5.c4 b6 6.a4 c5 (6...a6 7.Nf3=+) 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 0-0 10.h3 (10.d4 Nbd7=) 10...h6 (10...Nbd7 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Na3=) 11.Be5 (11.d4 a6=) 11...Qc7 (11...Be5 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.d4=+) 12.Bd6 (12.Bf6 gf6 13.cd5 Bd5+=) 12...Qd6= 13.cd5 ed5 (13...Nd5 14.Na3=) 14.d3 (14.d4 Rc8=) 14...d4 15.e4 (15.ed4 cd4 16.Nbd2 Nbd7=) 15...Nbd7 16.Nbd2 Ne5 (16...a6 17.Qc2=+) 17.Ne5= Qe5 18.Nc4 Qe6 19.f4 Qe7 20.Qe1 Rad8 21.Qh4 Rfe8 22.Rf3 (22.Bf3 Ne4 23.Qe7 Re7 24.de4 Be4+/-) 22...Be4 (22...Nd5!? 23.Qe7 Re7=) 23.de4+= Qe4 (23...Ne4!? 24.Qe7 Re7+=) 24.Bd3 Qd5 (24...Qe6 25.a5+/-) 25.Qf2 (25.a5 Qb7+-) 25...Re7 26.Re1 Rde8 27.Re7 Re7 28.Qc2 Kf8 (28...Qd8 29.Ne5 Nd5 30.Qb3+-) 29.Ne5+- Nh5?? (better 29...Kg8+-) 30.Bc4 Qb7 (30...Qd6 31.Qh7 Rc7 32.Qh8 Ke7 33.Bf7 Nf6+-) 31.Qf5 (better 31.Qh7 Rd7 32.Bf7+-) 31...Nf6 32.Nc6 Re1 (32...Re8 33.a5+-) 33.Kf2 (better 33.Rf1 Re8 34.a5+-) 33...Re3? (better 33...Rc1 34.Qd3 a6+/-) 34.Re3+- de3 35.Ke3 Qc7 (35...Ne8 36.Qh7 Nf6 37.Qh8 Ng8 38.Ne5 Qg2 39.Bf7 Qh3 40.Ke4 Qg2 41.Kf5+-) 36.Qe5 Qd7 37.Qb8 Ne8 38.Qe5 (38.Qa7!? Qa7 39.Na7 Nd6+-) 38...Nf6 39.g4 Ne8 40.Qd5 Nd6 41.Ne5 Qe7 (41...Nc4 42.Qc4 Qe7 43.Kf3+-) 42.Kf3 Ke8 (42...Kg8 43.Nc6 Qc7 44.Bd3+-) 43.Bd3 (better 43.Qa8 Qd8 44.Qa7+-) 43...f6 (43...Qb7 44.Nc6 Qc7+-) 44.Bg6 (44.Qg8 Qf8 45.Qe6 Qe7 46.Bg6 Kf8 47.Nd7 Qd7 48.Qd7 a6 49.Qd6 Kg8 50.Qd8) 44...Kd8 (44...Kf8 45.Qa8 Ne8 46.Be8 Qe8 47.Ng6 Kf7 48.Qd5 Qe6 49.Qb7 Ke8 50.Qa8 Kf7 51.Qa7 Kg8 52.Qa8 Kf7 53.Qf8 Kg6 54.f5 Qf5 55.gf5 Kh7 56.a5 ba5 57.b6 g6 58.b7 gf5 59.Qf7 Kh8 60.b8Q) 45.Nc6 White prepares f5 45...Kd7 (45...Kc8 46.Ne7 Kc7 47.Qc6 Kb8 48.Qd6 Kb7 49.Be4) 46.Ne7 (46.Bf5 Kc7 47.Ne7 Nf5 48.Qc6 Kd8 49.Nf5 g5 50.Qd6 Kc8 51.Ne7 Kb7 52.Qd7 Kb8 53.Qc8) 46...Ke7+- 47.f5 c4 (47...Nc8 48.Qc6 Kd8 49.Be8 Ke7 50.Qe6 Kd8 51.Qd7) 48.Qe6 Kd8 49.Qd6 Kc8 50.Be8 Kb7 (50...a6 51.Qc6 Kb8 52.ba6 b5 53.Qb7) 51.Bc6 Kc8 52.Qd7 Kb8 53.Qb7 (53.Qd8) 1-0. Abdullaevich (1760) - memova (1775), lichess.org, 2020.

5.c4 Qb6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.d4 0-0 9.Bd3 dc4 10.Bc4 Nd5 11.Qb3 Bb4 12.Rc1 N7f6 13.0-0 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bc3 15.Rc3 Nd5 16.Bd5 ed5 17.bc6 bc6 18.Qb6 ab6 19.Rc6 Ra2 20.Rb6 Ba6 21.Rc1 f6 22.h3 Bc4 23.Rcb1 Rfa8 24.Rb8 Rb8 25.Rb8 Kf7 26.Rb7 Kf8 27.Nh4 Ra1 28.Kh2 Ra2 29.Kg3 Bd3 30.Rd7 Ra5 31.Nf3 Bf5 32.Rc7 Bd3 33.Rc5 Rc5 34.dc5 Ke7 35.Nd4 g6 36.h4 Bf1 37.Kf3 Bd3 38.g4 h6 39.Kg3 Be4 40.h5 g5 41.Nf5 Bf5 42.gf5 Kd7 43.f4 gf4 44.Kf4 Kc6 45.e4 de4 46.Ke4 Kc5 0–1. Kiddle,A – Welch,M, Rooks v Knights, 2002.

5.c4 d4 6.a4 (6.Bd4 cb5 7.cb5 Bd6+=) 6...d3 (better 6...de3!? 7.fe3 Bd6=+) 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.Qd3 Qd3 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Nf3 Rd8 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.0-0 Bd6 13.d4 Bc7 14.Nc3 e5 15.de5 (15.Rfd1 ed4 16.Nd4 cb5 17.ab5 Nc5+-) 15...Ne5+/- 16.Rad1 Be6 17.Nd4 (17.c5 Nfd7 18.Nd4 Bc4 19.bc6 bc6 20.Bc4 Nc4+/-) 17...Nc4 (17...Bc4!? 18.bc6 bc6=) 18.Ne6+= fe6?? (better 18...Nb2 19.Rd8 Bd8 20.Nd8 Rd8 21.bc6 bc6+=) 19.Bc4+- Kf7 20.Ne2 cb5 21.ab5 a6 (21...Rdc8 22.g3 Be5 23.Be5 Rc4 24.Rd6+-) 22.Nd4 ab5 23.Be6 Kg6 (23...Ke7 24.Bb3+-) 24.Nb5 Bb6 (24...Rd1 25.Rd1 (worse 25.Nc7 Rad8+-) 25...Bb8 26.f4+-) 25.Nd4 (better 25.Nd6!? Rf8+-) 25...Bd4 26.Bd4 Rd6 (26...b5 27.f4+-) 27.Bc4 Rc6 28.Bd3 Kf7 29.Rb1 Rb8 (29...Rc7 30.Bf6 Kf6 31.Rb6 Ke7 32.Rfb1+-) 30.Bb5 (30.Be5 Re8 31.Rb7 Re7+-) 30...Rc7 (30...Rc2 31.Ba4 Re2 32.Rfc1+-) 31.h3 (31.Be5 Rbc8 32.Bc7 Rc7+-) 31...Nd5 (31...Rbc8 32.Bd3 Kf8 33.Bf6 gf6 34.Rb6+-) 32.Be5 Nc3 (32...Rbc8 33.Bc7 Rc7+-) 33.Bc7 Nb5 34.Bb8 Nc3 35.Rb7 Kg6 36.Kh2 (better 36.Rb6 Kf5 37.f3+-) 36...Ne2 37.Rc7 (37.Rfb1 Nc1 38.R1b6 Kg5 39.Rg7 Kf5 40.f3 Nd3 41.e4) 37...Nc3 38.Rc3 Kf5 (38...h5 39.Rc6 Kf7 40.Rb1 Kf8 41.Rb7 Kg8 42.Be5 Kh8 43.Rg7 h4 44.Rc8) 39.Rc6 h5 (39...g6 40.f3 Kg5 41.Bf4 Kh5 42.g4 Kh4 43.Rc5 g5 44.Bg5) 40.Rd1 g5 (40...g6 41.Rd5 Ke4 42.Rcc5 g5 43.Rd4) 41.f3 g4 (41...h4 42.e4) 42.Rd5 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2665) - Novoyavshev_Stepan (1925), lichess.org, 2017.

5.c4 Ne4 6.Nc3 Nd6 7.cd5 ed5 8.bc6 bc6 9.Qa4 Be6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.d4 0-0 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Qc2 h6 15.Ba3 Nf6 16.Na4 Nde4 17.Be7 Qe7 18.Rfc1 Rfc8 19.Ne5 Bd7 20.f3 Ng5 21.Nc5 Ne6 22.Rab1 Nc5 23.Qc5 Qe6 24.Ba6 Rc7 25.Rb7 Rb7 26.Bb7 (26...Re8 27.Qa7+– (27.Bc6?! Rc8+/–)) 1–0. pcmvr (2760) – sportsmaniac (2260), net–chess.com, 2006.

5.bc6 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 c5 5.bc6 Nc6).

5.d4 Bb4 6.c3 Bd6 7.Qb3 0-0 8.f3 (8.Ba3!?=+) 8...a6-/+ 9.b6 (9.bc6 Nc6 10.Ba3 e5-/+) 9...Nbd7 10.c4 (10.Ba3 c5-/+) 10...dc4-+ (10...Qb6?! 11.Qb6 Nb6 12.c5=+; 10...Nb6 11.c5 Bc5 12.dc5+=) 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Bd3 (12.Be2 Nfd7-+) 12...Nbd5 (12...Nfd5 13.Ne2-+) 13.Kf2 Re8 14.e4 Nf4 15.Bc2 (15.Bf1 e5-+) 15...e5 16.Qe3 Qb6 17.Bc3 Ng6 (better 17...Ne6 18.Bd2 Nd4-+) 18.Nd2 (18.Ne2 Qd8-/+) 18...Be6 (18...ed4 19.Bd4 c5 20.Bf6-+) 19.d5?? (better 19.Ne2-/+) 19…Bc5-+ (19...Bc5 20.de6 Be3 21.Kf1 Re6-+) 0-1. Delboy Smith (1655) - Dr. Soul (1915), ChessWorld.net, 2011.

5.d4 Qb6 6.a4 Bd7 7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 cb5 9.ab5 Bb5 (9...Bb4 10.Bc3 Bb5 11.Bb4 Bc4 12.Bc5–/+) 10.Qb3+= Ba6 11.Qb6 ab6 12.Nf3 Bb4 13.Nbd2 0-0 14.Ke2 b5 15.Bd3 Nd5 16.Rhc1 Nd7 17.g3 (17.Ne4 N7b6 18.Ba3 Ba3 19.Ra3 b4+=) 17...N7b6 18.e4 Ne7 19.Bc3 Bc3 20.Rc3 b4 21.Rcc1 Na4 22.Ne5 (22.Ra4 Bd3 Double attack (22...Bd3 Decoy)) 22...f6 23.Ba6 (23.Nec4 Nc3 24.Ke3 f5+=) 23...Nc3–/+ (worse is 23...ba6 24.Ra4 fe5 25.Rb4 ed4 26.Rd4+=) 24.Kd3 ba6 (24...fe5?! 25.Bc4 ed4 26.Be6 Kh8 27.f4=) 25.Nec4 Rfd8 26.Nb3 Nc6 27.Ke3 Rac8 28.Nb6 Rc7 29.Na4 e5 30.d5 Nd4! 31.Nd4 ed4 32.Kd3 Rdc8 33.Nb6 Rb8 34.Nc4 (34.Na4 Ra7–/+) 34...b3 35.Nb2 (35.Ra6?? Na2 36.Ra2 ba2–+) 35...Rbc8 36.Ra6 Na4 37.Ra4 (37.Ra4 Rc3 Double attack (37...Rc1 Discovered attack); 37.Na4 Rc1 Discovered attack) 37...Rc1 38.Rb4 R8c2 39.Rb3 Rc3 (39...Rf2 40.Rb8 Kf7 41.Rb7 Ke8 42.Kd4 Rh2 43.Nc4+=) 40.Rc3= dc3 41.Nc4 c2 42.f4 Re1 43.Kc2 Re4 44.Kd3 Re1 45.Kd4 Kf8 46.Ne3 Kf7 47.Kd3 h5 48.Ke4 f5 49.Kd4 Kf6 50.d6 g6 51.Nc4 Rh1 52.h4 Rd1 53.Ke3 Rd5 54.Ke2 Rd4 55.Ne5 Rd6 56.Nc4 Re6 57.Kf2 Ke7 58.Kf1 Kd7 59.Ne5 Kd6 60.Ke2 Kd5 61.Kf2 Ra6 62.Nf7 Ra2 63.Ke3 Ra3 64.Kf2 Kd4 65.Nd6 Ra2 66.Kf3 Ra6 67.Nf7 Ra7 68.Ne5 Ra3 69.Kg2 Ke4 70.Kf2 Ra2 71.Kf1 Rc2 72.Kg1 Ke3 73.Kf1 Rf2 74.Kg1 Ke2 75.Ng6?! (75.Kh1 Kf1 76.Ng6–+) 75...Kf3 76.Ne7 Rg2 77.Kf1 Rb2 78.Kg1 Kg4 0–1. pierred (2845) – pcmvr, net–chess.com, 2016.

5.Be2 cb5 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Be2 Qb6 8.Qc1 Be7 9.f4 h6 (9...0-0 10.Nf3=+) 10.Nf3 Bb5 11.0-0?? (better 11.Bd4 Qa6 12.Bb5 Qb5 13.Nc3=) 11...Be2-+ 12.Re1 (12.Rf2 Bf3 13.Rf3 Nc6-+) 12...Bf3 13.gf3 Nc6 14.Kf2 Qd8 (14...d4 15.Kg2-+) 15.Rg1 Rg8 16.Nc3 a6 17.e4 (17.Ne2 Bc5-+) 17...de4 (17...Bc5 18.Ke2 Bg1 19.Qg1-+) 18.fe4 Qd7 (18...Bc5 19.Ke2-+) 19.d4 (19.Rg2 Bb4 20.Kf1 Rc8-+) 19...Nd4 20.Qe3 (20.Qd2 Qc6 21.Qd3 Rd8-+) 20...b6 (20...Nc2 21.Qe2 Na1 22.Ra1-+) 21.a4 (21.Qd3 Rd8-+) 21...Bc5 (21...Nc2 22.Qe2 Na1 23.Ra1-+) 22.Kg2 (22.Rad1 Rc8-+) 22...Nc2 23.Qd2 (23.Qe2 Na1 24.Ra1-+) 23…Qd2 (23...Qd2 24.Kh1 Na1 25.f5 Qf2 26.Ne2 Qe2 27.h3 Qe3 28.Rg3 Qg3 29.Bd4 Qh3 30.Kg1 Bd4) 0-1. anotherheaven (1735) - zMotivat0r (1825), lichess.org, 2015.

5.Nf3 a6 6.ba6 (6.bc6 Nc6 7.Be2 Bd6=+) 6...b6 (6...Na6 7.Be5=) 7.Ne5 (7.Nc3 Bd6=+) 7...Bd6=+ 8.f4 (8.Ng4 Ba6 9.Nf6 gf6=) 8...0-0 9.Be2 Ba6 10.0-0 Be2 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.d3 b5 13.Nd2 Ba3 (13...Nbd7 14.Nd7 Nd7 15.Qg4=+) 14.Rab1 Be7 15.Rf3 (15.Ra1 Nbd7=+) 15...Nbd7 (15...Ra2 16.e4–/+) 16.Rh3? (better is 16.Ra1!?=+) 16...Ra2–+ 17.Ndf3 Rfa8 (17...b4 18.Nd7 Nd7 19.Rg3–+) 18.g4 (18.Ng5!?–/+) 18...Ne5–+ 19.Ne5 Nd7 20.g5 Rb2 (better is 20...Nf8–+) 21.Qh5?? (better is 21.Rb2 Ne5 22.fe5 Qe5 23.Qh5 Ra1 24.Kf2–+) 21...Rb1–+ 22.Kg2 Nf8 23.Qf7 Kh8 24.Ng6 Ng6 25.Qg6 Kg8 26.Qe6 Kh8 27.g6 Bh4 28.Rh4 h6 29.f5 Rba1 30.f6 R1a7 31.f7 Qe7 32.Qh3? Qg5 33.Rg4 Qe5 34.d4 Qe6 35.Qf3 Rf8 36.Qf4 Rff7 37.gf7? Rf7–+ 38.Qg3 Qf5 39.Rf4 Qc2 40.Kh3 Rf4 (41.Qf4 Qe4–+) 0–1. Maciejewski,R – Wisniewski,M, corr Poland, 1996.

5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a4 a6 7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 cb5 11.Qb3 Bd7 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Nc3 Na6 14.Bb5 Bb5 15.Qb5 Qb5 16.Nb5 Bb4 17.0-0 Ke7 18.d4 Rc8 19.g3 Rc2 20.Rb1 Kd7 21.h4 Kc6 22.Na7 Kb6 23.Nc8 Rc8 24.g4 Rc2 25.g5 f5 26.h5 Kc6 27.Ne5 Kd5 28.Nf7 b5 29.g6 hg6 30.hg6 Rc8 31.Ra1 Rg8 32.Ra6 Rg6 33.Kf1 Bc3 34.Ne5 Rg7 35.Ra8 b4 36.Rd8 Ke4 37.Ke2 Re7 38.f3 1–0. mihai740609 – sevtgin1, internet, 2014.

5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Be2 f6 7.0-0 Bd7 8.a4 cb5 9.ab5 a6 10.h3 Qb6 11.c4 (11.Bd4 Qd6=) 11...Bc5 (11...dc4!? 12.Qc2 Nd6 13.ba6 Na6+=) 12.cd5 ed5 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 0-0 (14...Bb5!? 15.Rb1 Be2 16.Qe2 Qc7=) 15.d4+= Be7 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Rfb1 Nd7 (17...a5!?+=) 18.ba6+/– Qb3 19.Rb3 ba6 20.Ra6 Ra6 21.Ba6 Bf5 (better is 21...Ra8 22.Bb7 Ra3 23.Ra3 Ba3+/–) 22.Bb4?? (22.Bb7!? Be6+–) 22...Bb4?? (better is 22...Rb8 23.g4 Be4 24.Be7 Rb3=) 23.Rb4+– h6 (better is 23...Kf7+–) 24.Rb5 Be6 25.Rb1 (25.Bb7!? Kf7 26.Bd5 Bd5 27.Rd5 Ke6+–) 25...Bf5 26.Rc1 Kh7 27.Bc8 Kg6? (better is 27...Rd8+–) 28.Nh4 Kg5 29.Nf5 Nb6 30.Be6 Nc4 31.Ng3 Re8 32.Bd5 Nd2 33.Rc2 Nb1 34.Rc5 Na3 35.Bf7 Kh4 36.Be8 1–0. joaquimbage – poklekoj, internet, 2012.

5.Nf3 g6 6.a4 a6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Bg7 11.d4 0-0 12.Nbd2 cb5 13.Bb5 Ne4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.c4 Qc7 17.f3 ef3 18.Qf3 Rd8 19.h3 Ne8 20.c5 f5 21.Bc3 Nd6 22.Bc4 (< 22.cd6 Qc3 23.Qe2 Rd6=+) 22...Nc4 23.Nc4 b6 24.Nb6 Bb7 25.Qf2 Be4 26.Rc1 Rb8 27.Qf4 e5 28.Qf2 (< 28.de5 Qc5 29.Nd7 Qa3=) 28...Qc6 29.Nc4 Ra8 30.Nd6 Bd5 31.Rb1 Qc7 32.Ra1 Ra1 33.Ba1 Qa5 34.Bb2 Bh6 35.Ne8 Qd8 36.e4 Be4 37.Nd6 Bd5 38.de5 Qb8 39.Kh2 Bf4 40.Qf4 Qb2 41.Qg3 Kf8 42.h4 (42.e6!? Qf6 43.Qe3 Qe6 44.Qd4+=) 42...Qd4+= 43.h5 Ba8 44.Qg5 (44.Nb5 Qc5 45.hg6 hg6 46.Nd6=) 44...Qe5= 45.Kh3 Bg2 46.Qg2 Qc5 47.Qd2 Qg1 48.h6 Ke7 49.Nc8 Ke8 50.Qe2 Kd7 51.Qe7 Kc8 52.Qh7 Qe3 53.Kg2 Qe2 54.Kg1 Qd1 55.Kf2 Qc2 56.Ke1 Qc3 57.Ke2 ½–½. marekt – average_at_chess, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

5.f4 cb5 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nc3 Bb5 8.Nb5 a6 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nd4 Be7 (10...e5!? 11.Nf5 ef4+=) 11.Qh5+/– Qd7 12.Ngf3 Nc6 13.0-0 Nd4 14.Nd4 0-0-0 (better is 14...Rc8!?+/–) 15.Qf7+– Bc5 16.Qf6 Bd4 17.ed4 Rdf8 18.Qe5 Rhg8 19.Rf3 Rf5?? (19...b6+–) 20.Rc3 Kd8 21.Qb8 Ke7 22.Qg8 Rf8 (22...h6+–) 23.Qg5 Ke8 24.Re1 (24.Re1 h6 25.Qh6+–) 1–0. Fritz11 – jumbo, casual, 2013.

5.f4 Qb6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.a4= cb5 8.Bd4 Qc7 9.ab5 Bd7 10.Ra7+/– Ra7 11.b6 (11...Qc8 12.ba7+/–; < 11.Ba7 b6 12.Bb8 Qb8+=) 1–0. pcmvr (2735) – robertochess (2195), net–chess.com, 2006.

5.f4 Bd7 6.bc6 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.g4 Ng4 9.Rg1 Nh2–+ 10.Rg7 Nf3 11.Qf3–/+ d4 12.Rg5 h6 13.Rh5 Qf6 14.Bb5 Rg8 15.Kf1?? Qg6–+ 16.Rh1 0-0-0 17.Bd3 f5 18.Na3 Ne5! 19.Qf2 Ng4 20.Qe2 Bc6 (21.e4 fe4–+) 0–1. Kuhlmann,Antonius Egidius J – Oskam,GCA, corr NED–chT, 1972.

5.f4 Be7 6.a4 a6 7.Nf3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Qa5 10.Bc3 Qb6 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Bd4 c5 14.Bb2 c4 15.Nd4 Nc5 16.d3 cd3 17.cd3 Bd7 18.Nc3 Ra8 19.Qe1 Na4 20.Qa1 Qa5 21.Na4 Qa4 22.g4 Qa1 23.Ra1 Ra1 24.Ba1 Ne8 25.Kf2 Nc7 26.b6 Nb5 (26...Na8!?=) 27.Nb5 Bb5 28.Bd4 Bd6 29.g5 g6 30.Be5 Be5 31.fe5 Kf8 32.Kf3 (32.Ke1 Ke7+=) 32...Ke7= 33.h4 Kd7 34.Kf2 Kc6 35.Ke1 Kb6 36.Kd2 Kc5 37.Kc3 Ba6 38.h5 ½–½. Trkn – guest559, ICC, 2004.

5.Bf6 Qf6 6.Nc3 cb5 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Nce2 (9.Ba6!? ba6 10.Nge2=+) 9...0-0=+ 10.Nd4 Nc5 11.a3? (11.Qf3 Ne4 12.c3 Be7=+) 11...Ba5?? (better 11...Ne4 12.Qf3 Bd2 13.Ke2 Qe7-+) 12.c3 e5 13.Ndf3 d4! 14.h3?? (14.cd4 ed4 Combination; 14.ed4 ed4 Combination) 14...dc3-+ 15.Ra2 (15.Qc2 e4 16.Rd1 Bd7-+) 15...cd2 (better 15...Be6 16.Rc2 cd2 17.Nd2-+) 16.Rd2 (16.Nd2 Be6 17.Rb2 Rfd8-+) 16...Rd8 17.Bc4 (17.Qc2 Qc6 18.Ne5 Qe4 19.Qe4 Bd2 20.Ke2 Ne4-+) 17...Bd2 (better 17...Ne4 18.Qa4 Bd2 19.Kf1-+) 18.Nd2 a6 (better 18...Ne4! 19.Ne4 Rd1 20.Kd1-+) 19.Ngf3 b5 20.0-0 (20.Be2-+) 20...Ne4 (better 20...bc4 21.Qc2-+) 21.Bb3?? (better 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Bd3-/+) 21...Nd2 22.Nd2 Bf5 23.Re1. atif_zubair – Schaunmermal, lichess.org, 2019.

5.a4 (--> 1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 c6 4.a4 d5 5.e3).

5.a4 a6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 a6 5.a4 c6).

5.a4 a6 6.c4 ab5 7.ab5 Ra1 8.Ba1 Be7 (---> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 a6 5.a4 ab5 6.ab5 Ra1 7.Ba1 c6 8.c4 Be7).

5.a4 a6 6.Nf3 ab5 7.ab5 Ra1 8.Ba1 (---> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 a6 5.a4 ab5 6.ab5 Ra1 7.Ba1 c6 8.Nf3).

5.a4 Bd7 6.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Bd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.a4).

5.a4 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Be2 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 c6 7.a4).

6.a4 a5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Nb6 9.cd5 ed5 (worse 9...Qd5 10.0-0+/-; worse 9...Nfd5 10.0-0+=) 10.0-0 Be6 11.d4 c4 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Nd2 Bb4 14.Rc1 Qd6 15.f3 Bf5 (15...0-0 16.e4 Qf4 17.Rf2 Na4 18.Qa4 Qd2 19.Bc4 Qc1 20.Bc1 Rc4 21.Ne2-+) 16.Re1 (better 16.e4!? de4 17.Nde4= (worse 17.Nce4 Ne4 18.Ne4 Qe7=+)) 16...0-0=+ 17.Bf1 Bg6 18.e4 de4 19.Nde4 Ne4 20.fe4 Rcd8 21.d5 Nd7 22.Kh1 Ne5 23.Re3 Nd3?? (better 23...Bc5 24.Rg3 Bf2-+) 24.Bd3+= cd3 25.Qd3 f5 (better 25...Rc8!?+=) 26.e5+/- Qc7? (better 26...Qc5!? 27.Ree1 Rfe8+/-) 27.d6+- Qb6?? (27...f4 28.dc7 A) 28...Bd3?? 29.cd8R (29.cd8B?! fe3 30.Bb6 e2+/-; 29.cd8N?! fe3 30.Nb7 e2 31.Ne2 Be2+-) 29...Rd8 30.Rf3+-; B) 28...Rd3 29.Rd3 Bd3+-) 28.Nd5 Qa7 29.Nf4 (29.Ne7 Kh8 30.Ng6 hg6 31.Rh3 Kg8 32.Qc4 Rf7 33.e6 Qg1 34.Rg1 Re7 35.Qh4 Re6 36.Qh8 Kf7 37.Qg7 Ke8 38.Rh8) 29...Be8 30.Bd4 b6 (30...Qa8 31.Nd5 b6 32.Ne7 Kh8 33.Rh3+-) 31.Ne6 (31.Rc7 Rd7 32.Qc4 Kh8+-) 31...Bd6 (31...Qd7 32.Nf8 Rc8+-) 32.ed6 Rd6 33.Nf8 Kf8 34.Bc5 bc5 (34...Qd7 35.Bd6 Kg8 36.Rc7 h6 37.Rd7 Bd7 38.Re7 Be6 39.Re6 h5 40.Qf5 g5 41.Re7 h4 42.Qc8) 35.Qd6 Kg8 36.Re8 (36.Re8 Kf7 37.Rf8) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2655) - holl01 (2145), Rated Bullet tournament Y0zGHDCB, lichess.org, 2015.

6.a4 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 0-0 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Re1 a5 13.Qb1 Qc7 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.cd5 Bd5 16.Bd3 g6 17.e4 Bb7 18.Nc4 Qf4 e4 draws heavy fire 19.Nb6 Nb6 20.dc5 Ng4? (20...Be4 21.Be4 Ne4+-) 21.h3+- Ne3? (better 21...f5 22.c6 fe4 23.Be4 Nf6 24.cb7 Rab8 25.Bg6 Qh6+-) 22.Be5 (22.fe3?! Qe3 23.Kh1 Bc5+/-) 22...Qh6 23.cb6 (23.fe3?! Qe3 24.Kh2 Bc5+/-) 23...f5 (23...Bg5 24.Rc7 Rab8 25.Qb2+-) 24.Rc7 (24.fe3?! Qe3 25.Kh2 fe4 26.Be4 Be4+-) 24...fe4 25.Be4 (better 25.Re7 Rf3 26.Rg7 Qg7 27.Bg7 ed3 28.gf3 Nc2+-) 25...Rf3 (25...Be4 26.Qe4 Nd5+-) 26.Bb7 Rf2 27.Ba8 Rg2 (27...Qg5 28.Kf2 Qe5+-) 28.Bg2 Qg5 29.Qe4 Bc5 30.Qa8 Bf8 (30...Qd8 31.Rg7 Kh8 32.Rg6) 31.Rg7 (31.Rg7 Kh8 32.Qf8) 1-0. PEREIRA – Jagous, internet, 2022.

6.Nf3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7= 8.0-0 (8.d4 Nbd7=) 8...Nbd7 9.d3 (9.cd5 ed5 10.d4 Bd6=) 9...Bd6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.a4 (11.Qb3 0-0=) 11...Ng4 (11...0-0 12.h3=) 12.h3 Nge5 (12...Nh2 13.Nh2 Bh2 14.Kh1=) 13.Ne5 (13.cd5 Bd5 14.Ng5 0-0+=) 13...Be5= 14.Be5 Ne5 15.a5 (15.cd5 Bd5 16.Qc2 0-0+=) 15...dc4= 16.dc4 0-0 (16...Rd8 17.ab6 ab6 18.Qc2=) 17.a6+= Bc8 18.f4 (18.Nf3 Nf3 19.Bf3 Rb8+=) 18...Ng6 19.Ra3 (19.Ne4 Rd8 20.Qb3 f5+=) 19...Ne7 (19...Rd8 20.Qc2+=) 20.Ne4 (20.Nf3 f6+=) 20...e5 21.Qd6 Qd6 22.Nd6 ef4 23.ef4 Nf5 (23...Rd8 24.Re3 Be6 25.Rd1=) 24.Nc8+/– Rac8 (24...Rfc8 25.Bf3 Rab8 26.Bg4+/–) 25.Bg4 g6 26.Bf5 gf5 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.Rd3 (better is 28.Rg5+/–) 28...Rfe8? (better is 28...Rfd8 29.Rfd1 Rd3 30.Rd3 Kg7+/–) 29.Rd7+– Re4? (29...Ra8 30.Rf7 Kg8 31.Rf5 Re7+–) 30.Ra7 Rc4 31.Ra1 (31.Ra1 Rf4 32.Rf7+–) 1–0. Taus,Martin (2130) – Pericka,Tomas (1965), Chance Cup Open, 2011.

6.a4 a6 7.Nc3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Qa1 Bc5 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Be2 Qc7 (11...dc4 12.Qa4+=) 12.0-0+/- e5? (12...dc4 13.Bc4 Bb4 14.Be2+/-) 13.d4 (13.Na4 Bd6 14.c5 Be7 15.Be5 Qd8+-) 13...Bb4? (better 13...ed4 14.ed4 Bb4+=) 14.Ne5 (14.de5 Ne4 15.cd5 Bc3 16.Bc3 cd5+-) 14...Bc3 (14...dc4 15.Bc4 Be6 16.Qa2+-) 15.Bc3 Ne4 (15...cb5 16.cb5 Rc8 17.Rc1+-) 16.Bb4 Re8 (16...Rc8 17.f3 Nf6 18.c5+-) 17.bc6 (17.cd5!? c5 18.Rc1 b6+-) 17...bc6? (better 17...Nc6 18.Nc6 bc6+-) 18.cd5 (18.f3 Nf6+-) 18...cd5 19.Rc1 Qb7 (19...Qb6 20.Ba5 Qb3 21.Bh5+-) 20.Be1 (better 20.Qa5!? Bc6+-) 20...h6 (20...f6 21.Rb1 Qc7 22.Nd7 Nd7 23.Qa6+-) 21.Rb1 Qc7 22.Nd7 (better 22.Bd3!? Rc8+-) 22...Nd7 23.Bb5 Re7? (23...Rc8+-) 24.Bd7 (better 24.Qa8 Qb8 25.Qd5+-) 24...Qd7+/- 25.Qa8 Kh7 26.f3 Ng5 27.Bf2 Qf5 28.Rb7?? (28.Re1 Rc7 29.h4 Ne6+/-) 28...Ne6 (better 28...Rc7! 29.Rb2 Rc1 30.Be1 Re1 31.Kf2 Rh1-+) 29.h3+/- Rb7 30.Qb7 h5 31.Qb3 Ng5 32.Qd1 Qg6 33.Kf1 (better 33.Kh2+/-) 33...Qf6? (33...Qa6 34.Ke1+/-) 34.Bh4 (better 34.f4!? Qa6 35.Kg1+-) 34...Qf5 (34...Qa6 35.Kf2 Ne6 36.Qc2 g6 37.Be7+/-) 35.Bg5 (35.Ke2 Qg6+-) 35...Qg5+/- 36.Qd3 Kh6 37.Kf2 h4 38.Qb3 Qg3 39.Kf1 Qg5 40.Qb6 Kh7 41.Qb3 f6 (41...Kh6 42.Qc3 Kh7+/-) 42.Qd3 Kh6 43.e4 Qc1 44.Kf2 (44.Ke2 g5+/-) 44...Qb2+= 45.Kg1 (45.Ke1!? de4 46.fe4 Qg2 47.Qd2 Qd2 48.Kd2=) 45...Qc1= 46.Kh2 Qf4 47.Kg1 Qc1 48.Kf2 Qb2 49.Kf1 Qc1 50.Ke2 Qb2?? (50...g5 51.Qe3 Qc2 52.Kf1 de4 53.fe4 Kg6+=) 51.Qd2+- Qd2 52.Kd2 1-0. zembelek (2035) - Dienekes (1970), Rated Standard game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.a4 Bb4 7.Bf6 Qf6-/+ (7...gf6?! 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nc3=) 8.Ra2 0-0 9.Nf3 e5 (9...a5 10.cd5 ed5 11.Bd3-/+) 10.Qb3 c5 11.cd5 Bg4 (11...Bf5 12.Nc3=+) 12.Be2 e4 13.Nd4 cd4 14.Bg4 de3 15.Qe3 (15.Qb4? Qf2 16.Kd1 Qg2 17.de3 Qh1 (worse 17...Qg4 18.Re2-+) 18.Qe1 Qe1 19.Ke1 f5-+; 15.fe3?! Bd6 16.g3 Rd8+=) 15...Re8 (15...Qg6 16.Bh3=) 16.0-0 Qg6 17.Bh3 f5 18.Nc3 (18.d3 Bd6+/-) 18...Nd7 19.Qd4 (19.Rb1!? Ba5 20.d6=) 19...Bc5=+ 20.Qc4 b6 (better 20...Bd6!?=) 21.d6+/- Kh8 22.Qd5 (22.d4 ed3 23.Qd3 Rf8+/-) 22...Nf6 23.Qf5 Qf5 24.Bf5 Rad8 (24...Re5 25.Bh3+/-) 25.d7 (better 25.Re1 Rd6 26.Kf1+/- (26.Ne4?! Rd5=)) 25...Nd7? (better 25...Re5 26.Bh3 g5+=) 26.Be4+- Nf6 27.Bc6 Re6 28.Nd1 (better 28.Rc2!?+-) 28...Re2+/- 29.Ne3 Rdd2 30.Rd2 Rd2 31.Rd1?? (better 31.Ra1+/-) 31...Be3-+ 32.Rd2 Bd2 33.Kf1 Kg8 34.Ke2 Bb4 35.h3 Kf8 36.g4 (36.f4 Ke7-+) 36...Ke7 (36...g5 37.Kd3-+) 37.f4 Kd6 38.Kd3 Nd5 (better 38...a6-+) 39.Kd4?? (better 39.Kc4 Nf4 40.Kb4 Nh3 41.Bg2-+) 39...Nf4-+ 40.h4 Ne6 (40...Bc5 41.Kc3-+) 41.Ke4 (41.Kc4 Be1 42.Be4 Bh4 43.Bh7 Ng5-+) 41...Nc5 (41...a5 42.Kd3-+) 42.Kf5 (42.Kd4 a5-+) 42...Na4 43.Be4 Nc3 44.Bd3 Nd5 45.Kg5 (45.Ke4 Kc5-+) 45...Bc3 (45...Ke5 46.Bh7 Nf4 47.Be4 Be7) 46.Bh7-+ Kc5 47.Bd3 (47.Kg6 Kb5 48.h5 a5-+) 47...Nc7 (better 47...Bf6!? 48.Kf5 Bh4 49.g5-+) 48.Kg6 Nb5 49.g5 (49.h5 Nd6-+) 49...Nd4 (better 49...a5 50.Bc2-+) 50.Kg7 Nf3 51.Kg6 (51.Kh6 Nh4 52.g6 a5-+) 51...Nh4 (51...Ne5 52.Kh7 Nd3 53.g6-+) 52.Kh5 (52.Kh6 Kd4 53.Bb1 Ke5-+) 52...Nf3 53.Kg4 (53.Be2 Nd4 54.Bg4-+) 53...Ne5 54.Kf5 Nd3 55.Ke4 a5 (better 55...Kc4 56.Kf5-+) 56.Kd3 Bg7 57.Kc2 a4 58.Kb1 b5 59.Ka2 b4 60.g6 Kc4 (60...b3 61.Kb1 Kc4 62.Kc1 Kd3 63.Kd1 Bc3 64.Kc1 a3 65.Kd1 a2 66.Kc1 a1Q) 61.Kb1 a3 (61...b3 62.Kc1 Kd3 63.Kd1 Bc3 64.Kc1 a3 65.Kd1 a2 66.Kc1 a1Q) 62.Ka2 (62.Kc2 b3 63.Kd2 b2 64.Kc2 a2 65.Kd2 b1Q 66.Ke2 Qe4 67.Kf2 a1Q 68.Kg3 Qae1 69.Kh3 Q1h4) 62...Kc3 (62...Bb2 63.g7 b3 64.Kb1 Kc3 65.g8Q a2) 63.Kb1 Kb3 (63...Bd4 64.Ka2 Bc5 65.Kb1 b3 66.g7 a2 67.Ka1 Kc2 68.g8Q Bd4) 64.Kc1 a2 65.Kd2 (65.Kd1 a1Q 66.Ke2 Qc3 67.Kf2 Qh3 68.Ke2 Kc2 69.Ke1 Qg3 70.Ke2 Bd4 71.g7 Qf2) 65...a1Q 66.Ke3 (66.Ke2 Kc2 67.Kf2 Qd4 68.Kg2 Qg4 69.Kf1 Qg3 70.Ke2 Bd4 71.g7 Qf2) 66...Qd4 (66...Qe5 67.Kf2 Qf4 68.Kg2 Qg4 69.Kf2 Bd4 70.Ke1 Kc2 71.Kf1 Qf3 72.Ke1 Bc3) 67.Kf3 Qe5 (67...Qh4 68.Kg2 Qg4 69.Kf2 Bd4 70.Ke1 Kc2 71.Kf1 Qf3 72.Ke1 Bc3) 68.Kg4-+ Qf6 69.Kh5 (69.Kg3 Qc3 70.Kf4 Qc4 71.Kf3 Qf1 72.Kg4 Qf2 73.Kh3 Be5 74.Kg4 Qf4 75.Kh5 Bf6 76.g7 Qg5) 69...Qf5 (69...Qf3 70.Kg5 Bf6 71.Kh6 Qh1) 70.Kh4 Qg6 (70...Qf3 71.Kg5 Bf6 72.Kh6 Qh1) 71.Kh3 Qg5 (71...Be5 72.Kh4 Bf4 73.Kh3 Qg3) 72.Kh2 Qg4 73.Kh1 Kc3 (73...Qh3 74.Kg1 Bd4) 74.Kh2 Kd3 75.Kh1 Ke2 (75...Qh3 76.Kg1 Bd4) 76.Kh2 Kf2 77.Kh1 Qg2 (77...Qh5) 0-1. dale70 (1950) - puti (1920), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.a4 Bd6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.d4 b6 10.Be2 a6 11.0-0 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Qa1 c5 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.dc5 Bc5 16.cd5 ed5 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.Rd5 f6 19.Bc4 Kh8 20.Qd1 h6 21.h3 Rc8 22.Qd3 Be6 23.Nh4 Qf7 24.Ng6 Kg8 25.Nf4 Kh8 26.Ne6 Qe6 27.Rd8 Rd8 28.Qd8 Kh7 29.Be6 1-0. zembelek (2115) - nikolaypetkov_bnpp (2120), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Nf3 dc4 7.Bc4 cb5 8.Bb3 (8.Be2 Bc6=+) 8...Nc6 9.Nc3 a6 10.0-0 Be7 11.d4 0-0 (11...b4 12.Na4-/+) 12.d5=+ ed5 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Bd5 Bf6 15.Nd4 (15.Qb1 Be6 16.Be4 Bb2 17.Qb2 Qe7=+) 15...Nd4-/+ 16.Bd4 Bc6 17.Bf6 Qf6 18.Bc6 (18.Qb3 Rfd8 19.Rad1 Rac8-/+) 18...bc6 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Rc5 Rfd8 21.Qc2 g6 (21...Rd6 22.e4 Re8 23.Rc1-/+) 22.h4 (22.a4 Qe6=+) 22...Qh4 23.Rc6 Qg4 24.f3 (24.Rc1 Rc6 25.Qc6 Qa4-/+) 24...Rc6 25.Qc6 (25.fg4?? Rc2 26.a4 Rdd2-+) 25...Qe6 (25...Qg5 26.e4 Rd2 27.Qc8 Kg7 28.Qc3 Kh6-+) 26.Qc5 (better 26.Qe6!? fe6 27.Rf2-/+) 26...Re8 27.e4 Qa2 28.Rd1 Qe6 (28...Qe2!? 29.Rd6-+) 29.Rd6-/+ Qe7 30.Qd5 Qa7 31.Kh2 Qb8 32.g3 a5 (32...Qa7!? 33.Kg2 Qe3 34.Qa2-+) 33.Rd7-/+ Rf8 34.Rb7 Qd8 35.Qb5 Qd2 36.Kh3 Qh6 (36...Qf2 37.Qd3-/+) 37.Kg2 Qd2 38.Kh3 h5 39.Ra7 (39.Qf1-/+) 39...h4 (better 39...Qc1 40.Qe2 Rc8-+) 40.Kh4?? (better 40.Qa5 Qd1 41.Kg4=+) 40...Qh2 (better 40...Qh6 41.Kg4 f5 42.Qf5 gf5 43.ef5 Kh8-+) 41.Kg4 f5 42.ef5?? (42.Kf4 g5 43.Ke5 Qg3 44.Ke6 Qf3 45.e5-+) 42...gf5 (better 42...Qh5 43.Kf4 Rf5 44.Qf5 Qf5 45.Ke3 Qc5 46.Kd3 Qa7-+) 43.Kf4 (43.Qf5 Rf5 44.Kf5 Qg3 45.Ra5 Qf3 46.Ke6 Qf7 47.Kd6 Qf6 48.Kd7 Kf7-+) 43...Qh6 44.Ke5 Qe3 45.Kd6 Qd2 (45...Qa7 46.Qc4 Kh7 47.Qc7 Qc7 48.Kc7-+) 46.Kc6?? (better 46.Qd5 Qd5 47.Kd5+=) 46...Rf6-+ 47.Kb7 Rf7 48.Ka6 Qd6 49.Qb6 Ra7 50.Ka7 Qb6 51.Kb6 a4 52.Kc6 a3 53.Kd6 a2 54.Ke5 a1Q 55.Kf5 Qc3 56.Kg4 Qc5 0-1. zembelek (2000) - Kobylka (2055), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.a4 Bg7 7.Qb3 0-0 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.d4 c5 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Ba3 Rfd8 15.dc5 Nc5 16.Bc5 Qc5 17.Rac1 dc4 18.Rc4 Qe7 19.Rdc1? (better 19.Ne5!?=+) 19...Bd5-+ 20.Rc8 Bb3 21.Rd8 Qd8 22.Nb3 Nd5 23.Nbd4 h5 24.h3 Qd7 25.Rc4 Ne7 26.g4 hg4 27.hg4 Nc8 28.Nc6 Nd6 29.Rc2 Ne4 30.Nce5 Be5 31.Ne5 Qd6 32.Nc6 Qd7 33.f3?? (33.Ne5 Qd5 34.Nc6-+) 33...Nc5 34.Rc4?? (34.a5 Kg7-+) 34...a5 (better 34...Qd2 35.Bf1 Qe3 36.Kh2 Qf3-+) 35.Rd4 Qc7 36.f4 Kg7 37.Kf2 f5 (better 37...g5!? 38.Kf3 f6 39.fg5 Qh2 (39...fg5?! 40.Kg2-+) 40.gf6 Kf6 41.Rf4 Kg5-+) 38.g5-/+ Ne4 39.Kf3 Nc5 (39...e5 40.Rd8 ef4 41.ef4 Nd6=+) 40.Bc4 Na4 41.Be6 Nc5 42.Ba2 Ne4 43.Bb1?? (better 43.Rd8=) 43...Nd6 44.Bd3 Nb7 45.Ne5? (45.e4!?=+) 45...Nc5-/+ 46.Bc4 a4 47.Bd5? (47.Nc6 a3 48.Rd8=+) 47...a3-+ 48.Rd2 Qa7 49.Ba2 Qa5?? (better 49...Qa8 50.Ke2 Qg2 51.Ke1 Qh1 52.Ke2 Qh2 53.Kd1 Qh3-+) 50.Rd6-/+ Qb5 51.Rg6 Kf8 52.Rf6 Ke7 53.Rf5?? (better 53.Bc4 Qc4! 54.Nc4-+) 53...Qb2 (better 53...Qf1 54.Kg4 Qe2 55.Kh3 Qe3 56.Kg4 Qe2 57.Kh3 Qa2 58.Nc6 Ke8 59.Re5 Kd7 60.Nb8 Kc7-+) 54.Bd5?? (better 54.Rf7 Ke8 55.Bc4=) 54...a2-+ 55.Nc4?? (55.Rf7 Kd6 56.Ba2 Qa2 57.Rf6 Kd5 58.Nf7-+) 55...Qb1 (better 55...Qh8 56.Rf7 Kd8-+) 56.Rf7 Kd8 57.Rf8 Ke7 (better 57...Kc7 58.Rf7 Nd7 59.Rd7 Kd7 60.Ne5 Kd6 61.Ba2 Qa2-+) 58.Rf7 Kd8 59.Ne5?? (59.Rf8 Kc7 60.Rf7 Nd7 61.Rd7 Kd7 62.Ne5 Kd6 63.Ba2 Qa2 64.e4-+) 59...a1Q (better 59...Qd1 60.Kg3 a1Q 61.Nc6 Kc8 62.Na7 Qa7 63.Ra7 Qd5-+) 60.Rf8 (60.Nc6 Kc8 61.Na7 Qa7 62.Ra7 Qd1 63.Kg3 Qd5 64.Rg7-+) 60...Kc7 (60...Ke7 61.Rf7 Kd6 62.Kg4 Kd5 63.Kh5 Qh1 64.Kg6 Qa8 65.Rf8 Qf8 66.Nf7 Qg8 67.Kf6 Qh5 68.g6 Qhg6 69.Ke7 Q6f7) 61.Rf7 Kd6 62.Bc6 Qh1 (62...Qg1 63.Rf6 Ne6 64.Nc4 Ke7 65.Re6 Ke6 66.f5 Kf5 67.Nd6 Kg5 68.Ne4 Kh4 69.Nf2 Qf6 70.Ke2 Qgf2 71.Kd3 Qc6 72.Kd4 b5 73.Ke5 Qff6) 63.Kg4 Qc6! 64.Rf6 (64.Nc6 Qd1 Double attack (64...Qd1 Decoy)) 64...Ke7 (better 64...Kd5!? 65.Nc6 Qd1 66.Kh4 Qe1 67.Kg4 Qe3 68.Nb8-+) 65.Rc6 Qg1 66.Kf5 Qb1 67.Kg4 Ne6 68.Rc7?? (68.g6 Qe4 69.Rb6 Kf6 70.Nd7 Kg7-+) 68...Kd6 (better 68...Nc7 69.Nc6 Kf7 70.Ne5 Kg7-+) 69.Rd7 Kc5 70.Nd3 (70.g6 Nf8 71.Rc7 Kd5-+) 70...Kc6 (better 70...Kb5!? 71.Rd5 Kc6-+) 71.Ne5-/+ Kb5 72.g6 Nf8 73.Rd5 Ka6 74.g7?? (better 74.Rd6=+) 74...Qg1-+ 75.Kf5 Qg7 76.Nd3 (76.Rd6-+) 76...Qg6 77.Ke5 Qe8 78.Kd4 Ne6 79.Kc3 Qc6 80.Kd2 (80.Kb2 Kb7 81.Re5-+) 80...Qd5 81.Ke2 b5 (better 81...Qg2 82.Nf2 Nc5-+) 82.Nb4+= Kb7 83.Nd5 Kc6 84.Nb4 Kc5 85.Nc2 b4 86.Nb4 (better 86.Kd3!?+/-) 86...Kb4= 87.f5 Nf8 88.Kf3 Kc5 89.Kf4 Kd6 90.e4 Ke7 91.e5 Nh7 92.Kg4 Kf7 93.Kh5 Nf8 94.Kh6 Ke7 95.Kg7 Ne6 96.Kg8 Ng5 97.Kg7 Ne6 98.Kg6 Nf8 99.Kg5 Nd7 100.Kf4 Ne5 101.Ke5 Kf7 102.f6 Kf8 103.Kf5 Kf7 104.Kg5 Kf8 105.Kg6 Kg8 106.Kf5 The mate threat is Kf8 106...Kf7 107.Ke5 Kf8 108.Ke6 Ke8 109.Ke5 Threatening mate: Kd8 109...Kf7 110.Kf5 Kf8 111.Kg5 Kf7 112.Kf5 Kf8 113.Kg6 Kg8 114.Kf5 Threatening mate... how? 114...Kf7 ½-½. dale70 (2010) - SR20VET (2055), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.a4 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.Nc3 b6 (9...Nbd7 10.cd5 ed5 11.bc6 bc6 12.Ba3+=) 10.Be2 c5 11.cd5 ed5 12.Rc1 Be6 13.d3 h6 14.0-0 Nbd7 15.Qb1 Ne5 (better 15...Rfe8!?=) 16.Ne5+– Qe5 17.Ne4 Qf5 18.Ng3 Qg5 19.f4 Qh4 20.f5 gf5 (20...Bd7 21.Rf4 Qg5 22.Rcf1+=) 21.Nf5+– Bf5 22.Rf5 Ng4 Black intends d4 23.Bg4 Qg4 24.Rcf1 d4 (24...Qe2!? 25.Bc1 Rad8+=) 25.e4 h5 (25...Qg6 26.a5+=) 26.Qe1 (better 26.R1f3 h4 27.Qe1+–) 26...h4?? (26...Rae8!? 27.R1f4 Qg6 28.Qh4+–) 27.R5f4 (better 27.R1f4 Qg6 28.Qh4+–) 27...Qg5 28.Qh4 (better 28.Rh4 f5 29.Bc1+–) 28...Qh4+– 29.Rh4 Rae8 (29...a6 30.Rg4 ab5 31.ab5+=) 30.Rg4 Re6 31.Rf3 Kh7 32.Bc1 f6?? (better 32...f5 33.Rh4 Kg8 34.ef5 Re1 35.Rf1 Rf1 36.Kf1 Rf5 37.Ke2 Re5 38.Kd1 Re8+–) 33.Rh3+– Kg8 34.Bh6 Rf7 35.Rhg3 Ree7 36.h4 Kf8 37.Bg7 Rg7 38.Rf4 (better 38.Rg7 Rg7 39.Rg7 Kg7 40.Kf2+–) 38...Rg3–+ 39.Rf6 Kg7 40.Rf5 (40.Rf3 Rf3 41.gf3 Kf6–+) 40...Rd3 41.h5 (41.Rg5 Kh6 42.e5 c4–+) 41…Re4 0–1. GuestKVYG – GuestNZNB, freechess.org, 2017.

6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bd7 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.Bc1 Qa6 10.c3 Rc8 11.Qe2 Qe2 12.Ke2 Ne4 13.Bd2 Nb6 14.Rc1 Be7 15.Ne5 f6 16.Nd3 Na4 17.f3 Nd6 18.Na3 a6 19.Nf4 Kf7 20.Rab1 b5 21.Kd3 g5 22.Ne2 h5 23.Nc2 Nc4 24.e4? (better is 24.Na1–+) 24...Nab2 25.Rb2 Nb2 26.Ke3 f5 27.ef5 ef5 28.Rb1 Nc4 29.Kd3 f4 30.Nb4 Bb4 31.Rb4 Rhe8 32.Nc1 (32.h4 Nd2 33.Kd2–+) 32...Re6 33.Nb3 Rce8 (33...Rce8 34.Nc1 h4–+) 0–1. Vermaas,Fred – Recio,Luis, IECG, 2004.

6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Be2 a6 8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 b5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Nbd2 Nd5 14.a4 b4 15.a5 (15.Rc1!?=) 15...Na5+= 16.Nc4 (16.Bd3!?+=) 16...Nc4–/+ 17.Bc4 a5 18.Bd5 ed5 19.Ne5 Be6 (19...Bb5 20.Re1–+) 20.h3 Bf6 21.Nc6 Qc7 22.Rc1 Qb7 23.Qa4 Bd7 24.Rc5 Rfc8 25.Ne7?? (better is 25.Na5 Ba4 26.Nb7–/+) 25...Be7–+ 26.Rc8 Rc8 27.Qa5 (27.Qa1 a4–+) 27...Ra8 28.Qa8 Qa8 29.Ra1 Qb7 30.Rf1 h6 31.Ra1 b3 32.Rc1 Bb5 33.g3 Bc4 34.Kg2 Qa6 35.Ra1 Qb5 36.Ra8 Kh7 37.Ra7 Qb4 38.Ba3 Qa3 39.Ra3 Ba3 40.h4 b2 0–1. joaquimbage – guiloe, 2012.

6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Be2 Be7 8.c4 Bc6 9.cd5 Bd5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.0-0 0-0 12.h3 h6 13.Nc3 a6 14.a4 Nb4 15.Ba3 a5 16.Nd5 Nfd5 17.Bb4 Nb4 18.Bb5 b6 (18...Rc8!?=) 19.Ne5+= Bf6? (19...Rc8 20.Nd7 Re8 21.Rc1+/–) 20.Nc6 (better is 20.Nd7+–) 20...Nc6+= 21.Bc6 Rc8 22.Bb5 Rc7 23.Rc1 Qc8 24.Qd2 Qb8 25.Rc6 Rfc8 26.Rfc1 Rc6 27.Rc6 Rc6 28.Bc6 Qc7 29.Bb5 Be7 30.Qd1 Bb4 31.Qf3 g6 32.Qf4 (better is 32.g3!?+=) 32...Qf4+= 33.ef4 Bc3 34.d5 ed5 35.g3 d4 36.Kf1 Kg7 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.Kf3 Ke6 39.Ke4 f5 40.Kf3 Kd5 41.g4 Bb4 42.h4? White prepares the advance g5 (42.g5 Ke6 43.Be8 d3=) 42...h5 (better is 42...fg4!? 43.Kg4 Be7–+) 43.g5+= Kc5 (better is 43...Ke6!?+=) 44.Ke2 Bc3 45.Kd3 Kd5 (45...Be1 46.Be8+=) 46.f3 (better is 46.Be8!? Be1 47.Bf7 Kc5 48.Ke2+/–) 46...Be1= 47.Bc4 Kc5 48.Bf7 Bh4 49.Bg6 Bg3 50.Bf5 Bf4 51.g6 Be5 52.f4 Bg7 (52...Bf4?? 53.g7+–) 53.Bd7 Kb4 54.Bb5 Kc5 55.Ke4 Kd6 56.Kf5 Ke7 (better is 56...h4!? 57.Kg4 Bf6=) 57.Kg5+/– Ke6 58.Kh5?? (58.Bc4 Ke7+/–) 58...Kf6?? (better is 58...Kf5–/+) 59.Bd3+/– Bf8 60.f5 Bg7 61.Kg4+/– Ke5 62.Kf3 Kd5 63.Kf4 Kc5?? 64.Kg5+– Kd6 65.f6 Bf8 66.g7 Bg7 67.fg7 Ke6 68.g8Q Ke5 69.Qb8 1–0. joaquimbage – daanro, 2012.

6.bc6 bc6 (6...Nc6 7.Nd2–/+) 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Rb8 9.0-0?? (better is 9.Bc3–/+) 9...Rb2–+ 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Qc1 (11.Ne2–+) 11...Qc3 12.h3 (12.Qd2 Qa3 13.Rfb1 c5 14.dc5 Nc5 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Bd7 Nfd7–+) 12...c5 13.dc5 Nc5 14.Rb1 Rb1 15.Qb1 0-0 16.Ne5 (16.Qe1 Qa3 17.Qc1 Qa2 18.Qa1 Qa1 19.Ra1–+) 16...Qe5 17.Re1 Nfe4 18.Be4 Ne4 19.f4 Qc3 0–1. nerob (2055) – pierred (2845), net–chess.com, 2015.

6.Nf3 0-0 7.a4 Nbd7 8.c4 a6 9.c5 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Ne4 12.b6 f5 13.Bd3 Ndf6 14.Nc3 Qe8 15.0-0 Qh5 16.Ne5 Qh6 17.Ne4 fe4 18.Be2 Nd7 19.Ng4 Qg6 20.f3 ef3 21.Rf3 Nf6 22.Ne5+= Qe8 23.Bd3 Qd8 24.Rf4 Re8 25.Bc3 Nd7?? 26.Nf7 Bg5 27.Nd8 Bf4 28.Bh7! Kh8 29.Nf7 Kh7 30.Qh5 Bh6 31.Ng5 Kg8 32.Qf7 Kh8 33.Qe8 (33...Nf8 34.Qf8#) 1–0. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Ullmann,Gregory, CiF, 1987.

6.Nf3 Bd7 7.c4 0-0 8.c5 (8.a4!?+=) 8...cb5–/+ 9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 ba4 11.Na4 Nc6 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Be2 Qc7 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Ba5 Na5 16.Ra5 Bc6 17.Ne5 Nc3 18.Qd2 Ne2 19.Qe2 (19.Nc6 Qc6 20.Ke2 Qc7+=) 19...Bf6 (19...Bc5!? 20.Rc5 Qb6–+) 20.f4 Be5 21.fe5 f6 22.Qh5 (22.Qg4 Rbe8 23.Rf1 fe5 24.Rf8 Kf8–/+) 22...g6 (22...fe5 23.Qe5 Qe5 24.de5–+) 23.Qh6? (better is 23.Qh3 fe5 24.Qe6 Kg7 25.Qe5 Qe5 26.de5–/+) 23...fe5–+ 24.h4? (24.Qh4 ed4 25.Qd4 e5–+) 24...Rf5 (24...ed4 25.Qg5 Rf5 26.Qg4 de3 27.Rh3–+) 25.h5 gh5 (25...ed4 26.hg6 Qg3 27.Kd1 Qg6 28.Qg6 hg6 29.ed4–+) 26.Rh5 (26.Qe6 Qf7 27.Qf7 Kf7 28.e4 de4 29.d5–+) 26...Rh5–+ 27.Qh5 Qf7 (better is 27...ed4!? 28.Qg4 Qg7 29.Qg7 Kg7 30.ed4 Rf8–+) 28.Qe5–/+ Rf8 29.Qg3 Kh8 30.Qe5 Qf6 31.Qf6 Rf6 32.Nc8 Kg7 33.Ne7? (better is 33.Nd6!?+=) 33...Bb5–+ 34.c6? (better is 34.Nc8 Rf1 35.Kd2 Rf2 36.Kd1 Rg2 37.Nd6–+) 34...bc6 35.Nc6 Bc6 36.Ra6 Bb5 37.Ra7 Kg6 38.Kd2 Rf2 39.Kc3 Rg2 40.Kb4 (40.Re7 Rf2–+) 40...Bc4 41.Kc5 (41.Re7 Re2 42.Re6 Kg5–+) 41...Re2 42.Kd6 Re3 43.Re7 h5 44.Re6 (44.Re8–+) 44...Re6 45.Ke6 h4 0–1. captainevans – pomiarowa, 2013.

6.bc6 Bc6 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.d4 Nd7 9.c4? (9.Nf3 Bd6+=) 9...Bc5?? (better is 9...dc4 10.Kf1 b5–+) 10.cd5+= Bd5 11.Nc3?? (better is 11.Bf3=) 11...Bb4–+ (11...Bg2?! 12.Bf3 Bb4 13.Rc1 Bh1 14.Bh1–+) 12.Qd3 (12.Rc1 Rc8 (12...Bg2?! 13.Bf3 Bh1 14.Bh1–+) 13.Kd2 Bg2–+) 12...Rc8 13.Rc1 Bc4 (better is 13...Bg2 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3 Qf3–+) 14.Qd2 Be2 (14...Qg5 15.Bf3 Qa5 16.Bb7–+) 15.Ke2 (15.Nge2!? 0-0 16.0-0=) 15...0-0 16.Nf3 Rc7 (16...e5 17.Ne4 Qa6 18.Qd3 Qa2 19.Ned2 ed4 20.Qd4 Qa6 21.Qd3 Qd3 22.Kd3 Nc5 23.Ke2–+) 17.g3? (17.Qb2!? Bc3 18.Rc3 Rc3 19.Qc3=) 17...Rfc8 18.Nh4?? (better is 18.Ne4 Qf3 19.Kf3 Bd2 20.Rc7 Rc7 21.Nd2=) 18...Bc3–+ 19.Rc3 (19.Qd3–+) 19...Rc3 20.Kf1 (20.Kd1 g5 21.f4 gh4–+) 20...Rc1 (better is 20...Rc2 21.Qe1 Rc1 22.Kg2 Re1 23.Re1–+) 21.Kg2 Rh1 22.Kh1 Qe7 23.a4 Qa3 24.a5 Qc1 25.Qc1 Rc1 26.Kg2 Kf8 27.Nf3 Ke7 28.Nd2 Ra1 29.Nb3 Ra3 30.Nd2 Kd6 31.Ne4?? Kc6 32.h3 Ra5 33.Kf3 Ra1 34.Kf4 a5 35.Nc3 b5 36.h4 b4 37.Ne4 b3 38.Nc5 Nc5 39.dc5 Kc5 40.g4 b2 41.f3 Rf1 42.e4 b1Q 43.h5 a4 44.Kg3 a3 45.Kf4 a2 46.Ke3 a1Q 47.Kf4 Qf6 48.Kg3 Rg1 49.Kf2 1–0. joaquimbage – kamentachev78, internet, 2013.

6.Nf3 cb5=+ 7.Nd4 a6 8.g4 (8.0-0 Bd6-/+) 8...Nc6 9.g5 Ne4 10.h4 Qc7 11.d3 (better 11.Nc6 bc6 12.f4-/+) 11...Ng3?? (better 11...Bb4 12.Kf1 Nd4 13.Bd4 Nc3 14.Nc3 Bc3 15.Bc3 Qc3-+) 12.fg3+= Qg3 13.Kd2 Ne5 (better 13...Rc8!?+=) 14.Qg1+- Qg1 15.Rg1 Rc8 (15...Bd6 16.Nf3 Nf3 17.Bf3+-) 16.Nc3 (better 16.Ne6!? Be6 17.Be5+-) 16...Bb4 17.Rab1 Ba5 18.a4 (18.Nb3!? Bb4 19.a3+/-) 18...b4 (better 18...ba4!? 19.h5 0-0=) 19.Nd1+/- b3 (19...Ba4 20.Ra1 b5 21.Nb3+/-) 20.Nc3 (20.Bc3 bc2 21.Nc2 Ba4 22.Rb7+- (22.Ba5?! Rc2 23.Ke1 Bb5=)) 20...bc2+/- 21.Kc2 (21.Ra1+/-) 21...Bc3 (better 21...Ba4 22.Kd2 Nc6 23.Nc6 Rc6=) 22.Bc3+- Ba4 23.Kd2 b5 24.e4 (better 24.Nb5!? ab5 25.Be5 Rc2 26.Ke1+-) 24...de4+= 25.de4 Nc4 26.Kd3?? (better 26.Bc4 Rc4 27.Rgc1+=) 26...0-0 (26...e5 27.Nb3 Rd8 28.Kc2 Na3 29.Kb2 Nb1 30.Rb1 Bb3 31.Kb3=+) 27.h5 (better 27.Bh5 Rfd8 28.Ke2-/+) 27...Ne5?? (better 27...e5-+) 28.Kd2+= Rfd8 29.Ke3?? (29.Rgc1 Nc4 30.Bc4 Rc4=) 29...Nc4 (better 29...Rc3 30.Kf4 Nd3 31.Bd3 Rd4-+ (31...Rd3?! 32.Nc6-+)) 30.Bc4= Rc4 31.Ba1 Bc2 (31...e5 32.Nb3 Bb3 33.Rb3+= (33.Be5?? Bc2 34.Rbe1 Re4 35.Kf2 Rh4-+)) 32.Rbf1 (32.Nc2 Rc2 33.h6 g6+/-) 32...b4 33.g6 (better 33.h6+/-) 33...f6?? (better 33...hg6 34.hg6 f6=) 34.gh7+- Kh7 35.Rg2?? (better 35.Rg7 Kg7 36.Ne6 Kh6 37.Nd8 Re4 38.Kd2+/-) 35...e5?? (better 35...Rdd4 36.Bd4 e5=) 36.Nc2+- Rdc8 (36...Rd7+-) 37.Nd4! ed4 (37...Rd4 38.Bd4 Decoy; 37...ed4 38.Bd4 Decoy) 38.Kd2?? (better 38.Bd4 Rc1 39.Rc1 Rc1 40.Rb2+/-) 38...b3 (better 38...Rc2 39.Kd3 Rg2-+) 39.Kd1 (39.Kd1 Rc1 40.Ke2 R8c2 41.Kd3 Rf1 42.Rc2 bc2 43.Bb2-+). anotherheaven - probando (1645), lichess.org, 2015.

6.Bg3 cb5 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bd7 Bd7 9.Nf3 b5 10.0-0 Be7 11.d4 0-0 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Ne5 Rfe8 15.Nd7 Nd7 16.Nd2 a5 17.Qg4 Nf6 18.Qh3 Rc2 19.Nf3 h6 20.Be5 b4 21.Qg3 a4 22.h4 b3 23.ab3 ab3 24.Rab1 b2 25.Bf6 Bf6 26.Ne5 Be5 27.de5 Rec8 28.Qf4 Rc1 29.g4 Rb1 30.Rb1 Rc1 31.Kg2 Rb1 32.g5 hg5 33.Qg5 Rc1 34.h5 b1Q 35.h6 Qh7 36.e4 Rc2 37.ed5 Qf2 38.Kh3 Qf3 0–1. wojtekkk – raychen, internet, 2014.

6.Bg3 e5 7.Ne2 Qa5 8.bc6 bc6 9.Nec3 Bb4 10.Bd3 e4 11.Be2 0-0! 12.0-0! Re8 13.a3 Be7 14.d3 Ba6 15.de4 Be2 16.Qe2 de4 17.Qc4 c5 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Qe4 Bf6 20.Qd5 Nb6 21.Qb3 Ba1 22.c3 c4 23.Qc2 Rab8 24.Bb8 Rb8 25.h3 Na4 26.Qe4 Nc3 27.Nc3 Bc3 28.Qc4 Rd8 29.Rc1 Bb2 30.Rc2 Qa3 31.Qc8 Qa1 32.Kh2 Be5 33.g3 Qd1 34.Rc1 Qd2 35.Rc2 Qd6 36.Rc6 Qb8 37.Qa6 Bf6 38.h4 h5 39.Qe2 Bh4 40.Qh5 Bf6 41.Qg4 Rd6 42.Rc8 Qc8 43.Qc8 Kh7 44.Qh3 Kg8 45.Qc8 Rd8 46.Qc7 a6 47.Qa7 Rd2 48.Kg2 Ra2 49.Qb8 Kh7 50.Qb3 Rb2 51.Qd3 g6 52.Qd7 Kg7 53.Qe8 a5 54.e4 Rb5 55.f4 Rb2 56.Kh3 Bd4 57.e5 a4 0–1. wojtekkk – danielmafra, internet, 2014.

6.c4 a6 7.Qb3=.

6.c4 b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 (7...Be7 8.d4=) 8.cd5 (8.d4 cd4 9.Qd4 Bc5=) 8...Nd5 (8...ed5 9.Bd3=) 9.Bc4 (9.d4 Nd7=) 9...Nd7 (9...Bd6 10.d4=) 10.0-0+= N5f6 (10...Be7 11.d4+=) 11.d3= Bd6 (11...Be7 12.Qe2=) 12.e4 (12.Ne4 Ne4 13.de4 Qc7+=) 12...Rc8 (12...Ne5 13.Qe2=) 13.Ne2 (13.Qa4 Ra8=) 13...Bb8 (13...0-0 14.Qa4=) 14.Qd2 (14.Qc2 0-0=) 14...Qc7 (14...0-0 15.Rac1=) 15.a4+= 0-0 (15...Rd8 16.a5+=) 16.Qg5 (16.a5 Rfd8+=) 16...h6 (16...Rfd8 17.Rfc1+=) 17.Qh4 Rfe8 (17...Rcd8 18.a5+=) 18.Ng3 (better is 18.a5+=) 18...e5?? (better is 18...Qf4 19.Qf4 Bf4+=) 19.Nf5+– Nf8 (19...Kf8 20.Bc1 Re6 21.Ng5+–) 20.Nh6! gh6 Theme: Deflection from f6 21.Qf6 Qd6 (21...Qe7 22.Qh6 Qd6+–) 22.Qf7 Kh8 23.Qg8# 1–0. Fischer,Detlev – Zillich,Raimar, corr, 1986.

6.c4 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Bd6 8.cd5 (8.Na3 0-0=) 8...ed5 9.d3 (9.Be2 0-0=+) 9...0-0=+ 10.Be2 Re8 11.Nbd2 Ne5 (11...a6 12.a4=+) 12.0-0 Bg4 (12...Bf5 13.Ne5 Be5 14.Be5 Re5 15.Qa3=) 13.Rfe1 (13.h3 Bd7=) 13...Qd7 (13...Qa5 14.Ne5 Be5 15.Be5 Re5 16.Bg4 Qd2 17.Bf3=) 14.Rac1= b6 15.a4 (15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5 Re5 17.Bg4 Qg4=) 15...Rad8 (15...Bf5 16.h3=+) 16.Ra1 (16.h3 Bf5=) 16...Ra8 17.Bc3 (17.Rac1 h6=+) 17...Bc7 (17...h6 18.a5 ba5 19.h3 Nf3 20.Bf3 (worse 20.Nf3 Bh3 21.Bf6 Bg2 22.Kg2 Qg4 23.Kf1 Qh3 24.Kg1 gf6–/+) 20...Bf3 21.Nf3=) 18.Qb2= Nf3 19.Nf3 Bf3 (19...Qd6 20.g3=) 20.Bf3+= (20.gf3? d4 21.Bd2 de3 22.Be3 Nd5–+) 20...Re6 21.g3 Qd6 (21...Rc8 22.e4+=) 22.Bg2 (22.e4 d4 23.e5 Qf8 24.Ba8 Be5+–) 22...Rae8 23.Bh3 (23.d4 c4 24.Bh3 Ne4+=) 23...R6e7+= 24.Bf6 Qf6 25.Qf6 gf6 26.Rac1 d4 27.e4 Kg7 28.f4 h5 29.Bf5 Ra8 30.Ra1 Rae8 31.Kf2 Kh6 32.Kf3 Rg8 33.Rg1 Bd6 34.h3 Ree8 35.g4 (35.a5 Re7+=) 35...h4 36.Bd7 Rd8 37.Bc6 Bc7 38.Bd5 Rdf8 (38...Kg7 39.Bc4+=) 39.Rg2 Rg7 40.Rag1 Rfg8 41.Rc2 Bd6 42.Ra1 Bc7 43.Re2 Re8 44.Bc6 Re7 45.Rae1 Kg6 46.e5 (46.Bd5!?+=) 46...fe5= 47.fe5 (47.Be4 Kh6 48.g5 Kh5=) 47...Kg5 (47...Kh6 48.Re4=+) 48.Kg2 Rg6 (48...Kh6 49.Bd5=) 49.Rf1 (49.Bd5 Kh6+=) 49...Rge6= (49...Re5?? 50.Re5 Be5 51.Rf5 Kh6 52.Re5+–) 50.Rf5 Kg6 51.Be4 Kg7 (51...Be5?? 52.Re5 Kg7 53.Re6 fe6 54.g5+–) 52.Rg5 Kh6 (52...Kf8 53.Bh7 Re8 54.Rg8 Ke7 55.Re8 Ke8 56.Bf5 Re5 57.Re5 Be5 58.Kf3=) 53.Rh5 Kg7 54.Rh7 Kg8 55.Rh4 Re5 56.Kf3 R7e6 57.Bh7 Kg7 58.Re5 Re5 59.Be4 Bd6 (59...Re6 60.Rh7 Kg8 61.Rh5+=) 60.Rh7+= Kg8 61.Rh6 Bc7 (61...Be7!?+=) 62.Rc6+– Re7 63.h4 Be5 (63...Kf8 64.h5+–) 64.g5 Kg7 65.h5 White intends g6 65...Re8 (65...Bc7 66.Bd5 Bd8 67.h6 Kh7 68.Be4 Kh8 69.Rc8+–) 66.Kg4 Kg8 67.Bd5 Rf8?? (better 67...Rd8 68.Bb3 Kf8+–) 68.g6+– Kg7 69.Bf7 (69.gf7 c4 70.Rg6 Kh7+–) 69...Kh6 70.Re6 Bg7 71.Re7 Ra8 72.Bd5 (72.Rd7 a5 73.Rb7 c4 74.Bc4 Re8 75.Rb6 Re5+–) 72...Rd8 73.Bc4 Ra8 74.Be6 (better 74.Bb3+–) 74...a6 (74...Rd8+–) 75.a5! ba5 (75...ab5 76.ab6 Rh8 77.Rg7 Kg7 78.Kg5+–) 76.b6 Rb8 (76...Rh8 77.b7 Be5 78.Kf5 Bg7 79.Rg7 Kg7 80.Kg5 Rb8 81.h6 Kf8 82.g7 Ke7 83.h7 Kd6 84.g8Q Kc6 85.Qb8 Kb5 86.Qh2 Kc6 87.b8Q c4 88.Qhd6) 77.b7 (better 77.Rg7 Kg7 78.Kg5 Rb6 79.h6 Kf8 80.g7 Ke7 81.g8Q Re6 82.h7 Re2 83.Qd5 Rg2 84.Qg2 Kd6 85.h8Q c4 86.Qf8 Kc7 87.Qd5 cd3 88.Qfd8) 77...a4 (77...c4 78.dc4 d3+–) 78.Bc8 c4 79.dc4 (79.Rg7 Kg7 80.Kg5 c3 81.h6 Kf8 82.Kf6 Ke8 83.g7 Kd8 84.g8Q Kc7 85.Qc4 Kb6 86.h7 a3 87.h8Q Rb7 88.Qb4 Kc7 89.Bb7 c2 90.Qc8) 79...d3 80.Rd7 a3 81.Rd3 a2 82.Ra3 a1Q 83.Ra1 Ba1 84.Kf5 (better 84.c5 Bf6 85.Kf5+–) 84...Bd4= 85.Ke4 Bf6?? (85...Bf2 86.Kd5 a5 87.c5=) 86.Kf5 (better 86.c5 Bd8 87.Kd5+–) 86...Bd4+= 87.Ke4 Bf6 88.c5 Bd8 89.Kd5 a5 90.c6 a4 91.Kc4?? (91.Kd6 a3 92.Be6 Bg5+–) 91...a3? (better 91...Ba5+=) 92.Kb3+– a2 93.Ka2 Bc7 94.Kb3 Be5?? (94...Bf4+–) 95.Kc4 Kh5 (95...Bc7 96.Kd5 Kg7+–) 96.Kd5 Rb7 97.cb7 Kg6 (97...Bb2 98.g7! Bc1 99.g8Q Ba3 100.Bf5 Bd6 101.Kd6 Kh4 102.Qg4) 98.Ke5 (98.Ke5 Kg5 99.b8Q Kg6 100.Bf5 Kg5 101.Qg8 Kh5 102.Qg2 Kh4 103.Qg4) 1–0. Chaves,J A Torre (1990) – Vilalba,R Pereira, IRT Cidade Maravilhosa CXG, 2010.

(--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Bd7 5.Nf3 c6).

6.bc6 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 c5 5.bc6 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd7).

(--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Be7 5.Nf3 c6).

6.a4 0-0 7.Be2 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 c6 7.a4).

6.c4 0-0 7.a4 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.a4 0-0 7.c4).

6.c4 0-0 7.a4 a6 8.Nc3 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.a4 0-0 7.c4 a6 8.Nc3).

6.a4 Qb6 7.Nc3 (7.Bf6 gf6 8.cd5 cd5+=) 7...dc4 (7...e5 8.d4 ed4 9.ed4=+) 8.Bc4 Bd7 9.Nge2 Bb4 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rb1 Nd5 (11...e5 12.d4 ed4 13.Qd4 Qd4 14.Nd4+=) 12.bc6+= bc6 (12...Qc6 13.Bd5 ed5 14.Nd4+=) 13.h3 (13.d4 Qc7+/–) 13...Na6 14.Nd5 (14.Qc2 Qc5 15.Bd3 Nf6+=) 14...ed5 (14...cd5 15.Bd3=) 15.Bd3+= c5 16.Nf4 Be6 (16...Qd6 17.Qc2 h6 18.Nh5+=) 17.Qh5+= f5 18.Qg5 Ra7 19.Nh5 (19.g4 Bc8 20.gf5 Qd8+–) 19...g6?? (better is 19...Rff7+=) 20.Nf6+– (20…Kf7 21.Nh7+–) 1–0. Schaefer,Friedhelm – Bernwald,Alexander, RH–op Mainz, 1996.

6.a4 dc4 7.Nf3 cb5 8.ab5 b6 9.Bc4 Bb7 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 Be7 12.d4 0-0 13.Nbd2 Rc8 14.Nc4 (14.Qa4 Ne4=) 14...Nd5 (14...Bf3 15.gf3 Nd5 16.Bd3=) 15.Nce5 (15.Qa4 Bb4=) 15...Ne5 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Rc1 (17.Nc4 Bb8 18.Rc1 Qg5=) 17...Be5 18.de5 Rc1 19.Qc1 Qc7 (19...Qg5 20.g3 Rc8 21.Qd2=+) 20.Bf3 (20.Bd4 Qd8+=) 20...Qc1 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Rc8 Bc8 23.Bd5 (23.Bd1 Bd7 24.e4 Nc7=+) 23...ed5=+ 24.Bd4 Bd7 25.Bb6 Bb5 (25...a4 26.Bc5 Bb5 27.f3=+) 26.Bc5 (better 26.Ba5!? h5 27.h3+/-) 26...Bc4 27.f3 a4 28.Kf2 g6 (28...h5 29.h3=+) 29.Ke1 (29.h4 h5=) 29...Kg7 30.Kd2 Bb3 (30...g5 31.g4=+) 31.Kc3 g5 32.Kd4 Kg6 33.g4 h5 34.gh5 Kh5 35.Be7 Kg6 36.e4 de4 37.Ke4 Be6 38.h4 f5 39.ef6 gh4 40.Kf4? (better 40.f7!? Bf7 41.Bh4-/+) 40...h3 41.Kg3 Bf7?? (better 41...Kf7-+) 42.Kh3= Kf5 43.Kg3 a3 (43...Ke5!?=) 44.Ba3+/- Kf6 45.Bb2 Kg6 46.Kf4 (46.f4 Kf5+/-) 46...Be6 (better 46...Bd5!?=) 47.Ke5+/- Bf5 48.Bc1 Bh3 49.Bd2 Bg2 50.f4 Bh3 51.Be3 Bg4 52.Bc5 Bh3 53.Bd6 Bg4 54.Bc7 Bh3 55.Bb8 Bg4 56.Ba7 Bh3 57.Bb6 Bg4 58.Ba5 Bh3 59.Bb4 Bg4 60.Ba3 Bh3 61.Bb2 Bg4 62.Bc3 Bh3 63.Bd2 Bg4 64.Bc1 Bh3 65.Bb2 Bg4 66.Ba1 Bh3 67.Bd4 Bg4 68.Be3 Bh3 69.Bd2 Bg4 70.Be1 Bh3 71.Bf2 Bg4 72.Bg3 Bh3 73.Bh4 Bg4 74.Bg3 Bh3 75.Bh2 Bg4 76.Bg1 Bh3 77.Be3 Bg4 78.Ke4 Bh3 79.Kf3 Kf5 80.Kg3 Bg4 81.Bd2 Bh5 82.Bc1 Bg6 83.Bb2 Bf7 84.Be5 Be6 85.Kh4 Bf7 86.Kg3 Be6 87.Kf3 Bd5 88.Ke3 Be6 89.Kd4 Bf7 90.Kc5 Bg6 91.Kd6 Bh5 92.Ke7 Bg4 93.Kf8 Bf3 94.Kg7 Be2 95.Kf8 Bf3 96.Ke7 Be2 (96...Bg4 97.Kd7+/-) 97.Kd6 Bf3 (97...Bh5!?=) 98.Kc7 Be2 99.Kb6 Bg4 100.Ka5 ½-½. BeepBeepImAJeep (2600) - Shakiro (2345), lichess.org, 2015.

6.a4 Nbd7 7.f4 Bc5 8.Nf3 0-0 9.d4 Bb4 10.Nc3 dc4 11.Bc4 Nd5 12.Bd5 ed5 13.0-0 Nf6 14.Ne5 c5 15.Qc2 cd4 16.ed4 Qb6 17.Rad1 g6 18.Qb3 Be6 19.Ne2 Rac8 20.Rc1 Ne4 21.Rfd1 Nd2 22.Qd3 f6 23.Rc8 Rc8 24.Nf3 Nc4 25.Bc3 Bf5 26.Qf5 gf5 27.Nh4 Bc3 28.Nc3 Ne3 29.Nd5 Nd5 30.Nf5 0–1. lllllll21 – roberttal, internet, 2014.

6.a4 Be7 7.Nf3 =.

6.Qc2 Be7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Ng5 Nbd7 9.Nc3 h6 10.h4 (10.Nf3=) 10...Nb6 (10...a4 11.Nf3 a3 12.Bc1+=) 11.cd5 (better is 11.Nd5 ed5 12.Bf6+=) 11...Nbd5?? (11...ed5 12.bc6 bc6+= (12...hg5? 13.hg5 g6 14.c7+–)) 12.Nd5+– cd5 13.Bf6 Bf6 (13...g6 14.Be7 Qe7+–) 14.Qh7 1–0. combijack (1840) – c0sta_galapago (1700), gameknot.com, 2013.

6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 dc4 8.Bc4 cb5 9.Nb5 0-0 10.0-0 Nbd7 (10...Nc6 11.a4+–) 11.Rc1 (11.Bd4 Bc5+=) 11...Nb6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.Bd4 Bc6 (13...Nbd5 14.Ne5+–) 14.Ne5 Bb5 15.Bb5 Nbd7 16.Nd7 Nd7 17.Qf3 b6 18.d3 Nc5 19.Rc2 Nd3?? (better 19...Qd5+–) 20.Bd3+– (20.Bd3 Bf6 21.Rc4+–) 1–0. pcmvr – mgilbert, net–chess.com, 2019.

6.cd5 cd5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Be7 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Ba3 0-0 12.Be7 Qe7 13.d3 e5 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.Rc8 Rc8 17.Qa1 e4 18.Nd4 ed3 19.Bd3 Ne5 20.Bf5 Rc7 21.Rc1 Nc4 22.N2f3 g6 23.Bd3 Kh7 24.h3 Bc8 25.Nc6 Qd6 26.Bc4 dc4 27.Rc4 Bd7 28.Rd4 Qe6 29.Nfe5 Bc6 30.Nc6 Ne4 31.Rd8 f6 32.Qd4 Rf7 33.Rd5 Nc5 34.Nd8 1–0. ejdrzej (1660) – hunter31 (1645), internet, 2013.

6.Nf3 dc4 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.0-0 Qb6 10.a4 cb5 11.ab5 Nbd7 12.d4 Bb4 13.Qb3 Qd6 14.Ba3 Ba3 15.Qa3 Qa3 16.Ra3 Nb6 17.Be2 Bd7 18.Ne5 Rfc8 19.Nd7 (19.Rfa1 Ra7+=) 19...Nfd7= 20.Bf3 Rc7 21.Na4 Nc4?? (better is 21...Ra7=) 22.Rc3+– Rac8 23.Rfc1 b6 24.Bc6 Nd6 25.Bd7 Rc3 26.Rc3 Rc3 27.Nc3 Kf8 28.Na4 Ke7 29.Bc6 (29.Nb6?! a4 30.Be6 Ke6 31.Na4 Nb5+–) 29...Nc4 30.Kf1 e5 (30...Kd6 31.Ke2 Kc7 32.Kd3+–) 31.de5 (31.Ke2 ed4 32.ed4 Kd8+–) 31...Ke6 (31...Ne5 32.Nb6 Kd6 33.Ke2+–) 32.Ke2 (32.f4 Ne3 33.Ke2 Nd5+–) 32...Ke5 (32...Ne5 33.Nb6 Kd6 34.Be8+–) 33.Kd3 Nd6 34.Nb6 Ke6 35.Nc4 Nc8 1–0. druhynejhorsi (1845) – bauds (1900), internet, 2012.

6.Nf3 Bd7 7.a4 Bd6 8.d3 0-0 9.Be2 c5 (9...dc4!? 10.dc4 Qe7=) 10.Nbd2 b6 11.0-0 Qc7 12.h3 e5 13.d4 e4 14.Ne5 Be6 15.dc5 Be5 (better is 15...Bc5!? 16.cd5 Bd5+=) 16.cb6+/– Qd6 17.c5! Qc5 18.Be5 Qb6 19.Bf6 gf6 20.Nb3 Nd7 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.Qd4 Kg7 23.f3 Qd4 24.Nd4 ef3 25.Bf3 Nb6 26.Ne6 (better is 26.Rc6 Rc6 27.bc6+–) 26...fe6= 27.Rc6 (better is 27.g3!?=) 27...Rc6–/+ 28.bc6 Rc8 (worse is 28...Na4 29.Ra1 Nb6 30.Ra5=) 29.Rc1 Na4 30.c7 Kf7 (better is 30...Nb6!?+=) 31.Be2+= Nb6 32.Ba6 Ke7 (32...Rg8!?+=) 33.Bc8+/– Nc8 34.Ra1 Kd7 35.Ra5 Kc7 36.Ra6 Kd7 37.Kf2 h5 38.Kg3 (38.Ra4 Nd6+/–) 38...Nd6 39.Ra7 Kc6 40.Kh4 (40.Rh7!?+/–) 40...Nf5+= 41.Kh5 Ne3 42.g4 (better is 42.Ra6!? Kc5 43.Re6+–) 42...d4= 43.g5 fg5 44.Kg5 d3 45.Ra2 (45.Ra3 d2 46.Rc3 Kb5=) 45...Kd5 (45...Nc4 46.Ra1 e5 47.h4=) 46.h4 (46.Ra3 Kd4 47.Rd3 Kd3 48.Kf6=) 46...Nf5 (46...Nc2 47.Ra7 Ke4–+) 47.h5+= Kd4 48.h6 Nh6 49.Kh6 e5 50.Kg5 e4?? (better is 50...Ke3=) 51.Kf4+– e3 52.Ra4 Kc3 53.Ke3 d2 54.Ra1 Kc2 55.Ke2 Kb2 56.Rd1 Kc2 57.Rd2 Kc3 58.Ke3 Kc4 59.Rd1 Kc3 60.Rc1 Kb2 61.Kd2 Kb3+– 62.Rc2 Kb4 63.Kd3 Kb3 ½–½. druhynejhorsi (1730) – nyeki (1850), internet, 2012.

6.Nf3 g6 7.Na3 (7.Nc3 Bg7+=) 7...Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 (8...dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.d4+=) 9.0-0 Bd7 (9...dc4 10.Bc4 b6 11.d4+=) 10.Qb3 (10.d4 dc4 11.bc6 Bc6 12.Nc4 Ne4+=) 10...dc4 (10...a4 11.Qb4=) 11.Qc4+= cb5 12.Nb5 White gets in control. 12...Nc6 (12...Bc6 13.Ba3 Re8 14.d4+=) 13.Rac1 Rc8 (13...Ne7 14.Be5+=) 14.Qb3 (14.Nd6 Ne5 15.Qh4 Nf3 16.Bf3 Rc1 17.Bc1 b5+=) 14...b6 (14...Qe7 15.d4+=) 15.Ba3 Nb4 (15...Ne7 16.Rc8 Bc8 17.Nd6+/–) 16.Bb4 Rc1 (16...ab4 17.Qb4 Nd5 18.Qb3+/–) 17.Rc1 Bb5 (better is 17...ab4!? 18.Qb4 Qa8+/–) 18.Bf8+– Be2 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.d3 (20.Nd4 Ba6+–) 20...Qd3 (20...Bf3 21.gf3 Nd5 22.Qb2 Nf6 23.Rc3+–) 21.Qb6 (21.Qd3 Bd3 22.Ne5 Bb5+–) 21...Qa3 (21...Bf3 22.gf3 Qd5 23.Qc6 Qa2 24.Qd6+/–) 22.Qb1 (22.Qc5 Qa2 23.Ne5 Qb2+–) 22...Bd3? (better is 22...Bf3!? 23.gf3 Qd6+/–) 23.Qa1+– Kh6?? (23...Bb5+–) 24.Ne5 (24.Rc3 Qd6 25.Qd1 Qd5 26.Qd3 Qa2+–) 24...Kg7 (24...Bf5 25.Nf7 Kg7+–) 25.Rc3 (25.Nd3?! Qd3 26.a4 Qd5+–) 25...Qd6 26.Nd3 (26.Rd3 Qe7+–) 26...Kh6 (26...e5 27.Nc5+–) 27.Nf4 (27.e4 Ne4 28.Ne5 Kg7+–) 27...Qe5 (27...e5 28.Nd3+–) 28.Rc1 (28.Qc1 Ne4 29.Rc4 Kg7+–) 28...Qf5 (28...Qa1 29.Ra1 g5 30.Nd3+–) 29.Qd4 (29.Nd3 Qd3 30.Qf6 Qd2+–) 29...Ne4 (29...e5 30.Qc4 ef4 31.Qf7 g5+–) 30.f3 Nf6 (30...e5 31.Qe4 Qe4 32.fe4 ef4 33.ef4+–) 31.Ne2 (better is 31.Qd8!? Nh5 32.Nh5 gh5+–) 31...Qb5 (31...Kg7 32.Rc8 Qb1 33.Nc1+–) 32.Qf6 Qe2 33.Qh4 (33.Qf4 Kg7 34.Qd4 Kh6+–) 33...Kg7 34.Qf2 (34.Qd4!? Kh6 35.h4 e5 36.Qe5 Qd2 37.Qf4 Kg7+–) 34...Qd3 (34...Qb5 35.Qd2+–) 35.Rc2 (better is 35.Qb2 Kh6 36.Qd4 Qd4 37.ed4+–) 35...Qd1= ½–½. Kreuzer,Uwe – Glaub, tt Mannheim, 1979.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.cd5 ed5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 c5 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.d4 c4 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Qc1 Nd7 15.Nc3 Nb6 16.h3 Rad8 17.Ne5 Re5 18.de5 Qe5 19.Nd1 d4 20.ed4 Qe2 21.Ne3 Bd3 22.Qd1 Rd4 23.Qe2 Be2 24.Nc2 Rd2 25.Rfc1 Nd5 26.Ne3 Ne3 27.fe3 c3 28.Kh2 c2 29.Ra2 Bd3 30.Kg3 f5 31.Rb2 Bd6 32.Kh4 Rg2 33.Rb3 Be7 34.Kh5 0–1. emeryt85 – gott2 (1655), internet, 2013.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 dc4 9.0-0 cb5 10.ab5 Nbd7 11.Na3 Nb6 12.Nc4 Nc4 13.Bc4 Bd7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.d3 Rc5 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 16.Bd4 Rc8 17.Qf3 b6 18.Nc6 Bc6 19.bc6 Nd5 20.Qg3 f6 21.e4 Nc7? (better 21...b5 22.Bb3 a4+/-) 22.Bb6+- Kh8 (22...Qe7 23.Ba5 Ba5 24.Ra5 Ra8 25.Ra8 Ra8+-) 23.Be6! Bd6 (23...Ne6 24.Bd8 Pinning (24.Bd8 Deflection)) 24.Qh3 Rb8 25.Bf5 h6 26.Be3 Qe7 27.Bh6! gh6 (27...gh6 28.Qh6 Double attack) 28.Qh6 Kg8 29.Ra5 Ne8 (29...Be5+-) 30.Qg6 Qg7 (30...Kh8 31.Be6! f5 32.Rf5 Nf6+-) 31.Be6 Kh8 (31...Rf7 32.Bf7 Kf8 33.Be8 Re8 34.Qg7 Kg7+-) 32.Rh5 (32.Rh5 Qh6 33.Rh6) 1-0. onur604 (2320) - Bert59 (2200), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Re8 10.d4 c5 11.Nbd2 b6 12.Nb3 Bb7 13.dc5 Nc5 14.Nc5 Bc5 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.cd5 Bd5 17.Nc6 Qc7 (better 17...Bc6!? 18.bc6 Rc6=) 18.Bf6+/- gf6 19.Bf3 Bc6 20.bc6 (20.Bc6 Red8 21.Qg4 Kh8+/-) 20...Red8+= 21.Qb3 Rd6 22.Rfd1 Rcd8 23.Rd6 Rd6 24.Rd1 Rd1 25.Qd1 Qd6 (25...Bd6 26.g3+/-) 26.Qa1 (26.Qd6 Bd6 27.g4 f5+/-) 26...Kg7 27.g3 e5 (27...Qc7 28.Qf1+/-) 28.Qb1+- Qe6 29.Qd3 f5? (better 29...Be7!?+-) 30.c7 e4?? (30...Bd6 31.c8Q! Qc8 32.Qd6 Qe6+-) 31.Qd8 Be7 32.Qa8 (32.Qa8 Qd7 33.c8Q Qc8 34.Qc8 ef3 35.Qf5+-) 1-0. onur604 (2320) - Dmitryekat (2245), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Re8 10.d4 Qc7 11.c5 e5 12.b6 Qb8 13.h3 e4 (13...ed4!? 14.ed4 Qf4=) 14.Nfd2+= Kh8 15.Na3 Ng8 16.Nc2 Bd2 17.Qd2 f5 18.Bc3 f4 19.ef4 Ngf6 20.Ba5 1–0. Hal1958 – Loulou, playchess.de, 2004.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 e5 9.0-0 (9.Ne5!? dc4 10.0-0+/-) 9...e4= 10.Nd4 dc4 11.Bc4 Nd5 12.Qc2 Qe7 (12...Nb6 13.Be2 c5 14.Nb3=) 13.Nc3 (13.bc6 Nb6 14.Bb5 bc6 15.Nc6 Nc6 16.Bc6 Bb7 17.Bb7 Qb7+=) 13...Bc3 14.Bc3 Nc3 15.Qc3 c5 16.Ne2 b6 17.Ng3 Bb7 (17...Ra7 18.Rac1+=) 18.Rad1 (18.Nf5 Qg5 19.Qe5 Kh8+/-) 18...Nd7+= 19.d4 cd4 (19...ed3 20.Bd3 Rad8 21.Nf5=) 20.Qd4+= Nc5 21.Nf5 Qg5 22.Qe5?? (better 22.Nd6+/-) 22...Rae8=+ 23.Qf4 Qf4 24.ef4 Rd8 (24...Na4!? 25.Rd7 Nc5=+) 25.Nd6 Rd7 26.Nb7 Rb7 27.Bd5 (27.Rfe1 Na4 28.Rd6 Nc5=+) 27...Rc7 28.Bc6 g6 (28...Na4!? 29.Rd4 Nc5-/+) 29.Rd4= f5 30.Rfd1 Kg7 31.g3 Rff7 32.h4 Rfe7 33.Rc4 (33.Kf1 Kf6=) 33...h6 34.Rd6 Nb3 35.Bd5 Nc5?? (better 35...Rcd7 36.Rcc6 Rd6 37.Rd6 Nc5 38.Rb6 Rd7=) 36.Rb6+- Red7?? (better 36...Nd3+-) 37.Rc6 g5 (37...Rd5 38.Rc7 Nd7 39.b6 Rd1 40.Kg2+-) 38.Rc7 Rc7 39.b6 Rd7 (39...Rb7 40.Bb7 Nb7 41.fg5 hg5 42.Rc7 Kf8 43.Rb7 g4 44.Rc7 e3 45.b7 ef2 46.Kf2 f4 47.b8Q) 40.b7 (better 40.Rc5 Rd8 41.fg5 hg5 42.b7+-) 40...Nb7+= 41.Bb7 Rb7 42.Rc5 Rb1 43.Kg2 e3? (better 43...gf4 44.gf4 Ra1=) 44.fe3+- (44.fg5 e2 45.Re5 e1Q 46.Re1 Re1-+; 44.hg5?? e2 45.Re5 e1Q 46.Re1 Re1-+) 44...Rb2 45.Kf1 Rb3 (better 45...Rb1 46.Ke2 gh4 47.gh4 Kf6+-) 46.hg5 (worse 46.Rf5 gh4 47.Kf2 hg3 48.Kg3 Re3 49.Kg4 Re2+-; 46.Ra5?! gh4 47.gh4 Re3+-) 46...Re3 47.Rf5 (47.Ra5?! hg5 48.Rf5 gf4 49.gf4 Kg6+-) 47...h5 (47...Rg3 48.Kf2 Ra3 49.Ra5 hg5 50.Rg5 Kf7 51.a5+-) 48.Ra5 (48.Kg2!? Ra3 49.Ra5 Kg6+-) 48...Rg3 49.Ra7 (49.Kf2!? h4 50.f5 Kf8 51.Ra8 Kg7 52.f6 Kf7+-) 49...Kg6 50.Ra6 Kf5 51.Rf6 Kg4 (51...Ke4 52.g6 h4 53.Kf2+-) 52.Kf2 Rf3 (52...h4 53.g6 h3 54.g7 Rg2 55.Ke3 Rg3 56.Ke4+-) 53.Ke2 Rf4 (53...Ra3 54.g6 Ra2 55.Kd3 Ra3 56.Kc2 Kf3+-) 54.Rh6 (better 54.Rf4 Kf4 55.g6+-) 54...Kg5=+ 55.Rh8? (better 55.Ra6!?=+) 55...Re4 (55...Ra4 56.Kf3-+) 56.Kf3 Re6 (better 56...Ra4 57.Kg2 Ra2 58.Kh3 Ra3 59.Kh2 Ra1-/+) 57.Rg8= Kf5 58.Rf8 Ke5 59.Rh8 Rf6 60.Kg3 (60.Ke3 Rf5=) 60...Rf5 61.Kh4 Attacks the isolani on h5 61...Kd5 62.Rh5 Re5 63.Re5 Ke5 64.a5 Kd5 65.a6 Kc6 66.a7 Kb7 67.a8Q (67.a8Q Ka8=). BeepBeepImAJeep (2600) - shlykov (2380), lichess.org, 2017.

7.d4 dc4 8.Bc4 cd4 9.Qd4 Bb4 10.Nd2 Qd4 11.Bd4 Ne4 =.

7.Nf3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 dc4 10.Bc4 Be7 11.d3 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Be5 0-0 14.f4 Qd7 15.Qb3 (15.Nc3 Rad8=) 15...Rad8 16.h3 Nd5 17.e4 White intends f5 17...Nb4 (17...Ne3 18.Re1 Nc4 19.dc4+=) 18.f5= ef5 (18...Nd3?? 19.fe6 Ne5 20.ed7 Rd7 21.Nc3+–) 19.Rf5 Nd3 20.Rf7 (20.Bf7 Kh8 21.Be6–+) 20...Rf7–+ 21.Bf7 Kh8 22.Be6 (better is 22.Bc3–+) 22...Qe8?? (better is 22...c4 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qc4 Qd6–+) 23.Bc7–/+ Be4 (23...c4 24.Qc4 Bc5 25.Kh2–/+) 24.Bd8 (24.Nc3 Qg6 25.Ne4 Qe4–/+) 24...Bd8 (better is 24...Qd8!? 25.Qc4 Bf6 26.Qe4 Ba1–/+) 25.Nd2+= Bg6 (25...Qg6 26.Ne4 Qe4+=) 26.Rf1+= Bf6 27.Qd5 Bd4 (27...Nb2!?=) 28.Kh2+/– h6 29.Nc4 Qb8 30.g3 Bf2 31.Qf3+– Bd4 32.Bf7 Ne5?? 33.Ne5 Be5 34.Bg6 Bf6 35.Be4 Qe5 36.Qf5 Qb2 37.Kh1 Qd2 38.Qh7 1–0. marvis (1715) – fontolos (1750), internet, 2013.

7.f4 b6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qc2 dc4 12.Bc4 Nd5 (12...Ra7 13.Be5=) 13.Ng5+= Threatening mate... how? 13...g6 14.Nc3 h6?? (better is 14...Nb4 15.Qb1 Be7+=) 15.Ne6!!+– Nb4 (15...fe6 Theme: Deflection from g6 16.Qg6) 16.Qb1 (better is 16.Qg6! fg6 17.Nd8 Kh7 18.Nb7+–) 16...Qh4 17.Nc5! Bc5 (17...bc5 18.Qg6 A double attack) 18.Qg6 Kh8 19.Ne4 f6 20.Bf6 Rf6 21.Qg8# 1–0. Sundin,Tommy – Larsson,D, Umea Sweden, 1988.

7.cd5 ed5 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 Re8 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Bf3? (13.Nf3!?+=) 13...Ne5 (13...g5 14.Bd5 Nd5 15.Nd5–+) 14.Ne2 (better is 14.Be2!?–/+) 14...g5 15.d4 (better is 15.Qc2–+) 15...Nc4 (15...Nf3?! 16.Nf3 cb5 17.ab5= (worse is 17.Ng5 Bh2 18.Kh1 Ne4–/+)) 16.Qc2 Nb2 17.Qb2 gh4 18.g3 (18.bc6 bc6 19.Rac1 Rc8–+) 18...Ne4 19.Be4 de4 20.Nf4 Bf4 21.ef4 (21.gf4 Qf6 22.Kh1 c5–+) 21...Bh3 22.Rfe1 e3! 23.f3? (23.Re3 Qd5 Decoy; 23.fe3 hg3 Decoy) 23...Qd5 24.Qe2 Kh8 (24...hg3 25.hg3 cb5 26.Qb5 Qd4 27.Rad1–+) 25.Rad1 (25.bc6 bc6 26.Rac1 Re7–+) 25...Rad8 26.g4 Rg8 (26...cb5 27.ab5 f5 28.g5–+) 27.g5 (27.bc6 Qc6 28.Rd3 f6–+) 27...f6 28.Qe3 fg5 29.fg5 (29.Qe5 Rg7 30.f5 Qf3–+ (worse is 30...Bf5 31.bc6 bc6 32.Qf6–+)) 29...Qg5 (29...Rg5 30.Kh1 Bg2 31.Kg1 Bf3 32.Kf2 Bd1 33.Rd1 Qg2 34.Ke1 Rf5 35.Qe2 Rf1 36.Kd2 Rd4 37.Kc2 Qe2 38.Kc3 Rfd1 39.bc6 R1d3) 30.Qg5 Rg5 31.Kf2 Rg2 32.Ke3 Rh2 33.Kf4 (33.bc6 bc6 34.Rc1 Re8 35.Kf4 Rf8 36.Kg5 Rg2 37.Kh5 Rf5 38.Kh4 Rf3–+) 33...cb5 34.ab5 Bd7 35.b6 Bc6 36.Re5 Rf2 37.Rd3 (37.d5 Rf8 38.Ke4 Bd7–+) 37...Rf8 38.Kg5 (38.Kg4 Bf3 39.Kh4 Rg8–+) 38...R2f3 (better is 38...h3 39.Kh4 h2–+) 39.Rf3 Rf3 40.Kh4 (40.Ra5 h3 41.Ra2 Rg3 42.Kh4 Rd3–+) 40...Rf4 41.Kg5 Rd4 42.Kf6 (42.Ra5 Kg7–+) 42...Rd8 (better is 42...a4 43.Re7–+) 43.Ra5 Rg8 44.Rc5 h6 45.Rh5 Kh7 46.Re5 Rg6 47.Kf7 (47.Ke7 Bg2 48.Rb5 Rg5 49.Rg5 hg5–+) 47...Rg7 (better is 47...Ba4 48.Ke7 Rb6 49.Kd8–+) 48.Kf6 Rg6 49.Kf7 Rg5 (49...Ba4 50.Ke7 Rb6 51.Kd8–+) 50.Re3 (50.Kf6 Re5 51.Ke5 Kg6–+) 50...h5 51.Rh3 (51.Kf6 Rb5–+) 51...Kh6 52.Kf6 Rb5 53.Rg3 Rb6 54.Rg8 (54.Rg6 Kh7 55.Rg7 Kh8 56.Rg3–+) 54...Bd5 55.Ke5 Bg8 0–1. dtpwaldi – kubus3345 (1725), internet, 2012.

7.cd5 ed5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 c5 11.h3 Bh5 12.d4 c4 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Qe2 Bc3 16.Bc3 Ne4 17.Bb2 f6 18.Nc4 dc4 19.Qc4 Kh8 20.f3? (better is 20.Rfd1+=) 20...Nd2–+ 21.Qc5 Nf1 22.Kf1 Nd7 23.Qd5 Nb6 24.Qd8 Rfd8 0–1. emeryt85 – grek101 (1635), internet, 2012.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Qe7 9.d4 e5 (9...dc4 10.bc6 bc6 11.Nbd2=) 10.de5 Ne5 11.Ne5 Be5 12.Be5 Qe5 13.Nd2 0-0 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Nf3 Qe8 (15...Qe7!?=) 16.Nd4+= Bg6 17.bc6 bc6 18.cd5 cd5 19.Bb5 Qd8 20.Rc1 Ne4 (20...Qd6!?+=) 21.Nc6+/- Qd6 22.Qd5! Qa3 (22...Qd5 23.Ne7 Double attack (23.Ne7 Decoy)) 23.h3 (23.Ra1!? Qd6+-) 23...Nc3+/- 24.Qd7 Nb5 25.ab5 h6 (better 25...Bd3!? 26.Ra1 Qb3+/-) 26.b6+- Qb2? (26...Be4+-) 27.b7 Rae8 28.b8Q (better 28.Ne7 Re7 29.Qe7+-) 28...Rb8 29.Nb8 Qb8 (29...Rb8 30.Rc5+-) 30.Ra1 (30.Rc5 Qb6 31.Rfc1 Kh7+-) 30...Qb4 (30...Rd8 31.Qa4+-) 31.Qd5 (31.Qa7 Rd8+-) 31...a4 32.Rfd1 (32.Rfc1!? a3 33.Qd7 Qa5+-) 32...Bc2 33.Qd4 (33.Rdc1 Bb3 34.Qf3 Qd6+-) 33...Qd4+/- 34.Rd4 (worse 34.ed4 Bd1 35.Rd1 a3=+) 34...Bb3 35.Rb4 Rc8 36.g3 g6 37.Rba4 Ba4 38.Ra4 Kg7 39.Rd4 Rc1 40.Kg2 Rc6 41.g4 Rf6 42.Kg3 g5 43.h4 (43.Rd5 Kg6+/-) 43...Rc6 (43...gh4!? 44.Kh4 Rf2=) 44.hg5 hg5 45.Rd5 Kg6 46.Rf5 f6 47.f4 Rc1 48.Kf3 gf4 49.Ke4?? (49.ef4 Rc3 50.Ke4 Rg3+=) 49...Re1?? (better 49...Rc4 50.Kf3 fe3-/+) 50.Rf4+/- (50.Kf4?! Rf1 51.Ke4 Rf5 52.gf5 Kg5=) 50...Rc1 51.Rf3 (51.Kf3 Rb1+/-) 51...Ra1 (51...Rc4 52.Kd5 Rg4 53.e4=) 52.Kd3 (52.Kf4 Rd1+/-) 52...Ra5 (52...Rg1 53.Rf4+=) 53.Ke2 (53.Rf4!?+/-) 53...Ra3 (better 53...Ra2!? 54.Kf1 Rh2=) 54.Rf4 Ra2 55.Kf3 Ra1 56.Re4 Rd1 57.g5 (57.Rb4 Rf1 58.Ke2 Rc1+/-) 57...Rf1 (better 57...fg5!? 58.Re8 Rf1 59.Kg2 Re1=) 58.Ke2+/- Rf5 59.gf6 Rg5? (59...Kf6 60.Re8+/-) 60.Kd3?? (better 60.Rf4 Kf7 61.e4+-) 60...Kf6+/- 61.Rf4 Kg6? (better 61...Ke6!?+/-) 62.Ke4 (better 62.e4+-) 62...Re5?? (62...Ra5 63.Rf8 Ra4 64.Ke5 Ra5 65.Ke6 Ra6 66.Kd5 Ra5 67.Kd6 Ra6 68.Kc5 Ra5 69.Kd4 Ra4 70.Kd3 Ra3 71.Ke2 Ra7+/-) 63.Kf3 (63.Ke5 Kg7 64.Ke6 Kg6 65.Rg4 Kh7 66.Kf6 Kh8 67.Kf7 Kh7 68.Rh4) 63...Rg5?? (better 63...Rf5=) 64.Rg4+- Rg4 65.Kg4 Kf6 66.Kf4 Ke6 67.Ke4 Kf6 68.Kd5 Ke7 69.Ke5 Kd7 70.Kf5 (better 70.Kf6+-) 70...Ke7= 71.Ke5 Kf7 ½-½. BeepBeepImAJeep (2680) - Erwinchess (2170), lichess.org, 2016.

7.a3 Bd6 8.Nc3 =.

7.a3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.bc6 Nc4 10.Bc4 dc4 11.Na4 bc6 12.0-0 +=.

7.a3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Nc5 9.d4 (9.bc6 bc6 10.Ne5 Qc7+=) 9...Nb3 10.Ra2 White is in command 10...Qa5 (10...cb5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Ne5+=) 11.Bd3 (11.bc6 bc6 12.Ne5 Bb7+=) 11...dc4 12.Bc4 Nd5 (12...cb5 13.Bb3 Ne4 14.Qc2 ab3 15.Qb3+=) 13.Qc2+= (13.Bb3?? Nc3 14.Bc3 Qc3 15.Nd2 ab3 16.Qb3 Qc1 17.Qd1 Qd1 18.Kd1 cb5–+ (18...Ba3?! 19.Nb1+=)) 13...cb5 14.Bb5 (worse is 14.Bb3 ab3 15.Qb3 Nc3 16.Bc3 b4+=) 14...Bd7 15.Bd7 Kd7 16.e4 Nc3 17.Bc3 Qc7 18.Ne5 Ke8 (18...Kd8 19.Qb2 f6+=) 19.0-0?? (better is 19.Qd3!?+=) 19...Rc8 (better is 19...f6!? 20.Rd1 fe5 21.de5 Qc4–+) 20.Qd3 Qc3 21.Qb5 Ke7?? 22.Qd7 Kf6 23.Qf7 Kg5 White now must not overlook the idea g6 24.f4 Kh6 25.Ng4# 1–0. Sass,Andreas – Kemeny,Matthias, Schleswig Holstein–ch cand, 1991.

7.a3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Na4 0-0 10.Nc3 e5 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 dc4 (12...Qc7 13.Be2+=) 13.Bc4 (worse is 13.Nc4 cb5 14.Nb5 Nd5+=) 13...Nb6 14.Be2 Nbd5 15.Nce4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Qa5 (16...cb5 17.0-0+/–) 17.Qd2+– cb5 18.0-0 Bf5 19.Qa5 Ra5 20.Ng3 Be6 21.Bf3 (21.e4 Nf4 22.d5 Bd7+–) 21...Rfa8 22.Rab1 Ba3? (better is 22...Kf8!?+/–) 23.Ba3+– Ra3 24.Rb5 Nc3 25.Rb7 g6 26.h3 Ra2 27.Ne4 Ne4 28.Be4 R8a5 29.Rb8 Kg7 30.Rfb1 Rd2 31.R8b5 (31.R1b2!? Rb2 32.Rb2 f5+–) 31...Raa2 32.f3?? (better is 32.d5 Bd7 33.Rb7+/–) 32...Rg2 33.Kf1 Bc4 34.Ke1 Rg1 0–1. barborski – vcelar1943, internet, 2013.

7.a3 Nbd7 8.bc6 bc6 9.Nc3 dc4 10.Na4 Ba6 +=.

7.cb5 a4 8.a3 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nd4 (12.Rc1 Bd6=) 12...Re8 (12...e5 13.Nf3 d4 14.Ne5 dc3 15.Bc3–+) 13.Bf3 (13.d3 e5 14.Nf3 Bd6+=) 13...Bf8 (13...Nc4 14.Ra2–/+) 14.h3 e5 15.Nc2 d4 16.ed4 ed4 17.Nb1 d3 18.Ne3 Ne4 19.Nc3 Nc3 20.Bc3 Nd7 21.Rb1 Ne5 22.Be5 (22.Bb4!?=) 22...Re5–/+ 23.Nc4 Rc5 24.Ne3 Rb8 (24...Qg5 25.Be4+=) 25.Bg4 (25.Qa4!? Be6 26.Rfe1+=) 25...Bg4 (25...Qa5 26.Bc8 Rbc8 27.Qg4+=) 26.Qg4= Qg5 (26...Ra8 27.Rfe1=) 27.Qd7 (27.Qa4 Rd8+=) 27...h5 (27...Qg6=) 28.f4 (28.Qd3!? Rd8 29.Qe4 Rb5 30.Qa4=) 28...Qe7 (28...Qd8!? 29.Qd8 Rd8+=) 29.Qd3= Rd8 30.Qe2 Rc2 31.Qh5 (31.Rbd1!?+=) 31...Rcd2+= 32.Nc4 (32.Rfe1 Qe4 33.Kh1 Qf4–/+ (33...Ba3?! 34.Qg4 Qd4 35.Nf5=)) 32...Rc2 (32...R2d5 33.Qf3 Qc5 34.Ne3–+) 33.Ne5 (better is 33.Rbc1!? Rc1 34.Rc1=) 33...Rdd2–/+ 34.Qg4 Rg2 35.Qg2 Rg2 36.Kg2 Qa3 37.Rbe1 Qb2 38.Rf2 Qb5 39.Ree2 (39.Kg3 Qc5–+) 39...Qd5 40.Kg3 b5 41.Rf3 (41.Rd2 Qc5–+) 41...a3 42.Rd3 Qe6 43.Kg2 (43.Ree3 b4 44.Ng4 Qb6–+) 43...b4 (better is 43...f6 44.Rde3 a2 45.Nf3 Qe3 46.Re3–+) 44.h4 (44.Re1–+) 44...f6 45.Kf3 (45.Re1 fe5 46.Re5 Qg6 47.Rg3 Qc2 48.Kf3 b3–+) 45...fe5 46.Re5 (46.Re5 Qc6 47.Ke2–+). avinoam – rusel1972 (1610), internet, 2013.

7.cb5 Nbd7 8.d4 Qc7 (8...Bb4 9.Nbd2=) 9.Nbd2+= Bd6 10.h3 0-0 11.Rc1 Qb8 12.Bd3 Re8 13.0-0 e5 (13...Qa7 14.Ne5+=) 14.de5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5 Re5 17.Nf3 Re7 18.Nd4 Qe5 19.Qf3 Ne4 20.Rc2 Ng5 21.Qe2 Qf6 (21...Nh3!? 22.Kh1 Ng5+=) 22.Rfc1+/– Be6 23.Ne6 (23.Qd2 Ree8+/–) 23...Ne6 (23...Qe6!? 24.Qh5 Ne4+=) 24.Qh5 The mate threat is Qxh7 24...Ng5 25.Rc8 (25.h4 Ne4 26.Qd5 Nd6+–) 25...Re8+/– 26.Ra8 Ra8 27.h4 Ne4 28.f3 g6?? 29.Qd5+/– Nd6 30.Qd4 Qe7 31.Bf1 Nf5+= 32.Qc5 Re8 Will e3 fall? 33.Qe7 Re7 34.e4 Nh4 35.Kf2 White intends g3 35...g5 36.Rc8 Kg7 (36...Kg7 37.Bc4 Rd7+/–). Hollstein,Gerhard – Meinhardt,Roland, PF–op Bellheim, 1994.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Qa4 Nb6 10.Bd7 N8d7 11.Qg4 Rc8 12.0-0 (12.Bg7? Rg8 13.0-0 Rg7–+) 12...Nc4 13.Bd4 (13.Bg7? Rg8–+) 13...Nf6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.d4 Bb4 16.a3 Bd6 17.Nbd2 0-0 (17...Na3 18.Ne4 Qd8 19.Qg7+–) 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Nd6 Qd6 20.Rfc1 Na3 21.Ne5 (21.Ng5 Qe7+=) 21...f6 22.Nd3 Rc1 23.Rc1 b5 24.Nc5 f5 25.Qe2 (25.Qf3!?+=) 25...Nc4–/+ 26.Qa2 f4 27.Rc4 bc4 28.Qc4 fe3 29.fe3 Qd5 30.Qa4 Qf5 31.h3 Qf2 32.Kh2 Qe3 33.Qa5 (33.Qd7 Qf4 34.Kh1–+) 33...Qf4 34.Kh1 Qd4 (34...Qd4 35.Qc7 Rf1 36.Kh2 h5 37.Ne6 Qg1 38.Kg3 Qe3 39.Kh4 Qe6 40.Qd8 Kh7 41.Qd3 Rf5 42.Qf5 Qf5–+) 0–1. Hal1958 – SSOF (1890), playchess.de, 2006.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Be2 =.

7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Ng4 10.d4 dc4 (10...Qc7 11.h3 Nh2 12.Rc1 Nf3 13.Bf3+= (worse 13.gf3 cb5 14.cd5 Qd8=)) 11.h3 Nh6 (11...Ngf6 12.bc6 bc6 13.Nbd2+=) 12.Bc4 Nb6 (12...cb5 13.Bb5 Nf6 14.e4+=) 13.Bd3+– Bd7 14.Bh7 Kh8 15.bc6 (15.Be4 cb5 16.Bb7 Rb8+–) 15...Bc6 16.Be4 Nd5 (16...Rc8 17.Bc6 Rc6 18.Nc3+–) 17.Nc3 Rc8 18.Nd5 Bd5 19.Qb1 Be4 (19...a4 20.Bd5 ed5 21.Qd3+–) 20.Qe4 Qe7 21.Qd3 f5 (21...a4 22.e4+–) 22.Rac1 (22.Qb5 Bc7+–) 22...f4 (22...a4 23.Rfd1+–) 23.Rc8+– Rc8 24.d5 (24.Re1 Qf7+–) 24...e5 (better 24...Nf5 25.ef4 Rc5+–) 25.Qg6 Nf7 (25...Qf6 26.Qf6 gf6 27.ef4 Rc2 28.fe5 fe5 29.Be5 Be5 30.Ne5 Rd2+–) 26.ef4 1–0. DEFFM – GuestTVWT, freechess.org, 2019.

7.d4 dc4 8.Bc4 Bd7 =.

7.cd5 ed5 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 Ne4 11.Qc2 c5 12.dc5 Ndc5 13.Rd1 Bf5 14.Rd5 Bh2 15.Kh2 Qd5 16.Bc4 Qd7 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.f4 Rac8 19.Bd4 Qh6 20.Kg1 Ng3 21.Qb2 Qh1 22.Kf2 Nce4 23.Kf3 Qh5 0–1. ognos – fudipu, internet, 2014.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 cb5 9.cb5 Nbd7 10.d4 =.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 dc4 9.Bc4 cb5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Nc3 Nd5 (11...e5 12.Qa4=) 12.Be2 Nc3 13.Bc3 b5 (13...Bc6 14.Rc1=) 14.Nd4 (14.Rb1 b4 15.Be5 Be5 16.Ne5 Nc6 17.Nd7 Qd7=) 14...b4 15.Bb2 Qb6 (15...Nc6 16.Nb5 Bb8 17.f4=) 16.f4 (16.Bd3 Nc6=) 16...Nc6 (16...Rc8 17.Bd3=) 17.Bd3 f5 (17...Nd4 18.Bd4 Qb7 19.Rc1=) 18.Rc1+= Rac8 (18...Nd4 19.Bd4 Qd8+=) 19.Nf3 (19.Bc4!? Nd4 20.Bd4=) 19...Bf4+= 20.Rc6? (20.Bc4 Kh8+=) 20...Be3! (20...Rc6?! 21.Bd4 Bh2 22.Kh2 Qb8 23.Be5=) 21.de3 Qe3 (worse is 21...Qc6 22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Nd7 Qd7 24.Bf5+/–; 21...Bc6?! 22.Bd4 Qc7 23.Ne5=) 22.Kh1 Bc6 (worse is 22...Rc6 23.Bb5 Be8 24.Bc6 Bc6 25.Bd4+=) 23.Nd4 Bd5 24.Ba6 Rcd8 25.Qa1 Qg5 26.Nf3–/+ Qe7 27.Be5 g5 28.Rc1 Bf3 29.gf3 Qd7 30.Rg1 g4 31.Qc1 Qd2 32.Bc4 Kf7+= 33.Qb1 Qe3?? 34.Qf5 (34.Qf5 Kg8 35.Rg4 Qg5 36.Rg5#) 1–0. Mielke,Sven (2095) – Boettcher,Dietmar (1725). Ryck Open Greifswald, 2002.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 dc4 9.Bc4 cb5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bd7 Nbd7 12.Re1 e5 13.d4 e4 14.Nfd2 b5 15.f3 (15.Nc3 Re8+=) 15...Qc7 16.Nf1 (16.Ne4 Bh2 17.Kh1 Bg3 18.Ng3 Qg3+=) 16...a4 (16...Rfe8 17.Nc3 Bb4 18.Rc1 (worse is 18.Nb5 Qc6 19.a4 Be1 20.Qe1 ef3–/+) 18...Bc3 19.Rc3+=) 17.fe4+= Ne4 18.Nbd2 f5 19.Nf3 (19.Ne4 fe4 20.Qh5 Qb7–/+) 19...Nb6 20.N1d2 Nc4 21.Nc4 bc4 22.Qc2 c3 23.Bc1 g5 24.g3 g4 (24...Kg7 25.Rf1–/+) 25.Nh4 Bg3 26.hg3 (26.Nf5 Bh2! 27.Kh1 Ng3 28.Kh2 Nf5 29.Kh1 Qc6 30.Qg2 Ng3 31.Kg1 Qg2 32.Kg2–+) 26...Qg3 27.Ng2 Ra6 28.a3 Rh6 (28...Rh6 29.Rd1 Rh2 30.Qa2 Kh8 31.Re1 Nd2 32.Qd5 Rg2 33.Qg2 Nf3 34.Kh1 Qe1 35.Qg1 Qg1#) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – van Rooijen,Peter, corr or02–023, 2002.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Nd2 11.Qd2 cb5 (11...dc4 12.bc6 Nb6 13.Rfc1=) 12.c5 Bc7 13.Bb5 Nf6 14.Ba3 Ne4 15.Qc2 f5 16.Ne5 (16.Rab1 Qf6+=) 16...Rf6 (16...Be5 17.de5 Bd7 18.Bd3+=) 17.f3+– Ng5 18.Rab1 f4 (18...Rh6 19.c6+=) 19.ef4 (19.Bc1 fe3 20.Bd3 h6+–) 19...Rf4+– 20.Qd2 Rh4 21.Qf2 (21.Bd3 Be5 22.de5 Nf7+–) 21...Rf4 (21...Qf6 22.Ng4 Qd8 23.Be2+–) 22.Bc1 (22.Qe3 Qf6 23.Rbe1 Nf7+–) 22...Rf8 23.Bd3 Nf7 24.Qg3 (24.Qe3 Ne5 25.de5 Rb8+–) 24...Be5+= 25.de5 Qc7 26.Re1 (26.f4 Qc5 27.Kh1 Rd8+=) 26...Qc5= 27.Kh1 (27.Be3 Qa3 28.Bb5 b6+=) 27...Qd4 28.f4 (28.Bb5 Qc3=) 28...Nh6 29.Rf1 b6 30.Bb2 Qa4 31.Bc3 (31.Ba3 Nf5 32.Bf5 Rf5 33.Rb6 h6=) 31...Nf5 (31...Ba6 32.Ba6 Ra6 33.Qd3=+) 32.Bf5 (32.Qf2!? Ba6 33.Ba6 Ra6 34.Rb6=) 32...Rf5–/+ (32...ef5?! 33.Rb6 Qa2 34.e6=) 33.Rb6 Ba6 (33...Qa2 34.Rc6 Bd7 35.Rc7–/+) 34.Rfb1 (34.Ra1 Qf4 35.Qf4 Rf4 36.Re6 Bd3=+) 34...Qf4–/+ 35.Rb8 (35.Qf4 Rf4 36.Ba5 Bd3 37.Rb8 Rb8 38.Rb8 Kf7–/+) 35...Rf8?? (better 35...Rb8 36.Rb8 Kf7 37.Qf4 Rf4–/+) 36.Ra8 (36.Ra8 Qg3 37.Rf8 (worse 37.hg3 Ra8 38.a3 Bd3–/+) 37...Kf8 38.hg3+–) 1–0. Farrington,Edward J (2010) – Taylor,Robert Graham (1845), 15th South Wales International, 2018.

7.Be2 dc4 8.Bc4 cb5 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Na3 =.

7.Be2 Bd7 8.Nc3 Qb6 (better 8...dc4!? 9.Bc4 0-0=) 9.Na4+/- Qd8 10.c5 cb5 (10...Be7 11.b6+=) 11.Nb6+/- (11.cd6?! ba4 12.Be5 0-0=+) 11...Ra6? (better 11...Bc5 12.Na8 Nc6+/-) 12.Nd7+- (12.Nd7 Nbd7 13.cd6+-; 12.cd6 Rb6 13.0-0 Rd6=+) 1-0. onur604 (2320) - Derty0 (2215), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 cb5 9.cb5 b6 10.a4 Bb7 11.Ba3 Ba3 12.Na3 0-0 13.Nc2 e5 14.d4 e4 15.Nd2 Rc8 16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Ne1 Qa3 18.Ra1 Qe7 19.g3 Rc3 20.Ng2 Rfc8 21.h3 Qb4 22.Rb1 Qd6 23.Nf4 Rc2 24.Nh5 Nh5 25.Bh5 Qa3 26.Bg4 Qe7 27.Re1 g6 28.Bd7 Qd7 29.Kg2 Qe7 30.Nf1 Qa3 31.Re2 Re2 32.Qe2 Qa4 33.Qg4 Rc7 34.h4 Bc8 35.Qf4 Rc2 36.h5 f5 37.h6 Qa3 38.Nh2 Qe7 39.g4 g5 40.Qg3 Kf7 41.gf5 Bf5 42.Ng4 Bg4 43.Qg4 Kg6 44.Rh1 Kf7 45.Qf5 Qf6 46.Qh7 Ke6 47.Qg8 Kd6 48.h7 Qf2 49.Kh3 Qf3 0–1. ejdrzej (1675) – gambit2007 (1955), internet, 2013.

7.a4 Bb4 8.Bd3 (8.cd5 ed5 9.Be2 0-0=) 8...0-0 (8...Nc5 9.Be2+=) 9.0-0 Nc5 10.Qc2 (10.Be2 dc4 11.Bc4 Bd7=) 10...Nd3+= 11.Qd3 Qe7 (11...dc4 12.Qc4 Bd7 13.Ne5+=) 12.Ng5 (12.Ba3 dc4 13.Qc4 Qd6=) 12...e5+= 13.cd5 e4 14.d6 (14.Qd4 Rd8 15.Nc3 A) 15...Nd5?! 16.Qg7 (16.Nce4? f5–+) 16...Kg7 17.Nd5 Kg6 18.Ne7 Kg5 19.Nc8 Rac8 20.bc6=; B) 15...cd5–/+) 14...Bd6–/+ 15.Qd4? (better is 15.Qc2!?–/+) 15...Rd8–+ 16.Qc4 h6 17.Nh3 Be5 18.Be5 Qe5 19.Qc3 Qc3 20.dc3 Bh3 21.gh3 cb5 22.ab5 b6 (22...Rd5 23.c4 Rg5 24.Kh1–+) 23.c4 (23.Ra4 Rd3–+) 23...Rac8 24.Rc1 Nd7 25.Nd2 Nc5 26.Rc2 Rd3 27.Kf1 Rcd8 28.Ke2? f5 29.h4? Kf7 30.Rg1 g6 31.h3 f4 32.Rg4 f3 33.Ke1 Nb3 34.Rf4 Kg7 (34...Kg7 35.Re4 Rd2 36.Rd2 Rd2–+) 0–1. McCarthy,Mike – Solare,Juan, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2001.

7.a4 Bd6 8.d4 =.

7.Nc3 Bd6 =.

7.Nc3 Be7 8.d4 cb5 9.cd5+= ed5 (9...Nd5 10.Bb5 Nc3 (10...0-0 11.0-0 N7f6 12.Ne5 Nc3 13.Bc3 Nd5 14.Rc1 Nc3 15.Rc3 Bb4 16.Rb3 Bd6+=; 10...a4 11.Nd5 ed5 12.Bc3 0-0 13.Ba4 Nb6 14.Bc2 Qc7 15.Qd3 g6 16.Bb3 Bf5+=; 10...Qb6 11.Rb1 0-0 12.0-0 N7f6 13.Ne5 Nc3 14.Bc3 Nd5 15.Bd2 Qd8 16.Bd3 Bd6+=) 11.Bc3 0-0 12.0-0 Nf6 13.Ne5 Nd5 14.Rc1 a4 15.e4 Nc3 16.Rc3 f6+=) 10.Bb5 0-0 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Ne5 Nfd7 13.Nd3 (13.Rc1 Ne5 14.de5 Be6 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.Bd3 h6=) 13...Nf6 (13...Bd6 14.Qb3 Nf6 15.Rfc1 Bf5 16.Ne5 Ne4=) 14.Ne5 (14.Qb3 Bf5= 15.Nc5 Qc7 16.Rac1 Bd6=; 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Qe2 Bd6=) 14…Nfd7 ½–½. Schiefelbusch,Dirk (2130) – Zemella,Christian (2050), Dortmund op–A, 2005.

7.bc6 bc6 8.d4 (8.Nc3 Rb8 9.Rb1 Ba6=) 8...c5 (8...Rb8 9.Qc2=) 9.Nbd2 Be7 (9...Rb8 10.Bc3=) 10.Be2 (10.cd5 ed5 11.dc5 Bc5+=) 10...0-0= 11.0-0 cd4 (11...Rb8 12.Rb1=) 12.Nd4 (12.Bd4 Ba6=) 12...Nc5 (12...Bb7 13.Rc1=) 13.Nc6+= Qc7 14.Ne7 Qe7 15.Rc1 dc4 16.Bc4 (16.Nc4 Ba6+=) 16...Ba6 (16...Bb7 17.Qc2=) 17.Qe2 (17.Ba3 Rfc8+=) 17...Bc4 (17...Rfd8 18.Ba3 Bc4 19.Nc4+=) 18.Rc4+= Ncd7 19.Nf3 (19.Rfc1 e5+=) 19...Rfc8= 20.Rfc1 Rc4 21.Rc4 Nb6 (21...Rb8 22.Qd2=) 22.Rc6 Nbd5 23.Qc4 (23.e4 Nb4 24.Rc4 Rd8+=) 23...Qb7 24.Rc5 Rb8 (better is 24...Rd8 25.Rb5 Qc7=) 25.Nd4?? (25.Bf6 gf6 26.h3 Qb4+=) 25...h6 (better is 25...Qb2 26.Rc8 Ne8 27.Rb8 Qb8–+) 26.Nb3+= Qb4 27.Be5 (27.Qe2 Ne4 28.Rc4 Qb5 29.Rc8 Kh7+/–) 27...Ra8 28.Rc8 Rc8 29.Qc8 Kh7 30.Qc2 g6 31.Qd2 Qd2 32.Nd2= Nd7 33.Bd4 e5 34.Bb2 f6+= 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Nc4 a4 37.Ke2 Kf7 38.g3 Ke6 39.e4 (39.e4 N5b6 40.Nb6 Nb6 41.Bc1=). Franke,Claus Peter – Suess,Stefan, corr SOK–87–12, 1988.

7.d4 Bb4 8.Bc3 =.

7.d4 cb5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bb5 Bb4 10.Nbd2 0-0 =.

7.d4 dc4 8.Bc4 Bb4 9.Bc3 =.

7.d4 dc4 8.Bc4 cb5 9.Bb5 Be7 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.0-0 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rfc1 Rc8 (13...a4 14.e4+=) 14.e4 Ne8 (14...Rc7 15.Rab1+=) 15.Rc8+/– Bc8 16.Rc1 Nd6 17.Ba4 (17.Bc6 Bb7+=) 17...Bf6 (17...Bb7!?+=) 18.e5+/– (18.e5 b5 19.Bc2+– (19.ed6?! ba4 20.Rc7 Re8+=; 19.ef6?! ba4 20.fg7 Re8+/–; 19.Bb5?! Nb5 20.ef6 Nd6+–)) 1–0. Schwertel,Gottfried – Sikora, corr 3GMM–50, 1996.

7.d4 dc4 8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Bd3 Bb4 10.Nc3 (10.Bc3 Nbd5 11.Bb4 Nb4 12.bc6 0-0+=) 10...Nbd5 11.Rc1 Nc3 12.Bc3 Nd5 13.Bb4 ab4 14.bc6 bc6 15.Ne5 Qg5 (15...Ra2 16.Bb1 Rb2 17.Be4= (worse is 17.Rc6 Nc3 18.Rc3 bc3–/+)) 16.Qf3 (16.Nc6 Qg2 17.Rf1 Nc3 (17...Qh2?! 18.Ne5=) 18.Rc3 bc3–/+; worse is 16.Rc6 Qg2 17.Rf1 Bb7+= (17...Qh2 18.Qf3 f6 19.Rh1 Qh1 20.Qh1 fe5 21.Qh5 Kd7 22.Bb5+–)) 16...0-0 17.h4 Qf6 18.Qe4 (worse is 18.Rc6 Qf3 19.Nf3 Ra2+=) 18...Qf5 (better is 18...Qh6!?+=) 19.Qf5 ef5 20.Nc6 (20.Bc4 Bb7 21.Bb3 Nc3+/–) 20...Bd7 (20...Bb7 21.Bf5 Bc6 22.Rc6=) 21.Ne5+/– Be6 22.0-0 (22.Bb1 Rfb8 23.Kd2 Nc3=) 22...Nc3 (22...Ra2 23.Bc4 Ra7 24.Rb1=) 23.Rc2 (23.Nc6 Na2 24.Rc5 Ra3 25.Bf5 Bf5 26.Rf5 b3+/–) 23...Na2 (23...Rfc8 24.Rfc1=) 24.Rb1 b3 25.Rc5 Rfc8 26.Bc4 Rc5 27.dc5 Rb8 28.Be6 fe6 29.c6 Nc3? 30.c7+– Rc8 31.Rb3 Nd5 32.Rb8 Ne7 33.Nc6!! Kf7 34.Ne7 Rc7 35.Nc8 h6 36.Nd6 Ke7 37.Nb5 Rc1 38.Kh2 Rf1 39.Rb7 Kf6 40.Kg3 g5 41.hg5 hg5 42.f4 gf4 43.ef4 Rd1 44.Nc7 Rd3 45.Kh2 Re3 46.Ne8 Kg6 47.Rg7 Kh6 48.Rg5 Re4 49.g3 e5 50.Rf5 ef4+/– 51.gf4 Re8 52.Rg5 Re2 53.Kg3 Re1 54.Kf3 Rf1 55.Ke4+– Re1 56.Kf5 Re8 57.Rg1 Rf8 58.Ke5 Re8 59.Kf6?? Rf8= 60.Ke5 Ra8?? 61.f5 ½–½. Wagner,Jean Philippe (1680) – Dakhlaoui,Ridha (2110), Noisy op, 2003.

7.d4 dc4 8.bc6 bc6 9.Bc4 Ba6 10.Ba6 Ra6 =.

7.Be2 Bd6 8.0-0 cb5 9.cb5 0-0 10.d4 Ne4 11.Nc3 f5 12.Nd2 (12.Rc1!?+=) 12...Nc3+= 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.Rc1 Bh2 15.Kh1 Bd6 16.f4 Qd8 17.Nf3 Nf6 18.g3 Ne4 19.Be1 a4 20.Kg2 Bd7 21.Ne5 Be5 (21...Qe8 22.Qd3–/+) 22.de5 Qb6 (22...Qe8!? 23.Qd3 b6–/+) 23.Qd4+= Qd4 24.ed4 Rac8 25.Bb4 Rfe8 26.a3 Kh8 27.Bd3 h6 28.Kf3 g5 29.Rh1 Kg7 30.Rhd1 Kf7 31.Ba5 gf4 32.gf4 Rg8 33.Be1 h5 34.Bh4? (better is 34.Rc8 Rc8 35.Bb4+=) 34...Nc3–+ 35.Rg1 (35.Rd2 Nb5 36.Bb5 Rc1 37.Bd7 Rc3 38.Kf2 Rg4–+ (38...Ra3?! 39.Bg5–/+)) 35...Rg1 (35...Nb5?! 36.Rc8 Rc8 37.Bf6–+) 36.Rg1 Bb5 (36...Nb5?! 37.Bf6 Rc3 38.Rg7 Kf8 39.Ke3–+) 37.Ke3 Bd3 38.Kd3 Ne4 39.Ra1 Rc3 40.Ke2 Rh3 41.Bd8 (41.Be1 h4 42.Rc1 Rh2 43.Ke3 h3 44.Rc7 Kg6–+) 41...Nc3 42.Kf2 Nb5 43.Bb6 h4 (43...Na3?! 44.Bc5 Nc4 45.Ra4–+) 44.Rb1 (44.Bc5 Rb3–+) 44...Rb3 45.Rh1 h3 46.Rc1 Ra3 47.Rc8 Nc3 48.Bc5 (48.Rc7 Kg6 49.Ba5 Ra2 50.Kg1 Rg2 51.Kh1–+) 48...Ne4 49.Kg1 Ra2 50.Rf8 Kg7 0–1. Tagirov,Kajum K (1920) – Ibragimov,Maxim (2095), Ufa Dautov Memorial op, 2009.

7.Be2 Bd6 8.0-0 dc4 9.bc6 bc6 10.Bc4 (10.Na3 0-0=) 10...Rb8 11.Qc2 Qc7 (11...e5 12.Nc3=) 12.h3 (12.Rc1 0-0=) 12...0-0 13.d4 Bb7 14.Nbd2 c5 Black fights for the Initiative 15.Rac1 cd4 16.Bd4 e5 17.Bb2 Nc5 Black intends e4 18.g3 (18.Rfd1 Rfd8+=) 18...e4 (18...Nfe4 19.Rfd1+=) 19.Bf6 Bg3 20.Be5?? (20.fg3 Qg3) 20...Be5–/+ 21.Ne5 Qe5 22.Bf7 Rf7 (22...Kf7 23.Qc5) 23.Qc5 Qe6 24.Qc4? (better is 24.Qa5!? Ba6 25.Rfd1–/+) 24...Qh3 (better is 24...Qg6 25.Kh1 Ba6–+) 25.Ne4? (25.Rb1 Qg4 26.Kh2 Qh5 27.Kg2 Qg6 28.Kh1 Rc8–+) 25...Qg4 (better is 25...Qf3 26.Rb1 Rc8–+) 26.Ng3 Qc4 27.Rc4 Ba6 28.Rc5 (28.Rc2 Bf1 29.Kf1 Rfb7–+) 28...Bf1 29.Kf1 Rb2 (29...Rb2 30.Ra5 Rff2 31.Ke1 Rg2 32.Ra8 Kf7 33.Ra7 Kg6 34.Ra6 Kg5–+) 0–1. Spiegel,Michael – Stummerer,Alfred, corr SOK–88–21, 1988.

7.Be2 Bd6 8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Be2 cb5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd7 Qd7 13.Nc3 (13.Ba3 Rc8=) 13...Nc4+= 14.Qb3 b5 (14...Rc8 15.Rc1+=) 15.a4 (15.Qb5 Rc8 16.Rc1 Bb4 17.Qd7 Nd7+=) 15...Bb4 (15...Nb2 16.Nb5 Bb4 17.Ke2 Na4 18.Qa4=) 16.0-0 (16.ab5? Nb2 17.0-0 Rc8–+) 16...Nb2 17.Ne5 ba4 18.Na4 (18.Qb2 Qd6=) 18...Qb7 (18...Qd5 19.Qb2 Rb8 20.Rfc1=) 19.Nb2 (19.Qb2 0-0=) 19...0-0 20.Nbc4 Qb5 (20...Qe4 21.Rfb1=) 21.Qa4 (21.Rfb1 Qe8+=) 21...Rfb8 (21...Qa4!? 22.Ra4 Nd5+=) 22.Qb5= Rb5 23.Rfb1 Nd5 24.Nc6 f5 25.f3 (25.Nb4 Nb4 26.Ra4 f4+/–) 25...Ra6 (25...f4 26.Nb4 Rb4 27.Rb4 Nb4 28.ef4+/–) 26.Nb4+/– Nb4 27.Ra4 g5 28.h4 gh4+= 29.Kh2 Kg7 30.Kh3+/– Kh6 31.Kh4 Ra7 32.Na5! Rba5 33.Ra5 Ra5 34.Rb4 Ra3 35.Rb6 Re3 36.d5 Kg7 37.Re6 Rd3 38.Rd6 h6+/– 39.Kh5 Rd1 40.Rg6 Kf7 41.Kh6 Rd5 42.Rg5 Rd6 43.Kh7 Rf6 44.Rg7 Ke8 45.Rg6 Rf7 46.Kh8 1–0. Wolf,M – Schmidt,H, corr JBDDR, 1980.

7.a4 0-0 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.d4 +=.

7.a4 Bb4 8.Na3 (8.bc6 Nc6 9.cd5 ed5=) 8...0-0 9.Be2 (9.Nc2 Bd6=) 9...c5 (9...dc4 10.Nc4 cb5 11.ab5=) 10.0-0= b6 (10...dc4 11.Nc4 Nbd7 12.d4+=) 11.Qc2 (11.Nc2 dc4 12.Nb4 ab4 13.Bc4 Ne4+=) 11...Bb7 12.d4 Nbd7 13.cd5 (13.Bd3 dc4 14.Qc4 Bf3 15.gf3 Nd5=) 13...Bd5 14.Nc4 (14.dc5 Nc5 15.Rad1 Nfd7=) 14...Be4 (14...cd4 15.Bd4 Rc8 16.Rac1=) 15.Qd1 Qc7 (15...Rc8 16.dc5 Bc5 17.Nd6 Bd6 18.Qd6+=) 16.Rc1 Ng4 17.Nfe5 Nge5 18.de5 Rad8 (18...Rfd8 19.Nd6 Nf6 20.f3+= (worse is 20.ef6 Rd6 21.Qb3 Rd2+=)) 19.Nd6 Bg6 (19...Bd5 20.e4 Ba8 21.Bc4+/–) 20.Rc4 (20.Bd3 Bd3 21.Qd3 f6=) 20...Nb8 (20...f6 21.ef6 Nf6 22.Be5=) 21.Qa1 (21.Bd3 Bd3 22.Qd3 f6+=) 21...Rd7 22.Rd1 Rfd8 23.h4 h6 24.h5 Bh7 25.f4 Re7 26.Bd3 Bd3= 27.Rd3 Nd7 28.Qd1 Nf8 29.e4 Nh7 30.Qg4 Red7+– 31.Bc1 Rd6 32.ed6+– Rd6 33.Rd6 Qd6+/– 34.Bb2 The mate threat is Qxg7 34...f6 35.e5 Qd8? 36.Qe6+– (36.Qe6 Kf8 37.Qf5+–) 1–0. Lauermann,Answarth – Hild,Sebastian, Baunatal op 2nd, 1996.

7.a4 dc4 8.Bc4 cb5 9.Bb5 Nc6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 Bd7 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Bd7 Qd7 14.Ne5 Qd8 15.h3 Rc8 16.Rc1 Bd6 17.Nf3 h6 18.Qb3 Qb6 19.Nb5 Be7 20.Ne5 Nbd5 21.Nc4 Qa6 22.Ba3 Nb4 23.Rfe1 Nfd5 24.g3 Rfd8 25.Bb2 b6 26.e4 Nf6 27.Qe3 Na2 28.Rc2 Nb4 29.Rcc1 Na2 30.Rc2 Nb4 31.Rcc1 ½–½. gutes (1610) – grzechos, internet, 2012.

7.Qc2 0-0 8.Ng5 h6 9.h4?? (better is 9.Bf6 hg5 10.Be7 Qe7 11.Nc3+=) 9...hg5–+ 10.Bf6 Bf6?? (better is 10...gf6 11.hg5 f5–+) 11.hg5+/– g6 12.gf6 Qf6 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.d4 dc4 15.Bc4 Nb6 16.Ne4 Qf5 (16...Qe7 17.bc6 Qb4 18.Nd2 Nc4 19.Qc4+/–) 17.Bd3 (better is 17.Be2!? Kg7 18.bc6 bc6 19.Qc6+–) 17...Nd5 18.bc6 Nb4 19.Qe2 Nd3 20.Qd3 bc6 21.Rc1 Ba6 22.Qc2 Kg7 23.f4 (23.Qc6?? Rac8 24.Ng3 Qd3–+) 23...Qg4?? (better is 23...Rh8 24.Rg1 Rh2+/–) 24.Rh7!!+– Kh7 25.Nf6 Kg7 26.Ng4 Rac8 27.Qc5 Bb5 28.Qe5 f6 29.Qe6 Rce8 (29...Ba6+–) 30.Qd7 Kh8 31.Kf2 Rd8 (31...Rf7 32.Qf7 Bf1 33.Nf6 Re3 34.Qf8) 32.Rh1 Kg8 33.Qh7 1–0. combijack (1820) – speediecees (1665), gameknot.com, 2010.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.Rc1 =.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 cb5 (9...Bd7 10.0-0=) 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bd7 (11.Rc1 Bb5 12.Nb5 Nd5=) 11...Qd7 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Qe2 e5 (13...Rac8 14.Rac1=) 14.Rac1 (14.d4 ed4 15.Rfd1 Rad8 16.Nd4 Nd4 17.Rd4 Qf5=) 14...e4 (14...Rad8=) 15.Nd4 (better 15.Ng5!?=) 15...Nd4–/+ 16.ed4 Qd4 ½–½. tsodikovich (1815) – tapanis (1905), gameknot.com, 2017.

7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.d4 Bb4 (8...0-0 9.c5=) 9.Qc2 (9.a3 Be7+=) 9...Ne4 (9...0-0 10.a3 Be7 11.c5+=) 10.Bd3 Ndf6 (10...Ng5 11.Nd2 dc4 12.Bc4+/–) 11.Ne5 (11.bc6 bc6 12.a3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Ba6+=) 11...Bd7 (11...cb5 12.cd5 (worse is 12.Be4 Ne4 13.cd5 ed5+=) 12...Qd5 13.0-0 Bc3 14.Bc3=) 12.0-0 (12.bc6 Bc6 13.c5 0-0+=) 12...Bc3= 13.Bc3 (13.bc6 Bc6 14.Bc3 dc4 15.Bc4 0-0+=) 13...cb5 14.c5 (worse is 14.cb5 Rc8 15.Nc4 Rc4 (15...dc4?! 16.Be4 Ne4 17.Qe4+=; 15...Bb5?! 16.Ba5 Qd7 17.f3–/+) 16.Bc4 dc4–+; 14.Nd7?! Qd7 15.cd5 Qd5=) 14...Nc3 15.Qc3 b4 16.Qb3 Bc6 Black plans a4 (16...Ne4 17.Qc2+=) 17.a3 ba3 18.Ra3 0-0 (18...a4 19.Qb4+=) 19.Rfa1+/– Qc7 (19...Ne4 20.Qa2+/–) 20.Qc3 (20.Qb6!? Qb6 21.cb6+/–) 20...a4+= 21.Nc6 bc6 Opening the a–file gets White a lot of play. 22.Ra4 Ra4 23.Ra4 Rb8 (23...Ng4 24.f4+=) 24.Qa5 (24.Qa1 Ng4 25.g3 e5+=) 24...Qa5 (24...Qc8 25.Ra3+=) 25.Ra5 g6 (25...e5 26.Ra6 ed4 27.ed4+=) 26.Ra6+/– Rb3 (26...Rb2!?+/–) 27.Bf1 Ne4 28.Rc6 (28.Rb6!? Rc3 29.g4=) 28...Rb1= With the idea Nd2 29.Rb6 Rc1 Threatens Nd2 30.Rb2 Kg7? (better is 30...Rd1=) 31.f3+– Nc5 (31...Nc3 32.g4+–) 32.dc5 Rc5 33.Kf2 Rc7 34.f4 Ra7 (34...f6 35.Bd3+–) 35.Kf3 (35.g4 f6+–) 35...Rc7 (35...Ra3 36.Bb5+–) 36.g4 (36.Bd3 f5+–) 36...h6 37.h4 Ra7 38.f5 (38.Bb5 Ra1+–) 38...Rc7 (38...gf5 39.gf5 Ra3 40.Rb4+–) 39.Kf4 (better is 39.fe6 fe6 40.g5 e5+–) 39...Ra7 (39...gf5 40.gf5 Kf6 41.e4 de4 42.fe6 fe6 43.Ke4+–) 40.Rd2 (40.fe6!? Re7+–) 40...Ra3 (40...gf5 41.gf5 Kf6 42.Kg4+–) 41.Rd3 (41.fe6 fe6 42.e4 de4 43.Rd7 Kf8 44.Ke4 Ra4 45.Rd4 Ra5+–) 41...Ra1 42.Bg2 (42.Be2 gf5 43.gf5 Kf6 44.fe6 fe6+–) 42...Ra4 (42...gf5 43.gf5 Kf6 44.fe6 fe6 45.e4 e5 46.Kg4+–) 43.Rd4 (43.e4 gf5 44.gf5 Kf6 45.fe6 fe6+–) 43...Ra3 (43...Ra2 44.fe6 fe6 45.Bf3+–) 44.fe6 fe6 45.Bd5 (better is 45.Rb4+–) 45...e5?? (better is 45...ed5 46.Rd5 Ra7+–) 46.Ke5 Re3 47.Kf4 (better is 47.Be4!? Re1+–) 47...Re7 (47...Rh3 48.Rc4 Rh4 49.Rc7 Kf8 50.Kg3+–) 48.Re4 (48.Be4 Rf7 49.Ke3 Rf1+–) 48...Ra7 (48...Rd7 49.Re5+–) 49.Re6 Ra4 (49...Ra5 50.Rd6+–) 50.Be4 Kf7 51.Rg6 (better is 51.Rd6 g5 52.Ke5 Ra5 53.Bd5 Ke7 54.Rh6 gh4+–) 51...Re4 52.Ke4 Kg6 53.Ke5 Kg7 (53...Kf7 54.Kf5 Kg7+–) 54.Kf5 Kf7 55.h5 Kg7 56.Ke6 (56.Ke6 Kg8 57.Kf6+–) 1–0. Slagle,Jim – Mantia,A, Columbus, 1981.

7.d4 0-0 8.Nc3 dc4 (8...cb5 9.cb5 Bd7 10.Bd3=) 9.Bc4 cb5 (9...Bd7 10.0-0=) 10.Bb5 (10.Nb5 Bd7=) 10...Bd7 11.Bd3 Bb4 (11...Bc6 12.0-0=) 12.0-0+= Bc6 (12...Nc6 13.a3 Be7 14.Qb3+=) 13.Qe2 (13.Ne5 Qd6+=) 13...Bc3 (13...a4 14.a3 Bd6 15.Rfc1+=) 14.Bc3 Nd5 (14...Be4 15.Rab1+=) 15.Bb2 (15.Bd2 Qd6+/–) 15...Nd7 (15...Nb4 16.Bb1+=) 16.a3 (16.Ba3 Re8+=) 16...Rb8 17.Rfc1 f5 18.Nd2 (18.Rab1+=) 18...f4 (18...Qg5!? 19.f4 Qg6+=) 19.e4+/– White fights for the Initiative 19...Ne7 (19...Nc7 20.Rc2+/–) 20.Qg4+– Nf6 (20...Rf6+–) 21.Qe6 Kh8 22.d5 Bd7 (22...Ng6 23.Bd4+–) 23.Qd6 (23.Qe5 a4+–) 23...b5 (23...Ne8 24.Qh6+–) 24.Be5 Rb6 (24...Rb7 25.Rab1+–) 25.Qc5 (25.Qc7 Qc7 26.Rc7 Rd8+–) 25...Ne8 (25...Rb7 26.Bc7 Qe8 27.Ba5+–) 26.Bc7 (better is 26.a4 ba4 27.Bc3 Rb4+–) 26...Nc7 (26...Qc7 27.Qc7 Nc7 28.Rc7 Rd8+–) 27.Qb6 (27.Qc7?! Ng6+–) 27...Na8 (27...Ncd5 28.Qd8 Rd8 29.ed5+–) 28.Qd8 Rd8 29.Rab1 Rb8 (29...b4 30.ab4 a4 31.Nc4+–) 30.Nc4! a4 (30...bc4 Exploits the pin 31.Rb8 Theme: Double Attack) 31.Nd6 (31.Ne5 Be8+–) 31...g5 (31...b4 32.Rb4 Rb4 33.ab4+–) 32.Nf7 (32.Bb5!? Bb5 33.Nb5 Kg7+–) 32...Kg7 33.Ng5 Ng6 34.Nf3 (34.Rc5 b4 35.Rb4 Rb4 36.ab4 Nb6+–) 34...Kf6 35.Nd4 Ne5 (35...b4 36.Nc6 Bc6 37.Rc6 Kf7 38.Rb4 Rb4 39.ab4+–) 36.Bb5 Bg4 (36...Bb5 37.Nb5 h6 38.Nc3+–) 37.Nc6 (37.Ba4 Rb1 38.Rb1 Nc4+–) 37...Rg8 38.Ne5 (38.Rb4!? Nb6+–) 38...Ke5 39.Rc3 f3 40.Ba4 fg2 (40...Bh3 41.g3 Bg4 42.Rb4+–) 41.Rg3 Rg6 42.f4! Kf4 43.Rb8 (43.Rg2 Nb6 44.Bb5 Bf3 45.Rg6 hg6+–) 43...Nb6 44.Rf8 Ke5 45.Be8 Rg7 46.h3 h5 (46...Ke4 47.Rg4 Rg4 48.hg4 Kd5 49.Kg2+–) 47.Bh5! Ke4 (47...Bh5 A pinning theme 48.Rg7) 48.Rg4 (48.Rg4 Rg4 49.hg4 Nd5 50.g5+–) 1–0. De Visser,Arno – van der Zee, Noordkop, 1985.

7.d4 dc4 8.Bc4 0-0 9.Nbd2 cb5 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Qa4 Nb4 13.Bd7 Qd7 14.Qd7 Nd7 15.Ba3 Rfe8 16.Bb4 Bb4 17.Ne4 Nf6 (17...Rac8!?=) 18.Nf6+= gf6 19.a3 Bd6 20.Rfb1 Reb8 21.Rb5 a4 22.Nd2 Rc8 23.g3 Rc7 24.Kf1 Be7 25.Ke2 Rac8 (better is 25...Kg7!?+=) 26.Ra5+/– Rc2 27.Ra4 b5 28.Ra7 Bf8 29.Kd1 b4 30.ab4 Bb4 31.Ne4 (better is 31.R7a2 Ra2 32.Ra2+–) 31...f5= 32.Ng5 (32.Nc5 Rd2 33.Ke1 e5=) 32...Rf2?? (better is 32...Rd2 33.Ke1 Rcc2–/+) 33.R1a4?? (better is 33.R1a2 Ra2 34.Ra2+=) 33…Rd2 0–1. barborski – kubus3345 (1800), internet, 2013.

7.cd5 ed5 8.Bd3 0-0 =.

7.cd5 ed5 8.Be2 =.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 cb5!? 9.cb5 Nbd7 =.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 c5 9.d4 b6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Rc1 (11.cd5 Nd5 12.dc5 Bc5=) 11...Nbd7= 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Ne4 (13...cd4 14.Bd4 Nc5 15.Bc2=) 14.Bb1 (14.Qe2 cd4 15.Bd4 Nd2 16.Nd2 e5+=) 14...Ndf6 15.a3 (15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Nd2 Nd2 17.Qd2 dc4=) 15...h6 (15...Nd2 16.Qd2 dc4 17.Rc4+=) 16.h3 (16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4 de4=) 16...Rc7 (16...Nd2 17.Qd2 dc4 18.Rc4+=) 17.Qe2 Qa8 (17...Nd2 18.Nd2 dc4 19.Nc4 cd4 20.ed4= (20.Nb6? Rc1 21.Rc1 Qb6–+; 20.Bd4?! Qd5 21.Qf1 Qb5=)) 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Be4 de4 20.Nd2 Bf6 (20...Rd8 21.dc5 Bc5 22.Red1=) 21.Nf1 (21.Rc2 Rcc8+=) 21...Rd8 22.Red1 (better is 22.dc5!? Rc5 23.Bf6 gf6 24.Qg4 Kh7 25.Qh4+=) 22...Rcd7+= 23.Qh5 cd4 24.ed4 Bd4 25.Bd4 Rd4 26.Rd4 Rd4 27.c5 Rd5–/+ 28.Qe2 Rc5 29.Rc5 bc5 30.Qc4 Qc8 31.Ne3 Qc7 32.Qc3 Bd5 33.Kf1 c4 34.Ke2 f6 35.Kd2 Kf7 36.Qd4 Qb7 37.Qc5 g5 38.b6 Bc6 39.Nc4= Qd7 40.Qd6 Qd6?? 41.Nd6+– Ke7 42.b7 Bb7 43.Nb7 h5 44.Na5 f5 45.Ke3 Kd6 46.h4 gh4 47.Kf4 h3 48.gh3 h4 49.Nb3 Kd5 50.a4 Kc4 51.a5 Kb5 52.Ke5 Ka6 53.Ke6 f4 54.Nc5 (54.Nc5 Ka5 55.Ne4+–) 1–0. Cerny,Thorsten – Meinhardt,Alfred, 47. LEM Kandidaten Germany, 1992.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 f5 11.a4 Bf6 12.Re1 g5 13.Ne4 fe4 14.Nd2 Qe7 (14...Bg7!?+=) 15.Ba3 Qg7 (15...c5!?+–) 16.Bf8 Nf8 17.Bg4 (17.bc6 bc6 18.Rb1 Qf7+–) 17...Bd7 18.f3 Qg6? (better is 18...c5 19.cd5 ed5 20.Bd7 Nd7+–) 19.fe4 de4 (19...dc4 20.e5 c3 21.ef6 cd2 22.Qd2 Qf6 23.Rf1+–) 20.Rf1 e5 21.Bh5 Qg7 (21...Qh6 22.Ne4 Bg7 23.d5+–) 22.Ne4 Bd8 23.Nd6 (better is 23.Nc5!? Bf6 24.Qf3 Be7 25.Nd7 Nd7 26.bc6 Nf6+–) 23...ed4 24.ed4 (better is 24.Bf7 Kh8 25.Qd4+–) 24...Bb6 (24...Bf6 25.Ra3 Bd4 26.Kh1+–) 25.Bf7 (better is 25.c5 Be6 26.Bf7 Kh8 27.cb6 Rd8+–) 25...Kh8 26.c5 Bc7 27.Bc4 (27.Nb7!? Rb8 28.bc6 Bc6+–) 27...Bd6 28.cd6 Ne6 (28...Qh6+–) 29.Qg4 (better is 29.d5!? Nf4 30.dc6 bc6+–) 29...Nd4?? (better is 29...Nf4 30.Qg3 Qd4 31.Kh1 Qc4 32.Qg5 Ng6+=) 30.Qd1 Nf5 31.Rf3 (31.Qd3!? Qe5+–) 31...g4 (31...cb5 32.Bb5 Nd4 33.Re3 Nb5 34.ab5 Bb5 35.Re7+–) 32.Rd3 Re8 33.bc6 bc6 34.Bb3 Ne3 (34...Ne3 35.Qc1 g3 36.hg3 Nf5+–). barborski – aplws, internet, 2013.

6.a4 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 a6 5.a4 c6 6.c4).

6.a4 ab5 7.ab5 Ra1 8.Ba1 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 a6 5.a4 ab5 6.ab5 Ra1 7.Ba1 c6 8.c4).

6.Qa4 Bd7 7.Nc3 dc4 8.bc6 Bc6 9.Qc4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Bf3 (10...Rc8!? 11.Qh4 Be7–/+) 11.gf3= Ne5 12.Qa4 b5 13.Qd1 Nd3 14.Bd3 Qd3 15.Rg1 Nh5 (15...Rd8!?=) 16.Ne4+= Rd8 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Kf1 f6 19.Rc1 Bd6? (better 19...h6!?+=) 20.Nc5+– Bc5 21.Rc5 e5 (21...g6 22.Rh5! gh5 23.Bf6+–) 22.d4 (22.Be5 Qh3 23.Ke2 A) 23...fe5 24.Rg5 Qd7 25.Rge5 (25.Rh5?! Qd2 26.Kf1 Qd1 27.Qd1 Rd1 28.Ke2 Rd6+–; 25.Rce5 Kf8 26.Rd5 Qc7 27.Rh5 Rd5 28.Qd5 g6+–) 25...Kf8 26.Red5+–; B) 23...Qd7+–) 22...Qh3? (better 22...Qf7+–) 23.Ke2 ed4 (23...Qd7+–) 24.Rh5 Qd7 (24...Qc8 25.Rg7 Qc4 26.Qc4 bc4 27.Bd4+–) 25.Bd4 (better 25.Rh7! d3 26.Kd2+–) 25...Qf7 26.Qf7 (26.Qc2 Qe6 (26...Qh5 27.Qc6 Kf8 28.Bc5 Kg8 29.Qf6 g5 30.Qd8 Kg7 31.Rg5 Qg5 32.Qg5 Kf7 33.Qf5 Kg7 34.Bd4 Kh6 35.Qe6 Kh5 36.Bg7 Rd8 37.Qg4) 27.Rg4 Rc8+–) 26...Kf7 27.Rc5 Rhe8 (27...Rd7+–) 28.Rc7 Re7 29.Re7 Ke7 30.Rg7 Ke6 31.Rc7 1–0. Silent Move (2115) – Vepsen (1840), redhotpawn.com, 2014.

6.ba6 b6 7.cd5 ed5 8.Nf3 =+.

6.Nc3 ab5 7.cb5 Ba3 (7...Bd6 8.Nf3+=) 8.Qb3 (8.Ba3 Ra3 9.Nf3 0-0=) 8...Bb2 9.Qb2 0-0 (9...e5 10.Nf3 e4 11.Ne5+=) 10.d4 Qa5 (10...Nbd7 11.Nf3+=) 11.Bd3= Nbd7 (11...cb5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Nge2=) 12.Nge2 (12.bc6 bc6 13.Nge2 Ba6+=) 12...c5+= 13.0-0 Qa3 (13...c4 14.Bc2=) 14.Qd2= b6 (14...c4 15.Bc2=) 15.Rfb1 (15.Nf4 cd4 16.ed4 Bb7=) 15...c4 (15...e5 16.Bf5=) 16.Bc2 Bb7 17.Qc1 (17.Rc1 Rfc8=) 17...Qc1 18.Rc1 Ra5 (18...Rfc8 19.a4=) 19.Rcb1 (19.a4 Rfa8=) 19...Rfa8+= 20.Rb4 Ne8 (20...Ra3 21.Rc1+=) 21.Ra4 (21.a4 Nef6=) 21...Nd6 (21...Ra4 22.Na4 Nc7 23.Nac3+=) 22.Ra5= Ra5 (worse is 22...ba5 23.Rb1+=) 23.a4 g6 (23...f5 24.Rc1=) 24.Rb1 (24.Rc1 f6=) 24...Kf8 25.Na2 (25.Rc1 Ke7=) 25...f6 26.Nb4 Nb8 27.Nc3 Ke8 28.f3 f5 29.h3 Ra7 30.Kf2 Ba8 31.g4 Rf7 32.Nc6 Bc6= 33.bc6 Nc6 34.Rb6 Rc7 35.a5+= Ke7 36.a6= Nc8 37.Rb1 Ra7 38.Ba4 Ra6 39.Bc6 Rc6 40.Rb7 Kf6 41.gf5 gf5 42.Rh7 Nd6 43.h4 Nf7 44.h5 Rb6 45.e4 fe4 46.fe4 Rb3 47.e5 Ke7 48.Ne2 c3 49.Rg7 c2= 50.Rg1 Rh3 51.Nf4 Ng5+= 52.Rc1?? Rf3–+ 53.Ke2 Rf4 54.Rc2 Rd4 55.Rc7 Kf8 56.h6 Rh4 (56...Rh4 57.Rc8 Kf7–+) 0–1. Zylla,Johannes – Buchholz, BS–Stadtm., 1993.

6.bc6 bc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Nd4 Bb7 10.cd5 ed5 11.Nf5 0-0 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Be2 Ng6 14.Qa4 Re8 15.h4 Qd7 16.Ne7 Re7 17.h5 Nf8 18.h6 g6 19.Qd4 Re6 20.Na4 Qe7 21.Nc5 Rd6 22.Nb7 (22.Qf4!? Bc8 23.Be5 Ne8 24.Bd6 Nd6+–) 22...Qb7+/– 23.Ba3 Re6 24.Bg4 (24.Bg4 c5 25.Bc5+/–) 1–0. Novikov,Konstantin Ivan – Kosilov,Roman, Ch Chess Club (open), 2002.

6.Qf3 ab5 7.Bf6 gf6 8.cb5 e5 +=.

6.Nf3 dc4 7.ba6 (7.bc6 b5 8.a4 b4=) 7...Na6 (7...b5 8.a4 Na6 9.ab5 cb5 10.Be2-/+) 8.Bc4=+ Be7 9.0-0 Qb6 10.Bd4 c5 11.Be5 0-0 12.Nc3 Qc6 13.d3 (better 13.Bg3+=) 13...b5? (13...Nd5 14.a4=) 14.Bb3?? (better 14.Bb5 Qb6 15.a3+-) 14...h6 15.a4 b4 16.Nb5 Nh7 (16...Nb8 17.Bb2=) 17.e4 Bf6 18.Bf6 Nf6 19.Ne5 Qb7 20.Qf3 Nc7 21.Nd6 Qa6 22.Bc4?? (better 22.Ndc4 Nd7 23.Nd7 Bd7 24.Qe3+/-) 22...Qd6-+ 23.Ng4 Ng4 24.Qg4 Qe5 (24...e5 25.Qd1-+) 25.f4 (25.Qg3 Qg3 26.hg3 Ra5-+) 25...Qd4 26.Kh1 Ba6 27.Ba6 (27.Qf3 Bb5!-+) 27...Ra6 28.Rfd1 (28.Qd1 Rfa8-+) 28...b3 (28...Nb5 29.Rdb1-+) 29.f5 (29.Qh5 Nb5! 30.Rab1 Nc3 31.Rb3 Nd1 32.Qd1 Ra4-+) 29...ef5 30.Qf5 (30.Qf3 b2 31.Rab1 Ra4-+) 30...b2 (better 30...Nb5 31.Rf1 b2 32.Rab1-+) 31.Ra2 (31.Rab1-+) 31...Ra4 32.Ra4 Qa4 33.Rb1 Qc2 34.Qf1 Rd8 (34...Ra8 35.Re1 Qc3 36.Rd1 Ra1 37.g3 Rd1 38.Qd1 Qc1 39.Qg1 b1Q 40.Qc1 Qc1 41.Kg2 Qd2 42.Kf3 Ne6 43.d4 Ng5 44.Kg4 Qe2 45.Kh4 g6 46.dc5 Qh5) 35.Qd1 Rd3 (better 35...Qd1 36.Rd1 Rd3-+) 36.Qc2+- Rd8 37.Rb2 Ne6 38.h3 Nf4 (38...Rc8 39.Qc4+-) 39.Kh2 (39.Qc5 Ne6 40.Qf2 Rd1 41.Kh2 Rd8+-) 39...Ne6 40.Qc4 Kh7 (40...Re8 41.e5+-) 41.e5 Kg8 42.Qe4 Kh8 (42...g5 43.Rb7 Nd4 44.Rb6+-) 43.Rb7 Kg8 (43...Rf8+-) 44.Qf5 Rf8 45.Re7 (better 45.Rf7! Rf7 46.Qe6 g5+-) 45...Nd4 46.Qd3 (46.Qd7 g6+-) 46...Ne6 (46...Nc6 47.Rb7 Nd8 48.Rb8+-) 47.Qc4 Rd8 (47...Nd8 48.Qc5 g6 49.Qc4+-) 48.h4 (better 48.Re6 fe6 49.Qe6 Kf8 50.Qf5 Ke7+-) 48...Rf8 (48...Kf8 49.Re6 fe6 50.Qe6+-) 49.Qb5 (49.Re6 fe6 50.Qe6 Kh7+-) 49...Rc8 (49...h5 50.Qd7 Nd4 51.Re8+-) 50.Qb7 (better 50.Rf7! Rf8 51.Rf8 Kf8+-) 50...Rf8 51.Qd7 c4 (51...Nd4 52.Re8 g5 53.Rf8 Kf8 54.Qc8 Kg7 55.Qc5+-) 52.Re8 (better 52.Re6 fe6 53.Qe6 Kh7 54.Qc4 Re8+-) 52...Re8 53.Qe8 Kh7 (53...Nf8 54.Qc8+-) 54.Qc8 (54.Qf7 Nc5+-) 54...c3 55.Qc3 Kg6 (55...g6+-) 56.Qd3 Kh5 (56...f5 57.Qd6 Kf7 58.Qd7 Kg8 59.Qe6 Kh8 60.Qg6 Kg8 61.e6 f4 62.e7 f3 63.e8Q) 57.Qg3 (57.Qf5 Ng5 58.hg5 g6 59.Qf3 Kh4 60.g3 Kg5 61.Qf4 Kh5 62.Qh4) 57...Nf4 58.Kg1 (58.Kg1 Ne2 59.Kf2 Ng3 60.Kg3=; 58.Qf4 Kg6 59.h5 Kh7 60.Qf7 Kh8 61.e6 Kh7 62.e7 Kh8 63.e8Q Kh7 64.Qeg8) 1-0. Atotheking (1725) - leloicoos (1790), lichess.org, 2021.

7.cd5 ed5 8.Nf3 Bf5 (8...Bd6 9.Be2=+) 9.Nd4= Nd4 10.Bd4 Be7 11.Nc3 (11.Be2 0-0=) 11...0-0 (11...b5 12.Be2=) 12.Be2 Qd7 (12...b5 13.Qb3=) 13.0-0 Ne4 (13...b5 14.Qb3=) 14.Na4 Qd6 15.d3 Nf6 (15...Ng5 16.Bc5 Qc7 17.Be7 Qe7 18.Nb6=) 16.Nb6+= Rab8 (16...Rad8 17.Bf3+=) 17.Qb3 Bd8 (17...Rbd8 18.Rfc1+=) 18.Rfc1 (18...Bb6 19.Qb6 Qb6 20.Bb6+=). Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Paglino,Mario, corr CADAP, 2002.

7.Nf3 Bb4 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 b5 10.Bb3 0-0 11.0-0 Bb7 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Bc3 Rad8 (13...Bd6 14.Rc1=+) 14.d4 (14.Bb4 Nb4 15.d4 Bf3 16.Qf3 e5=) 14...Ne4 (14...Bc3 15.Nc3 b4 16.Na4=+) 15.Bb4= Nb4 16.Nbd2?? (better is 16.a4=) 16...Nc3–+ 17.Qe1 Nd3 (18.Rc1 Ne1 19.Rfe1 Rc8–+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Hajdu, corr, 1991.

7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bf6 (8.cd5 ed5 9.Be2 0-0+= 10.0-0 Be6 11.d3 Rc8 12.Nbd2 b5 13.a4 b4 14.Rc1 a5+=) 8...Qf6 (worse is 8...gf6 9.cd5 ed5 10.Qb3+= d4 11.Bc4 Na5 12.Bf7 Ke7 13.Qd5 de3 14.Nc3 Rf8=) 9.Nc3 Bb4 (9...dc4 10.Ne4 Qd8 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.Bc4+= b5 13.Be2 0-0 14.d4 Bb7=) 10.Rc1 dc4 11.Bc4 (11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Bc4 b5+= 13.Be2 Bd7 14.0-0 e5=) 11...0-0 (11...Ba3 12.Rb1= b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Be4 Rc8+=) 12.0-0 (12.Qc2 Bd7= 13.Bd3 Qh6 14.Qb2 Rab8=) 12...Ne5 (12...Ba3 13.Rb1+= b5 14.Bd3 Bb7+=) 13.Ne5= Qe5 14.d4 Qa5 15.Ne4 Bd7 16.Bd3 Ba3 (16...Qa2 17.Nf6 gf6 18.Qg4 Kh8=) 17.Nc5 (better is 17.Rb1!?=) 17...Bc1+= 18.Nd7 Rfc8 19.Qg4 (19.Qb3 b5 20.Qb1 Ra7 21.Bh7 Kh8+=) 19...g6 (19...b5 20.Nf6 Kh8 21.Nh7=) 20.Qh4 (20.Qf3 Ra7–/+ (20...Qa2?! 21.Be4=)) 20...Ba3 (20...Rc7 21.Nf6 Kg7 22.Ng4+=) 21.g4 (21.Nf6 Kg7 22.Nh7 Qh5 23.Qh5 gh5–/+) 21...Qd8 22.Nf6 Kg7 23.g5 h5 24.gh6 (24.Qe4 Qa5 25.f4 Bc1–/+) 24...Kh8 25.Qf4 Bd6 (25...e5 26.Qe5 Bd6 27.Qg5–/+) 26.Qf3 Rc7 27.Ne4 f5 28.Nd6 Qd6 29.Rb1 Re8 30.a4 e5–+ 31.Qg3 Rd8 32.a5 e4 33.Qd6 Rd6 34.Be2 0–1. Bulcourf,Carlos (2145) – Gibson,T (2235), 8th Abierto Invierno, Villa Ballester A, 2008.

6.a3 Bd6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.cd5 ed5 10.Be2 Ne4 11.0-0 f5 12.d3 Nef6 13.Nc3 Ne5 14.Ne5 Be5 15.f4 Bc7 16.Rf3 (16.d4 Bd6=) 16...Re8 (16...c5 17.d4 c4 18.Ba3=+) 17.Qb3 Bb6 18.d4 Kh8 (18...Bd7 19.h3=) 19.Rh3 (19.bc6 bc6 20.Rh3=) 19...Ne4 (better 19...c5!? 20.dc5 Bc5=) 20.Ne4+– fe4 21.Rg3 Rg8 22.a5 Bc7 23.Rc1 (23.a6 Rb8 24.ab7 Rb7+–) 23...Bd7 (23...Rb8!?+=) 24.a6+– g5?? (better 24...Rb8 25.Qc2 g5 26.ab7 Rb7 27.bc6 Bc6 28.Qc6 Rb2 29.Qc7 Qc7 30.Rc7 Re2+–) 25.ab7+– Rb8 26.bc6 Be6 27.Rf1 gf4 28.Rg8 Qg8 29.ef4 Bh3 (29...Bf5+–) 30.Qh3 1–0. GuestRBPC – guestuli, freechess.org, 2019.

6.a3 Be7 7.a4 cb5 8.cb5 0-0 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Bd6 11.0-0 e5 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Re8 14.f4 (better 14.Nd7!? Qd7 15.Ba3=) 14...ef3!-/+ 15.Bf3 (15.Bf3 Qe7 Combination; 15.Nf3 Re3 Pinning (15...Re3 Deflection; 15...Re3 Clearance); 15.Rf3 Ne5 Decoy; 15.gf3 Ne5 Combination) 15...Ne4?? (better 15...Qe7-/+) 16.Be4+/- de4 17.Nf7 Bh2? (better 17...Qe7+-) 18.Kh2 Qh4 19.Kg1 Nf6 20.Ne5 Bg4 (20...Re5 21.Rf6 Bg4 22.Rf4+=) 21.Qb3 (better 21.Rf4 Bd1 22.Rh4+-) 21...Kh8 (21...Be6 22.Qa3 Nd5+-) 22.Nf7 (22.Ng4 Ng4 23.Rf7 Qe1 24.Rf1 Qg3-+) 22...Kg8 23.Nh6 Kh8 24.Qg8! (24.Ng4 Ng4 25.Rf7 Qe1 26.Rf1 Qg3-+) 24...Ng8 (24...Rg8 25.Nf7 Mate attack; 24...Ng8 25.Nf7 Mate attack) 25.Nf7 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2570) - Elda64 (2600), lichess.org, 2017.

6.a4 0-0 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Qc2 e5 11.Bf5 e4 12.Nd4 c5 13.Ne2 Nb6 14.Bc8 Rc8 (worse is 14...Nc8 15.cd5 Re8 16.Bf6 Qf6 17.Nbc3+/–) 15.cd5 Nbd5 16.Bc3 Re8 17.g3 b6 18.Na3 Ng4 19.Nc4 Nb4 20.Qb3 Nd3 21.f3 ef3 22.Nd6? (22.Rf3 Be5 23.Rf7+/–) 22...Qd6 23.Rf3 c4 24.Qa2 Nge5 25.Be5 Ne5 26.Rf4 g5 27.Rf5 Qd3 28.Nc3?? (better is 28.Nd4–/+) 28...Qf5–+ 29.Rf1 Nf3 30.Kg2 g4 31.Rh1 Qd3 32.Rd1 h5 33.e4 h4 34.Qb2 h3 35.Kh1 Nd4 36.Kg1 Ne2 37.Kf2 Qf3 38.Ke1 Nc3 (38...Nc3 39.Qc3 Re4 40.Qe3 c3 41.Qe4 Qe4 42.Kf2 Qf3 43.Ke1 Re8; 38...Qh1 39.Ke2 Re4 40.Ne4 Qe4 41.Kf2 Qf3 42.Ke1 Re8 43.Qe5 Re5) 0–1. Becker,Joachim – Arndt,Theodor, Sparkassen Open, Nettetal GER, 2010.

6.Qb3 a5 7.ba6 Na6 8.cd5 ed5?? (better 8...Qd5 9.Nf3 Qa5=) 9.Ba6+- Qa5? (9...Bd2 10.Nd2 (10.Kd2?! Ra6 11.Ke1 0-0+/-) 10...Ra6 11.Ngf3+-) 10.Be2 (10.Bb7!? Bb7 11.a3 c5+-) 10...Ne4 11.Nf3 Bg4 (11...0-0 12.0-0+-) 12.Bg7 (12.a3 Be7 13.Qb7 Bd7 14.Bg7 Rg8+-) 12...Rg8 13.Bc3 Nc3 (13...Bc3 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.dc3+-) 14.dc3 (worse 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Rb1 Bc3 16.dc3 b5+-) 14...Bd6 15.Nbd2 (better 15.Qb7!? Bd7 16.g3 Rg6+-) 15...b5 16.0-0 (16.g3 Qa3+-) 16...h5 (16...Bh3 17.Ne1 Be5+-) 17.h3! Bh3 18.Ne1 Qd8 19.Ndf3 (19.Bh5 Bg2 20.Bf7 Kf7-+) 19...Qf6 (19...Qd7 20.g3 Ra3 21.Qb2+=) 20.Kh1 Be6 (20...Ra3 A) 21.gh3?! Qe6 (21...Rb3 22.ab3 Rg7 23.Ra8 Kd7 24.Ng2+=) 22.Nh2 Qh3=; B) 21.Qd1 Bg4 22.g3+-) 21.Qc2 h4 (21...Ra3 22.Rc1+-) 22.a4 (22.Nd4 Bd7+-) 22...Bf5 (22...Rh8 23.Nd4+-) 23.Bd3 (23.Qd1 b4 24.Qd4 Qh6+-) 23...Bg4 (better 23...Bd3 24.Qd3 ba4+-) 24.ab5?? (better 24.Nd4+-) 24...Ra1-+ 25.bc6?? (better 25.Nh2-+) 25...h3 26.Nh2 (26.g3 Bf3 27.Kh2-+) 26...hg2 27.Ng2 Rf1 (27...Bf3 28.Bg6 Qh4 29.Qe4 de4 30.Bf7 Kf7 31.Ra1 Qh2) 28.Bf1-+ Qh6 29.f4 Bf3 (29...Rh8 30.Ne1-+) 30.Qf2? (30.Qf5 Rh8 31.Qd7 Kf8 32.Kg1 Bg2 33.Qc8 Kg7 34.Qg4 Kf6 35.Qg2-/+) 30...Be4-+ 31.c4 (31.Kg1 Qh3 32.Kh1 Rh8-+) 31...Rh8 (better 31...dc4!? 32.Kg1 Bc6 33.Nf3-+) 32.Qg3 Kd8 (32...d4!? 33.c5 Bc7 34.Kg1 de3 35.Be2-+) 33.cd5 (33.Kg1 Qh5-+) 33...Kc7 (33...Bd5!? 34.Kg1-+) 34.Be2 (34.Kg1 Bd5 35.Ne1 Bc6-+) 34...Bd5 35.Kg1 Bc6 36.Ng4?? (36.Nf3 Qh7-/+) 36...Qg7 (better 36...Qh1 37.Kf2 Rh3-+) 37.Bf3 Qa1 (37...Bf3!? 38.Qf3 Qa1 39.Kf2-+) 38.Qe1-/+ Qe1 39.Ne1 Rg8?? (better 39...Bf3 40.Nf3 Rg8-+) 40.Kf2-/+ f5 (40...Ra8-/+) 41.Ne5?? (better 41.Nh6 Rf8 42.Bc6 Kc6 43.Nf3=) 41...Be5-+ 42.fe5 Re8 (42...Be4!?-/+) 43.Bc6 (43.Kg3!?=) 43...Kc6=+ 44.Nd3 (44.Kf3 Kd5 45.Kf4 Re5=+) 44...Kd5 45.Kf3 Ke6 (better 45...Kc4 46.Nb2 Kc3 47.Na4 Kb4=+) 46.Kf4?? (better 46.e4=) 46...Rc8-+ 47.e4 Rc4 48.Nc5? (better 48.Nf2 fe4 49.Nd1-+) 48...Rc5 49.ef5 Kf7 (49...Kd5 50.e6 Rc7 51.Kg5-+) 50.e6 (50.Ke4 Rc1 51.Ke3 Re1 52.Kd4 Rd1 53.Ke3-+) 50...Kf6 51.e7 Rc4 52.Ke3 Ke7 0-1. zembelek (2055) - ajedrezjwd (2060), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Qb3 Bd6 7.d4=.

6.Nf3 0-0 7.a4 Re8 (7...Nbd7 8.Ne5=+) 8.Be2 a6 9.Nc3 Ne4 (9...e5 10.0-0=+) 10.Qc2 Nc3 11.Bc3 Bc3 12.Qc3 c5 (12...dc4 13.Bc4 ab5 14.ab5 Ra1 15.Qa1=) 13.0-0 b6 14.d4 Nd7 15.Rfd1 Bb7 (15...Qf6 16.Rac1=) 16.Ne5 (16.cd5!? ed5 17.dc5 bc5 18.ba6+/–) 16...Ne5= 17.de5 ab5 18.ab5 (18...Ra1 19.Ra1 dc4 20.f3=). Geisensetter,Kurt – Repol,Alan, corr ICCF–Cup8/9 V197, 1990.

6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.d4 h5 (9...0-0 10.c5 Bc7 11.bc6 bc6 12.Qa4+=) 10.Nbd2 h4 11.h3 Nf8 (11...cb5 12.c5 Bc7 13.Bb5+/-) 12.a4 Ng6 13.Ne5 (13.Bd3 Nd7+/-) 13...Be5 14.de5 Nd7 15.f4 Ndf8 (15...0-0!?+/-) 16.Ba3+- Qd7 17.Nb3 (17.e4 a6+-) 17...Qd8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.e4 de4 20.Qc2 Ne7 21.Qe4 Qb6 (better 21...Nf5!? 22.Nf5 ef5+/-) 22.a5! Qc7 (22...Qa5 23.Be7 Decoy) 23.Bd6 Qc8 24.Nb3 (24.a6!? ba6 25.Bf3 ab5 26.cb5 c5 27.Be7 Ke7+-) 24...Nf5 25.Nc5?? (better 25.Qf3+-) 25...cb5= 26.Nd7 Nd7 27.cb5 Qd8? (better 27...Ng3 28.Qf3 Nf1 29.Rf1 g6+=) 28.Qb7+- Nd6 29.ed6 0-0? (29...Qc8 30.Qc8 Rc8+-) 30.Bf3 Qc8 31.Qc7 Rb8 32.Bc6 Rd8 (32...Qc7 33.dc7 Rbc8+-) 33.Qa7 f6 (33...Nf6 34.Rfd1+-) 34.Rad1 e5 (34...f5 35.Rc1 Nf6 36.d7 Nd7 37.Bf3+-) 35.fe5 (better 35.Rc1 Nb6 36.d7 Nd7 37.Bd5 Kf8 38.Rc8 Rbc8+-) 35...fe5 (35...Ne5 36.Bd5 Kh8 37.Rd4+-) 36.Qf2 (better 36.Bd5 Kh7 37.Rc1 Qc1 38.Rc1 Nf6+-) 36...Nf6 37.Qh4 Rb5 (37...Rf8+-) 38.Qc4 Kh7 39.Bb5 Qc4 40.Bc4 e4 (40...Nd7 41.Bb5+-) 41.Be6 Nd7 (41...Ra8 42.Rf6! gf6 43.Bf5 Kg7 44.Be4+-) 42.Bd7 Rd7 43.Rfe1 g6 44.Re4 Kh6 45.Re7 Rd8 46.d7 Kg5 47.Re8 Rd7 48.Rd7 Kh6 (48...Kf6 49.a6 Kg5 50.Re5 Kf4 51.Rde7 g5 52.Kf2 g4 53.g3) 49.Re5 g5 50.g4 Kg6 51.Rd6 (51.Re6) 51...Kf7 52.Rb5 (52.Rb5 Ke8 53.Rb7 Kf8 54.Rd8; 52.a6 Kf8 53.Rd8 Kf7 54.Rd7 Kf6 55.Rde7 Kg6 56.R5e6) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep - moutazsayedsssss (2025), lichess.org, 2017.

7.a4 0-0 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 a6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Qc2 Nc3 13.Bc3 Bc3 14.Qc3 Nf6 (14...e5 15.bc6 bc6 16.cd5 cd5 17.Rab1=) 15.d4 ab5 16.ab5 Ra1 17.Ra1 Bd7 18.Qb3 (18.bc6 Ne4 19.Qb4 Bc6+/-) 18...Ne4 (18...dc4 19.Bc4 cb5 20.Bb5+=) 19.Ne5 (19.bc6 Bc6 20.c5 Qf6+/-) 19...f6 20.bc6 bc6 21.Nd7 Qd7 22.Bd3 Nd6 23.c5 Nf7 24.h3 Qc7? (24...e5 25.Qb1 g6 26.Ra6+=) 25.Rb1 (better 25.Qb6!? Qb6 26.cb6+-) 25...Rc8 26.Qb7 Nd8 (26...Qb7!? 27.Rb7 g6+/-) 27.Qc7+/- Rc7 28.Rb8 Rd7 29.Ba6 (29.Bc2!?+/-) 29...Kf7+= 30.Bc8 (better 30.f4+=) 30...Ke7?? (better 30...Ra7=) 31.Bd7+- Kd7 32.Ra8 Kc7 33.Kf1 e5 34.Ke2 h6 35.Kd3 e4 36.Kc3 f5 (36...g6 37.Kb4 f5 38.Ka5+-) 37.h4 (37.Kb4 f4+-) 37...g5 38.hg5 hg5 39.g3 f4 40.gf4 gf4 41.ef4 Ne6 (41...Kd7+-) 42.f5 Nf4 (42...Ng5 43.Rg8 e3 44.fe3 Ne4 45.Kb4 Kd7+-) 43.f6 Kd7 44.f7 Ke7 (44...Ng6 45.Rg8 Nf8 46.Rf8 Ke6+-) 45.f8Q (45.f8Q Ke6 46.Re8 Kd7 47.Qe7) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2665) - Esgor (2330), lichess.org, 2016.

7.a4 cb5 8.cb5 0-0 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Be2 Nd7 11.0-0 Ndf6 12.d3 Nc5? (12...Nd6 13.Na3=) 13.Nbd2 (better 13.Ba3!? b6 14.d4+-) 13...b6 14.Ne5 Bd2 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Qd2 Nb3 (16...Bb7 17.Be5 Qd7 18.Qc2+=) 17.Qb4 Na1 18.Ne7 (18.Be5 Qb7 19.Ne7 Kh8 20.Ng6 hg6 21.Qf8 Kh7 22.Ra1 Qd7+-) 18...Kh8 19.Ng6! hg6 (19...fg6 20.Qf8 Mate attack; 19...hg6 20.Qf8 Double attack (20.Qf8 Discovered attack; 20.Ba1 Zwischenzug)) 20.Qf8 (20.Qf8 Kh7 21.Ra1+/-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2720) - OzgurAkman (2160), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 a6 9.a4 dc4 10.Bc4 ab5 11.ab5 cb5 12.Bb5 b6 13.0-0 Ba6 14.Na3 Bb5 15.Nb5 Nc6 16.d4 Ne4? (better is 16...Na7 17.Na7 Ra7=) 17.Qc2+– Qd5 18.Nc7 Nb4 19.Qe2 (19.Nd5?! Nc2 20.Ne7 Kh8=) 19...Qh5 20.Na8 Ra8 21.Ba3 Rc8? (better is 21...Nc3 22.Qd2 Nbd5+–) 22.Bb4 Bb4 23.Qa6 Rf8 24.Qb6 Bd6 25.Qc6 Qg4 26.h3 Qf5 27.Nh4 Qd5 28.Qd5 ed5 29.Nf5 Bb4 30.Rfb1 Bd2 (30...g6 31.Rb4 gf5 32.Ra5+–) 31.Ne7 Kh8 32.Nd5 h5 (32...h6 33.Ra7+–) 33.Rb7 Rd8 34.Nf4 Rc8 (34...Nd6 35.Rc7+–) 35.Nh5 (better is 35.Rf7 h4 36.Raa7+–) 35...Rc2 (35...g6 36.Nf4 g5+–) 36.Rf7 (better is 36.Ra8 Kh7 37.Rf7 Rc1 38.Kh2 Rb1 39.Rg7 Kh6 40.Rh8) 36...Bc3 (36...Rc8+–) 37.Ra8 Kh7 38.Rg7 Kh6 39.Rh8 1–0. algernon (2330) – tomy (2355), net–chess.com, 2013.

6.cb5 Qa5 7.a4 (7.Bf6 gf6 8.Nc3 Bb4=) 7...Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bb4 9.Be2 a6 10.0-0 Qd8 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Qb3 Be7 13.d4 ab5 14.ab5 Ra1 15.Ra1 b6 16.Rc1 Bb7 17.h3 Qb8 18.Na4 Ba8 19.Ne5 Ne5 20.de5 Nd7 21.f4 Nc5 22.Nc5 (22.Qc2 Rc8=) 22...Bc5 (22...bc5!? 23.Qa4 Rc8=+) 23.Bd4= Rc8 24.Qc2 Bd4?? (better 24...Bb7 25.Qd1 Qc7=) 25.Qc8 Qc8 26.Rc8 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2620) - Chesskudo (1850), IM TricksOnlyNL Arena, lichess.org, 2017.

6.cb5 Qb6 7.a4 Bb4 (7...Nbd7 8.Nf3=) 8.Nf3 (8.Bf6 gf6 9.Qg4 Bf8=) 8...Nbd7 9.Be2 0-0 (9...Qd6 10.Na3=) 10.0-0 Nc5 (10...Re8 11.Qb3 a5 12.d4+=) 11.Nc3 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.Qc2 Qa5+=) 11...Nfe4 (11...Nce4 12.Rc1+=) 12.Qc2 (12.Na2 Ba5+=) 12...Bc3 13.dc3 f5 (13...Qa5 14.c4+=) 14.c4+– Qc7 (14...Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rd8 16.cd5 Rd5 17.Rd5 ed5 18.Bd4+–) 15.cd5 (15.Rfd1 Rd8+–) 15...ed5 16.Bd4 (16.Rac1 Re8+–) 16...b6 (16...Qe7 17.Rfc1 Ne6 18.Bb2+–) 17.Ne5 (17.a5 Be6+–) 17...Be6 (17...f4 18.f3 Ng5 19.a5+–) 18.f3 (18.Nc6 Rae8+–) 18...Ng5 (18...Nd6 19.a5+–) 19.Qb2 (19.Nc6 Nb7+–) 19...Rad8 (better 19...f4!?+–) 20.Nc6+– Rd7 21.Be5 Qb7 22.h4 Nf7 23.Bg7 Nd6?? (better 23...Re8+–) 24.Bf8 Kf8 25.Qh8 Bg8 26.Qf6 Nf7 27.Qf5 Qc7 (27...a5 28.Qf4+–) 28.Rfd1 (28.a5 Nb3 29.ab6 Qb6 30.Qd7 Qe3 31.Kh2 Na1 32.Qc8 Kg7 33.Qg4 Kf8 34.Qb4 Kg7 35.Qb2 d4 36.Ra1 Qc3 37.Qc3 dc3+–) 28...Qd6 (28...Qg3 29.a5 Rd6 30.Qc8 Kg7 31.Qb8 (31.Na7 Rg6 32.Kf1 Qg2 33.Ke1 Qg1 34.Kd2 Nb3 35.Kc3 Qe3 36.Kb2 Na1 37.Qc3 Qc3 38.Kc3 Rg2 39.ab6 Nd6+–) 31...Qh4 32.ab6+–) 29.Rd4 (29.a5 ba5 30.e4 Qc7+–) 29...Qg6 (29...Nb3 30.Rad1 Nd4 31.Rd4 Ke8+–) 30.Qd7 Nd7 0–1. GuestCPPY – GuestZKZH, freechess.org, 2016.

6.cb5 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 Ne8? (better 10...Nb6+=) 11.Ba3+– Nef6 12.Bf8 Qf8 13.Nbd2 Nb6 14.a4 Nbd7 15.Qb3 b6 (15...Qd6 16.a5+–) 16.Rac1 Ne8 17.Rc3 Bb7 18.Qa3 (18.Rfc1 e5 19.de5 Ne5+–) 18...Qa3 19.Ra3 e5 20.de5 Ne5 21.Ne5 Be5 22.f4 (22.Nf3!? Bd6 23.Ra2 a6+–) 22...Bd6 23.Rc3 Bc5 24.Nf3?? (better 24.Be2+–) 24...Be3=+ 25.Kh1 d4 (25...Bf4 26.Rc2=) 26.Rc4 Bd5 27.Rc2 Bb3 28.Rb2 Bd5 (worse 28...Ba4 29.Ra1 Rc8 30.Ne1+–) 29.Ne5 Rc8 30.Rc2 Rc2 31.Bc2 f5 32.Nd3 (32.Nc6 Nf6=) 32...Bc4 33.h3 Nd6 34.Rf3 (34.g3 Ne4 35.Kh2 h5=+) 34...Bd5 (34...Ne4 35.Ne5 Be2 36.Be4 fe4 37.Re3 de3 38.Kg1–/+) 35.Rf1=+ Ne4 36.Kh2 Nd2 37.Rd1 Bc4 (37...Kf7 38.Nb4 Bc4 39.g3=+) 38.Kg3 (38.g3 Bd5 39.Nb4 Bf3=) 38...Kg7 39.Ne5 (39.Re1 Kf6=+) 39...Be2 40.Rd2 Bd2 41.Nd3 (41.Kf2 Bf4 42.Ng6 hg6 43.Ke2 Kf6=+) 41...Bd3 (better 41...Kf6!?–+) 42.Bd3–/+ Kf6 43.Kf3 g5 44.fg5 Bg5 45.g3 h5 46.g4 (46.Kf2 Ke5=+) 46...hg4 (46...fg4!? 47.hg4 h4–/+) 47.hg4=+ fg4 48.Kg4 Be3 49.Kf3 Ke5 50.Ke2 Kd5 51.Kd1 Kc5 52.Bc2 Kc4 53.Ke2 Kc3 54.Bb1 Kb2 55.Bd3 Kb3 56.Kd1 Ka4 57.Kc2 Kb4 58.Kb2 Bd2 59.Kc2 Bc3 60.Kb1 Bd2 61.Kc2 Be3 62.Kb2 Bd2 (62...Kc5 63.Kc2–/+) 63.Kc2 Bc3 64.Be2 (64.Kb1 Kb3 65.Kc1–/+) 64...Kc5–/+ 65.Kb3 Kd6 66.Bc4 Kc7 67.Ka4 Kd6 68.Bd3 (68.Kb3 Ke5 69.Kc2–+) 68...Ke5–+ 69.Kb3 Kf4 70.Kc2 Ke3 71.Bc4 Ba5 72.Bf1 Kf2 73.Bc4 Ke1 74.Bd3 Kf2 75.Bc4 Ke3 76.Bf1 ½–½. Melzig,Ernst – Bielefeld,Guenter, Bad Sooden Allendorf Senior op, 2004.

6.cd5 a6 7.de6 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bf6 Qf6 (worse 11...gf6 12.Nc3+=) 12.d4 Bd5 (12...Rfc8 13.Nbd2 Qg6 14.e4=) 13.Nbd2 (13.Nc3 Bc4=) 13...Rad8 (better 13...Qe6!?=+) 14.e4+= Bc4 (14...Be6 15.e5 Ne5 16.de5 (16.Ne5? Be5 17.de5 Qf4-+) 16...Be5 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.Qe1+=) 15.e5 (better 15.Bc4!? bc4 16.e5 (16.Nc4?! Nd4 17.Nd4 Bc5=) 16...Be5 17.de5+/- (worse 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.de5 Qf4=+)) 15...Be2+= 16.Qe2 (16.ef6 Bd1 17.fg7=) 16...Rfe8?? (better 16...Nd4 17.Nd4 Be5-/+) 17.Qd1+/- (17.ef6?! Re2 18.Rfd1 Rde8=) 17...Be5 18.de5 (worse 18.Ne5 Ne5 19.de5 Qf4=+) 18...Ne5 19.Ne5 Qe5 20.Nf3?? (better 20.Re1 Qe1 21.Qe1 Re1 22.Re1+/-) 20...Rd1-+ 21.Ne5 Rf1 (21...Ra1 22.Ra1 Re5 23.Rc1-+) 22.Kf1 Re5 23.Rd1 Threatening mate... how? 23...f6 24.Rd7 b4 (24...Rc5 25.Rd2-+) 25.Rb7-/+ Ra5 26.Rb4 Ra2 27.g4 a5 28.Rb7 h6 29.h4 a4 (better 29...Ra4 30.f3 f5-/+) 30.f4? (30.Ra7 a3-/+) 30...a3 (30...Rd2 31.Ra7 Rd4 32.Kf2 Rf4 33.Kg3-+) 31.Ra7 Kh7 (better 31...Rh2!? 32.Ra3 Rh4-+) 32.h5-/+ Ra1 33.Kg2 a2 (33...f5 34.gf5 Kg8 35.Kg3=+) 34.f5 Kg8 35.Kf2?? (35.Ra8 Kf7 36.Ra7 Kf8-/+) 35...Kf8 (35...Rh1 36.Ra8 Kf7 37.Ra7 Ke8 38.Ra2 Rh2 39.Kf3 Ra2 40.Kg3-+) 36.Ke2?? (better 36.Kg2-/+) 36...Ke8 (36...Rh1 37.Ra8 Ke7 38.Ra2 Rh2 39.Kd3 Ra2 40.Ke3-+) 37.Kd2 (37.Rg7 Rb1 38.Ra7 a1Q 39.Ra1 Ra1-+) 37...Rg1 38.Ra2 Rg2 39.Ke3 Ra2 (39...Ra2 40.Kf3 Kd7-+) 0-1. zembelek (2140) - bobay (2015), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.a4 b6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Ne5 0-0 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Nc6 Bc6 13.bc6 (13.Qc6?? Rc8-+) 13...Nc5 14.Bb5 Qc7 15.0-0 Rac8 16.Nc3 Ra8 17.f4 Nfe4 18.Rf3 Nc3 19.Bc3 Ne4 20.Be5 Bd6 21.Bb2 Be7 22.Rc1 Rac8 23.Ba6 Ra8 24.Bb7 Rab8 25.Ba6 Bf6 (25...Ra8 26.Bd3 f5+=) 26.Ba3+= Rfe8 27.Rh3 g6 28.Bd3 Nc5 29.Bb5 Ne4 (29...Bg7 30.Bc5 bc5 31.Qc5+/-) 30.d3+/- Nc5 31.Rf1 (31.d4 Ne4+/-) 31...Bg7 32.Bc5 bc5 33.Qc5 Bf8 34.Qc3 Bb4 35.Qd4 Bf8 (35...Red8 36.Qe5 Bd6 37.Qg5+/-) 36.f5! Bg7 (36...ef5 37.Qd5 Deflection; 36...gf5 37.e4 Double attack (37.Rg3 Decoy)) 37.f6 Bf8 38.Qh4 h5 (better 38...h6!?+/-) 39.g4+- Qe5? (39...Bh6+-) 40.gh5 Qh5 (40...g5 41.Qg3 Bd6+-) 41.Qh5 gh5 42.Rh5 Rb5 (42...Be7 43.c7 Rbc8 44.Be8 Rc7 45.fe7 Re7 46.Rg5 Kf8+-) 43.ab5 Bd6 44.Rf2 Bh2 (44...Bg3 45.Rg2 Rb8 46.Rg3 Kf8 47.Rh8) 45.Rfh2 (45.Rfh2 a4 46.Rh8) 1-0. DEFFM – GuestCTNQ, freechess.org, 2021.

7.a4 Bd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 Qc7 (9...Nbd7 10.Ba3 Ba3 11.Ra3=) 10.0-0 (10.Bf6!? gf6 11.Nc3+=) 10...e5= 11.h3 e4 12.Nd4 Be6 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.d3 Rac8 (15...Be5 16.Ne6 Qe6 17.Qc2=) 16.de4 de4 (worse 16...Ne4 17.Ne6 fe6 18.Bg4+/-) 17.Ne6 fe6 18.Bg4 (18.Qb3 Nc5 19.Qc2 Bb8=) 18...Bb4 (18...Be5!?=) 19.Ne4!+/- Ne4?? (better 19...Rc1 20.Nf6 Nf6 21.Bc1 Ng4 22.Qg4 Qd6+/-) 20.Qd7+- Nd2 (20...Rc3+-) 21.Qg7 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2750) - Etherii (1735), lichess.org, 2016.

7.ba6 Na6 8.Bb5 Nd7 9.Nc3 Nac5 10.Rc1 Bd6 11.d4 Na6 12.Nf3 0-0 13.0-0 Nb4 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Ne5 f6 16.a3 fe5 (< 16...Be5 17.de5 (17.ab4?! Bd6=) 17...Na6 18.ef6 Rf6 19.Ne2+/–) 17.de5 Be5 18.ab4 Qf6 (better is 18...Bd7!?=) 19.f4+/– Bd6 20.Nd5! Qd8 (20...ed5 21.Bf6) 21.Qc3 Rf7 22.Be8 Nd5 23.Bf7 Kf7 24.Qg7 Ke8 25.Qh8 Kd7 26.Qh7 Qe7 27.Qe4 Nb4 28.Be5 Nd5 29.Bd6 Qd6 30.h3 Qb6 31.Rfd1 Ra3? (better is 31...Kd8 32.f5! Qd6+–) 32.Rd5 ed5 33.Qh7 (< 33.Qd5 Ke7 34.Qg5 Kf7 35.Qh5 Kg7 36.Qe5 Qf6 37.Rc7 Kg6 38.Qe8 Kh6+–) 33…Ke8 (33...Kd6 34.Qh6 Be6 35.Qf8 Kd7 36.Qa3 Bf5+–) 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – nimzoman, ICC, 2002.

9.Ba1 Qa5 10.Bf6 gf6 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Nf3 f5 13.Qb3 Bc3 14.Qc3 Qc3 15.dc3 0-0 16.Bd3 e5 (16...Kg7!?+/–) 17.Ne5+– Nd7 18.Nd7 Bd7 19.0-0 (19.Ke2!?+–) 19...f4 20.ef4 f5? (better is 20...Rc8+/–) 21.c4+– dc4 22.Bc4 Kg7 23.Re1 Kh6 (better is 23...Kf6+–) 24.Re7 Bc8 25.f3 b6 (25...Rd8 26.Be6+–) 26.Be6 Be6 27.Re6 Kg7 28.Rb6 h5 29.Rc6 Rd8 30.b6 Rd1 31.Kf2 Rd2 32.Ke3 (better is 32.Kg3 h4 33.Kh3 Rb2+–) 32...Rg2 33.b7 Rb2 34.Rc7 Kf6 35.Kd3 Rb3 (35...Ke6+–) 36.Kc4 Rf3 (36...Rb1+–) 37.b8Q Rf4 38.Kd5 Kg5 (38...Rd4 39.Kd4 f4 40.Qf8 Kg5 41.Rg7 Kh4 42.Qf4 Kh3 43.Qg3) 39.Qg8 Kh4 40.Qg3 1–0. olawoj – aderp, internet, 2012.

9.Ba1 Qa5 10.Bf6 gf6 11.Nf3 Bd7 The isolani on b5 becomes a target 12.Qb3 Qb4 13.Qb4 Bb4 14.Be2 e5 (14...Ke7 15.0-0=) 15.0-0= Bf5 (15...Ke7 16.Nc3 Kd6 17.Rb1=) 16.Nc3 e4 (16...Be6 17.Ra1=) 17.Nd4+= Bc3 (17...Be6 18.Ra1 Kd7 19.Ra7+/-) 18.dc3 (18.Nf5 Be5+-) 18...Be6 19.g3 (19.Ra1 Kd7+/-) 19...0-0 (19...Ke7 20.f4+=) 20.f4 f5 21.Ra1 Nd7 22.Ne6 (better 22.g4!? Nc5 23.gf5+/-) 22...fe6= 23.c4 Nc5 (better 23...Rc8!? 24.cd5 ed5=) 24.cd5+/- ed5 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Bc4! Kg7 (26...dc4 27.Rd4 Double attack (27.Rd8 Pinning; 27.Rd8 Deflection; 27.Rd4 Decoy)) 27.Rd5 Rd5 28.Bd5 b6 29.g4! Kf6 (29...fg4 30.Kg2 Combination) 30.g5+- Kg6 31.Kg2 Nd3 (31...Na4 32.Kf2+-) 32.Bc4 (32.h4 Nb2 33.Bb3 h5+-) 32...Ne1 33.Kf2 Nf3 34.h3 (34.Be2 Nd2+-) 34...h6+/- 35.gh6 Kh6 36.Be2 Nd2 37.Kg3 (37.Ke1 Nb1+/-) 37...Kg6 38.h4 (38.Kg2 Kh6+/-) 38...Nb3 (better 38...Nb1!?=) 39.h5 Kh6 40.Kf2 (40.Bc4 Nc5 41.Kh4 Nb7+-) 40...Nc1 (better 40...Nd2=) 41.Ke1?? (41.Bf1 Kh5 42.Bc4 Kg4+/-) 41...Na2 (better 41...Ne2 42.Ke2 Kh5-+) 42.Kd2 (42.Bc4 Nb4 43.Be6 Nc2 44.Kd2 Na3+-) 42…Nb4 (42...Nb4 43.Kc3 Na2 44.Kd4 Nc1+-). Abdullaevich (1830) - andrushka2 (1760), lichess.org, 2020.

9.Ba1 Bb4 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Be2 Qa5 12.Bc3 Bd7 Attacking the isolated pawn on b5 13.Bb4 Qb4 14.Nc3 Ne4 15.Ne4 de4 (worse is 15...Qe4 16.d4+=) 16.Nd4 e5 17.Nc2 Qb3 18.Na1 Qb2 19.Nb3 Be6 20.Nc5 Bd5 21.0-0 Rc8 22.Na4 Qb4 23.Nc3 Bb3?? (better is 23...Rd8=) 24.Qb1+– Qa3 25.Qe4 Re8 26.Qb7 Qb2 (26...Qd6 27.d3+–) 27.Ne4 (27.Rb1 Qa3+–) 27...Qa2 28.Nd6 Rf8 29.Nc8 Qd2 30.Bf3 (30.Bg4 Rd8 31.Qc7 Bd1 32.Bd1 Qd1 33.Qb8 Qd7+–) 30...Qd7 31.Qb8 Rc8 32.Qe5 Bc4 33.Bc6 Qd3 34.Ra1 f6 35.Qd4 (35.Qh5 Rb8+–) 35...Qb3? (better is 35...Bb5!? 36.Bd5 Kh8+–) 36.Qd1 Qb2 37.Bd5 Bd5 38.Qd5 Kh8 39.Rd1 h6 40.g3 Rb8 41.Qe4 (better is 41.Qf5+–) 41...Qb5+/– 42.h4 Qb7?? (42...Re8 43.Qg4+/–) 43.Qf5 (better is 43.Rd8! Rd8 44.Qb7+–) 43...Qc8 44.Qg6 Qb7 45.Qf5 Qc8 46.Qd3 Qb7 47.Ra1 Qf3 48.Qd6 Rb2 49.Qd8 Kh7 50.Qd3 Kh8 51.Qf1 Kh7 52.Qd3 Kh8 53.Rf1 Qb7 54.Qg6 Qf3 55.Qd3 Qb7 56.Rd1 Qb8 57.Qf5 Rb5 58.Qg6 Rb2 59.Rd7 Rb7?? (better is 59...Qf8+/–) 60.Qg7 1–0. mete61 – szachofan1, internet, 2013.

9.Ba1 Bd6 10.Nc3 (10.Nf3 0-0=+) 10...0-0 11.Nf3 Qb6 (11...e5 12.Be2=+) 12.Be2 Bd7 (12...Nbd7 13.d4=) 13.Qb1 (13.0-0 Qc7=) 13...e5=+ Black intends d4 14.Qb3 d4 (14...Rc8 15.0-0=) 15.Na4 (15.ed4 e4 16.Ng5 Bf5+=) 15...Qa5 16.ed4 ed4 (better 16...Be6!? 17.Bc4 e4=) 17.Bd4+= Be6 18.Bc4 (18.Qc2 Nbd7+/-) 18...Bc4+= 19.Qc4 Nbd7 (19...Re8 20.Kd1 Nbd7 21.Re1+=) 20.Bc3 (20.0-0!?+/-) 20...Re8+= 21.Kf1 Qa7 22.g3 Nb6? (better 22...Qb8+=) 23.Nb6+- Qb6 24.Kg2 (24.Bf6 gf6 25.Kg2 Bf8+-) 24...Ne4 25.Bd4 Bc5? (25...Qd8 26.Re1 Bf8 27.Bg7 Nd2 28.Re8 Qe8 29.Nd2 Bg7 30.Qd5+-) 26.d3 (better 26.Re1 Qe6 27.Qe6 Re6 28.d3+-) 26...Bd4+/- 27.Qd4 Qd4 28.Nd4 Nc5 29.Rd1 (29.Rc1!? b6 30.Nf5 Nd3 31.Rc6+/-) 29...Rd8+= 30.Nf5 Rd3 31.Rc1 b6 32.Ra1 g6?? (32...h5+=) 33.Ne3 (33.Ra8 Rd8 34.Rd8) 33...f5 (33...Rb3!?=+) 34.Ra7 Rb3 35.Nd5 Rb5 36.Ra8 (36.Nf6 Kf8=) 36...Kg7=+ 37.Ra7 Kh6 38.Rd7?? (better 38.Ne7 Kh5 39.Nd5=+) 38...Ne4 (better 38...Nd7 39.Nc3 Rb2 40.Kf1-+) 39.Nf6?? (better 39.Ne7 Rb2 40.Ng8 Kg5 41.h4 Kg4 42.Nh6 Kh5 43.Rh7-/+) 39...Nf6 40.Rd6 (40.Rd2 Rb1-+) 40...Ne4 41.h4 (41.Rd3-+) 41...Nd6 42.h5 Rb1 (42...Kh5!? 43.f3-+) 43.g4 fg4 44.hg6 Kg6 45.Kg3 h5 46.Kg2 Rb2 (46...Nf5 47.f3 Rb2 48.Kg1 gf3 49.Kf1 Ng3 50.Ke1 f2 51.Kd1 f1Q) 47.Kg3 Ne4 (47...Nf5 48.Kh2 Rf2 49.Kg1 g3 50.Kh1 Ne3 51.Kg1 Rf1) 48.Kh4 Nf2 (48...b5 49.f4 Rh2) 49.Kg3 b5 (49...Kf5 50.Kh2 Nd1 51.Kg1 g3 52.Kf1 Rf2 53.Kg1 Ne3 54.Kh1 Rf1) 50.Kh4 b4 (50...Kf6 51.Kg3 Kf5 52.Kg2 Nd1 53.Kg1 g3 54.Kf1 Rf2 55.Kg1 Ne3 56.Kh1 Rf1) 51.Kg3 b3 (51...Kg5 52.Kg2 Nd1 53.Kg1 g3 54.Kf1 Rf2 55.Ke1 g2 56.Kd1 g1Q) 52.Kg2 Rc2 53.Kg3 b2 (53...Kg5 54.Kg2 b2 55.Kf1 b1Q 56.Kg2 Ne4) 54.Kh4 (54.Kf4 b1Q 55.Ke5 Qe1 56.Kd5 Kf6 57.Kd4 Qe4) 54...b1Q 55.Kg3 Qb4 (55...Nh3 56.Kh4 Qe1) 56.Kh4 Rc3 (56...Qe1 57.Kg3 Nd3) ½-½. ClayPigeons (2115) - Telegin_92 (2060), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

9.Ba1 Bd7 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Be2 Bd6 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Nc3 (13.Qb3 0-0+=) 13...Bc8 14.d4 Nbd7 15.h3 0-0 16.Qb3 Nb6 17.Bb2 Bd7 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Ne5 (19.Nb1!? Qd8 20.Rc8 Qc8 21.Nbd2=) 19...Be5=+ 20.de5 Ne8 (20...Qe5 21.Nd1 Qg5 22.Rc8 Nc8 23.Qc2=+) 21.f4 (21.Na4!? Nc4 22.Qb4+/-) 21...Nc4= 22.Nd1 (22.Ne4 Qb6 23.Bc4 Rc4 (worse 23...de4 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Rd4+-) 24.Rc4 dc4 25.Qc4 Qe3 26.Kh1 Qb6=) 22...Qb6 (22...Qa5 23.Bc3 Qb5 24.Bb4-/+) 23.Bd4 (23.Bc4 dc4 24.Rc4 Rc4 25.Qc4 Qb5 26.Qb5 Bb5=) 23...Qa5 (better 23...Qb5!? 24.Qb5 Bb5=+) 24.Nc3= (worse 24.Bc4 dc4 25.Qc2 Bb5-/+) 24...Nc7 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on b5 25.Rb1 Nb5? (better 25...Ne8=) 26.Nb5+- Qe1?? (26...Nd2 27.Qb4 Qb4 28.Rb4 Bb5 29.Rb5 Rc7+-) 27.Re1 h6 28.Nd6 Kh7 29.Nc8 Bc8 30.Bd3 g6 31.Bc4 Kg7 32.Bd5! f6 (32...ed5 33.e6 Double attack (33.e6 Decoy)) 33.Be6 h5 34.Bc8 (34.ef6 Kh6 35.f7 Kh7 36.f8Q Be6 37.Qg7) 34...Kh6 (34...h4 35.ef6 Kh6 36.Qg8 g5 37.fg5 Kh5 38.Bg4) 35.ef6 b5 (35...h4 36.Qg8 g5 37.fg5 Kh5 38.Bg4) 36.Qg8 b4 37.Qh8 (37.Qg7) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2690) - MarcoRico (2080), lichess.org, 2016.

9.Ba1 Bd7 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Bd3 0-0 12.0-0 b6 (12...Bc8!?=) 13.Qc2+= h6 14.Ne5 (14.Be5 Be8+–) 14...Qc7 (14...Qe8 15.Qa4=) 15.Qc7 Bc7 16.Bd4 Rc8 17.Nc3 (17.g3 Be5 18.Be5 Be8+=) 17...Be8 18.Ra1 Nbd7 19.Nc6 (19.Nd7 Nd7 20.f4 Nc5+=) 19...Kf8= 20.f4 Nc5 21.Bc5 bc5 22.Ra6 e5?? (better 22...d4 23.Na4 de3 24.de3 Ng4=) 23.fe5+– Nd7 (23...d4 24.ef6 dc3 25.dc3 Bd7 26.fg7 Kg7+–) 24.Nd5 Be5 25.Bf5 g6 (25...Rc6 26.Rc6 Nf6+–) 26.Bd7 Bd7 (26...Bh2 27.Kh2 Bd7 28.Nb6 Bc6 29.bc6 Rc6 30.Nd7 Ke7 31.Rc6 Kd7 32.Rc5+–) 27.Ne5 (27.Ne5 Bb5 28.Rf6+–) 1–0. DEFFM – jabadabadu, freechess.org, 2019.

9.Ba1 Be7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.0-0 Nc5 (12...Bd6 13.d4=) 13.Nc3 (13.Bf6 Bf6 14.d4 Ne4=) 13...Nce4 14.d4 Nc3 15.Bc3 Bd7 (15...Ne4 16.Qb3=) 16.Qb3+= Qb6 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Ra1 Be8 19.h3 (19.Ba5 Qd6=) 19...Bd6 (better 19...Ne4 20.Ba5 Qd6=) 20.Nd3 (better 20.Qb2!? Qd8 21.Bb4+=) 20...Ne4 (20...Qb5 21.Rb1 Qb3 22.Rb3-/+) 21.Be1 Qb5 (21...Bb5? 22.Ra5 Bh2 23.Kh1+-) 22.Qd1 Nc3 (22...Qc6!?-/+) 23.Bc3= Rc3 24.Rb1 (24.Nc5!? Qc6 25.Qd2 Rc5 26.dc5 Bc5 27.Bd3=) 24...Qc6 25.Ne5 Be5 (25...Qc8 26.Nd3-/+) 26.de5 g6 (26...Qc7!?-/+) 27.Bb5= Qc8 28.Be8 Qe8 29.Rb7 Qc6?? (29...Qc8 30.Rb1=+) 30.Rb1?? (30.Rb8 Kg7 31.Qf3 Rc1 32.Kh2 f5 33.ef6 Kf7+-) 30...Rc2?? (30...Qc7 31.Qd4=+) 31.Qd4?? (better 31.Rb8 Kg7 32.Qf3 Rc1 33.Kh2+-) 31...Rc4 32.Rb8 Kg7 33.Qa7 Qc7 34.Rb7? (better 34.Qc7!? Rc7 35.Kf1=) 34...Rc1-/+ 35.Kh2 Qe5 36.f4 Qf6 37.Rd7 Re1 38.Qd4 (better 38.Rb7!?-+) 38...Qd4 39.ed4 Re4 40.Kg3 Rd4 41.Kf3 Rc4 42.h4 Rc3 43.Kf2 Rc2 44.Kg3 Rc3 45.Kh2?? (45.Kf2 h5 46.Ke2-+) 45...Kf6 46.g3 e5?? (46...h5 47.Rb7-+) 47.fe5? (47.Rd5 ef4 48.gf4 Rf3-/+) 47...Ke5 (better 47...Ke6!? 48.Ra7-+) 48.Rf7 d4 (48...Rc2!? 49.Kh3 h5 50.Re7 Kf6 51.Rd7-+) 49.Rh7-/+ d3 50.Rd7 (50.Kg2!?-/+) 50...Ke4 51.Re7 (51.Kg2-+) 51...Kd4 52.Rd7 Ke3 53.g4 (53.Re7 Kd2 54.Re6-+) 53...d2 54.h5 Rc1 (54...Rd3!? 55.Re7 Kf3 56.Rf7 Kg4 57.Rf1 gh5 58.Rd1-+) 55.hg6 d1Q 56.Rd1 Rd1 57.Kg3 (57.g7 Rd8-+) 57...Rd8 (57...Rg1 58.Kh2 Rg4 59.Kh3 Kf4 60.Kh2 Rg6 61.Kh3 Rg7 62.Kh2 Kf3 63.Kh1 Kf2 64.Kh2 Rh7) 58.Kh4-+ Rg8 (better 58...Kf4 59.Kh3 Rg8-+) 59.Kg5= Ke4 60.Kf6 Kf4 61.g5 Kg4 62.g7 Kh5 63.g6?? (better 63.Kf7 Rg7 64.Kg7 Kg5=) 63...Kh6-+ 64.Kf7 Rg7 65.Kf6 Rg6 66.Kf5 Rg7 67.Kf4 Rg8 68.Kf5 Kh7 69.Ke5 Rf8 70.Ke6 Rg8 71.Ke5 Rg7 72.Ke6 Rf7 (72...Rg5 73.Kd6-+) 73.Ke5?? (better 73.Kf7 Kh8=) 73...Kh6 74.Ke6 Kg6 75.Ke5 Rf6 76.Kd5 Kg5 77.Ke5 Rf5 78.Ke6 Kg4 79.Kd6 Rf4 80.Ke6 Re4 81.Kd5 Kf4 82.Kc5 Re5 83.Kd4 Re4 84.Kd3?? (84.Kc5 Ke5 85.Kb6 Kd6 86.Kb5 Rd4 87.Kb6 Rd5 88.Kb7 Rb5 89.Ka6 Kc6 90.Ka7 Ra5 91.Kb8 Ra6 92.Kc8 Ra8) 84...Re5 (84...Kf3 85.Kd2 Re3 86.Kd1 Re2 87.Kc1 Ke3 88.Kd1 Kd3 89.Kc1 Kc3 90.Kb1 Re1 91.Ka2 Rd1 92.Ka3 Ra1) 85.Kd4 Kf5 86.Kc4 Rd5 (better 86...Ke4-+) 87.Kd5= ½-½. BeepBeepImAJeep (2555) - vladislavshlapakov (2095), lichess.org, 2018.

9.Ba1 Be7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Be2 Ne4 12.0-0 Bf6 13.d4 Nd6 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.Qb3 Nb6 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Bb2 Qe7 18.Ba3 Rc8 (better 18...Ra8!?+=) 19.Bc5+- Nbc4 (19...Rc5 20.dc5 Ndc4 21.Nde4 (21.cb6 Nd2 22.Qb2 Ne4-/+) 21...de4 A) 22.Bc4?! Qc5 23.Rd1 A1) worse 23...Nc4 24.Rd7 Ne3 25.b6+= (worse 25.fe3 Qe3 26.Kf1 h6-/+); A2) 23...Qc4?? 24.Qc4 Nc4 25.Rd7+-; A3) 23...Be8 24.Be6 Qc3 (24...Bc3?? 25.Bf7 Kf8 26.Rd8+-) 25.Bf7 Kf8 26.Qc3 Bc3 27.Be8 Ke8=; B) 22.Ne4+-) 20.Nc4 (worse 20.Bc4 Rc5 21.dc5 Nc4 22.Nc4 Qc5+-) 20...dc4 21.Qb4 Rc5 22.Qc5 Nc8? (better 22...Nb5 23.Ne4 Qc5 24.dc5 Be7 25.Bc4 Bc6+-) 23.Qe7 Be7 24.Bc4 Nb6 25.Bd3 Nd5 (25...f5+-) 26.Nd5 ed5 27.Ra1 g6 (27...Bf8 28.Ra7 Bc8 29.Ra8+-) 28.Ra7 (28.Ra7 Kf8 29.Rb7+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep - Tumarbaev (1770), lichess.org, 2017.

9.Ba1 Be7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Be2 Ne4 12.0-0 Bf6 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.Qc1 (14.Qc2 Bd7+–) 14...Nd7 15.d4 e5 16.Nc3 Nc3 17.Qc3 e4 18.Nd2 Qb6 19.Ra1 Nf6 20.Qc5 Qc5 (20...Qe6 21.h3+–) 21.dc5 Bd7 (21...Ng4!?+–) 22.Ra7 Rc8 (22...Bc8 23.c6 bc6 24.bc6+–) 23.Nb3 g6? (23...Be6 24.Rb7 d4 25.Nd4 Rc5+–) 24.Rb7 Ra8 (24...d4 25.Bc4 d3+–) 25.b6 Ra3 (25...Ra2 26.Nd4 Kg7 27.Ra7+–) 26.Nd4 Rc3 (26...Ra1 27.Bf1 Rb1+–) 27.Rc7 White plans c6 27...Rc1 28.Bf1 Kf8 (28...Rb1 29.b7 Kg7 30.c6 Bc6 31.Nc6+–) 29.b7 Rb1 30.c6 Bc6 31.Nc6 Ne8 32.Rd7 1–0. DEFFM – Wayang, freechess.org, 2019.

7.a4 0-0 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Be2 Nb6 (9...Bd6 10.0-0=) 10.0-0 a6 (10...Bd6 11.a5 Nbd7 12.d4+=) 11.d4 (11.a5 Nc4 12.Qa4 Be7 13.Bc4 dc4 14.Qc4 Bd7 15.ba6 ba6+/-) 11...ab5= 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 Nc4 (13...Ne4 14.Qb3 Bd6 15.Bd3=) 14.Bc3 (14.Qa4 Bd6+=) 14...Bc3 (14...Bd6 15.Qb3+=) 15.Nc3+= Qb6 16.Qb3 (16.Bc4 dc4 17.Ne5 Qc7+/-) 16...Bd7+= The isolani on b5 becomes a target 17.Bc4 dc4 18.Qc4 (better 18.Qb4+=) 18...Nd5? (better 18...Qa5 19.Rc1 Rc8=) 19.Nd5 ed5 20.Qd5 Bb5 (better 20...Qb5 21.Qb5 Bb5+/-) 21.Ne5?? (better 21.Rb1 Bc6 22.Qf7 (22.Rb6?! Bd5 23.Nd2 Ra8+-) 22...Rf7 23.Rb6 Bf3 24.gf3+-) 21...Bf1-/+ 22.Kf1 Qb1 23.Ke2 Ra8 (23...b5 24.Nc6=+) 24.Kf3 (better 24.Qf7!? Kh8 25.Kf3+=) 24...Qf5=+ 25.Kg3 Kh8?? (better 25...Qg5 26.Kf3 Qf6 27.Kg3 Qe7=+) 26.Nf7+- Qf7 27.Qf7 Rg8 (27...h5 28.Qh5 Kg8 29.Qd5 Kf8 30.Qb7+-) 28.Qb7 h6 29.d5 Kh7 30.d6 Rf8 31.d7 Rd8 32.Qe4 Kh8 (32...g6 33.Qe7 Kg8 34.Qd8 Kf7 35.Qe8 Kf6 36.d8Q Kf5 37.e4) 33.Qe7 (33.Qe8! Kh7 34.Qd8 h5 35.Qg5 h4 36.Kg4 g6 37.Qe7 Kh6 38.d8Q h3 39.Qdf8) 33...Rd7 34.Qd7 Kh7 35.e4 (35.e4 Kg8 36.e5 Kh7 37.Qf5 Kg8 38.e6 h5 39.e7 h4 40.Kg4 g5 41.e8Q Kg7 42.Qef8; 35.Kg4 Kh8 36.Kh5 Kh7 37.e4 Kg8 38.Kg6 Kf8 39.Qd8) 1-0. fishissushi (2005) - raizenbro (2010), Casual Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 Bd7 9.a4 a6 10.Qb3 Ba5 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3 Qb6 14.c4 dc4 15.Bc4 h6 16.Bc3 (16.Rfd1!?+/–) 16...Bc3+= 17.Qc3 ab5 18.ab5 Ra1 19.Ra1 Bb5? (19...Rc8 20.Qb3+=) 20.Rb1?? (20.Qb3 Rd8 21.Bb5 Na6+–) 20...Qc5?? (better is 20...Rc8 21.Qb4 Rc4 22.Qc4 Bc4 23.Rb6 Bd5+=) 21.Rb5+– Qc6 22.Rb1 Nd7 (22...Rc8 23.Ne5 Qe4 24.Rd1+–) 23.Rc1 (23.Nd4 Qd6+–) 23...Nc5 24.Be2 Rc8 25.Ne5 Qc7 26.Rd1 Ne4 (26...Na4 27.Qc7 Rc7 28.Rd8 Kh7 29.h4+–) 27.Qc7 Rc7 28.Bd3 (better is 28.Rd8!? Kh7+–) 28...Nc5 29.Bb1 b5?? (29...Kf8+–) 30.Rd8 1–0. Valpa – Epenz, playchess.de, 2005.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 Bd7 9.a4 a6 10.Qb3 Be7 11.0-0 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 Qa5 14.Nc3 Qb4 15.Qc2 Be8 16.Rb1 Qd6 17.Bb2 Nbd7 18.Ra1 Nb6 19.Ba3 Qd7 20.Bb2 Qd6 21.Bf1 Nfd7? (better is 21...Qc7+=) 22.Ba3+– (22.Ba3 Qa3 23.Ra3 Ba3 24.Qa2+–) 1–0. kannisogoet – basjie, internet, 2013.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 a6 10.Qa4 Be7 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Qd4 ab5 13.Nb5 b6 14.Qf4 Ba6 15.a4 Qe8 (15...Nfe4!?=) 16.Nc7+/– Qb8 17.Ba6 (worse is 17.Na8 Be2 18.Qb8 Rb8+=) 17...Na6 18.Na8 Qa8 (18...Qf4!? 19.ef4 Ra8+–) 19.a5 ba5 20.Ra5 Qc6 21.Rfa1 Nb4 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Ra7 Rc8 24.h3 (24.Re7? Qc1 25.Ne1 Qa1–+) 24...Nd3?? (24...Qd6 25.Ra8 Qd8 26.Rc8 Qc8 27.Qg3 Kf8+–) 25.Qg4 Kf8 26.Qh4 Ke8 (26...Kg7 27.Re7 Qd6 28.Rea7+–) 27.Qh7 Nc1 (27...Rc7+–) 28.Qg8 1–0. pcmvr – Scylla, playchess.de, 2004.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 Ne4 9.0-0 (9.0-0 Nd7 10.Qc2=). Feldborg,Brian (2215) – Debbeler,Adrian (2005), remoteschach.de, 2004.

7.Nf3 Bd7 8.a4 (8.Nc3 a6 9.a4 0-0+=) 8...a6 (8...0-0 9.Nc3=) 9.Be2 (9.Nc3 Bd6+=) 9...ab5= 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 0-0 (11...Qa5 12.Nc3=) 12.0-0+= Qa5 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Nd4 f6? (better 15...e5!? 16.Nc2 Bd6=) 16.Bc4 (better 16.Qc2+–) 16...Qb6? (better 16...Kh8 17.Ne6 Be6 18.Be6 Qb5+–) 17.Qb3+– Bd2 (17...Qd6 18.Ne6 Be6 19.Be6 Kh8 20.Bf5+–) 18.Ne6 Be6 19.Be6 Kh8 20.Rd1 Ba5 (20...Rd8+–) 21.Bd4 Qc7 22.b6 (better 22.Qa3 Re8 23.Rc1+–) 22...Qe7 23.Qd5 (better 23.Bd5 Na6 24.Ra1+–) 23...Nc6?? (better 23...Rd8 24.Qe4 Nc6+=) 24.Bc5+– (24.Bc5 Qd8 25.Qb3+–) 1–0. retiponziani (2010) – wilze (1895), ChessWorld.net, 2017.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Ne4 (8...0-0 9.0-0=) 9.a3 (9.0-0 0-0+=) 9...Ba5 (9...Bd6 10.0-0= (worse 10.Bg7 Rg8 11.Bb2 Rg2–/+)) 10.0-0+= (10.Bg7? Rg8 11.Bc3 Rg2–/+) 10...f6 (10...0-0 11.d3 Nd6 12.Nc3=) 11.d3 Nd6 12.Nd4 Nc5 (better 12...Qe7!?+=) 13.Qc2+– Bb6 14.a4 a5 15.Ba3 Qc7?? (better 15...e5 16.Bc5 ed4 17.ed4 Nf5+–) 16.Rc1+– e5 17.Nb3 (17.Bc5?! ed4 18.Qd2 Bc5 19.ed4 0-0 20.dc5 Nf5+–) 17...Nb3 18.Qb3 (18.Qb3 Qd8 19.Qd5+–; 18.Qc7 Bc7 19.Rc7 Na1 20.Bd6 Bd7 21.Bh5 g6+–) 1–0. DEFFM – GuestJLCZ, freechess.org, 2019.

7.f4 0-0 8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Be2 Qa5 10.0-0 Bd7 11.a4 a6 12.d3 Nc5 13.Nd4 Qd8 14.Ba3 Ba3 15.Na3 ab5 16.Nab5 Bb5 17.ab5 Nbd7 18.Ra8 Qa8 19.Qe1 Qa4 20.h4 e5 21.fe5 Ne5 22.Qc3 Ned7 23.Nf5 Ne6 24.d4 Nf6 25.Bf3 Qb5 26.Ne7 Kh8 27.h5 h6 28.Qc2 Qd7 29.Nf5 Rc8 30.Qd3 b5 31.Be2 b4 32.Nh6 gh6 33.Rf6 Kg7 34.Qf5 Rh8 35.Bb5 Qb5 36.Rf7 Kg8 37.Qg6 Ng7 38.Qg7 1–0. elsh1403 (1635) – rexr, internet, 2014.

7.a4 Bc5 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Qb3 Nbd7 (10...a6 11.d4=) 11.d4 Bb7 12.Be2 Re8 13.0-0 Rb8 14.Rac1 Qe7 15.Rfd1 e5 (15...Rbc8 16.Rc2+=) 16.de5+= Ne5 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Rd2 (18.Qa2+=) 18...Ng6 (18...Rbc8 19.Rdc2+=) 19.Rdc2 (19.Nc6 Rbc8+/-) 19...Ng4 (19...Rbc8 20.Nc6+=) 20.g3 (20.Nc6 Bh2 21.Kh1 d4+=) 20...N4e5 21.Nf3 (21.Nd5 Bc5 22.Nb4 Be4 23.Rc5 bc5 24.Rc5 Qh3=) 21...Nf3 (21...Qf5 22.Ne5 Be5 23.Nd1=) 22.Bf3 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 22...Bc5 (22...d4 23.Bb7 Rb7 24.ed4+=) 23.Ne2 (23.Nd5 Ne5 24.Bg2 Rbd8+/-) 23...f6 (23...Ne5 24.Be5 Re5 25.Qd3+/-) 24.Rd1 Ne5 25.Bd5 Bd5 26.Qd5 Qd5 27.Rd5 Nf3 28.Kg2?? (better 28.Kh1+/-) 28...Ne1-+ 29.Kh3 Nc2 30.Nf4 (30.Rd2 Nb4-+) 30...Ne1 (30...Rbd8 31.Rd8 Rd8 32.Bc3-+) 31.Bc3 Nf3 32.Kg2 Ne5 33.Nh5 (33.Be5 Re5 34.Rd7 Re7-+) 33...Kf7 34.e4 Kg6 (34...Rbc8!? 35.Nf4-+) 35.Nf4 Kf7 36.f3?? (36.Nh5 Rbd8 37.Nf4-+) 36...g5 37.Ne2 (37.Nh5 Re6-+) 37...Rbd8 38.Be5 (38.Rd8 Rd8 39.f4 Ng4 40.fg5 fg5-+) 38...Rd5 39.ed5 fe5 (39...Re5 40.Nc3-+) 40.Nc3 Ke7 (40...Rd8 41.Kf1-+) 41.Ne4 (41.Kh3 Kf6-+) 41...Rd8 42.Ng5 Kd6 (42...Rd5 43.Nh7 Rd4 44.Ng5-+) 43.Kh3?? (better 43.Nf7 Kd7 44.Nd8 Kd8 45.f4-+) 43...Kd5 44.Ne4 (44.Kg4 h6 45.Ne4 Kc4-+) 44...Kd4 (better 44...Kc4 45.Kg4-+) 45.Nf6 (45.Ng5 Rg8 46.Ne6 Kc3-+) 45...Kc4 (45...Rf8 46.Ne4-+) 46.Ng4 (46.Kg4 Kb4-+) 46...Bb4 (better 46...Bd4!? 47.Kh4-+) 47.Ne5 Kc3 (47...Kb3 48.Nc6 Rd7 49.Ne5-+) 48.Ng4 (48.Nc6 Rd7-+) 48...Kb3 49.f4 Ka4 50.Kh4 Kb5 51.h3 (51.Kh5 a5 52.Ne3 a4-+) 51...h6! 52.Nf6 (52.Nh6 a5 Passed pawn) 52...h5! 53.Ne4 (53.Nh5 Be7 Decoy (53...a5 Passed pawn); 53.Kh5 a5 Passed pawn) 1-0. ClayPigeons (2090) - Schachspieler1976 (2060), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Bd6 10.a4 0-0 11.d4 Ne4 12.Nbd2 Ndf6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.h3 h6 16.Ne5?? (better is 16.Qd3=) 16…Nd2–+ (16...Nd2 17.Qd1 Nf1 18.Qf1 Rc1 19.Qc1 Rc8–+) 0–1. emeryt85 – blamaz, internet, 2013.

7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Bd6 10.a4 Bb8 11.Ba3 Qc7 12.Nc3?? (better is 12.d4+=) 12...d4!–+ 13.ed4 (13.ed4 Bf3 Combination; 13.Nd4 Qh2 mate Mate attack) 13...Bf3 14.g3 Bb7 15.Rc1 Qd8 16.d3 (better is 16.Bf3!? Bf3 17.Qf3–/+) 16...Nd5 17.Ne4 N7f6 0–1. cogit – rafal1975, internet, 2013.

7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 a5 10.a4 Nbd7 11.d4 Bb7 12.Qb3 Rc8 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.Ba3 Ne4 15.Bd6 Qd6 16.Rfc1 f5 17.Bd3 h6 18.h3 g5 19.Be4 fe4 20.Ne1 Qe7 21.Rc8 Bc8 22.Qa3 Qf7 23.f3 h5 24.Qd6 ef3 25.Ndf3 g4 26.hg4 hg4 27.Qg3 Qg7 28.Nh2 e5 29.Ng4 ed4 30.Kh2 de3 31.Ne3 Qg3 32.Kg3 Bb7 33.Rc1 Nc5 34.Nf3 Na4 35.Rc7 Nc5 36.Ne5 d4 37.N3c4 d3 38.Nd3+/– Bd5 39.Nc5 bc5? 40.Rc5 Bc4+/– 41.Rc4 Rb8 42.Rc5 a4 43.Rc4 a3 44.Ra4 Rb5 45.Ra3 Kg7 46.Ra4 Kg6 47.Kg4 Rb6 48.g3 Rc6 49.Kh4 Rb6 50.g4 Rc6 51.Ra8 Rc1 52.Ra6 Kg7 53.Kh5 Rh1 54.Kg5 Rb1 55.Ra7 Kg8 56.Kh6 Rb6 57.Kh5 Rb1 58.g5 Rb6 59.g6 Rb8 60.Kh6+– Rc8 61.Ra6 Re8 62.g7 1–0. carocan (1715) – pionas54 (1695), kurnik, 2011.

7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.Nc3 Bb7 (10...e5 11.Rc1=) 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.ba6 Ba6 13.Ba6 Ra6 14.Nb5 Nc5 (14...Bb8!?=) 15.Bf6+= gf6 16.d4 Ne4 17.Nd2 Nd2 18.Qd2 Re8 (18...Qd7 19.Nd6 Qd6 20.Rc2+/-) 19.Rc6 Bb8 20.g3 e5 21.Rfc1 e4 (better 21...Ra5 22.Qb2 Kg7+/-) 22.Qe2+- Ra5 (22...Qd7 23.Nc7 Bc7 24.Rc7 Ra2 25.Qa2 Qb5+-) 23.Rc8! Qc8 (23...Qd7 24.Re8 Qe8 25.Qg4 Kf8+-) 24.Rc8 Rc8 25.Qg4 Kf8 26.Qc8 (26.Qc8 Kg7 27.a4 Bg3 28.Qg4 Kf8 29.Qg3 Ra4 30.Nc7 Ra1 31.Kg2+-) 1-0. pcmvr (2875) - jasperchess (2135), net-chess.com, 2009.

7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 0-0 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Qa4 Bb8 (12...Qc7 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.g3+=) 13.Rac1 Ne4 14.Rc8 Qc8 15.Rc1 Qd8 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Ne4 (17.g3 Qf6+=) 17...de4+= 18.Nd2 Nf6 (18...e5 19.Rd1 ed4 20.Qd4+=) 19.Nc4 Qd5 20.Ne5 (20.h3!?+=) 20...Qa2= 21.Rc2 Qd5 (21...Qb1 22.Rc1 Qa2 23.Rc2 Qb1 24.Rc1 Qa2=) 22.Rc1 Rc8?? (better 22...Qa2 23.Rc2 Qd5=) 23.Rc8+– Bc8 24.Qb4 Qd8? (24...h5 25.Qf8 Kh7 26.Nf7 Qd7 27.Ng5 Kg6 28.Ne4 Ne4+–) 25.Nc6 Nd5 (25...Bh2 26.Kh2 Qe8 27.Qd6+–) 26.Nd8 Nb4 27.Bb4 a5 (27...Bd7+–) 28.ba6 Bd7 29.Nb7 1–0. GuestDRJF – GuestZLHL, freechess.org, 2020.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Be7 10.a4 0-0 11.a5 ba5-/+ 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.Qa4 Nc5 (better 14...Bb4!?-/+) 15.Qa5= Bc7 16.Qa2 (16.Qa7? Qd6 17.f4 Ra8-+) 16...Bb6 17.Na4 Na4 18.Qa4 Ne4 19.Rfd1 Nc5 20.Qa3 Qg5 21.Nf3 Qg6 22.Bd4 f6 (22...Rc7 23.Be5 Rd7 24.Rac1+/-) 23.Rac1 Nd7 (23...Ne4 24.d3 Ng5 25.Bb6 ab6 26.Qa7+-) 24.Qd6 Qf7 25.Bb6 Nb6 26.Ra1 Ba8 27.Nd4 Rfd8? (better 27...Rfe8!?+/-) 28.Qe6+- Nc4?? (better 28...Qe6 29.Ne6 Re8+-) 29.Ra7 Qe6 30.Ne6 Rd6 31.Rg7 (31.Rda1 Nb6 32.Rg7 Kh8+-) 31...Kh8 32.Re7 Na3 (32...Rb6 33.Ra1 Bb7+-) 33.f4 d4 34.Ra1 (better 34.Nd4 Rdd8 35.b6 Nc2+-) 34...Nc2 (34...de3 35.Ra3 ed2+-) 35.Rc1 d3 (35...Rg8 36.Rc2 d3 37.Bd3 Rd3 38.Rcc7 Rg2 39.Kf1+-) 36.Bd3! Rd3 37.Rc2 (37.Rc2 Rdd8 38.Rcc7 Rc7 39.Nc7+- (39.Nd8? Re7 40.Nc6 Bc6 41.bc6 Rc7-+; worse 39.Rc7 Rb8+-)) 1-0. carlos78 (2295) - wesh (2050), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d3 Bb7 (10...a6 11.a4=) 11.Nbd2 (11.Nc3 e5=) 11...Rc8 (11...Bd6 12.Nd4=) 12.Rc1 (12.d4 Ne4+=) 12...h6 (12...Rc1 13.Qc1 Qa8 14.Bd4=) 13.Qa4 Ra8 14.d4 (14.Qf4 a6=) 14...Ne8 (14...a6 15.ba6 Ba6 16.Ba6=) 15.Ne1 (15.Ba3 Nd6+=) 15...Nc7 (15...a6 16.ba6 Ba6 17.Ba6=) 16.Qb3 (16.Ba3 Ba3 17.Qa3 a6=) 16...a6 17.ba6 Ba6 18.Ba6 (18.Nd3 Bd6=) 18...Na6 (18...Ra6 19.Nef3=) 19.Nd3 Rc8 (19...Bd6 20.Rc6 Qb8 21.f4=) 20.Qa4 (20.Rc8 Qc8 21.Ba3 Ba3 22.Qa3 Qa8+=) 20...Nc7= 21.Rc6 Ra8 (21...b5 22.Qb3=) 22.Qc2 (better 22.Qb3=) 22...Rc8?? (better 22...Nb5 23.a4 Na7=) 23.Rc1+– Bf6 (23...Ra8 24.Rc7 Nc5 25.Rc6 (25.Nc5?! Qc7 26.Nd3 Qc2 27.Rc2 Ra2=; 25.dc5?! Qc7 26.Qc3 Bf6+–) 25...Nd3 26.Qd3 Ra2 27.Qb3+–) 24.Rc7 Rc7 25.Qc7 Kh7 (25...Qe7 26.e4 Bg5 27.f4 de4 28.Ne4+–) 26.Qb7 (26.Qa7 Be7+–) 26...Qe7 27.Rc7 Rd8 28.Nf3 Qe8 29.Nb4 (29.Ba3 Kg8+–) 29...Rb8 30.Qc6 (30.Rd7?! Rb7 31.Rb7 Qb5+–) 30...Nf8 (30...Rd8 31.a4+–) 31.Qe8 Re8 32.a3 (better 32.Rf7 Be7 33.a3+–) 32...Bd8 (32...Be7 33.Rb7+–) 33.Rf7 (better 33.Rc8 Nd7 34.Nc6 Kg6+–) 33...Kg8 (33...Be7 34.Nc6 Ng6 35.Kf1+–) 34.Rb7 (34.Ra7 Be7 35.Rb7 Bb4 36.ab4 Ra8+–) 34...Re7 35.Re7 (35.Rb8 Bc7 36.Rc8 Bd6+–) 35...Be7 36.Nc6 Bf6 (36...Bd6 37.e4!+–) 37.Nfe5 Be5 38.Ne5 Kh7 (38...Nh7 39.a4+–) 39.a4 Kg8 (39...g5 40.Ba3 Kg7 41.Bc5 bc5 42.dc5+–) 40.Ba3 h5 (40...g5 41.Bc5! bc5 42.dc5+–) 41.Bf8 (better 41.Bc5 bc5 42.dc5 Nd7 43.Nd7 Kf7+–) 41...Kf8 42.Nd7 Ke7 43.Nb6 Kd8 (43...Kd6 44.a5 Kc6 45.Na4+–) 44.Kf1 (44.a5 Kc7+–) 44...Kc7 45.a5 g5 (45...Kc6 46.Na4 Kb5 47.a6 Ka6 48.Nc5 Kb5 49.Ne6+–) 46.Ke2 (46.Nd5 Kc6+–) 46...Kb7 (46...Kc6 47.Nd5! h4 48.Nf4+–) 47.Nd7 (47.Nd5 Ka6+–) 47...Ka6 48.Nf8 Ka5 49.Ne6 1–0. jaddwarrior (2055) – jack43lin (1875), ChessWorld.net, 2016.

7.a4 0-0 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 e5 10.Be2 e4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.0-0 Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4 14.Rc1 Ng4 (14...Bg4!? 15.Qc2 Qe7+=) 15.h3= (worse is 15.Ne4 Bh2 16.Kh1 Be5–+) 15...Nf6 16.Nce2 Qe7 17.Rc4 Qe5 18.f4 ef3 19.Nf3?? (better is 19.Rf3 Qh2 20.Kf1 Qh1 21.Ng1=) 19...Qb2–+ 20.Rh4 Be6 21.Nf4 Bf4 22.Rf4 Rfd8 23.d4? (23.Qb1 Qa3 24.Qb4–+) 23...Nd5 24.Rh4 (24.Rf2 Qa3 25.Rh4–+) 24...Ne3 25.Qd2 Qd2 26.Nd2 Nf1 27.Nf1 Rac8 28.Ng3 (28.Ne3 Bb3–+) 28...g5 (better is 28...Rc4!? 29.Ne2–+) 29.Re4 Rc4 30.Nh5 Rcd4 31.Re5 h6 32.Nf6 (32.Re4 Re4 33.Nf6 Kg7 34.Ne4 Rd4–+) 32...Kg7 33.Ng4 Bg4 34.hg4 Ra4 35.Rc5 (35.Re7 b6–+) 35...b6 36.Rc7 Rd5 0–1. elektrooon – radegast1 (1755), internet, 2013.

7.a4 0-0 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Nc3 e5 10.d4 e4 11.Nd2 Qe7 (11...Bb4 12.Be2=) 12.Qb3= Nb6 (12...Rd8!?=) 13.a5+= Nc4 (13...Nbd7 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.Qd5+=) 14.Nc4 dc4 15.Bc4 (15.Qc4?! Be6 16.Qa4 Rac8=+) 15...Bg4 16.0-0 Bd7 (16...Rac8 17.b6 a6 18.Rac1+/-) 17.h3 (17.Ba3 Ba3 18.Qa3 Qa3 19.Ra3 Rac8+/-) 17...Nh5 (17...Rac8 18.Rfd1+/-) 18.Be2 (18.a6 Bh3 19.Ne4 Qe4 20.gh3 Qg6 21.Kh1 Qe4 22.Kg1 Qg6 23.Kh1 Qe4 24.Kg1=) 18...Nf6+/- 19.Qc2 (19.Rfd1+/-) 19...Be6 (19...Rac8!?+/-) 20.Ne4+- Ne4 (20...Rac8 21.Nf6 Qf6 22.Qe4+-) 21.Qe4 Qc7 (21...f5 22.Qf3+-) 22.g3 (better 22.Bd3 g6 23.d5+-) 22...Bh3 23.Rfc1 Qd7 24.d5 (24.a6!? Rab8+-) 24...Bf5 25.Qf3 g6?? (better 25...Rfe8+/-) 26.e4 Bh3 (26...Rae8 27.ef5 Be5+-) 27.Kh2 (27.Qf6 Be5 28.Be5 Qd5 29.Qg7) 27...h5?? (27...f6+-) 28.Qf6 (28.Qf6 Bg3 29.fg3 Qd5 30.Qg7) 1-0. ClayPigeons (2060) - mostafov (2045), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.a4 0-0 8.f4 b6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.d4 Ne4 14.Nd2 Ndf6 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.Ndf3 Ba3 17.Qb3 Bb2 18.Qb2 Qd6 19.Rc8 Rc8 20.Rc1 Rc1 21.Qc1 h6 22.Nc6 a6 23.Nfe5 a5 24.Bf3 Kh7? 25.Kf1 Kg8 26.Ke2 g6 27.g4 Kg7 28.h4 g5 29.hg5 hg5 30.Be4 Ne4 31.fg5 Ng5 32.Qf1 f6 33.Qf4 Ne4 34.Nd3 Qf4 35.Nf4 Bc8 36.Ne7 Bd7 37.Nc6 Nc3 38.Kd3 Na4 39.Nb8? Bb5–+ 40.Kd2 Bc4 41.Ne6 Kg6 42.Nd7 Kh6?? 43.Nf6= Kg6 44.Nd7 Kf7 45.Ne5?? Ke6–+ 46.Nc4 dc4 47.Kc2 b5 0–1. elsh1403 (1610) – equalizer (1690), kurnik, 2011.

7.de6+= Be6 8.Bb5 Nbd7 9.Be2 h5 (9...0-0!?=) 10.Nf3+/- Qb6 11.Bd4 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.h3 Rc8 14.0-0 g5? (better 14...0-0+/-) 15.Ng5+- Bf5 (15...Be5 16.Ne6 fe6 17.Be5 Qe5 18.Bf3+-) 16.f4 (16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Qb3 0-0 18.Qb7 Nd5 19.Qd5 Qg5 20.Qd6 Rc2+-) 16...Rg8 (16...Bc5 17.Bc5 Nc5 18.Rc1+-) 17.Bh5 Kf8?? (17...Nh5 18.Qh5 Bg6 19.Qe2+-) 18.Bf3 (better 18.Bf7 Rg7 19.Be6 Rg5 20.fg5 Be6 21.gf6 Ke8+-) 18...Qc4 (18...Bd3 19.Re1+-) 19.Qe2 (better 19.Bb7 Rb8 20.Nce4 Ne4 21.Be4 Rg5 22.fg5 Be4 23.Qg4+-) 19...Bd3 20.Qf2 Bf1 21.Qf1 Qf1 22.Rf1 b5 (22...Rc7 23.Rb1 b5 24.Nd5 Nd5 25.Bd5+-) 23.Nce4 (better 23.Bb7!? Rb8 24.Ba6 b4+-) 23...Ne4 24.Be4 f6 25.Nf3 Ke7 26.Bf5 Rg7 (26...Rc7 27.g4+-) 27.g4 Rh8 (27...Rf7 28.h4+-) 28.Kg2 (better 28.Bd7!? Rgg8 29.Bf5 Rh3+-) 28...Rc8 (28...Rh6 29.g5 Rg8 30.h4+-) 29.Bd7 Kd7 30.g5 (30.Bf6 Rf7 31.g5 Rc2+-) 30...Rcg8 (30...Be7 31.d3 Rgg8+-) 31.Bf6 Rf7 32.Bc3 b4 33.Ne5 Be5 34.Be5 a5 35.h4 (35.d4 a4+-) 35...Ke6 (35...Rc8 36.g6 Re7 37.d3+-) 36.Bd4 (36.d4!? a4+-) 36...a4 37.h5 b3 (37...Rh7 38.Rb1 b3 39.ab3+-) 38.ab3 ab3 39.Kg3 (39.Rb1 Rh7+-) 39...Rb7? (39...Rg5 40.fg5 Rf1+-) 40.Rb1 (40.f5 Ke7 41.g6 Rb5+-) 40...Kf5 (40...Rc8 41.g6 Rb5 42.Kg4+-) 41.Kf3 Re8 42.h6 Re6 (42...Kg6 43.Kg4 Rb5 44.Ra1+-) 43.Bg7 (43.d3 Kg6+-) 43...Kg6 (43...Re8 44.d4+-) 44.Kg4 (better 44.e4 Kh7 45.f5 Rd6+-) 44...Rb4 (44...Re4+-) 45.Rb3! Rb3 46.f5 Kh7 47.fe6 Rb6 (47...Kg6+-) 48.Kf5 Rb5 49.Be5 (49.Kf6 Kg8 50.Kg6 Rg5 51.Kg5 Kh7 52.e7 Kg8 53.e8Q Kh7 54.Qh8) 49...Kg8 50.d4 Rb7 51.e4 (51.g6 Rb4 52.e7 Rd4 53.e8Q) 51...Ra7 52.d5 (52.g6 Kf8 53.h7 Ra1 54.h8Q Ke7 55.Qf6 Ke8 56.Qf7 Kd8 57.Qd7) 52...Rb7 53.g6 Re7 (53...Kf8 54.h7 Rh7 55.gh7 Ke8 56.h8Q Ke7 57.d6) 54.h7 Rh7 55.gh7 Kh7 56.Bf6 (56.e7 Kh6 57.e8Q Kh7 58.Qg6) 56...Kg8 57.e5 (57.d6 Kh7 58.e7 Kh6 59.e8Q Kh7 60.Qg6) 57...Kf8 58.d6 Ke8 (58...Kg8 59.d7 Kh7 60.d8Q Kh6 61.Qh8) 59.Bg5 (59.d7 Kf8 60.d8Q) 59...Kf8 60.Kg6 Kg8 61.Bf6 (61.d7 Kf8 62.d8Q) 61...Kf8 62.d7 Kg8 1-0. zembelek (2030) - luis_alfredop (2125), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Nf3 Bd7 8.a4 0-0 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.Rc1 Rc8 (better is 10...Qa5=) 11.Nd5!+– Qa5 (11...ed5 12.Rc7 Discovered attack; 11...Nd5 12.Rc7 Discovered attack) 12.Nf6 gf6 13.Rc8 Bc8 14.Bf6 Bb4?? (14...Nd7 15.Bc3 Qd8 16.Qc2+–) 15.Bd3 (better is 15.Ne5 Bd2 16.Qd2 Qd2 17.Kd2+–) 15...Nd7 16.Ba1 Nc5 17.Be2 (17.Bc2 f5+–) 17...Ne4? (better is 17...Qa4!? 18.Qb1 Qb3+/–) 18.0-0 b6?? (18...Nd2 19.Nd2 Bd2 20.Qc2+–) 19.d3 (19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Bd3 Be5 21.Be5 f6 22.Qg4 Ng5 23.Bf6 Qb5 24.ab5 e5 25.Qg5 Kf7 26.Qg7 Ke6 27.Qe7 Kd5 28.Qe5) 19...Nd6?! (19...Nc3 20.Bc3 Bc3+–) 20.Ne5 Bb7 21.Bf3 Rb8 (21...Bf3 22.Qf3 Rc8+–) 22.Bb7 Rb7 23.Nc6 Qa4 (23...Ne8+–) 24.Qa4 1–0. typ48 – rafaroque, internet, 2013.

7.Nf3 h6 8.d4 0-0 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.a4 a6 11.Bd3 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Qa1 Qb6 14.0-0 Bb4 15.Rb1 Bc3 16.Bc3 Ne4 17.Be4 de4 18.Ne5 Qd6?? (18...Rc8 19.Ba5 Qd6 20.Rc1 Rc1 21.Qc1=) 19.d5 (19.Nd7?! Qd7 (19...Nd7? 20.Bb4 Qb6 21.Bf8 Nf8 22.Qa3+–) 20.Qb2 Qd5=) 19...ed5? (19...Qd5 20.Nd7 Combination; 19...ed5 20.Bb4 Combination) 20.Ng4?? (better is 20.Bb4!? Qc7 21.Bf8 Kf8 22.Rc1+–) 20...f6?? (better is 20...Bg4 21.Bb4 Qd8 22.Bf8 Qf8–+) 21.Bb4+/– Qe6 22.h3?? (better is 22.Bf8 Kf8 23.h3+/–) 22...Rc8–/+ 23.Nh2 (better is 23.Qa5–/+) 23...Rc2?? (better is 23...Bb5 24.Bc3 Qa6–+) 24.Qa4 Qf5?? (better is 24...Rc8 25.Qa1 Bb5–+) 25.Rf1 (better is 25.Qc2 Bb5 26.Qc7+–) 25...Rc4–/+ 26.Qa8 Rb4 27.Qb8 Kh7 28.f3 (28.Qb7 Rb2 29.f4–/+) 28...Rb5 29.fe4 Qe4 30.Kh1 (30.Qf4 Rb2 31.Rf2 Rb1 32.Rf1 Rf1 33.Nf1 Qf4 34.ef4 b5–+) 30...Qe3 31.Qd6 Bc6 32.Qe7 Qe7 0–1. captainevans – walmit, internet, 2013.

7.Nf3 h6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d4 Qe7 11.Nbd2 a6 12.a4 Re8 (12...e5 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.de5 Be5 15.Be5 Qe5 16.Nf3=) 13.Ne5+= Be5? (better 13...ab5 14.ab5 Ra1 15.Qa1 Bb4+=) 14.de5+– Nh7 15.Ba3 Qg5 (15...Qd8 16.f4+–) 16.Nf3 (16.f4 Qd8+–) 16...Qd8 17.Rc1 Ng5 (17...b6 18.Bd6 ab5 19.ab5+–) 18.Ng5 Qg5 (18...hg5 19.Bd6+–) 19.Bd6 Ne5?? (19...Nb8+–) 20.f4 Qd8 (20...Nf3 21.Rf3 (worse 21.Bf3 Qd8 22.Bc7 Qe7+–) 21...Qd8 22.Bc7+–) 21.fe5 ab5 (21...Re7 22.Be7 Qe7 23.b6+–) 22.Bh5 g6 (22...Kh8 23.Bf7 Re7 24.ab5+–) 23.Qd3 gh5 (23...Qg5 24.Rc7 Ra4 25.Qb5 Qe3 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Qa4 Qe4 28.Qe4 de4 29.Rff7 Bd7 30.Bg6 e3 31.Rcd7 Rd7 32.Rd7 e2 33.Bb4 Kh8 34.Bh5 Kg8 35.Be2 h5 36.Be7 h4 37.Bf6 b5 38.Rd8 Kh7 39.Bd3 Kh6 40.Rh8) 24.Rf7!! Kf7 (24...Kf7 25.Qh7 Mate attack) 25.Qh7 1–0. GuestSFKZ – GuestBDSC, freechess.org, 2020.

7.f4 0-0 8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Be2 Nd7 10.0-0 Ndf6 11.d3 Nc5 12.h3 Qb6 13.a4 a6 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Ne5 ab5–/+ 16.Nd7 Nfd7 17.ab5 Nf6 18.d4 Nce4 19.Na4 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qa5 21.Ra1 Qb4 22.Qc2 Rfc8 23.Qb1? Nd2 24.Qd1 Nf1 25.Bf1 Ra4! 26.Ra4 Qb2 27.Ra7 Ne4 28.Rb7 Qf2 29.Kh2 Qg3 30.Kg1 Qe3 31.Kh2 Bf4 32.g3 Qg3 33.Kh1 Qh2 0–1. elsh1403 – sovapavel (1730), kurnik, 2011.

8.a4 Qa5 9.Bf6= gf6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.0-0 Ne5 (11...Nb6 12.d4=) 12.Ne5 Be5 (12...fe5 13.Nc3=) 13.d4+= Bd6 14.Nd2 e5 (14...Bd7 15.e4+=) 15.Nf3 (15.de5!? Be5 16.Nb3+/-) 15...e4 16.Nd2 Qc7 (16...Bd7 17.Nb3 Qb4 18.f3+=) 17.Rc1 Bh2 (better 17...Qa5+=) 18.Kh1+- Qd6 19.g3 Bg3 20.fg3 Kh8 21.Rf4 Rg8 22.Nf1 Bh3 23.g4 Rg5 (23...Bf1 24.Qf1 Rg6+-) 24.Nh2 (better 24.Ng3!? Qa3 25.Nf5+-) 24...Rag8 25.Qg1 (better 25.Qc2 f5 26.Qc5+/-) 25...Qa3?? (better 25...f5+/-) 26.Qg3?? (26.Rf6 Qe7 27.Rh6+-) 26…Qc1-+ (26...Qc1 27.Qg1 Qg1 28.Kg1 f5-+) 0-1. Abdullaevich (1835) - A_D_R_I_A_N_M (1820), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Nc5 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Ba3 Qe7 (12...Nd3?! 13.Bd6 Bb5 14.Bf8 Qf8 15.Qb1=) 13.Bc5 Bc5 14.Ne5 d4 15.Nd7 Qd7 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4 f5 18.Bf3 de3 19.de3 Be3 20.Qe2 (20.fe3 Rc2 Discovered attack) 20...Bd4 21.Rad1 e5 (better is 21...Rc7–/+) 22.g3?? (better is 22.Qe5! Rfd8 23.Qe2=) 22...Rfd8 23.Rc1 e4 24.Bg2 Rc1 25.Rc1 Bb6 26.Bf1 Qd4 27.Qc2 e3 28.fe3?? (better is 28.Qf5 Qd2 29.Rc2 ef2 30.Kg2–/+) 28...Qe3–+ 29.Kh1 Qg1 0–1. dangervid (1800) – grazic66 (1740), gameknot.com, 2013.

8.Be2 a6 9.0-0= ab5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.a4 e5 13.Ne2 e4 14.Nfd4 Bh2?? 15.Kh1?? Ng4 16.g3–/+ Qg5 17.Kg2 Qh6 18.Rh1=+ Rae8 19.Nf4= g5 20.Nd5+/– Ne3 21.fe3 Qh3 (21...Qh3 22.Kf2 Qg3 23.Kf1 Bh3 24.Ke2 Qg2 25.Ke1 Bg3#) 0–1. Forman,Stepan (1935) – Prokop,Jan (1790), CSS–ch U16 Svetla, 1995.

8.Be2 a6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.a4 Bd7 12.Qb3 a5 13.d4 Rc8 14.Ba3 Ba3 15.Qa3 Re8 16.Ne5 Qe7 17.Qe7 Re7 18.Rfc1 Be8 19.Nd1 Rec7 20.Rc7 Rc7 21.Bd3 Ne4 22.f3 Nc3 23.Nb2 f6 24.Ng4 h5 25.Nf2 Nca4 26.Na4 Na4 27.h4 Nb2 28.Ra5 Kf7 29.b6 Rc6 30.e4 Nd3 31.Nd3 de4 32.fe4 Rb6 33.Rc5 Rc6 34.d5 ed5 35.ed5 Rc5 36.Nc5 b6 37.Ne6 g6 38.Kf2 Ke7 39.g3 Bf7 40.Nf4 g5 41.hg5 fg5 42.Nh3 Kf6 43.d6 Be6 44.Ng1 Bg4 45.d7 Ke7 46.d8Q Kd8 47.Ke3 Kd7 48.Ke4 Kd6 49.Kd4 b5 50.Ke4 Kc5 0–1. Gerold,Guenter – Joedicke, corr, 1997.

8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.a4 Nbd7 11.d3 e5 12.Nbd2 e4 13.de4 de4 14.Nd4 Rc8 15.Qb3 Bb8 16.Rac1 Nc5 17.Qb4 Qd6 18.g3 Nd5 19.Qa3 f5 20.N2b3 Nd3 21.Qd6 Bd6 22.Bd3 ed3 23.Ne6 (23.Rfd1+=) 23...Rfe8?? (better is 23...Rf7+=) 24.Ng7+/– Rf8 25.Nh5?? (25.Rc8!? Bc8 26.Rd1+/–) 25...Nb4 (25...Kf7 26.Rc8 Rc8 27.Ng7=) 26.Rc8 Rc8 27.Nd4 Be5 28.f4?? (better is 28.Ba3 Bd4 29.ed4–/+) 28...Bd4–+ 29.Bd4 Be4?? (29...d2 30.Bb2 Nd3–+) 30.Nf6= Kf7 31.Nd7? (better is 31.Ne4 fe4 32.Rd1–/+) 31...Rc2 32.Ne5 Ke6 33.Rf2 Rc1 34.Rf1 d2 35.a5 d1Q 36.Rd1–+ Rd1 37.Kf2 Rh1 38.ab6 Rh2 39.Ke1 ab6 40.Bb6 Nd3 41.Kd1 Ne5 42.fe5 Ke5 43.Bc7 Kd5 44.b6 Rb2 45.Kc1 Rb5 46.Kd2 h5 47.Kc3 Kc5 48.Kd2 Rb2 49.Kc3 Rc2 50.Kb3 Re2 51.Kc3 Re3 52.Kd2 Rd3 53.Ke2 Kc6 54.Kf2 Rf3 55.Ke2 Kb7 56.Kd2 Ra3 57.Ke2 Kc6 58.Kf2 Kb5 59.Ke2 Kc4 60.Kf2 Kd3 61.Kg1 Ra2 62.Bf4 Rb2 63.Kf1–+. avinoam – pionas54 (1655), internet, 2013.

8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 e5 10.a4 (10.Nc3 Bg4=) 10...Bf5 11.d3 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 (12.a5 Rc8=+) 12...h6 (12...Qb6 13.d4 e4 14.Nh4=+) 13.h3 (13.Rc1 a6=) 13...Rc8=+ 14.e4 (14.a5 Qc7=+) 14...de4-/+ 15.de4 Be6 (15...Be4!? 16.Ne4 Ne4-/+) 16.Re1 (16.Rc1 Qe7=) 16...Qe7 (16...Bb4 17.Rb1 Qa5 18.Bd3=+) 17.Nh2 (17.a5 Red8=) 17...Bb4=+ 18.Bd3 (18.Nhf3 Nc5 19.Be5 Nfe4 20.Ne4 Ne4-/+) 18...Nb6 (18...Qd6 19.Re3-/+) 19.Qe2 (19.Nhf3 Bc3 20.Bc3 Rc3=+) 19...Nfd7 (19...Qd6 20.Red1=+) 20.Rec1 (20.Nhf3 Nc5 21.Bc2 Nbd7=) 20...Nc5 (20...Rc1 21.Bc1 Bc3 22.Ba3-/+) 21.a5 (better 21.Nhf3!?=+) 21...Nd3-+ 22.Qd3 Rcd8 (22...Rcd8 23.Qg3 Bd2 24.Be5 f5 25.ab6 Bc1 26.Rc1 ab6 27.ef5 Bf5-/+; 22...Red8!? 23.Qg3 Bd2 (worse 23...Rd2 24.ab6 Rc1 25.Bc1 Rd1 26.Nf1+=) 24.Be5 Rc1 25.Rc1 Qf8-+) 0-1. algernon (2395) - gtan (2350), net-chess.com, 2007.

9.0-0 e5 10.a4 e4 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.d3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Nd2 ed3 15.Bf3 b6 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.N2b3 Bh2 18.Kh1 Qe5 19.Nd2 (19.Nc5 bc5 20.Nc6 Qb2=) 19...Rc7 (19...Qd6 20.g3 Bg3 21.fg3 Qg3 22.a5–+) 20.g3 (better 20.h4!?=) 20...Bg3–/+ 21.fg3 Bh3 (21...Qg3 22.Nb1–/+) 22.Rg1 Qe3 23.Nf1 (23.N4b3 Nfe4 24.Kh2 Qh6–+) 23...Qe5 (23...Qf2 24.Qd2 Qd2 25.Nd2–/+) 24.Nc6?? (better 24.Kh2 Bf1 25.Rf1–/+) 24…Qb2–+ (24...Qb2 25.Rb1 Qf2–+) 0–1. GuestWHXM – GuestZNQG, freechess.org, 2017.

9.0-0 e5 10.Nc3 Re8 11.d3 Qe7 12.Rc1= a6 13.a4 e4 14.de4 de4 15.Nd4 Qe5 16.g3 Nc5 17.ba6 ba6 18.Qc2 Bg4 19.Bg4 Ng4 20.h3 Nf6 21.Ncb5?? Nd3?? 22.Nf5 Qf5 23.Nd6 Qh3 24.Bf6 (24.Bf6 Nc1 25.Ne8 Re8 26.Rc1 gf6 27.a5–/+; 24.Ne8 Re8 25.Rcd1 Ng4–+). Fournier,Frederic – Haertig,Manfred, TT–06 TSC, 2003.

9.0-0 e5 10.d3 b6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Rc1 a6=+ 13.a4 ab5 14.ab5 Qe7 15.Qb3 Nc5 16.Qc2 Na4 17.Ba1 Rfc8 18.Qb1 Nc5 19.d4= ed4 20.Bd4 Nfe4 21.Rfd1 Ne6 22.Bb2 N6c5 23.Ba1 Re8 24.Bd4 Ra4 25.Qb2 Ne6 26.Nf1 Ba3 27.Qc2= Rb4 28.Ra1 Nd4 29.Nd4 Rb2 30.Qd3 Bc5 31.Nd2 Qh4 32.Ne4? de4–+ 33.Qc4 Bd4 34.Rd4? Rc8 35.Rad1 h6 36.g3 Qf6 37.Rd6 Qd6?? 38.Rd6+/– Rc4 39.Bc4 ½–½. Scholz,Guenter – Kosmol,Horst, corr Germany, 2001.

9.0-0 e5 10.d4 e4 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Qc1 Qb8 (12...Be5? 13.de5 Ne8 14.Qc7 Nc7 15.Ba3+–) 13.f4 ef3 14.Nf3 Re8 15.Nc3 Ng4 16.Nd5 Bh2 17.Kh1 Bg3 (17...Ndf6 18.Nf6 gf6 19.Qc5=+) 18.Ba3 (better 18.Ng5!? Bh4 19.Bg4 Bg5 20.Qc7+=) 18...Ndf6=+ 19.Ne7 Re7 20.Be7 Ne4 21.Qa3?? (better 21.Bc4=+) 21...Bh2–+ 22.Bh4 Qg3!! (22...Qg3 23.Qf8 Kf8 24.Be7 Ke7 25.Ne5 Nef2 26.Rf2 Nf2) 0–1. Filippov,Vladimir (2020) – Nazaryev,Sergey (2180), Gagra op, 2008.

9.Nc3 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.Rc1 Bd7= 12.Qb3 Ng6 13.Ba3 Bc7 14.d4+/– Rc8 15.Bd3 Bb8 16.h3 h6 17.Rfe1 Nf8 18.Ne5+– N6h7 19.Na4 f6 20.Nd7 Qd7 21.Nc5 Qd6 22.f4 Qb6 23.Rc2 f5 24.Rec1 Bd6 25.Na4 Rc2 26.Nb6 Rc1 27.Bc1 ab6 28.Ba3 Ba3 29.Qa3 1–0. pan kao – werka, rancho, 2009.

8.d4 0-0 9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.0-0 Rc8 12.a4 Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4 14.Rc1 a6 15.ba6 ba6 16.Nc4 Bb4 17.Nfe5 a5 18.Nd7 Nd7 19.d5 ed5 20.Qd5 Nc5 21.Nd6 Rc7 22.Qe5 f6 23.Qd5 Kh8 24.Rfd1 Qb8 (24...Qe7 25.Nf5 Qe8 26.Rd4+/-) 25.Nb5 (25.Bc3 Na6 26.Bb4 Nb4+-) 25...Rd7+/- 26.Qh5 Rd1 27.Qd1 Rd8 28.Bd4 Ne6 29.Qb3 Nd4 30.ed4 Qf4 31.Rc7 Qe4 32.g3 Qe1 33.Kg2 Qe4 34.Qf3 Qc2?? (better 34...Qe6+/-) 35.Rc2+- 1-0. onur604 (2320) - Kofun (2240), lichess.org, 2021.

8.d4 a6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be2 e5 (10...Qe7 11.0-0=) 11.de5 Ne5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Ne5 Bb4 (13...Re8 14.Nf3+=) 14.Kf1 ab5 15.Qd4 (worse 15.Bb5 Ra2 16.Nd3 Ra1 17.Qa1 Qg5 18.Nb4 Nb4=+) 15...Ba3? (15...f6 16.e4 fe5 17.Qd5 Qd5 18.ed5+=) 16.Rd1?? (better 16.Ba3 Ra3 17.Rd1 (17.Bb5?! Nc3 18.Bc4 Be6=) 17...Ne3 18.fe3+–) 16...Ra4= 17.Qd2 Bb2 18.Qb2 (worse 18.Qd5 Qd5 19.Rd5 Be6 20.Rb5 Ra2–/+) 18...Be6 19.Kg1 (19.Bf3 f6 20.Qb3= (20.Qb5 Nc3 21.Qa4 Na4 22.Rd8 Rd8–+)) 19…Qa5 (19...Qa5 20.Ra1 Qc3 21.Qc3 Nc3–/+) 0–1. De Visser,Arno – de Lange, Bergenstrand, 1982.

8.Be2 e5 9.a4 (9.Nc3 0-0=) 9...0-0=+ 10.d4 e4 (10...ed4 11.Bd4 Nc5 12.0-0=) 11.Nfd2= Re8 12.Ba3 (12.Nc3 Nf8=) 12...Ba3=+ 13.Ra3 a6 (13...Nf8 14.Nc3=+) 14.0-0 (14.Nc3 ab5 15.Nb5 Re6=) 14...ab5 15.ab5 Ra3 16.Na3 Qa5 (16...Nf8 17.Qa4=) 17.Qc1. Katalimov,Boris N – Lilienthal,Andrei, Kislovodsk, 1967.

10.0-0 A) 10...a6 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.Qa4 Qe6 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 Nb6=; B) 10...Re8 11.Rc1 Nb6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Be6 14.a4 Rc8=; C) 10...Qa5 11.Qc2 (11.Rc1 a6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Nb3 Qd8=) 11...Qc7 12.Rac1 Qb8 13.h3 a6 14.d4 e4=; D) 10...e4 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.Rc1 Nc5 13.f4 a6 14.ba6 ba6+=; E) 10...Nb6 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Rc1 Bh2 14.Kh1 Qb8=+.

11.Nd2 a6 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Rc1 Bg4 14.f3 ef3=.

11.Nd2 Nb6 12.a4 a5 13.ba6 ba6 14.Ba3 Rb8=.

11.Nd2 Re8 12.a4 Qe7 13.0-0 Rd8 14.Qb3 Qe6+=.

11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.a4 Be6 14.Ba3 (14.a5 Nc8=) 14...Ba3 (14...Rc8=) 15.Ra3 Rc8 16.0-0 Nbd7 (16...Bg4 17.Bg4 Ng4 18.h3=) 17.f4 (17.a5 Qc7+=) 17...ef3 18.Bf3 Nb6 19.a5 Nc4 20.Nc4 Rc4 21.Be2 Rc8 22.Bf3 Qd7 23.Na4 Ne4 24.Be4 de4 25.Qb2 Bc4 26.Rb1 Qf5 27.b6? (27.Nc5 b6 28.Rc1 bc5 29.Rc4 cd4 30.Rd4 Rb8=) 27...a6?? (better 27...Bd3 28.Nc5 Bb1 29.Qb1 Rc5 30.dc5 Qc5–/+) 28.Nc5+= Qd5 29.Rc1 Bb5 30.Rac3 Bc6 31.Qf2 Rcd8 32.R3c2 Rd6 33.Qf4 Rdd8 34.Qc7 Rc8 35.Qf4 Rcd8 36.Rf2 Rd6 37.Qf5 Qf5 38.Rf5 g6 39.Rf4 f5 40.g4 fg4 41.Rg4 Rf6 42.Rf1 Rf1 43.Kf1 Re7 44.Ke2 Kg7 45.h4 h6 46.Kd2 Bd5 47.Kc3 Kf6 48.Rf4 Kg7 49.Kb4 Bc6 (better 49...Re8!?+–) 50.Kc4+– g5 51.hg5 hg5 52.Rg4 Kg6 (52...Bb5 53.Kd5 Kh6 54.Kd6+–) 53.d5 Bb5 54.Kd4 Kh5 55.Rg1 (55.Re4?! Rh7+–) 55...Bd3 (55...g4+–) 56.d6 (56.Nd3?! ed3 57.e4 g4+–) 56...Re8 57.Nb7 Bb5 58.Nc5 Rd8 (58...Bc6 59.Na6 Rd8 60.Kc5+–) 59.Kd5 (59.Rg5! Kh4 60.Kd5 Rc8+–) 59...g4 60.Ne4 1–0. Koester,Roman (2120) – Manutcher,Arvin, Frankfurt–ch, 2004.

11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.a4 Be6 14.a5 Nbd7 15.a6 b6 16.Ba3 Bc7 17.Rc1 Nf8 18.Na2 Ng6 19.Nb4 Qd7 20.Qc3 (20.0-0 Qd6 21.g3 Qd7+=) 20...Bd6= 21.Nc6 Ba3 22.Qa3 Bg4 23.h3 Be2 24.Ke2 h5 25.Nb1 Nh4 26.Rhg1 g5 (26...Rac8 27.Nc3=) 27.Nc3 Ng6 28.Qb3 g4 (28...Rac8 29.Rc2+–) 29.hg4+– Qg4 30.Ke1 Qf5 31.Rc2 Kg7 32.Na4 (32.Nb4 Rac8+–) 32...Re6 (32...Nh4 33.Kf1+–) 33.Nb4 h4 34.Rc7 Qg5 35.Kf1 (35.Nc3 h3 36.Kf1 h2+–) 35...Ne7 (35...Ng4!? 36.Ke1 Nf2 37.Nd5 Qg3 38.Rf7 Kf7–+) 36.Nc3+= Qf5 (36...Ng4 37.Ke2 Nf6 38.g3+–) 37.Ne2 (better 37.Rh1!? Qg5 38.Ne2+–) 37...Ng6+= 38.Nc3 Ng4 (38...Ne7!?=) 39.Nd1+– Rd8 (39...Rf6 40.Rc2 (40.Qd5?? Ne3 41.Ke1 Nd5 42.Nd5 Qd5–+) 40...Nh2 41.Ke1=+) 40.Ra7 (better 40.Nc6!? Rh8 41.Rh1+– (41.Na7?! h3 42.Ke1 Nh4=+)) 40...Rf6 41.Qc2 Nh2 42.Ke1 Qg4 43.Qc7 Nf3! 44.gf3 Qg1 45.Kd2 Rdd6 (better 45...h3 46.Qd8 h2 47.Nd5 Rf3–+) 46.Nc6? (46.fe4 de4 47.Qc8 Rf2 48.Nf2 Qf2 49.Kc3 Qe3 50.Kb2 Qd4 51.Kb3 Qd1 52.Ka3 Qf3 53.Ka4 h3–+) 46...Rc6! 47.bc6 (47.bc6 h3; 47.Qc6 Rc6) 47...h3 48.Rb7 h2 49.Qh2 Qh2 50.c7?? (50.a7 Qd6 51.a8Q Qb4 52.Nc3 Qb2 53.Kd1 Qc3 54.Qa2 Rc6 55.Rf7 Kf7 56.Qd5 Kg7 57.Qd7 Kh6 58.Qc6 Qc6 59.fe4 Qe4 60.Kd2–+) 50...Rc6 51.a7 (51.fe4 de4 52.Rb6 Rc7 53.Rb7–+) 51...Nh4 52.fe4 de4 (52...de4 53.c8Q Nf3 54.Ke2 Rc8 55.Rc7 Qg1 56.Rf7 Kf7 57.a8Q Qe1) 0–1. Koester,Roman (2120) – Boehmer,Christian (2015), Oberliga Ost–B, 2004.

11.Nd2 Re8 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.Qb3 Bg4 14.Ba3 Be2=+.

10.Nc3 e4 11.Nd4 Ne5=.

10.d3 Qc7 A) 11.Nc3 e4 12.Nd4 ed3 13.Bd3 Nc5 14.Nf3 Nd3 15.Qd3 Be6 16.Rfd1; B) 11.h3 B1) 11...h6 12.Nc3 (12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qb3 Nc5 15.Qa3 Qa3 16.Ba3) 12...e4 13.Nd4 Nc5 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.de4 de4 16.h4; B2) 11...e4 12.de4 (12.Nd4 ed3 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Nc3 Nd3 15.Qd3 Qc4 16.Qd1) 12...de4 13.Nd4 Nc5 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.N4b3 Nb3 16.Qb3; C) 11.Nbd2 C1) 11...a6 12.ba6 (12.Rc1 Qb6 13.d4 e4 14.Ne5 ab5 15.Qb3 b4 16.Rc2; 12.a4 e4 13.de4 de4 14.Nd4 Rd8 15.g3 Nc5 16.Qc2) 12...Ra6 13.Rc1 Rc6 14.h3 h6 15.Nb3 Re8 16.Qe1; C2) 11...e4 12.de4 de4 13.Ng5 Bh2 14.Kh1 Be5 15.Rc1 Qd6 16.Qc2; C3) 11...Re8 12.Rc1 (12.Nb3 a6 13.ba6 Ra6 14.h3 Rc6 15.Rc1 h6 16.Qe1; 12.h3 h6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qb3 Nc5 15.Qa3 Qa3 16.Ba3; 12.g3 Nc5 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.d4 ed4 15.Bd4 Bh3 16.Re1) 12...Qa5 13.d4 e4 14.Bc3 Qa3 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nh3.

10.d3 Re8 11.Qc2 A) 11...e4 12.de4 (12.Nd4 ed3 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Be2 Bd7 15.Nc3 Rc8 16.Rac1) 12...de4 13.Nd4 Nc5 14.Na3 Bg4 15.Nc4 Be2 16.Nd6; B) 11...Nf8 12.Nc3 (12.Rc1 Ng6 13.Qb3 h6 14.a4 Bf5 15.h3 Qd7 16.Nbd2; 12.Nbd2 Ng6 13.Rac1 Bd7 14.d4 e4 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.de5) 12...Ne6 13.Rfd1 Bd7 14.d4 ed4 15.Nd4 Nd4 16.Rd4; C) 11...g6 12.Nbd2 (12.Nc3 Nc5 13.Na4 b6 14.d4 ed4 15.Nd4 Nfe4 16.Nc3; 12.h3 a6 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Rac1 Bf5 15.ba6 ba6 16.Na4; 12.Rc1 a6 13.Ba3 Nb6 14.ba6 ba6 15.Bd6 Qd6 16.Qc6) 12...Nb6 13.Qb3 Bf5 14.g3 Nbd7 15.d4 e4 16.Nh4; D) 11...Qa5 12.d4 (12.Nc3 Nc5 13.d4 ed4 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Rfd1; 12.Rc1 Qb5 13.Nc3 Qa5 14.a4 a6 15.Nb5 Bc5 16.d4) 12...e4 13.Nfd2 Nf8 14.Nb3 Qd8 15.Nc3 Ng6 16.Rac1; E) 11...Nb6 12.Nbd2 (12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.d4 e4 16.Ne5; 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Qb3 d4 15.ed4 Be6 16.Qc2; 12.h3 Bf5 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Rac1 h6 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.Rc2) 12...Bf5 13.Rac1 Qe7 14.Qb3 Nfd7 15.h3 Nc5 16.Rc5.

10.d3 Re8 11.Nc3 A) 11...Qa5 12.d4 (12.Qd2 b6 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.d4 Rac8 15.de5 Ne5 16.Rfd1; 12.Qa4 Qa4 13.Na4 e4 14.de4 Ne4 15.Rac1 Nb6 16.Nc3; 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 Qb4 15.Qc2 Bc7 16.Nb3; 12.Qc2 Nc5 13.d4 ed4 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Rfd1) 12...e4 13.Nd2 Qd8 14.a4 a5 15.ba6 ba6 16.h3; B) 11...d4 12.Ne4 (12.ed4 ed4 13.Nd4 Nc5 14.f4 Bd7 15.Rc1 Qa5 16.Nb3) 12...Ne4 13.de4 Nf6 14.Qd3 a6 15.a4 Bg4 16.h3; C) 11...Nb6 12.a4 (12.Rc1 Bf5 13.Qb3 Rc8 14.d4 e4 15.Ne5 Be6 16.Na4; 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qb3 Rc8 14.d4 e4 15.Ne5 Be6 16.Rfd1) 12...Bf5 13.a5 Nbd7 14.d4 e4 15.Nd2 Rc8 16.Qb3.

10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Nb6 (11...Qb6 12.Rb1 (12.a4 a6 13.d4 e4 14.Nh4 ab5 15.Bb5 Bb4 16.Nf5; 12.Bc3 h6 13.Rc1 Qb5 14.d4 Qb6 15.h3 e4 16.Nh2) 12...h6 13.h3 Qc7 14.d4 e4 15.Nh4 Nb6 16.Rc1; 11...Qa5 12.d4 (12.a4 h6 13.Nb3 Qd8 14.h3 b6 15.a5 Bb7 16.a6) 12...e4 13.Ne1 Nb6 14.Nb3 Qa4 15.Nc5 Qd1 16.Rd1; 11...a6 12.ba6 (12.a4 b6 13.Nb3 Bb7 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Rfc1 ab5 16.ab5) 12...Ra6 13.d4 Ra8 14.de5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5) 12.a4 (12.Rc1 Bf5 13.Qb3 Nbd7 14.Nh4 Be6 15.d4 e4 16.f4; 12.Qb3 Bf5 13.Rfc1 h6 14.h3 Qe7 15.Nf1 Rac8 16.d4; 12.h3 Bf5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.g4 Bd7 16.Rfd1) 12...Bf5 13.a5 (13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Qb3 Nbd7 15.d4 e4 16.Rc8) 13...Nbd7 14.e4 (14.a6 ba6 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Ra6) 14...de4 (14...Be6 15.Ng5 Rc8 16.Ne6) 15.de4 Be4 (15...Bg6 16.Rc1) 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qd5 (17.Bd3 Ndc5 18.Be4 Ne4=) 17...Ndc5 18.Bc4 Qc7 19.b6 Qd7 20.ba7 Nf6 21.Qd2 Ra7 22.Rfd1 (22.Ng5 Rf8+=) 22...Nce4 '=' 23.Qd3 Qc7 24.Bb5 Qc5 (better 24...Rd8!? 25.Rac1 Qe7=) 25.Qe2 '+/–' 25...Re7 '??' (better 25...Rf8 26.Rdc1 Qb4+–) 26.Rac1 '+–' 26...Qb4 (26...Ra8 27.Rc5 Bc5 28.Kf1+–) 27.Rc8 Ne8 (27...Re8 28.Be8 h6 29.Rd6 Nd6 30.Bf7 Kh7 31.Qd3 Qe4 32.Qd6 b6+–) 28.Be8 Rc7 29.Rc7 Bc7 30.Rd7 Nf6 31.Bf7 Kf8 (31...Kh8 32.Rc7 Ra8 33.Ne5 Qa5 34.Rb7 Qa1 35.Ba1 Ra1 36.Qf1 Rf1 37.Kf1 g5 38.Bc4 Ne8 39.Nf7 Kg7 40.Nd6 Nc7 41.Rc7 Kf6 42.Ne8 Ke5 43.Rd7 Kf5 44.Bf7 h6 45.Rd5 Kg4 46.Nf6 Kh4 47.Rd4 g4 48.Rg4) 32.Rc7 Ra5 33.h3 Ra2 34.Ba2 e4 35.Bf6 gf6 36.Qd2 (36.Qc2 Qe7 37.Nd4 e3 38.Rc8 Qe8 39.Qh7 ef2 40.Kf2 Qc8 41.Qf7) 36...Qd2 37.Nd2 e3N 38.fe3 f5 39.Nf3 f4 40.Nd4 f3 41.Nf5 f2 42.Kf2 Ke8 43.Be6 h6 44.Rc8 1–0. Nebe,Lutz (1620) – Petersen,Kay, Koblenz–ch, 1996.

10.d3 Re8 11.h3 A) 11...h6 12.Nc3 (12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qb3 Nc5 15.Qa3 Qa3 16.Ba3; 12.Re1 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Bf5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qb3 Nfd7 16.e4) 12...Nb6 13.Rc1 Bf5 14.Qb3 Be6 15.d4 e4 16.Nd2; B) 11...Nc5 12.Be5 (12.Ne5 Be5 13.d4 Bb8 14.dc5 Qc7 15.f4 Re3 16.Bd4; 12.Nc3 e4 13.Ne1 Bf5 14.d4 Ne6 15.Qa4 a5 16.Rc1) 12...Be5 13.d4 Bd6 14.dc5 Bc5 15.Nc3 Qd6 16.Qd3.

10.d3 Re8 11.h4 A) 11...Nb6 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.Rc1 h6 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Rc8 Qc8 16.Qb3; B) 11...h6 12.Nc3 (12.Re1 Ng4 13.Nc3 Nb6 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.g3 Rc8 16.Rac1; 12.Nbd2 Qb6 13.a4 Ng4 14.Qc2 Ndf6 15.d4 e4 16.a5) 12...Nb6 13.Rc1 Bg4 14.Qb3 Rc8 15.Na4 Qe7 16.Rfe1; C) 11...Nc5 12.Ne5 (12.Be5 Be5 13.d4 Bd6 14.dc5 Bc5 15.Nc3 Qd6 16.Qd3; 12.d4 ed4 13.Bd4 Nce4 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3 Ne4 16.Qd4) 12...Qa5 13.d4 Na4 14.Bc1 Ne4 15.Bd2 Nd2 16.Qd2; D) 11...Ng4 12.Nc3 (12.g3 Ndf6 13.Nc3 h6 14.Rc1 Be6 15.d4 e4 16.Nd2; 12.e4 Ndf6 13.Nc3 d4 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.ed5 Nf6 16.Qb3; 12.Qc2 d4 13.e4 Nb6 14.Nbd2 Qf6 15.Qd1 h6 16.a4) 12...Ndf6 13.e4 d4 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.ed5 Nf6 16.Qb3.

10.d4 e4 11.Nfd2 Re8 (11...Nb6 12.Nc3=) 12.Nc3 Nf8 (12...Nb6 13.a4=) 13.a4 (13.Rc1 Ng6=) 13...Ng6 14.Re1 Be6 (14...Bf5 15.Qb3=) 15.Nf1 (15.Ba3 Ba3 16.Ra3 Rc8=) 15...Rc8=+ 16.a5 Bb4 (16...Re7 17.Qb3=+) 17.Qb3 Ba5 18.Ra3 (18.Rec1 h6=+) 18...Nh4 19.Rea1 (19.Ng3 Re7–/+) 19...b6 20.Na2?? (better 20.Ng3–/+) 20...Bh3–+ 21.g3 (21.Ra5 ba5 22.g3 Nf3 23.Bf3 ef3–+) 21...Nf3 22.Bf3 ef3 23.Bc3 (23.Nc3 Bc3 24.Bc3 Ne4–+) 23...Ne4 24.Ba5 ba5 25.Qd1 (25.b6 ab6 26.Qd3 Ng5–+) 25...Bf1 (25...Ng5 26.Rc3 Bg2 27.h4 Nh3 28.Kh2–+) 26.Qf1 Rc2 27.Nc1 (27.Rc1 Re2 28.Nc3 Rf2 29.Qf2 Nf2 30.Kf2 g5–+) 27...Rf2 28.Qf2 Nf2 29.Kf2 Qd7 (29...Qc8 30.Kf3 Qh3 31.Nd3 Qf5 32.Ke2 Qh5 33.Kf2 Qh2 34.Kf3–+) 30.Nd3 Qb5 (better 30...Qh3!? 31.Nf4 Qh2 32.Kf3–+) 31.Kf3 Qd7 32.g4 (32.Nc5 Qh3 33.R1a2 Qf1 34.Rf2 Qh1 35.Ke2 Rb8–+) 32...Qe6 (32...Qe7 33.Nf2–+) 33.Nf4 Qe4 34.Kg3 h6 35.Rc3 (35.h4 a4!–+) 35...Rb8 36.h4 Rb1 (better 36...a4–+) 37.Ra5 (37.Rb1 Qb1 38.Nd5 Qe1 39.Kf4 Qh4 40.Kf5–+) 37...Rf1 38.Ng2 (38.Rc8 Kh7 39.Ra1 Qe3 40.Kg2 Qg1 41.Kh3 Rf3) 38...Qf3 39.Kh2 Rf2 (39...Rf2 40.Rc8 Kh7 41.Rh8 Kh8 42.Rd5 Qg2) 0–1. Lorenc,Tomas1 (2140) – Drozdowski,Kasper (2290), Karlovy Vary Open, 2011.

7.a4 Qa5 8.Nf3 Bb4 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Qb3 (11.Ne4 de4 12.Ng5 e5 13.Be5 Re8+/–) 11...Bc3 12.Bc3 Nc3 13.Qc3 Rc8?? (better is 13...Qc3 14.dc3 Rc8+=) 14.Qa5+– 1–0. popovicigelu – loser22 (1610), internet, 2012.

7.a4 Qb6 8.Nc3 a6 9.Rb1 ab5 10.Nb5 (worse is 10.ab5 Bd6+=) 10...Bb5 11.Bb5 Nc6 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Qf3 (13.Nf3 Qc7+=) 13...Bg7 14.Ne2 0-0 15.0-0 Qc7 16.Nf4 Ne5 17.Qg3 Kh8? (better is 17...Rfc8!?+=) 18.Nh5 (better is 18.d4!?+–) 18...Rg8 19.Ng7 (better is 19.d4!? Bh6 20.Qh3+/–) 19...Rg7 20.Qf4 Qe7 21.d4 (21.h3 Rg5+=) 21...Ng6?? (21...Rg4!? 22.de5 Rf4 23.ef4 Kg7–/+) 22.Qf3 (22.Qh6 f5 23.g3 f4+=) 22...Rag8 (better is 22...Nh4 23.Qh3 Ng2+=) 23.g3 Nh4 24.Qf4?? (better is 24.Qh5 Nf5 25.Rfc1+=) 24...Rg4–/+ 25.Qh6 Nf3 26.Kg2?? (26.Kh1 R4g6 27.Qh3 Nd2–/+) 26...Nd2 (better is 26...Rh4! 27.Qh4 Nh4 28.Kh1 Nf3–+) 27.Bd3 Nf1?? (better is 27...f5 28.Kh1 Ra8–/+) 28.Qh7 1–0. elektrooon – 7strateg, internet, 2013.

7.a4 Bc5 8.d4 Bb4 9.Nc3 (9.Bc3 Bd6=) 9...Bc3 (9...Qa5!? 10.Qb3 Ne4=+) 10.Bc3+= Qe7 11.Qb3 a6 12.Nf3 ab5 13.ab5 Ra1 14.Ba1 0-0 15.Bb2 Be8? (better 15...Rc8+=) 16.Ba3+- Qd8 17.Bf8 (17.Bd3 Qa5 18.Qb4 Qb4 19.Bb4 Bb5 20.Bb5 Rc8+-) 17...Kf8 18.Qb4 (18.Bd3 Qa5 19.Ke2 Ne4+-) 18...Kg8 (18...Qe7 19.Qe7 Ke7 20.Bd3+-) 19.Bd3 Nbd7 20.0-0 Qa8 21.Rb1 b6 22.Ne5 (22.Rc1 Qd8+-) 22...g6 (22...Ne5 23.de5 Nd7 24.Qd6+-) 23.Nc6 Qa2 24.Qb3 (24.f3 Qa8+-) 24...Qa8 25.Qb2 Ne4 (25...Kg7+-) 26.Ra1 Qb7 27.Ra7 Qc8 (27...Qa7 28.Na7 Nef6+-) 28.Qb1 (better 28.Ne7 Kg7 29.Nc8+-) 28...Ndf6 (28...Kg7 29.Be4 de4 30.Qe4 Nf6+-) 29.Ne7 (29.Ne7 Kg7 30.Nc8+-) 1-0. ClayPigeons (2165) - Aldrinecoben (2165), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.a4 Bc5 8.Nf3 b6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.d4 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Ne4 (12...Qe7 13.a5 ba5 14.Ra5+=) 13.Ne4+= de4 14.Ne5 Be5 15.de5 f5?? (better 15...Bc8+/-) 16.ef6!+- Qf6 (16...gf6 17.Qd4 Double attack (17.Qd4 Decoy)) 17.Bf6 gf6 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2775) - Untouch96 (1750), lichess.org, 2016.

7.a4 Bd6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.f4 a6 10.Nf3 ab5 11.Bb5 Nc6 12.0-0 Qb6 13.Qe2 Bf4 14.Ba3 Rfe8 15.Bc6 Bc6 16.Rfb1 Qa7 17.Nd4 Be5–/+ 18.Ncb5 Bb5–+ 19.Qb5 Bd4 20.ed4 Qd4 21.Kh1 Ne4 22.h3 Nf2 23.Kh2 Qf4 24.Kg1 Qg3 25.Kf1 Ne4 26.Qe2 Qh2 27.Qg4 Nd2 28.Ke2 Nb1 29.Rb1 Qe5 30.Kd1 f5 31.Qg5 Qd4 32.Ke2 Qe4 33.Kf1 Qb1 (33...Qb1 34.Qc1 Qd3 35.Kg1 Rac8–+) 0–1. baovn21 – chytryharry, kurnik, 2011.

7.a4 Bd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 a6 10.0-0 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Qe8 13.Nc3 e5 14.d4 e4 15.Ne5 Be5 16.de5 Qe5 17.Qb3 (better 17.Na4!? Qf5 18.Bf6 gf6 19.f3+=) 17...Be6 18.Qb4 Qg5 19.Rd1 Bh3 20.Bf1 Ng4?? (better 20...Nbd7=+) 21.Rd5 (21.Nd5 Re8 22.Ne7 Kf8 (22...Qe7 23.Qe7 Nf6 24.Bf6 h5 25.Qe8 Kh7 26.Qf7 Bg2 27.Qg7) 23.Nf5 Kg8+-) 21...Qg6? (21...Qf6 22.Qb2 Nh2 23.Kh2+-) 22.Qe4 (22.Ne4 h6 23.Rd6 f6+-) 22...Qe4 (22...Qh6 23.gh3 Nf6+-) 23.Ne4 Re8 (23...Ne3 24.fe3 Be6 25.Rg5+-) 24.Nd6 Rd8 25.gh3 Nf6 26.Bf6 gf6 27.Rd4 Kf8 28.Nf5 (28.Nb7!? Rd4 29.ed4 Ke7+-) 28...Rd4 29.Nd4 (29.ed4 b6+-) 29...Ke7 (29...Nd7 30.Bd3 Kg8 31.Be4+-) 30.Bd3 Nd7 31.Bh7 Nb6 (31...Nc5 32.Bc2+-) 32.Bf5 (32.Be4 Kd6+-) 32...Nd5 (32...Na4 33.h4+-) 33.Be4 Nc3 34.Bb7 f5 35.b6 (better 35.Nf5 Kf6 36.Nd4 Na4+-) 35...f4 (35...Na4+-) 36.Bf3 fe3 37.fe3 (better 37.b7 e2 38.Ne2 Ne2 39.Be2 f6+-) 37...f5 38.b7 f4 39.b8Q fe3 (39...Ne2 40.Be2 f3 41.Qc7 Kf6 42.Qc6 Kf7 43.Bc4 Ke7 44.Nf5 Kd8 45.Qd6 Ke8 46.Qe7) 40.Qe5 (40.Qe5 Kf7 41.Bh5 Kg8 42.Ne6 Ne2 43.Kf1 Ng3 44.Qg3 Kh7 45.Qg7) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2575) – Kingvsq, lichess.org, 2018.

7.a4 Bd6 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Be2 (9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nc3 Qa5=) 9...0-0 (9...e5 10.Nc3=) 10.0-0 (10.Bf6 gf6 11.Nc3 Rc8=) 10...a6 (10...e5 11.Qc1 e4 12.Qc7 Bc7 13.Nd4=) 11.Nc3 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.Nc3 Qa5=) 11...ab5 12.Nb5 Bb5 13.ab5 Be7?? (better 13...Nbd7=) 14.Ra8+- b6 (14...Nbd7 15.Qa1+-) 15.Ne5 (15.Qa4 Ne4+-) 15...Qb7 (15...Bb4 16.Qc1 Qe7 17.Qc2+-) 16.Ra1 (16.Qa1 Bd6+-) 16...Bd6 17.Rc1 (17.Qa4 Rc8+-) 17...Nbd7 (17...Ne4 18.Qc2+-) 18.Nd7 Nd7 19.Rc6 Qb8 20.h3 Nf6 (20...Nc5 21.Qc2+-) 21.Bf6 gf6 22.Qc2 Kh8 (22...Kg7 23.Ra1 Bb4 24.d4+-) 23.Bd3 (23.Ra1 Bb4+-) 23...Rg8 (23...Rd8 24.Ra1+-) 24.Bh7 Rg7 (24...Rd8 25.Bd3+-) 25.Bd3 (better 25.Rc8 Qc8 26.Qc8 Kh7+-) 25...Be5 (25...Bc5+-) 26.Rc8 (26.Rc8 Rg8 27.Rb8 Bb8 28.Qc6+-) 1-0. Abdullaevich (1840) - Dimka85 (1885), lichess.org, 2020.

7.a4 Be7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 a6 10.0-0 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Qa5 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Nd4 Bf6 16.Nb3 Qd8 17.d4 ed3 18.Qd3 Ba1 19.Ra1 Qf6 20.Nd4 (20.Ra8 Qe7+/–) 20...Rd8 (better is 20...e5!? 21.Nb3 b6=) 21.Qe4+/– Be8 22.Rc1 Rd5? (22...b6!?+/–) 23.Rc8 Rd8 24.Rc7 (24.Qb7 Nd7+–) 24...Nd7 (better is 24...b6+/–) 25.Rb7?? (better is 25.Qb7 e5 26.Nc6+–) 25...Nc5–+ 26.Qf3 Nb7 (better is 26...Qf3 27.Bf3 Nb7 28.Bb7 e5–+) 27.Qb7+= Qe5 28.h3 Rb8 29.Qa6 h6 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 30.b6 (better is 30.Bd3!?+=) 30...Qc5–/+ 31.b7 e5 (31...Qc1 32.Bf1 Qc7 33.Bd3 Qb7 34.Qb7 Rb7 35.f4–+) 32.Qa8? (better is 32.Nb3!? Qc6 33.Na5 Qc1 34.Bf1+=) 32...Qc7–+ 33.Nf5 Qb7 34.Qb7 Rb7 35.Nd6 Rb8 36.g3 Bd7 37.Bc4 Be6 38.Be6 fe6 39.Ne4 Rb4 40.Nc5 Kf7 41.Nd7 e4 42.Ne5 Kf6 43.Nd7 Ke7 44.Ne5 Kd6 45.Nf7 (45.Nf7 Kd5 46.g4–+). avinoam – rodolfodao, internet, 2013.

7.a4 Be7 8.Nf3 a6 9.Be2 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 0-0 12.Nc3 Qb6 Attacks the isolani on b5 13.0-0 Bb4 14.Qb3 Bc3 (14...Bd6!?+=) 15.Bc3+/- Rc8 16.h3 (16.Bf6 gf6 17.Qb2 e5+/-) 16...Ne8 17.Rb1 Nd6 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 18.Bd4 Qd8 19.Ne5 f6 20.Nd7 Qd7 21.Bc3 Nc4 22.d3 Nd6 23.d4 Nc4 24.Bb4 (24.Ra1 b6+=) 24...Qc7 (24...Qb5 25.e4 Na6 (25...de4? 26.Rc1+-) 26.ed5 A) worse 26...Nb4 27.de6 (27.Qb4?! Qd5 28.Qe7 b6+=) 27...Kf8 28.d5+-; B) worse 26...Qb4 27.Qb4 Nb4 28.Rb4 ed5 29.Rb7+=; C) 26...Qd5=+) 25.Bc5?? (25.Rc1+=) 25...Nd7?? (better 25...Nd2 26.b6 Qd8-+) 26.Bc4+/- Nc5 27.dc5 dc4 28.Qc4 Qc5 29.Qe6 Kh8 30.Rd1 h6 (30...Qc2 31.Rd2! Qc5 32.b6+-) 31.Rd7 (31.b6 Qc6 32.Rd6 Qe8 33.Qe8 Re8+-) 31...Qc1? (better 31...Qb5 32.Qf7 Qg5+/-) 32.Kh2+- Rc7 (32...Rg8 33.Rb7 Qc2+-) 33.Rd8 (33.Qe8 Kh7 34.Qe4 Kg8 35.Rd8 Kf7 36.Qe8) 33...Kh7 34.Qe4 g6 35.Qe8 (35.Qe8 Qg1 36.Kg1 Rc1 37.Kh2 Rh1 38.Kh1 Kg7 39.Qd7) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2680) - MarcoRico (2060), lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Nf3 Bc3 (8...0-0 9.Be2=) 9.Bc3+= Qb6 (9...0-0 10.Rc1=) 10.a4+/- a6 11.Ne5 ab5 12.Nd7 Nbd7 13.Bb5 0-0 14.0-0 Rfd8 15.Qf3 (15.Rb1 Qc7+=) 15...Ne4= 16.Bd4 Qc7 (16...Qd6 17.Rfd1=) 17.Qg4 (17.Rfc1!? Qd6 18.d3+=) 17...e5= 18.Rfc1 Qd6 (18...Qa5!? 19.Bc3 Nc3 20.dc3 Nc5=+) 19.Bb2+= Ndf6 Black prepares the advance d4 (19...Qb4!? 20.Rc2 Ndf6+=) 20.Qf5+/- d4 21.Ba3 (21.d3 Nd2 22.Ba3 Qb6+=) 21...Qe6 22.Qe6 fe6 23.d3 (23.Ra2!?+=) 23...Nc3= Attacks the isolani on a4 24.Bc4 (better 24.Be7!? Rdc8 25.Kf1=) 24...Ne2-/+ 25.Kf1 Nc1 26.Be6 Kh8 27.Bc1 de3 28.Be3 Rd3 29.Bc4 (29.Rb1 Rd6 30.Bh3 Ra4 31.Rb7 Kg8-/+) 29...Rd6 30.Bb5 Nd5 31.Bc5 Rdd8 32.Re1 Nc3 33.Re5 Nb5 (better 33...Rd1!? 34.Re1 Re1 35.Ke1 Nb5 36.ab5 Ra5-+) 34.ab5=+ Ra1 35.Re1? (better 35.Ke2 Rad1 36.f4=+) 35...Re1-+ 36.Ke1 Rd5 37.Be3 Rb5 38.Ke2 Kg8 39.Kd3 Kf7 40.Kc4 Rb1 41.g3 Ke6 42.h4 g6 43.Kc5 b5 44.Bf4 (44.Bd2 Rb2 45.Bb4 Rf2 46.Kb5 Rb2-+) 44...Kf5 45.Kd4 (45.Bd2 Ke4-+) 45...b4 (better 45...Rb4 46.Kc5 Rf4 47.gf4 Kf4 48.Kb5 Kf3-+) 46.Kd3 b3 47.Kc3 Ke4 48.Be3 h5 49.Bg5 Kd5 50.Be3 Kc6 51.Bf4 (51.Kc4-+) 51...Kb5 52.Be3 Ka4 53.Bc5 (53.Bd4-+) 53...Rc1 54.Kd4 Rc5! 55.Kc5 b2 56.Kd4 b1Q 57.Ke3 Qf5 (better 57...Kb5 58.Kf3 Qf1 59.Ke3-+) 58.f3 (58.Ke2 Qg4 59.Kf1 Qd1 60.Kg2 Kb3-+) 58...Kb4 59.g4 hg4 60.fg4 Qg4 (60...Qg4 61.h5 gh5 62.Kd2 Qe4 63.Kc1 Kc3 64.Kd1 h4 65.Kc1 Qc2) 0-1. Butterbrot (2020) - iman60 (2015), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Nf3 a6 8.Qa4 Bd6 9.Be2 Qb6 10.Bf6 gf6 11.Nc3 Rg8 12.0-0 h6.

7.Nf3 a6 8.ba6 ba6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Be5 Be5 11.Ne5 Nc6 12.Nd7 Qd7.

7.Nf3 a6 8.ba6 Na6 9.Be2 Nc5 10.Bd4 Bd6 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Qb1 Bc6.

7.Nf3 b6 8.a4 a6 9.Nc3 Bc5 10.d4 Bb4 11.Qb3 a5 12.Bd3 0-0 13.0-0 h6 14.Ne5 Bc8 15.Rac1 Nbd7 16.f4 (better is 16.Nc6!? Qe8 17.Nb4 ab4 18.Qb4+–) 16...Ne5+= 17.fe5 Nd7 18.Ne2 f6 (18...Qg5 19.Kh1+=) 19.e4 fe5 (19...Bd2 20.ed5 Bc1 21.Rc1 Ne5 22.de5 fe5+–) 20.ed5+– ed5?? (better is 20...Rf1 21.Rf1 Nf6 22.de6 Qe7+–) 21.Qd5 Kh8 22.Qa8 (22.Rf8 Bf8 23.Qe4 g6 24.Qa8 Nc5 25.dc5 Bc5 26.Rc5 bc5+–) 22...Rf1 (22...Nf6 23.de5 Qd3 24.ef6+–) 23.Rf1 (23.Kf1 Qf8 24.Kg1 Nc5 25.dc5 Bc5 26.Kh1 Qg8 27.Be5 Bg4+–) 23...Nf6 (23...ed4 24.Nf4 Ne5 25.Bf5+–) 24.Bf5 Nd7 (24...ed4 25.Nd4 Bc5 26.Kh1+–) 25.de5 Bc5 26.Bd4 Bd4 27.Nd4 Qc7 (27...Ne5 28.Nc6 Qg8 29.Qc8 Qc8 30.Bc8+–) 28.Nc6 1–0. captainevans – swiebodce2013, internet, 2014.

7.Nf3 Qb6 8.a4 Be7 9.Be2 a6 10.Bd4 Qa5 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nc3 Rc8.

7.Nf3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Bd3 h6 10.Na4 Qd8 11.Rc1 0-0 12.Be5 Be8 13.Bc7+= Qd7? 14.Ne5+– Qb5 15.Bb5 Bb5 16.Qb3 Nc6 17.Qb5 Ne5 18.Be5 b6 19.Rc7 Bd8 20.Rb7 Ng4 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Qe8 Kh7 23.Rf7 Nf6 24.Qe6 Rc8 25.Qf5 Kg8 26.Rf8# 1–0. pierre – Spasski65, internet, 2008.

7.Nf3 Qb6 8.Bd4 Bc5 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Rc1 Rg8 12.Qb3 h6.

7.Nf3 Qb6 8.Bf6 gf6 9.Nc3 Rg8 10.Rc1 Ba3 11.Rc2 h6 12.Nd4 Bd6.

7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.a4 b6 10.0-0 a6. algernon (2320) – rogeliovargas (2340), net–chess.com, 2004.

8.Nc3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Qa1 Be7 11.Nf3 0-0 12.Be2 Qc7 13.0-0+= b6 (13...Rc8 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.d4+=) 14.Rc1 Qd6 (14...Qb7 15.d4+=) 15.h3 (15.Na4 Re8+/-) 15...Bc8 (15...Qb4 16.Rb1 Bc8 17.Na4+-) 16.Nd4 (16.Na4 Qd8 17.Be5+/-) 16...Bb7? (16...e5 17.Nc6 Nc6 18.bc6 Qc6 19.Nb5+=) 17.Na4 (better 17.Qa7 Qd7 18.Na4+-) 17...Nbd7= 18.Nc6 Nc5?? (better 18...Ra8 19.Ne7 Qe7=) 19.Ne7 (better 19.Be5 Qd7 20.Nb6+- (20.Ne7?! Qe7 21.Bf6 gf6 22.Nc5 bc5+-)) 19...Qe7 20.Ba3 (20.Nb6?! Nb3 21.Qa3 Qa3 (21...Nc1?? 22.Qe7 Ne2 23.Kf1+-) 22.Ba3 Nc1 23.Bc1 d4=) 20...Rc8?? (better 20...Nfe4!? 21.Nc5 bc5+-) 21.d4 (better 21.Nb6 Rc7 22.Rc5+-) 21...Nfe4 22.Nb6 (worse 22.dc5 Qh4 23.Bf3 Qf2 24.Kh1 Qe3 25.Be4 de4+-) 22...Qf6? (22...Qh4 23.g3 Ng3+-) 23.Bf3 (23.dc5?! Qf2 24.Kh1 Qg3+/-; 23.Bc5?! Qf2 24.Kh1 Qg3+-; 23.Nc8?! Qf2 24.Kh1 Nb3 25.Ne7 Kh8+/-) 23...Nd2 (23...Qh4 24.dc5 (24.Nc8?! Qf2 25.Kh1 Nb3+/-) 24...Qf2 25.Kh1 Ng3 26.Kh2+-) 24.Bc5 (worse 24.Rc5 Rc5 25.Bc5 Nf3 26.gf3 h6+-) 24...Nf3 25.gf3 Qf3 (25...Qg5 26.Kf1 Rc7+-) 26.Nc8 Bc8 27.Qa8 g6 28.Qc8 Kg7 29.Qf8 Kf6 30.Qd8 (better 30.Be7 Kf5 31.Qf7 Ke4 32.Qe6 Kd3+-) 30...Kf5 31.Qh4 (31.Qh4 Qe4 32.Qh7+-) 1-0. Abdullaevich (1900) - rasoulfashi (1890), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Qb3 0-0 10.Nf3 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Qe8 (12...Ne4 13.Be2=) 13.Be2 Bc8 14.0-0 Nbd7 15.d4 b6 16.Bb2 Bb7 17.Ra1 e5 18.Ra7 (18.de5 Ne5 19.Ba3 Qe7+=) 18...Ba8 (18...Qb8 19.Rb7 Qb7 20.de5 Ne5 21.Nd5 Qd5 22.Qd5 Nd5 23.Ne5 Be5 24.Be5=+) 19.Na4 (19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Qa3 e4+-) 19...ed4+= 20.Nd4 (20.Bd4 Qb8 21.Ra6 Bb7 22.Rb6 Nb6 23.Nb6 Qd8=) 20...Nc5 (20...Qb8 21.Ra6 Bh2 22.Kf1=+) 21.Qc2 (better 21.Nc5!? bc5 22.Nf5 Bh2 23.Kh1+/-) 21...Qb8=+ 22.Ra8 Qa8 23.Nc6?? (better 23.Nc5 Bc5 24.Qb3=+) 23...Qa4-+ (23...Na4?! 24.Bf6 gf6 25.Bf3-+) 24.Qd2 (24.Qa4 Na4 25.Bf6 gf6-+) 24...Qb3 (24...Qa2 25.Bf1-+) 25.g3 (25.Bf6 gf6 26.Qb4 Ra8-+) 25...Nce4 (better 25...Nfe4 26.Qc1 Nd3 27.Bd3 Qd3-+) 26.Qd4 (26.Qc1 Ra8-+) 26...Re8 (26...Bc5 27.Qd3 Qb2 28.f3-+) 27.Bd1 (27.Bc1 Ra8 28.Qb2 Qc3 29.Qc3 Nc3-+) 27...Qc4 (27...Qb5 28.f3 Bc5 29.Na7-+) 28.Kg2 (28.Qc4 dc4 29.Bd4 Bc5-+) 28...Qd4 (better 28...Qb5 29.f3 Bc5 30.Na7-+) 29.Nd4 (29.Bd4 Ra8 30.Bb6 Ra2-+) 29...Nd2 (29...Ra8 30.Nc2-+) 30.Bc3 (30.Nc6 Nfe4-+) 30...Nc4 31.Bd2 (31.Nf5 Be5 32.Be5 Re5-+) 31...Ne4 (better 31...Nd2 32.h4-+) 32.Be1 Ned2 (better 32...Ra8 33.Kf3-+) 33.f3 (33.Bd2 Nd2 34.Bf3 Ne4-+) 33...Nf3! 34.Kf3 (34.Bf3 Ne3 Combination; 34.Nf3 Ne3 Double attack; 34.Kf3 Re3 Double attack) 34…Ne5 (34...Ne5 35.Ke2 Ng4-+) 0-1. ClayPigeons (2190) - pawncrisis (2215), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.Be2 Be8 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.Ne5 Be5 14.Ba3 Bd6 15.ba6 Ba3? (better 15...ba6 16.Rfb1 a5+=) 16.ab7+– (16.Ra3?! ba6 17.Rb1 Bc6+=) 16...Rb8 17.Ra3 Rb7 18.a5 Ra7 (18...Rc7 19.a6+–) 19.a6 Bd7 (19...Bc6 20.Rb1+–) 20.Rb1 Bc8 (20...h6 21.Qb3+–) 21.Qb3 Ne4 (21...Bd7 22.Qb4+–) 22.Ne4 de4 23.Qb4 h6 24.h3 Qc7 (24...Qd5 25.d4+–) 25.Qe4 Qc5 (25...Qe7 26.Qb4 Qb4 27.Rb4+–) 26.Rc3 Qd5 (26...Qa5 27.Qd4 Ra6 28.Ba6 Ba6 29.Rc5+–) 27.Qd5 ed5 28.Rb6 Re8 (28...g6+–) 29.Rb8 Bd7 (29...Kf8 30.Rbc8 g5 31.R3c7 Rc8 32.Ra7 Rc1 33.Kh2+–) 30.Re8 Be8 31.Rc8 Kf8 32.Bb5 Ke7 33.Re8 Kd6 34.Rd8 Kc5 (34...Kc7 35.Rd7 Kb6 36.Ra7 Ka7 37.Kf1+–) 35.Rb8 d4 (35...Kd6 36.Rb7 Rb7 37.ab7+–) 36.Rb7 Ra8 37.ed4 Kd4 38.a7 Kc5 39.Be2 Kc6 40.Bf3 (40.Bf3 Kd6 41.Rd7 Kd7 42.Ba8+–) 1–0. Pierre – Trendat, internet, 2020.

8.Nf3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Qa5 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Be2 Bc3 (better 12...Ne4=+) 13.Bc3+/- Qb6 14.0-0 0-0 (14...Bb5? 15.Qb1+-) 15.Qa1 Ne4 (15...Qd8!?+-) 16.Bg7 Rc8 17.Bd4 Qd8 18.Rc1 (18.Qb2 Nd6+-) 18...Rc1 19.Qc1 Qc8? (19...f6+-) 20.Qb2 (20.Qc8 Bc8 21.d3 e5 22.Be5 Nd7+-) 20...Kf8 (20...h6 21.Be5+-) 21.h3 (better 21.Qb4 Ke8 22.d3 Qc1 23.Bf1 e5 24.Be5 Qc5 25.Qc5 Nc5+-) 21...Be8 (21...Kg8 22.Be5 h6 23.d3+-) 22.Bd3 (better 22.Qb4 Kg8 23.d3 Bb5 24.Qb5 Nd6+-) 22...Nd7 (22...f5 23.Be2 Kg8 24.d3+-) 23.Qb4 Kg8 24.Bb2 (24.Qe7!? h6+-) 24...Qc5 25.Qc5 (better 25.Qa5!? Qe7 26.Bc2+-) 25...Ndc5+/- 26.Be2 Nb3 27.d4 (27.Bc3 Nd6 28.Bd1 Nc1+/-) 27...Nbd2 28.Nd2 Nd2 29.Bc3 Ne4? (better 29...Nc4+=) 30.Bb4+- Kg7 31.f3 Ng3 32.Bd3 h5 33.Kf2 h4 34.Be7 f6 35.Bd6 Nh5 36.b6 Kf7 37.Bc7 Ng7 38.g4 Bc6 (38...hg3 39.Kg3 Nf5 40.Kf4+-) 39.Ke2 Ne8 40.Bd8 (40.Bf4!? Ba4+-) 40...Nd6 41.f4 (41.g5 fg5 42.Bg5 Nc4+-) 41...Nc4 (41...Bb5 42.Bb5 Nb5 43.Kf3+/-) 42.g5 fg5 43.Bg5 (43.fg5 e5 44.de5 Ne5+-) 43...Nb6+/- 44.Bh4 Nd7 (44...Nc4 45.Bg5+/-) 45.Be1 Nf8 (45...Nf6 46.Bb4+-) 46.h4 Ng6 47.h5 Nh8 (47...Ne7 48.Bb4+-) 48.Bh4 (48.h6 Be8+-) 48...Kg7 49.Bg5 Nf7 50.Kf3 (better 50.Be7!?+-) 50...Be8+= 51.Kg4 b5? (better 51...Nh6!? 52.Bh6 Kh6+/-) 52.Be7+- Bc6 53.Kh4 Nh6 54.Bb4 Be8 55.Kg5 Nf7 56.Kh4 Nh6 57.Bd6 Nf7 58.Bc7 Nh6 (58...b4 59.Bc2+-) 59.Be5 Kf7? (better 59...Kg8+-) 60.Kg5 Ke7 (60...Nf5 61.e4 de4 62.Be4 Kf8+-) 61.Kh6 b4 62.Kg5 b3 (62...Bh5 63.Kh5 b3+-) 63.h6 b2 64.h7 Bb5 (64...Bh5 65.h8Q b1Q 66.Qf6 Kd7 67.Qg7 Bf7 68.Qf7 Kd8 69.Bc7 Kc8 70.Ba6 Qb7 71.Bb6 Qa6 72.Qc7) 65.Bb1 (65.h8Q b1Q 66.Qg7 Kd8 67.Kf6 Qc2 68.Qf8 Kd7 69.Bb5 Qc6 70.Kf7 Qb5 71.Qe8) 65...Ba4 (65...Ba6 66.h8Q Bd3 67.Qg7 Kd8 68.Qc7 Ke8 69.Bd6 Bb1 70.Qe7) 66.h8Q (66.h8Q Be8 67.Qg7 Bf7 68.Bg6 Kd7 69.Qf7 Kc6 70.Bd3 b1Q 71.Qc7) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep - whiteking7 (2075), lichess.org, 2016.

8.Nf3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Qa5 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Nd4 (13.Qc2!?=) 13...Bc3–/+ 14.dc3 Qc3 15.Qd2 Qd2 16.Kd2 0-0 17.Be2 Rc8 18.Rc1 Rc1 19.Kc1 e5 20.Nb3 b6 21.f3 Bc8 22.e4 d4 23.Bc4 Nd7 24.Bd5 Nf8 25.Nd2 Be6 26.Bc6 Nd7 27.Kc2 (27.f4 Nc5 28.f5 Bb3+=) 27...Kf8 28.Kd3 (28.f4!? Nb8 29.Nf3–/+) 28...Nc5 29.Ke2 Ke7 30.g3 Kd6 31.Kf2 (31.f4!?–+) 31...Nd3 32.Kg2 Nb4 33.Bb7 Kc5 34.Ba6 Na6 (34...Na2!? 35.f4–+) 35.ba6 Bd7 (35...Kc6 36.f4–+) 36.f4 (better is 36.a7!? Bc6 37.Kh3–/+) 36...b5–+ 37.fe5 fe5 38.Nf3 (better is 38.a7 Bc6 39.Kh3–+) 38...f6 39.Nh4 (39.g4 h6 40.a7–+) 39...b4 40.Nf3 b3 (better is 40...Bc6 41.Kh3 Be4–+) 41.Nd2 b2 42.Nb1 (42.a7 Bc6 43.Kf2–+) 42...Kb6 43.Kf2 (43.Kf3 f5 44.g4 f4–+) 43...Ka6 (better is 43...Bc6 44.a7–+) 44.Ke2 Ba4 45.Kd3 Kb5 46.h4 Kb4 47.g4 Kb3 48.Nd2 Ka2 49.g5 (49.Ke2 Bc6 50.Kd3 b1Q 51.Nb1 Kb1–+) 49...fg5 50.hg5 b1Q 51.Nb1 Kb1 52.Kc4 Kc2 53.Kd5 d3 54.Ke5 d2 55.Kf6 d1Q 56.e5 Qf3 57.Ke7 Qf5 58.e6 Qg5 59.Kd6 Qf6 60.Kd5 Kd3 61.Kd6 Kd4 62.Kc7 Kc5 63.Kb7 Qe7 64.Ka6 Qc7 65.e7 Qb6 0–1. avinoam – rksh, internet, 2012.

8.Bd4 0-0 9.Nc3 a6 10.Qa4 Ne4 11.Rc1 Nc3 12.Bc3 Qe8.

8.Bd4 a6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Qa4 Qe7 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Rb1 Be8.

8.Bd4 Bc8 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 0-0 11.Be2 Ne4 12.0-0 f6.

8.Bd4 Qe7 9.Ne5 0-0 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Qf3 a6 12.Na4 Bc7.

8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Be5 Rc8 11.d4 a6 12.ba6 Na6.

8.Be2 a6 9.ba6 ba6 10.Be5 Be5 11.Ne5 Bb5 12.Nc3 Be2.

8.Be5 Be5 9.Ne5= Ne4 10.Qg4 0-0 11.Nc3 f5 12.Qd1 Qf6.

7.a4 a5 8.Nf3 b6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Bc5 11.d4 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Qb8 13.Rc1 0-0 14.h3 Rc8 15.Ne5 (15.Qb3 Rc1 16.Rc1 Qf8=) 15...Be5 (15...Ne5 16.Rc8 Bc8 17.de5 Be5 18.Be5 Qe5 19.Qc2=+) 16.de5 Ne5 17.Rc8 (17.Rc8 Bc8 18.Qc2=) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2575) - justdoit89 (1680), lichess.org, 2016.

7.a4 b6 8.Nf3= h6 (8...Bd6 9.d4=) 9.a5 (9.Be2 Be7=) 9...ba5 10.Qa4 (10.Nd4 a6=+) 10...Nc5 (10...Bb4!?=+) 11.Qa5+= Qa5 12.Ra5 Nb3 (12...a6 13.ba6 Ba6 14.Bf6 gf6 15.Bb5 Kd8 16.Nc3+=) 13.Ra2 Be7 (13...Bb7 14.Bf6 gf6 15.d4+=) 14.b6 (14.Nd4 Nd4 15.Bd4 Kd7+–) 14...Bc5+= 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Bd7 (16.Bf6 gf6 17.Ra7 Ra7 18.ba7 Ba7 19.Bd7 Kd7=) 16...Kd7= 17.Ne5 Ke7 (17...Ke8 18.ba7 Ra7 19.Ra7 Ba7 20.Nc6=) 18.b7 (18.Ra7!? Ra7 19.ba7=) 18...Rab8+= 19.Nc6 Kd7 20.Nb8 Rb8 21.Ke2 (21.Bf6 gf6 22.d4 Bb4 23.Ke2 Rb7+=) 21...Rb7 (21...d4 22.ed4 Nd4 23.Kd3+=) 22.Ba3 (22.Bf6!? gf6 23.d4+=) 22...Ba3= 23.Na3 Ne4 (better 23...e5=) 24.Rb2?? (better 24.f3 Nd6 25.d4=) 24...Nd4!!–+ 25.ed4 Rb2 26.Nb1 a5 27.f3 Nd6 28.Nc3 Nc4 29.Rd1 Kc6 (29...Kd6 30.Na4 Rc2 31.Kd3–+) 30.f4 f6 31.g4 g5 32.fg5 (32.Na4 Ra2 33.Nc3 Rc2–+) 32...hg5 33.h3 (33.Na4 Ra2 34.Nc3 Rc2–+) 33...e5 (33...f5!? 34.Na4 Ra2 35.Nc3–+) 34.de5 fe5 35.Kd3 (35.Na4 Rb4 36.Ra1–+) 35...e4 (better 35...a4–+) 36.Ne4 de4 (36...Rb4 37.Ng5 Nb2 38.Ke2 Nd1 39.Nf7–+) 37.Kc4–/+ a4 (37...Rb4 38.Kc3 Kc5 39.Rf1 Rc4 40.Kb2–/+) 38.Ra1 (38.Kc3 Rb3 39.Kd4 Rh3 40.Ke4 a3=+) 38...Rd2 39.Ra4 e3 40.Kc3 (better 40.Ra6!? Kd7 41.Ra3=) 40...Rh2 (40...Kd5 41.Ra8 Ke4 42.Re8 Kf3 43.Rf8 Kg3–+) 41.Kd3 ½–½. jaddwarrior (2015) – benny08 (1875), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

7.a4 Nb6 8.d4 Nc4 (8...Ne4 9.Ba3=) 9.Bc3 a6 10.Bd3 (10.ba6!? ba6 11.Nf3=+) 10...ab5-/+ 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Bb4 (12...Qa5 13.Bc3 Qb5 14.Nf3-/+) 13.Bc3=+ Qa5 (13...Nb2 14.Qe2 Nd3 15.Qd3=+) 14.Qb3= Bc3 15.Qc3 (15.Nc3!? Qa1 16.Ke2=) 15...Qb5-/+ 16.Nd2 Ne4?? (better 16...Qb2 17.Ne2 Qc3 18.Nc3 Nd2 19.Kd2 Ke7=+) 17.Ne4+- Qa5 18.Qa5 Na5 19.Bb5 (19.Nc3 Ke7+-) 19...Ke7 20.Nd2 b6 (20...Bd7 21.Bd3+-) 21.Ngf3 Bd7 22.Bd7 Kd7 23.0-0 (23.Ke2 f6+-) 23...Rc8 (23...f6 24.e4+-) 24.Rb1 Kc6? (24...Rc2 25.Kf1 Kc7 26.Ke2+-) 25.g3 (25.Ne5 Kc7 26.Nf7 h6+-) 25...h6? (better 25...f6+-) 26.Ne5 Kb7 27.Nf7 Rc2 28.Nf3 Nc4 (28...Kc7 29.Ra1+-) 29.N7e5 (better 29.Nd8!? Ka7+-) 29...Ka6 (29...Na3 30.Ra1 Nc4 31.Ng6+-) 30.Nc4 (30.Nd7 g5+-) 30...dc4 31.Ne1 (31.Ne5 b5+-) 31...Rd2 32.Kf1 c3? (32...b5+-) 33.Rc1 b5 34.Rc3 (34.Nf3!? Ra2 35.Rc3 b4 36.Rc6 Ka5 37.Re6 b3+-) 34...b4 35.Rb3 Kb5 36.Nd3 (36.Rb1 Kc4+-) 36...Kc4 37.Rb1 (better 37.Nc5!? e5 38.Rb1 ed4 39.Rc1 Kd5+-) 37...Kd3?? (better 37...Rd3 38.Ke2 Rc3=) 38.Rb4+- Ke4 39.Kg2 (39.Rb7 g5+-) 39...Kf5 (39...e5 40.de5 Ke5 41.Kf3+-) 40.Rb7 e5?! (40...g5 41.Rb5 Kf6 42.Kf3+-) 41.Rg7 (better 41.Rb5 Kf6 42.Re5 Re2+-) 41...ed4 42.ed4 Ke4? (42...Rd4 43.Rf7 Kg6+-) 43.Rh7 Kd4 (43...Rd4 44.Rh6 Kf5 45.h4+-) 44.Rh6 (better 44.Rd7 Ke5 45.Rd2+-) 44...Kc3 (44...Ke5 45.g4+-) 45.Rh4 (45.Rc6 Kb4+-) 45...Kc2 46.Rf4 Rd3 47.Rf3 Rd2 (47...Rd4 48.h4+-) 48.Re3 1-0. ClayPigeons (2180) - Limonistermisincocuk (2080), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.a4 Nb6 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.Be2 Bc5 10.0-0 Qe7 (10...Rc8 11.d3=) 11.Nc3 (11.Ne5 Bd6+=) 11...0-0 12.Qb3 Bd6 (12...Rfc8 13.d3 d4 14.Nd4 Bd4 15.ed4+/-) 13.Rfd1 (13.a5 Nc8+=) 13...Rac8= 14.d3 Bb4 15.Nd4 (15.a5 Na8+=) 15...Ba5 (15...e5 16.Nc2 Ba5 17.d4=) 16.Bf3 h6 17.Rac1 Rc7 (better 17...Rfd8=) 18.Ba3+- Qe8 19.Bf8 Qf8 20.Nce2 (20.Nde2 Qd6+-) 20...Rc1 21.Rc1 (21.Nc1 e5 22.Nc2 Qd6+/-) 21...Kh7?? (better 21...e5=+) 22.Qc2+- Qd6 (22...Qb4 23.Ra1+-) 23.Nb3 Bb4 24.g3 (better 24.d4!? Kg8 25.Nc5+-) 24...Na4+= 25.Nbd4 (25.Ra1 Nc5 26.Ra7 Qb6+/-) 25...Nb6 26.Qc7 (26.Qb3 a5=) 26...Qc7 (better 26...e5!? 27.Nb3 Bb5 28.Qb7 Bd3 29.Qa7 Nc4=) 27.Rc7+= Bc8 28.Nc2 (better 28.Rf7!? e5 29.Nc2+=) 28...Bd6= 29.Rc3 Bd7 (better 29...e5=) 30.d4? (better 30.Rb3=) 30...Bb5-+ 31.Rb3 (better 31.Na3 Ba4 32.Rd3-+) 31...Bd3?? (31...Ba4 32.Rc3-+) 32.Ne1?? (32.Rd3 Nc4+-) 32...Nc4?? (better 32...Bc4 33.Rb1 g5-/+) 33.Nd3+- b5? (33...b6 34.Bg2 Kg6+-) 34.Nb4 (better 34.Rb5!? a5+-) 34...a6?? (34...Nd2 35.Rb2 Nf3 36.Kg2 Ne1 37.Kf1=) 35.Nc6?? (better 35.Na6 Nd2 36.Bd5 Nd5 37.Rb5+-) 35...Bb4?? (better 35...Nd2 36.Bd5 Nd5=) 36.Nb4 (36.Rb4 Ne8+-) 36...a5 (36...Nd2 37.Rb2 Nf3 38.Kg2 Ne1 39.Kf1+-) 37.Na6 (37.Nd5 Nd5 38.Rb5 a4+-) 37...b4 38.Nb4! a4 (38...ab4 39.Rb4 Combination) 39.Rb1 (better 39.Rc3 h5+-) 39...a3 (39...Nd2 40.Rd1 Nf3 41.Kg2 Ng5+-) 40.Ra1 a2 (40...g5 41.Nc3+-) 41.Ra2 Nd2 (41...g5+-) 42.Rc2 (better 42.Rd2 g5+-) 42...Nde4 (42...Nf3 43.Kh1 Ne4+-) 43.Nf4 (43.Be4!? Ne4 44.Rc7 Nd6+-) 43...g5 44.Be4 (better 44.Nfd3 Nd6+-) 44...Kg7 (44...de4 45.Ne2 Kg7+-) 45.Ne6! fe6 46.Bd5! Kg6 (46...ed5 47.Rc5 Decoy; 46...Nd5 47.Nd5 Combination) 47.Be6 Kh5 48.Nd3 (48.Bf7 Kg4 49.Bg6 Kf3 50.Nd3 Nd7 51.h3 g4 52.Ne1) 48...Ng4 (48...g4 49.f4 Kg6 50.Ne5 Kg7 51.Rc7 Nd7 52.Rd7 Kf8 53.Ng6 Ke8 54.Rc7 h5 55.Rc8) 49.Ne5 (49.Bf7) 49...Ne3 (49...Ne5 50.de5 Kg6 51.Rc7 g4 52.e4 h5 53.Bf5 Kh6 54.Rh7 Kg5 55.f4 gf3 56.h4) 50.Ng4 (50.Bf7) 50...Ng4 (50...Kg6 51.fe3 h5 52.Rc7 h4 53.e4 Kh5 54.Rh7 Kg6 55.Bf5) 51.h3 (51.Bf7) 51...Ne3 52.g4 (52.Bf7) 52...Kh4 53.Bf5 (53.Rc7 Nc2 54.Rh7 Nd4 55.Rh6) 53...h5 54.fe3 (54.fe3 Kg3 55.gh5 g4 56.Bg4 Kh4 57.h6 Kg5 58.h7 Kf6 59.h8Q Kg6 60.Be6 Kg5 61.Rg2) 1-0. ClayPigeons (2135) - Adhar (2115), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019.

7.a4 Nc5 8.d4 Nce4=+ 9.Bd3 Bb4 10.Ke2 Qa5 11.f3 Nc3 (11...Nd6!?=) 12.Nc3+= Bc3 13.Bc3 Qc3 14.Kf2 e5 (14...Bd7 15.Ne2 Qb4 16.a5+=) 15.Ne2 (15.Rc1 Qa3 16.de5 Nd7+/-) 15...Qb2 (15...Qc7!?+=) 16.Rb1+/- Qa3 17.de5 Nd7 18.f4 0-0 (18...Nc5 19.Bc2+/-) 19.h3 (19.Ra1 Qb4+-) 19...Nc5+/- 20.Bc2 Ne4 21.Kf3 (21.Be4!? de4 22.Qd4+/-) 21...Be6 22.Qd3 (22.Qd4 Bf5+=) 22...Qc5 (22...Qd3!? 23.Bd3 Nd2 24.Kg3 Nb1 25.Rb1 Rac8=) 23.Nd4 (23.Rbc1 Qe7+=) 23...Rac8 24.Rhc1 (24.Rbc1 Qe7 25.Qe2 Rc4+=) 24...Qb6 (24...Qe7 25.Ne6 fe6 26.Qd4=+) 25.g4 (25.Ra1 Rc5+=) 25...h6 (25...Qd8 26.g5 Bh3 27.Rh1=+) 26.Qd1 (26.Kg2 Qd8 27.Qa3 Rc3 28.Ne6 A) worse 28...Ra3 29.Nd8 Rd8 30.b6 ab6 31.Be4 (worse 31.Rb6 Ra2-/+) 31...de4 32.Rc2+= (worse 32.Rb6 Rd2 33.Kh1 Re3-/+); B) 28...fe6=) 26...Rc3 (better 26...Nc3!? 27.a5 Qd8=) 27.Be4 de4 28.Ke4 Rc1 (better 28...Ra3!? 29.Ra1 Ra1 30.Ra1 Rd8+/-) 29.Rc1+- Rd8 (29...a6 30.f5 Bc8 31.Qc2+-) 30.Kf3 (30.Ne6!? fe6 31.Qb3 Kh7+-) 30...Bd5+/- 31.Kg3 1-0. ClayPigeons (2145) - MiguelGallego10 (2025), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.a4 Bd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.d4 Bb4 10.Nc3 (10.Bc3 Be7=) 10...a5 (10...Ne4!? 11.Rc1 Qa5=+) 11.ba6 (11.Bd3 Ne4 12.Rc1 b6+=) 11...ba6 12.Qb3 (12.Bd3 Ne4 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Be4 de4=+) 12...a5 (12...Rb8 13.Bd3=+) 13.Bd3 (13.Ba3 Ba3 14.Qa3 Ba6=) 13...Rb8 (13...Ba6!? 14.Ba6 Ra6=+) 14.0-0= Nb6 15.Nb5 Bd7 16.Ne5 Bb5 17.ab5 Ne4 (17...Ra8 18.Nc6 Qd6 19.Bc3 Bc3 20.Qc3+/-) 18.Rfd1 (18.Nc6 Qh4 19.Be4 (19.Nb8?! Nd2 20.Qc2 Nf1 21.Rf1 Rb8+=) 19...Qe4 20.Nb8 Rb8 21.Ba3+-) 18...f6? (better 18...Qh4 19.g3 Qh5=) 19.Nc6+- Qc7? (19...Qd7 20.Nb8 Rb8 21.Ba3 Ba3 22.Ra3+-) 20.Nb4?? (better 20.Nb8 Rb8 21.Be4 de4 22.Qe6 Qf7 23.Qe4+-) 20...ab4 21.Be4 (21.Qb4 f5+-) 21...de4+/- 22.Qe6 Qf7 23.Qe4 b3? (better 23...Nc4!? 24.Qc2 Rfc8+/-) 24.Ba3 (24.Qd3 Rfc8+-) 24...Rfe8 (24...Rfc8 25.Qd3 Na4 26.Rdb1+-) 25.Qd3 Nd5 (25...b2 26.Bb2 Nc4 27.Ba3 Rb5 28.d5 Na3 29.Ra3+- (29.Qa3?! Rd5 30.Qa4 Red8+/-)) 26.Qb3 Red8 27.Bc5 Qb7 (27...Qe6 28.Qd3+-) 28.Rab1 (28.e4!? Qb5 29.Qa2 Qb3 30.Qb3 Rb3 31.ed5 Rd5+-) 28...Kh8 (28...f5 29.f3 Re8 30.Re1+-) 29.Rdc1 (29.e4 Nf4 30.d5 Qc8+-) 29...Nb6 (29...f5 30.Qd3 Qf7 31.Re1+-) 30.Qe6 Na4 31.Qg4 Nc5 (31...Re8 32.Qf5+-) 32.dc5 Rd2 (32...Rdc8+-) 33.c6 Qb6 34.Qf4 (better 34.c7 Rdd8+-) 34...Rbd8 (34...Rc8 35.Qa4 Rd6 36.Qa6+-) 35.e4 (35.Qa4 Rc8 36.c7 Rdd8 37.cd8R Rd8+-) 35...Qd4 (35...R2d4 36.Qg4 f5 37.Qf5+-) 36.g3 1-0. ClayPigeons (2075) - Abdelhafidi (2070), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.a4 Bd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.d4 Rc8 12.Nbd2 Ne4 13.Rc1 f5 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.de5 Bc5 16.Nf3 g5 (better 16...Qe7!?=) 17.Nd4+/- Qe7 18.Bd3 (18.f3!? Bd4 19.ed4+/-) 18...g4 19.Be4 de4 20.Qb3 Bd5 21.Qd1 h5 22.Re1 (22.Ne2 Rfd8 23.Bd4 Bd4 24.Qd4 Bc4=) 22...f4 (22...h4=) 23.Nc6 (better 23.ef4!? Rf4 24.Qd2=) 23...Qf7 (23...Bc6 24.bc6 fe3 25.fe3 Rc6 26.Bd4=+) 24.Bd4=+ fe3 (24...Bc6 25.bc6 Rc6 26.ef4 Qf4 27.Kh1=+) 25.Be3= (worse 25.Bc5 ef2 (25...bc5?! 26.fe3 Bc6 27.bc6=+) 26.Bf2 Qf2 27.Kh1 e3-/+) 25...Be3 26.fe3 Qf2 27.Kh1 h4?? (better 27...Rc7=) 28.Qg4+- Kh7 29.Re2 (better 29.Qh5 Kg7 30.Qg5 Kh7 31.Ne7+-) 29…Qf1!! (29...Qf1 30.Rf1 Rf1) 0-1. BeepBeepImAJeep (2595) - Tayka (2595), lichess.org, 2017.

7.a4 Be7 8.d4 0-0 9.Nc3 a6 10.Qb3 ab5 11.ab5 (11.Bb5 Nb6=) 11...Ra1=+ 12.Ba1 Qb6 (12...Qa5 13.Qa4 Qc7 14.Nf3=+) 13.Nf3= Ne4 (13...Qa5 14.Qa2 Qc7 15.Bd3=) 14.Bd3 Ndf6 15.0-0 Bd6 16.Rc1 Bd7 17.Ne5 Rc8 (17...Be5 18.de5 Nf2 19.Na4+=) 18.Bb2 Nc3 19.Bc3 Be5 20.de5 Ne4 21.g3 (21.Qb2 Nc5 22.Be2 Na4+=) 21...h6 (21...Qd8 22.Qa3=) 22.Kg2 (22.Rc2 Nc3 23.Rc3 Qa5 24.Rc8 Bc8+=) 22...Nc5 (better 22...Qd8=) 23.Qb1?? (better 23.Bd4 Qa7 24.Rc5 Rc5 25.Qb4+/-) 23...Nd3-/+ 24.Qd3 Bb5 25.Qd2 Bc4 26.Ra1 Qc6 27.Bd4 b5 28.Ra7 b4 (better 28...Ra8!?-/+) 29.Qb4=+ Bd3 30.Bc5?? (better 30.Qb7!? Be4 31.Kh3 Qb7 32.Rb7=) 30...Be4 (better 30...Qc5 31.Qc5 Rc5-+) 31.f3 Bg6 (better 31...Qc5!? 32.Qc5 Rc5 33.fe4 de4-+) 32.Ra5=+ Bh5 33.g4 Bg6 34.Kg3 (34.Qb6 Qe8=+) 34...h5 (34...Qc7 35.Bd4=+) 35.h3 (35.gh5 Bh5 36.Qb6 Qe8=) 35...hg4 36.hg4 f6 (36...Qc7!?=+) 37.Bd4+= fe5 38.Be5 (better 38.Rc5 Qd7 39.Be5 Rc5 40.Qc5+=) 38...Qc2?? (better 38...Qc1 39.Qb7 Qe1 40.Kh3 Qf1 41.Kg3 Qg1 42.Kh3 Qh1 43.Kg3 Qg1 44.Kh3 Qf1 45.Kg3 Qe1 46.Kh3 Qf1=) 39.Ra7+- Bf7 40.Qe7 (better 40.Rf7 Kf7 41.Qb7 Ke8 42.Bd6+-) 40...Qg6+= 41.Qd7 (better 41.Qb7 Rf8 42.Ra8+=) 41...Rc1?? (better 41...Rf8+=) 42.Qd8+- Kh7 43.Qh4 (43.Qh4 Kg8 44.Ra8 Be8 45.Qe7+-) 1-0. ClayPigeons (2170) - khashii (2070), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.a4 Be7 8.Nf3= Bd6!?=.

7.a4 Be7 8.Nf3= Kf8 9.Be2+= Ne4 10.0-0 Bf6 11.d4 g6 12.Nbd2 Nd2 13.Qd2 Kg7 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.de5 Be7 16.f4 b6 17.Bd4 Bb7 18.Rfc1 Qd7 (18...Qf8 19.Rc7 Rb8 20.Rac1+/-) 19.a5 Rhc8 20.a6 (20.Rc8 Rc8 21.ab6 ab6 22.Bb6 Ra8 23.Ra8 Ba8+-) 20...Rc1+/- 21.Rc1 Bc8 22.Qc3 Qe8 (22...Qd8 23.Qc6 Rb8 24.Qc7+/-) 23.Qc7 (23.Qc6 Qc6 24.bc6 Ba3+-) 23...Bd7 (better 23...Ba3 24.Ra1 Be7+/-) 24.Qc2?? (better 24.Qb7+-) 24...Rc8-/+ 25.Qb2 Rc1 26.Qc1 Bb5 27.Bb5 Qb5 28.Qc7 (better 28.Qa1-+) 28...Bh4?? (better 28...Qb1 29.Kf2 Bb4-+) 29.g3= Qe2 30.Qc1 (30.Qa7 Qd1 31.Kg2 Qe2 32.Kg1 Qe1 33.Kg2 Qe2 34.Kg1=) 30...Be7 31.Bb6?? (better 31.Qc7=+) 31...ab6-+ 32.a7 Qa2 33.Qc7 Bc5 34.Qd8 Qa7 (34...Be3?! 35.Kh1 Qa1 36.Kg2 Qa7 37.Qf6 Kh6 38.Qg5 Kg7 39.Qf6 Kg8 40.Qd8 Kg7 41.Qf6=) 35.Kf2 (35.Qf6 Kg8 36.Qd8 Bf8-+) 35...Qa1 (35...h5 36.Qf6 Kg8 37.Qd8 Kh7 38.Qf6-+) 36.Kf3 (36.Qf6 Kg8 37.Qd8 Bf8 38.Qb6 Qc3-+) 36...Qa2 (better 36...Qh1!? 37.Kf2 Qh2 38.Kf3-+) 37.Qf6 Kg8 38.Qd8 Bf8 39.Qc8 (39.Qb6 Qh2 40.Qb1 h5-+) 39...Qc4 40.Qa8 (40.Qc4 dc4 41.Ke4 Bc5-+) 40...Qe4 (40...Qf1 41.Kg4 Qg2 42.Qe8 h5 43.Kg5-+) 41.Kf2 b5 42.Qa2 b4 43.Qd2 (43.Qb2 Bc5 44.Qb3 Qc4-+) 43...Qc4 (better 43...b3 44.g4-+) 44.Qe2 (44.f5-+) 44...b3 45.Qc4 dc4 46.f5 b2 47.fe6 b1Q (47...fe6 48.Ke2 b1Q 49.Kf2 c3 50.Ke2 c2 51.Kf3 Qf1 52.Ke4 c1Q 53.h3 Qcc4) 48.ef7 Kf7 49.e6 Ke6 50.Kf3 Qc2 (50...Qf1 51.Ke4 Qf5 52.Kd4 Qd3) 51.Kg4 (51.h4 h5 52.g4 hg4 53.Kf4 Qf2 54.Kg4 Qg2 55.Kf4 Bd6) 51...Qd3 (51...Qf5 52.Kh4 Be7) 52.Kh3 (52.e4 h5 53.Kg5 Qd2 54.Kh4 Qh2 55.Kg5 Qg3) 52...c3 (52...Qf1 53.Kh4 Be7 54.Kg4 h5) 53.g4 c2 (53...Qe3 54.Kg2 c2 55.h4 c1Q 56.g5 Qcg1) 54.Kg3 (54.Kh4 Be7 55.g5 c1Q 56.h3 Qe1 57.Kg4 Qe4) 54...c1Q 55.Kf4 (55.g5 Qde3 56.Kg4 Qc4) 55…Qce3 0-1. BeepBeepImAJeep (2585) - bogdanb (2420), lichess.org, 2015.

7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Qb6 10.a4 Nc5 11.d4 Nce4 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Be7 Qe7 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Nd3 Nb6 16.Ne5 Qb4 (16...Nd7 17.Nd7 Bd7 18.Bd3=) 17.Nd3 Qe7 18.Nd2 (18.Bf3!?+=) 18...Nc3=+ 19.Qe1 Ne2 (better 19...Nba4!? 20.Nb1 Ne2 21.Qe2 Nb6=+) 20.Qe2+= Bd7 21.Nc5 Rac8 22.a5 (22.Rfb1 e5 23.a5 Nc4 24.Nd7 Qd7 25.de5 Ne5=) 22...Na8 23.Ndb3 b6 24.ab6 ab6 25.Nd7 Qd7 26.Rfc1 Nc7 The isolani on b5 becomes a target 27.Ra7 (27.Rc6 Nb5 28.Rb6 Nc3+=) 27...Qb5 28.Qa2 Qb4 29.g3 (29.Ra4!? Qd6 30.Qd2–/+) 29...Nb5–/+ 30.Qa4?? (better 30.Rc8 Rc8 31.Ra8–/+) 30...Rc1–+ 31.Nc1 Qe1 32.Kg2 Na7 (32...Qc1?! 33.Qb5 Qc2 34.Qb6=) 33.Nd3 (33.Qa7 Qc1 34.Qb6 Qc2–+) 33...Qa5 34.Qd7 Qb5 (34...b5 35.Ne5–+) 35.Ne5 Qd7 (35...Qa6 36.Qd6–+) 36.Nd7 Rc8 37.Nb6 Rc2 38.Kf3 (38.Na4 Nc6–+) 38...h6 (38...Nc6 39.g4–+) 39.Nd7 (39.h4 Nc6–+) 39...Nb5 40.g4 Nc3 41.Kg3 (41.Nc5 Nd1 42.h4 Rf2 43.Kg3 Re2–+) 41…Ne4 (41...Ne4 42.Kh4 g5 43.Kh3 Nf2 44.Kg3 Ne4 45.Kh3 f5–+) 0–1. mete61 – karokan6, internet, 2013.

7.Nf3 g6 8.Be2 (8.Nc3 e5=) 8...Bg7 (8...Bd6 9.0-0=) 9.0-0+= 0-0 10.a4 (10.d4 a6+=) 10...Ne4 (10...b6 11.Nc3=) 11.Bg7 (11.Qc2 Bb2 12.Qb2 b6+=) 11...Kg7 12.d3 Nd6 (12...Qf6 13.Nd4 Nd6 14.Nc3=) 13.Nbd2 (13.Qb3 b6+=) 13...b6 14.Qb1 Rb8 (14...Qf6 15.Qb4 e5 16.Rac1=) 15.Qb2 (15.Qb4 Qe7+=) 15...Kg8 (15...Qf6 16.d4+=) 16.h3 (16.Nd4 Ra8+–) 16...Qf6 (16...Bb7 17.Rfc1+=) 17.d4 Bb7 18.Qb3 (18.Ne5 Ne5 19.de5 Qg7+–) 18...Rfc8 19.Rfc1 Rc1 (19...Ne4 20.Qb4+=) 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Rc8 Bc8 22.Qc2 (22.Bd3 Kg7+=) 22...Qd8 23.Qc6 (23.Ne5 Ne5 24.de5 Nb7=) 23...Ne8 (23...Nb8 24.Qc3+=) 24.Nb3 (24.Bd3 Nb8 25.Qc3 Nd6+=) 24...Qc7 (24...Kg7 25.Kh2=) 25.Qc1 (25.a5 Qc6 26.bc6 Nb8=+) 25...Qc1 (25...f6 26.Qb2=) 26.Nc1 Bb7 (26...Nd6 27.Na2=) 27.Nd3 (27.Ne5 Nb8+=) 27...f6= 28.g4 (28.Nb4 Kf7=) 28...Kf7 29.Nd2 (29.Nb4 e5=) 29...Nb8 (29...a5 30.ba6 Ba6 31.Kf1=) 30.f4 (30.Nb4 Nd6=) 30...Nd6 (30...a5 31.g5=) 31.Nb4 f5 (31...Ke7 32.Kf1=) 32.g5 (32.Kf2 Ke8+=) 32...Ke7 (32...Ne4 33.Ne4 de4 34.Kf2+=) 33.Kf2 Kf7 (33...Ne4 34.Ne4 de4 35.h4+=) 34.Bd3 (34.Ke1 Ke8+=) 34...Ke7 35.h4 Nd7 (35...Ne4 36.Ne4 de4 37.Be2+=) 36.Ke2 Nb8 37.Kd1 Kd7 (37...Ne4 38.Ne4 de4 39.Be2+=) 38.Kc2 (38.Be2 Ne4+=) 38...Ke7 (38...Ne4 39.Ne4 de4 40.Be2+=) 39.Kb3 Kd7 40.Be2 (40.Kb2 Ne4 41.Ne4 de4+=) 40...Kc7 (40...Ne4 41.Ne4 de4 42.h5+=) 41.h5 Nd7 (41...gh5 42.Bh5 a6 43.Be2 ab5 44.ab5+=) 42.hg6 hg6 43.Bd3 (43.Nf3 Ba8+=) 43...Nb8 (43...Ne4 44.Nf3+=) 44.Nf3 Nd7 45.Ne5 (45.Be2 Ba8+=) 45...Nf8 (45...Ne5 46.de5 (worse 46.fe5 Nf7=+) 46...Ne4 47.Be4 de4 48.Kc3=) 46.Nbc6 (46.Be2 Nc8+–) 46...Bc6 (46...Nc8 47.Kb2+=) 47.Nc6 (47.bc6 Nc8+=) 47...Kb7 (47...a6 48.Be2+=) 48.Ne5 Kc7 49.Kb4 (49.Bf1 Nc8+=) 49...Ne8 (49...Nc8 50.Be2+=) 50.a5 (50.Nc6 Kb7+=) 50...Nd6 51.ab6 (51.a6 Nc8+=) 51...ab6 (51...Kb6 52.Ka4+=) 52.Nc6 (52.Bc2 Kd8+=) 52...Nb7 (52...Kd7 53.Kc3+=) 53.Bc2 (53.Be2 Nd7+=) 53...Nd6 (53...Nd7+=) 54.Bd3 Nf7 (54...Nb7 55.Be2+=) 55.Ne5 Nd6 56.Nc6 ½–½. bauska18 – auras12, internet, 2014.

8.d4 ab5 (8...Ne4 9.Qb3=+) 9.ab5 (9.Bb5 Ne4=) 9...Bb4=+ 10.Nd2 Ra1 11.Ba1 (11.Qa1 Ne4 12.Ngf3 Qf6=+) 11...0-0 (11...Ne4 12.Ngf3 Qf6 13.Qc2-+) 12.Ngf3 Nb6 (12...Qa5!?-/+) 13.Bd3= Bd7 14.0-0 Qe8 (14...Qe7 15.Qb3=) 15.Qb3+= Qe7 (15...Bb5? 16.Bb5 (16.Qb4?! Bd3 17.Qb6 Bf1 18.Nf1 Qe7=) 16...Qb5 17.Bc3+-) 16.Rd1 (16.Bc3 Bd6+=) 16...Ra8= 17.Bb2 g6 (17...Ra4 18.Ra1 Ra1 19.Ba1+=) 18.Ne5 Be8 19.f3 (19.Bc3 Bd6+=) 19...Nfd7 20.Ng4 h5 21.Nf2 Nf6 (21...Na4 22.Ba1=) 22.e4+= de4 (22...Na4 23.e5 Nd7 24.Ra1+=) 23.fe4 Ng4 (better 23...Na4+=) 24.Rf1?? (better 24.Ng4 hg4 25.Nc4 Nc4 26.Bc4+/-) 24...Ne3?? (24...Bd2 25.Ng4 hg4 26.Rd1 Be3 27.Kh1-+) 25.Rb1?? (25.Re1 Bd2 26.Re2-/+) 25...Bd2-+ 26.d5 (26.e5 Qg5 27.g3 Ned5-+) 26...ed5 27.ed5 Nbd5 28.Be4 Qg5 (28...Qc5 29.Qd3 Bc3 30.Bd5 Nd5 31.Rc1-+) 29.Nh3 (29.Qd3 Ba5 30.Qd4-+) 29...Qe7 (better 29...Qd8 30.Bd4 Qd6-+) 30.Bd5?? (30.Nf2 Qc5 31.Qd3-+) 30...Nd5 (30...Qc5 31.Bf3 (31.Bb7?? Ng4 32.Kh1 Qc7-+) 31...Ra5 32.Qd3 Rb5 33.Qd2 Nc4 34.Qf2 Qf2 35.Nf2 Nb2 36.Be2-+) 31.Qd5 Rd8 32.Qf3 (32.Qc4 Qe6 33.Qf1 Qb6 34.Nf2 Be3-+) 32...Qc5 (32...Qe3!? 33.Nf2 Qf3 34.gf3 Bb5 35.Ne4-+) 33.Kh1 Bh6?? (better 33...Qc2 34.Qf6 Qb1 35.Ng1 Kf8 36.Ba3 Bb4 37.Bb4 Qb4 38.Qd8 Qb5-+) 34.Nf4 (better 34.Qf6 Kf8 35.Qh8 Ke7 36.Bf6 Ke6 37.Bd8 (37.Qh6?! Kf6 38.Qh8 Ke7+=) 37...Bb5 38.Re1 Be3 39.Bg5+-) 34...Bg7 (better 34...Qc2 35.Rg1 Qb2-+) 35.Bg7=+ Kg7 Attacking the isolated pawn on b5 36.Nh5?? (better 36.b6-/+) 36...gh5 (36...Qh5 37.b6-+) 37.Rf1 Qg5 (37...Qb5 38.h3-+) 38.Qc3 (38.b6 Qg6-+) 38...Kg8 39.Qc7 (39.Qf3 Qb5 40.Re1 Bc6-+) 39...Rd5 (39...Qb5 40.Rg1 Rd2 41.Qg3 Kh7 42.Qe1-+) 40.Qb7 Rf5 41.Re1 Rf6 (41...Rf6 42.Re8 Kg7+/-). ClayPigeons (2155) - lelekk (2085), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nf3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Qa5 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Be2 Nb3 13.Bb2 Nc5 14.0-0 Nce4 (14...Bd6 15.Qc2 0-0 16.Ra1+=) 15.Qc2 Nc3 16.Bc3 Bb4?? (better 16...Qc7+/-) 17.Bb4+- Qb4 (17...Qd8 18.Rc1 Bd7+-) 18.Qc8 Ke7 19.Qh8 (19.Qh8 Nd7 20.Qg7+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2650) - waterlily (2255), lichess.org, 2017.

8.Nf3 ab5 9.ab5 Qb6?? 10.Ra8+- Qc7 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Qb3 b6 14.Rc1 Qb7 15.Ra1 Nc5 16.Qd1 Rd8 (16...Bd7 17.Bf6 Bf6 18.d4+-) 17.Ne5 Bd6 (17...Bd7 18.f3 Ra8 19.d4 Ra1 20.Ba1+-) 18.Nc6 Bd7 (18...Qd7 19.Bf6 gf6 20.Nd8 Qd8 21.Ra8+-) 19.d4 (better 19.Nd8 Bh2 20.Kh2 Qb8 21.Kg1 Qd8 22.Bf6 gf6+-) 19...Bc6 20.bc6 Qc6 21.dc5 Bc5 (21...bc5 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Bd3+-) 22.Nd2 Ne4 (22...Qd6+-) 23.Ne4 de4 24.Qd8 Bf8 (24...Qe8 25.Qe8 Bf8 26.Rc8 h6 27.Qf8 Kh7 28.Qg7) 25.Rc6 (25.Rc6 h6 26.Qf8 Kf8 27.Ra8 Ke7 28.Be5 b5 29.Rc7) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2670) - MarcoRico (2115), lichess.org, 2015.

8.Nf3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Bd6=+.

8.Nf3 ab5 9.Bb5 Be7 10.0-0=.

8.a4 0-0 9.Be2 Nc5 10.0-0 Qc7 (10...a6 11.d4 Nce4 12.Ne5=) 11.h3 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.d4 Ne4+=) 11...Nce4 (11...Qe7 12.d4 Nce4 13.Ba3=) 12.d3+= Nc5 13.Nbd2 (13.Bf6 gf6 14.Nc3 Qa5+=) 13...Qe7 14.Rc1 b6 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5 Nfd7 (16...Ncd7 17.Bg3+=) 17.Bd4 (17.Bg3 e5+/-) 17...a6+= 18.Nf3 ab5 19.ab5 f6 (19...Bb7 20.Bc3 Rfc8 21.Bb4=) 20.Qc2 (20.Bc3 Qf7+=) 20...e5 (20...Bb7 21.Bc3 Rfc8 22.Bb4=) 21.Bb2 Rd8 (21...Bb7 22.d4 Na4 23.Qc7=) 22.d4+/- Na4 (22...ed4 23.Bd4 Bb7 24.Rfd1+=) 23.de5 (better 23.Ra1!? Qb4 24.de5+-) 23...Nb2+= 24.Qb2 fe5 25.Rc7 Qd6 (25...e4!? 26.Nd4 Qf6+=) 26.Rfc1+/- Nc5 (26...Re8!? 27.R1c6 Qf8+/-) 27.Rc6 Qe7 (better 27...Qf8 28.Qe5 Ra2 29.Rc8 Re2 30.Rd8 Qd8+-) 28.Rb6?? (better 28.Qe5 Qf8 29.Nd4+-) 28...Bb7?? (better 28...Na4 29.Qe5 Qe5 30.Ne5 Nb6-+) 29.Qe5+- (29.Ne5?! Na4 30.Rb7 Qb7+- (30...Nb2?? 31.Re7 Nc4 32.Bc4 dc4 33.b6+-)) 29...Qe5 30.Ne5 Re8 (30...Nb3 31.Rc7 Bc8+-) 31.Rc5 Ra1 32.Bf1 Bc8 33.Rb8 (33.Rb8 Re5 34.Rcc8 Kf7 35.Rc7 Kf6 36.Rf8 Kg6 37.b6+-) 1-0. Abdullaevich (1805) - pirilo95 (1810), lichess.org, 2020.

8.a4 b6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Na3 Rc8 (11...Qe7 12.Nb1=+) 12.Nc2–/+ Ne4 (12...e5 13.d4 e4 14.Nh4=+) 13.Ncd4=+ Ndc5 (13...Re8 14.d3 Nc3 15.Bc3 Rc3 16.Nc6 Bc6 17.Qd2=+) 14.Nb3 White intends a5 (14.g3 h6=+) 14...Qe7 (14...Qd7 15.Nc5 Nc5 16.Ne5=) 15.a5 Rc7 (15...Nb3 16.Qb3 Nc5 17.Qd1=+) 16.d3 (16.Nc5 Nc5 (worse 16...Rc5 17.ab6 ab6 18.Bd4+=; worse 16...bc5 17.d3 Nf6 18.Ne5+=) 17.d3 Rfc8=+) 16...Nb3 17.Qb3 Nf6 (17...Nc5 18.Qd1=+) 18.Ne5 (18.a6 Ba8=) 18...Rfc8 19.ab6 ab6 20.f4 Nd7 21.Nd7 Qd7 22.Rfc1 (22.Ra7 Rc2 23.Bd1 R2c7=) 22...h6 (22...Rc1!? 23.Rc1 Rc1 24.Bc1 d4=+) 23.Rc7= Rc7 (23...Qc7 24.Rc1 Qd8 25.Rc8 Bc8 26.g3=) 24.Kf2 (24.Bd4 Bc5+=) 24...Qc8 (24...e5 25.fe5 Qf5 26.Kg1 Be5 27.Be5 Qe5 28.d4=) 25.Bd4+= Bc5 26.Be5 Rd7 Black prepares the advance d4 27.Qb2 (27.Bg4 Qd8 28.d4 Qh4 29.Kf3 f5 30.Bf5 ef5 31.dc5 bc5=+) 27...d4 (27...f6 28.Bd4=) 28.ed4 Be7 (28...Be7 29.d5 Rd5 30.Bg7 Rf5=). Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, corr, 1989.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.Be2 Qe7 10.d4 Ne4 11.Ne4 de4 12.Nd2 f5 13.0-0 e5 (13...Nb6 14.Qb3=) 14.Nc4+– ed4 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Qd4 (worse 17.ed4 Nb6 18.Bb3 Be6=) 17...Qd4 18.Bd4 Nf6 (18...Re8 19.Rac1+–) 19.Rfd1 f4 (19...Re8 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Rd6+–) 20.ef4+– Bg4 21.Rd2 h5 (21...Rfd8 22.h3 Rac8 23.Bf1+–) 22.h3 Bf5 23.Rad1 b6 24.Be5 Kh7 25.Bb3 a6 (25...Kg6 26.Kf1+–) 26.Rd6 ab5 27.Rb6 Nd7 (27...Ra5 28.Bc3 Ra7 29.Rb5+–) 28.Rb5 Ra7 (28...Nf6+–) 29.Bd6 g6 30.Bf8 Nf8 31.Rd6 1–0. idontcastle – mgilbert, net–chess.com, 2018.

8.d4 0-0 9.Nc3 e5 10.de5 Ne5 11.Be2 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qd4 Be6 14.0-0 (14.Rd1 Be7 A) 15.e4 Qa5 16.0-0 a6 17.ba6 Ra6 18.Nd5 Bd5 19.ed5=+; B) 15.Ng5 B1) 15...Qc7 16.0-0 (16.Ne6 fe6 17.0-0 a6 18.a4 ab5 19.ab5=) 16...Rfd8 17.Ne6 fe6 18.Qh4 e5 19.Qg3=; B2) 15...Qd4 16.Rd4 B21) 16...Rac8 17.Ne6 (17.Ke2 Bg4 18.f3 Bf5 19.e4=) 17...fe6= 18.Ke2 e5 19.Rd2=; B22) 16...Rfc8 17.Ne6 fe6 18.f4 a6 19.a4=+; C) 15.Qe5 Qa5 16.0-0 Rfe8 17.Qg3 a6 18.a4 ab5 19.ab5=) 14...Bc7 (14...Be7 15.Rfd1 Qd4 16.Nd4 Rfd8 17.Rac1 a6=+; 14...Qc7 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.Qh4 Qe7 17.e4 Ng4=; 14...Bb4 15.a3 Qd4 16.Nd4 Bc3 17.Bc3 a6=) 15.Rfd1 Qd4 16.Nd4 Ng4 17.h3 (17.Nf3 Rfd8=+) 17...Ne5 18.Na4 Nd3 19.Ba3 Rfd8 20.Nb2 Nb2 21.Bb2 a6 22.a4 ab5 23.ab5 Bd7 24.Ra8 Ra8 25.Ra1 Ra1 26.Ba1 Kf8 27.Bc3 Ke7 (27...Bb6 28.Kf1–/+) 28.Bb4 (28.e4 Bb6=+) 28...Bd6–/+ 29.Bc3 Bc5 30.Kf1 Bd4 (30...f6 31.Ke2–/+) 31.Bd4 Bb5 32.Ke1 (32.Bg7 f6–/+) 32...Bc6 33.g3 b5 34.Bg7 b4 35.Kd1 Be4 36.Kc1 c3 37.h4?? (37.Bd4 Ke6 38.f3 Bf3 39.Kc2–+) 37…f6 (37...f6 38.Kd1 b3–+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Bendig,Frank, corr or02–020, 2002.

8.Be2 Nc5 9.0-0 0-0 10.d4 Ncd7 (10...Nce4 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Nd2=) 11.Nbd2 (11.Qd3 Ne4+=) 11...Ne8 (11...a6 12.a4=) 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Qb3 Qb8 14.e4 (14.Ba3 a6+=) 14...Nc7 (14...de4!? 15.Ne4 Bf4+=) 15.e5+– Be7 16.Rac1 Nb6 (16...a6 17.b6 Ne8 18.Rc2+–) 17.a4 Bd7 18.Rc2 a5 (18...Qd8 19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Qa3+–) 19.Rfc1 (19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Qa3 Qd8+–) 19...Rc8 20.Bd3 Ne8 21.Ba3 Ba3 22.Rc8 Bc8 23.Qa3 Bd7 (better 23...f6+–) 24.Ng5 g6 25.Qe7 Ng7 26.Qf7 (26.Nf7?! Qe8 27.Nh6 Kh8+–) 26...Kh8 27.Bg6! hg6 (27...Qe8 28.Bc2 Qf7 29.Nf7 Kg8+–) 28.Rc3 Qg8 29.Qg6 (29.Qg6 Nf5 30.Rh3 Nh6 31.Rh6 Qh7 32.Rh7) 1–0. GuestFJPK – GuestSQHG, freechess.org, 2019.

8.Be2 Ne4 9.0-0 0-0 10.d3 Ng5 11.Nbd2 Nf3 12.Nf3 Qb6 (12...a6 13.ba6 b5 14.Qd2=) 13.a4+= a5 (13...Nc5 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.d4+=) 14.d4 Qc7 15.Rc1 Qb8 16.Bd3 f6 17.Qc2 Nb6?? (better 17...f5+–) 18.Bh7+– Kh8 (18...Kf7 19.Qg6 Ke7 20.Nh4+–) 19.Qg6 f5 (19...Rd8 20.Ne5!! Be5 21.de5 d4 22.f4 Qe5 23.fe5 Rb8 24.Qh5 Na4 25.Bg6 Kg8 26.Qh7 Kf8 27.ef6 Nb2 28.Qg7) 20.Qh5 (20.Ng5 Rf6 21.Qh5 Bh2 22.Kh1 Nd7 23.Bg6 Kg8 24.Qh7 Kf8 25.Ba3 Nc5 26.Bc5 Bd6 27.Qh8 Ke7 28.Qe8) 20...Rf6 21.Bg6 (21.Bg6 Kg8 22.Qh7 Kf8 23.Qh8 Ke7 24.Qe8) 1–0. GuestYJNH – GuestRTCP, freechess.org, 2019.

7.a4 b6 8.Nf3 a5 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Nd4 g6 12.d3 e5 13.Nf3 e4 14.Nd4 ed3 15.Qd3 Ne4 16.Bf3 f5? (16...Nd7 17.Nc6 Bc6 18.bc6+=) 17.Nd2 (17.Ne6!? Nc5 18.Nd8 Nd3 19.Nb7 Nb2 20.Bd5 Kh8 21.Rc1+–) 17...Qd7 18.N2b3 Bf6 19.Rad1 Qe7 (19...Nc5 20.Nc5 bc5 21.Ba3 cd4 22.Bf8 Kf8 23.ed4=) 20.Be4 (20.Rc1!?+/–) 20...fe4= 21.Qe2 Nd7 22.Qg4 (22.Nc6!? Qd6 23.Bf6 Nf6 24.Nbd4+=) 22...Ne5= 23.Qe6 Qe6 24.Ne6 Rf7 25.Nbd4 (25.Bd4!? Nc4 26.Nf4=) 25...Nd3+= 26.Ba3 Re8 27.f3 Bd4 28.Nd4 Nb4 (28...Rc8!?=) 29.Bb4+= ab4 30.fe4 Re4 31.Rf7 Kf7 32.Re1 h5 33.Kf2 Bc8 34.Kf3 (34.Rc1!? Bf5 35.Rc7 Re7 36.Rc6+=) 34...Bg4 35.Kg3 Bd7 36.h3 g5 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Rc1 Ke7 39.Rc7 (39.Rb1!?+=) 39...Kd6= 40.Rb7?? (better is 40.Rc2=) 40...g4?? (40...Rd4 41.ed4 b3 42.Rb6 Kc7–+) 41.Rb6+– Kc5 42.Rb7 Be6? (better is 42...g3 43.Ke2 Re7+/–) 43.Rc7 Kd6 44.Rc6 Kd7 45.Ne6 (worse is 45.Re6 Re6 46.Ne6 Ke6+–) 45...Re6 46.Re6 Ke6?? (46...b3 47.Re5 Kd6 48.Rh5 b2=) 47.hg4 (better is 47.Ke2 gh3 48.gh3+–) 47...hg4 (better is 47...b3 48.gh5 b2–+) 48.Ke2+– Kd6 (48...Kd7 49.Kd2 g3 50.Kc1+–) 49.a5 (better is 49.Kd3 Ke6+–) 49...Kc5 50.b6 Kc6 51.Kd3 Kb5 (51...Kd6 52.Kc2 Kd7 53.Kb3+–) 52.Kc2 Ka5 53.b7 Kb5 54.b8Q Kc4 55.Kb2 1–0. avinoam – pionas54 (1635), internet, 2012.

7.d4 Qa5 8.Bc3 Bb4 9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Ne2 0-0 11.f3 (11.Bb4 Qb4 12.Nbc3 Bd7=) 11...Nd6 (11...Nc3 12.Nec3 Bd7 13.a3–/+) 12.Ng3 Nc4 (better is 12...Nb5!? 13.Bb4 Qb4 14.Qd2 Qa4+=) 13.Bc4+= dc4 14.0-0 Nd7 15.e4 Bc3 16.Nc3 Qc7 17.f4 a6 18.a4 ab5 19.Nb5 Qb6 (better is 19...Qc6!?+=) 20.Qc4+– Nf6 21.Rab1 Ng4 (21...Qa6 22.Qc3+–) 22.Qd3 (22.Nc7 Ra4 23.Qa4 (23.Rb6 Rc4 24.Nb5 Rb4+=) 23...Qc7 24.Ne2+–) 22...Rd8+/– 23.Rb4 Qa5 24.Rfb1 e5 25.d5 (better is 25.fe5!? Ne5 26.Qf1+–) 25...ef4+= 26.Nh5 (26.Nf1!?+=) 26...Qb6+= 27.Nd4 Qh6 28.h3 (28.Qh3!?+=) 28...Ne5–/+ (worse is 28...Qh5 29.hg4 Bg4 30.Rb7 Ra4 31.Nc6=) 29.Qe2 (better is 29.Qd1!?–/+) 29...f3!–+ 30.Nf3 (30.Nf3 Qh5 Decoy (30...Qh5 Interception); 30.gf3 Qg5 Double attack (30...Bh3 Deflection; 30...Qh5 Decoy; 30...Qh5 Interception)) 30...Qh5 31.R1b3 Nf3 32.Qf3 Qg5 33.Re3 Qf6 (33...Qe7 34.Rc4–+) 34.e5?? (better is 34.Qf6 gf6 35.g4–/+) 34...Qf3–+ 35.gf3 Bh3 (35...Rd5!? 36.Kg2–+) 36.d6 Be6 37.Rb7 Ra4 38.Rc3 Ra1 39.Kf2 h6 40.Rcc7 Ra2 41.Ke3 Rda8 42.Re7? (42.Rc3–+) 42...R8a3 43.Ke4 Ra4 44.Kd3 R2a3 45.Kc2 (45.Ke2 Rh4 46.Kf2 Rh2 47.Kg1 Rc2–+) 45...Rc4 (better is 45...Rf3 46.Re8 Kh7 47.Rb2–+) 46.Kb2 Rf3 (46...Rd3 47.Rec7 Rd2 48.Ka1 Rh4 49.Rc8 Bc8–+) 47.d7?? (47.Rb8 Kh7 48.Re6 fe6–+) 47...Bd7! 48.Rbd7 (48.Rbd7 Rf2 Decoy (48...g5 Passed pawn); 48.Red7 Rf2 Decoy) 48...Rg4 49.e6 Rg2 50.Kc1 Rf1 51.Rd1 Rd1 52.Kd1 fe6 53.Re6 Rg1 54.Kd2 Rg2 55.Kd3?? (55.Kd1 h5 56.Ke1–+) 55...Rg3 56.Kd4 Rg4 57.Kd5 Rg5 58.Kd6 Ra5 59.Ke7 Ra7 60.Kd8 Ra8 (60...Kf7!? 61.Rc6–+) 61.Kc7 Ra7 62.Kb8?? (62.Kd8 Kf7 63.Rc6–+) 62...Re7?? (better is 62...Rf7–+) 63.Re7+– Kf8 64.Re2 (64.Rd7!? Kg8+–) 64...Kf7 65.Rf2 Kg6 66.Rg2 (66.Rg2 Kf6 67.Rh2+–) 1–0. captainevans – fleck, internet, 2013.

7.d4 b6 8.Nd2 0-0 9.Ngf3 Bb7 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Ne8 12.0-0 f5 13.Ne1 Rf6 14.f3 Rh6 15.e4 fe4 16.fe4 Ndf6 (better is 16...Bg5!? 17.Nc2 Rc8 18.ed5 Rc2 19.Qc2 Be3 20.Rf2 Bf2 21.Kf2 A) worse is 21...Rh2 22.Nf3 (22.de6 Rg2 23.Ke1 Qh4 24.Kd1 Rg1 25.Bf1 Bf3 26.Nf3 Rf1 27.Ke2 Qf2 28.Kd3 Qf3 29.Kc4 Ndf6–+) 22...Rh6 23.Bc1+/–; B) 21...Qh4 22.Kf1 Bd5+=) 17.e5+/– Nd7 18.Nef3 Bg5 (18...a6 19.Rc1+/–) 19.Qb3 (19.Ng5!? Qg5 20.Qf3+–) 19...Be3+/– 20.Kh1 Nf8 (20...Bf4!?+/–) 21.Bh7!+– Nh7 (21...Nh7 22.Qe3 Discovered attack; 21...Kh7 22.Qd3 Double attack (22.Qe3 Discovered attack); 21...Rh7 22.Qe3 Discovered attack) 22.Qe3 Qe7 23.Rf2 Rc8 24.Ba3 Qd7 25.Ng5 Ng5 26.Qg5 Rc3? (26...a6 27.Rf8 Kh7 28.Raf1+–) 27.Rf8 Kh7 28.Raf1 (better is 28.Nf3 Rf3 29.Rf3+–) 28...Ra3+/– 29.h3 Rg6? (better is 29...Rd3+/–) 30.Qh4?? (better is 30.Qh5 Rh6 31.Qe8 Qe8 32.Re8 Ra4 33.Nf3+–) 30...Rh6+/– 31.Qg3?? (31.Qg4 Qd8 32.R1f7+–) 31...Rg3–+ 32.Nf3 Qe7 33.Nh2 Qg5 34.R8f2 Nc7 35.Kg1 Rhh3 36.Nf3 Rf3! 37.Rf3 Rf3 38.Rf3 Ne8 (better is 38...Qd2!? 39.Rf7 Qd4 40.Kf1 Qc4 41.Ke1–+) 39.Rh3 Kg8 40.Kh2 Qf4 41.Rg3 Qd4 42.Rf3 Qe5 43.Rg3 Nf6 44.Kh3 (44.Kh1 Qg3 45.Kg1 Ng4 46.a5 Qe1) 44...Ne4 (44...Qh5) 45.Rg4 (45.Kh2 Nf2 46.a5 Ng4 47.Kh3 Qh5) 45...Qf5 (45...Nf2 46.Kh4 Qh2 47.Kg5 Qh6) 46.Kh4 g6 (46...Qh7) 47.g3 (47.Kh3 Nf6 48.Kh2 Ng4 49.Kh3 Ne3 50.Kh2 Qf2 51.Kh3 Qg2 52.Kh4 Qg4) 47...e5 (47...Qh5) 48.Rg6 1–0. captainevans – pionas54 (1650), internet, 2013.

7.Nf3 a6 8.Qb3 0-0 9.Nc3 ab5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bd3 Na6=+ 12.Ba6 ba6 13.0-0 Rb8 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Rab1 e5 17.Qd1 Qa5 18.Ne5 Bf5 19.d3 Bd6 20.Ne2 Rb2! 21.Rc8 Bc8 22.Rb2 Be5 23.Qc1 Bf5 ½–½. Pietrzak,Wojciech – Reichardt,Markus (1955), IECG, 2000.

7.Nf3 Bd7 8.a4 h6 9.Be2 a6 10.Nc3 (10.0-0 0-0=) 10...0-0 11.0-0 ab5 (11...Qa5 12.Ne5=) 12.ab5+= Ra1 13.Qa1 Qb6 14.Ne5 (14.Na4 Qa5 15.Bc3 Qd8+=) 14...Rd8 (14...d4 15.Na4 Qa5 A) worse 16.Nd7 Nbd7 (worse 16...Nfd7 17.Bd4 Qd2 18.Bf3+–) 17.Bf3 Qb5=+; B) 16.Bd4 Bb5 17.Bb5 Qb5 18.d3+=) 15.h3 (15.Ba3 Ba3 16.Qa3 d4+=) 15...Be8 16.Na4 (16.Rc1 Nbd7 17.Nd1 Nc5=) 16...Qa5 (better 16...Qd6=) 17.Bd4 (17.Bc3 Bb4 18.Rb1 Bc3 19.Nc3+= (worse 19.dc3 Nbd7 20.Nd7 Nd7=+)) 17...Bb4?? (better 17...Bb5 18.Bb5 Qb5–/+) 18.Bb6+– 1–0. DEFFM – GuestWZXD, freechess.org, 2016.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 Nd7 12.f4 Bb7 13.Rf3 d4 14.Rh3 Ne5–/+ 15.fe5 de3 16.Qc2 g6 17.de3 Rc8 18.Qb2 Bc5 19.Rg3 Qe7 20.Nc3 Rfd8 21.Rf1 Bb4 22.Nb1 Qc5 23.h4 Be4 24.h5 Ba5 25.hg6 hg6 26.Bg4 Qd5 27.Qf2 Rd7 28.Qf6 Rc2 29.Bf3 Bf3 30.Rg6?? fg6–+ 31.Rf3 Rc1 32.Kh2 Rh7 33.Kg3 Be1 34.Kg4 Qe4 (34...Qe4 35.Qf4 Rh4 36.Kg5 Rf4 37.Rf4 Qe5 38.Kg6 Qg7 39.Kh5 Rc5 40.Rf5 Rf5#; 34...Rc4 35.Qf4 Qd8 36.Rh3 Rh4 37.Rh4 Qh4 38.Kf3 Qf2 39.Kg4 Qg2#) 0–1. Rohrbacher,Walter – Hafner,Otto, Baden–ch Sen, 1988.

7.f4 0-0 8.Nf3 a6 9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Bd7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Nd4 Bc5 16.0-0 Bd4 17.Bd4 Qa5 18.Qb1 Be8 19.Qe4 b6 20.Bd3 Qd2 21.Qh7 1–0. elsh1403 – amigoos, internet, 2014.

7.f4 0-0 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.a4 b6 10.Be2 a6 11.Nc3 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Qa1 Qc7 14.0-0 Be8 15.Rc1 Qb7 16.Bd3 Nbd7 17.Ne2 Nc5 18.Bb1 Nb3 19.Qa2? Nc1–+ 20.Bc1 Bb5 21.Ned4 Bd7 22.Ne5 Bc5 23.Nd7 Qd7 24.Nf3 d4 25.Ne5 Qd5 26.Qc2 g6 27.Ba2 Qd6 28.Nc4 Qc7 29.Bb2 de3 30.Bf6 e2 (30...e2 31.d4 e1Q) 0–1. elsh1403 – peterklein, kurnik, 2011.

8.Nf3 a6 9.Be2 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 b6 12.0-0 Bb7 13.d4 Nbd7 14.Nbd2 Ne4 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.de5 Nc5 17.Nf3 Qd7 18.Nd4 Ra8 19.Bb2 Ra2 20.Qb1 Ra8 21.Rc1 h6 22.Bc3 Rc8 23.Bb4 Ne4 24.Rc8 Bc8 25.Be1 Nc5 26.Nc6 Bf8 27.Qa1 Bb7 28.Nd4 Qc7 29.Qa7 Ne4 30.Kf1 Qc1 31.Nb3 Qb1 32.Qb7 Qb3 33.Qb6 Qb1 (33...Bb4!? 34.Qd4 Nd2 35.Bd2 Qb1 36.Bc1 Qc1 37.Qd1 Qc3=) 34.Qd4 Bc5 35.Qd3 Qc1 36.f3 Ng5 (36...Bb4 37.Bd1 Nc3 38.Bc3 Bc3 39.f4+=) 37.h4 Nh7 38.Kf2 (38.e4 d4 39.Qc4+/-) 38...Nf8? (better 38...Qa1!?+=) 39.Qc3+- Qc3 40.Bc3 Nd7 41.Bd4 Kf8 42.f4 Ke7 43.Bd3 g6 44.h5! gh5 45.Kg3 Bb4 (45...Kd8 46.Kh4+-) 46.Kh4 Ba5 (46...Kd8 47.Kh5 Bf8 48.b6+-) 47.Kh5 Bb6 48.Kh6 Bd4 (48...Nc5 49.Kg7 Nd7 50.Be2 Bd4 51.ed4+-) 49.ed4 Nb6 50.g4 White prepares f5 (better 50.Kg7 Nd7+-) 50...Na4 (50...Kf8 51.f5 ef5 52.gf5+-) 51.f5 (better 51.Kg7 Nb6+-) 51...Nb2 (51...ef5 52.gf5 Kf8+-) 52.Be2 (52.f6 Ke8 53.Bg6 Na4+-) 52...Na4 53.Kg5 White plans f6 (better 53.Kg7 Ke8+-) 53...Nb6 54.f6 Kf8 55.Kh6 Na4 (55...Nc8 56.g5 Na7+-) 56.g5 Nb6 57.Bd3 White prepares the advance g6 (better 57.Bh5 Nd7+-) 57...Na4 (57...Kg8 58.Bh7 Kf8 59.Bg6 fg6 60.Kg6+-) 58.g6 (better 58.Bg6 fg6 59.Kg6+-) 58...Nb6 (58...fg6 59.Kg6 Nb6+-) 59.g7 Kg8 (59...Ke8 60.g8Q Kd7 61.Qf7 Kc8 62.Qa7 Kd8 63.Qb6 Kd7 64.Qc6 Kd8 65.f7 Ke7 66.Qe8) 60.Bh7 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2735) - AndrewHoma (2790), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nf3 a6 9.Be2 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qb6 12.0-0 Bd7 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.d4 Bc3 15.Bc3 Bb5 (better is 15...Rc8 16.Qb3 Nc6+=) 16.Bb5?? (16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Ba1+=) 16...Qb5–/+ 17.Qd2 (17.Qb1!? Qa6 18.Qb2–/+) 17...Ne4–+ 18.Qb2 Qc6 (18...Qb2 19.Bb2 Rc8 20.Ra1–+) 19.Bb4 Re8 20.Ne5 Qa6 21.Ra1 Qb6 22.f3 Nf6 23.h4 Nbd7 24.Nd7 Nd7 25.Qa3 h6 26.Bc5 Nc5 27.dc5 Qc7 28.Rc1 Qe7 29.g3 Rc8 30.Kg2? (30.Qb4 Rc6–+) 30...f6 (30...b6 31.Qa6 Rc5 32.Qa1–+) 31.g4? (31.Qa4 Rc6–/+) 31...e5 (better is 31...b6!? 32.Qa6 Rc5 33.Rc5 bc5 34.h5–+) 32.h5 f5 Black prepares the advance e4 (32...e4 33.Qb4–+) 33.Qb4? (better is 33.Qd3!?+=) 33...fg4 34.fg4? (34.Qg4!? Rc6 35.Ra1–/+) 34...e4 35.Qb3 Kh8 (better is 35...Qg5!? 36.Kh3 Kh7–+) 36.Qd5–/+ Ra8 (better is 36...Rd8 37.Qa2 Qg5–/+) 37.Rd1? (better is 37.Rf1=) 37...Ra2?? (better is 37...Qh4 38.Qe6 Ra2 39.Qa2 Qg4 40.Kh2 Qh5 (40...Qd1?! 41.Qf7–/+) 41.Kg2 Qf3 42.Kh2 Qd1 43.Qa8 Kh7 44.Qb7 Qe2 45.Kh1 Qf3 46.Kh2 Qe3–+) 38.Kg3 (better is 38.Qa2 Qf8 39.Qf2+–) 38...Qc7 39.Qd6 Qf7 40.Qd8?? (better is 40.Qb8 Kh7 41.Qf4+/–) 40...Kh7–+ 41.Rd2 Qf3 42.Kh4 Qh1 43.Kg3 Qe1 44.Kf4 Rd2 45.Qe8 (45.Qc8 Qf1 46.Ke5–+) 45...Qf2 46.Ke4 Qg2 47.Kf4 Qh2 (better is 47...Rd4! 48.ed4 Qf2 49.Ke5 Qe3 50.Kd6 Qe8–+) 48.Ke4 Qc7 (48...Qh1 49.Kf4 Qf1 50.Ke5 Qd3 51.Qg6 Qg6 52.hg6 Kg6–+) 49.Qg6= Kg8 50.Qe8 Kh7 51.Qg6 Kh8 52.Qe8 Kh7 ½–½. elektrooon – rysio6319, internet, 2013.

8.Nf3 b6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Qb3 Rc8 12.Bd3 h6 (12...Ne4 13.0-0+=) 13.0-0+= Bd6 14.Rfe1 Qe7 15.a5 ba5 (15...e5 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bg6 fg6 18.Ng6+=) 16.Ra5+/- Bb8 17.Rea1 (17.Ba3 Qd8 18.Bb4 Ne4+=) 17...Qd6 (better 17...Qd8+=) 18.Ne5?? (better 18.Ba3 Qc7 19.Bb4+=) 18...Ne5-/+ 19.de5 Qe5 20.g3 Qd6 (20...Qh5!? 21.Qd1 Ng4-/+) 21.Ba3= Qd7 (21...Qc7!? 22.Bf8 Qc3+=) 22.Bf8+/- Rf8 23.b6 (23.Na4 Qe7+/-) 23...ab6+= 24.Qb6 d4? (better 24...Rc8!? 25.Nb5 e5+=) 25.Qd4+- Qc6 26.e4 Bc7 27.Rc5 Qb6? (better 27...Bb6!? 28.Rc6 Bd4+/-) 28.Rb1 (28.Rb1 Qd6 29.Qd6 Bd6 30.Ra5+- (30.Rb7?! Bc5 31.Na4 Bd4=)) 1-0. ClayPigeons (2150) - Zairona (2150), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bd6 11.d4 Ne4 12.Nc3 Ndf6 13.Ne5 Qa5 (13...Nc3 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Bb2=) 14.Ne4+= Ne4 15.Bd3 Nf6 16.Rc1 Bd7 17.Bc3 Qb6 18.Nd7 Nd7 19.Qb3 Rac8 20.Bb4 Bb4 21.Qb4 a6 (21...a5!? 22.Qb1 Nf6+=) 22.a5+/- Qd8 23.ba6 ba6 24.Ba6 Rc1 25.Rc1 Nf6 26.Bb5 Re7?? (26...Rf8 27.a6 Qb8 28.Qa5+-) 27.a6 (better 27.Qe7! Qe7 28.Rc8 Qf8 29.Rf8 Kf8 30.a6+-) 27...Ra7 28.Qc5 Ra8 29.h3 (better 29.a7 g6 30.Bc6 Ne4+-) 29...Qb8?? (29...g6+-) 30.a7! Qf8 (30...Ra7 31.Qc8 Double attack; 30...Qa7 31.Qa7 Combination) 31.Qf8 Kf8 32.Rc7 g6 33.Bc6 (33.Bc6 Ra7 34.Ra7+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2515) - themantheman16 (2045), lichess.org, 2017.

8.f4 a6 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Bd3 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Qa1 Qc7 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Ne5 Be8 16.h3 Nbd7 17.g4 Ne5 18.fe5 Nd7 19.Qb1 g6 20.Rf2 Ne5 21.Na2?? (better is 21.Nd5 ed5 22.Be5 Qe5 23.Qb4 Qg3 24.Rg2 Qh3 25.Qe7+=) 21...Nd3–+ 22.Qd3 Bf8 (better is 22...Qg3!? 23.Rg2 Qe1 24.Qf1 Qf1 25.Kf1 Bb5 26.Kf2 Bd2 27.Kf3–+) 23.Qd4 e5?? (better is 23...Qg3 24.Kh1 Qh3 25.Kg1 Qg3 26.Kh1 e5 27.Qe5 Qe5 28.Be5 Bb5–+) 24.Qd5= Bg7 25.Nc3 b6 26.Ne4 Rd8 27.Qb3 Qe7 28.g5 Kh8 29.Nf6 Bf6 30.gf6 Qd7 (30...Qc5 31.d4 Qb5 32.Qa3+=) 31.Be5 (31.Qb4 Qd6 32.Qd6 Rd6 33.Be5 Rd3+/–) 31...Qb5 (better is 31...Qh3!? 32.Rh2 Qc8+=) 32.Qb5+/– Bb5 33.Bc7 Ra8 34.Bb6 Ra1 35.Kh2 Bd3 36.Bd4 h5?? (better is 36...Rb1+/–) 37.Ba1+– 1–0. jura1946 – miril, internet, 2012.

8.Qb3 Nbd7 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nfd2 f5 11.f3 Nd2 12.Nd2 f4 13.e4 Bh4 14.Kd1 Nb6 15.e5 Bd7 16.a4 Nc8 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.Ke2 (better is 18.g3!? Bg5 19.h4+=) 18...Nf5+= 19.Bf5 Rf5 20.Rac1 (20.Rhc1 Qb6+=) 20...Rf7 21.Rhg1 Qe8 22.Nb1 Bd8 23.Bc3 a6 24.Na3 Be7 25.Bb4 ab5 26.Be7 ba4 (26...Re7?! 27.ab5 b6 28.Rc3+=) 27.Qb7 Re7 28.Rc7 Rb8 29.Qa7 Bb5 30.Kd2 Rc7 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qb7 Bc6 33.Qa6 Ra8 34.Qd3 Qe7 35.Rc1 Be8 36.g3 Rb8 37.Rc3 Qg5 (37...Bg6!? 38.Qa6 Qb4 39.Nb5–+) 38.g4 Bg6 39.Qe2 (39.Qa6 Qe7 40.Kd1 Be8–/+) 39...Qe7 40.Nc2 (40.Kd1 Rb3 41.Rb3 ab3–+) 40...Bc2 41.Kc2 Qb4 42.Qd3 (42.Kd3 Qb5 43.Kd2 Qa5–+) 42...Qb2 (42...a3 43.Kd1 a2 44.Rc1–+) 43.Kd1 Qh2 44.Rc1 (44.Rc7–+) 44...Qg1 45.Kd2 Rb2 46.Rc2 Qf2 (46...a3 47.Rb2 ab2 48.Qb5 Qc1 49.Ke2 Qc2 50.Ke1 b1Q 51.Qb1 Qb1 52.Kd2–+) 47.Kc1 Qc2 (47...Qe3 48.Qd2 Rc2 49.Kc2 Qf3–+) 48.Qc2 Rc2 49.Kc2 g5 50.Kb2 h5! (50...h5 51.gh5 g4 52.fg4 f3–+) 0–1. Huelle,Gunter – Bross,Thomas (2010), Leipzig VfB op, 2005.

8.Be2 a5 9.a4 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Ne5 Nfd7 12.Nf3 (12.Nd7 Qd7 13.d4 Ne4+=) 12...Bf6 (12...Nf6!?=) 13.d4+= Ne4 14.Nbd2 Nd2 15.Qd2 b6 16.Rac1 Bb7 (16...Be7 17.Qd3+–) 17.Ba3+– Re8 18.Bd6 e5 19.Bc7 Qe7 20.de5 Ne5 21.Ne5 Be5 22.Bb6 Bh2 23.Kh2 Qd6 24.Kg1 Qb6 25.Bf3 Kf8 (25...Rad8 26.Qd4 Qd6 27.Rfd1+–) 26.Qd3 (26.Rfd1 Rad8+–) 26...g6 (26...Kg8!?+–) 27.Bd5 Rad8 28.e4 (28.Qa3 Kg8 29.Bc6 Re5+–) 28...Bd5 29.ed5 Qd6 30.Rfd1 Re5 31.Qc3 Rd5?? (31...Rh5 32.Qh8 (32.Qa5?? Qh2 33.Kf1 Qh1 34.Ke2 Re8 35.Kd3 Rd5 36.Kc2 Re2 37.Kc3 Rd1 38.Qd8 Rd8 39.Rh1 Rf2–+) 32...Ke7 33.Re1 Kd7 34.Qc3 Qh2 35.Kf1 Qh1 36.Ke2+–) 32.Qh8 Ke7 33.Re1 Kd7 34.Qh7 Qf4 35.Qh3 Rf5 36.Rcd1 Kc8 37.Rd8 Kd8 38.Qh8 Kc7 39.Qc3 (39.Qc3 Kd8 40.Qa5 Qc7 41.Rd1 Kc8 42.Qa8 Qb8 43.Rc1 Kd7 44.Qb8 Ke7 45.Qa7 Kf6 46.Qd4 Re5 47.f4 Kg7 48.Qe5 f6 49.Rc7 Kh6 50.Qf6 Kh5 51.Qg5) 1–0. onur604 (2315) – Igrun55 (2250), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 a6 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.ba6 ba6 12.d4 Rb8 13.Rb1 Ncd7 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rfc1 Nb6 16.Nd5 Qc2 17.Ne7 Kh8 18.Rc2 Nbd5 19.Rc8 Rfc8 20.Nc8 Rc8 21.Ba6 Rc2 22.Bd3 Rc8 23.a4 Rb8 24.a5 Nd7 25.a6 N7b6 26.Ng5 Kg8 27.Bh7 Kh8 28.Be4 g6 29.Nf7 Kg7 30.Ne5 g5 31.a7 Ra8 32.Ra1 Nc4 1–0. guest838 – guest211, ICC, 2002.

8.Be2 Bd7 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Be8 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.d4 Nb6 15.Qb3 Nfd7 16.Bb2 f5 17.Ba3 Nf6 18.Ra1 Ne4 19.Be7 Qe7 20.Ne4 fe4 21.Ne5 Qf6 22.Rf1 h5 23.Qb4 Qd8 24.Rc1 Qf6 25.Rf1 g5 26.f3 ef3 27.Rf3 Qg7 28.Rf8 Qf8+/– 29.Qf8 Kf8 ½–½. Ruhle,Ernst Albrecht – Hendry,Ian L, Wch Seniors Bad Wildbad, 1993.

8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Qc2 Bf6 11.d4 Nb6 12.Nbd2 Nd2 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.a4 Rc8 15.Qb3 Re8 16.a5 Na8 17.Nf3 b6 18.a6 Nc7 19.Bd3 h6 20.Rac1 Rf8 21.Ne5 Be5 22.de5 Ne8? (better 22...Qg5+/-) 23.Rc8+- Bc8 24.Ba3 f6 25.Bf8 Kf8 26.ef6 Nf6 27.Rc1 Qd7 (27...Bd7+-) 28.Qb4 Kf7 29.Qf4 Kg8 (29...Qe8 30.Qc7 Bd7 31.Qa7 Qe7+-) 30.Qb8 Ne4 31.Rc8 Kh7 32.Qb7 Qd6 33.Be4 de4 34.Qe4 g6 35.Qb7 (35.Qb7 Qe7 36.Qe7) 1-0. Anonymous WG – Anonymous, lichess.org, 2021.

8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Nc3 Ndf6 11.Ne4 Ne4 12.d3 Nd6 13.a4 Bd7 14.Ne5 Be8 15.Qd2 f6 16.Nf3 Rc8 17.Rfc1 Bf7 18.Nd4 e5= 19.Nb3 Qd7 20.Nc5 Qf5 21.Ba3 Rfe8 22.Qd1 h5 23.Nb3 b6= 24.Rc8 Rc8 25.Rc1 ½–½. Reuter,A (1645) – Thieme Garmann,Alexander (1860), RL–op Polch, 1993.

9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qa5 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.0-0 Nb6 14.Bc3 Qa2 15.Bd4 Nc4 (better 15...Na4!?=) 16.Nc3+/- Qa5 17.Bc4 dc4 18.Qe2 Bd7 19.Qc4 Rc8 20.Qd3 Nd5 21.Rb1 Nc3 22.dc3 Qc7 (22...Rd8 23.c4+=) 23.e4 (23.Be5 Qd8 24.c4 Be8+=) 23...Be8+= 24.e5 1-0. DEFFM – GuestMVSH, freechess.org, 2021.

9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qa5 12.Bc3 Bb4 13.Bf6 (13.Qb3 Bc3 14.Qc3 Qc3 15.Nc3 Ne4+=) 13...gf6 14.0-0 Bd7 Attacking the isolated pawn on b5 15.Nc3 (15.Nd4 e5 16.Nc2 Rc8+= (16...Bb5? 17.Bb5 Qb5 18.Qg4 Kh8 19.Nb4+–)) 15...Bc3 16.dc3 Bb5 17.Bb5 Qb5 18.Qd4 Nd7 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.Nd4 (20.h3 Qb3–/+) 20...Qd3–/+ 21.Ne2 Rg8 22.Qa4 Nc5 (22...Ne5 23.Qd1–/+) 23.Qf4 (23.Qf4 Qg6 24.Qf3–/+). GuestWSRV – GuestZFVX, freechess.org, 2018.

9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qa5 12.Bc3 Qb6 13.0-0 Bd7 14.Bf6 (14.Bd4 Qd6+=) 14...Bf6 15.d4 Qa5 (15...Rc8 16.Nbd2=) 16.Qd3 (16...Rc8 17.Nbd2=; 16.Qd2 Qb6+=). Kleinke,Uwe – Zappe,Helmut, corr DDR–ch I726, 1988.

9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qa5 12.Bc3 Qd8 13.0-0=.

9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Nbd7 12.0-0=.

9.a4 Nbd7 10.0-0=.

7.Bb5 Nc6 8.Be2 a6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 Bg4 12.a3 Bb8 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Ne4 15.g3 Nd2 16.Nd2 Be2 17.Rfe1 Bc4 18.Nc4 dc4 19.Qc4 Ne7 20.Qb3 b5 21.a4 ba4 22.Ra4 Qd7 23.Qa2 Bd6 24.Ra6 Ra6 25.Qa6 Rb8 26.Ba1 Qc6 27.Qc6 Nc6 28.Rc1 Nb4 29.Kf1 Na2 30.Rd1 Nb4 31.Ke2 Nc2 32.Bc3 Bb4 33.Kd3 Bc3 34.Kc3 Nb4 35.d5 Na6 36.e4 f6 37.f4 Rc8 38.Kd4 Nc7 39.e5 fe5 40.fe5 Rd8 41.d6 Nb5 42.Kc5 Nc3 43.Rd3 Ne4 44.Kc6 Kf7 45.Kc7 Ra8 46.d7 Ra7 47.Kb6 Ra8 48.d8Q Rd8 49.Rd8 Ke6 50.Rg8 g6 51.Re8 Kf7 52.Rh8 h5 53.Kc7 Ke6 54.Re8 Kf7 55.Kd8 Nc5 56.Re7 Kf8 57.e6 g5 58.Re8 Kg7 59.Ke7 h4 60.gh4 gh4 61.Rc8 Ne4 62.Rc4 Nf6 63.Rh4 Nd5 64.Kd6 Nf6 65.e7 Kf7 66.Rf4 Ke8 67.Ke6 Nh7 68.Rf5 Ng5 69.Kf6 Ne4 70.Ke5 Nd6 71.Rf6 Nc8 72.Rf8 Ke7 73.Rc8 1-0. zembelek (2065) - aguar (1935), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.Bb5 Nc6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 h6 (10...Be6 11.Qb3=) 11.a3 Bf5 12.d4 (12.Nd4 Bg6=) 12...Re8 13.Nbd2 Ne4 14.Qb3 Rb8 (14...Nd2 15.Nd2 Na5 16.Qa2=) 15.Rfd1 (15.Rac1 Nd2 16.Nd2 Na5=+) 15...Bc7 (15...Na5 16.Qa2=+) 16.Nf1 (16.Rac1 Nd2 17.Nd2 Na5=) 16...Qd6 (16...Na5 17.Qa2=+) 17.a4 Qe6 18.Rac1 Bd6 19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Qa3 Qe7 21.Qe7 Re7 22.Bb5 (22.N3d2 Nf6=) 22...Bd7 (22...Nb4 23.N1d2=+) 23.Ng3 Ng3 24.hg3 f6 25.Rd2 a6 26.Bc6 Bc6 27.a5 Kf7 28.Rb2 Rc8 (28...Bb5!?=) 29.Ne1 Ke6 (29...Rd8 30.Rc5=) 30.Nd3+/- Rcc7 31.Nc5 (31.Rb6 Kf7+/-) 31...Kd6 (31...Kf5!?+=) 32.Rb6+/- g5 1-0. zembelek (2080) - hooloo (2025), Rated Standard game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Nc3 Qd8 8.Bb5 Nfd7 9.Ne4 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 (11.Bc2 Nb6=) 11...Bb7+= 12.Qg4 f6?? (better is 12...Nc6 13.Qh5 Nb4 14.Be6 Qe7–/+) 13.Qe6+– (13.Be6?! Qe7+–) 13...Qe7 14.Nd6 (14.Nd6 Kd8 15.Nb7 Ke8 16.Nd6 Kd8 17.Nf7 Ke8 18.Nh8 Qe6 19.Be6+–) 1–0. forsetinn (1680) – anti_monarch, gameknot.com, 2013.

7.Nc3 Qg5 8.Nf3 Qh6 9.Nb5 Na6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nc5?? (11...Bc5 12.Nd7 Nd7 13.d4+=) 12.Qd4 (better is 12.Nc7 Kd8 A) 13.Na8?! A1) 13...Ba4?? 14.Nf7 Kd7 15.Nh6+– (15.Nh8?! Qh5+=); A2) 13...Na4 14.Nf7 Ke8 15.Nh6 Nb2 16.Nc7 Ke7+–; B) 13.Qa5+–) 12...Nd5+/– 13.e4 a6 14.Nd7 Kd7? (better is 14...Nd7 15.ed5 ab5 16.Bb5 ed5 17.Bd7 Kd7 18.Qd5 Ke8 19.Qb7 Qe6 20.Kf1 Qa6 21.Qa6 Ra6+–) 15.ed5+– ab5 16.Bb5 Kc7 17.Rc1 b6 18.Qc4 Bd6? (18...Qg5 19.de6 Qg2+–) 19.d4 ed5 20.Qc2 (better is 20.Qd5 Qe6 21.Qe6 fe6 22.dc5 bc5 23.a4+–) 20...Ra2 21.dc5 bc5 22.Qb1 Rha8 23.h3 (23.Rc2 Qe6 24.Be2 Qe4+–) 23...Qe6 24.Kd1 f6? 25.Re1+– Qf7 26.Bd4 c4? 27.Bc4! dc4 28.Qb6 Kc8 29.Qc6 Bc7 30.Re8 Qe8 31.Qe8 Kb7 32.Rb1 Ka6 33.Qb5 (33.Qa8) 1–0. Taus,Martin (2170) – Bester,Kazimierz, 40. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2011.

8.Qb3 a6 9.Bc4 Bc6=+ 10.Nc3?? Nd7?? 11.Nd5 Bd5 12.Bd5 ed5 13.Qd5+/– f6 14.Nf3 Be7 15.0-0 Rb8 16.Rac1 Qb6 17.Qb3 Qb3+/– 18.ab3 0-0 19.d4+– Nb6 20.Rfd1 Rbc8 21.d5 Rcd8? 22.e4+– Bd6 23.Nd4 Rc8 24.Nf5 Rc1 25.Bc1 Nd7?? 26.Nd6 h5 27.Nb7 Rb8 28.Nd6 Rb3 29.Be3 a5 30.Ra1 Ne5 31.h3 Nd3 32.Ra5 h4 33.Rb5 Ra3 34.Nf5 Ra4 35.Bd4 Rc4 36.d6 Rc1 37.Kh2 Ne5 38.Be5 fe5 39.d7 Rd1 40.Rb8 Kf7 41.d8Q Rd8 42.Rd8 g6 43.Nh6 Kf6 44.Rd6 Kg7 45.Ng4 g5 46.Ne5 Kh7 47.Ng6 Kh6 48.e5 Kh5 49.Nf8 g4 50.e6 g3 51.fg3 hg3 52.Kg3 Kh6 53.e7 Kg7 54.e8Q Kg8 55.Rg6 Kh8 56.Ne6 Kh7 57.Qg8# 1–0. gtate (1845) – drsmoke (1605), net–chess.com, 2003.

8.Qb3 Bb5 9.Qb5 Qd7 10.Qd7 Nd7 11.Nc3 =.

8.Be2 Bc6 9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Nc3 N7f6 12.Rb1 Nb4 13.Qb3 Rd8 14.d4 Nbd5 15.Qb6 Nb6 16.0-0 Na4 17.Na4 Ba4 18.Ne5 Bd6 19.Nc4 0-0? (better 19...Be7+=) 20.Nd6+- Rd6 21.Ba3 Rb6? (21...Rd7 22.Bf8 Kf8+-) 22.Bf8 Rb1 (22...Kf8 23.Rb6 ab6+-) 23.Rb1 Kf8 24.Rb7 Bc6 (24...a5 25.Ra7+-) 25.Ra7 g6 26.Rc7 (26.a4 Ne4 27.a5 Nc3+-) 26...Bd5 27.Bc4 Kg7 (27...Ne8 28.Rc5 Bc4 29.Rc4+-) 28.Bd5 Nd5 29.Rb7 Nc3 30.Rb3 Na2 31.Kf1 Nc1 32.Rc3 Na2 33.Rc4 Kf6 34.Ke2 e5 35.Kd2 ed4 36.ed4 Ke6 37.Kc2 Kd5 38.Ra4 f5 (38...g5 39.Kb2+-) 39.Ra2 Kd4 40.Ra7 Ke4 41.Rh7 Ke5 42.Rg7 Kf4 (42...Kf6 43.Rb7 g5+-) 43.Rg6 Ke5 44.Rg8 Ke4 45.Rg3 Kf4 46.f3 Ke5 47.h4 Ke6 (47...Kd4 48.h5 Ke5 49.h6 f4 50.Rg8 Kf6 51.h7 Ke5 52.h8Q Kd5 53.Qh5 Ke6 54.Rg6 Ke7 55.Qh7 Kd8 56.Rg8) 48.Rg5 (48.Rg6 Ke5 49.h5 f4 50.h6 Kd5 51.h7 Kc5 52.h8Q Kc4 53.Rg5 Kb4 54.Qd4 Ka3 55.Ra5) 48...Kf6 49.Rf5! Kf5 50.Kd3 Kg6 51.Ke2 Kh5 ½-½. Butterbrot (2000) - justwin22 (2120), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015. c6=+) 32.Ra8+- Ke7 33.Rg8 Nf6 34.Ra8 1-0. upep (2055) - bryk (1900), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Be2 Nf6 9.Nf3 Bb4 (9...Bc6 10.d3=) 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.0-0 0-0 12.d3 b6 (12...a5 13.Na3=) 13.Rc1 Be7 14.Nbd2 Na5 (14...Nd5 15.Rab1+=) 15.Qc3 Rc8 16.Qe5 Bc6 17.Qg3 Bd6? (better is 17...Nh5 18.Qh3 Nf6+/–) 18.Bf6+– Bg3 19.Bd8 Bf2 20.Kf2 Rfd8 21.d4 Nb7 (21...f6 22.Rab1+–) 22.Ba6 Rd7 (22...Bf3 23.Kf3 Rc1 24.Rc1 Nd6+–) 23.Ne5 (23…Rdc7 24.Rc6 Rc6 25.Nc6 Rc6 26.Bb7+–) 1–0. Trkn – guest5421, ICC, 2004.

9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qb6 Nb6 12.0-0 =.

9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Qb3 11.ab3 Ncb4 12.0-0 Nc2 13.Ra2 f6 14.Nc3 Ncb4 15.Raa1 e5 16.Rfc1 a6 17.d4 Nc3 18.Bc3 e4 19.Nd2 f5 20.f3 Bc6 21.fe4 Be4 (better is 21...fe4!? 22.Bh5 Kd8+=) 22.Ne4+– fe4 23.Bg4 Nd5 24.Bd2 Bb4 25.Bb4 Nb4 26.Ra4 Nd5 27.Be6 Nf6 28.Rc7 b5 29.Ra2 Kd8 (29...Rf8+–) 30.Rg7 Re8 31.Bf7 Re7 32.Rf2 Ne8 33.Rh7 Rc8 (33...a5 34.g4 a4 35.ba4 ba4 36.g5+–) 34.g4 Rc3 (34...Rc1 35.Kg2 Nd6 36.g5 Nf7 37.Rff7 Rf7 38.Rf7+–) 35.g5 Re3 (35...Rb3 36.g6 (36.Bb3?! Rh7 37.Bd5 Nd6+–) 36...Re3 37.Be8 Re1 38.Kg2 Ke8 39.Re7 Ke7 40.Rf7 Ke6 41.Rf8 Re2 42.Kf1+–) 36.g6 Re1 37.Rf1 Rf1 38.Kf1 Nf6 39.Rh8 Kd7 (39...Kc7 40.h4+–) 40.h4 e3 41.Ke2 Re4 42.g7 Rg4 43.Rh6 Ke7 44.Rf6 Rg7 45.Ra6 (45...Rg4 46.Ra7 Kd6 47.h5 Rd4 48.Ra5+–) 1–0. marekt – Calabinhas, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Bd6 11.Na3 0-0 12.0-0 Rfc8 13.Nc4 Qb3 14.ab3 Be7 (14...Bb4 15.Rfc1=) 15.d4 (15.Rfc1 f6+=) 15...a5 (15...b5!? 16.Ncd2 Ncb4=) 16.Rfc1+= f6 (16...b6 17.e4 Nf4 18.Bf1+/–) 17.e4+/– Nf4 18.Bf1 Ra6 19.g3 Ng6 20.d5 ed5 21.ed5 Nb4 22.Ne3 (22.d6 A) 22...Bd6? 23.Rd1 Bg4 24.Nd6+– (24.Rd6?! Bf3 25.Nb6 Rb6 26.Rb6 Rc2+–); B) 22...Bd8+/–) 22...Rc1 23.Rc1 b5 (23...Rd6 24.Rc7 Nd5 25.Nd5 (25.Rb7?! Ne3 26.fe3 Rd1=) 25...Rd5 26.Bc4+–) 24.Rc7 (24.Nd4 Ra8 25.Nc6 Kf8+–) 24...Be8 (24...Rd6!? 25.Bd4 Nd5 26.Rd7 Rd7 27.Bb5 Ne3 28.Bd7 Nc2+/–) 25.Rc8 (25.Nd4 Bf8+–) 25...Kf7 26.Re8! (26.Re8 Ke8 27.Bb5 Kf7 28.Ba6 Na6 29.Kg2+/–) 1–0. Teichmann,Erik (2325) – Mccook,Jake (1700), Melbourne Cup Weekender, 2010.

9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Qc1 Rc8 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 (12.Qc3? Nb4 13.Bc4 Nd5-+) 12...Nb4 13.Rb1 (better 13.0-0 Nd5 14.Rb1 Nc3 15.dc3=) 13...Qc7?? (better 13...Bb5 14.Bb5 Qb5=+) 14.Qb2+/- a5 15.Bg7 (15.Bb4?! ab4 16.0-0 Qc2+=) 15...Bg7 16.Qg7 Nc2 17.Kf1 Rf8 18.g4 (18.Ng5!? Nd4 19.ed4+-) 18...Nb4 19.a3 Qc2? (19...Nc2 20.Ng5 (20.Qh7?! Na3 21.Rb3 b5+=) 20...f6 21.Nh7+-) 20.Qb2 (better 20.Rb2 Qg6 21.Qg6 fg6 22.ab4+-) 20...Qb2+/- 21.Rb2 Nd5 (21...Nc2!?+-) 22.Rb7 Bc6 23.Ra7 a4? (23...Ra8 24.Ra8 Ba8 25.Kg2+-) 24.Kg2 (24.Ne5!? Ne7 25.Rg1 Kd8+-) 24...Nf6 (24...Rg8 25.Kh3 Ra8 26.Ra8 Ba8 27.Rc1+-) 25.h3 h5 (25...Nd7 26.d4 Ke7 27.Kg3+-) 26.Kg3 (better 26.gh5!? Kd8 27.Rb1+-) 26...Ne4 27.Kh2 hg4 28.hg4 (28.Ne5 Kd8 29.Ba6 Nc5+-) 28...Nf2 (better 28...Rh8!? 29.Kg2 Rh1 30.Kh1 Nd2+/-) 29.Rc1+- Ng4 30.Kg3 (30.Kh3 Nf2 31.Kg3 Ne4 32.Kf4 Nd6+-) 30...Rg8+- 31.Rc6?? (31.Kh4 Nh6 32.Rc6 Rc6 33.Bb5 Nf5 34.Kh3+-) 31...Rc6?? (better 31...Ne5! 32.Kf2 Nc6=+) 32.Ra8+- Ke7 33.Rg8 Nf6 34.Ra8 1-0. upep (2055) - bryk (1900), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 Rc8 12.g3 Nce7 13.e4 Nb4 14.Nc3 Nbc6 15.d5 ed5 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.Qd5 Be6 18.Qb5 Qc7 19.Rac1 a6 20.Qa4 Qa5 21.Qa5 Na5 22.a3 Nc4 23.Bc4 Bc4 24.Rfd1 Be7 25.Ne5 Be6 26.f4 Rc1 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Kf2 Rc1 29.Bc1 f6 30.Nd3 Bc4 31.Ke3 Bd8 32.Kd4 Bb5 33.h3 Kf7 34.g4 Bb6 35.Kc3 Bc7 36.Be3 h5 37.Nc5 b6 38.Nb3 hg4 39.hg4 Be2 40.g5 fg5 41.fg5 Be5 42.Bd4 Bd4 43.Nd4 Bd1 44.Kc4 g6 45.Kd5 Ke7 46.e5 Ba4 47.e6 Be8 48.Ke5 Ba4 49.Nf3 b5 50.Nh4 Bc2 51.Ng2 a5 52.Nf4 b4 53.ab4 ab4 54.Nd5 Ke8 55.Nb4 Bf5 56.Nd5 Bc2 57.Kf6 Be4 58.Nc7 Kd8 59.e7 Kc7 60.e8Q Bc6 61.Qe5 Kb6 62.Kg6 Bb5 63.Kf6 Ka5 64.g6 Kb4 65.g7 Bc4 66.g8Q Kb3 67.Qc4 Kc4 ½-½. zembelek (2045) - Justin_44 (2005), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3 f6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 0-0 13.a4 e5 (13...Bd6 14.Qb3=) 14.a5 (14.d4 ed4 15.Qb3 Kh8 16.ed4 Qc7+=) 14...Be6= 15.d4 ed4 (15...e4 16.Nd2 f5 17.Qa4=) 16.Nd4+= Bd5 17.Bf3 Nd4 18.Bd4 Rc8 (better 18...Rf7!?+=) 19.Ba7+- Bc6 (19...Bf3 20.Qf3 Bc5 21.Rfd1+- (worse 21.Qb7 Rf7 22.Qb3 Ba7=+)) 20.Bb6 (20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Rfd1 Qe8+-) 20...Qd6 21.Qb3 Kh8 22.Rad1 Qe5 23.Bc6 Rc6 24.Rd5 (24.Rd7 Bd6 25.g3 Qf5 26.Rb7 Rc2+-) 24...Qe4 (24...Qe6 25.Rfd1+-) 25.Rd4 (25.Rd7 Bc5+-) 25...Qf5 26.g4 (26.Rfd1 Rc2 27.f3 Bc5 28.Bc5 Rc5 29.Qb7 Qe6+-) 26...Qe5 (better 26...Qg5!?+/-) 27.f4+- Qb8 28.Rfd1 (28.Rd7 Bc5+-) 28...h6 (28...Qc8 29.Rd7+-) 29.Kg2 (29.Rd7 Bc5 30.Bc5 Rc5 31.Rg7 Kg7 32.Rd7 Kg6+-) 29...Qc8 30.h3 Rc3 31.Qb1 (better 31.Qb5!?+-) 31...Re3+= 32.Re4 Qc6?? (better 32...Re4 33.Qe4 Bd8+=) 33.Rdd4 (better 33.Be3 f5 34.gf5 Rf5 35.Rc1 Qg6 36.Kh2+-) 33...f5=+ 34.gf5 (34.Rc4 Bc5 35.Rc5 Qe4 36.Qe4 fe4 37.Rc7-/+) 34...Bf6?? (34...Rf5 35.Kf2 Rh3 36.Rc4-+) 35.Kf2?? (better 35.Rc4 Re2 36.Kf3+-) 35...Bd4-/+ 36.Bd4?? (better 36.Re3 Be3 37.Be3-+) 36...Qe4 (better 36...Re4!? 37.Be3 Rfe8 38.Qd3-+) 37.Qe4 Re4 38.Be5 Re5! 39.fe5 Rf5 40.Ke3 Re5 41.Kd4 Ra5 42.h4 Rh5 (42...Rh5-+) 0-1. zembelek (2005) - armine (2160), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3 Nf6 10.0-0 Be7 11.a3 0-0 12.d4 Nd5 13.Nbd2 Bf6 14.g3 a6 15.e4 Nf4?? (better 15...Nb6=) 16.gf4+- b5 17.e5 (17.Rc1 Be7+-) 17...Be7 18.Bd3 Bc8 (18...f5 19.Qb3+-) 19.Be4 (19.Qc2 Bb7 20.Bh7 Kh8+-) 19...Bb7 20.Qc2 (20.Qb1 g6+-) 20...Rc8 21.Bh7 (21.Qb1!? g6+-) 21...Kh8 22.Qb1 (better 22.Be4 Ne5 23.Qb1 (worse 23.de5 Rc2 24.Bc2 Qa5+-; 23.Ne5?! Rc2 24.Bc2 Bg5+=; worse 23.fe5 Rc2 24.Bc2 Qa8+/-) 23...Be4 24.Qe4 Nf3 25.Nf3+-) 22...f5?? (better 22...g6 23.f5 ef5 24.Bg6 fg6+=) 23.Bg6+- Na5 24.h4! Nc4 (24...Bh4 25.Qd1 Decoy) 25.h5?? (better 25.Nc4!? bc4 26.Ne1 Bc5+-) 25...Nd2 (better 25...Qd5!? 26.Qa2 Nd2 27.Qd5 Nf3 (27...Bd5? 28.Nd2 Rc2 29.Bc1+-) 28.Qf3 Bf3+=) 26.Nd2+- Qd5? (better 26...Bb4 27.Nf3 Bf3+=) 27.f3 Rc6 28.Rf2 (28.Qd3!? Rd8+-) 28...Rfc8 29.Nf1 (better 29.Kf1+-) 29...Rc4?? (29...Bh4 30.Rh2 Qf3+-) 30.Ne3 Qc6 31.Nc4 bc4 32.Bc3 Rb8 33.Qd1 Bc8 34.Kg2 Rb3 (34...Qd5 35.Qh1 Bf8 36.Bb4+-) 35.Bb4! Bb4 36.ab4 Bb7 37.b5! ab5 (37...ab5 38.Raa2 Combination; 37...Rb5 38.Qa4 Combination; 37...Qb5 38.Raa2 Combination) 38.Rb1 Ra3 (38...Rd3 39.Qe2+-) 39.Kg3 (39.d5 ed5 40.Qd4 Bc8+-) 39...c3 (39...Rd3 40.Qh1 Kg8 41.h6+-) 40.Rc1 (better 40.Qd3!? Ba6+-) 40...b4 41.Qh1 Qc7 42.h6 Bf3 (42...Kg8+-) 43.Rf3 (43.hg7 Kg7 44.Qh7 Kf8 45.Qh8 Ke7 46.Qe8) 43...c2 (43...Kg8 44.Kf2 Ra2 45.Ke3+-) 44.Rb3! Rb3 (44...Rb3 45.Kf2 Combination) 45.Kh4 (better 45.Kf2 Rf3 46.Qf3+-) 45...Qc3?? (45...Rc3 46.d5 b3 47.de6 b2 48.Qa8 Qc8+-) 46.hg7 (46.Qa8 Qc8 47.Qc8) 46...Kg7+- 47.Rg1 (better 47.Bf5 ef5 48.Rg1 Kh6 49.Qg2 Qg3 50.Qg3 Rg3 51.Kg3=) 47...Qf3?? (47...c1R 48.Bf5 Rg1 49.Qg1 Qg3 50.Qg3 Rg3 51.Be6 Rd3=+) 48.Bf5 (48.Bf5 Kf7 49.Bc2 Qf4 50.Kh5 Qf3 51.Qf3 Rf3 52.Rb1+-) 1-0. zembelek (2065) - babken (2100), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3 Nf6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.a3 Rc8 13.d4 b6 (13...a6 14.e4 Na5 15.Ne5=) 14.d5 (14.Rc1 Qe8+=) 14...ed5 15.Nd5 Nd5 16.Qd5 Be6 17.Qd8 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Na5 19.Ba6 (19.Nd4!?=) 19...Rc1=+ 20.Rc1 Bb3 (20...Nb3!? 21.Re1 Nc5=+) 21.Nd4= Bd5 (21...Bc5 22.Bd3=) 22.f3 (better 22.Nf5 Bc5 23.Bg7+=) 22...f5 (22...Bc5 23.Kf2=) 23.Kf2 (23.Nf5!? Bc5 24.Rd1+/-) 23...Bf6 (23...g6 24.Rc7 Bd6 25.Rc2=) 24.Rc7+/- Nb3 25.Nb3 (25.g3!?+/-) 25...Bb2= 26.Nd4 Ba3 (better 26...f4!? 27.Nb5 Be5=) 27.Nf5+/- (27.Ra7?! f4 28.e4 Be4 29.fe4 Rd4=) 27...Bf7 (27...g6 28.Nh6 Kf8 29.Ra7+/-) 28.Ra7 Bc1 (28...Bc5 29.Bb5+/-) 29.e4 (29.Rb7!? Rd2 30.Kg3 Be6+-) 29...g6 30.Ne7 Kf8 31.Nc6 Rd2 32.Kg3 Ra2?? (better 32...Be8 33.Ra8 Ra2+-) 33.Rf7! Kf7 34.Bc4 Kf6 (34...Ke8 35.Ba2 b5 36.f4+-) 35.Ba2 b5 (35...Bb2 36.f4+-) 36.f4 1-0. zembelek (2015) - oracle_jones (2020), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.a4 a6 7.Bc4 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Qa5 (9...Bd6 10.Nf3=) 10.Nc3 (10.Bc3 Qd8=) 10...Bb4 11.bc6 Nc6 12.Nf3 0-0 (12...e5 13.Qb1=) 13.0-0= Rd8 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Be2 (15.d3 Qe7=) 15...Qe7 16.d4 Bd7 17.Bb2 Ra8 18.Ne5 (18.Rc1 Na5 19.Qc2 Rc8+=) 18...Be8 (18...Ne5 19.de5 Ne8 20.Rd1=) 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.de5 Nd7 21.Ne4 Ne5? (better 21...Nb6+=) 22.Be5+- 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2515) - DarkApollyon (2395), lichess.org, 2017.

6.a4 Qc7 7.Nc3 (7.Bc4 Bd6=) 7...Bd7 (7...a6 8.ba6 Na6 9.Bc4=) 8.Bc4 cb5 9.Bb5 a6 (9...Bd6 10.Rc1 Bh2 11.Be2=) 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.d4 Na7 14.Ne5 b5 15.Nd7 Qd7= 16.ab5 ab5 17.Qd3 Rab8 18.Rac1 Rfc8= 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Qe4 b4 21.Bd3+= g6 22.Rc8 Rc8 23.h4 Nc6= 24.h5 Qd5 25.hg6 hg6 26.Rc1 Qe4 27.Be4 Na7 28.Rc8 Nc8 29.Kf1 Nb6 30.Bc2 Nc4=+ 31.Bc1 Na5 32.Ba4 Kf8 33.Ke2 Bd6 34.Kd3 Ke7 35.e4 f6 36.f4 e5 37.g3 ed4= 38.Kd4 Ke6 39.g4 Nb7 40.f5 gf5 41.ef5 Kf7 42.Kc4 Nc5= ½–½. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard – Huettmann,Jens, Leipzig VfB op 4th, 1997.

6.a4 Be7 7.Bc4= cb5 8.ab5 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Be2 e5 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.0-0 0-0 13.d4 ed4 14.Nd4 Rd8 15.Bf3 Bf5 16.Be2 Qe5 17.Na4 Bd6 18.Nf3 Qe7=+ 19.Bd4 Ne6 20.Qb3 Nd4 21.Nd4 Be4 22.Nc3 Bg6 23.g3 Bc5 24.Rfd1= Rd7 25.Bf3 Rad8 26.Nce2 Be4 27.Kg2 Nd5 28.Qb2 Bf3 29.Kf3 Rd6 30.Kg2? Qe4–+ 31.Kg1 Ne3 (32.fe3 Qe3 33.Kg2 Bd4 (33...Rd4?! 34.Nd4 Bd4 35.Kh1=+) 34.Nd4 Rd4 35.Rd4 Rd4–+ (< 35...Qd4 36.Qd4 Rd4 37.Ra7 Rd2 38.Kf3=)) 0–1. Neuhof,KE – Bea Figueras,P, corr ICCF EU/M/GT/039 (year?).

6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Bd4 c5 8.Bf6 gf6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 Bd7 11.d4 (11.Nc3 Rg8+=) 11...cd4= 12.Qd4 Qd4 13.ed4 a6 14.a3?? (14.Nc3 Ke7=) 14...Bb5 (better 14...ab5!? 15.Ba2 b4 16.ab4 Bb4-+) 15.Bb5=+ ab5 16.Nfd2? (better 16.Nc3!?=+) 16...Nc6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rd1 b4 19.a4 b3 (better 19...0-0-0!?-+) 20.Nbc3 b2 (20...f5 21.Ng3-/+) 21.Ra2 Na5 (better 21...f5 22.Nd2 Nd4 23.Rb2 0-0-0-/+) 22.Rb2+= Nc4? (better 22...f5 23.Nc5 Bc5 24.dc5 Ke7+=) 23.Rb7+- Ba3 (23...f5 24.Nc5 Nd6+-) 24.Nf6 Kf8 25.Nd7 Kg7 26.Nb6 (better 26.Nc5!? Kg6+-) 26...Nb6 27.Rb6 Rhb8 (27...Rhc8!? 28.Rb3 Bf8+-) 28.Rb8 Rb8 29.Nb5 f6 1-0. Atotheking (1700) - YouLoseGame (1765), lichess.org, 2020.

6.Bc4 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 (7...a6 8.bc6 Nc6 9.d4=) 8.Nf3 (8.bc6 bc6 9.d4 Rb8=) 8...Nb6 (8...cb5 9.Bb5 a6 10.d4 ab5 11.dc5=) 9.Be2 0-0 (9...Bd7 10.d4 Bb4 11.0-0=) 10.bc6+= bc6 11.0-0 Nbd5 (11...Bd6 12.d4+=) 12.Na4 (12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Qa4 Be7+=) 12...Be7 (12...Bd6 13.Rc1=) 13.d4 (13.Rc1 Bd7+=) 13...a5 (13...Qa5 14.Ne5 Ba6 15.Nc6 Be2 16.Na5 Bd1 17.Rfd1+–) 14.Rc1 (14.Ne5 Bb7+=) 14...Bb7 (14...Ng4 15.Qd2+=) 15.Ne5 Nb4 (15...Rb8 16.a3+–) 16.a3+– Nbd5 17.Nc6 Qd7 (17...Bc6 18.Rc6 Qd7 19.Rc4+–) 18.Ne7+– Ne7? (better 18...Qe7 19.Nc5 Rfb8+–) 19.Nb6 (19.Nb6 Qd6 20.Na8 Ra8 21.Qd2+–) 1–0. algernon – rar, net–chess.com, 2017.

6.Bc4 c6 7.a4 cb5 8.ab5 Bd7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Nf3 a6 (10...Bd6 11.0-0=) 11.0-0+= Be8 (11...Qc7 12.Qe2+=) 12.d4 Nd5 (12...Bd6 13.Qe2+/-) 13.Qb3 (13.Bd5 ed5 14.Qb3 Bd7+/-) 13...Nc3 14.Bc3 Nd7 (14...Bd6 15.Bb4+/-) 15.e4 (15.ba6 ba6 16.Ba6 Nf6+/-) 15...Nb6 (15...Nf6 16.ba6 ba6 17.Ba5+/-) 16.Be2 (16.Ba5!? Qd6 17.e5+-) 16...ab5 (16...Bb5 17.Bb5 ab5 18.Qb5 Ra1 19.Ra1+=) 17.Bb5+/- Ra1 18.Ra1 Bb5 19.Qb5 Qc7 (better 19...Qc8!? 20.Bb4 Bb4 21.Qb4 Qc7+=) 20.Ba5+- Ra8 21.Rb1 Ra5 (better 21...Qd7 22.Qb6 Bd8 23.Qb7 Qb7 24.Rb7 Ba5+-) 22.Qa5 (22.Qb6?? Qb6 23.Rf1 Ra2-+) 22...Bd8 23.g3 (23.Qb5 Qe7+-) 23...h6 24.Qb5 Qd6 25.Ne5 (better 25.Ra1+-) 25...f6?? (better 25...Qd4 26.Qe8 Kh7 27.Nf7 Qe4+/-) 26.Qe8 Kh7 (26...Qf8 27.Qe6 Kh7 28.Nd3+-) 27.Nf7 (better 27.Ng6 Qc6 28.Nf8 Kg8 29.Qd8 Qc8+-) 27...Qd4 28.Qe6 (28.Qh8!? Kg6 29.Nd8 Qe4 30.Qe8 Kh7+-) 28...Nc4 (28...Bc7+-) 29.Qf5 Kg8 30.Rb7 (worse 30.Nd8 Nd2 31.Ne6 Qe4 32.Qe4 Ne4 33.Rb7 g5+-) 30...Bb6 (30...Nd2 31.Nh6 Kh8 32.Nf7 Kg8+-) 31.Nh6 Kf8 32.Qc8 Bd8 33.Nf5 (33.Rf7 Ke8 34.Qe6 Be7 35.Qe7) 33...Qd1 34.Kg2 Ne5 35.Qc5 Kg8 (35...Qd6 36.Qd6 Be7 37.Qe7 Kg8 38.Qg7) 36.Rg7 Kh8 37.Qf8 1-0. KLINGON09 (1850) - Denissio81 (1830), lichess.org, 2019.

6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Nf3 0-0 8.a4 Nbd7 9.0-0 Nb6 10.Bb3 cb5 11.ab5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Qe8 (12...Nbd5 13.Nc3=) 13.Nc3+= e5 14.Qd3 Qe7 (14...Bb4 15.Qc2+=) 15.Ng5+/– Bg4 16.Nce4 Ne4 17.Ne4 Bc7? (better is 17...Bb4!? 18.Ng3 Nd7+/–) 18.f4+– Rfd8 (18...Qd7 19.Qd7 Bd7 20.Rfc1+– (20.Be5?! Be5 21.fe5 Bb5+/–)) 19.Qc2 Nd5 20.Ng5 e4 21.Be5 Be5 22.Qe4 Nf6 (22...Ba1?? 23.Qh7 Kf8 24.Qh8) 23.Qe5 Kf8 24.Ra2 (24.Bf7 h6 25.Be6 hg5 26.Bg4 Ng4 27.fg5 Ke8+–) 24...Rdc8 25.Nf7 (25.Bf7?! h6 26.Be6 hg5 27.Bc8 Bc8+–) 25...Rc5 26.Ra7! Ra7 27.Qb8 Bc8 28.Qa7 Rb5 29.Bc4 Rc5 30.Ne5 b5 31.Qe7 Ke7 32.Bd3 Bb7 33.Rb1 Ne4 34.Be4 Be4 35.Rb4 Bb7 36.Kf2 Rc2 37.Rb5 Ba8 38.Ke2 Bg2 39.Rb4 Kd6 40.Rd4 Ke6 41.e4 Ra2 (41...Rc1 42.Kf2 Bh1 43.Nf3+–) 42.Rc4 Ra6 (42...Ra1 43.Ke3+–) 43.Kf2 Bh1 44.h4 Rb6 (44...Ra7 45.d3 Ra2 46.Ke3+–) 45.Ke3 Rb1 46.d3 Ke7 (46...Re1 47.Kd4 Rf1 48.f5 Kd6 49.Rc6 Ke7 50.Rc7 Kf8 51.Rc8 Ke7 52.Rh8+–) 47.Rc7 Kf8 48.Kd4 Rg1 (48...Ra1 49.f5 Ra8 50.Nd7 Kg8 51.Nc5+–) 49.Kd5 Ra1 50.f5 Ra5 (50...Bg2+–) 51.Ke6 Ra6 (51...Ra8 52.Nd7 Kg8 53.f6 Ra6 54.Kf5 Ra5 55.e5 gf6 56.Nf6 Kf8 57.Rh7+–) 52.Nc6 Ra8 53.Nd4 1–0. Johansson,Mats (2140) – Pintonello,Gilberto, IECG, 2004.

6.Bc4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.d4 (8.Nc3 0-0+/–) 8...0-0 9.0-0 cb5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qb3 13.ab3 Rc8 14.Nc3 Nc6 15.Rfc1 a6 16.Nd2 Re8 17.Nc4 Bf8 18.Nb6 Rad8 19.Bf3 Ne7 (19...e5 20.Ncd5 Nd5 21.Nd5+/–) 20.Bb7 Rb8 21.Nd7 Nd7 22.Ba6 Rb3 23.Ba3 (23.Rab1 Reb8 24.Ba1 Nf6+/–) 23...Nd5 (23...Ra8 24.Bd6+/–) 24.Bf8 Nc3 25.Bd6 Ne4 26.Bg3 (26.Bc7!?+–) 26...Ng3+/– 27.hg3 (27.fg3?! Re3 28.Kf2 Rb3=) 27...Rb2 28.Rab1 Reb8 29.Rb2 ½–½. Krebbers,Wilfried (2155) – Ahlberg,Mario (2030), Goch op, 2006.

6.bc6 Nc6 7.Bc4 Bd7 8.Nf3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nc3 a6 11.d4 b5 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Ne5 Nfd5 15.Nd7 Qd7 16.Qb3 Nc3 17.Bc3 Nd5 18.Bb2 Rc7 19.a4 (19.Rfc1=) 19...Rfc8 (better is 19...ba4 20.Qd3 Rb8–/+) 20.ab5+/– ab5 21.Bb5 Qd8 22.Bd3?? (better is 22.Rfb1+/–) 22...Rb8–/+ 23.Qa2 Rcb7?? (better is 23...Nb4 24.Bh7 Kh7–+) 24.Bc1+= Nb4 25.Qe2 Nd3 26.Qd3 Rb3 27.Qe4 Qb6 28.Bd2 h6 29.Rfc1 Qb7 30.Qg4 Rb2 31.Qd1 Qb3 32.Qe1 Qd3 33.Ba5 Bb4 34.Bb4 R8b4 35.Ra8 Kh7 36.Ra7 Rb1 37.Rac7 (37.Rf7?? Rc1 38.Qc1 Rb1–+) 37...Rc1 38.Rc1 (38.Qc1?? Rb1 39.g3 Rc1 40.Rc1 f6–+) 38...Rb2 39.g3 Qf5 40.e4 Qg4 41.d5 (41.Qc3 Re2 42.e5 Qf5+=) 41...Re2 42.Qc3 Qe4 (42...Re4 43.f3 Qg6 44.fe4 Qe4 45.d6+–) 43.d6 (43.de6 Qf5 44.Qc5 Qe6=) 43...Qd5–/+ 44.Qc7 Rd2 (better is 44...f6!?–/+) 45.Qf7= Qd6 46.Re1 Rd1 47.Rd1 Qd1 48.Kg2 Qd5 49.Qf3 Qe5 50.h4 h5 51.Qd3 Kh6 52.Qe3 Qe3 53.fe3 g5 54.Kf3 Kg6 55.Ke4 Kf6 56.Kd4?? (better is 56.hg5 Kg5 57.Kf3=) 56...gh4–+ 57.gh4 Kf5 58.e4 Kf4 59.e5 Kf5 60.Kd3 Ke5 61.Ke3 Kf5 62.Kf3 e5 63.Ke3 Kg4 64.Ke4 Kh4 65.Ke5 Kg3 0–1. Mikhaylov,Dimitri (1815) – Demura,Anna (1650), St Petersburg RUS, Chigorin Mem, 2013.

7.ab5 Qc7 8.Nc3 b6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Ra4 Bd5 (10...Bd6=) 11.e4 (better 11.Nd5!? ed5 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Qc2+=) 11...Ne4=+ 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Rc4 Bf3?? (better 13...Qb7-/+) 14.Qf3+- (14.Rc7 Bd1 15.Kd1 Nd7=+) 14...Bc5 (14...Nc6+-) 15.Qa8 0-0 16.Be2 (better 16.d4 Qd7 17.dc5 Qb5+-) 16...Na6 (16...Qd7 17.Rg4 f6+-) 17.Qf3 Nb4 18.0-0 (18.Bg7 Rc8 19.Rg4 f5 20.Be5 fg4 21.Qg4 Kf8 22.Bc7 Rc7+-) 18...Nd5 (18...Qe7+-) 19.d4 Qe7 (19...Rc8 20.Rfc1+-) 20.dc5 bc5 21.Bd3 Rd8 22.Re1 (22.Bh7 Kh7 23.Qh3 Kg8+-) 22...Qg5 (22...h6 23.Rec1+-) 23.Rg4 Qh6 24.Rg7 (24.Rg7 Qg7 25.Bg7 Kg7 26.Qg3 Kf8 27.Bh7+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2505) - batabat (2015), lichess.org, 2017.

7.ab5 Nbd7 8.Bc4 =.

7.ab5 Ne4 8.Bc4 Nf2 9.Kf2 Qh4 10.Kf1 Qc4 11.Qe2 Qe2 12.Ke2 –/+.

7.ab5 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.d4 Nbd5 13.Nbd2 (13.Ba3 Ba3 14.Na3 Nc3+=) 13...b6 (13...Qb6!?=) 14.Ne5+= Bd6 15.Ndf3 Ne4 16.Qc2 f5 17.Nc6 Bc6 18.bc6 (18.Qc6? Rc8 19.Qb7 Rf7-+) 18...Bc7 19.Ba3 Rf7 20.Ne5 (better 20.Bd3!?+/-) 20...Be5= 21.de5 Rc7 22.Ba6 Qe8 23.Rac1 (better 23.Rfc1 Rd8 24.f3+/-) 23...Rb8?? (better 23...Nc5 24.Bb5 a6 25.Bc5 bc5=+) 24.Bd6+- Nd6? (better 24...b5+-) 25.ed6 Rf7 26.c7 Nc7 (26...Rc8+-) 27.dc7 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2590) - Takeda (2230), lichess.org, 2017.

7.a4 Qc7 8.bc6 Qc6 (worse 8...bc6 9.Nf3+=) 9.d3 Qg2 10.Qf3 Qg4 11.Qg4 Ng4 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Nc3 (better 13.Rg1!? h5 14.h3=) 13...Nge5-/+ 14.Ke2 Nf3 15.Kf3 Ne5 16.Ke2 Nc4 17.dc4 Bd7 18.Rhd1 Rc8 19.Ne4 Rg8 20.Nd6 Bd6 21.Rd6 Bc6 22.Rad1 (22.a5 f6-/+) 22...Ke7 (better 22...Ba4!? 23.Rc1 g5-+) 23.Ba3-/+ Kf6 (23...Ba4?? 24.Ra6 Kf6 25.Ra4+-) 24.c5? (24.a5 Ba4 25.R1d4 g5-/+) 24...g6 25.Bb2 Kf5 26.f4 Kg4 27.Rg1 Kh3 28.Rd2 g5 (28...Kh2 29.Kf1 Kh3 30.Bf6+=) 29.Ke1? (better 29.fg5 Bg2 30.Bf6 Rc5 31.e4=+) 29...gf4-/+ (29...Ba4 30.fg5 Rc5 31.Rg3 Kh4 32.Rd4 Kh5 A) worse 33.Ra4 Rgg5 (worse 33...Rcg5 34.Rh3 Kg6 35.Rf4+/-) 34.Kd2 Rg3 35.hg3 Kg6=; B) 33.Rh3 Kg6 34.Rg4+/-) 30.Rg8 Rg8 31.ef4 Rg2 (better 31...Rg1 32.Kf2 Rg2 (worse 32...Kh2 33.Ke3 Kh3 34.Rd8-+) 33.Ke3 Rd2 (33...Rh2?! 34.Rh2 Kh2 35.a5-+) 34.Kd2 Kh2-+) 32.Kd1?? (better 32.Rg2 Kg2 33.a5-+) 32...Rd2 (better 32...Ba4!? 33.Ke1 Rd2 34.Kd2 Kh2 35.Be5-+) 33.Kd2 Kh2 34.Be5 Kg3 (better 34...Ba4 35.f5 Kh3 36.fe6 fe6-+) 35.Bf6?? (35.f5 Kf3 36.fe6 fe6 37.a5-+) 35...Kg4 (worse 35...Ba4 36.Ke3-+) 36.Be7 (36.Ke3-+) 36...h5 37.Bd6 h4 38.Kc3 (38.f5 Kf5 39.Ke3-+) 38...h3 39.f5 ef5 40.Bh2 Kf3 41.Bd6 Kg2 (41...f4 42.Kb4 h2 43.Ka5 h1Q 44.Bb8 Qb1 45.Be5 Qb3 46.Bc3 b6 47.Ka6 bc5 48.Be5 Qb7 49.Ka5 Qa7) 42.Bh2 (42.Kd4 h2 43.Bh2 Kh2 44.Ke5-+) 42...Kh2 43.Kd4 Kg2 44.Ke5 h2 45.a5 h1Q 46.Kf6 Qf1 (46...Qa1 47.Kf7 Qe5 48.Kg6 Qe7 49.Kf5 Kg3 50.Kg6 Be4 51.Kh6 Kf4 52.c6 Qg5) 47.Ke7 (47.Kg7 f4 48.Kg8 f3 49.Kf7 f2 50.Kg6 Qd3 51.Kf6 f1Q 52.Kg7 Qg3 53.Kh6 Qh1) 47...Qf3 48.Kd8 (48.Kf7 Qh5 49.Ke6 f4 50.Kf6 f3 51.Kg7 f2 52.Kf6 f1Q 53.Ke6 Qf4 54.Ke7 Qe8) 48...Qe3 49.Kc7 (49.Kc7 Qe7 50.Kb6 Qd8 51.Ka7 Qc7 52.Ka8 b6) 1-0. TimC (2395) - anacondashoke (2375), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.bc6 Nc6 8.Qf3 =+.

7.bc6 Nc6 8.Nf3 =+.

7.Bb5 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Qb6 (8...a6 9.Be2=) 9.Qb3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 a6 12.Bd3 Qb3 13.ab3 Rd8 14.Nbd2 Nc5 15.Be2 Nce4 (15...Ncd7 16.Rfc1+=) 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Rfc1 b6 (17...Nf6 18.Ba3 Ba3 19.Ra3+=) 18.Ne5 (18.Rc7 Bd6 19.Rc6 b5 20.Bb5 Bb7+=) 18...Nd2 (18...Bh4!? 19.g3 Bf6+–) 19.Nc6 Re8 20.Ne7 Re7 21.Rc3 Bb7 (21...e5!?+–) 22.f3+– b5 23.Ba3 Rd7 24.Rd1 (24.Rd1 Nb3 25.Rb3+–) 1–0. Lejel – Adler, internet, 2019.

7.Bd5?? Qd5 0–1. Kroll,Ove – Hansen,Jens Haagen, Ch–DEN corr, 1980.

8.Be2 e5 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.d4=+.

8.Be2 Be7 9.d4 Bd7 (9...Qb6 10.Qb3=+) 10.Nd2 0-0 11.Ngf3 Qb6 12.Nb3 (12.Qb3 Rfc8=) 12...Bb4 13.Nfd2 Ne4 (13...Na5 14.0-0=+) 14.Rb1 (14.0-0 Nd2 15.Nd2 Na5+=) 14...Nd2 (14...e5 15.0-0 Nd2 16.Nd2 ed4 17.ed4+=) 15.Nd2 Qa5 (15...Rac8 16.0-0 Qa5 17.Nc4=) 16.a3+= Bd2 (16...Be7 17.0-0+=) 17.Qd2+/- Qd2 18.Kd2 b6 (18...Ne7 19.Rhc1 Bc6 20.f3+/-) 19.Rhc1 Rac8 20.Ba6 Rcd8 21.Ke2 h6 22.Bc3 Ne7 23.Bb4 Nd5? (better 23...Rfe8+/-) 24.Bf8+- Rf8 25.g3 (25.e4 Nf6+-) 25...g5 (25...f5 26.Bc4 Nf6 27.Bb3+-) 26.e4 Nf6 27.f3 g4 (27...Ne8 28.Bc8 Bc8 29.Rc8+-) 28.Ke3 (28.Rc7 Ra8+-) 28...gf3 29.Kf3 Kh7 (29...Ne8 30.Bc8 Bc8 31.Rc8+-) 30.Rc7 Ba4 (30...Rd8 31.e5 Nd5 32.Ra7+-) 31.Ra7 (better 31.Bd3 Kg7 32.Ra7+-) 31...Ne4 (31...Bc2 32.Re1 Kg7+-) 32.Bd3 Bc6 (32...b5 33.Ke4 Kg7 34.Rc7+-) 33.Be4 (33.Be4 Be4 34.Ke4+-) 1-0. zembelek (2000) - AcoLaki (2025), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Be2 Be7 9.Nf3= 0-0 10.0-0 Qb6 (10...Bd7 11.d4=) 11.Qc1 (11.Qb3 Qb3 12.ab3 Bd7=) 11...Bd7 12.Nc3 Rac8 13.a4 (13.d4 Rfd8=) 13...Na5 (13...e5 14.Rd1=+) 14.Qc2 Nc4 15.Rfb1 Qa5 16.Bc4 Rc4 17.Qb3 Rb4 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Ba3 Rb1 20.Rb1?? (better 20.Qb1 Ba3 21.Ra3=+) 20...Ba3-+ 21.Rb7 Ba4! 22.Qa2 (22.Qa4 Qa4 Combination; 22.Na4 Rc2 Pinning (22...Rc2 Deflection)) 22...Bc6 23.Rb1 (23.Rb3 Bf3 24.gf3 Qg5 25.Kf1 Bd6-+) 23...Bb4 (23...Nd5 24.Rb3 Bb4 25.Qa5 Ba5 26.Ra3-+) 24.Qa5 Ba5 25.Nd4 Bd5 26.f3 (26.Ndb5 Bb6-+) 26...g6 (26...Kf8 27.Ra1 Bb6 28.Ndb5-+) 27.Kf2 Bc3 28.dc3 Rc3 29.Ra1 Rc7 (29...e5 30.Nb5 Rc2 31.Kg1-+) 30.e4 Bc4 31.Ra4 (31.Nc2 Nd7-+) 31...Bd3 (31...e5!? 32.Ne2-+) 32.Ke3 (32.Ra3 Bb1-+) 32...Bf1 (32...Nd7 33.Ra5 Bf1 34.Kf2-+) 33.g4 (33.Kf2 Rc4 34.Ra7 Bg2 35.Ra8 Kg7 36.Ne6 fe6 37.Kg2 Rc2 38.Kg1 Nh5-+) 33...Nd7 (33...e5 34.Ne2-+) 34.Ra1 (34.f4 Nb6 35.Ra1 Rc3 36.Kf2 Bd3-+) 34...Bc4 35.f4 Nb6 (35...e5 36.Nf3-+) 36.h4 Kg7 37.Rc1 (37.g5 f6-+) 37...Rd7 (37...a5 38.Rc3-+) 38.Rb1 (38.Nc6 f6-+) 38...Ba6 (38...f5 39.gf5 ef5 40.ef5 Nd5 41.Kf3-+) 39.Ra1 (39.Rd1 Nc4 40.Kf2 Bb5-+) 39...Nc4 40.Kf3 (40.Kd3 e5 41.fe5 Ne5 42.Kc3 Bd3-+) 40...Rd4 (better 40...Bb7!? 41.Rd1 Kg8 42.Ke2 Be4 43.Nb5 Bf3 44.Kf3 Rd1 45.Na7 Rf1 46.Kg3-+) 41.Ra6 Rd3 42.Kf2 Re3 43.e5 Ra3 44.Rc6 Nd2 45.f5 (45.Rc7 Ne4 46.Ke2 Nc3 47.Kd2 Nd5-+) 45...Ne4 46.Kg2 gf5 47.gf5 ef5 48.h5 (48.Rc7 Kg6 49.Rc6 Kh5-+) 48...a5 (48...f4 49.h6 Kf8 50.Kh2-+) 49.h6 Kf8 50.Rc8 Ke7 51.Rh8 (51.Kg1 a4-+) 51...Ng5 (better 51...f4!? 52.Kh2 f3 53.Rb8 Ra2 54.Kh3-+) 52.Rg8 Ne4 53.Rg7?? (53.Rh8 f4 54.Kh2-+) 53...Ra2 (better 53...f4 54.Kh2-+) 54.Kh3 (54.Kf3 Ke6 55.Kf4 Ra4-+) 54…a4 0-1. zembelek (2100) - Chalberts (2065), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Nf3 Bd7 9.0-0 Qb6 10.Bf6 (10.Qb3 Be7=) 10...gf6 (10...Qb5!? 11.Nc3 Qd3=+) 11.Bd3 0-0-0 (11...Rc8 12.Nc3=) 12.Nc3+= Nd4?? (better 12...Qb4+=) 13.Nd4+- e5 (13...f5 14.Rb1 Qd6 15.Qe2+-) 14.Nd5 (better 14.Rb1!? Qc7 15.Nd5 Qd6+-) 14...Qd6 (14...Qa5 15.Rc1 Kb8+-) 15.Be4 (better 15.Qc2 Kb8 16.Rfb1+-) 15...ed4 16.ed4 (16.Qf3 f5 17.Bf5 Bf5 18.Rfc1 Kb8 19.Qf5 Qe6+/-) 16...Bc6 17.Nc3 Be4 18.Ne4 Qd4 19.Qf3 Kb8 20.Rfd1 Rg8 (20...Qd5 21.Qf6 Bd6 22.Nd6+/-) 21.Nf6 (21.Qf6?! Qf6 22.Nf6 Rg6+=) 21...Bg7?? (better 21...Rg6 22.Rab1 b6+/-) 22.Rab1+- b6 23.Ng8 Rg8 24.Qf7 (24.a4!? Qf6 25.Qh3 Bf8+-) 24...Rf8 25.Qh5 Qf2 26.Kh1 Qc5 (26...h6 27.Re1 Qf7 28.Qh4+-) 27.Qh7 (27.Qc5 Kb7 28.Re1 Bf6 29.Qf8 Bg7 30.Re7 Kc6 31.Qc8 Kd5 32.Qd8 Kc5 33.Rc7) 27...Rh8 (27...Qd4 28.h3 Rh8+-) 28.Qg7 Rh2 (28...Rh2 29.Kh2 Qd6 30.Qg3 Kc7+-). Abdullaevich (1795) - Uzman003 (1685), lichess.org, 2019.

8.Nf3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d4 Bd7 11.Nbd2 a5 12.a4 Nb4 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Rc1 (better 14.Nc4+=) 14...Rc1-/+ 15.Bc1 Bd6 (15...Qe8!?-/+) 16.e4 Bb8 17.Qb3 Bc6 18.e5 Nfd5 19.Bb5 Qd7 20.Bc6 bc6 21.Ne4 Ba7 22.Ba3 Rb8 23.Rc1 (better 23.Rb1!?=) 23...Nf4-/+ 24.Nc5?? (24.Rd1 Nbd3 25.Qc4-/+) 24...Qd5 (better 24...Ne2 25.Kf1 Nc1 26.Bc1 Bc5 27.dc5 Qd3 28.Qd3 Nd3-+) 25.Qd5 cd5 (better 25...ed5 26.Rb1 Bc5 27.dc5 Ne6-/+) 26.Kf1= Rc8 27.g3 Bc5?? (better 27...Ng6+=) 28.gf4+- (28.dc5?! Nfd3 29.Rc3 f6 30.ef6 gf6= (30...Nc5?? 31.Ng5+-)) 28...Nd3 29.Rc5 (better 29.Rc3!? Nf4 30.Rc5 Ra8+-) 29...Nc5 30.dc5 (30.Bc5?! Rb8+=) 30...h6 31.Nd4 Kf8 32.c6 Ke8 33.Bd6 Ra8 (33...g6+-) 34.Nb5 Rc8 35.c7 Kd7 36.Ke2 Ra8 37.Kd3 Kc6 (37...g5 38.f5! ef5 39.Nc3+-) 38.Kd4 (38.Na7 Kd7 39.c8Q Rc8 40.Nc8 Kc8+-) 38...f6 (38...Kb7 39.Be7 Kc8 40.Bd8+-) 39.h4 (39.f5!? ef5 40.Na7 Kd7 41.c8Q Rc8 42.Nc8 fe5 43.Be5 Kc8 44.Bg7 h5+-) 39...fe5 40.Be5 g6 41.f3 1-0. zembelek (2030) - bec (2025), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

8.a4 a6 9.Be2 Bb4 10.Nf3 0-0 (10...Nc6 11.0-0=) 11.0-0 Nc6 12.d4 Nd5 (12...Rc8 13.Nbd2=) 13.Nbd2 (13.g3 f5=) 13...Nb6 (13...f6 14.Ne4=) 14.Bd3 (14.Ne4 Nd5+=) 14...Ne7 (14...Qe7!?=) 15.Qb3 +/–. Dopper,Johan – Verroen,H, 1–388, 1988.

8.a4 a6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.0-0 Qb6 12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Na3 0-0 14.Nc4 Qa7 15.Rb1 Nd5 16.d4 Rab8 17.Qc2 b5 18.ab5 ab5 19.Nce5 Ne5 20.Ne5 Rfc8 21.Qe4 Be8 22.Bd3 g6 23.Qf3 b4 24.Bc4 Ne7 25.d5 ed5 26.Bd5 Nd5 27.Qd5 b3 28.Rb3 Qa2 29.Rb8 Qd5 30.Rc8 Qe5 31.Rfc1 Kg7 32.R1c7 Bd7 33.h3 Bc8 34.Rc8 h5 35.g3 h4 36.gh4 Qe6 37.Rc4 Qc4 0–1. elsh1403 (1655) – hefalumppp (1610), internet, 2014.

8.a4 Bb5 9.ab5 a6 10.Qa4 Qd7 (better is 10...Nbd7!?+=) 11.Nf3 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.Ne2 Qd6+/–) 11...Bd6 (11...Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rc1+=) 12.Nc3 (12.0-0!?+/–) 12...0-0+= 13.e4 e5 14.d4 (14.0-0 Qe7+=) 14...ed4= 15.Nd4 Qg4 16.f3?? (better is 16.0-0 Ne4 17.Nf5 Qf5 18.Ne4+=) 16...Qg2–/+ 17.0-0-0 Nbd7 18.Qb3 Bh2 (18...ab5 19.Nf5 Bh2 20.Nb5–+) 19.Kb1–/+ ab5 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Qd5 Be5?? (21...Ne5 22.Nf5 Nf3 23.Bg7–/+) 22.Rdg1?? (better is 22.Qd7!? g6 23.Qh3 (23.Qb7 Bd4 24.Rd4 Qh1 25.Kc2 Qg2 26.Rd2 Rfc8 27.Bc3 Qf3 28.Qf7 Kf7 29.Rd7 Ke6 30.Rd3 Ra2 31.Kb3 Qd3 32.Ka2 Qc3 33.e5 Ra8 34.Kb1 Ra1; 23.Qb5 Bd4 24.Rhe1 Bb2 25.Qb2 Qf3–+) 23...Qh3 24.Rh3+=) 22...Qd2+= 23.Qd7?? (23.Rd1 Qa5 24.Nf5–+ (24.Qd7 Qa2 25.Kc2 Rfc8 26.Kd3 Rd8 27.Qb5 Bd4–+)) 23...Qd3–+ 24.Nc2 Qd7 25.Be5 f6 (25...f6 26.Bd4 Rfc8–+) 0–1. josquin – amoffit9, gameknot.com, 2015.

8.a4 Bb5 9.ab5 a6 10.ba6 Ra6 11.Nc3 (11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Ra6 ba6 13.Qa4 Kd8+=) 11...Be7 12.Ra6 Na6 13.Qa4 Qd7 14.Qb3 (14.Qd7 Nd7 15.Nf3 Bb4=) 14...0-0 (14...Nc5 15.Qb6–+) 15.Nf3 (better is 15.d4!?+=) 15...Nc5–/+ 16.Qc4? (better is 16.Qc2 Nd3 17.Ke2–/+) 16...Nd3–+ 17.Kf1 (17.Ke2 Nb2 18.Qb5 Qb5 19.Nb5 Ra8–+) 17...Nb2 18.Qb3 (18.Qb5 Qb5 19.Nb5 Nd3–+) 18...Qd3 19.Ne2 (19.Ke1 Nc4 20.Qb1 Qd7–+) 19...Qb1 (better is 19...Qb3 20.Nc3 Qc4 21.Kg1 Ra8–+) 20.Ne1 Qa1 (better is 20...Ne4 21.Qc2 Qc2 22.Nc2–+) 21.g3 Qa3 (21...Rb8!? 22.Nd4–+) 22.Qb7 Nd5 23.Kg2 Bf6 24.Nf3 Nd3 25.Ned4 Ne5 (25...Bd4 26.Nd4 Qa2 27.Nf3–+) 26.Ne5 Be5 27.Nc6 Bf6 28.d4 Ne7 (28...Qa2!? 29.Re1–+) 29.Ne7 Qe7 30.Qf3 (30.Qe7 Be7 31.Rb1 f5–+) 30...Rb8 31.h4 Qb7 (better is 31...e5 32.de5 Qe5–+) 32.e4? (better is 32.Qb7 Rb7 33.Ra1–+) 32...g6 (32...Bd4 33.Rc1–+) 33.h5?? (better is 33.Qf6 Qe4 34.Kh2=) 33...Bg7 (better is 33...Bd4!? 34.Rd1 Qb2 35.Rd3–+) 34.hg6 hg6 35.Qf4?! (35.Rd1–+) 35...Bd4 36.Qh4 Bg7 37.Qh7 Kf8 38.f3 (38.Qh4–+) 38...Qb2 39.Kh3 Qd2 (39...Ke7 40.Rh2 Qa1 41.Kh4–+) 40.Kg4 (40.Rh2 Qe1 41.Qh4–+) 40...f5 41.ef5 ef5 42.Kh4 (42.Kh3 Kf7 43.Ra1–+) 42...Qh6 (42...Rb1! 43.Rg1 Rg1 44.Qg7 Kg7 45.f4 Rh1 46.Kg5 Rh5) 43.Qh6–+ Bh6 44.g4 Rb4 45.Re1 Rb7 (better is 45...Kf7 46.Ra1–+) 46.g5 (46.gf5 gf5 47.Re5 Rf7–+) 46...Bg7 (better is 46...Rb4!? 47.Kh3 Bg5 48.Kg2–+) 47.f4 Kf7 48.Rd1 Bf8 49.Rd8 Bc5 50.Rh8 Re7 (50...Rb4 51.Kg3–+) 51.Rh7 Ke6 (51...Ke6 52.Rh6 Bf2 53.Kh3 Kf7–+) 0–1. elektrooon – slabeusz, internet, 2013.

8.a4 Bb5 9.ab5 Be7 10.Nf3= Qb6 11.Nc3 0-0 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Rac8 14.Rfc1 a6 15.Ba3 (15.Nd4 ab5 16.Ndb5 Rfd8=) 15...Ba3 16.Ra3 Nc5 (16...ab5 17.Rb3=) 17.ba6 ba6 18.d4 (18.Ra2 Rfd8+=) 18...Nce4= 19.Ra6?? (better 19.Na2 Rc1 20.Nc1=) 19...Nc3-+ 20.Rc3 (20.Rb6?? Ne2 21.Kf1 Nc1-+) 20...Qb1 21.Ne1 (21.Qf1 Qf1 22.Kf1 Rc3-+) 21…Rc3 0-1. Abdullaevich (1760) - Parsayo (1705), lichess.org, 2019.

8.a4 Be7 9.Be2 0-0 (9...Nc6 10.Nc3+=) 10.Nf3 Nc6 (10...Qb6 11.Ba3 Nc6 12.0-0=) 11.0-0 Qb6 (11...Rc8 12.Na3=) 12.Ba3 (12.Na3 Rfc8=) 12...Rfc8 (12...Rac8 13.Nc3=) 13.d4 (13.Nc3 Ba3 14.Ra3 e5=) 13...Nb4 (13...Rc7 14.Nbd2 Ba3 15.Ra3=) 14.Ne5 Bc6 (14...Qd8 15.Qb3 Nc2 16.Ra2 Na3 17.Na3=) 15.Nd2+= Bd5 16.Rb1 a5 17.Bc4 (17.Ndc4 Qd8 18.Rc1 Na2 19.Be7 Qe7=) 17...Qd8 18.Rc1 (18.Qb3 Bd6 19.Rfd1 Rab8=) 18...Bd6 (18...Nd7 19.Bd5 Rc1 20.Qc1 ed5 21.Qb1=) 19.Qb3 (19.Qe2 Bc6 20.Nc6 Rc6+=) 19...Qb6 (19...Be5 20.de5 Ng4 21.Bd5 Qd5 22.Qd5 ed5 23.Nf3=) 20.Bd5 (20.Rfd1 Rd8+=) 20...ed5= 21.Ndf3 (21.g3 Re8=) 21...Re8+= 22.Nd3 Reb8 (22...Ne4 23.Rfd1+=) 23.Ra1 (23.Nfe5 Re8+=) 23...Rc8 (23...Re8 24.Rab1+/–) 24.Rfb1 (24.Nfe5 Qc7 25.Rfc1 Qe7=) 24...Ne4= 25.Rc1 Nf6 (25...h6 26.Nde5=) 26.Rab1 (26.Nfe5 g6+=) 26...Rc1 (26...Ne4!?=) 27.Rc1+= h6 (27...Re8 28.Nfe5+=) 28.h3 (28.Nfe5 Re8+=) 28...Kh7 (28...Ne4!?+=) 29.Rb1+/– Rc8 30.Nfe5 Kg8 (30...Rc7 31.f3+/–) 31.Nb4 ab4 32.Bb4 Bb4 33.Nd3 Ne4 34.Qb4+– Qb4 35.Rb4 Rc4 36.Rb7 Ra4+/– 37.Rb8 Kh7 38.Nf4 Ra1 39.Kh2 Nf2 40.Nd5 Ne4 41.Re8 Nd6 42.Re7 Kg6 43.g4 Ra5 44.Re5 Ra3 45.Kg3+– Nc4 46.Re7+/– Nd6 47.Rd7+– Ne4 48.Kf4 Nf2 49.h4 Ra5 50.Ne7 Kf6 51.Ng8 Kg6 52.Ne7 Kf6 53.Nf5 Ra6 54.Rd6 Rd6 55.Nd6 g6?? 56.Ne4 White plans g5 56...Ne4 57.Ke4 Ke7 58.Kf4 Kd6 59.e4 Ke7 60.g5 (60.g5 hg5 61.Kg5+–) 1–0. Dopper,Johan – Loomans,John, corr, 1988.

8.a4 Be7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Qb3 Qc7 (13...e5 14.Rac1=+ (14.Qb7? Rb8 15.Qa6 Rb6-+)) 14.d4 Bd6 (14...Na5 15.Qa2=) 15.Rac1 Qb8 (15...Na5 16.Qa2 Qb6 17.Nd2=) 16.h3 (16.Ba3 e5 17.Bd6 Qd6 18.de5 Ne5 19.Qb7 Rfe8+=) 16...Rfe8 (16...Na5 17.Qa2+=) 17.Bd3 (17.Ba3 e5 18.Bc4 Rf8 19.Bd6 Qd6 20.Ne5 Ne5 21.de5 Qe5+=) 17...Na5 18.Qa2 h6 (18...Bc6 19.e4 Nh5 20.Ne2+=) 19.Ne4 (19.Ba3 Bc6+=) 19...Ne4 20.Be4 Nc4?? (20...b5 21.ab5 Bb5 22.Rfd1+= (worse 22.Qa5 Bf1 23.Rf1 Qb2=+)) 21.Bc3 White intends a5 (better 21.Rc4 Rc4 22.Qc4+-) 21...b5= 22.Bd3 Qb6 (better 22...Nb6 23.ab5 Nd5=) 23.Nd2 (better 23.ab5 ab5 24.Qb3=) 23...Nd2-/+ 24.Bd2 b4 (24...Rc1 25.Rc1 ba4 26.Rb1-/+) 25.a5=+ Qb7 26.Rb1 (26.Qb1 Red8-/+) 26...Bc6 (26...Bb5 27.Bb4 Bd3 28.Bd6 Bb1 29.Qb1-/+) 27.f3 Bd5 (27...Bb5 28.Be4 Qd7 29.Rfc1=+) 28.Qb2 (28.Qa4 Bc6 29.Qa2 Bb5 30.Bb4 Bh2 31.Kh2 Bd3-/+) 28...Rb8 (28...Bc4 29.Be4 Qb5 30.Rfc1-+) 29.e4 Bc6 30.Rfc1 Red8 (30...Bb5 31.Qb3=+) 31.Be1 (31.Bc4 Be7=) 31...Be7 (31...Bb5 32.Bc2 Bf4 33.Qb4 Be3 34.Bf2 Rd4 35.Be3 Rb4 36.Rb4-+) 32.Qe2 (32.Bg3 Rbc8=) 32...Ra8 (32...Bb5 33.Bb5 Qb5 34.Qb5 Rb5 35.Rc7-/+) 33.Bc4 (better 33.Bb4 Bb4 34.Qf2+=) 33...Rd4-/+ 34.Bf2 Rdd8 35.Bb6 Rd7 36.Ba6 (better 36.Qa2 Kh8 37.Be2=+) 36...Qa6?? (better 36...Ra6 37.Rc6 Ra5-+ (37...Qc6?! 38.Qa6 Rd2 39.Kh1-+)) 37.Qa6+= Ra6 38.Rc6 Kh7 (38...Ra8 39.Rb2+=) 39.Rc8 (39.Kf1 Rd2+=) 39...Kg6 (39...Rd3 40.Kf1+=) 40.Rb2 (40.Kf1 Rd3+=) 40...h5 (40...Rd3 41.Kf2=) 41.Kf2 (41.Kf1 Rd3+=) 41...h4 (41...Rd3 42.Ke2 Ra3 43.f4=) 42.Ke3 Rd1 43.Rh8 (43.f4 Ra1+=) 43...Re1 (43...Rc1 44.Rb3+=) 44.Kd2 Rg1?? (better 44...Ra1+=) 45.Bg1+- Bg5 (45...Ra5 46.Kd3+-) 46.Be3 Be3 (46...Bf6 47.Rb4 Ra5 48.f4+-) 47.Ke3 Ra5 48.Rh4 1-0. tpape (2030) - Mephisto_Risc (2035), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.a4 Be7 9.Nf3 a6 10.Be2 Nc6=.

8.Qa4 Nc6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.0-0 a6 11.Bd3 (11.Be2 e5 12.Qh4 Be6=) 11...b5 (11...Ne5 12.Qb3 Nf3 13.gf3-/+) 12.Qc2 (12.Qd1 0-0=+) 12...Nb4-/+ 13.Qb3 Nd3 14.Qd3 Bc6 15.Qe2 0-0 16.d4 Ne4 (16...Rc8 17.Rc1=+) 17.Ne5 Bd5 18.Nc3 Nc3 19.Bc3 f6 (19...Rc8 20.Rfc1 f6-/+) 20.Nf3? (better 20.e4=+) 20...Bc4-+ 21.Qb2 Bf1 22.Rf1 Rc8 23.Ne1 (23.a3 Qd7-+) 23...Qc7 24.Bb4 Bb4 25.Qb4 Rfd8 26.Nd3 (26.Nf3 Rd7-+) 26...Qd6 (26...Qc4 27.Qb3-+) 27.Nc5 e5 28.Rd1?? (better 28.Qb1 Qd5 29.Na6 ed4 30.ed4-+) 28...Kh8 (better 28...Qc5! 29.Qe1 ed4 30.ed4 Qc4-+ (30...Rd4?! 31.Rd4 Qe5 32.Kf1-+)) 29.Qa5 (29.Re1 ed4 30.ed4 Qd4 31.Qd4 Rd4 32.a3-+) 29…Rc5 0-1. Abdullaevich (1815) - vik_48 (1945), lichess.org, 2019.

8.Qa4 Be7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 a6 11.Bd7 Qd7 12.Ne5 Qa4 Normal 0-1. banjoband (2060) - Paulkorn (2035), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.Nc3 (10.Nf3 Bc6+=) 10...a4–/+ 11.Bc2 Qb6 (11...a3 12.Bc1–/+) 12.Nf3 b4 (better is 12...a3!? 13.Bc1 b4+=) 13.Na4+/– Qa5 14.Rc1 (14.Bf6 gf6 15.Nb2 Bc6+=) 14...Be7 (14...Bc6 15.Bd4=) 15.Ne5 Ba4 (15...0-0 16.Nc4 Qg5 17.0-0=) 16.Ba4+/– Qa4 17.Rc8 Bd8 18.Qa4 Ra4 19.Rb8 Ra2 20.Bd4 (better is 20.Rb4 Bc7 21.Nc4+/–) 20...Nd5?? (20...0-0+=) 21.0-0?? (better is 21.Rd8 Kd8 22.Nf7 Ke7 23.Nh8+–) 21...0-0+= 22.Nc6 The isolani on b4 becomes a target 22...Ba5 (better is 22...Bf6!? 23.Rf8 Kf8 24.Bc5 Ke8–/+) 23.Rf8+= Kf8 24.Bc5 Ke8+= 25.d4? b3–+ 26.Rb1?? b2 27.g3 Ra1 28.Kg2 Rb1 29.e4 Ra1 30.ed5 b1Q 31.de6 fe6 32.Ne5–+ Qe4 33.Nf3 g5 0–1. captainevans – pietronelli, internet, 2013.

8.Qb3 Bb5 9.Qb5 Qd7 10.Qb3 Be7 11.Nf3 0-0 (11...Nc6 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.d4=) 12.0-0 (12.Bf6 Bf6 13.d4 Nc6=) 12...Nc6 13.d4 (13.Bf6 Bf6 14.d4 e5=) 13...Ne4 (13...Rac8 14.Ba3=) 14.Nbd2 (14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3 Rac8=) 14...Nd2 15.Nd2 Qd5 (15...Rac8 16.Rac1=) 16.a3 (16.e4 Qb3 17.Nb3 Rad8=) 16...Qb3 (16...Qd7 17.Rfd1=) 17.Nb3 b6 (17...Rfd8 18.Rfd1=) 18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.Rc3 (19.e4 Bf6+=) 19...a5 (19...a6 20.Rfc1 Na7 21.Nd2=) 20.Rfc1 (20.e4 Na7 21.Rd3 Rc2=) 20...Na7 21.Rc7 (21.Rc8 Rc8 22.Rc8 Nc8=) 21...Bd6 (21...Rc7 22.Rc7 Ba3 23.Ba3=+) 22.Rc8 ½–½. algernon – may, net–chess.com, 2017.

8.Nc3 a6 9.Be2 Be7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Nf3 0-0 12.0-0 h6 13.d4 Rc8 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Bd3 Nb4 16.Bb1 a5 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Be4 Bc6 19.Bc6 bc6 20.Ba3 Qb7 21.Rab1 Rb8 22.Qc4 Qa6?? (better is 22...Rfc8=) 23.Qa6+– Na6 24.Be7 Rfe8 25.Rb8 (25.Bd6 Rbd8 26.Rb6 Nb8+–) 25...Rb8 26.Bd6 (26.Ne5 Rb7 27.Bd6 Rb2+–) 26...Rb3 (26...Rb2 27.Ra1+–) 27.g3 (27.Rc1 Rb2+–) 27...f6 (27...c5 28.Rc1 cd4 29.Nd4+–) 28.Rc1 Nb4 29.Bb4 Rb4 30.Rc6 Ra4 31.Ra6 Ra1 32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Nd2 a4 34.Nc4 Ra2 35.h4 g5 36.hg5 hg5 37.Kf3 Kg6 38.Re6 a3 39.Ra6 Kf5 40.Ra3 g4 41.Kg2 Ra3 42.Na3 Ke4 43.Nc2 Kd3 44.Nb4 Kc4 45.Nc6 Kd5 46.Ne7 Ke6 47.Nc6 Kd5 48.Nb4 Kc4 49.Nc2 Kc3?? 50.Ne1 Kd2 51.Kf1 f5 52.Ng2 Kd3 53.Nf4 Ke4 54.Ke2 ½–½. elektrooon – xadrezmen, internet, 2013.

8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Qa4 Bc3 10.Bc3 0-0 11.Nf3 a6 12.Bd7 Nbd7 13.0-0 b5 14.Qa3 Nd5 15.Bd4 N7b6 16.d3 Na4 17.Rac1 Qa5 (17...f6 18.Qb3=) 18.Ne5 Rfc8? (better is 18...b4!? 19.Qb3 Nac3=) 19.Nc6+– Qd2 (better is 19...Qc7 20.e4 Ndc3 21.Ne7 Kh8 22.Nc8 Rc8+–) 20.Rfd1?? (better is 20.Qb3 Rc6 21.Rc6+–) 20...Qe2+= 21.Re1 Qg4 (21...Qd2 22.Qd6 Re8 23.Red1=) 22.h3 Qg5 23.f4 (23.Qd6!?+=) 23...Qg3= 24.Qb3?? (24.Re2 Re8=) 24...Kh8 (better is 24...Rc6 25.Qd1 Nac3–+) 25.Ne5 Rc1 26.Rc1 Ne3 27.Nf7 Kg8 28.Nh6 Kf8 29.Qb4 Ke8 30.Be3?? (better is 30.Qd2 Nd5 31.Qc2+=) 30…Qe3–+ (30...Qe3 31.Kh2 Qc1–+ (31...gh6 32.Rc7 Nc5 33.Rc5+/–)) 0–1. druhynejhorsi (1790) – pir2ooo (1850), internet, 2013.

8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Nf3 a6 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bb3 0-0 13.0-0 Rc8 14.d4 (14.Rfc1 Bd6=) 14...Na5 (Better is 14...Nd4 15.Nd4 Bc3 (< 15...Rc3 16.Bc3 Bc3 17.Rac1+=) 16.Bc3 Rc3–/+) 15.Ne5?? (Better is 15.Rfc1=) 15...Bc3–+ (15...Rc3?! 16.Bc3 Bc3 17.Rac1–/+) 16.Nd7 (16.Bc3 Rc3 17.Rac1 Qc7 18.Rc3 Qc3–+) 16...Qd7 17.Bc3 Rc3 18.Rfc1 Rc1 19.Rc1 Nb3 20.ab3 Rc8 21.Qd1 Rc1 22.Qc1 g6 23.b4 Qd6 24.Qc5 Qc5 25.dc5 Kf8 26.c6 Nd5 27.e4 Nc7 28.f4 Ke7 29.g4 Kd6 30.f5 ef5 31.ef5 gf5 32.gf5 Kc6 33.Kf2 Nd5 34.Kf3 Nb4 35.Ke4 a5 36.Ke5 a4 37.Kf6 a3 38.Kf7 a2 39.f6 a1Q 0–1. stoker – Taiko, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

8.Nc3 Bb5 9.Nb5 Nc6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.d4 a6 13.Nc3 b5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Qd3 Na5 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qe4 Nc4 18.Bc3 Bf6 (18...Na3!? 19.Rfc1 b4–/+) 19.Bb4 Re8 20.a4 a5 21.Bc3 (better is 21.Bc5!? e5 22.Qc2 (22.ab5? ed4 23.Qf5 g6–+) 22...ed4 23.ed4=) 21...b4–+ 22.Bd2 Nd2 (22...e5!? 23.d5 Nd6–+ (worse is 23...Nd2 24.Nd2 Rc5 25.Qf3–/+)) 23.Nd2–/+ e5 24.d5 Rc5 25.Nb3 Rd5 26.Rac1 g6 27.Rc6 Bg7 28.h3 f5 29.Qc4 Kh8 30.Rc5 (30.Rc8 Qc8 31.Qd5 Qa8+=) 30...Rd1 (30...Rc5!? 31.Qc5 e4–/+) 31.Rd1 Qd1 32.Kh2 e4 33.Ra5 Be5 34.g3 Qf3 35.Kg1 Bg3 (better is 35...Rd8 36.Rd5 Rd5 37.Qd5 Bg3 38.Qd4 Kg8 39.fg3 Qg3 40.Kf1 Qh3 41.Ke1 Kf7+=) 36.fg3?? (better is 36.Qd4!? Kg8 37.fg3 Qg3 38.Kf1 Qh3 39.Ke2 Qg4 40.Kd2=) 36...Qe3 (36...Rd8!? 37.Rd5 Qg3 38.Kf1 Qf3 39.Ke1 Qe3 40.Kd1 Rd5 41.Qd5 Qh3 42.Qd4 Kg8 43.Qb4 Qf1 44.Kd2 g5+=) 37.Kg2–/+ g5?? (37...Qf3 38.Kh2 Qf2 39.Kh1 Qg3 40.Qd4 Kg8 41.Qc4 Kg7 42.Qb4 Qh3 43.Kg1 Qg3 44.Kh1 e3 45.Qc3 Kh6–+) 38.Qd4 (better is 38.Rf5!? Qc3 39.Qf7 Qb2 40.Kh1+–) 38...Qd4 39.Nd4 f4 40.gf4 gf4 41.Kf2 (41.Rb5!?+–) 41...Rd8+/– 42.Nb3 Rd4?? (better is 42...Rd3 43.Ra8 Kg7+=) 43.Nd4+– 1–0. tyop (1705) – oiler85 (1710), internet, 2013.

8.Nc3 Bb5 9.Nb5 Nbd7 10.Nf3 a6 11.Nbd4 Be7 12.0-0= 0-0 13.a4 Nc5 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Rfc1 Qa5 16.Ba3 Na4 17.Nb3 Qb5 18.Qb5 ab5 19.Be7 Ne7 20.Rc7 Nd5=+ 21.Rb7? Rab8?? 22.Rb8 Rb8 23.Kf1 Kf8 24.Nfd4 e5 25.Nc6 Re8 26.Ke2 Re6 27.Rc1 Nab6 28.Rc5 b4 29.g3 f5 30.f3 e4 31.Nbd4+/– Rh6 32.h4 Rf6 33.Rb5 ef3 34.Kf3 g6 35.Nb4 Nb4 36.Rb4 Nd5 37.Rb8+– Kg7 38.Rb7 Kg8 39.Rd7 Nb6 40.Rd8 Kf7 41.Nb5 Nc4 42.d3 Ne5 43.Kf4+– Ng4 44.Rd7 Kg8 45.Nd4 Nf2 46.Nf3 h6 47.Ne5 Re6 48.d4 Ng4? 49.h5 gh5 50.Kf5 Rf6 51.Ke4 Nf2 52.Kd5 Nh1 53.Nc6 Ng3 54.Ne7 Kf8 55.Ke5 Ra6 56.Nf5 Ra5 57.d5+– Nf5 58.Kf5 (58...Ra6 59.Rb7+–) 1–0. Kreuzer,Uwe – Schmitt,Richard, tt, 1987.

8.Nc3 Bb5 9.Nb5 Be7 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.Nf3 =.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.0-0 Bd6 12.d4 0-0 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Qd3 Nb4 15.Qb1 Bb8?? (better 15...Nbd5=) 16.Ba3+– Nbd5 (16...a5 17.Bb4 ab4 18.Qb4+–) 17.Nd5 (17.Bf8?! Nc3 18.Rc3 Rc3=) 17...Nd5 (17...ed5 18.Rc8 Bc8 19.Bf8 Qf8 20.Rc1+–) 18.Rc8 (18.Bf8 Qf8 19.Bd3 f5+–) 18...Bc8 19.Bf8 Qf8 (19...Nc3 20.Qc2 Ne2 21.Qe2 Qf8 22.Qc2+–) 20.Rc1 Bb7 21.g3 (21.a4 b4+–) 21...h6 (21...f5 22.a4! b4 23.Qb3+–) 22.Ne5 Qd6 (22...Bd6 23.Nd7 Qd8 24.Nc5 Bc5 25.Rc5+–) 23.Bh5 f6 (23...f5 24.Qc2 Ne7 25.a4+–) 24.Qg6 (24.Bf7 Kf8 25.Qh7+–) 24...fe5 (24...Qe7 25.Nf7 Nb4+–) 25.Qf7 Kh8 26.Qe8 (26.Qe8 Qf8 27.Qf8 Kh7 28.Qb8 Nf6 29.Qb7 ed4 30.Rc7 Kg8 31.Rg7 Kh8 32.Qf7 de3 33.Qf8 Ng8 34.Qg8) 1–0. DEFFM – GuestPCZM, freechess.org, 2018.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 a6 12.Bd3 b5 13.a3 Rc8 14.e4 Bb8 (14...Be7 15.Qb1=) 15.d5 (15.e5 Nh5+=) 15...ed5 (15...Ne5 16.Be2=+) 16.Nd5= (worse 16.ed5 Ne5=+) 16...Nd5 17.ed5 Na5 18.Qe1 (18.Rc1 Nc4 19.Bc4 bc4=) 18...Nc4=+ 19.Bd4 Bg4?? (better 19...Re8 20.Qd1 Bg4-/+) 20.Bc4?? (better 20.Qe4 f5 21.Qe6 Kh8 22.Qh6+-) 20...Rc4-+ 21.Ne5 (21.Qd2 Bf3 22.gf3 Qd5-+) 21...Rd4 22.Nc6 Qd6 23.g3 Rd5 (better 23...Bh3-+) 24.Ne7-/+ Kh8 25.Nd5 Qd5 (better 25...Bh3 26.Qb4 Bf1 27.Kf1 Re8-/+) 26.Qe7?? (better 26.Qb4 Bd6 27.Qg4+=) 26...Bd6-+ 27.Qh4 (27.Qe1 Rd8 28.Rd1 Bd1 29.Qd1 Ba3-+) 27...Qf5 (better 27...h5 28.a4 g5 29.Rad1 Bd1 30.Qh3-+) 28.f3 (28.a4-+) 28...Bf3 29.Rac1 (29.Rf2 Bc5 30.Qf4 Bf2 31.Kf2 Qc2 32.Kf3 Qc3 33.Kg4 f5 34.Kh4 Qf6 35.Kh3 Qa1-+) 29...Ba3 30.Rc3 (30.Qd4 Bc1 31.Rc1-+) 30...Bc5 31.Rc5 (31.Qd4 Bd4 32.Re3 Be3 33.Rf2 Qb1) 31...Qc5 32.Rf2 Bb7 (32...Qc1 33.Rf1 Qe3 34.Rf2 Rc8 35.Qh3 Rc1 36.Qf1 Rf1 37.Kf1 Qc1) 33.Qf4 f6 (33...Rd8 34.Qb8 Rb8 35.h4 Re8 36.g4 Re1 37.Kh2 Qf2 38.Kh3 Re3) 34.h4 (34.Kf1 Qc6 35.Re2 Rd8-+) 34...Rc8 (34...Rd8!? 35.Kh2 Qc6 36.Qf3 Qf3 37.Rf3 Bf3 38.g4-+) 35.Kh2 (35.Qd2 Qc6 36.Rh2 Qe4-+) 35...Qc1 (35...Qc6 36.Rf3-+) 36.Rf1 (36.Qc1 Rc1 37.g4 h6-+) 36...Qf4 (36...Rc2 37.Kh3 Bg2 38.Kg4 h5 39.Kf5 Rc5 40.Ke6 Bh3 41.g4 Bg4 42.Qg4 Qe3 43.Kd7 Qd2 44.Ke8 hg4 45.Re1 Qe1 46.Kd7 Qd2 47.Ke6 Kg8 48.h5 Re5) 37.Rf4 (37.gf4 b4 38.Rb1 Rc2 39.Kg3 Rc3 40.Kh2 b3-+) 37...Rc2 38.Kh3 (38.Kg1 Rg2 39.Kf1 Rg3-+) 38...Bc8 39.g4 Rc3 (39...h5 40.Kg3 Rc3 41.Kg2 hg4 42.Kg1-+) 40.Kg2 h6 (40...Rc4 41.Rf2 Rg4 42.Kf3-+) 41.g5 hg5 42.hg5 Rc6 (42...fg5 43.Rb4-+) 43.g6 (43.gf6 Rf6 44.Rb4 Bb7 45.Kg3 Bc6-+) 43...Kg8 (better 43...f5!? 44.Rh4 Kg8 45.Kf2-+) 44.Rd4 Kf8 45.Rd8 Ke7 46.Rg8 f5 47.Rg7 Kf6 48.Rg8 Be6 49.Rf8 Kg6 50.Kf3 Bf7 (50...b4 51.Rd8-+) 51.Kf4 Kf6 52.Ra8 (52.Rb8 Rc4 53.Ke3 f4 54.Kd2 Ke5-+) 52...Rc4 53.Ke3 Ra4 54.Kd2 f4 55.Kc3 (55.Rh8 a5 56.Rh6 Ke5-+) 55...b4 (better 55...f3 56.Rh8-+) 56.Kb2 (56.Kd3 f3 57.Rh8 b3-+) 56...a5 (56...f3 57.Rd8 f2 58.Rd6 Ke5 59.Rd5 Bd5 60.Kc2 Ra2 61.Kd3 f1Q 62.Ke3 Qf3) 57.Ra7 Be6 (57...f3 58.Ra6 Be6 59.Re6 Ke6 60.Kc2 f2 61.Kd3 f1Q 62.Kd4 b3 63.Ke3 Qh3 64.Kd2 Ra2 65.Kc1 Qf1) 58.Ra6 Ra3 (58...f3 59.Rd6 f2 60.Rd1 Ra2 61.Kb1 b3 62.Kc1 Bf5 63.Rd6 Kg5 64.Rd1 b2 65.Kd2 b1Q 66.Ke3 Qe4) 59.Re6 Ke6 (59...Ke6 60.Kc1 Ra2 61.Kd1 f3 62.Ke1 Re2 63.Kd1 a4 64.Kc1 f2 65.Kb1 f1Q) 0-1. dale70 (2005) - Yubochka (2015), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Bd7 Qd7 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.0-0 0-0 13.a4 Kh8 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.d4 Rg8 16.Nh4 a6 17.Na3 Qd5 18.Qf3 Qg5 19.g3?? (better is 19.Qh3+=) 19...Qh4–+ 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.Kh1 Qg5 22.h4 Qd5 23.Qd5 ed5 24.Nd2 Ba5 25.Nf3 Rgc8 26.Rab1 Rab8 27.h5 Kg7 28.Kg2 Ne7 29.Nh4 Rc4 30.g4 (30.Ra1 Kh6–+) 30...b6 (30...Ra4 31.Kf3–+) 31.f4 (31.Rfc1 Ra4 32.Rc7 Kf8–+) 31...Ra4 32.g5 h6 33.gf6 (33.gh6 Kh6 34.Rh1 Rc8–+) 33...Kf6 34.Kf3 Rg8 35.Rfc1 b5 36.e4 (36.Ra1 Ra1 37.Ra1–+) 36...Ra3 37.Ke2 de4 38.d5 (38.Ra1 Rgg3–+) 38...Rgg3 (better is 38...Ra2 39.Kf1 Rg4 40.Rc6 Nc6 41.Rb3 Rh4 42.Rg3 Rf4 43.Rf3 Rf3 44.Kg1 Bb6 45.Kh1 Rf1) 39.d6 (39.Ra1–+) 39...Ra2 40.Kf1 (40.Rb2 Rb2 41.Kf1 e3 42.Ng2 Rgg2 43.Rc2 Rbc2 44.de7 Rcf2) 40...e3 41.de7 Rf2 0–1. elektrooon – szmark (1645), internet, 2013.

8.Be2 Qb6 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nc3 Bc6 11.Nf3 Rg8 12.g3 Nd7 13.0-0 h5 (13...Bb4 14.Nd4+=) 14.Qb3 (14.Nd4 h4+=) 14...Qc7 15.Rac1 Nc5 16.Qb4?? (better 16.Qc2+=) 16...Nd3!-/+ 17.Qh4 (17.Bd3 Qd6 Double attack (17...Bb4 Discovered attack; 17...Bf3 Deflection; 17...Qd6 Decoy)) 17...Nc1 18.Rc1 Rd8 (18...Qd7 19.Qf6 Be7 20.Qf4=+) 19.Qh5 (19.Ne4 Be7=+) 19...Bf3 (19...Qd7=+) 20.Bf3 (20.Qf3 a6 21.Rb1 A) 21...Rd2? 22.Ne4 Re2 23.Nf6 (23.Qe2?! Be7+=) 23...Kd8 24.Ng8+- (24.Qe2?! Rh8+-); B) 21...Rd7=) 20...Rd2 (20...Rg5 21.Qh4 Rd2 22.Kg2-/+) 21.Ne2 (21.Qb5 Kd8 22.Qb7 Qb7 23.Bb7 f5=+) 21...Qd7 22.Rc4? (better 22.Qa5 b6 23.Qa6=+) 22...Ra2 23.Rd4 Qc7?? (23...Bd6 24.Qh7 Ra1 25.Kg2-+) 24.Nf4?? (better 24.Qb5 Ke7 25.Qb4 Ke8 26.Qb5 Ke7 27.Qb4 Ke8 28.Qb5=) 24...e5 (better 24...Rg5 25.Qh8 Ke7-+) 25.Re4? (better 25.Nd5 Qc6 26.Qf5 ed4 27.Nf6 Qf6 28.Qf6+/-) 25...Qc1 (25...Qc2 26.Ne2-+) 26.Kg2 Ra1 27.Kh3 Bg7?? (27...Rg5 28.Qh8 Qf1 29.Bg2 Qd1-+ (29...Qf2?! 30.Qf6 Be7 31.Re5 Re5 32.Qe5=)) 28.Ne6= Qc8 29.Bg4 Qe6 30.Be6 Rh8 31.Bf7 Ke7 32.Bg6 (32.Qh8 Bh8 33.Bd5 b5=) 32...Rh5=+ 33.Bh5 Ra2 (33...b5 34.Rb4 a6 35.Bg6=+) 34.Kg2 b5 35.Rb4 a6 36.Bf3 f5 37.Bc6 (37.Bb7 Ke6=+) 37...e4 38.Bd5 Kd6?? (better 38...Ra3-/+) 39.Ba2+- Kc5 (39...Bc3 40.Rb1 Ke7 41.f3+-) 40.Rb1 a5 41.Be6 (41.Rc1 Kb6+-) 41...b4 (41...a4 42.Rd1+-) 42.Bf5 Kb5 (42...a4 43.Be4 b3 44.Rc1 Kb4 45.Rc7+-) 43.Be4 a4 44.Bd5 Ka5 (44...Kc5 45.e4+-) 45.h4 a3 (45...Kb5 46.f4+-) 46.g4 Kb5 47.Bb3 Kc5 48.Kf3 Kd6 49.e4 (49.g5 Bc3+-) 49...Ke5 (49...Be5 50.Rd1 Ke7 51.g5+-) 50.Ke3 (50.Rd1 Kf6 51.Rd7 Bh6+-) 50...Kf6 (50...Kd6 51.f4 Ke7 52.e5+-) 51.f4 Kg6 52.h5 Kh7 53.g5 a2 54.Ba2 Kh8 55.Rb4 Bc3 56.Rb7 Bg7 (56...Bb4 57.g6 Be7 58.h6 Bc5 59.Kd3 Be7 60.Rb8 Bf8 61.Rf8) 57.Rb8 (57.g6 Bd4 58.Kd3 Bg7 59.e5 Be5 60.Rh7) 57…Kh7 ½-½. zembelek (2060) - sidneycrode (2025), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Be2 Bd6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 (10.Na3 Bc6=) 10...Nc6 11.Na3 Rc8 12.Rc1 Nb4 (12...e5 13.Nc4 Qe7 14.Nd6 Qd6 15.Qb3+=) 13.Rc8+= Qc8 (13...Bc8 14.Nb5+=) 14.Bf6 gf6 15.Qb1 (15.Qa1 Bc6+=) 15...Qb8 16.Rc1 (16.Nc4 Be7+=) 16...b5 17.Nb5 (17.d4 a6=) 17...Bb5= 18.Bb5 Qb5 19.a3 Rb8 20.ab4 Qb4 The passed pawn on a7 will become decisive later 21.Qc2 Qb2 (21...Qb3 22.Qe4=) 22.Qd1 Qb3 23.d4 (23.Qe2 a5=) 23...Qd1 24.Rd1 a5 25.Nd2 a4 26.Kf1 (26.Ne4 a3 27.Nf6 Kg7–/+) 26...Bb4 (26...f5 27.Nc4 Bc7 28.g3=) 27.Nc4 Bc3 28.Ke2 Rb4 29.Kd3 Rb3 30.Kc2 Bb4 Black plans a3 31.Rd3 Rd3 32.Kd3 f5 33.f4 f6 34.Nb6+/– a3 35.Kc2 Be1 36.Kb3 Kf8 37.Ka3 Ke7 38.Kb3 Kd6 39.Kc2 Kc6 40.Na4 Ba5 41.Nb2 Kd5+/– 42.Kd3 h5 43.Nd1 Kd6 44.Nc3 Ke7 45.Ne2 Kf7 46.d5 ed5+/– 47.Nd4 Bb4 48.Nf5 White fights for the Initiative 48...Bc5 49.Ng3 Kg6 50.Ne2 Kf5 51.Nd4 Kg4 52.Nb5 h4 53.Nc7 h3 54.gh3 Kf3 55.Nd5 f5 56.h4 Kg4 57.Kc4 Ba7 58.Kb5 Kh4 59.Kc6 Kh3 60.Kd6 Kg4 61.Ke6 Bc5 62.h3! Kh3 Deflection from f5 63.Kf5 Kh4 64.Kg6 Kg4 65.e4 Kf3 66.Kf5 (66.Kf5 Ke2 67.e5+–) 1–0. Poschmann,Hans – Rosner,Dirk, corr TKM–A010, 2000.

8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Bd7 Nd7 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Nf3 (11.Nge2 0-0+=) 11...Rd8 (better is 11...Bc3!? 12.dc3 Qc3 13.Ke2 b6–/+) 12.Ne4 Qg6 13.Ng3 0-0 14.0-0 Nf6 15.Ne5 Qg5 16.f4 Qh4 17.f5 (17.d4 Nd5 18.Qd3 Rc8=) 17...Rd2 (better is 17...Bd2 18.Qb3 Qh6–/+) 18.Qf3?? (18.Qb3 Rd5 19.Rf4 Qh6 20.Nf7 Rf7 21.fe6 Rc7 22.Qb4 Rdc5+/–) 18...ef5 (better is 18...Bc3 19.Qf4 Qf4 20.ef4 Bd4 21.Kh1 Ba1 22.Ra1 Nd5–+) 19.Nf5 Qg5 (better is 19...Qh5+=) 20.h4+/– Qh5 21.Qh5 (better is 21.g4!? Ng4 22.Ng4+/– (worse is 22.Qg4 Qg4 23.Ng4 h5+=)) 21...Nh5= 22.a3 (22.Rab1 Bc5 23.Rb7+=) 22...Bd6?? (22...Bc5 23.Nc4 Rd5 24.a4–/+) 23.Nf3?? (23.Nc4 Ng3 24.Nd2 (24.Nfd6?! Nf1 25.Kf1 Rc2+/–; 24.Ncd6?! Nf1 25.Rf1 f6+/–) 24...Nf1 25.Kf1+– (25.Nd6?! Nd2 26.Rd1 Nb3+=; 25.Rf1?! Ba3 26.Nc4 Bc5+–; 25.Nf1?! Bc5+–)) 23...Rd3 24.Rfd1 Rd1 25.Rd1 Bg3?? 26.Rd7+= Rc8?? 27.Ne7+– Kf8 28.Nc8 g6 29.Rb7 Kg7 30.Ra7 Nf6 31.Nb6 Ne4 32.a4 Nc5 33.a5 Bb8 34.Ra8 Bc7 35.Nd5 Bd6 36.a6 Na6 37.Ra6 Bg3 38.Nd4 Be1 39.h5! gh5 40.Nf5 Kf8 41.Ra8 1–0. horacyad2010 – alexsup, internet, 2013.

9.a4 a6 10.a5 Qc5 11.Ba3 Qg5 12.Nf3 Qg2 13.Rg1 Qh3 14.Rg3 Qh6=+ 15.Bf8 Kf8 16.Bd7 Nfd7 17.Qb3 Ra7 18.Qb4 Ke8 19.Ne4 e5?? 20.Nd6+– (20...Qd6 21.Qd6+–) 1–0. Kreuzer,Uwe – Holtmann, Mannheim GER, 1991.

9.a4 Nc6. Kreuzer.

9.a4 Bd6 10.Bd7 Nbd7 11.Rb1 =+.

9.Qb3 a6 10.Be2 Qb3 11.ab3 Bc6 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.0-0 Bb4 14.Nd4 Bd5 15.Nd5 (White gets the initiative) 15...Nd5 16.Nb5 0-0 17.Nc3 b5 18.Nd5+= ed5 19.Bf3 Nb6 20.Bd4 Rfb8 21.Rfc1 Bd2 22.Rc6 Nd7 23.Bd5 Rc8 24.Rd6 Nc5 25.Bc5 Rc5 26.Ba8 Rc8 27.Rd2 Ra8 28.Ra6! (28...Rc8 29.Kf1 Rc1 30.Ke2+–) 1–0. Kreuzer,Uwe – Reiter, Mannheim GER, 1991.

9.Bd7 Nbd7 10.Rb1 Bb4 =.

9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Rc1 =+.

9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nf3 =+.

9.Nc3 Be7 10.Nf3= 0-0 11.0-0 Rc8 12.d4 Qa5 13.Qb3 b5 14.Qb5+= Qb5 15.Nb5 Rb8 16.Ba3+/– Ba3 17.Na3 Rb2 18.Nc4 Rb4 19.Nce5 Nb6 20.Nc6+– Ra4 21.Ne7 Kh8 22.Rfc1 g6 23.Ne5 Kg7 24.Rc7 Nfd5 25.Nd5 Nd5 26.Rb7 Nb4 27.a3 Nc2 28.Ra2 Ra3 29.Ra3 Na3 30.Ra7 Nb5 31.Rd7 Kg8 32.g3 Nc3 33.f3 Nd1 34.e4 f5 35.d5 ed5 36.ed5 f4 37.d6 Nc3 38.Nc6 fg3 39.Ne7?? Kf7= 40.Nf5?? Ke6–+ 41.Re7 Kf5 42.d7 gh2 43.Kh2 Rd8 44.Rh7 Nd5 45.Kg3 Nf6 46.Rh4 Nh5 47.Kf2 Rd7 48.Ra4 Nf4 49.Ra2 Nd3 50.Ke3 Ne5 51.Ra5 Rd3 52.Ke2 Rc3 53.Rb5 Kf4 54.Rb4 Rc4 55.Rb8 Nf3 56.Rf8 Ke4 57.Re8 Ne5 58.Kf2 g5 59.Kg2 g4 60.Kg3 Rc3 61.Kg2 Kf4 62.Rf8 Kg5 63.Rg8 Ng6 64.Kh2 Kh5 65.Rg7 g3 66.Kg1 Nf4 (67.Rh7 Kg6 68.Rg7 Kg7 69.Kf1 Rc1#) 0–1. Sippenauer,Florian – Kirschbaum,Gunnar (2220), Regensburg–ch, 1995.

9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Bf6 Nf6 11.0-0 Be7 12.Nc3 0-0 13.a4 Rac8 14.Rb1 Qc6 15.Nd4 Qd7 16.Ncb5 a6 17.Nc3 Rfd8 18.h3 Bc5 19.Nf3 a5 20.Qb3 Bb4 21.Nb5 (21.Na2 Bd6=) 21...Nd5 (21...Qd5 22.d4+=) 22.d4 Nb6 23.Ne5 Qe7 24.Na7 (24.Rfc1!?=) 24...Rc3+= 25.Qd1 Na4?? (better is 25...Ra3+=) 26.Qf3?? (better is 26.Qa4 f6 27.Nf3+–) 26...Nb6 (26...Rd4 27.Nac6 A) 27...Rc6? 28.Nc6 (28.ed4 Rc7+=) 28...bc6 29.ed4+–; B) 27...bc6 28.Nc6 Qb7 29.Nd4 Qf3 30.Nf3 Kf8=) 27.Nb5–/+ Rcc8 28.Ng4? (28.Rfc1 Nd5–/+) 28...Nd5 (better is 28...Nc4–+) 29.Rfc1–/+ Qd7 30.Rc8 Rc8 31.Qe2 Nc3 32.Nc3 Rc3 33.Ne5 Qc7 34.Qb5 h6 (34...g6 35.Nd3 Bf8 36.Ra1–/+) 35.Qe8+= Kh7 36.Nf7 Qe7?? (better is 36...Qc8!? 37.Qd8 b5=) 37.Qe7 (better is 37.Qh8!? Kg6 38.Ne5 Kf6 39.Qh7+–) 37...Be7+/– 38.Rb7 Bb4? 39.g3 Rc1 40.Kg2 Rc2 41.Kf3 Be1+/– 42.Ne5 Rf2 43.Ke4 Rc2 44.g4 Bb4 45.Rb6 Rc3 46.Re6 Rc1 47.Nf3 a4 48.Ra6 a3 49.Ne5 Rc2 50.Nd3 a2?? 51.Nb4 Rb2 52.Na2 Rb1 53.Nc3 Rb2 54.Nd5 1–0. elektrooon – blade73, internet, 2013.

9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 Qb6 11.Bd4 Bc5 12.Bc5 Qc5 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Ne2 Qd5 16.a4 Rc6 17.Rc6 Qc6 18.Ned4 Qd6 19.Qc2 Nb6 20.a5 Rc8 (20...Nbd5!?=) 21.Qb1 Nbd7 22.Qb7 Rb8 (better is 22...Rc7!? 23.Qa8 Qf8 24.Qf8 Kf8+/–) 23.Qa7+– Ne4 24.Ne2 Rd8 (24...Ndc5!? 25.Nfd4 Nd2+/–) 25.Qd4 Ndf6 (25...Qa6 26.Qe4 Nf6 27.Qb4 Qe2 28.Qb7+–) 26.Qd6 Rd6 27.Rb1 g6 28.d4 (28.Ned4 Ra6 29.Rb8 Kg7+–) 28...Ra6 29.Ra1 Nd5 (29...Ng4 30.Ng3 Ngf2 31.Ng5 Ng5 32.Kf2+–) 30.Nc1 Nb6 31.Ne5 (31.ab6?? Ra1 32.Kf1 Rc1 33.Ke2 Rb1–+) 31...f6 32.Nc6 (32.Ned3 Nc4 33.Nb3 Kf7+–) 32...Nd5 (32...Nc4 33.Nd8 Ra5 34.Ra5 Na5+–) 33.Nb3?? (33.Nb8 Ra8 34.Nd7 Kf7+–) 33...Kf7?? (better is 33...Rc6 34.a6 Rc8+=) 34.Nb8+– Ra8 35.Nc6 Nb6?? (better is 35...Ra6=) 36.a6 (better is 36.ab6 Ra1 37.Na1+–) 36...Ke8 37.Nc5 Nc5 38.dc5 Nd7 39.Ra5 Nb8 40.Nb8 Rb8 41.g3 Kd7 42.a7 Ra8 43.Ra6 f5 44.Rd6 Ke7+/– 45.Ra6 Kd7 46.Kf1 e5 47.Ke2 e4 48.Kd2 Kc7 49.c6 h6 50.Kc3 g5 51.Kd4 Rd8 52.Ke5 f4 53.a8Q (53.a8Q Ra8 54.Ra8 fe3 55.fe3 Kc6 56.Ra6 Kd7 57.Rh6+–) 1–0. Valpa – Mercator, playchess.de, 2002.

9.Bf6 Qf6 10.d4 Bb4 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Ngf3 e5 13.0-0 ed4 14.Nd4 Rad8 15.Ne4 Qe5 16.Ng3 Nf6 17.Qb3 Bc5 18.Qb7 Bd4 19.ed4 Qd4 20.h3 Qb6 21.Qb6 ab6 22.Rfb1 Rd6 23.Rb5 h6 24.Rab1 Ra8 25.R1b2 Rc6 26.Rb6 Rb6 27.Rb6 Ra2 28.Nf5 Kh7 29.Nd6 Kg6 30.Rb7 Ra6 31.Nf7 Ne4 32.Ne5 Kh7 33.f3 Ra1 34.Kh2 Ng5 35.h4 Ne6 36.Rb6 Nf4 37.Kg3 Ne2 38.Kg4 Ra2 39.Rb4 Nc3 40.g3 Nd5 41.Re4 Nf6 42.Kf4 Ne4 43.fe4 g6 44.Nd7 Kg7 45.e5 Kf7 46.Nc5 Rc2 47.Ne4 Ke6 48.g4 Rc4 49.g5 h5 50.Kf3 Ke5 51.Nf6 Rc3 52.Kg2 Rc2 0–1. bluepiramid2 (1615) – peterklein, internet, 2014.

10.Qb3 0-0 11.0-0 Nb6 12.d3 Qe7 13.Rc1 Rfc8 14.Nbd2 Bd6 =.

10.Qb3 0-0 11.d4 Be7 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Ba3 Nb6 14.Nbd2 Bd6 =.

10.Qb3 0-0 11.Bf6 Nf6 12.0-0 b6 13.d4 Bd6 14.Rc1 Qe7 =.

10.Qb3 b6 11.0-0 0-0 12.d4 Bd6 13.Ba3 Qe7 14.Bd6 Qd6 =.

10.Qb3 b6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Rc1 0-0 13.d4 Rc8 14.0-0 a6 =.

10.Qb3 b6 11.d4 Bd6 12.Ba3 Rc8 13.0-0 Qe7 14.Bd6 Qd6 =.

10.Qb3 Qb6 11.0-0 Qb3 12.ab3 Ke7 13.Rc1 Rhc8 14.d4 Bb4 =.

10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Qb6 Bb6 12.Na3 Rc8 13.Rb1 Ke7 14.Ke2 Rhd8 =.

10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Bf6 Qb3 12.ab3 Nf6 13.d4 Bd6 14.Ke2 Ke7 =.

10.Qb3 Bb6 11.0-0 Nc5 12.Qb5 Qd7 13.Qd7 Ncd7 14.Rc1 0-0 =.

10.Qb3 Bb6 11.Nc3 0-0 12.d4 Ba5 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.0-0 Rfc8 =.

10.Qb3 Bb6 11.d4 Ba5 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 =.

10.Qb3 Rc8 11.0-0 Qb6 12.Bf6 Nf6 13.d4 Qb3 14.ab3 Bb6 =.

10.Qb3 Rc8 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Qa3 a6 14.Rc1 Qe7 =.

10.Qb3 Rc8 11.d4 Be7 12.Nc3 0-0 13.0-0 Qa5 14.Rfc1 Nb6 =.

10.Qb3 Be7 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.d4 Nb6 13.0-0 0-0 14.Nc3 Rc8 +=.

10.Nc3 0-0 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Rc1 a6 13.d4 Ba7 14.e4 Qe7? 15.Qb3+/– b5 16.Ba3 Qe8 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nd5 ed5 19.Qd5 Nb6 20.Qb7 Rb8 21.Qa7 (21...Nc4 22.Bf8 Kf8 23.Qa6+–) 1–0. pierre – schack08, internet, 2008.

10.Nc3 0-0 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.Nb5 Bb4 13.a3 Be7 14.0-0 Qa5 =.

10.Nc3 0-0 11.d3 Rc8 12.Rc1 Bd6 13.0-0 Qa5 14.Qb3 Ne5 =.

10.Nc3 0-0 11.d4 Bd6 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.e4 Bc7 14.0-0 Rc8 =.

11.Qb3 Nb6 12.d3 Qe7 13.Nbd2 Rac8 14.Rac1 Nfd5 =.

11.Nc3 a6 12.d4 Be7 13.Qb3 b5 14.Ba3 Rb8 =.

11.d3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.e4 e5 =.

11.d4 Be7 12.Qb3 Rc8 13.Nc3 Qa5 14.Rfc1 Rfd8 =.

11.Bf6 Nf6 12.Qb3 b6 13.d4 Bd6 14.Rc1 Qe7 =.

11.Qb3 0-0 12.d3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Nbd2 Rfd8 =.

11.Nc3 0-0 12.d3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Nfd5 14.Qe2 Qe7 =.

11.d3 0-0 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Nbd2 Rac8 14.Rac1 Nfd5 =.

11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Rc1 0-0 13.d3 Qe7 14.Nc3 Rfd8 =.

11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Nc3 Be7 13.a4 0-0 14.Qb3 Rfc8 =.

11.Qa4 b5 12.Qa6 Rb8 13.Bf6 Nf6 14.d4 Qb6 =.

11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Bf6 Nf6 13.d4 Qb3 14.ab3 Bb6 =.

11.Nc3 a6 12.Rc1 b5 13.Qb3 0-0 14.d4 Bd6 =.

11.d3 0-0 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.Qb3 Nd5 =.

11.d4 Be7 12.Ba3 0-0 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.Nbd2 Bd6 =.

11.Na3 0-0 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Nb5 Rfd8 14.Bf6 Nf6 =.

11.Nc3 a6 12.d3 0-0 13.Qe2 b5 14.Ne4 Ne4 =.

11.d3 0-0 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.e4 Bf4 =.

11.Qe2 0-0 12.e4 Bf4 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Rc8 Qc8 =.

11.Bf6 Nf6 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.e4 Ng4 =.

11.0-0 b5 12.Rc1 0-0 13.Bd4 Qe7 14.Bc5 Nc5 =.

11.Nc3 b5 12.Rc1 0-0 13.0-0 a6 14.d4 Bd6 =.

11.d3 Qe7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rc1 Rfc8 14.Na3 Nd5 =.

11.d4 Bd6 12.0-0 b5 13.Rc1 0-0 14.Nbd2 Qa5 =.

11.Bf6 Nf6 12.Qb5 Nd7 13.0-0 a6 14.Qa4 Bd6 =.

11.0-0 Rc8 12.Rc1 b5 13.Qb3 0-0 14.a4 b4 =.

11.Qb3 b5 12.d4 Bd6 13.0-0 b4 14.Na4 0-0 =.

11.Rc1 Rc8 12.0-0 b5 13.Qb3 0-0 14.a4 b4 =.

11.d3 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Rc1 b5 14.Qe2 Qa5 =.

11.d4 Bd6 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.0-0 b5 14.Ng5 Be7 =.

11.0-0 Bb4 12.a3 Be7 13.Qa4 0-0 14.d4 Nb6 =.

11.Qa4 Qe7 12.Rc1 0-0 13.0-0 Rfd8 14.Qh4 Bb4 =.

11.Rb1 a6 12.0-0 0-0 13.d4 Bd6 14.e4 Bb4 =+.

11.Qb3 Bd6 12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Qa3 a6 14.Rc1 Qe7 =.

11.Rc1 Qa5 12.Qa4 Qb6 13.Rc2 0-0 14.0-0 Rc6 =.

11.0-0 0-0 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.d4 a6 14.Qb3 b5 =.

11.Rb1 0-0 12.0-0 a6 13.d3 Rc8 14.Qd2 Nc5 =.

11.Rc1 Rc8 12.0-0 0-0 13.d4 Qb6 14.Qe2 Qa5 =.

11.d3 0-0 12.0-0 Nc5 13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Na4 Rfc8 =.

11.d4 Rc8 12.0-0 b5 13.d5 a6 14.e4 Nc5 =.

11.Nc3 e5 12.d3 =.

11.Bf6 Nf6 12.Qb3 Qd7 =.

12.Rc1 Rc8 =.

12.d3 Nc5 13.Nd4 e5 =.

12.d4 Qa5 13.Qd3 Rfc8 14.Rfc1 =.

12.d4 Qa5 13.Qd3 Rfd8 14.Ne4 Qd5 (14...Rac8 15.Nf6 Nf6 16.a4+= (16.Rfc1 Rc1 17.Bc1 Rc8 18.e4 Rc3) 16...Nd5 17.Rfc1 g6 18.e4 Nb4; 14...Ne4 15.Qe4 Rac8 16.a4 Rc7 17.Qd3 Rdc8 18.Ba3 Ba3; 14...Qb5 15.Qb5 ab5 16.Ng3 Rdc8 17.Rfc1 Nd5 18.Rc8 Rc8) 15.Nf6 (15.Nc3 Qa5 16.Ne4 Rac8 17.a4 Ne4 18.Qe4 Rc6) 15...Nf6 16.Nd2 (16.Ba3 Ba3 17.Qa3 Ne4 18.Rac1 Rac8) 16...Rac8 17.e4 (17.a4 Bb4+= (17...Qa5 18.Nc4 Qb4) 18.Rfc1 h6) 17...Qa5 (17...Qb5 18.Qb5 ab5 19.Rfc1–/+) 18.Nb3+= (18.a3 g6) 18...Qa4 (18...Qb5+=) 19.e5 (19.Rfc1!?=) 19...Nd5–/+ 20.Qe4 Qb5 21.Rfc1 a5 22.Rc8 (better is 22.Rab1!?–/+) 22...Rc8–+ 23.Rb1 a4 24.Nd2 Qa5 (24...Qb4 25.Nf1 a3 26.Ba1–+) 25.Nf1 (25.Nf3!?–/+) 25...a3–+ 26.Ba1 b5 27.Ne3? b4 28.Nd5? Qd5 29.Qe2 Qc4 30.Qe1 Qa2 31.Rd1 Qd5 32.Qe2 g6 33.Qa6 Rc6 34.Qa7 Bf8 35.h4 Rc2 36.Qa4 Qc6 37.Qb3 Qc4 38.Qe3 Qd5 39.h5 b3 40.hg6 hg6 41.Bc3 b2 42.Bd2 a2 43.Qe1 Rd2! 44.Rd2 b1Q 45.Rd1 Qdb3 46.Rc1 Qc1! 47.Qc1 Qb1 48.Qf1 a1Q 49.Qb1 Qb1 50.Kh2 Qf1 51.Kg3 g5 52.Kh2 Qf2 53.Kh1 Bb4 54.g3 Qg3 55.d5 Qh3 56.Kg1 Bc5# 0–1. Rohrbacher,Walter – Degenhardt,Norbert, GER–chT Seniors, 1994.

12.d4 b5 13.Qb3 =.

12.d4 Rc8 13.Qb3 b5 14.Ba3 Ba3 15.Qa3 Rc6 16.Rfc1 Qc8 17.Ne2 Rc1 18.Rc1 Qb7 19.Qc3 (19...Nd5 20.Qc6 Qc6 21.Rc6+=). marekt – composite, ChessWorld.net, 2008.

12.Qe2 b5 =.

12.Qe2 Nc5 13.d4 Nce4 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Rfc1 Rc8 16.Rc8 Qc8 17.Rc1 Qd7 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Qa3 Rc8 21.Ne5 Rc1 22.Qc1 Qb5 23.Qc8 Ne8 24.h3 Kf8 25.Qc5 Qc5+= 26.Nd7 Ke7= 27.Nc5 Nd6 28.Kf1 Kd8 29.Ke2 Kc7 30.Kd3 a5 31.Na4 Kc6= 32.f3 b6 33.g4 Kb5 34.Nc3+= Kb4 35.Ne4 Ne4 36.fe4 a4 37.d5 ed5?? 38.ed5+/– Kc5 39.e4 b5 40.a3 g6 41.g5 b4?! 42.ab4 Kb4 43.d6 a3 44.Kc2 (44...Kc4 45.d7+–) 1–0. Skaug,Thorbjorn – Gupta,Sudhir, Klubbmesterskap, 2003.

9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Bf6 gf6 11.0-0 Bg7 (11...Bd6 12.Nc3+=) 12.Nc3 0-0 (12...f5 13.d4+=) 13.d4 Nd7 (13...Rc8 14.Rc1+=) 14.Qd2 (14.d5 ed5 15.Nd5 Qc5+/–) 14...Qc7 (14...Rfd8 15.Rab1 Qa5 16.Rfd1+=) 15.Rfc1 (15.d5 ed5 16.Nd5 Qd6+/–) 15...Qd6 (15...Rfd8 16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Qa5+=) 16.e4 (16.Rc2 Rfd8+/–) 16...Nb6 (16...f5 17.ef5 ef5 18.Rd1+=) 17.Bb5 Rad8 (17...Rfc8 18.Rab1+/–) 18.Rab1 (18.Bc6 bc6 19.Qe3 f5+/–) 18...Rfe8 (18...e5 19.d5 f5 20.Qg5 Bb5 21.Nb5+=) 19.a4 (19.Qe3 Qf8 20.Bc6 bc6+/–) 19...a6 (better is 19...f5!? 20.Bc6 bc6+=) 20.Ba6! Na4 21.Na4 Ba4 22.Bb7 Rb8 23.Qa5 Bd7 24.Qh5 Qf4 25.g3 Qg5?? 26.Ng5 (26...fg5 27.Rc7+–) 1–0. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.d4 Ne4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Nd2 Bc6 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Ne4 Bb8 17.Rc1 Nb6 18.Nc5 Nd5 19.a4 b6 20.Na6 Bb7 21.Nb8 Rb8 22.Qb3 Qd7 23.Rc2 Rfc8 24.Rfc1 Rc2 25.Rc2 h6 26.Ba3 Rc8 27.h3 Rc2 28.Qc2 f5 29.Bc1 Nb4 30.Qb3 Bf3 31.gf3 Nd5 32.Ba3 Kf7 33.f4 g5 34.fg5 hg5 35.a5 f4 36.ab6 ab6 37.e4 Nf6 38.Qb4 Ne4 39.Qf8 Kg6 40.Qg8 Qg7 41.Qe6 Nf6 42.d5 Qd7 43.Kg2 Qe6 44.de6 Ne8 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.e7 Kf5 47.Bb4 b5 48.Bc5 Nf6 49.Bb4 Ne8 50.Bc5 Nf6 51.Bb4 Ne8 ½–½. pbr9650 – bauska18, internet, 2014.

9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.d4 (11.Na3 0-0+=) 11...0-0 12.Nbd2 Rc8 (12...b5 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.a4=) 13.a4 (13.Rc1 Be7=) 13...Ne4 (13...Qe7 14.Ne5=) 14.Nc4 (14.d5 ed5 15.Ne4 de4 16.Qd6 ef3 17.gf3 Qa5=) 14...Bb8 (14...Bb4 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.Bd3=+) 15.Bd3 (15.Rc1 f5=) 15...Bd5 16.Rc1 Ndf6 (16...Nb6 17.Nce5 f6 18.Rc8 Nc8 19.Qc2=) 17.Nce5 (17.Nfe5 Nd6 18.Nd6 Rc1 19.Qc1 Bd6+=) 17...Qa5 (17...Qe7 18.Qe2=) 18.Rc8 (18.Ba3 Bd6 19.Bd6 Nd6=) 18...Rc8=+ 19.Qa1 Nd2 (19...g6 20.Rd1=+) 20.Rc1= Nf3 (20...Rc1 21.Qc1 (worse 21.Bc1 Bf3 22.Nf3 Nf3 23.gf3 Qe1 24.Kg2 Bh2–/+) 21...Nf3 22.gf3 Qa4 23.e4=) 21.gf3 Rc1 22.Qc1 (worse 22.Bc1 Be5 23.de5 Nd7=+) 22...Qc7 23.Qd1 (23.e4 Bb3 24.a5 Ba4=) 23...Nd7 24.Bb5 (24.f4 h6=) 24...Ne5 25.de5 a6 26.Bf1 (26.e4 Be4 27.fe4 ab5 28.ab5 Ba7=) 26...g5 (26...Ba7 27.Bd3=+) 27.e4 (27.f4 gf4 28.Qg4 Kh8 29.Qf4 Qd8+=) 27...Bc6= 28.Qd2 (28.f4 Qe7=) 28...h6=+ 29.h4 Qe7 30.a5 (30.hg5 Qg5 31.Qg5 hg5=+) 30...Kg7 31.h5 (31.hg5 Qg5 32.Qg5 hg5=+) 31...Ba7 (31...Bc7 32.Bc3=+) 32.Qc3 (32.Kg2 Bb5=+) 32...Qd7 (32...Qd8 33.Ba3–/+) 33.Qd3 (33.Qe1=+) 33...Qc7 (33...Qd3 34.Bd3 Bc5 35.Bc3=+) 34.Qd2 (34.Qd6 Bb8=) 34...Qe7 35.Bc1 (35.Qc3 Qd8–/+) 35...Qc5 (35...Qd7!? 36.Qd6 Qd6 37.ed6 Bc5=+) 36.f4= Be4 (36...Kh7!? 37.Bg2 Qd4 38.fg5 hg5 39.Qg5 Qf2 40.Kh2 Be4 41.Qh6 Kg8 42.Qg5 Kh8 43.Qh6 Kg8 44.Qg5 Kh7 45.Qh6 Kg8=) 37.fg5+= Qd4 (37...Qc2!? 38.gh6 Kh7 39.Qc2 Bc2+=) 38.gh6 Kh7 39.Qg5?? (better 39.Qf4 Bf5 40.Qg3+–) 39…Qf2 0–1. Timmermans,Mark (2415) – Leenhouts,Koen (2485), 9. Batavia Blitz, 2017.

9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Na3 =.

9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.0-0= b6 (10...Bd6 11.Ba3 Nb6 12.Bd6 Qd6 13.Nc3=) 11.d4 (11.Nc3 Be7=) 11...Bd6 (11...Be7 12.Nc3=) 12.Nbd2 (12.Ne5 Bb7=) 12...Rc8 (12...0-0 13.Rc1 Bd5 14.Nc4=) 13.Nc4 Be7 14.a4 Bd5 15.Nfe5 0-0=+ 16.f3 Ne5 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.e4 Bb4 19.Qb3 Qe7 20.Rac1 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Rc1 22.Rc1+= Bd2? 23.Ba3+– Qe8 24.Bb5 Nd7 25.Nd7 Rd7 26.Rc7!! Bc8 27.Ra7!! Qd8 28.Bd7 Bd7 29.Bd6 h6 30.Bc7 Qh4 31.Bg3 Qd8 32.Bc7 Qh4 33.g3 Qg5 34.Bb6 Bc6 35.Bc7 Be3 36.Kg2 Bd4 37.Bf4 Qh5 38.Rc7 Be4 39.g4! Qg4 40.Bg3 h5 41.Qb8 Kh7 42.Rf7 e5 43.Rf8 Bf3? 44.Rf3 h4 45.Qb1 g6 46.Qb7 Kh6 47.h3 Qg5 48.Qa8 Qd2 49.Bf2 e4 50.Qe4 (50…Bf2 51.Rf2 Qg5 52.Kh1 Qc1 53.Kh2 Qc7 54.Qf4 Qf4 55.Rf4+–) 1–0. Kamuf,Herbert – Wagner,Artur, Verbandsliga Nord Baden, 1997.

9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 b6 11.0-0 Be7 12.d4 0-0 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.Qb3 a6 15.a4 Bd6 16.Rfd1 h6 17.Ne5 Qe7 18.f4 Rfc8 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.Ba3 Qd8 21.Nd6 Bd6 22.Bd6 Nf8 23.Ba3 Ng6 24.Bf3 Bf3 25.gf3 Nh4 26.Kf2 Nf5 27.Rg1 Nh5 28.Ne4 Qh4 29.Ng3 Rc1 30.Bc1 Qh2 31.Rg2 Qh4 32.Qb6 Nhg3 33.Qb7 Rf8 34.Ba3 Re8 35.Bc5 Ne4 36.Ke2 Nc3 37.Kd3 Nd5 38.e4 Nf4 39.Kc4 Ng2 40.ef5 Ne3 41.Kd3 Nd5 42.fe6 fe6 43.Qd7 Qd8 44.Qc6 e5 45.Kc4 Ne3 46.Kb3 ed4 47.Bd4 Qd5 48.Qd5 Nd5 49.Kc4 Nc7 50.Bb6 Ne6 51.Kd5 Kf7 52.a5 h5 53.Ke4 h4 54.f4 h3 55.Kf3 h2 56.Kg2 Rh8 57.f5 h1Q 58.Kg3 1-0. Butterbrot (2095) - klune (2145), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

9.Nf3 Be7 10.0-0= Nbd7 (10...0-0 11.Nd4=) 11.Nd4 Bd5 (11...Qb6 A) 12.Nc6? Qb2 (worse is 12...Qc6 13.d4+=) 13.Nd4 Qa1–+; B) 12.Ba3=) 12.Nc3+= 0-0 13.d3 (13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Rc1 Qa5=) 13...b6 (13...Rc8 14.Rc1=) 14.Nd5+= Nd5 15.Nc6 Qe8 16.Ne7 (16.Rc1 Bd6+=) 16...Qe7 17.Bf3 Rac8 18.Bd5 (18.Rc1 Rc1 19.Qc1 Qg5+=) 18...ed5 19.Qg4 Nf6 (19...f5 20.Qd4+=) 20.Qg5 (20.Qa4 Qd7 21.Qh4 Rc6+=) 20...Rfd8 (20...Rc2 21.Rab1=) 21.Rac1 (21.Rfc1 Kf8+=) 21...Rc1 (21...a6 22.a3+=) 22.Rc1+/– (22.Bc1?! Qb4=) 22...Kf8 (22...b5 23.h3+/–) 23.Bf6 (23.Qh4 Kg8+/–) 23...gf6 (23...Qf6 24.Qf6 gf6 25.d4+/–) 24.Qf4 (24.Qh5 Kg8+/–) 24...Qd6 (24...Qa3 25.Qc7 Re8 26.Qc2+/–) 25.Qa4 (25.Qf5 Qa3 26.Rd1 Ke7+/–) 25...Qd7 26.Qh4 Rc8 27.Rd1 Qf5 28.h3 Rc2+= 29.e4 de4 30.de4 Qg6 31.Rd8 Kg7 32.Rd3 Rc5 33.f4 Qe4= 34.Rg3 Rg5 35.Rg5 fg5 36.Qg5 Kf8 37.Qd8 Kg7 38.Qd2 Qc4 39.Qb2 f6 40.Qf2 Qc1 41.Kh2 Qc5 42.Qg3 Kf7 43.Qd3 Kg8 44.Qd8 Qf8 45.Qc7 Qf7 46.Qb8 Kg7 47.a4 Qd7 48.f5 Qe7 49.Qg3 Kf8 50.Qb8 Kg7 51.Qg3 Kf8 52.Qf4 Kg7 53.Qg4 Kf8 54.h4 Qe5 55.Kh3 Qe1 56.Qf3 Qe7 57.Qa8 Kg7= 58.g3 Qd7 59.Qe4 Kf8 60.h5 Qe8 61.Qg4 Qe1 62.Qf3+= Qe8 63.h6 Qe7 64.Qa8 Kf7?? 65.Qh8+– Qf8 66.Qh7 Ke8 67.Qg6 Ke7 68.h7 (68.h7 a6 69.Qg8 Qh6 70.Kg4+–) 1–0. Bulcourf,Carlos (2295) – Etchelecu,Omar, Olivos op, 1993.

9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Qb3 11.ab3 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Nc3 a6 14.Na4 Rad8 15.Rfc1 Nd5 16.Nc5 Bc8 (16...Bc5 17.Rc5 Rc8 18.d4+=) 17.d4 (17.Na6 ba6 18.Rc6 Bb7+/-) 17...Ncb4 18.Ba3 Bc5 19.Rc5 b6 20.Rc4 a5 21.e4 Nf4 22.Bf1 (22.Bb4 ab4 23.Bf1 Bb7+/-) 22...Ba6+= 23.Rc7 Bf1 24.Rf1 (24.Kf1 Nfd3+=) 24...Nfd3 (better 24...Ne2!? 25.Kh1 Nd4 26.Bb4 ab4-/+) 25.Rb7 Rb8 26.Rb8 Rb8 27.Bb4 (27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Bb4 Nb4=) 27...Nb4 28.Rc1 Kf8 (28...b5 29.Ne5=) 29.Ne5 f6?? (better 29...Rd8 30.Nf3 Nd3=) 30.Nd7+- Ke7 31.Nb8 f5 (31...Kd6 32.e5 Kd5 33.ef6 gf6 34.Nd7+-) 32.Nc6 (32.Nc6 Kd6 33.Nb4 ab4 34.f3+-; 32.Rc7 Kf8+-) 1-0. zembelek (2060) - babken (2065), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nc3 a6 12.d4 b5 13.Bd3 b4 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Be4 Rc8 16.Qe2 a5 17.Rfc1 Qe7 18.Rc2 Nb8 19.Rac1+= Rc2 20.Rc2 Rc8 21.Rc8+/– Bc8 22.Qc2 g6?? 23.Bd3 Bb7+= 24.e4 Qd8 25.Bc1 Be7 26.Be3 Nc6 27.h3 Bf8 28.Qc4 Nb8 29.Qc2 Bg7 30.Qc5+= Bf8 31.Qc1 Bg7 32.g3 f5 33.Qc2 Kh8 34.Ng5 Qd7 35.Nf3 Kg8 36.Ne5 Be5 37.de5 fe4 38.Be4 Be4 39.Qe4 Nc6 40.Bc5 Kg7 41.Bd6 Nd8 42.Qa8+/– Nf7?? 43.Qf8# 1–0. Liepert,Luise – Adamek,Y, BL2 SW, 1994.

9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 h6 (11...Rc8 12.Nc3=) 12.Nbd2 a6 13.a4 Ne7 14.Qb3 Rb8 (14...Bc6 15.Ba3+=) 15.Rfd1 (15.Nc4 Bc7+=) 15...b5= 16.a5 (16.ab5 Bb5 17.Bb5 Rb5=) 16...Bc6 17.Ne5 Bd5 18.Qc2 (18.Qd3 Bb7=) 18...Rc8 19.Qb1 Bb4 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 20.Ba3 (better 20.Bd3=+) 20...Ba5?? (better 20...Bc3=+) 21.Be7+- Qe7 22.Ra5 Qc7 (22...Qd6 23.Nd3+-) 23.Ra6 Qb7 (23...Bg2 24.Qb5 (24.Kg2?! Qb7 25.Rc6 Rc6 26.Nc6 Qc6 27.Nf3 Rb8+-) 24...Bd5 25.Bd3+-) 24.Qb5 Bg2 25.Qb7 Bb7 26.Ra7 Bd5 27.Bf3 (27.Bd3 Rc3+-) 27...Rc2 28.Bd5 (28.e4 Ba8+-) 28...Nd5 29.Ne4 Nc3 (29...f6 30.Nd3+-) 30.Nc3 Rc3 31.Kg2 (31.Rb1!? Rcc8+-) 31...f6 32.Ng6 Rb8 33.Ne7 White plans d5 33...Kh7 34.d5 Rb2 (34...ed5 35.Nf5+-) 35.Rf1 (better 35.d6 Rcc2 36.d7 Rf2 37.Kg3 Rg2 38.Kf4 Rgf2 39.Ke4+-) 35...Re3 36.d6 Rd3 37.Nc8 e5 38.Rc1 (better 38.Rg1 Kg6 39.d7+-) 38...Rdd2 39.Rf1 e4?? (39...Rd3 40.Rg1 Kg6+-) 40.Kg3 f5 (40...Rb3 41.Kf4 Re2 42.f3 Rf3 43.Rf3 ef3 44.Kf3 Rh2 45.d7+-) 41.Kf4 (better 41.d7 Rd3 42.f3 Rbd2+-) 41...Kg6? (41...Rf2 42.Rf2 Rf2 43.Ke5 e3+-) 42.Ne7 Kf6 43.Ng8 (better 43.Nf5 g5 44.Ke4 Rb4 45.Ke3+-) 43...Ke6 44.Re7 (better 44.Rg7!? Rf2 45.Rf2 Rf2 46.Ke3 Rf3 47.Kd4 Rd3 48.Kc5 Rd5 49.Kc4 Kd6 50.Nh6 Rc5 51.Kb4+/-) 44...Kd6+= 45.Kf5 (45.f3!? Rh2 46.fe4 fe4 47.Rg7 Rhf2 48.Rf2 Rf2 49.Ke4+=) 45...Rf2=+ 46.Rf2 Rf2 47.Ke4 (47.Kg6!?=+) 47...Re2-/+ 48.Kf5 Re7 49.Ne7 Ke7 50.Kg6 Kf8 51.h3 Kg8 52.h4 Kf8 53.h5 Kg8 54.Kf5 Kf7 55.Ke5 Ke7 56.Kf5 Kf7 57.Ke5 g5 58.hg6 Kg6 59.Kf4 Kh5 60.Kg3 Kg5 61.Kh2 Kg4 62.Kh1 Kg3 63.Kg1 h5 64.Kh1 Kh3 65.Kg1 Kg3 66.Kh1 Kf2 67.Kh2 Kf3 68.Kh3 Kf4 69.Kh4 Kf5 70.Kh5 ½-½. zembelek (2110) - TOYOTA_2007 (2030), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 a6 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Re1 Qb6 (13...Nb4 14.Rf1=+) 14.Rb1 Qa5 15.Qb3 b5 16.Bc3 b4 17.Ba1 Na7 18.Nc4 Qa4 (better 18...Qd8=) 19.Qa4+- Ba4 20.Nb6 Bc2 (20...Bb5 21.Nc8 Rc8 22.Rbc1 Rc1 23.Rc1 Be2 24.Rc7+/-) 21.Nc8 Bb1?? (better 21...Rc8 22.Rbc1 a5+-) 22.Ne7 (22.Ne7 Kh8 23.Rb1+-; 22.Rb1?! Rc8 23.Ba6 Rc7+/-) 1-0. zembelek (2030) - kundera (2060), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 Rc8 12.Nbd2 a6 13.a4 Nb4 14.Qb3 Bc6 15.Rac1 Bd5 16.Bc4 (16.Rc8 Qc8 17.Bc4 Bc4 18.Nc4 b5=) 16...b5 (16...Rc4 17.Rc4 b5 18.ab5 ab5 19.Rb4 Bb3 20.Rb3-/+) 17.ab5? (17.Bd5 Qd5 (worse 17...ed5 18.Rc8 Qc8 19.ab5+/-) 18.ab5 ab5=+) 17...ab5 (better 17...Rc4!? 18.Nc4 ab5-/+) 18.Bd5= Nfd5 (18...Qd5 19.Ba3 Qb3 20.Nb3=+) 19.Ne5 f6 20.Nd3 White gets strong initiative 20...Qd7 21.e4 Nd3 22.Qd3 Nb4 23.Qb3 Rc7? (better 23...Ra8=) 24.Rc7+- Qc7 25.Qe6 The passed pawn on d4 quickly leads to threats 25...Kh8 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.d5 Nd3 28.Rc2 Nb2 29.Rb2 Rd8 30.Qc6 Qc6 31.dc6 b4 32.Kf1 Rc8 33.Nb3?? (better 33.Rc2+-) 33...Rc6= 34.Nd4 Rc1 (34...Rc4 35.Nf5 Bc5 36.Rd2=+) 35.Ke2= Kg8 36.Ra2 Bc5 (36...Rc4!? 37.Kd3 Rc3 38.Kd2 Bc5 39.Ra8 Kf7=) 37.Nb3 (37.Ra8 Kf7 38.Rc8 Ke7+/-) 37...Rc3+= 38.Ra8 (38.Nc5 Rc5 39.Rb2 Rg5+/-) 38...Kf7= 39.Nd2 b3 (better 39...g6=+) 40.Rb8+/- Bd4 41.Rb3 Rc2 42.Rd3 Be5 43.g3 g5 44.Ke3 h5 45.f4 Bc7 46.Rd7 Ke6 47.Rd5 (better 47.Rh7 Ba5 48.Nf3 Rc3 49.Ke2 gf4 50.gf4+/- (50.Rh5?! Re3 51.Kf2 Bb6=)) 47...Bb6? (better 47...gf4 48.gf4 Rc3 49.Kd4 Rh3 50.f5 Ke7=) 48.Kd3+- Ra2 (48...Rc5 49.Nc4 Ba7 50.fg5 fg5 51.Rd6 Ke7 52.Rh6+-) 49.f5?? (better 49.fg5 Bg1 50.gf6 Bh2 51.Rh5 Ra3 52.Kc4 Bg3 53.Rf5+-) 49...Ke7 50.Rb5 (50.e5 fe5 51.Re5 Kf7+/-) 50...Ba5 (50...Bg1 51.e5 Ra3 52.Kc2 fe5 53.Re5 Kf6 54.Rd5+=) 51.Nc4 Bc7 52.Rb7 Kd7 53.Kd4 (53.Rb2 Rb2 54.Nb2 g4+/-) 53...Ra4 (better 53...Kc6!? 54.Rb3 Rh2+=) 54.Kd5+/- Kc8 55.Rb5 Ra1 56.Rc5 Rd1?? (better 56...Kd7 57.Rc6 Rd1 58.Kc5 Bd8 59.Nb6 Bb6 60.Rb6 Rc1 61.Kd4 Rd1 62.Ke3 Re1 63.Kd3 Ke7 64.Rb7 Kf8+-) 57.Ke6+- Re1 (57...Rh1 58.Kf6 Rh2 59.Kg7+-) 58.Kf6 Kb7 (58...Re2 59.Kg7 Kd7 60.e5+-) 59.Kg5 Bb6 (59...Re4 60.f6 Re2+-) 60.Rb5 Re4 61.Rb6 (61.Nd6 Ka6 62.Rb6 Kb6 63.Ne4 Kc6+-) 61…Ka7 (61...Ka7 62.Rb4 h4+-; 61...Kc7 62.Rb7! Kc6 63.Na5 Kd6 64.Kh5+-). zembelek (2080) - babken (2010), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Nc6 11.d4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Qb3 Qf5 14.Rac1 (14.Qb7? Rb8 15.Qa6 Rb2–+) 14...Na5 15.Qd1 Nc6 16.Bd3 Qh5 17.Ne2 Qa5 18.Bb1 Rfd8 19.e4 Be8 20.Nd2 Qh5 21.Rc3 Na5 (21...Bb4!? 22.Rh3 Qb5=) 22.Rh3 Qb5 23.Ba1 Qa4 (23...h6 24.Rc3 Bc6 25.Bd3=) 24.Nb3 (better is 24.e5!? Qd1 25.Rd1+/–) 24...Nb3+= 25.Rb3 Bc6 26.Ng3 g6 27.e5 (27.Qf3!?=) 27...Nd7+= 28.f4 Nc5 29.Re3 Qb4 30.Qg4 Rd4 31.Bd4 Qd4 32.Qe2 Bb5 33.Rd1 Qf4 34.Qf2 Qf2 35.Kf2 Nd7 36.Kf3 Bc6 37.Ke2 Bb5 38.Ke1?? Bb4–+ 39.Kf2 (39.Kf2 Bc5 40.Rd7 Bd7 41.Ne4–+). Koester,Roman (2120) – Klingelhoefer,Stefan (2260), Hessenliga, 2007.

9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Nc6 11.d4 Nd5 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.g3 (13.Rc1 a6=) 13...Bf6 (13...Ncb4 14.Qb3=) 14.e4 Nb6 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qb4 Nc6 17.Qa3 (17.Qb3 Na4 18.Rac1 Nb2 19.Qb2 Rc7=) 17...Qe7 (17...Be7 18.Qe3=+) 18.e5 Bg5 (18...Qa3 19.Ba3 Be7 20.Bc5=) 19.h4 (19.Ne4 Bh6+=) 19...Qa3 (19...Bd2 20.Qe7 Ne7 21.Nd2=) 20.Ba3+= Be7 21.Be7 Ne7 22.Ne4 (22.Rac1 Bc6=) 22...Bc6 23.Nd6 Rcd8 24.Rfd1 Ned5 25.Ng5 h6 26.Nge4 Nc8 27.Nc8 Rc8 28.Nd6 Rcd8 29.Bc4 Nb6 30.Bb3 Nc8 31.Nc4 (31.d5 ed5 32.Bd5 Nd6 33.ed6 Bd5 34.Rd5 Rd7+=) 31...Bd5 (31...Rd7 32.Rd2=) 32.Ne3 Nb6 (32...Bf3 33.Rd2=) 33.Kf1 (33.Nd5 Nd5 34.Rac1 b6+=) 33...Rd7 34.Ke2 Rfd8 35.Bd5 Nd5 36.Rd3 (36.Nd5 Rd5 37.Ke3 f6=) 36...Kf8 (36...Nb4!? 37.Rdd1 Rd4 38.Rd4 Rd4-/+) 37.a3 Rc7 38.Rb1? (38.Nd5 Rd5 39.f4 h5=) 38...b6 (better 38...Nc3 39.Rc3 Rc3 40.Rb7 a6-+) 39.Rb2 Ne3 (39...b5 40.Kd2 a6 41.Rc2=) 40.Ke3 Rdc8 (40...Rd5 41.f4=) 41.f4 g6 (41...Rc1 42.Rbd2=) 42.a4 (42.Rb5 Rc1+=) 42...h5 (42...Rc4=) 43.Ra3 (better 43.Rb5!?=) 43...Rc3=+ 44.Rc3 Rc3 45.Kf2 Ra3 (45...Rc4!?=+) 46.Rb4= Ke7 47.Rc4 (47.Kg2 Kd7=) 47...Kd7 48.Kg2 a6 49.Kf2 Rb3 50.Kg2 a5 51.Kf2 Rb4 52.Rb4 ab4 53.Ke3 Kc6 54.Kd3? (better 54.Kd2-/+) 54...Kd5-+ 55.Ke3 (55.Kc2 Kc4 56.d5 ed5 57.g4 b3 58.Kd2-+) 55...b3 (better 55...Kc4 56.Kd2 b3-+) 56.Kd3 b2 57.Kc2 Kd4 58.Kb2 Kc4 59.Ka3 Kc3 60.a5 (60.Ka2 Kb4 61.Kb1 Ka4 62.Kc2-+) 60...ba5 61.Ka4 Kd3 62.Ka5 Ke3 63.Kb6 Kf3 64.Kc6 Kg3 65.Kd6 Kf4 66.Ke7 Ke5 67.Kf7 Kf5 68.Kg7 e5 69.Kh6 e4 70.Kg7 e3 71.Kh6 e2 (71...Kf6 72.Kh7 e2 73.Kh8 e1Q 74.Kg8 Qe7 75.Kh8 Qg7) 72.Kg7 e1Q 73.Kh6 (73.Kf7 Qc3 74.Ke7 Qc7 75.Ke8 Ke6 76.Kf8 Qf7) 73…Qe3 (73...Qe3 74.Kg7 Qe7 75.Kh6 g5 76.hg5 Qf7 77.g6 Qg6; 73...Kf6 74.Kh7 Qe7 75.Kh6 Qg7) 0-1. zembelek (2045) - abarmard765 (2005), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nf3= Nc6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d3 Nd5 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.Rfd1 Qb4 15.Qc2 Rac8 16.Rab1 Qa5 17.Qb3 Bb4 18.Rdc1 e5 19.a3 Be7 20.d4 ed4 21.ed4 Be6 22.d5 Bd5 23.Nd5 Qd5 24.Qe3 Qe6 25.Qe6=+ fe6 26.Bb5 Na5 27.Re1= Nac4 28.Bc4 Nc4 29.Re6 Bc5 30.Re2 Na3 31.Ba3=+ Ba3 32.Rb7 Rc1 33.Ne1 a5 34.g3 Bb4 35.Kf1 h6 36.f3 Rf3–/+ 37.Kg2 Rf7 38.Rf7 Kf7–+ 39.Nd3 Rc3 40.Nb4 ab4 41.Re4 b3 42.Rb4 Rc2 43.Kf3 b2 44.h4 Kf6 45.Rb5 Ke6 46.Kg4 Kd6 47.Rb8 Kc6 48.Kf4 Kc7 49.Rb3 Rf2 50.Ke3 Rh2 51.Kf4 Rg2?? 52.h5 Kd6–+ 53.Rb8 Kd5 54.Kf3 Rh2 55.g4 Kc4 56.Kf4 Kc3 57.Kf5 Rg2 58.Rc8 Kb3 59.Rb8 Kc2 60.Rc8 Kd1 61.Rd8 Kc1 62.Rc8 Rc2 63.Ra8 (63.Rb8–+) 0–1. Hochgraefe,Markus – Rostalski,Walter, OLNN, 1993.

9.Nf3 Nc6 10.0-0 Qc7 11.d4 Rd8 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Ba1 b6 15.Ba6 h5 16.Bb5 Rc8 17.d5 ed5 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Qd5 0-0 20.Qd7 Rcd8 21.Qf5 Bf6 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Rc6 Kg7 24.Qf6 Normal 1-0. Mettigel (2030) - leveretthouse (2020), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.a4 a5 8.Nf3+/– Bb4 9.Nc3 Bc3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Be5 cb5 12.ab5 (12.Bg7? Rg8 13.ab5 Rg7–+) 12...f6 13.Qc2 fe5 14.Qe4 Qb6? (14...Bc8+–) 15.Ng5 Bb5 (15...Nc6 16.bc6 Qc6+–) 16.Rb1 (16.Rb1 Bc6 17.Rb6 Be4 18.Ne4+–) 1–0. pierred (2840) – rstilt (2340), net–chess.com, 2015.

7.a4 a6!? 8.Nc3 Qb6 +=.

7.a4 a6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 cb5 11.ab5 a5 (11...Qb6 12.d3+=) 12.d4 b6 13.Be2 Qc7 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Bf3 Ra7 16.Rc1 (16.Ba3 A) 16...Qc3? 17.Bd6 Re8 18.Qb1+- (18.Nd7?! Rd7 19.Rc1 Qb2+/-); B) 16...Rc8 17.Bd6 Qd6+=) 16...Qd8 (16...Be5 17.de5 Qe5+=) 17.Nc4 (17.Nc6 Bc6 18.bc6 Bc7+/-) 17...Bb4 18.Qb3 (18.Qa4 Bc8+/-) 18...Be8 (18...Bc3 19.Bc3 (19.Qc3?! Nd5 20.Qb3 a4=+) 19...Nd5 20.Qa4+=) 19.Ba3+/- Ba3 20.Qa3 Nbd7 21.Na4 Nd5 22.Ne5?? (22.Qd6 Ne7 A) 23.Ncb6?! Nf5 24.Rc8 Qb6 (worse 24...Nd6 25.Rd8 Nb5 26.Nc8+/-) 25.Qb6 Nb6 26.Nb6 Bb5=; B) 23.Rc3+/-) 22...Ne5=+ 23.de5 Bd7 (better 23...Bb5!? 24.Rfd1 Rd7=+) 24.Rfd1 Qe8? (better 24...Bb5 25.Nc3 Bd7=) 25.Bd5+- ed5 26.Nb6 (26.Rd5?! Be6 27.Rd6 Qb5+/-) 26...Bb5 27.Rd5 Bc6 28.Rdc5 Ba8?? (28...Qe7 29.Nc4 Ba8 30.Nd6+- (30.Na5?! Qg5 31.g3 Qg4+/-)) 29.Ra5 (better 29.Rc8 a4 30.Re8 (30.Na8?! Qc8 31.Rc8 Rc8=; worse 30.Ra8 Ra8 31.Na8 Qa8+/-) 30...Re8 31.Qd6+-) 29...Ra5 30.Qa5 Qd8 31.Qa8 (31.Qa8 Qb6 32.Qc6+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2565) - DarkApollyon (2455), lichess.org, 2016.

7.a4 Bd6 8.Nf3 =.

7.a4 Be7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.Nc3 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 cb5 13.Nb5 Bb5 14.Bb5 Nc6 15.d4 (15.Qb1 Qb6+=) 15...Ne4 16.Qd3 Qd5 17.Bc4 Qf5 18.Nd2 Nb4?? (better is 18...Nd2 19.Qd2 Rc8+=) 19.Qe4+– Qe4 20.Ne4 Ra8 21.h3 Nc2 (21...Rc8 22.Bb3+–) 22.Bc3 Bb4 (22...Rc8 23.Bb3 Na3 24.Ra1+–) 23.Bb4 Nb4 24.Rb1 Nc6 25.Rb7 Na5 26.Rc7 Nc4 27.Rc4 h6 28.Nd6 (28.Rc7 Ra6+–) 28...g5 (28...Ra7 29.Rc8 Kh7 30.Rc6+–) 29.Rc7 Rf8 30.Kf1 Kg7 31.Ke2 Kg6 32.g4 f5 (32...Kg7 33.Nc4+–) 33.Re7 (better is 33.Nc4 h5 34.Ne5 Kh6 35.gh5+–) 33...Rf6 (33...Kf6 34.Ra7 Rg8+–) 34.Ne8 fg4 (34...Rf7 35.Re6 Kh7 36.Nd6+–) 35.hg4 (35.Rg7 Kh5 36.Nf6 Kh4 37.Rh7 Kh3 38.Kf1 h5 39.Rh5) 35...Rf8 (35...Rf7 36.Re6 Kh7+–) 36.Rg7 1–0. brother (1605) – dzendzk, internet, 2012.

7.a4 Be7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Nc3 a6 10.Qb3 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 cb5 13.Bb5 Bb5 14.Qb5 Qd7 15.Qb2 Nc6 16.d4 Nd5 17.0-0= Nc3 18.Qc3 Nb4 19.d5+= f6 20.de6 Qe6 21.Nd4 Qc8 22.Qb3 Kh8 23.Bc3 Na6 24.Rb1 Nc5 25.Qb5 Ne4 26.Be1 Nd6 27.Qb3 Re8 28.Bb4 Ne4 29.f3 Nc5 30.Bc5 Bc5 31.Qb7+/– Qd8 32.Nf5 Be3 33.Kh1 Bh6 34.h3 Qd2+= 35.Qe7 Qd8 36.Qf7 Re5? 37.Nh6+– gh6 38.Rb7?? Re1 (39.Kh2 Qd6 40.f4 Qf4 41.g3 Qf2#) 0–1. Freiberger,Jonas – Maetzing,Hans_Dieter, Werther Schloss op–B 6th, 2000.

7.a4 Be7 8.Nf3 a6 9.ba6 Na6 10.0-0 =.

7.Qb3 a6!? 8.b6 c5 =.

7.Qb3 Qb6 8.a4+/– a6 9.a5 (9.bc6 Qc6 10.Nf3 Qc8+/–) 9...Qc7 (9...Qd8 10.b6+=) 10.b6+/– Qd8 11.Nf3 Bd6 (11...c5 12.0-0+/–) 12.0-0 (12.Qd3 Bb4+/–) 12...Qe7 (12...c5!?+/–) 13.d4 Nd5? (better is 13...c5 14.Re1 Nh5+–) 14.e4+– Nf4 15.e5 (15.Bc1!? Ng6 16.e5 Bb4+–) 15...Bb4 16.Nc3 c5 (16...0-0 17.Ne4+–) 17.Ne4 (better is 17.dc5 Nc6 18.Rfd1+–) 17...Nc6? (better is 17...0-0 18.Bc1 Bc6 19.Nc5 Bc5 20.Bf4 Bf3 21.dc5 Bh5+–) 18.d5 (better is 18.Bc1 Nd5 19.Nd6 Kf8 20.dc5 Bc5 21.Nb7+–) 18...Na5 (better is 18...ed5 19.Nd6 Kf8 20.Bd5 Nd5 21.Qd5 Be6+=) 19.Qc2?? (better is 19.Ra5 ed5 20.Nd6 Kf8 21.Raa1 (21.Nb7 dc4 22.Qc4 Bb5 23.Qf4 Qb7 24.Rb5 ab5+–; 21.Bd5?! Ba5 22.Bb7 Rb8+/–) 21...dc4 22.Qc4+/–) 19...Nc4 (better is 19...ed5 20.Nd6 Kf8 21.Bd5 Nd5 22.Ra5 Ba5 23.Qc5 Bb6 24.Qd5 Bc6+=) 20.Qc4? (20.d6 Qd8 21.Qc4 Nd5+=) 20...Nd5 (20...ed5 21.Nd6 Qd6 22.Qb4 (22.ed6?? dc4 23.Be5 Nd3–+) 22...cb4 23.ed6–+) 21.Rfd1 (better is 21.Nd6 Kf8 22.Nb7 Nb6 23.Qe4–/+) 21...Bb5?? (better is 21...Nb6 22.Qc1 h6–+) 22.Qb5!+– Qd7?? (22...ab5 23.Nd6 Double attack (23.Ra8 Decoy)) 23.Nd6 Ke7 24.Qd7 Kd7 25.Nb7 Kc6 26.Nd6 f6 27.b7 Ra7 28.Rdc1 fe5 29.Be5 a5 30.Nd4 Kd7 31.N4b5 Ra6 32.Nf7 Rf8 33.b8Q Rb8 34.Bb8 Rb6 35.Ne5 Kc8 36.Nd6 Kb8 37.Nd7 Kc7 38.Nb6 Kb6 39.Nc4 Kb5 40.Nd6 Kc6?? 41.Ne4+– Kb5 42.Nc5! Bc5 43.Rc5! Kc5 44.Ra5 Kd6 45.Kf1 g5 46.Ra7 h5 47.Rh7 h4? 48.Rg7 Ne7 49.Rg5 Nf5 50.Rf5! ef5 51.g3 hg3 52.hg3 Ke5 53.Ke2 Ke4 54.f3 Kd4? 55.g4 f4?? 56.g5?? Ke5= 57.Kd3 Kf5 58.g6 Kg6 59.Ke4 Kg5 60.Ke5 Kg6 61.Kf4 Kf6 62.Kg4 Kg6 63.f4 Kf6 64.f5 Kg7 65.Kg5 Kf7 66.f6 Kf8 67.Kg4 Kf7 68.Kg5 Kf8 ½–½. lousse – konik205 (1795), internet, 2013.

7.a4 0-0 8.Qf3 =.

7.a4 0-0 8.Nf3 a6 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.0-0 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Qa1 cb5 13.Nb5 Bc6 14.Nbd4 Bd5 15.Rc1 Qb6 16.Bd5 Nd5 17.Rb1 Rc8 18.Bc3 Qa6 19.Qb2 Nc3 20.dc3 Rc7 21.Nb5 Rd7 22.Ne5 Rd8 23.Nc7?? Qd6–+ 24.f4 Qc7 25.Qb7 Qb7 26.Rb7 Bf6 27.Nf7–/+ Rd7 28.Rd7 (28...Nd7 29.Ng5 Bg5 30.fg5–+). gtate (1920) – ouldahmed (2000), net–chess.com, 2004.

7.a4 a6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Nc3 Nbd7 (9...ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Qa1 cb5 12.Nb5=) 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Be2 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Qa1 Bd7 14.Qb1 Nbd5 (14...Nfd5 15.Ne5=) 15.Nd5 (15.Rc1 Nc3 16.Bc3 Ba3+=) 15...Nd5 16.bc6 Bc6 17.Rc1 Bd6 (17...Qd7 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.Nc6 bc6 20.Qe4+=) 18.Qa1 (18.Be5 f6 19.Bd6 Qd6+=) 18...f6= 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Qa2 Qe7 (20...Qb8 21.Bc4 Bh2 22.Kh1+=) 21.Qb3 (21.Bf3 Qf7+=) 21...Ra8 (21...Rb8 22.Nf5 ef5 23.Qd5 Qe6 24.Bc4 Qd5 25.Bd5 Kf8 26.d3=) 22.Bc4 (22.Qb7? Rb8 23.Nf5 Rb7 24.Ne7 Ne7–+) 22...Kh8 (22...Qf7 23.Bd5 ed5 24.Qb6+=) 23.Bd5 (worse is 23.Qb7 Rb8 24.Bd5 ed5 25.Qd5 Rb2–/+) 23...ed5 24.Qd5 (worse is 24.Qb7 Rb8 25.Qd5 Rb2–/+) 24...Qe5 25.Qe5 Be5 26.f4 Bd6 27.Kf2 b5 28.Kf3 Kg8 29.d3 Ra2 30.Rb1 b4 31.g4 Kf7 32.h4 Ra5 33.e4 h5 34.g5 fg5 35.fg5 Bg4 36.Kf2 Ra2 37.Ke3 Bc5 38.Rc1 Bd6= 39.g6 Kg6 40.Rc6 Rb2 41.Rd6 Kh7 42.Kf4 Rh2 43.Kg5 Rg2+= 44.Rb6 Bc8 45.Kf4+= Rg4 46.Ke5 Rh4 47.Nf3 Rg4 48.Rb4 g5 49.Rc4 Rg3+= 50.Rc7 Kg6 51.Rc8 Rf3 52.d4 Rf7 53.d5 g4 54.d6 g3 55.Rg8 Rg7 56.Rg7 ½–½. Baumann,Heinz – Bartels,Klaus, remoteschach.de, 2003.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 a6 9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Bd7 (11...Nbd7 12.bc6 bc6 13.Qc2 Qa5 14.Nc3 Ba6 15.Ba6) 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Qb3 Nd5 (13...Rc8 14.Bd3 cb5 15.Nb5) 14.bc6 (14.Ne5 Nb4 15.Bb2) 14...bc6 (14...Bc6 15.Bb2) 15.Bb2 Qc7 16.Rc1 Nb4 17.Ne4 c5 18.Qc3 f6 19.Qb3 (19.d4!?+/–) 19...Qc6 20.Ng3 N8a6 21.d4 Rb8 22.Nf5 Bf8 23.dc5 (23.Ba3 Nc7+=) 23...Nd5= (23...Bc5? 24.N3d4 Qe4 25.Ne6 (25.Be6?! Be6 26.Ne6 Nd3 27.Ne7 Kh8 28.Nc5 Rb3 29.Ne4 Nc1+=) 25...Be6 26.Be6 Kf8 27.Bd4+–; 23...Nc5?! 24.Qd1=) 24.Bd5 (better is 24.Qa3!? Nc5 25.N5d4=) 24...ed5 25.Qa2 Nc5 (better is 25...Bf5!? 26.Nd4 Qb7–+) 26.N5d4 Qb7 27.Bc3 Ne4 28.Be1 Be8 29.Nd2 Bf7 30.Rb1 Qc7 31.Rb8 Qb8 32.Qb3 Qa7 33.f3 Nc5 34.Qd1 Bg6 35.N2b3 Nd3 36.Bg3 Ne5 37.Qa1 Qe7 38.Qa5 Bf7 39.Nf5 Qb7 40.Nfd4 g6 41.Qb5 Qc7 42.Qe2 Bb4 43.h3 Qc3 44.Bf2 Nc6 45.Qc2 Nd4 46.Nd4 Qa1 47.Kh2 Bd6 48.f4 Qf1 49.Qe2 Qb1 50.Qc2 Qb4 51.Qc8= Kg7 52.Qd7 Kg8 53.Ne6 Qb8 54.Nd8 Qc7 55.Qc7 Bc7 56.Nf7 Kf7 57.Kg1 Ke6 58.Kf1 Kf5 59.Ke2 Ke4 60.Bh4 Bb6 61.Bf2 f5 62.g3 h5 63.h4 ½–½. Khrustalev,Alexander (1930) – Nasonov,Vadim (2260), Open, Dubna RUS, 2007.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.a4 a6 9.0-0 =.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.a4 Nd5 9.d4 Bf6 10.0-0 cb5 11.ab5 Nd7 12.Nc3 N7b6 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Qc2 g6 15.Ba3 Re8 16.Ne4+/– Be7 17.Nd6 Bd6 18.Bd6 Bb5? 19.Bb5+– Qd6 20.Be8 Re8 21.Ra7 Rc8 22.Qb2 Nc4 23.Rb7 Nb2–+ 24.Rb2 Qa3 25.Rbb1 Rc2 26.Ra1 Qd3 27.Ne1–/+ Qe2 28.Nc2 Qc2 29.Rfc1 Qf5 30.h3 Kg7 31.Rc5 Qd3 32.Rac1 Nb4 33.Ra1 Nc2 34.Rc1–/+ Nb4 35.Ra1–+ Qd2 36.Rca5 Nd3 37.R5a2 Qb4 38.Ra3 Qb5 39.Ra5 Qe8 40.R5a3–/+ Nb2 41.R3a2 Nc4 42.Rc1 Nd6 43.Rb2 Ne4 44.Rc7–/+ Qd8 45.Rbb7 Nd6 46.Ra7 Qf6 47.Rd7–/+ e5?? 48.Ra6+– ed4 49.Rad6 Qf5 50.Rd4 Qb1 51.Kh2 (51...Qf5 52.f4+–; 51.Rd1 Qc2+–) 1–0. b4_player – anastasia_2003, gamecolony.com, 2006.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.a4 Nbd7 9.d4 Nb6 10.Qb3 cb5 11.ab5 Nc4=+ 12.Qc4 Bd7 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Qb3= Qb6 15.Nc3 Nd5 16.Nd5 ed5 17.Rfc1 Be6 18.Rc8 Rc8= 19.Rc1 a6 20.Rc8= Bc8 21.h3 Be6 22.Ne5 Qb5–/+ 23.Qb5 ab5 24.Nd3 g6 25.Bc3=+ b6 26.Bb4 Bb4 27.Nb4= Kf8 28.Kf1 Ke8 29.Ke2= Kd7 30.Kd3 Kc7 31.e4 de4 32.Ke4 f5 33.Ke5 Bc4 34.f4 Kd7 35.d5 h6 36.g4 fg4 37.hg4 Be2 38.g5+= h5 39.Nc2 h4–/+ (40.Nd4 Bd3=+) 0–1. wood – alarmimherz1, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.a4 Ne4 9.0-0 cb5 10.ab5 Nd6 11.Be2 Bd7 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 12.Nc3 Bf6 (12...a6 13.d4=) 13.d4+= Qb6 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on b5 14.Qb3 a6 15.Na4 Qd8 16.Nc3 (16.ba6 Na6 17.Nb6 Ra7+/–) 16...a5 (16...Qb6!?=) 17.Ba3 Be7 18.Rac1 Be8 (18...Qb6 19.Bc5 Qd8 20.Qa4+/–) 19.d5 (19.Qa4+/–) 19...ed5 (better is 19...a4!? 20.Qc2 Bd7+=) 20.Nd5+/– Nd7?? (better is 20...Nf5 21.Ne7 Ne7+–) 21.Ne7+– Qe7 22.Rfd1 a4 23.Qb1 (23.Qb1 Qe6 24.Bd6+– (worse is 24.Rd6 Qg4 25.Rd4 Qh5+–); 23.Bd6 Qd6 (23...ab3?? 24.Be7 b2 25.Rb1+–) 24.Qa4 Ra4 25.Rd6 Nf6+–) 1–0. Brinkmann,Wilhelm – Paltrinieri,Mario, corr ICCF TT–4–90, 1990.

7.h3 0-0 8.Nf3 cb5 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Qb3 Bb5 11.Qb5 Qd7 12.a4 a6 13.Qb6 Qc6 14.a5 Qb6–/+ 15.ab6 Nbd7 16.Bd4 Bc5 17.Nc3 Bd4–/+ 18.Nd4 Nb6 19.0-0 Nbd5 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Nb3 b5 22.Na5 Rfb8–+ 23.Rfc1 Rc8 24.Nc6 Kf8–+ 25.Ra5? Rc7 26.e4? Nb4!! 0–1. gtate (1900) – rhand (2200), net–chess.com, 2004.

6.a4 a5 7.Nf3 dc4 8.Be2 (8.Bc4 cb5 9.ab5 0-0=) 8...0-0 9.Bc4 cb5 10.ab5 Nbd7 11.Be2 Nb6 12.0-0 Nfd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Nbd2 a4 15.Ne4 a3 16.Bc1 Qe7 (16...Bb4!?+=) 17.Nd6+/- Qd6 18.Qb3 Qb4 (better 18...a2!? 19.Bd2 Qa3 20.Qa3 Ra3+/-) 19.Qb4+- Nb4 20.Ba3 Nc2 21.Bf8 Na1 22.Bc5 Nd5 23.Ne5 (23.Bc4 b6 24.Bd5 ed5 25.Bb6 Bd7+-) 23...Nc3 24.Bf3 (better 24.Bc4+-) 24...f6? (better 24...Ra2+/-) 25.Nc4+- e5 (25...Nb3 26.Nb6 Ra5 27.Nc8+-) 26.de5 (26.Nb6 Ra2 27.Nc8 Nb3 28.Bb7 Rc2+-) 26...fe5 (26...Be6 27.Nb6 (27.Bb7?! Ra2 28.Nd6 fe5+-) 27...Ra5 28.Bb4 Rb5 29.Bc3+- (29.Ra1 Rb4 30.Na8 fe5=+)) 27.Ne5 (27.Nb6 Ra5 28.Nc8 Rb5 29.Ra1 Rc5 30.Bb7 Kf8+-) 27...Be6 (27...Nc2 28.b6 Ra5+-) 28.Bb7 (better 28.Bd4 Nb5 29.Ba1 Ra7+-) 28...Re8 (28...Ra2 29.b6 Na4+-) 29.Ra1 Bc8 (29...Nb5 30.f4 Nc3+-) 30.Bc8 Rc8 (30...Re5 31.Bd6 Re8 32.b6+-) 31.Bd4 (better 31.b6 Rd8 32.b7+-) 31...Nb5 32.Nf3 (32.f4 Kf8+-) 32...Nd4 33.Nd4 h6 34.Rf1 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2650) - CamelClutcher (2010), IM TricksOnlyNL Arena, lichess.org, 2017.

6.a4 Bb4 A) 7.cd5 ed5 (7...cd5 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 Bd6 10.0-0 a6 11.Nc3 e5 12.d4=) 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.0-0 Re8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qb3=; B) 7.Nf3 a6 (7...0-0 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Bd6 10.0-0 a6 11.d3 ab5 12.ab5=) 8.cd5 ed5 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1=.

6.a4 dc4 7.Bc4 cb5 8.ab5 b6 (better is 8...0-0!?= 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Bd3 Nbd5 13.0-0 Nc3 14.Bc3 Nd5; 8...Nbd7 9.d4 (9.Nf3 Nb6 10.Bb3 Nbd5 11.Nc3 0-0 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Nd5 ed5 14.Bf6 Qf6) 9...Bb4 (9...Nb6 10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Nc3 Nbd5 12.Nge2 0-0 13.0-0 Qd6 14.Na2 Ba3) 10.Nd2 Nb6 11.Bd3 Qd5 12.Ne2 Qg2 13.Rg1 Qh2 14.Rg7 Kf8) 9.Qf3+/– Nd5 10.Bg7 (10.Qg3 Be7 11.Nf3 Bf6 12.Bd5 ed5 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.Nc3 0-0) 10...Rg8 11.Bb2 (11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Bh6 Rg6 13.Bf4 Nf4 14.Qb7 Ng2) 11...Bb7 12.Ne2 Qg5 (12...Nd7 13.Bd5 Bd5 14.e4 Bb7) 13.Ng3 (13.e4 Nb4 14.0-0 Nc2) 13...Nd7 (13...Qg4 14.Qg4 Rg4) 14.Nc3 (better is 14.0-0!?+/– Bb4) 14...Ne5= 15.Qe4 Nc4 16.Qc4 Nc3 17.Bc3 Bd5 (17...Bg2 18.Ne4 Be4 19.Qe4+=) 18.Qa4 (18.Qe2 Qh4 (18...Bg2? 19.f4 Qg3 20.hg3 Bh1 21.g4+–) 19.e4 Rg3 20.fg3 Qe4 21.Qe4 Be4+=) 18...Be7 (better is 18...Bg2!? 19.Ne4 Be4 20.Qe4 Qg2 21.Qg2 Rg2=) 19.e4+/– Bb7 20.d4?? (better is 20.d3+/–) 20...Be4!–/+ 21.Ne4 (21.0-0!? Bd3 22.Rfc1–/+) 21...Qg2–+ 22.Ng3 (22.0-0-0 Qe4 23.Qc2 Ba3 24.Kd2 Qf3–+) 22...Rg3! 23.hg3 (23.fg3 Qf3 (23...Qh1); 23.hg3 Qf3 (23...Qh1)) 23...Qh1 24.Kd2 Qf3 25.Kc2?! (25.Qc4 Qf2 26.Kd1 Qf3 27.Kc2 Qe4 28.Qd3 Qg4–+) 25...Qf2 (25...Rc8 26.Qb3–+) 26.Kb3 Qg3 27.Qc4 Qd6 28.Rg1 Kd7 29.Qa4 Qd5 30.Kb2 Qf5 31.Rc1 h5 32.Qa6 Qd5 33.Qa4 h4 34.Ka1 h3 35.Qc2 Qb5 36.Be1 Bd6 37.Qe4 Qd5 38.Qc2 h2 39.Qh7 h1Q 40.Qf7 Be7 41.Qe7 Ke7 42.Bb4 Kf6 43.Rh1 Qh1 44.Kb2 Rc8 45.d5 Qc1 46.Kb3 Qc2 47.Ka3 b5 48.Bc5 Rc5 49.de6 Ke6 50.Kb4 Qc3# 0–1. Torres Herrero,Fernando – Garcia Manteca,Eduardo, Valladolid CC Regalado, 1990.

6.a4 Bd6 A) 7.d4 dc4 (7...0-0 8.c5 Be7 9.Bd3 b6 10.cb6 ab6 11.Nf3 Bb4 12.Bc3=) 8.Bc4 cb5 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Nf3 Bb5 11.ab5 0-0 12.0-0=; B) 7.Nf3 0-0 (7...a6 8.d4 b6 9.Qc2 0-0 10.c5 Be7 11.cb6 Bb4 12.Bc3=) 8.Be5 Be5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nd7 Bd7 11.d4 dc4 12.Bc4=.

6.a4 Qe7 7.Nf3 (7.d4 Bb4 (7...Bb6 8.Nd2 Ba5 9.Ngf3 Bd7 10.Ba3 Qd8 11.Bd3 cb5 12.cb5+=) 8.Bc3 Ne4 9.Qb3 Nc3 10.Nc3 cb5 11.ab5 a5 12.ba6=) 7...Nbd7 (7...a6 8.bc6 Nc6 9.d4 Bb4 10.Bc3 Bc3 11.Nc3 Qb4 12.Qc2+=; 7...0-0 8.d4 Bb4 9.Bc3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.Rc1 a6 12.c5=) 8.Be2 (8.d4 Bb4 9.Bc3 e5 10.Bb4 Qb4 11.Nbd2 e4 12.bc6=) 8...e5 (8...cb5 9.cd5 ed5 10.ab5 0-0 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Be5=) 9.0-0 (9.cd5 cd5 10.d4 Bb4 11.Nfd2 0-0 12.0-0=) 9...0-0 (9...dc4 10.bc6 bc6 11.Bc4 e4 12.Nd4=) 10.d4 (10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 Qe5 12.d4=) 10...ed4 11.Nd4 (11.bc6 bc6 12.Nd4=) 11...Ne5 (11...dc4 12.bc6=) 12.cd5 cd5 (12...Nd5 13.Qc2=) 13.Qc2 Neg4 14.Nf5 (14.Nf3 Ne4 15.Nc3 Ngf2 16.Rf2 Nf2 17.Nd5 Qd6+/–) 14...Bf5 15.Qf5 Ne3 16.fe3 Qe3 17.Kh1 Qe2 (better is 17...Ne4!? 18.Nc3 Nc3 19.Bc3 Qc3=) 18.Bf6+= gf6 19.Nc3 Qe6 20.Nd5 Qf5 21.Rf5 Bd4 22.Nf6 Bf6 23.Rf6 Rad8 24.b6 Kg7 25.Raf1 Rd4 26.a5 Ra4 27.R6f5 (worse is 27.ba7 Ra5 28.Rd6 Ra7+=) 27...ab6 28.ab6 f6 29.Rb1 Rfa8 30.h3 Ra1 31.Rff1 R1a2 (31...Rb1!? 32.Rb1 Kg6=) 32.Rfd1+= Rf8 33.Rbc1 Rb8 34.Rd7 (34.Rd7 Kg6 35.Rcc7+/–) 1–0. poesimannen (1920) – taivaanlahja (1635), gameknot.com, 2013.

6.Nf3 0-0 7.Bd3 a6 8.a4 (8.cd5 Qd5 9.Qc2 Rd8 10.Bf6 Qd3 11.Qc5 gf6=) 8...Bd7 (8...dc4 9.Bc4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 cb5 12.Bb5=) 9.cd5= cd5 10.0-0 (10.Qc2 Bd6=) 10...ab5 (10...Bd6 11.Qc2=) 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Qb6 (12...Ne4 13.Qc2=) 13.Bf6+= gf6 14.Nc3 Bb4 (14...Be7 15.Qa4 f5 16.Ra1+=) 15.Nd4 (15.Bh7 Kg7 16.Bd3 Rh8+/–) 15...Bc3 (15...f5!?+=) 16.Qh5 f5 17.dc3 Qa5 (17...Qc5 18.Rc1+/–) 18.g4 (18.Qg5 Kh8 19.Qf6 Kg8+/–) 18...Qc3 19.Qg5 Kh8 20.Qf6 Kg8 21.Rd1 Qb4 (21...Re8 22.gf5 Qc5 23.fe6 Qe7 24.ed7 A) 24...Qf6 25.de8Q (25.de8B?! Qe5+–; 25.de8N?! Qe5+/–) 25...Kg7 26.Nf5 Qf5 27.Bf5 Nd7 28.Qd7 Kf6 29.Qd8 Kf5 30.Rd5 Ke4 31.Qg5 Kf3 32.Qh5 Ke4 33.Qf5; B) 24...Nd7+–) 22.gf5 Qa4 23.Bc2 Qb4 (23...Qc2 24.Nc2 Rc8+–) 24.Kh1 Qd6 (24...Rc8 25.Rg1 Kf8 26.Ne6 Be6 27.fe6 Ke8 28.Qf7 Kd8 29.Rg8 Qf8 30.Rf8) 25.Rg1 (25...Qg3 26.Rg3#) 1–0. marekt – smeta, sachy.sk, 2008.

6.Nf3 cb5 7.cd5 ed5 8.Qc2 Bd6 (better is 8...b6!? 9.Bb5 Bd7=) 9.Bf6+/– Qf6?? (better is 9...gf6 10.Bb5 Kf8+/–) 10.Qc8+– Ke7 11.Qb7 Nd7 12.Nc3 Rhb8 13.Qb8! Qc3 (13...Bb8 14.Nd5 A double attack) 14.Qd6! Kd6 15.dc3 Rb8 (15...a6 16.a4 ba4 17.Ra4+–) 16.Rd1 (16.Nd4 a6+–) 16...Nf6 17.Bd3 Ke7 (17...a6 18.Kd2+–) 18.Nd4 Kf8 (18...Rc8 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nd4+–) 19.Nb5 g6 (19...a6 20.Nc7 a5 21.Be2+–) 20.c4 dc4 (20...a6 21.Nc3 dc4 22.Bc4+–) 21.Bc4 a6 (21...a5 22.Nd6+–) 22.Nd6 Rb2 23.0-0 (23.Bb3 Ng4+–) 23...Ng4 24.Bf7 (24.Rb1 Rd2 25.Nf7 Rc2+–) 24...Kg7 25.Bb3 a5 26.Nc4 Re2 27.Ra1 h5 28.Bd1 Ra2 29.Ra2 (29.Ra2 Nf6 30.Ra5+–) 1–0. Johansson,Ragnar – Kroon,William, corr SSKK, 1988.

7.Ba3 Qe7 (7...Ba3 8.Ra3 Qe7 9.Nf3=+) 8.Qb3 (8.Bc5 Qc5 9.d4 Qb4 10.Qd2 Qe7=) 8...cb5 (8...e5 9.Bc5 Qc5 10.Nf3=+) 9.ab5= Ba3 (9...dc4 10.Bc4 Ba3 11.Qa3=) 10.Ra3 (10.Qa3 Qe8=) 10...Nbd7 (10...dc4 11.Bc4 e5 12.Ne2=) 11.d4= dc4 12.Bc4 b6 (12...e5!? 13.Ne2 Nb6=) 13.Ne2+= Bb7 14.0-0 Ne4 15.f3 Ng5 (15...Nd6!?+=) 16.Nd2 (16.h4 Nf3 17.gf3 Qh4+/-) 16...h6 (16...e5 17.Rfa1+/-) 17.f4 (17.Rfa1 Nf6+/-) 17...Nh7 (17...Ne4 18.Ne4 Be4 19.Rfa1+=) 18.Bd3 (18.Rfa1 Nhf6+/-) 18...Qh4 (18...Bd5 19.Qb2+/-) 19.Qc2 (19.Bh7 Kh7 20.Rfa1 Nf6 21.Qd3 Kg8+/-) 19...Nhf6 20.Ng3 (20.e4 Rfc8 21.Qa2 Rc7+/-) 20...Ng4 (better 20...Rfc8 21.Nc4 Ng4-/+) 21.h3?? (better 21.Nf3 Bf3 22.gf3 Ne3 23.Bh7 Kh8 24.Re3 Qf4 25.Rfe1+=) 21...Qg3-+ 22.Rf3 (22.Nf3 Rfc8 23.Qd2 Bf3 24.hg4-+) 22...Qh2 23.Kf1 Bf3 (better 23...Qh1 24.Ke2 Qg2 25.Ke1 Bf3 26.hg4 Rfc8-+) 24.Nf3 (24.Bh7 Kh8 25.Nf3 Qh1 26.Ng1 Nh2 27.Kf2-+) 24...Ne3 25.Kf2 Qg2 (better 25...Nc2 26.Nh2 Na3-+) 26.Ke3 Qc2 (better 26...Qh3 27.Bh7 Kh8 28.Be4-+) 27.Bc2 Nf6 28.Ne5 (28.f5 ef5 29.Bf5 Rfe8 30.Ne5 Rad8 31.Ra7 Rd5-+) 28...Nd5 29.Ke4 (29.Kf3 Rfd8 30.Bd3 g5-+) 29...Rac8 (better 29...Rfc8 30.Bd3 Rc1-+) 30.Bb3 (30.Bd3-+) 30...Nc3 31.Kd3 Nb5 32.Ra4 (32.Be6 fe6 33.Rb3 a6-+) 32...Rc3 33.Ke4 (33.Kd2 Rb3 34.Nc6-+) 33...Rb3 (33...Nd6) 34.Nc6 Rc8 (34...f5 35.Ke5 Re3) 35.Ne7-+ Kf8 36.Nc8 f5 37.Ke5 Re3 0-1. afsharian - LLDG (1660), lichess.org, 2018.

7.d4 Be7 (7...Bb4 8.Bc3 Be7 9.Nf3 dc4 10.Bc4 cb5 11.ab5 Nd5 12.0-0=) 8.Nf3 cb5 9.ab5 a6 10.Ba3 Qa5 11.Nfd2 Re8 12.Be2=.

7.Nf3 a6 8.d4 Bb4 9.Bc3 Be7 10.ba6 Na6 11.c5 Nd7 12.Be2=.

7.Nf3 b6 8.d4 Bb4 9.Bc3 Bd6 10.Ne5 cb5 11.ab5 Bb7 12.Nd2=.

7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 Nbd7 (8...dc4 9.Bc4 a6 10.0-0=) 9.0-0 e5 10.d4 ed4 11.Nd4 Bd4 12.Bd4 Ne5 13.Nd2 Neg4 14.Bg4 (better 14.h3 Nh6 15.cd5 Nd5 16.bc6 bc6 17.Rc1+=) 14...Bg4? (better 14...Ng4 15.h3 Nh6+=) 15.Bf6+- Bd1 16.Bd8 Rad8? (better 16...Be2 17.Bg5 Bf1 18.Kf1 h6+-) 17.Rfd1 dc4 (17...a6 18.c5+-) 18.Nc4 Rd1 19.Rd1 h6 20.Kf1 cb5 21.Nd6 Rd8 22.ab5 a6 23.Ke2 ab5 24.Nb5 Rd1 25.Kd1 Kf8 26.Kc2 (26.Nd6!? b6+-) 26...Ke7 27.Kc3 Kd7 28.Kc4 Kc6 (28...b6 29.Nd4 h5 30.Kb5+-) 29.Nd4 Kb6 30.Nf5 g6 (30...Ka5 31.Ng7 Ka4 32.Nf5 b5 33.Kd3+-) 31.Nh6 Ka5 (31...f6 32.Ng8+-) 32.Nf7 b5 33.Kb3 b4 34.Ne5 Kb5 35.Ng6 Kc5 36.Nf4 (better 36.h4 Kd5 37.h5 Ke6+-) 36...Kd6 37.Kb4 Ke5 38.Kc3 Ke4 39.Kd2 Kf5 40.Kd3 Kg4 41.h3 Kg5 42.g3 Kf5 43.h4 Kg4 44.Ke2 (44.e4 Kf3 45.h5 Kf2 46.h6 Kf1 47.h7 Kf2 48.h8Q Kf3 49.Qh1 Kg3 50.Ke3 Kg4 51.Qh5 Kg3 52.Qh3) 44...Kf5 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.e4 Kf7 47.Nd3 Ke6 48.Kf4 Kf6 49.e5 Kg6 50.Ke4 Kf7 51.Nf4 (51.Nf4 Ke8 52.h5 Ke7 53.h6 Kd7 54.h7 Kc7 55.h8Q Kb6 56.Qb8 Kc5 57.e6 Kc6 58.e7 Kc5 59.Nd3 Kc6 60.e8Q) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2705) - quintana77, lichess.org, 2017.

7.Qc2 Qe7 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.Ne5 cb5 10.Nd7 Nbd7 (worse 10...Nfd7 11.Bg7 (11.ab5?! 0-0+=) 11...Rg8 12.Qh7 Rg7 13.Qg7 bc4 14.h4+-) 11.ab5 0-0 12.cd5 ed5 (12...Nd5 13.ba6 ba6 14.Ra6=) 13.Be2 (13.ba6 Rfb8+=) 13...ab5= 14.Bb5 Ra1 15.Ba1 Ra8 16.Bf6 Nf6 17.0-0 d4 18.Qf5 g6 19.Qg5 Kg7 20.Rc1 b6 21.ed4 (21.Qf4!?=) 21...Bd4-/+ 22.Nc3? (22.Bd3 Ra3 23.Bc4 Bf2 24.Kh1 Ra5-+) 22...h6?? (better 22...Ra5-+) 23.Qg3 Ra5 24.Bd3 Re5 (24...Qa3 25.Rb1 Bc3 26.dc3 Qc3 27.h3-/+) 25.Qf4 (25.Rf1!?=+) 25...Re1-+ 26.Re1 Qe1 27.Bf1 Bc5 (27...Be5 28.Qf3 Qd2 29.Nb5-/+) 28.Na4 (better 28.h3-/+) 28...Bb4?? (28...g5 29.Qf3 Ne4 30.Nc5 Nd2-+ (30...Nc5?! 31.d4 Ne4 32.Qe3 Qe3 33.fe3=)) 29.d4 (better 29.Qb4 Ne4 30.Qd4 Kg8 31.Qe3 (worse 31.Nb6 Nd2 32.Qd3 f5+-; 31.Qb6?! Nd2 32.Qa6 Ne4+-) 31...Qe3 32.de3+- (worse 32.fe3 Nd2 33.Nb6 f5+-)) 29...Bd2 (29...Ba5 30.Nb2-/+) 30.Qf3 (30.Qe5 Qd1 31.Qe2 Qa4 32.Qd2 b5=) 30...b5 (30...Ba5 31.Nb2-/+) 31.Nc5=+ b4 32.Ne4 (32.Ne4 Ne4 33.Qe2-+). AleksandrNekhoroshik (1675) - curtis808 (1730), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nc3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 dc4 10.Bc4 cb5 11.Nb5 Nc6 12.d4 Bb6 (12...Bb4 13.Bc3=) 13.Nf3+= 0-0 14.0-0 Bd7 15.Qb1 Nd5 16.Rc1 Ndb4 (16...Qe7 17.Nc3 Ndb4 18.Ne4+=) 17.Bc3 Na6 (17...Nd5 18.Nd6+/-) 18.Bd3 (18.Nd6 Ncb8 19.Ne5 Bc7 20.Nb7 Qe7+-) 18...f5 (18...h6 19.Nd6 Qc7 20.Ne5 Qd6 21.Qb6+-) 19.Bc4 Kh8 (19...Bc8 20.e4 fe4 21.Qe4+/-) 20.Qb2+- Ba5 (20...Qe7 21.Nd6! Nab4 22.Bb4 Nb4 23.Qb4+-) 21.Nd6 Bc3 22.Qc3 (better 22.Rc3 Na5 23.Ba6 ba6 24.Ne5+-) 22...Bc8?? (better 22...Qb8 23.Ba6 ba6+/-) 23.Nc8+- Qc8 24.Ba6 ba6 25.Qc6 Qe8 (25...Qc6 26.Rc6 Ra8 27.Re6+-) 26.Qe8 (better 26.Qa6!? h6+-) 26...Re8 27.Ne5 g6 28.g3 Kg7 (28...Kg8 29.Rc6+-) 29.Rc6 (29.Rc7 Kg8+-) 29...Kf6 (29...Ra8 30.Rc7 Kg8 31.Nd7+-) 30.Ra6 Re7 (30...g5 31.f4 Re7 32.d5 gf4 33.ef4+-) 31.Kg2 g5 (31...Rc7 32.f4 Ke7 33.Kf3+-) 32.Kf3 (32.f4 gf4 33.ef4 Kg7+-) 32...h5 Black prepares the advance g4 (32...Rc7 33.e4 Rc3 34.Ke2+-) 33.h3 (33.h4 gh4 34.gh4 Rg7+-) 33...g4 (33...Rc7 34.Nd3+-) 34.hg4 hg4 35.Kf4 Rc7 (35...Rb7+-) 36.Nd7! Ke7?? (36...Rd7 37.f3 Combination) 37.Nc5+- Rc5 (37...Kf7 38.Re6 Rb7 39.Re5+-) 38.dc5 Kd7 39.Rd6 Kc7 40.Ke5 f4 41.Re6 f3 42.Kf5 (42.Rb6 Kd7 43.e4 Ke7 44.c6 Kd8 45.Kd6 Ke8 46.c7 Kf7 47.c8Q Kf6 48.Qe6 Kg7 49.Rb7 Kf8 50.Qc8) 42...Kd7 43.Rd6 Kc7 44.Kg4 (44.e4 Kc8 45.e5 Kc7 46.e6 Kb7 47.e7 Kc7 48.e8Q Kb7 49.Qe7 Kc8 50.Rd8) 44...Kc8 45.Kf3 (45.e4 Kb7 46.e5 Kb8 47.e6 Kb7 48.e7 Kc7 49.e8Q Kb7 50.Qe7 Kc8 51.Rd8) 45...Kc7 (45...Kb8 46.e4 Kb7 47.e5 Kb8 48.e6 Kc8 49.e7 Kc7 50.e8Q Kb7 51.Qe7 Kc8 52.Rd8) 46.Ke4 (46.e4 Kc8 47.e5 Kb7 48.e6 Kc8 49.e7 Kc7 50.e8Q Kb7 51.Qe7 Kc8 52.Rd8) 46...Kc8 47.Kd5 Kc7 (47...Kb7 48.Rd7 Kc8 49.Kc6 Kb8 50.Rd8 Ka7 51.e4 Ka6 52.Ra8) 48.e4 Kc8 (48...Kb7 49.Rd7 Kc8 50.Kc6 Kb8 51.Rd8 Ka7 52.f4 Ka6 53.Ra8) 49.e5 (49.Kc6 Kb8 50.Rd8 Ka7 51.f4 Ka6 52.Ra8) 49...Kc7 (49...Kb7 50.e6 Ka7 51.e7 Kb7 52.Rd7 Ka6 53.e8Q Ka5 54.Kc4 Ka6 55.Qa8) 50.e6 Kc8 (50...Kb7 51.e7 Kc8 52.e8Q Kb7 53.Qe7 Kc8 54.Rd8) 51.e7 Kc7 (51...Kb7 52.e8Q Ka7 53.Qe7 Kb8 54.Rd8) 52.g4 (52.e8Q Kb7 53.Qe7 Kc8 54.Rd8) 52...Kb7 (52...Kc8 53.e8Q Kb7 54.Qe7 Kc8 55.Rd8) 53.Rd7 (53.e8Q Ka7 54.Qe7 Kb8 55.Rd8) 53...Ka6 54.e8Q Kb5 (54...Ka5 55.Rb7 Ka6 56.Qb5) 55.Rb7 Ka5 (55...Ka6 56.Qb5) 56.c6 (56.Qb5) 56...Ka4 (56...Ka6 57.Qa8) 57.Qa8 1-0. ClayPigeons (2180) - chessoloid (2155), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.d4 Bb4 (7...Be7 8.Nc3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Qa1 cb5 11.Nb5 0-0 12.Nf3=) 8.Bc3 Be7 9.ba6 Na6 10.Nf3 0-0 11.c5 Nd7 12.Be2=.

7.Nf3 ab5 (7...0-0 8.d4 Bb4 9.Bc3 Be7 10.ba6 Na6 11.c5 Nd7 12.Be2=) 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 0-0 10.Qc2 b6 11.Ng5 d4 12.Bd3=.

6.Ba3 A) 6...e5 7.Bd6 (7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Be2 Ba3 10.Na3 0-0 11.d4 Nd5–/+) 7...Qd6 8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 Be6 10.Be6 Qe6 11.Nc3 ed4+=; B) 6...0-0 7.Bd6 (7.bc6 Nc6 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.d4 e5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nf3 ed4–/+) 7...Qd6 8.Nc3 e5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Ne4 Qb4+=.

6.a4 a6 7.Nf3 dc4 8.Bc4 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 c5 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.d4 0-0 13.Nbd2 (13.dc5 Bc5 14.Qc2 b6=) 13...Nb6 (13...cd4 14.Bd4 e5 15.Bc3=) 14.Bd3+= White is in command 14...cd4 (14...Nbd5 15.Qe2+=) 15.Bd4 Nbd5 (15...Nbd7 16.Nc4 Bc5 17.Qa1+=) 16.Nc4+/– h6 (16...Be7!?+/–) 17.Nd6+– Qd6 18.e4 Nf4 19.e5 Qa3 20.ef6 Qd3 21.Qd3 Nd3 22.fg7 Re8 (22...Rd8 23.b6+/–) 23.Ne5 (23.Rd1 e5 24.Rd3 ed4 25.Rd4 Kg7 26.h3+/–) 23...Nf4 (better is 23...Rd8!? 24.Bc3 Nf4+/–) 24.Ng4+– Ne2 25.Kh1 Nd4 26.Nf6 Kg7 27.Ne8 Kf8 28.Nd6 Bd7 29.Nb7 Nb5 30.Rd1 Bc6 31.Nc5 Bd5 32.Rd3 Kg7 33.Nd7 Be4 34.Rg3 Kh8 35.Nf6 Bg6 36.h4 Kg7 37.Nd7 h5 38.Ne5 Nd4 39.Ng6 fg6 40.Re3 Nf5 41.Re4 Kf6 42.g3 e5 43.Ra4 (43.Ra4 Nd4 44.Kg2+–) 1–0. Wolf – Hentze, corr DDR–cp FD'84/??/212, 1984.

6.a4 dc4 7.Bc4 cb5 8.ab5 Bd7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 b6 11.Nc3 (11.Qe2 Bc8 12.e4 Be7+–) 11...Qc7 12.Bd3 Nd5 (12...Bc8 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Be4 Bb7+–) 13.Nd5 ed5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Qh5 Be7 (15...Bh2 16.Kh1 f6+–) 16.Qh6!! gh6 (16...gh6 17.Bh7) 17.Bh7 1–0. Janek – George, internet, 2018.

6.a4 Bd7 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.d4 Bb4 9.Nd2 0-0 10.Qb3? (better 10.Rb1 Bd2 11.Qd2 dc4 12.Qc2=+) 10...Bd2-+ 11.Kd2 Qf2 12.Ne2 a6 (12...dc4 13.Qc4 Re8 14.Rc1-+) 13.cd5 (13.ba6 Na6 (13...ba6? 14.Qb7+-) 14.Ra3 dc4 15.Qc4 e5-+) 13...cd5 14.Rc1 (better 14.ba6!? Ra6 15.Kd1-+) 14...ab5 15.ab5 Be8 (15...Ra5 16.b6-+) 16.Rc7 (better 16.Kd1-+) 16...Nd7 17.Rb7?! (17.Kd1 Nb6 18.Nc1-+) 17...Nf6 18.g3 (18.Kc2 Ra1 19.Qd3-+) 18...Ne4 19.Kd3 (19.Kc2 Qe1 20.Qb2 Qd2 21.Kb1 Qd3 22.Kc1 Rc8 23.Rc7 Rc7 24.Nc3 Rc3 25.Qc3 Qc3 26.Kb1 Nd2 27.Ka2 Qc2 28.Ka3 Qb3) 19...Nd6 (19...Qe1 20.Kc2 Ra1 21.Qb4 Qd1 22.Kb2 Qb1) 20.Re7 (20.g4-+) 20...Bb5 21.Kc2 Be2 22.Be2 Qe2 23.Kc3 (23.Kb1 Rfb8 24.Rb7 Rb7 25.Qb7 Qd3 26.Kc1 Ra1 27.Kb2 Rb1 28.Rb1 Nc4 29.Ka1 Qa3) 23…Rfc8 (23...Rfc8 24.Rc7 Ne4 25.Kb4 Rcb8 26.Rb7 Rb7; 23...Ne4 24.Kb4 Rfb8 25.Rb7 Rb7) 0-1. AleksandrNekhoroshik (1705) - TeeKneeEL07 (1710), lichess.org, 2021.

6.a4 Qe7 7.Nf3 Ng4 (7...e5 8.d4 e4 9.Ne5=+) 8.Be2 (better 8.cd5 ed5 9.Bg7+/-) 8...Nf2?? (better 8...0-0=) 9.Kf2+- 0-0 10.Rf1 Qc7 (10...e5 11.c5! Bc7 12.Kg1+-) 11.Kg1 e5 12.cd5 (better 12.c5!? Bc5 13.Be5+-) 12...e4 13.h3 (13.Nd4!? Bh2 14.Kh1 cd5 15.Nc3+-) 13...ef3+/- 14.Bf3 Bh2 15.Kh1 Qg3? (better 15...cb5 16.ab5 Bd6+/-) 16.dc6+- Bh3 (16...bc6 17.bc6 Na6+-) 17.gh3 (better 17.cb7 Nc6 18.ba8R Ra8 19.Qe1+-) 17...Qh3 18.Bg2 (better 18.Qe2 Bc7 19.Kg1 bc6 20.Qg2+- (worse 20.Bc6 Nc6 21.bc6 Rfb8+-)) 18...Qh6 (18...Qh4 19.Rf5 Bd6 20.Kg1 bc6 21.Qh5 (21.bc6?! Nc6 22.Qh5 Qh5 23.Rh5 Rac8+-) 21...Qh5 22.Rh5+-) 19.Qg4 (19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Qg4 Kh8 21.cb7 Be5 22.Qh3 Qh3 23.Bh3 Nc6 24.ba8R Ra8 25.bc6 Ba1 26.Rf7 Be5+-) 19...Bg3 (19...Bc7 20.Qh3 Qh3 21.Bh3 bc6+-) 20.Qh3 Qh3 21.Bh3 bc6 22.Bg2 (22.Rg1!? g6 23.Rg3 a6+-) 22...Nd7 (22...Bc7 23.bc6 Rd8 24.d4+-) 23.Bc6 Rad8 (23...Nc5 24.Rg1 Nd3 25.Bg7 Nf2 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Ba8 Ra8 28.Kf3+-) 24.Rg1 (better 24.Bd7 Rd7 25.Rg1 f5 26.Rg3 f4 27.ef4 Rf4+-) 24...Nf6 (24...Be5 25.d4 Bc7+-) 25.Rg3 h5 (25...Rd6+-) 26.Bf6 Kh7 27.Rg7 Kh6 28.Nc3 (better 28.Be4 Rh8 29.Rf7+-) 28...Rd2 29.Rag1 Rh8 (29...Rg2 30.R7g2 Rd8 31.Be4 Rg8 32.Rg8 h4 33.Rh8) 30.Be4 (30.Be4 Rf2 31.Rf7 Rg2 32.Rg2 h4 33.Bg7 Kh5 34.Rf5; 30.R7g5 Rg2 31.Bg7 Kh7 32.R1g2 Rd8 33.Rh5 Kg8 34.Rh8) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2550) - FOOLYA (1725), lichess.org, 2017.

6.Nc3 A) 6...dc4 7.Bc4 (7.Rc1 a6 8.bc6 Nc6 9.Bc4 0-0 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nf3 Rc8+=) 7...0-0 8.Nf3 a6 9.a4 b6 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Qe2 Bb7=; B) 6...0-0 7.Nf3 (7.d4 dc4 8.Bc4 Bd7 9.Nge2 cb5 10.Bb5 Bb5 11.Nb5 Qa5+=) 7...dc4 8.Bc4 a6 9.a4 b6 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Qe2 Rd8=.

6.d4 A) 6...Ne4 7.Qb3 (7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Qb3 e5 9.f3 Nf6 10.c5 Be7 11.Bd3 ed4=) 7...Qa5 8.Nc3 e5 9.f3 Nf6 10.c5 Be7 11.Bd3 ed4=; B) 6...dc4 7.Bc4 (7.bc6 b5 8.a4 Qa5 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.ab5 Qb5–/+) 7...Bd7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Nge2 cb5 10.Bb5 Bb5 11.Nb5 Qa5+=.

6.cd5 ed5 7.Nf3 0-0 +=.

6.Qf3 e5 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Qg3 h5 9.f3 e4 (9...h4 10.Qf2 Be6 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nge2+=) 10.Qf2 ef3 11.gf3 Be6 12.cd5 cd5 13.d4 (13.Nge2 Nbd7=) 13...0-0 14.Bg2 Nbd7 15.Nge2 Nb6 16.0-0 Nc4 17.Ng3?? (better is 17.Bc1+=) 17...h4–+ (17...Nb2?! 18.Qb2 h4 19.Nge2+=) 18.Nh1 h3 19.Bh3 Bh3 20.Rfe1 Nb2 (20...Qa5!? 21.e4–+) 21.Qb2 Qa5 22.Nf2 Bb4 23.Rec1 Rac8 24.Nh3 (24.Nb1 Rc1 25.Qc1 Rc8–+) 24...Bc3 (worse is 24...Rc3 25.Qf2–+) 25.Rc3 Rc3 26.Re1 Rb3! (26...Rb3 27.Qf2 Ra3–+) 0–1. Baer,Cy (1895) – Tiedemann,Joern (2125), RSS5E easy–33, 2007.

6.Nf3 a6 7.a4 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Nbd7 (9...0-0 10.Qc2+=) 10.Be2 Qc7 11.0-0 0-0 12.h3 Nb6 (12...dc4 13.Bc4 b6 14.bc6 Qc6 15.Qe2=) 13.bc6 bc6 (13...dc4 14.Bf6 gf6 15.cb7 Bb7 16.Nc3=) 14.cd5 (14.Bf6 gf6 15.Qc2 dc4 16.Bc4 Bb7=) 14...cd5 (14...Nbd5 15.Nc3=) 15.Nc3 (15.Bf6 gf6 16.Nd4 Bd7=) 15...Bd7+= 16.d3 Ra8 17.Qd2 Bb4 (17...e5 18.d4 e4 19.Ne5+=) 18.Qb2 (18.Nb5 Qc5 (worse is 18...Bb5 19.Qb4 Bd7 20.Be5+/–) 19.Bc3 Bc3 20.Nc3 Rc8=) 18...Ba3 19.Qb3 Bd6 20.Rb1 Qa7 (20...e5!?+=) 21.Nb5= Bb5 22.Qb5 (22.Bf6 Nd7 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qc3 Nf6 25.Rb5 Qa6+/–) 22...Nbd7 23.Bd4 Qa2 (better is 23...Qc7!? 24.Qb2 e5+=) 24.Ra1+/– Qa1 25.Ba1 Ra1 26.Bf1 Ra8?? (26...Kf8 27.Qb2 Ra7 28.d4+/–) 27.Nd4 (better is 27.Qc6 Ra1 28.Qd6+–) 27...Rb8 (27...Ra2 28.Qb1 Ra4 29.Qc2+/–) 28.Qc6 Bc5 29.Nf3 h6 30.d4 Bf8 31.g4 g5 32.Kg2 Rb6 33.Qc8 Rb8 34.Qc2 Bd6 35.Ba6 Rb6 36.Bd3 Kg7 37.Nd2 Ne8 38.Qa4 Ndf6 39.Bb5 (39.Kf3 h5+/–) 39...Nc7 40.Bf1 Nce8 41.Nb3 Rb8 (41...Ne4 42.Nc5 (42.Qe8?! Rb3 43.Qc6 Rb2=) 42...N8f6 43.Ne6 Kg6 44.Nc5+–) 42.Nc5+– Rc8 43.Qa6 Rc7 44.Qb6 Bc5 45.dc5 Nd7 46.Qb5 Nef6 (46...e5 47.c6 Ndf6 48.Qc5+–) 47.c6 Ne5 (47...Nf8 48.Qb6 Ne8 49.Qb8+–) 48.Qb2 (better is 48.Qb8 Ne8 49.Qe8 Nc6 50.Bb5+–) 48...Ng6 (48...Nc6?? 49.Qb6 Rd7 50.Qc6+–) 49.Bb5 Ne7 (better is 49...e5+–) 50.Qe5 Rc8 51.Qd6 Kf8 (51...Re8 52.c7 Nc8 53.Qd8+–) 52.c7 Ne8 53.Be8 (53.Qd8 Rc7 54.Qe8 (54.Be8?! Rc8 55.Qd7 Re8+=) 54...Kg7 55.Qb8+–) 53...Ke8 54.f3 Ra8 55.Kg3 Rc8 56.h4 Ra8 (56...gh4 57.Kh4 d4 58.e4+–) 57.f4 (57.Qb6 Rc8 58.Qb5 Kf8+–) 57...gf4 58.Kf4 (better is 58.Qf4 f5 59.Qh6+–) 58...Ra4?? (58...Ng6 59.Kf3 Rc8+–) 59.Ke5 Re4 (59...Ra8 60.Kf6 Ng8 61.Kg7 Ne7+–) 60.Kf6 Ng8 61.Kg7 Rg4 62.Kh8 Ne7 (62...f5 63.c8Q Kf7 64.Qce6) 63.Qd8 1–0. zabazaba – focara (1665), gameknot.com, 2013.

6.Nf3 dc4 7.Bc4 (7.bc6 Nc6 8.Bc4 0-0 9.d4 a6 10.0-0 b5 11.Be2 Bb7+=) 7...a6 8.a4 0-0 9.0-0 cb5 10.ab5 Nbd7 11.d4 Nb6 =. algernon (2275) – davidloza (2410), net–chess.com, 2013.

6.Nf3 Qc7 7.d4 (7.Bf6 gf6 8.cd5 cd5+=) 7...Nbd7 8.a4 dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.0-0 e5 11.h3 (11.Ne5 Ne5 12.de5 Be5 13.Be5 Qe5=) 11...h6 (11...e4!? 12.Nfd2 cb5 13.ab5 Nb6=) 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.Rac1 (14.de5!? Be5 15.Ne5 Re5 16.Ne2+=) 14...Nc4+= 15.Qc4 e4 16.Nd2 Be6 17.Qe2 Bb4 (17...Bd5!?=) 18.Nce4+= Ne4 19.Ne4 Bh3 20.Qf3 (20.gh3 Kh7) 20...Bf8?? (better is 20...Bd7+=) 21.gh3+– (21.Qh3?! Re4 22.Rc2 Qa5+=) 21...Re6 (21...Qb6 22.Qg4 cb5 23.ab5+–) 22.d5 Rg6 23.Kh1 Qa5 24.dc6 bc6 25.bc6 Rc8 26.Rg1 Rg1 27.Rg1 Qa4 28.Nf6 Kh8 29.Qf4 Qc6?? 30.e4+– g6 31.Nd5 Kg8 32.Qe5 f6 33.Rg6 (33.Rg6 Kh8 34.Rf6 Qc1 35.Kh2 Qh1 36.Kh1 Rc1 37.Bc1 Kg8 38.Qe6 Kh7 39.Rf8 a5 40.Qh6#) 1–0. Seifert,J – Fleck,Dankwart, corr DDR–H–261, 1987.

7.Nf3 a6 8.Qb3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Bd7 11.Be2 dc4 12.Bc4 cb5 13.Bb5 Nc6 14.0-0 Qe7 (14...Qb6!? 15.Bf6 Na5=) 15.Bf6+= Qf6 16.d4 Qe7 17.Qa4 h6 18.Nbd2 Rd8 19.Ne4 Bc7 20.h3 Nb8 21.Rb1 Bb5 22.Qb5 b6 23.Rc1 Rd5 24.Qc4 Bd6?? (better is 24...Rd7+/–) 25.Qc8+– (25.Nd6?! Rd6 26.Qb4 Qf8+–) 25...Kh7 26.Nd6 Qd6 27.e4 Rb5 28.e5 Qa3 29.Rc7 Na6 (29...Nc6 30.Rc6 Rb1 31.Kh2 Rf1+–) 30.Rf7 Rb1 31.Kh2 Qd3 (31...Rc1 32.Qa8 Rc3 33.Qe4 Kg8+–) 32.Rf8 Nb4 (32...Qf3 33.gf3 Nc7 34.Qc7 Rh1 35.Kh1 Kg6 36.Qf7 Kg5 37.Qg7 Kh4 38.Qh6) 33.Rh8 Kg6 34.Qe6 1–0. pierred (2845) – danielro (2300), net–chess.com, 2015.

7.Nf3 a6 8.Nc3 Re8 9.Be2 Bc5 (9...e5 10.bc6 bc6 11.d4=) 10.0-0 Nbd7 (10...dc4 11.Bc4 Bd6 12.d4=) 11.d4+= Bf8 12.Qb3 b6? (better 12...dc4 13.Bc4 Bd6+=) 13.bc6+- Nb8 14.cd5 (14.Ne5 Bd6+-) 14...ed5+/- 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.f4 Be5? (better 16...Be6+-) 17.fe5 (17.de5?! Ne4+-) 17...Ng4 18.Bg4 (18.Nd5 Nc6 19.Nb6 Ra7+-) 18...Bg4 19.Qd5 (19.Nd5?! Be6 20.e4 Nc6+/-) 19...Qd5 20.Nd5 Nc6 21.Nc7 (21.Nb6?! Rab8 22.a5 Na5 23.Ra5 Rb6+/-) 21...Nb4 22.Na8 Ra8 23.a5 (23.e4 Be2 24.Rf2 Bd3+-) 23...b5 24.Ba3 (better 24.Ra3+-) 24...Nc2+/- 25.Bc5 (25.Ra2 Ne3 26.Re1 Nc4+-) 25...Ne3 (better 25...Na1!? 26.Ra1 Bf5+/-) 26.Rf4 h5 27.h3 Be6 28.Rc1 (28.Kf2 Nd5 29.Rh4 f6+-) 28...Nd5 (28...Bd5 29.g3+-) 29.Rf2 g6 (29...Ne3 30.Kh2+/-) 30.Bd6 Rb8?? (30...Ne3 31.Rc5+-) 31.Rb2 (better 31.Bb8 Nb4 32.Rd2+-) 31...Rc8 32.Rc8 Bc8 33.Kf2 Be6 (33...g5 34.Kf3+-) 34.Ke2 (34.Rc2!? b4 35.Rb2 Nf4+-) 34...Nc3 35.Kd3 Na4 (35...Nd1 36.Rd2 Bc4 37.Ke4 Nc3 38.Kf3+-) 36.Rc2 (better 36.Rd2+-) 36...Bb3?? (better 36...Bf5 37.Kd2 Bc2 38.Kc2 f5+-) 37.Rc8 Kg7 38.Ra8 (38.Be7 Bc4 39.Kd2 Kh7+-) 38...Bc4 (38...Bd5 39.Ra6 Bg2 40.h4+-) 39.Ke4 (better 39.Kc2 Bd5 40.Ra6 Bg2+-) 39...Nc3 40.Ke3 Nd5 (better 40...b4+-) 41.Kd2 b4 42.Rb8 (42.Ra7 Nf4 43.Bb4 g5+-) 42...Bb5?! (42...b3 43.Rb7 Nf4 44.Be7+-) 43.Bc5 (43.Bf8!? Kh7+-) 43...b3 44.Kc1 (better 44.Rb7 Nf4 45.g3 Nh3 46.Kc3+-) 44...Nb4?? (better 44...Bc4+-) 45.Kb2 (better 45.Bb4 Bc4+-) 45...Nd3 46.Kb3 Nc5 47.dc5 Bc6 48.Rb6 Bg2 49.Ra6 (better 49.h4 g5 50.hg5 Kf8+-) 49...Bf1 (49...Bh3 50.c6 h4+-) 50.Rb6 g5 (50...Bh3 51.c6 Be6 52.Kb4+-) 51.a6 (better 51.c6 Bh3 52.c7 Bf5+-) 51...g4 52.hg4 Bg2 53.a7 (better 53.gh5 Bd5 54.Kb4 Bf3+-) 53...hg4 54.Rb4 (better 54.c6 g3 55.a8Q Bd5 56.Kb4 g2+-) 54...f5 (54...g3 55.Rg4 Kf8+-) 55.ef6! Kf6 (55...Kf7 56.Rg4 Bd5 57.Kc3 Kf6 58.Rd4+-) 56.Rg4 (better 56.c6 Bd5 57.Kc3 Bc6 58.Rb6 Ke7 59.Rc6 g3 60.a8Q g2 61.Qb7 Ke8 62.Rc8) 56...Bf3 (56...Bc6+-) 57.Rf4 Ke5 58.Rf3 Kd5 (58...Ke6 59.a8Q Kd7 60.Qd5 Kc8 61.Rf7 Kb8 62.Qd8) 59.a8Q Kc5 (59...Kd4 60.Qd8 Ke4 61.Qd3 Ke5 62.Qf5 Kd4 63.Rd3) 60.Qe8 Kb6 (60...Kd4 61.Rf5 Kd3 62.Rd5) 61.Rf7 (61.Rf6 Kc7 62.Qe7 Kc8 63.Rf8) 61...Kc5 62.Qe5 Kc6 63.Rf6 (63.Kc4 Kb6 64.Qb5) 63...Kd7 64.Qf5 (64.Qd6 Kc8 65.Qe7 Kb8 66.Rf8) 64...Ke8 (64...Ke7 65.Re6 Kd8 66.Qf7 Kc8 67.Re8) 65.Qg6 (65.Qg6 Ke7 66.Rf7 Kd8 67.Qg8; 65.Rf7 Kd8 66.Qd7) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2540) - EffDaKing (2185), lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nf3 dc4 8.Bc4 cb5 9.ab5 Bd7 10.0-0 (10.d3 Qe7=) 10...Qb6 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn (10...Qe7 11.d3=) 11.Nc3 (11.Bd4 Qc7 12.Qb3 Rc8+=) 11...Ne8 (11...Rc8!? 12.Qe2 Qc5=) 12.e4 Nc7? The pressure on the isolated pawn grows (better 12...a6+=) 13.Na4+– Qa5 14.Bc3 Bb4 15.Nc5! Bc5?? (15...Bc3 16.dc3 Qc3+–) 16.Ba5 b6 17.d4 Be7 18.Bd2 (better 18.d5 ba5 19.d6 Bd6 20.Qd6 Bb5+–) 18...h6 (18...Bb5 19.Qb3 a6 20.Rfc1+–) 19.Qb3 Bc8 (19...Rc8 20.Ne5+–) 20.Bf4 Ne8 (20...Bd8 21.Bd6+–) 21.Bd5! ed5 22.Qd5 Be6 (22...Bd6 23.Bd6 Nd6 24.Qa8+–) 23.Qa8 Nf6 24.d5 (24.Qa7 Nbd7+–) 24...Nbd7 25.Qc6 Bg4 26.Ra7 Bc5 27.e5 Nh5 28.Be3 Be3 29.fe3 Bf3 30.Qd7 Be4 31.Rf7 Rf7 (31...Kh8 32.Rf8 Kh7 33.Qe8 Bd5 34.Rh8) 32.Qf7+– Kh8 33.Qh5 (33.Qh5 Bf5 34.Qf5 Kg8 35.Ra8) 1–0. Janek – bg, internet free game, 2017.

7.Nf3 dc4 8.Bc4 Nbd7 9.Be2 (9.d4 a6=) 9...Re8 10.0-0 Be7 (10...cb5!? 11.ab5 e5=) 11.d4 Ne4 (11...Nd5 12.Nc3+=) 12.Nbd2 Nd6 (12...Nd2 13.Qd2 cb5 14.ab5+=) 13.Ne5 (13.bc6 bc6 14.Qc2 Rb8+/-) 13...Bf6 (better 13...cb5!? 14.ab5 f6+=) 14.bc6+/- bc6 15.Nc6 Qb6 16.Ba3 Qc6? (better 16...Bb7!? 17.Bd6 Qc6+/-) 17.Bf3+- Qa6 18.Ba8 Nb6 (18...Bb7 19.Bb7 Nb7 20.Qf3+-) 19.Bc6 (19.Bd6 Na8 20.Ne4 Bd8+-) 19...Rd8 20.Bd6 Rd6 21.Bb5 Qb7 22.Qf3 Qe7 (22...Qf3 23.Nf3 Bb7 24.Rfc1+-) 23.Ne4 Rd8 24.Nf6 gf6 (24...Qf6 25.Qf6 gf6 26.Rfc1+-) 25.Rac1 Bb7 (25...Kh8 26.a5 Bb7 27.Bc6 (27.ab6 Bf3 28.gf3 ab6-/+) 27...Bc6 28.Rc6+-) 26.Bc6 (better 26.Qg3 Kf8 27.Rc7+-) 26...Bc6 27.Qc6 (27.Rc6 Rd5+-) 27...Nd5 28.Qc5 Qe8 (28...Qd7 29.Qb5+-) 29.a5 Qa4 (29...Qd7 30.Rc2+-) 30.Ra1 (30.Qa7 Qe8+-) 30...Qb3 (30...Qd7+-) 31.Rfb1 Qd3 32.h3 (32.Qa7!? Nc3 33.Rb8 Rb8 34.Qb8 Kg7+-) 32...Nc3 (32...a6 33.Rb2 Kg7 34.Ra3 Qd1 35.Kh2+-) 33.Re1 (33.Rb7 a6+-) 33...Ne2 (33...Ra8 34.Ra3 Ne2 35.Kh2+-) 34.Kh1 Nc3 (34...Kg7 35.Qa7 Nc3 36.Qc7+-) 35.Qa7 (better 35.Ra3!? Qd2 36.Qc3 Qf2+-) 35...Ne4 36.Kg1 White intends a6 36...Qd2 (36...Rc8 37.Qb7 Qc2 38.a6 Qf2 39.Kh1+-) 37.Rf1 Rc8 (37...Qb4+-) 38.Qb7 Qc2 39.a6 Rc7 (39...Nd2 40.Rfe1 Nb3 41.Ra3+-) 40.Qb8 Kg7 41.a7 Ra7 42.Qa7 (42.Ra7 Nd2 43.Ra8 Nf1 44.Qh8 Kh6+-) 42...Nd2 (42...Qc6 43.Rfc1 Qb5 44.Rc7+-) 43.Ra2 Qd3 44.Rd2! Qd2 45.Qa1 Qd3 46.Qd1 Qc4 47.Qf3 Qd5 (47...h6 48.Rb1 Qd3 49.Rb7+-) 48.Qg3 (better 48.Qd5 ed5 49.Rc1 f5+-) 48...Kf8 (48...Qg5+-) 49.Qf3 (better 49.Qb8 Kg7 50.Rc1 Qd7+-) 49...Qg5?? (49...Kg7 50.Qd5 ed5 51.Rc1+-) 50.Qg3 Qf5?? (50...Qd5 51.Qb8 Kg7+-) 51.Rc1+- Ke7 (51...e5+-) 52.Rc7 Kf8 53.Rc8 Ke7 54.Qc7 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2750) - h3nrique (2440), lichess.org, 2020.

7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Qb3 (8.d4 b6=) 8...Ne4 (8...e5 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2=+) 9.h4 (9.Nc3 a6=) 9...Nd7=+ 10.d4 c5 11.cd5 cd4 (11...ed5 12.dc5 Ndc5 13.Qd5-/+) 12.Bd4 ed5 13.Qd5 (13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Rb1 Ba5-/+) 13...Ndf6=+ 14.Bf6 Nf6 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Bc4?? (better 16.Qb2-/+) 16...Rac8 (better 16...Bc4 17.Qb2 Nd5-+) 17.Nfd2 (better 17.Nbd2=) 17...Ng4-/+ 18.Na3? (better 18.Ra2 Ne5 19.Rc2-+) 18...Be5 (better 18...Qf6 19.Nc2 Qf2 20.Kd1 Qg2-+) 19.Rc1 (19.Rd1 Bf5=) 19...Bf6 20.g3 (20.h5 Rfd8 21.Rd1 Ne5 22.Be6 fe6=+) 20...Ne5 21.0-0 Bh3 22.Rfe1 Bh4?? (better 22...Rfd8 23.Nab1 Nc4 24.Rc4 Be6 25.Rc8 Bb3 26.Rd8 Qd8 27.Nb3 h6-/+) 23.f4?? (23.gh4 Qh4 24.Bd5+=) 23...Bg3-+ 24.fe5 (24.Re2 Qh4 25.fe5 Bf2 26.Rf2 Qg3 27.Kh1 Qf2 28.Rg1 Qd2 29.Bd5-+) 24...Qg5 25.Bf7 (25.Re2 Bf2!! 26.Kf2 Qg2 27.Ke1 Qg1 28.Nf1 Qf1 29.Kd2 Rfd8 30.Kc3 Qe2 31.Kb4 Qd2 32.Rc3-+) 25...Kh8 26.Nf3 (26.Qd5 Be1 27.Kh1 Rc1 28.Nf1 Bf2 29.Kh2 Bf1 30.Qb7 Qg1) 26...Bh2!! 27.Kh2 (27.Kh2 Qg2 Mate attack) 27…Qg2 0-1. afsharian (1670) - Abneto (1665), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Nf3 h6 8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 c5 (9...a6 10.0-0=) 10.Nbd2 (10.dc5 Bc5 11.0-0 Nbd7+=) 10...cd4= 11.Bd4 Re8 (11...Nbd7 12.0-0=) 12.0-0 e5 13.Bb2 e4 14.Nd4 Nbd7 15.Qb3 Ne5 16.Ne2 (16.Rfc1!?=) 16...Nc4=+ 17.Nc4 Be6 18.Nd4 Bc4 (better 18...Bh2!? 19.Kh1 Bc4 20.Qc4 Rc8-/+) 19.Qc4= Rc8 20.Qe2 Qe7 (20...Qd7 21.Rad1=) 21.Nf5+= Qe6 22.Nd6 Qd6 23.Rfd1 Qe6 24.Bd4 b6 25.a5 Nd5 26.ab6 (26.Qb2 Qg4+=) 26...ab6= 27.Ra6 Ra8 (27...Red8 28.Rda1=) 28.Rda1 (28.Qb2 Qg4 29.Rd2 Red8=) 28...Ra6 (28...Rac8 29.Qb2 Rc4 30.Ra7= (30.Bg7? Rb4-+)) 29.Ra6 (29.ba6!? Ra8 30.f3+=) 29...Qd7 30.h3 Qc7 (better 30...Qe6=) 31.Qa2 (31.Qb2 g6 32.Bh8+/-) 31...Nb4 (31...Qc1 32.Kh2 Nb4 33.Qa1 Qc7 34.Kg1 Na6 35.ba6-/+) 32.Qb3 (32.Qb1!? Na6 33.ba6-/+) 32...Na6-/+ 33.ba6 Rb8 (33...Ra8!? 34.Qb2 Qc6-/+) 34.Qd5 Qa7 35.Qb5 (35.Qe4 f6=+ (35...Qa6?? 36.Qe5 f6 37.Qb8 Kf7 38.Bb6+-)) 35...Ra8 36.Bb6? (better 36.Qe5!? f6 37.Qe4 Qa6 38.Qd5 Kh8 39.Bb6-/+) 36...Qa6-+ 37.Qa6 Ra6 38.Bd4 f5 39.g4 (39.f3 ef3 40.gf3 Ra2-+) 39...g6 (39...fg4 40.hg4 Rg6 41.f3 ef3 42.Kf2 Rg4 43.Kf3 Rd4 44.ed4-+) 40.Kg2 Kf7 41.gf5 gf5 42.Kg3 Kg6 43.Kf4 h5 44.h4 Ra2 45.Kg3 Rd2 46.Bc3 (46.f3 ef3 47.Kf3 Rh2-+) 46...Rd1 47.Bb4 Rf1 (47...Rg1 48.Kh3-+) 48.Kg2 Rb1 49.Be7 Kf7 50.Bg5 Ke6 51.Bh6 Kd5 52.Kg3 Rb2 53.Bf4 Kc4 54.Bd6 Kd3 55.Bc5 (55.Bf4 Ke2 56.Be5 Rb1-+) 55...Ke2 56.f3 (56.Bd4 Rb1 57.Kf4 Kf2 58.Kf5-+) 56...ef3 57.Kf4 f2 (57...Rb5 58.e4 Rc5 59.e5-+) 58.Kf5 f1Q 59.Kg5 Rb5 60.Kh5 Rc5 61.Kh6 (61.Kg6 Qf5 62.Kh6 Qf7 63.h5 Rh5) 61...Ke3 (61...Qf7 62.h5 Rh5) 62.h5 (62.Kg7 Rc7 63.Kg6 Qf7 64.Kg5 Rc5 65.Kh6 Rh5) 62…Qf6 (62...Qf6 63.Kh7 Rh5 64.Kg8 Rh8) 0-1. zembelek (2095) - abarmard765 (2080), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Qc2 e5 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 (10.bc6 bc6 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Nd7 Qd7=) 10...Ne8 (10...Ng4 11.Be2 Qh4 12.g3=) 11.c5 Bc7 12.Bc3 (12.Be2 Qh4=) 12...f5 13.g3 Ndf6 (13...Qg5 14.h4 Qd8 15.a5+=) 14.a5 (14.Be2 Be6=) 14...cb5 15.Bb5 Bd7 (15...Ng4 16.Qb3=) 16.Qb3 (16.Be2 Qe7=) 16...Rb8 (16...Bb5 17.Qb5 Rb8 18.0-0+=) 17.Bd7 (17.Be2 Be6=) 17...Qd7+= (worse is 17...Nd7 18.Qd5 Rf7 19.0-0+/–) 18.Bb4 (18.0-0 Qe6+=) 18...Rf7 (18...Ng4 19.0-0+=) 19.Nc3= b6 (19...Bd8 20.0-0=) 20.cb6 ab6 21.a6 Bd6 (21...Ra8 22.f3=) 22.0-0 (22.Nd5 Nd5 23.Qd5 Bb4+/–) 22...Ra8 23.Rfb1 (23.Bd6 Qd6 24.Rfb1 Rc8+=) 23...Nc7? (better is 23...Bb8!?=) 24.Bd6+/– Qd6 25.Qb6 Qb6 (25...Qd7!?+/–) 26.Rb6+– Rff8 27.Nb3 Rfb8 28.Rb8 Rb8 29.Nc5 Nfe8 30.N3a4 Nd6 31.a7 Rd8 32.Nb6 Na8 33.Nd5 (33.Nd5 Kf7 34.Rb1+–; 33.Ne6!? Nb6 34.Nd8 Na8+–) 1–0. Iosif,Daniela – Geiger,Michael, Giessen op, 1993.

8.Nc3 e5 9.d4=+.

8.Nc3 Ne5 9.Be2 (9.Ne5!? Be5 10.d4=) 9...Nc4–/+ 10.Bc4 dc4 11.Qe2 cb5 12.ab5 b6 (12...a6!?=+) 13.Qc4= Bb7 14.Qe2 Rc8 (14...Ne4 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Ra4=) 15.0-0 (15.Ra7 Rc7 16.Ra4 Nd7+=) 15...Bb8 16.d4 (16.e4 Nh5=) 16...Qd6 (better 16...Bf3 17.Qf3 Qd6–/+) 17.Ba3?? (better 17.Ne5 Qb4 18.Rfc1=) 17...Qc7 (better 17...Bf3 18.Bd6 Be2 19.Ne2 Bd6 20.Ra7 Rc2–+) 18.Bf8?? (18.Ne5 Qc3 19.Bf8 Rf8 20.Rfc1–/+) 18...Bf3 19.Qf3 (19.g3 Be2 20.Ne2 Rf8 21.Rfc1–+) 19…Qh2 0–1. GuestKQDB – GuestDWQG, freechess.org, 2017.

8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 a6 10.Nbd2 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Qa1 Qb6 13.bc6 bc6 14.0-0 c5 15.dc5 Qc5 16.Bd4 Qh5 17.h3 (17.Rb1 Rd8=) 17...Bb7 18.Rb1 Ra8 19.Qb2 Bc6 20.Be2 Rb8 21.Qc2 Rb1 22.Nb1 Be4 (22...Qd5 23.Nbd2 Bb7 24.Nc4=) 23.Qc8+= Nf8 24.Nbd2 Qd5 25.Bf6 gf6 26.Ne4 Qe4 27.Qd8 Be5 28.Ne5 Qe5 29.Bf1 Kg7 30.Qd1 Ng6 31.Qg4 f5 32.Qg5 f6 33.Qh5 f4 34.ef4?? (better 34.Qe5 fe5 35.Bc4+=) 34…Qh5–+ 0–1. GuestLLWG – GuestTJJN, freechess.org, 2017.

8.d4 c5 +=.

8.d4 Ne4 9.c5 Bb8 10.Nbd2 f5 (10...Nd2 11.Nd2 e5 12.Be2=) 11.Bd3 Ndf6 (11...e5 12.0-0=) 12.h3 (12.0-0 Qe8+=) 12...Qe8 13.Ne5 (13.0-0 Bc7+=) 13...Bd7 (13...Be5 14.de5 Nc5 15.Be2=+) 14.Qb3 (better 14.0-0!?+=) 14...Nd2 15.Kd2 Ne4 16.Ke2 (16.Be4!? fe4 17.bc6 Bc6 18.Ke1-/+) 16...Be5-/+ 17.de5 (17.Be4!? fe4 18.de5 cb5 19.a5-+) 17...Nc5-+ 18.Qc2 Nd3 19.Kd3 (19.Qd3 cb5 20.Ba3 Rf7-+) 19...cb5 20.ab5 Bb5 21.Kd2 Qe7?? (21...Bc4 22.Bd4-+) 22.Bd4? (better 22.Ba3 Qg5 23.Bf8 Qg2 24.Bd6 Qf2 25.Kc1 Qe3 26.Kb2-/+) 22...Rfc8 23.Qb2 Ba6 24.Rhc1 Rc1 25.Qc1 Qb4 26.Bc3?! (26.Qc3 Qb5 27.Re1 b6-+) 26...Qb5 (26...Qe4 27.Ra6 ba6 28.f3-+) 27.Kc2 Rc8 28.Qd2 Qc4 (28...Rc6 29.f4-+) 29.Kb2 (29.Qd4 Qe2 30.Qd2 Qh5-+) 29...b6 30.Ra3 Rc5 (better 30...Qb5 31.Bb4 Rc4-+) 31.Bd4 (31.g4-+) 31...Rb5 32.Ka1 Qf1 33.Ka2 (33.Qc1 Qc1 34.Ka2 Qb1) 33…Qb1 0-1. zembelek (2085) - TapakaH41k (2000), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Qe7 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 e5 12.Nf5 Qe6 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Ba3 Nc5 15.cd5 b6 16.Nc3 h6 17.a5 Bf5 18.f3 Nh5 19.e4 Bh7 20.Na4 Qg6 21.Nc5 bc5 22.Kh1 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2605) - FOOLYA (1640), lichess.org, 2017.

8.Be2 e5 9.0-0 e4–/+ 10.Nd4 c5 11.Nb3 Ne5 (11...dc4!? 12.Bc4 Ne5–/+) 12.cd5+= Nd5 13.Nc3 (13.Nc5 Nf6= (13...Bc5?! 14.Be5 Re8 15.Bg3+=)) 13...Nf6 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Ba3 (15.Ne4? Ne4 16.Qe4 Ng4 17.Qg4 Bg4 18.Bg4 Re4–+) 15...b6 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qe4 Ng4 (better is 17...Be6!? 18.Qc2 Ng6+=) 18.Qa8+/– Bh2 19.Kh1 Qh4 20.Bg4 Bg3?? (better is 20...Bb8 21.Bh3 Bh3+/–) 21.Bh3 Bd7 (21...Be5 22.d4 Rd8 23.Qf3+–) 22.Qa7 Bh3 23.fg3 (23.gh3?? Qh3 24.Kg1 Qh2) 23...Qg3 (23...Qh5 24.Nc1 Qd5+–) 24.Qf7 1–0. Fritz11 – jumbo, casual, 2013.

8.Be2 e5 9.0-0 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.f4 (11.cd5 c5 12.Nb3 c4=+) 11...ef3 (11...Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.bc6 bc6 14.Nc6=+) 12.Nf3=+ Qc7 (12...Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4 14.bc6 bc6 15.Qc2=+) 13.h3 (13.Be5 Be5 14.d4 Bd6=) 13...h6 (13...dc4 14.Na3=) 14.c5 (14.Na3 Bf5=) 14...Nf3 15.Rf3 (15.Bf3 Be7=) 15...Be5 (15...Bh2 16.Kh1 Ne4 17.Qc2=) 16.d4 (16.Be5 Qe5 17.d4 Qg5=) 16...Bg3 (16...Bh2 17.Kh1=) 17.Nd2 Re8 (17...Bh4 18.Qc2=) 18.Nf1 Ne4 19.Ng3 Ng3 20.Qe1 Ne4 21.Rf4 (21.Bd3 Ng5 22.Rf1 a6=) 21...Bd7 (21...Qe7 22.Rf3=) 22.Bf3 (22.Bd3!?=) 22...Ng5 (22...cb5 23.Be4 Re4 24.Re4 de4 25.ab5 Bb5 26.Qb4=+) 23.Qf2 (23.Bh5 g6 24.Bg4 f5=+) 23...Be6 (23...Bh3 24.Be2–/+) 24.h4 (24.Qf1 Qd7=) 24...Nh7 (24...Nf3 25.Qf3 Qa5=+) 25.Bg4 (25.Be2!?=) 25...Bg4 (25...g5 26.hg5 hg5 27.Rf5–/+) 26.Rg4=+ Nf6?? (better 26...Qe7=+) 27.Qf6+– g6 28.h5 Re6 (28...Qd8 29.Rf1 Qf6 30.Rf6+–) 29.Qf4 (better 29.Rg6 fg6 30.Qe6 Qf7 31.Qf7 Kf7 32.Rf1 Kg7 33.e4+–) 29...g5 (29...Qf4 30.ef4 Kh7 31.hg6 fg6 32.Rf1+–) 30.Qf3 (better 30.Qc7 Rae8 31.Qb7+–) 30...Rae8 31.Rf1 (31.Ra3!? Qe7 32.Rg3 Rf6+–) 31...Re3 32.Qf6 R8e6 33.Qf5 Qe7 34.Bc3?? (better 34.Bc1 Re1 35.Bd2 Rf1 36.Qf1+–) 34…Rc3–/+ 0–1. GuestKDZJ – GuestJJNJ, freechess.org, 2017.

8.Be2 e5 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 Re8 11.Nc3 Nf8 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.h3 Ng6 15.cd5 cd5 16.Ba3 Qe7 17.Bd6 Qd6 18.Na2 Rbc8 19.0-0 Qd7 20.Rc8 Rc8 21.Rc1 Rc1 22.Nc1 Bh3 (better 22...Qc7!? 23.Na2 Qd8=) 23.gh3+/- Qh3 24.Bf1?? (better 24.Qd1+/-) 24...Qg4-+ 25.Kh2 (25.Bg2 Nh4 26.Kf1 Qg2 27.Ke2-+) 25...Qh4 26.Kg1 Qg4 (26...Ng4 27.Bg2 Qf2 28.Kh1 Nh4 29.Be4 Qh2) 27.Kh2= Qh4 28.Kg1 Qg4 (28...Ng4 29.Bg2 Qf2 30.Kh1 Nh4 31.Be4 Qh2) ½-½. BeepBeepImAJeep (2635) - wildtal (1935), lichess.org, 2015.

8.Be2 Qe7 9.0-0 e5 10.d4 e4 11.Nfd2 h5 (11...c5 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Nc4=) 12.Nc3 (12.c5 Bc7+=) 12...h4 13.h3 Bb8 (13...Rd8 14.Qc2+=) 14.Ba3+/- Bd6 15.Bd6 Qd6 16.bc6 bc6 17.cd5 cd5 18.Rc1 Qe6 19.Nb5 Rb8 (19...Qb6 20.f3+=) 20.Na7+/- Ba6 21.Nc6 (21.Ba6!? Qa6 22.Nc6+/-) 21...Be2 22.Qe2 Rb2 (22...Rb6 23.Na5 Ra8 24.Ndb3+=) 23.Na5 (23.a5 Ra8+/-) 23...Qf5 (better 23...Ra8!? 24.Nab3 Ra4 25.Rc8 Kh7=) 24.Rb1+/- Ra2 25.Nab3 (better 25.Ra1!? Rc2 26.Rfc1 Rc1 27.Rc1+/-) 25...Ra4= 26.Qb5 Raa8 27.Nc5 Rfb8 28.Qc6 Nc5 29.Rb8 Rb8 30.Qc5 Rc8 31.Qb5 Qg5 32.Nb3 g6 33.Nc5 Kg7?? (33...Ra8 34.Rb1+=) 34.Qb7 (34.Ne6 fe6 35.Qb7 Kf8 36.Qc8 Kg7 37.Qe6+-) 34...Re8+/- 35.Qc6 Qh5 36.Nd7 (36.Rb1 Qf5+/-) 36...Nd7 37.Qd7 Re6 38.Qc7 Rf6 39.Qe5 (better 39.Qc2=) 39...Qe5-/+ 40.de5 Re6 41.Rd1 Re5 42.Rd4 f5 43.Kf1 Kf6 44.f3 (44.g3 hg3 45.fg3 Ke7-/+) 44...g5 (44...ef3 45.gf3 Re3 46.Kf2-+) 45.Kf2 (better 45.f4!? gf4 46.ef4-/+) 45...f4-+ 46.fe4 de4 47.Rd6 Kf5 48.Rd8 Ra5 49.Rf8 Ke5 50.Re8 Kf5 (50...Kd5!? 51.Rd8 Kc5 52.Rc8 Kd6 53.Rd8 Ke7-+) 51.Rf8-/+ Kg6 (51...Ke6!? 52.ef4 Ke7=+) 52.ef4= Ra2 53.Kg1 gf4 54.Rf4 e3 55.Re4 (55.Rh4? Ra1 56.Kh2 e2-+) 55...e2 (55...Ra1!? 56.Kh2 Re1 57.Rh4 Kf5=) 56.Kf2+= Kf5 57.Re2 Ra4 58.Re3 Ra2 (58...Kf4+/-) 59.Re2 Ra4 60.Re3 Rf4 (60...Ra2 61.Kf3 Ra1+/-) 61.Kg1 Ra4 62.Rf3 (62.g3 Kg5 63.Kg2 Ra1+/-) 62...Kg5+= 63.Rf1 Ra2 64.Rf2 Ra4 65.g3 (65.Kf1 Ra3+=) 65...Re4 (better 65...hg3!? 66.Rf8 Ra2=) 66.gh4 Kh4 67.Kg2 Re3 68.Rf4 Kg5 69.Rf3 (better 69.Rg4!? Kh6 70.Rd4+/-) 69...Re4 (better 69...Rf3!? 70.Kf3 Kg6=) 70.Kg3+/- 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2650) - Tayka (2555), lichess.org, 2017.

8.Be2 Re8 9.d4 cb5 (9...dc4 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Bd3=) 10.cb5 (10.c5 Bb8 11.ab5 Ne4+=) 10...b6 11.0-0 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.f4 Ne4 (14...Qc2!? 15.Ba3 Ba3 16.Ra3 Qb2=) 15.Ne4+= de4 16.Rc1 Qb8?? (better 16...Qd8+=) 17.Nd7+- (17.Nd7 Qa8 18.Ne5+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep - mobilejamie (2035), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Qc2 e5 9.Be2 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 (10...dc4 11.bc6 Ne5 12.cb7 Bb7 13.Bc4–/+) 11.bc6 bc6 12.c5 Bc7 13.0-0 Rb8 14.g3 (14.f4 Nd3 15.Bc3 Nc5 16.Nc6 Qd6 17.Nb8 Nd3 18.Bd3 ed3+–) 14...Bh3–/+ 15.Re1 Qd7 16.f3 ef3 17.Nf3 Bf5 18.Qc3 Rfe8 19.Ne5 (better is 19.Nd4!?–/+) 19...Be5–+ 20.d4 Ne4 21.Qb3?? (better is 21.Qc1 Qb7 22.Bc3–/+) 21…Rb3 (21...Rb3 22.de5 Rb2–+) 0–1. Loewe – De Visser,Arnold, corr SOK–89–42, 1989.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 dc4 (8...cb5 9.cb5 e5 10.0-0+=) 9.Bc4 (9.Na3 cb5 10.ab5 c3 11.Bc3 e5=) 9...cb5 (9...Nb6 10.Be2=) 10.ab5 Qc7 (10...Nb6 11.d3+=) 11.Be2 (11.d3 e5=) 11...e5+= 12.d3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 (13.0-0 Qe7=) 13...Bd7 (13...Rd8 14.0-0+=) 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.d4 ed4 (15...e4!? 16.Ne5 Be6+=) 16.Bd4+= (worse is 16.ed4 Qe8 17.Qb3 Nbd5+=) 16...Nbd5 17.0-0 Re8 (17...Qe8 18.Qb3+=) 18.Qb3 (18.Bc4 Bg4 19.h3 Be6+/–) 18...a5 (18...Be6 19.Nc4+=) 19.Nc4 (19.Qa4 Bg4 20.h3 Be6+=) 19...b6 (19...a4 20.Qa2=) 20.Nd6 (20.Qa4 Rc8+=) 20...Qd6 21.Nd2 (21.Qa4 Qb4 22.Qb4 ab4+=) 21...Ra7 (21...a4 22.Qa2=) 22.Nc4 (22.Qa4 Rc7+=) 22...Qb8 (22...Qe6 23.Qa4+=) 23.Qb2 Re6 24.Bf3 (24.Ne5 Qa8+/–) 24...Nb4 Black gets in control 25.Be5 Qf8 26.Qd2 Bb5= 27.Bd6 Qc8 28.Bb4 Bc4+= 29.Bg4 ab4–/+ 30.Be6 fe6 31.Qb4 Rc7 32.Rfd1 Nd5 33.Qd6 Rc6 34.Qe5 b5 35.Ra1 Be2 36.Re1 Bd3 37.Red1 Bc2 38.Rd2 Ba4–+ 39.h3 Rc1 40.Kh2 Ra1 41.Qa1 Qc3 42.Qa2 Qc7 43.Kg1 Qc4 44.Qa3 h6 45.Rd4 Qc6 46.Qd3 Bc2 47.Qa3 b4 48.Rb4 Nb4 49.Qb4 Qe4 50.Qc3 Bd3 51.Qc5 Qc4 52.Qb6 Kh7 53.Qa7 Qc1 (53...Kg6 54.Qe7–+) ½–½. Rau,Johann – Hesselbarth,Karlheinz, corr DDR–ch, 1977.

7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.d4 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 b6 13.bc6 Qc6 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Qb1 dc4 16.Nc4 Bb8 17.Rc1 Qc7 (better 17...Rc8 18.Bc3 Qd5 19.Nb6 Bh2 20.Kh2 Qd6 21.Ne5 Nb6=) 18.Bb2 (better 18.Nce5!? Qd6 19.Bd3+=) 18...Bf3=+ 19.Ne5? (better 19.Bf3 Qh2 20.Kf1=+) 19...Qd8?? (better 19...Be4 20.Qe4 Qc1 21.Bc1 Ne4 22.Nd7 Rc8-+) 20.Nf3 (worse 20.gf3 Ne5 21.de5 Nd5=) 20...Qe7 21.Rc6 Nd5 22.e4 Nf4 23.Bf1 g5 (23...Qf6 24.g3 Nd5 25.Ne5 (25.ed5?! Qf3 26.Bg2 Qb3+/-) 25...Ne5 26.de5+-) 24.g3 Ng6 25.Qc1 g4 26.Nd2 Nf6? (better 26...Qg5+/-) 27.Ba3+- (27.Rb6?! Ba7 28.Ra6 Rb8+-) 27...Qd7 28.Bf8 Nf8 29.e5 (29.Rb6?! Ba7 30.Rb4 Bd4+-) 29...Nd5 30.Ne4 Kg7 (30...f5 31.ef6 Bc7+-) 31.Nf6! Nf6 32.Qg5 Kh8 33.ef6 Ng6 34.Qh6 (34.Qh6 Qc6 35.Qg7) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep - sagitario13 (2025), lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.d4 c5 11.Nbd2 cd4 12.Nd4 dc4 13.Nc4 Ne5? (13...Bb4!?+=) 14.Nd6 (better 14.Nc6! Nc6 15.Nd6+- (15.bc6?! Bb8=)) 14...Qd6+/- 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.Qb3 Bd7 17.h3 Rac8 18.Ba3 Qd8 19.Rc8 Qc8 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.Rc3 Rc8 22.Qc2 h6 (22...Rc3 23.Qc3 Ng6 24.Bd3+=) 23.Rc5 (23.Bd6 Rc3 24.Bb8 Rc2 25.Nc2 Ng6 26.Ba7 e5+-) 23...b6 (23...Ng6 24.Bd3+/-) 24.Rc3 (24.Rc8!? Qc8 25.Qc8 Bc8 26.Bd6+-) 24...Rc3+= 25.Qc3 Qc8 (25...Nd5 26.Qc1+/-) 26.Qb3 (26.Qc8!? Bc8 27.Bd6+/-) 26...Qc7 27.Bb4 Bc8 (27...Qc1 28.Bf1 Ne4 29.Ne2+=) 28.Qa3 (28.Qc3 Qb8+/-) 28...Nc4 (28...Ne4 29.f3 Ng3 30.Bd6 Ne2 31.Ne2+/-) 29.Qc3 Nd5 30.Qe1 (30.Qc4 Qc4 31.Bc4 Nb4+=) 30...Ne5 31.Nf3 Bb7 32.Nd4 Nd7 33.Bf3 Nc5 34.a5?? (34.Bc5 bc5 35.Nb3 c4=) 34...Nf6?? (better 34...Nd3 35.Qd2 N5b4-+) 35.Bb7+= Qb7 36.a6 Qc7 37.Nc6 Nfd7 38.Qd2 g6 (38...Kh8!?+=) 39.Qd4+/- h5 40.h4 (better 40.Qh4 Nd3 41.Bc3+-) 40...Kh7? (40...e5 41.Qd5 Kg7 42.Bc3+/-) 41.g3?? (better 41.Qf4 Qf4 42.ef4+-) 41...Kg8 42.Qc4 Kh7? (42...Ne5 43.Ne5 Qe5 44.Bc5 bc5+-) 43.Bc5 (43.Qf4 Qf4 44.ef4 Nd3+-) 43...Nc5 (43...bc5!? 44.Qf4 Qf4 45.ef4 c4+-) 44.Qd4 Kg8 (44...Nb3 45.Qd8 Qd8 46.Nd8+-) 45.Qf6 Qd7?? (45...Ne4 46.Ne7 Kf8 47.Ng6 Ke8 48.Qh8 Kd7 49.Ne5 Kd6+-) 46.Ne7 Kf8 47.Ng6 Kg8 (47...Ke8 48.Qh8) 48.Qh8 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2725) - Kotiko_300 (2620), lichess.org, 2020.

7.c5 Bc5 8.Be5 +=.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e4 +=.

7.a4 Nbd7 8.Be2 e5 9.0-0 e4 10.Nd4 c5 11.Nb3 dc4 12.Bc4 Ne5 13.Be2 Nfg4 14.g3 Qg5 15.Nc3 Qh6 16.h4 f5 17.Nd5 Be6 18.Nf4 Bc4 19.Rc1 Be2 20.Qe2 Nf3 21.Kg2 g5 22.Nh3 gh4 23.Nc5 Rf7 24.Rh1 Rc8 25.Ne4 Rc1 26.Nd6 Rh1 27.Nf7 Rh2 28.Kf3 Qh5 29.Kf4 Qf7 30.Qd3 h6 31.Qd8 Kh7 32.Qh4 Nf2 33.Ng5 Kg6 34.Qh2 Qd5 35.e4 fe4 0–1. Fernandez – Pommerel, corr 3GMM½–01 1997–99.

7.Qc2 cb5 8.c5 Qc7 9.Bf6 gf6 10.d4 Be7 11.Bb5 b6 +=.

7.Qc2 dc4 8.Bc4 cb5 9.Bb5 Na6 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Qb1 a6 12.Be2 h6 13.a3 Nc6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.0-0 b5 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qe4 Qe7 18.Nd4 Nd4 19.Qd4 e5 20.Qb6 a5 21.Qb7 Rfb8 ½–½. Chirpii,A – Konotop,Sergei, 1998.

7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Be2 e5 9.0-0 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.bc6 bc6 12.cd5 cd5 13.f4 ef3 14.Nf3 Qe7 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5 Qe5 17.Nc3 d4 18.Nd1 Be6 19.Bf3 Rac8 20.Qb2 Rfd8 21.Nf2 Qd6 22.Rac1 Rc1 23.Rc1 de3 24.de3 h6 25.h3 Nd5 26.Rd1 Qc5?? (better 26...Qc7=+) 27.e4+- 1-0. carlos78 (2205) - Freiheit (2125), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Nc3 dc4 8.Bc4 a6 9.a4 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qe2 Qc7 =.

7.Be2 dc4 8.bc6 Nc6 9.Bc4 e5 10.0-0 e4 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4 Bh2 13.Kh1 Ng4 14.g3 Qd6 15.Qe2 Qh6 –+ 16.Kg2 Ne3! 17.fe3 Qh3 18.Kh1 Bg3 19.Kg1 Bg4 20.Qg2 Qh4 21.Qh1 Bh3 22.Nc3 Qg4 23.Be2 Bf2 0–1. Dietert – Guhl, 1973.

7.a4 Qe7 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 dc4 10.Bc4 b6 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 (worse 12.ed4 Bb7=+) 12...Bb7 13.Nd2 0-0 14.Be2 Rac8 15.Bf3 Bf3 (better 15...Nd5!?=+) 16.N2f3+= Ne5? (better 16...Nb8+=) 17.Ne5+- Be5 18.Nc6 Rc6 19.Be5 Rcc8 20.Bd6 Qb7 21.Bf8 Rf8 22.Qf3 Nd5 23.Rfc1 Qd7 24.Rc6 Rc8 25.Rac1 Rd8 26.h3 Qe8 27.Qg3 Nf6 (27...h6+-) 28.Qc7 Ra8 (28...Rd7 29.Qd7! Nd7+-) 29.Qb7 Rd8 30.Rc8 (30.Rc8 h6 31.Qb8 Rc8 32.Rc8 Qc8 33.Qc8 Kh7 34.Qc7+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2630) - Shakiro (2320), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.d4 0-0=.

7.d4 cb5 8.cb5 Ne4 9.Nbd2 Bb4 10.a3 Ba5 11.Rc1 (11.Be2) 11...Ndf6 12.Be2? (12.Bd3) 12...Nd2 13.Nd2 Ne4 0–1. Merkl – Welti, corr SOK–90–62.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 e5 (8...cb5 9.cb5 e5 10.Nc3=+) 9.d3 (9.c5 Bb8 10.d4 e4=+) 9...Re8 (9...dc4 10.dc4 Qc7 11.Nfd2=+) 10.Nbd2 cb5 11.cb5 b6 (11...a6 12.a4=+) 12.a4 Qe7 13.Re1 (13.a5 ba5 14.Ra5 Qd8=) 13...Bb7 (13...a6 14.Rb1=+) 14.h3 (14.a5 ba5 15.Nb3 Bb4-/+) 14...Rac8 (14...a6 15.d4 e4 16.Nh2-/+) 15.Qb3 (15.a5 ba5 16.Ra5 Bb8=) 15...Rc7 16.Rac1 Rec8 17.Rc7 Rc7 18.Rc1 Qd8 (18...Rc1 19.Bc1 Nc5 20.Qc2=) 19.Rc7= Qc7 20.Ne1 e4 21.Qc3 Qc3 22.Bc3 Kf8 23.Nc2 ed3 24.Bd3 Ne4 (24...Nc5 25.Bf6 Nd3 26.Bc3=) 25.Ne4 de4 26.Be2 g6 (26...Nc5 27.Bb4=) 27.Nb4 (27.a5 ba5 28.Ba5 Nc5=) 27...Ke7 (27...Nc5 28.Bd1=+) 28.Kf1 (28.Bd1 Nc5=+) 28...f5 29.Ke1 Be5 (29...Nc5 30.Bd1=+) 30.Kd2 (30.Be5 Ne5 31.Kd2 Kd6=) 30...Kd6 31.Be5 Ne5 32.Kc3 Kc5 33.Kb3 g5 34.g3 h6 (34...g4 35.hg4 fg4 36.Nc2=) ½-½. algernon (2345) - agostinhoarruda (2620), net-chess.com, 2022.

7.d4 Nbd7 8.Be2 e5 9.de5 Ne5 10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 Qe5 12.Nd2 0-0 13.0-0 Re8 14.a4 Bf5 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.cd5 cd5 (17...Nd5 18.Bf3=) 18.Rc1+= Rac8 19.Bd3 Ne4 20.Be4 (20.Rc8 Rc8 21.Qh5 Nf6+=) 20...Qe4 (20...de4 21.Qh5=) 21.Qb3 b6 22.Rfd1 h6 23.h3 Rc5 24.Qb1 Rec8 25.Qe4 de4 26.Rc5 bc5 27.Ne2 Be6 28.Nc3 (28.Rd6 Re8+=) 28...f5= 29.g4 (29.a5 Kf7=) 29...fg4=+ 30.hg4 Bg4 31.Rd6 Bf3 (31...Re8 32.Rc6=) 32.Kh2 (32.Rc6 Re8=) 32...c4 33.Kg3 Rc5 34.Kf4 Attacking the isolated pawn on e4 (34.Rd7 a5+=) 34...h5 35.Ne4 (35.Rc6!? g5 36.Kg3 Rc6 37.bc6=) 35...Be4-/+ 36.Ke4 c3 37.Rd1 c2 38.Rc1 Rc4 (better 38...h4!? 39.Kd4 Rc8-/+) 39.Kd5 Ra4 40.Rc2 Rb4 41.Kc6 h4 42.Ra2 h3 43.Ra7 Rb1 44.Ra8 Kh7 45.Ra4 g5 46.Ra7 Kh6 47.Ra8 g4?? (better 47...Kg7 48.Ra7 Kg6-+) 48.Rh8+/- Kg5 49.b6 Rc1 50.Kd7 Rd1 51.Kc7 Rc1 52.Kb8 Rc2 53.b7 Rf2 54.Ka7?? (54.Kc7 Rc2 55.Kd6+/-) 54...Ra2= 55.Kb6 Rb2 (55...h2 56.Rg8 Kf6 57.Rf8 Ke6 58.Re8 Kd5 59.Re5 Kc4 60.Rc5 Kd3 61.Rd5 Ke2-/+ (61...Ke3?! 62.b8Q Rb2 63.Rb5 Rb5 64.Kb5=)) 56.Kc7+/- Rb3 (56...Kf5 57.b8Q Rb8 58.Kb8 Ke4=) 57.b8Q+- Rb8 58.Kb8 (58.Rb8? h2 59.Rg8 Kf6-+) 58...Kf5 59.Kc7 Ke4 60.Rh4 Ke3 61.Rg4 Kf2 62.Rh4 Kg2 63.Rh3 Kh3 ½-½. BeepBeepImAJeep (2630) - DwightHoward (2605), lichess.org, 2015.

7.Be2 dc4 8.Bc4 0-0 9.Nc3=+.

7.Be2 e5 8.d4 e4 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nd7 Bd7 11.0-0 (11.c5 Bc7=) 11...0-0 (11...dc4 12.bc6 Bc6 13.Bc4=+) 12.Nd2 (12.c5 Bb8=) 12...Rae8 (12...cb5 13.cb5 Rac8 14.a4=+) 13.c5= Bb8 14.a4 g6 (14...Qd8 15.Re1=) 15.Re1 h5 16.Nf1 Ng4 17.h3 Nh6 18.f4 ef3 19.Bf3 Nf5 20.e4 de4 21.Re4 Qg5 22.d5 cd5 23.Qd5 (23.Re8 Re8 24.Bd5 Qe7+=) 23...Be6 24.Qd2 Qd2 25.Nd2 Rd8 26.Nc4 (26.Rd1!?=) 26...Ng3 (26...Bd5 27.b6=+) 27.Re6=+ fe6 28.Ne5? (better 28.Re1=+) 28...Rd2-+ 29.Bc3 Rc2 30.Bd4 (30.Ng6 Rf3 31.gf3 Ne2 32.Kf2 Nc3 33.Ke3 Nd5 34.Kd3-+) 30...Rc4 (better 30...Rd8 31.Bd1 Ne2 32.Be2 Rd4-+ (32...Re2?! 33.Nf3-+)) 31.Nc4+- Rf4 (31...Rf3 32.gf3 Ne2 33.Kf2 Nd4 34.Rd1+-) 32.Be5 Be5 33.Ne5 Rd4 (33...g5 34.Bb7 Ne2 35.Kh2+-) 34.Ng6 (34.Bb7!? Ne2 35.Kf2 Nc3+-) 34...Kg7 35.Ne5 Kf6 36.c6 bc6 37.Nc6 Rd2 (37...Rd7 38.a5 e5 39.Kh2+-) 38.Na7 Kg5 (38...e5+-) 39.b6 Rb2 (39...Rd8 40.Rb1+-) 40.b7 (better 40.Nb5 Rd2 41.Rd1 Ra2+-) 40...Kh4 (40...Ne2 41.Kh2 Rb6+-) 41.Nb5 (41.Nb5 Kg5 42.b8Q+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2605) - DwightHoward (2625), lichess.org, 2015.

6.a4 Qa5 7.Bc3 Bb4 8.Qb3 Bc3 9.Qc3 Qc3 (9...Qd8 10.Nf3=) 10.Nc3 cb5 (10...c5 11.d4=) 11.cd5 (11.Nb5 Kd8+=) 11...b4 (11...ba4 12.de6 fe6 13.Ra4=) 12.de6 bc3 (12...fe6 13.Nb5 Kd8 14.Nf3=) 13.ed7+= Bd7 14.dc3 Ne4 15.c4 Nc5 (15...a5 16.Ne2+=) 16.a5 0-0 (16...Bc6 17.Nf3+=) 17.Nf3+/– f6 (17...Rfd8 18.Nd4+/–) 18.Be2 (18.Nd4 Rfd8+/–) 18...Nb3 19.Ra3 Nc5 20.0-0 Ne4 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Nd4 a6 23.Bf3+– Nc5 24.Bd5 Kh8 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.Kf1 Bg4 27.h3 Bh5 28.g4 Bf7 29.Bf7 Rf7+/– 30.Ke2 g6 31.Ra2 Rc8 32.Rc1 Re7 33.Rb2 Rd8 34.Rd1 Rd6 35.Nb3 Rd1+/– 36.Kd1 Nd3 37.Rc2 Rd7 38.Ke2+– Nb4 39.Rd2 Rd2 40.Kd2 Kg7 41.Nc5 b6? 42.ab6 a5 43.b7 Nc6 44.Nd7 a4 45.Kc3 a3 46.b8Q Nb8 47.Nb8 Kf7 48.Kb3 Ke6 49.f4 g5 50.Ka3 f5 51.Nc6 h5 52.Nd4 Kf6 53.Nf5 hg4 54.hg4 (54...Ke6 55.Nd4 Kd6 56.f5+–) 1–0. Ruhle,Ernst Albrecht (1685) – Klee,Charlotte, Seefeld op, 1993.

6.a4 dc4 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 cb5 (8...Bd7 9.Nc3=+) 9.ab5= Bd7 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Nge2 0-0 12.0-0 Nfd5 (12...Qe8 13.d3=+) 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Bd5 ed5 15.Nd4 Qe8 (15...Qg5 16.f4 Qe7 17.f5+=) 16.Ra4 (16.Qb3!? Qe7 17.Qd5+/-) 16...Bc5 (16...a5 17.Qe2=) 17.Qb3+= Bd4 18.Rd4 (18.Bd4? Bb5 19.Rb4 Bf1 20.Kf1 Qe6-+) 18...Bb5 19.Rb1 (19.Rc1 Kh8 20.Qd5 Bc6+=) 19...Bc6 (better 19...Qc6=) 20.Rg4 (better 20.Ba3+/-) 20...f6-/+ 21.e4 Qe6 22.h3 (22.Qg3 Rf7 23.e5 Re8-/+) 22...Rfe8 (22...Rf7 23.d3-/+) 23.ed5 Bd5 (23...Qd5?! 24.Bf6 g6 25.Qc2=) 24.Qc3 (24.Qg3 Re7-/+) 24...h5 (24...a5 25.Qg3 Re7 26.Rf4-/+) 25.Rg3 Rac8 (better 25...Kh8!?-/+) 26.Qf6= Qf6 27.Bf6 Rc7 28.Bc3 (28.Rb5 h4 29.Bh4 Bc6+=) 28...Kh7 (28...a6 29.Rg5 Be4 30.Re1=) 29.Rb5+= Rd7 30.Rd5 Rd5 31.Rg7 Kh6 32.Rb7 a5 33.Ra7 Rc8? (better 33...Re1!? 34.Kh2 Re2+=) 34.Ra5+- Ra5 35.Ba5 Kg6 (35...Kg5 36.d4+-) 36.h4 (36.g4 h4+-) 36...Rc5 (36...Rc1 37.Kh2+/-) 37.Bc3 Rd5 38.g3 Kf5 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.f3 Ke6? (40...Rd7 41.Kf2+-) 41.Kf2 (better 41.g4+-) 41...Kf5 42.Ke2 Rd5 43.Bg7 (43.d3 Rc5 44.Be1 Re5 45.Kd2 Re8+-) 43...Rb5 (43...Rd6 44.Bb2+-) 44.Bh6 Rb3 45.Be3 Ke6? (45...Rb4+-) 46.g4 hg4 (46...Rb4 47.gh5 Rh4 48.h6+-) 47.fg4 Rb4 48.Kf3 Kf7 49.h5 Rb5 50.h6 Kg6 51.g5 Rf5 52.Ke4 Rf7 53.d4 Re7 54.Kd3 Rd7 (54...Kf5 55.Ke2 Rd7 56.Kf2+-) 55.Kc4 (55.Ke2 Re7+-) 55...Kf5 (55...Rc7 56.Kb3+-) 56.d5 Ke4 (56...Rc7 57.Kb5+-) 57.Bd2 (better 57.g6 Ke3 58.g7 Rc7 59.Kb5 Kd4+-) 57...Rd5 (57...Rc7 58.Kb4 Kf5+-) 58.Bc1 (better 58.h7 Rd2 59.h8Q Rc2 60.Kb4 Rc1+-) 58...Rd7?? (58...Rd1 59.g6 Rc1 60.Kb5 Rb1 61.Kc6 Rc1 62.Kd7 Ke5=) 59.g6 Rc7 60.Kb5 Rc1 61.g7 Rg1 0-1. Abdullaevich (1875) - SultonovBobirjon (1860), lichess.org, 2020.

6.Nc3 Nb6 7.cd5 cd5 8.Nf3 Nc4 (8...Bd6!?=) 9.Bc4+= dc4 10.Qa4 Qc7 (10...Bd6 11.Qc4 e5 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.Qe4+/–) 11.b6+/– Qc6 12.Nb5 (better is 12.Qc6 bc6 13.ba7+=) 12...Nd5?? (better is 12...Kd8+=) 13.Ne5+– Nb6 14.Nc7 Kd8 15.Nc6 Kc7 (15...bc6 16.Qc6 Bd7 17.Qb7+– (17.Na8?! Bc6 18.Nb6 ab6+/–)) 16.Be5 Bd6 (16...Kd7 17.Nb8 Kd8 18.Qa5+–) 17.Bd6 (better is 17.Qa3! Be5 18.Ne5+–) 17...Kd6 18.Qd1 (18.Qb4 Kc6 19.Qe7 Bd7+–) 18...bc6 19.0-0 Ba6 (19...e5 20.d4 cd3 21.Qd3 Ke7 22.Qa3 Kf6 23.f4+–) 20.Re1 (20.Qg4 Ke7+–) 20...Ke7 21.e4 (21.Qg4 Kf8+–) 21...Rhd8 22.Re3 (22.Qh5 h6+–) 22...g6 (22...Kf8 23.Qh5 Kg8 24.a4+–) 23.Qc2 (23.Qc1 Bb5+–) 23...Rd6 (23...Rd3 24.Re2+–) 24.Qc3 c5 25.Rf3 Nd7 26.Rc1 f6 27.Qa5 Rd8 28.h3 Ne5 29.Ra3 Rc8 30.d3?? Nd3 31.Rd1 Rcc6 ½–½. Dopper,Johan – Bloom, 1994.

6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 h6 9.Ne5 Ne5 10.Be5 Bd7 11.Bc3 Bc3 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.bc6 Bc6 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Nd5 Bd5 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Qf3 Rab8 18.Rfc1 Qd7 19.d4 Qa4 20.g3 b6 21.Qe2 Rbc8 22.Qb2 Rc1 23.Rc1 Qd7 24.Qe2 Rc8 25.Qd2 Rc1 26.Qc1 a5 27.Qc3 Kf8 28.Kf1 g6 29.f3 Qd5 30.a4? Qf3–+ 31.Kg1 Qd1 32.Kg2 Qa4 33.Qc8 Kg7 34.Kf3 Qd1 0–1. valpa – JuliusCaesar, HCL–C2295 playchess.de, 2003.

6.Nf3 cb5 7.cb5 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Bd6 10.d4 0-0 11.Nc3 Rc8 (11...Qe7 12.Qa4=) 12.Rc1+= Qe7 13.Qa4 Bb8 (13...Ra8 14.Bd3+=) 14.Ba3 (14.Rc2 Ne4+/–) 14...Bd6+= 15.Bd6 Qd6 16.Qa7 (16.Bd3!?+/–) 16...Rc7= 17.Qa4 Ra8 (17...Rfc8!? 18.Qb3 Ne4 19.Ne4 de4 20.Rc7 Qc7=) 18.Qb3+= Ra3 (18...Qa3 19.Bd3+/–) 19.Qb2+/– Rc8 (19...Ra8 20.Rc2+/–) 20.Ne5! Rca8 (20...Ne5 21.de5 Double attack) 21.Nd7 (21.Nc6 Rc8+/–) 21...Nd7 22.Rc2 g6 23.Rb1 Nf6 24.Qb4?? (better is 24.Bf3+/–) 24...Qb4–+ 25.Rb4 Ne4?? 26.Ne4+= de4 27.Rbc4 Ra2= 28.g3 Rc2 29.Rc2 Rc8 30.Rc4 Kf8 31.Kg2 Ke7 32.Kh3 Rc4+= 33.Bc4 Kd6 34.Kg4 f6–/+ 35.h4? e5 36.Kh3?? ed4–+ 37.ed4 Bd5 38.Be2 Be6 39.g4 Kd5 40.Kg3 Kd4 41.Kf4 Bc4 42.Bc4 Kc4 43.Ke4 Kb5 44.f4 Kc4 45.h5 b5 46.hg6 hg6 47.g5 fg5 48.fg5 (48.f5 gf5 49.Ke5 b4 50.Ke6 b3 51.Kf6 f4 52.Kg5 f3 53.Kf6 b2 54.Ke5 b1Q 55.Kf4 f2 56.Ke5 Qg6 57.Kf4 Kd4 58.Kf3 f1Q#) 0–1. Weigel,Hans Juergen (2010) – Fleischer,Martin (1900), GER–chT Seniors, 2005.

6.Nf3 dc4 7.bc6 (7.Bc4 Nb6 A) 8.Bf1 Bd7 (8...Bd6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.bc6 bc6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Bd3 Nbd7; 8...Nbd5 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nd5 cd5 11.Bd3 0-0 12.Rc1 Qe7) 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.bc6 Bc6 11.Nd4 0-0 12.Nc6 bc6; B) 8.Be2 cb5 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rc1 Rc8) 7...bc6 8.Na3 (8.Bc4 Rb8 (8...Bd6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.0-0 Rb8 11.Rb1 Qa5 12.Qe2 Rd8; 8...Nb6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.Rb1 0-0 12.0-0 Nbd5) 9.Qc2+= Qa5 10.0-0 Ba6 11.Bc3 Bb4 12.Ba6 Qa6; 8.Qc2 Nb6 (8...Nd5 9.Bc4 Nb4 10.Qc1 Nb6 11.Be2 Nd3 12.Bd3 Qd3) 9.Bc4 Nc4 10.Qc4 Rb8 11.Qc6 Bd7 12.Qc2 Qc8) 8...Nb6 (better is 8...Ba3!? 9.Ba3 Qa5= 10.Bb2 Ba6 11.Qc2 Qd5 12.Be2 Rb8; 8...c3 9.dc3 Be7 10.Nc4 0-0 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Be2 Nc5) 9.Nc4+/– Nc4 10.Bc4 Be7 (10...Rb8 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.Rb1 0-0) 11.Bf6 (11.Qc2!?+/– 0-0 12.0-0 Rb8; 11.0-0 0-0 12.Qc2 Rb8) 11...Bf6+= 12.Be2 (12.Rb1 0-0) ½–½. Quabach,Juergen – Lenzen,Josef, Cologne CC Christmas op, 1994.

6.Nf3 Bd6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Bd6 5.c4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 c6).

7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2 e5 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 0-0 11.c5 Bb8 12.Nc3 Ne8 13.0-0 f5 14.f4 ef3 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Qd3 g6 17.Rae1 Nef6 18.Bd1 Ng4 The backward pawn on e3 becomes a target 19.h3 Ngf6 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Bb3 g5 22.Nh2 Ndf6 23.b6 (23.Bc2 Be6=) 23...Ng3 (23...g4!? 24.Nf4 Ng3+=) 24.Ng3= Bg3 25.Re2 Ne4 26.Rf3 Bh2 (26...Re8!?=) 27.Kh2+= Be6 28.Bc2 Rf6 29.Qd1 g4 30.Rf4 Raf8 31.Be4 (31.Qe1!?+=) 31...fe4= 32.Ref2 Rf4 33.Rf4 Rf4 34.ef4 Qh4 35.Qf1 e3 36.g3 e2 37.Qg2 (37.gh4?? ef1Q 38.hg4 Bg4 39.f5 Qf2 40.Kh1 Bf3) 37...Qh3 38.Qh3 e1Q 39.Qh6 Qf2 (39...Qd2 40.Kg1 Qd1 41.Kg2 Qc2 42.Kg1 Qb1 43.Bc1 Qc1 44.Kg2 Qc2 45.Kg1 Qb1 46.Kh2–+) 40.Kh1 Qf3 41.Kh2 Qe2 42.Kg1 Qd1 43.Kh2 Qc2 44.Kg1 Qb1 (44...Qb1 45.Kg2 Bf5 (worse is 45...Qb2 46.Kf1 Qb1 47.Kg2–+) 46.Qg5 Kf7 47.Qh5 Bg6 48.Qg4 Be4 (48...Qb2 49.Kh3 Qd4 50.Qc8 Qc5 51.Qb7 Kf8 52.Qc8 Kg7 53.Qc7 Kh6 54.b7=) 49.Kf2 Qb2 50.Ke3 Qc3 51.Ke2 Bd3 52.Kd1 Qd4 53.Qd7 Kf6 54.Qd6 Kf5 55.Qe5 Qe5 56.fe5 Ke5–+) 0–1. Remetean,Vasile (2115) – Bogdan,Dan (2450), Zuzmara op Aggtelek, 2004.

7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Nf8 (10...dc4 11.dc4 Qc7 12.0-0=) 11.Ne5 (11.0-0 Ng6+=) 11...Qc7 (11...dc4 12.dc4 N8d7 13.0-0=) 12.f4 Bd6 13.Rc1 N8d7 14.Nd7 Bd7 (14...Nd7 15.0-0+=) 15.g4 (15.c5 Be7 16.b6 Qc8+/–) 15...Rf8 (15...dc4 16.dc4 Bb4 17.Qc2+=) 16.g5 Ne8 17.c5 Bf4 (17...Be7 18.b6 Qd8 19.Nf3+=) 18.ef4 (18.b6!? Bg3 19.Kf1+–) 18...Qf4+/– 19.Nf3 cb5 20.ab5 Bb5 21.Qb3 Bc6 22.Qc3 Qb4 (22...a4 23.Ra1+=) 23.Qb4+/– ab4 24.Ra1 (24.Rb1 Ra4+/–) 24...Nc7 25.0-0 (25.Rg1 Ra1 26.Ba1 Rc8+/–) 25...Ra1 26.Ra1 Ra8 (26...f6 27.d4+=) 27.Ra8 Na8 28.Nd4 Nc7 (28...Ba4+/–) 29.Nc6 (better is 29.Nc2!?+/–) 29...bc6+= 30.d4 (30.Be5 Nb5 31.Bd1 Nc3 32.Bc3 bc3+=) 30...f6 (30...e5 31.Bg4 ed4 32.Bd4=) 31.h4 (31.Bd1 Nb5+=) 31...fg5 32.hg5 h6 (32...e5!?=) 33.gh6+= gh6 34.Kg2 (34.Bc1 e5 35.de5 Ne6 36.Bh6 Nc5+=) 34...Kg7 (34...e5 35.Bd1 ed4 36.Ba4+= (worse is 36.Bd4 Ne6 37.Bf2 Kf7=)) 35.Kg3 (35.Bd1 Nb5 36.Ba4 Nc3 37.Bc6 Kf8+–) 35...Kf6 (35...e5!?=) 36.Bc1+/– Nb5? (better is 36...b3 37.Kf4 e5 38.de5 Kg6+/–) 37.Bb5+– cb5 38.Bh6 Ke7 39.Bc1 Kd7 40.Kf4 Ke7 41.Ke5 b3 (41...Kd7 42.Bb2 b3+–) 42.c6 Kd8 (42...Ke8 43.Ke6 Kd8 44.Kd5 Ke7+–) 43.Ke6 Kc7 44.Kd5 b4 45.Kc5 b2 46.Bb2 b3 (46...Kb8 47.d5 Ka7 48.d6 Ka6 49.d7 Ka7 50.Kb5 Kb8 51.d8Q Ka7 52.Bd4) 47.d5 Kd8 (47...Kb8 48.d6 Kc8 49.d7 Kc7 50.Be5 Kd8 51.Bf6 Kc7 52.d8Q) 48.Kd6 Kc8 (48...Ke8 49.c7 Kf7 50.c8Q Kg6 51.Qg4 Kh6 52.Qg7 Kh5 53.Bf6 b2 54.Qg5) 49.c7 1–0. Cerami,Giuseppe (1780) – Ferrante,Filippo, 5th Nicolo La Rosa op, 2007.

7.Nf3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Nb6 10.cd5 Qd5 (10...cd5 11.Be2=) 11.Nc3 Qf5 (11...Qd6 12.bc6 bc6 13.Qb1=) 12.Be2 (12.bc6 bc6 13.Nd4 Qc5 14.Nc6 Bd7+/-) 12...Bb4 13.0-0 0-0 14.Qb3 c5 15.d4 (15.Na2 Nbd5+/-) 15...Nfd7 (15...Bd7 16.Na2 Qd5 17.Qb1+=) 16.dc5 (16.Na2 Ba5+/-) 16...Bc5+= 17.Na4 Na4 18.Qa4 Nb6 (18...e5 19.Rd1 Re8 20.Qc4+=) 19.Qa2 Nd5 20.Qb1 (20.Qc4 Nb6 21.Qc3 f6+/-) 20...Qb1= 21.Rb1 Bd6 (21...b6 22.Ne5+=) 22.Bd4 f6 23.Rc1 Bd7 24.g3 Ba3 25.Ra1 Bb4 26.Ra7 e5 (26...Rb8!?+=) 27.Bc4 Be6 28.Bb2 (better 28.Rb7 Rc8 29.Bb3 Rc1 30.Kg2+=) 28...e4? (better 28...Rc8 29.Bb3 Nc7 30.Be6 Ne6 31.Rb7 Nd8=) 29.Nd4+- Bf7 30.Rb7 Bc3?? (better 30...Ne7 31.Bf7 Rf7+-) 31.Rf7! Rf7 (31...Rf7 32.Bd5 Double attack (32.Bd5 Decoy; 32.Bd5 Remove defender); 31...Kf7 32.Bd5 Double attack (32.Bd5 Remove defender)) 32.Bc3 (worse 32.Bd5 Bb2 33.b6 Ba3 34.Bf7 Kf8+-) 32...Nc3 (32...Nb6 33.Be6 Kf8+-) 33.Bf7 Kf7 34.b6 Kg6 35.b7 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2560) - A_Elkhan (2330), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Nf3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 c5 10.Be2 b6 11.0-0 Bb7 12.d4 Be7 13.Nbd2 (13.cd5 Bd5 14.Nc3 Bb7=) 13...0-0= 14.Bb2 Ne4 (14...cd4 15.Bd4 Qc7 16.Qa1=) 15.Ne4 de4 16.Nd2 (16.Ne5 Ne5 17.de5 Qc7=) 16...f5 (16...Qc7 17.Qc2 cd4 18.ed4=) 17.f4 (17.Qc2 cd4 18.ed4 Bd6=) 17...ef3 (17...Qc7 18.Nb3=) 18.Bf3+= Bf3 19.Qf3 Qc7 (19...Bd6+=) 20.Ra1 (20.Qc6 Bd6 21.Qc7 Bc7+=) 20...Bf6 (20...cd4 21.Bd4 Bd6 22.h3=+) 21.Ra8 (21.Ra2 Bg5+=) 21...Ra8 (21...cd4 22.ed4 Ra8 23.Qa8 Nf8 24.Kh1+=) 22.Qa8+= Kf7 23.Nf3 g6 24.Qa2 (24.Qc6 Qd8+=) 24...Bg7 (24...e5 25.d5+=) 25.Ng5+= Kg8?? (better 25...Ke7 26.dc5 Bb2 (26...Qc5?? 27.Ba3+–) 27.Qb2 Qc5 28.Qg7 Kd6 29.Nf7 Kc7=) 26.Ne6+– Qd6 27.d5 (better 27.Ng7!? Qe7 28.Qa3 Kg7 29.dc5 Kf7 30.c6+–) 27...Bb2 28.Qb2 Qe5 29.Qe5 (better 29.Qa3!?+–) 29...Ne5= 30.d6 (30.Nc5!? bc5 31.b6=) 30...Kf7=+ 31.Nd8? (better 31.d7 Nd7 32.Ng5 Kf6 33.Nf3=+) 31...Ke8–+ 32.Ne6 Nc4 0–1. GuestFDLY – GuestLLWD, freechess.org, 2017.

7.Nf3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Bd6 10.d4=.

7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 0-0 11.0-0 Qb6 12.d4 cb5 (12...dc4 13.Bc4 cb5 14.Bd3=) 13.c5+= Bc5? (better 13...Qa5 14.Bc3 b4+=) 14.dc5+- Qc5 15.Nbd2 Qe7 16.Bb5 Nb6 (16...e5 17.Qb3+-) 17.Qb3 Bd7 18.Bd4 (18.Be2 Na8+-) 18...Bb5 19.Qb5 (19.Bb6 Bf1 20.Nf1 Rc8=+) 19...Nc8 20.Bc5 Qd7 (20...Nd6 21.Rb1+-) 21.Qd7 Nd7 22.Bf8 Kf8 23.Rb1 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2580) - divekarvinit (1700), lichess.org, 2016.

7.d4=+.

7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Be2 e5 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 h5 (10...0-0 11.c5 Bc7 12.0-0=) 11.Nc3+= h4 12.Rc1 h3 13.g3 Kf8 14.bc6 bc6 15.cd5 cd5 16.Nb5 Kg8 17.Qb3 (17.Na7 Ra7 18.Rc8 Kh7 19.Rh8 Kh8+=) 17...Bb4 18.Bc3 a5 (18...Bd6 19.0-0=) 19.Bb4 ab4 20.Nc7 Rb8 (20...Ra5 21.Nd5 Nd5 22.Rc8 Kh7 23.Rh8 Kh8 24.Nc4+/-) 21.Nd5+/- Nd5 22.Qd5 Bb7 23.Qb3 Nf6 24.Nc4 (24.Rc5!?+/-) 24...Bd5 25.0-0 Nh7 (25...Kh7 26.Rc2+/-) 26.Qb2 f6 (26...Nf6!?+/-) 27.Nd2 Ng5 (27...Qd6 28.Rc5 Kf8 29.Rb5+-) 28.Bc4 (better 28.Rc5!? Be6 29.Bb5+-) 28...Bc4+/- 29.Rc4 Qe6 (better 29...Kh7+/-) 30.Rb1?? (30.Rb4 Rb4 31.Qb4 Kh7+-) 30...Qf5?? (better 30...Nf3 31.Nf3 Qc4=+) 31.Qc1 Kh7 32.Qd1 (32.Rcb4 Rb4 33.Rb4 Rc8+/-) 32...Kg6? (better 32...Rhc8!? 33.Rc8 Rc8+=) 33.Rcb4+- Rb4 34.Rb4 Rc8 35.Rb5 Nf3 36.Nf3?? (better 36.Kh1 Qg4 37.Rb1+-) 36...Qf3 37.Qf1 (37.Rg5 fg5 38.Qf1 Rc1 39.Qc1 Qg2) 37…Rc1!! (37...Rc1 38.Rg5 Kg5 39.Qc1 Qg2) 0-1. BeepBeepImAJeep (2640) - DwightHoward (2595), lichess.org, 2015.

6.a4 cb5 7.cb5 a6 8.Nc3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Qa1 0-0 11.Nf3 Re8 12.Be2 e5 (12...Nbd7 13.d4=) 13.0-0 (13.Ne5!? Nbd7 14.Nf3+/-) 13...e4 (13...d4 14.Nb1 d3 15.Bd1=+) 14.Nd4= Nbd7 15.f4 (15.Rc1 Ne5=) 15...ef3 16.Bf3 Ne5 17.Be2 Nc4 18.Qc1 Ne4 (better 18...Nb2 19.Qb2 Bc5=) 19.Ne4+/- de4?? (better 19...Nb2 20.Nc3 Nc4 21.Nd5 Ne5 22.Ne7 Re7+/-) 20.Bc4+- (20.Bc4 Bf6 21.Nb3+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2590) - lmrr (1740), lichess.org, 2017.

6.a4 b6 7.Nf3= c5 (7...0-0 8.Ne5=+) 8.Be2 Nbd7 (8...a6 9.d4=) 9.0-0 Qc7 (9...0-0 10.Nc3=) 10.d4 (10.a5 0-0=) 10...Bb7 (10...cd4 11.Qd4 Nc5 12.Qe5 Qe5 13.Be5 dc4 14.Nbd2+=) 11.Nbd2 (11.cd5 ed5 12.dc5 bc5+=) 11...0-0= 12.Qc2 (12.dc5 Nc5 (< 12...Qc5 13.Ba3 Qa3 14.Ra3 Ba3 15.cd5+/–) 13.Be5 Qd8=) 12...a5 (12...cd4 13.Nd4 Rac8 14.a5=) 13.Ne5 (13.cd5 Nd5 14.Rad1 Rac8=) 13...Ne5 (13...cd4!? 14.Nd7 Nd7 15.ed4 Bd6=+) 14.de5= Nd7 15.f4 (15.cd5 ed5 16.Bd3 g6=) 15...f6 (15...Rac8 16.Rac1=) 16.Bg4 (16.cd5 ed5 17.e6 Nb8+=) 16...f5= 17.Bf3 Rfd8 (better is 17...Rad8!?=) 18.cd5+/– ed5 (18...Bd5 19.Bd5 ed5 20.Qf5+/–) 19.Qf5 Nf8 (19...c4 20.Bd4+/–) 20.e6 (20.Rac1 Rac8+/–) 20...Bd6 21.Bh5 g6+– 22.Qf6 d4 23.ed4 Qe7? 24.d5 Qf6+/– 25.Bf6 gh5 26.Ne4+– Bd5 27.Nd6?? Rd6=+ 28.f5 Ne6 29.fe6 Re6 30.Rad1 Rf8 31.Rd5 Ref6 32.Rf6 Rf6 33.Rh5 Kg7 34.Rh4 Kg6 35.g3 h6 36.Re4 Kf5=+ 37.Rf4 Ke5 38.Rg4 Kd5 39.Rg8 c4 40.g4? c3 (41.Rc8 Kd4–+) 0–1. Makowski – Czech, Rzeszow Poland, 1987.

6.a4 Bd7 7.Nf3 a6 8.Be2 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 cb5 11.cb5 Qa5 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Qb1 (13.0-0 0-0=) 13...0-0 (13...Ne4 14.0-0 Nd2 15.Nd2 Bc3 16.Nb3=) 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Nd4 (15.Na2 Bd6= (worse 15...Bd2 16.Rd1+/-)) 15...Bc3 (15...Bd6!?=) 16.Bc3+= (worse 16.dc3 e5 17.Nf3 Bg4=) 16...Qb6 17.Qb4 (17.Nf3 Ne4 18.Bd4 Qa5+=) 17...Qc5 (17...Ne4 18.Ba1=) 18.Qa5 (18.Qc5!? Rc5 19.Ra1+/-) 18...b6+= 19.Qa7 (19.Qa1 Ne4 20.Rc1 Qe7+=) 19...Qc7 (19...Ne4!?=) 20.Qc7+/- Rc7 21.Ra1 (21.Nb3 Be8+/-) 21...Rc8 (21...Ne4 22.Ra8 Rc8 23.Bb4+/-) 22.Ra7+/- Ne4 23.Ba1?? (better 23.Rb7+/-) 23...Nd2 (better 23...Rc1 24.Bf1 Nd2-+) 24.g3 (24.f4 f6 25.Rb7 e5 26.fe5 fe5=) 24...Nc4 (24...e5 25.Nf3 Bb5 26.Bb5 Nf3 27.Kg2-/+) 25.Kg2 (25.Bc4 dc4 26.f4 f6=) 25...Na5 (25...e5!? 26.Nf3 Bb5 27.Ne5 Ne3 28.fe3 Be2 29.Nf7 Rc2-/+) 26.Bb2 (26.f4 f6=) 26...Nc4 (26...g5=+) 27.Bc3 (better 27.Ba1!?=) 27...e5-/+ Black gets the initiative 28.Nf3 (28.Nc2 Bb5 29.Be5 Nc6-/+) 28...f6-+ 29.Bb4 (better 29.e4 Nd6 30.Bb4 Ne4 31.Rb7-+) 29...Bb5 30.Rb7 (30.Ra8 Rd8-+) 30...Ne3 31.fe3 Be2 32.Rb6 Bf3 (32...Na6 33.Ne1-+) 33.Kf3 Nd7 (33...Nc6 34.g4-+) 34.Rb7 (34.Rd6 e4 35.Ke2 Rc4 36.Rd7 Rb4-+) 34...Nf8 (34...e4 35.Kf4 Ne5 36.h4-+) 35.Ke2 (35.Bf8 Kf8 (worse 35...Rf8 36.Rd7-/+) 36.Rb5 Rd8-+) 35...h6 (35...Ne6 36.Re7 Ng5 37.h4-+) 36.Kd3 (36.Rb5 Rd8-+) 36...Ne6 37.h4 Nc5 (37...h5 38.Bd6-+) 38.Bc5 Rc5 39.Rb8 Kf7 40.Rd8 (40.Rb7 Kg6-+) 40...Ra5 41.Rd7 Kg6 42.h5 Kh5 43.Rg7 Ra3 44.Ke2 Ra2 45.Kf3?? (45.Kf1-+) 45...Ra4 (45...e4 46.Kf4 Rf2) 46.Rf7? (better 46.g4!? Kh4 47.Rg6-/+) 46...Kg5 (46...Ra1 47.Rd7 e4 48.Ke2-+) 47.Rd7 (47.Rg7 Kf5 48.g4 Ke6-+) 47...d4 48.Rg7 Kf5 (better 48...Kh5!? 49.ed4 Rd4 50.Rf7-+) 49.g4 Ke6 50.ed4 Rd4 (50...ed4?! 51.Ke4-/+) 51.Rg6 Rf4 52.Kg3 Rf1 (52...Kd5!? 53.Rh6 f5 54.gf5 Rf5 55.Ra6-+) 53.Rh6 (53.Kg2 Kf7 54.Rh6 Rf4-/+) 53...e4 (53...Kd5 54.Rh7-+) 54.g5-/+ e3 (better 54...Ke5!? 55.Rf6 Rg1 (worse 55...Rf6 56.gf6 Ke6 57.f7 Kf7 58.Kg4=) 56.Kf2 Rg5-/+) 55.Rf6= Rf6 56.gf6 Kf6 57.Kf3 ½-½. AleksandrNekhoroshik (1810) - calulag6 (1825), lichess.org, 2021.

6.Qc2 a6 7.a4 +=.

6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nf3= 0-0 8.bc6 (8.Nc3 cb5 9.Nb5 Nc5=) 8...bc6+= 9.cd5 cd5 10.Bb5 (10.Nc3 Bb7+=) 10...Bb7 (10...Qb6 11.Nc3+=) 11.0-0 Bd6 (11...Rc8 12.Nc3+=) 12.Rc1 Rc8 (12...Qa5 13.Nc3+=) 13.Nc3 Nb6 14.Rab1 Nc4 (14...a6 15.Be2+=) 15.Bc4 Rc4 (15...dc4 16.Nb5 Bc5 17.Na7=) 16.Ba1 (16.d3 Rc8=) 16...Qc7 (16...Qd7 17.d3 Rc7 18.Qd2+=) 17.Rb3 (17.d3 Rc6=) 17...Rc8 (17...d4 18.Nd4 Bh2 19.Kf1–/+) 18.Qb2 (18.d3 Rb4+=) 18...Ba6–/+ 19.Rb1 (19.d3 Rc6 20.Qd2 Ng4–/+) 19...Qd8 (19...Rc5 20.Re1–/+) 20.h3 (20.g3 R4c7–/+) 20...Qe7 (20...R4c7 21.Nd4–/+) 21.Nd4 Qd7 (21...R4c7 22.Ndb5 Bb5 23.Rb5+=) 22.Ncb5 (22.d3 R4c5 23.Qd2 e5+=) 22...Bb5–/+ 23.Rb5 Qc7 (23...e5 24.d3 R4c7 25.Nf3–/+) 24.g4+= Rc1 (24...Be5 25.Rb7 Qa5 26.d3 Bd4 27.ed4+=) 25.Kg2= Rb1 26.Qb1 Rb8 27.Rb8+= Qb8 28.Qb8 Bb8 29.Nc6 Nd7 30.Kf3 f6 31.e4 Kf7 32.ed5+/– ed5 33.Bd4 Ke6 34.Nb8+– Nb8 35.Ba7 Nc6 36.Bb6 Ne5 37.Ke2 Nc4 38.Bc5 Ne5 39.a4 Nc6 40.f4 f5 41.Bb6 fg4 42.hg4 g6 43.a5 Nb4 44.Kf3 Nc6?? 45.Kg3 Nb8 46.Kh4 Kf6 47.Bd4 Ke6 48.Be5 Na6 49.Kg5 h5 50.gh5 gh5 51.Kh5 Kf5 52.Kh6 d4 53.d3 Nb4 54.Kg7 Nd3 55.a6 Ne5 56.a7 Kf4 57.a8Q d3 58.Qd5 Kf5 59.Kh6 Kf4 60.Kh5 Kf5 61.Kh4 Kf4 62.Kh3 Kf5 63.Kg3 Kf6 64.Kf4 Ng6 65.Ke4 Kg7 66.Qd3 Kf6 67.Qd8 Ne7 68.Qd3 Kf7?? 69.Ke5 Ng6 70.Kf5 Ne7 71.Kg5 Ng8 72.Qd5 Kf8 73.Qe6 Ne7 74.Qd6 Ke8 75.Kf6 Ng8 76.Ke6 (76.Ke6 Nf6 77.Qe7#) 1–0. Moehring,Norbert (2165) – Sakowski,Christian (1720), Bad Woerishofen op, 2003.

6.Nc3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Qc7 9.Rc1 c5 10.cd5 ed5 11.0-0 Bd6 12.h3 Re8 13.Re1 b6 14.d4 c4 15.Qc2 Nf8 16.a4 Ng6 17.Ra1 Ne7 18.Ba3 Bf5 19.Qb2 Ne4 20.Bd6 Qd6 21.Ne4 Be4 22.Rec1 Rac8 23.a5 Nf5 24.ab6 ab6 25.Ra7 Re6 26.Ng5+/– Rf6 27.Ne4 de4 28.Bg4 h5 29.Bf5 Rf5= 30.Ra4 Qe6 31.Qa2 Rb5 32.Rac4 Rc4 33.Qc4 Qc4 34.Rc4 Rb1 35.Kh2 f5 36.Rc8 Kf7 37.Rc7 Kf6 38.Rc6 Kf7 39.Kg3 g5 40.h4 g4 41.Rc2 Rb3 42.Kf4 Rb5 43.f3 ef3+= 44.gf3 Ke6 45.Rc6+/– Kd5 46.Rh6+– gf3 47.Kf3 Kc4 48.Rh5 Rd5 49.Rh8 b5 50.Ke2 b4 51.Rb8 Kc3 52.Rc8+– Kb2 53.Kd3 b3+/– 54.Kc4 Ra5 55.d5 Ka2= 56.d6 b2 57.d7 b1Q 58.d8Q Qb3 59.Kd4 Qd1 60.Kc4= Qc2 61.Kb4 Qa4 62.Kc3 Qb3 63.Kd4 Ra4 64.Ke5 Ra5 65.Qa5+– (65...Qa3 66.Rc2 Kb1 67.Qa3 Kc2 68.h5+–) 1–0. Skaug,Thorbjorn – Blomkvist,Edvin, Hostturnering, 2002.

6.cd5 cd5 7.Nf3 a6 8.a4 0-0 9.Be2 Bd7 10.0-0 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Bb4 13.Bc3 Ba5 14.Ne5 Bc3 15.Nd7 Nbd7 16.Nc3 Ne5 17.h3 (17.d4!? Ng6 18.Bd3+=) 17...d4+= 18.Na4 d3 19.Bf3 Nf3 (19...Qd7!? 20.Nc3 Rc8+= (worse is 20...Nf3 21.Qf3 Ra8 22.Rc1=)) 20.Qf3= Qa5 21.Nc3 Nd5 (21...Qb6!?=) 22.Nd5+= ed5 23.Qd5 Qd2 24.Qb7 Qc2 25.Qc6 Rc8 26.Qc2 Rc2 27.Rd1 d2 28.Kh2 h6 29.b6 Rb2 30.g4 Kf8 31.b7! Rb7 32.Rd2 Ke7 33.Rd3 Ke6 34.f4 f5 35.Kg3 g6 36.Ra3 Kf7 37.Ra6 Kg7 38.Re6 fg4 (38...Rb3 39.gf5 gf5 40.Kh4+–) 39.Kg4 (39.hg4 Rb5+–) 39...Rf7 40.e4 White prepares f5 40...Kh7 41.h4 Kg7 42.f5 gf5 43.ef5 Kh7?? (43...Rf8 44.Rg6 Kh7 45.h5+–) 44.h5 (better is 44.f6 Rf8 45.Kh5+–) 44...Kg7 (44...Ra7 45.f6 Kg8 46.Kf5+–) 45.Rg6 Kh7 46.f6 Rf8? (better is 46...Ra7+–) 47.Kf5 (47.Kf5 Rf7 48.Rg4+–) 1–0. Hal1958 – Golfsuper, playchess.de, 2004.

6.Be2 0-0 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.a4= a6 10.a5 Qd8 11.b6 Nc5 12.0-0 Nce4 13.d3 Nd6 14.c5 Nf5 15.Qc1 Ng4 16.e4 Nh4?? 17.Nh4+– Nh2 18.Kh2 Bh4 19.Qe3 f5 20.e5 Rf7 21.Nd2 Qf8 22.d4 Bd7 23.Rf3 g6 24.Rh3 Be7 25.Rh1 Rg7 26.Nf3 Kf7 27.Kg1 Qg8 28.Ng5 Bg5 29.fg5 Ke7 30.Qf4 Qf7 31.Rh6 Rh8 32.Bc1 Kd8 33.R1h3 Kc8 34.Qf1 Be8 35.Ra3 Qd7 36.Ba6 ba6 37.Qa6 Qb7 38.Qb7 Kb7 39.a6 Ka8 40.a7 Rf8 41.Kf2 Rff7 42.Bf4 Rb7 43.Ke3 Rgf7 44.Kd3 Rfe7 45.Kc3 Rg7 46.Kb4 Rge7 47.Bd2 Rf7 48.Rah3 Rg7 49.Ka5 Rbe7 50.Ka6 Rd7 51.R6h4 Rb7 52.Rf3 Rge7 53.Rhf4 Rg7 54.Rf1 Rge7 55.g4 Rf7 56.Rh1 Rg7 57.Rh6 Rge7 58.gf5 gf5 59.Rfh4 Bg6 60.Rg6! Re8 61.Rgh6 f4 62.Rh7 (62...Rf8 63.Rh8 Ra7 64.ba7 Rh8 65.Rh8#) 1–0. Junghaenel,Dieter – Assmann,Hans, GER–ch Seniors, 2001.

6.Be2 Bd7 7.a4 Qb6 8.cd5 ed5 9.a5 Qd8 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nf3 cb5 12.Bb5 Bb5 13.Nb5 Nc6 14.a6 ba6 15.Ra6 Nb4 16.Ra3 a6 17.Nbd4 Qb8 18.Nf5 Bc5? (Better is 18...Qc7!? 19.0-0 Qd7 20.Ne7 Qe7=) 19.Bf6–/+ gf6 20.0-0 Qb5?? (Better is 20...Rc8–/+) 21.N3d4 Nd3 (21...Qf1 22.Kf1 Kh8+–) 22.Qg4 (22...Kh8 23.Qg7) 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – rofred (2000), ICC, 2002.

6.Nf3 cb5 7.cd5= Qd5 (7...b4 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bd7 Nbd7 10.de6 fe6 11.Bf6 Nf6 12.Qa4 Nd7 13.Nd4=) 8.Nc3 Qd8 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bd3 (11.Bc4 Nc6=) 11...h6 (11...Bc6 12.Nd4=) 12.Qc2 Bc6 13.Nd4 a6 14.Rac1 Nbd7 15.Nc6+= bc6 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4+/– Nf6 18.Bc6 Rc8 19.Bf6 Bf6 20.d4 Qd6 21.Qa4 a5 22.Be4 Qb4 23.Qb4 ab4 24.g3 Be7 25.Rc6 Rc6+= 26.Bc6 Rc8 27.Rc1 Rc7 28.f4 g5 29.e4 Kg7 30.Kg2 f6 31.f5 ef5 32.ef5 Bd6 33.Kf3 Re7 34.Bd5 Rc7 35.Rc6 Rc6 36.Bc6 h5 37.Kg2 Kf7 38.Bb5 Ke7 39.Be2 g4 40.h3 gh3 41.Kh3+/– Bc7 42.Bh5 Kd6 43.Bf7 Bb6 44.d5 Be3 45.Kg4 Bg5 46.Kh5 Be3+/– 47.g4 Bg5 48.Kg6+– Ke7 49.Bg8 Bh4 50.Be6 Bg5 ½–½. Waibel,Ulrich – MacNab,Callum, compuserve, 1996.

6.Nf3 Qb6 7.a4 a5 (7...Nbd7 8.Nc3=) 8.Nc3+= 0-0 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 Re8 11.d4 dc4 12.Bc4 Nf8 13.e4 (13.Ba3 Ba3 14.Ra3 Bd7+/–) 13...Ng6 14.e5 (14.g3 c5+=) 14...Nd5+= 15.Nd5 (15.Qd2 Bb4+=) 15...cd5 (15...ed5 16.Bd3 Nf4 17.Ba3=) 16.Bd3+= Nf4 17.Ba3 Nd3 18.Qd3 Qd8 19.Rfc1 f5 20.Be7 Qe7 21.Rc5 (21.Qc3 b6+/–) 21...Qd8 (21...Bd7!?+=) 22.Rac1+/– Bd7 23.Qb3 Rc8? (23...b6 24.Rc7 Qe7 25.h4+=) 24.b6 (24.Rc8!? Bc8 25.Qa3 g5+–) 24...Rc5 (24...Rc6 25.Rc6 Bc6 26.Rc5+/–) 25.Rc5+/– (25.dc5?! Bc6+=) 25...Qa8 (25...Qe7 26.g3 Qf8 27.Ra5+–) 26.h3 (26.Rc7 Rc8 27.g3 Rc7 28.bc7 h6+–) 26...Rc8 (26...Bc6!?+/–) 27.Rc7+– Bc6 (27...Rc7 28.bc7 Qa6 29.Qc3+–) 28.Ng5 (better is 28.Qa3 Re8 29.Ng5+–) 28...Re8?? (better is 28...Rc7 29.bc7 Qc8+–) 29.Qg3 Rc8 30.Ne6 (30.Qh4 h6 31.Rg7 Kg7 32.Ne6 Kg8 33.Qe7 Rc7 34.bc7 Qf8 35.Qf8 Kh7 36.Qg7) 30...Rc7+– 31.bc7 g6 32.Qg5 Qe8 (32...Qf8 33.Nf8 b5 34.Ne6 Bb7 35.Qe7 ba4 36.Qf8) 33.Qf6 Qd7 (33...Qe6 34.Qe6 Kg7 35.c8Q Kh6 36.Qe7 Kh5 37.f4 h6 38.g4 fg4 39.hg4) 34.Qf8 1–0. Martinez De Navascues,F (1670) – Cuellar Gutierrez,R, 8th Open Ciudad Los Angeles – Memorial, 2014.

7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Nc5 9.Qc2 Nfe4 (9...a6 10.bc6 bc6 11.d4=) 10.d3 (10.d4 Nd7=) 10...Nf6 (10...Qa5 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Be2=) 11.Be2 Re8 (11...dc4 12.Qc4 cb5 13.ab5= (worse 13.Qb5 Bd7 14.Qc4 Na4–/+)) 12.Nbd2 (12.0-0 cb5 13.ab5 dc4 14.Qc4 Qd5+=) 12...Ncd7 (12...dc4 13.Nc4 cb5 14.ab5+=) 13.0-0+= h6 (13...Bd6 14.d4+=) 14.a5 (14.Rfc1 Bd6+=) 14...Bd6 (14...cb5 15.cb5 Bb4 16.Bc3+=) 15.e4 (15.bc6 bc6 16.cd5 cd5+=) 15...e5= 16.Rfb1 (16.Rfc1 d4=) 16...d4 17.Nd4 (better 17.Bc1!?=) 17...ed4–/+ 18.Bd4 Be5 (18...c5 19.Bc3–/+) 19.Nf3 (19.Bc3 c5–/+) 19...Bd4 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.Nb3 cb5 22.cb5 Bg4 (22...Be6 23.Nc5 Rc8 24.Rc1–+) 23.f3 (23.d4 Rc8 24.Qb2 Nc4 25.Bc4 Rc4–/+) 23...Be6 24.Ra4 Rc8 25.Qd2 (25.Qd1 Nh5 26.d4 Qg5–/+) 25...Qe7 (25...Bb3!? 26.Rb3 Rc4–+) 26.d4–/+ Red8 (26...Bb3 27.Rb3 Qe6 28.Rab4–/+) 27.d5 Bd7 28.Nd4 (28.a6 b6–/+) 28...Qc5 (28...Rc7 29.Qb4 Qe8 30.b6 ab6 31.Qb6=+) 29.Kf1 (29.Rd1 Qc7=+) 29...Qc3 (29...Qc7 30.Qb4–/+) 30.Ke1 (30.Qc3 Rc3 31.a6 b6=) 30...g6 (30...Qc7!?–/+) 31.Kd1 (31.Qc3 Rc3 32.a6 b6=) 31...a6 32.Rab4 (32.ba6 Qd2 Double attack (32...Ba4 Pinning; 32...Ba4 Deflection)) 32...Qa3? (32...ab5 33.Qc3 Rc3 34.Nb5 (worse 34.Bb5 Bb5 35.Nb5 Rc5–/+) 34...Bb5 35.Rb5=) 33.ba6 (better 33.Nb3!? Ne4 34.fe4+– (worse 34.Re4 Bf5=+)) 33...Ba4 (33...ba6!? 34.Ba6 Ra8=) 34.Ke1+= ba6 35.Ba6 Rc3?? (better 35...Ra8 36.Be2 Kg7+=) 36.Ra4!+– Re3 (36...Qa4 37.Qc3 Deflection (37.Qc3 Overloading)) 37.Kf1 Rf3 (37...Qa4 38.Qe3 Qa5 39.Bb5+–) 38.gf3 (38.Nf3!? Nf3 39.Qc2 Nh2 40.Kg1 Qd6+–) 38...Qa4 39.Qb4 (39.Bb5 Qa3 40.Qf4 Nfd7+–) 39...Qa2 (39...Qb4 40.Rb4 Ra8 41.Nc6 Nf3 42.Bb7+–) 40.Rb2 (40.Be2 Nd5 41.ed5 Rd5+–) 40...Qa1 (better 40...Nd5 41.ed5 Qd5+–) 41.Rb1 Qa2 42.Rb2 (42.Be2 Nd5 43.ed5 Rd5+–) 42...Qa1 43.Rb1?? (better 43.Kg2+–) 43...Qa2= 44.Rb2 ½–½. jaddwarrior (1975) – theredflash06 (1815), ChessWorld.net, 2015.

7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Nf3= Bc3 (8...a6 9.Be2=) 9.Bc3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Nd6 (10...f6 11.Qc2=) 11.Ba3 (11.d3 c5+=) 11...Re8 (11...a6 12.bc6 Nc6 13.cd5 ed5 14.Qb3=) 12.Qc2 (12.Bd6 Qd6 13.d4 Nd7=) 12...Nf5 (12...Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4 14.Qc4=) 13.Be2 (13.cd5 ed5 14.Bd3 Kh8+=) 13...Nd7 (13...e5 14.d3=) 14.0-0+= Ne7 (14...Qf6 15.cd5 cd5 16.Bd3+=) 15.Bd3 g6 (15...h6 16.cd5 cd5 17.Rac1+/-) 16.Qc3 (16.cd5 ed5 17.Be7 Qe7 18.bc6 bc6 19.Qc6 Rb8+/-) 16...cb5 17.ab5 Qc7 (17...f6 18.e4+/-) 18.Bb2 f6 19.Ng5 (19.Be2 a5+/-) 19...Ne5 (19...e5 20.f4 d4 21.ed4 fg5 22.fe5+=) 20.Nf3 (20.Be2 dc4 21.Ne4 Nd5 22.Nf6 Nf6 23.Qe5 Qe5 24.Be5 Ne4+-) 20...Nd7 (20...Nd3 21.Qd3 dc4 22.Qc2=) 21.Ng5 (21.Be2 e5+/-) 21...Ne5 (21...e5!? 22.f4 fg5 23.fe5 d4 24.Qd4 Rd8+/-) 22.Nf3 (22.Be2 dc4 23.Ne4+/-) 22…Nd7 ½-½. AhmedSultanov (1750) - spinoz (1690), lichess.org, 2019.

7.Nc3 c5 8.Nf3= d4 (8...Nbd7 9.Qc2 (9.Bd3 Nb6 10.cd5 ed5 11.0-0 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Ne5) 9...Bd6 10.Bd3 Nb6 11.cd5 ed5 12.0-0 Re8 13.Ra2; 8...Qd6 9.cd5 (9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 g6 11.0-0 Ng4 12.cd5 ed5 13.h3) 9...ed5 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Be2 b6 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Qc2; 8...Bd6 9.Qb3 (9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Qe2 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qc4) 9...d4 10.ed4 cd4 11.Nd4 e5 12.Nf3 e4 13.Nd4) 9.Ne2 (9.ed4 cd4 10.Ne2 Qc7 11.Ned4 e5 12.Nb3 Nbd7 13.Be2) 9...d3? (better is 9...de3!? 10.fe3 (10.de3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Nf4 Bd6 13.Bd3) 10...Nbd7= 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.g3 b6 13.Bg2) 10.Ng3+/– Nbd7 11.Bd3 Nb6 (11...b6!?+/–) 12.Qc2+– g6 (12...Nbd7 13.a5+–) 13.h4 Bd6 (13...Ng4 14.a5 Nd7 15.h5+–) 14.h5 Bg3 (14...Qe7 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.hg6+–) 15.hg6 fg6 (15...hg6 16.fg3 Qe7+–) 16.Bg6 Bf2 17.Kf2 Ng4 (17...Nbd7+–) 18.Kg1 Qe7 (18...Rf3 19.Rh7 Rf6 20.Bf7 Kf8 21.Rh8 Ke7 22.Bf6 Nf6 23.Rd8 Kd8+–) 19.Bh7 Qh7 20.Qh7 1–0. Stanley – Leo, private, 2011.

7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.cd5 cd5 9.Ng3 a6 10.Qc1 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 b6 13.d3 (13.d4 h5=+) 13...Bb7 14.Qc4?? (better 14.d4=+) 14...Bc6 (better 14...dc4 15.dc4 Qa8 16.Bd4-+) 15.Nc3?? (better 15.Qc6!? Qb8 16.Qc2 Bb4 17.Bc3 Rc8+-) 15...d4 (better 15...dc4 16.bc6 Qa8-+) 16.Qb4?? (better 16.bc6 Qa8 17.Nd1 Qa1 18.cd7+/-) 16...Bf3 (16...Bb4 17.bc6 dc3 18.Bc3 Bc3 19.Ke2 Ne5 20.Kd1 Qa8 21.Kc2 Qa3 22.Kd1 Qb3 23.Kc1 Qb2 24.Kd1 Qd2) 17.Qc5?? (better 17.Qd4 Qa8 18.Qa4 (worse 18.gf3 Qa1 19.Nd1 Qa5 20.Ke2 Rc8-+) 18...Bg2 19.Qa8 Ba8 20.Rg1=) 17...dc3 (better 17...Nc5 18.gf3 dc3 19.Bc3 Nd3 20.Kd2 Nf2 21.Ke1 Nh1 22.Nh1-+) 18.Qf5 (18.Qc3 Qa8 19.gf3-+) 18...Bc6! 19.Kd1 (19.bc6 ef5). onur604 (2320) - Bengal_Tiger2005 (2125), lichess.org, 2020.

7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.Ng3 Qc7 9.Qc1 a6 10.Kd1 (10.cd5!? ed5 11.Nf5=+) 10...cb5-/+ 11.Qc2? (11.ab5 e5=+) 11...Ra7?? (better 11...bc4 12.d3 Ne5-+) 12.ab5-/+ Qd6?? (12...Nb6 13.cd5 Qc2 14.Kc2 Nbd5 15.Bd4=+) 13.Ra5?? (better 13.Ba3 Nc5 14.d4+-) 13...Nb8 (13...b6 14.Ra2=+) 14.Ra2 e5 15.Nc3 Qb4 (15...Bg4 16.f3 Be6 17.Nf5 Bf5 18.Qf5 dc4 19.Bc4=) 16.c5 (better 16.Ba3!? Qa3 17.Ra3 Ba3 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.cd5 ab5 20.Bd3+/-) 16...Qc5 (better 16...Be6=+) 17.Qb3 (17.Ba3 Qa3 18.Ra3 Ba3=) 17...Ng4 (better 17...Qb4 18.Qb4 Bb4-/+) 18.f4?? (18.Ba3 Nf2 19.Ke1 Qa3 20.Ra3 Nh1 21.Nh1 Ba3 22.Qa3 Be6 23.Nd5 Bd5+-) 18...Qd6?? (better 18...Nf2 19.Ke1 Nh1-+) 19.Ra3?? (19.Ba3!? Qd7 20.b6=+) 19...Nd7 (better 19...ef4 20.ba6 Nf2 (worse 20...ba6 21.Nb5 Nf2 22.Ke1 ab5 23.Ra7 fg3 24.Qc3-+) 21.Ke1 fg3-+) 20.Qb4?? (20.Nf5 Nc5 21.Nd6 Nb3 22.Rb3 Bd6 23.fe5 Be5 24.Ke1-+) 20...Qg6 (better 20...Qb4 21.Nd5 Qb2 22.Ne7 Kh8 23.Rc3 ef4 24.ef4 Nf2 25.Ke2 Nh1 26.Nh1 Qb5 27.Kf2-+) 21.Qd6?? (better 21.Qe7 Nf2 22.Ke1 Nh1 23.Nh1 ef4 24.ba6 ba6 25.ef4=) 21...Bd6-+ 22.Nf5 f6 (22...Qf5 23.Ke1 ef4 24.e4 de4 25.Ra5-+) 23.Rb3 (23.Nd6 Nf2 24.Kc1 f5 25.fe5 Nh1 26.Nd5 Qg4 27.Ne7 Kh8-+) 23...Ra8 (better 23...Qf5 24.b6 Ra8 25.Rg1-+) 24.Ba1 Nh2 1-0. PEREIRA – Baobamb, internet, 2022.

7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.Ng3 h6 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qc1 (10.d4 Bb4=) 10...Bb4 11.c5 (11.cd5 cd5 (worse 11...Nd5 12.Nd5 cd5 13.Bg7+/-) 12.Be2 e5=) 11...Ba5 (11...Bc5 12.d4 Bb4 13.Be2-/+) 12.f4 (better 12.Na2=+) 12...Qb6?? (12...Nc5 13.Qc2-/+) 13.Bd3 (13.cb6 ab6 14.Be2 Nc5+-) 13...Rd8?? (13...Nc5 14.Bc2-/+) 14.Na2 (14.cb6 ab6 15.0-0 Nc5+-) 14...Kh8?? (better 14...Nc5 15.Qc2 Nce4-+) 15.Qc3 (better 15.cb6 ab6 16.0-0+-) 15...cb5?? (better 15...Bc3 16.cb6 Bb2-+) 16.Bc4?? (better 16.cb6 Bc3 17.Nc3+- (17.dc3?! ba4 18.ba7 Nc5+/-)) 16...bc4 (better 16...Bc3 17.cb6 Bb2 18.Rb1 dc4 19.Rb2 ba4 20.ba7-+) 17.Qb4?? (better 17.cb6 Bc3 18.Bc3 ab6 19.Bf6 Nf6 20.Nc3-+) 17...Bb4 (better 17...Qb4 18.Nb4 Bb4-+) 18.c6 (18.cb6 Be7 19.ba7 Ra7 20.Nc3-+) 18...a6 (better 18...Qe3! 19.Ne2 Qd2 20.Kf1 Qb2 21.Rc1 Qa2 22.cd7 Bd7 23.Rg1-+) 19.Nf5 Rb8 (better 19...Bd2 20.Ke2 Qb2 21.Nd6 Be1 22.Ke1 Qa1 23.Kf2 Qh1 24.c7-+) 20.Rb1 d4 (20...ef5 21.Nb4 bc6 22.Ke2-+) 21.Nh6 Nf8 (better 21...Bd2 22.Kd2 Qc6 23.Nf7 Kg8 24.Rhg1 Ne4 25.Kc1-+) 22.Ng8 (22.Nf7 Kg8 23.Nd8 Bd2 24.Kd2 c3 25.Bc3 dc3 26.Ke2 Qd8 27.Nc3-+) 22...Bd6 (better 22...Qc6 23.0-0 Bd2 24.Nf6 Be3 25.Kh1 gf6 26.Ba3-+) 23.Kf2 Re8 (better 23...de3 24.Ke2 Qc6 25.Rhg1-+) 24.Rhd1 Bc7 (24...Ng8 25.Bd4 Qc6 26.a5-+) 25.Re1 N6d7 (better 25...Kg8 26.Bd4 Ne4 27.Kg1 Qc6 28.d3 cd3 29.Nb4 Qa4 30.Nd3-+) 26.cd7 f5 (better 26...Bd7 27.Bd4 Qa5-+) 27.de8B (better 27.de8Q Kg8 28.Ba3+-) 27…Ng6 1-0. PEREIRA – Ranzi, internet, 2022.

7.Nf3 =+.

7.Qb3 Nbd7=+ 8.Nc3 (8.Nf3 Nc5 9.Qc3 Qd8=) 8...0-0 9.Nf3 Nc5 (9...Bd6 10.Be2=) 10.Qc2= Qc7 (10...Rd8 11.cd5 ed5 12.Be2=) 11.d4 Ncd7 (11...Nce4 12.bc6 Bb4 13.Bd3=) 12.c5 (12.Rc1 cb5 13.Nb5 Qa5 14.Bc3 Qd8 15.cd5 Nd5=) 12...b6 (12...e5 13.de5 Ne5 14.Ne5 Qe5 15.Bd3=) 13.bc6 (13.cb6 ab6 14.bc6 Qc6=) 13...Qc6 14.Bb5 Qc7 15.cb6 ab6 (15...Nb6 16.Ba3=) 16.Qb3 (16.Qd3 Qa7=) 16...Bb7 (16...Ba6 17.0-0=) 17.0-0 Nb8 (17...Rfc8 18.Rac1=) 18.Rac1 Qd8 19.Rc2 (19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Qa3 Ba6+=) 19...Bd6 (19...Nc6 20.Ba3+=) 20.Rfc1 1–0. jaddwarrior (2040) – revrules (1895), ChessWorld.net, 2015.

7.Bc3 Qc7=.

7.Nf3 dc4 (7...0-0!?=) 8.Bc4+= Qb4 (8...Nbd7 9.0-0+–) 9.Qc2+– 0-0?? (better 9...cb5 10.Bb5 Nbd7+–) 10.Ba3+– Qa5 11.Be7 Qd2 (11...Re8 12.Bf6 gf6+–) 12.Nbd2 cb5 13.ab5 a6 14.Bf8 ab5 15.Ra8 Nbd7 16.Bb5 Nc5 (16...Nb6 17.Be7 h6 18.Rc8 Nc8 19.Qc8 Kh7 20.Bd3 Ne4 21.Ne4 f5 22.Qe8 b5 23.Nf6 gf6 24.Qf7 Kh8 25.Bf6) 17.Qc5 Bd7 (17...h6 18.Qc8 Kh7 19.Qb7 Ne8 20.Qf7 e5 21.Re8 e4 22.Qg7) 18.Be7 (18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qg5) 18...Ne8 19.Bd7 b6 (19...h6 20.Ng5 hg5 21.Re8 Kh7 22.Qg5 g6 23.Bf6 b5 24.Rh8) 20.Re8 1–0. GuestJLYL – guestplayer, freechess.org, 2017.

7.Nc3 d4 (7...0-0 8.Nf3=+) 8.ed4= Qd4 9.Nf3 Qd8 10.Qb3 0-0 11.d4 (11.Be2 cb5 12.ab5 Nbd7=) 11...ab5 12.cb5 (12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 c5=) 12...cb5 (12...b6 13.Be2=+) 13.Bb5 Nc6 (13...b6 14.Ba3=) 14.Bc6= bc6 15.0-0 Nd5 (15...Ba6 16.Rfc1=+) 16.Ne5 Qc7 (16...Nb4 17.Ne4=) 17.Rfc1+= Rb8 (17...Nf4!?+=) 18.Nb5+/– Qb6 (18...cb5 19.Rc7) 19.Rc6 (19.Nc6!? Bg5 20.Nb8 Bc1 21.Bc1 Qb8 22.Qf3+/–) 19...Qa5 (19...Qb7 20.Ba3+/–) 20.Rc2 Nb4 21.Rc4 (better is 21.Rac1 Bb7 22.Nc4+=) 21...f6? (21...Bb7!? 22.Nd7 Bd5 23.Nb8 Bc4 24.Qc4 Rb8+/–) 22.Rc8!+/– Qb6?? 23.Rb8+– Rb8 24.Nd7 Qa6 25.Nb8 Qb6 26.Nd7 Qc6 27.Nc5 Nd5 28.Rc1 Nf4 29.Qf3 Qf3 30.gf3 Ne2 31.Kf1 Nc1 32.Bc1 e5 33.Be3 Bd8 34.de5 f5 35.Nb7 (35…f4 36.Bf4+–) 1–0. Zylla,Johannes – Seibt, BS–MK Kreisliga, 1995.

7.Nf3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 cb5 10.cb5 Bd7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Be2 Qe8 13.0-0 Bd6 14.Qb3 Ne4 15.Ne4 de4 16.Nd4 (better 16.Ng5 Qe7 17.Ne4 Bh2 18.Kh2 Qh4 19.Kg1 Qe4 20.Rc1+/-) 16...Bc7?? (16...e5!? 17.Nc2 Qe6=) 17.Rc1 (better 17.Qc2!? Bd6 18.Qe4+-) 17...Bb6 18.h3 (18.Bb2 Bd8+/-) 18...f5 (18...e5 19.Nc2+=) 19.Bb2 (19.Bc4 Bd4 20.Bd4 Kh8+-) 19...Bd4 (19...f4!?+=) 20.Bd4+- (20.ed4?! f4+=) 20...Bc8? (better 20...Rf7!?+-) 21.Be5 Nd7 22.Bd6 Rf7 (22...Nb6 23.Qc2 Bd7 24.Bf8 Qf8+-) 23.Rc7 (better 23.Qc2 Nf6 24.Qc8+-) 23...Nf6+/- 24.Rc5 (24.Rf7 Qf7 25.Qc2 Qd7+/-) 24...Bd7 (24...b6!? 25.Rc2 Bb7+=) 25.Bc4 Kh8 26.Be5 (26.b6 Nd5+/-) 26...Nh5 (26...Nd5!? 27.Bd5 ed5 28.Qd5 Be6+/-) 27.Rc7 Nf6 (better 27...Bc8!?+/-) 28.Rb7+- Qc8?? (28...Bc8 29.Rf7 Qf7+-) 29.Rb8 Qb8 30.Bb8 Rf8 31.Bd6 Rc8 32.b6 Bc6 33.b7 Bb7 34.Qb7 Rc4 35.Qf7 Ng8 (35...Rc1 36.Kh2 Rc8+-) 36.Bf8 Rc7 (36...Rc1 37.Kh2 Rh1 38.Kh1 Nf6 39.Bg7) 37.Bg7 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2495) - Norov_Artem (2155), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Nf3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 cb5 10.cb5 Ne4 11.Nc3 (better 11.Bg7!? Rg8 12.Bd4+/-) 11...0-0= 12.Ne4 (12.Bd3 Nf6=) 12...de4=+ 13.d4?? (13.Ng1 Qd5=+) 13...ed3 (better 13...ef3 14.Qb3 fg2 15.Bg2 Qb6-+) 14.Qd3 (14.Bd3 Qa5 15.Ke2 Bd7+=) 14...Qa5 (14...Bb4 15.Ke2=+) 15.Bc3= Bb4 16.Bb4 Qb4 17.Qd2 Qb1 18.Qd1 Qb4 19.Qd2 Qb1 20.Qd1 Qb4 21.Nd2 Bd7 The isolani on b5 becomes a target 22.Be2 (better 22.Qb1!? Qc3 23.Bd3=) 22...Bb5-/+ 23.Bb5 Qb5 24.Qb1 Qa6 25.f3 Nc6 (25...Rd8 26.Nb3-+) 26.Kf2-/+ Ne5 27.Kg3 (27.Rd1 b5-/+) 27...Rd8 28.Ne4 h5 (28...Nc4 29.Rd1 Rd5 30.Kf2-/+) 29.Qb2 (29.Rc1 Nc4 30.Ng5 g6-/+) 29...Nd3 30.Qc3 (30.Qc2-/+) 30...Rd5?? (30...Qb6 31.h4-+) 31.h3? (31.Qc8!? Kh7 32.Rb1=+) 31...h4 (31...Qb6 32.Qc8 Kh7 33.Kh2-+) 32.Kh2 Qa4 (32...Qb6 33.Ra1-/+) 33.Ra1 (better 33.Qc8 Kh7 34.Qb7=) 33...Qd7?? (better 33...Qe8-/+) 34.Ra8+- Kh7 (34...Qd8 35.Rd8 Rd8+-) 35.Ra7 (better 35.Nf6 Kg6 36.Nd7 Rd7 37.Rg8+-) 35...Kg6-/+ 36.Qb3 (better 36.f4-/+) 36...Ne5 (better 36...Qc7 37.f4 Nf4 38.Rb7 Qe5 39.ef4 Qf4 40.Ng3 Rg5 41.Qb1 f5-+) 37.Rb7= Qc6 38.Rb6 Qc4 39.Qc4 (39.Qb1!?=) 39...Nc4-/+ 40.Rc6 (40.Rb3!?-/+) 40...Ne3-+ 41.g3 (41.Kg1 Rb5-+) 41...Nf5 (better 41...Nf1!? 42.Kh1 Ng3 43.Ng3 Rd1 44.Nf1 Rf1 45.Kg2-+) 42.gh4 Nh4 43.Kg3 Nf5 44.Kf4 Rd3 45.Rc7 (45.Rc3 Rd8-+) 45...Rd4 (better 45...f6 46.h4 Nd4-+) 46.Rf7?? (better 46.Rc6-/+) 46...Kf7-+ 47.Kg4 (47.Kg5 Rd3 48.Kg4 Kg6-+) 47...Re4! 48.Kh5 (48.fe4 Nh6 Combination) 48...Nd6 (48...Rh4 49.Kg5 g6 50.f4 Rh3 51.Kg4 Rg3) 49.h4 (49.fe4 Ne4 50.h4-+) 49…Ne8 (49...Ne8 50.fe4 Nf6 51.Kg5 Ne4 52.Kg4 Kg6-+) 0-1. ViciadoMan (2040) - BangBangBangDrama (2035), Rated Bullet game, 2020.

7.Nf3 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Bd7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Qb3 dc4 12.Bc4 cb5 13.Bb5 Nc6 14.0-0 h6 15.d4 Qb6 16.Na4 Qd8 17.Rc1 Na5 18.Qb2 Nd5 (18...Bb5 19.Qb5 Qd5 20.Nc5=) 19.Ne5 Bb5 20.Qb5 Bf6 (20...Bd6 21.Nc5+=) 21.Nc5 (21.Nd7!? Re8 22.Bc3+/-) 21...Be5+= 22.de5 b6 (22...Qb6 23.Qb6 Nb6 24.Bc3+=) 23.Ne4 (23.Nd7 Re8 24.Nb6 Nb6 25.Qa5 Nd5+/-) 23...Qh4 24.Nd6 Qg5 (24...Qb4 25.Qb4 Nb4 26.Rc7+=) 25.Bd4+/- h5 (25...Rb8 26.Rc8 Rc8 27.Nc8+/-) 26.f4+- (26.Bb6?! Qe5 27.Bc5 Nc3+=) 26...Qg4 (26...Qe7 27.Bb6 Nb7 28.Bc5 Nc5 29.Qc5+/- (29.Rc5?! Ne3 30.Qd3 Nf5=)) 27.Bb6 Rb8 (27...Nb6 28.Qb6 (28.Qa5?! Nd5+/-) 28...Qe2 29.Kh1+-) 28.Qa5 Rb6 29.Qa8 Kh7 30.Qa2?? (better 30.Nf7 Kg6 31.Qe8+-) 30...Ne3+= 31.Nf7 (better 31.Qf2 Nd5 32.Rf1+=) 31...Nd5?? (31...Qf4 32.Qf2 Qf2 33.Kf2 Ng4 34.Kg1=) 32.g3 (32.Qc2 Qf5 33.Qf5 ef5+-) 32...h4? (better 32...Nf4 33.Qc2 g6=) 33.Qc2+- Qg6 34.Ng5 Kh6 35.Qg6 (35.Qc8 Kh5 36.Qh8 Qh6 37.Qe8 g6+-) 35...Kg6+/- 36.Ne4 (36.Rc8!?+/-) 36...Kf5+= 37.Nd6 (37.Re1 Rb3+=) 37...Kg4= 38.Rc4 (38.f5 ef5 39.Rd1 hg3 40.hg3 Nc3 41.Rd4 Ne4=) 38...hg3 (38...Rb1 39.Kg2 Ne3 40.Kf2 Nc4 41.Nc4 g6 42.Ne3 Kh3-/+) 39.hg3 (better 39.f5 Kh3 40.hg3 Kg3 41.Ne4 Kf4 42.f6 gf6 43.ef6 Nf6 44.Nf6 Kf5 45.Ng4=) 39...Kg3-+ 40.Kf1?? (40.Rc1 Kf4 41.Nc4 Rb4-+) 40...Rb1 (40...Ne3 41.Ke2 Nc4 42.Nc4 Rb4-+ (42...Kf4?! 43.Nb6 Ke5 44.Kf3=)) 41.Ke2-/+ Rb2 42.Kd3 Nf4 43.Rf4?? (better 43.Kc3!? Rb1 44.Kd4-/+) 43...Rb3 (better 43...Kf4 44.Kc3 Re2 45.Kd3 Re5 46.Nc8-+) 44.Ke4 (44.Kc4 Kf4 45.Kb3 Ke5 46.Ne8-/+) 44...Rb4 45.Ke3 Rf4 0-1. zembelek (2040) - Avik11 (2085), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bc4 cb5 8.ab5 Qb6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Bd7 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 11.Qb3 a6 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Bd4 (15.b6 Qc8 16.Bf6 (worse is 16.Bd6 Ba4 17.Qb4 a5 18.Qa4 Rd6=) 16...gf6 17.Rfc1+=) 15...ab5+= 16.Bb5 Rc8 (16...Bb5 17.Qb5 Qc6 18.Qc6 Nc6 19.Bf6 gf6 20.Nb6 Ra1 21.Ra1=) 17.Nb6 Ra1 18.Ra1 Re8 (18...Qc2 19.Qc2 Rc2 20.Nd7 Nbd7 21.Bc3+–) 19.Nc4 Bb5 20.Qb5 Rc8 (20...Nbd7 21.Nd6 Qd6 22.Bf6 Nf6 23.Qb7+/–) 21.Nd6+– Qd6 22.Qb7 Qc6 23.Qc6 Rc6 24.Bf6 gf6 25.Kf1 Kg7 26.Ke2 e5 27.e4 Rd6 28.Ra4 Nc6 29.Ke3 Kg6 30.g4 h5 31.gh5 Kh5 32.d4 ed4 33.Nd4 Ne5 34.Ra5 Kg6 35.Rd5 Ra6 36.Kf4 Ra2 37.Kg3 Ra3 38.f3 Nd3 39.Ne2 Ne1 40.Rf5+– Nd3 41.Nf4 Nf4 42.Rf4 Ra5 43.Rg4 Kh6 44.h4 Kh7 45.h5! Kh6 46.Rf4 Rg5 47.Rg4 Kh5 48.Rg5 fg5 49.e5 Kg6 50.Kg4 f5 51.Kg3 Kf7 52.f4 gf4 53.Kf4 Ke6 54.Ke3 Ke5 55.Kf3 f4 56.Ke2 Ke4 57.Kf2 f3 58.Ke1?? Ke3–+ (58...Ke3 59.Kd1 f2 60.Kc2 Kd4 61.Kb2 f1Q 62.Kb3 Qb1 63.Ka4 Kc4 64.Ka5 Qb5) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Jauneau,David, Train France (FRA), 1999.

7.Bc4 c5 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 (9...a6 10.d4=) 10.d4 (10.a5 Bd6+=) 10...Nb6 (10...cd4 11.Qd4 Qc7 12.Rc1+=) 11.Be2 (11.Bd3 Nbd5+=) 11...Qc7 (11...Nbd5 12.dc5 Bc5 13.Nc3+=) 12.Qc2 Nbd5 13.Ba3 Re8 (13...a6 14.Rc1+= (14.Bc5 b6–+)) 14.dc5 (14.Rc1 Nd7+/–) 14...Nd7 (14...Bd7 15.Rc1+/–) 15.Rc1 (15.c6 bc6 16.Qc6 Qb8+/–) 15...Bf6 16.Nd4 (16.Ra2 Ne5+/–) 16...Be5 17.g3 (17.h3 N7f6+/–) 17...g6 (17...N7f6 18.Bf3+/–) 18.Nd2 (18.Bb2 Bf6+–) 18...Bg7 (18...Rd8 19.c6 Bd4 20.ed4+– (20.cd7? Qc2 21.Rc2 Ba1 22.dc8N Rac8–+)) 19.Ne4 (19.c6 bc6 20.Qc6 Qb8+–) 19...N7f6 20.Nd6 Rd8 21.e4 Ne7 (21...Ne8 22.Qd3 Ne7 23.Ra2+–) 22.Bb2 (22.e5 Nfd5 23.Qe4 f5 24.ef6 Nf6 25.Ne6 Qd7+–) 22...e5 (22...Nd7+–) 23.Nf3 Ne8 24.Be5 (24.Nc8 Nc8 25.a5 f6+–) 24...Be5 25.Ne5 Nd6 26.cd6 Qd6 27.Rd1 Qe5 28.Rd8 Kg7 29.Rc1 b6 30.Qc3 Qc3 31.Rc3 Bb7 32.Rd7 Be4 33.Re7 Bf5 34.Rcc7 Be6 35.Re6 a6 36.Ree7 (36.Ree7 Rf8 37.ba6+–) 1–0. Buczinski,Henryk – Seweryn,Zbigniew, Siemianowice Slaskie Poland, 1964.

7.Nf3 cb5 8.ab5 0-0 9.d4 b6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Be2 a5 12.ba6 Ba6 13.0-0 dc4 14.Nc4 Bb7 15.Qb3 Ne4 16.Nfe5 Ne5 17.de5 Bc5 18.Rfd1 Qg5 19.Bf3 h5 20.Nb6 Bb6 21.Qb6 Rab8 22.Bd4 Bd5 23.Qa5 Qg6 24.Rdc1 h4 25.h3 Rbd8 26.Rc7 Ng5 27.Bd5 Rd5 28.Rc5 Nh3 29.Kf1 Rdd8 30.gh3 Qf5 31.Ke2 Qh3 32.Rg1 Qh2 33.Rg4 h3 34.Qe1 Ra8 35.Rc2 Ra4 36.Qg1 Qg1 37.Rg1 g6 38.Rg3 h2 39.Rh3 Kg7 40.Rh2 Ra3 41.f4 Rb3 42.Kf3 Ra8 43.Rh1 Rh8 44.Rh8 Kh8 45.Rc8 Kg7 46.Bc5 Rb1 47.Be7 g5 48.Bf6 Kg6 49.Rg8 Kh6 50.Bg5 Kh7 51.Re8 Rf1 52.Ke2 Rb1 53.Bf6 Kg6 54.Rg8 Kf5 55.Rg7 Ke4 56.Rf7 Rb2 57.Kd1 Ke3 58.Bg5 Kd3 59.Kc1 Rg2 60.Re7 Kc3 61.Kd1 Kd3 62.Ke1 Ke4 63.Re6 Ra2 64.Rd6 Time forfeit 1-0. zembelek (2020) - Hrasnica70 (2015), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Nf3 Nf8 8.Be2 Ng6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.d4 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Qb3 Bb8 13.Ba3 Ne7 14.Rac1 0-0 15.cd5 ed5 16.Ne5 Be6 (16...Re8 17.Ndf3+=) 17.bc6+/- bc6 18.Be7 Qe7 19.Nc6 Qc7 (19...Qd6 20.Nb8 Rb8 21.Qc3+/-) 20.Nb8 Qb8 21.Qb8 Rb8 22.Rb1 Rb1 (22...Bd7 23.Bb5+/-) 23.Rb1+- Nd7 24.Bd3 Nb6 25.a5 Na4? (better 25...Nc4!? 26.Nc4 dc4+-) 26.Kf1 Nc3 27.Rc1 (27.Rb7 Ra8+-) 27...Na4 (27...Rc8 28.Nb3+-) 28.Nb3 (better 28.Rc7!? Nb2 29.Bb5 a6 30.Ba6 Ra8+-) 28...Nb2 29.Be2 Nc4 30.Bc4 dc4 31.Nc5 Rc8 32.Ne6 (32.e4 g5+-) 32...fe6+/- 33.Ke2 Kf7 34.Kd2 Kf6 (34...Ke7!?+-) 35.Kc3 Kf5 (35...Rb8 36.Rc2+-) 36.f3 (36.Rb1 h5+-) 36...e5 (36...Rb8 37.e4 Kf4 38.Rd1+-) 37.de5 (37.Rb1 ed4 38.ed4 Rc7+-) 37...Ke5 38.Rb1 Kd5?! (38...Rc7 39.Rb4+-) 39.Rb5 (39.Rb7!? g6 40.Ra7 Kc5 41.Rh7 Kb5+-) 39...Kc6 40.Kc4 a6 (40...Kd6 41.Kd4 Rc7+-) 41.Rc5 (41.Rc5 Kd7 42.Rc8 Kc8 43.Kc5+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2455) - KREMENCHUG (1625), lichess.org, 2018.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 cb5 9.Bb5 Qb6 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Be2 Qb3 12.ab3 Nb4 13.0-0 Ne4 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Nd4 Nc6 16.Nc6 Ba3 17.Ra3 bc6 18.Rc1 Bb7 19.Ba6 Ba6 20.Ra6 (20…d4 21.ed4+/–) 1–0. marekt – average_at_chess, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.a3 Bd6 11.0-0 Bc7 12.a4 Re8 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Ng4 (better is 14...Bg6=+) 15.hg4+/– Bg4 16.Nh2 (16.bc6 Re6 17.Ng5 Qg5 18.Bg4 Qh4=+) 16...Be2 (better is 16...Bh2!? 17.Kh2 Qh4 18.Kg1 Bh3=) 17.Ne2+/– (17.Qe2? Bh2 18.Kh1 Qh4–+) 17...Qd6 18.Ng3 Re4 (18...Nd7!?+/–) 19.f4 Re6 20.Be5 Re5 21.fe5 Qe5 22.Qf3?? (22.Rf3 Nd7+–) 22...Nd7?? (better is 22...Qg3 23.Qg3 Bg3=+) 23.Qf7 (23.Kg2!? f5+–) 23...Kh8 24.Rf3?? (better is 24.Qf4 g5 25.Qe5 Be5 26.Rf7+–) 24...Rf8?? (24...Qa1 25.Kg2 Bg3 26.Rg3 Nb6 27.Qb7 Rg8 28.bc6 Qa4+=) 25.Qd7 (25.Qf8 Nf8 26.Rf8) 25...Rf3 (25...Qa1 26.Nhf1 Rg8 27.Qc7 Qa4 28.Qb7 Qb5 29.Qa7 Qb1+–) 26.Qc8 (26.Nf3?! Qg3 27.Kh1 Qf3 28.Kg1 Qg3 29.Kf1 h6=) 26...Bd8 27.Qd8 (27.Nf3?! Qg3 28.Kf1 Qf3 29.Ke1 Qh1 30.Kf2 Qh4 31.Kg2 Qg5 32.Kf1 c5=) 27...Rf8 28.Qf8 1–0. bashful – goldenbear, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

7.a4 c5 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Qb3 Rac8 (12...cd4 13.ed4 dc4 14.Nc4=) 13.Ne5 (13.Rac1 cd4 14.Bd4 e5=) 13...Ba8 (13...Bd6 14.f4+=) 14.Rac1 (14.Rfc1 Rfd8=) 14...Qb7 (14...Rfd8 15.Nd7 Rd7 16.Rfd1=) 15.Nc6 Rc6 (15...Bd6!?=) 16.bc6+= Qc6 17.Bf3 dc4 (17...Bd6 18.cd5 ed5 19.a5+=) 18.Nc4 (18.Rc4 Qc7+=) 18...Qc8 (18...Qc7 19.Qd1+/–) 19.Ba8 Qa8 20.f3 (20.Rfd1 Rc8+/–) 20...h6 (20...Rd8 21.Rfd1+/–) 21.Rfd1 cd4 22.Bd4 Bc5 (22...Rc8 23.a5 ba5 24.Qa2+/–) 23.a5 Bd4 24.Rd4 Qc6 (24...ba5 25.Qa4 Nb6 26.Qa5+/–) 25.ab6 Nb6 26.Qa3 Nc4 (26...Qb7 27.e4+/–) 27.Rdc4+– Qb6 (27...Qd7 28.Rc7 Qd2 29.Ra7+– (29.Qa7?! Nd5 30.R7c2 Qe3 31.Qe3 Ne3+/–)) 28.Rc6 Qb8 29.Ra6 (29.Rc7 a5+–) 29...Nd5 (29...Rc8 30.Rc8 Qc8 31.Ra7+–) 30.Ra7 Qe5?? (better is 30...Rd8+–) 31.Qf8 Kf8 (31...Kh7 32.Kh1 Qe3+–) 32.Rc8 1–0. GuestLTQC – GuestZGHP, freechess.org, 2018.

7.Nc3 =+.

7.Be5 =+.

7.Nc3 Nc5 8.cd5 cd5 9.Be2 Bd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.d4 Nce4 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Bd3 Be8 15.Qg4 f5 16.Qe2 Nc3 17.Bc3 Rc3 18.a4 (18.Rac1 Qa5+=) 18...Qc7 (18...Qa5 19.Rfc1=) 19.Qb2+= Bd6 20.Rac1 Rc1 21.Rc1 Qb8 22.a5 f4 23.e4 (23.ef4!? Rf4 24.Qc3+–) 23...Be5= 24.de5 f3 (24...Bg6!?=) 25.ed5+– ed5 26.Qd4 Qd8 27.g3 (27.Qa7?? Qg5 28.Bf1 fg2–+) 27...b6 (27...Qd7 28.Re1+–) 28.ab6+– ab6 29.Be4! Bb5 (29...de4 30.Qc4 Double attack (30.Qd8 Pinning; 30.Qd8 Deflection; 30.Qc4 Decoy)) 30.Qd5 (30.Bd5?! Kh8+=) 30...Qd5 31.Bd5 Kh8 32.e6 Re8 33.Rb1 Bd7?? (better 33...Be2 34.Rb6 g5+–) 34.ed7 (34.ed7 Rf8 35.Re1 h6 36.Re8 Kh7 37.d8Q h5 38.Be4 Rf5 39.Bf5 g6 40.Qe7 Kh6 41.Rh8) 1–0. onur604 (2285) – Capuchino2025 (2065), lichess.org, 2020.

7.cd5= cd5 8.a4 b6 (8...Bd6 9.Be2=) 9.Be2 Bb7 (9...0-0 10.0-0=) 10.Ba3 Rc8 11.0-0 0-0 (11...e5 12.Be7 Qe7 13.a5=) 12.d4 Re8 13.Nbd2 (13.Be7 Re7 14.a5 ba5+=) 13...Ba3 (13...Rc3 14.Be7 Qe7 15.a5=) 14.Ra3 Qe7 15.Qa1 Rc7 16.Rc3 Rc3 17.Qc3 Rc8 18.Qb2 Qd6 19.h3 (19.Rc1 Rc1 20.Qc1 Ne4+=) 19...Ne4 20.Rc1 Rc7 21.Bd3 h6 ½–½. Mohring,Norbert – Gross,Steffi, SEM–ch VT2 Merzig, 1996.

7.Be2 cb5 8.cb5 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.d3 Bb7 (10...a6 11.a4=) 11.Nbd2 h6 (11...Bd6 12.a4=) 12.Rc1 Rc8 (12...a6 13.a4=) 13.Rc8 Qc8 14.Nb3 (14.Qa4 a6=) 14...Nc5 (14...Qa8 15.Bd4=) 15.Nc5+= Qc5 16.a4 (16.Qa4 Qb4 17.Qb4 Bb4+=) 16...Rc8= 17.Nd4 (17.Ne5 Bd6=) 17...Qb4 18.Qa1 Rc7 (18...a6 19.Re1=) 19.Bf3 (19.Rb1 Qd2=) 19...Kf8 (19...a6 20.Rb1 Rc8 21.ba6 Ba6 22.Be2=) 20.h3 (20.Rb1 Qd2=) 20...Qd2 21.Rd1 Qb4 ½–½. tsodikovich (1805) – drpat23 (1965), gameknot.com, 2018.

6.a4 Bd7 7.ab5 Be7 8.c4 0-0 9.e4 dc4 10.Bd3 Be8 11.Qa4 a6 12.Bc3 Nc6 13.Ba5 ab5 14.Qa3 Ng4 15.Qb2 Qb6 16.Bb6 1-0. ZibbitVideos (2290) - SupaHotFiya (1940), Rated Bullet tournament orEr1hkI, lichess.org, 2015.

7.0-0 Bd6 8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Nc3 a6 11.h3 Qc7 12.d3 b5 13.Bb3 Ne5 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.Nce2 Rac8 16.Ng3 Qb8 17.Rc1 Qa8 18.e4 Rc1 19.Qc1?? (better is 19.Bc1 Rd8 20.Be3+=) 19...Nd3–+ 20.Qc2 Nc5 (20...Nb2 21.Qb2 Be4 22.Ne4 Qe4 23.Nf3–+) 21.Ne6? (21.e5 Bg2 22.ed6 Bh3 23.f4 Nb3 24.Nb3 Bf1 25.Nf1–+) 21...Ne6 22.e5 Rc8 (22...Bg2 23.ef6 Bf1 24.Kf1 Bg3 25.fg3 Qh1 26.Kf2–+) 23.Qd1? Be5! 24.Be5 Bg2 25.Bf6 Bh3 26.Bd5–/+ Qa7 27.Re1 gf6 28.Qh5 Nf4 29.Qh4 Nd5 30.Qh3 Rc4?? 31.Re8 Kg7 32.Nh5 Kg6 33.Rg8 Kh6 34.Nf6 1–0. fjanusz52 – thichvoban62, internet, 2013.

7.0-0 Bd6 8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.d4 h6 11.Nbd2 a6 12.e4 Be7 13.Re1 Na5 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Bc2 Re8 16.h3 Nb4 17.Nb3 Nc2 18.Qc2 Bd7 19.Qd2 Bc6 20.Qd3 Bb4 21.Re2? (better is 21.Nbd2=) 21...Bb5–+ 22.Qd1 Be2 23.Qe2 Rc8 24.Nh2 Bc3 25.Rb1 Bb2 26.Rb2 b5 27.Rd2 Qc7 28.Nc5 Qc6 29.Nf1 1–0. fjanusz52 – wachmistrz1, internet, 2013.

7.a4 a6 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.d3 Be7 11.Nbd2 b5 12.ab5 ab5 13.Ra8 Ba8 14.c4 bc4 15.dc4 dc4 16.Nc4 0-0 17.Qd8 Rd8 18.Nfe5 Ne5 19.Be5 (worse is 19.Ne5 Rd2 20.Bf3 Bf3–/+ (20...Rb2?! 21.Ba8 g5 22.Rd1=)) 19...Nd5 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.Bd5 (21.Rd1 Ba4 22.Ra1 Bb5=) 21...Bd5+= (worse is 21...ed5 22.Nb6+=) 22.Nb6 Bc6 23.Rc1 Be4 (23...Ba3 24.Rb1+=) 24.f3= Bg6 25.Rc7 Bb4 26.h3 f6 27.Bd4 e5 28.Bc5 Rd1 29.Kh2 Ba5 30.Rc8 Kf7 31.Rf8 (31.Nc4 Be1+=) 31...Ke6 32.Nc4 Be1 33.Rg8?? (better is 33.Rc8=) 33...Rc1–+ 34.Rg7 Rc4 35.Re7 Kf5 36.g4 (36.Bd6 Kg5 37.Rc7 Rc7 38.Bc7 Bd2–+) 36...Kg5 37.Bd6 Rc2 38.Kg1 (38.Kh1 Kh4 39.Rc7–+) 38...Bf2 39.Kf1 Be3 40.h4 (40.Rg7 Kf4 41.Rg6 hg6–+) 40...Kh4 (40...Kf4 41.Rc7 Bd3 42.Ke1 Rf2 43.Rc4 Kg3 44.Be5 fe5 45.f4 Rf1) 41.Re6 Kg5 (41...Bd3 42.Ke1 Rc1) 42.f4 Bf4 (42...Kg4 43.Ke1 Kf3 44.Ba3 Rg2 45.fe5 Rg1) 43.Be5 Be5 44.Re5 (44.Ke1–+) 44...fe5 45.Ke1 Kg4 46.Kd1 h5 47.Ke1 Kg3 (47...h4 48.Kf1 h3 49.Ke1 h2 50.Kf1 h1Q) 48.Kf1 (48.Kd1 h4 49.Ke1 h3 50.Kf1 h2 51.Ke1 h1Q) 48...h4 49.Ke1 h3 50.Kd1 (50.Kf1 h2 51.Ke1 h1Q) 50...h2 51.Ke1 h1Q 0–1. blaugrana18 – weteral, internet, 2013.

7.d4?? Qa5 8.Nc3 Ba3 –+.

7.d4?? a6?? 8.Be2 b5 9.Nbd2 Bb4 10.a3 Bd2 11.Nd2 Na5 12.Nb3 Nc4 13.Bc1 h6 14.Nc5 0-0 15.0-0 Bd7 16.f3 Ne4?? (better is 16...Bc6=) 17.fe4+– f5 18.e5 Bc6 (18...Qc8+–) 19.Ne6 Ra7 (19...Qe7 20.Nf8 Rf8+–) 20.Nd8 Rb7 21.Nc6 Re8 22.Bc4 Rd8 23.Bb3 Rc7 24.Nb4 (better is 24.Nd8 Kh7+–) 24...Rc4 25.Bc4 Rc8 26.Bd5 Kh8 27.e6 Rc3 28.e7 g6 29.e8N Kh7 30.Na6 Rc6 31.Bc6 b4 32.Nb4 f4 33.a4 g5 34.a5 g4 35.a6 f3 36.a7 fg2 37.Kg2 g3 38.h3 h5 39.e4 h4 40.e5 1–0. captainevans – tomborell, internet, 2013.

7.Ne5 Qc7 =.

7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 Bc6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Bd3 Be7 (11...Rc8 12.0-0=) 12.Rc1 (12.Ne5 0-0 (< 12...Bg2 13.Rg1+/–) 13.Nc6 bc6+=) 12...0-0 13.h4 (13.0-0 Nbd5=) 13...Nbd5 14.a3 Qa5 15.Kf1 Nc3 16.Rc3 Rac8 17.Ne5 Bg2! 18.Kg2 Rc3 19.Bc3 Qc3 20.Qb1 Ba3 21.Qb7 a5 22.Kh3 Bd6–+ 23.Qb1 Be5 24.Rc1–/+ Qb4 25.Qb4 ab4 26.de5 Nd7 27.f4 Rb8 28.Kg4 b3 29.Rc7 Nf8 30.h5 b2 31.Bb1 h6 32.e4 Rb4 33.Rc8 Rd4 34.Rc2=+ Rb4 35.Rc8–+ g6 36.hg6 fg6 37.Rd8 Kf7 38.Rd1 Rb3 39.Rf1 Nd7 40.Kh4 Kg7 41.Ba2 Ra3 42.Bb1 Ra1 0–1. Kuhlmann,AEJ – Soler Montoliu,J, corr ICCF EU–GT–H–56, 1975.

7.Bd7 Qd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.d3 Be7 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Ne5 Qb5 12.Rb1 Qa6 13.c4 Qa2 14.Bd4 Qa6 15.Qb3 b6 16.cd5 Nd5 17.f4 (17.e4 Nf4 18.Be3 Ng6=) 17...Rc8 (17...f6 18.Nec4+=) 18.Rbc1 (18.f5 Nc6 19.fe6 fe6 20.Nc6 Rc6 21.Nc4=) 18...Bc5?? (better is 18...f6 19.Rc8 Qc8–/+) 19.Bc5+/– Rc5 20.Rc5 (20.f5!? Qc8 21.fe6 fe6 22.Ndc4+=) 20...bc5= 21.Ndc4 Nc6 (21...f6 22.e4 Nb4 23.Nf3+=) 22.Nc6 (22.Nd7!?+=) 22...Qc6+= 23.e4 (23.Ra1 Qc7+=) 23...Ne7 (23...Nb4 24.Qc3–/+) 24.Ne5 Qb6 25.Rb1 Qd8 26.Kf2 Rb8?? (better is 26...a5 27.g3 a4+=) 27.Qb8+– Nc8 28.Rb7 Qd4 29.Kf3 Qd8 (29...h5 30.Rc7 Qd3 31.Nd3 f6 32.Qc8 Kh7 33.Qd7 Kg6 34.Qg7) 30.Rc7 f6 (30...Qd3 31.Nd3 h6 32.Rc8 Kh7 33.Ne5 g6 34.Qa7 h5 35.Qf7 Kh6 36.Qg6) 31.Rc8 1–0. danielro (2300) – nerob (2055), net–chess.com, 2015.

7.Qe2 a6 8.Bd7 Qd7 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Ne5 (10.Nc3!? Be7 11.e4=) 10...Qc7=+ 11.d4 0-0 12.Rc1 b5 13.Nd2 Nc6 14.Nc6 Qc6 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.f4 Rac8 17.Nd2 h6 (17...Qb6 18.c3–/+) 18.a4=+ Qb6 19.ab5 ab5 20.Nb3 Ne4 21.g4 (21.Nd2 Nd2 22.Qd2 Rc4–/+) 21...Be7 22.Ra5 Attacks the isolani on b5 (22.Nd2 Nd2 23.Qd2 Rc4–/+) 22...b4 (22...Rc4 23.Rca1–/+) 23.Qb5 Qb5 24.Rb5 Nc3 25.Bc3 Rc3 (25...bc3?! 26.Nc5=) 26.Nc5 (26.Rb7 Bh4–/+) 26...Rc8 (26...Re3 27.Rb4 Rc3 28.Rb7 Bc5 29.dc5 Rc5 30.f5–+) 27.Kf2 Bc5 28.dc5 R8c5 29.Rb4 Rc2 30.Rc2 Rc2 31.Kg3 Rc3 32.Kf3 Kf8 33.Rb7 (better 33.g5!?=+) 33...d4–/+ 34.Ke2?? (34.Kf2 Re3 35.Rb8 Ke7 36.Rb7 Kf6 37.Rd7–+) 34...Re3–+ 35.Kf2 f6 (35...g5 36.f5–+) 36.Rd7 (36.h4 e5 37.Rb8 Kf7 38.Rb7 Kg8–+) 36...e5 37.fe5 (37.h4 Re4 38.fe5 fe5–+) 37...fe5 38.Rc7 (38.h4 Kg8–+) 38...e4 39.Rd7 (39.Rc4 Rd3–+) 39...Rf3 Black prepares the advance d3 40.Kg2 (40.Ke2 d3 41.Ke1 Ke8–+) 40…d3 0–1. owkenobi – damico969 (1640), gameknot.com, 2018.

7.Be2 a6 8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 b5 10.Be2 Bc6 11.0-0 Be7 12.d4 0-0 13.Nbd2 Bd5 14.h3 Nc6 15.a3 Na5 16.Bc3 Nc4 17.Nc4 bc4 18.Bb4 a5 19.Be7 Qe7 20.a4 Rab8 21.Qc2 The isolani on c4 becomes a target 21...Rb7 22.Bc4?? (better is 22.Nd2=) 22...Rfb8?? (better is 22...Rc7–+) 23.Bd5+/– Nd5 24.Ne5 Rb2 25.Qc1 R8b3 (25...Qb7 26.e4 Ne7 27.Nd3+/–) 26.Qc5 Qc5 27.dc5 Rc3 28.Rfc1 (28.Rfb1 Rb1 29.Rb1 Nb4+/–) 28...Rbc2 (28...Ra2!+=) 29.Rc2+/– Rc2 30.c6 (better is 30.Rb1 Nb4 31.Nd3+/–) 30...f6= 31.Nf3 Rc6 32.Nd4 Rc5 (32...Rb6!?=) 33.Ne6 Rc4 34.Nd4 h5 35.Kh2 Kf7 36.Kg3 g5 37.h4 g4 38.Nf5 Kg6 39.Nd6 Rb4 40.Nc8 Nc3 Attacks the isolani on a4 (40...Rc4 41.Nd6 Rb4 42.Nb5+=) 41.Na7 (41.Ne7!? Kf7 42.Nc6+=) 41...Ra4 (worse is 41...Na4 42.Nc6 Nc3 43.Ra5+=) 42.Ra4 Na4 43.Nc6 Nc3 44.Na5 f5 (better is 44...Ne4!? 45.Kf4 Nf2=) 45.f3+/– gf3 46.Kf3 Nd1 47.Nc4 Nc3 48.Ne5 Kf6 49.Nd7 Kg6 50.Nf8 Kf6 51.Nh7 Kg6 52.Ng5 Nd5 53.e4 fe4 54.Ke4 Nf6 55.Kf4 Ng4 56.g3 Nf2 57.Ne6 Nd3 58.Ke3 Ne5 59.Nf4 Kf5 60.Nh5 Kg4 61.Nf6 Kg3 62.h5 Kh4 63.h6 Ng6 0–1. joaquimbage – amba22, internet, 2012.

7.Be2 Qc7 8.Bf6 gf6 9.0-0 Nc6 10.c4 Ne5 (10...dc4!? 11.Bc4 Ne5 12.Ne5 fe5=) 11.cd5+= ed5 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Qb3 Bc6 14.Bb5 (14.d4 Nc4+/–) 14...Bb5 (better is 14...Nf3 15.gf3 Rd8=) 15.Qb5+/– Qc6 16.d4 (better is 16.Nd4!? Qb5 17.Ndb5+–) 16...Nf3+= 17.gf3 Qb5 18.Nb5 Kd7 19.Rac1 Bd6 20.Nd6 Kd6 21.Kh1 Rac8 22.e4 Rc1 23.Rc1 h5? (better is 23...Re8!? 24.Re1 Rc8=) 24.Rc5+/– de4 25.fe4 Re8 26.f3 Rh8 27.h4 b6 28.Rd5 Kc6 29.Rf5 Rh6 30.Kh2 a5 31.e5?? (better is 31.a4+–) 31...fe5+= 32.de5 Rh7 33.Kg2 a4 34.Kf2 b5 35.Ke3 b4 36.Kd4 b3 37.ab3 ab3 38.Kc3 Kd5 39.Kb3 Ke6 40.Rg5 Rh6 41.f4 Rg6?? (41...f6 42.ef6 Rf6 43.Rh5 Rf4 44.Kc2+=) 42.Rh5 (better is 42.f5 Kd5 43.fg6 fg6 44.Kb4+–) 42...Rg4 43.Rh6 Kf5? (better is 43...Ke7 44.Kc4 Rf4 45.Kd5 Rf1+/–) 44.Rf6 Ke4 45.h5 Rf4 (45...Rg7+–) 46.Rf4 Kf4 47.h6 Kg5 (47...Ke5 48.h7+–) 48.h7 Kg6 49.h8Q f6 1–0. fjanusz52 – gregor199, internet, 2013.

8.0-0 Be7 9.a3 0-0 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.d4 b5 13.Qd3 Qa5 14.Rfd1 Ba3 15.Ra1 b4 16.Nb1 Qa4 17.Na3 ba3 18.Ba3 Rfe8 19.Be7 Qc2 20.Qc2 Rc2 21.Bf6 Nf6 22.Ra6 Ne4 23.Rf1 h6 24.Ne5 Rb8 25.h3 Rbb2 26.Ra8 Kh7 27.Nf7 Rf2 28.Rf2 Rf2 29.Rh8 Kg6 30.Nd8 Rf6 31.Re8 Kf5 32.g4 Kg6 33.Re6 Nc3 34.Rf6 Kf6 35.Kg2 Nd1 36.Kf3 Nb2 37.h4 Nc4 38.Nb7 Ke6 39.h5 Kd7 40.Nc5 Kc6 41.Ne6 1–0. Machete99 – guest194, ICC, 2002.

8.0-0 Be7 9.d3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.c4 Rfc8 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Rc1 Qd8 14.Qe2 Rc1 15.Rc1 (worse 15.Bc1 Nc3 16.Qe1 Nc5-/+) 15...Rc8 16.Qd1 Nb4 17.Rc8 Qc8 18.Ba3 Bf8 19.Qb3 a5 20.d4 b5 21.Ne1 Nb6 Black intends a4 22.Nd3 (22.e4!?=) 22...a4=+ 23.Qb1 Nd3 24.Bf8 Kf8 (24...Qc1 25.Qc1 Nc1 26.Bc5-+) 25.Qd3= Qc1 26.Nf1 Nc4 27.d5 (27.Qh7 Nd2 28.Qd3 Nf1-+) 27...Ke7 28.de6 fe6 29.Qd4 e5 (29...Qb2!? 30.Qc5 Kd7=+) 30.Qc5+= Kf6 31.Qb5 a3 32.Qc6 Kf7 33.Qd7 Kf6 34.g4 h6 35.Kg2 Qc2 36.Ng3 Ne3 (36...g6 37.Kf3 Nb6 38.Qd6 Kf7 39.Qb6 Qa2 40.Qc7 Kg8 41.Qe5 Qf7 42.Ke2+-) 37.Kh3 Nc4 1-0. JoelArtemio (2050) - sansechess (2005), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.0-0 Be7 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.d4 Rc8 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.Rfc1 e5 15.de5 Ne5 16.Qb5 Nf3 17.Nf3 b6 18.Qd5 Rcd8 19.Qb3 Re6 20.Rd1 Red6 21.Rd3 Rd3 22.cd3 g6 23.Rd1 a6 24.d4 Be7 25.Qd3 b5 26.d5 Qc4 27.Qc4 bc4 28.e4 Ba3 29.Rd4 c3 30.Rc4 Bb2 31.Nd4 Kf8 32.f3 Ke7 1–0. Machete99 – guest315, ICC, 2002.

8.d4 Qb6–/+ 9.Bc1 Ne4 10.0-0 Rc8 11.Bd2?? (11.Ne1 Bd6–/+) 11...Nd2 (better is 11...Qb2 12.Bc3 Nc3 (12...Rc3?! 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Qd3–+) 13.Nc3 Qc3–+) 12.Nbd2+= Qc6 13.Rc1 Ba3 14.Rb1 b6 15.Rb3 Qa4 16.Nb1 Bb4 17.Qd3 a5 18.Nc3 (18.a3 Bd6=) 18...Bc3 (better is 18...Qc6!? 19.Nb5 Qc2–/+) 19.Rc3= Rc3 20.Qc3 Qc4 21.Qc4 dc4 22.Rb1 0-0 23.Ne5 Ne5 24.de5 Rd8 25.f4 Rb8 26.Kf2 f6 27.Kf3 f5 (27...fe5!? 28.Rb5 ef4 29.ef4 Kf7=) 28.e4 g6 (28...b5 29.ef5 ef5 30.h3+=) 29.Ke3 (29.ef5 gf5 30.a4 Kf7+/–) 29...Kf7 (29...b5 30.ef5 gf5 31.a3+=) 30.Kd4 (30.ef5 gf5 31.a4 Kg6+/–) 30...b5 31.ef5 gf5 32.Kc5 b4 33.Kc4 Rc8 34.Kb3 Rc3 35.Ka4 Ra3+= 36.Kb5 Ra2 37.Rc1 Kg6 38.c4 b3 39.c5 b2?? 40.Rb1+– a4 41.c6 a3?? 42.c7 Ra1 43.Rb2 ab2 44.c8Q b1Q 45.Kc6 Qc2 46.Kd7 Qc8 47.Kc8–+ Ra2 48.Kd7 Kf7 49.Kd6 Rg2 50.Kc5 Rh2 51.Kd4 0–1. joaquimbage – tajbrejk, internet, 2012.

8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Be5 Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.0-0 0-0-0 12.c3 h5 13.d4 Ng4 14.g3 f5 15.Nd2 h4 16.Nf3? (better is 16.Qb3–/+) 16...hg3–+ 17.fg3 Nh2! 18.Rf2 (18.Nh2 Qg3 Mate attack) 18...Qg3 19.Rg2 Nf3 0–1. Valpa – Mercator, playchess.de, 2004.

6.a4 (--> 1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 c6 4.a4 d5 5.e3 Bd6 6.Nf3).

6.c4 0-0 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Bd6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.c4 c6).

6.c4 Nbd7 7.a4 0-0 8.Qc2 a6 9.Nc3 Ne5 10.Ne5 Be5 11.d4 Bc7 12.Be2 Bd7 13.0-0 dc4 14.Bc4 a5 15.Rfd1 Be8 16.e4 Rc8 17.Ba3 Bh2 18.Kh2 Qc7 19.e5 cb5 20.Nb5 Bb5 21.ab5 Rfd8 22.Rac1 1–0. Arno de Visser – Klopmeijer, Noordkop 1987.

6.bc6 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 c5 5.bc6 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd6).

6.d4 0-0 7.a4 a6 8.Ba3 (8.Bd3 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 cb5=+) 8...Ba3 9.Na3 ab5 (9...Qa5 10.Qd2 Qa4 11.bc6 Nc6 12.Bd3–/+) 10.ab5 Nbd7 (10...Ne4 11.Bd3=+) 11.Bd3 (11.c4 Ne4 12.Nc2 Ra1 13.Qa1 dc4 14.bc6 Nb6=) 11...c5 (11...Qe7 12.Qc1=) 12.c4 b6 (12...Qe7 13.Nc2 Ra1 14.Qa1 (< 14.Na1 cd4 15.ed4 e5–/+) 14...cd4 15.ed4= (< 15.Nfd4 Ne5 16.Qc3 Qc7–/+; 15.Qd4? e5 16.Ne5 Ne5 17.cd5 Rd8–+)) 13.0-0 cd4 (13...Qe7 14.Nc2 Ra1 15.Na1 dc4 16.Bc4 Bb7=) 14.cd5 (better is 14.Nd4!? Bb7 15.cd5 Bd5 16.Qe2=) 14...de3–/+ 15.de6 ef2 16.Rf2 fe6 17.Nc4 Bb7 18.Nd6 (18.Nfe5 Ne5 19.Ne5 Bg2 20.Bh7 Nh7 21.Rg2 Ra5–+) 18...Bd5 (better is 18...Bf3 19.gf3 Ra1 20.Qa1 Nc5–+) 19.Nd4?? (19.Ra8 Qa8 20.Nd2 Qa3–+) 19...Nc5 20.Nb7?? Bb7 21.Bc4 Bd5 22.Nc6 Bc6 23.bc6 Ra1 24.Qa1 Nfe4 25.Qa2 Rf2 26.Be6 Kf8 27.Qf2 Nf2 (28.Bd7 Nfd3 29.h4 Nd7 30.c7 Qc7 31.h5 Qg3 32.h6 Qf2 33.Kh2 Nf4 34.hg7 Kg7 35.Kh1 Qg2) 0–1. gtate (1900) – rhand (2200), net–chess.com, 2004.

6.Be5 0-0 7.Nc3=+.

6.Be5 Be7 7.Nc3 (7.Be2 cb5 8.Bb5 Nbd7=) 7...Nbd7 (7...0-0 8.Bd3=+) 8.bc6 bc6 9.Rb1 (9.Bf4 Bb4=) 9...Ne5 10.Ne5 Qd6 (10...Bd7!?=) 11.Nc6+= 0-0 (11...Bf8 12.Bb5+=) 12.Ne7+/– Qe7 13.Qf3 (13.Be2 Bd7+/–) 13...Bd7 (13...Bb7 14.Bd3+=) 14.Ba6 Rab8 15.0-0 Bc6 (15...Qd6 16.Be2+=) 16.Qg3 e5 17.d4 (17.Rb3 Nd7+/–) 17...Rb1 (17...Qa3 18.Rb8 Rb8 19.de5+= (< 19.Qe5 Re8 20.Qf5 Qa6–+)) 18.Nb1 (< 18.Rb1 Qa3 19.de5 Nd7=+) 18...ed4 19.ed4 Ne4 (19...Re8 20.Bd3+=) 20.Qf4 (20.Qe3 Qb4+=) 20...g5 (20...Re8 21.Bd3+=) 21.Qf5 (21.Qe3 Re8+/–) 21...Nd6 (21...Qf6 22.Qf6 Nf6 23.Nd2+/–) 22.Qf3 (22.Qh3 Nb5+/–) 22...f5 (22...Nb5 23.c3+/–) 23.Na3 (23.Nc3 Ne4 24.Ne4 fe4+/–) 23...Ne4 24.Qd3 f4 (24...Qb4 25.c4+/–) 25.c4 (25.Nc4 Qe6 26.Ne5 g4+/–) 25...g4 26.f3 (26.cd5!? Bd5 27.Re1+/–) 26...gf3 27.Rf3 (< 27.Qf3 Nd2 28.Qc3 Nf1 29.Kf1 Qe3–/+) 27...Ng5 28.Rf1 (28.Rf2 f3 29.cd5 Bd5+=) 28...f3 (28...Qg7 29.Kh1 Ne6 30.Nc2 dc4 31.Qe2=) 29.gf3+/– Nh3 30.Kh1 Qh4 (30...Nf4 31.Qc3 Qe2 32.Rg1 Kh8 33.cd5 Nd5 34.Be2 Nc3=) 31.Qe2 (31.cd5 Bd5 32.Bc4 Bc4 33.Qc4 Kh8+–) 31...Re8 (31...Nf4 32.Rg1 Kh8 33.Qe5 Qf6 34.Qf6 Rf6 35.c5+–) 32.Qg2 Kh8 33.Qg3 Qh5 34.c5 (better is 34.Bb5 Bb5 35.cb5+/–) 34...Ng5?? (34...Rg8 35.Qe5 Qe5 36.de5 d4=) 35.Nb5+– Rf8 (35...Qg6 36.Rg1 h6 37.Nd6+– (< 37.Na7 Bd7 38.Bb7 Qf7+–)) 36.Qd6 (better is 36.Qe5 Kg8 37.f4+–) 36...Rf3 37.Qe5 (37.Na7?! Rf1 38.Bf1 Qf3 39.Kg1 Qe3 40.Kg2 Qf3 41.Kg1 Qe3 42.Kh1 Qf3 43.Kg1=) 37...Kg8 38.Rg1 (38.Na7?! Rf1 39.Bf1 Qf3 40.Kg1 Ne4 41.Qe6 Kg7+–) 38...h6 39.Na7 Rh3 (39...Rf2 40.Qg3 Ra2 41.Nc6 Ra6 42.Qb8 Kh7+–) 40.Bf1 (better is 40.Be2 Qe8 41.Nc6 Qe5 42.Ne5 Kf8 43.Rf1 Ke7 44.Ng6 Kd8 45.Rf8 Kc7+–) 40...Rh4 (40...Bd7 41.Qd5 Kh8 42.Bh3 Qh3+–) 41.Nc6 Re4 42.Qd5 Kh8 43.Qf5 (43.Ne5 Qe8 44.Rg5 hg5 45.Qe4 Kg8 46.Bd3 Qh5 47.Qd5 Kg7 48.Qd7 Kf6 49.Qd6 Kg7 50.Qe7 Kg8 51.Bc4 Kh8 52.Qf8 Kh7 53.Bd3 Qg6 54.Bg6) 43...Re8 (43...Qf3 44.Qf3 Nf3+–) 44.Qf6 (better is 44.Ne5 Rg8+–) 44...Kh7 45.Rg5! Qg5 (45...hg5 46.Ne7) 46.Bd3 (46…Kg8 47.Bc4 Kh7 48.Qf7 Qg7 49.Qe8+–) 1–0. market (2235) – Cerati (1865), GameColony.com, 2002.

6.h3 0-0! 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0! a6 9.ba6 ba6 10.d3 e5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.e4 Nc5 13.Ba3 de4 14.Bc5 Bc5 15.de4 Qc7 16.Bd3 Be6 17.Ng5 Rad8 18.Ne6 Re6 19.Qf3 Bd4 20.Rab1 c5 21.Nc4 Rb8 22.a4 Rb4 23.a5 Re8 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.Rfc1 R8b6 26.ab6 Qb6 27.Rb4 cb4 28.Rf1 a5 29.Qd1 a4 30.Qb1 a3 31.Qa2 h6 32.Kh1 Bf2 33.Bc4 Ne4 34.Bf7 Kh8 35.c3 Ng3 36.Kh2 Nf1 37.Kh1 Ng3 38.Kh2 bc3 39.Qd5 Qe3 40.Bg6 Bg1 0–1. wojtekkk – moorish, internet, 2014.

7.0-0 Nbd7 8.c4 Re8 9.Nc3 e5 10.a4 e4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.bc6 bc6 (12...Nc4!? 13.cb7 Bb7=+) 13.cd5= cd5 14.Ndb5 Bb8 15.Qb3 a6 16.Na3 (better is 16.Nd4=+) 16...Be6 17.Qc2 Qd6 18.g3 Bh3 19.Rfe1 Nf3 20.Bf3 ef3 21.Qd3 Ne4 (21...Qe6!?–+) 22.Ne4 (better is 22.Qd5!? Nc3 23.Qd6 (23.Qa8 Ne2 24.Re2 fe2–+) 23...Ne2 24.Re2 Bd6 25.Ree1=) 22...de4–/+ 23.Qd6 Bd6 24.Nc4 Bb4 25.Bc3 a5 (better is 25...Be7–/+) 26.Bb4+= ab4 27.Nd6 (better is 27.Reb1!?=) 27...Re6–/+ 28.Nb5 h6 (better is 28...Rb6 29.Reb1 Bd7–/+) 29.Reb1+= Rb6 30.Rb4 Bd7 31.Rab1 Rab8 32.h4 (32.Re4?! Bf5 33.Reb4 Bb1 34.Rb1 Ra8=+) 32...f5 33.Kf1 g6 34.Ke1 Kf7 (34...Ra8 35.d3+/–) 35.Kd1 (better is 35.Nd6 Rd6 36.Rb8 Ba4 37.R1b6 Rb6 38.Rb6+/–) 35...Ke6?? (35...Ra8 36.Nc3 Rba6 37.Ra1+=) 36.Kc2 (better is 36.Nd4 Ke7 37.Rb6 Ba4 38.Ke1 Rb6 39.Rb6 Kf7+–) 36...Kd5?? (36...Bb5 37.Rb5 Rc6 38.Kd1+=) 37.Kb3 (better is 37.Rd4 Ke5 38.Rd7 Rc8 39.Kb3+–) 37...Bb5= 38.ab5 Rb5 39.Rb5 Rb5 40.Kc2 Rb1 (better is 40...Rc5!? 41.Kd1 Rc6–/+) 41.Kb1= Kc4 42.Kc2 g5 43.hg5?? (better is 43.h5 g4 44.Kc1=) 43...hg5–+ 44.Kd1 Kd3 45.Ke1 Kc2 46.g4 fg4 47.d3 Kd3 48.Kf1 Kd2 49.Kg1 Ke2 50.Kh2 Ke1 51.Kg3–+ Ke2 (51...Kf1 52.Kg4 Kf2 53.Kg5 Ke3 54.Kf5–+) 52.Kg4?? Kf2–+ 53.Kg5 Ke3 54.Kf5 f2 55.Ke5 f1Q 56.Kd5 Qf6 57.Kc5 Qe6 58.Kb5 Qd6 59.Kc4 Kd2 60.Kb3 e3 61.Kc4 e2 62.Kb3 e1Q 63.Kc4 Qc1 64.Kb3 Qb6 65.Ka2 Qcb2# 0–1. revbodio1 – MVLousProfits, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

7.0-0 Re8 8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 cb5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Na3? (better is 11.Qb3+=) 11...Ba3–+ 12.Ba3? (better is 12.Bd7 Bb2 13.Be8 Ba1 14.Bf7 Kf7 15.Qa1–+) 12...Bb5 13.Qb1 (13.Re1 Bd3–+) 13...a6 (better is 13...Bf1 14.Qb7 Qb6 15.Qa8 Bd3–+) 14.Ng5 (14.Rc1–+) 14...Bf1 15.e4 (15.Qb7 Nbd7 16.Rf1 Qa5 17.Nh7 Qa3 18.Nf6 Nf6–+) 15...Bd3 16.Qb7 Nbd7 17.Qb3 Be4 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Re1 Ndf6 20.d3 Rb8 21.Qd1 Qd4 22.Re3 Nc3 23.Qd2 Ng4 24.Bb2 0–1. Schmidt,Valeska – Ickler,Uwe, Dortmund6, 2003.

7.a4 cb5 8.ab5 a5 9.0-0 =.

7.a4 Nbd7 8.0-0 e5 =.

7.a4 Nbd7 8.Ba3 c5 9.0-0 =+.

7.a4 Nbd7 8.Ba3 Qe7 9.0-0 (9.Bd6 Qd6 10.d4 e5=) 9...a6 (9...c5 10.a5=+) 10.bc6 bc6 11.d4 (11.Bd6 Qd6 12.d4 c5=) 11...c5=+ 12.c3 (12.c4 Rb8=+) 12...Rb8 (12...e5 13.c4 dc4 14.dc5 Nc5 15.Nfd2=+) 13.Qc2 (13.c4 dc4 14.Bc4 e5=+) 13...c4 (13...e5 14.Nbd2–/+) 14.Bd6 Qd6 15.Nbd2 Bb7 (15...e5 16.Rfb1=) 16.Rfb1 Bc6 17.Bd1 (17.Ng5 a5=) 17...Rb1 (17...Rfe8 18.Be2=) 18.Nb1 (18.Rb1 Rb8=) 18...Qb8 (18...Rb8 19.Nbd2=+) 19.Nfd2 (19.Nbd2 Qd6=) ½–½. Bothe,Erhard – Erdmann,Wolfgang, GER–ch Seniors, 2001.

7.Be5 cb5 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.Bb5 e5 =+.

7.Bb5 Nc6 8.Ne5 =.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bd7 Nbd7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d3 b5 11.c4 bc4 12.dc4 Rb8 13.Bd4 (13.Bf6!? Nf6 14.Nbd2–/+) 13...Qc7–+ (13...dc4?! 14.Nbd2+=) 14.Nbd2 e5 (14...dc4?! 15.Rc1 e5 16.Rc4+=) 15.Bc3 e4 (15...dc4?! 16.Ba5 Qa5 17.Nc4–/+) 16.Nh4 Bh2 17.Kh1 Be5 18.Be5 Ne5 19.cd5 Neg4 20.g3 Rb2 21.Kg1? (21.Rc1 Nf2! 22.Rf2 Qg3 23.Qg1 Qh4 24.Rh2–+) 21...Ne3! 22.fe3 (22.d6 Qd6 23.Ne4 Qd1 24.Rfd1 Nd1 25.Nf6 gf6 26.Rd1 Ra2 27.Nf5–+) 22...Qg3 23.Ng2 Ng4 24.Rf4 (24.Qg4 Qg4 25.Rf2–+) 24...Qh2 25.Kf1 Qh1 0–1. danielro (2300) – pcmvr, net–chess.com, 2015.

6.a4 Bd6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 (8...e5 9.Nh4=+) 9.d4= e5 10.de5 Ne5 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Qe2 Be5 16.Be5 Re5 17.Nf3 Re4 (17...Re7 18.Nd4=) 18.Nd4 (18.bc6 bc6 19.Qa6 Re7=) 18...Qe8 (better 18...c5 19.Nf5 Qd7=+) 19.c4?? (better 19.Qf3=+) 19...Rd4!-+ 20.cd5 (20.ed4 Qe4 Double attack (20...Qe2 Discovered attack; 20...Qe2 Pinning; 20...Qe2 Deflection; 20...Qe4 Decoy; 20...Qe2 Remove defender; 20...Qe2 Clearance)) 20...cd5 21.b6 (21.Ra1 Rdc4-+) 21...a6 (21...Ra4 22.ba7 Ra7 23.Qb2-+) 22.a5 Rdc4 (22...Ra4 23.Ra1-+) 23.Qd2 h6 24.Rfc1 (24.Rbc1 Ne4 25.Qb2 Nc3-+) 24...Qc6 (24...Ne4 25.Qd1-+) 25.Rc4 dc4 26.Rd1 (26.Qc3 Nd5 27.Qa1 c3-+) 26...c3 27.Qc2 (27.Qe1 Qb5 28.Ra1 Nd5-+) 27...Nd5 (27...Qb5 28.Ra1-+) 28.Rd4 (28.Qe4-+) 28...Qc5 29.Kh2 (29.Rd1 Nb4 30.Qe4 c2-+) 29...Nb4 30.Qd1 (30.Rb4 Qb4 31.Kg3 Rd8-+) 30…c2 (30...c2 31.Qg4 f5-+) 0-1. _coco_ (1995) - runawayscared (2150), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Nc3 e5 =.

6.c4 cb5 7.cb5 b6 8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Be5 Bb7 10.Qf3 Be7 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Ne4 13.d3 Ng5 14.Qg3 Bf6 15.Nd2 Be5 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qg3 Rc8 18.Bg4 Rc2 19.Nb3 e5 20.f4 d4 21.e4 Nf7 22.Be6+= a6? 23.fe5+– Kh8 24.Rac1 Qc7?? 25.Rc2+– Qc2 26.Nd4 Qc3? 27.Nf5+– (27...Ng5 28.Bb3 Be4 29.de4 Qc5 30.Qe3 Qe5 31.ba6 Ne4 32.Qb6+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Walthour,John, Dayton, OH, 1983.

6.c4 Bd6 7.Nc3 =.

7.0-0 0-0 8.a4 A) 8...Qc7 9.d4 (9.Nc3 e5 10.bc6 bc6 11.Ba3 Ba3 12.Ra3 Qd6 13.Ra2 d4+=) 9...Ng4 10.h3 Nh2 11.Nh2 Bh2 12.Kh1 Bd6 13.c4 dc4=; B) 8...e5 9.Nh4 (9.Nc3 Qc7 10.bc6 bc6 11.Ba3 d4 12.Bd6 Qd6 13.ed4 ed4+=) 9...Nb8 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Ba3 c5 12.d4 Nbd7 13.a5 e4+=.

7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 A) 8...c5 9.d4 (9.d3 e5 10.a4 Qc7 11.Nd2 a5 12.Bf3 Nb6 13.Ne2 Be6+=) 9...Qc7 10.dc5 Nc5 11.a4 Nce4 12.Qd3 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rfc8+=; B) 8...e5 9.a4 (9.bc6 bc6 10.Rb1 Qc7 11.h3 Rb8 12.a3 Re8 13.Re1 Qa5+=) 9...Qc7 10.bc6 bc6 11.Ba3 d4 12.Bd6 Qd6 13.ed4 ed4+=.

7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 A) 8...e5 9.cd5 (9.c5 Nc5 10.Be5 cb5 11.d4 Nce4 12.Bb5 Bg4 13.Bd6 Qd6+=) 9...cd5 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.Qa4 Qe6 13.d4 e4=; B) 8...cb5 9.cb5 (9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bc4 N7f6 12.Be5 Be5 13.Ne5 b5+=) 9...e5 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.d4 e4 12.Ne5 Be6 13.Rc1 Qb8+=.

7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 Ne4 (8...cb5 9.Bb5 (9.c3 a6 10.Ba3 Ba3 11.Na3 Qc7 12.Qd3 b6 13.Rab1 Qd6–/+) 9...a6 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.a4 Ng4 12.h3 Nh2 13.Nh2 Bh2=; 8...a6 9.c4 (9.bc6 bc6 10.Ba3 c5 11.c4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qa5 13.Bb2 Rfd8=) 9...ab5 10.cb5 Re8 11.a4 cb5 12.Bb5 b6 13.Qd3 Qe7+=) 9.Nbd2 (9.a4 Qf6 10.Nbd2 Rd8 11.Bd3 Qf5 12.Ba3 c5 13.a5 a6+=; 9.bc6 bc6 10.Nbd2 Rb8 11.Rb1 Nd2 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.c4 Ba6=) 9...f5 (9...cb5 10.Bb5 Qb6 11.c4= a6 12.Bd7 Bd7 13.Qb3 Qb3=) 10.Ne5 (10.c4 cb5 (10...Qf6= 11.Qb3 Qg6 12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Qa3 cb5+=) 11.c5 Bc7 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bd3 Qf6+=) 10...Be5 (10...cb5 11.Ne4 fe4 12.Bb5+= a6 13.Bd7 Bd7+=) 11.de5= Qc7 (11...cb5 12.Ne4 fe4 13.Bb5 Rf5=) 12.f4 (12.bc6 bc6 13.f4 Ndc5=) 12...cb5 13.Ne4 (13.Bb5 Qb6–/+ (13...Qc5 14.Ne4 Qb5+=)) 13...fe4 14.Bd4 (14.Bb5 Qc5 15.a4 Qe3 16.Rf2 Qb6= (16...Rf4? 17.Bd4 Qf2 18.Bf2+–)) 14...a6+= 15.g4 (15.a4 ba4 16.Ra4 Nc5+=) 15...Nb8 16.h4 (16.Rb1 Rf7–/+) 16...Nc6 17.Bc5 Rf7 18.Bd6 Qb6 19.Qd2 Qd8 20.Qe1 Bd7 21.Kg2 Rc8 22.h5 Na5 23.Rc1 Nc4 24.Bc4 Rc4 (worse is 24...dc4 25.Rd1+=) 25.Qg3 Qc8 26.Rf2 Qd8 27.Qh3 (27.Rff1 b4 28.g5–+) 27...Rc3 28.Bb4 Rc4 29.Bd6 Rc3 30.Bb4 Rc6 31.a3 a5 32.Bd6 Rc3 33.Qh1? (better is 33.Rd1–/+) 33...Re3–+ 0–1. towa (1835) – lucdelarose (1755),gameknot.com, 2012.