5!? Nb6 37.Bf3+=) 36...fe4=+ 37.Be4 Nb6 (37...Nf6 38.Bg6=) 38.Ke2 c4 39.Kd2 (better 39.dc4 Kc5 40.Kd3=) 39...c3-/+ 40.Kc2 Kc5 41.f5 (41.h4!?-/+) 41…Na4 0-1. hurvajsmanka (1650) - fremd (1935), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Be2 Nd5 10.0-0= Nc3 11.Nc3 g6 (11...d5 12.Qa1=) 12.d4 (12.Qa1!? Rg8 13.Qa4+=) 12...Bg7=+ 13.Ne4 (13.Qa1 0-0=+) 13...0-0 14.c4 d5 15.c5 (15.cd5 cd5 16.Nc3 Rd8=+) 15...Qc7 16.Ng3 e5 17.de5 (17.Ne5 Be5 18.de5 Qe5-/+) 17...Be5 (17...Nd7!?-/+) 18.Ne5=+ Qe5 19.Qb3 Be6 (19...Nd7!? 20.Rc1 d4-/+) 20.Qb7= Nd7 21.Qc6 Nc5?? (better 21...Qc3=) 22.Qc5+- Rc8 23.Qd4 Qd4 24.ed4 Bf5 (24...Kg7+-) 25.Nf5 Rc2 (25...gf5 26.Ra1 Rc2+-) 26.Ne7 (26.Ne7 Kf8 27.Re1+-) 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (1905) - LarsenB (1875), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

9.Be2 e6 10.0-0 d5 11.Nd4 Ne4 12.Ba1 Be7 13.d3 Nd6 14.Nc3 (14.Nb3 0-0-/+) 14...Nd7 15.Qd2 0-0 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Nf3 e5 18.Na4 f5 (better 18...b5 19.Nc3 Rd8-/+) 19.Ne5= 1-0. hurvajsmanka (1710) - jsb (1745), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Bf6 ef6 10.Nd4 (10.d4 d5=+) 10...c5 (10...d5 11.c4-/+) 11.Nf5 (11.Nb5!?=+) 11...d5-/+ 12.Ng3 Bd6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Nb5 Be7 15.Nh5 (15.Qf3 c4 16.Nc3 Nc6-/+) 15...0-0 16.Qf3 Nc6 17.Qg3 (17.Be2 Nb4 18.Qg3 g6-+) 17...g6 18.Nf4 (better 18.Be2-+) 18...Bd7?? (better 18...Ra8 19.f3 Ra1 20.Kf2 Qa5-+) 19.Nd5+= Qd8 20.Ne7 Qe7 21.Nd6 (21.Qd6 Ra8 22.Qe7 Ne7=) 21...Be6 22.Qf3?? (better 22.Bb5=+) 22...Qd6-+ 23.Qf6 (23.Bb5 Nb4 24.0-0 Nc2 25.Qf6 Qd2-+) 23...Ra8 (23...Nb4!? 24.Qc3 Ra8 25.Bd3-+) 24.Be2 Ne5 25.0-0 Nd7 (25...Qd2 26.Qe5 Qe2 27.Qc7-+) 26.Qg5 (26.Qc3-+) 26...Qd2 27.Bf3 (27.Bd3 Ra2-+) 27...Qc2 (27...Bc4 28.Rd1 Qc2 29.Qe7-+) 28.Bb7 Ra2 29.Qd8 (29.Qh4 Qa4 30.Qd8 Kg7-+) 29...Nf8 (29...Kg7 30.Qh4 Bc4 31.Be4-+) 30.Qf6 (30.Qd1-+) 30...Nd7 31.Qd8 Kg7 32.Bc6 (32.Qh4 Bc4 33.Be4 Qc3-+) 32...Ne5 (better 32...Bc4 33.h3 Bf1 34.Qh4-+) 33.Bb5 Qe4 (33...Qb2 34.Qd6 Nc4 35.Qc5-+) 34.Qd1 (34.Qg5-+) 34...Bd5 35.f3 Qe3 36.Kh1 Qd2 (36...Qg5 37.Be2 Rd2 38.Qc1-+) 37.Qd2 Rd2 38.Re1 (38.Kg1 c4-+) 38...Nd3 (better 38...c4!? 39.Kg1 c3 40.Ba4-+) 39.Bd3 Rd3 40.h3 (40.Kg1-+) 40...c4 41.Re5 (41.Re8 Be6 42.Re7 Rd7 43.Rd7 Bd7-+) 41…c3 (41...c3 42.Re7 Rd1 43.Kh2 c2-+) 0-1. FelixMart - LewAlcindor (1965), Casual Rapid game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.d3 Qg6 9.Nf3 =+.

8.Nf3 =.

8.Nce2 Qa3 9.Ng3 d6 10.f4 Na6 11.N1e2 Nb4 12.Bc3 Nf6 13.Nd4 Nbd5 14.Ba1 Qc5 15.Qb1 Nc7 16.Nf3 Nfd5 17.Bd3 Qb4 18.0-0 =+.

8.Nce2 d5 9.Ng3 Nf6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Qd6 12.0-0 e5 13.d3 Qc7 14.c4 bc4 15.dc4 Bd6 16.cd5 cd5 17.Qb1 0-0 18.Rc1 =+.

8.Nce2 d6 9.f4 Nf6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Bc3 Qa4 12.Bd4 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Nd5 14.Ned4 Ne3 15.de3 Qb4 16.Qd2 Qb2 17.Qa5 f6 18.Qa8 –/+.

8.Nce2 Nf6 9.Bd4 d6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Nf3 e6 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Qa1 0-0 14.Qa8 e5 15.fe5 de5 16.Ne5 Ne5 17.Be5 Ng4 18.Bf4 –/+.

8.e4 d6 9.d4 Nf6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Nf3 e5 12.de5 de5 13.0-0 Be7 14.Ne2 Qc5 15.Ng3 g6 16.Qb1 0-0 17.Qb3 h6 18.Qc3 =+.

8.e4 e5 9.Nf3 d6 10.d3 Nf6 11.Be2 d5 12.0-0 d4 13.Nb1 Qa4 14.Bb2 Bd6 15.Qc1 0-0 16.c3 c5 17.cd4 cd4 18.Ne5 –/+.

8.e4 Nf6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nf3 d5 11.ed6 ed6 12.Be2 Nf6 13.0-0 Be7 14.Re1 d5 15.Nb1 Be6 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Bc3 Qd6 18.Nf3 –/+.

8.Nf3 d5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Nb1 Nbd7 11.Bf6 Nf6 12.0-0 e6 13.Ne5 Qd6 14.d4 Qc7 15.Bd3 Bd6 16.f4 0-0 17.Qf3 Bb7 18.Nd2 –/+.

8.Nf3 d6 9.d4 Nf6 10.Bd3 e6 11.0-0 Be7 12.e4 0-0 13.Qd2 Qa3 14.Rb1 Nbd7 15.Bb2 Qa7 16.Ra1 Qc7 17.Ba3 Qb7 18.Rb1 =+.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be2 d6 10.Na2 Qa5 11.Bf6 ef6 12.Nc1 Be7 13.Nd4 0-0 14.Bg4 Bb7 15.0-0 Qc7 16.Nf5 Re8 17.Qf3 g6 18.Ne7 =+.

8.f4 d5 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Be2 e6 11.Na2 Qa4 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Nc3 Qa5 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Nd4 b4 16.Bh5 Qb6 17.Na4 Qa6 18.Nb2 –/+.

8.f4 d6 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.0-0 e6 12.Na2 Qa5 13.Bf6 gf6 14.Nc3 d5 15.Nd4 Be2 16.Nce2 Bd6 17.Ng3 c5 18.Nb3 =+.

8.f4 e6 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Na2 Qa5 11.Nc3 d5 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.0-0 0-0 14.Qe1 Nbd7 15.Ne2 Ne4 16.Be5 Be7 17.Be4 de4 18.Nfd4 –/+.

8.f4 Nf6 9.Nf3 d5 10.Ne5 Qd6 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.Ndf3 Ne4 14.Nd7 Qd7 15.Be2 e6 16.0-0 f6 17.Nd4 Bb4 18.c3 –/+.

8.Nb1 Na6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Bf3 11.Bf3 Qd6 12.0-0 Nf6 13.Be2 e5 14.d4 e4 15.c4 dc4 16.Bc4 Qc7 17.Nd2 b5 18.Bb3 =+.

8.Nb1 b5 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Bc3 Qd6 11.d4 Ngf6 12.Bd3 Ne4 13.Ba5 f5 14.c3 e5 15.Bb4 Qg6 16.0-0 Bb4 17.cb4 ed4 18.ed4 –/+.

8.Nb1 Qd6 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.d4 Ngf6 11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.0-0 e6 15.Nbd2 Nfd5 16.Ne4 Qa3 17.Be2 Bb4 18.Nc5 =+.

8.Nb1 Nd7 9.Nf3 Ngf6 10.Be2 Qd6 11.d4 b5 12.Nbd2 e6 13.Bd3 Be7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Qe2 Ba6 16.Bc3 Ra8 17.Ra1 Bb7 18.Ra8 –/+.

8.Nb1 Bf5 9.Nf3 Qa4 10.Nd4 Qa1 11.Nf5 e6 12.Nd4 Nf6 13.Bd3 e5 14.Nb3 Qb2 15.Bf5 Bb4 16.c3 Bd6 17.d4 g6 18.Bd3 –/+.

8.Nb1 f6 9.f4 Bf5 10.Nf3 Nh6 11.Bc3 Qd6 12.Be2 e6 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.0-0 Be7 15.Bb2 b5 16.Bg4 Bf7 17.d3 b4 18.c3 –/+.

8.Nb1 Nf6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Bc3 Qd6 11.d4 Ne4 12.Ba1 Ndf6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Nbd2 e6 15.Qc1 Qc7 16.Ne5 Bf5 17.0-0 Bd6 18.Nb3 –/+.

8.Nb1 Bg4 9.Ne2 b5 10.f3 Bc8 11.f4 Nf6 12.Bc3 Qa4 13.Bd4 Bf5 14.d3 Nbd7 15.Ng3 e6 16.Be2 Bc5 17.Bc5 Nc5 18.Nh5 –/+.

8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Na2 Qh4 10.Nf3 Qh5 11.0-0 (11.Bd4 b5-/+) 11...g6 (11...Bg4 12.Qb1 b5 13.Ne5-/+) 12.Be2=+ Qf5 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Nc3 (14.Nf3 Bg7=+) 14...Bg7-/+ 15.Bb2 0-0 16.Nf3 Na6 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.Nf3 Nc5 (18...b5 19.Nb1-/+) 19.Qa1 (19.Ba3 Nfe4 20.Na4+/-) 19...Nce4 (19...Bg4 20.Ba3 Nfd7 21.d4=+) 20.Ba3 (20.d3 Nc3 21.Bc3 Qe6-/+) 20...Qe6 (20...c5 21.Nb5 Qb6 22.d4-/+) 21.d3 Nc3 22.Qc3 Ne4 23.Qe1 Nd6 24.e4 (better 24.Bc5!?-/+) 24...de4-+ 25.de4 Qe4 26.Qd1 (26.Bd3 Qe6-+) 26...Nc4 (26...Rd8!? 27.Re1-+) 27.Bd3 Qd5 28.Bc1 (28.Bc4 Qc4 29.Be7 Re8-+) 28...Bf5 (28...Bg4 29.Be2-+) 29.Qe2 Bd3 30.cd3 Ne5 31.Rd1? (31.Ne5 Qe5 32.Be3-+) 31...Nf3 32.Qf3 Qf3 33.gf3 Rd8 34.d4 (34.Be3 e5-+) 34...Rd4 35.Rd4 (35.Re1 e6-+) 35...Bd4 36.Be3 (36.Bg5-+) 36...Be3 37.fe3 b5 38.Kf2 b4 (38...c5 39.e4-+) 39.Ke1 (39.Ke2 c5 40.Kd3 e5-+) 39...c5 40.Kd2 c4 41.Kc2 e5 42.Kd2 f5 43.Kc2 g5 44.Kd2 h5 Black plans g4 45.Kc2 g4 46.fg4 fg4 47.Kd2 h4 48.Kc2 g3 49.Kb2 gh2 50.Kc2 (50.e4 h1Q 51.Kc2 Qg2 52.Kd1 h3 53.Kc1 h2 54.Kd1 h1Q) 50…h1Q (50...h1Q 51.e4 Qh2 52.Kd1 b3 53.Ke1 b2 54.Kd1 b1Q) 0-1. EvgeniyR (1690) - Szmitek (2080), Hourly Bullet Arena, lichess.org, 2018.

8.Be2 Nf6 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.0-0 e6 11.d3 Bd6 12.Nh4?? (12.e4 de4 13.de4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Bg7 Rg8–/+) 12...Bg6 (better is 12...Qh4 13.f4 Bc5–+) 13.Ng6 hg6 14.g3 Nbd7 15.Qb1 Qb1 16.Rb1 b5 17.Nd1 Ke7 18.c4 Ra8 (better is 18...Rb8–+) 19.cb5=+ cb5 20.d4? (better is 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Rb5=+) 20...b4–+ 21.Bb5 Ne4 22.Bc6 Ra2 23.Bb2 Nb6 24.f3 (24.Ra1 b3–+) 24...Ng5 25.Nf2 (25.f4 Ne4 26.Ra1–+) 25...Nc4 (25...Nf3 26.Kg2 Nd2 27.Ra1 Rb2 28.Ra7 Kf8 29.Nd3–+) 26.e4 (26.Nd1 Nf3 27.Kg2 Ne1 28.Kh3 Nd3–+) 26...Nf3 27.Kg2 Nfd2 (better is 27...Rb2 28.Rb2 Nd4 29.e5 Nb2 30.ed6 Kd6 31.Bb7–+) 28.e5 (28.Ra1 Rb2 29.Ra7 Kf6 30.e5 Be5 31.Ng4 Kf5 32.Ne5 Ne5 33.de5 Nc4 34.Kf1 Ne5 35.Be8–+) 28...Nb1 29.ed6 Kd6 30.Bb5 (30.Be8 Nb2 31.Kh3 Ra7–+) 30…Rb2 (31.Be8 Nc3–+) 0–1. b4_player (1915) – stefanj (1975), GameColony.com, 2002.

8.Nce2 Qd6 9.f4 Nd7 10.Nf3 f6 11.Bc3 e6 12.Ng3 Nh6 13.Bd3 Be7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Nd4 Nc5 16.Bb4 Qc7 17.Bc5 Bc5 18.Qh5 –/+.

8.Nce2 Nd7 9.f4 b5 10.Nf3 e6 11.Ned4 Qd6 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Be2 Ne7 14.Nb3 Nb3 15.cb3 Bd7 16.Be5 Qa3 17.Qc2 f6 18.Bb2 =+.

8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Ne2 Qd6 10.d4 Ngf6 11.Nf4 e6 12.Bd3 Be7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Ne5 b5 15.Nh5 Ne8 16.Nf4 Qc7 17.Qf3 Nef6 18.Nh5 –/+.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 Nd7 12.Bc3 Qd6 13.d4 b5 14.Nf4 e5 15.de5 Ne5 16.Be2 Qf6 17.Bd4 Bd6 18.Nd5 =+.

8.f4 b5 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Ne2 Ne4 11.Be5 Nd7 12.Ned4 Bb7 13.c3 Qa4 14.Qb1 e6 15.Bd3 Qa5 16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Nbd4 f6 18.Ne6 –+.

8.f4 b6 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.Ne5 Be2 12.Ne2 e6 13.Bd4 Be7 14.Nd3 Qb5 15.f5 c5 16.Bf6 Bf6 17.fe6 fe6 18.Nef4 =+.

8.f4 Qc5 9.Nce2 Nf6 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.Ned4 Be4 12.Ne5 Nfd7 13.Nd7 Nd7 14.d3 Bg6 15.f5 Bh5 16.Be2 Be2 17.Qe2 Qb4 18.Kf2 –/+.

8.f4 Nd7 9.Nf3 Ngf6 10.Be2 e6 11.0-0 b5 12.Nb1 Qa5 13.Bc3 b4 14.Bb2 Qa2 15.Bf6 Nf6 16.c3 Ne4 17.Ne5 bc3 18.Nc3 –/+.

8.f4 e6 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Ne2 Ngf6 11.Bc3 Qd6 12.Ng3 b5 13.Be2 Be7 14.Be5 Qa3 15.Bd4 Qa4 16.0-0 c5 17.Bf6 Nf6 18.Ne5 –/+.

8.f4 Bf5 9.Nf3 e6 10.Nh4 Be4 11.Ne4 de4 12.f5 Be7 13.Bg7 Bh4 14.g3 Bf6 15.Bh8 Bh8 16.fe6 Nf6 17.ef7 Kf7 18.Bg2 =+.

8.f4 Nf6 9.Nf3 b5 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.Bc3 Qd6 12.Be5 Qd8 13.Ned4 Nfd7 14.Be2 e6 15.0-0 b4 16.Bb8 Bf3 17.Nf3 Qb8 18.Qa1 =+.

8.Na2 Qa3 9.Qb1 e5 10.d4 e4 11.Ne2 d5 12.Bb2 Qa4 13.Ng3 b5 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Bc3 h5 16.Bb4 h4 17.Nf1 h3 18.Rg1 –+.

8.Na2 Qa5 9.Bc4 e5 10.Nf3 e4 11.Nd4 Qg5 12.Bf1 Nf6 13.f4 Qh6 14.Nc3 b5 15.Be2 Be7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Bb2 b4 18.Na4 –+.

8.Na2 Qb6 9.f4 Bf5 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Bd4 Qa5 12.Nc1 Nbd7 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.h3 Qh5 15.Rg1 Bf3 16.Qf3 e5 17.Qh5 Nh5 18.Bb2 –/+.

8.Na2 Qg4 9.Ne2 b5 10.Nac1 e5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nb3 Ngf6 13.Na5 c5 14.de5 de5 15.Nc6 Qe6 16.Na7 Ba6 17.Nc3 b4 18.Ba6 –/+.

8.Nce2 b5 9.f4 Nf6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Bc3 Qa4 12.Bd4 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Nd5 14.Ned4 Ne3 15.de3 Qb4 16.Qd2 Qb2 17.Qa5 f6 18.Qa8 –/+.

8.Nce2 e5 9.f4 e4 10.Bd4 d5 11.Ng3 c5 12.Bc3 Qb6 13.d3 ed3 14.Qd3 Ne7 15.Nf3 h5 16.Nh4 Nbc6 17.Be2 d4 18.ed4 –/+.

8.Nce2 Nf6 9.f4 b5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Bd4 Nbd7 12.Qa1 Qa4 13.Qb2 b4 14.Ng3 c5 15.Bf6 Nf6 16.Be2 g6 17.0-0 Bg7 18.Ra1 –/+.

8.Nf3 e5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.0-0 Be7 11.h3 0-0 12.Qb1 Qb1 13.Rb1 b5 14.d4 e4 15.Nh2 d5 16.f4 ef3! 17.Bf3 (17.Bf3 Bf5 Combination; 17.gf3 Bh3 Deflection; 17.Nf3 Bf5 Combination) 17...Bf5 18.Rb2 Bd6 19.Ra2 Nbd7 20.Kf2?? (20.g4 Bg6–/+) 20...Nb6 (20...Bh2 21.g4 Bg6 22.g5 Ne4 23.Ne4 de4 24.Be2–+) 21.Ke2?? (21.Ng4 Nfd7–/+) 21...Ra8 (better is 21...Bh2 22.g4 Bg6–+) 22.Ra8 Na8 23.Kd2?? (23.Ng4 Bc2 24.Nf6 gf6 25.e4–+) 23...Nb6 (23...Bh2!? 24.g4 Bg6 25.g5 Ne4 26.Ne4 de4 27.Bg4–+) 24.e4 (24.Nf1–+) 24...Ne4 (24...Bh2?! 25.ef5 b4 26.Na2 Nc4 27.Kd3–/+) 25.Ne4 de4 (25...Be4?! 26.Be4 de4 27.Ng4–+; worse is 25...Bh2 26.Nf2–+) 26.Bg4 Bg6 (26...Bh2?! 27.Bf5 Bf4 28.Ke2–+) 27.Kc3 (27.Nf1–+) 27...Bh2 28.Bb2 Bg1 (better is 28...f5 29.Be2 Na4 30.Kb3 Bf7 31.c4 Nb2 32.Kb2 Bc4 33.Bd1–+) 29.Kd2 (29.Kb4 e3 30.Bc1 Be4–+) 29...Nc4 30.Kc1 Be3 31.Kb1 Nb2 32.Kb2 Bd4 33.c3 (33.Kb3 f5 34.Be2 Bf7 35.c4 Be5–+) 33...Be5 34.Kb3 f5 35.Be2 Bf7 36.Kc2 Bc4 37.Bd1 Bf1 (better is 37...e3!? 38.h4–+) 38.c4 Bc4 39.g4 f4 40.Kd2 e3 41.Ke1 Bd5 42.Be2 f3 43.Bd3 e2 44.h4 Bg3 45.Kd2 e1Q 46.Kc2 Be4 47.Be4 Qe4 48.Kc3 c5 0–1. ventil (1660) – sergiulpt (1930), kurnik, 2014.

8.f4 b5 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Be2 e6 11.Na2 Qa3 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Nc3 d5 14.Nb1 Qe7 15.0-0 e5 16.Kh1 e4 17.Nd4 Rg8 18.Qe1 –/+.

8.f4 Nd7 9.Nce2 e5 10.Bc3 Qb6 11.Qa1 f6 12.Nf3 Ne7 13.e4 Nc5 14.d3 Qd8 15.Bd2 b5 16.Be3 ef4 17.Nf4 f5 18.e5 –/+.

8.f4 e5 9.Nce2 e4 10.Bc3 Qa4 11.Ng3 Ne7 12.N1e2 Nd5 13.Ba1 Nb4 14.Nd4 d5 15.Be2 Bd7 16.Bc3 c5 17.Nb3 c4 18.Na1 –/+.

8.f4 Nf6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 b5 11.Bd4 e6 12.Bc3 Qa3 13.Ned4 Bb7 14.Qb1 Qa4 15.Be2 b4 16.Qa1 Qa1 17.Ba1 c5 18.Nb5 –/+.

8.Nce2 d6 9.f4 e4 10.Bc3 Qa4 11.Ng3 Ne7 12.N1e2 Nd5 13.Ba1 Nb4 14.Nd4 d5 15.Be2 Bd7 16.Bc3 c5 17.Nb3 c4 18.Na1 –/+.

8.Nce2 e4 9.Bc3 Qc5 10.Bd4 Qg5 11.Nf4 d5 12.Ngh3 Qh4 13.c4 dc4 14.Bc4 b5 15.Qb1 Bh3 16.Nh3 Nd7 17.Be2 c5 18.Bb5 =.

8.Nce2 Qe7 9.d4 e4 10.d5 Nf6 11.c4 cd5 12.cd5 Qa3 13.Bf6 gf6 14.f3 Qe3 15.Qd4 Qd4 16.Nd4 Bc5 17.Nb3 Bb4 18.Kf2 –/+.

8.Nce2 f6 9.Nf3 d5 10.Bc3 Qa4 11.Ng3 Bd6 12.d4 Bg4 13.Qd3 Na6 14.de5 Nb4 15.Qd1 fe5 16.Be2 Bf3 17.Bf3 Nh6 18.0-0 –/+.

8.Nf3 d6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Ng5 b5 11.0-0 h6 12.Nf3 Be7 13.d3 Nbd7 14.e4 Qa5 15.Qb1 0-0 16.Rd1 Nc5 17.d4 ed4 18.Nd4 –/+.

8.Nf3 e4 9.Ne5 d6 10.Nc4 b5 11.Na2 Qc5 12.Bd4 Qg5 13.Nb6 Bg4 14.Qa1 d5 15.Nb4 Bb4 16.Bg7 Bc5 17.h4 Qd8 18.Bh8 +/–.

8.Nf3 f6 9.Ne2 d5 10.Ng3 Bd6 11.Bc3 Qa3 12.Be2 Ne7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Qa1 b5 15.Qa3 Ba3 16.Ra1 b4 17.e4 Rd8 18.d3 –/+.

8.Be2 Qb6 9.Nf3 d5 10.0-0 Qc7 (10...Nbd7 11.d4=+) 11.d3?? (better 11.Nd5!? Nd5 12.Be5+=) 11...e6 (11...e5 12.e4 d4 13.Nb1-/+) 12.h3 (12.e4 b5=+) 12...Bd6 13.Nh2?? (13.Na4 b5 14.Bf6 gf6-/+) 13...0-0 (better 13...Bh2 14.Kh1 Bd6-+) 14.Ng4 Nbd7 15.Nf6 Nf6 16.Bf3 (16.Nb1 e5-+) 16...Re8 17.Ne2 (17.e4-+) 17...Bd7 (17...e5 18.Nc1-+) 18.Ng3 (18.Bf6 gf6 19.c4 b5-/+) 18...Be7 (18...e5 19.c4-+) 19.Bf6 (19.c4 dc4 20.dc4 e5-/+) 19...Bf6-+ 20.d4 e5 21.c3 e4 22.Be2 b6 (22...Bh4 23.Nh5-+) 23.Nh1 (23.c4 Be6-/+) 23...Be6 (23...Be7 24.c4-+) 24.f3 (24.Bg4 Qd7-+) 24...c5 (24...Bg5 25.f4 Be7 26.f5-+) 25.fe4 de4 26.Bg4 (26.d5 Bd7-/+) 26...Bg4 (better 26...Bg5!? 27.Qe1 Bg4 28.hg4 cd4 29.cd4 Ra8-+) 27.Qg4-/+ cd4 28.cd4 Qc3 (28...Qd8!?=+) 29.Rf6= Qe3 30.Rf2 (30.Kh2 Qd4 31.Rf4+/-) 30...g6? (30...Qd4 31.Ng3+=) 31.Kh2 (better 31.Qd7 Rf8 32.Kh2+-) 31...Qd4= 32.Qf4 (better 32.Rf1=) 32...Qd1?? (better 32...Qe5=+) 33.Qf7 Kh8 34.Qe8 Kg7 35.Qf7 (35.Qf8) 35...Kh6 36.Ng3 (36.Qf8 Kh5 37.Ng3 Kh4 38.Qf4 Qg4 39.Qg4) 36...e3 (36...Qd8 37.Qf4 g5 38.Qf7 g4 39.Nf5 Kg5 40.h4) 37.Re2 (37.Qf4 g5 38.Qf6) 37...Qh1 (37...Qd6 38.Re3 Kg5 39.Re4 Qg3 40.Kg3 Kh6 41.Rh4 Kg5 42.Qf4) 38.Kh1 b5 (38...Kg5 39.h4! Kg4 40.Qf3 Kh4 41.Qf4) 39.Kg1 (39.h4 b4 40.Qf8) 39...b4 (39...Kg5 40.h4! Kg4 41.Qf3 Kh4 42.Qf4) 40.Re3 (40.h4 b3 41.Qf8) 40...b3 41.Rb3 (41.h4 b2 42.Qf8) 41...Kg5 42.Rb6 (42.Rb5 Kh4 43.Qf4) 42...h5 (42...Kh6 43.Rb5 g5 44.Nf5) 43.Rg6 Kh4 44.Qg7 (44.Nf5) ½-½. hurvajsmanka (1670) - vabanque (1900), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Be2 e5 9.Nf3 d6 10.d3-/+.

8.Nf3 b5 9.Be2 Qa5 10.Bd3 d5 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.e4 Nc5 13.e5 Ng8 14.Ne1 Qc7 15.Be2 Bf5 16.d4 Ne6 17.Bd3 Nh6 18.Ne2 =+.

8.Nf3 d5 9.Nb1 Nbd7 10.Bf6 Nf6 11.c3 Qb2 12.Be2 Bf5 13.d3 e6 14.0-0 Bd6 15.Nh4 Bg6 16.Qd2 Qb6 17.Ng6 hg6 18.h3 –/+.

8.Nf3 d5 9.Be2 Qd6 10.0-0 (10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Be5 Na6=+ (worse 11...cb5 12.Bb8 Bd7 13.Bf4=)) 10...Bg4 11.h3 (11.Nh4 Be2 12.Ne2 Nbd7-/+) 11...Bh5 12.Nh2 Be2 13.Qe2 e6 14.Nf3 Nbd7 15.d3 (15.e4 d4 16.e5 Ne5 17.Ne5 dc3 18.Bc3 Qd8=) 15...Be7 16.e4 0-0 (16...Qc7-/+) 17.d4?? (better 17.e5 Qa3 18.ef6 Bf6 19.d4+=) 17...de4-/+ 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Qe4 Nf6 20.Qd3 Rd8 (20...b5 21.Ne5-/+) 21.Qc3 (21.c4 Ra8-/+) 21...b5 22.Rd1 (22.Ne5 Rc8-/+) 22...Nd5-+ 23.Qb2 Bf6 24.c4 (24.Re1 Ra8-+) 24...bc4 25.Rc1 (25.Qc2 c3!-+) 25...c3 26.Qc2 c5 27.Bc3 cd4 (better 27...Nc3!? 28.Qc3 Bd4-+) 28.Bd4-/+ Bd4 29.Nd4 Ne7 30.Nf3 h6 31.Qe2 Nf5 32.Nh2 (32.Ne5 Nd4 33.Qe3 Qe7-/+) 32...Qd3 (better 32...Nd4 33.Qe3 Qa6-/+) 33.Ng4?? (better 33.Qd3 Rd3 34.Nf3-/+) 33...Qe2-+ 34.Rf1 Rd2 (34...Rd2 35.Ne3 Ne3 36.Kh2 Qf1 37.Kg3 Qf2 38.Kh2 Qg2) 0-1. hurvajsmanka (1670) - vabanque (1895), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Nf3 d5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Nf3 (13.f4 e6-/+) 13...e5 14.Nh4?? (14.d4 e4 15.Ne5 Bd6-/+) 14...Bd6 (better 14...Qh4 15.Qb1 b6-+) 15.Ng6 hg6 16.Bf3 (16.d4 b5-/+) 16...Qh4 17.Ne2? (17.Be2 Qg5 18.Kh1 b5-+) 17...g5 (better 17...e4 18.Nd4 ef3 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Bf6 gf6-+) 18.Ng3-/+ e4?? (better 18...g6-/+) 19.Bf6 (19.Nf5!? Qh7 20.Nd6 Ke7 21.Bf6 Nf6 22.Nb7 ef3 23.Qf3 Qc2 24.Qg3+/-) 19...Nf6 (19...Bg3 20.Bg7 Rh7 21.fg3 Qg3 22.Bg4 Rg7 23.Qa1+=) 20.Nf5+= (20.Nf5 Qh7 21.Nd6 Ke7 22.Nb7 ef3 23.Qf3 Qc2 24.Qg3+/-) 1-0. brucepeng (1980) - skeda (2025), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nf3 d6 9.Na2 Qa5 10.Bf6 ef6 11.Nc1-/+.

8.Nf3 d6 9.Ne2 e5 10.Ng3 b5 11.Be2 Be7 12.e4 0-0 13.0-0 Rd8 14.Qb1 Na6 15.d4 ed4 16.Qb4 Nb4 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Rd1 –/+.

8.Nf3 g6 9.Bd3=+ Bg7 10.Ne2 (10.Ne4!=) 10...0-0 11.0-0 d5 12.Nf4 Nbd7 13.Qb1 (13.Be2 Qd6-/+) 13...Qb1 (13...Qd6 14.Be2-/+) 14.Rb1 Nc5 (better 14...Re8 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Be5 Nd7 17.Bg7 Kg7-/+) 15.c4?? (better 15.Be2=+) 15...Nd3-+ 16.Nd3 dc4 (better 16...Bf5 17.cd5 Bd3 18.Rb7 Ra8-+) 17.Nde5-/+ Be6 (17...Ne4 18.Nc4 f6 19.d3-/+) 18.Rb7 Ra8 19.Bc3 Ne4 20.h3 (20.Re7?? Nc3 21.h4 Nb1 22.Nc6 Bf8-+) 20...Nc3 21.dc3 Bf6 22.Nc6 Bc3 23.Ne7 Kf8 24.Nc6 (24.Ng5 Ra1 25.Kh2 Be1=+) 24...Rc8 25.Nfd4 (25.Na7 Rc5-/+) 25...Bd4 26.Nd4 Bd5 27.f3?? (better 27.Rb1-/+) 27...Bb7-+ 28.Kf2 c3 29.Ke2 (29.Nc2 Rd8 30.Ke1 Rd2-+) 29...Ba6 (better 29...c2 30.Nc2 Rc2 31.Kf1-+) 30.Kd1 Bd3 31.Kc1 (31.Nb3-+) 31...Ra8 (31...Rb8 32.Nc2 Rb2 33.Na3 Rg2 34.Nc2 Rg1 35.Ne1 Re1) 32.Nb3 Rb8 (32...Rb8 33.Nd2 Rb2 34.Kd1 Rd2 35.Ke1 Rg2 36.e4 c2 37.f4 c1Q; 32...Ra2 33.Kd1 Rf2 34.Nd2 Rd2 35.Ke1 Rg2 36.e4 c2 37.f4 c1Q) 0-1. eem63 (1695) - jzoef (2065), Hourly Rapid Arena, lichess.org, 2019.

8.Bc3 Qa4 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.0-0 Ngf6 11.Ne5 e6 12.f4 Be7 13.Qc1 0-0 14.h3 (14.Qb2 Ne5 15.Be5 Qb4–/+) 14...Nc5 15.g4 (15.Bd4 Nfe4–/+) 15...Nd3 16.cd3 c5 17.Qa3 Qe8 18.f5 (18.Qb3 b5–+) 18...ef5 19.gf5 Bd6 20.Ng4 (20.Qa1–+) 20...Ng4 21.hg4 Qc6 (21...Qe7!? 22.Rf2 d4 23.Ba1–+) 22.d4 (22.Qc1 d4 23.Bb2 b5–+) 22...cd4 23.Bb4 Bb4 24.Qb4 de3 25.de3 Re8 26.Re1 (26.Rd1 Re3 27.Qa5 h5 28.Qd5 Re1 29.Kf2 Rd1 30.Qd1 Qb6 31.Kf3 hg4 32.Kg4 Qg6 33.Kf4 Qf5 34.Kg3 Qh3 35.Kf2 Qh2 36.Ke3 Qg3 37.Ke4 f5 38.Kd5 Kf7–+) 26...Qh6 (better is 26...Re4 27.Qa5 Rg4 28.Kf2–+) 27.Qb5 Qc6?? (27...Rd8 28.Qe2–+) 28.Nc3?? (28.Qb4 Re4 29.Qa5 Rg4 30.Kf2–+) 28...Qb5 (better is 28...d4!? 29.Qc6 bc6–+) 29.Nb5 Bd7 30.Nd6 Rb8 31.e4 de4 32.Re4 Bc6 (32...Kf8 33.Kf2–+) 33.Re7 f6 34.Kf2 Kf8 35.Re3? (35.Rf7 Kg8 36.Rc7–+) 35...b5 (better is 35...Rd8 36.Nc4 Rd4 37.Na5 Rg4 38.Nc6 bc6 39.Kf3–+) 36.Kg3? (36.Rc3 Rb6–+) 36...b4 (better is 36...Rd8 37.Re6 Bd5 38.Nb5 Be6 39.fe6 Ke7–+) 37.Re2 (37.Nc4–+) 37...b3 38.Rb2 Ke7 (better is 38...Bd5–+) 39.Nc4 Bd5 (39...Rb4 40.Re2 Kf7 41.Nb2–+) 40.Ne3 Bf7 41.Kf4 Rb4 42.Kg3 h5 43.gh5 Bh5?? (better is 43...Kd6–+) 44.Nd5+– (44…Kd6 45.Nb4+–) 1–0. AllKnighter – ARMAGEDON_8, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.Bd4 c5 10.Be5 Nc6 11.Nc3 e6 12.Bg3 (12.Bf4 c4=+) 12...Nf6 (12...c4 13.Be2=+) 13.Nb5 Be7?? (better is 13...c4 14.Nc7 Kd8=+) 14.Bc7+– (14...Qa6 15.Nd6 Bd6 16.Ba6 (< 16.Bd6 Qb6=+) 16...Bc7 17.Bb5+–) 1–0. Pintonello,Gilberto – Lielmezs,Girts, TE–2004–P–01712, 2004.

8.Bc3 Qb6 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Bd4 c5 11.Bc3 Nc6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Bf6 (13.Be2 d4 14.Ba1 Qa7-/+) 13...gf6 (13...ef6 14.Be2-/+) 14.Be2 e5 15.0-0 Bd6 16.Nc3 Rg8 17.Qb1 Qb1 18.Rb1 (18.Nb1? Bh3 19.Bf3 e4-+) 18...Ke7 19.e4 d4 20.Na4 Kd7 (better 20...f5!? 21.Bf3 f4-/+) 21.Nb6= Kc7 22.Nc4 (22.Nc8 Rc8 23.Bc4 Ra8=) 22...Be6 23.Nd6 (better 23.Ra1!?=+) 23...Kd6-/+ 24.c3 (24.Rb6 Ra8 25.f4 ef4-+) 24...Kc7 (24...Ra8 25.Kf1-+) 25.cd4 cd4 26.d3 (26.Bd3 Ra8 27.Kf1 c5-/+) 26...Rb8 (26...f5!?-+) 27.Rb8-/+ Kb8 28.h4 Kc7 29.g4 h6 30.Kg2 Kd6 31.Kg3 Kc5 32.f4 White intends g5 32...ef4 (better 32...Kb4-+) 33.Kf4= Kb4 34.e5 fe5 35.Ke5 Kc3 36.g5 hg5 37.hg5?? (better 37.h5 g4 38.h6+-) 37...Kd2-+ 38.Bf3 Kd3 39.Be4 (better 39.Bc6 Bc4 40.Be4 Ke3 41.g6 fg6 42.Bg6-+) 39...Ke3 40.Bc6 d3 41.g6 d2 (41...fg6?! 42.Ke6 d2 43.Ba4-+) 42.Ba4 Bd7!? 43.gf7 (43.Bd7 f6) 43...Ba4 44.f8Q d1Q 45.Qh6 Kf2 46.Qh4 Kg2 47.Qg5 Kf3 48.Qf5 Ke3 Threatening mate... how? 49.Qe4 Kf2 50.Qh4 Kf1 51.Qh1 Ke2 52.Qe4 Kd2 53.Qd4 Kc1 54.Qa1 Kc2 55.Qa4 Kd2 56.Qd1 Kd1 ½-½. sirgeshdb (1990) - jo222 (2370), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Bd3 Bg4 9.0-0 Nd7-/+.

8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Bc3 Qb6 10.0-0 Nd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg6 hg6 14.d3 Rh3 0–1. van Rijsbergen – Barlow (2505), e–mail Waltmans 1996.

8.Bd3 Bg4 9.h3 Bf3 10.gf3 Nd7 11.f4-/+.

8.Bd3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.0-0 (10.g4 Bg6=+) 10...Nd7-/+ 11.Nc3 Ngf6 12.Be2 e6 (12...Bf3 13.Bf3 e5 14.Re1-/+) 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Nf3 0-0 16.Nd1 (16.Rb1 Qa5-/+) 16...Qa4 17.Bf6 Nf6 (worse 17...gf6 18.Nd4-/+) 18.d4 Ne4 19.Nb2 Qa2 20.Nd3 b5 21.Nfe5 Be5 (21...b4 22.Nc6 Nc3 23.Qg4-+) 22.de5 (22.Ne5!? b4 23.Qe1-/+) 22...c5-+ 23.f3? (better 23.Kh2-+) 23...Ng3 24.Qd2 Nf1 25.Kf1 Rc8 26.Qc1 b4 27.Nf4 (27.Kg1 Qc4 28.Qd2 Ra8-+) 27...c4 Black intends b3 (27...Qc4 28.Nd3 Ra8 29.e4-+) 28.Kg1 (28.Ne2 Ra8 29.Qe1 Qb2-+) 28...b3 (28...Ra8!? 29.Kf1-+) 29.cb3 Qb3 30.Kh2 (30.Kf1 c3 31.Ne2 c2-+) 30...c3 31.Ne2 (31.Qf1 c2 32.Nd3 Qb5-+) 31...c2 (better 31...Qb2 32.Qf1-+) 32.Nd4 (32.Qd2-+) 32...Qb1 33.Qc2 (33.Ne2 Qc1 34.Nc1 Rb8-+) 33...Qc2 (better 33...Rc2 34.Nc2 Qc2-+) 34.Nc2 Rc2 35.Kg3 (35.f4 Rc3 36.e4 d4-+) 35...Re2 36.h4 Re3 37.Kf2 Rb3 (better 37...d4 38.f4-+) 38.Ke2 (38.g3 d4 39.Ke2 Re3 40.Kd2 Rf3-+) 38...Rb7 (better 38...Rb2 39.Kf1-+) 39.Kd2 (39.Ke3 f6 40.ef6 Rb3 41.Kf2 Rb2 42.Kf1 gf6-+) 39...h6 (better 39...Rb2 40.Ke3 Rg2 41.Kd4-+) 40.Kd3 (40.g3 d4 41.Kc2 Rc7 42.Kd3 Rc3 43.Kd4 Rf3-+) 40...g6 (40...Rb3 41.Ke2-+) 41.g4 (41.Kc2 Kg7-+) 41...Kh7 (41...Rb3 42.Ke2-+) 42.g5 (42.Ke2 Rb2 43.Kf1 Rh2-+) 42...hg5 (better 42...Rb3!? 43.Ke2 Rb4 44.Ke1-+) 43.hg5 Kg7 44.f4 (44.Kd2 Rb2 45.Ke3 Rb3 46.Kf4 Ra3-+) 44...Kf8 45.f5 (45.Ke3 Rb4-+) 45...Ke7 46.Kd4 (46.Kd4 Rb4 47.Kc3 Rc4 48.Kd3 gf5 49.Kd2-+). fishissushi (1955) - Clotario (1960), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Be2 Bf5 9.Bc3 Qb6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.0-0 e5 12.Nf3 e4 13.Nh4 Bd6?? (13...Qd8 14.Ng6 hg6 15.d3=+) 14.Ng6 (better 14.Bg7 Qd8 15.g3+- (15.Bh8?! Qh4 16.g3 Qe7+-; 15.Ng6?! hg6 16.Bh8 Qh4+-)) 14...hg6-/+ (14...fg6?? 15.Bg7 Bh2 16.Kh1+-) 15.h3 Nf6 16.Bg4 (16.d3 ed3 17.cd3 Qc7=+) 16...Qc7-/+ 17.f4 Nbd7 18.d3 Qb6 19.Bd4 c5 (19...Bc5 20.Bd7 Kd7 21.Bf6 Be3 22.Kh2 gf6 23.de4-/+) 20.Bc3 (better 20.Bd7!? Nd7 21.Bg7=) 20...Ng4-/+ 21.Qg4 Nf6 (better 21...d4!? 22.Bd2 c4-+) 22.Qc8 (22.Bf6 gf6 23.Qc8 Qd8 24.Qb7 ed3 25.cd3 0-0+=) 22...Qd8= 23.Qb7 0-0 (23...ed3 24.cd3 Qd7 25.Qa8 Qd8 26.Qa6+=) 24.f5 (better 24.Bf6!? Qf6 25.Qd5 ed3 26.cd3+/-) 24...gf5 25.Rf5 (25.Bf6 Qf6 26.Qd5 ed3 27.cd3=) 25...d4 (25...Qe8 26.Rf6 ed3-+ (26...gf6?! 27.Qd5 Qe7 28.Kf2=)) 26.ed4+= cd4 27.Bb4 (27.Bd4!? ed3 28.cd3 Bh2 29.Kh2 Qd4 30.Qb3=) 27...ed3 (better 27...e3-/+) 28.Bd6?? (better 28.cd3 Re8 29.Nd2=+) 28...Qd6 29.cd3 (29.Qb2 Rb8 30.Qc1 dc2 31.Na3-+) 29...Qe6 (better 29...Rb8 30.Qf3 Rb1 31.Kf2 Qe6-+) 30.Rf1 (30.Qf3!?=+) 30...Qe3-+ 31.Kh1 Qd3 32.Qf3 Qe4 (32...Qf3!? 33.Rf3 Ne4 34.Kg1-+) 33.Nd2-/+ Qf3 (33...Qg6 34.Kg1-/+) 34.Nf3? (better 34.Rf3 Re8 35.Rd3=) 34...d3-+ 35.Rd1 (35.Re1 Rd8-+) 35...Rd8 (35...Ne4 36.Kg1 d2 37.Nd2-+) 36.Ne5 (36.Nd2-+) 36...Ne4 37.Rd3?? (37.Kg1 d2 38.Nf3-+) 37...Rd3 (better 37...Nf2 38.Kg1 Nd3 (38...Rd3?! 39.Kf2 Rc3 40.h4-+) 39.Nd3 Rd3-+) 38.Nd3= Nf2?? (better 38...f5=) 39.Nf2+- f6 40.Nd3 g6 41.Nf4 Kf7 42.Ne2 (better 42.Ng6 Kg6 43.Kh2 Kf5+-) 42…f5 (42...f5+-). cucosant2 (1820) - sigi70 (2085), Casual Blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.Be2 Bf5 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.f4 e6 11.0-0 Nf6 (11...Ne7 12.Bc3 Qd6 13.d3=+) 12.g4 (12.f5 ef5 13.Nf5 Nbd7=+) 12...h6 (12...Qa5 13.Bc3 Bb4 14.f5 Bc3 15.Nc3 ef5 16.gf5+/–) 13.f5=+ ef5 14.Nf5 Nbd7 15.Rf4 Qb6 16.Ra4 Qd8 17.c4 (17.Bd4 h5 18.Nh4 Be4 19.gh5 Nh5–+) 17...Bf5 (17...dc4 18.Rc4 h5 19.d3–+) 18.gf5–/+ dc4 (better is 18...Nb6 19.Ra7 Nc4 20.Bc4 dc4–/+) 19.Bc4? (19.Rc4 Bd6–/+) 19...Nb6 (better is 19...b5 20.Bf6 Nf6 (20...Qf6?! 21.Ra8 Ke7 22.Bd3–/+) 21.Bf7 Kf7 22.Ra7 Be7–+) 20.Qb3–/+ Na4 21.Bf7 Kd7 22.Be5?? Nc5–+ 23.Be6 Ke8 24.Bf7 Ke7 25.Qa2 Nd5 26.Be6 Ne6 27.Nc3 Nc5 28.Qc4 Ke8 29.Ne4 Ne4 30.Qe4 Qg5 31.Kh1 Be7 (32.Qb1 b5–+; 31...Ne7 32.d4–+) 0–1. Heinzel,Mark – Scherer,Stefan, Augsburg op 2nd, 1995.

8.Be2 Nf6 9.0-0 e6 10.Bf6 gf6 11.Nc3 (11.d4 b5=+) 11...Bd6 12.g3 e5 13.Qb1 (13.Qa1 b5-/+) 13...Qb1 14.Rb1 Kd8 (14...b5 15.Bb5 cb5 16.Rb5-/+) 15.d4 Kc7 (15...e4 16.Nd2-/+) 16.Na4 (16.e4!?=+) 16...Bg4 17.Kf1 (17.Ne5 Be2 (17...fe5?! 18.Bg4 b5 19.de5 Be5 20.Nc5=) 18.Nf7 Rg8 19.Nd6 Kd6 20.Rb7 Nd7-/+) 17...Nd7-+ 18.Nc5 (better 18.Nc3!?-+) 18...Nc5 19.dc5 Bc5 20.Nd2 (20.Ra1 b5-+) 20...Be2 (20...Bh3 21.Ke1-+) 21.Ke2 Ra8 22.Nb3 Bd6 23.Kd2 b5 24.Kc3 b4 25.Kd2 c5 26.c4 (26.h3 c4 27.Nc1 Kc6-+) 26...bc3! 27.Kc3 Ra2 28.Nd2 (28.Rb2 d4 29.Kc2 d3 30.Kc3 Ra4-+) 28...d4 (better 28...c4!? 29.Rf1-+) 29.ed4 cd4 30.Kd3 Ra3 (30...f5!? 31.f3-+) 31.Ke4 Kd7 (31...Rc3 32.Ra1 Kb7 33.f4-+) 32.Nc4 Ra6 33.Rb7 (33.f4 Ke6 34.g4 Bc7-+) 33...Ke6 34.f4 (34.g4 Rc6 35.f4 Bc7-+) 34...f5 35.Kf3? (35.Kd3 f6 36.Rh7-+) 35...e4 36.Kg2 Rc6 37.Nd6 Rd6 38.Rb1 d3 39.Rd1 (39.Kf2 Rc6 40.Ke3 Rc2-+) 39...Kd5 40.Kf2 Kd4 41.h3 (41.Ke1 Ke3 42.Kf1 d2-+) 41...Rc6 42.g4 Rc2 43.Kg3 e3 (43...e3 44.Ra1 d2-+) 0-1. jolubolu (1755) - gavilan (1965), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

8.Ne5 f6 9.Qh5 Kd8?? (better 9...g6 10.Qd1 Qd6-/+) 10.Nf7+- Kc7 (10...Ke8 11.Nh8 g6 12.Qh7 Qb1 13.Ke2 Nh6 14.Qg6 Kd8 15.Bf6 Bf5+-) 11.Nh8 (better 11.Qd1+-) 11...Qb1= 12.Qd1 Qb4? (better 12...Qd1!? 13.Kd1 Nh6=) 13.Nf7 (better 13.Bc3!? Qg4 14.Qa1+/-) 13...Be6 14.Ne5 (14.Bc3!? Qa3 15.Nh8+=) 14...fe5= 15.Be5 Kc8 16.Be2 (16.Bd3!? Nf6 17.Qa1=) 16...Nd7 17.Bc3 Qd6 (17...Qa4 18.d3=+) 18.Qa1=+ b5 (18...Bf5 19.d3=+) 19.Qa8 Qb8?? (19...Nb8=) 20.Qa6 (better 20.Qc6 Kd8 21.Qe6+-) 20...Qb7=+ 21.Qa1 (21.Bb5 Qa6 22.Ba6 Kc7=+) 21...Ngf6 22.0-0 (22.d3 Kd8-/+) 22...Bf5 23.d3 e6 (23...Kd8 24.f3-/+) 24.e4 (24.Ba5 Bd6-/+) 24...Bg6 (24...de4!? 25.Rd1 Bc5-/+) 25.e5=+ Ne8 26.f4 (26.Bg4 Nc7=+) 26...c5 (26...Kd8!?-/+) 27.Ba5 d4 (27...c4 28.Bg4 Qa6 29.Kh1=+) 28.Bf3 (28.Qa2 Qa6=) 28...Qa6=+ 29.Rb1 b4 (better 29...Nb8=+) 30.Bb4?? (better 30.Rb2=) 30...Qa1-+ 31.Ra1 cb4 32.Ra8 Nb8 33.Kf2 Nc7 34.Ra4 Be8 35.Ra1 Bc6 36.Bc6 Nc6 37.Kf3 g6 38.Ke4 Bc5 39.g4 Nb5 40.f5 Nc3 41.Kf4 Ne2 (41...Kd7 42.Ra6-+) 42.Ke4 (42.Kf3 gf5 43.Ke2 fg4 44.Ra8 Kd7 45.Rh8-+) 42...Nc3 43.Kf3?? (43.Kf4 Kd7 44.Ra6 Nd5 45.Ke4-+) 43...Kd7 (43...Ne5 44.Kf4 b3 45.Ke5-+) 44.f6 (44.Kf4 Bb6-+) 44...Ne5 45.Kf4 (45.Kg3 Nd3! 46.cd3 b3-+) 45...Nc6 (45...Nf7 46.Kf3-+) 46.Kg5 e5 (better 46...Nd5 47.Rf1-+) 47.Kh6 Ke6 (47...Nd5 48.g5-+) 48.g5 (48.Ra6 Kd5 49.Kh7-+) 48...Kf7 49.Ra6 (49.Kh7 e4 50.h4 b3-+) 49...Na7 (better 49...b3 50.cb3 Nb4-+) 50.Rc6 (50.Kh7 e4 51.h4 ed3 52.h5 dc2 53.hg6 Ke8 54.Ra1-/+) 50...Na4 (better 50...Nc6 51.Kh7 e4-+) 51.Rc7 Ke6 52.Rh7 (52.Kh7 Nb5 53.Rc6 Kd7 54.Ra6-/+) 52...Nb2 (52...e4 53.de4 b3 54.cb3-+) 53.Rg7? (53.Rc7 Bf8 54.Kg6 b3 55.cb3 Nb5 56.Rc6 Kd7=) 53...Nd3! 54.Rg6?? (54.cd3 e4 Decoy) 54...b3! 55.Rg7?? (55.cb3 Bf8 Decoy (55...e4 Passed pawn)) 55...bc2 56.f7 c1Q (better 56...Bf8 57.Kh7 c1Q-+) 57.Rh7 Qf4 (57...Bf8 58.Rg7 Bg7 59.Kg6 Qf1 60.Kh7 Qf7 61.g6 Qf8 62.h4 Qh8) 58.Kg7 (58.Kh5 Qf3 59.Kh4 Nf2 60.f8N Bf8 61.Re7 Be7 62.h3 Qh3) 58…Qg5 (58...Qg5 59.Kh8 Qd8 60.Kg7 Bf8 61.Kg8 Bh6 62.f8Q Qf8; 58...Qf7 59.Kh6 Bf8 60.Rg7 Nf4 61.h4 Qg7) 0-1. jolubolu (1745) - kurzeme (1855), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.c4 e5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.0-0 Be7 11.d4 Nbd7 (11...e4!? 12.Bc3 Qb6=+) 12.de5 de5 13.Ne5 0-0 14.Qc2 Rd8 15.Nd3 Qa5 16.Bc3 Qg5 17.Nf4 (17.Rd1 Ne4=) 17...Nc5 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.Qb2 Na4 20.Qa1 (20.Qb7!? Nc3 21.Nf3 Qf4 22.ef4 Ne2 23.Kh1=+) 20...Nc3=+ 21.Qc3 Ne4 22.Ne4 Be4 23.f3 Bf6 (23...Bg6 24.Ng6 Qg6 25.Rd1=+) 24.Qb4 (24.Qb3!? Bg6 25.Ng6 hg6 26.Rd1=) 24...c5 25.Qb6 Bc6 0-1. cucosant2 (1775) - naftalion (2135), Casual Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Be2 e5 9.0-0 Nf6 10.d3 g6 (10...b5 11.e4=+) 11.c4 Bg7 12.Bc3 Qb6 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Qb2 Na6 15.Nbd2 0-0 16.Nb3 Bf5 17.Ra1 Rb8 18.Nh4 (18.c5 Nd7 19.Ba5 Qc8–/+) 18...Bg4 19.Bg4 Ng4 Black gets the initiative 20.Nf3 f5 21.Ng5 Qe7 22.Nf3 e4 23.de4 Bc3 24.Qc3 fe4 (< 24...Qe4 25.Nbd2 Qe7 26.Qd4=+) 25.h3 ef3 26.hg4 fg2 27.Kg2 Rf8 28.Kg3 g5 29.Nd4 (better is 29.f3!?–/+) 29...Qe5–+ 30.Kg2 c5 31.Ne2 Qe4 32.Kh3?? (32.Kf1–+) 32...Rf2 33.Rg1 Re2 34.Rg3 (34.Qf6 Re3 35.Kh2 Qe5 36.Qe5 de5 37.Rd1–+) 34...Qh1 0–1. Wich,Manfred – Schmidt,Volker (1780), St Ingbert open, 1988.

8.c4 Nf6 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nc3 d5 11.cd5 cd5 12.Be2 Nc6 13.h3 Bd6 14.Qc2 0-0 15.0-0 Kh8 16.Bd3 (16.d4 Bd7=+) 16...h6 17.Na2 (17.Rb1 Qa5 18.Be2 Rg8=+) 17...Qa5 18.Qb2 Ne5 19.Be2 Rg8 20.Rc1 (20.Ra1 Qa3 21.Qc2 Nf3 22.Bf3 b5-/+) 20...Ba3-/+ 21.Qd4? (21.Qc3 Qc3 22.Rc3-/+ (22.dc3? Bc1 23.Nc1 Bd7-+)) 21...Bc1-+ 22.Nc1 Bd7 (better 22...Qa3 23.Qc3 Qc3 24.dc3 Bd7-+) 23.Ne5-/+ fe5 24.Qe5 Rg7 25.Nd3? (25.Bd3 f5 (25...Qd2?! 26.Qb8 Rg8 27.Qe5 Rg7 28.Qb8 Rg8 29.Qe5 Rg7=) 26.Qb2 d4-+) 25...Qd8?? (better 25...Qd2!? 26.Qh5 Bb5 27.Nf4 Be2 28.Qe2 Qe2 29.Ne2-+) 26.Bh5 (better 26.Qd6!?-/+) 26...Qg5-+ 27.f4?? (better 27.Qg5 hg5 28.Ne5-+) 27…Qg2 0-1. Antares_Sco (1850) - norba94 (2170), Daily SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2017.

8.Be2 Qa4 9.0-0?? (better 9.Nc3 Qb4 10.0-0=) 9...Qa1-+ 10.Bd3 (10.d4 d5-+) 10...Na6 11.Qe2 0-1. cucosant2 – sheWw, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Be2 Nf6 9.0-0 Be7 10.h3 0-0 11.d3 d5 12.Nd4 (12.Bc3 Qc5=+) 12...Qa5 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.N2b3 Qd8 (14...Qc7 15.Qd2-/+) 15.Bc3 (better 15.c4-/+) 15...b5?? (better 15...c5 16.Ba5 b6-/+) 16.Ba5 (16.Nc6 Qe8+/-) 16...Qe8+= 17.Nc6 Bd6 18.Nbd4 Nb8 (18...Bb7 19.Bb4 (worse 19.Nb5 Bc6 20.Nd6 Qb8=+) 19...Bb4 20.Nb4=) 19.Nb4 (better 19.Nb8!? Bb7 20.Qb1 Qb8 21.Nb5+/-) 19...Bb7 (19...e5 20.Nf3=+) 20.f4 Nc6 21.Nbc6 Bc6 22.Nc6 (22.Qb1 Qd7=) 22...Qc6=+ 23.c4 (23.Qd2!?=+) 23...bc4-/+ 24.dc4 dc4 25.Bf3 (better 25.Bc4!? Ra8 26.Be1-/+) 25...Qc5-+ 26.Qd4 (26.Kh1 Bf4 (26...Qa5?! 27.Qd6 Rc8 28.Rb1-/+) 27.ef4 Qa5-+) 26...Qd4 (26...Qa5?! 27.Qd6 Nd5 28.Bd5 ed5 29.f5-/+) 27.ed4 Bf4 28.g4 (28.Kf2 Rb8 29.Ra1 Rb2 30.Kf1 h6-+) 28...Be3 29.Kg2 Bd4 (29...Rb8 30.Be2 Rc8 31.Bc3-+) 30.Rc1 (30.g5 Nd5 31.Bd5 ed5-+) 30...c3! 31.Bc3 Bc3 32.Rc3 Nd5 33.Ra3 h6 34.Kg3 Nf6 (34...Rd8 35.Ra7-+) 35.Kh4 (35.h4 Rd8-+) 35...g5 (35...e5 36.Bb7-+) 36.Kg3 Kg7 37.Ra7 Rd8 38.h4 gh4 39.Kh4 Rd3 40.Be2 Re3 41.Bc4 (41.Bd1 Ne4 42.Ra2 Ng5-+) 41...Kg6 (better 41...Nh7 42.Ra4 Nf8 43.g5-+) 42.Ra5 Nd5! 43.Bd5 ed5 (better 43...Re5-+) 44.Rd5-/+ Re1 45.Rd6 f6 46.Rd3 Rh1 47.Rh3 Rh3 48.Kh3 Kg5 49.Kg3 h5 50.gh5 Kh5 51.Kf4 Kg6 52.Kg4 f5 53.Kf4 Kf6 54.Kg3 Ke5 55.Kf3 f4 56.Kg2 Ke4 57.Kf2 Kf5 58.Kf3 Kg5 59.Kg2 Kh4 60.Kf3 Kg5 61.Kg2 Kg4 62.Kf2 Kh4 63.Kf3 Kg5 64.Kg2 ½-½. jolubolu (1720) - Zeljko62 (1795), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.c3 Qa5=+ 9.Bb2 d5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 (11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 e6=+) 11...e5–/+ 12.c4 e4 Black gets in control 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Nd7 Bd7 15.Bf6 gf6 16.cd5 Qd5 17.Nc3 (17.f3 Qe5 18.f4 Qf5–/+) 17...Qe5 Do you see the mate threat? 18.g3 h5 (better is 18...Bh3!? 19.Re1 Bb4–/+) 19.d4 Qe7 20.Bh5? (20.Qa4 Qe6 21.Ne4+/–) 20...Bh3–+ 21.Re1? (better is 21.Be2 Bf1 22.Bf1–+) 21...f5 (21...Bb4 22.Qa1 Rh5 23.Qa8 Qd8 24.Qb7 Bc3 25.Qc6 Bd7 26.Qc3 Qb8–+) 22.Be2=+ Qg5 (22...Bb4 23.Qc2=+) 23.d5 (23.Qb3 b5=+) 23...c5 (23...Be5 24.Qa1 cd5 25.Qa4 Kf8 26.Nd5 Kg7=) 24.Qa4+= Kf8 (24...Ke7 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.Qa7+/–) 25.Qa8 Kg7 26.Qb7 Bg4 (26...Qh6 27.Rd1+=) 27.h4 (better is 27.Bg4 Qg4 28.Qd7+/–) 27...Rh4?? (better is 27...Qg6+=) 28.gh4+– Be2 (28...Qh4 29.Bg4 Qg4 30.Kf1 Be5+–) 29.hg5 (29...Bd3 30.Qc6+–) 1–0. Plock,Joerg – Mueller,D, Magdeburg GER, 1990.

8.Bc3 Qg4 =+.

8.c4 d5 9.Bc3!? Qb6 10.Bd4=+.

8.c4 d5 9.cd5 cd5 10.Nc3 e6 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.Rb1 Qd6 15.Bf1 (15.Nb5!? Qd8 16.Ne5=+) 15...e5-/+ Black prepares d4 16.g3 (16.Nb5 Qb8-/+) 16...d4 (better 16...Bg4!? 17.Bg2 Qd7-+) 17.ed4-/+ ed4 (better 17...Nd4 18.Nd4 Qd4=+) 18.Nd4?? (better 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.Nbd4=) 18...Nd4-+ (worse 18...Qd4 19.Bg2 Nb4 20.Qd1-+) 19.Qd3 (19.Qb2 Nf3 20.Kh1 Qd2-+) 19...Bg4 (19...Bf5 20.Qe3 Ng4 21.Qf4 Qf4 22.gf4 Nf3 23.Kg2 Bb1 24.Nb1-+) 20.Qc4 (20.Rb7 Nf3 21.Kh1-+) 20...Nf3 21.Kg2 Nd2 22.Re1 (22.Qb5 Bf3 23.Kg1-+) 22...Nc4 23.Bc4 Qc6 (23...Qc6 24.Kg1 Qc4-+) 0-1. brucepeng (1915) - Skunz (2010), lichess.org, 2020.

8.c4 d5 9.Be2 dc4 10.0-0 e6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Nd4 (12.Qc2 b5-/+) 12...0-0 13.Na2 Qc5 14.Qc1 (14.Nf3 b5-+) 14...e5 15.Nf3 e4 16.Nd4 Bg4 (16...b5 17.f3-+) 17.Bg4 Ng4 18.Qe1 (18.Qb1 Qd6 19.g3 Qh6-+) 18...Qh5 (18...Qe5 19.f4 Qh5 20.h3-+) 19.Qd1?? (19.h3 Nf6 20.Qb1-+) 19…Qh2 0-1. cucosant2 – Botchwinnik, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.c4 d6 9.Be2 e5 10.0-0 Be7 11.d4 ed4 12.ed4 0-0 13.Nbd2 Bf5 14.Qc2?? (better is 14.Nh4 Be6 15.Qc2=) 14...Bc2–+ 0–1. brother – wrkostek66 (1690), kurnik, 2014.

8.Bd3 b6 9.0-0 e6 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.Qe2 Bd3 12.Qd3 d5 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Ne5 (14.e4 Bc5=+) 14...Bd6-/+ 15.f4 Nbd7 (better 15...b5!?-/+) 16.Nc6= Qc5 17.Qb5 (17.Nd4=) 17...d4 (better 17...0-0!?=) 18.Nd4 Qb5 (better 18...Bf4!? 19.Na4 Qb5 20.Nb5 Bb8+=) 19.Ncb5+- Bc5 (19...Bb8+-) 20.Nc7 (better 20.Nc6 Nh5 21.Bb2+-) 20...Ke7+/- 21.Nc6?? (better 21.Ncb5 Ra8 22.Nc6 Kf8 23.Bf6 Nf6 24.Nba7+-) 21...Kd6-/+ 22.Bf6 (22.Ne6 fe6 23.Ne5 Rc8-/+) 22...Nf6 (22...gf6 23.Ne6 fe6 24.Na7-/+) 23.Ne5 (23.Ne6 fe6 24.Ne5 Kc7=+) 23...Kc7-/+ 24.Nf7 Rf8 25.Ng5 Kd7 (25...Re8!?-/+) 26.d4= Bd6 27.Rb6 Rb8 (27...h6 28.Nf3=+) 28.Rb8= Bb8 29.Kf2 h6 30.Nf3 Ng4 (30...g5 31.fg5 Ne4 32.Ke2 Ng5 33.Ng5 hg5 34.h3+/-) 31.Ke2 Bd6 32.c4 Nf6 33.c5 Bc7 34.Kd3 Kc6 35.h3 Nh5 (35...Nd5 36.Nh4+/-) 36.g4 Nf6 37.g5 (37.f5 e5 38.Kc4 Ne4+-) 37...hg5 38.Ng5 Kd7 39.c6 (better 39.Ne4 Nd5 40.Nc3+/-) 39...Kc6?? (better 39...Ke7=) 40.Ne6+- g6? (better 40...Nh5+-) 41.Nf8 Nh5 (41...Kd5 42.Ng6 Bd6 43.Ne5+-) 42.Ng6 Kd7 43.Ke4 (43.f5 Ng3 44.e4 Ke8+-) 43...Ke6 44.Ne5 Nf6 45.Kf3 Bb6 46.Ng4 Nd5 (46...Nh5 47.Nf2+-) 47.h4 Ne7 (47...Nc3 48.h5+-) 48.h5 Nf5 49.h6 Kf7 50.d5 Kg6 51.e4 Nh6 (51...Nd4 52.Kf2+-) 52.Nh6 Kh6 53.Kg4 Kg6 54.e5 Kf7 55.f5 Bd4 56.Kf4 Ke7 (56...Bc5+-) 57.f6 Kf7 58.Kf5 Bc5 59.e6 Kf8 60.Ke5 Ke8 61.d6 Kf8 (61...Bb4 62.Kd5 Bc3 63.f7 Kf8 64.Kc6+-) 62.d7 (62.d7 Be7 63.fe7 Ke7 64.Kf5+-) 1-0. kaalmakreel (2165) - fast phill (1870), ChessWorld.net, 2012.

8.Be2 d5 9.0-0 Bg4 10.h3 Bf3 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.Bc3 Qd6 13.d3 Ne5 (13...e5!?-/+) 14.Be2 e6 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.Qb1 (16.Qa1 Bd6=+) 16...Bd6-/+ 17.Qb3 0-0 18.Ra1 b6 19.f4 Ned7 20.Bf3 e5 21.f5 (21.fe5 Be5 22.d4 Bh2 23.Kh1 Re8-/+) 21...e4 (21...Re8 22.e4-/+) 22.Be2 (22.de4!? de4 23.Ne4 Ne4 24.Be4=+) 22...Bh2-/+ 23.Kh1 Nh5?? (better 23...Re8-/+) 24.Bh5+- 1-0. Antares_Sco (1760) - BoxtyBoy (1610), Hourly Blitz Arena, lichess.org, 2019.

8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 e5 10.Nc3 Be7 11.d3 0-0 12.h3 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Nc5 14.Nde4 (14.Qb1!? Qb1 15.Rb1–/+) 14...Nfe4–+ 15.de4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Qe4 17.Bd3 Qh4 18.Bb2 Be6 19.Bc1 (19.Qa1–+) 19...b5 20.Bd2 d5 21.Kh2 (21.Qa1 e4 22.Be2–+) 21...e4 22.Be2 Bd6 23.Kg1 f5 (23...Ra8 24.Bh5–+) 24.Be1? (24.Qa1–+) 24...Qh6 (24...f4!? 25.f3 Qg5 26.h4–+) 25.f4 ef3! 26.Bf3 (26.Bf3 Qe3 Combination; 26.Rf3 Bc5 Combination; 26.gf3 Qh3 Deflection (26...Qg6 Decoy)) 26...Qe3 27.Bf2 Qe5 28.g3 f4 29.g4 Qc3 30.Kg2 Bc5 (30...Re8 31.Bd4 Qc4 32.Re1–+) 31.Bc5? (31.Qe1 Qe1 32.Re1–+) 31...Qc5 32.Qe2 Bf7 33.Qe5 (33.Qd2 Bg6 34.c3 Qc4–+) 33...Qc2 (33...Qc2 34.Rf2 Qc1–+) 0–1. sunnyda – wrkostek66 (1605), kurnik, 2014.

8.Be2 e6 9.c4 d5 10.cd5 cd5 11.Be5 Nbd7 12.Bc3 Qb6 13.0-0 Bb4 14.Bd4 Bc5 15.Bc3 (15.Bc5 Nc5 16.d4 Ncd7=) 15...0-0 16.d3 Qc7 17.Bb2 b5 (17...Bd6 18.Qd2-/+) 18.Qb3 (18.d4!? Bd6 19.Bb5=) 18...b4=+ 19.Rc1 Qd6 20.d4 Bb6 21.Ne5 Bb7 22.Nd2 h6 23.Bb5 Rc8 (23...Bc7 24.Ndf3=+) 24.Rc8 Bc8 25.Ndf3 Qc7 (25...Bd8 26.Nc6 Ba6 27.Qa4 Bb5 28.Qb5=+) 26.Nd3 (26.Nc6 Bb7 27.Ne7 Kf8 28.Qb4 Nc5=) 26...Ne4 27.Nb4 Nd6 28.Be2 Nc4 29.Na6?? (better 29.Bd3=) 29...Ba6-+ 30.Bc3 (30.Qa4 Ba5 31.Qa1 Qc6-+) 30...Nd2! 31.Bd2 (31.Bd2 Be2 Discovered attack; 31.Nd2 Be2 Discovered attack) 31...Be2 32.Ne1 Qc4 33.Qb2 Bd8 34.g3 (34.Bb4 Bc7-+) 34...Nf6 35.f3 Be7 36.Kf2 h5 (36...Bf1 37.Qc2-+) 37.Qb8 (37.Bb4 Bb4 38.Qe2 Qc3-+) 37...Kh7 38.Qf4 (38.Qb1 g6-+) 38...g6 (better 38...Bf1!? 39.h4-+) 39.h3 (39.Kg1-+) 39...Qc6 (better 39...Bf1 40.g4 Qe2 41.Kg1 Bh3 42.e4-+) 40.g4?? (better 40.Ke2 Kg7 41.g4=+) 40...Bc4 (40...g5 41.Qg3 Bc4 42.Kg1-+) 41.gh5? (41.g5 Kg7 42.gf6 Bf6 43.Kg2-+) 41...Nh5 (better 41...g5 42.Qb8 Bb5-+) 42.Qf7+/- Ng7 43.Qe7 Qa4 44.Qh4 Kg8 45.Qh6 (45.Kg1 Qd1+/-) 45...Kf7 (45...Qd1!? 46.Bb4 Qe2 47.Kg1 Qf1 48.Kh2 Bd3=) 46.Qf4+/- Nf5? (better 46...Kg8 47.e4 Qa1+/-) 47.e4+- de4 48.fe4 Qc6 (48...Qd1 49.ef5 Qe2 50.Kg3 gf5+-) 49.ef5 ef5 50.Qf3 (50.Qf3 Bd5 51.Qe3+-) 1-0. Antares_Sco (1775) - robke (1790), Hourly Blitz Arena, lichess.org, 2019.

8.Bf6 ef6 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Bd6 11.c3 Qb6 (11...Qg4 12.d4-/+) 12.Qa4 (12.d4 Bf5=+) 12...0-0 13.Nd4 (13.Qc2 Bg4-/+) 13...Be6 14.Nf3 Nd7 15.Na3 (15.Qc2 Qc7-/+) 15...Ne5 (15...Qb2 16.Nb1-+) 16.Ne5 (16.Nd4!?-/+) 16...fe5-+ (worse 16...Be5 17.Nc2-/+) 17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Nc2 f5 (18...Bf5 19.Qb3-+) 19.Qb3 Kh8 (better 19...b5!?-+) 20.Qb7=+ Rc8 (20...Qb7 21.Rb7 Ra8 22.Rb6=) 21.Qc7 Bc7 (21...Rc7 22.Rb6=) 22.f3 (22.d4 e4=) 22...h6 (22...Rb8 23.Rb8 Bb8 24.d4=+) 23.Kf2 (23.d4 Re8=) 23...Kh7 24.h3 e4 25.f4 c5 26.g4 Bd8 (26...g5 27.Rb7 Kg6 28.Ra7=+) 27.Na3 (27.d4 Bh4 28.Kg2 fg4 29.hg4 cd4 30.Nd4 Bg8=) 27...fg4 (27...Ra8 28.Nb5-/+) 28.Bg4=+ d4?? (better 28...Bg4 29.hg4 Ra8=+) 29.Be6+- Rc7 (29...Bh4 30.Kf1 Rc7 31.ed4+-) 30.cd4 cd4 31.Rb3 (31.ed4 g5 32.Ke3 gf4 33.Kf4 Bg5 34.Ke4 Bd2+-) 31...de3 (31...Bh4 32.Kg2+-) 32.Re3 (32.Ke3 g6+-) 32...Re7 (32...Be7 33.Nb5 Rc2 34.Ke2+-) 33.Bf5 (better 33.Re4 g6+-) 33…g6 (33...g6 34.Be4 Bb6+-). Choco2K - vabanque (1685), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Bf6 gf6 9.Be2 b5 10.0-0 d5 11.d4 Nd7 12.h3 Bg7 13.c3 Qa5 14.Nh4 Qc7 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Bg4 (16.Qc2 e6 17.Ng3 f5+=) 16...h5 (16...e6!? 17.Ng3 f5–/+) 17.Bh5–/+ Nb6 18.Bg4 e6 19.Ng3 f5 20.Be2 Bd6 21.Nh5 Qe7 22.Nf4 Qh4 23.Qd2 Rg8 24.Kh2 e5 25.de5 Be5 26.g3 Qh6 27.Qd1 Rh8 28.h4 Nd7 29.Nd2 Nf6 30.Nb3 (30.Qa1 Ne4 31.Qa8 Ke7 32.Qa7 Bd7=) 30...Ng4 (better is 30...Bc3!? 31.Nd4 Ne4+=) 31.Bg4+= fg4 32.Nd4 Bf4 0–1. joaquimbage – xhoni555, kurnik, 2014.

7.Bc3 Qa4 8.e3 d6 9.d4 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bd3 11.Qd3 Nf6 12.0-0 Qa6 13.Qa6 ba6 14.Nbd2 e6 15.Rb1 Nbd7 16.Rb7 Be7 17.Ra7 Nb8 18.Ba5 Nfd7 19.Bc7 f6 20.Ne4 d5 21.Nd6 Bd6 22.Bd6 Kf7 23.Ra8 Re8 24.Kf1 e5 25.de5 fe5 26.Be5 Ne5 27.Ne5 Re5 28.Rb8 Re4 29.Rb6 Rc4 30.Ra6 Rc2 31.Ra7 ½–½. marekt – boon, gameknot.com, 2001.

7.Bc3 Qb6 8.Na3 d5-/+ 9.e3 (9.Nb1 Nf6-/+) 9...Nd7 (9...f6 10.Nb1-/+) 10.Qa1 Ngf6 11.Be2 e6 12.0-0 (12.Nb1 Bd6-/+) 12...Bd6 (12...Qa7 13.Bb2-/+) 13.Rb1 Qa7 (better is 13...Qc7!?-/+) 14.Nb5= Qb8 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Ne5 Ne5 17.Be5 Qe7 18.Qd4 0-0 19.Bd3 (19.Qh4 Re8=) 19...Rd8 (19...Ne8 20.Qc3=) 20.Qh4 h6 21.h3 (21.Ra1 c5=) 21...Re8 22.Qg3 Rd8 23.Ra1 Ne8 24.Bd4 c5 25.Bb2 c4 26.Be2=+ Bd7 27.Bc3 Bc6 28.d3 b5=+ 29.Bd4 Ra8 30.Ra8 Ba8 31.Qb8 Bc6 32.Qb6 Qb7 33.Qc5 Bd7 34.Qb4 Qa6 35.Qc5 Qc6 36.Qe7 Qd6 37.Qd8 f6 38.Bc5= Qc5 39.Qd7+= Nc7? 40.Qd8+- Kh7 41.Bh5 Na6 42.Bf7 h5 43.Qg8 Kh6 44.Qh8 Kg5 45.Qh5 1-0. jaskier (2095) - Brukske, internet, 2006.

7.Bc3 Qg4 8.e3 d5 9.h3 Qe6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.d4 Qd6 13.Nbd2 g6 14.Qa1 Bg7 15.Qa5 b6 16.Qa8 0-0 17.Ne5 c5 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Qc6 Qc6 20.Nc6 Re8 21.Na7 e6 22.Bb5 Rf8 23.dc5 bc5 24.f4 h6 25.g4 =+. JanP – Steinutz, ChessWorld.net, 2002.

7.Nc3 Nf6 8.e3 d5 9.Bd3 (9.Ne2 Nbd7-/+) 9...e6 (9...Nbd7 10.Ne2-/+) 10.Ne2 (10.Qe2 Nbd7=+) 10...Be7 (10...Nbd7 11.Bc3 Qd6 12.Ng3-/+) 11.Bc3 Qb6 12.Qa1 (12.0-0 Nbd7-/+) 12...0-0 (12...Nbd7 13.Nf4-/+) 13.0-0 (13.Nf4 Nbd7-/+) 13...c5 (13...Nbd7 14.Ne5-/+) 14.Rb1=+ Qd8 15.Bb5 Nbd7 (15...Nc6 16.Bc6 bc6 7.d3=+) 16.d3 Qc7 17.Ng3 Bd6 (17...b6 18.Qb2=+) 18.Bd7 Qd7 (18...Nd7!? 19.Bg7 Re8+=) 19.Bf6+/- gf6 20.Nh5 (< 20.Qf6 Qe7 21.Qe7 Be7=) 20...Be7 21.Qf6! Bf6 22.Nf6 Kg7 23.Nd7 ½-½. Whiterose - touchdown, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

7.e3 d5 8.Be2 Nd7 9.0-0 Ngf6 10.d4 g6 11.Nbd2 Bg7 12.c4 0-0 13.Qc2 Qd6 (13...b6 14.Bb2=+) 14.Bb2 (14.c5 Qe6=) 14...e6 (14...b6 15.cd5 cd5 16.Ra1=) 15.Ra1 Rd8 16.Ra8 (16.c5 Qb8=) 16...Qc7 17.c5 b6 18.Bc3 (18.cb6 Nb6 19.Ra1 Nbd7=) 18...Qb7 19.Qa2 bc5 20.Ra7 (20.dc5 Nc5 21.Qa5 Rd7=) 20...Qb8 (better 20...Qb6!?-/+) 21.Qa5= Re8 22.dc5 Bb7 23.Ne5 Ne5 24.Be5 Qe5 25.Rb7 Rf8 (25...Qf5 26.Rb6=+) 26.Nf3= Qe4 27.Qc7?? (better 27.Nd4=) 27...Qc2-+ 28.Nd4 Qc1 29.Bf1 Ne4 30.Ne6?? (30.Qa5 Bd4 31.ed4-+) 30...Nd2 (30...Nc5? 31.Nf8 Nb7 32.Nd7+-) 31.h3 Qf1 32.Kh2 Qf2 33.Qf4 (33.Ng5 Nc4 34.Nf7 Rf7 35.Qf7 Qf7 36.Rf7 Kf7 37.Kg3-+) 33...Be5 34.Qe5 Nf3 35.Kh1 Qg1 (35...Qe1) 0-1. Tikerpuu,Mati (1715) - Nikomanis,A (2050), Berlin GER, 2019.