5.a3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Ba5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.a3 Ba5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb2 0-0).

5.a3 Bd6 6.Bb2 a5 7.Qf3 (better 7.Nf3=) 7...c6 (7...Be7 8.Qg3=) 8.Bd3 (8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Qf6 gf6+/-) 8...Qe7 (better 8...Be7!?=) 9.Bf6 (better 9.Qf5 Qe6 10.Bf6 Qf5 11.Bf5 gf6 12.c4+/-) 9...gf6?? (better 9...Qf6!? 10.Qf6 gf6+=) 10.Qh3 (10.Qg4 Kh8 11.Qf5 Qe3 12.fe3 Bg3 13.hg3 b5 14.Qh7) 10...h5?? (better 10...f5+-) 11.Qh5 (better 11.Qf5 Qe3 12.fe3+-) 11...Qe5 (11...f5+-) 12.Qh7 1-0. labruja – daleoeste, Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2013.

5.a3 Re8 6.ab4 (6.Bc7 Bd2 7.Qd2 Qc7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nge2 Bb7=+ –0.31) 6...Re5 7.d4 Re8 8.Nf3 Nc6 (8...d5 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.0-0 Bg4= 0.00) 9.b5 Ne7 10.Bd3 Ned5 (10...d5 11.0-0=) 11.0-0+= d6 12.c4 Nb4 13.Nc3 Nd3 14.Qd3 Bg4 15.Nd2 a6 16.ba6 ba6 17.Rfb1 c5 18.h3 Bh5 19.f4 Nd7 (19...h6 20.e4+=) 20.g4 Qh4 21.Kg2 (21.gh5 Qg3 22.Kf1 Re3–+ (< 22...Qe3 23.Qe3 Re3 24.Nd5 Rh3 25.Kg2+–)) 21...Bg4 22.hg4 Qg4 23.Kf1 Qh3 ½–½. Pleschke,Helmut (1700) – Jensen,John Oland (1700), corr, 1999.

5.Bb2 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.Bf3 d5 8.a3 Bd6 9.d4 Re8 10.Ne2 c6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Nbc3 Nbd7 (12...Bh2? 13.g3+-) 13.Na4 Nf8 14.Rc1 b5 (14...Bh2 15.g3 Bg3 16.Ng3+/- (worse 16.fg3 Ba6=)) 15.Nc5 Bc5 16.dc5 N6d7 17.Bd4 Ne6 18.0-0 Ndc5 19.Ng3 Rad8 20.Qb4 Nd4 21.ed4 Ne6 22.a4 (better 22.Rfe1!?-/+) 22...a5-+ 23.Qb2 b4 24.c3 Nf4 25.cb4 Nd3 26.Qc3 Nc1 27.Rc1 ab4 28.Qb4 Qe7 29.Qb3 g6 30.Rb1 (better 30.Nf1-+) 30...Ba6 31.h3 Bc4 32.Qa3 (32.Qb2-+) 32...Qa3 33.Kh2 Qa4 34.h4 h5 (34...Qa2!? 35.Rc1 Qf2 36.Kh3-+) 35.Kh3 Bb5 36.Rd1 Re7 37.Rd2 Rde8 38.Kh2 Qb4 39.Ra2 Qd4 40.Kh3 c5 41.Ra5 Bd7 42.Kh2 (42.Nf5 Bf5 43.g4 Qf2 44.Ra3 hg4 45.Bg4 Re3 46.Re3 Re3) 42...Qh4 43.Kg1 Re1 44.Nf1 Rf1! 45.Kf1 (45.Kf1 Qh1 Mate attack) 45…Qh1 0-1. boia (2015) - Phutressniak (2230), Rated Blitz tournament M5lLpsTh, lichess.org, 2015.

5.Bb2 c5 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nf3 d5 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Nd5 Qd5 12.Be2 Rad8 13.Bc3 Bc7 14.0-0 a6 15.Rb1 b5 16.a4 b4 17.Ba1 c4 18.Qc2 Ne5 19.Ne5 Be5 20.Bc4 Qc4 21.Qc4 Bc4 22.Be5 Bf1 23.Kf1 a5 24.Rb2 Time forfeit 1-0. RichardSommer (2100) - TauModer (2145), lichess.org, 2020.

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

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

5.c3 d6 6.Bf4 (6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Qf3 Qf3 8.gf3 Ba5 9.Na3 c6 10.Bh3–/+ –0.72) 6...Ba5 7.Nf3 Nc6 (7...Be6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 Nc5 10.Bc2= –0.25) 8.Bg5 (8.Bb5 Bd7 9.0-0 a6 10.Bc4= –0.19) 8...Qe7 (8...h6 9.Bh4=+ a6 10.Be2= –0.19) 9.Be2 (9.Bb5 Bb6 10.0-0= 0.00) 9...h6 (9...Qe6 10.Bb5=+ –0.31) 10.Bh4 Re8 11.Qb3 (11.0-0 Bf5=) 11...Rb8 12.d4 Bd7 13.Bd3 g5 14.Bg3 Ne4 15.Nfd2 Bf5 16.Qb5 d5= 17.Be4 Be4 18.Ne4 Qe4 19.0-0 h5 20.Nd2 Qg6 21.h3 Rbd8 22.Rfc1 h4 23.Bh2 g4 24.hg4 Qg4 25.Qf1 Re6 26.Qd1 Qf5 27.Qf3 Qd3= 28.Rd1 Qc3 29.Nb3 Bb6 30.Rac1 Qb2 31.Nc5 Bc5 32.Rc5 Rg6 33.Bc7 Rd7 34.Bf4 Qa2 35.Qh5 h3 36.Qh3 Rd8 37.Rdc1 Qb2 38.Qh5 a5 39.g3 (39.g3 a4 40.Qd1+/–) 1–0. Taulien,Hans_Juergen – Klapiszewski,Tadeusz (2280), MDK Malbork, 2007.

5.Bc3 Bc3 6.Nc3 d5 7.d4 c6 8.Nf3 (8.Bd3 b6=) 8...Bg4 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 (11.0-0 Re8=+) 11...Bg6 12.Rg1 Re8 13.h4 Qa5 14.Qd2 h5 (14...Qb6 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.h5=+) 15.g5 (15.gh5 Bh5 16.Rg5 b6=) 15...Ng4=+ 16.Ne5? (better 16.Nd1 Qc7 17.Nb2=+) 16...Nge5 17.de5 Ne5 18.f4 (18.Ne4 Qa3 19.Qc3 Qc3 20.Nc3 d4-+) 18...d4! 19.fe5? (19.Qd4 Bc2 Deflection; 19.ed4 Nf3 Double attack) 19...dc3 (19...Qc3?! 20.Qc3 dc3 21.Rb1 Re5 22.Rb7 Re3 23.Kf2-+) 20.Qd1 (20.Qd4-+) 20...Qe5 21.Qd4 Qe3 (better 21...Qh2!? 22.Rf1 Qg3 23.Rf2-+) 22.Qe3 Re3 23.Rg2 (23.Kf2 Re4 24.Rab1 b5-+) 23...Rae8 24.0-0-0 (24.Kf1-+) 24...Re2 25.Re2 Re2 26.Rd8 Kh7 27.Kd1 Rd2! 28.Rd2 cd2 29.Kd2 (29.c3 Bb1 30.a4 Kg6-+) 29...Be4 (29...Bc2 30.Ke3-+) 30.c3 (30.Ke3 Bc2 31.Kf4 f6 32.gf6 gf6-+) 30...Kg6 31.a3 (31.Ke3 Kf5-+) 31...Kf5 32.Ke3 Bd5 33.Kd4 b5 (better 33...Kg4 34.Ke3 Kh4 35.Kf4-+) 34.a4 (34.Kd3 Kg4 35.Ke3 Kg3-+) 34...ba4 35.c4 (35.Kd3 Be4 36.Kd2 a3-+) 35...a3 36.cd5 cd5 37.Kc3 Kg4 38.Kb3 Kh4 39.Ka3 Kg5 40.Kb4 f5 (40...Kf4 41.Kc5 Ke4 42.Kb5-+) 41.Kc3 g6 (41...Kf6 42.Kd4 Ke6 43.Kc5-+) 42.Kd2 a5 43.Ke3 a4 (better 43...Kf6 44.Kd4-+) 44.Kd4 h4 45.Kd5 h3 (45...a3 46.Kd4 a2 47.Ke3 f4 48.Kd4 a1Q 49.Kd3 f3 50.Kc4 Qe5 51.Kd3 f2 52.Kd2 Qf4 53.Kc3 f1Q 54.Kc2 Q1c4 55.Kd1 Qfc1) 46.Ke5 h2 47.Ke6 h1Q 48.Kf7 Qd5 49.Kg7 (49.Ke7 a3 50.Kf8 Kf6 51.Ke8 a2 52.Kf8 Qd8) 49…f4 (49...f4 50.Kh7 Qb7 51.Kg8 Kf6 52.Kf8 Qf7; 49...Qd7 50.Kf8 Kf6 51.Kg8 Qg7) 0-1. omgpauliffs - Phutressniak (2215), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

5.Bc3 Bc5 6.Nf3 d5 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Bd3 c6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Ng5 Bg6 15.Bd3 Ne4 16.Nge4 de4 17.Bc4 b5 18.Bb3 Nf6 19.a4 a6 20.ab5 ab5 21.Ba1 Bh5 22.Qe1 Qa5 23.c4 Bb4 24.Rb2 Bc3 (better 24...bc4 25.Bc4 Nd5-/+) 25.cb5? (25.Ra2 Bd2 26.Rd2 bc4 27.Bc4=) 25...cb5?? (better 25...Bb2 26.Bb2 Qb5-+) 26.Ra2+= Qb4 27.Bc3 Qc3 28.Ra8 Ra8 29.g4 Bg6 30.Qc1 b4 31.Bc4 (better 31.g5!? Nh5 32.Qc3 bc3 33.Nb1+/-) 31...Rc8=+ 32.Qb1 Qd2 33.Rd1 Qc3 34.Rc1 Qc4 35.Rc4 Rc4 36.Qa2 Rc8 37.Qb3 Rb8 38.Qc4?? (38.Kg2 h6-+) 38...h5 (better 38...b3 39.Qc7 Nd7 40.Qd7 b2-+) 39.Qc7 Rb5 40.Qd8?? (better 40.Qc4 Rg5 41.Qb4-+) 40...Kh7 41.gh5 (41.Qc7 b3 42.Qc6 Rb8-+) 41...Rh5 (better 41...b3 42.hg6 Kg6-+) 42.Qb8 Nd5 43.Qg3 b3 (better 43...Bf5!? 44.Kf1-+) 44.Qb8 Rg5 (44...Rg5 45.Kf1 Bf5 46.Qb3 Bh3 47.Ke2 Kg6-+) 0-1. oversky (2060) - chessspanker (2435), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Bb2 d5 7.Bb3 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.c3 Bc5 10.d4 Ne4 11.Ne2 Qh4?? 12.g3+/– Ng3 13.Ng3+– Bd6 14.Kd2 Bg6 15.Bd5 Ne7 16.Bc4 Rfe8 17.e4 c5 18.d5 Bf4 19.Kc2 Rad8 20.Bc1 a6 21.Bf4 Qf4 22.Bb3 b5 23.c4 Nd5 24.cd5+– c4 25.Nc3 cb3 26.ab3 Qd6? 27.Rg1 b4 28.Na4 Rc8 29.Kb1 a5 30.Ra2 Re5 31.Rag2 Rd5+/– 32.Qe2 Rd3 33.Ka2 f6? 34.Nf5+– Bf5 35.ef5 Kf8?? 36.Nb2 Rdc3 37.Rg7 Rb3 38.Rg8 Kf7 39.R1g7 1–0. Wernquest,C – Moore,H, Niantic, 1992.

5.Bc4 Re8 6.Nf3 d5 7.Bb3 Bg4 8.Bb2 c5 (8...c6 9.0-0+=) 9.h3 Bd7 10.a3 Ba5 11.0-0 Nc6 (11...c4 12.Ba2+=) 12.c4 (12.Nc3 c4 13.Ba4 Rb8+=) 12...d4 13.ed4 (13.Re1 d3+=) 13...Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4 15.Ba4 (15.Qc2 Bc6+=) 15...Bc6 16.Bc6 (16.d3 Rb8–/+) 16...bc6 17.c5 (better is 17.d3!?–/+) 17...Rb8–+ 18.Ra2? (better is 18.Qc1–+) 18...Qd5 19.Ra1 (19.Bd4 Qa2 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Qf4–+) 19...Rb2 20.Qc1 Rb5 21.a4 Rb7 (21...Rc5 22.Qb2–+) 22.Na3 Bc7 (22...Rbe7 23.Rb1–+) 23.d3 (23.Qc4 Qc4 24.Nc4 Ne4–+) 23...Qe5 24.g3 (24.f4 Qe3 25.Qe3 de3–+) 24...Qf5 25.Qc4 (25.Nc4 Qc5 26.Re1 Re1 27.Qe1 Rb3–+) 25...Qh3 26.Qd4 Ng4 (26...Ng4 27.Qg4 Qg4–+) 0–1. Pietrzak,Wojciech – Mrva,Vladimir, Presov, 2000.

5.Bd3 d6 6.Bb2 Bg4 7.Nf3 (7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Qg4 Qa1 9.Qb4 Na6-/+) 7...Nc6 (7...Re8 8.a3 Bc5 9.h3=) 8.0-0 a6 9.a3 Bc5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc3 Re8 (11...d5 12.Be2=+) 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg6 hg6 14.Ne2 b5 15.Ng3 Na5 (15...Ne5 16.d3=) 16.d3 Nb7 17.Nd4 (17.a4 d5=) 17...Qd7 (17...Bd4 18.Bd4 c5 19.Bb2=) 18.Qf3 Rab8 (better 18...d5!?=) 19.Nc6+/- Rbc8 (19...Ra8 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Nb4 Bb4 22.Ne4+/- (worse 22.Qb7 Bc3=+)) 20.Ne4?? (better 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Nb4 Bb4 22.ab4+- (22.Qb7?! Rb8 23.Qd5 Ba5=)) 20…Ne4-+ (20...Ne4 21.Nb4 a5-+) 0-1. kaalmakreel (2165) - PrinceOfBricks (1985), ChessWorld.net, 2007.

5.Be2 Be7 6.Nf3= b6 (6...Nc6 7.0-0+=) 7.d3 (7.Nc3 Nc6=) 7...Bb7 (7...Nc6 8.Bb2+=) 8.Nbd2 (8.0-0 Nc6=) 8...d6 (8...Nc6 9.Bb2=) 9.Bb2= Nbd7 (9...Nc6 10.0-0=) 10.0-0 (10.d4 Rb8=) 10...c5 (10...Nc5 11.c4=) 11.c4 Qc7 12.d4 (12.Qc2 d5=) 12...Rfe8 (12...cd4 13.ed4 Rfe8 14.Bd3=) 13.d5=. De Visser,Arno – Ootes, corr, 1982.

5.Nf3 a5 6.Be2 (6.a3 Be7=) 6...Re8 (6...Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.d4=) 7.0-0 (7.a3 Be7=) 7...Nc6 8.Bb2 (8.a3 Be7=) 8...h6 (8...d5 9.a3 Bd6 10.Nc3=) 9.Nc3 d5 10.d4 (10.a3 Be7=) 10...Bc3 (10...Ne4 11.Nb5=) 11.Bc3 Qd6 12.a3 Ng4 (12...Ne4 13.Bb2=) 13.g3 (13.Bd3 Nf6=) 13...b6 (13...Nf6+=) 14.Rb1 (14.Bb2!?+=) 14...Qa3–/+ 15.Bb2 Qd6 16.Bb5 (16.c4 Bf5 17.Ra1 Nb4–/+) 16...Bd7 17.Qd3 (17.c4!?–/+) 17...Nb4–+ 18.Qe2 Bb5 19.Qb5 Nc2 20.Rfc1 Nb4 21.Ba3 Qf6 22.Bb4 (22.Qe2 Nd3! 23.Qd3 Qf3–+) 22...Qf3 (22...ab4?! 23.Qd5 Ra5 24.Qb7–/+) 23.Be1 Re7 24.Rc6 h5 (24...Qf5 25.Rbc1 Ra7 26.Qa4–+) 25.Rbc1 h4! 26.gh4? Nh2! 27.Kh2 Re4 28.Qf1 Rh4 29.Kg1 Qh1# (29...Rh1#) 0–1. Conde,Marc – Wall,Bill, chess.com, 2010.

5.Nf3 a6 6.Be2 d5 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Bb2 c6 9.d3 Bg4 10.c4 dc4 11.dc4 b5 12.cb5 cb5 13.a4 b4 14.Nbd2 a5 15.Bd4 Be7 16.Qb3 Nc6 17.Bb2 Qb6 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Nce5 Be6 20.Qc2 Rfc8 21.Nc6 Qc6=+ 22.Qc6 Rc6 23.Bb5 Rc2–/+ 24.Bd4 Rac8 25.Ne5 Bc5 26.Bc5 R2c5 27.Nd3 Rc3 28.Nf4 Bc4 29.Bc4 R3c4 30.h3 Ne4 31.Nd5–/+ Kf8 32.Rfd1?? Rd8 33.Nb6 Rd1 34.Rd1 g6?? 35.Nc4+– Nc3 36.Rc1 Na4?? 37.Na5+– b3 38.Rb1 b2 39.Nc4 Kg7 40.Nb2 Nc3 41.Rc1 Ne2+/– 42.Kh2 Nc1 43.Nc4 Nb3 44.Ne5 Nc5 (44...Nc5 45.Kg3 Kf6+/–; 44...f5 45.Kg3+/–). stoker – weakplay, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

5.Nf3 Bc5 6.Bb2 d5 7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Na3 Bf5 (9...a6 10.d4 Be7 11.c4=+) 10.d4 (10.Nb5 Be7=) 10...Bd6 11.c4 Be4 12.Nd2 dc4 (12...Bg6 13.Nb5=) 13.Ne4+= Ne4 14.Nc4 Be7 (14...Re8 15.Rb1+=) 15.Qc2 Nd6 16.d5 Nb8 17.e4 b6 (17...Nc4 18.Bc4 Nd7 19.Rab1+/-) 18.Ne3 Nb7 19.e5 1-0. PERIERA (2120) - Chadin (1910), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3)

5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 Re8 (--> 5.Nf3 Re8 6.Be2 d5).

5.Nf3 Nd5 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.d4 Re8 11.c3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Ne7 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.e4 de4 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Qe4 Nc6 17.Qf5 Re7 18.Ng5 g6 19.Bf7 Kg7 20.Ne6 Re6 21.Qe6 Na5 22.Rae1 Nbc4 23.Bc1 b5 24.g3 Nc6 25.Qe8 Qe8 26.Re8 Nb8 27.Bd5 c6 28.Bc6 Kf7 29.Rfe1 Nb6 30.Ba8 Na8 31.Bf4 Nc7 32.Rb8 Bf4 33.gf4 Nd5 34.Rb5 Nc3 35.Rb7 Kf6 36.Ra7 h5 37.Rc7 Na2 38.d5 Kf5 39.d6 Kf4 40.d7 1–0. Trkn – bezelnick, itsyourturn.com, 2000.

5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Be2 d6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.c3 Qf6 9.Qc2 Bc5 10.Qe4 Nc6 11.Qg4 Rfe8 12.d4 Bb6 13.0-0 Re7 14.Nbd2 Rae8 15.Bd3 a5 16.Ng5 g6 17.Nge4 Qg7 18.Qh4 d5 19.Nf6 Kf8 20.Nh7 Kg8 21.Nf6 Kf8 22.Ba3 1–0. BlackDemon (2650) – GreenBourne (1720), FICS rated standard game, 2013.

5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 d5=+ 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 d4 9.c3 dc3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.d3 Nc3 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Kf2 Rc8 15.a3 Ba5 16.Qb3? Bb6 17.Na4? c4! 18.Qc4 Be3 19.Ke1 Nd4 20.Nd4 0–1. blackcrowman – StarterRook, ChessWorld.net, 2009.

5.g3 c5 6.Bc3 (better is 6.Qf3!?=) 6...Bc3 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bg2 d4 9.Nce2 Nc6 10.e4 Re8 11.d3 Bg4 12.f4 Qd7 (12...Be2 13.Qe2 Nd5 14.Kf2–+) 13.Nf3 (13.h3 Be2 14.Ne2 Qe6=+) 13...Bf3 14.Bf3 Ng4 15.Bg4 Qg4 16.0-0 Nb4 (16...f5 17.e5–/+) 17.a3 Nd5 18.ed5 Qe2 19.Qe2 Re2 20.Rac1 Rd8 21.Rf2 Rf2 22.Kf2 Rd5 23.Rb1 b6 24.Rb5 Kf8 25.a4 Ke7 26.a5 Rd6 27.ab6 ab6 (27...Rb6?! 28.Rc5 Rb7 29.Rc4=+) 28.Kf3 Kd7 29.g4 Kc6 30.Rb1 Rh6 31.Kg3 Re6 32.h4 Re2 33.Rc1 b5 34.g5 c4 35.dc4 bc4 36.Kf3 Re3 37.Kf2 Kc5 38.f5 Re5 39.f6 gf6 40.gf6 Rf5 41.Kg3 Rf6 42.Kg4 Rg6 43.Kf5 Rg2 44.Ke4 Rg4 45.Kf3 Rh4 46.Kg3 Re4 47.Kf3 Re3 48.Kf4 Rc3 49.Ke4 d3 50.Ke3 Rc2 51.Rf1 Kb4 52.Rb1 Kc3 53.Rg1 Re2 54.Kf4 Re6 55.Rc1 Kd2 56.Ra1 c3 57.Ra2 c2 58.Kf5 (58...Ke3 59.Ra1–+) 1–0. slavisa11 – MrsX, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

5.g3 Re8 6.Bb2 d5 7.Bg2 (7.Nf3 Bg4+=) 7...c6 (7...Be6 8.Nf3+=) 8.Nf3 Bf5 (8...Nbd7 9.0-0+=) 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d3 h6 (10...Qb6 11.Bc3+=) 11.Nbd2 Qc7 (11...Qe7 12.h3+=) 12.Nb3 (12.h3 Bd6+=) 12...Bf8 (12...Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb1=) 13.Nbd4 (13.Rb1 c5+=) 13...Bh7 (13...Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qd2=) 14.Ne2 (14.Qd2 Bd6=) 14...Rad8 15.Rc1 (15.a3 Bd6+=) 15...Qa5 (15...Bd6 16.Rb1+=) 16.Bc3 (16.Rb1 Rb8=) 16...Qa6 (16...Qa4 17.Rb1=) 17.Bh3 (17.Rb1 Be7=) 17...c5+= (17...Qa2?? 18.Ra1 Qa1 19.Qa1+–) 18.Qd2 b5 (18...Qa2?? 19.Ra1 Ne4 20.Qc1 (20.Ra2?! Nd2 21.Bd2 c4+–; 20.de4?! Qc4+–) 20...Nc3 21.Nc3 Qa1 22.Qa1+–) 19.a3 Qd6 (19...Qa3?? 20.Ra1 c4 21.Ra3 Ba3 22.Ra1+–) 20.Rb1 a6 21.Rb2 (21.Bg2 Bf5+=) 21...Ra8 (21...g5 22.Bg2+=) 22.Rfb1 (22.Bg2 Qe7+=) 22...Nb8 (22...Nb6 23.Ba5+=) 23.Ra2 (23.Bg2 Nc6+=) 23...Nc6+= 24.Nf4 (24.Bg2 Rad8+=) 24...Rad8 (24...d4 25.ed4 cd4 26.Bb4 Nb4 27.Rb4–+) 25.Ne2 (25.Bg2 g5 26.Ne2 g4 27.Bf6 Qf6+=) 25...d4!–/+ 26.ed4 Qd5 27.Rba1? Qf3 28.Nf4 Nd4 29.Bd4 cd4 30.Bg2 Qg4 31.Bh3 Qg5 32.Qa5 Bd6 33.Ne2 Qh5 34.Bf1 Qd5 35.a4 Ng4 36.ab5 Qf3 37.Qe1 ab5 38.Nd4 Qf6 39.Ne2 Bc5 40.Kg2 Qc6 41.f3 Ne3 42.Kh3 Bf5 43.g4 Qf3 44.Qg3 Bg4 (44...Bg4 45.Kh4 Qf6#) 0–1. Bohus,Aladar – Achimsky,Ivan, Gemersky pohar–B, 1975.

5.h3 d5 6.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.h3).

5.h3 Nd5 6.Qf3+= Bd2? (better 6...d6 7.Bg7 Kg7 8.Qd5 Nc6+–) 7.Nd2+– Nc6?? (7...Ne7+–) 8.Qd5 Ne5 9.Qe5 d6 (9...Re8 10.Qh5+–) 10.Qf4 d5 (10...Be6 11.Ngf3+–) 11.Ngf3 Be6 (11...c5 12.c4+–) 12.Bd3 (better 12.Rb1 Rb8+–) 12...d4 (12...c5 13.0-0+–) 13.Nd4 Bd5 14.c4 (14.0-0 c5 15.Nf5 g6+–) 14...Bg2 15.Rg1 Bh3 (15...Bc6 16.Qf5 g6 17.Nc6 bc6 18.Be4+–) 16.Bh7! Kh7 17.Qg3 g5 18.Qh3 Kg6 19.Qf5 Kg7 20.Rg5 Qg5 21.Qg5 Kh8 (21...Kh7 22.0-0-0 Rfd8 23.Rh1) 22.0-0-0 f6 (22...Rfd8 23.Rh1) 23.Rh1 1–0. michaelbuss (2790) – interloper, ChessWorld.net, 2011.

5.h3 Re8 6.Nf3 d5 7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2 d4 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.ed4 (11.Bc6 Bc6 12.ed4 Bf3 13.Qf3 cd4 14.Qb7 Bc5=) 11...Nd4=+ 12.Nd4 cd4 13.Bd7 Qd7 (worse 13...Nd7 14.Bd4 Qh4 15.Be3+=) 14.Qf3 Rac8 15.Qb3 (15.Qd3 Re4=+) 15...Bc5-/+ 16.Na3 Re6 (better 16...Ba3 17.Ba3 Ne4=+) 17.Rae1?? (better 17.Qd3-/+) 17...Rb6-+ 18.Qd3 Rb2 19.Nc4 Bf8 (19...Bf8 20.Nb2 Qc7+/-; better 19...Ra2 20.Qb3 Ra6-+) 0-1. Jonsson,Pall G (1840) - Vidic,Teja (2180), Reykjavik Open, 2018.

6.d4 Bb6 7.Nf3 d6 8.Bg3 Ba5 9.c3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nd7?? (better 10...Bf5 11.Bd3 d5=) 11.Qe4+- Nf6 12.Qc2 Nd5 (12...Bg4 13.Bd3+-) 13.Bd3 h6 14.0-0 a6 15.Rd1 b5 16.e4 Nf6 (16...Nb6 17.Nbd2 Na4 18.c4+-) 17.e5 (better 17.a4 c6+-) 17...de5 (17...Nh5 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3+-) 18.de5 (worse 18.Ne5 Bb7+-; worse 18.Be5 Bg4+-) 18...Nd5 19.Be4 (19.Bh7!? Kh8 20.Rd5 Qd5+-) 19...c6 20.Nd4 Bb7 21.a4 Bb6 22.ab5 Bd4 (22...ab5 23.Ra8 Qa8 24.Bd5 cd5 25.Nb5+-) 23.Rd4 (better 23.bc6 Nb4 24.cb4+-) 23...ab5 24.Ra8 Qa8 25.h3 (25.Qd3 Rd8 26.Bd5 Rd5 27.Rd5 cd5 28.Qb5 Bc6+-) 25...Qa1 (25...c5 26.Rd1+-) 26.Kh2 Ra8 27.Bf3 (27.Qe2 Re8+-) 27...Ra2 (27...Qa2 28.Qd3+-) 28.Qf5 Nc3 (28...g6 29.Qd7 Qb1 30.Bd5 cd5 31.Qe8 Kg7+-) 29.Nc3 (29.Rd8) 29...Qc3 30.Rd8 1-0. nosrat2016 (2135) - prostoman (1625), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.Nf3 d5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.d4 Bd6 9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.c4 dc4 11.Bc4 Na5 12.Be2 Nc6 13.0-0 Re8 14.Nc4 Bf8 15.Rc1 Ne4 (15...Be7 16.Nce5+=) 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Nce5 Ne5 18.Ne5 Be6 (18...Re5!? 19.de5 Nd2=) 19.Qc2+/- f6 20.Nf3 (20.Qe4 fe5 21.de5 c6+/-) 20...Bd5+= 21.Qc7 Bd6 22.Qd8 Red8 23.Bc4 Bc4 24.Rc4 Kf7 (24...b5 25.Rc6+=) 25.Rfc1 (better 25.d5 Re8 26.Rd1+/-) 25...Ke6?? (25...b5 26.Rc6+/-) 26.Kf1 (better 26.d5 Kd5 27.Rd4 Ke6 28.Re4 Kf7 29.Ra4+-) 26...Kd5 (26...f5 27.Ra4+/-) 27.Ke2 (27.Ra4 a6+/-) 27...b5 28.R4c2 a5 Black plans b4 29.Nd2 Nd2 30.Kd2 b4 31.ab4 Bb4 (31...ab4 32.Kd3+/-) 32.Kd3 f5 (32...Bd6 33.Ra1 Rb3 34.Bc3+/-) 33.f3+- Re8 34.Re2 Bd6 35.e4 fe4 36.fe4 Ke6 37.Rc6 (37.d5 Kf7+-) 37...Kd7 38.d5 (38.Ra6 Rb3 39.Kc2 Reb8 40.Ra7 Bc7+-) 38...Rb3+/- 39.Kc2 (better 39.Rc3 Rb5 40.Rc4+/-) 39...Reb8? (better 39...Rb5 40.Bg7 Rd5+/-) 40.Kc1?? (better 40.Bg7 Ra3 41.Bb2+-) 40...Bf4+= 41.Kb1 Be5 42.Rcc2 a4? (better 42...R8b4!?=) 43.Ka2+/- Bd6? (better 43...Bb2!? 44.Rb2 Kd6+/-) 44.e5+- Bf8 45.e6 Ke8? (45...Kd8+-) 46.Be5 (better 46.e7 Be7 47.d6+-) 46…Ra3. javirod1983 (2395) - Lvictor (2330), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

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

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

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

6.Nf3 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3).

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

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

6.Nf3 d5 7.a3 Bf8 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.c4 Nb6 11.cd5 Nbd5 12.d4 Bg4 13.dc5 Bc5 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3 Ne4 16.Bd4 Bd4 17.Nd4 (17.Qd4 Qe7=) 17...Nc3 18.Qc2 Ne2 19.Ne2 Rc8 20.Qb2 Be2 21.Qe2 Qa5 22.h3 h6 23.Rfd1 Rc3 Attacking the isolated pawn on a3 24.Rd7 b5 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Rad1 (26.Qd5 a6 27.Qd6 Rcc8=) 26...Qa3 27.Rb7 Rc1 28.Rb5 Qa1 29.Rc1 Qc1 30.Kh2 Qc7 31.Qg3 Rb8?? (better 31...Qg3 32.Kg3 Rd8=) 32.Qc7 (32.Qc7 Rb5 33.Qd8 Kh7 34.Qd3 Rf5 35.Qf5 Kg8 36.Qc8 Kh7 37.Qc2 Kg8 38.Qc5+-) 1-0. Bostonbliz (2615) - Asaf_Givon (2730), Casual bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3)

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

6.Nf3 Bf8 7.Be2= d5 8.0-0 c5 (8...Nc6 9.c4=) 9.c4 Nc6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Ndb4 (11...Be6 12.a3=) 12.a3 (12.Qb1 Be6+=) 12...Nd3 13.Bd3 (13.Qc2!? Nb2 14.Qb2=) 13...Qd3-/+ 14.Qe2 (14.Re1 Bf5-/+) 14...Qe2 (14...Bf5 15.Rfe1-/+) 15.Ne2=+ b6 16.d4 Ba6 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.dc5 Bc5 19.Ng3 Na5 20.Ne4?? (better 20.Nh5 Bf8 21.Nd4=+) 20...Re4-+ 21.Rad1 Ree8 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Ne5 (23.a4 Bb4 24.Rb1 Nb3-+) 23...f6 24.Ng4 (24.Nf3 Nc4 25.Bd4 Ba3-+) 24...Nc4 25.Bc3 (25.Bd4 h5 26.Nf6 gf6 27.Bf6 Rd3-+) 25...Ba3 (25...Rd3 26.Bd4 h5 27.Nf6 gf6 28.Bc5 bc5 29.Rc1-+) 26.Ra1 (26.f3 Bb7-+) 26...b5 (26...Rd3 27.Bd4 h5 28.Nf6 gf6 29.Bf6-+) 27.h3 (27.f3 Bb7 28.Bd4 a5-+) 27...Rd6 28.f3 (28.Bd4 b4 29.Bc5 Rc6 30.Ba7 b3-+) 28...b4 29.Bd4 b3 30.Nf2 (30.h4 b2 31.Rb1 Bb5-+) 30...Rd4! 31.ed4 b2 32.Rb1 (32.Rd1 Nd2! 33.Kh2 Bd6 34.Kh1 Be2-+) 32...Nd2 33.Rb2 Bb2 34.Ne4 Bd4 35.Kh2 Ne4 (35...Ne4 36.g3 Bb7 37.fe4 a5 38.Kg2 a4 39.Kf3 a3 40.Kg4 a2 41.e5 a1Q 42.Kf5 Qf1 43.Ke6 Qc4 44.Kd6 Kf8 45.Kd7 Be5 46.h4 Qd5) 0-1. hurvajsmanka (1810) - Lance5500 (2450), lichess.org, 2016.

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c3 Be7 5.e3 0-0).

6.d4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c3 Be7 5.d4 0-0 6.e3).

6.d4 d5 7.Nf3 (--> 5.Nf3 d5 6.c3 Be7 7.d4).

5.Nc3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e3).

5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Nd5 Qd6 8.Nb4 Qb4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bf6 Qf6 6.Nd5 Qd6 7.Nb4 Qb4 8.e3 0-0).

6.Nf3 Re8=+.

6.f4 c5 7.Nf3 (7.c3!? c4 8.Bh7 Nh7 9.cb4=) 7...c4=+ 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0 Bc5 (10...Ne4-/+) 11.Qe1 (11.Nc3!?=+) 11...d4 12.ed4?? (better 12.Bc4 Qb6 13.Ba3 de3 14.Kh1-/+) 12...Nd4-+ 13.Nd4 (13.Kh1 Re2 (worse 13...Ne2 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Nc3-+) 14.Qd1 Re8-+) 13...Bd4 14.Bd4 Qd4 15.Kh1 (15.Qf2 Qa1 16.Bc4 Qb2-+) 15...Qa1 16.Nc3 Qe1 17.Re1 Bg4 18.h3 (18.Kg1 Rad8 19.d3 Be2 20.Re2 cd3 21.Re8 Ne8 22.cd3 Rd3-+) 18...Be2 19.Ne2 (19.Re2 Re2 20.Ne2 Rd8-+) 19...Rad8 20.Kg1 (20.d4 cd3 21.cd3 Rd3-+) 20...Rd2 21.Kf1 (21.Kf2 Nd5 22.Kf3 Nb4-+) 21...Rc2 (21...Nh5 22.g4 Rde2 23.Re2 Ng3 24.Kf2 Ne2 25.f5-+) 22.Nd4 (22.g4 Ne4 23.a4 c3-+) 22...Re1 23.Ke1 Ra2 24.Nb5 a6 25.Nd6 b5 26.Kd1 Rg2 27.h4 Rg4 (27...Nd5 28.Nf5-+) 28.h5 Rf4 29.h6 Rd4 30.Kc2 Rd6 31.Kc3 gh6 32.Kb4 h5 33.Ka5 (33.Ka3 Rd3 34.Kb2 b4 35.Kc2 b3 36.Kb2 Rd2 37.Kc3 Ne4 38.Kb4 b2 39.Kc4 h4 40.Kb3 b1Q 41.Kc4 Qb5) 33...h4 (33...c3 34.Kb4 c2 35.Ka3 c1Q 36.Kb3 Rd3 37.Kb4 Qc3) 34.Kb4 Rd5 (34...h3 35.Kc5 Ne4 36.Kb4 h2 37.Ka5 h1Q 38.Kb4 Qb1 39.Ka3 Qb3) 35.Ka5 h3 36.Ka6 (36.Kb4 h2 37.Ka5 Rd6 38.Kb4 h1Q 39.Ka3 Qf3 40.Kb2 Rd2 41.Kc1 Qd1) 36...h2 37.Ka5 h1Q 38.Kb4 (38.Kb6 Nd7 39.Kc7 Qh2 40.Kc6 Qd6 41.Kb7 Qb6 42.Kc8 Qb8) 38...Qd1 (38...Qe1 39.Ka3 b4 40.Ka4 Qd1 41.Kb4 Qb3) 39.Kc3 (39.Ka5 Rd6 40.Kb5 Qb3 41.Ka5 Rd1 42.Ka6 Ra1) 39…Qb3 (39...Qd2) 0-1. Engreza (2290) - jlauz (2165), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022.

6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3=+.

6.h3 c5 7.c3= Ba5 (7...Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6=+) 8.Nf3 (better is 8.Bf6!? Qf6 9.Qh5=) 8...Re8 (8...Nc6 9.Bf4=+) 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.c4 (11.Na3 c4 12.Bc2 Bb6=+) 11...Qf6 (11...Nb4 12.Be2=+) 12.Nc3 (12.Na3 Be6=+) 12...Nc3–/+ 13.dc3 Bc3 (better is 13...dc4!? 14.Bc4 Bc3–/+) 14.Bg5= Qd6 15.Rc1 d4?? (better is 15...Bb2 16.Rc2 Be5=) 16.Rc3!+– (16.Rc3 h6 17.Bh4+–) 1–0. Ewert,Jerzy – Pegiel,Marek, corr 2.AMM Poland, 1993. ... Jerzy Ewert: … Player Profile: He has a profile in chess databases like ChessBase, which tracks his games and results. … Rating and Performance: - One result mentions a strongest win against a player rated 2200, and a loss against a player rated 1800, with his own rating mentioned as 2000 in those examples. - His game statistics show a relatively low overall winning percentage, which might suggest he was a club-level or regional player rather than a high-ranking master. The average Elo of opponents in some recorded games is around 1900. … Openings: The database tracks his performance in various openings, including the Uncommon Opening (A00), Ruy Lopez (C89, C71), Benoni Defense (A56), King's Gambit Accepted (C34), and Bird's Opening (A03). … Nationality: Polish. … Conclusion on Achievements: Based on the available snippets, there is no record of major international titles (like Grandmaster or International Master) or victories in prominent national or international tournaments. His public record seems to primarily consist of individual game statistics, which is common for players competing at a club or regional level. Note created November 2025. (AI)

6.h3 Nbd7!? 7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Nc5=+.

6.Bb2 d5 7.c3 Ba5 8.Ne2 c5–/+ 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Ng3 Bc7 11.Be2 d4 12.ed4 cd4–/+ 13.Bb5 Bg4 14.Qa4 dc3 15.dc3 Bg3–/+ 16.fg3? a6 17.Bc6–/+ Qb6 18.Kh1 Qb2 19.Be8= Qa1? 20.Bf7!+– Kf7 21.Qb3 Be6 22.Qb7 Kg6 23.Qa8 Qa2 24.Qf3 a5 25.Qd3 Kf7 26.Qd2 Qc4 27.Rf4 Qb3 28.Rf1?? a4?? 29.Qd4 Bd5 30.Nd2 Qb7 31.Rf2 a3 (31...a3 32.c4 Bc6+–). Weber,Krzysztof – Skonieczny,Jerzy, corr 2. AMM Poland, 1994.

6.Bb2 d6 7.Nf3=+.

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Nc3 a6 10.Ne2 b5 11.Ng3 Bd6 12.a4=+ b4 13.h3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Ne5 15.Qe2 Nd3 16.Qd3 c6 17.f4 g6 18.c4 Bf8 19.Bf6 Qf6=+ 20.cd5 Red8 21.Ne4= Qf5 22.g4+= Qe6 23.de6 Rd3 24.ef7 Kf7 25.Rfd1 Rad8 26.Kf2 c5 27.Ke2 h6 28.Rdc1 R3d5 29.Rc4 a5 30.Rb1 Be7 31.Rb3 R8d7 32.d3 Rd8 33.Nd2 R5d7 34.Re4 Rd5 35.Nc4 Bf6 36.Nd2 R8d7 37.Nf3 R7d6 38.h4 Bc3 39.Rc4 Rd8 40.e4 Rd3? 41.Rc5+– Rd1 42.Ra5 Ra1 43.Ne5 Be5+/– 44.fe5 Ra2 45.Kf3 Ra3 46.Re3 Rf8 47.Ke2 Ra2 48.Kd3 b3? 49.Rf3+– Kg8 50.Rf8 Kf8 51.Rb5 b2 52.a5 Kf7 (52...Ra5 53.Rb2 Re5+–) 1–0. Gruszczynski,Boleslaw – Franek,Mieczyslaw, corr 1.AMM Poland, 1992.

6.Nf3 d6 7.Bb2 Nc6=+.

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

6.Bb2 d5 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.0-0 Re8 (--> 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).

6.Bb2 Re8 7.Nf3 d5 8.0-0 (--> 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).

6.Nf3 Ne5 7.Ne5 Re8 8.Nc4 (8.a3!? Bd2! 9.Qd2 Re5 10.Nc3-/+) 8...d5-+ 9.a3 Bf8 (9...dc4?! 10.ab4 Nd5 11.0-0=+) 10.Nb2 c5 11.0-0 b6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Be2 Bc6 14.c4 d4 15.Nd3 Bd6 16.h3 Bc7 17.Bf3?! (17.Nf4-+) 17...Qd6 18.Nf4 Bf3 19.Qf3 g5 20.Qg3 Ne4 21.Qg4 h5! 22.Qh5 (22.Nh5 Qh2 Mate attack; 22.Qh5 gf4 Deflection) 22...gf4 23.Qg4 Qg6 24.Qf3 (24.Qg6 fg6 25.d3-+) 24...Ng5 25.Qg4 f5 26.Qe2 f3 27.Qd3 Nh3 28.Kh1 fg2 (28...Qg2?!=) 0-1. dimm209 (2115) - Dany2k7 (2205), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

(--> 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 Re8).

7.c4 Nc6 8.Bb2 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).

6.Bb2 d5 7.a3 Bf8 8.Nf3 c5 9.h3 Nc6 10.Bb5 g6 11.0-0 Bg7 12.c4 dc4 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Be6 Re6 15.Qc2 b6 16.Nc3 Nd5 17.Rad1 Nc3 18.Bc3 Bc3 19.Qc3 Rd6 20.d4 cd4 21.ed4 Qf6 22.Rd3 Rad8 23.Rfd1 Ne7 24.Ne5 Nd5 25.Qc4 Qe6 26.Kh2 f6 27.Nf3 Rc6 28.Qb3 Rdc8 29.Re1 Qd6 30.g3 Kg7 31.Kg2 Rc3 32.Rc3 Rc3 33.Qd1 Ra3 34.Re8 Qc6 35.Qe2 Rf3 36.Qf3 Qe8 37.Qd5 f5 38.Qc4 Kf6 39.f4 Qe6 40.Qc3 Qd5 41.Kf2 a5 42.Ke3 a4 43.Kf2 b5 44.Qb4 Ke6 45.Qc3 Kd7 46.Qb4 Qc4 47.Qb2 b4 48.d5 Qc3 0–1. Blasig,Volker – Stull,Norbert, 1997.

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

6.Nf3 (--> 5.Nf3 Re8 6.Be2).

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

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

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Qf6 gf6 8.a3 Ba5+=.

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Qf6 gf6 8.Nc3 Bc3 9.dc3 Rd8 10.Nf3=.

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.Qf6 gf6 8.c3 Ba5 9.Nf3 a6 10.d4 Bf5 11.Kd2 c5 12.Nh4 Be4 13.f3 Bg6 14.d5 b5 15.e4 c4 16.a4 Nd7 (time, 1–0). mtrold1 – CAPKO, internet live, 2001.

6.Bf6+= Qf6 7.Qf6 gf6 8.c3 Ba5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.d4 Bg4 11.Nfd2 Bf5 12.e4 (12.Bb5 Ne7 13.Nc4 Bb6+/–) 12...Bg6 13.Bd3 Rfe8 14.0-0 Rad8 15.Nb3 Be4 (better is 15...d5!? 16.Bb5 Bb6 17.ed5 Rd5 18.Bc6 bc6+/–) 16.Be4+– Re4 17.d5 Bc3? (17...Ne7 18.Na5 Ra4 19.Nb3 (19.Nb7?! Rb8+=) 19...Nd5 20.Rd1+/–) 18.Nc3 Rc4 19.Rfc1 Nd4 20.Nd4 Rd4 21.Rab1 b6 22.a3 a6 23.Rb4 Rd3 24.Rc4 Rc8 25.Kf1 Kg7 (25...Rd2 26.Ne4 Rd3 27.a4+– (27.Nf6?! Kg7 28.Nh5 Kh6+–)) 26.Ke2 b5 (26...Rc3 27.R4c3 b5 28.Rc7 Re8 29.Kf1+–) 27.Rc6 (better is 27.Rg4 Kf8 28.Kd3+–) 27...Rd4 28.Ra6 Re8 29.Kf3 Rd3 30.Kg4 Rd4 31.f4 Re5 32.Kf3 Rd3 33.Kf2 Rd2 34.Kg1 Ree2 (34...Rf5 35.g3 c5+–) 35.Ne2 Re2 36.Rc7 Re4 37.g3 Rd4 38.Rd6 Rd1 39.Kg2 Rd2 40.Kh3 Ra2 41.Ra6 f5 (41...b4 42.d6 ba3 43.d7+–) 42.Rb7 (better is 42.d6!? Rd2 43.d7 Rd1+–) 42...Rb2 (42...b4 43.a4 Rd2 44.d6+–) 43.d6 1–0. charmedones (2000) – saliamichenko, gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Be2 d5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.d4 Bd6 10.c4 dc4 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Be2 Bg4 13.Nbd2 Nd5 (13...Qh6 14.h3 Bf5 15.a4=+) 14.h3 (14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Nd6 Nc3=) 14...Bh5 (14...Nc3 15.Qe1 Bf5 16.Nc4 Ne2 17.Qe2=+) 15.Qb3 Rfe8 (15...Qe7!?=) 16.Qb7+= Nf4? (better 16...Reb8 17.Qa6 Rb6+=) 17.ef4+- Rab8 18.Qa7 (better 18.Qa6 Bf4 19.Bd1+-) 18...Re2+/- 19.Rae1 Re1 (19...Bf3!? 20.Nf3 Reb2+/-) 20.Re1+- (worse 20.Ne1 Be2-/+ (worse 20...Bf4 21.Nd3 Bg6 22.Re1+/-)) 20...Rf8 21.Ne4 (21.g4 Bf4 22.Ne4 Qe6 23.gh5 Qh3+-) 21...Qf4+/- 22.Nd6 Qd6 23.Qc5 (23.Ne5!? f6 24.Nc4+/-) 23...Qf6?? (better 23...Qc5 24.dc5 Bf3 25.gf3 Ra8+=) 24.Qh5+- 1-0. Hotelschach (2530) - Tacticurge (2580), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3)

6.Be2 d5 7.0-0 Bf5 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Bd6 10.Nbd2 h6 11.c4 Re8 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Qc2 Rad8 (13...Qa2?? 14.Ra1 Qa1 15.Ra1+-) 14.Rb1 Bh7 (better 14...Qa6!?=) 15.Bf6+/- Nf6 16.Rb7 Bb8 17.Rfb1 Nd7 18.cd5 cd5 (better 18...Qd5 19.e4 Qe6+/-) 19.Qb3?? (better 19.R7b5 Qa6 20.Rd5+-) 19...Nc5-/+ 20.Qb5 (20.Qc2!? Nb7 21.Rb7-/+) 20...Nb7-+ 21.Qb7 Qc3 (21...Qa2!? 22.Rb2 Qa1 23.Rb1 Qc3-+) 22.Nf1 Bg6 (22...Bd3?! 23.Rb3 Qb3 24.ab3 Be2 25.Nd4+=) 23.h3 (23.Nd4 Bd6=+ (worse 23...Bd3 24.Rb3 Qd4 25.ed4 Be2 26.Re3+/-)) 23...Qc7 (23...Qa5 24.Rb2-/+) 24.Qa6 (24.Qc7 Bc7 25.Rb7 Rd7=+) 24...Bh5 (24...Qc2 25.N1d2-/+) 25.g4 (25.Rb7 Qc1=+) 25...Bg6-/+ 26.Ng3? (26.Nd4 Qc3-/+) 26...Rd6 (better 26...Qc2!? 27.Re1 Bg3 28.fg3 Re3-+) 27.Qa4 Red8 (27...Qc8!? 28.Qd1-+) 28.Nd4 Rb6 29.Rd1 (29.Rb6 Qb6 30.Nc6 Re8-/+) 29...Qd6 30.f4 f6 (30...Rb4 31.Qc6 Qf8 32.Bf3-/+) 31.Ngf5 Bf5 32.Nf5 Qc5 33.d4 Qc6?? (better 33...Qc7=+) 34.Ne7+- Kh7 35.Nc6 Rc8 36.Ne7 Rd8 37.Bd3 Kh8 38.Nf5 (38.Rc1 g5 39.Rc8 Rbd6+-) 38...Rb2 (38...Rb7 39.Qa6 Rb6 40.Qa5+-) 39.Qa3 (39.Qa5 Rb6 40.Rb1 Rb1 41.Bb1 Rd7+-) 39...Rb7 40.Qc5 (better 40.Rb1!? Rb1 41.Bb1 Re8+-) 40...Rc7 41.Qa3 Rb7 42.Rc1 Kg8 43.Qa6 Rb6 44.Qa5 (44.Rc8 Ra6 45.Rd8 Kf7 46.Ba6 g6 47.Nh6 Kg7+-) 44...g6 45.Nh4 (45.Ne7 Kg7 46.Nc8 Rd7 47.Nb6 ab6+-) 45...Kg7 46.Bg6 h5 47.Bf5 (better 47.Bh5!? Kh7+-) 47...hg4 48.hg4 Rh8 49.Nf3 (49.Qd5 Rd6 50.Qb7 Bc7 51.Rc7 Rd7 52.Rd7 Kh6 53.Rh7 Rh7 54.Qh7) 49…Rh3 (49...Rh3 50.Qd5 Bd6+-). bjoernsen (2350) - DontPlayNerds (2430), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3)

6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Be2 a5 8.0-0 d5 9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bc5 11.Re1 a4 12.a3 Ng4 (better Be6=) 13.Bf1 (better 13.d4 Qf6 14.c4+= (worse 14.dc5 Qb2 15.c4 d4 16.ed4 Nd4=)) 13...Nf2!-/+ 14.Kf2 Be3 15.Kg3?? (better 15.Re3 Qe3 16.Kg3-/+) 15...Qd6-+ 16.Kh4 Qf4 (16...Qf4 17.Kh5 Qg4) 0-1. bjoernsen (2210) - fuegodejavu (2160), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

6.Bc7+= d6 7.Bb8 Rb8 8.c3 Ba5 9.Bc4 d5 10.Bb3 Bf5 11.0-0 Bb1 (11...Bc7!?=) 12.Qb1 b5 13.a3 h6 14.Qc2 Qe4 15.Nd4 Qc2 16.Nc2 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Rd6 18.f3 Bb6 19.Rab1 (19.Nf5 Re6+/–) 19...Bd4+= 20.cd4 Rc8 21.Rfc1 Rcc6 (21...Rdc6 22.Rc6 Rc6 23.Kf2+/–) 22.Kf2 (22.Bc2!?+–) 22...Rc1+/– 23.Rc1 Kf8 24.Rc8 Ne8? (better is 24...Ke7!?+/–) 25.Rc5 Ra6 26.Rd5 (26.Bd5 Ra3 27.Rb5 Nd6 28.Rb8 Ke7+–) 26...Ra3 27.Rb5 Nd6 28.Rb4 a5 29.Rb8 Ke7 30.e4 f5? 31.e5 Ne8 32.d5 a4 33.Bd1 Ra1 34.Bc2 Ra2 35.Rc8 Rb2 36.Ba4 Rd2 37.Ke3 Rd5 38.Re8 Kf7 39.Bb3 Ke8 40.Bd5 Ke7 41.Kf4 g6 42.h4 Kf8 43.e6 Ke7 44.Ke5 (44.Ke5 f4 45.Be4+–) 1–0. Baer,Cy (1895) – Henkel,Phil (1905), RSS7E easy–56, 2007.

6.Be2 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.0-0 Bd6 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4 Bg4 11.Be2 Bf3 12.Bf3 Rab8 13.d4 Rfe8 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Qb3 (15.e4 Rbd8 16.Qb3 Nd3+-) 15...c6? (better 15...Nd3!?+=) 16.e4+- Nd3 17.e5 Ne5 18.de5 Qe5 19.g3 Qf5 20.Kg2 Ng4 21.Rad1 Ne5 22.Be4 (22.Rd6?! Qf3 23.Kg1 Qf5+/-) 22...Qh5 (22...Qe6+-) 23.Rd6 1-0. Lance5500 (2515) - jeffforever (2465), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Be2 d5 7.0-0 c6 8.c4 Nbd7 9.Bb2 h6 10.Qb3 Bd6 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Nd4 (13.d4!? Nce4 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Bd3=) 13...dc4=+ 14.Ne6 Qe6 (14...Ne6?! 15.Bc4 Rae8 16.d4=) 15.a4 Rad8 16.Rfc1? (better 16.Na2 b5 17.ab5 cb5 18.Nc1-/+) 16...Nb3-+ 17.Rd1 Na1 18.Ba1 Be5 19.Qa2 Bc3 20.Bc4? (20.Bc3 b5-+) 20...Qd6 (better 20...Qg4 21.f3 Bd2 22.fg4 Be3 23.Kf1 Rd1 24.Ke2 Rd2 25.Qd2 Bd2 26.Bf6 Bf4-+ (worse 26...gf6 27.Kd2 Rb8 28.Kd3-+)) 21.Bc3 Ne4 22.Bb2 (22.Ba1 b6-/+) 22...Qc5 (22...Nd2 23.Be2 Qd5 24.Qd5 Rd5 25.Bd4-+) 23.Ba3 (23.d3 Qg5-/+) 23...Qf5-+ 24.f3 Nd6 25.Bb3 b6 26.d4 Qg5 27.Qf2 Rfe8 28.e4 Nb7 29.f4 Qg4 30.e5 Na5 31.Bc2 Nc4 32.Bc1 c5 33.d5 (33.dc5 Rd1 Pinning (33...Rd1 Deflection; 33...Rd1 Decoy)) 33...Ne5 34.h3 Qh5 35.fe5 Re5 Looking at d5 36.Re1 (36.Qg3 Re2 37.Bd2 c4= (37...Qd5? 38.Bc3 Qd1 39.Bd1 Rd1 40.Kh2+-)) 36...Red5 (36...Re1 37.Qe1 Qd5 38.Bb2-/+) 37.Kh2 (37.Qe3 Rf8 38.Qe4+=) 37...g5?? (better 37...Re5-/+) 38.Qf3?? (better 38.Re7 Rd4 39.Bb2+-) 38...Qf3-+ 39.gf3 Rd2! 40.Bd2 Rd2 41.Kg3 Rc2 42.f4 (42.a5 Rc4-+) 42...Kg7 (42...gf4!? 43.Kg4 Rc4 44.a5-+) 43.Kg4 (43.fg5 hg5 44.Re7 a5-+) 43…Rc4 0-1. bjoernsen (2330) - Shinsei (2445), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3)

6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be6 8.Bd3 Re8 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Ne6+= Re6 12.Nc3 d5 13.Na4 Bb6 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Qf3 Ne4 16.Qg4 d4 17.Rad1 Nf6 18.Qf5 Qd5 19.Qd5 Nd5 20.e4 Ndb4=+ 21.a3 Nd3 22.cd3 Na5 23.Rb1 Nb3 24.Bc1 Na5 25.Rb4 Nc6 26.Rb5 ½–½. pcmvr (2870) – jogomgal (2315), net–chess.com, 2009.

6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0= Bb7 10.a3 a5?? 11.Ng5 Qe7? 12.Nc3?? Nd8?? 13.Nb5?? c6 14.Nd4 b5?? 15.Nf5 Qf8 16.Bd3 Ne6 17.Bf6 gf6 18.Nh7! Kh7 19.Qh5 Qh6 20.Nh6 Kh8 21.Qf5 Kg7 22.Qh7 Kf8 23.Qf7# 1–0. Gerola,Giorgio – Innorta,Giuseppe, corr Italy, 1983.

6.Bc3 Nc6 7.Nf3=+.

6.Bg2 c5 7.c3 Ba5 (7...Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Bd5=+) 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Bd5 Nc6 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.0-0 Nf3 (11...Bh3!?=+) 12.Bf3= Qf3 13.Nf4 Qc6 (13...Qd1 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.e4=) 14.Qh5 (14.d4 Re8=) 14...Bc7 (14...g6 15.Qd5=) 15.Na3 (15.Nd5 Re8 16.c4 g6+=) 15...b5 (15...Bf4!? 16.gf4 Be6=+) 16.Qd5 (16.Nd5 Bd6+=) 16...Bb7 17.Qc6 Bc6 18.d4 Bd6 19.c4 b4 20.dc5?? (20.Nc2 Be4 21.Rac1 Rfd8=) 20...Bc5?? (better 20...Bf4 21.ef4 ba3-+) 21.Nd3= Be7 22.Nc2 a5 23.Nd4 Be4 24.Ne5 (24.Rfd1 Rac8 25.Rac1 Bf6+=) 24...Rfc8 25.Rfc1 (25.f3 Bb7=) 25...a4 26.f3 Bf6 (better 26...Ra5!? 27.Nd7 Bb7=) 27.Nd7+/- Bd4 28.ed4 Bf3 (28...Rd8!? 29.fe4 Rd7+/-) 29.Nb6+- b3? (better 29...Be4+-) 30.ab3 ab3 31.Ra8 (31.Na8?! b2 32.Nb6 bc1R 33.Rc1 Re8+-) 31...Ra8 32.Na8 Ba8 (32...Be4 33.Re1 b2+-) 33.Rb1 (33.Rb1 Be4 34.Rb3+-) 1-0. Balaji,Aaravamudhan (2345) - Stojanovski,Sa (2165), Titled Tue (3), 2024. ... Aaravamudhan Balaji is a promising young chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM). ... --- Here is an overview of his chess career: ... --- Title and Federation: * Title: International Master (IM), achieved in 2024. He was also a FIDE Master (FM) in 2023. * Federation: England (ENG). * Birth Year: 2005, making him a young talent. ... --- Current FIDE Ratings: His recent FIDE ratings (as of late 2025 in the search results) are: * Classical: 2305, * Rapid: 2356, * Blitz: 2379. * Best Elo: 2396. ... --- Notable Achievements: He has had significant success in recent years, including: * Scottish Open Champion (2023): He won the 2023 Scottish Chess Championships, scoring a perfect 5/5, which included a victory over an International Master. * IM Norm: He earned his maiden International Master Norm at the Psyon Chess Masters IM Norm Invitational tournament in London in August 2023, where he finished first. * British Chess Championships (2023): He secured the U21 second-place prize at this event. * Strongest Win: He has defeated a Grandmaster, notably Samuel L Shankland (rated 2710) in one of his strongest career wins. ... --- Playing Style and Openings: Analysis of his recorded games indicates a diverse and aggressive approach: With White: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4), Indian Defense, Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3); With Black: King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5), Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6), Modern Defense (1. e4 g6). He demonstrates strong results with openings like the King's Indian Defense (as Black), Nimzo-Indian (as Black), and Reti Opening (as White). ... --- In summary, Aaravamudhan Balaji is a rapidly developing IM from England with solid ratings across all time controls and a history of winning key national and international junior events. Note created November 2025. (AI)

6.Bg2 Nc6!? 7.Bb2 Na5-/+.

6.Bg2 Nc6!? 7.Bb2 Bg4-/+.

6.Bg2 Be7 7.Ne2=+ c5 (7...Nc6 8.Bb2=+) 8.0-0 Nc6 (8...Nbd7 9.Bb2=) 9.Bf6 Bf6 (worse gf6 10.Nbc3 d4 11.Nd5+/-) 10.c3 (10.Nbc3 d4 11.Nd5 Be5=) 10...Ne7 (10...Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4=+) 11.d4 (11.Nf4 Bd7=+) 11...b6 (11...Bg4 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nd2=+) 12.Nd2= g6 13.Rc1 Ba6 (13...Bg4 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3=) 14.Re1 Qd7 (14...Rc8 15.Qa4 Be2 16.Re2 cd4 17.ed4=) 15.c4 (15.dc5!? Rfd8 16.cb6 ab6 17.Qb3+=) 15...cd4= 16.Nd4 Bb7 17.c5 Rfc8 18.N2b3 Qa4 (18...Rc7 19.Re2=) 19.Qd2 Ba6 20.h4 (20.c6 A) 20...Nc6? 21.Nc6 (21.Bd5?! Ne5+/-) 21...Rc6 22.Rc6 (22.Bd5 Rc1 23.Rc1 Rc8=+; 22.Qd5?! Rc1 23.Qa8 Rc8 24.Qa7 Qb4=) 22...Qc6 23.Bd5+-; B) 20...Bc4+=) 20...Rab8 (20...Bc4 21.cb6 ab6 22.Rc2=) 21.h5 Bg7 (21...Bc4 22.cb6 Rb6 23.Bh3=) 22.hg6 (22.Bh3 f5+=) 22...hg6= 23.cb6 (23.Bh3 f5=) 23...ab6 24.Rc8 Rc8 25.Bf1 Bc4 26.Rc1 Ra8 27.Rc2 Nc8 28.Ne2 (28.Nf3=+) 28...Qa3 (better 28...Nd6!?=+) 29.Nf4 The isolani on d5 becomes a target 29...Nd6 (29...Ne7 30.Bg2+=) 30.Nd5 Ne4 31.Qd1 Bf1 32.Qf1 Rd8 33.Nb6 (33.Qc4 Ng5 34.Kg2 Qd6+/-) 33...Qb4 (33...Qd6 34.Nc4 Qc7 35.Kg2+/-) 34.Nc4 Nc3 35.Rd2 Ra8 36.Nc1 (36.Qd3 Ra2 37.Ra2 Na2+/-) 36...Ne4 37.Rc2 Nc3 (37...Rd8!?+=) 38.Nd2 Rd8 (better 38...Qf8+/-) 39.Ndb3?? (better 39.Qc4 Nd5 40.Ne4+/-) 39...Rd1-+ 40.Qd1 Nd1 41.Nd3 (41.Rd2 Nc3-+) 41...Qb8 (41...Qg4 42.Ne1-+) 42.Kf1 (42.Nbc5 Qa8-+) 42...Nc3 43.Ke1 (43.Nf4 Qb7 44.Ne2 Qh1 45.Ng1 Qe4-+) 43...Qb5 44.Ndc1 (44.Nf4-+) 44...Qh5 45.Ne2 Qh1 46.Kd2 (46.Ng1 Qg1 47.Kd2 Qd1) 46...Ne4 (46...Qd1) 47.Kd3-+ Nf2 48.Kd2 Qd5 (48...Qd1) 49.Ned4 Ne4 50.Kd3 Ng3 51.Rc5 (51.Nc5 Be5-+) 51...Qe4 52.Kd2 (52.Kc4 Nf5 53.Kb5 Ne3-+) 52...Nf1 53.Ke2 Qe3 54.Kf1 Bd4 (54...Bd4 55.Nd4 Qd4 56.Rc8 Kg7-+) 0-1. Balaji,Aaravamudhan (2345) - Lashkin,Jegor (2450), Chess.com Speed Play-In (7), 2024. ... Aaravamudhan Balaji is a promising young chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM). ... --- Here is an overview of his chess career: ... --- Title and Federation: * Title: International Master (IM), achieved in 2024. He was also a FIDE Master (FM) in 2023. * Federation: England (ENG). * Birth Year: 2005, making him a young talent. ... --- Current FIDE Ratings: His recent FIDE ratings (as of late 2025 in the search results) are: * Classical: 2305, * Rapid: 2356, * Blitz: 2379. * Best Elo: 2396. ... --- Notable Achievements: He has had significant success in recent years, including: * Scottish Open Champion (2023): He won the 2023 Scottish Chess Championships, scoring a perfect 5/5, which included a victory over an International Master. * IM Norm: He earned his maiden International Master Norm at the Psyon Chess Masters IM Norm Invitational tournament in London in August 2023, where he finished first. * British Chess Championships (2023): He secured the U21 second-place prize at this event. * Strongest Win: He has defeated a Grandmaster, notably Samuel L Shankland (rated 2710) in one of his strongest career wins. ... --- Playing Style and Openings: Analysis of his recorded games indicates a diverse and aggressive approach: With White: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4), Indian Defense, Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3); With Black: King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5), Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6), Modern Defense (1. e4 g6). He demonstrates strong results with openings like the King's Indian Defense (as Black), Nimzo-Indian (as Black), and Reti Opening (as White). ... --- In summary, Aaravamudhan Balaji is a rapidly developing IM from England with solid ratings across all time controls and a history of winning key national and international junior events. Note created November 2025. (AI)

6.Bb2 c6 7.Nf3 d5 8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 Bc7 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bg6 12.Re1 Re8 13.a4 a6 14.c4 Ne5 (14...dc4 15.dc4 Nc5 16.Ra2=+) 15.cd5 Nd5 16.Ne5 Be5 (worse 16...Re5 17.Be5 Be5 18.d4+/-) 17.Be5 Re5 18.Nf3 Re8 19.e4 (19.Qb3 Rb8=) 19...Nf4 20.Bf1 Qd7 21.g3 Ne6 22.Rb1 b5 23.ab5 ab5 24.Ne5 Qd6 25.Ng6 hg6 26.Bg2 (26.e5 Qe7=) 26...Nd4=+ 27.Qg4 Rad8 28.h4 (28.Rec1 g5=+) 28...c5-/+ 29.h5 gh5 30.Qh5 b4 31.Bf1 (31.e5 Qh6 32.Qh6 gh6=+) 31...Qf6 32.Bg2 Re5 33.Qg4 Rg5 34.Qd1 Nc6 35.Qc2 Nd4 36.Qc4?? (36.Qd1 Rb8 37.Re3-/+) 36...Qd6 (better 36...Nf3 37.Bf3 Qf3-+) 37.Rbc1 Rc8 38.Qa2 (38.Re3 b3-/+) 38...b3 39.Qb2 Nc2 40.Red1 Nb4?? (better 40...Rb8-/+) 41.Qb3+= Qd4 (41...Rb8 42.Qc4+=) 42.Qc4 (better 42.Rc4!? Qd7 43.d4+-) 42...Qc4 (better 42...Rd8!?+/-) 43.Rc4+- 1-0. brucepeng (2005) - Mate166 (2020), lichess.org, 2021.

6.Bc4 d5 7.Ba2 (7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Nf3 Nc5 10.0-0 Na4 11.Bc1 Qf6=; 7.Bb5 a6 (7...c6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Bc3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Ne4 de4=+; 7...Nbd7 8.Bc3 c6 9.Ba5 Qa5 10.Be2 Ne5 11.Nf3 Nf3=+) 8.Be2 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bb2 Re8 11.0-0 Bf5=+) 7...Re8 (7...Bg4 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.c3 Rd8 11.h3 Bf5=+) 8.f4 (better is 8.Nf3!?=+ Bg4 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.c3 Rd8 11.h3 Bh5–/+; 8.Bb2 Bg4 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.c4 d4 11.0-0 d3–/+) 8...Ng4–+ 9.Bc3 (9.c3 Ne5 10.fe5 Qh4 11.g3 Qe4–/+) 9...Bb6 (9...Bc3 10.Nc3 d4 11.Nce2 de3 12.de3–+) 10.Ne2 d4 11.h3 dc3 12.hg4 cd2 13.Nd2 Be3 14.Nc4 (14.Nf3 Qd1 (14...Bg4?! 15.Bf7 Kf7 16.Ne5 Kg8 17.Qd8 Rd8 18.Ng4–/+) 15.Kd1 Bg4–+) 14...Bd4 15.Qd3?? (15.Rc1–+) 15...Ba1 16.Qh7 Kf8 17.Qh8 Ke7 18.Qh5 Bg4 19.Qg4 Nc6?? 20.c3?? Qd3–+ 21.Kf2 Bc3 22.Rh3 Bd4 23.Ne3 Qd2 24.Qf5 Kd6 25.Qf7?? Be3–+ 26.Kf3 Nd4 (26...Nd4 27.Nd4 Qf2 28.Kg4 Bd4 29.Qd5 Ke7–+; better is 26...Qd3 27.Bc4 Qe4 28.Kg3–+) 0–1. Goens – Druet,Roger, corr FRA, 1975.

6.Bd3 d6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.0-0 Ne5 (9...Re8 10.Nc3=) 10.Be2 Nf3 11.Bf3 Bf3 (11...Bc8 12.Nc3=) 12.Qf3+= c6 13.Nc3 (13.Bf6 Qf6 14.Qf6 gf6+=) 13...d5= 14.d3 Bc7 15.Ne2 Nd7 16.Qg4 Ne5 17.Qg3 Re8 18.f4 Ng6 19.Nd4 Qd7 20.Qf2 (20.Rae1 b5=) 20...c5 21.Nf3 b5 Black prepares the advance c4 22.h4 (22.Rae1 a6=+) 22...h5 (22...Qg4 23.Be5 Bd8 24.Rab1-/+) 23.Rae1 Rac8 24.g3 c4 25.Kh2 (25.e4 Ba5 26.Rd1 cd3 27.cd3 Bb6-/+) 25...Bb6-/+ 26.Bd4 Bd4 27.Nd4 cd3 28.cd3 Rc3 29.Qb2 (29.Qd2 Ra3 30.Ra1 Ra1 31.Ra1 b4-/+) 29...Rec8 (29...Rd3 30.Qb5 Qb5 31.Nb5-/+) 30.f5 (30.Rc1!? Rd3 31.Qb5 Rd2 32.Kg1=+) 30...Ne5-/+ 31.Qb5 (31.Rc1 Ng4 (31...Nd3?! 32.Qc3 Rc3 33.Rc3-/+) 32.Kg1 Qd6-/+ (32...Ne3? 33.Rc3 Rc3 34.Qc3+-)) 31...Ng4 32.Kg1 Qb5 33.Nb5 Rd3 34.Na7 Ra8 (34...Rc2 35.Rc1 Rb2 36.Rb1-+) 35.Nb5-/+ Ra5 (worse 35...Re3 36.Re3 Ne3 37.Rf3=; worse 35...Ne3 36.Rf3 Re8 37.a4=) 36.a4 (36.Rb1!?-/+) 36...Ra4-+ (36...Ne3?! 37.Rf3 d4 38.Ra1=; 36...Re3?! 37.Re3 Ne3 38.Rf4=) 37.Rf3 Ra2 38.Nc7 (38.Rc1-+) 38...Rdd2 39.e4 (39.Nd5 Ne5 40.Rf4 Rd5 41.Ref1-+) 39...Ne5 40.Rf4 (40.Rfe3 d4 41.R3e2 Re2 42.Re2 Re2 43.Nd5-+) 40...Rg2 41.Kh1 (41.Kf1 Ng4 42.Re2 Rge2 43.Kg1 Ne3 44.Rf1 Rg2 45.Kh1 Rh2 46.Kg1 Rag2) 41...Nc4 42.Nd5 (42.Re2 Rge2 43.Kg1 Ne3 44.Rf1 Rg2 45.Kh1 Rh2 46.Kg1 Rag2) 42…Rh2 (42...Rh2 43.Kg1 Rag2 44.Kf1 Nd2; 42...Rg3?! 43.e5=) 0-1. kaalmakreel (2180) - Ant88888888 (2475), ChessWorld.net, 2021.

6.Qf3= Re8 7.Bf6+= Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.c4 c5 10.Ne2 b6 11.Nbc3+/– Bc3 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Nb5 Na6 14.Nd6+– Reb8 15.d4 cd4 16.ed4 Nc7 17.Bd3 Bc6 18.d5 Bb7 19.Kd2 Ne8 20.Ne8 Re8+/– 21.a4 Re7 22.a5 ba5 23.Ra5 h6 24.Rha1 a6 25.Rb1 d6 26.Rb6 Rd8 27.Bf5 Kg7 28.Kd3 h5 29.Ra4 Kh6 30.h4 Kg7 31.f3 Kh6 32.Rab4 Rb8 33.Rd6 Rbe8 34.Bd7 Rb8 35.Kd4 (35.Kd4 a5 36.Rbb6+– (36.Rf6?! Kg7 37.Rbb6 Rd7+/–)) 1–0. Bendig,Frank – Wantoch_Rekowski,Jacek, corr or01–006 E–mail, 2001. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd6 Re8 8.Bc5 d5 9.Bb4 Bc7 10.Bc3 Nc6 11.Be2 Bg4 12.d3 d4? (better 12...Bf3 13.Bf3 d4=) 13.Nd4+/- Be2 14.Ne2 (14.Ke2? Nd4 15.Kf1 Ne6-+) 14...Qd5? (14...Nd5 15.e4 Nc3 16.Nbc3+/-) 15.0-0 (15.Bf6!? gf6 16.Nbc3 Qe5+-) 15...Rad8 16.Nd2 Ng4 17.Nf3 (17.h3 Nf6+-) 17...Qh5 (17...Qd6 18.g3+/-) 18.Ng3 (18.h3 Nge5 19.Ne5 Be5 20.Be5 Qe5+-) 18...Qh6 (18...Bg3 19.hg3 (19.fg3? Ne3 20.Qd2 Nf1 21.Kf1 Qc5-/+) 19...Rd7 20.Rb1+/-) 19.Rb1 b6 20.Rb5 Re3?? (better 20...Bg3!? 21.hg3 Qe6+/-) 21.Rg5 (21.Nf5 Bh2 22.Kh1 Qg6 23.fe3 Be5+-) 21...Nh2? (21...Bg3 22.Rg4 Rf3 23.hg3 Rf5 24.Bg7 Qg7 25.Rg7 Kg7 26.Qg4 Kf6+-) 22.Rg7 (better 22.fe3!? Nf1 23.Nf5 Qe6 24.Rg7 Kf8+-) 22...Qg7 23.Nh2 (better 23.Bg7 Nf1 24.Nf5+- (24.fe3?! Ng3 25.Bh6 Nf5+-; 24.Qf1?! Rf3 25.gf3 Kg7+-; worse 24.Kf1 Bg3 25.Ba1 Re6 26.fg3 h6+-)) 23...Qg6?? (better 23...Qc3 24.Qg4 Kh8 25.fe3 Qe5=) 24.fe3+- Qg3 25.Qg4 (25.Ng4!? Kf8 26.Be1 Qd6+-) 25...Qg4 26.Ng4 Re8?? (better 26...Kf8+-) 27.Nf6 (27.Nh6 Kf8 28.Rf7) 27...Kf8+- 28.Ne8 Ke8 29.e4 1-0. jhonores (2135) - modo12 (2120), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

6.Nf3 d6 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.a3 Ba5).

7.c4 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qc2 Re8 (9...Qd6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Nf3=) 10.Qc5 Nc6 11.Nf3 Bg4 (11...Be6 12.Qb5=) 12.Be2 (12.Bc4 Nb6+=) 12...Rc8 (12...a6=) 13.Qb5=+ Nf4 14.0-0?? (better is 14.Kf1 Ne2 15.Ke2=+) 14...a6–+ (14...Ne2?! 15.Qe2 Qb6 16.d3=) 15.Qc4 Nd4! (15...Ne2?! 16.Qe2 Qb6 17.d3=) 16.Qa4 (16.Qd4 Ne2) 16...Nfe2 (16...Nde2!? 17.Kh1 Bf3 18.gf3–+) 17.Kh1 b5 18.Qd1 (18.Qa5 Qa5 19.Nd4 Nd4 20.Bd4 Rc2–+) 18...Nf3 19.h3 (19.Qe2 Qd6 20.Qf3 Bf3 21.gf3–+) 19...Qd6 20.g3 Ng3! (21.fg3 Qg3 22.Qf3 Bf3 23.Rf3 Qf3 24.Kg1 Re6 25.Kh2 Rg6 26.Bg7 Qg2) 0–1. Diener,Rudolf – Neckar, corr ICCF EU–M–662, 1985.

7.c4 Be6 8.Qb3=+.

7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.d3 Re8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Nh2 Bg6 15.Nd2 d4 16.e4 Ne5? (16...Bc7 17.Nhf3=+) 17.Nhf3?? (better 17.f4 Ne4 18.Ne4+/-) 17...Nf3=+ 18.Bf3 Nd7 (18...Bc7 19.Rc1=+) 19.Nc4 (better 19.Bg4=) 19...f5?? (19...Bc7 20.Bg4=+) 20.Nb6?? (better 20.ef5 Bf7 21.Nd6+- (worse 21.Bb7 Rb8 22.Bc6 Bc7+/-)) 20...ab6 (20...Qb6 21.ef5 Bf5 22.Rb1=) 21.Re1 (21.ef5 Bf5 22.Bb7 Rc7 23.Bd5 Kh8+=) 21...Ne5 (21...fe4 22.Be4 Be4 23.de4=) 22.ef5 Bf5 23.Be4 Qf6 24.Qh5 (24.Bb7 Rcd8=) 24...Bg6= 25.Bg6 Ng6 26.Re8 (26.Qd5 Qf7 27.Qf7 Kf7=) 26...Re8=+ 27.Rf1 Re5 28.Qd1 Qg5 (28...Nf4 29.Qg4=+) 29.Bc1 Qf5 30.Qd2 Nh4 31.Qd1 (31.c4 Qg6 32.f3 Nf5=+) 31...h5 32.Kh2 Qg6 33.Rg1 Qe6 34.Bf4 (34.Rf1 Qd5 35.Rg1 Qf7=) 34...Re2=+ 35.Bg3 Nf5 36.Qc1 (36.Rf1!?=+) 36...h4-/+ 37.Bf4 Rf2 38.Rf1 Re2 39.Rf3 (39.Qd1 b5-/+) 39...Ne3 (39...Qg6!? 40.Qf1 Rc2 41.Kg1-+) 40.Be3-/+ Re3 41.Rf2?? (better 41.Rf1-+) 41...Qe5 42.Kh1 g5 (better 42...Re1!? 43.Rf1 Rc1 44.Rc1-+) 43.Qf1?? (better 43.Qg1-+) 43...Re1 44.Rf8 Kg7 45.Rf7 Kg6 46.Rf2 Rf1 47.Rf1 Qe2 48.Kg1 (48.Rc1 Qd2 49.Rb1 Qc2 50.Rb6 Kf5 51.Rb7 Qd3 52.Rf7 Ke6-+) 48...Qc2 49.Rf2 Qd3 0-1. brucepeng (2000) - MrDufresne (2135), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nf3 Ne4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.d3 Nd6 11.Nbd2 Qf6?? (better 11...Re8=) 12.Bf6+- gf6 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Ne2 Kh8 15.Ng3 (15.Nb3 Rg8+-) 15...Rg8 16.Nf3 Rg6 (16...Rae8 17.Rb1+-) 17.c4! dc4 18.dc4 Rag8 (18...Nc4 19.Qb3 Nd6 20.Nh4+-) 19.Nd4 (19.c5 Nb5+-) 19...Bc3 20.Rb1 Nd4 21.ed4 Nc4 (21...b6 22.Qd3 Ba5 23.c5+-) 22.Rb7 (22.Qd3 Bd4 23.Qc4 Bb6+-) 22...Nd2 (22...Nb2 23.Qc2 Bd4 24.Rb1+-) 23.Re1 f5 (23...Nc4 24.Re7 Ba5 25.Qa4+-) 24.Re7 (better 24.Rc7 Nf3 25.gf3 Be1 26.Qe1 f4 27.Qe5 f6 28.Qf4 a5+-) 24...f4 25.Rf7 Rh6 (25...fg3 26.hg3 R6g7 27.Rg7 Rg7 28.Rb8 Rg8 29.Rg8 Kg8 30.Qg4 Kf7 31.Qd7 Kf6 32.Qc6 Kf5 33.Qc3 Ke4+-) 26.Nf5 Rh5 27.Rbc7 (27.Qh5 Nf3 28.Qf3 h6 29.Qc6 Rg2 30.Qg2 Bd4 31.Rb8) 27...f3+- 28.g3 Ba5 29.Ra7 Bc3 30.Rac7 (30.Nh6 Rg3 31.hg3 Rh1 32.Kh1 Bd4 33.Rh7) 30...Rgg5 31.Rc3 (31.Qe1 Ne4 32.Rc8 Rg8 33.Qe4 Rc8 34.Qe5 Kg8 35.Qg7) 31...Rf5 32.Rc8 1-0. brucepeng (2030) - Ck20 (1995), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 c6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 b5 (10...Qb6 11.Ra2=) 11.a4 a6 12.c3 (12.h3 Bf3 13.Bf3 Nb6=+) 12...Qc7 (12...Ne4 13.Nfd2 Be2 14.Qe2=+) 13.Nbd2= Rfe8 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nh4 (16.Nc1 Ne4=) 16...Be2=+ 17.Qe2 Ne4 18.Nf5 (18.Nf3 Qd6=+) 18...Nd6 (18...g6!? 19.Nh4 Qd8-/+) 19.Qg4=+ Nf5 20.Qf5 Rad8 (20...Nf6 21.Nd2=+) 21.ab5= ab5 22.Ra2 Ra8 23.Rfa1 Ra2 24.Ra2 g6 25.Qg4 Nf6 26.Qf3 Ne4 27.Qe2 f5 28.Nd2 Nd2 29.Qd2 Qb7 30.Ba3 Ra8 31.Bd6 Ra2 32.Qa2 Qa7 33.Qa7 Ba7 34.g4 Kf7 35.Kg2 Ke6 36.Bb4 fg4 37.hg4 h5 (37...Bb6 38.f4=+) 38.Kh3= hg4 39.Kg4 Bb6 40.f3 Bd8 41.e4 de4 42.fe4 Kf7 43.d5 cd5 44.ed5 Kf6 45.Kf4 ½-½. Williams,Barry - Wright,Caleb, NZL New Zealand North Island Rapid, 2001. … Barry M. Williams ... Background & Roles: * Williams was active in the chess scene in New Zealand, particularly around the Wanganui region. For example: in a 2003 issue of NZ Chess he is listed as “Barry Williams, Wanganui, 1515”. * Prior to moving to Wanganui, he had been involved with the Auckland Chess Centre (as Club Captain, Treasurer and Vice-President) and was awarded club life-membership (which he declined) in recognition of his service. * He also had roles in organising tournaments: for example, he served as Director of Play for Handicap and Certificate tournaments in New Zealand’s correspondence chess association. ... Playing Activity & Achievements: ... In over-the-board (OTB) chess: * He shared top place in an Under-1700 section event in 2001 with Don Eade. * He appears in rating lists; for example, rated 1515 in one year for Wanganui. ... In correspondence chess: * He was quite prolific: by 2006, he had played over 338 correspondence-games. * The 2004 article describes how he “took to correspondence chess like a duck to water” and played more than 100 games at once at one stage. ... Style & Contributions: * As a player: he seems to have played at club/intermediate level (e.g., under-1700, ~1500 rating) rather than being a national elite player. * As an organiser & supporter: his contribution appears significant in club administration, tournament direction, correspondence-chess promotion and junior coaching (in Auckland) before moving north. * He is described in the 2004 piece as “a valued player, administrator, sponsor and supporter” of the chess community. ... Legacy & Significance: * Barry Williams exemplifies the kind of chess player-administrator who strengthens the local and correspondence chess infrastructure rather than gaining high international fame. * His dual role (player + administrator) helped maintain tournament structures and club life in New Zealand, especially in correspondence chess. * His activity shows that chess in New Zealand has a vibrant grassroots and correspondence wing, not just top-tournament play. Note created October 2025. (AI)

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bb6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.c4 dc4 13.Nc4 Rad8 14.Nb6 ab6 15.h3 Be6 16.a4 Na5 (16...Bd5 17.Qc2=) 17.Rc1 (17.Ba3 Qd7+=) 17...Nb3 (17...Bb3!? 18.Qd3 Ba4=) 18.Rc3+= Na5 19.Re1 (19.Ba3 Qd7 20.Ne5 Qc8+=) 19...Qb4 (19...Ne4 20.Rc1 Bb3 21.Qd3=+) 20.Qc2 c6?? (20...Bb3 21.Qd3 c6 22.Ra1=) 21.Rb1 (better 21.Ba3 Bf5 22.Bb4 Bc2 23.Rc2+-) 21...Bb3 (21...Ba2 22.Ra1 Bb3 23.Ba3 Bc2 24.Bb4+=) 22.Rb3+= Qb3 (22...Nb3? 23.Bc3 Qa4 24.Rb3+-) 23.Qc1 (23.Qb3 Nb3 24.Bc3+/-) 23...Qd5 (23...Qa4 24.Ba3 Nd5 25.Ne5-+) 24.Ba3=+ Nd7 25.Bb4 Ra8 26.Ne5? (better 26.Qc2!?=+) 26...Ne5-+ 27.de5 Re5 28.Bf3 Qc4 29.Qb2 Re6 (29...Qe6 30.Ba5 Rea5 31.Qb6 Ra4 32.Qb7-+) 30.Bc3-/+ Qc5 31.Bd4 Qf5 (better 31...Qf8-/+) 32.Bg7?? (better 32.Bg4 Qe4 33.Be6 Qe6 34.Qb6+=) 32...Rg6 (32...Nc4 33.e4 Qf4 34.Qc1-+) 33.Bg4 Qg5 (better 33...Qe4 34.Bd4 c5-+) 34.Bd4 h5 35.Bf3 Qf5 36.Qe2?? (36.Kh1 Nc4 37.Qa2-/+) 36...Qh3 (better 36...Qb1 37.Kh2 c5-+) 37.Rb6 Qf5 38.Bh5 Rh6 39.Bg4 Qg5 40.Qf3 Qh4 41.Kf1?? (41.Bh3=) 41...Qh1?? (better 41...Nc4 42.g3 Qg5-+) 42.Ke2+= Re8 (42...c5 43.Bc5 Rb6 44.Bb6=) 43.Qg3 (43.Qf4!? Rg6 44.Qf5+/-) 43...Qh4 44.Bd7 (better 44.Qh4!? Rh4 45.Kf3=) 44...Qg3-/+ 45.fg3 Rd8 46.Bg4 Rhd6 47.Bf3 (47.Bc3 Nc4 48.Rb7-/+) 47...c5 (better 47...Rd4!? 48.ed4 Rd4-+) 48.Bc5 Exerts pressure on the backward pawn 48...Rb6 49.Bb6 Ra8 50.Ba5 (50.Bd5 Ra6 51.Bd4 Nc6=) 50...Ra5=+ 51.Bb7 Ra4 52.g4 (52.Kf3 Kf8=) 52...Ra5 (52...Rg4 53.Kf3 Rg5 54.Be4-/+) 53.Bf3 (53.Kf3 f6=) 53...Kg7=+ 54.Kf2 f6 55.e4 (55.Kg3 Ra4=+) 55...Ra2 (55...Kg6 56.Ke3-/+) 56.Kg3 Ra3 57.Kf4 Kg6 (57...Ra5=+) 58.Kg3 (better 58.e5!? Ra4 59.Be4 Re4 60.Ke4 fe5 61.Kf3=) 58...Kg5-/+ 59.Kf2 Rc3 60.Kg3 Rc5 61.Kf2 Re5 62.Kg3 Rc5 63.Kf2 Kf4 64.g3 Kg5 65.Ke3 Rc3 66.Kd4?? (better 66.Kf2-/+) 66...Rf3-+ 67.e5 Rg3 0-1. brucepeng (2025) - JoaoVitorCarvalho (2090), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Re8 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4 Be2 13.Qe2 b6 14.Bb2 c5 15.d3 d4 16.e4 Nd5 17.Nd2?? (17.Qf3 Nc7=+) 17...Nc3?? (better 17...Nf4 18.Qg4 Bd2-+) 18.Qe1 (18.Qh5 f5 19.Nc4 g6=+) 18...b5 (18...f5!? 19.f3 Nd5-/+) 19.Nb3= Bb6 (better 19...f5!? 20.Na5 Qa5=) 20.Bc3+= dc3 21.Qc3 c4 22.dc4 bc4 23.Qc4 Rc8 24.Qd3 Qc7 25.Rac1 Qc6 26.Rfe1 Qf6 27.Rf1 Qf4 (better 27...Qc6!?=) 28.Rce1+/- Qc7 (28...Red8 29.Qe2+=) 29.Re2 Qc4 30.Qf3 Re7 31.Rfe1 Rce8 (31...Qa4 32.Na1+/-) 32.Kf1 (32.Qd3 Rc7+-) 32...Qc7 (32...Qa4 33.Na1+/-) 33.c3 (33.e5 Qc4+/-) 33...Qh2 34.Qg3?? (better 34.g4+/-) 34…Qh1 0-1. brucepeng (2000) - IbrohimeSulton (2005), lichess.org, 2021.

7.c4 c5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.h4 (9.Nf3!?=+) 9...Nd4-/+ 10.Bd4 (10.Qd1!?-/+) 10...cd4-+ 11.Be2 d5 12.cd5 (12.ed4 dc4 13.Qc4-+) 12...de3 13.fe3 Re3 14.Nf3 Nd5 15.Ng5 g6 16.Nc3 (16.Qc4 b5! 17.Qd4-+) 16...Bc3 (better 16...Nc3 17.0-0 Ne2 18.Kf2-+) 17.dc3 Nc3 18.Kf2 (18.Rd1 Qc7 19.Rd2 Bf5-+) 18...Re2 (better 18...Qd4 19.Qc3 Rc3 20.Kf1-+) 19.Qe2 Ne2 20.Ke2 Qd4 21.Raf1 (21.Nf3 Bg4 22.Rhd1 Re8 23.Kf1 Qc4 24.Kg1 Bf3 25.Rd2-+) 21...Bg4 22.Nf3 (22.Rf3 Re8 23.Ne4 Re4 24.Kf1 Qd2 25.Re3 Qc1 26.Kf2 Qe3 27.Kf1 Qe1) 22…Re8 0-1. PapaFrito65 (2390) - Sensei64 (2570), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2019. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.a3 Ba5 5.e3 0-0)

7.g4 d5-/+ 8.g5 Ne4 9.h4 Nc6 10.Nf3 d4! 11.Nd4 (11.Bd4 Nd2 Decoy; 11.ed4 Ng3 Double attack (11...Nc3 Decoy); 11.Nd4 Nd4 Combination) 11...Nd4 12.Bd4 Qd4! 13.ed4 Nd2 14.Qe2?? (better 14.Be2 Nb1 15.Kf1-/+) 14...Bg4 (better 14...Nb1 15.c3 Bc3 16.Kd1 Re2 17.Rb1 Rd2 18.Kc1 Bf5-+) 15.f3?? (better 15.Nd2 Be2 16.Be2+-) 15...Re2 (15...Nf3 16.Kf2 Be1 17.Qe1 Re1 18.c3-+) 16.Ke2 (16.Be2!? Bf3 17.Bf3 Nf3 18.Kf2 Nd4 19.c3=+) 16...Bf3-+ 17.Kd3 Be4 (17...Nb1 18.Rh3 Nd2 19.c3-+) 18.Ke3-/+ Bh1 19.Nd2 Re8 20.Kd3 Bd5 (better 20...Bd2!? 21.Kd2 Re4-+) 21.c4=+ Be6 22.Kc2 (better 22.Bg2!?=+) 22...Bf5-+ 23.Bd3 Bd3 24.Kd3 Bd2 25.Kd2 Re4 26.Kd3 Rh4 27.Rb1 (27.c5 Rg4 28.Rb1 b6-+ (28...Rg5?! 29.Rb7 h5 30.Rc7=)) 27...b6 28.c5 (28.Re1 Kf8-+) 28...Rg4 29.cb6 ab6 (29...cb6!? 30.Rb5-+) 30.Rc1 Rg5 31.Rc7 h5 32.Rb7 b5 33.Ke4 (33.Rb8 Kh7 34.Rb7 Kg6 35.Rb6 f6-+) 33...h4 34.d5 (34.Rc7-+) 34...h3 35.Rb5 (35.Kf4 h2 36.Kg5 h1Q-+) 35...h2 36.Rb1 Rg1 (36...Rg1 37.Rg1 hg1Q-+ (37...hg1N?! 38.a4 f5 39.Kf5=)) 0-1. blitzbullet (2535) - Elfugitivo (2520), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2018.

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.Be2 Bg4 (---> 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). OK!

7.Nf3 c5 8.Qb3 Nc6=+ 9.cd5 Nd5 (worse 9...Qd5 10.Qd5 Nd5 11.Bd6=) 10.Bc4 (10.Bb2 Bf5=+) 10...Ne5 (10...Nb6 11.Bc3=+) 11.Ne5 Be6 12.0-0 (12.Qb7? Qf6 13.f4 Ne3 14.Be6 Qe6-+) 12...b6 (12...Rb8 13.Qc2=+) 13.e4 (13.Nc6!? Qf6 14.Na5 ba5 15.Bd5 Qa1 16.Be6 fe6 17.Nc3=) 13...Nf4=+ Attacks the backward pawn on d2 14.Nc6 (14.Be6!? fe6 15.Nc6=+) 14...Bc4-/+ 15.Qc4 Qg5 (better 15...Qf6!? 16.e5 Nh3 17.gh3 Qc6-+) 16.g3= Rad8 (16...Qf6!? 17.Na5 Qa1=) 17.Nd8+= Rd8 18.h4 (18.Ra2 Nd3+=) 18...Qg6 (better 18...Qg4 19.Qa4 Ng6=+) 19.Kh2?? (19.Qa6 Qe4 20.gf4 Qg6 21.Kh1 Qf6 22.Qa7 Qa1-+) 19...Ne6 (better 19...Qg4 20.Qe6 fe6 21.gf4 Qh4 22.Kg2 Qg4 23.Kh2 Bd2 24.Rg1 Bf4 25.Rg3 Bg3 26.fg3 Rd3 27.Kg1 Qe2 28.Nc3 Rg3 29.Kh1 Qh5) 20.d3 (20.f4 Rd4 (20...Bd2? 21.f5 Qg4 22.fe6 Qe6 23.Qe6 fe6 24.Nd2 Rd2 25.Kh3+-) 21.f5 Rc4 22.fg6 hg6=+) 20...Rd4 (20...Nd4!?=+) 21.Qc2 (21.Qa6 Qh5 22.f3 Rd7+=) 21...h5 (21...Rd6 22.Nd2 Bd2 23.Qd2 Qe4 24.de4 Rd2 25.Kg2+=) 22.Nd2 (22.Nc3 Bc3 23.Qc3 Rd8+=) 22...Bd2= 23.Qd2 Qe4 24.de4 Rd2 25.Rad1 Rd1 (25...Ra2 26.Kg2=) 26.Rd1+= Nd4 27.Kg2 (27.g4 hg4 28.Kg3 Nb5+=) 27...Kf8 28.f4 g6 (28...Ke7 29.Kf2=) 29.Kf2+= Ke7 30.Ke3 (30.e5 Ke6=) 30...Ke6 (30...Nc2 31.Kd3 Na3 32.Ra1=) 31.a4 (31.Rc1 Kd6=) 31...Nc6 (31...a6 32.Kd3=) 32.Rd5 f5 33.Rd1 1-0. zembelek (2130) - paul58 (2005), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bg4 (---> 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). OK!

7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2 c5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 Bc7 12.Qc2= b6 (12...Qe7 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Qc3=) 13.Bb5 (13.d4 Qe7+=) 13...Bb7 (13...Bd7 14.Bd3 h6 15.Nc3=) 14.d4 Qd6 (14...Qe7 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.Bc4=) 15.dc5 (15.Rc1 a6 16.dc5 bc5+/-) 15...bc5 (15...Qc5 16.Qc5 bc5 17.Rc1+=) 16.Rd1 Ne5 (16...Rad8 17.Nbd2 a6 18.Ne4+/-) 17.Be5+/- (worse 17.Ne5 Re5 18.g3 Qb6=) 17...Re5 18.Nc3 (18.Ne5? Qe5 19.Qb3 Qa1-+) 18...Rh5 19.Ne4 Attacks the isolani on c5 (19.Bc4 Qf6 20.Nd5 Bd5 21.Bd5 Rd5 22.Rd5 Qa1 23.Rd1 Qa3=) 19...Qh6 20.Ng3?? (better 20.h3=) 20...Bg3-+ 21.fg3 Ne3 (21...Qe3?! 22.Kh1-/+) 22.Qd2 (22.Qe2 Nd1 23.Rd1-+) 22...Rf8 (22...Rd5 23.Qe2 Rd1 24.Rd1 Nd1 25.Qd1 Qe3 26.Kh1 Qa3 27.Bc4-+) 23.Bf1?? (better 23.Re1 Nf5 24.Qh6 Rh6 25.Re5-/+) 23...Nd1 (better 23...Rd5!? 24.Qe1 Rd1 25.Rd1 Nd1 26.Qd1 Qe3 27.Kh1 Qa3 28.Bd3-+) 24.Qh6 Rh6 25.Rd1 Rb6 (25...Ba6 26.g4-+) 26.Rd7 (26.Ne5 Bc8-+) 26...h6 27.Rc7 (27.Bc4-+) 27...Rc8 28.Re7 (28.Rc8 Bc8 29.Nd2 Ba6-+) 28...Bf3 (better 28...c4!? 29.Nd4-+) 29.gf3 Rb3 (29...Rb1 30.Kf2 c4 31.Bh3-+) 30.Bc4 Rf3 31.Kg2 (31.Ra7 Rd8-+) 31...Rf6 (31...Ra3 32.Rf7 Kh7 33.Be6-+) 32.g4? (32.Ra7 Rd8 33.Rc7-+) 32...a6 (32...Rf4 33.Bb3-+) 33.h4 g5 (33...Rd8 34.Kg3-+) 34.Kg3 (34.hg5 hg5 35.Re5 Kg7 36.Rg5 Rg6 37.Rg6 Kg6 38.Ba6 Ra8-+) 34...Kg7 (34...Rf4 35.Bd3-+) 35.hg5 hg5 36.Ra7 (36.a4 a5 37.Re5 Kh6-+) 36...Re8 37.Ba6 (37.Ra6 Re3 38.Kg2-+) 37...Re3 38.Kg2 Ra3 39.Ra8 (39.Rc7 Ra2 40.Kg1 Rfa6 41.Rc5 Kg6-+) 39...Raa6 40.Rc8 (40.Re8 Ra2 41.Kg3 Ra3 42.Kh2 Rf2 43.Kg1 Rf4-+) 40...Rac6 (40...Ra2 41.Kg3 Raf2 42.Rg8 Kg8 43.Kh3 R6f3) 41.Re8 c4 42.Re2 c3 43.Rc2 Rf4 (better 43...Rfd6!? 44.Kf1-+) 44.Kg3 Kg6 45.Kh3 f5 46.gf5 Kf5 47.Kg3 g4 48.Kg2 Rf3 49.Kg1 Kf4 50.Kg2 (50.Rh2 c2 51.Rd2 c1Q 52.Rd1 Qd1 53.Kg2 Rc2) 50...Rd6 51.Kg1 (51.Rc1 Rd2 52.Kh1 c2 53.Ra1 Rd1 54.Kg2 Rfd3 55.Ra4 Rd4 56.Rd4 Rd4 57.Kf1 c1Q 58.Kg2 Rd2) 51...Rd2 (51...Rd1 52.Kg2 Rd2 53.Rd2 cd2 54.Kh2 g3 55.Kh3 d1Q 56.Kg2 Qf1) 52.Rc3 (52.Rd2 cd2 53.Kh2 g3 54.Kh3 d1Q 55.Kg2 Qf1) 52...Rc3 53.Kf1 Rc1 0-1. zembelek (2140) - ZinitheWuslon (2205), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Bf6+= Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.c4 d6 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.0-0 Be6 13.d4+/– Nb6 14.Nbd2 Bd2 15.Nd2 Nc8 16.Rab1 Rb8 17.f4 f5 18.Rf3 Ne7 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Bd3 Rg8 21.Rg8 Kg8 22.Rc1 Rc8 23.Kf2 f6 24.Rb1 Rc7 25.h4 Kg7 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.Nb3 b6 28.a4 h6 29.Ke2 h5 30.a5 Kh6 31.ab6 ab6 32.Nd2 Bf7 33.Kf1 (33.Kf1 Ra8 34.Rb1+/–; 33.Ra1 Rg8 34.Kf2 Ng6+/–) 1–0. Bendig,Frank – Mueller,Frank J, corr KGP, 1990. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Bd3 d5 10.Nc3 (10.c3 Re8+=) 10...Nd7= 11.Nce2 Nc5 12.Ng3 Nd3 13.cd3 Kg7 14.N1e2 Rg8 15.d4 Kf8 16.f3 Ke7 17.Nf4 Rb8 18.a4 Be6 19.Ke2 Bd7 (19...Bc7 20.Ngh5=) 20.Rhc1 Rbd8 21.Ra2 Rb8 22.Rb2 f5 23.Kf2 f6 24.Rcb1 b6 25.Nge2 Rg7 26.Nc1 (26.d3 h6+=) 26...h5 (26...Re8 27.Nfd3 b5 28.ab5+/-) 27.h4 Rbg8 28.Nce2 Kd6 29.Rh1 Ke7 (29...c5 30.dc5 bc5 31.g3+=) 30.Nc1 (30.Rh2 Rh7+=) 30...Bc8 (30...Be8!?=) 31.Rg1+= Rf7 (31...Rh7 32.Nce2+=) 32.Rc2 (32.Nh5?! Rh7 33.Nf4 Rh4=) 32...Bd7 33.Nfd3 (worse 33.Nh5 Rh7 34.Nf4 Rh4=) 33...f4 34.Nf4 Kd6 35.Nb3 Bb4 36.a5 b5 (36...ba5 37.Nc5+/-) 37.g3 Bf5 (37...Rh7 38.a6+/-) 38.d3 Bg6 39.e4 Rc7 40.Ra1 (40.Rb1 Bf7+-) 40...Bf7 (40...a6 41.Rb1 Bf7 42.Nc5 Bc5 43.dc5 Kd7 44.Re2+-) 41.Nc5+- de4 (41...Bc5 42.dc5 Kd7 43.ed5 cd5 44.d4+-) 42.Na6 (42.de4 Bc5 43.Rc5 Rh8+-) 42...e3 43.Ke3 Bb3 44.Nb4 Bc2 45.Nc2 Rg3 46.Nb4 f5 47.Kf2 Rgg7 48.Rc1 Rh7 49.Rc5 1-0. marekt (2355) - peshky (2280), gameknot.com, 2022.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Bb5 Ne5 10.f4 a6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bf3 Re8 13.Kf2 Bb6 (13...d6!?=) 14.Nc3+= Na5 (14...Kg7 15.Nge2 d6 16.Rab1+=) 15.Nd5+/– f5? (better is 15...Kg7+/–) 16.Nf6+– (16.Nf6 Kf8 17.Ne8 Ke8 18.Ne2+–) 1–0. deepthough (2275) – josquin (2020), gameknot.com, 2015.

7.Bf6+= Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Bb5 Re8+=.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3 d6 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Ne2 Bd7 13.Ng3 b6 14.f4 Ng6 15.Nh5 Bc6 16.Rg1 Kh8 17.Nf6 1-0. zaid_shaikh (2520) - Mettigel (2535), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Bf6+= Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Ne2 d6 (9...d5 10.Ng3+=) 10.Nbc3 (10.Nf4 Re8+=) 10...Be6 (10...Bf5 11.0-0-0+=) 11.Rb1 Bb6 (11...Rfb8 12.Ne4+=) 12.d4 (12.Nf4 Ne7+/–) 12...Ne7 13.Ne4 Kg7 (13...f5 14.Nf6 Kg7 15.Nh5 Kh6 16.Nhf4+/–) 14.N4g3 Rab8 15.Nh5 Kg6 16.Nef4+– Kh6 17.Nf6 Ba5 18.Kd1 Ng6? 19.Ne6 fe6 20.Nd7 b6 21.Bd3 Nh4 22.g4 Rbd8 23.Nf8 Rf8 24.f4 e5 25.fe5 de5 26.de5 Rf2 27.e6 Kg7 28.Rf1 Rf1 29.Bf1 Kf6 30.Rb5 Nf3 31.Rf5 Ke6 32.Rf3 Bc3 33.Rh3 a5 34.Rh7 Be5 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.Kf3 Bd6 37.Rh6 Kg5 38.Rd6! cd6 39.Bc4 Kf6 40.h4 Ke5 41.e4 Kf6 42.Bd5 Ke5 43.c3 Kf6 44.Kf4 Kg6 45.h5 Kf6 46.g5 Kg7 47.Kf5 b5 48.h6 Kh7 49.Ke6 Kg6+– 50.Kd6 Kh7 51.e5 Kg6 52.e6 Kh7 53.Be4 Kh8 54.e7 Kg8 55.e8Q# 1–0. wesolyPolak – flar, GameColony.com, 2002.

9.Nc3 c6 10.Nce2 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Nfd4 Re8 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Nf4 Ne4 15.c3 Rab8 16.f3 Nc5 17.g3 Bc7 18.Bh3 (18.Nh5 Bd8+=) 18...Bh3 (18...Bf4 19.Bd7 Bg3 20.Ke2 Nd7 21.hg3+=) 19.Nh3+= Ne6 20.Ke2 Kg7 21.Nf5 Kg6 22.Nh4 Kh5 23.a4 a6 24.Nf2 c5 (24...Kg5 25.Nd3+=) 25.Rhd1 (25.Nf5 b5+/–) 25...b5+= 26.ab5 ab5 27.f4 (27.Nf5 b4+=) 27...b4 (27...Nf4 28.gf4 Kh4=) 28.cb4+= cb4 29.Kf3 Bd6 30.Ra1 (30.Nf5 Bf8+/–) 30...b3 31.Ng4 Be7 32.Ra7 Ra8 (32...b2!? 33.Re7! Re7 34.Nf6 Kh6 35.Nf5 Kg6 36.Ne7 Kf6 37.Nd5 Kg7+–) 33.Re7!+– Re7 34.Nf6 Kh6 35.Nf5 Kg6 36.Ne7 Kf6 37.Nd5 Kg6 38.d4 Rb8 39.Rb1 1–0. pcmvr – pierred, net–chess.com, 2016.

9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bd3 Kh8 11.Nge2 a6 12.f4 Rg8 13.Rb1 b5 14.Kf2 c5 (14...f5!?+=) 15.Be4+/– Ra7 16.f5 Bc8 17.Nd5 Nd7 18.d3 Bd8 19.Nef4 Rg5 (19...Ne5 20.Rhf1+/–) 20.h3 Ne5 21.g4 Rg7 (21...Bb7 22.Rhc1+/–) 22.Nh5 Rg5 23.Ndf6 Bf6 24.Nf6 Re7 (better is 24...Bd7+–) 25.Nh7! Rg8 (25...Kh7 26.f6 Double attack) 26.Nf6 Rg7 (26...Rd8 27.h4+–) 27.c4! Rg5 (27...bc4 28.Rb8 Combination) 28.cb5 ab5 29.Rb5 Kg7 (29...Nd7 30.h4 Rg7 31.g5+–) 30.Nh7! Ng4 (30...Kh7 31.f6 Double attack) 31.hg4 Re4 32.de4 Rg4 33.Kf3 Bf5 34.ef5 Ra4 35.Rb2 Ra3 (35...Kh8 36.Rg2 Rh4 37.Rh4 d5 38.Nf6) 36.Rg2 Kh8 37.Nf6 1–0. pierred – grahamtrue, net–chess.com, 2016.

9.Bd3 Nc6= 10.c3 Ne5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Ne2 c4 13.h3 Bc7 14.f4+= Nd7 15.a4 Nc5 16.g4 Re8 17.Kf2 Bd7 18.Nd4 Kh8 19.a5 ½–½. Glowatzky,Tihomir – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–15.01 ETC, 2005.

9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.0-0 Nc5 (11...Ne5 12.Be2=) 12.Be2+= c6 13.d3 b5 14.Nbd2 Bc3 15.Rab1 a5 Black plans b4 16.Nb3 (16.d4 Ne4 17.Nb3 Bg4=) 16...Nb3+= 17.cb3 b4 18.a4 d4 (better is 18...c5 19.Nh4 Rb8+=) 19.e4?? (better is 19.Nd4 Bd4 20.Bf3+=) 19...f5–+ 20.Ng5 (20.Rfd1 fe4 21.de4 Re4–+) 20...f6 21.Nh3 fe4 22.de4 Re4 (22...Bh3 23.gh3 Re4 24.Bd3–+) 23.Bf3 Re5 (23...Re6 24.Nf4 Rd6 25.Rfd1–+) 24.Bc6 Ra7 25.Nf4 Bf5 26.Bb5 (26.Rbd1 Bc2 27.Bd5 Kh8–+) 26...Bb1 27.Rb1 Rae7 28.g3 Re1 (28...Kg7 29.Rd1–+) 29.Re1 Re1 30.Kg2 Kf8 31.Bc4 Ke7 32.Nd3 Ra1 33.h4 f5 34.Kf3 Kf6 35.Nf4 Ra2 36.Nd3 h5 37.Nf4 Bd2 38.Nd3 Rc2 39.Ke2 Bh6 40.Kd1 Rd2 41.Ke1 Ra2 42.Kf1 Rc2 43.Ke1 f4! 44.gf4 (44.Nf4 Bf4 Combination; 44.gf4 Kf5 Decoy) 44...Kf5 45.Kd1 Ra2 46.Ke1 Bf4 47.Kf1 (47.Bf7 Be5–+) 47...Bd6 48.Kg2 (48.Ne1 Be7 49.Bd3 Kg4–+) 48...Be7 (48...Ra1 49.Nb2–+) 49.Kh3 (49.Kg3 Ra1–+) 49...Ke4 50.Kg3 Rc2 51.f3 Ke3 52.Ne1 (52.Ne5 Rc3 53.Bf7–+) 52...Bd6 53.Kh3 (53.f4 Bf4 54.Kh3 Rh2) 53...Rh2 0–1. cristero – pierred, net–chess.com, 2016.

10.c3 c4 11.Bc2 Nc6 12.Ne2 Bc7= 13.a4 Kg7 14.Na3 a6 15.Ng3 f5 16.Nf5+= Kf6 17.Ng3 b5 18.ab5+/– ab5 19.0-0 Ra5 20.Rfb1 Ba6 21.Bh7 Rh8 22.Bc2 Bd6 23.Nc4! (23.Nc4 bc4 24.Ra5 Na5 25.Rb6+–) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Andersson,Lars H, corr SOK–92–80, 1992.

10.c3 c4 11.Bc2 Nc6 12.Ne2 Re8 13.d4=.

10.c3 c4 11.Bc2 Nc6 12.Ne2 Kh8 13.d4+= cd3 14.Bd3 Rg8 15.g3 Ne5 16.Bc2 Bg4 17.Nd4 Rac8 18.Kd2 Nf3 19.Nf3 Bf3 20.Rc1 Rc7 21.Ra2 Rd8 22.Bd3 d4 23.ed4+= Rd4 24.Ke3 Rd8 25.Kf3 Rd3 26.Ke2 Rd8 27.Rb2 Kg7= 28.Rb5 Re7 29.Kf1 b6 30.Rf5 Re4 31.Kg2 Kg6 32.Rf3 f5 33.Rc2 Re1 34.Rb2 Rc1–/+ 35.a4 Rdd1 36.Na3 Rg1 37.Kh3 Rc3 38.Rc3=+ Bc3 39.Rc2 Bf6 40.Nb5 Ra1 41.Rc4 Ra2 42.f4 a5= 43.Nc7 Be7=+ 44.Rc6 Kg7 45.Rb6 Bd8–/+ 46.Rb7 Bc7 47.Rc7 Ra4 48.Rc5 Kg6 49.Rc6 f6 ½–½. Diener,Rudolf – Kruchem,Peter, ICCF WT–M–593, 1993.

10.c3 Nc6 11.Bb5 Bf5=.

10.c3 Nc6 11.Ne2 a6 12.Nf4 Be6 13.e4=.

10.c3 Nc6 11.Ne2 c4 12.Bc2 Ne5 13.0-0 Rd8 14.f4 Nd3 15.Bd3 cd3 16.Nd4 Rd6 17.Nb3 Bd8 18.f5 (18…Bc7 19.Nc5+/–) 1–0. Diener,Rudolf – Dempster,Dave, corr ICCF EU–M–722, 1985.

10.c3 Nc6 11.Ne2 Rd8 12.0-0 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.Bb5 Ne5 15.d4 a6 16.de5 ab5= 17.ef6 Bg6 18.Ra2 Ra6 19.Rd1 Bc7 20.Rb2 Rf6 21.Rb5 b6 22.Rb2 Be5 23.e4 d4 24.cd4+/– cd4 25.Rb5 Re8 26.Rd5 Rd6+/– 27.Rd6 Bd6 28.Ng3 Bc5 29.Kf1+= f6 30.h4 Ra8 31.Ne2 Bf7= 32.Rd2 Ra4 33.Ke1 b5 34.Kd1 Bc4 35.Nc1 Kf7 36.Kc2 Kg6 37.Nd3+/– Bd3 38.Rd3 Bd6 39.Rb3+/– Kh5 40.Rb5 Kh4 41.g4 Kg3 42.Rb6 Be5 43.Rb3+= Rc4 44.Kd3 Rc1 45.a4 Rf1 46.Nd2 Ra1 47.Rb4 Ra3 48.Kc4 Ra2 49.Kd3 (49.Nb3 Kf3 50.Nd4 Kg4=) ½–½. Diener,Rudolf – Jacobsen, corr ICCF, 1988.

10.c3 Rd8 11.f4=.

10.Nf3 Nc6=.

10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Nh4 c4 12.Bf5 Bf5 13.Nf5 =. W Gross.

7.Bf6+= Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Bd3 c5 10.Ne2 a6 11.Nbc3+/– Be6 12.Be4 Bc3 13.Nc3 Ra7 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.d3 Nd7 16.Rb1 b5 17.Be2 Rb8 18.Nd5 Kf8 19.e4 Be6 20.Ne3 b4 21.f4 ba3= 22.Ra1 Rb2 23.f5 Ba2 24.Kd2 Rab7 25.Nd1 Nb8 26.Nc3 Bb3+= 27.Bd1 a2 28.Kc1 Ba4 29.Na2 Bc6 30.Nc3 Kg7 31.Re1 R2b6 32.Re3 Nd7 33.Rg3 Kf8 34.Ne2 d5 35.ed5 Bd5 36.Nf4 Bc6 37.Nh5 h6 38.Rg7 Ne5 39.Be2 Bd5 40.Ra5+= c4 41.Kd2 cd3= 42.Rd5 de2 43.Ke2 Rc7 44.Rd8+= Ke7 45.Rgg8 Nd7 46.Rc8 Rbc6 47.Rc7 Rc7 48.Kd2 Rc4 49.h3 Rh4 50.Ng3 Rf4 51.Ke3 Rc4= 52.Kd2 (52.Kd3 Ne5 53.Kd2 Rd4 54.Kc3 Rc4 55.Kb3 a5+=) ½–½. Diener,Rudolf – Mothes,Rainer, corr SOK–94–100, 1994.

7.Bf6+= Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Ne5 11.Nd4 c6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.0-0 Kh8 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.d4+/– Ng6 16.N1d2 f5 17.a4 f4+= 18.Ne4 Bc7 19.Nf6 Bc8 20.c4 Bd8 21.Ne4 Be7 22.ef4 Nf4= 23.Bf3 Rg8 24.Ng3 Be6 25.Na5 h5 26.Rab1+/– h4 27.Rb7 Bd8 28.Nc6 hg3 29.fg3 Nd3 30.Be4+– Bc4 31.Rff7! Bf7 32.Rf7 Rg7 33.Rg7 Kg7 34.Bd3 Bf6 35.Kf2 d5+/– 36.Bf5 Re8 37.g4 a5 38.g3 Bg5 39.h4 Be3 40.Kg2 Bd2 41.g5 (41…Re1 42.Bd7+–) 1–0. Markus,Roland – Wong,Ray, FT960001B CiF, 1996.

7.Bf6+= Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Kd1+=.

7.Bc3 Bb6 8.Bd3 d5 9.Ne2 c6 10.Bb4 c5 11.Bc3 Nc6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Nf4 Qd7 14.Ne6+= fe6?? 15.Bh7!+– Kh7 16.Qf8 d4 17.Bb2 Ne5 18.Qf4 Ng6 19.Qg5 Nf6 20.d3 Rh8 21.Nd2 Bc7 22.Nf3 b6 23.a4 Qe8 24.Bc1 Kg8 25.ed4 Rh5 26.Qd2 cd4 27.Re1 Nf4?! 28.Qd1 Ng2? 29.Kg2 Qg6 30.Kf1 Qf5 31.Ke2 Rh3 32.Nd4 Qg4 33.Kf1 Qd4 34.Qe2 e5 35.Bg5 Qd5 36.Kg1 Rh2 37.Kh2 e4 38.Kg1 Qg5 39.Kf1 Qh4 40.f4 Qh1 41.Kf2 ½–½. Trokenheim,Marek – Kosonen, corr SWE–FIN, 1995.

7.Bc3 Nc6 8.Ba5 Na5 9.Nc3 c6 10.Qf4 d5 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Be2 Bg4 13.d3 c5 14.0-0 Re8 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nb5 Re7 17.Rfe1 Nc6 18.Nd6 b6 19.Nf5 Re6 20.Rab1 Bf3 21.Bf3 Ne5 22.Be2 Qd7 23.d4 Ng6 24.Qh2 Ne4 25.dc5 Nc5 26.Nd4 Rf6 27.c4 Ne4 28.cd5 Qd5 29.Qc7 Nf2 30.Bf3 Rf3 31.Rb5 Nh3 32.Kh2 Qd8 33.Qd8 Rd8 34.gf3 Nhf4 35.Rc1 Nf8 36.Rc7 a6 37.Rb3 N8e6 38.Ne6 Ne6 39.Rc6 b5 40.Rbc3 Rd2 41.Kh3 g5 42.Ra6 h5 43.Rb6 Rf2 44.Kg3 Rb2 45.f4 h4 46.Kh3 gf4 47.ef4 Rf2 48.Kh4 Rf4 49.Kg3 Rf5 50.Rf3 Rc5 51.Rb7 Nc7 52.Rd3 Ne6 53.Re3 Nd4 54.Kf4 Ne6 55.Ke4 Rh5 56.Rg3 Kf8 57.Ke3 Rc5 58.Kd2 Ng5 59.Rg4 Ne6 60.Re4 Rg5 61.Re3 Nc5 62.Rb8 Kg7 63.Kc3 Ne6 64.Rf3 f6 65.Rb6 Re5 66.Rg3 Kf8 67.Kb4 f5 68.Rb5 Re4 69.Kc3 Nd4 70.Rb8 Kf7 71.Rh3 Kf6 72.a4 Ne2 73.Kd2 Nf4 74.Ra3 Re2 75.Kd1 Rh2 76.a5 Rh1 77.Kc2 Rh2 78.Kb3 Nd3 79.Rf8 Ke5 80.a6 Nc5 81.Kb4 Na6 82.Ra6 (82...Ke4 83.Re6 Kf4 84.Ref6 Rb2 85.Kc3+–) 1–0. Steuer – Miraglia,Jorge, email 4AMM–F, 1998.

7.Bc3 Nc6 8.Bd3 d5 9.Ne2 Be6 10.0-0 Qd6 11.Nf4 Rd8 12.Ne6 fe6 13.Qh5 h6 14.Qg6 Bc3 15.Qh7+= Kf7 16.Bg6 Kf6 17.Nc3 Ne7 18.Bh5 c6 19.f4 Qc5 20.g4 Nc7? 21.g5+– hg5 22.fg5 Kg5 23.h4 Kh4 24.Be2 Kg5 25.Qh5# 1–0. Psion – Psion, 4 Min/Zug, 1990.

7.Bc4 c6 8.Qg3 d6 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.Bb3= Nd7 11.Ne2 Nc5 12.0-0 Nb3 13.cb3 Bc7 14.f4 Nf6 15.Nd4 Be4 16.Nc3 Bb6 17.Ne4 Ne4= 18.Qe1 d5 19.Nf5 f6 20.Rf3 Qd7=+ 21.Ng3 Rae8 22.Ne2 Rf7 23.b4 Rfe7 24.Rc1 Nd6 25.Bd4 Nc4 26.a4 Bd4 27.Nd4 b6 28.Rg3 c5–/+ 29.bc5 bc5 30.Nb3 Qa4 31.Qd1 Qb4 32.h4? Rb8 33.Qf3 Rd8 34.Qd1 Rb7 35.d3?? Nb2 36.Qg4 Qb3 37.Qe6 Kh8 38.Rc5 Nd3?? 39.Rc8 Rb8 40.Qd7 Rg8 41.Qg7# 1–0. Margraf,A – Schneider,x, Untermuehlhausen–Graefelfing, 1995.

7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Bb2 d6 9.Bb3 Be6 10.Qg3 Qe7 11.f4 Bb3 12.cb3 f5 13.b4= Bb6 14.Ne2 Nf6 15.Nbc3 Rae8 16.0-0 a6 17.Rac1 Rf7 18.Kh1 Qe6 19.Rb1 Rfe7 20.Qg5 Rf8 21.Ng3 Ne8 22.e4 h6 23.Qh5 fe4 24.Nce4 Bd4 25.Qf3 Bb2 26.Rb2 Nf6 27.Nc3 Rfe8 28.h3 d5 29.Rbb1 Nd4 30.Qd3 Nc6 31.Na4 Ne4 32.Nc5 Ng3 33.Qg3 Qc8 34.f5 b6 35.Ne6+/– Rf7 36.Rbe1 Qd7 37.Qd3 Ne7 38.g4 Nc6 39.Qc3 Rfe7 40.Rc1+/– Re6 41.fe6 Re6 42.Rfe1 Rf6 43.Qe3 Qd6 44.Kg2 Nd8 45.Qe7 c6 46.Qe8 Kh7 47.Qe3 b5 48.Qd3 Kg8 49.Re3 Ne6+= 50.Qb3 Qf4= 51.Qd1 Qf2=+ 52.Kh1 Nf4 (52...d4 53.Rb3 Nf4 54.Qf3 Qd2 55.Rd1–/+) ½–½. Margraf,A – Bacherler, Schwaben, 1990.

7.Bc4 d6 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Bb3 Ne5 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.f4 Ng6 12.Nf3 Bb6 13.Ng5 h6 14.Ne4 Bc6 15.Ng3 Nh4 16.Rg1 Nf6 17.a4 a5 18.Nh5 Nh5 19.Qh5 (19…Kh7 20.Qg4= (20.Bf7? g6 21.Bg6 Ng6–+)). Margraf,A – Perlitz,J, corr SOK–89–50, 1989.

7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.Ne2 Ne7 10.Bd4 Bb6 11.Bb6 ab6 12.0-0 Nd6 13.Nbc3 c6 14.a4 Ng6 15.Rab1 Re8 16.Bg6 hg6 17.d3+= g5 ½–½. Iwan – www.echecs_photos.be, internet, 2004.

7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d6 9.Ne2 Qe7 10.Qe4 Qe4 11.Be4 Ne5 12.Bc3 Bb6 13.d4 Nf6 14.Bh7+= Nh7 15.de5 de5 16.Be5 Re8 17.Bg3 Bf5 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Nc4 Bc2+= 20.Nb6 cb6= 21.Nd4 Ba4 22.Rc1+= Ne4 23.Rc7 Rac8= 24.Rc8 Rc8 25.Ke2 Nc3 26.Kd2 Rc5 27.Ra1 (27.Ra1 Ne4 28.Kd3=; 27.f3 Nb5 28.Ra1 Nd4 29.ed4 Rc2 30.Ke3 Bc6=). maximusus (2275) – griffimv (1865), internet, 2006.

7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d6 9.Be4 Be6=.

7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d6 9.Qg3 Qe7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Nc3 Bc3 12.Bc3 f5 13.Nf3 d5 14.0-0+/– Nf6 15.Qh4 Rae8 16.Ne5 Qd8 17.Rab1 b6 18.Nc6 Bc6 19.Bf5 g6 20.Bf6 Rf6+/– 21.Bd3 Ref8 22.c3 Rf4?? (better is 22...Qe7+/–) 1–0. Schulze,H (2045) – Schneppensieper,Thorsten (1840), Mittelfranken–ch, 1991.

7.Bd3 d6 8.Bb2 c6 9.Ne2=.

8.Ne2 c5 9.c4 (9.Nf4 Nc6 10.Bb2 Nf6=) 9...Nc6 10.Bc3 dc4 11.Bc4 Nd6 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bc2 Qg5 (13...Bc3 14.Nbc3 Re8 15.Qf4=) 14.h4 (14.Ba5 Na5 15.Nbc3 Be6=) 14...Qe7 15.Bb2 (15.Ba5 Na5 16.Nbc3 Nac4=+) 15...Nc4=+ 16.Bc3 Bc7 (16...Bc3 17.Nbc3 Be6 18.d3=+) 17.g4 (17.Qe4 Qe4 18.Be4 Bd7=) 17...N4e5=+ 18.Qg2 (18.Be5 Be5 (18...Qe5?! 19.Nbc3=+) 19.Nbc3 Rd8=+) 18...Bg4-/+ 19.h5? (better 19.Be4 f5 20.Bd5 Kh7 21.f3 Nd3 22.Kd1-+) 19...Bf3-+ 20.Qh3 Bh1 21.Qh1 c4 22.Be5 Qe5 (worse 22...Be5 23.Qe4 g6 24.Ra2-+) 23.Nbc3 Rad8 (better 23...Rfd8 24.Be4-+) 24.0-0-0 (24.Qe4 Rfe8 25.Qc4 Qh5 26.Be4-+) 24...Bd6 25.a4 Nb4 (25...Ba3 26.Kb1 Qa5 27.Ka1-+) 26.f4 (26.Qe4 Nd3! 27.Bd3 cd3-+) 26...Qf6 (26...Qa5!? 27.Rg1 Rfe8 28.Nd4 Nc2 29.Qg2-+) 27.Qe4 Nc2 28.Kc2 Qe7 (28...Rfe8 29.Qb7 Qf5 30.e4-+) 29.Qc4 (29.Qe7 Be7 30.d4 cd3 31.Rd3 Rd3 32.Kd3 Rd8 33.Nd4 Bf6-+) 29...Rc8 30.Qd5 (30.Qd4 Bc5 31.Qe4 Qd7-+) 30...Rfd8 31.Qg2 Qe6 (31...Qd7 32.Kb1-+) 32.Rg1 Qa2 33.Kd1 Qa1 34.Nc1 Bf8 35.Ke2 Qb2 (better 35...Rd2! 36.Kd2 Qc3 37.Ke2-+) 36.Nd3 Qc2 (better 36...Rd3 37.Kd3 Rd8 38.Nd5 Qb3 39.Ke2 Rd5 40.Qe4 Rh5 41.Rh1 Rh1 42.Qh1-+) 37.Nd5 Qc4 (37...Qb3 38.e4-+) 38.Rc1 Qa6 (38...Qd5 39.Qd5 Rd5 40.Rc8+/-; 38...Qa4?! 39.Rc8 Rc8 40.Nf6 Kh8 41.Qb7-+) 39.Rc8 Rc8 40.f5 Rd8 41.f6 (41.Qe4 Qa5 42.N3f4 Bd6-+) 41...Qc4 42.e4 Re8 43.Nc3 (43.Ne7 Kh8-+) 43...Kh8 (43...Re6 44.fg7 Bg7 45.Ke3-+) 44.Ke3 gf6 45.Qf3 f5! 46.Qf5 Bg7 47.Nb2?? (better 47.Qd7 Re6 48.Qd8 Kh7 49.Qd5-+) 47...Bd4 48.Kf3 Qf1 (48...Qf1 49.Kg3 Rg8 50.Qg5 Rg5 51.Kh4 Qh1) 0-1. Bolk,Matthias (2080) - Jansen,B (2190), 21st Prague Open (7), 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.a3 Ba5) ... --- Biography: * Name: Matthias Bolk. * Year of Birth: 1972. * Federation: Germany . * FIDE ID: 12977616. * FIDE Title: None. ... --- Chess Rating & Activity: * Standard (Classical) Rating: ~ 2043 (latest), * Rapid Rating: ~ 1993, * Blitz Rating: ~ 1947, * His peak classical rating was ~ 2099 per ChessBase history. * According to ChessTempo, he has played a number of rated games and has a track record of wins, losses, and draws. ... --- Style & Openings: From his games (e.g. on 365Chess / Chess.com): * As White, some of his openings include: * Polish Opening (Outflank Variation), * Closed Sicilian Defense (Traditional), * King’s Gambit (in one game); * As Black, he has played: * Modern Defense (including versus 1.d4), * Sicilian Defense (various lines). ... --- Notable Games & Tournaments: * On Chess.com, you can browse a selection of his games (19 listed) showing a mix of wins, losses, and draws over recent years. * On 365Chess, his games go back to earlier tournaments (e.g., youth / U-18 events) and include ECO-classified openings. * Played in German Chess960 Championship (for instance, a game vs Vitaly Kunin in 2024). ... --- Assessment & Summary: * Matthias Bolk appears to be a strong club-level or regional player rather than a titled master or grandmaster. * His ratings (around ~2040) suggest solid competitive strength, but not at top international level. * He is active (or at least has been in recent years) in both classical and faster time controls. * His opening repertoire is fairly varied, showing a willingness to play different structures (e.g., Polish Opening, Modern Defense, Sicilian). Note created September 2025. (AI)

8.Nh3 c5 9.0-0=.

8.Nh3 c5 9.Qh5 f5 10.c4 Nc6 11.Bc3 Nf6 12.Ba5 Na5–/+ 13.Qe2 Nb3 14.Nc3 Na1 15.Qd1 d4 16.Ne2 de3 (17.de3 Qa5 18.Qd2 Qa3–+) 0–1. Krebbers,Wilfried (1800) – Barsov,Alexei (2425), Goch op, 1994.

8.Nh3 c5 9.Bh7?? Diener,Rudolf – Gierse,HD, corr ICCF EU–M–919, 1990.

8.Nh3 c6 9.Nf4 Nd7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Bh7!+/– Kh7 13.Qh5 Kg8 14.Qe5 Qh4 15.Qh5 Qh5 16.Nh5 f6 17.Nc3 Nd6 18.d3 Bf5 19.Ne2 Kf7 20.h3 Rh8 21.Nhg3 Bd7 22.a4 Rh4 23.Bc3 Bc7 24.Rfb1 a5 25.Bd4 Ra6 26.Bc5 b6 27.Bd6 Bd6 28.d4 Rh8 29.Nf1 Rc8 30.c3 b5 31.Nd2 ba4 32.Ra4 c5 33.Ra2 cd4 34.cd4 Rc7 35.f3 f5 36.Kf2 a4 37.Nc1 Rac6= 38.Nd3 Rc2 39.Rbb2 Rb2 40.Rb2 a3 41.Ra2+= Rc3 42.Nc5 Bc5 43.dc5 d4 44.ed4+/– Be6 45.Nb1 Rc1+= 46.Ra3 Rb1 47.Ra7 Kf6= 48.Ra6 Rd1 49.Rd6+= Ke7 50.Ke2 Rg1 51.Kf2 Rc1 52.Ke3+= g5 53.d5 Bf7 54.Kd4 f4 55.Ra6 Rd1 56.Ke4 Bd5 57.Kf5+/– Rg1 ½–½. Carleton,John J – Povah,Nigel E, BCF–ch Ayr, 1978.

8.Nh3 Nc6 9.Qh5 h6 10.Bc3=.

7.Bb2 d5 8.c4 Bg4 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 dc4 11.Bc4 Ne5 (11...Ne4 12.d3 Ng5 13.Ng5 Qg5 14.h4 Qh4 15.Qb3-/+) 12.Be2 (better 12.Be5!? Re5 13.Bf7 Kh8 14.h3 (worse 14.Ne5 Bd1 15.Rd1 Qe7-/+) 14...Bf3 15.Qf3+=) 12...Nf3-/+ 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Qd5 (14...Ne4 15.Qe2=+) 15.Qg3 (15.Bf6 Qf3 16.gf3 gf6=) 15...Nh5 16.Qg4 Re6 (16...Bd2? 17.Rd1 Re3 18.Nd2+-) 17.Qd4 Nf6 18.Rc1 Bb6 (18...Qb3!? 19.Bc3 Rc6=+) 19.Qd5= Nd5 20.Nc3 Nc3 21.Bc3 c5 22.a4 Bd8 23.a5 Rc8 24.Rab1 Rc7 25.f4 Bf6 26.Bb4 b6 (better 26...Rec6!? 27.Bc3 Re6=) 27.ab6 ab6 28.Bc5! Rec6 (28...bc5 29.Rb8 Mate attack; 28...Rc5 29.Rc5 Combination) 29.Ba3 g5 30.g3 h5 (30...Rc1 31.Bc1 gf4 32.gf4+/-) 31.Kf2 (31.Rc6 Rc6 32.fg5 Bg5+-) 31...gf4 32.gf4 Kg7? (better 32...Rc1!? 33.Rc1 Rc1 34.Bc1 Kf8+-) 33.Rg1+- Kh7 34.Rb5 Bh4 (34...Be7 35.Bb2 Bf8 36.Rh5 Rh6 37.Rgg5+-) 35.Kf3 1-0. Williams,Barry - Short,Allan, NZL Wanganui Chess Club A Reserve Champ, 2000. … Barry M. Williams ... Background & Roles: * Williams was active in the chess scene in New Zealand, particularly around the Wanganui region. For example: in a 2003 issue of NZ Chess he is listed as “Barry Williams, Wanganui, 1515”. * Prior to moving to Wanganui, he had been involved with the Auckland Chess Centre (as Club Captain, Treasurer and Vice-President) and was awarded club life-membership (which he declined) in recognition of his service. * He also had roles in organising tournaments: for example, he served as Director of Play for Handicap and Certificate tournaments in New Zealand’s correspondence chess association. ... Playing Activity & Achievements: ... In over-the-board (OTB) chess: * He shared top place in an Under-1700 section event in 2001 with Don Eade. * He appears in rating lists; for example, rated 1515 in one year for Wanganui. ... In correspondence chess: * He was quite prolific: by 2006, he had played over 338 correspondence-games. * The 2004 article describes how he “took to correspondence chess like a duck to water” and played more than 100 games at once at one stage. ... Style & Contributions: * As a player: he seems to have played at club/intermediate level (e.g., under-1700, ~1500 rating) rather than being a national elite player. * As an organiser & supporter: his contribution appears significant in club administration, tournament direction, correspondence-chess promotion and junior coaching (in Auckland) before moving north. * He is described in the 2004 piece as “a valued player, administrator, sponsor and supporter” of the chess community. ... Legacy & Significance: * Barry Williams exemplifies the kind of chess player-administrator who strengthens the local and correspondence chess infrastructure rather than gaining high international fame. * His dual role (player + administrator) helped maintain tournament structures and club life in New Zealand, especially in correspondence chess. * His activity shows that chess in New Zealand has a vibrant grassroots and correspondence wing, not just top-tournament play. Note created October 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2 d5 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Bb6 10.d4 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Na5 (11...h6 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.c4 Ne5 14.de5=) 12.c4 Nc4 13.Nc4 dc4 14.Bc4 ½-½. Plotnikov,Dmytro - Keely,L (1905), Hastings Weekend Open (1), 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.a3 Ba5 5.e3 0-0) … --- Dmytro Plotnikov ... ... --- Basic Info & Biography: * Born: 2004, * Federation: Italy, * FIDE ID: 2891340, * FIDE Title: None (no official FIDE title). ... --- Chess Ratings & Performance: * Standard (classical) rating:* 1760 (FIDE). * Blitz rating: 1697 (FIDE). * According to ChessPrime, his “highest FIDE Elo achieved” is listed also as 1770. * On Chess.com, he is ranked #43303 (world ranking) in classical games. ... --- Activity & Tournaments: * According to ChessPrime, he has played 668 games (as of their last update). * Some recent tournaments (from ChessPrime): * 1st Cheadle FIDE Open (Feb 4–6, 2025, UK), * Hastings Weekend Open (Jan 3–5, 2025, UK), * 1st Bristol NY Open (Dec 27–30, 2024, UK), * Sheffield FIDE U2400 (Oct 4–6, 2024). ... --- Style & Playing Profile: * There’s limited public analysis on his playing style (openings, typical strategies, or notable games), probably because his rating is relatively modest and he may not yet be widely covered in major chess-media or databases. * His game history shows that he plays competitive FIDE-rated tournaments and is actively competing, at least in opens. ... --- Notable Observations: * Youth: Being born in 2004, he is quite young in the chess world, so there is potential for growth. * Rating level: With a classical rating around 1760, he is an amateur/club-level player (not yet at master or titled levels). * International affiliation: Although named “Dmytro” (which suggests Ukrainian origin), his FIDE federation is Italy, which means he competes under the Italian flag in FIDE-rated events. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2 d5 8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 Qe7 (9...Re8 10.Nh4 Be6 11.Nf3=) 10.c4 (10.d3 Rfe8=) 10...Rad8 11.d4 Rfe8 (11...dc4 12.Bc4 a6 13.Qc1=) 12.Qb3 Bc8 (12...dc4 13.Qb7 Qe6 14.Ng5=) 13.Nc3 Bc3 (13...Qe6 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Nd5 Qd5 16.Bc4+=) 14.Bc3+= Ne4 (14...a6 15.c5+=) 15.cd5 Nc3 16.Qc3 Rd5 17.Rfc1 Qd6 18.Rab1 Ra5 19.Rb3 Rh5 20.Ne5 Rh6 21.Bf3 Ne5 22.de5 Qe5 23.Qe5+– Re5 24.Rc7 Re8 25.Rbc3 Bf5 26.Bd5 Be6 27.Bb7+– Rd8 28.Bf3 Rb8 29.Rc1 a6 30.Be2 Bd5?? 31.Rc8 (31.Rc8 Rc8 32.Rc8) 1–0. Yffeler,H – Bondick,Karl Heinz, corr, 1994.

7.Bb2 d5 8.Be2 Bg4 9.0-0 Qd7 10.d3 (10.Bf6 gf6 11.c3 Rfe8+=) 10...Ne7 (10...Qe7 11.Nbd2=) 11.Nbd2 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.Nd4 Be6+=) 11...Ng6 (11...Qd6 12.Rb1=) 12.Nd4 (12.Bf6!? gf6 13.c4+/-) 12...Be2= 13.Ne2 c5 (13...Qd6 14.Ng3=) 14.Nf3 (14.Bf6 gf6 15.Rb1 Rfe8+/-) 14...Rad8 (14...Qe6 15.Rb1=) 15.Ng3 (15.Bf6 gf6 16.d4 b6+=) 15...Bc7 (15...Ng4!?=) 16.Bf6+= gf6 17.Rb1 b6 18.Re1 Kh8 19.e4 d4 20.Rc1 (20.Nf5 Rg8+=) 20...Rg8 21.Qe2 Rde8 22.Red1 Nf4 23.Qd2 f5 24.Nf5?? (24.Kh1 fe4 25.de4 Qg4=+) 24...Rg2?? (better 24...Ng2 25.Kf1 Bf4-+) 25.Kh1=+ Rgg8 (25...Reg8 26.Rg1=+) 26.Rg1 (26.c3 Nh3 27.cd4 Bf4=+) 26...Qe6 (26...Nh3 27.Rg8 Rg8 28.Rf1=+) 27.Rg8 Rg8 28.Rg1 (28.c3 Qg6 29.N5h4-/+) 28...Ng6?? (28...Rg1!? 29.Ng1 Qg6=+) 29.Ng5 (29.Qh6 Qd7 30.Rg5+-) 29...Qd7?? (29...Bf4 30.Ne6 Bd2 31.Nc7=) 30.Nh6 (better 30.Nh7 Nf4 31.Rg8 Kh7 32.Rg7 Kh8 33.Rg4+-) 30...Bf4?? (30...Rf8 31.Qd1 f6 32.Nf3=+) 31.Qe2 (better 31.Qf4! Qe7 32.Ngf7 Kg7 33.Nd6+-) 31...Rg7 (31...Bg5 32.Rg5 Rf8 33.Qh5=) 32.Qg4 (32.Nf5 Bg5 33.Ng7 Kg7 34.Rg5 Qa4+-) 32...Qc7 (32...f6 33.Ngf7 Rf7 34.Qf4=) 33.Rg2 (better 33.Nf5 Bh2 34.Rg2+/-) 33...Ne5?? (better 33...Bg5!? 34.Qg5 Qe7+=) 34.Qf5 (34.Ngf7 Qf7 35.Nf7 Rf7 36.Qg8) 34...Bg5+- 35.Rg5 Ng6 36.h4! Qe7 (36...Nh4 37.Qf6 Combination) 37.h5 (better 37.Qc8 Qf8 38.Qf8 Nf8 39.Rf5+/-) 37...Nh4?? (better 37...Nf8 38.Rg7 Kg7+/-) 38.Nf7 (38.Qc8 Qe8 39.Qe8 Rg8 40.Rg8) 38...Rf7 (38...Qf7!? 39.Qc8 Qg8 40.Qc6 Rg5 41.Qf6 Rg7 42.h6-+) 39.Qc8?? (39.Qg4 h6 40.Rg8 Kh7 41.Qc8-+) 39…Rf8 (39...Rf8 40.Qg4 Nf3-+) 0-1. brucepeng (2050) - annoyingheadphone279 (2050), lichess.org, 2021.

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

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

7.c4 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 c5 8.a3 Ba5).

7.Bc4 d5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.g5 Ne4 13.h4 (13.Nh4 d4 14.Ng6 Qg5-/+) 13...Bh5 14.Nc3?? (better 14.Ba4!?-/+) 14...Bc3 (better 14...Ne5 15.Ne5 Bd1 16.Ne4 Bc2-+ (16...de4?! 17.Rd1 Re5 18.Be5-+)) 15.Bc3 d4! 16.Bb2 (16.Bd4 Nd4 Combination; 16.ed4 Nc3 Double attack (16...Ng5 Decoy); 16.Nd4 Bd1 Pinning (16...Bd1 Deflection)) 16...de3 17.fe3 Qd6 18.Rg1 Rad8 19.Qe2 Bf3 20.Qf3 Qd2 21.Kf1 Re7?? (better 21...Qd7 22.Ke2 Nd2-+) 22.g6+= hg6 23.Rg6 Nc3 24.Rg2 Qe3 25.Qe3?? (better 25.Qf6! Kf8 26.Qg7 (26.Qc3?! Qf4 27.Rf2 Qg4+/-) 26...Ke8 27.Bc3 Qf3 28.Kg1 Rd1 29.Rd1 Qd1 30.Kh2 Qd6 31.Qg3+-) 25...Re3-+ 26.Rf2 Ne5 (better 26...Rd7 27.h5 Ne4-+) 27.Re1?? (better 27.Rf5 g6 28.Re5 Re5 29.Bc3=+) 27...Re1-+ 28.Ke1 (28.Kg2 Nd5 29.Be5 Re5 30.Rf3-+) 28…Rd1 0-1. zembelek (1990) - gner (2145), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 d5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Bg3 h6 11.Nbd2 Be6 (11...d4 12.e4=+) 12.Rb1= Qd7 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.a4 (14.c3 Qe7=) 14...Na5 (14...d4 15.e4=+) 15.Qd2 (15.Na5 Ba5 16.Bh4 Qa4 17.Bf6 gf6=) 15...Nb3 (15...Qa4 16.Rfc1-/+) 16.Rb3 (16.cb3!? Rac8 17.Rfc1=) 16...Qa4-/+ 17.Ne5 (17.Be5 Nd7 18.Ra1 Qc6-/+) 17...Nd7 (17...d4 18.Rbb1-/+) 18.Nf3 d4 19.Rb2 (19.Rbb1!?-/+) 19...Ba5-+ 20.Qc1 de3 (better 20...b5!?-+) 21.fe3-/+ b6 22.Be1 (22.c4 Bb4-/+) 22...Be1 23.Re1 Qc6 24.e4 Qd6 25.Rf1 Ne5 26.Nh4 (26.Ne5!? Qd4 27.Kh1 Qe5 28.Rb1-/+) 26...Qd4-+ Black prepares the advance c4 27.Kh1 Rac8 Black prepares c4 (better 27...c4-+) 28.Ra2?? (28.Nf3 Nf3 29.c3 Qd6 30.Rf3 Rcd8-/+) 28...a5 (better 28...Ba2 29.Nf5 Qc3 30.Nd6-+) 29.Qb1? (better 29.Nf5 Bf5 30.ef5-/+) 29...Ba2-+ 30.Qa2 c4 (better 30...Qc3-+) 31.Nf5 Qc3 32.Nd6 cd3 (32...Qd2 33.Bh5 cd3 34.Bf7 Kh7 35.Nc8 dc2 36.Be8-+) 33.cd3 (33.Bd3 Qd4 34.Ne8 Re8-+) 33...Qd4 (33...Qc2 34.Qc2 Rc2 35.Bd1-+) 34.Ne8 Re8 35.Rb1? (better 35.Qc2-+) 35...Nd3 36.Bd3 Qd3 37.Qa1 Re6 (37...Qe4 38.h3-+) 38.Rd1 (38.e5 Re5 39.Rb6 Rb5 40.Rb5 Qb5-+) 38...Qe4 39.Rd8 (39.Rf1 a4-+) 39...Kh7 40.Rd1 h5 41.Qc3 a4 42.h3 g6 (42...b5 43.Qa5 Qe2 44.Rb1-+) 43.Rf1 Re7 44.Qa3 b5 45.Qc5 (45.Qa1-+) 45...Qe5 (45...b4 46.Rd1-+) 46.Qb4?? (better 46.Rf7! Rf7 47.Qe5+-) 46...Kg7 47.Rd1 1-0. jhonores (2245) - LowerSaxonier (2190), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 a6 10.d3 h6 (10...Qd6 11.Nbd2=+) 11.Nbd2 Bf5 (11...Bb6 12.d4=) 12.Rc1= Ng4 (12...Qe7 13.c4 Rad8 14.cd5 Rd5 15.Nc4+=) 13.c4+= Bb6 14.Qc2 Re3 (14...Nf6 15.Bf6 gf6 16.cd5 Qd5 17.Nc4+–) 15.fe3 Ne3 16.Qb3 dc4 17.dc4 Nc4 (17...Na5!? 18.Qa2 Nf1 19.Kf1 Qe7+–) 18.Kh1+– Nd2? (better 18...Ne3+–) 19.Nd2 Be6 (19...Qg5 20.Bc4 Rf8 21.Nf3+–) 20.Bc4 Qd2 (20...Qd7+–) 21.Be6 fe6 (21...Nd4 22.Bd4 Qd4 23.Rf7+–) 22.Qe6 Kh7 23.Qf5 (23.Qf5 Kh8 24.Bg7 Kg7 25.Rcd1 Qd1 26.Qf7 Kh8 27.Rd1+–) 1–0. Pierre – Dersuum, internet, 2020.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 Qd6 10.d3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.Rb1 Bb6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Re1 Re7 15.Nf1 Rde8 16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Nh4 (17.Nf1!?=) 17...Be3-/+ 18.Ngf5 (18.Ng6!? hg6 19.fe3 Qg3 20.Bf3-/+) 18...Bf2! 19.Kf2 (19.Kf1 Bf5 20.Nf5 Qf4 21.Ne7 Re7-+ (21...Ne7?! 22.Bc1 Qg3 23.Bf3-+)) 19...Qf4 (19...Bf5!? 20.Nf5 Qf4 21.Kg1 Qf5 22.Rf1-+) 20.Kg1-/+ Bf5 21.Bf6 gf6 22.Nf5 Qf5 23.Rf1 Qe5 24.Bg4 b6 25.Rf5? (25.Kh1 Qg3-/+) 25...Qe3 (25...Qc3!? 26.Rf1 Nd4 27.Rc1-+) 26.Kh1 Re5 (26...Nd4!? 27.Rf1-+) 27.Rf6-/+ Nd4 28.Qf1 R8e7 29.Rf2 f5 (29...c6 30.a4-+) 30.Bf5 (30.c3 Qe1 31.cd4 Qb1 32.de5 Qf1 33.Rf1 fg4 34.Re1-/+) 30...Rf5 (better 30...Ne2 31.Bh7 Kg7 (31...Kh7?! 32.Rf7 Kg8 33.Rf8 Kh7 34.Rf7 Rf7 35.Qf7 Kh8 36.Qf8 Kh7 37.Qf7 Kh6 38.Qf6 Kh7 39.Qf7=) 32.Re2 Qe2-+) 31.Rf5= Nf5 32.Qf5 Qe5 33.Qg4 Qg7 (33...Kf8 34.Qh4=) 34.Qc8+= Qf8 35.Qg4 Kh8 (35...Qg7 36.Qh4=) 36.Rg1 (better 36.Qd4!? Rg7 37.Qd5+/-) 36...Rg7 37.Qh5 Qf7 38.Qe5 Kg8 39.Re1 Rg6 40.Re2 Rf6 41.Qg3 Kf8 42.Kh2 Rg6 (42...d4 43.Re4 c5 44.Qe5+=) 43.Qe5 Rf6 44.Qg5 (better 44.Re3+=) 44...Qg7?? (better 44...c5=) 45.Qd5 (45.Re8 Ke8 46.Qg7 Rf7 47.Qe5 Kf8 48.Qd5 Kg7+-) 45...Qf7 (45...Qg6 46.Re4 Qh6 47.Qd8 Kg7 48.Rg4 Rg6+-) 46.Qd8 Kg7 47.Re4 (better 47.Re7 Qe7 48.Qe7 Rf7 49.Qg5 Kf8 50.Qh6 Kg8 51.d4+-) 47...Qg6?? (better 47...Rd6 48.Qg5 Rg6 49.Qe5 Kg8+-) 48.Rg4 1-0. jhonores (2215) - absencia (2335), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 Bg4 10.c4 dc4 11.Bc4 Ne5 12.Be2 Nd3 13.Bc3 Bb6 14.Nd4 (14.Bd3 Qd3 15.Bf6 gf6=) 14...Be2 (14...Bd4!? 15.Bg4 Ng4 16.Qg4 Be5=+) 15.Qe2= c5 16.Nf5 c4 17.Ng7? (better 17.Qf3=+) 17...Kg7-+ 18.Qg4 Kf8 19.Qc4 Re4 20.Qb5 Nd5?? (better 20...Qd5 21.a4 Qb5 22.ab5 Nd5-+) 21.Qd3+- Nc3 22.Qc3 Rc8 (22...Kg8 23.Qc2 Re6 24.d4+-) 23.Qh8 Ke7 24.Qh7 Qd3 (24...Rec4 25.d3 R4c6 26.Qe4 Re6 27.Qh4 Ke8 28.Qd8 Bd8 29.Nd2+-) 25.Nc3 Rd4 26.Qh3 Rdd8 27.Qh4 Kf8 28.Ne4 Rc4 29.Qh8 Ke7 30.Qf6 Kf8 (30...Ke8 31.f3+-) 31.Ng5 Qg6 (31...Rd7 32.Rac1 Rc1 33.Rc1+-) 32.Ne6 Kg8 (32...Ke8 33.Qg6 fg6 34.Nd8 Bd8 35.Rfc1+-) 33.Qg6 (33.Qg6 fg6 34.Nd8 Bd8 35.Rfc1+-; 33.Nd8? Qf6 34.Nb7 Rc7-+) 1-0. jhonores (2185) - LennySnarks (2210), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 Bg4 10.d4 Ne4 11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 Qf6 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Qc2 (14.Qb3 Bb6=) 14...Bf5 (14...Qg6 15.Qb3=+) 15.Bd3 (15.d5 Qd6 16.dc6 Ng3+=) 15...h5 16.Nc3 Bc3 17.Bc3 h4 18.h3 Bh7 (18...Rd5 19.Rab1 b6 20.Rfc1+=) 19.Bb2 Rd5 20.Rfd1 g5 (20...Ng5 21.Bh7 Nh7 22.Qb3+/-) 21.Ne5 Ne5 22.de5 Qc6 23.Be4 (better 23.Qe2!?+/-) 23...Be4= 24.Qc6 bc6 (24...Rd1 25.Rd1 Bc6 26.Kf1=) 25.Rac1 Rb8 26.Bd4 a5 (better 26...Rbd8!? 27.Re1 Ra5+=) 27.f3+- Bg6 28.Rc6 Rb2 (28...Rd7 29.Rdc1+-) 29.Rdc1 (29.Bb2?! Rd1 30.Kh2 Rd2+/-) 29...Ra2 30.R1c3 Rb5 31.Rc7 Rb1 32.Rc1 Rbb2?? (better 32...Rc1 33.Rc1 Bd3+-) 33.Bb2 Rb2 34.Ra7 g4 (34...Bf5 35.Ra5 Kg7 36.a4+-) 35.fg4 (35.hg4 Rb8+-) 35...Be4 (35...Bc2 36.Ra5 Be4 37.Ra4 Bg2 38.e6 fe6 39.Ra7+-) 36.Ra5 (36.e6 Kg7 37.ef7 Rg2 38.Kf1 Rc2 39.Rc2 Bc2 40.Ra5 Kf7+-) 36...Bg2 (36...Rg2 37.Kf1 Rh2+-) 37.e6! fe6 38.Rc7 (better 38.Ra7 Bb7+-) 38...Bd5 39.Raa7 Rg2 (39...Rb8+-) 40.Kf1 Rh2 (40...Rc2 41.Rc2 Bc4 42.Rc4 e5 43.Rc8) 41.Rg7 (41.Rc8) 41...Kf8+- 42.Rh7 Kg8 43.Rh4 (43.e4 Bc6 44.Rhc7 Rh1 45.Kg2 Be4 46.Kf2 Rh2 47.Ke3 Rc2 48.Ke4 Rc7 49.Rc7 Kf8 50.Rc3 Kf7 51.Rf3 Kg6 52.a4 Kg7 53.a5 Kh7 54.a6 Kg6 55.a7 Kg7 56.a8Q Kh7 57.Rf7 Kg6 58.Qg8 Kh6 59.Qg7) 43...Ra2 (43...Bg2 44.Kf2 Rh3 45.Rh5 Rh5 46.gh5+-) 44.a4 (44.g5!? Rb2+-) 44...Bc4 45.Kg1 Bd5 46.a5 e5 (46...Rg2 47.Kf1 Ra2 48.Rh6+-) 47.Rhh7 (better 47.Rh5 Rg2 48.Kf1+-) 47...Bf3 (47...Rg2 48.Kf1 Rb2 49.Rhd7 Bc4 50.Kg1+-) 48.a6 (48.Rhc7 Bb7 49.Rab7 Ra1 50.Kf2 Ra2 51.Kg3 Rg2 52.Kg2 Kf8 53.Rc8) 48...e4 (48...Rg2 49.Kf1 Rc2 50.Rhg7 Kh8 51.Rgf7+-) 49.Rag7 (49.Rhd7 Rg2 50.Kf1 Be2 51.Kg2 Bf3 52.Kg3 Bg4 53.Rd8) 49...Kf8 50.a7 (50.Rc7 Ra1 51.Kf2 Kg8 52.Rhd7 Ra2 53.Kg3 Rg2 54.Kf4 Rg4 55.hg4 Bg4 56.Rd8) 50...Ra1+- 51.Kf2 Ra2 52.Kg3 (52.Kg3 Bd1 53.Rc7 Kg8 54.Rhd7 Rg2 55.Kg2 Bf3 56.Kg3 Bg4 57.a8Q) 1-0. jhonores (2225) - guillembaches (2350), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 c5 9.c4 Nc6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.cd5 Qa1 12.dc6 Qf6 (12...bc6 Inferior is 13.Qa4 Rb8 14.Nc3 (worse is 14.Qa5 Rb1 15.h3 Rf1 16.Bf1 Bf5+=) 14...Bc3 15.Ra1 Ba1 16.h4+=) 13.Qa4 Bc7 14.Nc3 bc6 15.Nd5 Qd6 16.Nc7 Qc7 17.Rc1 Qb6 18.Qc2 Rb8 19.Ng5 g6 20.Bc4 Re7 21.f4 (better is 21.Qd3!?+= must be considered) 21...Qb2–/+ 22.Qc3 (22.Be2 Be6–/+) 22...Qc3 (22...Bf5 23.Nf3–+) 23.Rc3–/+ Rb2 24.Nf3 Be6 (better is 24...Bf5!?–/+) 25.Be6+= Re6 26.Rc5 Rb5 27.Rc3 c5 28.Kf2 f6 29.g4 Kf7 30.g5 f5 31.h4 Rd6 32.a4 Rb4 33.Rc5 Ra4 34.h5 Ra2 35.Rc7 Kg8 36.h6+/– Rd8 37.Ke2 a5 38.Rg7 Kh8 39.Ra7 a4 40.Nd4 a3 41.Kd3 Kg8 42.Ra6 Kf7 43.Kc3 Rc8 44.Nc6? Ra1?? 45.Kd3+= Kf8 46.Ke2 Kf7 47.Ne5 Kg8?? 48.Ra7+– a2 49.Rg7 Kf8 50.Nd7 Ke8 51.Nf6 Kf8 52.Nh7 Ke8 53.Nf6 Kf8 54.Ra7 Re1? 55.Ke1 Rc1 56.Ke2 a1Q 57.Ra1 Ra1 58.Nd7 Kg8 59.Ne5 Kh7 60.Nc4 Ra4 61.Kd3 Ra6?! 62.Kd4 Re6?? 63.Kd5 Re4 64.d4 Re8 65.Ne5 1–0. (539) Koerner,Helmut (2040) – Fruebing,Stefan, Berlin Chemie op, 2001.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 c5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nbd2? (better 11.Bh4 Qd6 12.c4=) 11...Ng3-+ 12.hg3 Qd6 (12...d4 13.Nc4-+) 13.c4 Be6 (13...d4 14.ed4 cd4 15.Re1-/+) 14.Rb1 Rab8 15.Nb3 Bc7 16.Qc2 b6 (16...d4 17.ed4 cd4 18.Qb2-/+) 17.Rfd1 (17.d4 dc4 18.Bc4 cd4 19.Nbd4 Bc4 20.Qc4 Nd4 21.Nd4 Qd7=) 17...Bf5 (17...d4!? 18.ed4 cd4-/+) 18.cd5= Qd5 19.e4 (19.e4 Qe6 20.Nh4=). jhonores (2150) - FaroeIslands (2185), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 d6 8.Bf6 Qf6=+ (worse 8...gf6 9.0-0+=) 9.c3 Nd7 10.0-0 Ne5 (10...c6 11.d4=) 11.d4 (better 11.Qa4 Nc6 12.Nd4+=) 11...Ng6?? (11...Nf3 12.Bf3 c6 13.Qa4=) 12.c4?? (better 12.Qa4 c6 13.Qa5+-) 12...c5 (12...Bd7 13.Bd3=) 13.Ra2 (13.Qa4 Qd8+=) 13...Bf5 (13...b6 14.Nbd2 Bc3 15.Nb3=) 14.Nbd2 (14.Qb3 Re7=) 14...Nh4 15.Nb3 Bb6 16.d5 Be4 (16...Nf3 17.Bf3 Qg6 18.Nd2=+) 17.a4 Nf3 18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Qf3 Qf3 20.gf3 Re5 21.f4 Rh5 (21...Ree8 22.Re1+=) 22.a5 Bd8 23.Kg2 g5 24.fg5 Rg5 25.Kh1 Bf6 26.Nd2 Re8 27.Rg1 (27.Rb1!? Re7 28.Ra3+/-) 27...Rg1= 28.Kg1 Kg7 29.Kg2 Kh6 30.Kf3 Be5 31.h3 Rg8 32.Ke4 Rg2 33.f4 (33.Nf3!? Bg3 34.Ng5+/-) 33...Bc3=+ 34.Kd3 Bd2 (better 34...Bb4!?=) 35.Rd2+/- Rd2 36.Kd2 f5 (36...Kg7 37.e4 f6 38.Ke3+=) 37.Kd3 Kg6 38.e4 fe4 39.Ke4 h6 40.h4 (40.f5 Kg5 41.h4 Kf6 42.Kf4=) 40...h5= 41.f5 Kf7 42.Kf3 Kg7 43.Kg3 Kf7 44.Kf3 Kg7 45.Ke4 Kf7 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.Kg3 Kf7 48.Kf3 ½-½. upep (1785) - sicilianmaster (2100), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Bb2 Bc5 7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Ne2 Ba5 11.Bc3=.

6.Bc3 Bc3 7.Nc3 Re8 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.d4 Bf5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Bd3 Qd7 12.0-0 h6 13.h3 d5 14.Bf5 Qf5 15.Qd3 Qe6 16.Rb3 b6 17.Rfb1 Ne4 18.R3b2 Rbd8 19.Ne2 Qd6 20.c4 dc4 21.Qc4 Na5 22.Qb4 c5 23.dc5 Nc5 24.Rd2 Qg6 25.Nf4 Qe4 26.Qe4 Ne4 27.Rc2 Rd7 28.Nd4 Nb7 (28...Nb7 29.Rd1 Nbc5=). Psion – Psion, 4 Min/Zug, 1990.

7.c4 Nc6=+ 8.Nf3 d5 9.Qc2 Bg4 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bc4 (11.Bb5 Nde7=) 11...Bf3 (11...Bh5 12.Qf5 Nb6 13.Qh5 Nc4 14.Bg7 Ne3 15.fe3 Kg7 16.0-0+=) 12.gf3 Qg5 13.f4 (13.Kf1 Nf6=) 13...Qg2 14.Bd5 Qd5 15.Rg1 f6 16.Nc3 Bc3 17.Bc3 Kh8 18.Rb1 Rab8 19.Rg3 (19.d4 Rfe8=+) 19...a6 (19...Qh1 20.Ke2 Qh2 21.Qf5+–) 20.Rh3= f5 (20...h6 21.Rg3=) 21.Qb2 (21.Rg3 Rf7=) 21...Qd7 22.Ke2 (22.Rc1 Rf7=) 22...Rg8 (22...Rf7!?=) 23.Rg1+= Nd8 24.Qc2 Qb5 25.Ke1 Ne6 26.Be5 Rbf8 (26...Nf8 27.Rhg3 Ng6 28.Qf5 Rgf8 29.Bg7 Kg8 30.Qe6 Rf7 31.Rg6 hg6 32.Qg6 Qf5+–) 27.Rg6 Rf6 28.Rf6 gf6 29.Bf6 Rg7 (29...Ng7 30.Qc7 Qe8 31.Bc3+–) 30.Rg3 (30.Rg3 h5 31.Rg7 Ng7 32.Qc7 Qb1 33.Ke2+–; worse 30.Bg7 Kg7 31.Qc3 Kg8 32.Rg3 Kf7+–) 1–0. Barcarola – bnbua, internet free game, 2018.

7.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.a3 Ba5 7.e3).

7.c3 Ba5 8.Qa4 Nc6 9.Bb5 Qg6 10.Bc6 bc6 11.g3 –/+.

7.c3 Ba5 8.Qa4 Nc6 9.Bd3 Bb6=+.

6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Re8 8.d4 d5 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Bd3 Qd7 12.Bf5 Qf5 13.c4 dc4 14.Bc3 Rad8 15.Nbd2 Qd3 16.Rc1 Ba3 17.Rc2 Nd5 18.Bb2?? Bb2 19.Rb2 Nc3 20.Qc2 Qe2# 0–1. sumit – Oort, ICS rated blitz match, 1998.

6.Bb2 Re8 7.Nf3 Bf8 (7...d5 8.Bd3=+) 8.Be2= Nc6 9.0-0 d5 10.d3 Bg4 (10...h6 11.Nbd2=) 11.Nbd2= Bd6 (11...Qd6 12.c4=) 12.c4 dc4 (12...Be6 13.Qc2=) 13.Nc4+= Bf8 (13...Nd5 14.h3 Bh5 15.d4+=) 14.Ncd2 (14.h3 Bh5+=) 14...Nd5 15.Ne4 Bh5 16.Nd4 (16.Qb3 f5 17.Ng3 Bf7 18.Qb7 Rb8 19.Qc6 Rb2+=) 16...Bg6 (16...Be2 17.Ne2 Qd7 18.Qb3=) 17.Bf3 (17.Nc6 bc6 18.Rb1 Rb8+=) 17...Nd4 (17...Ne5 18.Nb3=) 18.Bd4+= Rc8 19.Qb3 (worse 19.Ba7 b6 20.Qa4 Re5=+) 19...c5 20.Qb7?? (better 20.Bb2+=) 20...cd4-+ 21.ed4 Nf4 22.Qa6 (22.d5 Nd3 23.Qb5 Ne5-+ (worse 23...Be4 24.Be4 Nf2 25.Bf5-+)) 22...f5 (better 22...Qd4 23.Rad1 Rc2 24.Qb5-+) 23.Qb5 (23.Nc5 Qd4 24.Nb3-+) 23...fe4 24.Be4 (24.de4 Be4 25.Qb3 Kh8 26.Be4 Re4-+) 24...Be4 25.de4 Re4 26.Qd3 (26.Rad1-+) 26...Nd3 27.Rfd1 Rd4 (27...Qd4 28.Rf1 Nf2 29.h3 Bd6 30.g3 Re2 31.Kg2 Ne4 32.Kf3 Ng3 33.Rab1 Rf8) 28.Rd2 Bc5 29.Rad1 (29.Rdd1 Nf4 30.h3 Rd1 31.Kh2 Ra1 32.Kg3 Qg5 33.Kf3 Ra3 34.Ke4 Re8) 29...Nf2! 30.Rf2 (30.Rf2 Rd1 Mate attack; 30.Kf2 Qf6 Mate attack) 30…Rd1 0-1. tonyclifton (1780) - Lance5500 (2540), lichess.org, 2016.

6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 Ne5 (7...d5 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Qb1 Rb8 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Bf6 Bf6=+) 8.de5 Ne8 9.Nf3 d6 10.Be2 c6 11.0-0 Qa5=+.

6.Nc3 d5 7.Bd3 c5 8.h3 (8.Nf3 Nc6+=) 8...Nc6–/+ 9.Nf3 Ne5 10.Ne5 c4 (10...d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.Ne2+=) 11.Be2+= Bd6 12.Nf3 a6 13.0-0 b5 14.Nd4 Qe7 15.Ra2 ½–½. rcm06 (2130) – chuckhar (2350), gameknot.com, 2015.

6.Nc3 d6 7.Bg3 d5 (7...Nc6 8.Nf3 Nh5 9.Nd5 Re8 10.d4 Nf6 11.Ne7 Qe7=; 7...Re8 8.Nf3 a6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Nd4 Nc5 11.Bf3 d5=+; 7...a6 8.Nf3 b5 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Re8 11.Bf5 Nb6=+; 7...c6 8.Nf3 d5 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nh5 11.Nd4 Ng3=+) 8.Be2 (8.Bd3 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 d4=+) 8...c5 (8...Re8 9.Nb5 Na6 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.Be5 Bf6=+) 9.Nb5 (9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Ne4 de4 11.Ne5 Nd7=+) 9...Nc6 (9...Ne4 10.Bc7 Qd7 11.Bf4 (11.Bb8=+ a6=+) 11...Na6=) 10.Nc7= Rb8 11.Nb5 Ra8 12.c4 (12.Nc7!? Rb8 13.Nb5 Ra8=) 12...Bf5=+ 13.cd5 Nd5 Black is in command (worse 13...Qd5 14.Nc7 Qd7 15.Na8 Ra8 16.Nf3+–; worse 13...Qd5 14.Nc7+–) 14.Bf3 Bd3 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.dc3 Bf6 17.Rc1 (17.Ne2 c4=+) 17...c4–/+ 18.Bc6 (18.Qd2 Qb6–/+) 18...bc6 Black creates threats along the open b–file 19.Qd2 Qa5 20.Qb2 Qb6 21.Qa2 Rfe8 (21...Qb3 22.Qa1–/+) 22.Ne2 Qb3 23.Qa1 Be2 24.Ke2 Rad8 25.Rhd1 Rd1 26.Rd1 Bc3 27.Qb1 Qa3 28.Rd6 (28.Qf5 Ra8–/+) 28...Bb4 Black gets deadly initiative (28...Bf6 29.Qb7 Qa2 30.Kf3–+) 29.Rc6 c3 30.Rc4 (30.Qd3 Qb2 31.Kf3 Qd2 32.Qd2 cd2–/+) 30...a5 31.Kf3 (31.Qd3 Qb3–+) 31...Qa4 32.Bf4 (32.Qd3 Qb5 33.Bf4 Qh5 34.Kg3 Be7–/+) 32...Qd7 33.Rc7 Qe6 34.Qd3 Rc8 (34...Rc8 35.e4 h5–+) 0–1. Heyn,Wolfgang – Grehl,Siegfried, corr 3GMMsemi–06, 1998.

6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Bb2 d5 8.Ba2 Bg4 9.f3 Be6 10.Ne2 Qd6 11.d4 Na5 12.Nd2 c5 13.0-0 Rac8 14.Rb1 b6 15.Nc3 Qd7 16.Ne2 Rfe8 17.Nf4 cd4 18.ed4 Bf5 19.Nd3 Qa4 20.Bb3 Nb3 21.Nb3 Bd6 22.Rf2 Qc4 23.Ne1 Qc7–+ 24.g3 h5 25.Qd2 h4 26.Qg5 hg3 27.hg3 Bg6 28.Rg2 Qe7 29.Qh4 Qe3 30.Kh1 Bc2! 31.Nc2 Qb3 32.Ne1 Re6 33.Rh2 Re1! (33...Re1 34.Re1 Qf3 35.Kg1 Qg3 36.Qg3 Bg3–+) 0–1. Diener,Rudolf – Leisebein,Peter, corr SOK–91–74, 1991.

6.Be2 c5 7.Nf3 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.a3 Be7 6.Be2 d5 7.Nf3 c5).

6.Qf3 Nc6 7.d4 d6 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Rb1 d5 11.Rb7 Na5 12.Rb1 c5 13.Rb5 (Better is 13.Bd3!?=) 13...cd4 14.Nd5 de3 (14...Bh4 15.e4 a6–/+) 15.Nf6+– gf6 16.fe3 (16.Qe3?! Bc4 17.Qg3 Kh8=) 16...Rb8 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Qh4 Rb5 19.Bb5 Nb7 20.Bd3 f5 21.Qd4 Kg8 22.Nf3 Qa5 23.Qb4 Qb4 24.ab4 a5 25.ba5 Na5 26.Nd4 Re8 27.Rf1 Bc4 28.Rf5 Bd3 29.cd3 Nb7 30.Ke2 Nd6 31.Rf6 Rd8 32.g4 Kg7 33.Rd6! Rd6 34.Nf5 Kf6 35.Nd6 1–0. Fritz 8 – NN, 2003.

6.Qf3 d6 7.Bb2 c5 8.c4 Qb6 9.Bc3 Be6 10.d3 d5–/+ 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.e4 Nc3 14.Nec3?? Nd4 15.Qd1 Qb2 16.Nd2 Nc2 17.Ke2 Na1 (17...Na1 18.Na4 Qa3–+) 0–1. moover – marekt, internet, 2005.

6.Nf3 c6 7.c4 d5 8.Be2 Be6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Bf6 (10...Nd7 11.Bg3=) 11.Bf6 Nf6 (11...Qf6 12.d4=) 12.d4 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Re8 14.h3 h6 15.Rb1 Nf8? (better 15...Nb6=) 16.Rb7+- Nd5 17.Ne4?? (17.Qc2 Re7 18.Rfb1 Nb6 19.Re7 Qe7+-) 17...Qa5?? (better 17...Bc8 18.Nc5 Bb7 19.Nb7 Qe7=+) 18.Nc5 (18.Qd3 Bc8 19.Rb3 Bf5+-) 18…Qa3+/- 0-1. GM_HUSARZ (2130) - AHMED96941 (2125), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.h3 d5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bg3 (8.Bb2 Nc5+=) 8...Nh5 (8...Ne4 9.Nc3 Ng3 10.fg3–/+) 9.Be2? (better is 9.Bh2!?+=) 9...Ng3–+ 10.fg3 Bd6 11.Kf2 (11.0-0 Bg3 12.c4 Nb6 13.cd5 Nd5–/+) 11...Qf6 (11...Nc5 12.Rf1–+) 12.d4 (12.Nc3 c6–+) 12...c6 (12...Qg6!? 13.g4 f5 14.gf5 Qg3 15.Kg1–+) 13.Rf1 Qg6 14.g4 f5 15.Bd3 (better is 15.gf5!? Qg3 16.Kg1–/+) 15...Nf6–+ 16.gf5 Bf5 (16...Ne4!? 17.Be4 Qg3 18.Kg1 de4 19.Qe1 ef3 20.Qg3 Bg3 21.Rf3–+) 17.Bf5 Ne4 (better is 17...Bg3 18.Kg1 Qf5–/+) 18.Kg1?? (better is 18.Be4 de4 19.Nbd2+=) 18...Rf5–+ (18...Qf5?! 19.Qd3–/+) 19.Nbd2 Nc3 20.Qe1 Bg3 21.Rf2 (21.Nh4 Qe6 22.Nf5 Be1 23.Rae1–+) 21...Ne4 22.Ne4 de4 23.Ne5 Bf2 (better is 23...Qe6 24.Ng4 Rf2 25.Nf2–+) 24.Qf2 Rf2 25.Ng6 Rc2 26.Ne5 h5 27.Rb1 b6 28.a4 Rf8 29.Rf1 Rf1 30.Kf1 Kf8 31.g4 Rh2 32.gh5 Rh3 33.Nc6 Re3 34.Na7 Ra3 35.Nc8 Ra4 36.Nb6 Rd4 37.Ke2 Kf7 38.Ke3 Rb4 39.Nd5 Ra4 40.Nc3 Rc4 41.Ne4 Ke6 42.Ng3 Ke5 43.Kf3 Rh4 44.Ke3 Kf6 45.Ne4 Re4! 46.Ke4 Kg5 47.h6 Kh6 48.Kf4 Kh5 49.Kg3 Kg5 50.Kf3 Kh4 51.Kg2 Kg4 52.Kh2 Kf3 53.Kh3 g5 54.Kh2 g4 55.Kg1 Kg3 56.Kh1 Kf2 57.Kh2 g3 58.Kh1 g2 59.Kh2 g1Q 60.Kh3 Qg5 61.Kh2 Qh4# 0–1. superyoyo (1725) – adalbert (1885), gameknot.com, 2010.

7.c4 c5 8.cd5=+ Nd5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Qc2 Bf6 11.Nc3 b6 (11...Bg4 12.Be2=) 12.h4 (12.Bd3 g6 13.Be4 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bb7=) 12...g6 (12...Nc3 13.Bc3 Bc3 14.dc3=+) 13.Bc4 (13.Nd5 Bb2 14.Qb2 Qd5=) 13...Be6 (better 13...Bf5 14.Nd5 Bc2 15.Nf6 Kh8=) 14.Ng5?? (better 14.Ne4 Bb2 15.Qb2+=) 14...Kg7?? (better 14...Ndb4 15.ab4 Bc4-+) 15.Ne6 (better 15.Nce4!? Kh6 16.Rc1+-) 15...fe6+/- 16.h5 (16.Ne4 Bb2 17.Qb2 e5+-) 16...Ne5 17.Be2 g5? (better 17...c4!? 18.Ne4 Rc8+/-) 18.Ne4 Nd7?? (18...Kg8 19.h6 Ng6 20.Rh5+-) 19.Nf6 (better 19.Ng5 Rh8 20.Ne6 Kh6 21.g4+-) 19...N5f6 (19...N7f6 20.h6 Kg8 21.Rh3+-) 20.g3 (20.h6 Kh8+-) 20...e5 21.f4 (better 21.h6 Kh8 22.Qf5+-) 21...Qe7? (21...ef4 22.gf4 gf4 23.Qf5+-) 22.0-0-0?? (better 22.fg5 Ne8 23.g6 h6+-) 22...h6?? (better 22...gf4!? 23.gf4 ef4+-) 23.fg5 (23.Qg6 Kh8 24.fe5 Nh7+-) 23...Ng8? (23...hg5 24.h6 Kh8+-) 24.gh6 (24.Bb5 Rad8 25.gh6 Kh8+-) 24...Kh8 25.Bc4 (25.Bb5 Ngf6+-) 25...Rf6 (25...Nh6 26.Rdf1+-) 26.Qe4 (26.g4 Rd6 27.d4 cd4 28.ed4 e4+-) 26...Raf8 (26...Re8 27.g4 Rh6 28.Qb7+-) 27.g4 b5 (27...Rh6 28.Rdf1 Rhf6 29.Rfg1+-) 28.Bd5 (better 28.Bb5 Rb6 29.Bd7 Rb2 30.Kb2 Nf6+-) 28...c4 (28...Rb6+-) 29.g5 Nc5 (29...Nc5 30.gf6 Nf6+-). granponce1965 (1620) - Lance5500 (2745), lichess.org, 2017.

7.c4 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.Qb3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bc3 15.Qc3 (15.dc3 Qe7=) 15...b6 16.h3 Bh5 17.Rfe1 Qd6 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Qb2 (19.d3!?=) 19...Bf3-/+ 20.Bf3 c4 21.Bc6 Qc6 22.Qb4 Rd3 23.Rc1 (23.Rb1 Qd5-/+) 23...b5 (23...a5!? 24.Qb2 Qd6-/+) 24.Rc3=+ Rc3 (24...Rd2 25.Rc4 bc4 26.Qd2=+) 25.Qc3 (25.dc3 Rd8=) 25...Qd5 (25...Qd7 26.Qa5 h6 27.Rb1=) 26.Rc1 (26.d4 Qd6=) 26...Rd8=+ 27.Rc2 h6 28.a4 a6 29.ab5 ab5 30.Rb2 Ra8 (30...Rd6 31.Qa5 Rg6 32.g3=+) 31.Qb4 Ra1 32.Rb1 (32.Kh2!? Rd1 33.Qb5 Qb5 34.Rb5 Rd2 35.Rc5=+) 32...Rb1-/+ 33.Qb1 Qd2 (33...f5 34.Qb4-/+) 34.Qb5=+ c3 35.Qe8 Kh7 36.Qf7 Qd3 (better 36...Qd1 37.Kh2 Qd6 38.Kg1 Qc5=+) 37.Qc7?? (37.Qb3 h5=) 37...c2 (better 37...Qb1 38.Kh2 c2-+) 38.Kh2 (38.Qc6 g5=+) 38...Kg6 (38...Qd2 39.Qc6=) 39.Qc6 Kf7 40.f3 Ke7 41.e4?? (41.Qc7 Ke6 42.Qc8 Kd5 43.Kg3-+) 41...Qd6-+ 42.Qd6 Kd6 43.e5 (43.h4 c1Q 44.h5 Ke5-+) 43...Ke5 44.Kg3 Kf6 45.f4 (45.Kf2 c1Q 46.h4 Qd2 47.Kg3 Qe1 48.Kh3 g5-+) 45...c1Q 46.Kg4 Qc2 (46...Qe3 47.Kh4 Qf4 48.g4 Qe3 49.g5 Qg5) 47.Kf3 Qc3 48.Kg4 (48.Ke2 Kf5 49.Kf2 Kf4 50.Ke2 Qc2 51.Kf1 Qd2 52.Kg1 Kg3 53.Kf1 Qd1) 48...h5! 49.Kh5 (49.Kh5 Qg3 Mate attack) 49...Qc4 (49...Qg3 50.f5 Qg5) 50.Kg4-+ Qc5 (better 50...g5 51.Kf3 Qf1 52.Ke3 gf4 53.Ke4 Kg5 54.h4 Kg4 55.g3 fg3 56.h5 g2 57.Ke5 g1Q 58.Kd5 Qf5 59.Kc4 Qgc5 60.Kb3 Qfc2) 51.g3 (51.Kf3 Qd5 52.Kg3 Qd3 53.Kg4 Qe2 54.Kg3 Kf5 55.h4 Qe3 56.Kh2 Kg4 57.f5 Qf4 58.g3 Qg3 59.Kh1 Kf3 60.f6 Qg2) 51...Kf7 (51...Qd5 52.h4 Qd1 53.Kh3 Qh1 54.Kg4 g6 55.f5 Qf1 56.h5 gh5 57.Kh5 Qh3) 52.Kf3-+ Qc6 53.Kg4 Qb6 (53...Qg2 54.h4 Kf6 55.f5 Qe4 56.Kh3 Kf5 57.Kh2 Qe2 58.Kg1 Kg4 59.h5 Kg3 60.h6 Qd1) 54.h4 (54.Kf3 Qg1-+) 54...Qb5 55.f5 Qc5 (55...Qf1 56.h5 Kf6 57.Kh4 Kf5 58.g4 Kf4 59.h6 Qh1) 56.Kg5 (56.Kf3 Qf5 57.Ke2 Qe4 58.Kd1 Qd3 59.Kc1 Qg3-+) 56...Qd5 (56...Qc1 57.Kg4 Qf1 58.h5 Kf6 59.Kh4 Kf5 60.g4 Kf4 61.h6 Qh1) 57.g4 (57.Kf4-+) 57...Qd4 (57...Qd2 58.Kh5 Qh6) 58.h5 Qd2 59.Kh4 Qh6 (59...Qh2 60.Kg5 Qg3 61.f6 Qf2 62.h6 gh6 63.Kh6 Qh4) 60.g5-+ Qd6 61.Kg4 Kg8 (61...Qd1 62.Kf4 Qh5 63.f6-+) 62.g6 (62.Kf3 Qe5 63.f6 gf6 64.gf6 Qh5 65.Kf4 Kf7-+) 62...Qd2 63.Kf3 Qd4 64.f6 Qc4 (64...gf6 65.h6-+) 65.f7 (65.fg7 Qh4-+) 65...Kf8 66.h6 Qc3 67.Kf4 gh6 68.Kf5 Qg7 69.Ke6 h5 70.Kd7 Qg6 (70...Qg6 71.Kc7 h4 72.Kb8 h3 73.Kc7 h2 74.Kb7 h1Q 75.Ka7 Qgc6 76.Kb8 Qb7; 70...h4 71.Kd6 h3 72.Kc6 Qg6 73.Kd5 h2 74.Ke5 h1Q 75.Kd4 Qd6 76.Kc4 Qb1 77.Kc3 Qdd3) 0-1. javirod1983 (2520) - L1m1t (2680), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.a3 Be7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3)

7.c4 c6 8.Nf3 Bg4 (8...Bf5 9.Nc3=) 9.Be2 dc4 10.Bc4 Nbd7 11.0-0 Ne5?? hands over the advantage to the opponent (better is 11...b5 would be a reprieve 12.Be2 Nc5=) 12.Be5+– Nd7 (12...Bd6 doesn't change the outcome of the game 13.Bb2+–) 13.Bb2 (13.Bg3 and White can already relax 13...b5 14.Be2 a6+–) 13...Qc7 (13...Qb6 is no salvation 14.Qc2+–) 14.h3 Bh5 15.d4 Rad8 (15...Bg6 16.a4+–) 16.Nbd2 (16.Bd3 c5+–) 16...Nb6 (16...Bg6 17.Nb3+–) 17.Ba2 (17.Bd3 Bg6 18.Bg6 hg6+–) 17...Kh8 (17...Nd5 18.Bb3+–) 18.Qc2 Bg6 19.Qc1 (19.e4 Nd7+–) 19...Qd7 (19...f6 20.Qd1+–) 20.Ne5 Qd6 21.Ng6 Qg6 22.Bb1 f5 23.Kh1 (23.Nf3 Rb8+–) 23...h5 (23...Na4 24.Qc2 b5 25.Ra2+–) 24.Nf3 Qh6 25.e4 (25.Qc2 Qh7+–) 25...f4 (25...Qc1 26.Bc1 fe4 27.Ne5+–) 26.a4 Bf6 27.a5 Nc8 28.e5 Be7 29.g3 g5 30.Kg2 Kg8 31.Ba2 Kg7 32.Qd2 g4 33.hg4 hg4 34.Rh1 gf3 35.Kg1 Qg5 36.Qd3 Rf5?? 37.e6 Bf6 38.Kf1+= Rh8 39.Rh8 Kh8 40.Qf3?? fg3–+ 41.Qh1 Kg7 42.Re1 Rf2 43.Kg1 Rb2 44.Bb1 Bd4 45.Kf1 Qf4 (45...Qf4 46.Qf3 Qf3) 0–1. Kukel,Attila – Miciak,Maros, SVK–ch U12 Slovakia, 2001.

7.c4 Be6 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nf3 c5 10.Nc3 b6 11.Nd5 Qd5 12.Be2 Nc6 13.0-0 Rad8 14.d3 Rfe8 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.e4 (16.Qc2 Qh5=+) 16...Qb3 17.Qd2 (17.Qb3 Bb3 18.Bd1 Be6=+) 17...f6 (17...Bf4 18.Qc3 Qc3 19.Rc3-/+ (19.Bc3? Bc1 20.Rc1 Bg4-+)) 18.Rb1=+ Qa4 19.Bd1 Qa6 20.Be2 Qc8 21.Qc3 Ne5 22.Rfc1 Qd7 23.d4 Nf3 24.Bf3 cd4 25.Qd4 Bh2! 26.Kh2 Qd4 27.Bd4 Rd4 28.Rc7 Rd7 29.Rbc1 Red8 30.g3 (30.Kg3 Kf7-/+) 30...Kf8 (30...Rc7 31.Rc7 Rd3 32.Bh5-+) 31.R7c3 Ke7 32.Kg2 Rd2 33.Rc7 R8d7 34.Rc8 R7d3 (34...Ra2 35.R1c3-/+) 35.Rh8 (better 35.R8c7!? Bd7 36.Ra7=) 35...h6 (35...Ra3 36.Rc7 Kd6 37.Rg7-/+) 36.Rh7 (36.Rc7 Rd7 37.Rc6 R2d3-/+) 36...Kf7 37.Ra1?? (better 37.Rc7!? Rd7 38.Rd7 Rd7 39.Rh8-/+) 37...Kg6 (better 37...Kg8 38.Rh6 gh6-+) 38.Rh8 h5?? (better 38...Rb3 39.Ra8 Rbb2-+) 39.Rh5?? (better 39.Bh5 Kg5 40.Kf1+=) 39...Rf3!-+ 40.Kf3 Kh5 41.a4 (41.Ke3 Rc2 42.Rh1 Kg5 43.f4 Kg4-+) 41...Rd4 (better 41...Bg4!? 42.Ke3 Re2 43.Kd4-+) 42.a5 Bg4 (better 42...Rd3 43.Ke2 Bc4 44.Rh1 Kg6 45.ab6 ab6 46.Ke1-+) 43.Kg2 (43.Ke3 Rd1 44.Ra3 Be6-+) 43...b5 (43...Re4 44.ab6 ab6 45.Rb1-+) 44.Re1 Be6 45.e5 Kg6 46.ef6 Kf6 47.Re3 (47.Rb1 Bd5 48.f3 Rd2 49.Kh3 a6-+) 47...b4 48.Rf3 Ke7 49.Re3 b3 50.Rc3 (50.Re2-+) 50...b2 51.Rc7 Kd6 52.Rb7 (52.Ra7 Bd5 53.Kh3 b1Q 54.Ra6 Ke5 55.f4 Kf5 56.Rf6 gf6 57.g4 Kf4 58.g5 Qh7) 52...Rd2 (52...Bd5 53.f3 Bb7 54.Kh3 b1Q 55.Kg2 Qh7 56.Kg1 Rd2 57.Kf1 Qb1) 53.Rb2 (53.Rb8 Bd5 54.Kh2 Rf2 55.Kg1 Rd2-+) 53...Ba2 (better 53...Rb2 54.Kf3 Ra2-+) 54.Kf3 (54.Kf3 Bd5 55.Ke3 Rb2 56.g4-+). brucepeng (2045) - SchImIdt (2075), lichess.org, 2020.

7.d4 c6 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Nbd2 Bg6 10.c4 Nbd7 11.c5 (11.Be2 Re8=) 11...b6 12.Nb3 (12.cb6!? ab6 13.Nh4=+) 12...bc5-/+ 13.Nc5 (13.dc5 Ne4-/+ (worse 13...Bc5 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.Nfd2=+)) 13...Nc5-+ 14.dc5 Bc5 (14...Ne4 15.Qa4-+) 15.Bd3 Re8 (15...Qa5 16.Qd2 Qd2 17.Kd2 Ne4 18.Be4 de4 19.Ne5 Rfd8 20.Ke2 Bh5 21.g4-/+) 16.Bg6 hg6 17.Rc1 Bd6 (better 17...Qa5!? 18.Qd2 Qd2 19.Nd2 Nd7-/+) 18.Rc6= Rc8 (18...Rb8!? 19.Bf6 Qf6=) 19.Rc8+= Qc8 20.Bf6 gf6 21.0-0 (worse 21.Qd5 Rd8 22.Qd1 Bb4 23.ab4 Rd1 24.Kd1 Qc3-+) 21...Ba3 (21...Qc4!?=) 22.Qd5+= Qe6 23.Qa5 Bd6 (23...Qe7 24.Rd1+=) 24.Nd4 (24.Qa7!? Rd8 25.Qa5+/-) 24...Qd7 (24...Qe5 25.Qe5 fe5 26.Nc6=) 25.g3 Re5 26.Qd2 Bc5 27.Nb3 (27.Rd1 Rd5=) 27...Qd2 28.Nd2 a5 (28...Bb4!? 29.Nf3 Rc5=) 29.Nc4+= Re8 (29...Rd5!?+=) 30.Na5+/- f5 31.Nc4 Kg7 32.Nd2 Bd6 33.Nf3 Be7 34.Rd1 Bf6 35.Rd7 Re6 36.Kg2 g5 (36...Re7 37.Re7 Be7 38.h4+/-) 37.h4+- gh4 38.Nh4 Re5 39.Nf3 Rc5 40.Nd4 Bd4 41.ed4 Rc2 42.Kf3 Rd2 43.Rd5 Kf6 44.Ke3 Rd1 45.f4 (45.Kf4 Kg6+-) 45...Ke6 46.Kf2?? (better 46.Re5 Kf6 47.Rb5+-) 46...Kd5-+ 47.Kg2 Rd4 48.g4 (48.Kf3 Rd3 49.Ke2 Ke4 50.Kf2 Rd2 51.Kg1 Kf3 52.g4 fg4 53.f5 g3 54.f6 Rd1) 48...Rd3 (48...fg4 49.Kg3 f5 50.Kf2 Rd2 51.Ke3 Ra2 52.Kd3 g3 53.Kc3 g2 54.Kb3 Re2 55.Ka4 g1Q 56.Kb3 Qb1 57.Kc3 Qb2 58.Kd3 Qd2) 49.g5 (49.gf5 Ke4 50.Kh2 Kf3 51.Kh3 Rd2 52.f6 Kf4 53.Kh4 Rh2) 49...Ke4 50.Kf2 Kf4 51.Kg2 Rg3 (51...Rd2 52.Kg1 Kf3 53.g6 Rd1 54.Kh2 fg6 55.Kh3 Rh1) 52.Kh2 Rg5 53.Kh1 Rg4 (53...Ke3 54.Kh2 Kf2 55.Kh3 Rh5) 54.Kh2 Kf3 55.Kh1 (55.Kh3 Rg5 56.Kh4 f6 57.Kh3 Rh5) 55...Kf2 56.Kh2 Rh4 0-1. danishguy (2045) - MysteryMate (2030), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Qd7 (11...Qe7 12.c4=) 12.Re1 (12.Bf6 gf6 13.c4 dc4 14.Nc4 Be7+=) 12...h6 (12...Qe7 13.c4 Be6 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Ne4=) 13.Nd4 (13.Bf6!? gf6 14.c4 dc4 15.Nc4+/-) 13...Nd4 14.Bd4 Be2 15.Qe2 c5 (15...Ng4 16.h3 Ne5 17.Nb3=) 16.Bb2 (16.Bf6!? gf6 17.Qh5+/-) 16...Be5 (16...Ng4 17.h3 Ne5 18.Qh5=) 17.c3 (17.Be5 Re5 18.d4 Rh5=) 17...d4 (17...Rac8 18.Rad1=+) 18.cd4= Bd4 (worse 18...cd4 19.Nf3+/-) 19.Bd4 cd4 20.e4 Qg4 (20...Rac8 21.Nf3=) 21.Qg4 Ng4 22.h3 (22.Nf3!? Ne5 23.Ne5 Re5 24.Reb1=) 22...Ne5=+ 23.Nf3 (23.Reb1 Nd3 24.Rb7 Nc5=+) 23...Nd3-/+ 24.Red1 Ne5 (24...Nf4!? 25.Nd4 Re4-/+) 25.Rd4 (25.Ne5 Re5 26.Rd4 Rc8+=) 25...Nf3= 26.gf3 Rad8 27.Rad1 Rd4 28.Rd4 Re7 29.f4 g5 (29...Kf8 30.Kg2=) 30.fg5 hg5 31.f3 (31.Kg2 Rc7+=) 31...Kg7= 32.Kg2 Kg6 33.Kg3 a6 34.Rb4 (34.f4 f6+=) 34...b5 35.a4 Rb7 36.ab5 Rb5 37.Rc4 a5 38.Kg4 (38.f4=) 38...Rb4 (38...f5 39.Kg3=+) 39.Rc6 (39.Rc5!? f6 40.Ra5+/-) 39...f6= 40.h4 gh4 41.Kh4 a4 42.Ra6 Rd4 43.Kg4 Rc4 44.Kf4 Rb4 45.Ra8 Rc4 46.Rg8 Kf7 47.Ra8 Ke6 48.Ra7 Rb4 49.Ra6 Kf7 50.Kf5 The isolani on f6 becomes a target 50...Rb5 51.Kf4 Rb1 (51...Rb4 52.Ke3=) 52.e5 (better 52.Ra4!? Rb6 53.Kg4+/-) 52...Rb4 53.Kf5 fe5 54.Ke5 Rb3 55.Ra7 (55.Ra7 Kg6 56.Ra4 Rf3 57.Ra1=) 1-0. brucepeng (2035) - Vazir_azam (2090), lichess.org, 2021.

8.c4 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.Bc3 Bf5 12.Be2 Bf6 13.0-0 Bc3 14.dc3 Qf6 15.Rc1 Rfd8 16.Qb3 b6 17.a4 (17.Rcd1 Re8=) 17...Rd6 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Rd6 Rd6 20.Re1 (20.Rd1 Rd1 21.Qd1 h6= (worse 21...Qc3 22.Bb5+/-)) 20...Be6 21.Qb2 Qd8 (21...Qg6 22.Rd1 Rd1 23.Bd1=+) 22.h3 (22.Qc2 Qe7=) 22...h6 23.c4 (23.e4 Qc8=) 23...Na5 24.Qb5 (24.Qc2 Qf6=+) 24...Qc7 (24...Qc8 25.Ne5=+) 25.Nh2 (25.Qe8!? Kh7 26.Qb5=+) 25...Bd7-/+ 26.Qb2 Ba4 27.Ng4 Qd8 28.Bf3 (28.Ne5 Bd1-/+) 28...Rd2 (28...Nc4 29.Qa1 b5 30.Ne5-+) 29.Qe5 (29.Qc1 Rc2 30.Qa1 Rc4-+) 29...Nc4 30.Qf4 Bb5 31.Qg3 (31.Rc1 Nb2 32.Be4 Bd3-+) 31...Kf8 (better 31...Qd6 32.Qh4 a5-+) 32.Ne5? (32.Qf4 Qd6 33.Qe4 a6-+) 32...Ne5 (better 32...Qd6 33.Nc4 Qg3 (33...Bc4?! 34.Qh4 b5 35.Ra1-+) 34.fg3 Bc4-+) 33.Qe5 Qd6 34.Qe4 Bc4?? (34...Qe7!? 35.Qf4-+) 35.Qa8?? (better 35.Qc4 Qd3 36.Qa4+-) 35...Ke7 36.Qa7 Qd7 (better 36...Kf8-/+) 37.Qb6+= Qd6 38.Qb7 Kf6 39.Qe4 Bd5 40.Qh4 Kg6 41.Qg4 Kh7 42.Bd5 Qd5 43.Qf3 (43.e4!? Qe5 44.Qf3=) 43...Qf3-/+ 44.gf3 c4?? (better 44...Rc2-/+) 45.Rc1+= c3 46.Rc3 Rd1 47.Kg2 Rd6 48.f4 Rg6 49.Kf3 Rd6 50.Rc4 f6 (50...Kg6 51.e4+/-) 51.Re4 (51.Rd4 Rc6+/-) 51...Kg6 (better 51...f5 52.Rd4 Rc6+/-) 52.Re6?? (better 52.Rd4 Ra6 53.e4+/-) 52...Kf7 (better 52...Re6 53.f5 Kf5-+) 53.Rd6+- Ke7 54.Ra6 Kf8 (54...f5 55.e4+-) 55.Ra7 (55.Kg4 Kg8+-) 55...Kg8 (55...f5 56.e4 fe4 57.Ke4+-) 56.Kg4 Kh7 (56...g6 57.f5 h5 58.Kh4 gf5 59.Kh5 f4 60.Kg6 Kf8 61.h4 fe3 62.fe3 Ke8 63.h5 Kd8 64.h6 Kc8 65.h7 Kb8 66.Re7 Kc8 67.h8Q) 57.h4 Kg6 (57...Kg8 58.Kh5 f5 59.Kg6+-) 58.h5 Kh7 59.f5 (59.f5 Kg8 60.e4 Kf8 61.f4 Kg8 62.e5 Kf8 63.Ra8 Kf7 64.e6 Ke7 65.Kh4 Kd6 66.Ra7 g5 67.fg6 Kd5 68.e7 Kc6 69.e8Q Kb6 70.Qe3 Kb5 71.Rb7 Kc6 72.Rb6 Kc7 73.Qc5 Kd7 74.Qd6 Ke8 75.Rb8) 1-0. brucepeng (2030) - EgorIvanych122334454 (1920), lichess.org, 2020.

8.c4 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Bf6 11.Qc2 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.dc3 Qf6 14.Be2 (14.Bd3!? h6 15.Rb1=) 14...Bf5=+ 15.Qc1 Ne5 16.0-0 b6 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.Bf3 Rad8 19.a4 Rd3 The isolani on c3 becomes a target 20.e4 (20.Ra3 Be4 21.Be4 Qe4=+) 20...Rf3 (20...Be4 21.Re1 f5 22.Re3-/+) 21.gf3 Bh3 22.Rd1?? (better 22.Qe3 Qe6 23.Kh1 Bf1 24.Rf1-/+) 22...Qf6-+ 23.Rd5 h6 (23...Qf3?! 24.Rg5 Qe4 25.Rg3=+) 24.Kh1 (24.f4 Qg6 25.Rg5 hg5 26.f5-+) 24…Qf3 (24...Qf3 25.Kg1 Qg2) 0-1. brucepeng (2030) - nsikakudoma (2055), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Be2 Qb6 9.Bf6 (9.Nc3 Re8 (worse 9...Qb2 10.Na4 Qa1 11.Qa1+=) 10.0-0 Bg4= (worse 10...Qb2 11.Na4 Qa1 12.Qa1+=)) 9...Qf6 (worse 9...gf6 10.Nc3 Qe6 11.Nb5+=) 10.c3 Nc6 11.d4 c4 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.0-0 Bd6 14.Nc4 (14.Qc1!?-/+) 14...dc4-+ 15.Bc4 Bg4 16.Be2 Qh6 (16...Rfe8 17.Qb3-+) 17.g3 (17.h3 Bc8-/+) 17...Bh3 (17...Rfe8 18.Nd2 Be2 19.Qe2-/+) 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Kh1 (19.Qb3 Rab8-+) 19...Qf6 20.Ng1 Bd7 21.c4 (21.Bf3 Rad8-+) 21...Qf2 22.Bf3 (22.Bd3 Rad8-+ (22...Re3?! 23.Rf1 Qb2 24.Bh7 Kf8 25.Rf7 Ke8 26.Qh5-+)) 22...Re3 23.Re3 (23.c5 Be7 24.Rb1 Re1 (worse 24...Ra3 25.Re2 Rf3 26.Rf2 Rf2 27.Rb7-+) 25.Qe1 Qd4-+) 23...Qe3 24.d5 (24.c5 Bf8 25.Qe2 Qc3-+ (25...Qd4?! 26.Rd1 Qa4 27.Rd7-+)) 24...Na5 25.Rc1 (25.Qf1 Rc8 26.Be2 Nb3-+) 25...Ba3 26.Rc2 (26.Rb1 b6-+) 26...Ba4 27.Qe2 Re8 (27...Qe2 28.Re2 Nc4 29.Kg2-+) 28.Qe3 (28.Rd2 Qc5 29.Qg2 Nc4-+) 28...Re3 29.Re2 Nc4 30.Ra2 (30.Rf2 Bc5 31.Rf1 Bb3-+) 30...b5 31.d6 (31.Kg2 Bb3 32.Ra1 a5-+) 31...b4 32.d7 (32.d7 Bd7 33.Rf2-+). tonyclifton (1715) - MentalmenteBueno (2110), Rated Blitz tournament RQcFwmRa, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bf5 10.d3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.Re1 Qc7 (12...Re8 13.Rb1=) 13.g3 (13.Bf6 gf6 14.c4 d4+=) 13...Nh7 14.c4 d4 (better 14...dc4!? 15.Nc4 Rfd8=) 15.ed4+/- cd4 16.Nd4 Nd4 17.Bd4 Ng5 18.Bg4 (18.Qb3 Rfe8+/-) 18...Bd3 19.Nf3 (19.c5 Be7 20.Nf3 Bh7+=) 19...Nf3 (19...Qc4!? 20.Re3 Bc2-/+) 20.Bf3= Bc4 21.Rc1 (better 21.Qc2=) 21...Rac8?? (21...Ba3 22.Rc2 Rad8 23.Qa1 Rd4 24.Qd4=+) 22.Ba1?? (22.Bd5 Bd5 23.Rc7 Bc7 24.Bg7 Kg7 25.Qd4 Kg8 26.Qd5 Bb6+-) 22...Ba3?? (22...b5 23.Qd4 f6-/+) 23.Rc2?? (better 23.Qd4 f6 24.Rc4+-) 23...b5 (23...Qa5 24.Re3 Rfd8 25.Qb1-+) 24.Qd4 (better 24.Bg7!? Kg7 25.Qa1 Kg8 26.Qa3-/+) 24...f6-+ 25.Bd5 Kh8 26.Bc4 bc4 27.Bc3 Bd6 28.Rce2 Be5 29.Qe3 Bc3 30.Qc3 Qc5 31.Re7 a5 32.Rb7 (32.Qc2 Qh5-+) 32...a4 (better 32...Rfe8!? 33.Re8 Re8 34.Rd7-+) 33.Ree7-/+ Rg8 (better 33...Qg5!?-/+) 34.Qf6=+ Qg5 (34...gf6?? 35.Rh7) 35.Qc3 h5 (35...Rce8!? 36.Rec7 Ra8=+) 36.Re5 Qg6 (better 36...Qg4+=) 37.Rbb5 (better 37.Rb6! Qh7 38.Rbb5+/-) 37...Rgd8=+ 38.Rh5 Kg8 39.Rhd5? (better 39.Rhc5 Rd1 40.Kg2 Qe4 41.f3 Qe2 42.Kh3 Qe6 43.Kg2=+) 39...Rd5-+ 40.Rd5 Qb1 41.Kg2 Qb3?? (better 41...Qe4 42.Qf3 Qf3 43.Kf3 c3-+) 42.Qe5 Qb8?? (better 42...Qb6=+) 43.Qe6 Kf8 (43...Kh7 44.Rh5) 44.Rf5 1-0. brucepeng (2035) - MahendraGurung (1935), lichess.org, 2021.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.c3 d4 11.cd4 cd4 last 12.Ra2? (better 12.ed4!? Nd4 13.Nd4 Qd4 14.Nc3-/+) 12...Be6 (12...d3 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Rb2 de2 15.Qe2-+) 13.Rc2 (13.Rb2 d3 14.Rb7 de2 15.Qe2 Na5-+) 13...d3 14.Bd3 Qd3 15.Nc3 (15.Rc1-+) 15…Bb3 0-1. ClearwaterChessClub (2375) - Mettigel (2465), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Bb2 0-0 5.a3 Be7 6.e3)

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

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

7.Ba2 c5 8.Nf3 –/+.

7.Ba2 Nc6 8.Bb2=+ Bg4 9.f3 Bh5 10.Ne2 Re8 11.Kf2 Bc5–/+ 12.d4 Ne4?? 13.fe4+/– Qf6 14.Kg1 Be2 15.Qe2 Bd4?? 16.c3 Be3? 17.Qe3 Re4 18.Qf2?? Rf4?? 19.Qe2+– Ne5 20.Bc1 Re4 21.Qf2 Qe6 22.h3?? Nd3= 23.Qf3 Nc1=+ 24.Kh2 Ne2 25.Rd1 Qe5 26.g3 Ng3 27.Kg2?? Re2–+ 28.Kg1 Nf5 (28...Nf5 29.Qe2 Qe2–+) 0–1. Diener,Rudolf – Grehl,Siegfried, corr SOK–91–74, 1991.

7.Ba2 Nbd7 8.Bf4 –/+.

7.Ba2 Bg4 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.Bb2 c6 10.0-0 Qb6 11.Bb3 Nc5 12.Bd4 Qc7 13.d3 Nb3 14.cb3 c5 15.Bb2 Rfe8 16.h3 Bf5 17.Nbc3 Rac8 18.Rc1 Qd7 19.Ng3 Bg6 20.Nce2 Nh5 21.Nh5 Bh5 22.g4 Bg6 23.Nf4 Bg5 24.Ng6 hg6 25.f4 Re3 (25...Bh4 26.Qd2+=) 26.fg5 Rg3 27.Kh1 d4 28.Rf3?? (better is 28.Rf4 Qd5 29.Re4 Rh3 30.Kg2+=) 28...Qd5–+ 29.Qe1 (29.Qe2 Rf3 30.Qe4 Qe4 31.de4 Rh3 32.Kg2–+) Qf3 (29...Qf3 30.Kh2 Qg2) 0–1. Leon Ayllon,Francisco – Diaz Vichi,Francisco, Spain Cht–6 div2–bd1, 2005.

7.Bb3 c5 8.Bb2 (8.Nf3 c4 9.Ba2 Nc6–/+) 8...c4 9.Ba2 Qb6 (9...Nc6 10.Ne2–/+) 10.Qc1 Nc6 (10...Bg4 11.h3 Bf5 12.Ne2–/+) 11.Ne2 Be6 (11...Bf5 12.0-0–/+) 12.Nd4 (12.0-0 Nh5–/+) 12...Rac8 (12...Ne4 13.Ne6 fe6 14.0-0–/+) 13.Nc6 (13.0-0 Bd7–/+) 13...Qc6 (13...bc6 14.0-0–/+) 14.f3 (14.0-0 Rfd8–/+) 14...Rfd8 (14...Bc5 15.Bf6 gf6 16.Nc3–/+) 15.Bd4 b6 (15...Bc5 16.Nc3–/+) 16.Nc3=+ a6 (16...Bc5 17.0-0=+) 17.Ne2 Rb8 (17...Bc5 18.0-0=+) 18.c3 (18.0-0 Rb7=+) 18...Nd7 (18...Bd6 19.Bf6 gf6 20.Qc2=) 19.Bb1 (19.0-0 Nc5=+) 19...Nc5 (19...Bd6=+) 20.Bc5 (20.Be5 Nb3 21.Nd4 Nd4 (21...Nc1? 22.Nc6 Rb7 23.Nd8 Bd8 24.Bh7 Kh7 25.Rc1+–) 22.Bd4 Bc5=+) 20...Bc5 (20...bc5 21.0-0–/+) 21.h4 (21.0-0 Qc7=+) 21...f5 (21...Bd7 22.0-0–/+) 22.Qc2 (22.d4 cd3 23.Bd3 Bd7–/+) 22...Rf8 (22...Qd6 23.h5–/+) 23.Nf4 (23.h5 Rbe8–/+) 23...Rbe8 24.Kf2 (24.h5 Bd7–/+) 24...Bc8 (24...Qd6 25.g3–/+) 25.g4 (25.Qa2!?–/+) 25...g6 26.g5 Re7 (26...Bb7 27.Ba2 b5–+ (27...Ba3?! 28.h5 d4 29.Rh3 de3 30.de3=+)) 27.h5=+ Qe8 (27...Bb7 28.Ba2 d4 (28...Ba3?! 29.hg6 hg6 30.Rh6+=) 29.Bc4 Kg7–/+) 28.Nd5+– Re3?? (28...Bb7 29.Ne7 Qe7 30.hg6 hg6 31.Rh3 Qg5 32.Ba2=) 29.Ne3 (better 29.de3 Bb7 30.Qd2+–) 29...f4+– 30.Qc1?? (better 30.Qe4 fe3 31.de3+–) 30...Bb7 (30...fe3 31.de3 Bg4 32.Rh3 Bh3 33.Ke2–+) 31.hg6?? (31.Rh3 Qe6 32.Qf1 fe3 33.de3 Be3 34.Ke1 Bc5 35.Qe2 Qh3 36.hg6 hg6 37.Qc4 Kh8 38.Bd3 Bf3 39.Kd2–+) 31...hg6 (31...fe3 32.Ke1 ed2 33.Kd2 Be3 34.Ke1 Bc1 35.Be4 Be4 36.Kf2 Rf3 37.Kg1 Qe5 38.gh7 Bh7 39.Rh3 Qe1 40.Kg2 Qf2 41.Kh1 Rh3) 32.Rh6?? (32.Rh3 Qe5 33.Kg2 (33.Bg6 fe3 34.Ke1 ed2 35.Kd2 Rf3–+) 33...Qg5 34.Kf2–+) 32...fe3–+ 33.de3 Rf3 34.Ke2 (34.Kg1 Be3 35.Kg2 Rf2 36.Kh3 Qe6 37.Kh4 Rh2 38.Kg3 Qe5 39.Kg4 Qg5) 34...Re3 35.Kd2 (35.Qe3 Qe3 36.Kd1 Bf3 37.Kc2 Qf2 38.Kc1 Be3) 35…Qd8 (35...Qd8 36.Kc2 Re2 37.Qd2 Qd2; 35...Qd7 36.Kc2 Re2 37.Qd2 Qd2) 0–1. Junghaenel,Dieter (1710) – Kammler,Hans_Joachim, 9th Berlin Lichtenberger op, 2010.

7.Bb3 Nbd7–/+ 8.Bb2 Nc5 9.Ba2 Na4 10.Be5 Ng4 11.Bg3 Bd6 12.Nf3=+ Bg3 13.hg3 Nc5 14.d3 Qf6 15.Nbd2 c6 16.Rb1 Re8 17.Rb4 Qc3 18.Rf4 Qa3–/+ 19.Qa1 Nf6 20.Rfh4 Bg4 21.Ng5 h5 22.0-0 Ne6 23.Ne6 Re6 24.e4 Qa5 25.Nb3 Qc7 26.Nd2 Re7 27.f3? Qg3–+ 28.Qe1 Qe1 29.Re1 Bf5 30.Kf2 de4 31.de4 Rd8 32.Re2 Bg6 33.Rh1 Kf8 34.Nc4 b6 35.e5 Nd5 36.Rd2 Rdd7 (37.Rhd1 b5–+; 36...b5 37.Na5 Rc7 38.g4 hg4 39.Rh8 Ke7 40.Rd8 Kd8 41.fg4–+) 0–1. Nilsson – Schirmer,Michael, corr 3GMM–05, 1995.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bc6 Bc6=+.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bf6 Bf6=+ (< 8...gf6 9.d4+=).

7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Nc5 9.Be2 c6 10.Nf3 Ne6 11.Be5 Ne4 12.d3 Qa5 13.de4 de4 14.Nd2 Qe5 15.Nce4 f5 16.Ng3 Bf6 17.Rb1 Rd8 18.0-0 Qc3 19.Bd3 Nc5 20.Nh5 Be7 21.Nf4 Bd6 22.Bc4 Kh8 23.Ne2 Qa3 24.Ra1 Qb4 25.c3 Qb6 26.f4 Qc7 27.Nd4 g6 28.Qf3 Qe7 29.Rfe1 Ne6 30.Red1 Nd4 31.ed4 Qc7 32.g3 Qg7 33.Re1 Bd7 34.Qf2 Re8 35.Re8 Be8 36.Re1 Rc8 37.Be6 Rc7 38.Bf5 Bf7 39.Be6 c5 40.Bf7 Qf7 41.c4 cd4 42.Qd4 Qg7 43.Re8 1–0. themonkey (1930) – chexist (1645), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Nc5 9.Be2 Re8 10.Nf3 Nfe4 11.Be5 Nd7 12.d3 (12.Bf4 Nc3 13.dc3 Bf6–/+) 12...Nf2! 13.Kf2 Ne5 14.Ne5 Bh4 15.g3 Re5 16.d4 Rf5 17.Kg2 Be7 18.g4 (18.Re1 c5–/+) 18...Rg5–+ 19.h3 f5 20.h4 Rg6 21.g5 Bg5! 22.Kf1? (22.hg5 Qg5) 22...Be3 23.Bh5 Rh6 24.Qd3 f4 (24...Rh5 25.Qe3 f4 26.Qf3 Rh4 27.Rh4 Qh4 28.Qd5 Kh8 29.Qe4–+) 25.Bf3 Rh4 26.Rh4 (26.Ke2 c6 27.Raf1–+) 26...Qh4 27.Bd5 (27.Nd1 Bh3 28.Ke2 Re8 29.Ne3 Re3 30.Qe3 fe3 31.Ke3 c5–+) 27...Kh8 28.Nd1 Bh3 29.Ke2 Bg4 30.Kf1 Qg3 31.Bg2 (31.Qe3 fe3 32.Ne3 Rf8 33.Bf3 Qf3 34.Kg1 Qf2 35.Kh1 Bf3 36.Ng2 Qg2) 31...Bd1 (32.Qh7 Kh7 33.Be4 Kh6 34.Rd1 Qf2) 0–1. wesolyPolak (1800) – Gamercolony (1700), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.f4 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bg4 (8...d4 9.Ne2 de3 10.de3-/+) 9.Nf3=+ Ne4 10.0-0 f5 (10...Re8 11.Be2=+) 11.h3 Bf3 12.Rf3 Bf6 Black prepares the advance d4 13.Qc1 d4 14.g4 (14.Bc4 Kh8=+) 14...de3 (14...fg4 15.hg4 Nc5 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Kg2-/+) 15.de3 (15.Re3 Nc5 16.Bf5 Nd4=+) 15...fg4-/+ 16.hg4 Bb2 (16...Nc5!?-/+) 17.Qb2= Qf6?? (17...Nc5 18.Rh3 Nd3 19.Qb3 Rf7 20.Qd3 g5 21.Qd8 Rd8-/+ (worse 21...Nd8 22.f5+=)) 18.Qf6 (better 18.Qa2 Kh8 19.Be4+-) 18...Nf6+/- 19.Rg3 (19.g5 Ng4 20.Rg3 h5+/-) 19...Rae8 20.Nd2 (better 20.Nc3+/-) 20...Nd5? (20...h6 21.g5 hg5 22.fg5+/-) 21.Kf2 White plans f5 (better 21.Bc4 Nce7 22.e4+-) 21...Ne5+= 22.Ke2?? (better 22.Bf5 Nf7 23.Rh1+=) 22...Nd3-/+ 23.Kd3 c5 (better 23...Rd8 24.Kc4 Ne3 25.Re3 Rd2-/+) 24.c4+= Nc7 25.f5 Rd8 26.Kc3 Ne8 (26...Rfe8!?+=) 27.e4+/- Rf7 28.e5 Rfd7 29.Ne4 b6 30.f6 (30.e6 Re7+-) 30...Rd4 31.Re1 gf6 32.Nf6 Nf6 33.ef6 Rf4 34.Re7 (34.g5!? h6 35.gh6 Kh8 36.Re7 Rf6 37.Rh3+=) 34...Rf6= 35.Ra7 Rdf8 (35...Rg6 36.Rh3=) 36.Rb7 Rf3 37.Rf3 Rf3 38.Kb2 Rg3 39.Rb6 Rg4 40.Kb3 h5 41.Rh6 Rg5 42.a4 Kg7 43.Rd6 h4 44.a5 h3 45.Rd1 Kf6 (45...h2 46.Rh1 Rg2+/-) 46.Rh1 Rg3 47.Ka4 Kg5 (47...Ke5!? 48.a6 Rg6+-) 48.a6+- Kh4 49.Kb5?? (better 49.a7 Rg8 50.Kb5+-) 49...Ra3= 50.Kb6 Ra4 51.a7 Kg3 52.Kc5?? (better 52.Rg1 Kf2 53.Rg8=) 52...Ra7-+ 53.Kb6 Ra2 Black intends h2 54.c5 Rc2?? (54...Rb2 55.Ka6 Rc2-+) 55.c6= Kg2 56.Rd1 h2 57.c7 h1Q 58.Rh1 Kh1 59.Kb7 Rc7 60.Kc7 ½-½. kaalmakreel (2120) - rikis (2045), ChessWorld.net, 2016.

7.Bg3 d5 8.Bd3 =.

7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Bd3 Ng3 9.hg3 f5 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.Nh4 Bg5 15.Ng6 Re8 16.Nf3 Qf6 17.Ng5 Qg5 18.Qg5 hg5 19.Bb5 c6 20.Be2 Rab8 21.c3 Nc4 22.a4 Nb6 23.a5 Nc4 24.a6 b5 25.Rh8 Kf7 26.Re8 Re8 27.Bh5 Kf6 28.Ne5 Rh8 29.Nc4 Bc4 30.Bd1 Rh1 31.Kd2 Rf1 32.f3 Rf2 33.Kc1 Rg2 34.g4 fg4 35.fg4 Ra2 36.Bb3 Bb3 37.Rb3 Ke6 38.c4 bc4 39.Rb7 Ra6 40.Rg7 Kf6 41.Rh7 d5 42.Rh6 Kg7 43.Re6 Kf7 44.Rh6 Ra1 45.Kd2 Ra2 46.Kc1 Ra6 47.Kc2 Kf8 48.e4 de4 49.Kc3 e3 50.Kc4 Ra2 51.Kd3 e2 52.Re6 a5 53.Re2 Re2 54.Ke2 Ke7 55.Kd2 Kd6 56.Kd3 Kd5 57.Kc3 Ke4 58.Kc4 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

7.Bb2 d5 8.Nf3= Ne4 9.d3 Bf6 10.c3 Nc5 11.0-0 b5 12.d4 Na4 13.Bb5?? Nb2 14.Qe2 Rb8 15.Bc6 Bf5 16.Bb5 c6 17.Ba6 (17.Ba6 Re8 18.Nbd2=; 17.Bc6 Bd3 18.Qe1=). Gross,Wilhelm – Hunstock,J, corr SOK–92–87, 1992.

7.Bb2= d5 8.Nf3 Be6 9.0-0 Ne4 10.d3 Nd6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.d4 Re8 13.Ne5 Bf5 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Rb1 Rb8 16.Nb3 Nc4 17.Bc4 dc4 18.Nc5 Be7 19.Qe2 Bc5 20.dc5 Qd5 21.Bd4+= Rb5 22.a4 Ra5 23.Rb4 Be6 24.Rfb1 Rd8 25.c3 Qd7 26.e4 f6 27.e5 f5 28.Qh5 Bf7 29.Qg5 h6 30.Qd8 Qd8–+ 31.Rb8 Qf8 32.Rf8 Kf8 33.Rb4 g5 34.Kf1 Bd5 35.f3 Ke7 36.Ke2 a6 37.Ke3 f4 38.Kf2 h5 39.g3 Be6 40.Ke2 Bf5 41.Kd2 Bd3 42.gf4 gf4 43.h3 h4 44.Bf2 Ke6 45.Bh4 Rc5 46.Rb8 Re5 47.Re8 Kf5 48.Re5 Ke5 49.Bd8 Kd6 50.a5 c5 51.h4 Bg6 52.Bg5 Ke5 53.Ke2 Bd3 54.Ke1 Bg6 55.Bd8 Kd6 56.Kf2 Bh5 57.Bf6 Bf7 58.Bg5 ½–½. marekt – ancientmage, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

7.Bb2 d5 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Nh4 Be6=+ 10.0-0 Re8 11.d3 d4=+ 12.Nf3 de3 13.fe3 Ng4 14.Qd2 Bc8 15.h3 Nf6 16.Nc3 Bd6 17.d4 Qe7=+ 18.Bc1 Nd8 19.Bd3= c5 20.d5 a6 21.a4 Nh5 22.Ne4 f5 23.Nd6 Qd6 24.Bb2 Nf7 25.Qf2 Ng3 26.Rfd1 Bd7 27.a5 g6 28.Nd2+/– Bb5 29.c4 Bd7 30.Rab1 Rab8 31.Bc3+– Nh5 32.Rb6 Qc7 33.e4 Qg3 34.Qg3 Ng3 35.Re1 fe4 36.Ne4 Ne4 37.Be4 Ng5 38.Bg6 Re1 39.Be1 Nh3 40.gh3 hg6 41.Bg3 Re8 42.Rb7 Bh3 43.Rb6 Re2 44.Bf2+– Re4 45.Rg6 Kf7 46.Ra6 Rc4 47.Rc6 Rg4 48.Kh2 Rg2 49.Kh3 Rf2 50.Rc5 Ra2 51.Kg4 Kf6 52.Kf4 Ra4 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.Kd3 Kd6 55.Rb5 Rf4 56.Kc3 Ra4 57.Kb3 Ra1 58.Kb4 Rb1 59.Kc4 Rc1 60.Kb4?? (60.Kd4 Rd1 61.Ke4 Re1 62.Kd3 Rd1 63.Kc3 Rd5 64.Rb6 Kc7 65.Kb4+–) ½–½. Bendig,Frank – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, corr or01–006 E–mail, 2001. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2 d5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.0-0 Qd7 10.d3 Rad8 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Rb1 b6 13.c4 dc4 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ncd2 a6= 16.Qc2 Qe6 17.Rfc1 Bf3 18.Nf3 Rd6 19.e4 Ng4 20.d4 Qh6 21.h3+– Ne3 22.fe3 Qe3 23.Kh1 Rh6 24.Re1 Qf2 25.d5 Bd6 26.dc6 Rg6 27.Rg1 Rg3 28.Bd4 (28.Bd4 Rf3 29.Bf2 Rf2 30.Qd3+–) 1–0. Bendig,Frank – Tain,J, corr SOK–87–03, 1990. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2 d6 8.Nf3=+.

7.Bb2 Re8 8.Nf3= d5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.d3 h6 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.c4 dc4 13.Nc4 Nc4 14.dc4 c6 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.Qa4 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Ne4 18.Qb3 Rad8 19.Nf3 Bd6 20.h3 Qe7 21.Rac1 Bf5 22.Bd3 Nf2 23.Bf5 Nd1 24.Rd1 Qe3 25.Qe3 Re3 26.Kf1 Rb3 27.Be5+= Be7 28.Rd8 Bd8 29.Bd6 g6 30.Bc8 Bf6 ½–½. Bendig,Frank – Busch, corr SOK–88–27, 1988. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Nb6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Nb1 Ne4 13.d3 Nc5 14.Bc3 Nba4 15.Bd4 f6 (15...Bg4 16.h3 Bf3 17.Bf3=+) 16.c3 g5 (16...Qa5 17.Bc5 Nc5 18.d4=) 17.Kh1 Be6 18.h3 g4 19.hg4 Bg4 20.Nbd2 Rf7 (20...b5!?=) 21.c4+= Rg7 (21...Be6 22.Qc2+=) 22.cd5+/– cd5 23.Bf6 Rg6 24.Bd4 Rf8 (24...Rh6 25.Kg1 Bh2 26.Kf1 Be5=) 25.Rc1 (better is 25.Kg1!?+=) 25...Rh6=+ 26.Kg1 Qf7 27.e4? (27.Nf1 Qh5 28.Ng3 Bg3 29.fg3 Nd3 30.Nh4 Be2 31.Qa4 Nc1 32.Rc1–+) 27...Qh5–+ 28.Kf1 Qh1 29.Ng1 Nd3!! 30.Bg4 (30.Bd3 Bd1) 30...Qg2! 31.Ke2 (31.Kg2 Rh2) 31...Nab2?? (31...Nf2 32.Bf3 Rf3 33.Ngf3 Nd1 34.Kd1 de4 35.Rc8 Kf7 36.Re4–+) 32.Bb2 Nb2 33.Bf3 Rf3 34.Ngf3 (34.Ndf3 Nd1) 34...Bg3 35.Rc8 Kg7 36.Rc7 Kf8 (36...Bc7?? 37.Qb3 Bg3 38.Qb2 Rf6 39.Rf1+– (< 39.Qb7 Rf7 40.Qb2 Kg8+–)) 37.Rc8 Ke7 38.Rc7 Kd8 (38...Bc7? 39.Qc2 Bb6 40.Qb2+–) 39.Rc8 Kd7 40.Rc7 Kd6 (better is 40...Ke8!? 41.Rc8 Ke7 42.Rc7 Ke8 43.Rc8 Ke7=) 41.e5+/– Kc7 42.Qc2 Nc4 43.Rf1 Bh2 44.Nc4 (< 44.Nh2 Rh2 45.Nc4 Qg4 (< 45...dc4 46.Qc4 Qc6 47.Qc6 bc6 48.Ke3+=) 46.Kd3 Qf5 47.Kc3 Qc2 48.Kc2 dc4–/+) 44...dc4 45.Qc4 Rc6 46.Qf7 (46.Qe4 h5+–) 46...Kb8+/– 47.Rd1 Rc2 48.Rd2 Rd2 49.Nd2 (49.Kd2?! Qf2 50.Kd3 Qf1 51.Kd2 Qf2 52.Kd1 a6=) 49...Qg4 (49...Qg6 50.Qd5 Qe8 51.Nc4+/–) 50.Kd3+– Qg6 (50...Qh3 51.f3 Qg3 52.e6 Qd6 53.Ke2 Qe5 54.Ne4 Qb5 55.Kf2 Qb2 56.Kf1 Qc1 57.Kg2 Qg1 58.Kh3+–) 51.Qg6 hg6 (52.Ke4 g5+–) +–. market (1935) – zoranus (2425), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Re8 9.0-0 Nb6 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.d3 c6 12.Nd4 =.

7.h4 c5 8.g4 (8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bf4 d4–/+) 8...Nc6 9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Bc1 (10.Ra2 Be6 11.g5 Ne4–/+) 10...d4 (10...Ne4 11.f3 Ng3 12.Rh3–/+) 11.g5 de3 (better is 11...Ne4!? 12.Bd3 Bf5–/+) 12.gf6= ef2 13.Kf2 Bf6 14.Nc3 Bd4 15.Kf1 Ne5 16.Rb1 Qf6 17.Nf3 Bc3 18.dc3 Rd8 19.Qd8 Qd8–+ 20.Ne5 Qf6 21.Nf3 Bg4 22.Bg5 Qf5–+ 23.Kg2 Qc2 24.Kg3 Bh5 25.Bb5? a6 26.Bd7 Bf3 27.Kf3 Qd3 28.Kf2 Qd7 29.Rbd1 Qf5 30.Kg3 h6 31.Bf4 b5 32.Rh2 Re8 33.Rf2 h5 34.Kh2 Qg4 35.Rd3 Re2 36.Bg3 Rf2 37.Bf2 Qe2 38.Rd8 Kh7 39.Kg1 Qg4 40.Kh2 Qc4 41.Re8 Qf4 42.Bg3 Qd2 43.Kg1 Qc3 44.Bf2 Qa1 (44...Qa1 45.Kg2 Qa3–+; 44...Qa3 45.Kf1–+) 0–1. David,Sandor – Timar,Zsolt, Hungary, 1989.

9.Bb2 b6 10.c4 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.d3 h6 (12...Re8 13.Nbd2=) 13.Nbd2 Bf5 (13...Re8 14.Nb3 Bc5 15.Re1=) 14.Nb3 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 14...Bc5 15.a4 (15.Nh4 Bd7=) 15...a5 (15...Qd6 16.a5=+) 16.Nc5 (16.Nh4 Bd7=) 16...bc5=+ 17.Ba3 (17.Nh4 Bd7=+) 17...Nb4 18.Ne5 (18.Nh4 Bd7-/+) 18...Re8-/+ 19.f4 Nd7 20.Bf3 (20.g4 Ne5 21.gf5 Nd7-+) 20...Ra6 (20...Ne5 21.fe5 Ra7 22.Bb4 ab4 23.Re1-+) 21.Nd7 (21.Bg4!? Bg4 22.Ng4-/+) 21...Qd7-+ (21...Bd7?! 22.Be4-/+) 22.Bb4 ab4 23.Qb3? (23.Rf2-+) 23...Re3 24.Rfd1 (24.Rfe1 Ra4!! 25.h3 Ra1 26.Ra1 Rd3-+) 24...Rg6 (better 24...Qe7 25.Bd5 Bd3-+) 25.Kf2 (25.Bh5 Rge6 26.h3 Bh3-+) 25...Qc7 (25...Rf3 26.gf3 Qe7 27.Re1 Qh4 28.Ke2 Re6 29.Kd2 Qf2 30.Re2 Re2 31.Kc1 Qe3 32.Kb1 Qg1 33.Qd1 Qd1) 26.g3-+ Rf3 27.Kf3 Bg4 (better 27...Qc6 28.Kf2 Bh3-+) 28.Kf2-/+ Qc6 29.Ke1?? (29.Re1 Bh3 30.Rg1-+) 29...Qg2 30.Rd2 (30.Ra2 Re6 31.Re2 Re2) 30...Re6 (30...Qg1) 31.Re2 Qe2 0-1. Mirza,Diana (1980) - Shapiro,Dan (2280), Titled Tue (9), 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2) … Mirza Diana is a notable chess player from Ireland who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). ... --- Here are some key facts about her: * Title: Woman FIDE Master (WFM), awarded in 2017. She also holds the title of Woman Candidate Master (WCM) since 2014. * Major Achievement: She is the first Irish person to win a World Schools title in chess, earning the Gold medal at the World Schools Championships in 2017 (Under-17 Girls). * Representation: She has represented Ireland in multiple Chess Olympiads (2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) and various World and European Youth Championships. * Other Accolades: * Irish Women's Champion in 2013. * U16 Irish Junior Champion. * Holds the National Instructor title (2020). * FIDE Rating: Her Classical FIDE rating is generally around the 1900-2000 mark. * Current Activities: She is also active as a chess coach and streamer on Twitch. Note created November 2025. (AI)

9.Bb2 Qc7 10.d3 Bf5 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.c4 dc4 13.Nc4 Rd5 14.Qb3= Be6 15.Qc2 Ne8 16.d4 cd4 17.Bd3 de3 18.Bh7 Kh8 19.Ne3 Rc5 20.Qb1 Bf6 21.Bf6 Nf6 22.Bf5 Bf5 23.Nf5 Qf4 24.Ne3 b6 25.Rc1 Ne4 26.Qb2 Rd8 27.Rc5 Nc5 28.Rd1 Rd1 29.Nd1 Qe4 30.Ne3 ½–½. Bendig,Frank – Parra, corr, 1989. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

9.Bb2 Qc7 10.d4 Qb6 11.Qc1 Bf5 12.Nbd2 Rac8 13.dc5= Qc5 14.Bd3 Ne4 15.Nb3 Qd6 16.Nbd4 Nd4 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Qe1 Bf6 19.Qb4 Nc5 20.Rfd1 Qb6 21.Qb6+= ab6 22.Bf1 Ba4 23.Rab1 Bd4= 24.Rd4 Bc2 25.Re1 Rfd8 26.Rb4 Rc6 27.Rc1 Bd3 28.Rg4 Rg6 29.Rg6 Bg6 30.Bd4 Ra8 31.Rc3 Ra5 32.Be2+= f6 33.Bf3 (33.h4 Kf7+=) ½–½. lasker (2180) – Azazello (2090), internet, 2007.

9.Bb2 Be6 10.Nc3=+ Rc8 11.Re1 Ne4 12.Rb1 Bf6 13.d4 cd4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Nd4 Nd4 16.ed4 Re8 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.d5 Bb5 19.Bf6 Qd7 20.Ba1 f6 21.Qd4 Rc4–/+ 22.Qa7 Rc2 23.d6 Ba6 24.Qd4=+ Rc6 25.Qd5 Kh8 26.Re4 Re4 27.Qe4 Rd6 28.Re1 Rd1 29.Bd4 Re1 ½–½. marekt – canucknight, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

9.Bb2 Be6 10.d3 Qb6 11.Qc1 d4 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.Ng5 Bc8 14.Nge4 Ne4 15.Ne4 Rfe8 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.ed4 Nd4 18.Bd1 b6 19.c3 Ne6 20.f4 c4 21.d4 Bb7 22.Bc2 f5 23.Ng3 Bd6 24.Ne2 Nc5 0–1. phildo (1860) – oigrab (2220), gameknot.com, 2012.

9.Bb2 Be6 10.d3 Qb6 11.Nbd2?? Qb2-+ 12.Nb3 (12.Qb1 Qb1 13.Rfb1 Rab8-+) 12...Qc3 Black prepares the advance c4 13.Rb1 Rfd8 (13...d4 14.Re1-+) 14.a4 (14.Qd2 Qd2 15.Nbd2 Rab8-+) 14...c4 (14...d4!? 15.Ng5-+) 15.Nbd4 Nd4 16.Nd4 Rac8 (better 16...b6!? 17.Qe1 Qe1 18.Rfe1-+) 17.Rb7 Bc5 (17...Rd7 18.Qb1 cd3 19.Bd3-+) 18.Ne6 fe6 19.d4 Bb6 20.Bh5 (20.Bg4 Re8-+ (20...Ng4?! 21.Qg4 Rc7 22.Rc7 Bc7 23.Qe6 Kh8 24.Qe7-+)) 20...g6 (20...Rc7!? 21.Rc7 Bc7 22.Bg4-+) 21.Bg4 Rc6 (21...Ng4 22.Qg4 Re8 23.Qf4+/-) 22.Qf3 Rf8 23.Qh3 Ng4?? (23...Re8 24.Qf3 Bd8 25.Ra7 Qc2 26.Qf4-+) 24.Qg4 (24.Qh7) 24...Rf7 (24...Bc7 25.Qd1 Qa5 26.Qa1-+) 25.Rf7 Kf7 26.Qf4 Ke7 (26...Ke8 27.Qb8 Ke7 28.Qg8 Qc2 29.Qg7 Ke8 30.Qg8 Kd7 31.Qh7 Kd6 32.Qg8-+) 27.Qh6 (better 27.Qh4 Ke8 28.Qh7 Qc2 29.a5 Ba5 30.e4 Qe4 31.Qb7-+) 27...Rc7?? (better 27...Qc2 28.Qg7 Kd6 29.Qf8 Kd7 30.Qf7 Kc8 31.Qh7 c3 32.Qg8 Kb7-+) 28.Qh7 Kd6 29.Qg6 Qb4 (29...Re7 30.Rd1=+) 30.h4 (30.Qg3!? Kc6 31.Qg8=) 30...Qa4-/+ 31.h5 Qd7 32.Qg3 Kc6 33.Qe5 (33.Qg6 Qe7=+) 33...Qf7 34.h6? (better 34.e4-/+) 34...Rc8?? (34...Qf5 35.Qf5 ef5 36.g4 fg4 37.Kg2-+) 35.g4?? (better 35.h7 Qh7 36.Qe6 Kc7 37.Qe5 Kd8 38.Qd5 Ke7 39.e4=) 35...Rg8-+ 36.g5 (36.Qg3-+) 36…Bc7 (36...Bc7 37.h7 Be5 38.hg8R Qg8-+) 0-1. javirod1983 (2385) - MrPickles212 (2345), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.a3 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bb2 d5 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0)

9.Bb2 h6 10.d3= Be6 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Qd2 Rac8 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Rab1 d4 15.Ne4 Ng4 16.c4= b6 17.ed4 Nd4 18.Nd4 cd4 19.Qf4 Nf6 20.Bf3 Ne4 21.Qe4 Bf6 22.Qb7 Qb7 ½–½. Polklaeser,Guenther – Lange,Rainer, H–Klasse BdF, 1997.

9.Bb2 h6 10.d3 Bf5 (10...Re8 11.Nbd2=) 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.c4 (12.Rb1=) 12...d4 (better is 12...dc4!? 13.dc4 Qb6+=) 13.ed4+= Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4 15.Nb3 Qb6 (15...Rc8 16.Nd4 Bg6 17.Re1+/–) 16.Bd4 Qc6 (16...Qc7 17.Re1+=) 17.Bf3 (17.Bf3 Qd7 18.Re1+/–) 1–0. Janek – anony, internet, 2016.

10.Qc1 Re8 11.d3 d4 12.Nbd2 de3 13.fe3 Ng4 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.h3 b5 16.hg4 bc4 17.Nd2 Rb8 18.Ne4 Be6 19.Rb1 Ne5 Attacking the isolated pawn on g4 20.g5 Rb6 21.Bc3 cd3 22.cd3 Rb1 23.Qb1 Ng4 24.Bg4 Bg4 25.Qe1 (25.Qb2 Rb8 26.Qa1 Be2=+) 25...Bh5 26.Bb2 Bf8 27.Qc3 Attacks the isolani on c5 27...Qe7 28.Rf4 Bg6 29.Kf2 Qe6 (29...Be4?! 30.Re4 Qd7 31.Re8 Qe8 32.g6=+) 30.Kf3 Qd5 31.Qc4 Qc4 32.dc4 Re6 33.Bc1 Be7 34.Bb2 Rb6 35.Be5 Rb3 36.Kf2 Ra3 37.Bd6 Ra2 38.Kg3 Bd6 39.Nd6 a5 (39...Ra6 40.Nb7 Rc6 41.Rf2-+) 40.Ne4 (40.Nb7 a4 41.Nc5 Kf8=+) 40...a4 (40...Be4 41.Re4 Kf8 42.Re5-/+) 41.Nc5=+ h6 42.gh6 a3 43.Rd4 Kh7 (43...Rc2 44.Rd8 Kh7 45.hg7 Kg7 46.Ra8 Rc4 47.Nd7-/+) 44.Rd7 Rb2 (44...Rc2!? 45.Ra7 Rc4-/+) 45.Ra7 a2 46.Kf4 (better 46.hg7 Kg7 47.Kf3=) 46...Rb4 47.Ke5 Rc4 48.Kd5 Rc2 49.hg7 Rd2 50.Ke5 Bb1 51.g4 Kg7 52.Ra6 Rg2 53.Ra7 (53.Kf4 Rc2 54.Nb3 Rf2 55.Kg3 Bd3 56.Kf2 Ba6-+) 53…Rg4-+ 0-1. marekt (2190) - bishop_ben (2125), gameknot.com, 2014.

10.Qc1 Bf5 11.d3 Rad8 12.Re1 Bc8 (12...Rfe8 13.Nbd2=+) 13.Nbd2= Rfe8 (13...Qc7 14.c4=) 14.c4 d4 (14...h6 15.cd5 Nd5 16.Qc2=) 15.ed4 cd4 16.Ne4?? (better 16.Rb1=) 16...Ne4–+ 17.de4 Bf6 (17...d3 18.Bf1 Bc5 19.Kh1–+) 18.Bd3 (18.Rb1 Qc5 19.Qc2–/+) 18...Na5 (better 18...Bg4!? 19.c5 Qc7–/+) 19.Qc2 (19.e5 Nb3 20.Qf4 Na1 21.ef6 Re1 (21...Qb2 22.Re8 Re8 23.Qg5 Qc1 24.Qc1+–) 22.Ne1 Nb3 (22...Qb2 23.Qg5 Kf8 24.fg7 Kg8 25.Qd8 Kg7 26.Qc8+–) 23.fg7 Qd6=) 19...g6=+ 20.c5 Qe6 (20...Qc7!?=+) 21.e5+= Bg7 22.Bd4 (22.Bb5 Nc6 23.Rad1 Qf5 24.Qf5 Bf5 25.Bc6 bc6 26.Rd4 Rd4 27.Bd4 Bg4+=) 22...Nc6 The pressure on e5 grows (better 22...Nb3!? 23.Bc3 Na1 24.Ba1 Bd7=+) 23.Bb2+= Qg4 (23...Qe7 24.Be4+=) 24.Re4 (24.Rad1!?+–) 24...Qd7+= 25.Bc4 Qc7 e5 seems the pivot of the position (25...Qe7 26.Rf4 Be6 27.Be6 fe6 28.Re1+=) 26.Qc3 (26.Ng5!? Be6 27.Ne6 fe6 28.Qc3+–) 26...Bf5+= 27.Re3 Bg4 (27...Re7 28.h3+=) 28.Rae1 (28.Ng5 Re7+– (28...Ne5?? 29.Nf7 Kf8 30.Nd8+–)) 28...Bf3 (28...Re7 29.Re4 Bf3 A) 30.Qf3?! Ne5 31.Qc3 Rde8= (31...Qc5?? 32.Bf7 Rf7 33.Qc5 Nf3 34.gf3 Bb2 35.Re8 Re8 36.Re8 Kg7 37.Qa7+–); B) 30.gf3+=) 29.Rf3 Ne5?? (29...Re7 30.Rfe3+=) 30.Rfe3 (better 30.Bf7 Qf7 31.Rf7 Nf3 32.Rf3 Bc3 33.Bc3 Re1 34.Be1 Rc8+–) 30...Nf3?? (30...Rc8 31.Qb3 Re7+= (31...Qc5?? 32.Bf7 Nf7 33.Re8 Bf8 34.Qb7 Re8 35.Re8+–)) 31.gf3+– Bc3 32.Re8 Re8 33.Re8 Kg7 34.Bc3 Kh6 35.Re4 (better 35.Bd4 Qd7 36.Re4+–) 35...Kh5?? (better 35...f5 36.Bd2 Kg7+–) 36.Bf6 g5 37.h4 Qc5 (37...Kg6 38.hg5 Qc5+–) 38.Bf7 Kh6 39.hg5 (39.Rg4 Qc1 40.Kg2 b5 41.Rg5 Qh1 42.Kh1 b4 43.Bg7) 39...Qg5+– 40.Bg5 Kg5 41.Kg2 1–0. Brennybhoy (1960) – Spectrum5 (1885), ChessWorld.net, 2019.

10.Qc1 Bg4 11.c4 d4 12.d3 Bf3 13.Bf3 Ne5 14.Be2 Qd6 15.f4 Nc6 16.e4 Nd7 17.e5 Qc7 18.Bf3 g5 19.fg5 Qe5 20.h4? Bd6–+ 21.h5?? Qh2 22.Kf2 Qh4 23.Ke2 Rae8 24.Be4? Qh5 25.Kd2 Qg5 26.Kc2 Qc1 27.Bc1 Be5 28.Rf3 Bg7 29.Bf4 Nf6 30.Bc6 bc6 31.Bd6 Re2 32.Nd2 Rfe8 33.Raf1 Ng4 34.Rb1 Bh6 35.Bf4 Bf4 36.Rf4 Ne3 37.Kc1 Re1 38.Kb2 Rb8 39.Ka2 Rbb1 40.Nb1 Re2 41.Kb3 Nd1 42.Rf5 Rb2 43.Ka4 Nc3 44.Nc3 dc3 45.Rf1 c2 46.Rc1 Kg7 47.Ka5 Kf6 48.a4 Ke5 49.Ka6 Kd4 50.a5 Kd3 51.Ka7 Kd2 52.Rf1 c1Q 53.Rc1 Kc1 54.a6 Kc2 55.g4 Kc3 56.Ka8 Kc4 57.a7 Ra2 0–1. Wehmeier,Sven – Kaid,Almar (2210), NRW–ch U20 Hiddenhausen, 1998.

10.Qc1 Bg4 11.d3 Rfd8 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Rd1 Rab8 14.c4 dc4 15.Nc4 Bf3 16.Bf3 b5–/+ 17.Bf6 Bf6 18.Nb2 b4 19.a4? Na5–/+ 20.Rb1 Bb2 21.Qb2 c4 22.dc4= Rd1 23.Rd1 Nc4+= 24.Qc2 b3–/+ 25.Qc3 b2 26.Be4? Rc8 27.h3 Qb8?? 28.Rb1= g6 29.Bd5 Qc7 30.Bc4 Qc4 31.Qc4 Rc4 32.Rb2 Ra4 33.Kf1 Ra1 34.Ke2 a5 35.Kd3 a4 36.Ke4 Kg7 37.Rb6 Rc1 38.Ra6 Ra1 39.g3 a3 40.h4 h6 41.Kd3 Ra2 42.Ke4 Ra1 43.Kd3 a2 44.Ke4 h5 45.Kf3 Kf8 46.Ra7 Kg7 47.Ra6 Kg8 48.Ra8 Kh7 49.Ra7 Kg7= 50.Ra6 ½–½. Madanasri,Gundala (1960) – Muzychuk,Mariya (2055), WYg12, Heraklio GRE, 2004.

10.Qc1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.d3 Rfe8= 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.c4= Rad8 15.Rd1 b6 16.Nb3 Qd6 17.d4= cd4 18.Nbd4 Nd4 19.Rd4 Qe6 20.Qc3 Bc5 21.Rd5 Rd5 22.cd5 Qd5 23.Rd1 Qe4 24.Qb3 Qe7 25.g4 Bg6 26.Ne5 Qb7 27.g5 Re5 28.Be5+– Ne8 29.Rd8 (29.Rd8 Qe7 30.Qd5 Qg5 31.Kf1+/–) 1–0. Bendig,Frank – Woschkat,Karl_Heinz, corr or01–001 E–mail, 2001. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.Bc1 Re8 11.Nc3=+.

10.Bc1 Bg4 11.Nc3 Rfc8 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.h3 Bf5 14.d3 Qa5 15.Bd2= Qc7 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.e4 Be6 18.ed5 Bd5 19.Ng5 Nd4=+ 20.Bg4 f5 21.Bh5 Bg5 22.Bg5 Qc6 23.Bf3?? Bf3–+ 24.gf3 Nf3 25.Kg2 Ng5 (25...Ng5 26.f3 Re8–+) 0–1. mic (2160) – hzsolt (2295), net–chess.com, 2008.

10.Bc3 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.Nb5 Bc5 13.Rb1 Qd8 14.a4 a6 15.Na3 Qe7 16.Ra1 Bf5 17.Re1 Ne4 18.Bd3 Rfe8 19.Nc4 Qf6 20.Ba3 Ba3 21.Ra3 Nb4 22.Nce5 Nd3–/+ 23.Rd3 Re5 24.Ne5 Nf2 25.Qf3 Nd3 26.Nd3 Bd3 27.Qb7 Rf8 28.cd3 h6 29.Qd7 Rd8 30.Qe7 Qd6 31.Qd6 Rd6 32.Re5 g6 33.g4 Kg7 34.Ra5 g5 35.Kf2 Kg6 36.Rc5 h5 37.h3 Rf6 38.Kg2= Rd6 39.Rc8 h4 40.Rc4 (40.Kf3 f6=+) ½–½. Bendig,Frank – Cottarelli,Franco, corr iCCF TT–6–02–Final, 2006. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.a4 Qb6 11.Na3?? Qb2–/+ 12.Nc4 Qb4 13.c3 dc3 14.Rb1 Nd5 (14...Bf5 15.Rb4 c2 16.Qa1 cb4 17.Qb2=) 15.Rb4= cb4 16.Nd4 (16.Qc2!?=) 16...Nd4=+ 17.ed4 Bf5 (17...Be6 18.Qc2=+) 18.Ne3= Ne3 19.fe3 c2 20.Qc1 Bg6 21.Qb2 Rac8 22.Rc1 Rfd8 23.h4 Bh4–/+ 24.Qb4 Rc7 25.Qb3 Be7 26.Kf2 Rd6 27.a5 Rdc6 28.Bb5 Bh4–/+ 29.g3 Rf6 30.Kg2 Be4 31.Kh3 Bg5 32.Bd3 Bf3 33.g4 Rh6 34.Kg3 Bh1 35.Kf2 Bh4 36.Ke2 Rf6 37.Bf5 g6 38.Rc2 Rc2 39.Bc2 Bg2 40.Kd3 h6 41.Kc3 Be1 42.Qb5 Rf2 43.Be4 Be4 44.Qe8 Kh7 45.Qe4 Bd2 46.Kd3 Ba5 47.Qb7 Rd2 48.Ke4+– Kg7 49.Qa7 Bd8 50.d5 Bg5 51.Qa1 Kg8 52.Qa6 Kg7 53.d6 Rg2 54.Kf3 Rd2 55.e4 Rd4 56.e5 h5 57.gh5 Rf4 58.Ke2 Re4 59.Kd3 Re5 60.hg6 f5 61.Kc2 Kg6 62.d7 Kh5 63.Qf1 Kg4 64.Qg2 Kf4 65.Qg5!! Kg5 66.d8Q Kg4 67.Qd4 Re4 68.Qg7 Kf4 69.Kd2 Re6 70.Qd7 Re3 71.Qd4 Re4 72.Qf6 Kg4 73.Qh6 Ra4 74.Qg7 Kf4 75.Ke1 Rc4 76.Qf6 Kg4 77.Kf2 Rf4 78.Kg2 Rc4 79.Qe5 Rc2 80.Kf1 Kg5 81.Ke1 Kg4 82.Qd4 Kg5 83.Qd8 Kf4 84.Qd3 Rc8 85.Qd4 Kg5 86.Kf2 Ra8 87.Qg7 Kh5 88.Qb7 Ra4 89.Qf7 Kg5 90.Qg8 Kh4 91.Qd8 Kh3 92.Kf3 Ra3 93.Kf4 Rg3 94.Qc8 Rg4 95.Kf5 Rg2 96.Kf4 Kh2 97.Qc6 (97.Qc6 Re2 98.Kf3+–) 1–0. Bendig,Frank – Ruhle,Ernst_Olav, corr ICCF TT/6/02/Final (1), 2005. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.a4 Qb6 11.Qc1 Rd8 12.Na3 Be6 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.d3 h6 15.Nf3 Be6 16.c4 dc3 (16...a6 17.ed4 cd4 18.Nc2+=) 17.Bc3 Nb4 18.Qb1 Nfd5 19.Be5 f6 20.Bb2 Bf7 21.d4 Qe6 22.Rd1 Rac8 23.Bc4 Qg4 24.Nb5 a6 25.Nc3 Qd7 (25...cd4!? 26.Nd5 Bd5 (worse is 26...Rd5 27.Bd5 Bd5 28.h3+/–) 27.Bd5 Rd5=) 26.Nd5= Nd5 27.dc5 Qc6 (27...Rc5!? 28.Bb3 Qe8=) 28.Nd4 Qc5 29.Bb3 Bf8 30.Nf5 Qb4 (30...Qb6 31.Bd4 Qb4 32.Ra2+/–) 31.Ba3 (31.Qa2 Kh7 32.Bf6–+) 31...Qc3+= 32.Bf8 Kf8 33.Ba2 Qc7 34.a5 Ne7 35.Rd8 Rd8 36.Bf7 Nf5 37.Be6 (worse is 37.Qf5 Kf7 38.Rb1 Qc6 39.Qh5 Kf8=) 37...Nd6 38.Qb4 Qe7 39.Ba2 Nf7 40.Qa4 g6 41.Rb1 Kg7 ½–½. chuckhar (2320) – rcm06 (2210), gameknot.com, 2014.

10.a4 Qb6 11.Qc1 Be6=+.

10.a4 Bd6 11.Na3= a6 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.h3 Nd5 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.ed4+= cd4 16.Bd4 Bh3? 17.Ba1?? Re8?? 18.Ne3?? Nf4?? 19.gh3+– Nh3 20.Kh1 Re6 21.Rb3 Rh6+/– 22.Nh2 Qg5 23.f4 Nf4 24.Rf2 Qh4 25.Qg1 Rg6 26.Qf1 Ne7 27.Bg4 h5 28.Bd7 Rd8 29.Nf5 Nf5 30.Bf5 Rg5 31.Bh3 Ra5+= 32.Bb2 Ra4 33.Rb7 Nh3=+ 34.Rf7 Rf4 35.Rf4+/– Qf4 36.Qh3 Rd2 37.Nf3 ½–½. Bendig,Frank (2025) – van Hooff,Ruud (2000), IECG, 2001. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.a4 Bf5 11.Re1=+.

10.Qc1 Re8 11.d3 Bd6 12.e4 Nh5 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Ng5 Nf6 16.Nh3 Qh3 17.Bf1 Qh5 18.Bg2 Ng4 19.h3 Nge5 20.Nd2 Qg6 21.Qd1 Nd7 22.Rb1 Bc7 23.h4 Ba5 24.Bh3 Nb6 25.Bc1 Ne5 Black prepares c4 26.Rf1 Na4 27.Rb7 Nc3 28.Qe1 Qa6 29.Rb3 c4 30.dc4 Nc4 31.Nc4 Qc4 32.Kh2 Re4 33.Qd2 Rae8 34.Bg2 R4e6 35.Rb7 Bb6 36.Bb2 (better 36.Qd3!? Qc5 37.Bd2=) 36...Ne4-/+ 37.Qf4 Nd6 38.Rb6 ab6 39.Bd4 Nb5 40.c3 Nd4 (worse 40...Na3 41.Ra1 Nc2 42.Ra7=+; 40...Nc3? 41.Rc1 Nd5 42.Rc4 Nf4 43.gf4+-) 41.cd4 Qa4 42.Rc1 Qa3 43.Rc7 R6e7 44.Bc6 Rd8 45.d5 Qc5 46.Re7 Qe7 47.Qa4 Qc5 48.Kg1 b5! 49.Bb5 (49.Qb5 Qb5 Combination; 49.Bb5 Qd5 Deflection) 49...Qd5 50.Bf1 h6 51.Qf4 Qd6 52.Qe3 Qd4 53.Qe7 Rc8 54.Kg2 g6 55.Qe2 Kg7 56.Kh3 Rb8 57.Kg2 Qd5 58.Kh2 Rb1 59.Bg2 Qd4 60.f4 Rb2 61.Qe1 Rd2 62.Kh3 Qd7 63.Kh2 Qd5 64.Qf1 Rb2 65.Qh1 h5 66.Qf1 Rc2 67.Kh3 Qe6 68.Kh2 Qe3 69.Qg1 Qe2 70.Qd4 Kh7 71.Qd5 Kh6 72.f5 gf5 73.Qd6 Kg7 74.Qd4 Kg6 75.Qd6 f6 76.Qd5 Qc4 77.Qd8 Re2 78.Kh3 (78.Qa8-+) 78...Re3 79.Kh2 (79.Qb8 f4 80.Qb1 Kh6-+) 79...f4 80.g4 (80.Bf1 Qf1 81.Qg8 Kf5 82.g4 hg4 83.Qh7 Ke5 84.Qe7 Kd4 85.Qb4 Kd5 86.Qd2 Ke6 87.Qa2 Kd6 88.Qd2 Ke7 89.Qb4 Kf7 90.Qb7 Re7 91.Qb3 Kg7 92.Qe3 Re3 93.h5 g3) 80...hg4 81.h5 Kg5 82.Qd5 (82.Qa5 Re5 83.Qa6 Qa6 84.Bf3 gf3 85.h6 Qf1 86.h7 Re2) 82...Qd5 83.Bd5 g3 84.Kg2 Kg4 85.h6 Re2 86.Kg1 (86.Kf1 f3 87.Be6 Re6 88.h7 f2 89.Kg2 Re1 90.h8Q f1Q) 86...Re1 (86...f3 87.Bc4 Re1 88.Bf1 g2 89.Kh2 gf1R 90.h7 Re2) 87.Kg2-+ Re2 88.Kg1 f3 89.Be6 f5 90.Bf5 (90.Bc4 Kh3 91.h7 f2 92.Kf1 Re1) 90...Kf5 91.Kf1 Rh2 (91...Kg6 92.h7 Kh7 93.Kg1 Re1) 92.Ke1 g2 (92...Ra2 93.h7 g2 94.h8Q g1Q) 93.Kf2 (93.Kd2 g1Q 94.Kd3 Qc1 95.h7 Rh7 96.Kd4 Rd7) 93...Rh6 (93...Ke4 94.h7 Rh1 95.h8Q g1Q) 94.Kf3 (94.Ke3 g1Q 95.Kd2 Qc5 96.Ke1 Rh2 97.Kf1 Qf2) 94...g1Q 95.Ke2 Qd4 96.Kf3 (96.Ke1 Rh2 97.Kf1 Qf2) 96...Rh2 97.Kg3 Qf4 0-1. wojwys (2110) - bolaf (2170), gameknot.com, 2019.

10.d3 de3 11.fe3 Nd5 12.Bc1 (12.Qd2!?=) 12...Bf6-/+ 13.Ra2 Be6 (13...Re8 14.e4 Qb6=+) 14.e4 (14.c4!? Nb6 15.Bb2=) 14...Nb6 (14...Qb6!? 15.ed5 Qb1 16.dc6 Qa2 (16...Ba2 17.Nd2 Qb6 18.c4-/+) 17.cb7 Rab8-+) 15.c4=+ Re8 16.Be3 Nd7 17.Nbd2 b6 18.Qe1 Nde5 19.Ne5 Ne5 20.Qb1 Qd7 21.Nf3 Ng4 22.Bf2 Nf2 23.Kf2 h6 24.Kg1 Rad8 25.Rd2 Bg4 26.Rfd1 Bf3 27.Bf3 Bd4 28.Kf1 (28.Kh1 Be5-/+) 28...Re5 29.Qb5 Qb5 (29...Qe6 30.Qa6-/+) 30.cb5=+ g6 31.a4 Kg7 32.Rc2 Rd7 33.Rc4 h5 34.Ke2 Re6 35.h3 Rf6 36.Rf1 Re7 37.Ke1 Kh6 38.Be2 Rf1 39.Kf1 Kg5 40.Bf3 Kf4 41.Rc1 Be3 42.Rc4 Bd4 43.Rc1 f5 (better 43...Ke3-/+) 44.Ra1?? (better 44.ef5!? Kf5 45.Re1 Re1 46.Ke1=+) 44...fe4 (44...Ba1 45.ef5 Kf5 46.Be4 Kg5 47.Ke2-+) 45.Be4?? (better 45.Re1 e3 46.Ke2-+) 45...g5 (45...Ba1 46.Bg6 h4 47.Bh5-+) 46.a5?? (46.Re1!?=+) 46...g4 (better 46...Ba1 47.ab6 ab6 48.Ke2-+) 47.ab6?? (47.Ra4-/+) 47...ab6 (47...Ba1 48.ba7 Ra7 49.b6-+) 48.hg4?? (better 48.Ra6=+) 48...Ba1-+ 49.gh5 Bg7 50.Bg6 Bh6 (50...Re3!? 51.Kf2-+) 51.Kf2 Re5 52.g3 Kg5 (52...Kg4 53.Be4 Kh5 54.Kg2-+) 53.Kf3 Rd5 54.Ke4 Rd4 55.Kf3 Rb4 56.Be8 c4 57.Ke2 (57.dc4 Rc4 58.Bg6-+) 57...c3 58.Kd1 (58.Kd1 Rb2 59.Bf7 Kf6 60.Bg8 c2 61.Ke2 c1Q 62.Kf3 Qh1 63.Kg4 Qd1 64.Kh4 Rh2). javirod1983 (2465) - Pumba1953 (2375), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.a3 d5 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0)

10.d3 Re8 11.ed4 Qb6 12.Qc1 Nd4 13.Nd4 cd4 14.Bf3 Bd6 15.g3 Bh3–/+ 16.Rd1 Bc7 17.Nd2=+ Ng4 18.Nb3 Rad8 19.Re1 Re1 20.Qe1 Ne5 21.Qe4 Be6 22.Bd1 Bd5 23.Qd4=+ Qe6 24.Qe3 Qh3 25.f3 Ng4 26.Qe2 Bf3! 27.Qf3 Bb6 28.d4 Re8 29.Bc3 Qh2 30.Kf1 h5 31.Bd2 Bd4!! 32.Qg2 Re1! 33.Be1 Ne3 34.Ke2 Qg2 (34...Qg2 35.Kd3 Ba1 36.Ke3 Qf1–+) 0–1. Munkwitz,Wolfgang – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–18.24, 2005.

10.ed4 cd4 11.Bc4 Qb6 12.Bb3 Re8 13.d3 (13.Ng5 Ne5=+) 13...a5 14.Nbd2 (14.Ng5 Nd8 15.a4 Bg4=+) 14...a4 15.Nc4 Qc5 16.Qd2?? (better 16.Ba2–/+) 16...b5 17.Rfe1 ab3 (17...ab3 18.Nce5 bc2 (worse 18...Qc2 19.Qc2 bc2 20.Nc6+=) 19.Nc6 Qc6 20.Nd4 Qd5 21.Qc2 Bb7–+) 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan J (1640) – Zemlyanov,Sergey (1645), FICGS, 2015.

10.ed4 cd4 11.h3 Bf5 12.Bb5? (12.a4 Qb6 13.Qc1 Nd5-/+) 12...Bc5?? (better 12...Qb6 13.Qe2 d3 14.Bd3 Bd3 15.cd3 Qb2 16.Nc3-+) 13.d3?? (better 13.a4-/+) 13...a6 (better 13...Qb6 14.Nbd2 Qb5-+) 14.Bc6= bc6 15.Nbd2 Rb8 (15...Ba7 16.Re1=) 16.Rb1 (16.Nb3 Bd6 17.Nfd4 Bd7+=) 16...Be6 (16...Ba7 17.Re1=) 17.Qc1 (17.Nb3 Bb3 18.cb3 a5+=) 17...Qd6 (17...Ba2 18.Ra1 Bd5=) 18.Ra1 (18.c3 dc3 19.Qc3 Qd5+=) 18...Qf4 (18...Rfe8!?-/+) 19.Re1 (19.Nb3 Qc1 20.Rfc1 Bb3 21.cb3 Rb3 22.Rc5 Rb2 23.Rc6 a5+=) 19...Bd5 20.Ne4 (20.Nb3 Qc1 21.Rac1 Bf3 22.gf3 Rfd8=) 20...Qc1=+ 21.Nf6 gf6 22.Bc1 Rfe8 (22...h5 23.Bd2=) 23.Re8 Re8 24.Kf1 Bf3 (24...Rb8 25.Bh6=+) 25.gf3= Rb8 26.a4 (26.Bh6 Bf8 27.Bf8 Kf8= (worse 27...Rf8 28.Rb1+/-)) 26...Kg7=+ 27.f4 Kg6 28.Kg2 Kf5 29.Kf3 Bd6 Attacking the isolated pawn on f4 30.Ra2 (30.Ba3!? Bf4 31.Rg1=+) 30...Rb1-/+ 31.Bb2 c5 32.c3 dc3 33.Bc3 Bf4 34.Bf6 (34.Bd2 Bd2 35.Rd2 Rb3-/+) 34...Rb3 (better 34...c4 35.Bd4 cd3-+) 35.Bh4? (better 35.Rc2 Rd3 36.Ke2 Rd2 37.Rd2 Bd2 38.Bg7-+) 35...Rd3 36.Kg2 c4 37.Kf1 (37.Bg3-+) 37...c3 38.Kg2 (38.Be7-+) 38...Rd2 39.Ra3 Be5 40.Bg3 (40.Be7 Bd4 41.Rb3 Rf2 42.Kg3 c2-+) 40...Bg3 (better 40...Bd4 41.Ra1-+) 41.Kg3 (41.Rc3 Be5 42.Rc6-+) 41...c2 42.Rc3 Rd3!! (42...Rd3 43.Rd3 c1Q-+) 0-1. Skiadopoulos,N (1880) - Vusatiuk,V (2285), Titled Tue (4), 2024. … --- Profile/Overview: * Name: Nikolaos Skiadopoulos. * FIDE ID: 4200772. * Title: Candidate Master (CM). * Born: 1954. * Peak strength/activity: According to ChessBase, his best Elo was ~2285. * Playing era: His recorded games span (at least in public databases) from ~1989 to 2007. * FIDE rating (recent/inactive): Standard 1882; Rapid 1877; Blitz 2022. ... --- Playing Style & Tendencies (Inferred): Given that he is a CM (not a GM or IM) and considering his game results, one can infer: * He likely plays in club-level to national-level tournaments; not a top grandmaster. * His games are relatively limited in number in common databases (e.g. 39 games listed on 365Chess). * His win rate in recorded games is fairly modest (from 365Chess: 10 wins, 2 draws, 27 losses). * As a lower/intermediate titled player, his opening choices might lean toward practical, playable lines rather than ultra-theoretical novelties. ... --- Opening Repertoire: From his games (according to 365Chess): With White: * Sicilian, Alapin Variation (1.e4 c5 2.c3) — 10 games. * Bird’s Opening (1.f4) — 2 games. * Against Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6) — 2 games. * Against Pirc Defense — 2 games. With Black: * Benko Gambit (A57) — 4 games. * Queen’s pawn game (A45) — 2 games. * Sicilian Defense (various lines): * B33 (Sicilian “Pelikan/…” kind of line) — 2 games. * B30 (Sicilian defense, more generic) — 1 game. ... --- Interpretation/Assessment of Repertoire: * White Side: His most-played choice is the Alapin Sicilian (2.c3) — this is a solid, somewhat less sharp Sicilian line that avoids a lot of Najdorf / Dragon theory. It suggests he may prefer more positional or controlled play rather than super tactical complexity. * The presence of Bird’s Opening is interesting — it’s relatively offbeat, suggesting he’s not afraid to deviate from mainstream “1.e4 / 1.d4” territory. * Playing against the Caro-Kann and Pirc also shows he’s comfortable in somewhat more closed / strategic systems. * Black Side: * The Benko Gambit is a very dynamic choice; with 4 games, it's a recurring part of his repertoire. This opening indicates he likes imbalanced pawn structures and active counterplay on the queenside. * The “Queen’s pawn game (A45)” is vague — could mean he sometimes plays flexible / non-committal systems when opponents don’t go into major theoretical lines. * Continued use of the Sicilian Defense shows he is okay with mainstream and semi-mainstream counterattacking openings. ... --- Strengths & Weaknesses (Based on What We Know): Strengths: * Uses practical and playable openings: Alapin vs Sicilian, Benko Gambit for Black. These lines are respectable and often more “user-friendly” than extremely sharp or theoretical lines. * Variety: He doesn’t stick to just one type — he has different systems as White and Black. * Willingness to play offbeat to some degree (Bird’s Opening). Possible Weaknesses/Constraints: * Limited number of games: Only ~39 games recorded on 365Chess means sample size is small; his repertoire in databases might not fully reflect his real over-the-board practice. * Lower “elite-level” theory: As a CM, he probably doesn’t rely on very deep modern opening theory like super grandmasters do. * Less success in high-level games: His win/loss ratio in the recorded sample is skewed toward losses, though that could also reflect strong opponents or lack of data. ... --- Overall Assessment: Nikolaos Skiadopoulos is a modestly titled (CM) Greek chess player with a practical, somewhat eclectic opening repertoire. He leans toward solid, controllable lines as White (especially the Alapin Sicilian) and dynamic counterplay as Black (e.g., Benko Gambit). He is not a theoretical innovator, but likely a practical, club-level or national-level player who chooses openings that suit his style and level rather than trying to push the cutting edge of opening theory. Note created: November 2025.

10.ed4 Nd4 11.Nd4 cd4 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.g3 (13.a4!?+=) 13...Qb6 14.Qc1 Bh3 15.Re1 Rae8 16.a4?? (better is 16.Rd1–+) 16...Qb2 17.Na3 (17.Qb2?? Re1 18.Bf1 Rf1) 17...Re1 18.Qe1 Ba3 19.Rb1 Re8 20.Qe8 Ne8 21.Rb2 Bb2 22.Bb5 Nd6 23.Bd3 a5 24.f4 (24.c4 dc3 25.dc3 Bc3–+) 24...Bd7 25.Kg2 (25.g4 Bg4 26.Kg2 Bd7–+) 25...Ba4 26.Kf3 (26.Kf2 Bc6 27.c4 dc3 28.dc3 a4–+) 26...Bc6 27.Ke2 a4 (27...a4 28.c3 dc3–+) 0–1. Neumann,Frank (1650) – Nikel,Bogdan (2250), RS–Pyramide remoteschach.de, 2009.

10.Re1 Be6=.

10.h3 Qd5 11.ed4 Nd4 12.Nd4 cd4 13.Bf3 Qc5 14.d3 Rd8 (14...Qb6 15.Bc1=+) 15.Nd2 Be6 16.Re1 (16.Bb7? Rab8-+) 16...Rac8 17.Rc1 (worse 17.Bb7 Rb8 18.Re6 fe6-/+) 17...Nd5 (better 17...Rd7!?=+) 18.Nb3+/- Attacks the isolani on d4 (18.Nb3 Qb6 19.Bd4+/-) 1-0. jhonores (2180) - sbbhqk (2185), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

11.a4 Qb6 12.Na3?? Be6?? 13.Rb1= Qd8 14.Bb5 Bd5 15.Nc4 Rc8 16.Nce5 Ne4 17.ed4 cd4 18.Bc6 bc6 19.Bd4 c5 20.d3 cd4 21.de4 Ba8 22.Qd4 Qd4= 23.Nd4 Bc5 24.Nef3 Bb6 25.Rbc1 Re4 26.Nf5 Kf8 27.Ne5 Rd8 28.Re4 Be4 29.Ng3 Ba8 30.Nd3 Rd4 31.Ra1 Rc4 32.a5 Bc7=+ 33.Ra2 Bd5 34.a6 Rc3 35.Rb2 Bc4 36.Rb7 Rc2–/+ 37.Rc7 Bd3 38.Rc2 Bc2 39.Ne2 Bd3 40.Nd4 Ke7–+ 41.f3 Ba6 42.Kf2 Bc8 43.Ke3 Kd6 44.Kd3 Be6 0–1. marekt – FMSmith, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

11.a4 Qb6=+ 12.Qc1 Be6 13.Na3 Rad8 14.Bc4 de3 15.fe3 Bd6 16.Bf6 gf6 17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Nb5 Qb8 19.Be6 fe6 20.Nd6 Qd6 21.Rb7 Rb8 22.Rb3 Nb4 23.d3 Nd5 24.e4 Nf4 25.e5 fe5 26.Ne5 Rb3 27.cb3 Nd3?? 28.Qg5 (28.Qg5 Kf8 29.Rf1 Nf4 30.Rf4#) 1–0. wiking – Piritubachess, internet, 2010.

11.a4 Bf5=+.

11.Bc4 de3 12.Re3 Bg4=.

11.ed4 cd4= 12.d3 Qb6=+ 13.Qc1 Be6 14.Nbd2 Rad8 (14...Rad8 15.Rb1 Qa5=+; 14...Rac8 15.c4 dc3 16.Qc3=+). Kuni,Richard – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–07 TSC, 2003.

10.a4 Bd6 11.Na3 a6 12.c4 d4 13.Nc2 Bf5 14.d3 de3 15.fe3 Ng4 16.Qd2 Bd7 =.

10.a4 Bd6 11.Na3 Bf5 12.Rb1 Nb4 13.d3 Rb8 (13...Qe7 14.Nb5=) 14.Nb5= Nc6 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Re1 b6 17.Nd2 Rbd8 18.Bf3 Re6 19.h3 h6 20.Bc3 Bg6 21.Bb2 Qc7 22.Nb3 Ne5 23.Be2 Nc6 24.a5 Nd7 25.Bg4+= Re7 26.ab6 ab6 27.f4 f5 28.Bf3 Nf8 29.Qd2 Ne6 30.g3 Qd6 31.Qf2 b5 32.Ra1 Nc7 33.Na5 Na5 34.Ra5 d4 35.ed4 Re1 36.Qe1 cd4 37.Qe5 Qb6 38.Ra1 Rd7 39.Bg2 Kh8 40.Kh2 Kh7 41.Ra2 Kh8 42.c3 dc3 43.Bc3 b4 44.Rb2 Na6 45.d4 Kh7 46.d5 Qc5 47.Bd4 Qc7 48.Ra2 (48…Qc8 49.d6+/–) 1–0. Bendig,Frank – Guido,Angel, CiF LT–003 CIF, 2003. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.a4 Bd6 11.Re1 Be6 12.Na3 a6 13.c4 b6 14.d4 cd4 15.Nd4 Nd4 16.Bd4 Qe7 =+.

10.a4 Bg4 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Rb1 Nb4 13.d4 Rc8 14.Ne4 de4 15.Ne1 Be6 16.Ba3 Qa5 –/+.

10.Nc3 d4 11.Na2 Be6 12.ed4 Nd4 13.Nd4 cd4 14.Nb4 Qd7 15.Nd3 Qa4 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Nf3 Bc5 18.Re1 Re7 =+.

10.Nc3 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.Na2 Bf5 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Bb5 Bc5 15.Nb4 Qd6 16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Be2 Nb4 18.ab4 Bb6 =+.

10.Nc3 Bf5 11.d4 c4 12.Ne5 Bf8 13.Bf3+= Rb8 14.Re1 a6 (14...Qb6 15.Rb1 Qa5 16.Ba1+=) 15.h3 (15.e4 de4= (15...Ne5 16.de5 de4 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Be4 Be4 19.Re4 Qd1 20.Rd1 b5+=)) 15...h6 (15...Qb6 16.Rb1 Qa5 17.Ne2+=) 16.Rb1 (16.e4 Ne5 17.de5 de4 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Be4 Be4 20.Re4 Qb6=) 16...Qa5+= 17.Nd5 The passed pawn on d4 will become decisive later 17...Nd5 18.Nc4 Nc3 (18...Qb5 19.Nd2 Nc7 20.e4=) 19.Na5= Nd1 20.Nc6 bc6 21.Bd1 Rb6 22.a4 Reb8 23.g4 Bh7 24.a5 Rb2 25.Rb2 Rb2 26.Be2 Rc2 27.Ba6 Ra2 28.Rc1 (28.Bb7 Be4 (worse is 28...Ra5 29.Bc6 Bd6 30.Kg2–/+) 29.Rc1 Ba3–/+) 28...Be4 (28...Ra5!? 29.Rc6 Be4 30.Rb6 Ra1 31.Kh2–+) 29.Bb7–/+ Ba3 30.Rf1 Bf3 31.a6 Be7 32.e4 Bh4 33.Bc6 Ra6 34.d5 Be4 35.f3 Bd3 36.Rc1 Bg3 37.Rc3 Bg6 38.Bb5 Ra2 39.Rc8 Kh7 40.Rc6 Rd2 41.Bc4 Bc2 42.Ra6 Bd1 43.Ra3 Bd6 44.Rd3 Bc5 45.Kh1 Rd3 46.Bd3 Kg8 47.Kg2 Bb3 48.Be4 Kf8 49.Kg3 g5 50.h4 Ke7 51.hg5 hg5 52.Kg2 Be3 53.Kf1 Kd6 54.Bh7 Bd5 55.Kg2 Ke5 56.Kg3 Bd2 57.Bc2 Be1 58.Kg2 Kf4 59.Bd1 Ke3 (59...Ke3 60.Kf1 Bf3–+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk (2180) – Sukhov,Nick (2100), IECG, 2000. … Dirk Rosner is a German correspondence chess player, ICCF rating ~2064. Active in 2000s tournaments like RSS5E and remoteschach.de. Specializes in Sokolsky Opening (1.b4). Note created October 2025. (AI)

10.c4 Qb6 11.Qc2 d4 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.Ra2 Ne5 14.Ne5 Re5 15.f4 Rh5 16.e4 Be7 17.h3 Nd7 18.Be2 Rh4 =+.

10.c4 Qb6 11.Nc3 d4 12.Na4 Qd8 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Rae1 Qd7 16.d3 Rad8 17.Qd1 Bg6 18.ed4 Nd4 =+.

10.c4 Qb6 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Nc3 dc4 13.Bc4 Bf5 14.Rc1 Qb2 15.Nd5 Rad8 16.d3 Qa3 17.Rb1 Be6 18.Nf6 gf6 =.

10.c4 d4 11.Qb3 Bd6=+.

10.c4 d4 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.Re1 Qb6 13.Ra2 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ba1 Rad8 16.Rb2 Qc7=+.

10.c4 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.d3 Qb6 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Re1 Bf5 15.Bc1 Qc7 16.Nbd2 Nf4 17.Bf1 Bf6 18.Bb2 Qd7 19.Ne4 Be4–/+ 20.de4 Rad8 21.Rab1 Qg4–/+ ½–½. pierre (2165) – curator (2165), internet, 2007.

10.c4 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.Bd3 Bc5 13.Qc2 h6 14.a4 (14.Bf5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Re5 16.Bc8 Rc8=+) 14...Nb4 15.Qb3 Nd3 16.Qd3 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4 16...Bg4 17.Nd4?? (better 17.Ba3 Rc8 18.Bc5 Rc5 19.Na3=+) 17...Bd4?? (better 17...Re4 18.Qb3 Bd4-+ (18...Rd4?! 19.Bd4 Qd4 20.Qb7-+)) 18.Qd4+= (18.Bd4? Re4 19.Qb3 Qd4 20.Qb7 Rae8-+) 18...Qd4 19.Bd4 Rad8 (19...Be2 20.Rc1+=) 20.Be3 Bf5 21.Na3 Bd3 22.Rfc1 Ng4 (22...a6 23.Ra2+=) 23.Nb5 (better 23.Ba7!? Re2 24.Be3+/-) 23...a6+= 24.Nc3 (24.Bb6 Rd7 25.Nd4 Ne5+=) 24...Rc8 25.Nd1 Bc4 26.h3 Ne3 27.de3 (27.Ne3 Bd3=) 27...Be2 28.Rc8 Rc8 29.Nb2 Rc2 30.Rb1 Bh5 (30...b5 31.ab5 Bb5 32.Nd1=+) 31.Nd1 (31.Nd3 Bg6 32.Ne5 Be4=) 31...Ra2 (better 31...Bg6-/+) 32.Rb7?? (32.Nc3 Ra3 33.Nd5 Bg6 34.Ne7 Kh7 35.Ng6 Kg6=) 32...Ra4 (better 32...Bd1 33.Rb8 Kh7-+) 33.Rb1 (33.Nc3 Ra1 34.Kh2 a5=) 33...Ra2 (33...Bg6 34.Rc1=+) 34.Nc3 Ra3 35.Nd5 Bg6 36.Nf4?? (better 36.Rb8 Kh7 37.f3=) 36...Bb1-+ 37.Kh2 Ra4 (37...a5 38.Nd5-+) 38.Kg3 (38.Nd5 Be4 39.Ne7 Kf8-+) 38...Rf4! 39.Kf4 (39.ef4 a5 Passed pawn; 39.Kf4 a5 Passed pawn) 39...a5 (39...f6 40.Kf3-+) 40.Ke5 a4 41.Kd4 a3 42.Kc3 a2 43.Kb2 a1Q! 44.Ka1 Bg6 (44...Be4 45.g3-+) 45.Kb2 Be4 46.g3 Bg2 47.h4 Bf3 48.Kc3 Bg4 49.Kd4 g5 50.Ke5 gh4 51.gh4 Kg7 52.Kf4 Bh5 53.e4 Bg6 54.f3 Kf8 55.Kg3 Ke7 56.Kg4 h5 57.Kg5 Ke6 58.Kf4 f6 59.Ke3 Ke5 60.f4 Ke6 61.f5?? (61.Kd4-+) 61...Bf5! 62.ef5 (62.Kf4 Bh3 63.Ke3-+) 62...Kf5 63.Kf3 Kg6 (better 63...Ke5 64.Ke3-+) 64.Kg3 (64.Ke4-+) 64...f5 65.Kf4 Kf6 66.Ke3 Ke5 67.Kf3 1-0. Jimito100 (2010) - Ketan_A_Mahajan (2045), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.c4 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Ng4 15.hg4 Bg4 16.Nh2?? Bd1–+ 17.Rd1 Bd6 18.Nf3 Qf6 19.Kg2 Qf4 20.Rh1 h6 21.Nd4 Nd4 22.Bd4 Qd4 23.Bf1 Re5 24.Nc3 Rg5 25.Kf3 Re8 26.Rh4 Qf6 27.Rf4 Qf4# 0–1. OutOfBounce – liencam2, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

10.c4 Be6 11.Qc2 dc4 12.Ng5 Bd5 13.Nc3 Na5 14.e4 Nd7 15.Nd5 Bg5 16.f4 Be7 17.Bc4 Nc4 18.Qc4 b5 =.

10.c4 Be6 11.d3 Qd7 12.Nbd2 dc4 13.Nc4 Rad8 14.Rb1 Nd5 15.Qc2 a6 16.Rfc1 b5 17.Ncd2 Nb6 18.Ne4 Na4 =.

10.c4 Be6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Bb5 Bd6 14.Bc6 Qc6 15.Ng5 g6 16.Nc3 Bf5 17.d3 Nf6 18.e4 Bd7 =.

10.c4 Bg4 11.d3 dc4 12.dc4 Qb6 13.Qc2 Bh5 14.Rd1 Bg6 15.Bd3 Rad8 16.Bc3 Rd3 17.Rd3 Bd3 18.Qd3 Rd8 =.

10.c4 Bg4 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.Rfd1 Bf5 16.d3 b6 =.

10.c4 Bg4 11.cd5 Nd5 12.d4 Bf6 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 cd4 15.ed4 Nd4!–/+ 16.Bd4 Bd4 17.Qd4 Qd4 18.Nd4 Be2 19.Rfe1 Bd3 20.Red1 Bc4 21.Nf5 b5 22.Rac1 Re2 23.Nd6 Ra2 24.Nc4 bc4 25.Rc3 Rb8 26.g3 g6 27.Rd7 ½–½. Bendig,Frank – Negroni,G, corr ICCF, 1990. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.d3 Qb6 11.Qc1 d4 12.Re1 de3 13.fe3 Ng4 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.e4 c4 16.g3 Qb6 17.d4 Bf6 18.Qb2 Qb2 –/+.

10.d3 Qb6 11.Qc1 Bf5 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.c4 Qc7 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Re1 Bd6=+ 16.e4 Nf4 17.Bf1 Bg4 18.g3 Nh3–/+ 19.Kg2 b6 20.Nc4 Bf4 21.Qc3 Bf3 22.Kf3 Ng5 23.Kg2 Be5 24.Ne5 Qe5 25.Qe5 (25…Ne5 26.f4+/–) 1–0. Maes – Borrmann,Fritz, corr 3GMM–52, 1996.

10.d3 Qb6 11.Qc1 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nd4 (better is 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.c4=) 14...cd4–/+ (14...Nd4?! 15.Bh5 Qh6 16.Bf7 Kf7 17.ed4+=) 15.Bh5 de3 16.fe3 Qe3 17.Rf2? (17.Kh1 Bf6–/+) 17...Nde5 (17...Bc5 18.Qf1 Nde5 19.Nf3–+) 18.Nb3 (better is 18.Nf1 Qc1 19.Bc1–+) 18...Bg5 19.Qf1 Bh4 20.Bc1 Bf2 21.Qf2 Qf2 22.Kf2 g6 23.Be2 b6 24.Bb2 Re7 25.Nd2 Rae8 26.d4 Nd7 27.Bb5 Ndb8 28.Nf3 f6 29.a4 a6 30.Bd3 (30.Bf1–+) 30...Nb4 31.Ba3 Nd3 32.cd3 Re2 33.Kg3 Rc8 34.Rb1 Nd7 35.Bd6 g5 36.h4 h6 37.Rf1 Re3 (37...Rcc2!? 38.Kh3–+) 38.hg5 hg5 39.Kg4 Rd3 (39...Rc2 40.g3–+) 40.Kf5 (40.Re1 Nf8 41.Bf8 Rf8–+) 40...Kf7 (better is 40...Re3 41.Rb1–+) 41.Bh2?? (41.Rh1 g4 42.Rh7 Kg8 43.Rd7 gf3 44.Kg6=) 41...Ra3 (better is 41...Rc2 42.Ne1 Rc1 43.Bg1–+) 42.Bd6 Ra4 43.Rh1 Kg7 44.Ke6 Nb8 45.Kd5 Nc6 46.Re1 Ra5 47.Kc4 Ra2 48.g4 Rf2 49.Nh2 Rd2 50.Kc3 Rd4 51.Ba3 b5 52.Bb2 Rf4 53.Kb3 Na5 54.Ka2 Rf2 55.Nf1 Rcc2 56.Re7 Kg6 57.Nd2 Rfd2 58.Ka3 Rb2 59.Rg7= ½–½. mikebaldini (1690) – wallaby66 (1730), gameknot.com, 2013.

10.d3 Qc7 11.c4 d4 12.ed4 Qb6 13.Qc2 cd4 14.Re1 Be6 15.Nbd2 Rad8 16.Rab1 Rd7 =.

10.d3 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.c4 dc4 13.dc4 Bf5 14.Nh4 Bd7 15.Qc2 Ng4 16.Nhf3 Rad8 =.

10.d3 Qc7 11.Re1 Rb8 12.c4 Be6 13.cd5 Bd5 14.Qc2 b5 15.e4 Be6 16.d4 cd4 =.

10.d3 Qd6 11.Nbd2 a6 12.c4 Be6 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.cd5 Qd5 15.Rfc1 Nd7 16.d4 cd4 =.

10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.c4 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Ne5 Be5 15.Be5 Ne5 16.f4 Nc6 =+.

10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Re1 Be6 13.Rb1 =.

10.d3 Be6 11.c4 d4 12.Re1 Bd6 13.ed4 Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4 15.Nd2 Bc7 16.Bf3 Qd6 =.

10.d3 Be6 11.Nbd2 d4 12.ed4 cd4 13.Nb3 Bb3 14.cb3 Bd6 15.Re1 Rc8 16.b4 Qb6 =.

10.d3 Bg4 11.c4 dc4 12.dc4 Qb6 13.Qc2 Bh5 14.Rd1 Bg6 15.Qc3 Rad8 16.Rd8 Rd8 =+.

10.d3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 b5 12.c4 a6 13.Rb1 dc4 14.dc4 Bf5 15.Bf6 Bf6 16.e4 Be4 =.

10.d4 c4 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.f4 Ne7 13.Nc3 Nf5 14.Qd2 Bc7 15.g4 Nd6 16.Bf3 Ba5 17.Qg2 Bc3 18.Bc3 Nfe4 19.Bb4 c3 20.Bd6 Qd6 21.Be4 de4 22.g5 Bf5 23.Rab1 b6 24.Rb5 Qe6 25.Rd1 Rad8 26.d5 Qd6 27.Rb4 Qc5 28.Rbd4 Qa3 29.d6 Qc5 30.d7 Re6 31.Qe2 Re5 32.fe5 Qe5 33.Rd5 Qe6 34.Qg2 Kf8 35.Kf2 Bh3 36.Qg3 Qg4 37.Ra1 a5 38.Rb1 Qg3 39.Kg3 Rd7 40.Rd7 Bd7 41.Rb6 Ba4 42.Kf4 Bc2 43.Rc6 Bd3 44.Rc3 g6 45.Ra3+/– Kg7 46.Ra5 h6 47.h4 Bc2 48.Ra7 h5 49.Ra5 Bb1 50.Ra1 Bd3 51.Ra2 Bb1 52.Rb2 Bd3 53.Ke5 Bf1 54.Ke4 Bh3 55.Ke5 Bf5 56.e4 (56.e4 Bg4 57.Rb8+–) 1–0. Walczak,Andrzej (2365) – Szulc,Stanislaw (2265), 3. Email Team Championship Poland, 2006.

10.Re1 Rb8 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Ne4 de4 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Bc3 Qg5 16.f4 Qg6 =.

10.Re1 d4 11.a4 Qb6 12.Na3 Qb2 13.Nc4 Qb4 14.c3 dc3 15.dc3 Qc3 16.Rc1 Qb4 17.Rb1 Bf5 18.Rb4 cb4 19.Qb3 Ne4 20.Nd4 Bg6 21.Nc6 bc6 22.Na5 c5 23.Bd3 Nd2 (23...Bf6!? 24.Nb7 Nd2=) 24.Qc2= ½–½. Bendig,Frank – Palmkoek,William, TKM/Final, 2003. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.Re1 d4 11.a4 Qb6 12.Qc1 Be6 13.Na3 Rad8 14.ed4 Nd4 15.Bd4 cd4 16.Bb5 Nd7 17.c3 dc3 18.Qc3 Rc8 19.Nc4 Qc7 20.Qe3? (20.Nce5 Qc3 21.dc3 Ne5 22.Re5 Red8-/+) 20...a6 (20...Bc4 21.Rac1 Kf8 22.Bc4 Bd6=) 21.Bd7=+ Bd7 (worse 21...Qd7 22.Nb6 Bc5 23.Nd7 Be3 24.Nf6 gf6 25.fe3+/-) 22.Nce5 Be6 23.d4 Qa5 24.Rec1 Rc1 25.Qc1 Rc8 26.Qf4 h6 27.Qe4 Qd5 28.Qd5 Bd5 29.Ng4 (29.h3!?=+) 29...Rd8-/+ 30.Ne3 (30.Nge5 f6 31.Ng6 Bb4-/+) 30...Bf3-+ 31.gf3 Rd4 32.Nf5 Rd7 33.Ne7 Re7 34.Rb1 Kf8 35.f4 Ke8 36.f3 Kd8 37.Kf2 Kc7 38.a5 Re6 39.Rc1 Kb8 40.Rc5 b6 41.ab6 Rb6 42.Ra5 Kb7 43.Rd5 Kc6 44.Ra5 Rb2 45.Kg3 Kb6 (45...Kb6 46.Rd5 Rc2-+) 0-1. marekt (2195) - kostini (1960), gameknot.com, 2014.

10.Re1 d4 11.a4 Ng4 12.Na3 Bh4 13.Rf1 Bf6 14.Rb1 Nge5 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Bb5 Bg4 17.f3 Bd7 18.f4 Bb5 19.ab5 (19.Nb5? Nc4 20.Bc1 a6–/+) 19...Nd7 20.Qe2 de3 21.de3 Bb2 22.Rb2 Nb6 23.Nc4 (23.Rb3 Re4 24.Nb1 c4+=) 23...Nc4+= 24.Qc4 Re3 25.Qc5 Re2 26.Kh1 (26.Rbb1 b6 27.Qc4 Qd2+=) 26...Qd2–/+ 27.Qg1 h5 28.f5 Rc8 29.Rd1 (29.f6 h4 30.Rd1 Qc3–+) 29...Qf4–+ 30.Re1 Re1 31.Qe1 Qf5 32.h3 Rc2 (32...g6 33.Qd2–+) 33.Rc2–/+ Qc2 34.Qe5 Qd1 35.Kh2 Qd8 (35...g6 36.Qb8 Kg7 37.Qa7–/+) 36.Qh5 a5 37.ba6 ba6 38.Qg4 g6 39.Qa4 a5 40.Kg3 (40.h4 Kh7–/+) 40...Kg7–+ 41.Qa1 Kh7 42.Qa4 (42.Qa2 Qc7 43.Kf3 Qc3 44.Kf4 Kg7–+) 42...Qd6 43.Kf2 (43.Kf3 Qb4 44.Qa2–+) 43...Qb4–+ 44.Qa2 Kg7 45.Ke3 a4 46.Kd3?? Qb3 (46...Qb3 47.Qb3 ab3–+) 0–1. Bendig,Frank – Benassi,Aspasio, TKM/Final, 2003. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.Re1 d4 11.ed4 Qb6 12.d5 Nd4 13.Ra2 Nd5 14.Bc4 Be6 15.d3 Nf3 (15...Nf3 16.Qf3 Bf6–/+) 0–1. Klaus Behrmann – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nc3 a6 12.d4 c4 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Rb1 Bf5 15.Ng4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Be4 =+.

10.Re1 Bd7 11.d3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Be6 13.Nbd2 Rad8 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.c4 b6 16.cd5 Nd5 =.

10.Ne5 Qb6 11.Ra2 d4 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.a4 Be6 14.Nba3 Qd7 15.Ra1 Nd5 16.Rb1 Ndb4 =+.

10.Ne5 Qb6 11.Nc6 Qc6 12.a4 Bd7 13.Bb5 Qe6 14.Qf3 Rad8 15.d4 Ne4 16.dc5 Qg6 =+.

10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Nc6 Qc6 12.a4 Qb6 13.Nc3 Bf5 14.Bb5 Red8 15.a5 Qc7 16.Ne2 a6 =+.

10.Ne5 Qd6 11.Nc6 Qc6 12.a4 Qb6 13.Nc3 a6 14.a5 Qc7 15.Bf3 Be6 16.Ne2 Rab8 =+.

10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nc6 bc6 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.Rb1 d4 14.Na2 Be6 15.c4 Bf5 16.d3 Qe7 17.Qc2 de3 18.Nc3 Qe5 –/+.

10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 Bd6 12.Bd6 Qd6 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Bf3 Be6 15.c3 c4 16.d3 cd3 =+.

11.Ra3 c4 12.Ra2 Be6 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Bd4 b5 15.Ra1 b4 16.f4 Rab8 –/+.

11.Bb5 a6 12.Bc6 bc6 13.d3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Bc3 Qd8 16.Nbd2 Rb8 =+.

11.Bc3 Qc7 12.d4 c4 13.Bb2 Bf5 14.Ba3 Nb4 15.Ne1 Qa5 16.c3 Nc6 –/+.

11.Nc3 Bf5 12.d3 Be6 13.Qd2 d4 14.Nb5 Qd2 15.Nd2 Rac8 16.Bf3 a6 =+.

11.Re1 Be6 12.Bb5 Rab8 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.f4 Ne4 15.d3 Nd6 16.Nd2 f6 =+.

11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Be6 13.Bb5 Red8 14.Qf3 a6 15.Bd3 Qb4 16.h3 Ne4 =+.

11.Na3 Be6 12.c4 Rb8 13.cd5 Bd5 14.d4 Qb6 15.Qc2 cd4 16.Nd4 Be4 17.Qd2 Bb4 18.Nc4 Qc5 =+.

11.Na3 Bf5 12.d3 d4 13.Re1 b6 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Nfe5 Ne5 16.Ne5 de3 =.

11.Nc3 Be6 12.Re1 d4 13.Nb1 Qb6 14.Qc1 Rad8 15.Na3 Bd5 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Rb1 b5 18.ab5 ab5 =+.

11.c4 dc4 12.Na3 c3 13.Bc3 Ne4 14.Qb3 Bf6 15.Bc4 Re7 16.Bf6 Nf6 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Ng5 Be6 =.

11.d3 d4 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.ed4 cd4 14.Nb3 Bb3 15.cb3 Rc8 16.Rc1 Bb4 =+.

11.d3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 d4 13.ed4 cd4 14.a5 Bb4 15.Ra4 Bd7 16.Rb4 Nb4 17.Nb3 Nc6 18.Qd2 b6 –/+.

11.d4 c4 12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Na3 Ne4 14.Nb1 Bf5 15.Nfd2 Nf6 16.Nf3 Qe7 17.Nbd2 b5 18.ab5 ab5 =+.

11.Re1 Qb6 12.Qc1 Qc7 13.Na3 Be6 14.c4 Rad8 15.cd5 Bd5 16.Nc4 b5 17.ab5 ab5 18.Nce5 c4 =+.

11.Re1 Be6 12.d3 Qb6 13.Qc1 Qc7 14.Nbd2 b5 15.Rb1 ba4 16.c4 Nb4 =.

11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Ra2 Rb8 14.c4 Bf5 15.Na3 Re6 16.d4 Qc7 17.h3 cd4 18.Bd4 Be4 =+.

11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.c4 Bf5 14.Ra2 Rb8 15.Na3 Bc7 16.f4 d4 =+.

11.Na3 Bf5 12.Rb1 Qd7 13.Bb5 Qc7 14.Ba6 Rad8 15.d3 Bg4 16.Bb5 c4 17.Bc6 Bf3 18.Qf3 Qc6 =.

11.Nc3 a6 12.Re1 Bf5 13.Rb1 d4 14.Na2 Qd7 15.Ba1 Qe6 16.Nc1 de3 17.fe3 Nb4 18.Nd3 Nd3 =+.

11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Rb1 a6 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Na2 d4 15.Nc1 Qc7 16.Nb3 Nb4 –/+.

11.d3 Bd6 12.Na3 Qe7 13.Re1 a6 14.c4 Be6 15.Ng5 Bf5 16.Nf3 dc4 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.d4 Ne4 =+.

11.Re1 a6 12.d3 d4 13.Nbd2 de3 14.fe3 Qc7 15.Nc4 Be6 16.Nce5 Bd6 17.Nc6 Ng4 18.Nce5 Ne5 =.

11.Re1 Qd6 12.d4 c4 13.Ba3 Qe6 14.Nbd2 Bd7 15.c3 Ba3 16.Ra3 Qd6 =+.

11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.a5 ba5 15.Nc3 d4 16.Nb5 Qb6 =+.

11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.a5 Bf5 15.Nc3 d4 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.ab6 ab6 18.c4 Ra1 =+.

11.Ra3 Be6 12.Re1 d4 13.Qc1 Rad8 14.Bb5 Bd5 15.ed4 cd4 16.Rd3 Bc5 –/+.

11.Bc3 Ne4 12.a5 Qc7 13.a6 ba6 14.Ba6 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Be2 Rab8 –/+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.Qc1 Bf5 13.Re1 Qa5 14.d3 Rad8 15.Qd2 b6 16.Na2 Qd2 17.Nd2 Ng4 18.Rab1 Bh4 =+.

11.Nc3 Be6 12.Rb1 Qa5 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bc6 bc6 15.d3 Bg4 16.h3 d4 =+.

11.Na3 Bf5 12.Rb1 b6 13.Re1 Rad8 14.Nh4 Be6 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Bb5 Bf6 17.Bf6 Nf6 18.h3 Ne4 =+.

11.Bb5 a6 12.Be2 b6 13.d3 Be6 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.d4 c4 16.Ba3 Ba3 17.Ra3 Qd6 18.Qc1 Bg4 =+.

11.Qc1 Bf5 12.Nc3 a6 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Nd1 Ng4 15.h3 Nge5 16.Ne5 Ne5 17.Nc3 d4 18.Nd5 Qc6 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.Rb1 Bf5 13.Re1 Rad8 14.d3 Qa5 15.Ra1 d4 16.Na2 Qa4 17.Qd2 de3 18.fe3 c4 –/+.

11.c4 Be6 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bd5 15.Qc2 Bd6 16.h3 Rad8 17.Rfb1 Qe7 18.a5 Rd7 =+.

11.d3 d4 12.ed4 Qb6 13.Qc1 cd4 14.Re1 Bc5 15.a5 Na5 16.Bd4 Bd4 17.Nd4 Qd4 18.Ra5 Bg4 =+.

11.Re1 Bf5 12.Na3 Rad8 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Bc3 Rb8 15.Rb1 Qd8 16.Bb2 a6 17.Nc3 d4 18.ed4 cd4 –/+.

11.Na3 Bf5 12.c4 Rad8 13.d3 Qd7 14.Rb1 d4 15.e4 Be6 16.Bc1 b6 17.Ng5 Bg4 18.Re1 Be2 =+.

11.a5 Qc7 12.Bb5 Bg4 13.h3 Bd7 14.Nc3 a6 15.Bc6 Bc6 16.d4 c4 17.Ba3 Bd8 18.Bc5 Nd7 =.

11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Rb1 a6 13.Nh4 Be6 14.d4 c4 15.Nf3 b6 16.Ra1 Bf5 =+.

11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.Ne5 a6 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Na3 c4 16.d3 Bd6 17.Ra2 cd3 18.cd3 Rb8 =+.

11.d4 c4 12.Ba3 Qe6 13.Be7 Re7 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Qd2 b6 16.Rfd1 Qf5 17.Nh4 Qg5 18.Nf3 Qg6 =+.

11.Re1 Bg4 12.Nc3 Qe6 13.h3 Bh5 14.a5 Rab8 15.Nb5 Bd8 16.Ng5 Qf5 17.Bh5 Qg5 18.Bf6 Qf6 =+.

11.Na3 Qa5 12.Bc3 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qd8 14.Rb1 a6 15.Na3 b6 16.Qc1 d4 17.Ba1 Nd5 18.Re1 Bf6 =+.

11.Na3 a6 12.c4 Rb8 13.d4 cd4 14.cd5 Bd5 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.Nf5 Rbd8 =+.

11.Na3 a6 12.c4 Qc7 13.cd5 Bd5 14.Bc4 Rad8 15.Bd5 Nd5 16.Rb1 b6 17.d3 Qd7 18.Re1 Qg4 19.Re2 Qg6 20.Rd2 Qe6 21.Qb3 Na5 22.Qd1 f6 23.Qe2 Nc6 24.Qd1 Bd6 25.Qb3 Na5 26.Qa2 Bc7 27.Ba1 g5 28.d4 g4 29.Ne1 Nb4 30.Qe6 Re6 31.Bc3 Nac6 32.Bb4 Nb4 33.h3 ½–½. Woischke,Norbert – Paz y B,Gustavo, TT–04–0031 A, 2004.

11.Na3 Qd7 12.c4 Rad8 13.d3 Ng4 14.Qc1 a6 15.h3 Nf6 16.Ng5 Bf5 17.cd5 Nd5 (< 17...Qd5 18.e4 Nd4 19.Bd4 (19.ed5? Ne2 20.Kh1 Nc1 21.Rfc1 Bd3–+) 19...Qd4 20.ef5+–) 18.e4 Nd4 19.Bd4 cd4 20.Bh5 g6 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.Qd2 Ne3 23.ef5 Bg5 24.fg6 hg6 (24...Nf1? 25.gf7 (25.Qg5?! hg6 26.Rf1 Qe7 27.Qe7 Re7+/–) 25...Qf7 26.Qg5 Qg7 27.Qg7 Kg7 28.Kf1+– (28.Rf1?! Rc3 29.Nc4 b5+–)) 25.Rfc1 Rc1 26.Qc1 Bf4 27.Qb2 Nd5 28.a5 (< 28.Qd4 Be5 29.Qd5 Qd5 30.Bd5 Ba1 31.Bb7 Re1 32.Kh2 Be5 33.g3 Re2=+) 28...Re7 29.Nc4 (< 29.Qd4 Be5 30.Qd5 Ba1–/+) 29...Nc3 30.Qb6 Bg5 31.Kh1 ½–½. Bendig,Frank – Schwertel,Gottfried, TKM/FINAL, 2003. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

11.Bb5 a6 12.Bc6 bc6 13.Be5 Nd7 14.Bf4 Bf6 15.Ra3 Ra7 16.d3 Rb7 17.Nbd2 Qe7 18.c4 Rb4 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.Na2 b6 13.Rb1 d4 14.Nc1 de3 15.fe3 c4 16.Nd4 Nd4 =.

11.d3 d4 12.c4 Qb6 13.Qd2 Rad8 14.Na3 Bf5 15.Rab1 Qb4 16.Qd1 de3 17.fe3 Ng4 18.Nc2 Qa5 =+.

11.Re1 Qb6 12.Qc1 Qa5 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.Qb2 Rad8 15.Na3 Bg4 16.Nb5 Qc8 17.Ne5 Be2 18.Re2 Ne4 =+.

11.Re1 Qb6 12.Qc1 Rad8 13.Na3 Qa5 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qc8 16.Qb2 b6 =+.

11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Nd7 13.Bf4 Bf6 14.c3 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qb6 16.Qb6 Nb6 =+.

11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Nd7 13.Bf4 Bf6 14.c3 Qe7 15.d4 c4 16.Na3 Bg5 17.Bg5 Qg5 18.Nb5 Re7 =+.

11.Na3 Rb8 12.d3 d4 13.Re1 Ng4 14.Qd2 Be6 15.c4 dc3 16.Bc3 Bh4 17.Rf1 Bf6 18.Rac1 b6 =.

11.Na3 Qd7 12.Rb1 b6 13.Ba6 Bg4 14.h3 Bf3 15.Qf3 Ne4 16.Rfd1 Bf6 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.Re1 d4 13.Na2 Qd5 14.ed4 Nd4 15.Nd4 cd4 16.c4 Qd7 17.Nc1 Rac8 18.Nd3 Ne4 =+.

11.Nc3 d4 12.ed4 cd4 13.Na2 Qb6 14.Bb5 Rad8 15.Rb1 Qc5 16.d3 Bg4 –/+.

11.d3 Qb6 12.Ra3 Rad8 13.Rb3 Qa6 14.Nbd2 b6 15.Ra3 d4 16.e4 c4 17.ef5 c3 18.Rb3 cb2 =+.

11.Re1 Qb6 12.Qc1 Rad8 13.Nc3 a6 14.d3 Qa5 15.Nb1 Qc7 16.Nbd2 b6 17.Rb1 d4 18.e4 Be6 =+.

11.Na2 Bf5 12.a4 Qd6 13.Nc1 Nb4 14.d3 b5 15.Nb3 Nc6 16.e4 de4 17.de4 Be4 18.ab5 Qd1 =+.

11.a4 d4 12.Na2 Bf5 13.Nc1 Nd5 14.ed4 Ndb4 15.c3 Nc2 16.Ra2 cd4 17.Bc4 Rc8 18.d3 dc3 =+.

11.Nb1 Bf5 12.d3 b5 13.c4 bc4 14.dc4 Rb8 15.Bc3 d4 16.ed4 Ne4 17.d5 Rb1 18.Qb1 Nc3 –/+.

11.Rb1 b5 12.d4 c4 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.f4 Bb7 15.Bf3 Rad8 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.fe5 Ne4 18.Qe1 Ng5 =+.

11.Bd3 b5 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Re1 Be6 14.Ng5 Bg4 15.Be2 Be2 16.Qe2 Qc7 17.h3 Ne5 18.Nf3 Nc4 –/+.

11.Re1 b5 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Qc1 Bg4 14.d3 Qe7 15.Qd2 Rad8 16.h3 Bf5 17.Qc1 Be6 18.Ng5 Bd7 –/+.

11.h3 b5 12.d4 c4 13.Ne5 Qd6 14.Rb1 Bf5 15.Bh5 Be6 16.Bf3 Rad8 17.Ne2 Ne4 18.Nf4 Ne5 –/+.

11.Nc3 dc4 (11...d4 12.Nd5 d3 13.Nh4 de2 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Ne7 Qe7) 12.Bc4 Bd3=+ (12...Rf8 13.h3 Na5 14.Be2 Qb6 15.Na4 Qb3) 13.Qb3 Bc4 14.Qc4 Na5 15.Qe2 c4.

11.d3 d4 12.ed4 Qb6 13.Ra2 cd4 14.Ba1 Rad8 15.Re1 Ng4 16.Nbd2 Nge5 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.Nf3 Bc5 =+.

11.d4 Qb6 12.Ra2 Rad8 13.Nbd2 dc4 14.Bc4 Na5 15.Be2 Ne4 16.Ne4 Be4 =+.

11.d4 Qb6 12.Ra2 Rad8 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Nbd2 Be6 15.Qa1 cd4 16.Nd4 Nf4 17.Bc4 Bc4 18.Nc4 Qc5 =+.

11.cd5 Nd5 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qa4 Bd7 (13...Bf6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.d4=+ (15.Qa5 b6) 15...Nc6) 14.Qc2= Bf6 (14...c4 15.Nc3 Nf6) 15.Bf6 Nf6 (15...Qf6 16.Nc3 Nc3 17.Qc3 Qc3 18.dc3=) 16.d3 Rc8 17.Nbd2 b6 (17...Be6 18.Rfc1=) 18.Qb2 (18.Rfc1 Be6=) 18...Bf5 19.d4 Qd6 (19...Nc6 20.dc5 bc5 21.Bc4=) 20.Rfc1 (20.dc5 bc5 21.Rfd1 Qb6=) 20...Red8 (20...Nc6 21.dc5 bc5 22.Nc4=) 21.dc5= Rc5 22.Rc5 Qc5 23.Rc1 Qd6 24.Nd4 Bg4 (24...Qe5 25.Bf3+=) 25.Ne4 Ne4 26.Bg4 g6 (26...Qg6 27.Bf5 Qf6 28.Be4+–) 27.g3 (27.Bf3 Qe5+=) 27...f5 (27...Qf6 28.Bf3 Nc5 29.Rc3+=) 28.Qa2 (28.Bf3 Qe5+=) 28...Kh8 (28...Qd5 29.Qd5 Rd5 30.Rc8 Kg7 31.Bf3+=) 29.Ne6 (29.Ne6 Qe5 30.Nd8+–) 1–0. Pommerel,Wim – Borrmann,Fritz, CiF, 1994.

11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc3 a6 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Na5 15.Qa2 Be6.

11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc3=+ Bf6 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.Qb5 Qd6 15.d3 Rad8 16.Rfd1 Bc3 =.

11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc3=+ Bf6 13.Rc1 Nb6 14.Na4 Bb2 15.Nb2 Qe7 16.Bb5 Be4 17.Ne1 a6 18.Bd3 Nd7 =+.

11.Re1 Qb6 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.Nc3 dc4 14.Bc4 Qd8 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Na4 b6 =+.

11.a4 b4 12.c3 a5 13.Nbd2 Qd6 14.cb4 ab4 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Rfd1 Qc7 =+.

11.a4 b4 12.c3 a5 13.Nbd2 Bf5 14.c4 Rb8 15.Rc1 Bg4 16.Nb3 dc4 17.Rc4 Be6 18.Rc1 Bb3 =.

11.c3 Rb8 12.Nbd2 c4 13.dc4 bc4 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.a4 Bh5 16.Ba3 Ba3 17.Ra3 Bg6 18.Qa2 Re7 19.Rd1 Qe8 20.h3 Reb7 21.Qa1 Ne4 22.Ne4 Be4 Black gets the initiative (worse is 22...de4 23.Nd2+=) 23.Nd2 a5 (23...Bf5 24.Re1–/+) 24.Ne4 Qe4 (worse is 24...de4 25.Bc4 Ne5 26.Bd5+/–) 25.Bf3 Qg6 26.Kh2 Ne7 27.Rd2 Rb1 28.Qa2 Qf6 29.Bd1 h5 30.Kg1 (30.Bc2 Rf1–+) 30…Rc1 (30...Rc1 31.Kf1 d4 32.cd4 c3 33.Rc3 Rc3 34.Bh5 Qf5–+) 0–1. Klemens,Leszek – Ruhle,Ernst_Olav, corr ICCF TT, 2007.

11.c4 bc4 12.dc4 Rb8 13.Ra2 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Qd3 dc4 16.Qc4 Qd5 17.Nbd2 Qc4 18.Nc4 Nd7 =.

11.Qd2 a6 12.a4 b4 13.c3 b3 14.c4 dc4 15.dc4 Bf5 16.Qc3 Rb8 =+.

11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Rb1 a6 13.c4 dc4 14.dc4 Bf5 15.Bf6 Bf6 16.e4 Be4 =.

11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Re1 a6 14.c4 dc4 15.dc4 Bf5 16.Ra1 Ng4 17.cb5 ab5 18.a4 Qc7 =+.

11.Re1 Rb8 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Nb3 Bf5 14.a4 b4 15.c3 Bd6 16.Rc1 Nd7 17.Nbd2 Be6 18.Rb1 a5 =+.

11.Re1 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.Qc1 a6 14.c4 bc4 15.dc4 d4 16.ed4 cd4 =+.

11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 a6 13.c4 Bd6 14.Bd6 Qd6 15.Bf3 Rb8 16.cd5 Nd5 =+.

11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.d4 c4 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.Qe1 a6 18.Qa5 Rac8 =+.

11.a4 Bd6 12.Nbd2 d4 13.ed4 cd4 14.Rb1 Bb4 15.Ne4 a5 16.c3 dc3 17.Nc3 Nd5 18.Nd5 Qd5 =+.

11.a4 Be6 12.Nbd2 b6 13.c4 Qd7 14.d4 Rbd8 15.Rc1 Ne4 16.cd5 Bd5 =+.

11.Ra2 d4 12.c4 b5 13.ed4 cd4 14.Nbd2 bc4 15.Nc4 Bc5 16.Nfd2 Qc7 =+.

11.Nc3 d4 12.ed4 cd4 13.Ne4 Be6 14.Re1 Qb6 15.Bc1 Nd5 16.Nfg5 Bd7 =+.

11.c4 d4 12.ed4 Qb6 13.Ra2 cd4 14.Nbd2 Bf5 15.Nb3 Rbd8 16.a4 a5 17.Ra1 Bb4 18.Rb1 Bc3 =+.

11.c4 d4 12.ed4 Nd4 13.Nd4 cd4 14.Nd2 Bc5 15.Rb1 Qd6 16.Re1 Bd7 =+.

11.Qd2 b5 12.c4 bc4 13.dc4 Ne4 14.Qc2 Bf6 15.Ra2 Bf5 16.cd5 Ng3 –/+.

11.Qd2 b5 12.c4 bc4 13.dc4 Ne4 14.Qc2 Bf6 15.Ra2 Bf5 16.Bf6 Qf6 17.cd5 Nf2 18.Qc5 Bb1 =+.

11.Nbd2 b5 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.e4 Be6 16.d4 Nd4 17.Nd4 cd4 18.Bb5 Red8 =+.

11.Nbd2 b5 12.Rb1 Bf5 13.Nh4 Be6 14.f4 d4 15.e4 White intends f5 15...Qc7 16.f5 Bd7 17.Qe1 Bd6 18.g3 a5 19.Qf2 Ne5 20.Ng2 a4 21.Nf4 Qa5 22.Rfd1 Neg4 23.Bg4 (23.Qe1!?–/+) 23...Ng4–+ 24.Qe2 Bf5! 0–1. Vermaas,Fred – Pott,Brian (1870), IECG, 2006.

11.Re1 b5 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.Rb1 d4 14.ed4 Nd4 15.c4 Ne2 16.Re2 Re2 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Be5 Qe7 =.

11.Re1 b5 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Be5 Bd6 14.Bd6 Qd6 15.d4 c4 16.Ra2 Bf5 =+.

11.Nbd2 b6 12.ed4 cd4 13.Nb3 Bc5 14.Re1 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Qd2 h6 17.c3 dc3 18.Qc3 Rc8 19.Nc5 bc5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nh4 Nd4 22.Bf3 Nf3 23.Nf3 Qd3 24.Qd3 Bd3 25.Bf6 gf6 26.Re8 Re8 27.Rd1 c4 28.Kg2 Rc8 29.Rc1 c3 30.Ne1 Be4 31.f3 Bg6 32.Nc2 f5 33.f4 Rd8 34.Nb4 fg4 35.Rc3 Be4 36.Kg3 gh3 37.Kh3 Rd2 38.Nc6 a6 39.Nb4 a5 40.Nc6 Bc6 41.Rc6 Rd3 42.Kg4 Ra3 43.Rh6 Rb3 44.Ra6 ½–½. phildo (1865) – biarrot (1920), gameknot.com, 2012.

11.Nbd2 de3 12.fe3 Ng4 13.Nc4 b5 14.Nfe5 (14.Nfd2 Qd7 15.Bg4 Qg4 16.Qg4 Bg4+=) 14...Nce5–/+ (14...bc4?! 15.Nc6 (worse is 15.Ng4 Bg5+=) 15...Qd7 16.Bg4 Qg4 17.Qg4 Bg4 18.Rf4=) 15.Be5 h5 (15...Ne5 16.Ne5 Bf6 17.d4 cd4 18.ed4 Be5 19.de5 Qb6 20.Kh1 Re5 21.c4–/+) 16.h3 (16.Bf3 bc4 17.Bf4 g5 18.Ba8 gf4–+) 16...Bg5 17.Bf4 Bf4 18.Rf4 Nf6 19.Nd2 Re3 20.Bh5 Bb7 21.Bf3 Bf3 22.Rf3 Qd4 23.Re3 Qe3 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Nf3 Nd5 26.c4 bc4 27.dc4 Nb6 28.Qc2 Qe4 29.Qb3 Qc4 (29...Nc4?! 30.Rc1 Ne3 31.Rc5+=) 30.Rc1?? (better is 30.Qc4 Nc4 31.Rc1–/+) 30…Qb3–+ 0–1. Walczak,Andrzej (2365) – Oleksy,Jozef (2260), 3. Email Team Championship Poland, 2006.

11.Nbd2 de3 12.fe3 Ng4 13.Nc4 Be6 14.Qc1 (better 14.Nfd2 Qd7 15.h3=) 14...Bc4-/+ 15.dc4 Bf6 (15...Bd6 16.Bd3-+) 16.Bf6-/+ Qf6 17.h3? (better 17.Nd2 Qe6 18.Bg4 Qg4 19.Qe1-/+) 17...Ne3-+ 18.Rf2 Nc2! 19.Ne1?? (19.Qc2 Qa1 Double attack (19...Qa1 Deflection; 19...Qa1 Overloading)) 19…Qa1 (19...Qa1 20.Qa1 Na1-+; 19...Na1?! 20.Rf6 Nb3 21.Qb2 gf6 22.Qb3 Re2 23.Qb7 Re1 24.Kf2=+) 0-1. javirod1983 (2490) - Legendary_1988 (2490), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.a3 Be7 4.Be5 Nf6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nf3 Re8 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 d5)

11.Nbd2 de3 12.fe3 Ng4 13.Nc4 Bf8 14.d4 b5-/+ (14...Ne3?! 15.Ne3 Re3 16.d5=).

11.Nbd2 de3 12.fe3 Ng4 13.Nc4 Bf8 14.e4 b5 15.h3 bc4 16.hg4 Rb8 –/+.

11.ed4 Qb6 12.Ra2 cd4 13.c3 Nd5 14.cd4 Be6 15.Qd2 Nf4! 16.Bd1?? Ba2 17.Qf4 Qb2 18.Ng5 Bg5 19.Qg5 Bb1 (19...Bb1 20.Bh5 Bd3–+) 0–1. aliwood – marekt, internet, 2005.

11.e4 a6 12.c3 dc3 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.a4 Bg4 15.h3 Bf3 16.Bf3 Rad8 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.Nd2 b6 19.Nb3 Bd6 20.Bh5 a5 21.Qb2 Bh2 22.Kh1 Be5 23.f4 Bc3 24.Qc3 Nf6 25.Be2 Nd4 26.Bd1 Ne6 27.f5 Ng5 28.Qc2 Qg3–/+ 29.Be2 h5 30.Ra2 Ng4 (30...Ng4 31.hg4 hg4+–; 30...h4!?=+). Boehnke,Hartmut (2095) – Betker,Joerg (2340), remoteschach.de, 2005. ... --- Hartmut Boehnke (sometimes spelled Bφhnke): ... --- Overview: ... 1. Personal/Biographical Details: * Born in 1955, in Germany. * FIDE ID: 12975249. * According to FIDE, his standard (classical) rating is inactive. ... 2. Chess Strength and Rating: * His peak/best Elo (from ChessBase) is 1940. * According to YottaBase, he has played 629 games, with a record of 102 wins, 411 draws, and 116 losses. * On a German club-chess site, his DWZ is listed as 1724. * According to ChessABC, his “Standardbewertung” is also 1940. ... 3. Chess Activity & Roles: * He’s been involved in correspondence chess (Fernschach). * In the Deutscher Fernschachbund (BdF), he has held administrative roles: for example, he was Turnierdirektor (tournament director). * He resigned from that role in June 2018, and the BdF Newsletter thanked him “very much for his work and commitment.” * In 2016, in a BdF newsletter, he identified himself as born in Rostock, living in Kindelbrόck (Thuringia), and working as a gas engineer/network operations manager. ... 4. Notable Games: * There is a recorded game: Hartmut Boehnke vs Hubert Ziersch (1989), played in a correspondence event, ending in a draw. * According to YottaBase, he has a very high draw percentage (~65%) across his games. ... --- Testimonials/Reputation: There’s limited “testimonial” content (e.g., quotes from other players) about Boehnke, but based on public records: * The Deutscher Fernschachbund (German Correspondence Chess Federation) publicly thanks him for his leadership role. * His long involvement (many games, administrative work) suggests he’s well-respected in the correspondence chess community. * His game archive (629 games) also indicates he is a dedicated and experienced player. ... --- Additional Note: “Boehnke Gambit” Misassociation: * There is a “Boehnke Gambit” in chess (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e5 3.dxe6 Bxe6), but that gambit is named after Gerhard Boehnke, not necessarily directly tied to Hartmut Boehnke. * It’s a common misconception to conflate the two just because of the surname. Note created November 2025. (AI)

11.e4 Qb6 12.Qc1 Be6 13.Nbd2 Nh5 14.g3 Qc7 15.c3 dc3 16.Bc3 Rad8 17.Qb2 Bg4 18.Rfc1 Nf6 19.Bf1 Qd7 20.Ne5 Ne5 21.Be5 Bh3 22.Be2 Qe6 23.Nc4 b6 24.a4 Bf8 25.a5+= Nd7 26.Bc3 Rb8 27.Qb5 ba5 28.Qa5 Nb6 29.Ne3 Rb7 30.Qa2 Qd7 31.f4 c4 32.Rd1 cd3 33.Rd3 Qc8 34.e5 Be6=+ 35.Qa6 Nd7 36.Bd4 Nc5 37.Bc5 Bc5 38.Rad1 Qb8 39.Rc3 Rb6 40.Qd3 Rb3 41.Rb3 Qb3 42.Qb3 Bb3 43.Rd3 Rb8 44.Kf2 a5 45.Rc3 Ba7 46.Ke1 Bd4 47.Rd3 Bc5 48.Kd2 a4 49.Nc2 Be6 50.g4 g6 51.Rc3 Bb6 52.Rg3 Ba5 53.Kc1 Rc8 54.f5 Bb3–+ 55.Bd1 Rd8 56.Rf3 g5 57.Rf2 a3 (57...a3 58.Bf3 Bb6–+) 0–1. Gomez,Gustavo Daniel (2530) – Csjernyik,Jan (2515), W–ch27 sf02 email, 2003.

11.a4 Be6 12.Na3 Qa5 13.c4 Rad8 14.Qb3 Qb4 15.Qc2 d4 16.d3 Bf5 17.ed4 Nd4 18.Nd4 cd4 =+.

11.a4 Be6 12.d3 Qb6 13.Qc1 Qc7 14.Nbd2 b5 15.c4 dc4 16.ab5 ab5 =+.

11.d3 b5 12.c4 Rb8 13.cb5 ab5 14.Qc2 d4 15.ed4 Nd4 16.Nd4 cd4 =+.

11.d3 Qb6 12.Ra2 d4 13.ed4 cd4 14.c4 dc3 15.Bc3 Nd5 16.Rb2 Qd8 17.Bd2 Bf6 18.Rc2 Qd6 =+.

11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Ne4 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 b5 15.Be5 Bf5 16.d4 Qb6 17.Bd3 Qg6 18.Qf3 Be4 =+.

11.a4 Bf5 12.Nc3 a6 13.d4 c4 14.Ba3 Qc7 15.Be7 Re7 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Reb1 b6 18.Rb2 Bg4 =+.

11.a4 Bf5 12.Nc3 b6 13.d3 a6 14.Nd2 Be6 15.Nf3 Qc7 16.Qd2 Rad8 =+.

11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Rb1 a6 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Bd3 Ng4 15.Nf3 b5 16.Be2 Bf6 17.h3 Nge5 18.Ne5 Ne5 –/+.

11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Rb1 a6 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Bd3 Ng4 15.Nf3 b5 16.Bf1 Bh4 –/+.

11.c4 Be6 12.d3 dc4 13.dc4 Qd1 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.Rd8 Rd8 16.Nbd2 Bf5 17.Rd1 b6 18.h3 Bc2 =.

11.c4 Bg4 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.Qc2 Qe6 15.Rac1 Nf6 16.Ng5 Qf5 =.

11.d3 b5 12.e4 Qd7 13.e5 Ng4 14.h3 Nh6 15.c4 bc4 16.dc4 d4 =.

11.d3 Rb8 12.c4 b5 13.cb5 Rb5 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Nc3 Rb7 16.Rab1 d4 17.ed4 Nd4 18.Nd4 cd4 =+.

11.a4 Be6 12.Na3 a6 13.c4 b6 14.Rb1 d4 15.Nc2 de3 16.Ne3 Nd4 17.Bd3 Qd7 18.a5 ba5 =+.

11.a4 Bf5 12.Na3 a6 13.d3 b6 14.Rb1 d4 15.Qd2 Be6 16.c4 de3 =+.

11.Bb5 a6 12.Bc6 bc6 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Rb1 Ne4 16.g4 Bg6 17.d3 Ng5 18.Ng5 Qg5 =+.

11.Qc1 Bf5 12.d3 Rb8 13.c4 d4 14.ed4 Nd4 15.Bd4 cd4 16.Qg5 Bg4 17.Nbd2 b5 18.Ne4 Ne4 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 Bf5 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Ba3 b6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Bb2 Nb4 –/+.

11.Nc3 d4 12.Nb5 Be7 13.a4 Bf5 14.ed4 a6 15.Na3 cd4 16.Nc4 b6 17.Nce5 Ne5 18.Ne5 Bd6 =+.

11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 a6 13.d4 cd4 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.h3 Nd4 16.Bd4 Qc4 17.Bf6 Qe6 18.Bd4 b5 =+.

11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 a6 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Be2 Bf5 15.d3 b5 16.Nd2 Rb8 =+.

11.d3 b5 12.c4 bc4 13.dc4 dc4 14.Qc2 Ne4 15.Rd1 Bf5 16.Bc4 Rb8 =.

11.d3 Rb8 12.c4 d4 13.ed4 Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4 15.Nd2 b5 16.Rc1 bc4 17.Nc4 Bf4 18.Rb1 Bc7 =.

11.Ng5 Bf5 12.f4 Qb6 13.Qc1 c4 14.Kh1 Ng4 15.Rf1 h6 16.Nf3 Bc5 17.Nc3 Qd8 18.Nb5 Rc8 =+.

11.a4 Qb6 12.Qc1 Rad8 13.Na3 c4 14.Nb5 Rc8 15.Rb1 Qd8 16.Nfd4 Ne4 17.Nc6 bc6 18.Nc3 Nc3 =.

11.Nc3 d4 12.Nb1 Qb6 13.Qc1 Bd6 14.a4 Rad8 15.Na3 Be7 16.Bc4 Bg4 17.Be2 de3 18.fe3 Be6 =.

11.Nc3 d4 12.ed4 cd4 13.Na2 Qb6 14.Nb4 Bb4 15.ab4 Qb4 16.Ba3 Qb6 –/+.

11.d3 b5 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Bd6 Qd6 16.Bf3 a5 17.h3 a4 18.e4 de4 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Be4 Bd7 21.Qf3 b4 22.Bd5 Re1 23.Re1 Rf8 24.Qe4 h5 (24...ba3 25.Qc4=+) 25.Qc4 ba3 26.Qa2 g6 27.Bc4 Bc6 28.Qa3 Ra8 29.c3 Rd8 30.Rb1 Kg7 31.Qc1 Rb8 32.Ra1 Qf6 33.Ra2 Re8 34.Rb2 Re5 35.f4 Re8 36.Rf2 Qh4 37.Qd1 (37.f5 Qg3 38.Qf1 Qe3=) 37...a3 (37...Qg3!? 38.Qf1 Re3-/+) 38.Qc1 (better 38.f5!?=) 0-1. Pereira – Onebefour, internet, 2020.

11.d3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Rad8 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.c4 dc4 15.Nc4 b5 16.Ncd2 a6 17.Qc2 Rd5 18.Rac1 Rh5 =.

11.d3 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.c4 dc4 14.dc4 Bf5 15.Nh4 Bd7 16.Nhf3 Qe7 =.

11.Ng5 Bf5 12.Nc3 a6 13.d3 h6 14.Nf3 b5 15.Rb1 d4 16.ed4 cd4 =+.

11.Ng5 Bf5 12.Nc3 a6 13.d3 h6 14.Nf3 b5 15.Qd2 Qd6 16.Nd1 Rad8 17.Rb1 Qd7 18.Nc3 Bd6 –/+.

12.c4 Bd6 13.ed4 Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4 15.Nd2 Bc7 16.Bf3 Qd6 =.

14.Bf1 Qc7 15.h3 Nge5 16.Rb1 c4 17.d4 Nf3 18.Qf3 c3 19.Bc3 Ne5 (19...Ba3? 20.d5+–) 20.de5 Qc3 21.Ne4 Qe5 22.Rb5 Qc7 23.Rb7 Qa5 (23...Qb7 24.Nf6) 24.Rd1 (24.Ra1 Rab8 (24...Ba3? 25.Rb5 Qc7 26.Ra3+–) 25.Rb8 Rb8=) 24...Rab8 25.Rb8 Rb8 26.Qg3 Rc8 27.Bd3 ½–½. Ruhle,Ernst_Olav – Bendig,Frank, corr ICCF TT 6/02/1, 2002.

14.Bf1 Qc7 15.h3 Nge5 16.Ne5 Ne5 =+.

14.Bf1 Qc7 15.h3 Bf6 16.Qb1 Nge5 17.Be2=+.

14.Bf1 Bf6 15.Bf6 Nf6 16.Qb1 b6 =+.

14.Nf1 b5 15.h3 Nh6 16.Ng3 c4 =+.

11.Ra2 Qd6 12.c4 Rad8 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4 dc4 15.Bc4 Nd7 16.Bc3 Nb6 17.Bd3 Bd3 18.Qd3 Nd5 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 Rc8 13.Qc1 Nb4 Black intends c4 14.d3 d4 15.Na2 c4 16.Nb4 Bb4 17.Nd4 cd3 18.c3 (18.Nf5?? d2 (18...de2?! 19.Re2 Rc5 20.Rb1+=) 19.Qd2 Bd2–+) 18...Bd6 (18...Bg6 19.Bd3 Bd3 20.Qd2–/+) 19.Bf3 (19.Nf5 d2 20.Qc2 (20.Qd2?? Bh2 21.Kh2 Qd2–+) 20...de1Q 21.Re1+=) 19...Ne4 (better is 19...Be4–/+) 20.Nf5= d2 21.Qc2 Nc3 (21...de1B 22.Be4 Bc3 23.Bc3+=) 22.Bc3 (22.Qd2?? Bh2 23.Kh2 Qd2 24.Bc3 Rc3–+) 22...de1R 23.Re1 Be5 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Rd3 Rcd8 26.Bd5 Bh2 27.Kh1 Be5 28.e4 Rc8 29.f4 (29.Qd1 Bc3 30.Nd6 Rf8 (30...Qd6? 31.Bf7 Kf7 32.Rd6+–) 31.Nc8 Be5=) 29...Bc3= 30.Nd6 Attacking the backward pawn on b7 30...Kf8 (30...Qd6? 31.Bf7 Kf7 32.Rd6+–) 31.Bb7 Ba5 32.Qc7 Rc7 33.Ne8 Rb7 (worse is 33...Ke8 34.Ba6 Ke7 35.Bb5+=) 34.Rd5 Be1 35.Nd6 Rb1 36.Kh2 g6 37.f5 f6 38.a5 Rb4 39.fg6 hg6 40.Rd1 Bc3 41.Kh3 (41.Kg3 Be5 42.Kf3 Ke7 43.Nc8 Ke6+=) 41...Be5–/+ 42.Rd3 Ke7 43.Nc8 Ke6 44.Nb6 Re4 45.Nd7 Rc4 46.g3 (46.Ne5!? Ke5 47.Re3 Re4 48.Ra3–/+) 46...Bc7–+ 47.Nf8 Kf7 48.Nh7 (48.Nd7–+) 48...Ke7 (48...Ba5?! 49.Rd7 Ke6 50.Nf8 Ke5 51.Ng6 Kf5 52.Rd5 Kg6 53.Ra5+=) 49.Re3 Be5 50.Rb3 Kf7 51.Rb6 Rc3 52.Rb7 (52.Kh2 Rg3 (52...Bg3?! 53.Kg2 Be5 54.Ra6–+) 53.Rb7 Ke8 54.Nf6 Kd8–+) 52...Bc7 53.Ra7 Kg7 54.Nf6 (54.Ra6 Kh7 55.Kg2–+) 54...Kf6 55.Ra6 Kf5 56.Ra7 (56.Kg2 Rg3 57.Kf2 Ra3–+) 56...Rg3 (56...Rg3 57.Kh2 Bf4–+) 0–1. kamret (2170) – rjf2003, GameColony.com, 2003.

11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 d4 13.Na2 Qb6 14.Qb1 Rad8 15.Nc1 Nd5 16.ed4 Ndb4 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 d4 13.Nb1 b6 14.Na3 de3 15.fe3 Ne4 16.d3 Nd6 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.e4 Bd7 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 Bd6 13.Na2 Rb8 14.Rb1 Qe7 15.Nc3 d4+=.

11.c4 Qb6 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.Nc3 dc4 14.Bc4 Qd8 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Na4 b6 17.d4 Na5 18.Bf1 Rad8 =+.

11.d3 a6 12.a4 Bd6 13.Na3 b6 14.c4 d4 15.ed4 cd4 16.Nc2 Bc5 17.Ba3 Ra7 18.Nh4 Bc8 =+.

11.d3 a6 12.Nbd2 b5 13.c4 dc4 14.dc4 Rb8 15.Qb3 Qc7+=.

11.d3 b5 12.c4 bc4 13.dc4 Rb8 (13...Qb6 14.Ra2 Rad8 15.cd5 Rd5=) 14.Bc3 Bd6 (14...Qd6 15.Bd3 Bd3+=) 15.Bd3 (15.Qa4 Rb6+=) 15...Bg4 (15...Ne4+=) 16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 dc4 18.Bc2 Bg6 19.Bg6 hg6 (worse is 19...fg6 20.g5 Ne4 21.Qd5 Kh8 22.Qc6+=) 20.Nbd2 Qe7 21.Nc4 Ne4 22.Qc2 Qe6 23.Nd6 Qd6 24.Rad1 Qc7 25.Rf1 c4 (25...g5 26.Rd5 Qb7 27.Be5 (worse is 27.Ng5 Nd4 28.ed4 Qd5 29.Ne4 Re4–/+) 27...Ne5 28.Re5 (worse is 28.Qe4 Ng6 29.Qc4 Ne7–+) 28...Re5 29.Ne5=) 26.Nd2 Nd2 27.Rd2 (worse is 27.Bd2 Ne5–/+) 27...Ne5 28.Be5 Re5 29.Rd3 Rc8 30.Rc1 Attacks the isolani on c4 (30.Rc3!?=) 30...cd3+= 31.Qc7 Rc7 32.Rc7 ½–½. Boehnke,Hartmut (2160) – Larsen,Soeren M (2350), WS/M/008 ICCF, 2005. ... --- Hartmut Boehnke (sometimes spelled Bφhnke): ... --- Overview: ... 1. Personal/Biographical Details: * Born in 1955, in Germany. * FIDE ID: 12975249. * According to FIDE, his standard (classical) rating is inactive. ... 2. Chess Strength and Rating: * His peak/best Elo (from ChessBase) is 1940. * According to YottaBase, he has played 629 games, with a record of 102 wins, 411 draws, and 116 losses. * On a German club-chess site, his DWZ is listed as 1724. * According to ChessABC, his “Standardbewertung” is also 1940. ... 3. Chess Activity & Roles: * He’s been involved in correspondence chess (Fernschach). * In the Deutscher Fernschachbund (BdF), he has held administrative roles: for example, he was Turnierdirektor (tournament director). * He resigned from that role in June 2018, and the BdF Newsletter thanked him “very much for his work and commitment.” * In 2016, in a BdF newsletter, he identified himself as born in Rostock, living in Kindelbrόck (Thuringia), and working as a gas engineer/network operations manager. ... 4. Notable Games: * There is a recorded game: Hartmut Boehnke vs Hubert Ziersch (1989), played in a correspondence event, ending in a draw. * According to YottaBase, he has a very high draw percentage (~65%) across his games. ... --- Testimonials/Reputation: There’s limited “testimonial” content (e.g., quotes from other players) about Boehnke, but based on public records: * The Deutscher Fernschachbund (German Correspondence Chess Federation) publicly thanks him for his leadership role. * His long involvement (many games, administrative work) suggests he’s well-respected in the correspondence chess community. * His game archive (629 games) also indicates he is a dedicated and experienced player. ... --- Additional Note: “Boehnke Gambit” Misassociation: * There is a “Boehnke Gambit” in chess (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e5 3.dxe6 Bxe6), but that gambit is named after Gerhard Boehnke, not necessarily directly tied to Hartmut Boehnke. * It’s a common misconception to conflate the two just because of the surname. Note created November 2025. (AI)

11.d3 b5 12.Nbd2 a6 13.c4 dc4 14.dc4 Rb8 15.Qb3 Qb6+=.

11.d3 b5 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.Nb3 a5 14.Ne5 Na7 15.a4 b4 16.e4 de4 =.

11.d3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Qc7 13.Nbd2 Rad8 14.Rb1 Be6 15.Nb3 b6+=.

11.d3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Rad8 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.c4 d4 16.ed4 cd4 17.Nb3 Ng4 18.Qc2 (worse is 18.Nbd4 Nd4 19.Bd4 Rd4–/+) 18...Bh4 19.Rf1 a5 20.h3 a4 21.Nc1 (worse is 21.Nbd4 Nd4 22.Bd4 Rd4+=) 21...Bf2 22.Rf2 Nf2 23.Kf2 Qf4 24.g3 Qd6 25.Kg2 Re3 26.Qd1 Rde8 27.Qf1 Re2 28.Ne2 Bd3 29.Re1 Qe6 (29...Bc4?! 30.Qf2 Bd5 31.Rf1=) 30.Qf2 Be2 31.Nd4 Nd4 32.Qd4 f6 33.Kh2 Qc8 34.Qd5 Kh8 35.Qd2 Bh5 (35...Bc4?! 36.Bf6 Kg8 37.Re8 Qe8 38.Bg7 Kg7 39.Qc3 Kf8 40.Qc4=) 36.Bf6 gf6 37.Qh6 Kg8 38.Qh5 Re1 39.Qg6 Kf8 40.Qf6 ½–½. Bendig,Frank (2205) – Aalderink,Gerwin (2025), ZH–2007–0-00128, 2007. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

11.d3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Bc7 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Nb3 b6 15.Bf1 (15.Qc1 Qd6=+) 15...h6 16.g3 Qd6 17.Bg2 Bh7 18.a4 Rbd8 19.Qd2 Qe6 20.a5 (20.Qc3 Bf5=) 20...Na5 21.Na5 ba5 22.Qc3 c4 23.Red1 Rb8 24.Qa3 Rb4 25.Rbc1 Rbb8 26.Bc3 Rbc8 27.dc4 dc4 28.Nd4 Qe7 29.Qe7+/– Re7 30.Nc6 Ree8 31.Bf6 gf6 32.Rd4 c3 33.Rc4 Bd6 34.Rc3 a4 35.Rc4 a3 36.Ra4 Bf5 37.Ra7 Rc7 38.Rc7 Bc7 39.Bd5 Be6 40.c4 Kf8 41.Ra1 Ra8 42.Ra2 Ra4 43.Kg2 f5 44.Be6 fe6 45.c5 Kf7 46.Nd4 Be5 47.f4 Bf6 48.c6 Ke7 49.Nb5 Bb2 50.h3 h5 51.Kf3 Kd8 52.Ke2 Ke7 53.Kd3 Kd8 54.Ke2 Ra8 55.Kf3 Ra4= ½–½. Bendig,Frank – Jacewicz,Grzegorz, corr or02–20, 2002. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nf3 Qb6 13.Qc1 d4 14.a4 Rad8 15.Na3 Ne4 16.Bd3 Ng5 17.Ng5 Bg5 18.Nc4 Qc7 =+.

11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Rb1 Bf6 13.Na4 Bb2 14.Rb2 Rb8 15.Rb5 a6 16.Rb6 Bd7 –/+.

11.Nc3 Ne4 12.d3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Bd6 14.Rb1 Qe7 15.Qc1 Rab8 16.Qb2 f6 17.d4 c4 18.e4 de4 =.

11.d3 Qb6 12.Ra2 Qc7 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.h3 Bf5 15.Qa1 Qd7 16.e4 de4 –/+.

11.d3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Rad8 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.h3 Be6 15.c4 dc4 16.Nc4 b5 17.Ncd2 a6 18.a4 Qb6 =.

11.h3 Bf5 12.d3 b5 13.Nbd2 Rb8 14.Rb1 a6 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Nhf3 Bd6 17.c4 Nd7 18.Qb3 dc4 =+.

11.Ra2 Bd6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.c4 Bf5 14.d3 Qe7 15.Qd2 Red8 16.Qc1 Ng4 =+.

11.Ra2 Be6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.c4 Bd6 14.Qc2 d4 15.h3 Qd7 16.g4 Qe7 17.f4 Bc8 18.Kg2 de3 =+.

11.Bb5 Qb6 12.c4 Bd6 13.Nd3 dc4 14.Bc4 Na5 15.Qc2 Nc4 16.Qc4 Be6 –/+.

11.Qc1 d4 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Re1 Bd6 14.a4 Nb4 15.Na3 d3 16.cd3 Bd3 17.Nb5 c4 18.Ba3 a5 =+.

11.Qc1 Ne5 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.Qd1 Bf5 15.d4 Rbc8 16.Ra2 a6 =+.

11.c4 Bd6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Qf5 Rb2 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.g3 Ne4 –/+.

11.c4 Bd6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Qf5 Rb2 15.Rd1 Ne4 16.Bd3 g6 17.Qh3 Ng5 18.Qg4 f5 –/+.

11.Nc6 bc6 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Na4 c4 16.Re1 Re7 17.d3 cd3 18.cd3 d4 =+.

11.Nc6 bc6 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Bd3 Be6 16.Be2 d4 =+

11.Re1 Ne4 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Be5 Rb7 14.Bf3 Bh4 15.Be4 de4 16.Bc3 Qg5 =+.

11.Nf3 b5 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.Nc6 Qc6 14.Be5 Rb7 15.Nc3 a6 16.Bf3 Ne4 =+.

11.Nf3 b5 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.Nc6 Qc6 14.Be5 Rb7 15.Nc3 a6 16.f4 Rd8 17.Bf3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 –/+.

11.f4 Bd6 12.Bb5 Qb6 13.Nc3 Ne5 14.Be8 Nc4 15.Na4 Nb2 16.Nb6 Nd1 17.Nc8 Rc8 18.Bb5 Ne3 –/+.

11.f4 Bd6 12.Bb5 Qb6 13.Bc6 bc6 14.Ra2 Ba6 15.Re1 d4 16.Ba1 Rbd8 –/+.

11.a4 Be6 12.Na3 Qa5 13.c4 Rad8 14.Rb1 Nb4 15.cd5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Qb6 17.Qb3 Qe6 18.a5 Ne4 =+.

11.a4 Be6 12.d4 c4 13.Ba3 b5 14.Be7 Qe7 15.Nbd2 b4 16.Ne5 Ne5 –/+.

11.Qc1 b5 12.d3 Bd6 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.Re1 Bf5 15.e4 Bg6 16.Nh4 Bf4 17.Ng6 fg6 18.ed5 Nd4 =+.

11.Nc3 b5 12.d4 c4 13.Ne5 Qd6 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.g4 Be6 16.Bg2 Rad8 17.f4 h6 18.Qf3 Qc7 =+.

11.d3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Qc7 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.c4 b6 15.Qc2 Rad8 16.cd5 Bd5 =.

11.d3 Be6 12.c4 Qd7 13.Ng5 Rad8 14.Ne6 Qe6 15.cd5 Nd5 16.Nc3 Bf6 17.Nd5 Rd5 18.Bf6 Qf6 =+.

11.d4 c4 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.Bc3 Rc8 14.Nd2 b5 15.Bb4 Ne5 16.de5 Nd7 17.Bc3 Bc5 18.Nf3 Qe7 –/+.

11.Re1 b5 12.d3 Rb8 13.c3 Bd6 14.a4 ba4 15.Ba3 Bd7 16.d4 Na5 =+.

11.Re1 b5 12.d4 c4 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.Nd2 Ne4 16.Nc6 Qc6 17.Ne4 de4 18.Bg4 Bg4 –/+.

11.Ne5 Qc7 12.d4 c4 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.de5 c3 15.Bc3 Qc3 16.ef6 Bf6 =+.

11.Ne5 Qd6 12.d4 cd4 13.ed4 b5 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Bd3 Bd6 16.Nc6 Re1 17.Qe1 Qc6 18.Qc3 Qe8 =+.

11.a4 Bf5 12.Na3 b6 13.Re1 a6 14.d3 Nd7 15.Nd2 Bf6 16.Bf6 Nf6 =+.

11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.Nc3 d4 14.Na2 Qd6 15.Rb1 Nd5 16.Nc1 Rad8 =+.

11.c4 Bf5 12.d4 Rad8 13.Nbd2 Qe6 14.Qb3 b6 15.Rfd1 Bg6 16.cd5 Nd5 +=.

11.d3 b5 12.a4 Rb8 13.ab5 Rb5 14.Ba3 d4 15.c3 de3 16.fe3 Qg3 =+.

11.Re1 Bf5 12.d3 b5 13.Nbd2 Rab8 14.Rb1 a6 15.a4 ba4 16.c4 a3 =+.

11.a4 a6 12.d4 c4 13.Ba3 Ba3 14.Ra3 b6 15.Nbd2 Bf5 16.Qb1 Qe7 =+.

11.a4 Qe7 12.Na3 a6 13.c4 d4 14.Qb3 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bd3 16.Qd3 Ne5 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.f4 Qe4 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.Re1 b5 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.d3 Bd7 15.Qd2 Rad8 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nf3 Qe6 18.Nd1 Re7 =+.

11.Nc3 a6 12.Re1 b5 13.d3 Bb7 14.Na2 Qe7 15.c4 dc4 16.dc4 b4 =+.

11.c4 Be6 12.Qc2 dc4 13.Bc4 Bc4 14.Qc4 a6 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.Qh4 Ne5 17.f4 Ng6 18.Bf6 Nh4 =+.

11.c4 Be6 12.Qc2 dc4 13.Ng5 Bd5 14.Bc4 Bc4 15.Qc4 Qe7 16.Qh4 Be5 =+.

11.Re1 Bf5 12.c4 d4 13.ed4 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qb2 15.dc5 Bc5 16.Na4 Bf2 –/+.

11.Qc1 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Nc3 Qe7 15.Rb1 Nb4 16.d3 Nc6 17.Nd1 Rab8 18.e4 d4 =+.

11.Nc3 d4 12.Na2 Qb6 13.Qb1 Rad8 14.Nc1 Ne4 15.d3 Nd6 16.ed4 cd4 –/+.

11.d3 b5 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.Rb1 Qd6 14.c4 bc4 15.dc4 d4 16.Qc2 Rbd8 17.ed4 Nd4 18.Nd4 cd4 =.

11.d3 b5 12.Nbd2 Qd6 13.c4 a6 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Rfb1 Nb6 16.Bc3 Na4 =+.

11.d4 c4 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Bc3 Bd6 14.Nc6 Qc6 15.Nd2 b5 16.Ba5 Ne4 17.Bb4 Bb8 18.Ne4 de4 =+.

11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Qb6 13.Qc1 Qc7 14.d3 b6 15.Ng5 Ng4 16.Nf3 Nge5 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.Nd2 Bd6 =+.

11.Re1 Ne4 12.d3 Bf6 13.Qc1 Nd6 14.Nbd2 b5 15.Nb3 Nb7 16.Qb1 d4 =+.

11.Ne5 d4 12.Nc6 bc6 13.c4 d3 14.Bf3 Qb6 15.Qc1 Qa6 16.a4 Bc4 =+.

11.Ng5 Bf5 12.Nf3 a6 13.Re1 b5 14.d3 Bd6 15.c4 dc4 16.dc4 Rb8 17.cb5 ab5 18.Nc3 b4 =.

11.Kh1 d4 12.a4 Qb6 13.Qc1 Rad8 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Na3 Qc7 16.Rb1 a6 17.Re1 Qa5 18.Bc4 Bg6 –/+.

11.Ra2 a6 12.d3 b5 13.Nbd2 Qd6 14.a4 b4 15.c4 Rad8 16.Ra1 d4 17.ed4 Nd4 18.Nd4 cd4 =+.

11.Qc1 a6 12.Re1 b5 13.d3 Qd7 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.a4 b4 16.c3 bc3 17.Qc3 d4 18.ed4 cd4 =+.

11.Nc3 d4 12.Na2 Be6 13.ed4 Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4 15.Nc1 Qb6 16.Nd3 Ne4 17.Bf3 Ng5 18.Bg4 Bc4 =+.

11.c4 Qb6 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.Nc3 d4 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Ne1 Be5 16.Nd3 de3 17.fe3 Ba1 18.Rf5 Be5 =+.

11.d3 b5 12.c4 bc4 13.dc4 Rb8 14.Bc3 d4 15.ed4 Ne4 16.d5 Rb1 –/+.

11.d3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Re1 Be6 14.Rb1 b5 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Rb5 Rad8 17.c4 dc4 18.Qc2 cd3 =.

11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Bd6 13.d3 b6 14.Nbd2 Nb4 15.Qb1 Rc8 16.c3 Nc6 17.c4 Nb4 18.a5 ba5 =+.

11.Re1 Qb6 12.Qc1 Rad8 13.Nc3 a6 14.Nd1 Qa5 15.Bc3 Qc7 16.a4 d4 –/+.

11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nf3 Qb6 13.Qc1 d4 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Bc4 Ne5 16.Ba2 Nh5 17.f4 Ng3 18.Re1 Bg5 –/+.

10.Nc3 Re8 11.d4 (11.Re1 a6=+) 11...cd4 (11...c4 12.Ne5=+) 12.ed4 (12.Nd4 Nd4 13.Qd4 Bd6=) 12...Rc8 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Na2 Bf6 15.Rb1 Qd6 16.Nc1 Na5 17.Bb5 Re7 18.Bd3 (18.Ne5 Nc3 19.Bc3 Rc3=+) 18...Bg4 19.Nb3 Nc4 20.Bc4 Rc4 21.Re3 (21.Qd3 Qc7–/+) 21...Qc7 (21...Bh4 22.g3 Bg5 23.Rd3–+) 22.Na1 (22.h3 Bf3 23.gf3 Nf2–+) 22...Bh4 23.g3 (23.Re2 Bf3 24.gf3 Nf2 25.Rf2 Bf2 26.Kh1–+) 23...Ng5 24.gh4 Re3 (24...Bf3?! 25.Re7 Qe7 26.Qd2 Nh3 27.Kf1 Qh4 28.Qe3–+; 24...Nf3?! 25.Rf3 b5 26.Qd3 Bf3 27.Qf3=) 25.hg5 Bf3 26.Qf1 Re4 27.Qh3 Rg4 28.Kf1 Rc2! (28...Rc2 29.Qg4 Qc4 30.Kg1 Bg4 31.Nc2 Qc2–+) 0–1. Bendig,Frank – Spiegel, corr KGP–Z–05, 1991. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.c4 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.d3 Bc5 13.Nbd2 Qd7 14.Nb3 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 14...Bb6 (14...b6!?=) 15.a4 (15.c5 Bc7+/-) 15...a5 (15...Rfe8 16.a5 Bc7 17.Nbd4 Nd4 18.Bd4+=) 16.Qd2 (16.c5 Bc7 17.Nbd4 Nd4 18.Nd4 Be5 19.Nf5 Bb2+/-) 16...Bc7 (better 16...Be6!?=) 17.Nbd4+/- Nd4 18.Nd4 Bg6 (18...Qd6 19.Nf3 Rfe8 20.Bd4+/-) 19.Bf3 (19.Nb5 Ra6+/-) 19...Rfe8 (19...Qd6!? 20.g3 Bb6+/-) 20.Nb5+/- b6?? (better 20...Be5 21.Be5 Re5+-) 21.Bf6 gf6 22.Nc7 Qc7 23.Rad1 (better 23.Ba8 Ra8 24.Qc3+-) 23...Rad8 24.Qc3 Qf4 25.Rfe1 (25.Bd5 Re2+-) 25...Rf8? (better 25...Re1 26.Qe1 Rd3 27.Rd3 Bd3=) 26.Re4?? (better 26.d4+-) 26...Be4-/+ 27.Be4? (better 27.de4 Rd1 28.Bd1 Qe4 29.Bc2-/+) 27...Qe4-+ 28.f3 (28.h3 Qe2 29.Qb3 Rd4-+) 28...Qe5 (better 28...Qe3 29.Kf1 Rfe8-+) 29.Qb2 (29.d4 Qe8 30.d5 Qa4 31.Ra1-+) 29...Qb2 30.Rf1 Qd4 (30...Rfe8 31.Kh1 Qf2 32.h4 Qf1 33.Kh2 Re2 34.Kg3 Rd4 35.c5 Qg2) 31.Kh1-+ Qd3 32.h3 (32.Re1 Qe2! 33.Rg1 Rd1 34.h4 Rg1 35.Kg1 Qe1 36.Kh2 Qh4 37.Kg1 Re8 38.g4 Qg3 39.Kf1 Re1) 32...Rfe8 (32...Qf1 33.Kh2 Rd2 34.Kg3 Qg2 35.Kf4 Qg5 36.Ke4 Re8) 33.Kh2 (33.Kg1 Qe2 34.Kh1 Qf1 35.Kh2 Re2 36.Kg3 Qg2 37.Kf4 Qg5) 33...Re2 (33...Qf1 34.Kg3 Rd2 35.Kh4 Qg2 36.f4 Rd3 37.c5 Qh3) 34.Rg1 (34.h4 Qg6 35.Rg1 Rd4 36.Kh3 Qf5 37.g4 Qf3 38.Rg3 Qh1) 34...Qd2 (34...Qg6 35.h4 Rdd2 36.Kh3 Rg2 37.Rg2 Qg2) 35.h4 (35.f4 Qf4 36.Kh1 Qg3 37.c5 bc5 38.Re1 Re1) 35...Kh8 (35...Qf4 36.Kh3 Rd4 37.g3 Qf3 38.c5 Qg4) 36.Kh3 Rg8 37.g4 f5! 38.g5 (38.gf5 Rh2 Mate attack) 38...h6 (38...Rh2 39.Kg3 Qd6 40.f4 Qd2 41.g6 Qf2) 39.g6 (39.c5 Rh2 40.Kg3 hg5 41.cb6 gh4) 39...Rg6 (39...Rh2 40.Kg3 Rg6) 40.h5 (40.Rg6 fg6 41.h5 Qf4 42.hg6 Qh2) 40…Rh2 0-1. Jimito100 (2045) - BoraB2005 (2060), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.d3 b5 11.a4 b4=+.

10.d3 b5 11.Nbd2 a5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nf1 (13.e4 Be6=) 13...b4 14.Ng3 Bg6 (14...Be6 15.ab4 ab4 16.Ra8 Qa8 17.c3=+) 15.Nd2 (15.ab4 cb4 16.c3 Nd7=) 15...Qc7 16.c3 Ne5 17.cb4 ab4 18.ab4 Ra1 19.Ba1 Nd3 20.Bd3 Bd3 21.bc5 Qc5 22.Bf6 (22.Bd4 Qa5=) 22...Bf6=+ 23.Nf3 Bg6 24.h3 (24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Ne2 Be4=) 24...h6 (24...Qc4 25.Nd4=+) 25.Qc1 Rc8 26.Qc5 Rc5 27.Rd1 Kf8 (27...Bc2 28.Rd2=+) 28.Nd4= Ke7 29.Ngf5 Kd7 30.g4 Bd4 31.Nd4 Be4 32.Kh2 Kd6 (32...Ra5 33.Kg3+=) 33.Kg3 Rc3?? (33...Ra5 34.h4+=) 34.Ra1 (better 34.Nb5 Kc5 35.Nc3+-) 34...Ke7+= 35.Ra7 Kf6 36.Kf4 (36.Ra6 Ke7+/-) 36...g6 (36...g5 37.Kg3=) 37.Kg3 (37.Ra6 Kg7+/-) 37...Bb1 (37...Rc1 38.Ra6 Kg7 39.f3=) 38.h4 Be4 (38...Bd3 39.Nf3 g5 40.hg5 hg5 41.Ra5+/-) 39.Kf4 (39.Ra6 Kg7 40.g5+/-) 39...Rc1 (better 39...g5!? 40.Kg3 Rc1+=) 40.g5+/- hg5 41.hg5 Kg7 42.f3 Bb1 43.Rd7 (43.Ne6 Kg8 44.Nc7 Bf5+-) 43...Ba2 44.Ne6 Kg8 45.Nd8 (better 45.Nc7 Kf8 46.Nd5 Bd5 47.Rd5+-) 45...Re1? (better 45...Rc4 46.Ke5 Rc3+/-) 46.Nf7+- d4 (46...Rb1 47.Nh6 Kf8 48.Rf7 Ke8 49.Rf6 Rb4 50.Ke5+-) 47.Nh6 Kf8 48.Rd4 1-0. javirod1983 (2500) - Obito88 (2455), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.a3 Be7 5.Bb2 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0)

10.d3 b5 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Rb1=+.

10.d3 b5 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.d4 c4=+.

10.d3 b5 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Re1 Re8 13.a4 (13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Bd6 Qd6=+) 13...ba4 14.Qc1 Qb6 15.Bc3 Qa6 16.Ne5 (16.Ne4 Nd7=+ (16...Ne4? 17.de4 Qc8 18.ef5+–; 16...Be4?! 17.de4 Qc8 18.ed5 Nd5 19.Bd2=+)) 16...Nd7 17.Nc6 Qc6 18.Bf3 Bg5 19.Qa3= Nb6 20.Nc4 Ra8 21.Qa2 Be6 22.Nb2 Qd6 23.d4 Bd7 24.dc5 Qc5 25.Bd4 Qc2 26.Bd5 Nd5 27.Qd5 Bh4 28.Qd7 Bf2 29.Kh1 Be1 30.Re1 a3 31.Rf1 Rf8 32.Nd1 Rac8 33.Kg1 a2=+ 34.Ba1 Rcd8 35.Qg4= Qg6 36.Qe2 Qe6 37.Nc3 Rfe8 38.e4 Re7 39.Re1 Rde8 40.Qf2 Qb6=+ 41.Re2 f5 42.Qb6 ab6 43.Ra2 fe4 44.Kf2 e3 45.Ke2 Re6 46.Nd5 Rg6 47.g3 Rh6 48.h4 Rg6 49.Kf3 e2 50.Re2 Re2 51.Ke2 Rg3 52.Nb6 Rh3–/+ 53.Bd4 Rh4 54.Bf2 Rb4 55.Kf3 g5 56.Nd5 Rb5 57.Ke4 Kf7 58.Be3 (58.Nc7 Rb4 59.Ke5 Rb7–+) ½–½. Baer,Werner – Byrne,T, TT–13 ETC, 2004.

10.d3 Qb6 11.Qc1 Rac8 12.Nbd2 Rfe8 13.Re1 Qc7 (13...Rcd8 14.h3=+) 14.c4= dc4 15.Qc4 b5 16.Qc2 (16.Qb5?? Rb8 17.Qa4 Rb2-+) 16...a6 17.Rac1 Nd7 18.Ne4 Be4 19.de4 c4 20.Red1 Nc5 21.e5 Bf8 (21...Rcd8 22.g3=+) 22.Ng5= g6 23.f4 Bg7 (23...Rcd8 24.Rb1=) 24.Ne4 (24.Bf3 Qb6 25.Rd6 Bf8 26.Nf7 Kf7 27.Bd5 Ne6+-) 24...Ne4= 25.Qe4 Na5 26.Rb1 Nb3 27.Qc2 Qb6 28.Bd4 Qa5 29.Bg4 Rcd8 (29...Rc7 30.Bb2=) 30.Rb3+= cb3 31.Qb3 Re7 32.Kf2 Qc7 33.a4 Rb8 34.ab5 Rb5 35.Qc3 (35.Qa2 Ra5 36.Qd2 Ra4+=) 35...h6 (35...Qc3 36.Bc3 a5 37.Rd8 Bf8 38.Bd4+=) 36.Qc7 (36.Qd2 Qb7+/-) 36...Rc7+= 37.Be2 Rc2 38.Ra1 a5 (38...g5 39.Kf3 g4 40.Kf2+=) 39.Kf3+/- Rd5 40.Bd3 Rc8 41.Ke4 Rdd8 42.Ra5 Ra8 43.Ra8 Ra8 44.Bc4 Rc8 45.Kd3 Kf8 46.e4 h5 47.g3 Rd8 48.Bd5 Ke8 49.h3 Bh6 50.f5 gf5 51.Bc6 Kf8 52.ef5 Bd2 53.Ke4 Rc8 54.Bd5 Rc1 55.Kd3 Be1 56.g4 hg4 57.hg4 Rd1 58.Ke4 Bh4 59.Be3 Re1 60.Kf3 Rf1 61.Kg2 Re1 62.Bh6 Ke8 63.Bf4 Rd1 64.Bc6 Ke7 (64...Kf8 65.g5+/-) 65.g5 Rd4 66.Kf3 Rd1 67.Kg4 Bf2 68.g6 fg6 69.Bg5 Kf8 70.fg6 Rg1 71.Kh5 Rg5 (71...Bd4!? 72.Bf6 Rg3+/-) 72.Kg5+- Kg7 73.Kf5 Bd4 74.Be4 Bc3 75.Ke6 Bb4 76.Kd7 Kf8 77.Bf5 Bc3 78.e6 Bf6 ½-½. Bendig,Frank - Cottarelli,Franco, corr ICCF TT, 2002. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.d3 Qb6 11.Qc1 Rfe8 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.Re1 Nd7 (13...h6 14.h3=+) 14.Rb1= Qc7 15.c4 dc4 16.Qc4 b6 17.Rbc1 b5 18.Qc3 (18.Qb5?? Rb8 19.Qa4 Rb2-+) 18...Bf6 19.Qb3 Na5 20.Qc2 (20.Qb5?? Rb8 21.Qa4 Bb2-+) 20...Bb2 21.Qb2 a6 22.a4 Rb8 23.ab5 ab5 24.Red1 Red8 (24...b4 25.d4=) 25.Qc3 (25.Ra1 b4+=) 25...b4= 26.Qb2 Be6 27.Ng5 Bd5 28.Nge4 (28.d4 h6 29.e4 Re8=+) 28...Rb6 (28...b3 29.Nc3 Ba8 30.Ra1=) 29.Ng3= Nf6 30.Rc2 (30.e4 Be6=) 30...Rc6 (30...b3 31.Rc3=) 31.Ra1= Kf8 (31...Rb8 32.Rcc1=) 32.Rcc1+= Rc8 33.e4 Be6 34.f4 White plans e5 34...Qb6 35.Nc4 Nc4 36.dc4 Rd8 37.e5 Ne8 38.Qb1 (38.Bf3!? Rd4 39.Bc6 Qc6 40.Rd1 Rf4 41.Rd8 Rc4 42.Ra7+/-) 38...g6= 39.Qb3 Rcc8 40.Qe3 (40.Bf3 Rd4 41.Ne2 Rd2=) 40…Ng7=+ ½-½. Bendig,Frank - Marques da Silva,Ivan, CiF, 2003. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

10.d3 Qc7 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Nb5 Qa5 13.d4 (13.a4 a6 14.Nc3 d4=+) 13...c4 14.Nc3 Ne4 15.Ne4 (15.Qe1 Nc3 16.Bc3 Qa4–/+) 15...de4 16.Ne1 c3 17.Bc1 Be6 18.a4 Bc5 19.Bb5 Bd4 20.Qe2 (better is 20.ed4!? Nd4 21.Be3 Nf3 22.gf3 Rd1 23.Rd1–/+) 20...Bf6 21.Rb1 Qb6 22.Ba3 (22.Ra1 a6 23.Bc4 Rd2 24.Bd2 cd2–+) 22...Rd2 23.Qh5 0–1. Nicholls,Mervyn (2310) – Esses,Marcelo (2200), email CAPA Pappier Mem B, 1998.

10.d3 Qc7 11.Nbd2 b5=+.

10.d3 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.c4 dc4 13.Nc4 Rad8 14.Nfe5 (14.Qb3 Be6 15.Rab1 Bd5=) 14...b5=+ 15.Nc6 Qc6 16.Ne5 Qc7 Black intends c4 17.Qc2 c4 (17...Bd6 18.Nf3 Ng4 19.h3=+) 18.e4 Bd6 19.Nc4 bc4 20.Bf6 gf6 21.ef5 Bh2 22.Kh1 Rd4 23.g4 Bd6 24.dc4 Qc6 25.Kg1 h5 (25...h5 26.f3 hg4-+) 0-1. phildo (2135) - zajonc (2385), gameknot.com, 2021.

10.d3 Rc8 11.c4 dc4 12.dc4 h6 (12...Qb6 13.Ra2=+) 13.Qb3 Qc7 (13...Na5 14.Qc3=+) 14.Nc3= a6 (14...Rfd8 15.Rad1=) 15.Nd5 (15.g3 Na5 16.Qa2 Rcd8=+) 15...Nd5=+ 16.cd5 Na5 17.Qc3 (17.Qa2!?=+) 17...Bf6–/+ 18.Ne5 Rfe8 (better 18...Rcd8 19.Rad1 Be4–/+) 19.f4+= Be4?? (better 19...c4+=) 20.d6!+– Qd6 21.Qa5 b5 (21...Qc7 22.Qc7 Rc7 23.Rfd1+–) 22.Bh5 g6 23.Bg4 Rc7 (23...Bf5 24.Bf5 gf5+–) 24.Rad1 Qe7 25.Ng6! Bg6 (25...Bg6 26.Bf6 Combination; 25...fg6 26.Bf6 Combination) 26.Bf6 Qe3 27.Kh1 Rc6 28.Bb2 Be4 (28...Rf8 29.Bd7 Qb3+–) 29.Rfe1 Qf2 (29...Qf4 30.Rd8 Kh7 31.Re8 Bg2 32.Kg1 Rf6 33.Bf6 Qf6 34.Kg2 Qg5+–) 30.Re4! Re4 (30...Re4 31.Qd8 Mate attack) 31.Qd8 Kh7 32.Bf5 (32.Bf5 Rg6 33.Qh8) 1–0. Pierre – Waldorffy, internet, 2020.

10.d3 Rc8 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.c4 Rfd8?? (12...dc4 13.Nc4 b5 14.Nce5=) 13.Qb3 (13.cd5 Rd5 14.e4 Ne4 15.de4 Be4 16.Qb3+- (16.Ne4?! Rd1 17.Rad1 Qa5+=)) 13...d4 14.e4 Be6 15.h3 Nd7 16.Rae1 a6 17.Nh2 b5 18.Qc2 bc4 (18...Rb8 19.cb5 Rb5 20.Bc1-/+) 19.Nc4=+ Nce5 (19...Rb8 20.Rb1=+) 20.Ne5= Ne5 21.f4 Nd3 22.Bd3 c4 23.Bd4 (23.f5!? Bd7 24.f6-/+) 23...cd3 (better 23...Rd4 24.Be2 Ba3-/+) 24.Qd3?? (better 24.Qc7 Rc7 25.Bb6 Bc5 26.Bc5 Rc5 27.Nf3-/+) 24...Rd4!-+ 25.Qg3 (25.Qd4 Qd6 Double attack (25...Qd6 Decoy)) 25...Bc4 (25...Qc5 26.Kh1 Qa3 27.Qa3 Ba3 28.Nf3-+) 26.Rf3 Qb6 (26...Qd8 27.Qg4-+) 27.Kh1 Rcd8 (27...Qd8 28.Qg4-+) 28.f5 (28.Ng4-+) 28...Rd1 29.e5 (29.Rfe3 Bc5 30.Rd1 Rd1 31.Re1 Qb1-+) 29...Re1 (better 29...Qb1! 30.Rfe3 Bc5-+) 30.Qe1 Bh4! 31.Qh4 Rd1 32.Nf1 Bf1 (32...Rf1?! 33.Rf1 Bf1 34.Qe7-+) 33.Kh2 Be2 (better 33...Bg2 34.Qf2 Qf2 35.Rf2 Bd5-+) 34.Rc3?? (34.Qf2 Qf2 35.Rf2-+) 34...Qg1 35.Kg3 Qe1 36.Kh2 Qh4 37.Rc8 Rd8 38.g3 Qe7 (38...Qd4 39.Rc2 Qf2 40.Kh1 Bf3) 39.f6-+ gf6 40.ef6 Qf6 (40...Qf6 41.Rd8 Kg7 42.Rd1 Qf2 43.Kh1 Bf3) 0-1. zembelek (2110) - Svesh (2060), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

10.d3 Rc8 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.Re1 (12.Rb1 b6=) 12...a6 13.c4 dc4 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Rc1 Qd7 (15...b5 16.Ncd2 Nd7 17.d4=) 16.Nce5 (16.Bf6!? gf6 17.Ncd2+=) 16...Ne5= 17.Be5 Be5 18.Ne5 Qd5 (18...Qe7 19.f4=+) 19.Nc4 (better 19.Nf3 Qa2 20.Qa4=) 19...Rfd8?? (better 19...Qd8=+) 20.Nb6+- Qd6 21.Nc8 Rc8 22.Bf3 b5? Black prepares c4 (22...Qd7 23.e4 Bg4 24.e5 Bf3 25.Qf3+/- (25.gf3?! Nd5+=)) 23.Qb3 (better 23.e4 Bd7 24.e5 Qd4 25.ef6 Qf6+-) 23...Bd3? (23...Bg4+/-) 24.a4?? (better 24.Red1 Rd8 25.Rd3 Qd3 26.Rd1 Qd1 27.Bd1+-) 24...c4= 25.Qb2 Nd5? (25...b4 26.Red1 Qf8 27.Qd4=) 26.Bd5 (better 26.ab5!? ab5 27.Qb5+-) 26...Qd5+= 27.ab5 (27.Red1 Re8=) 27...ab5= 28.Qa3 (28.Red1 Rb8=) 28...h5 (28...Qc5 29.Qa6=+) 29.Qb4 (29.Red1!? Rb8 30.Qb4=) 29...h4= 30.h3 g5 (better 30...Qg5!? 31.Kh1 Qf5=) 31.Red1+= g4 (31...Qf5!?+=) 32.hg4+/- h3 (32...Qe6 33.Qb5 Qg4 34.f3+/-) 33.gh3+- Qf3?? (better 33...Rc6+-) 34.Rd3! cd3 (34...Ra8 35.Rd4 Qc6+-) 35.Rc8 Kg7 36.Qc4 (36.Qf8 Kg6 37.Qh8 f5 38.Rg8 Kf7 39.Rg7 Kf6 40.Rc7 Ke6 41.Qe8 Kd6 42.Qe7 Kd5 43.Rc5) 36...bc4-+ 37.Rc4 d2 38.Rd4 d1Q 39.Rd1 Qd1 40.Kg2 Qd5 (better 40...Kf6!? 41.g5 Kf5 42.Kg3-+) 41.Kg3 Qe6 (better 41...Qh1 42.h4-+) 42.f3 (42.Kf3 Qc6 43.Kg3 Qh1-+) 42...f5 (42...Qe3 43.Kg2 Kf6 44.f4 Qf4 45.h4-+) 43.e4 (43.Kf2 Qa2 44.Kg3 Qa3-+) 43...f4! 44.Kf4 Qf6 (44...Qd6 45.Ke3-+) 45.Ke3 (45.Kg3 Qd6 46.Kg2 Kf6-+) 45...Qc3 (45...Qh6 46.Ke2-+) 46.Kf4 Qf6 (46...Qc1!? 47.Kg3 Kf6 48.g5 Ke5 49.Kg4-+) 47.Kg3?? (47.Ke3 Qh4-+) 47...Qc3 48.g5?? (48.Kf4 Qc1 49.Kf5-+) 48...Qe1 (48...Kg6!? 49.Kg4-+) 49.Kg4 Qd2 50.h4 Qe1 (50...Qg2 51.Kf4-+) 51.f4 (51.h5 Qe3-+) 51...Qg1 (better 51...Qe4 52.h5-+) 52.Kf5 Qf1 (52...Qh2 53.Ke5-+) 53.e5 (53.Ke5 Qh3 54.f5 Qh4-+) 53...Qc1 (53...Qh3!? 54.Ke4 Kg6 55.h5 Kh5 56.g6-+) 54.h5 (54.Kg4 Qc8 55.Kf3 Qh3 56.Ke4 Kg6 57.h5 Kh5-+) 54...Qb1 55.Kg4 Qd1 56.Kf5 Qd3 57.Kg4 (57.Ke6 Qe4 58.h6 Kf8-+) 57...Qe2 58.Kh4 (58.Kf5 Qh5 59.e6-+) 58...Qd3 (better 58...Qf3!? 59.e6-+) 59.h6?? (59.Kg4 Kf7 60.g6 Ke6 61.Kg5 Qf5 62.Kh6 Qf4 63.Kg7 Qe5 64.Kg8 Kf6 65.h6 Kg6 66.Kf8 Qe6 67.h7 Qf7) 59...Kg6-+ 60.Kg4 (60.h7 Kh7 61.e6 Qf3-+) 60...Qf5 (better 60...Qe4 61.Kg3-+) 61.Kg3 (61.Kg3 Kh5 62.h7 Qg4 63.Kf2 Qf4 64.Ke2 Qe5 65.Kd3 Kg5 66.Kc4-+). javirod1983 (2440) - Galahad94 (2275), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Bb2 0-0 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 d5 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0)

10.d3 d4 11.Nbd2 de3 12.fe3 Re8 13.Re1 Bg6 (13...Ng4 14.Nf1=+) 14.Nf1 (14.Nh4 Qc7=) 14...Bd6 15.c4 (15.Nh4 Be5 16.Rb1 Qd7=) 15...Ne5 16.Ne5 Be5 17.Be5 Re5 18.d4 (18.Qb3 Qd7=+) 18...cd4 19.ed4 Rg5 (19...Re4!?=+) 20.Bf3 Rb8 (20...Rc8 21.Ne3 (worse 21.Bb7 Rc4 22.Qe2 Rc7-/+) 21...Qd7 22.Qd2+=) 21.a4 (21.Qd2 Ra5+=) 21...Qc7 22.a5 (22.Qd2 Ra5+=) 22...Qc4 (22...Ra5 23.Ra5 Qa5 24.Qa1 Qa1 25.Ra1=) 23.a6 (23.h4!? Rb5 24.Be2+=) 23...ba6=+ 24.Re7 (24.Qd2!? h6 25.h4=+) 24...Nd5 25.Ra7 Nf4 (better 25...Bc2 26.Qd2 Bd3=+) 26.R7a6?? (better 26.h4 Rgb5 27.Ra4=+) 26...Nh3-+ 27.Kh1 Nf2 28.Kg1 Nd1 29.Rd1 (29.R6a4 Qc2 30.R1a2 Qc1-+) 29...Qa6 30.d5 Rd8 (30...Qb6!? 31.Kh1 Qf2 32.Rc1-+) 31.h4 Re5 32.Ng3 h6 33.d6 Rd6 34.Rf1 Rde6 35.h5 Re1 (35...Bd3 36.Rd1 Qc4 37.Nf1 Qd4 38.Ne3 Re3 39.Kf2 Rf3 40.Kf3 Qe3 41.Kg4 Re4 42.Kf5 Qf4) 36.hg6 Rf1 37.Nf1 fg6 (37...Re1 38.gf7 Kf7 39.Kf2 Rf1 40.Ke3 Qa3 41.Kd4 Qb4 42.Kd3 Rc1 43.Bd5 Kf6 44.Ke3 Qe1 45.Kf4 Qf2 46.Kg4 Rh1 47.g3 h5) 38.Bd5 Qd6 (38...Qa7 39.Kh2 Kf7 40.Ng3-+) 39.Be6 Qe6 40.Nh2 (40.Kf2 Qf5 41.Ke2 Qc2 42.Nd2 Qa2-+) 40...g5 41.Nf3 g4 42.Nh4 Qe1 43.Kh2 Qh4 44.Kg1 g3 (44...g3 45.Kf1 Qe7 46.Kg1 Qe1) 0-1. javirod1983 (2495) - Serezha139 (2390), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Bb2 0-0 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 d5 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0)

10.d3 Qd6 11.Nbd2 b5 12.a4 b4 13.c4 bc3 14.Bc3 Rab8 15.Re1 Rfe8 16.Rc1 h6 (16...Qe6 17.Ng5 Qd7 18.Nb3=+) 17.a5 (17.Bf6 Bf6 (< 17...gf6 18.Nb3+/–) 18.Nb3 Ne7=) 17...d4 18.Nc4 Qd8 19.ed4 cd4 20.Bd2 Bb4 21.Bb4 Rb4 22.Qd2 Rb3 23.a6 Re6 24.Nh4 Bh7 25.Nf3 Nd7 26.Qf4 g5 (26...Nc5 27.Nfe5 Ne5 28.Ne5=) 27.Qg3 Qb8 (< 27...Bd3 28.Bd3 Rd3 29.Re6 fe6 30.Qd6+/–) 28.Qh3 Qf4 29.g3 Qf6 30.Bf1 (30.Nfd2 Bf5 31.g4 Rc3 32.Rc3 dc3 33.gf5 cd2 34.Nd2 Re8+/–) 30...Rc3 (30...Bd3!? 31.Bd3 Rd3–/+) 31.Re6= Qe6 32.Qe6 fe6 33.Re1 Nc5 (< 33...Bd3 34.Bd3 Rd3 35.Re6 Rf3 36.Rc6=+) 34.Nce5 Ne5 35.Re5 Bd3 36.Bd3 Nd3 37.Re6 Nc5 38.Rg6 Kh7 39.Rc6 Nb3 ½–½. Scholz,Sascha (2040) – Schulz,Hans_Juergen (2145), RSX9E – A00 – Sokolsky–2, 2004.

10.d3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.Ng6 hg6 14.Nf3 b6 15.h4 Rad8 16.Ng5 d4 17.ed4 Nd4 18.Bd4 Qd4 19.Qd2 Qh4 20.Nf3 Qh5 21.g3 Bd6 22.Nh2 Qh3 23.Qd1 Bg3 24.Bg4 Qh2 0-1. joefitz (1655) - lucky1 (2135), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org.

10.d3 a6 11.Nbd2 b5 12.c4 dc4 (12...Re8 13.Rb1=) 13.dc4= b4 14.ab4 cb4 15.Qb3 a5 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.h3 Bf5 18.Nd4 Nd4 19.Bd4 (19.ed4 Bd7=) 19...Rfc8 (19...Bd7 20.c5=) 20.Nf3 (20.Rdc1 Ne4 21.Ne4 Be4=) 20...Be6 21.Rac1 (21.Qc2 Bc4 22.Rdc1 Be2 23.Qc7 Rc7 24.Rc7 Bd6=) 21...Qc6 (21...a4 22.Qb1=+) 22.Qb2 (22.Ng5 Bf5 23.c5 Rf8+=) 22...Ne8 (22...a4!?=+) 23.Ne5= Qc7 24.Bf3 Ra6 25.c5 b3? (better 25...Bf6!?+=) 26.Qe2+- Ra7 27.Nc6 a4 28.Na7 (28.Be4 f5 29.Bf3 a3+/-) 28...Qa7+/- 29.c6 (better 29.Qb5 a3 30.Ra1+/-) 29...a3?? (better 29...Qc7+/-) 30.Ba7+- b2 31.Rb1 Bf6 (31...Rd8 32.Rd8 Bd8 33.Qa6+-) 32.Bd4 Bd4 33.ed4 Nf6 34.Rb2! ab2 35.Qb2 Nd5 36.Bd5 Bd5 37.Qb7 Rc6 38.Qb8 (38.Qb8 Rc8 39.Qc8) 1-0. javirod1983 (2460) - DefinitelyNotWashed (2450), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022.

10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 b6 12.Re1 Rc8 (12...Qd6 13.h3 Be6 14.Ng5=+) 13.Nf1 Qd7 14.c4 dc4 15.dc4 Red8 (15...Qe6 16.Qa4=+) 16.Qc2 Na5 (16...Bf5 17.Qc3=) 17.Rad1 (17.Ne5 Bf5 18.e4 Be4 19.Qe4 Ne4 20.Nd7 Nd6+-) 17...Qc7 (17...Qe6 18.N1d2=) 18.Rd8 (18.Ng3 Nc6+=) 18...Rd8= 19.Rd1 Bf5?? (better 19...Rd1 20.Bd1 Qd7=) 20.Rd8+- (20.Qf5?! Rd1 21.Bd1 Nc4 22.Bf6 Bf6+-) 20...Qd8 21.Qd1 (better 21.Qf5 g6 22.Qf4+-) 21...Qd1-+ 22.Bd1 Nc4 23.Bc1 b5 24.N1d2 (24.Be2 Be6-+) 24...Nd2 25.Bd2 c4 (25...a6 26.Bc3-+) 26.a4 (better 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Bb4-+) 26...b4 27.Nd4 Bd3 28.Nc6 c3 (better 28...b3 29.Ne7 Kf8 30.Ng6 Bg6 (worse 30...hg6 31.Bc1-+) 31.Bb4 Kg8-+) 29.Ne7-/+ Kf8 30.Nc6 cd2 31.Nb4 Bc4 32.Nc6 (32.f3 a5 33.Nc6 Nd5 34.Na5 Bd3-/+ (34...Ne3 35.Nc4 Nc4 36.Kf2+=)) 32...Ne4 33.Na7 Nc3 34.Bf3?? (better 34.Bc2 Be2 35.a5-+) 34…Be2 (34...Be2 35.h3 d1Q 36.Kh2 Bf3 37.Kg3 Ne4 38.Kh2 Qf1 39.gf3 Qf2 40.Kh1 Ng3) 0-1. javirod1983 (2495) - LuukDeGrote (2660), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.Bb2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0)

10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 b5 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Be5 Be2 15.Qe2 Bd6 16.Bb2 Bc7 17.Qf3 Qd6 18.g3 Nd7 19.Qf5 Rfe8 20.e4 d4 21.f4 Qc6 22.Rab1 Bd8 23.e5 f6–/+ 24.Rf2 fe5 25.Rbf1 Rf8 26.Qh5 ef4 27.Rf4 Nf6 28.Ne4 Be7 29.Nf6 Rf6 30.Rf6 Bf6 31.Rf5 Rc8 (31...Rc8 32.Bc1 Qe6–+) 0–1. Boehnke,Hartmut (2095) – Eitel,Philipp (2235), remoteschach.de, 2004. ... --- Hartmut Boehnke (sometimes spelled Bφhnke): ... --- Overview: ... 1. Personal/Biographical Details: * Born in 1955, in Germany. * FIDE ID: 12975249. * According to FIDE, his standard (classical) rating is inactive. ... 2. Chess Strength and Rating: * His peak/best Elo (from ChessBase) is 1940. * According to YottaBase, he has played 629 games, with a record of 102 wins, 411 draws, and 116 losses. * On a German club-chess site, his DWZ is listed as 1724. * According to ChessABC, his “Standardbewertung” is also 1940. ... 3. Chess Activity & Roles: * He’s been involved in correspondence chess (Fernschach). * In the Deutscher Fernschachbund (BdF), he has held administrative roles: for example, he was Turnierdirektor (tournament director). * He resigned from that role in June 2018, and the BdF Newsletter thanked him “very much for his work and commitment.” * In 2016, in a BdF newsletter, he identified himself as born in Rostock, living in Kindelbrόck (Thuringia), and working as a gas engineer/network operations manager. ... 4. Notable Games: * There is a recorded game: Hartmut Boehnke vs Hubert Ziersch (1989), played in a correspondence event, ending in a draw. * According to YottaBase, he has a very high draw percentage (~65%) across his games. ... --- Testimonials/Reputation: There’s limited “testimonial” content (e.g., quotes from other players) about Boehnke, but based on public records: * The Deutscher Fernschachbund (German Correspondence Chess Federation) publicly thanks him for his leadership role. * His long involvement (many games, administrative work) suggests he’s well-respected in the correspondence chess community. * His game archive (629 games) also indicates he is a dedicated and experienced player. ... --- Additional Note: “Boehnke Gambit” Misassociation: * There is a “Boehnke Gambit” in chess (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e5 3.dxe6 Bxe6), but that gambit is named after Gerhard Boehnke, not necessarily directly tied to Hartmut Boehnke. * It’s a common misconception to conflate the two just because of the surname. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2 d5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Be2 (9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Bf5=+) 9...dc4 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Be2 Be6 Black prepares the advance c4 12.a4 (12.Nc3 Nc4 13.Qc2 a6=+) 12...Nb3–/+ 13.Ra3 c4 14.Ra2 Ne4 15.d3?? (better 15.Qc2 Nbc5 16.0-0–/+) 15...cd3–+ 16.Qd3 Bb4 (better 16...Qa5 17.Nfd2 Nbd2 18.Nd2 Bb4–+ (18...Ba2?! 19.Qe4 Bb4 20.Qd4–+)) 17.Nc3 (17.Kf1 Qd3 18.Bd3–+) 17...Qd3 (17...Nc3 18.Bc3 Bc3 19.Qc3–+) 18.Bd3 Nc3 (worse 18...Bc3 19.Bc3 Nc3 20.Ra3–+) 19.Bc3 Bc3 20.Ke2 Nd4! 21.Nd4 (21.ed4 Ba2 Discovered attack; 21.Nd4 Ba2 Discovered attack) 21...Ba2 22.Nb5 Ba5 (22...Bf6 23.Rc1–+) 23.Nd6 (23.Be4 Rab8–+) 23…b6 0–1. madik – eric891 (1750), gameknot.com, 2019.

7.Bb8 Rb8 8.c4 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Qc2 b5 12.Be2 Qc7 13.0-0 Rfd8 14.Nc3 a6 15.g3 Bf6 16.Rac1 Rdc8 17.Nb1 Qd7 18.Ne1 a5 19.f4 g6 20.Nf3 Qd6 (better is 20...b4!?–/+) 21.e4= Bd4 22.Kg2 Ne7 Black prepares c4 23.Nc3 c4 24.e5 Qd7 25.Ne4 Bd5?? (better is 25...Kg7 26.Nd6 Bh3 27.Kh1 Bf1 28.Bf1 Bc5 29.Nc8 Rc8= (worse is 29...Qc8 30.a4+=)) 26.Nf6+– (26.Nf6 Kg7 27.Nd7+–) 1–0. combijack (1825) – sdr46 (1720), gameknot.com, 2011.

7.Nc3 d5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.0-0 Re8 11.d4 Bf5 12.Rb1 cd4 13.ed4 Rc8 14.Qd2 Re7 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bc6 Rc6 17.Rfe1 b5 0–1. phildo (1860) – bevo_xiv (2505), gameknot.com, 2012.

7.Nc3 d6 8.Bg3 Re8=+.

7.c4 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).

7.c4 Nc6 8.d4 d5=+.

7.c4 Nc6 8.Bf6 Bf6–/+ 9.Nc3 d6 10.Bd3 Bc3 11.dc3=+ Qe7 12.Qc2= f5 13.0-0 Ne5 14.Ne5 de5 15.e4 f4 16.Be2–/+ Be6 17.Rfd1 Rf6 18.Qa4 Rh6 19.g3 Qf7 20.Rd6 Rf8–/+ 21.Rf1 f3 22.Bd1 g5 23.Qa7=+ Qh5 24.h4 gh4 25.Re6? Re6–+ 26.Qc5 hg3 27.fg3 Rh6 28.Kf2 Qg5 (28...Qg5 29.Qf8 Kf8 30.Bf3 Qd2 31.Be2 Ke7–+) 0–1. Foch,Louis (1725) – Selijanchin,Nikolaj, IECC, 2002.

7.c4 d5 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Bg3 d4 10.Nb5 Ne8 11.ed4 cd4 12.Nbd4 Bf6 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.Nc2 Nd6 15.Be2 Nde4 16.0-0 Bd7 17.Bf4 Ba4 18.Be3 Qd7 19.Rb4 (19.Bc5 Nc5 20.d4 Qf5=) 19...Rfe8 (19...Na6!? 20.Rb1 Nac5=) 20.d4+= Nc3 21.Qe1 N5e4 (worse 21...Bc2 22.Qc3 Bf5 23.Ne5 Be5 24.de5+–; 21...Ne2?! 22.Qe2 Ne4 23.Rb2=) 22.Bd3 Rac8 23.Na1 (23.Rb2 a6+=) 23...b5= 24.c5 (24.cb5 Bb5 25.Bb5 Nb5=) 24...Qd5 (24...a5 25.Ra4 ba4 26.Nc2=) 25.Be4+= Ne4 26.Qc1 (26.Rb1 Rc6+=) 26...Qa2 (26...a5 27.Rb1=) 27.Nd2 (27.Re1 a5 28.Rb1 Re7+=) 27...a5= 28.Ne4 Re4 (worse 28...ab4 29.Nf6 gf6 30.ab4+=) 29.Ra4 ba4 30.Qc3 (30.Nc2 Rb8 31.Qd2 Ree8=) 30...Rb8 31.Nc2 g6 (31...Ree8 32.Qd3=+) 32.h3 (32.Qd3 Re6=) 32...Qb3 (32...Rb2 33.Qd3 Re7 34.Rc1=) 33.Qd2 Qc4 d4 becomes the focus of attention. The pressure on d4 grows (33...Qa2 34.Qd3 Qd5 35.Rc1=) 34.Rc1 Rb2 35.d5 (better 35.Kh1!?=) 35...Qb3=+ 36.d6 Rc4 37.d7 Bd8 (worse 37...Rbc2 38.d8Q Bd8 39.Qd8 Kg7 40.Bd4 Rd4 41.Qd4 Kg8 42.Rc2 Qb1 43.Kh2 Qc2 44.Qd6 Qf2 45.c6+=; 37...Rcc2?? 38.d8Q Bd8 39.Qd8 Kg7 40.Bd4 f6 41.Qf6 Kg8 42.Qg7; worse 37...Rbc2 38.d8Q Bd8 39.Qd8 Kg7 40.Bd4 Rd4 41.Qd4 Kg8 42.Rc2 Qc2 43.Qe3+–; 37...Rcc2?? 38.d8Q Bd8 39.Qd8 Kg7 40.Bd4 f6 41.Qf6 Kg8 42.Qg7) 38.Qd6 Rcc2 (38...Rbc2 39.Bh6 Rc1 40.Kh2 Rh1 41.Kh1 Qd1 42.Qd1 Rh4 43.Qe2 Rh6 44.Qe8 Kg7 45.Qd8 Rh5 46.Qa8 Rc5 47.d8Q Rc4 48.Qf8 Kf6 49.Qad8 Ke5 50.Qfe7 Kf4 51.Qdd6 Kf5 52.Qdf6; 38...Rbc2 39.Bh6 Rc1 40.Kh2 Rh1 41.Kh1 Qd1 42.Qd1+–) 39.Rc2 Qc2 (worse 39...Rc2 40.Bh6 Rc1 41.Kh2 Rh1 42.Kh1 Qb1 43.Kh2 Qb8 44.Qb8 f5 45.Qd8 Kf7 46.Qe8 Kf6 47.d8Q) 40.Qe5 Rb7?? (40...Rb1 41.Kh2 Qb2 42.Qe8 Kg7 43.Qd8 Qe5 (43...Qa3?? 44.Bd4 f6 45.Qf6 Kg8 46.d8Q) 44.g3 Rd1 45.Bh6 Kh6 46.Qf8 Kh5+–) 41.Kh2 (41.Qe8 Kg7 42.Bd4 f6 43.Kh2–+) 41...Qf5=+ 42.Qe8 Kg7 43.c6 Rb8 (43...Rb2!? 44.Qd8 Qe5 45.f4 Qe3=; 43...Rb2 44.Bd4 f6 45.Qd8 Qf4 46.g3 Qd4 47.Qe7 Kh6 48.Qe1 Rf2 49.Qf2 Qf2 50.Kh1–+) 44.g3=+ g5 (44...h5 45.Ba7=+) 45.c7= Bc7 46.Qb8 Bb8 (46...Qd7 47.Qa7 Qd8 48.Bg5 Bg3 49.fg3 Qg5 50.Qd4 Qf6 51.Qc5=) 47.d8Q+= Be5 48.Qd1 (48.Qg5 Qg5 49.Bg5 Kg6+=) 48...f6 (48...Bb2 49.Qa4 Qe5 50.Bb6=) 49.Qa4 Bd6 (49...h5 50.h4=) 50.Kg2 (50.Bb6 h5=) 50...h5 51.Bb6 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. The isolani on a5 becomes a target (51.h4 gh4 52.gh4 Kf8=) 51...Qd5 (51...g4 52.hg4 (52.Qa5?? gh3 53.Kf1 Qd3 54.Ke1 Qe4 55.Kd2 h2 56.Qh5 h1Q 57.Qh1 Qh1–+; 52.Ba5?? gh3 53.Kf1 Bc5–+) 52...hg4 53.Ba5 Qf3 54.Kg1 Ba3 55.Qd7 Kf8 56.Bd2=) 52.Kg1 Qe6 (52...Qe5 53.Ba5 Bc5 54.Qd7 Kh6 55.Qd3 Qa1 56.Kg2 Qa3 57.Qa3 Ba3 58.f4=) 53.Qa5 Qh3 54.a4 h4 55.Bd4 hg3 (55...Qg4 56.Qd2 Be5 57.Be5 fe5 58.Qe3=) 56.Qg5+= Kh7 57.Qf6 Qh2 58.Kf1 Qh1 59.Ke2 Qe4 ½–½. didaktikm123 (2085) – marekt (2150), gameknot.com, 2015.

7.Bc4 d5 8.Ba2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 Qb6 12.Bc3? d4–+ 13.ed4 cd4 14.Bd2 Qb2 15.c3 Qa1 16.Qc2 Ba3 17.cd4 Bf3 18.Bc3 Rae8 19.Kf1 Re2 20.Ba1 Rc2 21.Bf7 Kf7 22.gf3 Bb4 23.Kg2 Nd5 (23...Nd5 24.h4 Rc8–+) 0–1. fiddler – pierre (1820), chessHere.com, 2006.

7.d4 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Ne5 d6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be2 Qa5 12.c3 Ne4 13.Qc2 Bf6 Will c3 fall? (13...f5 14.Nfd2 Be2 15.Ke2 Nd2 16.Qd2 Qb5 17.Qd3+=) 14.0-0 (14.Qe4 Bf3 15.Bf3 Bc3 16.Nc3 Qc3 17.Ke2 Qb2 18.Kd3–+) 14...Nc3–/+ 15.Nc3 Qc3 (worse is 15...Bc3 16.Ng5 g6 17.Bg4+/–) 16.Qc3 Bc3 17.Rab1 b6 18.h3 Bf3 19.Bf3 Rab8 20.Rfc1 Bf6 21.e4 (21.Be2!?+=) 21...b5–/+ 22.Be2 a6 23.f4 (23.Kf1!?–/+) 23...Bd4–+ 24.Kf1 (24.Kh2 f5 25.ef5 Rf5–+) 24...Be3 25.Rc2 Bf4 26.Kf2 Be5 27.Kf3 f5 0–1. Loulou – Cccmember, playchess.de, 2004.

8.Bb2 Re8 9.d4 Qb6 10.Ra2 d5 11.dc5 Qc5 12.0-0 a6 13.Nbd2 =.

8.Bc3 d5 9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Nc3 d4 11.ed4 Nd4 12.Rb1 Bf5 13.d3 =+.

8.Bc3 d5 9.Qc1 Re8 10.Qb2 a6 11.a4 b6 12.0-0 Bg4 13.Re1 =+.

8.Bc3 d5 9.d4 c4 10.Ne5 Bf5 11.0-0 Re8 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Nc6 =+.

8.d4 d5 9.0-0 Ne5 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.c4 Re8 12.Nf3 Be6 13.cd5 =+.

8.d4 d5 9.dc5 Ne5 10.Ne5 Bc5 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Nf3 Rc8 13.c3 =+.

8.d4 d6 9.Bf4 Be6 10.0-0 Rc8 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Nb5 Rfd8 13.Ng5 =+.

8.d4 d6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.c3 Rb8 11.0-0 b5 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.a4 =+.

8.d4 d6 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bd3 d5 11.dc5 Bg4 12.Bd6 Nd6 13.cd6 =+.

8.Bg3 Ne4 9.0-0 Ng3 10.fg3 d5 11.Ra2 Bf6 12.c3 Re8 13.Rb2 –/+.

8.Bg3 Ne4 9.c3 Ng3 10.hg3 d5 11.Bb5 Qb6 12.Qc2 h6 13.Bd3 =+.

8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Nc3 d5 10.Ne4 de4 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Qd5 13.Bc3 =+.

8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Bf4 Bf6 10.c3 d5 11.0-0 Re8 12.Qc2 g5 13.Bg3 =+.

8.Bg3 Re8 9.0-0 d5 10.Nc3 Nh5 11.Be5 Bf8 12.Re1 Qa5 13.Ng5 =+.

8.Bg3 Re8 9.Nc3 d5 10.Nb5 Nh5 11.Bc7 Qd7 12.Be5 Bf6 13.Bd6 =+.

10.Nc3!?+=.

10.c4 d4–/+ 11.d3 (better is 11.Qb3!?–/+) 11...de3–+ 12.fe3 Bd6 (12...Qc7 13.Ng4 Bg4 14.Bg4–+) 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4 Be5 15.de5 Qb6 16.Kh1 Ne4 17.Qe1 Qb2 18.Nc3?? (18.Bf3–+) 18...Qc3 (worse is 18...Nc3 19.Bh5 g6 20.Rf2–+) 19.Qc3 Nc3 20.Bf3 (20.Bd3 Re8 21.Rac1 Na4–+) 20...Na4 (20...Rd8 21.Rf2–+) 21.Rab1 (21.Rad1 Rb8–+) 21...Rb8 22.Bd5 (22.g3 b6–+) 22...b6 23.Rbe1 (23.Rbd1 Be6 24.Kg1 Rfd8–+) 23...Be6 24.h3 (24.Kg1 Nb2–+) 24...Rbd8 25.Be6 (25.Rf4 Nc3 26.Be6 fe6–+) 25...fe6 26.Rf8 Kf8 0–1. Hovla1 – samurai, ChessWorld.net, 2015.

10.d3 Qc7 11.Nf3 (11.f4 Bd6 12.d4 cd4 13.Qd4 Re8–+) 11...b5 12.c4 dc4 13.dc4 b4 14.Qc2 (14.Nbd2 Rd8–/+) 14...a5 15.Nbd2 Bd7 Black prepares a4 16.Rfd1 (16.h3 Rfd8–/+) 16...a4–+ 17.ab4 cb4 18.Nd4 b3 19.N2b3 (19.Qb2 Qc5–+) 19...ab3 20.Qb3 Ra1 21.Ra1 Rb8 22.Qc2 Bc5 23.Bf3 Ng4 24.g3 Qb6 (24...g6 25.Bg4 Bg4 26.Qe4–+) 25.Rd1 (25.Bg4 Bg4 26.Qe4 Bh3–+) 25...Ne5 26.Bg2 (26.Be4 g6–+) 26...Bg4 27.Ne2? (27.Rc1–+) 27...Be3! (27...Be3 28.Rf1 Bc5–+) 0–1. chessNstocks – samurai, ChessWorld.net, 2015.

10.d4 Bd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Nf3 c4 13.Ra2 b5–/+ 14.Nb1 Re8 15.Re1 Ne4 16.a4 b4 17.Rf1 Bf5 18.Nfd2 Qg5 19.Ne4 de4 20.Re1 Bh3 21.g3 c3 22.f4 (22.Ra1 Red8–+) 22...ef3 23.Bf3 Rad8 24.Kf2 Qh6 25.d5 Bc5 26.Qd3 Re5 27.Kg1 Rde8 (28.Qe4 Re4 29.Be4 Re4 30.Ra1 Re3 31.Rf1 Rg3 32.Kh1 Bg2; 27...Re3 28.Re3 Re8 29.Be4 Be3 30.Kh1–+) 0–1. b4_player (2185) – Vermassler (2175), GameColony.com, 2002.

10.d4 Bd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Nf3 c4 13.Re1 (13.Ne5 b5+=) 13...Be6 14.Nb1 (better is 14.Ne5!?+=) 14...Ne4–+ 15.Rf1 Qf6 (15...Qc7!? 16.h3–+) 16.Nfd2–/+ Qh6 17.Nf3 (17.f4!? Nf6 18.Nc3–/+) 17...b5 18.Ne5 (18.h3 Rfd8–+) 18...f6 19.Nf3 Rfe8 (19...a5 20.g3–+) 20.h3 Rad8 21.Ra2 Rf8 (21...Bf5 22.Qe1–+) 22.c3 Rde8 (22...Qg6 23.Nh4 Qg5 24.Nf3–+) 23.a4 (23.Qc2!? Bf5 24.Qc1 Bc7–/+) 23...b4–+ 24.cb4 Bb4 25.Qc2 Rc8 (25...c3 26.Ba6 Qg6 27.Ne1–/+) 26.Rb2 (better is 26.Nfd2!? f5 27.Ne4 fe4 28.Qd1–+) 26...a5 27.Rc1 Bf5 28.Qd1 Rb8 29.Rcc2 g5 (29...Bd7 30.Ra2 Rfe8 31.Qc1–+) 30.Qf1 (30.Nh2 Bd6 31.Ng4 Qh4–+) 30...Qg6 Black prepares g4 31.Qd1 Bd7 (31...Qf7 32.Ra2–+) 32.Ra2 g4 (32...Qf5 33.Qf1–+) 33.hg4 Qh6 (33...Qg4?! 34.Nfd2 Qg6 35.Ne4 Qe4 36.Nc3 Bc3 37.Bf3+=) 34.Nfd2 f5 35.Bf3 Bd6 36.Nf1 Nf6 (36...Bc6 37.gf5 Rf5 38.Nc3 Nc3 39.Rc3+=) 37.Nc3= fg4 38.Bd5 Nd5 39.Nd5 Bf5 40.Rc4 (better is 40.Rc1=) 40...Be4?? (better is 40...Qe6 41.e4 Be4+=) 41.Qg4+– Qg6 42.Qg6 hg6 43.Nc3 Bf5 44.e4 Bg4? (44...Be6 45.d5 Bd7+–) 45.Rc6 Bb4 46.Rg6 Kh7 (46...Kf7 47.Rg4 Bc3 48.Rf4 Ke6 49.d5 Kd7 50.Rf8 Rf8 51.Ne3+–) 47.Rg4 Bc3 48.d5 (48.Ra3!? Rfc8 49.e5 Rb4+–) 48...Bd4 49.g3 Rb2 (49...Rb1+–) 50.Rb2 Bb2 51.Ne3 Bd4 (51...Rd8 52.Nc4 Bc3 53.d6+–) 52.Nf5 Bc5 (52...Bf6 53.f4 Re8 54.e5 Be5 55.fe5 Re5 56.Rf4+–) 53.Rg7 Kh8 54.Rc7 Bb4 (54...Bb6 55.Rb7 Bd8 56.Kg2+–) 55.d6 Rf5 (55...Bd6 56.Nd6 Rg8 57.e5+–) 56.d7 Rf8 57.Rc8 Kg7 58.Rf8 Bf8 59.d8Q Kg8 60.Qg5 (60.Qg5 Kf7 61.Qh5 Kf6 62.Qf5 Ke7 63.Qa5+–) 1–0. kamret (2145) – Molta (1750), GameColony.com, 2003.

10.d4 Bd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Nf3 c4 13.Ne5 Qa5 14.Qd2 Re8 –/+.

10.d4 Ne4 –/+.

9.0-0 (--> 6.Be2 d5 7.Nf3 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2).

9.Ra2 Be6 10.0-0 Re8 11.Ba1 Bd6 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bc6 =+.

9.Nc3 d4 10.Na2 Be6 11.Nc1 Qb6 12.Rb1 c4 13.Nd4 =+.

9.d3 Qb6 10.Qc1 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Re1 b6 15.c4 d4 16.ed4 Nd4 17.Nd4 cd4 18.Bg4 Ng4 19.Nf3 Bd6 20.Re8 Re8 21.Bd4 Bh2 22.Kf1 Qe7 23.Qe1 Qe1 24.Re1+= Re1 25.Ke1 Bd6 26.a4 f6= 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.a5 ba5 29.Ba7 a4 30.Kd2 Ba3 31.Kc3 g6 32.Nd4 f5 33.c5+= h6 34.Nb5 Bc1 35.c6 a3? 36.Na3!+– Ke6 37.Nb5 Bf4 38.g3 (38…Bd6 39.Bb6+– (39.Nd6?! Kd6 40.Bd4 Kc6=)) 1–0. Kjaerstad,Eivind – Heyn, corr 3GMM–02, 1996.

9.0-0 d5 10.Bb5 Bf6 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Ra2 Be6 13.d3 =+.

9.Bb2 Bf6 10.Ra2 d5 11.d3 Qa5 12.Nfd2 Nd2 13.Qd2 =+.

9.Bb5 d5 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bc6 bc6 13.g4 –/+.

9.Qc1 Nc3 10.Nc3 d5 11.0-0 Re8 12.Rb1 Bf6 13.Re1 =+.

9.d3 Nc3 10.Nc3 d5 11.0-0 d4 12.Ne4 f5 13.Ned2 =+.

9.0-0 Ne4 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bg3 f5 12.d3 Ng3 13.hg3 –/+.

9.Ra2 Nh5 10.Be5 Ne5 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.f4 Bd6 13.0-0 –/+.

9.c3 Re8 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Bf4 Bf6 12.Qc2 g5 13.Bg3 =+.

9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Ne4 de4 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Qd5 13.Bc3 =+.

9.Ne5 Ne4 10.Nc6 bc6 11.Bf4 Bf6 12.c3 c4 13.0-0 =+.

9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be5 Ne5 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Nf3 –/+.

9.Ng5 Re8 10.0-0 a6 11.Nc3 d4 12.ed4 cd4 13.Nb1 –/+.

9.0-0 Ng3 10.fg3 d5 11.Bb5 Qd6 12.c4 dc4 13.Bc4 –/+.

9.Bb5 Ng3 10.hg3 d5 11.Bc6 bc6 12.Ne5 Bf6 13.Qh5 =+.

9.c3 d5 10.Qc2 Ng3 11.hg3 h6 12.d4 c4 13.Nbd2 =+.

9.Nc3 d5 10.Ne5 Ng3 11.Nc6 bc6 12.hg3 c4 13.Bf1 =+.

9.Bd3 Ng3 10.hg3 h6 11.c4 d5 12.cd5 Qd5 13.Qc2 =+.

9.d4 cd4 10.Nd4 Nd4 11.ed4 Ng3 12.hg3 d5 13.Qd3 =+.

9.Be5 Ne5 10.Ne5 Bf6 11.c3 Be5 12.Bh5 c4 13.f4 =+.

7.Bb2 a6 8.d4 d5 9.c4 Be6 10.Nbd2 h6 (10...Re8 11.Qc2=) 11.Rc1 Na5 12.Ne5 c6 13.c5 Ne4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Rc3 b5 16.Qc2 Bd5 17.Be2 Qe8 18.Bh5 (18.f4!?=) 18...g6 19.Bg4 Kg7 (19...Rd8 20.f3 f5 21.Bh3–/+) 20.Nd7 (better 20.Qd2!?=) 20...f5–/+ 21.Nf8 fg4 22.Ng6 Qg6 23.g3 Nb7 24.h3 Rf8 25.h4? (25.Qe2!?–/+) 25...h5 (25...Bd8 26.0-0 Ba5 27.Rb3–+) 26.Rh2? (26.Qe2 Na5–+) 26...a5 (better 26...Bd8 27.Bc1–+) 27.a4?? (27.Qe2–+) 27...b4 28.Rb3 (28.Qb1 bc3 29.Bc3 Nd8–+) 28...Qe6 (better 28...Qf7!? 29.Rc3–+) 29.Qd2 Kg6 30.Rb4 ab4 31.Qb4 Qc8 32.Ke2 (32.Bc3 Qa8–+) 32...Bd8 33.Rh1 (33.Bc3–+) 33...Ba5 34.Qa3 Qf5 35.Rh2 Qf3 36.Kf1 Qd1 37.Kg2 Qe1 38.f4 (38.Qc3 Rf2) 38…ef3 0–1. Korepanova,Irina – Tishkov,Alexander, Khanty Mansiysk Governor Cup, 2007.

7.Bb2 b6 8.d4 d5 9.Be2 Bb7 (9...a6 10.0-0=) 10.0-0= Ne4 11.Nbd2 f5 12.c4 Nd2 13.Nd2 Rf6 (13...Na5 14.Qc2+=) 14.cd5 Na5 (14...Nb8 15.f3 Bd5 16.e4 fe4 17.fe4+–) 15.Bc3 Bd5 16.Ba5 ba5 17.Bc4 c6 18.Qa4 Rg6 19.g3 Qd6 (19...Rc8 20.Rfc1+–) 20.Nf3 (20.Qa5 Re6+–) 20...Kh8 (20...Re6 21.Ne5 Rc8+–) 21.Ne5 Rh6 (21...Rf6 22.Qa5 f4 23.Bd5 (23.gf4?? Rg6 24.Ng6 Qg6) 23...cd5 24.gf4+–) 22.Rfc1+– Rh2?? (better 22...Rf6+–) 23.Bd5 Qh6 (23...Qd5 24.Kh2 c5+–) 24.Nf7 (24.Nf7 Kg8 25.Nh6 Kh8 26.Nf7 Kg8 27.Qc6+–) 1–0. GuestYFLT – GuestSXXF, freechess.org, 2019.

7.Bb2 d6 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Bf5 10.c4 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.d4 Bf8 (12...d5!?=) 13.Nh4+= Bg6 14.Ng6 hg6 15.Qa4 (15.Rb1 Be7+/-) 15...a6 (better 15...Nd4!? 16.Qa7 Ne2 17.Ne2 Ne4+=) 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.d5 Ne5 18.h3 Ned7 19.Bf3 Nc5 (19...Ne5 20.Qe2+=) 20.Rfe1 Nfe4 21.Ne4 Ne4 22.Be4 Qe4 23.Qb3 b6 24.f3 Qh4 25.e4 f5 26.e5 (better 26.Qc3+/-) 26...de5= 27.Re5 Bd6 28.Re6 Qg3 (better 28...Re6 29.de6 Bc5 30.Kh1 Rd6-/+) 29.Qe3?? (29.Qc3!? Bf8 30.Qe1 Qe1 31.Rae1 Re6 32.de6+=) 29...Re6 (better 29...Bc5 30.Bd4 Bd4 31.Qd4 Re6-+) 30.Qe6= (30.de6 Bc5 31.Kh1 Be3-+) 30...Kh7 31.Qe3 (31.Kf1 Qh2 32.Qe3 Rd7=) 31...Rd7 (better 31...Bc5 32.Bd4 Re8 33.Bc5 Re3 34.Be3 Qe5-+) 32.Bd4= Re7 33.Qf2 Qf4 34.a4?? (34.Rb1=+) 34...Kg8 (better 34...Re2! 35.Qe2 Qd4 36.Kf1 Qa1 37.Qe1 Qd4-+) 35.Kf1 Be5 36.Rd1 Kf7 37.Be5 (better 37.Qd2+=) 37...Qc4-/+ (37...Re5?! 38.Qa2=; 37...Qe5?! 38.Re1 Qf4 39.Re7 Ke7 40.Qe1 Kd6 41.Qb4 Kd7 42.Qc3=) 38.Kg1 Re5 39.Rd4 (39.d6 Qa4 40.Rd4 Qa1 41.Kh2 cd6 42.Rd6 b5-/+) 39...Qc1 (better 39...Qc5-+) 40.Kh2-/+ Re1 41.Rd2?? (better 41.Qd2-/+) 41...g5 (better 41...f4 42.Qe1 Qe1-+) 42.Rc2?? (42.Kg3 Rd1 43.Qe2 f4 44.Kg4=+) 42...Rh1 43.Kg3 Qf4 0-1. Purczynski,Andrzej - Szafranski,Maciej, 26th Poznan Open POL, 2018.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.c4 d6 9.Qc2 Bf5 10.Bd3 d5? (better 10...Bf6 11.Bf6 Qf6+=) 11.cd5+– Qd5 12.Nd4?? (better 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bf5+–) 12...Nd4–/+ 13.Bd4 Bg6 (better 13...c5!? 14.f3 Nd6 (14...cd4 15.fe4 Qe5 16.ef5 de3 17.Qc3=+) 15.Bf5 Nf5=+) 14.f3= (14.Qc7 Rfc8 15.Nc3 Nc3–+ (15...Rc7? 16.Nd5 Rd7 17.Ne7 Re7 18.Be2+–)) 14...Nc5 15.Bg6 hg6 16.0-0 (16.Bc5 Bc5 17.Nc3 Qe5=) 16...Ne6 17.Bb2 c6 18.Nc3 Qd7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Ne4 Qd3 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 21.Qc3 Qc3 22.Nc3 Bc5 (better 22...Rd3!?=+) 23.d4= Bb6 24.Na4 Bc7 25.Nc5 Nc5 26.dc5 Rfe8 27.Bd4 Rd7 28.g3 Red8 29.Rb1 Bb8 30.Rb3 Re8 31.Rfb1 Ree7 32.Kf2 Kf8 33.a4 Be5 34.Be5 Re5 35.Rb7 Rb7 36.Rb7 Rc5 37.Ra7 Rc2 38.Kg1 Ra2 39.h4 c5 40.Rc7 Ra4 41.Rc5 Ke7 42.f4 Ra2 43.Kf1 Kf6 (43...Kd6 44.Rc8+–) 44.e4 Ke6 45.Rc3 Rb2 46.Ke1 Kf6 47.Rd3 Rg2 48.Kf1 Ra2 49.Re3 Ke6 50.Re2 Ra3 51.Kf2 Rb3 52.Re3 Rb5 53.Kf3 Ra5 54.Rb3 Ra6 55.Rd3 Rb6 56.Kg4 Rb5 57.e5 Rb4 58.Rd6 Ke7 59.Ra6 Rc4 60.Kg5 Rc3 61.g4 White intends h5 61...Rc5 (61...Rg3 62.h5 gh5 63.Ra7 Ke6 64.Kh5 g6 65.Kh4+–) 62.h5 gh5 63.gh5 Rb5? (63...Rc1 64.f5 Rg1 65.Kf4 Rf1 66.Ke4 Re1 67.Kd5 Rd1 68.Kc5 Rc1 69.Kd4 Rd1 70.Kc3+–) 64.Kf5 (64.Ra7 Ke8 65.Ra8 Ke7+–) 64...Rc5? (better 64...Rb7+–) 65.Ra7 Ke8 66.Rb7 (66.Ra8 Ke7 67.Rg8 Rc6+–) 66...Ra5? (66...Rc1 67.e6 fe6 68.Ke6 Re1 69.Kf5+–) 67.Kg5 (67.Rb8 Ke7 68.Rg8 Ra6+–) 67...Rc5? (67...Ra1 68.e6! Rg1 69.Kf5 fe6 70.Ke6 Re1 71.Kf5+–) 68.Rb6 White intends h6 (68.Rb8 Ke7 69.Rg8 Rc1 70.Rg7 Rg1 71.Kh6 Re1+–) 68...Ra5? (68...Ke7 69.Kf5 Rc7 70.Rb8+–) 69.Kf5 (69.Rb8 Ke7 70.Rg8 Ra1 71.Rg7 Rg1 72.Kh6 Rf1+–) 69...Rc5? (69...Ra1 70.Rb8 Ke7 71.Rb7 Kf8 72.Rd7+–) 70.h6 (70.Rb8!? Ke7 71.Rg8 Rc6+–) 70...gh6 71.Rh6 (better 71.Kf6!? Rc4 72.f5 Rc8+–) 71...Ke7 72.Ra6 Rc7 73.Rd6 Ra7 74.Ke4 Ra4 75.Rd4 Ra5 76.f5 Rb5 77.f6 Ke8 78.Kf5 Ra5 79.Rb4 Ra8 80.Rb7 Rc8 81.Ke4 Ra8 82.Kd5 Rd8 83.Kc6 Rc8 84.Rc7 Ra8 85.Kb7 Ra5 86.Re7 Kf8 87.Kb6 Ra3 88.Kc7?? (better 88.Ra7 Rb3 89.Kc6 Rc3 90.Kd5 Rd3 91.Ke4+–) 88...Ra7= 89.Kd6 Ra6?? (better 89...Re7 90.fe7 Ke8=) 90.Kd5+– Ra5 91.Ke4 Ra4 92.Kf5 Ra1 93.Rc7 Rf1 94.Kg4 Rg1 95.Kf3 Ke8 96.Kf2 Rg5 97.Rc5 Kd7?? (97...Rf5 98.Ke3+–) 98.Ke3 (better 98.e6 Ke6 99.Rg5 Kf6 100.Rg8+–) 98...Rg3 99.Kf4 Rg1 100.Rd5 Ke8 101.Rd4 Rf1 102.Ke4 Ra1 103.Rb4 Re1 104.Kd5 Kd7 105.Rd4 Rc1 106.Rd3 Rc2 107.Rh3 (better 107.Ke4!? Ke8 108.Rb3+–) 107...Rd2+– 108.Ke4 Ra2? (better 108...Ke6=) 109.Rh8 Re2 110.Kf4 Rf2 111.Kg5 Rg2 112.Kh6 Ke6 113.Re8 Kf5 114.Re7 Rg1 115.Kh7 (115.Rf7?! Ke5 116.Rf8 Ke6=) 115...Rg2 116.Kh8 Rg1 117.Rf7?? (better 117.Re8+–) 117...Ke5= 118.Rg7 Rh1 119.Rh7 Rh7 120.Kh7 Kf6 ½–½. combijack (1760) – sdr46 (1720), gameknot.com, 2010.

7.Bb5 d6 8.Bb2 Bd7 (8...Ne5 9.0-0=+) 9.c4 (9.0-0 Re8=) 9...a6=+ 10.Ba4 (10.Bc6 Bc6 11.d3 b5=+) 10...Qc8 (10...d5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.0-0=+) 11.d4 (11.0-0 Re8=) 11...Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nbd2 Na7 14.Qe2 c6 15.Bc2 Qc7 16.0-0 Rad8 17.Rac1 Rfe8= 18.d5 c5 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Be4 Bf8 21.Qd3+/– Bg6 22.Bg6 hg6 23.Nh4 Nc8 24.g4 Be7 25.Nf3 Bf8 26.Rfe1 Kh7 27.e4+/– Nb6 28.e5 de5+= 29.Re5 Re5 30.Be5 Qd7 31.Bc3 Na4 32.Ng5 Kg8= 33.Ba1 Qd6 34.Qf3 Rd7 35.Qb3 Nb6 36.Qf3 Nc8 37.Ne4+= Qc7? 38.Nf6!+– gf6?? 39.Qf6 (39.Qf6 Qh2 40.Kh2 Bd6 41.Kg2 Be5 42.Be5 Kf8 43.Re1 Rd5 44.Bd6 Kg8 45.Re8 Kh7 46.Qh8) 1–0. S – Queenwomen, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

7.Be2 Ne5 8.Ne5 d5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.c4 Bd6 11.d4 Be5 12.de5 Bb1 13.Rb1 Ne4 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.cd5 Qd5 16.Rfc1 Ne6 17.Qc3 Rad8 18.Rd1 Qe4 19.Bf3 Rd1 20.Rd1 Qa4 21.Rb1 b6 22.g3 c5 23.Qb3 Qd7 24.a4 Rd8 25.Bg4 Qd5 26.Be6 Qe6 27.Qb5 Qe5–/+ 28.a5 Rd6 29.Qa6 Qe4?? 30.Qc8 Rd8 31.Qd8 Qe8 32.Qe8# 1–0. sachista – babylyub, ICS rated blitz match, 1998.

8.Bb5 Na5 9.Bc3 (9.0-0 Nc4 10.Bc4 dc4=+) 9...c6=+ 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.Nd4 (11.0-0 Nc4=+) 11...c5 12.Ba5 (12.Qh5 Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4=+) 12...Qa5–/+ 13.Nb3 Qa4 14.Be4 Qe4 15.0-0 Bd6 16.Nc3 Qe5 17.f4 Qf5 18.Nb5 Be7 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.a4 (20.Qf3 Be6 =+ (20...Qc2?! 21.Nd5 Bd6 22.e4=)).

8.Bb5 Bd7 9.0-0 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 Be6 12.a4 Na5 13.Qe2 Nb3 14.cb3 c5 (14...b4!?+=) 15.ab5= ab5 16.Ra8 (worse is 16.Qb5 Rb8 17.Qd3 c4+=) 16...Qa8 17.Bf6 (worse is 17.Qb5 Rb8 18.Qd3 d4 19.ed4 c4 20.bc4 Rb2–/+) 17...Bf6 18.Qb5 Rb8 (better is 18...Be7!?=) 19.Qc5+/– Rb3 20.Nc3 Rb8 21.d4 Rc8 22.Qb4 Qb8 23.Qb8 Rb8 24.Rb1 Rb1 25.Nb1 h5 26.Nc3 g6 27.Ne5 Be5 28.de5 Kg7 29.h4 f6 30.ef6 Kf6 31.f3 g5 32.hg5 Kg5 33.Kf2 h4 34.g4 hg3 35.Kg3 Bg8 36.f4 (36.Kf2 Kf5+–) 36...Kf5+/– 37.Nb5 Kf6 38.Nc7 Kf5 39.Ne8 Ke6 40.Kg4 Ke7 (40...Bf7 41.Nc7 Kf6 42.Nb5+/–) 41.Nc7 Kd6 42.Nb5 Kc5 43.Nd4 Kd6 44.Kg5 Bh7 45.f5 Ke5 (45...Ke7+–) 46.f6 Kd6 47.Kh6 Bd3 (47...Bg8 48.Kg7 Ke5+–) 48.f7 Ke7 49.Kg7 Be4 50.f8Q 1–0. Yannick – Cccmember, playchess.de, 2004.

8.c4 Be6 9.Qb3? Na5–/+ 10.Qb5 Nc4 11.Bc4 dc4 12.Qb7? Rb8 13.Qa7 Rb2 14.Ne5 Qb8 15.Qb8 Rfb8 16.Nc3 Bd7 17.Nc4 R2b7 18.a4 Be6 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Nc6 Ra8 21.0-0 Bd7 22.Nd4 Rba7 23.Rfb1 Ba4 24.Ndb5 Bb5 25.Ra7 Ra7 26.Nb5 Rb7 27.f3 Kf8 28.Nc3 Rb1 29.Nb1 c5 30.Kf2 Nd5 31.Na3 Nb4 32.Nc4 Bc7 33.g3 Nd3 34.Ke2 Ne5 35.Nb2 Ke7 36.Na4 Kd6 37.Nc3 f5 38.f4 Nd7 39.e4 fe4 40.Ne4 Ke7 41.Kd3 h6 42.Kc4 Bd6 43.d4 cd4 44.Kd4 Bc7 45.h3 Nf6 46.Ke3 Nd5 47.Kd4 Nf4 48.gf4–/+ Bf4 49.Nf2 Bg3 50.Ng4 Ke6 51.Ke4 h5–/+ 52.Ne3 Kf6 53.Nf5= Bb8 54.Ng7 ½–½. Agrest,Anton – Di Cio,E, III EUICC Arvier ITA, 2007.

8.c4 Be6 9.Qc2!?=+.

8.c4 Be6 9.cd5 Bd5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bb5 Na5 12.Nd4 Bc4 13.d3 Bb5 14.Ncb5 a6 15.Nc3 c5 16.Nf5 Nc6 17.0-0 g6 18.Ne7 Qe7 19.Na4 Nd7 20.Rc1 b5 21.Nc3 Nf6 22.Ne2 Nd5 23.Qc2 Rfd8 24.Qc5 Qc5 25.Rc5 Nde7 26.Nf4 Na5 27.Bf6 Re8 28.a4 Nb3 29.Rc7 Nf5 30.ab5 ab5 31.Rb1 Rec8 32.Nd5 Nc5 33.Rc8 Rc8 34.Rc1 1–0. LUPES – hal1958, playchess.de, 2002.

8.c4 Re8 9.Be2 Be6 10.Qc2 dc4 11.Bc4 Bc4 12.Qc4 Qd5 13.Qd5= Nd5 14.0-0 Rad8=+ 15.d4 Na5 16.Nbd2= c5 17.Rac1 cd4 18.Nd4 Bf6 19.Rfe1 b6 20.N2f3 h6 21.g3 Nb3= 22.Rc2 Nd4 23.Bd4 Bd4 24.Nd4 a6 25.Rec1 Rd7 26.Rc6 ½–½. Hansen,Bjarne G – Heyn,Wolfgang, corr 3GMM–17, 1995.

8.c4 Bg4 9.Qc2 Bf3 10.gf3 Re8 11.d4 Bf8 12.c5 Qd7 13.Nd2 b6 14.e4 (Better is 14.Nb3=) 14...de4–+ 15.fe4 (Better is 15.0-0-0 ef3 16.Nf3–/+) 15...Nd4 16.Bd4 Qd4 17.f3 (17.Nb3 Re4 18.Be2–+) 17...Qa1 (18.Nb1 Bc5–+) 0–1. maxum – corbett, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

8.c4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be2 Bf6 12.d4 Re8 13.0-0 Qe7 14.Bc4 Rad8 15.Nc3 Ne3 16.fe3 Qe3 17.Kh1 Rd4 (better is 17...Bf3 18.Rf3 Qd4=) 18.Qa4?? (better is 18.Qb3 Rdd8 19.Rae1+/–) 18...Bf3–/+ 19.Rf3 Qe1?? (better is 19...Qd2 20.Qb3 Rc4 21.Qc4 Qb2+=) 20.Re1+/– Re1 21.Rf1 (better is 21.Kh2 Be5 22.Rg3+/–) 21...Rf1+= 22.Bf1 Ra4 23.Na4 Bb2 24.Nb2 Ne5 25.g4 c5 26.Kg2 f6 27.Nc4 Nc4 28.Bc4 Kf8 29.Kf3 Ke7 30.Ke4 Kd6 31.h4 a6 32.a4 b6? (better is 32...Kc6+=) 33.Ba6+– Ke6 34.Bc4 Kd6 35.Bg8 Kc6 36.Bh7 b5 37.ab5 Kb5 38.Kd5 (38.Kd5 c4 39.Ke6+–) 1–0. combijack (1765) – cdeburca (1735), gameknot.com, 2011.

8.d4 Na5 9.Nbd2 c6 10.c4 dc4=+ 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Ncd2 h6 13.Be2 Bd5 14.Qc2 Re8 15.0-0 Bd6 16.Bd3 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Ne4 18.Be4 Be4 19.Ne4 Qe4 20.Qe4 Re4 21.Nd2 Re7 22.Bc3+= Bc7 23.Rec1 Rae8 24.Rab1 Rd7 25.g3 Re6 26.a4 a6 27.Bb4 Bd8 28.Rc2 Kh7 29.Nf3 Bc7 30.Ne1 b5 31.Nd3 Nb7 32.Rbc1 a5? 33.ab5+– (33.ab5 Rd5 34.bc6+–) 1–0. Lohr,R – Borrmann,Fritz, corr KGP, 1991.

8.d4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bd6 10.0-0 Na5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.h3 Bh5 13.c4 c6 14.c5 Bc7 15.Nb3 Nb3 16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Rad1 (17.Rfc1 Rb8=) 17...g5 (17...Ng5!? 18.Ng5 Be2+=) 18.Qc2= (18.Qb7? Rb8 19.Qa6 Rb2–+) 18...Bg6 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Ba1 h5 21.Ne5 (21.Nd2!?=) 21...Be5+= 22.de5 Nc5 23.Qb2 Qe6 24.Qb4 b6 25.f4 g4 26.hg4 hg4 27.f5 Bf5 28.Qf4 Be4 29.Bg4 Qg6 30.Qg3 Ne6 31.Rf6 Qg7 32.Rdf1 Bg6 (better is 32...Re7!?–/+) 33.Qh3= Ng5 34.Qh4 Ne6 35.Be6 (better is 35.Qh3!? c5 36.Be6 Re6 37.Re6 fe6 38.Qe6 Bf7 39.Qc6=) 35...Re6–/+ (35...fe6 36.R1f4 Bf5 37.Rf3+–) 36.Re6 fe6 37.Rf3 Rf8 38.Rg3 Rf5 Attacking the isolated pawn on e5 39.Qg4 Kf7 40.Qh4 (40.Qa4 Kf8 41.Qc6 Qf7=) 40...Kg8 41.Qd8 (41.Qg4 Kh7 42.Rh3 Kg8 43.Rg3=) 41...Rf8 (better is 41...Kh7!?–/+) 42.Qg5 Kf7 43.Rf3 ½–½. mr5reasons1 (1680) – tommiwade (1725), gameknot.com, 2013.

9.0-0 Na5 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.c4 dc4 14.dc4 Nc6=.

9.0-0 Na5 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.c4 c5 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.Nc3 dc4 16.dc4 Bc6 17.Nf3 a6 18.Qd8 Rd8 19.Rad1 Bc7 20.Nh4 g6 21.Nf3 Ne4 22.Nd5 Bd5 23.cd5 c4 24.Nd2 Nd2 25.Rd2 Bd6 26.Bf6 Re8 27.a4 b5 28.Rc2 Nb3 29.Rb1 Be5 30.Be5 Re5 31.Bf3 Rd8 32.ab5 ab5 33.Kf1 f5 34.Ra2 Kf7 35.Bd1 Red5 36.Bb3 cb3 37.Rb3 Ke6 38.Ke2 Kd6 39.Kf3 Kc5 40.Rc2 Kb6 41.g4 Rc5 42.Rcb2 Rdd5 43.Rb4 ½–½. Wolf – Tiemann, Privatpartie, 1999.

9.0-0 Na5 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.N2f3 c5 14.Nb3 Nc6 15.c4 dc4 16.dc4 Bg4 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Nbd2 Ne5 20.Ne5 Be2 21.Re2 Be5 22.Be5 Qe5 23.Rb1 b6 24.Nf3 Qe4 25.h3 Qc2 26.Rc2 Ne4 27.Ne1 Re6 28.Rbc1 h5 29.f3 Ng3 30.Kf2 h4 0–1. Hansen,Bjarne G – Buss,Michael, corr ICCF TT/4/90–6, 1990.

9.d3 h6 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.0-0 Rfe8 12.c4 dc4 13.Nc4 b5 14.Nce5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Qd6 16.d4 a6 17.Rc1 Be4 18.Bf3 Ra7 19.Be4+/– Ne4 20.f3 Ng5 21.Qb3 Bf6 22.Rc6 Qe7 23.Ng4 Nh7 24.e4 Rd8 25.e5 Bh4 26.d5 Qd7 27.Ne3 Nf8 28.Qc3 Qe8 29.Nf5 Rd5 30.Nh4 Qd7 31.f4 Ne6 32.Nf5 Kh8 33.Nh6 Nd4 34.Nf7 Qf7 35.Qh3 Kg8 36.Bd4 Rd4 37.e6 Qe8? 38.Rc5 Rd6 39.Rh5 1–0. Steuer – Malmstroem,Jan, email 4AMM–F, 1998.

7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.d4 a6 10.Bc6 Bc6 11.0-0 b6 12.Ne5 Be8 13.c4 c5 14.cd5 Qd5 15.Nd2 cd4 16.ed4 Bc6 17.Nc6 Qc6 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.Qf3 Qf3 21.Nf3 Bd6 (21...Nd5 22.Kf1=) 22.Re8 Ne8 23.h3 b5 24.Ne5 Nf6 25.Rc6 Be5 26.de5 Nd5 27.Rd6 Nc7 28.Rd7 Ne6 29.Rd6 Kf8 30.g3 Ke7 31.Kg2 Nc5 32.f4 Nb7 (32...Ne4 33.Rd1=) 33.Rd5 (33.Rb6 Nc5+=) 33...Na5 (33...Rc8 34.Rd2+=) 34.Kf3 Nc4 35.Bc1 Rc8 36.Ke4 Rc6 37.Kd4 (37.Be3 Ne3 38.Ke3 Rh6=) 37...Na5 (37...Rh6!? 38.a4 Nb6 39.Ba3 Ke8+=) 38.Rc5?? (better is 38.Bd2 Nb3 39.Ke3 Nd2 40.Kd2=) 38…Nb3–+ (38...Nb3 39.Ke4 Rc5–+) 0–1. nordlicht (1950) – southpeak (1845), gameknot.com, 2013.

7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 Na5 10.d3 c5 11.c4 dc4 12.d4 Nb3 0–1. phildo (1850) – esmet (2355), gameknot.com, 2012.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0= Qd6 10.d3 Bf5 11.Nbd2= b5 12.c4 bc4 13.dc4 Rab8 14.cd5 Qd5 15.Qc1 Rfd8 16.Rd1 Ne8 17.Nf1 Qc5 18.Rd8 Nd8 19.Qc5 Bc5 20.Bd4 Bd4 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Rc1 (22.Rd1 c5 23.Nb3 Ba4= (< 23...Rb3 24.Rd7 Nc6 25.Bh5+=)) ½–½. Pommerel,Wim – de Laat, corr NED NBC–M–265, 1996.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bd7 Nbd7 9.Bf6 Bf6 =+ (< 9...gf6 10.Nc3+=).

7.Nc3 c6 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.d4 c5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 cd4 12.ed4 Bg4 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Qd3 Re8 15.Rfe1 Bh5 16.Qd2 a6 17.h3 Qa5 18.Rbd1 Rbc8 19.Nb1 Qd2 20.Nbd2 Bg6 21.c3 Kf8 (22.Nf1 Na5–/+) 0–1. Jose_Luis – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Ne5–/+ 9.Ne5 Bc5 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nf3 c6 12.Ne2 Ba3 13.Ng3 Bd6 14.Nd4 g6 15.c3 a5 16.Bc2 Bd7 17.Rb1 b5 18.Nf3 (18.Nf3 Ne4 19.Ra1–+) 1–0. Whiterose – Kuroro Lucifer, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d4 Bg4 (8...Ne4!? 9.Nb1 Ne5 10.Ne5 c5-/+) 9.Bf6 Bf6 (worse 9...gf6 10.h3 Be6 11.Bd3+=) 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Ne7 12.e4 (12.Qd2!?=) 12...de4 13.Ne4 Ng6 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.c3 (15.Rb1 Nf4 16.Bc4 b6-/+) 15...Nf4 16.Re1? (better 16.Bd3-/+) 16...Qg6-+ (worse 16...Re2 17.Re2 Bf3 18.gf3 Qg6 19.Kf1 Qg2 20.Ke1 Ne2 21.Qe2 Qh1 22.Qf1 Qf3 23.Kd2-+; 16...Ne2?! 17.Re2 Bf3 18.Re8 Re8 19.Qf3 Qf3 20.gf3=+) 17.Ne5 (17.Nh4 Be2 18.Ng6 Bd1 19.Rad1 Ng6 20.g3-+) 17...Re5 (17...Be2?! 18.Ng6 Bd1 19.Rad1 Ng6 20.g3-+; 17...Ne2?! 18.Re2 Be2 19.Qe2-+) 18.de5 (18.Bg4 Re1 19.Qe1 Qg4 20.Qf1 Ne2 21.Kh1 Nc3 22.Qc4-+) 18...Be2 (18...Ne2?! 19.Re2 c6 20.a4=) 19.g3 0-1. Adnanalmasalmah (1880) - YOUSEFKAMALI (2370), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.d4 c6–/+ 9.Bf6 Nf6 10.Bd3 Qa5–+ 11.Qd2 Bb4! 12.ab4 Qa1 13.Nd1 a5 14.ba5 Ne4 15.Qb4 Qa5 16.Qa5 Ra5 17.Ne5 (17.Ne5 Ra1 18.Ke2–+). Valica,Slavo – Smith,Graham, b2–b4.com, 2004.

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

7.Bd3 c5 8.0-0 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bg3 d4 12.Ne4 (12.Ne2 Bf3 13.gf3 Qd7=+) 12...de3-/+ 13.de3 c4! 14.Nf6 (14.Bc4 Ne4 Deflection) 14...Bf6 15.Bc4 Ba1 16.Qa1 Bf3 17.gf3 Qd7 18.Kg2 Rad8 19.Bd3 Qe7 20.Rb1 Rd7 21.Qc3 Rfd8 22.Qc4 h6 23.Bh4 (23.Qe4 g6-/+ (worse 23...Qa3 24.Qh7 Kf8 25.Qh8 Ke7 26.Qg7+/-)) 23...g5 24.Bg3 Ne5 25.Qe4 (25.Be5 Qe5 26.Qg4 Kf8-/+) 25...Nd3 26.cd3 Qe4 27.de4 Re8 28.h4 (28.Rb4 Kh7-/+) 28...gh4 29.Bh4 Re6 30.Kh3 Ra6 31.Rb3 Rad6 32.e5 Rd3 33.Rb4 (33.Rd3 Rd3 34.Be7 b5-/+) 33...Ra3-+ 34.Bf6 Rc7 35.Rd4 Rc8 36.Rg4 Kf8 37.Bg7 Ke7 38.Bh6 b5 39.Bg5 Ke6 40.Bf6 Rd3 41.Rb4 (41.f4 Rc2 42.Kg3 a5-+) 41...Rb8 42.Kg4 a5 43.Rb1 b4 44.f4 a4 Black prepares the advance b3 45.f5 Kd7 46.Kf4 (46.Kf3 b3 47.Ke2 Rd5-+) 46...b3 47.Ke4 (47.e6 fe6 48.fe6 Ke6-+) 47…Rd2 0-1. kaalmakreel (2075) - DuttonChess (2550), ChessWorld.net, 2021.

7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Nc5 9.Qe2 (9.Be2 Re8=+) 9...Nce4 (9...Re8 10.Nc3=+) 10.Nc3 Re8 11.0-0 a6 (11...Bg4 12.h3 Bf3 13.gf3=+) 12.Ne5 (12.Be4 de4 13.Ng5 Bf8=+) 12...Bd6 13.Nf3 (13.f4 Nc5=+ (worse 13...Be5 14.fe5 Nc3 15.Bc3+=)) 13...Bg4-/+ 14.h3 Bf3 15.gf3 Ng5 16.Kg2 Qd7 17.Rh1 c5 18.f4 (18.Qd1!?-/+) 18...Bf4!-+ 19.Rag1? (19.ef4 Re2 Pinning (19...Re2 Deflection)) 19...c4 20.Bc4 (20.Qf1 cd3 21.ef4 Ne6-+) 20...dc4 21.Qc4 Bd6 (21...Be5 22.d4 Bc7 23.Qd3-+) 22.f4 (22.Nd5 Nfe4 23.f4 Qf5-+ (23...Nd2?! 24.Qd4 f5 25.Qd2-/+)) 22...Rac8 23.Qd4 (23.Qf1 Qc6 24.Kg3 Nfe4 25.Ne4 Qe4 26.c3-+) 23...Qc6 24.Kf1 Qf3 (24...Bc5 25.Qd3 Qf3 26.Ke1 Be3 27.de3 Rc3 28.Bc3 Re3 29.Kd2 Rd3 30.cd3 Nge4 31.Kc2 Nc3 32.Kc3 Ne4 33.Kc4-+) 25.Ke1 Bf4 (better 25...Bc5 26.Qd3 Be3 27.de3 Rc3 28.Bc3 Re3 29.Kd2 Rd3 30.cd3 Nge4 31.Kc2 Nc3 32.Rf1-+) 26.Ne2 Be3! (26...Nh3 27.Qf6 Bg3 28.Rg3 Qg3 29.Ng3 gf6 30.Rh3 Rc2 31.Bd4+/-) 27.de3 Rc2 28.Rh2 Re3 29.Qd8 (29.Rgg2 Ne6 30.Qf6 Rce2 31.Re2 gf6 (31...Qf6?! 32.Bf6 Re2 33.Re2 gf6 34.Rb2=) 32.Re3 Qe3 33.Re2 Qh3-+) 29...Re8 30.Bf6 (30.Qd1 Rb2 31.Rg5 Ree2 32.Re2 Qh1 33.Kf2 Qd1 34.Rb2 Qd4 35.Kf3 Qb2 36.Rg3-+) 30…Rce2 (30...Rce2 31.Kd1 Qb3 32.Kc1 Qc2) 0-1. kaalmakreel (2150) - sinjoor1 (2395), ChessWorld.net, 2019.

7.d4 c5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.c3 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.0-0 a5 13.Nbd2 h6 14.e4 Be6 15.ed5 (15.Re1 Re8=) 15...Bd5=+ 16.Be4 Rc8 (16...Re8 17.Qc2=) 17.Re1= b4 18.ab4 ab4 19.Bd5 Qd5 20.cb4 Nd4 (20...Rfd8 21.Ne4 Bd4 22.Rb1=+) 21.Nd4 (21.Ne4 Nf3 22.Qf3 Kh8=) 21...Qd4 22.Rc1 c3 23.Ne4 Rfd8 24.Qd4 (24.Qe2 Qb4 25.Nf6 gf6=+) 24...Bd4=+ (worse 24...Rd4 25.Rc3 Rc3 26.Nc3 Rb4 27.Nd5+=) 25.Rc2 Rc4 26.b5 Be5 27.g3 (27.f3 f5 28.Ng3 Rd2-/+) 27...f5 (27...Rd5 28.Nc3 Rc3 29.Rc3 Bc3 30.Rb1-+) 28.Ng5 Rd2 29.Re5 hg5 30.Rc1 c2 31.Ree1 Rb4 0-1. phildo (2060) - objorn (2555), gameknot.com, 2020.

7.d4 Nc6 8.c4 Be6 9.cd5 Bd5 10.Nc3= Bf3 11.Qf3 Ne5 12.de5 Nd7 13.Qb7 Ne5 14.Be2 Nd3=+ 15.Kf1 Nc5 16.Qc6 Rb8 17.Nb5 Rb7 18.g3= a6 19.Rd1 Qc8 20.Nd4 Rb6 21.Qd5 Ne6 22.a4 Nd4 23.Qd4 Rd8 24.Qe4 Rd1 25.Bd1 Qb7 26.Qb7 Rb7 27.Kg2 Rb4 28.Bc2 Kf8 29.Rd1 Ke8 30.h4 c5 31.Bf5 Kf8 32.Bc2 g6 33.Kf3 c4 34.Rd4 a5 35.h5 1–0. Haertig,Manfred – Schroeder,Hans_Joerg, ESC, 2000.

7.d4 Nbd7 8.c4 c6 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.cd5 (10.Nbd2 A) 10...Ndf6 11.Qb3 (11.cd5 cd5 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Qb2 Bf5 15.Bh4=) 11...c5 12.cd5 cd4 13.ed4 Ng3 14.hg3 Re8 15.Bb5=; B) 10...Qa5 11.Qc2 (11.cd5 cd5 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Bc7 Rfc8 15.0-0–/+) 11...Ndf6 12.cd5 Bf5 13.Qb2 Nd5 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bb3=+; 10.Qc2 A) 10...Re8 11.Bd3 (11.Nbd2 Nd2 12.Nd2 Bf6 13.Be2 c5 14.cd5 cd4 15.ed4–/+) 11...Ndf6 12.Be5 Bg4 13.Nfd2 Bd6 14.Bd6 Qd6 15.c5=; B) 10...Qa5 11.Nbd2 Ndf6 12.cd5 Bf5 13.Qb2 Nd5 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bb3=+; C) 10...Ndf6 11.cd5 Bf5 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.Nbd2 cd5 14.Bh4 Rac8 15.Qb2=+) 10...cd5 (10...Qa5 11.Nfd2 cd5 12.Bd3 Ndf6 13.Qb3 Bf5 14.Be4 Ne4 15.Qb7=+) 11.Bd3 (11.Nbd2 Qa5 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Bc7 Rfc8 15.0-0–/+) 11...Qa5 (11...Ndf6 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.Nfd2 Bf5 14.Be4 Ne4 15.Qb7=+) 12.Nfd2 Ndf6 13.0-0 (13.Qb3 Bf5 (13...Ng3 14.hg3 Re8= 15.Bb5=) 14.Be4 Ne4 15.Qb7=+) 13...Bg4=+ 14.Nf3 Ng3 15.hg3 Rac8 16.Qb3 Rc7 17.Ne5 Be6 18.Ra2 Ne4 19.Rc2 Rfc8 20.Rc7 Qc7 21.Nf3 Nd6 22.a4 Qa5 23.Nbd2 Ne4 24.Ne4 de4 25.Qb7 ed3 26.Qe7 Qa4 27.Qb7 h6 28.e4 a5 29.Qa6 Rc3 30.Qa7 Qb4 31.d5 Bg4 32.d6 Qd6–/+ 33.Qa5 Ra3 34.Qd2 Qf6 35.e5 Qa6 36.Qb2 Qa4 37.Qb8 Kh7 38.Qb7 Be6 39.Qb6 Ra2 40.Qe3 Bf5 41.Rc1 Re2 42.Qf4 Qf4 43.gf4 Bg4 44.Rd1 Bf3 45.Rd3 Bg4 46.Rc3 Be6 47.Kf1 Ra2 48.Kg1 h5 49.Rf3 Re2 50.Rc3 h4 (50...h4 51.Re3 Rd2–+) 0–1. Vornanen,Alpo – Bonetti,Shane, TT–10 ETC, 2004.

7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Re8 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 c5 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Ne5 Bh5 14.0-0 Bd6 15.f4 Rc8 16.Nf3 c4–/+ 17.Ba2 Bg6 18.f5 Bh5 19.Nc3 a6 20.h3 Bf3 21.Rf3 Bb8 22.Ne2 Nbd5 23.Bd4 b5 24.Qb2 Qc7 25.Ng3 Ba7 26.Ne2 Bd4 27.Nd4 Nd7 28.Ne2 Ne5–+ 29.Rg3 Rcd8 30.Bb1 h5 31.Rg5 Qb6 32.Nd4 Qf6 33.Rh5 Nc6 34.Ba2 Re4 35.Rf1 Nd4 36.ed4 Re2 (36...Re2 37.g3 c3–+; 36...Nf4 37.Rf4 Rf4 38.Bb1–+) 0–1. Gomez,Gustavo Daniel – Bennborn,Jan, corr, 2003.

7.Be2 Ng4 8.Bb2 c5 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4 Bf6 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Na4 Bb2 14.Nb2 Nc6 15.0-0 Bf5 16.Qe2 Re8 17.d3 Qg5 18.Qf3 Ne5 19.Qg3 Qg3 20.hg3 Nc4 21.dc4 Red8 22.Rad1 Rd1 23.Rd1 Be6 24.Kf1 Kf8 25.Ke2 Ke7 26.Rd2 Rd8 27.Rd8 Kd8 28.Kd3 Kd7 29.Kc3 b6 30.Nd3 Kd6 31.Nf4 Bd7 32.Nd5 f5 33.f3 Bc6 34.Nf4 g5 35.Ne2 g4 36.Ng1 gf3 37.gf3 h5 38.Kd3 a6 39.Kc3 b5 40.cb5 ab5 41.Kd3 Kd5 42.Nh3 Ke5 43.Ng5 Kf6 ½–½. phildo (1830) – levigun (1650), gameknot.com, 2013.

7.g3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bf5 9.d3 Qd7 10.h3 h6 11.Nbd2 a5 12.Nh4 Be6=+ 13.Rb1 Rab8 14.Nhf3 Rfe8 15.Bg2 b5 16.g4 Nh7 17.0-0 h5 18.Nh2 b4 19.ab4 Bb4 20.f4 Bd2 21.Qd2= hg4 22.hg4 Bg4 23.Bd5 Qd5= 24.Ng4 Qh5 25.Qg2 Nb4 26.Rf3 Nd5 27.Rh3 Qg6 28.f5 Qg5 29.Rg3 Nc3 30.Bc3 Rb1 31.Kh2 Kf8 32.Ba5 Qf5–/+ 33.Qd2?? Qh5–+ 34.Rh3 Qg4 35.Rh7 Qg1 36.Kh3 Re3 (36...Re3 37.Qe3 Qe3 38.Kh2 Qf2 39.Kh3 Rh1 40.Kg4 Rg1 41.Kh3 Qg3#) 0–1. Fabus,Marian (1810) – Slotik,Igor, SVK–ch, 2005.

7.h3 c5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Bb2 d4 (9...dc4 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.d4=+) 10.Bd3=+ Re8 11.0-0 Bd6 12.ed4 (12.Qb3 Ne5 13.Ne5 Be5=+ (worse 13...Re5 14.ed4 Re8 15.dc5 Bc5 16.Bc2+=)) 12...cd4 13.Nd4? (better 13.Qb3=+) 13...Nd4-+ 14.Bd4 Bh2! 15.Kh2 Qd4 16.Qb3? (16.Bh7 Nh7 17.Nc3-+) 16...Qa1 17.Nc3 Re1 18.Re1 (18.Nd1 Rf1 19.Bf1 Qc1-+) 18...Qe1 19.f3 Qd2 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.cd5 Qf4 22.Kh1 Bf5 (22...b6 23.Qb1-+) 23.Bc4 0-1. Clark,Richard - Nunn,J (2565), 4NCL Online S5 Div2, 2022.

7.h3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bh2 d4 10.0-0 h6 (10...Be6 11.Bb5=+) 11.a4 (11.Bb5 Bd7=) 11...Bf5=+ 12.Na3 Nb4 13.Bc4 Nfd5 (13...d3 14.c3 Nc6 15.Ne5=) 14.Re1 (14.ed4 Nb6 15.c3 Nc4 16.Nc4 Nd3+=) 14...de3 15.fe3 Be4 16.Bb3 (16.d3!? Nc3 17.Qd2 Bf3 18.Qc3=) 16...Bf6=+ 17.Rb1 Re8 18.Bg3 Qd7 19.Kh2 Rad8 20.Nc4 a6 (20...Qc6 21.Nfe5 Qe6 22.Qc1=+) 21.Nd6= Re6 22.Ne4 Re4 23.Qe2 Rde8 (23...b5 24.ab5 ab5= (24...Qb5? 25.c4 Qc6 26.cd5 Nd5 27.Rec1+-)) 24.Qf2?? (24.a5 c4 25.Bc4 Nc2=) 24...g5?? (better 24...c4 25.d3 cd3 26.Bd5 Qd5-+) 25.Bd5 Nd5 (worse 25...Qd5 26.d3 R4e6 27.e4+=) 26.a5 Bg7 27.d3 (27.Rf1 c4=) 27...R4e7 (better 27...Re3!? 28.Re3 Ne3-/+ (28...Re3?! 29.c4=)) 28.e4= Nc3 29.Rb3 (29.Ra1=) 29...Nb5 (29...c4!? 30.Rb6 cd3=) 30.e5 (30.Qc5!? Rc8 31.Qf2+/-) 30...Nd4= 31.Rb6 Ne6 (31...Re6 32.Reb1 Rb6 33.Rb6=) 32.Reb1 Nf4? (better 32...Qd5+=) 33.Rb7+- Qd5 34.Re7 Re7 35.Rb8 Kh7 36.Bf4 gf4 37.Qh4 (better 37.c4 Qd3 38.Qc5 Re5 39.Qc8+-) 37...Qe6?? (37...Re5 38.Ne5 Qe5+-) 38.Rb6 (38.Ng5 Kg6 39.Ne6 Re6 40.Qg4 Kh7 41.Qf5 Rg6 42.Qf7 h5+-) 38...Qf5 (38...Qd7+-) 39.Qg4 (better 39.Qe7 c4 40.Rf6+-) 39...Qg4 40.hg4 Be5 41.Ra6 Bc3 42.Ra8 Kg6 (42...Bd4 43.a6 Kg7 44.a7+-) 43.a6 Re2?? (43...Kg7+-) 44.a7 Re7 45.Rg8 Kh7 46.a8Q (46.a8Q Bg7 47.Nh4 Re5 48.Nf5 Bf6 49.Qf8 h5 50.Qf7 Bg7 51.Qg7) 1-0. Rodrigues,Ti (2155) - Sailer,M (2105), Titled Tuesday, 2021.

7.h3 Bf5 8.Be2 (8.Bd3 Be4=) 8...Nbd7 (8...Nc6 9.Bb2=+) 9.Bb2 (9.Bf4 Nc5=) 9...c6 (9...Nc5 10.Nc3 Re8=+) 10.Bd3 (better 10.Nc3=) 10...Qb6?? (10...Bd3 11.cd3 Nc5=+) 11.Qc1?? (better 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Bf5 Ba1 13.Bd7+–) 11...Nc5?? (better 11...Bd3 12.cd3 Nc5–+) 12.a4?? (12.Bf5 g6 13.Bd3 Na4+–) 12...Qa5 (better 12...Bd3 13.Bd4 Qb4–+) 13.0-0 (better 13.Bf5 Qa6 14.d4+–) 13...Nce4?? (better 13...Nd3 14.cd3 Bd3–+) 14.c4? (better 14.Nc3=+) 14…Qc7 1–0. Macedo,Alexandre Soares De (1825) – Baeta,Marcio Netto (2010), Aberto do Brasil – VIII Memorial Bobby, 2017.

8.Nc3 Nc6=+.

8.c4 Be6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 a5 11.0-0 b6 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.d4 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bd5 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.Qb2 Bf6 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.dc5 Bc3 19.Qc3 Rc5 20.Qb2 Rfc8 21.Rdc1 Qd6 22.Rc5 Nc5 23.Nd4 Na4 24.Qb5 Nc3 25.Qd3 h6 26.Bf1 Be4 27.Qd2 b5 28.f3 Bg6 29.Qb2 b4 30.ab4 ab4 31.g3 Qc5 32.Kf2 Re8 33.Re1 Ra8 34.Be2 Ra2 35.Qb3 Rd2 36.Kf1 Bd3 37.Bd3 Rd3 38.Qc2 Qc4 39.Kf2 b3 40.Nb3 Ne4 41.fe4 Qc2 42.Kf3 Qb3 43.h4 g5 44.hg5 hg5 45.g4 Rd2 46.Rc1 Kg7 47.Rc5 Qd1 48.Kg3 Qg1 Normal 0-1. husref (2125) - hippopotamus12 (2215), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.c4 Bf5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.Bc3= Qd5 12.Be2 c4 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Re1 Nc6=+ 15.Bf1 b5–/+ 16.e4 Be4–+ 0–1. Cabachon – Wall,Bill, chess.com, 2008.

8.d3 d4 9.ed4 Qb6 10.Qc1 Nc6 11.c3 Nd5 12.c4 Re8–/+ 13.Be2?? Nf4!–+ 14.dc5 Bc5 (14...Bc5 15.Qf4 Qb2–+; 14...Ng2?! 15.Kd1 Bc5 16.Qc3–+) 0–1. 1805DYDIDIDY – Beckenbauer@, mySchach.de, 2005.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 d4 11.e4 (11.ed4 Nd4 12.Nd4 cd4=+) 11...Bd6 12.0-0 b5 13.c3 Ne5 (better 13...dc3 14.Bc3 Bg4=+) 14.cd4+/- cd4 15.Nd4 Ba6 16.Nf5 Bc7 17.d4 Nc4 18.Nc4 bc4 19.Bc3?? (better 19.e5 Nd5 20.Rb1+/-) 19...Ne4-/+ (worse 19...Re4 20.Bf3 Bb7 21.Be4 Be4 22.Ng3+=) 20.Qc2? (better 20.Bb4-/+) 20...Nc3-+ 21.Bc4? (21.Bf3 Nd5 22.Rae1-+) 21...Bc4 22.Qc3 Bf1 23.Rf1 Bb6 24.d5 Qf6 (24...Qg5 25.Qf3 Rad8 26.h4-+) 25.Qf3 (25.Qf6 gf6 26.g4-+) 25...Rad8 26.d6 Re5 (better 26...Re6!? 27.h3-+) 27.Ne7 Kh8 28.Qc6 (28.Qf6 gf6 29.Nc6 Rd6 30.Ne5 fe5 31.g4-+) 28...Qd6 (28...Qf2! 29.Rf2 Re1) 29.h3 (29.Qd6 Rd6 30.Nc8-+) 29…Re7 (29...Re7 30.Qd6 Rd6-+) 0-1. brucepeng (2000) - yeasin84 (2035), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Bb5 a6 9.Bd3 c4 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Ng4 Rd8 14.Nf6 Bf6 15.Bf3 Be6 16.h3 Rab8 17.Rb1 b5 18.Ne2 Qd6 19.Qc1 Bf5 20.Nc3 Qc5 21.Rd1 d4 22.Ne4 Be4 23.Be4 de3 24.de3 g6 25.g3 Kg7 26.h4 h5 27.Kg2 Rd1–/+ 28.Qd1 Qa3 29.Bd5 Qa2 30.Rb4 Rd8 31.e4 Bb2 32.c3 Bc3 33.Qf3 Qd2 34.Qf7 Kh6 35.Rb1 Bg7 36.Qf3 Rf8–+ 37.Rd1 Rf3 38.Rd2 Ra3 39.Re2 c3 40.e5 Bf8 41.e6 Be7 42.Rc2 b4 43.Be4 Kg7 44.Bd3 Kf6 45.Kf3 Ke6 46.Rc1 Bf6 0–1. wiking – Kurinka, internet, 2010.

8.Bb5 a6 9.d4?? ab5–+ 0–1. gtate (2780) – muabdib (2640), net–chess.com, 2008.

8.Bb5 a6 9.Be2=+.

8.Nb5 a6 9.Nc7= Ra7 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Bb8 Ra8 12.Be5 b5 (12...Bg4 13.c4 Qe6 14.Bb2=) 13.Be2 (13.c4 Qc6+/–) 13...Rd8 14.d3 Bg4 15.Bb2 Qb7 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.h3 Bf5 18.Be5 Qa5 19.Nd2 (19.Qd2 Qa4+= (19...Qa3? 20.Ra1 Qb4 21.Bc3+–)) 19...c4 20.0-0 (20.dc4 Ne4 21.Bd4 Bg5 22.cb5 Rd4 23.ed4 Nc3–+ (23...Bd2?! 24.Kf1–+)) 20...cd3+= 21.cd3 Bd3 22.Nb3 Be2 23.Qe2 Qa3 (23...Ba3?? 24.Na5 Ne8 25.Nc6+–) 24.Nd4 Qc5 25.f4 Rdc8 26.Qf3 Qd5 27.Nf5 Qf3 28.Rf3 Bf8 (better is 28...Kf8–+) 29.Nh6= gh6?? (better is 29...Kh8 30.Nf7 Kg8 31.Nh6 gh6 32.Bf6 Kf7=) 30.Bf6 (better is 30.Rg3 Bg7 31.Bf6+–) 30...Rc6?? (better is 30...Bc5–/+) 31.Rg3+– (31.Rg3 Bg7 32.Rg7 (32.Bg7?! Rg6 33.Rg6 hg6 34.Bh6 Rb8+–) 32...Kh8 33.Rg6 Rf6 34.Rf6+–) 1–0. Baer,Werner – Trottnow,Hans Joachim, DDR/H/301 corr, 1985.

8.Nb5 Nc6!?=+ 9.Bc7 Qd7 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 a6 12.Nc3 Qe6 13.Bg3 Rd8 –/+.

8.Bb2 Nc6 9.0-0 (--> 6.Be2 d5 7.Nf3 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2).

8.Bb8 Rb8 9.0-0 b6 10.d4 Bb7 11.c3 Ne4 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Bd3 Bd6 14.dc5 Bc5 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Nd4 Rfe8 17.a4 Qg5 18.a5 f5 19.ab6 Bb6 20.g3 h5 21.Ra4 h4 22.Nf3 Qg4 23.Nh4+=. marekt (2510) – Marjanovics (2005), ChessWorld.net, 2003.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.h3 Ne5 10.Ne5 d4 11.Nb1 de3 12.de3 Qc7 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.0-0 Bf6 15.Nbd2 Nc3 16.Qe1 Ne2 17.Qe2 White resigned 0-1. LSGUK (2360) - nii_sama (2615), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.Bb2 a6 11.0-0 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.d3 Re8 14.Nbd2 Rc8 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qc3 Nc6 17.Rfd1 a5 Black prepares b4 18.Qb3 b4 19.Nc4 Ra8 20.ab4 cb4 21.d4 Na7 (better 21...Qd5!?+=) 22.Ra5+/- Nc6 (22...Nc8 23.Ra8 Ba8 24.Nfe5+-) 23.Ra8 Qa8 24.d5 Nd8? (better 24...Na5 25.Na5 Qa5+-) 25.d6 Bf8 26.d7 (better 26.Bf6!? gf6 27.Qb4 Be4+-) 26...Re7 27.Ra1 (27.Ra1 Qb8 28.Be5 Re5 29.Nfe5+- (29.Nce5?! Bf3 30.Nf3 Nd7+-); 27.Qb4?! Rd7 28.Qb3 Rd1 29.Qd1 Ne4+-) 1-0. Rodriguez,Oc (1930) - Lopez Perez,Cesar Eduardo, Guillermo Garcia Open (7), 2019.

8.c4 Nc6 9.0-0 A) 9...d4 10.Qb3 (10.ed4 cd4 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Re1 Re8 14.f4) 10...Ne5 11.Ne5 Re8 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.Re1 Re7 14.h3; B) 9...Bf5 10.cd5 (10.d4 Ne4 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Nbd2 Ne5 13.de5 Nd2 14.Qd2) 10...Qd5 11.Nc3 Qe6 12.Bf4 h6 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4; C) 9...Ne5 10.Ne5 d4=+ 11.Qb3 Re8 12.Re1 Bd6 13.Nf3 b6 14.ed4.

8.c4 Nc6 9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Nc3 (10.Bf6 Bf6 11.Nc3 dc4 12.Bc4 Qd8=+ (12...Qa5 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Bd5) 13.Rb1 Bf5 14.Rb5) 10...dc4 (worse 10...Qb2 11.Na4 Qa1 12.Qa1 dc4 (12...Bd7 13.Ne5 Be6 14.cd5) 13.Bc4+= (13.Ne5 Be6 14.Bc4) 13...Bf5 14.Qb2) 11.Bc4 Na5 (worse 11...Qb2 12.Na4 Qa1 13.Qa1+= Bd6 14.Nc3) 12.Na4 Qd8 (12...Qc6 13.Bf1 Be6 14.Ne5) 13.Ba2 Bf5 (13...c4 14.Nd4=+) 14.d4 (14.Rc1 b6=+) 14...c4 15.0-0 Rc8 16.Rc1 Bd6 (16...b5 17.Nc3=+) 17.Re1 (17.Ne5 Qe8 18.Bc3 Nb3 19.Nc4 Bh2 (worse 19...Rc4 20.Bb3 Bg4 21.Qc2+–) 20.Kh2 Nc1 21.Qc1 Qa4–+) 17...Re8 18.Ne5 (18.Nc3!?=+) 18...b5–/+ 19.Nc3 Be5 20.de5 Qd1 (20...Re5 21.Qf3–/+) 21.Rcd1 Re5 22.f3 (22.e4 Ne4 (worse 22...Be4 23.f3+–) 23.Nd5 Ree8–/+) 22...Bd3 (22...Bc2 23.Rd2 Bd3 24.e4–/+) 23.Ne4 (23.e4!? Ne8 24.Nd5=+) 23...Re4–+ 24.fe4 (24.Bf6 Ree8 (24...gf6?! 25.fe4 Be4 26.Rd7=+) 25.Bc3 Nc6–+) 24...Ne4 25.Bd4 Nc6 (25...a6 26.Bb1 Bb1 27.Rb1–+) 26.Ba1 (26.Bb1 Bb1 27.Rb1 a6–+) 26...a5 (26...b4 27.ab4 Nb4 28.Bb1–+) 27.Bb1 (27.Rc1 Kf8–+) 27...Bb1 28.Rb1 b4 29.ab4 ab4 30.Bd4 (30.Red1 c3 31.Rd7 Kf8–+) 30...f5 31.Rec1 c3 (31...Nd4?! 32.ed4 Nc3 33.Rc3 bc3 34.Kf2–+) 32.Ra1 (32.Rc2–+) 32...Nd4 33.ed4 b3 0–1. Koerner,Helmut (1975) – Tchetchelnitski,Boris (2200), Lichtenberger Sommer, Berlin GER, 2006.

8.c4 Nc6 9.Bb2 dc4 10.Bc4 (10.Qc2 b5 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.0-0 g6 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.Nce4) 10...Bf5 (10...Na5 11.Ba2 Bf5 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.Bb1 Bd7 14.Qc2) 11.0-0=+ (11.Nc3 Na5 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Na4 Qb3 14.Bf6) 11...Na5 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Be5 Nb3 14.Ra2.

8.c4 Nc6 9.Bb2 d4 10.Qc2 (10.Qb3 Bf5 11.0-0 Qd6 12.Re1 Na5 13.Qa4 Qb6 14.Qb5) 10...h6 11.0-0 Re8 12.Qd3 Bg4 13.ed4 cd4 14.h3.

8.c4 Nc6 9.Qc2 A) 9...d4 10.Bg3 (10.ed4 cd4 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.0-0 Ng3 13.hg3 Re8 14.Re1) 10...g6 11.0-0 Nh5 12.ed4 Nd4 13.Nd4 Qd4 14.Nc3; B) 9...Ng4 10.Bf4 (10.Bg3 Bf6 11.cd5 Ba1 12.dc6 bc6 13.0-0 Be6 14.Nc3) 10...Bf6 11.cd5 Ne7 12.Nc3 Nd5 13.Nd5 Qd5 14.Rc1; C) 9...Re8 10.Bg3 (10.Bb2 d4 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Bd3 h6 13.ed4 cd4 14.Nd4) 10...g6 11.cd5 Bf5 12.Qb2 Nd5 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Bh4.

8.c4 Nc6 9.Nc3 A) 9...d4 10.ed4 (10.Bf6 Bf6 11.Nd5 Bf5 12.Rb1 Bb1 13.Qb1 Qd6 14.0-0) 10...cd4 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Nd5 d3 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Kf1; B) 9...Ne5 10.Ne5 d4 11.Na4 Bd6 12.ed4 cd4 13.f4 Re8 14.0-0.

8.c4 Nc6 9.cd5 Ne5 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Bf6 12.Nd5 Qd5 0–1. phildo (1870) – erimus (2020), gameknot.com, 2013.

8.c4 Nc6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.Nc3 (10.cd5 Ba1 11.dc6 bc6 12.Qc2 Rb8 13.0-0 Qa5 14.Nc3) 10...d4 11.Nd5 Bf5 12.Rb1 Bb1 13.Qb1 Qd6 14.0-0.

8.c4 d4 A) 9.Bd3 A1) 9...Bg4 10.h3 (10.0-0 Nc6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be4 Nf4 13.ef4 Qc7 14.Re1) 10...Bf3 11.Qf3 de3 12.Qe3 Re8 13.0-0 Nc6 14.Bc3; A2) 9...Re8 10.0-0 (10.Bg3 Nc6 11.0-0 Nh5 12.ed4 Ng3 13.hg3 cd4 14.Re1) 10...Nc6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Ne5 Nf4 13.ef4 Qd6 14.Re1; A3) 9...Nc6 10.0-0 (10.Bg3 de3 11.de3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Nb4 13.0-0 Rd8 14.Ne5) 10...Ne5 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.ed4 cd4 13.Re1 Re8 14.f4; B) 9.Qb3 B1) 9...Re8 10.0-0 (10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Be5 Nc6 12.0-0 f6 13.Bg3 Ng3 14.hg3) 10...Nc6 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Nf3 h6 14.g3; B2) 9...Ng4 10.0-0 (10.Bb8 Rb8 11.h3 Nf6 12.0-0 Qd6 13.ed4 cd4 14.Bd3) 10...Ne5 11.Ne5 Nc6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Bf3 Qd6 14.ed4; B3) 9...Nc6 10.0-0 (10.ed4 cd4 11.0-0 Re8 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Re1 Ng3 14.hg3) 10...Ne5 11.Ne5 Re8 12.Re1 Bd6 13.Nf3 h6 14.g3; C) 9.Qa4 C1) 9...d3 10.Bd1 (10.Bf1 Nc6 11.Nc3 Ng4 12.Bg3 Bf6 13.h3 Nh6 14.Rc1) 10...Nc6 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Ra2 Be6 14.Nc3; C2) 9...Re8 10.ed4 (10.Qb5 Nc6 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.Re1) 10...Nc6 11.Nc3 cd4 12.Nd5 d3 13.Bd3 Bd6 14.Nf6; C3) 9...Nc6 10.0-0 (10.ed4 cd4 11.Qb3 Re8 12.0-0 Bc5 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.Bd3) 10...Re8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bd6 Qd6 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bd3; D) 9.ed4 D1) 9...cd4 10.Bd4 (10.Nd4 Re8 11.Nc3 Bc5 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.0-0) 10...Nc6 11.Be3 Ne4 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3 Qa5 14.Qb3; D2) 9...Bf5 10.d5 (10.Nh4 Bd7 11.d5 Nd5 12.cd5 Bh4 13.0-0 Re8 14.Bg3) 10...Nbd7 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.0-0 Ng3 14.hg3; D3) 9...Nc6 10.d5 (10.Qb3 cd4 11.0-0 Re8 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Re1 Ng3 14.hg3) 10...Ne5 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Nf3 Ne4 13.Nc3 Bf5 14.0-0.

8.c4 Nbd7 A) 9.Bb2 A1) 9...Nb6 10.cd5 (10.Ne5 Nc4 11.Nc4 dc4 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Be6 fe6 14.Nc3) 10...Nbd5 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Ne4 13.0-0 Nc3 14.dc3; A2) 9...g6 10.cd5 (10.Nc3 dc4 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Be2 Bf5 13.0-0 c4 14.a4) 10...Nd5 11.Nc3 N7f6 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Qb6 ab6 14.Nd5; A3) 9...dc4 10.0-0 (10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Be2 c4 13.0-0 Bd7 14.d4) 10...Nb6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qc2 Qd6 13.a4 g6 14.Nb5; B) 9.0-0 B1) 9...Ne4 10.Bb2 (10.Bg3 Nb6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Be5 Bf6 13.d3 Nd6 14.d4) 10...dc4 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.d4 cd3 13.Bd3 c4 14.Bc2; B2) 9...dc4 10.Nc3 (10.Bc4 Ne5 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.f4 Bd6 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Nc3) 10...Nb6 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.Bf6 gf6 13.a4 a5 14.Nb5; B3) 9...Ne5 10.Ne5 d4 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.h3; C) 9.Bf6 C1) 9...Nf6 10.0-0 (10.Qc2 d4 11.0-0 Re8 12.a4 g6 13.Na3 a6 14.Bd3) 10...d4 11.Qc2 Re8 12.a4 g6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Na3; C2) 9...Bf6 10.Nc3 (10.d4 dc4 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Be2 Bg4 13.0-0 Bf3 14.Bf3) 10...Nb6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Rc1 Nc3 13.dc3 Qa5 14.Qb3; D) 9.Bg3 D1) 9...dc4 10.Bc4 (10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Qc2 g6 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.Qb2 Nh5 14.Nc4) 10...Nb6 11.Be2 Nfd5 12.e4 Bf6 13.e5 Be7 14.0-0; D2) 9...Nb6 10.cd5 (10.0-0 Nc4 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Ng5 Nd6 13.Ne6 fe6 14.Qc2) 10...Nfd5 11.e4 Bf6 12.e5 Be7 13.0-0 Bf5 14.Nc3; D3) 9...Ne4 10.Nc3 (10.Qc2 Nb6 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.dc3 Nc4 13.0-0 Nd6 14.Rfd1) 10...Nb6 11.cd5 Nc3 12.dc3 Nd5 13.Qb3 Be6 14.0-0-0.

8.c4 Be6 A) 9.cd5 A1) 9...Bd5 10.Nc3 (10.0-0 Nc6 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.Rc1 Bc3 14.dc3) 10...Nc6 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Qc2 g6 14.Nd5; A2) 9...Qd5 10.Nc3 (10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Qc2 Rad8 13.Rab1 Bf5 14.e4) 10...Qd7 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Qc2 h6 13.h3 Rfd8 14.Rad1; A3) 9...Nd5 10.Nc3 (10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bf6 13.f4 Be5 14.fe5) 10...Nd7 11.Nd5 Bd5 12.Bc3 Nf6 13.d3 Bd6 14.0-0; B) 9.Nc3 B1) 9...Nc6 10.Bf6 (10.cd5 Nd5 11.Qc2 Ne5 12.Ne5 f6 13.Nf3 Nc3 14.dc3) 10...Bf6 11.cd5 Bd5 12.Rb1 Bc3 13.dc3 b6 14.Qc2; B2) 9...Nbd7 10.cd5 (10.Nd5 Bd5 11.cd5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Qd5 13.f4 Bd6 14.Bf3) 10...Nd5 11.Nd5 Bd5 12.Bc3 Nf6 13.d3 Ng4 14.Rc1; B3) 9...dc4 10.Ng5 (10.Rb1 Qd7 11.Qa4 Qa4 12.Na4 b6 13.Rc1 b5 14.Nc3) 10...Bf5 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.Nf3 a6 13.0-0 b5 14.Be2; C) 9.0-0 C1) 9...dc4 10.Qc2 (10.a4 Nc6 11.Na3 Ne4 12.Nc4 Bc4 13.Bc4 Ne5 14.Ne5) 10...Nc6 11.Bc4 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.f4 Be5 14.fe5; C2) 9...Nbd7 10.cd5 (10.Qc2 Ne5 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.f4 d4 13.Qb2 Qc7 14.ed4) 10...Nd5 11.Bb2 N7f6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Qc3; C3) 9...Nc6 10.Qc2 (10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bf6 13.f4 Be5 14.fe5) 10...d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Be5; D) 9.Qc2 D1) 9...Nc6 10.cd5 (10.0-0 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Be5) 10...Nd5 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Ne5 f6 13.Bg4 Bg4 14.Ng4; D2) 9...Nbd7 10.cd5 (10.Bb2 dc4 11.Ng5 Qb6 12.Ne6 fe6 13.Bc4 Qc6 14.0-0) 10...Nd5 11.Bb2 c4 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Ne4; D3) 9...dc4 10.0-0 (10.Bc4 Nc6 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.f4 Be5 14.fe5) 10...Nc6 11.Bc4 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.f4 Be5 14.fe5.

8.c4 Ng4 A) 9.Nc3 A1) 9...Nc6 10.Bf4 (10.Bg3 d4 11.Nd5 de3 12.fe3 Bd6 13.Bh4 f6 14.h3) 10...dc4 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bc4 Na5 13.Be2 Nd5 14.Nd5; A2) 9...dc4 10.Bf4 (10.Bg3 Nc6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bc4 a6 13.Qc2 b5 14.Be2) 10...Nc6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bc4 a6 13.a4 Na5 14.Be2; A3) 9...Ne5 10.Ne5 d4 11.Nd5 Nc6 12.Ne7 Qe7 13.Nc6 bc6 14.0-0; B) 9.Bf4 B1) 9...Nc6 10.cd5 (10.Nc3 dc4 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bc4 a6 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Be5) 10...Qd5 11.Nc3 Qf5 12.0-0 Be6 13.Qb1 Qb1 14.Rab1; B2) 9...dc4 10.h3 (10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bc4 Na5 13.Be2 Nd5 14.Nd5) 10...Nf6 11.Bc4 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.Be2 Nfd5 14.Be5; B3) 9...d4 10.h3 (10.ed4 cd4 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.0-0 Bd6 14.Bd6) 10...Nf6 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.ed4; C) 9.Bb2 C1) 9...Nc6 10.h3 (10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nc3 Qf5 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Qb7 Rab8 14.Qc6) 10...Nf6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.0-0; C2) 9...dc4 10.h3 (10.Bc4 Qb6 11.Qc1 Be6 12.Be6 Qe6 13.h3 Nf6 14.Qc2) 10...Nf6 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.Nc3 Na5 13.Be2 Be6 14.0-0; C3) 9...Qb6 10.Qc1 (10.Bc3 dc4 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.h3 Nf6 13.0-0 Bf5 14.d3) 10...dc4 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Be6 fe6 13.h3 Nf6 14.Bf6; D) 9.Bg3 D1) 9...dc4 10.h3 (10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bc4 Na5 13.Be2 Be6 14.0-0) 10...Nh6 11.Bc4 Nf5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Be2; D2) 9...Bf6 10.Nc3 d4 11.Nd5 de3 12.Nf6 Nf6 13.de3 Nc6 14.0-0; D3) 9...d4 10.Nd4 (10.h3 Nh6 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.0-0 Nf5 13.Bf4 Bf6 14.Ra2) 10...cd4 11.Bg4 Nc6 12.0-0 Qb6 13.Bc8 Rfc8 14.Ra2.

8.d3 Nc6 9.Bb2 d4 10.0-0 de3 11.fe3= Ng4 12.Bc1 Re8 13.c3 Bf6 14.e4 Be6 15.Kh1 b5 16.h3 Nge5 17.Be3 Nf3 18.Bf3 Na5 19.a4 b4 20.e5 Be5 21.Ba8 Qa8 22.d4 cd4 23.cd4 Bf6 24.Rf6 gf6 25.Qe1 Bd5 26.Nd2 Qc8 27.Kh2 Qc7–+ 28.Kh1 b3 29.Qf2–/+ b2 30.Rg1? Qc2 31.Qg3 Qg6 32.Qd6 (32.Qd6 Be4 33.Ne4 Qe4 34.Qg3 Qg6 35.Qg6 fg6 36.Bd2–+) 0–1. mrkt – Taunus, mychess.de, 2008.

8.d3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Qc1 Re8 11.Nbd2 Qe6 12.0-0 b5 13.c4 bc4 14.dc4 d4 15.Nd4 (Better is 15.Ng5!? Qf5 16.Bf3–/+) 15...cd4–+ 16.Bd4 Bb7 17.Rb1 Bc6 18.h3 Ne4 19.Nb3 Ng5 20.Na5? (Better is 20.Bg4 Qg6 21.Na5–+) 20...Bg2 21.Kg2 (21.Bg4 Nh3 22.Kg2 Qg4 23.Kh2 Bd6 24.f4 Nf4 25.Qb2 Re6 26.Bf6 Ne2 27.Qe5 Be5 28.Rf4 Qg3 29.Kh1 Qh3) 21...Qh3 22.Kg1 Nf3 23.Bf3 Bd6 24.Re1 Bh2 25.Kh1 Bg3 26.Kg1 0–1. Marjanovics (2015) – marekt (2510), ChessWorld.net, 2003.

8.d3 Ng4 9.Bb2 Bf6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.h3 Nh6 13.c4 d4 14.ed4 Nd4 15.Ne4 Nc2 16.Qc2 Qa1 0–1. phildo (1835) – japanesebeef1, gameknot.com, 2013.

8.d4 Nc6 9.0-0 Ne5 10.Ne5 cd4 11.Qd4 Be6 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Rfb1 Bc5 14.Qd3 Qc7 15.Nf3 a6 16.a4 Rac8 17.a5 h6 18.Na4 Bd6 19.Nb6 Rcd8 20.g3 Bc5 21.Nd4 Ne4 22.Ne6 fe6 23.f4 Kh8 24.c4 Nf6 25.cd5 Nd5 26.Nd5 ed5 27.Re1 Bb4 28.Rec1 Qe7 29.Bf3 d4 30.ed4 Bc5 31.Rc5 Qc5 32.dc5 Rd3 33.Bb7 Rfd8 34.c6 Rd1 35.Rd1 Rd1 36.Kf2 Rc1 37.Ke3 Kg8 38.Kd4 Kf7 39.Kd5 Ke7 40.Ba6 Kd8 41.Bb7 Kc7 42.a6 Ra1 43.Ke6 Ra5 44.Kf7 g5 45.fg5 hg5 46.h4 gh4 47.gh4 Kb6 48.Kg6 Ra1 49.h5 Rg1 50.Kh7 Rg5 51.h6 Rg1 52.Kh8 Rg3 53.Kh7 ½–½. phildo (1835) – sdr46 (1825), gameknot.com, 2013.

8.h3 Nc6 9.Bb2 d4 (9...Re8 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Re1 a6 12.d3 b5 13.a4 Qb6 14.ab5 ab5 15.Nbd2 Ra1 16.Qa1+=; 9...Bf5 10.0-0 Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Nf3 b5 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.d4 c4 16.Ng5–/+; 9...Be6 10.0-0 Re8 11.Re1 Ne4 12.d3 Bf6 13.Qc1 Nd6 14.Nbd2 Qe7 15.Nb3 b6 16.Rb1+=; 9...a6 10.0-0 Re8 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Ne4 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 b5 15.d4 c4 16.Bb4+=) 10.0-0 Qb6 (10...Be6 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.Nf3 Qb6 13.Qc1 Rad8 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bc4 Be4 16.Ng5–/+) 11.Qc1 Be6 12.Re1 (12.d3 Rfe8 13.Nbd2 Nd5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.ed4 Rad8 16.Re1+=) 12...Rad8 (12...Rae8 13.ed4 cd4 14.c3 Ne4 15.cd4 Bf6 16.Nc3–/+) 13.ed4 (13.Ng5 Bf5 14.ed4 cd4 15.Nf3 Rfe8 16.d3–/+) 13...Nd4 (13...cd4 14.d3 Nd5 15.Nbd2 Nc3 16.Ne4+=) 14.Nc3 (14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Bc4 Bd6 16.d3+=) 14...Rfe8 (14...Bf5 15.d3 Rfe8 16.Rb1+=) 15.Rb1 a6 (15...Ne2 16.Re2+=) 16.d3 (16.Ng5 Qd6+=) 16...h6 (16...Qc6 17.Nd4 cd4 18.Bf3+=) 17.Ne4 Ne2 (17...Qc7 18.Nd4 cd4 19.Nd2+=) 18.Re2= Ba2 19.Ra1 Ne4 20.de4 (20.Ra2 Ng5 21.Qe3 Bf8 22.Qe8 Re8 23.Re8 Nf3 24.gf3 Qg6 25.Kf1 c4–/+) 20...Be6 21.Re1 Qa5 22.a4 f6 (22...Bd6 23.Qe3+=) 23.Qe3 Qb6 24.Bc3 Qc6 25.e5 (25.a5 Bd6=) 25...f5 (25...Bd5 26.ef6 Bf6 27.Ne5 Be5 28.Be5+=) 26.a5= Bd5 27.Reb1 Qe6 28.Re1 Bc6 29.Rab1 Qc4 30.Rb3 f4 (30...Bd5 31.Qc1+=) 31.Qc1= Qf7 32.Kh2 (32.Rb6 Qf5+=) 32...Qg6 (32...c4 33.Rb1+=) 33.Rb6= Kh7 (33...Qf5 34.Ba1=) 34.Re2 (34.Qf4 Qc2 35.Re3 Rd1=) 34...Qf5+= 35.Qb1 Qe6 36.Qf1 g5 37.Nd2 g4 38.f3 gh3 39.gh3 Rg8 (39...Rd5 40.Ne4=) 40.Ne4 Rg6 41.Rg2 Rg2 42.Qg2 Rg8 43.Qe2 Qg6 44.Rb1 Rg7 45.e6 Rg8 46.Be5 Qe6 (46...Qf5 47.Qd3 Rg6 48.Bb8–/+) 47.Bf4+= Qf5 48.Bg3 c4 49.Rg1 Qa5 (49...Bd7 50.Nf2 Bc5–/+) 50.Nd6 (better is 50.Qc4!? Qf5 51.Qd3+=) 50...Bd6–+ 51.Bd6 Rg1 52.Kg1 Qa1 (52...Qf5 53.Kg2–+) 53.Kg2 Qg7 54.Bg3 Qf6 55.Kf2 a5 56.Be5 Qf7 57.f4 b5 58.Qe3 Qf5 (58...a4 59.Qc5 Bd7 60.c3–+) 59.c3–/+ Kg6 60.Qd4 (60.Qc5 Qc2 61.Kg3 Qd3 62.Kh4 Qd8 63.Kg3 Qd5 64.Qd6 Qd6 65.Bd6 Kf5–+) 60...Kh5–+ 61.Bd6 Bd7 62.Qd1 Kg6 63.Qg1 Kh7 64.Be5 Qc2 65.Ke3 Qg6 66.Qd1 Qg3 67.Kd4 Qf2 68.Ke4 Qg2 69.Kd4 Qg6 70.Ke3 Qg3 71.Kd4 Qh3 72.Qg1 Qg4 73.Qh1 Qg8 (73...a4 74.Kc5–+) 74.Kc5 Qf8 (74...a4 75.Qe4 Qg6 76.Qd4–+) 75.Kb6 a4 76.Qd5 Qe8 77.Kc5 a3 78.Qe4 Qg6 79.Qe2 Be8 (79...h5 80.Qd2 Qf7 81.Qa2 Qf8 82.Bd6–+) 80.Kb4 Qb1 81.Kc5 Qf5 (better is 81...Qd3 82.Qg2 Qd7 83.Qe4 Kg8 84.Qg2 Kf8 85.Bd6 Kf7 86.Qd5 Qe6–+) 82.Qd2? (better is 82.Qg2 Qf8 83.Bd6–/+) 82...Qc8 83.Kb4 Qa8 84.Qa2 Qa4 85.Kc5 Qa5 86.Kd6 Qb6 87.Ke7 Qc6 88.Qb1 Bg6 89.Qa1 b4! 90.cb4 Bf5 91.Qd4 c3! 92.Qg1 (92.Qc3 Qd7) 92...Qd7 93.Kf8 Bg6 0–1. Buczinski,Henryk – Zakharov,Oleg, corr IECG RM–2010–O–00046, 2010. ... Henryk Buczinski is a Polish chess master, author, and instructor. ... Here are some key details about him: - Birth: Born on April 29, 1947, in Siemianowice Slaskie, Poland. - Chess Titles: International Correspondence Chess Master (ICCM) since 2001; Candidate for National Master (Kandydat na Mistrza Krajowego) in 1970. ... Role in Chess: He is also an instructor and arbiter (judge) in chess. ... Author: He is known for writing chess books in Polish, including titles such as: - "Arcymistrzowskie wpadki" (Grandmaster Blunders), "70 Wspσlczesnych miniatur szachowych" (70 Contemporary Chess Miniatures). ... He has a FIDE ID of 1129570. ... His favourite openings: ... Based on the available opening statistics from a chess database: ... His most frequently played openings as White are: - Polish Opening, General (9 games recorded with a 44.4% win rate, 33.3% loss rate, 22.2% draw rate); - Polish Opening, Tartakower Gambit (7 games recorded with a 57.1% win rate, 42.9% loss rate). ... It is also worth noting a couple of other openings that appear in his statistics, though with fewer games: - Spanish Game, Morphy Defense, Archangelsk Variation (2 games recorded with a 100% win rate). - Pirc Defense, Austrian (mentioned in the list, but the specific game count is cut off). ... The Polish Opening, beginning with 1. b4, appears to be a distinctive and recurring feature of his repertoire when playing as White. Note created October 2025. (AI)

8.h3 Nc6 9.Bf4 A) 9...Bf5 10.0-0 (10.Ra2 a6 11.0-0 Re8 12.a4 d4 13.ed4 Nd4 14.Nd4 Qd4 15.Be3 Qe5 16.Nc3+=) 10...Re8 11.d4 Qb6 12.dc5 Qc5 13.Ra2 b5 14.Nbd2 a6 15.Nb3 Qc3 16.Nfd4=; B) 9...Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.d4 Bf5 12.dc5 Qc5 13.Bd3 d4 14.Bf5 de3 15.Bd3 ef2 16.Kd2–/+.

8.h3 Re8 9.Bf4 (9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bc6 Bc6 12.d4 Nd7 13.Nbd2 Bb5 14.Re1 Ne5 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.a4+=) A) 9...Bf5 10.0-0 (10.Ra2 a6 11.0-0 Nc6 12.a4 d4 13.ed4 Nd4 14.Nd4 Qd4 15.Be3 Qe5 16.Nc3+=) 10...Nc6 11.d4 Qb6 12.dc5 Qc5 13.Ra2 b5 14.Nbd2 a6 15.Nb3 Qc3 16.Nbd4=; B) 9...Nc6 10.0-0 Bf5 11.d4 Qb6 12.dc5 Qc5 13.Ra2 b5 14.Nbd2 a6 15.Nb3 Qc3 16.Nbd4=.

8.h3 Bf5 A) 9.Bf4 Nc6 10.Ra2 (10.0-0 Re8 11.Bb5 Rc8 12.d3 a6 13.Bc6 Rc6 14.Ne5 Rc7 15.Qf3 Bd6 16.Nf7–/+) 10...a6 11.0-0 Re8 12.a4 d4 13.ed4 Nd4 14.Nd4 Qd4 15.Be3 Qe5 16.Nc3+=; B) 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bf4 (10.Bb2 Re8 11.Re1 Qb6 12.Ra2 Rad8 13.d4 c4 14.Nc3 Qc7 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Nf3–/+) 10...Re8 11.Ra2 a6 12.a4 d4 13.ed4 Nd4 14.Nd4 Qd4 15.Be3 Qe5 16.Nc3+=.

9.Bb2 (--> 6.Be2 d5 7.Nf3 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bb2).

9.c4 d4 10.ed4 cd4 11.d3 Ne5 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.Nf3 a6 14.Nbd2= Re8 15.Nb3 b5 16.Nfd4 bc4 17.dc4+= Nd7 18.Bf3 Ra7 19.Re1 Rc7 20.Bd5 (20.Bd5 Nf6 21.Qf3 Nd5 22.Qd5=; 20.Nf5!? Qf6 21.Ne7 Re7 22.Qd4+/–) 1–0. Schuehler,Ernst – De Visser,Arno, corr SOK–92–90, 1992.

9.d4 Ne5 10.de5 Ne4 11.c4 dc4 12.Qa4 =+.

9.d4 Bf5 10.c4 Rc8 =+.

9.Bf4 d4 10.Bb5 Be6=.

9.Bf4 d4 10.Re1 Nh5=+ 11.Be5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Nf6 (12...Bf6 13.f4 Nf4 14.ef4=+) 13.Bc4= Bd6 14.Nf3 Qc7 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.c3 de3–/+ 18.de3 Rfd8 19.Rd1 Bh2 20.Kh1 Be5 21.Kg1 Rab8 22.g4 Bg6 23.Rd8 Rd8 24.Qb2 Ne4 25.Ne5 Qe5 26.Qe2 Qf6–+ 27.Kg2 Rd1!! 28.Ba2 h5 29.Kh2 Nf2 0–1. kamret (2145) – powerhawk (2225), GameColony.com, 2003.

9.Bf4 Re8=+.

9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be5 Ne5 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Nc3 Re8 14.f4 cd4 15.ed4 Be6 16.Nb5 (16.Rb1 Qc8 17.Nb5 Bb8=+) 16...Bb8 17.Nc3 Ne4 18.Ne4 de4 19.c4 f6 20.Ng4 Bf7 (20...b6 21.Rc1=) 21.Ne3= b6 22.Rc1 Bc7 23.Rc3 Rb8 24.g3 Kh8 25.Kh1 Qd7 26.Bg4 Qd8 27.Rc2 (27.d5 Bd6=+) 27...b5 28.c5 (28.Be2=+) 28...b4 (better 28...Bb3!?-/+) 29.d5= ba3 30.d6 (30.Qd4 Ba5 31.Rd1 Rb4+=) 30...Bb3 31.dc7 Qc7 32.Qd7 Qd7 33.Bd7 Bc2 34.Nc2 (worse 34.Be8 Bd3 (worse 34...Re8 35.Nc2 Rc8 36.Rb1+/-) 35.Ra1 Re8 36.Ra3 a6-/+) 34...Re7 35.c6 a2 36.Kg2 (36.Kg1 g6=) 36...g6 (36...a5!?=+) 37.c7+= Rc8 38.Bc8 Rc7 39.Na1 Rc8 40.Rf2 Rc7 41.Ra2 Rd7 42.Nb3 Kg7 (42...f5 43.g4+=) 43.Kf2 (43.Ra4 f5+/-) 43...f5 44.Nc5 Re7 45.Ke3 Kf7 46.Nb3 Rd7 (46...Rb7 47.Nd4+-) 47.Nd4 1-0. rotomesa15 (2045) - pawnraider (2025), gameknot.com, 2018.

8.Bb2 Ne4 9.0-0 Nf2?? (Better is 9...Re8=) 10.Rf2+– Bg4 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Rb1 Bc5 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Nce2 (14.Re2?! Nd4 15.ed4 Bd4 16.Kh1 Rae8+/–; 14.Qe2?! Nd4 15.Qd3 Ne6=; 14.Nde2?! Rae8 15.Nb5 Na5+–) 14...Ne5 15.Nf5 Ng4 16.Rf4 f6 17.Neg3 Ne5 18.Nh5 Nc4 19.Nhg7 Kh8 20.Bc3 Qc6 21.Qh5 Na3 22.Rh4 Kg8 23.Qh7 Kf7 24.Qh5 Kg8 25.Ne6! Be3 26.Ne3 Qd7 27.Qg6 Qg7 28.Qg7 1–0. b4_player (2185) – ParkHustler (1890), GameColony.com, 2002.

8.Bb2 Be6 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nc3 a6 11.d4 Bd6 12.Nb5?? ab5–+ 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.c4 dc4 15.Bc4 Qe7 16.Qc2 Ra5 17.Bc3 Rh5 18.Rfb1 Ng4 19.h4? Bf5 (19...Bf5 20.Bd3 Ne3–+) 0–1. Goesmann,Stefan (1910) – Hohlstein,Walter (1955), RSX9E – A00 – Sokolsky–2, 2004.

9.0-0 a6 10.d4 (10.Nc3 Re8=) 10...Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfd8 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Ndf3 (13.Nhf3 Re8=+) 13...Ne4–/+ 14.g3 Bh3 15.Re1 b5 16.Qd3 b4 (16...Bg4 17.Reb1–/+) 17.c4 bc3 18.Bc3 g5 (< 18...Nc3 19.Qc3 Rdb8 20.Rec1=) 19.Ng2 Bf5 20.Ne5 Ne5–+ 21.de5 Ng3! 22.Qd4 Ne2 23.Re2 c5 24.Qd2 Be4 25.f4 Rdb8 26.Ree1 Rb3 27.fg5 Qg4 28.Re2 Rc3! 29.h3 Qh5 30.Nf4 Qg5 31.Kh2 Qe5 32.Rg1 Kh8 33.a4 Bf3 34.Rf2 Re3 (34...Re3 35.Qb2 d4 36.Rf3 Rf3–+) 0–1. grimstad – Creatchy, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

9.0-0 Bd6 10.d3 Qe7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.c4 Ne5 13.Be5 Be5 14.d4 Bd6 (14...Bf4 15.Qb3= (< 15.ef4 Qe2 16.Re1 Qd3–/+)) 15.c5+= Bf4 16.Qb3 Rab8 17.Bd3 Bd3 18.Qd3 Bh6 19.Ne5 Qe6 (19...c6 20.Rab1+=) 20.Rab1. pierred – mopsus, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

9.0-0 Bd6 10.d3 Qe7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.c4 Be6 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Nd4 (14.Ne4!?=) 14...Nd4 15.Bd4 Ba3 16.Bg4 Bd6 17.Be6 Qe6 18.Ne4 Be5 19.Nc5 Qc6 20.Be5 Re5 21.d4 Rg5 22.Qf3 b6 23.Rfc1 bc5 24.h4 Rg6 25.Rc5 Qb6 26.Qd5 c6 27.Qd7 Rf6 28.Rca5 Rd8 (28...h6!?+/–) 29.Qa7+– Qa7 30.Ra7 g6 31.g4 Kg7 32.g5 Rfd6 33.R1a6 Rc8 34.Rb7 Rd5 35.Raa7 Rf5 36.Rc7 Rb8 37.Rc6?? (37.f4+– Rb2 (37...Rb1+–) 38.Rc8 h6 39.Rc6 hg5 40.hg5 Re2 41.Rc3 Rd5+–) 37...Rb1+/– 38.Kg2 Rb2 39.Kg3 Rbf2 40.Kg4 (40.Rf6 R2f3 41.Kg4 h5 42.gh6 Kf6 43.Ra6 Ke7 44.h7 Re3 45.Rg6 fg6 46.h8Q Re4 47.Kg3 Re3 48.Kg2 Re2 49.Kg1 Re1 50.Kh2 Re2 51.Kh3 Re3 52.Kg4 Re4 53.Kg3 Re3 54.Kg4=) 40...Rg2= 41.Kh3 Rff2 42.h5 gh5 43.e4 Rg5 44.Rc3 Rg4 45.Re7 Rf1 46.Kh2 Rff4 47.Re3 Rg6 48.d5 Kf8 49.Re5 h4 50.Re2 f6 51.Rf5 Rf5 52.ef5 Rg3 53.Re6 Kg7 54.d6 Rd3 55.Kg2 h3 56.Kh1 Rd2 57.Re7 Kh6 58.d7 Kg5 59.Rh7 Kf5 60.Kg1 Kf4 61.Kf1 Kg3 62.Rg7 Kf3 63.Ke1 Rd5 64.Rh7 Kg3 65.Ke2 h2 66.Ke3 f5 67.Rg7 Kh4 68.Kf4 Kh5 69.Rh7 Kg6 70.Rh2 Rd7 71.Re2 Kf6 72.Re8 Rd4 73.Kf3 Kg6 (74.Rf8 Rd1–/+) 0–1. themonkey (2105) – chexist (2260), GameColony.com, 2002.

9.0-0 Qd7 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Ne4 (11.d3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Rab8 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Qc1 Rfe8 15.Qb2=; 11.Rb1 Rfe8 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nbd4 Nd4 14.Nd4 b5 15.Nf5=) 11...de4 12.Ne5 (12.Nd4 Nd4 13.Bd4 c5 14.Bc3 Bd6 15.Qb1=+) 12...Ne5 13.Be5 Be6 (13...Rad8 14.d4 (14.Bc3=+ Qe6 15.Qb1=+) 14...ed3 15.cd3=+) 14.f3 (14.d3 f6 15.Bg3= (15.Bf4 g5=)) 14...ef3 (14...Rad8 15.d3=+ (15.d4 ed3 16.cd3=+)) 15.Bf3= f6 16.Bg3 c6 17.d4 Bd6 18.Bf2 Qc7 19.g3 Bh3 20.Re1= Qa5 21.c4 Bf5 22.c5+/– Bb8 23.Qb3 Rf7 24.d5 Be5+= 25.dc6 Ba1 26.cb7+/– Rb8 27.Bd5 Bg6 28.Ra1+– Qc5 29.e4 Qa5 30.Qc4 Qd8 31.Ba7 Rbb7 32.Bb7 Qd7 33.Rb1 Qc7 34.Qc7 Rc7 35.Bd5 Kf8 36.Bb6 (36.Bb6 Rc8 37.Ba5+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – COMP Par Excellence, Mt View CA, 1986.

9.0-0 Qd7 10.Nc3 Rfe8 11.Nb5 Ne4 (11...a6 12.Nbd4=+ Nd4 (12...Bg4 13.Nc6 Qc6 14.Rb1 Bf3 15.Bf3 b5 16.d3 Rab8=) 13.Nd4 Bg4 14.f3 Bh5 15.Bd3 Bd6 16.Nb3 Qe7=) 12.Rb1 (12.Nfd4 Nd4 (12...Bf6 13.Nf5 Bb2 14.Bg4 Qd8 15.Rb1 Bf6 16.d3 Nc5=) 13.Nd4 Bf6 14.Rb1 Rab8 15.d3 Nd6 16.Nf5 Qf5=; 12.d3 Nc5 (12...Nd6 13.Nbd4 Bf6 14.Rb1 Bg4 15.Nc6 Bb2 16.Rb2 Qc6=) 13.Rb1 Ne6 14.Nc3 Rad8 15.Re1 d4 16.ed4 Ned4=+; 12.Nbd4 Bf6 (12...Nd4 13.Nd4 Bf6 14.Rb1 Rab8 15.d3 Nd6 16.Nf5 Qf5=) 13.Rb1 Nd4 14.Nd4 Rab8 15.d3 Nd6 16.Qd2 b6=) 12...h6 (12...Bg4 13.d3 Nd6 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Qd2 Nf5 16.e4 de4=) 13.d3 (13.Nbd4 Nd4 14.Nd4 Bg6 15.d3 Nf6 16.Nf3 c6=) 13...Nd6 14.Nbd4 Nd4 15.Nd4 Bg6 (15...Bf6 16.Nf5 Qf5=) 16.Bf3 c6 17.Bg4 f5 18.Bh5 Bh5 19.Qh5 Bf6 20.Ne2 Bb2 21.Rb2 Qf7 22.Qf7 Kf7=+ 23.Nd4 Rac8 24.a4 Kf6 25.a5 g5 26.h3 Rc7 27.Rfb1 Ree7 28.Kf1 c5 29.Nb5 Nb5 30.Rb5 h5 31.Ke2 h4 32.c3 Ke5 33.c4 dc4 34.dc4 Red7 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.R1b2 Kg6 37.g4 hg3 38.fg3 Rh7 39.e4 fe4 40.Ke4 Rcd7 41.Rc5 Rh3 42.Rb3 ½–½. Nicholls,Mervyn (2310) – Cody,Philip (2350), email CAPA Pappier Mem B, 1998.

9.0-0 Re8 10.d4 a6 11.Nc3 b5 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Re1 b4 15.Na4 Qc8 16.ab4 Nb4 17.Ba3 Ne4 18.Be2 Bf3 19.Bf3 Nc6 20.Be7 Re7 21.Be4 Re4 22.Nc5 Re8 23.c3 a5 24.Qf3 Ne7 25.Reb1 Ra7 26.Rb5 Qa8 27.Qd1 Nc8 28.Na4 Nd6 29.Rc5 Rb8 30.Rb1 Rb1 31.Qb1 Qe8 (better is 31...c6=) 32.Rd5+/– Rb7 33.Qd1 Nc4? (33...Qb8 34.Qc2 (34.Ra5? Rb1 35.Qb1 Qb1 36.Kh2 h6–+) 34...c6 35.Rh5= (worse is 35.Ra5 Nc4 36.Re5 Ne5 37.de5 Qe5–/+)) 34.Nc5 (better is 34.Qd3!? c6 35.Rh5+–) 34...Rb2+/– 35.Qa4 c6 36.Qc6! (36.Qc4?! cd5 37.Qd5 Rb1 38.Kh2 Rf1+=) 36...Qb8 (36...Qc6 37.Rd8 Mate attack) 37.Nd7?? (better is 37.g3 Rb6 38.Nd7 Rc6 39.Nb8+–) 37…Rb1 0–1. Bango,Dominik – Jakab,Bela (1635), Stara Lubovna SVK, Ch U12 (b), 2013.

9.0-0 Re8 10.d4 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.c4 c6 13.Nh4 Be6 14.c5 Bc7 15.Nhf3 b5 16.Bd3 Nc4 17.Bc3 a5 18.h3 Qc8 19.Qc2 Nd2 20.Bd2 Ne4 21.h4 Bh3 22.Ne1 Qg4 23.Bc1 Re6 24.f4? Qg6 25.Nf3 Bf5 26.Ng5 Re7 27.Bd2 Ng3 28.Bf5 Qf5 29.Qf5 Nf5 30.Kf2 Rae8 31.Rae1 h5 32.Nf3 Nh6 33.Ne5 Re6 34.Re2 f6 35.Nd3 Nf5 36.Ree1 g6 37.Rg1 Re4 38.Rh1 Kf7 39.g3 a4 40.Nc1 Bd8 41.Re2 R4e6 42.Kf3 Kg7 43.Rhe1 g5 44.Rh1 Kg6 45.Kf2 R6e7 46.Ree1 gh4 47.gh4 Kh6 48.Ne2 Ne3 49.Ng3 Nc2 50.Nf5 Kg6 51.Ne7 Be7 52.Bc3 Ne1 53.Re1 Kf7 54.f5 Bd8 55.Re8 Ke8 56.Bd2 Kd7 57.Ke2 Bc7 58.Be1 Bf4 59.Kf3 Bc1 60.Bb4 Kc8 61.Ke2 Kb7 62.Kf3 Ka6 63.Ke2 Bf4 64.Be1 b4 65.Bb4 Bg3 66.Bd2 Bh4 67.Be3? Kb7 68.Bd2 Kc8 69.Be3 Bg5 0–1. Nicholls,Mervyn (2310) – Samraoui,Ali (2420), email CAPA Pappier Mem B, 1998.

9.d3 Re8 10.0-0 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.Qc1 Qe6 13.Nb3 Ng4 14.c4 dc4 15.Qc4 Qc4 16.dc4 Bd3 17.Bd3 Rd3 18.Nc1 Rd7 19.h3 Nf6 20.Rb1 Ne4 21.Nb3 f6 22.Rbd1 Red8 23.Rd7 Rd7 24.Re1 Rd3 25.Nc1 Rd6 26.Nb3 Kf7 27.Bd4 Rd7 28.Bb2 Rd3 29.Nc1 Rd6 30.Nb3 Nd8 31.Nbd4 Ne6 32.Re2 N6c5 33.Nb5 (33.Nd2!?+=) 33...Rd1–/+ 34.Re1 Re1 35.Ne1 Nd2 36.Nc7 Nc4 37.Bd4 Na3 38.Nd5 Bd6 39.Kf1 b5 40.Ke2 a5 41.Nc3 Ke6 42.Bc5 Bc5 43.Nd3 Bd6 Black prepares b4 44.e4 Kd7 45.Kd2 b4 46.Nd5 Nc4 47.Kc1 Kc6 48.f3 b3 0–1. Boehnke,Hartmut – Venus,Ulf, DESC, 2006. ... --- Hartmut Boehnke (sometimes spelled Bφhnke): ... --- Overview: ... 1. Personal/Biographical Details: * Born in 1955, in Germany. * FIDE ID: 12975249. * According to FIDE, his standard (classical) rating is inactive. ... 2. Chess Strength and Rating: * His peak/best Elo (from ChessBase) is 1940. * According to YottaBase, he has played 629 games, with a record of 102 wins, 411 draws, and 116 losses. * On a German club-chess site, his DWZ is listed as 1724. * According to ChessABC, his “Standardbewertung” is also 1940. ... 3. Chess Activity & Roles: * He’s been involved in correspondence chess (Fernschach). * In the Deutscher Fernschachbund (BdF), he has held administrative roles: for example, he was Turnierdirektor (tournament director). * He resigned from that role in June 2018, and the BdF Newsletter thanked him “very much for his work and commitment.” * In 2016, in a BdF newsletter, he identified himself as born in Rostock, living in Kindelbrόck (Thuringia), and working as a gas engineer/network operations manager. ... 4. Notable Games: * There is a recorded game: Hartmut Boehnke vs Hubert Ziersch (1989), played in a correspondence event, ending in a draw. * According to YottaBase, he has a very high draw percentage (~65%) across his games. ... --- Testimonials/Reputation: There’s limited “testimonial” content (e.g., quotes from other players) about Boehnke, but based on public records: * The Deutscher Fernschachbund (German Correspondence Chess Federation) publicly thanks him for his leadership role. * His long involvement (many games, administrative work) suggests he’s well-respected in the correspondence chess community. * His game archive (629 games) also indicates he is a dedicated and experienced player. ... --- Additional Note: “Boehnke Gambit” Misassociation: * There is a “Boehnke Gambit” in chess (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e5 3.dxe6 Bxe6), but that gambit is named after Gerhard Boehnke, not necessarily directly tied to Hartmut Boehnke. * It’s a common misconception to conflate the two just because of the surname. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2 b6 8.c4 Bb7 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 d5 11.d4 dc4 12.Bc4 cd4 13.Nd4 Nc6 14.Nd2 Nd4 15.Bd4 Rc8 16.Qe2 Bc5 17.Nb3 Bd4 18.Nd4 (18.ed4? Re8 19.Qd3 Be4 20.Bf7 Kf7-+) 18...Re8 19.Rac1 Qe7 20.Ba6?? (better 20.Rfd1=) 20...Rc1-+ (20...Qa3?! 21.Ra1 Ba6 22.Qa6 (worse 22.Ra3 Be2 23.Ne2 a5-/+) 22...Qa6 23.Ra6=) 21.Rc1 Qa3 (21...Qa3 22.Bb7 Qc1 23.Qf1 Qf1 24.Kf1 a5-+) 0-1. jhonores (2175) - erickzeta (2335), LIGA NACIONAL DEL PERU Team Battle, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Bb2 c5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Qc2 d5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nc3 Qd8 (11...Qh5 12.Ne2=) 12.Rc1 b6 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Ne4 h6 15.0-0 Re8 16.Ng3 Bd6 17.Bc4 Kf8 18.Nh4 (18.Bf6 Qf6 19.Ne4 Qg6 20.Nd6 Qd6=) 18...Ne5 (18...Na5 19.Be2=) 19.Be2 (19.Bb5 Bc6 20.Bc6 Nc6+=) 19...Ned7 (19...Kg8 20.Nhf5 Re6 21.f4+– (21.Nd6?! Qd6 22.Rfd1 Rc8=)) 20.f4 Bc6 (20...a6 21.Nhf5 Be7 22.Ne7 Qe7 23.Nf5=) 21.Nhf5 Bc7 22.Bc4 (22.Rfd1 Rb8+=) 22...b5= 23.Ba2 Bb6 (23...Rc8 24.Rf2+=) 24.Qd3 (24.Nd6 c4 25.Ne8 Qe8+–) 24...Qc7 (better is 24...Bc7+=) 25.Ng7!+– Kg7 26.Nh5 Kf8 27.Nf6 Nf6 28.Bf6 Be4 29.Qb5 Qc6 (29...Qd6 30.Bc3+–) 30.Qc6 Bc6 31.g4 Bb5 (31...Be4 32.g5 h5 33.Bc4+–) 32.Rf3 Bd8 33.g5 (better is 33.Be5 Rc8 34.Rh3+–) 33...hg5? (better is 33...Bf6 34.gf6 Rad8+–) 34.fg5 Bf6 35.Rc5 (35.Rc5 Re5 36.Re5 (36.Rf6 Rc5 37.Rf7 Ke8+=) 36...Be5 37.Rf7 Ke8 38.Rf5 Bh2 39.Kh2+–; 35.gf6?! Re5 36.Rh3 Rg5 37.Kf2 Rf5 38.Kg3 Kg8+–) 1–0. forsetinn (2455) – soltpl (2030), gameknot.com, 2015.

7.Bb2 Bf5 8.c4 Nc6 9.d4 d5 10.Nbd2 Ne4 (10...Rb8 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Bc4=) 11.Rc1 Nd2 12.Qd2 dc4 (12...Be4 13.Bd3=) 13.Bc4 Be4 (13...Bf6 14.Qc3=) 14.Be2 (14.d5!? Nb8 15.Bg7 Ba3 16.Bf8 Qf8 17.Qd4 Qb4 18.Ke2 Bc1 19.Qe4 (19.Rc1?! Bg6+/-) 19...Qb2 20.Kf1+-) 14...Bd6 15.0-0 Kh8 (15...Qf6 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.h3=) 16.h3 (16.Qc3 Qf6+=) 16...f5 17.Rfe1 (17.Rfd1 Bd5=) 17...f4 18.Qc3 fe3 19.fe3 Bf3 (19...Qf6 20.Rf1 Qg6 21.Rcd1=+) 20.Bf3 (20.gf3? Qh4 21.e4 Qg3 22.Kf1 Qh3 23.Kf2 Bf4-+) 20...Rf3 (20...Qh4 21.e4 (21.Bc6?? Qf2 22.Kh1 Qg3 23.Bb7 Qh2) 21...Bf4 22.Rcd1=) 21.gf3+= Qg5 22.Kf1 Rf8 (22...Qg3!? 23.Ke2 Qg2 24.Kd3 Qf3=) 23.f4+= Qg3 24.d5 (24.Ke2!? Qh3 25.Rg1 Qh5 26.Kd2+/-) 24...Ne5 25.Re2 Qh3 26.Rg2 Qf3?? (26...Rf7 27.Rcc2=+) 27.Rf2?? (better 27.Kg1 Rf5 28.Rf1 (28.fe5?! Be5 29.Qd3 Bb2 30.Rc7 Be5 31.Rb7 g6+/-) 28...Qd5 29.fe5 Rf1 30.Kf1 Qd1 31.Kf2+-) 27...Qh3 (27...Qd5!? 28.fe5 Qh1 29.Ke2 Qh5 30.Ke1 Qh1 31.Ke2 Qh5 32.Ke1 Qh1 33.Ke2=) 28.Ke1 Qh1 29.Kd2 (29.Ke2!? Qh5 30.Kd2+=) 29...Qd5= 30.Kc2 (30.Ke2 Qb5 31.Kd1 Rf6=) 30...Qe4=+ 31.Kd1 Rd8?? (better 31...Rf6 32.Ke2 Ng6=) 32.Rd2 (32.Ke2 Qg6 33.fe5 Qh5 34.Ke1 Qh1 35.Rf1 Qh4 36.Ke2 Qh2 37.Kf3 Qh3 38.Ke4 Qg2 39.Rf3 Qg4 40.Rf4 Qg2 41.Rf3 Qg4 42.Rf4 Qg2 43.Rf3=) 32...Qf3 (better 32...Qa4 33.Ke1 Re8+-) 33.Ke1?? (better 33.Kc2 Qe4 34.Kb3+-) 33...Qg3 34.Ke2 Qg4 35.Kf1 Qf3?? (35...Rf8 36.Rg2 Qh4 37.Kg1 Nf3 38.Kf1=) 36.Rf2?? (better 36.Kg1!? Rf8 37.Rf2 (37.fe5?! Rf5 38.Qc2 Rg5 39.Rg2 Bc5+=) 37...Qg3 38.Rg2 Nf3 39.Kf1 Nh2 40.Rh2 Bf4 41.Qg7 (41.ef4?? Rf4 42.Ke2 Qh2 43.Kd3 Rf3 44.Kc4 Rc3 45.Kc3 h5-+) 41...Qg7 42.Bg7 Kg7 43.ef4 Rf4 44.Rf2 Rf2 45.Kf2+-) 36...Qh3 (36...Qh1 37.Ke2 Qh5 38.Kf1 Qh1 39.Ke2 Qh5 40.Kf1 Qh1=) 37.Ke2 (37.Kg1!? Bc5 38.Qe5 (38.Qc5?! Qg4 39.Kh1 Nd3=; 38.fe5 Be3 39.e6 Bf2 40.Kf2 Rf8 41.Kg1 Qg4 42.Kh1 Qh4 43.Kg1 Qg5 44.Kh1 Rf6 45.Qf6 gf6-+) 38...Qg3 39.Kf1 Be3 40.Qg7 Qg7 41.Bg7 Kg7 42.Rc7 Kg6 43.Rf3+-) 37...Qg4= 38.Ke1?? (38.Kf1 Nc6=) 38...Qg1?? (38...Nd3 39.Qd3 Bb4 40.ab4 Rd3 41.Bd4 Rd4 42.ed4 Qg1 43.Rf1 Qe3 44.Kd1 Qd4 45.Ke2 Qe4 46.Kf2 Qb4 47.Kf3-+) 39.Rf1?? (39.Ke2 Qg4 40.Ke1 Nd3 41.Qd3 Bb4 42.ab4 Rd3 43.Bd4 Rd4 44.ed4 Qg1 45.Rf1 Qe3 46.Kd1 Qd4 47.Ke2 Qe4 48.Kf2 Qb4 49.Kf3-+) 39...Qg3-+ 40.Ke2 (40.Rf2 Nd3!! 41.Qd3 Bb4 42.Ke2 Rd3 43.Kd3 Qf2 44.Bg7 Kg7 45.Rc7 Kg6 46.ab4 Qf1 47.Kd4 Qd1 48.Ke5 Qa1 49.Kd5 Qa2 50.Ke4 Qb1 51.Kf3 Qb4 52.Rd7-+) 40...Qg2 (better 40...Qg4 41.Ke1 Be7-+) 41.Rf2= Qg4 42.Kf1 Qh3 (42...Nc6!?=) 43.Kg1+/- Qg4? (43...Bc5 44.Qe5 Qg3 45.Kf1 Be3 46.Qg7 Qg7 47.Bg7 Kg7 48.Rc7 Kg6+-) 44.Rg2+- Nf3 (44...Qf3 45.fe5 Be7+-) 45.Kf2 Qh4 (45...Ne5 46.Rg4 Ng4 47.Kf3+-) 46.Kf3 Qh3 (46...Qh5 47.Kf2 Be5 48.fe5 Rg8+-) 47.Rg3 (better 47.Kf2 Be5 48.Qe5 Rd2 49.Ke1 Qh1 50.Kd2 Qg2 51.Kd3+-) 47...Qh5 48.Kg2 Bf8 (48...Be5 49.fe5 Qe2 50.Kg1 Rd2 51.Qd2 Qd2 52.Rc7 Qd1 53.Kf2 Qd2 54.Kf3 Qd1 55.Ke4 Qh1 56.Kd4 h5 57.Rgg7 Qd1 58.Kc3 Qe1 59.Kb3 Qd1 60.Ka2 Qd5 61.Ka1 Qh1 62.Bc1 Qc1 63.Rc1 Kg7+-) 49.Rg7 Qe2 50.Kh3 Qf3 (50...Qb2 51.Qb2 Bg7 52.Qb7 c6+-) 51.Rg3 Bg7 (51...Rd4 52.Qd4 Bg7 53.Qg7) 52.Qg7 1-0. zembelek (2070) - Bichitodeluz (2135), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.c4 Nc6 9.d4 d5 10.Nc3 dc4 11.Bc4 Bf3 12.Qf3 Qd6 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bc6 (better 14.Bd3!?+/-) 14...bc6=+ 15.0-0 Nd5 16.Rac1 Bf6?? (better 16...Rfb8 17.Nd5 cd5=) 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Nf6 Nf6 19.Rc6 Rab8 20.Ba1 Rb3 21.Rfc1 Ra3 22.Rc7?? (better 22.d5 Ne8 23.Bd4+-) 22...Ra1! 23.Ra1 (23.Re7?? Rc1 24.Qd1 Rd1) 23...Qc7 24.h3 Qb7?? (24...a5 25.Qf5 Ra8 26.Qb5-+) 25.Qe2 (better 25.Qb7 a5 26.Ra5+-) 25...Qb6 (better 25...Ra8!?-+) 26.Ra6 Qb3 27.Qf3 Qb1 28.Kh2 Qd3 29.Ra5 Qc3 30.d5?? (better 30.Rc5 Qb4 31.Rc7-/+) 30...Qc7 31.g3 Qa5 32.d6 Qd5 33.Qd5 Nd5 0-1. GM_HUSARZ (2105) - SinigamiFM (2035), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 (9...d5 10.Nc3=) 10.d4 cd4 (10...Qb6 11.Ra2=) 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Qe2 Nd4 (12...d5 13.Nd2=) 13.Bd4+= (worse is 13.ed4 d5+=) 13...d5 (13...Rc8 14.Rd1+= (worse is 14.Ba7 b6–/+)) 14.Nd2 (14.Nc3 Qd6+=) 14...b6 (14...Rc8 15.Qd3=) 15.Nf3 (15.Rfd1 Rc8 16.Ra2 Qd6=) 15...Bc5 (15...Rc8 16.Ra2=) 16.Rfd1 Bd4 17.Rd4 (17.Nd4 Qc7=) 17...Qc7 (17...Rc8 18.c4 Rc4 19.Rc4 dc4 20.Qc4=) 18.Qd3 (18.c4 Rad8=) 18...Rac8 19.Rc1 Qc3 ½–½. Baker,Tim – Wood,Brian P, IECC, 2000.

7.Bb2 c5 8.d4 (8.Nc3=+) 8...Nc6 (8...cd4 9.Nd4 Qb6 10.Nc3=+) 9.Bd3 (better 9.d5!? Qb6 10.Ra2=) 9...d5 (9...Qb6 10.Qc1 d5-/+) 10.c4 (10.dc5!? Ne4 11.0-0=+) 10...Bg4 (10...cd4 11.Bd4 Bg4 12.0-0 Nd4 13.ed4 dc4 14.Bc4 Bf3 15.gf3-+) 11.Nbd2 (better 11.cd5!? Nd5 12.0-0 cd4 13.Bd4 Nd4 14.ed4-+) 11...cd4-+ 12.ed4?? (12.Kf1 dc4 13.Bc4 de3 14.fe3-+) 12...Ba3 13.Kf1 Bb2 14.Rb1 Bd4 15.cd5 (15.h3 Bf3 16.Nf3 Bc5-+) 15…Qd5 0-1. diotarolo (2080) - Lance5500 (2160), lichess.org, 2014.

7.Bb2 d5 8.Nc3 c5=+.

7.Bb2 d5 8.c4 c5 (8...Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3=+) 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 (better 10.Nc3=+) 10...Bf6 (10...Be6 11.Ba2-/+) 11.Nc3 (11.Bd5!? Qd5 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Nc3+=) 11...Nc3 (11...Nb6 12.Bb5 Nc6 13.0-0=+) 12.Bc3= Nc6 13.Bf6 (13.0-0 Be6 14.Qb3 b6=) 13...Qf6=+ (worse 13...gf6 14.0-0+=) 14.0-0 Bg4 15.Be2 Rad8 16.d3 b5 17.h3 Bh5 18.Nd4? (18.Qc2 Ne5 19.Ne5 Be2 20.Qe2 Re5=+) 18...Be2 (better 18...cd4!? 19.Bh5 g6-+) 19.Ne2-/+ Qd6 (19...Ne5 20.d4 cd4 21.Nd4=) 20.d4 (20.Qc2!?=+) 20...cd4-/+ 21.Nd4 Nd4 22.Qd4 Qd4 23.ed4 Rd4 24.Rfc1 h5 (24...a6 25.Rc3-/+) 25.Rc7 (25.Rc5 a6=+) 25...Ra4 26.Rd1 Ra3 27.Rdd7 Rf8 28.Ra7 Ra7 29.Ra7 Rb8 30.Ra3 b4 31.Rb3 Kf8 32.g4 (32.Kf1 Ke7-/+) 32...hg4 33.hg4 Ke7 34.f3?? (better 34.Kf1-/+) 34...Kd6-+ 35.Kf2 Kc5 (35...Kd5 36.Ke3 Kc4 37.Rb1-+) 36.Ke2 (36.Ke3 Kc4 37.Rb1-+) 36...Kc4 37.Rb1 b3 38.Kd2 b2 39.Kc2 Kd4 40.Rd1 Ke3 41.Kb1 Kf3 42.Rf1 (42.g5-+) 42...Kg4 43.Rf7 (43.Rg1 Kf3 44.Rg7-+) 43...g5 44.Rg7 Kf4 45.Rf7 Kg3 46.Rg7 g4 47.Rg6 Kf3 48.Rc6 g3 49.Rc3 Kg4 50.Rc4 Kh3 51.Rc3 Kh2 (51...Rb4 52.Rc2 g2 53.Rb2 g1Q 54.Ka2 Ra4 55.Kb3 Qd4 56.Rh2 Kh2 57.Kc2 Rb4 58.Kc1 Qf2 59.Kd1 Rb1) 52.Rc2 g2 53.Rd2 (53.Rb2 Rb2 54.Kb2 g1Q 55.Kb3 Qb1 56.Ka4 Qf5 57.Ka3 Qg6 58.Ka4 Qb6 59.Ka3 Qe6 60.Kb4 Qd5 61.Kc3 Kh3 62.Kb2 Qd4 63.Kb1 Qf2 64.Ka1 Kg4 65.Kb1 Kf3 66.Ka1 Ke3 67.Kb1 Kd3 68.Ka1 Kc3 69.Kb1 Qb2) 53...Kh1 54.Rb2 Rb2 (54...g1Q 55.Ka2 Qa7 56.Kb1 Qh7 57.Ka2 Qf7 58.Kb1 Qf1 59.Kc2 Qc4 60.Kb1 Qd3 61.Ka1 Qd4 62.Ka2 Qb2) 55.Kb2-+ g1Q (55...g1Q 56.Kc2 Qe3 57.Kb2 Qf3 58.Kc2 Qf1 59.Kb2 Qd3 60.Kc1 Qc4 61.Kb2 Kg2 62.Kb1 Kf3 63.Kb2 Qb4 64.Kc1 Qb3 65.Kd2 Qc4 66.Kd1 Ke3 67.Ke1 Qe2) 0-1. maximschoofs (1915) - Lance5500 (2380), lichess.org, 2019.

7.Bb2 d5=+ 8.Be2 c5 9.d4 Nc6 10.0-0 c4 (10...Qb6 11.Ra2 Be6=+) 11.c3 (11.Nc3 Bd6=+) 11...b5 (11...Qb6 12.Qc1-/+) 12.Nbd2 (12.Ne5 Qb6-/+) 12...a5 Black prepares the advance b4 (12...Bd6 13.Re1-/+) 13.e4 (13.Ne5!? Qb6 14.f4=+) 13...Ne4-/+ 14.Qc2 (14.Ne4!? de4 15.Nd2-/+) 14...Bf5-+ 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Qd2 b4 (16...Bd6 17.Ng5 Bf5 18.f4-+) 17.cb4 (17.ab4 ab4 18.Ra8 Qa8 19.Ne5 Ne5 20.de5-+) 17...ab4 18.ab4 Bb4 19.Bc3 Qd6 (19...Qb6 20.Qb2-+) 20.Ra8 (20.Rfe1 Ra1 21.Ra1 h6-+) 20...Ra8 21.Ne5 (21.Rc1 f6-+) 21...Bc3 22.Qc3 Ne5 23.de5 Qa3 24.Qa3 Ra3 25.Rc1 (25.Rd1 c3 26.Kf1 Bc2-+) 25...f6 (25...Kf8 26.h4-+) 26.ef6 gf6 27.f3 (27.h3 Kf7-+) 27...Bd3 28.Bd1 Ra2 29.g3 (29.f4 Be4 30.g4 Rg2 31.Kf1 Rh2-+) 29...Kf7 30.f4 Ke6 31.Bg4 (31.Bh5 Rb2 32.g4 d4-+) 31...Kd6 32.Bf3 Kc5 33.Bd1 (33.Bg4 d4-+) 33...Kd4 (33...Be4 34.h3-+) 34.Bf3 c3 35.Bd1 (35.Bd5 Rb2 36.Be6 c2-+) 35...c2 36.Bf3 (36.Bc2 Bc2 37.Kf1-+) 36...Rb2 37.Kf2 (37.Kg2 Rb1 38.Rc2 Bc2-+) 37...Rb1 38.Rd1 cd1Q (38...Rd1 39.g4 Rd2 40.Kg3 c1Q 41.Kh3 Qg1 42.Be2 Re2 43.Kh4 Rh2) 39.Bd1-+ Rd1 40.h3 h5 (40...h5 41.h4 Rd2 42.Kg1 Ke3 43.f5 Kf3 44.Kh1 Kg3 45.Kg1 Rd1) 0-1. myposition (1615) - Lance5500 (2380), lichess.org, 2019.

7.c4 c5 8.Be2 (8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Bf6 Bf6= (worse 9...gf6 10.Nc3+/-)) 8...Nc6 (8...d5 9.Nc3 d4 10.ed4=) 9.Bb2 (9.Bf6 Bf6 (worse 9...gf6 10.Nc3+/-) 10.Nc3 b6=) 9...d5=+ 10.d4? (10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Bf6=+) 10...Be6 (10...Qb6!? 11.Bc3 Bf5-/+) 11.cd5-/+ Nd5 12.0-0 cd4 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Bd4 Bf6 15.Qa4 (15.Bf3 Rc8-/+) 15...Nb6 16.Qb4 Bd4 17.Qd4 Qd4 18.ed4 Rad8 (18...Red8 19.Re1-/+) 19.Rd1 (19.Nc3 Rd4 20.Bf3 Rd7=+) 19...Bb3 (19...Na4 20.Rc1-/+) 20.Rd3?? (better 20.Re1-/+) 20…Re2-+ (20...Re2 21.Nc3 Rc2-+) 0-1. Arnaud_Paris (1660) - Lance5500 (2580), lichess.org, 2021.

7.c4 Nc6 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Nc3=+.

7.Bc4 d5-/+ 8.Bb3 c5 (8...Nc6 9.Bb2-/+) 9.d3 (9.Nc3!?=) 9...Nc6-/+ 10.0-0 (10.Bb2 Bf5-/+) 10...Ne5 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.f4 (better 12.Nf3!?-/+) 12...Be5-+ 13.fe5 Re5 14.d4? (14.Qf3 Bg4 15.Qg3 Qe7-+) 14...Re3 15.dc5 (15.Qd2 Re4 16.dc5 Qc7-+) 15...Qe7 (better 15...Qc7 16.Qd4 Re4-+) 16.Qd4 Re4 17.Qf2 (17.Qc3 d4 18.Qg3 Rg4-+ (18...Qc5?! 19.Rf6 d3 20.Kh1=+)) 17...Re2 (better 17...Ng4!? 18.Qf7 Qf7 19.Rf7 Kf7 20.Bd5 Re6 21.Nc3-+) 18.Qd4 Re4 19.Qf2 Ng4 20.Qf3 (20.Qf7 Qf7 21.Rf7 Kf7 22.Bd5 Re6-+) 20...Qc5 (better 20...Re1!? 21.h3 Rf1 22.Qf1 Qe3 23.Kh1 Nf2 24.Kh2 Qe5 25.Kg1 Nh3 26.gh3 Qa1 27.h4-+) 21.Kh1 Be6 22.Nd2 (22.h3 Re3 23.Qd1 Nh6-+) 22...Re3 23.Qf4 Re2 24.Rae1 (24.h4 Nf2 25.Rf2 Rf2-+) 24...Nf2 (better 24...Re1 25.h4 Qe7-+) 25.Rf2 Qf2 (better 25...Re1 26.Rf1 Rf1 27.Nf1 Qa3 28.Qd4-+) 26.Qf2 Rf2 27.Nf3 Re8 (better 27...Rc8!? 28.Kg1 Rcc2 29.Bc2 Rc2 30.Nd4-+) 28.Kg1 Rf3! 29.gf3 Kf8 30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Kg3 Ke7 32.a4 Kd6 33.Kf4 (33.Re3 Rc8-+) 33...Rc8 34.h4 f6 35.Re2 g6 36.Rd2 Ke7 (36...Rc3 37.Kg3-+) 37.Rd4 Rd8 (37...Rc5 38.Kg3-+) 38.Rb4 b6 (38...Rd7 39.Rd4-+) 39.Rd4 (39.a5 Rd6-+) 39...h6 40.Rd2 g5 41.hg5 (41.Kg3 f5-+) 41...hg5 (41...fg5 42.Ke5 Rf8 43.Rh2 Rf3 44.Rh6 Re3 45.Kd4 Re4 46.Kc3-+) 42.Kg3 f5 43.f4 Kf6 (43...g4 44.Kf2-+) 44.Rd4 (44.fg5 Kg5 45.Kf3-+) 44...a6 (44...g4 45.Kg2-+) 45.c4? (45.fg5 Kg5 46.c4 dc4 47.Rd8 cb3-+) 45...dc4 (better 45...gf4 46.Kf4 Rh8 47.cd5 Rh4 48.Ke3 Rh3 49.Kd2 Rb3 50.de6 Ke6-+) 46.Rd8-/+ cb3 47.Rd1? (better 47.Rd6 b5 48.ab5-/+) 47...Bd7?? (better 47...b5 48.Ra1 Bd5 49.ab5 ab5-+) 48.Rd4 (better 48.Rd7 b5 49.ab5 gf4 50.Kf4+-) 48...Be6 49.Rb4?? (49.Rd1 b5 50.ab5 ab5-+) 49...g4 (better 49...b5 50.fg5 Kg5-+) 50.Rb6= a5 51.Rb5?? (51.Ra6 Ke7 52.Ra5 Bc4 53.Rf5 b2 54.Re5 Kd6=) 51...Ke7?? (better 51...Bc4 52.Rc5 Bd3 53.Rc6 Ke7-+) 52.Ra5= Bc4 53.Ra7?? (better 53.Rf5 b2 54.Re5 Kd6 55.Re1=) 53...Kd6-+ 54.Rb7 Kc6 55.Rb4 (55.Rb8 Kc5 56.a5-+) 55...Kc5 56.Rb8 Kd4 57.a5 Kc3 58.a6 (58.Rh8 Ba6 59.Kf2-+) 58...Ba6 59.Rb6 Bc4 60.Rb8 b2 (60...b2-+) 0-1. Arnaud_Paris - Lance5500 (2570), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 c5 (8...Nc6 9.Bb2=+) 9.c4 (9.Bb5 Nbd7=) 9...d4 (better 9...Nc6!? 10.d4 cd4 (worse 10...Ne5 11.de5 dc4 12.Qc2+=) 11.Bd4 Be6=+) 10.ed4= Nc6 11.Bf4 (better 11.d5!? Ne5 12.Ne5=) 11...Nd4 (better 11...cd4 12.d3 h6-/+) 12.Nd4?? (better 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Ra2-/+) 12...Qd4-+ (12...cd4?! 13.d3-/+) 13.Nc3 Qf4 14.Bf3 (14.g3 Qd4-+) 14...Qc4 (14...Bg4 15.h3 Bd6 16.g3 Bf3 17.gf4 Bd1 18.Rad1 Bf4 19.Kg2-+) 15.Rb1 (15.Re1 Qd4 16.Rb1 Ng4-+) 15...Rb8 (15...Bd6 16.g3 Qa6 17.Qc1-+) 16.Be2 (16.Re1 Qd3-+) 16...Qh4 17.h3 (17.Bf3 b6-+) 17...Bh3! 18.gh3 Qh3 19.Bf3 (19.f4 Qg3 20.Kh1-+) 19…Bd6 (19...Bd6 20.Re1 Bh2 21.Kh1 Bg3 22.Kg1 Qh2 23.Kf1 Qf2) 0-1. grswish (2020) - Lance5500 (2620), lichess.org, 2019.

6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 c5 (8...Ne5 9.Ne5 c5 10.0-0=+) 9.dc5 (9.Bd6 Re8 10.dc5 Ne4=) 9...Ne5=+ 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.0-0?? (better is 11.Qa4 Qc5 12.0-0=+) 11…Qe5–+ 0–1. jboger – pierred, net–chess.com, 2009.

6.Qf3 d5 7.Bf6+= Qf6 8.Qf6 gf6 9.Ne2 c6 10.Nd4 Nd7 11.Nb3 Bc7 12.d4 Nb6 13.Bd3 Na4 14.N1d2 (14.0-0!?+=) 14...Nc3=+ 15.0-0 Na4 16.Nf3 Bg4 17.Nbd2 Rab8 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4 (19.Rfb1 Bg6 20.Rb3 Rfe8=+) 19...Bg6 20.Nh4?? (better 20.Bf5=+) 20…Bd3-+ 0-1. Fuirio - JOWD (2120), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg3 d5 8.h3 Ne4 9.Bf4 g5 (9...Ne7 10.Be2+=) 10.Bh2= f5 11.Qb3 Bb6 12.d4 g4 (better is 12...Na5 13.Qc2 c5=) 13.hg4 (better is 13.Nfd2+=) 13...fg4–/+ 14.Bd3 (14.Rg1 Kh8 (14...gf3 15.gf3 Ng5 16.f4+/–) 15.Be5 Ne5 16.Ne5 Rf2–+) 14...Na5–+ 15.Qc2 gf3 16.g3? (better is 16.Be4 de4 17.Rg1 fg2 18.Rg2 Kf7 19.Qe4–/+) 16...Bh3 17.Nd2 (17.Be4 de4 18.Qe4 Qd7–+) 17...Bg2 18.Rg1 Nd2 19.Bh7 (19.Kd2 Rf7–+) 19...Kh8 20.Kd2 Nc4 21.Ke1 (21.Kc1 Qd7 22.Bd3 Qh3–+) 21...Qe7 22.Bd3 Ne3! 23.fe3 (23.Qc1 Ng4 24.Kd1 Qg7–+) 23...Qe3 24.Kd1 f2 25.Rf1 (25.Qd2 fg1R 26.Bg1 Qg1 27.Kc2–+) 25...Bf1 26.Bf1 Qe1 0–1. grahamtrue – pierred, net–chess.com, 2016.

6.Nf3 d6 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.d4 Bg4 11.Nfd2 Be2 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Nb3 (13.d5!? Ne7 14.Qb5=) 13...cd4-/+ 14.cd4 Nd4! 15.Nd4 (15.Nd4 Qd4; 15.ed4 Re2 Pinning (15...Re2 Deflection)) 15...Qd4! 16.Na3 (16.ed4 Re2 Pinning (16...Re2 Deflection; 16...Re2 Remove defender)) 16...Qc5 17.Nb5? (better 17.Qd3 Bc3 18.Rac1 Qa3 19.Rc3 Qa2 20.Rc7-/+) 17...a6-+ 18.Rab1 ab5 19.Rb5 Qc6 20.Rg5 (20.Qb2 b6-+) 20...Bd8 21.Rg3 (21.Rg4 d5-+) 21...Bf6 22.h3 (22.Rg4 d5-+) 22...Qa4 (22...Qd5 23.Qd1 Qd1 24.Rd1 Ra2 25.Rg4-+) 23.Qf3 Be5 24.Rg4 Qc6 (24...Qb5 25.a4 Bh2 26.Kh2 Qf1 27.Qf6-+) 25.Qe2 (25.a4 Qf3 26.gf3 d5-+) 25...Rec8 26.f4 (26.Rb4 Ra5-+) 26...Bf6 27.Qd3 (27.Rd1 Qe4-+) 27...Qc3 (27...Ra2 28.Rb1-+) 28.Qe4 (28.Qd6 Ra2 29.Kh2 h5-+) 28...Ra2 29.Qb7 (29.Rb1 Qc5-+) 29...Qc6 (better 29...h5!? 30.Rg3 Bh4 31.Rg5 Bg5 32.fg5 Qe3 33.Kh1-+) 30.Qb3 Qc4 31.Qb1 (31.Qc4 Rc4 32.Rd1-+) 31...h5 32.Rg3 Ra1 (better 32...Bh4 33.Kh2 Bg3 34.Kg3-+) 33.Qa1 Ba1 34.Ra1 Qc3 35.Ra7 (35.Rb1-+) 35...Qd2 (better 35...h4 36.Rf3 Qe1 37.Rf1 Qe3 38.Kh1 Qa7 39.f5-+) 36.Kh2 Rc1 (36...h4 37.Rg4 Qe3 38.Rd7-+) 37.Rg5 (37.Ra8 Kh7 38.Rg5 Rf1 39.Rh5 Kg6 40.Rg5 Kf6-+) 37...Qe3 (better 37...g6!? 38.Ra3-+) 38.Ra8 Kh7 39.Rh5 Kg6 40.Rg5 Kf6 41.Rg4 Qg1 (41...Rf1 42.Rg8 Qe1 43.Rg6 Kg6 44.Rg7 Kg7 45.g4 Qf2) 42.Kg3 Rc3 43.Kh4 Qf2 44.g3 Qf3 (44...Rg3 45.Ra2 Rg4 46.Kg4 Qa2 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Kf3 Qd2 49.h4 Qf4 50.Kg2 Kg4 51.h5 Qd2 52.Kf1 Kf3 53.h6 Qd1) 45.Ra6 (45.Rd8 Rc5 46.Rh8 Qd3 47.Rg7 Kg7 48.g4 Rc3 49.Rg8 Kg8 50.f5 Qd2 51.g5 Qd4 52.Kh5 Rh3) 45...Rc6 (45...Rc8 46.Ra5 g6 47.Rg6 fg6 48.Rf5 gf5 49.g4 Rh8) 46.Ra5 (46.Rc6 Qc6 47.Rg5 Qf3-+) 46...Rc8 (46...g6 47.Ra8 Rc5 48.Rg5 Rg5 49.fg5 Kg7 50.Rg8 Kg8 51.g4 Qf2) 47.Rh5 g6 48.Rh7 Rc5 49.Rh6 (49.Rh8 Kg7 50.Rg8 Kg8 51.f5 Rf5 52.Rg6 fg6 53.g4 Qf2) 49...Qh1 (49...Kg7 50.Rh8 Kh8 51.Rg5 Rg5 52.Kg5 Kg7 53.g4 f6 54.Kh4 Qf2) 50.Rh8 Rh5! 51.Rh5 gh5 52.Kh5 (52.Rg5-+) 52...Qh3 53.Rh4 Qf5 54.Kh6 Qg6 0-1. Balakrishnan,Praveen (2500) - Piesik,P (2400), Titled Tuesday 1st June, 2021.

6.Nf3 Re8 7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 c5 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.d4 cd4 11.cd4 Nc6 12.Nbd2 Qd6 (12...Bf5 13.Nb3=+) 13.Nb3= Bc7 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.g3 Re7 (15...Rac8 16.Nh4 Bh3 17.Bg4 Bg4 18.Qg4=) 16.Nh4 Bh3 (16...Be2 17.Qe2 g6 18.Qb5=) 17.Bg4+= Bg4 18.Qg4 Re4 19.Qh3 Bb6 20.Nc5 Bc5 21.Rc5 g6 22.Ng2 (22.Rfc1 Rd8+=) 22...b6= 23.Rc3 Na5 24.Nf4 Nc4 25.Rb1 a6 26.a4 Kg7 27.Qg4 Nd2? (27...Rae8 28.Rbc1 f5 29.Qd1+=) 28.Rd1 (28.Rbc1+/-) 28...Qb4? (better 28...Nc4=) 29.Rc7 (better 29.Rc2 Rf4 30.gf4+-) 29...Nc4?? (better 29...Rd8+/-) 30.Qd7 (30.Nh5 Kf8 31.Qg5 Qd6 (31...gh5?? 32.Qf6 Qe1 33.Re1 Kg8 34.Qf7 Kh8 35.Qh7) 32.Qh6 Ke8 33.Ng7 Kd8 34.Rf7 Rb8 35.Qg5 Kc8+-) 30...Nd6 (30...Rf8+-) 31.Rdc1 (31.Nd5!? Qb3 32.Nc3 Qe6+-) 31...Rf4 32.gf4 (32.ef4?! Re8+-) 32...Rf8 33.Qe7 (33.Kg2 Nc4 34.Qd5 b5+-) 33...a5? (33...Re8 34.Qg5 Qb3+-) 34.Qe5 Kg8 35.Qd5 Nf5 36.Rc8 (better 36.Qc4!? Qa3+-) 36...Rc8 37.Rc8 Kg7 38.Qc4 Qb1 39.Qc1 Qe4 (39...Qa2+-) 40.Qc6?? (better 40.Qa3 Kh6 41.Rc1+-) 40...Qb1= 41.Kg2 Nh4 42.Kh3 Nf5 43.Kg2 Nh4 44.Kg3 Nf5 45.Kf3 Qd1 (better 45...Qd3 46.Qb6 Nh4 47.Kg3 Nf5 48.Kf3 Nh4 49.Kg4 Qe2 50.Kh4 Qf2 51.Kh3 Qf3 52.Kh4 Qf2 53.Kh3 Qf3 54.Kh4 Qf2=) 46.Ke4+- White intends d5 46...Ne7 47.Qc2 (better 47.Qc1 Qg4 48.Rc4 Qg2 49.Kd3 Qf2 50.Rc2+-) 47...Qh1= 48.f3? (48.Kd3 Nc8 49.Qc8 Qd1 50.Ke4 Qa4=) 48...Nc8 (better 48...f5 49.Ke5 Qf3-+) 49.Qc8= Qh2 (49...Qb1 50.Ke5 Qb3 51.e4 Qa4 52.f5 gf5 53.Qd8=) 50.d5 (better 50.Qc3 Qa2 51.d5 Kf8 52.Qc6+=) 50...Qb2?? (50...Qd2 51.Qd7 Qc2 52.Kd4 h5-/+) 51.d6+- Qb1 (51...Qd2 52.d7 Qd6+-) 52.Kd5 Qd1 53.Kc6 Qa4 (53...Qf3 54.Kc7 Qe3 55.d7 Qf4 56.Kb7 Qe4 57.Ka7+-) 54.Kb7 Qb4 (54...Qd1 55.d7 Qd5 56.Ka7+-) 55.d7 Qe7 56.Ka6 1-0. Nakamura,Hi (2775) - Tari,A (2640), 11th Norway Blitz (8), 2023. ... --- Hikaru Nakamura: Chess Grandmaster and Streamer Overview: Hikaru Nakamura is one of the world's leading chess grandmasters, a five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and a pivotal figure in the rise of online chess and streaming. ... --- Chess Career Highlights: * Grandmaster Title: Achieved the title in 2003 at the age of 15, becoming the youngest American to do so at the time (since surpassed). * U.S. Chess Champion: Five-time winner of the U.S. Championship (2005, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019). * World Title: The 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion. * Candidates Tournament: A consistent elite player, he has participated in multiple Candidates Tournaments, notably finishing second in the 2024 edition, which determined the challenger for the World Chess Championship. * Team Success: Represented the United States at seven Chess Olympiads, winning a Team Gold Medal in 2016. * Peak Ranking: Has been ranked as high as World No. 2 in classical chess. ... --- Rapid and Blitz Chess Dominance: Nakamura is widely regarded as one of the best speed chess players in history, particularly excelling in the faster time controls of Rapid, Blitz, and Bullet chess. * He has held the World No. 1 ranking in both Rapid and Blitz in the past. * He is known for his highly aggressive and tactical style, which is particularly effective in shorter time controls. ... --- Current FIDE Rankings (Approximate, as of November 2025): Nakamura is consistently ranked among the top players in the world across all formats. Classical approx 2813, Rapid approx 2732, Blitz approx 2838 (Note: Ratings fluctuate regularly. These figures are based on recent reports for November 2025.) ... --- Streaming and Content Creation: Nakamura successfully transitioned into a full-time streamer and YouTuber, becoming the most popular chess streamer in the world. * His online presence is a major factor in the contemporary growth of chess popularity. * He streams on Twitch and YouTube under the handle GMHikaru, where he provides live commentary, analysis, and educational content. Note created November 2025. (AI)

6.g3 Re8 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Bg2 c6 9.Ne2 Bc7 10.d4 d5 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.c4 dc4 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Nd2 Bg4 15.h3 Be2 (15...Bf5 16.Rc1=+) 16.Qe2 c5 (16...Bd6 17.Rb1=) 17.Ne4 (17.Rc1!? Na4 18.Bb7+=) 17...Qc6+= 18.Rc1 Nd7 19.d5 (19.Qd3 Ba5 20.Kf1 Rad8+=) 19...Qa4 (19...Qd5 20.Nf6 Nf6 21.Bd5 Nd5 22.Rc5 Ne3 23.fe3+-) 20.Qc2 (better 20.Nc3 Qa3 21.0-0+=) 20...Ba5 (20...Qa6 21.Qe2 (21.Nc5? Nc5 22.Qc4 Qa5 23.Kf1 Bd6-+) 21...Qa5 22.Qd2=) 21.Ke2 (better 21.Kd1!? Qc2 22.Rc2+/-) 21...Qb5= 22.Qc4 Qc4 (better 22...Qb2!? 23.Rc2 Qb6+=) 23.Rc4+/- b5 24.Rc2 c4 (better 24...Bb4!?+/-) 25.Nd6+- Reb8 26.a4 (26.Nf5!? Re8 27.d6 Rad8+-) 26...a6+/- 27.ab5 (27.Rb1!?+/-) 27...ab5+= 28.Rb1 Rb6 29.Nf5 (29.Nb5?! Rab8 30.d6 Nf8 31.Rc4 Rb5 32.Rb5 Rb5=) 29...c3 (29...Ne5 30.d6 Raa6 31.Nd4+-) 30.Nd4 (30.Ra1 b4 31.d6+/-) 30...b4+/- 31.Nb3 (31.d6 Ra7+/-) 31...Rbb8 32.d6 Ra7 33.Nd4 Rb6 34.Ra2 Nc5 35.d7 (35.Rba1!? Rba6 36.Nc6+-) 35...Nd7+= 36.Nb3 Rba6 37.Rba1 (worse 37.Ra5 Ra5 38.Na5 Ra5 39.Rb4 Ra2 40.Kd1 Rf2=+) 37...c2 38.Bd5 (38.Rc2 Bb6 39.Ra6 Ra6 40.Rc8 Nf8+/-) 38...Kf8 39.Kd2 (39.Be4 c1Q 40.Nc1 Nc5+/-) 39...Nc5+= 40.Kc2 (worse 40.Na5 Rd7 41.Kc2 Rd5=+) 40...Bb6 41.Ra6 Ra6 (41...Na6 42.Kd3 Bd8+/-) 42.Nc5+/- Ra1 43.Nd7 Ke7 44.Nb6 Rf1 45.f4 Rg1 46.g4 Rg3 47.Kd3 Rh3 48.Bb3 f6 49.Nd5 Kd6 50.Nb4 g5 (50...Rh1 51.Bc2+-) 51.fg5 fg5 52.Bf7 Ke5 53.Nc2 Rh1 54.Nd4 Rd1 55.Ke2 Ra1 (55...Rh1 56.Kf2+-) 56.Kf3?? (better 56.Nf3 Kf6 57.Bd5+-) 56…Rf1-+ (56...Rf1 57.Ke2 Rf7 58.Nf3 Kf6-+) 0-1. Nakamura,Hikaru (2735) - Svidler,Peter (2690), chess.com Speed, 2021. ... --- Hikaru Nakamura: Chess Grandmaster and Streamer Overview: Hikaru Nakamura is one of the world's leading chess grandmasters, a five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and a pivotal figure in the rise of online chess and streaming. ... --- Chess Career Highlights: * Grandmaster Title: Achieved the title in 2003 at the age of 15, becoming the youngest American to do so at the time (since surpassed). * U.S. Chess Champion: Five-time winner of the U.S. Championship (2005, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019). * World Title: The 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion. * Candidates Tournament: A consistent elite player, he has participated in multiple Candidates Tournaments, notably finishing second in the 2024 edition, which determined the challenger for the World Chess Championship. * Team Success: Represented the United States at seven Chess Olympiads, winning a Team Gold Medal in 2016. * Peak Ranking: Has been ranked as high as World No. 2 in classical chess. ... --- Rapid and Blitz Chess Dominance: Nakamura is widely regarded as one of the best speed chess players in history, particularly excelling in the faster time controls of Rapid, Blitz, and Bullet chess. * He has held the World No. 1 ranking in both Rapid and Blitz in the past. * He is known for his highly aggressive and tactical style, which is particularly effective in shorter time controls. ... --- Current FIDE Rankings (Approximate, as of November 2025): Nakamura is consistently ranked among the top players in the world across all formats. Classical approx 2813, Rapid approx 2732, Blitz approx 2838 (Note: Ratings fluctuate regularly. These figures are based on recent reports for November 2025.) ... --- Streaming and Content Creation: Nakamura successfully transitioned into a full-time streamer and YouTuber, becoming the most popular chess streamer in the world. * His online presence is a major factor in the contemporary growth of chess popularity. * He streams on Twitch and YouTube under the handle GMHikaru, where he provides live commentary, analysis, and educational content. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.d4 Re8 9.Nf3 a6 10.Bd3 d5 (10...b5 11.Qd1 Qh6=+) 11.0-0=+ Bg4 (11...Bf5!? 12.Bf5 Qf5=) 12.Ne5= Re5 (12...Ne5? 13.de5 Qb6 14.Qg4+-) 13.de5 Ne5 14.Qa5 Nd3 15.Qd5 Be2 16.Qb7 Re8 17.Nd2 Bf1 18.Rf1 Qc3 19.Nf3 c5 (19...a5 20.Qd5=) 20.Qa6+= h6 21.a4 c4 22.a5 Qb4 23.Qc6 Re6 24.Qc8 Kh7 25.h3 Rf6 (25...Qa4 26.h4+=) 26.a6+/- Qa4 27.a7! Qa7 28.Qc4 Nc5 (28...Qd7 29.Nd4 Ne5 30.Qc2 g6 31.Rd1+/-) 29.Ne5+- Ne6 30.Rd1 Qa5 (30...g6 31.Qc1+-) 31.Qe4 Kg8 (31...g6 32.Nf7! Qa2 33.Ne5 Qf2 34.Kh1+-) 32.Rc1 (32.f4 Nf8+-) 32...Qd8 (32...Nd8+-) 33.Qb7 Qd2?? (33...Kh7 34.Rc8 Qd1 35.Kh2 Qd6+- (35...Rf2?? 36.Qa8 Rg2 37.Qg2+-)) 34.Rc8 Kh7 (34...Nd8 35.Nd7 Qf2 36.Kh2+-) 35.Qe4 (better 35.Qa8 Qd1 36.Kh2+-) 35...g6 36.Ng4 Rf5 37.Qa8 Qd1?? (37...Qb2 38.e4 Rc5+-) 38.Kh2 Qd6 39.f4 (39.f4 Nd8 40.Rd8 Qd8 41.Qd8 Ra5 42.Qa5 Kg7 43.Qe5 Kg8 44.Qe7 g5 45.Nh6 Kg7 46.Nf5 Kg6 47.Qg5 Kh7 48.Qg7) 1-0. Xiong,Jeffery (2645) - Ter Sahakyan,S (2645), Titled Tue (11), 2024. … --- Jeffery Xiong: Chess Overview and Testimonials: Jeffery Xiong is an American chess Grandmaster (GM) known for his solid, well-rounded, and mature playing style, especially impressive for his age. He achieved the GM title in September 2015 at the age of 14, becoming one of the youngest players in U.S. history to do so. ... --- Chess Overview: Achievements and Style: Jeffery Xiong has had a distinguished career, particularly as a junior player, and continues to compete at the elite level. * Grandmaster Title (2015): Earned the GM title at age 14, becoming the fourth youngest American player to qualify at the time. * World Junior Champion (2016): Won the prestigious World Junior Chess Championship (under 20) with an undefeated score of 10.5/13. * FIDE World Cup Success (2019): Had a breakout performance, reaching the quarterfinals and defeating top players, including GMs Anish Giri and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. * Peak Rating: His peak FIDE classical rating was 2712 in November 2019, classifying him as a Super Grandmaster (2700+). * Other Key Achievements: * Runner-up in the Under-10 World Youth Chess Championships (2010). * U.S. Junior Closed Chess Champion (2016). * Winner of the Chicago Open (2015) and St. Louis Spring Classic A group (2018 and 2019). ... --- Playing Style: Described as having a "solid style" and "well-roundedness." Unlike many young players who rely heavily on tactics and aggressive attacks, Xiong is noted for his composure, ability to handle long games, and maturity in double-edged positions. He also has a strong reputation in the variant Bughouse chess, winning the Bughouse World Championship with partner Awonder Liang in 2021 and 2022. ... --- Testimonials: Xiong's playing style and temperament have garnered high praise from some of the most respected figures in the chess world: * GM Garry Kasparov (former World Chess Champion and mentor in the Young Stars program): “He has a very solid style, very mature chess... It's surprising for a player so young, yet it seems to fit.” * GM Yasser Seirawan (four-time U.S. Chess Champion): “I'm amazed about the maturity of his game... We are all used to associating young players with romantic attacking games. Tactics being the dominant feature. With Jeffery I see a well-roundedness. He enjoys playing long games. He keeps his nerves in double-edged positions.” Xiong himself has emphasized the importance of his mentality, stating he sees losses "as an opportunity to improve," a collected attitude that has been a defining factor in his continuous progress. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nf3 d5 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Qb3 Be6 11.0-0 Bb6 12.d4 Na5 13.Qa4 c6 14.Nbd2 Bc7 15.e4 Qh6 16.Qc2 g5 17.g3 f5 18.ed5 cd5 19.Rae1 f4 20.Bd3 Rae8 (20...Bh3 21.Re7 Bf1 22.Bh7 Kh8 A) 23.Kf1?? Bd6 24.Re1 g4-+ (24...Qh7?! 25.Qh7 Kh7 26.Re6-+); B) 23.Rc7?! Qd6 24.Rc5 Be2=+; C) 23.Bg6 fg3 24.hg3+=) 21.Bh7+= Kg7 22.Bd3 Bd8 23.Ne5 (23.Nb3 g4 24.Nh4 Nb3 25.Qb3 Bh4 26.gh4 Qh4 27.Re6 Re6 28.Qb7 Re7 29.Qd5 Rh8=) 23...g4 (better 23...Bh3!?=) 24.Ng6+/- Qh3 25.f3 (25.Re6 Re6 26.gf4-/+) 25...fg3-/+ 26.Re2 Rf6 (26...gf3 27.Rf3 gh2 28.Rh2 Rf3 29.Rh3 Rh3 30.Nf4=+) 27.Rg2= Bc7 28.Ne5 Rh8 29.Nb3 (29.Kh1!?=+) 29...gh2-/+ 30.Kh1 Nb3 31.ab3? (better 31.Qb3!? Be5 32.Qb7 Rf7 33.Qa6 Qg2 34.Kg2 gf3 35.Kh1-/+) 31...Be5-+ 32.de5 Rf3 33.Rf3 Qf3 34.Qf2?! (34.Qe2 Rh3 35.Qf3 Rf3 36.Be2 Rc3 37.Bg4 Bg4 38.Rg4 Kf7 39.Rb4-+) 34...Qf2 (34...Qd3 35.Qf6 Kg8 36.Qe6 Kf8 37.Rf2 Qf3 38.Rf3 gf3 39.Qf6 Kg8 40.e6+-) 35.Rf2 g3 36.Rg2 Rh3 37.Be2 Bf5 38.Bf3 Be4 39.Be4 de4 40.Re2 Kf7 41.Re1 (41.e6 Ke7 42.b4 e3-+) 41...Ke6 42.Kg2 (42.Re2 Ke5 43.Re1 g2 44.Kg2 h1Q 45.Rh1 Rh1 46.Kh1 e3-+) 42...h1Q! 43.Rh1 Rh1 44.Kh1 e3 (44...e3 45.Kg2 e2 46.Kg3 e1Q 47.Kf3 Qc3 48.Ke2 Ke5 49.Kf1 Qc2 50.Ke1 Ke4 51.b4 Ke3 52.b5 Qe2) 0-1. Grandpa_Steve – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2023.

7.Bc2 Nc6 8.Bg3 (8.Bf6!? Qf6 9.Qh5+=) 8...Ne7 9.Ne2 c6 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Bh4 Bc2 12.Qc2 Ng6 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.d4 h5 (14...Bc7 15.Nd2=) 15.Nd2 Bc7 16.c4 dc4 17.Qc4 h4 18.h3 Ne7 (18...Rfe8 19.Rab1 Re7 20.Rfd1=) 19.Rab1 Rab8 20.Nc3 Rfd8 21.Nf3 Nf5 22.a4 Ba5 23.Ne4 Qg6 (23...Qe7 24.Nc5+=) 24.Ne5 Qh5 25.Nc5 Nd6 26.Qa2 (26.Qc2 Bc7+/-) 26...Bc7 27.Qc2 Qh7 28.Qh7 Kh7 29.Nf3 Bb6 30.Rfc1 (30.Nh4?! Bc5 31.dc5 Ne4=) 30...Nf5 31.Nb3 (31.Ne5 Bc5 32.Rc5 Nd6+/-) 31...Re8 (31...Bc7 32.a5+=) 32.a5+/- Bc7 33.a6 ba6 (33...Ne7 34.Nc5 b6 35.Nd3+=) 34.Rc6 Bb6 35.Ra1 f6 (35...Rec8 36.Rc8 Rc8 37.Ra6+/-) 36.Ra6 Rec8 37.Rc8 Rc8 38.Ra1 (38.Kf1 g5+-) 38...Rc3 39.Nbd2 Rc2 (39...Kg6 40.Kf1+/-) 40.Kf1 g5 41.Ke2 Kg6 42.Kd3 Rb2 43.Kc3 Rb5 44.Nc4 Ne7 45.e4 1-0. Nakamura,Hikaru (2735) - Urazayev,Arystanbek (2425), Titled Tuesday 1st June, 2021. ... --- Hikaru Nakamura: Chess Grandmaster and Streamer Overview: Hikaru Nakamura is one of the world's leading chess grandmasters, a five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and a pivotal figure in the rise of online chess and streaming. ... --- Chess Career Highlights: * Grandmaster Title: Achieved the title in 2003 at the age of 15, becoming the youngest American to do so at the time (since surpassed). * U.S. Chess Champion: Five-time winner of the U.S. Championship (2005, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019). * World Title: The 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion. * Candidates Tournament: A consistent elite player, he has participated in multiple Candidates Tournaments, notably finishing second in the 2024 edition, which determined the challenger for the World Chess Championship. * Team Success: Represented the United States at seven Chess Olympiads, winning a Team Gold Medal in 2016. * Peak Ranking: Has been ranked as high as World No. 2 in classical chess. ... --- Rapid and Blitz Chess Dominance: Nakamura is widely regarded as one of the best speed chess players in history, particularly excelling in the faster time controls of Rapid, Blitz, and Bullet chess. * He has held the World No. 1 ranking in both Rapid and Blitz in the past. * He is known for his highly aggressive and tactical style, which is particularly effective in shorter time controls. ... --- Current FIDE Rankings (Approximate, as of November 2025): Nakamura is consistently ranked among the top players in the world across all formats. Classical approx 2813, Rapid approx 2732, Blitz approx 2838 (Note: Ratings fluctuate regularly. These figures are based on recent reports for November 2025.) ... --- Streaming and Content Creation: Nakamura successfully transitioned into a full-time streamer and YouTuber, becoming the most popular chess streamer in the world. * His online presence is a major factor in the contemporary growth of chess popularity. * He streams on Twitch and YouTube under the handle GMHikaru, where he provides live commentary, analysis, and educational content. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bc2 Nbd7 8.Bg3 Re8 9.Ne2 c5 10.Bh4 (10.0-0 Ne4=+) 10...Ne5 (10...Qb6 11.a4=+) 11.0-0 (11.d4 cd4 12.Qd4 Bc7=) 11...Ng6 12.Bg3 (12.Bf6 Qf6 (worse 12...gf6 13.d4+=) 13.Bg6 fg6= (worse 13...Qg6 14.Qa4 Bh3 15.Ng3+-)) 12...Ne4=+ 13.f3 Ng3 14.hg3 (14.Ng3 Ne5=+) 14...Bb6 15.Na3 d4 (15...Qg5 16.Nb5-/+) 16.Ba4 (16.Bg6 fg6 17.Nc4 d3-/+) 16...Re7 17.Nc4 de3 (17...d3!? 18.Nf4 Nf4 19.gf4 Bc7-+) 18.de3=+ Be6 19.Qd8 Bd8 20.Nd2 a6 (20...Ne5 21.Bb3-/+) 21.Kf2 b5 22.Bc2 Bb6 23.Rfd1 h5 (23...Rd8 24.Bg6 hg6 25.Nf4=+) 24.a4 (24.Bg6 fg6 25.Nf4 Ba5 26.Ng6 Ree8=) 24...b4=+ 25.Rab1 a5 26.Rh1 Rd8 27.Ne4 (27.Nf1 Ne5 28.Rh5 Nd3 29.Bd3 Rd3-/+) 27...Bc4 (27...f5 28.Ng5 Rd2-+) 28.Rh5= Ne5 (28...Red7!?=) 29.Rbh1+= Ng6 30.Nf4 (30.Nc5 Rd2 31.Bg6 Re2 32.Kg1 fg6 33.Rh8 Kf7 34.cb4 ab4-+) 30...b3? (better 30...Red7 31.Ng6 fg6+=) 31.Ng6+- fg6 32.Rh8 Kf7 33.Rd8 Bd8 34.Nd6 Ke6 35.Nc4 bc2 36.Ke2 Rb7 37.Rc1 Kd5 (37...Rb1 38.Rc2 Bc7 39.Nd2+-) 38.Kd3 Rb1 39.e4 Ke6 40.Kc2 (40.Kc2 Rc1 41.Kc1+-) 1-0. Nakamura,Hikaru (2735) - Moskalenko,A (2515), Titled Tuesday 1st June, 2021. ... --- Hikaru Nakamura: Chess Grandmaster and Streamer Overview: Hikaru Nakamura is one of the world's leading chess grandmasters, a five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and a pivotal figure in the rise of online chess and streaming. ... --- Chess Career Highlights: * Grandmaster Title: Achieved the title in 2003 at the age of 15, becoming the youngest American to do so at the time (since surpassed). * U.S. Chess Champion: Five-time winner of the U.S. Championship (2005, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019). * World Title: The 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion. * Candidates Tournament: A consistent elite player, he has participated in multiple Candidates Tournaments, notably finishing second in the 2024 edition, which determined the challenger for the World Chess Championship. * Team Success: Represented the United States at seven Chess Olympiads, winning a Team Gold Medal in 2016. * Peak Ranking: Has been ranked as high as World No. 2 in classical chess. ... --- Rapid and Blitz Chess Dominance: Nakamura is widely regarded as one of the best speed chess players in history, particularly excelling in the faster time controls of Rapid, Blitz, and Bullet chess. * He has held the World No. 1 ranking in both Rapid and Blitz in the past. * He is known for his highly aggressive and tactical style, which is particularly effective in shorter time controls. ... --- Current FIDE Rankings (Approximate, as of November 2025): Nakamura is consistently ranked among the top players in the world across all formats. Classical approx 2813, Rapid approx 2732, Blitz approx 2838 (Note: Ratings fluctuate regularly. These figures are based on recent reports for November 2025.) ... --- Streaming and Content Creation: Nakamura successfully transitioned into a full-time streamer and YouTuber, becoming the most popular chess streamer in the world. * His online presence is a major factor in the contemporary growth of chess popularity. * He streams on Twitch and YouTube under the handle GMHikaru, where he provides live commentary, analysis, and educational content. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.c4 c5 8.Bc3 Nc6 9.Nh3 Bc7 10.Nf4 Bf4 11.Qf4 d5 12.cd5 Qd5 13.f3 Be6 14.Be2 Qd6 15.Qd6= Nd6 16.a4 b6 17.Na3 Rfd8 18.Kf2 Rac8 19.Rab1 f6 20.Rhd1 Ba2 21.Rb2 Be6 22.d4 cd4 23.Bd4 Na5 24.Nb5 Nb5 25.ab5 Nb3 26.Bd3 Nd4 27.ed4+= f5 28.Rc2 Rc2 29.Bc2+= g6 30.Ke3 Kf7 31.Bd3 Rc8 32.h3 Kf6 33.Ra1 Rc7 34.f4 h5 35.g3 Ke7 ½–½. Taulien,Hans_Juergen – Manole,Gheorghe (2380), MDK Malbork, 2007.

7.c4 c6 8.Bc3 Na6 9.Be2 Nb4 10.Kd1 d6 11.d4 Qb6=+.

7.c4 c6 8.Nh3 d6 9.Bc3 Be6 10.Nf4 Nd7 11.d4 Qb6=.

7.c4 d6 8.Bc3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.d4 Nf6 11.Rb1 Re8=.

7.c4 d6 8.Bc3 Nc6 9.Ba5 Na5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Qf4 Qf6=+ 12.Qf6 Nf6 13.d3 a6 14.Rb1 c6 15.a4 Rfe8 16.Nge2 Rad8 17.Nd4 Bc8 18.Nb3 Nb3 19.Rb3 d5 20.cd5 Nd5 21.Kd2 Nf6 22.Be2 b5 23.Ra1 Rd6 24.Ke1 g5 25.Kd2 Kg7 26.Rb2 Bf5 27.ab5 cb5 28.d4 Rc8 29.f3 Bg6 30.Bd3 Kf8 31.Ne4 Ne4 32.fe4 Rf6 33.Ke2 Rb6 34.e5 Bd3 35.Kd3 h6 36.e4 Re8 37.Rf2 Rbe6 38.Rf6 Rf6 39.ef6 Ra8 40.Ra5+/– Ke8 41.d5 h5 42.e5 Kd7 43.Kc3 Rc8 44.Kd4 Ra8 45.h3 h4 46.Kd3 b4 47.Rc5 Re8 48.d6+/– Ke6 49.Ke4 b3 50.Rc7 a5 51.Ra7 a4 52.d7 Rd8 53.Ra4 Kd7 54.Rb4 Ra8 55.Rb3 Ra2 56.Rb7 Ke8 57.Rb8 Kd7 58.Rf8 Re2 59.Kf5 Rf2 60.Kg4 Ke6 61.Re8 Kd5 62.Kg5 Rg2 63.Kh4 Rf2 64.Kg5 (64.Kg5 Rg2 65.Kh5+–) 1–0. Taulien,Hans_Juergen – Dyda,Tadeusz, MDK Malbork, 2007.

7.Bc4 d6 8.Bg3 Nd7 9.d4 Ndf6 10.h3 d5 11.Bd3 c5 12.Ne2 c4 13.Bc2 Qb6 14.Nd2 Qb2–/+ 15.Rc1 Bc3 16.Bh7 Kh7 17.Rc3 Qa2 18.e4 de4–/+ 19.Qf4 b5 20.0-0 b4 21.Rcc1? c3–+ 22.Nc3 bc3 23.Ne4 Be6 24.Nc3 Qa5 25.Ne4 Qf5 26.Qh4 Kg8 27.Ng5 Rd8 28.Be5 Rd5 29.Rfe1 Nh7 30.Nh7 Qh7 31.Qg3 a5 32.Rc5 Qf5 33.Ra1 f6 34.Rd5 Bd5 35.Ra5 Be6 36.Bc7 Qb1 37.Kh2 Qb4 38.Ra6 Bc8 39.Ra8 Qb7 40.Ra5? Qc7 41.Qc7 Nc7 42.Kg3 Rd8 43.f4 Rd4 44.Rc5 Rd7 45.Kh4 Bb7 46.g4 Ne6 47.Rc4 Rd4 48.Rd4 Nd4 49.Kh5 Kf7 50.h4 Ne2 51.g5 Bf3# 0–1. Coakley,J – Bailey,Doug, Toronto CAN, 1988.

7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Qe4 g6 9.Bg3 d6 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Qh4 Bg4=.

7.Bd3 d6 8.Qe4 g6 9.Bf4 Nd7 10.Bc2 Bb6 11.d4 Ndf6=.

7.d4 A) 7...Nc6 8.Bf4 Qe7 9.Ne2 d6 10.Nd2 Qh4 11.e4 f5=; B) 7...d6 8.Bf4 c5 9.Ne2 Qb6 10.Nd2 Qb2 11.Rc1 Qa2=+.

7.d4 Re8 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Nd2 d5 (9...b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nb3-/+) 10.g3 Bg4 11.Bg2?? (better 11.Qb3-/+) 11...Bc3!-+ 12.Rc1 (12.Nc3 Bd1 Pinning (12...Bd1 Deflection)) 12...Be2 (better Bb2 13.Rb1 Nd4 14.Rb2 Be2-+) 13.Qe2 Nd4! 14.Qd3 (14.ed4 Bd2 Double attack (14...Re2 Pinning; 14...Re2 Deflection; 14...Re2 Decoy)) 14...Bd2 15.Qd2 Nf3 (15...c6 16.0-0 Nf5 17.Qb4-+) 16.Bf3 Qf3 17.0-0 c6 18.Rb1 (18.Qb2 Re7-+) 18...Re7 (18...b6 19.Rb4-+) 19.Qb4 Rae8 20.Qd6 (20.Qc5 h5 21.Rb4 Re4 22.Re4 Re4-+ (worse 22...de4 23.h4-+; 22...Qe4?! 23.Qa7 h4 24.Qd4-+)) 20...Qf6 (20...Qe2 21.Qa3 b6 22.Qd6-+) 21.Qa3 (21.Qf6 gf6 22.Rb4 c5 23.Rg4 Kf8-+) 21...a6 (21...b6 22.Rfd1-+) 22.Rb2 (22.Rb6 d4 23.ed4 Qd4-+) 22...h5 (22...d4 23.Rb3-+) 23.Rfb1 (23.Rb4 Qd6-+) 23...h4 (23...b5 24.Qa6 d4 25.Rb3-+) 24.Rb7? (better 24.Rb4-+) 24...Rb7 25.Rb7 d4 (better 25...Qa1 26.Kg2 h3 27.Kh3 Qf1 28.Kg4 Qf2-+) 26.ed4?? (better 26.Qa6 de3 27.Qe2-+) 26...Re1 27.Kg2 Re2 (better 27...Qf5 28.gh4 Qe4 29.Qf3 Rg1 30.Kg1 Qf3-+) 28.Rb8+- Kh7 29.Qd3 (29.Qd3 Qg6 30.Qe2 hg3 31.hg3+-) 1-0. Balaji,Aaravamudhan (2345) - Dubreuil,J (2095), Titled Tue (1), 2024. ... Aaravamudhan Balaji is a promising young chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM). ... --- Here is an overview of his chess career: ... --- Title and Federation: * Title: International Master (IM), achieved in 2024. He was also a FIDE Master (FM) in 2023. * Federation: England (ENG). * Birth Year: 2005, making him a young talent. ... --- Current FIDE Ratings: His recent FIDE ratings (as of late 2025 in the search results) are: * Classical: 2305, * Rapid: 2356, * Blitz: 2379. * Best Elo: 2396. ... --- Notable Achievements: He has had significant success in recent years, including: * Scottish Open Champion (2023): He won the 2023 Scottish Chess Championships, scoring a perfect 5/5, which included a victory over an International Master. * IM Norm: He earned his maiden International Master Norm at the Psyon Chess Masters IM Norm Invitational tournament in London in August 2023, where he finished first. * British Chess Championships (2023): He secured the U21 second-place prize at this event. * Strongest Win: He has defeated a Grandmaster, notably Samuel L Shankland (rated 2710) in one of his strongest career wins. ... --- Playing Style and Openings: Analysis of his recorded games indicates a diverse and aggressive approach: With White: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4), Indian Defense, Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3); With Black: King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5), Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6), Modern Defense (1. e4 g6). He demonstrates strong results with openings like the King's Indian Defense (as Black), Nimzo-Indian (as Black), and Reti Opening (as White). ... --- In summary, Aaravamudhan Balaji is a rapidly developing IM from England with solid ratings across all time controls and a history of winning key national and international junior events. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Nf3 d5 8.Qb3 c6=+.

7.Nf3 d5 8.Qc2 c5 9.Be2 Bg4 (9...Bc7 10.0-0+=) 10.0-0 Nd7 (10...Nc6 11.d4+=) 11.d4 (better is 11.Qa4!? Bb4 12.a3+/–) 11...Rac8 12.Nbd2 (12.Qb3 Qb6+=) 12...Rfe8 (better is 12...cd4!? 13.Nd4 Bc3–/+ (worse is 13...Rc3 14.Qa4 Be2 15.Ne2+=)) 13.Nb3 Bc7 (13...Bb6 14.Rad1+=) 14.h3 (14.dc5!? Bb8 15.Rab1=) 14...Bf5–/+ 15.Qd1 c4 16.Nbd2 Bd8 17.g4 Bg6 18.Qa4 Qc6 19.Qa7 (19.Qc6 Rc6 20.h4 h6–/+) 19...Be7 20.Rab1 Bb1 21.Rb1 b6 22.Qa6 Ra8 23.Qb5 Rec8 (23...Qd6 24.Qb2–+) 24.Qb2? (better is 24.Qc6!? Rc6 25.Rb5=) 24...Qh6 25.Qb5 Qc6 26.Qb2 Ra5 27.Ne1 Rca8 28.Ra1 b5 29.Nc2 Qa6 30.a3 Ba3 (30...Nb6 31.Nb1–+) 31.Qb1? (better is 31.Na3 Ra3 32.Ra3 Qa3 33.Qb5–/+) 31...Be7 32.Ra5 Qa5 33.Nb4 (33.Bf3 Nb6 (33...Qc3?! 34.Bd5 Rb8 35.Ne4–+) 34.Nb4 Bb4 35.cb4 Qa1–+) 33...Bb4 34.Qb4 (34.cb4 Qa2 35.Qc1–+) 34...Qb4 35.cb4 Ra4 0–1. Baer,Cy (1895) – Pscheidl,Udo (1910), RSS4D easy–36, 2007.

7.Nf3 d5=+ 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Bc7 10.d4 c4 11.Na3 a6 12.Nc2 Bf5 13.Nd2 b5 14.Bf3 Qd6 15.g3 Ba5 16.Nb4 Bb4 17.cb4 Nc6 18.Nb1 Nb4–+ 19.Nc3 Bd3 20.Re1 Nc2 21.Nd5 Na1 22.Qa1 Rab8 23.e4 Qa3 24.Re3 b4 25.Be2 b3 26.Bd3 b2 27.Qb1 cd3 (27...cd3 28.Kg2 Rfe8–+) 0–1. Lebel,Patrick (2180) – Gluckman,Jonathan, Bled ol (Men), 2002.

7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 c6 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.0-0 h5 (10...Qe7 11.d4-/+) 11.h3 (11.Nd4 Qg6=+) 11...Nc5 (11...h4 12.Qa4 Bd8 13.Qh4 Qh4 14.gh4 Bh4 15.d4-/+) 12.d4=+ Ne4 13.c4 Bf5 (13...h4!? 14.g4 Be6-/+) 14.cd5=+ cd5 15.Nf4 (15.Qb3 Rfd8 16.Nbc3 Bc3 17.Nc3 Nc3 18.Qc3 Qe6=) 15...Rfd8=+ 16.Qh5 g6 (16...g5!? 17.g4 Bg6 (17...gf4?! 18.gf5 Kf8 19.Qg4=+) 18.Ng6 fg6-+ (worse 18...Qg6 19.Qg6 fg6 20.Be4 de4 21.Na3+/-)) 17.Qe2= g5 (17...Bc7 18.Qb2+=) 18.Nd3 (18.Nh5 Qe6 19.g4 Bg6 20.Be4 Be4=) 18...Bc7 (18...Qa6 19.Qf3 Bh7= (worse 19...Qd3 20.Qf5 Rac8 21.Be4 Qe4 22.Qg5 Qg6 23.Qg6 fg6 24.a4+/-)) 19.Rc1+= Rac8 20.Nd2 (better 20.Nc3 Qe7 21.Nb2+/-) 20...b6? (20...Bd6 21.Ne4 de4 22.Nb2+=) 21.a4 (21.Nb4 Qe6 22.Nc6 Rd7 23.Na7 Rcd8+-) 21...Qd6? (better 21...Qe7+=) 22.Ne4+- de4 23.Ne5 Qe6 24.Rc6 (24.Nc6 Rd7 25.Na7 Re8+-) 24...Rd6 (better 24...Qe7!? 25.Ng4 Kg7+/-) 25.Rac1+- Rc6 (25...f6 26.g4 fe5 27.gf5 (worse 27.Rc7 Rc7 28.Rc7 Bg6+-) 27...Rc6 28.fe6 Rc1 29.Bf1+-) 26.Rc6 (worse 26.Nc6 Bd8 27.Qc4 Qc4 28.Rc4 Kf8+/-) 26...Qb3? (better 26...Qe8 27.Rf6 Bh7 28.Nf7 Kg7+-) 27.Qh5 Be5 28.Qg5 Bg7 29.Rc8 Bc8 30.Qd8 Bf8 31.Qc8 Qa4 32.Be4 Qd1 (32...Qb5 33.h4+-) 33.Kg2 Qh5 34.Qb7 a5 35.Qb6 a4 36.Qa6 a3 37.g4 (37.Qc4 Kg7+-) 37...Qg5 38.Bd3 (better 38.Qc4+-) 38...Qd5+/- 39.Kg1 a2 40.Qa4 (better 40.Bc4 a1Q 41.Qa1 Qc4 42.Qa8+/-) 40...Qe6?? (better 40...Bb4! 41.Bb5 Kg7=) 41.Bf1 (better 41.Bf5 Qd5 42.e4 Qd6 43.Qa2 Qd4+-) 41...Qd5 (41...Kh7 42.Bg2 Bg7+-) 42.Bg2 Qe6 43.d5 Qb6 (43...Qe5 44.Qa2 Bd6 45.Qa6+-) 44.Qa2 Qc5 45.Qe2 (45.Be4 Be7+-) 45...Bd6 (45...Qc1 46.Bf1+-) 46.f4! Qc1 (46...Bf4 47.Kf2 Decoy) 47.Kf2 Qc3 (47...Qc5 48.Kg3+-) 48.h4 Qb4 49.h5 Qf4 (49...Bc5 50.Kf3 Qb1+-) 50.ef4 Bf4 (50...Kf8 51.Kg3 Bb4 52.Qe5 Ba5 53.d6 Be1 54.Qe1 Kg8 55.d7 Kf8 56.d8Q Kg7 57.Qee8 Kh6 58.Qh8) 51.Qe8 (51.Qe7 Be5 52.Qg5 Kh8 53.Qe5 Kg8 54.h6 Kf8 55.h7 f5 56.h8Q Kf7 57.Qhe8) 51...Kg7 52.Qe4 Bh6 (52...Bd6 53.Qd4 f6 54.h6 Kg6 55.Be4 Kg5 56.h7 Be5 57.Qd2 Bf4 58.h8Q f5 59.Qg7 Kh4 60.Qf4 fe4 61.Qgh6) 53.d6 f6 (53...Bd2 54.Qe5 Kg8 55.d7 Ba5 56.Qa5 Kh8 57.Qg5 f5 58.d8Q Kh7 59.Qg6) 54.d7 (54.Qg6 Kf8 55.Bd5 Be3 56.Ke3 f5 57.Qf7) 54...Bg5 (54...Be3 55.Qe3 f5 56.Qg5 Kh8 57.d8Q Kh7 58.Qg6) 55.Qg6 Kf8 56.d8Q 1-0. Balaji,Aaravamudhan (2345) - Tikhonov,Viacheslav (2180), Titled Tue (5), 2023. ... Aaravamudhan Balaji is a promising young chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM). ... --- Here is an overview of his chess career: ... --- Title and Federation: * Title: International Master (IM), achieved in 2024. He was also a FIDE Master (FM) in 2023. * Federation: England (ENG). * Birth Year: 2005, making him a young talent. ... --- Current FIDE Ratings: His recent FIDE ratings (as of late 2025 in the search results) are: * Classical: 2305, * Rapid: 2356, * Blitz: 2379. * Best Elo: 2396. ... --- Notable Achievements: He has had significant success in recent years, including: * Scottish Open Champion (2023): He won the 2023 Scottish Chess Championships, scoring a perfect 5/5, which included a victory over an International Master. * IM Norm: He earned his maiden International Master Norm at the Psyon Chess Masters IM Norm Invitational tournament in London in August 2023, where he finished first. * British Chess Championships (2023): He secured the U21 second-place prize at this event. * Strongest Win: He has defeated a Grandmaster, notably Samuel L Shankland (rated 2710) in one of his strongest career wins. ... --- Playing Style and Openings: Analysis of his recorded games indicates a diverse and aggressive approach: With White: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4), Indian Defense, Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3); With Black: King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5), Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6), Modern Defense (1. e4 g6). He demonstrates strong results with openings like the King's Indian Defense (as Black), Nimzo-Indian (as Black), and Reti Opening (as White). ... --- In summary, Aaravamudhan Balaji is a rapidly developing IM from England with solid ratings across all time controls and a history of winning key national and international junior events. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 c6 9.Ne2 Bf5 10.d4 Nd7 11.0-0 Rfe8 12.Nd2 g6 13.a4 h5 14.h3 (14.Qb3 Rab8=+) 14...Qe6 (14...h4 15.Nb3 Bc7 16.g4-/+) 15.Rc1 (15.Nf4!? Qd6 16.Qb3=) 15...Bh3 16.Nf4 Bg4 17.Qb3 Qf6 18.Qb7 Reb8 19.Qa6 Bc7 20.Rb1 h4 21.Rb8 Rb8 (21...Nb8?? 22.Qb7 g5 23.Qc7+- (worse 23.Qa8 gf4 24.ef4 a6+-)) 22.Qa7 Bf4 23.ef4 Rb2 24.Nf3 hg3 25.fg3 Qe6 (25...Qf5 26.Nh4 Qe6 27.f5 Bf5 28.Qc7-/+ (28.Nf5?? gf5 29.Qd7 Qd7-+)) 26.Ne5 Ne5 27.fe5 (better 27.de5 Qf5 28.Qa8 Kg7 29.Qc6=) 27...Bh3?? (better 27...Rg2 28.Kg2 Bh3 29.Kg1 Bf1 30.Kf1 Qf5 31.Kg1 Qf3=) 28.Bh3+- Qh3 (28...f5+-) 29.Qf7 (29.Qf7 Kh8 30.Qf8 Kh7 31.Rf7) 1-0. Balaji,Aaravamudhan (2355) - Svane,R (2630), Titled Tue 6th Aug Late (7), 2024. ... Aaravamudhan Balaji is a promising young chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM). ... --- Here is an overview of his chess career: ... --- Title and Federation: * Title: International Master (IM), achieved in 2024. He was also a FIDE Master (FM) in 2023. * Federation: England (ENG). * Birth Year: 2005, making him a young talent. ... --- Current FIDE Ratings: His recent FIDE ratings (as of late 2025 in the search results) are: * Classical: 2305, * Rapid: 2356, * Blitz: 2379. * Best Elo: 2396. ... --- Notable Achievements: He has had significant success in recent years, including: * Scottish Open Champion (2023): He won the 2023 Scottish Chess Championships, scoring a perfect 5/5, which included a victory over an International Master. * IM Norm: He earned his maiden International Master Norm at the Psyon Chess Masters IM Norm Invitational tournament in London in August 2023, where he finished first. * British Chess Championships (2023): He secured the U21 second-place prize at this event. * Strongest Win: He has defeated a Grandmaster, notably Samuel L Shankland (rated 2710) in one of his strongest career wins. ... --- Playing Style and Openings: Analysis of his recorded games indicates a diverse and aggressive approach: With White: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4), Indian Defense, Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3); With Black: King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5), Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6), Modern Defense (1. e4 g6). He demonstrates strong results with openings like the King's Indian Defense (as Black), Nimzo-Indian (as Black), and Reti Opening (as White). ... --- In summary, Aaravamudhan Balaji is a rapidly developing IM from England with solid ratings across all time controls and a history of winning key national and international junior events. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Qh5 Bb6 8.d4 d6 9.Bd3 g6 10.Qh6 Nc6 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Nc4 Ba7 14.Rb1 b5 15.Ncd2 Rae8 16.Ng5 Qg7 17.Qg7 Kg7 18.a4 ba4 19.Ba6 Ne7 20.Bb5 Bb5 21.Rb5 Nc6 22.Rb7 Bb6=+ 23.Nc4 Na5 24.Na5 Ba5 25.Kd2 Rb8 26.Rhb1 Bb6 27.Rb8= Rb8 28.Ra1 Ra8 29.Ra3 h6 30.Nf3 Kf6 31.e4 c5 32.Kd3 g5 33.g4 cd4 34.cd4 Ke7 35.Nd2 Bc7+= 36.Nf3 f6 37.d5 Bb6 38.Nd4 Bc5 39.Nf5 Kd7 40.Ra2 a3 41.f3 Rh8 42.h4 h5 43.gh5 Rh5 44.hg5 Rg5 45.Rh2 Rg6 46.Kc4 Kc7 47.Rh7 Kb6=+ 48.Rh2 ½–½. vik – 7053, internet live, 2001.

7.Qh5 Nc6=.

6.cb4 Ne5 7.d4 Ng6 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.a3 a5 10.b5 Nf4 11.Nc3 d6 12.g3 Nh3 13.Qc2 Re8 14.Bg2 Rb8 15.Rc1 c5 16.Qd3 b6 17.d5 Bg4 18.Nd2 Nd7 19.Qf1 Ne5 20.e4 Qg5 21.Rc2 Qh6 22.f3 Bf5 23.f4 Nd7 24.Nc4+/– Bg4 25.Nd6 Qd6 26.Bh3 Bh3 27.Qh3 (27.Qh3 c4 28.e5+=). Baer,Werner – Rushton,Darren, TT–03 TSC, 2002.

6.d4 Ne5? 7.de5 Ba5 8.ef6 +–.

6.d4 Be7=.

6.Bd4 Re8 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Ne2 a6 9.g3 d6 10.Bg2 Bg4 11.0-0 Ba5 12.Re1 Bf3 13.Bf3 Qf3 14.Nd4 Nd4=+ 15.cd4 Qf5 16.Nc3 b5 17.Qb3 c6 18.Rf1 Re6 19.a4 Qh3 20.Qc2? Rh6 21.Qf5?? Qh2# 0–1. TD_6 – Oort, ICS rated light match, 1998.

6.Bg3 Be7 7.d4 d5 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Qc2 Bh5 10.f3 Re8 11.Bf2 Bd6 12.Ne2 Bg6 13.Nd2 Na5 14.h3 c5 15.Bg6 hg6 16.0-0 Rc8 17.Qd3 cd4 18.cd4 Qe7 19.Rfc1 Ba3 20.Rc8 Rc8 21.Rb1 Nc4 22.Nf1 a6 23.Nfg3 b5 24.e4 de4 25.fe4 Bb4 26.Rc1 Re8 27.e5 Nd5 28.Rc4 bc4–/+ 29.Qc4 Qb7 30.a3 Ba3 31.Qa4=+ Qe7 32.Qa6 Bb4 33.Qc4 Qd7 34.Ne4 Ra8 35.Nd6 Ra1 36.Kh2 Bd6 37.Qd5=+ Qf5 38.Bg1 Be7 39.Ng3 Qb1 40.Bf2=+ Bh4 41.e6 fe6 42.Qe6 Kh7 43.Qg4 Bd8 44.d5 Qc2 45.Be3 Ra4 46.Bf4 Qf2 47.Be3=+ Qc2 48.Bf4–/+ Qb1 49.Qd7?? Bb6–+ 50.Ne2 Re4 51.Qg4 Qd1 52.Qh4 Kg8 53.Nc3 Qg1 54.Kg3 Qf2 (54...Qf2 55.Kh2 Qh4–+; 54...Re3 55.Be3 Qe3 56.Kg4 Qd4 57.Ne4 Qe4 58.Kg3 Qe3 59.Kg4 Qd4 60.Kg3 Qf2 61.Kh2 Bc7 62.d6 Bd6 63.Qg3 Qg3 64.Kg1 Qe1#) 0–1. Kiviaho,Allan – Kanko,Ilkka (2255), Helsinki–ch, 1978.

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

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

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

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

6.Bb2 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 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).

6.Bb2 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Re8 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).

6.Bb2 d5–/+ 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 Be6 9.cd5 Nd5 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).

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

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

6.a3 Ba5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bg4 (---> 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.Bb2 c5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.0-0 (--> 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.a3 Ba5 10.c4).

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

6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.0-0 Re8 (--->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).

6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2 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).

6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 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).

6.Nf3 c5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.0-0 Re8 (--->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 Bg4 10.0-0 Re8).

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

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

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 8.cd5 Nd5 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).

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Re8 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).

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 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).

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bf5 8.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.Be2 Bf5).

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bg4 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).

6.Nf3 Be7 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.Nf3 Re8 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8).

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

6.Nf3 Re8 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.a3 Ba5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Bg4 (---> 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.Nf3 Re8 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Bb2 Nc6–/+ 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0=+ Qe7 11.h3 (--> 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).

6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 dc4 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Bb2 (--> 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).

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

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

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

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

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

6.Bb2 d5 7.Nf3 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Nc6 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).

6.Bb2 d5 7.Nf3 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 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 Bf5 10.0-0 Re8).

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

6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Bb2 a5 8.c3 Bd6 9.d3 a4 (9...Bg4 10.Ne2-/+) 10.Bc2 (10.Ba4!? Ne5 11.Bc2=) 10...Ne5 11.h3 Bd7 (11...a3 12.Bc1-/+) 12.Nd2 (12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Na3 Qe7-/+) 12...c5 (12...Bf5 13.Ndf3-/+) 13.a3 c4 14.d4 Nd3 15.Bd3 cd3 16.Ngf3 Rc8 17.0-0 Ne4 18.Ne4 (18.Rc1 Re8-/+) 18...de4 19.Nd2 Qh4 20.Qe1 (20.c4!?-/+) 20...b5-+ 21.f4 Qe7 22.Qg3 f5 23.Rfc1 Be6 24.h4 (24.Rd1 Rfd8-+) 24...Rf6 25.h5 Rh6 26.Qh3 Qf7 27.g4 (27.Rab1 Rh5 28.Qg3 Be7-+) 27...fg4 28.Qg3 (28.Qg2 Bd5 29.Qg4 Qh5 30.Qh5 Rh5-+) 28...Qh5 (28...Rh5?! 29.Ne4 Be7 30.Nf2-+) 29.Ne4 (29.Qg2-+) 29...Qh1 30.Kf2 Rh2 31.Qh2 Qh2 (31...Qe4?! 32.Qg2 Qg2 33.Kg2 Bd5 34.Kf2-/+) 32.Ke1 (32.Kf1 g3 33.Ng3 d2 34.f5 Bc4 35.Ne2 Be2) 32…Qe2 0-1. daike (1735) - Jaizar (2245), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.Bb3 Nbd7 7.Bf6 Nf6 8.Ne2 c6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.c4 dc4 11.Bc4 Bh2! 12.Kh1 Ng4–+ 13.g3 Qf6 14.f3 Bg3 15.fg4 Qh4 16.Kg2 Be5 17.Nf4 Bg4 18.Be2 Bh3 19.Kf3 Bf1 20.Qf1 Ba1 21.Na3 Be5 0–1. blackmardiemerdarultakzim (2210) – lucasw (2000), net–chess.com, 2006.

6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Bb2=+ d4 8.Ne2 Re8 9.0-0 Bg4 10.f3= Bh5 11.Nf4 Bg6 12.Ng6= hg6 13.a3 Bc5 14.e4 Ne5 15.Qe2 Nd3 16.Qd3= Qd7 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.a4 Qe7 19.Na3= c6 20.Nc4 Nh5 21.g3 Qd7 22.Kg2 Kh7 23.Rae1 Rh8 24.h3 Kg8 25.Ne5?? Nf4!–+ 26.gf4 Qh3 (26...Qh3 27.Kg1 Qg3#) 0–1. SilentPlayer – Retiornot, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

7.a3 Ba5=+ 8.Ne2 Be6 9.Nbc3 c4–/+ 10.Ba4 Bc3 11.Nc3 a6 12.Qb1 b5–+ 13.Bb5 ab5 14.Qb5 Nbd7 15.Bd6 Re8 16.a4 Nb6 17.a5 0–1. blackcrowman – marnzell, ChessWorld.net, 2009.

7.c3 Ba5 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Bd5 Black has the pair of bishops 9...Rd8 (9...Bc7 10.Qb3 Bb6 11.d4=) 10.Qf3 Qf3 11.Bf3 c4 (better is 11...Kh8!?+= should be examined more closely) 12.Na3+/– 1–0. Wilke,Hans Peter – Friese,Kevin, Berlin op 7th, 2002.

7.Bb2 Bf8 8.Nf3=+ c5 9.0-0 b5 10.a4? (better 10.Bf6 gf6 11.a3=+) 10...c4-+ 11.Ba2 b4 12.Bd4 Nc6 13.d3 c3 (13...Nd4 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.Nf3-+) 14.Re1 (14.Bf6 gf6 (worse 14...Qf6 15.Bd5 Rb8 16.Qc1-/+) 15.Re1 Rb8-/+) 14...Bg4 (better 14...Nd4 15.Nd4 Bg4-+) 15.Bc3?? (better 15.Bf6 gf6 16.h3-/+) 15...bc3-+ 16.Nc3 Bb4 17.Qd2 (17.Ne2 Bf3 18.gf3 Be1 19.Qe1-+) 17…Qa5 0-1. maximschoofs (1825) - Lance5500 (2620), lichess.org, 2019.

7.Nf3 c5 8.a3 (8.c3!? Ba5 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Bd5=) 8...Ba5=+ 9.0-0 Bg4 10.h3?? (10.d4 Ne4=+) 10...Bh5 (better is 10...Bf3 11.Qf3 Re5–+) 11.Bb2 (11.d4 Ne4=) 11...Nc6=+ 12.c3 (12.Ba4 Ne4=+) 12...Ne5–/+ 13.d4 (13.d3 Nf3 14.gf3 Qd7–/+) 13...Nf3 14.gf3 Ne4 (14...Qd7 15.Nd2–/+) 15.dc5 Qg5 16.Kh1 Qf5 (16...Red8 17.Nd2–/+) 17.Kg2–+ Ng5 18.Bd5 Qh3 (18...Qh3 19.Kg1 Bf3 20.Bf3 Bc7 (20...Qf3?! 21.Qf3 Nf3 22.Kg2=+) 21.Re1 Bh2 22.Kh1 Bg3 23.Kg1 Qh2 24.Kf1 Qf2) 0–1. Lozinski – Franek,Mieczyslaw, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

7.Nf3 Nc6!? 8.Bf4 Na5=+.

6.Bb2 d6 7.h3 (7.Nf3!?+=) 7...Ne5–/+ 8.Be2 Be6 (8...Ne4 9.Nf3 Qf6 10.c3–/+) 9.Nf3+= Nc4 10.Bc4 Bc4 11.c3 Bc5 12.d3 Be6 13.0-0 Rb8 14.d4 Bb6 15.Qd3 Qd7 16.Nbd2 d5 17.Ne5 Qa4 18.f4 (18.c4 c5+=) 18...c5 19.Rfb1 (19.c4!?=) 19...c4–/+ 20.Qe2 Bf5 21.Rc1 Bc7 (21...h6 22.g4 Bh7 23.Qd1–/+) 22.g4+= Be4 (22...Qb5 23.gf5 Qb2 24.Rab1+=) 23.Ne4 (23.g5!? Be5 24.de5=) 23...Ne4–/+ 24.g5 (24.Qc2 Qc2 25.Rc2 Rfe8–/+) 24...Be5 (24...f6 25.gf6 Rf6 26.Kh2–/+) 25.de5 Rbd8 26.Rd1 Rfe8 27.Kg2 b6 28.Rd4+= Qc6 29.Rad1 Rd7 30.Qf3 Red8 31.a3 Qb5 32.Qe2 a6 33.Kf3 Qc6 34.h4 Nc5 35.Kg3 Ne6 36.f5 Nd4 37.ed4 h6 38.Kf4 Re8 39.Re1 Rde7 40.f6?? Re6 41.gh6?? gh6 42.Qg4 Kf8 43.Qg7# 1–0. Baer,Cy (1895) – Bonow,Valdir (1925), CiF, 2007.

7.Ne2 Bd6 8.0-0 Nb4 9.Bb5 c6 10.Ba4 Re8=+.

7.Ne2 Qe7 8.0-0 Bg4 9.f3 Be6 10.Qe1= Rad8 11.Qh4 h6 12.f4 Ne4=+ 13.Qe1 Bf5 14.Ng3 Qe6 15.Nf5 Qf5 16.Qe2 h5 17.Nc3 Rfe8 18.Rf3 Re6 19.Rh3 Rh6 20.Kh1 Rdd6 21.Rg1 Rdg6 22.Rh4 Rg4= 23.Rg4 hg4–/+ 24.g3 Na5 25.Be4 de4 26.d3 Bc3 27.Bc3 Rc6 28.Qd2 Ra6 29.Rb1= Qd5 30.Kg1+= b6 31.Rb4 Nc6 32.Re4 Ra2 33.Re8 Kh7 34.e4?? Qb5–+ 35.Qe1? Rc2 36.d4 Nd4! 37.Re5 Nf3 38.Kh1 Rh2# 0–1. Alexandrou,Alexandros – Perdikis,Costas, Cyprus, 1988.

7.Ne2 Re8 8.a3 Bd6 9.f4 Na5 10.0-0 Nc4=+.

7.Ne2 Re8 8.c3 Bd6 9.Ba3 Be5 10.f4 Bd6 11.Ng3 Bf4 12.0-0 Bg3 13.hg3 Ne5 14.Qc2 Nd3 15.Qd3 Ne4 16.Rf3 Bg4 17.Rf4 f5 18.c4 Ng3 (18...Ng3 19.Nc3 dc4 20.Qc4 Kh8–+) 0–1. Roczniak,Jan – Matejek,Lucjan, Radom, 1983.

7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0 a6 9.Be2 Be6 10.c3 Bd6=+.

7.Nf3 Re8 8.h3 a6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.c4 Nb4–/+ 11.Be2 dc4 12.Bc4 b5 13.d4?? bc4–+ 14.Ba3 Rb8 15.Nc3 Bf5 16.Nd2 Bd3 17.Re1 Nc2 18.Bd6 cd6 19.Rc1 Ne1 20.Qe1 d5 21.Qd1 Rb2 22.Ndb1 Ne4 23.Ne4 Be4 24.Nc3 Qh4 25.Ne4 Qe4 26.a4 Rf2! 27.Kf2 Qe3 (27...Qe3 28.Kf1 Re6–+) 0–1. Davis,David Neville – Luise,Massimo, IECG, 2000.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.a3 Bc5 9.0-0 d4 10.h3 Bh5 11.a4 a6 12.Na3 Ne5 (12...Ne5 13.Be2 Bf3 14.Bf3 Rb8=+). lxred – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.Be2 0-0).

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

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

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

6.Bf6+= gf6 7.a3+/– Ba5 8.Qh5 d5 9.Bd3 (9...f5 10.Bf5 Bf5 11.Qf5+/–) 1–0. Diener,Rudolf – Roscher, corr SOK–89–36, 1989.

8.Nf3+=.

6.Bb5 a6 7.Bd3=+ Nc6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Qf4 Qd7 10.Ne2 Bd6 11.Qh4=+ Ne5 12.f3 c5–+ 13.Be5 Be5 14.c3? c4 15.Bc2 Qb5 16.f4 Bc7 17.g4 Qb2 18.g5 Ne4 19.a4 Qc2 20.0-0 Qb2 21.Na3 Nd2 22.g6 fg6 23.Qg5 Nf1 (23...Nf1 24.Rf1 Qe2 25.Qd5 Rf7 26.Nc4 Bh3–+) 0–1. mtrold1 – anxiva, internet, 2001.

6.Bb5 Nc6 7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Nc3 –/+.

6.c4 c5 7.Qd1 Nc6–/+ 8.Bb2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nf3 Ndb4 11.a3 Nd3 12.Bd3 Qd3 13.Qe2 Qg6 14.Qc4 Bf5–+ 15.Nc3? Bd3 16.Qf4–/+ Bf6 17.Ra2 Rad8 18.Ne2 Be2 19.Bf6 Bf3 20.gf3 Qf6 21.Qf6 gf6 22.Rc2 Rd3 23.Rg1 Kh8 24.Rg3 Ra3 25.Rc5 Ra5 26.Rc4 Rg5 27.Rh3 Rd8 (27...Rc8 28.Rch4 Rg1 29.Ke2–+). Krebbers,Wilfried (1860) – Berresheim,Helmut (2115), Goch op 6th, 1995.

6.Bd3 d5 7.Qg3 Ne8 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Ne5 (9...Ne5 10.Ne5 Bh4+=). Stoelzel,Werner – Latta,Hynek (1730), ZI–2010-0-00640, 2010.

6.d4 c6 7.Bf6=+ Bf6 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Nd2 d5 10.Ne2= Nd7 11.Qf5 g6=+ 12.Qf3 Bg7 13.c3 Nf6 14.h3= Re8 15.0-0 Qa3 16.Rfb1 b6 17.Rb3 Qe7 18.Ng3 Be6=+ 19.Rab1 c5 20.R3b2 Rac8 21.Ne2 c4 22.Bc2 Qa3 23.Rb4 Qa2=+ 24.R1b2 Qa1 25.Bb1 Qa6 26.Ra2 Qb7 27.Rc4 Rc4 28.Nc4 Ne4 29.Nd2 f5 30.Bd3 a5 31.Nb1 Rc8–/+ 32.Qf4 Bf8 33.Bb5 Bd7 34.Bd3 Bd6 35.Qh4–/+ Qc7 36.f3 Bh2 37.Kh1–+ Ng3 38.Ng3 Bg3 39.Qg5 Bd6 40.e4 de4 41.fe4 Bf4 42.Qh4 Bg3 43.Qg5 fe4 44.Be4 Rf8 45.Bf3 Bc6 46.Nd2 Bf4 47.Qg4 Qe7 48.Be2 Kg7 49.Nf3 Qe3 50.Bd1 Qd3 51.Ng1 0–1. Haertig,Manfred – Kahl,Fred, DESC, 2000.

6.d4 d5 7.Qg3= Bf5 8.Bd3 Bd3 9.cd3 c5 10.dc5= Nc6 11.Nf3 Qd7 12.Nc3 Nh5= 13.Qh3 Qh3 14.gh3 Bc5 15.0-0 Rad8 16.d4 Bb4 17.Ne2 Rfe8 18.Rab1 Rd7 19.Rfc1 Ba5 20.Nc3 Bc3 21.Rc3 f6 22.Bg3 g6 23.a4 Ng7 24.Ne1 Ne6 25.Nd3 Kf7 26.Kg2 h5 27.Nc5 Nc5=+ 28.Rc5 Re6 29.a5 a6 30.h4 Re8 31.h3 Re4 32.Kf3 Re8 33.Bf4 Ne7 34.Bc7 Nf5 35.Bg3 Ng7 36.Rc3+= Ne6 37.Bh2 Nd8 38.Rc5 Ne6 39.Rc3 Ree7 40.Rbb3 Nd8= 41.Rc5 Ne6 42.Rc2 Ng7 43.Bb8 Nf5= 44.Bg3 Nd6 45.Bd6 Rd6 46.Rcb2 Rdd7 47.Rb6 Kg7 48.Ke2 Rf7 49.f3 f5 50.Kf2 Rfe7 51.R2b3 Kh6 52.Kg3 Rc7 53.Kf4 Rc2 54.Rd6+/– Rh2 55.Rbb6 Rg7 56.Rd5 Rh3 57.Rd8 Rh4 58.Kg3 Rh1 59.Rh8 Rh7 60.Rh7 Kh7 61.Rb7 Kh6 62.Rb6 h4 63.Kg2 Re1+= 64.Kf2 h3 65.Kg3 Re3 66.Ra6 Kg5 67.d5 f4 68.Kh3 Rf3 69.Kg2 Rd3 70.d6 Kg4 71.Kf2 Rd2 72.Ke1 Rd5 ½–½. Baer,Werner – Bonetti,Shane, TT–08 ETC, 2003.

6.Ne2 d6 7.Bc3 Nbd7 8.d4 d5 9.Ng3 Nb6 10.h3 c6 (10...c6 11.Bd3 Re8=). Valica,Slavo (1630) – Muller,Henri (1825), CO7–01 www.b2–b4.com, 2005.

6.h3 Nc6!? 7.Bg3 Nb4 –/+.

7.h3 Nc6 8.d4 Ne4 9.Bd3 f5 10.a3=+ Be6 11.Ne2 g5 12.g3 Qd7 13.Qg2 Bf6 14.f3 Nd6 15.Nd2 Qg7 16.0-0-0 Na5 17.Rdg1 Nac4 18.Qf2 Nb2=+ 19.Kb2 Nc4 20.Bc4= dc4 21.f4 Bd5 22.Rh2 Qe7 23.g4 Rae8 24.fg5 Bg5 25.gf5 Kh8 26.Nf1 Be3 27.Ne3 Qe3 28.Nc3 Qf2 29.Rf2+= Be6 30.Rgf1 Bd7 31.h4 c6 32.f6 Bh3 33.Rg1 h5 34.Rg5 Bg4 35.Re5 Rd8 36.Rf4 Rd6 37.Ne4 Re6? 38.a4 a6 39.a5 (39…c3 40.Kc3+–) 1–0. Diener,Rudolf – Grund,Karl, corr ICCF, 1988.

7.d4 Nb4 8.0-0-0 c5 9.dc5= Qa5 10.Bc4 Qc5 11.Qf4 b5 12.Bb3 a5 13.Bf6 Bf6+/– 14.Ne4 Na2 15.Ba2 Qa3 16.Kd2 Qa2 17.Nf6 gf6 18.Ne2 b4 19.Qg3 Kh8 20.Qd6 Kg7 21.Ng3 Qc4?? 22.Nh5+– Kg6 23.Kc1?? Qc3?? 24.Rd5 Qa1+– 25.Kd2 Qc3 26.Kd1 Rg8 27.Qg3 Kh6 28.Ng7!! (28…Qa1 29.Kd2 Qc3 30.Kd1 Qa1 31.Kd2 Qc3 32.Kd1=; 28.Qg8 Qa1 29.Ke2 Ba6 30.Kf3 Rg8 31.Ra1 Bb7 32.Raa5 Bd5 33.Rd5 Rc8+–) 1–0. Behrmann,Klaus – Breiholz,Ove, compuserve, 1996.

7.Bf4 d6=.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.d4 Re8 9.Be2 Nb4 10.Rb1 Nc2=+ (10...Nc2 11.Kd1 Na3–/+) 0–1. Subedei – AndyAndyO, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

7.Bg3 d5 8.h3 d4 9.Ne4 Nb4 10.Kd1 de3 11.fe3 Be6 12.Nc3 Nfd5 13.Nb5 Bf6–+ 14.Nd4 c5 15.Ne6 fe6 (15...fe6 16.Ne2 Ba1–+) 0–1. Amo,Rodrigo – Piza Cortizo,Daniel Ricardo (2280), Nigran op, 1993.

8.Nge2 d6 9.Bf6= gf6 10.Nd5 +/–.

8.Nge2 Ne5 9.de5 d6 10.ef6 Bf6 11.Rd1 +–.

8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Ne4 Bd4 10.ed4 –/+.

7.Bf4 Nc6=+.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Rb1 c6 9.Nge2 d5 10.g3 Re8 11.Bg2 d4 12.Ne4= Be5 13.ed4 Bd4 14.Nd4 Qd4 15.0-0 Nd7 16.Rfe1 Ne5 17.Qe3 Qe3 18.Re3 Ng4 19.Ree1 Rd8 20.d3 Kf8 21.Nc5 b6 22.Bc6 Rb8 23.Rb4 Nf6 24.Re5 Bd7 25.Nd7+/– Nd7 26.Bd7 Rd7 27.Rh4 h6 28.Re2 Rc8 29.Rhe4 g5 30.f4 f6 31.fg5 hg5 32.h4 Rc3 33.h5 Ra3 34.Re6 Kg7 35.Rf2 Rf7 36.g4 Ra2 37.c4 Ra1 38.Kg2 Rb1 39.d4 a5 40.d5 a4 41.Kf3 Rb3 42.Ke4 a3 43.d6 Rb2 44.Rf3 f5+= 45.Kd5 a2= 46.Ra3 fg4 47.Kc6 Rc2 48.Rg6 Kh7+= 49.Rg5 Rc4= ½–½. Binder,Klaus – Bechler,Falk (1860), DESC, 2001.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.d4 Re8 9.Rd1 c5 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.Nd6+= Re6 12.Nc8 Rc8= 13.Bc4 Rd6 14.Bd3 cd4 15.Ne2 Ne5 16.Qb7 de3 17.fe3 Qa5 18.Kf2 Ng4 19.Kg3 Re8 20.Qb5 Qb5 21.Bb5 Re3 22.Kg4 h5 23.Kh5 Re4 24.Nf4 Rf4 25.g3 g6 26.Kh6 Rf5 27.Rd6 Rh5# 0–1. Preusse,Goetz – Reinecke,Rudolf, BdF, 2004.

7.d4 c6 8.Nge2 d5 9.Rb1 Nbd7–/+ 10.Bf4 Ne4! 11.Ne4 de4 12.Qg3 Qa5 13.Kd1 Nf6–+ 14.Bb8 Qa2 15.Nc3 Qa5 16.Ne2 Ng4 17.Bf4 Qd8 18.h4 b5 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Be2 Qa5 21.Bh6 g6 22.Nb5 cb5 23.Qe5 a6 24.Bg5 Qa2 25.Kd2 Bb4! 26.Rb4 Re5 27.de5 Nd5 28.Rb3 Qa5 29.Kc1 Qa1 30.Rb1 Qa3 31.Kd2 (31.Kd1 Qa5 32.Bd8 Qd8–+) 0–1. COMP – COMP, 2002.

7.d4 c6 8.Nge2 d5 9.Rb1 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Ne4! 11.Ne4 de4 12.Qg3 Qa5 13.Kd1 Nf6–+ 14.Bb8 Qa2 15.Nc3 Qa5 16.Ne2 Ng4 17.Bf4 Qd8 18.h4 b5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Bc7 Qd7 21.Nc3 Bf8 22.Bf4 Nh5 23.Qg5 Nf4 24.Qf4 Bd6 25.Qg5 h6 26.Qh5 ef3 27.Qf3 Qe7 28.Ne2 Qe3 29.d5 Qc5 30.Rb3 cd5 31.Rc3 Qb4 32.Rb3 Qa4 33.Nc3 Qd4 34.Qd3 Bg4 35.Kc1 Qf4 36.Kb2 Re1 37.Nb1 Bf5 38.Qb5 Qc1 39.Ka2 Bc2 40.Bd3 0–1. COMP – COMP, 2002.

7.d4 c6 8.Nge2 d5 9.Rb1 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Ne4! 11.Ne4 de4 12.Qg3 Qa5 13.Kd1 Nf6–+ 14.Bd6 Qa2 15.Nc3 Qe6 16.Be7 Qe7 17.Be2 b5 18.h3 a5 19.Re1 a4 20.f3 Bf5 21.fe4 Be4 22.Bf3 a3 23.Na2 Qe6 24.Rb3 b4 25.Qf2 c5 26.dc5 Red8 27.Kc1 Rdc8 28.Qd2 Nd7 29.Be4 Nc5 30.Rb4 Ne4 31.Re4 Qe4 32.g4 Qb7 33.Qb4 Qd5 34.Nc3 Qc6 35.Qb3 Rcb8 36.Qb8 Rb8 37.Na2 0–1. COMP – COMP, 2002.

7.Bc3 d5 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.d4 Ne7 10.Nd2 c5 11.Nb3 cd4 12.ed4 dc4 13.Bc4 Nc6 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Ne2= Qb4 16.Qc3 Qc3 17.Nc3 Re8 18.Ne2 Bg4 19.f3 Bf5 20.Kf2 a6 21.Bd3 Bd3 22.Rd3 Rad8 23.Rhd1 Nb4 24.R3d2 Nd5 25.Rc2? Ne3–+ 26.Rdc1 Nc2 27.Rc2 Rc8 28.Rd2 Red8 29.Nc5?? (Better is 29.f4–+) 0–1. Huelle,Gunter – Schildheuer,Kai, Leipzig VfB op 5th, 1998.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.d4=+.

7.Bb2 d6 8.Qd1 Ne5 9.Be2=+ c6 10.d4 Neg4 11.Nd2 d5 12.Ngf3 Be6 13.0-0= Ne4 14.Ne4 de4=+ 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.c4 Bd6 17.Qc2 Bf5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.c5 Bc7 20.Rab1 Qe6 21.Qb3 Rfb8 (21...Qb3 22.Nb3 Nd5 23.Bc4=) ½–½. Martins,Karin – Benassi,Aspasio, TKM/SF/01, 2001.

8.a3 Bg4 9.Qf4 Qd7=+.

8.Na3 Nb4=+.

8.Ne2 Nb4 9.a3 Nd3 10.cd3 b6 11.Nf4 Ba6 12.Nc3 c6 13.Nce2 Qd7 14.h3 c5–/+ 15.0-0 Rfd8 16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Rab1 Ne8 18.Qg3 Qf5 19.d4 c4 20.Qg4 Qg4 21.hg4 Nf6 22.f3 Bb7 23.a4 Bc6 24.Bc3 Rb8 25.a5–/+ b5 26.Bb4=+ Bb4 27.Rb4 Ne8 28.d3 Nc7 29.dc4 dc4 30.e4 Na6 31.Rb2 Rdc8 32.Kf2 (32.Kf2 Ba8 33.Ke3=). Schmitzer,K – Arounopoulos,S, 12.DJOFM, 1989.

8.Ne2 Nb4 9.Nbc3 Nd3 10.cd3 Bg4 11.Qg3 c5 12.a3 d4 13.Ne4 Be2 14.Ke2 Ne4 15.de4=+ d3 16.Kf1 f6 17.f4 c4 18.Kf2 Bd6 19.h4 b5 20.Qg4 Qe7 21.Qf5 a6 22.Qd5 Kh8 23.h5 h6 24.Rh3 Rac8 25.g4? Rc5–+ 26.Qd4 Be5! 27.Qc5 Qc5 28.fe5 fe5 29.Rf3 Rf3 30.Kf3 a5 31.Rc1 b4 32.ab4 ab4 (33.Kf2 c3 34.Bc3 bc3 35.Rc3 Qf8 36.Kg2 Qb4–+) 0–1. Willen,Anders – Retamar, corr 3GMM–40, 1997.

8.Ne2 Nb4 9.Nbc3 Bg4 10.Qg3 –/+.

8.Ne2 Nb4 9.h3 c5 10.Na3 Qb6 –+.

8.Ne2 Bg4 9.Qg3 Nb4 10.Nf4 Bd6 11.0-0 Nd3 12.cd3 Be2 13.Re1 Bd3! 14.Nc3 c6 15.e4? de4–+ 16.Ne4 Bf4 17.Bf6 Bg3 18.Bd8 Be5 19.Be7 Rfe8 (20.Nc5 Ba1 (20...Re7?! 21.Nd3 Rae8 22.Ne5 Re5 23.Re5 Re5 24.Kf1–+) 21.Nd3 Bd4–+; 19...Ba1 20.Nc5 Rfe8 21.Nd3–+) 0–1. Willen,Anders – Reyes,ME, corr 3GMM–40, 1996.

8.Bf5 Bf5 9.Qf5 Nb4=+.

8.h3 Nb4–/+ 9.Ne2 c5 10.a3 Nd3 11.cd3 Qb6 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Qf6 gf6 14.d4+=.

8.h3 Nb4–/+ 9.Ne2 c5 10.a3 Nd3 11.cd3 Qb6 12.Bf6=+ Qf6 13.Qf6 Bf6 14.Nbc3 b6 15.d4 Bb7 16.dc5 bc5 17.Rb1 Rab8 18.d4 Be7 19.Kd2 Rfc8 20.Rb5 Ba8 21.a4 a6 ½–½. Martins,Karin – Bilsel,Sabahaddin, TKM/SF/01, 2001.

8.h3 Nb4–/+ 9.Ne2 c5 10.a3 Nd3 11.cd3 Qb6 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Qf6 Bf6 14.Nbc3 Rd8 15.d4 cd4 16.Nd4 Bd4 17.ed4 Be6 18.d3 Rac8 19.Kd2 Rc6 20.Rhc1 Rdc8 21.Rab1 R8c7 22.Ne2 Rc1 23.Nc1 Kf8 24.Ne2 g5 ½–½. Martins,Karin – Boronka,Joseph, TKM/SF/01, 2001.

8.h3 Nb4–/+ 9.Ne2 c5 10.a3 Nd3 11.cd3 Re8 12.Nbc3=+.

8.h3 Ne4 9.Be4= de4 10.Qe4 Bf6 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Qd3 Qd3–/+ 13.cd3 Nb4 14.Kf1 Nd3–/+ 15.Ba3 b6 16.Nge2 Bb7 17.Rb1 a6 18.f3 Rad8 19.Nd1 Bd5–+ 20.Ndc3 Bc4 21.Kg1 b5 22.Ne4 Be5 23.Nc1 f5 24.Nc3 Bc3 25.dc3 Re3 26.Nd3 Rdd3 27.Bb2 Re2 (27...Re2 28.Bc1 Rc3–+ (< 28...Ba2 29.Rb2 Rb2 30.Bb2–+); < 27...Ba2 28.Ra1 Bc4 29.Kf2–+) 0–1. NN – Serapiglia,Roberto, corr Italy, 1972.

7.c3 Ne5 8.de5 Ne8 9.Bd3 d5 10.ed6 Qd6 11.Bc4 Nf6 12.Ne2 Rd8 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Qf4 Qd3 15.f3 Be6 16.Nc1 Qa6 17.e4 Bb3 18.Nb3 Nh5 19.Qe5 Qd3 20.Nd4 Qe3 21.Kd1 Bf6 (22.Qh5 Rd4 (< 22...Bd4 23.Kc2 Qe2 24.Kb3–+) 23.cd4 Qd4 24.Ke2 Qa1–+) 0–1. MickeyMouse – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2002.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Bb5? Nb4 (8...Bd4 9.c3 Be5 10.Ne2–+) 9.Qe2? (9.Ba4 c5 10.Ne2 Rb8+=) 9...Re8 (better is 9...c5!? 10.a3 Nc6–+) 10.Nf3 (10.c3 c6 11.Nf3 Nd5+=) 10...c5 11.c3 Nd5 12.0-0 a6 13.Bd3 Nf4 14.Qc2 Nd3 15.Qd3 d6 16.d5 b5–/+ 17.a3 c4 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Nd4 Bd4 20.ed4 Bb7–/+ 21.Qf5 Re7 22.Rc1 Rae8 23.Qc2?? Re1 (23...Re1 24.Re1 Re1#) 0–1. Baer,Cy (1895) – Roos,Bernhard (1825), RSS5E NoEngine–14, 2007.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Bd3 c6 9.Ne2 Be6 10.Nbc3 Nd7 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Rfb1 Qd7 13.Qe4 g6 14.Qf4 Bg7 15.a4 Rab8 16.a5 Nc4 17.Ra4 b5 18.ab6 Nb6 19.Raa1 f5 20.Qg5 c5 21.Bb5 Qc7 22.Qg3 Bf7 23.Qf3 f4 24.Rf1 fe3=+ 25.fe3 d5 26.Qf4 Qf4 27.Rf4 cd4 28.ed4 Rb7 29.Raf1 Re7 30.R4f3 Rc7 31.R1f2 Re7 32.Rf1 Rc8 33.Ba6 Rcc7 34.Rg3 h6 35.Rf2 g5 36.Rh3 Bg6 37.Bd3 Rc3 38.Bg6 Rh3 39.gh3 a5 40.c3 a4 41.Kg2 a3 42.Nc1 Nc4 43.Na2 Rb7 44.Be8 Kh7 45.Bc6 Rb6 46.Ba8 Rb2 47.Kg3 Nb6 48.Bc6 Kg8 49.Be8 Bf8 50.Rf6 Nc8 51.Bc6 Ne7 52.Bd7 Ra2 53.Be6 Kg7 54.Rf7 Kg6 55.Rf8 Ra1 56.Ra8 a2 57.Ra6 Rg1 58.Kf2 a1Q (58...a1Q 59.Ra1 Ra1–+) 0–1. Amir,Jacob – Endean,Andrew (1665), TE.2004.P.01705, 2004.

7.Bd3 Nc6 8.c3 d6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.Ne2=.

7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Ne2 Nb4=.

7.Bd3 d6 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Ne2=.

7.Bb2 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bd3 9.cd3 –/+.

7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Nc5 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Be5 Bc6 11.d4 Nce4 12.a3 Bd6 13.Bd6 cd6 14.Bd3 Qa5 15.Kd1 Rac8 (15...Bb5 16.Be4 de4 17.Qg3–+) 16.Ne2=+ Bb5 17.Ra2?? (better 17.Nf4–/+) 17...Bd3–+ 18.cd3 Qb5 19.Ra1 (19.Nd2 Qd3 20.Nf4–+) 19...Qb2 20.de4 Ne4 (20...Ne4 21.Qe4 de4–+) 0–1. petrobbo (1985) – zymikium (2270), ChessWorld.net, 2009.

7.Qg3 Bf5 8.Bc7 Qd7 9.Nf3 Bc2 (9...Nc6 10.Bb5 Ne4 11.Qf4–/+) 10.Nd4 (10.Nc3!?+=) 10...Ne4–/+ 11.Qf4 Bg5 (11...Rc8 12.Bb8 Rab8 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Nc2–/+) 12.Qh2–/+ Bb1 (12...Na6 13.Ba6 ba6 14.Bf4 Bf4 15.Qf4–/+) 13.Bb8? (13.Rb1 Bh4 14.Bb5+= (14.Rb7? Bf2 15.Ke2 Nc6–+)) 13...Rab8 14.Rb1 Qa4 15.Bd3 Bf6 16.Be4 de4 17.0-0 Bd4 18.ed4 Qd4 19.Qf4 b5 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.Kh1 (21.Rbc1!?+=) 21...Qd5–/+ 22.Rb4 Qa2?? 23.Rbe4+– Rf8 24.Qb8!! (24.Qb8 g6 25.Re8 Re8 26.Re8 Kg7 27.Rg8 Kf6 28.Qf4 Ke7 29.Qh4 Ke6 30.Re8 Kd5 31.Rd8 Kc6 32.Qe4 Kb6 33.Qd4 Ka5 34.Qa7 Kb4 35.Qa2 f6 36.Rc8 f5 37.Rc3 g5 38.Qa3#) 1–0. Tasic,Zoran (2155) – Mrsevic,Miroslav (2305), 21st Belgrade Trophy, Obrenovac SRB, 2008.

7.Bb2 d5 8.Nf4 d4 9.Bb5 Nb4 10.Na3 c6 11.Bc4 de3 12.fe3? (better is 12.Qe3!? b5 13.Bb3–/+) 12...Bg4–+ 13.Qg3?? (better is 13.Qf1 Ne4 14.Nd3–+) 13...Ne4 (13...Ne4 14.Bc3 Ng3 15.hg3 b5–+) 0–1. Deus Filho,Joaquim De (2015) – Terao,Juliana Sayumi (2145), Mogi das Cruzes BRA, Open Ch, 2013.

7.Bc3 d5 8.Bb5 Bg4 9.Qg3 Nb4=+.

7.d4 Nb4 8.Kd1 Nbd5=+.

6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bc4 (7.Nb5 Na6=) 7...Be7 (7...Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nd5+=) 8.0-0= d5 9.Be2 (9.Bb3 Nbd7=) 9...Nbd7 10.h3 (10.Bf4 Nh5+=) 10...Ne4 11.Nb5 (11.Bf4 Bf6+=) 11...Ne5–/+ 12.Ne5 Bf6 13.d4 (13.f4 c5–/+) 13...Qe7 (13...a6 14.Na3–+) 14.Ng4 (14.Qd3 a6 15.Nc3 Be5 16.de5 Qe5 17.Ne4 de4–/+) 14...a6 15.Nf6 gf6 (15...Nf6?! 16.Nc3=) 16.Bd3 (16.Nc7!? Qc7 17.Bd3–/+) 16...ab5–+ 17.Qg4 (17.Bb5 Ra3–+) 17...Kh8 18.f3 (18.Bb5 Ba6 19.Rfb1 Nc3 20.Ba6 Ra6–+) 18...Rg8 19.Qh4 (19.Qh5 Rg5 20.Qh6 Rag8 21.fe4 de4 (21...Rg2?! 22.Kh1–+) 22.Bb5 R8g6–+) 19...Ng5 20.f4 (20.Qh6 Rg7 21.Kh1 b4–+ (21...Qe3?! 22.h4–+)) 20...Ne4 (better is 20...Qe3!? 21.Kh2 Qd4 22.Rad1–+) 21.g4 (21.Rfd1 b4–+) 21…b4 0–1. De Visser,Arno – Strating, 1992.

6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5=.

6.c4 Bb7 7.Be2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.Qf5 Nb4 (13...N7f6 14.Bc4+=) 14.Na3 (14.Nc3 g6 15.Qb1 Ne5 16.Ne5 Qe5=) 14...f6 (14...Be4 15.Qg4 Nf6 16.Qg5+=) 15.Rec1 Nc5 (15...Be4 16.Qh5=) 16.Nc4 (16.Bc4!? Kh8 17.Nh4=) 16...Be4+= 17.Qh5 Nbd3 18.Nd6 Qd6 19.Ba3 Nc1 20.Rc1 Bg6 21.Bc4 Ne6 (21...Kh8 22.Qh4 Bd3 23.Bd3 Qd3 24.Bc5 bc5–/+) 22.Qh3? (better is 22.Bd6 Bh5 23.Nd4–/+) 22...Qa3–+ 23.Be6 Kh8 24.Rc7? (24.Re1 Qd3–+) 24...Qb2 (24...Qd6 25.Nh4 Be4–+ (25...Qe6?! 26.Ng6 Kg8 27.Qe6 Re6 28.Nf4=; 25...Re6?! 26.Ng6 Kg8 27.Nf4–/+)) 25.g3?? (better is 25.Kh1 Rad8 26.Bb3–+) 25...Qb1 (25...Bd3 26.Kg2 Qb1 27.Ng1 Qf1 28.Kf3 Qg1 29.g4 Re6 30.g5 fg5 31.Qe6 Rf8 32.Qf7 g4 33.Kf4 Rf7 34.Rf7 Qf2 35.Ke5 Qf7 36.e4 Qe7 37.Kd5 Qc5 38.Ke6 Be4 39.d3 Bf5 40.Kf7 Qd6 41.d4 Bg6) 26.Kg2 (26.Qf1 Qf1 27.Kf1 Bd3 28.Kg2 Re6 29.a3–+) 26...Bd3 27.Ne5 (27.Ng1 Qf1 28.Kf3 Qg1 29.g4 Re6 30.g5 fg5 31.Qe6 Rf8 32.Qf7 g4 33.Kf4 Rf7 34.Rf7 Qf2 35.Ke5 Qf7 36.e4 Qe7 37.Kd5 Qc5 38.Ke6 Be4 39.h4 Bf5 40.Kf7 Qc7 41.Kf8 Qd6 42.Kf7 Bg6) 27...fe5 (27...fe5 28.g4 Re6–+; 27...Qf1 28.Kf3 Qd1 29.Kg2 Bf1 30.Kg1 Bh3) 0–1. Kuehnemund,Lutz (2040) – Sawlin,Leonid (2020), 2rd Berlin Germany, Lichtenberger Somme, 2013.

7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2=.

7.0-0 d5 8.c3 Be7=.

7.0-0 d5 8.c4 Nbd7 9.Bb2 dc4 10.Bc4 Bd6 11.d4 c5 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.dc5 (13.Rc1 Bc6=) 13...Bc5 (13...Nc5!? 14.g3 Qd7=) 14.Rc1 Rad8 15.Qb3 (15.h3 Qb8+=) 15...h6 16.h3 Ne4 (16...Bc6 17.Rfd1+=) 17.Ne4+/- Be4 18.Qc3 (18.Rfd1!? Bf3 19.gf3+/-) 18...Nf6= 19.Ne5 Bd5 (19...Nd5 20.Qb3 Rfe8 21.Nd3 Ne3 22.Bf7 (22.fe3?? Be3 23.Kh1 Qg3 24.Bf7 Kh7 25.Bg6 Qg6-+) 22...Kh8 A) 23.fe3 Be3 24.Kh1 Qg3 25.Bg7 Kh7 26.Bg6 Qg6-+ (26...Kg6?? 27.Qf7 Kh7 28.Be5 Qg7 29.Qg7; 26...Kg7?? 27.Qf7 Kh8 28.Qh7; 26...Bg6?! 27.Be5 Re5 28.Ne5 Qe5 29.Rce1+=); B) 23.Nc5?! Nf1 24.Rf1 Qc5 25.Be8 Re8+=; C) 23.Bg7 Kh7 C1) 24.fe3 Be3 25.Rf2 Qg3 (25...Bc1?! 26.Be8 Rd3 27.Qa4+=) 26.Bg6 Bg6-+ (worse 26...Kg6 27.Qf7 Kh7 28.Be5 Qg7 29.Qg7; 26...Kg7 27.Qf7 Kh8 28.Qh7); C2) 24.Nc5?! Nf1 25.Rf1 bc5 (worse 25...Kg7 26.Be8 bc5 27.Bh5+-) 26.Be8 Qg7=; C3) 24.Be8 Qg7 25.Bg6 Qg6 26.Nf4+=) 20.Ng4 Be7 21.Bd5 Qc3 22.Bf7 (worse 22.Bc3 Nd5 23.Bd4 f6=) 22...Rf7 (22...Rf7 23.Nf6 Double attack (23.Bc3 Zwischenzug); 22...Kf7 23.Ne5 Double attack (23.Bc3 Zwischenzug)) 23.Bc3 Ng4 24.hg4 Bf6 25.Bf6 Rf6 26.Rfd1 Rfd6 27.Rd6 Rd6 28.Rc2 Kf8 (28...Rd1!? 29.Kh2 a5+/-) 29.Rc8+/- Ke7 30.Rc7 Rd7 31.Rd7 Kd7 32.Kf1 a5 (32...Kd6 33.Ke2+/-) 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.Kd3 g5?? (better 34...Kd5+/-) 35.f4 (better 35.Kc4 a4 36.Kb5+-) 35...gf4 36.ef4 Kd5 (36...b5+-) 37.a4 b5 (37...Kc5 38.Kc2 Kd6+-) 38.ab5 a4 39.g5 1-0. Lance5500 (2610) – ecksperience, lichess.org, 2016.

7.0-0 d5 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 (9.Bf4 Re8=) 9...Bd6 (9...Re8 10.Nbd2=+) 10.Nbd2 (10.Nc3 a6=) 10...c5 11.c4 (11.d4 c4=+) 11...Re8 12.a4 (12.Rb1 Qe7=+) 12...a6 (12...Rb8 13.d4=+) 13.Re1 Bc7 (13...Qc7 14.Qb3=) 14.Qb3 (14.d4 Ne4=) 14...Rb8 15.Rad1 (15.d4 Qe7=) 15...Bc6 16.Qc2 (16.d4 b5 17.cb5 c4 18.Nc4 A) < 18...dc4 19.Bc4 ab5 20.Bf7 Kh8 A1) < 21.Be8 ba4 22.Ng5 Rb3 (22...Ne8?? 23.Nf7 Kg8 24.Nh6 Kh8 25.Qg8) 23.Nf7 Kg8 24.Nd8 Bd8=; A2) 21.d5 ba4 22.Qc2+/–; B) 18...ab5=) 16...b5 17.ab5 ab5 18.cb5 Bb5 19.Ra1 Bd6 20.Bf1 Qc7 21.g3 Rec8 22.e4 de4 23.de4 Nd5?? 24.Bc4?? Qb7?? 25.Be5 Nc3?? 26.Rf1 Ra8?? 27.Bd5 Nb1?? 28.Rd1 Nc3 29.Bd6 Bc6?? 30.Ne1 Qb4?? 31.Bb8 Qd4?? 32.Qb3 Ra3?? 33.Ra2 (better is 33.Bf7 Kf8 34.Ra3 Nd1 35.Qd1 Rb8 36.Bb3+–) ½–½. Ornstein,Axel (2430) – Wedberg,Tom (2475), 26. Rilton Cup Stockholm, 1998.

7.0-0 d5 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.h3 (10.Nd4 Rfe8=) 10...Rfe8=+ 11.a3 Bc5 12.d4 Bd6 13.Nbd2 c5 14.c4 Rac8 15.dc5 Bc5 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.cd5 Nd5 18.N2f3 Red8 19.Ne5 (19.Rc1 Nf3 (< 19...Ba3 20.Ba3 Nf3 21.Bf3 Qa3 22.Rc8 Rc8 23.Nf5+=) 20.Bf3 Ba3 21.Rc8 Rc8+–) 19...Qe5=+ 20.Qb3 Qg5 21.Nf3 Qh6 22.Ne5 Rc7 23.Bc4 b5 24.Qb5+/– Qg5 25.Rad1 Nc3?? 26.Rd8+– Bf8 27.Rf8! Kf8 28.Nd7 (28.Nd7 Rd7 29.Qg5+–) 1–0. Tobys,Marcin (2165) – Kuziola,Mateusz (2285), Polska ch B–18 Leba, 2004.

7.0-0 Qe7 8.Bc7 Na6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.a4 a6 13.d4 Nce4 (13...Ne6 14.Qd3+=) 14.Ne4+/- Ne4 15.Qd3 b5 (15...Nf6!?+/-) 16.ab5+- ab5 17.Qb5 Nc3 18.Qb7 Ne2 19.Kh1 Nc3?? (better 19...Rab8 20.Qa7 Qe6+-) 20.Ra8 (20.Ra8 Qc6 21.Qc6 dc6 22.Ra6+-) 1-0. Pereira – Denlot, internet, 2021.

7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nc6 9.Bb2 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bf6 (12...Nb4 13.Qb3 c5 14.Qb2=) 13.d4+= Ne7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qa4 a5 16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.Bd2 Qe7 18.Bb5 Rfd8 19.Bc6 Bc6 20.Rc6 Qe4 21.Qc2 Qe8 (21...Qc2!? 22.Rc2 Re8=) 22.e4+/- Ne7 23.Rc4 b5 24.Rc7 Rc7 25.Qc7 Bd4 26.Bg5?? (26.Qa5 Ng6+/-) 26...f6?? (better 26...Bf2 27.Kf2 Rd1 28.Qe7 Qe7 29.Be7 b4-/+) 27.Rd4+/- Rd4? (better 27...Rc8 28.Qd6 fg5 29.Ng5 h6 30.Qe6 Kh8 31.Qc8 Nc8+/-) 28.Nd4+- fg5 29.Qa5 Qd7 (29...Qh5 30.f3 g4 31.Qb5 Qb5 32.Nb5 gf3 33.gf3+-) 30.Qb5 Qd4 (30...Qb5 31.Nb5 g4+-) 31.Qe8 1-0. Mamatov,Melis (2395) - Korelskiy,Egor (2150), World Blitz (21), 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3) ... --- Chess Career of Melis Mamatov --- 1. Basic Info & Title: * Melis Mamatov was born in 1996. * He represents Kyrgyzstan. * He holds the title of FIDE Master (FM). 2. Rating: * Classical (standard) rating: ~2336. * Rapid: ~2319. * Blitz: ~2157. * According to ChessBase, his peak reported Elo was 2413. 3. Significant Achievements: * In 2018, Melis Mamatov was awarded the FIDE Master title. * He won a rapid chess tournament in Moscow (Sapsan-2300), scoring 7/7. * He also won the 7th stage of the Moscow Oblast Grand Prix (rapid), finishing with 6 wins and 1 draw. * In 2022, he won a mixed (GM/IM) tournament “Treca subota – Πenovici” with an impressive performance rating (~2707), gaining ~77 rating points. 4. Playing Style & Games: * On Chess.com, his games (classical, rapid, blitz) show a varied opening repertoire. * According to his games database: out of 254 games (on Chess.com) — ~30% wins, ~25% draws, ~45% losses. * On 365Chess, between 2014 and 2025, he played ~270 games; his win/draw/loss record there is similar. 5. Role in Kyrgyzstan Chess: * He’s one of the more prominent titled players from Kyrgyzstan. * In a Kyrgyzstan national championship (2021), he scored 6 points, finishing in the top-10. Note created November 2025. (AI)

6.a3 Ba5 7.Bd6 Qb6 (better is 7...Re8!? 8.Bd3 Qb6+=) 8.Bf8+/– Qb2? (8...Kf8 9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3+=) 9.Bc5 (9.Nc3 Bc3 10.Rb1 (10.dc3?! Qc3 11.Nd2 Kf8+=) 10...Bd2 11.Nd2+– (worse is 11.Kd2 Ne4 12.Ke1 Qc3 13.Nd2 Kf8+/–)) 9...Nc6?? (better is 9...Qa1 10.Bd4 Qa2+/–) 10.Nc3!+– Bc3 11.Rb1 (11.dc3?! Qc3 12.Nd2 Ne4+/–) 11...Bd2 12.Nd2 (12.Kd2?! Ne4 13.Ke1 Qc3 14.Nd2 Nc5+=; 12.Qd2?? Qb1 13.Qd1 Qd1 14.Kd1 Ne4–+) 12...Qc3 13.Bb4 (13.Bd6 Ne4 14.Rb3 Qa5+–) 13...Qe5 (13...Nb4 14.ab4 d5 15.Bd3+–) 14.Bd3 (14.Nc4 Qe6 15.Nd6 Ne5+–) 14...a5 15.Nf3 Qh5 1–0. Macedo,A Soares De (2050) – Da Costa,J A Campo, Final Do Campeonato Potiguar Absoluto D, 2008.

6.Nc3 Ba5 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.Ne5 d6 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.c3 (12.Rb1!? Rb8 13.Bd3=+) 12...Ne5–/+ 13.Ne5 de5 14.e4 Bd5 15.ed5 e4! 16.Qd1 (16.Qe4 Re8) 16...Qd5 17.Qb3 Rad8 18.Qd5 Rd5 19.Bc4 Rd6 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.Ke2 Bc7 22.g3 b6 23.h4 Rbd8 24.Rb2 Kf8 25.Re1 f5 26.Kd1 g6 27.Re3 R6d7 28.f4 (28.d3 Rd3 29.Bd3 c4–/+ (< 29...Rd3 30.Rd3 ed3 31.c4+=; < 29...ed3 30.c4=)) 28...ef3–+ 29.Rf3 Re7 30.h5 (30.Rb3 Re4 31.Be2 Bd6–+) 30...Kg7 (30...Re4 31.d4–+) 31.hg6 hg6 32.Bf1 Rf8 (32...Re4!? 33.Rb3–+) 33.d4–/+ cd4 34.cd4 Rd8 35.Rd2 Re4 36.Rc3 Bb8 37.d5 Rg4 38.Rdd3 Rg3 (better is 38...Be5!? 39.Rb3 Kf6–/+) 39.Rg3=+ Bg3 40.Rg3 Rd5 41.Kc2 Kf6 42.Bd3 (42.Bc4 Rc5 43.Kd3 g5–/+) 42...g5–/+ 43.Bc4 Rc5 44.Kd3 g4 45.Kd4 Kg5 46.Ra3 (46.Rg2 f4 47.Be2 g3–/+) 46...Rc7–+ 47.Bd5 f4 48.Ke5 Rg7 (48...Re7 49.Kd6 Rh7 50.Ke5–+) 49.Rb3 (49.Ra4 Re7 50.Kd6 Re2–/+) 49...Rg6 (49...Re7 50.Kd4–+) 50.Be4 (better is 50.Rc3!?–/+) 50...Rf6–+ 51.Rb1 f3 52.Rf1 Rf8 53.Bc6 f2 54.Kd4 g3 55.Ke3 Rf4 56.Ke2 Rc4 57.Bg2 Rc2 58.Kf3 Rc3 59.Ke2 Ra3 60.Ra1 b5 (61.Bd5 Rc3–+) 0–1. de Visser,Arno – Grund,Karl, corr (year?).

6.Nc3 Bc3 7.Bc3 d5 8.Be2=.

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

6.c4 Re8 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.Qc2 d4 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Bd1 (11.a3 Ba5=+) 11...Bh5 (11...d3 12.Qc1-/+) 12.ed4 (12.a3 Ba5=+) 12...Bg6 (12...cd4 13.a3 Bc5 14.d3=+) 13.d3 cd4 14.Nh4 Qd6 (14...Bh5 15.a3 Bd1 16.Qd1=+) 15.Ng6= hg6 16.a3 Ba5 17.Nd2 Bc7 18.g3 Re7 (18...Re5 19.Nb3+=) 19.Rb1 (19.c5 Qe5=) 19...Rae8 20.Bf3 b6 (20...Bb6!?=) 21.Nb3+= g5 22.Qd1 1-0. PERIERA (2120) - acceptouf (2325), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2023.

6.Bd6 Re8 7.c3 Ba5 8.Bc5 Nc6+= 9.Be2 d6 10.Ba3 Be6 11.0-0+=.

6.Be2 Nc6 7.Bd6+= Re8 8.a3 Ba5 (8...Ne4 9.ab4 Qf6 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.Nb5+=) 9.Bc5 Ne4 (9...d6 10.Bd4 Nd4 11.Nd4+=) 10.Bd4 Nd4 11.Nd4 Qh4 12.0-0 Bc7 13.f4 d5 14.a4 g5 (14...Bb6 15.c3+=) 15.Nf3 (15.d3 Nc5 16.Nc3 Re3 17.Nf3 Rf3 18.Rf3+– (18.Bf3 Qf4 19.Nd5 Qh2 20.Kf2 Qg3 21.Ke3 Qe5 22.Kf2 Qd4 23.Ke2 g4–+; 18.gf3? Qf4 19.Rf2 Qd4–+)) 15...Qh6+= 16.g3?? (better 16.fg5 Ng5 17.g3+=) 16...gf4–/+ 17.ef4 Bh3 18.Re1? (better 18.Bb5 Qg7 19.Be8 Qa1 20.Bb5–+) 18...Qg7 19.Ne5 (19.Bf1 Bf1 20.Nc3–+) 19...Be5 20.fe5 Ng3! (20...Re5?! 21.Ra3=+; 20...Qe5?! 21.d4 Qf6 22.Bf3–/+) 21.Kf2 (21.hg3 Qg3) 21...Ne4 22.Kf3 Bg2 (22...Qe5 23.Rg1 Kh8 24.Rg8 Rg8 25.Qg1 Rg1 26.Ba6 Ng5 27.Kf2 Qe1) 23.Ke3 Qg5 (23...Qg5 24.Kd3 Nf2 25.Kc3 Qe5 26.Kb3 Nd1 27.Rd1 Qe2–+) 0–1. Husarik,Branko – Navratil,Vaclav, Czech–ch U16, 2000.

6.Be2 d5 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 c5).

6.Be2 d6 7.Bb2 Bg4 (7...Re8 8.0-0 Be6 9.a3 Ba5 10.c4 d5 11.Qc2=; 7...Nc6 8.0-0 Be6 9.a3 Ba5 10.c4 d5 11.cd5=; 7...d5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.c4 dc4 11.Bc4=; 7...Ba5 8.0-0 Re8 9.c4 Nc6 10.d4 Bf5 11.Nbd2=; 7...Bf5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.d4 Re8 11.c4=; 7...Be6 8.a3 Ba5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.c4 d5 11.cd5=; 7...Qe7 8.a3 Ba5 9.0-0 Be6 10.d4 Nc6 11.c4=; 7...a6 8.0-0 Be6 9.a3 Ba5 10.c4 d5 11.Qc2=) 8.0-0 d5 9.h3 Be6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Ng5=.

6.a3 Bc5 7.Bg3 d5 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.Nfd2 Bf5 11.Be4 de4 12.c4 Qd7 13.0-0 Rfe8 14.Nc3 Ba5 15.Qc1 Rad8 16.Nb3 Bc3 17.Qc3 b6 18.d5 Ne7 19.a4 c6 20.d6 Nc8 21.c5 Be6 22.cb6 ab6 23.a5 Nd6 24.Bd6 Qd6 25.ab6 Rb8 26.Nc5 Rb6 27.Ne4 Qb4 28.Qb4 Rb4 29.Nc5 Bd5 30.Rfc1 g5 31.h3 Kg7 32.e4 Be4=+ 33.Ne4 Ree4 34.Rc6 Rb2 35.Ra5 h6 36.Rf5 Re7 ½–½. Benjap – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

6.Bb5 Ne5 7.Ne5 Qe7 8.Nf3 Ne4 9.0-0 d5 10.c3 Bd6 11.d3 c6 12.Ba4 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Ne1? (better is 14.Rd1–/+) 14...Qh4–+ (14...Na4?! 15.Qa4 Rfe8 16.Qd1–/+) 15.Nf3 (15.f4 Rae8 16.e4 de4 17.d4–+) 15...Qa4 (15...Qa4 16.Qa4 Na4–+) 0–1. pawnknot – marekt (1855), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Bc3 a5 7.a3 Be7 8.Bd3+=.

6.Bc3 Bc3 7.Nc3 d5 8.d4 Bf5 9.Rb1 b6 10.Bb5 Na5 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Nc6 Nc6+= 13.Bc6 Rb8 14.Nd5 Nf6 15.Qf3 Nd5 16.Qf5 Ne7 17.Qd7 Nc6 18.Qc6 Re8 19.0-0 Re6 20.Qf3 Qg5 21.c4 Rbe8 22.Qb7 Rg6 23.g3 h5 24.Qc7+– Re7 25.Qd8 Kh7 26.Rb5 f5 27.f4 Qf6 28.Rf5! Qf5 29.Qe7 Rh6 30.e4 Qg4 31.f5 h4 32.f6 hg3 33.fg7 (33.fg7 Qg7 34.Rf7 gh2 35.Kh1+–) 1–0. pierre – Christobal, ChessHere.com, 2005.

6.Bc3 Re8 7.Bb4 Nb4 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Nbd5 10.Bd3 Nf4 11.0-0 Nd3 12.Qd3 Qd7 13.Nbd2 b6 14.Rfe1 Bb7 15.e4 Qg4 16.h3 Qg6 17.Nh4 Qh5 18.Nhf3 Rad8 19.d5 Qg6 20.Nh4 (20.c4 c6 21.Qa3 a6 (< 21...Ne4 22.Ne4 Re4 23.Qa7 Re1 24.Re1+/–) 22.dc6 Bc6 23.Qa6 Nd7=) ½–½. Schroeter,Rolf – Hort,Wolfgang, DESC, 2001.

6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Ne5 8.Ne5 Bd6 –/+.

6.Bd3 Re8 7.Bb2 Ba5 8.0-0 d6 9.c4 Bg4 10.Be2 Bb6 11.d4 a6 12.a4 Qc8 13.Nbd2 Nb4 14.Bc3 a5= 15.Bb4 ab4 16.Qb1 Ba5 17.Nb3 b6 18.h3 Bh5 19.Qb2 Nd7 20.g4 Bg6=+ 21.Nh4 Be4 22.f3 Bb7 23.e4= Qd8 24.Nf5 Qf6 25.Qd2 Bc8 26.Bd3 Nf8 27.e5? de5–/+ 28.g5 Qd8–+ 29.de5 Re5?? 30.Nh6!+– gh6 31.Bh7! (31.Bh7 Kh7 32.Qd8 Rg5 33.Kh2+–) 1–0. Old Sisyphus – Queenwomen, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

6.Bf6 gf6 7.a3 Be7 8.d4 +/–.

6.Bg3 d5 7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 h5 9.h3 Bf3 10.Bf3 Qe7 11.Bh5 Nh5 12.Qh5 d4 13.c3 dc3 14.dc3 Ba5 15.Bh4 Qe5 16.Qe5 Ne5 17.Bg3 Rfe8 18.Rc1 Nc4 19.a3 Rad8 20.a4 Rd3 21.Na3 Bc3 22.Nc4 Ba1 23.Ra1 Re4 24.Ne5 Rd2 25.Rb1 b6 26.Nf3 Ra2 27.Bc7 Rea4 28.Bb6 ab6 29.Rb6 Ra1 30.Kh2 Ra8 31.Kg3 R1a6 32.Rb7 Rg6 33.Kh2 Rf8 34.Ne5 Re6 35.Ng4 f6 36.h4 Re7 37.Re7 Rf7 38.Rf7 Kf7 39.e4 Kg6 40.Ne3 Kf7 41.g4 g6 42.g5 f5 43.h5 gh5 44.g6 Kg6 45.ef5 Kg5 46.Kg3 Kf6 47.Kf4 h4 48.Ng2 h3 49.Kg3 h2 50.Kh2 Ke5 51.Kg3 Kf6 52.Kf4 Kg7 ½-½. HebibZare1 (2140) - Stubenfisch (2330), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

6.Bg3 Re8 7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.d4 Bf5 11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 Rad8 13.Nbd2 Ne4 14.Rc1 Nd2 15.Nd2 Qg6 16.Bb5 Re6 17.Qf3 Rf6 (better is 17...Rdd6!?=) 18.Bc6+/– Bd3? (better is 18...bc6 19.Qg3 Rdd6+/–) 19.Be4+– Qh5 (19...Qg5 20.Bh7! Bh7 21.Qb7 Rb6 22.Qa7 Rg6+–) 20.Qh5 (20.Qh5 Be4 21.Ne4+–) 1–0. Stripunsky,Alexander (2555) – Grigorov,Grigor (2475), Dos Hermanas Internet qual–D, 2009.

7.Bb2 d6 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Qe2 a6 10.0-0= Re8 11.Be6 Re6 12.d3 h6 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.Nfd4 Nd4 16.Nd4 Bd4 17.Bd4 b6 18.Qf3 c5 19.Bb2 b5 20.Rfe1 c4 21.dc4 dc4 22.Rad1 Qe8 23.Rd4 Rd8 24.Red1 Rd4 25.Rd4 Qc8 26.Bc3 Nh7 27.h4 (27.h4 Qf8 28.Rg4=; 27.a4 Ng5 28.Qg4 Qf8+=). ppramanik (2490) – davorcecelja (2215), net–chess.com, 2007.

7.Bb2 d6 8.Bc4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.0-0 Qd7 11.Bf6+= gf6 12.Nc3 Bc3 13.dc3 Kh8 14.Qd5 Bg6 15.Rab1 Rab8 16.e4 Rg8 17.Rfe1 Ne5 18.Ne5 fe5 19.Rb7 Rb7 20.Qb7 Qh3 21.g3 Bh5 22.Re3 Qg4 23.Qa7 Qd1 24.Kg2+/– 1–0. wiking – thw, internet, 2010.

7.Bb2 Re8 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 Be6 10.Bb5 Rb8 11.Bc3 Bb6=+ 12.Nd4 Bg4=+.

7.Bc3 Bb6 A) 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Bd3 d5 11.a4 Ba5 12.0-0 Bc3 13.dc3; B) 8.Bb5 B1) 8...Re8 9.0-0 (9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3 Ba5 11.0-0 Bc3 12.dc3 Qc3 13.Qd3) 9...d5 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Bd3; B2) 8...d5 9.0-0 (9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.0-0 Bf5 12.d4 g6 13.Bd3) 9...h6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Nc3 Rd8 12.Qe2 Bf5 13.d4; B3) 8...a6 9.Bd3 (9.Ba4 d5 10.0-0 Bf5 11.h3 Qd6 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Nc3) 9...d5 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Be2; C) 8.Be2 C1) 8...h6 9.Bb2 (9.0-0 d5 10.Bb2 d4 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4 Bd4 13.ed4) 9...d5 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.0-0 Qe7 12.Nh4 Be6 13.d4; C2) 8...d5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Nc3 d4 12.Nd5 Qd6 13.Bc4; D) 8.Bd3 d5 9.0-0 (9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.0-0 Rfd8 12.h3 h6 13.Re1) 9...Re8 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Rb1 Rad8 13.h3.

7.Bc3 d5 8.Ba5 Na5 9.d4 (9.Bd3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.0-0 Ne4 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nc3; 9.Nc3 c5 10.Ne2 h6 11.h4 d4 12.Nf4 Nd5 13.Nd5) 9...Bg4 (9...Ne4 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Ne4 de4 12.Nd2 c5 13.c3) 10.Be2 (10.Nbd2 Ne4 11.Bd3 Re8 12.0-0 c5 13.dc5) 10...Rc8 (10...Ne4 11.0-0 c5 12.dc5 Nc6 13.h3) 11.0-0 (11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Ne4 de4 13.Nd2) 11...Ne4 12.Nfd2 (12.Qe1 c5 13.Nc3=+ (13.Nbd2 Qe7=+)) 12...Be2 13.Qe2 c5 14.Ne4 de4 15.c3 cd4 16.ed4 f5 17.a4 Re8 18.Re1 g6 19.Qb2 Qc7 20.Qe2 Re7 21.Qb2 Rd7 (21...a6 22.h3-/+) 22.Qb4 Kg7 23.Ra2 Qc4 24.Qb5 Rd5 25.Qb2 (25.Qc4 Nc4 26.f3 e3=+) 25...Rd6 26.Na3 Qf7 (26...Qc3?! 27.Qc3 Rc3 28.Nb5=) 27.Qa1 (27.f3 Re6=+) 27...Rb6 28.c4 Nc4 29.Rc2 Qd5 30.Nc4 Rc4 31.Rc4 Qc4 32.d5 Kh6 33.Qe5 Qb4 (33...Qa4?! 34.Qf4 Kg7 35.Qc7 Kg8 36.d6=) 34.Qf4 (34.Qa1 Qd6 35.Qc1 Kh5-/+) 34...g5-+ 35.Qc1 Kg6 (35...Qa4?! 36.h4 Rg6 37.hg5 Rg5 38.d6=) 36.Rd1 (36.Rf1-+) 36...Qe7 (better 36...Qa4!? 37.d6 Qd7-+) 37.a5-/+ Rd6 38.Qc5 b6 39.ab6 ab6 40.Qc4 h5 41.h3 h4 42.Qc8 Qd8 (42...Qf7 43.Qc4-/+) 43.Qb7=+ Qe8 44.Qc7 Qf8 45.Kh1 Qd8 46.Qb7 Qf6 47.Qc7 Qf8 48.Kg1 Kf6 49.Qc3 Kf7 50.Qe5 ½-½. Vegjeleki,Adolf (2195) - Gavrijski,Dimitar (2140), corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/Final, 2009.

7.ab4 d6 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Nf3 10.Bf3 d5 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.d3 a6 13.Re1 c6 14.Na4 Qd6 15.Nc5 (better is 15.c3!?=) 15...b6–/+ 16.Nb3 (16.Na6? Bc8–+) 16...Qb4 17.Qd2 Qd2 18.Rac1?? (better is 18.Nd2 a5 19.e4 de4 20.de4–/+) 18...Qc3 19.h3 Bd3! 20.cd3 Qb3 21.Rc6 Rec8 22.Rc8 Rc8 23.g4 Qd3 24.Kg2 Rc2 25.Rd1 Qe3 26.Rf1 Ne4 27.Be4 de4 28.Kg1 (28.h4 Qf3 29.Kg1 Qg4 30.Kh2 Rc3 31.f3 Rc2 32.Rf2 Rf2 33.Kh1 Qg2) 28...Qh3 29.Rd1 Qg4 30.Kf1 Qd1 31.Kg2 Qf3 (31...Qf3 32.Kh2 Rf2 33.Kg1 Qg2; 31...Qg4 32.Kh1 Qh3 33.Kg1 Rc1) 0–1. Neumann,Frank – Johanson,Frans (1845), OP–2011–0-01708, 2011.

7.ab4 Nf3 8.Qf3 d5 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Qf4 Qd7 11.Bd3 Rfe8 (11...a6 12.0-0=) 12.f3+= Bh5 (12...Be6 13.Nb5 Re7 14.Ra7 (worse is 14.Na7 b6=) 14...Ra7 15.Na7+=) 13.Nb5+/– (13.Nb5 Re7 14.Na7+=) 1–0. aspasio (2760) – jpettit (2515), net–chess.com, 2013.

7.Ne5 Bd6 8.d4 c5 9.Bd3 cd4–/+ 10.0-0?? Be5–+ 11.ed4 Bc7 12.Re1 d5 13.c4 Bg4 14.Qc2 dc4 15.Qc4 Qd6 16.Be4 Qh2 17.Kf1 Qh1 0–1. gtate (2020) – rgpflickr (2005), net–chess.com, 2006.

7.Ne5 Bd6 8.Nf3 b6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bd3 Re8 11.a4 Bb7 12.0-0 c5 13.Be2 Bb8–/+ 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Re1 Rd8 16.Qc1 Bf3 17.Bf3 Qh2 18.Kf1 Be5 19.Rb6 Rdb8 20.a5 Rb6 21.ab6 Rb8 22.Qb1 Bc3=+ 23.dc3 Qh1 24.Ke2= Qh4 25.Qb3 Ng4 26.g3+= Qg5 27.b7 Qg6 28.Ra1 c4 29.Qb1 Ne5 30.Ra5 Qf6 31.Bg2 Ng4 32.Qe1 Qb6 33.Qa1 Qf6 34.Bf3 Ne5 35.Be4 Qe6 36.Ra6 Qg4 37.f3 Qg3? 38.Qe1 Qg2 39.Qf2 Qg5 40.Qh2 (40.Qh2 Kf8 41.Ra8+– (41.Qh7 Qg2 42.Kd1 Qf1 43.Kd2 Qf2 44.Kc1 Qe3 45.Kb2 Ke7 46.Qh4 f6+/–)) 1–0. wiking – merth, internet, 2010.

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

6.Bb2 a6 7.c4 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb2 a6).

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

6.Bb2 Be7 7.c4 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 Re8 7.Be2 d5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.Be2 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8).

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

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

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

7.c4 Bg4 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.cd Nd5 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4).

7.c4 Bg4 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 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 Bg4 10.0-0 Bd6).

7.c4 Bg4 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Re8 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).

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

7.Be2 Ne4 8.0-0 Re8 (--> 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 Ne4).

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

7.Be2 Re8 8.0-0 Bf5 9.c4 Qe7 (--> 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 Qe7 9.c4 Bf5).

7.Be2 Bf5 8.0-0 Re8 (--> 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).

7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 Re8 (--> 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).

7.Bf4 Re8 8.Qc2 d6 9.Be2 Qd7 10.0-0= Qf5 11.Na3 Bb6 12.d3 Nd5 13.Bg3 Qf6 14.d4 Bg4 15.Nc4 Bf5 16.Qb2 Rac8 17.Rfe1 Nce7 18.a4 a5 19.Nfd2 Rcd8+/– 20.Bf1?? Ba7 21.e4+– Nc3 22.e5 de5 23.Be5 Qc6 24.Qc3 f6 25.Qa5 Bb6 26.Nb6 cb6 27.Qb4 Nd5 28.Qb3 fe5 29.Bb5 Qh6 30.Be8 Qd2 31.Bb5 e4? 32.Bc4 Kh8 33.Bd5 Qd4 34.Be4! Be4 35.Rad1 Qf6 36.Rd8 Qd8 37.Re4 h6 38.h3 Qd7 39.Qe6 Qd1 40.Kh2 Qc2 41.Qg6 Qc7 42.f4 Qd7 43.Re8 Qe8 44.Qe8 Kh7 45.Qe7 (45.Qe7 h5 46.Qb7+–) 1–0. Muller,H (2050) – Pensimus,P (1725), OCC–2002–03, 2002.

7.Bf6 gf6?! 8.Qa4 d5 9.Bd3+=.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.d4 d6 (8...Re8 9.Bc4+=) 9.Qc2+=. marekt – Leormebanco, ChessWorld.net, 2013.

7.Bg3 d5 8.Bb5 Ne7=+ 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.0-0 c5 11.Na3 a6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rb1 b5 14.Rb2 Ne4–/+ 15.Bh2 Nc6 16.Be2 Qf6 17.Rb1 b4 18.cb4 Bb4 19.g4 Bg6 20.Qc1 Ng5 21.Ng5 Bb1 22.Nb1 Qg5 23.a3 Ba5 24.Qc5 Rfc8 25.Bf3 Ne5 26.Qd5 Nf3 27.Qf3 Qg6 28.Qd5 Bd8 29.Be5 Bf6 30.Bf6 Qf6 31.d4 Rab8 32.Nd2 h6 33.a4 Rb4 34.Ne4 Qf3=+ 35.Qa5 Rcb8 36.Ng3 Rb3 37.Qe5 Rb1 38.a5 Rf1–/+ 39.Nf1 Rb1 40.Qe8=+ Kh7 41.Qc8 Rb2 42.Qf5 Qf5 43.gf5 Rb5 44.Ng3 Ra5 45.Kg2 Rb5 46.Ne4 a5 47.Nc5–/+ g6 48.fg6 Kg6 49.Kf3 Kg5 50.Ne4 Kh4 51.Nd6 Rb8 52.Nc4 a4 53.d5 Kh3 54.Ke2 Kg4 55.d6 h5 56.Ne5 Kf5 (56...Kf5 57.Nc6 Rb2 58.Kd3 Ke6 (58...Rf2?? 59.d7+–) 59.Nd8 Kd6 60.Nf7 Ke7–+) 0–1. Baerschneider,Alfred – Schwertel,Gottfried, corr 3GMM½–03, 1999.

7.cb4 Nf3 8.Qf3 d5 9.Nc3 d4 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Re8 12.Qf3 de3–/+ 13.de3? Qd4–+ 14.Qd1 Qc3 (14...Qc3 15.Qd2 Qa1 16.Qd1 Qa2–+) 0–1. Bertram,Mike – Santa Cruz,Nestor, TT–04–0020 B, 2004.

7.cb4 Nf3 8.Qf3 d5 9.h3 d4 10.Bc4 Qe7 11.a3 Qe5 12.Qg3 Qg3 13.fg3 de3 14.de3 Re8 15.Ke2 Be6 16.Bd3 Bd5 17.Kf2 Rad8 18.Rd1 Be4 19.Be2 Rd1 20.Bd1 Bb1 21.Rb1 Ne4 22.Kg1 Ng3 23.Rb3 Ne4 24.Rd3 Nd6 25.Bb3 g5 26.g3 ½–½. Strand,T – Landgraf,M, corr SOK–90–58, 1990.

7.Ne5 Ba5 8.Nc4 c6 9.Na5= Qa5 10.Be2 Qg5 11.0-0 d5 12.f4 Qg6 13.Na3 Bf5 14.d3=+ Rfe8 15.Qd2 Rad8–/+ 16.Rf3 b5 17.Rg3=+ Qh6 18.Nc2 c5 19.a4 a6 20.Rg5 Be6 21.Bf3 Ne4 22.Be4 de4 23.d4 cd4 24.cd4 Bc4 25.ab5 ab5 26.Nb4 Ra8 27.Qc3 Qd6 28.Rc5 h6 29.h3 Qg6 30.Nc6 Qg3 31.Ne7 Kh7 32.Nf5 Qg6 33.Kh2 Qf6 34.Ng3 Ra1 35.Qa1 Qe6 36.Qa5 Bd3 37.Rc7 Re7+= 38.f5 Qd6 39.Rc8 g6? 40.Qa8+– Kg7 41.Rc6 Ra7 42.Qe8 Qa3 43.Rc8 (43.Rc8 Qf8 44.f6 Kh7 45.Qf8 b4 46.Qg7#) 1–0. Bulcourf,Carlos (2285) – Velazquez,Gustavo, Villa Ballester op, 1998. ... --- Biography: Carlos Bulcourf, born: 1939. * Federation: Argentina. * Title: FIDE Master (FM). * FIDE ID: 102130. * Peak/Best Known Classical Elo: ~2300 according to ChessBase. * Recent/Last Known Activity: According to ChessPrime, he’s listed as “OFF” (i.e., not currently active). ... --- Chess Career & Style Overview: 1. Playing Record: * On 365Chess.com, Bulcourf has 451 recorded games from roughly 1970 to 2008. * His performance: about 42.35% wins, ~18.63% draws, ~39.02% losses. * According to Chess.com, out of ~321 games: 27% wins, 18% draws, 55% losses. 2. Opening Repertoire/Preferences: * As White: * Frequently played A00 (Polish/Sokolsky Opening) — very unconventional/offbeat. * Also played openings like the Reti (1.Nf3) and English/Anglo-Indian lines. * As Black: * Preferred Alekhine’s Defense (B02, B05) quite often. * Also played some Queen’s Pawn defenses (A40) and other less common setups. 3. Rating Profil: * According to his FIDE profile, his standard (classical) rating is listed, but he is “inactive.” * His recorded blitz rating was ~1973 and rapid ~1933 per FIDE records. * According to ChessPrime, his highest recorded classical FIDE Elo was 2289. 4. Notable Achievements/Reputation: * According to Ajedrez Martelli (an Argentine chess club), Bulcourf remained active in local tournaments later in life: for example, in March 2019, he won three consecutive open blitz tournaments at the club. * ChessBites (a chess statistics site) notes some of his notable wins, including against stronger titled players (e.g., he beat GM-level opponents in certain events). 5. Style Notes/Legacy: * Bulcourf seems to favor unconventional/hypermodern openings, especially with White (Sokolsky Opening), which suggests a creative, non-mainstream style. * His use of Alekhine’s Defense as Black also shows a taste for dynamic, counter-attacking play. * Given his long playing span (1970s to at least late 2000s) and continued success in blitz later in life, he likely is well-respected in Argentine chess circles, both as a competitor and as a teacher (he has been referred to as “professor” in club contexts). Note created October 2025. (AI)

7.Ne5 Be7 8.d4 c5 9.Bd3 cd4 10.cd4= Bb4 11.Nd2 d6 12.Nef3 Bg4 13.0-0 Bd2 14.Qd2 Bf3 15.gf3 d5 16.Rfb1 Qd7 17.a4 Rfc8 18.Rb2 Rc7 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Rbc2 g6 21.Rc7 Rc7 22.Rc7 Qc7 23.Qc2 Qc2 24.Bc2 Kf8 25.Kf1 Ke7 26.Ke2 Ne8 27.Bb3 Nc7 28.e4 Kd6 29.Ke3 f6 30.Kf4 h6 31.h4 Ke6 32.Ke3 f5 33.Kf4 Kf6 34.ed5 g5 35.hg5 hg5 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.f4 g4 38.Kd2 Ne8 39.Bc2 Nd6 40.Bd3 Kd7 41.Ke2 Kc7 42.f3 g3 43.Kf1 Kb6 44.Kg2 Ka5 45.Kg3? Ka4–+ 46.Bf5? Nf5 47.Kg4 Nd6 48.f5 Kb5 49.Kf4 Kb6 50.f6 a5 51.Ke5 Kc7 52.Ke6 a4 53.f4 a3 54.f5 a2 55.f7 Nf7! 56.Kf7 Kd6 57.f6 a1Q 58.Kg8 Qg1 59.Kf8 Qg6 60.f7 Kd7 (60...Kd7 61.d6 Qh7 62.d5 Qh8; 60...Qg4 61.Ke8 Qc8) 0–1. Bulcourf,Carlos (2460) – Giaccio,Alfredo Gustavo (2240), ARG–ch sf Buenos Aires, 1997. ... --- Biography: Carlos Bulcourf, born: 1939. * Federation: Argentina. * Title: FIDE Master (FM). * FIDE ID: 102130. * Peak/Best Known Classical Elo: ~2300 according to ChessBase. * Recent/Last Known Activity: According to ChessPrime, he’s listed as “OFF” (i.e., not currently active). ... --- Chess Career & Style Overview: 1. Playing Record: * On 365Chess.com, Bulcourf has 451 recorded games from roughly 1970 to 2008. * His performance: about 42.35% wins, ~18.63% draws, ~39.02% losses. * According to Chess.com, out of ~321 games: 27% wins, 18% draws, 55% losses. 2. Opening Repertoire/Preferences: * As White: * Frequently played A00 (Polish/Sokolsky Opening) — very unconventional/offbeat. * Also played openings like the Reti (1.Nf3) and English/Anglo-Indian lines. * As Black: * Preferred Alekhine’s Defense (B02, B05) quite often. * Also played some Queen’s Pawn defenses (A40) and other less common setups. 3. Rating Profil: * According to his FIDE profile, his standard (classical) rating is listed, but he is “inactive.” * His recorded blitz rating was ~1973 and rapid ~1933 per FIDE records. * According to ChessPrime, his highest recorded classical FIDE Elo was 2289. 4. Notable Achievements/Reputation: * According to Ajedrez Martelli (an Argentine chess club), Bulcourf remained active in local tournaments later in life: for example, in March 2019, he won three consecutive open blitz tournaments at the club. * ChessBites (a chess statistics site) notes some of his notable wins, including against stronger titled players (e.g., he beat GM-level opponents in certain events). 5. Style Notes/Legacy: * Bulcourf seems to favor unconventional/hypermodern openings, especially with White (Sokolsky Opening), which suggests a creative, non-mainstream style. * His use of Alekhine’s Defense as Black also shows a taste for dynamic, counter-attacking play. * Given his long playing span (1970s to at least late 2000s) and continued success in blitz later in life, he likely is well-respected in Argentine chess circles, both as a competitor and as a teacher (he has been referred to as “professor” in club contexts). Note created October 2025. (AI)

7.d4 Bd6=.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 Re8 (8...Ne4 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.Nc3 h6 11.d3 Nc3 12.Bc3 a5 13.Qd2 Bb4; 8...Bf5 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a3 Re8 12.Qb1 Qe7 13.Qb2 h6; 8...Qd6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.de5 Re5 13.Be5 Qe5; 8...Qe7 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Qb1 b6 12.Qb3 Bd7 13.h3 Rfe8; 8...h6 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.Qb1 Rb8 12.Qb2 Re8 13.h3 Bf5) 9.d3 (9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Qb1 Bb6 12.d4 Rad8 13.Qb3 h6) 9...d4 10.ed4 (10.Nd4 Nd4 11.ed4 Bd4 12.Bf3 h6 13.Bd4 Qd4) 10...Nd4 11.Nd4 Bd4 12.Bd4 (12.Bf3 c6 13.Bd4 Qd4) 12...Qd4 13.Nd2 Be6 (13...Bf5+=) 14.Nb3 Qd6 15.Bf3 c6 16.h3 Nd5 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.a4 Nb4 (18...Re7 19.Rfe1+=) 19.Rfb1 (19.Na5!? Rd7 20.Rab1+=) 19...b6+= 20.Nc1 c5 21.Ne2 Bf5 22.Ng3 Bg6 23.Re1 c4 24.Re8 Re8 25.Re1 Re1 26.Qe1 Nc2 27.Qe8 Qf8 28.Qf8 Kf8 29.dc4 Na3 30.c5 bc5 31.Ne4 Be4 32.Be4 Nc4 33.f4 a5 34.Kf2 Nb6 35.Bc2 Ke7 36.Ke3 Kd6 37.g4 g6 38.Ke4 f6 39.h4 Ke6 40.f5 gf5 41.gf5 Kd6 42.Bd1 h6 43.Bc2 Kc6 44.Bd1 Nc4 45.Bc2 Nd6 46.Kf4 Kd5 47.Bd1 Kd4 48.Bc2 Kc3 49.Bd1 Kd3 0–1. Lein,Marina (1890) – Thipsay,Bagyashree Sathe (2150), Rijeka CRO, 2011.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.c3 Nc6 9.d4 Ne4 10.Bd3+= Bg4 11.Qc2 Bf3 12.gf3 Nf6 13.Nd2 a6 14.0-0 Qd7 15.Rfb1 Rab8 16.c4 Qh3 (16...h6 17.Kh1=) 17.Rb2 Rfe8 (17...Ne7!?=) 18.cd5 Nd5 19.Rb7 Ncb4 (19...Ndb4 20.Rb8 Rb8 21.Qa4+/–) 20.Rb8+/– Rb8 21.Qb3 a5 (21...Rb6 22.Be4 Nf6 23.Qc4+/–) 22.Rb1 (better is 22.a3 a4 23.Qb2+–) 22...g6?? (better is 22...Rb6 23.Qa4 Qc8 24.Qa5 h5+–) 23.a3+– Nd3 (23...Qh6 24.Be4 Qg5 25.Kf1 Nf6 26.ab4 Rb4+–) 24.Qb8 (24.Qd5?? Rb1 25.Nb1 Ne1–+; 24.Qd3?! Rb1 25.Qb1 Qe6+/–) 24...Kg7 25.Qb5 Nc3 26.Qd3 Nb1 27.Qb1 Qe6 (27...Qh5 28.Qc2 Qg5 29.Kf1 Qb5 30.Ke1+–) 28.Qb5 Qf5 (28...a4 29.Qa4 Qd5 30.Qc4 Qg5 31.Kf1+–) 29.Qf5 gf5 30.Nb3 a4 (30...f4 31.Na5 fe3 32.fe3+–) 31.Nc5 1–0. almanzor1 (2365) – guides (1915), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.c3 Nc6 9.d4 Bf5 10.Nbd2+=.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.c3 Nc6 9.d4 Bf5 10.Bd3 Be4 11.Be2 Qd6 12.Nbd2 Rab8 13.0-0 b5 14.a4 b4 15.Rc1 Bf5 16.cb4 Nb4 17.Ne5 h6 18.Re1 Rfc8 19.Nb3 Na2 20.Rc6 Qa3 21.Bb5 a6 22.Ra6 Nc3 23.Qf3 Be4 24.Qg3 c6 (worse is 24...Nb5 25.ab5 Qb3 26.Rf6+–) 25.Nf7 Kh7 (25...Kf7?? 26.Ra7 Qe7 27.Re7 Ke7 28.Qg7 Ke8 29.Ba6+–; 25...Qb3 26.Nh6 Kh7 27.Ra7+–) 26.Nh6 Kh6 (26...cb5 27.Qh3 Ne2 28.Kh1=) 27.Nc5 cb5 28.Qh3 Kg6 29.f3 Bf5 30.g4 Kf7 31.gf5 Ra8 32.Rb6 Rab8?? 33.Rf6+– Kf6 34.Qh5 Ke7 35.Qg6 Rc5 36.Qg7 Kd8 37.dc5 Qb4 38.c6 (38.c6 Qe7 39.Qc3 ba4 40.Qa5 Ke8 41.Kh1+–) 1–0. (155) aspasio – martijn, net–chess.com, 2013.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.c3 Nc6 9.Be2 Re8 10.d3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.0-0 Ne5 13.d4 Nf3 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Qb3 c6 17.c4 dc4 18.Qc4 Qe6 19.Rfc1 Qc4 20.Rc4 f6 21.Rb1 Re7 22.a4 Nd6 23.Rc2 Kf7 24.Ne1 g5 25.Nd3 h5 26.Nc5 Kg6 27.Kf1 f5 28.Nd3 Kf6 29.g3 Rh8 30.Ke2 h4 31.Rc5 (31.a5!?=) 31...hg3 32.hg3 Rh2 33.Re5 Reh7 34.Nc5 Re7 35.Re7 Ke7 36.a5 (worse is 36.Nb7 Ne4 37.Kd3 Nf2 38.Kc4 Ne4–/+) 36...f4 (better is 36...Kf6!?=) 37.gf4 gf4 38.e4 (38.Kf3 fe3 39.fe3 Rh3 40.Kf4 Rh4 41.Kg5 Rh3+/–) 38...Ke8 (better is 38...Nb5!? 39.Rb4 b6 40.ab6 ab6=) 39.Kf3+/– (39.Nb7?! Ne4 40.Re1 Kd7+= (40...Rf2?? 41.Kd3+–)) 39...Nb5 40.Rb4 b6 41.ab6 ab6 42.Ne6 Kd7 43.Nf4 Rh8 44.Ke3 Ra8 45.Ng6 Kc7 46.Ne5 Nd6 47.Rb3 b5? (better is 47...Ra4+–) 48.Rc3 Kb7 49.Rc6 Nc4 50.Rc4 bc4 51.Nc4 Ra4 52.Ne5 Kc7 53.Nf7 Kd7 54.d5 Ke7 55.Ne5 Kd6 56.f4 Rb4 57.Kd3 Rb1 58.Kd4 Rd1 59.Nd3 Kd7 60.e5 Ke7 61.f5 White prepares e6 61...Kd7 62.f6 Rd2 (62...Kc7 63.d6 Kc6 64.Ke4+–) 63.Kc3 (better is 63.e6 Kd6 64.f7+–) 63...Re2 64.Nc5 Ke8 65.e6 (65.e6 Rf2 66.Ne4+–) 1–0. misho56 (1990) – najtreb (1885), gameknot.com, 2012.

7.Bc4 d5 8.Bb3 a5 9.a4 Ne4 10.d4 (10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5-/+) 10...Nc3 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Qd3 b6 (12...Bf5 13.Qd2-/+) 13.0-0-0? (13.0-0!? Bc3 14.Qc3=) 13...Ba3 14.Kb1 Ba6 15.Qf5 d5 seems the pivot of the position 15...Ne7 16.Qg5 Qd6?? (better 16...c6-/+) 17.Nd5+/- Nd5 18.Qd5 (18.Bd5?? Qb4 19.Bb3 Qc3 20.Bf7 Rf7 21.Qb5 Bb5 22.ab5 Qb2) 18...Qb4 19.Ka2 b5 20.c3?? (better 20.Qc6 ba4 21.Qa4 Qa4 22.Ba4+/-) 20...Qe7?? (better 20...Qc3 21.Ka3 ba4-/+) 21.ab5+- Bb5?? (21...a4 22.Bc2 Bc8+-) 22.Qb5 Rfb8 (22...a4 23.Bd5 (23.Ba4?! Rfb8 24.Qb8 Rb8=+) 23...Rab8 24.Qa4 Rb2 25.Ka1 Rf2 26.Rb1+-) 23.Qc4 a4 24.Qf7! Qf7 (24...Kh8 25.Bd5 Rb2 26.Ka1 Qf7 27.Bf7+-) 25.Bf7 Kf7 26.Ne5 Kg8 27.Ka3 Rb3 28.Ka2 Rc3 (28...Rf8 29.Nf3 h5 30.Rc1+-) 29.Rc1 Rb3 30.Rb1 (better 30.Rc7!? Rab8 31.Rc2 h5+-) 30...Rc3 (30...Rf8 31.Nf3 g5 32.Rhf1 Rb1 33.Kb1+-) 31.Rhc1 (31.Rhc1 Rc1 32.Rc1+-) 1-0. munyk (2170) - YagoPereira (2210), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 d5 8.Bf6 Bf6 (worse 8...gf6 9.0-0=) 9.d4 Bg4 10.0-0 Qd7 11.Nfd2 Bf5 12.Bd3 Bd3 13.cd3 Nd4 14.a4?? (better 14.ed4 Bd4 15.Nb3 Ba1 16.Na1=+) 14...Ne6 (better 14...Ne2! 15.Qe2 Ba1 16.a5-+) 15.d4 c5 16.dc5 0-1. Darkseid (1745) - jana84 (2340), ChessWorld.net, 2008.

7.Bf6 Bf6 8.d4 Re8 9.c3 d5 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Qd6 12.0-0 Re7 13.Qb1+/– g6 14.Qb7 Rb8 15.Qa6 Rb6 16.Qa4 Bf3 17.Nf3 Re8 18.Rab1 Reb8 19.c4 Rb4 20.Rb4 Rb4 21.Qc2 dc4 22.Bc4 Na5 23.Bd3 Qb6 24.Rc1 Bd8 25.Ne5 Rb2 26.Qa4 Qf6 27.f4 Nb7 28.Qa3 Rb6 29.Bc4 Be7 30.Qa7 Bd6 31.Nf7 Kg7 32.Nd6 Qd6 33.Bd5 Qd5 34.Rc7 Kh6 35.Qb6 (35.Qb6 Nd6 36.Qa7+–) 1–0. mrkt – Raimann,Max, myChess.de, 2008.

7.Ne5 d5 8.0-0 Qe7 9.Nd3 Bd6–/+ 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Bf3 Bf5 12.Be4? de4–+ 13.Nb2? Qe5 14.g3 Qb2 15.Nc3 Qb6 16.Nd5 Qc6 17.Nc3 Be5 18.Ne2 Ba1 19.Qa1 Bg4 20.Nd4 Qd5 21.Ne2 Qd2 22.Nf4 Rad8 23.c4 Qe1! 24.Qe1 Rd1 (24...Rd1 25.Qd1 Bd1–+) 0–1. mic (2130) – halilgulsen (2475), net–chess.com, 2008.

7.Ne5 d5 8.0-0 Bf5 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 c5 13.Qb3 (13.dc5 Nc5 14.Nc3 a6=) 13...Rb8=+ 14.a4 b6 15.Na3 cd4 (15...Bg4 16.Rfd1=+) 16.Nd4 Nd2 (16...Bg6 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Qb4=+) 17.Qa2 (better 17.Qb2!? Nc4 18.Nc4=) 17...Nf1-/+ 18.Nf5 Nh2 (better 18...Ba3 19.Qa3 Nh2 20.Ne7 Kh8-/+) 19.Nd6?? (better 19.Rd1 Nf3 20.Kf1=) 19...Qd6-+ 20.Nb5 Qh6 21.Nc7? (better 21.Be2 Rfd8 22.Qb2-+) 21...Ng4 22.Kf1 Qh1 23.Ke2 Qg2 24.Rf1 Rbc8 25.Nd5 (25.Bd5 Qh2 26.Nb5 a6-+) 25...Rce8 (25...Nh2 26.Rb1 Qf3 27.Kd2-+) 26.Nf4 (26.Qb1 Re5 27.Qd1 Nh2-+) 26...Qe4 (26...Re3 27.Kd2 Rd8 28.Kc1 Rc3 29.Kb2-+) 27.Bb5 (27.Nd5 Ne5 28.Bb5 Qf3 29.Ke1-+) 27...Qf4 28.Be8 Re8 29.Qd5 (29.Qb3 Nh2 30.Rg1 Qf3 31.Ke1 Qh3-+) 29...Ne3! 30.fe3 (30.fe3 Re3 Double attack (30...Re5 Decoy)) 30...Qe3 31.Kd1 Qe2 32.Kc1 Qf1 (32...Rc8 33.Kb1 Qf1 34.Ka2 Rc2 35.Ka3 Qa1 36.Kb4 Qc3 37.Kb5 Qa5) 33.Kb2-+ Re2 34.Kc3 Qc1 35.Kb4 (35.Kd4 Qd1 36.Kc4 Rc2 37.Kb4 Qe1 38.Ka3 Qa1 39.Kb4 Qc3 40.Kb5 Qa5) 35…Rb2 (35...Rb2 36.Ka3 Qc3 37.Qb3 Qb3) 0-1. Ikllu (1765) - carjacking (2120), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Ne5 Qe7 8.Nf3 d5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.d3 (10.Nc3 c5=+) 10...c6 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.c4 Rad8 14.cd5 (14.Qb3 b6=+) 14...Nd5-/+ 15.e4? (15.Rb3 b5-/+) 15...Nf4 (better 15...Nc3 16.Qe1 Nb1 17.Qb1 Bb4-+) 16.Re1 Ne2 (16...Bg4!? 17.g3 Ne2 18.Qe2 Bb4-/+) 17.Re2=+ Bg4 18.h3 Bh5 19.Re1 Qf6?? (better 19...Bb4!? 20.Qb3 a5=+) 20.g4 (20.Rb7!? Bf4 21.Qc2+/-) 20...Bg6+= 21.d4 (21.Rb7 Re7 22.Rb3 h5+=) 21...Qf4 (21...Bf4 22.e5 Qe7 23.Ne4-/+) 22.Rb3 (22.Rb7 A) worse 22...Be4 23.Ne4 Re4 24.Re4 (24.Ra7? Re1 25.Qe1 Qf3-+) 24...Qe4 25.Qb3+/-; B) 22...h5 23.gh5 Bh5=) 22...Be4 23.Ne4 Re4 24.Re4 (24.Rb7?? Re1 25.Qe1 Qf3-+) 24...Qe4 25.Re3? (25.Rb7 c5 26.Ra7 cd4 A) 27.Nd4?? Bc5 28.Rc7 Bd4-+ (28...Qd4?! 29.Qd4 Bd4 30.a4-+); B) 27.Qb3=) 25...Qf4 26.Qd3 h6 27.Qe4 (27.Kg2!?-/+) 27...Qe4-+ 28.Re4 Kf8 29.Re3 Be7 30.a4 Bf6 31.Rb3 Rd7 32.Kg2 (32.a5 Ke8-+) 32...Ke8 (32...Bd4 33.Nd4 Rd4 34.Rb7 Ra4 35.Rc7-+) 33.Kg3 (33.Rd3 Kd8-+) 33...Kd8 (33...Bd4 34.Rb1 c5 35.Re1 Kd8 36.Kg2-+) 34.Kf4 White plans g5 (34.Rb4 Kc7-+) 34...Kc7 (better 34...Bd4!? 35.Kg3 Kc7-+) 35.Ke4 b6 36.h4 Kb7 (better 36...Rd5!?-+) 37.g5=+ hg5 38.hg5 Bd8 39.Ne5 Re7 (39...Rc7 40.Rg3-/+) 40.Kf5 (40.Rf3!?=) 40...g6=+ 41.Ke4 Bc7 42.f4 Be5 43.de5 c5 44.Kd5?? (better 44.f5=) 44...Rd7-+ 45.Ke4 Kc6 46.e6 Rd4?? (better 46...Re7 47.f5 gf5 48.Kf5 Re6-+) 47.Ke5-/+ Rd5 (47...fe6 48.Rf3 Kd7 49.Rh3-/+) 48.Kf6=+ Rf5 49.Kg7 fe6 50.Kg6 Rf4 51.Re3? (51.Kh5 Rf5 52.Kh6 Kd5+=) 51...Kd5 (51...Kd6 52.Rh3-/+) 52.a5 (52.Kh5 Kd6 (52...Ra4?? 53.g6+-) 53.g6 Ke7= (53...Ra4 54.g7 Ra1 55.g8Q Rh1 56.Kg4 Rg1 57.Rg3 Rg3 58.Kg3+-)) 52...b5 (52...c4 53.ab6 ab6 54.Kh5-+) 53.Rd3? (53.Kh5 Rf1 54.Rd3 Ke5-+) 53...Rd4 (better 53...Ke5 54.Re3 Kd6-+) 54.Rd4?? (54.Rg3 c4 55.Kf7 Rf4 56.Ke7=) 54...cd4-+ (54...Kd4?! 55.Kh5 b4 56.g6-+) 55.Kf7 d3 56.g6 d2 57.g7 d1Q 58.g8Q Qh5 59.Ke7 Qe5 60.Qa8 (60.Qg2 Kc5 61.Kf7 Qc7 62.Kg6 Qa5 63.Qf2 Kc6 64.Qf3 Kb6 65.Qe3 Ka6-+) 60...Kc4 61.Qf3 Qc5 62.Ke6 Kb4 63.a6 Qb6 (better 63...Ka5!? 64.Qd1-+) 64.Kd5? (better 64.Kd7 Qd4 65.Kc6-/+) 64...Qc5 (64...Qa6?! 65.Qe4 Kb3 66.Qf3 Kb2 67.Qe2 Kc3 68.Qf3 Kc2 69.Qg2 Kc1 70.Qf1 Kd2 71.Qf2 Kd3 72.Qf3 Kc2 73.Qg2 Kb1 74.Qf1 Ka2 75.Qg2 Ka3 76.Qf3 Ka4 77.Qd1 Ka5 78.Qd2 Kb6 79.Qf2 Kb7 80.Qf7 Kb8 81.Qe8 Kc7 82.Qf7 Kc8 83.Qf8 Kd7 84.Qf7 Kd8 85.Qf8 Kc7 86.Qf7 Kb6 87.Qf2 Kb7 88.Qf7 Ka8 89.Qf8 Kb7 90.Qf7=) 65.Ke6 Qc4 (better 65...Ka5-+) 66.Kd7 Ka5 67.Qa3 Qa4 68.Qc3?? (better 68.Qd6 b4 69.Kc8 Qc2 70.Kb8-+) 68...Qb4 (better 68...b4 69.Qc6 Qc6 70.Kc6 b3-+) 69.Qa1= Kb6 70.Qf6 Ka5 71.Qc6?? (better 71.Qa1 Kb6 72.Qf6 Kc5 73.Qe5 Kb6 74.Qf6=) 71...Qd2 (better 71...Qc4 72.Qf6 b4-+) 72.Kc8-/+ Qb4 (better 72...Qd4 73.Qc7 Ka4 74.Qc2 Kb4=) 73.Kb7 Ka4?? (better 73...Qd4 74.Qc7 Ka4 75.Qc2 Kb4 76.Qb1 Ka5 77.Qa2 Kb4 78.Qb1 Kc4 79.Qc2 Kb4 80.Qb1=) 74.Ka7+- Qc4?? (74...Qf4 75.Qc2 Kb4 76.Qc8+-) 75.Qd7 (better 75.Qc4 bc4 76.Kb6+-) 75...Kb3?? (better 75...Qe2+-) 76.Kb7 (76.Kb6 Qf4 77.a7 Qf2 78.Kc6 Qc2 79.Kd6 Qh2 80.Kc5 Qf2 81.Kb5 Qe2 82.Kc6 Qc2 83.Kb7 Qg2 84.Kc7 Qg3 85.Kc6 Qg6 86.Kb5 Qe4 87.Qh3 Ka2 88.Qh2 Ka3 89.Qg3 Kb2+-) 76...b4 77.a7 Qc3 (77...Qe4 78.Qc6 Qe7 79.Ka6 Qe2 80.Kb6 Qf2 81.Qc5+-) 78.Qc6 (78.Qf7 Kb2 79.a8Q b3 80.Qa4 Qg3 81.Qd4 Ka3 82.Qe7 Qd6 83.Qed6 Ka2 84.Q6e5 b2 85.Qb2) 78...Qc6 (78...Qg7 79.Qc7 Qg2 80.Kb6 Qd5+-) 79.Kc6 1-0. Cofi7 (2315) - migueldecervantes (2160), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Ne5 Re8 8.Nf3 d5 9.0-0 c6 10.a3 Bd6 11.d4 Ne4 12.c4 Qf6 13.cd5= cd5 14.Nbd2 Nc3–/+ 15.Qe1 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Bg6–+ 18.Rc1 Rac8 19.g5? Qf5 20.h4?? Qg4 21.Kh1 Qh3 22.Nh2 Qh2# 0–1. chevin – nurich, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

7.c3 d5 8.d4 Bd6 9.Bd3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 b6 11.0-0 Bb7 12.Qb1 Ng6 13.a4 a5 14.Rc1 Rae8 15.Nf1 Kh8 16.Ng3= Nh4 17.Nh4 Qh4 18.Nf1 Re6 19.g3 Qg5 20.f4 Qe7 21.Re1 h5 22.h4 Re8 23.Qd1 g6 24.Qf3 Qf6 25.Re2 R8e7 26.Rf2 Kg7 27.Re1 Bc6 28.f5+= Re4 29.Qd1 Bd7 30.fg6 Qg6= 31.Rg2 Bh3–/+ 32.Be4 Re4 33.Qf3 Bg2 34.Qg2 Rg4 35.Qd5=+ Rh4 36.Re2 Rg4 37.Rg2 Rg5 38.Qf3=+ Rg4 39.c4 c5 40.dc5 Bc5 41.Qd5 Rg5 42.Qf3 Qe6 43.Rh2 Kg6 44.Rh4 Re5 45.Kg2 Bd6 46.Nd2 Rg5 47.Qe4 Qf5 48.Qf5 ½–½. Bulcourf,Carlos – Tempone,Marcelo, Najdorf Open, 1995. ... --- Biography: Carlos Bulcourf, born: 1939. * Federation: Argentina. * Title: FIDE Master (FM). * FIDE ID: 102130. * Peak/Best Known Classical Elo: ~2300 according to ChessBase. * Recent/Last Known Activity: According to ChessPrime, he’s listed as “OFF” (i.e., not currently active). ... --- Chess Career & Style Overview: 1. Playing Record: * On 365Chess.com, Bulcourf has 451 recorded games from roughly 1970 to 2008. * His performance: about 42.35% wins, ~18.63% draws, ~39.02% losses. * According to Chess.com, out of ~321 games: 27% wins, 18% draws, 55% losses. 2. Opening Repertoire/Preferences: * As White: * Frequently played A00 (Polish/Sokolsky Opening) — very unconventional/offbeat. * Also played openings like the Reti (1.Nf3) and English/Anglo-Indian lines. * As Black: * Preferred Alekhine’s Defense (B02, B05) quite often. * Also played some Queen’s Pawn defenses (A40) and other less common setups. 3. Rating Profil: * According to his FIDE profile, his standard (classical) rating is listed, but he is “inactive.” * His recorded blitz rating was ~1973 and rapid ~1933 per FIDE records. * According to ChessPrime, his highest recorded classical FIDE Elo was 2289. 4. Notable Achievements/Reputation: * According to Ajedrez Martelli (an Argentine chess club), Bulcourf remained active in local tournaments later in life: for example, in March 2019, he won three consecutive open blitz tournaments at the club. * ChessBites (a chess statistics site) notes some of his notable wins, including against stronger titled players (e.g., he beat GM-level opponents in certain events). 5. Style Notes/Legacy: * Bulcourf seems to favor unconventional/hypermodern openings, especially with White (Sokolsky Opening), which suggests a creative, non-mainstream style. * His use of Alekhine’s Defense as Black also shows a taste for dynamic, counter-attacking play. * Given his long playing span (1970s to at least late 2000s) and continued success in blitz later in life, he likely is well-respected in Argentine chess circles, both as a competitor and as a teacher (he has been referred to as “professor” in club contexts). Note created October 2025. (AI)

7.Be2?? Qa1–+ 8.c3 Be7 9.Qb3 d6 10.Bb5 (10.0-0 Na5 11.Qa3 b6–+) 10...Na5 (10...Be6!? 11.Qc2 Qa2 12.Qa2 Ba2 13.Ke2–+) 11.Qc2 Be6 12.c4 (12.Bd3 Kh8–+) 12...Nc4! 13.0-0 (13.Bc4 Bc4 Combination) 13...Qb2 14.Nd4 (14.Qb2 Nb2 15.Nc3 a6–+) 14...Qc2 15.Nc2 c6 16.Bc4 Bc4 17.Rd1 Ba2 18.Nc3 Be6 19.d4 Rfc8 20.Rb1 b5 21.Rd1 (21.Kf1 a5–+) 21...Rab8 22.e4 b4 23.d5 (23.Nb1 a5–+) 23...cd5 24.Nd5 Rc2 25.Ne7 Kf8 26.Nf5 Bf5 27.ef5 b3 28.g4 b2 29.Kg2 Rc1 30.Rd6 b1Q 31.f6 (31.Kh3 Rc3 32.Kg2 Qe4 33.f3 Qf3 34.Kg1 Rb1 35.Rd1 Rd1) 31...Qe4 32.f3 Rb2 33.Kg3 (33.Rd2 Rd2 34.Kg3 Qe5 35.f4 Qe1 36.Kf3 Rc3) 33...Rg1 34.Kh4 Rh2 35.Kg5 h6# 0–1. Buresch,Rene (1960) – Taulien,Hans_Juergen (2350), remoteschach.de, 2002.

7.c3 Bd6 8.d4 Bg3 (8...Bf5 9.Nbd2=+) 9.hg3=+ Bg4 10.Bd3 Ne4 (10...Re8 11.Nbd2=) 11.Qc2 f5 12.Nbd2 Qe7 (12...Qd6 13.Bb5 Bf3 14.gf3 Nd2 15.Kd2=) 13.Bb5 Rae8 (13...Bf3!? 14.gf3 Nd6=) 14.Bc6+= bc6 15.Ne5 Qg5 (15...Qe6 16.Ne4 fe4 17.f3+/-) 16.Ndf3 Bf3 (16...Qd8 17.Nc6 Qa8 18.Nce5+/-) 17.gf3+- Nd6 18.g4 (18.Qa4 Nf7 19.Qc6 Ne5 20.de5 A) 20...Re5?? 21.f4 Re3 22.Kd2+- (22.fe3 Qg3 23.Kd1 Qf3 24.Kc2 Qe4 25.Kd2 Qg2 26.Kd3 Qe4 27.Kd2 Qg2 28.Kd3 Qe4 29.Kd2=); B) 20...Qd8+-) 18...c5 (18...Qe7 19.Nc6 Qe6 20.Ne5+/-) 19.Ke2 (19.Rh5 Qd8 20.gf5 Re5 21.de5 Qe8 22.Rh7 Kh7 23.ed6 cd6+/-) 19...h6 (19...Qe7 20.gf5 Rf5 21.Rab1+=) 20.Rag1 (20.f4 Qf6 21.Nd7 Qe6 22.Nf8 Kf8 23.gf5 Nf5+/-) 20...f4 (20...fg4 21.Rg4 Qf5 22.Qf5 Rf5 23.Rh6+/-) 21.Rh5 Qf6 (21...Qe7 22.g5 Rf5 23.ef4 cd4 24.cd4 Qe6+-) 22.g5+- Qf5 23.Qf5 Rf5 24.gh6 Ree5 (24...Rh5?? 25.Rg7 Kh8 26.Ng6) 25.Rg7 Kh8 26.de5 Rh5 27.ed6 cd6 28.Rg6 (28.Ra7 Rh6 29.ef4 Re6 30.Kd3 Rf6+/-) 28...fe3+/- 29.Ke3 Re5 30.Kd3 (30.Kf4 d4 31.cd4 cd4 32.Rd6 Ra5+/-) 30...c4 (30...Rf5!? 31.Ke2 Re5 32.Kf1 Rf5+/-) 31.Kd2 Rf5 32.Ke2 (better 32.Ke3+-) 32...Re5+= 33.Kd2 Rf5 34.Ke3 (34.Rd6 Rf3 35.a4 Rd3 36.Kc2 Rf3+/-) 34...Re5 35.Kd4 Rf5?? (better 35...Re2 36.Rd6 Rd2 37.Kc5 Rc2 38.Kd5 Rc3+-) 36.Rd6 Rf3 37.Kd5 (better 37.Rd5 Rf2 38.Ra5 Rf4 39.Kc5 Rf5 40.Kb4+-) 37...Rc3 38.f4?? (better 38.Ra6 Kh7 39.a4+-) 38...Rd3-+ 39.Ke5 (39.Kc4 Rd6 40.a3-+) 39...Rd6 40.Kd6 c3 41.f5 c2 42.f6 c1Q 43.f7 Qh6 44.Ke7 Qe3 45.Kf8 Qa3 (45...Qe6 46.a3 Qd7 47.a4 Qd8) 46.Ke8 Kg7 (46...Kg7 47.Kd7 Qa2 48.Kd6 Qf2 49.Kd5 Qf3 50.Kd4 Kf7 51.Kc4 a5 52.Kd4 a4 53.Kc5 a3 54.Kd4 a2 55.Kc5 a1Q 56.Kb6 Qe5 57.Ka6 Qc6 58.Ka7 Qec7) 0-1. Haszon,David (2240) - Bueno,Alfe (2140), Titled Tue 9th Apr Late (11), 2024. 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 ... --- Chess Career of Dαvid Haszon --- 1. * Personal & Title Information: * Born in 1993. * FIDE title: FIDE Master (FM). * FIDE ID: 733610. * Federation: Hungary. --- 2. Ratings: * Standard (classical): ~2253. * Rapid: ~2251. * Blitz: ~2236. * According to ChessBase, his peak rating was 2302. --- 3. Playing Activity & Style: * According to 365Chess, he has played games dating from at least 2003 through 2025. * His win/draw/loss record on some platforms (Chess.com) is: about 42% wins, 11% draws, 47% losses. * His repertoire: According to his Chess.com profile, common openings when playing White include the Indian Game; as Black he often plays Sicilian Defense. --- 4. Online Presence: * He uses the username Kombinator01 on Chess.com. * On FIDE Online Arena, his profile shows similar ratings. * He appears in interviews (for example, with Sakkmezo) discussing his life in chess, teaching, and content creation. --- 5. Other Notable Points: * Beyond playing, he seems quite active in the chess community as a coach/content creator. In interviews, he talks about spending much of his time giving lessons, creating chess content, and bringing chess to a broader audience. * He won a rapid tournament: for example, the TFSE Racka Rapid in Budapest, scoring 6.5/7. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.c3 Bd6 8.Bh4 Bf5 9.d4 Be7 (9...a6 10.Bd3 Bd3 11.Qd3=) 10.Bf6 Bf6 (worse 10...gf6 11.Bd3 Bg6 12.Qc2+=) 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Nbd2 c5 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Rab1 a6 16.Rfd1 b5 17.Nf1 (17.a4 ba4 18.Qa6 a3=) 17...Re8=+ 18.Ng3 cd4 19.Nd4 (19.cd4 Nc4=) 19...Nc4=+ 20.Rdc1 (20.Nde2 Be5=+) 20...g6 21.Nge2 Nb6 (21...Qc7 22.Rd1=+) 22.Rc2 (22.Rd1 Na4=+) 22...Rc4 23.Rd1 (23.Nf3 Rc5=+) 23...Be5 24.Nf3 Bd6 25.h4 (25.Nd2 Rc5=+) 25...Qf6 26.Rcd2 Bb8 27.Qb1 Kg7 28.Rd4 Re4 29.Rc4 Rc4 30.Rd4 Na4 31.Qd3 Nc5 32.Qd1 Ne4 33.Qd3 Nc5 34.Qc2 (34.Qd1 Rd4 35.cd4 Ne4=) 34...Ne4 35.Qb3 (35.Qd3 Rd4 36.Qd4 Qd4 37.Nfd4 Kf6=+) 35...Ba7 (35...Qc6 36.Rc4 Qc4 37.Nfd4=+) 36.Rc4 (36.Rd5 Nc3 37.Nc3 Rc3=+) 36...dc4=+ 37.Qc2 Nc5 38.Nf4 Bb8 39.Nd5 Qd6 40.Nf4 Nd3 (40...Qd7 41.Ne2-/+) 41.Nd3=+ cd3 (worse 41...Qd3 42.Qd3 cd3 43.Kf1+/-) 42.Qd2 Qd5 43.Ne1 Be5 44.Nd3 Bf6 45.g3 Qc4 46.Nf4 Bc3 47.Qc2 Be5 48.Qc4 (48.Qd2 h6=+) 48...bc4-/+ 49.Nd5 f5 (49...c3 50.Nb4=+) 50.Kf1=+ a5 (better 50...Kh6!?=+) 51.Ke2+= Kf7 (51...Kh6 52.e4 Kh5 53.ef5 gf5 54.Ne3+/-) 52.Nb6+/- c3 53.Nc4 Ke6? (better 53...Bg7+=) 54.Ne5+- (54.Na5?! c2 55.Nb3 Bc3+=) 54...Ke5 55.f3 h6 56.Kd3 g5 57.hg5 hg5 58.Kc3 Kd5 59.Kd3 Ke5 (59...a4 60.e4 fe4 61.fe4 Ke5 62.a3+-) 60.e4 f4 (60...fe4 61.fe4 a4 62.a3+-) 61.g4 (61.g4 a4 62.Kc4+-) 1-0. Nakamura,Hikaru (2735) - Visakh,N R (2515), Titled Tuesday 1st June, 2021. ... --- Hikaru Nakamura: Chess Grandmaster and Streamer Overview: Hikaru Nakamura is one of the world's leading chess grandmasters, a five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and a pivotal figure in the rise of online chess and streaming. ... --- Chess Career Highlights: * Grandmaster Title: Achieved the title in 2003 at the age of 15, becoming the youngest American to do so at the time (since surpassed). * U.S. Chess Champion: Five-time winner of the U.S. Championship (2005, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019). * World Title: The 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion. * Candidates Tournament: A consistent elite player, he has participated in multiple Candidates Tournaments, notably finishing second in the 2024 edition, which determined the challenger for the World Chess Championship. * Team Success: Represented the United States at seven Chess Olympiads, winning a Team Gold Medal in 2016. * Peak Ranking: Has been ranked as high as World No. 2 in classical chess. ... --- Rapid and Blitz Chess Dominance: Nakamura is widely regarded as one of the best speed chess players in history, particularly excelling in the faster time controls of Rapid, Blitz, and Bullet chess. * He has held the World No. 1 ranking in both Rapid and Blitz in the past. * He is known for his highly aggressive and tactical style, which is particularly effective in shorter time controls. ... --- Current FIDE Rankings (Approximate, as of November 2025): Nakamura is consistently ranked among the top players in the world across all formats. Classical approx 2813, Rapid approx 2732, Blitz approx 2838 (Note: Ratings fluctuate regularly. These figures are based on recent reports for November 2025.) ... --- Streaming and Content Creation: Nakamura successfully transitioned into a full-time streamer and YouTuber, becoming the most popular chess streamer in the world. * His online presence is a major factor in the contemporary growth of chess popularity. * He streams on Twitch and YouTube under the handle GMHikaru, where he provides live commentary, analysis, and educational content. Note created November 2025. (AI)

6.Bc3 a5 7.a3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Bg4 (8...Re8 9.Be2 c6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.d4 Qe7=) 9.Rb1 (9.Be2 Re8 10.Rb1 b6 11.Nd4 Be2=) 9...Qc8 (9...b6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nd4 Be2=) 10.h3 (10.d4 Re8 11.Bd3 c6=) 10...Bh5 (10...Be6 11.d4= c6=) 11.Be2 (11.g4 Bg6=) 11...Nc6 (11...Re8=) 12.0-0 Bg6 (12...Re8 13.d4=) 13.Nh4+= Ne5?? (better is 13...Ne7+=) 14.f4+– (14.Ng6?! Ng6 15.d4 d5+=) 14...Nc6 15.f5 d5 16.fg6 fg6 17.Bg4 Qd8 18.Rb7 d4 19.Nb5 Ne4 20.Rf8 Kf8 21.Qf3 Nf6 22.Nc7 Kg8 23.Ne6 Qc8 24.Rc7 Qb8 25.Rg7 Kh8 26.Qf6 Qg3 27.Rg6 1–0. Haertig,Manfred – Boceck,Oliver, ESC, 2000.

6.Bc3 Bc5 7.d4= Bb6 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.0-0 d5 11.h3 Qf6 12.a3 Qg6 13.Kh2 Ne7 14.Ne5 Qd6=+ 15.f4? Nf5–/+ 16.Nd2? Ne3–+ 17.Qe1 Nc2 18.Qd1 Na1 19.Ne4 de4 20.Qa1 f6 21.Bc4 Be6 22.Be2 fe5 23.fe5 Qe7 24.Qc1 Rf1 25.Bf1 Rf8 26.Bc3 c5 27.Be2 cd4 28.Bb4 Qf7 29.Bf8 Qf8 0–1. mic (2140) – abhailey (2230), net–chess.com, 2008.

6.Bf6 Ba5 7.c3 Qf6 8.d4 Bg4 9.Bd3 c5 (9...Re8 10.0-0=+) 10.0-0 cd4 11.cd4 d5 12.Nbd2 (12.Be2 Rc8=) 12...Bf3 (better Bd2!? 13.Qd2 Bf3 14.gf3 Qf3=+) 13.Nf3+= Bc7? (13...Nc6 14.Qb3 Rfd8 15.Rac1+/- (worse 15.Qb7 Rab8 16.Qa6 Rb6 17.Bh7 Kh7 18.Qd3 Qg6 19.Qg6 Kg6-/+)) 14.Rc1 (14.Bh7!? Kh7 15.Qc2 Kg8 16.Qc7 Nc6+-) 14...Nc6+/- 15.Qb3 Rfd8 (better 15...Bd6!?+/-) 16.Qb7+- Bh2? (16...Rac8+-) 17.Nh2 Na5 18.Qb5 Nc4 19.Bc4 dc4 (19...a6 20.Qa4 dc4 21.Rc4+-) 20.Qc4 h6 (20...Qf5 21.Nf3+-) 21.Ng4 Qg6 22.f3 (22.Ne5 Qf5+-) 22...Kh7 (22...Qg5 23.e4+-) 23.e4 White intends d5 (23.Ne5 Qe6+-) 23...Qb6 (23...f6 24.Rfd1+-) 24.Qc5 (24.Rfd1 Kg8+-) 24...Qg6 (24...Rd4 25.Kh2 Qc5 26.Rc5 Rd2+-) 25.d5 Rac8 (25...Qa6 26.Ne5+-) 26.Qc8 Rc8 27.Rc8 h5 28.Ne3 Qb6 29.Kf2 f5 (29...h4 30.Rh1 g5 31.g3+-) 30.ef5 Qb2 (30...Qa6 31.Rc2 Qa5+-) 31.Kg3 (31.Rc2!? Qd4+-) 31...Qb7?? (better 31...Qe5 32.Kh4 Qe3+-) 32.Rc6 Qb8 (32...h4 33.Kf2 Qb2 34.Rc2+-) 33.d6 (33.f4 Qb2+-) 33...h4 (33...Qe8 34.d7! Qd7 35.Re6 Qc7 36.f4+-) 34.Kh4 (better 34.Kf4 Qb4 35.Nc4+-) 34...Qf8 (34...Qe8 35.Rc3 Qd8 36.Kg4 Qd6 37.Rh1 Kg8 38.Rc8 Kf7+-) 35.Rh1 Qf6 36.Kg3 Kg8 37.Rc8 (better 37.d7 Qe5 38.Kf2 Qa5 39.Rc8 Kf7+-) 37...Kf7 38.Ng4 (better 38.Rd1 Qe5 39.Kf2 Qb2 40.Nc2+-) 38...Qd6 39.Kf2 (better 39.Kh3 Qf4 40.Rc5+-) 39...Qd7?? (better 39...Qd2 40.Kg1 Qe1 41.Kh2 Qh4 42.Kg1 Qe1 43.Kh2 Qh4 44.Kg1 Qe1=) 40.Rch8 (better 40.Ne5 Ke7 41.f6 Kf6 42.Nd7 Ke7 43.Rc7+-) 40...Qd4 (40...Qf5 41.Re1 Qc5 42.Kg3+-) 41.Kg3 Qc4 (41...Qd6 42.Kh4 Qd5 43.Kg5+-) 42.Kh3 (42.Ne5 Kf6 43.Nc4 Ke7 44.Re1 Kd7 45.Ra8 Kc6 46.Ra7 g6 47.Re6 Kc5 48.Rc7 Kd4 49.Rd6 Kc3 50.Ne3 Kb2 51.Rb7 Ka1 52.Nc2 Ka2 53.Ra6) 42...Qc7 (42...Qc2 43.Rb8 Qf5 44.Rb7 Kg8 45.Rd1+-) 43.Rf1 (better 43.Re1 Qd6+-) 43...Qf4 (43...Qc2 44.Rb8 Qf5 45.Rb7 Kg8 46.Ra7+-) 44.Re1 (better 44.Ra8 Qf5 45.Ra7 Kg6 46.Re1+-) 44...Qh6 (44...Qf5 45.Ree8 Kg6+-) 45.Rh6 (45.Nh6 Kf6 46.Re6 Kg5 47.Rg8 Kf4 48.Rg7 a6 49.Re4) 45...gh6+- 46.Nh6 Kg7 47.Rb1 (47.f4 a6 48.Re7 Kf8 49.f6 a5 50.Ra7 Ke8 51.f5 a4 52.f7 Kf8 53.f6 a3 54.Ra8) 47...Kh6 48.Rb7 (48.Kg4 Kg7 49.Rb7 Kg8 50.f6 Kf8 51.Kf5 a6 52.Kg6 Ke8 53.f7 Kf8 54.Kf6 a5 55.Rb8) 48...a5 49.Ra7 (49.Kh4 a4 50.g4 a3 51.g5) 49...Kg5+- 50.Ra5 Kf4 51.Ra4 (51.f6 Ke3 52.f7 Kd4 53.f8Q Kc3 54.Qa3 Kd2 55.Qb2 Ke1 56.Rc5 Kd1 57.Rc1) 51...Ke3 52.Ra3 Kf2 53.Ra4 Kg1?? (53...Ke3 54.f6 Kd3 55.f7 Ke2 56.Re4 Kd3 57.f8Q Kd2 58.Qb4 Kd1 59.Qd4 Kc1 60.Re2 Kb1 61.Qb2) 54.Re4 Kf1 (54...Kf2 55.a3 Kg1 56.Kg3 Kf1 57.f6 Kg1 58.Re1) 55.g4 (55.Kg3 Kg1 56.Re1) 55...Kf2 56.g5 (56.Re6 Kf1 57.Kg3 Kg1 58.Re1) 56...Kf1 (56...Kf3 57.Re1 Kf4 58.g6 Kg5 59.g7 Kf6 60.g8Q Kf5 61.Re6 Kf4 62.Qg4) 57.Kg3 (57.Kg3 Kg1 58.Re1) 1-0. Hotelschach (2445) - YouAreWorthMoreThanQ (2380), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3)

6.Bf6 gf6 7.c3 Ba5 8.Bd3 +/–.

6.Bf6 Qf6 7.c3 Ba5 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.h3 Bf3 10.Qf3 Qf3 11.gf3 c6 12.Bf5 g6 13.Rg1 Kh8 14.Bd3 d5 15.Na3 Bc7 16.0-0-0 Nd7 17.Nc2 a5 18.f4 Nc5 19.Be2 Rfe8 20.f5 Re4 (20...gf5 21.f3+=) 21.fg6 fg6 22.d4 Na4 23.Kd2 b5 24.Rb1 Rf8 25.f4 (25.Rg2 Rh4 26.Bg4 Nb6+=) 25...Bd8 (better is 25...Rff4!? 26.Bb5 A) 26...cb5? 27.ef4 Rf4 28.Rgf1+– (28.Rb5?! Rf2 29.Kd3 Rf3 30.Ne3 Bf4+/–); B) 26...Rf2 27.Be2 Re2 28.Ke2 Nc3 29.Kd3 Nb1 30.Rb1 Kg7–/+) 26.Bf3 Ree8 27.Bg2 Bh4 28.Bf1 Rf5 29.Bd3 Rf7 ½–½. Yannick – Freno, playchess.de, 2005.

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

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

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

6.Bb2 Nc6 7.c4 Bg4 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4).

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bc6 bc6 11.Rb1 d5 12.d3 Qd6 13.g4 Bg6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.f4 Nd7 17.Qf3 f6 18.gf6+= Qf6 19.0-0 Rae8 20.Rb7+= (20.Rb7 Rf7 A) 21.Rc7 Ne5 22.fe5 Qg5 23.Kh1 Rf3 (< 23...Rc7 24.Ne6 Qe7 25.Nc7 Qc7 26.d4=) 24.Rf3 Bh5–+ (24...Re5?! 25.Rc8 Be8 26.Nd1=+); B) 21.Ra7+=). Pierred (2270) – Rhilll (1615), Rated game, 3m + 0s, 2005.

7.Nc3 Bg4 8.d4 Nc6 9.Be2 Bf3 10.Bf3 d5 11.0-0 Re8 12.Rb1 b6 13.Qd3 Na5 14.e4 c6 15.Rfe1 Nc4? 16.ed5+– cd5? 17.Nd5!! Nd5 18.Re8 Qe8 19.Bd5 Rc8 20.Bc4 Qa4 21.Bf7! Kh8 22.Bb3 Qb4 23.c4 Re8 24.Kf1 a5 25.Bc2 (25.Bc2 g6 26.Rb4 ab4 27.d5+–) 1–0. Suess,Stefan – Velinski, corr EU–chT3, 1983.

7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bf3 9.Bf3 Nc6 10.0-0 a6 11.d4 d5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Na4 b5 14.Nc5 Nd7 (14...Rb6!?+=) 15.Bd5+/– Ne7 16.Nd7 Qd7 17.Bf3 Qe6 18.Rb2 a5 19.Qd3 c6 20.Rfb1 Qc4?? (better is 20...a4+/–) 21.Qc4+– bc4 22.Rb8 Nc8 (22...f5 23.R8b7 Re8 24.Ra7+–) 23.Bc6 (better is 23.Ra8 Nb6 24.Rf8 Kf8 25.Rb6 c3+–) 23...g6 24.Bd7 Kg7 (24...Nd6+–) 25.Rc8 Rc8 26.Bc8 Kf6 27.h4 Kg7 28.Rb7 h5 29.Be6 Kf6 30.Bf7 Kg7 31.Bc4 Kf6 32.Bd3 Ke6+– 33.c4 Kf6 34.Rb6 Kf7 35.Bg6 Kg7 36.Bh5 Kh7 37.Rg6 a4 38.Kh2 Kh8 39.Kg3 a3 40.Kf4 Kh7 41.Kf5 Kh8 42.Kf6 Kh7 43.Kf7 Kh8 44.Rh6# 1–0. Solari,Pablo (1660) – Sanchez Britos,Ezequiel, Montevideo URU, 2nd Latinoamerican Cup, 2011.

(--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc3 Nc6 6.e3 0-0).

6.Nc3 d5 7.Bd3 (7.Nb5 Ne8=) 7...c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Rb1 Ne5 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.f4 a6 12.g4 d4 13.Na4 b5 14.g5 ba4 (14...Nd7 15.Qh5 f5 16.g6-/+) 15.gf6=+ Bf6 16.ed4 cd4 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Rb7 Qd6 (18...Qa5 19.Qe4 g6 20.Bc4 Be5 21.Be6 fe6 22.Qe5 Qe5 23.fe5 Rf1 24.Kf1-/+) 19.Qh5 (19.Nf7!? Qd5 20.Be4=) 19...h6-/+ 20.Ng4 Bg4 (20...Ba2 21.Nh6 gh6 22.Qh6 Rfd8 23.Bh7 Kh8 24.Bg6 Kg8 25.Rf7 Bf7 26.Qh7 Kf8 27.Qf7) 21.Qg4 Qd5 (21...Rab8 22.Ra7 Rb6 23.Qf5=+) 22.Qg2 Qg2 23.Kg2 a3 24.Rfb1 a5 25.R1b6 Rac8 26.Kg3 Rc5 27.Ra7 (27.Kf3 Re8=) 27...Bd8 28.Rb5 Attacking the isolated pawn on a5 28...Rb5 29.Bb5 g5 30.fg5 (30.c4 dc3 31.dc3 Kg7=) 30...hg5 31.Bc4 Kg7 32.Rd7 Bf6 33.Kg4 Kg6 34.Bd3 Kg7 35.h3 (35.Bc4 Kg6 36.Bd3 Kg7 37.Bc4=) 35...Re8 36.Rd5 Re1 37.Ra5 Rg1 38.Kf3 Rf1?? (better 38...Be7=) 39.Bf1+- 1-0. dangkimkhoi (2055) - Makm1983 (2200), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.c4 Re8 7.Bb2 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qb1 Rc8 13.Rd1 Bf6 14.Nd5 Bb2 15.Qb2 Bd5 16.d4 Qf6 17.Rd2 Bf3 18.Bf3 cd4 19.ed4 Rc7 20.Bc6 ½–½. Fritz,Harry – Zbroja,Tadeusz, corr 3GMM–F, 2000.

6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 c5 8.c4 Nc6 9.cd5 Ne5 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.0-0 Bf6 12.f4 Be6 13.Qf3 Rc8 14.d4 (14.Nc3!? c4 15.Bc2=+) 14...cd4–/+ 15.ed4 Qb6 16.Qe4 (better 16.Rd1 Rfd8 17.Qf2–+) 16...Ne7 (better 16...Rfd8!? 17.Rd1 g6–+) 17.Be6 fe6 18.Nd2 Be5 19.fe5 Qb2 (19...Nd5!? 20.Nb3 Qb5=+) 20.Nf3= h6 21.Rab1 Qa2 22.Rb7 Rf7 23.Rfb1 Qd5 24.Qg4 (24.Qd3 Nf5 25.Rf7 Kf7=) 24...Nf5 The backward pawn on d4 becomes a target 25.Rf7 (25.R7b5 Qa2=) 25...Kf7=+ 26.h4 a5 27.h5 (27.Rb6 Ra8 28.h5 a4 29.Qg6 Kf8–/+) 27...a4–/+ 28.Qg6 (28.Ra1 Rc4–/+) 28...Kf8 29.Rb6? (better 29.Qh7 Ke7 30.Ra1–+) 29...Ne7 (29...a3 30.Qe6 Qe6 31.Re6–+) 30.Qg4?? (better 30.Qd3=) 30...a3–+ 31.Re6 (31.Rb1 a2 32.Qf4 Kg8–+) 31...a2 32.Re7 (32.Ra6 Ra8 33.Ra2 Ra2 34.Kh1–+) 32...a1Q (better 32...Rc1 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Qg7 Qf7 35.Qh6–+) 33.Kh2 Ke7 34.Qg7 (34.Qc8 Qd1 35.Qg4–+) 34...Kd8 35.Qf6 Kc7 36.e6 Qd6 (36...Qd6 37.Qe5 Qad4 38.Kh1 Q6e5 39.Ne5 Qa1 40.Kh2 Qe5 41.Kh3 Rg8 42.g4 Qe2 43.g5 Rg5 44.e7 Qh5) 0–1. De Moraes,Maurino Anastacio (1740) – Segal,AS (2145), 24th Championship Brasileiro Senior, 2011.

6.Be2 b6 7.d3 Bb7 8.Nbd2 d6 9.Bb2= Nbd7 10.0-0 c5 11.c4 Qc7 12.d4 Rfe8 13.d5 Nf8 14.a4+= Ng6 15.Qc2 Nd7 16.Bd3 Bf6+= 17.Bf6 Nf6 18.h3 Bc8 19.Ra3 Bd7 20.Ng5 Nf8 21.Nde4 Ne4 22.Be4 g6 23.Bd3+/– Qd8 24.Ne4 Qe7?? 25.Qb2 Qe5 26.Qe5 Re5 27.Nd6 f5? 28.e4 a6? 29.f4 Re7 30.ef5 gf5 31.Bf5 Bf5 32.Nf5 Re4 33.Nd6 Rd4 34.Rb3 Rb8 35.f5 Nd7 36.Rg3 Kf8 37.Re3 b5 38.ab5 ab5 39.cb5 Rd5 40.Re6 Rb6 41.Ne4 Rb5 42.Nc3 (42.Nc3 c4 43.Nb5 Rb5 44.Rc6+–) 1–0. De Visser,Arno – Ootes, 1982.

6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.c4 (---> 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).

6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.d3 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 c5 8.d3 Nc6 9.Bb2).

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

6.Be2 Ne8 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.d3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.c4 dc4 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Re1 (14.Nd6 Nd6 15.Nd4 Nd4 16.Bg4 Ne6+=) 14...Nf6 (14...Bb4 15.Ncd2=) 15.Qb3 b6 (15...Bb4 16.Rec1=) 16.Rbc1 (16.Qb5 Bd7+=) 16...Nd8 (16...Bb4!? 17.Red1 b5+=) 17.Nd6+/- Qd6 (17...cd6 18.Qb4 Be6 19.Bf6 Qf6 20.Qd6+/-) 18.Ba3 (better 18.Be5!? Qe6 19.Bc7+-) 18...c5+= 19.d4 Be6? (19...Ne6 20.Red1 Qe7 21.h3 Bf3 22.Bf3+=) 20.Qa4 (20.dc5 Qd7 21.c6 Nc6+-) 20...Qd5? (20...Nb7 21.Qa7 Ra8 22.Qb7 Ra3 23.dc5 bc5 24.Red1+/-) 21.Bc4 (21.dc5!? Bd7 22.Qh4 Re8+-) 21...Qh5+/- 22.dc5 bc5 (22...Bc4 23.Qc4 Re8 24.Qa4+/-) 23.Qa7+- Bc4 (better 23...Nb7 24.Be6 fe6 25.Bc5 Nc5 26.Qc5 Qc5 27.Rc5 Rb2+-) 24.Rc4?? (better 24.Qb8 Ne6 25.Qe5 Qe5 26.Ne5 Ba2 27.Bc5+-) 24...Ne6+= 25.Bc5 Rfc8?? (25...Ra8 26.Qe7 Rfe8-/+) 26.Rec1 (better 26.Bd6 Nf8 27.Ne5 Ra8 28.Rc8 Rc8+- (28...Ra7?? 29.Rf8)) 26...Ra8? (better 26...Nd7 27.Qd7 Rc5+-) 27.Qe7 (better 27.Bd6 Re8 28.Qa8 Ra8 29.Rc8 Ne8 30.Ra8+-) 27...Rc7 (better 27...Qd5!?-/+) 28.Qd6+= Rac8? (better 28...Rd8!? 29.Qc7 Nc7+/-) 29.Ba3 Rc4 30.Rc4 Rd8 31.Qb4 Rd1 32.Ne1 h6 33.Rc1 Rc1 34.Bc1 Qd1 35.Qd2 Qa4 36.h3 (36.Qc2 Qg4+-) 36...Ng5 (36...Ne4 37.Qd3+-) 37.Qd8 Kh7 38.Qd3 g6 39.Qb3 Qh4 40.Bb2 Nfe4 (40...Kg7+-) 41.Nd3 Nh3 (41...f6 42.Qc2+-) 42.gh3 Qh3 (42...Qg5 43.Kh2 Qe7+-) 43.Qf7 1-0. bjoernsen (2370) - Indian_cat (2430), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3)

7.d4 Bb4 8.c3 Be7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Nbd2+= Bd6 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Ba3 Ba3 14.Qa3 Bf3 15.Nf3+= Re8 16.Rfb1 Qe7 17.Qe7+=.

7.d4 Bb4 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 Re8 11.0-0 c6 12.Nb3 Nbd7 13.a3 Bd6 14.Nc1 Ng4 15.Ne2 f5 16.h3 Qb6 17.Ra2 Nh6 18.Re1 a6 19.Qc2 Re7 20.Raa1 Rae8 21.Nc3 Kh8 22.Rab1 Qa7 23.Rbd1 Nf6 24.Ne2 Qb6 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Qc1 Nf7=+.

7.d4 c5 8.c4 Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Be2 Bf6 12.Qc2 cd4–/+ 13.Nd4 Nd4 14.ed4 Bd4 15.0-0 Bb2 16.Qb2 Be6 17.Nd2 Rc8 18.Bf3 Bd5 19.Rfd1 Bf3 20.Nf3 Qe7 21.a4 (21…Rfe8 22.Qb3–/+). Loulou – gisg34, HCL–A1405 playchess.de, 2003.

7.d4 c5 8.c4 cd4 9.Nd4= (worse 9.ed4 Bb4 10.Bc3 Bc3 11.Nc3 Bg4–/+) 9...Nc6 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Qb3 Nd4 (11...Bb4 12.Nc6 (12.cd5 Nd4 13.ed4 Qd4–/+) 12...bc6 13.Bd3=+) 12.Qb6 ab6 13.ed4 Bb4 14.a3 (14.cd5? Ne4–+) 14...Re8 15.Kd2 (15.Kd1 Bc3 16.Bc3 Ne4=+) 15…Ne4 (15...Ne4 16.Kc2 Bc3 17.Bc3 Nf2=+) 0–1. Marekt – Rained, gameknot.com, 2019.

7.d4 c5 8.dc5 Re8=.

7.d4 c5 8.Bd3 Ne4 (8...c4!? 9.Be2 Qa5 10.Qd2 Qd2 11.Nfd2 Bf5=+) 9.0-0 Nc6 10.dc5 Bf6 11.Nd4 Qe7 (11...Nc5 12.Na3=) 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.Be2 Ne4 14.Bf3 Re8 15.c4 Nd2 16.Qd2 Nd4 17.Bd4 Bd4 18.Qd4 dc4 19.Qc4 Be6 20.Qa4 a6 21.Rab1 b5 22.Qb4 (22.Qa5 Ra7=) 22...Rab8 23.a4 (23.a3 Rbd8=) 23...Qb4=+ 24.Rb4 Bc4 25.Rc1 g6 26.ab5 (26.Rbc4? bc4 27.Be2 Rec8-+; worse 26.Rcc4 bc4 27.Rb8 Rb8-+) 26...ab5 27.Bc6 Rec8 28.Bb5? (better 28.Be4=+) 28...Bb5-+ 29.Rc8 Rc8 30.Rb5?? (30.h4 Bc4 31.e4-+) 30…Rc1 0-1. dexter59 (2400) - Pumba1953 (2435), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3)

7.d4 c6 8.h3 Qb6 9.Bc3 Ne4 10.Be2 Nc3 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Qd3 Bf5!!

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Rc1 d6 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 – Adorjan, Wijk aan Zee 1972.

7.Be2 Nc6 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).

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d6 9.Nc3 h6 10.0-0 Bf5 11.d3 Qd7 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 Nd6 23.Qb6 Qb6 24.Rb6 Rf6 25.Bg4 Kf8 26.Be6 Rd8 27.f3 Rf4 28.Rc1 h5 29.Kf2 g5 30.g3 Rd4 31.Ke2 g6 32.Rb2 Kg7 33.Rb6 Kh6 34.Rb3 Kg7 ½–½. Kreuzer – Rueckert, Kaefertal 1987.

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

7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2 c5 (--> 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).

7.Bb2 b6 8.0-0 (8.Nc3 d5=) 8...Bb7 (8...d5 9.Nc3=) 9.c4 d5 (9...Ne4 10.Nc3 Bf6 11.d4 Nc3 12.Bc3=) 10.d4 dc4 (10...Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfd8 12.h3+=) 11.Bc4+= Na5 12.Be2 (12.Bd3 c5=) 12...c5 13.Nbd2 cd4 14.Nd4 Nc6 15.Nc6 Bc6= 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Nf3 Qd1 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Kf1 Rd1 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Ke2 Rd1= 22.Kd1 Ne4 23.Ke2 Bf6 ½–½. hal1958 – cccmember, playchess.de, 2003.

7.Bb2 d5 8.0-0 Bg4 9.d3 Bb4 (9...Re8 10.Nbd2=) 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.a3 Bd2 (11...Bd6 12.c4=) 12.Nd2 Be2 13.Qe2 Kf8 (13...b5 14.Qf3=) 14.Nf3 (14.Rab1 Rb8+=) 14...h6 15.a4 (15.Rad1 Kg8=) 15...a5 (15...Kg8 16.Rab1 Nd7 17.Qd2+=) 16.Ba3 (16.Rad1 Qe7=) 16...Kg8= 17.Rab1 b6 18.Qd2 Ne7 (18...Qd7 19.Rfe1=) 19.Rfe1 Ng6 20.Nd4 (20.Rec1 Ng4=) 20...Qd7 21.Nb5 (21.Rb5=) 21...Ne7 (21...Qg4 22.f4 (22.Nc7?? Nh4 23.f4 Nf3 24.Kh1 Nd2–+) 22...Rac8 23.Bb2=) 22.Qc3 (22.Bb2 Nh5+=) 22...Rec8 (22...Rac8 23.e4=) 23.Nd4 (better 23.e4+=) 23...Kf8? (23...Ng6 24.Rb5=) 24.Rbd1?? (better 24.Nc6! Nfg8 25.e4+–) 24...Kg8 25.e4 (25.Be7 Qe7 26.e4 Qb4 27.Qb4 ab4=) 25...de4 (25...c5 26.Nb5=) 26.de4 (better 26.Be7 Qe7 27.Nf5+=) 26...Nfd5?? (better 26...Ng6+=) 27.ed5+– Nd5 28.Qf3 (28.Qf3 Qa4 29.Nf5+–) 1–0. tsodikovich (1810) – larryslade1, gameknot.com, 2017.

7.Bb2 d5 8.Nc3=+.

7.Bb2 h6 8.0-0 d5 9.d3 Be6 10.Nbd2 Bc5 11.Rb1 Bb6 12.d4 Bf5 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Rc1 Ne7 15.c4 c6 16.cd5 Ned5 (worse is 16...Nfd5 17.e4+/–) 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Nfe5 Ne4 20.f3 b5 (20...Ng5 21.Bb2+=) 21.Nc6?? (21.fe4 bc4 22.Qc4 Be4 A) worse is 23.Nc6 Qh4 24.Ne5 Qg5+= (worse is 24...Be5 25.de5 Re5 26.Bd6+=); B) 23.Nf7 Bh2 24.Kh2 Qh4 25.Kg1 Ne3 26.Nh6 Kh7 27.Nf5 Nf5 28.Bd3–/+) 21...Bh2!–/+ (worse is 21...bc4 22.Qb8 Qb8 23.Nb8+=) 22.Kh2 Qh4 23.Kg1 bc4 24.Qb8 Rb8 25.fe4 (25.Nb8 Ng5 26.Bd6 Ne3 27.Nc6–/+) 25...Be4 (better is 25...Qe4 26.Nb8 Qe3 27.Rf2 Qa3 28.Rc4 Ne3–+ (28...Qa2?! 29.Bd3 Qb3 30.Rf5–/+)) 26.Nb8= Ne3 27.Bf3?? (better is 27.Rf2 Ng2 28.Rg2–/+) 27...Nf1–+ 28.Rf1 Bf3 29.Rf3 Qd4 30.Kf1 Qa1 31.Kf2 Qa2 32.Kg3 Qa1 (better is 32...c3!? 33.Rc3 Qe6 34.Kf2–+) 33.Nc6 c3 34.Bc5 (34.Na7 Qa3 35.Nb5–+) 34...c2 35.Be3 c1Q 36.Bc1 Qc1 37.Ne7 Kf8 38.Ng6 Ke8 39.Nf4 Qe1 40.Kg4 (40.Kh2 a5–+) 40...g5 41.Nd5 (41.Nh3–+) 41...Qe4 42.Rf4 Qd5 (42...Qd5 43.Rf2 Qe4 44.Kg3 Qe1–+; 42...gf4 43.Nf6 Kd8 44.Ne4+/–; 42...Qg2 43.Kf5 Qd5 44.Kg4 Qd7 45.Kf3 Qd1 46.Ke3 Qc1 47.Kd3 Qf4 48.Kc3 Qe3 49.Kc4–+) 0–1. Yefimov,Mstislav (1870) – Kurilov,Aleksandr, Vladimir op–B, 2008.

7.Nc3 Ne5 8.Ne5 d6=+.

6.a3 Be7 7.Be2 d5 8.d4 Nbd7 9.c4 c6 10.0-0 Ne5 11.de5 Ne4 12.cd5 =.

6.Bb2 a5 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 d5 9.d4 c6 10.c4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 dc4 12.Nc4 b6 13.a4 Bb7 14.Nce5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Nd5 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Bf3 (17.e4!? f6 18.Bg4 fe5 19.Be6 Kh8 20.Bc8 Bc8 21.ed5 Qd5 22.de5 Bc5+/-) 17...Bb4 18.Qe2 Qe7 19.Bh5 g6 20.Bf3 f6 (20...c5+=) 21.Nc4 (better 21.Nc6 Qd7 22.Qb5+-) 21...Kg7 22.Bd5 cd5 23.Nb6 Rc1 24.Rc1 (24.Bc1? Qc7-+) 24...Qd7?? (better 24...Qe6!? 25.Rc7 Re7 26.Re7 Qe7=) 25.Qb5 (better 25.Nd7 Re7 26.Qb5+-) 25...Qe7? (better 25...Qe6 26.Bc3 Bc6+/-) 26.Nd5+- Bd5 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Qc4 Bd6 29.h3 Rd7 30.Qb5 Rd8? (better 30...Rb7 31.Qe2 Qe6+-) 31.Qa5 Bb4 (31...Rb8 32.Qc3 Rb4+-) 32.Rc7 h5 1-0. Trauma (2440) - KillerBateman (2350), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Bb2 Ne4 7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.d3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.Rb1 Bd6 (11...Rb8 12.c3 Bd6 13.c4=) 12.Bf6+= Qf6 13.Rb7 Qh6 14.h3 (14.c3!?+=) 14...Bc8 15.Rb5 d4 (15...Bh3 16.gh3 Qh3 17.Rd5 Qg4 18.Kh1 Qh3 19.Kg1 Qg4 20.Kh1 Qh3 21.Kg1=) 16.e4 (16.Nd4!? Nd4 17.ed4+=) 16...Bd7 17.Rd5 (17.Nc4 Bf4=) 17...Nb4 (17...Be6!? 18.Rb5 a6=+) 18.Ra5 c5 19.Nc4 Nc6 20.Ra6 Bc7 21.Nfd2 Qf4 22.g3 Qg5 23.Bg4 f5 (23...Bg4!? 24.hg4 Nb4=) 24.ef5 (better 24.Bf5 Nb4 25.Bd7 Na6 26.Be8 Re8 27.Qg4+-) 24...h5? (better 24...Nb4!? 25.f4 Qe7+/-) 25.Bf3 (better 25.Bh5 Qf5 26.Be8 Re8 27.Qf3 Qf3 28.Nf3+-) 25...Bg3?? (better 25...Nb4 26.Ne4 Qf5+-) 26.fg3 (26.Bc6?! Bc6 27.Rc6 Bb8 28.Kh1 Qf4+-; 26.Rc6 Bf4 27.Bg2 Bc6-+) 26...Qg3 27.Bg2 Nb4 (27...Bf5 28.Rf5 Re1 29.Qe1 Qe1 30.Rf1 Qe7 31.Rc6 Rf8+-) 28.Rg6 Qh4 29.a3 (better 29.f6 Kh8+-) 29...Bf5 30.Rf5 (30.Nf3!? Qe7 31.Rg5 Be6 32.ab4 Bc4+-) 30...Re1 31.Qe1! Qe1 32.Rf1 Qe2 (32...Qe8 33.Rg5 (33.ab4?! Qg6 34.bc5 Rc8+/-) 33...Rd8 34.ab4 cb4 35.Ne4+-) 33.ab4 cb4 (33...Rf8 34.bc5 Rf1 35.Bf1 Qe8+-) 34.Ba8 a5 (34...Qe7 35.Ne4 Kh7 36.Rg5+-) 35.Rg2 Qe8 36.Bd5 Kh7 37.Bf7 (37.Rf7 Qg8+-) 37...Qe7 38.Bg6 (38.Rf5 g5 39.Rgg5+-) 38...Kh6 39.Be4 (39.Rf5 Qh4 40.Ne5 Qe1 41.Kh2 Qe5 42.Re5 b3 43.Rh5) 39...a4 40.Rg6 Kh7 41.Re6 (41.Re6 g6 42.Re7 Kh6 43.Rf6 Kg5 44.Rg6 Kh4 45.Nf3 Kh3 46.Bf5) 1-0. bjoernsen (2440) - Rehtori (2410), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

6.Bb2 Be7 7.Be2 Ne4 8.0-0 Bf6 9.d4 Ng5 (9...d5 10.c4=) 10.Ng5+= Bg5 11.c4 c6 12.Nd2 a6 13.c5 d6 14.Ba3 (14.Nc4 Be7 15.Nb6 Ra7+=) 14...Bf6 (14...dc5 15.Bc5 b6 16.Bb4=) 15.Bd3 (15.cd6!? Bf5 16.Bg4 Bg4 17.Qg4+/–) 15...dc5+= 16.Bc5 Nd7 17.Ne4 Be7 (17...Re4 18.Be4 Nc5 19.dc5+=) 18.Be7 Qe7 19.Qb3 b5 (19...b6 20.Rfd1+=) 20.Rac1 Bb7 21.Nc5 Nc5 22.Rc5 (< 22.dc5 Rad8=) 22...a5 23.Rfc1 a4 24.Qd1 Rac8 (25.Qh5 g6+/–) +/–. kamera – mfl34, GameColony.com, 2002.

6.Bb2 Ng4 7.Be2 Re3 8.fe3 Ne3 9.Qc1 Ng2 10.Kf2 Nf4 11.Re1 d5 12.Be5 Ng6 (12...Ne2 13.Qb2 f6 14.Qb4 (worse 14.Ke2 Qe7=+) 14...fe5 15.Re2+/-) 13.Bg3+- h5 (13...Qf6 14.c3 Bd6 15.Bd6 Qd6 16.d4+-) 14.c3 Ba5 15.h4 Bb6 16.d4 c5 (16...Bf5 17.Qg5 Qg5 18.Ng5+-) 17.Qg5 Qg5 (17...Nc6 18.Qd8 Nd8 19.Bd3+-) 18.Ng5 (18.hg5?! cd4 19.Nd4 Nc6+/-) 18...cd4 19.Bh5 dc3 (19...Bd7 20.Ke2+-) 20.Kg2 (better 20.Kf1 Bd7 21.Nc3 Ba5 22.Bg6 fg6 23.Nd5 Be1 24.Ne7 Kh8 25.Ng6 Kg8 26.Re1 Nc6+-) 20...Nd7 (20...Bd7 21.Bg6 fg6 22.Nc3 Bc6+-) 21.Re8 Ndf8 22.Nc3 (22.Bg6 fg6 23.Kh2 Bc5 24.Nc3 b6 25.Nd5 Bb7 26.Ne7 Kh8 27.Ng6 Kg8+-) 22...Bd4?? (22...Bh3 23.Kh3 Re8 24.Nd5+-) 23.Rc1 (better 23.Rae1 Nh4 24.Bh4+-) 23...Bh3 24.Kh3 Re8 25.Nd5 Ne5?? (better 25...f6 26.Bg6 Ng6+-) 26.Re1 (better 26.Be5 Re5 27.Bf7 Kh8+-) 26...Nfd7 (26...Ne6 27.Re5 Ng5 28.Rg5 Rd8+-) 27.Bf7 Kf8 28.Be8 Ke8 29.Nf3 Nf6 (29...Bc5 30.Nc7 Kf7 31.Ne5 Ne5 32.Be5+-) 30.Nf6 (better 30.Nd4 Nd5 31.Re5 Ne7+-) 30...gf6 31.Ne5 (better 31.Nd4 Kf7+-) 31...fe5 32.Be5 Bb6 33.Bd4 Kd7 34.Bb6 ab6 35.Rb1 (35.Rb1 Kc8 36.h5 b5 37.h6 Kc7 38.h7 b4 39.h8Q Kc6 40.Qc8 Kd6 41.Rd1 Ke5 42.Kg4 Kf6 43.Qf8 Ke6 44.Rd6 Ke5 45.Qe7) 1-0. Jaymarc_Gutierrez (2645) - SuperConfinado (2710), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

6.c3 a5 7.Qc2 d6 8.Bf4 h6 9.Be2 Nh5 10.Bg3 Ng3 11.hg3 Qf6 12.Qa4+= Nc6 13.Nd4 Bb6 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Qc6 Bf5 16.Qf3 Qg6= 17.0-0 Be4 18.Qh5 Qf6 19.d3 Bg6 20.Qh4 Qe5 21.d4 Qa5 22.Bf3 d5 23.c4 c6 24.Qg4 Rad8 25.cd5+/– cd5 26.a4 Bb1? 27.Rfb1+– a6 28.Rc1 Rd6 29.Rc8 Red8 30.Rd8 Rd8 31.Bd1?? Qb4?? 32.Qf5 g6 33.Qh3?? Qe1 34.Kh2=+ Ba5 35.Ra2?? Bd2?? 36.Rc2? (better is 36.Bf3 Kg7 37.Qh4=). Schwartz,Simon – Kolba,Norbert, Salzwedel op, 2000.

6.c3 Nc6 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.d4 Bf8 9.g3 (9.Bd3!?=+) 9...d5-/+ 10.Bg2 Ne7 (10...Bf5!?-/+) 11.0-0=+ c6 (11...Bf5 12.Nbd2=) 12.Nbd2= Be6 (12...Bf5 13.Qb3=) 13.a4 (13.Rb1 b5=) 13...b6 14.e4 de4 15.Ne4 Qg6 (15...Qh6 16.Qd3=) 16.Ne5 (16.Re1 Qh6+=) 16...Qh6= 17.a5 Red8 (17...f6!? 18.Nd3 b5=) 18.ab6 ab6 19.Ra8 Ra8 20.Qb1 (20.Re1 f6 21.Nc6 Nc6+/-) 20...b5 (20...f6 21.Nc6 Nc6 22.Qb6=) 21.Nd6 (21.Nc5!?+=) 21...Nd5= 22.c4 Nc3 23.Ndf7? (better 23.Qe1 Bd6 24.Qc3 Be5 25.de5 Bc4 26.Rd1=) 23...Bf7-+ 24.Nf7 Kf7 25.Qf5 Kg8 26.cb5 Nb5 27.d5 (27.Qc2 Rb8-+ (27...Nd4?! 28.Qc4 Ne6 29.Bc6=)) 27...c5 (27...Nd4!? 28.Qg4 c5 29.d6-+) 28.d6-/+ Rd8 29.d7 Qf6 30.Qd5 (30.Qf6 gf6 31.Bc6-+) 30...Qf7-+ 31.Re1? (31.Rb1 Nc7 32.Qf7 Kf7-+) 31...Nc7 (better 31...Nd4-+) 32.Qf7 Kf7 33.Bh3 Bd6 34.Re4 (34.Re3 g5-+) 34...g6 35.Kf1 (35.Re3 c4-+) 35...Nb5 36.Be6 (36.Re1 Nd4 37.Rd1 Be7-+) 36...Kf8 37.Ke1 (37.h4 Nd4 38.h5 Ne6 39.Re6 Rd7 40.hg6 h5-+) 37...Nd4 38.Bh3 Nf5 39.g4 (39.Bf5 gf5 40.Re6 Rd7 41.Rf6 Ke7 42.Rf5-+) 39...Nd4 40.g5 (40.Re8 Re8 41.de8Q Ke8-+) 40…Bh2 (40...Bh2 41.f4 Nf5 42.Bf5 gf5-+) 0-1. Balaji,Aaravamudhan (2330) - Vakhlamov,I (2410), chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw (11), 2023. ... Aaravamudhan Balaji is a promising young chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM). ... --- Here is an overview of his chess career: ... --- Title and Federation: * Title: International Master (IM), achieved in 2024. He was also a FIDE Master (FM) in 2023. * Federation: England (ENG). * Birth Year: 2005, making him a young talent. ... --- Current FIDE Ratings: His recent FIDE ratings (as of late 2025 in the search results) are: * Classical: 2305, * Rapid: 2356, * Blitz: 2379. * Best Elo: 2396. ... --- Notable Achievements: He has had significant success in recent years, including: * Scottish Open Champion (2023): He won the 2023 Scottish Chess Championships, scoring a perfect 5/5, which included a victory over an International Master. * IM Norm: He earned his maiden International Master Norm at the Psyon Chess Masters IM Norm Invitational tournament in London in August 2023, where he finished first. * British Chess Championships (2023): He secured the U21 second-place prize at this event. * Strongest Win: He has defeated a Grandmaster, notably Samuel L Shankland (rated 2710) in one of his strongest career wins. ... --- Playing Style and Openings: Analysis of his recorded games indicates a diverse and aggressive approach: With White: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4), Indian Defense, Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3); With Black: King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5), Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6), Modern Defense (1. e4 g6). He demonstrates strong results with openings like the King's Indian Defense (as Black), Nimzo-Indian (as Black), and Reti Opening (as White). ... --- In summary, Aaravamudhan Balaji is a rapidly developing IM from England with solid ratings across all time controls and a history of winning key national and international junior events. Note created November 2025. (AI)

6.Bc3 a5 7.a3 Bf8 8.Be2 c5 9.d4 b6 10.dc5 Bc5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Nb3 Bf8 (13...Be7 14.Nbd4=) 14.Nbd4 (14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Qd7 Re7+=) 14...Rc8= 15.Bb5 Ne4 16.Bb2 Ne5 17.Ne5 Re5 18.Nc6? (better is 18.Bd3 Nc3 19.Qd2=) 18...dc6–+ (18...dc6 19.Be5 cb5 20.Qd8 Rd8–+; worse is 18...Bc6 19.Bc6 Re7 20.Bb7+=) 0–1. tightfist (2525) – totoarias (2510), net–chess.com, 2013.

6.Bc3 Bc3 7.Nc3 d5 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Rb1 d4 11.Na4 b6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Nb2 a6 14.Be2 Be6 15.Nc4 (better 15.a4!?=+) 15...b5-+ 16.Nb2 Ba2 17.Ra1 Be6 Black prepares the advance c4 18.Ng5 Bd5 19.c4 dc3! 20.dc3 c4 21.Bf3 h6 22.Nh3 Ne5 23.Bd5 Qd5 24.Qd5 (24.Nf4 Qd1 25.Rfd1 Ne4-+) 24...Nd5 25.Nd1 (25.Ra3 Red8-+) 25...Nd3 26.Ra5 Nc1 27.Nf4 Nf4 28.ef4 Ne2 29.Kh1 Nf4 30.Ne3 Nd3 31.Nd5 Ra7 32.Nb4 (32.Kg1 Re2-+) 32...Nb4 33.cb4 Re2 34.Ra3 Rb2 35.Rc3 (35.g3 Rb4 36.Rfa1 a5 37.Ra5 Ra5 38.Ra5 c3-+) 35…Rb4 0-1. Vardapetyan,Levon - Dziuba,M (2585), Euro Online +2300 Day, 2020.

6.Bc3 Bc5 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bd3 d5 9.h3 c6 (9...c5 10.dc5 Bc5 11.0-0+=) 10.0-0= Bc7 (10...Ne4 11.Be4 de4 12.Nfd2+=) 11.Nbd2 h6 (11...Ne4 12.Bb2=) 12.Rb1 (12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.f4 c5+=) 12...Ne4 13.Ba1 Qf6 (13...Nd7!?=) 14.Ne5+= Ng5 (better is 14...Nd2!? 15.Qd2 c5+/–) 15.f4+– Ne6 16.Qh5 (16.c4+–) 16...Nf8 (16...Nd7 17.c4+/–) 17.Ndf3 (17.c4 Qe7 18.cd5 cd5+–) 17...Nbd7 18.Ng5 (better is 18.Bc3+–) 18...Re7+= 19.Rf3?? (better is 19.Ng4 Qd6 20.Nf3+=) 19...Ne5?? (better is 19...hg5 20.fg5 Qe6–+) 20.de5+– Re5 (20...Qg6 21.Bg6 fg6+–) 21.fe5 Qe7 22.Nf7 1–0. zd3nik (1870) – purplegadge (1740), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Bc3 Nc6 7.a3 Bf8 8.Bb5 d5 9.0-0 Bg4 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Qc1 a6 13.Ba4 b5 14.Bb3 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5 Qe5 17.d4 Qh5 18.f3 Bd7 (18...Bf5 19.Rf2=+) 19.Re1 Qg6 20.Nf1 Re7 21.Qd2 h5 22.c3 h4 23.Bc2 Bf5 24.Bf5 Qf5 25.Qf2 Qg5 26.Re2 Rae8 (26...Re6 27.Nd2=+) 27.Rae1 (27.a4 c5=+) 27...Nh5 28.Kh1 Qf6 29.g4 hg3 30.Ng3 Qg5 (30...Ng3 31.Qg3 Qf5 32.e4 de4 33.Qg4 Qg4 34.fg4-/+) 31.Nh5=+ Qh5 32.Rg1 Qh6 33.f4 Qe6 34.Rg3 Qe4 35.Qg2 Qb1 36.Qg1 Qg1 37.Kg1 Re4 38.Kf2 R8e6 39.Kf3 Rc6 40.Rc2 Rc4 41.Rg5 c6 42.h4 a5 43.Rcg2 (43.Rg1 Kf8=+) 43...g6 (43...Rc3 44.Rg7 Kf8 45.Rg8 Ke7-/+) 44.h5? (44.Rc2 b4 45.ab4 ab4=) 44...Re6 (better 44...Rc3 45.hg6 Rce3 46.Kg4 Rd4=+) 45.f5= Rf6 46.hg6 fg6 47.Rg6 Rg6 48.Rg6 Kf7 49.Kf4 Rc3 50.Rh6 Ra3 51.Rc6 b4 52.Rc5 a4 53.Rd5 Rc3 54.e4?? (better 54.Rd7 Kf8 55.Ra7=) 54...b3-+ 55.Rd7 Ke8 56.Rb7 a3 57.e5 (57.Rb8 Ke7 58.Rb7 Kd6 59.e5 Kc6 60.Re7-+) 57...a2 58.Rb8 Kd7 (58...Ke7 59.Ra8 b2 60.Ra7 Kd8 61.Ra2-+) 59.e6 Kd6 60.Rd8 Ke7 61.Rd7 Ke8 (better 61...Kf8 62.f6 Rc8 63.Rf7 Kg8 64.Rg7 Kh8-+) 62.Ra7 (better 62.f6 Rc8 63.Rg7+-) 62...b2-+ 63.f6 (63.Ra8 Ke7 64.Ra7 Kd6 65.Ra6 Kd5 66.Ra5 Kd4 67.Ra4 Rc4 68.Rc4 Kc4 69.e7-+) 63...a1Q 64.Re7 (64.f7 Kf8 65.e7 Kf7 66.Rb7 Qf1 67.Ke5 Qe2 68.Kf5 Rf3 69.Kg5 Qg2 70.Kh5 Rh3) 64...Kd8 65.Rd7 (65.Rb7 Qf1 66.Ke5 Re3 67.Kd6 Qa6 68.Kc5 Rc3 69.Kd5 Qc6 70.Ke5 Re3 71.Kf5 Qe4 72.Kg5 Rg3 73.Kh5 Qh1) 65...Kc8 66.f7 (66.Rd8 Kd8 67.e7 Ke8 68.f7 Kf7 69.e8Q Ke8 70.Ke5 Qe1 71.Kf5 b1Q 72.Kg5 Rh3 73.d5 Qh4) 66...Qf1 67.Ke5 Re3 68.Kd6 Qa6 69.Kd5 (69.Kc5 Qa5 70.Kc6 Re6 71.Rd6 Qc7 72.Kd5 Qd6 73.Kc4 Qc6 74.Kb4 b1Q 75.Ka5 Qcb5) 69…Qe6 (69...Qe6 70.Kc5 Rc3 71.Kb4 Qc4 72.Ka5 Ra3 73.Kb6 b1Q) 0-1. Larios Villa,Francisco Javier (1945) - Tornay Gomez,Josu (2105), Mondragon Arrasate Hiria op 8th, 2009.

6.Nc3 Ba5 7.Be2 d6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nd5 Qh6 10.0-0 c6 11.Nf4 g5 12.Nd3= c5 13.c3 Nc6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.h4 gh4 16.Nf4 Bd7 17.Nh2 h3–/+ 18.Nh3 Bh3 (18...Bh3 19.gh3 Qh3–/+) 0–1. "lasker" (2080) – Jotes (2210), internet, 2007.

6.Nc3 b6 7.Bc4 Bb7 8.0-0 d6 (8...Na6 9.Rb1 Bf3 10.Qf3 Re5 11.Ba6 Bc3 12.dc3=+ –0.44; 8...Nc6 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nd5 Qd6 11.Nb4 Nb4 12.Rb1= –0.12/8) 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nd5 Bd5 11.Bd5 c6 12.Bb3 (12.Rb1= –0.09) 12...Nd7 13.c3 Ba5 14.d4 c5 (14...Rac8 15.Qd3=) 15.Ba4 (15.Qd3 Re7+=) 15...Re7 16.c4 a6 (16...Rc8 17.Rc1=) 17.Bd7+= Rd7 18.dc5 bc5 19.Qa4 Bc3 (19...Qd8 20.Rfd1+=) 20.Qd7+/– Ba1 21.Rd1 g6 22.Qd6 Kg7 23.Qc5+– Rb8 24.h3 h6 25.Rd6 Rb1 26.Kh2 Qb2 27.Rd8 Kh7 28.Qe7 Qg7 29.Rd7 Rf1 30.Qe8 (30.Qe8 Qg8 31.Qf7 Qf7 32.Rf7 Kg8 33.Ra7 Rf2 34.Ra6+–) 1–0. Rogovsky,Daniel – Coope,Derek, GT–04–0010 B, 2004.

6.Nc3 d6 7.Bf6 gf6 8.Nd5 Ba5 (8...Ba3 9.c4 c6 10.Qb3 Bc5 11.Nf4 Bb6 12.d4+/–) 9.h3 (9.Nf4 c6 10.c3 Bc7 11.d4 d5 12.g3+=) 9...c6 (9...Be6 10.Nf4 Nd7 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Nfe6+=) 10.Nf4 Nd7 11.g4 (11.Be2 Ne5 12.Rb1+=) 11...Ne5 (11...d5 12.Nd4=) 12.Rg1 (12.Rb1=) 12...Bb4 13.a3 (13.c3 Ba3+=) 13...Nf3= 14.Qf3 Qa5 15.Rd1 Qa3 (15...Ba3!? 16.Nh5 Bb2+=) 16.Nh5+/– Re6 17.Nf6 Kf8 18.Nh7 Ke7 19.g5 Qb2 20.c3 Bc3 (20...Qc2!? 21.Nf6 Bc5+/–) 21.dc3+– Qc3 22.Rd2 Qa1 23.Ke2?? (23.Ke2 Qa6 24.Rd3 Qa2 25.Ke1 Qa5 26.Kd1 Qa1 27.Kc2 Qa2 28.Kc1 Qa1 29.Kd2 Qa2 30.Kd1 Qb1 31.Kd2 Qa2 32.Kd1 Qb1 33.Kd2 Qa2=; better is 23.Qd1 Qd1 24.Kd1+–) 1–0. Suess,Stefan – Gross,Wilhelm, corr, 1986.

6.Nc3 Be7 7.Rb1 d5. Gretencord,Ulrich (2015) – Heyn,Ulrich (2050), desc–online.de, 2003.

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

6.c4 Ne4 7.Qc2 d6 8.Bb2 Bf5 9.Bd3 Na6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.Nb3 Nac5 13.Na5=+ Nd3 14.Qd3+= Nf2 15.Qd4 Nd3 16.Kd1 Re5 17.Nb3? c5 18.Nc5 Nb2 19.Qb2 Rc5 20.Qd4 Qg5 21.g4 h5 22.h3 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.Bd3 Ng4 7.Bc3= Nc6 8.h3 Nf6 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.a3 Nd3 11.cd3 b6 12.0-0 Ba6 13.Qc2 c5 14.Rc1 (14.Nc3 Bb7=+) 14...Bb7=+ 15.Qd1 Re6 (15...Qe7 16.Nc3=+) 16.d4 Bf3 17.Qf3 cd4 18.ed4 d5 19.Nc3 Ne4 20.Qd3 h6 (20...Qh4 21.Ne4 Re4 22.Rc7=+) 21.Re1= Nf6 (21...Qh4 22.Re2 Rae8 23.Ne4 de4 24.Qc4=) 22.Re6+= fe6 23.Re1 Kf7 24.Qf3 (24.Ne2 Qd6+=) 24...Qd6= 25.Ne2 e5 (25...Re8 26.Rc1=) 26.de5 (26.Qg3 Ne4 27.Qe5 Qe5 28.de5 Nd2=) 26...Qe5 27.Kf1 (27.Rc1 Re8 28.Nf4 Re7=) 27...Re8 28.Qb3 (28.Rc1 Qe4=) 28...Qh2 (better 28...Ne4 29.Qd3 Kg8=+) 29.Ng3? (better 29.f3=+) 29...Re1-+ 30.Ke1 Qg2 31.Qc3? (better 31.Qa4 a5 32.h4-+) 31...Qh3 32.Qc7 Qd7 33.Qf4 g5 34.Qf3 Qg4 35.Qc3 (35.Qe3 h5 36.Ne2 Qe4-+) 35...Qc4 (35...Qe6 36.Ne2-+) 36.Qf3 (36.Qc4 dc4 37.Nf5 h5 38.Nd6 Ke6 39.Nc4 Ng4-+) 36...Qc1 37.Ke2 Qc4 38.d3?? (38.Ke1 Qd4 39.Ke2-+) 38…Qf4 0-1. stama (1710) - Lance5500 (2430), lichess.org, 2017.

6.Bf6 gf6 7.a3 Be7 8.Nh4+=.

6.Bg3 d5 7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.c3 Ba5 10.d4 c4 11.a4 Bf5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Qc1 Ne5 14.Be5 Ne4 15.Ra3 Bc7 16.Bc7 Qc7 17.Nd2 Nd6 18.Nf3 Be4 19.Nd2 Bg6 20.Qb2 Bd3 21.Bd3 cd3 22.Rc1 (22.Rb3 Re7=) 22...b6 (22...Nc4 23.Nc4 dc4 24.Rd1=+) 23.a5 (23.Qb1 Nc4 24.Ra2 Re6=) 23...Nc4 24.ab6 Nb2 (worse 24...Nb6 25.Rca1+=) 25.bc7 Rc7 26.c4? (26.Rb3 Nc4 27.Rd1 Ra8=+) 26...Nc4 (26...Rc4 27.Rc4 dc4 28.Kf1-+) 27.Nc4? (better 27.Rd3 Rec8 28.Rdc3=) 27...dc4-+ (27...Rc4?! 28.Rd1=) 28.Rac3 Rec8 29.Kf1 a5 (29...f5 30.Ke1-+) 30.Ke1-/+ a4 31.Kd2 f5 (31...Kf8 32.e4-/+) 32.Ra1 (32.d5 Kf7 33.d6=+) 32...Kf7 (better 32...Ra8-/+) 33.Ra4= Ke6 34.f3 Rc6 35.e4 fe4 36.fe4 Ke7 37.d5 R6c7 38.Ra6 (38.e5 Rc5=) 38...Rb7 39.Re6 (39.Ke3=) 39...Kf7 (39...Kd7 40.Ra3 Rb2 41.Ke3 Re2 (worse 41...Rg2 42.Ra7 Kd8 43.Ree7+=) 42.Kf3 Rf8 43.Kg3 Re3 44.Kh4 Rf4 45.g4 Ree4 (45...Rfe4?! 46.Ra7 Kc8 47.Rc6 Kb8 48.Rcc7 g5 49.Kg5 Re5 50.Kf4 R3e4 51.Kf3=) 46.Ra7 Kc8 47.Rc6 Kd8=) 40.Rc6+/- Rb2 41.Ke3?? (better 41.Kc1 Rg2 42.Rc8 Rg1 43.Kd2 Rg2 44.Ke1 Rg1 45.Kf2+=) 41…Re2 (41...Re2 42.Kf3 Rc6 43.dc6 Re1=+) 0-1. Ilmiron (2330) - Stormeman100100 (2510), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

6.h3 d6!? 7.Bb2 Bf5=+.

6.h3 Bf8 7.Bb5 (7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6=) 7...c6 8.Bb8 (8.Be2!?=) 8...Rb8-/+ 9.Ba4 (9.Bd3!?-/+) 9...d5 10.d4 (10.0-0 b5 11.Bb3 a5-+) 10...Qa5 (10...Ne4 11.0-0-+) 11.Nc3?? (better 11.c3-+) 11…Qc3 (11...Qc3 12.Nd2 Ne4-+) 0-1. Nury450464 (1605) - Lance5500 (2345), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Bb2 d5 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.c4? d4 11.Qb3 Bg4 12.d3 de3 13.Qd1 Qe7 14.fe3 Qe3 15.Rf2 Bf3 16.Bf3 Be1 0–1. W Labahn – Jakubiec, Beskidy–Open 1991. ... Wolfgang Labahn ... Biography: * Wolfgang Labahn was born in 1965 under the German federation. * His FIDE ID is 4617363, and his most recent recorded standard rating is 2136 (though listed as inactive). * His highest recorded Elo is around 2265 according to ChessBase. * His known active tournament period in databases spans roughly from 1990 through the mid-2000s. * No major international title (e.g., International Master, Grandmaster) appears to be listed for him. * He has played in German club leagues and smaller international tournaments. For example, his last recorded tournament in one database is the “Budapest Spring op 22nd” in March 2006. ... Chess Career & Style Overview: * Labahn’s game-database record (for the sample tracked) shows ~37 games from 1990-2001 with a result of +11 –14 =12 (˜ 45.9% score) in one dataset. * According to 365Chess, in a broader set he played 155 games (60 wins, 37 draws, 58 losses) for a ~50.65% score. ... His openings repertoire: * As White he has repeatedly employed the Polish (Sokolsky) Opening A00 (37 games) among other systems. * As Black he has used the Scandinavian Defence (B01) quite often (12 recorded games), plus some Caro-Kann (B12), Modern/Robatsch (B06) and Queen’s Gambit Declined-type lines. * The distribution suggests Labahn was a club-level strong player (˜2200 Elo) rather than a top international figure, likely comfortable in national leagues and open tournaments, rather than major candidates cycles. * His career peak (˜2265) indicates very respectable strength — often enough to challenge master-level players, though not reaching FIDE titled norms (as far as the publicly available data shows). * The last ratings entries show inactivity: he is listed as “inactive” with rating 2136. ... Notable Facts & Summary: * Wolfgang Labahn’s games are captured in databases like Chessgames and 365Chess — enabling study of his style and opening choices. * His use of somewhat off-beat openings (such as A00 for White) suggests a willingness to steer games into less mainstream territory — perhaps as a practical choice in club or open settings. * Given his peak strength and activity timeframe (1990s–2000s), he would have been a solid competitor in German club chess and secondary international events. * For someone studying his games: focusing on his Polish Opening games as White and Scandinavian Defence games as Black may reveal his typical preferences. * There is no widely publicised biography or major championship win associated with him (at least in easily accessible sources), so his legacy is primarily as a strong club/league player rather than an elite grandmaster figure. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.c4 c5 8.Be2 d5 (8...Nc6 9.Bb2=+) 9.cd5 (9.0-0 Nc6 10.d4 Be6=+) 9...Nd5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Bb2 Qb6 (11...Bg4 12.d4 Qf6 13.Qc2 cd4 14.Nd4 Be2 15.Ne2=+ (15.Qe2? Nd4 16.Qg4 Nf3 17.Qf3 Qb2 18.Qd5 Qa1 19.Qa5 Qf6–+)) 12.Qc2= Bf5 13.d3 c4 14.Bc1 (14.Qc4 Qb2 15.Ra2 Qf6–+) 14...cd3 15.Bd3 Ncb4 (15...Bd3 16.Qd3 Rad8 17.Qf5=+) 16.ab4 Nb4 17.Qa4 Bd3 18.Bd2 Bf1 19.Kf1 Re6 20.Qa5 Nc2–/+ 21.Nc3 Na1 22.Qa1 Qa6 23.Qa6 Ra6 24.Ke2 Ra1 25.Nd5 a5 26.Nd4 a4–+ 27.Nc7 Rc8 28.Nd5 Rd8 29.Nb4 Ra8 30.Nb5 Rg1 (30...Rg1 31.Nc7 Rd8–+) 0–1. Sternik,Ryszard – Gorny,Andrzej, corr Poland, 1993. … Ryszard Sternik (1933–2022) was a Polish chess player, deaf chess champion, chess theorist, and photographer. Born in Rokitno, he moved to Olsztyn in 1946. He played for Budowlani and Warmia Olsztyn, winning multiple regional titles and medals in Polish Deaf Championships (bronze in 1988). He authored chess publications, including Szachy na Warmii i Mazurach 1946–1996, and was a noted archivist of chess history. Sternik also pursued painting and photography, earning the title “Zasluzony Dzialacz Kultury Fizycznej i Sportu.”
Ryszard Sternik frequently used the 1.b4 opening (Sokolsky/Polish/Orangutan Opening). ChessTempo data shows he played 1.b4 in 47 games, achieving 48.9% wins, 21.3% draws, and 29.8% losses as White. Notable games include: 1995 vs. Milligan: 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 (Czech Defense), won in 24 moves; 1995 vs. Asker: 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 (Tartakower Gambit), drawn in 24 moves; 1994 vs. Benassi: 1.b4 c6 (Outflank Variation), lost in 23 moves; 1993 vs. Zimmer: 1.b4 e6 (Schiffler-Sokolsky Variation), won in 33 moves.
Sternik’s games often featured variations like Czech Defense, Baltic Defense, and Outflank Variation, showcasing the opening’s dynamic queenside pressure. Note created August 2025. (AI)

7.c4 Nc6 8.Bb2 a6 9.Be2 d6 (9...d5 10.Qb3+=) 10.0-0= Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.d3 b5 13.cb5 ab5 14.Qc2 Na7 15.a4 b4 16.Nbd2 c5 17.Nb3 Bc7 18.d4 Bg6 19.Qc4 Qe7 (19...d5 20.Qc5 Bd6 21.Qa5+=) 20.dc5+/– dc5 21.Qc5 Bd6 22.Qg5 Rab8 (22...Qe6 23.Nfd4 Qd7 24.Nd2+/–) 23.Rfc1 Ne4 24.Qe7 Be7 25.Bd4 Nc6?? (better is 25...Ra8+–) 26.Rc6 Rbc8 27.Ne5 Rc6 28.Nc6 Bh4 29.g3 Bf6 (29...Be7 30.a5 Bd6 31.a6+–) 30.Bf6 Nf6 31.a5 Bc2 (31...Be4 32.Nb4 Rb8 33.Ra4+–) 32.Nbd4 b3 33.Nc2 bc2 34.Rc1 Kf8 35.Rc2 Rc8 36.a6 Nd5 (36...Ra8 37.a7 h5 38.Rb2 Ra7 39.Rb8 Ne8 40.Na7+–) 37.a7 Nb6 (37...Re8+–) 38.Rb2 Rc6 39.Rb6! Rc1 (39...Rb6 40.a8Q Decoy) 40.Kg2 Ra1 41.Ra6 1–0. pcmvr – grahamtrue, net–chess.com, 2016.

7.c4 d5 8.Bb2 Bf5 (8...Nc6 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bb5+=) 9.Nd4 (9.Qb3 b6=) 9...Bg6 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.cd5 (11.Bf6 Qf6 (worse is 11...gf6 12.Na5 Na5 13.cd5+=) 12.cd5 Ne7+=) 11...Nd5+= 12.Na5 Na5 13.Nc3 Nb6 14.d3 c5 15.Be2 Qd7 16.Qc2 Rad8 (16...Nac4 17.Rd1=) 17.Rd1 c4 18.e4 Nc6 (18...Qe6 19.0-0=) 19.dc4 Nd4 20.Qd3 Ne2 21.Qe2 (21.Ke2 Qc8 22.Qf3 Qc4 23.Ke1 Na4 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Na4 Qa4–+) 21...Qc6 22.Nd5 Qc4 (22...Kh8 23.Rd4 Re4 24.Re4 Be4 25.Qg4–/+) 23.Ne7 Kf8 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Ng6 hg6 26.Qc4 Nc4 27.Bc1 Rd3 28.Ke2 Rb3 29.Rd1 Na3 30.Rd3 Rd3 31.Kd3 Nb5 32.Kc4 Nc7 33.Bf4 Ne6 34.Be3 a6 35.Kb4 Ke7 36.Ka5 Kd6 37.Kb6 Ke5 38.f3 Nf4 39.g3 Nd3 40.Bd2 Kd4 41.f4 Ke4–+ 42.Kb7 Kf3 43.Ka6 Kg2 44.Kb5 Kh2 45.Kc4 Nf2 46.g4 Kg3 47.f5 gf5 48.gf5 Kg4 49.Be3 Ne4 50.f6 Nf6 0–1. Mantu,Eugen (2440) – Sand,Rolf (2280), RSXE – Ostern, 2007.

7.c4 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qb3=+.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d6=.

7.Be2 d6 8.Bb2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.c4 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.d4 (12.Nc3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Ne4=) 12...Bc7 (better Qb6!? 13.Ra2 Bf3 14.Bf3 cd4 15.Bc6 Qc6 (worse 15...bc6 16.Bd4 Qd8 17.Qa4+=) 16.Bd4 Ne4=+) 13.d5+= Bf3 14.Bf3 Ne5 15.Be2 Ne4 (15...Ba5 16.Qc2+=) 16.Nc3 Qh4 (16...Nc3 17.Bc3 Ba5 18.Bb2+=) 17.Nb5 (17.Qc2 Nc3 18.Qc3 Qh6+/-) 17...Bb8 (better 17...Bb6+=) 18.f3?? (better 18.Qc2+/-) 18...Ng3-/+ 19.Be5 (19.f4 Nf1 20.Bf1 a6-/+) 19...Re5 (19...Nf1 20.Bf1 Re5 21.Qc1-+) 20.Re1 a6 21.Nc3 (21.f4 Re3 (worse 21...ab5 22.fe5 de5 23.cb5+=) 22.Bd3 Re1 (22...ab5? 23.Re3 g6 24.Qe1+-) 23.Qe1 g6 24.Qe8 Kg7-+) 21...Re3-/+ 22.Bd3 Qd4 23.Re3 Qe3 24.Kh2 Qe5 25.Qe1 Ne2 26.f4 Qf4?? (26...Nf4 27.Qe5 de5 28.Be4-/+) 27.Kh1?? (better 27.g3 Qg3 28.Qg3 Ng3 29.Kg3+/-) 27...Ng3-+ 28.Kg1 Bc7 29.Qe7?? (better 29.Ne4 Ne4 30.Qe4 Qe4 31.Be4-+) 29...Qd4 30.Kh2 Qd3 31.Qc7 Qc3 32.Rb1 Ne2 (better 32...Qe5!? 33.Qb7 Re8 34.Kg1-+) 33.Qd6 h5 (better 33...Re8 34.Qd7 Qe5 35.Kh1 Ng3 36.Kg1 b5 37.cb5 ab5-+) 34.h4 (34.Qc5 Qg3 35.Kh1 Re8-+) 34...Qd4 (34...Re8 35.Qd7 Qe5 36.Kh1 Qe4-+) 35.Kh3 (35.Qe7 Qc4 36.Re1 Qf4 37.Kh1 Ng3 38.Kg1 Qd4 39.Kh2-+) 35...Qg4 36.Kh2 Qh4 0-1. Ticona Rocabado,Licael Roderick (2285) - Piesik,P (2425), Titled Tue (3), 2023. … --- Licael Roderick Ticona Rocabado: Chess Overview. Licael Roderick Ticona Rocabado is a highly promising young International Master (IM) from Bolivia. ... --- Career Highlights and Profile: * Federation: Bolivia (BOL). * Born: 2008. * FIDE Title: International Master (IM) (achieved 2023). * Previously held the FIDE Master (FM) title (achieved 2022). * Current FIDE Ratings (as of late 2025): Standard (Classical): 2393, Rapid: 2375, Blitz: 2426. * Ranking: He is currently ranked as the #1 active player in Bolivia on the FIDE rating list. * Notable Achievements: He has achieved significant results in international tournaments, including winning the III Open Internacional de Ajedrez in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in 2023). * Strongest Win: He has recorded a strong victory against Grandmaster Eric Hansen (rating 2609) with the Black pieces. ... --- Playing Style and Opening Repertoire: Ticona Rocabado is an aggressive and tactical player, showing proficiency with a diverse set of openings. His statistics show a highly successful win rate (59.1% total wins across all results). ... --- Testimonials and Public Commentary: Direct, formalized "testimonials" from coaches or fellow players are not easily found through general search results, as is common for many competitive players. However, the media mentions and public tournament results serve as a form of testimonial for his skill and potential: * Tournament Success: His victory at the III Open Internacional de Ajedrez in Rio de Janeiro was highlighted by Bolivian media as an instance of a "young prodigy" achieving "emotion and glory" on the international stage. * High-Level Play: His numerous games against titled players (including the noted win against a Grandmaster) and his continued rise in the FIDE ratings demonstrate his caliber and high performance in competitive chess. Licael Roderick Ticona Rocabado is a rising star in Bolivian and Latin American chess, consistently climbing the rankings and establishing himself as an International Master at a very young age. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 d6 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 c6 12.Nbd2 h5 13.a4 Nf8 14.a5 N8h7 (14...Bf5 15.Qb3+=) 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Rfc1 Bf5 17.Qa3 Qd7 18.Nf1 (18.Bd3 Bd3 19.Qd3 Qe6+=) 18...Ne4 19.Ng3 (19.Bd3 Nhf6+=) 19...Ng3= 20.hg3 Bf6 (20...Nf6 21.Nh4=) 21.Nh4 Be6 22.Bf3 (22.c5 d5=) 22...d5 (better 22...g5-+) 23.cd5= Bd5 24.Bd5 Qd5 25.Nf3 Bg7 26.Qc3 Ng5 (26...Nf6!?=) 27.Ng5+= Qg5 28.Qc5 (28.a6!?+=) 28...Qc5= 29.Rc5 (29.dc5?? Bb2 30.Rab1 Bc1 31.Rc1 Re4-+) 29...a6 (29...Re6 30.Kf1=) 30.Ba3 Bf6 (30...Red8 31.Rc3=) 31.Rb1 Bd8 32.Rc3 (better 32.Kf1!?=) 32...Ba5-/+ 33.Rcb3 b5 34.Rc1 (34.Bd6 Ra8-/+) 34...Rbc8 (34...Re6 35.Ra1 b4 36.Bc1-/+) 35.Bc5 Bd8 36.Rbc3 (better 36.Ba3-/+) 36...Ba5 (36...a5!?-/+) 37.R3c2 (37.Ra3 Bd8 38.Ra6 Kh7+=) 37...f5 (37...Ra8 38.Bd6=+) 38.Ba3 (38.Ra2 Bd8 39.Ra6 Kf7+=) 38...b4 (38...Kf7 39.Kf1-/+) 39.Bb2 (39.Rc5 Bd8 40.Bb4 Rb8+/-) 39...Bd8 40.Rc6 Rc6 41.Rc6 a5 42.Rg6 Kf7 43.Ra6 Re6 44.Ra7 Re7 (better 44...Ke8=) 45.d5?? (better 45.Ra8 Bb6 46.Ra6=) 45...Ra7-+ 46.Kf1 a4 47.Ke2 a3 48.Bd4 Rb7 49.d6 b3 50.Kf3 b2 51.g4 b1Q 52.Kf4 Qe4 53.Kg3 Qg4 54.Kh2 Qh4 55.Kg1 Rb1 0-1. javirod1983 (2520) - Python_Chess (2475), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6=.

7.c4 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 Na5 (10...g5!?+=) 11.0-0= c5 12.d4 (12.Nc3 Nb6=) 12...c4 13.Nc3 Bf5 (13...Be6 14.Qc2=) 14.Ne5+= Nb6 15.e4 Bc8 16.Na4 Nd7 (16...Bd6!? 17.Bc3 Be5 18.de5 Nb3 19.Qd8 Rd8 20.Nb6 ab6+=) 17.Nc4+/– Re4 18.Nc3 (18.Bd3!? Nc4 19.Be4+/–) 18...Re8+= 19.Rc1 Nf6 20.Ne5 Be6 21.Bf3?? (better is 21.Qd3+=) 21...Bb3–/+ 22.Qe2 (22.Qe1 Qd4 23.Nd1 Qb6–+) 22...Bc4! 23.Qc2 (23.Nc4 Re2 Pinning (23...Re2 Deflection)) 23...Bf1 24.Rf1 (24.Kf1 Rc8 25.Qa4 Qb6–+) 24...Rc8–+ 25.Rd1 b5! 26.g4 (26.Nb5 Rc2 Pinning (26...Rc2 Deflection)) 26...h6 27.h4 b4 (27...Nc4!? 28.Qb3 Nb2 29.Qb2 Re6–/+) 28.ab4+= Bb4 (28...Nc4 29.g5 Nb2 30.Qb2 hg5 31.hg5+=) 29.g5= hg5 30.hg5 Nh7 31.Nf7 (31.g6!? Ng5 32.gf7 Nf7 33.Nf7 Kf7 34.Qf5 Qf6 35.Bh5 Kf8 36.Qf6 gf6 37.Be8 Ke8 38.Nd5=) 31...Kf7+= 32.g6 (32.Qh7!? Qg5 33.Kf1 Bc3 34.Bc3+=) 32...Kg8–/+ 33.gh7 Kh8 34.Qd3? (better is 34.Bg2–/+) 34...Nc4–+ 35.Ba1 Qg5 36.Bg2 Nd6 37.Nd5? Re1–+ 38.Re1 Be1 39.Bb2 Qh4 40.Ba3 Bf2 41.Kf1 Bd4 42.Qf3 Re8 43.Bb4 Qh2 44.Ne3 Be3 (44...Be3 45.Bd6 Qg1 46.Ke2 Bc5 47.Kd2 Bd6–+) 0–1. Fernandez,Daniel (2375) – To,N (2330), Kecskemet HUN, Caissa IM June, 2014.

7.c4 d5 8.Bb2 c5 9.cd5 (9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3 dc4 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Nd5 Qd6 14.Nf4) 9...Nd5 10.Be2 (10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Be2 Nc3 12.Bc3 Qd5 13.0-0 Bd6 14.d4) 10...Nc6 11.Qc2 (11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Qd5 13.0-0 Bd6 14.d4) 11...Bg4 (11...g6 12.Nc3 Bg7 13.Nd5 Bb2 14.Qb2) 12.0-0 Rc8 (12...Nf4 13.ef4 Re2 14.Ng5) 13.Nc3 Qd7 (13...Nf6 14.Ng5) 14.Ng5 (14.Bd3+=) 14...Bf5 15.Qb3 Nb6 16.a4 c4 17.Qd1 Na5 18.Nb5 Nb3 19.Na7 Rc5 (19...Na1?! 20.Nc8 Rc8 21.Ba1 Qa4 22.Bh5=) 20.Ra2 Ra8 21.Nb5? (better is 21.d4 Ra5 22.e4–+) 21…Rb5–+ 0–1. Shao Shuai (2145) – Berczes,C (2365), FSIMB September, Budapest HUN, 2009.

7.c4 Ne4 8.Bb2=.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 a6 10.d3 Ne7 (10...Bd6 11.Nbd2=) 11.Nbd2 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.Nbd2 Be6+=) 11...Ng6 12.c4 c6 13.Nd4 (13.Qc2 Nf4 14.Bd1 Ne6=) 13...c5 14.N4f3 b5 15.Qb3 (15.a4 Rb8 16.ab5 ab5 17.Bf6 Qf6 18.cd5 Bb7=) 15...Rb8 Black intends b4 (15...d4 16.cb5 ab5 17.Qb5=+) 16.a4 (16.Bf6 Qf6 17.cd5 Bb7=) 16...b4 (16...d4 17.ab5 de3 18.fe3 Re3 19.Rfe1=+) 17.Rfe1 (17.Bf6 Qf6 18.cd5 Bb7=) 17...Be6 (17...dc4 18.Nc4 Be6 19.Rad1=) 18.Bf1 (18.Bf6 gf6 19.d4 a5+=) 18...Qd6 (18...dc4 19.Nc4 Bd6 20.Rad1=+) 19.Ng5 (19.Bf6 dc4 20.dc4 gf6=) 19...Ng4=+ 20.g3 h6 (20...dc4 21.Nc4 Bc4 22.dc4=) 21.Ne6= fe6 (21...dc4 22.Nc4 Qe6 23.f4=) 22.Bg2 Rbd8 (22...Red8 23.d4+=) 23.Nf3 (23.d4 cd4 24.Bd4 Nf6+=) 23...a5 (23...Nf6 24.Rad1+=) 24.Rad1 Nf6 25.d4 Qc7 (25...dc4 26.Qc4 Rc8 27.Qd3+=) 26.dc5 Bc5 (26...dc4 27.Qc4 Qc5 28.Qb3+/-) 27.Nd4 (better 27.Bf6!? gf6 28.cd5 ed5 29.Rd5+/-) 27...Bd4 28.Bd4?? (better 28.Rd4 Qf7 29.Rc1=) 28...dc4 29.Qb1 Qf7 (29...e5 30.Bb2 Qf7 31.Rd8 Rd8 32.Rc1-+) 30.Bf6 (30.Qc2 Rc8-/+) 30...gf6 (30...Qf6 31.f4-+) 31.Be4 (31.Rd8 Rd8 32.Rc1 Rc8-+) 31...f5 32.Rd8 (32.Bc6 Rd1 33.Rd1 Rc8-+) 32...Rd8 33.Bg2 h5 0-1. Figueiredo (1670) - FischerForever (2115), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Bb2 c5 10.c4 b6 11.cd5 Bb7 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Nc3 Nd5 14.Nd5 Bd5 15.Rfc1 Rac8 16.Qf5 Qe6 17.Qe6 Re6 18.d4 Bd6 19.Bb5 Rd8 20.Bc4 Bc4 21.Rc4. Boehnke,Hartmut (2095) – Werner,Gregor (1845), remoteschach.de, 2005. ... --- Hartmut Boehnke (sometimes spelled Bφhnke): ... --- Overview: ... 1. Personal/Biographical Details: * Born in 1955, in Germany. * FIDE ID: 12975249. * According to FIDE, his standard (classical) rating is inactive. ... 2. Chess Strength and Rating: * His peak/best Elo (from ChessBase) is 1940. * According to YottaBase, he has played 629 games, with a record of 102 wins, 411 draws, and 116 losses. * On a German club-chess site, his DWZ is listed as 1724. * According to ChessABC, his “Standardbewertung” is also 1940. ... 3. Chess Activity & Roles: * He’s been involved in correspondence chess (Fernschach). * In the Deutscher Fernschachbund (BdF), he has held administrative roles: for example, he was Turnierdirektor (tournament director). * He resigned from that role in June 2018, and the BdF Newsletter thanked him “very much for his work and commitment.” * In 2016, in a BdF newsletter, he identified himself as born in Rostock, living in Kindelbrόck (Thuringia), and working as a gas engineer/network operations manager. ... 4. Notable Games: * There is a recorded game: Hartmut Boehnke vs Hubert Ziersch (1989), played in a correspondence event, ending in a draw. * According to YottaBase, he has a very high draw percentage (~65%) across his games. ... --- Testimonials/Reputation: There’s limited “testimonial” content (e.g., quotes from other players) about Boehnke, but based on public records: * The Deutscher Fernschachbund (German Correspondence Chess Federation) publicly thanks him for his leadership role. * His long involvement (many games, administrative work) suggests he’s well-respected in the correspondence chess community. * His game archive (629 games) also indicates he is a dedicated and experienced player. ... --- Additional Note: “Boehnke Gambit” Misassociation: * There is a “Boehnke Gambit” in chess (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e5 3.dxe6 Bxe6), but that gambit is named after Gerhard Boehnke, not necessarily directly tied to Hartmut Boehnke. * It’s a common misconception to conflate the two just because of the surname. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Be2 d6 8.Bb2=.

7.Bc4 Qe7 8.0-0 a6 9.d4 d5 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.h3 Bf3 12.Qf3 h6 (12...Qe6 13.a3 Be7 14.Nc3=) 13.Nc3 d5 seems the pivot of the position (better is 13.a3!? Ba5 14.Bd5 Nd5 15.Qd5+/–) 13...Bc3= 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Be1 Qf6 (15...Qe6 16.Qh5 Rad8 17.a3=) 16.Qf6 (better is 16.Bd5!? Qf3 17.gf3+/–) 16...Nf6= 17.c4 dc4 18.Bc4 b5 19.Bb3 Rad8 20.Rc1 Rd6 21.a4 Rdd8?? (better is 21...b4=) 22.Rc6+– ba4 23.Ba4 Nd5 24.Ra6 Ra8 25.Ra8 Ra8 26.Bc6 Rd8 27.Ba5 Rd6 28.Bd5 Rd5 29.Bc7 Rb5 30.Kh2 Rb7 31.Bg3 f6 32.Rc1 Kf7 33.Rc7 Rc7 34.Bc7 Ke6 35.Kg3 1–0. Jokmin,Alex – Reed,James, RN–2009–0-00235, 2009.

7.Be2 a5 8.0-0 a4 9.a3 Bf8 10.d4 (10.Bb5 d5=) 10...b6 (10...d5 11.c4=) 11.c4 Bb7 (11...d5 12.Nc3+=) 12.Nc3 d6 (12...d5 13.Na4 Na5 14.cd5 Bd5 15.Nc3+/-) 13.Na4 Ne7 (13...d5 14.Nc3+/-) 14.h3 (14.d5 Ng6+/-) 14...Ng6 (14...d5 15.Nc3+/-) 15.Nc3 Ne4 16.Ne4 Be4 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Nf3 (better 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.Ne4+/-) 19...Ra4?? (19...d5 20.Qb3+/-) 20.Qb3 (better 20.Qa4 Be7 21.d5+-) 20...Qa8+/- 21.Bc3 (21.Rab1 Be7+/-) 21...Rb8 22.Bb2 c5 (22...Re8 23.Rab1 Be7+/-) 23.d5 Ne7 24.Bc3 (24.Rfd1 Qa6 25.Rac1 Ng6+-) 24...Qa6 (better 24...b5 25.cb5 Nd5+=) 25.Rfb1?? (better 25.Nd2+-) 25...Qc4-/+ 26.Qc4 Rc4 27.Be1 Nd5 28.a4 Ra8 29.a5 ba5 30.Ra5 Ra6?? (better 30...Ra5 31.Ba5 Nf6-/+) 31.Ra6+- Nb4 (31...g6 32.Ra7+-) 32.Ra8 (better 32.Ra4+-) 32...d5 (32...g6+-) 33.Ne5 Rc2 34.Nd7 g6 35.Rf8 Kg7 36.Bb4 cb4 37.Rb4 1-0. Jaymarc_Gutierrez (2545) - Furukura (2735), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 d5 8.c4 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 d6 8.0-0 Ba5 9.d3 a6 10.c4 Bb6 11.Nbd2 Ne7 (11...Qe7 12.Nb3=) 12.Rb1 (better 12.Bf6!? gf6 13.d4+/-) 12...Nf5 13.d4 Ng4 14.Qb3 Nh4 15.Nh4 Qh4 16.Nf3 Qh6 17.h3 Ne3 (better 17...Nf6!?=) 18.fe3 Re3 19.Qc2 Bh3 (better 19...Qf4 20.Qd2 Ba5 21.Qa5 Re2+-) 20.gh3 Qh3 21.Rf2 Rae8 22.Rh2 Qg3 23.Kh1 g6 24.Rg1 (24.Rf1 c6+-) 24...Qf4 25.Bd1?? (better 25.Rf1+-) 25...c6?? (better 25...Rf3 26.Bf3 Qf3 27.Qg2 Qg2 28.Rgg2 Re1 29.Rg1 Re4+=) 26.Bc1 (better 26.Rh4 Rf3 27.Rf4 Rf4+-) 26...d5 (26...Bd4 27.Qg2 Qf6 28.Be3 Be3+-) 27.cd5 Bc7 (27...Bd4 28.dc6 (worse 28.Be3 Be3 29.Re1 cd5+-) 28...bc6 29.Be3 Be3 30.Qc6+-) 28.Be3 Re3 29.Ne5 (better 29.Qf2 Re4 30.dc6 bc6 31.Qc2+-) 29...f6 (29...Qd4 30.Nf3 Qd5+-) 30.d6! fe5 (30...Bd6 31.Qc4 Mate attack) 31.dc7 Qf8 32.Rg6! Kf7 (32...hg6 33.Qg6 Mate attack) 33.Rh7 (33.Rh7 Qg7 34.Rhg7 Ke8 35.c8Q) 1-0. bjoernsen (2405) - Juanitochess (2370), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 Bf5 9.d4 a5 10.c4 a4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nc3 (12.Qa4!? Qe7 13.Qb5+/-) 12...Bc3= 13.Bc3 Ne7 (13...Ne4 14.Bb2=) 14.Bd3 Be4 (14...Bd3 15.Qd3 d5 16.Ne5=) 15.Rb1 b6 16.Re1 (16.d5 Bd3 17.Qd3 Ng6+=) 16...Ng6= 17.d5 Bd3 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.Nd4 Qf6 20.Nb5 (20.Qc2 Nc3 21.Qc3 Nh4+=) 20...Nc3 (better 20...Qf2!? 21.Kh1 Re5-/+) 21.Nc3 (21.Qc3 Qc3 22.Nc3 Ne5+=) 21...Ne5 (21...Qg5 22.f4 Qe7 23.Qf5+=) 22.Qe2 (22.Qc2 Qg6 23.Qg6 hg6+=) 22...Nf3 23.Qf3 Qc3 24.Rbc1 (better 24.e4!? Qf3 25.gf3=) 24...Qa3-/+ 25.Qh3 Qb2 26.Qd7 Rec8 27.Rb1 Qe5 28.Rec1 a3 29.Ra1 a2 (29...Qb2 30.Rcb1 Qc2 31.Rc1-/+) 30.Qc6?? (better 30.Ra2! Qe8 31.Qe8 Re8 32.Rca1 Ra2 33.Ra2+=) 30...Qb2 31.h4 Ra5 (31...Ra7!?-/+) 32.Qd7 Rca8 (better 32...Rf8=+) 33.Kh2? (better 33.Qc7 Rc5 34.Qb7=+) 33...Ra3 (33...Qf2 34.Qe7 f6 35.Qc7-+) 34.Qc7 (better 34.Rf1 R3a7 35.Kg1-+) 34...Rc3?? (better 34...Qf2 35.h5 Re3-+) 35.Qd6?? (better 35.Ra2! Qa2 36.Rc3 Qf2 37.Ra3 Qh4 38.Kg1=+) 35...Rc1-+ 36.Qc6 Rf8 37.Qd6 Qe5 (better 37...Ra1 38.Qf4 Rf1-+) 38.Qe5+- Ra1 39.Qa1 b5 (39...Ra8+-) 40.Qa2 h6 (40...b4 41.d6 g5 42.Qa5 gh4 43.d7+-) 41.cb5 Re8 42.Qc4 Re5 43.Qd4 (43.Qd4 Re7 44.d6+-) 1-0. Mishka_The_Great (2685) - TjkTiger (2715), rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2018. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.0-0 c5 8.d3 Nc6 9.Bb2 (--> 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.d3).

7.a3 Ba5 8.c4 Bf5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be2 c5 11.0-0 Qb6 12.Qc1 Nc6 13.d3? (better 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3=+) 13...Nf4!–+ 14.Qc2? (14.ef4 Re2 Pinning (14...Re2 Deflection)) 14...Ne2 15.Qe2 Bd3! 16.Qd3 Qb2 17.Nbd2 Bd2 (17...Rad8 18.Qb3 Qb3 19.Nb3–+) 18.Qd2 Qd2 19.Nd2 Rad8 20.Nb3 (20.Nf3 b6–+) 20...c4 21.Nc5 b6 22.Na6 Na5 23.Nb4 Rd2 (23...Nb3 24.Rad1–+) 24.Rab1 (24.Rac1 Red8–+) 24...Rc8 25.Rfc1 c3 26.Nc2 Nc4 27.Rb3 (27.Ne1 Rb2 28.Ra1–+) 27...Ne5 28.Ne1 c2 29.Rbb1 (29.h4 Rd1 30.Rbb1 Re1 31.Re1 cb1R 32.Rb1 Kf8–+) 29...Nd3 30.Rd1 (30.Rc2 Rcc2 31.Nc2 Rc2 32.Rd1–+) 30…cd1Q (30...cd1Q 31.Rd1 Rd1 32.h3 Re1 33.Kh2 Rc2 34.a4 Nf2 35.Kg3 Re3 36.Kh2 Nh3 37.Kh1 Nf4 38.Kh2 Rg2 39.Kh1 Re1) 0–1. Mcphillips,Joseph (2400) – Kalavannan,Koby (2275), 5th Hull England, 2018.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Bd3 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Nc3 Bc7 11.h3 a6 12.Rb1 b5 13.Be2 d4 14.ed4 cd4 15.Na2 Qd6 16.Nb4 Nb4 17.ab4 Bb6 (better 17...Bb7 18.g3 Nh5-+) 18.c3?? (better 18.Re1-/+) 18...d3-+ 19.Bd3 Qd3 20.Re1 Bb7 21.Re8 (21.c4 Re1 22.Ne1 Qc4 23.Bf6 Qf4-+) 21...Re8 22.Qf1 Qf1 (better 22...Qg6!? 23.Kh1 Bf2 24.Ra1-+) 23.Rf1 (23.Kf1 Ne4 24.d4 Rc8-+) 23...Bf3 24.gf3 Re2 25.d3 (25.Ra1 Rd2 26.Ra6 Bf2 27.Kf1-+) 25…Rb2 0-1. SilentDeath07 (2580) - Sensei64 (2415), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.a3 Be7 8.c4 (8.Bd3 c5=+) 8...c5 (8...Nc6!?=+) 9.cd5= Nd5 10.Be2 (10.Nc3 Bf5=) 10...Nc6 11.0-0 Bf6 12.Qc2 Bg4 (12...Bf5 13.Qf5 Bb2 14.Ra2=+) 13.Bf6 (13.Nc3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bc3 15.Qc3 b6=) 13...Qf6=+ (worse 13...gf6 14.h3 Bf3 15.Bf3+/-; 13...Nf6?! 14.Qc5 a6 15.Qc2+=) 14.d4?? (better 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.dc3=+) 14...cd4-+ 15.Nd4 (15.Qb2-+) 15...Nd4 16.ed4 Re2 (16...Re2 17.Qb3 Rc8-+) 0-1. maximschoofs (1895) - Lance5500 (2380), lichess.org, 2019.

7.c3 Bd6 8.h3 Bf5 9.Be2 c6 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Qc7 (11...Qe7 12.0-0=+) 12.a4 b6 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.0-0 a6 15.c4 Ne5 16.f4? (better 16.Qb3=+) 16...Nd3–+ (16...Bd3? 17.fe5 Be5 18.Bd3+–) 17.Bd3 (17.Bc3 Re3 18.f5–+) 17...Bd3 18.Re1 dc4 19.Qf3 (19.N4f3–+) 19...Bb4 20.Bc1 (20.Red1 c5 21.Nc4 Be4–+ (21...Bc4?! 22.Nf5 Ne4 23.Ng7–+)) 20...Ne4 (better 20...Bc3 21.Ra2 Bd4 22.Qg3–+) 21.Rd1 c5 22.Nf5 (22.Ne2 Be2 23.Qe2 Nc3–+) 22...Nd2 23.Qg4 (23.Nh6 gh6 24.Bd2 Qe7–+) 23...Bf5 24.Qf5 c3 25.Qd3 (25.Re1 Qe7–+) 25...c4 26.Qe2 Qf4! 27.ef4 Exploits the pin. (27.Bd2 cd2 28.Qd2 Bd2 29.ef4 Bf4–+) 27...Re2 28.Ba3 a5 (28...Ba3 29.Ra3 c2 30.Rc1–+) 29.Bc1 (29.Kh2 c2 30.Rdc1 Ba3 31.Ra3 Nb3 32.Rc2 Rc2–+) 29...Rae8 30.Bd2 cd2 31.Rf1 Re1 32.Kf2 Rf1 (32...Rf1 33.Kf1 Re1 34.Kf2 Ra1 35.Kf3 d1Q 36.Kg3 Ra3 37.Kh2 Bc5 38.g4 Qg1) 0–1. petrobbo (2030) – rikis (2145), ChessWorld.net, 2010.

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

7.c4 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.0-0 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 10.0-0 Re8).

7.c4 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 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 Bf5 10.0-0 Re8).

7.Be2 b6 8.0-0 Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.c4 c5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Qb3 (13.Bb5 Qe7=) 13...N7f6 (13...Nc3 14.Bc3 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5 Re5 17.Rad1=+) 14.Bc4= Be5? (better 14...Qd7 15.Nd5 Bd5 16.Bf6 Bf3 17.gf3 Qh3 18.Bf7 Kf8=) 15.Ne5+- Re5 16.f4 (16.Nd5!? Rd5 17.Bf6 gf6 18.Bd5 Bd5+-) 16...Re7 (better 16...Re6+=) 17.e4?? (better 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.Rf3+/-) 17...Nc3-/+ 18.Qc3 Qd4 (better 18...Re4 19.Rae1 Qe7-/+) 19.Qd4+= cd4 20.e5 (20.d3 Rc8 21.Bb5 Rd8+=) 20...Ne4+= 21.Rf2 (better 21.d3!? Nd2 22.Rfc1 (worse 22.Bd4 Nf1 23.Rf1 Rd7=+) 22...Nc4 23.Rc4+=) 21...Nf2 22.Kf2 Rd8 23.d3 (23.a4!?-/+) 23...Rc7-+ 24.a4 (24.g4-+) 24...a6 (24...Bc8 25.Re1-+) 25.Ba3 (25.g4!?-/+) 25...b5!-+ 26.ab5 ab5 27.Bd6 Rc6 (27...bc4?! 28.Bc7 Rc8 29.Bb6=) 28.Bb5 Rc2 29.Kf1? (better 29.Kg3!?-/+) 29...Bg2-+ (29...Rg2?! 30.Ra7 Bf3 31.Bc4=+) 30.Kg1 (30.Ke1 Bd5 31.h3 Rdc8-+) 30...Bh3 31.Bc4 Rg2 (31...Be6!? 32.Bc7 Rf8 33.f5 Bc4 34.dc4 Rc4 35.Bd6-+) 32.Kh1 Rg6 (better 32...Rd2!?-+) 33.Bd5 h6 (33...Be6 34.Bf3-/+) 34.Be4 (34.Ra7!?=+) 34...Rg4 (worse 34...Rgd6 35.ed6 g6 36.Ra6=) 35.Bf5? (better 35.f5-/+) 35...Bg2-+ 36.Kg1 Rf4 37.Kg2 (37.e6 Rf5 (37...Rd6? 38.e7 Rf5 39.e8Q Kh7 40.Kg2+-) 38.e7 Re8 39.Kg2 Rd5-+) 37...Rf5 38.Ra4 Rg5 (better 38...Rc8!? 39.Rd4 Rc2 40.Kh3-+) 39.Kf3 g6 (39...f6 40.e6 Re8 41.e7-+) 40.Rd4 Kg7 41.h4 (41.h4 Rf5 42.Ke4-/+). Mirza,Diana (1900) - Roberts,Tallulah, Titled Tue (9), 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8) … Mirza Diana is a notable chess player from Ireland who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). ... --- Here are some key facts about her: * Title: Woman FIDE Master (WFM), awarded in 2017. She also holds the title of Woman Candidate Master (WCM) since 2014. * Major Achievement: She is the first Irish person to win a World Schools title in chess, earning the Gold medal at the World Schools Championships in 2017 (Under-17 Girls). * Representation: She has represented Ireland in multiple Chess Olympiads (2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) and various World and European Youth Championships. * Other Accolades: * Irish Women's Champion in 2013. * U16 Irish Junior Champion. * Holds the National Instructor title (2020). * FIDE Rating: Her Classical FIDE rating is generally around the 1900-2000 mark. * Current Activities: She is also active as a chess coach and streamer on Twitch. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Ba5 9.c4 Bc7 (9...Be6 10.Qc2 dc4 11.Ng5=) 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 (11.Qd4 Nc6 12.Qh4 Ne4=) 11...Nc6 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.Bd4 Be6 (13...Qd6 14.g3=) 14.Qb3 b6 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Rac1 dc4 17.Bc4 Bc4 18.Qc4 (18.Rc4 Qe7+=) 18...Rc8 19.Qa6 Qd6 (19...Qd7 20.Rfd1 Bd6 21.a4=) 20.Rfd1 (better 20.g3+=) 20...Qh6 (better 20...Qe7=) 21.Be5?? (better 21.Qa7 Bd6 22.Rc8 (22.Qb6?! Nc3+=; 22.Bb6?! Rc1 23.Rc1 Nd2=) 22...Rc8 23.Qb6+-) 21...Be5?? (better 21...Nc5 22.Rc5 bc5 23.Qh6 gh6-/+) 22.Rc8+- Qe6 (22...Bh2 23.Nh2 Qe6 24.Re8 Qe8 25.Qa7+-) 23.Re8 Qe8 24.Ne5 g6 (24...h6 25.f4 Kh7 26.Qb7+-) 25.Nf3 (25.Nd7 Qe7+-) 25...Kg7 (25...Qe7 26.Qc8 Kg7 27.Qd7+-) 26.Qd3 (better 26.Qa7!? Qb5+-) 26...Nc5 27.Qd4 Kh6 (27...f6 28.Qg4+-) 28.Qf4 (better 28.Ng5! Ne6 29.Qh4 Kg7 30.Qh7 Kf6 31.Ne4 Ke7+-) 28...Kg7 29.h3 (29.Qc7!? Qe4+-) 29...f6 30.Qd4 Qe7 31.Qd6 Qe4 (31...Qf7 32.a3+-) 32.Qd2 (better 32.Qc7 Kh6 33.Qf7 Ne6+-) 32...Qf5 (32...Qe7 33.Nd4+-) 33.Nd4 (33.Qd8 Qe6 34.Rd6 Qf7+-) 33...Qe4 34.Nb3 Ne6 (34...Nb3 35.ab3 Qe7 36.Qd7 Qd7 37.Rd7 Kh8 38.Ra7+-) 35.Qd7 Kh6 36.Rd4! Nd4 37.Qd4 (37.Nd4 Qa8 38.Ne6 Qh8+-) 37...Qb1 38.Kh2 Qa2 (38...Qf5 39.f4 g5+-) 39.Nd2 (39.Qf6 Qa3 40.f4 a6 41.Nd4 Qc5 42.Ne6 Qe7 43.Qe7 b5 44.Qg5) 39...Qe6 40.Nf3 a5 (40...Kg7 41.Qd8+-) 41.Qh4 (better 41.Qd8!? Qf7 42.Qb6+-) 41...Kg7 42.Qd4 Qc6?? (42...Kh6 43.Qd8 Qf7+-) 43.Qd3 (43.Qd8 Qb7+-) 43...a4 (43...Qc7 44.g3 Qe7+-) 44.Nd4 Qd6 45.g3 Qc5?? (45...Qd5 46.Qa6 Qd7 47.Qb6+-) 46.Qb5 (46.Ne6 Kf7 47.Nc5 bc5 48.Qd7 Kg8 49.Qe6 Kg7 50.Qe7 Kg8 51.Qf6 a3+-) 46...a3?? (better 46...Qb5 47.Nb5 Kf7+-) 47.Qd7 Kh6 48.Ne6 Qc2 (48...Qg5 49.Qg7 Kh5 50.Qh7 Qh6 51.g4 Kh4 52.Qh6) 49.Qg7 Kh5 50.g4 (50.Qh7) 50…Kh4 1-0. Jaymarc_Gutierrez (2620) - Rimac_C2 (2820), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 (--> 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8).

7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Nf8 9.d3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.c4 Ng6 12.Rb1 dc4 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.Rfe1 Be6 16.a4 Nd5 17.Ba1 Nh4 18.g3 Nf3 19.Bf3 Qg5 20.Bg2 h5 (20...b5 21.Nd2 Ba5 22.ab5 cb5 23.Ne4=) 21.f4 Qh6 22.e4 Nf6 (22...Ne7 23.Bd4 b6 24.Be3 Bc4 25.Qc4+=) 23.Ne3 (23.Bd4!? b6 24.Bf6 Qf6 25.e5+/-) 23...Bb6= 24.Kh1 (24.d4 h4=) 24...Ng4 (24...h4 25.Bf6 hg3 26.Nf1 Qf6 27.f5=+) 25.d4 Ne3 26.Re3 h4 27.Rf1 Rbd8 28.Rd3 hg3 29.Rg3 Bd4 30.f5 Bc8 31.f6? (better 31.Bd4 Rd4 32.a5-/+) 31...Ba1-+ 32.Rg7? (32.Ra1 Qf6 33.Rg1-+) 32...Kf8 (better 32...Kh8 33.Qc1 Qc1 34.Rc1 Bf6 35.Rf7 Be5-+) 33.Qb3 (33.Qc5 Rd6 34.Qd6 Re7 35.Qe7) 33...Rd5?? (better 33...Re6 34.Qa3 Rdd6 35.Ra1 Qf6-/+) 34.ed5+/- Be5?? (better 34...Bf6 35.Rg3 Be5 36.dc6 Re7+-) 35.Qb4 Re7 (35...Re7 36.Qe7; 35...c5 36.Qc5 Bd6 37.Qd6 Re7 38.Qe7). bjoernsen (2455) - Adeva (2455), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 Bf5 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 a5 11.Rb1 a4 12.Bf6 (12.Nd4 Bg6=) 12...Qf6 13.Rb7 (13.Nd4 Nb6=) 13...Nc5 (13...Nb6!?-/+) 14.Rb5 Ne6? (better 14...c6 15.Rb1 Rab8=) 15.Rd5+- Bg4 16.h3 Bf3 17.Bf3 (17.Nf3?! Qb2+=; 17.gf3?! Qb2=) 17...Rad8 (17...Ra6 18.Nc4+-) 18.Ne4 Qg6 (18...Qb2 19.Ra5+-) 19.Nd6 cd6 20.Be4 Qh6 (20...Qf6 21.Ra5+-) 21.Qh5 (better 21.Rh5 Qf6 22.Bh7 Kf8 23.Be4+-) 21...Qf6?? (21...Qh5 22.Rh5 Rc8 23.c4+-) 22.Qh7 (better 22.Bh7 Kh8 23.Bg6 Kg8 24.Qh7 Kf8+-) 22...Kf8 23.Rb1 (23.Rf5 Qc3+-) 23...Ng5 24.Qh8 Ke7 25.Rb7 (better 25.Qh5!? Ne4 26.de4 Rb8+-) 25...Rd7 26.Rd7 Kd7 27.Qh5 Ne4 28.de4 Re4 29.Qf5 (better 29.Rf5 Qa1 30.Kh2 Qa2 31.Rf7 Kc6 32.Rg7+-) 29...Qf5 30.Rf5 Ke6 31.Ra5 Rc4 32.Kf1 Rc2 (32...d5 33.Ke1+-) 33.Ra4 g5 (33...d5 34.Ra7+-) 34.g4 (34.g3 f5+-) 34...f6 (34...d5 35.Ra6 Ke5 36.a4+-) 35.Kg2 Ke5 36.Kg3 d5 37.Ra5 Rb2 38.Kf3 Rc2 39.a4 Rb2 40.Ra8 Ra2 41.a5 Ke6 (41...Kd6 42.Kg3+-) 42.a6 Kf7 43.Kg3 Kg7 44.f3 Ra3 45.h4 (45.a7!? Ra1+-) 45...Re3 (45...gh4 46.Kh4 Re3 47.Rb8+-) 46.hg5 fg5 47.Rb8?? (better 47.Rd8 Ra3 48.Rd5+-) 47...Ra3+/- 48.Rb7 Kg6 49.a7 Ra5 (49...d4!?+/-) 50.Kf2+- Ra6?? (50...Kf6 51.Ke3+-) 51.Ke3 (better 51.Rb6! Rb6 52.a8Q+-) 51...Ra2? (better 51...Ra4+-) 52.Kd4 Ra5 53.Ke5 d4 (53...Kh6+-) 54.Kd6 (54.Kd4 Kf6+-) 54...Ra4?? (better 54...d3+/-) 55.Kc7+- d3 56.Kb8 d2 57.Rd7 (better 57.Rb1 Kf6 58.a8Q Ra8 59.Ka8 Ke5+-) 57...Ra7 (57...Rb4 58.Kc7 Ra4+/-) 58.Rd2 (58.Rd6 Kf7 59.Ka7 Ke7 60.Rd2 Kf6+-) 58...Kf6?? (better 58...Ra3!?+=) 59.Rd6 (better 59.Ka7 Ke5 60.Rd7+-) 59...Ke5 60.Ka7?? (better 60.Rg6 Rf7 61.Rg5 Ke6 62.Rg6 Ke5 63.f4 Rf4 64.Kc8=) 60...Kf4 (better 60...Kd6 61.Kb7 Ke5-+) 61.Kb6 (61.Rd5 Kf3 62.Rg5 Kf4+-) 61...Kf3 62.Rg6 (62.Rd4!? Kg3+-) 62…Kg4 (62...Kg4 63.Kc5 Kf5+-). Bostonbliz (2565) - Rawnsdale (2500), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 Bd6 9.d3 c5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rb1 b6 12.Re1 Qd7 (12...Be6 13.c4=) 13.Bf6+= gf6 14.Nh4 Be6 15.g3 Ne5 16.d4 Ng6? (16...Nc6 17.dc5 Bc5 18.c3+=) 17.Nhf3?? (17.Bb5 Qe7 18.Be8 Re8+-) 17...Rac8?? (better 17...c4=) 18.Bb5+- Qe7 19.Be8 Qe8 20.c3 (20.e4 de4 21.Ne4 Qe7+-) 20...Qf8 (20...Bf5 21.Ra1+/-) 21.Qc2 cd4 22.Nd4 Bh3 23.Qd3 Ne5 24.Qc2 Bb8?? (24...Ng6 25.Qa4 Rc7+-) 25.Rb5 Qd6 26.Nf5?? (better 26.Qb3+-) 26...Qd7= 27.Nd4 Bg4?? (27...Qd6 28.Qb3 Be6+-) 28.f4 Nc6 (better 28...Nf3 29.N2f3 Bf3+-) 29.Rbb1 (better 29.Qd3+-) 29...Nd4+= 30.ed4 Bf5 31.Qb3 Bb1 32.Nb1 Bd6?? (32...Bf4 33.gf4 Qg4 34.Kf2 Qf4 35.Kg2 Qg4 36.Kf2 Qf4 37.Kg1 Qg4 38.Kf2 Qf4=) 33.Nd2 (better 33.Qd5!? Re8 34.Re8 Qe8 35.Kf2+- (35.Qd6?! Qe1 36.Kg2 Qe2 37.Kh3 Qh5 38.Kg2 Qe2 39.Kh3 Qh5 40.Kg2 Qe2=)) 33...Qc6+= 34.Re3 a5 35.Nf3 a4 36.Qb2 a3 37.Qb3 b5 38.Nh4 (38.Kh1+=) 38...Qc4 (38...b4 39.cb4 Qc1 40.Kg2 Rc2 41.Kh3 Qf1 42.Kg4 Rh2 43.Qd5 (43.Qa3 Rh4 44.Kh4 Qh1 45.Kg4 f5 46.Kg5 Kg7 47.Re6 h6 48.Rh6 Qh6 49.Kf5 Qg6) 43...Qh3 44.Kf3 Qf1 45.Kg4 Qh3 46.Kf3 Qf1 47.Kg4=) 39.Qb1 (39.Qc4 bc4 40.Nf5 Bf8+/-) 39...b4 40.Nf5 Bf8 41.cb4 Bb4 42.Nh6 (42.Qd1!? Kh8 43.Rb3+=) 42...Kg7= 43.Nf5 Kh8 (43...Kg8 44.Kf2+=) 44.Rb3 Bf8 45.Kg2 (45.Rf3 Re8+=) 45...Kg8 (better 45...Qe2!? 46.Kh3 Rc2-/+) 46.Kh3 Qe2 47.Rb8 Rc2?? (better 47...Rb8 48.Qb8 Qh5 49.Nh4 Qd1=) 48.Rf8!+- Kf8 49.Qb8 Qe8 50.Qd6 Kg8 51.Qf6 (51.Qd5 Qc8 52.g4 Qc3 53.Ng3 Kg7-/+) 51...Qf8 52.Ne7 Qe7 53.Qe7 Ra2 54.Qb4 (better 54.f5!? Rb2 55.Qg5 Kf8+-) 54...Kg7 55.Qb3 Ra1 56.Qd5 a2 (56...h6 57.Qb3 a2 58.d5+-) 57.Qe5 Kf8 58.Qc7 (58.Qb8 Kg7 59.Qb2 Rb1 60.Qa2 Rb6+-) 58...Kg8?? (better 58...Re1 59.Qc5 Kg7 60.Qg5 Kf8 61.Qh6 Ke7 62.Qg5 Kf8 63.Qd8 Kg7 64.Qg5 Kf8=) 59.Qd8 (59.Qb8 Kg7 60.Qb2 Rb1 61.Qa2 Rb6+-) 59...Kg7 60.Qg5 Kf8 61.Qd8 Kg7 (61...Kg7 62.Qa5 f6+-). bjoernsen (2380) - linusj (2500), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 Bd6 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.Rb1 b6 (11...c5 12.c4=+) 12.c4= c5 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Rad8 15.a3 (15.Nd6 Qd6 16.h3 Bh5=) 15...Ne5 (15...Bc7 16.Qc2=) 16.Nd6 Nf3 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Qf3 Rd6 19.Rfd1 Nc7 20.Rbc1 Rg6 (20...Ne6 21.Qg4=) 21.d4 cd4 22.Bd4 Ne6 23.g3 (23.Bb2 Nc5=) 23...Ng5 (23...Qa3 24.Bc3-/+) 24.Qh5 (24.Qd5 Qa3 25.Qd7 Rge6=+) 24...Qe4 25.h4?? (better 25.Kf1=+) 25...Nf3-+ 26.Kf1 Nh2 (better 26...Nd4 27.Rd4 Qh1 28.Ke2 Qc1-+) 27.Ke2=+ Rg4 28.Rc8?? (better 28.Qb5 Qf3 29.Ke1=+) 28...Rc8-+ 29.Rd3 Qf3 30.Kd2 Qf2 31.Kd1 Qf1 32.Kd2 Nf3 0-1. Bostonbliz (2530) - JAIGANESH_1818 (2450), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.c4 Qe7 12.Re1 Rad8 13.Qc2 Bh5 14.Rab1 b6 (14...Bb4 15.a3 Bf3 16.ab4 Be2 17.Re2 dc4 18.dc4=) 15.Qa4 (15.Nd4 Be2 16.Nc6 Bh2 17.Kh1 Qd6 18.Nd8 Bg4+=) 15...Nb8 (better 15...dc4!? 16.Qc4 c5=) 16.Bf6+/- gf6 17.cd5 cd5 18.Nd4 Bg6 19.Rbc1 Qd7 20.Qd7 Rd7 21.Rc2 Na6 22.Nc6 Rc7 23.Rec1 (23.Rc3 Rec8 24.Rec1 Bb4 25.Nb4 Rc3 26.Rc3 Rc3 27.Na6 Rc2-+) 23...Rec8 (23...Ba3 24.Re1 Bc5 25.Rcc1 Re3 26.Rc5 Nc5 27.fe3 Rc6 28.Rc1-/+) 24.Nf3 (24.Nd4!?=) 24...Ba3 25.Nfd4 Bc1 (better 25...Nc5 26.Nb5 A) worse 26...Bd3 27.Bd3 Bc1 28.Nc7 Rc7 29.Nb4+/- (worse 29.Rc1 Nd3 30.Rc2 f5=+); B) 26...Nd3? 27.Ne7 Kg7 28.Rc7 (28.Nc7?! Nc1 29.Rc1 Be7+/-) 28...Nc1 29.Nc8 Ne2 30.Kf1 Ng3 31.hg3 Bd3 32.Kg1 Bb5 33.Ra7+- (33.Na7?! Bc4+-); C) 26...Bc1 27.Rc1 Nd3 28.Ne7 Re7 29.Rc8 Kg7=) 26.Rc1?? (better 26.Ne7! Re7 27.Rc8 Kg7 28.Rc1=) 26...Kf8 (26...Nb4 27.Ne7 Kf8 28.Rc7 Rc7 29.Ng6 hg6 30.g4 Na2 31.h4-+) 27.Bg4? (better 27.Rc2-+) 27...f5! 28.Bd1 (28.Nf5 Rc6 Deflection; 28.Bf5 Bf5 Combination) 28...Nb4! 29.Ba4 (29.Nb4 Rc1 Pinning (29...Rc1 Deflection)) 29...Na6 (29...f4!? 30.ef4 Bd3 31.a3 Nc6 32.Bc6-+) 30.Rd1?? (30.Bd1 Nb8 31.Ba4-+) 30...Nc5-+ 31.Bb5 a6 0-1. bjoernsen (2445) - IvanVol (2465), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.Ng5 Nbd7 8.h4 (8.Be2 Nc5–/+) 8...h6 9.Bd3 (better 9.Nf3–/+) 9...hg5 (better 9...Nb6 10.Nf3 Bg4–+) 10.hg5= Ne4?? (better 10...c5=) 11.Qh5+– Kf8 12.Qh8 (12.Bg7 Ke7 13.Be4 de4 14.Nc3+–) 12...Ke7= 13.Qg7 Rg8 14.Qd4 c5 15.Qd5 Nd6?? (better 15...Ng5 16.Bh7 Nh7 17.Rh7 Qf8=) 16.g6+– fg6?? (16...Nf8 17.g7 Be6 18.gf8Q Qf8+–) 17.Rh7 Ke8 (17...Rg7 18.Rg7 Nf7 19.Rf7 Ke8 20.Qe6 Qe7 21.Qe7) 18.Qg8 Nf8 19.Bg6 (19.Bg6 Nf7 20.Qf7) 1–0. lordmoses83 – seoulman, gameknot.com, 2020.

9.Be2 Nc6 10.0-0 (better 10.cd5!? Nd5 11.Nc3=) 10...d4-/+ 11.Bd3 (11.Qb3 Bf5-/+) 11...Bg4-+ 12.h3? (12.Qb3 Bd6-+) 12...Bh5 (12...Bf3 13.Qf3 Qb6 14.Bc1-+) 13.a4? (better 13.g4!? Qb6 14.Qc2-/+) 13...Ne5 14.ed4 (14.Ra3 Nf3 15.gf3-+) 14...Nd3 15.Qc2 (15.Ra2 cd4 16.Qb3 Bf3 17.Qd3 Be2 18.Qd4 Qc7-+) 15...Nb2 16.Qb2 (16.g4 Ng4! 17.hg4 Bg4-+) 16...Bf3 17.gf3 Qd4 (17...Nh5 18.f4 Nf4 19.Ra3 cd4 20.Rf3 Qg5 21.Rg3 Ne2 22.Kg2 Ng3 23.fg3-+) 18.Qd4 cd4 19.Na3 a6 (19...Re2!? 20.d3-+) 20.Nc2 Bc5 21.Rab1 b6 22.Rfe1 Kf8 23.Re8 0-1. Arnaud_Paris - Lance5500 (2495), lichess.org, 2021.

10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Be2 Nc3 12.Bc3 Qd5=.

10.Bc4 Be6 11.Qc2!?=+.

10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bd5 Qd5-/+ 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Nc3 Qd3 14.Qe2 (14.a4 Rad8-/+) 14...Bc4 15.Qd3 Bd3 16.Rfc1 Na5 17.Re1 Nc4 18.Bc1 (18.Ra2 Rad8-/+) 18...Red8 (18...Rad8 19.Ra2-+) 19.Nd1 b5 (19...Be7 20.Nb2-+) 20.Nb2-/+ a5 Black intends b4 21.Nc4 Bc4 22.d4 (22.Bb2 b4-/+) 22...b4 (22...cd4 23.ed4 Bd5 24.Ne5-/+) 23.dc5 Bc5 24.Bb2 Rac8 25.ab4 Bb4 26.Rec1 Bd5 27.Nd4 (27.Rd1 f6-/+) 27...g6 (27...Rc1 28.Rc1 f6 29.h3-/+) 28.h3 Kf8 (28...Rc1 29.Rc1 f5 30.Rd1-/+) 29.Rc8=+ Rc8 30.Ba3 (30.f3 Ke7=+) 30...Rb8 (30...Kg7 31.f3=+) 31.Nc2 (31.f3 Kg7=+) 31...Rb7 (better 31...Ba3 32.Ra3 Ra8=+) 32.Bb4?? (better 32.Nb4 ab4 33.Bb2=) 32...ab4-+ 33.Nd4 (33.Rd1 Be4 34.Rd2 b3-+) 33...b3 34.Rb1 (34.Nb3 Rb3 35.Rd1-+) 34...b2 35.Kh2 Ba2 (35...Be4 36.Rb2 Rb2 37.Kg1-+) 36.Rb2 (36.Rg1 b1Q 37.Rb1 Rb1-+) 36...Rb2 37.Kg3 Bd5 38.f3 (38.Nf3 f6-+) 38...f5 (better 38...Bc4-+) 39.f4 (39.h4-+) 39...Rg2 40.Kh4 h6 41.e4 g5 (41...Bf7 42.Nf3 fe4 43.Ng5 e3 44.Ne4 e2 45.Ng3 e1Q 46.f5 Qg3) 42.fg5 hg5 43.Kh5 fe4 44.h4 Bf7 45.Kh6 gh4 46.Nf5 (46.Ne2 Re2 47.Kg5 h3 48.Kf4 h2 49.Ke5 h1Q 50.Kd6 Qh2 51.Kc6 Rc2 52.Kb7 Qc7 53.Ka6 Bc4) 46...h3 47.Nh4 (47.Ne3 Rg6 48.Kh5 h2 49.Nf5 h1Q 50.Nh4 Rg3 51.Kh6 Qh4) 47...Rg4 48.Nf5 h2 49.Kh7 h1Q 50.Nh6 Rg7 (50...Rg7 51.Kh8 Qh6) 0-1. maximschoofs (1945) - Lance5500 (2400), lichess.org, 2019.

10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bd5 Qd5-/+ 12.0-0 Nc6 13.d4 Rad8-/+.

10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bd5 Qd5-/+ 12.0-0 Nc6 13.h3 Qd3 14.Nc3 Rad8 15.Qa4 Qc4 (15...c4 16.Rac1-+) 16.Qc4 Bc4 17.Rfe1 (17.Rfd1 Na5-/+) 17...Bd3 18.Rac1 a6 (18...f6 19.Ne2-/+) 19.Na4 Rd5 20.Nb6 Rh5 21.Nd7 c4 (21...Rf5 22.e4 Re4 23.Re4 Be4 24.Re1=+) 22.Nf8=+ Kf8 23.Nd4 Nd4 (23...Rc5 24.f3=+) 24.Bd4 (24.ed4 b5=) 24...Rc8 25.Bc3 f6 26.Ra1 Ke7 27.Rec1 Rb5 28.Bb4 (28.a4 Rb3=+) 28...Ke6 29.f4 (29.Ra2 Rc6=+) 29...g5 30.Re1 h5 31.Kh2 (31.Bc3 Rg8-/+) 31...Kf5 (31...b6 32.Bc3-/+) 32.fg5 (32.Bc3 Kg6=+) 32...fg5-/+ 33.Rg1 Rc7 (33...g4!?-/+) 34.g4=+ Kg6 35.gh5 Kh5 36.Rg3 (36.Rg4 Rf7=+) 36...Rf7-/+ 37.Rag1 (37.Rg4 Rf2 38.Kg1 Rf3=+) 37...Rf2 (37...Be4 38.Rc1 Rbf5 39.Rg4 (39.Rc4?? Rf2 40.Kg1 Rf1 41.Kh2 Rh1) 39...Rf2 40.Kg1-/+) 38.R1g2 Rbf5 (38...Rff5!?=+) 39.Be7 (39.Rg5 Rg5 40.Rf2 Rf5 41.Rf5 Bf5=) 39...Rg2 40.Rg2 a5 41.Kg3 Bf1 42.Rf2 Rf2 43.Kf2 Bh3 44.Kg3 Bf5 45.Bc5 b5 46.Bb6? (better 46.Kf3=) 46...b4-/+ 47.ab4 ab4 48.Bd4 Kg6 (48...Be4 49.Kf2-+) 49.Bc5? (better 49.Kf3=) 49...b3-+ 50.Bd4 Kf7 (better 50...Bc2-+) 51.Kf3= Ke6 52.e4 Bh3 53.Kg3 Bf1 54.Kg4 Bd3 55.e5 Kd5 56.Bc3 (56.Kg5?? Kd4 57.e6 Be4-+) 56...Ke6 57.Kg5 Bc2 58.Kf4 Bd3 59.Ke3 Bc2 60.Kd4 Bd3 61.Kc5 Be2 62.Kb4 Bd3 63.Ka3 Be2 64.Kb2 Bd3 65.Ka3 Be2 66.Kb4 Bd3 67.Ka3 ½-½. maximschoofs (1820) - Lance5500 (2620), lichess.org, 2019.

10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bd5 Qd5-/+ 12.Nc3 Qd3-/+.

8.0-0 c5 9.c4 dc4 10.Na3 Nc6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.a4 Be6 13.Rb1 (13.Rc1 Bd5=) 13...h6 (13...Ne4 14.g3=+) 14.Bf6= Qf6 15.Rb7 Bb8? (better 15...Qe7!? 16.Rb2 Rab8=) 16.Qa1+/- Qg6 17.Rc1 Nb4 (17...Bd5 18.Qb1 Be4 19.d3+-) 18.Nce5 (18.Nfe5 Qf6 19.Bf3+-) 18...Qf5? (better 18...Qe4!? 19.Rb5 a6+/-) 19.Rc5+- Bd6?? (19...Qe4 20.Rcb5 Be5 21.Ne5 Bd5+-) 20.Nf7 (20.Rb4?! Bc5 21.Rb5 Bb6+/-) 20...Qf7 (20...Bc5?? 21.Nh6! gh6 22.Qg7) 21.Rf7 Bf7 22.Rc4! Bc4 (22...Rac8 23.Rg4 Bf8 24.Ne5+-) 23.Bc4 Kh8 24.Nh4 (24.Qb1!? Rec8 25.Qe4 a5+-) 24...Rac8 25.d3 (better 25.Qd4 Rc6 26.Qg4 Rec8+-) 25...Nc6 26.Nf5 Be5 27.Qd1 Ne7 28.Ne7 Re7 29.g3 Rd7 (29...Rec7 30.Kg2+-) 30.Qg4 (better 30.Be6 Rcd8 31.Bd7 Rd7+-) 30...Rcd8 (30...Rdd8 31.Kg2+-) 31.a5 (31.d4 Bf6+-) 31...Bf6 (31...Rc7 32.a6+-) 32.a6 (32.d4 Rc7 33.Bd3 Be7+-) 32...Rd6 (32...Rc7 33.Kg2+-) 33.h4 Rb6 34.Qf5 Rb2 (34...Rc6+-) 35.d4 Rb6 (35...Rd2 36.Kg2 Rf8 37.Bd3 Rd3 38.Qd3+-) 36.Bd3 Kg8 37.Qh7 (37.Qc5!? Rdb8+-) 37...Kf7 (37...Kf8 38.Bc4 Rd7 39.Qg8 Ke7 40.Kg2+-) 38.Bc4 Ke7 39.Qe4 (39.g4 Rc8 40.Bd3 Kd6+-) 39...Kf8 (39...Kd7 40.Kg2+-) 40.h5 (better 40.Kg2+-) 40...Rc8 (40...Rd7+-) 41.Qd5 Ke7 42.Bb5 (better 42.Qf7 Kd8 43.Be6 Rc1 44.Kh2 Re6 45.Qe6+-) 42...Rd6 (42...Kf8+-) 43.Qb7 Kd8 44.Qa7 Rc7 45.Qb8 (45.Qb8 Ke7 46.Qe8) 1-0. Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2390) - Balla,Ta (2300), Titled Tue (9), 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8) … Enrique Tejedor Fuente is a Spanish International Master (IM) of chess. Born in 1995, he holds the FIDE title of International Master, which he earned in 2019, and is also a National Arbiter. His FIDE ID is 2299100. His classical FIDE rating is currently 2415, while his rapid and blitz ratings are 2464 and 2537, respectively. … Tejedor Fuente has had a successful career in chess, with a number of notable achievements. He has competed in various tournaments, including the Spanish Championship, and has had impressive results, such as winning against a much higher-rated player, Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2770), while his own rating was 2434. He has also won tournaments like the "X Torneo de Ajedrez Jardνn Nazarν" and the "XLVII Torneo de ajedrez 'San Saturio'". Note created August 2025. (AI)

8.0-0 c5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Rb1 (11.c4 bc4 12.dc4 Be6=) 11...a5 (11...Rb8!?=+) 12.Bf6= Qf6 13.Rb5 Nb4 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rb7 (15.d4 c4 16.Rb6 Bh2 17.Kh2 Qb6 18.ab4 Qd6 19.Kg1 ab4=+) 15...Bc8 16.Rb5 Na2 17.Nb1 Bd7 18.Rb3 Ba4 (18...a4 19.Rb7 Bc6 20.Rb6=+) 19.Rb7 Bc6 20.Rb6 Bc7 21.Rb3?? (better 21.Rc6 Qc6 22.c3=) 21…a4-+ (21...a4 22.d4 ab3 23.cb3 cd4 24.Qd4 Qd4 25.Nd4 Bb7-+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2420) - topce (2435), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

8.0-0 c5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.c4 Bg4 (better 11...d4!? 12.e4 Rb8=+) 12.Bf6+= Qf6 13.cd5 Ne5 (13...Nb4 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.e4=) 14.Ne4+/- Nf3 15.Bf3 Re4 (better 15...Qe5!? 16.Nd6 Bf3 17.Nf7 Bd1 18.Ne5 Re5 19.Rfd1 Rd5+/-) 16.de4+- (16.Bg4?! Qh6 17.h3 Re7+=) 16...Qh6 17.g3 Bf3 18.Qf3 Re8 19.Rab1 b6 20.Kg2 Re5 21.Qg4 g6 22.Rbe1 (22.Qd7 Bb8+-) 22...Rh5 (22...Qf8 23.f3+-) 23.h4 (23.Qc8 Kg7 24.h3 Re5+-) 23...Kg7 (23...Qf8+-) 24.f4 c4 25.e5 Bc5 26.e6 (better 26.Rd1 Kg8 27.e4+-) 26...Rd5 27.ef7 Kf7 (27...Qh5 28.Qc8 Kf7 29.e4 Rd2 30.Kh3 Ra2 31.Qc7 Kg8 32.Qd8 Bf8 33.f5+-) 28.e4 (28.f5 Rf5 29.Rf5 gf5 30.Qf5 Kg7 31.Qg4 Qg6 32.Qc4 Bd6 33.Qc3 Kf8+-) 28...Rd2 (28...Rd4 29.Re2+-) 29.Re2 Rd3 (29...Rd4 30.f5 Kg8 31.f6+-) 30.f5 Kg7 (30...Kg8 31.f6 Qf8 32.h5+-) 31.e5 White prepares f6 31...c3 (31...Kh8 32.f6 Rd2+-) 32.f6 Kf8 (32...Kh8 33.e6 Rd4+-) 33.Qc8 Kf7 (33...Rd8 34.Qd8 Kf7 35.e6) 34.e6 1-0. bjoernsen (2390) - Tek3107 (2430), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

8.0-0 c5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 h6 11.c4 Bg4 (11...Be6!?=) 12.Bf6+= Qf6 13.cd5 Ne5 (13...Nb4 14.Ne4 Qd8 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.e4=) 14.e4 (14.Ne4!? Qd8 15.Nd6 Nf3 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Nb7 (17.gf3?! Qd6 18.e4 Qf4=) 17...Bd1 18.Nd8 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rd5 20.Kf1+/-) 14...Rac8 Black intends c4 15.Rb1 b6 16.g3 c4? (better 16...Ng6=) 17.Ne5+- Be2 18.Qe2 Be5 19.dc4 Bc3 20.Nf3 g5 21.h3 Rc5 (21...Qg6 22.Qd3 Ba5 23.Nd4 Re4 24.f3+-) 22.Kg2 (22.Rb3!? Be5+-) 22...Rec8 23.e5 Qf5 24.e6 Rc4 25.ef7 (25.e7!? Qd7 26.d6 R4c5+-) 25...Qf7+/- 26.Rbd1 R4c7 27.d6 Rd7 28.Rd3 Bf6 29.Rfd1 Rc6 30.Qe4 Rc8 31.h4 Re8 32.Qg4 h5 33.Qf5 g4 (better 33...gh4!? 34.Nh4 Re2+/-) 34.Ng5+- Bg5 35.Qg5 Kh7 36.R1d2 (36.Rd5!? Re6+-) 36...Re6 (36...Rg8 37.Qb5+-) 37.Re3 Re3 38.fe3 (38.Qe3 Qf5+-) 38...Qf3? (better 38...Rd6! 39.Rf2 Qb7 40.Kh2 Rd5+=) 39.Kh2+- Qf7 40.e4?? (40.Qd5 Kg8+-) 40...Qg6?? (better 40...Rd6! 41.Kg1 Rd2 42.Qd2 Qe6=) 41.e5 Qe6 (41...Qf7+-) 42.Qh5 Kg7 43.Qg5 Kh7 44.Rf2 Rg7 (44...a6 45.Qf5 Qf5 46.Rf5+-) 45.Qh5 Kg8 46.Rc2 (better 46.Qf5 Qf5 47.Rf5+-) 46...Qd5 (46...a6 47.Kg1+-) 47.Qe8 (47.Rc8) 47...Kh7+- 48.Rf2 (48.a3 Rf7 49.e6 Rg7+-) 48...b5 (48...Qd3 49.Qh5 Kg8 50.Qf5 Qf5 51.Rf5+-) 49.Qh5 (better 49.Rc2 Rf7 50.e6 Rg7+-) 49...Kg8 50.Qe8 Kh7 51.h5 (51.Rc2 Rf7 52.e6+-) 51...Qg8 (51...Qd4 52.Re2 Qd3+-) 52.Qg8 Rg8 53.e6 (53.d7 b4 54.e6 Rb8 55.e7 Rb5 56.e8Q Rg5 57.d8Q Rh5 58.Qh5 Kg7 59.Rf7) 53...Rg5 54.e7 Rh5 55.Kg2 Re5 (55...Re5 56.d7 Kh6 57.d8Q Re6 58.Qf8 Kg6 59.e8Q Re8 60.Rf6 Kg5 61.Qh6; 55...Rc5 56.e8Q Rg5 57.d7 Re5 58.Qf7 Kh6 59.Rf6 Kg5 60.Qg6). bjoernsen (2400) - abmcdonald (2420), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

8.0-0 c6 9.d3 Bg4 (9...Nbd7 10.Nbd2=+) 10.Nbd2= Nbd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.h3 Bh5 (12...Bf3 13.Nf3 Rad8 14.Qd2=) 13.c4 (13.g4!? Ng4 14.hg4 Bg4 15.Nd4+=) 13...Bg6 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Rfc1 (15.c5 Nf3 16.Nf3 Be7+=) 15...dc4= 16.Nc4 Nc4 17.Qc4 Rad8 18.Bf6 gf6 19.Qb3 b6 20.Qc3 c5 21.Qf6 Be5 22.Ne5 Qe5 23.Qe5 Re5 24.Rc3 Red5 25.Rd1 Kf8 26.Kf1 Ke7 27.Ke1 f6 28.f4 h5 29.g4 hg4 30.hg4 Rh8 31.f5 Bf7 32.Bf3 Re5 (32...Rd7!? 33.a3 Rh3+/-) 33.d4 cd4 34.Rd4 Rh3 (34...Rh2 35.a3+/-) 35.Kf2 (35.Rc7 Kf8 36.Kf2 Re7+-) 35...Rc5 36.Rc5 bc5 37.Ra4 Rh2 38.Kg3?? (better 38.Bg2 Kd6 39.Kg3+- (39.Ra7 Bd5 40.Ra6 Kd7-/+)) 38...Ra2=+ 39.Ra2 Ba2 40.Kf4 c4 41.e4 (41.Ke4 a5 42.Kd4 a4=) 41...c3 (41...Kd6!?-/+) 42.Bd1=+ Bb1 43.e5 c2 44.Bc2 Bc2 45.g5?? (better 45.ef6 Kf8 46.Ke5=) 45...fg5-+ 46.Kg5 a5 (46...a5 47.Kf4 a4-+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2380) - SweetChinMusic_04 (2475), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

8.0-0 c6 9.d4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.c4 dc4 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.Qc2 (15.d5 Qe7+=) 15...Bg6 16.Bd3 Ndf6 (16...Rc8 17.Nce5 Ne5 18.Ne5 (18.Be4? Nf3 19.gf3 Qg5 20.Kh1 Qh4-+) 18...Be5 19.de5+=) 17.Rfd1 (17.Nce5!?+/-) 17...Nd5= 18.Nce5 Nb4 19.Qb3 Nd3 20.Rd3 (better 20.Nd3 Rb8 21.d5=) 20...Bb6?? (better 20...Nf2 21.Kf2 Be5 22.Ne5 Re5 23.de5 Qd3 (worse 23...Bd3 24.Rd1+=) 24.Qb7 Qd2 25.Kf3 Rf8-/+) 21.Ng6+/- hg6 22.Ba3 (22.d5 cd5 23.Rd5 Qe7+/-) 22...Qd7 23.d5 (23.Ne5 Qf5 24.f3 Ng3+=) 23...c5 (23...Rad8 24.Rcd1+=) 24.Nd2 Nd2 25.Rd2 Rac8 26.Rdc2 Red8 (26...Qd6 27.Rd1+=) 27.e4 Re8 28.Bc5 (28.Rc4!?+/-) 28...Bc5+= 29.Rc5 Rc5 30.Rc5 Re4 31.Qc3 (31.Rc1 Re2+=) 31...Kh7 32.g3 (32.f3 Re2 33.Qc4 Re1 34.Kf2=) 32...Qe7 (better 32...b6 33.Rc4 Qd5 34.Re4 Qe4=+) 33.Rc7?? (better 33.Rc4 Re5 34.Rd4+=) 33...Re1-+ 34.Kg2 Qe4 35.Qf3 Rg1!! 36.Kg1 Qf3 37.d6 (37.Rb7 Qd1 38.Kh2 f5-+ (worse 38...Qd5 39.Ra7 f5 40.Ra3-+)) 37...Qd1 38.Kg2 Qd6 39.Rc2 Qd5 40.Kh2 b5 41.Rb2 (41.h4 Qd3 42.Rb2 Kh6-+) 41...Qc4 (41...g5 42.Re2-+) 42.h4 b4 43.Rd2 a5 44.Rd7 (44.Kg2 a4 45.f4 b3 46.ab3 Qc3-+) 44...Qc3 (44...Qa2!? 45.Kg1-+) 45.Ra7 (45.h5 Qc2 46.hg6 fg6-+) 45...Qf3 46.Kg1 Qf2 (better 46...Qd1 47.Kh2 Qe2 48.Rf7 Qa2-+) 47.Kf2+- b3 (47...f6 48.Ra5 Kg8 49.Rb5+-) 48.Kf3 (48.ab3!? g5+-) 48...b2 (48...ba2 49.Ra5 f6 50.Ra2+-) 49.Rb7 b1Q 50.Rb1 a4 (50...g5 51.a4+-) 51.Rb5 1-0. Jaymarc_Gutierrez (2570) - carrahe64 (2645), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

8.0-0 Nc6 9.d3 Ne5 10.Nbd2 Nfg4 11.h3 Qf6 12.Be5 (12.Rb1!? Qh6 13.Re1=) 12...Ne5=+ (worse Be5 13.d4 (worse 13.hg4 Ba1 14.g5 Qg6 15.Qa1 c5+/-) 13...Nf2 14.Kf2+- (worse 14.de5 Nd1 15.ef6 Ne3+/-; worse 14.Rf2 Bg3+/-)) 13.d4 Ng6 14.c4 c6 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qa4 Bd7 (better 16...Bf5!? 17.Rbc1 a6=) 17.cd5+= Rad8 18.dc6 Bc6 19.Qa7 Nf4 20.Bb5 (20.Bc4 Nh3 21.Kh1=) 20...Qg6?? (better 20...Nh3 21.gh3 Qg6 22.Kh1 Qh5 23.Bc6 Qh3 24.Kg1 Qg4 25.Kh1 Qh3 26.Kg1 Qg4 27.Kh1 Qh3=) 21.ef4+- Bf4 (21...Bb5 22.Rb5 Bf4 23.Rb6+-) 22.Bc6 Qc6 23.Qb6 Qc2 (23...Qb6 24.Rb6 Bd2 25.Nd2 Rd4 26.Nf3+-) 24.Qb2 Qd3 25.Qb3 Qg6 26.Rbd1 h5 27.Nc4 Rb8 28.Qd3 Qf6 29.Nce5 Ra8 30.a3 Qd6 (30...Rec8 31.Rfe1+-) 31.Qf5 Be5 32.de5 Qa3 (32...Qe6 33.Qh5 Ra7 34.Rd3+-) 33.Rd7 (better 33.Ng5 Qa7 34.Qh7 Kf8 35.Qh8 Ke7 36.Qg7 Qd4 37.Qf7 Kd8 38.Rd4 Kc8 39.Rc1 Kb8 40.Qc7) 33...Re7 34.Rfd1 g6 35.Qe4 (better 35.Qf6!? Rd7 36.Rd7 Qa2+-) 35...Rae8 36.Qd5 (36.Rd8 Qa5 37.R8d6 Re6+-) 36...Qa4 37.Rd6 Kg7 38.Qd4 (38.Qd2 Re6+-) 38...Kh7 (38...Qd4 39.R1d4 Ra8+-) 39.Qa4 (39.Qa4 Kg7 40.Rd8 Rd8 41.Rd8 Rc7 42.Qe8 Rc1 43.Kh2 Rh1 44.Kh1 g5 45.Qg8 Kh6 46.Rd6 f6 47.Rf6) 1-0. bjoernsen (2390) - TwoKings17 (2420), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 c6 10.c4 Ne4 11.Nc3 Ndf6 12.cd5 (12.Ne4 Ne4 13.cd5 cd5=) 12...Nc3=+ 13.Bc3 Nd5 14.Bb2 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nd2 Be2 17.Qe2 Qg5 18.Nf3 Qg6 19.Qd1 Re4 20.Rc1 Rae8 (20...a5 21.Qb3 b5 22.Ba3=) 21.Qb3= Ne3 (better 21...Rb8!?=) 22.fe3+= Re3 23.Qb7 (better 23.Rce1 Re1 24.Re1 Re1 25.Ne1+/-) 23...Re2-/+ 24.Rf2 (24.g4 Qh6 25.Ng5 Qg5 26.Qf7 Kh8-/+) 24...Rf2 25.Kf2 Bf4?? (better 25...Rb8 26.Qb8 Bb8-+) 26.Rc2?? (better 26.Ne5 Qg3 27.Kf1+-) 26…Qc2 (26...Qc2 27.Nd2 Qd2 28.Kf3 Qe3 29.Kg4 Qg3 30.Kh5 Qg5) 0-1. Jaymarc_Gutierrez (2490) - zim36 (2520), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

8.0-0 Bg4 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 c6 11.c4 Qe7 12.Rb1 b6 13.Nd4 h5 (better 13...Be2!? 14.Qe2 Qe5=) 14.Nc6+= Bh2 15.Kh2 (15.Kh1 Qd6+=) 15...Qd6= 16.Kg1 Qc6 17.Bg4 Ng4 18.cd5 Qd6 19.g3 Qd5 20.Ne4 (20.Qb3 Qf5=) 20...Nde5 21.Be5 Ne5 22.Qh5 Qd3 23.Ng5 Qf5 24.f4 Ng4 (better 24...Qg4 25.Qh7 Kf8=+) 25.Rb5!+- Qb5 26.Qg4?? (better 26.Qf7 Kh8 27.Qh5 Nh6 28.Nf7 Kh7 29.Qb5 Nf7 30.e4+-) 26...Re3-+ 27.Rc1 (27.Rf2 Qd5 28.Kh2 Rae8-+) 27...Rae8 28.Rc8 (28.Nf3-+) 28...Re1 29.Kh2 Qe2 (29...Qe2 30.Qe2 R1e2 31.Kh3 Rc8-+; 29...Qb2 30.Rc2 Qc2 31.Qe2 Qe2 32.Kh3 Rh1) 0-1. bjoernsen (2410) - mory1223 (2400), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

8.0-0 c6 9.d4 h6 10.c4 Bf5 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.c5 Qc7 14.h3 Rab8 15.Ba3 b6 16.cb6 Rb6 17.Qa4 Reb8 18.Bf8 Kf8 19.Qa3 Kg8 20.Na4 Rb4 21.Rac1 Qa5 22.Bd1 Nb6 23.Rc5 Qa6 24.Rc6 Bd3 25.Qb4 Bf1 26.Nb6 ab6 27.a4 Bc4 28.a5 Nd7 29.Ne5 Ne5 30.de5 Qa5 31.Qa5 ba5 32.Bf3 Re8 33.Rc5 a4 34.Bd5 Bb3 35.Bb3 ab3 36.Rb5 b2 37.Rb2 Re5 38.Rb3 g6 39.g3 Kg7 40.Kg2 h5 41.h4 Rd5 42.Rb7 Rd2 43.Kf3 Rc2 44.Rb4 Rd2 45.Rf4 Rc2 46.Rd4 Ra2 47.e4 Rb2 48.Ke3 Ra2 49.Rd3 Rb2 50.f4 Rg2 51.Kf3 Rb2 52.e5 Rb4 53.Rd7 Ra4 54.e6 Kf6 55.Rf7 Ke6 56.Rg7 Kf5 57.Rb7 Ra3 58.Kg2 Kg4 59.Rb5 Rg3 60.Kf2 Rf3 61.Kg2 Rg3 62.Kf2 Kh4 63.Rg5 Rg4 64.Re5 Rf4 65.Kg2 Rg4 66.Kh2 g5 67.Re4 Re4 68.Kg2 Rf4 69.Kg1 Kg4 70.Kg2 Kf5 71.Kh2 h4 72.Kg1 g4 73.Kg2 Kg5 74.Kh2 Rf5 75.Kg1 Rf6 76.Kg2 Rf7 77.Kh2 Re7 78.Kg1 Rd7 79.Kg2 Rc7 80.Kh2 Rb7 81.Kg1 Ra7 82.Kg2 Ra2 0-1. Jaymarc_Gutierrez (2390) - flawlessfightersyx (2475), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

9.c4 Nc6 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4 dc4 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Be6 Re6 15.Qb3 Rb6?? (better 15...Qc7=) 16.Bb6+- ab6 17.Nc3 Bd6 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.h3 Bc7 20.Nb5 Be5 21.Rac1 g6?! (21...Re8 22.Nd4+-) 22.a4 (22.f4!? Bb2 23.Rc7 Qe6 24.Qb2 Qe3 25.Qf2 Qf2 26.Kf2 Ra2 27.Kf3 Kg7+-) 22...g5 (22...Ne4 23.f4 Bh8 24.Rc7+-) 23.Rc4 h5 (23...Nd7 24.Nd4+-) 24.Rdc1 (24.f4!? Bb8 25.Rc8 Kh7 26.fg5 Bh2 27.Kh2 Rc8+-) 24...Kg7 (24...g4 25.hg4 hg4 26.Nd4+-) 25.Rc8 (better 25.f4!? Bb8+-) 25...Rc8 26.Rc8 Qd7 Black intends g4 27.Rc1 Qd2 28.Qd1 (28.Rd1 Qe2 29.f3 g4+-) 28...Qb2 (28...Qd1 29.Rd1 Ne4 30.Na3+-) 29.Rc4 g4 30.hg4 Ng4 31.Rc2 Qb3 32.Nd4 (32.Rc1!? Qa2 33.Qc2 Qe6+-) 32...Qa4 33.Nf5 Kf6 34.Nd4 Kg7 35.Rc8?? (better 35.g3+-) 35…Qd1 0-1. Jaymarc_Gutierrez (2490) - amsberserker (2550), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.a3 g6 13.h3 Bg7 14.c4 d4 15.e4 Nh5 16.Re1 Bc8 17.Bf1 Nf4 18.Kh2 Qc7 19.g3 Nh5 20.Bg2 f5 21.Rb1 f4 22.g4 Nf6 23.e5 Nd7 24.Kg1 (24.Ng5!? Nde5 25.Bd5 Kf8 26.Nh7 Ke7 27.Bc1=) 24...Rb8 (24...Bb7 25.Bc1-/+) 25.e6 Nde5 26.Ng5? (better 26.Ne4!?-/+) 26...h6-+ (26...Be6?! 27.Ne6 Re6 28.Bd5+=) 27.Nf7 (27.Bc6 Qc6 28.Ndf3 Bb7-+) 27...Be6 (better 27...Nd3 28.Nd6 Qd6-+) 28.Ne5-/+ Ne5 29.Re5? (better 29.Nf3-/+) 29...Be5-+ 30.Nf3 Bg7 31.Bc1 g5 32.Nd2 Bf7 33.Be4 Bf6 34.Qf3 Kg7 35.Kg2 Rbd8 36.a4 Rh8 (36...Rb8 37.Kh2-+) 37.a5 h5 (37...ba5?! 38.Rb7 Qd6 39.Ra7-+) 38.ab6 ab6 39.Ra1 (39.Bf5 hg4 40.Bg4 Be8-+) 39...hg4 40.hg4 Rh4 41.Qe2 Rdh8 42.Nf1 Be6 (better 42...Bc4!? 43.dc4 d3 44.Qa2 Rg4 45.Kf3-+) 43.f3 Qd7 44.Kf2 (44.Ra6 Bd8-+) 44...Rh1 (better 44...Rh2 45.Nh2 Rh2 46.Ke1 Re2 47.Ke2 Bc4 48.Rb1-+) 45.Ra6 (45.Kg2 Be5-+) 45...Qc7 (45...R8h2 46.Nh2 Rh2 47.Ke1 Re2 48.Ke2-+) 46.Qa2 (46.Kg2-+) 46...R8h2! 47.Nh2 Rh2 (47...Rc1?! 48.Qb2 Rc3 49.Rb6 Rc2 50.Qc2 Qb6 51.Nf1=+) 48.Kg1 (48.Kf1 Ra2 49.Ra2 Bf7-+) 48...Ra2 49.Ra2 b5! 50.Rb2 (50.cb5 Ba2 Pinning (50...Ba2 Deflection)) 50...bc4 (better 50...Qa5 51.Re2 bc4 52.Bd2 Qa1 53.Re1-+) 51.Rb7 Qb7! 52.Bb7 cd3 53.Be4 c4 54.Kf2 Bd7 55.Ke1 Bb5 56.Ba3 c3 57.Bb4 (57.Bc1-+) 57...d2 58.Kd1 d3 (58...d3 59.Bc3 Bc3-+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2445) - DeeplyEpicI (2590), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 d4 11.e4 (11.ed4 Nd4 12.Nd4 cd4+=) 11...Na5 12.c4 (12.c3 dc3 13.Bc3 Nc6=) 12...dc3 (12...Bd6 13.Rb1=+) 13.Bc3= Nc6 14.Rb1 b6 15.h3 Ba6 Attacks the backward pawn on d3 16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Rfe1 Nh5 18.Bf1 Nf4 19.Qc2 Rc8 20.g3 Ne6 21.Nc4 Ncd4 22.Bd4 Nd4 23.Nd4 Qd4 24.Qb2 Red8 25.Qd4 Rd4 26.f4 Ba6 27.Rec1 Rcd8 28.Ne5 Bb7 29.Rc3 Ra4 30.Rb2 g6 (30...g5 A) worse 31.fg5 Bg7 32.d4 Be4-+ (32...Rdd4?! 33.Ng4-/+; 32...cd4?! 33.Rc7-/+); B) 31.Nc4=+) 31.Nc4 Bg7 32.e5 f6 33.Re2 fe5 34.fe5 Bd5 35.Bg2 Be6 (35...Kf7!?=+) 36.a3= Bf8 (better 36...Bf5!? 37.Bc6 Rd3 38.Rd3 Bd3+=) 37.Bc6+/- Rd3 38.Rd3 Bc4 39.Rd8 Be2 (39...Ra3? 40.e6 Kg7 41.e7 Be7 42.Re7 Kf6 43.Rh7 Rg3 44.Kf2+-) 40.Ba4 Kf7? (40...Bc4 41.Be8+/-) 41.Bd7?? (better 41.e6 Ke6 42.Rf8+-) 41...Ke7 42.Re8 Kd7 43.Rf8 c4 44.Kf2 Bd3 45.Ke3 Bf5 (45...Ke6 46.Kd4+-) 46.g4 Be6 47.Kd4 Kc6 (47...h5 48.Ra8 a5 49.Ra7 Ke8 50.gh5 gh5 51.h4+-) 48.Rf6 (better 48.Rh8 h5 49.Rd8+-) 48...Kd7+/- 49.Rf8 h5?? (49...Kc6 50.Re8 Bd7+-) 50.gh5 gh5 51.h4 a5 52.Rh8 b5 53.Rh5 b4 54.ab4 (54.Rh7 Ke8+-) 54...ab4 55.Rh7 Ke8 (55...Ke8 56.Kc5 b3+-). bjoernsen (2425) - Templario64 (2415), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Rb1 Qd7 (11...Rb8!?=+) 12.Bf6= gf6 13.Nh4 Bg6 14.g3 b6 15.Bg4 Qd6 16.Qe2 (16.Nf5 Qe5 17.d4 cd4+=) 16...Nd4 17.Qd1 Ne6 (17...Nc6 18.Nf5 Qe5 19.d4 cd4 20.Nf3+=) 18.Re1 Rad8 (18...Ng7 19.e4+=) 19.Qc1 (19.f4!? f5 20.Nf5 Bf5 21.Bf5+/-) 19...Ng7 20.Ng2 f5 21.Bf3 Ne6 22.h4 f6 23.Qb2 Bg7 24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Qa4 Re7 26.Nf4 Nf4 27.ef4 Rde8 28.Re7 Re7 29.Kg2 Bf7 30.Qa6 Qd8 (30...Be6 31.a4 Qc7 32.a5 ba5 33.Nb3+=) 31.Kf1 (31.d4 c4+=) 31...Bf8 32.Re1 Kg7 33.Re7 Be7 (33...Qe7 34.c4=) 34.Qb7 (34.Qa7!? c4 35.d4+/-) 34...a5 35.a4 Be6 36.Kg2 Kf7 37.Nf1 d4 38.Nd2 Kg7 39.Bc6 h5 (39...Bc8 40.Qa7 Be6 41.Nc4 Bc4 42.dc4+=) 40.Kf1 Kg6 41.Bb5 Qd6 42.Bc4 Bd7 43.Qa8 Bf8 44.Bb5 Be6 45.Qe8 (45.Nc4!? Bc4 46.Bc4+- (46.dc4?! d3 47.cd3 Qd3 48.Kg1 Qb1 49.Kh2 Qe1+/-)) 45...Bf7+/- 46.Qe2 Bd5 (46...Kh7 47.Nc4 Qd5 48.Kg1+/-) 47.Kg1 (47.Be8 Kg7+-) 47...Kh6 (47...Bc6 48.Nc4 Qd5 49.Bc6 Qc6 50.Nb2+=) 48.Nc4 Qe7 49.Qe7 Be7 50.Nb6 Bf3 51.Nc4 Bd1 (51...Bd1 52.Na5 Bf3+-). bjoernsen (2425) - Chaos_Storm (2385), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.c4 b6 (11...dc4 12.Nc4 b5 13.Nce5 Ne5 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Qe2=) 12.Bf6+= Qf6 13.cd5 Nb4 14.e4 Qe7 (14...Qc3!?+=) 15.Re1+/- f5 (better 15...Rad8!?+/-) 16.a3+- Na6 17.e5 Rad8 (17...Qf7 18.d6 Rac8 19.Qa4+-) 18.d6 (better 18.d4 Qb7 19.Bb5 cd4 20.Be8 Re8+-) 18...Qd7? (18...Qb7 19.Ng5 Qd5 20.Bg4 fg4 21.Qg4 Qd3 22.Rad1+-) 19.Ng5 (better 19.Qb3 Qf7 20.Qf7 Kf7+-) 19...h6 (19...c4 20.Qc2 Rc8 21.Nc4 f4+-) 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Nf7 Kh7 22.Bg4 (22.Bg4 fg4 23.e6+-; worse 22.Nd8 Be2 23.Nf7 Re6 24.Re2 Qf7+-) 1-0. bjoernsen (2410) - Aleksandar_Topalov (2360), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

9.d4 c4 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.c3 (11.Ne5 Bf5=+) 11...b5 (11...Bd6 12.a4-/+) 12.Rb1 (12.a4 b4=+) 12...a5 13.a3 Bf5 14.Ra1 Nd7 15.Ne1 Nb6 16.Nc2 (16.Bg4 Qg5 17.Bf5 Qf5-/+) 16...Na4 17.Rb1 (17.Ra2 Qd7-/+) 17...b4-+ 18.ab4 (18.Ba1 b3 19.Nb3 cb3 20.Rb3 Nb6-+) 18...ab4 19.cb4 Bc2 20.Qc2 Nb4 (20...Bb4?! 21.Bf3 Qd6 22.Ba1=+; 20...Nb2?! 21.Qb2 Bb4 22.Bf3=) 21.Qc1 c3! (21...Nb2?! 22.Rb2 Nc6 23.Rb7=+) 22.Bc3 (22.Ba1 cd2 23.Qd2 Rb8-+) 22...Na2 23.Qc2 N4c3 24.Rbe1 Rc8 25.Qb2 Ne2 26.Re2 Nc3 27.Ree1 Qa5 (27...Bd6 28.Nf3-+) 28.Nb3 (28.Nf3 Qb4 29.Qb4 Bb4-+) 28...Qb4 (28...Qb5 29.Qc2-+) 29.Qc2 Rb8 (29...Ne4!? 30.Qa2-+) 30.Nd2 Qb2 31.Qd3 Ne4 32.Nf3 Qb5 33.Qc2 (33.Qb5 Rb5 34.Ra1 Bd6-+) 33...Rec8 34.Qd1 (34.Qe2-+) 34...Bb4 35.Ne5 Be1 36.Qe1 (36.Re1 Qb3 37.f3 Nd6-+) 36...Rc2 37.Qd1 Qe2 (better 37...Rd2 38.Qa1-+) 38.Qe2 Re2 39.f3 (39.h4-+) 39...Rbb2 40.Ng4 Rg2 41.Kh1 Nf6 (41...Ng5!? 42.h4 h5 43.Nf2 Rgf2 44.Rf2 Rf2 45.hg5 Rf3 46.Kg2 Re3 47.Kf2-+) 42.Nf6 gf6 43.Rg1 Rg1 44.Kg1 Re2 45.h3 (45.e4 de4 46.fe4 Re4-+) 45...Re3 46.Kf2 0-1. Kingmvl (2315) - Lance5500 (2725), 11xMarathons Champion Coach LM Lance550, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.a3 Bc5 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 d5 10.Nbd2 c5 11.0-0 (11.dc5 Bc5 12.0-0 Nc6=) 11...cd4 (11...c4 12.Be2=+) 12.ed4 Nc6 13.a4 (13.c4 dc4 14.Nc4 Bc7= (14...Nd4? 15.Nd4 Bd4 16.Bd4+-; 14...Bd4? 15.Nd4 Nd4 16.Bd4+-)) 13...Bg4=+ 14.h3 Bh5 15.Re1 (15.c3 Ne4 16.Qb1 f5=+) 15...Bc7 (better 15...Nd4 16.Re8 Ne8-/+) 16.Nf1? (16.Re8 Qe8 17.Qf1 Qd7=) 16...Qd6 (better 16...Re1 17.Qe1 Bf3 18.gf3 Qc8-+) 17.Re8=+ Re8 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.c4 (19.Bg6 fg6 20.Ba3 Qe6=+) 19...dc4 (19...Bd3 20.c5 Qd8 21.Qd3 Bg3 22.fg3=+) 20.Bc4=+ Ne4 21.Nf1 White prepares the advance d5 21...Na5 (21...Bh5 22.Qd3=+) 22.Ba2 Nc6 23.d5?? (better 23.Bc4=) 23...Ne5 (better 23...Nf2!? 24.Qd2 Bb6 25.Ba3 Ne4 26.Kh1 Qa3 27.dc6 Nd2 28.Bf7 Bf7 29.Ra3 Nf1 30.cb7-+) 24.Qd4?? (better 24.Be5 Re5 25.Ne5 Qe5 26.Rc1+/-) 24...Nf3 (better 24...Bb6 25.Qe5 Re5 26.Be5 Bf2 27.Kh2 Qd7-+) 25.gf3-/+ Nf6 26.Rc1 Qf4 (26...Bb6!? 27.Qd2 Bf5-/+) 27.Qf4=+ Bf4 28.Rd1 (28.Rc4 Nh5 29.Ba3=+) 28...Be5 (better 28...Re2 29.Bf6 Ra2-/+ (29...gf6?! 30.Bc4 Rc2 31.Bb5=)) 29.Re1?? (better 29.Be5 Re5 30.Ne3=) 29...Bb2-+ 30.Rd1 Be5 31.d6 (31.Ne3-+) 31...Bd6! 32.Ne3?? (32.Rd6 Bc2 Combination) 32...Bf4 (32...Bc5 33.Nd5-+) 33.Nd5 (33.Ng4 Be5-+) 33...Nh5 (33...Nd5 34.Bd5 Bc2 35.Rd4-+) 34.Nf4 (34.Ne7 Kf8 35.Ng6 fg6-+) 34...Nf4 35.Rd7 Ne2 (35...Nh3 36.Kh2 Rb8 37.Kg3-+) 36.Kg2 (36.Kh2 Rb8 37.Bd5-+) 36...Nf4 (36...Rb8 37.a5-+) 37.Kg3?? (37.Kg1 Nh3 38.Kh2-+) 37...Ne6 (37...Nh5 38.Kh4-+) 38.Kg4 (38.Rb7 a6-+) 38...f5 (38...h5!? 39.Kg3 Nc5 40.Rc7-+) 39.Kg3 Bf7 (better 39...f4 40.Kh4 Bf7-+) 40.Kg2 (40.Rb7 f4 41.Kg2-+) 40...Nf4 41.Kg3 Ba2 (better 41...Ne2 42.Kg2 Ba2 43.Rb7 a6-+) 42.Kf4 Be6 (better 42...Rb8-+) 43.Kg3 (43.Rb7 a6 44.Ra7-+) 43...Bd7 44.Kf4 Rf8 (better 44...Ba4 45.Kf5 b5 46.Kg5-+) 45.Kg3 Rf7 (better 45...f4 46.Kg2-+) 46.f4 Re7 47.h4 Re6 0-1. Zhigalko_Sergei - Mishka_The_Great (2665), rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2019. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 h6 9.d3 a6 10.Nbd2 Bd7 (10...Nd5 11.c4 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.Rb1=) 11.Nb3 (11.c3 Bc5=) 11...d5 12.Rb1 b5 (12...Bd6 13.Qd2=) 13.a3 Bd6 14.c4 dc4 15.dc4 bc4 16.Bc4 Be6 (16...Qe7 17.Qd3=) 17.Qe2 Rb8 (17...Qe7 A) worse 18.Ba6 Bb3 (18...Ba3 19.Bb7 Na5 20.Ba8 Bb3 21.Qa6+-) 19.Bb7 Bd5-/+; B) 18.Be6 Qe6 19.Rfc1+=) 18.Be6+/- Re6 19.Nbd4 Nd4 20.Nd4 c5? (better 20...Re8+/-) 21.Nc6?? (better 21.Ne6 fe6 22.Qa6 Ne8+-) 21...Qc7?? (better 21...Bh2 22.Kh2 Rc6-/+) 22.Nb8+- Qb8 23.Bf6 Bh2 24.Kh1 Qd6 (24...Qc7 25.Bb2+-) 25.Bh4 (25.Rfd1 Qf4 26.Bd8 Qe5+-) 25...Re4 (25...Be5 26.Rfd1 Qc6 27.Rd8 Kh7 28.Qc2 Rg6 29.Bg3+-) 26.Bg3 (better 26.f4 Bf4 27.Qg4 Re3 28.Rf4+-) 26...Bg3 27.fg3 Qg3 28.Qf3 Rh4 29.Kg1 Qc7 (29...Qf3 30.Rf3 (30.gf3?! Ra4+-) 30...Ra4 31.Rb7+-) 30.Rb7 Qh2 31.Kf2 f6 (31...Qe5+-) 32.Rd1 (better 32.Qd5 Kh7 33.Qf5 Kg8 34.Qg6 Qg1 35.Rg1 Rf4 36.ef4 c4 37.Qg7) 32...Rc4 (32...Qe5 33.Rdd7 Qg5 34.Rg7 Qg7 35.Rg7 Kg7 36.Qg3 Kf7 37.Qh4 Ke7+-) 33.Rd8 Kh7 34.Qf5 1-0. dannysmet (2065) - GraySquid (2100), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.h3 Bf3 10.Bf3 d5 11.c4 dc4 12.Bb7 Rb8 13.Bc6 Re6 14.Bf3 Bc5 15.Ba3 (better 15.Bf6!? Qf6 16.Nc3=) 15...Rb1!-/+ 16.Rb1 (16.Rb1 Ba3 Remove defender; 16.Qb1 Ba3 Remove defender) 16...Ba3 17.Qa4 Bf8 18.Qa7 Ne5 19.Qd4 (19.Ba8 Qd2 20.Rb8 Re8-/+) 19...Nf3 20.gf3 Qa8 21.e4 Qc8 (21...Nh5 22.Kh1-+) 22.Rfe1 (22.Qc4 Re5 23.Rb5 c5-+) 22...Rd6 23.Qc4 Qh3 24.Qf1? (better 24.e5 Ng4! 25.Qg4-+ (worse 25.fg4 Rg6-+)) 24...Qf3-+ 25.Re3 Qf4 (25...Qf4 26.d3 Ng4-+) 0-1. adalbert (2170) - marekt (2220), gameknot.com, 2016.

7.c4 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 (worse 10...Qd5 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Nc3+=) 11.Nc3 b6 (11...Be6 12.d4=+) 12.d4 Bb7 13.dc5 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bc5 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Bc4 Kf8 (17...Na5!? 18.Ba5 A) worse 18...ba5 19.Ne5 a4 20.Bf7 Kh8 A1) 21.Be8 ab3 22.Rd8 Bb6 (22...ba2?? 23.Bc6 Qd8 24.Nf7 Kg8 25.Nd8+-) 23.Nf7 Kg8-/+; A2) 21.Qe6+-; B) 18...Bf3 19.gf3 ba5=) 18.Qb2+= f6 19.Qc2 g6 20.h3 Rd1 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Rd5 (22.Rd8 Qd8 23.Qe2 Qe7+=) 22...Rc8 23.Qd2 (23.Qb2 Ne5 24.Ne5 Bd5 25.Bd5 fe5 26.Be5=) 23...Rc7 (better 23...Nb8=+) 24.e4+/- Kg7? (24...Bb4!? 25.Bb4 Qb4+/-) 25.e5 (25.Qf4 Ne5 26.Re5 Qd6+-) 25...Ne5? (25...f5 26.e6 Kf8+-) 26.Re5 (26.Ne5 Bd5 27.Ng4 Bc4 28.Bf6 Kf8 29.Be7 Re7 30.Qf4 Bf7 31.Qh6 Ke8 32.Nf6 Kd8 33.Qd2 Kc7 34.Nh7 a6+-) 26...fe5 (26...Qd7 27.Re6 Qd2 28.Bf6 Kf7 29.Rd6 (29.Nd2?! Bf2 30.Kf2 Rc4+-) 29...Ke8 30.Rd2+-) 27.Be5 Kf8 28.Qf4 (28.Qf4 Ke8 29.Bc7+-) 1-0. opperwezen - Lance5500 (2735), Casual Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.c4 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 b6 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Nd5 (12.Qb3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Bd5=) 12...Bd5 13.d4 Nd7 14.dc5 Nc5 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.Bf3 g6 (16...Bc4 17.Be2 Be2 18.Qe2=) 17.Bd5 (17.Nb5 Bf3 18.Qf3 Ne4=) 17...Qd5 18.Nb3 Qd1 19.Rfd1 Red8 20.Nc5 (20.Bf6 Rd1 21.Rd1 h6=) 20...Bc5 (20...bc5 21.Bc3=+) 21.Bf6= Rd6 22.Rd6 Bd6 23.Rd1 Ba3 (23...Kf8 24.Kf1 Be7 25.Be7 Ke7 26.Ke2=) 24.h4 Rc1 25.Rc1 Bc1 26.Kf1 Kf8 27.Ke2 Ke8 28.Kd3 Kd7 29.Kc4 Kc6 30.a4 (30.g4 h5 31.g5 a6+=) 30...a6 31.Bd4 Ba3 32.Kb3 (32.g4 h5 33.g5 b5 34.ab5 ab5 35.Kd3 Bd6=) 32...Be7=+ 33.g3 b5 34.ab5 Kb5 35.f3 a5 36.e4 Bb4 37.f4 (37.g4!?=+) 37...a4-/+ 38.Ka2 (38.Kc2 f5 39.e5 Be1-/+) 38...Kc4 39.Bb2 (better 39.Bf6!?-+) 39...Kd3 40.e5 Ke4 41.Bc1 Kf3 (41...Be1 42.g4 Bh4 43.Ka3-+) 42.h5 Kg3 (42...gh5?! 43.f5 Kg4 44.f6-+) 43.hg6 hg6 (43...fg6?! 44.e6 Be7 45.Ba3 Kf4 46.Be7-+) 44.Kb1 Kf3 45.Kc2 Ke4 46.Kd1 (46.Kb2 Bc5 47.Bd2 Be3-+) 46...Bc5 47.Ke2 (47.Kc2-+) 47...a3 48.Kf1 (48.Ba3 Ba3 49.Ke1-+) 48...a2 49.Bb2 Bd4 (49...Bd4 50.Ba1 Ba1 51.Kf2 Bd4 52.Ke1 a1Q 53.Ke2 Qb2 54.Kd1 Bc3 55.e6 Qd2) 0-1. RomanNeverGM (2310) - Lance5500 (2515), Lichess Liga 5A Team Battle, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.c4 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 b6 11.d4 Bb7 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.dc5 Nc5 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.Bf3 g6 (16...Bc4!? 17.Be2 Be2 18.Qe2 Qh4=) 17.Nb5= Bc4 (17...Bf3 18.Qf3 Ne4 19.Rfd1=) 18.Na7+= Bf1 19.Nc8 Ba6 (19...Bg2 20.Bg2 Qd1 21.Rd1 Rc8 22.Rc1+=) 20.Qd8 (20.Na7 Nd3 21.Qa4 Nb2 22.Qa6 Qd2+/-) 20...Rd8 21.Nb6 (better 21.Na7+/-) 21...Rb8=+ 22.Bd4 Rb6 23.Rc1 (23.a3 Rb3-/+) 23...Nd3 24.Bb6 Nc1 25.Be4? (better 25.a4-/+) 25...Na2-+ 26.Bd4 Bg7 27.Bc5 Nc3 28.Bc6 Ne2 29.Kh1 h5 30.h3 h4 31.Bf3 Nc3 32.g4 (32.Be7 f6-+) 32...hg3! 33.fg3 Bd3 34.Kh2 Be4 (34...Ne4 35.Bd4-+) 35.Be4 Ne4 36.Bb6 (36.Bd4-+) 36...Be5 37.Kg2 Ng3 38.Kf3 Bd6 (38...f5 39.Bd4 Bd6 40.Ba1-+) 39.h4 (39.e4 f5 40.ef5 gf5-+) 39...Nf5 (39...f5 40.Bd8-+) 40.h5 (40.Bd8 Kg7 41.e4 Nd4 42.Kg4 f5 43.ef5 gf5 (worse 43...Nf5 44.Bg5 Nh6 45.Kf3-+) 44.Kh5 Kf7-+) 40...gh5 41.Ke4 (41.Bd8 Kg7-+) 41...Ng3 (better 41...h4 42.Kf5 h3 43.Bd4-+) 42.Kd5 (42.Kf3 f5-+) 42...Bb8 (42...h4 43.Kd6 h3 44.Bc7-+) 43.e4 (43.Bd8 Nf5-+) 43...h4 44.e5 h3 45.Bg1 Ne2 (45...Nf1 46.Ke4 Ba7 47.Bh2 Nh2 48.Kf5-+) 46.Bh2 f6! 47.ef6 (47.Ke4 Be5 48.Ke3-+) 47...Bh2 48.Ke4 Bb8 (48...Bb8 49.Ke3 Ng3 50.Kd4 h2 51.f7 Kf7 52.Kd5 h1Q 53.Kc5 Ba7 54.Kb4 Qe4 55.Kc3 Ne2 56.Kb3 Nd4 57.Kc3 Qc2 58.Kb4 Bc5 59.Ka5 Qa2) 0-1. RomanNeverGM (2310) - Lance5500 (2525), Lichess Liga 5A Team Battle, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.c4 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nc3 b6 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.d4 Bb7 14.dc5 Qc5 15.Rc1 Qa5 16.Bc4 b5?? (better 16...Rad8 17.Qc2 Qh5=) 17.Bf7!+- Kf7 18.Qd5 Kg6 (18...Ke7 19.Ng5 Qd2 20.Qd2 Red8+-) 19.Rc6 Bc6 20.Qc6 Kf7 (20...Kh5 21.g4 Kg4 22.Qd7 Re6 23.Qe6 Kf3 24.Qf5 Ke2 25.Qg4 Kd3 26.Qd4 Ke2 27.Qd1) 21.Ng5 Ke7 22.Rd1 (22.Rd1 Qe1 23.Re1 Kd8 24.Rd1 Bd6 25.Rd6 Ke7 26.Qd7 Kf8 27.Qg7; 22.Qc5 Kd8 23.Rd1 Qd2 24.Rd2 Bd6 25.Rd6 Ke7 26.Rd5) 1-0. opperwezen (2835) - Lance5500-YouTube (2755), lichess.org, 2017.

7.c4 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.d3 b6 12.a3 Qd7 13.Nbd2 Ba6 14.Rc1 Rad8 15.Qc2? (better 15.Re1=) 15...Re3?? (better 15...Nf4! 16.ef4 Re2-+) 16.fe3+= Ne3 17.Qb1 (17.Qa4 Nd4 18.Qa6 Ne2 19.Kf2 Nc1 20.Rc1 Ng4 21.Kg1 Qd3 22.Qd3 Rd3=) 17...Nf1 18.Nf1 (18.Kf1!? Bd3 19.Bd3 Qd3 20.Qd3 Rd3 21.Ke2=) 18...Bd3= 19.Bd3 Qd3 20.Qd3 Rd3 21.Rc3 Rc3 22.Bc3 b5 23.Ne3 b4 24.ab4 (24.Bb2!?=+) 24...cb4-/+ 25.Bb2 a5 26.Nc4 a4 27.Nfd2 f6 28.Kf1 Kf7 29.Ke2 Ke6 30.Kd3 Kd5?? (better 30...Bc5-+) 31.Nb6+= Kc5? (better 31...Ke6!? 32.Na4 Bd6+/-) 32.Nd7+- Kb5 (32...Kd5 33.Nf8 a3 34.Ba1+-) 33.Nf8 a3 34.Ba1 Ka4 35.Kc2 Na5 Black prepares b3 (35...Nd8 36.Nb3+-) 36.Ne6 b3 37.Kb1 Kb4 (37...b2 38.Bb2! ab2 39.Ng7+-) 38.Nd4 (better 38.Ng7!? Nc6 39.Bf6 Na7+-) 38...b2 39.Bb2! ab2 40.Kb2 Nc4 41.Kc2 (41.Nc4!? Kc4 42.Ne6 g5+-) 41...Ne3 42.Kd3 Ng2 43.Ne6 g6 44.Ne4 Kb5 (44...f5 45.N4g5 h6+-) 45.Nf6 h6 46.Ke4 Kc6 47.Nf4 Nh4 48.Ng8 h5 (48...g5 49.Nd3 h5 50.Ne5 Kc5 51.Nf6+-) 49.Ne7 Kd6 50.Neg6 Ng6 51.Ng6 Ke6 52.h4 1-0. opperwezen - Lance5500-YouTube (2705), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Bc4 d5=+ 8.Bb3 c5 9.c4 (better 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3=+) 9...b5 (better 9...d4-/+) 10.cb5+= a6 11.a4 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 Qa5? (13...Nbd7 14.0-0+=) 14.Nc3?? (better 14.Bf6 gf6 15.Nc3+-) 14...d4+= 15.Nd5 Nd5 (15...Qb5 16.Ba4 Qd3 17.Nf6 gf6 18.Be8+-) 16.Bd5 Qb5 17.Qb3 (17.Ng5 Re7 18.Qc2 g6=) 17...Qb3= 18.Bb3 Ba6 19.Kd1 c4 (better 19...Nc6 20.ed4 Be2 21.Kc1 Bf3 22.gf3 cd4=) 20.Ba4+/- Rd8 21.Nd4 Bc5 (21...Nd7 22.Bc3+/-) 22.Kc2 Nd7 (22...Bb7 23.f3 Nd7+-) 23.Bd7 (23.Rb1!?+-) 23...Rd7+/- 24.Rb1 (24.f3 f6+=) 24...Bb7 (24...Rb7 25.Re1+=) 25.Rb5 (25.f3 g6+/-) 25...Bf8 (25...Bd6 26.g3+=) 26.g3 (26.f3 f6+/-) 26...f6+= 27.Ne2 (27.Kc3 Bd5+=) 27...Be4 28.Kc3 (28.Kd1 Bf3=) 28...Rd3=+ 29.Kc4 Rd2 30.Nf4 g5 (30...Rf2 31.Rb2 Rf1 32.Ra2=+) 31.Bc3 (31.Nh5 Kf7 32.Bf6 h6=) 31...Rf2 (31...Rd1 32.Rd5 (32.Bf6? gf4 33.Rg5 Kf7-+) 32...Bd5 33.Nd5-/+) 32.Ne6 (32.Nd5 Kf7=) 32...Be7 (32...Rh2? 33.Rb8 Kf7 34.Nf8+- (34.Rf8?! Ke6 35.Re8 Kf5=)) 33.Rb8 (33.h4 Kf7 34.Nc5 Bc6=+) 33...Kf7=+ 34.Nd8 (34.Nc7!?=+) 34...Kg6-/+ 35.h4 (better 35.Rc8 Rh2 36.Ne6-+) 35...Rf3 (better 35...Bd6 36.Rb6 Bc7 (36...Bg3?! 37.hg5 Kg5 38.Ne6 Kg4 39.Nc5=+) 37.h5 Kh5 38.Rf6 Bg3-+) 36.hg5= fg5 37.Rb6 (37.g4 Bd8 38.Rd8 Re3 39.Rg8 Kf7 40.Rg7 Ke6 41.Rg5 Bf3=) 37...Kh5=+ 38.Nf7?? (better 38.Nc6 Bc6 39.Rc6 Re3 40.Bg7=+) 38...Rf7-+ 39.Re6 Bf3 40.Be5 (40.Kd3 Kg4-+) 40...Kg4 41.Kd3 (41.Bb8-+) 41...Kf5 42.Re7 Re7 43.Bb8 (43.Bc3 Kg4-+) 43...Be4 44.Kd4 (44.Ke2 Ke6 45.g4 Rb7-+) 44...Rb7 45.Bd6 Rd7 46.Kc5 h5 (46...Rd6 47.Kd6 h5 48.Kc5 h4 49.g4 Kg4 50.Kd4 Kf5 51.Kc5 h3 52.Kd4 h2 53.Kc4 h1Q 54.Kc5 Qc1 55.Kd4 Qb2 56.Kc5 Kf6 57.Kc4 Ke6 58.Kc5 Qb3 59.Kd4 Qb4) 47.Bb8 Kg4 48.Kb6 Rd3 49.Kb5 Re3 50.Kc4 Rd3 (50...Rg3 51.Kd4 Bc2 52.Bg3 Kg3 53.Kc5 h4 54.Kb5 h3 55.Kc4 Be4 56.Kb4 Kh2 57.Kc4 Bf5 58.Kc3 Kg2 59.Kc4 h2 60.Kd4 h1Q 61.Kc5 Qg1 62.Kb5 Kg3 63.Kb4 Qd4 64.Kb5 Be4 65.Ka5 Qc5 66.Ka6 Qb4 67.Ka7 Qb7) 51.Be5 Bf5 (51...Rg3 52.Bg3 Kg3 53.Kb4 h4 54.Kc5 h3 55.Kd6 h2 56.Kc5 h1Q 57.Kd4 Bf5 58.Kc5 g4 59.Kd6 Qh6 60.Kc5 Qe3 61.Kb4 Qe7 62.Kb5 Qe5 63.Kc6 Qc3 64.Kd5 Kf4 65.Kd6 Qc4 66.Ke7 Ke5 67.Ke8 Kf6 68.Kf8 Qf7) 52.Bb8 Rd7 (52...Rg3 53.Kd5 h4 54.Bc7 h3 55.Kc6 h2 56.Ba5 h1Q 57.Kb6 Rb3 58.Kc5 Be6 59.Bb4 Qd5 60.Kb6 Rb4 61.Ka6 Qa2) 53.Kc5 Rf7 (better 53...Rb7 54.Bd6-+) 54.Kd4 Rh7 55.Ke5 Rh6 (55...Rb7 56.Bd6 h4 57.gh4 gh4 58.Bb8 Rb8 59.Kd4 Rb4 60.Kc5 Re4 61.Kb5 h3 62.Kc6 Re6 63.Kb5 Re5 64.Kb6 h2 65.Kc7 h1Q 66.Kd6 Qd5 67.Kc7 Qb5 68.Kd6 Qc5) 56.Kd4 Rg6 (better 56...Rb6 57.Be5-+) 57.Ke3 Re6 58.Kf2 Ra6 (58...Bd3 59.Kg1 Re2 60.Kf1 Kf3 61.Bd6 Re6 62.Kg1 Rd6 63.Kh2 Be4 64.Kg1 Kg3 65.Kf1 Bf3 66.Ke1 Rd1) 59.Be5 Ra8 60.Ke3 Re8 61.Kd4 Rd8 (61...Re5 62.Ke5 h4 63.gh4 gh4 64.Kd4 h3 65.Kd5 h2 66.Kc5 h1Q 67.Kc4 Qc6 68.Kb3 Kf4 69.Kb4 Be6 70.Ka5 Qb7 71.Ka4 Bc4 72.Ka5 Qb5) 62.Kc5 Rd1 63.Kc4 Be4 64.Kc5 Bh1 (64...Rd5 65.Kc6 Re5 66.Kd6 Rd5 67.Kc7 Kg3 68.Kb7 h4 69.Kc8 h3 70.Kc7 h2 71.Kb7 h1Q 72.Kc7 Qh7 73.Kb6 Re5 74.Ka6 Qb7) 65.Kc4 Rd5 66.Bb8 Rd7 67.Kc3 Rh7 68.Kd4 Rb7 69.Be5 h4 70.gh4 gh4 71.Ke3 Rd7 (71...Re7 72.Kd3 Re5 73.Kd4 Rf5 74.Kd3 h3 75.Kc3 Be4 76.Kd4 h2 77.Ke4 h1Q 78.Kd3 Qd5 79.Kc3 Rf3 80.Kb2 Qd2 81.Kb1 Rf1) 72.Kf2 Rf7 73.Kg1 Rh7 (73...Bd5 74.Bh8 Bc4 75.Kg2 h3 76.Kh2 Rf2 77.Kg1 Rf1 78.Kh2 Bd5 79.Be5 Rh1) 74.Kh1-+ Kh3 75.Bf4 (75.Kg1 Re7 76.Bd6 Rg7 77.Kf2 Rf7 78.Kg1 Kg4-+) 75...Rd7 (better 75...Rf7 76.Be3 Re7-+) 76.Be5 (76.Kg1 Rg7 77.Kh1 Rf7-+) 76...Rd5 (76...Rd1) 77.Bf4 (77.Bh2 Rd1 78.Bg1 Kg4-+) 77...Rd3 (77...Rd1) 78.Kg1-+ Rf3 79.Bd2 (79.Be5 Kg4-+) 79...Rf5 (79...Rg3 80.Kf1 Kg4 81.Ke2 Rg2 82.Kd3 h3 83.Bb4 h2 84.Kc4 h1Q 85.Kb5 Rc2 86.Be7 Qb7 87.Ka4 Rb2 88.Bc5 Qa6) 80.Bc3 (80.Be3 Rf6-+) 80...Rf7 (better 80...Rf8!? 81.Ba1-+) 81.Bd4 (81.Be5 Kg4-+) 81...Rf8 82.Bc5 (82.Bb6 Rc8 83.Bd4 Rd8-+) 82...Re8 (82...Rd8!? 83.Bb4 Rd1 84.Kf2-+) 83.Bd4 (83.Kf2 Re6 84.Kg1 Rg6 85.Kf2 Rg2 86.Kf3 Rg5-+) 83...Kg4 (better 83...Rd8 84.Ba7-+) 84.Kf2 (84.Bb6 Re1 85.Kh2 Rc1-+) 84...Re6 (better 84...h3!? 85.Bc5 Re2 86.Ke2-+) 85.Bc3 (85.Ba7 Rf6 86.Kg1 Rc6-+) 85...Rh6 (85...h3 86.Bd4-+) 86.Bd2 (86.Be5 Rg6 87.Bh2 Kf5-+) 86...Rh7 (86...Rc6 87.Ba5 Rc2 88.Kg1 h3 89.Bb6 h2 90.Kh1 Kh3 91.Bg1 hg1Q 92.Kg1 Kg3 93.Kf1 Kf4 94.Ke1 Ke3 95.Kf1 Rd2 96.Kg1 Kf3 97.Kh1 Kg3 98.Kg1 Rd1) 87.Be3 (87.Kg1 Re7 88.Bb4-+) 87...h3 88.Kg1 Kf5 (88...Rc7 89.Bb6 Rc2 90.Kh1 Kg3 91.Ba7 h2 92.Bb8 Kh3 93.Bf4 Rg2 94.Bh2 Rh2 95.Kg1 Rg2 96.Kf1 Kg3 97.Ke1 Kf3 98.Kd1 Ke3 99.Kc1 Kd3 100.Kb1 Kc3 101.Ka1 Kb3 102.Kb1 Rg1) 89.Kh2 (89.Bd2 Rg7 90.Kh1 Rc7-+) 89...Ke4 (89...Rd7 90.Bg1 (90.Kh3 Rd3 91.Kg3 Re3 92.Kg2 Kg4 93.Kf2 Kf4 94.Kg2 Rf3 95.Kh2 Rf2 96.Kh1 Kg4 97.Kg1 Kg3 98.Kh1 Rf1) 90...Kg4 91.Kh1 Rd1 92.Kh2 Rd2 93.Kh1 Kg3 94.Be3 Rh2 95.Kg1 Re2 96.Bf4 Kf4 97.Kf1 Rg2 98.Ke1 h2 99.Kf1 h1Q) 90.Bf2 Kf3 91.Bg3 Ke2 0-1. NinaF (1840) - Lance5500 (2435), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Bd3 c5 8.0-0 d5 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Ng5 Be6 12.Be6 fe6 13.Qb3 Qd5 14.Bf6 gf6 15.Qb7 fg5 16.Nc3 Qd6 17.Ne4 Qe5 18.Qc6 Rac8 19.Qa4 c4 20.Ng3 Bg7 21.Rac1 c3 22.dc3 Rc3 23.Rc3 Qc3 24.Qe8 1-0. yscorpion (2370) - niekeZpieczny91 (2425), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bd3 Nc6=.

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 c5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Rb1 Bb7 12.c4 g6 (12...Be7 13.d4=) 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.cd5 Nb4 15.e4 (better 15.Ne4!? Qd8 16.d6=) 15...Na2-/+ 16.Ra1 (16.e5!? Qd8 17.Ne4-/+) 16...Nc3-+ 17.Qe1 Bd5! 18.ed5? (better 18.Rc1 Ne2 19.Qe2-+) 18...Ne2 (18...Re2?! 19.Ne4 Qf3 20.Qc3-/+ (20.gf3? Re1 21.Rfe1 Nd5-+)) 19.Kh1 Ng3! (19...Ng3 20.fg3 Re1 21.Rae1 Qd8-+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2350) - Alex_Lidsky (2450), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Be2 d5 8.0-0 c5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.c3 (13.a3!?=) 13...c4-/+ 14.Nh4 Bd3 15.Bd3 cd3 16.Nb3 Ne5 17.Nf3 Nf3 18.gf3 (18.Qf3!? Ne4 19.Rbd1-/+) 18...Qd7-+ 19.Qd3 Qh3 20.Qe2?? (better 20.Qf1 Qf3 21.Qg2-+) 20...Bd6 21.f4 Bf4! (21...Bf4 22.f3 Be3 23.Qe3 Re3 24.Re3 Ng4-+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2425) - ChessSpectral (2430), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Bf4 d5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.Na3 a6 11.Rb1 b5 12.0-0 Ne4 13.Rbe1 Ne7 14.Nd4 Be2 15.Re2 c5 16.Nb3 c4 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Nf3 Qc8 19.Qb1 Nd3 20.Nc2 Nf4 21.ef4 Ng6 22.Re8 Qe8 23.Re1 Qc8 24.Ncd4 Nf4 25.Nf5 Kh8 26.Ng5 Qc5 (26...Qc5 27.Nf7 Kg8 28.Ne7 Kf8+–). Vermaas,Fred – Law,Stephen (1765), IECG, 2006.

7.Qc2 d6 8.Bf4 h6 9.Be2 Nh5 10.Bg3 Ng3 11.hg3 Qf6 (11...c5!?=+) 12.Qa4= Nc6 13.Nd4 Bb6 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Qc6 Bf5 16.Qf3 (16.0-0 Be4 17.Qa4 Qf5=) 16...Qg6=+ 17.0-0 Be4 (17...Rab8 18.Na3=+) 18.Qh5 (18.Qg4 Qg4 19.Bg4 Bd3=) 18...Qf6 (18...Qh5 19.Bh5 Rab8 20.d4=) 19.d3 Bg6 20.Qh4 Qe5 (20...Qh4 21.gh4 Ba5 22.Na3=) 21.d4+= Qa5 22.Bf3 (22.Rc1!?+=) 22...d5 23.c4 c6 24.Qg4 (24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Bg4 Rb8+=) 24...Rad8 (24...Bd3!? 25.Rc1 Bc4=) 25.cd5+= cd5 26.a4 (better 26.Rc1+=) 26...Bb1?? (better 26...Rc8=) 27.Rfb1+- a6 28.Rc1 Rd6 29.Rc8 Red8 30.Rd8 Rd8 31.Bd1?? (31.Rb1 Bc7 32.Rc1 Bd6+-) 31...Qb4 (better 31...Qe1!? 32.Kh2 Qf2=) 32.Qf5 g6 33.Qh3?? (better 33.Qc2+/-) 33...Qe1 (better 33...Qb2 34.Qg4 Qa1-+) 34.Kh2=+ Ba5 (34...Qf2 35.Qh6 Bc7-/+) 35.Ra2?? (better 35.Qh6 Qf2 36.Rc1=) 35...Bd2 (better 35...Qd1 36.Rb2 Kg7-+) 36.Rc2-+. Schwartz,Simon - Kolba,Norbert, Salzwedel op, 2000.

7.Bc4= Nc6 8.Bf4 d5=+ 9.Bb5 Nh5 10.Qa4 Nf4=+ 11.Qf4 Re4 12.Qg3 Rg4 13.Qh3 Rb4!! 14.Qh5 Bg4 15.cb4 Bh5 16.ba5 Nb4 (16...Nb4 17.Nd4 c5–+) 0–1. Ritter – Mothes,Rainer, corr SOK–90–61, 1990.

7.Bd3 d5 8.Qa4 Nc6 9.Bf4=.

7.Bd3 d6 8.Bf4 (8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Qa4 Nc6=) 8...Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 (9...Bc8 10.0-0=) 10.Qc2 (10.g4 Bg6 11.Bg6 hg6=) 10...Bg6 (10...Bf3!? 11.gf3 Nc6=+) 11.Bg6+= hg6 12.Qb3 Bb6 13.Ng5 (13.d4 Ne4=) 13...Qe7 14.0-0 (14.d3 Na6=) 14...Nc6 (14...Nh5 15.Qa4=) 15.d4 Nh5 16.Qd5 (16.Nd2 Nf4 17.ef4 Qf6=) 16...Qf6 (16...Nf4 17.ef4 Qf6 18.a4=+) 17.Ne4 (17.g3 Ne7 18.Qf3 d5=+) 17...Qe6 (better 17...Qf5!? 18.Qf5 gf5=+) 18.Qe6= Re6 19.Ng5 Nf4 (19...Re7 20.Bh2 Nf6=) 20.ef4 (better 20.Ne6!? Ne2 21.Kh2 fe6 22.Re1 Ned4 23.ed4 Nd4 24.cd4 Bd4 25.Nd2 Ba1 26.Ra1+=) 20...Re2=+ 21.a4 Na5 22.Ra3 (22.Nf3 c5=+) 22...Rae8–/+ 23.Nf3 Nc4 24.Ra1 Ba5 25.Rd1 Nb2 26.Rd2 Rd2 27.Nbd2 Bc3 28.Ra2 Nd3 29.g3 Ne1 (better 29...Bb4 30.Rc2 c5 31.dc5 dc5–/+) 30.Ne1? (better 30.Kf1 Nf3 31.Nf3–/+) 30...Re1–+ 31.Kg2 (31.Nf1 Bd4 32.Kg2 c6–+) 31...Re2 (31...Bd4?! 32.Nf3 Re4 33.Ng5–+) 32.Rc2 (32.Ra3 Bd4 (32...Bd2?! 33.Ra2–/+; 32...Rd2?! 33.Rc3 c6 34.a5–+) 33.Rd3 Rf2 34.Kh1 Bb6–+) 32...Ba5 (32...Bd2?! 33.Kf3 Re7 34.Rd2–/+; 32...Rd2?! 33.Rc3 c6 34.a5 Rd4 35.a6–+) 33.Kf3 (33.Nc4 Rc2 34.Na5 b6–+) 33...Rd2 34.Rd2 Bd2 35.Ke2 Bb4 36.f3 f5 37.g4 Kf7 38.Kd3 (38.Ke3 Ba3–+) 38...Ke6 39.h4 Kd5 40.h5 (40.g5 Be1–+) 40...gh5 41.gh5 Ba3 (41...Ba3 42.Kc3 Bb2 43.Kd3 Bd4–+) 0–1. petrobbo (1955) – Sitting_Duck (2190), ChessWorld.net, 2011.

7.Qa4 c5 8.Bb8+= Rb8 9.Qa7 Qc7 (9...Bd6!?+=) 10.Na3+/– Bd6 11.Rb1 b6 (11...Ne4 12.Nb5 Qc6 13.d3+/–) 12.Qc7+– Bc7 13.Nb5 Bd8 14.Nd6 Re6 15.Nc8 Rc8 16.Bb5 Re7 17.0-0 Ne4 18.c4 Bc7 19.Rfc1 Rd8 20.d3 Nd6 21.Ba4 (21.d4 Ne4+–) 21...Ra8+/– 22.Bb3 Nb7 23.d4 Na5 (23...Kf8 24.Rc2+/–) 24.d5 Nb7 25.Ne1 f5 26.Nd3 Kf7 27.g3 Kf6 28.Nb2 g5 29.Na4 Nd6 30.Nc3 f4 31.ef4 gf4 32.Re1 Rg7 33.Kg2 h5 34.Kf3 Rag8 35.Ne2 Nf5 36.Bc2 fg3 37.hg3 Rg4 38.Bf5 Kf5 39.Rh1 Rh8 40.Rh4 Rh4 41.gh4 Ra8 42.Ng3 Kg6 43.Rg1 Bg3 44.fg3 Kf5 45.Rb1 Rb8 46.g4 hg4 47.Kg3 Ra8 48.Rf1 Kg6 49.Kg4 Ra2 50.h5 Kg7 51.Kf5 Rc2+= 52.Rf4 Kf7? 53.h6 Re2 54.Rg4 Ra2? 55.Rg7 Kf8 56.Kg6 Rg2 57.Kf6 Rf2 58.Ke5 Rh2 59.Rh7 Rh4 60.d6 Rc4 61.Rd7 Kg8 62.Rb7 Rd4 63.h7 Kh8 64.d7 (64.d7 Rd2 65.Rb8 Kh7 66.d8Q Rd8 67.Rd8+–) 1–0. Klaric,Zlatko – Dizdarevic,Emir, Sarajevo, 1981.

7.Qa4 c5 8.Qf4? Nh5-/+ 9.Qc4 (9.Bc7 Nf4 10.Bd8 Rd8 11.ef4 Re8 12.Be2 d5-/+) 9...d5-+ 10.Qa4 Nc6 11.Bg3 Bd7 12.Qc2 Qf6 13.d4? (better 13.Bh4 Qh6 14.Be2-/+) 13...Nd4 (13...Ng3?! 14.hg3 h6 15.Be2-+) 14.cd4 cd4 15.Nd4?? (15.Qb2 Qh6 16.Be5 de3 17.Bd4-+) 15...Ng3 (better 15...Qd4! 16.Nc3 Bb4-+) 16.hg3=+ Bb4 17.Nd2 Qd4 18.Qh7 Kf8 19.Qh8 Ke7 20.Qh4 Qh4 21.Rh4 (worse 21.gh4 Bf5 22.h5 Rac8-+) 21...Bc3 22.Rc1 Rec8 23.Kd1 g5 24.Be2?? (better 24.Rh2-/+) 24...gh4-+ 25.gh4 Bf5 26.f3 (26.Nb3 Bb2 27.Rc5 Rc5 28.Nc5 Rc8-+) 26...Bb2 27.Rc8 Rc8 28.Ke1 (28.Nb3 Bb1-+) 28...Bc3 (28...Rc1 29.Kf2 Rc2 30.g4-+) 29.Kd1 (29.g4 Bb1 30.Kd1 Ba2-+) 29...Bd2 30.Kd2 Rc2 31.Ke1 Ra2 32.g4 Bh7 33.f4 (33.Bd1 Kd6 34.f4 a5-+) 33...Rb2 (better 33...a5 34.Bf3 Be4 35.Be2-+) 34.f5 (34.Bf3 Be4 35.Be4 de4-+) 34...a5 35.Bd3 a4 36.g5 a3 37.f6 (37.Bb1 Rb1 38.Ke2 a2 39.f6 Ke6 40.Kf3 a1Q 41.Kg4 Rb4 42.e4 Qd1 43.Kf4 Be4 44.g6 Qd3 45.gf7 Bh7 46.Kg5 Qg6) 37...Ke6 38.Be2 (38.e4 a2 39.ed5 Kd5 40.Be2 a1Q 41.Kf2 Qd1 42.Kg3 Qe2 43.Kf4 Qf2 44.Kg4 Rb4 45.Kh3 Rh4) 38…Bd3! (38...Bd3 39.Bd3 a2 40.Be2 a1Q 41.Kf2 Qh1 42.e4 Qh2 43.Kf3 Rb3 44.Bd3 Rd3 45.Kg4 Qe2 46.Kf4 Qe4) 0-1. Reed,Ken - Holdaway,Stewart, NZL NZCCA Handicap, 2008.

7.Qa4 Nc6!? 8.Bf6 Qf6=+.

7.d4 Nc6 8.Qb3+=.

7.d4 d5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Bg3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Bf5 Nf5 12.Qb1 Qc8 13.0-0 Ng3 14.hg3 Bd6 15.c4 c6 16.a4 Ne4 17.cd5 Nd2 18.Nd2 cd5 19.Nf3 Re7 20.Rc1 Qe6 21.Ng5 Qg6 22.Qg6 hg6 23.Rc3 f6 24.Nf3 g5 25.Rb1 Kf7 26.Ne1 Rd8 27.Nd3 Rdd7 28.Rb5 Ke6 29.f4 gf4 30.gf4 Rc7 31.Rcb3 g6 32.Kf2 Rh7 33.Kf3 Rhg7 34.g4 Rh7 35.Nf2 Bf8 36.f5+/– gf5 37.gf5 Kf5 38.Rd5 Ke6 39.Rd8 Be7 40.d5 Ke5 41.Nd3 Kf5 42.e4 Kg6 43.Nf4 Kf7 44.d6 Bd8 45.dc7 Bc7 46.Rb7 Ke8 47.Ra7 Kd8?? 48.Ne6 Kc8 49.Rc7 Rc7 50.Nc7 Kc7 51.Kf4 Kb6 52.Kf5 Ka5 53.Kf6 Ka4 54.e5 Kb5 55.e6 Kc6 56.e7 Kd7 57.Kf7 (57.Kf7 Kc7 58.Ke6 Kb6 59.Kd5 Kb5 60.e8Q Kb4 61.Qe3 Kb5 62.Qb3 Ka5 63.Kc5 Ka6 64.Qb6) 1–0. Bulcourf,Carlos (2160) – Pradines,Emanuel (1970), Villa Martelli Pro Am op, 2009. ... --- Biography: Carlos Bulcourf, born: 1939. * Federation: Argentina. * Title: FIDE Master (FM). * FIDE ID: 102130. * Peak/Best Known Classical Elo: ~2300 according to ChessBase. * Recent/Last Known Activity: According to ChessPrime, he’s listed as “OFF” (i.e., not currently active). ... --- Chess Career & Style Overview: 1. Playing Record: * On 365Chess.com, Bulcourf has 451 recorded games from roughly 1970 to 2008. * His performance: about 42.35% wins, ~18.63% draws, ~39.02% losses. * According to Chess.com, out of ~321 games: 27% wins, 18% draws, 55% losses. 2. Opening Repertoire/Preferences: * As White: * Frequently played A00 (Polish/Sokolsky Opening) — very unconventional/offbeat. * Also played openings like the Reti (1.Nf3) and English/Anglo-Indian lines. * As Black: * Preferred Alekhine’s Defense (B02, B05) quite often. * Also played some Queen’s Pawn defenses (A40) and other less common setups. 3. Rating Profil: * According to his FIDE profile, his standard (classical) rating is listed, but he is “inactive.” * His recorded blitz rating was ~1973 and rapid ~1933 per FIDE records. * According to ChessPrime, his highest recorded classical FIDE Elo was 2289. 4. Notable Achievements/Reputation: * According to Ajedrez Martelli (an Argentine chess club), Bulcourf remained active in local tournaments later in life: for example, in March 2019, he won three consecutive open blitz tournaments at the club. * ChessBites (a chess statistics site) notes some of his notable wins, including against stronger titled players (e.g., he beat GM-level opponents in certain events). 5. Style Notes/Legacy: * Bulcourf seems to favor unconventional/hypermodern openings, especially with White (Sokolsky Opening), which suggests a creative, non-mainstream style. * His use of Alekhine’s Defense as Black also shows a taste for dynamic, counter-attacking play. * Given his long playing span (1970s to at least late 2000s) and continued success in blitz later in life, he likely is well-respected in Argentine chess circles, both as a competitor and as a teacher (he has been referred to as “professor” in club contexts). Note created October 2025. (AI)

7.d4 d6 8.Bg3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Qd7 10.0-0 Nc6 11.c4 Nb4 (11...Ne4 12.Be4 Be4 13.Nc3=) 12.Bf5 Qf5 13.Nc3 d5 14.c5 (14.Bc7?! Rac8 15.Be5 Rc4=) 14...Ne4 (14...b6 15.Nb5 (15.Bc7?! bc5 16.dc5 Rac8=) 15...Na6 16.cb6 ab6 17.Nc7 (worse 17.Bc7 Qd7-/+) 17...Nc7 18.Bc7+/-) 15.Ne2 (15.Qb1 Na6 16.Qb7 Nac5 17.Qd5 Ng3 18.hg3 Qd5 19.Nd5 Ne6+/-) 15...Nc6 (15...b6!?=) 16.Bc7+= g5 (16...Rec8 17.Ng3 Qd7 18.Bf4+/-) 17.Ng3 (17.Nd2 Rac8 18.Ng3 Ng3 19.Bg3 b6 20.cb6 ab6+/-) 17...Qg6 (17...Qd7 18.Bd6 Bd6 19.cd6+=) 18.Ne5 (better 18.Qb3!? Re7 19.Ne4 (19.Qd5?! Nf6 20.Qg5 Rc7+=) 19...de4 20.Ne5 (20.Qb7?! Rb8 21.Qb8 Nb8=) 20...Ne5 21.Be5+-) 18...Ne5+= 19.Be5 f6 (19...Bc5!? 20.Ne4 de4+/-) 20.Ne4 Qe4 (20...fe5!? 21.Nc3 Rad8+/-) 21.Bf6+- Qf5 22.Be5 Bc5 23.Qb3 Bb6 (better 23...Qd7+-) 24.Qd5 Qf7 25.Qf7 Kf7 26.Rfc1 Rac8 27.Kf1 Ke6 28.Ke2 Kd5 (28...Bc5 29.Rab1 b6 30.e4+-) 29.Kd3 g4 (29...Ke6 30.e4+-) 30.Bg3 (30.f3 h5+-) 30...h5 (30...Ke6 31.Rc8 Rc8 32.Rh1+-) 31.a4 Rf8 (31...Ke6 32.e4+-) 32.a5 (32.a5 Rc1 33.Rc1+-) 1-0. Fernandez,Michael (2170) - Al Hosani,Omran (2190), Titled Tue, 2022.

7.d4 d6 8.Bg3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.h3 (10.Bd3 d5=) 10...Bd7 (10...Bf5 11.Be2=) 11.Bd3= Ne7 (11...d5!?=) 12.0-0+/– Ng6 13.Qc2 c6 14.Nh4 (14.Qb3 Qb6+=) 14...Nh5+= 15.Ng6 (worse is 15.Bg6 hg6 16.e4 d5+=) 15...fg6 (15...hg6 16.Bh2+=) 16.Bh2 d5 17.Nf3 Be6 18.Ne5 Bd6 19.Rab1 Qe7 20.f4 (20.c4!?+/–) 20...Rf8 21.c4 dc4 (21...Rab8!?+=) 22.Bc4+/– Bc4 23.Qc4 Kh8 24.Rb2 Nf6 25.Rfb1 Rab8 26.a4 (better is 26.Qd3+/–) 26...Be5? (better is 26...a5!?+=) 27.fe5+– (27.de5?! Nd5+=) 27...Nd5 28.e6! Rbe8 (28...Qe6 29.Bb8 Discovered attack (29.Rb7 Deflection)) 29.Rb7 Qe6 (29...Ne3 30.Qc6 Qe6 31.Qe6 Re6+–) 30.Be5 Re7 31.Re7 (better is 31.e4!? Nf6 32.Qe6 Re6 33.Ra7 Rd8+–) 31...Qe7 32.Qc6 Nf6 (32...Nb6 33.a5 Nd7 34.Qc7+–) 33.Rb7 Qa3 34.Qc7?? (better is 34.Bf4 a5 35.Kh2+–) 34...Qe3= 35.Kh2 Ng4 36.hg4 Qh6 37.Kg1 Qe3 38.Kh2 Qh6 39.Kg3 Qe3 40.Kh2 Qh6 41.Kg1 Qe3 42.Kh2 Qh6 ½–½. zrenjanin (2040) – libelle_3 (1890), gameknot.com, 2015.

7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Ne4 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Be2 c5 11.d3 Nf6 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb1 b6 15.Re1 Bg6 16.Nf1 (16.Nh4 Bd6+=) 16...Rc8 17.Ng3 (17.Nh4 Bd6=) 17...c4 18.Nh4 cd3 19.cd3 d4 20.Ng6 hg6 21.e4 Bb4 22.Rf1 g5 23.Nf5 g6 24.Nh6 Kg7 25.Ng4 Ng4 26.Bg4 (worse 26.hg4 Rh8=+) 26...Rc7 27.Qa4 a5 28.a3 Bc5 29.Bc1 Ne5 30.Be2 (30.Bg5 f6 31.Bf4 Rf7+/-) 30...f5 31.ef5 gf5 32.f4 (32.Bg5 Qd7 33.Qd1 Ba3 34.Rb6 Bc5+/-) 32...Ng6 33.Bh5 gf4 34.Bf4 Rce7 (34...Qd7 35.Qd1 Rc6+=) 35.Qc6 (better 35.Bg5!? Qd7 36.Bd1 Qa4 37.Ba4+/-) 35...Re6 (35...Ba3?? 36.Qg6 Kh8 37.Rb6+-; 35...Nf4?! 36.Rf4 Re6 A) 37.Be8? Rc6 38.Bc6 Qd6 (38...Ba3?! 39.Rf5 Bd6 40.Rbf1+=) 39.Rf5 Qc6-+; B) 37.Qf3 Re1 38.Re1 Re1 39.Kf2=) 36.Qf3 Rh8 (36...Ba3 37.Qb7 R8e7 38.Qf3=) 37.g4 (37.Bg6 Kg6 38.Rbe1 Re1 39.Re1 Qd7+= (39...Ba3?? 40.Qc6 Kg7 41.Be5 Kh7 42.Bf6+-)) 37...Nh4 (better 37...Nf4!? 38.Qf4 Qh4 39.gf5 Qf4 40.Rf4 Re3 41.f6 Kh6=+) 38.Qg3 Ng6?? (better 38...Kh7 39.Be5 Bd6 40.Bd6 Rd6 41.gf5 Rg8+/-) 39.gf5+- Rh5 40.fe6 (40.fg6?? Rg6 41.Rf3 Ba3-+) 40...Qh8 (40...Qh4 41.Kg2+-) 41.Kh2 (41.Bg5 Qc8 42.Rf7 Kg8 43.Bf6 Rh6 44.Rg7 Kf8 45.Rb6 Qd8 46.Rb8 Bb6 47.Qd6 Ke8 48.Qd8 Bd8 49.Rd8) 41...Rf5 (41...Qe8 42.Rbe1 Ba3 43.Bd2+-) 42.Rg1 (42.Bg5 Qf8 43.e7 Be7 44.Be7 Qf7 45.Rf5 Qf5 46.Rb6 Qf7+-) 42...Qh5 43.Rbf1 (better 43.Rbe1 Kf6 44.e7 Be7 45.Bd6+-) 43...Qe2 44.Rf2 Qe6 45.h4 (better 45.Rfg2 Kf7 46.Bc7+-) 45...Rf4 46.Rf4 Bd6 47.h5 (47.Rg2 Kh6 48.Qg6 Qg6 49.Rg6 Kg6 50.Kg3-+) 47...Bf4= 48.Qf4 Qe2 49.Kg3?? (better 49.Kh1 Qh5 50.Qh2 Qf3 51.Rg2 Qf1 52.Rg1 Qd3 53.Qc7 Kf8 54.Qd8 Kf7 55.Qd5 Kg7 56.Qe5 Kg8 57.Qd5 Kh7 58.Qh5 Kg7 59.Qe5 Kh6 60.Qh2 Kg7 61.Qe5=) 49...Nf4-+ 50.Kf4 Kf6 (50...Kh6!? 51.Rg3-+) 51.Rg6 Kf7 52.Rb6 Qh5 53.Rb7 Ke6 54.Rb6 Kd7 55.Ra6 (55.Ke4 Qe2 56.Kd5 Qd3 57.Rd6 Kc7 58.Rc6 Kb7-+) 55...Qb5 (better 55...Qe2 56.Ra7 Kc6 57.a4-+) 56.Ra8 (56.Rg6 Qd3 57.Rg3 Qc2 58.Rg7 Ke6-+) 56...Qd3 57.Ke5 (57.Ra7 Ke6 58.Kg4-+) 57...Qe3 58.Kd5 Qf3 (58...d3 59.Kc4 d2 60.Ra5 Qe4 61.Kb3 d1Q 62.Kc3 Qed4) 59.Kd4 Qa8 60.Kc5 Qb7 (60...Qe4 61.Kb5 Kd6 62.Ka6 Qc6 63.Ka5 Kc5 64.a4 Qb6) 61.Kc4 a4 62.Kc5 (62.Kd4 Qb2 63.Kd5 Qa3 64.Kc4 Qe3 65.Kb4 a3 66.Kb5 a2 67.Kc4 a1Q 68.Kb5 Qb2 69.Kc4 Qbb3) 62...Qb3 (62...Qa7 63.Kd5 Qe3 64.Kc4 Kc6 65.Kb4 Qc5 66.Ka4 Qb5) 63.Kd4-+ Qa3 64.Kc4 (64.Ke4 Qe7 65.Kf4 a3 66.Kf5 a2 67.Kg4 Qg7 68.Kf3 a1Q 69.Ke2 Qg4 70.Kd3 Qad4 71.Kc2 Qgd1) 64...Qb3 65.Kc5 Qb7 (65...Qe3 66.Kc4 a3 67.Kb4 a2 68.Kc4 a1Q 69.Kb5 Qb2 70.Kc4 Qbb3) 66.Kd4 (66.Kc4 Qe4 67.Kc3 a3 68.Kb3 Qd3 69.Ka4 a2 70.Kb4 a1Q 71.Kc5 Qad4) 66...a3 67.Kc3 (67.Kc4 Qf3 68.Kb4 a2 69.Kc4 Qf4 70.Kd3 a1Q 71.Kc2 Qac1 72.Kd3 Qfe3) 67...a2 68.Kc4 a1Q 69.Kc5 (69.Kd3 Qf3 70.Kc4 Qac3 71.Kb5 Qfc6) 69...Qc6 (69...Qc3) 70.Kb4 Qaa4 (70...Qac3) 0-1. Arias,M (2205) - Ferreira,VitorH (2125), Titled Tue 7th Jun Late (11), 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Be2 Nc4 13.Qc1 c6 14.Bc4 dc4 15.a4 Bf3 16.gf3 Nh5 17.Ne4 f5 18.Ng3 Qh4 19.Kh2 f4 20.Nh5 Qh5 21.Rg1 fe3 22.fe3 Qf3 23.Qf1 Bd6 0–1. rthurc (2400) – rirons (2330), net–chess.com, 2014.

7.Rb1 Ba5 8.Bd3 d5 9.Ne2 Bg4 (9...Nbd7 10.Bd4+=) 10.Bf4 (10.Rb7 Bf3 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.gf3 Qf3=) 10...Nbd7+= 11.0-0 Nh5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 Bf3 14.gf3 Ne5 15.Nc1 Nd3 16.cd3 (16.Nd3 Re7+=) 16...Qd7 17.d4 Qh3 18.Bg3 Bb6 19.Nd3 Rad8 20.a4 Re7 21.Qc2 Rde8 22.Rb4 g5 (better is 22...Qf5!?–/+) 23.Rfb1= f5 24.Be5 (24.a5 Ba5 25.Rb7 f4 26.Re7 Re7 27.Qc6 Bc7 28.Qd5 Kf8 29.Qg5 fg3 30.fg3 Ng3 31.hg3 Rg7 32.Qc5 Kg8 33.Qd5 Kh8 34.Rb8 Bb8 35.Qd8 Rg8 36.Qf6 Rg7 37.Qf8 Rg8 38.Qf6 Rg7 39.Qf8 Rg8 40.Qf6=) 24...Re6 (24...Qf3 25.a5 Qg4 26.Bg3 Ba5 27.Rb7 Ng3 28.hg3=) 25.Qd1 (25.a5 Rg6 26.Ne1 g4 27.fg4 Rg4 28.Bg3 A) 28...Ng3 29.hg3 f4 30.d3 Ba5 31.e4–+; B) 28...Ba5?! 29.Rb7 Rg6 30.Rb8= (worse is 30.Ra7 f4 31.ef4 Bb6–+); C) 28...f4–+) 25...Rg6= 26.Qf1 (better is 26.a5!? f4 27.Qf1 (27.ab6 g4 28.Qf1 gf3 29.Kh1 Rg2–+) 27...Qf1 28.Kf1 Ba5 29.Rb7+=) 26...Qf3–/+ 27.Ne1 Qg4 28.Qg2 Qg2 29.Kg2 f4 30.Nd3 Rge6 31.Ra1 R6e7 ½–½. aspasio (2760) – iamachessstudent (2765), net–chess.com, 2013.

7.Rb1= Be7 8.Bd3 (8.Be2 d6 9.Bg3 Nh5=) 8...d5 (8...d6 9.Bd4=) 9.Bg3 (9.0-0 Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6=) 9...Nbd7 10.Bf5 (10.0-0 Nh5=) 10...g6 (10...Nc5 11.Bc8 Rc8 12.0-0=+) 11.Bd7 Qd7 12.Ne2 Ne4 13.d3 Ng3 14.hg3 Bf6 15.Qd2 b6 16.c3 Qd6 17.Kf1 c5 18.Rd1 Bf5 19.Kg1 Rad8 20.d4 Qc7 21.Qb2 Rd6 22.Nf4 Be4 23.Nd2 Rc8 24.c4 cd4 25.ed4 Bg5 26.Qa3 Bf4 27.gf4= Bf5 28.cd5 Rd5 29.Qe3 Qd7 30.Nf3 Bg4–/+ 31.g3 Rc4 32.Kg2 Bf3 33.Qf3 Rcd4 34.Rd4 Rd4 35.Rc1 h5 36.Rc2 Rd3 37.Qe4 Qd5 38.Qd5 Rd5 39.Kf3 Ra5 40.Ke4 Kg7 41.Rd2 Kf6 42.Rd6 Ke7 43.Rd2 Ke6 44.Rc2 Ra4 45.Ke3 b5 46.Kf3 a5 47.Rb2 Rb4 48.Rc2 Kd5 49.Ke3 a4 50.Rd2–/+ Kc5 51.Re2 Rd4 52.Rb2 b4–+ 53.Rb1 Rc4 54.Kd2 h4 55.gh4 Rf4 (55...Rf4 56.Rc1 Kd4–+) 0–1. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Zulauff,Harri, T8–02 TSC, 2002.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nd5=+.

7.Bf6 gf6 8.Nd5+=.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd6 9.c4 Ba5 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.Nb4 Bb4 12.Qc2 h6 13.0-0 Qf6 (13...Qe7 14.Bh7 Kh8 15.Bf5=) 14.Rab1 Bd6 15.c5 Bf8 16.Rfc1 d6 17.c6 b6 18.Rb4 Be6 19.Rf4 Qd8 20.Nd4 d5 21.Ne6 Re6 (21...fe6!? 22.Bg6 Re7+=) 22.Bh7+/- Kh8 23.Rf7 Bd6 24.Qd3 Qh4 25.f4 Rae8 (25...Bc5!? 26.Kh1 Re7+/-) 26.Bf5 Rf6? (better 26...R6e7 27.Bg6 Rf7 28.Bf7 Rd8 29.Bd5 Bc5+-) 27.g3 (27.Qd5?! Bf4 28.h3 Bd6+/-) 27...Qh5 (27...Rf5 28.Qf5 Qd8+-) 28.Rf6 gf6 29.Bg6 Qf3 (29...Re3 30.de3 (30.Bh5?! Rd3 31.Rc2 Bb4=; 30.Qe3?! Qg6 31.Qe6 Bc5 32.Rc5 bc5+-) 30...Qf3 31.Bf7+-) 30.Rf1 (30.Be8 Qg4+-) 30...Qe4 (30...Qg4 31.Be8 Qg8 32.Bh5+-) 31.Be4 Re4 (31...de4 32.Qd5 Kg7 33.Rc1+-) 32.Qd5 Ra4 (32...Re7 33.h4+-) 33.Qf7 1-0. JorgeRomero (2145) - IvesNoremberg (2165), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qd6 9.c4 Ne5 10.Ne5 Qe5?? (10...Re5 11.Be2=) 11.Bd3?? (11.Nb4 b6+–) 11...c6?? (better is 11...Ba5 12.0-0 c6+=) 12.Nf4?? (better is 12.Nb4 d5 13.0-0+–) 12...g6?? (better is 12...Qf4! 13.Qb1 Bd2 14.Kd2 Qf2 15.Kc3 Re3–+ (15...Qe3?! 16.Re1 Qe1 17.Qe1 Re1 18.Re1–+)) 13.0-0 b5 14.Rb1 Bd6 15.g3 Bc7 16.cb5+/– cb5 17.Rb5 Qg7 18.Qb3 Ba6 19.Rd5 Bd3 20.Qd3 Bf4 21.ef4 a5 22.Rd7 a4 23.Rd4 a3 24.Rb1 Qf6 25.Rb3 Re1 26.Kg2 Qc6 27.f3 Qe6 28.Re4 Re4 29.fe4 Kg7 30.Qd4 Kg8 31.d3 Qe7 32.Qc3 h5 33.h3 Kh7 34.Qc6 Ra7 35.d4 Rc7 36.Qa4?? Rc2 37.Kf3+/– Ra2 38.d5?? Ra1 39.e5?? Rf1?? 40.Kg2 Rd1 41.d6 Qe6= 42.Rf3?? Qa2 43.Rf2 Rd2 44.Qa7?? Rf2?? 45.Qf2+/– Qf2 46.Kf2 a2 47.d7 a1Q 48.d8Q Qb2 49.Ke3 Qc3 50.Qd3 Qe1 51.Kd4 Qa1 52.Kc5 Qa7 53.Kd5 Qd7+= 54.Ke4 Qh3 55.Kd4 Qd7 56.Ke3 Qa7 57.Qd4 Qa3 58.Kf2 Qa2 59.Kf3 Qa8 60.Qe4 Qa3 61.Kg2 Qb2 62.Kh3 Qb8 63.e6 Qc8 64.f5+= fe6 65.fe6 Kg7 66.Qe5 Kg8 67.Qf6 Kh7+= 68.Qf7 Kh6 69.Qd7 (69.Qd7 Qc1 70.Kg2 Qb2 71.Kf3 Qb3 72.Ke4 Qc4 73.Ke5 Qc3 74.Kd5 Qf3 75.Kc5 Qg3 76.e7 Qc3 77.Kb5 Qb3 78.Ka6 Qa3 79.Kb7 Qb4 80.Kc8 Qc5 81.Kd8 Qa5 82.Ke8 Qa8 83.Qd8 Qc6 84.Kf7 Qf3 85.Ke6 Qf5 86.Kd6 Qd3 87.Ke5 Qe3 88.Kd5 Qd3 89.Kc6 Qc4 90.Kb6 Qb3 91.Kc7 Qc3 92.Kd7 Qd4 93.Ke8=). Baer,Cy (1895) – Neumann,Frank (1650), RSS7E easy–58, 2007.

7.a3= Ba5 8.Bd4 d6 9.h3 c5 10.Bg7 Nf2 11.Kf2 Kg7 12.Nd5 Be6 13.Nf4 Nc6 14.Be2 Ne5 (15.Ne6 Re6=; 14...Qe7 15.Rf1=). Holwell,Jim – Grehl,Siegfried, corr 3GMM–03, 1995.

7.Bd4 Nc6=+.

7.a3 Ba5=.

7.a3 Bf8 8.Be2= Bb7 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.d4 d5 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.0-0 c5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.a4 cd4=+ 15.Bd4 Ba3 16.Ra1 Bd6 17.cd5 Nd5 18.Rc1 Qe7 19.Rc8 Rc8=+ 20.Qa1 f6 21.Rc1 Rc7 22.Bf1 Nb4 23.Qb1 Bd5 24.e4 Ba2 25.Qb2 Rc1 26.Qc1 Qc7 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.Be2 Nc6 8.Bf4=+.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bg3=+.

8.a3 d6=.

8.0-0 Nc6!? 9.Bf4 a6=.

8.0-0 Bf3 9.Bf3+= Re5? 10.Ba8+– c6 11.d4 Re8 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qf3 Qc8 14.Rd1 Na6=+ 15.Bc6 dc6 16.Nd2 Bd2 17.Rd2 Ne4 18.Rdd1 Qd7 19.a4 Nb4 20.a5= b5 21.Rab1 Na2 22.cb5 cb5 23.Rb2 Nac3 24.Rc1 Qc7 25.Ra1 Qc4 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.

8.a3 d6=.

8.Bb2 d5 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.cd5 Nd5=+ 11.Bc4 a6 12.a3 Bd6=+ 13.d4 b5 14.Bb3 c5 15.dc5 Nc5 16.Nbd2 Nb3 17.Nb3 Nb6 18.Nbd4 Nc4–/+ 19.Qe2 Qf6 20.Ra2 Nb2 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 (33.Kg2 Qf3 34.Kg1 Rh1#) 0–1. Althoff,Guntram – Kveinys,Aloyzas (2515), Weilburg NBG op, 1995.

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 Bf8 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0= Ne5 10.d4 Nf3 11.Bf3 c6 12.d5 cd5 13.cd5 Nd7 14.Qd4 Nc5 15.Nc3 Bd7 16.Rfe1 Qa5 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Be4 Qa4 19.Qa4 Ba4 20.Bd3 g6 21.Rac1 Rec8 22.Bd4 Bd7 23.Rc8 Bc8 24.Rc1 Be7 25.Ba7 Bf5 26.Bf5 Ra7 27.Bb1 Ra5 28.Rd1 Bf6 29.g3 Rc5 30.Kg2 b5+= 31.Be4 b4 32.Rb1 Ra5 33.Rb4+/– Ra2 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.h4 h5 36.Bc2 Ra5 37.Be4 Ra3 38.Rc6 Ke7 39.Rc7 Ke8 40.Kf3 Ra2 41.Bd3 Rb2 42.Bc2 Ra2 43.Ke4 Ra3 44.Rc4 Kf8 45.Ba4 Bd8 46.Kf3 Ra2 ½–½. Alekseev,Vadim (2450) – Chichkin,Vasily (2355), Platonov mem, 1999.

7.Bc3 d5 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nc6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Be2 Bg4 12.0-0=+ Ne5 13.Ne5= Be2 14.Qe2 Re5 15.d4 Re6 16.Nd2 Qg5 17.Rfc1 c6 18.Rab1 b6 19.Nf3 Qg4 20.h3 Qh5 21.Qc2 Rae8 22.a4 Rg6 23.Kh2 Ree6 24.Ne5+= Rg5? 25.a5 Rh6? 26.Qe4+– f5 27.Qf3 Qe8? 28.ab6 ab6 29.Nc6! Nf6 30.Ne5 Ne4 31.Ra1 Re6 32.Ra7 h6 33.Rac7 Re5 34.Rc8 Re6 35.Re8 Re8 36.h4 Rg4 37.Qf5 Rh4 38.Kg1 Rf8 39.Qe6 Kh7 40.g3 Ng5 41.Qa2?? Nf3–+ 42.Kf1 Rh1 43.Ke2 Rc1 44.Qb2 Re1 45.Kd3 Rf1 46.Ke4? Ng5 47.Kd5 R1f2 48.Qb1 g6 49.Qb6 R2f5 50.Kc4 R8f7 51.Kd3 Nf3 52.g4 Rg5 53.Qe6 Rg7 54.e4 Nh2 55.e5 Ng4 56.Ke4 Rf5 57.Qe8 Nf2 58.Ke3 Ng4 59.Ke4 Rgf7 60.Kd3 Rg7?? 61.Kc4?? h5–+ 62.Kd3 h4 63.Qc6 h3 (63...h3–+) 0–1. "Morozevich,A" – bazar_wokzal, ICC Blitz, 2000.

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Be6 9.Be2 d5 10.Qb1 b6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Bd3 Nc3 13.dc3 h6 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Bh7 Kh8 16.Be4 Rb8 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.Nc6+= Qh4 20.Bf3 Ra8 21.Qb4 Qb4 22.cb4+/– Nd7 23.Nd4 Rad8 24.Bc6 Ne5 25.Be8 Re8 26.b5 Bc4 27.Rdc1 Rd8 28.f4 Nd3 29.Rc4 Re8 30.Rc7 Re3 31.Rc3 Kh7 32.Nf5 Re1 33.Re1 Ne1 34.Kf2 (34.Kf2 g6 35.Nd6 Ng2 36.Kg2+–) 1–0. b4_player – aella7, gamecolony.com, 2007.

7.Bc3 Nc6 8.d4 Ne4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.0-0 Qf6 13.Be4 Re4 14.Nc3 Ree8 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.h3 Bh5 17.Nf4+= Bg6 18.Ng6 hg6 19.Re1 d5 20.Rb1 b6 21.cd5 Qd5 22.Qc2 Rac8 23.Rbc1 Nd8 24.e4 Qd6 25.d5 Qa3 26.e5 Nb7 27.e6 fe6?? 28.Qg6+– Qe7 29.Ng5 Qf6 30.Qh7 Kf8 31.Re6 Re6 32.Qh8 Ke7 33.Qc8 Rd6 34.Rc7 (34...Rd7 35.Rd7#) 1–0. Trkn – guest6896, ICC, 2004.

7.Bb2 g6 8.d4 Bg7 9.Bd3 b6 10.0-0+= Bb7 11.Nc3 d6 12.d5 Nbd7 13.e4 Nc5=+ 14.Re1 Nd3 15.Qd3+= Rc8 16.Rad1 a6 17.h3 c5 18.Nd2 Rb8= 19.f4 Nh5=+ 20.Qf3 Qd7 21.g4+/– Bd4 22.Kg2 Ng7 23.Nb3 Bf6 24.e5 de5 25.fe5 Be5= 26.Re5 Re5 27.Qf6 Rbe8 28.Ne4 Qe7 29.Rf1 Kf8?? 30.Be5 Qf6 31.Nf6 (31.Nf6 Re5 32.Nd7 Ke7 33.Ne5+–; 31.Rf6?! Re5 32.Kf3 Ne6 33.de6 Re6 34.Re6 fe6+–; < 31.Bf6 Re4 32.Kg3 Rc4–+) 1–0. McGhee – gobo, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

7.Qb3 b6 8.Qb2 Ne4 9.Nc3 d6 10.Bd4 Nf2 11.Kf2 c5 12.Nd5 cd4 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Rhf1 g6 16.Kg1 Bg7 17.Rf2 Nc5 18.Raf1= f5 19.g4 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.Qb3 Nc6 8.d4=+.

7.Nc3 b6 8.Nd5 Nd5 9.cd5 d6 10.Bc3 Nd7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bb5+= Re7 13.Bc6 Rb8 14.0-0 Nc5 15.d3 Bd7 16.Nd4 a6 17.Bd7+– Nd7 18.Nc6 Qc8 19.Rac1 Rb7 20.Ne7 Be7 21.e4 c5 22.dc6 Qc6 23.Qb2 Qa4 24.Bg7 Rb8 25.Bh6 Bf6 26.Qe2 +–. marekt – gobo, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

7.Nc3= Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nd5=.

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 fe4= 23.g4 e3 24.Nde4 Be7 25.Rf3 a6 26.Re3 Ra7 27.Bd3 Bh4 28.R1e2 Rae7 29.Rg2 29...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 d6 9.Bf6 Qf6 = (< 9...gf6 10.Bd3+/–).

7.Be2 Nc6!? 8.d4 Ne5 9.Ne5 Bb4 10.Kf1 d5=+.

9.Bb2 d5 10.d4=.

9.d4 d6 10.Bf4 Bf5+=.

9.d4 d6 10.Bf6 Bf6 11.Nc3 b6 12.Re1 c5 13.Nd5 Bg7 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Rac1 Nc6 16.Rb1 Rc8 17.Bf1 Na5 18.Rec1 Ba6 19.dc5 Rc5=+ 20.Rb4 Qc8 21.Qc2 b5 22.Nc3 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 Bb7 32.a3 Qb1 33.Kh2 Qf1 34.Ne1 g5 35.Ndf3–/+ h6 36.Kg3 Qc4 37.Qd6 Bf8 38.Qd8 Qc8 39.Qc8 Bc8 40.Nd4 Ba3 41.Kf3 Kf8 42.Ke4 Ke7 43.Nec2 Bd6 44.f3 Kd7 45.Kd3 Kc7 46.e4 Kb6 47.Ne3 a5 48.Nd5 Ka6 49.Nc6 Be6 50.Kd4 a4 51.Ncb4 Bb4 52.Nb4 Ka5 53.Kc3 a3 54.h4 a2 55.Nc2 b4 56.Kb2 b3 57.Ne3 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 ½ ch, 1996. ... Henryk Buczinski is a Polish chess master, author, and instructor. ... Here are some key details about him: - Birth: Born on April 29, 1947, in Siemianowice Slaskie, Poland. - Chess Titles: International Correspondence Chess Master (ICCM) since 2001; Candidate for National Master (Kandydat na Mistrza Krajowego) in 1970. ... Role in Chess: He is also an instructor and arbiter (judge) in chess. ... Author: He is known for writing chess books in Polish, including titles such as: - "Arcymistrzowskie wpadki" (Grandmaster Blunders), "70 Wspσlczesnych miniatur szachowych" (70 Contemporary Chess Miniatures). ... He has a FIDE ID of 1129570. ... His favourite openings: ... Based on the available opening statistics from a chess database: ... His most frequently played openings as White are: - Polish Opening, General (9 games recorded with a 44.4% win rate, 33.3% loss rate, 22.2% draw rate); - Polish Opening, Tartakower Gambit (7 games recorded with a 57.1% win rate, 42.9% loss rate). ... It is also worth noting a couple of other openings that appear in his statistics, though with fewer games: - Spanish Game, Morphy Defense, Archangelsk Variation (2 games recorded with a 100% win rate). - Pirc Defense, Austrian (mentioned in the list, but the specific game count is cut off). ... The Polish Opening, beginning with 1. b4, appears to be a distinctive and recurring feature of his repertoire when playing as White. Note created October 2025. (AI)

10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rb1 d5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.cd5 Qd5 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.d4 cd4 16.Nd4 Nd4 17.ed4 Bf5 18.Bf3 Be4 19.Be4 Re4 20.Qb3 Qb3 21.Rb3 b6 22.Rd3 Re2=+ 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Kf1=+ Rc1 25.Ke2+= Rc2 26.Ke3 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.

10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rb1 d5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.cd5 Qd5 15.Qc2 Kg8 16.Bc4 Qe4?? 17.Bf7!+– Kf8 18.d3 Qe7 19.Be8 Ke8 20.Qb3 Kf8 21.Qc3 Kg8 22.Rfc1 b6 23.d4 Bf5 24.Qc4 Kg7 25.Rb5 Be4 26.Nd2 Rd8 27.Ne4 Qe4 28.Qc3 Rd5 29.dc5 Kh6 30.f3 Qe6 31.e4 Rc5 32.Rc5 bc5 33.Qc5 Ne5 34.Qf8 Kh5 35.g4 Kg5 36.Rc5 h5 37.Qd8 Kh6 38.Qh8 Kg5 39.Re5 Qe5 40.Qe5 Kh6 41.f4 Kh7 42.gh5 gh5 43.Qh5 Kg7 44.Qe5 Kf7 45.f5 Kf8 46.Qc7 Ke8 47.f6 Kf8 48.Qe7 Kg8 49.Qg7# 1–0. pierred – NN, internet, 2003.

10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nb5 d5 12.cd5 Nd5 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.

10.Nc3 Nc6 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.Qd4 Ne4=.

10.Nc3 d5 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Bg7 Kg7 13.cd5 Qd5 14.d4+=.

10.d4 Ne4+=.

7.a3 Bg4 8.ab4 dc4=+.

7.Bb3 c5 8.0-0 Nc6=+ 9.a3 (9.d4 Ne4=+) 9...Ne5–/+ 10.ab4 Bg4 (10...Nf3 11.Qf3 cb4 12.c3–/+) 11.bc5=+ Ne4 12.d4 (12.Ba4 Re6 13.d4 Nf3 14.gf3 Bh5–+) 12...Nf3= 13.gf3 Bh3 14.fe4?? Qg5 (14...Qg5 15.Qg4 Qg4 16.Kh1 Qg2) 0–1. xangzuclaws – pierre, ChessHere.com, 2006.

7.Bb3 c5 8.a3 Ba5 9.h3 Nc6 10.Bb2 d4 11.0-0 Bf5 12.ed4 Nd4 13.Nd4 cd4 14.d3 Qd7 15.Qf3 Bg6 16.Bc1 Rad8 17.Nd2 (17.Bg5 Qf5 18.Qf5 Bf5=+) 17...b5 18.a4 Bc7 (better 18...Bc3!? 19.Ra2 b4-/+) 19.ab5+= Qd6 (19...Qb5!? 20.Ra7 Qc5+=) 20.g3+/- Qd7? (20...Bh5 21.Qc6 Qc6 22.bc6+/-) 21.Kg2?? (better 21.Ra7 Rb8 22.b6 Rb6 23.Ba4+-) 21...Bb6 22.Nc4 Bh5 (22...Bf5!? 23.Rh1 Be6 24.Nb6 ab6+=) 23.Qc6 Qf5 24.Nb6 ab6 25.Bf4 (25.Qb6?! Be2 26.Bb2 Rb8= (worse 26...Bf1 27.Rf1 Qe5 28.Ra1+/-)) 25...g5 26.Bc7 Rc8 27.Ra7 (worse 27.Qb6 Bf3 28.Kh2 Nd5 29.Bd5 Bd5 30.Qd4 Qf3=+) 27...Re2 (27...Be2 28.Rfa1 g4 29.Kg1+= (29.Qb6?? gh3 30.Kg1 h2 31.Kg2 Bf3 32.Kh2 Qh5 33.Kg1 Qh1)) 28.g4 (28.Qb6 g4 29.h4 Nd5 30.Qd4 Ne3 31.Qe3 Re3 32.fe3 Qb5+-) 28...Ng4 29.hg4 Qg4 30.Kh2 (better 30.Kh1 Rc2 31.Bc2 Qh3 32.Kg1=) 30...Qh4?? (better 30...Re7 31.Qd6 Qh4 32.Kg2 Qg4 33.Kh2 Qh4 34.Kg2 Qg4 35.Kh2=) 31.Kg1+- Rce8 32.Qh1 Qg4 33.Qg2 Qf5 34.Bg3 (better 34.Bb6!? Qb5 35.Bd4 Qf5+-) 34...Re1 35.Qd5?? (better 35.Re1 Re1 36.Kh2+-) 35...Rf1-+ 36.Kf1 Qh3 37.Qg2 Re1! 38.Ke1 Qg2 39.Kd2 Qf1?? (better 39...Qh1 40.c3 Qb1 41.Ra8 Kg7 42.Be5 f6 43.Ra7 Kh6-+) 40.c3?? (better 40.Ra8 Kg7 41.Be5 Kg6 42.Bd4 Qe2 43.Kc3 Qe1 44.Kb2=+) 40...Qe2-+ 41.Kc1 dc3 42.Bc2 Qe1 (42...Qe1 43.Bd1 Qd1) 0-1. Stammargg (2470) - magelan59 (2410), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bb3 c5 8.c3!? Ba5 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Bd5=.

7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Bc3 (8.Bb2 Bg4+=) 8...Bc3–/+ 9.Nc3 Na5 (9...d4 10.Ne2+=) 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Nb3 12.ab3 Bh5 13.d4 (13.d3 Qd7+=) 13...Ne4 14.Nb1 Qf6 15.g4 (15.Ra4 a6+=) 15...Bg6–/+ 16.Ne5 Qh4 17.Qf3? (better is 17.Ng6!? fg6 18.Qf3–/+) 17...Ng5–+ 18.Qg3 (18.Qe2 c5 19.c3 Be4–+) 18...Qg3 (18...Nh3?! 19.Kg2 Qg3 20.Kg3+=) 19.fg3 Bc2 20.h4 f6 21.hg5 (21.Na3 Bb3 22.Rfb1 Ba4 23.hg5 fe5 24.Rb7 ed4 25.ed4 Re4–+) 21...fe5 22.Nd2 c6 23.Rfc1 Bd3 (23...Bg6 24.Re1–+) 24.Nf3 ed4 25.ed4 Re4 26.Ne5 (26.g6 Re3 (26...Rg4?! 27.Ne5 Rg5 28.gh7 Bh7 29.g4–+) 27.Ne5 Bg6–+) 26...Bb5 (26...Rd4?! 27.Rd1+=) 27.Rd1 a6 0–1. Chai,Richard – Malmstroem,Jan, IECC, 1997.

7.Bb3 Bg4 8.a3 Bf3 9.Qf3 Bd2 10.Nd2 Re5 11.0-0 –/+.

7.Bb3 Bg4 8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.c3 (9.h3 Be6=+) 9...Ba5 10.d4 c6 11.0-0 Ne4 12.c4? (better 12.Bc2!?-/+) 12...Ng5-+ 13.Kh1 Qf6 0-1. Martin Fernandez,A (1685) - Abreu Suarez,I (1955), Lanzarote Open, 2019.

7.Bb3 Bg4 8.Bc3 Bc3 9.Nc3 –/+.

7.Be2 Bg4 8.Bb2 c5 (8...Bd6 9.0-0=+) 9.0-0 (9.a3 Ba5=+) 9...Nc6 10.a3 (10.d3 Qe7=+) 10...Ba5 11.d3 Qe7 (11...Qd6 12.h3 Bf3 13.Bf3=+) 12.Bf6 (12.Nbd2 b5=+) 12...Qf6–/+ 13.Nbd2 Rad8 14.Rb1 b6 15.h3 Bf5 16.Re1 d4 17.e4 Be6 18.Nh2 Bc3 19.Rf1 Ba2 20.Rb5 Nb4 21.ab4 Qc6 22.Rc5 bc5 23.bc5 Qc5 24.Nb3 Qe7 25.f4 a5 26.Nc1 Qa3 27.Na2 Qa2 28.Nf3 Rb8 (28...Rb8 29.Ne5 Rb2–+) 0–1. Tanuki – pierre, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

7.0-0 c5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Bb2 d4 10.ed4 cd4 11.h3 Bc5 12.Na3 Nb4 13.Qb3 a5 14.Bb1 (14.Nb5 Nh5 15.Bb1=+ (15.Bd4? Nd3 16.Bc5 Nc5-+; worse 15.Nbd4 a4 16.Qa3 Nf4-+; 15.Nfd4 a4 16.Bh7 Kh7-/+)) 14...Bd7?? Black prepares a4 (14...d3 15.Qc3-/+) 15.Nb5 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4 (better 15.Bd4 Bd4 16.Nd4+=) 15...a4-/+ 16.Qd1 a3?? (16...Bb5 17.cb5 a3 18.Ba3 Ra3 19.Qc1 Rf3 20.Qc5-+) 17.Na3?? (17.Bd4!? Qb6 18.Bf6 Bb5 19.cb5 Qf6 20.d4+=) 17...Bc6 Black plans d3 (better 17...Ba4!? 18.Qc1 d3-/+) 18.Nb5= d3 19.a3 Nc2 20.Bc2 dc2 21.Qc2 Bf3 22.gf3 Nh5? (better 22...Re2 23.Qf5 Qb6+/-) 23.Qf5+- Qh4 24.Qc5?? (better 24.Qg4 Qg4 25.fg4+-) 24...Nf4= 25.Qf5?? (better 25.Rae1=) 25...Nh3-+ 26.Kg2 Nf4 27.Kg1 (27.Qf4 Qf4 28.Rfe1-+) 27...Re6 28.Rfe1 (28.Qf4 Qf4 29.Rfe1 Rg6 30.Kf1 Qc4 31.Re2 Qb5 32.Bd4-+) 28...Rg6 29.Qg6 hg6 30.Re4 (30.Re8 Re8 31.Be5 Qg5 32.Kf1 Re5 33.Re1 Qg2) 30...g5 (30...Qg5 31.Kf1 Qg2 32.Ke1 Qg1) 31.Be5 (31.Rae1 Qh3 32.Rf4 gf4-+) 31...Ra6 (31...Nh3 32.Kg2 Qf2 33.Kh3 Qf3 34.Kh2 Qe4 35.d4-+) 32.Bf4 (32.Nd6 Nh3 33.Kg2 Qf2 34.Kh3 Qf3 35.Kh2 Rd6 36.Bd6 Qe4 37.Rg1-+) 32...gf4 33.Re8 (33.Kf1 Qh1 34.Ke2 Qa1 35.Rf4 Re6 36.Re4 Qa2-+) 33…Kh7 (33...Kh7 34.c5 Rg6 35.Kf1 Qh1 36.Ke2 Qa1-+) 0-1. ZugAddict (2355) - Spinaltap (2590), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bf6 gf6 8.Nd4 Re5 9.c3+/-.

7.Bf6 Qf6-/+ 8.c3 Bf8 9.h3 (9.0-0 Nd7=+) 9...c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Bc2 d4 (11...c4 12.d4=+) 12.ed4 cd4 13.Ba4 (13.Re1!? Re1 14.Qe1=+) 13...d3-/+ 14.Re1 Bf5 15.Bc6 bc6 16.Re8 (16.Nd4 Bc5-/+) 16...Re8 17.Nd4 Be4 18.f3 (18.Qf1 Bd6-+) 18...Bd5 19.Nb3?? (19.Qc1 Bd6 20.Qf1 Qf4-+) 19...c5 (better 19...Qh4 20.Na3 Re2-+) 20.c4 Bc4 21.Nc3 Ba6 (21...Be6 22.Na5-+) 22.Rc1 c4 23.Na1 0-1. Fernandez,Michael (2170) - Arjun,Kalyan (2530), Titled Tuesday 1st Feb A, 2022.

7.0-0 Bb7 8.Bb2 d5 9.c4 Nbd7 10.d4 Bd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Qc2 (12.a4 Qe7=) 12...Qe7 (12...dc4 13.Bc4 Bf3 14.gf3=+) 13.cd5= Nd5 14.Nd5 (14.Rfc1 c5=) 14...Bd5 15.h3 h6 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Bf3 (17.Bd3 Bb4=) 17...Qe6 18.Bd5 Qd5 (18...Nd5 19.Rfc1=+) 19.Nc4 Ne4 (19...b5 20.Nd6 cd6 21.Rfc1=) 20.Nd6 cd6 21.Rfc1 h5 (21...Qe6!?=) 22.Qc6+= Qf5 23.f3 Ng5 (23...Ng3 24.e4 Ne2 25.Kf2=) 24.h4+= (24.Qb6?! Rab8 25.Qc6 Qe6=) 24...Nh7 25.Re1 (25.Qd6 Re3 26.Qb6 Qf4=) 25...Rac8 (25...d5!?=) 26.Qd6+/- (worse 26.Qb6 Rb8 27.Qd6 Rb2 28.Qa6 Qc2-/+) 26...Re6 27.Qf4 Qb5 (27...Qf4!? 28.ef4 Rc2 29.Re6 fe6=) 28.Rac1 Rc1 29.Bc1 Qc4?? (29...Qa5 30.Re2 Qc3 31.Bb2+/-) 30.a3 (better 30.Qb8 Nf8 31.Ba3+-) 30...Nf6+/- 31.Qg5 (31.Qg3 b5+/-) 31...Qc3 (31...Qd3 32.Qg3+=) 32.Qg3+/- Nd5 33.Qf2 Qb3 (33...f5 34.e4 fe4 35.fe4+/-) 34.e4 Nc3 35.d5 Rg6 (35...Re8+-) 36.Bg5 (36.Re3 Qd1 37.Qe1 Qe1 38.Re1 Rd6+-) 36...f6 (better 36...Qa3!? 37.Qe3 Qb2+=) 37.Be3 Nd1 (37...Qa3 38.Bb6 Qb3 39.Bc5+-) 38.Qe2 (38.Qd2!? Ne3 39.Re3 Qb1 40.Re1 Qb5+-) 38...Ne3+/- 39.Qe3 Qb2 40.Re2 Qb1 41.Kh2 Qb5 (41...Qa1 42.Rd2 Qe5 43.f4+-) 42.Rd2 Qd7 (42...f5 43.e5 Qd7 44.Qb3+-) 43.Qf4 (43.Qb6!? Qe8 44.Qe6 Qe6 45.de6 Kf8+-) 43...Kh7 44.d6 b5 45.Rd5 (better 45.Qf5 Qd8 46.d7 Kh6+-) 45...Kg8 (45...f5 46.Qf5 Qd8+-) 46.Qf5 Qd8 47.Qg6 b4 48.Qh5 ba3 49.Qf5 (49.d7 Kf8 50.Qh8 Ke7 51.Qg7 Ke6 52.f4 f5 53.Qg6 Ke7 54.Qh7 Ke6 55.Qf5 Ke7 56.Qh7 Ke6 57.f5 Kf6 58.e5) 49...a2 (49...Kf8 50.d7 g6 51.Qg6 a2 52.Qh6 Kg8+-) 50.Qe6 Kf8 51.Ra5! Qa5 (51...Qa5 52.d7 Passed pawn) 52.d7 Qd8 53.Qa2 Qd7 54.Qa6 Qe7 55.Qa8 Kf7 56.Qd5 Kg6 57.Qf5 (better 57.h5 Kh7 58.f4+-) 57...Kh6? (57...Kf7 58.Kh3+-) 58.Qf4 (58.h5 Qe5 59.Qe5 fe5+-) 58...g5 (58...Kg6 59.g4+-) 59.hg5 fg5 60.Qf5 Qd6 61.e5 Qd2 62.e6 Qd6 63.Kh3 Qd1 (63...Qd4 64.g3 g4 65.Qg4 Qf6+-) 64.Qf6 Kh7 65.Qf7 (better 65.Kg4 Qd6 66.Qf5 Kg7 67.Qg5 Kf8 68.Qf4 Ke8 69.Qf7 (69.Qd6?!) 69...Kd8 70.g3+-) 65...Kh6 66.Qf6 Kh7 67.Qg5 (67.g3!? Qc1 68.e7 Qc8 69.g4 Qc1 70.Qf7 Kh6 71.Qe6 Kh7+-) 67...Qh1 68.Kg4 (68.Kg3 Qe1 69.Kg4 Qe6 70.Qf5 Qg6 71.Qg6 Kg6 72.f4+-) 68...Qb1 (68...Qg2 69.Kf4 Qf2 70.Qf5 Kg7 71.Qf7 Kh8 72.Qe8 Kg7 73.Qd7 Kg6 74.Qf7 Kh6 75.Qf6 Kh7+-) 69.Qf5 Kh6 70.Qb1 Kg7 71.Qf5 Kh6 (71...Kg8 72.e7 Kg7 73.e8Q Kh6 74.Qeg6) 72.e7 Kg7 73.e8Q Kh6 74.Qeg6 1-0. Osmak,Iulija (2425) - Grabinsky,Aaron (2460), Titled Tuesday, 2021. … Yuliia Osmak, Ukrainian chess player, born March 6, 1998, in Kyiv. Holds titles of Woman Grandmaster (2016) and International Master (2017). Won Women's Chess Olympiad (2022), silver (2018), and bronze at European Team Championship (2017). Ukrainian Women's Champion (2017), silver (2019), bronze (2014, 2015, 2018, 2020). World Youth Champion (U12, 2010). FIDE rating: 2478 (August 2025). Yuliia Osmak (also spelled Iulija) generally has a broad and flexible opening repertoire, often favoring solid, classical structures while also employing some aggressive or less common options. ... --- Based on her recorded games, here are some of her most frequently played openings: ... With White Pieces: She primarily plays Queen's Pawn openings, with a variety of setups: * Queen's Pawn Game/Indian Game Setups (e.g., 1. d4): This is her main choice, leading to many different structures like the King's Indian Attack (A45), or various Queen's Pawn Games. * Slav Defense, Exchange Variation (D10): A common, solid continuation after 1. d4. * Sicilian Defense (various): She often employs lines like the Alapin Variation (2. c3) against the Sicilian. * Uncommon/Flanking Openings: She is known to play the Amar Gambit (A00 - 1. Nh3) and the Polish Opening (A00 - 1. b4), which are less standard but can lead to complex positions. * Trompowsky Attack (A45): An aggressive 1. d4 option where White plays 2. Bg5 to avoid theoretical lines. ... With Black Pieces: She mainly focuses on solid, time-tested defenses: * French Defense (C00-C19): This is one of her core defenses against 1. e4, often utilizing variations like the Tarrasch Variation and the Winawer Variation. * Caro-Kann Defense (B10-B19): Another reliable choice against 1. e4, known for its solid pawn structure. * Queen's Pawn Game Defenses (D02): Against 1. d4, she has a wide range of responses, including solid setups and less common lines: * Nimzowitsch Defense (B00): A surprising option against 1. d4 or 1. e4 that can transpose. * Pirc Defense (B07-B09): A hypermodern, flexible defense. ... --- In summary, her repertoire shows a classical foundation with an occasional willingness to explore unorthodox openings like the Amar Gambit and Polish Opening, making her an interesting player to follow. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.0-0 Bb7 8.Bb2 d5 9.d3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.c4 Qe7 (11...c5 12.Rb1=) 12.Re1 (12.Nd4 Be5=) 12...Rad8 (12...dc4 13.Nc4 Bb4 14.Rf1=) 13.Qc2 (13.Nd4 Bb4 14.Nf5 Qe6=) 13...Ng4 (13...c5 14.a4=) 14.Nf1 (14.cd5 Bd5 15.e4 Bb7=) 14...Ba8 (14...dc4 15.d4=+) 15.Rec1 (15.cd5 Bd5 16.e4 Ba8=) 15...Nde5 (15...dc4 16.Qc4 Bf3 17.gf3=+) 16.Ne5= Ne5 17.Nd2 (17.cd5!? Bd5 18.e4=) 17...c5 18.Nf3 (better 18.cd5!? Bd5 19.Ne4=+) 18...d4-/+ 19.e4 (19.Ne5 Qe5 20.g3 Qe6-/+) 19...Ng6 (19...f5 20.Ne1-+) 20.g3 (20.Bf1 f5! 21.ef5 Ne5 22.Ne5 Qe5-/+) 20...Rf8 (20...f5!? 21.Nd2-+) 21.Nd2 f5 22.Bf3 f4 23.Bg2 Rf7 24.Rf1 Rdf8 25.Nf3 h6 (25...Ne5 26.Ne5 Be5 27.a4-/+) 26.a4=+ Qc7 27.a5 Ne7 (27...ba5 28.Qd2 a4=+) 28.ab6= ab6 (28...Qb6 29.g4=) 29.e5 (better 29.Ra8 Ra8 30.e5 fg3 31.ed6 Qd6 32.fg3+=) 29...Be5?? (29...Bf3 30.ed6 Qd6 31.Bf3 fg3 32.Bg2 gh2 33.Kh1=) 30.Ne5?? (better 30.Ra8 Ra8 31.Ne5 Qe5 32.Ba8 fg3 33.hg3+-) 30...Bg2= 31.Nf7 Bf1 32.Nh6 gh6 33.Rf1 (33.Kf1? fg3 34.hg3 Qg3-+) 33...f3 34.Qd2 Qd6 35.Re1 Nf5 (35...Rf6 36.Re4=) 36.Bc1 Ne3 37.Kh1 Qf6 38.Re3 (38.h3 Qg6 A) 39.fe3 f2 40.Kg2 de3 (40...fe1R?! 41.Qe1 Qd3 42.ed4-/+; 40...fe1Q?! 41.Qe1 Qd3 42.ed4-+) 41.Qe3 Qc6 42.Kh2 f1R 43.Rf1 Rf1-/+; B) 39.Kh2=) 38...de3-/+ 39.Qe3 Rf7 40.h4 Kh7 41.Kh2 (41.Qe4!? Qf5 42.Qf5 Rf5 43.Be3-/+) 41...Re7-+ 42.Qf4 Qf4 43.Bf4 Re2 (43...Rd7 44.g4-+) 44.Be3 (44.g4 Re7-/+) 44...Rc2-+ 45.g4 Rc3 46.Kg3 Rd3 47.Kf3 Rc3 48.g5 (48.Ke2 Rc4 49.f3 Rc3-+) 48...hg5 49.hg5 Rc4 50.Ke2 Kg6 51.f4 b5 (better 51...Rc3-+) 52.Kf3?? (better 52.Kd3-+) 52...Kf5 53.Ke2 b4 54.Kd3 Rc3 55.Kd2 Ra3 (55...Ke4 56.Bf2 Rd3 57.Kc1-+) 56.Ke2?? (better 56.Bc5 Ra2 57.Kc1-/+) 56...c4 (better 56...b3 57.Bc1 Ra2 58.Kd3 b2 59.Bb2 Rb2-+) 57.Kd2 (57.Bc5 Ra2 58.Kd1 b3-+) 57...c3 (57...Ke4 58.Bb6 c3 59.Kc2 Ra2 60.Kb3 Rb2 61.Kc4 c2 62.Be3 Ke3 63.Kd5 c1Q 64.Kd6 Rd2 65.Ke7 Qc6 66.Kf8 Qc7 67.f5 Rd8) 58.Kc2 Ra2 (58...b3!? 59.Kc3 b2 60.Kb2 Re3 61.Kc2-+) 59.Kb3 Rb2 60.Kc4 c2 61.Bd4 (61.Bd2-+) 61...Rb1 (61...c1Q 62.Kb5 Rd2 63.Bf2 Rd5 64.Kb4 Qb2 65.Kc4 Qb5 66.Kc3 Rd3 67.Kc2 Qb3 68.Kc1 Rd1) 62.Kd5 b3 63.Kd6 c1Q Black prepares b2 64.Bc5 Qd1 65.Kc6 Rc1 66.Kb6 Rc5! 67.Kc5 (67.Kc5 b2 Mate attack) 67...b2 68.Kc6 b1Q 69.Kc7 (69.g6 Qdc1 70.Kd7 Qb7 71.Ke8 Qcc8) 69...Qbc2 (69...Qb5 70.g6 Qdd7) 70.Kb7 (70.Kb6 Qdb1 71.Ka5 Qca2) 70...Qdb1 71.Ka6 Qca2 (71...Qa4) 0-1. javirod1983 (2435) - Mistheoretical (2460), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Be5 Bb4 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.0-0 Nc6 8.c3 Bf8=.

7.c4 Bb7 8.0-0 Bf3 (8...Nc6 9.a3=) 9.Bf3+= Re5? (better is 9...c6 10.d4 Qe7+=) 10.Ba8+– c6 (10...Nc6 11.d4 Rh5 12.Bb7+–) 11.d4+/– Re8 (11...Ra5 12.Qb3+/–) 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qf3 (better is 13.g4+/–) 13...Qc8=+ 14.Rd1 Na6 15.Bc6 dc6 16.Nd2 Bd2 17.Rd2 Ne4 18.Rdd1 Qd7 19.a4 Nb4 20.a5 b5 21.Rab1 Na2–/+ 22.cb5 cb5 23.Rb2 Nac3 24.Rc1 Qc7 25.Ra1 Qc4 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,J – Gritsak,O, Polanica Zdroj, 1995.

7.c4 Bb7 8.a3 Nc6 9.ab4 Ne5 10.Ne5 Re5=.

7.c4 Bb7 8.Bc3 a5 9.Qb3 (9.0-0 Qe7=) 9...Qe7=+ 10.a3 Bc3 11.Nc3 d6 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.d4 h6 14.Rfe1 Nf8 15.Nd2 Ne6 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Rab1 Ba6 18.g3 (18.d5 Nc5+=) 18...Bb7= 19.Nf3 Ng5 20.Ng5 hg5 21.d5 g6 22.Nb5 Kg7 23.Bf1 g4 24.Nd4 Rh8 25.Bd3 Rh5 26.Kg2 Rdh8 27.Rh1 Nd7 28.Ne2 Ne5 29.Nf4 R5h6 30.Qc3? Bc8 31.Be2 Bf5 32.Bd3 Qf6 33.e4 Bd7 34.Be2 Kf8?? 35.Nd3?? Rh5 36.Ne5= Re5 37.Rbe1 Ke7 38.f4 gf3 39.Bf3 Bh3 40.Kf2 Rg5 41.Qf6= Kf6 42.Ke3 Re5 43.Re2 Rhe8 44.Kd4 Kg5 45.Rhe1 R8e7 46.Rf2 f5 47.Bh1 Bg4 48.Bg2+= Rh7 49.Bh1 Rh3 50.Re3 fe4 51.Re4 Rf5=+ 52.Rb2 Rf1–/+ 53.Bg2 Rh2 54.Bf1 Rb2 55.Re7 Bf5 56.Kc3 Rc2 57.Kb3 Rc1 58.Be2 Re1 59.Rc7? Re2 60.Rc6 Re3 61.Kb2 Bd3 (61...Bd3 62.g4 a4–+ (< 62...Kg4 63.Rd6 Kf5 64.Rc6–+)) 0–1. Agrest,Roman – Lundvik,Jonas, 34th Rilton Cup Stockholm, 2005.

7.c4 Nc6 8.Bc3=.

7.0-0 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 (--> 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).

7.a3 Ba5 8.c4 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Qb3 Bc7 13.Nc3 Nb6 14.Nb5 Be5 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Be5 Re5 17.d4 cd4 18.Nd4 Be4 19.Rac1 Rc8 20.Bg4 Rcc5? 21.Rc5 Rc5+= 22.Rd1 Qe7 23.h3 g6 24.Qb4 Nd5 25.Qb2 Nb6 26.Bf3 Bf3 27.Nf3 Ra5 28.Rd3 Nc4 29.Qb4 Qb4–/+ 30.ab4 Rb5 31.Rb3=+ a5 32.Nd4 Rb4 33.Rb4 ab4 34.Kf1 Na5 35.Ke2 Nc6 36.Kd3 Ne5 37.Kc2 Kf8 38.f4 Nc6 39.Kb3 Ke7 40.Nc6 bc6 41.Kb4 Kd6 42.e4 h5 43.g4? hg4–/+ 44.hg4 g5 45.fg5= Ke5 ½–½. Kreuzer,Uwe – Roes, Verbandsliga, 1982.

7.c3 Ba5=.

7.Nc3 Bc3 8.Bc3 d5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Rb1 b6 11.Bb5 Rf8 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Be5 c4 14.c3 Ne4 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.Bf4 g5 17.Be5= a6 18.Ba4 b5 19.h3 Bh5 20.Bc2 Nc6 21.Bh2 f5 22.a4= g4 23.hg4 fg4 24.Be4 gf3 25.Bf3 Rf3 26.gf3+/– Qf6 27.Kg2 Rf8 1–0. Pagni,Carlo – Zylla,Johannes, corr ICCF TT–4–90–semi, 1990.

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bd6 Re6 9.Bf4=+.

7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Bb8 Rb8 9.Nd5 Ba5 10.0-0 b6 11.d4 Nf6. Zylla.

7.Bb2 b6 8.0-0 Bb7 9.d3 Ng4 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a3 Bf8 12.h3 Nge5 13.e4 Qf6 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.Nc4 Bd6? 16.f4+– Bc5 17.Kh1 Nc4 18.Bf6 Ne3 19.Qd2 Nf1 20.Rf1 gf6 21.Rf3 (21.Ra1 Rad8+–) ½–½. Merino,J – Carbonell,C, Valencia Aut.equipos, 1990.

7.Bb2 b6 8.a3 Ba5 9.0-0 Qe7 10.d4 Nd5 11.Bc4 Nf6 12.Bb3 Ba6 13.c4 d5 14.cd5 Bf1=+ 15.dc6 Ba6 16.Ne5 Rf8 17.Qf3 Rab8 18.Nc3 Bc3 19.Bc3+= Ne8? 20.Nd7+– Nd6 21.Nb8 Rb8 22.Bb4 Bd3 23.Bd6 cd6 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Bd5 Bb5 26.Qf5 Rc7 27.Bf7! Qf7 28.Qb5 Qa2 29.Qg5 Rf7 30.Qd8 Rf8 31.Qf8 Kf8 32.c7 (32.c7 Qa3 33.c8Q Kf7 34.Qf5 Ke7 35.Rc7 Ke8 36.Qc8#) 1–0. Nebe,Lutz – Rosner,Dirk, corr SOK–89–31, 1989. ... --- Lutz Nebe was born in 1962. He has a player profile on ChessBase. ... --- Playing History: * According to his ChessBase player profile, he has some recorded games. * Chessbites reports that between 1995 and 2001, he played ~28 games, with 10 wins, 7 draws, and 11 losses. * His games show he sometimes played uncommon openings (as White) and a variety of defenses. * Example game: Jost, Gerhard (1754) – Nebe, Lutz (1622), Koblenz-championship 1998. ... --- Software/Development Career: * More significantly, Lutz Nebe is known as a core developer at ChessBase. * For ChessBase 17, he did a video explaining the new database interface, including the new “2cbh” file format. * He is also credited in ChessBase’s support documentation for development work. * In ChessBase 18, he worked on server architecture (“cache server developer”) to support remote engine use. * Earlier, he was a programmer on Fritz7. ... --- Other Contributions/Projects: * On the site “Marek’s 1.b4 world” there is a small write-up about him, indicating he participated in email/correspondence chess. * He was involved in building a 3Χ4 chess endgame tablebase/database: “Lutz Nebe downloaded the solver … and constructed the complete database … on his machine” for smaller chess variants. ... --- Assessment: “Chess Career” Interpretation --- * As a player: Lutz Nebe appears to have been an amateur or club-level player, not a grandmaster or titled professional. His recorded games are limited, and his performance, while respectable for an amateur, doesn’t suggest a high-level competitive chess career. * As a developer/technical contributor: This is where his main impact lies. He has played a key role at ChessBase, contributing to major versions, database formats, server architecture, and more. His work helps power a lot of the chess-software infrastructure that players and analysts use daily. Note created November 2025. (AI)

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

7.Bb2 d6 8.0-0 Ne4 9.a3 Ba5 10.c4 Re6 (10...Ng5 11.d3=) 11.d4 Rg6 12.Nbd2 (12.Bd3!? Qe7 13.Qc2+=) 12...Bd2 (12...Nd2 13.Nd2 Bh3 14.Bf3 Bg2 15.Bg2=+) 13.Nd2 Rg2?? (better 13...Nd2 14.Qd2 Qh4=) 14.Kg2+- Qg5 15.Kh1 Bh3 16.Bf3 Nf6 (16...Nd2 17.Qd2 Bf1 18.Rf1 Re8+-) 17.Rg1 Qh4 18.Rg3 Ne7 19.Qg1 (better 19.e4!? Bc8+-) 19...Nf5 20.Ne4 (20.Rg5 d5+-) 20...Ng3?? (better 20...Ne4 21.Be4 Qe4 22.f3 Ng3 23.Qg3 Qc2-/+) 21.fg3 (better 21.Qg3!? Qg3 22.Nf6 gf6 23.hg3 Rb8+-) 21...Qh6 22.Nf6 Qf6 23.Qf2 c6 24.d5 Qf5 25.e4 Qg5 26.Bc1 (26.dc6 bc6 27.e5 de5 28.Bc6 Rd8+-) 26...Qf6 27.Bb2 Qg5 28.Rg1 cd5 29.ed5 h5 (29...Bf5 30.Re1 b6 31.Qe2+-) 30.Bc1 Qe5 (30...Qf5 31.Qe3+-) 31.Bf4 Qc3 32.Qe3 (32.Bd6 Qc4 33.Bf4 Qb3+-) 32...Qc4 33.Bd6 Qb5 (33...Bg4 34.Bf4+-) 34.Qc5 (34.Be5 Qd7+-) 34...Qd3 35.Qf2 Re8 36.Bf4 (36.Rd1 Qf5+-) 36...g6 (36...Bg4 37.Rf1+-) 37.d6 b5 38.Rd1 Qa3 39.d7 (better 39.Bg5!? Qc3 40.Bd5 Qg7 41.Qa7 Re5+-) 39...Rd8 40.Bc7?? (better 40.Bc6 Qb3 41.Rd4+-) 40...Rd7+= 41.Rd7 Bd7 42.Bd5 (better 42.Bf4!?+=) 42...Qc1 (42...Be6 43.Be6 fe6 44.Kg2=+) 43.Kg2 Be6 44.Be6 fe6 (44...Qc6 45.Kf1 Qc7 46.Bb3=) 45.Bf4 (better 45.Qa7!? b4 46.Qa8 Kh7 47.Qb7 Qc2 48.Kf3 Qd3 49.Kf4 Qd4 50.Kg5=) 45...Qc6=+ 46.Qf3 (46.Kh3 Qb7=+) 46...Qf3-/+ 47.Kf3 a5 (better 47...b4!?-/+) 48.Ke4= a4 (48...Kf7 49.Kd4 Ke7 50.Be5+-) 49.Bd6 Kf7 50.Ke5 g5 51.h4 gh4 52.gh4 Kg6 53.Ke6 a3? (better 53...Kg7+-) 54.Ba3 b4 (54...Kh6+-) 55.Bb4 Kh7 56.Kf6 Kh6 57.Bd2 (better 57.Bf8 Kh7 58.Kg5 Kg8+-) 57…Kh7 (57...Kh7 58.Kf5 Kg8 59.Kg5 Kf7 60.Kh5 Kf6 61.Kg4 Ke5 62.Bc3 Ke6 63.h5 Kf7 64.Kf5 Kg8 65.Kg6 Kf8 66.h6 Ke7 67.h7 Kd7 68.h8Q Kd6 69.Qd4 Kc6 70.Qc4 Kb6 71.Kf7 Kb7 72.Qb5 Kc7 73.Be5 Kc8 74.Qc6 Kd8 75.Bf6). bisrdan (1650) - achja (2170), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb2 Ng4 8.0-0 d5 9.d3 Bc5 10.d4 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 (11...Be6 12.c4=) 12.Re1 (12.c4 a6=) 12...Qf6 13.a3 (better 13.h3 Bh2 14.Kf1 Ne3 15.fe3=) 13...Bh2-+ 14.Kf1?? (14.Nh2 Qf2 15.Kh1 Nh2 16.Kh2 Re6-+ (16...Re3?! 17.Bf3-/+)) 14...Re3! 15.fe3?? (15.g3 Qh6 16.Kg2 Bg3 17.Rh1-+) 15...Ne3 16.Kf2 Nd1 (16...Qf4 17.Bd3 Nd1 18.Red1 Bg3 19.Kg1-+) 17.Rad1 (17.Bd1 Bd6-+) 17...Bf4 18.Nf1 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bd3 20.Rd3 Kf8 (20...Ne7 21.Bc3-+) 21.Rdd1 Re8 22.Ng3 (22.Re8 Ke8 23.Re1 Kd7-+) 22...Bg3 (22...Qg6 23.Re8 Ke8 24.Re1 Ne7 25.Nf1 Qc2 26.Re2-+) 23.Kg3 Re1 (23...Qg6 24.Kf2 Qc2 25.Rd2-+) 24.Re1 (24.Ne1 Na5-+) 24...h6 (24...Qg6!? 25.Kf2 Qc2 26.Re2-+) 25.Kf2 g5 26.c3 (26.Ke2-+) 26...g4 27.Bc1 gf3 28.gf3 Qh4 29.Ke2 Ne7 30.Kd1 Nf5 31.Bd2 Qh3 0-1. javirod1983 (2400) - Beautiful_Disaster (2475), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.c3=+.

7.Bc3=+.

7.Bf6 gf6 8.c3 Be7 9.d4+=.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.c3 d5 9.0-0 Bd6 10.d4 Bf5 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.c4 c6 13.Rc1 White prepares c5 13...Ba3 (13...b6 14.Qb3=) 14.Rc3= Bd6 15.Rb3 Rab8 16.c5 Bc7 17.Bd3 Ng6 (17...Bd3 18.Rd3 b6 19.Qc2=) 18.Bf5 Qf5 19.Qb1 Qh5 (better 19...Qd7!?=) 20.Rb7+/- Nh4 (20...Ne7 21.Rc7 Rb1 22.Rb1+- (worse 22.Nb1 a6+/-)) 21.Qb3 (21.Nh4 Qh4 22.Rc7 Rb1 23.Rb1 Qf6+-) 21...g5 (21...Nf3 22.Nf3 a5+/-) 22.Rb1 (better 22.Rb8 Bb8 23.Qb7 Nf3 24.Nf3+-) 22...Rb7 23.Qb7 Bb8?? (23...Nf3 24.Nf3 Rb8 25.Qb8 Bb8 26.Rb8 Kg7+/-) 24.Qc6+- Rf8 25.Qd5 Nf3 (25...h6 26.Rb7 Nf3 27.Nf3+- (worse 27.gf3 Qh2 28.Kf1 Qh3 29.Ke2 Qc8+-; worse 27.Qf3 Bh2 28.Kf1 g4+-)) 26.Nf3 (26.gf3?! Qh2 27.Kf1 h6+-; 26.Qf3?! Bh2 27.Kf1 g4+-) 1-0. Hotelschach (2400) - StrongmasterS (2390), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.c3 Bf8 9.d4 d5 10.0-0 Be6 11.Bd3=+.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.c3 Bf8 9.d4 d5 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Nbd2 Ne7 (11...Rad8 12.Qb3=+) 12.c4 c6 13.Qb3 Rab8 14.Rfc1 Be4 (14...dc4 15.Bc4 (worse 15.Rc4 Be6 16.Ne4 Qh6-/+) 15...Ng6 16.Bd3=) 15.Ne5 (better 15.Ne4 de4 16.Ne5+=) 15...Ng6? (better 15...Bf5=) 16.Nd7+- Qg5 17.Bf3 (17.Ne4!? de4 18.Nb8 Nh4+-) 17...Rbd8 18.Nc5?? (better 18.Nf8 Nh4 19.Be4 (19.Qb7? Nf3 20.Nf3 Bf3-+) 19...de4 20.g3+=) 18...Bc5 (18...Nh4 19.Nce4 de4 20.Be4 Re4 21.g3-+) 19.dc5? (19.cd5 Nh4 20.Ne4 Nf3 21.Kh1-+) 19...dc4?? (better 19...Nh4 20.g3 Nf3 21.Nf3 Bf3 22.cd5 Qh5-+) 20.Qc4 (better 20.Rc4!? Rd2 21.Be4=+) 20...Rd2-+ 21.Be4 Ne5?? (better 21...Qh4 22.f4 Qf2 23.Kh1 Qe3-/+) 22.Qb4= Red8 23.h3 (23.f4 Qg4 24.h3 Qg3 25.fe5 Qe3 26.Kh1 R8d4 27.Qb7 Qe4-/+) 23...Qf6 (23...f5!? 24.Bc2 R8d5-/+) 24.f4=+ Ng6 25.Bg6?? (25.Qb7 Nf4 26.Qc7 Ne2 27.Kh1-+) 25...Qg6-+ (25...fg6?! 26.Qb7 g5 27.Qb3 (27.Qa7 Qb2 28.Kf1 Rf2 29.Kg1 Rg2 30.Kh1 Rh2 31.Kg1 Qg2) 27...Kh8 28.Qc4=) 26.g4 Qd3 27.Re1 (27.Qd2 Qd2 28.Re1-+) 27...Re2 (27...Qc2 28.Qc3 Rg2 29.Kh1 Rh2 30.Kg1 Qg2) 28.Re2-/+ Qe2 29.Qe1 Qf3 30.Qf2 (30.Rb1 Qh3 31.Qe2 Rd7-+) 30...Qh3 31.Re1 (31.g5 Rd3 32.Re1 Rd5-+) 31...Qg4 32.Qg2 Qf5 33.Qf3 (33.Qb2 Rd7-+) 33...Re8 (33...Qc5 34.Qe4-+) 34.Re2 (34.Rc1 Qd3 35.Rd1 Qc4-+ (35...Qe3?? 36.Qe3 Kf8 37.Qb3+-)) 34…Re6 0-1. Hotelschach (2455) - squaleswiss (2375), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Be5 Bb4 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.c3 Bf8 9.d4 d6 10.0-0= Bf5 11.c4 g6 12.Nc3+= Bg7 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Qd3 Na5 16.Nc3 c6 17.Rab1 Rc8 18.Nd2 Rc7 19.Nb3 Rce7 20.g3 h5 21.Nd2 Qd7 22.Nf3 Qe6 23.Nd2 h4 24.Ne2 Bh6 25.Nf4 Bf4 26.gf4 d5 27.cd5 Qd5 28.Qc3 b6 29.Rbe1 Rd8 30.f3 Qa2 31.Rf2 Qe6 32.Rg2 f5 33.Kf2 Rg7 34.Reg1 Qf6 35.Nc4 Nc4 36.Qc4 Kh7 37.Rd1 a5 38.Kf1 b5 39.Qa2 Re7 40.Re1 a4 41.Rc2 Rde8 42.Qa3 Re6 43.Rc5?? Qd4!! 44.Re5 Re5 45.fe5 Qe5 (45...Qe5 46.Qa2 c5–+) 0–1. Kretschmar,Heinz – Henri,James S, X.corr–ol, 1986.

6.Bg3 d5 7.c3 Ba5 8.d4 Ne4 9.Qc2 c5 10.Bd3 cd4 11.Nd4 Nc6 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Na3 (13.Be4!? Re4 14.Qb3=) 13...Rc8 14.Nab5 (14.Be4 de4 15.Ndb5 Nb4=) 14...a6 (14...Nd4 15.ed4 Ng3 (15...Bc3?! 16.Na7 Ba1 17.Nc8=+) 16.hg3 Bb5 17.Bb5 Rc3-+ (17...Bc3?! 18.Be8 Ba1 19.Bf7 Kf7 20.Qf5 Kg8 21.Ra1=)) 15.Be4=+ ab5?? (15...Re4 16.Nd6 Nd4 17.ed4 Rc3=+ (worse 17...Bc3 18.Rac1 Rc6 19.Ne4 de4 20.d5+-)) 16.Bh7+/- Kh8 17.Nb5 g6 18.Bg6! fg6 19.Qg6 Qe7 (better 19...Re6!? 20.Qh5 Kg8 21.Qd5 Ne7+-) 20.Nd6 Rg8?? (20...Rf8 21.Nc8 Bc8 22.Rad1+-) 21.Qh5 (21.Qh6 Qh7 22.Nf7) 21...Qh7 22.Qd5 Bc3?? (better 22...Rcf8+-) 23.Rac1 (better 23.Nf7 Kg7 24.Qd7 Kf6+-) 23...Bg7 (23...Ne7 24.Qb7 Bc6+-) 24.Nf7 1-0. gmnadlor (2655) - AyMisho (2650), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2022.

6.Bg3 d5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Nf8 9.c3 Bd6 10.c4 Bg3 11.hg3 (11.fg3 dc4 12.Bc4 Be6=+) 11...Ng6 (11...Be6 12.Qc2=+) 12.cd5 Qd5 13.Be2 (13.Bg6 fg6 14.Qb3 Be6=) 13...c5 14.Nc3 Qd6 15.d4 Bf5 16.Nb5 Qe7 17.dc5 Rad8?? (better 17...Rec8=) 18.Nd6+- Be4 (18...Bc8 19.Qa4 Rf8 20.Qa7+-) 19.Nd4 (19.Qa4!? Rf8 20.Qa7 Ne5+-) 19...Rf8+/- 20.Bf3 Bf3 21.Qf3 (worse 21.Nf3 b6 22.Nf5 Qc5=+; 21.gf3?! Qd7+=) 21...Rd7 22.Rab1 Ne5 23.Qf4 g6 (23...Nd5 24.N4f5 Qe6 25.Qd4+/-) 24.Rfd1 (24.Rb7!? Rb7 25.Nb7+/-) 24...Nd5 (better 24...b6 25.Rbc1 a6+/-) 25.Qh6?? (25.N4f5 Qe6 26.Qd4 Nf6 27.Nh6 Kg7+/-) 25...Ng4?? (25...Nc3 26.N4f5 Qf6-/+ (26...gf5?? 27.Nf5 f6 28.Ne7 Re7 29.Qh4+-)) 26.Qh4 (better 26.Qh3!? Ngf6 27.Rdc1+-) 26...Qh4= 27.gh4 Nc3 28.g3? (better 28.N4b5!? Nd1 29.Rd1=+) 28...Nd1 29.Rd1 b6 30.Ne4 bc5 (30...Re7!? 31.Nc3 bc5-+) 31.Nc5=+ Rc7 32.Nd3 Rfc8 33.Rb1 h5 34.Nf4? (better 34.Kg2=+) 34...Rc1-+ 35.Rc1 Rc1 36.Kg2 Ra1 37.Nd5? (37.a4-+) 37…Ra2 0-1. Fernandez,Michael (2170) - Seul,G (2375), Titled Tuesday, 2022.

7.Bg3 Ne4 8.0-0 d6 9.c3 Ba5 10.Bb5 Ng3 11.fg3 Bd7 12.d4 (12.Qc2 Bb6=) 12...a6 (12...Re3 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Bc4-/+) 13.Bd3 (13.Bc4 b5 14.Bd5 Re3 15.Bf7 Kh8=) 13...Bg4 (13...Re3 14.Qc2 h6 15.Nbd2-/+) 14.e4 Qe7 (14...Bb6 15.Bc2=+) 15.Qc2= Bb6 16.Kh1 g6 (16...Rab8 17.Nbd2=) 17.Nbd2+= Rad8 (17...Ba7 18.Rab1 Rab8 19.a4+=) 18.Rae1 Nb8 (18...Ba7 19.Qb2 b5 20.a4 ba4 21.Qb7+=) 19.e5 (better 19.Nc4+=) 19...de5? (better 19...d5+=) 20.Ne5+- Be6 21.Ne4?? (better 21.Nf7 Qf7 22.Rf7 Bf7 23.Re8 Re8 24.Kg1+-) 21...f5+= 22.Nf2 (22.Nd2 c5 23.g4 cd4 24.gf5 gf5 25.Bf5 Bd5+-) 22...Qg7 (22...c5 23.g4 f4 24.Nh3+/-) 23.Bc4 Bc4 24.Nc4 Nd7 25.Nb6 Nb6 26.Nd3 Nc4 (26...Re1 27.Re1 Qf7 28.Nc5+=) 27.Qb3 Qf7 28.Ne5 (better 28.Qb7 Nd2 29.Re8 Re8 30.Rc1 Qa2 31.Qc7+=) 28...Ne5-/+ 29.Re5 (29.de5 Qb3 30.ab3 Rd5-/+) 29...Qb3 (29...Re5 30.de5 Qb3 31.ab3-/+) 30.ab3 (30.Re8!? Re8 31.ab3=+) 30...Re5-/+ 31.de5 Kf7 32.Re1 (32.g4 Ke6 33.gf5 gf5-+) 32...Ke6 33.Kg1 Rd3 34.Rc1 Ke5 35.Kf2 Rd2 36.Kf3 g5 37.Ke3 (37.h3 h5 38.g4 hg4 39.hg4 f4-+) 37...Rg2 38.Rh1 c5 39.b4 (39.Kd3 Rb2-+) 39...c4 40.Re1 (40.Kf3 Rc2 41.Re1 Kd6-+) 40...Rh2 41.Kf3 Kf6 42.Re7 (42.Ke3-+) 42...g4 43.Ke3 Ke7 (43...Ke7 44.Kf4 Kf6-+) 0-1. sonocattivo (1780) - achja (2155), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

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

7.0-0 c5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Re8).

7.0-0 c5 8.c4 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.c4 c5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.0-0 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 10.0-0 Re8).

7.Bb2 b6 8.0-0 Ba6 (8...d5 9.c4=) 9.a3 Ba5 10.h3 (10.Ba6 Na6 11.Nd4 Qd7+=) 10...c5 (10...Be2 11.Qe2 d5 12.Qd3=) 11.Ba6 (11.d3 Bb7=) 11...Na6 12.d3 (12.Nh4 d5=) 12...b5 13.a4 ba4 (13...b4 14.c4=) 14.Ra4+= Rb8 (14...Nd5!?+=) 15.Bf6+– Qf6? (better 15...gf6 16.Nfd2 Nb4+–) 16.Ra5+– Nb4 (16...Rb6 17.Na3+–) 17.Ra7 Ra8 (17...Nc6 18.Ra3+–) 18.Ra8 Ra8 19.Nbd2 Qc3 (19...d5 20.Nb3+–) 20.Ne4 Qb2 (20...Qc2 21.Qc2 Nc2 22.Nd6+–) 21.Nd6 h6 (21...Nc2 22.Qb1 Qc3 23.Rd1+–) 22.d4 Ra2 (22...cd4 23.Nd4 Ra6 24.N4f5+–) 23.dc5 Nc2 (23...Qc2 24.Qd4 Nc6 25.Qd5+–) 24.Qd5 Ne3 (24...Ra7 25.Nc8 Qb7 26.Qd8 Kh7 27.Na7+–) 25.Qf7 Kh7 26.Qh5 Nf1 (26...Kg8 27.Qe8 Kh7 28.Qe3 Qf6+–) 27.Ng5 Kh8 (27...Kg8 28.Qe8) 28.Qe8 1–0. Janek – Antero, internet free game, 2017.

7.Bb2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.d4 cd4 10.ed4 d5=+ 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.h3 Bf3 13.Bf3 Nd4?? 14.Bd4+– Rc8 15.Rb1 a5 16.Nb3 a4 17.Nd2 Rc4?? 18.Nc4 dc4 19.Rb4 h6 20.Bf6 Qf6 21.Rb7 a3 22.Re1 Re5 23.Re5 Qe5 24.Rb8! Kh7 25.Qb1 c3 26.Rb5 Qf6 27.Be4 g6 28.Qb3 Qa6 29.Qf7 Kh8 30.Rb8 (30.Rb8 Qc8 31.Rc8) 1–0. gtate (1980) – ultrastito, net–chess.com, 2004.

7.Bb2 Nc6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.d3 Nf3 10.Bf3 Bf5 11.Nd2 Bg6 (11...c6 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.Bd4+=) 12.a3 (12.Rb1 c5+/-) 12...Ba5 13.Nc4 Bb6 (13...c6 14.Rb1 Bb6 15.Qd2+/-) 14.Nb6 ab6 15.Qd2 (15.Bb7!? Rb8 16.Bc6+-) 15...c6 16.Rfe1 d5 17.Qb4 Qc7 (17...b5!?+=) 18.Bf6+/- gf6 19.Reb1 (19.a4 Ra6+/-) 19...b5 20.Qb2 Ra4 (20...Qe5 21.Qb3=) 21.Qf6+/- Rea8 22.h4 h5 23.Qg5 (23.Bd1!?+/-) 23...Qd8+= 24.Qd8 Rd8 25.Rb3 Rda8 26.g3 b4 27.Rab1 ba3 28.Rb7 a2 (28...R4a7 29.Ra7 Ra7 30.Ra1+=) 29.Ra1+= R8a7 30.Rb2 f6 31.Kf1 Bf7 32.Ke2 c5 33.d4 (33.c3 d4 34.ed4 cd4+=) 33...cd4+= 34.ed4 Bg6? (34...Re7 35.Kf1+=) 35.c3?? (35.Bd5 Bf7 36.Bb3 Bb3 37.cb3 Rd4 38.Raa2 Re7 39.Kf3 Rb4+-) 35...Kg7? (35...Bf7 36.Kd2+/-) 36.Kd2 (36.Bd5 Bf7 37.Bf7 Kf7+-) 36...Bb1? (36...R4a5 37.Bd1+/-) 37.Rbb1 (better 37.Bd5!? Ra3 38.Rbb1 ab1Q 39.Rb1+-) 37...ab1Q 38.Rb1 Ra2 39.Ke3 (better 39.Kd3!?+/-) 39...Re7= 40.Kf4 Rc2 (better 40...Rf2 41.g4 Re4 42.Kg3 Rf3 43.Kf3 hg4 44.Kf2 Kg6=) 41.Rb6?? (41.Rb5 Rf2 42.Rd5 Re1+=) 41...Rc3?? (better 41...Rf2!? 42.g4 Rf1-/+) 42.Bd5 (better 42.Rd6!?+/-) 42...Rd3 43.Be4 (43.Rb4 Rd2+=) 43...Rd4 44.f3 f5 (better 44...Re5!?=) 45.Kf5+/- Rf7? (better 45...Ra4+/-) 46.Ke5 (better 46.Kg5+-) 46…Re4 (46...Re4 47.Ke4 Re7 48.Kf4 Rf7 49.Kg5 Rf3 50.Rg6 Kh7 51.Kh5 Rf5 52.Rg5 Rf7+-). Hotelschach (2315) - RestingPieces (2425), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bb2 Nc6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.d3 a6 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Rb1 b5 12.h3 Bh5 13.c4 Rb8 14.cb5 ab5 15.Qc2 Ne7?? (better 15...Rb6=) 16.Bf6+- gf6 (16...Bd2 17.Be7 (17.Qd2?! gf6 18.Rfc1 c5+/-; 17.Nd2?! Be2 18.Rfc1 Bh5+=) 17...Qe7 18.Qd2+- (18.Nd2?! Be2 19.Rfc1 c5=)) 17.Rb4 c5 18.Rbb1 Qa5 (18...Bg6 19.Rb2+-) 19.Ne4 Kg7 20.Nd6 Red8 21.Ne4 c4 22.dc4 Bg6 23.Rb5 Qa3 (23...Rb5 24.cb5 Qa8 25.Qc7+-) 24.Qc3 Qc3 (24...Qa6 25.Nfd2+-) 25.Nc3 Ra8 26.Nd4 h5 (26...Kf8 27.Rd1+-) 27.Rb7 (27.Bh5 Bh5 28.Rh5 Rdc8+-) 27...Nf5 (27...Kf8 28.a4+-) 28.Nf5 (better 28.Ne6! Kh6 29.Nd8 Rd8+-) 28...Bf5 29.Bh5 Rd2 (29...Bd3 30.Rf7 Kh6 31.Be2 Be2 32.Ne2+-) 30.Bf7 Kh6 31.Bd5 Rc2 (31...Ra3 32.Rc1 Rd3 33.Rb3 Ra2 34.Rb6+-) 32.Nb5 Raa2 33.Nd4 (33.Nd4 Bg6 34.c5+-) 1-0. bjoernsen (2370) - serviente123 (2425), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bb2 d5 8.0-0 c5 9.c4 Nc6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.a3 Ba5 12.Qc1 (12.Qc2 Qe7=) 12...b6 13.Nc3 Bc3 14.Bc3 (14.dc3 Nf4 15.Bb5 a6=) 14...Nc3 15.Qc3 Bb7 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.d4 cd4 18.Nd4 Nd4 19.Qd4 Rad8 20.Qb4 Qg5 21.g3 (21.Qg4 Qg4 22.Bg4 Be4=) 21...h5 (21...Qf6 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Rc1=) 22.Bf1 Qg4 23.Rd8 Rd8 24.Bg2?? (better 24.Qg4 hg4 25.Rc1=) 24...Rd1-+ 25.Rd1 (25.Qe1 Re1 26.Re1 Bg2 27.Kg2 Qe4 28.Kg1-+) 25...Qd1 26.Bf1 Qf3 (26...Qf3 27.e4 Be4 28.Qe4 Qe4-+) 0-1. javirod1983 (2430) - coachlogan (2425), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2023.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.0-0 Nc6 9.d3 Ng5 10.Nbd2 Bd2 11.Qd2 d5 (11...Bg4 12.Qd1=) 12.Qc3+= Nf3 13.Bf3 d4 (better 13...Ne5!? 14.Bd5 Qd5+=) 14.ed4+- Qg5 (14...Ne7 15.Rfe1+-) 15.Bc6 (15.Rfe1 Bg4 16.Bg4 Qg4+-) 15...bc6 16.Qc6 Bh3 (16...Be6 17.Rae1+-) 17.Qf3 (17.Rae1!? Be6+-) 17...Be6 18.Bc3 (18.Bc1 Qa5+-) 18...Bd5+/- 19.Qg3 Qg3 20.hg3 Re2 21.Rac1 (21.Rfc1 Rae8+/-) 21...Rae8 (21...Ba2 22.Rfe1 Re1 23.Re1+=) 22.Rfe1 (22.a3 f5+/-) 22...Ba2 (22...Re1 23.Be1 Ba2 24.Ra1+/-) 23.Re2+/- Re2 24.Re1 (better 24.Ba5+/-) 24...Re1= 25.Be1 Bb1 26.c4 Bd3 27.c5 Kf8 28.Bc3 (28.f3 Ke7=+) 28...Be4 29.f3 Bd5 30.Kf2 Ke8 31.g4 Kd7 32.g3 Kc6 33.Ke3 (33.Ba5!?=+) 33...Kb5-/+ 34.f4 a5 35.Kd2 Kc4 (35...a4 36.g5-+) 36.Kc2? (better 36.Ba5 Kd4 37.Bc7 Kc5 38.g5=) 36...a4-+ 37.Ba5 c6 38.Bc3 (38.Kb2 Kd4 39.Bc3 Kc5 40.Bg7 Kb4-+) 38...a3 39.g5 Be4 40.Kd2 g6 (40...h6!? 41.gh6 gh6 42.Ba1-+) 41.Ba1-/+ Kb3 42.Kc1 Bd5 43.g4 (43.Kb1 Bf3-/+) 43...Be6 (43...f6 44.Kb1-+) 44.f5-/+ gf5 45.gf5 Bf5 46.d5 cd5 47.c6 Kc4 48.c7 Kc5 49.Be5 d4 50.Bf4 Kc4 51.c8Q?? (better 51.Bd6 a2 52.Kb2-/+) 51...Bc8-+ 52.Kb1 (52.Bd6 a2 53.Kb2-+) 52...Kb3 53.Ka1 Kc2 54.Bd6 d3 55.Bf4 Be6 56.g6 (56.Be3-+) 56...fg6 57.Bc1 (57.Be3 h5 58.Bd4 d2 59.Be3 d1Q 60.Bc1 Qc1) 57...d2 (57...Kc1?!) 58.Bd2 Kd2 59.Kb1 g5 (59...g5 60.Ka1 g4 61.Kb1 g3 62.Ka1 g2 63.Kb1 g1Q) 0-1. dannysmet (2055) - mujiroso (2035), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Bb2 Qe7 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d3 d5 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Kh1 Bd6 12.Nb3 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.f4 Ng6–/+ 16.f5 Nh4 17.f6? Qe3 18.Bh5 Be6 19.Bf3 Qf4 (19...Qf4 20.Be5 Be5–+; 19...Nf3?! 20.Qf3 Qf3 21.Rf3–/+ (21.gf3? Bh3 22.Rfe1 g5–+)) 0–1. Acevedo,Daiana – Lemos,Damian, Buenos Aires, 2002.

7.Bb2 Bf5 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d3 Ne5 10.Nbd2 Qd7 (10...Nd5 11.Rb1 Bc3 12.e4 Bb2 13.ed5 Nf3 14.Bf3=) 11.d4 (11.Rb1 Qa4+=) 11...Ng6 (11...Nf3 12.Nf3 Ne4 13.Rb1=+) 12.c4 d5 13.cd5 (13.Qb3 Nf4 14.Bd1 Nd3=) 13...Nd5 14.Qb3 Be6 (14...a5 15.a4=) 15.Bc4= a5 16.a4 c6 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.e4 Ngf4 19.Qc2 Bh3 (19...Bd2!? 20.ef5 Bb4=+) 20.gh3+= Qh3 21.Nh4?? (21.Ne1 Re6 22.Ra3 Ba3 23.Ba3 Rg6 24.Kh1-+) 21...Qh4-+ 22.Kh1 Nf6 (better 22...Bd2 23.Qd2 Re4-+) 23.Nf3?? (better 23.f3-+) 23...Qh3 24.Bf7 (24.Ne1 b5 25.f3 bc4-+) 24…Kh8 (24...Kh8 25.Nh4 Re4-+) 0-1. javirod1983 (2465) - purposeless01 (2495), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bf3 10.Bf3 Ne5 11.Be2 c6 12.f4 Ng6 13.a3 Ba5 14.Rb1 b5 15.Bf3 Qc7?? 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.Bc3 Bc3=+ 18.Nc3 a5 19.Qe2 Re7?? 20.Qf2?? Rae8= 21.g4 c5?? 22.Nd5 Qb7?? 23.Ne7 (23.Ne7 Re7 24.Bb7+–) 1–0. Eralos (2020) – zaldi64 (1840), ajedrez21.com, 2002.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.0-0 Nc6 9.c4 Ne5 10.Be5 de5=+ 11.Qb3 Bd6 12.Qb7 Rb8 (12...e4 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Ne2 Bh2 15.Kh2 Qd6 16.Kg1 Reb8-+) 13.Qa7= e4 14.Nd4 Be2 (14...c5!? 15.f3 cd4 16.fg4 Be5-+) 15.Ne2+= Bh2 16.Kh2 Ng4 17.Kg3? (better 17.Kg1 Ra8 18.Qb7=+) 17...Qg5-+ 18.Nf4 Ne3 19.Kh3 (19.Kh2 Qf4 20.Kg1 Ng4-+) 19...Nf1 (19...Qh6 20.Kg3 Nf5 21.Kg4 Qh4 22.Kf5 g6 23.Ng6 fg6) 20.g3-+ Qh6 21.Kg2 Qh2 (21...e3 22.fe3 Ne3 23.de3 Rb2 24.Nd2 Rd2 25.Kf3 Qc6 26.Nd5 Qe6-+) 22.Kf1 Qh1 23.Ke2 Rb1 24.Rb1 Qb1 25.Qc7 Qa2 26.Qc6 Qa8 (26...Rd8 27.Qe4 Qd2 28.Kf3 Qc3 29.Kg4-+) 27.Qb5 (better 27.Qa8 Ra8 28.c5-/+) 27...g6?? (better 27...Rd8 28.Nd5 Qa3-+) 28.Nd5= Kg7 (better 28...Rd8 29.Nf6 Kg7=) 29.Nc7+/- Qc8?? (29...Qa3 30.Ne8 Kf8+=) 30.Ne8+- (30.Qe8?! Qc7 31.Qe4 Qc5+-) 30...Kf8 (30...Kh6 31.Nd6 Qg4 32.Ke1+-) 31.Nf6 Qe6 32.Qb8 Kg7 33.Ne8 Kh6 34.Qf4 g5 1-0. bjoernsen (2360) - tantgreta (2460), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 d5 10.c4 c6 (10...dc4 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Bd3=+) 11.Nbd2 (11.Qb3 Be7=) 11...Ne4 12.h3 (12.cd5 cd5 13.a3 Bd6=+) 12...Nd2=+ 13.Nd2 Be2 14.Qe2 Nf6 (14...Bd2 15.Qd2 dc4 16.Qc3=+) 15.Qd3 (15.Nb3!?=+) 15...Bd2-/+ 16.Qd2 Ne4 17.Qc2 Qg5 (17...dc4!? 18.f3 Ng3-/+) 18.cd5=+ cd5 19.Ba3 Re6 20.f4 (20.Qc7 b6=+) 20...Qh4 21.Rf3 (21.Qc7 Nd2 22.Qb7 Rae8-/+) 21...Rg6 (21...Rc6 22.Qb2 Rc7 23.Rc1 Rc1 24.Qc1-/+) 22.Kh2 (22.Qc7 Nd2 23.Rf2 Qh3 24.Qb7 Re8 25.Rd2 Qe3 26.Rf2 Qa3 27.Qd5 Rge6=+) 22...Re8 23.Rb1 (23.Qa4 Qd8-/+) 23...b6 (23...Rc6 24.Qd3 Rc3 25.Qb5-/+) 24.Rc1 h6 (24...Rg3 25.Qc8 Rd8 26.Rg3 Qg3 27.Kh1 Qe1 28.Kh2=) 25.Qe2 (25.Qa4 Ra8 26.Bb4 Qd8=+) 25...Nf6 (25...Qd8 26.Qc2-/+) 26.Qe1 (26.Rc7 Ne4+=) 26...Ng4 (26...Qe1!? 27.Re1 Ne4-/+) 27.Kg1=+ Qe1 28.Re1 Nf6 29.Rc1 Ne4 30.Rc7 a5 31.Rb7 (31.f5 Rg3=+) 31...Nd2 (31...Rc6 32.Bb2-/+) 32.Rf2=+ Nc4 33.Bc1 Ne3 (33...Rge6 34.Rd7=+) 34.Re2 (34.f5 Rc6 35.Be3 Re3=) 34...Rge6=+ 35.f5? (better 35.Be3 Re3 36.Re3 Re3 37.Rb6=+) 35...Nf5-+ 36.Re6 Re6 (36...fe6?! 37.Bb2-+) 37.Bf4 Nd4 38.Kf2 (38.Bc7 b5-+) 38...Ne2 (38...Re2 39.Kg3-+) 39.Be3 (39.Bc7 Nc3-+) 39...Nc3 (39...d4 40.Bd2-+) 40.Bb6 Ne4 (better 40...Re2!? 41.Kf3 Ra2 42.Bd4-+) 41.Kf3 Nd6 (better 41...Ng5 42.Kf2 a4-+) 42.Ba5?? (42.Rb8 Kh7 43.Ba5-+) 42...Kh7 (better 42...Nb7 43.Bb4 Nd6-+) 43.Rb8 (43.Rd7 Nc4 44.Bc7 Rf6 45.Kg3 Ra6 46.Rd5 Ra2-/+) 43...Nf5 (43...Nc4 44.Bb4-+) 44.Rb4 (better 44.Bb6-/+) 44...Nd6 (44...Ra6 45.Kf4 Ra5 46.Kf5 Ra2 47.g4-+) 45.Kf2 (45.Rb8 Nc4 46.Bb4-+) 45...Ne4-+ 46.Kg1 Nc5 (46...Ra6 47.Rb5 d4 48.Re5-+) 47.Rb1 (47.Rb5 Rc6-/+) 47...Nd3 48.Bc3 (better 48.Rd1 Ra6 49.Bc7-/+) 48...Re1?? (better 48...Rc6 49.Bb4 Kg6-+) 49.Re1 Ne1 50.Be1 Kg6 51.a4 d4 52.a5 f6 53.a6 d3 54.a7 d2 55.Bd2 Kf5 56.a8Q g6 57.Qf3 (57.Qd5) 57...Ke6 58.Qc6 Kf7 (58...Ke7 59.Bb4 Kf7 60.Qd7 Kg8 61.Qe8 Kg7 62.Bf8 Kg8 63.Qe7 f5 64.Qg7) 59.Kf2 (59.Qd7 Kg8 60.Bh6 f5 61.Qg7) 59...Kg7 (59...Ke7 60.Bb4 Kf7 61.Qd7 Kg8 62.Qe8 Kg7 63.Bf8 Kg8 64.Qe7 f5 65.Qg7) 60.Ke3 (60.Qd7 Kg8 61.Bh6 f5 62.Qg7) 60...g5 (60...Kf7 61.Qd7 Kf8 62.Bb4 Kg8 63.Qe8 Kg7 64.Bf8 Kg8 65.Qe7 f5 66.Qg7) 61.Ke4 (61.Qe8 g4 62.Qe7 Kg6 63.Bc3 Kh5 64.Qe6 gh3 65.Qf5 Kh4 66.Be1) 61...Kg6 (61...f5 62.Kf5 Kf7 63.Qe6 Kf8 64.Kf6 h5 65.Bb4) 62.Qe8 Kg7 63.Kf5 h5 64.Qg6 Kh8 65.Kf6 h4 66.Qg7 1-0. Jaymarc_Gutierrez (2470) - team_obasi (2500), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2023. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 c6 9.0-0 Qa5 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Qc1 b5 12.a3 Qc7 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Nd4 a6 15.Bf3 Ne5 16.Be2 c5 17.Nf3 b4 18.ab4 cb4 19.Nd1 a5 20.Nb2 Nf3–+ 21.Bf3 Bf5 22.d3 Be6 23.Nd1 Rec8 24.Ra1 Qc2 25.Qc2 Rc2 26.Ra5 b3 (27.e4 b2 28.Nb2 Rcb2–+) 0–1. retrolux – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

7.Bc3 Nc6 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.a3=+.

7.0-0= Nc6 8.Bb2=.

7.0-0= Nc6 8.d4=.

7.0-0 d5 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Bf4 c6=.

7.0-0 d5 8.c4 c5 9.Bb2 (9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bg3 Nb6 11.cd5 Nfd5=) 9...Nc6= 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Nd4 (11...Bc5 12.Nb3 Bd6 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Na3= (14.Qd5?? Bh2 15.Kh2 Qd5-+)) 12.Bd4= dc4 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.Rc1 Ba3 16.Rc2 Bc4 (16...Qe7 17.Be6 (17.Ba7 Bf5 18.e4 Ne4=+) 17...Qe6 18.Ba7+=) 17.Nc4 (17.Rc4 Be7=) 17...Bc5= 18.Bc5 Rc5 19.Na3 (19.Rd2 Qc7 20.Nd6 Re6=) 19...Qd1 (19...Rd5 20.Qe2=+) 20.Rd1= Rc2 21.Nc2 Rc8 22.Nd4 Kf8 23.Kf1 g6 24.Ke1 Ke7 25.f3 a6 26.a4 (26.e4 b5=) 26...Rc4 (26...b6 27.Ne2=+) 27.Rb1= Ra4 28.Rb7 Kf8 29.Nc6 Nd5 30.e4 Nf4 31.Ne5 Ra1 32.Kf2 Ra2 33.Kf1 (33.Kg3 Nh5 34.Kh3 f6=) 33...Ra1= 34.Kf2 Ra2 35.Kf1 (35.Kg3 Nh5 36.Kh3 f6 37.Nd7 Ke8+=) 35...Ra1 36.Kf2 ½-½. Lance5500 (2435) - Gannikus (2555), lichess.org, 2018.

7.0-0 d5 8.c4 Nc6 9.d4 Be6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.cd5 Bd5 12.Nc3=.

7.0-0 d5 8.c4 Be6 9.Qb3 (9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf6 Nf6 11.Rb1+=) 9...b6 (9...Nbd7!? 10.d4 Ne5 11.de5 dc4 12.Bc4 Bc4 13.Qc4 Nd7=) 10.Nc3+= dc4 11.Bc4 Bc4 12.Qc4 c5 (12...Nbd7 13.d4 c5 14.Rfd1+=) 13.Nb5 (13.Ng5 Qd7 (13...Re5?? 14.Nf7 Qe7 15.Ne5 Kh8 16.f4+-) 14.d4 h6 15.Bf6 cd4 16.Bd4 hg5+/-) 13...Nbd7+= 14.Bc7 Qc8 (better 14...Qe7!? 15.Bg3 Qe4+=) 15.Ng5+- Re7 (15...Qb7 16.Qf7 (16.Nf7?! Qd5 17.Nfd6 Qc4 18.Nc4 a6=) 16...Kh8 17.Bf4+-) 16.Bd6 h6 17.Be7 hg5 18.Nd6 Ne5 19.Nc8 (better 19.Qc3 Qe6 20.Bf6 Bd6 21.Bg5+-) 19...Nc4+= 20.Bf8 Kf8 21.d3 Ne5 (21...Nb2 22.Nd6 Rd8 23.Nb5+=) 22.d4 (22.Nd6 Nd3 23.Rad1 Ne5+/-) 22...cd4 (better 22...Nc4 23.Rfc1 b5=) 23.ed4 (23.Rac1 d3+=) 23...Nc6?? (better 23...Nc4!? 24.Na7 Ra7=+) 24.d5 Nd5 (worse 24...Rc8 25.dc6 Ne4 26.Rad1 Rc6 27.Rfe1+-) 25.Nd6 Nf4 (25...Nc3!?+=) 26.g3 Ne2 27.Kg2 Rd8 28.Ne4 (28.Nb5 Rd5 29.a4 a6+-) 28...f6 (28...g4 29.Rfe1 Ned4 30.Rac1+/-) 29.Rfe1 (29.Rfd1 Ned4+/-) 29...Ned4 30.Rac1 Ne5 (30...g4!?+/-) 31.Rc7 a5? (31...Nb5 32.Rb7 Nc6 33.a4+/-) 32.Rd1 (32.Ng5 Kg8+-) 32...Ne6 (better 32...g4+-) 33.Rd8 Nd8 34.Nd6 a4 (34...g4+-) 35.Nc4 Nc4 36.Rc4 Ke7 37.Ra4 (37.Rb4!? Kd6+-) 37...Nc6 (37...Kd6 38.Ra7 Ne6 39.Kf3+-) 38.Ra6 1-0. Parsifal_Micado (1995) - Lance5500 (2620), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Bb2 d5 8.c4 c5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.d4 c4 14.a4 a6 15.Nd2 Bd3 (15...b5 16.Bf3 Qd7 17.e4=+) 16.Bd3 cd3 17.Nf3 Nb4 18.Ne5 Qe4 19.Qd2 (19.Qb3 Re6+/-) 19...f6 (19...Rac8 20.Rac1 Rc2 21.Rc2 dc2=+) 20.Nc4?? (better 20.f3 Qd5 21.Nd3+/-) 20...Rac8-/+ 21.Rac1 Rc6 (21...Nc2 22.Na3 Bb4-/+ (22...Na3?! 23.Ba3 Ba3 24.Qa2 Kh8 25.Qa3=)) 22.Na3 Rec8 23.Rc6 Rc6 24.f3 (24.Rd1 f5=+) 24...Qd5-/+ 25.Rc1 (better 25.Qd1!?-/+) 25...Qb3-+ 26.Rc6 bc6 (26...Nc6?! 27.Nb1 Bb4 28.Nc3-+) 27.Qc3?? (27.Qc1 Kh8 (27...Qa4?! 28.e4-+) 28.Nb1 Na2-+ (28...Qa4?! 29.Bc3-+)) 27...Qc3 (better 27...Qd1 28.Kf2 d2-+) 28.Bc3 Na2 (better 28...Nd5!? 29.Nb1 Ne3-+) 29.Nb1=+ Kf7 30.Bd2 Ke6 31.e4 f5 32.Kf2 fe4 33.fe4 c5 34.Ke3 c4 35.Nc3 White prepares d5 35...Nb4 36.d5? (better 36.Kf4!?=+) 36...Ke5-+ 37.Kf3 Nc2 38.Nd1 Nd4 39.Ke3 Nc2 (39...Ne2!? 40.Kf3-+) 40.Kf3-/+ g6 41.Bc3? (41.Bf4 Kd4 42.d6 c3-/+) 41...Kd6 (better 41...Nd4 42.Ke3 Bh6 43.Kf2 Ke4-+) 42.e5?? (better 42.Ne3 Kc5 43.Nc2 dc2 44.Bd2-/+) 42...Kd5-+ 43.e6 (43.Kf4 Bh6 44.Kf3 Nd4 45.Kf2 Nc6-+) 43...Ke6 44.Ke4 Na3 45.Ne3 (45.Bb2 Nb1-+) 45...Nb1 46.Bd4 (46.Ba5 d2-+) 46...d2 (better 46...Nd2 47.Kf4 Bh6 48.Kg4 Be3 49.Be3-+) 47.Bb2 (47.h3-+) 47...d1Q! 48.Nd1 (48.Nd1 Bc5 Combination) 48...Nc3?? (48...Nd2 49.Kd4 Bg7 50.Kc5 Bb2 51.Nb2 c3-/+) 49.Nc3 (49.Bc3!? Bd6 50.h3 h5+-) 49…Kf6 0-1. opperwezen (2800) - Lance5500-YouTube (2520), Monthly Bullet Arena, lichess.org, 2017.

8.Bb2 Bg7 9.c4 c5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.d4 cd4 12.ed4 d5 13.Qd2 Bg4 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.h3 Bf5 17.Bc4 Ncb4 18.Bd5 Nd5 19.Nd5 Qd5 20.Rc1 a5 21.a3 Bh3! 22.Qg5 Qg5 23.Ng5 Bf5 24.Nf3 Rc1 25.Rc1 Bg4 26.Ne5 Be6 27.Rc5 b6 28.Rb5 Rb8 29.d5 Bc8 30.d6 Be5 31.Re5 Be6 32.Re2 Rd8 33.Rd2 f5 34.Be5 Kf8 35.Rb2 Bd7 36.Rb6 Re8 37.Bc3 a4 38.Rb7 Rd8? 39.Bf6+– Bc6 40.Be7 Ke8 41.Rc7 Bd7 42.Bd8 Kd8 43.Kf1 h5 44.f4 h4 45.Kg1 Bb5 46.Rg7 Be8 47.Kh2 g5 48.fg5 (48.fg5 Bc6 49.Re7+–) 1–0. Kappel,Ray – Lonyuk,Bohdan, 24. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2010.

8.c4 c5 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nb5+/– Na6 11.d4 Ng4 12.Bd6 Qb6 13.Nd2 Nh6 14.Nb3 cd4 15.ed4 Nf5 16.c5 Qd8 17.Bf3 Bf8 18.Bf4 d5 19.cd6 Nd6 20.a4 Nc7 21.Nc7 Qc7 22.Rc1 Qe7 23.Rc5 Rb8 24.Re5+/– Qd8 25.Rfe1 Be6 26.Nc5+– Bd7 27.Bd5 b6+/– 28.Nd7 Qd7 29.Bb3 Rbc8 30.h4 Nf5 31.Qg4 Bg7=+ 32.Re8 Re8 33.Be5 Qd8 34.Re4 Be5= 35.de5 Ng7 36.Rd4+– Qb8 37.Qf3?? Nf5? 38.Rd7+– Re5 39.Qd1 Qf8+/– 40.Rf7 (40.Rf7 Qf7 41.Qd8 Kg7 42.Bf7 Kf7 43.g4+/–) 1–0. Danek,Vaclav – Stredak,J, Klatovy op–B, 2003.

8.c4 Nc6 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3=.

8.c4 Bg7 9.Qb3 b6 10.Bc3 Bb7= 11.a4 Na6 12.d4 Ne4 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Nbd2 Nf6 15.Ne5 d6 16.Nd3 d5 17.Ne5 c5 18.cd5 Bd5 19.Bc4 Nb4 20.Ba3 a5 21.Ndf3 Bc4 22.Qc4 Qd5 23.Rac1 cd4 24.Bb4 ab4 25.ed4 Qc4 26.Rc4 Nd5 27.Ra1 Ra8 28.Kf1 Bf8 29.Rc6 Rec8 30.Nd2 Rc6 31.Nc6 Rc8 32.Ne5 Rc2 33.Nef3 Bh6 34.Ke1 Nc3 35.h4 f6 36.Nc4 b3–+ 37.Na3 Re2 38.Kf1 b2 (38...b2 39.Re1 Re1 40.Ne1 b1Q 41.Nb1 Nb1–+) 0–1. Peters,Andreas (2290) – Bewersdorff,Oliver (2300), BL2–O, 1994.

8.c4 Bg7 9.d3 c5 10.Bc3 d5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Re1 dc4 13.Nc4 Bf5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Qb3 Nd7 16.Rab1 b5 17.Nb2 c4 18.Qc2 Nce5 19.Be5 Ne5 20.e4 Nf3 21.Bf3 Be6 22.dc4 Rac8 23.Rec1 bc4 24.Na4 Be5 25.g3 Red8 26.Rd1 Rd1 27.Bd1 Rd8 28.Nc3 Qa5–+ 29.Na4?? Rd2 30.Qc1 Bd4 31.Rb5 Bf2 (31...Bf2 32.Kh1 Rd1 33.Qd1 Qb5–+; 31...Qb5?! 32.Qd2 Qe5 33.Bc2–+) 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan Joerg – Erich,Juergen (1870), Rostock op, 2009.

8.c4 Bg7 9.d4 d6 10.Bf6 Qf6=.

8.d4 d6 9.Bf4 Bg7=.

7.Bb2 Nc6 8.0-0 d5 9.Nd4 Nd4 10.Bd4 h5 (Better is 10...Qh4!? 11.h3 Ne5=+) 11.h3+= c5 (11...Nf6 12.Bh5 Bd6 13.Bf3+=) 12.a3+/– (< 12.hg4 cd4 13.gh5 Qh4=; < 12.Bg4 hg4 13.a3 gh3–+) 12...cd4 13.ab4 (13.hg4?! Bd6 14.gh5 Qg5=) 13...de3 14.hg4 ef2 15.Rf2 hg4 16.d4?? (Better is 16.Bg4 Bg4 17.Qg4 Re1 18.Kh2+/–) 16...g3–+ 17.Rf4 Qg5 18.Rf3 Qh4 19.Rg3 Qg3 20.Ra3 Qg5 21.Nc3 Qe3 22.Kf1 Re6 23.Nb5 Rf6 24.Bf3 Qh6 25.Kg1 Bd7 26.Nc7 Rc8 27.Nd5=+ Re6 28.Bg4 Rd6?? 29.Ne7+– Kf8 30.Nc8 Bc8 31.Bc8 Qg6 32.Bb7 Rd7 33.Ra7 Rc7 34.c3 Rc3 35.Ra8 Ke7 36.Qe1 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – Offerman, ICC, 2002. ... Shane Bonetti ... Biography & Background: * Shane Bonetti appears in chess databases with a profile under the flag of Scotland. * There is very limited personal biographical data publicly available (e.g., date of birth, major biographies) from the sources I found. * Apart from his chess-related work, a “Shane Bonetti” is listed on Academia.edu as an independent legal/social-science researcher (though it is not clear this is the same person as the chess player). * He is also credited with authoring a small theoretical chess-work: "Seven Masters – The Sokolsky Opening" (2002–07) under the name “Shane Bonetti.” * His ChessBase player page lists no detailed personal biography (e.g., birth date) and simply marks him as “SCO”. ... Summary: We know that Shane Bonetti is active/was active in the chess world (especially in opening theory) and associated with Scotland. But major biographical details (birthplace, full career timeline) are currently not publicly documented in readily accessible sources. ... Chess Overview & Style: * Bonetti’s name is connected with the unusual opening 1.b4 (the so-called “Orangutan” or “Sokolsky” Opening). A website listing “orangutan-people” lists “Bonetti, Shane of Australia” under that heading. This suggests he has interest in/played or analysed the opening. * His authoring of *Seven Masters – The Sokolsky Opening* indicates a deep theoretical interest in the Sokolsky/Orangutan Opening (1.b4). * The ChessBase profile of his games shows he has played competitive games (though I did not find high-profile titles such as Grandmaster or International Master documented in the sources I viewed). * Style wise: given his focus, he appears drawn to less conventional openings or “offbeat” systems—a rich area for creative play, surprise and theoretical development, rather than mainstream top-100 opening lines. For example he studies the “fighting” nature of the 1.b4 systems. ... Notable Contributions & Publications: * The work *Seven Masters – The Sokolsky Opening* (2002-2007) by Shane Bonetti is a self-published study of seven masters of the Sokolsky Opening (1.b4) and explores motifs/writing in opening theory. * His presence in player databases ensures his games are recorded (so one can study his practical play). ... What We Do Not Know/Caveats: * There is no publicly verified record (in the sources I found) of a major FIDE title (GM, IM) for Bonetti. * Exact personal/professional biography details (birth-date, full tournament results, peak rating) are incomplete. * The listing “Bonetti, Shane of Australia” under orangutan-people suggests either a confusion or cross-listing—he may have Australian connection or the listing may be in error. This is a red flag that some available info may be ambiguous. * While his authoring and theoretical work is documented, the impact (e.g., influence on mainstream opening practice) is less well-documented in major chess literature. ... Why He Matters / How to View His Chess Role: * Bonetti represents a specialist opening theoretician rather than a mainstream top-tier competitor. His interest in 1.b4 places him in a more niche segment of opening theory, which is interesting because unusual openings often drive innovation and can surprise strong opponents. * For students of chess openings, Bonetti’s work is a resource to explore less trodden opening paths and the thinking behind them. * From a broader perspective, his career reminds us that the chess world has many “scholars” of openings (authors, analysts) whose contribution is less about becoming world champion and more about enriching the game’s theory. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2= d5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.0-0 a6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Re1 Bf5 12.h3=+.

7.Bb2= d5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.0-0 d4 10.Nd4 +/–.

7.Bb2= d5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bh4 12.Bg4 Bg4 13.Qg4 Bf6 14.Qf3=.

7.Bb2 Re3?? 8.c3 Re2+= 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.d4 b6 11.Nbd2 Ba6 12.c4+/– Qe7 13.Qe7 Be7 14.0-0 d5 15.Rfe1 Kf8 16.cd5 Nf6 17.Rac1 Nd5 18.Re4 Nd7 19.Ne5 N7f6 20.Ree1 Bb4 21.Rc2 Bb5 22.Ra1 Ba4 23.Nb3 a5 24.g3 Re8 25.Rac1 Ne4 26.Nc6 Bd6+= 27.Re2 Bb5 28.Ree1 Bc6 29.Rc6–/+ Nb4 30.Rc4 b5–+ 31.Rb4 Bb4 32.Re3 a4 33.Nc1 Nd6 34.Nd3 Re3 35.fe3 Bd2 36.Kf2 Nc4 37.Bc1 Ba5 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Nc5 Bb6 40.Ne4 h6 41.Kd3 f5 42.Nc3 c6 43.Na4+= ½–½. Haubro,S (2135) – Wilbrandt,Simon Pil (1945), Copenhagen Chess Challenge, 2012.

7.Bb2 Re3?? 8.fe3 Ne3 9.Qc1 Ng2 10.Kd1+–.

7.Bb2 Re3?? 8.fe3 Ne3 9.Qc1 Ng2 10.Kf2 Nf4 11.d3 Ne2 12.Ke2 Qe7 (12...Bc5 13.d4 Be7 14.d5+-) 13.Qe3 Nc6 14.Qe7 Ne7 1-0. javirod1983 (2435) - TahlyOtros (2320), FVA XXII Clubes de Amworse½rica, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.c3 Ne5 8.cb4 Nf3 9.Bf3 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nc3 c6 13.Rb1 Qf6 14.Be2 Ne2 15.Qe2 d5 16.bc6 bc6 17.Rb6 Qd8 18.Na4 Re4 –/+.

7.c3 Ne5 8.cb4 Nf3 9.Bf3 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nc3 Qf6 13.Be4 Re4 14.Ne4+=.

7.c3 Ne5 8.cb4 Nf3 9.Bf3 Qh4 10.a3 a5 11.b5 d6 12.0-0 Qg5 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Nd5 +/–.

7.Bc3 a5 8.a3 Be7 9.d4 d5 10.Nbd2 Bh4 11.Nh4 Qh4=+.

7.Bc3 Nc6 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.d4 d5 10.a3 Nc6 11.0-0 Bf5 12.c4 Nf6 13.Nc3 Ne7 14.Qb3 b6 15.cd5 Ned5 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.Ne5 Qd6+=.

7.Bc3 Nc6 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.d4 d5 10.c3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.0-0 Qd6 13.c4 Nf6 14.Qb3 b6 15.Rfc1 Ng4 16.h3 Na5 17.Qa4 Nf6 18.c5 Qd8 19.Ne5 Ne4 20.Ne4 Be4 21.Qd7 f6 22.cb6+=.

7.Bc3= Nc6 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.d4 d6 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Bd3 Nd3=+.

7.Bc3= Be7 8.0-0 d5 9.d4 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bd3 11.cd3 Nd7 12.a4 c6=+.

7.Bc3 Be7 8.d4 d5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Ba1 Qd7 13.Rb2 a6 14.h3 Nf6=+.

7.c3 Ba5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 d6 10.d4 Bg4 11.Na3 (11.d5!? Bf3 12.Bf3=) 11...Bc3-/+ 12.Rb1 b6?? (better Reb8-/+) 13.Nb5+/- Ba5 (13...Bd4 14.ed4 Re7 15.Nc3+-) 14.Nc7+- Rac8 15.Ne8 Re8 16.Bb5 Bd7?? (16...Rc8 17.Rc1 Nb4 18.Rc8 Bc8 19.Qc1+-) 17.d5 (better 17.Qa4 d5 18.Rbc1 Re6+-) 17...Ne5 (17...Nb8 18.Qa4 Rd8 19.Qd4+-) 18.Ne5 Bb5 19.Rb5 (19.Ng4 Qg6 20.Rb5 f5+-) 19...Re5 (19...de5 20.Qg4+-) 20.Qd4 h6 21.Rc1 Qg6 (21...Qf5 22.f3+-) 22.Rb3 (22.Rb2 a6+-) 22...Rg5 23.g3 h5 (23...Qf5 24.f4 Rh5 25.e4+-) 24.Rc8 Kh7 25.Qd3 Rf5 (25...Qd3 26.Rd3 b5 27.Rc6+-) 26.e4 (better 26.Rc7!? h4+-) 26...Re5 27.f3 b5 (better 27...f5 28.ef5 Qf5 29.Qf5 Rf5+-) 28.Kg2 (worse 28.Qb5 Bb6 29.Kf1 f5+-) 28...Bb6 29.Rc6 (29.Qb5?! f5 30.Qc4 fe4+-) 29...h4 30.Rb5 (30.Qb5 hg3 31.hg3 Qh6+/-) 30...hg3 31.hg3 Rg5 (31...Rh5 32.Qd2+-) 32.g4 Rg4 (32...Re5+-) 33.fg4 Qg4 34.Kf1 Qf4 35.Ke2 Qg4 (35...Qh2 36.Kd1+-) 36.Kd2 (36.Qf3!? Qd7+-) 36...Qg2 37.Kc3 (better 37.Qe2 Qg5 38.Kd1 Qg1 39.Kc2 g6 40.Rd6 Qa1+-) 37...Qg6 (37...g6 38.Kb3 Qh2 39.Rc8+-) 38.Rcb6 (better 38.Qh3 Qh6 39.Qh6 gh6 40.Rd6+-) 38...Qf6 (38...ab6 39.Rb6 Qh5 40.Rd6+-) 39.Kb3 (better 39.e5 Qg6 40.Qg6 fg6 41.Rd6 Kh6 42.e6 Kg5 43.e7 Kh6 44.e8Q Kg5 45.Rg6 Kf4 46.Qf7 Ke5 47.Re6) 39...ab6 40.Rb6 Qe5 41.Rb8 (better 41.Rd6 Qg5 42.e5 g6 43.Qh3 Kg7 44.Qc3+-) 41...g6 (41...Kg6+-) 42.Qh3 Kg7 (42...Kg7 43.Qh8). Hotelschach (2445) - new_yzbekkk (2435), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2024. (=1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 Re8)

7.c3 Nc6 8.a3 Ba5 9.Ra2 a6 10.Be2 d6 11.0-0 g5 12.Ne1 Re4 13.d4 Rh4 14.c4 Be1= 15.Re1 Qh6 16.h3 g4 17.Bf1 gh3=+ 18.Nc3 hg2–/+ 19.Bg2 Qg5 20.f4 Qg3–/+ 21.Ne4 Qh2 22.Kf2 Bh3 23.Rg1 Kh8 24.Ng5 =+ (24…Rg8 25.Nf7 Kg7 26.Ng5+=). Armstrong – Grehl,Siegfried, corr 3GMM–06, 1996.

7.c3 d5 8.d4 Ba5 9.Bd3 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Qc2 c4 12.Bh7 Kh8 13.h3? (13.e4 Bg4 14.ed5 Bf3 15.gf3 Bc3 16.Qc3 Nd4 17.Kh1 Kh7 18.Rd1 Qf3 19.Qf3 Nf3 20.Nc3–/+) 13...g6–+ 14.Bg6 Qg6 15.Qg6 fg6 16.Nh4 Kg7 17.g4 Rh8 18.Kg2 Rh4 19.Kg3 Rh7 20.h4 Bd7 21.Na3 Rah8 22.Rh1 Bc7 23.f4 g5 24.h5 Re8 25.Kf3 gf4 26.ef4 Re4 27.Nb5 Bf4 28.g5 Bg5 29.h6 (29.Raf1 Kh6 30.Rf2 Be3–+) 0–1. slavisa11 – MrsX, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

7.c3 Be7 8.d4+= d5 9.Bd3 c5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.0-0 Qd6 12.dc5 Qc5 13.Qc2 g6 14.Rab1 Rd8 15.Nb3 Qd6 16.Nbd4 Bf6 17.Rfd1 Rb8 18.h3 Kg7 19.a4 Bd7 20.Qa2 ½–½. aspasio – aci, net–chess.com, 2015.

7.c4 (---> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 Re8 7.h3).

7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bh2 Nb6 9.0-0 c6 (9...Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.Nc3=) 10.d4 (10.a4 Qe7=) 10...Ne4 11.Qd3 (11.Nfd2 Be6=) 11...Bf5 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.a4 Bd6 (13...Ba5 14.Bf4+=) 14.a5 (14.Bd6 Nd6 15.Re1 Rac8=) 14...Nc8 15.c4 Bh2 16.Nh2 dc4 17.Bc4 Ncd6 18.f3 (18.Nf3 Nc4 19.Qc4 Qf6=) 18...Ng3 19.Re1 Qg5 20.e4 (20.Na3!?+=) 20...Rad8–/+ 21.Nc3? (better is 21.Ng4!? Bg4 22.hg4–+) 21...Bh3!–+ 22.gh3?? (22.f4 Qf6 A) 23.gh3? looks very tantalising, but 23...Qd4 24.Kg2 A1) 24...Nc4?! 25.Nf3 Qd3 26.Rad1 (26.Kg3?? if White takes the knight he will lose 26...Nd2 27.Qd1 Qc3–+) 26...Ne3 27.Kg3 Nd1 28.Rd1=; A2) 24...Qc4 25.Qc4 Nc4–+; B) 23.Rad1–+) 22...Nge4 23.Ng4 Nd2 24.Bf7 Nf7 25.Re5 Nb3 (25...Nb3 26.Rg5 Ng5–+) 0–1. Huelle,Gunter – Schikor,Torsten (2095), Leipzig VfB op, 2001.

6.a3 Bc5 7.Nf3 d5 8.Nc3 Ne5 9.fe5 Ne4 10.Na4 Be7 11.Bd3 Bh4 12.g3 Be7 13.Rb1 b6 14.Nd4 c5 15.Nc6 Qe8 16.Ne7 Qe7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh4 Ng5 19.Qf4 Bh3 20.Nc3 Bg2 21.Rf1 Bf1 22.Nd5 Qe5! 23.Qe5 Nf3 24.Kf1 Ne5 25.Be2 Rad8 26.c4 Kg7 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Hintze,Emanuel (2040), SB–2010-0-00083, 2010.

6.a3 Ne5 7.fe5 Bc5 8.ef6 Qf6 9.c3 +–.

6.c3 Ne5 7.fe5 Nd5 8.Qf3 Nc3 9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3 Qh4 11.Qf2 Qf2 12.Kf2+–.

6.c3 Be7 7.Bf6 Bf6 (worse 7...gf6 8.Bd3 d5 9.Qh5+–) 8.Nf3 Qe7 (8...d5 9.Bb5=+) 9.Bd3 (9.Be2 d6=+) 9...d5 10.0-0 Nb4 11.Be2 (11.cb4 Ba1 Pinning (11...Ba1 Deflection)) 11...c5 12.a4 (12.Na3 Nc6=+) 12...g6 (12...Nc6 13.Bb5–/+) 13.Qb3 (13.Na3 Nc6=+) 13...Rd8 14.Na3 (14.Ne5!? Be5 15.fe5 Qe5 16.a5=+) 14...Nc6–+ 15.Rae1 Be6 (15...Bf5 16.Qb2=+) 16.d4 (16.Bb5 Na5 17.Qa2 c4–/+) 16...Bg7 (16...Rab8 17.Ne5=+) 17.Ne5=+ Na5 (17...Rac8 18.Qb2=+) 18.Qa2 (18.Qb5 b6 19.dc5 Qc5 20.Qc5 bc5=+) 18...Rac8 19.Nb1 (19.Qb2 Bf5=+) 19...f6 (19...b6 20.Bd3=+) 20.Nd3 Bf8 (better 20...b6!?=+) 21.Nc5+= Rc5 (21...Bf7 22.Nb3 Nc6 23.Bb5+=) 22.dc5 d4 23.Qd2 Nb3 24.Qb2 (24.Qc2 de3 25.c6 bc6+=) 24...de3 25.Rd1 (25.f5 gf5 26.Bd1 Nd2 27.Nd2 Rd2=+) 25...Rd1= 26.Rd1 Qc5 27.c4 (27.Qc2 f5=) 27...Bc4=+ 28.Kh1 (28.Bc4 Qc4 29.Qf6 Nc1–/+) 28...Be2 (28...f5 29.Bc4 Qc4 30.Qe5=+) 29.Qe2= Nc1 (29...Na5 30.Re1=) 30.Qb2 e2 31.Re1 (31.Rc1 Qf2 32.Qb3 Kh8–+) 31...Kg7 32.Qb7 (32.Rc1 Qf2 33.Qe2 Qe2–+; 32.Qc1 Qc1 33.Rc1 Bb4–/+) 32...Kh6 33.Qf3 Qc8 34.Qe3 (34.f5 Kg7 35.Qe3 Bb4 36.Rc1 Qc1 37.Qc1 e1Q 38.Qe1 Be1 39.fg6 hg6=+) 34...Bb4 35.Rc1 (35.f5 Kg7 36.Rc1 Qc1 37.Qc1 e1Q 38.Qe1 Be1 39.fg6 hg6=+) 35...Qc1 36.Qc1 e1Q 37.Qe1 Be1 38.Na3 Bf2 (38...a6 39.Nc4=) 39.Nc4 f5 40.Ne5 ½–½. pcmvr – cadam, net–chess.com, 2017.

6.Nc3 Ne5 7.fe5 Bc3 8.dc3 Ne4 9.Nf3 d5 (9...Nc3 10.Qd4+–) 10.ed6 Nd6 11.Qd4 Qe7 12.Qf4 Re8 13.Bd3 h6 14.h4 Qe3 15.Qe3 Re3 16.Kf2 Re8 17.Rhe1 Be6 18.Nd4 Bd5 19.a4 a6 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.Nf3 Re1 22.Re1 Re8 23.Ne5 Ne4! 24.Be4 (24.Be4 Re5 Decoy (24...Re5 Interception); 24.Re4 Be4 Combination) 24...Re5 25.Bd5 Rd5 26.Rb1 b6 27.Ke3 Ke7 28.Rb4 Ke6 29.Rc4 Rc5 30.Rg4 Rc3 31.Kd2 h5 32.Rg7 Rc4 33.g3 Ra4 34.Rh7 Ra5 35.Rh8 Rf5 36.Rc8 Kd6 37.Rd8 Kc6 38.Rg8 a5 39.Kc3 b5 40.Rh8 Kc5 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Hintze,Emanuel (2040), SB–2009–0-00072, 2009.

6.Nf3 d5 7.Be2 Bc5 8.0-0 d4–/+ 9.Bb5 de3 10.d4=+ Bb6 11.Bc6 bc6 12.Qe2 Ng4–+ 13.h3 Nh6 14.a4 a5 15.Qe3 f6 16.c3 fe5 17.fe5 Nf5 18.Qf2 Ba6 19.Rd1 c5! 20.Qa2 Kh8 21.d5 Ne3 22.Re1 Rf3! 23.gf3 c4 24.Kh2 Qd5 25.Re3 Be3 26.Qe2 Qe5 27.Kh1 Rd8 28.Na3 Rd2 29.Rb1 g6 30.Nc2 Re2 (30...Re2 31.Rb8 Kg7 32.Rg8 Kg8 33.Ne3 Qh2#) 0–1. Andersson,Egart – Woelfelschneider,Peter, TKM–A004, 1999.

6.Nf3 Nd5 7.c3 Be7 8.Bd3 d6 9.Bd4 Nd4 10.Nd4 Nf6 11.0-0 Re8 12.c4 d5 13.cd5 Qd5 14.Nc3 Qc5 15.Rc1 c6 16.Ne4 Qa5 17.Qc2 h6 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Nf6 Bf6 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Be6 Re6 22.Nc5 Qc2 23.Rc2 Re7 24.Rb1 b6 25.Na6 c5=+ 26.a4 Rd8 ½–½. pcmvr (2730) – diegomaradona (2470), net–chess.com, 2007.

7.c3 Bd6–/+ 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Be2 Re8 10.Qa4 Ne4 11.0-0 Nc5=+ 12.Qd1 Bf4!–/+ 13.ef4 Qe2–+ 14.Qe2 Re2 15.Re1 Re6 16.Re3 Re3 17.de3 Bf5 18.Ba3 Ne4 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Bb4 a5 21.Ba3 Nd4 22.cd4 Ra6 23.Bc1 Rc6 24.Nd2 Nd6 25.Kf2 Rc2 26.Kf3 h5 27.h3 h4 28.g4 hg3 29.Kg3 Nb5 30.Nf3 Nc3 31.Bd2 Ne4 (31...Ne4 32.Kg2 Nd2 33.Nd2 Rd2 34.Kg3 Re2–+) 0–1. Pal,Laszlo – Hagstroem,Allan, World Cup XII P067, 2000.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Ne5 Be2 11.Qe2 Ne5 12.fe5= Ne4 13.d3 Ng5 14.d4 Bb6 15.c4 c5 16.dc5 Bc5 17.cd5 Qd5–/+ 18.Nd2 Rac8 19.Kh1 Bb6 20.e4 Qe6 21.Nf3 Qg4 22.Rae1 Ne6 23.Ng1 Qe2 (23...Qe2 24.Re2 Red8–/+) 0–1. Kern,Michael (1745) – Cornacchini,Gabriele, IECC, 2001.

7.fe5 Ne4=+.

7.Ne5 d5–/+ 8.Be2 Ne4 9.0-0=+ Re8 10.c3 Bd6 11.Nf3 Qf6–/+ 12.Nd4 a6 13.c4 c6 14.cd5 cd5 15.Qb3= Bc5 16.Qd5 Bd4 17.ed4 Bf5–/+ 18.Kh1 Nd2 19.Nd2–/+ Re2 20.Qb7 Rae8 21.Qb4=+ Qc6 22.Nf3 Bg4 23.Kg1 Qe4 24.Qc4 Bf3 25.Rf3=+ Qb7 26.Raf1= h6 27.h3 R8e3 28.R3f2+= Qb2 29.Qc8 Kh7= 30.Qf5 Kg8 31.Qd5 Rf2 32.Rf2+= Qa1 33.Rf1 Re1 34.Re1+/– Qe1 35.Kh2 Qd2 36.Qa8 Kh7 37.Qe4 Kg8 38.d5 Kf8 39.Qe5 Qa5 40.Qb8 Ke7 41.Qa7 Kf6 42.Qd4 Ke7 43.d6 Kd7+/– 44.Qg7 Qa2 1–0. Bendig,Frank – Krolik, corr 3GMM–36, 1997. ... Biography: * Frank Bendig is a German chess player. * According to the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation), his ICCF ID is 82645, and he holds the title of CCM (Correspondence Chess Master). * He has played at least 383 correspondence chess games. * On the FIDE/over-the-board side, he appears in the ChessBase player database. * He has contributed to chess literature: for example, he was an author in the "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter". ... Chess Career & Style: * In correspondence chess, Bendig has participated in Chess 960 (Fischer Random) events. Notably: in the 13th Chess 960 World Cup, he competed in Semifinal 4. * In the 12th Chess 960 World Cup, he played in the first semifinal with a fairly solid performance. * On the over-the-board side, some of his games are archived. For example, he played Reiner Knobloch in 1990 in a correspondence game. * According to “Marek’s 1.b4 world” site, Bendig has played unorthodox openings (1.b4, the Sokolsky) in correspondence matches. ... Assessment & Legacy: * Bendig is perhaps best known in the correspondence chess community, especially for his involvement in Chess 960 events. * His contribution as a writer (in "Unorthodox Openings Newsletter") suggests an interest in offbeat or less mainstream opening theory. * He is a respected correspondence player (CCM level) with a long record (hundreds of games). Note created November 2025. (AI)

8.c3 Be7 9.Bd3 d6 10.Qc2 g6 11.ed6 Qd6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Be2 Rfe8 14.c4 Bf5 15.Qb2 Bf6 16.Nc3 b6 17.Rad1 c6 18.Qc1 Rad8 19.a3 g5 20.h3 Nh6 21.Nh2 Be7 22.a4 Bh3 23.d4 Qg3 24.Rf2 Bf5 25.e4=+ Bg6 26.Rf3 Qd6 27.Rh3 Kg7 28.Nf3 Qa3 29.Qd2 f6 30.d5 Bd6 31.Nd4=+ Qc5 32.Kh1 Bf4 33.Qe1 g4 34.Rh6 Bh6–/+ 35.Bg4 cd5 36.cd5= Bf4 37.Ne6 Re6 38.Be6 Qc4 39.Ne2 Be5 40.Ng3 Qa4 41.Nf5 Bf5 42.Bf5 Qb3 43.Rb1 Qd3 44.Rd1 Qg3 45.Qg3 Bg3 46.Rd3 Bd6 47.Rb3 h6 48.g4 Bc5 49.Rb2 a5 50.Ra2 Kf7 51.Kg2 Ke7 52.Kf3 Ra8 53.Ke2 b5 54.Rc2 Bd6–+ 55.Rc8 Rc8–/+ 56.Bc8 a4 57.Kd3? Be5 (57...Be5 58.d6 Kd6–+ (58...Bd6?! 59.Ba6–+)) 0–1. pcmvr (1950) – luciano59 (2050), ChessHere.com, 2007.

8.c3 Be7 9.Be2 d6 10.ed6 Bd6 11.0-0 c6 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.h3 Nf6 14.e4 Re8–/+ 15.d3 Qh5 16.Nd4 Qe5–/+ 17.Nf3 Qg3 18.Kh1 Bh3! 19.gh3?? Qh3 20.Kg1 Ng4 21.Bd1 Bf4 22.Re1 Be3 23.Re3 Ne3 24.Qe2 Qg3 25.Kh1 Re6 26.Qe3 Qh3 (26...Qh3 27.Kg1 Rg6 28.Kf2 Rg2 29.Ke1 Qh1 30.Ng1 Rg1 (30...Qg1?! 31.Qg1 Rg1 32.Ke2–/+) 31.Kd2 Rd1 32.Kc2 Rg1–+) 0–1. Larrass,Ingolf (2340) – Holthuis,Willem (2375), corr ICCF EU–M–920, 1991.

8.Bd3 Re8 9.a3 Ba5 10.0-0 Ne5 11.Bh7 Kh7 12.Ne5 Re5 13.d4 Rg5 14.h4 Rg6 15.Qh5 Kg8 16.Qa5 d5 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Ne2 Qh4 19.Nf4 Rh6 20.Rae1 g5 21.Nd5 g4 (21...g4 22.Nf6 Rf6 23.Rf6 b6–+) 0–1. Pietrzak,Janusz – Petersen,Aage H, corr ICCF EU–M–GT–186, 1981.

8.Bd3 Re8 9.a3 Ba5 10.0-0 Ne5 11.Bh7 Kh7 12.Ne5 Re5 13.d4 Rg5 14.h4 Rg6 15.Qh5 Kg8 16.Qa5 Qe7 17.Nc3 Qe3–+ 18.Rf2 b6 19.Qb4 Bb7 20.d5 Re8 21.Raf1 Ba6 22.Nd1 Qe7 23.h5 (23.Rf7 Qb4 24.ab4 Bf1 25.Rf1 Rg4–+) 0–1. Pietrzak,Janusz – Zitkus,Ricardas J, corr ICCF EU–M–GT–186, 1982.

6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 Re8 9.c4 d4 10.Qc2 Ng4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Ng5? g6 13.Ne4–/+ Nce5 14.fe5= Re5 15.Nf6?? Kg7 16.Nd5?? Bf5 17.Bd3? de3–+ 18.de3 Be6?? 19.Be4? Qg5 20.Nbc3? Rd8 (better is 20...Ne3!? 21.Qb2 Nf1 22.Rf1–+) ½–½. Groenendal – Gijsbers, corr NED H, 1989.

6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Ne5 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.d4 c5 10.0-0 c4 11.c3 Bf5 12.Nd2 h6 13.g4 Bh7 14.h3 Qa5 15.g5 hg5 16.fg5 Ne4 17.Ne4 Be4 18.Qe1 Be5 (18...Be5 19.de5 Rae8–+) 0–1. St_Jean,Benoit – Holanda,Dogeval, CC.2003.0.00064, 2003.

7.Nf3 Ne5 8.fe5 Ng4 9.c3 Ba5 10.h3 Nh6 11.0-0 c5 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Na3 Bc7 15.Nb5 Be5 16.Ne5 Re5 17.Nd4 Rg5 18.Kh1 Qe7 19.Rf4 f5 20.Qf3= Qe5 21.e4 de4 22.Be4 Qd6 23.Bd5+/– Kh8 24.Bc4 Qb6 25.Qd5 Qc7 26.Nb5 Qc6?? 27.Qd8 (27.Qd8 Qe8 28.Qe8 Ng8 29.Qg8#) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Bendig,Frank, corr, 1989.

7.Nf3 Ng4 8.c3 Be7 9.Qc2 f6 10.Bd4 Be6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bd3 g6 13.Bg6+= f5 14.Bh5 Bh4 15.Ke2 Nd4+= 16.cd4 Be7 17.Nc3 Kh8 18.Rag1 Ng8 19.g4 Qc8 20.g5 Kg7 21.h4 c6 22.Ne5 Bd6 23.Bf3 Qc7 24.h5+– Ne7 25.h6 Kh8 26.g6 hg6 27.Ng6 Ng6 28.Rg6 Rae8 29.Qb1 Bg8 30.Rg7 Re7+/– 31.Qg1 Bh7 32.Bh5 Rg8 33.Rg8+– Bg8 34.Qg5 Re6 35.Bg6 Bh7 36.Bf5 Bf5 37.Qf5 Qe7 38.Kf3 b5 39.h7 Rf6 40.Qc8 Qf8 41.Qf8 Rf8 42.Rh6 Rd8 43.d3 a5 44.e4 b4 45.Na4 de4 46.de4 c5 47.dc5 Bf8 48.Ra6 Kh7 49.c6 Rc8 50.e5 (50.e5 Kg8 51.Ke4+–) 1–0. Durka,Jan – Sorsak,Jozef Sr, Tirnavia–B Trnava, 1979.

7.Bb2 Re8 8.Qe2 –/+.

7.Bb2 Re8 8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 Bc5 10.d4 Qd7?? 11.Ne5 Bb6?? 12.Ba3 Qe6=+ 13.c4 Ne5 14.fe5 dc4 15.Bb2? Nd5 16.Qd2 Ne7 17.Na3= Bd3 18.Rac1 Ba5 19.Bc3 Bb6 20.Bd3 cd3=+ 21.Qd3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Rad8 23.Nc4 c6 24.Qb1 Rd7 25.Rf3 Bc7 26.a4 Nb6 27.Na5 Be5–/+ 28.Nb7 Rb7 29.de5 Qd7 30.Qc2=+ Re5 31.a5 Nd5 32.Qc6 Qc6 33.Rc6 Rb8 34.Ra6 Rb7 35.Rc6 h5 36.e4 Nf6 37.Bc3= Re4 38.Bf6 gf6 39.Rg3 Kf8 40.Rf6 Re5 41.Ra3 Re6 (41...Kg7 42.Rd6=+) ½–½. Algra,Klaas – De Korte,M, corr NED–chS, 1986.

7.Bb2 Ng4 8.c3 Bc5 9.Ba3 Ba3 10.Na3 Bf5 11.Bb5 Re8 12.0-0 Qd6 13.Nc2 a6 14.Ncd4= Be4 15.Bc6 bc6 16.Nh4 h5 17.h3 Nf6 18.Ndf5 Qa3 19.Ng3 Bd3 20.Re1 g6 21.Nf3 c5 22.Ne5 Bb5 23.Qb3 Qb3= 24.ab3 h4 25.Nh1 c4 26.b4 c5 27.Nf2 cb4=+ 28.cb4 Rac8 29.Rac1 Rb8 30.Ra1 Rbc8 31.Rac1 Nh5 32.Nf3= Ng3 33.Nd1 Nf5 34.Nc3 Bc6 (34...Rcd8 35.Ne5=+) ½–½. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, corr or01–001 E–mail, 2001.

7.Bb2 Ng4 8.c3 Bc5 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Ba3= Qe7 11.Bc5 Qc5 12.0-0 f5 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.a4 Re7 15.Na3 Rae8 16.Nc2 g6 17.Rfb1 Na5 18.h3 Nf6 19.Ncd4 a6 20.Ne5 Bc8 21.Bc2 Nd7 22.Ndf3 Ne5 23.Ne5 Nc6 24.Nd3 Qd6 25.Bb3 b6 26.Qf3 Be6 27.Qf2 Na5 28.Ba2 Nb7 29.Qf1 c5 30.Ne5 c4 31.d3 cd3 32.Qd3+= Nc5 33.Qd4 Qc7 34.Bd5+= Bd5 35.Qd5 Re6 36.Qc4 R8e7 37.Rb2 Ne4 38.Qc7 Rc7 39.c4 a5 40.g4 Rd6 41.Rab1 Rb7 42.Kh1 Kg7 43.gf5 gf5 44.Nf3 Kf6 45.Nd4 Nc3 46.c5 bc5 47.Rb7 Nb1 48.Nb3 Rd1 49.Kg2 c4 50.Nd4 c3 51.Rb6 Kf7 52.Rb5 Na3 (52...Kg6 53.Kg3+= (53.Nf5? c2 54.Rc5 c1Q 55.Rc1 Rc1–+; 53.Rf5?! c2 54.Rg5 Kf6 55.Nc2 Rd2 56.Kg3 Rc2+=; 53.Ra5 c2 54.Ra6 Kh5 55.Nf5 Rg1 56.Kf2 Rf1 57.Ke2 Rf2 58.Kf2 c1Q 59.Rh6)) ½–½. Brzoza,Miroslaw – Kuperski,Marek, corr 2. AMM Poland, 1994. ... Here are some highlights regarding Miroslaw Brzoza's chess activity, particularly in correspondence chess: ... International Master (IM) Norm: In September 2024, Miroslaw Brzoza achieved his first norm for the International Master (IM) title in correspondence chess during the 1 EU Senior Cup Consolation Final (Result: He scored 5.5/10, which was sufficient for the IM norm). ... FIDE Information: His FIDE profile lists him as a Polish player (born 1950) with no FIDE title, suggesting his main competitive focus might be in the correspondence format, which is governed by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF). ... Correspondence Chess: The achievement of the IM norm is a significant milestone in correspondence chess, which involves playing games over a long period, often using a server. ... Biography and Profession: Based on his activity in Polish chess circles, particularly in events for clergy, his main profession is identified as a member of the clergy. - Profession: Priest (Polish: ks. Miroslaw Brzoza - ksiadz Miroslaw Brzoza). - Birth Year: 1950. - Correspondence Chess Title: ICCF Master (IM) (achieved in 2020). - Chess Achievements (Clergy Events): Winner of the 3rd International Polish Clergy Correspondence Chess Championship in 2017; Multiple medalist in the Polish Clergy Correspondence Chess Championships, including 3 gold medals; - Bronze medalist in the Polish Clergy Over-the-Board Chess Championship in 2014. ... Correspondence Chess Career: He has participated in three finals of the Individual Polish Correspondence Chess Championship. In September 2024, he achieved his first International Master (IM) norm in the EU Senior Cup Consolation Final. Note created November 2025. (AI)

7.Bb2 Ng4 8.c3 Be7 9.Bd3 f5 10.0-0= Bf6 11.Qc2 g6 12.h3 Nh6 13.Bb5 Na5 14.Ba3 Rf7 15.Bb4 c6 16.Be2+= Nc4 17.Bc4 dc4=+ 18.a4 Be6 19.a5 Bd5 20.Bc5 Be4 21.Qa4 Qd5 22.Bd4 c5 23.Bf6 Rf6 24.Rf2 Nf7 25.Na3 Bd3 26.Ne1 Nd6 27.Nd3 Qd3–/+ 28.Rd1 Rd8 29.Rff1 Kg7 30.Kh2 Rf7–/+ 31.Rg1 Rfd7 32.Rge1 Qd5 33.Kg1 a6 34.Kh2 Qe6 35.Kg1 Kh6 36.Kh2=+ Kh5 37.Rg1 h6?? 38.g4+– Kh4 39.Rg2 g5? 40.Rf1 fg4 41.hg4 gf4 42.ef4 Qe4 43.Qd1 Nb5 44.Nc4! Rd3 45.Ne5 Qg2 46.Kg2 Rd2 47.Qd2! Rd2 48.Kf3 Rh2 49.Ng6 Kh3 50.Rg1 (50.Rg1 Rd2 51.Rh1 Rh2 52.Rh2 Kh2 53.f5+–) 1–0. Gerold,Guenter – Bondick,Karl Heinz, corr DDR–ch11 sf01, 1981.

7.Be2 Ne5 8.fe5 Ne4=+.

7.Be2 Ne5 8.fe5 Ng4 9.c3 Ba5 10.h3= Nh6 11.0-0 c5 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Na3 Bc7 15.Nb5 Be5 16.Ne5 Re5 17.Nd4 Rg5 18.Kh1 Qe7 19.Rf4 f5 20.Qf3= Qe5 21.e4+= de4 22.Be4 Qd6 23.Bd5+/– Kh8 24.Bc4 Qb6 25.Qd5 Qc7 26.Nb5 Qc6 27.Qd8 (27.Qd8 Qe8 28.Qe8 Ng8 29.Qg8#) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Bendig,Frank, corr, 1989.

7.Be2 Re8 8.0-0 Ne5 9.Ne5 d4 10.c3 dc3 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Bc4 Be6 (12...Rf8 13.Nc3 (< 13.dc3 Bd6–/+) 13...Ba5 14.d4=) 13.Be6+= fe6 14.Nc3 c5 15.Rf3 Rad8 16.d3 Bc3 17.Qc3 Nd5 18.Qc4 unclear. Pietrzak,Janusz – Tucek, corr ICCF, 1976.

7.Be2 Bg4 8.c3.

8.0-0 Nce5!? 9.fe5 Re8–/+ 10.a3 Ba5 11.c4 Ne5 12.Ne5 Re5 13.Qc2 –/+.

8.0-0 Qe7 9.a3 Bc5 10.Bb2 Bf5 11.Nc3 d4 12.Nd5 Qd6 13.ed4=+.

8.0-0 Qe7 9.Bb2 Re8 10.Bd3 Bc5 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.h3 Be3 13.de3 Qe3 14.Kh1 Nf2 15.Rf2 Qf2 16.Ng5 h6 17.Bh7 Kh8 18.Qh5 Re1?? 19.Re1= Qe1 20.Kh2 Be6 21.Nce4! Nd3? 22.Bg7! Kg7 23.Ne6 fe6 24.Qg6 Kf8 25.Qg8 Ke7 26.Qg7 Kd8 27.Nf6 Qh1 28.Kh1 Nf2 29.Kg1 Nh3 30.gh3 h5 31.Qf8# (31.Qd7#) 1–0. COMP – COMP, 2000.

8.0-0 Qe7 9.Bb2= Re8 10.Bd3 Bc5 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.h3 Be3 13.de3 Qe3 14.Kh1 Nf2 15.Rf2 Qf2 16.Ng5 h6–/+ 17.Bh7 Kh8–+ 18.Qh5 Be6?? 19.Nce4 Qc2 20.Bf6! (20.Bf6 Qc3 21.Bc3+–) 1–0. Pietrzak,Janusz – Posthoff,Christian D, corr ICCF EU–M–GT–186, 1981.

8.Bc3 A) 8...Bc3 9.Nc3 Re8=+ 10.0-0 d4 11.ed4 Nd4 12.Ng5 Ne2 13.Ne2=+; B) 8...Re8 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.c3 Nc6 11.0-0 Bf5 12.a3 a6 13.Ng5=+; C) 8...Bc5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Nd4 Qh4 11.h3 Bd4 12.hg4 Bc3 13.Nc3=; D) 8...Bf5 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Nd4 Nh6 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.0-0=+; E) 8...Qe7 9.h3 Nf6 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Nc3 d4 13.Ne4=+.

7.Be2 Bc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.d3 Nf6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Qd2 Ba5–/+ 13.c3 Ne7 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Ne5 Qh6 16.Qb2 f6 17.Nf3 b6 18.Nbd2= Bg6 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Nb3 c6 21.Bd1 Nf5 22.Na5 ba5 23.Qc1 Nd6 24.Be2 Be4 25.c4 Nf5 26.Qc3 Re7 27.cd5 cd5 28.Rf2 Nd6 29.Qa5 Qg6 30.Nd2 Qf7 31.Rc1 Rfe8 32.Ne4 Ne4 33.Rff1 f5 34.Bb5 Rf8 35.Bc6 Nf6 36.Rfe1 Kh8 37.Rc3 Rc7 38.Rec1 Rfc8 39.h3 h6 40.Kh2 Qe7 41.Qb5 Ne4 42.R3c2 Qh4 43.Qe2 Qg3 44.Kg1 Kh7 45.Qf3 Qh4+= 46.Kh2 Qe7= 47.Qe2 Qa3 48.Bd7 Rc2 49.Rc2 Rf8 50.Ra2+= Qd6 51.Ra7 Rf7 52.Qb5 Qg6 53.g4 fg4 54.Qd5 g3 55.Kg2 Nf6 56.Qc6 Nd7 57.Qg6 Kg6 58.e4 Kh7 59.f5 g6 60.f6 Kg8 61.e5 Nf6 62.Ra8 Kg7 63.ef6 Kf6 64.Kg3 Rd7 65.Ra4 h5 66.Kf4 g5 67.Ke4 g4 68.hg4 hg4 69.Kf4 Ke6 70.Kg4 Kd5 71.Kf4 Re7 72.Kf3 Re8 73.Rb4 Rh8 ½–½. bambinik – DougHansen, internet, 2002.

7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 Nd7 9.Bb2 Bc5 10.c4 Be6 11.Qc2= Bf5 12.Bd3+= Ndf6? 13.cd5+– Qd5 14.Bf6 Nf6?? 15.Bf5 g6 16.Bh3 Be7 17.Qc7 Bc5 18.Nc3 Qc6 19.Qc6 bc6 20.Rab1 a5 21.Ne5 Rfd8 22.d4 Bb4 23.Na4 Bd2 24.Nc4 Ne4 25.Rb6 Bb4 26.a3 Nd2 27.Nd2 Bd2 28.Rf3 Bc1 29.Rb3 Rab8 30.Rc3 Rb1 31.Rf1 Be3 32.Re3 Rf1 33.Kf1 Rd4 34.Nb2 Rf4 35.Kg1 h5 36.Rc3 Rf6 37.Nc4 a4 38.Bd7 Kg7 39.Ne5 c5 40.Ba4 Rf4 41.Bb3 f6 42.Nd3 Rd4 43.Nc5 Rd6 44.a4 1–0. Tidemalm,Gustav – Evenborn,Evert, corr Sweden, 1985.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Ne5 10.Ne5 c5 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Be4 Be4 15.Ng3 f6 16.Ne4 de4 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Qe2 b5 19.Nb2 c4 20.a4 a6 21.ab5 ab5 22.Nd1 Qd6 23.Nc3 Qc5 24.Ra6 Re7 25.Qg4 b4 26.Ne2 Bb6 27.Nd4 Qd5 28.Nf5 Rd7 29.Ng3 Qc6 30.Rfa1 Rd2 31.Nf5 Rd7 32.Nd4 Qd5 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1860) – Deslauriers France (2050), Open vermeulen mai, 2004.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Ne5 10.Ne5 c5 11.d3 Be6 12.Rf3 d4–/+ 13.e4 Rc8 14.Nd2–/+ b5 15.Rf2 a6 16.g4? Nd7 17.Nd7 Bd7 18.e5 f6 19.Ne4 fe5 20.Nd6 Rf8 21.Nc8 Qc8 22.f5 c4 23.dc4 bc4 24.Qf1 d3 25.cd3 cd3 26.Bd3 Bb6 27.Ba6 Bf2 28.Kf2 Qc5 29.Kg3 Qc3 30.Kh4 Kh8 31.Rd1 Rf6 32.g5+/– (32.g5 Rf8 33.Rd7 Qa3 34.Qd3 Qb4 35.Bc4+–) 1–0. Cuno – Nagel, corr DDR, 1989.

7.Be2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Bc3 Bc3–/+ 10.Nc3 d4 11.ed4 cd4 12.Nb5 a6 13.Na3 b5 14.g3 Qe7–+ 15.Nb5 Qc5 16.Nc7 d3 17.Kg2 de2 18.Ne8 ed1Q 19.Nf6 gf6 20.Rad1 0–1. blackcrowman – Theoryhack, ChessWorld.net, 2009.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bf5 9.0-0 Bc5 10.d4 Qe7 11.Ne5 Bb6 12.Ba3 Qe6 13.c4 Ne5 14.fe5= dc4 15.Bb2? Nd5 16.Qd2=+ Ne7 17.Na3= Bd3 18.Rac1 Ba5 19.Bc3 Bb6 20.Bd3 cd3=+ 21.Qd3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Rad8 23.Nc4 c6 24.Qb1 Rd7= 25.Rf3 Bc7 ½–½. Algra,Klaas – Schmitz, Netherlands, 1988.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bg4 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Nd4 Be2 11.Ne2 f5 12.Rf3 Be7 (12...Bc5 13.d3 Nf6 14.Be5=+) 13.Ng3 (13.d3 Bf6 14.Bf6 Qf6=+) 13...Bf6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.c3 Ng3 16.Rg3 Rad8 17.Na3 a6 18.Rb1 b5 19.Nc2 Ne7 20.Ne1 Ng6 (20...c5 21.Nd3 c4 22.Ne5=+) 21.Qh5 c5 22.Rg5 Rf8 23.g4 fg4–/+ 24.Qg4 d4 25.cd4 cd4 26.Rd1 de3 27.de3–+ Nf4?? 28.ef4+= Rd1 29.Qd1 Qf4 30.Qd5 Kh8 31.Nf3?? Qf3–+ 32.Qf3 Rf3 33.Rc5 h6 34.Kg2 Ra3 35.Rc2 b4 36.Rb2 a5 37.h3 Kh7 38.Kh2 Kg6 (39.Rg2 Kf5–+) 0–1. Gerold – Bertola, corr ICCF, 1985.

7.Bb2? Ne3–+ 8.Qc1 Re8 9.Ne5? f6 10.c3 fe5 11.cb4 Ng4 12.Be2 ef4 13.Qc3 Nf6 14.Kd1 Qe7 15.Bf3 Bf5 16.Na3 c6 17.Nc2 Nbd7 18.d3 Qf7 19.Nd4 Bg4 20.Kd2 Re7 21.h3 Bf3 22.gf3 Nh5 23.Rae1 Rae8 24.Kc2 Ng3 25.Rhg1 c5 26.bc5 Nc5!! 27.Qc5 Re1 28.Re1 Re1 29.Nb5 Nf5 30.Na7 Qe6 31.Bc3 Re2 32.Kb1 d4 33.Bb2 h6 34.Qb4 Kh7 35.Nb5 Qe3 36.Qc4 Qd2 37.Bc1 Re1 38.Nc7 Ne3 39.Qc5 Qd3 40.Ka1 Nc4 (40...Nc4 41.Qc4 Qc4 42.a4 Qb3 43.a5 Rc1#) 0–1. Barbaritskiy,Yuri – Demianyuk,A, Polyarniy Krug, 2006.

7.c3 Be7–/+ 8.c4 Ne5 9.fe5 Nc6 10.Nc3 d4 11.Nd5 Bc5 12.Rb1 Re8–+ 13.Be2 Ne5 0–1. Pietrzak,Janusz – Stock,Manfred, EU–chT1 corr7281, 1972.

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Be2 d4 10.ed4 Re8 11.d5 Nb4 12.0-0 Nd5 13.Nd5 Qd5 14.c3 Bd7 15.Nd4 c5 16.Nb3 Nf6 17.Bf3 Qd6 18.d4 Bb5 19.Re1 Re1 20.Qe1 Re8 21.Qf2 c4 22.Na5 b6 23.a4 Bd7 24.Nc4 Qc7 25.Qf1 Rc8 26.Be2 Be6 27.a5 h6 28.ab6 ab6 29.Ne5 Qc3 30.Ba6 Qd4 31.Kh1 Rc3 32.Rd1 Qc5 33.Nd3 Qa5 34.Ne5 Bd5 35.Bd3 Qc5 36.Re1 h5 37.Qe2 Qd4 38.f5 h4 39.h3 Nd7 40.Nd7 Rd3 41.Qg4 Bg2 42.Qg2 Qd7 43.Qg4 Qc6 44.Kh2 b5 45.f6 g6 46.Qe4 Qf6 47.Re2 Rd1 (48.Qb4 Rh1 49.Kh1 Qf1 50.Kh2 Qe2 51.Kg1 Qe3 52.Kg2 Qg3 53.Kf1 Qh3 54.Ke2 Qg2 55.Ke3 h3 56.Qb5 Qg3 57.Ke2 h2 58.Qe8 Kg7–+) 0–1. Crafty 17.04 – Junior 6.0, 2000.

7.Bc3 Bc5 8.Be2=+.

6.Nc3 c6 7.Rb1 a5 8.Bf6 Qf6–/+ 9.Nge2 d5 10.Na4 Nd7 11.c3 Bc5 12.Nc5 Nc5 13.d4 Ne4–+ 14.g3 Nd6 15.Qc1 Nc4 16.e4 Re4 17.Bg2 Re3 18.Kf2 Bg4 19.Ng1 g5 20.Nf3 gf4 21.Rf1 fg3 22.Kg3 Kh8 23.h3 Bf3 24.Bf3 Rg8 25.Kh2 Rf3 26.Rf3 Qf3 27.Qf1 Nd2 28.Qf3 Nf3 29.Kh1 Rg3 30.a3 Kg7 31.h4 Kf6 32.Rf1 Kf5 (33.a4 Kg4 34.Rf3 Rf3–+) 0–1. Panke,W – Radecki,R, corr ch we, 1997.

6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5=+.

6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Ne5 8.Ne5 d5 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Nd3 Bd3 11.cd3 d4 12.e4 Ne4 13.de4 d3 14.Bf3? Qd4–+ 15.Kh1 Qa1 16.Qb3 Qd4 17.a3 Be7 18.Nc3 Rab8 19.Bh5 Qd7?? 20.Bf7+= Kh8 21.Be8 Re8 22.h3 c6= 23.Rf3 b6 24.e5 Rd8 25.a4 Qd4 26.Qf7 Bc5 27.Rf1 h6 28.e6 Rf8 29.Qc7 Bb4 30.Qc6 Rf4 31.Rf4 Qf4 32.Ne4 Qf1 ½–½. Saint Jean,Benoit – Pecotic,Kuzma, LC.2001.0.00001, 2001.

6.Nf3 Nd5 7.c3=+ d6 8.cb4 de5 9.fe5 Nd7 10.d4 Ne3 11.Qb3 Nf1 12.Kf1 Nb6 13.Kf2 Be6 14.Qd3 Bd5 15.Nbd2 Re6 16.b5 Rg6 17.a4 a6 18.g3 Qd7 19.Rhc1 ab5=+ 20.ab5 Ra1 21.Ra1 Qd8 22.Rc1 Be6 23.Ne4 Rg4 24.Nc5 Bd5 25.h3 Rg6 26.Ra1 Rh6 27.Qf5 Rg6 28.Nh4 Rg5 29.Qf4 h6 30.g4 Qe8 31.Rb1 Nc4 32.Nf5 Rg6 33.Rb4 Kh8 34.Qc1 Nb6+= 35.Rb1 Qd8= 36.Ra1 Kh7 37.Kg3+= Kg8 38.Nh4 Rg5 39.Qf4 Qe8 40.Nf5 Nd7 41.Ne4+/– Rg6 42.Nc3 Bc4 43.Ra7 Rb6 44.Ne3 Bb5 45.Ncd5 Bc6 46.Nb6 Nb6 47.Qf2 Qd8 48.Nf5 Nd5 49.h4 b5 50.Qc2 Qd7 51.h5 1–0. wiking (2280) – Rusty (2445), internet, 2010.

7.c3 Be7 8.c4 Ne5 9.fe5 d6 10.ed6 Bf6 11.dc7 Qc7 12.Nc3 Bc3 13.dc3 Re3 14.Be2 Qe7 15.Qd2 Nc6 16.Kf2 Re4 17.Rad1 Be6 18.Qd6 Qd6 (worse is 18...Bc4 19.Qe7 Ne7 20.Bc4 Rc4 21.Rd7+=) 19.Rd6 Bc4 20.Bc4 Rc4 21.Rb1 b6 22.Rbd1 h6 (worse is 22...Rc3 23.Ne5 Rc2 24.Kf1 Ra2 25.Nc6+=) 23.R1d3 Rc8 24.Re3 Ra4 25.Rd2 b5 26.Rde2 a6 27.Re4 Ra3 28.c4 f5 29.Rh4 Nb4 30.cb5 Nd3 31.Kg3 ab5 32.Rd4 Nc1 33.Red2 Ra2 34.Ra2 Na2 35.Kf4 b4 36.Rd2 b3 37.Rb2 Nc1 38.Kf5 Rc4 39.Ke6 Rb4 40.Kd5 Nd3 41.Rb1 b2 42.Ne5 Ne5 43.Ke5 Kf7 44.Kd5 Kf6 45.Kc5 Rb8 46.Kd4 h5 47.Kc3 Kf5 48.Kd2 Ke4 49.Re1 Kd4 50.Rb1 Rf8 (50...Rf8 51.Kc2 Rf2 52.Kb3 Rg2–+) 0–1. Nemec,Zdenek (2030) – Kravtsov,Vladimir (2040), SB–2010-0-00126, 2010.

7.Bd3 Ne3 8.Qe2 d6 9.Qe3 Nc6 10.Be4 de5 11.Bc6 bc6 12.fe5 Bg4 13.0-0 Bf3 14.Rf3 (worse is 14.gf3 Qd5 15.Nc3 Qe5 16.Qe5 Re5–/+) 14...Qd5 15.Nc3 Qe5 16.Qe5 Re5 17.Rb1 Bc5 18.Kf1 Rae8 19.g4 f6 20.h3 Rd8 21.d3 Bb6 22.Ne4 Ra5 23.Rb2 Ra3 24.c3 Rd5 25.Rg3 Rb5 26.Rgg2 Ba5 27.Rgc2 Rb2 28.Rb2 Bc3 29.Nc3 Rc3 30.Ke2 a5 31.a4 Ra3 32.Rb8 Kf7 33.Rb7 Kg6 34.Rc7 Ra4 35.Rc6 Ra2 36.Kf3 a4 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Zacharov,Oleg (2150), BI–2009–F–00007, 2010.