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1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0

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5.Qb3 Ba5 6.f3 (6.Qf3 Re8 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6=) 6...c5 (better 6...Nc6!? 7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Qc3 d5-/+) 7.Bd6= Re8 8.Bc5 Qc7 (8...d6 9.Bd4=) 9.Ba3 (9.Bd4 Re6+=) 9...Nc6= 10.Bb2 Ne5 11.e3 d6 12.Be2 (12.f4 Neg4 13.Nc3 Bf5+=) 12...Be6 Will c4 fall? 13.Na3 Rac8 Now all is on c4 14.Nb5 Qd7 15.Rc1 a6 (15...b6 16.Nd4+=) 16.Nd4+= b5 (16...b6 17.Ne6 Qe6 18.Nh3+/-) 17.Ne6+/- Qe6 (17...Re6 18.cb5 Rc1 19.Bc1 ab5 20.Bb5+/-) 18.Qa3 Nc6 19.cb5 ab5 20.Bb5 (20.Rc6 Rc6 21.Qa5 Rec8+-) 20...Qd5? (20...Bb4 21.Qd3 Qa2 22.Bf6 Ne5-/+) 21.Bc3?? (21.Qd3 Qd3 22.Bd3 Re3 23.Be2+/-) 21...Qb5 (21...Bc3 22.Rc3 Qb5 23.Qd6 Red8-+) 22.Ne2? (22.Bf6 Bb4 23.Qb2 gf6 24.Rc3-+) 22...Bc3-+ 23.Rc3 Nb4 (23...Nb4 24.Qb3 Rc3 25.Nc3 Nd3 26.Ke2 Qa6-+; 23...Nd4 24.Nd4 Qb1 25.Kf2 Qh1 26.Qd6-+) 0-1. Rosikiewicz,Wieslaw - Kozun,Piotr, corr 1AMM Poland, 1991.

5.Qb3 Re8 6.Nf3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.a3 Ba5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bc4 Be6 12.0-0 (12.Qb7!? Rb8 13.Qc6 Rb2 14.Bb5= (14.Qc5? Rc2 15.0-0 Bb6-+)) 12...Bc7=+ 13.Qc2 (13.Qb7? Na5 14.Qa6 Bc8-+) 13...Bg4 14.Bd5 Qd5 15.Qc3 f6 16.Nh4 Qh5 (16...c4 17.f3 Be6 18.f4-/+) 17.g3 (17.Qb3 Re6 18.g3 Na5-/+) 17...Qd5 18.f3 Bh3 (18...Be6 19.Ng2-+) 19.Ng2 (19.Rc1 Bd6-/+) 19...Rad8 20.Rf2 b5 21.Qc1 b4 (21...a6 22.Nc3 Qf7 23.Ne4-/+) 22.Ne1 (22.e4 Qd7-/+) 22...Bb6 (22...Na5!? 23.ab4 Nb3 24.Qc2 Na1 25.Ba1 cb4 26.Qc7-+) 23.ab4 cb4 24.d4 Na5 (24...Qe6 25.Ng2 Bg2 26.Kg2 Na5-+) 25.e4? (better 25.Nd2-/+) 25...Nb3-+ 26.ed5 (26.Qd1 Qe6 27.Nc2 Na1 28.Ba1-+) 26...Nc1 27.Nd2 (27.Ng2 Nd3 28.Nd2 Nf2 29.Kf2 Bg2 30.Nc4-+) 27...Re1 28.Nf1 Ne2 29.Kh1 Ra1 30.Ba1 Bf1 0-1. Lida Garcia,Fernando (2180) - Bronstein,Luis Marcos (2340), Buenos Aires CAA, 2004.

5.Bc3 c5 6.Bb4 cb4 7.d4 d5 8.e3 Bg4 9.Nf3 dc4 10.Bc4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Bd3 Nbd5 (14.Qb3 Rfd8=). Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Baumann,Heinz, RSS7E–9 remoteschach.de, 2003.

5.Bc3 Nc6 6.d4 d5 7.e3 Re8 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Nbd2 Bf5 0–1. Retamar – Schwertel, corr 3GMM–39 1994–96.

5.Bc3 Qe7 6.e3 Ne4 7.Ne2 Nc3 (7...Qh4 8.g3 Qg4 9.Bg2 (worse 9.Bb4 Qf3 10.Qc2 Qh1-/+) 9...Nc3 10.dc3=) 8.Nec3 (8.Nbc3 c6=) 8...c6 9.d4 (9.Be2 Na6=) 9...d6 (better 9...c5!? 10.d5 d6-/+) 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 Qg5 13.0-0 Nd7 14.a4 Bc3 (14...Qg6!? 15.Qg6 hg6=) 15.Nc3+= Nf6 16.a5 a6 17.Rab1 Rab8 18.Rb6 (18.d5 Rfc8+=) 18...Nd7= (worse 18...Qa5 19.Rfb1+/-) 19.Rb2 Qa5 20.Ra2 Qg5 21.Ne4 (21.f4!? Qg4 22.Rf3=) 21...Qg6=+ 22.Rd1 Rfe8 23.Ng3 Qd3 24.Rd3 g6 25.Rb3 h5 26.h3 h4 27.Ne2 Nf6 (27...Kg7 28.Nc3-/+) 28.Rab2 (28.Rb6!?=+) 28...b5-/+ 29.cb5 cb5 (worse 29...Rb5 30.Nc3 Rb3 31.Rb3=+) 30.Nc1 Nd5 31.Nd3 g5 (31...Ra8 32.Ra3 Rec8 33.Ra5-/+) 32.Nb4 (better 32.Ra3!? Rb6 33.Rba2=+) 32...Nb4-/+ 33.Rb4 Rec8 34.g4 hg3! 35.fg3 Re8 36.Kf2 d5 37.Kf3 f5 (37...Kg7 38.h4-/+) 38.h4 gh4 39.gh4 Re4 40.h5 Rh4 41.Rc2 Rh5 42.Rc5 Rd8 43.Rb2 Kf8 44.Ra2 Rh6 45.Kf4 Rdd6 46.Rac2 Rhf6 (46...Kf7 47.Rc8=+) 47.Rh2=+ Rh6 48.Rh6 Rh6 49.Rd5 Rf6 50.Ke5 (50.Rf5!? Rf5 51.Kf5=) 50...Ke7=+ 51.Rc5 Re6 52.Kf4 Kd7 53.Rf5 Kd6 54.e4 Ke7 55.e5 Rc6 56.d5 Rc4 57.Kg5 Rd4 (57...Re4 58.Kg6 Rg4 59.Kh5=) 58.d6 (better 58.e6 b4 59.Rf7 Kd6 60.Rd7 Kc5 61.Kf6+-) 58...Rd6?? (better 58...Ke6 59.Rf4 Rd5=) 59.ed6+- Kd6 60.Kf4 Kc6 61.Ke3 Kb6 62.Kd3 a5 63.Kc3 Kc6 64.Kd4 a4 65.Kc3 1-0. Darkseid (1850) - Roderick64 (1765), ChessWorld.net, 2015.

5.Nc3 Bc3 6.Bc3 d5 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.cd5 c6 (8...Rd8 9.Rc1=) 9.d4 (9.dc6 Nc6 10.Rb1 Bf5=) 9...cd5 10.e3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.0-0 a6 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Rc5 Nb4 (15...Bf3 16.Qf3 Qf3 17.gf3=) 16.Rc8 (16.Be2 A) 16...Na2? 17.Qa4+- (17.Rd5?? Nc3-+); B) 16...Rc5 17.dc5 B1) 17...Na2? 18.Qa4 (18.Qd5 Nc3 19.Qd2 Rc8-/+) 18...Qc6 19.Qg4+-; B2) 17...Qb2=) 16...Rc8=+ (worse 16...Bc8 17.Bh7 Kh7 18.Qb1 Qg6 19.Qb4+/-) 17.Bb1 Bf3 18.gf3 Nc6 19.f4 Ne7 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qg5 Qg5 (21...Kg7 22.Bd3=+) 22.fg5= Rc3 23.Kg2 b5 24.Kf3 Nc6 25.Rd1 Kf8 26.Kf4 Ke8 27.f3 Kd7 28.h4 Kd6 29.e4 Rc4 30.Ke3 Rc3 31.Bd3 (better 31.Kf2!?=) 31...Ra3 32.ed5 (32.Rd2 Nb4-+) 32...Nb4-+ 33.Ke4 (33.Rd2!?-+) 33...Na2 (33...Nd3?! 34.Rd3 Ra2 35.Rc3 Re2 36.Kd3=+; 33...Rd3 34.Rd3 Nd3 35.Kd3=+; 33...Ra2?! 34.f4-+) 34.Rd2 Nc3 (34...Nb4 35.Be2-+) 35.Kf4 Nd5 36.Kg3 Ne3 (36...b4!? 37.Bc4-+) 37.Kf4 Nd5 38.Kg3 b4 39.h5 (39.Kf2 b3 40.Bc4 a5-+) 39...b3 (39...a5 40.hg6 hg6 41.Bc4-+) 40.Rb2 a5 41.hg6 hg6 42.f4 (42.Bc4 a4 43.Re2-+) 42...a4 43.f5 (43.Bc4 Ra1 44.Kf3 Rc1 45.Bd5 Kd5-+) 43...gf5 44.Bf5 Ra2 45.Rb1 Nc3 46.Rh1 Ne2 47.Kg4 Nd4 0-1. Tatarcik,Vladimir (1885) - Crha,Bretislav (1795), Ostrava CZE, Ostravsky Konik, 2014.

5.Nc3 d6 6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Nd5 Bd2 8.Qd2?? Qa1–+ 9.Qd1 Qa2 10.Nc7 Qa5 (10...Qa5 11.Qd2 Qc7–+) 0–1. agluis (2010) – shino (1965), net–chess.com, 2003.

5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Bg3 Bc3 7.dc3 d6 8.e3 Na6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Bh4 h6 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Nd4 g5 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.Qc2 Re8 15.0-0 Nfe4 16.Bf3 Bd7 17.Rab1 Rab8 18.Rfc1 a6 19.Qd1 Qf6 20.Rb4 b6 21.Rb2 Qg6 22.Bh5 (22.Be2 Qh7=+) 22...Qh7-/+ 23.Be2 h5! 24.Bh5 Ng3 25.hg3 Nd3 26.Rbb1 Nc1 27.Rc1 Re5 28.g4 Qe4 29.Qe2 Ra5 30.Rd1 Rf8 31.Kh2 (31.f3!? Qe5 32.Qd2–+) 31...Ra3–+ 32.Qb2 Ra4 33.Qe2 0–1. marekt (2025) – rickdragon (2065), gameknot.com, 2014.

5.f3? Nc6-+ 6.Bc3 d5 7.e3 Re8 8.Bd3? (8.Bb4 Nb4 9.Qb3-+) 8...d4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Qe2 (10.Bc2-+) 10...de3 11.Bh7 (11.de3 Nd3 12.Kf1-+) 11...Kh7 12.de3 Re3! (12...Re3 13.Qe3 Nc2 14.Kf2 Ne3-+) 0-1. Darkseid (1725) - halbrown (2265), ChessWorld.net, 2011.

5.Nf3 Ba5 6.g3 Re8 7.Bg2 d6 8.Bb2 c5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nd5 Bg4 13.Nf6+/– gf6 14.Bf3 Be6 15.Qc2 Ne5 16.Be5 de5 17.Rfd1 Rb8 18.Be4 h6 19.Nf5 Bf5 20.Bf5 Kg7 21.Qe4 Rh8 22.Rab1 Bb6 23.Rb3 Qe7 24.Qg4+/– Kf8 25.Rd3 (25.Rd3 Rg8 26.Qf3+/–) 1–0. Nemec,Zdenek – Cinke,Rudolf, CSR Z–77, 1987.

5.Nf3 a6 6.e3 d6 7.Bb2 c5 8.Be2 Qe7 9.0-0 Bd7 10.d3 b5 11.Nbd2 Ba5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Bf3 Bc6 14.Nge4 Ne4 15.Be4 Be4 16.Ne4 bc4 17.Qf3 Ra7?? 18.Nf6!+– Kh8 19.Qf5 g6 20.Qf4 g5 21.Qf5 (21…Qe4 22.de4 Bc3 23.Qh7#) 1–0. Kaczorowska,Barbara (2110) – Skurski,Jan, Poland–ch U26 Poland, 1998.

5.Nf3 Bc5 6.Nc3=+ Ng4 7.Bg3= c6 8.e3 d5 9.cd5+= cd5 10.Qb3 d4 11.Na4 Bb6 12.Nb6+/– ab6 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.f3 Nf6 15.Bc4 Ba4 16.Qb2 Nbd7 17.0-0 Nc5 18.Rab1 Nfd7 19.Bd6 Re8 20.Nf5 Qg5 21.e4 Ne6 22.h4 Qf6 23.Qf6 gf6 24.d4 Bc2 25.Rb2 Ba4 26.Rfb1 Ng7 27.Nh6 Kh8 28.Nf7 Kg8 29.Ne5 Kh8 30.Nd7 (30.Nd7 Bd7 31.Rb6+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Ryan,Randy, internet, 2006.

5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 d5 7.Qb3 Be7 8.cd5 Bg4?? (8...Nd5!? 9.Nc3 Nd7=) 9.dc6?? (9.Qb7 Nbd7 10.d6 (10.dc6?! Bf3 11.Bc7 Qe8 12.cd7 Qd7 13.Qf3 Qc7+-) 10...Bf3 11.gf3+- (11.de7 Qe7 12.d4 Rfb8 13.Bb8 Rb8 14.Qb8 Nb8 15.gf3 c5+=)) 9...Nc6= 10.Bb2 Be6 (10...a6 11.Ne5 (11.Qb7? Na5 12.Qa8 Qa8-+) 11...Ne5 12.Be5=) 11.Qd1 (11.Qb7 Nb4 12.Nd4 Bd5+=) 11...Nb4 (11...Qb6 12.Bd4 Qa5 13.Nc3=) 12.d4 (12.Nc3!?=) 12...Rc8=+ 13.Nc3 Nfd5 14.Nd5? (14.Rc1 Nc3 15.Rc3 Qa5=+) 14...Bd5 (better 14...Nc2!? 15.Kd2 Bd5-+) 15.Bd3 Qa5 (15...Nd3 16.Qd3 Bb4 17.Nd2 Bg2 18.Rg1-/+) 16.0-0=+ Nd3 (16...Na2 17.e4 Qb6 18.Qb1+- (18.ed5?! Qb2 19.Rb1 Qa3 20.Rb7 Rc1+/-)) 17.Qd3 Bc4 (worse 17...Ba2 18.Rfd1+=) 18.Qe4 Bf1 19.Rf1 (19.Qe7 Bc4-/+) 19...Bf6 (19...Qa2 20.Qb7 Bd6-/+) 20.g4? (better 20.Qb1!?=+) 20...Rfe8 21.Qf4 (21.Qb1!? h5-+) 21...Qa2 22.g5 Qb2 (22...Be7 23.Bc1-+) 23.gf6 Qc2 (23...Rc6 24.fg7 Rg6 25.Kh1-+) 24.fg7 (24.Ne5!? Re6 25.fg7-/+) 24...Qg6-+ (worse 24...Kg7 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.e4=+) 25.Kh1 Qe4 (25...Re4 26.Qg3-+) 26.Qg3 (better 26.Qe4 Re4 27.Rg1-/+) 26...Qg6 (better 26...Re6!? 27.Qh3 Rc2-+) 27.Qh3 (27.Qf4 Re4 (27...Kg7? 28.Rg1+-; 27...Qg7?? 28.Rg1+-) 28.Qg3 Qg3 (28...Qg7?! 29.Qh3 Rc6 30.Qf5=; 28...Kg7?! 29.Qh3 Qe6 30.Rg1 Kf8 31.Qg3=+) 29.hg3 Kg7-+) 27...Qe4 (27...Kg7? 28.Rg1 Rc7 29.Ne5 Qg1 30.Kg1+-) 28.Rg1 (28.Qg3 Re6 29.Qh3-+) 28...Re6 29.d5 Qd5 30.Qg4 (30.Rg4 Rc1 31.Kg2 Qd3-+) 30...Rce8 (30...Rc4 31.Qh3 Rh6 32.Qg3-+) 31.h4 (31.Rg3 Rg6 32.Qf4 Kg7-+) 31...Rg6 32.Qh3 Rg1 33.Kg1 b5 34.Nd4 b4 35.Qg4 b3 36.Nf5 Qe6 37.Qa4 (37.Kh2-+) 37...b2 38.Qb5 Qg6 (better 38...Qe5 39.Qd3 Rb8-+) 39.Kh2= Rd8?? (39...Qe6 40.Kg1 Qe5-+) 40.Ne7+- Kg7 41.Ng6 (41.Ng6 hg6 42.Qb2 Kg8 43.Qb7+-) 1-0. carlos78 (2340) - jozarov (2265), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 d5 (6...Re8 7.Nf3+=) 7.cd5 (7.a3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.cd5 Nd8=) 7...Nd5 (7...Re8 8.Bb2=) 8.Nf3 (8.a3!? Ba5 9.Qb3=) 8...Nc6+= 9.Bb2 Be6 10.a3 Ba5 11.0-0 Qe7 12.d3 Rfd8 13.Qc2 h6 (13...Rac8 14.e3+=) 14.Rc1= Bb6 15.e3 Rac8 16.Nbd2 a6 17.Nc4 Ba7 18.Nfe5 Ne5 19.Ne5 b5 20.Qe2 f6 21.Nf3 Nb6 22.Nd2 (22.Rd1!?+=) 22...Na4-/+ 23.Rc2 (23.Bc3 Qd7 24.Bf1 Bf5-/+) 23...Rc7 (23...Qd7 24.Bf1-/+) 24.Bf1 Bb6 25.Rac1 (25.Bc1 Ba5 26.Qf3 Rcd7-/+) 25...Nb2 (25...Rcd7 26.Qd1-/+) 26.Rb2 c4 (better is 26...Bf5 27.e4 Be6+=) 27.Nc4? (27.dc4 Bc5 28.Rbc2 Ba3+=) 27...bc4?? (better is 27...Ba7–+) 28.Rb6 cd3 29.Qd2 Rc1 30.Qc1 d2 31.Qd1 Bg4!! 32.Qb3 (32.Qg4 d1Q Decoy) 32...Kh8 33.Rb7 Qb7!! (33...Qb7 34.Qb7 Bc8–+) 0–1. Mueller Using,Detlef (1870) – Rost van Tonningen,Otto (1975), Hessen–ch Seniors 1st, 2005.

5.g3 Nc6 6.Bb2 d5 (6...Re8 7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Bg2 Qc4; 6...Ng4 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Nc3 Qf6 9.e3 b5) 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Bg2 Re8.

5.g3 Re8 6.Bb2 (6.Bc3 Nc6-/+ 7.Bg2 (7.a3 Bf8 8.Bg2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5) 7...d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 Qe7; 6.Nf3 d5 7.Bb2 (7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bb2 dc4 9.0-0 Qe7) 7...dc4 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.0-0 Qe7) 6...Nc6 (6...d5 7.a3 (7.Nf3 dc4 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.0-0 Qe7) 7...Ba5 8.Qa4-/+ (8.Nf3 dc4 9.Bg2 Nc6) 8...Nc6 9.Bg2 Ne4) 7.Bg2 (7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Bg2 Qc4) 7...d6 (7...Qe7 8.a3 Ba5 9.Qc2=+ (9.Nf3 Qe6) 9...Qc5) 8.Nc3 (8.a3 Bc5=+ (8...Ba5 9.Nf3 Qe7) 9.d4 Bb6; 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.a3 Ba5) 8...Ne5 (8...Nd4 9.Nd5 Bc5) 9.d3 (9.Qb3 Bg4-/+ (9...c6=+)) 9...Bf5 (9...d5!? 10.a3 Ba5 11.Kf1 dc4 12.d4-/+) 10.Kf1-/+ c6 11.h3 (11.a3 Ba5-/+) 11...Qe7 (11...Qa5 12.Rc1-/+) 12.Nf3 (12.e4 Bd7=+) 12...Rad8 (12...Nf3 13.Bf3 d5 14.cd5 Bc3 15.Bc3 Nd5 16.Bb2=) 13.Rb1 (13.Nd4 Bg6-/+) 13...Nc4 14.Qb3? (14.dc4 Bb1 Combination) 14…Bc3-+ (14...Bc3 15.Bc3 Qe2 16.Kg1 Bd3-+) 0-1. Tirado Parra,Alberto (1860) - Menguez Rodriguez,Felipe (1735), 34th Torneo Abierto Collado Villalba To, 2017.

5.a3 Bc5

6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.Be2 Qe7 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Re1 a6 13.d4 Bg4 14.Nbd2 Nf6 15.Bd3 Rad8 16.Qc2 Qd7 17.Rac1 Ne7 18.e4 Bf4 19.Rb1 h6 20.Ba1 Nc6 (better 20...c6!?+=) 21.d5+– Bd2 (21...b5 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Bb5 ab5 24.dc6+– (worse 24.Qc6 Qc6 25.dc6 Rd2-/+)) 22.Nd2 (22.Qd2?! Bf3 23.gf3 Ne5+=) 22...Ne5 23.Be5 (23.Rb7?! Nd3 24.Qd3 Qd5 25.Qd5 Nd5=) 23...Re5 24.Nc4 Re7 (24...Ree8 25.Na5 Nd5 26.ed5 Re1 27.Re1 Qd5 28.Qa4 Qd3 29.Qg4+–) 25.Ne3 (25.f3 Bh5+–) 25...Bh5? (25...b5 26.f3 (26.Ng4?! Ng4 27.Be2 Nf6+=) 26...Bh5 27.a4 ba4 28.Ba6+–) 26.Nf5 (better 26.Rb7!? Bg6 27.f3 Qd6+–) 26...Ree8 27.f3 (27.Ng3!? Bg6 28.Rb7 Nd5 29.Ba6+–) 27...Bg6+= 28.Ne3 c6 29.Qb3 (better 29.dc6!? bc6 30.Rbd1+=) 29...cd5=+ 30.ed5 Bd3 31.Qd3 Nd5 (better 31...Re7!?=+) 32.Nd5+= Re1? (better 32...Re6 33.Red1 Rd6 34.Nf6 gf6 35.Qd6 Qd6 36.Rd6 Rd6 37.Rb7 Rd3=+) 33.Re1+– Qd6 34.Re5?? (better 34.f4+–) 34…Qe5–+ (34...Qe5 35.f4 Qd5 36.Qd5 Rd5–+) 0–1. Garceran Nieuwenburg,David – Chong,Chor Yuen (2075), Hong Kong–ch, 2012.

6.e3 d6 7.Bb2 Be6 8.Ne2 (8.Qf3 Nbd7=) 8...Nbd7 (8...Bc4 9.d3 Ba6 10.Nf4-/+) 9.Nd4 (9.Nf4 Bg4 10.Be2 Be2 11.Qe2 c6=) 9...d5 (9...Bd4 10.Bd4 c5 11.Bb2=+) 10.cd5 (10.Ne6 fe6 11.d4 Bd6=) 10...Bd5=+ 11.Bb5 (11.Nb3 Bd6=+) 11...c6-/+ 12.Bc6? (better 12.Bf1-/+) 12...bc6-+ 13.Nc6 (13.0-0-+) 13...Bc6 14.Nc3 (14.0-0 Rb8 15.Qc1 Nd5-+) 14...Bg2 (14...Qb8!? 15.Qc2 Bg2 16.Rg1 Qh2 17.Ne2-+) 15.Rg1 Bc6 16.e4 (16.d4 Qb8 17.Rb1 Qh2-+) 16...Ne5 (16...Qb6 17.Rb1 Bf2 18.Ke2-+) 17.Qe2 (17.Rg3 Qb6 18.Qe2 Qb2-+) 17...Rb8 18.Nd5 (18.Bc1 Bd4 19.f4 Ne4 20.Ne4 Qh4 21.Rg3-+) 18...Nd5 (better 18...Rb2 19.Rg5 Bf2 20.Kf1 Bd4 21.Re5 Be5-+) 19.Be5 Threatening mate: Rxg7 19...Rb3 (better 19...Nf6 20.Bb8 Qb8-+) 20.Rg7 Kh8 21.Rf7 (21.Rg8 Kg8 22.Qg4 Qg5 23.Qg5) 21...Kg8?? (better 21...Nf6 22.Bf6 Qf6 23.Rf6 Rf6=+) 22.Rg7 Kh8 23.Rd7 (23.Rh7! Kh7 24.Qh5 Kg8 25.Qg6) 23...Kg8 (23...Qf6 24.Rd5 Bd5 25.Bf6 Rf6 26.ed5 Rb7+-) 24.Qg4 (24.Qg4 Qg5 25.Qg5) 1-0. MARYMARY - davidfbook (1655), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

5.Bb2 Nc6

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0).

6.Nf3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 Qd6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Qd6).

5.Bb2 d5

6.a3 Ba5 7.e3 Be6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Be2 Nd7 11.0-0 N7f6 12.d4 (12.Qc2 c6=) 12...c6 13.Qc2 Ng4 14.Rc1 Nge3 15.fe3 Ne3 16.Qd3 Nd5 17.Nc3 Nf4 18.Qd2 Qd6+/= 19.Re1= Re7+/= 20.Bf1 Rae8 21.Ne5 Ng6 22.Ng6 hg6 23.Ne4 Bd2 24.Nd6 Be1 25.Ne8 Bd2 26.Nd6 Rd7 27.Nc8??+/– Be3 28.Kh1 Bd4 29.Bd4 Rd4 30.Na7 Ra4 31.Nc6 bc6 32.Kg1 f5 33.Bd3 Rd4 34.Bf1 Bb3 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Ke3 c5 37.Rc1 f4 38.Kf2 c4 39.a4 Ke6 40.a5 Kd5= 41.Ke2=/+ Kc5 42.a6 ½–½. Lindberg,Rune – Olafsson,Karl Uno, corr SSKK.

6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 -/+.

5.Bb2 Re8

6.a3 Ba5!?-/+.

6.a3 Bf8 7.e3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 c5 (9...Nc6 10.Be2=+) 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 b6 (11...Bf5 12.Nc3=) 12.d4 (12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Be6=) 12...Bb7 (12...Bf5 13.Bb5 Re6 14.Nbd2+=) 13.dc5 Bc5 14.Bc4 (14.Nc3 Nf6=) 14...Na5=+ 15.Be2 Qe7 (15...Rc8 16.Nc3=+) 16.Nc3 Nc3 17.Bc3 Ba3 18.Qa4 Bc5 19.Ba5 (19.Qg4 g6=+) 19...ba5=+ 20.Qa5 Bb6 (20...h6 21.h3=+) 21.Qa4 Qe4 22.Bb5 Qa4 23.Ra4 Rec8 24.Rfa1 (24.Ba6 Ba6 25.Ra6 Rc2=) 24...Rc5=+ 25.Be2 Rac8 26.h3 (26.Ba6 Rc1 27.Ne1 Ba6 28.Ra6 f5=+) 26...Rc1 27.Kh2 Bc7 (27...Ra1 28.Ra1 Rc2 29.Re1=+) 28.g3=+ Bb6 29.Kg2 (29.Nd4 a5=+) 29...Ra1 30.Ra1 Rc2 31.Bd1? (31.Kf1 g6=+) 31...Rb2 (better 31...Rd2! 32.Rb1 h5-+) 32.Kg1 h6 33.Ne5 Bd5 (33...Bc7 34.Nc4 Rb4 35.Nd2=+) 34.Nd3 (34.Bf3!? Be6 35.Bg4=) 34...g5?? (better 34...Rd2 35.Nf4 Bb7=+) 35.Nb2+- 1-0. Maria_Ts_015 (2320) - Lance5500 (2420), lichess.org, 2019.

6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 b6 8.e3 Bb7 9.Be2 d5 (9...Bc3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Bb2=) 10.cd5 (10.a3 Bc3 11.Bc3 dc4 12.Bc4 a6=) 10...Nd5 11.0-0 Nc3 12.dc3 Bd6 13.Qc2 Qf6 14.Rfd1 (14.Bd3 h6=) 14...Qh6 (14...Rad8 15.Bd3 h6 16.c4=) 15.h3 (15.Qf5 Rad8=) 15...Ne5 (15...Rad8 16.e4=+) 16.Ne1 (16.Ne5 Be5 17.Qf5 Be4=+) 16...g5 17.c4 f6 18.Qb3 Kg7 19.Ba3 Ba3 20.Qa3 c5 21.Qc3 Re7 22.Rd2 Qh4 23.Rd6 Rf8 24.Rad1 h5 25.Rd8 Rd8= 26.Rd8 g4 27.hg4 hg4 28.Rd6 g3=+ 29.fg3 Qg3 30.Qd2 Qg5 31.e4? Qd2–+ 32.Rd2 Be4 33.Kf2 Ng4?? 34.Kg3?? Nh6 35.Kf4 (35.Bf3 Nf5 36.Kf4 Bf3 37.Kf5 Be4 (37...Re1?! 38.gf3 Re5 39.Kf4-/+) 38.Kf4 Bg6–+) 0–1. Baessler,Arwed – Gafke,Manfred, 8sen.BayEM Schney, 1996.

6.Nc3 d6 7.Nd5 Nd5 8.cd5 -/+.

6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bc4 Ne3! 9.Bf7 (9.fe3 Qh4 Theme: Double Attack) 9...Kf7 10.fe3 (10.Qh5!? Kg8 11.fe3 Re3 12.Ne2-+) 10...Re3-+ 11.Kf2 Re6 12.Nf3 Qd3?? (better 12...Bc5!? 13.d4 Bb6-+) 13.Ng5 (13.Ne5!? Re5 14.Be5 Bc5 15.Ke1 Qe4 16.Qe2+=) 13...Kg8=+ Do you see the mate threat? 14.Ne6 Be6 15.Qe2 Bc5 16.Ke1 Qe2 (16...Qd6 17.Qb5 Qc6 18.Qc6 Nc6 19.Ba3=+) 17.Ke2= Nc6 18.Nc3 (18.Rc1 Bg4 19.Kd3 Rd8 20.Ke4 Bd6=+) 18...Bg4 19.Kd3 Rd8 20.Kc2 (20.Kc4 Rd2 21.Kc5 Rb2 22.Rab1 Rg2 23.h3-/+) 20...Nb4-/+ 21.Kc1 (better 21.Kb3!? Be6 22.Ka4 Rd2 23.Ne4 Bd7 24.Kb3 Rd3 25.Bc3 Be6 26.Kb2=+) 21...Nd3-+ 22.Kc2 Nb2 23.Kb2 Rd2 24.Kb3 Be6 25.Ka4 Rd4 (25...Rd4 26.Kb5 a6 27.Kc5 Rc4; 25...Rg2?! 26.Rab1 Bd4 27.Rbe1 Bc3 28.Re6-+) 0-1. Wartig,Wolfgang - Mothes,Rainer, corr SOK-90-61, 1990.

6.Nf3 d6 =+.

5.Qb3 Be7

6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bc4 (8.Nc3 Nb6 9.d4=+) 8...Nc6 (8...Nb6!?=+) 9.Bg7= (worse 9.Bd5 Ne5 10.d4 Nd3 11.Qd3 Qd5=+) 9...Kg7 (9...Na5 10.Qb5 c6 11.Qa4 Kg7 12.Bd5 Qd5 13.Nf3-+) 10.Bd5 Na5 11.Qd3 Be6 12.Be4 f5 13.Qd8 Rad8 14.Bc2 (14.Bf3!?=) 14...Bf6=+ 15.Nc3 Nc4 16.d4 (16.0-0-0 Nd2 17.Nge2 Nc4=+) 16...c5 (16...f4 17.Bb3=) 17.Rb1=+ Rf7 18.Nf3 Na3 19.Rb2 (19.Rc1!?=) 19...cd4 (worse 19...Nc2 20.Rc2 cd4 21.Nd4 Bd4 22.ed4 Rd4 23.Nb5 Re4 24.Kd1 Rd7 25.Rd2 Rd2 26.Kd2 Ba2 27.Na7=+) 20.ed4 (20.Nd4 Bd4 21.ed4=+) 20...Rc8 (better 20...Rc7!?-/+) 21.Bb3= Bb3 22.Rb3 Nc2 23.Kd2 (23.Ke2 Nd4 24.Nd4 Bd4=) 23...Nd4 24.Nd4 Bd4 25.Nd1 (25.Nb5 Bf2 26.Nd6 Rd8=+) 25...b6 (25...Rd7 26.Ne3 Kf6 27.Rd3=+) 26.Re1 (26.Rd3 Rd7=) 26...Rfc7=+ 27.Re2 Bf6 (27...Kf6 28.a3=+) 28.Rd3= b5 (28...Rc2 29.Ke1=+) 29.Ne3 Bg5 30.Ke1 ½-½. Diener,Rudolf - Berman,NW, corr ICCF WT-H-105, 1975.

6.e3 d6 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Na5 (8...d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2=+) 9.Qa4 (9.Qc3 c6=) 9...c5 10.Bc3 Nc6 11.d3 (11.d4 d5=+) 11...d5 12.Na3 (12.d4 Re8=+) 12...d4-/+ 13.ed4 (13.Bd2!?-/+) 13...cd4 14.Bb2 (14.Bd2 Re8 15.Be2 Bc5-+) 14...Bb4 15.Kd1 Bg4 (better 15...Ng4!? 16.Rg1 Nf2 17.Kc1 Bf5-+) 16.Be2 Re8 17.Nb5? (better 17.Nb1-+) 17...a6 18.Nbd4 (18.Qc2 ab5 19.a3 Bc3 20.cb5 Nd5 21.bc6 Bb2 22.Qb2 Nc3 23.Ke1 Re2 24.Qe2 Ne2 25.cb7 Rb8 26.Ke2 Qe7 27.Kd2 Bf3 28.gf3 Rb7-+) 18...Nd4 19.Nd4 (19.Qb4 Ne2 20.Qd2-+) 19…Re2! (19...Re2 20.Kc1 Rb2 21.Kb2 Qd4 22.Kb1 Bc3-+) 0-1. Diener,Rudolf - Spiegel,Ulrich, corr, 1989.

6.e3 d6 7.Bf6 Bf6 8.d4 =+.

5.Qc2 Nc6-/+

6.Bb2 d5 7.cd5 Nd5-/+ 8.Kd1 Re8 9.Nf3 Qe7 (9...Bd6 10.a3-/+ Bg4-/+) 10.d4 (10.a3 Bd6-/+) 10...Bd6 (10...Bg4-/+) 11.e3 (11.Qb3 Ndb4 12.d5 Bf5-/+) 11...Ncb4 12.Qb3 (12.Qd2 Bf5 13.Nc3 c6-/+) 12...Bf5–+ 13.Na3 a5 14.Rc1? (better is 14.Qc4–+) 14...a4 15.Qc4 Be6 16.Qe2 Na2 17.Rc2 (17.Qd3–+) 17...Ba3 18.e4 (18.Qb5 Bf5 19.Rc4 c6–+) 18...Nf4 19.Qe3 (19.Qd2 Bb3 20.Bc4 Ng2 21.Ba3 Qa3–+) 19...Bb3 20.Ba3 (20.Qf4 Bb2 21.Bd3 Nb4–+) 20...Qa3 21.Qf4 Re4!! (21...Re4 22.Qe4 Nc3 23.Ke1 Qa1 24.Kd2 Ne4 25.Ke3 Bc2–+) 0–1. Kubacek,Josef – Cottarelli,Franco (2185), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/2, 2006.

6.Bb2 d6 7.f3 (7.Nf3 Re8+= 8.a3 Bc5 9.d4=) 7...d5 (7...Bc5 8.e3-/+ (8.e4 Nd7 9.Ne2-/+) 8...Re8 9.Ne2-/+) 8.cd5 (8.a3 Be7-/+ 9.cd5-/+) 8...Nd5 9.Kf2 (9.a3 Ba5 10.Nc3 Nd4-/+) 9...Qg5 (9...Bd6 10.g3-/+) 10.h4 (10.e4 Nf6-/+) 10...Qh6 (10...Qe7 11.e3-/+) 11.e4 Nf4 12.g3 Ne6 13.Ne2 (13.Kg2 Rd8-/+) 13...Bc5 (13...Rd8 14.f4 Bc5 15.Kg2–+) 14.Kg2 Rd8 15.a3 b6 16.f4 (16.Qc3 Ncd4-/+) 16...Qh5 17.Qd1?? (better is 17.f5 Ncd4 18.Nd4 Nd4 19.Bd4 Bd4 20.Nc3–+) 17...Nf4! 18.gf4 (18.Nf4 Qd1; 18.gf4 Qg4) 18...Qg4 19.Kh2 (19.Ng3 Qd1 20.Be2–+) 19...Qh4 20.Kg2 Qf2 0–1. Kubacek,Josef – Haznedaroglu,Kivanc (1990), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/2, 2006.

5.Bc3 a5

6.a3 Bc3 7.Nc3 d5 8.e3 d4 9.Nb5 Re8 10.Nf3 c5 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.0-0 de3 13.de3 Bf3 14.gf3 Qd7 15.Be2 Rd8 16.Qd7 Nbd7 17.f4 Ne4 18.Rfd1 Nb6 19.Bd3 Nf6 20.Rab1 Na4 21.Bc2 Rd1 22.Bd1 Nb6 23.Nd6 Nfd7 24.Bf3+/– g6 25.Rd1 Kf8 26.Bb7 Rd8 27.Bf3 Ke7 28.Nb7 Ra8 29.Nd6 Rd8 30.e4 Na4 31.Nb7 Ra8 32.e5 Ndb6 33.Nd6 Rd8 34.Rb1 f6 35.Kg2 g5 36.fg5 fe5+/– 37.Nf5 Ke6 38.Bg4 Kf7 39.h4 Rd2 40.Nh6 Kg6 41.Bf5 Kg7 42.Rb5 Rd8 43.Ra5 Ra8 44.Ra8 Na8 45.Ng4 N8b6 46.Ne5 Nc3 47.h5 Ne2 48.h6 (48.h6 Kg8 49.Be4+–) 1–0. Pellet,Henri – Wehmeier,Manuel, corr AJEC/3618, 1993.

6.a3 Be7 7.d4 d5 8.e3 Bf5 9.Nd2 Re8 10.Ngf3 Ne4 11.Ne4= de4 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.Be2 Nf6 14.0-0 b6 15.f3 ef3 16.Bf3+= Bd6?? 17.Ba8+– Bh2 18.Kh1 Ng4 19.Nf3 Bg3 20.Ng1?? Qh4 21.Nh3 Ne3 Black gets strong play along the open e–file 22.Qf3+/– Re7 23.Be1?? Bh3–+ 24.Bg3 Bg2 25.Kg1 Qd4 26.Qf2 Ba8 27.Rfd1 Qe4 28.Rd8 Re8 29.Re8 Qe8 30.Qd2 f5 31.Re1 f4 32.Bf4 Qg6 33.Kf2 Ng4 34.Kf1 Qc6?? 35.Qd8+– Kf7 36.Qe7 (36.Qe7 Kg8 37.Qe8 Qe8 38.Re8 Kf7 39.Ra8+–) 1–0. Hirth,Ullrich – Stokstad,Petter G, Biel MTO op, 1992.

6.Nf3 d5 7.e3 (7.a3 Bd6-/+) 7...Bg4 (7...Nc6 8.a3 Bc3 9.Nc3-/+) 8.a3 Be7 9.Be2 (9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bb2 Nd7=+) 9...c5 (9...Nc6!?-/+) 10.0-0=+ Nc6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bc3 15.dc3 Qf6 16.Qb3 Rfb8 17.Rfd1 a4 18.Qc4 Bf3 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.Qc5 Nf3 21.gf3 Qf3 22.Rd4 Ra6 23.Qc7 Rf8 24.Rd8 g6 25.Rad1 Ra8 (25...Rd8 26.Rd8 Kg7 27.Qc5=) 26.Rf8 Rf8 27.Rd4 b5 28.Rd8 (28.Qc5 Qb7=) 28...Qg4 29.Kf1 Qh5 30.Rf8 Kf8 31.Qd8 Kg7 32.Qd4 Kg8 33.Qd8 Kg7 34.Qd4 Kg8 (34...f6 35.Kg2=) 35.Qd8 Kg7 ½-½. FunEvalPlay (2020) - Lance5500 (2635), lichess.org, 2020.

5.Nc3 d6

6.Bf6 gf6 7.Qc2 c6 (7...Na6 8.Nf3=) 8.a3 (8.e3 Nd7+=) 8...Qa5= 9.Rc1 (9.Ne4 Nd7=) 9...Bc3 (better 9...Qa3!? 10.Rb1 Na6-/+) 10.Qc3= Qc3 11.Rc3 Nd7 12.e3 Kh8 (12...Nc5 13.d4 Na4 14.Rc1+=) 13.g3 (13.Rd3 d5 14.cd5 Ne5+–) 13...Nc5 (13...Nb6 14.Ne2=) 14.Bg2 (14.d4 Na4 15.Rc1 Kg7+=) 14...Bf5 (14...Na4 15.Rd3=) 15.d4+= Na4 16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.Ne2 Rab8 18.Nf4 Nb6 (18...Kg7 19.Kd2+=) 19.0-0 (19.c5 dc5 20.Rc5 Bg6+–) 19...Nd7+= 20.Rfe1 Bg6 21.Re2 Nf8 22.Rb2 Ne6 23.Rc3 (23.Ng6 fg6 24.Rcb1 Nd8+=) 23...Nf4+= 24.gf4 (worse 24.ef4 Re1 25.Bf1 Rd1=+) 24...Be4 25.Be4 Re4 26.Rcb3 (26.Kg2 Kg7+=) 26...Re7 (26...Rg8 27.Kf1 b6 28.a4+=) 27.a4+= f5 28.a5 Kg7 29.Kg2 Kf8 (29...Kf6 30.Kf3+=) 30.Rb1 f6 (30...Rd7 31.c5 dc5 32.dc5+–) 31.c5+– dc5 32.dc5 Ke8 (32...Kf7 33.Kf3 a6 34.Rb6+–) 33.a6! Kd8 (33...ba6 34.Rb8 Pinning (34.Rb8 Deflection)) 34.h4 (worse 34.Rb7 Reb7 35.ab7 Kc7=) 34...Kc7? (34...Kc8+–) 35.h5?? (better 35.Rb7 Rb7 36.Rb7 (36.ab7?! Kb8=) 36...Kd8 37.Rb8 Kd7 38.h5+–) 35...b5= 36.cb6 Rb6 37.Rb6 ab6 38.a7 Re8 39.Ra1 (39.Kf3 Ra8 40.Rg1 Ra7 41.Rg7 Kb8 42.Rg8 Kc7 43.Rg7 Kb8 44.Rg8 Kc7 45.Rg7=) 39...Ra8=+ 40.h6 (40.f3 Kb7 41.Rd1 Ra7 42.Rd7 Kb8=) 40...Kb7 (40...b5 41.f3 Kb6 42.e4 Ra7 43.Re1 fe4 44.fe4–+) 41.Kf3 (41.Rd1 Ra7 42.Rd6 b5=+) 41...b5 (41...Ra7 42.Rg1 b5 43.Ke2-/+) 42.Ke2 (42.Rd1 Kc7 43.e4 fe4 44.Ke4 Ra7=+) 42...c5 (42...Ra7 43.Rg1 Kb6 44.Kd3-/+) 43.Kd2? (43.Rh1 b4 44.Rh5 b3=) 43...Rd8 (better 43...Ra7 44.Rg1 Kc6-/+) 44.Kc2 Ka8 (44...Ra8 45.Kd2=) 45.Ra6 (45.Ra5 Rg8+–) 45...Rh8 (45...c4!?+=) 46.Rf6+– Ka7 47.Rf5 Kb6 48.Rf6 Ka5 (48...Kc7 49.f5+–) 49.e4+– Kb4 (49...b4 50.Rf7+–) 50.e5 Ra8 1–0. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard – Nagel,Gerhard (1880), Leipzig VfB op, 2003.

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Nd5 Qb2 8.Nf3 Ba5 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Ne7 Kh8 11.Nc8 Rc8 12.Qc2 Bb6 13.e3 Qc5 14.Rb5 Qc6 15.Rh5 h6?? (15...g6 16.Ng5 Kg8 17.Rh7 d5+-) 16.Ng5 (16.Ng5 Kg8 17.Rh6+-) 1-0. marekt - Mondoman36, internet, 2013.

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Nd5 Qb2 8.Nf3 Ba5 9.Ne7 Kh8 10.Nc8 Nc6 (10...Rc8 11.Rb1 Qf6 12.e3+= (worse is 12.Rb7 Bb6-/+)) 11.Rb1 Qa2? (better is 11...Qf6+=) 12.Ne7!+– Ne7 13.Ra1 Qc4 14.Ra5 b6 (14...Qb4 15.Qa1+–) 15.e3 Qe6 16.Rh5 f6 (16...Qg6 17.Rg5 Qe4 18.h3+–) 17.Bd3 (17.Nd4 Qf7+–) 17...g6 18.Rh4 c6 (18...c5 19.Qc2 Kg8 20.Bc4+–) 19.0-0 (19.Nd4 Qd7+–) 19...b5 (19...c5 20.Qa4+–) 20.Nd4 Qf7 21.f4 (21.Qf3 d5+–) 21...f5 22.Nf3 (22.Qa1 Qf6 23.Rh3 a5+–) 22...h5 23.Ng5 Qf6 (23...Qa2+–) 24.Rh5 Kg8 25.Nh7 (25.Rh3 Rfd8+–) 25...Qg7 (25...Qb2 26.Nf8 gh5 27.Ne6+–) 26.Nf8 (26.Rh4 Rfd8+–) 26...gh5 27.Ne6 Qh6 (27...Qg6 28.Nd4+–) 28.Nd4 a5 (28...d5 29.Rf3 h4 30.Rh3+–) 29.Nf5 (29.Bf5!? Nf5 30.Nf5 Qh7+–) 29...Nf5 30.Bf5 a4 (30...Ra7 31.Bd3 Rf7 32.Qc2+–) 31.Bd7 Ra6 (31...d5 32.Qc2 Ra6 33.Rc1+–) 32.Qf3 d5 (32...a3 33.Bc6 Kg7 34.Bb5+–) 33.f5 Qg7 (33...Qf6 34.Qh5 Ra8+–) 34.Be6 Kf8 35.Qh5 (better is 35.Qf4 Qf6 36.Qb8 Kg7 37.Qb7 Kh6 38.Qa6+–) 35...Ra7 36.f6 Qh7 37.Qh7 Rh7 38.g4 b4 39.g5 b3 40.g6 Ra7 41.g7 Rg7 42.fg7 Kg7 43.Rb1 1–0. antinephilehi (1990) – marinscrofan (1785), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Nd5 Bd2 8.Kd2 Qf2 9.Ne7 (9.Nc7 d5 A) 10.Na8 dc4 11.Nf3 Rd8 12.Kc2 Bf5 (12...Rd1?! 13.Rd1 Bf5 14.Kd2-+) 13.Kb2 Rd1 14.Rd1 Nc6-+; B) 10.Nd5+-) 9...Kh8+= 10.Nc8 Nc6 11.Nf3 Ne5?? (11...Rac8 12.Rb1+=) 12.Rc1?? (better 12.Ne7+-) 12...Rac8+= 13.Qb3 Rfe8 14.Rc3 c6 15.Ne5 (15.Qb7 Rb8 16.Qc7 Nf3 17.Rf3 Qd4 18.Rd3 Qa1 19.Qb8 Qa2 20.Ke1 Rb8-+) 15...de5 16.Rf3?? (better 16.Rd3+=) 16...Rcd8-+ 17.Kc2 Qc5?? (17...Qe1 18.Qe3 Rd4-+) 18.e4+/- (18.Rf7?! Qd6 19.Qg3 Qd2 20.Kb3 Qd1 21.Ka3 Qd6 22.Kb2 Qd2 23.Kb3 Qd1 24.Ka3 Qd6 25.Kb3 Qd1=) 18...Rd4 19.Qa3 (19.Rf7?! Red8 20.Qc3 Rd1=) 19...Qa3 20.Ra3 a6 21.Bd3 c5 22.Re1 (22.Rb1 Rd7+-) 22...Red8 23.Re3 g6 24.Rc3 R8d6 25.a4 a5 26.Rb3 b6 27.Rb1 Kg7 28.Rd1 Rf6 29.Rf3 Rf3 30.gf3 Rd6 31.Be2 Rd1 32.Bd1 Kh6 33.Kd2 Kg5 34.Ke3 f6 35.Be2 Kh4 36.Bf1 f5?? (better 36...h6+/-) 37.f4+- ef4 (37...Kg4 38.Be2 Kh4 39.fe5+-) 38.Kf4 fe4 39.Ke4 Kg4 40.Kd5 Kf3 41.Kc6 g5 (41...h5 42.Kb6 h4 43.Kc5+-) 42.Kb6 g4 43.Kc5 h5 (43...Kf2 44.Kd4 Kf1 45.c5+-) 44.Kd4 h4 Black prepares the advance g3 45.c5 Kf2 46.Bd3 Kg2 47.Bf5 g3 48.hg3 hg3 (48...Kg1 49.gh4 Kf2 50.c6 Kf3 51.Be4 Kg4 52.c7 Kh3 53.c8Q Kg3 54.Qg8 Kh4 55.Bf3 Kh3 56.Qg5 Kh2 57.Qg2) 49.c6 Kf2 (49...Kh2 50.Be4 Kg1 51.c7 Kf2 52.c8Q g2 53.Qf5 Ke1 54.Bg2 Kd2 55.Qf2 Kd1 56.Be4 Kc1 57.Qc2) 1-0. Wahlberg,Jockum - Garcia Lechugo,F (1685), 7. Gibtelecom Masters, 2009.

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Nd5 Bd2 8.Qd2?? Qa1–+ 9.Qd1 Qa2 10.Nc7 Qa5 (10...Qa5 11.Qd2 Qc7–+) 0–1. agluis (2010) – shino (1965), net–chess.com, 2003.

5.Nc3 Be7

6.e3 Nc6 7.Nf3 d6 (7...Ne5 8.Ne5 d5 9.Be2=+) 8.Bf6= Bf6 (worse 8...gf6 9.Nd5+/-) 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Qc2 a6 13.a4 (13.Bd3 g6+=) 13...b6 14.Bd3 g6 15.Ne4 (15.Be4 a5=) 15...Bg7=+ 16.Qd2 a5 17.Ne1 Ne7 (17...Nb4 18.Nc3=+) 18.Nc2 Rc8 19.Nc3 c5 20.dc5 dc5 21.Nb5?? (better 21.e4=) 21...Bb5-+ 22.ab5 Ba1 23.Ra1 Qd7 (23...Nf5 24.Rd1-+) 24.Qd1 Rcd8 25.Be2 (25.Ne1 Qe6-+) 25...Qd1 26.Bd1 Rd6 27.Kf1 Red8 28.Ke1 Kg7 29.Be2 Rd2 30.Na3 g5 31.Rd1 Rd1 32.Bd1 h6 33.Ke2 f6 (33...a4 34.Nb1 Ra8 35.Na3-+) 34.Nb1 Rd6 35.Nc3 Re6 36.Bc2 Nc8 (36...f5 37.g3-+) 37.Bf5 (37.Nd5 Re8-+) 37...Re8 38.Na4 Nd6 39.Bd3 Nc8 40.Bf5 ½-½. Darkseid - JThomasJeffrey (1740), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bg3 d6 8.Be2 b6 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.Nd5 Nd5 11.Bd5 Na5 12.Bb7 Nb7 13.d4 Qd7 14.Nf3 d5 15.cd5 Bb4 16.Nd2 Qd5 17.0-0 c5 18.Qf3 Qf3 19.Nf3 (19.gf3?? Bd2 20.Rfd1 Bc3-+) 19...cd4 20.Nd4 Bc3 21.Rad1 Bd4 22.Rd4 Rfd8 23.Rfd1 Rd4 24.Rd4 Rd8 25.Rd8 Nd8 26.Kf1 f5 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.Kd3 Ke6 29.Kc4 Nc6 30.h3 g5 31.a4 Na5 32.Kd4 h5 Black plans g4 33.f4 (33.h4!? gh4 34.Bh4=) 33...g4 34.hg4 hg4 35.Be1 Nb3 36.Kc4 Nc5 37.a5 Nd7 38.Bc3 ba5 39.Ba5 Nb6 40.Kd4 Nd5 41.Be1 Ne7 42.e4 Nc6 43.Kd3 a5 44.ef5 Kf5 45.g3 a4 46.Bc3 Ne7 47.Kd4 Ng6 (47...a3 48.Kc4 a2 49.Kb3-+) 48.Kc4 (48.Bd2=+) 48...Ne7 (better 48...Nf4!? 49.gf4 g3-+ (worse 49...Kf4 50.Be1=+)) 49.Bb4 Ng6 50.Kb5 ½-½. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard - Petroschka,Bernd (1740), GER-ch Seniors-B, 2008.

5.e3 a6

6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd6 9.Bd3 c6 10.Bh7+/– Kh7 11.Qb1 Kg8 12.Qb4 Qb4 13.Nb4 d6 (13...d6 14.d4 Be6+/–). b4_player (2140) – katie_ro, GameColony.com, 2004.

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 Ba5 8.Bc3=+.

6.Nf3 d6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bc5 (9...d5 10.Nd4 Be2 11.Qe2 Nd4 12.Bd4=) 10.d4 Ba7 11.d5 White fights for the Initiative 11...Nb8 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nd4 Bg6 15.N2f3 Ne5 (15...Be4 16.Bd3=) 16.Ne5+= de5 17.Nf3 Nd7 (17...e4!? 18.Ne5 Bf5+=) 18.Ne5 Ne5 19.Be5 Bc5 20.Qb3 b6 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.a4 a5 23.Qc3 f6 24.Bd4 Bd6 (24...Bb4 25.Qb2+/-) 25.e4 (25.c5!? bc5 26.Bc5 Ra8+-) 25...Re8 26.Qc2 (26.Qe3 Be5+/-) 26...Qe7 Can e4 get defended? (26...Bb4 27.Ra2+=) 27.Rfe1+/- Bb4 (27...Rcd8 28.c5 bc5 29.Bc3+/-) 28.Re2 (28.Bc3 Bc3 29.Qc3 Ra8+/-) 28...Qf7 (28...Rcd8 29.Rc1+/-) 29.Bg4 Rcd8 30.f3 Qe7 31.Qb2 White prepares the advance e5 (31.Be6 Bf7 32.Bf7 Kf7+/-) 31...Bf7 (better 31...f5!? 32.ef5 Qe2 33.Qe2 Re2 34.fg6 hg6=) 32.e5 Bg6? (32...c6 33.f4 (33.dc6? Rd4 34.Bd7 Bc4-+) 33...fe5 34.Re5+/- (34.Bb6?! Bc5 35.Kh2 Rb8 36.Bc5 Qc5=)) 33.f4 (33.Be6 Bf7 34.ef6 Qd6 35.Bf7 Kf7 36.fg7 Kg8+-) 33...Bd3? (33...fe5 34.Re5 (34.fe5?! Bd3+=) 34...Qd6 35.Be6 Re6 36.Re6 (worse 36.de6 Qd4 37.Qd4 Rd4-/+) 36...Qf4 37.Rf1+-) 34.Re3 (34.Be6 Qe6 35.de6 Be2 36.Qe2 Rd4 37.ef6 gf6+-) 34...f5 (better 34...fe5 35.Re5 Qf8 36.Be6 Kh8+/-) 35.Bf3?? (better 35.Rd3 fg4 36.hg4+-) 35...Bc4= 36.d6 Qf7 (36...cd6!? 37.Bc6 Rf8 38.Bb6 Rc8=) 37.dc7+= Qc7 38.Rc1 Qf7 39.Bb6 Rd2 (39...Bd2 40.Bc6 Re7 41.Rec3 Bc3 42.Qc3+/-) 40.Rc2 Rd3?? (better 40...Rc2!? 41.Qc2 Qe6+=) 41.Rd3 (41.Be2!? Ba3 42.Qa1 Qb7 43.Bd3 Bd3 44.Qa2 Kh8 45.Rd3 Qb6 46.Kh1 Bb4+-) 41...Bd3 42.Rc7 Qg6? (42...Qe6 43.Rc6 Qf7 44.Qd4+-) 43.e6 (better 43.Qb3 Kh8 44.Rc6 Qg3 45.Qd3 Qf4+-) 43...Qg3 (43...Re7 44.Qe5 Rc7 45.Qc7 Qe8 46.Ba5 Bf8+-) 44.Bd4 (44.Bf2 Qg6 45.Bh5 Qf6 46.Bf7 Kh8 47.Qf6 gf6+-) 44...Bf8 45.e7! Be7 (45...Re7 46.Re7) 46.Re7! Re7 Do you see the mate threat? 47.Qb8 (47.Bd5 Re6 48.Be6 Kf8 49.Bc5 Ke8 50.Qb8) 47...Kf7+- 48.Bd5 Kg6 49.Qd6 Kh5 50.Bf3 Qf3 51.gf3 Re1 (51...Rb7 52.Qd5 Rc7 53.Bb6 Rc1 54.Kf2+-) 52.Kg2 Rd1 (52...Bf1 53.Kf2 Rd1+-) 53.Qe5 (53.Qe6 Rd2 54.Kg3 Be4 55.Qf7 g6 56.Qh7) 53...g6 Plans Rd2 54.Qf6 h6 (54...Rd2 55.Kg3 Rg2 56.Kg2 h6 57.Kg3 g5 58.Qf7) 55.Bf2 Bf1 (55...Rg1 56.Kg1 g5 57.Qf7) 56.Kg3 Rd2 (56...Bh3 57.Qh4) 57.Qh4 1-0. retiponziani (1860) - parsman (1930), ChessWorld.net, 2020.

5.e3 d6

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6).

6.Bb2 Bf5 7.Nf3 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bf5).

5.Nf3 b6

6.e3 Bb7 7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Na3 Re8 12.Nc4 b5 13.Nce5 (13.a3!? bc4 14.ab4 Ncb4 15.Bc4=) 13...Ne5=+ 14.Be5 a6 15.a4 c4 16.Qc2 Nb6 (16...Bd6 17.Bd6 Qd6 18.ab5 ab5 19.Ra8 Ba8 20.d4=+) 17.Bg7 (17.ab5 ab5 18.Bg7 Bf3 19.Bf3 Qd2+=) 17...Na4= 18.Bd4 Be4 19.d3 cd3 20.Bd3 Rc8 21.Qb1 Bd3 22.Qd3 Qd5 23.h4 (23.Rfd1 Qe4 24.Qb3 Bc3=) 23...Qe4 24.Qb3 Be7 25.Ng5 (25.Ne5 Rf8=) 25...Bg5 26.hg5 Qe6 27.Qd3 Red8 28.Rfc1 Qd5 29.f4 Nc5 30.Qc2 Nb3? (better 30...Qa8+=) 31.Qc8+- Na1?? (better 31...Nd4 32.Qg4 Nb3+-) 32.Ba1 (32.Bf6 Qd1 33.Kh2 Nb3 34.Bd8 Qc1 35.Qa8 Qc8 36.Qc8 f6 37.Bf6 Kf7 38.Qd7 Kg6 39.g4 h5 40.f5) 32...Qd2 33.Qc3 (33.Qc3 Qc3 34.Bc3+- (34.Rc3?! Rd1 35.Kf2 Ra1=)) 1-0. Heimann,M (2395) - Tsvetkov,Andrey (2355), Titled Tuesday, 2020.

6.e3 Bb7 7.Be2 d5 8.cd5 Bd5 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.d3+= Ng5 12.e4 Bb7 13.Nbd2 c5 14.Nc4 Be7 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.Nf5 Ne6 17.Qd2 f6 18.Bd1 Ned4 19.N3d4+= Nd4 20.Nd4 cd4 21.Bb3 Kh8 22.f4 Bc5 23.f5 Qd6 24.Rf3 Rac8 25.Raf1 Bb4 26.Qf2 Rc7 27.Rh3+/– h6 28.Bc1 Rc1 29.Rc1+– Ba3 30.Rf1 Bc5 31.Qh4 Qe7 32.Qg4 Bd6 33.Rc1 Rc8?? 34.Rc8 Bc8 35.Rh6!! (35.Rh6 gh6 36.Qg8#) 1–0. Schiefelbusch,Dirk (2060) – Gorzinski,Dariusz (1885), Dortmund–ch, 2005.

6.e3 Bb7 7.Be2 Re8 8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 Bd6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Qa4 Nd7 12.Nc3 N7f6 13.Qh4 Ne4 14.Qd8 Rad8 (14...Red8?? 15.Ne4 Nf4 16.ef4 Be4 17.g3+-) 15.Ne4 Re4 16.d3 Rb4 17.Ba3 Rg4 (17...Nc3!? 18.Bd1 Rb5 19.Bd6 Rd6-/+) 18.Bd6= Rd6 19.Nd4?? (better 19.Rfc1 Ra4 20.Bd1=) 19...Rg2!!-+ 20.Kg2 Ne3 21.Kg3 Rg6 (better 21...Nf1!? 22.Rf1 Rd4 23.Rc1-+) 22.Kf4 Ng2 23.Ke5 c5?? (better 23...Rd6 24.Bf3 f6 25.Kf5 g6 26.Kg4 Rd4 27.Kg3 Rd3-+) 24.Nb5?? (better 24.Bf3 Ba6 25.Rg1+-) 24...Re6 25.Kf5 Bc8 26.Kg4 (26.Nd6 g6 27.Kg5 Kg7 28.Nf5 gf5 29.Bf3 Rg6 30.Kh5 f6 31.Bg2 Rh6) 26...Rf6 (26...Re3! 27.Kg5 Re5) 27.Kg3-/+ Rg6 28.Kf3?? (better 28.Bg4 Rg4 29.Kf3 Nh4 30.Ke2-/+) 28...Bg4 (28...Bb7) 29.Ke4?? (29.Kg2 Be2 30.Kh3 Bg4 31.Kh4-/+) 29...Be2-+ 30.Rg1 (30.Nc7 Rd6 31.Ke5-+) 30...Re6 31.Kd5 Nf4 32.Kc4 Bd3 33.Kc3 Bb5 34.Rae1 (34.Rgd1-+) 34...Ne2 35.Kd2 (35.Re2 Re2 36.Rb1 Ba4-+) 35...Ng1 36.Rg1 Re2 37.Kc3 Rf2 38.Rd1 g5 39.Rd6 (39.Rg1 f6 40.h4 h6-+) 39...Ra2 40.Kb3 Rh2 41.Rd8 Kg7 42.Rd2 Rd2 43.Kc3 Rd3 (43...Rd3 44.Kc2 g4 45.Kb1 g3 46.Kc1 g2 47.Kb2 g1Q 48.Kc2 Qd1 49.Kb2 Rb3 50.Ka2 Qb1) 0-1. pacalmisu (2220) - Skatchess (2350), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

5.Nf3 Ne4

6.Qc2 d5 7.e3 Nc6 8.cd5 Qd5? (better 8...Ne5 9.Qe4 Nf3 10.Qf3 c6 11.dc6 bc6=) 9.Bc4+- Qc5? (better 9...Nd2 10.Nbd2 Qa5+-) 10.Qe4 Ne5 (10...Bf5 11.Qf5 Qc4 12.Bb2+-) 11.Ne5 b5 (11...Be6 12.Be6 Qc1 13.Ke2 Qh1 14.Nf7 Rf7 15.Bf7 Kf7 16.Qd5 Ke8 17.Qb7 Rd8 18.Qb4 Qg2+-) 12.Bf7 (12.Qa8?! Qe5 13.Bd3 Bf5= (worse 13...Qa1 14.Qe4 Bd2 15.Kd2 Qa2 16.Bc2+/-)) 12...Rf7 13.Qa8 (better 13.Nf7 Rb8 14.a3+-) 13...Qe5 14.0-0 Rf8? (14...Qa1 15.Qc8 Bf8 16.Nc3+-) 15.d4 Qg5 16.a3 Bh3? (better 16...Ba5 17.Qa7 Bb6+-) 17.Qc6 (17.f4 Qg6 (17...Ra8 18.fg5 Be7 19.gh3+-) 18.Qd5 Be6 19.Qb5 Bd6+-) 17...Rf6 (17...Bd6+-) 18.Qa8 (better 18.f4!? Qg6 19.Qd5 Be6 20.Qb5 Bf8+-) 18...Bf8?? (18...Rf8 19.f4 Qg6 (19...Ra8?? 20.fg5 Be7 21.gh3+-) 20.Qd5 Be6 21.Qb5 Bd6+-) 19.Nc3?? (19.f4!? Qg6 20.Qf3 Bd7+-) 19...Rg6 (better 19...c6 20.g3 Qf5-+) 20.f4 (better 20.g3 Bf1 21.Rf1+-) 20...Qe7+= 21.Qd5 Kh8 22.Qe5 Bg2 23.Qe7 Be7 24.Kf2 Bh4 25.Ke2 Bf1 26.Rf1 c6 27.Kf3 Rd6 28.Ne4 Rd5? (better 28...Rh6+=) 29.Rc1+- Be7 30.Rc6 h5? (30...Kg8+-) 31.Nc5 Bc5 (31...Rd8 32.Rc7 Bd6 33.Rb7+- (worse 33.Ra7 Bc5 34.dc5 Rc8+-)) 32.dc5 (better 32.Rc5 Rd6 33.Rh5 Kg8 34.Rb5 Ra6+-) 32...Rd3?? (32...Rd2 33.h4 Rc2 34.Ke4+-) 33.Rc8 (better 33.Ra6 Rc3 34.c6+-) 33...Kh7 34.c6 (better 34.Rb8!? Ra3 35.Ke4+-) 34...Ra3+/- 35.c7 Rc3 36.Ke4 b4 37.Kd4 Rc1 38.Kd5 b3 39.Kd6 b2 40.Rb8 b1Q?? (better 40...Rd1 41.Ke6 Rc1+=) 41.Rb1+- Rb1 42.c8Q Rd1 (42...Rb5+-) 43.Ke6 Rc1 (43...Rd6 44.Kd6 g5 45.Qf5 Kh8 46.Ke6 a5 47.Qg6 gf4 48.Kf6 fe3 49.Qg7) 44.Kf5 (44.Qc1 Kg8 45.Qc8 Kh7 46.Kf7 h4 47.Qg4 a5 48.Qg7) 44…Rc8-+ 0-1. Max1993Brand (2010) - RezaZabihi (2050), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

6.Qc2+= f5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d6 (8...Be7 9.Nc3 Nb4 10.Qb1=) 9.Be2 Qe7 (9...Ba5 10.a3=) 10.a3= Ba5 11.0-0 f4 12.Bd3 Bf5 (12...Ng5!? 13.Kh1 Nf3 14.Bh7 Kh8 15.gf3 Qf7=) 13.ef4+= Qe6 (13...Rae8 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bf5+/–) 14.Nh4+/– Rae8 15.c5 g6 (15...dc5?? 16.Bc4 Nd6 17.Be6 Be6 18.g3+–) 16.cd6 (16.Nf5 A) worse is 16...Rf5 17.Re1 Rc5 18.Nc3+= (18.Re4? Qe4 19.Nc3 Qf4–+); B) 16...gf5? 17.Re1 Qf7 18.Re3+– (18.Be4?! Re4 19.Re4 fe4+=); C) 16...Qf5 17.cd6 cd6+/–) 16...cd6 (better is 16...Nd6 17.Nf5 gf5+/– (17...Nf5?? 18.Bc4+–)) 17.Nf5= gf5?? (better is 17...Rf5 18.Re1 Rf4+–) 18.Nc3+/– Bc3 (18...Rf7 19.Rae1 d5 20.Re3+–) 19.dc3+– Nc5 20.c4 a6 21.g3 Qg6 22.Rfe1 Rd8 (22...Ne6 23.c5! dc5 24.Bc4+–) 23.Rad1 Rd7 (23...Nd3 24.Qd3 Rfe8 25.Qc3+–) 24.Bf1 h5 25.Bg2 h4 26.Re2 Rc7 (26...Nd8 27.Rde1+– (27.gh4?! Nde6 28.Re3 Kh7+–)) 27.Bd5 (27.Bd5 Kh7 28.Rde1+–) 1–0. Recasens Sanchez,Juan Antonio (2120) – Duveau,Alain, WS/H/148 ICCF, 2008.

5.a3 Ba5

6.Qc2 Re8 7.Nf3 d5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bc3 Bg4 10.Ba5 Bf3 11.Bc3 Be4 12.d3 Bg6 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Be2 Qg5 15.0-0 Ne3 16.Qc1?? Qg2# 0–1. Wobick,R – Rosner,Dirk, corr SOK–89–51, 1989.

6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Rc1 Qd6 9.Qa4 Re8 10.Nf3 Ne5 11.Ne5 Re5 12.f4 Rc5 13.e3 b6 14.Qc2 Bb7-/+ 15.Bd3 Bg2 16.Rg1 Bc6 17.Bh7 Kf8 18.Be4 Bc3 19.Bc6 Bd2! 20.Qd2 Qc6 21.Qd4 f6 22.Qd3 Qf3 23.Qe2 Qe2 24.Ke2 Rh5 25.Rg2 Re8 26.Kd3 c5 27.Rcg1 Re7 28.Re2 d5 29.Rg3 Re4 30.cd5-/+ Ra4 31.e4 Rh2! 32.Rh2 Ra3 33.Kc4 Rg3 34.Kb5 c4 35.Kc4= Ke7 36.Ra2 (36.Kd4 Rg1=+) ½–½. Rosner,Dirk – Edina, Tiger SC, 1999.

6.Nc3 Re8 7.Nf3=+ Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Rc1 Qd6 10.Qb3 Ne5 11.Ne5 Re5 12.e3 b6 13.Be2 Bb7 14.0-0 Qg6 15.g3 Qc6 16.e4 Bc3 17.Rc3 Qd6 18.d3 Rae8 19.Bg4 Bc6 20.Rb1 Rc5 21.Rcc1 Ra5 22.Rc3= a6 23.Qb4 Qg6 24.f3 Qf6 25.Kg2 h6 26.Qb2= Qd6 27.Qc1 Rc5 28.Rcb3 b5 29.Qc3 bc4 30.dc4 Bb5=+ 31.Rb4 c6 32.Kh1 a5 33.R4b2 Bc4 34.Rd2 Qf8 35.Qd4 d5 36.a4 de4 37.fe4 Qe7 38.Bf3 Be6 39.Qd3 Rc4 40.e5 Qc5 41.Qd6 Qe3 42.Rf1 Bh3 43.Bg2 Bg2 44.Kg2 Qe4 45.Kg1 Qe5 46.Qe5 Re5 47.Rd8 Kh7 48.Rf7 Ra4 49.Rdd7 Ra1 50.Kg2 Ra2 51.Kh3 Rh5 52.Kg4 Rg5 53.Kh3 a4 54.Ra7 a3 55.Rfe7 c5 56.Rec7 h5 57.Ra5 Rd5 58.Rcc5 Rc5 59.Rc5 Kh6 60.Ra5 Kg6 61.g4 hg4 62.Kg4 Ra1 63.Ra6 Kf7 64.Kg3 a2 65.Kg2 g5 66.h3 Ke7 ½–½. Rosner,Dirk – Turcot, corr TKM–A010, 2000.

6.e3 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Ba5).

6.Nf3 Re8 7.Bc3 c5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bd3 d6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bc3 13.Nc3 Ng4 14.hg4 Bg4 15.Rb1 Bf3+= 16.Qf3 Ne5 17.Qf4 Nd3–+ 18.Qh2 Re6 19.Ne2 Rh6 20.Qg2 Rg6 21.Ng3 h5 22.Qd5-/+ h4 23.Qd3 hg3 24.fg3 Qh4?? 25.Qg6!+– (25.Qg6 Qc4 26.Qd6+–) 1–0. Maurer – Grehl,Siegfried, corr SOK–89–46, 1989.

6.g3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bf6?? Qf3–+ 11.Bh4 Qh1 12.f3 Bh3 13.Bd8 Qf1 0–1. katchum (2515) – dragondude (2510), net–chess.com, 2004.

6.Bc3 c6

7.Ba5 Qa5 8.e3 d5 9.Nf3 Be6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be2 Rd8 12.0-0 Nd7 13.d4 Rac8 14.Bd3 c5=+ 15.Ng5 N7f6 16.Nd2 Nc3=+ 17.Qf3 Bd5 18.Qf5 Ne2 19.Be2= Qd2 20.Bf3 Bf3 21.Nf3 Qa5 22.Rfc1 b6 23.h4 Qa6 24.dc5 Rd5=+ 25.Ne5 Re8 26.f4 bc5 27.a4 Red8 28.a5 h6 29.Rcb1 c4 30.Rc1 Ra5 31.Ra5 Qa5 32.Qc2 Rc8 33.Qc3 Qd5 34.Nc4 Ne4 35.Qb4 Nd2!! 36.Rd1 Nf3! 37.Kf2 Qd1 38.gf3 Qh1 39.Ke2 Qg2 40.Kd3 Qf1 41.Kd4 Qd1 42.Ke4 Re8 43.Ne5 Qc2 44.Kd4 Rd8 (44...Rd8 45.Nd7 Rd7 46.Ke5 g6 47.Qb8 Kg7 48.Qd6 Qf5 49.Kd4 Rd6 50.Kc4 Qc2 51.Kb4 Rb6 52.Ka3 Qb3#) 0–1. Crafty 19.01 – Fritz 8, 2004.

7.d3 d5 8.Qd2 Bc7 9.cd5 Nd5 10.e4 Re8 11.Ne2 Nc3 12.Nbc3 Nd7 13.d4 Nf6 14.f3 Nh5 15.Kf2 Qf6 16.g3 g6 17.Bg2 Be6 18.Rhd1 Bc4 19.f4 Bb6 20.Bf3 Ng7 21.Kg2 Rad8 22.e5 Qe6 23.Ne4 Re7 24.Nf6 Kh8 25.g4 Be2 26.Qe2 Bd4 27.Rab1 Qc8 28.Be4?? Ne6 29.Qf3=+ Nf8 30.h4 Bb6 31.h5 Rd1 32.Rd1 Nd7 33.hg6 fg6 34.Rh1 Nf8 35.f5 gf5 36.Bf5 Qd8 37.Rd1 Bd4 38.e6 Qb6 39.Ne4 c5-/+ 40.Ng5 Qb2 41.Kh1 Kg7 42.Rf1 Be5 43.Qh3 h6 44.Nf7+= Rf7 45.ef7 Qd2 46.Be4 b6 47.Bc6 c4 48.Qg2 Qg5 49.Rf5 Qh4= 50.Kg1 Qe1 51.Qf1 Qg3 52.Qg2 Bd4 53.Kf1 Qd3 54.Qe2+= Qe2 55.Ke2+/– Bf6 56.Bd5 b5 57.Kd1 Be7 58.a4 ba4 59.Bc4 a3 60.Kc2 Nd7? 61.Ra5 Bf8 62.Ra7 Ne5+/– 63.Be2 Nc6 64.Rd7 Ne5 65.Rc7 Kf6 66.Kb3 Nf7 67.Bd1 Ne5 68.Rc8 Kg7 69.Kc3 Be7 70.Ra8 Kf6 71.Kd4 Nd7 72.Bc2 Bc5 73.Kc3 Be7 74.Kb3+= Ne5 75.Ra6 ½–½. Akst,Viktor – Yudin,A Ya, Novokuznetsk, 1997.

7.e3 d6 =+.

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Ba5 Qa5 10.e4 Re8–+ 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Be2 Nf4 14.Nc3 hg5 15.ef5 Nd7 16.Kf1 Ne2 17.Ne2 Qa6 18.d4 Nf6 19.h4-/+ g4 20.Qb2 Re4 21.Re1 Rae8 22.h5 Nd5 23.g3 Qd3 24.h6 Qf3 25.h7 Kh8 26.Rh2 Ne3 27.Kg1 Nf5 (27...Nf5 28.Rg2 Nd4–+) 0–1. mtrold1 – eggnog, internet live, 2001.

7.e3 d5

8.d4 Ne4 9.Ba5 Qa5 10.Nd2 Be6 11.cd5 Bd5 12.Ngf3 Nc3 13.Qc2= Nd7 14.Bd3+= Nf6 15.0-0 Rfe8 16.Ne5 Nb5 17.Ndc4 Qc7 18.Rfc1 Rad8 19.Nd2 Nd6 20.Qc5 Qb8 21.Re1 b6 22.Qc2 c5 23.Rad1 Rc8 24.Ba6 Rc7 25.Qd3 b5 26.dc5 Rc5 27.Qd4 Qc7 28.Nd3 Rc3 29.Nf4 Ra3 30.Bb5 Nb5 31.Nd5 Nd5 32.Qd5 Nc3 33.Qc4 Qc4 34.Nc4 Ra4 35.Nd6 Nd1 36.Ne8 Nc3 37.Kf1 Ne4 38.Rd1 Kf8 39.Nc7 Rc4 40.Nd5 Rc2 41.f3 Nd2 42.Kf2 a5 43.Kg3 Nb3 44.Rd3 Nd2 45.Ra3 Nc4 46.Ra4 f6 47.e4 Kf7 48.h4 g6 49.Kf4 h6 50.g4 g5 51.Kg3 Nd2 52.f4 Rc5 53.Nb6 Rc3-/+ 54.Kf2 gh4 55.Nd5 Rd3 56.Ra5 Ne4–+ 57.Ke1 h3 58.Ra7 Ke6 59.Nc7 Kd7 60.Ke2? h2 61.Na8 Kd6 62.Ra6 Ke7 63.Ra7 Rd7 64.Ra1 Ng3 65.Kf3 h1Q 66.Rh1 Nh1 67.Nb6 Rd3 68.Ke2 Rb3 69.Nd5 Ke6 (69...Ke6 70.Ne3 Rb2 71.Kd3 Nf2 72.Kc3 Rb1–+) 0–1. Fritz 6 – Fritz 8, 2004.

8.d4 Ne4 9.Ba5 Qa5 10.Nd2 Be6 11.cd5 Bd5 12.Ngf3 Nc3 13.Qc2= Nd7 14.Bd3+= Nf6 15.0-0 Rfe8 16.Ne5 Nb5 17.Ndc4 Qc7 18.Rfc1 Rad8 19.Nd2 Qe7 20.a4 Nc7 21.a5 a6 22.Rab1 Nb5 23.Rb2 Na3 24.Qc5 Qc5 25.Rc5 Nb5 26.f3 Nd7 27.Nd7 Rd7 28.Kf2 h6 29.Nc4 Bc4 30.Rc4 g6 31.g4 Rde7 32.e4 Rd8 33.Ke3 Red7 34.Rbb4 c5 35.Rc5 Nd4 36.f4 Nc6 37.Rb3+= Nd4 38.Rb6 Ne6 39.Rc3 Nf4 40.Ba6 Ng2 41.Kf3 Ne1 42.Ke2 ba6 43.Ke1 Re7 44.Rc4 Ra8 45.h3 Re5 46.Ra4 Kf8 47.Kd2 Ke7 48.Ke3 h5 49.Kf4 f6 50.Rb7 Kf8 51.gh5 Rh5 52.Rab4 Ra5 53.R4b6 g5 54.Kf3 Kg8 55.Rf6 Rf8 56.Rf8 Kf8 57.Ra7 Kg8 58.Kg4 Kf8 59.Kh5 Ke8 60.Kg6 Kd8 61.Kf6 Ra3 62.Ra8 Kd7 63.e5 Rf3 64.Kg5 Rh3 65.Ra6 Ke7 66.Rc6 Rh1 67.Rb6 Rg1 68.Kf5 Rf1 69.Ke4 Re1 70.Kd5 Rd1 71.Kc4 Rc1 72.Kd3 Re1 73.Kd4 Rd1 74.Ke3 Re1 75.Kf4 Rf1 76.Kg4 Rg1 77.Kf3 Rf1 78.Ke2 Rf5 ½–½. Fritz 6 – Fritz 8, 2004.

8.d4 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nc3 10.Nc3=+ Bf5 11.Qd2 Qb6 12.c5 Qb3 13.Nge2 b6 14.cb6 ab6 15.Qc1 Re8 16.a4 Bb4 17.Qd2 b5 18.a5 Ba5 19.Rc1 b4 20.Qd1?! Qb2 21.Na4 b3 22.Nec3 Qa2 23.Bd3 Bd3 24.Qd3 Qa4 25.0-0 Qb4 26.Ne2 b2 27.Rc3 Qd6 28.Rb3 Bc7 29.g3 Na6 30.Rb2 c5 31.Rfb1 c4 32.Qf5 Ba5 33.Rb7 Nc7 34.Qc2 Qg6 35.Qg6 hg6 36.Kg2 Kh7 37.Nc3 Red8 38.h4 g5 39.hg5 Kg6 40.Nb5 Rab8 41.Nc7 Bc7 42.f4 c3 43.Rb8 Rb8 44.Rc1 Ba5 45.Kf3 Re8 46.g4 Rh8 47.Kg3 Bb4 48.Rc2 Re8 49.Kf3 Kh7 50.Ra2 Re4 51.Rh2 Kg8 52.Ra2 Re7 53.f5 Re8 54.Ke2 Re4 55.Ra8 Kh7 56.Kf3 g6 57.f6 c2 58.Rc8 Bd2 59.Rc2 Be3 60.Re2 Bd4 61.Re4 de4 62.Ke4 Bb2 63.Kf4 Bc1 64.Ke5 Bg5 65.Kd5 Bf6 66.Kd6 Kh6 67.Kd7 Be5 68.Kc6 Kg5 (68...Kg5 69.Kd5 Kg4 70.Ke5 f5–+) 0–1. Fritz 6 – Fritz 8, 2004.

8.Ba5 Qa5

9.Nf3 dc4 10.Bc4 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Nh4 Be6 15.f4 Rd8 16.f5 Bd5 17.Qc2 Nbd7 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Bf3 N7f6 20.e4 Nf4 21.Rfd1? c4-/+ 22.Kh1 Nd3–+ 23.Rf1 Rac8 24.Ra2 Qc7 25.Raa1 Qe7 26.e5 Qe5 27.g3 Ne4 28.Kg2 Ng5 29.Qd1 Nf3 30.Rf3 Qd5 31.Kg1 Nb2 32.Qe1 Qd2 33.f6 g6 34.Re3 c3 35.Nf3 Qe1 36.Ne1 c2 37.Rc1 Nc4 38.Rc3 Rd6 39.Nc2 Rf6 40.Ne3 Rfc6 41.Kf2 f5 42.Rd1 Ne3 43.Re3 Rc2 44.Re2 Re2 45.Ke2 Rc2 46.Ke3 Rc3 47.Rd3 Rd3 48.Kd3 g5 49.Ke3 Kf7 50.Kd3 Ke6 51.Kd4 a5 52.h3 b4 53.ab4 ab4 54.h4 f4 (54...f4 55.hg5 fg3–+) 0–1. Crafty 19.01 – Fritz 8, 2004.

9.Nf3 dc4 10.Bc4 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Nh4 Be6 15.f4 Rd8 16.f5 Bd5 17.Qc2 Nbd7 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Bf3 N7f6 20.e4 Nf4 21.Rfd1? c4-/+ 22.Kh1 Nd3–+ 23.Rf1 Rac8 24.Ra2 Re8 25.Be2 Qd8 26.e5 Re5 27.Bd3 Qd3 28.Rd1 Ne4 29.Rb1 Nf2 30.Kg1 Qd4 31.g3 Nd1 32.Kh1 Qd5 (32...Qd5 33.Qe4 Qe4 34.Kg1 Qd4 35.Kg2 Re2 36.Kh3 h5 37.Rd1 Qg4#; 32...Re1 33.Kg2 Re2 34.Kh3 Nf2 35.Kg2 Ng4 36.Kh1 Rh2#) 0–1. Crafty 19.01 – Fritz 8, 2004.

9.Nf3 dc4 10.Bc4 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Nh4 Be6 15.f4 Rd8 16.f5 Bd5 17.Qc2 Nbd7 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Bf3 N7f6 20.e4 Nf4 21.Rfd1? c4-/+ 22.Kh1 Nd3–+ 23.Rf1 Rac8 24.e5 Ne5 25.Qb2 Nd3 26.Qc2 Rd4 27.g3 Re8 28.Qc3 Qb6 29.Rab1 Qd6 30.Kg2 Ne4 31.Be4 Ree4 32.f6 Re2 33.Kh3 g5 34.Qd4–+ Qd4 (34...Qd4 35.Nf5 g4 36.Kh4 Qf6 37.Kg4 Rh2 38.Rb5 ab5 39.Nh6 Qh6 40.Rf5 Qh3 41.Kf3 Qf5 42.Ke3 Qe6 43.Kd4 Qe5#) 0–1. Crafty 19.01 – Fritz 8, 2004.

9.Nf3 Be6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be2 Rd8 12.0-0 Nd7 13.d4 Rac8 14.Bd3 c5=+ 15.Ng5 Nf8 16.Nd2 Nc3 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh4 Ne2 19.Be2+= Qd2 20.Rfe1 Qa5 21.Bf3 cd4= 22.ed4 Rc4 23.Red1 Qb6 24.Rdb1 Qc7 25.Rd1 Qb6 26.Qg3 Rdd4 27.Rdb1 Qc7 28.Ne6 Ne6 29.Qc7 Rc7 30.Rb7 Rb7 31.Bb7 Rd2 32.Re1 Ra2-/+ 33.Bc8 Nd4 34.h4 Ra3 35.Re8 Kg7 36.Re7 Ra1 37.Kh2 a5 38.Bg4 a4 39.Rd7 Nc6 40.Kg3 a3 41.Bf3 Nb4 42.Ra7?? a2 43.h5 Re1 44.hg6 hg6 45.Bd5 a1Q 46.Ra1 Ra1 47.Be4 Ra3 (47...Ra3 48.Kh4 f5–+) 0–1. Crafty 19.01 – Fritz 8, 2004.

9.Nf3 Be6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be2 Rd8 12.0-0 Nd7 13.d4 Rac8 14.Bd3 c5 15.Ng5 Nf8 16.Ne6? Ne6–+ 17.Qh5? Nf6 18.Qf5 Rd5 19.Qf3 cd4 20.Ra2 Ng5 21.Qe2 b5 22.f4 Ne6 23.f5 Nc5 24.ed4 Nb3 25.Qf2 Nd4 26.Rd2 Qb6 27.Kh1 Qc5 28.Qf4 Re8 29.Rdf2 Rde5 30.Rc1 Qd6 31.Rff1 a6 32.Rcd1 Qc5 33.Rc1 Qb6 34.Rc8 Rc8 35.Qe5 Re8 36.Qf4 Qc5 37.Rc1 Nd5 38.Qd2 Qe7 39.Rd1 Rd8 40.Qf2 Nf6 41.Qe1 Qe1 42.Re1 Nf3! 43.Rc1 Ng4 44.gf3-/+ Nf2 45.Kg2 Nd3–+ 46.Rc7 h6 47.Nc3 Rd4 48.Kg3 Ne5–+ 49.Ne4 Rd3 50.Rc8 Kh7 51.Rc3 Rc3 52.Nc3 Nc4 53.Nb1 a5 54.Kf4 b4 55.ab4 ab4 56.Ke4 h5 57.Kd4-/+ Na3 58.Nd2 Kh6 59.f4 Kh7 60.Nb3 Nc2-/+ 61.Kd3 Ne1 62.Ke2 Ng2 63.Kf3 Nh4 64.Ke4 Kh6 65.Nd2 Ng2 66.Kf3=+ Ne1 67.Ke2 Nc2 68.Kd3 Na1 69.Kc4 g5 70.Kb4 Nc2 71.Kc5 gf4 72.Nf3 Ne3 73.Kd4 Nf5 74.Ke4 Ne3 75.Kf4= Nc4 76.Kf5 Nd6 77.Kf6 Ne4 78.Kf5 Nc3 79.Kf6 Nd5 80.Kf7 Nf4 81.Kf6 Nd3 82.Nh4 Nf4 83.Nf5 Kh7 84.h4 Ng6 85.Ke6 Nh4 ½–½. Crafty 19.01 – Fritz 8, 2004.

6.Bc3 Nc6

7.e3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bc4 Nc3-/+ 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Be2 Qf6 12.Nf3 Nf3 13.Bf3 Bc3 14.dc3 Qc3 15.Kf1 c6 16.g4 f5–+ 17.h3 fg4 18.Bg4 Bg4 19.hg4 Qe3 20.Qc2 h6 21.Kg2?! Qf3 (21...Qf3 22.Kh2 Qf2 23.Qf2 Rf2 24.Kg3 Raf8–+) 0–1. Moeller Nielsen – Miraglia, email 4AMM–03, 1997.

7.e3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Nc3=+ 9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3 d6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.0-0 Bf3 13.Qf3 Qh4 14.g3 Qg5 15.Be4 Qc5 16.Rab1 Rab8 17.Bc6 bc6=+ 18.Qe4 Rb6 19.Rfd1 a5 20.Rb6= cb6 21.Kg2 a4 22.Rb1 f5 23.Qe6+= Kh8 24.Rb4 b5 25.cb5 cb5 26.Qd7 Qd5= 27.Kh3 Qd2 28.Qe7 Rc8 29.Qd7 Rf8= 30.f4 Qc3 31.Qd6+= Kg8 32.Qe6 Kh8+= 33.Qe7 Qf6 34.Qf6+– Rf6 35.Rb5 Kg8 36.Kg2 Re6 37.Kf3 g6 38.Ra5 Re4 39.g4 Kg7? 40.gf5 Rc4 41.fg6 hg6 42.Ke2 Rc2 43.Kd3 Rh2 44.Ra4 Kf6 45.Rc4 Rb2 46.a4 Ra2 47.e4 g5 48.Rc6 Ke7 49.fg5 Ra4 50.g6 Ra3 51.Kd4 Kd7 52.Rf6 Rg3 53.e5 Rg5 54.Ke4 Ke7 55.Rd6 Rh5 56.Rc6 Rg5 57.Rd6 Rh5 58.Rf6 (58.Rf6 Rg5 59.Kf4+–; better is 58.Kf4+–) 1–0. Crafty 19.01 – EXchess 3.11, 2004.

7.Nf3 =+.

6.e3 Nc6

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 Qd6 10.Be2 Qg6 11.Nh4 Qe4 12.Nf3 Qg6 13.Nh4 Qe4 14.Nf3 Qg6 ½–½. Degterev,Pavel (2275) – Domanov,Dmitry (2405), BI–2009–P–00026, 2009.

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5).

7.Bb2 d5 8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Be2 dc4 10.Bc4 Bg4 (10...Nd6 11.Bd3=+) 11.0-0 Ng5 12.Be2 Bf3 ½–½. Goldmund,Heike – Reboredo,Daniel (1940), FICGS, 2014.

7.Bb2 d6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Qe7 11.h3 Bf3 12.Bf3+= Rab8 13.Bc6 bc6= 14.d3?? Rb2–+ 15.Qa4 Bb6 16.Nc3 Be3! 17.Nd1 Bd4 18.Nb2 Bb2 19.Rab1 Bd4 20.Qc6 Bb6 21.Rfe1 Qd8?? 22.g4 h6 23.h4 g5 24.h5?? Re1–+ 25.Re1 Qc8 26.Kf1 Qg4 27.Qh1 Qh5 28.Qg2 Kg7 29.f4 Qg4 30.Qg4 Ng4 31.fg5 (31.fg5 hg5 32.Ke2–+). bentengutama (1965) – agluis (2010), net–chess.com, 2003.

6.e3 Re8

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Ne2 (better is 9.Be2!?-/+) 9...Nc6 10.Nbc3 Ne5 11.Nd4? (better is 11.Ng3 Nf4 12.d4–+) 11...Nf4 12.Na4 (12.Qa4 Bb6 13.Nf3 Ned3 14.Bd3 Nd3 15.Ke2 Bf5–+ (15...Nb2?! 16.Qb5–+)) 12...Ned3 (12...Nfd3!? 13.Bd3 Nd3 14.Kf1–+) 13.Bd3 Nd3 14.Ke2 (14.Kf1 c5 15.Nb3–+) 14...Nb2 (14...Nb2 15.Nb2 Qd4–+) 0–1. Lehtonen,Ture – Segerberg,Tomas (1975), Gothenburg Elo, 2011.

7.Bc3 c5 8.Ba5 Qa5 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Nf3 d6 11.Be2 Ne5 12.0-0 Be6 13.Qb3 Rab8 14.Ne5 (14.Rfb1 Nf3 15.Bf3 b5=+) 14...de5=+ 15.f4 (15.Rfb1 Red8=+) 15...b5 (15...e4 16.Rad1=+) 16.f5 (16.fe5 Nd7=) 16...Bc4=+ 17.Bc4 bc4 18.Qc4 Rb2 Black prepares e4 19.Ra2 Ra2 20.Qa2 Qd8 (20...Rd8 21.Rb1=) 21.Qc2 e4 22.Rb1 (22.Rf4 Qe7=) 22...Qd7 23.Rb5 (23.Na4 Rc8=+) 23...Qf5-/+ 24.h3 Qc8 25.Ra5 Qc7 26.Ra4 Qb7 27.Rc4 Qc6 28.Qa4 Qa4 29.Ra4 Re7 30.Kf2 Kf8 31.Ke2 (31.Rc4 h5=) 31...h6 (31...h5 32.Ra5=) 32.Ra5 (32.Rc4 Re5=) 32...c4 (32...Rc7 33.Nb5 Rb7 34.Na7=) 33.Rc5 Ke8 34.Nb5 Kd7 35.Rc7 White gets the initiative 35...Ke6 36.Nd4 Kd6 37.Rc4 Rb7 (37...Kd5 38.Ra4 Rd7 39.Ra5 Kc4 40.Nc6+–) 38.Nf5 Kd5 39.Rc8 Rb3 40.Ng7 Ra3 41.Rc7 a5 (41...Ke5 42.Re7 Kd5 43.Rf7+–) 42.Rf7 Ke5 43.g4 a4 44.Nf5 (44.Re7 Kd5+–) 44...Nd5+– 45.Nh6 Ra1 (45...Rb3 46.Ra7 Rb2 47.Kd1 Rb1 48.Kc2+–) 46.g5 (better 46.Rf5 Kd6 47.Nf7 Kc6 48.Re5+–) 46...Nb4? (better 46...Ke6+–) 47.Ng4 Ke6 (47...Kd5 48.Rf4+–) 48.Rf4 (48.Rf4 Na2 49.Re4 Kf5 50.Kf3 Rf1 51.Nf2+–) 1–0. Rosner,Dirk – Baer,Werner, CiF, 2000.

7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Qb3 Qd6 (12...Qb6 13.Bc4 Qb3 14.Bb3+=) 13.Bc4 (13.Nc3 Bc3 14.dc3 Na5=) 13...Rad8+= 14.Nc3 (14.Qb7?? Rb8 15.Qa6 Bc8–+) 14...Bc3 15.Bc3 Re7 16.Rfc1 (16.Be2 Nc3 17.dc3 Red7+=) 16...Bg4 (16...Nc3 17.Qc3 b6+=) 17.Bf1? (17.Ng5!? Bh5 18.Bd5 Qd5 19.Qd5 Rd5 20.Nh3=) 17...b6 (17...Bf3 18.gf3 Nc3 19.Qc3-/+) 18.Bb2 Bf3 19.gf3 Ne5 (19...Re6 20.Bg2-/+) 20.Be5 (20.Be2 Re6 21.f4 Rg6 22.Kh1 Ng4 23.Bg4 Rg4-/+) 20...Re5 (20...Qe5 21.Bg2 Qh5 22.Rc4-/+) 21.f4 Re6 22.Qd1 (22.Bc4!?-/+) 22...Rg6–+ 23.Bg2 Ne7 24.Qf1 (better is 24.d3!?–+) 24...Nf5 (24...Qd2?? 25.Rd1 Qd6 26.Rd6 Rgd6 27.Qa6+–) 25.Kh1 Nh4 (25...Qd2?? 26.Rd1 Rgd6 27.Rd2 Rd2 28.Qa6 Rf2 29.Qa7+–) 26.Be4 (26.Bb7 Qc7 (26...Qd2?? 27.Rd1 Rgd6 28.Rd2 Rd2 29.h3+–) 27.Be4 f5–+) 26...f5 27.Qh3 Qf6 (27...fe4?! 28.Qh4 Rd7 29.Rc2–+; 27...Qd2?! 28.Qh4 fe4 29.Qe7-/+) 28.Bf3 Rd2 29.Rd1 (29.Rf1 Qe7–+) 29...Nf3 (better is 29...Rf2!? 30.Bd5 Kf8 31.Rf1–+) 30.Qf3 Qc6 31.Qc6 Rd1 (31...Rc6?? 32.Rd2 h6 33.Rd7+–) 32.Rd1 Rc6 33.Rd8 (33.Kg2–+) 33...Kf7 34.Rd7 (34.Kg2 c4 35.Kf3 c3–+) 34...Ke6 35.Rg7 (35.Ra7 c4 36.Rg7–+) 35...c4 36.Rg1 (36.Ra7?? c3–+; 36.Rh7?? c3 37.Rh6 Kd7 38.Rh7 Ke8–+) 36...c3 37.Kg2 (37.Rc1 Kd5 38.f3 Kc4–+) 37...Kd5 38.Kf3 (38.Rc1 Ke4 39.Kf1 Kd3 40.Rd1 Kc2–+) 38...c2 39.Rc1 Rc3 0–1. Alm,Christopher (2120) – Nisipeanu,Liviu_Dieter (2645), 14th Sants Open A, 2012.

7.Nf3 d5 8.Bb2 Bf5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 c5 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Qb3 a6 (12...Qb6 A) 13.Qd5? A1) 13...Qb2 14.Nc3 Bc3 15.Qf5+= (15.dc3?! Be4 16.Qc4 Na5 17.Qc5 Nb3=); A2) 13...Be6 14.Qg5 Qb2–+; B) 13.Qb6 Bb6 14.Bb5=) 13.Rc1 (13.Qb7 Qd6 14.Qb3 Rab8=) 13...Nf4 (13...Qd6 14.d4 (14.Qb7?? Reb8 15.Ba6 Rb7 16.Bb7 Rb8 17.Bc6 Rb2 18.Bd5 Qd5–+) 14...cd4 15.Bd4=+) 14.Bf1 (14.Bc4 Ne6 15.Qb7 Be4+=) 14...Ne6= 15.d3 (15.Qb7!? Qd6 16.Qb3= (16.Ba6? Rab8–+)) 15...b5=+ 16.a4 Rb8 17.ab5 Rb5 (17...ab5 18.Be2=+) 18.Qa3= Qb8 (18...Rb6 19.Nc3 Qd6 20.Ne4=) 19.Qa4 (19.Bc3 Rd8 20.d4 Rb3=+ (worse 20...Rb1 21.Rab1 Bb1 22.Ba5 Na5 23.Qa5+–)) 19...Bc7 (19...Rd8 20.Na3 Rb2 21.Qc6=) 20.Nc3 (20.Bc3 Nb4 21.Qd1 Rd8 22.Bb4 Rb4 23.Ra6 c4=+) 20...Rb2 21.Qc6 Rb6 (21...Bg4 22.h3 Rb6 23.Qd5 Bf3 24.Qf3 Bh2 25.Kh1=) 22.Qa4 Rd8 23.Ne4 Be4 (23...Qc8 24.Rc3= (24.Nc5? Nc5 25.Rc5 Bh2 26.Kh2 Qc5–+)) 24.de4 Attacks the isolani on a6 (24.Qe4 a5=) 24...g5 (24...a5 25.Bc4=) 25.h3+= (worse 25.Ba6 g4 26.Nh4 Bh2 27.Kf1 Rb4-/+) 25...h5 26.g4 (26.Ba6 g4 27.Ne1 gh3 28.gh3 Bh2 29.Kf1 Rb4+=) 26...hg4= 27.hg4 Be5 (27...Qa8 A) worse 28.Ba6 Rb4 29.Qc2 Re4=+ (worse 29...Qe4 30.Qe4 Re4 31.Rc4 Rc4 32.Bc4+=); B) 28.Rcb1 Rb1 29.Rb1=) 28.Ra2+= Rb4 29.Qc2 a5 30.Bc4 Bb2 31.Rb1 (31.Rf1 Bf6+=) 31...Bg7= 32.Rb4 (32.Rb3 Qb6=) 32...ab4 33.e5 Qb7 (33...Be5 34.Be6 fe6 35.Qg6 Bg7 36.Ng5 Rd1 37.Kg2 Qb7 38.e4+–) 34.Qf5 Rb8 (34...Qe7 35.Kf1+=) 35.Rd2 (35.Be6 fe6 36.Qe6 Qf7 37.Qf7 Kf7 38.Ng5 Kg8+–) 35...b3 (35...Qe7!?+=) 36.Rb2+– (36.Ng5?! Ng5 37.Qg5 b2 38.Rd8 Rd8 39.Qd8 Bf8 40.Qg5 Kh8 41.Qh5 Kg7 42.Qg5 Kh8 43.Qf6 Kg8 44.Qg5 Bg7 45.Qd8 Bf8 46.Qg5=; 36.Be6?! fe6 37.Qe6 Kh8 38.Ng5 b2 39.Rb2 Qb2 40.Nf7 Kh7 41.Ng5 Kh8 42.Nf7 Kg8 43.Ng5 Kh8=) 36...Qc6 (36...Qc7 37.Rb3 (37.Bb3? c4–+; 37.Be6?! fe6 38.Qe6 Qf7 39.Qf7 Kf7 40.Ng5 Kg6=) 37...Rb3 38.Bb3+–) 37.Nd2 (37.Rb3 Rb3 38.Bb3 c4+–) 37...Qc7 (37...Qa4 38.Rb1 Rb4 39.Be6 fe6 40.Qe6 Kf8 41.f3+– (41.Nb3 Rg4 42.Kf1 Qb5 43.Ke1 Rg1 44.Kd2 Qb4 45.Ke2 Rb1 46.Qf5 Kg8 47.Qe6 Kh7 48.Qf5 Kh6 49.Qb1 Qg4 50.Kd2 Qf3=; 41.Rb3?! Qa1 42.Kg2 Qe5 43.Qc8 Kf7 44.Rb4 cb4+–)) 38.Rb3 (38.Be6 fe6 39.Qe6 Qf7 40.Qf7 Kf7 41.Rb3 Rb3 42.Nb3 c4+–) 38...Rb3 39.Nb3 Qe5 40.Qe5 Be5 41.Be6 fe6 42.Nc5 Kf7 43.Ne4 (43.Kg2 Bc7+–) 43...Kg6 44.Kf1 Bg7 (44...Bc7 45.Ke2+–) 45.Ke2 Be5 (45...Bh6 46.Nc5 Kf6 47.Nd3+–) 46.Kd3 1–0. Degterev,Pavel (2240) – Silkin,Alexey (2210), WC–2011–T–00006, 2010.

7.Nf3 d5 8.Bb2 Bf5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 c5 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Qa2 (13.Qd5? A) 13...Qb2 14.Nc3 Bc3 15.Qf5+= (15.dc3?! Be6 16.Qd2 Qd2 17.Nd2 Rad8=); B) 13...Be6 14.Qg5 Qb2–+) 13...Be6 14.Bc4 Qd8 15.Nc3 Bc3 16.Bc3 b5 17.Bb3 c4 18.Bc2 Bg4 19.Bd1 a6 20.Qb2 g6 21.Nd4 Bd1 22.Nc6 (worse is 22.Rad1 Ne5-/+) 22...Qd6 23.Nd4 Bg4 24.f3 Bd7 25.Nc2 a5 26.Rfd1 Qe7 27.Kh1 Nb6 28.Bf6 Qd6 29.Bh8 Qf8 30.Qd4 Re6 31.Be5 Rc8 32.Qf4 Nd5 33.Qd4 Nb6 34.Qf4 ½–½. Degterev,Pavel (2275) – Janosi,Ervin (1845), SM–2009–0-00081, 2009.

7.Nf3 d5 8.Bb2 Bf5 9.Be2 c6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Nc3 dc4 12.Bc4 Qe7 13.Ne2 Nb6 14.Ba2 Rad8 15.Ng3 Bd3 16.Re1 Bg6 17.Nd4 Qd6 18.f4 Be4 19.Re2 Nbd5 20.Qb3 Rd7 21.Ndf5 Qc5 22.Bd4 Qc2 23.Ne4 Qe4 24.Ng3 Qe7 25.Rf1 Bb6 26.Ba1 Qc5 27.Kh1 Ne4 28.Ne4 Re4 29.Ree1 Ba5 30.Rd1 Bd8 31.Be5 Nf6 32.Rf3 Re5 33.fe5 Qe5 34.d4 Qe7 35.Bb1 Bb6 36.Rdf1 h6 37.Qd3 Kf8 38.Ba2 Ke8 39.Rf5 Qd6 40.Qc3 Kd8 41.g3 Re7 42.Re5 Ne4 43.Qb4 c5 44.Qb2 Nf6 45.Re7 Qe7 46.a4 Qe3 47.dc5 Qc5 48.Qd2 Ke8 49.Rc1 Qe7 50.Re1 Ne4 51.Bf7 Kf8 52.Qc1 Qc7 53.Qc7 Bc7 54.Bg6 Nd6 55.Kg2 Bd8 56.Kf3 Bg5 57.Re6 Be7 58.Kf4 Nc4 59.Re2 Na5 60.Ke4 a6 61.Kd5 Nc6 62.Rb2 Bb4 63.Ke6 a5 64.Rb1 b6 65.Rf1 Kg8 66.Rd1 Bc5 67.Be4 Nd4 68.Ke5 1–0. Degterev,Pavel (2275) – Szymanski,Robert (2275), RM–2009–0-00039, 2009.

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Ba5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

6.Nf3 Nc6

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 (8...Qd5?! 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3=) 9.g3 Re8 (9...Be6 10.Bg2-/+) 10.Bg2=+ Bg4 11.0-0 Bb6 12.Qa4 Bf5 13.Re1 Re4 14.d4 Ba5 15.Nbd2 Re8 16.e4 Nb6 17.Qc2 Bg6 18.Bc3 Bc3 19.Qc3 h6 (19...Qf6 20.Rab1=) 20.Rac1+= Rc8 21.Bh3 Nd7 22.Rb1 Rb8 23.Rb7 Nd4?? (23...Rb7 Decoy to b7 24.Qc6 A double attack) 24.Qd4+– Rb7 25.Qd7 (25.Bd7 c5 26.Qc5 Rd7-/+) 25...Qd7 26.Bd7 Rd8 27.Ne5 c5 28.Bc6 Rb2 29.Ndc4 Rc2 30.f4 Kh7 31.Ba4 Rc3 32.Bb5 (32.Bb5 Rb8 33.Ba4+–) 1–0. Dieng,M – Grehl,Siegfried, corr SOK–92–82 KGP, 1992.

7.Bb2 d5 8.e3 Ne4 9.Nc3 Nc3 10.Bc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qf6 12.Qb3 (12.cd5 Qc3 13.Nd2 Ne7+=) 12...Be6 (12...Na5 13.Qb4 c5 14.Qb2 Nc4 15.Bc4 dc4 16.0-0-/+) 13.Nd4 (13.Rc1 dc4 A) 14.Bc4?? Na5 15.Qb4 Nc4–+ (15...Bc4?! 16.Qa5 c6 17.Qc5-/+); B) 14.Qb7=) 13...dc4-/+ 14.Qb7 Nd4 15.cd4 c5! 16.Be2 (16.dc5 Qc3 Double attack (16...Qa1 Pinning; 16...Qa1 Deflection; 16...Qe5 Decoy)) 16...cd4–+ 17.ed4 Qd4 18.0-0 Rab8 19.Qf3 Rb3 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qg5 Rc8 22.h4 (22.Rfd1 Qc5 23.Qc1 c3–+) 22...c3 23.Rfd1 Qc5 (23...f6 24.Qg3 Qb6 25.Rd6 Rb1 26.Kh2 Ra1 27.Rb6 ab6 28.Bd3–+) 24.Rd8 Kg7 25.Rc8 Qg5 26.hg5 Bc8 27.Bc4 Rb2 28.Rc1 c2 (28...c2 29.Bd3 Bf5 30.Bf5 gf5–+) 0–1. Vlak,Jos J. C. M (2310) – Sheppard,Barry S (2270), WS/M/162 ICCF, 2008.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.e3 d5 9.Qc2 Re8 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bf5 13.Qb2 Bc3 14.Qc3 (14.dc3 Ne5 15.Be2 Nd3 16.Bd3 Bd3=+) 14...Ne5 (14...Be4 15.Be2=+) 15.Ne5= Re5 16.Rc1 (16.d4 Re7=) 16...Rd8=+ 17.f3 (17.d4 Re7=+) 17...Ree8 (17...Qd6 18.Bc4=+) 18.Be2 c5 (18...Be6 19.d4=) 19.Kf2 (19.e4 Be4 20.fe4 Qe4 21.Qf3=) 19...b6=+ 20.Rhd1 Bd3 (20...Qd6 21.Bb5 Bd7 22.Bd7 Rd7 23.d4 Qh2 24.dc5 Rd1 25.Rd1 bc5 26.Qc5=) 21.Qd3 (21.e4 Qd6 22.Bd3 Qd3 23.Qd3 Rd3=+) 21...Qd3=+ 22.Bd3 Rd3 23.a4 Kf8 (23...f5 24.Ke2 Rd4 25.a5=+) 24.a5 (24.Ke2 Rd4 25.a5 Re6=+) 24…Re6 ½–½. Bendig,Frank (2170) – Buzas,Gyula (2255), WC–2010–F–00005, 2010.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.e3 d5 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Be2 Nc5 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Nc3 Qb3 13.Qb3 Nb3 14.Rad1 Bc2 15.d4 Ne7 (better is 15...Bd1!? 16.Rd1 Bc3 17.Bc3 Rfd8=) 16.Rde1+= c5 17.dc5 Rfd8 18.Nd4 Nd4 19.ed4 Rd4 20.Bf3 Nc6 21.Re3 Rd2 22.Nd5 Rd8 23.Bc1 Rd4 (worse is 23...R2d5 24.Bd5 Kf8 25.Bb3+–) 24.Ne7 Ne7 25.Re7 R4d7 26.Rd7 Rd7 27.Bf4 f6 28.Bb8 a6 29.Bd6 Kf7 30.Bd5 Kg6 31.Rc1 Bd3 32.g3 Bf5 33.Kg2 Bb6 34.Bb3 h5 35.Ba4 Rd8 36.Re1 Ba7 37.Re7 Kh6 38.Bf4 g5 39.Bd6 Bb8 40.Re8 Rd6 41.cd6 Bd6 42.Bd1 Ba3 43.Rh8 Kg7 44.Rb8 Kg6 45.f3 b5 46.Rb6 Bb2 47.Ra6 b4 48.Rb6 Bc3 49.Bb3 h4 50.Rb8 Be1 51.g4 Bd3 52.h3 Bc3 53.Rb7 Kh6 54.Bd5 Kg6 55.Be4 Be4 56.fe4 Kh6 57.Kf3 Kg6 58.Ke2 Kh6 59.Kd3 Kg6 60.Kc4 Be1 61.Kd5 Bc3 62.Ke6 Bd2 63.Rb6 Bc3 64.Rb8 1–0. Boehnke,Hartmut (2160) – Koegeler,Aart (2100), GER–NED ICCF, 2011.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.e3 d5 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Be2 Rd8 11.0-0 Bd2 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Nbd2 Nd2 14.Qc3 f6 15.Rfd1 Nf3 16.Bf3 Qe6 17.Rac1 Rab8 18.h3 a6 19.Rd8 Rd8 (worse is 19...Nd8 20.e4 Bg6 21.Qc7+/–) 20.Bc6 Qc6 21.Qa5 Qd5 22.Qc7 Rc8 23.Qf4 Rc1 24.Bc1 h6 25.Bb2 ½–½. Degterev,Pavel (2275) – Hassim,Unes (2155), RM–2008–0-00024, 2009.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.e3 d5 9.Be2 dc4 10.Bc4 Qe7 11.0-0= Bg4 (11...Rd8 12.Qc2=) 12.d3 (12.Bd5 Rfd8 13.Bc6 bc6=) 12...Ng5 13.h3?? (better 13.Bd5=+) 13...Nf3–+ 14.gf3 Bh3 15.f4 Qh4 (15...Rad8 16.Qf3 Bf1 17.Qg3–+) 16.Qf3 (16.Bd5 Rad8 (16...Bf1?! 17.Qf1 Qh5 18.Qg2–+) 17.Be4 Rd6–+ (17...Bf1?! 18.Qf1 Rd6 19.Qg2–+)) 16...Rad8 (16...Bf1 17.Kf1 Rad8 18.Qg2–+) 17.Nc3 (17.Rd1–+) 17...Nd4?? (better 17...Rd6 18.Ne4 Rg6 19.Ng3 Ne7–+) 18.ed4=+ Bc3 19.Bc3 Rd6 20.f5 Qg5 21.Kh2 (21.Qg3 Qf5 22.Bb4–+) 21…Bf1 (21...Bf1 22.Qg3 Qf5 23.Rf1 Rh6 24.Kg2 Rg6–+) 0–1. jaddwarrior (2030) – Raffzahn (2770), ChessWorld.net, 2012.

7.Bb2 Re8 8.e3 a6 9.Be2 d6 (9...d5 10.Qb3=+) 10.Qc2 (10.0-0 Bf5=) 10...d5 (10...Bg4 11.0-0=+) 11.0-0 dc4 (11...Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.c5=) 12.Qc4 (12.Bc4 Be6=) 12...Qd6 13.d4 b5 (13...Be6 14.Qc2 Bd5 15.Rc1=) 14.Qc2 Ne7 (14...Be6 15.e4 Ne4 16.Qe4=+) 15.Rc1 (15.Bd3 Bg4=) 15...Bf5 16.Qd1 c6 17.Nbd2 Bc7 18.Ne5 Nd7 19.e4 Bg6 (19...Ne5 20.de5 Qh6 21.ef5+–) 20.a4 Ne5 21.de5 Qd8 22.ab5 ab5 23.Ra8 Qa8 24.Qc2 Qb8 25.Nf3 (25.h4 h5 (worse 25...Be5 26.h5+–) 26.Nf3 Bb6=) 25...Bh5 26.Qc3 Bf3 27.Bf3 (worse 27.Qf3 Be5 28.Be5 Qe5-/+) 27...Be5?? (better 27...b4 28.Qb3 Ng6=+) 28.Qe5+– Qe5 29.Be5 Rd8 30.Bc7 Rd7 31.Rd1 (31.Ba5 Ra7 32.Bb4 Kf8+–) 31...Rd1 32.Bd1 Kf8 33.Bd6 g5 (33...Ke8 34.Kf1+–) 34.Bh5 (34.Bg4 Ke8+–) 34...Ke8 35.Bc5 (35.Bg4 Ng6+–) 35...Ng8 (35...Ng6 36.Bg6 hg6 37.h3+–) 36.e5 Ne7 37.e6 Ng6 38.Bg6 hg6 39.e7 g4 (39...Kd7 40.h3+–) 40.Kf1 Kd7 41.Ke2 f6 42.Kd3 Ke8 43.Ke4 (43.Ke4 Kf7 44.Kf4+–) 1–0. Rosner,Dirk – Walther, corr BdF, 1999.

7.Bb2 Re8 8.e3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.0-0).

7.Bb2 Re8 8.e3 d6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Bb6 (10...d5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.h3=) 11.d4 Qe7 (11...Qd7 12.Nc3=) 12.Nbd2 (12.Nc3 Bf5=) 12...Ne4 (12...Bf5 13.Nh4 Bd7 14.Bd3+=) 13.Ne4+= Qe4 14.Rc1 (14.Bd3 Qe7+=) 14...Qe7 (14...Qg6 15.d5 Ne7 16.Kh1=) 15.Qc2 Bh5 16.c5 Ba5 (16...dc5 17.dc5 Ba5 18.Qb3+=) 17.Qa4 (better is 17.Rfd1+/–) 17...Bd2? (better is 17...d5+=) 18.Rc2+– (18.Nd2?! Be2 19.Rfe1 Ba6+/–) 18...Be3 19.fe3 Qe3 20.Kh1 (20.Rf2 dc5 21.Rc3 Qe6+–) 20...dc5 (20...Bg6 21.Rd2 dc5 22.Bb5+–) 21.Bc1 (21.Bc4!? Kh8+–) 21...Qe7 (21...Qe4 22.Rd2 cd4+/–) 22.d5 (22.dc5!? Rad8 23.Bb5+–) 22...Bf3+= 23.Bf3 (worse is 23.gf3 Nd4 24.Bb5 Nc2 (worse is 24...Nb5 25.Qb5 b6 26.Bf4+=) 25.Be8 Nd4= (worse is 25...Qe8 26.Qc2 Qe7 27.Bf4+=)) 23...Nd4 24.Rcf2 f6 25.Qc4 (25.Bf4 Qf7+=) 25...Qd6 (25...b5 26.Qd3 Rac8+=) 26.Bh5 (26.Bb2 b5 27.Qd3 Nf3 28.Rf3 c4+=) 26...b5 (26...Re5!? 27.Bf4 Qd5 28.Qd5 Rd5+=) 27.Qd3+= Red8 (27...Re7 28.Be3+=) 28.Bf4 (28.Rd1!?+/–) 28...Qd5= 29.Bc7? (better is 29.Qh3=) 29...Qh5-/+ 30.Bd8 Rd8 31.Rf5 Qg6 32.Qd2 Nc6?? (better is 32...Rc8 33.Rd5 Qf7-/+) 33.Rd5+/– Qe8?? (better is 33...Rb8+/–) 34.Re1+– Qf8 35.Rd8 Nd8 (35...Qd8 36.Qd8 Nd8 37.Re8 Kf7 38.Rd8 Ke6+–) 36.Qd7 (36.Qd7 Nf7 37.Re8+–) 1–0. Tirado Parra,Alberto (1890) – Barroso Barroso,Jorge (1610), Tres Cantos op, 2011.

6.Nf3 d5

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Qd6 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.Be2 Rfe8 (11...f6 12.Ng5 fg5 13.Bg4=) 12.0-0 (12.Ng5!? Qh6 13.Bg4 Qg5 14.Bf3=) 12...Rad8 (better 12...Nf4 13.Bc4 Bf3 14.gf3 Ne6=) 13.Ng5+– (13.Ng5 Qh6 14.Nf7 (14.Bg4?! Qg5 15.Bf3 Nce7=) 14...Kf7 15.Bg4+–) 1–0. Hilbert,Stephan J (1800) – Rawford,Mike (1840), FICGS, 2013.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 Re8 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Qb3 a6 13.Qb7 Nde7 14.Ne5 (14.Ba6? Rb8 15.Qb8 Qb8-+) 14...Rb8 15.Qa6 (15.Nc6? Rb7 16.Nd8 A) worse 16...Bd8 17.Bc3+=; B) worse 16...Rd8 17.Bc3 Bc3 18.Nc3+= (18.dc3?! Rb2 19.Bf3 Ng6=); C) 16...Rb2 17.Nf7 Kf7 18.Ba6 Rd8-+) 15...Rb2 The pressure on the backward pawn d2 grows (better 15...Bc8 16.Qc4 Rb2 17.Nf7 Qd5+/-) 16.Nc6+/- Nc6 17.Qc6 Qb8 18.Qc5 Re5 19.Qc1 Rc2 20.Qd1 Qb2 21.d4 (21.g4 Be4 22.f3 Qa1 23.fe4 Qa2=) 21...Re6 22.Bd3 Bd3 (22...Bd3 23.Qd3 Rec6=) 0-1. kylion (2200) - vanycuba (2300), gameknot.com, 2022.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 (9.Bc4 Nc6 10.Bb2 Nb6=+) 9...Nc6 10.Bb2 Rb8 (10...h6 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.Qc3=) 11.Nc3 Bc3 (11...Nc3 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.Qc3=) 12.Bc3 (12.dc3 Nf4-/+) 12...b5 (12...Qd6 13.Be2=+) 13.Nd4= Nd4 (13...Nc3?? 14.Nc6 Qd6 15.Qc3+–) 14.Bd4 a5 (14...Re8 15.Ba7 (15.Bb5 a6–+) 15...Rb7 16.Bc5= (16.Bb5? c6–+)) 15.Qb2 (15.Rc1 Qd7=) 15...Re8 (15...Qg5 16.h4 Qg4 A) 17.Bb5 c6 18.Rh3 g6–+ (worse 18...Rb5 19.Rg3 Qg3 20.fg3 Rb2 21.Bb2–+; 18...cb5? 19.Rg3 Qg3 20.fg3+–); B) 17.h5=) 16.Bg7= (16.Bb5?? c6 17.a4 cb5–+) 16...Qd6 Black prepares the advance b4 17.Bc3 (17.Bb5 c6 18.Bd4 Rb5–+ (18...cb5?! 19.0-0–+)) 17...Nc3 (17...a4 18.Be2= (18.Bb5? Nc3 19.dc3 c6–+)) 18.Qc3 b4 19.ab4 ab4 20.Qb2 b3 21.Bc4 (21.Be2 Qc6 22.0-0 Qc2=) 21...Qb4=+ 22.Rc1 (22.Be2 Red8 23.Bd1 Rd2 24.Qd2 b2 25.Qb4 Rb4–+) 22...Bc2-/+ 23.Be2 (23.Rc2?? bc2 24.Qc2 Qb1 25.Qd1 Qd1 26.Kd1 Rb1 27.Ke2 Rh1–+) 23…Red8 (23...Red8 24.Rc2 bc2 25.Qc2 Qb1 26.Bd1 Rb2 27.Qb1 Rb1-/+) 0–1. michaelbuss (2805) – firstline (2540), ChessWorld.net, 2010.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e4 Nf6 9.Bc3=+ Bc3 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Be2 Ne4?? 13.Nd5+– (13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nc7+–) 1–0. Andersson,Egart (1695) – Clayton,Graham (2645), 10th–An MecPom, 2000.

7.cd5 Nbd7 8.Bd4 Nd5=+ 9.Qb3 N7f6 10.e3 Be6 11.Qa4 c5 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.Qb5 Qb5 14.Bb5 a6 15.Be2 b5 16.0-0 Ne4 17.Rc1 c4 18.Bd4 Rfc8 19.Nc3 Ndc3 20.dc3 Nc5 21.Bc5 Rc5 22.Nd4 Bd5 23.Kf1 g6 24.g3 Rac8 25.Bf3 Bf3 ½–½. Walker,Susan – Le Blancq,Simon, 12 GLC Masters London, 1986.

6.Nf3 d6

7.Bb2 Nc6 =+.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.e3 Bf3 (9...Nc5 10.Be2+=) 10.gf3 g6 (10...Re8 11.Be2+=) 11.Nc3= Ne5 (11...Re8 12.Be2=) 12.Be2 Nh5?? (better is 12...Qd7=) 13.f4+– Nd7 (13...Nf4 14.ef4 Nd7+–) 14.Bh5 gh5 (14...Qh4 15.Bf3+–) 15.Rg1 Kh8 16.Rg5 f6 (16...Bc3 17.Rh5 (17.Bc3?! f6+–; 17.Qc3?! f6+/–; 17.dc3?! Rg8 18.Rh5 Rg6+=) 17...f5 18.Qc3 (18.dc3?! Nc5+/–) 18...Rf6 19.Rf5+–) 17.Rh5 Rf7 18.Ra5 c5 (18...Nc5 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Nc5+–) 19.Rb5 b6 20.Qf5 Qg8 21.Ne4 Qg1 22.Ke2 Qh2 (22...Qg6 23.Qe6 Raf8+–) 23.Nf6 Nf6 24.Bf6 Kg8 25.Qg5 Kf8 26.Rbb1 (26.Rbb1 Qg3 27.fg3+–) 1–0. marekt (2115) – marinscrofan (1790), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bc3 Bb6 8.e3+= Nc6 9.d3 Bg4 10.Be2 Re8 (10...d5 11.0-0+=) 11.0-0= d5 12.h3 (12.d4 Ne4=) 12...Be6 (12...Bf3!? 13.Bf3 d4 14.ed4 Bd4+=) 13.cd5= Nd5 14.Bd2 h6 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Nc3 Ndb4?? (better is 16...Qd6+=) 17.ab4+– Nb4 18.Qb2 (18.Qb1 Nd3 19.e4 Ne5+–) 18...Nd3 19.Bd3 (19.Qb5!? Bg6+–) 19...Qd3 20.Qb5?? (20.Rfd1 Qc2 21.Qb4 a5+–) 20...Rad8 (better is 20...Qb5 21.Nb5 Bd3=) 21.Qd3+/– Bd3 22.Rfe1 (22.Rfc1 c5+/–) 22...Bg6 (22...c5 23.Na4+/–) 23.Nb1 (23.Na4 f6+/–) 23...Rd5 24.Bc3 Rd3 25.Ba5 Rb3 (25...a6 26.Rc1+/–) 26.Bb6 ab6 27.Nbd2 Rd3 28.Ra7 Red8 (28...Rb8 29.Rc1 Rd7 30.Kh2+–) 29.Nf1 (29.Rc1!? Rd2 30.Nd2 Rd2 31.Rb7 Bc2+–) 29...Be4 30.Ne5 (30.Ng3 Bf3 31.gf3 Rb8+–) 30...Rc3? (better is 30...R3d5 31.f4 Ra5+/–) 31.Ng3+– Bc6 (31...Bc2 32.Rb7 Bb3 33.e4+–) 32.Nc6 (32.Ne2 Rc5 33.Nc6 Rc6 34.Rb7 Rc4+–) 32...Rc6 33.Rb7 Rd2 34.Re2 Rd1 35.Kh2 Rcc1 36.Rb8 Kh7 37.Nf5 g6 38.Nh4 h5 39.f4 f6 40.Nf3 Rb1 41.h4 b5 42.Rc2 Rd7 43.Rc6 Kg7 44.Rb7 b4 45.Rcc7 Rc7 46.Rc7 Kh6 47.Kg3 b3 48.Rb7 Rb2 49.Nd4 g5 50.fg5 fg5 51.Rb6 Kg7 52.hg5 h4 53.Kf3 Rb1 54.Rb3 Rf1 55.Kg4 Rf2 56.Nf5 Kg6 57.Nh4 Kf7 58.Rb6 White plans g6 Re2 59.g6 Kg7 60.Nf5 Kg8 61.Rb8 1–0. leoskye (1805) – mischo (1805), gameknot.com, 2015.

7.Bc3 Nc6 8.e3 +=.

5.a3 Nc6

6.Bc7 Qc7 7.ab4 Nb4 8.e3 =+.

6.Bb2 Ba5

7.e3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bc4? (better is 9.Nf3+=) 9...Ne3!–+ 10.fe3 Qh4 11.g3 Qc4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Kf1? (13.Bc3–+) 13...Qd5 14.Kg1 (14.Rg1 Rae8 15.Nbc3 Qf5 16.Ke1 Ne5–+) 14...Qb5 15.Nec3 (15.Nbc3 Qb2 16.Ra2 Qb6–+) 15...Qb2 16.Qg4 Qa1 17.Kg2 Rad8 18.Ne4 (18.Qe2–+) 18...f5 19.Qg5 fe4 0–1. Rush,Bradley – Nikel,Bogdan (2010), 51. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2011.

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Bf6 gf6 10.e3 Kh8 11.Nc3 Bc3 12.dc3 Qc5 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Qb2 Rad8 15.Nd4 Rg8 16.g3 Qd5 17.Rg1 Ne5 18.0-0-0 Bg4 19.Rd2 c5 20.h3 Bf5 21.Nf5 Qd2 22.Qd2 Rd2 23.Kd2 Nf3 24.Kc2 Ng1 25.Nh6 Rf8 26.Bg2 Kg7 27.Nf5 Kg6 28.Ne7 Kh6 29.Nf5 Kg5 30.g4 Rd8 31.f4 (worse is 31.Bb7 Nh3 32.f3 Nf2–+) 31...Kg6 32.Ng3 b5 33.h4 c4 34.h5 Kg7 35.Nf5 Kh8 36.Bc6 Rb8 37.Kd2 a5 38.Nd4 Kg8 39.Kc2 b4 40.cb4 ab4 41.ab4 Rb4 ½–½. Degterev,Pavel (2025) – Lannaioli,Alfonsino (2030), IECG, 2006.

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.e3 Qd6 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.Be2 Rae8 (11...f5 12.Qb3=) 12.0-0 (better 12.Ng5!? Qh6 13.Bg4 Qg5 14.Bf3=) 12...Nf4=+ 13.Ng5?? (better 13.Bc4 Bf3 14.gf3–+) 13...Ne2–+ 14.Kh1 Qh6 15.Nf3 (15.Qc4 Qg5 16.f3 Ng3 17.hg3–+) 15...Bf3 16.gf3 (16.Qf5 Be4 17.Qg4–+) 16…Qh3 (16...Qh3 17.Qh7 Kh7 18.Rg1 Qf3 19.Rg2 Nf4 20.ef4 Re1) 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan J (1800) – Simashkevitch,Mykola (1975), FICGS, 2013.

6.Bb2 Be7

7.Nc3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.e3 Re8 11.d4 Nc3 12.Bc3 Qd5 13.Be2 Bd6 14.Qa4 Be4 15.Qb5 Ne7 16.Qd5 Nd5 17.Bb2 Nb6 18.Bc3 c6 19.0-0 Nd5 20.Rfc1 h6 21.Nd2 Bf5 22.h3 Rad8 23.Nc4 Bc7 24.Bd2 g5 25.a4 Kg7 26.Bf3 Be4 27.Be2 Re7 28.Ra2 b6 29.Kf1 f6 30.Rb2 Re6 31.Rb3 Bg6 32.Bf3 f5 33.a5 b5 34.Ne5 Be5 35.de5 h5 36.Bd5 Rd5 37.Ke2 Bf7 38.Bb4 Rg6 39.Rbc3 Re5 40.Rc6 Re4 41.Bc3 Kh6 42.Rc7 Bc4 43.Ke1 a6 44.Rd1 g4 45.h4 g3 46.Bb4 Rf6 47.Rdd7 Rf7 48.Rc6 Kh7 49.Rd4 Rd4 50.ed4 Ra7 51.fg3 Bd5 52.Rb6 Bg2 53.Kd2 Rd7 54.Bd6 Ra7 55.Bf4 Bf3 56.Kd3 Be4 57.Kc3 Ra8 58.Kb4 Kg7 59.Rd6 Kf7 60.Rh6 Kg7 61.Bg5 Bf3 62.Rd6 Kg8 63.d5 Be4 64.Kc5 Bg2 65.Rg6 Kf7 66.Rf6 Kg8 67.Rf5 Rf8 68.Bf6 Kh7 69.Rf2 Rc8 70.Kd4 Bh3 71.Bg5 Rc4 72.Ke5 Kg7 73.Rf6 Bc8 74.Bh6 Kh7 75.Rb6 Rc3 76.Bg5 Kg7 77.Rh6 b4 78.Rh5 b3 79.Rh6 Rg3 80.Rb6 Kf7 81.Kd4 Ke8 82.Kc4 Bg4 83.Rb3 (83.Rb3 Rb3 84.Kb3+–) 1–0. Boehnke,Hartmut (2015) – Zundel,Werner (2130), GER–ch36 V5 email, 2004.

7.e3 d5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Be2 Rad8 (10...Bf3 11.Bf3 Qf5 12.0-0=) 11.0-0 Rfe8 (11...Bf3 12.Bf3 Qf5 13.Qa4=) 12.h3 Bh5 13.d4 Na5 (13...Qe6 14.Nc3=) 14.Nbd2 c5 15.Qa4 cd4 16.Bd4 Nc6 17.Bc4 (17.Ba7? Ra8–+) 17...Qd7 18.Bb5 (18.Ba7? Ra8 19.Bb5 Qc7–+ (19...Ra7?! 20.Qa7 Na7 21.Bd7 Nd7 22.Rfb1-/+)) 18...a6 19.Bc6 Qc6 (worse is 19...bc6 20.Ne5 Qd5 21.Nc6+–) 20.Qc6 bc6 21.Rfc1 Rc8 22.Bc5 Bf3 23.gf3 Nd7 (23...Bc5 24.Rc5 Red8 25.Ne4+=) 24.Be7+= Re7 25.Rab1 Rc7 (25...Re5 26.Ne4+=) 26.Nc4 f6 27.Nb6 Nb8 28.f4 Kf8 29.a4 Re8 30.Rd1 Ke7 31.Rb4 a5 32.Rbd4 Na6 33.Rd7 Kf8 34.Rc7 Nc7 35.Rd4 Re7 36.Kg2 Kf7 37.Nc4 c5 38.Rd8 Re4 39.Nd6 Ke7 40.Ne4 Kd8 41.Nc5 Nd5 42.Kf3 Nc3 43.Nb7 Kd7 44.Na5 f5 45.Nb3 Na4 46.Ke2 Ke6 47.Kd3 Kd5+= 48.h4 g6 49.h5 Nb2 50.Ke2 Na4 51.Nd4 Nc3 52.Ke1 Kd6 53.h6 Ne4 54.Nf3 Nf6 55.Ng5+/– Ke7 56.Kd2 Ng8 57.Nh7 Nh6 58.Ke2 Nf7 59.Ng5 Nd6 60.Kd3 Kf6 61.f3 ½–½. Degterev,Pavel (2545) – Gerasimchuk,Yury (2275), Ukraine Cup, 2008.

7.Nf3 d5

8.e3 dc4 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Be2 Be6 11.Nc3 c5 12.0-0 a6 13.a4 Rc8 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.f4 Nb3 17.Rae1 c4 18.Bf3 Bd6 19.Rf2 h6 20.Rb1 Rfd8 21.h3 Bb4 22.g4 Bd6 23.Ne4 Ne4 24.Be4 b5 25.Nf3 (25.Nc6 Rd7=) 25...Be7 26.Be5 Qd7 27.ab5 ab5 28.Nd4 Nd4 29.Bd4 b4 30.Bh7 Kh8 31.f5 b3 32.fe6 Qd4 33.ed4 bc2 34.Bc2 fe6 35.Re2 Rd4 36.Re6 Rd2 37.Bf5 c3 (37...Bc5 38.Kh1 Bd4 39.Rc6 Rh2 40.Kh2 Be5 41.Kg2 Rc6 42.Rb5-/+) 38.Re7+= c2 39.Bc2 Rcc2 40.Re3 Rg2 41.Kh1 Kh7 42.Rb6 Rgd2 43.Rbe6 Rf2 44.Kg1 Rg2 ½–½. Bendig,Frank (2375) – Schneider,Hans (2375), CiF–12.Superturnier, 2010.

8.e3 dc4 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Nc3 c5 12.0-0 h6 (12...Qb6 13.Na4 Qe6 14.Rc1+=) 13.d4 Qc7 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.Nb5 Qb6 16.dc5 Bc5 17.Qa4 Ne4 18.Nfd4 Bg6 19.f3 a6 20.fe4 ab5 21.Qb5 Qb5 22.Bb5 Bb6 23.Rf4 Rdc8 24.Rc8 Rc8 25.e5 (25.Kf1 Nc4 26.Bc4 Rc4=) 25...Rc5= 26.e6 fe6 27.Bd7 e5 28.Be6 ½–½. Bendig,Frank (2375) – Foerster,Hans_Juergen (2225), CiF–12.Superturnier, 2010.

8.e3 Be6 9.cd5=+ Qd5 (9...Nd5 10.Nc3=+) 10.Nc3 Qa5 (10...Qh5 11.d4=) 11.Be2 Ne5 (11...Qb6 12.Na4 Qb3 13.Qb3 Bb3 14.Nc3=) 12.Ne5= Qe5 13.0-0 c5 (13...Qa5 14.d4=) 14.d4 (14.f4 Qf5=) 14...cd4 15.Nb5 (15.ed4 Qa5=+) 15...Rfc8 (15...Ng4 16.Bg4 Qb5 17.Bd4=) 16.Bd4= Qg5 17.Na7 Rd8 (17...Rc7 18.Rc1 Rc1 19.Qc1+=) 18.f4 Qa5 (18...Qg6 19.Bd3 Qh6 20.Nb5+=) 19.Nb5+= Rac8 (19...Bd5 20.Bd3+–) 20.Rc1 Ne4 (20...Ba3?? 21.Ra1+–) 21.Qe1 Qe1 22.Rfe1 f5 (22...Rc6 23.Bf3 f5 24.Be5+–) 23.Bf3 (23.Rc7 Rc7 24.Nc7 Bf7+=) 23...Bd7 (23...Kf7 24.g4+=) 24.a4 Kf7 (24...Be6 25.g4 g6 26.Nc7+–) 25.Bb6+– Rc1 26.Rc1 Ra8 27.Bd1 (27.Bh5 g6 28.Bd1 Kf8+–) 27...Kg6 28.g4 Bb5 (28...fg4 29.Rc4 Decoy) 29.ab5+– Bd8 (29...Ra2 30.h3+–) 30.gf5 Kf5 31.Bd8 Rd8 32.Be2 b6 (32...Rd2 33.Kf1+–) 33.h3 Nc5 34.Rd1 Re8 (34...Rd1 35.Bd1 Ke4 36.Kf2+–) 35.Kf2 (35.Bg4 Kf6+–) 35...Ke6 (35...Kf6 36.Bg4 Ke7 37.Bf3+–) 36.Bf3+– Ke7 (36...Kf6 37.h4+–) 37.Bc6 Rc8 (37...Rf8 38.h4+–) 38.Ra1 Kf6 (38...Rf8 39.Ra7 Kf6 40.e4+–) 39.h4 (39.Ra7 Rd8+–) 39...Rd8 (39...Nd3 40.Kf3+–) 40.Kf3 Rd2 (40...h6 41.h5+–) 41.Ra8 Rh2 (41...h5 42.Rb8 Rh2 43.Rb6 Rh3 44.Kf2+–) 42.Kg4 Re2 (42...g6 43.Rb8 Re2 44.Kf3+–) 43.h5 Re1 (43...Re3?? 44.Rf8 Ke6 45.Re8 Kf6 46.Re3+–) 44.e4! Rg1 (44...Ne4 45.Rf8 Combination) 45.Kf3 Rf1 46.Ke3 g5 47.hg6! hg6 (47...Kg6 48.Rg8 Combination; 47...hg6 48.Rb8 Combination) 48.Rf8 Ke7 49.Re8 Kf7 (49...Kf6+–) 50.Rb8 Na4 51.e5 (better 51.Bd5 Kg7 52.e5 Nc3 53.Rb7 Kh6+–) 51...Ke6 (51...Kg7+–) 52.Re8 Kf7 53.e6 Kf6 54.Bd5 Nc3 (54...Nc5 55.Ke2 Ra1 56.Rf8 Ke7 57.Rf7 Kd8 58.Rg7+–) 55.Rf8 (55.Rf8 Ke7 56.Rf7 Kd6 57.Bc4+–) 1–0. michaelbuss (2860) – stormytlc (2430), ChessWorld.net, 2009.

8.e3 Re8 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Qd6 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Qh6 13.0-0 Bd6 14.Re1 Bg4 15.h3 Bd7 16.d4 a6 17.Bd3 Rad8 18.Rb1 b5 19.e4 Ba3 20.Qc2 Nb8 21.Ba5 Rc8 22.e5 (22.Bc7? Bd6–+) 22...c5 23.Bd2 Qh5 24.Ng5 cd4 25.Bh7 Kh8 26.Qd3 Be7 27.g4 Bg4 28.Nf7 Qf7 29.hg4 Rf8 30.f4 Rc3 (30...Rc6 31.Be4 Qc4+/–) 31.Bc3+/– Qf4 32.Bf5 dc3 33.Qc3 g6 34.Rf1 Bc5 35.Kg2 Qd4 36.Qd4 Bd4 37.Bg6 Rf1 38.Rf1 Be5 39.Be8 Kg8 40.Kf3 Bf6 41.Ke4 Bd8 42.Rf7 Nc6 43.Rb7 Nb4 44.Rb8 Bh4 45.Bb5 Kg7 46.Bc4 Nc6 47.Rb7 Ne7 48.Kf4 Kf8 49.Ba6 Bf6 50.g5 Bd4 51.Bc4 Ba1 52.Ke4 Ke8 53.g6! Kf8 54.g7! Bg7 55.Rb8 Nc8 56.Rc8 Ke7 57.Rc7 Kf6 58.Rb7 Kg6 59.Bf7 Kf6 60.Be8 Bh6 61.Rb6 Kg5 62.Rg6 Kh5 63.Kf5 Be3 64.Re6 Kh4 65.Re4 (65.Re4 Bf4 66.Kf4 Kh3 67.Re2 Kh4 68.Rh2; 65.Re3?!) 1–0. Degterev,Pavel (2275) – Bendig,Frank (2205), SH–2006–0-00057, 2006.

8.e3 Bf5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Be2 Qd6 12.0-0 Nc3= 13.Bc3 Qh6 14.d4 Bd6=+ 15.g3 Ne7 16.Qb3 Rab8 17.Ne5 Be5 18.de5 Qg6 19.Qc4 Be6 20.Qa4 a6 21.Rfd1 b5 22.Qd4 Bd5 23.Rac1 Bb7 24.e6 Nf5 25.ef7 Qf7 26.Qc5 Rbc8 27.a4+= Nd6 28.ab5 Ne4 29.Qc4 Re6 30.Be1 Ng5= 31.b6 Rb6 32.Qf7 Kf7 33.Rd7 Kf8 34.Bc3 Nf3 35.Bf3 Bf3 36.Rg7 h6 37.Rh7+– Rcb8 38.Rc7 h5 39.Kf1 Rb1 40.Re1 Re1 41.Be1 Rb6 42.Rc4 Kf7 43.Bb4 Kg6 44.Ke1+– Rf6 45.Rc8 (45.Rc8 Rb6 46.Rg8 Kf5 47.Bc3+–) 1–0. Degterev,Pavel – Tsenkov,Ljubomir, SH–2006–0-00057, 2006.

8.e3 Bf5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Be2 Qd6 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Nb5 Qd5 14.Qc3 Bf6 15.Qc1 Bb2 16.Qb2 Qd8 17.Rc1 a6 18.Nbd4 Qf6 19.Qc3 Nd5 20.Qb3 Be4 (20...Nce7 21.Nf5 (21.Qb7? Reb8 22.Rc7 Rb7 23.Rb7 Qd6–+) 21...Qf5 22.d4+= (22.Qb7? Reb8 23.Rc7 Qb1 24.Qb1 Rb1 25.Bd1 Nc7–+)) 21.Nc6+= bc6 22.d3 Rab8 23.Qc4 Bf5 24.0-0 (24.Qc6?! Qc6 25.Rc6 Rb1 26.Bd1 Bd3+=) 24...Rb6 25.d4 Qe7 26.Ne5 (26.Qc5!?+/–) 26...Qa3+= 27.Nc6 Be4 28.Ne5 Qe7 29.Rfe1 c6 (29...Qg5 30.Bf1+=) 30.f3 (30.Bh5 g6 31.f3 Bf5+/–) 30...Bg6 (30...Ne3 31.Qc5 Qc5 32.dc5 Rb3+/–) 31.e4+/– Nb4 32.Red1 Reb8 33.Ra1 Kh8 34.Qc5 Qe8 35.Rdb1 Bh5 36.Ra4 Nd3 37.Qb6 (37.Qb6 Rb6 38.Rb6+–; 37.Bd3 Rb1 38.Bb1 Rb1 39.Kf2 Rb5+/–) 1–0. Bendig,Frank (2375) – Mueller_Toepler,Michael (2040), CiF–12.Superturnier, 2010.

8.e3 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Qd6 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Ne4 Qd5 15.0-0 f5 16.Qc3 Rf7 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bd1 Bf6 19.d4 Qb5 20.a4 Qa6 21.Bb3 Nd5 22.Qc5 Ncb4 23.Ba3 Nd3 24.Qb5 Qb5 25.ab5 f4 26.ef4 N3f4 27.Ne5 Ne6 28.Rad1 (28.Ng6?! hg6 29.Bc5 b6=) 28...c6 29.Nf7 Bf7 30.bc6 bc6 31.Bc5 Ndf4 32.Ba7 Nd4 33.Bb6 Rd7 34.Bf7 Kf7 35.Ne4 Rd5 36.Rd2 Nde2 37.Kh2 Rd2 38.Nd2 Nc3 39.Ba5 Ke6 40.Bc3 Bc3 41.Rd1 Kd5 42.Kg3 Ne6 43.Nf1 Ke4 44.f3 Ke5 45.Ne3 Bd4 46.Re1 Bc3 47.Nc4 Kd5 48.Nb6 Kd6 49.Rd1 Ke5 50.Nc4 Kf5 51.Rd6 Be1 52.Kh2 c5 53.Rc6 Nd4? (better is 53...Bb4+–) 54.Rc5 Kf4 55.Nd6 Bb4 56.Rd5 Bc3 57.Ne4 Ba1 58.Ra5 Bb2 59.Ra2 Bc1 60.Ra7 Nf5 61.Rf7 Ke5 62.Ng3 (62.Ng3 Nd4 63.Rg7+–) 1–0. Degterev,Pavel (2225) – Roques,Pascal (2160), CP–2007–S–00001, 2010.

8.e3 Bg4 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Be2 Rad8 (10...Bf3 11.Bf3 Qd3 12.Be2+=) 11.0-0 Na5 12.h3 Be6 13.Nd4 Nc4 14.Qc2 Nb2 15.Qb2 Bc8 16.Nf3 (16.Nc3 Qa5=) 16...Ne4 17.Nc3 Nc3 18.Qc3 Qc5 19.Qc5 Bc5 20.d4 Bd6 21.a4 ½–½. Boehnke,Hartmut (2085) – Pareschi,Remo (2015), WS/H/170 ICCF, 2009.

8.e3 Bg4 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Be2 Rad8 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Nc3 Qe6 13.Rc1 a6 14.Na4 Rfe8 15.Nc5 Bc5 16.Rc5 Ne4 17.Rc1 Qg6 18.d3 Bg4 19.Nd4 Be2 20.Ne2 Qg5 21.Nf4 Rd6 22.a4 Rd7 23.Bd4 Nf6 24.Rc5 Qh6 25.Bf6 Qf6 26.Qg4 Rd6 27.Nh5 Qh6 28.d4 g6 29.Nf4 Qf8 30.Qf3 Rb8 31.Rfc1 Qe7 32.g3 h6 33.Nd5 Qd8 34.h4 Kg7 35.Nf4 Qe8 36.Qe2 (36.d5!? Ne5 37.Qe4+/–) 36...Qe4 37.R5c4 b5 38.ab5 ab5 39.Rc5 b4 40.R5c4 b3 41.d5 b2 42.Qb2! (42.Re4?? bc1Q 43.Kh2 Rb2–+) 42...Rb2 43.Re4 Nb4 44.Rc7 Nd5 45.Nd5 Rd5 46.Rf4 Rf5 47.Rf5 gf5 48.Kf1 Ra2 49.Rd7 Kg6 50.Ke1 Rb2 51.Rd2 Rb3 52.Ke2 Ra3 53.Rb2 Kf6 54.Rb6 Kg7 55.Rd6 Ra2 56.Rd2 Ra3 57.Kf3 Ra4 58.Rb2 Kf6 59.Rc2 Rb4 60.Ra2 Rc4 61.Ke2 Rb4 62.Kd1 Rb6 63.Kd2 Rd6 64.Ke2 Ke6 65.Kf3 Rb6 66.Ra4 Ke5 67.g4 fg4 68.Kg4 Kf6 69.e4 Rb5 70.f3 Rc5 71.Rd4 Ra5 72.Rd6 Kg7 73.Rd5 Ra4 74.Kf5 Ra3 75.f4 Rg3 76.h5 Rh3 77.Kg4 Rh1 78.Rd3 Kf6 79.e5 Kg7 80.Rh3 Re1 81.Ra3 Rg1 82.Rg3 Rc1 83.Kf5 Kf8 84.Re3 Kg7 85.Rd3 Rc7 86.Rg3 Kf8 87.Rb3 Kg7 88.Ra3 Rb7 89.Ra5 Rb1 90.Ra7 Re1 91.Rc7 Re2 92.Rc1 Ra2 93.Rg1 Kf8 94.Re1 Kg7 95.Rd1 ½–½. Degterev,Pavel (2275) – Rudenko,Vitaliy (2195), RM–2009–0-00039, 2009.

6.ab4 Ne5

7.c5 d5 8.d4 Ng6 9.e3= b6 10.Nc3 a5 11.Nge2 Bg4 12.f3 ab4-/+ Black gets the initiative 13.Na2 Bf5 14.Ng3 Qc8 15.Nf5 Qf5-/+ 16.cb6 cb6 17.Nb4=+ Ra1 18.Qa1 Re8 19.Qc1 Qg5 20.Nc2 Rc8 21.Qd2 Rc2 22.Qc2 Qe3 23.Be2 Nf4 24.g3 Ne2 25.Qe2 Qd4 26.g4 Qc3 27.Kf2=+ d4 28.Rd1= h6 29.Qd2 Qc7 30.Kg2 Qe5 31.Qd4+= Qe2 32.Kg3 b5 33.Rc1 Kh7 34.Rc7 Qe1+= 35.Kg2 Qe2 36.Qf2 Qf2? 37.Kf2+– Kg6 38.Rb7 h5 39.h3 hg4 40.hg4 Kg5 41.Rb5 Kh4 42.Rb7 g5 43.Rf7 Ng4 44.fg4 Kg4 45.Ke3 Kg3 46.Rg7 g4 47.Ke4 Kh3 48.Kf4 g3 49.Rg3 Kh4 50.Rg5 (50.Rg5 Kh3 51.Kf3 Kh2 52.Rh5 Kg1 53.Rh4 Kf1 54.Rh1#; 50.Re3 Kh5 51.Re6 Kh4 52.Rh6#) 1–0. Crafty 19.01 – Fritz 5.32, 2004.

7.e3 d5 8.cd5 Bg4 9.f3= Ne4 10.fg4 Qh4-/+ 11.g3 Ng3 12.hg3 Qh1 13.Nh3 Qh2 14.Qe2 Qg3=+ 15.Qf2 Qg4 16.Nf4 a6 17.Nc3 Rad8 18.Ra5 Rfe8 19.Rc5 Re7 20.Be2 White gets strong initiative 20...Qf5 21.e4= Qd7 22.Qg3 Qd6 23.d4+/– Ng6 24.e5 Qd7 25.Bg4 Qe8 26.Ng6 hg6 27.Qh4 b6 28.Rc6 a5 29.ba5+– ba5 30.Ra6 Rb8 31.Ra5+– Rb4 32.Ne2 Rb6 33.Ra7 Qd8 34.Kf2 g5 35.Qg5 Rg6 36.Qf5 Re8 37.d6! Qh4 38.Kf3 Qh1 39.Ke3 Rd6 40.Rc7 Qd5 41.Bf3 Qe6 42.Qe6 Rde6 43.Nf4 R6e7 44.Re7 Re7 45.Ke4 Kf8 46.d5 (46.d5 Ke8 47.Nh5+–) 1–0. Osthus,Reinhard (1890) – Stroeher,Rudolf (1765), DESC, 2002.

5.a3 d6

6.Bb2 Ba5

7.e3 Na6 8.Nf3 Nc5 9.Be2 Nfe4 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 forfeited (12.Bc3 Bc3 13.dc3-/+) 1–0. Williams,Barry Mansell (1740) – Jordaan,Wayne (1660), IECG, 2004.

7.e3 c6 8.Nc3 Re8 (8...Nbd7 9.Nf3+=) 9.Qc2 (9.Nf3!?+=) 9...d5-/+ 10.cd5 cd5 (10...Nd5?! 11.Nf3=) 11.Nb5 Ne4 12.Rd1 (12.Nf3!?-/+) 12...Bf5–+ 13.Qb3 (13.Nf3 Na6 14.Ba1 Nac5-/+) 13...Na6 14.Nf3 (14.Qa2 Nac5 15.Nf3 Qb6 16.Qd5 Be6–+) 14...Nec5 15.Qa2 Nd3 16.Bd3 Bd3 17.Nbd4 Bc4 18.Qa1 Nc5 19.Ne2 Nd3 20.Kf1 Qb6 (20...f6 21.Bd4–+) 21.Bd4 (21.Bg7 Nf4! 22.d3 Bd3 23.Rd3 Nd3–+) 21...Qg6 22.Kg1 Bc7 23.Ng3 Re4 (better is 23...h6–+) 24.Ne4+= de4 25.Ne5 Be5 26.Be5 Re8 (26...Rc8 27.Bg3+=) 27.Bg3= h5 (27...Rd8 28.Qc3 Qe6 29.Qa5=) 28.Qd4+= b5 29.Qa7 (29.h3 a6+=) 29...Qg4 (29...h4 30.Qd7 Rf8-/+) 30.Rb1+= Qe2 (30...h4!? 31.h3 Qg5+=) 31.h3+/– Qd2 32.Qd4 (32.Kh2 Qc3+/–) 32...Qc2 (32...Qa5 33.Ra1+/–) 33.Kh2 Qa4 (33...Nf2?? 34.Rb2 Qd3 35.Rf2 Qd4 36.ed4+–) 34.Qd7 Re6 35.Qd8 Kh7 36.Qh4 (36.Ra1 Kg6+/–) 36...g6+= 37.Ra1 Qa8 38.Rhb1 Qd5 (38...f6 39.Kg1+=) 39.Kg1 (39.Bf4 Kg7+=) 39...Kh6+= 40.Bb8 g5 41.Qg3 h4 42.Qc7 Rf6 (42...Qf5 43.Rf1+=) 43.Rf1+= Ne5?? (better is 43...Rc6 44.Qe7 Qe6 45.Qe6 Be6+/–) 44.Qe5+– (44.Qe5 Qe5 45.Be5+–) 1–0. Ostling,Hakan (2190) – Elenius,Erik (2070), Deltalift Open, 2012.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Nf3 +=.

7.e3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Na6 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Bd4 Nac5 11.Qc2 Bf5 (11...Ba4 12.Qb2 Nb3 13.Ra2 Nd4 14.Nd4=) 12.Qb2= Ne6 13.0-0 (13.Qb7 c5 (13...Nd4 14.Nd4 Bg6 15.Qd5=) 14.Bc3 Bc3 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.dc3 Re8+=) 13...Bg6 (13...b6 14.d3 N4c5 15.Qc2=) 14.d3 Nd4 15.Qd4 (15.ed4 Ng5 16.Qb7 Ne6=) 15...Nc5 16.Ra2 Re8 17.Rd1 h6 18.Qg4 c6 19.Nh4 Bh7 20.d4 Ne4 21.Rb2 Nf2 22.Kf2 Re4 23.Qg3 Rh4 24.Rb7 Re4 25.Bd3 (25.Bf3 Re7 26.Re7 Qe7 27.Bc6 Rb8-/+) 25...Re7= 26.Bh7 Kh7 27.Re7 Qe7 28.Qf4 Re8 29.Nd2 Kg8 30.Nf1 Qe6 31.d5 Qg6 32.Kg1 Qc2 33.Qg4 cd5 34.Rd5 Bb6 35.Rd6 Be3 36.Ne3 Re3 37.Rf6 Ra3 38.Qc8= Kh7 39.Rf7 Ra1 40.Rf1 Rf1 41.Kf1 a5 42.c5 Qd3 43.Kf2 a4 44.c6 Qc2 45.Ke3 a3 46.c7 a2 47.Qa8 Qc7 48.Qa2 Qh2 49.Qb1 Kh8 50.Kf3 Qe5 51.Qe4 Qe4 52.Ke4 ½–½. Lehnhoff,Heinz_Georg (2235) – Kattermann,Olaf (2300), BdF HS–023 remoteschach.de, 2006.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.e3 Nc5 9.Bc3 c6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Be2 Nce4 12.Ba5 Qa5 13.Nd4 Qg5 14.0-0 Bd7 15.d3 Nc5 16.Nc3 Qg6 17.Rab1 Rab8 18.Kh1 Ng4 19.Qd2 Qh6 20.Bg4 Bg4 21.Kg1 Qg6 22.e4 Bd7 23.Rfd1 f5 24.f3 fe4 25.de4 Qf7 26.Rdc1 b6 27.Nce2 Rbd8 28.Nf4 Rf8 29.Nd3 Nd3 30.Qd3 Qg6 31.Rf1 Rde8 32.Qb3 Rf7 33.Rfd1 Re5 34.Rb2 Rh5 35.Rf2 Qh6 36.g3 Re5 37.Ne2 Rc5 38.Nf4 Be8 39.Nd3 Rh5 40.f4 Qe6 41.f5 Qe7 42.Re1 Bd7 43.Qd1 Rh6 44.Rd2 Rhf6 45.g4 Rf8 46.g5 R6f7 47.Qh5 g6 48.Qh4 Re8 49.f6 Qe6 50.e5 Qf5 51.Qg3 h6 52.gh6 Kh7 53.Rf2 Qh5 54.Rff1 Bf5 55.ed6 Re1 56.Re1 Bd3 57.Qd3 Qg5 58.Kh1 Qf6 59.d7 Qd8 60.Rg1 Rf6 61.h4 Re6 62.Rg4 Kh6 63.h5 gh5 64.Rg3 h4 65.Rg1 c5 66.Qd2 Kh7 67.Qd5 (67.Qd5 Qg5 68.Qg5 Rg6 69.Qg6 Kh8 70.d8Q#; 67.Qg2 Qf8 68.d8Q Qf7 69.Qh4 Rh6 70.Qge4 Qg6 71.Qg6 Kh8 72.Qhh6#) 1–0. michaelbuss – jana84, ChessWorld.net, 2008.

6.ab4 de5

7.Nc3 Na6 8.b5 Nc5 9.Na4 Na4 10.Ra4 Ne4 11.Nf3 f6 12.Qa1=+ a6 13.ba6 ba6 14.d3 Nc5 15.Rb4 Qd6 16.Qc3 Bg4 17.Nd2 Rab8 18.Rb8 Rb8 19.g3 Qd4 20.Qa5? Rb6 21.h3 Bh5 22.g4 Be8 23.Bg2 h6 24.0-0= Bf7 25.e3 Qd3 26.Qc5 Qd2 27.Qc7 Rb4? 28.Bd5?? Bd5=+ 29.Qd8 Kh7 30.cd5 Rb5 31.e4 Qd3 32.f3?? Qe3 33.Kh1 Qe2 34.Kg1 Rb2 35.Qh8 Kh8 36.Rf2 Qf2 37.Kh1 Qe1# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.b5 Nb4 9.Qb1 c5 10.bc6 Nc6 11.Nf3 b6 12.d3 Bg4 13.e3 Bf3 14.gf3 Qe7 15.Rg1 g6 16.Ra4 Rad8 17.Qb5 Qd6 18.Rg3 h6 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.fe4 Kh7 21.Bh3?? Qd3–+ 22.Bg4 Rd6 23.Ra2 Rfd8 24.Bf3 Qc3 25.Kf1 Qc1 26.Kg2 R8d7 27.Bg4 Rc7 28.c5 Qc5 29.Qc5 bc5 30.Be2 Nb4 31.Rb2 Rcd7 32.Bc4 a5 33.f4 Rd2 34.Rd2 Rd2 35.Kh3 f6 36.Rg2 Rg2 37.Kg2 a4 38.h3 a3 39.Kf3 Kg7 40.Be6 a2 41.Ba2 Na2 42.Ke2 c4 43.Kd2 f5 44.ef5 ef4 45.ef4 gf5 46.Kc2 Nb4 47.Kc3 Nd5 48.Kc4 Nf4 49.h4 Kg6 50.Kd4 Ne6 51.Kd3 Kh5 52.Ke2 Kh4 53.Kf3 f4 54.Kf2 Kg4 55.Kg2 f3 56.Kf2 h5 57.Kf1 h4 58.Kf2 h3 59.Ke1 h2 60.Kd2 h1Q 61.Kc2 f2 62.Kb3 Qd5 63.Kb4 Kf4 64.Ka4 Qc4 65.Ka5 f1Q 66.Kb6 Qc7# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Nc3 Qe7 8.b5 Nbd7 9.e4 Nc5 10.f3 Rd8 11.g3 Rd4 12.Na4 Be6 13.Nc5 Qc5 14.Ne2 Rc4 15.Nc3 Rd4 16.Rc1 Qb4 17.Rb1 Qe7 18.Ra1 Rad8 19.Qc1 Rd2 20.Ra7 R2d7 21.Rb7 Qc5 22.Be2 Rd4 23.h4? Nh5 24.g4? Ng3 25.Rh3 Rd1! 26.Nd1 Qg1 27.Bf1 Qf1# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Nc3 Re8 8.d3 Nc6 9.b5=+ Nb4 10.g3 Ng4 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Bg2 Qc5 13.Ne4+= Qd4 14.Ra5+/– Bf5 15.Nf3 Nd3 16.ed3+/– Be4 17.Nd4 Bg2 18.Rg1 ed4 19.Kd2 Bf3 20.Re1 Re1 21.Ke1 Nh2 22.Kd2 b6 23.Ra1 c6 24.bc6 Bc6 25.Qb4 g5 26.Kc2 Bg2 27.Qe7 Nf3 28.Ra7 Ra7 29.Qa7 h5 30.Qb6 h4 31.gh4 gh4 32.c5 h3 33.c6 h2 34.c7 Bh3 35.Qb1 Kg7 36.Qh1 Bg4 37.c8Q! Bc8 38.Qf3 Kg6 39.Qg2 Kh7 40.Qh2 (40.Qh2 Kg6 41.Qh8+–) 1–0. Rosner,Dirk – Welsch,Frank, DESC, 1999.

6.Bc3 Bc3

7.Nc3 Re8 8.e3 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.h3 Bf5 12.0-0 Qa5 13.Qb3 b6 14.d3 Ne5 15.d4 cd4 16.ed4 Ng6 17.Qb4 Qb4=+ 18.ab4 Nf4 19.Rfe1 Ne2 20.Ne2 Bd3 21.Nf4 Re1-/+ 22.Re1 Bc4 23.Re7 a5 24.ba5 Ra5 25.Rc7-/+ Ba6 26.Ra7 Bb5 27.Rc7? h6-/+ 28.Rc8 Kh7 29.Rc7 Ra1 30.Kh2 Be8 31.Re7 Ra2 32.Kg3 g5 33.Nd3 Bb5?? 34.Nc1?? Rc2–+ 35.Nb3 Kg6 36.Nbd2 Bd3 37.h4?? g4 38.h5 Kg7 39.Re3 Bh7 40.Nf1 gf3 41.Kf3 Nh5 42.Re7 Rc4 43.d5 Rf4 44.Ke2 Re4 45.Re4 Be4 46.g4 Nf6 47.Ne3 Bd5 48.f3 Kg6 49.Nd5 Nd5 50.Kd3 f5 51.Kd4 fg4 52.fg4 Nf6 53.g5 Kg5 54.Kc4 h5 55.Kd4 h4 56.Ke3 b5 57.Kf3 b4 58.Ke2 h3 59.Kd3 h2 60.Kc4 Nd5! 61.Kd5 b3 62.Kc4 b2 63.Kd3 b1Q 64.Kd4 Qb3 65.Ke4 h1Q 66.Kd4 Qhd5# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Nc3 Re8 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 c5 10.Be2 Nb6 11.0-0 Be6 12.d3 d5 13.cd5 Nbd5=+ 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.d4=+ Rc8 16.Qd2 c4 17.Rfb1 Qe7 18.Ne5 c3 19.Qc2 f6 20.Nd3 Bf5 21.Qb3 Kf7?? 22.Qd5+– (22.Qd5 Be6 23.Qb7+–) 1–0. Rosner,Dirk – Haller, Tiger SC, 1999.

7.Nc3 Re8 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.d4 Bg4 10.e3 a6 11.Be2= d5 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Nd5 Qd5 14.0-0 b5 15.Rc1 Rad8 16.a4 Re7 17.ab5 ab5 18.Qd2 g6 19.h3 Be6 20.Qd3 b4+= 21.e4 Qd6 22.Qc2 Na5 23.d5 Bc8 24.e5 Qb6= 25.Rfd1 Bb7 26.Qc5 Qc5 27.Rc5 Nb3 28.Rc4 Rd5-/+ 29.Rd5 Bd5 Black gets in control 30.Rb4 Nc1 31.Bd1 Nd3 32.Rb5 Bf3 33.Bf3 Ne5 34.Be2 c6 35.Rb3 Kg7 36.f4 Nd7 37.Kf2 Nc5 38.Rb6 Ne4 39.Kf3 c5 40.Bd3 Nd2 41.Kf2 c4 42.Bc2 Ne4 43.Be4 Re4 44.g3 Rd4 45.Rc6 Rd2 46.Ke1 Rd3 47.Kf2 c3 48.Rc5 Kf6 49.Rc4 Ke6 50.Rc6 Kd7 51.Rc4 h5 52.Rc5 h4 53.gh4 Rh3 54.f5 Kd6 55.fg6 ½–½. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Rb1 b6 9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Rb8 11.d4= Re8 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Rb2 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.0-0 Qf6 16.Ne1 c5 17.Rd2 Nf8 18.e3 Bg2 19.Ng2 Ne6=+ 20.dc5 dc5 21.Rd7 Ra8 22.Qa4 Re7 23.Nf4 Nf4=+ 24.ef4 h6 25.Rfd1 Qe6 26.f5 ½–½. Rosner,Dirk – Loots, Tigerschachclub, 1999.

5.a3 Be7

6.e3 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.a3 Be7 5.c4 0-0 6.e3).

6.e3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.a3 Be7 5.e3 c5 6.c4 Nc6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nf3).

6.e3 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Be7).

6.Nf3 d6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.e3 d5 (8...Nc6 9.Be2=+) 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Bf3?? (better 10...Qh5=) 11.Nd5+– (11.gf3?! Qe6=; 11.Qf3?! Qf3 12.gf3 Nbd7=) 11...Bd1 (11...Bd5 12.Qc2 c5+–) 12.Ne7 Kh8 13.Rd1 Nc6 (13...Nbd7 14.Rc1 c6 15.Nf5+–) 14.Nc6 (14.Bf6 gf6 15.Nc6 bc6+–) 14...bc6 15.Bf6 gf6 16.Rb1 (16.Rc1 Rfb8+–) 16...Rab8 (16...Rfb8 17.Rc1+–) 17.Bd3 (17.Rc1 Rb6+–) 17...Rb1 18.Bb1 Rd8 (18...Rb8 19.Ke2+–) 19.Ke2 1–0. Goldmund,Heike – Budnar,Milos, FICGS, 2013.

6.Nf3 Re8 7.e3 d5 (7...Nc6!?-/+) 8.Nc3= c6 (8...Be6 9.Qb3 Nbd7 10.Bf6 Nf6 11.Qb7=) 9.cd5 (9.Bd4 Be6 10.Qb3 Nbd7=) 9...cd5 10.Nb5 (10.Bb5 Nc6=) 10...Na6 (10...Nc6 11.Bf4 Ne4 12.h4=) 11.Rc1 (11.Be2 Bd7+=) 11...Bg4 (11...Qa5 12.Be2=) 12.Be2+= Qd7 13.0-0 (13.Bd4 Bf3 14.gf3 b6+=) 13...Bf3= 14.gf3 b6 (better 14...Ba3 15.Bf6 Bc1=) 15.Nd4+/- Nc5 16.Bb5 Qh3 17.Be8 Re8 18.Qc2 (18.Bg3 h5+/-) 18...g6 19.Ne2 (better 19.Bg3+/-) 19...Qf3= 20.d4 Nce4 21.Ng3 Ng5 22.Qc6?? (better 22.h4 Ne6 23.Qe2+=) 22…Nh3 0-1. lExbURnER (1800) - Lance5500 (2635), lichess.org, 2020.

6.Nf3 Nc6

7.Bb2 d5

8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.e3 Ne5 (10...Bg4 11.Be2=+) 11.Ne5= Qe5 12.Be2 Bf5 13.0-0 Rad8 14.d4 Qa5 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Bc4 (16.Qb7? Rb8 17.Qa6 Qa6 18.Ba6 Rb2–+) 16...Bc4 17.Qc4 Rd7 18.h3 Rfd8 19.Rfb1 Qf5 20.Qb5 c5 21.Na4 (21.Re1 Qe6=) 21...a6 (21...b6 22.Nc3=+) 22.Qa5 Rd6 (22...Rc8 23.Rc1 Rdd8 24.dc5=) 23.Nb6 (23.Qc5 Nd5 24.Qc1-/+) 23...Ne4 24.f3 Rg6 25.fe4 Qh3 26.Qd2 Bd6 27.e5? (better 27.Qf2 Qh2 28.Kf1–+) 27...Be5 28.Qf2 Qh2 29.Kf1 Rf6 (29...Rb6?! 30.de5 Qh1 31.Qg1-/+) 30.de5 (30.Nc4 Rf2 31.Kf2 Bg3 32.Kf3–+) 30...Rf2 (30...Rb6?! 31.Rd1 Qh1 32.Qg1=) 31.Kf2 Rd2 32.Kf3 Qg2 33.Kf4 Rf2 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan J – Duenas,Alexis (1875), FICGS, 2014.

8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nc3 Qd8 +=.

8.cd5 Qd5 9.e3 Bf5 (9...Bg4 10.d4+=) 10.Nc3 Qd7 (10...Qd6 11.d4+=) 11.Be2 Rfe8 12.0-0 Rad8 13.d4 a6 14.Qb3 (14.Rc1 Qd6=) 14...Na5+= 15.Qa4 (15.Qd1 Qe6+=) 15...Qa4 16.Na4 Nb3 17.Rae1 Ne4 18.Bc1? (better is 18.Bd3 Bg6 19.Rd1+=) 18...b5–+ (18...Nc1?! 19.Rc1 b5 20.Nc3 Ba3 21.Ne4 Bc1 22.Ng3 Be3 23.fe3 Re3 24.Bb5 ab5 25.Nf5+=) 19.Nc5 Bc5 (worse is 19...Nec5 20.dc5 Bc5 21.Bb2–+) 20.dc5 Nc3 (20...Nbc5?! 21.Nd4 Bg6 22.f4–+) 21.Nd4 (21.Bb2 Ne2 22.Re2–+) 21...Nd4 22.ed4 Ne2 23.Re2 (23.Kh1 Bd3–+) 23...Re2 24.Be3 Ra2 25.h3 (25.Re1 Ra3 26.h3 c6–+) 25...Ra3 26.Rb1 (26.Re1–+) 26...Bb1 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan J (1640) – Domingo,Jordi (1755), FICGS, 2015.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qb3 +=.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qc2 +=.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.e3 Qd6 (9...Bf6 10.Nc3+=) 10.Qc2+= Bg4 (10...Bf6 11.Nc3=) 11.Be2 (11.Nc3 Rad8+=) 11...Bf6 (11...Qg6 12.Qg6 fg6 13.Nc3=) 12.d4 (12.Nc3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Nc3 14.dc3 Qf6=) 12...Rfe8 13.Nbd2 Nf4 (better is 13...Qe6!? 14.Bd3 Nf4 15.Bh7 Kh8=) 14.ef4+/– Bd4 15.Kf1 (15.h3!? Bf5 16.Qf5 Bb2 17.Ra2 Ba3 18.Kf1+/–) 15...Bb2 (worse is 15...Qf4 16.Bb5 Re6 17.h3 Bf3 18.Nf3 (worse is 18.gf3 Bb2 19.Qb2 Rd8-/+) 18...Bb2 19.Qb2+/–) 16.Qb2 Re2 17.Ke2 Nd4 18.Kf1 Qa6 19.Kg1 Ne2 20.Kf1 Nf4 21.Kg1 Ne2 22.Kf1 Ng3 23.Kg1 Ne2 24.Kf1 Nf4 25.Kg1 Ne2 ½–½. Mousse Neto,S A (2035) – Reis,R Do Carmo (2235), LXXXII Championship Brasileiro Absoluto, 2015.

8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 dc4 10.Bc4 Na5 (10...a6 11.0-0=+) 11.Be2 c5 12.0-0 Qb6 13.Bc3 Rad8 14.d4 (14.Qa4 Nb3 15.Ra2 Bd7=+) 14...Ne4 15.Ba5 (15.dc5 Bc5 16.Ba5 Qa5=+) 15...Qa5 16.Qb3 b6 (16...cd4 17.Nd4 Bf6 18.Nf5 Ba1 19.Ne7 Kh8 20.Qb7=+) 17.Rd1 White plans d5 (17.Ne5 cd4 18.Nc6 Qc5 19.Nd8 Rd8=+) 17...Bf6 18.d5?? (better 18.Ra2=+) 18...Ba1–+ 19.a4 (19.Bd3 Rfe8–+) 19...Qb4 20.Qb4 cb4 21.Bb5 (21.Bc4 Nc5–+) 21...Nc3 22.Nc3 Bc3 23.Nh4 (23.Bc4 Bc2 24.Rc1 Ba4–+) 23...Bd7 (better 23...Bc2 24.Rf1–+) 24.f3 (24.e4 a5–+) 24...Bb5 (24...f5 25.g3–+) 25.ab5 b3 (25...f5 26.g4 fg4 27.fg4–+) 26.e4 b2 27.Nf5 Rfe8 (better 27...Bf6 28.Ng3 Rc8–+) 28.Ne3 (28.Kf2–+) 28...Bd4! 29.Kf2 (29.Rd4 b1Q Double attack) 29...Rc8 30.Ke2 (30.Rb1 Rc2 31.Kg3 Be3–+) 30...Be3 (better 30...Rc1!? 31.Rd4 b1Q 32.Rd2–+) 31.Ke3 (31.Rb1 Bd4 32.Kd3–+) 31…Rc1 (31...Rc1 32.Rd2 b1Q–+) 0–1. Goldmund,Heike – Kruse,Herbert (2515), FICGS, 2014.

8.e3 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Be2 Re8 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Nc3 Nb6 14.d3 Qe7 15.Ne4 Rad8 16.Qc2 Bg6 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Rac1 Nd7 (19...Bf5 20.Qc5 Na4 21.Qe7 Re7 22.Ba1+=) 20.Nd4 Nd4 21.Bd4 c6 (21...Nb6 22.Bf3 c6 23.Qc3+–) 22.Qb2 f6 (better 22...Nf6!?+–) 23.Qb7+– Qa3 24.Rc6 Nb6 25.Ra1 Qb4?? (25...Re7 26.Rc7 Rc7 27.Qc7 Rd7+–) 26.Ra7 (worse 26.Bb6 Re7 27.Qe7 Qe7 28.Bd8 Qd8 29.Ra7 h5+–; 26.Qa7?! Nd5+–) 26...Qe1 27.Kh2 Nd7 28.Rd6 (28.Rd6 Kh8 29.Rd7+–) 1–0. PeterRs – drink1966, ChessWorld.net, 2020.

6.Nf3 d5

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Ne5 10.Ne7 Qe7 11.Ne5 Qe5 =.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 c5 9.Qc2 +=.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 c5 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.Bb2 Be6 11.0-0? (better 11.Qc2!?=+) 11...Ne3!–+ 12.de3 (12.de3 Bc4 Discovered attack; 12.fe3 Bc4 Discovered attack) 12...Bc4 13.Re1 Qd1 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.Nbd2 Be6 16.Ne4 f6 17.Ng3 (17.Rac1 Rd1 18.Rd1 b5–+) 17...b5 18.Ne4 Rd1 19.Rd1 a5 Black plans b4 20.Ne1 (20.Rc1 c4–+) 20...c4 21.Nc3 (21.Kf1 b4–+) 21...b4 22.ab4 ab4 (22...Bb4?! 23.e4–+) 23.Nb5 Rb8 24.Nc7 Bf7 25.Nc2 (25.Ba1 c3–+) 25...c3 26.Bc1 b3 27.Na3 Ba3 28.Ba3 b2 29.Na6 (29.Bb2 c2 30.Rc1 Rb2 31.Kf1–+) 29...b1Q 30.Bc1 Qc2 31.Rf1 Rb1 32.Ba3 Rf1 33.Kf1 Qd1 0–1. Goldmund,Heike – Zemlyanov,Sergey, FICGS, 2015.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Bb2 (10.d4 Rb8=+) 10...Na5 11.Qb5 (11.Qa4 c6=+) 11...c6-/+ 12.Qa4 Re8 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Be2 (14.d4 b5 15.Qd1 Rb8=+) 14...b5-/+ 15.Qd1 Nc4 16.Bc4 bc4 17.0-0 Bd3 18.Re1 Rb8 19.Qc1 Nc3 (19...Be4 20.Ra2 Bc3 21.dc3 Bf3 22.gf3–+) 20.Bc3=+ c5 21.Bf6 Qf6 (21...gf6?! 22.Ra2=) 22.Qc3 Qa6 23.Ra2 Rb3 24.Qa1 Qd6 25.Rc1 h6 26.Rc3?? (better 26.a4-/+) 26...Rb1–+ 27.Rc1 (27.Qb1 Bb1 28.Rb2 Rb8 29.Rb8 Qb8–+) 27...Ra1 28.Raa1 Rb8 29.h3 (29.Re1 Be4–+) 29...Kh7 (29...Rb2 30.Ne1–+) 30.Ne1 (30.Rc3 Rb2–+) 30...Rb2 31.a4 Be2 32.d4 (32.e4–+) 32...cd3 33.Nf3 Bf3 34.gf3 Qg6 35.Kf1 Qf6 36.Kg2 (36.Rc5 Qf3 37.Kg1 Qf2 38.Kh1 Qg2) 36...Qg5 37.Kh1 (37.Kf1 Qh4 38.Rc2 Rc2 39.Ke1 Qf2 40.Kd1 Qd2) 37...Qh4 38.Rf1 (38.Rc4 Qf2 39.Rc2 Qc2 40.Rd1 Qd1) 38...Qh3 39.Kg1 Rb6 40.Rfb1 (40.Rfd1 Rg6) 40…Rg6 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan J – Pech,Stepan, FICGS, 2014.

7.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3).

5.Qb3 Nc6

6.Bb2 Ne4 7.Nf3 Re8 8.e3 Qe7 9.Nc3 Nc3 10.Bc3 Bc3 11.Qc3 d6 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Bc2 Bd7 14.d4 Nf3 15.gf3 Qf6 16.0-0-0-/+ (16.Qd3!? Qh4 17.Rb1=) 16...c5= (16...Qf3!? 17.Qd3 g6-/+) 17.Qd3 g6 18.dc5 Bc6 19.Rhg1 dc5 20.Rg3-+ (better 20.Qf5!? Qa1 21.Bb1-/+) 20...Rad8 21.Qe2 Qa1=+ (better 21...Rd1 22.Qd1 b5-+) 22.Bb1 Qc3 23.Qc2?? (better 23.Bc2 Rd1 24.Qd1 Qc4 25.Kb1-+) 23...Qa3 24.Qb2 Rd1 (24...Rd1 25.Kd1 Qb2-+) 0-1. Woehl - Schwetlick (1870), 1995.

6.Bb2 Qe7 7.a3 Bc5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.e3 b6 (9...a5 10.d4 a4 11.Qd3=) 10.Be2 Bb7 11.d4 Na5 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qc3 Bb1 (13...Bd6!?=) 14.Rb1+= (worse 14.dc5 Be4=+) 14...Ne4 15.Qc1 (15.Qd3 Bd6+/-) 15...Bd6 (15...Nb3 16.Qd1 Nf2 A) 17.Qb3?! Nh1 18.dc5 Qc5= (18...Qe3 19.Qe3 Re3 20.Bc1=); B) 17.Kf2 Qe3 18.Kf1+-) 16.Bd3 c6 (16...Nb3 17.Qc2 Na5 18.Be4 Qe4 19.Qe4 Re4 20.Nd2+=) 17.Ne5 (17.0-0 Nb3 18.Qc2 Na5+/-) 17...Ng5 (17...Be5 18.de5 Nb3 19.Qc2+/-) 18.h4 Ne6 19.Qc2 Nf8 20.Nf3 (20.Qc3 Be5 21.de5 Ne6=) 20...Rac8 (20...Ba3!? 21.Ba3 Qa3=+) 21.Qa4 c5 22.d5 Ng6 23.Bc3 (23.h5 Nf4 24.Bf5 Rcd8+=) 23...Rb8 (23...Nf4!? 24.Bf1 Qe4=) 24.Ba5 ba5 25.Qa5 Ne5 26.Ne5 Be5 27.Rb8 Bb8 28.Rh3 d6 (28...Qd6 29.Kd1+=) 29.Qc3+/- Qd8 30.Rg3 The mate threat is Qxg7 30...g6 (30...Re5!?+/-) 31.h5+- Bc7 32.hg6 (32.hg6 hg6 33.Rh3+-) 1-0. Diener,Rudolf - Hasler,Ulrich, corr SOK-88-25, 1989.

6.Bc3 Bc3 7.Nc3 Nd4 8.Qb2 -/+.

6.Bc3 Qe7 7.Nf3=+ Ne4 8.e3 Bc3 (8...a5 9.Be2=+) 9.Nc3= Nc3 10.Qc3 Qb4 (10...Re8 11.Bd3=) 11.Qb4+= Nb4 12.Rb1 Nc6 13.d4 d6 14.Bd3 b6 15.Be4 Bb7 16.Bc6 (16.Bd5 Rfe8+/-) 16...Bc6+= 17.d5 Bd7 18.Nd4 a5 19.Kd2 g6 (19...Rfe8 20.a3+=) 20.Kd3 f5 21.Nb5 (21.a3 f4+=) 21...Bb5 (21...Rac8 22.a3+=) 22.cb5+/- Rac8 23.Rbc1 Rfe8 24.f3 Kf8 25.Rc4 Re7 26.Rhc1 Ke8 27.e4 f4 (27...fe4 28.fe4 h5 29.h4+/-) 28.g3 fg3 29.hg3 Kd7 30.f4 Ke8 (30...h5 31.Rc6+/-) 31.Kd4 (31.Kd4 h6 32.Rc6+-) 1-0. Pietrzak,Janusz - Wierucki,W, corr POL, 1990.

6.Nf3 Ne5 7.Ne5 Ba5 8.Nc3-/+.

6.Nf3 Re8 7.Bb2 d6 (7...d5 8.e3-/+) 8.e3 Bg4 9.Be2 Rb8 10.0-0 Ne4 11.d4 Ba5 12.d5 Ne7 (12...Ne5 13.Qd1=) 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Ne2 Ng6 15.Nec3 (15.Qd3 Qg5=) 15...Bc3=+ 16.Bc3 b6 (16...Qg5 17.Qc2=+) 17.Bb2 (17.Bd4 Qg5 18.Qb2 Nc5=) 17...a5 (17...Qg5 18.f4 Qg4 19.Qd1 Qd1 20.Rd1=+) 18.f3 Nc5 19.Qc3 f6 20.e4 Ne5 21.Nd2 Qd7 22.Nb3 (22.Ba3!?=) 22...Na4=+ 23.Qc2 Nb2 24.Qb2 Nc4 25.Qc3 Ne5 26.Nd4 Rec8 (26...Qa4 27.Rfc1=) 27.Rac1 h5 (27...Ra8 28.f4 Ng6 29.Qc6=) 28.Rc2 h4 29.Rfc1 Kh8 (29...Ra8!?+=) 30.f4+/- Ng6 31.Qf3 White prepares f5 31...Kg8 32.f5 (32.Nc6 Rb7+/-) 32...Ne5+= 33.Qh5 Qf7? (better 33...Qa4 34.Rd1 Nc4+=) 34.Qh4 black resigned.. 1-0. katchum (2385) - sisterofmercy (2415), net-chess.com, 2012.

6.Bb2 d5

7.cd5 Nd5 8.a3 Bc5 (8...Be7 9.Nf3=+) 9.Qg3 (9.Nf3!?=+) 9...Nd4-/+ 10.Nf3? (better 10.e3 Re8 11.Be2-+) 10...Bd6-+ 11.Bd4 (11.Ne5 Nc2 12.Kd1 Na1 13.Ba1 f6-+) 11...Bg3 12.hg3 Bg4 (12...Qe7 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Rh5-+) 13.e3 c5 (13...Rc8 14.Rh4 Bf3 15.gf3-+) 14.Be5 (14.Bc5 Qc7 15.d4 Rfe8-+) 14...Re8 15.d4 (15.Bc3-+) 15...f6 16.Bf4 g5 17.Bd3 (17.Bc4 gf4 18.gf4 Kh8 19.Bd5 Qd5-+) 17...gf4 18.Bh7 Kg7 19.Rh4 (19.e4 fg3 20.Nbd2 Bf3 21.Nf3 Qa5 22.Kd1 Nc3 23.Kc2 cd4-+) 19...Bf3 20.gf3 (20.Kf1 Qb6 21.gf3 fe3-+) 20...Ne3! 21.fe3 Re3 (21...Re3 22.Kf1 Rf3 23.Ke2 Re3 24.Kf2 Qd4 25.Rf4 Re4 26.Kg2 Rf4 27.gf4 Kh7 28.Nd2 Rg8 29.Kf3 Qd3 30.Kf2 Qd2 31.Kf1 Qe3 32.Rd1 Rg1) 0-1. ball - jaskier (2145), chesshere.com, 2006.

7.e3 d4 8.Nf3 Bc5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.Bd3 (10.Nd4 Bd4 11.Bd4 Nd4 12.ed4 Qd4-/+) 10...Bd3-+ 11.Qd3 de3 12.Qf5 (12.Qd8 ef2 (12...Rfd8?! 13.fe3 Nb4 14.Bf6 gf6 15.Nc3=+) 13.Kf1 Rfd8 (13...Nd8?! 14.Bf6 gf6 15.d4=) 14.Bf6 gf6-+) 12...ef2 13.Kf1 Be7 (13...Ng4! 14.Nc3 Qd2 15.Nd2 Ne3 16.Kf2 Nf5 17.Kf3 Ncd4 18.Kf4 Bd6 19.Kg4 Ne3 20.Kh3-+) 14.Kf2 Nb4 15.Bf6 Bf6 (15...gf6?! 16.d4=) 16.Nc3 Re8 17.Rhd1 Nd3 18.Kf1 c6 19.Rab1 g6 20.Qh3 Nf4 21.Qg3 (21.Qh6 Qd3 22.Kg1 Qc4 (22...Bc3?! 23.Qf4 Re4 24.Qc7=+) 23.Rb7 Bd4 24.Kh1 Nd3-+) 21...Qd3 22.Kg1 Qc4 (22...Bc3?! 23.Qf4 Re4 24.Qc7 Bd4 25.Kh1=) 23.Qf2 (23.Kh1 b5-+) 23...Bc3 24.dc3 Re2 (better 24...Ne2 25.Kh1 Nc3 26.Rd4-+) 25.Qh4? (25.Qd4 Rg2 26.Kh1-+) 25...Rg2 (25...Ra2?! 26.Kh1 Qe4 27.Re1-+) 26.Kh1 Qe4 27.Rd8 (27.Rf1 Ra2 28.Qg3 b5-+) 27...Rd8 (27...Kg7 28.Ra8 Qf3 29.Qf4 Qf4 30.Kg2 Qe4 31.Kg3 Qb1 32.a3-+) 28.Qd8 Kg7 29.Qd4 Qd4 (29...Qd4 30.cd4 Ra2-+) 0-1. katchum (2570) - smithche (2440), net-chess.com, 2014.

7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 dc4 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Qb4 Nc4 12.0-0 a5 13.Qc3 (13.Qb7?? Rb8 (13...Nb2?! 14.Qb2 Bd5 15.d4=) 14.Qb8 Qb8 15.Bf6 gf6-+) 13...b5 14.a3 Qd6 15.Qd4 Bd5 (15...Nb2?! 16.Qb2 Rab8 17.d4=+) 16.Bc1 Re4 17.Qc3 Rg4 18.h3?? (18.Ne1 Bg2! 19.Ng2-+) 18...Bf3 19.hg4 (19.Re1 Rg2 20.Kf1 Qh2 21.Qf6 Rf2) 19...Ng4 (19...Bg4?! 20.Bb2=+) 20.g3 (20.Qg7 Kg7 21.Bb2 Nb2 22.g3 Qh6 23.d4 Qh2) 20…Qh6 (20...Qh6 21.Qg7 Kg7 22.Bb2 Nb2 23.d4 Qh2) 0-1. Van Esbroeck,Dirk - Malmstrom,Jan (1835), BI-2009-P-00010, 2009.

6.Bc3 a5

7.a3 a4 8.Qc2 Bc3 9.Nc3 Nd4 10.Qd1 (10.Qd3 Nb3 11.Rb1 d6=+) 10...Nb3 (10...d5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.e3-/+) 11.Ra2=+ d6 (11...Nc5 12.e3=+) 12.Na4= Ra4 (12...Nd4 13.Nc3=) 13.Qb3 Qd7 (13...Bd7 14.Nf3=) 14.e3+= b6 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.Nc3 Ra5 17.f3 d5 18.Kf2 (18.cd5 Bd5 19.Nd5 Nd5+=) 18...d4 19.Nb5 de3 20.de3 Rfa8 21.Be2 Qe7 22.a4 (22.Rd1+=) 22...Nd7 (better 22...Qe5!?=) 23.Nc7+/- Rc8 24.Nd5 Bd5 25.cd5 Qc5 (25...Qd6 26.Bb5+/-) 26.Rd1 Nf6 (26...Qd6 27.Kg1+-) 27.Bb5 (27.d6 Nd7+-) 27...Rd8 (27...Qd6 28.Kg1+-) 28.Rc2 Qe7 29.e4 h6 30.Rc6 Ne4 (30...Nd7+-) 31.fe4 Qe4 32.d6 (32.d6 Qe5 33.Qg3+-; 32.Rb6 Qf4 33.Kg1 Qc7+-) 1-0. Diener,Rudolf - Drefke,A, corr SOK-87-14, 1987.

7.a3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Rb8 9.e3 =+.

7.a3 Bc5 8.Nf3 d5 9.e3 d4 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Be2 Qe7 12.0-0 Bg4 (12...a4 13.Qd3=+) 13.h3 (13.Qb7 Ne5 14.Ne5 A) 14...Be2 15.Nc6 (15.ed4? Rab8 16.Qb8 Rb8-+; worse 15.Bd4 Bd4 16.ed4 Bf1 17.Kf1 Qd6-/+) 15...Qd6 16.ed4 Bf1 17.dc5 Bc4 18.Be5-+ (18.cd6?? Re1); B) 14...Qe5 15.ed4 Qe2 16.dc5 Rab8 17.Qc7 Rb2-+) 13...Bh5 14.Qb7 Rab8 15.Qc6 Rb2 16.Bd3 (16.ed4 Qe2 17.dc5 Bf3 18.gf3 Qe5=+) 16...de3=+ 17.de3 Be3 (better 17...Rb6 18.Qa4 Bf3 19.gf3 Qe5=+) 18.Nc3?? (better 18.g4!? Rb6 19.Qa4=) 18...Rb6 (18...Rf2 19.Rf2 Bf2 20.Kh1 Bf3 21.Qf3-+) 19.Qa4 Bf3 20.gf3 Qe5 21.Ne2 Bf2! 22.Kf2 Decoy theme: f2 (22.Rf2 Deflection from a1 22...Qa1) 22...Qe3 Theme: Double Attack 23.Kg2 (23.Kg3 Qd3 24.Qd1 Qe2 25.Qe2 Re2 26.Rfe1 Re1 27.Re1-+) 23...Qd3 24.Nf4 (24.Rae1 Re2 25.Re2 Qe2 26.Rf2 Qe1-+) 24...Rb2 25.Rf2 Rf2 (25...Rf2 26.Kf2 Qd4 27.Kg3 Qa1 28.Qa5 Qg1 29.Ng2 Re2 30.Qa8 Ne8-+) 0-1. Dietzsch,B - Nebe,Lutz, corr SOK-89-44, 1989.

5.Bc3 Bc3

6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 d5 8.e3 dc4 9.Bc4 Bg4 10.Nf3 Na5 11.Be2 a6 12.0-0 c6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Qe2 b5 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Qf3 Nd5 18.Nd5 cd5 19.Rc8 Qc8 20.Qd5 Qa8 21.Qd7 Qe4 22.Rc1+– Nc4 23.Nc4 bc4 24.Qc7 h6 25.Qc4 Ra8 26.Qc6 Qc6 27.Rc6 f6 28.Kf1 Kf7 29.Ke2 a5 30.Kd3 a4 31.Kc3 Ra5 32.Rc5 Ra7 33.Kb4 a3 34.Rc3 Ke6 35.Ra3 Rb7 36.Kc3 Kd5 37.Rb3 Rc7 38.Kd3 Rc1 39.e4 Ke6 40.Rb6 Kf7 41.Rb2 Rg1 42.f3 Rd1 43.Kc3 Rc1 44.Rc2 Rb1 45.Kc4 Ke6 46.Kc5 Rb8 47.d5 Ke5 48.Rc4 Rc8 49.Kb4 Rb8 50.Kc3 Rb1 51.a4 Rc1 52.Kb4 Rb1 53.Kc5 Ra1 54.Kc6 Rd1 55.a5 Ra1 56.Rc5 Kf4 57.d6 1–0. marnzell – Salvatore, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

6.Nc3 Re8 7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nd5 Qd5 10.d4 c5 11.e3 Nc6 12.Bb5 Bg4 13.0-0 cd4 14.Bc6 bc6 15.ed4 Rad8 16.Rc1 Re6 17.Rc5 Qa2 18.Qd3 Rd5 19.Ne5?? Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn (better 19.Ng5 Bf5 20.Qc3=+) 19...Ree5!-+ 20.Qg3 (20.de5 Qe2 Double attack (20...Rd3 Pinning; 20...Rd3 Deflection; 20...Qe2 Decoy; 20...Rd3 Remove defender; 20...Rc5 Overloading)) 20...Be2 21.Rd5 Qd5 (worse 21...cd5 22.Qe5 h6 23.Rc1+-) 22.Qc3 (22.Qe5 Qe5 23.de5 Bf1 24.Kf1-+) 22...Bf1 23.de5 Qg2 0-1. Mr_Queenabber (2225) - Nimzozo (2170), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.Nc3 d5

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nd5 Qd5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.Be2 Nb4=+ 12.0-0 Bd3 13.a3= Bc2 14.Qc1 Bd3 15.Nd4 Be2= 16.Ne2 Nd3 17.Qc7+= Rac8 18.Qg3 Rc2 19.Nc3 Qc4 20.Qd6 Rd2 21.Nd5 Qc5 22.Qc5 Nc5 23.Rfd1 Rd1 24.Rd1 f6 ½–½. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Baer,Werner, 2001.

7.Nd5 Nd5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be2 Rad8 (11...Nb4 12.0-0=) 12.d4 h6 13.a3 a5 (13...Bf5 14.0-0=) 14.0-0 b6 15.Qc2 Rc8 (15...Bf5 16.Qc3+=) 16.Bc4 0-1. Darkseid – kratz, ChessWorld.net, 2022.

7.e3 Be6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nd5 Qd5 10.d4 Qa5 (10...c5!? 11.Ne2 cd4 12.Qd4 Qf5=+) 11.Qd2= Qd2 12.Kd2 Nc6 13.a3 (13.Nf3 Rad8=) 13...f5 (13...Na5 14.Rb1=+) 14.Nh3= Na5 15.Rb1 b6 16.a4 (16.Be2 c5 17.Nf4 Ba2=) 16...Rad8 17.Bd3 Bb3 18.Rhc1 Rd7 (18...c5 19.Ke2 c4= (worse 19...cd4 20.Rb3 Nb3 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.Bb3+/-)) 19.Bc2?? (19.Bb5 Re7 20.Kc3 Bd5=) 19...Bc2 (better 19...Nc4 20.Kc3 Bc2 21.Kc4 Bb1 22.Rb1 Re8-+) 20.Rc2 (20.Kc2!? Rf6 21.Nf4=) 20…c5-/+ 0-1. Darkseid (1900) - boqsa (1735), ChessWorld.net, 2018.

7.e3 Be6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nd5 Bd5 10.Nf3 Qf6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.0-0 b6 13.d4 Ne7 14.Ne5 Rfd8 15.Bf3 Bf3 16.Qf3= Qf3 17.Nf3 Rac8 18.Rac1 Rd5 19.e4+= Rd7 20.Rfd1 c5 21.d5 Re8 22.Rc3 Ng6 23.Re3 Ne7 24.Ne5+= Rd6 25.Nc4 Rd7 26.a4 Nc6 27.d6 Ne5 28.Ne5 Re5 29.f4 Re8 30.Kf2 f5 31.e5 Re6 32.g4+– g6 33.gf5 gf5 34.Rg3 Kf8 35.Rdg1 Ke8 36.Rg8 (36.Rg8 Kf7 37.R1g7#) 1–0. Merkl,M – Hasler,Ulrich, corr 2.KGP, 1993.

6.Nc3 d6

7.e3 Bf5 8.d3 c5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Nf3 a6 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Re1 Bf3 13.Bf3 Ne5 (13...Qc7 14.Rb1+=) 14.Bb7+/- Ra7 (14...Rb8!? 15.Rb1 Qc7+/-) 15.Bd5 Qa5 16.Qc2 Nd5 17.Nd5 (17.cd5?! c4 18.dc4 Rc7=) 17...f6 (17...Rb7 18.Reb1 Rfb8 19.d4+-) 18.Rab1 (18.Reb1 Qa3 19.d4 Qd3 20.Qd3 Nd3+-) 18...Kf7 (18...Rb7!?+-) 19.h3 h5 (19...Kg8 20.d4 Nf7 21.Re2+-) 20.Red1 Rd8 21.Rb6 Ke6 (21...h4 22.Rdb1 Rad7 23.Qe2+-) 22.Rdb1 (better 22.d4 cd4 23.ed4 Nc4 24.Qc4 Kf7+-) 22...g5 (22...Nd7 23.Nf4 Ke7 24.R6b2+-) 23.Rb7 (better 23.d4 cd4 24.ed4+-) 23...Rb7 24.Rb7 Nc6 (24...Rd7 25.Rb1 Rg7+-) 25.Qb2 (25.Rc7 Rb8 26.Qe2 Rh8+-) 25...Rf8 (25...Qe1 26.Kh2 Ne5 27.d4 cd4 28.Re7 Kf5 29.ed4+-) 26.a3 (26.Rg7 Rf7 27.Rf7 Qe1 28.Kh2 Kf7 29.Qf6 Kg8 30.Qg6 Kf8 31.Nf6 Qa1 32.Qe8 Kg7 33.Nh5 Kh6 34.Qe6 Kh7 35.d4 g4 36.Qf7 Kh6 37.Qg7 Kh5 38.hg4 Kh4 39.g3) 26...Qd8 27.Nc7 (27.d4 cd4 28.ed4 Rf7 29.Nf4 gf4 30.d5 Kf5 31.Rf7 Nd4 32.Qb1 Ke5 33.Re7 Qe7 34.Qe1 Kf5 35.Qe7 h4+-) 27...Kf5 (27...Kf7 28.Qb6 Ne7 29.d4+-) 28.g4! hg4 (28...Kg6 29.Ne6 Qe8 30.gh5 Kh6 31.Nf8 Qf8 32.Rc7+-) 29.hg4 Kg4 (29...Kg6 30.Ne6 Qe8+-) 30.Ne6 Qe8 31.Qe2 Kf5 32.Ng7 Ke5 33.Qb2 Nd4 34.ed4 (34.f4 gf4 35.ed4 cd4 36.Qe2) 34...cd4 (34...Kf4 35.Kg2 Qe1 36.Re7 Qh1 37.Kh1 Re8 38.Qd2 Kg4 39.Qe2 Kh3 40.Qh5) 35.Qe2 (35.Qd2 d5 36.c5 Qd8 37.f4 gf4 38.Qe2) 35...Kf4 36.Ne8 f5 (36...d5 37.Nc7 g4 38.Ne6 Kf5 39.Rg7 Rg8 40.Nd4 Kf4 41.Qe3) 37.Ng7 Rh8 (37...Re8 38.Nh5) 38.Nh5 (38.Ne6) 38...Rh5 39.Qh5 g4 (39...d5 40.Qh2 Kf3 41.Qh3 Ke2 42.Rb2 Kd1 43.Qf1) 40.Rf7 (40.Rf7 Kf3 41.Kf1 a5 42.Rf5) 1-0. Darkseid (2020) – fang, ChessWorld.net, 2019.

7.e3 Bf5 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.d4 Re8 10.Bd3 Bd3 11.Qd3 h6 12.0-0 c6 13.Rfe1 Qe7 14.Nd2 c5 15.Nd5 (15.Nf3 Nb6=) 15...Nd5= 16.cd5 cd4 17.Qd4 Nb6 18.Rec1 Rac8 19.Nb3 Rc1 20.Rc1 Qe4 21.a4 (21.Qe4 Re4 22.Nd4 Nd5=) 21...Qd4 (21...Nd5 22.g3=+) 22.Nd4= Na4 23.Nb5 a6 (23...Re5 24.Nd6 Rd5 25.Nb7=) 24.Nd6 Re7 (24...Rd8 25.Nb7 Rd5 26.Kf1=) 25.Nf5 Rd7 26.e4 Nb2 (26...Nb6 27.f4+/-) 27.Nd4 (27.d6!? Na4 28.e5+-) 27...Nd3 28.Rc3 Ne5 29.f4 Ng6 30.g3 Ne7 31.g4 g6 32.Kf2 (32.f5 Nd5 33.ed5 Rd5+=) 32...Kg7 (better 32...f5!? 33.gf5 gf5 34.Rg3 Kf7=) 33.h4+/- White prepares g5 33...Ng8 34.Rc5 Nf6 35.Kf3 h5 (35...Kf8 36.Nc2+/-) 36.g5+- Nh7? (36...Ng4!? 37.Rc8+-) 37.Nb3 (37.Rc8!? Nf8+-) 37...Nf8 38.Rc3 (38.Rc8 b5+-) 38...Kg8 (38...b5 39.Na5+-) 39.Na5 (39.Rc8 Rd6+-) 39...b6 (39...Kg7 40.Rc8+-) 40.Nc6 Kg7? (40...Rb7 41.Ne5 Nd7 42.d6+-) 41.Nb8?? (better 41.Ne5 Re7 42.Rc8+-) 41...Ra7+/- 42.Rc6 a5 43.Rb6 a4 44.Nc6 Ra8 45.Nb4 Nd7 46.Ra6 (46.Rb7!? Nc5 47.Rb5+-) 46...Ra6+/- 47.Na6 a3 48.Nb4 Nc5 (48...f6 49.gf6 Nf6 50.Ke3+/-) 49.Ke3 Kf8 50.Kd4 Nb3 51.Kc3 Nc1 52.Kc2 (52.Nc2 a2+/-) 52...Ne2 53.f5 (better 53.Nd3+/-) 53...Ng3?? (better 53...gf5 54.ef5 Nd4 55.Kc3 Nf5=+) 54.fg6+/- fg6 (54...Ne4 55.gf7 Kf7 56.Nc6+-) 55.Kd3 (better 55.e5!? Ke8 56.d6+-) 55...Ke8 56.e5 Nf5 57.e6 (better 57.d6 Kd8 58.Kc3+/-) 57...Nh4?? (better 57...Ke7 58.Kc3 Kd6=) 58.d6+- Nf5 59.d7 Kd8 60.Nc6 Kc7 61.d8Q Kc6 62.Kc3 h4 63.Kb3 h3 64.Qh8 (better 64.e7 Ne7 65.Qe7 h2 66.Qe4 Kd7+-) 64...Nd4 (64...Kd5+-) 65.Qd4 (65.Qd4 h2 66.e7 Kc7 67.Qd8 Kc6 68.e8Q Kc5 69.Qg6 h1Q 70.Qgb6) 1-0. Darkseid (1750) - The Word (1700), ChessWorld.net, 2011.

5.Bc3 Nc6

6.a3 Bc3 7.Nc3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nd5 Qd5 10.Nf3 Re8 11.e3 Bf5 12.Rc1 Bd3 (12...Be4 13.Bc4 Qf5 14.0-0=) 13.Bd3= Qd3 14.Rc3 Qa6 15.Qe2 Qe2 (better 15...Qb6!?=) 16.Ke2+/- Rad8 17.Rd1 Rd5? (17...Re7 18.d4+/-) 18.d4 (better 18.Rb1!? Na5 19.Rc7+-) 18...Rb5 19.a4 Rb4 (19...Rb2 20.Rd2 Rd2 21.Kd2+=) 20.Rdc1 (20.d5 Nb8+/-) 20...Rd8 21.Rc4 Rc4 22.Rc4 Rd7 23.Kd3 f6 24.Kc3 Ne7 25.Kb4 Nd5 26.Kb3 c6 27.a5 Kf7 28.Nd2 g5 29.Ne4 Re7 30.Nc5 (30.Nd6 Ke6 31.Nc8 Re8 32.Na7 Kd7+/-) 30...h5 31.Kc2 (31.a6 ba6 32.Ra4 Nc7+=) 31...h4 32.Kd3 g4 33.g3 hg3 34.hg3 f5 35.e4 fe4 36.Ne4 Kg6 37.Ke2?? (better 37.a6 Kg7 38.ab7 Rb7 39.Nd6=) 37…Re4-+ (37...Re4 38.Kd3 Re6-+) 0-1. Johpress (1770) - rostropovich (2220), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

6.Qb3 a5 7.Nf3 d5 8.e3 Bg4 9.a3 Bc3-/+ 10.Nc3 Bf3 11.gf3 dc4 12.Bc4= Ne5 13.Ke2 Qd7 14.d4 Nf3 15.Qb7 Nd4!–+ 16.Kf1 Nc6 17.Rd1-/+ Qh3 18.Ke1 Qf3 19.Rg1 Ne5–+ 20.Bd5 Nd5 21.Nd5 Rab8 22.Qc7 Rb2 23.Rg7 Kh8 24.Rg8 Kg8 25.Ne7+– Kh8 26.Qe5 f6 27.Qb2 (27.Qb2 Qh1 28.Ke2+–) 1–0. Pietrzak,Janusz – Tomczyk,M, Poland, 1984.

6.Qb3 Qe7 7.Nf3 Rb8 8.e3 Rd8 9.Be2 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.0-0 Nc3 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Qc2 a6 14.d4 Na7 15.Bd3 c5 16.a3 Ba5 17.Ne2 Rdc8 18.Bh7 Kf8 19.Qe4 c4 20.Qe5 b5 21.Qh5 Bc7 22.d5 Bd7 23.Bf5 Bf5?? 24.Qh8 (24.Qf5?! Kg8+/–) 1–0. agrillage – Raimondi, internet, 2005.

6.d4 a5 7.Bb4 ab4 8.a3 -/+.

6.d4 Ne4 7.Bb4 Nb4 8.Nd2 Qh4 9.g3 Qe7 10.Ndf3 c5 11.a3 Nc6 12.e3 cd4 13.Nd4 Qe5 14.Nb5?? a6 –+.

6.d4 Re8 7.e3 d5 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.Qa4 c5 10.dc5 a5 11.a3 Na6 12.cd5 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bg4?? 14.h3+– Bh5 15.Nd2?? Nd5?? 16.Ngf3?? Qf6=+ 17.Rd1 Rac8 18.Nc4 Bf3-/+ 19.gf3 Nc3 20.Rd6 Ne6 21.Qb2 Qf3-/+ 22.Rg1 Red8 23.Qc2 Ne4 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Rg2 N6c5 26.Ne5 Qf6 Black gets in control 27.f3? Qe5–+ 28.fe4 Ne4 29.Bd3 Nc5 30.Bh7 Kh8 31.Kf2 g6 32.Bg6 fg6 33.Qg6 Rd2 34.Kg1 Qe3 35.Kh2 Rg2 36.Kg2 Qa3 37.Qh6 Kg8 38.Qg6 Kf8 39.Qf6 Ke8 40.Qe5 Kf7 41.Qd5 Ke7 42.Qg5 Kd6 43.Qf4 Kc6 44.Qf6 Kb5 45.Qf1 Qd3 (45...Qd3 46.Qd3 Nd3–+) 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter (1730) – Melia,Ken (1840), T16–05 TSC, 2003.

6.e3 Ne4 7.Bb4 Qh4 8.g3 Qf6 9.f3 Nb4 10.Na3 Ng5 11.Rb1 c5 12.Nb5 b6 13.h4 Ne6 14.a3 Na6 15.Qc2 Bb7 16.Bd3 h6 17.Qc3 Qc3 18.Nc3 Nb8 19.Rh2 Nc6= 20.Be4 Rab8 21.f4 f5 22.Bd5 Ne7 23.Bb7 Rb7 24.Nf3 Nc7 25.d4 d5 26.Rhb2 dc4= 27.a4 Ned5=+ 28.Nd5 Nd5-/+ 29.Kf2 Rc7 30.Rc2-/+ c3 31.Ne5 Rfc8 32.Ke2 cd4 33.ed4 a5 34.Rb3 Nb4 35.Rc1 c2 36.Kd2 Na2 37.Nd3?? Nc1 38.Kc1 Rc4 39.Rb6 Ra4 (39...Ra4 40.Kb2 Rd4–+) 0–1. sinjoor – sgbrito, net–chess.com, 2001.

6.Nf3 d6 7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.d4 Re8 10.e3 Bg4 11.Nbd2? Nd4!-/+ 12.Be2 Ne2–+ 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Qd3 Nc5 15.Qc3 Qe7 16.0-0 b6 17.Nd4 Qg5 18.N2f3 Qg6 19.Nh4 Qf6 (19...Qf6 20.g3 a6–+) 0–1. Roos,Bernhard – Gohla,Ulf, DESC, 2001.

6.g3 d5 7.Bg2 Bf5 8.Qb3 Bc3 9.Qc3 Ne4 10.Be4 de4 11.e3 (11.Na3 Nd4-/+) 11...Qd6 12.Ne2 Ne5 13.Nc1 Nf3 14.Kd1 Rfe8 15.h4 Rad8 16.Kc2 Bg4 17.a4 (17.h5 Re6–+) 17...c5 18.Nb3 Ne5 19.Na3 a6 20.Kb1 Nd3 21.Rh2 Ne5 22.Rh1 Nd3 23.Rh2 Bf3 24.Nc2 Ne5 25.Ne1 Be2 26.f4 (26.d4 cd4 27.ed4 Nc4 28.Ra2–+) 26...ef3 27.d4 (27.Ka2 Bc4 28.h5 Ng4–+) 27...cd4 28.ed4 Ng4 29.Nf3 Bf3 30.Rd2 (30.Rb2 Qg3 31.Ka2 Re3–+) 30...Re3 31.Qb2 Qb4 32.Ra3 Qc4 33.Ka2 Bd5 34.Rc2 Qb4 35.Rc7 (35.Rc5 Rb3 36.Rb3 Qa4 37.Kb1 Bb3–+) 35...Rb3 36.Rb3 Qa4 (36...Qa4 37.Kb1 Bb3–+) 0–1. Williams,Barry M – Hoskyn,Gordon A, NZCCA HT corr New Zealand, 1998.

6.Bb4 Nb4

7.Nc3 d6 8.Rb1 Nc6 9.Nf3 -/+.

7.d4 c5 8.a3 Nc6 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nd2 d6 11.e4 Re8 12.Qc2 Ne4 13.Ne4 f5 14.f3 fe4 15.fe4 Qf6 16.Ra2 Qf4 17.Be2-/+ Qg5 18.Nf3–+ Qg2 19.Rf1 Bh3 20.Rb2 Rf8 21.Rb3 Rf4 22.Kd1 Raf8 23.Rg1 Qf2 (23...Qf2 24.Rg7 Kg7 25.Ne5 Qg1 26.Kd2 Qg5–+ (26...de5?! 27.Rg3 Qg3 28.hg3-/+)) 0–1. Kruimer,Wim (1700) – Woelfelschneider,Peter (1700), TT–01 TSC, 2002.

7.d4 c5 8.Qb3 b6 9.d5 d6 10.a3=+ Na6 11.e3 Bf5 12.Nd2 Ne4 13.Ngf3 Qf6 14.Rc1 Nd2 15.Nd2 Rfe8 16.Be2 Nc7 17.Bf3 Re7 18.0-0= Qh4 19.e4 Bg6 20.g3 Qf6 21.Kg2 Qg5=+ 22.Rce1?? Qd2–+ 23.Re2 Qg5 24.Rfe1 Rae8 25.h4 Qf6 26.a4?? Qd4 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.Rde1 Na6 29.Re3?? Nb4 30.Qb1?? a5 31.Rd1?? Re5–+ 32.Qb3 h6 33.Qb1 Qe7 34.Rde1 Qd8 35.Qb3 R8e7 36.Qb1 Qe8 37.Qb3 f6 38.Qb1 f5 39.Qb3 fe4 40.Be2 Bh5 41.Bh5 Qh5 42.Qb1 Qf5 43.R1e2 Qg4 44.Qb3 Nd3 45.Qb6 Nf4 46.Kf1 Qh3 47.Ke1 Qh1 48.Kd2 Ne2 49.Ke2 Qc1 50.Qb5 Qc2 51.Kf1 Rf7 52.Re2 Qd1 53.Re1 Qd3 54.Kg1–+ Qf3 55.Rf1 e3 (55...e3 56.Qb8 Rf8 57.Qf8 Qf8 58.fe3 Qe8–+) 0–1. alaamattar (2135) – maaac (2345), net–chess.com, 2006.

7.d4 c5 8.e3 Qa5 9.Nc3? cd4 10.ed4 Nbd5! 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Be2 Qc3 13.Qc3 Nc3 14.a4 d5 15.c5 b6 16.Ra3 Ne2 17.Ne2 Ba6 18.Ra2 Re7 19.f3 Rae8 20.0-0 Re2 (20...Re2 21.Re2 Re2–+) 0–1. Anguis,Miquel Angel – Khachaturov,Vadim (1730), FICGS, 2007.

7.d4 d6 8.Qd2 c5-/+ 9.e3?? Bf5–+ 10.Na3 Qa5 11.g4 Ne4 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Rg1 Bf3 (13...Bf3 14.Rd1 Bd1–+) 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8, 2004.

7.d4 Re8 8.a3 Nc6 9.e3 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Qc2?? Bf3–+ 14.gf3 Nd4 15.Qd3 Rad8 16.e4 Nb3 17.Qc2 Na1 18.Qb2 Nd5 (18...Nd5 19.Bc4 Qc3 20.Qc3 Nc3–+) 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8, 2004.

7.d4 Re8 8.e3 d6 9.Be2 Bf5-/+ 10.Na3 c5 11.Nf3 Qa5–+ 12.Nb5 Bc2 (13.Nd6 Bd1 14.Ne8 Nd3 15.Kf1 Be2 16.Ke2 Nf4 17.ef4 Re8 18.Ne5 cd4–+) 0–1. Michalakis,K – Dziel,Jaromir, corr Poland, 1996.

7.e3 d6 8.a3 Nc6 9.d4 Re8 10.Nc3 d5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.Be2 Bf3 15.Bf3 Qd4 16.Qd4 Nd4-/+ 17.Bb7 Rab8 18.Rb1 Nc2 19.Ke2 Na3 20.Rb3 Nc4 21.Rc1 Na5-/+ 22.Rb5 Nb7 23.Rcb1=+ c5 24.Rb7 Rb7 25.Rb7 Ra8 26.Kd3 a5 27.Kc4 a4 28.Rb2 a3 29.Ra2 Ra5 30.Kb3 Kf8 31.Ra3 Ra3 32.Ka3 Ke7 33.Kb3 Kd6 34.Kc4 f5 35.f3= h5 36.h4 Kc6 37.Kd3 Kd5 38.Kc3 Ke5 39.Kd3 g6 40.Kc3 Kd5 41.Kb3 Kd6 42.Kc4 Kc6 43.Kd3 Kd5 44.Kc3 Ke5 45.Kc4 Kd6 46.Kb3 Kd5 47.Kc3 Ke5 48.Kc4 Kd6 49.Kb3 Ke6 50.Kc4 Kd6 ½–½. Bestia03g – Amyan14, computer chess game, 2001.

7.e3 d6 8.a3 Nc6 9.d4 Re8 10.Nf3= Bf5 11.Bd3 Ne4 12.0-0 d5 13.cd5 Qd5 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.Nc3+= Nc3 16.Bf5 Ne2? 17.Kh1+– Nc3 18.Bh7 Kh8 19.Bd3 Ne4 20.Rab1 a6 21.Be4 Re4 22.Ng5 Rh4 23.Rb7 Nd4 24.ed4 Qg5 25.Qc7 Rhd4 26.Qf7 Rd1 27.Kg1?? Rf1=+ 28.Kf1 Qc1 29.Ke2 Qd1 30.Ke3 Qe1 31.Kf3 Rd3 32.Kf4 Rd4 33.Kg3 Qc3 34.Qf3 Rd3 35.Rb8 Kh7 36.Rh8 Kh8 37.Qd3 Qd3 38.Kf4 Qd6 (38...Qd6 39.Kg4 Qh2–+) 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8, 2004.

7.a3 Nc6

8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qb3 Nd4 (10...Nf6 11.e3=+) 11.Qb2 (11.Qd5 Nc2 12.Kd1 Qd5 13.Nd5 Na1 14.Nc7 Rb8=+) 11...Bf5 12.e4 Re8 13.0-0-0? (better 13.f3 Nf4 14.g3=+) 13...Nc3-+ 14.dc3 Qg5 15.Rd2 Re4 (15...Be4?! 16.f4 Qf4 17.Nh3-+) 16.Kd1 Rae8 17.Ne2 Ne2 18.f3 (18.Re2 Re2 19.Be2-+) 18...Nc3 19.Kc2 Rb4 20.Kc3 Rb2 21.Rb2 (21.Rd1 Qf6 22.Rd4 Rc2 23.Kb4 Qd4 24.Ka5 Re5 25.Bb5 Qb6 26.Ka4 Qb5) 21...Qc1 22.Kb3 (22.Kb4 Qb2 23.Kc4 Re5 24.a4 c5 25.Bd3 Be6) 22...Re3 23.Bd3 Rd3 (23...Bd3?! 24.Rc1 Ba6 25.Kb4=) 24.Ka2 (24.Kb4 Qc3 25.Ka4 Qc4 26.Rb4 Qa6) 24...Be6 25.Rb3 Bb3 0-1. damirokvaj11 – cipollini, Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Nc3 d5 9.Nd5 Nd5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.e3 Ne5 12.Nf3 (better 12.d4!? Nc6 13.Nf3=) 12...Bg4-/+ 13.Be2 Bf3 14.Bf3 Nd3 15.Kf1 Qc4 (15...Qf5!?=+) 16.Rb1= Rad8 17.Qb3 (17.Rb7!? a6 18.Kg1=) 17...Qh4=+ 18.g3 Qh3 19.Kg1 Qf5 (19...b6 20.Qa4-/+) 20.Qd1 (20.Kg2 b6 21.Qa4 Rd6=+) 20...b5-/+ 21.g4 Qd7 22.Be4 a6 23.Kg2 c5 24.Qe2 Ne5 25.a4 (25.Rhd1 Ng4 26.d4 Nf6 (26...cd4?! 27.Rd4 Qe6 28.Bh7 Kh7 29.Qg4=) 27.dc5 Qc8-/+) 25...ba4 (25...Qd2 26.Qd2 Rd2 27.Kg3 ba4 28.Rhc1-/+) 26.h3 c4 27.Rb2 Nd3 (27...Qe6 28.Ra1 Nd3 29.Bd3 Rd3 30.Rba2-/+) 28.Ra2 Qb5 29.Rha1 Nc5 30.Rb1 Nb3 31.Qf3 Rd6 (31...Nd2? 32.Rd2 Rd2 33.Rb5 ab5 34.Qf5+–) 32.Qf5 (32.Qf4 Rfd8–+) 32...g6 (32...Qf5 33.Bf5 Nd2 34.Rb7–+) 33.Qf4-/+ Qd7 34.Ra4 Nd2 (34...Qa4?! 35.Qd6 Qe8 36.Bb7=) 35.Rbb4 f5 (35...c3 36.Rd4 Rd4 37.Rd4–+) 36.gf5-/+ gf5 (worse 36...Ne4 37.Qe4 c3 38.Qc4 Qf7 39.Ra3=) 37.Rb7? (better 37.Bf3!?–+) 37...Qe8 (37...Qa4?? 38.Bd5 Kh8 39.Qd4 Rdf6 40.Rb8+–; 37...fe4 38.Qg5 Kh8 A) worse 39.Rd7 Rd7 40.Qe5 Rg7 41.Kh1 Nf3=+ (41...Rf2?! 42.Qe8 Rg8 43.Qe5 Rg7 44.Qe8 Rg8 45.Qe5 Rg7=); B) 39.Qe5 Kg8 40.Rd7 Rd7 41.Qe6 Rdf7 42.Ra6+–) 38.Bf3?! (38.Bd5 Rd5 39.Qg3 Qg6 40.Qg6 hg6 41.Ra6–+) 38...Rg6 (38...Qa4?? 39.Qd6 Qe8 40.Qd2 Qg6 41.Kh2+–) 39.Kh2 Qe5! (39...Qa4 40.Bd5 Kh8 41.Qd4 Rgf6 42.Rb8+–; 39...Nf3?! 40.Qf3 Qc6 41.Qc6 Rc6 42.Ra2–+) 40.Bh5 (40.Qe5 Nf3 Mate attack) 40...Qf4 41.ef4 Rc6 42.Ra1 (42.Ra7 c3 43.R4a6 Ra6 44.Ra6 Rc8–+) 42...Kh8 43.Rd7 c3 44.Rc1 Rfc8 45.Be2 a5 46.Bb5 (46.Bd3 Ne4–+) 46...R6c7 47.Rd3 (47.Ba6 Nf3 48.Kh1 Rd7 49.Bc8 Rc7 50.Bf5 a4–+) 47...Rb8 (47...Ne4 48.f3 Nf6 49.Re3–+) 48.Ba4 (48.Bd7 Rd8 49.Bf5 Rd3 50.Bd3 Nb3–+) 48...Rb4 49.Bd7 Rd4! 50.Bf5 (50.Rd4 Nb3 Double attack (50...Nb3 Decoy)) 50...Rd3 51.Bd3 Nb3 52.Rb1 Nd4 Black prepares c2 53.Rb8 (53.Ra1 Rc5–+) 53...Kg7 54.Ra8 c2 55.Bc2 Rc2 56.Ra5 Rf2 57.Kg3 Rf1 58.Ra7 Kg6 59.Ra6 Kf5 60.Ra5 Kf6 61.Ra7 h6 62.Ra4 Ne6 63.Kg4 Rg1 64.Kh4 Rd1 65.Ra6 Rd4 66.Kg3 Rd3 (66...Rb4 67.Rd6–+) 67.Kg4 Rd5 68.Rb6 h5 69.Kh4 Ra5 70.Rb4 Nf8 71.Rb6 Kg7 72.Rb7 Kh6 73.Kg3 Ra3 (73...Ng6 74.Rb6–+) 74.Kg2 Ng6 75.Rb6 Kg7 76.Rb7 Kf6 77.Rb6 Kf7 78.Rb7 Ne7 79.Rb4 (79.Rb5 h4–+) 79...Nd5 80.Re4 Kf6 81.Rd4 Rd3! 82.Re4 (82.Rd3 Nf4 Double attack (82...Nf4 Decoy)) 82...Ne7 83.Ra4 h4 84.Ra6 Kf5 85.Ra5 Nd5 86.Kf2 Ke4 (86...Rd4 87.Kf3–+) 87.Ra4 Rd4 (87...Rd4 88.Rd4 Kd4–+) 0–1. Trokenheim,Marek (1800) – Vasquez,Fernando (1950), FICGS, 2008.

8.d4 d5 9.e3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Ne4 de4 12.Rb1 Qg5 13.Rb5 Qg6 14.Ne2 a6 15.Nf4 Qd6 16.c5 Qf6 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Bc4 g5 19.Nd5+/– Qd8 20.Nc3 Bf5 21.Qh5 Bg6 22.Qe2 Qd7 23.0-0 Qe7 24.Nd5 Qd8 25.Rfc1 Rf8 26.Rb2 Re8 27.Rcb1 Na5 28.Ba2 Kg7 29.Qd2 Nc6 30.Rb7 Rc8 31.Qe2 (31.Qe2 Ne7 32.Ne7 Re7 33.Qa6+–) 1–0. Kuhlmann,AEJ – Van der Bergh,J, 1988.

8.e3 d5 9.d4 Re8 10.c5 b6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.cb6 ab6 13.Nf3 Na5 14.Bd7 Qd7 15.0-0 Nc4 16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Nc3 Nc3 18.Qc3 Ra4 19.Qb3 f6 20.Ra2 Rea8-/+ 21.Rfa1 Qd6 22.Ne1 Ra3 23.Ra3 Ra3 24.Ra3 Qa3 25.Qb5 Qa8 26.Qd7 c6 27.g3 Nd2 28.h4 h6 29.Kh2 c5 30.Ng2 Nf3=+ ½–½. Osthus,Reinhard – Fischer,Ronald, DESC, 2001.

8.e3 Re8 9.Nf3 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bb5 Bg4 12.0-0 Ne5 13.Be8 Nf3 14.gf3 Bh3 15.Bf7 Kf7 16.f4 Nf4 17.Qb3 Be6 18.Qb5 18...Qh4 19.f3 Nh3 20.Kh1 Nf2= ½–½. Osthus,Reinhard (1950) – Wosch,Arkadiusz J (2140), DESC, 2001.

7.Nc3 d5

8.a3 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Rb1 Nd4 12.Nf3 =+.

8.a3 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Rb1 Bf5 12.Rb2 Ne5 13.e3 Nd3 14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Nf3 Rfd8 16.Rg1 Be4 17.Rb3 Rd6 18.Rb4 c5 19.Rb5 b6 20.Rb2 Rad8 21.Qa4 Rg6 22.Nh4 Qe5 23.Ng6 Qb2 24.Ne7 Kf8 25.d4 Bc2 26.Ng6 hg6 27.Qa6 cd4 28.Rf1 d3 (29.Qd3 Bd3 30.Kd1 Bf1 31.Ke1 Qe2#) 0–1. Ziolkowski – Hakulinen, corr 3GMM–47, 1996.

8.a3 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.e3 Re8 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Be2 a6 14.d4 Be4 15.0-0 Qf5 16.Rc1 Qg6 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Qc3 Nc6 19.Rfd1 Bd5 20.Bd3 Qg4 21.h3 Qh5 22.Nd2 Rad8 23.e4 Be6 24.d5 Ne5 25.Bf1 Bc8 26.Qc7 b5 27.f4 Ng6 28.a4 Bd7 29.ab5 ab5 30.Nb3 Nf8 31.Nc5 Qh6 32.Nd7 Rd7 33.Qc2 Rb8 34.g3 b4 35.e5 b3 36.Qf2 Qg6 37.Bg2 Rdd8 38.d6 Rdc8 39.Rc8 Rc8 40.Kh2 Rb8 41.Qa7 Re8 42.Qb6 Qc2 43.Rd4 b2? 44.Rb4 (44…Rc8 45.Rb2+–) 1–0. Van Rooijen,Peter (1700) – Hort,Wolfgang (1825), KO–028 VCC, 2002.

8.a3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Nd5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.e3 Bf5 12.Nf3= Bg4 13.Be2 Rad8 14.0-0 Bf5 15.d4 Be4 16.Rc1 a6 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.Bf3+/– Qd6 19.Bc6 bc6 20.Qa4 Bd3 21.Nc4 Qd5 22.Rfd1+– Be2 23.Rd2 Bc4+/– 24.Rc4 Rb8 25.Rc1 f5 26.Qa6+– f4 27.Rdc2 Rb6 28.Qd3 Re8 29.ef4 Re4 30.Re2 Rd4 31.Re8 Kf7 32.Qe2 Rf4 33.Re1 (33.Re1 Rf6 34.Re5+–) 1–0. Rosner,Dirk – Hartwich,Andreas, DESC, 1999.

8.Qb3 c5 9.cd5 Nbd5 10.Nd5=+ Nd5 11.e3 b6 12.Bc4 Bb7 13.Ne2 Qf6 14.0-0= Rad8 15.d4 cd4 16.Nd4 Nf4 17.f3 Qg6 18.g3= h5 19.Kf2 Nh3 20.Kg2 Ng5 21.Rad1 h4 22.a4 Qh5=+ 23.g4?? Qg4–+ 24.Kf2 Nf3 (24...Nf3 25.Qc3 h3–+; < 24...Bf3 25.Rd3 Bg2 26.Qd1 Ne4 27.Ke1 Qd1 28.Rd1 Bf1 29.Bf1–+) 0–1. Anguis,Miquel Angel – Bhandarkar,Dinesh (1680), FICGS, 2007.

6.d4 d5

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb4 Ndb4 9.e3 Bf5 10.Na3 Qd5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Qa4 Nd3 13.Ke2 Ncb4 14.f3 c5 15.Nc2 a5 16.Nb4 ab4 17.Qc2 Ra3 18.Kd1 b3 19.Qd3 b2 20.Rb1 Rd3 21.Bd3 cd4 22.Rb2 de3 23.Ke2 Rd8 24.Rb3 Qd4 25.f4 Bb3 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb4 Ndb4 9.e3 Bf5 10.Na3 Qd5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Qa4 Nd3 13.Ke2 Qe4 14.f3 Qg6 15.Qb5 Nd4 16.ed4 Rae8 17.Kd2 Nf2 18.Kc3 c5 19.Ne2 cd4 20.Nd4 Nh1 21.Qb7 Rc8 22.Kd2 Qg5 23.Ke2 Rfe8 24.Qe4 Bg4 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb4 Ndb4 9.e3 Bf5 10.Na3 Qd5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Qd5 Bd5 13.Nf3 Na2 14.Nb5 Nab4 15.0-0-0 Bf3 16.gf3 a6 17.Nc3 Rfd8 18.Be2 f5 19.Bc4 Kf8 20.Be6 g6 21.Rhe1 Ke7 22.Bc4 b5 23.Bb3 Na5 24.Ba2 c5 25.d5 c4 26.Bb1 Nb3 27.Kb2 Nc5 28.Ka1 Nbd3 29.Bd3 Nd3 30.Rf1 b4 31.Na4 Ne5 32.Nb6 Rab8 33.f4 Rb6 34.fe5 Rb5 35.d6 Kd7 36.f4 c3 37.Rd3 a5 38.h4 Rc8 39.Rc1 a4 40.Kb1 a3 41.Rc2 Ra8 42.e4 b3 43.ef5 a2 44.Ra2 ba2 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

7.e3 Ne4 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.Nf3 c5 10.Be2 dc4 11.Bc4 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.0-0 c4 14.Nfd2 Nf6 15.Nc3 a6 16.Qb1 Nbd5 17.Nd5 Bd5 18.a4 c3 19.Nf3 ba4 20.Ra4 Qc7 21.Ne5 Ne4 22.Rc1 Rfb8 23.Qd3 Rb2 24.Bf3 f5 25.Ra6+= Rc8 26.Ra3 c2 27.Raa1 Rcb8 28.g4 R8b3 29.Qa6 Rb1 30.Be4 fe4= 31.Kg2 h6 32.Qa4 Ra1 33.Qe8 Kh7 34.Qg6 Kg8 35.Qe8 Kh7 36.Qg6 Kg8 37.Qe8 ½–½. Ahrens,Gerhard (1965) – Wegelin,Reinhard (2110), CiF, 2006.

7.e3 Qe7 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.a3 Bf3 10.gf3 Bc3 11.Nc3 dc4 12.Bc4 Rfd8 13.Be2 Na5 14.Qa4 b6 15.Qb5 c5 16.dc5 Qe5 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Na4 Nd7 19.f4 Qd5 20.0-0 Nc5 21.Rfd1+= (21.Rfd1 Qb3 22.Rd8 (22.Nc5 Qb5 23.Rd8 Rd8 24.Bb5 bc5+–) 22...Rd8 23.Nc5 Qb5 24.Bb5 bc5 25.Rc5+/–) 1–0. Schlapp12 – grandmaster goldberg, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

7.e3 Re8 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.Qb3 Qe7 =+.

7.e3 Re8 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Nbd2 (10.Be2 dc4 11.Bc4 Bf3 12.gf3 Nc6=+) 10…Bf5-/+ (11.Rb1 Bb1 12.Qb1 c5 13.dc5 Qa5-/+) 0–1. Retamar – Schwertel,Gottfried, corr 3GMM–39, 1996.

7.e3 Bf5 8.Qb3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Na5 (9...Qe7 10.Nf3 (10.Rd1 dc4 11.Bc4 Na5 12.Qa4 Nc4 13.Qc4=) 10...dc4 (10...Na5 11.Qa4 Nc4 12.Bc4 dc4 13.Qc4=) 11.Bc4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bf3 13.gf3=; 9...Re8 10.Nf3 Na5 11.Qb4 b6 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Nd5=) 10.Qa4 (10.Qb4 Nc4 (10...c6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nd5 cd5 13.Ne2=; 10...b6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.Ne2=) 11.Bc4 dc4=+ 12.Qb7 c5 13.d5=+) 10...Nc4=+ 11.Bc4 dc4 12.Qc4 Re8 (12...Be6 13.Qb5=) 13.Nge2 (13.Nge2 Qd7 14.Rc1=). Suess,Stefan – Richter, corr, 1985.

7.e3 Bg4 8.Qb3 a5 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.a3 dc4 11.Bc4 +=.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6

9.cd5 Nd5 10.e3 Re8 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Nbd2 Nd4 13.Nd4 Nc3 14.Nf5 Nd1 15.Rd1 Qd5 16.Nh4 Qa5 17.Rb1 Qa3 18.Rb7 Qc1 19.Ke2 a5 20.Rb1 Qc3 21.g3 Red8 22.Nhf3 a4 23.Bg2 Qd3 24.Ke1 a3 25.Rb3 Qg6 26.Ne5 Qc2 27.Rd3 Rd3 28.Nd3 a2 29.Ke2 a1Q 30.Ra1 Ra1 31.e4 Rd1 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

9.cd5 Ne7 10.e3 Ned5 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Nd2 b5 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.Ne2 a6 15.e4 Nb6 16.Qc2 h6 17.0-0 Rfd8 18.Rfc1 Rac8 19.d5 Qd6 20.Qc6 Qc6 21.Rc6 Bd7 22.Rc5 c6 23.d6 Bg4 24.Nf4 Na4 25.Rcc1 Rd6 26.e5 Rd4 27.ef6 Rf4 28.fg7 Rd8 29.g3 Rfd4 30.Ne4 Bf3 31.Nd2 Bd5 32.Be4 Rd2 33.Bd5 cd5 34.Rc6 Kg7 35.Rac1 Ra2 36.Kf1 d4 37.h3 d3 38.Ra6 Ra3 39.Rac6 d2 40.Rd1 Nb2 41.Ke2 Nd1 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

9.e3 Re8 10.c5 b6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.cb6 ab6 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.0-0 Ne5 15.Bd7 Nd7 16.Qc2 c5=+ 17.dc5 Qf6 18.Nbd2 Ndc5 19.Nd4 Rec8 20.Rac1 Rd8 21.Nb1= Qg5 22.Rfd1 Qh5 23.Nc6 Rd6 24.Nb4 Re8 25.Nc3 Nc3 26.Qc3 Red8 27.Rd4 Ne6 28.Rd2 Kf8 29.Nc6+= Rc8 30.Qb4 Nc5 31.Nd4 Rcd8 (31...Rcd8 32.Qb5 Ra8+=). Marques da Silva,Ivan – Hoch,Dieter, TT–04–0016 A, 2004.

9.e3 Bg4 10.Nf3 Re8 11.c5 Ne4 12.Be2 b6 13.h3 Bf3 14.gf3 Nf2! (14...Nf2 15.Kf2 Qh4 16.Kg2 Re3–+) 0–1. Pachurka,Roland – Brunner,Hermann, 2005.

9.cd5 Qd5

10.e3 Re8 11.Nf3 Ne4 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.0-0 Ng5 14.Nbd2 Ne5 15.Be2 Nef3 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Qa5 18.Rfb1 Nd6 19.Qc5 b6 20.Qa5 ba5 21.Rc1 Re7 22.Rab1 h6 23.Rc5 Ne4 24.Rc6 (24…Nd6 25.Bd3+–) 1–0. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Bennett,Hilton, email 4AMM–F, 1998.

10.e3 Bf5 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Nge2 b5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Qd2 Qa3 15.Nb5 ab5 16.Rc6 Ne4 17.Qc1 Qa5 18.Nc3 Bd7 19.Rc5 Nc5 20.dc5 Qb4 21.Qd2 Rfd8 22.Bd3 Ra1 23.Nd1 Qd2 24.Kd2 Bf5 25.e4 Be4 26.Ke3 Bd3 27.f4 Bf5 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

10.e3 Bf5 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Nge2 b5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Qd2 Qa3 15.Nb5 ab5 16.Rc6 Ne4 17.Rc3 Nd2 18.Ra3 Nf1 19.Rc3 b4 20.Rc1 b3 21.Kf1 b2 22.f3 bc1R 23.Nc1 Rfb8 24.e4 Rb2 25.ef5 Ra1 26.f6 Rc1 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

10.e3 Bf5 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Nge2 b5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Ng3 Bd7 15.Qb3 Rae8 16.Be2 Be6 17.Qb2 b4 18.ab4 Nb4 19.0-0 Rb8 20.Qa1 Qa1 21.Ra1 Rfd8 22.Rfb1 Rb6 23.Na4 Nc2 24.Nb6 Na1 25.Nd5 Bd5 26.Ra1 Bb7 27.Kf1 Rd6 28.Ke1 Rb6 29.Kd2 Bg2 30.Ba6 Ng4 31.Bf1 Bb7 32.Ra7 Nf2 33.Be2 Kf8 34.Ke1 Nh3 35.Bd3 Ng5 36.h4 Nf3 37.Kf2 Rb2 38.Ne2 Nh4 39.Bh7 g6 40.Kg3 Nf5 41.Kf4 Kg7 42.e4 Ne7 43.Rb7 Rb7 44.Bg6 Ng6 45.Kf5 c5 46.dc5 Re7 47.c6 Re5 48.Kg4 Re4 49.Kf3 Rc4 50.Ke3 Rc6 51.Nd4 Rc1 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

10.Nf3 Bf5

11.e3 Rad8 12.Nbd2 Rfe8 13.Bc4 Qd7 14.0-0 a6 15.Ng5 Re7 16.Nb3 Qd6 17.Nc5 Na5 18.Ba2 h6 19.Nf3 Be4 20.Ne5 b5 21.Ne4 Ne4 22.Qh5 Qf6 23.Rac1 Ng5 24.f4 Ne4 25.Bf7 Rf7 26.Qf7 Qf7 27.Nf7 Kf7 28.Rc7 Kf6 29.Rfc1 Nc4 30.Rc6 Kf5 31.Re1 Rd6 32.Rd6 Ned6 33.Kf2 Ke4 34.g4 Na3 35.Ra1 b4 36.g5 hg5 37.fg5 Ndc4 38.h4 Ne3 39.Re1 Nac2 40.Rc1 b3 41.Ke2 b2 42.Rb1 Nc4 43.h5 N2a3 44.Rb2 Nb2 45.h6 gh6 46.gh6 Nd3 47.h7 Nf4 48.Kd1 Ng6 49.d5 Nc4 50.Kc2 a5 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

11.e3 Rae8 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Qb3 Bg4 14.Be2 Nd5 15.Rc1 Nf4 16.0-0 Ne2 17.Ne2 Bf3 18.gf3 Rb8 19.Rc5 Qa6 20.Nf4 Rfd8 21.Rf5 Rd7 22.Rb1 h6 23.Rb5 Nd8 24.Re5 Qf6 25.Re8 Kh7 26.Qc2 g6 27.Rc1 Nc6 28.Rb8 Nb8 29.Qc5 Nc6 30.Qb5 a6 31.Qa4 Qg5 32.Kf1 b5 33.Qd1 Nd4 34.Ng2 Qh5 35.ed4 Qh2 36.Ne3 Rd4 37.Qd4 Qh1 38.Ke2 Qc1 39.Qf6 Kg8 40.Qa6 c6 41.Qa8 Kg7 42.a4 Qb2 43.Kd3 Qb3 44.Kd2 ba4 45.Qc6 a3 46.Qc3 Qc3 47.Kc3 f5 48.Kd4 a2 49.Nc2 f4 50.Ke5 g5 51.Na1 h5 52.Nc2 h4 53.Kf5 Kh6 54.Ke5 Kh5 55.Ke4 h3 56.Ke5 h2 57.Nd4 a1Q 58.Kf5 Qd4 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

11.e3 Rae8 12.Be2 a6 13.Nc3 Qa5 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Qb2 Re7 16.0-0 b6 17.Rac1 Rfe8 18.Rfd1 Kh8 19.e4 Bg4 20.h3 Bh5 21.Rd2 Bg6 22.e5 Ne4 23.Ne4 Be4 24.Ng5 Bd5 25.Qc2 g6 26.Bf3 Rd8 27.Bd5 Rd5 28.Nf3 Re6 29.Rd3 f6 30.ef6 Rf6 31.Re1 Rfd6 32.Re8 Kg7 33.Rde3 b5 34.Qc1 Rf6 35.R3e4 Rd8 36.Qe3 Re8 37.Re8 Qa4 38.Qd3 Qc4 39.Qc4 bc4 40.Rc8 c3 41.Rc7 Kh6 42.Kf1 c2 43.Rc6 Rc6 44.Ke2 c1Q 45.Ne5 Qc2 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

11.e3 Rae8 12.Be2 a6 13.Nc3 Qd6 14.0-0 b5 15.d5 Ne7 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.e4 c5 18.dc6 Nc6 19.Nf3 Qe6 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.Ng5 Qe7 22.Nd5 Nd5 23.ed5 Qg5 24.f4 Qe7 25.dc6 Bc6 26.Qc2 Qe3 27.Rf2 Bg2 28.Kg2 Rd2 29.Qf5 Re2 30.Rcf1 Rf2 31.Rf2 Qa3 32.Re2 Qd6 33.Qg5 Qc6 34.Kg1 Re8 35.Re8 Qe8 36.Qb5 Qe3 37.Kg2 ab5 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

11.e3 Rae8 12.Be2 a6 13.Nc3 Qd6 14.0-0 b5 15.d5 Ne7 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.e4 c5 18.dc6 Nc6 19.Nf3 Qe6 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.Ng5 Qe7 22.Nd5 Nd5 23.ed5 Qg5 24.f4 Qe7 25.dc6 Bc6 26.Qc2 Qe3 27.Rf2 Bg2 28.Kg2 Rd2 29.Qf5 Re2 30.Rcf1 Rf2 31.Rf2 Qa3 32.Re2 Qd6 33.Re5 Rd8 34.Re2 Qc6 35.Qe4 Qe4 36.Re4 Kf8 37.Kf3 Rd3 38.Ke2 Rh3 39.Rb4 Rh2 40.Ke3 Rh3 41.Ke4 g5 42.Kf5 gf4 43.Kg4 Ra3 44.Kf4 Ra4 45.Re4 a5 46.Ke3 Re4 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

7.cd5 Qd5

8.e3 Bd6 9.Nf3 Be6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Qb1 b4 12.Bb2 Rfe8 13.Bc4 Qh5 14.Be6 Re6 15.0-0 Qd5 16.Qc2 a5 17.a3 Rb8 18.ab4 Nb4 19.Qb1 Rb5 20.Re1 Ne4 21.Ne4 Qe4 22.Qe4 Re4 23.Reb1 Re8 24.Bc3 Reb8 25.e4 c6 26.Bb4 Bb4 27.Rc1 c5 28.d5 Kf8 29.d6 Rd8 30.e5 f6 31.ef6 gf6 32.Rd1 Rb6 33.d7 Ke7 34.Rd3 c4 35.Rd4 Bc3 36.Re4 Re6 37.Re6 Ke6 38.Rc1 Rd7 39.Kf1 Rd3 40.Ne1 Be1 41.Ke1 Rd4 42.Ra1 Rd5 43.Rc1 Rc5 44.Kd2 Kd5 45.Kc3 f5 46.f4 Ke4 47.Rd1 Kf4 48.Kd4 Rc6 49.Ra1 c3 50.Rf1 Kg4 51.Rc1 Rh6 52.Rc3 Rh2 53.g3 Rd2 54.Ke5 Re2 55.Kd5 Rg2 56.Ke6 Rg3 57.Rc5 Re3 58.Kd5 a4 59.Rc4 Re4 60.Rc1 a3 61.Rg1 Kf3 62.Rf1 Kg2 63.Ra1 Ra4 64.Ke5 f4 65.Kd6 f3 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

8.e3 Bd6 9.Nf3 Be6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Qb1 b4 12.Bb2 Rfe8 13.Bc4 Qh5 14.Be6 Re6 15.0-0 Qd5 16.Qc2 a5 17.a3 a4 18.ab4 Nb4 19.Qd1 Qb5 20.Ne1 Qh5 21.Qh5 Nh5 22.Nef3 Nf6 23.Ng5 Ree8 24.Ndf3 Nfd5 25.e4 h6 26.Nf7 Kf7 27.ed5 Nd5 28.Ne5 Kf6 29.Nd7 Kg6 30.Ne5 Kf5 31.Nc4 Bb4 32.Na3 g6 33.Nc2 Re2 34.Nb4 Nb4 35.Bc1 Nc2 36.Rb1 a3 37.Rb5 Kf6 38.Rb7 Nd4 39.Bh6 a2 40.Ra1 Nc2 41.Kf1 Re7 42.f4 Na1 43.Bg5 Kf7 44.Be7 Nc2 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

8.e3 Bd6 9.Nf3 Be6 10.Nbd2 Rfe8 11.Bc4 Qh5 12.Be6 Re6 13.0-0 Rae8 14.Qb1 b5 15.Re1 Qd5 16.Nb3 b4 17.Bb2 a5 18.Nc1 a4 19.Nd3 Ne4 20.Qc2 a3 21.Bc1 Rh6 22.Kh1 Bh2 23.Rd1 Qh5 24.g4 Qh3 25.Ng5 Qg4 26.Nh3 Qf3 27.Kh2 Rh3 28.Kg1 Rh1 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

8.e3 Bd6 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Rfe8 11.Bf5 Qf5 12.0-0 Qh5 13.Nbd2 Rad8 14.Qb1 b5 15.e4 Bf4 16.d5 Ne5 17.Be5 Be5 18.Ne5 Qe5 19.Re1 Qf4 20.Qc2 c6 21.g3 Qh6 22.Rab1 a6 23.a4 ba4 24.Rbd1 cd5 25.Qa4 de4 26.Ne4 Ng4 27.h4 Qb6 28.Rd8 Rd8 29.Ra1 Ra8 30.Qd7 Ne5 31.Qf5 Re8 32.Ng5 g6 33.Qe4 Qb5 34.Rd1 h6 35.Nh3 Qb3 36.Qd5 Qd5 37.Rd5 Nc4 38.Rc5 Re1 39.Kh2 Re4 40.f3 Re2 41.Kg1 Rc2 42.h5 gh5 43.Rh5 Kg7 44.Nf2 a5 45.Ng4 a4 46.Nh6 a3 47.Nf5 Kg6 48.g4 a2 49.Rh6 Kg5 50.Ra6 Rc1 51.Kf2 a1Q 52.Ra1 Ra1 53.Kg3 Ra3 54.Nd4 Ne5 55.Kf2 Rd3 56.Nb5 Rf3 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

8.e3 Bd6 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Rfe8 11.Bf5 Qf5 12.0-0 Qh5 13.Nbd2 Ng4 14.h3 Nf6 15.Qb1 Rab8 16.e4 Bf4 17.Re1 Qg6 18.d5 Ne5 19.Be5 Be5 20.Ne5 Re5 21.Re3 Rg5 22.Qf1 c6 23.dc6 bc6 24.Rd1 Re5 25.Rg3 Qh5 26.Re3 c5 27.a4 Re6 28.Qe1 Ra6 29.e5 Nd5 30.Rb3 Re8 31.Nf3 Nb6 32.a5 c4 33.Rb5 Na8 34.Rb7 Rg6 35.Qe4 Ra6 36.Rd5 c3 37.Qd3 c2 38.Qc2 Qh6 39.Nd4 Qg5 40.Nc6 Nb6 41.ab6 Ra1 42.Rd1 Rd1 43.Qd1 ab6 44.Rb6 h6 45.Rb7 Kf8 46.Qd6 Kg8 47.Ne7 Kh8 48.Qc7 Kh7 49.Ra7 Re7 50.Qc2 g6 51.f4 Qh4 52.Re7 Qe7 53.g4 Qb4 54.Qf2 Kg7 55.f5 gf5 56.gf5 Qc3 57.Qg2 Kh7 58.e6 Qc1 59.Qf1 Qg5 60.Kh1 fe6 61.f6 Qf5 62.Kg1 Qf1 63.Kf1 Kg6 64.h4 Kf6 65.Ke2 Kf5 66.Kf3 h5 67.Kg3 Ke4 68.Kf2 Kd3 69.Kg3 e5 70.Kf3 e4 71.Kf4 e3 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8 (No MMX), 2004.

6.d4 d6

7.e3 d5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Qb3 c5 11.Nbd2 Bf3 12.gf3 Qa5 13.a3 Rfe8 14.Qc3 Nc6=+ 15.Qa5 Na5 16.dc5 d4 17.Ke2 Rad8 18.Rb1 White is in command 18...Re7 19.Bh3 Nh5 20.Ne4 g6 21.Rhg1 Kh8 22.Rg5 Nc4-/+ 23.Rd1 Na3 24.Rh5=+ d3 25.Rd3 Rd3 26.Kd3 gh5 27.Kc3 Nb5 28.Kc4 a6 29.Nd6= Nd6 30.cd6 Re8 31.d7 Kg7?? 32.de8Q+– (32.de8Q a5 33.Qe5 Kf8 34.Qa5+–) 1–0. Pott,Brian (1750) – Kopp,Jean_Raymond, TE.2004.P.01709, 2004.

7.Nf3 Bf5 8.e3 Ne4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Na3 Re8 11.Be2=+ a5 12.Qb3 Qf6 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Nb1 Nc5?? 15.dc5+– Qa1 16.Nc3 Qf1 17.Kf1 Na6 18.cd6 Nc5 19.Qd1 Bf3 20.Bf3 Rad8 21.Qb1 cd6 22.Ne4 h6 23.Nc5 dc5 24.Qb7 Rb8 25.Qc6 Rec8 26.Qa6 Rb1 27.Ke2 Rb2 28.Ke1 Rd8 29.Qa5 Rb1 30.Bd1 Rdd1 31.Ke2 Rdc1 32.Qc5 Rb2 33.Kf3 Ra2 34.Qc8 Kh7 35.Qf5 Kg8 36.c5 Rac2 37.Qc8 Kh7 38.Qd7 f6 39.h4 h5 40.Qf5 Kh6 41.c6 Rc6 42.e4 R6c3= 43.Ke2 R1c2 44.Ke1 Rc5 45.Qf4 Kh7 46.g4 hg4 47.Qg4 Kh6 48.f4?? Rh2 49.f5 Rc1 50.Qd1 Rh1 51.Kf2 Rcd1 (51...Rcd1 52.Kf3 Rd3 53.Ke2 Rb3 54.Kd2 Rh2 55.Kc1 Rf3 56.e5 Rf1#) 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Fritz 8, 2004.

6.e3 d5

7.d4 Bc3 8.Nc3-/+ Bf5 (8...Re8!?-/+) 9.Nf3= Nb4 10.Ne5?? (better 10.Rc1=) 10...Nc2-+ 11.Kd2 Na1 12.Qa1 Re8 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Bd3 (14.Kc1 c5! 15.Bc4 cd4 16.Nf7 Kf7 17.Nd5 Be6 18.Qd4 Rc8-+) 14...Be6 (better 14...Re5 15.a3 Nb6-+) 15.Nd5 (15.Rb1 c5! 16.Nf3 cd4 17.Nd5 Bd5 18.Qd4 Qa5 19.Ke2 Rad8-+) 15...Qd5 16.f3 (16.Qb1 Qg2 17.Rf1 Bd5-+) 16...Qa5 (16...f6 17.Nc4-+) 17.Ke2 (17.Qc3 Qa2 18.Bc2 c5-+) 17...f6 (17...c5!? 18.Rd1-+) 18.Nc4 Bc4 19.Bc4 Kh8 20.Rb1 (20.e4 f5 21.e5 c5-+) 20...Qg5 21.Qc3 (21.Kf1 Re3 22.Rb7-+) 21…Qg2 (21...Qg2 22.Kd1 Qf3 23.Be2 Qh1 24.Kc2 Qh2-+) 0-1. Darkseid (1735) - OrangAttackMan (1865), ChessWorld.net, 2010.

7.d4 Bf5!?-+.

7.Nf3 Bf5 8.a3 Bc3 9.Nc3 d4-/+ 10.Ne2 Re8 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.Rc1 Rad8 13.Qb2 Bg4 14.h3 Bf3 15.gf3 Ne5 16.Ng1 de3 17.fe3 Nh5 18.Rc3 Nf4 19.Qc2-/+ Qd4 20.Kd1 Ned3 21.Bd3 Nd3 22.Rh2?? Re3!!–+ 23.de3 Qe3 24.Qd2 Qg1 25.Kc2 Ne1 (25...Ne1 26.Kb2 Rd2 27.Rd2 f5–+) 0–1. Linder – Machate,G, Triberg, 1950.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Bc3 10.Nc3=+.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 dc4 10.Bc4 Bc3 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Be2 Nd3 (12...Bf3 13.Bf3 Nf3 14.Qf3 Qd2 15.Rfc1=+) 13.Nd4 (13.Qb1 Bf3 14.gf3 Nc5+=) 13...Be2 14.Qe2 c5 15.Nf3 (better 15.Qd3!? cd4 16.Qd4 Qd4 17.ed4=) 15...Qd7-/+ 16.Rab1 b6 17.Ne1 Rad8 18.Nd3 Qd3 19.Qd3 Rd3 20.Rfd1 Red8 21.Rb2?? (better 21.Kf1 Rd2 22.Ke1 Rd1 23.Rd1 Rd1 24.Nd1-+) 21...Rc3-+ 22.d4 (22.Kf1 Rcd3 23.Ke2 Ng4-+) 22...cd4 23.ed4 Rd4! 24.Re1 (24.Rd4 Rc1 Mate attack) 24...Re4 25.Rd1 g6 26.Rbd2 Rec4 27.f3 Rc1 28.Rd8 Kg7 29.Kf2 (29.Kf1 Rd1 30.Rd1 Rc2-+) 29...Rd1 30.Rd1 Rc2 31.Ke3 Rg2 32.a4 (32.Rd2 Rd2 33.Kd2 h6-+) 32...Rh2 33.Rd4 Ra2 34.Kf4 a6 35.Rd6 (35.Ke3 h5-+) 35...Ra4 36.Kg3 b5 37.Rb6 Nd5 38.Rb7 b4 39.f4 (39.Rb8 h5-+) 39...a5 40.Kg4 (40.Kf3 Nf4! 41.Kf4 b3 42.Ke3 Rb4-+) 40...Ne3 (better 40...Ra3 41.f5-+) 41.Kg5 (41.Kf3 Nc2 42.Kf2 Ra2-+) 41...Nc4 (41...Nf5 42.Rb5 Ra3 43.Rf5 h6 44.Kg4 gf5 45.Kf5 b3 46.Ke4 b2 47.Kd5 b1Q 48.Kc4 Qc2 49.Kd4 Rd3 50.Ke5 Qe2 51.Kf5 Qe6) 42.f5 gf5 (better 42...h6 43.Kf4 b3 44.Rb3 Nd2 45.Ke3 Nb3 46.fg6 f5-+) 43.Kf5 (43.Rb8 Ne3 44.Kf4 Ra3-+) 43...Nd2 (43...Nd6 44.Ke5 Nb7 45.Kd4 b3 46.Kc3 Rb4 47.Kd2 b2 48.Kc2 b1Q 49.Kc3 Rb3 50.Kd4 f5 51.Kd5 Qe4) 44.Ke5 b3 45.Kd5 Rb4 46.Ra7 b2 47.Ra5 b1Q 48.Rc5 (48.Kc6 Qg6 49.Kc7 Qb6 50.Kd7 Rd4 51.Rd5 Rd5 52.Ke7 Qe3) 48...Qe4 (48...Qf5 49.Kd6 Ne4 50.Ke7 Qc5 51.Ke8 Rb8 52.Kd7 Qd6) 49.Kd6 0-1. Tobillo - Kiriush (1840), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2013. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2 Bb4 4.Be5 Nc6)

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bf3 9.Bf3 d4 10.ed4 Re8 11.Kf1 Bf8 (better 11...Qd6!? 12.a3 Ba5=) 12.d5+/- Ne5 13.Be5 Re5 14.d4 Re8 15.Nd2 Rc8 (better 15...c6!?=) 16.g3+= c6 17.dc6 bc6 18.Nb3 c5 19.d5 a5 20.Kg2 Bd6 21.Qd2 a4 22.Na5 Ne4 23.Qd3?? (better 23.Be4 Re4 24.Rhe1+-) 23...Nf2+= 24.Kf2 Qa5 25.Rhe1 Be5 26.Rab1 Bd4 27.Kg2?? (27.Kf1 Re1 28.Re1=) 27...a3 (better 27...Re1 28.Qc2 Rce8-+) 28.Bg4 (28.Re2 Re2 29.Qe2 Qa6+=) 28...Rcd8 (better 28...Re1 29.Bc8 Rb1 30.Qb1 Qd2 31.Kh1 g6-/+) 29.Re8+= Re8 30.Rb3 g6 31.Ra3 Qe1 32.Ra6?? (better 32.Rb3=) 32...h5 (32...Qf2 33.Kh3 Re3 34.Qe3 Be3 35.Rb6 h5 36.Be2 Qe2 37.Rb8 Kg7 38.Rb1 g5 39.Rb2 Qf1 40.Rg2 Qf5 41.g4 Qf3 42.Rg3 hg4) 33.Rg6-/+ fg6 (better 33...Kf8 34.Bh5 fg6 35.Qg6 Qf2 36.Kh3 Qf1 37.Kg4 Re7 38.Qf5 Qf5 39.Kf5 Ra7-+) 34.Qg6= Bg7 35.Qe8?? (better 35.Be6 Re6 36.de6 Qe2 37.Kh3 Qf1 38.Kh4 Qc4 39.Kh5 Qe2 40.Kg5 Qd2 41.Kg4 Qe2 42.Kg5 Qh2 43.Qe8 Kh7 44.Qg6 Kg8 45.Qe8 Kh7 46.Qg6 Kg8=) 35...Qe8-+ 36.Be6 Kh8 (36...Kh8 37.g4 Qg6 38.Kf3 Qd3 39.Kf4 Qd4 40.Kf3 Be5 41.Bf5 Qd1 42.Kf2 Bd4 43.Kg3 Qe1 44.Kh3 Qe2 45.d6 Bf2 46.Kg2 Be1 47.Kg1 Qf2 48.Kh1 Qf1) 0-1. carlos78 (2280) - Kierkegaard (2175), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb4 Nb4

8.a3 Nc6 9.d4 Bg4 10.Qc2 Re8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bd3? Nd4–+ 13.Qb2 dc4 14.Bc4 Bg6 15.Bb3 Be4 16.Rh2 Nb3 17.Qb3 Qd6 18.g3 Rad8 19.Nc3 Qd2 20.Kf1 Bc2 21.Qb4 a5! 22.Qc5 b6 23.Qc6 Re6 24.Qc7 Ne8 (24...Ne8 25.Qf4 Qc3–+) 0–1. Houthuijzen,A – Schaar,M, corr CP1–930148A, 1993.

8.a3 Bf5?? 9.ab4+– Re8 10.Qb3 c6 11.Nf3 Be4 12.Be2 dc4 13.Qc4 Bd5 14.Qc3 Be4 15.d3 Bg6 16.e4 Nh5 17.0-0 Nf4 18.Re1 Bh5 19.Nbd2 Qd7 20.d4 Qg4 21.g3 Ne2 22.Re2 Qd7 23.Ree1 Bf3 24.Nf3 (24.Nf3 a6 25.Ne5+–; 24.Qf3?! Qd4 25.Qe3 Red8+–) 1–0. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Crljenovic, GTM, 2001.

8.Qb3 c5 9.d4 -/+.

8.Qb3 Nc6 9.cd5 (9.d4 Na5 10.Qb4 Nc4 11.Bc4 dc4=+) 9...Nd5 10.Nf3 Re8 (10...Na5 11.Qb5 c6 12.Qd3-/+) 11.Be2 (11.d4 Nf4=+) 11...Be6 (11...Na5 12.Qb5 c6 13.Qd3=+) 12.Qb2 (12.Qb7 Ndb4 13.0-0 Rb8 14.Qb8 Nb8–+) 12...Qf6 (12...Rb8 13.d4=+) 13.d4 Qg6 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.0-0 Bh3+= 16.Nh4 Qe6? 17.gh3+– Qh3 18.Ndf3 Nb6 19.Kh1 Qe6 20.Rg1 Qf6 21.Rg4 Ne7 22.Rf4 Qe6 23.Rg1 Ng6 24.Ng6 hg6 25.Ng5 Qe7 26.Rf7 Qd6 27.d5 Qe5 28.Qe5 Re5 29.Rc7 Nd5 30.Bc4 b5 31.Bb3 Kf8 32.Ra7 Re7 33.Re7 Ke7 34.Bd5 Rd5 35.Ne4 (35…b4 36.Rg6+–) 1–0. Retamar – Reyes,ME, corr 3GMM–40, 1996.

8.d4 Bf5 9.Na3 dc4 10.Bc4 Re8 =+.

6.e3 d6

7.a3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Re8 9.d4 b6 (9...d5 10.Nf3=+) 10.g3 (10.Nf3!?=) 10...Bb7 11.Bg2 Na5 (11...Rb8!?=+) 12.Bb7= Nb7 13.Nf3 d5 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Nd5 Qd5 16.0-0 c5 17.dc5 Qd1 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.Nd4 Kf8 20.Kf1 Ke7 21.Ra2 Kf6 22.Nb5 Re7 23.Rad2 g6 24.Rd6 Kg7 25.Ke2 f5 26.f3 (better 26.Rc1!?+=) 26...Rae8=+ 27.Rc6? (better 27.e4=+) 27...Re3-+ 28.Kf2 Re2 29.Kg1 Ra2 30.Nc3 (30.g4 Ree2 31.gf5 Rg2 32.Kh1 Rh2 33.Kg1 Kh6-+) 30...Rc2 (30...Ra3!? 31.Rc7 Kh6 32.Nb5 Rf3 33.Ra7-+) 31.Rc7 Kg8?? (better 31...Kh6 32.Nd5 Ree2-+) 32.Na4 (32.Nd5 Rf8 33.Re1 Rf7 34.Rf7 Kf7 35.Re7 Kf8 36.Ra7 Ne6+=) 32...Rc4 33.Nc5 Rc5 34.Ra7 Ra5 35.Ra5 ba5 36.Rd5 Ra8 37.h4 Ra7 38.g4 fg4 39.fg4 Kf7 40.a4 Ke6 41.Rb5 Kd6 42.Kf2 Kc6 43.Kf3 Rb7?? (better 43...Rf7 44.Kg3 Ra7+=) 44.Rb7+- Kb7 45.Ke4 (better 45.Kf4+-) 45...Kc6= 46.Kd4 g5 (46...h5 47.gh5 gh5=) 47.h5 (better 47.hg5 Kd6 48.Kc4+-) 47...Kd6= 48.h6 Ke6 49.Kc5 Ke5 50.Kb5 Kf4 51.Ka5 Kg4 52.Kb5 Kh5 53.a5 g4 54.a6 g3 55.a7 g2 56.a8Q g1Q 57.Qe8 Kh6 58.Qe6 Qg6 59.Qe3?? (better 59.Qd7=+) 59…Qg5 (59...Qg5 60.Ka6 Qe3 61.Kb5 Qa3 62.Kc4 Kg5 63.Kd5 h5 64.Kc4 Qc3 65.Kd5 Kf5 66.Kd6 Qd2 67.Kc5 h4 68.Kb5 Qc1 69.Kb6 h3 70.Kb5 h2 71.Ka5 h1Q 72.Kb4 Qhc6 73.Kb3 Q6c4) 0-1. Darkseid (1740) - rodchester (1630), ChessWorld.net, 2008.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Be2 Ne5 (10...Qd7 11.Nf3=+) 11.d3 (11.d4!? Ned7 12.Nf3=) 11...d5 12.cd5 Bd5 (12...Nd5 13.Nd5 Qd5 14.Nf3=+) 13.Nd5 Nd5 (13...Qd5 14.Nf3=) 14.d4 Ng6 15.Nf3 c6 16.0-0 Qd6 17.Qb3 Rab8 18.Rfc1 h6 19.Rc2 Rfe8 20.Bc4 Re7 21.Bd5 cd5 22.Rac1 Kh7 23.a4 Rd7 24.Qd3 Kg8 25.Rc8 (25.h4 Ne7+/-) 25...Rd8 (25...Rc8 26.Rc8 Rd8 27.Rc3+=) 26.Rb8 Rb8 27.h4 a6 28.Rc5 b6 (better 28...Ne7!?+=) 29.Qa6+- Qd8 30.Rc1 Nh4 31.Nh4 Qh4 32.Rc8 Rc8 33.Qc8 Kh7 34.Qf5 Kg8 35.Qd5 Qf6 36.Qe5 (better 36.e4+-) 36...Qc6? (36...Qe5 37.de5 Kf8 38.f4+/-) 37.Qb5?? (37.d5 Qd7 38.e4+-) 37...Qc1 (37...Qb5 38.ab5 f5 39.f3+-) 38.Kh2+- Qc7 39.Qe5 (better 39.g3 Kf8 40.Qd5+-) 39...Qc6? (better 39...Qe5!? 40.de5 Kf8+/-) 40.d5+- Qa4 41.Qf4?? (41.Qe7!? Qg4 42.d6 Qh5 43.Kg3 Qg6 44.Kf4 Qg5 45.Qg5 hg5 46.Ke5 Kf8+-) 41...Qd7 (better 41...Qf4 42.ef4 b5-+) 42.Qb8+- Kh7 43.Qe5 (43.d6 Qf5 44.Qc7 Qh5 45.Kg3 Qe5 46.Kf3 Qf5 47.Ke2 Qb5 48.Ke1 Qb4 49.Kd1 Qb1 50.Kd2 Qb4 51.Kd3 Qb3 52.Qc3 Qb5 53.Qc4+-) 43...b5? (better 43...f6 44.Qd4 Qd6 45.g3 Kg6+=) 44.d6+- b4?? (44...Qc6 45.Qe7 Qc5+-) 45.Qe7 (better 45.Qe4 Kh8 46.Qe7 Qf5+-) 45...Qa4?? (better 45...Qf5 46.d7 b3+/-) 46.d7+- Qd1 1-0. Darkseid (1960) - boqsa (2170), ChessWorld.net, 2019.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.d4 -/+.

7.Bd3 d5 8.a3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Ne5 10.Bh7? Nh7 11.cd5 Nd3 12.Kf1 Nf6 13.Qe2 Bf5 14.Nf3 Nd5 15.Ng5 Nc3 16.Qh5 Nf4! 17.Qf3 Qd3 18.Ke1 Ng2! 19.Qg2 Qe2# 0–1. aliwood – marekt, internet, 2005.

7.d4 Ne4 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.f3?? Qh4–+ 10.g3 Ng3! 11.hg3 Qh1 12.Ne2 Bf5 13.e4 Bh3 (13...Bh3 14.a3 Qf1 15.Kd2 Qd1 16.Kd1 Nc6–+) 0–1. chrisalvin2005 – pierre, ChessHere.com, 2006.

6.e3 Re8

7.d4 Qe7 8.Nf3 d6=.

7.Nf3 a5 8.a3 Be7 9.d4=+.

7.Nf3 d6 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.a3 Nc6 11.d3 (11.Nc3 Nc3 12.dc3 Qf6=) 11...Nf6 (11...Qf6!? 12.Ra2 Ng5=+) 12.Nc3= h6 13.0-0 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nd2 Bg6 16.a4 a6 17.a5 Ne7 (17...Re5 18.Nb3=) 18.Rb1 Rb8 19.Rb2 b6 (19...Nc6!?=) 20.Qa4+/- c6 21.Rb6 Rb6 22.ab6 Qb6 23.Rb1 Qa7 24.d4?? (better 24.Ra1+/-) 24...Bb1-+ 25.Ndb1 Rb8 26.Qc2 Qb7 27.Kh2 Ng6 (27...Qb2 28.Qa4 Rb6 29.c5 dc5 30.dc5-+) 28.c5 (28.Nd2 a5-+) 28...dc5 29.dc5 Nd5 30.Nd5 (30.Qd2 Rd8 31.g3 Nf8-+) 30...cd5 (30...Qb1 31.Qb1 Rb1 32.Nb6-+) 31.Nc3? (31.Nd2-+) 31...Qc7 32.g3 (32.Kg1 Qc5 33.Qd2 Qa5-+) 32...Qc5 33.Qd2 Rd8 (better 33...Qa5 34.Bd1-+) 34.Ba6 Ne5 35.Be2 Rd7 (35...Qb4 36.Qd4 Qd4 37.ed4-+) 36.Nb5 (36.Kg2 d4 37.ed4 Rd4-+) 36...Nc4 37.Bc4 Qc4 38.Nd4 Ra7 (better 38...Rb7-+) 39.Nf5? (39.Qb2 Kh7-+) 39...Qe4 (better 39...Ra2 40.Qe1 Qe4 41.g4-+) 40.Qd4?? (40.Nd6 Qf3 41.Qb2 Ra8-+) 40...Qd4 (better 40...Qf5 41.Qa7 Qf2 42.Kh1 Qg3 43.Qa8 Kh7-+) 41.Nd4 Ra2 42.Kg2 g6 43.g4 Kg7 44.h4 Kf6 45.Kg3 Ra6 46.Kf4 g5 47.hg5 hg5 48.Kf3 Ke5 49.Nb3 Ra3 50.Nd2 Ra2 51.Nb3 f6 52.Nd4 Ra4 53.Nc6 Kd6 54.Nd4 Kc5 55.Nf5 Ra3 56.Ke2 Ra4 57.Kf3 Kc4 58.Ne7 Ra7 59.Nc6 Ra6 60.Ne7 Ra3 61.Kg2 Ra6 62.Kf3 Re6 63.Nf5 Kd3 64.Ng7 Re5 65.Nf5 Kd2 66.Nd4 (66.Ng7 Ke1-+) 66...Re8 (66...Re4 67.Nf5-+) 67.Nb3 (67.Nf5 Re4-+) 67...Ke1 68.Nd4 Ra8 (68...Re4 69.Nc6-+) 69.Nc2 (69.Kg3 Ra4 70.Nf5 Ke2-+) 69...Kd2 70.Nd4 Ra2 71.Nb5 (71.Kg3-+) 71...Ke1 72.Nc7 (72.Kg3 Rf2 73.Nd4 Re2-+) 72...Rf2 73.Kg3 Rd2 74.Kf3 Rd3 75.Ne8 (75.Kg2 Ke2 76.Nb5-+) 75...d4 76.Nf6 Re3 (76...Re3 77.Kg2 d3-+) 0-1. Darkseid (2005) - erniechess (1905), ChessWorld.net, 2019.

7.Nf3 d6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.Qb3 Bc3 (9...a5 10.Qb2 Bc3 11.Nc3=) 10.Nc3= Na5 (10...Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.d3 (12.Qb7?? Rb8 13.Qb5 Rb5 14.cb5 Bf3 15.gf3 Nd4–+) 12...Bf3 13.Bf3=) 11.Qb5 c5 12.0-0 b6 (12...Bd7 13.Qb2=) 13.d3 (13.d4 a6 14.Qb2 Rc8=) 13...Bd7 (13...a6 14.Qb2=) 14.Qb2 Bc6 15.Qd2 (15.Rab1 Rb8=) 15...d5 (15...Qe7 16.d4=) 16.cd5 Nd5 17.Rac1 Nc3 18.Rc3 Re6 (18...Qf6 19.a3=) 19.Rd1 Rh6 (19...Qf6!?=) 20.d4+= Rd6 21.Qc2 Qe8 (21...Nb7 22.a3+=) 22.Qc1 (22.dc5 Ba4 23.cd6 Bc2 24.Rc2 Rd8+–) 22...Ba4 (22...cd4 23.Rd4 Bf3 24.Bf3 Rd4 25.ed4+=) 23.Rd2 (23.Re1 Nb7+=) 23...Nb7 (23...cd4 24.ed4 Rad8 25.Re3+=) 24.dc5 (24.Ba6!? Bc6 25.Bb7 Bb7 26.dc5+=) 24...Rd2= 25.Nd2 (25.Qd2 Nc5 26.Bd3 Nd3 27.Qd3 Rd8=) 25...Nc5 (worse 25...bc5 26.Nb3+–) 26.Bf3 (26.Nb3 Bb3 27.ab3 a5=) 26...Rd8 27.Nb3 Ne6 (better 27...Bb3 28.ab3 a5=) 28.Bc6?? (better 28.Qb1=) 28...Bc6–+ 29.Rc6 (29.h3 Rd6 30.Kh2–+) 29…Qc6!! (29...Qc6 30.Qb1 Qc4–+) 0–1. Paulsen,Helmut (1790) – Albers,Friedemann (1855), Hamburger Senioren EM, 2015.

6.Nf3 d5

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.e3 Bg4 11.Be2 Qe7 12.0-0 Rfd8 13.d4= Ne3 14.fe3 Qe3 15.Rf2 Nd4 16.Nbd2 Be6 17.Bf1 c5 18.Qe1 Nf3 19.Nf3= Qe1 ½–½. Maarten – Trkn, itsyourturn.com, 2001.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.e3 Qe7 (9...d4 10.Qb3=+) 10.Be2 Bf5 (10...dc4 11.Bc4 Rd8 12.0-0=+) 11.0-0 dc4 12.Bc4 Rad8 13.d4 Na5 (13...Rfe8 14.Bb5=) 14.Ba2 (14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Qd3 c5=) 14...Ne4 (better 14...c5=+) 15.Nbd2 (better 15.Ne5=) 15...Nc3-/+ (15...Qa3?? 16.Bf7 Rf7 17.Ra3 Nd2 18.Nd2+-) 16.Qc1?? (better 16.Qe1 Na2 17.Ra2-+) 16…Ne2-+ (16...Ne2 17.Kh1 Nc1 18.Rfc1 Be6-+) 0-1. Darkseid - drink1966, ChessWorld.net, 2022.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb4 Ncb4 9.e3 Bf5 10.Na3 Re8 11.Qb3 Qf6 12.d4 c5 13.Rd1 Be4 14.Be2 Na2 15.Qa2= Nc3 16.Qa1 Nd1 17.Bd1 cd4 18.Qd4= Qd4 19.Nd4 Bg2 20.Rg1 Be4 21.Nab5 Red8 22.Nc3 ½–½. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Vetter, SEV, 2001.

7.cd5 Nd5-/+ 8.Bb4 Ndb4 9.a3 Nd5 10.e3 Bg4 (10...Be6 11.d4=+) 11.Be2 (11.d4 Re8=+) 11...Re8 (11...Bf3 12.Bf3 Re8 13.Qb3=+) 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3 Qe7 (13...Qf6 14.Nd4 Be2 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.cd4=+) 14.0-0 Ne5 (14...Rad8 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qb4 Bf3 17.Bf3=) 15.Ne5 Be2 16.Qe2 Qe5 17.Qc2 (17.Rab1 Rab8=) 17...Qe4 (17...Rad8 18.Rfd1=+) 18.Qe4 Re4 19.Rab1 b6 (19...Rb8 20.Rfd1 Re7 21.Rb7+–) 20.Rfd1 Rae8 (20...Re7 21.Kf1+=) 21.Rd7 R4e7 22.Rbd1 h6 23.Kf1 g6 (23...Kh7 24.Ke2+=) 24.Ke2 Kf8 (24...Kg7 25.R7d5+=) 25.h3 Rd7 (25...Kg7 26.R7d5+=) 26.Rd7 Re7 27.Re7 (27.Rd5 c6 28.Rd8 Kg7=) 27...Ke7= 28.Kd3 (28.e4 c6=) 28...Kd6 29.f4 f5 (29...b5!?=) ½–½. Jacewicz,Grzegorz – Ralphs, corr 3GMM–28, 1995.

7.e3 Bc3 8.dc3 dc4 9.Bc4 Qd1 10.Kd1= Bg4 11.Be2 Rad8 12.Kc2 Ne4 13.Rf1 a6 14.h3 Bf5 15.Kb2 b5 16.Nh4 Be6=+ 17.Na3?? Rd2–+ (17...Rd2 18.Nc2 Re2–+) 0–1. Saint Jean,Benoit (1665) – Tann,Roger (2195), WC.2005.P.00012, 2002.

7.e3 Bc3 8.Nc3 d4 9.Nb5 Re8 10.Be2 d3 11.Bf1 a6 12.Nbd4?? Nd4–+ (12...Nd4 13.Nd4 Qd4–+) 0–1. wlittle (2155) – steamer (2425), net–chess.com, 2004.

7.e3 d4 8.Nd4= Bc3 9.Nc6+= Bd2 10.Nd2 bc6 11.Be2 Qd6 12.0-0 Rd8 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Nd4 Qc5 15.Qa4+/– Rd6 16.Rab1 Ne4 17.Qc2 Bf5? 18.Nf5+– Qf5 19.Bd3 Re8? 20.Be4 Qe4 21.Qe4 (21.Qe4 Rde6 22.Qd4+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Knight,Shawn, internet, 2003.

5.Bc3 Be7

6.e3 c5 7.Nf3 d5 8.a3 (8.Qb3 Nc6-/+) 8...Nc6 9.cd5 Qd5 (9...Nd5 10.Qc2-/+) 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.Nc3 Qh5 (11...Qe6 12.Be2-/+) 12.Be2+= Rad8 (12...Qg6 13.Nh4 Qg5 14.Nf3+=) 13.h3 Rfe8 (13...Bd6 14.Rc1=) 14.Rg1 (14.0-0!? Bd7 15.Qc2=) 14...Bf3+= 15.Bf3 Qe5 16.Bc6 bc6 17.Qc2 c4 18.Ne2 Qe4 19.Rc1 Qd3 (19...Qd5!?+=) 20.Nd4 Ne4 (20...Ba3!? 21.Qd3 cd3 22.Ba3 Rd4 23.Rc6 Ra4=) 21.Qd3+/– cd3 22.Nc6 (worse is 22.Rc6 Bh4 23.Rf1 Rb8+=) 22...Rd7 23.Ne7 Rde7 24.g3 (24.Ba1!?+/–) 24...Ng5 25.Rg2 Nf3 (25...Rb7 26.Bc3=) 26.Kd1 Rb7 27.Bc3 Reb8 (27...Rb3 28.g4=) 28.g4 Rb1 29.Bb4 (29.Rg3 Ng5+=) 29...Rc1 30.Kc1 Ne1 (30...Rc8 31.Bc3+=) 31.Rg3+= Nc2 32.e4 Nb4 (32...a5 33.Rd3 (33.Ba5?? Na3 34.Bb4 Rb4 35.Rd3 Rb1) 33...Ne1 34.Re3 ab4 35.Re1 ba3 36.Kc2 Rc8 37.Kb3+=) 33.ab4+/– Rb4 34.Rd3 g5 (34...Kf8 35.f3+/–) 35.f3 Kg7 (35...Rb6 36.Rd5 h6 37.Kd1+/–) 36.Ra3+– Rb7 37.Kc2 Kg6 (37...Rd7 38.Kc3+–) 38.d4 h5? (38...f6 39.d5+–) 39.Kc3 (better is 39.Ra6 f6 40.gh5 Kg7 41.d5+–) 39...hg4 40.hg4 f6 41.d5 Rh7 (41...Kf7 42.Ra6+–) 42.Kd4 1–0. De Bock,Lennart (1895) – Smit,Jan, Quebec CAN, 2014.

6.e3 Nc6 7.Nf3 d5 8.Qb3 -/+.

6.e3 d5 7.Be2 Be6 8.cd5 Bd5 (8...Qd5 9.Bf3 Qb5 10.Ne2=+) 9.Nf3=+ c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.a4 Ne4 (better 13...g6-/+) 14.Qd3? (14.Bg4 Bc4 15.Bc8 Qc8=+ (worse 15...Bf1 16.Bb7 Nc3 17.Nc3 Nd4 18.Kf1+/-)) 14...Nc3 (14...Ne5 15.Qc2 Re8-/+) 15.Nc3=+ Nd4 16.Qd4 Be6 17.Qa7?? (better 17.Nb5=+) 17...Qc7?? (better 17...Rc3 18.Qb7 Bd5-+) 18.Nb5+= Qd7? (better 18...Qe5!?+=) 19.Rfd1+- Qe8 (19...Qc6 20.Bf3 Qc5 21.Qb7+-) 20.Qb7 h6 (20...Bf6 21.Nd4 Rd8 22.Bb5+-) 21.Nd6 Bd6 22.Rd6 Rc2 (22...Bf5 23.Qb4 Qe5 24.Qd4+-) 23.Bb5 (23.Bd3 Ra2 24.Ra2 Ba2+-) 23...Qc8 24.Bc6 Qb8 (24...Rd8 25.Qc8 Rc8+-) 25.a5?? (25.Qb8!? Rb8 26.a5 Ra2+-) 25...Ra2 (better 25...Qd6 26.Be4 Rb8-+) 26.Ra2+- Ba2?? (better 26...Qd6 27.Ra1 Qe5+-) 27.a6 (better 27.Rd4 Rc8 28.a6 Qc7+-) 27...Rc8?? (better 27...Qd6 28.h3 Qd2=) 28.g4 Qd6 (28...Be6 29.Qb8 Rb8+-) 29.Qc8 Kh7 30.Qd7 Qf8 (30...Qd7 31.Bd7 Bd5+-) 31.a7 Be6 32.Qd3 g6 33.a8Q Qg7 34.f3 (34.Bd7 Bd7 35.Qd7 h5+-) 34...Qe5 35.Kg2 (35.Bd5 Bd5 36.Qad5 Qf6+-) 35...Qb2 36.Kg3 Qc1 37.Qe2 (37.Bd5 Bd5 38.Qad5 Qc7 39.Qd6 Qd6 40.Qd6 Kg7 41.Qd4 f6 42.Qd7 Kg8 43.Qe8 Kg7 44.Kf4 g5 45.Kf5 h5 46.Qe7 Kg8 47.Kf6 hg4 48.Qg7) 37...Qg1 38.Qg2 (better 38.Kh3 Qc1 39.Bd5 Qc3 40.Be6 fe6+-) 38...Qe3 39.h3 (39.Qa1!? Qb6 40.Qgb2 Qb2 41.Qb2 Bc4+-) 39...Qe5 40.Kf2 (40.f4 Qc3 41.Qf3 Qd4+-) 40...Qb2?? (better 40...Qc5 41.Ke2 Qc2 42.Kf1 Qc1 43.Kf2 Qc5 44.Ke1 Qc1 45.Kf2 Qc5=) 41.Kg1+- Qc1 42.Kh2 Qf4 43.Kh1 Qc1 44.Qg1 Qg5 45.Qaa1 (45.Qaa1 Qd2 46.Qc5+-; 45.Qga1 Qc1 46.Qc1 Kg7 47.Qe8 h5 48.Qa1 f6 49.g5 Bh3 50.Qf6 Kh7 51.Qeg6) 1-0. Darkseid (1675) - Tiger Lynx (1815), ChessWorld.net, 2006.

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.e3 d5 8.d3 (better 8.Qb3!?-/+) 8...dc4-+ 9.Be2 cd3 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.Be2 Qd1 12.Bd1 Be6 13.0-0 Na2 14.Be2 c5 15.Nfd2 (15.Be5 Ng4-+) 15...Nb4 16.Na3 a6 17.Nac4 Nfd5 18.Bb4 (18.Be5 f6 19.Bd6 Rae8-+) 18...cb4 (worse 18...Nb4 19.Bf3 Rab8 20.Nb6-+) 19.Nb3 (19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Nb3 Bf6-+) 19...Nc3 20.Bd3 Rac8 (20...Rac8 21.Nba5 Rfd8-+) 0-1. Darkseid (1865) - charlburyman (2440), ChessWorld.net, 2016.

6.Nf3 d6 7.e3 Bg4 (7...Nc6 8.d4=+) 8.Be2=+ Nbd7 (8...Nc6 9.0-0=) 9.0-0= Nc5 10.Qc2 Nce4 (10...Qd7!?=+) 11.Bb2+= c6 12.d3 Nc5 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Ne2 Qc7 15.Nd2 Rac8 16.a4 a6 17.d4 Ncd7 18.Ba3 h6 19.e4 Rfe8 20.f4 Bf8 21.Rab1 b5 22.ab5 ab5 23.cb5 cb5 24.Qc7 Rc7 25.Rfc1 Rc1 26.Nc1 (better 26.Bc1!? Ne4 27.Ne4 (27.Rb5?? Nd2 28.Kf2 Nc4-+) 27...Re4 28.Kf2=) 26...Ne4-/+ 27.Ne4 Re4 28.Rb5 Rd4 29.Ne2 Rd1 30.Kf2 Ra1 31.Bb2 Ra7 32.Nc3 Rc7 33.Kf3 Nc5 34.Ba3 Ne6 35.Ne4?? Attacking the isolated pawn on d6 (better 35.Ne2=+) 35...Nd4-+ 36.Ke3 Nb5 37.Bb2 (37.Bb4 d5 38.Bf8 Kf8-+) 37…d5 (37...d5 38.Ng3 Rc2-+) 0-1. Darkseid (1680) - The Word (1730), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

6.d4 d5-/+

7.cd5 Qd5 8.Nd2 Nc6 (8...c5 9.Ngf3 Nc6 10.e3 cd4 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4-/+) 9.Ngf3 Bf5 (9...Qe6-/+) 10.Nh4? (better 10.e3!?=+) 10...Bb4–+ 11.Bb4 Nb4 12.Nf5 Qf5 13.Rc1 Rfe8 (13...Rad8!? 14.e3 Rd4–+) 14.e3-/+ Ng4 (better 14...Rad8!? 15.Nb3 Nfd5-/+) 15.Qf3= Qf3 (better 15...Qg5!? 16.Rc3 Qh4=) 16.gf3+– (worse 16.Nf3 Na2 17.Rc7 Rac8 18.Rb7 Rc1 19.Ke2 Rc2 20.Nd2 Nc3 21.Kd3 Rc1=) 16...Nf6 17.Rb1 (17.Rc7 Rab8+–) 17...Nfd5+= 18.Ne4 a5 (18...Na2 19.Rb7 Reb8 20.Ba6+=) 19.Bc4 (19.a3 f5 20.Ng3 Ne3 21.ab4 Nf1 22.Kf1 a4+–) 19...Nb6 (19...c6 20.Bd5 cd5 21.Nc3+–) 20.Bb3 h6 (20...Re7 21.Kd2+=) 21.Kd2 Na6 (21...Re7 22.Rhc1+–) 22.Rhg1 (22.a3 Rad8+–) 22...Kf8 23.Nc3 (23.a3 Rad8+=) 23...Rad8+= 24.Na4 (24.a3 Re5+=) 24...Nd7 (24...Na4 25.Ba4 c6 26.Bb3+= (worse 26.Rb7 Nc5 27.Rgb1 Na4=+)) 25.Bc4 Ne5 (better 25...c5 26.Kc3 cd4 27.ed4 Rb8+=) 26.Ba6?? (26.Be2 c5 27.f4 cd4 28.fe5 de3 29.Ke3 Re5 30.Kf3 Rf5 31.Kg2 Rd2+–) 26...ba6 (better 26...Nf3 27.Kd3 Ng1 28.Bb7 Nh3=+) 27.Ke2+– Nc6 28.Kf1 Rb8 (28...Nb4 29.a3 Nc2 30.Nc5+–) 29.Kg2+– Rb5 (29...Rb1 30.Rb1 Ke7 31.Rc1+–) 30.Nc5 Nb8 (30...Ra8 31.f4+–) 31.a4 (31.Rb3 Ke7+–) 31...Rb4 32.Rb4 ab4 33.a5 (33.Rc1 Rc8+–) 33...Nc6 34.Ra1 Ra8 (34...Rd8 35.Kg3+=) 35.f4 (35.d5 Nd8+–) 35...Ke8 (35...Ke7 36.Kf3=) 36.Kf3+– g6 (36...f5 37.Ke2+–) 37.Ke4 Ke7 (37...g5 38.fg5 hg5 39.Kd5+–) 38.Kd5+– Nd8 39.Kc4 (39.Ra4 Ne6 40.Rb4 Nc5 41.dc5 Kd7+–) 39...Kd6 (39...g5 40.fg5 hg5 41.Nd3+–) 40.e4 Nc6 (better 40...Ne6!? 41.Nd3 c6+–) 41.d5 Nd8 42.Kb4 (better 42.e5 Ke7 43.Rc1+–) 42...c6?? (42...g5 43.Kc4 gf4+–) 43.e5 Ke7 44.Kc4 (better 44.d6 Kf8 45.Kc4+–) 44...cd5 45.Kd5 Ne6 46.Nd3 (better 46.Ne6!? fe6 47.Kc6+–) 46...Rd8= 47.Ke4 f5 (47...Rd4 48.Ke3=) 48.Ke3+= Nd4? (better 48...Rb8+=) 49.Rb1+– Nb5 (49...Nc2 50.Kd2 Na3 51.Rb7 Kf8 52.Ra7 Nc4 53.Ke2+–) 50.Nc5 Nc3? (50...Rd5 51.Na6 Na3 52.Rb7 Kf8+–) 51.Rb7 Ke8 52.Na6 Nd5 (52...Nd1 53.Ke2 Nc3 54.Kf3 Rd3 55.Kg2+–) 53.Kf3 Rc8 54.Rb8 Rb8 55.Nb8 Kd8 56.Na6 Kd7 57.Nc5 Kc6 58.Ne6 Kb5 (58...Ne7 59.Nf8+–) 59.Nf8 Ne7 (59...Ka5 60.Ng6 Kb5 61.Kg3+–) 60.Ke3 Ka5 (60...Kc5 61.e6+–) 61.Kd4 (61.e6 Kb6 62.Kd4 Nc6 63.Kd5 g5+–) 61...Kb6 62.e6 Kc6 (62...g5 63.Ke5 Kc7 64.fg5 hg5 65.Kf6+–) 63.Ke5 g5 (63...Kc5 64.Kf6 Nd5 65.Kf7+–) 64.fg5 hg5 65.Kf6 Kd6 66.Kg5 Ke5 (66...Nc6 67.Kf5 Ne7 68.Kf6 Ng8 69.Kg7 Ne7+–) 67.Ng6 Ng6 68.Kg6 Ke6 69.h4 f4 70.h5 Ke7 71.Kg7 f3 72.h6 (72.h6 Kd6 73.h7 Kc6 74.h8Q Kc5 75.Qh3 Kd4 76.Qf3 Ke5 77.Qh3 Kd4 78.Qh5 Ke4 79.f3 Kd4 80.f4 Ke3 81.f5 Ke4 82.f6 Kd3 83.f7 Kc4 84.f8Q Kc3 85.Qa3 Kd4 86.Qf5 Kc4 87.Qfc5) 1–0. Derbin,Alexey (1965) – Kosheparova,Tatiana (1860), Novokuznetsk Russia, Kuzbass Open, 2013.

7.cd5 Bf5 8.e3-/+.

7.e3 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nbd2 cd4 10.Nd4= Nd4 11.Bd4 Qa5 12.Rb1 Ne4 13.f3 Nd6 14.cd5 Nf5 15.Rb5 Qa2 16.Bc4 Qa6 17.Rb3 Qg6-/+ 18.0-0 Nd4 19.ed4 a5 20.Ne4 b6 21.Re3 a4 22.Qe2 Bd7 23.f4 Bg4 24.Qd2 Rfc8 25.Bd3 Bf5 26.Rg3 Qh6 27.d6 Bf8 28.Rg5 Be4 29.Be4 Ra7 30.Bf5 Rd8 31.d7 Qd6 32.Bh3 g6 33.Rg3 Bg7 34.Re3 Kf8 35.Rfe1 Raa8 36.g3 b5 37.Kh1 b4–+ 38.Rc1 a3?? 39.Rc8+– Rdc8 (39...Rdc8 40.dc8Q Rc8 41.Bc8 Qd5 42.Qg2 Qg2 43.Kg2 a2–+) 0–1. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Milde,Lars, Tigerschachclub TRe, 2001.

7.e3 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4 Na5 12.Qa4 Nc4-/+ 13.Qc4 Be6 14.Qd3 Qd5 15.0-0 c4 16.Qe2 b5 17.Be1 b4–+ 18.Nbd2 Nc3 (18...Nc3 19.Qc4 Qc4 20.Nc4 Bc4 21.Bc3 bc3–+) 0–1. Merkl,M – Roggensack_Hanspach,Peter, corr SOK–92–84, 1992.

5.Nc3 Ba5

6.Nf3 Re8 7.e3 d6 8.Bf6 Qf6 (worse 8...gf6 9.Qc2+=) 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Be2 Nd7 (10...c6 11.Nf4=+) 11.0-0= c6 12.Nf4 Nc5 (12...Bc7 13.d4=) 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.d4 (14.Bd3 Qe7=) 14...Bg4 15.Rfb1 (15.Rfc1 Qf6=) 15...Rb8 16.Rb3 Bf3 17.gf3 White gets strong initiative 17...Ng5 18.d5 h6 19.Qb2 cd5 (19...Bb6 20.Nh5 f6 21.Nf4=) 20.cd5 Re7 21.h4 (21.Kh1 Qf8=) 21...Nh7 22.Nh5 Threatening mate... how? 22...Qf8 23.Kh1 g6 24.Rg1 Bb6 (better 24...Rc7!?+=) 25.f4+- Bd8 26.Qd4 (26.Bd3 Rc7+-) 26...b5 (26...Bb6 27.Rb6! ab6+-) 27.f5+- Bb6 28.Qg4 (28.Qb2 Re4 29.f4 Be3 30.fg6 Bd4 31.gh7 Kh7 32.Nf6 Kh8+-) 28...g5 29.hg5 hg5?? (29...Ng5 30.f4 Be3+-) 30.f6 (better 30.Nf6! Kh8 31.Nh7 Kh7 32.Qg5+-) 30...Rc7? (better 30...Re5 31.Rb5 Qh6+/-) 31.Bb5 (better 31.Bd3!? Qh6 32.f4+-) 31…Qh6? (better 31...Rc2+/-) 1-0. Deneuville,Christian - Ashby,S, WC XII, 2002.

6.Bf6 gf6 7.e3 Bc3 8.dc3 +=.

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Qc1 b6 8.Nf3 Bb7 9.e3 Bf3 10.gf3 Qf3 11.Rg1 Qf6 12.Nd5 Qe5 13.f4 Qd6 14.Qb2 f6 15.Qc2 (15.Bg2 c6 16.c5+=) 15...c6-/+ 16.c5 Qc5 (16...Qd5? 17.Bc4 Bd2 18.Ke2+-) 17.Qc5 bc5 18.Ne7 Kf7 19.Nf5 g6 20.Nh6 Kg7 21.Nf5 Kh8 22.Nd6 Bc7 (22...Bc7 23.Nb7 Re8-/+) 0-1. BH (2175) - Skorna,Ullrich (2350), BdF, 2008.

6.Nf3 d6

7.Bd4 Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Rb1 b6 12.Qa3 Bf5 13.Rc1 Re8 -/+.

7.Bf6 gf6 8.Qc2 +=.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.Qb3 c6-/+ 10.Nb4 Nd7 11.e3 Nc5 12.Qb2 Bg4 13.a3 Re8 14.Be2 Bf3 15.gf3 Qh4 16.Rg1 g6 17.Rg2 Ne6 (17...Bd8 18.Qc2+=) 18.Kf1+= f5 (18...Bd8 19.Rb1+=) 19.d4 Bd8 20.Nc2 (20.Nd3 Rb8=) 20...Rb8 21.Qa2 (21.Rb1 f4+=) 21...f4 (21...Bf6 22.Rd1-/+) 22.d5 (22.Kg1 Bf6-/+) 22...Nc5 23.e4 Bf6 24.Rd1 Na4 25.Qb3 Nc3 26.Rd3 Ne2 27.Ke2 Qh3 28.Ne1 (28.Kf1 c5-/+) 28...cd5 29.cd5 (29.c5 dc5 30.Qd5 Qe6 31.Qc5 Rbd8-/+) 29...Rec8 30.Qb4 Be5 31.Qa4 Rc1 32.Qa7? Qc8–+ 33.Qa4 Bc3 34.Rd1 Be1 35.Ke1 Qc3 (35...Qc3 36.Ke2 Rc8–+) 0–1. Bonatti,Aldo (1750) – Brancaleone,Sergio (1865), WQE010 – quartetto webserver eliminator, 2009.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.e3 c6 10.Nf4 Bc7 11.Bd3 (11.Rb1 d5 12.cd5 Bf4 13.ef4 Qd5-/+) 11...d5 12.0-0 dc4 13.Bc4 Nd7 (13...Bf4 14.ef4 Qf6 15.d4=+) 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Rab1 Bf4 17.ef4 Qd4 18.g3 g6 (18...Bh3 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Re3=+) 19.d3= b5 20.Bb3 Bd7 21.Rfe1 Rac8 22.Re4 Qd6 23.Qc3 (23.a4 Bf5 24.Re3 Rfe8=+) 23...Bf5 24.Rd4 Qf6 25.Qc5 Rfe8 26.Rc1 Exerts pressure on the backward pawn (26.Qa7? c5 27.Rd5 c4 28.Rb5 cb3 29.R5b3 Ra8-+) 26...a5 27.Rd6 The pressure on the backward pawn c6 grows 27...Qb2 Black gets in control 28.Rc6 Rc6 29.Qc6 Rc8 30.Qc8 Bc8 31.Rc8 Kg7 32.Rc7 a4 33.Bd5 (33.Bf7 Kf8 34.Bd5 Qb1 35.Kg2 Qd3-/+) 33...Qa3 (33...Qb1 34.Kg2=+) 34.Rf7 Kh8 35.Kg2 (35.h3 h5 36.f5 Qd3 37.Rf8 Kh7=) 35...h5 (35...Qd3 36.Rd7=+) 36.h3 (36.Be4 Qa2 37.Rb7 Qb3 38.Bg6 a3 39.Rh7 Kg8=+) 36...Qd3 37.Rf8 Kg7 38.Rf7 Kh6 39.Rd7 Qf5 40.Rd8 b4 41.Rh8 Kg7 42.Rg8 Kh7 43.Rd8 h4 44.gh4 (44.Rd6 Qc2=+) 44...Qf4-/+ 45.Rd7 Kh8 46.Rd8 Kg7 47.Rd7 Kf8 48.Bc6 (48.h5 Qf5 49.Bc6 Qg5 50.Kh2-+) 48...b3-+ 49.ab3 ab3 50.Rb7 Qc4 51.Rb8 Kg7 52.Ba8 Qc2 53.Kf3 Qc3 54.Kg2 Kh6 55.Be4 (55.h5 Kh5 56.Bf3 Kg5-+) 55…Qe5 (55...Qe5 56.Rb4 Qe7-+) 0-1. Riepe,Bernhard - Vennemann,Bjoern, Telechess CBM, 2004.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.e3 c6 10.Nf4 Re8 11.Be2 Bc7 12.Qb3 (12.Qa4 g5 13.Nd3 Qf6=) 12...Nd7 (12...b6 13.0-0=+) 13.d4 Ba5 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.0-0-0 (better is 15.Bd3!?=+) 15...Bd2–+ 16.Rd2 Ne4 17.Rb2 Nf2 18.Rf1 Ne4 19.Bd3 Qa5 (19...Qe7 20.Rf3–+) 20.Qc2-/+ d5 (20...Nf6!?-/+) 21.cd5 cd5 22.Nd5 (22.Rb5 Qa3 23.Qb2 Qe7=+) 22...Be6 (22...Qd5 23.Bc4 Qd7 24.Rf7 Qf7 25.Bf7 Kf7 26.Qe2=+) 23.Rb5?? (better is 23.Be4 Rac8 24.Bh7 Kh8 25.Nf4 Rc2 26.Bc2-/+) 23…Qa3–+ (24.Kd1 Bd5 25.Be4 Be4–+ (25...Re4?! 26.Rd5 Re3 27.Re1–+)) 0–1. Maly,Wolfgang – Kuerten,Detlef, HL–010 BdF, 1998.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.e3 c6 10.Nf4 g5 11.Nh5 Bg4 12.Ng3 f5 13.Bd3 f4 14.Ne4 Nd7 15.Qb3 (worse 15.Nd6 Nc5 16.Nb7 Nb7-+) 15...Bf3 16.gf3 Ne5 17.Be2 Kh8 18.h4 gh4 19.Qb2 Qe7 20.Qa3 Bc7 21.d4 Ng6 22.d5 cd5 23.cd5 Ne5 24.Rh3 Rac8 25.0-0-0 Bd8 26.Kb1 Qc7 27.Qb2 (27.Qd6? Qc2 28.Ka1 Bc7-+) 27...Be7 28.Rd4 b5 29.Rd1 b4 30.Ba6 Rb8 31.Be2 a5 32.Rhh1 Qb6 33.Rc1 b3 34.a3 fe3 35.Rc6 Qa7 36.Ra6 Qd7 37.fe3 The players agreed to a draw.; Enddate: 3/31/2006. ½-½. Degterev,Pavel (1685) - Lo,Angus (1930), IECG, 2005.

5.Nc3 c6

6.Qa4 Be7 7.Bb8 Rb8 8.Qa7 Qc7 9.Qa4 d5 10.cd5 b5 11.Qb3 b4 12.Nd1 cd5 13.e3 Be6 14.d4 Rfc8 15.Bd3 Ra8 16.Ne2 Ra3 17.Qb1 Qa5 18.0-0 Ra8 19.Nc1 Qa7 20.f3 Bd7 21.Rf2 Ba4 22.Bc2 Bb5 23.Bb3 g6 24.Nb2 Bd7 25.Rc2 Bf5 26.Nbd3 Qa6 27.Rd2 h5 28.Qb2 Rc8 29.Rc2 Re8 30.Rd2 Ra5 31.Nf2 Qa8 32.Ncd3 Bd6 33.Re1 Ra7 34.h3 Qb8 35.Rde2 Bg3 36.Rd1 (36.e4!? Be6+-) 36...Rae7 37.Qd2 Bd6 38.Rc1 Bd7 39.Nc5 Bb5 40.Ree1 Bd7 ½-½. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard (1635) - Werner,Hubert (2045), Leipzig VfB op, 2005.

6.Rb1= Ba5 7.e3 (7.c5!?=) 7...d6=+ 8.Bg3 Bc3 9.dc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Be6?? (10...Bf5 11.Bd3 Ng3 12.hg3 Bd3 13.Qd3 h6 14.Rb7 Na6=) 11.Qe4+- Qd7 12.Bd3 Threatening mate: Qxh7 12...f5 13.Qf4 d5 (13...Rd8 14.Nf3 Na6 15.Nd4+-) 14.c5 (14.Rd1 b6+-) 14...Qc8 15.Qc7 Rf7 (15...Na6 16.Qc8 (16.Qb7?! Qb7 17.Rb7 Nc5 18.Bf5 Bf5+=) 16...Bc8 17.Ba6 ba6 18.Nf3+-) 16.Qc8 Bc8 17.Bb8 (17.c4!? Be6 18.Rc1 dc4 19.Bc4 Bc4 20.Rc4 Nd7+-) 17...Rb8 18.Nf3 Re7 19.0-0 (19.c4 dc4 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Be6 Re6+-) 19...g6 (19...Be6 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Nf5 Bf5 22.Bf5+-) 20.c4 Be6 21.Ne5 Rd8 22.Rfd1 Bc8 (22...Kf8 23.f4+-) 23.f4 Kg7 24.Be2 g5 (24...Be6 25.Bf3 Kf6 26.cd5 Bd5 27.Bd5 Rd5 28.Rd5 cd5 29.Rb4+-) 25.cd5 cd5 26.Bc4 (26.g3 g4+-) 26...gf4 27.ef4 d4 28.c6 b6 (28...Kf6 29.Nf7 Rf7 30.Bf7 bc6 31.Bc4+-) 29.Rb4 Kf6 30.Bb3 Re5 31.fe5 Ke5 32.Kf2 h6 33.Kf3 Rd6 34.Rb5 (34.Rb5 Kf6 35.Rd5 Rc6 36.Kf4+-) 1-0. Mothes,Rainer - Grehl,Siegfried, corr SOK-92-82, 1992.

6.Rb1 Na6=+.

6.e3 Bc3 7.Bc3 (7.dc3 d5=) 7...d5 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.cd5 cd5 10.d4 Re8 11.Nf3 Bg4 (11...Nc6 12.Rc1=) 12.Be2 Nc6 13.0-0 Re7 14.Qd2 (14.Qb3 Rd8=) 14...Rae8 (14...Rc8 15.Rac1=) 15.Rac1 (15.Rfc1 Qe6=) 15...Bf3 (15...Rc8!?=) 16.Bf3+= Qg5 (16...Qe6 17.Rc5 Rd8 18.Qc3+=) 17.Rc5+/- Rd7 18.Rfc1 Re6 (18...Qf5 19.a3+=) 19.g3 (19.Qd3 h6+/-) 19...h5 (19...Rdd6 20.Qd3+/-) 20.h4 Qf5 21.Bg2 (21.Qd1+/-) 21...Rdd6 (21...Ne7 22.Kh2 Qg6 23.Rc7+/-) 22.e4 (better 22.Qc2!? Qc2 23.R1c2+- (worse 23.R5c2 Re7+/-)) 22...Re4+= 23.Be4 White launches an attack 23...Qe4 24.Re1 Qd4 (24...Qg4!? 25.Qd3 g6+=) 25.Qd4+/- Nd4 26.Rd1 Ne6 27.Rcd5 Ra6 28.R1d2 g6 29.f4 Ra3 30.Kg2 b6 31.f5 gf5 (31...Nc5 32.fg6 fg6 33.R5d4+/-) 32.Rf5 Rc3 (better 32...Nc5!?+/-) 33.Rh5+- Kg7 (33...a6 34.Rhd5+-) 34.Rhd5 (34.Rf5 Rc7+-) 34...Nc5 35.Re5 a5 (35...Kf6 36.Re1+-) 36.Re7 (36.g4 Ne6+-) 36...Kf6 37.Rde2 (37.Rc7 Rg3 38.Kg3 Ne4 39.Kf4 Nd2 40.Rc6 Kg7 41.Rb6 f5+-) 37...b5 38.Ra7 a4 (38...Ra3 39.g4+-) 39.Rf2 Ke6 40.Re2?? (40.Rff7 b4+-) 40...Kd5?? (40...Kf6 41.g4 Nd3+-) 41.Rf7+- b4 42.h5 b3 43.ab3 (better 43.h6 ba2 44.Ra2+-) 43...ab3 (43...Rb3 44.h6 Rb8 45.Rf5 Kd4 46.Rf4 Kd5 47.Rd2 Ke5 48.Rc4+-) 44.Rf3 (better 44.h6 b2 45.Rb2 Ne4+-) 44...Rf3 (44...Rc1 45.h6 Ra1 46.Rd2 Kc4 47.Rf1+-) 45.Kf3 Ne6 46.Kg4 Nd4 47.Rb2 (better 47.Rd2 Ke4 48.h6 Nf5+-) 47...Kc4 (47...Ke6 48.h6 Kf7+-) 48.h6 Kc3 49.Rb3! Kb3 (49...Nb3 50.h7) 50.h7 Kc3 (50...Kc4 51.h8Q Kd5 52.Kf4+-) 51.h8Q Kd3 52.Qd4! Kd4 53.Kf5 (53.Kf5 Kd5 54.g4+-) 1-0. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard – Heyl, Markkleeberg, 2000.

6.Qb3 Na6

7.a3 Ba5 8.Bd6 Bc3 9.Qc3 Ne4 10.Qd4 Nd6 11.Qd6 Re8 12.e3 Qb6 13.Be2 Nc5 14.Nf3 Re6 15.Qf4 d5 16.0-0 Re4 17.Qd6 Be6?? (better 17...Re6 18.Qg3 Ne4=) 18.Rfb1+- Qa5 19.cd5?? (better 19.d4 Na4 20.Rb7+-) 19...Rd8+= 20.Qg3 Rg4 (20...cd5? 21.Rb5 Qa6 22.Nd4 Rd4 23.ed4+-; worse 20...Rd5 21.Ng5 Ree5 22.Ne6 Ne6 23.Rb7 Rd2 24.Bc4+=; worse 20...Bd5 21.d3 Ra4 22.d4=+) 21.Qe5 Rd5 (worse 21...cd5 22.Rb5 Qa6 23.Re1+- (23.Rc5?! Qe2 24.Nd4 Qa6+/-)) 22.Qb2 Bc8 23.d4 Na4 24.Qb3 Nb6 25.Ne5 Rh4 26.Bf3 Re5 27.de5 Qe5 28.g3 Rh6 29.Rd1 Qf6 30.Qd3 Nd7?? (better 30...g6 31.e4 Kg7+/-) 31.Bg4+- Rh2 (31...Nf8 32.Bc8 b5+-) 32.Kh2 Qf2 33.Kh3 h5 34.Bd7 h4 35.e4 (better 35.Kh4 Bd7 36.Qd7 g5 37.Kh3 Qe3 38.Rd6+- (38.Qb7?! Qe6 39.g4 Qe3 40.Kg2 Qe2 41.Kg1 Qe3 42.Kf1 Qf3 43.Ke1 Qe3 44.Kf1 Qf3 45.Ke1 Qe3 46.Kf1=)) 35...Bd7 36.g4 Bg4 (36...Qf4 37.Rg1 Be6+-) 37.Kg4 Qg2 38.Kh5 (better 38.Kh4!? Qh2 39.Kg4 Qg2 40.Kf4 Qf2 41.Qf3 Qh4 42.Ke3 Qh6 43.Ke2 Qh2 44.Kf1 Qe5+-) 38...h3 39.Qd8 Kh7 40.Qg5 Qe4 41.Qg4 g6 42.Kh4 g5 (42...Qe3 43.Re1 (43.Qh3?! Qf4 44.Qg4 Qh2 45.Kg5 Qe5 46.Kh4 Qh2 47.Kg5 Qe5 48.Kh4 Qh2=) 43...Qc3 44.Re7 Qf6 45.Qg5 Qf2 46.Kh3 Qf3 47.Kh2 Qf2 48.Qg2 Qf4 49.Qg3+-) 43.Kh3 Qe3 44.Kg2 (44.Kg2 Qe5 45.Rd4+-) 1-0. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard - Wecke,Thoralf (1780), Leipzig VfB op, 2003.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Bd6 Re8 9.e3 Bc3 10.dc3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Qf6 12.Rc1?? (better 12.Ne2-/+) 12...Nec5-+ 13.Qc2 Qf4 14.Ne2 Qe4 15.Ng3 Qc2 16.Rc2 d6 17.Be2 Be6 18.0-0 Na4 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.Rd4 N6c5 21.Rf4 g6 22.h4 h5 23.Rc1 f5 24.Bf1 Bf7 25.Be2 Ne4 26.Ne4 Re4 27.Re4 fe4 28.f4 d5 29.cd5 Rd5 30.Bc4 Rd2 31.Bf7 Kf7 0-1. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard (1900) - Seifert,Volker (2325), Leipzig VfB op, 2008.

7.Nf3 d6 8.Bd4 Nd7 9.Na4 Ne5 10.e3 Qa5 11.Qc2 f6 12.Be2 Nf3 13.Bf3 Bf5 14.e4 Bg6 15.Nc3 Nc5 16.0-0 Ne6 17.Be3 Ng5 18.Bg5 fg5 19.Rab1 Rae8 20.Rb3 Bc3 21.Rc3 g4 22.Bg4 Re4 23.Bf3 Re3 24.Qb2 Rc3 25.dc3 Qg5 26.h4 Qe7 27.Rd1 Rf6 (27...Qh4?! 28.Qb7 Be4 29.Rd4 Rf3 30.gf3 Qg5 31.Kf1 Qc1 32.Ke2 Qc2 33.Ke3 Qc3 34.Ke4 Qe1 35.Kd3 Qd1 36.Ke3 Qe1 37.Kd3 Qd1 38.Kc3 Qc1 39.Kd3 Qd1=) 28.Rd4 Re6 29.Qd2 Bf7 30.g3 h6 31.Kg2 Be8 32.a3 Kh8 33.h5 Bf7 (33...b6 34.Bg4 c5 35.Be6 cd4 36.Bg4 Bc6 37.Kf1 dc3 38.Qc3=+) 34.c5= d5 (worse 34...dc5 35.Rd7 Qf8 36.Rb7+/-) 35.c4 ½-½. Degterev,Pavel (2345) - Southwell,Henry P (2390), Yury Sakharov Memorial B, 2006.

6.e3 d6

7.Bd4 Nbd7=+.

7.Bf6 gf6 8.Qh5+=.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Rc1 Bf5 (8...Na6-/+) 9.Nf3? (9.Qb3 Bc3 10.Qc3 Qg6=) 9...Na6 (9...Ba3 10.Rb1 Bb1 11.Qb1-/+) 10.d4 (10.Qb3 Rfb8=+) 10...c5 (better 10...Ba3!?-+) 11.Be2 Ba3 (11...Nc7 12.Qb3=+) 12.Nd5= Qd8 13.Rc3 Bb4 14.Nb4 Nb4 15.a3 Nc6 16.0-0 Qf6 17.Rb3 b6 18.d5 Na5 19.Rb5 Rab8 20.Qd2 a6 21.Rb2 Be4 22.Ne1 Rb7 23.f3 Bf5 24.e4 Bd7 25.Rb1 Ba4 26.f4 (26.Nc2 Re8=) 26...Nb3 (26...Re8 27.Qe3=+) 27.Qe3 (27.Qd1 Re8=) 27...Qd4 Black gets in control 28.Qd4 Nd4 (worse 28...cd4 29.Nf3 d3 30.Bd3+=) 29.Bd3 Re8 30.Nf3 Bc2 (30...Nf3 31.Rf3 b5 32.Re3=) 31.Bc2 Nc2 32.e5 (better 32.Rfc1!? Nd4 33.Nd4 cd4 34.e5 de5 35.fe5 Re5 36.c5+=) 32...Na3-/+ 33.Ra1? (better 33.Rbc1!? b5 34.cb5 ab5 35.ed6=+) 33...Nc4-+ 34.Ra6 Ne3 35.Rfa1 Nd5 (35...de5!? 36.Ra8 Rbb8 37.Rb8 Rb8 38.d6 ef4 39.Ne5-+) 36.ed6 f6 37.Nd2 (37.Rd1 Nf4 38.g3 Ne6-+) 37...Nb4 (37...Nf4!? 38.Rd1 Ne2 39.Kf2 Nd4-+) 38.Ra7-/+ Ra7 39.Ra7 Rd8 40.Ne4 f5 41.Ng5 Nc6 42.Rb7 Rd6 43.Rb6 h6 44.Nf3 Rd1 (44...c4 45.Kf1-+) 45.Kf2 Nd4 (45...Ne7 46.Ne5-/+) 46.Nd4 (46.Rd6!?=+) 46...Rd4-/+ 47.Ke3 Re4 48.Kf3 Rb4 49.Rc6 Rb3 50.Ke2 Rb2 51.Kf3 Rc2 52.h3 Rc3 53.Kf2 Kh7 54.g4 Rh3 55.gf5 Rc3 56.Rc7 (56.Ke2 Kg8-/+) 56...Kg8 57.Ke2 h5 58.Kf2? (better 58.Kd2!? Ra3 59.Rc5-/+) 58...h4-+ 59.Kg2 c4 (59...h3 60.Kh2-+) 60.Kh2 Rc1 61.Kh3 c3 62.Kh2 Rf1 (62...c2 63.Kg2-+) 63.f6? (better 63.Rc3!? Rf4 64.Kh3-/+) 63...gf6 64.Rc3 Kg7 (64...Rf4 65.Rc7-+) 65.Rc8? (better 65.Rc4!? Rf3 66.Kg2 Rg3 67.Kf2-+) 65...Rf4 66.Kg2 Kg6 67.Rg8 Kf5 68.Rf8 Ra4 69.Rh8 (69.Kh3 Re4-+) 69...Rg4 70.Kh3 Rf4 71.Kg2 Ke4 72.Re8 Kd3 (72...Kd3 73.Ra8 Rg4 74.Kf3 Rg3 75.Kf4 Kc3-+) 0-1. Izoitko,Alexey - Skrjabin,I, St Petersburg Vladimir Zak mem, 2007.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Ne4 Qe7 9.a3 Ba5 (9...Ba3 10.Ra3 Qe4 11.d4-/+) 10.Qh5=+ b6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Nf3 Qe6 (12...Nd7 13.0-0=+) 13.Rc1 Qg4 (better 13...Qe7!?=) 14.Qg4+/- Bg4 15.Nd4 (15.Nd6?! Rd8 16.c5 Bf3 17.gf3 bc5=+) 15...Rd8 16.Ng3 c5 17.Ndf5 Nc6 (17...Bf5!? 18.Nf5 a6+=) 18.Be4+- Rac8?? (better 18...d5 19.cd5 Kf8+/-) 19.Bc6 Bf5 20.Nf5 Rc7 21.Bd5 Kh7 22.g4 g6 23.Ng3 a6 24.Rb1 Rb8 25.Ne4 Rd8 26.Ke2 1-0. marekt (2425) - Haroldlee123 (1720), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

5.Nc3 Nc6

6.Qb3 Ne5 7.Qb4 b6 8.d4 (8.Nf3!? Re8 9.e3-/+) 8...Nc6 9.Qb2 Nd4 10.e3 Re8 11.Nge2 Ne6 12.Ng3 (12.Nd5!?-+) 12...Bb7 13.e4 Ne4! 14.Nce4 (14.Nce4 Be4 Combination; 14.Nge4 Nc5 Pinning (14...Nc5 Decoy)) 14…Be4 (14...Be4 15.Ne4 Nc5-+) 0-1. Darkseid (1835) - DuttonChess (2485), ChessWorld.net, 2020.

6.Nf3 Ne5-/+ 7.Ne5 Bc3 8.dc3 Re8 9.Nd3 Ne4 10.Qc1 Qf6 0-1. Garcia - Sternik,Ryszard, corr SOK-91-75, 1991.

6.Bg3 Bc3!? 7.dc3 Ne4-/+.

6.Bf6 Qf6

7.Nd5 Bd2 8.Kd2 White gets in control 8...Qf2 9.Nf3 Qc5 (9...Nd4 10.Kc1 Nf3 11.ef3 Re8 12.Bd3+/-) 10.Qa4 (10.e3 Re8 11.Qa4 Qd6 12.Bd3+/-) 10...Ne5? (better 10...Rb8!?+/- 11.Rb1 b6 12.e3+/-) 11.Ne5+- Qd4 12.Nd3 Qa1 13.Nc7 d5 14.Na8 dc4 15.Qc4 Be6 16.Qa4 Ra8 17.g3 Rd8 18.Bg2 (18.Qa7 Bc4 19.Qb6 Qa2 20.Ke1 Re8+/-) 18...Qb2+/- 19.Qc2 Qb4 20.Kc1 Qb5 21.Qb2 Qa4 (21...Qa5 22.Qb7 Qa2 23.Qb2+/-) 22.a3 Bf5 23.Rd1 b6 24.h3 Re8 25.Rd2 (25.Nb4 Rc8 26.Kd2 Rd8 27.Nd3 Be4 28.Be4 Qe4+/-) 25...Bh3 26.Bh3 Qc6 27.Qc2 Qh1 28.Kb2 Qh3 29.Qc7 g6 (29...Qh6 30.Nf4 Qg5 31.Rd7 Qb5 32.Ka1+/-) 30.e4 Qe6 31.Nf2 (31.e5 f6 32.Re2 Re7+-) 31...h5 32.Qd6 Qc4 33.Rc2 Qb5 34.Ka2 Qg5 35.Qf4 (35.Rc7 Rd8 36.Nh3 Qd2 37.Qd2 Rd2 38.Kb3 Rg2+/-) 35...Qf4 36.gf4 f6 37.Rc7 Rd8 38.Kb2 Rd2 39.Rc2 Rc2 40.Kc2 g5 41.fg5 fg5 42.Kd3 b5 (42...Kf7 43.Ke3+/-) 43.e5 h4 (43...g4!?+/-) 44.Ke4+- Kf7 (44...a5 45.Kf5 Kf7 46.Ne4=) 45.Kf5+/- a5 46.Ne4 Ke7 47.Ng5 a4 ½-½. Martins – Pleschke, corr TKM-A002, 2000.

7.Nd5 Bd2! 8.Kd2 Qf2 9.Nf3 Qc5 10.e4 Re8 11.Bd3.

7.Nd5 Bd2 8.Kd2 Qf2 9.Nh3 (9.Nf3!?+/-) 9...Qd4= 10.Ke1 Qc4 11.Nc7 (11.Nhf4 Qe4=) 11...Qc3 12.Kf2 Ne5 13.Rc1?? (better 13.Nd5 Ng4 14.Kg1 Qc5 15.e3 Ne3 16.Ne3 Qe3 17.Nf2=) 13…Ng4 (13...Ng4 14.Kg1 Qe3 15.Nf2 Qf2) 0-1. Mothes,Rainer – Guendel, Sektions-trn, 1986.

7.Nd5 Qd4 8.Rc1 Ba5 9.e3 Qc5 10.Qc2 (10.Bd3 d6=+) 10...Nb4 11.Nb4 Bb4 12.Nf3 c6 (12...d6 13.Bd3 f5 14.0-0=) 13.Be2 d6 14.0-0 Qf5 (14...Bg4 15.d4 Qa5 16.Rb1=) 15.Qf5 (15.d4 c5=) 15...Bf5 16.d3 Rab8 17.Rb1 a5 18.e4 (18.Nd4 Bg6=) 18...Rfe8 19.Rb2 (19.Nd4 Bd7=+) 19...Bd7=+ 20.Rfb1 ½-½. Maly,Wolfgang - Woschkat,Karl_Heinz, HL014, 1998.

7.Nd5 Qd4 8.Rc1 d6 (8...Ba5!?=+) 9.e3 (9.Nc7 Rb8+=) 9...Qb2 10.Rc2 (10.Nc7 Rb8 11.Qc2 Qa3+=) 10...Qe5 (10...Qa3 11.Nc7 Rb8 12.Qf3=) 11.Nc7 (11.Nf3 Qe4 12.Nc7 Rb8+=) 11...Rb8 12.Nf3 Bg4?? (better 12...Qa5 13.Nd5 Be6+=) 13.Ne5+- Bd1 14.Nc6 (14.Kd1?! de5 15.Nd5 Bc5+/-) 14...Bc2 15.Nb4 Bf5 (15...Be4 16.d3 Bc6 17.d4+-) 16.Nbd5 Bd7 (16...Be4 17.a3+-) 17.d4 Bc6 (17...f5 18.Bd3+-) 18.Ne7 (18.Bd3 Bd5 19.Nd5 Rfe8+-) 18...Kh8 19.f3 (19.a3 f5+-) 19...Rfd8 20.e4 (20.Ncd5 Rd7+-) 20...b5 (20...Rd7 21.Ncd5 Re8+-) 21.Nc6 (21.Nc6 bc4 22.Bc4+-) 1-0. Borrmann,Fritz - Wyrwala,Manfred, CiF, 1986.

7.Nd5 Qd4 8.Nf3 Qc4 9.Nc7 Rb8 10.e3 Qc5 11.Nb5 d5 (11...a6 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Nc3=+) 12.a3= Ba5 13.Rc1 (13.Bd3 a6 14.Nbd4 Bc7=+) 13...Qe7=+ 14.Qa4 Bd7 (14...a6!? 15.Nbd4 Nd4 16.Nd4 Bc7=+) 15.Na7= Ra8 (15...Na7 Deflection from a5 16.Qa5) 16.Nc6 bc6 17.Qc2 (17.Rc6?? Bd2 18.Kd2 Ra4-+) 17...f5 (17...Qa3 18.Bd3=) 18.Bd3 Bc7 (18...Qa3 19.Ne5 Rab8 20.0-0+=) 19.Nd4 Pawn f5, live or die!. Increases the pressure on the backward pawn 19...Ra3 (19...Qa3 20.g4 (worse 20.Nf5 Bf5 21.Bf5 Rf5-/+; worse 20.Bf5 Bf5 21.Qc6 Be5 22.Nf5 Rf5-/+) 20...fg4 21.Bh7 Kh8 22.Bd3=+ (22.Nc6? Rac8-+)) 20.0-0 (20.Nc6 Qg5 21.g3 Bd6+=) 20...Qf6= 21.f4 Bb6 22.Nf3 c5 23.Ne5 Ra7 (23...Bc8 24.Rb1 c4 25.Be2=) 24.Ra1 Rc7 25.g4 (25.Rab1 c4 26.Nd7 Rd7 27.Rb6 Qb6 (worse 27...cd3 28.Qb3 Qe7 29.Rb1+/-) 28.Bf5 Rb7 29.Bh7 Kh8=) 25...g6 (25...fg4? 26.Bh7 Kh8 27.Ng6 Kh7 28.Nf8 Kg8 29.Nd7 Rd7 30.Ra8 Rd8 31.Rd8 Qd8 32.Qf5+-) 26.Rfb1 (26.g5 Qe6=) 26...c4 27.g5 Qd6 (27...Qe6 28.Bf1=) 28.Be2 Rb8 29.Bf3 Be6 30.Ra6 (30.d4 cd3 31.Qd3 d4=) 30...Be3+= 31.Kg2 Bb6 32.Qb2 c3 (32...Rcb7 33.Nc4 dc4 34.Bb7 Bd5 35.Kg3 Bf2 36.Kh3=) 33.Rb6 (33.dc3 Rcb7+/-) 33...cb2 34.Rd6 Rc1 35.Rb2 (worse 35.Re6 Rb1 36.Bd5 Rg1 37.Kg1 b1Q 38.Kg2 Kh8=) 35...Rb2 36.Re6 Rd2 37.Kh3 Rcc2 (37...Rc3 38.Re8 Kg7 39.Kg3+/-) 38.Re8 (38.Kg3 Kf8+/-) 38...Kg7 39.Kg3 Rc7 40.Rd8 Rc3 41.h3 Rd4 42.Rd6 Rd2 43.Kh4 Rc5 44.Rd8 (44.Rd7 Kh8+-) 44...Rd4+/- 45.Nd7 (45.Rd7 Kg8 46.Kg3 Rc3+-) 45...Rf4?? (better 45...Rc3!? 46.Kg3 Rdd3=) 46.Kg3+/- Rf3 47.Kf3 Rc3 48.Kf4 (48.Kg2 Rc2 49.Kg1 h6 50.gh6 Kh6+/-) 48...Rh3+/- 49.Ke5 (49.Nf6!? h6 50.Rd7 Kf8 51.gh6 Rh6 52.Kg5+/-) 49...Re3+= 50.Kd6 (50.Kd4 Rh3+=) 50...h6= 51.gh6 (51.Nc5 hg5 52.Ne6 Kh7 53.Ng5 Kh6=) 51...Kh6=+ 52.Kd5 ½-½. Dlugolecki,Grzegorz - Foch,Louis, Eclipse Email, 2000.

7.Nd5 Qb2

8.Nf3 Ba5 9.e3 (9.Qb1 Qb1 10.Rb1 d6=) 9...Ne5=+ 10.Be2 (10.Ke2 Nc4 11.Qc1 Qb5 12.Ne7 Kh8=+) 10...Nf3-/+ 11.Bf3 c6 (better 11...Bd2!? 12.Kf1 c6 13.Ne7 Kh8-/+) 12.Ne7= Kh8 13.Ke2 (13.0-0!?+=) 13...b6 (13...Qb4 14.Nc8 Qc4 15.d3=+) 14.Qc1 Qc1 (better 14...Qf6!? 15.Nc8 Rac8=+) 15.Rac1 (15.Rhc1 Ba6 16.Nf5 Rae8+=) 15...Bb7 (15...Ba6 16.Nf5+=) 16.Nf5 Rab8 (16...Bb4 17.d4+=) 17.a3 (17.Rb1 Ba6 18.d3 Rbe8+=) 17...Ba6 Black is in command 18.d3 b5 19.cb5 (19.c5!?+=) 19...Rb5=+ 20.Nd4 Rb2 21.Rc2 Rfb8 22.Rhc1 Rc2 (22...g6 23.g4=) 23.Rc2 Rb1 (23...g6 24.g4=+) 24.Be4 (24.Bg4!? Re1 25.Kf3 Bd3 26.Rc5=) ½-½. Borrmann,Fritz - Quintilla,Francisco Pompeo, CiF, 1986.

8.Rc1 Ba5

9.Qc2=+ Qc2 10.Rc2 d6 11.Rb2 Rb8 12.Nf3 Be6 13.e3 b5 (13...Rfe8 14.Be2=+) 14.Rb5 (14.Ng5 a6=) 14...Rb5 15.cb5 Bd5 16.bc6 Rb8 (16...Bc6 17.Bc4=) 17.Bd3 (17.Nd4 Bb6=+) 17...Bf3 (17...Rb2 18.Ke2=+) 18.gf3= Rb2 19.0-0 (19.a3 Rd2 20.Be2 Rc2 21.Kf1 Rc6-/+) 19...Ra2 (19...Rd2?! 20.Rb1 Kf8 21.Rb8 Ke7 22.Bc4=) 20.Rb1 Threatening mate: Rb8 20...Kf8 (20...Bb6 21.Kg2=+) 21.Bc4 (21.Rb7 Rd2 22.Ra7 Bb6 23.Ra8 Ke7 24.Bh7 g6=) 21...Rd2=+ 22.Rb8 (22.Rb7 d5 23.Ra7 dc4 24.Ra5 c3-/+) 22...Ke7-/+ 23.h4 (23.Kg2 d5 24.Ba6 d4 25.ed4 Rd4-/+) 23...d5 24.Ba6 d4 25.Rb7 (25.ed4 Bb6-/+) 25...Rd1 (25...Kd6 26.ed4 Kc6 27.Ra7-+) 26.Kg2-/+ d3 (26...d3 27.Bc4 d2-+) 0-1. Mestak,K (1900) - Koehler,J (2145), OCC-2002-03, 2002.

9.Qc2 Qc2 10.Rc2 d6 11.Rb2 Rb8 12.Nf3 Be6 13.e3 b5 14.Rb5 Rb5 15.cb5 Bd5 16.bc6 Bc6 17.Bc4 Rb8 18.Ke2 Rb2 19.Rd1 Kf8 20.a3 Ke7 21.g3 h6 22.h3 Rc2 23.Bd3 (23.Bb3!? Bf3 24.Kf3=+) 23...Ra2-/+ 24.Bc4 Ra3 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Nc2 Ra4 27.Bb3 Re4 28.d4 Kf8 29.g4 Bb6 30.Ra1 f5 31.Kd3 Re7 32.f3 Bc6 33.d5 Bb5 34.Bc4 Bc4 35.Kc4 Be3 36.Ne3 Re3 37.gf5 Rf3 38.Ra7 Rf4 39.Kb5 Rf5 40.Kc6 Rf7 41.Ra8 Ke7 42.Kc7 Rf3 43.Rg8 g5 44.Rg7 Kf6 45.Rh7 Rh3 46.Kd6 g4 47.Rh8 g3 48.Rf8 Kg7 49.Rf1 g2 50.Rg1 Rg3 51.Kc7 Kf7 52.d6 Rc3 53.Kd8 Rc2 54.d7 h5 55.Rf1 Kg7 (55...gf1R) 56.Rf7?? (56.Rg1 h4 57.Ke7 Re2 58.Kd6 Rd2 59.Ke7-+) 56...Kg6-+ (56...Kf7?!) 57.Ke8 (57.Rf8 h4 58.Rg8 Kf7 59.Rf8 Kg7 (59...Kf8?!) 60.Rf7 Kg6-+ (60...Kf7?!)) 57...Rd2 58.Kf8 g1Q 59.Rg7 Kh6 60.Rg1 Rd7 61.Rh1 Rd3 62.Kf7 Kg5 63.Ke6 h4 64.Ke5 h3 65.Ke4 Rg3 66.Rh2 Kg4 67.Rb2 Ra3 68.Rh2 (68.Kd4 Kg3-+) 68...Kg3 69.Rb2 h2 (69...h2 70.Rb1 Ra4 71.Ke5 Rh4-+) 0-1. Herrchen,Ralf (1805) - Zulauff,Harri, PCM-2005-G11, 2005.

9.Qc2 Qc2 10.Rc2 d6 11.Nf3 Re8 12.Rb2 Rb8 13.e3 Bf5 14.Kd1 Be4 15.d3 =.

8.Nf3 Ne5

9.Nb4 Nf3 10.gf3 Qb4 11.e3 b6 12.Qb1 Qc5 13.Qe4 (13.d4 Qa5 14.Kd1 Bb7=+) 13...Ba6 (13...c6 14.Rg1=+) 14.Be2 Rfe8 15.Qd5 c6 (15...Qb4 A) worse 16.Qd7 A1) worse 16...Bc4 17.Qd4 (worse 17.Qc7 Qb2 18.Rd1 Ba2=+) 17...b5 18.Rg1+=; A2) 16...Rad8 17.Qc6 Qd2 18.Kf1 Bc8-/+; B) 16.Bd3=+) 16.Qc5= bc5 17.0-0 Rab8 (17...d5 18.Rfc1=+) 18.Rab1 (18.Rfb1 d5=) 18...d5=+ 19.Rfe1 (19.d3 d4=) 19...Bc4 (19...dc4 20.Kg2=+) 20.Bc4 dc4 21.Rec1 (21.Rb8 Rb8 22.Rc1 Rb2=+) 21...Rb5 22.a4 (22.Ra1 Rd8 23.Rc2 a6=+) 22...Rb3-/+ 23.Kf1 (23.Ra1 Rb4-/+) 23...Rd8 24.Ke1 (24.Ke2 Rdb8 25.Ra1 R8b4=+) 24...a5 25.Ra1 Rb2 (better 25...Rb4-/+) 26.d4? (better 26.Rab1 Rb4 27.Rb4 ab4 28.Rc4=+) 26...cd4-+ 27.Rc4 (27.Rab1 c3 28.Rb2 cb2-+) 27...de3 28.fe3 (28.Rc6 Rf2 (28...ef2?! 29.Kf1-+) 29.Rac1 f6-+) 28...Rh2 29.Ra3 (29.Rac1 Rdd2 30.Rd1 Rde2 31.Kf1-+) 29…Rb8 (29...Rb8 30.Rd3 Rb1 31.Rd1 Rh1 32.Kf2 Rbd1-+) 0-1. Maly,Wolfgang - Baller,Wolfgang, BdF, 1998.

9.Nb4 Nf3 10.gf3 Qb4 11.e3 b6 (11...Qa5 12.Bd3=+) 12.Qb1 Qd6 13.Be2 (13.Bd3 g6=) 13...Bb7 14.Qb2 (14.d4 Rfe8=+) 14...Rfe8 (14...Rae8 15.Rg1 Qh6 16.Qb5=+) 15.Rg1 Do you see the mate threat? 15...g6 (15...Qh6 16.Rg3=+) 16.f4 Qe6 (16...Qe7 17.Rg5=+) 17.Rg3 (17.h4 d5=) 17...c5 18.0-0-0 (18.d4 cd4 19.Qd4 Rac8=) ½-½. Maly,Wolfgang - Schroeder,Andreas, BdF, 1998.

9.Nb4 Nf3 10.gf3 Qb4 11.e3 b6 12.Qb3 (12.Qb1 Qc5=) 12...Qe7=+ 13.Be2 Bb7 14.h4 Qf6 Black begins to deal mighty blows 15.0-0-0 (15.Qc3 Qc3 16.dc3 f5=+) 15...Bf3-/+ 16.Bf3 Qf3 17.Rdf1 d5 18.Rhg1 dc4 19.Qc3 (19.Qc4 c5-/+) 19...g6-+ 20.Qc4 Rfd8 21.Rg3 Qd5 Threatening mate... how? 22.Qc2 (22.Qd5 Rd5 23.d4 c5-/+) 22...Rd6-+ 23.Rg5 (23.e4 Qd4 24.d3 Rad8-+) 23...Qf3 24.h5?? (24.Kb1-+) 24…Rc6 (24...Rc6 25.hg6 Rc2 26.Kc2 fg6-+) 0-1. Maly,Wolfgang - Wolczek,Stanislaus, EM/H/001 ICCF Email, 1999.

9.Nb4 Nf3 10.gf3 Qb4 11.e3 d6 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.Qb5 Qa3 14.Rg1 =+.

9.Nb4 Nf3 10.gf3 Qb4 11.e3 d6 (11...Qa5 12.Bd3=+) 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.Qb5 Qb5 (13...Qa3 14.Rg1=) 14.cb5 a6 15.ba6 ba6 16.Bc4 (16.d4 Be6=) 16…Be6=+ ½-½. Maly,Wolfgang - Woschkat,Karl_Heinz, BdF, 1998.

9.Nb4 Nf3 10.gf3 Qb4 11.e3 d6 12.Qb3 Qb3 13.ab3= a5 (13...Re8 14.Bg2=) 14.Bg2 (14.Rg1 Re8=) 14...b6 (14...Bf5 15.d4=) 15.f4 Rb8 (15...Ra7 16.Rg1=) 16.Ke2 Bb7 (16...Bg4 17.Kd3=) 17.Rhg1 Rfe8 18.Bb7 (18.d4 Bg2 19.Rg2 c6+=) 18...Rb7= 19.Rg2 c6 20.d4 ½–½. Ollrogge,Andreas – Maly,Wolfgang, HL014, 1998.

worse 9.Nc7 Nf3 10.gf3 Bd2 11.Qd2 Qa1 12.Qd1 Qd1 13.Kd1 Rb8-+.

7.Nd5 Qd6

8.Nb4 Qb4 9.e3 b6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.Be2 Rad8 12.0-0 d5 13.a3 Qe7 14.cd5 Rd5 15.d4 Rfd8 16.Qc2 Ra5 The isolani on a3 becomes a target 17.Rfc1 (17.Bd3 Rh5+=) 17...Rd7 (17...Ra3!? 18.Ra3 Qa3=) 18.Bd3+= g6 19.Be4?? (better 19.Qc3+=) 19...Nd4-/+ 20.ed4 Be4 21.Qc3 Bf3 22.Qf3 Rd4 23.Re1 Re5 24.Qa8 (24.Qc3 Re1 25.Re1 Rc4-+) 24...Kg7 25.Re5 Qe5 26.Rc1 Rc4! 27.Rd1 (27.Rc4 Qe1) 27...Re4 28.g3 Re1 29.Re1 Qe1 30.Kg2 a5 31.a4 Qc3 32.Qd5 c6 33.Qd6 b5 34.ab5 cb5 35.h4 h5 36.Qb6 Qb4 37.Qe3 Qb2 38.Qb6 (38.g4 hg4 39.h5-+) 38...a4 39.g4 hg4 40.Qa5 (40.h5 a3 41.hg6 a2 42.gf7 a1Q-+) 40...a3 41.h5 a2 42.hg6 a1Q 43.gf7 0-1. Kleinke,Uwe (1850) - Stutz,Reno (1980), SMSN op Germany, 2007.

8.e3 Ba3 9.Qc2=+.

8.e3 b6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Be2 Ba3 11.0-0=.

8.e3 b6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Be2 Ne5 11.Nb4 Nf3 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Qf3 Qb4 14.Qe2 Rfd8 15.0-0 d5 16.cd5 Rd5 17.d4 Qe7 18.Qf3 (18.Qc4 Qd7=) 18...Rad8 19.Rfc1 (19.Rad1 a6=) 19...c5 20.dc5 Rc5 (20...bc5 21.Rab1=) 21.Rc5 Qc5 22.Rd1 Do you see the mate threat? 22...Rd1 23.Qd1 g6 (23...h6 24.Qd8 Kh7 25.Qd3 g6 26.g4=) 24.Qd2 (24.g4 h5=) 24...a5 (24...h6 25.h3=) 25.Kf1 (25.h3 f5=) 25...Qb5 26.Ke1 Qb1 27.Ke2 h5 (27...Qb5 28.Qd3 Qb2 29.Qd2 Qb5 30.Kf3 Qh5 31.Kg3 Qe5 32.f4=) 28.Qd8 (28.h3 Qb5 29.Kf3 Qf5 30.Kg3 g5=) 28...Kh7 29.Qd5 Qb2 30.Qd2 ½-½. Maly,Wolfgang - Schulz,Rene, corr GER jub50 qJVH05, 1996.

8.e3 b6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Be2 Rfe8 11.Qb1 Ba5 (11...Ba3!?=) 12.Ng5+= g6 (12...Qh6!? 13.Qf5 f6=) 13.Qb2 Ne5 (better 13...Qe5 14.Nf6 Kg7 15.Ne8 Re8+/-) 14.Ne4+- Qf8 (14...Qe6 15.Nef6 Kf8 16.Ne8 Re8 17.Nc7 Qf6+-) 15.Nef6 (15.Nef6 Kh8 16.Ne8 Re8 17.f4+- (worse 17.Nc7 Qg7 18.Kf1 Re7+-)) 1-0. Reddog – Gambitfan, playchess.de, 2005.

8.e3 Ne5 9.Qc2 c6 (9...Re8 A) 10.Nf3 Ba5 11.Be2 c6 12.Nc3 Nf3 13.Bf3 Bc7 14.Rb1 h6 15.g3 Qe6; B) 10.Be2 b6 (10...Ba5 11.Nf3 c6 12.Nc3 Nf3 13.Bf3 Bc7 14.Rb1 Qd4 15.Ne4 Qe5) 11.f4 Ng6 12.Nb4 Qb4 13.f5 Ne5 14.Nf3 Bb7 15.0-0 Qd6; C) 10.Nb4 Qb4 11.Nf3 Nf3 12.gf3 g6 13.Bd3 b6 14.Rb1 Qa3 15.Be4 Rb8; 9...Ba5 10.Nf3 c6 (10...Nf3 11.gf3 c6 12.Nc3 Qh6 13.h3 d6 14.Rb1 Re8 15.Rg1 Rb8) 11.Nc3 Nf3 12.gf3 Re8 13.Bd3 Qh6 14.Ke2 d6 15.Rag1 Bb6) 10.Nb4 Qb4 11.Be2 (11.Rb1 Qa5 12.Be2 d5 13.cd5 Qd5 14.Nf3 Nf3 15.Bf3 Bf5) 11...d5 (11...d6 12.Rb1 Qa5 13.Nf3 Nf3 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.e4 Bc8) 12.cd5 cd5 13.Nf3 Nc6 (13...Qd6 14.Rb1 Nf3 15.Bf3 b6) 14.0-0 Qg4 (14...g6 15.Rab1 Qd6) 15.d3 (15.d4 Qe6) 15...Qg6 (15...Bd7+= 0.45/10) 16.Kh1 Be6 17.Qb2 ½-½. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard (1850) - Grassmann,Heinz (1960), Halle GER, 2011.

8.Nf3 b5 9.Nb4= Qb4 10.cb5 Qb5 11.e4 (11.e3 Qa5=) 11...Qh5 (11...Qa5 12.Bd3=+) 12.d4= d6 (12...Qg4 13.e5=) 13.Rc1+= Nb4? (better 13...Qa5 14.Qd2 Nb4+=) 14.a3+- (14.Rc7 Qa5 15.Rc4 d5 16.ed5 Nd3 17.Ke2 Nf4 18.Ke3 Nd5 19.Ke2 Re8 20.Ne5 f6-+) 14...Na6 15.Qa4 Nb8 16.Rc7 Opening the c-file gets White a lot of play 16...Qg4 17.Nd2 d5 18.h3 (18.Ra7?! Bd7 19.Qa5 Nc6 20.Ra8 Na5=+) 18...Qe6 19.Bd3 (19.Ra7?! Bd7 20.Qa5 Nc6 21.Ra8 Na5 22.Ra5 Rc8=) 19...Qg6 20.g3 (20.Ra7 Bd7 21.Qa5 Nc6 22.Ra8 Na5 23.Ra5 Qg2=+) 20...Qd6 21.Ra7 (21.Qc2 Na6 22.Rc3 de4 23.Be4 Rb8 24.Bh7 Kh8+/-) 21...Bd7 22.Qa5 (22.Ra8? Ba4 23.Ra4 Qc6-+) 22...Nc6 23.Qc7 (23.Ra8?! Na5 24.Ra5 de4 25.Be4 Re8=) 23...Qe6 24.Rb7 Be8 (24...Rfd8 25.0-0 Nd4 26.Re1+=) 25.0-0 (25.e5!?+/-) 25...Ra3+= 26.ed5 Qd5 27.Bc4 (27.Be4 Qd4 28.Nb1 Ra2 29.Bc6 Rc2=) ½-½. Hlousek,Heinz - Deforel,Jorge Eduardo, corr 3GMM-34, 1997.

8.Nf3 Re8 9.e3 Ne5 (9...Ba3 10.Bd3 Ne7 11.Ne7 Qe7 12.0-0=) 10.Be2 Ba5 11.0-0 (11.Ne5 Qe5 12.0-0 c6=) 11...c6 (11...Nf3 12.Bf3 c6 13.Qa4=) 12.Nf4. agluis (2010) - silverwolf (2515), net-chess.com, 2003.

7.Nd5 Qd8

8.Nb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nc6 (9...Na6 10.e3=) 10.e3 d5 (10...d6 11.d4=) 11.Nf3 Re8 12.cd5 (12.d4 Bf5=) 12...Qd5 13.Be2 b6 (13...Bf5 14.d4=) 14.0-0 Bb7 15.Re1 (15.d4 Na5=) 15...Ne5 (15...Na5 16.d4=) 16.d4 Ng6 (16...Ng4 17.Qa4=) 17.Bf1 (17.Rc1 Qd6+=) 17...Rad8 (17...c5 18.Rc1=) 18.Qc2 Re7 (18...Qd6 19.e4=) 19.Rac1 (19.Bd3 Qd6=) 19...Qh5 (19...Qa5 20.e4=) 20.e4 Qg4 (20...c5 21.dc5 Qc5 22.Qc5 bc5 23.Rc5 Be4 24.Ng5=) 21.d5+= Nf4 (21...Rc8 22.h3 Qf4 23.Rcd1+=) 22.Kh1 (22.Nd4 Qg5+=) 22...Rd6 (22...f5!? 23.Nd4 fe4+=) 23.h3 (23.Nd4 Rf6+/-) 23...Rh6 (23...Nh3 24.Nh2 Nf2 25.Qf2+/-) 24.Nh2 (24.Nd4 g6+/-) 24...Qg6 (24...Qd7 25.Qd2 Ng6 26.Ng4+=) 25.Qc4 (25.d6 Qd6 26.Rcd1 Qc6 27.Rd8 Re8 28.Re8 Qe8 29.Qc7 Nh3 30.gh3 Bc6+-) 25...Rh5 26.Re3 (26.Qa4 a6 27.Rc7 Qd6+-) 26...Rhe5 (26...a5 27.Nf3+=) 27.Rce1 (27.Nf3 Rh5+/- (27...Re4?? 28.Re4 Qe4 29.Qe4 Re4 30.Rc7+-)) 27...Rd7 (27...c6 28.Nf3 Rh5 29.Rc1+=) 28.Rg3 (28.Qa4!? Ree7 29.Qa7+/-) 28...Qd6+= 29.Qc3 (29.Ng4 Nh5 30.Rd3 Re8+=) 29...Nh5 (29...f5 30.ef5 Rf5 31.Qc2-/+) 30.Rf3 (30.Rge3+=) 30...Nf6 (30...Rde7 31.Rfe3 f5 32.ef5 Re3 33.Re3 Re3 34.Qe3 Nf6=) 31.Ng4?? (better 31.Rf6 gf6 32.Ng4+/-) 31...Ng4-/+ 32.hg4 Qg6?? (better 32...Rde7 33.Rfe3 c6=+) 33.Qe5+- (33.Qe5 Kf8 34.Qe6 Qe6 35.de6+-) 1-0. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard - Winnig,Bernd, Leipzig VfB op 5th, 1998.

8.Nb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nc6 10.Nf3 d6 11.e3 Qf6 (11...Re8 12.d4=) 12.d4 Re8 13.Be2 Bg4 14.0-0 Ne7 15.h3 White is in command 15...Bd7 16.Bd3 Bf5 17.e4 Bd7 18.Qb1 (18.Rb1 Rab8+=) 18...Reb8 (18...Nc6!? 19.e5 de5 20.Bh7 Kh8=) 19.e5+/- Qh6 20.ed6 cd6 Opening the e-file gets White a lot of play 21.Re1 Ng6 22.Bg6 Qg6 23.Qg6 hg6 24.Re7 Be8 (24...Be6 25.c5+/-) 25.Rae1 b5 26.cb5 (26.c5 Bc6 27.Ng5 dc5 28.dc5 Bd5+-) 26...Bb5+/- 27.Ng5 Re8? (27...Bc4 28.Ne4 Rb6 29.Nd2+/-) 28.R1e3 (better 28.Nf7 Re7 29.Re7+-) 28...Re7 29.Re7 Be8 (29...f6 30.Ne4 d5 31.Nc3+/-) 30.Ne4+/- Kf8 31.Rc7 a6 32.Nd6 Rd8 33.Ne8 Ke8 34.Rc4 Kd7 35.Kf1 Ke6 (35...Re8 36.Ra4 Re4 37.Ra6 Rd4 38.Ke2+-) 36.Ke2+- Rb8 37.Kd3 Rb3 38.Rc3 Rc3? (better 38...Rb6+-) 39.Kc3 Kd5 40.f3 (40.f3 a5 41.f4+-) 1-0. Zylla,Johannes - Rosner,Dirk, corr SOK-90-54, 1990.

8.Nb4 Nb4 9.Rb1 Qe7 (worse 9...Na2 10.Qc2+-) 10.d4 d5 (10...b6 11.e3=) 11.e3 (11.c5 a5 (worse 11...Na2 12.Qd2+/-) 12.a3 Nc6=) 11...Bf5 (worse 11...Na2 12.Qd2 (12.cd5? Nc3 13.Qc2 Nb1 14.Qb1 Qd6-+) 12...c5 13.Qa2 cd4 14.cd5 de3 15.fe3 Qe3 16.Qe2+/-) 12.Rb2 dc4 13.Bc4 c5 (13...Be4 14.Nf3=) 14.Nf3 (14.Ne2 Rfd8 15.0-0 Nc6=) 14...a6 (14...Be4 15.0-0=) 15.0-0 (15.Qb3 b5 16.Be2 a5=) 15...b5=+ 16.Be2 (16.dc5 Qc5 17.Bb3 Rac8=) 16...c4-/+ 17.Qd2 Nd5 18.Qc1 Rfe8 (18...Rac8 19.Rd1-/+) 19.Ne5 f6 20.Bf3 Qd6 21.Bd5 Qd5 22.Nf3 a5 (22...Be4 23.Ne1=+) 23.a3 Rab8 24.Qc3 b4 25.ab4 Qb5 26.Rc1 Rec8 27.d5 ab4 28.Nd4 Qc5 (28...Bd7 29.Qe1 Qc5 30.Ne2-/+) 29.Rb4 Black gets strong play along the open b-file (29.Qe1 Bd7-/+) 29...Qb4 30.Qb4 Rb4 31.Nf5 Rcb8 32.Kf1 Rb1 33.Rb1 (33.Re1 R1b2-/+) 33...Rb1=+ 34.Ke2 Rb2 35.Ke1 c3 With the decisive threat Rb1 36.d6 Kf7 37.d7 Rd2 38.Nd4 Ke7 39.Nb5 (39.Ne2 Rd3 40.Nd4-+) 39…Rf2!! (39...Rf2 40.Nc3 Rg2-+; 39...Rd7?! 40.Nc3 Rd3 41.Nb1-/+; 39...Kd7?! 40.Nc3 Rb2 41.Ne4-/+) 0-1. Wartig,Wolfgang - Hagedorn,Peter, corr, 2000.

8.e3 Ba5 9.Rb1 d6 10.Qh5 Ne5 11.f4 Bg4 12.Qg5 Qg5 13.fg5 Rab8 14.Rb5 Nc6 15.Be2 =.

8.e3 Ba5 9.Nf3 Ne7 (9...d6 10.Be2=) 10.Nf4 (10.Bd3 Nd5 11.cd5 Qf6=) 10...d5=+ 11.Qb3 dc4 12.Bc4 Nf5 (12...Bg4 A) 13.Qb7? Bf3 14.Qf3 Qd2 (worse 14...Bd2 15.Ke2 Bc3 16.Rhd1+=) 15.Kf1 Qc3 16.Bf7 Rf7 17.Qa8 Rf8 18.Qf8 Kf8-+; B) 13.Rd1 Bf3 14.gf3=) 13.0-0 Nd6 (13...Bd2? 14.Rad1+-) 14.Bd3 (14.d4 Nc4 15.Qc4 c6=) 14...c6 (14...Re8 15.Be2=) 15.h3 (15.Qc2 g6=) ½-½. Kleinke – Janosi, corr DDR, 1980.

8.e3 d6 9.Bd3 Bc5 10.Ne2 (10.Qb1 f5=) 10...Ne7 (10...Ne5 11.Bc2 c6 12.Ndc3=+) 11.Nef4 c6 12.Ne7 Qe7 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6?? (14.Qf3 Be6=) 14...Qf6 (better 14...Bd4! 15.Rc1 Bg7-+) 15.0-0 Qg7 (15...Bb4 16.Rad1=) 16.Qg5 (16.Qg7 Kg7 17.Bc2 f5=) 16...h6 (16...Bb4 17.Rfd1=+) 17.Qg3= Bb6 (17...Bb4 18.Rad1=) 18.Ne2 (18.Be2 Qf6+=) 18...Bc7 19.f4 d5 (19...f5 20.Rab1=) 20.cd5 cd5 21.Qf3 Rd8 22.Rac1 f5 23.Rc5 Attacks the isolani on d5 23...Be6? (23...Bb6 24.Rd5 Be6 25.Bc4=) 24.Rfc1?? (better 24.Nd4 Bc8 25.Rfc1+-) 24...Bb6= 25.Nd4 Bf7 (worse 25...Bc5 26.Ne6 Qb2 27.Rc5+/-) 26.Rc7 (26.R5c2 Bd4 27.ed4 Qd4 28.Kh1 a6=+) 26...Bc7-/+ 27.Rc7 Qf6 (27...Rab8!?-/+) 28.Rb7=+ Rdb8 29.Rd7 (29.Rb5!?=+) 29...Rb2-/+ 30.Bc4 (better 30.Bf1-/+) 30...dc4?? (better 30...Rd8 31.Rd8 Qd8-/+) 31.Qa8+/- Kg7 32.g3 (32.Nf3!? c3 33.dc3 Qc3 34.Rf7 Kf7 35.Ne5 Kg7 36.Qa7 Kh8 37.Ng6 Kg8 38.Ne7 Kf8 39.h3=) 32...Ra2 (32...c3!? 33.dc3 Qa6 34.Rf7 Kf7 35.Qd5 Ke7 36.Nc6 Kf8 37.Qd8 Kg7 38.Qe7 Kg8 39.Qe8 Kg7 40.Qd7 Kh8 41.Qd4 Kh7 42.Qd7 Kh8 43.Qe8 Kg7 44.Qe5 Kh7 45.Qc7 Kh8 46.Qe5 Kg8 47.Qe6 Kg7 48.Qe7 Kg8 49.Qd8 Kg7 50.Qd4 Kg8 51.Qd5 Kg7 52.Qd7 Kh8=) 33.Qe8 Ra1 (33...Ra6 34.Rc7 Rd6 35.Ra7 Rd4 36.ed4 Qd4 37.Qe3 Qe3 38.de3+/-) 34.Kf2 (34.Kg2!? Ra6 35.Qc8+-) 34...Ra6+= 35.Nf3 (35.Nf3 Re6 36.Qb8+/-) 1-0. diggitus (2175) - bluephantom (2310), net-chess.com, 2009.

8.Nf3 d6 9.Rb1 a5 10.e3 Ne7 (10...Re8 11.Bd3=) 11.Nb4 ab4 12.Rb4 Ra2 13.Qb1 Ra7 14.Bd3 h6 (14...f5 15.0-0=) 15.h4 (15.Bh7 Kh8 16.Be4 d5 17.cd5 Nd5=) 15...Qd7 (15...f5 16.0-0=+) 16.Ng5 (16.Bh7 Kh8 17.Be4 d5 18.cd5 f5=) 16...c5 (16...Rd8 17.Nf3=+) 17.Rb6 Ra6 (17...f5 18.Nf3=) 18.Rb5 Nc6 (18...Re8 19.Nh3=+) 19.Be4 (19.Bh7 Kh8 20.Be4 f5=+ (20...hg5?? 21.hg5 Qh3 22.gh3+-)) 19...f5 (19...Nb4!? 20.Bh7 Kh8-/+) 20.Bd5= Kh8 21.g4 (21.Ne6 Re8 22.Nf4 Nb4=) 21...Ne7 (better 21...Qe8!? 22.gf5 Bf5=+) 22.Be6 Qc6 (22...Qe8 23.Qd3=+) 23.Rh2 Be6 24.Ne6 Rfa8 (24...Rf6 25.Nd8 Qd7 26.g5=) 25.Qb2+/- The mate threat is Qxg7 (25.gf5?? Ra1 26.d3 Qb5 27.cb5 Rb1 28.Ke2 Nf5-+; 25.Rb7?? Ra1 26.Rb8 Nc8 27.gf5 Qa4-+) 25...Rg8 26.Rb7 (26.g5 h5 27.Rb7 Ra2+/-) 26...Ra1 (26...Ra2 27.Qa2 Qb7+=) 27.Ke2 (27.Qa1 Qb7 28.g5 Qe4+/-) 27...Ra2 (27...fg4 28.Ng5 Nf5 29.Qb5=+ (worse 29.Qa1 Qb7 30.Qh1 Qh1 31.Rh1 Re8-+)) 28.Qb5?? (better 28.Qa2 Qb7 29.Qc2+/-) 28...Qe4=+ 29.Re7?? (29.Qb3 Qg4 30.f3 Qg1 31.Qa2 Qh2 32.Kd1 Qh1 33.Kc2 Nc6-+ (33...Qh4?! 34.Nf4 Kh7 35.Qa6=)) 29...fg4 (better 29...Qg4 30.f3 Qg1-+) 30.Qb7?? g7 becomes the focus of attention (better 30.Ng5 Qc2 31.Kf1+=) 30…Qc4 (30...Qc4 31.Ke1 Qc1 32.Ke2 Rd2) 0-1. Baer,Horst Hugo – Strobel, corr DDR-Cup, 1981.

8.Nf3 d6 9.Rb1 Ba5 10.e3 Ne5 11.Be2 c6 12.Nb4 Bf5 13.Rb3 Qe7 14.0-0 (14.a3!?=+) 14...Nf3-/+ 15.Bf3 d5 16.Nd5 cd5 17.Bd5 The passed pawn on d2 will quickly become a dangerous weapon 17...Rab8 18.d3 Bc7 19.Qf3 Qd6 Threatening mate: Qxh2 20.g3 Qg6 21.e4 Bg4 22.Qe3 b6 23.f4 Bd6 24.f5 Qf6 25.Kg2 Bh5 (25...Bc5 26.Qd2=) 26.h3 (26.d4 Bc7=) 26...Bc5+= 27.Qd2 (27.e5 Rbe8 28.Qc5 Re5+= (28...bc5? 29.ef6 Be2 30.Rf2+-)) 27...Rbd8 28.g4 Bg4 29.hg4 h6 30.Rh1 Rfe8 31.g5 hg5 32.Rh5 (32.Rbb1 Qd4 33.Qe2 Qf6+=) 32...Qa1 33.Rh1 Qd4 34.Qg5?? (better 34.Qe1=) 34…Qf2-+ (34...Qf2 35.Kh3 Qf3 36.Kh2 Bd6 37.Kg1 Qd1 38.Kf2 Qh1-+) 0-1. Maly,Wolfgang - Posthoff,Christian, EM/H/001 ICCF Email, 1999.

6.Bg3 d5

7.Nd5=+ Nd5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Bc7 Be6 10.Nf3 Rfc8=+.

7.Nd5=+ Nd5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nf3 Bg4-/+ 10.a3!? Ba5 11.Rb1-/+.

7.Nd5 Nd5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.e3 Rad8 11.Be2 Rd7 12.0-0 Bf3 13.Bf3 Qd2 14.Qd2 Bd2 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Rab1 Na5 17.Bg4 Re7 18.Rb2 Nc4 19.Rc2 b5 20.Be2 Red7 21.Bc4 bc4 22.Rc4 Ba5 23.Rd7 Rd7 24.Kf1 f6 25.Ke2 Kf7 26.Rc2 Ke6 27.f3 f5 28.h4 g6 29.a4 Bb6 30.Bf4 a5 31.Rc4 Ke7 32.g4 fg4 33.fg4 Kd8 34.h5 gh5 35.gh5 Kc8 36.Kf3 Rd5 37.Kg4 Kd7 38.e4 Rc5 39.Rc5 Bc5 40.Kf5 Be7 41.Bd2 Bb4 42.Bc1 Be7 43.e5 c5 44.Bd2 Bd8 45.Bc3 Kc6 46.Ke6 c4 47.Kf7 Kc5 48.e6 Kd5 49.Ba5 Bf6 50.Bc3 Bc3 51.e7 1-0. Ac1000 (2445) - peyman_z (2120), lichess.org, 2018.

7.Nd5=+ Nd5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nf3 Bg4-/+ 10.e3? Bf3-+ 11.gf3 Rad8 12.Be2 (12.Bg2 Bd2 13.Kf1 Qa5-+) 12...Qh5 (12...Bd2?! 13.Kf1-+) 13.0-0? (13.f4 Qh6 14.Rg1-+) 13...Rd2 14.Qb3 Re2 15.a3 Bd6 16.Qb7 Bg3 17.hg3 Ne5 (worse 17...Qf3 18.Rac1 Nd4 19.Qf3 Nf3 20.Kg2-+) 18.Kg2 c6 (18...Nc4 19.Qa7 c5 20.Qe7-+) 19.g4 Qh4 20.Rae1 Re1 (20...h5 21.Qc7 Re8 22.Re2 hg4 23.Rh1 gf3 24.Kg1 Qg4 25.Kf1-+) 21.Re1 Qf6 22.f4 Ng4 23.Qa7 (23.Rh1 Qg6 24.Kf3 Re8-+) 23...Qh4 (23...Qg6 24.e4 Nf6 25.Kf1 Ne4 26.Qd4-+) 24.Rf1 Rd8 (better 24...Qh2 25.Kf3 Qh3 26.Ke2 Qh5-+) 25.a4 (25.Qb6-+) 25...h5 (better 25...Qh2 26.Kf3 Qh3 27.Ke2-+) 26.a5 Rd2 27.e4 (27.Qa8 Kh7 28.Qg8 Kg8 29.Kf3 Qh3 30.Ke4 Nf6 31.Ke5 Qe6) 27...Qh2 28.Kf3 Qh3 0-1. alaamattar (2220) - davidov (2115), net-chess.com, 2009.

5.Nc3 Re8

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bf6= Qf6 (worse is 7...gf6 8.Nd5+=) 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 Be6 (better is 10...Bc5!?=) 11.Qb1+/– Bc5 12.Bh7 Kh8 13.Bc2 (13.Be4 Na5+=) 13...Bb6 (13...Nd4 14.Qb2 Nc2 15.Qc2=) 14.h4 (14.Be4 Qd7+/–) 14...Bd5 (better is 14...Bd4! 15.Nd4 Nd4+/–) 15.cd5+– Ne5 16.Qb4 (better is 16.Ng5 f6 17.d4 fg5 18.hg5 (18.de5?! g4+/–) 18...Kg8 19.Bh7 (19.de5?! Re5 20.Bf5 Qg5 21.Be6 Re6 22.de6 Qf6+–) 19...Kh8 20.de5 Qg5 21.Bg6 Kg8 22.Be8 Re8 23.e6+–) 16...Qf6 17.Qe4?? (better is 17.Ke2+=) 17...Nf3–+ 18.Qf3 Qa1 19.Ke2 (19.Bd1–+) 19...Qh1 20.Qh5 Kg8 21.Bh7 Kf8 0–1. Tatarcik,Vladimir (1885) – Szotkowski,David, Ostrava CZE, Ostravsky Konik, 2014.

6.Nf3 Ng4 7.Bf4 +=.

6.Bg3 Bc3-/+ 7.dc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 d6 9.e3 Nc5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Be2 Qf6 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Qc1 Ne4 14.Nd4 Ne5 (14...Nc3 15.Qc3 Nd4 16.ed4 Re2 17.Rae1-/+) 15.Nf5 Qf5 16.Be5 Qe5 (worse 16...de5 17.Bd3 Rad8 18.Bc2+/-) 17.Bf3 Nc3 18.Re1 Ne4 19.Qc2 Nc5 20.Rad1 c6 21.Rd2 Rad8 22.Red1 g6 23.h3 Qf6 24.a4 a5 25.Rd4 Re6 26.R1d2 Kg7 27.Qd1 Rde8 (27...Qe7!?=+) 28.Bg4 Re4 29.Bf3 (29.Rd6!? Qc3 30.Be2=) 29...Rd4=+ 30.ed4? (30.Rd4 Rd8=+) 30...Ne4 (30...Na4!? 31.Rc2-+) 31.Be4 Re4 32.d5 (32.f3 Re7-/+) 32...c5 (better 32...Qe5 33.Kf1 Rc4 34.dc6 bc6 35.Rd6 Ra4 36.Qa4 Qd6 37.Qa5 Qd1 38.Qe1 Qe1 39.Ke1 Kf6-+) 33.Qc2?? (33.Rc2 Qe5 34.Rc1 Re2-/+) 33...Rd4 (33...Re1 34.Kh2 Qf4 35.g3 Qf3 36.Qb2 Kh6 37.Qg7 Kg7 38.Re2 Qh1) 34.Rd4-/+ Qd4 35.g3 Qa1 36.Kh2 Qd4 37.Qe2 (37.Kg1!?=) 37...Kf6 38.Qf3 Kg7 39.Qe2 1-0. dagon1917 (2305) - zumpili (2435), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

6.Bf6 Qf6

7.Nd5 Qd6 8.Nf3 c6 (8...Ba5 9.Qc2=+) 9.Nb4= Qb4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Bd3 d5 12.Qc2 (12.cd5 Qd5 13.Qc2 Bg4=) 12...h6 (12...dc4 13.Bc4 Bg4 14.Nd4=) 13.cd5 Qd5 14.0-0 Bg4 15.Nd4 Nd7 16.h3 Be6 17.Rab1 Rab8 (17...Nb6 18.Ne6 Qe6 19.Bf5=) 18.Rfc1 (18.Ne6 Qe6 (18...Re6? 19.Bc4 Qe5 20.Be6 Qe6 21.d4+-) 19.Bh7 Kh8+=) 18...Ne5 (18...Qa2!? 19.Qa2 Ba2=) 19.Bh7+= Kh8 20.Be4 Qa2 21.Rb2 Qa6 (21...Qc4 22.Qd1 Qa6 23.Ne6 Re6 24.Ra1+-) 22.Ne6+/- Re6 23.d4 Nd7 24.Ra2 Qb6 25.Rb1 Qc7 (25...Qd8 26.Ra7 Nb6 27.Bd3+/-) 26.Ra7 Nf6 27.Bd3 Nd5 (27...Ne8!?+/-) 28.Ba6!+- Qa5 (28...ba6 29.Rc7 Pinning (29.Rc7 Deflection; 29.Rb8 Decoy)) 29.Rbb7 (29.Rab7?! Rb7 30.Rb7 g6+-) 29...Qe1 (29...Rbe8 30.Bf1 Qd8 31.Rf7+-) 30.Kh2 (30.Kh2 Rg8 31.Rf7+-) 1-0. Janek – AxelG, internet, 2017.

7.Nd5 Bd2!

8.Kd2 Qf2 9.Kc2 Qc5 10.e3 d6 11.Qd4 +/–.

8.Kd2 Qf2 9.Nc7?? Qf4.

8.Kd2 Qf2 9.Nf3 Na6 10.Qe1 Qc5 11.Qh4 (11.Qg3!? Kh8 12.Qh4+=) 11...c6= 12.Nc3 Qe3 13.Kc2 d5 14.Qg5 (14.Nd5 cd5) 14...Nb4=+ 15.Kb2 Qb6 16.Na4 (16.cd5?? Nd5 17.Kc2 Ne3 18.Kc1 Qb4-+) 16...Qa5 (16...Qa6 17.Nc3 dc4 18.Rc1=+) 17.Nc3 h6 18.Qf4 Qb6 19.Kc1 Qa6 (19...dc4 20.Qc4 Be6 21.Qd4=+) 20.a3= dc4 21.Ne5 (21.Qd6 Nd5 22.Nd5 cd5 23.Qa6 ba6=+) 21...Be6 22.h4 (22.e4 f6 23.Ng4 Bg4 24.Qg4 Rad8-/+) 22...Qa5 23.Nc4? (better 23.Qd4 c5 24.Nc4 Qa3 25.Na3 cd4 26.Ncb5-/+) 23...Nd3!-+ 24.ed3?? (24.Kc2 Qc3! 25.Kc3 Nf4 26.e3 Nd5 27.Kb2-+) 24...Qc3 Theme: Double Attack 25.Kb1 Bc4 (25...Bc4 26.Qf2 Bb3-+) 0-1. Mothes,Rainer – Guendel, Sektions-trn, 1985.

8.Kd2+= Qf2 9.Nf3 Qc5 10.Qb3 c6 (10...Na6!?+=) 11.Qb4+/- Qb4 12.Nb4 d6 13.Rd1 (13.e3 Nd7+/-) 13...Nd7+= 14.Nd3 Nb6 15.Nb2 Be6 Attacks the isolani on c4 16.Kc3 (16.e4 Rad8+/-) 16...d5 17.a4 (17.e3 Bf5 18.Kd2 Rad8+=) 17...dc4 (17...Nc4!? 18.Nc4 dc4=) 18.e4+= Rad8 (18...a5 19.Nd2+/-) 19.Rd8+/- (worse 19.Bc4 Rd1 20.Rd1 Bc4 21.Nc4 Nc4 22.Kc4 Re4 23.Nd4 Kf8+=) 19...Rd8 20.a5 (worse 20.Nc4 Na4 21.Kb4 Rd1=+; 20.Bc4?! Bc4 21.Nc4 Na4 22.Kb4 Nb6 23.Nb6 ab6+=) 20...Nd7 21.Bc4 Nc5 22.Re1 b5 23.ab6 ab6 24.Ne5 Rd6 25.Ned3 (25.Be6 Re6 26.Nbd3 Nd3 27.Nd3 f6+/-) 25...Bc4 26.Kc4 (26.Nc5 Bb5 27.Ncd3 Kf8+/-) 26...Ne6 27.Kc3 Rd4 (27...b5 28.Ra1+/-) 28.Ne5 (28.Ra1 Re4 29.Ra8 Nf8+-) 28...c5 29.Nc6 White fights for the Initiative 29...Rd6 (29...Rd7 30.Ra1 h5 31.Ra7 Ra7 32.Na7+/-) 30.Ne7 Kf8 31.Nc8 Rc6 32.Na7 Rc7 33.Nb5 Re7 34.Nd6 Ra7 35.Rb1 Ra3 36.Kc4 Nd4 (36...Ke7 37.e5+-) 37.Nc8 Rb3 (37...Nb3 38.Rd1 Na5 39.Kb5 Rb3 40.Ka6+-) 38.Nb6! Rb6 Decoy to b6 39.Kc5 Theme: Double Attack 39...Rg6 40.Kd4 Rg2 41.h3 Rh2 42.Nd3 (42.Nc4 Rh3 43.Nd6 g6+-) 42...Rh3 43.Nf4 (43.Rb8 Ke7+-) 43...Rf3 (43...Rh4 44.Rb8 Ke7 45.Nd5 Kd7 46.Rb7 Ke8 47.Ne3+-) 44.Rb8 White terminates the opponent with strong threats 44...Ke7 45.Nd5 Kd7 46.Rb7 (46.Rh8 f5 47.e5 Rf1+-) 46...Kc6 (46...Kc8 47.Rc7 Kb8 48.Re7+-) 47.Rb6 (47.Rc7 Kb5+-) 47...Kd7 48.Kc5 Kc8 (48...Rf1 49.Rb7 Kc8 50.Re7+-) 49.Kc6 h5?? (49...Rf1+-) 50.Rb7 h4 (50...f6 51.Rg7 Kb8 52.Rb7 Kc8+-) 51.Nb6 (51.Nb6 Kd8 52.Rb8 Ke7 53.Nd5 Ke6 54.Re8) 1-0. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard – Plock,Joerg, email, 1999.

8.Kd2 Qf2 9.Nh3 Qc5.

5.Nc3 Ng4

6.Bd4 Nc6 7.Nd5 (7.h3 Nd4 8.hg4 Qf6=+) 7...Nd4 8.Nb4 Qf6 Do you see the mate threat? 9.Nd3 (9.Nf3 a5 10.e3 Nf3 11.gf3 Ne3 12.fe3 ab4 13.Bd3-+) 9...Nc2! 10.Qc2 Theme: Deflection from a1 10...Qa1 11.Nc1 d5 (11...d6 12.Nf3-+) 12.d3 (better 12.cd5 Nf6 13.f3 Nd5 14.e4-+) 12...dc4 13.dc4 (13.Qc4 Be6 14.Qc2-+) 13…Bf5!? (13...Bf5 14.Qd1 Rad8-+) 0-1. Maly,Wolfgang - Steinmann,Joachim, corr EM/H/005 ICCF Email, 1999.

6.Nf3 Ne5 7.Ne5 Bc3 8.dc3 d6 9.Nf3 Na6 10.e3 Nc5 11.Be2 Bd7 12.0-0 Ba4 13.Qd4 Re8 14.Rfe1 Bc6 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.Red1 Rad8 17.Qb2 Be4 18.a4 a5 19.Nd4 Qg5 The mate threat is Qxg2 20.Bf1 h6 21.Qb5 Ra8 22.Ra2 Kh7 23.Qb2 Re7 24.Qe2 Rae8 25.Rdd2 b6 26.Qd1 Bb7 27.Nf3 Qf6 28.Nd4 Kg8 29.Nb5 Ne4 30.Rd3 Nc5 (30...Qg5 31.Rb2-/+) 31.Rdd2 Qg5 32.Nd4 Ne4 33.Rd3 Nc5 (better 33...f5-/+) 34.Rdd2= Ne4 (better 34...Be4!?-/+) ½-½. Holz auf der Heide,G - Mrkvicka,Josef, CiF, 1989.

6.Bf4 Qf6 7.Nd5 Bd2 8.Kd2 Qd4 9.Ke1 Qf2 10.Kd2 Qd4 11.Ke1 ½-½. Maly,Wolfgang - Frerichs,Manfred, GER jub50 qJVH05 corr, 1996.

6.Bf4 Bc3

7.dc3 Nc6 8.c5 Qh4 9.g3 Qe7 10.Qd5 Nf6 11.Qc4 Ne5 12.Qd4 Nfg4 13.Bg2 =+.

7.dc3 Nc6 8.c5 Qh4 9.g3 Qf6 10.h3 Nf2 11.Kf2 =+.

7.dc3 d6 8.c5 Qf6 9.Qd4 Qd4 (9...Ne5!? 10.cd6 cd6=+) 10.cd4= dc5 11.dc5 Be6 12.a3 Nd7 13.Rc1 Nge5 14.Nf3 f6 15.Nd4 Bd5 16.f3 Rae8 17.Kf2 c6 (17...g5 18.Bd2+=) 18.e4+/- Bf7 19.Be2 b6 20.cb6 c5 21.Nf5 ab6 22.Rc3 Be6 23.Nd6 Ra8 24.Bg3 Ra4 25.f4 Ng4 26.Ke1 Nh6 27.Bb5 Ra7 28.Kf2 Rd8 29.Rb1 Nf8 30.f5 Nf7 31.Nf7 Bf7 32.Bc6 Nd7 33.Rd3 Be8 34.Rb6 Ra3 35.Bd5 (35.Ra3?! Nb6 36.Bc7 Rd2 37.Kf3 Bc6 38.Bb6 c4=) 35...Bf7 36.Ra3 Nb6 37.Bc7 Bd5 38.Bd8 (38.Bd8 Nc4 39.Rc3+- (39.ed5?! Na3 40.Ke2 Kf7+/-); 38.Bb6?! Ra8 39.Re3 Bc6+=) 1-0. Ahrens,Gerhard (2235) - Floegel,Peter (2180), remoteschach.de, 2006.

7.dc3 d6 8.Nf3 Qf6 (8...Nd7 9.Qc2 (9.e3 Nc5 10.Be2 Qf6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.h3 Ne5 13.Qd5-/+) 9...Nc5 10.e3 Qf6 11.Bd3 Nd3 12.Qd3 Re8 13.Qd4-/+; 8...Na6 A) 9.Qc2 Nc5 10.e3 Qf6 11.Bd3 Nd3 12.Qd3 Re8 13.Qd4-/+; B) 9.e3 Qf6 (9...Nc5 10.Be2 Qf6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Nd4=+) 10.Nd4 Re8 11.Qf3 Nc5 12.h3 Ne5 13.Be5-/+; C) 9.g3 Re8 (9...Qe7 10.Bg2 Re8 11.0-0 Nc5 12.Nd4 Be6 13.e3=+; 9...Nc5 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.0-0 Qe6 12.Re1 Qc4 13.Qd4-/+; 9...Qf6 10.Qd4 Qf5 11.Bg2 Nc5 12.Qd2 Re8 13.0-0-/+) 10.Bg2 (10.h3) 10...Qe7 11.0-0 Qe2 12.Qe2 Re2 13.Nd4-/+) 9.Qd4 (9.Qd2 Nd7 10.h3 (10.Bg5 Qf5 11.h3 Nge5 12.Nd4 Qe4 13.f3-/+; 10.e3 Nc5 11.Bg3 Re8 12.Be2 Qg6 13.Rd1-/+; 10.Qd4 Re8 11.e3 Nc5 12.Qf6 Nf6 13.Nd4-/+) 10...Nge5 11.Ne5 de5 12.Bg3 Re8 13.Rd1-/+) 9...Qf5 (9...Qg6 10.c5 Nc6 11.Qd2=+ dc5 12.Bc7 Be6 13.e3=+; 9...Nd7 10.Rd1 Re8 11.e3 Nc5 12.Bg3 Qg6 13.Bd3-/+) 10.e3 (10.h3 Nf6 (10...Nc6 11.hg4 Nd4 12.gf5 Nc2 13.Kd2+/-) 11.g4 Qa5=+ 12.Bg2 Re8 13.Nd2-/+) 10...Nf6 (10...Nc6 11.Qd2=+ (11.Qd5) 11...Re8 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Nd4-/+) 11.Qd2 (11.c5 Nc6 12.Qc4 Be6 13.Nd4-/+) 11...Re8 12.Be2 Qa5 (12...Ne4 13.Qb2-/+) 13.Rc1 (13.0-0=+) 13...Ne4 Attacking the isolated pawn on c3 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.Qb2 Qb6 16.Qa3 Qc5 17.Qc5 Nc5 18.Rd1 Nbd7 19.Nd4 Bg6 20.f3 Ne5 21.e4 f6 22.Nb5 Re7 23.Nd4 Na4 24.Rc1 (24.Kd2 Nb2 25.Be5 de5=+ (worse 25...Re5 26.Rb1 c5 27.Nc2+/-; 25...fe5?! 26.Rb1=; 25...Nd1?! 26.Bg3 Nb2 27.Rb1=+)) 24...Rd7 (24...Nb2 25.Be5 de5 26.Nf5 Bf5 27.ef5-/+) 25.Kf2=+ Bf7 The isolani on c4 becomes a target 26.Nf5 Nc4 27.h4 a6 28.Ne3 b5 29.Rc2 Rb8 30.Rd1 Na3 31.Rcc1 Nc4 32.Rc2 Ne5 33.g4 Be6 34.Rb1 Rb6 35.Rb4 Rb8 36.Rb1 Kf7 37.Bh2 Rdd8 38.f4 Nc6 39.Bf3 Na5 40.e5 fe5 41.fe5 d5 42.Rd1 c6 43.Bf4 Rf8 44.Kg3 Kg8 45.h5 (45.Rf1 Nc5-/+) 45...Rb7-/+ 46.Rd4 h6 47.g5 Nc4 48.Nc4 bc4 49.gh6 Kh7 50.Be3 gh6 51.Rf4 Rg7 52.Kf2 Rf4 53.Bf4 Nc5 (53...Rf7 54.Kg3-/+) 54.Ke3 Bg4 55.Rg2 (55.Re2 Ne6 56.Bg4 Rg4-+) 55...Bf3 56.Rg7 Kg7 57.Kf3 Ne4 58.e6 Kf6 59.Bh6 Ke6 60.Bg7 Kf5 61.Ke3 Ng3 62.h6 Kg6 63.Bf8 Nf5 64.Kf4 0-1. mtr – Vincent, internet, 2010.

7.dc3 Qh4 8.Bg3 Qe7 9.h3 Ne5=+ 10.Qd5 Re8 11.c5 Na6 -/+.

6.Bg3 Bc3

7.dc3 Na6 8.e3 d6 9.Be2 Ne5 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Ne5 de5 12.Qd5 Re8 13.Rd1 Nc5 (better 13...h6=) 14.Qe5!+/- Qe5 15.Be5 c6 16.Bd4 Nd7 17.c5 Nf8 18.h3 Be6 19.Rd2 Bd5 20.0-0 Nd7 21.c4 Be4 22.Bg7! Nc5 (22...Kg7 23.Rd7 Discovered attack) 23.Bd4 Ne6 24.Bf6 a6 25.Rfd1 b5 26.f3 Bg6 27.g3 h5 28.e4 b4 29.Rd7 c5 0-1. Walker,John T (1930) - Wood,Bryan (2035), GB/TT1/D2, 2011.

7.dc3 Na6 8.e3 d6 9.Nf3 Nc5 10.Be2 b6 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.0-0 Bb7 13.f3 f5 14.a4 a5 15.Qc2 Qf6 16.Rfd1 Rae8 17.Qd2 (17.Rab1 Bc6 18.Ra1 Bd7-/+) 17...g5 (17...Qf7 18.Qa2-/+) 18.Bf2 h5 Black plans g4 (18...g4 19.f4 Ned7 20.Qe1-/+) 19.Rf1 (19.Qc2 g4-/+) 19...h4 20.h3 g4 21.Qd1 gh3 22.gh3 f4 23.e4 Kh8 0–1. marekt (2075) – cyrano (2605), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.dc3 d6 8.c5 Qf6 9.Qd4 dc5 10.Qf6 Nf6 11.Bc7 Be6 12.e3 Ne4 13.Ne2 Na6 14.Bg3 Rad8 15.Bh4 g5 16.f3 gh4 17.fe4 Rd3 18.Rb1 Bc8 19.Kf2 b6 20.Nf4 Rc3 21.Nd5 Ra3 22.Bc4 Kg7 23.Rb2 f5 24.ef5 Bf5 25.Nf4 Nb4 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Bb3 Nd3 28.Nd3 Bd3 29.Rd2 c4! 30.Bd1 (30.Bc4 Rf8 Pinning) 30...b5 31.Bf3 Re6 32.Rcd1 Rea6 33.Ra1 b4 34.Be2 b3 35.Bd3 Ra2 36.Rad1 cd3 37.Kf3 Rd2 38.Rd2 Rf6 39.Kg4 Rb6 (39...Rb6 40.Rb2 a5-+) 0-1. Walker,John T (1930) - Cade,Steven (2140), GB/TT1/D2, 2011.

7.dc3 d6 8.e3 Na6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Bh4 h6 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Nd4 g5 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.0-0 Nfe4 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.Bf3 b6 17.Rfe1 f5 18.a4 a5 (18...Be6 19.Qe2+=) 19.Ra3 (19.Rf1 h5 20.h4 g4 21.Be4 Ne4-/+) 19...Rac8 (19...h5 20.Bh5 g4 21.f3 Ng3 22.hg3-/+) 20.Ra2 Kh8 21.Ra3 Qf6 22.Rf1 (22.Kh1 Rce8 23.Kg1 Qf7-/+) 22...h5+= 23.h4 (23.h3!?+=) 23...Ng3-/+ 24.fg3 (24.hg5 Qg5 25.fg3 Qe3 26.Qf2 Qf2 27.Rf2 Rce8–+) 24...g4–+ 25.Bd1 (25.Bc6 Bc6 26.Nc6 Ne4–+) 25...Qe5 26.Qf2 Rce8 27.Bc2 Qe3 28.Qe3 Re3 29.Nf5 (29.Nb5 Bb5 30.cb5 Kg7–+) 29...Bf5 30.Rf5 (30.Bf5 Kg7 31.Bb1 Rf1 (31...Rg3 32.Rf8 Kf8 33.Kf2+–) 32.Kf1 Ne4 (32...Rg3 33.Kf2 Rd3 34.Bd3 Nd3 35.Ke3+=) 33.Be4 Re4–+) 30...Rf5 31.Bf5 Kg7 32.Kf2 Re5 (32...Re5 33.Bc2 Ne4 34.Be4 Re4–+) 0–1. marekt (2080) – sbelanoff (2385), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.dc3 d6 8.e3 Na6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Bh4 h6 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Nd4 g5 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.Qc2 Re8 15.0-0 Nfe4 16.Bf3 Bd7 17.Rab1 Rab8 18.Rfc1 a6 19.Qd1 Qf6 20.Rb4 b6 21.Rb2 Qg6 22.Bh5 (22.Be2 Qh7=+) 22...Qh7-/+ 23.Be2 h5! 24.Bh5 Ng3 25.hg3 Nd3 26.Rbb1 Nc1 27.Rc1 Re5 28.g4 Qe4 29.Qe2 Ra5 30.Rd1 Rf8 31.Kh2 (31.f3!? Qe5 32.Qd2-+) 31...Ra3-+ 32.Qb2 Ra4 33.Qe2 0-1. marekt (2025) - rickdragon (2065), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.dc3 d6 8.Nf3 Na6 9.e3 Nc5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Bh4 h6 14.Nb3 Nce4 15.Bf6 Qf6 (15...gf6?! 16.Bf3+=) 16.Bf3 Rfe8 17.Nd4 Qe5 18.Qc2 a6 19.Rfe1 Rab8 20.a4 Nf6 21.a5 Bg4 22.Bd1 Bd1 23.Red1 Qe4 24.Qe4 Re4 25.Kf1 Nd7 26.Ke2 Kh7 27.h3 Nc5 28.f3 Re5 29.g4 Rbe8 30.e4 ½-½. Fels,Bernhard (2015) - Muller,Henri_Louis (2030), WC-2010-F-00008, 2010.

7.dc3 f5 8.Qd5 (8.e3 Kh8=) 8...Kh8 (8...Rf7 9.Nf3 d6 10.c5=) 9.Nf3 (9.e3 Nc6=) 9...Nc6 (9...f4 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.c5=+) 10.Rd1 (10.e3 Qf6 11.Qd2 Re8=) 10...Qf6 (10...f4 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.Nd4-/+) 11.Qd2 (11.Bc7 Qc3 12.Qd2 Qc4 13.e3=) 11...Re8 (better 11...f4 12.Bh4 Qf5=+) 12.Bc7+/- d6 (12...b6 13.Bd6+/-) 13.Bd6 Be6 14.c5 Rad8 15.Nd4 (15.Qb2 Rd7+/-) 15...Nce5 (better 15...Nge5+/-) 16.Nb5?? (better 16.Qf4 Ng6 17.Qf3+-) 16...Bc4-/+ 17.e3 (17.Nc7 Nd3 18.Qd3 Bd3 19.Rd3 Rg8-/+) 17...f4 (17...Ne3 A) 18.Qe3?? f4 19.Qe4 Nd3 20.Bd3 Bd3 (20...Re4?! 21.Be4 Bb5 22.Rd4-/+) 21.Rd3 Re4 22.Kd1 Qg6-+; B) 18.fe3 Qh4 19.g3-/+) 18.e4-/+ Bf1 19.Kf1 (better 19.Rf1!? Nh2 20.Qc2-/+) 19...Ne3!-+ 20.Kg1?? (20.fe3 fe3 A double attack) 20…Nf3 (20...Nf3 21.gf3 Qg6; 20...Nd1?! 21.Qd1 f3 22.g3-/+ (22.Na7? b6-+)) 0-1. Nicolas,Pierre - Lacoste,Alain, corr AJEC/2245, 1983.

7.dc3 Qf6 8.Rc1 d6 'Prevents intrusion on e5' 9.e3 (9.Nf3 Ne5 (9...Nc6 10.e3 Nge5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Ne5 de5 13.0-0 h5 14.h4 Rad8 15.Qc2) 10.e3 (10.Ne5 de5 11.e4 Nc6 12.Bd3 Rd8 13.Qc2 h5 14.h4 Ne7 15.Be2) 10...Bg4 11.Be2 Bf3 12.gf3 Nbd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.0-0 Nc5 15.Bf3) 9...Ne5 (9...Nc6 10.Be2 (10.Nf3 Nge5 11.Be2 Bg4 12.Ne5 Be2 13.Nd7 Qf5 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.0-0; 10.Ne2 Be6 11.Nf4 Nce5 12.h3 Nh6 13.Qb3 b6 14.Be2 Nf5 15.Bh2) 10...Nge5 11.f4 Ng6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Bf2 Bf5 14.0-0 h6 15.Qb3; 9...Be6 10.Nf3 (10.Be2 Ne5 11.Nf3 Nc4 12.Qd4 Nc6 13.Qf6 gf6 14.Nd4 N4e5 15.f4) 10...Ne5 11.Ne5 de5 12.Qh5 Nc6 13.Be2 g6 14.Qf3 Qe7 15.0-0; 9...Na6 10.Nf3 (10.Be2 Nc5 11.Nh3 Ne5 12.Nf4 Be6 13.Qd4 Qf5 14.f3 Nc6 15.Qd2) 10...Nc5 11.h3 Nh6 12.Be2 Nf5 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.0-0 Bc6 15.Nd4; 9...Re8 10.Be2 (10.Nh3 Be6 11.Nf4 Nd7 12.Be2 Nge5 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.0-0 c6 15.f4; 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Nf4 Nb6 12.Be2 Ne5 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.cd5 Bf5 15.0-0; 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Be2 Be6 12.0-0 Nge5 13.Ne5 de5 14.Qa4 Rad8 15.Rfd1) 10...Ne5 11.Nf3 Nbc6 12.0-0 Bg4 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Qe2 Na5 15.Be5) 10.Be2 (10.Nf3 Nbc6 11.Be2 Be6 12.Ne5 de5 13.0-0 h5 14.h4 Rad8 15.Qc2) 10...Be6 Black threatens to win material: Be6xc4' ' 11.Nf3 (11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.Be5 Ne5 13.Nf3 Rab8 14.Ne5 Qe5 15.Qb5) 11...Nbd7 (11...Nc4 12.Qd4 Nc6 13.Qf6 gf6 14.Nd4 Nb6 15.c4) 12.Qd4 (12.Ne5 de5 13.0-0 Nc5 14.f4 Rad8 15.Qc2) 12...Rfe8 (12...Qg6 13.0-0 f6 14.Rfd1 b6 15.Ne5) 13.Ne5 (13.0-0 Nc6 14.Qf6 Nf6 15.Rb1) 13...de5 14.Qe4 b6 (14...c6 15.Rd1) 15.0-0 (15.Qc6 Nc5=+; 15.Rd1=) 15...Bf5 '-/+' 16.Qh4 Qh4 17.Bh4 Nc5 'A sound move' 18.Rfd1 f6 'Secures g5' 19.g4 'White threatens to win material: g4xf5' 19...Bd7 20.Bf3 g5 21.Ba8 Ra8 'White wins the exchange' 22.Bg3 (22.Rd7 '!?' 22...Nd7 23.Bg3 (23.Rd1=+) 23...Nc5-/+) 22...Bg4 '-/+' 23.f4 (23.Rd2!?-/+) 23...Bd1 '-+' 24.Rd1 ef4 (24...gf4 25.ef4 e4 26.f5-+) 25.ef4 '-/+' 25...h6 26.f5 Na4 (26...Rc8 27.a3-/+) 27.Bc7 '-/+' 27...Nb2 28.Rd7 Nc4 29.Bg3 Ne3 'Black threatens to win material: Ne3xf5' 30.Bf2 'White threatens to win material: Bf2xe3' 30...Nf5 31.a4 h5 32.Kg2 Rc8 33.Ra7 Rc3 34.Bb6 'White has a new passed pawn: a4. ' 34...Rc2 35.Bf2 Ne3 (35...Nh6 36.Kf3 g4 37.Kg2-+; 35...Nh4 36.Kf1 Nf3 37.h3-/+) 36.Kf3 'White threatens to win material: Kf3xe3' 36...Ng4 'Black threatens to win material: Ng4xf2' 37.Bb6 Rh2 (37...f5 38.h3 Ne5 39.Ke3-/+) 38.a5 '=/+' 38...Ra2 (38...Rb2 39.Ke4=+) 39.Ke4 '=' 39...h4 'This push gains space' 40.Kf5 h3 'Is this a dangerous pawn?' 41.Bc7 (41.Kg4?? White should leave the knight well alone 41...h2 42.Ra8 Kh7-+) 41...Ne5 'Decoy: e5' 42.Be5 fe5 'A rook endgame occured. ' 43.Kg6 'White has a mate threat' (43.Ke5 h2 44.Ra8 Kg7 45.Ra7 Kg6 46.Ra6 Kh5-+) 43...Kf8 44.Rh7 g4 45.Kf5 'White threatens to win material: Kf5xe5' 45...Kg8 'Black threatens to win material: Kg8xh7' 46.Rh5 Ra5 47.Kg4 Ra3 48.Re5 h2 49.Rh5 'White threatens to win material: Rh5xh2' 49...Ra2 50.Kg3 Kf7N 51.Rh2 ½-½. Buczinski,Henryk (2170) - Luers,Charles (1870), SA-2010-0-00157, 2010.

7.dc3 Qf6 8.Qd4= d6 (8...Na6=) 9.Nf3 (9.c5 dc5 10.Qf6 Nf6 11.Bc7 Ne4=) 9...Nc6 (9...Nd7!?-/+) 10.Qf6= Nf6 (worse 10...gf6 11.c5+/-) 11.e3 (11.c5 dc5 12.Bc7 Ne4=) 11...Ne4=+ 12.Bd3 Nc3 13.c5 Nb4 14.Kd2 Nd3 (worse 14...Nca2 15.Bb1 dc5 16.Ba2 Rd8 17.Ke2+=; 14...Nba2?! 15.Bb1 Be6 16.Ba2 Na2 17.cd6 cd6 18.Rab1-/+) 15.Kd3 Na4 16.cd6 cd6 17.Nd4 (17.Kd4 Rd8=) 17...Nc5 18.Ke2 Rd8 19.Rac1 b6 20.Rhd1 Ba6 21.Kf3 (21.Kd2 Ne4 22.Ke1 Rac8=+) 21...g6 (21...Bb7!? 22.Kf4 Bg2-/+) 22.Kg4=+ Kg7 23.f3 h5 24.Kh4 f6 (24...Rac8 25.Rd2=+) 25.Bd6 (25.e4!?=) 25...Rd6=+ 26.Nf5 gf5 27.Rd6 Bb5 28.Rd5 Kg6 29.Rc3 Re8 30.Ra3 a6 31.Kg3 Nd7 (31...Rc8 32.Rd6-/+) 32.Rc3 Ne5 33.Rd4 Kf7 34.a4 Rg8 35.Kf2 Bc6 36.Rd6 Ba4 37.Rb6 Bb5 38.Rc7 Kg6 39.Rbb7 f4 40.ef4 Nd3 41.Ke3 Nb4 42.Rh7 (42.Rc5 Re8 43.Kd4 Re2 44.f5 Kh6-/+) 42...Re8-+ 43.Kd4 Rd8 44.Ke3 Nd5 45.Kf2 Nf4 46.g4 Do you see the mate threat? 46...Kg5 47.Rbg7 (47.Kg3 hg4 48.Rbg7 Kf5 49.fg4 Ke5 50.Re7 Ne6 51.Rh5 Kd6-+) 47...Kh4 48.Re7 (48.Ke3 Ng2 49.Kf2 Rd2 50.Kg1 Nf4 51.Rh5 Nh5-+) 48...Rd1 49.Ref7 (49.Rc7 f5 50.gf5 Nd5-+) 49...Kh3 50.Rh5 Nh5 51.gh5 Kh4 52.h6 Kg5 53.h7 Rd8 54.Kg3 (54.Rb7 Kf4-+) 54...Kg6 55.Rc7 Rh8 (55...Rh8 56.Kf4 Rh7 57.Rh7 Kh7-+) 0-1. Brinkmann,Wilhelm - Rudbeck,Joergen, corr ICCF TT-4-90, 1990.

6.Bg3 d6

7.Qb3 Na6 8.Nf3 Re8 9.e3 Ba5 10.Be2 Nc5 11.Qa3 b6 12.0-0 Bc3 13.Qc3 Ne4 14.Qc2 Ng3 15.fg3 Bb7 16.Nd4 Be4 17.Qc3 Qg5 18.Rf4 Nf6 19.Raf1 Qe5 20.Qb3 a6 21.Nf5 Bf5 22.Rf5 Qe6 23.Qb2 Qd7 24.Rf6 gf6 25.Qf6 Qe7 26.Qf4 Rab8 27.Bd3 f6 28.Qh4 Rf8 29.Rf4 Rf7 30.Be4 Kh8 31.Bd5 Rff8 32.Rf5 b5 33.Qd4 bc4 34.Bc4 Rb1 35.Kf2 c5 36.Qc3 Rh1 37.h3 Kg7 38.Ba6 Qe6 39.Rh5 h6 40.Bc4 Qe4 41.Bd3 Qa4 42.Rd5 Qd1 (42...Rd8!? 43.g4 Qa2+=) 43.Rd6+/- Qe1 44.Kf3 Qd1 45.Kf4 Rf1 46.Ke4?? (better 46.Bf1!? Qf1 47.Kg4 h5 48.Kh4+/-) 46...Qa4 (46...Re8!? 47.Kd5 Re5 48.Kc6 Qa4 49.Kb6 c4 50.Qe5 fe5 51.Bf1 Qa2=) 47.Bc4+= Rf2 48.Kd3 Qd1 Attacks the backward pawn on d2 49.Rd7 Kh8 50.Bb3 Qb1 51.Qc2 c4 52.Bc4 Qb4 53.g4 Rg2 54.Rd4 Rc8 55.Qc1 Rh2 56.h4 Kg7 57.Qc3 Qb1 58.Qc2 Qb4 59.a4 Kh8 60.Qa2 Qa5 61.h5 Qa7 62.a5 Qh7 63.Kc3 Rh1 64.Qb2 Rb1 (64...Rf1+=) 65.Qa3 (better 65.Qc2!? Qb7 66.a6+/-) 65...Rg1 66.e4 Rg3 67.d3 Qc7 (67...Rg4? 68.Qd6 Qg7 69.Qd7 Qd7 70.Rd7+-) 68.a6 Rd3 69.Rd3 Qc4 70.Kd2 ½-½. marekt – Subedei, ChessWorld.net, 2013.

7.Nd5 a5=+.

7.e3 Bc3 8.dc3 Qf6 9.Ne2-/+.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Be2 (8.Nd5 Ba3=+) 8...Nge5 (8...Bc3 9.dc3 Qf6 10.Qd3-/+) 9.Nd5=+ Ba5 (9...Bf5 10.Qb3 a5 11.Nf3=+) 10.f4= Ng6 11.Nf3 Nce7 12.0-0 (12.Ne7 Qe7 13.0-0 Bf5=) 12...Nf5=+ 13.Bf2 c6 14.Nc3 Re8 (14...Bc3!? 15.dc3 Qe7=+) 15.Rc1=+ Bc3 (15...Qf6 16.a3=+) 16.Rc3= Qa5 (16...Qf6 17.Rd3=+) 17.a4 Bd7 (17...b6 18.Rc1=) 18.Re1 (18.Bd3 Ne3 19.Be3 Re3 20.Bg6 Rc3 21.Bf7 Kf7 22.dc3 Qc5 23.Qd4 Re8=) 18...c5 Attacks the isolani on a4 (18...b6 19.Qc2=) 19.Bd3 Nfe7 20.Bc2 Nc6 (20...b6 21.Ng5=) 21.f5 Nge5 22.Ne5 Ne5 (22...de5 23.Qg4=) 23.f6 g6 (23...Ng4 24.fg7 Nf2 25.Kf2+=) 24.Bg3+= Re6 25.Rf1 Bc6 26.Bh4 (26.Rf2 Rae8=) 26...Nd7 (26...Rae8 27.Bg5=) 27.Qg4 Qd8? (better 27...Rae8=) 28.Qe6!+- fe6 29.f7 Kg7 30.Bd8 Rd8 31.Rd3 Nf8 (31...Nf6 32.g4+-) 32.Bd1 Rd7 33.Bf3 d5 (33...Ba4 34.Ra3 b5 35.Bc6+-) 34.Rc3 b6 35.cd5 (35.d4 cd4 36.ed4 Rf7+/-) 35...ed5 (35...Bd5 36.Bd5 ed5 37.Rd3+/-) 36.d4 c4 37.Rc4 dc4 38.Bc6 Re7 (38...Rc7 39.Bd5+-) 39.e4 (39.Bd5 c3 40.e4 c2+-) 39...Ne6 (39...Rc7 40.Bd5+-) 40.f8Q Nf8 41.Rc1 Ne6 42.Rc4 Nd8 43.Bd5 Nf7 44.e5 Ne5 (44...h6 45.Kf2+-) 45.de5 Re5 46.Rc7 Kf8 47.Bc4 (47.Bc4 Re7 48.Rc8 Re8 49.Re8 Ke8 50.Kf2+-; 47.Rd7 Re7 48.Rd6 Re5+-) 1-0. Wroblewski,Piotr (1920) - Morganti,Lionello (1750), IECC, 2002.

5.e3 b6

6.a3 Be7 7.d4 Nc6 8.Bd3 g6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Nge2 d6 12.Be4 Bd7 13.0-0 Rb8 14.Rb1 a5 15.g3 Na7 16.Bg2 Nc6 17.Rb2 h6 18.Nf4 Rc8 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.Nd5 Bf5 21.f3 Ra8 22.g4 Bd7 23.Qd3 Kf8 24.Rfb1 Rb8 25.Nec3 Ne7 26.Ne7 Ke7 27.e4 Kf8 28.Rd1 Qg5 29.Kh1 c5 30.Ne2 cd4 31.Nd4 Be5 32.Qd2 Qh4 33.Bf1 Kg7 34.Rdb1 Qf6 35.Rd1 Ba4 36.Rbb1 Bd1 37.Rd1 Rbc8 38.Qf2 Kh7 39.Be2 Qf4 40.Bf1 Bd4 41.Rd4 Rc5 42.Qg2 Re6 43.Rd1 Rf6 44.Be2 Qe3 45.Rb1 Qa3 46.Rb6 Qc1 47.Qg1 Qg1 48.Kg1 Re6 49.Kf2 h5 50.Rb7 hg4 51.Rf7 Kg8 52.Ra7 gf3 53.Kf3 Rh5 54.Kg3 Rhe5 55.Bd3 Rf6 56.h4 Kf8 57.Rd7 Re7 58.Rd8 Kg7 59.Ra8 Ref7 60.Be2 Rf2 61.Bd1 Rf1 62.Ba4 R1f3 63.Kg2 Rf2 64.Kg3 R7f3 65.Kg4 Rf4 66.Kg5 Re4 67.Ra7 Kf8 68.Bb5 Rg2 69.Kf6 Kg8 70.Ra5 Rh4 71.Ra7 Rf4 72.Ke6 Rd2 73.Rd7 g5 74.Rd6 Rd6 75.Kd6 g4 76.Ke5 g3 77.Kf4 g2 78.Ke4 g1Q 79.Ke5 Qc5 80.Ke4 Kf7 81.Kf3 Kf6 82.Ke2 Qd4 83.Kf3 Kg5 84.Ke2 Kf4 85.Ba6 Qe3 86.Kd1 Qd3 87.Kc1 Qe2 88.Bb5 Ke3 89.Kb1 Kd4 90.Kc1 Kc3 91.Ba4 Qd2 92.Kb1 Qb2# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Be2 d5 8.Bc3 Bd6 9.0-0 dc4 10.Bc4 Ng4 11.g3 Qd7 12.d4 Qc6 13.Be2 Nf6 14.Qb3 g5 15.Rc1 g4 16.Bd2 Qe4 17.Nc3 Qf5 18.Nh4 Qg5 19.Qd1 h5 20.e4 Qg7 21.e5 Be5 22.de5 Nfd7 23.Nf5 Qe5 24.Nh6 Kg7 25.Bf4 Qe6 26.Qd4 Nf6 27.Bc4 Nc6 28.Qd3 Rad8 29.Qf5 Qf5 30.Nf5 Kh8 31.Bc7 Rc8 32.Bf4 Rfd8 33.Kf1 Rd4 34.Nd4 Nd4 35.Bf7 Nf3 36.a4 Nh2 37.Ke2 Bf3 38.Kd2 Rd8 39.Kc2 Rc8 40.Be5 Kg7 41.Bb3 Be4 42.Kb2 Bb7 43.Bf6 Kf6 44.Nd5 Kg5 45.Rc8 Bc8 46.Ne7 Bb7 47.Bd5 Bd5 48.Nd5 Nf3 49.Nf4 Nd2 50.Re1 Kf5 51.Nh5 1–0. Bittner – Grabenhorst, 1986.

6.Qf3 Nc6

7.Bf6 Qf6

8.Qf6 gf6

9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3 Bb7 11.Rd1 d6 12.c5 bc5 13.Ne2 Ne5 14.Nf4 Rae8 15.Nh5 Re6 16.Nf4 Re7 17.Nh5 f5 18.Nf6 Kg7 19.Nh5 Kh6 20.Nf6 Re6 21.Nd5 Bd5 22.Rd5 f4 23.e4 c6 24.Rd2 f5 25.f3 fe4 26.fe4 f3 27.g3 Ng4 28.Bh3 Re4 29.Kf1 Ne3 30.Kf2 Nc4 31.Rc2 d5 32.Re1 Kg6 33.Rcc1 Ne5 34.Rcd1? Re1 35.Ke1 Rb8 36.g4 Rb2 37.Rd2 Rb1 38.Kf2 Rc1 39.Bf1 Rc3 40.Kg3 c4 41.Kf4 Rc1 42.Ke5 Rf1 43.Kd4 Kg5 44.Ke3 Kg4 45.Rd4 Kh3 46.Rd2 c3 47.Rc2 c5 48.a4 d4 49.Ke4 Kg4 50.Kd5 f2 51.Rf2 Rf2 52.Kc5 Rd2 53.Kd5 c2 54.h3 Kh3 55.Ke5 c1Q 56.Kd5 Qa1 57.Ke4–+ Qa4 58.Kf4 Qc6 59.Kf5 Qc2 60.Ke5 d3 61.Ke4 Qc5 62.Kf4 Re2 63.Kf3 Qf5# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3 d6 11.Ne2 Ne5 12.Nf4 Kg7 13.Nh5 Kg6 14.Nf4 Kg7 15.Nh5 Kg6 16.Nf4 Kg7 ½–½. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.Ne2 Bb7 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nf4 +=.

9.Ne2 Bb7 10.Nf4 Ne5 11.Nd5 Bd5 12.cd5 a6 13.a3 Ba5 14.Nc3 Rfe8 15.Rc1 b5 16.f4 Ng6 17.Be2 Ne7 18.Bf3 c6 19.dc6 dc6 20.Kf2 f5 21.d4 Rad8 22.Ne2 Rd6 23.Ng3 Re6 24.Rc5 Bb6 25.Rc2 Ba5 26.Rhc1 Nd5 27.Bd5 cd5 28.Nf5 Kf8 29.g4 Kg8 30.g5 f6 31.h4 Rf8 32.Rc8 fg5 33.Rf8 Kf8 34.hg5 Bb6?! 35.Rc8 Kf7 36.Nh6 Ke7 37.Rh8 Re4 38.Rh7 Ke6 39.f5 Kd6 40.g6 Re8 41.g7 Bd8 42.g8Q Bh4 43.Ke2 Rg8 44.Ng8 Bd8 45.f6 a5 46.Ra7 Bf6 47.Nf6 Kc6 48.Ra5 Kb6 49.Ra8 Kb7 50.Rd8 Kc7 51.Rd5 Kb6 52.e4 Ka6 53.e5 b4 54.ab4 Kb7 55.e6 Kc7 56.e7 Kc8 57.Rd7 Kb8 58.e8Q# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.Ne2 Ne5 10.Nec3+/– Bb7 11.a3 Ba5 12.f4 Ng6 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.cd5 c6 15.dc6 dc6 16.Be2 Rad8 17.Ra2 Rfe8 18.Kf2 Rd6 19.Rc2 c5 20.Rd1 h6 21.g4 Red8 22.Kg1 f5 23.gf5 Nh4 24.e4 Rd4 25.d3 Kh7 26.Kh1 a6 27.Rg1 Rg8 28.Rg8 Kg8 29.Kg1 b5 30.Nc3 c4 31.dc4 Bc3 32.Rc3 Re4 33.cb5 Re2-/+ 34.ba6 Rg2?? 35.Kf1+– Kh7 36.Rg3?? Rg3?? 37.hg3+– Nf5 38.Kf2 Nd6 39.a7 Ne4 40.Kf3 Nd2 41.Kg4 f5 42.Kf5 Kg7 43.a8Q Nc4 44.Qb7 Kf8 45.Kf6 Kg8 46.Qg7# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.Ne2 Ne5 10.Nec3 Bb7 11.a3 Ba5 12.f4 Ng6 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.cd5 Rae8 15.Kf2 Ne7 16.Bc4 c6 17.dc6 dc6 18.Rc1 Nd5 19.Bd5 cd5 20.Nc3 Rd8 21.g4 d4 22.Ne4 Kg7 23.Rc7 a6 24.Ra7 Rfe8 25.Kf3 Bd2 26.Nd2 de3 27.Ne4 e2 28.Re1 f5 29.gf5 Rd3+= 30.Ke2 Re4 31.Kd3 Re1 32.Ra6 Rb1 33.a4 Rb3 34.Kc4 Rf3 35.f6 Kg6 36.Rb6 Rf4 37.Kb5 Rh4 38.a5 Rh5 39.Ka6 h6 40.h3 Rh3? 41.Kb7 Rd3 42.a6 Rd7 43.Kc8 Ra7 44.Kb8 Rd7 45.a7 Rd8 46.Kc7 Ra8 47.Kb7 Ra7 48.Ka7 h5 49.Kb7 h4 50.Kc7 h3 51.Rb3 Kf6 52.Kd6 Kf5 53.Rh3 Ke4 54.Rh4 Kf5 55.Rh1 Ke4 56.Re1 Kd4 57.Rf1 Ke4 58.Rf7 Kd4 59.Rf4 Kd3 60.Kd5 Ke3 61.Rf6 Kd3 62.Rf3 Ke2 63.Ke4 Kd2 64.Kd4 Kc2 65.Rd3 Kb2 66.Rc3 Ka2 67.Kc4 Kb2 68.Kb4 Ka2 69.Rc2 Ka1 70.Kc4 Kb1 71.Kb3 Ka1 72.Rc1# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.Nf3 Bb7 10.a3 Ba5 11.Be2 Rae8 12.Kf1 Ne5 13.d4 Nf3 14.gf3 Kh8 15.Rg1 Rg8 16.Rg3 c5 17.d5 Rg6 18.e4 f5 19.ef5 Rh6 20.h3 b5 21.cb5 Bd5 22.f4 Bb7 23.Nc3 Rg8 24.Rc1 Rh3! 25.Rh3 Bg2 26.Ke1 Bh3 27.Kd2 d5 28.Kc2 Bf5 29.Bd3 Bd3 30.Kd3 Rd8 31.Na4 c4 32.Kd4 Kg7 33.Rg1 Kf6 34.Rg5 Be1 35.Rg2 Kf5 36.b6 ab6 37.Nb6 c3 38.f3 Bd2 39.Nd5?? c2 40.Rg5 Ke6 41.f5 Kd6 42.Rg1 Kc6 43.Kd3 c1Q 44.Rc1 Bc1 45.a4 Rd5 46.Ke4 f6 47.f4 Ra5 48.Kd3 Rf5 49.Kc3 h5 50.Kd3 h4 51.Ke2 Rf4 52.Kd1 h3 53.Kc2 h2 54.Kc1 Rf2 55.a5 h1Q# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

6.Nf3 d6

7.Bc3 a5

8.a3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Re8 10.d4 Nc6 11.Be2 Bg4 12.h3 Bf5 13.Bd3 Ne4 14.Nd5 g6 15.g4 Bd7 16.Rb1 f5 17.Rg1 fg4 18.hg4 Rc8 19.Be4 Re4 20.g5 Kh8 21.Nf6 Re7 22.d5 Ne5 23.Ne5 de5 24.Qd3 Rf7 25.Rh1 Rf6 26.gf6 Qf6 27.e4 Qf4 28.Qe3 Rf8 29.c5 Qe3 30.fe3 Rf6 31.cb6 cb6 32.Rf1 Rf1 33.Kf1 b5 34.Rc1 Kg8 35.Rc7 Bh3 36.Kf2 h5 37.Kg3 Bg4 38.Rb7 b4 39.ab4 ab4 40.Kh4 b3 41.Rb3 Kf7 42.Kg5 Bf3 43.Rb7 Ke8 44.d6 Kd8 45.Re7 Be4 46.Re5 Bd3 47.Re7 Bc4 48.e4 Bd3 49.Kg6 h4 50.Kf5 h3 51.Rh7 Bf1 52.Ke5 Ke8 53.Kf4 Kd8 54.e5 Bg2 55.e6 Kc8 56.Rc7 Kd8 57.e7 Ke8 58.Rc8 Kf7 59.e8Q Kf6 60.Qe7 Kg6 61.Rg8 Kh6 62.Qh4# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.d4 Nc6 9.a3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Be2 Bg4 12.h3 Bf5 13.0-0 Ra7 14.Bd3 Ne7 15.Bf5 Nf5 16.Qd3 g6 17.e4 Ng7 18.Rab1 Ne6 19.Nd5 Nd5 20.cd5 Nf4 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.Kh2 f5 23.Qd2 Re4 24.Ng5 Nd5 25.Ne4 fe4 26.Rfe1 Qf5 27.Rb2 Nf6 28.Kg1 Kg7 29.Rf1 Nd5 30.Rfb1 Nf4 31.Qe3 d5 32.f3 Ra8 33.fe4 de4 34.Rf2 Rf8 35.Re1 c6 36.Kh2 Rf7 37.Qe4 Qe4 38.Re4 Nd5 39.Rf7 Kf7 40.Re2 Kf6 41.g4 a4 42.Kg3 h6 43.Rc2 Ne7 44.Kf4 Ke6 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.Rf2 Ke6 47.Rf8 Nd5 48.Rh8 h5 49.gh5 Nf6 50.Kf4 Nh5 51.Kg5 b5 52.Rg8 Ng3 53.Rg6 Kd5 54.h4 b4 55.ab4 a3 56.Rg7 a2 57.Ra7 Ne4 58.Kf5 c5 59.dc5 Nc3 60.h5 Kc6 61.h6 Nd5 62.h7 Ne7 63.Kg5 Nd5 64.h8Q Nb4 65.Kf5 a1Q 66.Qa1 Kb5 67.Qa4 Kc4 68.c6 Kc3 69.c7 Nd5 70.c8Q Kd3 71.Qe4 Kd2 72.Qcc2# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.d4 Nc6 9.a3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bf5 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.Nd5 Ne4 14.Nh4 Rfe8 15.Nc7 Qc7 16.Nf5 g6 17.Be4 Re4 18.Ng3 Re7 19.0-0 Na7 20.Qf3 Rae8 21.Rac1 Nc6 22.Qd5 Nd8 23.Rb1 Nc6 24.e4 Re6 25.f4 Ne7 26.Qb5 Rc8 27.d5 Rf6 28.Qb6 Qb6 29.Rb6 Rc4 30.e5 de5 31.Rf6 Nd5 32.Ra6 Nf4 33.Ra5 Rc2 34.Rf2 Rc8 35.Rd2 f6 36.Ra7 f5 37.Re7 e4 38.a4 Ra8 39.Rdd7 h6 40.Rg7 Kh8 41.Rgf7 Kg8 42.Ne4 fe4 43.Rf4 Ra4 44.Rf6 g5 45.Rh6 g4 46.Rc6 Ra8 47.Rg6 Kh8 48.Rg4 e3 49.Re4 Kg8 50.Re3 Rc8 51.Kh2 Kh8 52.g4 Rf8 53.Kg3 Rg8 54.Kh4 Rf8 55.g5 Rg8 56.Kh5 Ra8 57.h4 Rf8 58.Red3 Re8 59.Rd8 Rd8 60.Rd8 Kg7 61.Rd7 Kf8 62.g6 Ke8 63.Rf7 Kd8 64.g7 Kc8 65.g8Q# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.d4 Nc6 9.Bd3 Bc3 10.Nc3 g6 11.0-0 Nb4 12.Be2 Bf5 13.a3 Nc6 14.Nd2 Qd7 15.e4 Nd4 16.ef5 Qf5 17.Nf3 Ne2 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Qb2 Qc5 20.Qb5 Rad8 21.Qc5 dc5 22.Rad1 h6 23.g3 Kg7 24.h3 Rd1 25.Rd1 g5 26.Kf1 Kg6 27.Kg2 Re6 28.Nd5 Nd5 29.Rd5 Kf6 30.Nh2 h5 31.Kf3 c6 32.Rd7 b5 33.Ra7 b4 34.ab4 cb4 35.Ra5 Kg6 36.Ra7 f5 37.Rb7 c5 38.Rb5 g4 39.Kg2 Re5 40.Nf1 Kg5 41.h4 Kf6 42.Ne3 Ke7 43.Nd5 Kd6 44.Rb6 Kd7 45.Rf6 Re4 46.Rf5 b3 47.Rh5 b2 48.Nf6 Ke6 49.Ne4 b1Q 50.Nc5 Kf6 51.Rg5 Qd1 52.Rd5 Qf3 53.Kg1 Kf7 54.h5 Qe2 55.Nd3 Kg7 56.Rd6 Kf7 57.h6 Qd1 58.Kg2 Qf3 59.Kh2 Qf5 60.Rd5 Qe6 61.Rh5 Kg8 62.h7 Kh8 63.Nf4 Qd6 64.c5 Qf6 65.Kg2 Qe6 66.Kf1 Qf6 67.Rh4 Qe6 68.Ne2 Qd5 69.f4 Qc5 70.Rh2 Qd5 71.Rh6 Qa5 72.Kf2 Qa7 73.Ke1 Qa5 74.Kd1 Qb4 75.Rh5 Qd6 76.Ke1 Qa3 77.Kf1 Qf3 78.Ke1 Qa3 79.Rh2 Qa5 80.Kd1 Qa2 81.Kc1 Qa7 82.Kd2 Qa3 83.Rh4 Qb4 84.Ke3 Qc5 85.Kd3 Qb5 86.Kd2 Qb4 87.Kd3 Qb5 88.Ke3 Qc5 89.Nd4 Qa3 90.Kf2 Qc5 91.Ke3 Qa3 92.Kf2 Qc5 93.Ke3 ½–½. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.d4 Bg4 9.a3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Bf5 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.Bf5 Qf5 14.0-0 Rae8 15.Rb1 h6 16.Re1 Kh8 17.Qa4 Nd8 18.Rb2 Ne6 19.Qc6 Qd3 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.d5 Nd8 22.Qb5 Nb7 23.Rd2 Qh7 24.Nd4 Nc5 25.f3 Qg6 26.Na4 Na4 27.Qa4 Qg5 28.Re1 Rce8 29.Rde2 Nh5 30.f4 Qg6 31.g4 Ng3 32.Rg2 Ne4 33.Qc6 Rc8 34.Kh2 Nc5 35.Nb5 Qe4 36.Na7 Rb8 37.Qc7 Qc4 38.Nc6 Rbe8 39.Qd6 Ne4 40.Qd7 Nf6 41.Qf5 Qd5 42.Ne5 Qe6 43.Qe6 Re6 44.Rc2 Re7 45.Rc6 Rb7 46.Kg3 Ne4 47.Kf3 Nd2 48.Ke2 Ne4 49.Rd1 b5 50.Kf3 Nf6 51.Rc5 Kg8 52.Rb1 Rfb8 53.Nc6 Rc7 54.Rbc1 Rb6 55.e4 Kh7 56.e5 Nd7 57.R5c2 Rc8 58.Nd4 Rd8 59.Ke3 g5 60.Rc8 Rc8 61.Rc8 Rb7 62.Rc6 b4 63.ab4 gf4 64.Kf4 ab4 65.Nf5 b3 66.Rh6 Kg8 67.Ne7 Kg7 68.Nf5 Kg8 69.Ne7 Kg7 70.Nf5 Kg8 ½–½. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.Be2 Bg4 9.h3 Bf5 10.d3 Be6 11.a3 Bc3 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.d4 Bf5 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.Bf5 Qf5 16.0-0 Rfe8 17.Rb1 Rad8 18.Rb5 Qd7 19.Qd3 g6 20.e4 Na7 21.Rb2 Kg7 22.Re1 Nc6 23.Nd5 Ng8 24.Qd2 f6 25.Qf4 Nce7 26.Reb1 Nd5 27.Ne5 de5 28.Qg3 Nf4 29.d5 Ne7 30.Kh1 Nc8 31.c5 bc5 32.f3 Nd6 33.Rc2 c6 34.Rc5 cd5 35.ed5 Qa7 36.Rc6 Nd5 37.Qg4 Qf2 38.f4 h5 39.Qd1 Nf4 40.Qg1 Qg1 41.Rg1 Re7 42.Rd1 Nf7 43.Rd8 Nd8 44.Rd6 Nb7 45.Rb6 e4 46.g3 Nd3 47.g4 hg4 48.hg4 e3 49.Kg2 e2 50.Rb1 e1Q 51.Re1 Ne1 52.Kg3 a4 53.g5 f5 54.Kf4 Nc2 55.Kf3 Na3 56.Kf2 Nc4 57.Kg3 a3 58.Kf3 a2 59.Kf4 a1Q 60.Kg3 Qg1 61.Kh4 Qg4# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

5.e3 c5

6.a3 Ba5 7.Bd6 Re8 8.Bc5 Na6 (8...Nc6 9.Bd6=) 9.Bd4+= d5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be2 (11.h3!? Bh5 12.c5+=) 11...Bf3 (11...dc4!? 12.Qa4 Rc8=) 12.Bf3 dc4 13.0-0 Qd7 (13...Ne4 14.Qc2 Nd6 15.d3+=) 14.Nc3 (14.Bf6 gf6 15.Qc2 Qc7+/-) 14...Bc3+= 15.dc3 Ne4 16.Rb1 b5 (16...Qc6 17.Qc2+=) 17.Qc2 f5 18.a4 ba4 19.Be2 Rec8 20.f3 (20.Ra1 a3+/-) 20...Nd6+= 21.e4 Nb5?? (better 21...fe4 22.fe4 Rab8+=) 22.Qa4+- Nac7 (22...Rab8 23.Bc4 Rc4 24.Qc4 (24.Qa6?! Rcc8+-) 24...Qf7 25.Qc6 Nd4 26.cd4+-) 23.Bc4 Kh8 24.Bb5 Nb5 25.Qb5 (25.Qb5 Qe7 26.Qf5+-) 1-0. Iwannamakeyouscream (2280) - topce (2285), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.a3 d6 7.Bd6 Qd6 8.ab4 cb4 9.d4=+.

6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2).

6.Be2 d5 7.a3 Ba5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bg3 Nc6 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.0-0 Rac8 13.Qa4 Qd7 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.Qd7 Bd7 16.Be5 Rfe8 17.f4 f6 18.Bb2 c4 19.Bf3 Be6 20.Bd4 a6 21.Nc3 Red8 22.a4 Nf4 (22...b6!? 23.f5 Bf7=) 23.Bb7+= Rb8 24.Ba6 Bc3 25.dc3 Ne2 26.Kf2 Rb2 27.Kf3 f5 28.e4 (28.Rfb1 Bd5 29.Kf2 Rc2+=) 28...fe4 (28...Nd4 29.cd4 Rd4 30.Rfb1 fe4 31.Kf4–+) 29.Ke4 (29.Ke3!? Nd4 30.cd4=) 29...Nd4 30.cd4 Rg2 31.Rfd1? (better is 31.Rac1 Bd5 32.Kf4-/+) 31...Bd5–+ 32.Kf4 Rf8 33.Ke5 Rg5 (33...Rg5 34.Kd6 Rf6 35.Kc5 Ra6–+) 0–1. Lida Garcia,Fernando (2065) – Flamhum,Hernan (2120), Torre Blanca op Superior, 2004.

6.Qf3 Ne8 =.

6.Nc3 Nc6

7.Bd6 Re8

8.Nb5 Ne4 9.Nf3 Nd6 10.Nd6 Re6 11.Nc8 Rc8 12.Bd3 d5 13.Bf5 (13.Bf5 dc4 14.a3=). Wolfelschneider,Peter – Vaskovskis,J, corr CiF, 1990.

8.Bd3 Re6 9.Bf4 Bc3 10.dc3 Ne4 11.f3 Nf6 12.Ne2 Nh5 13.Be4 d6 14.0-0 g5 15.Bg3 Ng3 16.Ng3 h6 17.f4 gf4 18.Rf4 Ne5 19.Qh5 Qg5 20.Kh1 Re7 21.Raf1 Nc4?? 22.Rf7+– Bg4 23.Qg5 hg5 24.Re7 Ne3 25.Rff7 d5 26.Bh7 Kh8 27.Re3 b5 28.Re5 d4 29.cd4 cd4 30.Be4 Kg8 31.Rf2 Rc8 32.Rg5+– Kh8 33.Rf6 Rc1 34.Nf1 Rf1 35.Rf1 Bf5 36.Rff5 a5 37.Rf8# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.Bd3 Re6 9.Bf4 Bc3 10.dc3 g6 11.Bh6 Ne4 12.Be4 Re4 13.Nf3 Rc4-/+ 14.Qd5 Rc3 15.0-0 Qf6 16.Rad1 Ne7 17.Qd2-/+ Nf5 18.e4 Nd4 19.Nd4= Qd4?? 20.Qf4+– Rd3 21.Rd3 d5 22.Rd4 f5 23.Qe5 Kf7 24.Qg7 Ke6 25.ed5 Kd6 26.Bf4# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.Bd3 Re6 9.Bf4 Bc3 10.dc3 g6 11.Bh6 Ne5=+ 12.Be2 Ne4-/+ 13.Bf4 Nc3 14.Qc2 Qa5 15.Be5 Ne4 16.Kf1 Nd2 17.Ke1 Nf3 18.Kf1 Ne5 19.Nh3 b6 20.Nf4=+ Rd6 21.Qe4 Nc6 22.Qe8 Kg7-/+ 23.h3? Rd2 24.Nd5 Ra2 25.Rd1 Ra1 26.g3 Rd1 27.Bd1 Qa1 28.Kg2 Qe5 29.Qe5 Ne5 30.Be2 Ba6 31.Rc1 Re8 32.f4 Nc6 33.Bf3 Bc8 34.e4 d6 35.Nc7 Rd8 36.Ra1 h5 37.Ra4 Bd7 38.Ra3 a5 39.Nd5 Rb8 40.g4 hg4 41.Bg4 Be6 42.Rd3 Nd4 43.Be6 fe6 44.Nc3 e5 45.Kg3 Kf7 46.Nd5 ef4 47.Kf4 Ke6 48.Nc7 Kd7 49.Nd5 b5 50.cb5 Rb5 51.Ra3 Nc6 52.h4 Rb1 53.Ke3 Rh1 54.Ra4 Rh3 55.Kf4 Rh4 56.Kg5 Rh2 57.Kg6 Rf2 58.Kg5 Rf8 59.Kg4 Rf7 60.Kg3 Ke6 61.Nf4 Kf6 62.Nd3 Kg5 63.e5 Ne5 64.Ne5 de5 65.Ra5 Rc7 66.Kf3 Kf5 67.Rb5 c4 68.Ke3 c3 69.Rb1 c2 70.Rc1 e4 71.Kd2 Ke5 72.Re1 c1Q! 73.Rc1 e3! 74.Ke3 Rc1 75.Kd2 Rc6 76.Ke2 Ke4 77.Kd2 Rc5 78.Ke2 Rc2 79.Kd1 Kd3 80.Ke1 Ke3 81.Kf1 Rd2 82.Ke1 Rd6 83.Kf1 Rg6 84.Ke1 Rg1# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.Bd3 Re6 9.Bf4 Bc3 10.dc3 g6 11.Bh6 Ne5 12.Nf3 Nfg4 13.Ne5 Nh6 14.Nf3 b6 15.0-0 Bb7 16.Rc1 Qf6 17.Qe2 Rae8 18.Rfd1 Ng4 19.Rc2 Bf3 20.Qf3 Qh4 21.h3= Ne5 22.Qd5 h6 23.Rcd2 h5 24.a3 Nd3 25.Qd3 d6 26.Qc2 Qe7 27.Qa4 Rc8 28.Rd5 Rc7 29.Qc2 Qf6 30.Qd2 Rd7 31.f3 Qh8 32.e4 Qf6 33.Rb1 Kg7 34.Rd1 Kh7 35.Kh1 Rd8 36.Qe3 Qh4 37.Qd2 Qg3?? 38.Rg5+– Qh4 39.Rd5?? Qf6 40.Qe3 Kg7 41.Qd3 Qf4 42.a4 Qg3 43.a5 ba5 44.Rc5 dc5 45.Qd8 Rb6 46.Rg1 Qd6 47.Qd6 Rd6 48.Ra1 Ra6 49.Ra4 f5 50.Kg1 Kf6 51.ef5 Kf5 52.h4 Kf4 53.Kf2 Ke5 54.g3 Kf5 55.Ke2 Re6 56.Kd3 Ra6 57.Kc2 Ke6 58.Kc1 Rd6 59.Ra5 Rd3 60.Rc5 Rc3 61.Kd2 Rf3 62.Rg5 Kf6 63.c5 Ra3? 64.g4 hg4+= 65.Rg4 Ra6 66.Kc3 Ke7 67.Kb4 Re6 68.Rd4 a6 69.Kc4 Rf6 70.Kd5 Kd7 71.Ke5 Ke7 72.Rd6?? Rd6–+ 73.cd6 Kd7 74.Kd5 a5 75.Ke5 a4 76.Kd4 Kd6 77.Kc4 Ke5 78.Kb4 a3 79.Kb3 Kf4 80.Ka3 Kg4 81.Kb4 Kh4 82.Kc4 g5 83.Kd5 g4 84.Ke5 Kg3 85.Ke4 Kh3 86.Kd4 Kh4 87.Ke5 g3 88.Ke4 g2 89.Kd5 Kg3 90.Ke4 g1Q 91.Kd5 Qb6 92.Kc4 Kf3 93.Kd5 Kf4 94.Kc4 Ke4 95.Kc3 Qd4 96.Kc2 Qb4 97.Kd1 Kd3 98.Kc1 Qb5 99.Kd1 Qb1# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.Bd3 g6 9.a3= Bc3 10.dc3 Qa5 11.Ne2 b6 12.0-0 Ba6 13.Kh1 Ne5 14.Be5 Re5 15.Qd2 Rae8 16.Nf4 Qa4 17.Qd1 Qd1 18.Rad1 Bb7 19.Bc2 Bc6 20.Rd6 Kg7 21.Rb1 Ne4 22.Be4 Re4 23.Rc1 Rc4 24.Kg1 b5 25.h3 b4–+ 26.ab4 cb4 27.Ne2 b3 28.Rb1 Rb8 29.Rb2 a5 30.f3 a4 31.Nd4 Rd4! 32.ed4 a3 33.Rb1 a2 34.Rd1 b2 35.d5 Bb5 36.Kh2 a1Q 37.Rg1 Qa3 38.Rd1 Qd6 39.g3 Qe5 40.Rg1 Qc3 41.g4 Qf3 42.g5 Qe2 43.Kg3 Re8 44.Rg2 Qe5 45.Kf2 Qe3# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.Bd3 g6 9.a3= Bc3 10.dc3 b6 11.Nf3 Re6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bh6 Qf6 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Be4 Rb8 16.Ne5 Re5 17.0-0 d6 18.Qd3 Bd7 19.f4+= Ree8 20.Bd5 Kh8 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.e4 f5 23.Rfe1 Nf6 24.Bg5 Qg7 25.e5 de5 26.fe5 Ng4 27.Bf3 Re5 28.Bg4?? Re1?? 29.Re1+– fg4 30.Re7 Bf5 31.Qd6 Rf8 32.Rg7 Kg7 33.Qe7 Rf7 34.Qe5 Kg8 35.Bh6 Bd7 36.Qb8 Be8 37.Qe8 Rf8 38.Qf8# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.Bd3 g6 9.Nf3 Re6 10.Bf4 Bc3 11.dc3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Ne4 13.Be4 Re4 14.Qd3 Re6 15.0-0 f6 16.Rfd1 b6 17.Rd2 Qa4 18.Rb1 Kh8 19.h3 Ne7 20.Rb3 Qc6 21.Rb5 Nf5 22.Qd5 Bb7 23.Rb1 Re7 24.Rbd1 Rae8 25.a3 Qc8 26.Qd3 Be4 27.Qe2 Qc6 28.Bh2 a6 29.Ne1= Qa4 30.Bc7 Re6 31.g4 Ne7 32.f3 Bb7 33.Rd6 Nc8 34.Re6 de6 35.Nc2 e5 36.e4=+ Qc6 37.Bd8 Qe6 38.Kh2 Bc6 39.Ne3 Ba4 40.Rd5 Ne7 41.Rd2 Bb3 42.Be7 Re7= 43.Rd8 Kg7 44.Nd5 Rb7 45.Qd3 Qc6 46.Ne3 Rf7 47.Qd5 Qc7 48.Ra8 Ba4 49.Rd8 Bc6 50.Qd6+= Ba4 51.Qd5 a5 52.Kg2 Bd7 53.Qa8 Bc6 54.Qb8 Qb8 55.Rb8 Rb7 56.Rb7 Bb7 57.Nd5 Kf7 58.Nb6 Ke6 59.Kf2 Bc6 60.Nd5 h5 61.gh5+/– gh5 62.Ke3 Bb7 63.f4 f5 64.fe5 Ke5 65.ef5 Kf5 66.h4 Ba6 67.Ne7 Kg4= 68.Nc6 a4 69.Ne5 Kh4 70.Kf4 Kh3 71.Kf3 Bb7 72.Kf4 h4 73.Nd3?? Kh2 74.Nc5-/+ h3 75.Na4?? Kg2 76.Nc5 Bc6 77.Nd3 h2 78.Ne5 Bb7 79.c5 h1Q 80.Ng4 Qc1 81.Ke5 Qg5 82.Kd6 Qd8 83.Ke6 Bc8 84.Ke5 Bg4 85.c6 Bf3 86.c7 Qc7 87.Kd4 Be2 88.c4 Qd6 89.Ke4 Bc4 90.Ke3 Kg3 91.Ke4 Qf4# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

6.Nf3 Nc6

7.Bb2 d6 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Ne5 11.d4 cd4 12.ed4 Nc6 13.d5 Ne5 14.Ne5 de5 15.Nc3 b6 16.Bd3 Qc7 17.h3 Bd7 18.d6 Qc6 19.f3 Be6 20.Ne4 Ne4-/+ 21.Be4 Qc5 22.Kh2 Rad8 23.f4 ef4 24.Rf4 f5 25.Bc2 Rd6–+ 26.Qh5 Rf8 27.Rh4+= Rf7 28.Qh7 Kf8 29.Qh8 Ke7 30.Bg7 Rd8 31.Qh6 Bd2 32.Qh7 Be3 33.Kh1-/+ Rd2 34.Ba4 Bg5?? 35.Qh8 Bh4?? 36.Qh4+– Rf6 37.Qf6 Kd6 38.Qd8 Bd7 39.Qd7# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bb2 Kh8 8.a3 Ba5 9.Bd3 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Qc2 Rd8 12.Bc4 Qh5 13.Bf6 gf6 14.Qa4 a6 15.Be2 Qg4 16.Qg4 Bg4 17.Nc3 b5 18.Ne4 Bf3 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.Ra2 Nf3 21.gf3 c4 22.Nf6 Rd3 23.a4 b4 24.Rc2 b3 25.Rc4=+ b2 26.0-0 Rd2 27.Rh4 Kg7–+ 28.Nh7 Rh8 29.Rh5 Bd8 30.Rc5 Kh7 31.Rf5 Rg8 32.Kh1 Rf2! 33.Rb1 Rg7 34.e4 Rc2 35.Rd1 Rc1 36.Rh5 Kg8 37.Rhd5 Bc7 38.h3 b1Q 39.Re1 Re1# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bb2 d5

8.cd5 Qd5 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nc3 Qh5 11.Ne4 Qg6 12.Nd6 Rd8 13.Nc8 Rac8 14.a3 Ba5 15.Rb1 Ne5 16.Rb2 a6 17.Qa4+= b6 18.Ne5 fe5=+ 19.Rg1 Qd6 20.Ba6= Ra8 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Qe2 Bd2 23.Rd2 Qd2 24.Qd2 Rd2 25.Kd2 Ra6 26.f4 ef4-/+ 27.ef4 Ra3 28.Rb1 Ra6 29.Kd3 Kg7 30.g3 Kf6 31.g4 Ke7 32.g5 Kd6 33.Ke4 Kc6 34.Rb2 Ra3 35.Rc2 b5–+ 36.f5 b4 37.Rb2 Kb5 38.Re2 c4 39.h4 Rh3 40.Rd2 c3 41.Rd5 Ka4 42.Rc5 b3 43.Rc7 c2 44.Kd4 b2 45.Rc2 Rh4 46.Ke3 b1Q 47.Re2 Rh3 48.Kf4 Qf1 49.Ke5 Qe2 50.Kf6 Qb2 51.Kf7 Qb7 52.Kf6 Qc6 53.Ke7 Re3 54.Kf7 Qd7 55.Kf6 Qe7# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.cd5 Nd5

9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Bh7+= Kh8 13.Be4 Nf4 14.0-0 Bf3 15.Bf3 (15.Bf3 Ne6 16.Bc6 bc6 17.d3+–; 15.gf3?? Qg5 16.Kh1 Qg2#; 15.ef4 Nd4 16.Qb1 Bc3 17.gf3 Ne2 18.Kg2 Rd2 19.Bc3 Nc3 20.Qb7 Qb7 21.Bb7 Rb8-/+) 1–0. Thystrup,Preben – Brisson,Pascal, corr ICCF TT–2–86 final, 1991.

9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 (10...Bf5 11.a3 Ba5 12.0-0=+) 11.0-0 (11.a3 Ba5=) 11...Nc4=+ 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.Nc3 N4e5 (13...Qe7 14.d4 cd4 15.ed4=) 14.Ne5= Ne5 15.f4 Nd3 16.Rb1 (16.Qb1 Nb4 17.Rd1 b6=) 16...b6+= 17.f5 Bc4 (17...Bc8!?+=) 18.Qa4+/- (18.Qa4 b5 19.Nb5+/-) 1-0. OnlyPolishOpening (2295) - RomaninDelNorte (2160), lichess.org, 2020.

9.Bc4 Bf5 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Bb5=+.

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 b6 11.Qa4 (11.d4 Rb8=) 11...Bb7 (11...Qd6 12.a3 Ba5 13.d4=) 12.a3= Ba5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.d4? (better 14.Qg4 Nf6 15.Qg5=) 14...cd4-+ 15.Nd4 Nd4 (15...Nf4 16.Bb5 Nd4 17.Qd4 Rc1 18.Bc1 Qd4 19.h3 Qd1 20.Kh2 Bg2 21.Bd3 Qh1 22.Kg3 Nh5 23.Kh4 Qh3 24.Kg5 h6) 16.Qd4-/+ Rc1 17.Bc1 Nc3! 18.Bf3?? (18.Nc3 Qd4 Decoy) 18...Qd4-+ 19.ed4 Re1 0-1. norba94 (2325) - kripkisis (2335), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

9.a3 Ba5

10.Qc2 Qe7

11.Bc4 Rd8 12.0-0 Bg4 13.Kh1 Bc7-/+ 14.Bd3? g6?? 15.e4?? Bf3–+ 16.gf3 Qh4 17.e5 Ne5 18.Bg6 Ng6 19.f4 Bf4 20.Kg2 Qh2 21.Kf3 Qh5 22.Kg2 Qg4 23.Kh1 Qh3 24.Kg1 Qh2# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

11.Bd3 h6 12.0-0 Rd8 13.Be4 Bg4 14.h3 Be6 15.Rc1 Bb6 16.Nc3 Nc3 17.Qc3+= f6 18.Bc6 bc6 19.a4 c4 20.a5 Rd3 21.ab6 Rc3=+ 22.dc3 Qb7 23.Ra7 Ra7 24.ba7 Qa7 25.Rd1 Bd5 26.Nd4 Qb7 27.Ba3 c5 28.Bc5 Bg2 29.f3 Bh3 30.Kf2 Qb2 31.Ne2 Qb5 32.Bd6 Qb3 33.Rh1 Bf5 34.Ra1?! Bd3 35.Ra8 Kh7 36.Nd4 Qc3 37.Ra2 Qc1 38.Ne2 Qb1 39.Rd2 g5 40.Be7 c3! 41.Rd3 Qd3 42.Bf6 c2 43.Bd4 Kg6 44.Bb2 Qd2 45.e4 Qd6 46.Ke3 Qb6 47.Bd4 Qb3 48.Kf2 h5 49.e5 Qc4 50.Be3 Qh4 51.Kf1 Qh1 52.Kf2 Qh2 53.Ke1 Qe5 54.Kd2 Qh2 55.Kd3 Qc7 56.f4 g4 57.Nc3 g3 58.Kc2 h4 59.Kd3 h3 60.Ne2 Qd7 61.Kc2 g2 62.Bg1 Kf5 63.Bh2 Ke4 64.Nc3 Kf3 65.Nd1 Qd4 66.Nc3 Qf2 67.Ne2 Qe2 68.Kc1 Qe1 69.Kb2 Qh1 70.Kc3 Qh2 71.f5 Qe5 72.Kd2 Qd4 73.Kc2 Qc4 74.Kb2 Qb4 75.Kc2 Qa4 76.Kd3 Qe4 77.Kc3 g1Q 78.f6 Qed4 79.Kb3 Qgd1 80.Ka3 Q1a4# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

11.Bd3 h6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Rc1 Bb6 14.Bb5 Rac8 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.Qc3 f6 17.Rab1 Na5 18.d3 Bc7 19.Ba4 b6 20.g3 Rfd8 21.Bb5 Bb8 22.Ba6 Rc7 23.Qc2 c4 24.d4 Bd5 25.Nd2= Nb3 26.Re1?? Nd2–+ 27.Qd2 Qe4 28.f3 Qf3 29.e4 Be4 30.Re4 Qe4 31.Rc1 Qe6 32.Qc3 Kh8 33.Bc4 Qc8 34.Qb4 Qh3 35.Qd2 Rdc8 36.Ba6 Rc1 37.Bc1 Re8 38.Bf1 Qf5 39.d5? Bd6 40.Bg2 Qb1 41.Bf1 Rc8 42.Bb2 Rc2 43.Qc2 Qc2 44.Bd4 Ba3 45.Be5 Bc5 46.Bd4 Bd4 47.Kh1 Qe4 48.Bg2 Qe1 49.Bf1 Qf1# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

11.Bd3 h6 12.0-0 Nf6 13.Rc1 b6 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Ne2 Qd6 16.Bc4 Be6 17.d4 Bc4 18.Qc4 Nd7 19.Rab1 Rad8 20.dc5 Nc5 21.Qc2 Qd3 22.Ned4+= Nd4 23.Bd4 Qc2 24.Rc2 Ne6 25.Bb2 Rd5 26.e4 Rc5 27.Rbc1 Rc2 28.Rc2 Rd8 29.g3 f6 30.Kg2 Nc5 31.e5 Nd3 32.ef6 Nb2 33.Rb2 gf6 34.Rc2 Rd7 35.g4 Rd3 36.Rc8 Kf7 37.Rc7 Kg6 38.Ra7 Ra3 39.h4 h5 40.Kg3 b5 41.gh5 Kh5 42.Rb7 b4 43.Kf4 Ra2 44.Ke3 f5 45.Ne5 f4 46.Kf4+/– Rf2 47.Ke3 Rf6= 48.Rb5 Bb6 49.Ke4 Re6 50.Kf5+= Rh6 51.Rb4 Bd8 52.Nf3 Rf6 53.Ke4 Rb6 54.Rb6 Bb6 55.Ke5 Bd8 56.Nd4 Bh4 ½–½. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh7 Kh8 13.Be4 Be6 14.Nc3 Bc3 15.Bc3 f5 16.Bd5 Bd5 17.Rc1 Bf3 18.gf3=+ Nd4 19.Qd1 Rae8 20.d3 Qh4 21.0-0=+ Nb5 22.Qb3 Nc3-/+ 23.Qc3?? Rf6 24.Kh1 Qh3 25.Rg1 Qf3 26.Rg2 f4 27.ef4 b6 28.Re1 Re2 29.Reg1 Rg6 30.Qd4 Qg2!! 31.Rg2 Re1 32.Rg1 Rgg1 (32...cd4?! 33.Re1 b5 34.Rb1=+; 32...Reg1?!-/+) 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bb2 Re8

8.a3 Ba5 9.Nc3 d6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.h3 Bf3 12.gf3 Ne7 13.Rb1 Ng6 14.Qa4 b6 15.Rg1 Qc8 16.Nb5= Re6 17.Nc3 Qb7 18.f4 Ree8 19.Qd1 Rad8 20.Bf3 Qd7= 21.Nd5 Nd5 22.Bd5 Qh3 23.Qg4 Qg4 24.Rg4 a6 25.Bb7 h5 26.Rg5+= h4 27.Kd1 h3 28.Rh5+/– d5 29.cd5 Ne7 30.d3 b5 31.Ba6 Rd5= 32.Rd5 Nd5 33.Bb5 h2 34.Kc2+/– Re6 35.Bc4+– Ne3 36.fe3 Re3 37.d4 cd4 38.Rh1 Rh3 39.Bd4 Bd8 40.a4 Bc7 41.Be5 Be5 42.fe5 Rh4 43.Kd3 Rh3 44.Kd4 Rh4 45.Kd5 Kf8 46.a5 Ke7 47.a6 Rh8 48.a7 Ra8 49.Rh2 Ra7 50.Rh7 Ra5 51.Ke4 Ra4 52.Kd4 Kf8 53.Rh8 Ke7 54.Rg8 g6 55.Rg7 Ke8 56.Kc5 Ra7 57.e6 Kf8 58.Rf7 Rf7 59.ef7 Ke7 60.Kd4 Kf8 61.Ke5 g5 62.Ke6 g4 63.Bd5 g3 64.Bf3 g2 65.Bg2 Kg7 66.Ke7 Kg6 67.f8Q Kg5 68.Bf3 Kg6 69.Ke6 Kg5 70.Qf6# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.a3 Ba5 9.Bd3 d5 10.Qe2 d4 11.0-0 Qb6 12.Bc1 g6 13.Ra2 Qa6 14.h3 Bc7 15.Rb2 b6 16.Bc2 Ne5 17.d3 Bd7 18.Ne5 Be5 19.f4 Bd6 20.e4 Nh5 21.Qf3 Bc6 22.g4 Ng7 23.f5 Qb7 24.Bh6 Be5 25.Nd2 Rad8 26.Nb3 Qd7 27.Nd2 Qc7 28.fg6 fg6=+ 29.Kh1 Rf8 30.Qe2 Rf1 31.Qf1 Rf8 32.Qg2 Qf7 33.Bd1 Bf4 34.Bf4 Qf4 35.Nf3 Ne6 36.Rb1 Qe3 37.Rb4?? cb4 38.ab4 Qd3 39.Bc2 Qf3 40.b5 Bb7 41.Qf3 Rf3 42.Kg1 Rc3 43.Bd1 Rc1 44.Kf2 Rd1 45.Ke2 Rh1 46.e5 Rh3 47.Kd1 Bf3 48.Kc2–+ Be4 49.Kd2 Rh2 50.Ke1 d3 51.c5 d2 52.Kd1 Bf3 53.Kc2 d1Q 54.Kc3 Qd4 55.Kb3 Bd1 56.Ka3 Qc5# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.a3 Ba5 9.Bd3 d5 10.Qe2 d4 11.0-0 Qb6 12.Bc1 g6 13.Ra2 Qc7 14.h3 b6 15.Bc2 Be6 16.d3 b5 17.e4 Ne4 18.de4? Bc4–+ 19.Be3?? Be2 20.Bh6 d3 21.Rc1 dc2 22.Rac2 Bf3 23.gf3 Nd4 24.Rc5 Nf3 25.Kg2 Qh2 26.Kf3 Qh3 27.Kf4 Qh6 28.Kg3 Re4 29.Kg2 Rg4 30.Kf1 Qh1 31.Ke2 Qe4 32.Kf1 Qd3# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.a3 Ba5 9.Bd3 d5 10.h3 d4 11.0-0=+ Qb6 12.Ra2 g6 13.ed4 cd4 14.a4 Bd7 15.Na3 Ne5?? 16.Ne5+= Re5 17.Nb5 Bb5= 18.ab5 Bb4 19.f4 Ree8 20.f5 g5 21.Qa1 Bc5 22.Re1 Rac8 23.Ra4 Qd6 24.Re8 Re8 25.Qf1? Qg3–+ 26.Ra1 g4 27.Kh1 Bd6 28.Qg1 Qd3 29.Bd4 Ne4 30.Qd1 Ng3 31.Kh2 Nf5 32.Kh1 Ng3 33.Kg1 Qd4 34.Kh2 Ne4 35.g3 Qf2 36.Kh1 Ng3# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

8.Nc3 d5 9.Nd5 Nd5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Be2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6-/+ 14.a3 Ba5 15.Rf1 Rad8 16.Bc3 Bc3 17.dc3 Qe6 18.Qa4 Qf6 19.Rc1 Be4–+ 20.g5 Qf5 21.Nd2 Bg2 22.Rg1 Bh3 23.Rd1 Qe5 24.Qh4 Bf5–+ 25.Rc1 Qd6 26.Nc4 Qg6 27.Bh5 Qe6 28.Bf3 b5 29.Bc6 Qc6 30.Nd2 Qd5 31.Nf1 Qb3 32.g6 Bg6 33.Qg4 Qa3 34.Rd1 Qc3 35.Rd2 b4 36.Rg2 b3 37.Ke2 Bd3 38.Rd3 Qd3 39.Kf3 Qd1 40.Kf4 Qg4 41.Kg4 b2 42.Nd2 Rd2 43.Rg3 b1Q 44.Rf3 h5! 45.Kg3 Qg1 46.Kh3 Rf2 47.Rf7 Qg4# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

5.e3 c6

6.Qf3 Be7 =+.

6.Nf3 d6

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.Be2 Bg4 9.h3 Be6 10.0-0+= Nd7 11.d3 Nef6 12.e4 Qa5? 13.a3+– Bc5 14.Bc3 Qd8 15.d4+/– Bb6 16.d5 Bh3 17.gh3 Ne4 18.Bd4 Re8+= 19.Ra2 Bd4 20.Qd4 Ndc5 21.Nc3 Qd7 22.Kh2 Qf5 23.Rg1 g6 24.dc6 Nc3 25.Qc3 bc6 26.Bd1 Qf4 27.Kh1 Re4 28.Rg4+/– Qh6 29.Rg3 Qf4 30.Rc2+/– Rb8 31.Rb2 Rbe8 32.Rb4?? f6 33.Kh2 Kh8 34.Kg1 Re3 35.Qa1 Rd3 36.a4 Ne4 37.Rg4+= Qf5 38.Kg2 Nc3 39.Nd4 Qc5?? 40.Rb3 Qc4+= 41.Bc2 Rd4 42.Rd4+/– Qd4 43.Qc3 Qc3 44.Rc3 c5 45.Rd3 Rd8 46.Re3 Rd7 47.Kf3 Kg7 48.Bd3 Kf7 49.Bb5 Rd8 50.Rc3 f5 51.Bc6 Kf6= 52.Ke3 Rb8 53.Rd3 Ke7 54.Bb5 Rb6 55.Rd5 h6 56.Bc4 Rb4-/+ 57.Kd3 Ra4 58.Kc3 Ra3 59.Bb3=+ Kd7 60.Kb2 Ra6 61.Rd3 Rb6 62.Kc3 a5 63.h4 g5 64.Ba4 Ke6 65.Re3 Kf6=+ 66.hg5 Kg5 67.Re6 h5-/+ 68.Re7 Kf4 69.Rh7=+ d5 70.Rh5= d4 71.Kd3 Ke5 72.Bc2 Rb2 73.Kd2 Kd5 74.Kc1 Rb6= 75.Bf5 Kc4 76.Kc2 a4 77.f4 a3 78.Rh3 Rb2 79.Kc1 Kb4 80.Be6 Re2 81.f5 a2-/+ 82.Ba2 Ra2 83.Rf3 d3 84.Rd3 Rf2 85.f6 Rf6 86.Kd2 c4 87.Rg3 Rf2 88.Ke3?? Rh2–+ 89.Rg4 Kb3 90.Rg6 c3 91.Rg7 c2 92.Rc7 Rh1 93.Rb7 Ka4 94.Rb5 c1Q 95.Kd3 Qf1 96.Ke3 Rh3 97.Ke4 Qd3 98.Ke5 Kb5 99.Kf6 Rg3 100.Ke5 Rf3 101.Ke6 Kc6 102.Ke5 Qd5# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bb2 Re8 8.Be2. Mothes,Rainer – Hoffmann, SOK/91/73 corr, 1991.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Be2 Na6 9.0-0 Nc5 10.d3 Ba5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nb3 Bc7 13.Ba3 Ncd7 14.d4 Ne4 15.Bb2 d5 16.cd5 cd5 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Ne1 Bh2?? 19.Kh2+/– Rc1 20.Nc1 Qh4 21.Kg1 f5 22.Qa4 Ndf6 23.Nf3 Bf3 24.Bf3 g5 25.Nd3 g4 26.Be4 Re4? 27.g3 Qh6 28.Nf4 a6 29.Qb3 (29.Qb3 b6 30.Nd5 Nd5 31.Qd5 Qe6 32.Qa8 Qe8 33.Qa6+–) 1–0. Grehl,Siegfried – Fengler,G, DDR–ch M870 corr, 1988.

7.Bc3 Na6 8.a3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Be2= Bf5 11.Nd4 Be6 12.0-0 Nc5 13.Ne6 fe6 14.Qc2 e5 15.d4 Ne6 16.Qd2 Rae8 17.Rab1 ed4 18.ed4 b6 19.Bf3 d5 20.Rfe1 h6 21.cd5 Nd5 22.Bd5 cd5 23.Re5 Nf4 24.Re8 Re8=+ 25.Rb2 Rf8 26.Qe3=+ a6 27.g3+= Nh3 28.Kg2+/– Ng5 29.f4 Nf7 30.Rb3 Rc8 31.Qf3 b5 32.Nd5 Rc2 33.Kh3 Qd2 34.Ne7+/– Kf8 35.Ng6 Kg8= 36.Qa8 Kh7 37.Nf8 Kh8 38.Ne6 Kh7 39.Qe4?? g6–+ 40.Qc2 Qc2 41.Re3 Nd6 42.Re5 Qd3 43.Nc5 Qd4 44.Re7 Kg8 45.Na6 Qa4 46.Nc7 Qa3 47.Rd7 Qc5 48.Rh7 Kh7 49.Nb5 Qb5 50.Kg2 Qe2 51.Kg1 Nf5 52.g4 Ne3 53.g5 Qe1# (53...Qg2#) 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bc3 Na6 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.a3 Na6 11.0-0 Qf6 12.d4 Bf5 13.Qe1 Rae8 14.Qa5 Kh8 15.Nbd2 h6 16.Ra2 c5 17.Rb2 Nd2 18.Rd2 Be4 19.Kh1 Qe6 20.Rg1 cd4 21.Nd4 Qe5 22.Qc3 Nc5 23.Bd1 Bg6 24.Qb4 Be4 25.Nb5 Bd3 26.Na7 f6 27.Nb5 Ra8 28.h3 Rfd8 29.Nc7 Rac8= 30.Nd5 Be4 31.Bc2 Bc2 32.Rc2+= Re8 33.f3+/– Rc6 34.Rd2 Qg5 35.e4 f5 36.f4 Qh5 37.ef5+/– Qf5 38.Rgd1 Ne4 39.Rb2 Ng3 40.Kh2+– Qg6 41.Qb7 Rc5 42.Qb3 Ne4? 43.g4 Qf7 44.Re2 Re6?? 45.Rde1 Qe8 46.Qc2 Qa8 47.Re4 Re4 48.Qe4 Qd8 49.Qg6 Rc8 50.Re4 Qf8 51.Re7 Rb8 52.Kg3 Rb3 53.Kh4 Ra3 54.Re8 Ra8 55.Rf8 Rf8 56.Qd6 Kg8 57.c5 Kf7 58.c6 g5 59.Kh5 Rh8 60.c7 Re8 61.Qd7 Kf8 62.Qf5 Kg8 63.Kg6 Kh8 64.Qe5! Re5 65.fe5 h5 66.c8Q# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bc3 Na6 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.d4 Qa5 11.0-0= Bf5 12.Qb3 Nf6 13.Nc3 Bc2 14.Qb2+= Bf5 15.a3 Nc2? 16.Rac1+– Na3 17.Ra1 Nc4 18.Ra5 Nb2 19.Rf5 b5 20.Rb1 Na4 21.Na4 ba4 22.Ra1 Ne4 23.Ra3 Rfe8 24.Ra5 Rab8 25.Bd3 Rb2 26.Be4 Re4 27.Ra1 Rb7 28.R5a4 Ree7 29.Ra6 Rec7 30.e4 f6 31.Rc1 Rb6 32.Ra2 Re7 33.Nd2 d5 34.f3 Rb4 35.Kf2 Rd4 36.Rc6 de4 37.Ne4 Rd3 38.Re2 Kf8 39.Nc5 Rd5 40.Rc8 Kf7 41.Re7 Ke7 42.Rc7 Kd6 43.Na6 Rd2 44.Kg3 Ra2 45.Ra7 Ke5 46.Ra8 Kf5 47.Nc7 Ra8 48.Na8 g6 49.Nb6 Ke5 50.Nd7 Kf5 51.Nf8 h6 52.Kh4 g5 53.Kh5 Kf4 54.Kh6 Ke3 55.Nd7 Kf2 56.Nf6 Kg2 57.Kg5 Kh2 58.Ng4 Kg3 59.f4 Kf3 60.f5 Ke4 61.f6 Kd4 62.f7 Kd5 63.Kf5 Kd4 64.f8Q Kd5 65.Qb4 Kc6 66.Ke5 Kc7 67.Qb5 Kd8 68.Kd6 Kc8 69.Ne5 Kd8 70.Qd7# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bc3 Na6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.Nd4= Bb1 10.Rb1 Bc3 11.dc3 Nc5 12.Bf3 Qa5 13.Qc2 Rae8 14.0-0 Nfe4 15.Rb7+= Nb7 16.Be4 Qh5 17.Bc6+/– Rb8 18.Nf5 g6+= 19.Bb7 Qf5=+ 20.Qf5 gf5 21.Bd5 Rb2 22.Rd1 Kg7 23.Bf3 Rd8 24.c5= Kf6 25.c6 Ke6 26.Bd5 Ke7 27.g3+/– Rc8 28.Kg2 Rcb8 29.Kf3 R8b5 30.a4 Rc5+/– 31.Rd3 h6 32.h3 Rc2 33.h4?? R2c3 34.Rc3 Rc3-/+ 35.Kf4 Rc5–+ 36.e4 fe4 37.Ke4 Rc3 38.Kd4 Ra3-/+ 39.Bf7 Kf7?? 40.c7+– Ra4 41.Kd5 Ra2 42.c8Q Rd2 43.Ke4 Rf2 44.Qd7 Kg8 45.Qd6 Kg7 46.Qd4 Rf6 47.Qa7 Kg6 48.Qd7 Rf2 49.Qd6 Kh7 50.Qc7 Kg8 51.Qb6 Rh2 52.Qg6 Kf8 53.Qh6 Ke7 54.Qg7 Ke6 55.Qe5 Kf7 56.Qf4 Ke6 57.Qf5 Ke7 58.Qc5 Ke6 59.Qc6 Ke7 60.Kf5 Rf2 61.Kg6 Rf8 62.Qe4 Kd7 63.Qd3 Ke6 64.Qb3 Ke7 65.Qb4 Ke8 66.Qe4 Kd7 67.Qd5 Kc7 68.Qc5 Kd7 69.Qd4 Ke7 70.Qe5 Kd7 71.Qg7 Ke8 72.h5 Rf1 73.h6 Rf6 74.Kf6 Kd8 75.h7 Ke8 76.h8Q# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Re8 9.d4 Qa5 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Rb1 b6 12.Bd3 g6 13.h3 Bf3 14.gf3 Qg5 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Be4 f5 17.f4 Qh4 18.Bg2 Qf4 19.Qe2 Qh4 20.Rg1 f4 21.e4 Nd7 22.Rb3 Rad8–+ 23.Qg4 Qg4 24.hg4-/+ c5 25.Ra3 cd4–+ 26.Ra7 Ne5 27.Rh1 f3 28.Bf1 Rd7 29.Rd7 Nd7 30.Bd3 Nc5 31.Kd2 Ne4 32.Be4 Re4 33.Kd3 Rg4 34.Rb1 Kf7 35.Rb6-/+ Ke6 36.c5=+ Rg2 37.Kd4 Rf2 38.Ke4 Rf1 39.Rd6 Ke7 40.Ke3 Rc1=+ 41.Kf3 Rc5 42.Rb6 Ra5 43.Kf4 Ra2 44.Rb7= Kf6 45.Rh7 g5 46.Kg4 Ra4 47.Kg3 Rd4 48.Rb7 g4 49.Rb6 Kf5 50.Rb5 Kf6 51.Rb6 Kg5 52.Rb5 Kh6 53.Kh4 Rc4 54.Rh5 Kg7 55.Rg5 Kf8 56.Rg4 Rc1 57.Re4 Kf7 58.Kg4 Kf6 59.Kf4 Rd1 60.Ke3 Rd5 61.Rc4 Kf5 62.Rf4. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Re8 9.d4 Bg4 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Qc2 Na6=+ 12.Rb1? Nb4–+ 13.Qd2? Nd3 14.Qd3 Bf5 15.Qd2 Bb1 16.Nb1 Qa4 17.Qe2 Qb4 18.Nbd2 Qa5 19.0-0 Qa2 20.Qd3 a5 21.e4 c5 22.Rb1 Ra7?? 23.dc5=+ dc5 24.e5 Nh5 25.Qd5 Nf4 26.Qc5 Rea8 27.Qe3 Ne6 28.Qc3 Qa4 29.Qd3 h6 30.g3 Qa2 31.Qc3-/+ Nc5 32.Ra1 Na4 33.Qd4 Qc2 34.Re1 b6 35.Ne4 Rc7 36.Qd5 Rf8–+ 37.e6 fe6 38.Qe6=+ Rcf7 39.Nd4 Qb2=+ 40.Nf5 Qb4 41.Ned6= Nc5?? 42.Ne7+– Kh7 43.Qg6 Kh8 44.Nf7 Rf7 45.Qf7 Qe1= 46.Kg2 Qe4 47.Kf1 Qh1 48.Ke2 Qe4 49.Kf1 Qh1 50.Ke2 Qe4 51.Kf1 ½–½. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

6.Nf3 Re8

7.Qb3 Ba5 8.Be2 d6 9.Bc3 Nbd7 10.d4 Ne4 11.0-0 Nc3 12.Nc3 Bc7 (12...Nf6 13.Qc2=) 13.Rad1 White prepares the advance d5 13...Nf6 14.d5 c5 15.Rfe1 Ba5 16.Nd2 Bc3 (16...Bf5 17.Rf1=+) 17.Qc3= a6 18.Bf3 (18.a4 b6=) 18...b5=+ 19.e4 Re5 (19...b4 20.Qc2=) 20.Nb3 (20.Re3 b4 21.Qb2 Nd7=) 20...b4 (20...Qe8 21.Rd3=+) 21.Qb2 Qe8 22.Rd3 a5 (22...Ne4? 23.Re4 Re4 24.Be4+-) 23.g3 a4 (23...Ne4? 24.Re4 Re4 25.Be4+-) 24.Nd2 Ba6 (24...Bd7 25.Bg2=) 25.Rde3 Rb8 (25...h5 26.Bd1 Ng4 27.R3e2=) 26.Bg2 (26.Bd1 Re7+/-) 26...Ng4= 27.R3e2 Re7 28.f4 f6 29.h3 Nh6 30.Bf1 (30.e5 fe5 31.fe5 Nf5=) 30...Nf7 31.Re3 b3 (31...Qd7=) 32.a3 (better 32.ab3 Bc8 33.Qa2+/-) 32...Bc8-/+ 33.Nf3 Rbb7 34.R3e2 Qf8 35.g4 h6 36.Nh4 Nh8 37.Re3 (37.Bg2!?=+) 37...g5-/+ 38.Ng2 Ng6 39.Rf3 Qg7 40.Bd3 (40.Kh1 Rf7-/+) 40...Rf7 (40...gf4 41.Nf4 Ne5 42.Rf2-+) 41.Qb1? (better 41.Ref1-/+) 41...gf4-+ 42.Nf4 Ne5 (42...Nf4 43.Rf4 h5 44.Be2-+) 43.Rg3 (better 43.Rf2-+) 43...Nd3 (better 43...b2 44.Kg2 Qg5-+) 44.Qd3=+ b2 45.Qc2?? (better 45.Nh5 Qg5 46.Qc2=+) 45...f5!-+ 46.Ne6 (46.ef5 Qd4 Double attack; 46.gf5 Qg3 Pinning (46...Qg3 Deflection)) 46...Be6 47.de6 Qd4?? (better 47...Rfe7 48.Rb1 Qd4 49.Kh1 f4-+ (49...Qe4?! 50.Rg2 Qc2 51.Rc2 fg4 52.Rcb2 Rb2 53.Rb2-+; worse 49...fe4 50.g5-+)) 48.Kh2 (48.Kh1 Rg7 49.ef5 h5 50.Qa4 b1Q 51.Qe8 Kh7 52.Qh5 Kg8 53.Qe8 Kh7 54.Qh5 Kg8 55.Qe8 Kh7 56.Qh5=) 48...Rg7=+ 49.ef5 (49.gf5 Rg3 50.Kg3 Rb3 51.Kg2 Qg7 52.Kf1 Rf3 53.Qf2 Rf2 54.Kf2 Qd4 55.Kf3 Qc3 56.Ke2 Qe1 57.Ke1 b1Q 58.Kd2 Qe4-+) 49...Qf4?? (better 49...h5=+) 50.Kg2+/- h5 (50...Qd4 51.Rd3 b1Q 52.Rb1 Qe4 53.Kg3 Qf5 54.Re1+-) 51.Rf3+- Qd4?? (51...Qh6 52.f6 hg4+-) 52.f6 hg4 53.f7 (better 53.Rff1 gh3 54.Kh1+-) 53...Kf8 54.Rg3?? (better 54.Rf2 gh3 55.Kh1+-) 54...gh3-+ 55.Kh2?? (better 55.Kh3 Rg3 56.Kg3 Qg7 57.Kh2-/+) 55...Rg3 56.Kg3 b1Q! 57.Qb1?? (57.Qb1 Rb3 Double attack (57...Qc4 Deflection; 57...Rb3 Decoy); 57.Rb1 Qe3 Double attack) 57...Rb1 (better 57...Rb3 58.Qb3 Qg7 (worse 58...ab3 59.e7 Kg7 60.f8Q Kh7 61.e8Q Qd3 62.Kh4 Qd4 63.Kh5 Qe5 64.Re5 de5 65.Qd7) 59.Kh3 Qh8 (59...ab3 60.e7 Kf7 61.e8Q Kf6 62.Qe6 Kg5 63.Rg1 Kf4 64.Rf1 Kg5 65.Rf5) 60.Kg4 ab3-+) 58.e7 Kg7 59.f8Q Kg6 (59...Kh7 60.e8Q Rb3 61.Kh2 Qb2 62.Re2 Qe5 63.Re5 Rb2 64.Re2 Re2 65.Qe2 Kg6 66.Qef3 d5 67.Q3f5) 60.Re6 Kg5 (60...Qf6 61.e8Q Kh7 62.Qh5 Qh6 63.Rh6) 61.Qg8 (61.Qh6 Kf5 62.Qg6) 61...Kf5 (61...Qg7 62.Qg7 Kf5 63.Qg4) 62.Qg6 1-0. Williams,Barry - Short,Allan, NZL Wanganui Chess Club Championship, 2000.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Nc5 10.Qc2= b6 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Nd4 Qd7 13.cd5+/– Bc3 14.dc6 Qd6 15.Qc3 Be2 16.Ne2 Na4 17.Qa3+– Qa3 18.Ba3 Ne4 19.d4 Rac8 20.Rac1 b5 21.Rfd1 a5 22.f3 Nf6 23.e4 b4 24.d5 ba3 25.d6 Red8 26.e5 Ne8 27.d7 Rc7 28.Nd4 Nb2 29.de8Q Re8 30.Nb5 Rc6 31.Rc6 Nd1 32.Na3 g6 33.Nc4+– Nc3 34.a3 Ne2 35.Kf2 Nd4 36.Ra6 Nb3 37.f4 Rc8 38.Na5 Rc2 39.Kg3 Rc3 40.Kg4 h5 41.Kg5 Nc5 42.Rc6 Kg7 43.Kh4 Kf8 44.Rc7 Ke8 45.Nb7 Na4 46.Nd6 Kf8 47.Rf7 Kg8 48.Kg5 Rc2 49.g3 (49…Rh2 50.Kg6+–) 1–0. Weigel,Hans Juergen (2000) – Thielemann,Joachim (2060), GER–chT Seniors MM–dLV, 2001.

7.Be2 d6 8.Bd4 =+.

7.a3 d6

8.ab4 de5

9.Nc3 Na6 10.Qb1 c5 11.bc5 Nc5 12.Be2 Bg4 13.h3 Bf3 14.Bf3 e4 15.Be2 a5 16.Qb5 Re5 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.Qc5= Qc7 19.Qc7 Nc7 20.d3 ed3 21.Bd3 Rd8 22.Kd2 b6 23.Rhb1 Rd6 24.f4 Rc5 25.e4 f6 26.Ke3 Ne6 27.g3 Nd4 28.Rb2+= Rh5? 29.h4 Rc5+/– 30.Rab1 Rcc6 31.e5 fe5 32.fe5 Rd8 33.Rb6+– Rc5 34.Kf4?? Ne6+= 35.Re6 Rd3 36.Rc1 Rd4= 37.Ke3 Rcc4 38.Rc4 Rc4= 39.Rd6 Rc3 40.Kf4 a4 41.e6 Kf8 42.Rd7 a3 43.Ra7 h5 44.g4 hg4 45.Kg4 Ke8 46.e7 Rc4 47.Kg5 Rd4 48.Ra3 Ke7 49.Ra7 Kf8 50.Rc7 Kg8 51.h5 Rd5 52.Kg6 Rd6 53.Kf5 Kh7 54.Rc5 Kh6 55.Ke4 Rb6 56.Ke3 g5 57.hg6 Kg6 58.Ke4 Re6 59.Kd4 Kf6 60.Rd5 Re1 61.Rc5 Re6 62.Rd5 Re1 63.Rd6 Kf5 64.Kd5 Re2 65.Kc4 Ke5 66.Rd8 Re4 67.Kc5 Re3 68.Rd5 Ke6 69.Kd4 Ra3 70.Re5 Kd6 71.Re4 Ra5 72.Ke3 Ra1 73.Kf4 Rf1 74.Kg4 Kd5 75.Re8 Rf2 76.Rd8 Ke6 77.Re8 Kd5 78.Rd8 Ke4 79.Re8 Kd5 ½–½. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.Nc3 e4 10.Nd4= Bg4 11.Be2 Be2 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.0-0 Qb6 14.f4 ef3 15.Nf3 a6 16.Rab1 Qd8 17.d4+= Qe7 18.Rfe1 Ne4 19.Ne4 Qe4 20.Ra1 Nf6 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Qf2 h6 23.h3 Rd6 24.Qg3 Nh5 25.Qg4 Qg4= 26.Ng4 f5 27.c5 Rde6 28.Ne5 Nf6 29.Ra4 Nd5 30.Kf2 g6 31.g4 Nc3 32.Ra3 Nb5 33.Raa1 fg4 34.hg4 Kg7 35.Kg3 Nc3 36.Rf1 Ne4 37.Kh4 R8e7 38.Rad1 Ng5 39.Rd3 Ne4 40.Ra3 Rf6 41.Rf6 Kf6 42.Ra1 g5 43.Kh3 Nc3 44.Kg3 Nd5 45.Rh1 Rh7 46.Kf3 Nb4 47.Ke4 Nd5 48.Kd3 Ke6 49.Nf3 Nf6 50.e4 Ke7 51.Ne5 Ke6 52.Nf3 Ke7 53.Ne5 Ke6 54.Nf3 ½–½. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.d3 e4 10.Nd4 Na6 11.b5 cb5 12.Nb5 Bg4–+ 13.Qd2 ed3 14.Bd3-/+ Nb4! 15.Ra3 Nd3 16.Rd3= Qb8 17.N1c3 b6 18.Nd6+= Re5 19.0-0+/– Be6 20.Rb1 Qf8 21.f4 Rc5 22.Rd4 h6 23.Rb5 Rc7 24.e4 Ne8 25.Ne8 Re8 26.Nd5 Rc5 27.e5 Rec8 28.Rc5 Qc5= 29.Ne3 Re8 30.f5 Bc8 31.Rd5 Qe7 32.Qd3 a6 33.Qd4+= Bb7 34.Rd6 Qe5= 35.Qe5 Re5 36.Rb6 Re3 37.Rb7 Rc3 38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Kf2 a5 40.Ra7 Rc4 41.Ra5 Ke7 42.Kf3 Rc2 43.Ra6 Rd2 44.h4 Rd3 45.Kg4 Rd2 46.g3 Re2 47.Rc6 Rf2 48.Rb6 Rg2 49.Rc6 Rf2 50.Ra6 Re2 51.Kh5 Rf2 52.g4 Rh2 53.Rc6 Kd7 54.Rb6 Ke7 55.Ra6 Rg2 56.Rc6 Kd7 57.Rb6 Ke7 58.f6 gf6 59.Rc6 Rh2 60.Rc7 Kf8 61.Rc4?? Kg7-/+ 62.Rd4?? Re2–+ 63.Rf4 Re5 64.Rf5 Kh7 65.Re5 fe5 66.g5 e4 67.Kg4 hg5 68.h5 Kh6 69.Kg3 f5 70.Kh3 e3 71.Kg2 g4 72.Kf1 f4 73.Kg2 f3 74.Kg3 Kg5 75.h6 e2 76.h7 e1Q 77.Kh2 f2 78.h8N Qg1# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.Be2 Na6 10.Qa4 Qb6 11.Qa5 Qb4 12.Ne5 Qa5–+ 13.Ra5 b6 14.Ra6 Ba6 15.Nc6 Bb7 16.Bf3 Rac8 17.Na7 Rc4 18.Nc3? Bf3 19.gf3 Rc3! 20.dc3 Ra8 21.e4 Ra7 22.0-0 g6 23.Rb1 Nd7 24.Kg2 Ra2 25.Rd1 Ne5 26.Kg3 Rc2 27.Kf4 f6 28.Rd6 Kg7 29.Rb6 Rf2 30.Rb7 Kh6 31.Ke3 Rf3 32.Kd4 Rd3 33.Kc5 Rc3 34.Kd5 Ng4 35.Ke6 Rh3 36.Rb2 Rh4 37.Rg2 Kg5 38.Rd2 Rh2 39.Rh2 Nh2 40.e5 fe5 41.Ke5 Kg4 42.Kd4 h5 43.Ke3 Kg3 44.Kd2 h4 45.Ke1 Ng4 46.Kf1 h3 47.Kg1 h2 48.Kf1 h1Q 49.Ke2 Qe4 50.Kd2 Qc4 51.Ke1 Ne3 52.Kd2 Kf3 53.Ke1 Qb4# (53...Qe2#) 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

9.Be2 Na6 10.b5 cb5 11.cb5 Nc7 12.d4 ed4 13.Nd4= Ne6 14.Ne6 Be6 15.0-0 Qc7 16.Qd4 Red8 17.Qb4 Qe5 18.Ra4 Bd5 19.Nd2= Be6 20.Nf3 Qc7= 21.Nh4 Nd5=+ 22.Qe1 Nc3-/+ 23.Rb4? Rac8–+ 24.Kh1? Ne2 25.Qe2 Bc4 26.Qc4 Qc4 27.Rc4 Rc4 28.Nf3 Rdc8 29.g3 f6 30.Kg2 Rc1 31.Rc1 Rc1 32.Nd4 Rd1 33.Nb3 Kf7 34.Kf3 Rb1 35.Nd4 Rb2 36.e4 a5 37.ba6 ba6 38.Nf5 a5 39.Nd6 Kf8 40.Nc4 a4 41.Kg2 Rb4 42.Na3 Re4 43.h4 Ke7 44.Kf1 Ke6 45.Nc2 Rc4 46.Na3 Rb4 47.Kg1 Rb3 48.Nc2 Kd5 49.h5 a3 50.Na3 Ra3 51.Kf1 Ke4 52.Kg2 Ra2 53.h6 gh6 54.Kf1 Kf3 55.Ke1 h5 56.Kd1 Kf2 57.Kc1 Kg3 58.Kb1 Kh3 59.Kc1 h4 60.Kb1 f5 61.Kc1 Kg3 62.Kb1 Kg4 63.Kc1 h3 64.Kb1 Rf2 65.Ka1 h2 66.Kb1 h1Q# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

5.e3 Nc6

6.Bc3 Bc3 7.Nc3 a6 8.d4 d6 9.a3 b6 (9...Na5!?=+) 10.Bd3+= h6 11.Nge2 Ne7 12.0-0 c5 13.d5 Bf5 14.Bf5 Nf5 15.e4 Ne7 16.a4 Ng6 17.f4 Qd7 18.h3 Nh7 19.Qd2 f5 (19...Nf6 20.Ng3+=) 20.e5 (better 20.ef5!? Qf5 21.Rab1+/-) 20...de5= 21.fe5 (21.a5!? b5 22.cb5 ab5 23.fe5 Ne5 24.Qe3=) 21...Ne5=+ 22.Qa2 Rae8 23.Nf4 Qd6 24.Rae1? (24.a5 ba5 25.Qa5 Ng5=+) 24...g6?? (better 24...Nf3! 25.gf3 Qf4 26.Re8 Re8-+) 25.a5? (25.Re3 Re7=+) 25...ba5 (better 25...Nf3! 26.gf3 Qf4-+) 26.Ne6=+ (26.Qa5? Nc4 27.Qa1 Nd2-+) 26...Rf7 (26...Re6 27.de6 Qd4 28.Qf2 Qf2 29.Rf2=) 27.Qe2= Nd7 28.Qe3 Attacking the isolated pawn on c5 (28.Qd2 Nhf8 29.Qh6 Rh7=) 28...Nhf8 (better 28...Ng5!? 29.Qf4 Qf4 30.Nf4 Re1 31.Re1 Rf6=+) 29.Qh6= Ree7 30.Nf8 Re1 31.Re1 Nf8 (31...Rf8?? 32.Re6 Rf6 33.Rd6 Rd6 34.Na4+-) 32.h4 (32.Qd2 Rb7=) 32...Rh7 (32...Qf6!? 33.Ne2 a4-/+) 33.Qg5=+ Rh5 34.Qe7 Qe7 (34...Qg3!? 35.Re3 Qh4=+) 35.Re7=+ Rh4 36.Ra7? (better 36.d6=+) 36...Rc4-+ 37.Ne2 Re4 38.Kf2 Re8 (better 38...Ra4!?-+) 39.Ra6=+ Nd7 (39...g5 40.Ra5 Nd7 41.Ra7=+) 40.Rg6= Kh7 41.Ra6 Kg7 42.Ra5 Kf7 43.Nf4 Kf6 44.Ra6 Ke5 45.g3 Nf6?? Attacks the isolani on d5 (45...Rb8 46.Ng6 Ke4 47.d6=) 46.Nd3?? (better 46.Ng6 Kd5 47.Rf6+-) 46...Kd4= 47.Rf6 Kd3 48.d6 Rd8 49.Rf5 c4 50.Rc5 (better 50.Rd5 Ke4 51.Rd1=) 50...Rd6-/+ 51.g4 (better 51.Ke1-/+) 51...Rg6?? (51...c3 52.g5 Rg6=) 52.Kf3= c3 53.Kf4 White intends g5 53...c2 (53...Kd4 54.Rc8=) 54.Kf5= Rg8 55.g5 Kd2 56.g6 c1Q 57.Rc1 Kc1 58.Kf6 Kd2 59.Kf7 Rg6 60.Kg6 ½-½. Darkseid (1875) – vodland, ChessWorld.net, 2008.

6.Bc3 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 h6 (8...d5!?-/+) 9.0-0= Bc3 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.d4 Qe7 12.Qd2 Rfe8 13.Rfe1 Ne4 14.Ne4 Qe4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nh2?? (better 16.Rac1=) 16...Be2-+ 17.Qe2 Nd4! (17...Nd4 18.Qb2 Nc2-+) 0-1. Darkseid (1995) - boqsa (2355), ChessWorld.net, 2019.

6.Bc3 Qe7 7.a3 Bc3 (7...Bd6 8.Nf3=+) 8.Nc3=+ b6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Be2 Rad8 11.0-0 d5 12.d4 Na5 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Qc2 c5 15.Nd5 Bd5 16.dc5 Rc8 17.Nd4 Rc5 18.Qb2 Nc4 19.Bc4 Rc4 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.Rc4 Rc4 22.Rd1 Qg5 23.Nf3?? (better 23.f4 Qg6 24.Qd2=) 23…Bf3-+ (23...Bf3 24.Rd8 Qd8 25.gf3 Qd1 26.Kg2 Rc6-+) 0-1. Darkseid (1780) - elcid10 (2175), ChessWorld.net, 2009.

6.Bc3 Be7 7.Be2 d5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.0-0 Re8 10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4+= Bf3 12.Bf7 Kh8 13.gf3 Rf8 14.d4 Bd6 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.f4 Qh4 17.Qb7+– Ne7 18.Be6 Nf6 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nf7! Kh7 22.Ne5 Be5 23.fe5 Rab8? 24.Qg2 Ne8 25.Rab1 Rb1 26.Rb1 Nf5 27.Bb4 Rh8 28.Bc5 Nh4 29.Qe4 g6 30.Bg4 Qg5 31.Kf1 Ng7 32.Rb7 h5 33.Bd7 Nhf5 34.Rc7 Rb8 35.Ra7 Rb2 36.d5 Rd2 37.Bf8 Rd1 38.Ke2 Qg1 39.Bf5 Qf1 40.Kf3 Qh1 41.Kg3 Rg1 42.Kh3 Qe4 43.Rg7 Kh8 44.Be4 g5 45.d6 g4 46.Kh4 Rd1 47.d7 g3 48.Rh7 (48.Rh7 Kg8 49.Bd6 Rd6 50.ed6 gf2 51.d8Q#) 1–0. pierre – torbjorn, internet, 2008.

6.Bc3 Re8 7.d4 d5 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.Qa4 a5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Ne4 13.cd5 Nd2 14.dc6 Nf3 15.gf3 Bf3 16.cb7 Bb7 17.Rg1 Qh4 18.Rg3 c5 19.Qb3 Qe7 20.dc5 Qc5 21.Bc4 Qe7 22.Rd1 Rad8 23.Rd8 Rd8 24.Qc3 g6 25.Be2 Rc8 26.Qa5 Rc1 27.Bd1 Bc6 28.f4 h5 29.Qd2 Qa3 30.Kf2 Qa1 31.Rg1 Ba4 32.Rg6 fg6 33.Ba4 Rf1 34.Ke2 Rh1 35.Bb3 Kh7 36.Kd3 Qg1 37.h4 Rh4 38.Kc4 Rg4 39.Bd1 Qg2 40.Qd7+= Kh6 41.Bg4 hg4 42.Kc3 Qg1 43.Qd4 Qc1 44.Kb4 Qc8 45.Qe5 Kh7 46.e4 Qc6 47.Kb3 g3 48.Qe7 Kg8 49.Qg5 Qe4 50.Qg3 Kf7 51.Kc3 Qd5 52.Qh4 Qd6 53.Qg5 Qd1 54.Qe5 Qd7 55.Qc5 Qb7 56.Kd4 Qb2 57.Ke3 Qb3 58.Kf2 Qh3 59.Qc7 Kg8 60.Qc4 Kg7 61.Qd4 Kf7 62.Qa7 Kf6 63.Qa6 Qe6 64.Qd3 Qb6 65.Kf3 Qc6 66.Kg3 Qe6 67.Qd4 Kf7 68.Qc3 Qf5 69.Qc7 Kg8 70.Qe7 Qd3 71.Kh4 Qf5 72.Qe3 g5 73.fg5 Qh7 74.Kg3 Qg6 75.Qe5 Kf7 76.Qf4 Kg8 77.Qc4 Kf8 78.Kg4 Kg7 79.Qd4 Kh7 80.Qd7 Kh8 81.Qd5 Kg7 82.Qe5 Kh7 83.Qh2 Kg7 84.Qb2 Kf7 85.Qb7 Kg8 86.Qb8 Kh7 87.Qa7 Kg8 88.Qa8 Kh7 89.Qg2 Qe6 90.Kh5 Qg6 91.Kh4 Kg8 92.Qa8 Kh7 93.Qb7 Kg8 94.Qb8 Kh7 95.Qc7 Kg8 96.Qc8 ½–½. bambinik – targeter, internet, 2001.

6.Bd3 Ne5 7.Nf3 Nd3 8.Ke2 Ng4 9.Qc2 Qf6 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.Qc3 Qc3–+ 0–1. guest297 – guest384, ICC, 1999.

6.Bg3 Ne4! idea Qf6. Grehl.

6.Bb2

6.Bb2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3).

6.Bb2 d6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6).

6.Bb2 Be7 7.Nf3 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Be7).

6.Bb2 d5

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5).

7.a3 Ba5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5).

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5).

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bg4).

7.cd5 Qd5 8.Nf3 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.cd5 Qd5).

7.Nf3 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8 7.Bb2).

7.Nf3 Bd6 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Bd6).

7.Nf3 Bf5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bf5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2).

7.Nf3 Bf5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5).

7.cd5 Nd5

8.a3 Ba5 9.Nf3 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5).

8.Nf3 Re8 9.a3 Ba5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5).

8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Re3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Re3).

8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7).

8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7).

8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

8.Nf3 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bf5 8.cd5 Nd5).

8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Be2 Ba5 10.a3 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bf5).

8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Be2 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5).

8.Nf3 Bg4

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.cd5 Nd5).

9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Rad8 11.d4 Rfe8 12.Qb3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.d4 Rad8 12.Qb3).

9.Be2 Re8

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

10.0-0 a6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 a6).

10.0-0 Qd6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qd6).

10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5 12.Qa4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5 12.Qa4).

10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nd4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nd4).

10.0-0=+ Qe7 11.d4 Rad8 12.a3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.d4 Rad8 12.a3).

10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Ne2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Ne2).

7.Nf3 Re8

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Re8).

8.Be2 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

8.Be2 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Be2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Be2).

7.Nf3 Bg4

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Rad8 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Ne2 Rfe8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Ne2 Rad8).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 a6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 a6).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Qd7 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qd7).

8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Re8 10.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.Be2 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0 Bg4 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4).

6.Bb2 Re8

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5).

7.Be2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2).

7.Be2 d5 8.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.Be2).

7.Be2 d5 8.Nf3 Be6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Qd7 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Be6 10.0-0 Qd7).

7.Be2 d5 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.a3 Ba5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bf5).

7.Nf3 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

7.Nf3 d6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Re8).

6.Bc3 d5

7.a3 Bc3–+ 8.Nc3 (8.dc3 Be6–+) 8...d4 9.Nce2 Re8 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bf3 12.gf3 Ne5 13.Nd4? (better is 13.Nf4–+) 13...Qd4 14.Be2 (14.ed4?? Nf3#) 14...Nd3 15.Bd3 (15.Kf1 Qc4 16.Rb1 Qd5–+) 15...Qd3 16.Qe2 Qe2 (better is 16...Qc2 17.Rd1–+) 17.Ke2 Rad8 18.Rhb1 b6 19.d4 (19.a4–+) 19…Rd4 0–1. Rush,Bradley – Oliveira,Luiz, OP–2012–0-02206, 2012.

7.d4 Ne4 8.Bb4= Nb4 9.Nf3 c5 10.Be2 Be6 11.cd5 Qd5 12.0-0 Na2-/+ 13.Bd3 f5 14.dc5 Nc5 15.Nd4 Nd3 16.Qd3 f4 17.Nd2 Nb4 18.Qc3 fe3 19.fe3 Rf1 20.Rf1 Nc6 21.Nc6 Qc6 22.Qc6 bc6 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Ne4 Rb8 25.Ng5 Bd7 26.Ra1 Rb7 27.Ra5 Be8 28.Ne6 Bf7 29.Nc5 Rb1 30.Kf2 Rb2 31.Kf3 Ra2 32.Ra2 Ba2 33.Nb7 Kf7 34.g3 Kf6 35.Ke4 Kg5 36.Na5 Bd5 37.Ke5 Bh1 38.e4 c5 39.Nc6 c4 40.Kd4=+ c3 41.Kc3 Be4 42.Na7 Kg4 43.Kd4 Bb1 44.Nb5 Kh3 45.Ke5 Kh2 46.Kf4 Kh3 47.Nd4 h6 48.Nf3 Ba2 49.Ng1 ½–½. pierre (2150) – jnunes (1825), internet, 2007.

7.d4 Be6 8.cd5 Nd5 (8...Qd5!? 9.a3 Be7-/+) 9.Bb4=+ Ncb4 10.a3 Nc6 11.Nf3 f5 (11...Na5 12.Bd3=+) 12.Bd3 f4 (better 12...Na5=+) 13.e4+/- Nf6 14.d5 Nd5 15.ed5 Bd5 16.0-0 Ne7? (better 16...Bf3 17.Qf3 Qd4+-) 17.Nc3+- c6 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Bc4 (19.Qb1 Qf6+-) 19...Kh8 (19...Qd6 20.Rb1 b6 21.Nd4+-) 20.Re1 h6 (20...b5 21.Bd3 Qd6+-) 21.Ne5 Qf6 (21...Rf6 22.Qb1+-) 22.Bd5 cd5 23.Qd5 Rad8 (23...b6 24.Rad1 Qf5 25.Qb7+-) 24.Qc5 (better 24.Qb7 Kg8+-) 24...Rfe8 25.h3 Rc8 (25...Qf5 26.Rac1+-) 26.Qa5 1-0. Darkseid (1825) - RKoelbach (1830), ChessWorld.net, 2011.

7.d4 Re8 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.Na3 c6 12.Qb3 Qd4 13.Rd1 Qe4 14.Bf7 (14.Qb4?? Qg2 15.Nf3 Qh1 16.Ke2 Re3 17.fe3 Qg2 18.Ke1 Qf3–+) 14...Kh8 15.Ne2 (15.Be8 Qg2 16.Qb4 Re8–+) 15...Nd3 (worse 15...Qg2 16.Rg1 Qe4 17.Be8 Re8 18.Ng3 Nd3 19.Kd2+=) 16.Rd3 Qd3 17.Be8 Re8 18.Nc4 c5 0–1. Behrmann,Klaus Joergen – Gonzague Tremblay,Louis, Compuserve email, 1998.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Qc2 Re8 (8...Bd6 9.Nf3-/+) 9.Nf3 (9.Bd3 g6 10.Be4 Be6=+) 9...Bg4 10.Be2 Nc3 11.Nc3 Bf3 12.Bf3 Nd4 13.Qd1 Nf3 14.Qf3 Qd3 (14...Bc3 15.dc3 Qd3 16.Rc1=+) 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Qd3 Rd3 17.Ke2 Red8 18.Rhd1 f5 (18...c5 19.a3 Ba5 20.Rac1-/+) 19.Rac1 (19.f3=+) 19...Bc3 (19...a6!?=+) 20.Rc3= Rc3 21.dc3 Rd1 (21...Rd6 22.Rd6 cd6 23.Kd3=) 22.Kd1+= Kf7 23.Kd2 Ke6 24.Kd3 Kd5 (24...b5 25.f3=) 25.f3 (25.h3 h5+=) 25...b5 26.h3 (26.e4 fe4 27.fe4 Ke5=) 26...c5= 27.c4 (27.e4 fe4 28.fe4 Ke5=) 27...bc4=+ 28.Kc3 g5 (better 28...h6!?=) 29.g4+= fg4 (29...f4 30.ef4 h6 31.f5+–) 30.hg4+– Ke5 31.Kc4 Kd6 32.a3 (32.f4 gf4 33.ef4 h6+–) 32...a6 (32...h6 33.a4 Kc6 34.a5+–) 33.a4 1–0. Kirdin,Georgy Pavlovich (2255) – Jansen,Joop HEP (2110), corr ICCF WT/M/GT/295 ICCF, 1991.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Qb3 Qd6 10.Be2 Rad8 11.0-0 Rfe8 12.a3 Bc5 13.d4 Bb6 14.Nbd2? (better 14.Bc4!?=) 14...Nc3-/+ 15.Qc3 Nd4! 16.Bd1 (16.ed4 Re2 Pinning (16...Re2 Deflection); 16.Nd4 Bd4 Decoy) 16...Nf3 17.Nf3 Qd3 18.Qb2 (18.Qe1 Rd7–+) 18...Re3! 19.g4? (19.fe3 Be3 Decoy) 19...Rf3 20.Bf3 (20.gf5 Rf5 21.Qe2–+) 20...Qf3 21.gf5 Rd4 (21...Rd4 22.Qd4 Bd4–+; 21...Qf5?! 22.Qe2–+) 0–1. Kirdin,Georgy Pavlovich (2255) – Lueers,Eckhard, corr ICCF WT/M/GT/295 ICCF, 1991.

7.Be2 Bc3 8.Nc3 Re8 (8...d4!? 9.ed4 Nd4-/+ (9...Qd4?! 10.Nf3 Qf4 11.0-0=+)) 9.Nf3 (9.cd5!? Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Nf3=) 9...d4-/+ 10.Nd4 Nd4 11.ed4 Qd4 12.0-0 a6 13.d3?? (better 13.Rc1-/+) 13...Qc3-+ 14.d4 Bf5 15.Rc1 Qa3 16.c5 (16.Qd2 Rad8-+) 16...Qa2 17.Bc4 Qa3 18.Re1 (18.Qd2 Qa4-+) 18...Re1 19.Qe1 b5 20.Be2 (20.Ra1 Qb2 21.Ra2-+) 20...Re8 21.Qd1 (21.Rd1 Nd5 22.Qd2 Nc3-+) 21...Nd5 (21...Re2 22.Ra1 Qb2 23.Qc1 Qd4 24.Qf1 Rf2 25.Qf2 Qa1 26.Qf1 Qf1 27.Kf1-+) 22.Qd2 (22.Bf3 Nf4-+) 22...h6 (better 22...Re2 23.Re1 Nf4-+ (23...Rd2?? 24.Re8)) 23.Bh5 (23.Bf3 Nf6 24.Rf1 Bd3-+) 23…Re2 (23...Re2 24.Be2 Be6+=) 0-1. Darkseid (1780) - Karl_Childers (1640), ChessWorld.net, 2011.

7.Nf3 Bc3 8.dc3 Be6 9.Nbd2 Qd6 (9...Qe7 10.Rb1=+) 10.Be2 (10.Rb1 b6=+) 10...Rad8 (10...Rfd8 11.cd5 Bd5 12.0-0=+) 11.cd5 Bd5 (11...Nd5 12.Qc2=+) 12.Qc2 Rfe8 13.0-0 Ne5 (13...b6 14.Rfd1=) 14.Rfd1 b6 (14...Nf3 15.Bf3 a6 16.c4 Bf3 17.Nf3=) 15.c4 Bb7 16.Nb3 Qe7 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.Rd8 Rd8 19.Rd1 Rd7 ½–½. Pachurka,Roland – Vonhoff,Joerg, DESC, 2005.

7.Bb4 Nb4

8.Qb3 a5 9.a3 Ne4 10.Nf3 +=.

8.Qb3 c5 9.a3 Nc6 10.cd5 Na5 -/+.

8.Qb3 c5 9.d4 Bf5 10.Na3 Ne4 (11.Nf3 Qa5–+) 0–1. marekt – Wulf452, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

8.Qb3 c5 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Na3 Qa5 11.Rc1 Rad8 (11...d4 12.Be2–+) 12.Be2 (12.cd5 Nfd5 13.Bc4 a6-/+) 12...Rfe8 (12...d4 13.0-0 Rfe8 14.Rfe1–+) 13.0-0 (13.cd5!? Rd5 14.0-0+=) 13...d4–+ 14.Rfd1 d3 15.Bf1 h6 (15...a6!?–+) 16.Nb5-/+ Qa2 (better is 16...Bg4!?-/+) 17.Qa2= Na2 18.Ra1 Nb4 19.Ra7 Bc8 20.Ra3 Re4 21.Rc1 Be6 22.Ra7 (22.Nc3 Rc4 23.Ne5 Rh4=) 22...Rc4+= (worse is 22...Bc4 23.Rb7 Na2 24.Ra1+=) 23.Rc4 Bc4 24.Rb7 Ne4 25.Na3 Bd5 26.Rc7 (26.Ra7 Rb8+=) 26...Nc2 (26...Ra8 27.Nb5-/+) 27.Nb1? (27.Nb5 Ra8+=) 27...c4 (better is 27...Rb8 28.Nc3 Nc3 29.dc3 Bf3 30.gf3 Rb1–+) 28.Nc3?? (better is 28.Ne5=) 28...Nc3–+ 29.dc3 Bf3 30.gf3 d2 31.Be2 d1Q 32.Bd1 Rd1 33.Kg2 Na3 34.Ra7 Nb5 35.Ra4 Nc3 (35...Nd6 36.Ra8 Kh7 37.Ra6–+) 36.Rc4 Nd5 37.f4 Rd2 38.Kf3 h5 (38...g6 39.h3–+) 39.Rc8 Kh7 40.Rd8 (40.f5 Nb4–+) 40...f5 41.Rd6 h4 42.Rd7 Kh6 43.Rd8 Kh7 44.Rd7 Rd1 45.Rf7? (45.Ra7–+) 45...Nf6 46.Kg2 Rd2 47.Kg1 (47.Rf8–+) 47...h3 48.f3 Rg2 49.Kh1 Rf2 (49...Rf2 50.Kg1 Rf3–+) 0–1. Subira Navarro,Oscar (1715) – Gaspar Calvo,Luis Alberto (1780), Zaragoza ESP, 2nd Primavera Open, 2014.

8.a3 Nc6

9.Nc3 d4-/+ 10.Na2 Bf5 11.Nf3 Re8 12.g3 (12.Nb4!?+=) 12...Qd6 13.Qb3 (better is 13.Nc1!?-/+) 13...Be4–+ 14.Bg2 Ne5 15.Ne5 (15.c5 Qe7 (worse is 15...Nf3 16.Bf3 Qe5 17.Be4 Ne4 18.Rd1–+) 16.Nh4 de3 17.fe3 Nd3 18.Ke2 Rad8–+) 15...Bg2 (15...Qe5?! 16.0-0+=; 15...Re5?! 16.Be4 Ne4 17.Qb7+=) 16.Rg1 Qe5 (16...Re5?! 17.Rg2 Rb8 18.Nb4-/+) 17.Rg2 de3 18.Rd1 (18.0-0-0 Qe4 19.Rgg1 ef2 20.Rgf1–+) 18...ed2 19.Kd2 Rad8 20.Kc1 (20.Kc2 Qe2 21.Kc1 Rd1 22.Qd1 Qa2 23.Rg1 Qa3 24.Kb1 Qb4 25.Kc1–+) 20...Qa1 21.Qb1 Rd1 (21...Rd1 22.Kd1 Qb1 23.Nc1 Rd8 24.Ke1 Qc1 25.Ke2 Qd2 26.Kf3 Rd3) 0–1. Ruhle,Ernst Albrecht – Schwammberger,Eugen (1955), Weggis Seniors op, 2004.

9.d4 Re8 10.c5 Ne4 11.Nf3 Qf6 12.Be2 Nc5 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Nd5=+ Qd6 15.Nf4 g5 16.Nd3 Nc3 17.Qc2 Ne2 18.Ke2 Nd4 19.Nd4 Qd4 20.Rac1 Bf5 21.Qc3 Qb6 22.Qc7? Rad8–+ 23.Rhd1 Bg4 24.f3 Qe3 25.Kf1 Bf5 (25...Bf5 26.Ne5 Rd1 27.Rd1 Re5 28.Qd8 Kg7–+; 25...Rd3 26.Re1 Rc8 27.Re3 Re3 28.Qa5 Rc1 29.Kf2=+) 0–1. Roessler,Philipp – Heinz,Waldemar, DESC, 2004.

9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qc5 +=.

9.cd5 Nd5 10.d4 Re8 11.Ne2 Qh4 12.Qc1 Ne3 13.g3 Nc2 14.Qc2 Nd4 15.Qc3 Ne2 16.Be2 Re2! 17.Ke2 Qe4 18.Qe3 Bg4 19.f3 Bf3 20.Kf2 Qe3 21.Ke3 Bh1 22.Nc3 Re8 23.Kd4 Bc6 24.Kc4 f6 25.Rb1 b6 26.Rd1 Kf7 27.h4 a6 28.Rd2 Re3 (28...Re3 29.Rd8 Ke6–+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Woschkat,Karl_Heinz, CiF, 1999.

9.cd5 Nd5 10.d4 Re8 11.Ne2 Qh4 12.g3 Qe4 13.Rg1 Ne3 14.fe3 Qe3 15.Rg2 Nd4 16.Rf2 Bg4 17.Ra2 Rad8 18.Qd2 Nf3 19.Rf3 Qf3 20.Qb4 Rd6 21.Nbc3 Rf6 (21...Rf6 22.Bg2 Qf2 23.Kd1 Rd6 24.Bd5 Be2 25.Kc1 Qf1 26.Kc2 Bd3 27.Kb3 Rb6–+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Krabbe,Wolf_Dieter, corr ICCF EM/M/A066 Email, 1999.

9.cd5 Nd5 10.Ne2 Re8 11.Nbc3 Nc3 12.Nc3 Qg5 13.d4 Bg4 14.Qa4 Re3 15.fe3= Qe3 16.Ne2 Re8 17.Ra2 Nd4 18.Qd1 Qc3 19.Kf2 Qe3 20.Ke1 b5 21.a4= b4 22.Rd2 c5 23.Rd3? Qe4 24.Rd2 b3 25.Kf2 Re5 26.Rb2 (26.Qc1 Be2 (26...Ne2 27.Be2 Be2 28.Rd8 Re8 29.Re8 Qe8 30.Re1+=) 27.Be2 Qf4 (< 27...Ne2 28.Rd8 Re8 29.Re8 Qe8 30.Re1+/–) 28.Bf3 Qe3 29.Kf1 b2–+) 0–1. Meier,Franz – Baer,Werner (2105), TT–13 ETC, 2004.

9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nf3 Re8 11.Be2 Bf5 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qb2 c5 14.Nc3 c4 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.Nd5 Qd5 17.0-0 Be4 18.f3 Bg6 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Rc3 b6 21.Rfc1 Rc5 22.Qb4 Rec8 23.Qa4 h6 24.h3 f5 25.f4+= Bf7 26.R1c2 Qd8 27.Kh2 Qf6 28.g3 R8c7 29.Bf1 Kh7 30.Qb4 Nc6 31.Nc6 Qc6 32.Qb2 Bd5 33.Rc1 Qe6 34.Be2 Bb7 35.Rf1 b5 36.Rg1 a6 37.Rf1 Qc6 38.Rg1 Rd7 39.Qc1 Qb6 40.Rd1 Qe6 41.d3 cd3 42.Rc5 d2 43.Rd2 Qe3 44.Bd3 Rd3 45.Rg2 Qc1 (45...Qc1 46.Rc1 Bg2 47.Kg2 Ra3–+) 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter (1640) – Marcotulli,Giancarlo (1870), IECG, 2000.

6.Bc3 Ne4

7.Bb2 d6 A) 8.Nf3 Be6 (8...Re8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 d5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.0-0=; 8...Qe7 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 Rfe8 12.d3=; 8...Bg4 9.Be2 d5 10.a3 Ba5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.0-0=) 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 d5 11.cd5 Bd5 12.0-0=; B) 8.a3 Ba5 (8...Bc5 9.d3 Nf6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Bd3 d5 12.cd5=) 9.Nf3 Be6 10.Qc2 Ng5 11.Be2 d5 12.Nd4=.

7.Bb2 Re8 A) 8.a3 Ba5 (8...Be7 9.Nf3 d5 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Qc2=; 8...Bc5; 8...Bf8) 9.Nf3 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3=+; B) 8.Qg4 Bf8 9.Qd1 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3=+; C) 8.Nf3 d5 (8...Rb8 9.Be2 d5 10.a3 Be7 11.d3 Nf6 12.0-0=; 8...d6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 d5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.0-0=; 8...a6 9.Be2 d5 10.a3 Be7 11.d3 Nf6 12.0-0=; 8...Be7 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.d4 d5 11.Ne5 Be6 12.cd5=) 9.a3 Be7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Bb5=.

7.Bb2 Qh4 A) 8.Qf3 Re8 (8...d6) 9.a3 Ba5 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Be2 d6 12.Qd5-/+; B) 8.g3 Qe7 (8...Qh6) 9.a3 Ba5 10.Bg2 Nc5 11.Qc2 Ne5 12.Be5=+; C) 8.Qe2 d6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Qd3 Nc5 12.Qc2=+.

7.Bb4 Nb4.

7.Bb4 Qh4 8.g3 Qf6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.d4 d5 11.a3 Bg4 12.Be2=+.

7.Bb4 Qh4?? 8.g3-/+ Qf6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.d4 d5 11.Nbd2 Bf5 (11...Bf5 12.Rc1 Na2-/+) 0–1. Suc,Timothy – Krasny,Henryk Jan, corr or01–003 E–mail, 2001.

7.Bb4 Qh4 8.Nh3 Nb4 9.a3 d5 10.ab4 Bh3 11.Qf3 Bg4 12.Qf4-/+.

7.Bb4 Qh4 8.Nh3 Nb4 9.Nc3 d5 10.Ne4 Qe4 11.d3 Qe5 12.Rb1 c5 13.d4 Qe4 14.Nf4 (14.Nf4 Bg4 15.Qb3 Nc2 16.Kd2 Nd4 17.Qd3-/+). Woelfelschneider,Peter – Edina, THT8, 2001.

7.Qc2 d5 (7...Qh4 8.g3 Qe7 9.Bg2 Nc3 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Nf3 Bc3 12.Qc3=; 7...Re8 8.Nf3 d6 9.a3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Be2 Bg4 12.0-0=; 7...Nc3 8.Nc3 d6 (8...Re8 9.Nf3 Qf6 10.Rc1 Ba3 11.Rb1 h6 12.Nb5=) 9.Nd5 Bc5 10.d4 Nb4 11.Qb2 Nd5 12.dc5=) 8.a3 (8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nf3 Rd8 10.Qb2 Bf8 11.Be2 Rb8 12.0-0=+) 8...Bc3 9.Nc3 Nc3 (9...Bf5 10.Ne4 de4 11.Rb1=+ b6 12.Ne2=+) 10.Qc3 (10.dc3 dc4 11.Bc4 Ne5= 12.Be2=) 10...d4=+ 11.Qb2 (11.Qc2 Qf6 12.Rb1=+) 11...Rb8 12.Nf3 (12.Qc2=+) 12...Re8 13.Be2 d3 14.Bd1 Bg4 15.0-0 Qd6 16.Rc1 b6 17.c5 (17.h3 Bd7=+) 17...bc5-/+ 18.Qc3 Bf3 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.Bh5 Nd7 21.Bg4 Nf6 22.Bf5 Red8 23.e4 Qf4 24.Rfe1 Qg5 25.Re3 ½–½. Perlitz,Heiko – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–10.18 ETC, 2003.

6.Nf3 Ne5

7.Ne5 Ne4 8.Qf3 Nd2 9.Nd2 Bc3 10.Rd1 Be5 11.Bd3 d6 12.c5 c6 13.cd6 Qd6 14.Qe4 g6 15.Be2 Bf5 16.Qc4 Be6 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.a4 Bf5 19.e4 Be6 20.Rb1 Qa3 21.0-0 Qa2 22.Qa2 Ba2 23.Rbd1 Bc3 24.Nf3 Rd1 (25.Rd1 Re8–+) 0–1. Boehnke,Hartmut – Falk,Zimmermann, BdF MS–002 remoteschach.de, 2003.

7.Ne5 Re8 8.Nf3-/+ d5 9.a3 (9.Qb3 c5 10.cd5 Nd5+=) 9...Ba5–+ 10.Nc3? (better is 10.Be2–+) 10...d4 11.Nd4 (11.Nd5 Nd5 12.cd5 de3 13.fe3 Re3 14.Be2 Qd5–+) 11...Qd4 12.Be2 Qh4 (12...Qe5 13.Qc1–+) 13.0-0 Bd7 (13...Bf5 14.Qb3–+) 14.Qc2 c6 (14...Rad8 15.d4–+) 15.d4 Bc7 (better is 15...g6–+) 16.h3 (16.g3 Qh3 17.e4 Bb6–+) 16...Rad8 (better is 16...Bh3 17.f4 Re3 18.Rf3 Rf3 19.Bf3 Qf4 20.Qf2 Qh2 21.Kf1–+) 17.Bf3 (17.Bd3 Bh3! 18.gh3 Qh3–+) 17...Bh3! 18.Ne2 (18.gh3 Qh3 Combination) 18…Bg2! (18...Bg2 19.Ng3 Bf3 20.Qg6 Bg3 21.fg3 Qh1 22.Kf2 Qg2 23.Ke1 Re3) 0–1. Tago,Shunnichi – Cuaycong,Virgilio, 12th AfroAsia Zonal Champs Prelim Group, 2009.

5.e3 Be7

6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Re8 8.Rb1 Bb4 9.Nd5 Bd6 10.Bd6 cd6 11.Nf6 Qf6 12.Nf3 Nd4 13.Nd4 +/–.

6.Be2 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.a3 dc4 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Ba2 Ne4 12.Qa4 c5 13.0-0 b5 14.Qd1 Bf6 15.d4 Nc6 16.Ne5 Be5-/+ 17.de5 c4 18.f4 Qb6 19.Bd4 Nd4–+ 20.Qd4 Rfd8 21.Qb6 ab6 22.h3 h5 23.Rc1 Rd3 0–1. Bohus,Aladar – Nemec,Anton, Kubin op, 1978.

6.Nf3 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Be7).

6.Nc3 d6

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.d4 c5 9.Nd5 Nc6 10.Nf3 cd4 11.Nf6 Qf6 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Be2 Rac8 14.Nb5 Rfd8 15.0-0 Bf5 16.Kh1 b6 17.Qd2 a6 18.Nc3 Qe5 19.Nd5 +=.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.d4 c5 9.Nd5 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Nf6 Qf6 12.Be2 cd4 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Ne2 Ne5 15.0-0 b6 16.Qd4 =.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.d4 c5 9.Nd5 cd4 10.Nf6 =.

7.Bg3 c5 8.Nf3= Nc6 9.d4 Qa5 10.Qd2 cd4 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.ed4 Re8 13.Bd3 Nh5 14.0-0 Ng3=+ 15.hg3 Bf5 16.Bf5 Qf5 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.Rae1+= Rac8 19.Re2 Bd8 20.Re8 Qe8 21.Re1 Qd7 22.Qe2 Kf8 23.Rb1 Bg5 24.f4 Bf6 25.Qe4 b6 26.Nf6 gf6 27.Qh7 Qe6 28.d5 Qe3 29.Kh2 Rc4 30.Qh8 Ke7 31.Qb8 Rc3 32.Qa7 Kf8 33.Qb6 Qg3 34.Kh1 Qf4 35.a4 Rc4 36.a5?? Rd4–+ 37.Qd8 Kg7 38.Qe7 Re4 39.Qa7 Qh6 40.Kg1 Rh4 41.Rb7 Qc1 42.Kf2–+ Qd2 43.Kf3 Qd5 44.Kf2 Rg4 45.g3 Ra4 46.Rb2 Qf5 47.Kg2 Qe4 48.Kf2 Ra3 (48...Ra3 49.Kg1 Rg3 50.Kf1 Qd3 51.Ke1 Re3 52.Qe3 Qe3 53.Re2 Qc3 54.Kf1 Qa5 55.Rg2 Kh6–+) 0–1. Kuperski,Marek – Mroz,Antoni, corr 2. AMM, Poland, 1994.

6.Nf3 c5

7.Bc3 A) 7...Nc6 8.d4 (8.Qc2 d5 9.Qb2 Rb8 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Na3 Qe4=+; 8.Bd3 d5 9.0-0 d4 10.ed4 cd4 11.Bb2 Re8=+; 8.Qa4 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bb5 Ncb4 11.a3 Nb6=+; 8.Qb3 d5 9.d4 cd4 10.Nd4 Na5 11.Qa4 Nc4=+) 8...d5 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Qb3 b6 11.Rd1 Rc8=; B) 7...d5 8.d4 (8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.0-0 Be6 11.d3 Rb8=+; 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 d4 10.ed4 cd4 11.Bb2 Re8=+; 8.Qb3 a6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Nc3 11.Nc3 Nc6=+; 8.Be2 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Be6 11.Qc2 Bd6=+) 8...Nc6 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Bd3 cd4 11.Nd4 Ne5=.

7.Nc3 d6 8.Bg3 (8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Qb1 Bf3=+; 8.Bf4 Bf5 9.d4 Nc6 10.Bd3 cd4 11.ed4 Bg4=) 8...Nc6 9.Be2 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nd5 Qd5=.

7.Nc3 Re8 8.Bd3 (8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 h6 11.Rb1 Bc3=; 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bg3 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nd5 Qd5=+) 8...Nc6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.0-0 b6 11.Rb1 Bc3=.

7.Bd3 d5 (7...Nc6 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Nc3 Re8 10.0-0 h6 11.Rb1 Bc3=) 8.cd5 Nd5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bc3 Bg4 11.Bb5 Rc8=+.

7.d4 d6 (7...Nc6) 8.Bf4 (8.Bg3 Bg4 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Qc3 Bd8 11.Kd1 Ne4=+) 8...Nh5 9.Bg3 Bf6 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Ne4 Re8=+.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 (8.Nc3 dc4 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Bg3 Bd6=+; 8.cd5 Nd5 9.e4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bf4 Nd4=+) 8...Nc6 9.d4 Be6 10.Nbd2 Ne5 11.de5 Ne4=.

7.Bb2 Nc6

8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qb1 Be6 11.Bb5 A) 11...Rc8 12.0-0 (12.Nd5 Bd5 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh7 Kh8 15.Be4 c4=+) 12...Re8 13.Rc1 Nb6 14.d4 cd4 15.Nd4 Nd4=; B) 11...c4 12.Bc6 bc6 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Ne6 fe6 15.a3 Rab8=+.

8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qb1 Be6 11.Bd3 A) 11...h6 12.Be4 (12.Bh7 Kh8 13.Be4 Ndb4 14.a3 f5 15.ab4 fe4=+; 12.Bb5 Rc8 13.0-0 a6 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Rd1 Re8=+; 12.0-0 c4 13.Bf5 Qd7 14.Nd5 Bf5 15.Ne7 Ne7=) 12...c4 13.0-0 f5 14.Nd5 Bd5 15.Bf5 Bf3+=; B) 11...f5 12.0-0 (12.Bc4 Nf4 13.Be6 Ne6 14.Qd1 Bf6 15.Qb3 Qd7=+) 12...Ndb4 13.Be2 c4 14.Nb5 Bd5 15.Nbd4 Nd4=.

8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qb1 Be6 11.Be2 Qd7 (11...Nb6 12.0-0 (12.d3 Rc8 13.0-0 f5 14.a3 f4 15.Ne4 fe3=+) 12...Nc4 13.Rd1 Rc8 14.Bc1 Nd6 15.d4 cd4=; 11...Re8 12.Bb5 (12.Bd3 h6 13.0-0 c4 14.Bh7 Kh8 15.Be4 Ndb4=+; 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh7 Kh8 15.Bf5 Ndb4=) 12...Nc3 13.Bc3 Rb8 14.0-0 Qd5 15.e4 Qh5=; 11...c4 12.0-0 (12.a3 Rc8 13.0-0 Na5 14.Qc2 Nc3 15.Bc3 Nb3=+; 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.Bc3 Rab8 14.d3 b5 15.0-0 Rfd8=+) 12...Ndb4 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nbd4 Nd4 15.Nd4 b5=; 11...Qd6 12.0-0 (12.Ne4 Qd7 13.0-0 b6 14.Bb5 f6 15.Rc1 a6=) 12...Rad8 13.Rd1 f5 14.d4 Rf7 15.Nb5 Qd7+=) 12.0-0 (12.Nd5 Qd5 13.Bc3 b6 14.0-0 Rad8 15.Rd1 Rfe8=; 12.Ne4 a6 13.0-0 f5 14.Neg5 b5 15.a4 Rab8=; 12.Bb5 f6 13.0-0 Nc3 14.dc3 Rad8 15.Rd1 Qd1=) 12...Rac8 (12...Rfd8 13.Ne4 a6 14.Rc1 b6 15.d4 cd4=) 13.Ne4 (13.Bb5 f6 14.Nd5 Qd5 15.d3 Qh5=) 13...Bf5 (13...Rcd8 14.Rc1 Bf5 15.d4 Nf6=) 14.Bd3 (14.d3 Rfd8 15.Rc1 b6=+) 14...Bg6 (14...Bg4 15.Ng3 (15.Nc3 Nf6 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4=) 15...g6=) 15.Rc1= b6 (15...Ndb4=) 16.a3 Rfd8 17.Ba6 Rc7 18.d3 Qe6 19.Qc2 h6 20.Rab1 Kh8 (20...Bh5 21.Nfd2=) 21.Bc4+= Qf5 22.h3 Qc8 23.Ne5 Ne5 24.Be5 Rc6 25.Qb3 Qe6 26.f4 f6 27.Nf6 Bf6 28.e4 Qe8 (better 28...Nf4!? 29.Be6 Ne2 30.Kf2 Nc1 31.Rc1 Be5+=) 29.ed5+– Rdc8?? (better 29...Rcc8 30.Re1 Qf7+–) 30.Re1+– Bh4 (30...Be5 31.Re5 Qf7 32.dc6 Qf6+–) 31.Rf1 (better 31.Bg7 Kg7 32.Re8 Be8 33.dc6 Bf6+–) 31...Bf7?? (31...Rf6 32.Bf6 Qe3 33.Kh1 Bf6 34.Qa4+–) 32.Qa4 (32.dc6 Bc4 33.dc4 Rc6+–) 32...Bd5?? (32...Rg6 33.Qa7 Ra8 34.Qb7 Ra3 35.Rb6+–) 33.Qa7 (better 33.Bd5 Qd7 34.Bc6 Rc6 35.d4+–) 33...Bc4?? (33...R8c7 34.Qa6 Bc4 35.dc4 Qc8 36.Qc8 Rc8+–) 34.dc4 (34.Qg7) 34...Rd6?? (better 34...Bf6 35.Qb7 Be5 36.fe5 Qe5 37.Rb6 R6c7+–) 35.Rb6 (35.Qg7) 35...Kh7?? (35...Rd7 36.Qa4 Kg8 37.Rd6 Rd6 38.Qe8 Re8 39.Bd6+–) 36.Qb7 (36.Qg7) 36...Rd2 (36...Rd7 37.Qe4 Kg8 38.Qf5+–) 37.Qe4 (37.Qg7) 37...Kg8+– 38.Rh6 (better 38.Qf3 Be7 39.Bc3+–) 38...Rd7?? (better 38...gh6 39.f5 Rd4–+) 39.Qh7 Kf7 (39...Kf8 40.Rh4 Qf7+–) 40.Rh4 (40.Rh4 Qg8 41.Qf5 Ke7 42.Re1+–; 40.Qg7) 1–0. Ringsborg,Allan (2260) – Ros,Aksel Johan (2165), corr DEN–ch Denmark, 2000.

8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qb1 Re8 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.Ne4 h6 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.Be5 Bf5=.

8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qb1 Bg4 A) 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.Ne4 Kh8 13.Bc3 Nb4 14.Bb4 Bf3 15.gf3 cb4=+; B) 11.Bb5 B1) 11...Bf3 12.gf3 Bf6 13.Ne4 Rc8 14.Bf6 Nf6 15.Bc6 Rc6=; B2) 11...Rb8 12.h3 (12.a3 Bf6 13.Bd3 Kh8 14.Be4 Bc3 15.dc3 f5=+; 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Ne4 h6 14.Ne5 Be6 15.a3 Re8=+; 12.Be2 Qd7 13.0-0 Rbd8 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Nd5 Rd5=+; 12.0-0 Bf3 13.gf3 Bf6 14.Ne4 Bb2 15.Qb2 Qb6=+) 12...Bf3 13.gf3 Bf6 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Bc6 bc6=; B3) 11...Ncb4; B4) 11...Bf6 12.Bd3 (12.Ne4 Bb2 13.Neg5 Re8 14.Qb2 f6 15.Nh3 Bf3-/+; 12.Be2 Nb6 13.Qe4 Be6 14.Bd3 g6 15.Be2 Re8=+) 12...Nc3 13.dc3 Bf3 14.gf3 g6 15.Qc2 Qa5=+; C) 11.h3 C1) 11...Bf3 12.gf3 Bf6 13.Bd3 g6 14.Nd5 Qd5 15.Be4 Qd6=; C2) 11...Be6 12.Bb5 (12.Bd3 f5 13.0-0 Ndb4 14.Be2 c4 15.Nb5 Bd5=+) 12...Rc8 13.0-0 Re8 14.Rc1 Nb6 15.Bd3 Kh8=; C3) 11...Bh5; C4) 11...Nc3 12.Bc3 Bf3 13.gf3 Bf6 14.Bd3 h6 15.Be4 Bc3=+; D) 11.Bc4 D1) 11...Nf6 12.Be2 (12.Ne4 Bf3 13.gf3 Ne4 14.Qe4 Bf6 15.Rb1 Bb2=+; 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Ne5 14.Nf6 Bf6 15.Bd5 Be6=+; 12.Bb5 Rc8 13.Ng5 h6 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nge4 Ne4=+) 12...Re8 13.0-0 Qd7 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.d4 Bf3=; D2) 11...Nb6 12.Bb5 (12.Be2 Qd7 13.0-0 Rad8 14.Rd1 Bf3 15.Bf3 Ne5=+) 12...Bf3 13.gf3 Rc8 14.Rg1 g6 15.a4 Na5=+; E) 11.Be2 E1) 11...Nf6 12.a3 (12.h3 Bh5 13.0-0 Re8 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.d4 Bg6=; 12.d3 Re8 13.0-0 Qd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Rd1 Rad8=+; 12.0-0 Qd7 13.Rd1 Bf5 14.d3 Rfe8 15.Qc1 Bg4=) 12...Re8 13.0-0 Qd7 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.d4 cd4=; E2) 11...Nb6 12.0-0 Qd7 13.Rd1 Rac8 14.d4 cd4 15.Nb5 Bf6=; E3) 11...Re8 12.0-0 (12.Ng5 Bg5 13.Bg4 Nf4 14.0-0 Nd3 15.Be2 c4=) 12...Qd7 13.Rd1 Bf5 14.Qc1 Be6 15.d4 cd4=; E4) 11...Rb8 12.Ng5 Bg5 13.Bg4 Bf6 14.Bf5 h6 15.0-0 Nc3=; E5) 11...Be6 12.0-0 (12.Bd3 f5 13.Bc4 Nf4 14.Be6 Ne6 15.Qd1 Qd7=+) 12...Re8 13.Rd1 Bd6 14.Bd3 h6 15.Nd5 Bd5=.

8.Be2 d5

9.cd5 Nd5

10.0-0 Qb6 11.Qc1 A) 11...Rd8 12.Nc3 (12.Na3 Bf5 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.a4 Ndb4 15.Nce5 Ne5=+) 12...Ndb4 13.Qb1 Bg4 14.a3 Bf3 15.gf3 Nd5=; B) 11...Re8 12.Rd1 (12.d4 Bf6 13.Rd1 Bg4 14.Rd2 Bf3 15.Bf3 cd4-/+; 12.d3 Be6 13.Nbd2 Rad8 14.Rd1 Ndb4 15.Nc4 Qc7=+; 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Re1 Nb6 15.Bb5 Rac8=+) 12...Be6 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.d3 Nc3 15.Bc3 Nb4=; C) 11...Bf5 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Rfd8 14.Rd1 Rac8 15.d3 Nb4=; D) 11...Be6 12.Nc3 Rad8 13.Ne4 Rfe8 14.Rb1 Qa5 15.a3 Nb6=.

10.0-0 Be6 11.a3 A) 11...Rc8 12.Qc2 (12.Nc3 Nb6 13.d3 Re8 14.Rc1 Bf6 15.Qd2 Bf5=) 12...Qd7 13.Nc3 Rfd8 14.Ne4 f5 15.Neg5 Nb6=; B) 11...Qd7 12.Qc2 (12.Bb5 Qd6 13.Qc2 a6 14.Bc6 Qc6 15.d3 b5=+; 12.Nc3 Rad8 13.Qc2 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bd6 15.d4 Qe7=; 12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Bd4 Rfd8 15.Nd2 Rac8=+) 12...Rad8 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Bd3 f5 15.Ng5 Be7=; C) 11...Bf6 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Qc2 Ne5 14.Nd5 Nf3 15.Bf3 Bb2=; D) 11...Bd6 12.Qc2 (12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Qe7 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.Rab1 Bd5=+) 12...Re8 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Qd7 15.Rfd1 Rad8=; E) 11...Re8 12.Qc2 (12.Nc3 Nb6 13.d3 Rc8 14.Rb1 Bf5 15.Re1 Qd6=+; 12.d4 Bf6 13.Qd2 cd4 14.Nd4 Nd4 15.Bd4 Nf4=+; 12.Bb5 Rc8 13.Qc2 Bf6 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.Rfc1 Bg4=+) 12...Qd7 13.Bb5 Qd6 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.dc3 c4=.

10.0-0 Be6 11.Qa4 A) 11...a6 12.a3 (12.d4 b5 13.Qd1 Bf6 14.a4 cd4 15.ab5 de3=+; 12.Rc1 b5 13.Qe4 Nf6 14.Bf6 Bf6 15.Nc3 Qd6=+; 12.Nc3 Ndb4 13.Qd1 Nd3 14.Qb1 Nb2 15.Qb2 b5-/+; 12.Qe4 Re8 13.Nc3 b5 14.Nd5 Qd5 15.Bd3 g6=+) 12...b5 13.Qc2 Qd6 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Ng5 Rad8=; B) 11...c4 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.Qd1 Rc8 14.Na3 Nb4 15.Nb5 a6=+.

10.0-0 Be6 11.Nc3 A) 11...Rc8 12.Qb1 (12.Qc2 Ndb4 13.Qe4 Qd7 14.d4 Bf5 15.Qf4 Bd6=+) 12...Nb6 13.Rd1 Nc4 14.Bc1 Qd7 15.d4 cd4=; B) 11...Rb8 12.d4 Rc8 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.Qb1 Qb6 15.Rd1 cd4=; C) 11...Nb6 12.d4 Nc4 13.Bc4 Bc4 14.Re1 Re8 15.Qa4 Be6=; D) 11...Nc3 12.dc3 (12.Bc3 Bd6 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Rab1 f5 15.Qb2 Bd5=) 12...Qb6 13.Qc2 c4 14.Nd4 Nd4 15.cd4 Rac8=; E) 11...Re8 12.d4 (12.Bb5 Rc8 13.d3 Bf6 14.Nd5 Bb2 15.Rb1 Bd5=+; 12.d3 Bf6 13.Rc1 Ncb4 14.Na4 Bb2 15.Nb2 Na2=+; 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Qb1 c4 14.Nd5 Qd5 15.Bc3 Rc7=+) 12...Nc3 13.Bc3 Bf6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.Rfd1 cd4=+.

10.0-0 Be6 11.d3 A) 11...Qd7 12.Nbd2 (12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 Bf6 14.Qd2 Rfd8 15.Rd1 Qe7=+; 12.Nc3 Rad8 13.a3 Nc3 14.Bc3 b5 15.Qc2 a6=+) 12...Rad8 13.d4 cd4 14.Nd4 Bf6 15.Ne4 Bd4=; B) 11...Bf6 12.Qc1 (12.Qd2 Qe7 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.Rac1 b6 15.a3 Rfe8=+) 12...Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf5 14.Ne4 Be4 15.de4 Re4=+.

10.0-0 Be6 11.d4 Bf6 (11...Qb6 12.Qd2 (12.Qc2 Bf6 13.Rd1 Ndb4 14.Qd2 Rfd8 15.Na3 Na2-/+) 12...Rfd8 13.Rd1 Rac8 14.Nc3 cd4 15.ed4 Bb4=+; 11...cd4 12.Nd4 Bf6 13.Bf3 Bd4 14.Bd4 Qg5 15.Nc3 Rad8=; 11...Rc8 12.dc5 Bc5 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Qe7 15.Qb1 Rfd8=+) 12.Nbd2 (12.Qd2 cd4 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Bd4 Bd4 (14...Qe7=+ 15.Nc3 Rfd8=+) 15.Qd4 Qc7=+; 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Rc8 14.Qb1 cd4 15.Rd1 dc3=+) 12...cd4 13.ed4 (13.Nd4 Nd4 14.ed4 Nf4-/+ 15.Bf3 Bd4-/+) 13...Nf4-/+ 14.Ne4 (14.Nb3 Bd5 15.Re1 Re8-/+) 14...Bd4! 15.Nd4 (15.Bd4 Nd4-/+ (15...Ne2 Double attack); 15.Nd4 Nd4-/+ –0.84/8 (15...Ne2 Double attack)) 15...Nd4 16.Bf3 Nf3 17.Qf3 Ng6 (17...Qh4 18.Be5 Ng6 19.Bg3=+) 18.Rfd1 Qa5 19.Nf6 (19.Bc3 Qb5=) 19...Kh8=+ 20.Nh5 f6 21.Rac1 (21.Ng3 b5-/+) 21...Rae8 (21...Qg5 22.Ba3 Rfe8 23.Ng3–+) 22.Ba3-/+ Nh4 23.Qb7 Qh5 (23...Rg8 24.Bc5 Bg4 25.Qa7 Qa7 26.Ba7 Bh5 27.f3–+) 24.Bf8 Rf8 25.Qe7 (25.Qa7 Qg6 26.Qb7-/+) 25...Qf7 (better 25...Re8!? 26.Qb7 Ba2–+) 26.Qf7=+ Bf7 (26...Rf7?? 27.Rc8 Rf8 28.Rf8 Bg8 29.Rdd8+–) 27.Rd4 g5 28.Ra4 Bd5 29.Ra7 (29.f3 Ra8=+) 29...Bg2 30.Rcc7 (30.a4 Be4-/+) 30...Be4 31.Rf7? (better 31.h3!?-/+) 31...Rb8 32.Kf1?? (32.f4 gf4 33.Kf2–+) 32...Bd3 33.Ke1 0–1. Rosiak,Bogdan – Mazalon,Mariusz, Gdynia op Poland, 1985.

10.0-0 Re8 A) 11.d4 Bf6 (11...cd4 12.Nd4 Bf6 13.Bf3 Nd4 14.Bd4 Be6 15.Be4 Rc8=+) 12.Qd2 cd4 13.Nd4 Nf4 14.Bf3 Ne5 15.Qd1 Nf3=+; B) 11.Qb3 B1) 11...Ndb4 12.Bc3 Bf5 13.a3 Nd3 14.Qb7 Qd6 15.Qb3 Qg6=; B2) 11...Rb8 12.Ne5 Na5 13.Qc2 Bd6 14.f4 f6 15.Nc4 Nf4+=; B3) 11...Bd6 12.Rc1 (12.Nc3 Be6 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.Bc4 Bc4 15.Qc4 Qd7=) 12...Nb6 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Na3 Qe7 15.Qc3 Qf8=; B4) 11...Na5 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.Qb1 Nc4 15.Rd1 Qa5=; B5) 11...Nb6 12.Bc3 (12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Qc3 Bf6 14.d4 Na4 15.Qb3 Nb2=+; 12.Rd1 Be6 13.Qc3 Bf6 14.Qa3 Nb4 15.Rc1 Bb2=+; 12.Na3 Be6 13.Qc2 Nb4 14.Qb1 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nc6=+; 12.Bd3 Bf6 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.Qc3 Qc3 15.dc3 c4=+) 12...Qd5 13.Qb2 Na4 14.Qb3 Nc3 15.dc3 Qf5=+.

10.0-0 Bf5 A) 11.d4 A1) 11...Rc8 12.dc5 (12.Nbd2 cd4 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Bd4 Nc3 15.Bc3 Rc3=+) 12...Bc5 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qd1 Nb4 15.Na3 Nd3=+; A2) 11...Qb6 12.Qb3 Rfd8 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Nc4 Qb4=; A3) 11...Ndb4 12.Na3 (12.a3 Nc2 13.Ra2 cd4 14.Bd4 N2d4 15.Nd4 Nd4=+) 12...Re8 13.dc5 Bc5 14.Qc1 Bf8 15.Rd1 Qe7=; A4) 11...Bf6 12.Qd2 cd4 13.Nd4 Nf4 14.Bc4 Nd4 15.ed4 Bg5-/+; B) 11.Qb3 Na5 (11...Ndb4 12.a3 Nd3 13.Nc3 Rb8 14.Nd5 c4 15.Qc4 Nb2=; 11...Rb8) 12.Qa4 Nb4 13.Ne5 a6 14.d3 b5 15.Qd1 Bf6-/+; C) 11.Nc3 C1) 11...Bf6 12.d4 (12.Qa4 Ndb4 13.Qb5 b6 14.Rfc1 Na5 15.Qa4 Bd3-/+; 12.Qb3 Ndb4 13.Na4 Bc2 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Qa3 b6=+) 12...Nc3 13.Bc3 Rc8 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Qa3 cd4=; C2) 11...Re8 12.Rc1 (12.d4 Bf6 13.Rc1 Nc3 14.Bc3 cd4 15.Nd4 Nd4=+) 12...Nc3 13.Bc3 Qd5 14.Qa4 Be6 15.Rb1 Qa2=; C3) 11...Rc8 12.Rc1 Nc3 13.Rc3 b6 14.d4 Bf6 15.Qa4 Qe7=; C4) 11...Ndb4 12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Qd4 Qd4 15.ed4 Rac8=+.

10.0-0 Bf6 A) 11.Nc3 Bf5 (11...Be6 12.Qb1 Rb8 13.Ne4 Bb2 14.Qb2 b6 15.d4 Qe7=; 11...Rb8 12.Qb1 Re8 13.Nd5 Bb2 14.Qb2 Qd5 15.Rfc1 Bd7=) 12.d4 (12.Qa4 Ndb4 13.Qb5 b6 14.Rfc1 Na5 15.Qa4 Bd3-/+; 12.Qb3 Ndb4 13.Na4 Bc2 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Qa3 b6=+) 12...Nc3 13.Bc3 Rc8 14.Qa4 Qd7 15.Qb5 a6=+; B) 11.Qc1 Bf5 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.Nc3 Ndb4 15.Qb2 b6=+; C) 11.d4 C1) 11...Be6 12.Qd2 (12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Rc8 14.Qd2 cd4 15.Nd4 Nd4=+) 12...cd4 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Bd4 Qe7 15.Nc3 Rfd8=+; C2) 11...Bg4 12.Nc3 (12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Rb1 cd4 14.Nc4 b5 15.Na3 de3–+; 12.h3 Bf3 13.Bf3 cd4 14.ed4 Qb6 15.Nc3 Qb2-/+) 12...Nc3 13.Bc3 Bf3 14.Bf3 cd4 15.ed4 Bd4=+.

7.Bb2 d5

8.d4 cd4 9.Nd4 Ne4 10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Ke2 Qh4 12.g3 Qh5 13.f3 Re8 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Qb4 Ng3 16.hg3 Qh1 17.Nd2 Qg2 18.Kd1 Re3 19.Kc2 dc4 20.Bc4 Nc6 21.Qb7 Rb8 22.Bf7 Kh8 23.Qd7 Rb2 24.Kb2 Qd2 0–1. Wartig,Wolfgang – Schwetlick,J, corr ICCF Eu–H–GT–213, 1985.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Nc3 12.Na4 b6 (12...Bb2 13.Nb2 Qf6 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.Be4 Rad8 16.Qb1+=) 13.Bb5 (13.d4 cd4 14.Nd4 Nd4 15.Bd4 Rc8 16.Ba6+=) 13...Bb2 (13...Ncb4 14.Bf6 Nf6 15.a3 Bd3 16.ab4+=) 14.Nb2 Qf6 15.Bc6 Qc6 (15...Qb2? 16.Bd5 Rad8 17.e4+–) 16.Qb3 (16.d4+=) 16...Be4 17.Ne5 Qe6 18.Nbc4 Nb4 19.d3 Bg2 (19...Bd5 20.a3+=) 20.Kg2= b5 21.Nd2 (21.d4 bc4 22.Nc4+=) 21...Qe5-/+ 22.a3 Qg5 23.Kh1 Qd5 24.Qd5 Nd5 25.Ne4 Rfc8 26.Rac1 c4 27.Nd6 Rd8 28.Nb5 ½–½. Ringsborg,Allan (2260) – Kristensen,Finn (2255), corr DEN–ch Denmark, 2000.

7.Nc3 Nc6

8.Bf4 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Qb3 Qd8=.

8.Bf6 Bf6

9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 h6 11.Rb1 Bc3=.

9.Rc1 Bc3

10.Rc3 b6

11.Be2 Bb7 12.0-0 Qc7 13.d4 d6 14.d5 Ne7 15.e4 Ng6 16.Re1 Rae8 17.Qc2 Bc8 18.h3 f5 19.ef5 Bf5 20.Bd3 Re1 21.Ne1 Qe7 22.Nf3 Bd3 23.Qd3 Qf6 24.Qd2 Ne5 25.Ne5= Qe5 26.Re3 Qf4 27.Qe2 h6 28.g3 Qf5 29.Kg2 a6 30.a4 b5 31.ab5 ab5 32.g4 Qb1 33.cb5 Rb8 34.Re7 Kh7 35.Qe6 Rf8 36.Qd6+– c4? 37.Qe5 Rg8 38.d6 (38.d6 c3 39.Rc7+–) 1–0. Dziel,Jaromir – Mroz,Antoni, corr 2. AMM, Poland, 1994.

10.Rc3 d5

11.cd5 Qd5

12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Qd5 Rd5 14.Bc4 Rd6 15.e4 Rb8 16.Ng5 Ne5 17.Bf1 h6 18.f4 Nd7 19.Nf3 b5 20.e5 Rg6 21.Ra3 a6 22.Kf2 c4 23.f5 Rg4 24.e6 fe6 25.fe6 Nf6 26.e7 Re4 27.d3 cd3 28.Rd3 Bd7 29.Rd6 a5 30.Ra6 a4 31.Bd3 Re7 32.Rd6 Rf8 33.Re1 Re1 34.Ke1 Re8 35.Kf2 Be6 36.Ra6 Bc4 37.Bc4 bc4 38.Ra7 c3 39.Rc7 Ne4 40.Ke2 Kh7 41.Kd3 Kg6 42.a3 Re6 43.Rc4 Kf6 44.h4 Re8 45.Nd4 Ke5 46.Nb5 Nf2 47.Kc2 Re6 48.Nc3 Rg6 49.Rc5 Kd4 50.Rd5 Ke3 51.Re5 Kf4 52.Ra5 Rg2 53.Ra4 Ke5 54.Ra5 Ke6 55.Kb3 Rg3 56.Ra6 Kf5 57.Ra5 Kg4 58.Ra4 Kh5 59.Rd4 Rg4 60.Rd2 Rf4 61.a4 Rf3 62.Rd4 Rd3 63.Kc4 Rf3 64.a5 Ng4 65.a6 Rf7 66.Nb5 Ne3 67.Kd3 Nf5 68.Rd5 g6 69.a7 Rf8 70.Nc7 Kh4 71.a8Q Ra8 72.Na8 h5 73.Nb6 Kg3 74.Ke4 h4 75.Rd3 Kg4 76.Nc4 Ng3 77.Kd5 g5 78.Ne5 Kh3 79.Rb3 Kg2 80.Rb2 Kh3 81.Ke6 g4 82.Rb3 Kg2 83.Ng4 h3 84.Rb2 Ne2 85.Kf5 Kf1 86.Kg5 Ke1 87.Rb1 Kd2 88.Rh1 Nd4 89.Kh4 Nf3 90.Kh3 Ng5 91.Kg3 Ne6 92.Rh6 Nd4 93.Kf4 Ne2 94.Ke4 Nc3 95.Ke5 Ne2 96.Rd6 Ke1 97.Nf6 Nc1 98.Ne4 Ke2 99.Kd4 Nb3 100.Kc3 Ke3 101.Kb3 Ke4 102.Kc4 Ke5 103.Rd7 Kf5 104.Kd5 Kf4 105.Re7 Kg5 106.Ke5 Kg4 107.Ke4 Kg5 108.Re6 Kg4 109.Rg6 Kh5 110.Kf5 Kh4 111.Kf4 Kh3 112.Rg7 Kh2 113.Rg3 Kh1 114.Rg6 Kh2 115.Kf3 Kh1 116.Kf2 Kh2 117.Rh6# 1–0. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Qd5 Rd5 14.e4 Rh5 15.Bc4 Bg4 16.0-0 Bf3 17.Rf3 Ne5 18.Rc3 Nc4 19.Rc4 b5 20.Rc3 Rd8 21.d3 b4 22.Rb3 a5 23.a4 Kf8 24.g4 Rh4 25.f3 h5 26.g5 c4 27.dc4 Rd2 28.Rf2 Rf2 29.Kf2 Rh2 30.Ke3 Ke7 31.c5 h4 32.Rb1 h3 33.c6 Rc2 34.Rh1 h2 35.Kd3 b3 36.e5 g6 37.f4 Ke6 38.c7 Kd7 39.c8R Kc8 40.Re1 Rc7 41.e6 fe6 42.Ke3 b2 43.Rb1 Rc1 44.Rb2 h1Q 45.Rb5 Qe1 46.Kd4 Qc3 47.Ke4 Re1# 0–1. GNUChess – GNUChess, 2003.

12.Bc4 Qd6 13.Qb1 Ne5 14.Ne5 Qe5 15.0-0 Rb8 16.a4 Be6 17.Be6 fe6 18.Qb5 b6 19.d4 Qf6 20.Rc4 cd4 21.Rd4 Rbd8 22.Rd7 Rd7 23.Qd7 Qf7 24.Qd6 Qe8 25.Rc1 ½–½. Adam – Schlachetka, DDR 1985.

12.Bc4 Qh5

13.Bb5 Bd7 14.0-0 Rad8 15.Be2 Qd5 16.Qb3 Qb3 17.ab3 b6 18.d4 cd4 19.Nd4 Nd4 20.ed4 Rc8 21.Rfc1 Rc3 22.Rc3 Rc8 23.Rc8 Bc8 24.Kf1 a5 25.Ke1 Be6 26.Bc4 a4 27.Kd2 ab3 28.d5 b2 29.Kc2 Bd7 30.Kb2 Kf8 31.Kc3 Ke7 32.Kd4 Kd6 33.Bb3 Bb5 34.h4 Be2 35.f3 h6 36.Ke3 Bf1 37.Kf2 Ba6 38.Ke3 Kc5 39.g4 Bc8 40.Ke4 f6 41.h5 Bd7 42.Bc2 b5 43.Bd1 Kd6 44.Kd4 f5 45.gf5 Bf5 46.f4 Bd7 47.Bf3 Be8 48.Bd1 Bf7 49.Be2 Be8 50.Bd1 b4 51.Ke4? Bb5 52.Kd4= Bf1 53.Bf3 Ba6 54.Bd1 Bb5 55.Bf3 b3 56.Kc3 Ba4 57.Kb2 Kc5 58.Ka3 Kd4 59.d6 Bd7 60.Kb3 Kc5 ½–½. van Daatselaar,JB (2200) – Etmans,Maarten D (2205), KE04 NBC Email, 2001.

9.Rc1 d6

10.Rb1 Bc3 11.dc3 =.

10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.ed4 Qb6 13.Ne2?? Re8 –+.

10.d4 Bg4 11.Be2 cd4 12.Nd4 =.

10.d4 Bg4 11.Be2 Bf3 12.Bf3 cd4 13.Bc6 bc6 –+.

10.Nd5 Re8 11.Be2 Bf5 12.Nf6 Qf6 =+.

10.Nd5 Bf5 11.Qb3 b6 12.Bd3 Na5 13.Qb1 +=.

10.Nd5 Bf5 11.d4 Qa5 =+.

10.Be2 Be6 11.0-0= Rc8 12.Qc2 h6 13.a3 Re8 14.d3 Bc3 15.Qc3= b6 16.Rfd1 d5=+ ½–½. Smyslov,Vassily – Adorjan,Andras, Wijk aan Zee, 1972.

10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 Bc3 12.Rc3 Re8 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qb1 Bf3 16.gf3 Qg5 17.Kh2 Qh5 18.f4 Re7 19.Be4 Rae8 20.d3 f5 21.Bd5 Kh8 22.Rb3 Nb4 23.Bg2 b6 24.a3 Na6 25.Qd1 Qf7 26.Rb1 Nb8 27.Bd5 Qf6 28.Qa4 Rf8 29.Rg1 Qh4 30.Rbf1 Qh6 ½–½. Van Daatselaar,Jan Bart (2185) – Stuart,A.J.(Toon) (2335), Netherlands email ch KE05, 2002.

7.Be2 Nc6

8.0-0 d5 9.Bb2 Be6 10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 dc4 =.

8.Bb2 b6 9.0-0 d5 10.Qa4 Bg4?? (better is 10...Bd7+=) 11.Qc6+– Bd7 12.Qb7 Be6 13.Na3 a6 14.Rab1 Ne4 15.Ba1 Nd6 (15...b5 16.Be5+–) 16.Qb6 Qc8 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Rfd1 1–0. madik – gmilin (1610), gameknot.com, 2009.

8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2).

8.Bb2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Bf6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb2 Bf6).

8.Bb2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Rb8 12.0-0 Nc3 13.Bc3 b5 14.d4 Bf6 15.Qd2 Be4 16.Rfd1 Qd5 Black prepares c4 17.Qe1 c4 18.Qf1 Rfe8 19.a4 a6 20.ab5 ab5 21.h3 (21.Nd2 Bg6=+) 21...Qd7 22.Ne5 (22.Nd2 Bd5=+) 22...Be5-/+ (22...Ne5? 23.de5 Qd1 24.Qd1+- (worse 24.Bd1 Be5 25.Be5 Re5+-)) 23.de5 Qc7 24.f3 Bc2 25.Rdc1 Bf5 26.f4 Qb6 27.Qf3 (27.Bd2 Red8 28.Qe1 Be4-/+) 27...b4 28.Bc4 bc3 29.Rc3 Ne7 0-1. howland (2375) - grasul2009 (2435), gameknot.com, 2020.

8.Bb2 d6 9.Nc3 (9.d4 d5 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.dc5 dc4=) 9...h6 (9...Be6 10.Ng5= (10.d4 d5 11.cd5 Nd5=) 10...d5 11.Qb1 d4=) 10.0-0 (10.d4 Bf5 11.0-0 Re8=) 10...Bf5 (10...Be6 11.Qb3 Rb8=) 11.d3 (11.d4 Re8=) 11...Qd7 (11...Re8 12.e4 Bg4 13.Re1=; 11...Be6=) 12.Qd2 a6 13.e4 Bg6 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.ed5 Na7 16.d4 Bf6 17.dc5 Bb2 18.Qb2 dc5 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Ng6 fg6 21.a4 Nc8 22.Rfb1 (22.Rae1 Nd6+–) 22...Nd6 23.Qb6 Qb6 24.Rb6 Rf6 25.Bg4 Kf8 26.Be6 (26.Rc1 Re8+=) 26...Rd8 27.f3 Rf4 28.Rc1 h5 29.Kf2 g5 30.g3 (30.Ke2 Ke7 31.Rb2 Re8=) 30...Rd4= 31.Ke2 g6 32.Rb2 Kg7 33.Rb6 Kh6 34.Rb3 Kg7 ½–½. Kreuzer,Uwe – Rueckert, Kaefertal, 1987.

8.d4 d5 9.0-0 Be6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Qd2 Ne5 +=.

5.e3 Re8

6.a3 Bd2!-/+ 7.Nd2 (7.Kd2 Re5) 7...Re5 8.Ngf3 Re7 9.Qc2 (9.Bd3 d6-/+) 9...b6 (9...d6 10.Bd3-/+) 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0-0 c5 (11...Qe8 12.c5-/+) 12.Rfd1=+ d5 13.cd5 Qd5 (13...Bd5!? 14.e4 Be6=+) 14.Ne4= Qc6 (14...Qe4 15.Be4) 15.Nf6 Qf6 16.Bh7 Kf8 17.Bf5 (17.Nd2=) 17...g6 (17...Bf3!? 18.gf3 Nc6=) 18.Bg4+= Nc6 19.Rac1 Ne5 20.Ne5 Qe5 21.Qc3 (21.Bh3!?+=) 21...f5 22.Be2 Qc3 (22...f4 23.Qe5 Re5 24.Rc3=) 23.Rc3 f4 (23...g5 24.Bc4=) 24.Rd6 ½–½. Rohde,Friedhelm – Mothes,Rainer, corr SOK–95–107, 1995.

6.Bb2 c6 7.Nf3 d5 8.Be2 Bg4 9.Qb3 Na6 (9...Qe7 10.0-0=+) 10.0-0 (10.a3 Bf3 11.Bf3 Be7=) 10...Qe7 (10...Qd6 11.a3 Bf3 12.gf3=) 11.a3 (11.cd5 Nd5 12.Ba6 Bf3 (< 12...ba6 13.Ne5+=) 13.Bb7 Qb7 14.gf3 Rab8=) 11...Bd6=+ 12.d3 (12.Bf6 Qf6 13.d4 dc4 14.Qb7 Nc5=) 12...Nc5 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Nbd2 Bh5 15.Rfd1 Ng4 (15...b6 16.Nb3=) 16.Nf1 (16.Re1 Qc7 17.h3 Ne5=) 16...Bg6 (16...dc4 17.Qc4 (< 17.dc4 Ne4-/+) 17...b5 18.Qc2=+) 17.Qc3 f6 18.a4 Ne5 19.cd5= cd5 20.Nh4 Ne6 21.Ng6 Ng6= 22.Qb3 Kh8 23.Bf3 Nc7 24.a5 Ne5 25.Be5 fe5 26.Bd5+/– Nd5 27.Qd5 Rd7 28.Qb3 Red8 29.a6 ba6 30.Ra6 e4 31.d4 Rb8 32.Qa2 Rf8 33.Ra1 Ra8 34.g3 h6 35.Nd2+– Bb4 36.Re6 Qd8 37.Ne4 a5 38.Qa4 Re7 39.Re7 Qe7 40.Qc6 Re8 41.Nc5 Rf8 42.Nd3 Rf6 43.Qb5 Bd2 44.Ra2 Bc3 45.Qc5 Qc5 46.Nc5 Kg8? 47.Ne4 Rc6 48.Nc3 (48…Rc3 49.Ra5+–; better is 48.Rc2 Kf7+–) 1–0. Zuse,Klaus Peter (2335) – Werner,Clemens (2340), BL2–S, 1995.

6.Bb2 d6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bd7 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 a6 12.Qb3 Bc5 13.Bf3 Na5 14.Qd3 Rc8 15.Nd2 b5 16.cb5+= White fights for the Initiative. 16...Bd4 17.Qd4 Bb5 18.Rfc1 Rc1 19.Rc1+/– d5 20.Rc5 Nc6+= 21.Qf4 Qb6 22.Rc1 Ne7 23.Nb3 Ng6 24.Qb4 Qd8 25.Bf6 gf6 26.Qg4 Kh8 27.Qf5 Ne5 28.Bd1 Bd3 Black gets strong initiative 29.Qh5 Rg8 30.Nd4 Qa5 31.Bb3 Be4 32.g3 Qd2 33.Rd1 Qb2 34.f3 Rg5-/+ 35.Qh3 Nf3 36.Nf3 Bf3 37.Rf1 Qe2 38.Rf2 Qe3 39.Qc8 Kg7 40.Qa6 h5 41.Qf1?? h4–+ 42.Qh3 hg3 (42...hg3 43.hg3 Qe1 44.Qf1 Rg3 45.Kh2 Qe5 46.Rf3 Rf3 47.Kg1 Qd4 48.Kh2 Qf4 49.Kg1 Rf1 50.Kg2 Qf3 51.Kh2 Rh1#) 0–1. Holz auf der Heide,Gerhard – Schimron,Herbert, corr DDR–ch M550, 1973.

6.Bb2 Be7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bf6 13.Qb3 b6 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Qb2 Bc3 16.Qc3 Qd6 17.Rfe1 Ne5 18.Ne5= Re5 19.d4 Qg6 20.f3 Rg5 21.g3 h5 22.Kf2 h4=+ 23.g4 Qd6 24.f4 Qd5?? 25.Rg1?? Rg6= 26.dc5 Qc5 27.Qc5 bc5 28.Bc4 Rb6 29.Rd2 Kf8 30.g5 Re8 31.Rg4 Rb4 32.Bd3 c4 33.Bc2 c3 34.Rd3? Rc8 35.Kg1 Be4–+ 36.Rh4 Ke7 37.f5 Bd3 38.Rb4 Bc2 39.Rb7 Kf8 40.Ra7 Bf5 (40...Bf5 41.e4 c2 42.Rf7 Kf7 43.ef5 c1Q 44.Kf2 Qf4 45.Ke2 Rc2 46.Kd3 Rd2 47.Kc3 Qd4 48.Kb3 Rb2 49.Ka3 Qb4#) 0–1. Scheele,Marcus – Borchert,Eckhardt, Bochum Post op, 1991.

6.Bc3 Bc3 7.Nc3 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 d5 10.Nd5 Nd5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Qb3 Be4 14.Rfc1 b6 15.d4 cd4 16.Bc4 Qf5=+ 17.Nd4 Opening the d–file gets Black a lot of play 17...Nd4 18.ed4 The passed pawn on d4 quickly leads to threats 18...Rad8 19.f3 Bb7 20.Re1 Qf4 21.Re8 Re8 22.Rd1 h5 23.Qd3 h4 24.d5 h3 25.g3 Qd6 26.Qd4 Qa3 27.Qf2 Rc8=+ 28.Bf1 Rc1 29.Rc1 Qc1 30.d6 Kf8 31.d7 Qd1 32.d8R Qd8 33.Bh3 Qd3 34.Kg2 Bd5 35.a4 Kg8 36.Bd7 Bf3 37.Qf3 Qd7 38.Qe4 f6 39.Qc4 Kf8 40.h3 Ke7 41.Qe4 Kd6 42.Qd4 Kc7 43.Qf4 Kb7 44.h4 Ka6 45.Qb4 Qc6 46.Kh2 f5 47.Qb3 Qd7 48.Qb4 Qd3 49.Qb2 g6 50.Qa2 Qd7 51.Qg8 Qd2 52.Kh3 Qc1 53.Kh2 Qc2 54.Kg1 Qc5 55.Kh2 Qf2 56.Kh3 Qf1 57.Kh2 f4 58.Qc8 Ka5 59.Qc3 Ka4 60.Qd4 Kb3 61.gf4 b5 62.Qe3 Kc2 63.Qc5 Qc4 64.Qf2 Kb3 65.Qe3 Kb2 66.Kg3 b4 67.Qf2 Kc3 68.Qe1 Kd4 69.Qg1 Kd5 70.Qa7 Qd3 71.Kg4 b3 72.Kg5 Qb5 73.Kh6 b2 74.Qa2 Kd4 75.Qb1 Ke3 76.Qe1 Kf3 77.Qb1 Kf4 (77...Kf4 78.Kh7 g5 79.hg5 Qf5 80.Kg7 Qb1 81.g6 Qa1 82.Kf6 b1Q 83.Ke6 Qb7 84.g7 Qe5#) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Husemann, BdF, 1999.

6.Bc3 d5 7.Bb4 d4 8.Bd3 c5 9.Ba3 Nc6 10.Bc5 de3 11.Bh7 Kh7 12.fe3 Ne5 13.Qb3 Nd3 14.Kf1 Nc5 15.Qc2 g6 16.Nf3 Bf5 17.Qd1 Qd3 18.Kf2 Ng4 19.Kg3 Qd6 20.Kh4 g5 21.Ng5 Kg6 0-1. kjel – BIV, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Bc3 Bf8 7.Nf3 c6 8.Qb3 Ne4 9.Bb2 d5 10.Nc3 Nc5=+ 11.Qc2 d4 12.Nd4 Qd4 13.Nd5 Qg4 14.Nc7 Nba6 15.Ne8 Nb4 16.Qc3= Bf5 17.Nf6 gf6-/+ 18.f3 Qg6 19.e4 Be4! 20.Qf6? Qf6 21.Bf6 Bg6 22.Kf2 Re8 23.d4 Nd7 24.Bg5 Bg7 25.Rd1 Na2 The passed pawn on a7 quickly leads to threats 26.h4 c5 27.dc5 Nc5 28.Rd8 Rd8 29.Bd8 h5 30.g4 Bd4 31.Kg3 Nc3 32.Be7 a5 33.Kf4 a4 34.Bc5 Bc5 35.gh5 Bb1 36.Bh3 a3 37.Bf5 a2 38.h6 Bf5 39.Kf5 Nb1 40.Rd1 0–1. Werk,Manfred – Reimold,Dirk, Baden, 1998.

6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Qc2 (7.a3 Ba5 (7...Bf8) 8.Bd3 (8.Qc2 Nc6 9.Qe4 d6 10.Bf6 Re4 11.Bd8 Nd8 12.Bd3+=) 8...Nc5 9.Bc2 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nc3 Qc4 12.Qe2=) 7...d6 8.Bb2 (8.Bd3 f5 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.0-0 Ndc5 11.Be2 Bd7 12.d3=) 8...Bf5 (8...Bg4 9.a3 Ba5 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.0-0 Bf3 12.gf3=) 9.Bd3 Na6 (9...Nd7 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.Nb3=) 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.Nb3 Nac5 (12...c6 13.0-0=) 13.Na5+= Nd3 (13...Qg5!? 14.0-0 Nd3 15.Qd3 Qa5+=) 14.Qd3+= Nf2 15.Qd4 (15.Kf2 Bd3) 15...Nd3 16.Kd1 Re5 17.Nb3? (better is 17.e4!? Nb2 18.Qb2 Ra5 19.Nc3–+) 17...c5 18.Nc5 Nb2 (18...Nc5?! 19.Qc3 Qd7 20.h3–+) 19.Qb2 Rc5 20.Qd4 Qg5 21.g4 h5 (21...Rac8 22.h4 Qe5 23.Qe5 de5 24.Nc3–+) 22.h3 (22.d3 Re8 23.Re1 b5–+) 22...Rac8–+ 23.Nc3 Rc4 24.Qd5 Qe7 (24...Qe7 25.gh5 R8c5 26.Qc5 Bc2 27.Kc2 Rc5–+) 0–1. Bloecker,Detlef – Beckemeier,Werner, Muerren op U20, 1979.

6.Bg3 Ne4 7.Qf3 d6 8.Ne2 f5 9.Nec3 Qf6 10.Qh5 Bd7 (10...Re6!? 11.Bh4 Bc3 12.dc3 g5-/+) 11.Bh4=+ Qe5 12.Bg3 Qa5 13.Ne4 ½–½. Roever – Grehl, corr SOK–91–74, 1991.

6.Bb2 b6

7.a3 A) 7...Ba5 A1) 8.Nf3 a6 (8...Ba6 9.Be2 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Ba6 Na6 12.0-0=; 8...c5 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Be6 11.d4 dc4 12.dc5=) 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 c5 11.Bf5 d5 12.d3=; A2) 8.Bd3 Bb7 (8...d5 9.Qf3 Ba6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Qf6 gf6 12.Nf3=+; 8...Ba6 9.Qf3 d5 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Qf6 gf6 12.Nc3=+) 9.Nf3 d5 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.cd5 Bd5 12.Bf5=+; A3) 8.Be2 d5 (8...c6 9.Nf3 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.0-0 Ba6 12.Ba6=; 8...c5 9.Nf3 d5 10.0-0 Be6 11.d4 dc4 12.dc5=) 9.Nf3 c6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.0-0 Ba6 12.Ne5=; B) 7...Be7 B1) 8.Nf3 a6 (8...d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qc2 c6 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.0-0=) 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 c5 11.Nc3 d5 12.cd5=; B2) 8.Be2 d5 (8...c6 9.Nf3 d5 10.0-0 dc4 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3=; 8...Ba6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.0-0 a6 12.d4=) 9.Nf3 a6 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Qc2 c6 12.Bc4=; B3) 8.d4 d5 (8...c6 9.Bd3 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Nc3=; 8...a6 9.Bd3 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nf3 Bb7 12.0-0=) 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Nf3 Bh4 12.Nh4-/+; B4) 8.Nc3 c6 (8...Na6 9.Qf3 Rb8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Qf5 Bf8 12.Nf3=; 8...Nc6 9.Nd5 Nd5 10.cd5 Na5 11.Bd3 Bf6 12.Bc3=) 9.Nf3 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.d4=.

7.Qf3 Ne4 A) 8.Be2 d6 (8...Bb7 9.a3 Be7 10.d3 Nc5 11.Qg4 f6 12.Nf3=; 8...Nc6 9.a3 Bd6 10.d4 Qh4 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3=) 9.a3 Ba5 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.Bc3 Bb7 12.d3=; B) 8.a3 Ba5 9.Ne2 Bb7 10.Qg4 Qg5 11.Qg5 Ng5 12.Nd4=.

7.Bd3 A) 7...d5 A1) 8.a3 Bc5 (8...Be7 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Be2 c6 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Nc3=) 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Nc3 d4 11.Na4 Na6 12.Bf5=+; A2) 8.Nf3 Nbd7 (8...Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qc2 h6 11.Be4 Bc5 12.Ne5=; 8...Ne4 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Qc2 Ba6 11.Be4 Re4 12.a3=+) 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qc2 N7f6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.a3=+; A3) 8.Qf3 Be7 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.Nc3 c6 11.cd5 Nd7 12.Bc2=+; A4) 8.Qa4 Be7 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nf3 Na6 11.Qc2 h6 12.a3=; B) 7...Nc6 B1) 8.a3 Bc5 (8...Bd6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.0-0 Ne5 11.Ne5 Be5 12.Be5=; 8...Be7 9.Nf3 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Nc3=) 9.Qf3 Be7 10.Ne2 d5 11.0-0 Ba6 12.cd5=; B2) 8.Qf3 Be7 9.Bf5 Bb7 10.Qg3 d5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Qf3-/+; B3) 8.Nf3 Bb7 (8...d6 9.0-0 Qe7 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4=; 8...Qe7 9.0-0 d6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4=) 9.0-0 a6 10.Bf5 d5 11.a3 Bd6 12.cd5=; C) 7...Bb7 8.Nf3 d5 (8...a6 9.a3 Bd6 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Bf5 b5 12.d3=; 8...Qe7 9.0-0 a6 10.a3 Bc5 11.Bf5 d5 12.cd5=) 9.Qb3 Na6 10.Be2 Bd6 11.d4 c5 12.0-0=+.

7.Be2 A) 7...Nc6 A1) 8.a3 Be7 (8...Ba5 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.0-0 d5 11.d4 Qd6 12.Nbd2=; 8...Bd6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.0-0 a6 11.d4 Qe7 12.Nc3=) 9.Nf3 d5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Nc3=; A2) 8.Qc2 Qe7 (8...a6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.a3 Bd6 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Ne5=; 8...Bb7 9.Nf3 a6 10.a3 Bd6 11.0-0 Qe7 12.d4=) 9.a3 Bd6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.d4 Na5 12.Bc3=; A3) 8.Qa4 Bb7 (8...Ne4 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.0-0 a6 11.d4 Qf6 12.Qc2=; 8...a6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.0-0 Bb7 12.d3=) 9.Nf3 d5 10.a3 Bd6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc3=+; A4) 8.Qb3 a5 (8...Bb7 9.Nf3 a5 10.a3 Bd6 11.0-0 Qe7 12.d4=; 8...Be7 9.Nf3 a6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Qc2 Nb7 12.0-0=) 9.Nf3 a4 10.Qd3 Bc5 11.a3 d5 12.cd5=; A5) 8.Nf3 d5 (8...Bb7 9.a3 Be7 10.d4 d5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Nc3=; 8...a6 9.a3 Be7 10.0-0 d5 11.Qc2 Qd6 12.cd5=) 9.0-0 Bd6 10.d4 Bg4 11.Nc3 dc4 12.Bc4=; B) 7...d5 B1) 8.Nf3 Bd6 (8...c5 9.a3 Ba5 10.0-0 Be6 11.d4 dc4 12.dc5=; 8...a6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Qc2 Be6 12.Bd3=) 9.0-0 a6 10.Qc2 dc4 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bd3=+; B2) 8.Qa4 Bf8 (8...Be7 9.Nf3 c6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Nc3=; 8...Qd6 9.a3 Ba5 10.cd5 Bd7 11.Qd4 Qd5 12.Qd5=) 9.Nf3 c6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.0-0 Be6 12.Nc3=; C) 7...Bb7 8.Nf3 d5 (8...Nc6 9.0-0 d5 10.d4 Bd6 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Rb1=; 8...a6 9.0-0 Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.d4 Nc6 12.d5=) 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 Qe7 11.Nc3 a6 12.cd5=.

7.Nf3 a5 8.a3 Be7 (8...Bf8 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Be2=) 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 c6 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.cd5=.

7.Nf3 a6 A) 8.Be2 d5 (8...Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.0-0 d5 11.Qc2 Qd6 12.cd5=; 8...Be7 9.Nc3 d5 10.Qb3 dc4 11.Bc4 Rf8 12.Ng5=) 9.0-0 Bd6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Qc2 c6 12.Bd3=; B) 8.Nc3 Bb7 (8...Nc6 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Ne7 Qe7 11.Be2 d6 12.0-0=; 8...d6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.0-0 Be6 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.Qb1=) 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.0-0 Qd6 11.Bf5 Qc5 12.Bd3=+; C) 8.a3 Ba5 (8...Be7 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 c5 11.Bf5 Nc6 12.Nc3=) 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 d6 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Be2=; D) 8.Bd3 Nc6 (8...Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Bf5 b5 12.d3=; 8...d5 9.Qa4 Be7 10.cd5 Bb7 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Qe4=) 9.0-0 d6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Be2=.

7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Be2 (8.a3 Ba5 (8...Be7 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 a6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.cd5=; 8...Bf8 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Bd6 11.d4 Qe7 12.Nc3=) 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 a6 11.d4 dc4 12.Bc4=; 8.Bd3 d5 (8...a6 9.0-0 d5 10.Qb3 Qd6 11.a3 Bc5 12.Be2=; 8...Qe7 9.0-0 a6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Bf5 d5 12.cd5=) 9.Qb3 Na6 10.Be2 Bd6 11.d4 c5 12.0-0=+) 8...Nc6 (8...d5 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Nc3 a6 11.a3 Bc3 12.Bc3=; 8...a6 9.0-0 Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.d4 Nc6 12.d5=) 9.0-0 h6 (9...d5 10.d4= Bd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.a3=) 10.d4 Bd6 (10...d5 11.Nc3 dc4 12.Bc4=) 11.Nc3 (11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.d5+=) 11...Ne7 (11...a6 12.Rb1=) 12.Bd3 (12.Nb5+=) 12...Ng4 (12...Ng6 13.Rb1+=) 13.Ne4 White gets the initiative 13...Be4 14.Be4 Rb8 15.Qc2 c6 16.Bd3 Qc7 17.h3 Nf6 (better 17...Nh2!? 18.Nh2 Bh2 19.Kh1 d5+=) 18.e4 Bf4 (18...Bb4+–) 19.e5 Nfd5 (19...Nh5+–) 20.cd5 Nd5 21.Bc4 Ne3 (21...Rbc8+–) 22.fe3 Be3 23.Kh1 d5 (23...b5 24.Bf7! Kf7 25.Qb3 Kg6 26.Qe3+–) 24.Bd5! (24.Bd5 Rbc8 25.Bb3+–) 1–0. Kleinke,Uwe – Naumann, corr DDR–I–743, 1979.

7.Nf3 c5 A) 8.Qc2 Ba5 (8...Bb7 9.a3 Ba5 10.Qf5 Ne4 11.Be2 d5 12.cd5=; 8...Na6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Qf5 Be4 12.Qf4=) 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.Bc3 d5 12.cd5=; B) 8.Be2 d5 (8...Nc6 9.Qa4 Bb7 10.a3 Ba5 11.0-0 d5 12.d4=) 9.a3 Ba5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.d4=; C) 8.Bd3 d5 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nc3=; D) 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Be6 11.d4 dc4 12.dc5=.

7.Nf3 Nc6 A) 8.Bd3 d6 (8...a6 9.0-0 d6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Be2 Bf5 12.Nc3=; 8...Bb7 9.0-0 Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bf5 Ne5 12.Ne5=) 9.a3 Ba5 10.0-0 a6 11.Be2 Bf5 12.d3=; B) 8.Be2 Bb7 (8...a6 9.a3 Be7 10.0-0 d5 11.Qc2 Qd6 12.cd5=; 8...d5 9.0-0 a6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.a3=) 9.0-0 d5 10.d4 a6 11.Qb3 Bd6 12.c5=; C) 8.Nc3 Bb7 (8...a6 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Ne7 Qe7 11.Be2 d5 12.Rc1=; 8...Bc3 9.Bc3 a5 10.Be2 a4 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Qc2=) 9.Bd3 d6 10.0-0 Ne5 11.Be2 Rb8 12.d4=; D) 8.Qc2 d6 (8...Bb7 9.Be2 Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.d4 a6 12.0-0=; 8...Bd6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nb4 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Nc3=) 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Ne5 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Nd4=; E) 8.a3 Bf8 (8...Ba5 9.Be2 d6 10.0-0 a6 11.d4 Bf5 12.d5=; 8...Be7 9.d4 Ba6 10.Qa4 Bb7 11.Bd3 Na5 12.Bc3=) 9.Bd3 d6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Bf6=.

6.Bb2 c5

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nd5 Nd5 9.cd5 Ne7 (9...Ne5 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nf3=+) 10.Qb3 (10.a3 Ba5 11.Qh5 d6=) 10...Qa5 (10...d6!?=+) 11.Nf3= Qc7 12.Rc1 d6?? (better 12...Ba5=) 13.Qb4!!+– cb4 14.Rc7 Nd5 15.Rc4 Be6 16.Bd3 Ne3 (16...h6+–) 17.fe3 Bc4 18.Bc4 Rac8 19.Bb3 b5 (19...Re7 20.Nd4 Rc5 21.Rf1+–) 20.0-0 a5 (20...Rc5+–) 21.Ng5 (21.Ng5 Re7 22.Nf7+–) 1–0. Janek – Ottone, internet, 2018.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nf3 d6 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.0-0 a6 11.a3 Ba5 12.d3 d5 13.d4 dc4 14.dc5 Bd3 15.Nd2 Ne5 16.f4= Be2 17.Qe2 Nd3 18.Nc4 Nc5 19.Ne5 Rc8 20.Rfd1 Qc7 21.Nd5= Nd5 22.Rd5 Nb3 23.Rad1 Re7?? 24.Qg4 g6 25.Qh4 Re6 26.f5 Qe7 27.Qa4 Rb6 28.Nc4 Rb5 29.f6?? Qe4=+ 30.Rb5 ab5 31.Qb5 Qc4?? (31...Qc4 32.Rd8!! Rd8 33.Qc4 Nd2+–; 31...Qc2 32.Rd5 Be1–+ (32...Qc4? 33.Rd8 Rd8 34.Qc4+–)) 0–1. Rau,J – Schimron,Herbert, corr ICCF EU/M/GT/086 (year?).

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8).

6.Bb2 Nc6

7.Nc3 d6 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Be2 h6 10.0-0 a6 11.d4 Qd7 12.a3 Ba5 13.d5 Ne7 14.a4 Bc3 15.Bc3 Ng6 (15...Ne4 16.Bb2+=) 16.Nd4 (16.Bf6 gf6 17.Nd4 Ne5+/–) 16...Ne4 17.Bb2 (17.Nf5? Nc3 (17...Qf5?! 18.Bd4=) 18.Qc2 Ne2 19.Kh1 h5–+) 17...Ng5 18.Nf5 Qf5 19.Bg4 Qe4 20.Qd4 Qd4 21.Bd4 Ne4 22.f3 (22.Rfb1!? Reb8 23.Ra2+/–) 22...Nd2= 23.Rfc1 (better is 23.Rfe1!?=) 23...Nb3-/+ 24.Rcb1 Na1 25.Ba1 (better is 25.Ra1!? Ne5 26.Be5 Re5 27.e4–+) 25...Re3 26.Kf2 (26.Kf1 Ra3 27.Bd7 Nf8–+) 26...Ra3 27.Bb2 Ra4 28.Ba1 b6 29.Rc1 Nf4 30.Bf5 Re8 31.Bd7 Re2 32.Kg3 Nh5 33.Kh4 Ra1! 34.Ra1 Nf6 35.Bh3 a5 36.g4 Rh2 37.Kg3 Rc2 38.Bf1 Rc3 39.Re1 Kf8 40.Kf2 Nd7 41.f4 Nc5 42.g5 hg5 43.fg5 a4 0–1. Rush,Bradley – Mori,Roberto, SF–2011–0-00125, 2011.

7.Nf3 d5 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Re3 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qa4 Ng2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Re3 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qa4 Ng2).

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0).

6.Bb2 d5

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 c5 9.cd5=+ Nd5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Be4 15.Ba5 Na5 16.Qc3 b6 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.d3 Bc6 19.Ne5 Qf5 (19...Qd6 20.Nc6 Nc6 21.Bg4=) 20.Nc6 (better 20.Bg4!? Qf6 21.Bc8 Re5 22.Bg4+/-) 20...Rc6 21.d4 cd4 22.Qd4 Qg5 (22...Rc2!? 23.Qd3 Qd3 24.Bd3 Rc5=) 23.Qd7+/- Rce6 24.Rac1 R6e7 (24...g6 25.Bf3+/-) 25.Rc8+- Rf8?? (better 25...Qe5 26.Re8 Re8 27.Qa7 Qf6+-) 26.Rf8 Kf8 27.Qd8 (27.Qd8 Re8 28.Qg5+-) 1-0. Healey,M (2140) - Berend,F (2370), 17th Nancy Blitz, 2019.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5).

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nc5 10.cd5-/+.

7.Qb3 Ba5 8.Nf3=+ c6 (8...Be6!? 9.Qb7 Nbd7=+) 9.Be2= Nbd7 10.Nc3 (better 10.0-0!?=) 10...Nc5-/+ 11.Qc2 dc4 (11...g6 12.cd5 Bf5 13.Qc1-/+) 12.Bc4=+ Be6 (12...g6 13.Ne2 Qd6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.0-0=) 13.Be2= h6 14.0-0 Bg4 15.Nd4 Ne6 16.Ne6 Be6 17.Bf3 Qd6 18.d4 Bg4 19.Bg4 (19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Be4 Rac8=) 19...Ng4 20.g3 h5 21.Qf5 Bc3 22.Bc3 g6 23.Qg5 Kh7 24.Rab1 Qe7 (24...b6 25.e4 Re4 26.f3=) 25.Qe7+= Re7 26.h3 (26.e4!?+=) 26...Nf6= 27.Rb3 Nd5 28.Bd2 Rb8 (28...b6 29.f3=) 29.Rfb1 f5 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Bb4 Nb4 32.Rb4 Kf6 33.a4 b6 34.Rc4 Rc8 35.h4 Ke6 36.Kf3 Kd5 37.Rbc1 Re4 38.Ke2 Re6 39.Kd3 Rce8 40.Ke2 Rd6 41.R1c3 Rc8 42.Kd2 Re6 43.Kd3 Rd6 44.f3 Rf6?? (better 44...Re6 45.e4 fe4 46.fe4 Re4 47.Rc5 bc5 48.Rc5 Kd6 49.Ke4 Rb8=) 45.e4+- (45.e4 Ke6 46.e5+-) 1-0. Burns,Chris - Short,Allan, NZL Wanganui Chess Club Ch A-Reserve, 2001.

7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5=+ Nd5 10.Be2 Qe7?? 11.Qd5+– Be6 12.Qb5 a6 13.Qh5 Rad8 14.Nf3 Rd5 15.Qh4 f6 16.0-0 Bf7 17.d4 Rh5 18.Qf4 g5 19.Qg3 f5 20.Ne5 Ne5 21.Bh5 Nd3 22.Bf7 Kf7 23.Qf3 (23.Qf3 Nb2 24.Qf5 Kg7 25.Qa5+–) 1–0. Schirmer,Michael – Mothes,Rainer, corr SOK–89–32, 1990.

7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Bb2).

7.Qf3 d4 8.Ne2 -/+.

7.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8 7.Bb2).

7.Nf3 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Nc6 (-->1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8).

7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 (-->1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8).

7.Nf3 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Bf8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Bf8).

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.Be2 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0 Bf5 9.c4).

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg4 9.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.Be2 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0 Bg4 9.c4).

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2 Bg4).

7.cd5 Nd5

8.Qb3 Be6 9.Bc4? Ne3-/+ 10.fe3 Qh4–+ 11.g3 Qc4 12.Ne2?? Qe4 (12...Qe4 13.Qb4 Qb4–+) 0–1. Boehnke – Wiedersich, corr DDR, 1990.

8.Bc4 Ne3 9.Bf7 Kf7 10.fe3 Re3 11.Kf2 Re6 12.Nf3 Qd3 13.Ng5 Kg8 14.Ne6 Be6 15.Qe2 Bc5 16.Ke1 Qe2 17.Ke2 Nc6 18.Nc3 Bg4 19.Kd3 Rd8 20.Kc2 Nb4 21.Kc1 Nd3 22.Kc2 Nb2 23.Kb2 Rd2 24.Kb3 Be6 25.Ka4 Rd4 0–1. Wartig – Mothes, corr SOK–90–61.

8.Be2 c5 9.Nf3+= Nc6 10.a3 Ba5 11.0-0 (11.Qc2 g6 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Qc5 Bb6 14.Qb5 a6) 11...Bf5 (11...Qb6 12.Nc3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Bf5 14.Bc4 Nc3) 12.Qb3 (12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Bc3 14.dc3 Qe7) 12...Qb6 13.Bc4 Qb3 (13...Be6 14.Ng5 Qb3) 14.Bb3 Rad8 (14...Be6+=) 15.Rc1 Bb6 16.Nc3 Nc3 17.Bc3 Bd3 18.Bc2 c4 (18...Bc2 19.Rc2 Rd5 20.Rb1=) 19.Bd3= Rd3 20.Rab1 Red8 (20...Rd7 21.Rb5=) 21.Rb5 R3d5 22.a4 f6 23.Kf1 Kf7 (23...R8d7 24.e4 Rc5 25.Rc5 Bc5 26.Bb2=) 24.Rcb1+= Ke6 25.e4 Rb5 26.Rb5 Rd7 27.Ke2 Kd6 28.Rh5 Re7 29.Rd5 Kc7 30.a5 Na5 31.Ba5 Re4 32.Kf1 ½–½. Daatselaar,Jan Bart van (2175) – Zylla,Johannes (2125), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/Final, 2009.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2).

8.Be2 Bf5 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.0-0 Nc5 11.d4 Ne4 12.Qb3 Ba5 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Ne5 c6 15.Qd1 Qg5 16.Qf3 Ndf6 17.Be6 Re6 18.h4? Qh4–+ 19.g3 Qh3 20.Qg2 Qh6 21.Na3 Ng5 22.Qh2-/+ Nfe4 23.Qh6 Rh6 24.Kg2 Bc7 25.f4 Rh3 26.fg5 Rg3 27.Kh1 Rg5 28.Rf3 Rf8 29.Nac4 f5 30.Rg1 Rh5 31.Kg2 b5 32.Na3 Rd8 33.Nb1 Rg5 34.Kh1 Rh5 35.Kg2= ½–½. Rau,Juergen – Klatt,Otto, corr DDR, 1977.

8.Be2 Bf5 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.0-0 Nc5 11.d4 Ne4 12.Qb3 Ba5 13.Rd1 c6 14.Nfd2 Nf2 15.Kf2 Re3 16.Qc4 Qh4 17.Kf1?? Qh2 18.Nf3 Rf3! (18...Rf3 19.Bf3 Ne3 20.Kf2 Nc4–+) 0–1. Groth – Petersen, corr FRG–DEN, 1973.

8.Nf3 c5 9.Be2 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8).

8.Nf3 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

8.Nf3 Nf4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2 Nf4).

8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Nc6 10.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0).

6.Bb2 Bf8

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nc3 c5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.d4 (11.Qb3 Be6=+) 11...cd4 (11...c4 12.Nd2 Bb4 13.a3=+) 12.Qd4= (worse 12.Bd4 Bb4 13.Ke2 Nc6-+) 12...Qd4 (12...Qh5 13.Bd3=) 13.Nd4 Bb4 14.Ke2 Bd7 15.g3 (15.a3 Be7=) 15...Nc6= 16.Bg2 Rac8 17.Rhc1 Nd4 18.Bd4 Bb5 19.Kd1 Ba4 20.Ke2 Bb5 21.Kd1 Ba4 22.Ke2 Bb5 ½-½. opperwezen (2770) - Lance5500-YouTube (2545), Monthly Bullet Arena, lichess.org, 2017.

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.a3 b6 (11...Rb8 12.Nc3=) 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Bc4 (13.Qc2 Nc3 14.Bc3 Qd5=) 13...Nc3 (13...Na5 14.Bb5 Re6 15.Rc1=+) 14.Bc3+= Qd7 (14...Bd6 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.h3=) 15.Bb5 (better 15.Ng5 Nd8 16.Qb1+/-) 15...a6= 16.Be2 b5 17.Qc2 Rac8 18.Rad1 (18.Ng5 g6 19.Ne4 Be7=) 18...h6 (18...Nd4 19.Bd4 cd4 20.Qd3-/+) 19.h3 (19.Qb1!?=+) 19...Nd4-/+ 20.ed4? (better 20.Nd4 cd4 21.Qd3-/+) 20...Re2-+ 21.Qd3 Rce8 22.Nh2 (22.Nh4 Bc6-+) 22...Qd5 (22...c4 23.Qg3-+) 23.Qf3 Qf3 (23...b4!? 24.Bb2 Qd7 25.Qh5-+) 24.Nf3 Bf3 25.gf3 b4 26.Bb2 ba3 (26...b3 27.Kg2-+) 27.Ba3 cd4 28.Bf8 Kf8 29.Kg2 (29.d3 R8e6-+) 29...R8e6 (29...d3 30.Ra1-+) 30.f4 (30.d3 Rg6 31.Kh2 h5-+) 30...Ke7 (30...d3 31.Kf3-+) 31.d3 Kf6 (31...R6e3 32.Ra1 Rd3 33.Ra6-/+) 32.Rb1 (32.Kf3 g6-/+) 32...Rd2 33.Rb3 Rc6 34.Ra3 (34.Ra1 Kf5 35.Kf3 f6-/+) 34...Kf5 (34...g6 35.Rb1-/+) 35.Kf3 f6 36.Rg1 g5 37.fg5 hg5 38.Rg4 (38.Rh1 Re6-/+) 38...Rcc2 39.Ra5 (39.Kg3 Rf2 40.Rd4 Rg2 41.Kf3 Rh2 42.Ra5 Kg6 43.Ra6 Rh3 44.Ke4 Rg2-/+) 39...Kg6 40.Rd4?? (better 40.Ra6 Rd3 41.Kg2-+) 40...Rf2-+ 41.Kg3 Rg2 42.Kf3 Rce2 (better 42...Rcf2 43.Ke3 Re2 44.Kf3 Rgf2 45.Kg3 f5-+) 43.Ra6=+ Rgf2 44.Kg3 Rg2 45.Kf3 Ref2 46.Ke3 Rf5 47.Rg4 Rg4 48.hg4 Rf4 49.d4 Rg4 50.d5 Kf5 51.d6?? (better 51.Re6=+) 51...Rg1 (better 51...Ke5-+) 52.Ke2 (52.Kd2 Rb1 53.d7-+) 52...Rg4 53.Ke3 Re4 54.Kd3 Re8 (better 54...Re1-+) 55.Kd4= g4 56.Kd5 Kf4 57.Ra4 Kg3 58.Kc6 f5 59.d7 Rd8 60.Kc7 Rd7 61.Kd7 f4 62.Ke6 f3 63.Kf5 Kf2?? (better 63...f2 64.Ra1 Kg2=) 64.Kg4?? (better 64.Kf4 Kg2 65.Ke3+- (65.Kg4?! f2 66.Ra2 Kg1 67.Rf2 Kf2=)) 64…Ke1. lecw (2060) - Lance5500 (2320), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Nf3 d6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Nc3 h6 11.d4 g5 12.Rc1 (12.d5 Ne5+=) 12...b6 (12...Bg7 13.Bd3 Qd7 14.Bf5 Qf5 15.Qb3+=) 13.Bd3 Ne4 (13...Bd3 14.Qd3 Bg7 15.a3+=) 14.Ne4+/– Be4 15.Be4 Re4 16.Qc2 (16.d5 Ne7+/–) 16...Re7 17.d5 Ne5 18.Nd4 f6 (18...Re8 19.Nf5+/–) 19.Ne6 (19.f4 Ng4 20.Nf5 Ne3 21.Ne3 Re3 22.fg5 Qe8 23.gf6 Qf7+–) 19...Qe8 20.f4 gf4 (Better is 20...Ng4 21.Rce1 Re6 22.de6 Qe6 23.Qg6 Bg7+–) 21.ef4 (21.Rf4?! Re6 22.de6 Qe6 23.Be5 fe5+/–; 21.Nf4 Ng4 22.Qd3 Re3+–; 21.Nf8?! Qf8 22.Rf4 Qg7+/–) 21...Ng4 22.Qf5 h5 23.h3 (23.Bf6?! Nf6 24.Qf6 Qf7 25.Qg5 Kh7+–) 23...Nh6 (23...Re6 24.de6 Ne5+–) 24.Qf6 Rh7 (24...Qd7 25.Qh8 Kf7 26.f5+–) 25.Qg5 (25…Bg7 26.Bg7+–) 1–0. Mueller,Klaus – Larsson,Eric, corr ICCF cup, 1971.

7.Nf3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 c5 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 d5 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Nf3 Rb8 16.Qa3 Bf8 17.Qc3 Bg7 18.Qc1 Ba6 19.Rb1 c5 20.Qc2 Bb7 21.cd5 Bd5 22.Bc3 Be4 23.Bd3 Bf3 24.gf3 Qc6 25.Be2 Qd5 26.Rfd1 Qg5 27.Kh1 Qh4 28.Rb8 Rb8 29.Be5 Rc8 30.Bg3 Qh5 31.e4 c4 32.Kg2 Qc5 33.Bf4 c3 34.Be3 Qc7 35.f4 Rb8 36.Bf3 Rb2 37.Qa4 c2 38.Rc1 Nd7 39.e5 Nb6 40.Qe8 Bf8 41.e6 Qe7 42.ef7 Qf7 43.Qc6 Bg7 44.Rc2 Rc2 45.Qc2 Nd5 46.Qc8 Bf8 47.Bc5 Nf4 48.Kg3 Ne6 49.Be3 Ng7 50.Kg2 Nf5 51.Bg5 Nd4 52.Be4 Qe6 53.Qe6 Ne6 54.Bd5 Kf7 55.a4 Be7 56.Be3 a5 57.Kf3 Kf6 58.Be6 Ke6 59.Ke4 Bb4 60.h3 Kd6 61.f3 Ke6 62.Bf4 Bc5 63.Bc7 ½–½. Gorbylev,Aleksandr – Shablinski,Mikhail, corr, 1999.

6.Bc3 a5

7.a3 Bf8 8.Nf3 d5 9.Qb3 a4 10.Qc2 c5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bd7 Qd7 14.0-0 Nc6 15.d4 cd4 16.Bd4 Nd4 17.Nd4 g6 18.Rd1= Rac8 19.Qd3 Qg4 20.h3 Qh5 21.Nf3 Bg7=+ 22.Ra2 Nb6 23.Rc2 Rc2 24.Qc2 Qb5 25.Nd4 Bd4 26.Rd4 Rc8 27.Qe4?? Rc1–+ 28.Kh2 Rb1 29.Rd8 Kg7 30.Qd4 f6 31.f4 g5 32.Rd6 Qf5?? 33.Rb6= Rb6 34.Qb6 Qd7 35.fg5+= fg5 36.Qb2 Kg6 37.Qc2 Kf6 38.Qc3 Kf7 39.Qh8 Qd6-/+ 40.Kg1 Qd1 41.Kh2 Qd6 42.Kg1-/+ Qa3 43.Qh7 Kf6 44.Qh6 Kf5 45.Qh7 Ke5 46.Qg7 ½–½. Kamuf,Herbert – Hemberger,Ralf, Verbandsliga Nord Baden, 1992.

7.a3 Bf8 8.Bf6 Qf6 (worse is 8...gf6 9.Qh5+/–) 9.Nc3 g6 10.Qf3 Qe5 11.Be2 ½–½. Karpenko – Kozlov (2285), RUS–Cup3 email, 2003.

7.Ne2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nd4 c5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.a3 Bc3 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Be2 Nf6 14.0-0= Rb8 15.Rb1 Qd7 16.d3 Red8 17.Ne1 Be2=+ 18.Qe2 Ne5 19.Ra1 b5 20.Na2 Nd3–+ 21.Nd3 Qd3 22.Qd3 Rd3 23.Nc1 Rc3 24.Rd1 c4 25.h3 b4 26.ab4 ab4 27.Rd4 b3 28.Ne2 Rc2 29.Rad1 h5 30.R1d2 b2 31.Rc2 b1Q 32.Rc1 Qa2 33.Rdc4 Qe2 34.R4c2 Qa6 35.Rc6 Rb6 36.Rc8 Kh7 37.R8c2 Ne4 38.Rc4 Qb7 39.Rc7 Qd5 40.R7c2 Rg6 41.f3 Ng5 42.Kf2 Nf3 43.gf3 Qg5 44.Rc5 Qg2 45.Ke1 Qf3 46.Kd2 Rd6 47.Kc3 Qe3 48.Kb4 Qd2 49.Kb3 Rb6 (49...Rb6 50.Rb5 Rb5 51.Kc4 Qd5 52.Kc3 Rb3 53.Kc2 Qd3#) 0–1. sportsmaniac (2290) – cmarcolino (2470), net–chess.com, 2007.

6.Bc3 Nc6

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nf3 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be2 Qf6 12.d4 Be6 13.0-0 Nce7 (13...Rad8 14.Qc2=) 14.Bd3 Bg4 (14...c5 15.Nbd2 Qh6 16.Nc4=) 15.Nbd2 Bf5 16.Bf5 Nf5 (16...Qf5? 17.e4 Qg4 18.ed5 Nd5 19.h3+–) 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.a4 Rab8 19.Ne5 Qe7 20.a5 Nd7 21.Nd7 Qd7 22.Nf3 c6 23.Ne5 Qc7 24.a6 b6 25.Rac1 c5 26.Rfd1 Red8 27.Qc2 Ne7 28.Nd3 ½–½. Krasny,Henryk Jan – Mothes,Rainer, corr SOK–98–131, 1999.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.Qb3 c5 9.Nf3 d5 10.a3 Nc6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Be2 Qf6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Qb2 b6 15.0-0 Rad8 16.Rad1 Bf5 17.Qb5 Nc3 18.dc3 h6 19.Qa4 Qg6 20.Rd8 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rd1 22.Qd1 Be4 23.h4 Ne5 24.g3 Qf5 25.Ne5 Qe5 26.Qd8 Kh7 27.Bd3 Bg6 28.Bg6 ½–½. marekt – NambissanTMR, chessworld.net, 2008.

7.d4 d5 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nc6 10.cd5 Bg4 11.f3? Nd5–+ 12.fg4? Ne3 13.Qf3 Nc2 14.Kd1 N6d4 15.Qc3 Na1 16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Nf3 Nf3 18.gf3 Rad8 19.Kd2 Qe6 20.Kc1 Qe3 (20...Qe3 21.Kb2 Rd3–+) 0–1. Fritz 5.32 – Fritz 8, 2004.

7.Nf3 d5 8.d4 Bg4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Nc3 c5-/+ 11.dc5 Bf3 12.gf3 Qa5 13.a3 Nc6 14.Qd2 dc4 15.Bc4 Qc5 16.Be2 Qg5 17.Kf1 Rac8 18.Rd1 Qc5 19.Nb5 Red8 20.Qc1 Rd1–+ 21.Qd1 a6 22.Nd4 Nd4 23.Qd4 Qd4 24.ed4 Nd5 25.Ke1 Rc1 26.Bd1 Rc4 27.Ke2 Rc3 28.a4 Nf4 29.Kd2 Rd3 30.Kc2 Rd4 31.Re1 g5 32.a5 Rd5 33.Re7 Ra5 34.Rb7 Ra2 35.Rb2 Ra1 36.Kd2 a5 37.Rb5 Ra2 38.Ke3 h6 39.Re5 Kg7 40.Ke4 Ra1 41.Bc2 Rc1 42.Rc5 a4! 43.Rc4 a3 44.Bb3 Rb1 45.Rc3 Re1 46.Re3 Ra1 47.Ke5 a2 48.Kf5 Ng2 49.Re4 Nh4 50.Rh4 gh4 51.h3 f6 52.Be6 Rh1 53.Ba2 Rh3 54.Kg4 Rh1 55.Be6 h5 56.Kh5 h3 57.Kh4 h2 58.Kg3 Re1 59.Kh2 Re6 60.Kg3 f5 61.f4 Kf6 62.Kg2 Re1 63.Kf3 Ke6 64.Kg2 Kd5 65.f3 Re2 66.Kh3 Re3 (66...Re3 67.Kh4 Rf3 68.Kh5 Rf4 69.Kg6 Ke6 70.Kh7 Kf6 71.Kg8 Rg4 72.Kh7 Rh4 73.Kg8 f4 74.Kf8 Rh8#) 0–1. Crafty 19.01 – Fritz 8, 2004.

6.Nf3 b6

7.a3 Ba5 =.

7.a3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Ne5 9.ab4 +=.

7.a3 Bf8 8.Be2= Bb7 (8...Nc6 9.Bb2=) 9.Bb2 (9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb2 Bd6=) 9...Nc6 (9...Na6 10.d4=) 10.d4 (10.Nc3 Bd6=) 10...d5 (10...Ne4 11.0-0=) 11.Nbd2 (11.cd5 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qf5=) 11...Na5 (11...dc4 12.Nc4 Qd5 13.0-0=) 12.0-0 c5 13.Rc1 (13.Qa4 Bd6=) 13...Rc8 (13...Bd6=) 14.a4 (14.Ne5!?=) 14...cd4+= 15.Bd4 Ba3 (15...Bc5 16.Ne5+=) 16.Ra1 (16.Rc2 Bd6+=) 16...Bd6 17.cd5 Nd5 (17...Bd5 18.Bb5 Nc6 19.Bb2+=) 18.Rc1 Qe7 (18...Rc1 19.Qc1 Nf4 20.Bb5+=) 19.Rc8 (19.Nc4 Nc4 20.Bc4 Nc7+=) 19...Rc8+= 20.Qa1 (20.Bd3 g6+=) 20...f6 (20...g6 21.Rc1+=) 21.Rc1 Rc7 (21...Rc1 22.Qc1 Nf4 23.Bb5=) 22.Bf1 (22.g3 Rc1 23.Qc1 Nb4=) 22...Nb4 (22...Rc1 23.Qc1 h5 24.Nc4=) 23.Qb1 (23.e4 Rc1 24.Qc1 Bc6=) 23...Bd5 (23...Rc1 24.Qc1 Nd5 25.Bb5=) 24.e4 (24.Rc7 Bc7 25.Bc3 Nac6=) 24...Ba2 (24...Be6 25.Bb5=) 25.Qb2 Rc1 26.Qc1 Qc7 (26...Nbc6 27.Bb2=) 27.Qc7 Bc7 28.Bc3 Nbc6 29.g3 Kf7 30.Bd3 Bd6 31.Kf1 Nb4 32.Bb1 Bb1+= 33.Nb1 Nac6 34.Nbd2= Na6 35.Nb3 Nc5 36.Nc5 Bc5 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Nd2 a6 39.Nb3 Bb4 40.Nd4 Nd4 41.Bd4 ½–½. Lehr,Thomas – Kock,Hans_Uwe, 50. LEM Vormeister–Kandi., 1995.

7.Bb2. Ramos Cortez,Ernesto (2165) – Vlcek,Vladimir (2280), EM/CL/Q04–2 ICCF Email, 2002.

7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Bf3 (8...Nc6!? 9.Bf4 a6=) 9.Bf3+= Re5? (better is 9...c6 10.d4 Qe7+=) 10.Ba8+– c6 11.d4 Re8 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qf3 Qc8 14.Rd1 (better is 14.g4+/–) 14...Na6+= 15.Bc6 dc6 16.Nd2 Bd2 (16...Bc3 17.Ra2+=) 17.Rd2 Ne4 18.Rdd1 Qd7 19.a4 Nb4 (19...Qe6 20.d5 cd5 21.cd5+=) 20.a5= b5 21.Rab1 Na2 22.cb5 cb5 23.Rb2 Nac3 24.Rc1 Qc7 25.Ra1 Qc4 (25...a6 26.Qf5+=) 26.h3 g6 27.h4 a6 28.h5 Kg7 29.g3 g5 30.Kg2 h6 31.Qf5 Qd5 32.Qd5+= Nd5 33.Rc1 Nec3 34.Rb3 b4 35.g4 f5 36.gf5 Kf6 37.Rb4 Nb4 38.Rc3 Kf5 39.Rc4 Rb8 40.f3 Rb5 41.Kg3 Ke6 42.e4 Kd7 43.d5 Rb8 44.Rc3 Kd6 45.Rc4 Ke5 46.Kg4 Nd3?? 47.Rc6= Nf4 48.Rh6 Rb2 49.Kg5 Rg2 50.Kh4 Rh2 ½–½. Filipek,Jakub (2245) – Gritsak,Orest (2365), Polanica Zdroj op, 1995.

7.Be2 Bb7 8.a3 d6 =.

7.Be2 Bb7 8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.cd5 (10.Qb3 Bd6=) 10...Nd5+= 11.Bc4 a6 12.a3 (12.Nc3 N7f6=) 12...Bd6+= 13.d4 b5 Black gets the initiative 14.Bb3 (14.Bd3 c5+=) 14...c5 15.dc5 Nc5 16.Nbd2 Nb3 17.Nb3 (17.Qb3 Qe7+=) 17...Nb6 (17...Rc8 18.Qd4 Nf6 19.Rfc1-/+) 18.Nbd4 (18.Qd4 f6+=) 18...Nc4-/+ 19.Qe2 Qf6 20.Ra2 (20.Rfb1 Qg6-/+ (20...Nb2?! 21.Rb2 Rad8 22.a4-/+)) 20...Nb2 (20...Bd5 21.Rfa1-/+) 21.Qb2 Bd5 22.Raa1 Bf3 23.gf3 Rad8 24.Rad1 Bh2! 25.Kh2 Qh6 26.Kg3 Qg6 27.Kf4 Rd5 28.Ne6 Qf5 29.Kg3 Re6 30.Rd5 Rg6 31.Kh4 Rh6 32.Kg3 Rh3 (32...Rh3 33.Kg2 Qf3 34.Kg1 Rh1) 0–1. Althoff,Guntram – Kveinys,Aloyzas (2515), Weilburg NBG op, 1995.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bf4 +=.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bg3 +=.

6.Nf3 c5

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Be2 d6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Nf4 d5 14.Rb1 b6 15.cd5 Bd5 16.Bb5 Rc8 17.Nd5 Qd5 18.d4 Red8 19.Qa4 cd4 20.Rfd1 Bc3 21.Rbc1 a6 22.Bc6 Qc6 23.Nd4 Qa4 Normal 0-1. Mettigel (2190) - Noonui (2330), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bg3 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bh4 Qd6 12.0-0 Nce7 (12...Qg6!?+=) 13.Qa4 Qd8 14.Bb5 Rf8 15.Bc4 Nf6 (15...Bd7 16.Qc2 Qb6 17.Ne5+=) 16.Bf6+/– gf6 17.d4 cd4 18.Nd4 a6 19.Be2 Nf5 20.Rd1 b5 (20...Nd4 21.Qd4 (worse is 21.ed4 Re8 22.Bh5 Be6=) 21...Qd4 22.ed4+=) 21.Qc2 (better is 21.Nb5!? ab5 22.Qg4 Ng7 23.Rd8 Bg4 24.Ra8 Ra8 25.Bg4+–) 21...Nd4+= 22.Rd4 Qc7 23.Qc7 Bc7 24.Bf3 Rb8 25.Ra2 Be6 26.Bd5 Be5 27.Rd1= Bd5 28.Rd5 Rfd8 29.Rad2 Rd5 30.Rd5 Rc8 31.Rd1 f5 32.g3 Kf8 33.Kf1 Rc2 34.Nd2 Ra2+= 35.Nf3 Bb2 36.Rd2 Ra1 37.Ke2 Ba3 38.Nd4 Rc1 39.Nf5 Rc8 40.Rd7+= Ke8 41.Ra7 Rc6 42.Nd4 Rb6= 43.Kd3 Bc5 44.Ra8 Ke7 45.Ra7 Kf6 46.Ra8 Bd4 47.ed4 b4 48.Kc2 b3 49.Kb2 Kf5 50.f3 h6 51.Re8 a5 52.Re5+/– Kf6 53.Ra5 Rb4 54.Ra6 Ke7 55.Rh6 Rd4 56.f4 Rd3 57.Rb6 Rd2+/– 58.Kb3 Rh2 59.Kc4 Rg2 60.Rb3 Kf6 61.Kd4 Kf5 62.Rb5 Ke6 63.Rg5 f6 64.Rg7 Kf5 65.Ke3 Rg1 66.Kf2 Ra1 67.Kg2 Ra2 68.Kh3 Ra1 69.Rg8 Rh1 70.Kg2 Ra1 71.Rh8 Kg4 72.Rh4 Kf5 73.Kh3 Rh1= 74.Kg2 Rh4 75.gh4 Kf4 76.Kf2 Kg4 77.Ke3 Kh4 78.Kf4 ½–½. Hanscombe,Richard – Brown,Th (2055), ch–WLS Cardiff WLS, 2010.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 (-->1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8).

6.Nf3 Nc6

7.Bb2 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Qe7 10.d4 a6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qc2 Qe4 (13...Rab8 14.Nbd2=) 14.Qe4 (14.Bd3 Qg4 15.d5 Be7+=) 14...Ne4= 15.Nbd2 Nf6 16.Rac1 Bf8 17.c5 b5 18.Bc3 Nc6 19.h3 Ne7 20.Ng5 Ned5 21.Bb2 (21.Ba5 Rac8=) 21...Bc8 (21...h6 22.Ngf3=+) 22.Bf3 c6 (22...Bb7 23.Nge4 Ne4 24.Be4=) 23.Nge4+= Be7 24.Nf6 Nf6 25.Ne4 Bd8 (25...Ne4 26.Be4 a5 27.Rfd1+=) 26.Nf6 (26.Nd6 Rf8+/-) 26...Bf6 27.Rfe1 Rf8 28.Rc2 d5? (better 28...Re8+=) 29.cd6+- Bf5 (29...Rb8 30.Bc6 Rd8 31.e4+-) 30.e4 Bg6 31.e5 (31.Rc6 Bg5+-) 31...Bg5?? (better 31...Bc2 32.ef6 gf6+=) 32.Rce2 (32.Rc6 Bd2 33.Re2 Bf4+-) 32...Rad8? (32...Bd3 33.Bc6 Rac8 34.d5+-) 33.Bc6 (33.Bc1!? Bc1 34.Rc1 Bd3+-) 33...Bd3 34.Re3! Bc4 (34...Be3 35.Re3 Combination) 35.Rg3 Bd2 36.d5?? (better 36.Rb1+-) 36...Be1-/+ 37.Kh2 (37.Kh2 Bf2 38.Rf3-+). Edosyan_ekb66 (1965) - alessandrocarvalhaes (1885), lichess.org, 2020.

7.Bb2 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Bf5 11.a3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3).

7.Bb2 d5 8.Be2 Bg4 9.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.Be2 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0 Bg4 9.c4).

7.Bb2 Bf8 8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 (9.Nd5 Nd5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Qd5 Bd5 13.a3=+; 9.d4 Bg4 10.c5 Rb8 11.Bb5 a6 12.Be2 b6 13.cb6=+; 9.Qa4 d4 10.Nd5 Bc5 11.Qb5 Ne4 12.Bd3 a6 13.Qb3=) 9...Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Qd5 Bd5 13.a3=.

7.Bb2 Bf8 8.d4 d5 A) 9.c5 Bg4 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Bc3 Ne4 13.0-0=+; B) 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.c5 a6 11.Be2 b6 12.Rc1 bc5 13.dc5=+; C) 9.Ba3 Bg4 10.Bf8 Kf8 11.c5 Bf3 12.gf3 b6 13.Qa4=+; D) 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Bc4 Ba3 12.Qb3 Bb2 13.Qb2=+; E) 9.a3 Bg4 (9...Be7 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.0-0 a6 13.Bd3=; 9...a6 10.Bd3 dc4 11.Bc4 Bd6 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Ng5=; 9...Bf5 10.Bd3 Qd7 11.cd5 Nd5 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Nc3=) 10.c5 Rb8 11.h3 Bf3 12.Qf3 b6 13.cb6-/+; F) 9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Be2 dc4 11.Bc4 Na5 12.Be2 Nd5 13.0-0=.

7.Bb2 Bf8 8.Be2 d5 9.0-0=+ Be6 (9...dc4 10.Bc4 Bd6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.d3 Bg4 13.Ng5=) 10.cd5 Nd5 11.d4 Qf6 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Ne4=.

7.Bb2 Bf8 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0= (9.Nc3 d5 10.0-0 Be6 11.d3 Be7 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Rad1=) 9...Ne5 (9...d5 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.h3 Nb4 12.Qb3 Bf3 13.Bf3=) 10.d4 Nf3 11.Bf3 c6 (11...d5 12.Ba3= Ba3 13.Na3=) 12.d5 cd5 (12...Bd7 13.Nd2=) 13.cd5 Nd7 14.Qd4 Nc5 15.Nc3 Bd7 16.Rfe1 Qa5 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Be4 Qa4 (18...Rac8 19.Qd3 h6 20.Bh7 Kh8 21.Bf5 Bf5 22.Qf5+–) 19.Qa4 Ba4 20.Bd3 g6 21.Rac1 Rec8 22.Bd4 Bd7 23.Rc8 Bc8 24.Rc1 Be7 (24...Bg7 25.Ba7 Bd7 26.Rc7 Ra7 27.Rd7 Ra2 28.Rd6+–) 25.Ba7 (25.a3 h6+–) 25...Bf5 26.Bf5 Ra7 27.Bb1 Ra5 28.Rd1 (28.e4 Bg5 29.Rc7 f5+–) 28...Bf6 29.g3 Rc5 (29...b5 30.e4+=) 30.Kg2 (30.Be4 Be5+–) 30...b5+= 31.Be4 b4 32.Rb1 (32.Kf3 Kg7+=) 32...Ra5 (32...Bc3!?+=) 33.Rb4+– Ra2 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.h4 h5 36.Bc2 Ra5 37.Be4 (37.e4 Ra2+–) 37...Ra3 (37...Ra2 38.Rc7 Kg7+–) 38.Rc6 Ke7 39.Rc7 Ke8 40.Kf3 Ra2 (40...Be5 41.Bc2+–) 41.Bd3 Rb2 42.Bc2 Ra2 43.Ke4 (43.Bb3 Ra1+–) 43...Ra3 (43...Be5 44.f4 Ba1 45.Kf3+–) 44.Rc4 Kf8 45.Ba4 Bd8 46.Kf3 Ra2 ½–½. Alekseev,Vadim (2450) – Chichkin,Vasily (2355), Platonov mem, 1999.

7.Bb2 Bf8 8.Be2 Be7 A) 9.0-0 d5 (9...a6 10.d4 d5 11.Ne5 Rb8 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Qc2=; 9...Rb8 10.Bf6 Bf6 11.d4 d5 12.Nc3 dc4 13.Bc4=; 9...a5 10.d4 d5 11.Ne5 Qd6 12.Nd2 a4 13.a3+=; 9...d6 10.d4 d5 11.Ne5 Rb8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Nd7=) 10.Bf6 Bf6 11.d4 dc4 12.Bc4 Na5 13.Bd3=; B) 9.d4 d5 10.0-0 Be6 11.cd5 Bd5 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Nd5=.

7.Bb2 Bf8 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nc3 Ne5 (9...a6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Bd3 b6 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Rb1=; 9...b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.0-0 a5 13.a3=; 9...Rb8 10.Nd5 Qd6 11.d4 b5 12.Qc2 bc4 13.Bc4=; 9...Qd8 10.Be2 b6 11.0-0 Bb7 12.d4 a6 13.Qb1=; 9...Bd6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.d4 Ne7 12.Ne7 Be7 13.Qc2=) 10.Ne5 Qe5 11.Be2 b6 12.Rb1 Bb7 13.Bf3=.

6.Nf3 d5

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8).

7.a3 Ba5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Be2 Re3 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qa4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Re3 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qa4).

7.Bb2 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8).

7.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb2 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb2 Nc6-/+ 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Re3?? 11.fe3+/– Ne3 12.Qb3 Ng2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Re3 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qb3 Ng2).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

6.Nf3 d6

7.Bb2 Na6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 c6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.d4 Nce4 13.Ne4 Ne4 (worse is 13...Re4 14.Bd3+/–) 14.Qa4 d5 15.cd5 Qd5 16.Ne5 Nd2 17.Rfd1 Ne4?? (17...Qd8 18.Rdc1=) 18.h3?? (better is 18.Bc4!? Re5 19.de5 Qc5+–) 18...Bc3?? (better is 18...Nd6=) 19.Bc4+– Qd6 (19...Bb2 20.Bd5 cd5 21.Qb5 Ba1 22.Qd5+–) 20.Nf7 (20.Bf7 Kf8 21.Be8 Bb2+–) 20...Qf6 (better is 20...Qf8!? 21.Ne5 Kh8 22.Bc3 Nc3+/–) 21.Nd6 Kf8? 22.Ne8 Re8 23.Bc3 c5 24.Be1 a6 25.Qb3 Ng5 26.Qb7 Be4 27.Bd5 Nh3 28.Kf1 Bc2 29.gh3 Re3 30.Qf7! Qf7 31.Bf7 Rh3 32.Rdc1 Be4 33.Be6 Rh6 34.d5 Bf3 0–1. mr5reasons1 (1660) – justmejoe (1895), gameknot.com, 2013.

7.Bb2 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Qb3 Bc7 11.0-0 b6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Rfd1 d5 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Qc2 Qd6 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Nc7 Qc7 18.d4 cd4 19.e4 Nf6? (better is 19...Nc3 20.Bc3 dc3 21.Qc3 Rac8=) 20.Nd4+– (worse is 20.Bd4 Ne4 21.Qe4 Bb3+=) 20...Bd7 21.Bf3 (21.Bb5!? Rac8 22.Bc6 Bc6 23.Rac1+–) 21...Rac8+/– 22.Nc6 Qc6 23.Qc6 Rc6?? (better is 23...Bc6 24.Bf6 gf6+/–) 24.Bf6+– gf6 (24...Be6 25.Bd4+–) 25.Rd7 Rec8 1–0. Radwan,Jan (1715) – Moranda,Zbigniew, Turniej Szachowy Niepelnosprawnych Poland, 2010.

7.Bb2 c5 8.Be2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Rb1 Ba5 13.Ne4 Bf5 14.d3 c4 (14...b6 15.a3=) 15.Ng3 (worse is 15.dc4 Ne3 16.fe3 Be4 (16...Re4?! 17.Bd3=) 17.Qd8 Rad8+=) 15...cd3 16.Nf5 de2 17.Qe2 Bc3 18.Rfd1 Qa5 19.Nd6 (19.Qc4 Rad8 20.Rd5 Qd5 21.Qc3 f6+/–) 19...Bb2 (19...Re6!? 20.Nf7 Qa2+/–) 20.Qb2+– Nc3 (20...Reb8 21.Qb3 (21.Nb7?! Nc3 22.Na5 Rb2 23.Rb2 Nd1+/–) 21...Nc3 22.Qf7 Kh8 23.Nf5 Ne2 24.Kh1+–) 21.Qb7 (21.Ne8?! Re8 22.Qb7 Nd1 23.Rd1 Qc5+/–) 21...Nb1?? (21...Rf8 22.Qc6 Nb1 23.Rb1 Qa2+–) 22.Qf7 (22.Qc6?! Reb8 23.Qc4 Qh5=; 22.Qb1 Re7+=; 22.Rb1 Qa2 23.Ne8 Rb8 (worse is 23...Re8 24.Rc1 Nd8 25.Qd7+=) 24.Qb8 Nb8 25.Nf6 gf6 26.Rb8 Kg7-/+) 22...Kh8 23.Ne8 (23.Rb1?! Rab8 24.Rd1 Rf8+=) 23...Qc3 (23...Qe1 24.Re1 Re8 25.Qe8) 24.Qf8 1–0. marekt – Wais642774, ChessWorld.net, 2012.

7.Bb2 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Re8).

7.Bb2 d5 8.a3 Be7 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qc2 =.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 d5 10.d3 Nf6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.a3 Bc5 13.Qb3 (better 13.Nc3=) 13...Ne3!-/+ 14.fe3 (14.Rc1!? Nd4 15.Nd4 Bd4 16.Bd4 Qd4 17.Nc3-/+) 14...Re3-+ 15.Qc4 Re2 16.d4 Rb2 17.dc5 Be6 18.Qc3? (18.Qc1 Rb5-+) 18...Re2 (better 18...Rb3 19.Qd2 Qf6-+) 19.Nbd2 Qf6?? (better 19...Qd5-+) 20.Qd3=+ Rd2 21.Nd2 (21.Qd2 Rd8 22.Qe3 Re8=) 21...Qg5 (21...Qe5 22.Kh1 Qc5-/+) 22.Nf3? (better 22.Ne4!? Qe5 23.Rad1=) 22...Qc5-+ 23.Kh1 Rd8 24.Qb1 Qb6 (24...b5 25.Qb2-/+) 25.Qc1 h6 26.Qf4 Nd4 (26...Rd6 27.Rab1 Qa6 28.Qe3-/+) 27.Rad1 (27.Rfd1 c5-/+) 27...c5 28.Ne5 (28.Nd4 cd4 29.Qe4 Qb2-/+) 28...Qd6-+ 29.Qh4 Qe5?? (better 29...b5-+) 30.Qd8+= Kh7 31.Qh4 (31.Qe7 Qd5+=) 31...b5= 32.Rfe1 Qf5 33.Rf1 Qe5 34.Rde1 Qd5 35.Qf4 g5 (35...Qg5 36.Qe4 Qg6 37.Qe5=) 36.Qd2 (36.Qc7 a6+/-) 36...a5 Black prepares b4 (36...a6!?+=) 37.Qa5+/- b4? (better 37...Nc2!? 38.Rd1 Qe4+/-) 38.ab4+- cb4 39.Qb4 Nc2 40.Qb1 Bf5?! (40...Qb3+-) 41.Rf5! Qf5 42.Rc1 (better 42.Rf1 Qd3 43.Rc1+-) 42...Ne3+/- 43.Qa1 (43.Qf5!? Nf5 44.Kg1+/-) 43...Qf2+= 44.Rg1 Ng4 (44...Qf4 45.Qb1 Kg8 46.Qb7+=) 45.Qb1 (45.Qb1 Kg7 46.Qb4+=) 1-0. norba94 (2300) - jotjesus (2335), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb2 Bf5 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Nc3 Qe7 11.a3 (11.Nd5!? Nd5 12.cd5+=) 11...Bc3= 12.Bc3 Ne4 (12...Rad8 13.Rc1=) 13.Bb2 Ng5 (13...Rad8 14.d3 Nf6 15.Qb3+=) 14.Ng5+= Qg5 15.f4 Qh4 16.Rf3 Re6 17.Rg3 Rg6 18.Rg6 Bg6 19.Bf3 Rb8 (19...Qe7 20.Qb3+=) 20.Qa4 (20.Qb3 Qd8+–) 20...h6 (20...Qe7 21.Re1+=) 21.Bc3 (better 21.Qb3 Qd8 22.d3+=) 21...Bd3? (21...Qe7 22.e4+=) 22.Bc6?? (better 22.Qb3 Re8 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qd3+–) 22...bc6= 23.Qc6 (23.Qa7 Qd8=) 23...Bb1 24.h3 Qe7 25.Ba5 Qf6 (25...Rb3 26.Qa4 Rb8 27.Kh2=) 26.Bc3 Qg6 (26...Qe7 27.Qa4=) 27.Qf3 (27.Qc7!? Ra8 28.Kf2+=) 27...Bd3 28.Rc1 Be4 29.Qg4 Qg4 30.hg4 Rb3 31.Ra1 Bd3 32.Ba5 Bc4 33.Bc7 d5 (33...Rd3 34.Ba5=) 34.Kf2 (34.Bd6 Rb2=) 34...Bd3 35.Bd6 c4 36.Bb4 ½–½. Souza,Kim Garcia De (1765) – Schnepper,Amanda Piveta, 61st Parana Teams Women, 2018.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 c6 11.d3 d5 12.Nbd2 Bc7 0–1. Ferrero,Leandro – Wurm,Tamas, IECG, 2004.

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 a6 (10...Nbd7 11.Be2=) 11.Qe2 (11.Bc2 c5=) 11...h6 (11...Nbd7 12.Rae1=) 12.Bf5 Qe7 (12...Nbd7 13.d4=) 13.d4 Bf3 (13...Nbd7!?=) 14.Qf3+– (worse 14.gf3 c5 15.dc5 dc5=) 14...Qe3?? (better 14...Nbd7+–) 15.fe3+– (15.fe3 c6 16.Na4+–; 15.Qa8?! Qc3 16.Qb7 Qc4+–) 1–0. Pierre – Popovich, internet, 2020.

6.Nf3 Bf8

7.Qb3 b6 8.Qb2 Ne4 9.Nc3 d6 10.Bd4 Nf2 11.Kf2 c5 12.Nd5 cd4 13.Nd4 (worse is 13.ed4 Bb7-/+) 13...Bb7 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Rhf1 g6 16.Kg1 Bg7 17.Rf2 (17.Rac1 Nc5=) 17...Nc5 (17...Bd5 18.cd5 Re4 19.Bf3 Bd4 20.ed4+=) 18.Raf1= Attacking the backward pawn on f7 18...f5 19.g4 (19.Nf4 Ne4 20.Rf3 Rc8=) 19...Qg5+= 20.Rg2 Bd5 21.cd5 Re3 22.gf5 Qg2!? 23.Kg2 Re2 24.Kh1 Be5 25.Qb5 Rh2 26.Kg1 Rh3 (26...Rd2 27.Nf3 Ra2 (27...Rd5 28.Qc6 Rf8 29.Qd5 Kg7 30.Ne5 de5 31.Qe5 Kg8 32.f6+–) 28.fg6 Bf6 29.gh7 Kg7+=) ½–½. Hecimovic,Ivan – Lalic,Bogdan, Pula CRO, 1996.

7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Bc3 +=.

7.Nc3 c6 8.Be2 d6 9.Bg3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Qa5 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.f3 Bd7 13.Qc2 a6 14.a4 Rad8 15.Rfb1 Bc8 16.Ra2 g6 17.Bh4 Bg7 18.f4 h6 19.Bf3 Qc7 20.a5 Re7 21.Nce2 Rf8 22.h3 Ree8 23.Ra3 Nfd7 24.e4 Nf6 25.d3 Kh8 26.Qd2 Nfd7 27.Bf2 Qd8 28.Ng3 Qe7 29.Nc2 h5 30.Re1 h4 31.Nf1 Ne6 32.Nh2 Qd8 33.f5 gf5 34.ef5 Qg5 35.Qg5 Ng5 36.Bh4 Re1 37.Ne1 Rg8 38.Kf1 Bb2 39.Ra2 Bd4 40.Be2 Ne5 41.Nc2 Ba7 42.Ng4 Ng4 43.Bg4 f6 44.Bf2 Bf2 45.Kf2 Kg7 46.Nd4 Re8 47.Re2 Re5 48.Ne6 Kf7 49.Re5 de5 50.Ke3 Ne6 51.fe6 Be6 52.Be6 Ke6 53.d4 1–0. Fels,Bernhard (2030) – Pott,Brian (1740), BI–2010–P–00001, 2010.

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6= (worse is 8...gf6 9.Be2+=).

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Nc3 11.dc3 Bd6 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Be6 (13.Qb7? A) 13...Bc4?! 14.Qc6 Bg3 15.Qc4 (15.hg3?? Qd3 16.Qc4 Qc4–+) 15...Re3 16.Kf1 Rf3 17.gf3+= (worse is 17.hg3 Qd3 18.Qd3 Rd3+=); B) 13...Na5 14.Qe4 Nc4–+) 13...Re6 14.Rd1 b6 15.0-0 Qe7 16.Bd6 Rd6 17.Rd6 Qd6 18.Rd1 Qf6 19.h4 (19.Rd7 Rd8 20.Qd5 Rd7 21.Qd7 Qd8 22.Qd8 Nd8=) 19...Rd8 20.Rd8 Qd8 21.Qa4 Na5 22.Qe4 Qd1 23.Kh2 Qd6 24.g3 g6 25.h5 Kg7 26.Qh4 gh5 27.Qh5 Qh6 (27...Qg6 28.Qe5 Qf6 29.Qf6 Kf6 30.Nd2=) 28.Qh6+= ½–½. Degterev,Pavel (2545) – Korzh,Leonty (2300), 7. Ukrainian CCF Cup, 2008.

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Nc3 11.dc3 Bd6 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Be6 Re6 14.Rd1 b6 15.0-0 Qe7 16.Bd6 Rd6 17.Rd6 Qd6 18.Rd1 Qf6 19.h4 Rd8 20.Rd8 Qd8 21.Qa4 Na5 22.g3 h6 23.Ne5 (23.Qd4 Qe8=) 23...Qe7 (23...c6 24.Nc4 (24.Nc6? Qd7–+) 24...Nc4 25.Qc4=) 24.Qd4 Qd6 (24...c6 25.Nc4 Nb7 26.Qe5=) 25.Kg2 (25.e4 Qe7=) 25...Nb7 (25...Qf6 26.Nf3 Qe7 27.Qe5=) 26.Qe4 (26.Qd6 Nd6 27.Nc6 Ne4=) 26...Nc5 (26...Nd8 27.Qf5=) 27.Qa8 Kh7 28.Nf7 Qe6 29.Qf3 Qa2 30.Ng5 hg5 31.Qh5 Kg8 32.Qe8 Kh7 33.Qh5 Kg8 34.Qe8 Kh7 35.Qh5 ½–½. Equinox 3?20 64_bit 4CPU – Komodo 9?3 64_bit 4CPU, CCRL, 2015.

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Nc3 11.dc3 Bd6 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Be6 Re6 14.Rd1 b6 15.0-0 h6 16.Rd5 Ne7 (16...Qf6 17.Bd6 Rd6 18.Rd6 cd6 19.Rd1=) 17.Rd3 (17.Rd2 Nf5=) 17...Nf5= 18.Rc1 Qe8 19.Nd4 Ng3 20.hg3 Re5 21.c4 a6 22.Ne2 Ra5 23.Nc3 Qe6 24.a4 Qe8 25.Kh2 (25.Rd5 Rd5 26.Nd5 Rd8=+) 25...Be5-/+ 26.Rcd1 Rc8 27.Nd5 Rb8 28.Nc3 Kh8 (28...c5 29.Nd5 Qa4 30.f4=+) 29.Qc2 f6 30.Ne4 (30.Qb3 Bc3 31.Qc3 Ra4=+) 30...Ra4-/+ 31.f4 f5 32.Rd5 Ra1 33.Ra1 Qh5 34.Kg1 Ba1 35.Qb1 Qg6 36.Qa1 (36.Nf2 Bf6 37.g4 Qe8-/+) 36...fe4 37.Kh2 a5 38.Rd7 Qh5 39.Kg1 Qg4 40.Qd4 Rc8 41.Kf2 a4 42.c5 (42.Re7 a3 43.Qe4 Rd8 44.Re8 Re8 45.Qe8 Kh7=+) 42...a3 43.cb6 cb6 44.Rd8 Rd8 45.Qd8 Kh7 46.Qa8 Qd7 47.Qa3 Qd2 48.Kg1 b5 (48...Qe1 49.Kh2-/+) 49.Qc5=+ Qd7 50.Kh2 Qd3 (50...Kg8 51.g4=+) 51.Qf5= Kg8 52.Qc5 (52.Qe6 Kf8=+) 52...Qc4 53.Qe7 b4 54.f5 b3 55.Qe8 Kh7 56.Qg6 Kh8 57.f6 (57.Qe8!? Qg8 58.Qe4=+) 57...gf6-/+ 58.Qh6 Kg8 59.Qg6 Kf8 60.Qf6 Ke8 61.g4 Qb4 (61...Qc7 62.Kh3 Qc2 63.Qe6 Kd8 64.Qd6 Kc8 65.Qa6 Kc7 66.Qa5 Kc6 67.Qa4 Kd6 68.Kg3=+) 62.Qe6 Kd8 63.Qf6 (better 63.Qg8!? Kc7 64.Qf7 Kc6 65.Qe8 Kc5 66.Qe5 Kc4 67.Qd4 (worse 67.Qe4 Kc3 68.Qe5 Kd3-/+) 67...Kb5 68.Qd5 Ka4 69.Qa8 Kb5 70.Qd5 Ka6 71.Qa8 Kb6 72.Qb8 Ka5 73.Qa8 Kb5 74.Qd5=) 63...Kd7 64.Qb2 Qd6 65.Kg1 Qd3 66.g5 Qe3 67.Kh2 Qb6 (67...Qd3 68.g6 Ke6 69.Qh8 Qd6 70.Kh1=) 68.Qg7=+ Kc6 69.Qg6 Kc5 70.Qe4 Qb8 71.Kg1 b2 72.Qc2 Kd4 73.Qf2 Kd3 74.Qf3 Kc4 75.Qe4 Kc3 76.Qe1 Kb3 77.g6 (77.Qd1!? Ka3 78.Qd3 Qb3 79.Qa6 Qa4 80.Qd3 Ka2 81.Qd5 Ka1 82.Qe5-/+) 77...Qa7 78.Kh2 Qc7 79.Kh3 Qd7 80.Kh2 Qg4 81.Qe3 Kc4 82.Qe1 Qh5 (82...Qf4 83.g3 Qh6 84.Kg2=) 83.Kg1-/+ Qd5 (83...Qc5 84.Kh1 Qd4 85.Qb1-/+) 84.g7 (84.Qe2!? Kc3 85.Qe3 Qd3 86.Qc5 Qc4 87.Qe3 Kb4 88.Qb6 Qb5 89.Qd4 Ka5 90.Qa7 Qa6 91.Qc5 Ka4 92.Qc2 Ka3 93.Qb1-/+) 84...Qd4–+ 85.Kf1 Qg7 (85...Qf6 86.Ke2 Qe6 87.Kf3 Qf7 88.Ke2 Qg7 89.Qf1–+) 86.Qe6 (86.Qe2 Kb3 87.Qe6 Kc3 88.Qe1 Kd4 89.Qb4 Kd3 90.Qb5 Ke4 91.Qe2 Kd5 92.Qb5 Ke6 93.Qb3 Kd6 94.Qb6 Ke7 95.Qb7 Kf8 96.Qc8 Kf7 97.Qc4 Ke7 98.Qc7 Kf6 99.Qc3 Kg6 100.Qd3 Kg5 101.Qg3 Kh6 102.Qh3 Kg5 103.Qg3 Kf6 104.Qf3 Ke6 105.Qb3 Kf5 106.Qf3 Ke6 107.Qc6 Kf5 108.Qf3 Ke6=) 86...Kc5 87.Qf5 Kb4 88.Qe4 Kc5 89.Qc2 (better 89.Qf5!? Kd4 90.Qf4 Kd5 91.Qf3 Kc4 92.Qe2 Kc5 93.Qc2 Kd6 94.Qd3 Kc7 95.Qc4 Kb8 96.Qb5 Qb7 97.Qe5 Ka7 98.Qd4 Qb6 99.Qd7 Kb8 100.Qe8 Kc7 101.Qe7 Kc6 102.Qe6 Kb5 103.Qb3 Ka6 104.Qa3 Kb7 105.Qe7 Kc8 106.Qe8 Qd8 107.Qe6 Qd7 108.Qg8 Qd8 109.Qe6 Kb7 110.Qe4 Ka7 111.Qa4 Kb7 112.Qe4 Ka7 113.Qa4 Kb7 114.Qe4=) 89...Kd6 90.Qd3 Kc7 91.Qc4 Kb8 92.Qb3 Qb7 93.Qg3 Kc8 94.Qc3 Kd8 (94...Kd7 95.Qg7 Kc6 96.Qf6 Kc5 97.Qc3 Kd6 98.Qf6 Kc7 99.Qg7 Kc6 100.Qf6 Kc5 101.Qc3 Kd6 102.Qf6 Kc5=) 95.Qf6 Ke8 ½–½. Komodo 9?3 64_bit 4CPU – Equinox 3?20 64_bit 4CPU, CCRL, 2015.

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Bc7 Bg4=.

7.Nc3 d6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.d4 Nd7=.

7.Nc3 d6 8.Bg3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Ne5 10.Be2 c6 11.Rb1 b6 12.d4 Ng6 13.h3 Ne7 14.Bd3 g6 15.0-0 Nf5 16.Bh2 Ng7 17.d5 c5 18.e4 Nd7 19.Nd2 Ne5 20.Be2 f5 21.f4 Nf7 22.Rbe1 (22.Qb2 fe4 23.Nce4 Be7+=) 22...fe4= 23.g4 e3 24.Nde4 Be7 25.Rf3 a6 (25...Bh4 26.Bg3=) 26.Re3 Ra7 27.Bd3 Bh4 28.R1e2 Rae7 29.Rg2 Kh8= 30.Rf3 Ra7 31.a4 Rf8 32.Rf1 Ne8 33.Nb1 Re7 34.Nbd2 Kg8 35.Nf3+/– Bf6 36.Bg3 Rc7 37.Nf6 Qf6 38.Nd2 Qg7 39.Be1 g5 40.Ne4 gf4 41.Rf4 Ne5 42.Rgf2 Rcf7 43.Rf7+= Rf7 44.Bc3 ½–½. Marchio,Enrico – Bewersdorff,Oliver, Bergen Enkheim, 1997.

7.d4 Bb4 8.Nbd2=+ Ne4 9.Bd3 Nd2 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Bg3 Nd4 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Qh5 (13.Qc2!?=+) 13...g6-/+ (13...Bd2 14.Qh7 Kf8 15.Bh4+-) 14.Qe2 d5 (14...d6 15.Rab1-/+) 15.Nf3 (15.cd5 Qd5 16.Rfd1 Bf5=+) 15...Bg4 (15...d4 16.Rfd1-/+) 16.cd5 Qd5 17.Bc4 Qh5 (17...Bf3 18.gf3 Qf5 19.Rad1-/+) 18.Rad1 (18.Bc7? Rac8 19.Bg3 b5 20.Bb5 Bf3 21.gf3 Nd4 22.ed4 Re2 23.Be2 Re8-+) 18...Bf3 19.gf3 (19.Qf3 Qf3 20.gf3 Na5=+) 19...Ne5 20.Be5 Qe5 (better 20...Re5!? 21.f4 Qe2 22.Be2 Re7=+) 21.Bf7+= Kf7 22.Qc4 Qe6 23.Qc7?? (better 23.Qb4 b6 24.Qf4 Kg7 25.Qc7 Re7 26.Qd6 Qd6 27.Rd6+=) 23...Kg8 (23...Be7 24.Qb7 a6 25.Qb3-+) 24.Rd7 Bf8 ½-½. Cafedeschaakvriend (1730) - Lance5500 (2610), lichess.org, 2016.

7.d4 Nc6 8.Bd3 Ne5 9.de5-/+.

7.d4 d5 8.Nbd2 (8.Bf6!? Qf6 9.cd5 Bb4 10.Nbd2+=) 8...c5 (8...Nc6 9.cd5 Ne5 10.de5 Nd5 11.Bc4=) 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Be6 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Bg3 (better 12.dc5!? Ne5 13.Ne5 Bc5 14.Ndf3=) 12...cd4-/+ 13.ed4 Rc8 14.Re1 Nc7?? (14...b5!? 15.Bd5 Bd5 16.Re8 Qe8-/+) 15.Be6 (better 15.Bc7!? Qc7 16.d5+=) 15...Ne6=+ Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4 (15...fe6?! 16.Rb1 Nd5 17.Ne4+=) 16.Ne4 (16.Rb1!?=+) 16...Ncd4 17.Nd4 Qd4 (17...Nd4 18.Bh4 Qd7 19.Bf6-+) 18.Qf3-/+ Qb2 (18...Qc4 19.Be5-/+) 19.Rad1 (19.Qg4 Kh8-/+) 19...Rcd8 20.h4 (20.Rb1 Qa2 21.Bh4 Rc8-+) 20...Qa2 (20...Rd1 21.Rd1 Nd4 22.Qg4 Ne2 23.Kh2 Ng3 24.fg3-/+) 21.Rd8 (21.Ra1!? Qd5 22.Qg4-+ (22.Ra7?? Nd4 23.Qd3 f5-+)) 21...Rd8-+ (21...Nd8?? 22.Nf6 gf6 23.Qg4 (23.Re8?! Qb1 24.Kh2 Ne6+-) 23...Kh8 24.Re8+-) 22.h5 (22.Be5 Qc2-+) 22...h6 (better 22...Qa5 23.Rd1 Nd4-+) 23.Bf4? (better 23.Be5-+) 23...Nf4 (23...Bb4 24.Rf1 Qd5 25.Bc1-+) 24.Qf4 Qe6 25.Re3 (25.Kf1 b5 26.Qc7 Qd5-+) 25...Rd1 26.Kh2 Bd6 (better 26...a5!? 27.g3 Rd4-+) 27.Nd6 Qd6 28.Qd6?? (better 28.Re8 Kh7 29.Re5-+) 28...Rd6-+ 29.Re8 Kh7 30.Rb8 Rb6 31.Ra8 a6 32.Kg3 g6 33.f4 (33.hg6 fg6 34.f3 Rb4-+) 33...gh5 34.Kh4 Kg6 35.f5 (35.Rg8 Kf5-+) 35...Kf5 36.Kh5 Ke5 37.Rf8 (37.g4 Rf6-+) 37...Kd5 (better 37...a5!? 38.Ra8 Ra6 39.Rb8-+) 38.Rf7 Kc5 (38...Kc4 39.Rf4 Kd3 40.g4-+) 39.g4 (39.Rf5 Kc4-+) 39...Kb4 (39...a5 40.Rf5 Kb4 41.Rf4 Kb5 42.Rf5 Ka6 43.Rf3-+) 40.Rg7 White prepares g5 (40.Rf4 Kc3 41.Rf3 Kd2 42.Rf2 Ke3 43.Rh2-+) 40...Ka5 (better 40...a5 41.Rf7 a4 42.Rf4 Kb3 43.Rf3 Kc2 44.Rf2 Kd1 45.Rf1 Ke2-+) 41.Rg6?? (41.Rh7-/+) 41...Rb5 (better 41...Rg6 42.Kg6 b5 43.Kh6 b4-+) 42.Kh6= Kb4 (42...Rb2 43.g5=) 43.g5 a5 44.Rf6 a4?? (44...Rg5 45.Rf4 Kb3 46.Rf3 Kb2 47.Rf2 Kb3 48.Kg5=) 45.Rf4 (45.g6 Rc5 46.g7+-) 45...Kb3= 46.g6 Rb6 47.Kh7 Rg6 48.Kg6 a3 49.Rf5 a2 50.Rb5 Ka4 51.Rb7 Ka3 52.Ra7 Kb2 53.Ra2 Ka2 ½-½. IgnacioCavadini (2115) - Lance5500 (2625), lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 Nc6 A) 8.Bc3 d5 (8...Ne4 9.Qb3 d6 10.0-0 Qe7 11.d4 a5 12.Bd3 a4=; 8...Rb8; 8...Be7; 8...a6; 8...a5) 9.Qb3 Rb8 10.0-0 Be6 11.Ng5 d4 12.Ne6 fe6=+; B) 8.Bf4 d5 (8...Nh5) 9.0-0 d4 10.Qb3 Ne4 11.d3 Nc5 12.Qc2 Bd6=+; C) 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nc3 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.d4 a5 12.Qb1 Ne7=.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2 dc4 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Be2 Bf5 12.d4 (12.Nc3 c5=) 12...Rb8 (12...c6 13.Ne5=) 13.Nc3 a6 14.h3 (14.Ne5 c5=) 14...b5= 15.Bd3 (15.g4 Bg6 16.Ne5 c5 17.Ng6 hg6 18.dc5 Bc5 19.Qd8 Rbd8=) 15...Bd3+= 16.Qd3 Nc4 17.Bc1 (17.Rab1 c5+=) 17...c5 18.a4 (18.Rb1 Qc7+=) 18...Na5 19.ab5 ab5 20.Nb5 (20.Ng5!?+=) 20...c4-/+ 21.Qf5 g6 22.Qg5?? (better is 22.Qb1 Nd5 23.e4–+) 22...h6–+ 23.Qh4 (23.Qf4 Rb5 24.Ne5 Bd6 25.Qh6 Be5 26.de5 Ree5–+) 23...Rb5 24.Ba3 g5 25.Qg3 Ne4 26.Qg4 h5! 27.Qh5 Nf6 (27...Nf6 28.Qg5 Rg5 29.Ng5 Nb3–+) 0–1. Rush,Bradley – Pilgram,Kurt, OP–2012–0-02367, 2012.

7.Be2 d6 8.Bc3= A) 8...d5 9.Qc2 (9.0-0 Nc6 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Na3 Be7 12.d3 dc4=; 9.d4 Be6 10.Qb3 b6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Nbd2 c6=; 9.Qb3 Be7 10.0-0 a5 11.d3 a4 12.Qb2 a3=) 9...Nbd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.d3 Bd6 12.a4 dc4=; B) 8...Be7 9.0-0 (9.d4; 9.Qc2; 9.Qb3; 9.a3) 9...Nc6 10.d4 Ne4 11.Bd3 d5 12.Qb3 Nc3=; C) 8...Qe7 9.d4 (9.0-0; 9.Qb3; 9.Qc2; 9.a3) 9...Bf5 10.Qb3 Nbd7 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Nbd2 c6=; D) 8...Bf5 9.0-0 (9.d3 d5 10.0-0 dc4 11.dc4 Ne4 12.Qd5 Qd5=; 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.0-0 d5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Qb3 c5=; 9.d4; 9.Qb3) 9...Nc6 10.d3 d5 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rd1 dc4=; E) 8...Nbd7 9.d4 (9.0-0 d5 10.d4 dc4 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Bg4=) 9...d5 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.cd5 Nb6 12.0-0 Nbd5=; F) 8...c6 9.0-0 (9.d4; 9.d3; 9.Qb3) 9...d5 10.Qb3 Bd6 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.cd5 Qa1=; G) 8...Na6 9.Qc2 (9.d4 Bf5 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Qb3 c6=; 9.0-0 Be7 10.d4 Bf5 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Qb3 c6=; 9.a3; 9.d3; 9.a4; 9.Bd4; 9.Bb2) 9...Nc5 10.0-0 d5 11.Bd4 Ne6 12.Bf6 Qf6+=; H) 8...Nc6 9.0-0 (9.Qb3 a5 10.0-0 a4 11.Qc2 d5 12.d4 Ne4=; 9.d4 d5 10.Ne5 Ne4 11.Nc6 Qf6 12.0-0 Qc6=) 9...d5 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Na3 Be7 12.Rfd1 Be6=.

7.Be2 g6

8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2 (9.Bc3 d5 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Na3 Be6 12.Bf6 Qf6=; 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3+= b6 11.d4 a6 12.e4 Nd4=) 9...d5 10.Qb3 Bg7 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Bc4 Qd7=.

8.0-0 d6 9.Bb2 (9.Bc3 Bg7 10.Qb3 a5 11.Qb5 Nc6 12.d4 Ne4=) 9...Bg7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.d4 Bf5 12.Qb3 Rb8=.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.Qa4 Nc6 10.Bc3 d6 11.d4 Ne4 12.Qb3 Rb8=.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.Bb2 c5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rb1 (11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.Qd4 Ne4=) 11...d5 (11...d6 12.d3 Qe7 13.Nd5 Nd5=) 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.cd5 (13.Bg7 Kg7+=) 13...Qd5 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.d4 cd4 16.Nd4 (16.Rb2 Re4=) 16...Nd4 17.ed4 Bf5 18.Bf3 Be4 19.Be4 Re4 20.Qb3 Qb3 21.Rb3 (worse is 21.ab3 Rd4 22.Rfd1 Rad8 23.Rd4 Rd4-/+) 21...b6 (21...Rd4 22.Rb7 Rd2 23.a3+=) 22.Rd3 (22.Rd1 Rc8 23.h3 Re2=) 22...Re2+= 23.Rc1 (23.a3 Rc8+=) 23...Rc8 (23...Ra2!? 24.h3 b5-/+) 24.Kf1+= Rc1 (better is 24...Rf2! 25.Kf2 Rc1+=) 25.Ke2+= Rc2 (25...Kf6+=) 26.Ke3 (better is 26.Rd2!? Rc6 27.Kd3+=) 26...Ra2+= 27.d5 Kf8 28.Rc3 Ke7 29.Rc7 Kf6 30.g4 Ra3-/+ 31.Ke4 Ra4 32.Kf3 g5 33.d6 a5 34.d7 Ke7 35.d8Q Kd8–+ 36.Rf7? Rb4 37.h4?? h6 38.h5 a4-/+ 39.Ra7 Ke8 40.Ra8 Ke7 41.Kg3? Rb3–+ 42.Kg2 a3 0–1. Volke,Karsten – Vaganian,Rafael, BL, 1994.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.Bb2 c5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nb5 d5 12.cd5 Nd5 (12...Qd5? 13.Nc7 Qd8 14.Na8+–) 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.Rc1 a6 15.Nc3 b6 16.Nd5 Qd5 17.Qc2 ½–½. Skerlik,Stanislav – Schneider,Birgit, corr ICCF EU/M99, 2001.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.d4 b6 12.Nc3 Bb7=.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.Bc3 Nc6 10.d4 d5 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rd1 Be6=.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.Nc3 d6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.d4 c6 12.Rb1 Nd7=.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.Nc3 d6 10.Bg3 h6 (10...Nc6 11.Rb1=) 11.h3 Nh5 12.Bh2 Bc3 13.dc3 Nd7 14.Nd4 Nhf6 15.f3 Nc5 16.e4 b6 (16...Nh5 17.Nb3 Na4 18.Qd4+=) 17.Qd2 Kg7 18.Nc6 (18.Bf4 Rh8+=) 18...Qd7+= 19.Nb4 Ng8 (19...a5!? 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.cd5 Ba6+=) 20.Nd5 Bb7 21.Bf4 Kh7 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Rfe1 Rf8 24.Be3 f6 25.Rb1 Qf7 (25...h5 26.Bd4+/–) 26.h4 (26.Rf1 c6 27.Nb4 Nd7+/–) 26...c6+/– 27.Nb4 f5 28.ef5 gf5 (28...Qf5 29.Nd3+/–) 29.Bf1 Qf6 30.Bf2 Ne7 31.h5 Rfe8 32.Nd3 Na6 (32...Nd3 33.Bd3 (33.Qd3?! c5+/–) 33...c5 34.Qf4+–) 33.Qf4 (33.Bd4 Qf7 34.Nf4 c5+–) 33...Qf7 (33...Nc7 34.Nc5 Bc8 35.Ne4+–) 34.Bh4 Rd7 35.Nf2 Qh5 36.Bd3 Ng6? 37.Bf5 Re1? 38.Re1 Rf7 39.Re7 Re7 40.Be7 Bc8 41.Bc2 Kg8 42.Bg6 (42.Bg6 Qg6 43.Qf8 Kh7 44.Qc8+–; 42.Qd6?! Ne7 43.Qe7 Qf7+–) 1–0. Valinova,Jana – Craciun,Gheorghe (2180), Jubilee, 2007.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.d4 d6 10.Bf6 Bf6 11.Nc3 b6 (11...c5 12.Rb1 Nc6=) 12.Re1 (12.Bd3 c6+=) 12...c5 13.Nd5 Bg7 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Rac1 Nc6 16.Rb1 Rc8 17.Bf1 Na5 18.Rec1 Ba6 19.dc5 (19.Rc2 cd4 20.Nd4 Bc4=+) 19...Rc5=+ Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on c4 20.Rb4 Qc8 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 21.Qc2 (21.Qd3 b5-/+) 21...b5 22.Nc3 (22.cb5 Rc2) 22...Nc4 23.Bc4 Rc4 24.Rc4 Qc4 25.Qd2 Bb7 26.Ne2 Qg4 27.Ne1 Rc8 28.Rc8 Bc8 29.Nd4 a6 30.h3 Qe4 31.Nef3 (31.Qa5 Bd4 32.ed4 Bb7-/+) 31...Bb7 32.a3 Qb1 33.Kh2 (33.Qe1 Qb2–+) 33...Qf1 34.Ne1 g5 (34...Be4!?–+) 35.Ndf3-/+ h6 36.Kg3 Qc4 37.Qd6 Bf8 38.Qd8 Qc8 39.Qc8 Bc8 40.Nd4 Ba3 41.Kf3 Kf8 42.Ke4 (42.Nd3 Bd6–+) 42...Ke7 43.Nec2 Bd6 44.f3 Kd7 (44...Bd7 45.Kd3–+) 45.Kd3 Kc7 46.e4 Kb6 47.Ne3 a5 48.Nd5 Ka6 49.Nc6 Be6 50.Kd4 a4 51.Ncb4 (51.e5 Bd5 52.Kd5 Bf8–+) 51...Bb4 52.Nb4 Ka5 53.Kc3 a3 54.h4 (54.Nd3 Bc4 55.Nb4 a2–+) 54...a2 (54...gh4 55.Nd3–+) 55.Nc2 b4 56.Kb2 b3 57.Ne3 (57.Nd4 gh4 58.f4 Kb4–+) 57…Kb5 (57...Kb5 58.g3 Kc5–+; 57...gh4 58.f4 h3 59.gh3 Bh3 60.Nc4 Kb4 61.Ne3–+) 0–1. Buczinski,Henryk – Wojnar,M, corr Poland semi ch, 1996.

8.0-0 Bg7 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.d4 b6 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Rb1 Na6=.

8.Bc3 A) 8...Ne4 9.Bb2 (9.d4 d5 10.0-0 dc4 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.Qb3 Qf6=; 9.0-0 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.d3 Nd6=; 9.Qb3 Nc5 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.0-0 d5 12.d4 Ne4=) 9...d5 10.Qb3 c6 11.cd5 cd5 12.0-0 Nc6+=; B) 8...d5 9.Qb3 (9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 dc4 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Bg4=; 9.d4 dc4 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Be6 Re6 12.0-0 Nc6=) 9...c6 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.cd5 Ndc5+=.

8.Nc3 A) 8...d6 9.Bg3 (9.Bf6 Qf6= 10.d4 c6 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Qc2 Bg7=; 9.Bf4 Bg7 10.d4 h6 11.Bg3 c5 12.0-0 Nh5=) 9...Bg7 10.d4 Nc6 11.Rb1 b6 12.0-0 h6+=; B) 8...Nc6 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.0-0 b6 11.d4 Bb7 12.e4 Qd8+=.

5.Nf3 c5

6.Nc3 Bc3 7.Bc3 Re8 8.e3 Nc6 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bb2 d5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Qa4 (12.d3 Nd6=) 12...Nd6 13.Rc1 b5 14.Qc2 Qa2 15.Qc3 f6 16.0-0 (better is 16.Qc5!? Qb2 17.0-0=) 16...Ne4-/+ 17.Qa3 Qa3 18.Ba3 b4 19.Bb2 a5 20.d3 (20.Bc4 Kf8 21.Bd5 Bb7-/+) 20...Ba6 (20...Nd6 21.Rc5 Ne7 22.Nd4-/+) 21.Rfe1 Nd6 22.Rc5 Bb7 23.Rec1 Rec8 24.Rd5 Nf7 25.Rd7 Ncd8 26.Rc8 Bc8 27.Rd4 Ne6 (27...Nc6 28.Rc4 Bb7 29.Nd4 Nd4 30.Rd4-/+) 28.Rg4 Ba6 (28...Kf8 29.Rh4-/+) 29.Ne1 (better is 29.Bf6 Nh6 30.Rh4+=) 29...f5-/+ 30.Rg3 a4 (30...a4 31.Nc2 a3–+) 0–1. Boehnke,Hartmut (2095) – Casella,Sergio (1980), 3rd Webchess Open Tournament prel., 2008.

6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bf6 Qf6 = (< 7...gf6 8.Nd5+=).

6.Bd6 Re8=/+ 7.a3 Ba5 8.Bc5 Ne4 9.Bd4 Nc6 10.e3?? Nd4–+ 11.Nd4 Qf6 12.Qe2 Nf2! 13.Rg1 Ne4 14.Ra2 Qb6 15.Qd1 Nd2! 16.Nd2 Qd4 17.Be2 Re3 18.Kf1 Bb6 19.Qe1 d5 20.Rh1 Bg4 21.Nf3 Bf3 22.gf3 Rae8 23.Qd2 Qh4 24.Kg2 R3e5–+ 0–1. Buczinski,Henryk (2200) – Piotrowski,L (2000), DMSl.–Klasa A Poland, 1996.

6.e3 Nc6

7.Bb2 d5 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Qc1 Qe7 13.h3 (13.Nc3 Rfd8=+) 13...Rfd8 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3 Bc3 16.Qc3 b6 17.Bb5 (17.Rac1 Be4=+) 17...Be4 18.Ne1 Ne5 19.f3 Bb7 20.a4 Qh4?? (20...c4 21.Ra2 a6-+) 21.Qe5+- Rd2 22.Qf4 (22.Rc1 Bd5+-) 22...Qe7 (22...Qf4 23.ef4 c4 24.Rf2+/-) 23.Bd3 (23.e4 Qd6 24.Qd6 Rd6+-) 23...g6 (23...c4 24.Bc2+/-) 24.Be4 (24.e4 Rb2+-) 24...Ba6 25.Rf2 Rd6 26.a5 Rf6 (26...b5 27.Rb1+-) 27.Qg5 Re8 (27...b5 28.Rd2+-) 28.ab6 (28.Rd2 Bb5+-) 28...Rb6 29.Qe7 Re7 30.Rfa2 Bc4 (30...Ree6+-) 31.Ra7 Ra7 32.Ra7 Rb1 (32...f5 33.Bc2 Be6+-) 33.Bb1 1-0. carlos78 (2280) - pacalmisu (2260), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3 Bc3 16.Qc3 b6 17.Rfd1 Rad8 18.Bc4 Bg4 19.Be2 Rd6 20.h3 Bc8 21.d4 cd4 22.Nd4 Nd4 23.Rd4 Bb7 24.Rad1 Red8 25.Bf1 h6?? (better 25...Rd4 26.Rd4 Rd4 27.Qd4 Bc6=) 26.Qb4+- a5?? (26...Rd4 27.Qe7 (worse 27.Rd4 Qb4 28.Rd8 Qf8 29.Rf8 Kf8=+) 27...Rd1 28.Qb7+-) 27.Qd6 (better 27.Rd6 ab4 28.Rd8 Kh7 29.R8d7+-) 27...Rd6+/- 28.Rd6 Qc7?? (better 28...Be4+/-) 29.Rd8+- Kh7 30.R8d7 (better 30.R1d7 Qc5 31.Rb7+-) 30...Qc6 31.Rf7 (better 31.Bd3 g6 32.f3+-) 31...Bc8 32.Rd8 Kg6 33.Re7 Kf6 34.Ree8 Be6 35.Rf8 Ke7 36.Rfe8 Kf6 (36...Qe8 37.Re8 Combination) 37.Rf8 Ke7 38.Rfe8 Kf6 (38...Qe8 39.Re8 Combination) ½-½. ZibbitVideos (2255) - pacalmisu (2240), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Ba5 10.a3 Bc7 11.0-0 b6 (11...Bg4 12.Nc3=+) 12.Qc2= Bb7 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Ne4 h6 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Ng3 (16.Nc3 Ne5=) 16...Bg3=+ 17.hg3 Rac8 (17...Rad8 18.Nh4 Bc8 19.Bb5=+) 18.Bc4 (18.Qf5 Qe6 19.Qe6 Re6=) 18...Nf6 (18...Na5 19.Bd3=+) 19.Qf5 Na5 20.Bb5 (20.Bf6 Qf6 21.Qf6 gf6=) 20...Red8 21.d4 (21.Bf6!? Qf6 22.Qf6 gf6 23.d4=) 21...Be4 (21...Rd5 22.Qb1 Nb3 23.Bc4 Na1 24.Bd5 Nd5 25.Qa1-/+) 22.Qf4 (22.Qh3 Nb3 23.Ra2 c4-/+) 22...Nd5 (22...Nb3 23.Ba6 Rb8 24.Ra2-+) 23.Qg4 c4 24.Ne5 f5 (24...c3 25.Bc1 Nb3 26.Qe4 Na1 27.Bd3-+) 25.Qe2 (better 25.Qg6!?-/+) 25...c3-+ 26.Bc1 (26.Rac1 cb2 27.Qb2 Qd6-+) 26...Nb3 27.Ra2 (27.f3 Na1 28.fe4 c2-+ (28...fe4?! 29.Qa2=+)) 27...c2 (27...Nc1?! 28.Rc1 Qg5 29.Bd7+=) 28.Re1 Nc3 29.Qc4 (29.Bc4 Kh7 30.Qf1 Na2 31.Bb3 Nc1 32.Rc1 Qa3-+) 29...Rc4 (29...Bd5 30.Rc2 Bc4 31.Bc4 Rc4 32.Nc4 Nd4 33.Rd2-+) 30.Bc4 Kh7 31.Bb3 Na2 32.Ba2 Qe5! 33.de5 Rd1 34.Kf1 (34.Rf1 Bd3 35.Kh2 Rf1-+) 34...Bd3 35.Kg1 Re1 36.Kh2 Rc1 37.Bb3 Rf1 (better 37...Rh1! 38.Kh1 c1Q 39.Kh2 Qa3 40.Bf7-+) 38.Bc2 Bc2 39.f3 Re1 40.g4 fg4 41.fg4 Re3 42.Kg1 Re5 43.Kf2 Rg5 44.Kf3 Ra5 45.Kf4 Ra3 46.g3 Ra4 (46...g5 47.Ke5 a5 48.Kd5-+) 47.Ke5 g5 48.Kd5 Rg4 49.Ke6 Rg3 50.Kf6 Rf3 51.Ke5 Kg6 52.Kd4 Rf5 53.Ke3 g4 54.Ke2 g3 55.Kd2 g2 56.Kc1 (56.Kc3 g1Q 57.Kc2 Rf3 58.Kb2 Qg2 59.Kc1 Rf1) 56...g1Q 57.Kb2 (57.Kc2 Rf3 58.Kb2 Qg2 59.Kc1 Rf1) 57...Qg3 (57...Qb1 58.Kc3 Rd5 59.Kc4 Qb3) 58.Kc1 Be4 59.Kd2 (59.Kd1 Qd3 60.Ke1 Rf1) 59...Bc6 (59...Qd3 60.Ke1 Rf1) 60.Kc2 (60.Kc1 Rf2 61.Kd1 Qg1) 60...Rf2 61.Kd1 Qg1 0-1. pacalmisu (2345) - Oleg_777 (2405), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7).

5.Nf3 Nc6

6.a3 Ne5 7.ab4 Nf3 8.ef3 (8.gf3!? d5 9.e3-/+) 8...d5-+ 9.Nc3 (9.Qb3 Re8 10.Kd1 dc4 11.Bc4 Be6-/+) 9...d4 (better 9...Re8 10.Ne2 dc4-+) 10.Ne4-/+ Bf5 (10...Qe7 11.Qb1-/+) 11.Bd3=+ Re8 12.Qc2 Ne4 13.Be4 (13.fe4 Be4! 14.0-0 Qe7-/+) 13...Qe7 (better 13...d3!? 14.Qc3 Be4 15.fe4 Re4 16.Kd1 a6-+) 14.0-0-/+ Be4 15.fe4 Qe4 16.Qe4 Re4 17.d3 Re6 18.f4 a6 19.f5 Re3 20.Ra3 Rae8 21.Rf4 Re1 22.Kf2 R8e2 23.Kf3 Re3 24.Kg4 (24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Rd4 R1e2 26.Kf1 Ke7=+) 24...R1e2 (24...h5 25.Kh5 R1e2 26.Rd4 Rg2 27.Kh4-/+) 25.g3 (25.Rd4 Rg2 26.Kf4 Re8=+) 25...Rh2 26.Rd4 h5 27.Kf4 Re7 28.Rd8 Kh7 29.d4 c6 30.Ra5?? (30.g4!?-/+) 30...f6 (30...Rf2 31.Kg5 f6 32.Kh5 Re4 33.Rh8 Kh8 34.Ra4 Kh7 35.Ra6 Rf5) 31.Kf3?? (31.Ra3-+) 31...Rhe2 (31...Ree2 32.g4 Rhf2 33.Kg3 h4 34.Kh4 Re3-+) 32.d5 (32.b5 ab5 33.cb5 R7e3 34.Kf4 cb5 35.Rb5 Rc3-/+) 32...R2e3 33.Kf2 Re2 34.Kf3 R7e3 35.Kf4 Re4 (35...cd5 36.Rad5 Rb3 37.Rc5 Rf2 38.Ke4 Rg3 39.Rb8-+) 36.Kf3 R2e3 37.Kf2 Re2 38.Kf3 R2e3 39.Kf2 Re7?? (better 39...cd5 40.cd5 Rd3-+) 40.dc6= bc6 41.Ra6 Re2 42.Kf3 R7e3 43.Kf4 Re4 44.Kf3 R4e3 45.Kf4 Re4 (45...Re5 46.Kf3=+) 46.Kf3= R2e3 47.Kf2 Re2 48.Kf1 Re1 49.Kg2 (49.Kf2 R4e2 50.Kf3 Re5 51.Rc6 Rf5 52.Kg2 Re2 53.Kg1 Rf3=+) 49...R4e2 (better 49...Rc4!? 50.Raa8 Kh6 51.Rh8 Kg5-/+) 50.Kh3?? (better 50.Kf3=+) 50…Rh1 0-1. AvImd (1705) - artur093 (1770), lichess.org, 2020.

6.Bb2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nf3).

6.Bc3 d6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Qb3 (9.0-0 Bc3 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.dc3 Qf6=) 9...Nc3 (9...a5!?-/+) 10.Nc3= Bc3 11.Qc3 Bg6 12.0-0 Re8 13.d4 White prepares c5 13...Qe7 14.Rfe1 a5 15.a3 Nd8 (15...h6 16.Rac1=) 16.c5 Ne6 17.cd6 Qd6 18.Nh4 Be4 19.Bf3 (19.f3 Bd5+=) 19...Bf3 20.Nf3 b5 21.Rec1 b4 22.ab4 ab4 23.Ra8 Ra8 (23...bc3? 24.Re8 Nf8 25.Rc3+-) 24.Qc4 Rb8 (24...c5 25.g3 cd4 26.ed4=) 25.Nd2+= Rb7 (25...Rd8!?+=) 26.Nb3+/- Ra7 27.d5 Nd8 28.Nd4 Rb7 29.Ra1 Kf8 30.h3 g6 31.Ra6 Qd7 32.Ra8 Ke8?? (better 32...Kg7+-) 33.Nc6 b3 34.Qe4 Kf8 35.Rd8 (35.Qe5 f6 36.Qf6 Ke8 37.Nd8 Rb8 38.Rb8 Qc8 39.Rc8 b2 40.Qf7) 35...Qd8 36.Nd8 Rb6 37.Qb1 (37.Qf4 Ke8 38.Qc7 b2 39.Qb6 b1Q 40.Qb1 Kd8 41.Qb8 Ke7 42.d6 Ke6 43.Qc7 Kf6 44.d7 Kg7 45.d8Q h5 46.Qe5 f6 47.Qdf6 Kh6 48.Qg7) 37...f5 (37...b2+-) 38.Ne6 Ke7 39.Qc1 Kd7 40.Qc7 Ke8 41.d6 (41.d6 Rd6 42.Qd6 b2 43.Qd8 Kf7 44.Ng5 Kg7 45.Qd4 Kg8 46.Qb2 h6 47.Qb8 Kg7 48.Qe5 Kf8 49.Qf6 Ke8 50.Qf7 Kd8 51.Ne6 Kc8 52.Qc7; 41.Qd8 Kf7 42.Qf8) 1-0. Darkseid (1920) - The Enchanter (2240), ChessWorld.net, 2015.

6.Nc3 Ne5 7.Ne5 Bc3 8.dc3 Re8 9.Nf3 d6 (9...Ne4 10.e3-/+) 10.h3 (10.e3 Ne4-/+) 10...c5 (10...Ne4 11.e3-/+) 11.e3 b6 (11...Ne4 12.Bd3=+) 12.Qc2 (12.Bd3 Bb7-/+) 12...h6 (12...Bb7 13.Bd3-/+) 13.Be2 Bb7 14.0-0 Be4 (14...Ne4 15.Rfd1-/+) 15.Qd2 (15.Qb2 Qe7=+) 15...Qd7 (15...Bc6 16.Qd3-/+) 16.Rfd1=+ Attacking the backward pawn on d6 16...Rad8 17.a4 d5 (17...Qc7 18.a5=+) 18.cd5= Qd5 (worse 18...Nd5 19.Bb5 Qf5 20.Be8 Re8 21.Ne1+–) 19.Qa2 (19.Qb2 Qe6=) 19...Qa2=+ 20.Ra2 Rd1 21.Bd1 Rd8 (21...Nd5 22.Ra3=+) 22.Bb3 (22.Rd2 Rd2 23.Nd2 Kf8=) 22...Bf3 23.gf3 g5 (23...Rd3 24.Ra3=+) 24.Bc2 (24.Bc4 Rd1 25.Kg2 Rc1=+) 24...Kg7 (24...c4 25.Kf1-/+) 25.c4=+ Rd2 (25...Nd7 26.Be4=+) 26.Kf1 Nd7 ½–½. Borup,John – Jeffrey,J Thomas, IECC, 2000.

6.e3 d6 7.Bg3 Bg4 8.Be2 Ne4 9.a3 Bc5 10.0-0 Qf6 11.Nc3 (11.Ra2 Ng3 12.fg3 Bb6=) 11...Ng3 (11...Nc3 12.dc3 Qc3 13.Qd3 Qd3 14.Bd3 Bf3 15.gf3-/+) 12.fg3 (12.hg3 Qh6 13.d4=) 12...Bf3 (12...Be3!? 13.Kh1 Bb6-/+) 13.Bf3 (13.Rf3!? Qe5 14.Qb1+=) 13...Be3=+ 14.Kh1 (14.de3 Qe5 Double attack (14...Qc3 Deflection; 14...Qe5 Decoy; 14...Qc3 Overloading)) 14...Bd4?? (better 14...Qd4 15.Nb5 Qd2 (worse 15...Qc4 16.Be2 Qd5 17.de3 Qd1 18.Rad1+-) 16.Qd2 Bd2 17.Nc7 Rad8=+) 15.Bc6+- bc6 (15...Qh6 16.Bb7 Rae8 17.Rb1+-) 16.Rf6 Bf6 17.Rb1 Rfe8 (17...Rab8 18.Ne2+-) 18.h4 Re6 (18...Bc3 19.dc3 a5 20.Rb7+-) 19.Qf3 Bc3 20.dc3 Rae8 (20...Rc8 21.Qc6 Re7 22.c5 dc5 23.Qc5+-) 21.Qc6 Re3 (21...g5 22.Rb7 a5 23.Qc7 Re1 24.Kh2+-) 22.Qc7 Rc3 (22...h6 23.Rb7 Rf8 24.Qd6 Rc3 25.Qb4 Rc1 26.Kh2+-) 23.Rb8 Rc1 24.Kh2 Rce1 25.Re8 (25.Qa7 g6+-) 25...Re8 26.Qa7 g6 27.Qb7 Kg7 28.a4 h5 (28...Re5 29.Qd5! Rd5 30.cd5+-) 29.a5 Rf8 30.a6 Kf6 31.a7 Ke5 32.a8Q (32.Qe7 Kf5 33.Qf8 g5 34.a8Q gh4 35.Qf7 Kg5 36.gh4 Kh4 37.Qf4) 32...Ra8 33.Qa8 Kd4 34.Qd5 Ke3 35.Qd6 Ke4 36.c5 Kf5 37.c6 g5 38.hg5 (38.Qd5 Kf6 39.c7 gh4 40.c8Q hg3 41.Kh3 h4 42.Qh8 Ke7 43.Qhd8) 38...Kg5 (38...Ke4 39.c7 h4 40.c8Q hg3 41.Kg3 Ke3 42.Qe8) 39.c7 f5 (39...Kf5 40.c8Q Ke4 41.Qcc6 Kf5 42.Qf4) 40.c8Q Kg4 (40...f4 41.gf4 Kh4 42.g3) 41.Qg6 (41.Qg8) 1-0. Haroldlee123 - Marrow Master, ChessWorld.net, 2011.

6.Bg3 d6 7.Qc2 Re8 8.e3 g6 (8...Bc5!?-/+) 9.Be2 Ne4 10.0-0 Bf5 (10...Ng3 11.hg3 Bf5+=) 11.Bd3 (11.Bh4!? Ng5 12.Bg5 Bc2 13.Bd8 Rad8 14.d4=) 11...Ng3 (11...Qf6 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bh4 Bd3 14.Qd3-/+ (14.Bf6?? Ne2 15.Kh1 Bc2–+)) 12.fg3 Bd3 (12...Qf6 13.Bf5 gf5+= (worse is 13...Qa1 14.Bd7 Qf6 15.Be8 Re8 16.Qb3+=)) 13.Qd3= Qf6 14.Nd4 Nd4?? (better is 14...Qe5 15.Nc3 Bc3 16.Qc3 Rab8=) 15.Rf6+– (15.Rf6 Nc6 16.a3+–) 1–0. stameni – madik, gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Bb2 d5

7.a3 Bc5 8.d4 Bb6 9.e3 Ne4 +=.

7.a3 Bc5 8.d4 Bd6 9.c5 Be7 10.e3 Bf5 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Bd3 Bd3 13.Qd3 Re8 14.0-0 Ne4 15.Ne4+= de4 16.Qe4 Bc5 17.Qg4 Bd6 18.d5 Ne5= 19.Ne5 Be5 20.Be5 Re5 21.e4 Qe7 22.Rab1 h5 23.Qh3 Re4 24.Rb7 Rb7 25.Qc8 A double attack 25...Kh7 26.Qb7 Qa3 27.d6 c6 28.d7 Qe7?? 29.Qb1+/– f5 30.Rd1 Qd8 31.f3 Re5 32.Qb7 Re6? 33.Qc8+– Qb6 34.Kf1?? Qb5= 35.Kg1 Qb6 36.Kh1 Rd6 37.d8Q Rd8 38.Qd8 (38.Qd8 Qb3 39.Re1+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – COMP, Palo Alto, CA, 1985.

7.a3 Bc5 8.e3 Bg4 (8...d4 9.Bd3–+) 9.Be2? (9.d4!? Bb6 10.Bd3+=) 9...Bf3 (9...d4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qb3–+) 10.gf3 (10.Bf3 d4+=) 10...d4 11.h4 (11.Qb3 Re8-/+) 11...Bb6 (11...Re8 12.Qb3–+) 12.Qc2 Re8 13.e4 (13.c5 Ba5 14.Kf1 Qd5-/+) 13...Ne5 14.d3 Ba5 (14...Nh5 15.Bc1 Ng6 16.c5 Ba5 17.Bd2 Bd2 18.Nd2 Nh4 19.0-0-0–+) 15.Nd2-/+ Nh5 16.0-0-0 Nf4 17.Bf1 (17.Nb3 Bc3 (17...Ne2?! 18.Qe2 Nc6 19.h5+=) 18.Bc3 dc3+=) 17...Bd2 (17...c5 18.Nb3 b6 19.Kb1 Nf3 20.h5–+) 18.Qd2 Qd6 19.Be2 (19.Qf4?? Nd3! 20.Rd3 Qf4 21.Kc2 f5 22.Bd4 fe4 23.fe4 Re4–+) 19...Qf6 (19...b5 20.c5 (20.Qf4?? Nd3 21.Rd3 Qf4 22.Kc2 c5 23.cb5 f5–+) 20...Qc5 21.Kb1 Ne2 22.Qe2–+) 20.Kb1 (better is 20.Bd4!? Rad8 21.Bb2+=) 20...Ne2 21.Qe2 1–0. Stojadinovic,Tomislav (1935) – Petrovic,Nemanja, Nis Serbia, City Championship, 2010.

7.a3 Be7 8.e3 Be6 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Qc2 a6 12.Bd3 Rfe8 13.0-0 Qc5 14.Rfc1 Rad8 15.Rab1 b5 16.Be2 Na5= 17.d4 Qb6 18.a4 b4 19.Nd2 c5 20.Nce4= Ne4 21.Qe4 Ba2 22.Ra1 Bd5 ½–½. Boehnke,Hartmut – Dahm,Winfried Karl, BdF, 2004.

7.a3 Be7 8.e3 Bg4 9.Bd3 dc4 10.Bc4 Ne4 11.d3 Ne5?? 12.Be5+– Bf6 13.de4 Be5 14.Qd8 Rad8 15.Ra2 Bf3 16.gf3 Rd7 17.f4 Rfd8 18.0-0 Rd1?? 19.fe5 (19.fe5 c5 20.Rb2+–) 1–0. Maurer – Zimmer,Georg, corr SOK–89–43, 1989.

7.cd5 Qd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nf3 d5 7.cd5 Qd5).

7.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2).

7.e3 Bf5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0).

7.e3 Bf5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.0-0 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Nf6).

7.a3 Ba5

8.cd5 Nd5 9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Qd6 12.d4 Rad8 13.Qb3 Nce7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.Bc3 Bc3 17.Qc3 Nd5 18.Qc4 Re6 19.Rab1 Nb6 20.Qc5 Bg6 21.Rbc1 c6 22.Qa5 Qb8 23.Ne5 Be4 24.Bg4 Ree8 ½–½. Beutel,Heinrich – Ernstmeier,Uwe, EK–197, 1996.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.h3 Re8 10.e3 Qd6 11.Qa4 Bf5 12.Nd4 Qf6 Black launches an attack 13.Be2 Nf4-/+ 14.Qb5 Bd3! 15.Nc6 Bb5–+ 16.Bf6 Ng2 17.Kd1 Bc6 18.Rg1 gf6 19.f3 Kh8 20.Rg2 Rg8 21.Rg4 Bd7 22.Rf4 Bh3 23.Ra2 Rg1 24.Kc2 Rg6 25.Rb2 b6 26.a4 Rd8 27.Bd3 Rh6 28.Rd4 Rd4 29.ed4 Rh4 (29...Rh4 30.Na3 Bd7–+) 0–1. Andersson,Lars H – Kaellstroem,M, corr SSKK 1–423, 1989.

8.e3 Re8 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2).

8.e3 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Qd6 11.Qc2 Bf3 12.gf3 Rad8 13.Be2 Rfe8 14.0-0 (14.Rg1 Ne5=+) 14...Qg6 (better 14...Nf4!? 15.Bc4 Nd3 16.Bd3 Qd3 17.Qd3 Rd3-/+) 15.Qg6= fg6 (15...hg6 16.d4=) 16.d4 Nb6 (16...a6 17.Rc1=) 17.Bb5+= Rd5 18.Bc6 bc6 19.Nc3 (19.Bc3 Na4 20.Ba5 Ra5=) 19...Bc3 20.Bc3 Rb5 (20...c5 21.Rac1=) 21.Bb4 a5 22.Bc5 Na4 23.Rac1 Nc5 24.Rc5 Rc5 25.dc5 Re5 (25...Rb8!?=) 26.Rc1+= Kf7 27.Rc4 Ke6 28.e4 (28.f4!? Rf5 29.h3+=) 28...Rg5= 29.Kf1 Ke5 30.Ke2 Kf4 31.h4 Re5 32.Rc1 h5 33.Rc3 g5 34.hg5 h4 (34...Rg5 35.Rc1=+) 35.g6 h3 36.Rc1 h2 37.Rh1 Rh5 38.a4 Rh8 39.e5 Ke5 40.Ke3 Rh3 0-1. Nf3 (1980) - friendly67 (1750), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2013.

8.e3 Bg4 9.Be2 dc4 10.h3 (10.Bc4 Ne4 11.Qc2 Bf5+=) 10...Bh5 (10...Be6!?-/+) 11.g4 Bg6 12.Bc4 Ne4 (12...Qd6 13.Nc3+=) 13.h4 (13.0-0 Ng5 14.Ng5 Qg5=) 13...Nc5 14.Be2 (14.Bc3 a6+=) 14...Qd7 (14...Be4 15.0-0 Bf3 16.Bf3 Qh4 17.Qe2-/+) 15.Kf1 Bd3 16.Rg1 Rad8 17.Bc3?? (17.Bd3 Nd3 (17...Qd3 18.Qe2–+) 18.Bc3 Bc3 19.dc3 Qe6-/+) 17...Bb6 (17...Be2 18.Qe2 Nb3 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Qb5–+) 18.Nd4?? (better is 18.a4+=) 18...Nd4–+ 19.Bd4 Be2 20.Ke2 Qb5 21.d3 Nb3 22.Bb6 Na1 (22...cb6 is not possible 23.Nc3 Nd4 24.ed4+/–; 22...Qb6?! is much weaker 23.Ra2-/+) 23.Bc7 Rd7 24.a4 Qb2 25.Nd2 Rc7 26.Qa1 Rc2 27.Qb2-/+ Rb2 28.Rc1 Rd8 29.d4 f6 30.Rc7+= Rd6 31.Kd3 Rc6 32.Rd7 Rc1 33.Ne4 Rh1 34.Nd6 h5 35.Nf5 hg4 36.Rg7 Kf8 37.Rg4 Rf2+= 38.Ke4 Ra2 39.Kd5 Ra4 40.Ke6 Ra6 41.Nd6? Rb1 42.e4 Rb4-/+ 43.Kd5 Ra5–+ 44.Ke6 Rd4 45.Rg6?? Re5–+ 46.Kd7 Re7 (46...Re7 47.Kc8 Rd6–+) 0–1. Vasut,Karel (2165) – Belohlavek,Petr (2260), MOR–chT2S CZE, 2002.

7.cd5 Nd5

8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5).

8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Qe7 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5).

8.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3).

8.e3 a6 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 a6).

8.e3 Qe7 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Rad8 11.d4 Rfe8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.d4 Rad8).

8.e3 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bf5 8.cd5 Bd5).

8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 a6 10.0-0 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 a6).

8.e3 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.cd5 Nd5).

8.e3 Bg4 9.Be2 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

8.g3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nf3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.g3).

8.g3 Re8 9.Bg2 (--> 5.Nf3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.g3 Re8 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Bb2).

8.e3 Re8

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

9.Bb5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Bb5).

9.Be2 a6 10.0-0 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 a6).

9.Be2 Re3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Re3).

9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7).

9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7).

9.Be2 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

7.e3 Re8

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Be6 10.0-0 a6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Be6 10.0-0 a6).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

8.cd5 Nd5-/+ 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0=+ Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6).

8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Bg4 10.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.Be2 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0 Bg4 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4).

8.Be2 Be6 9.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Be6).

8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 Qe7 10.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7).

8.Be2 Bg4 9.a3 Ba5 10.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bg4).

8.Be2 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Nf6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Nf6).

7.e3 Bg4

8.cd5 Qd5 9.Be2 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Be2).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Qc2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Qc2).

8.h3 Bh5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Qe7 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.h3 Bh5).

6.Bb2 d6

7.a3 Ba5 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Ne4 11.d4 h6 12.Qb3 Bb6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Qc3 Qf6 16.c5+= dc5 17.dc5 Qc3 18.Bc3 Ba5 19.Ba5 Na5 20.Nd4 Bg6 21.Rac1 a6 22.c6 b6 23.h4 Be4 24.f3+/– Bg6 25.Kf2 h5 26.g3 Red8 27.a4 Rd6+= 28.Rc3 f6 29.Rdc1 Kf7 30.Ke1 Bh7 31.f4 Kg6 32.Kf2 Bg8 33.g4 hg4 34.h5 Kh7 35.Bg4 Bf7 36.Bf5 Kg8+= 37.Bg6 Kf8 38.Bf7 Kf7 39.Nf5 Rd2 40.Kf3 Rh8 41.Rg1 Rh7+/– 42.e4 Kf8 43.Kg4 Kf7+= 44.Rcc1 Nb3 45.Rcd1+/– Rh8 46.Kf3 Rd1 47.Rd1+– Nc5 48.a5 ba5 49.Rd5 Ne6 50.Rd7 Kf8 51.Kg4 a4 52.Nh4 Ke8 53.Ng6 (53.Ng6 Nf8 54.Rc7 (54.Nh8 Nd7 55.cd7 Kd7–+; 54.Rg7?! a3 55.Rc7 Ng6 56.hg6 a2=) 54...Ng6 55.hg6+–) 1–0. Bilsel,Sabahaddin – Rogovsky,Daniel, GT–04–0011 B, 2004.

7.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3).

6.Bb2 Re8

7.a3 Ba5 8.e3 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.0-0).

7.a3 Ba5 8.e3 d5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.cd5 Nd5 11.0-0 Qe7 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5).

7.Nc3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.e3 Nf4 10.a3 Ba5 11.Qa4 Nd3 12.Bd3 Qd3 13.Rc1 Be6 14.Qe4 Bc4 15.Qd3= Bd3 16.Ne2 h6 17.Nf4= Be4 18.Nd4 Nd4 19.Bd4 Rad8 20.Kd1 Bc6 21.Bc3=+ Bb6 22.h4 Bc5 23.Bg7 Ba3 24.Ra1 Kg7 25.Ra3 a6 26.d4 Re4 27.Kc2 Rf4=+ 28.ef4 Rd4 29.Kc1 Rf4 30.f3 Rd4 31.g3 Kf6 32.Re1 Rd5 33.Rc3 Rd6 34.Rc4 Re6 35.Re6 Ke6 36.Kd2 Kd6 37.Rf4 Ke7 38.Rf5= Kf8 39.Rc5 Kg7 40.Ke3 f6 41.g4 Kf7 42.f4 Kg6 43.f5 Kf7 44.Kf4 Ke8 45.g5+/– hg5 46.hg5 Ke7 47.Kg4 fg5 48.Kg5 Kf7 49.f6 Kf8 ½–½. Gravgaard,Joergen – Mrkvicka,Josef, CiF, 1999.

7.e3 d5

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bg4).

8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re3 10.fe3 Ne3 11.Qb3 Ng2 12.Kd1 Be6 13.Qd3 Qe7 14.Nd4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Re3 10.fe3 Ne3 11.Qb3 Ng2 12.Kd1 Be6 13.Qd3 Qe7 14.Nd4).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Re6).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 a6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 a6).

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6).

6.Bc3 Bc3

7.Nc3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nd5 Qd5 10.Qb3 Qb3 11.ab3 Be6 12.Rb1 Nb4 13.d4= c5 14.dc5 Rac8 15.e3 Rc5 16.Nd4 Nc2 17.Nc2 Rc2. Nittschalk,Karl – Munkwitz,Wolfgang, TT–18.41 ETC, 2005.

7.Nc3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nd5 Qd5 10.e3 Bg4 11.Be2 Rad8 12.0-0 Bf3 13.Bf3 Qd2 14.Qa4 Na5 (14...Qd7!?=) 15.Rac1+= c5 16.Rc5 b6 17.Rh5 g6 18.Rh3 Qd7 19.Qh4 f6 20.Bd5 Kh8 21.e4 Nb7 22.f4 (22.Rg3 g5 23.Qh5 Nc5+/–) 22...Qg7 23.f5 g5 24.Qh5 Nd6 25.e5 (25.Rd3!?+/–) 25...Ne8= (25...fe5 26.f6 Qc7 27.f7 Qc5 28.Kh1+–) 26.Bc6 Nc7 (26...fe5!? 27.Be8 Rde8= (27...Rfe8?? 28.f6 Qg8 29.f7+–)) 27.e6+/– Qe7 28.Qh7 (28.Rc3!?+/–) 28...Qh7= 29.Rh7 Kh7 30.e7 Kg8 31.ed8Q Rd8 32.Re1 Kf8 33.Re2 Rd1 ½–½. Stoliar,Sergei Yefimovich – Kuehn,H, corr ICCF–Cup8/9 V096, 1990.

6.Bc3 d5

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.d4 =+.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.d4 Bf5 11.e3 Re8 12.Qd2 Be4 13.Be2 Qf6 (better is 13...Nf4! 14.Kf1 Ne2 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.Nd4 c5–+) 14.0-0= a6 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.Qc3 Bd5 (16...Rad8 17.Ra2=) 17.Rfc1 Rad8 18.Rab1 b5 19.Rb2 Rd6 20.h3 Red8 (20...Qg6 21.Kh2=) 21.a4 ba4 (21...b4 22.Qc2=) 22.Ra1 a3 (22...Na7 23.Ra4 Nb5 24.Qc1=) 23.Ra3+= a5 24.Nd2 Qg5 25.g3 (25.Bf3 Bf3 26.Nf3 Qd5+=) 25...f5 (25...Re8 26.Nc4 Rh6 A) 27.Na5? Na5 (27...Rh3?! 28.e4 Re4 29.Bf3–+) 28.Bf1 Nc6–+; B) 27.Bf1=) 26.Nc4 Rg6 27.Na5+– f4 28.ef4+/– Qf5 29.Rb5+– Na5 30.Raa5 c6 31.Rd5 cd5 32.Bd3 Qh3 33.Bg6 hg6 34.Qe1 Kh7 35.Qe5 Rc8 36.Rc5 Ra8 37.Rc1 Ra3 38.Qe2 Rb3 39.Qc2 Rb4 40.Qd3 Qf5+/– 41.Qe3 Rb1 42.Rb1+– Qb1 43.Kg2 Qc2 44.Qe5 Qc6 45.f3 Qc2 46.Kh3 Qc4 47.Kh4 Qb3 48.Kg4 Qc4 49.f5 gf5 50.Kf5 Qc6 51.Kg5 Kg8+/– 52.f4 Kf7 53.Qf5 Kg8 54.Kg4 Qc4 55.Qe6 ½–½. Hlousek – Rosner,Dirk, corr 3GMM–35, 1996.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5-/+ 10.e3 Bg4 11.Be2 Re8 12.0-0 Qf6 13.d4 Rad8 14.Qd2 Nf4 15.Bd1 Nd4?? 16.ed4 Bh3+= 17.g3 Ne6 18.Qc3?? Bf1-/+ 19.Kf1 c6 20.Kg2 Nd4 21.Ra2 Qd6 22.Rd2 c5 23.Nd4 cd4 24.Qd3 Qe6 25.Bf3=+ b5 26.Qb5= Rb8 27.Qf1 Qb3 28.Rd1 a5 29.Qa6 a4 30.Qa5 Red8 31.Qc5 Rbc8 32.Qh5 Rb8 33.Nd2 Qa3=+ ½–½. Van Rooijen,Peter (1730) – Schulz,Hans_Juergen (2455), T16–05 TSC, 2003.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb4 Ncb4 9.a3 Nc6 10.e3 Re8 11.d4 Bf5=+ 12.Bc4 Re3 13.fe3 Ne3 14.Bf7 Kf8 15.Qb3 Nc2-/+ 16.Kf2 N6d4 17.Qd5 Qf6 18.Qb7=+ Rd8 19.Ba2?? Nf3–+ (19...Nf3 20.Qf3 Rd3–+ (20...Na1?! 21.Rf1–+); 19...Na1?! 20.Qb4 Rd6 21.Nbd2-/+) 0–1. Gross – Schwertel, corr SOK–97–120, 1997.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb4 Ncb4 9.a3 Nc6 10.e3 Bg4 11.d4 Re8 12.Be2 Qd6 13.0-0= Qg6 14.Qd3 Qd3 15.Bd3 Bf3 16.gf3 Rad8 17.Rc1 Na5 18.Nd2 c6 19.Rab1 (cont. unknown). aspasio – POELJEV, ICC, 1999.

7.e3 Bc3 8.Nc3 d4 9.Nb5 Re8 10.Qb3 a6 11.Na3 (11.Nbd4? Nd4 12.Nd4 Qd4–+) 11...Ne4 12.Be2 Bg4 13.Rd1? (13.Qb7 de3 A) 14.Qc6 Bf3 (worse 14...ef2 15.Kf1 Bf3 16.Qe8 Qe8 17.gf3–+) 15.gf3 ef2 16.Kf1 Nd2 17.Kg2 Re2–+; B) 14.de3 Bf3 15.gf3 Qd2 16.Kf1–+) 13...Nc5–+ 14.Qb2 (14.Qb1 d3 15.Bf1 Bf3 16.gf3 Ne5–+) 14...Bf3 15.gf3 Qh4 16.Rg1 (better 16.f4–+) 16...Ne5 17.d3 Ncd3! 18.Rd3 (18.Rd3 Nd3 Double attack; 18.Bd3 Nf3 Deflection) 18...Nd3 19.Bd3 Re3 20.Be2 Rae8 21.Rg4 Re2 22.Qe2 Re2 23.Ke2 Qd8 24.Kd3 c5 25.Re4 (25.Nb1 b5 26.cb5 f5–+) 25...f5 26.Re5 (26.Re2 Qb6 27.Re8 Kf7–+) 26...Qa5 27.Nb1 Qb4 28.Nd2 (28.Rc5 Qc5 29.Nd2 Qa5–+) 28…Qc3 (28...Qc3 29.Ke2 d3 30.Kf1 Qe5–+) 0–1. Simic,Dragan (2250) – Prabhakar,Krishna (2200), corr ICCF WC23/EWC01–SF10, 1999.

7.e3 Bc3 8.Nc3 d4-/+ 9.Nb5 Re8 10.Qb3 de3 11.fe3 Bg4-/+ 12.Be2 Qd7 13.0-0 Ne4 14.d4? 14...Bf3 15.Bf3 Nd2 16.Qc2 Nf1–+ 17.Rf1 Re3 18.d5 Nb4 19.Qb1? Nd3–+ 20.d6? c6 21.Nc7 Rd8 22.Qb7 Qd6 23.Qc6 Qe5 24.Bd5 Re1 25.Bf7 Kh8 26.Qf3 Qc5 27.Kh1 Nf2 28.Kg1 Nh3 29.Kh1 Qg1!! 30.Rg1 Rg1 0–1. Ihaveagirlfriend – Gilkarste, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

7.e3 Bc3 8.Nc3 d4 9.ed4 Bg4 -/+. OffTheWall – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

7.e3 Re8 8.a3 Bc3 9.dc3 Be6 10.c5 (10.Nbd2!?=+) 10...Ne4 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Be2 Qg5 14.0-0 Ne4 15.Bf3 Bh3 16.Nd2 (16.c4 Re6 17.Ra2 Rd8-/+) 16...Nc3 17.Qc2 Re6 (better 17...Ne4-/+) 18.Kh1 Rf6? (better 18...Bg2!? 19.Bg2 Rg6+/-) 19.gh3+- Rf3? (better 19...Qe5+-) 20.Nf3 (20.Qc3?! Qf6 21.Qf6 Rf6+/- (21...gf6?? 22.Nf3 c5 23.Rab1+-)) 20...Qf5 (20...Qf6 21.Nd4 c5 22.Qc3 cd4 23.Qd4 Qf5+-) 21.Qf5 (21.Qf5 Ne4 22.Ne5+-) 1-0. carlos78 (2210) - pacal56 (2205), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.e3 Re8 8.d4 Bg4 9.a3 Bf8 10.h3 Bh5 11.Be2 Ne4 12.cd5 Qd5=+ 13.0-0 Rad8 14.Nbd2?? Nc3–+ (14...Nc3 15.Bc4 Nd1 16.Bd5 Ne3 (< 16...Rd5 17.Rfd1 Bg6 18.Nc4–+) 17.fe3 Rd5–+) 0–1. Frysiak (1800) – Noskowicz (2000), corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

7.e3 Bf5 =+.

7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 a5 9.0-0 Qd6 10.d4 dc4 11.Bc4 (11.a3 Bc3 12.Nc3 Nd5=) 11...Ne4 12.Bb4 ab4 13.Nbd2 Nd2 14.Qd2 Bf3 15.gf3 Ra3 16.Kh1 Ne5 17.Be2 Rfa8 18.Rg1 Nc6 19.Rg3 Qd5 Black intends b3 20.Qc2 Ra2 21.Ra2 Ra2 22.Qd1 b3 23.Bd3 g6 (23...Rf2?! 24.Qg1 Ra2 25.Rg7 Kf8 26.Qg3=) 24.Kg2 Nb4 25.Be4 Qc4 26.Rg5 (26.Bb7 b2 27.Be4 Ra1–+) 26...b6 (better is 26...Qc3 27.Rb5 Qe3–+) 27.Bb1?? (better is 27.Re5–+) 27...Rc2! 28.Rc5 (28.Bc2 bc2 Double attack (28...bc2 Passed pawn)) 28...bc5 29.dc5 Qh4 30.Bc2 bc2 31.Qd2 Qg5 32.Kf1 Qc5 33.Qd8 Kg7 34.Qd2 c1Q 0–1. anony – Janek, internet, 2016.

6.e3 Ne5

7.Ne5 d5 8.Qb3 Be7 9.cd5= Qd5 10.Qd5 Nd5 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bf6 13.d4 c5 14.Nf3 Rd8 15.0-0 cd4 16.ed4 Bg4 17.Ne5 Rd4–+ 18.Nf7 Kf8 19.Na3? Rd3 20.Rae1 Rb3! 21.ab3 Kf7 22.Nb5 Rd8 23.Na7 Rd5 24.Rc1 Be5–+ 25.b4 Bb8 26.Nc6? bc6 27.Rc6 Rd6 28.Rfc1 Bd7 29.Rd6 Bd6 (29...Bd6 30.b5 Ke6–+ (30...Bb5?! 31.Rb1-/+)) 0–1. hal1958 – Omega, playchess.de, 2002.

7.Ne5 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2?? (better 9.a3 Bd6 10.Nc4=+) 9...Qf6–+ 10.Qb3 (10.0-0 Qe5 11.d4 Qg5–+) 10...Qe5 11.0-0 (11.Nc3 Bc3 12.dc3 Be6–+) 11...Bd6 (worse 11...Qa1 12.Nc3 Bc3 13.Ra1 Ba1 14.Qd5–+) 12.f4 (12.g3 Bh3 (worse 12...Qa1 13.Nc3 Qf1 14.Kf1 Nc3 15.Qc3–+) 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Qc3 Bf1–+) 12...Nf4 13.Rf4 (13.ef4 Qe2 14.Qc3 Re8–+) 13...Qa1 14.Rf7 (14.Rf1 Be6 15.Bc4–+) 14...Rf7 15.Bc4 Qf6 (15...Qf6 16.Bf7 Qf7 17.Qf7 Kf7–+) 0–1. Mersie,Monique – Van Vooren,Kristien, Belgian women's championship, 1999.

7.Ne5 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nf2! 9.Kf2 Qf6 10.Nf3 Qa1 11.Nc3 Ba3 12.Bd3?? (better is 12.Nb5 Qb2 13.Qb2 Bb2 14.Bd3-/+) 12...Qb2 (better is 12...Qh1 13.Nb5 Qc1 14.Bh7 Kh8 15.Qc1 Bc1 16.Nc7 Rb8–+) 13.Bh7= Kh8 14.Qe4 Qb6 15.Bf5 a6 16.Nd5 Qh6 17.g4 d6 18.Nc7 Bf5 19.gf5 Rac8 20.Qb7 Qh3 21.Nd5 Rb8 (worse is 21...Rc4 22.Qa6 Rc5 23.Nf4 (23.Qa3? Rd5 24.Rf1 Rf5–+) 23...Qf5 24.Qa3+–; worse is 21...Qf5 22.Ne7 Rb8 23.Qb8 (23.Nf5 Rb7 24.h4 Rc8-/+) 23...Qf3 24.Kf3 Rb8 25.Rf1+/–) 22.Qd7 Rfd8 (better is 22...g6!?=) 23.Qf7+/– Rf8 (23...Rf8 24.Rb1 Rbe8+/– (24...Rf7?? 25.Rb8 Kh7 26.Ng5 Kh6 27.Nf7 Kh5 28.Nf4 Kg4 29.Nh3 Kf5 30.Rb6+–)). Piriyev,Maksat – Jordaan,Wayne (2190), AA/C15/pr/L ICCF, 2012.

5.Nf3 d5

6.a3 Bd6 7.Bd6 cd6 8.e3 Be6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be2 Rc8 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Na3 Ndb4 14.d3 h6 15.Qd2 a5 16.Rfc1 Rfe8 17.d4 Na7 ½–½. Muri,Heinrich (2355) – Teichmann,Cenek (2380), Danube/4 ICCF, 2012.

6.a3 Be7 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nc3 c5 9.e4 Nf6 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Bg3 a6 12.0-0 b5 13.d3 Be6-/+ 14.Ng5 Nd4 15.Ne6 fe6 Black is in command 16.e5 Nd5 17.Ne4 Qc7 18.Bg4 Nf4 19.Bf4 Rf4 20.g3 Rff8 21.f4 g5 22.Ra2 Rad8 23.Rg2 Kh8 24.Qc1 a5 25.Qe3 gf4 26.gf4 a4 27.Kh1 b4 28.Qh3 Qd7 29.Qh6 Rg8 30.Rfg1 Rdf8 31.Rg3 Qd8 32.Be6 Rg3 33.hg3 Ne6 34.Qe6 Qd3 35.Qe7 Qe4 36.Rg2 Rf5 37.Qe8 Kg7 38.Kh2 ba3 39.Rd2 Rf7 40.Qe6 c4 41.Qg4 Qg6 42.Qc8 Qe4 43.Rg2 h5=+ 44.e6 Rf8 45.Qd7=+ Kf6 46.Qd2 h4 47.gh4= a2 48.Qa2 Qe3?? 49.Qe2 Qe2 50.Re2 Ke7 51.Kg3 c3 52.Rc2 Rc8 53.f5 Kf6 54.Kf4 a3 55.Ke4 Ra8 56.Ra2 c2! 57.Rc2 a2 58.Rc7 Ra4 59.Kd5 Kf5 (59...Kf5 60.Rf7 Kg4–+) 0–1. Kruimer,Wim – Milde,Lars, Tigerschachclub, 2002.

6.Qb3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.cd5 Ne5 9.Ne5 Qd5 10.Qd5= Nd5 11.Bc4 Be6 12.0-0 Rfd8 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.a3 Ba5 15.Bd5 Bd5 16.Nc3 Be6 17.d3 f6 18.Nc4=+ Bc7 19.Nb2 f5 20.f4 Kf7 21.Kf2 h6 22.a4 g5 23.g3 gf4 24.gf4 Rd7 25.a5 Bd8 26.Ra3 Bf6-/+ 27.Nca4 Rdc7 28.Nc4 Ke7 29.Nc3 Rd7 30.Na4 ½–½. Gimeno Higueras,Roberto – Roca Galanza,Jose, Cullera ESP Open, 2007.

6.Qb3 Bd6 7.cd5= Be5 8.Ne5 Qd5 (8...Nd5 9.d4=) 9.Qd5= Nd5 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Rb1 Nc2 12.Kd1 Nd4 13.e3 f6 (13...Ne6 14.Bc4+/-) 14.Bc4 Kh8 (better 14...Ne6!? 15.Nd3 Na6+-) 15.Nf7+- (15.ed4?! fe5 16.de5 Nc6+/-) 15...Rf7 16.Bf7 (16.ed4?! Rf8 17.Nd5 a6 18.Nc7 Ra7+/-) 16...Ne6? (16...Nf5+-) 17.Be6 Be6 18.Rb7 Na6 19.d4 Bc4 20.Kd2 c6 (20...c5 21.Rd1+-) 21.Rhb1 f5 22.Rd7 h5 23.Rbb7 Rg8 24.Rd6 Rb8 (24...Nb8 25.Ra7 Rf8 26.a4+-) 25.Rb8 (25.Rb8 Nb8 26.Rd8 Kh7 27.Rb8+-) 1-0. marekt (2460) - Haroldlee123 (1725), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

6.Qc2 Nc6-/+ 7.Bb2 d4 8.Na3 Bg4 9.0-0-0 Qd7 10.h3 Bf3 11.gf3-/+ Rfe8 12.Rg1 a6 13.e3 Qd6 Black fights for the Initiative 14.Nb1 Rad8 15.Bd3 Qh2 16.Rdf1 Qh3 17.f4 Qe6 18.Rg2 Bc5 19.Rfg1 g6 20.f5 Qe7 21.fg6 hg6 22.Bg6 Kf8 23.Bf5 Qe5 (23...Qe5 24.Rg5 Ke7+/–). Rosikiewicz – Kuperski, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

6.Bc3 Bd6 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.e4 Re8-/+ 10.d3 Bb4 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nf4–+ 13.g3?? Nd3 (13...Nd3 14.Kf1 Nb2–+) 0–1. Paavilainen – De Visser,Arno, corr (year?).

6.cd5 Re8 7.e3 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8).

6.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3).

6.e3 Bf5 7.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Bf5).

6.g3 Re8 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bb2 dc4 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.Re1 Rad8 12.Qa4 Nd4?? 13.Qb4 Nc2 14.Qc4 Na1 15.Ra1 c6 16.d3 Bh3 17.Ng5 Bg2+/– 18.Kg2 b5 19.Qh4 h6 20.Nge4 Nd5 21.Nd5 Qd5 22.Qg4 (22.Qg4 f6 23.Bf6+–) 1–0. Baron,Michel – Picard,Serge, corr AJEC, 1987.

6.a3 Ba5

7.Qa4 c5 8.e3 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc3 Nc3 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qb3 Bg4 13.Be2 Bf3 14.gf3 Ne5 15.Qb1 Qd7-/+ 16.Qb5 Qb5 17.Nb5 Rfd8 18.Ra2 Nd3 19.Bd3 Rd3 20.Ke2 Rad8 21.Nd4 Rd2 22.Rd2 Bd2 23.Nb3 Bc3 24.Nc5 Rd2-/+ 25.Kf1 Rd1 26.Kg2 Rh1 27.Kh1 b5 28.Nd3 Bf6 29.Nb4 Be7 30.Nc2 a5 31.Kg2 a4 32.Kf1 Kf8 33.Ke2 Ke8 34.Kd3 Kd7 35.Nd4 Ba3-/+ 36.Nb5 Bb4 37.Kc4 Be1 38.e4 Bf2 39.Kb4=+ Ke6 40.Ka4 Ke5 41.Kb4 f6 42.Nc7 Kf4 43.Kc4 Kf3 44.Kd5 Be3 45.Ne6 Bf4 46.Ng7 Bh2–+ 47.Nh5 Be5 48.Ke6 Ke4 49.Kf7 f5 50.Kg8 h6 51.Kh7 f4 52.Nf4 Bf4 53.Kg6 Kf3 54.Kh5 Kg3 55.Kg6 Kg4 (55...Kg4 56.Kf6 h5–+) 0–1. Lindebaum,Andre – Neerforth,Philipp (2220), Berlin, 2006.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e4 Nf6 =+.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bb2 =+.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.g3 Re8 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4 c6 13.e3=+ Bf5 14.0-0 Bd3 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Qb3 c5?? 17.Bg7 c4 18.Qb2+= Rd6 19.Nc3 Kg7 20.Nd5 Qe5 21.Qe5 Re5 22.Nb4 b5 23.Nc6 Rc6 24.Bc6 Bd2 25.Red1 c3 26.Kg2 Be2-/+ 27.Rh1 c2 28.Bd7 Rc5 29.Rac1 Bc1 30.Rc1 a6 31.g4 b4?? (31...b4 32.ab4 Rc4+=; better is 31...Bd3–+) 0–1. Kozicz,A – Dobosz,J, corr Poland, 1987.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.g3 Re8 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Nd4 Bg4 (12.Nf3 Bf5-/+) 0–1. Kern,Michael – Smet,Marc, IECG, 1997.

7.cd5 Nbd7 8.Bd4 Nd5=+ 9.Qb3 N7f6 10.e3= Be6 11.Qa4 c5 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.Qb5 Qb5 14.Bb5 a6 15.Be2 b5 16.0-0 Ne4 17.Rc1 c4 18.Bd4 Rfc8 19.Nc3 Ndc3 20.dc3 Nc5 21.Bc5 Rc5 22.Nd4 Bd5 23.Kf1 g6 24.g3 Rac8 25.Bf3 Bf3 ½–½. Lalic,Susan – Le Blancq,S, London, 1986.

6.cd5 Nd5

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Ba5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3).

7.Qc2 Nd7 8.Bb2 N7f6 9.Nc3 Nc3 10.dc3 Bd6 11.e3 c6 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.h3 Rd8 14.0-0 Qh5 15.Nd4 Nd7 16.Qe2= Qe2 17.Be2 Nb6 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.Rd2 Be6 20.Rfd1 White gets strong initiative 20...Bc4 21.Bf3 Ba2 22.Bc1 Bc4 23.Bc6 bc6 24.Nc6+= Bb3 25.Nd8+/– Be5 26.Nc6 Bd1 27.Rd1 Bc3+= 28.Na7 h6 29.Nb5 Bf6 30.Bd2 Rd8+= (30...Rd8 31.Kf1 Rd5+=). Van Rooijen,Peter – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, corr or01–004 E–mail, 2001.

7.Nc3 Nc3 8.Bc3 Bc3 9.dc3 Qd1 10.Rd1 Be6 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.cd4 Rfd8 14.e3 Rac8 15.Be2 c5 16.dc5 Rd1 17.Kd1 Rc5 18.Kd2 Kf8 19.Rc1 Ra5 20.Rc3 b5 21.Rc5 a6 22.Rc3 Bc4 23.Bc4 bc4 24.Kc2 Ke7 25.Kb2 Kd6 (better 25...Rg5!? 26.g3 Rb5 27.Kc2 Rh5=) 26.Rc4+/- Kd5 27.Rd4 Kc5? (27...Ke6 28.Rb4+/-) 28.h4 (better 28.Rd7!? Rb5 29.Kc3+-) 28...Rb5 29.Kc3 Rb1 (29...Kc6 30.Ra4 Rf5 31.f3+/-) 30.Ra4 (30.Rd7 a5 31.Rc7 Kd5 32.Rf7 a4 33.Rg7 Rb3 34.Kc2 Ra3+-) 30...Kb5? (30...Rg1 31.g4 f6 32.Kd3+/-) 31.Rf4 (better 31.Rb4!? Rb4 32.ab4+-) 31...Rg1 32.g3 f6 33.h5 Rh1 34.g4 Rh4 35.Kd3 a5 36.Ke2 Rh1 37.Kf3 Ra1 38.Rf5 Kc4?? (better 38...Ka4+/-) 39.Ra5+- Kb3 40.Ra7 Rc1 (40...f5 41.gf5 Rg1 42.h6 gh6 43.Rh7+-) 41.h6 (better 41.Rg7 h6 42.Rg6 Ka3 43.Rh6+-) 41...gh6 42.Rh7 f5 (42...Rh1 43.Rf7+-) 43.Rh6 fg4 44.Kg4 Rc4 45.Kf3 Ka3 46.Rf6 Rc2 47.Rf4 Rc5 48.Rg4 Rf5 (48...Kb3 49.e4+-) 49.Kg3 Rc5 (49...Re5 50.e4+-) 50.f4 Rc8 (50...Kb3 51.Rg5 Rc7 52.Re5+-) 51.Kf3 (51.f5 Re8 52.Rf4 Rg8 53.Kf3 Kb3+-) 51...Re8 (51...Kb4 52.f5 Kc5 53.Rd4+-) 52.Rg5 Kb3 53.Re5 Kc3 (53...Rf8 54.f5+-) 54.Ke4 (54.Re8 Kd3 55.Rc8 Kd2 56.f5 Kd3 57.f6 Kd2 58.f7 Kd3 59.f8Q Kd2 60.Qd6 Ke1 61.Rc1) 54...Rd8 55.Rc5 Kb4 56.Rd5 Re8 57.Re5 Rg8 (57...Rh8 58.f5 Rh4 59.Kd5+-) 58.f5 Rc8 (58...Rf8 59.Re6 Rd8 60.f6+-) 59.Kd5 (better 59.f6+-) 59...Rc4 (59...Rb8 60.f6 Kc3 61.f7+-) 60.e4 (60.Re4 Re4 61.Ke4 Kc5 62.f6 Kd6 63.Kf5 Kd7 64.Ke5 Kc6 65.f7 Kc5 66.Kf5 Kc4 67.e4 Kd4 68.e5 Ke3 69.e6 Kf3 70.e7 Kg3 71.e8Q Kf2 72.Kg4 Kg1 73.Qe1 Kh2 74.f8Q Kg2 75.Qff2) 60...Rc5 61.Ke6 Rc6 62.Kf7 Rc7 63.Re7 Rc8 64.Re8 Rc6 65.Re6 Rc3 66.Kf6 (66.f6!? Ra3+-) 66...Kb3 67.Ke5 Kc2 (67...Rc5 68.Kd6 Ra5 69.f6+-) 68.f6 Rd3 (68...Rf3+-) 69.f7 Ra3 (69...Rd8 70.Re8 Rd7 71.f8Q Kd2 72.Qf1 Ke3 73.Qh3 Kd2 74.Qd7 Ke1 75.Qd3 Kf2 76.Rf8 Kg2 77.Ke6 Kh2 78.Rg8 Kh1 79.Qh3) 70.Rf6 (70.f8Q Rg3 71.Qf2 Kc3 72.Qg3 Kb2 73.Rc6 Ka2 74.Rb6 Ka1 75.Qa3) 70...Ra5 71.Kf4 Ra8 (71...Ra4 72.f8Q Kb3 73.Rb6 Kc2 74.Qc5 Kd1 75.Rb2 Re4 76.Ke4 Ke1 77.Qc1) 72.f8Q Ra1 (72...Ra1 73.Qc5 Kd2 74.Qe3 Kc2 75.Rc6 Kb2 76.Qc3 Ka2 77.Ra6 Kb1 78.Ra1; 72...Rf8 73.Rf8 Kd3 74.e5 Kd4 75.e6 Kc4 76.e7 Kb3 77.e8Q Kc3 78.Qc6 Kd3 79.Rd8 Ke2 80.Qf3 Ke1 81.Rd1) 0-1. ZePequeno (2140) - RoepStoep (2105), Rated Bullet tournament ysJafcuC, lichess.org, 2016.

7.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3).

7.e3 c5 8.a3 Ba5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.a3 Ba5 8.cd5 Nd5).

7.e3 c5 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Bb2 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.a3 Ba5).

7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 (--->1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2).

7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0 Bf5 (-->1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.0-0 Re8).

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3).

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Re3!? 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qa4 Ng2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Re3 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qa4 Ng2).

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Re3!? 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qb3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Re3 11.fe3 Ne3 12.Qb3).

7.e3 Be7 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cd5 Nd5).

7.e3 (--> 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3).

7.e3 Re8 8.Bb2 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

7.e3 Re8 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7).

7.e3 Re8 8.Bb2 Nf4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2 Nf4).

7.e4 Ne7 8.Bc4 Ng6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Be2 (better 10.Qb3!? Nc6 11.Bd5 Bf3 12.gf3=+) 10...Re8-/+ 11.Nc3 Nf4 12.0-0 Nc6 13.d3 Ne2 14.Ne2 Nd4?? (better 14...Qd6-/+) 15.Ned4+- c5 16.Nb3 b6?! (16...c4 17.dc4 Re4+-) 17.a3 Ba5 18.h3 (18.h3 Bh5 19.Qe2+-) 1-0. alessandrocarvalhaes (1845) - SC2009 (1740), lichess.org, 2020.

7.e4 Nf6 8.Qc2 Nc6-/+ 9.Bb2 Re8 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.0-0 Nb6 13.d4 a6 14.Bd3= h6 15.a3 Bf8 16.Nbd2 Bg4 17.Rfe1 Qd7 18.h3 Bf3 19.Nf3+= Qd5 20.Be4 Qc4 21.Qc4 Nc4+= 22.Bc6 bc6 23.Bc1 Rab8 24.Nd2 Nd2 25.Bd2 Rb3 26.Reb1 Reb8 27.Rb3 Rb3 28.Ba5 Ra3 29.Ra3 Ba3 30.Kf1 Bb2-/+ 31.Bc7 Bd4 32.Bd6 f6 33.ef6 gf6 34.f3 Kf7 35.Ke2 Be5 36.Bb4 Ke6 37.g4 Bd6 38.Bd2 Bf8 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.Bc3=+ Bg7 41.h4 Ke6 42.Kc4 Bf8-/+ 43.Bd2 f5 44.Kd4 fg4 45.fg4 c5 46.Kc4= Ke5 47.g5 hg5=+ 48.hg5 Kf5 49.Ba5 Kg5-/+ 50.Bb6 Kf5 51.Bc5=+ Bh6 52.Kb4 Bd2 53.Ka4 Ke5 54.Bb4 ½–½. Kowalski,Lukasz – Kasianczuk,Patryk, Poland–ch U10 Kolobrzeg, 2001.

7.g3 Nc6 8.Bb2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nf3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.g3).

7.g3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Bg2 (--> 7.g3 Re8 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Bb2).

7.g3 Be6 8.Bg2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb2 Ba5 11.Qc1 Qe7 12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Bd4= Rac8 15.Qb2 f6 16.Qb5 (16.Qb5 Qb4 17.Qd3=). Brzoza,Miroslaw – Bushelman, corr, 1981.

7.g3 Be7 8.Bb2 c5 9.e4 Nb4 10.d4 cd4 11.a3 N4c6 12.Bg2 Bg4 13.Nbd2 Bf6 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Qb6=+ ab6 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.h3 Bf3 18.Bf3 Nde5 19.Ne5-/+ Ne5 20.Be2 d3 21.f4 de2?? 22.fe5= Be7 23.Ke2 Rfd8 24.Rad1 Kf8 25.Rd8+= Rd8 26.Rd1 Rd1 27.Kd1 Bc5 28.a4 Ke7 29.Kc2 Ke6 30.Kd3 Bf2 31.g4 Bg3 32.Kc4 Be5 33.Bd4 Bd4= 34.Kd4 =. Capbun,Mihai – Ciortan,Mihail (1875), Amara ROM, 2007.

7.g3 Re8

8.Bb2 Bf5 9.a3 Ba5 10.Qb3 Nc6-/+ 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Rd1 Bg4–+ 13.Nb1 Qe7?? 14.h3 Be6 15.Qc2 Bd5 16.Qf5 Be4 17.Qg4 f5 18.Qf4 Nd5 (18...Nd5 19.Qh4 Bf3 20.Qe7 Re7–+ (20...Nde7?! 21.ef3 Rad8 22.Bc4 Kf8 23.0-0-/+; 20...Nce7?! 21.ef3 Ng6 22.Be2–+)) 0–1. Roesch – Roes, 1981.

8.e3? Bg4–+ 9.Be2? Bf3 10.Bf3 Re5 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.0-0 a5 13.d4 a4 14.Qc4 Nb6 15.Qc2 Re6 16.a3 Ba5 17.Bg4 Rh6 18.Be2 Qd7 19.h4 Re8 20.Nc3 Bc3 21.Qc3 Nd4 (21...Nd4 22.Bd1 Nc6–+) 0–1. Kusmierek,Jozef – Skonieczny,Jerzy, corr 2. AMM Poland, 1994.

8.Bg2 b6 9.0-0= Bb7 10.Bb2 Nd7 11.e3 Rb8 12.Qc2 c5 13.Nc3 N7f6 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.Nd5 Nd5 16.Ne5 b5 17.a3 Ba5 18.Qb3 Bc7 19.Bd5 Be5 20.Be5 Bd5 21.Qd5 Qe5 22.Qe5 Re5 23.d4 cd4 24.Rd4 g6 25.Rd7+= a5 26.Rc1 b4 27.ab4 ab4 28.Rcc7 b3 29.Rb7 Rb5 30.Rd8 Rd8-/+ 31.Rb5 Rd3 32.Kg2 Kg7 33.Rb6 h5 34.h4 Rc3 35.Kf3=+ Rd3 36.Rb7 Rc3 37.Kf4 Rc2 38.f3 b2-/+ 39.e4 Kf6 40.Rb6 Ke7 41.e5 Re2 42.g4 ½–½. Laskowski – Guziec, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.0-0 h6 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Na3 Nb6 13.Nb1 Rad8 14.Bc3 Bc3 15.Nc3 Bf3 16.Bf3 Qd2 17.Qd2 Rd2 18.Nb5 Nb4 19.Nc7 Re7 20.Nb5 Nc4 21.Rac1 Nc2 22.Red1 Rd1 23.Rd1 a6 24.Rc1 N2a3 25.Na3 Na3 26.e3 Nb5 27.Rb1 Kf8 28.Rb3 Rc7 29.Rd3 Ke7 30.Kf1 Rc1 31.Ke2 Rc2 32.Rd2 Rc7 33.Ke1 Rc1 34.Rd1 Rc7 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek – Hrabovsky,Vladimir, CSLA 1757, 1981.

8.Bg2 Bg4 9.Bb2=+ c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.e3 Qd7 12.a3=+ Ba5 13.Qc2 Bb6 14.Ng5= Bf5 15.e4 Bg6 16.f4 Nf6 17.f5 Bh5 18.Kh1 Be2 19.Re1 Bd3 20.Qa4 Ng4 21.Nh3 Qf5!!=+ 22.Nc3? Nf2–+ 23.Nf2 Qf2 24.Qd1 Re6 25.Nd5-/+ Nd4 26.Nf4 Rh6 27.Qg4 f5 28.ef5 Bf5 29.Bd4 Qe1! 30.Re1 Bg4 31.Bc3 Rd6 32.Bb7 Rad8 33.h3 Bf5 34.Bg2 g5–+ 35.Nh5 c4 36.Re5-/+ Bg6 37.Rg5 Bd4 38.Nf4 Bc3 39.dc3 Rd3 40.Nd3+/– cd3 41.Rd5 Rc8 42.Bf3 Rc3=+ 43.a4 Kf7 44.Kg1 Ra3 45.Rd4 Ke6 46.Kf2 Bf5 47.g4 Bg6 48.h4 Ke5 49.Rb4 Be8?? 50.Be4?? Ra4?? 51.Ra4= Ba4 52.Bd3 ½–½. Laskowski – Franek, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

8.Bg2 Nc6

9.Bb2 Bg4 10.0-0=+ h6 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Na3 Nb6 13.Nb1 Rad8 14.Bc3 Bc3-/+ 15.Nc3 Bf3 16.Bf3 Qd2 17.Qd2 Rd2 18.Nb5 Nb4 19.Nc7 Re7 20.Nb5 Nc4 21.Rac1 Nc2 22.Red1= Rd1 23.Rd1+= a6 24.Rc1 N2a3 25.Na3+= Na3 26.e3 Nb5 27.Rb1 Kf8 28.Rb3 Rc7 29.Rd3 Ke7 30.Kf1 Rc1 31.Ke2 Rc2 32.Rd2 Rc7 33.Ke1 Rc1 34.Rd1 Rc7 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek – Hrabovsky,Vladimir, CSLA, 1981.

9.Bb2 Qe7

10.0-0 Qe2 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Re1 Qe1 13.Ne1 Re1 14.Bf1 Be6 15.Qf3 Nc4 16.Nc3 Rf1! 17.Rf1 Nb2 18.Nd5 Bd6 19.Rb1 Nc4 20.Rb7 Nd4 21.Qg2 Nd2 22.Nc7 N4f3 23.Kh1 Bc7 (23...Bc7 24.Rc7 Bf5–+) 0–1. AntoniusBlock – Nda_Vie (2115), internet, 2009.

10.0-0 Qe2 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Ng5 Nb6 13.Qc2 Qh5 14.Ne6 Re6–+ 15.Na3 Rd8 16.Rad1 Qe2 17.Bc6 Rc6 18.Qb3 Bd2 19.Nb5 Rc4 20.Bc3 h6 21.Qb2 Na4 22.Rd2 Rd2 23.Qd2 Nc3 24.Qd8 Kh7 25.Nc7?? Qf3 (25...Qf3 26.h3 Ne2 27.Kh2 Ng3–+; 25...Na2?! 26.Nd5 Qe6 27.Qa5–+) 0–1. Jove Grau,Luis – Schmidt,Theo, corr ICCF EU/M/GT/409, 1995.

10.a4 Bf5 11.Nc3?? Nc3–+ 12.dc3 Rad8 13.0-0 Rd1 14.Rad1 Bc5 15.Nh4 Qe2 16.Bc6 bc6 17.Nf5 Qb2 18.Ne3 Qc3 (18...Qc3 19.Rd7 Qa3–+) 0–1. Mostowik,D – Pietrzak,Janusz, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

10.Nc3 Bc3 11.Bc3 Bf5 12.0-0 Qe2 13.Qb3 Nc3 14.dc3 Qa6 15.Ng5 Bg6 16.Bd5 Re7 17.Rfe1 Rd7 18.Rad1 Rf8 19.Bf7? Rdf7–+ 20.Rd7 Nd8 21.Qd5 c6 22.Qb3 Qa5 23.Nf7 Bf7 24.Ree7 Qg5 25.Qd1 Qf6 26.Qd4 Qd4 27.cd4 a5 28.f4 b5 29.Kf2 g6 30.Ke3 Ne6 31.Kd2 Ng7 32.g4 Ne8 33.Ra7 a4 34.a3 Nf6 35.h3 Nd5 36.Re4 Nb6 37.Kc3 Bc4 38.Kb4 Nd5 39.Kc5 Nf4 40.Ree7 Ne6 41.Kd6 Rf6 42.Ke5 Rf3 43.Re8 Nf8 44.Ke4?? Rf1 45.Rb8 g5 46.Ke5 Rf3 47.Ke4 Rh3 48.Raa8 Bd3 (48...Bd3 49.Ke5 Rf3–+; better is 48...Bd5!? 49.Ke5 Rf3 50.Kd6–+) 0–1. Chernov,Igor Markovich – Lucchini,Gianfelice, Rusakov Memorial, 1999.

10.Nc3 Nc3 11.dc3 Bg4?? 12.e3?? Ne5-/+ 13.0-0 Bc5 14.Qe2 Qf6 15.Qb5 Nf3 16.Kh1 Qh6 17.h4 Bd6 18.Qb7 Nh4! 19.gh4 Qh4 0–1. Bernardeau,Pierre – Gasc,Raymond, corr AJEC–Jub50 Finale D, 1989.

10.Nc3 Nc3 11.Bc3 Bc3 12.dc3 Bf5 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.cd4 Qb4 15.Qd2=+ Re2 16.Ke2= Re8 17.Kd1 Qa4 18.Kc1 Qc4 19.Kd1 Bg4 20.f3 Bd7 21.a4 Ba4 22.Ra4 Qa4 23.Qc2 Qa1 24.Qc1 Qa6 25.Qd2 Re6 26.d5 Rb6 27.Qc2 Qa1 28.Ke2 Qe5 (28...Qe5 29.Qe4 Qb2 30.Kf1 Qa1 31.Kf2 Rb2 32.Ke3 Qa3 33.Kf4 Qd6 (33...Rg2?! 34.Qe8 Qf8 35.Qf8 Kf8 36.Rc1-/+) 34.Kg5 h6 (34...Rg2?! 35.Qe8 Qf8 36.Qf8 Kf8 37.Rc1–+) 35.Kg4 Rb4–+ (35...Rg2?! 36.Qe8 Kh7 37.Qf7-/+)) 0–1. Hansen,Stefan – Krasny,Jan Henryk, corr TKM/A006, 2000.

10.Nd4 Bg4 11.Bf3 (11.Nf3!?-/+) 0–1. Adamowski – Pietrzak,Janusz, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

10.e3 Ne3!–+ 11.fe3 Qe3 12.Kf1 Qd3 13.Kf2 Bc5 14.Nd4 Nd4 15.Be4 Nf5 16.Bd4 Bd4 17.Kg2 Nh4 18.gh4 Qh3# 0–1. Deforel,JE (2320) – Buczinski,Henryk (2225), corr 3GMM/34, 1996.

10.e3?? Ne3!–+ 11.fe3 Qe3 12.Kf1 Qd3 13.Kf2 Bc5 14.Bd4 Nd4 15.Bf1 Nf3 16.Kg2 Nh4! 17.gh4 Qh3# (17...Bh3#) 0–1. Noskowicz,Krzysztof – Pietrzak,Janusz, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

10.a3 Ba5

11.0-0 Qe2 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Re1?? Qe1!–+ 14.Ne1 Re1 15.Bf1 Bh3 16.Nc3 Rae8 17.Ne4 R8e4 18.f3 Ra1 (18...Ra1 19.Ba1 Re1–+) 0–1. Schmitt,Larry – Cherniack,Alex (2255), Boylston CC–ch, 1999.

11.0-0 Qe2 12.Qc2 Nde7 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qc5 Qd3 15.Ne5 Qb3 16.Nc3 (16.Bc3 Bb6 17.Qc4 Qc4 18.Nc4 Bc5–+) 16...Qb2–+ 17.Bc6 Bb6 18.Qc4 Nc6 19.Qf7 Kh8 20.Nc4 Ne5! 21.Qh5 (21.Ne5 Bd4 Double attack (21...Bd4 Decoy); 21.Re5 Bd4 Double attack (21...Qa1 Deflection; 21...Bd4 Decoy)) 21...g6 22.Qf5 (22.Nb2?? gh5 23.Kg2 Rad8–+) 22...Nc4 (22...gf5?! 23.Nb2 Nf3 24.Kf1 Re1 25.Re1 Ne1 26.Ke1 Re8 27.Kf1–+) 23.Qf6 Kg8 24.d3 (24.Nd5 Re1 25.Re1 Qf6 26.Nf6 Kf7 27.Nh7 Na3 28.Ng5 Kf6–+) 24…Re5! (24...Re5 25.dc4 Rf8–+) 0–1. Sawamura,Tetsushi – Asquith,Jerry EC (2395), CCOL15S3B6 ICCF Email, 2003.

11.Nc3 Bc3 12.dc3 Bg4 13.Ng1 Rad8 14.Qc2 Qc5 15.Rd1 Bf5!–+ 16.Qc1 Na5 17.Bf3 Nb3 18.Qg5-/+ h6 (18...h6 19.Qf5 Ne3 20.Rd8 A) 20...Nf5?? 21.Re8 Kh7 22.Be4+– (22.Bb7?! Nd6+/–); B) 20...Rd8–+) 0–1. Bekemann,Uwe (2190) – Taulien,Hans_Juergen (2350), remoteschach.de, 2003.

11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.dc3 Qf6 (13...Bf5 14.Nd4 Nd4 15.cd4-/+) 14.Qd2 (14.Nd4 Ne5=+) 14...Na5 15.Qd4 Qg6 (15...Qe7!? 16.Qd1 Bg4-/+) 16.0-0 Nc6 17.Qf4 Qc2 (17...Re4 18.Qc7 Re7 19.Qf4+=) 18.Qc7 (18.Ng5 Re7 19.Rfd1 Bd7+= (19...Qe2 20.Bc6 Bg4 21.Bb7+–)) 18...Qc3= (18...Qe2?? 19.Rfe1 Qe7 20.Re7 Re7 21.Qf4+–) 19.e3 Qf6 20.Rac1 Re7 21.Qf4 Qf4 22.gf4 Bg4 23.Rfd1 Rc8 1–0. Kruimer,Wim – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–03.11 TSC, 2002.

11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.dc3 Bg4 14.0-0 Qe2 15.Qe2 Re2 16.Nd4 Nd4 17.cd4 Rb8 18.h3 Bf5 19.g4 Be4 20.Rfc1 c6 21.Kf1 Bd3 22.Kg1 Kf8 23.d5 cd5 24.Bd5 b6 25.Rc3 Be4 26.Be4 Re4 27.Kg2 Rd8 28.a4 g6 29.a5 b5 30.Rb1 a6 31.Rc6 Ra8 32.Ra1 Kg7 33.Kf3 Rb4 34.Kg3 Rd4 35.Ra3 Ra7 36.f4 Rd1 37.f5 g5 38.Kf2 Ra8 39.Ke2 Rh1 40.Kf2 Rb1 41.Kf3 Re1 42.Rd6 Rh1 ½–½. Lannoy,Jean_Claude (1750) – Morcin,Tom (1900), SC–2010-0-00068, 2010.

11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bf5 13.e3-/+.

6.cd5 Nbd7

7.Bb2 Nd5 8.e3 Nc5 9.Qc2 b6 10.Bc4 Re8 11.0-0 Be6 12.Nd4 Nb7 13.Ne6+= fe6 14.Bd3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Be4 c5= 17.Bg2 Qh5 18.e4 Nc7 19.f4 Qf7 20.a3 Ba5 21.e5 Nd5 22.Nc3 Bc3 23.Bc3 g6 24.Bb2 Rad8 25.Rae1 Rf8 26.d4 cd4 27.Bd4 Qe7 28.Rd1 Na5 29.Qa4 Qd7 30.Qd7 Rd7 31.Bh3 Kf7 32.Rd3 Ne7 33.Rfd1 Rfd8 34.Bf1 Nac6 35.Bb2 Rd3 36.Rd3 Rd3 37.Bd3 Nd5 38.Kf2 Nc7 39.Ke3 Ne7 40.Ke4 Ke8 41.Bd4 Kd7 42.g4 Ke8 43.Be2 Kd7 44.h4 Ke8 45.a4 Kd7 46.Be3 Kc6 47.h5 a6 48.hg6+/– hg6 49.Kd4 Kd7 50.Bd2 a5 51.Kc4 Kc8 52.Bf3 Kb8 53.Be3 Ka7 54.Bf2 Ka6 55.Bh4 Ned5 56.Bd8 Ne3+/– 57.Kd4 (57.Kd4 Ncd5 58.Be2 Ka7 59.Bg5+/–) 1–0. Buczinski,Henryk – Zabczyk,Waldemar, corr ch33–Poland, 1992.

7.Bb2 Nd5 8.e3 Re8 9.Be2 Bd6 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bf5 13.d3 Bd3 14.Bd3 Nd3 15.Qb3 Nc5 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Rab1 Qe4 18.Qd2 Qg6 19.Qe2 Ne4 20.Bb4 c5–+ 21.Bd2 Rad8 22.Rb7 Qh5 23.Rd1?? Bh2! 24.Kf1 Bg3! (24...Bg3 25.Ng1 A) 25...Nd2?! 26.Rd2 Rd2 27.Qd2-/+ (27.Qh5?? Rf2 28.Ke1 Rf5 29.Ke2 Rh5–+); B) 25...Qd5–+) 0–1. Bury born and bred – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

6.e3 c5

7.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.a3 Ba5 9.Qc2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.a3 Ba5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qc2).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2 Nc6 (-->1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.0-0 Re8).

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bf5 9.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bf5).

6.e3 Nc6

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6).

7.Bb2 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

7.Bb2 Re8 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7).

7.Bb2 Re8 8.Be2 Be6 9.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Be6).

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Re8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bg4).

6.e3 Be7

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Be7).

7.Bb2 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb2).

7.Be2 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 c5).

6.e3 Re8

7.a3 Ba5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bg4).

7.Bb2 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.c4).

7.Bb2 Nc6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Bd6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Bd6).

7.Be2 Bg4 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Ne2 Rad8 13.d4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Ne2 Rad8 13.d4).

5.Nf3 d6

6.Bb2 Na6 7.e3 Nc5 8.Be2 Bg4 9.0-0 Qe7 10.d4 Nce4 11.Qa4 c5 12.a3 Bd7 13.Qc2 Ba5 14.Nbd2 Rfe8 15.Bd3 cd4 16.Bd4+= Bc6 17.Rac1 Nc5 18.Bf6+/– Qf6 19.Bh7 Kh8 20.Bf5 g6 21.Bd3 Ba4 22.Qb1 Bc6 23.Be2 Bc3 24.Qc2 Bb2 25.Rb1 Ba3 The passed pawn on a7 quickly leads to threats 26.Qa2 Qc3 27.Nb3 a5 28.Qa3+– a4 29.Qa1 Qa1 30.Na1 a3 31.Rfd1 a2 32.Rb2 Na4 33.Rc2 Be4 34.Rcc1 d5 35.Ng5 Nb2 36.Nf7 Kg7 37.Nd6 Re6 38.Rd2 Nc4 39.Nc4 dc4 40.Rd7 Kh6 41.Rc4 Bc6 42.Rh4 (42.Rh4 Kg5 43.Rg4 Kf6 44.Rd2+–; 42.Rd2!? Re4+–) 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–11 ETC, 2003.

6.Bb2 Bc5 7.d4 Bb4 8.Bc3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.d5 (10.Rb1 Rb8=) 10...Ne7 11.e4 Re8 12.Bd3 c6 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Be2 h5 (14...Rc8 15.Rc1=) 15.h4 (15.Rb1 Qd7+=) 15...Bf3 (15...Ng6 16.Rb1=+) 16.Bf3= g6 (16...Ng6 17.Bh5 Nh4 18.g3 Nh5 19.Qh5= (worse 19.gh4 Qh4 20.Qf3 Nf4-+)) 17.Ne2 (17.Rb1 Qd7+=) 17...cd5 18.cd5 Nh7 (18...Nc8 19.Qd4=) 19.Nf4 f5? (19...Nc8 20.g3+=) 20.Qd2?? (better 20.Ne6 Qd7 21.Qd4+-) 20...Nf6?? (better 20...Nf8+/-) 21.Ne6+- Qd7 22.Qd4 (better 22.Qh6 Qe6 23.de6 fe4 24.Be2+-) 22...Kf7+/- 23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Rce1 White prepares e5 (24.Rfe1 fe4 25.Be4 Rc1 26.Rc1 Rc8+/-) 24...Rg8 (24...fe4 25.Be4 Qb5 26.Ng5 Kg7 27.Rc1+/-) 25.Ng5 Kg7 26.e5 de5 27.Qe5 (better 27.Re5 Rge8 28.Re6+-) 27...Ned5?? (27...Rge8 28.Ne6 Kf7+/-) 28.Rd1 (better 28.Bd5 Qd5 29.Qe7 Kh6 30.Qf6+-) 28...Rge8= 29.Qd4 Kh6?? (better 29...Nb6 30.Qa1 Qc7=) 30.Bd5+- Nd5 31.Qd5 Qa4?? (31...Qd5 32.Rd5 Re7+-) 32.Qf7 (better 32.Qb7 Qh4 33.Nf7 Kh7+-) 32...Rh8 (32...Qh4 33.Qh7 Kg5 34.Rd6+-) 33.Rd7 Rcg8 34.Qh7! (34.Qh7 Rh7 35.Rh7) 1-0. Haroldlee123 (1720) - DREWBEAR 63 (1760), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

6.Bb2 d5 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3 Bf3 9.Qf3= Ne4 10.a3 Ba5 11.Bd3 c6 12.Be4 de4 13.Qg4 f6+= 14.Qe4 Nd7 15.0-0 Ne5 16.Be5 fe5 17.Qe5 Bc7 18.Qe6+– Kh8 19.d4 Qd6? 20.Qd6+– Bd6 21.Nc3 (21.Nc3 Rad8 22.Rfb1+–; 21.Nd2 Rad8+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Millimaci,Sam, Mt View, CA, 1987.

6.Bb2 Bd7 7.a3 Ba5 8.g3 Bc6 9.Bg2 Re8 10.0-0 Nbd7 =. wlittle (2225) – pblanctranchant (2325), net–chess.com, 2004.

6.Bb2 Qe7 7.e3 Qe4 8.Bf6+= gf6 9.Be2 Qg6 10.Qb3 Na6 11.Nc3 Bg4?? 12.a3 Bf3+= 13.Bf3 Nc5= 14.Qb1 Bc3 15.Qg6 fg6 16.dc3 c6 17.0-0 Nb3 18.Ra2 Na5 19.Be2 Rad8 20.h3 Nb3 21.Rb2 ½–½. Spiegel,M – Ritter, corr SOK–88–22, 1988.

6.Bc3 Na6 7.d4 Ne4 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.e3 (9.a3 Nc6 10.e3 Qf6+=) 9...c5 10.d5?? (10.a3 Qa5 11.Nbd2 Nd2 12.Nd2= (12.Qd2?? Nc2 13.Ke2 Qd2 14.Nd2 Na1–+)) 10...Qa5 (better is 10...Qf6 11.Nbd2 Nc3–+) 11.Nbd2 Bf5 (11...Na2 12.Ra2 Qa2 13.Ne4+/–) 12.a3 Na2?? (better is 12...Nd2 13.ab4 Nf3 14.gf3 Qb4 15.Qd2 a5–+) 13.Ra2+– Nc3 14.Qb3 Na2 15.Qa2 Qc3 16.Be2 Qc1 17.Bd1 Bd3? (better is 17...Qc3+–) 18.Qb3 Bg6 19.0-0 Qa1 20.Be2 (20.e4 Qf6+–) 20...Qf6 21.Bd3 (21.Qb7 Rfb8 22.Qd7 Rb2+–) 21...b6 22.Bg6 fg6 0–1. frankvelbrati (1790) – zd3nik (1900), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Bc3 Bc3 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 Re8 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 (10.Be2 Qd7=) 10...Ne7 11.Be2 Ng6 12.Nd4 (12.0-0 Bf3 13.Bf3 Ne5=) 12...Be2=+ 13.Nde2 c6 14.0-0 Qd7 15.Nd4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Re4 17.Qd2 a6 18.f3 Re7 19.a4 (19.e4 cd5 20.cd5 Ree8+=) 19...c5 20.Ne2 b6 21.Nc3 Rae8 22.e4 Ne5 23.Qe2 f5 24.f4 (better 24.Rab1+=) 24...fe4?? (better 24...Ng4=+) 25.fe5+- Re5 26.Qe3 Qg4 27.Rf4 Qg6 28.Raf1 h6 29.Ne2 Rg5 30.Ng3 Kh7 31.Rh4 (31.Re4 Rg3 32.Qg3 Qe4-/+) 31...Ree5 32.Rff4 (32.Re1 Kg8+-) 32...Qe8? (32...b5 33.ab5 ab5 34.cb5 Rd5 35.Qe4 Rd1 36.Rf1 Rf1 37.Kf1+-) 33.Re4 (33.Ne4 Rg6 34.Qb3 Qd8+-) 33...Rg6?? (better 33...Qa4 34.Qc1 Kg8+-) 34.Re5 de5 35.Qb3 Qd8 (35...b5 36.ab5 ab5 37.Qd3+- (worse 37.Qb5 Qb5 38.cb5 Rb6+-)) 36.Re4 Qd6 (36...Qe8 37.Re1+-) 37.Qb2 Rg5 38.Qc2 Kh8 39.Ne2 (39.Re1 Qd7+-) 39...Qd7 40.Nc3 Qh3 (40...Rf5 41.Qd3+-) 41.Qd2 (41.Re5 Qh5 42.Re7 Rf5+-) 41...Qf5 42.Qf2 (42.d6!? Qd7 43.Re1 Rf5+-) 42...Qg6 43.g3 (43.Qe2 Qd6+-) 43...Qd6 (43...Rf5 44.Qd2 Qd6 45.Re1+-) 44.Re1 Kh7 (44...Rg4 45.Qf5 Qg6 46.Qg6 Rg6 47.Re5 Rf6 48.Re8 Kh7+-) 45.Ne4 Qg6 (45...Qd7 46.Ng5 hg5 47.Re5+-) 46.Ng5 Qg5 47.Qe2 (better 47.Qe3 Qf5 48.Qe5+-) 47...Qg6 (47...b5 48.cb5 ab5+-) 48.Qe4 h5 49.Qg6 Kg6 50.Re5 Kf7 (50...h4 51.d6 b5 52.d7 Kf6 53.Re1 Kf5 54.d8Q Kg6 55.Qe8 Kg5 56.Re5 Kg4 57.Qd7 Kf3 58.Qf5) 51.Re6 (51.Re6 h4 52.Re1 Kf6 53.d6 Kg6 54.d7 b5 55.d8Q Kh7 56.Qd3 g6 57.Re7 Kh6 58.Qe4 Kg5 59.Qf4 Kh5 60.Qh4; 51.d6 Kf6 52.Re1 Kg6 53.d7 a5 54.d8Q Kh6 55.Qd6 Kh7 56.Qd3 g6 57.Re7 Kh6 58.Qd2 g5 59.Qd6) 1-0. Darkseid (1705) - blackburne (1770), ChessWorld.net, 2009.

6.Bc3 Bc5 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nbd7 (8...Nc6 9.d4 Bb4 10.Qa4 Bc3 11.Nc3=) 9.a4 (9.d4 Bb6=) 9...a6 (9...a5 10.0-0=) 10.d3 (10.d4 Ba7+=) 10...Ba7 (10...a5 11.0-0=) 11.0-0 c5 (11...Nc5!?=) 12.a5 Rb8 13.Ng5 (13.Nbd2!?+/-) 13...Be2+= 14.Qe2 h6 (14...d5 15.Nd2+=) 15.Nh3 (15.Ne4 d5 16.Nf6 Nf6+/-) 15...Qc7 (15...d5 16.cd5 Nd5 17.Bb2+=) 16.Bb2 Rfe8 17.Nc3 b5 18.cb5 (better 18.ab6!? Rb6 19.Nf4+/-) 18...ab5=+ 19.d4 (19.Nf4!? Qc6 20.Qf3 Qf3 21.gf3=) 19...c4-/+ 20.Rfb1?? (20.Nf4 Qc6 21.d5-/+) 20...d5 (better 20...b4!? 21.Na4 c3 22.Bc3 bc3 23.Qc2-+) 21.Ba3? (better 21.Nf4=+) 21...Qa5?? (better 21...Bd4 22.Bb4 Ne5-+) 22.Bb4 Qb6 (22...Qc7 23.Qf3 Rb7 24.Nf4+= (worse 24.Nd5 Nd5 25.Qd5 Nf6=+)) 23.Nf4+= Nf8?? (better 23...Qb7!? 24.Qc2 Ra8+=) 24.Nfd5 (better 24.Bc5 Qc6 25.Ba7+-) 24...Nd5+/- 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.Ra7 (better 26.Qh5!? Qd7 27.Ra5+/-) 26...Qd5= 27.Ra5 (27.Qf3 Qf3 28.gf3 Red8=) 27...Ne6 (27...Qd4 28.ed4 Re2 29.Kf1=+) 28.Qc2 Ng5 29.Bc5 Ne4 (29...Qc6 30.Ba3=) 30.Rab5 Rbc8 (better 30...Rb5!? 31.Rb5 Rc8=) 31.Bb6 Qc6? (31...Qd7 32.Ba5+=) 32.Ba5 (32.f3 Nd6 33.Rc5 Qd7+-) 32...f5 (32...c3 33.f3 Nd2 34.Rc5+=) 33.Bc3 (33.Rf5 c3+-) 33...Nc3 34.Qc3 Qa8 (34...Qe4!?+/-) 35.Rf5 Rc6 (35...Qe4 36.Rfb5 Qd3+-) 36.Ra5 Qc8 37.Rbb5 (37.Rab5 Kh7+-) 37...Qe6 38.Re5 Qc8? (38...Rb8 39.g3 Qg4 40.Qc2+-) 39.Re8 (better 39.Rec5 Kh8+-) 39...Qe8 40.h3 Qf7 (40...Qe4 41.Ra3+-) 41.Qc2 (better 41.d5 Rc7 42.e4+-) 41...g5? (41...Rc8+-) 42.Ra8 (better 42.Qe4 Rd6+-) 42...Kg7 43.Qa2 (better 43.e4 c3+-) 43...Kf6? (43...c3 44.Qc2+-) 44.Kf1 (44.Ra7 Rc7 45.Ra6 Kg7+-) 44...c3? (44...Qb7+-) 45.Qf7 Kf7 46.Ra1 c2 (46...Rb6 47.Rc1+-) 47.Rc1 Ke6 48.Ke2 Kd5 49.Kd2 Ke4 (49...Rf6 50.f3+-) 50.Rc2 Rf6 51.f3 Kd5 52.Ke2 (52.Kd3 Ra6+-) 52...Re6 53.g3 Rf6 (53...Rb6 54.Rc5 Kd6 55.f4 gf4 56.gf4 Rb2 57.Kf3+-) 54.Rc5 Ke6 (54...Kd6 55.e4 Kd7 56.e5+-) 55.f4 (better 55.Rc6 Ke7 56.Rf6 Kf6+-) 55...Rf7 56.Rc6 (56.Rc6 Kd7 57.Rh6 gf4 58.gf4+-) 1-0. Darkseid (1710) - Halfway_UK (1730), ChessWorld.net, 2011.

6.Bb2 Nc6

7.a3 Ba5 8.e3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.Bc3 Re8 12.Be2 Ne4 13.Bb2 Bg6 14.0-0 Ne5 15.d4 Nf3 16.Bf3 c6 17.Rc1 d5 18.cd5 Qd5 19.Re1 Qd6 20.Qb3 Nd2 21.Qb7 Nf3-/+ 22.gf3 Rab8 23.Qc6 The passed pawn on d4 will become decisive later 23...Qc6 24.Rc6 Rb2 25.Ra6 Re7 26.Rc1 h6 27.Rc8 Kh7 28.Ra8 Rbb7 29.d5 Bd3 30.Ra4 Be2 31.Rf4? Red7–+ 32.e4 Rd6 33.Rf8 Rg6 34.Kh2 Rb1 35.R8f7=+ Rbg1 36.Rg4+= White gets deadly initiative 36...R1g4 37.fg4 a6? 38.e5+– Kg8 39.Rf4 Rg5 40.d6 Re5+/– 41.d7 Rd5 42.Re4 (42.Re4 Rd7 43.Re2+/–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Ferens, Dayton, 1982.

7.Qc2 h6 8.h4 Nh7 9.Nc3 Bc3 (9...Re8 10.Nd5 Ba5 11.e3=+) 10.Qc3 Qf6 (10...Nf6 11.g3=) 11.Qb3 (better 11.Qf6!? Nf6 12.Bf6 gf6 13.d4+/-) 11...Qe7 12.e3 b6 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Qc3 Re8 15.0-0-0 Ne5 16.Ne5 de5 17.f3 Bb7 18.Rh3 a5 19.a3 (19.g4 Rad8=) 19...c6 (19...Bc8 20.Rhh1=+) 20.g4= Qd7 (better 20...Nd7!?=) 21.Bf5+/- Qd6 22.f4 (22.g5!? g6 23.Bc2+/- (23.gf6?! gf5 24.d4 ed4 25.Qd4 Qd4 26.Rg3 Kh8 27.ed4 Ba6+=)) 22...Nd7+= 23.d4 ef4 24.d5 Qf6?? (better 24...Nf6 25.e4 cd5+=) 25.Bd7+- Qc3 26.Bc3 Re7 (26...cd5 27.Be8 Re8 28.ef4 dc4+-) 27.dc6 (27.dc6 Bc6 28.Bc6+-) 1-0. Carlsson,Ludvig (2065) - Ostensson,Julia, Uppsala SWE, 2019.

7.Nc3 b6 8.a3 Bc3 9.Bc3 Bb7 10.d4 d5 11.e3 Ne4 12.Rc1 (12.Rc1 Ne7 13.Bd3=). Wartig,Wolfgang – Plath, corr SOK–89–30, 1989.

7.Nc3 Re8 8.g3 Bg4 9.Bg2=+ a6 10.0-0 Rb8 11.Qb3 Bc3-/+ 12.Bc3 Ne4 13.e3 Nc3 14.Qc3 Ne5 15.Ne5 Re5 16.f4 Re8 17.Rae1 c6 18.d4 Qd7 19.Rf2 Re7 20.Ref1 Bf5 21.g4 Be4 22.h3 Rbe8-/+ 23.Bf3 c5 24.Rd2 Qc6 25.Be2 d5 26.cd5 Bd5 27.Qc5 Re3 28.Qc6 ½–½. Stummerer,Alfred – Herrschaft, CP1–900319B, 1990.

7.Nc3 Bg4 8.e3 Ne5 9.Be2 Be6 10.Qb3 a5 11.0-0 (11.0-0 Re8 12.d4 Nf3 13.Bf3+=). Wartig,Wolfgang – Ritter, corr SOK–90–61, 1990.

7.e3 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3).

6.Bb2 Be6

7.e3 d5 8.a3 Bd6 9.Qc2 dc4 (9...Nbd7 10.Ng5=+) 10.Nd4 (10.Ng5 Nbd7 11.Ne6 fe6 12.Bc4 Qe7=) 10...Re8 (10...Bd5 11.Nc3 c6 12.Nd5 cd5 13.d3=+) 11.Ne6= Re6 (11...fe6 12.Bc4 Nbd7 13.d4=) 12.Qc4 (12.Bc4!? Re8 13.Qb3+=) 12...Nc6 (12...Nbd7 13.Be2=+) 13.d3 (13.Be2 a6=) 13...a6 (13...Rc8 14.Be2=) 14.Nd2 (14.Be2 Ne5 15.Qc2 c5=) 14...Qd7 (14...Be5 15.Be5 Ne5 16.Qc2=+) 15.Be2= b5 (15...Rae8 16.Nf3=) 16.Qc3 (16.Qh4 Ne5=) 16...Be5=+ 17.d4? (better 17.Qc2=+) 17...Bd6?? (better 17...Bd4 18.Qc1 Rae8–+) 18.d5+– Be5 19.Qc2 (better 19.de6 Bc3 20.ed7 Bb2 21.Ra2 Ba3 22.Ra3+–) 19...Qd5-/+ (worse 19...Nd5 20.Bg4=) 20.0-0 (20.Bf3 Qd6-/+) 20...Bb2 21.Qb2 Ne5 (21...Qe5 22.Qc1-/+) 22.Bf3 (better 22.Rfd1=+) 22...Qd6?? (better 22...Nf3 23.Nf3 c5-/+) 23.Ba8+– c6 (23...c5+–) 24.Rfd1 (better 24.Bb7 c5 25.Qc2+–) 24...Qb8 25.Bc6! Nc6 (25...Nc6 26.Rac1 Decoy; 25...Rc6 26.Ne4 Combination) 26.Nb3 (26.Nf3 Qe8+–) 26...a5? (better 26...Ng4 27.g3 Rf6+=) 27.Nc5 Re8 28.Nd7 Nd7 29.Rd7 Ne5 (29...b4 30.Rad1+–) 30.Rd5 Ng4 (30...b4 31.ab4 (31.Ra5?! Nc4 32.Qb4 Na5 33.Qa5 Re5+–) 31...Ng4 32.g3+–) 31.Rg5 (better 31.g3+–) 31...Qh2+– 32.Kf1 Ne3? (better 32...Ne5 33.Qb5 Kf8+–) 33.fe3 f6 (33...Qh6 34.Qb5 Qf6 35.Ke2+–) 34.Rb5 (34.Qf6 Qc7 35.Qd4 a4+–) 34...Qd6 (34...Re3 35.Qa2 (35.Ra5?! Rf3 36.gf3 Qb2=+) 35...Kf8 36.Ra5+–) 35.Qb3 Kf8 (35...Kh8 36.Ra5 h6 37.Rd5+–) 36.Rd1 Qe7 (36...Qe6 37.Qe6 Re6 38.Rd7 Re3 39.Ra5+–) 37.Kf2 (better 37.Rb7 Qe6 38.Qe6 Re6 39.Rdd7+–) 37...Qe5 (37...a4 38.Qb4 h6+–) 38.Re5 fe5 39.Rd7 (39.Kg1 Re7 40.Rf1 Ke8 41.Qb5 Rd7 42.Qb8 Rd8 43.Qe5 Kd7 44.Rf7 Kc6 45.Rc7 Kb6 46.Qc5 Ka6 47.Qc6) 39...Re7 40.Qb8 (better 40.Rd8 Re8 41.Re8 Ke8 42.Qg8 Ke7 43.Qg7 Ke6 44.Qh7+–) 40...Re8 41.Qd6 (41.Qc7 Re6 42.Qc5 Kg8 43.Qc8 Re8 44.Qe8) 41...Kg8 42.Qd5 Kh8 43.Rd8 Rg8 (43...h5 44.Re8 Kh7 45.Qe4 g6 46.Qe5 g5 47.Re7 Kg6 48.Qe6) 44.Qg8 (44.Rg8) 1–0. Goldmund,Heike – Leurette,Marc_Antoine, FICGS, 2017.

7.e3 h6 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.d4 White fights for the Initiative 10...Bg4 11.d5 Ne5? 12.Ne5+/– Be2 13.Qe2 de5 14.Be5 Re8 15.Bb2 a6 16.Bc3 Re4 17.a3 Bc3 18.Nc3 Re7 19.f3 Qa5 20.Qd3 Rae8 21.e4 Nd7 22.f4+– f6 23.Rfe1 Qd8 24.Re3 b6 25.Rae1 Qb8 26.a4?? Qf4= 27.Ne2 Qh4 28.Ng3 Ne5-/+ 29.Qe2 Ng4–+ 30.h3 Ne3 31.Nf5?? Nf5 (31...Nf5 32.Qf2 Qf2 33.Kf2 Re4 34.Re4 Re4–+) 0–1. Poltergeist – gambler, playchess.de, 2002.

6.Bb2 Bf5

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.e3 Re8 (9...Nc5 10.Nd4 Bd3 11.Be2=+) 10.Be2= Nc5 11.0-0 Bd3 (11...Nd3 12.Qc2 Nb2 13.Qb2=) 12.Bd3 Nd3 13.Qc2 Nb2 14.Qb2 Bb6 15.d4 c6 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Rab1 Nd7 18.Rfc1 c5 19.Qb5 Rab8 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Nd5 Nd5 22.cd5 Red8 23.a4 Rdc8 24.Nd2 Qe7 25.a5 Bc7 26.dc5 dc5 27.Nc4 Bd6 28.Nd6 Qd6 29.Qc4 h6 (29...b5 30.ab6 Rb6 31.e4+=) 30.h3 (30.Rb5 b6+=) 30...b6 31.ab6 ab6 32.Rb5 Rc7 33.Rcb1 Rcb7 34.e4 g6 (34...Rd7 35.Qb3 Re7 36.f3+=) 35.g3 Kh7 36.f4 Qe7 (36...f6 37.Qb3+=) 37.e5+– Rd7 (37...f6 38.d6 Qd7 39.Kh2+–) 38.Rb6 Rb6 39.Rb6 Ra7 (39...Qd8!? 40.Rf6 Qa5+–) 40.Rb1 (40.Rb5 Ra1 41.Kg2 Qa7+–) 40...Ra3 41.Ra1?? (better 41.Kh2+–) 41...Rg3 (41...Ra1 42.Kf2 Qb7–+) 42.Kh2=+ Qh4 43.Qf1 Rc3 44.Qg2?? (better 44.Ra2 Qg3 45.Kh1–+) 44...Rb3 (44...Qf4 45.Kh1 Rf3 46.Qg4–+) 45.Rg1?? (45.Rf1 c4 46.d6 c3=+) 45...c4 (45...Qf4!? 46.Kh1 Qe5 47.Rf1–+) 46.d6?? (better 46.Rf1=) 46...Rb2?? (better 46...Qf4 47.Kh1 Qe5–+) 47.d7 (better 47.Qb2 Qf4 48.Rg3+–) 47...Rg2 (47...Qf4 48.Kh1 Rg2 49.Rg2–+) 48.Rg2 (48.Kg2 Qd8 49.Rd1 c3–+) 48...Qd8 (better 48...Qf4 49.Kh1 Qd4 50.Rf2 Qd7 51.Kg2–+) 49.Rd2 Kg7 (49...c3 50.Rd1–+) 50.Kg3 Kf8 (better 50...c3 51.Rc2–+) 51.Kf3 (51.Rd6 c3 52.Rc6 Qd7 53.Rc3 Qd2–+) 51...Ke7 (better 51...c3!? 52.Rc2 Qd7 53.Ke3–+) 52.Ke4 (52.Rd5–+) 52...c3 53.Rc2 Qd7 54.Rc3 Qb7 55.Kd3 (55.Ke3 Qg2 56.Kd4 Ke6–+) 55...Qg2 (55...Qf3 56.Kd2 Qf2 57.Kd3 Qf4 58.Rc4 Qf3 59.Kd4–+) 56.Kd4 Kf8 (56...Ke6 57.Rc4–+) 57.Rc7 (57.Rd3 Qb2 58.Ke4 Qb7 59.Ke3 Qb5–+) 57...Kg7 58.e6 (58.Rc3 Qd2 59.Rd3 Qf4 60.Kd5 g5–+) 58...Qd2 59.Kc5 Qc2 60.Kd6 Qc7! 61.Kc7 fe6 62.Kd6 Kf6 63.Kd7 Kf5 64.Kd6 Kf4 65.Ke6 Kg3 66.Kf6 g5 67.Kg6 Kh3 68.Kh6 g4 69.Kg6 g3 0–1. Mittelstaedt,Joel (1755) – Schmitt,Katrin (1705), GER–ch Net Qual4 U18, 2011.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Nc3 Re8 9.e3=+ c5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 h6 12.d4 cd4 (12...Bc3 13.Bc3 Ne4 14.Bb2=) 13.ed4 (13.Nd4!? Bc3 14.Bc3=) 13...d5 14.Bd3 Bc3 15.Bc3 Ne4 16.Qc2 Rc8 (16...Nc3 17.Qc3 Be4 18.Rfe1=+) 17.c5 (17.Rfe1 a6= (17...Nc3? 18.Bf5 Nd4 19.Nd4 Rc4 20.Qd3+-)) 17...Qf6 (17...Nc3 18.Qc3 Be4 19.Nd2=+) 18.Rab1 (18.Rfe1 b6 19.Bb2 Ne7=) 18...Re7 (18...Nc3 19.Qc3 Be4 20.Ne5-/+ (20.Rb7?? Bf3 21.Bh7 Kh7 22.Qf3 Qf3 23.gf3 Nd4-+)) 19.Rb2 (19.Rfe1!?=) 19...Nc3-/+ 20.Qc3 Be4 21.Re1 (better 21.Be4!? de4 22.Ne5 Ne5 23.de5-/+) 21...Bf3-+ 22.Re7 Qe7 23.gf3 Qf6 24.Rb7 Qd4?? (24...Nd4 25.Qc1 Nf3 26.Kf1 Nh2 27.Kg1 Nf3 28.Kf1 Re8-+) 25.Qd4=+ Nd4 26.Ra7 g6 27.a4 Rc5 28.a5 Nf3 29.Kg2?? (29.Kf1 Ne5 30.Be2 Rc1 31.Kg2 Kg7=+) 29...Ne5 (better 29...Ne1 30.Kg3 Rc3-+) 30.Be2 (30.Bf1!?=) 30...d4=+ 31.a6 d3 32.Ra8 (32.Bd1 Ra5 33.f4 Ra2 34.Kg3 Nc4=+) 32...Kg7-/+ 33.Bd1 Ra5 34.a7 Kf6 35.f4 Nc4 (better 35...Ra2 36.Kg3 Nc6-/+) 36.Bf3?? (better 36.Rc8=) 36…Ne3 (36...Ne3 37.Kf2 Nf5-/+) 0-1. lessimportant (2050) - Phutressniak (2245), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.e3 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bf5).

6.Bb2 Bg4

7.e3 a5 8.Qc1 (8.a3 Bc5=) 8...a4 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nc3 Bf3 12.Bf3 Ne5 13.Be2 Nfg4? (13...Re8 14.0-0=) 14.f4 (14.d4 Qh4 A) 15.de5? Qf2 16.Kd2 de5-+ (16...Qe3?! 17.Kc2 Qf2 18.Qe1=; 16...Ne5?! 17.Qg1 Bc3 18.Bc3 Nc4 19.Kd3 Qf5 20.e4=+); B) 15.g3=) 14...Qh4 (14...Nc6 15.0-0 Qh4 16.h3+=) 15.g3+/- Qh3 16.fe5 Qg2 17.Rf1 (worse 17.Bg4 Qh1 18.Ke2 Qh2 19.Kd3 de5-/+) 17...Nh2 18.Rf4 Qg3 19.Rf2 de5 20.Ne4?? (better 20.Nd5=) 20...Qg1-+ 21.Bf1 f5 (better 21...Nf1 22.Ke2 Qg4 23.Kf1 Qe4 24.Rg2-+) 22.Nc5?? (better 22.Nc3 f4 23.Ne2 fe3 24.Rf8 (24.Ng1?? ef2 25.Kd1 fg1Q-+) 24...Rf8 25.Ng1 Bd2 26.Qd2 Rf1 27.Ke2 ed2 28.Rf1 Nf1 29.Nf3 d1Q 30.Kd1 Ne3 31.Kc1 Nc4 32.Ne5 Nb2 33.Kb2-+) 22...f4 (22...Nf1!? 23.Rf1 Qe3 24.Kd1 Qc5 25.Qc2-+) 23.e4 Nf3 (better 23...Nf1 24.Rf1 Qc5-+) 24.Ke2?? (better 24.Rf3 Qc5 25.Qc2+=) 24...Qg4?? (better 24...Nd2 25.Bg2 f3 26.Bf3 Nf3 27.Qg1 Ng1 28.Rg1 Rf2 29.Kf2 Bb6-+) 25.Rf3+- b6 26.Nd3 Rad8 (26...Qg6 27.Ne5 Qe4 28.Kf2+-) 27.Ne5 Qh4 (27...Qh5 28.d3 Rde8 29.Nc6 Qh2 30.Kd1+-) 28.Bc3 (better 28.d4 Qh2 29.Kd3 Rde8+-) 28...Qh2 (28...Rfe8 29.Bh3 Bc3 30.Qc3 Qf6+-) 29.Ke1 Bc3 (29...Rfe8 30.Ra2 Qh1 31.d3 Re5 32.Raf2+- (worse 32.Rf4 Rd3 33.Ba5 Ra5+-)) 30.Qc3 (30.dc3?! Qh5 31.Rf4 Qe5 32.Rf8 Rf8+/-; 30.Rc3?! Qh4 31.Kd1 Qh1+-) 30...Qh4 31.Kd1 (31.Rf2 c5 32.Nf3 Qf6+-) 31...Qh5 (31...Rfe8 32.c5 Qf6 33.Bc4 Kf8 34.Nf7 Qc3 35.Rc3+-) 32.Kc2 (better 32.c5!? Kh8+-) 32...Rfe8 33.d4 Re5 (33...c5 34.Rh3 cd4 35.Rh5 dc3+-) 34.de5 Qh2 35.Kc1 Qg1 (35...g5 36.Rb1+-) 36.Ra2 Qc5 37.Rd2 (37.Rf4 Rf8 38.Rf8 Qf8+-) 37...Ra8 (37...Rd2 38.Qd2 Qe5 39.Qf4 Qa1 40.Kd2 Qb2 41.Ke1+-) 38.Rd5 (38.Rf4 Qe7+-) 38...Qc6 (38...Qe7 39.Rf4 Qg5 40.Qd2+-) 39.Qd4 (better 39.Qd2 h6 40.Qf4+-) 39...Qh6 (39...h6+-) 40.Rd8 Rd8 41.Qd8 Kf7 42.Qd7 Kg8 (42...Kf8 43.e6 Qf6 44.e5 Qe6 45.Rf4 Qf6 46.ef6 gf6 47.Re4 h5 48.Re8) 43.Qe8 1-0. pacalmisu (2390) - renr8360 (2360), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.e3 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4).

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Re8 (8...Nc5 9.0-0=) 9.0-0= c6 (9...Nc5 10.Qc2=) 10.d4 (10.Qb3 Qb6=) 10...Ne4 11.Qc2 (11.a3 Ba5=) 11...Ndf6 (11...h6 12.Bd3 d5 13.Ne5=) 12.Nc3 (12.h3 Bh5+=) 12...Qd7 (12...Bc3 13.Bc3 b5 14.Be1=) 13.Ne4= Ne4 14.Rfd1 (14.h3 Bh5=) 14...Ba5 (14...Qc7 15.h3 Bh5 16.a3=) 15.Rab1 (15.h3 Bh3 16.gh3 Qh3=) 15...Bc7 (15...Qe7 16.d5=) 16.Ba1 (16.Ne5 de5 17.de5 Qf5 18.Bg4 Qg4=) 16...Rab8 (16...Qc8 17.d5=) 17.d5 c5 (17...Qe7 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.dc6 bc6 20.Rb8 Bb8 21.Bf3+=) 18.Qb2 (18.h3 Bh5=) 18...Nf6 (18...f6 19.Nh4 Be2 20.Qe2=) 19.Qb5 (19.Bd3 h6=) 19...Qe7 (19...Qb5 20.cb5 Bd8 21.Rb3=) 20.Qb2 (20.Qa4 Ne4=) 20...Bd8 (20...a6 21.Qa3=) 21.h3 Bf5 (21...Bh5 22.Qa3=) 22.Rbc1 (22.Bd3 Bd3 23.Rd3 Qe4+=) 22...Qf8 (22...a6 23.Nh4 Bd7 24.Bd3=) 23.Bd3 Ne4 (23...Bd3 24.Rd3 Ne4 25.Nd2=) 24.Qc2+= Bg6 (24...Qe7 25.Ne5 f6 26.Be4 Be4 27.Qe4 fe5 28.Rd3=) 25.Nd2 (25.Ne5 de5 26.Be4 f5+=) 25...f5= 26.Ne4 (26.Rb1 Bh4 27.Rf1 Bf6=) 26...fe4 27.Be2 Bf5 (27...Bh4 28.Rf1=) 28.Bg4 (28.Bh5 g6 29.Be2 Bf6=) 28...Bg4+= 29.hg4 Bf6 (29...a6 30.Qa4+=) 30.Bf6 (30.Qa4 Ra8=) 30...Qf6+= 31.Rb1 (31.Qa4 Ra8+=) 31...Qg5 (31...Re7 32.Qe2+=) 32.Qe2 (32.Qa4 Qg4 33.Qa7 b5 34.cb5 Rb5=) 32...Re7+= 33.Rb3 (33.Rb5 Rf8+=) 33...Rf8 34.f4 (better is 34.a4!?+=) 34...ef3-/+ 35.gf3 h5 36.Rf1 (36.Qg2 Re3 37.gh5 Qe7-/+) 36...hg4 37.fg4 (37.f4!? Qg6 38.Kg2-/+) 37...Rf1–+ 38.Kf1 Qh4 39.Qg2 Qf6 40.Qf2 Qg6 41.Qe2 (41.Qg2 b6 42.Ke1 Re4–+) 41...b6 42.Kg2 (42.Kf2 Rf7 43.Ke1 Qe4–+) 42...Qe4 43.Kg3 Qh1 44.Rd3? (44.Qg2 Qc1 45.e4–+) 44...Re4 (better is 44...g5 45.Rd2 Qh4 46.Kg2 Re4–+) 45.Rd1-/+ Qh6 46.Rd3? (better is 46.Re1-/+) 46...g5–+ 47.Qh2 (47.Qg2 Rc4 48.Qh3–+) 47...Rg4!! (47...Rg4 48.Kg4 Qh2–+) 0–1. Melich,Jindrich – Pulpan,Jakub, 1st Vera Menchik Memorial Rapid, 2016.

6.Bc3 Nc6

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Re8 10.e3 Bg4 11.Be2 Qe7 12.0-0 Qe6 13.d3 Rad8 14.h3 Bh5 15.a4 b6 16.e4 Bf3 17.Bf3 Rc8 18.Nd5 Nd4 19.Re1 c6=+ 20.Nf6 Qf6 21.Bg4 Ne6 22.d4= Rc7 23.e5 de5 24.de5 Qf4 25.Be6 fe6 26.Qd3 Rf7 27.Re2 Qh4 28.Qb3 Qd4 29.Rd1= Qc5 30.Qc2 Ref8 31.g3 Rf5 32.Rde1 Rf3-/+ 33.Kg2 Qa3 34.Rc1 Rd3 35.c5= Rd4 36.f4 Rd3-/+ 37.Kh2 Rg3 (37...Rg3 38.Qc4 Rh3 39.Kg1 Rg3 40.Kf1 Qf3 41.Rf2 Qg4–+) 0–1. Widziszewski – Mitrus,Cezary, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

7.d4 Ne4 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nc6 10.e3 d5 11.Nbd2 h6 12.cd5+= Qd5 13.Bc4 Qa5 14.0-0 Nd2 15.Nd2 Qg5 16.Rb1 Na5?? 17.Rb5+– Qe7 18.Ra5 b6 19.Re5 Qa3 20.Bd5 Rb8 21.Qa1 Qa1 22.Ra1 a6 23.Re7 Bb7 24.Bb3 c6 25.Ne4 a5 26.Nd6 Ba8 27.Bf7 Kh8 28.Bg6 Rf6 29.Nf7 Kg8 30.Ne5 Rc8 31.Bf7 Kh7 32.Nd7 Rd6 33.Nb6 Rb8 34.Nd7 Rb7 35.Be6 (35.Be6 Kg6 36.g4 Re6 37.Nf8 Kg5 38.Ne6 Kf6 39.Rb7 Bb7 40.Nc5+–) 1–0. Raschke,Andreas – Brunner,Hermann, DESC, 2004.

5.Nf3 Be7

6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.e3 Be6 9.a3 dc4 10.Bc4 Bc4 11.Qc4 Qd6 12.h4 Rad8 13.Ke2 Nd7 14.d4 Bf6 15.Nbd2 Rfe8 16.Kf1 Nb6 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Ng5 Bg5 19.hg5 g6 20.a4 (better 20.Nf3!?=) 20...Qg5-/+ 21.a5 Nd5 22.Nf3? (better 22.Rh3-/+) 22...Qe3!!-+ 23.a6 (23.fe3 Ne3 Double attack) 23...Ncb4 24.Qc4 (24.Qd1 Qd3 25.Qd3 Nd3 26.ab7 Nb2-+) 24...Qe4 (better 24...b5 25.fe3 Ne3 26.Kf2 bc4 27.Bc3 Nd3 28.Kg3-+) 25.ab7 Nc2 26.Ng5 (26.Qb3 Na1 27.Ba1-+) 26...Qf5 (26...Qe1! 27.Re1 Re1) 27.Kg1 (27.Nf7 Qf7 28.Qb5 Na1 29.Ba1 Qf4-+) 27...Na1 (27...Qg5?! 28.Qc2 Nf4 29.g3 Ne2 30.Kh2 Qh5 31.Kg2 Qd5 32.f3-+) 28.Kh2 (28.Bc1 Re1 29.Kh2 Rh1 30.Kh1-+) 28...Qg5 29.Ra1 Nf4 30.Qc6 Qh4 31.Kg1 Ne2 (31...Ne2 32.Kf1 Qh1) 0-1. alanme1 (2050) - Alex61aes (2020), Rated Classical tournament 1KYVUxTy, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Nc3 d6 7.Bg3 d5 8.e4?? (8.cd5 Nd5 (8...Re8 9.Qb3 Na6 10.Rc1 Nc5 11.Qc4+=; 8...c6 9.dc6 Nc6 10.e4 Bb4 11.e5+=; 8...Nbd7 9.Rc1 Ba3 10.Rb1 Nb6 11.Qb3+=) 9.Nd5 Qd5 10.Bc7= Na6 11.Bg3=; 8.Nd5 Nd5 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Bc7 Na6 11.Be5=) 8...Nc6?? (8...de4 9.Ng5-+) 9.h3?? (9.cd5 Nb8+/-) 9...Na5?? (9...de4 10.Ne5 Nd4 11.Nb5-+) 10.d3?? (10.cd5 Re8 11.Qc2 Bb4+=) 10...c5?? (better 10...Bb4 11.Be5 de4-+) 11.Be2 (11.cd5 Re8+/-) 11...Nc6 (11...d4 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.cd5=) 12.0-0 (12.Nd5 Nd5 13.cd5 Nd4+/-) 12...a6? (12...de4 13.de4 Re8 14.Qc2=) 13.Rb1 (13.ed5 Na7+/-) 13...b5 (13...de4 14.de4 Re8 15.e5+=) 14.cb5 (14.Nd5!? bc4 15.Nf6 Bf6 16.dc4+/-) 14...ab5= 15.a3 (15.Rb5 Nb4 16.e5 Nh5=+) 15...Ra3 (15...de4 16.Ne4 Ra5 17.Qc1=) 16.Nb5= Ra5?? (16...Ra6 17.e5 Ne8 18.Qd2=) 17.Nc3?? (better 17.Bc7 Qd7 18.Ba5 Na5 19.e5+-) 17...Qd7 (17...Nb4 18.Re1=) 18.Ng5 (18.Re1 Re8=) 18...Nd4=+ 19.f4 (19.Re1!?=+) 19…h6 (19...de4 20.Nce4 Ra2 21.Bf3-/+) ½-½. Walter,Bernhard - Herzog,Klaus, corr, 1986.

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Be2 b6 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.0-0 Bb7 12.Rc1 Na5 13.Nb5 c6 14.Nbd4 c5 15.Nb3 Nb3 16.Qb3 Rad8 17.d4 cd4 18.Bd4 Bd5 19.Qb2 Qe6 20.a3 h6 21.Rfd1 Rc8 22.h3 Rc1 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.a4 Rc1 25.Qc1 Qc6 26.Qa1 Ne8 27.Ne5 Qb7 28.a5 b5 (better 28...Bg2!? 29.Qa4 Kf8 30.ab6 ab6=) 29.a6+= Qc7 30.Bb5 Nd6 31.Bf1 Ne4 32.Nf3 Qc2 33.Qe1 Qa2? (better 33...Bc5+/-) 34.Ba7+- Bb4 35.Qb4 (better 35.Qe2 Qe2 36.Be2+-) 35...Qf2= 36.Kh2 Qg3 37.Kh1 Nf2 38.Kg1 Nh3 39.Kh1 Bf3?? (39...Nf2 40.Kg1 Nh3 41.Kh1 Nf2 42.Kg1 Nh3=) 40.e4?? (40.Qb8!? Qb8 41.Bb8 Ba8+-) 40...Nf2 (better 40...Qh4!? 41.Qb8 Kh7 42.gf3 Nf4 43.Kg1 Qg3 44.Kh1 Qh4 45.Kg1 Qg3 46.Kh1 Qh4=) 41.Bf2+/- Qf2 42.Qb1 Be4 43.Qb8 Kh7 44.Qb5 Ba8 45.Qd3 g6 46.Qc4 Kg7 47.Kh2 h5 48.a7?? (better 48.Qe2 Qd4 49.Qd3=) 48...Qa7-+ 49.Bd3 Kh7 50.Bc2?? (50.Qf4 Qb7 51.Qg3 Qd5-+) 50...Qb7 (50...Qf2 51.Be4 Qh4 52.Kg1 Qe4 (52...Be4?! 53.Qf7 Kh6 54.Qf8 Kg5 55.Qe7 Kg4 56.Qe4 Kg5 57.Qe5 Kh6 58.Qh8 Kg5 59.Qe5 Kg4 60.Qe4 Kg5 61.Qe5=) 53.Qf7 Kh6 54.Qf8 Kg5 55.Qd8 Kg4 56.Qd7 Kg3 57.Qd6 Kh4 58.Qh2 Kg5 59.Qg3 Kh6-+) 51.Qe2 Qg2 (better 51...Qd5-+) 52.Qg2-/+ Bg2 53.Kg2 f5 (better 53...Kg7!?-/+) 54.Kg3 Kh6 55.Kf4 ½-½. carlos78 (2355) - durdevic (2195), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.g3 d6 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Bg2 Be6 9.d3 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.0-0 Bf6 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Nbd2 Nc3 14.Qe1 Nd4 (better 14...Ba2 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Ra2 Nd6=+) 15.Nd4+= Qd4 16.Nf3 Qb4 17.Nd2 (17.Rc1 Na2 18.Qb4 Nb4 19.Rc7 Bd5+=) 17...Na2 (17...Ba2? 18.Ne4 Ne2 19.Qe2+-) 18.Nc4 (18.Rb1 Qa5+=) 18...Qe1 (better 18...Bc4!? 19.Qb4 Nb4 20.dc4 c6=+) 19.Rfe1+= (worse 19.Rae1 c6=+) 19...Bc4 20.dc4 Nb4 21.Bb7 (better 21.Reb1!? a5 22.Bb7+/-) 21...Nc2= 22.Ba8 Ra8 23.e4 a5 24.Rec1 Na1 25.Ra1 Kf8 26.Kg2 Ke7 27.Kf3 Kd6 28.Ke3 Kc5 29.Kd3 a4 30.Kc3 a3 31.f4 a2 32.e5 g6 33.g4 h5 34.gh5 gh5 35.f5 Ra3 36.Kb2 Rh3 37.Ra2?? (better 37.Ka2 Rh2 38.Kb3 Rh3 39.Kc2=) 37...Rh2-+ 38.Kb3 Ra2 39.Ka2 h4 (better 39...Kc6 40.e6 fe6 41.f6-+) 40.e6?? (better 40.f6 h3 41.e6+-) 40...fe6-+ 41.f6 Kd6 42.c5 Kd7 43.c6 Ke8 44.Kb2 h3 45.Kc2 h2 46.Kd2 h1Q 47.Ke3 Qc6 48.Kf4 Kf7 49.Kg5 Qd5 (49...Qe4 50.Kh5 Kf6 51.Kh6 Qg6) 50.Kh6 (50.Kf4 Qd3 51.Kg4 Kf6 52.Kf4 e5 53.Kg4 c5 54.Kh4 Kf5 55.Kh5 Qh3) 50...Kf6 (50...c5 51.Kh7 Qh5) 51.Kh7 Qg5 52.Kh8 Qg7 0-1. mainline_novelty (2150) - jposthuma (2130), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.e3 c5

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 c5).

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6).

6.e3 d6

7.Bb2 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 h6 10.a3 Bf5 11.d3 Re8 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Rab8 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qd2 b6 16.Bc3 Nd5 17.cd5 Na5 18.Ba5 ba5 19.Rb8 Qb8 20.e4 Bh7 21.Qc2 (21.Qa5 f5 22.Nd2 Bg5+/-) 21...Bd8 (21...f5 22.Nd2+=) 22.Rb1+/- Bb6 23.Nd2 Qd8 24.Nc4 Qc7 (24...f5 25.Bh5 Re7 26.Re1+/-) 25.Qc3 f6 (25...f5 26.Bh5 Rd8 27.e5 de5 28.Ne5+/-) 26.Rb5 (26.Bg4 f5 27.Bf5 Bf5 28.ef5 Rf8+-) 26...Rb8 27.Qb2 Bg6 28.Qc3 (worse 28.Nb6 ab6 29.Bg4 Be8=) 28...Be8 (better 28...Bh7!?=) 29.Rb1 Bg6 30.f4 Bf7 31.Bf3 Be8 32.Qb3 Kh8 33.Re1 Qd8 34.Qc3 (34.Nb6?! ab6 35.d4 cd4=) 34...Bc7 35.Re2 a4 36.Qe1 Bb5 37.Rc2 Bc4 38.dc4 (38.Rc4 Ba5 39.Qd1 Rb3+=) 38...Rb3= 39.Qc1 (39.Qa1 Qb8 40.Qa2 Ba5=) 39...Qb8 40.Kf2 Rb1 41.Qd2 Rb3 (41...Qb3 42.Rc3 Rb2 43.Rb3 Rd2 44.Ke3 ab3 45.Kd2 Ba5 46.Kc1=) 42.Bd1 (42.Ra2 Qe8+=) 42...Qd8 (42...Ra3 43.Rb2 Qd8 44.Rb7=) 43.Qc1 (43.Ra2!? Ba5 44.Qc1+=) 43...Ba5= 44.Qa1 Qe7 45.e5? (better 45.Re2!? Bc3 46.Qa2 Bd4 47.Kf1=) 45...fe5-/+ 46.Re2 Bc3 47.Qc1 Bd4 (47...Qh4!? 48.Kg1 Bb2 49.Qd2 Bd4 50.Kh1 Ra3 51.Qa5-+) 48.Kf1 Rc3 49.Qb1 Qf7 50.Qb8 (50.g3 ef4 51.Qb8 Kh7 52.Bc2 g6 53.Qd6 fg3 54.Ke1 gh2 55.Qh2 Rc4-+) 50...Kh7 51.Bc2 g6 (better 51...Rc2 52.Rc2 Qf4 53.Ke1 e4-+) 52.Ke1 (52.Qd6 Rc2! 53.Rc2 Qf4 54.Ke1 Qe3 55.Kd1 Qg1 56.Kd2 Qg2 57.Kc1 Qg1 58.Kd2 Qh2 59.Kd1 Qg1 60.Ke2 Qe3 61.Kd1 Qd3 62.Rd2 Qf1 63.Kc2 Qc4 64.Kd1 Qb3 65.Ke1 Qe3 (65...Qa3?! 66.Qe7 Kg8 67.Qe8 Kg7 68.Qe7 Kh8 69.Qf8 Kh7 70.Qf7 Kh8 71.Qe8 Kg7 72.Qe7 Kg8 73.Qe8 Kg7=) 66.Kd1 Qf3 (66...Qa3?! 67.Qe7 Kg8 68.Qe8 Kg7 69.Qe7 Kh8 70.Qf8 Kh7 71.Qf7 Kh8 72.Qe8 Kg7 73.Qe7 Kg8 74.Qe8 Kg7=) 67.Re2 h5 (67...Qa3?! 68.Qe7 Kg8 69.Qe8 Kg7 70.Qe7 Kh8 71.Qf8 Kh7 72.Qf7 Kh8 73.Qe8 Kg7 74.Qe7 Kg8 75.Qe8 Kg7=) 68.Qc7 Kh6-+) 52...Ra3-+ 53.g3? (53.f5 Ra1 54.Kd2 gf5-+) 53...Qe7 (better 53...ef4!? 54.gf4 Ra1 55.Bb1 Bc3 56.Kd1-+) 54.fe5 (54.Qc8 Kg7-+) 54...Be5 55.Qc8?? (55.Qb1 Qg7 56.Qb8 Qf7 57.Re5 de5 58.Qe5 Rf3-+) 55...h5 (55...Bc3 56.Kf2 Bd4 57.Ke1 Ra1 58.Bd1 Bc3 59.Kf2 Qf7 60.Ke3 Rd1 61.Qe6 Bd4 62.Ke4-+) 56.Qh3?? (56.Qe6 Ra1 57.Kd2 Qg5 58.Re3 Rf1-+) 56...Qf6 (better 56...Ra1 57.Kd2 Qg5 58.Re3-+) 57.Qh5? (better 57.Rf2 Qg5 58.Kf1-/+) 57...Kg7-+ 58.Qg4 (58.Qg6 Qg6 59.Bg6 Kg6 60.Rc2-+) 58...Bc3 59.Kd1 Ra1 (59...Qf1 60.Re1 Qe1) 60.Bb1 Rb1 (60...Qf1 61.Kc2 Qb1 62.Kc3 Qb3 63.Kd2 Rd1) 61.Kc2-+ Rb2 62.Kd3 Be5 (better 62...Qf1 63.Qd7 Kh6 64.Qh3 Qh3 65.Rb2 Bb2 66.Ke2 Qg2 67.Kd3 Bc1 68.g4 Qd2 69.Ke4 Qe3) 63.Rb2 Bb2 64.Qd7 Qf7 65.Qd6 (65.Qa4 Qf3 66.Kd2-+) 65...Qf5 66.Kd2 Qf2 67.Kd1 a3 (67...Qd4 68.Ke2 Qc4 69.Kf2 Qc2 70.Ke1 Bc3 71.Kf1 Qd1 72.Kg2 Qe2 73.Kh3 Qf1 74.Kh4 Bf6 75.Qf6 Kf6 76.g4 Qg2 77.g5 Kf5 78.d6 Qh2) 68.Qd7 (68.Qe7 Kh8 69.Qd8 Kh7 70.Qh4 Kg8 71.Qd8 Kf7 72.Qd7 Kf6 73.Qe6 Kg5-+) 68...Qf7 (68...Kf6 69.Qe6 Kg5 70.Qe4 Qd4 71.Qd4 Bd4 72.Kd2-+) 69.Qa4 (69.Qf7 Kf7 70.Kc2-+) 69...Qf1 70.Kd2 Qc1 (better 70...Qg2 71.Kd3 Bf6 72.Qa7 Kh6 73.Qc5 Qf1 74.Kd2 a2 75.Qf8 Kh5 76.g4 Kg4 77.h3 Kh3 78.Qa3 Kg4-+) 71.Kd3 (71.Ke2-+) 71...Qb1 (71...a2 72.Qa7 Kh6 73.Qa2 Qd1 74.Ke3 Bd4 75.Ke4 Qg4 76.Kd3 Qf5 77.Kd2 Qf2 78.Kd3 Qa2 79.d6 Qb3 80.Ke4 Qe3 81.Kd5 Qf3 82.Ke6 Kg7 83.d7 Qc6 84.Ke7 Qf6 85.Ke8 Qf8) 72.Ke3 (72.Kd2 Kh6 73.Qa5-+) 72...Bc1 (better 72...Kh6 73.d6 a2-+) 73.Kf3 (73.Ke2 Qb2 74.Kf1-+) 73...Qf5 (73...Qd3 74.Kf2 Be3 75.Kg2 Qe2 76.Kh3 Qf1 77.Kh4 Bg5 78.Kg5 Qf5 79.Kh4 Qh5) 74.Kg2 (74.Ke2-+) 74...Qe4 75.Kh3 Qd3 (better 75...Qf3 76.Qc2 Qf1 77.Qg2 Qg2 78.Kg2 a2-+) 76.Qa7 Kh6 77.Qc5 0-1. Engelhardt,Erhard (1815) - Stadelmann,Bernd, Berlin Lichtenberger op 8th, 2009.

7.Bb2 c6 8.Be2 Be6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.0-0 Qa5 11.d4 (11.d4 Bf5 12.Qb3=). Reg_UK – SkyNet, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.d4 Nd7 (9...d5 10.0-0=) 10.Nc3 Bf6 11.0-0 g6 (11...Nb6 12.Qd3=) 12.Nd2 Be2 13.Qe2 Bg7 14.Nd5 f5 15.Rab1 b6 16.Rfc1 Re8 17.Qf3 Nf6?? (better 17...Nf8+/-) 18.Nf6+- (18.Nf6 Qf6 19.Qc6+-) 1-0. bobby fissure (2210) - nimzo1 (2080), ChessWorld.net, 2012.

5.Nf3 Re8

6.a3 d6 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.Bd4 =+.

6.Bb2 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nf3 Re8).

6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Bb2 d6 8.Ng5 h6 9.h4? (9.Nf3 Bg4-/+) 9...Bg4?? (better is 9...hg5 10.hg5 Ne4 11.g6–+) 10.Bf6?? (better is 10.Nf3-/+) 10...Qf6–+ 11.Qh7 Kf8 12.Ne4 (12.Nc3 Bc3 13.Rc1–+) 12...Qa1 13.f3 (13.Ng5 f5 14.f3 Qb1 15.Kf2 hg5 16.fg4 Re2 17.Kg1 Ne5 18.Qh8 Kf7 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh7 Ke6–+) 13...Qb1 14.Kf2 Be6 (better is 14...Bd2 15.g3 Be6 16.Qh8 Ke7 17.Qg7 Qa2 18.Bh3 Bh3 19.Qf6 Kd7 20.Qf7 Kd8 21.Rh3–+) 15.Qh8 Ke7 16.Qg7 Qa2 17.Qf6 Kd7 18.Qh6 Bc5 (better is 18...Rh8!? 19.Qg5–+) 19.Nc5 dc5 20.h5 Qc4 21.Qf6 Qd4 22.Ke1 (22.Qd4 cd4 23.h6–+) 22…Qf6 (23.d3 c4–+) 0–1. Irene – Mars, HCL–B2225 playchess.de, 2003.

6.Bc3 Be7 7.d4 c5 8.e3= d5 9.Nbd2 Ne4=+ Black gets the initiative 10.Ne4 de4 11.Ng1 cd4 12.ed4 e3 13.fe3 Bh4-/+ 14.g3 Re3 15.Ne2 Bg4 16.Qd2 Bg5 17.Qb2 Nc6 18.h4 Bf6–+ 19.0-0-0 Na5 20.Nf4 Rc8 (20...Rc8 21.Ba5 Qa5–+; 20...Bd1 21.Kd1 Nc6 22.Bd2 Rg3 23.Qb7 Nd4 24.Nh5–+) 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter – Poleschi,Ricardo, UECC, 2000.

6.Nc3 d6 7.Bf6+= Qf6? 8.Nd5+– Qd8 9.Nb4 a5 10.Nd5 c6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.d3 Nd7 13.e3 Ne5 14.Be2 Nf3 15.Bf3 Qf6 16.Qd2 d5 17.cd5 Bd5 18.Bd5 cd5 19.0-0 Rad8 20.d4 1–0. Vegjeleki,Adolf (2310) – Yeung,Chun Keung (1740), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/1, 2006.

6.Nc3 Bf8 7.e4 (better 7.e3=) 7...Ne4-/+ 8.Ne4 d6 (8...Nc6!? 9.Be2-/+) 9.Bc3 Re4 10.Be2 Qe8 11.Nd4 (11.Kf1 Re7-/+) 11...Nc6 12.f3?? (better 12.Nc6 bc6 13.f3 Rc4 14.0-0-/+) 12...Rd4-+ (12...Nd4?! 13.fe4 Qe4 14.Bd4 Qd4 15.Qc1-+) 13.Bd4 (13.0-0 Rh4-+) 13...Nd4 14.Kf2 d5! 15.Re1 (15.cd5 Qe5 Decoy) 15...Bc5 16.Kf1 Qd8 17.Qa4 (17.Bd3 dc4 18.Bc4 Bf5-+) 17...c6 (better 17...Bd7 18.Qa5 b6 19.Qc3-+) 18.Rab1 (18.Bd3 Be6 19.cd5 Qd5 20.Re3-+) 18...g6 (18...Qh4 19.Bd3 Bf5 20.Bf5 Nf3 21.Re3 Nd2 22.Ke2 Be3 23.Ke3 Nc4 24.Qc4 dc4 25.Rf1 Re8 26.Kf3 Re5 27.g3 Rf5 28.Kg2 Qe4 29.Kg1 Qe3 30.Kh1 Rf1 31.Kg2 Rf2 32.Kh3 f5 33.Kh4 Rh2) 19.Bd3 Kg7 (better 19...Qh4 20.Re3 Qh2 21.Kf2-+) 20.Qd1 (20.Rbc1-+) 20…Qh4 (20...Qh4 21.Re3 dc4-+) 0-1. Arnaud_Paris - Lance5500 (2495), lichess.org, 2021.

6.e3 (-->1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 Re8 6.c4).

6.g3 Nc6 7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3=+ d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5-/+ 11.Qb3 Qb3 12.ab3=+ Nb4 13.0-0-0 Be6-/+ 14.Kb2 Bd5 15.Rc1 c6 ½–½. Baeckstroem,Mikael (2295) – Yeung,Chun Keung (1740), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/1, 2006.

6.g3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.g3 Re8).

6.g3 d6 7.Bc3=+ Nc6 8.a3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.d3 d5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Rc1 Nc3 13.Rc3 Bg4 14.Bg2 Bf3 15.Bf3 Qf6 16.d4 Nd4–+ 17.Re3 Red8 18.Qc1 Nc2!! 19.Kf1 Ne3 20.Qe3 Qe6 21.Qe6 fe6 22.Kg2 Rab8 (22...Rab8 23.Rc1 c6–+) 0–1. Melich,Jindrich – Simeonov,Stefan, Prague, 1986.

6.a3 Ba5

7.Bb2 d5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Be2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2).

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ba5 Na5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be2 Bg4 12.0-0 Qf6 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.dc3 Qc3 15.h3 Bf3-/+ 16.Bf3 c6 17.Qe1 Qe1 18.Rfe1 Nc4 19.Be2 Ne5 20.Rab1 b6 21.f4 Ng6 22.Bf3 Rac8 23.g3 c5 24.e4 c4 25.e5 Rc5 26.Red1 Ne7 27.Rd7 Ra5 28.Rc7 Ra3-/+ 29.Kf2 c3 30.Rc1=+ Kf8 31.g4 Rc8-/+ 32.Rc8 Nc8–+ 33.Bb7 Ne7 34.Rc2 b5 35.f5 b4 36.h4 b3 37.Rc3 b2 38.Ra3 b1Q (38...b1Q 39.Kg3 Qb7–+) 0–1. Wobick,R – Grehl,Siegfried. corr SOK–89–46, 1989.

7.e3 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Ba5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

6.a3 Be7

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg3 d5 9.Nb5 Bd6 10.Nd6 cd6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.e3 Nf6 13.Be2 Ne4 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Rc1 Bg4 16.Qb2 Qa5 17.0-0 Red8 18.d4 h6 19.Bf4 Ne7 20.h3 Bh5 21.Qc2 Bg6 22.Nh4+= Bh7 23.Bd3 Qd5 24.Nf3 Qe6 25.Bc4 Qf6 26.Qb3 b5 27.Bd3 Bf5 28.Qb1 Qe6= ½–½. pierre – lee_broker, internet, 2006.

7.e3 d5 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Na5-/+ 10.Qc2 Nc4 11.Bc4 dc4 12.Qc4 Bf5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Nbd2 c6 15.a4 Nd5 16.Ba3? Ne3!–+ 17.fe3 Re3 18.Kf2 Ra3 19.Ra3 Ba3 20.Qb3 Qe7 21.Nc4 Bb4 22.Ncd2 (22.Rf1–+) 0–1. Frech,Josef – Kratochwil,Christian, Velden op, 1996.

6.a3 Bf8

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 (worse is 8...gf6 9.d4+/–) 9.d4 g6 10.e3 Bg7 11.Be2 b6 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Qa4 d6 15.Nd2 Na5 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Nf3 c6 18.Rfd1 Qe6 19.Nd2 c5 20.d5 Qe5 21.Qd7 Qe7 22.Qb5 Rcd8 23.Qb1 Qh4 24.Qd3 Rd7 25.h3 f5 26.Rf1 Rde7 27.Rfe1 Qf6 28.g3 g5 29.Ne2 Nb7 30.Kg2 Nd8 31.Nf3 Nf7 32.h4 h6 33.hg5 hg5 34.Rh1 Nh6 35.Rh5 Ng4 36.Ng5 (better is 36.Re1!? Ne5 37.Ne5 Re5 38.Ng1+=) 36...Ne3+= 37.Kg1 (37.fe3? Re3 38.Qe3 Re3–+) 37...b5 (37...Nc4 38.Rc4 Re2 39.Ne6 Re1 40.Kg2=) 38.Ne6 (better is 38.cb5!? c4 39.Qd2+=) 38...Nc4+= 39.Rf5 Qg6 40.N2f4 Ne5? (better is 40...Qh7!?=) 41.Qb1 (41.Qb1 Nf3 42.Kh1 Qh7 43.Kg2+/–) 1–0. Rooms,Trevor (2340) – Anderson,John (2270), GB/C2011 (ENG), 2011.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nc3=.

7.e3 d5 8.cd5 (8.Bf6 Qf6 9.d4 dc4 10.Bc4 c5=+) 8...Nd5=+ 9.Be2 (9.Bb2 Nd7=+) 9...c5 (9...g5 10.Bb2=+) 10.0-0= Nc6 11.Bb2 Qb6 (11...Bf5 12.Nc3=) 12.Qc2 (12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Qc7+=) 12...Bf5= 13.Qf5 Qb2 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc4 Nd8 (15...Re7 16.dc3 Qc3 17.Qc5=) 16.dc3+= g6 17.Qd3 Bg7 18.Rfc1 (18.Qd7 Rf8+=) 18...Qb6 (18...Ne6 19.Rab1 Qa3 20.Qc2+=) 19.Rab1 Qc7 20.Bd5 Rb8 21.c4 (21.Rd1 Ne6+=) 21...Nc6 (21...Ne6 22.Rd1=) 22.Rd1 (22.Ng5 Ne5 23.Qe2 Re7+=) 22...Ne7 23.Qb3 (23.Qc2 Nd5 24.Rd5 Rbd8=) 23...Nd5 24.Rd5 Red8 25.e4 Re8 26.Qd3 Re7 27.g3 (27.Re1 Rbe8+=) 27...Ree8 (27...Rbe8 28.Re1+=) 28.Nd2 (28.Kg2+=) 28...Bd4 (28...a6 29.f4 Bd4 30.Kg2+=) 29.Kg2 (29.Nb3 Rbc8+–) 29...Qc6 (29...Rbd8 30.Nf3+=) 30.f3 (30.Nb3 Bg7 31.Nc5 Re7+–) 30...f5 (30...b6 31.Nb3 Bg7 32.f4+=) 31.h3 (31.Nb3 fe4 32.fe4 Rbc8+–) 31...a6 (31...Qe6 32.a4=) 32.Qb3 (better 32.Nb3!?+–) 32...Qf6 (32...Re7 33.Qb6 Qb6 34.Rb6=) 33.Qd3 b5 (33...Qc6 34.Nb3+– (34.ef5?! Re3 35.Qf1 Rf8=)) 34.cb5 ab5 35.Re1 (35.Rb5 Qa6 36.Rb3 Qd3 37.Rd3 Rb2=) 35...Qb6 (35...Qf7 36.Rf1=+ (worse 36.Rd4 cd4 37.Qd4 Rbd8-/+)) 36.Rc1 (36.Rb1 Qc6=) 36...fe4 37.Qb3?? (better 37.Ne4 Rbd8 38.Rd8 Rd8 39.Qb3 Kh8 40.Rb1=) 37...ef3–+ 38.Nf3 (38.Kh1 Qe6 39.Rd6 Qb3 40.Nb3–+) 38…Re2 ½–½. Gunawan,Ronny (2280) – Setyaki,Azarya Jodi (2345), 9. Penang Open, 2017.

6.Bb2 b6

7.a3 Be7 8.Nc3 c5 9.d3 Bb7 10.e4= b5 11.cb5 d5= 12.Be2 de4 13.de4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.0-0 Nd7 16.Nd2 Bd5 17.Bf3 Nf6 18.Re1 Qd7 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Be4 Rad8 21.Bc2 g6 22.Qd3 Qg4 23.f3 Qc4 24.Qc3 Qc3 25.Bc3 Bg5 26.Kf2 Bc4 27.a4 Kf8 28.Be4 Bd2 29.Bd2 Rd2 30.Kg3 Bd5 31.Bd5 Rd5 32.Rad1 Red8 33.Rc1 Rg5 34.Kh3 ½–½. Rasulov,A – Kotsur,Pavel, URS–ch U18 Jurmala, 1992.

7.a3 Be7 8.e3 Bb7 9.d4 d5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0= c5 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.cd5 Nd5=+ 14.Nd5 Bd5 15.Bb5 Bf6 16.Rc1 Re6 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Rd8 19.Bc4= Rd6 20.Bd5 Rd5 21.Rd2 Qe4 22.Qa6 cd4 (22...Ra8 23.Rcd1=) ½–½. Van Rooijen,Peter – Reuter,Alfred, T16–05 TSC, 2003.

6.Bb2 c5

7.e3 Nc6 8.a3 Ba5 9.Ra2 d5 10.Bf6= Qf6 11.cd5 The passed pawn on d5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon 11...Nd4 12.Nd4 cd4 13.Qa4? Bf5–+ 14.Qb3 de3 15.fe3 Bb1 16.Qb1 Re3 17.Kd1 Qf2 18.Bc4 Qg2 19.de3 Qh1 20.Kc2 Qe4 21.Bd3 Rc8 22.Kd1 Qh1 23.Ke2 Rc1 24.Bh7 Kh8 25.Qe4 Qf1 0–1. "Morozevich" – vaska, ICC, 2000.

7.e3 d5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Be6 11.d3 Rc8 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nbd2 Qe7 15.Ne4 Bb6 16.Rfe1 f5 17.Ned2 Bc7 18.Rac1 Bd6 19.Nc4 Bb8 20.Nce5 Ne5 21.Be5 Be5 22.Ne5 Qf6 23.Nc4 Red8 24.Bf1 b6 25.Qb2 Qb2 26.Nb2 Nc7 27.Red1 Nb5 28.a4 Nd6 29.d4 cd4 30.Rc8 Nc8 31.Rd4 Rd4 32.ed4 Nd6 33.Bd3 Kf7 34.Kf1 Kf6 35.Ke1 g5 36.Kd2 h5 37.Kc3 h4 38.g3 h3 39.f3 g4 40.f4 Bd5 41.Nd1 Be4 42.Be2 a5 43.Ne3 Ke6 44.Bc4 Kf6 45.d5 Ke7 46.Kd4 Kf6 47.Ba6 Bf3 48.Bd3 Bg2 49.Nc4 Nc8 50.Nd2 Nd6 51.Ba6 Bh1 52.Nc4 Time forfeit 1-0. Mettigel (2240) - Metalhead_666 (2240), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Bb2 d5

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.e3 Bg4 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Nc6 11.a3 Ba5 12.d4 Rad8 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.d4 Rad8 12.a3 Ba5).

7.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8 7.Bb2).

7.e3 Nc6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8).

7.e3 Nc6 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2).

7.e3 Nc6 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

7.e3 Nc6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7).

7.e3 Nc6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

7.e3 Bg4 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2 Bg4).

6.Qb3 Nc6

7.Bb2 d5 8.e3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Bb2).

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Na5 9.Qa4 b6 10.e3 c5 11.Be2 d6 12.0-0= Bd7 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Qa4 Rc8 15.Rfd1= Bd7 16.Qa3 Qe7 17.d3 Be6 18.Ng5 Bf5 19.e4 Bd7 20.f4 Nc6=+ 21.Nf3 Ra8 22.Rab1= Bg4 23.Ng5 Bd7 24.Nf3= h6 25.Rd2 Bg4 26.Rdb2 Nb4 27.Ne1 Bd7 28.Bf3 Bc6 29.Qb3 Bb7 30.a3 Nc6 31.Be2 Nd4 32.Qd1 Qd7 33.Nc2 Nc2 34.Qc2 Re7 35.Bf3 Rae8 36.Ne2 Qc7 37.g4 Bc6 38.Ng3 Bd7 39.h3 Bc8 40.Qh2 Qc6 41.g5 hg5 42.fg5 Nh7 43.h4 Nf8 44.Bg2 Ng6 45.h5= Ne5 46.h6 gh6 47.Nh5 Re6 48.Nf6 Rf6 49.gf6 Kh7 50.Rb3 Rg8 51.Kh1 Rg4 52.Rf1 Ng6 53.Bh3 Rh4 54.Rf3 Qa4 55.Rb1 Bg4 (55...Bg4 56.Re3 Qd7–+ (56...Qa3?! 57.Rg1 Ne5 58.Qf2=+); 55...Qa3?! 56.Rg1=+) 0–1. Scholbach,Tillmann (2060) – Burlant,Richard (1950), Q1.1999.0.00063, 1999.

6.Bc3 Nc6

7.d4 d5 8.e3 Bg4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Qb3 (10.Qa4 c5 11.dc5 a5=+) 10...c5-/+ 11.Nbd2 Qa5 12.cd5 (Better is 12.Rb1!? Bf3 13.gf3-/+) 12...cd4–+ 13.Nc4? (Better is 13.Nd4 Qc5 14.Rb1 Qd4 15.Bb5 Nfd5 16.0-0 Qd2 17.Rb2–+) 13...Nc2 (14.Ke2 Na1 15.Na5 Nb3 16.Nb3 de3–+) 0–1. Neri,Enzo – Ruhle,Ernst_Olav, corr ICCF TT–6/02/1, 2003.

7.e3 d5 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nc6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be2 Qf6 12.d4 Bf5 13.Qb3 Rad8 14.Nc3 Ne3 15.fe3 Re3 16.0-0 Rd4 (16...Nd4? 17.Nd4 Qd4 18.Qb7+/–) 17.Nd4 Qd4 18.Kh1 Rc3 19.Qb7 g6 20.Qc7 Ne5 21.Rad1 Qe3 22.Qe7 Nc6 23.Qf6 Rc5 24.Bg4 Qe6 25.Qe6 fe6 26.Bf5 gf5 27.Rc1 Rc1 28.Rc1 Nd4 29.Rc8 Kf7 30.Rc7 Kf6 31.Ra7 e5 32.Rh7 e4 33.Kg1 1–0. Schwertel,Gottfried – Mothes,Rainer, corr SOK–98–131, 1999.

6.e3

6.e3 (--> 5.e3 Re8 6.Nf3).

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2).

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Bf5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qe7).

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Qd7 11.Bb5 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 TESTF250 9.Be2 Be6 10.0-0 Qd7 11.Bb5 Bg4).

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.a3 Ba5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bf5).

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

6.e3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Bg4 10.0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6. Be2 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0 Bg4 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4).

6.e3 d5

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8).

7.a3 Ba5 8.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Ba5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8).

7.Bb2 Nc6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 a6 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 a6).

7.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.a3 Ba5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Be2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb2 Nf4 (-->1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2 Nf4).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2=+ Bf5 10.a3 Ba5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bf5).

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2 Re5! (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 Re5).

7.cd5 Bg4 8.Bb2 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2 Bg4).

7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.c4).

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bg4 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Qc2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Qc2).

5.g3 d5

6.Bc3 Bc3 7.dc3 (7.Nc3 dc4 8.Bg2 c6 9.Nf3 Bf5-/+) 7...dc4 8.Qd8 Rd8 9.Bg2 c6-/+.

6.Nc3 dc4 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd6 9.Nb4 Qb4.

6.Bg2 dc4 7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0? (8.Nc3!? Nc6 9.Bf6 Qf6-/+ (9...gf6?! 10.a3 Ba5 11.0-0=+)) 8...Re5! 9.Ne5 Qd4 10.Qa4 Qa1 11.Nc3 Bc3 12.Ra1 Ba1 (12...Be5?! 13.Rb1 Nbd7 14.Bb7=+) 13.Nc4 Na6 14.e3 Rb8 15.Qd1 Be6 16.Qa1 (16.Na5 Bb2 17.Nb7 Nb4=+ (17...Ba2? 18.Qa4 Bd5 19.Qa6+-)) 16...Bc4=+ 17.Qd4 Ba2 18.Qa7? (better 18.Bb7!? Nc5 19.Bc6=+) 18…Bd5 0-1. Brogger,Gunnar - Hort,Wolfgang (1705), 04. VCC-Open, 2001.

6.a3 Ba5

7.Qa4 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Bg2 Ne4-/+.

7.Bc3 Bb6 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nf3 Ne4.

7.Bg2 Re8 dc4 9.Qa4-/+ (9.Qc2 Bb6-/+) 9...Bb6-/+) 8.Bb2 (8.Bc3 Bb6 9.cd5 Nd5=+) 8...dc4 9.Qa4 c6 10.Qc4 Be6 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Nf3 Bd5 13.Nc3 Bc3 Black is in command (13...Bf3 14.Bf3 Ne5 15.0-0-/+) 14.Bc3 (14.Qc3 Nb6=+) 14...Nc5-/+ 15.d4 Be4 16.Qa2 (16.Qd1 Bf3 17.Bf3 Nd5 18.dc5 Nc3=+) 16...Nd5-/+ 17.Bb2 Nd3 18.Kf1 Qb6 19.Rb1 (19.Bc1 Nc1 20.Rc1 Bf3 21.Bf3 Qd4-/+) 19...Qa6-+ (19...Nb2?! 20.Rb2 Bf3 21.Rb6 Be2 22.Qe2 Re2 23.Rc6 Rf2 24.Kf2 bc6 25.Rc1=) 20.Ne5 (20.Ra1 Qb5 21.Ne5 Bg2 22.Kg2 Qb2 23.Nd3 Qd4 24.Rhe1-+) 20...Nf2! 21.Kf2 Re5! (21...Bb1 22.Rb1 Re5 23.de5 Qb6 24.e3 Qe3 25.Kf1+/-) 22.Be4 (22.de5 Bg2) 22...Re4 23.Ba1 Rae8 24.Rhe1 Nf6 25.Kf1 Ng4 26.h3 Ne3 27.Kf2 Qa5 28.d5 (28.Rh1 Qf5 29.Kg1 R8e6 30.Qd5 cd5 31.a4 Rf6 32.Rf1 Qf1 33.Kh2 Rf2) 28...Qc5 (28...Nd5?! 29.Qb2 Qc5 30.e3-+) 29.Kg1 Nc2 (29...Nc2 30.Kf1 Ne1 31.Re1 Re3-+) 0-1. Bendig,Frank - Preuss,Guenter, corr 3GMMsemi-08, 1999.

7.Bg2 Ng4 8.Bb2 Bb6 9.d4 dc4-/+.

6.a3 Nc6

7.Bb2-/+ Ba5 8.Nf3 dc4 9.Bg2 Qe7.

7.Bb2 Bc5 8.d4 Be7 9.cd5 Qd5=+.

7.ab4.

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