5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Nd4 8.e3 Bg4 9.Nce2 Ne2 10.Ne2 Qd6 11.c3 Bc5 12.d4 ed4 13.cd4 Bb4 14.Kf2 0-0 15.a3 Ba5 16.Qc2 Be2 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Rhd1 Re7 19.Rac1 Rae8 20.Rd3 Nd5 21.e4 f6 22.Rc5 Bb6 23.Rc4 c6 24.Kf1 Nc7 25.a4 Qe6 26.Re3 c5 27.dc5 Ba5 28.Rd4 b6 29.Rd6 Qf7 30.Ba3 Ne6 31.cb6 ab6 32.h4 Nc5 33.Bc5 bc5 34.Qb5 Bb4 35.a5 Qa2 36.a6 Qb1 37.Ke2 Qb2 38.Kf3 f5 39.Qc4 Kf8 40.Bf1 Re4 41.Re4 fe4 42.Kg4 h5 43.Kh3 Qe5 44.Rd5 Qe6 45.Kh2 e3 46.Qf4 Kg8 47.Bc4 Rf8 48.Rf5 1–0. awnatari (1760) – alleyb (1730), gameknot.com, 2014.

5.e4? Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bb5 f6 8.0-0 Bd7 9.Bc6 Bc6 10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 Be4 12.Nc3 Bg6 13.Bg3 c6 14.Rb1 Qd4 15.Bf2 Qd7 16.Bc5 b6 17.Re1 Kd8 18.Bf2 Ne7 19.d4 Nd5 20.Ne2 Re8 21.Rb3 a5 22.c4 Nb4 23.a3 Bc2 24.Qd2 Bb3 25.ab4 a4 26.b5 Bc4 27.bc6 Qc6 28.Rc1 Re2 29.Qe2 Be2 30.Rc6 a3 31.Rc1 b5 32.d5 b4 33.Bc5 b3 34.Kf2 b2 35.Ba3 bc1Q 36.Bc1 Bc4 37.d6 Kd7 38.Bf4 g5 39.Bg3 Bd5 Normal 0-1. killerdunst (2080) - Johncito16 (2065), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

5.e4? Qh4-+ 6.Ke2 Qe4 7.Kf2 Bc5 8.d4 Nf6 9.Be2?? ed4-+ 10.Qd3 Bf5 11.Qb5 Nbd7 12.Kf1 Nd5 (12...Nd5 13.Nf3 Ne3 14.Kg1 Nc2-+) 0–1. Baj,Miroslaw – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, corr or01–002 E–mail, 2001.

5.Be5 Qd5?? 6.Bg7+- (6.Bc7?! Na6 7.Bg3 Nf6+=) 6...f6?? (6...Be7 7.Nf3 Bf6 8.Bh8 Bh8+-) 7.Bh8 Qe5 8.c3 Ba5 (8...Bd6 9.e3+-) 9.Nf3 Qf5 (9...Qe4 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qb5 Nc6 12.d3+-) 10.Qa4 Nc6 11.Nd4 (better 11.e4 Qe6+-) 11...Qd5 (11...Qg4 12.e3 Bd7 13.Na3+-) 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Qb3 (better 13.e4 Qc5 14.Bc4 Bd7+-) 13...Be6 14.Qd5 (14.Qc2!? f5+-) 14...Bd5 (14...cd5 15.c4! Ke7 16.g4+-) 15.e3 (better 15.e4 Be4 16.Bc4 Bb6+-) 15...0-0-0 (15...Kf7 16.e4! Be4 17.Bc4 Bd5 18.Bd5 cd5 19.Rf1+-) 16.c4 (better 16.Bd3!? Ne7 17.Bf6 Bg2+-) 16...Be4 17.Nc3 (17.c5 Rd5+-) 17...Bf5 (17...Bc3 18.dc3 c5 19.Rd1+-) 18.g3 (18.c5 Bc3 19.dc3 Kb7+-) 18...Bg4 (18...Bc3 19.dc3 Re8 20.Ke2+-) 19.Bg2 (19.Rc1 Bb4+-) 19...Kb7 (19...Bc3 20.dc3 Rd3 21.0-0 Re3 22.Bf6 Nf6 23.Rf6+-) 20.Rb1 Kc8 21.Bc6 Rd6 (21...Bc3 22.Bb7 Kd7 23.dc3+-) 22.Bb7 Kd8 23.Bg2 (23.c5 Re6 24.Bd5 Re3 25.de3 Bc3 26.Kf2 Ne7+-) 23...Ke7 (23...Bc3 24.dc3 Be6 25.Rb8 Kd7 26.Be4+-) 24.h3 (24.Nd5 Kd7+-) 24...Bd7 (24...Bc3 25.dc3 Be6 26.Rb7+-) 25.Ne4 (25.Nd5 Kf7+-) 25...Rd3 (25...Re6 26.0-0 Bc6 27.d3+-) 26.0-0 (better 26.Ke2!? Ra3 27.Rb2 f5+-) 26...Bd2 27.Nf6 Nf6 28.Bf6 Ke8 (28...Ke6 29.Kh1 h6 30.Bg7+-) 29.Bg5 (better 29.Bh4 Be3 30.Kh2 Bb6+-) 29...c6 (29...Be3 30.Be3 Re3 31.Rb8 Ke7+-) 30.Rb8 (30.Rb8 Bc8 31.Bc6 Rd7 32.Rc8) 1-0. Ollecram (1835) - Maitreya (1845), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2013.

5.Nf3 Nd7 6.e3 Bd6 7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.Be2 e4 9.Nh4 0-0 10.0-0 Ng4 11.Bg4 Qh4 12.g3 Qe7 13.Nd5 Qg5 14.Rf5 Qd8 15.Rh5 Re8 16.Bf5 Nf8 17.Qg4 Ng6 18.Rf1 Be5 19.Be5 Re5 20.Bc8 Qd5 21.Bf5 Rae8 22.d4 ed3-/+ 23.cd3 Qa2 24.Bg6 hg6 25.Re5 Re5 26.Qc8 Kh7 27.Qc7 Re3 28.Qf7 Qc2 29.Qb7 Qc5 30.Kh1 Rd3-/+ 31.Qe4 Rd4 32.Qe6 Qh5 33.Rf2 a5 34.Kg2 a4 35.Qh3 a3 36.Qh5 gh5-+ 37.Ra2 Ra4 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Ke3 Kf5 40.Kd3 g5 41.Kc3 Kg4 42.Kb3 Ra6 43.Kc4 Kh3 44.Kc5? Ra4 45.Kd5 h4 46.gh4 gh4 47.Ke5 Kg4 48.Kd5 h3 49.Kc6 Kf3 50.Kc5 Ke4 51.Kb5 Ra8 52.Kc4 Rc8 53.Kb3 Kf3 54.Ra3 Kg2 55.Ra2 Kh1 56.Kb4 Rg8 57.Kc4 Rg2 58.Ra7 Kh2 0–1. pcmvr (2745) – acidtest (2540), net–chess.com, 2006.

5.Nf3 e4 6.Bg7 ef3 7.gf3 Qh4 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1730) - virgopower (1880), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Be5 0-0 7.a3 Bc5 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.Bg3 Re8 10.e3 c6 11.Rb1 Qa5 12.Rb3 Ne3! (12...Ba3?! 13.Qa1 Bb4 14.Qa5 Ba5 15.h3=+) 13.de3 (13.de3 Re3 Double attack) 13...Re3 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 14.Kd2 Be6 15.Qb1 Nd7 16.Bd3 Bb3 17.cb3 Qa3 18.Bh7 Kf8 19.Re1? (better 19.Bd3 Nf6 20.Bf4=+) 19...Re1-+ 20.Ne1 Nf6 21.Nc2 Rd8 22.Bd3 Qa6 23.Qf1 Qa5 24.b4 Bb4 25.Nb4 Qb4 26.Kc2 Nd5 27.Nd5 Qa4 (27...cd5?! 28.Qf5-/+) 28.Kb2 Rd5 (28...cd5?! 29.Qe1-/+) 29.Bf2? (better 29.Qe2-+) 29...b5 30.Qe2 (30.Be1 Qd4 31.Kc2 a5-+) 30...Qb4 31.Kc2 a5 32.Qe4 Qa3 33.Qf3 (33.Qe3 a4 34.Be4 Qa2 35.Kc1 Qc4 36.Bc2-+) 33...a4 34.Qg3 (34.g4-+) 34...Qb3 35.Kd2 Qb2 36.Ke1 Qc3 37.Ke2 Re5 38.Kf1 a3 39.Be2 Qg3 40.hg3 c5 (40...c5 41.Be1 Re3-+) 0-1. bolaf (2025) - varcany (2110), gameknot.com, 2014.

5.h4? Bd6 6.e4 Nf6 7.d3 0-0 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.a3 c5 10.Bf3 b5 11.Nd2 Ba6 12.Ne2 Nb6 13.Nc3 Rb8 14.Na2 Na4 15.Qc1 Nb2 16.Qb2 Re8 17.Be2 c4 18.dc4 bc4 19.Qc3 Qb6 20.Nc1? Qd4 21.Qd4 ed4 22.Kf1 Ne4 23.Ne4 Re4 24.g3 Bg3 25.Kg2 Bh4 26.Kf3 Rbe8 27.Rh4 Rh4 (27...Rh4 28.Kg2 Bb7 29.Kg3 g5-+) 0–1. Busch,Karl – Scholz,Michael, corr KMG–06, 1988.

6.Bg7+- Be6?? 7.Bh8 Qd7 (7...Qe7 8.Bc3+-) 8.a3 (8.Nf3 0-0-0+-) 8...Ba5 (8...Be7 9.e4+-) 9.Nf3 0-0-0 10.Bb2 (10.e3 Nge7 11.Bc3 Bb6+-) 10...Nge7 11.e3 f5 (11...Nd5 12.Kf2+-) 12.Ng5 (12.Bd3 Nd5 13.0-0 Bb6+-) 12...Ng6 (12...Nd5 13.Bc4 f4 14.Ne6 Qe6 15.0-0 fe3 16.Qe2+-) 13.Ne6 Qe6 14.Be2 (14.Qe2!? Qe7+-) 14...Kb8 (14...Qe3 15.Nc3 Qd4 16.g3+-) 15.0-0 (15.Nc3 f4 16.e4 Nh4+-) 15...Bb6 (15...Bd2 16.Nd2 Qe3 17.Kh1 Rd2 18.Bc1 Rd1 19.Be3+-) 16.c4 (better 16.Kh1 Be3 17.Bd3+- (worse 17.de3 Rd1 18.Rd1 Qe3+-)) 16...Rh8 (16...Be3 17.Kh1 Nf4+-) 17.Bh8 Nce5 (17...Nh8 18.Bd3+-) 18.d4 (18.Bg7 Nc4 19.Bc4 Qc4 20.Rf5 Qg8+-) 18...Nf7 (18...Nh8 19.de5 Be3 20.Kh1+-) 19.Bg7 Qe3 20.Kh1 Nf4 21.Rf3 (better 21.Bh5 Ng6 22.Re1 Qg5 23.Re8 Nd8 24.Bg6 a6 25.Bf5 Ka7+-) 21...Qe4 (21...Qe2 22.Qe2 Ne2 23.Re3+-) 22.Nc3 Qd4 23.Qd4 (better 23.Bd4 Bd4 24.Qd4 Ne2 25.Ne2 b6+-) 23...Bd4 24.Bd4 Ne2 25.Ne2 1–0. Goldmund,Heike – Leurette,Marc_Antoine, FICGS, 2017.

6.Bg7+- f6?? 7.Bh8 Kf7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bc4 Kg6 10.Qf3 Nh6 11.Qg3 Ng4 12.h3 Bd6 13.Qh4 h5 14.hg4 Bg4 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Qf6 Kf6 17.Nf3 Bg3 18.Ke2 Ne5 19.d4 Nc4 20.Nbd2 Nd2 21.Kd2 Rd8 22.Raf1 Ke7 23.Ng5 Ke8 24.Ne4 Bd6 25.Nf6 Ke7 26.Nh5 Be6 27.Nf4 Ba2 28.Ra1 Bf4 29.Ra2 Bg5 30.Ra7 Rd4 31.Ke2 Re4 32.Rh3 Rb4 33.Kd3 Kd6 34.Rg3 Rb5 35.c4 Rb3 36.Kc2 Be3 37.Ra4 (37.Ra4 Rb6 38.Re3+-) 1–0. Wartig,Wolfgang – Vater, corr KMG–20, 1990.

6.Bg7+- Qg5 7.Bh8 Bg4 (7...Bd6 8.Qc1 Bh2 9.Nf3 (9.Rh2?! Qg3 10.Kd1 Qh2+-) 9...Bg3 10.Kd1+-) 8.Nf3 Qh6 (8...Bf3 9.ef3 0-0-0 10.Qe2+-) 9.Bb2 0-0-0 10.e3! Qe3 11.Qe2 Re8 (11...Qf4 12.a3 Bc5 13.h3+-) 12.c3 Qe2 13.Be2 Bd6 14.d4 Nf6 15.Kf2 Ne4 16.Kf1 Bf4 17.Ng1 f5 18.Bg4 (better is 18.Nf3!? a6+-) 18...fg4 19.Ne2 Be3 20.g3 (20.Bc1 Nf2 21.Be3 Nh1+-) 20...Rf8? (20...Nf2 21.Rg1 Nd3 22.Ba3 Bg1 23.Ng1 Re1 24.Kg2+=) 21.Ke1 (21.Nf4 Nf2 22.Ke2 Nh1 23.Ke3 Re8 24.Kd2 Nf2+-) 21...Rf2?? (better is 21...Nf2 22.Ba3 Rf3+-) 22.Bc1 Bc1 23.Nc1 Rf7 24.Nd3 Re7 25.Kf1 Rf7 26.Kg2 Ne7 27.Na3 Rf3 28.Rhd1 Nd5 29.Kg1 Ndc3+/- 30.Ne5 Ne2 31.Kg2 Ra3 32.Ng4 h5 33.Ne5 h4 34.Rf1 b6 35.Rf4?? Nf4 36.gf4 h3 37.Kg1 Nd2 38.f5+= Nf3 39.Kh1 Nd4 40.Nc4? Rf3-+ 41.Rg1 Nf5 42.Rg8 Kb7 43.Rf8 Rf1 0–1. Valpa – Coolhandluke, playchess.de, 2004.

6.Bg7+- Qh4 7.g3 Qe4 +-.

6.Bg7+- Bd6 7.Nf3 Bg4+-.

6.Bg7+- Be6 7.Bh8 Nc6 8.Bc3 0-0-0 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.d3 Qc5 12.e4 Nc2 13.Ke2 Qe3 0-1. galkin (1750) - yonzon (1655), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

6.Bg7+- Nf6 7.Bh8 Nc6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3 Qc3 11.Kf2 Bf5 12.Nf3 Rd8 13.Qd8 Kd8 14.g3 Qc5 15.Kg2 Be4 16.Rd1 Ke7 17.Kh3 Qf5 18.g4 Qe6 19.Kg3 Bf3 20.ef3 Ne5 21.Re1 Qd6 22.f4 f6 23.fe5 fe5 24.Bd3 1-0. galkin (1690) - Jcasey91, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

6.Bg7+- Qh4? 7.g3 Qg5 8.Bh8 Ne7 9.Nf3 Qg8 10.Bc3 Bc5 11.e3 Nbc6 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.0-0 0-0-0 14.Bd4 Bd6 15.Nc3 Bg4 16.Qb1 Nf5 17.Bf6 Re8 18.Nd5 b6 19.Nf4 Bf4 20.ef4 Bf3 21.Rf3 h5 22.Rc3 Na5 23.Qb5 Re6 24.Qa6 Kd7 25.Rd3 Nd6 26.Be5 Nac4 27.Qc4 h4 28.Bd6 Rd6 29.Rd6 cd6 30.Qd3 hg3 31.hg3 f6 32.Bd5 Qg4 33.Kg2 f5 34.Re1 (34.Re1 b5 35.Qb5 Kd8 36.Re8 Kc7 37.Qc6) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1755) – fouilloux, Active, 2006.

6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Bc7 Qc7 8.e3 Be6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.0-0 Nf6 11.Ng5 Bh2 12.Kh1 Bd6 13.Ne6 fe6 14.Bf3 0-0 15.d4 Nc6 16.c4 Qf7 17.d5 ed5 18.Bd5 Ne5 19.Bf7 Rf7 20.Qd6 Neg4 21.Nd2 Raf8 22.Nf3 Ne3 23.Rfe1 Nf5 24.Qc5 Ng3 25.Kh2 Nfh5 26.Ne5 Rf5 27.Qd5 Kh8 28.Nf7 R5f7 29.Re5 Nf5 30.Rf5 Rf5 31.Qe4 Rf4 32.Qd3 Nf6 33.Rf1 Rh4 34.Kg1 Rh6 35.Rf6 Rhf6 36.Qd4 Rf1 37.Kh2 R1f7 38.Qd5 h6 39.c5 Rf5 40.Qd6 Rh5 41.Kg3 Rhf5 42.Kh2 Rg5 43.Kg1 Rgf5 44.c6 R5f7 45.Qd7 Rd7 46.cd7 Rd8 47.Kh2 Rd7 48.g3 Rd2 49.Kh3 Ra2 50.g4 Ra3 51.Kh4 Rg3 52.Kh5 Rg4 0-1. galkin (1695) - golelepi (1775), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

6.Nf3 Nf6 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bg4 9.Be2 Qd7 10.0-0 0-0-0 11.Nc3 h5 12.h3 Qd6 13.Nb5 Qg3 14.Rf2 Bh3 15.Na7 Na7 16.Be5 Qg4 17.Bh2 Bd6 18.Ne5 Qg5 19.Nf7 Bh2 20.Kh2 Qd5 21.Nh8 Bf5 22.Bf3 Qe5 23.Kg1 Rh8 24.Rb1 b6 25.Qe2 Ng4 26.Qa6 Kd8 27.Qa7 Qh2 28.Kf1 Qh1 29.Ke2 Nf2 30.Qa8 Ke7 31.Qh8 Qb1 32.Qg7 Ke6 33.Kf2 Qc2 34.Qh6 Ke5 35.Kg3 h4 36.Kh4 Qc4 37.Kg3 Qg8 38.Kf2 Qa2 39.Kg3 Qd2 40.Qf4 Ke6 41.Qc4 Kf6 42.Qh4 Ke5 43.Qe7 Be6 44.Qc7 Qd6 45.Qd6 Kd6 46.Bd1 Bd5 47.Bc2 Ke5 48.Bb1 b5 49.Kf2 b4 50.g4 Be6 51.g5 Bf5 52.Bf5 Kf5 53.g6 Kg6 54.Ke2 Kf5 55.Kd3 Ke5 56.Kd2 Ke4 57.Ke2 b3 58.Kd2 Kd5 59.Kd3 b2 60.Kc2 Ke4 61.Kb2 Ke3 Normal ½-½. asdf1234xyz - Snake92, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Nf3+= Qg6 7.Bc7 Nc6+=.

6.Nf3+= Qg6 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 (9...Ne8 10.Nc3=) 10.Bc3 (better is 10.Nh4!? Qg5 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Bc6 bc6 13.Nf3+/-) 10...Bc5 11.e3 Bg4 12.d4 Bb4 13.Bb4 Nb4 14.Na3 Nbd5 15.Qd2 Rae8 (15...Ne4!? 16.Qd3 Bf3 17.Bf3 f5=) 16.Ne5+= Qg5 17.Ng4 (17.Rae1!? Bc8 18.c4+=) 17...Qg4 18.Rfe1 Ne4 19.Be4 Qe4 20.Qd3 (20.Nc4 f6+=) 20...Qf3 (better is 20...Qd3!? 21.cd3 Ne3-/+) 21.Nc4 f6 22.Nd2 Qg4 23.e4 Nf4 24.Qf3 Nh3 25.Kg2 Qf3 26.Nf3 Ng5 27.Ng5 fg5 28.e5 g4 29.Rf1 Rf1 30.Rf1 Rd8 31.c3 c6 32.Rb1 b5 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Roterbaron28, Partie evaluee, 2m + 0s, 2009.

6.Na3 c6 7.Qb3 -+.

6.Na3 Be6 7.Nf3 e4 (7...Nf6!? 8.e4-+) 8.Qa4-/+ c6 9.Qe4 Nf6 10.Qd3 0-0 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Ba3 Bc4 (12...Qd3 13.ed3 Re8 14.Be2-/+) 13.Qc4+= Re8 14.e3 b5 15.Qd3 Nbd7 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Qd8 Rad8 (worse is 17...Red8 18.Be7 Rd7 19.Bf6 gf6 20.g3+/-) 18.Bc5 a6 19.Ne5 Be5 ½–½. Trokenheim,Marek (1770) – Crapulli,Giuseppe (1695), SB–2012–0-00212, 2012.

6.e4 Nf6 7.d3 Be6 8.a4 0-0 9.Nf3 h6 10.h3 Nh5 11.g4 Nf4 12.d4 Nc6 13.de5 Ne5 14.Ne5 Be5 15.h4 a5 16.Nd2 Nd3 17.Bd3 Qd3 18.g5 Bg3 0-1. Goelping – FrancisBear, Rated Classical game, lichess.org. (=1.f4 d6 2.b4 e5 3.fe5 de5 4.Bb2 Bb4)

6.e4 Qh4 7.Ke2 Qe4 8.Kf2 Nf6 9.Qe2 Qg6 10.Nf3 e4 0–1. Trokenheim,Marek (1770) – Vodicka,Milan (1950), SB–2012–0-00212, 2012.

6.g3 Nf6 7.Bh3 Bh3 8.Nh3 Nc6 9.c4 Bc5 10.a4 Qd7 11.Ng5 (11.Nf2-+) 11...Qf5 12.Nf3 e4 13.Qc2 (13.Rf1 ef3 14.Rf3-+) 13...Nb4 14.Qc3 ef3 15.Rf1 (15.Qe5 Qe5 16.Be5 Nc2 17.Kf1 Na1 18.Ba1 fe2 19.Ke2 Be7-+) 15...Nc2 16.Kd1 Na1 17.ef3 (17.Qd3 Qd3 18.ed3-+) 17...0-0-0 18.Kc1 Bd4 19.Ba1 Bc3 20.Bc3 Qd3 21.Rf2 Qc4 22.a5 Rhe8 (23.Kb2 Rd3-+) 0–1. Pieleck,Rudi – Plock,Joerg, RSX5D–A00–KMG–1, 2003.

6.Nf3 Be5 7.Ne5 Qd4 8.Nf7 Kf7 9.c3 Qe4 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qb4 Qb4 12.cb4 Nc6 13.b5 Nd4 14.Na3 a6 15.e3 ab5 16.Nb5 Nc2 0–1. pukism (1725) – gabrel (2045), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Bg7? Qg5 7.Bh8 Bh2 8.Rh2?? Qg3#. Plock.

6.Bg7? Qh4 7.g3 Bg3 8.hg3 Qg3#. Meybohm.

7.e3 d5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.0-0 d4 12.ed4 Nd4 13.c3 Nf3 14.Bf3 Qb6 15.d4 Ra7 16.a4 b4 17.c4 Rd7 18.c5 Qf6 19.Bg4 1–0. Sternik,Ryszard – Dobrzycki,Bogumil, corr KMG–34, 1996.

7.Nf3 b5 8.e3= a6 9.c4 bc4 10.Bc4 d5 11.Bb3 Nc6 (11...Nf6 12.Ba4 Bd7 13.0-0=) 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.Na4 (14.0-0 Rb8+=) 14...Ra7 (14...Rb8 15.0-0=) 15.Nc5+= Ba8 (15...Qd6 16.0-0+=) 16.0-0+/- 0-0 17.Qc2 Qd6 (17...d4 18.Qf5+=) 18.Ba4 (18.Qd3 Bb7+/-) 18...Ne5 (18...Rc8 19.Qf5 Ne7 20.Qe5 Qe5 21.Ne5+=) 19.Ne5 Qe5 20.Qd3 Qd6 21.Bc2 g6 (21...Rc8 22.Rf6 Qc5 23.Qh7 Kf8 24.Qh8 Ke7 25.Qg7 Rf8+-) 22.Qd4+/- Rc7 (22...Nd7 23.Ne6! Qe6 24.Qa7+-) 23.Bd3 Ng4 (23...Ne8 24.Na6 Rc1 25.Rc1+-) 24.g3 (24.Qg4 Rc5 25.Rc5 Qc5 26.Ba6+/-) 24...Rfc8?? (better is 24...a5+/-) 25.Qg4+- Rc5 26.Qc8 (26…Rc8 27.Rc8 Kg7 28.Ra8+-) 1–0. Fritz,Harry – Dobrzycki,B, corr sok, 1995.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.e3 0-0 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Be2 Bf3 13.Bf3 Rb8 14.Rb1 b6 15.Rb4 Qe7 16.Rf4 d5 17.Bd5 Nd5 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.c4 Rbc8 20.d3 Rcd8 21.Qh5 Ng6 22.Rf6 Qc5 23.Rg6 fg6 24.Rf8 Rf8 25.Qe5 Kh8 26.g4 Qc8 27.h3 b5 28.Qd4 bc4 29.dc4 Qe6 30.c5 Rd8 31.e4 Re8 32.c6 Qe4 33.Qe4 Re4 34.c7 Rc4 35.Kf2 Kg8 36.c8Q Rc8 37.Ne7 Kf7 38.Nc8 a6 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd4 g5 41.a4 g6 42.a5 h5 43.Ke4 Kd7 44.Kd5 Kc8 45.Kc6 Kb8 46.Kb6 Ka8 47.Ka6 Kb8 48.Kb6 Kc8 49.Kc6 Kb8 50.Kd6 Ka7 51.Ke6 Ka6 52.Kf6 Ka5 53.Kg5 hg4 54.hg4 Kb6 55.Kg6 Kc7 56.Kf7 Kd7 57.g5 Kd6 58.g6 Ke5 59.g7 Kf4 60.g8Q Ke3 61.Qg4 Kd3 62.Qf4 1-0. B4_My_Life (1970) - wanini (1745), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.e3 =+.

7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 Nf6 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.e5= Bg4 11.d4 0-0 12.Be2+= Ne8 13.0-0 c6 14.Qd3 Nc7 15.Rab1 Nb5 16.Ne4+/- Bf5 17.Nfg5 Bg6 18.c4 h6 19.cb5 hg5 20.bc6 Nc6 21.Qe3 Rad8 22.Rbd1 Be4 23.Qe4 Rd4 24.Rd4 Qc5 25.Rfd1 Rd8= 26.e6 Nd4 27.ef7+= Kf7 28.Qb7 Kg8 29.Kh1 a5 30.Qe4 Qc6?? 31.Qe3 Re8 32.Bc4!+- Ne6 33.Bd5 (33.Bd5 Qd6 34.Qg5+-; 33.Qe2 a4+/-) 1–0. Kuperski,Marek – Dziel,Jaromir, corr 2. AMM, Poland, 1994.

7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 Nf6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.e5 Qe7 11.d4 Rd8 12.Bd3 Nd5 13.Nd5+= cd5 14.0-0 Be6 15.Rb1 Nc6 16.c3 Rac8 17.Qd2 Na5 18.Ng5 h6 19.Ne6 fe6 20.Bc2 Qh4 21.Rf4 Nc4 22.Qd3 (22.Qd3 Qf4 23.Qh7 Kf8 24.Qh8 Ke7 25.Rb7 Rd7 26.Qg7 Qf7 27.Rd7 Kd7 28.Qf7 Kd8 29.Qe6+-; 22.Rh4 Nd2 23.Rb7 Rf8=) 1–0. Muller – Schenkel, corr Netherlands jub, 1991.

7.Nc3 Nf6 8.e3 0-0 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 a6 12.Rb1 (12.a4 b5) 12...b5 13.Qc1 (13.a4 b4 14.Na2 a5 15.Bb5 Bb7 16.c3 Re4 17.Qc2) 13...Bg4 14.Nd1 (14.a4 b4 15.Na2 a5 16.Bb5 Bf3 17.Rf3 Ne5 18.Rf6 Qf6 19.Be8 Re8-+) 14...Rad8 15.a4 (15.d4 Nd5 16.Rf2=+) 15...ba4 16.d4 Nd5 (16...Nb4 17.Ra1 c5=+) 17.Bd3 Qh6 18.Bc4 (18.h3 Bh5 (18...Ne3? 19.Ne3 Bf3 20.Rf3=) 19.g4 Bg6 20.Bg6 Qg6 21.c4 Nb6 22.Nf2) 18...Bh5 (18...Ne3 19.Ne3 Qe3 20.Qe3 Re3 21.Bf7 Kh8-/+) 19.Bd5 Rd5 20.Qa3 Rb5 21.Ra1 Qg6 22.Qd3 (22.c4!? Rf5 23.Nd2 Rf1 24.Nf1 Bf3 25.Ng3 Bd1 26.Rd1=+) 22...Nb4 (22...Qd3 23.cd3 Rb3 24.Ra4 Bf3 25.Rf3 Rd3-/+) 23.Qg6 Bg6 24.c4 Ra5 25.Ne5 Bc2 26.Rf2? (26.Nf7 Bd1 27.Rad1 Nc2-/+) 26...Bb3 27.Rb2 Nc2 28.Rc1 a3 29.Rb3 a2 30.Rb2 a1Q 31.Ra1 Ra1 32.Rc2 Rd1 33.Kf2 f6 34.Nc6 Rb1 35.Ra2-/+ Rb6 36.d5 Rb3 37.Ra6 Rbe3 38.h4 (38.h3) 38...Re2 39.Kg3 R8e3 40.Kh2 Re4 41.Ra8 Kf7 42.Ra7 Rh4 43.Kg3 Rc4 44.Rc7 Ke8 45.Rg7 Rd2 46.Rh7 (46.Re7 Kf8 47.Rd7) 46...Rd5 47.Na7 Rg5 48.Kf3 Kd8 49.Rh8 Kd7 50.Rh7 Ke6 51.Rb7 Rc3 52.Kf2 Rc2 53.Kf3 Rcg2 54.Rb6 Kf5 55.Rb5 Kg6 56.Rg5 Rg5 0–1. Bendig,Frank – Dziel,J, corr KMG–39, 2001.

7.Nc3 Nf6 8.e3 Nc6 9.Rb1 0-0 (9...Bg4 10.Be2 Be2 11.Nge2 0-0-0) 10.Nf3 b6 (10...a6 11.Be2 b5) 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bc6 Qc6 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.Nd4 Qd6 16.d3 Rfe8 17.Qf2?! (17.Nf5 Qe5 18.Nd1=) 17...Ng4 18.Qf7 Kh8 19.Qf4 Qf4 (19...Ne3?! 20.Qd6 Rd6 21.Rbe1=) 20.Rf4 Ne3 21.Re1 c5 (21...Ng2?! 22.Re8 Re8 23.Rf7 Rc8=) 22.Nf5 Ng2 (22...Nc2?! 23.Re8 Re8 24.Nd6 g5 25.Rf7 Re1 26.Kf2 Bc6=) 23.Re8 Re8 24.Rf1 Re1 25.Na4 g6 26.Re1 Ne1 27.Ne3? (27.Nd6 Bc6 28.Nb6 Nc2 29.Nf7 Kg7 30.Ne5 Be8 31.Nbd7 Bd7 32.Nd7=) 27...Nf3 28.Kf2 (28.Kg2?! Ne5 29.Kg3 Nd7-/+) 28...Nh2 29.Nb6 Bc6 30.Nec4 Ng4 31.Kg3 Nf6 32.Na5 Nd7 33.Nd7 Bd7 34.Nb7 c4 35.dc4 Kg7 36.Nc5 Bc8 37.Ne4 Bf5 38.Nc5 a5 39.Nb3 a4 40.Nd4 Kf6 41.c5 Ke5 42.c3 Be4 43.a3 h6 44.Kg4 Ba8 45.Kg3 (45.Ne2 Bc6 46.Kg3 Be8 47.Nf4 g5 48.Ng2 h5 49.Ne3 Ke4-+) 45...Kd5 46.Nf3 Kc4 (46...Kc5?! 47.Nd2) 47.Ne5 Kc3 (47...Kb3 48.Ng6 (48.c6 Bc6 49.Nc6 Ka3 50.Nd4 Kb2 51.Nb5 Kb3 52.Kf4 Kc4 53.Na3 Kc3) 48...Ka3 49.Ne5 Kb2 50.c6 (50.Nc4 Kc3 51.Na3 Kb4 52.Nc2 Kc5) 50...Bc6 51.Nc6 Kc3) 48.Ng6 Kb3 49.Ne5 Ka3 50.c6 Kb4 51.c7 Bb7 52.Nd3 Kb5 53.Kg4 a3 54.Nc1 Kb6 55.Kh5 Kc7 56.Kh6 Kd6 57.Kg5 0–1. Bendig,Frank – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG–39, 2000.

7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.e3= a6 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be2 Bf5 12.Rb1 b6 13.0-0 Rfe8 14.Ne1 h6?? 15.Rf5+- (15.Rf5 Ne4 16.Ne4 Re4 17.Bh5+-) 1–0. Figiel,Rafal – De Visser,Arno, email or01–004, 2001.

7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.e3= Nc6 10.Be2 Be6 11.0-0 Rad8 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.Nbd4 Nd4=+ 14.Nd4 Bd5 15.c4 c5 16.Nb3 Bc6 17.Nc5 Qd2 18.Qd2 Rd2 19.Bf3 Bf3 20.gf3 b6 21.Nb3 Rc2 22.Rfc1= Rb2 23.Rcb1 Re2 24.Re1 Re1 25.Re1 Rc8 26.Rc1 Nd7 27.f4 g6 (27...f5 28.Nd4 g6 29.Nb5=+) ½–½. Landgraf,Manfred – Bakkers,Max, corr KMG–29, 1994.

7.e3 c5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Nf3 0-0 11.0-0 a6 12.Qe1 Bf5 13.d3 Rae8 14.Qc1 (better 14.Nd2!? Qe6 15.e4=+) 14...Ng4-/+ 15.e4 Nd4 16.g3 Bd7 (better 16...Nf3 17.Rf3 Qd4 18.Kh1 Be6-/+) 17.Kg2?? (17.Qd2 f5 18.Kh1 Bc6-+) 17...Ne2 (better 17...Nc2 18.Qf4 Qf4 19.gf4 b5-+) 18.Ne2-/+ f5 19.Ng5 (19.Nc3 b5 20.h3 Ne5 21.ef5 Nf3 22.Rf3 Qd4-+ (worse 22...Bf5 23.g4 Qd4 24.gf5 Qc3 25.Rf2-+; 22...Rf5?! 23.Ne4 Qd4 24.c3-+)) 19...fe4 (19...h6 20.h3 Ne5 21.Nf3 fe4 22.Ne5 Qe5 23.Qd2-+) 20.Ne4 Bc6 21.Rf8 (21.Rf4 Nf6 22.N2c3 Qe5-+) 21…Qf8 (21...Qf8 22.Qf4 Nf6-+) 0–1. Trigance,Emile – Hase,Pavel (2325), FICGS, 2012.

7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Nc3 0-0-0 11.Rb1 Bg4 12.Bc6 Qc6 13.Rb4 Rhe8 14.Qe2 Ne4?? 15.Re4 f5 16.Re3?? Bf3-/+ (16...Bf3 17.Qf3 Re3 18.Qe3 Re8-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Benassi,Aspasio, friendly internet, 2001.

7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Qc5 11.Qe2 0-0 12.Qc4 Qb4 13.0-0 Qc4 14.Bc4 Na5 15.Bd3 b5 16.e5+/- Nh5 17.Nb5 Nf4 18.Nc7 Rac8 19.Na6 Nd3 20.cd3 Rfd8 21.Rac1 (21.Rac1 Nc6 22.Rc3+-) 1–0. Peter,Joseph – Meybohm,Dirk, corr KMG–16, 1989.

7.e4 Qe5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.d4 Qa5 10.Qd2 a6 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Nf3 Nb6 13.Bd3 0-0 14.0-0 (14.Bh7?? Kh7! 15.Ng5 Kg8 16.0-0 f6 17.ef6 Rf6 18.Rf6 gf6-+) 14...Be6 15.Bh7 Kh7 16.Ng5 Kg8 (16...Kg6 17.Ne6 fe6 18.Rf8; 16...Kh6 17.Ne6 Kh7 18.Qg5 A) 18...g6 A1) 19.Qf6 Qe5 (19...fe6 20.Qf8 g5 21.Rf6 Qc3) 20.Nf8 Kh6 21.de5+-; A2) 19.Qh4 Kg8 20.Ng5 Re8 21.Qh7 Kf8 22.Qf7; A3) 19.Nf8 Kg8 (19...Kg7 20.Qf6 Kh6 21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Qh7 Kf8 23.Qf7) 20.Qf6 Qa2+-; B) 18...fe6 19.Qh5 (19.Rf8 g6 20.Qf6+-) 19...Kg8 20.Rf8 Kf8 21.Rf1 Kg8 22.Qe8 Kh7 23.Rf3+-; C) 18...Qe5 C1) 19.de5 fe6 (19...g6 20.Qh4 Kg8 21.Qh6 fe6) 20.Rf8 g6 21.Qf6+-; C2) 19.Qe5 f6 (19...fe6 20.Rf8 Kh6 21.Rh8 Kg6 22.Rf1+-) 20.Qe4 Kg8 21.Qg6 Rf7 22.Ng5+-) 17.Qd3 Re8 (17...f5 18.Qh3 Rf7 19.Qh7 Kf8 20.Ne6 Ke8 (20...Ke7 21.Ng7 N8d7 22.Nf5 Kd8 23.Qf7+-) 21.Qg8 Ke7 22.Rf5 Rf5 23.Qd8 Kf7 (23...Ke6 24.Qe8) 24.Qf8 Ke6 (24...Kg6 25.Qg7 Kh5 26.Qh7 Kg4 27.Qh3) 25.Qe8) 18.Rf7! Bf7 19.Rf1!! (19…Qa2 (19...g6 20.Qh3 Kf8 21.Rf7 Kg8 22.Qh7) 20.Na2 g6 21.Qh3 (21.Rf7 Re6 22.Qh3+-) A) 21...Re7 22.Qh7 Kf8 23.Qh8; B) 21...Re5 22.Rf7 Rg5 (22...Re1 23.Kf2+-) 23.Qh7; C) 21...Kf8 22.Qh8 (22.Rf7 Kg8 23.Qh7) 22...Ke7 23.Rf7 Kd8 24.Ne6) 1–0. Plock,Joerg – Houthuijzen,A, email KMG–50, 2001.

7.Nf3 Bf5? 8.e3 Nf6 9.c4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 c6 11.Nd5 Bg6 12.Be2 Ne4 13.0-0 Nc3 14.dc3 +-.

7.Nf3 Bf5? 8.e4 Be4? 9.Qe2!

7.Nf3 Bf5? 8.e4 Bg6 9.Nc3 +- (9.d4 (idea Nd2 or c3) 9...Nc6 10.e5 Qb4 +-).

7.Nf3 Bf5? 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.g3 (9.Ng6? hg6!).

8.Bb5 Nf6 9.Ne2 0-0 10.0-0 Ng4-/+ 11.g3 Qh6 12.h4 Rd8 13.Qc1 a6 14.Bc4 Nce5 15.Bb3 c5 16.Rf4? g5-+ (16...g5 17.Rf1 gh4-+) 0–1. Stobbe,Arthur – Dziel,Jaromir, corr KMG–32, 1994.

8.Nc3 Be6 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Be2 0-0-0 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.0-0 Rhe8 13.Nbd4 Nd4 14.Nd4 Bd5 15.Bf3 Bf3 16.Qf3= Ne4 17.Rab1 c6 18.Qe2 f5 19.Qe1 Re5 20.d3 Nf6 21.Nf3 Rc5 22.Rb2 Qe7 23.d4 Rcd5 24.c4 R5d6 25.Qa5 Qe3 26.Kh1 a6 27.Rb7 Kb7= 28.Rb1 Kc8 29.Ne5 Re8 30.Qa6 (30…Kd8 31.c5 Qd4 32.Nf7 Ke7 33.Nd6 (33.cd6? Kf7 34.Qc6 Ne4 35.Qd7 Kf6-+) 33...Qc5 34.Ne8 Ke8 35.Qc8 Kf7 36.Rf1+/-) 1–0. Rudbeck,Joergen – Reyes, corr 3GMM–51, 1997.

8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nf3 a6 11.0-0 =.

8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nf3 Re8 11.0-0 a6 12.a4 Bf5 13.Rb1 Nb4 14.Rb2 Rad8 15.Qb1 c5 16.Na2 a5 17.Nb4 ab4 18.Bb5 Re7 19.Qc1 Ne4 20.Qe1 Bg4 21.Rb3 Qe6 22.Rd3 Rd3 23.cd3 Bf3 24.Bc4 Qd7 25.Rf3 Ng5 26.Rf1 Qd6 27.Qf2 b6 28.d4 cd4 29.ed4 Ne4 30.Qe3 Nf6=+ 31.Qf4 Qf4 32.Rf4 Re1 33.Kf2 Rd1 34.Ke2 Rc1 35.d5 Kf8 36.d6 Ke8 37.Bb5+/- Kd8 38.Rb4 (38.Rb4 Rg1 39.Bc6+/-) 1–0. Rucker,Udo – Landgraf,Manfred, corr KMG_26, 1993.

8.Nc3 Nf6=+ 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nf3 Re8 11.Qc1 a6 12.Qb2 Bg4 13.0-0 b5 14.Nd1 Ne5 15.d3 Bf3 16.gf3 Ng6 17.Rf2 Nd5 18.Qc1 Qe7 19.Bf1 Qg5 20.Kh1? Rad8 21.f4-/+ Qh4 22.Qd2 c5 23.Rf3 Qf6 24.Rb1 Nh4 25.Rh3 Nf4 26.ef4 Qc6 27.Kg1 Nf3 28.Rf3 Qf3 29.Qf2 Qf2 30.Kf2 Rd4 31.Kg3 Re1 32.Bg2 Re2 33.Rb2 Rb4 34.Rb4 cb4 35.Bd5 Rc2 36.Nf2 Kf8 37.Kf3 f5 38.Ke3 Ke7 39.Bb3 Rb2 40.h3 a5 41.Nd1 Rg2=+ 42.Kf3 Rd2 43.Ke3 Rh2 44.Nf2 Rg2 45.Ke2 Rg6 46.Kd2 Rd6 47.Bc2 Kf6 48.Ke3 h6 49.h4 Rc6 50.Kd2 a4 51.h5 g5 52.hg6 Kg6 53.Nd1 h5 54.Ne3 Rd6 55.Ng2 Ra6 56.Bb1 Ra7 57.d4 Kf6 58.Nh4 a3 59.Bc2+= Rc7 60.Ng2 Rc3 61.Ne3+= Rc4 62.Kd3 Rc3 63.Kd2 Rc4 64.Kd3 Rc3= ½–½. Andersson,Lars H – Landgraf,Manfred, corr SOK–90–53, 1992.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Bb5 Bg4 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bc6 =.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.0-0 Rad8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rb1 Ne5 14.Rb7 Nf3 15.Rf3 Bf3 16.Qf3 a5 17.Rb5 Qa3 18.Kh2 Rb8 19.Rf5 Qd6 20.Qf4 Qf4 21.ef4 Ra8 22.Rc5 Ra7 23.Nb5 Rb7 24.Kg3 Rd8 25.Nc3 Ra8 ½–½. Krasny,Henryk Jan – Schwertel,Gottfried, corr TKM/A007, 2000.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be2 0-0-0 11.Rb1 =.

8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 a6 11.0-0 Rd8 12.h3 Ne5 13.Ne5 Qe5 14.Bf3 c6 15.Rb1 h5 16.Qe2 Rd6 17.Qf2 b5 18.d4 Qg5 19.e4 Nh7 20.e5+- Rg6 21.Bh5!! Qh5 22.Qf7 Kh8 23.Qe8 (23.Qe8 Nf8 24.Rf8 Kh7 25.Rh8#) 1–0. Gattuso,Francisco – Paltrinieri,Mario, corr KMG–32, 1994.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Rb1 b6 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nh4 Be6=+ 15.Nf3 Ng4 16.Qe1 Ba2=+ 17.Na7?? Na7-+ 18.Ra1 Bd5?? 19.Ra7= Ra8 20.Ra8 Ra8 21.Nd4 Ne5 22.Qg3 Be4 23.Nf5 Bf5 24.Rf5 Ra1 25.Rf1 Rf1 26.Kf1 f5 27.Qf4 g6 28.d4 ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio – Plock,Joerg, friendly internet, 2001.

8.Be2 0-0 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.a3 Bg4 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Ne1 f5 13.Bg4 fg4-/+ 14.Rf8 Rf8 15.Qe2 Qf6 16.c3 Ne5 17.d4 g3 18.de5 Qf1! 19.Qf1 Rf1 20.Kf1 gh2 21.Ke2 h1Q 22.Nd2 Nd2 23.Kd2 Qh2 24.Rd1 Qe5 25.Ra1 Qd5 26.Kc2 b5 0–1. Houthuijzen,A – Plock,Joerg, email KMG–50, 2002.

8.Nf3 0-0 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be2 (10.Rb1 Nd5 11.Rb7 Nc3 12.dc3 Qe6 13.Qd3 Bf3 14.gf3 Qc6 unclear) 10...Nc6 11.Rb1 b6 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Qe1 (13.Nb5 Qd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nc3 Rfe8 16.Bd3 Bf3 17.Qf3 Ne5 unclear) 13...a6 (13...Rfe8 14.Nb5 Qd7 15.Qh4) 14.d4 (14.Ba6 Bf3 15.Rf3 Qd2) 14...Rfe8 (14...b5!?) 15.h3 (15.Ba6 Bf3 16.Nb5 Qe7 17.Rf3 Nb8-/+) 15...Bc8 16.Bd3 (16.Bc4 b5 17.Bb3 Be6 18.Qc1 b4 19.Nd1 Bb3 20.cb3 Ne4 21.Rb2 Re6 unclear) 16...Qe6 17.d5!? Nd5 18.Bh7 Kh8 19.Be4 Nc3 20.Ng5 Qe4 21.Ne4 Ne4 22.Rf7 Rd7 23.Qf1 Nd6 24.Rf8 Rf8 25.Qf8 Kh7 26.Qf3 Bb7 27.Rf1 Re7 28.Qh5 Kg8 29.Qd5 Kh7 30.Qg5 Re5 31.Qg3 b5 32.Rf4 a5 33.Rf8 b4 34.Qh4 Kg6 35.Qg4 Kh7 36.Qg3 Nf5 37.Qf4 Nd6 38.Kh2 Re4 39.Qg5 ½–½. Sternik,Ryszard – Plock,Joerg, email KMG–52, 2001.

8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 Re8 13.Rb1 Nb4 14.Bc4 Bf5 15.Rb2 Rad8 16.Qc1 b6=+ 17.d3 Be6 18.Be6 Qe6 19.e4 h6 20.Qf4 Rd7 21.Re1 Rde7 22.Reb1 Nd7 23.Nh4 Qf6 24.Qf6 Nf6 25.Nf5 Rd7 26.h3 Kh7 (26...h5 27.g3=) ½–½. De Visser,Arno – Plock,Joerg, corr or01–004 E–mail, 2001.

8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 c5 10.Na3 Nc6 11.0-0 Be6 12.Ng5 a6 13.Rb1 b5=+ 14.c4 White fights for the Initiative 14...b4 15.Nc2 Rad8 16.d4 cd4 17.ed4 Nd4 18.Nd4 Qd4 19.Qd4 Rd4 20.Rb4 Rd2 21.Ne6 fe6 22.Bf3 Ra2 23.Rb6 Re8 24.c5 a5 25.c6 Kf7 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.Rb7 Kg6 28.c7 Ne8 29.Bc6 Nf6? 30.Bb5+- Nd5 31.Bc4 Rc7 32.Rc7 Nc7 33.Ba2 (33.Ba2 Nd5 34.Bd5 ed5 35.Rd1+-) 1–0. Bendig,Frank – Plock,Joerg, email KMG–50, 2001.

8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 Nc6 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Rb1 Bb7 14.Qe1 Rad8 15.Qh4 h6 16.Rb2 Qc5 17.Bd3 Rd6 18.Rb3 Ne5 19.Ne5 Re5 20.Rf2 Rg5 21.Qc4 Rd7 22.Rb4 Qe7 23.h3 Qe5 24.Qf4 Qc5 25.Rc4 Qe7 0–1. Woschkat/Angermann – Kim,Sergei (2380), ICCF EM/CL/Q15–4 ICCF Email, 2002.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.Rb1 Re8 11.d3 Nd5 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.c4 Qa5 14.Qd2 Qd2 15.Kd2= b6 16.Be2 ½–½. Fritz,Harry – Lezcano, corr 3GMM–55, 1996.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Rfe8 12.Ng5 Be2 13.Qe2 Rad8.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 0-0 11.Rb1 Rab8 12.d3 a6 13.a4 Rfe8 14.Qd2 Nd4 15.Nd4 Qd4 16.Bf3 b6 17.Rb3 (17.Ne2 Qa4 18.Bg4 Ng4) 17...c5 18.h3 Bf3 19.gf3 Nh5 20.Qf2 Rbc8 (20...Qf6 21.Rg1 Nf4=+) 21.Rg1 Nf4 22.Rg4 Qf6 23.Qg3 Ng6 24.Nd5 Qa1 25.Kd2 Qa4 26.Nb6 Qa5 27.Ke3 Rcd8 28.Nc4 Qa4 29.Rg5 Qa1 30.Kf2?! f6 31.Rf5 Qc1 32.Rb2 Re5 33.Qg4 Rf5 34.Qf5 Nf4 35.Qc5 Qh1 36.Qb6 Re8 37.Qc6 Rf8 38.Ke3 Qc1 39.Kf2 Nh3 40.Kg3 Nf4 41.Qb6 g5 42.Kf2 Qh1 43.Ke3 h5 44.Qa6 h4 45.Qa2 Qe1 46.Kd4 Qf2 47.Ne3 Kh8 48.Qa7 Ng2 49.Qd7 Qe3 50.Kc4 g4 51.Rb5 Qh6 52.fg4 Qg7 53.Rh5 Kg8 54.Qd5 Qf7 55.Kd4 Kg7 56.Qf7 Kf7 57.c4 Rd8 58.Kc3 Nf4 59.Rh4 Rd3 60.Kb4 Rd4 61.Rh7 Ke6 62.Rh8 Ke5 63.Ra8 Ke4 64.Ra6 Ke5 65.Ra5 Ke6 66.Ra6 Rd6 67.Ra8 Nd3 68.Kb5 Rd4 69.Re8 Kd7 70.Rg8 Re4 71.Rg7 Ke6 72.Rg8 Ne5 73.c5 Rg4 74.Re8 Kd7 75.Rf8 Ke7 76.Ra8 Rg5 77.Ka6 f5 0–1. Kucharkowski,Jens – Dziel,Jaromir, corr KMG–39, 2001.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 0-0-0!?

8.Nc3 Qe5? 9.Qe2 (9.Nf3! +-) 9...0-0 10.Nf3 Qe6 11.e5 Ng4 12.Qc4 Qc4? (12...Ne5! 13.Qe6 Nf3 14.gf3 Be6 -+) 13.Bc4 Ne5 14.Ne5 Re8 15.d4 Nc6 16.0-0-0 +-. Kucharkowski.

8.d3? Ne4? 9.de4 Qd1 10.Kd1 +-.

8.d3? Bg4 9.Be2 Qe5 10.Nd2 Bh5 11.Nc4 Qc3 12.Kf1 Be2 13.Ne2 +-.

8.d3? Ng4! 9.Nf3 (9.Ne2? Nh2!) 9...Qb6 10.Qd2 (10.d4 Qb2 11.Nbd2 Ne3 12.Qb1 Qa1 13.Qa1 Nc2 14.Kf2 Na1 -+) 10...Qb2 11.Qc3 Qc1 12.Ke2 Qe3 13.Kd1 Nf2#.

8.Nc3 Nge7 9.Nb5 Qd7 10.e3 a6 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Bd3 Nd5 13.Nd5 Qd5 14.0-0 Bg4 15.Qb1 b6 -+ (15...Qd7!?+=) 16.Bh7! Kh8 17.Bd3 Bf3 18.Rf3 (18.gf3?! Ne5 19.Be4 Qd2 20.Ba8 Qe3 21.Kh1 Ra8+=) 18...g6 19.Qb3 Qb3 20.ab3 f5 21.Rg3 (21.Ba6 Nb4=+) 21...Kg7 22.Ra6 (22.Ba6 Nb4-+) 22...Ra6 23.Ba6 (23...Nb4 24.Bd3-+) 1–0. Vettenburg – Plock, corr 1998.

8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Nb5 Qd8 10.e3 a6 11.Nbd4 Nd4=+ 12.Nd4 0-0 13.Be2 c5 14.Nf3 Re8 15.0-0 b6 16.Qe1 Bf5 17.Bd1 Qe7 18.Qh4 Bg6 19.Re1 Nd5 20.Qe7 Re7 21.Nh4 Rc8 22.a3 Nf6 23.Ng6 hg6 24.Bf3 Ne4 25.d3 Ng5 26.Kf2 Nf3 ½–½. Streit,Bodo – Borkenhagen,Andreas, Germany, 2005.

8.d3 Nf6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.c3 Qc5 11.c4 0-0 12.Nb3 Qe3 (12...Qe7!?-/+) 13.Qd2=+ Qd2 14.Nfd2 (14.Kd2 Rad8 15.Kc3 Rfe8=+) 14...Rad8 15.h3 Rfe8 16.g4 Nb4 17.Kf2 Bd7 18.Nd4 (18.Bg2!? Bc6 19.Bc6 Nc6 20.g5=) 18...Bg4=+ 19.a3 Be2-/+ 20.Ne2 Nd3-+ 21.Kg1 Ne5 22.Nb3 Nc4 23.Nf4 Nd2 24.Nd2 Rd2 25.Rh2 Rd4 26.Rf2 Re3 27.Rb1 b6-+ 28.Rb4 Rd1 29.a4 c5 30.Rc4 Ra3 31.Kg2 Rda1 32.Rcc2 Ne4 33.Rfe2 Ra4 34.Re3 Kf8 35.Bb5 R4a2 36.Ra2 Ra2 37.Kg1 Nd6 38.Bc6 g5 39.Nd5 b5 40.Rd3 a6 41.Nf6 Ke7?? 42.Nh7?? c4-+ 43.Re3 Kd8 44.Ng5 Ra1 45.Kf2-/+ Kc7 46.Bd5 f6 47.Ne4 Ne4 48.Be4 Rd1 49.Ke2 Rd4 50.Bf5 b4 51.Re7 Kd6 52.Re6= Kd5 53.Ra6 Ke5 54.Ke3 Rh4 55.Ra5 Kd6 56.Bg4 Rh7 57.Rb5+- b3 58.Kd4 Rc7 59.Rd5 Ke7 60.Kc3 Kf7? 61.Rd4?? Kg6+/- 62.Be2 (62...Rb7 63.Bc4+/-; 62.Rc4 b2 63.Be2 b1Q 64.Bd3 Qd3 65.Kd3 Rc4 66.Kc4 f5=) 1–0. Andersson,Lars H – Landgraf,Manfred, corr ICCF TT–4–90–5, 1992.

8.d4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Rb1 0-0-0 11.e3 Rhe8 12.Qd2 Bf3 13.gf3 Nd4 14.Kf2 Ng4 15.fg4 Qf6 16.Kg2 Qc6 17.e4 Re4 18.Ne4 Qe4 19.Kh3 Qf3 20.Kh4 Nf5 21.gf5 Rd2 22.Bd3 Rg2 0–1. Weisbrod,Juergen – Landgraf,Manfred, corr KMG–29, 1993.

8.e3 Nf6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nc3 a6 12.Qc1 Bg4 13.d3 Qc5=+ 14.Nd1 Nd5 15.d4 Qe7 16.Rb1 Ne3-/+ (16...Ne3 17.Rf2 Nd1 18.Bd1 Ra7-/+) 0–1. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Landgraf,Manfred, corr KMG–26, 1991.

8.e3 Nf6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nc3 a6 12.Nh4 Rd8 13.d4 Re8 14.Qd3 Qe7-/+ 15.Nd1 Nd5 16.Bh5 Ndb4 17.Qd2 g6 18.d5 Rd8-/+ 19.Qf2 Rd5 20.Be2 Rd2-+ (20...Nc2?! 21.Bc4 Na1 22.Bd5=+) 0–1. Kucharkowski,Jens – Landgraf,Manfred, corr KMG–05, 1988.

8.e3 Nf6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.c4 Bf5 12.Nc3 Rad8 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nfd4 Nd4 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.Nb3 Qe5 17.Rf4 Ne4 18.Rc1 Nd2 0–1. Sternik – Kucharkowski, corr KMG–22.

8.e4 Nf6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.d4 Rd8 11.Nb5 Qe7 12.e5 a6 13.Nc7 Nd4!-+ 14.Nd4 Qe5 15.Be2 Rd4 (16.Na8 Rd1 17.Rd1 Qa5 18.Kf1 Bd7-+) 0–1. Sikora – Schwertel,Gottfried, corr 3GMM–50, 1996.

8.d4 0-0 9.Nc3 (9.e3 Re8 10.Ne5 Nc6-+) 9...Re8-/+ 10.Rb1 c6 (10...Re3 11.Nb5 Qe7 12.c4-/+) 11.Qd2 b5 (11...Qe7 12.d5-/+) 12.e3=+ Qe6 13.Ne5 Nbd7 (14.Nd7 Bd7-/+ (14...Nd7?! 15.d5 cd5 16.Nd5=+)) 0–1. Goudreau – Schwertel,Gottfried, corr 3GMM–38, 1995.

8.e3 Nc6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Be2 h6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Qe1 Be6 14.Ra1 Nb4 15.Qc1 c5 16.a3 Nc6 17.d3 (17.a4 Nb4=) 17...Ne5 18.e4?? (better is 18.Nd2=) 18...Nf3-+ 19.Rf3 Qd4 20.Qe3 Qc3 21.Raf1 (21.Qc1 b5-+) 21...Qd4 (21...Qc2 22.Rf6 gf6 23.Rf6-+) 22.Qd4 cd4 23.Rg3 Kh8 24.Rb1 (24.Rf4 Rfc8 25.e5 Nd7 26.Rd4 Rc2-+ (worse is 26...Ne5 27.Re3 Nc6 28.Rd6-+)) 24...Rfc8 25.Bd1 Rc3 26.a4 (26.Rb4 Ra3 27.Kf2 Ra1-+) 26...Ra3 27.h3 Ne4! 28.Kh2 Ng3 29.Kg3 Ra4 0–1. Aspinall,John – Bouyssieres,M (1655), Open, Condom FRA, 2009.

8.e3 Nc6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Rb1 (12.Ng5 h6 13.Nf3 b5=+) 12...b5=+ 13.Qe1 Bb7 (13...b4 14.Nd1=+) 14.Qh4 (14.a4 b4=+) 14...b4 (14...Ne5 15.Ne5 Re5 16.Bd3=) 15.Na4= Rad8 16.Nb2 Re4 17.Qe1 (17.Qf2 Ng4 18.Qh4 Qh6 19.Qh6 Nh6+= (< 19...gh6 20.Nd3 Rd5 21.h3+-)) 17...Ne5 (17...Na5 18.Bd3 Ree8 19.Nd4=) 18.Ne5= Re5 19.Nc4 Qc6 20.Qg3 Rb5 21.d3 a5 (21...Re8 22.Rb3=) 22.Bf3 Nd5 23.a3 Qe8 24.e4 Nc3= 25.Rb3 Qe7 26.ab4 ab4 27.Ne3 c5 28.Nf5 Qf6 29.Bh5 Kh8 30.Rc3! Qc3 31.e5 Rg8 32.Nd6 (32...Rf8 33.Nb5 Qc2 34.e6+-; 32.Bf7?! Rb6+/-) 1–0. Welti,Manfred – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG36, 1997.

8.e3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Bb5 =+.

8.e3 Nc6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Nb5 Qe7 13.Nbd4 Nd4 14.Nd4 Rd4 15.ed4 Be2 16.Qe1 Re8 17.Rf4 Nd5 (17...Qd6 18.Qh4 h6 19.Rf6 Qf6 20.Qf6 gf6 21.Kf2-+) 18.Rf5 Qd7 19.Qf2 Bc4 (19...Nb4!? 20.Rb1 Nc2 21.Re5-+) 20.d3 (20.Re5 Ne7-+) 20...Ba6 (20...Ne7 21.Re5 Be6 22.c4-+) 21.Re5 (21.Re1 Re1 22.Qe1 g6-+) 21...Re5 22.de5 b6 23.Rf1 Nb4 24.Qf4 (24.a3 Nc6 25.Qe2-+) 24...Nc2?? (better 24...c5 25.Rf2 h6-+ (25...Na2?! 26.e6 Qe6 27.Re2=+)) 25.e6=+ Qd4 (25...Qe6?! 26.Qc7 Qe3 27.Kh1+=) 26.Qd4 Nd4 27.e7?? (better 27.Rf7 Ne6 28.Re7=+) 27...Bb5-+ 28.a4 Be8 29.a5 b5 (29...f6 30.ab6 cb6 31.Kf2-+) 30.Rf4 (30.Kf2-+) 30…Ne2 (30...Ne2 31.Kf2 Nf4-+) 0–1. Tyle,Vladimir (2015) – Bartosova,Lucie (1920), CZE–ChT2D, 2010.

8.e3 Bf5 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Be2 Qb4 11.g3 Be2-/+ 12.Ke2 0-0 13.Nc3 a6 14.Rb1 Qc4 15.Kf2 b5 16.Qf3 Nbd7 17.a3 Ne5-/+ 18.Qg2? Nfg4-+ 19.Ke1 Ne3! 20.de3 Qc3 21.Kd1 Rad8 22.Kc1 Qe3 23.Kb2 Nc4 (23...Nc4 24.Ka1 Qa3#) 0–1. Marczyk,L (1800) – Wierzbowski,M (1800), corr ½ op, 1996.

8.e3 Bg4 9.Bc4 Nc6 =.

8.e3 Bg4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3= c6 11.Nh4 Be2 12.Qe2= Nbd7 13.Nf5 Qc5 14.0-0+= Rfe8 15.Qf2 Re6 16.Qg3+= Qf8 17.Rf2 Ne8 18.Raf1 Rg6 19.Qh4 Ndf6 20.Qd4 Nc7+= 21.Ne4 Ne6 22.Nf6 Rf6 23.Qb2 b6 24.e4 Nd8 25.d4 Rc8 26.c4 Rc7 27.e5 Rg6 28.d5 Kh8 29.Qe2 c5 30.Rf3 h6 31.Qe4 Rg5 32.Nd6 Re7? 33.Nf7!! (33.Nf7 Nf7 34.e6+-) 1–0. Nemec,Zdenek – Wallace,Gary, corr or01–011, 2001.

8.e3 Bg4 9.Be2 Nc6=+ 10.Nc3 0-0-0 11.Rb1 Rhe8 12.Qc1 a5 (12...Bf3 13.Bf3 Qd7 14.Bc6 Qc6 15.0-0=) 13.a3 Ne5 14.Nb5 Qd5 (14...Qd7 15.Na7 Kb8 16.Bb5+-) 15.0-0 Bf3 16.Bf3 Nf3 17.Rf3 Qc5 (17...Qd2 18.Na7 Kb8 19.Nc6 Kc8 20.Nd8 Qc1 21.Rc1 Rd8 22.Rcf1+=) 18.Rb3 (18.Nd4 a4+=) 18...Re6 (18...a4 19.Rb4+=) 19.c4 Ne4 20.d4 Qe7 21.Qe1 (21.d5 Rf6+=) 21...Ra6 (21...a4 22.Rb4 Ng5 23.Rg3+=) 22.Nc3+= f6 (22...a4 23.Rb5 Ng5 24.Rff5+=) 23.Nd5 (23.Ne4 Qe4 24.Rb5 a4+=) 23...Qe6+= 24.Qe2 (24.Rb5 a4+=) 24...Rc6 25.Rf4 Nd6 26.Qg4 Qg4 27.Rg4 Rc4 28.Ne7 Kd7 ½–½. Fritz,Harry – Pagni,Carlo, corr 3GMM–55, 1996.

9.Nb5 Qe7 10.e3 a6 11.Nc3 b5 12.Be2 Nc6 13.0-0 Be6 =+. Drefke,Arno – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG–21, 1990.

9.e3 c5 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.0-0 Bg4 (11...Nb4 12.Be2 Bf5 13.a3 Nbd5 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.Rb1 b6=) 12.Rb1 b6 13.h3 (13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Be2 Qb7 16.Ng5 Be2 17.Qe2 Nb4 18.d3=) 13...Bf3 (13...Bh5 14.Nb5 Qg3 15.Qe1 Qe1 16.Ne1 Rad8 17.Rf4 Rfe8 18.a3 Re7=) 14.Qf3 Ne5 (14...Nb4!? 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Be4 Rad8 17.a3 f5 18.Bf5 Nc2 19.Qe4 Na3 20.Ra1 Rde8 21.Bh7 Kh8 22.Rf8 Rf8 23.Qg6+-) 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qh2 Rad8 (16...Rae8!?) 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Be2 f5 (18...Ng6 19.d3 f5 20.Bh5 fe4 21.Bg6 hg6 22.Rf8 Rf8 23.Qg3 Qf6=) 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Rf5 (20…Nf7 21.Bd3 c4 22.Bc4 Rd2 23.Nd5 Nd5 24.Bd5 g6 25.Rf7 Rf7 26.Qb8 Kg7 27.Bf7 Qf7 28.Rf1 Qe7 29.e4!=) =. Sternik,Ryszard – de Visser,Arno, email KMG–54, 2002.

9.e3 c5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 =.

9.e3 c5 10.Be2 Bg4 11.0-0 (11.Rb1 b6=) 11...Nc6 12.Nh4 (12.Rb1 b6=) 12...Be2 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Rf2 Rfe8 15.Raf1 (15.Nf5 Qe6=) 15...Re6 (15...Qe6 16.Nf5=) 16.Nf5 Qe5 17.Qc4 (17.Qf3 c4=) 17...Ne7 18.d4 Qc7 (18...cd4!? 19.ed4 Qa5=) 19.Nh6+= Kf8 (19...gh6 20.Rf6) 20.d5 Ned5 21.Nf7 Qf7 22.Nd5 b6 23.Qd3 Rdd6 24.e4 Qh5? 25.Rf5 Qe8 26.Nf6 gf6 27.Rf6! Ke7 28.Re6 Re6 29.Qd5 Rd6? 30.Qf5?? Qg6+/- 31.Qf8 Kd7?? 32.Rf7+- (32…Qf7 33.Qf7 Kc6 34.Qh7+-) 1–0. Lapshun,Yury (2410) – Rasin,Leonid, US op Boston, 2001.

9.e3 Nc6 10.Bb5 =.

9.Nc3 a6 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.0-0 b5 12.Bb3 Na5 13.d4 Nb3 14.ab3 b4 15.Ne2 Ne4 16.Qd3 Bb7 17.Ne5 Rad8 18.Rad1 a5 19.Ra1 Ra8 20.Nc4 Qd5 21.Nf4 Qb5 22.Ne5 Qe8 23.Nc4 a4 24.ba4 Ra4 25.Na5 Ba8 26.Rfe1 Nc3 27.Ne2 Be4 28.Qd2 Ne2 29.Qe2 Ra1 30.Ra1 Qe7 31.Nb3 ½–½. Van Esbroeck – Kucharkowski, corr KMG–27 1992–93.

9.Nc3 a6 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 Re8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nf3 b6 14.Ne1 Ne5 15.Nd3 Nd3 16.cd3 Bb7 17.e4 Re5 18.Rf2 Rd8 19.Qf1 Bc8 20.Rc1 Be6 21.Nd1 Rd7 22.Rc2 Ra5 23.Nc3 Qd4 24.Qc1 Bg4 25.Bf1 Be6 26.Be2 Ng4 27.Bg4-/+ Bg4 Black gets the initiative 28.Nd5 Be2 29.h3 Rc5 30.Rc5 bc5 31.Nf4 Bd3-/+ 32.Nd3 Qd3 33.e5 Qd4 34.Qf1 c4 35.Kh1 Qe5 36.Qc4 Qe6 37.Qe6 fe6 38.Re2 Kf7 39.Kg1 Rd3 40.Kf2 Kf6 41.Ke1 Rd5 42.Re3 Re5-+ 43.Ke2 Re3 44.Ke3-/+ Ke5 (44...Ke5 45.Kd3 Kd5-+) 0–1. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG–26, 1991.

9.Nc3 c5 10.Bc4 a6 11.a4 b6 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.d4 Bb7=+ 14.Qd2 cd4 15.Qd4 Qc7 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.Bd5 Bd5 18.Qd5 Rad8 19.Rad1 Nc5 20.Qe5 Qe5 21.Ne5 Rd1 22.Rd1 Na4 23.Rd7 f5 24.Ra7 a5 25.Nc6 Rf6 26.Ra8 Kf7 27.Rg8?? (better is 27.Ra7 Ke8 28.Nd4-/+) 0–1. Gattuso,Francisco – Dziel,Jaromir, corr KMG–32, 1994.

9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be2 c5 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Rb1 b6 13.Ng5 Be2 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.Rf2 h6 16.Nge4 Ne4 17.Ne4 Qe5 18.Qf3 Nb4 19.a3 (19.d4!? Qd5 20.dc5 bc5 21.a3=) 19...Nc2+= 20.d4 Nd4 (20...cd4 21.Rc2 Rfe8 22.Nf2 de3 23.Nh3-/+) 21.ed4= Rd4 22.Ng3 Qd6?? (better is 22...Qd5=) 23.Nf5+- Qd7 24.Nd4 cd4 25.Qd3 Rd8 26.Rb4 Qd5 27.Rf4 Qa2 28.Rbd4 Qa1 29.Kf2 Rd4 30.Rd4 Qb2 31.Kg3 g6 32.Qe3 Kh7 33.Rd7 Qa2 34.Ra7 h5 35.Qb6 Qc4 36.Qb4 Qe6 37.Qf4 Kg7 38.a4 Qb3 39.Kh4 Qd5 40.Rf7! Qf7 41.Qf7 Kf7 42.a5 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2555) – ViriatoCC (2130), Active (5/0), 2004.

9.Be2 Nc6 10.0-0 Re8 11.c4 Bf5 12.Nc3 Rad8 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nfd4 Nd4 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.Nb3 Qe5 17.Rf4 Ne4 18.Rc1?? Nd2!!-+ (18...Nd2 19.Qe1 Nb3 20.ab3 Qe3 21.Rf2 Qb3-+) 0–1. Sternik,Ryszard – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG–22, 1990.

8.Nc3 Nf6 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0N Rad8 12.Nb5 Qe7 13.Nfd4?? (13.Nc3!?+=) 13...Be2 (13...Nd4 14.Nd4 Rd4 15.ed4 Be2 16.Qe1-+) 14.Qe2?? (better is 14.Ne2 Ng4 15.Qe1-+) 14...Nd4-+ 15.Nd4 Rd4! 0–1. Ackermann,Robert (1845) – Erlbeck,Peter (2005), 9th Mittelfranken–ch HT, 2000.

8.e3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Be2 0-0 11.h3 Qg3-/+ 12.Kf1 Bf3 13.Bf3 Rad8 14.Bc6 bc6 15.Qf3 Qf3-/+ 16.gf3 Rd2 17.Rc1 Rfd8 18.Kg1 Nd5 19.Ne4 Ne3?? 20.Nd2+= Rd2 21.Rh2 Rd8 22.Re2 Nd5 23.Rce1 Nf6 24.Re7 Rc8 25.R1e3 h6 26.c4 Kf8 27.Kf2 Nh7 28.R7e5 Ng5 29.Kg3 f6 30.Rc5 (30.Rc5 Nf7 31.Rc6+/-; 30.Ra5 Ra8+-) 1–0. Zimmer,Georg – Wartig,Wolfgang, corr KMG–35, 1997.

8.e3 Nd7 9.Be2 Ne5 10.Ne5 (10.0-0 Nf3) 10...Be2 11.Qe2 Qe5 12.Nc3 =.

8.e3 Qf6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Be2 Nge7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nd4 Be2 13.Qe2 (better is 13.Nce2!? Qd6 14.Rb1=) 13...Nd4-/+ 14.ed4 Qd4 15.Kh1 Ng6 16.Nb5 Qc5 17.Nc3 Rae8 18.Qf3 Ne5 19.Qb7 Ng4 (19...Nc4 20.Qb5 Qd4 21.Qa4+=) 20.Qf3= Qh5 21.h3 Nf6 22.Qh5 Nh5 23.Rfe1 Ng3 24.Kg1 Nf5 25.Nb5 a6 26.Nc7 Rc8 27.Na6 Rc2 28.Red1 Rd8 29.Nb4 Rcd2 30.Rd2 Rd2 31.a4 Ne3 (31...Rb2 32.a5 Rd2 33.a6+-) 32.Ra2 (better is 32.Re1!? Rg2 33.Kh1+-) 32...Ra2+= 33.Na2 Nc4 34.Nc3 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Ke2 Kd6 37.Kd3 Kc6?? (better is 37...Kc5=) 38.Kc4+- 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1845) – ALTOyMAS (1780), Active, 2007.

8.e3 Nf6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Nd4 Be2 13.Qe2 a6 14.Nf5 Qe6 15.Rab1 b5 16.a4 c6 17.Nd4 (17.Qf3 Ne5 18.Qg3 Ng6=) 17...Qd6 18.ab5 cb5 19.d3 (19.Nf5 Qe5=) 19...Qc7 20.Qd2 (20...Ng4 21.Rf4 Ne3 22.Qe3 Qc3 23.Rb3-/+; Better is 20.Nd1!?=) -/+. Hasler,Ulrich – De Smet, corr ICCF–TT/4/90, 1990.

8.e4 Nd7 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Be2 Nh5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Nb5 Qf4 13.0-0 0-0 14.Nfd4 Be2 15.Qe2 Qe5 16.Rf5 Nf4 17.Qf3 1–0. De Smet,Karl – Meybohm,Dirk, corr KMG–16, 1989.

6.Bb2 Qd6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.e3 Nc6 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – gyg, Active, 2007.

6.Bb2 Bf5 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.e3 0-0 9.Bc4 Kh8 10.0-0 c6 11.Nc3 b5 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.Qe1 Na6 14.Qh4 Bf5 15.e4 Bg6 16.e5 fe5 17.Ne5 Qd2 18.Nf7 Bf7 19.Rf7 Qe3 20.Kh1 Bc3 21.Bc3 Qc3 22.Raf1 Ng6 23.Qf2 Rfe8 24.h4 Nc5 25.Rf3 Qe5 26.g3 Ne4 27.Qg2 Rad8 28.Bf7 Rd2 29.Be8 1–0. alleyb (1725) – awnatari (1785), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Bb2 Nh6 7.e3 0-0 8.Bc4= Kh8 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Be2 Nf3 13.Bf3 f5 14.Bg4 Ng4 15.h3 Ne5 16.Rb1 Bd6 17.Nb5 Ng6 18.Nd6 Qd6 19.Ba1 Qd5 20.Qe2 f4 21.ef4 Rae8 22.Qg4 Qc5 23.Kh1 h5?? 24.Qg6+- Re7 25.f5 Qc2 26.Qh5 Kg8 27.f6 gf6 28.Bf6 Rh7 29.Qg5 Kf7 30.Bd8 Ke6 31.Rbe1 Kd6 32.Qe5 Kc6 33.Qe6 Kb5 34.Re5 c5 35.Rf8 Qd1 36.Kh2 Rh3 37.gh3 Qd2 38.Re2 (38.Re2 Qd8 39.Rd8+-) 1–0. Plock,Jorg – Brandt, Magdeburg, 1990.

6.Bc3 Qe7 7.Bb4 Qb4 8.e3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bd7? (better is 9...Bg4 10.Be2 Be2 11.Qe2 Qh4 12.g3 Qg5=) 10.Rb1+/- Qa5 11.Rb5 Qa3 12.Rb7 Nge7?? (better is 12...Rb8 13.Rb8 Nb8+-) 13.Nb5+- (13.Rc7?! Rb8 14.Nb5 Qa2+/-) 13...Qa2 (13...Qa4 14.Nc7 Kf7 15.Na8+-) 14.Nc7 Kf7 15.Na8 Ra8 16.Rd7 Nb4 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Bf5 g6 19.Re7! Ke7 20.Bc8 Nc2 21.Kf2 Qc4 22.Ba6! Qc6 23.Nf3 Nb4 24.Be2 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1790) – leavertarern (1770), rated blitz game (2/12), 2002.

6.Bg3 Nc6 7.c3 Bc5 8.Nf3 Nge7 9.d4 Bd6 10.e4 Bg3 11.hg3 Bg4 12.Bd3 h5 13.a4 Qd6 14.Qb3 Qg3 15.Kf1 Bf3 16.Qc2 Bg4 17.Nd2 Qf4 18.Kg1 Qe3 19.Kh2 h4 20.Rhf1 Qg3 21.Kg1 h3 22.Nf3 hg2 23.Qg2 Qg2 24.Kg2 Bf3 25.Rf3 0-0-0 26.a5 a6 27.Rf2 Rh6 28.Rb2 Rdh8 29.Raa2 Rh2 30.Kf1 Rh1 31.Ke2 R8h2 32.Ke3 Rh3 33.Kd2 R1h2 34.Be2 Ng6 35.Kc1 Nf4 36.Bg4 Kb8 37.Rh2 Rc3 38.Kb1 Nb4 39.Rh8 Ka7 40.Rb2 Nbd3 41.Rc2 Rb3 42.Ka1 Nb4 43.Rc7 Nfd3 44.e5 fe5 45.Bf3 e4 46.Be4 Nc5 47.dc5 Nc2 48.Bc2 Ra3 49.Kb2 Ra5 50.Be4 1-0. mansurfisher (2175) - bijanirani6768 (2075), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.e3 a6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Qd7 10.0-0 0-0-0 11.a3 Bf3 12.Bf3 Bd2 13.Qe2 Ba5?? (better is 13...Nge7 14.Rd1 Be3 15.Qe3 Qf5+/-) 14.Bg4+- 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – NN, jeu.europe–echecs.com, 2013.

7.Nf3 Na5 8.e3 Be6 9.Be2 Bc4 10.0-0 Nh6 11.c3 Bc5?? (11...Be2 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Nd4+=) 12.Qa4?? (12.Bc4 Be3 13.Kh1 Nc4 14.Qa4 c6 15.Qc4 Bb6+-) 12...c6?? (better is 12...b5 13.Qd1 Qe7=) 13.Bc4+- Nc4 (13...b5 14.Bb5! Qb6 15.Qe4 Kd7 16.Qd3 Ke8 17.a4+-) 14.Qc4 Qd6 15.d4 b5 (15...Bb6+-) 16.dc5 bc4 17.cd6 Rd8 18.Ba3 0-0 19.Nbd2 Nf5 20.Nc4 Ne3 21.Ne3 Rfe8 22.Rfe1 f5 23.Nf5 Re2 24.Re2 (24.Re2 h6 25.Re7 c5 26.Rg7 Kf8 27.Ne5 Rd6 28.Rb1 Rd1 29.Rd1 a6 30.Rd8) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1655) – guillep, Active, 2007.

7.Nf3 Be6 8.e3 Qd7 9.Nc3 0-0-0 10.Bd3 a6 11.0-0 Bc5 12.Ne4 Ba7 13.Ba3 Bg4 14.Rb1 Ne5 (14...Qd5!?+=) 15.Ne5+/- fe5 16.Qe1 Bf5?? (better is 16...Nh6+/-) 17.Nd6!!+- cd6 18.Bf5 (18.Rf5?! Nf6+/-) 18...Nf6 19.Qe2 Kb8 (19...Kc7 20.Bd7 Rd7 21.Qc4 Kd8 22.Bd6+-) 20.Bd7 Nd7 (20...Rd7 21.Qa6 Rhd8+-) 21.Qa6 Nc5 22.Bc5 Bc5 (22...Rd7 23.Qa7 Kc8 24.Qa8 Kc7 25.Rb7 Kc6 26.Rb6 Kc5 27.Qc6) 23.Qb7 1–0. Janek – Kevin, internet free game, 2016.

7.Nf3 Bf5 8.c3 Ba5 9.e3 Nge7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 a6 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.cd4 Bg6 14.Bc3 Bb6 15.d3 (better is 15.a4 Bf7 16.Qc2=) 15...Nd5-+ 16.Bd2? (16.Rf3 Re8 (16...Nc3?! 17.Nc3 Bd4 18.Rc1+=) 17.Qb3 Bf7-+) 16...Re8 (better is 16...Ne3 17.Be3 Bd4 18.Nd2 Be3 19.Kh1-+) 17.Qc1? (17.Na3 Ne3 18.Be3 Re3-+) 17...Bd4! 18.ed4 Re2 19.Nc3 Bd3?? (better is 19...Nc3 20.Qc3 Qd5-+) 20.Ne2+= Be2 21.Re1 Bd3 22.Bf4 c6 23.Bg3 Qd7 24.Qd2 Bg6 25.Re2 Re8 26.Rae1 Re2 27.Qe2 Nc3 28.Qd2 Nd5 29.Bf2 h6 30.Qe2 Nc3 31.Qb2 Nb5 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 32.Qb4 Nd6 33.a4 Ne4 34.Be3 Kh7 35.Rb1 Nd6 36.Re1 Ne4 37.Rb1 Nd6 38.Re1 Bd3 39.Bf4 Ne4 40.Be3 Qc8?? 41.Qe7?? Nc3= 42.a5 Nd5 43.Qd6 Qf5 44.Bf2 Bb5 45.Qg3 Nf4 46.Qe3 Ne2 47.Re2 Be2 48.Qe2 Qb1 49.Qe1+/- Qb3 50.h3 Qc4? 51.Kh2 Qd4?? 52.Bd4+- c5 (52...c5 53.Bc5 h5 54.Qe4 Kh6 55.Qf5 b5 56.Be3 g5 57.Qf6 Kh7 58.Bd4 b4 59.Qg7). Fournier,Frederic – GuerraC4, Active (5/0), 2004.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.e3 Qe7!? 9.Nc3 0-0-0=.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.e3 Nge7 9.Be2 Qd7 10.0-0 0-0-0 11.a3 Bf3 (11...Bc5=) 12.Bf3 (better 12.ab4!? Be2 13.Qe2 Nb4 14.Ra7+=) 12...Bd2-/+ 13.Nd2 Qd2 14.Bc6?? (better 14.Re1-/+) 14...Qd1 (better 14...Qe3 15.Kh1 A) 15...bc6?! 16.Qg4 f5 17.Qa4= (worse 17.Qg7 Rhg8 18.Qc3 f4=+); B) 15...Nc6?! 16.Qg4 Rd7 17.Rad1-+; C) 15...Rd1 16.Bb7 Kb7 17.Rad1 Re8-+) 15.Bb7= (worse 15.Rad1 Nc6 (worse 15...bc6 16.Rd3=+) 16.Rd3 Rhe8-/+) 15...Kb7 16.Rad1 Rd1 17.Rd1 Kc8 18.Kf2 Rd8 19.Rd8 Kd8 20.e4 Kd7 21.Ke3 Ke6 22.g4 g5 (22...h6 23.Bd4 Nc6 24.h4=) 23.h3 (23.Kd4 a6=) 23...h6 24.Kf3 Nc6 25.Ke3 Ne5 26.Be5 fe5 27.Kd3 c5?? (better 27...Kd6=) 28.Kc4+- Kd6 29.Kb5 a6 (29...c4+-) 30.Ka6 c4 31.Kb5 (31.Kb5+-) 1-0. Ollecram (1830) - ban_ban (1705), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2013.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.e3 Bf3 9.Qf3+= Nh6 10.Bd3 Ne5 (10...Qd7+=) 11.Qe2?? (better is 11.Be5 fe5 12.a3+/-) 11...Nd3= 12.Qd3 Qd3 13.cd3 0-0-0 14.Ke2 Nf5 15.Nc3 Bc3 16.Bc3 Rhe8 17.Rab1 b6 18.a4 Nd6 19.a5 Kb7 20.ab6 cb6 21.Rb2 Rf8 22.Rhb1 Rc8 23.Bb4 Rfd8 24.Bd6 Rd6 25.Ra1 g5 26.g3 f5 27.Rba2 a5 28.Rb2 h5?? 29.Rb5 Rf8 30.Rab1 f4 31.Ra1?? fg3 32.hg3= Ka6 33.Rg5+= Rdf6 34.Rg1 a4 35.Rh5+/- a3 36.Rhh1 a2? 37.Ra1+- Rf2 38.Ke1 Rg2 39.Ra2 Kb7 40.Rf1 Rf1 41.Kf1 Rg3 42.Kf2 Rg8 43.d4 Rh8 44.e4 Rh4 45.Ke3 Kc6 46.d5 Kd6 47.Rb2 Rh3 48.Kd4 Rh2 49.Rb6 Ke7 50.d3 Kf7 51.Re6 Rd2 52.Re5 Kf6 53.d6 Rd3 54.Kd3 Ke5 55.d7 (55.d7 Kf6 56.d8Q Kf7 57.e5 Kg7 58.Qf6 Kg8 59.e6 Kh7 60.e7 Kg8 61.e8Q Kh7 62.Qef7) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1940) – mrsaddamhussein (1815), Active (3/0), 2004.

7.e3 0-0 8.Bc4= Kh8 9.Nf3 Qd6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.a3+= Bc5 12.d4 Bf3 13.Qf3+/- Nbc6? 14.dc5+- Qc5 15.Nd2 b5 16.Bd3 b4 17.Nb3 Qb6 18.Qh3 h6 19.Bf6! Rf6 20.Rf6 gf6 21.Qh6 Kg8 22.Bc4 (22.Bc4 Nd5 23.Bd5#) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Hirk, internet, 2002.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.e3 Be6 9.Na3 Ba3 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Be2 Bd5 12.0-0 Ng6 13.c4 Bc6 14.Nd4 a6 15.Nc6 Nc6 16.Bf3 Nge5 17.Bd5 Kh8 18.d4 Ng6 19.Qd3 Nge7 20.Bf7 Ng8 21.Be8 Qe8 22.d5 Ne5 23.Qe4 Qa4 24.Bb2 Nc4 25.Bc3 Nb6 26.Rf4 Qe4 27.Re4 Nd5 28.Be1 Nh6 29.Rb1 b5 30.a4 c6 31.Re6 Rc8 32.e4 Nf4 33.Re7 Nd3 34.Bg3 Ng4 35.a5 Nge5 36.Be5 Ne5 37.Ra7 Nd3 38.Ra6 b4 39.Rb6 c5 40.a6 Ra8 41.a7 1-0. foytik (2280) - dano63 (2040), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.e3 Bg4 9.Bc4 Kh8 10.h3 Bh5 11.0-0 Nbc6 12.d4 Nd5 13.Bd5 Qd5 14.Nbd2 Rae8 15.e4 Qb5 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.c3 Ba3 18.Ba3 Qa3 19.Qb3 Qb3 20.ab3 b6 21.Rbe1 Rd8 22.g4 Bg6 23.Nh4 Bf7 24.b4 Rfe8 25.Re3 Nd4 26.cd4 Rd4 27.Rf2 Rb4 28.g5 fg5 29.Rf7 gh4 30.Rc7 Ra4 31.e5 h6 32.e6 Rf4 33.e7 Rf7 34.Nc4 Rf6 35.Rd7 Rg6 36.Kh2 Kh7 37.Rd8 Re7 38.Re7 b5 39.Ree8 Rg3 40.Ne5 g5 41.Rd7 1-0. B4_My_Life (1985) - Nedogon (1745), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.Nc3 Be6 8.e3 Ne7 9.Qh5 Bf7 10.Qb5 Nbc6 11.Qb7 (11.Nf3 a6 12.Qb7 0-0=) 11...Rb8+= 12.Qa6 Rb6 13.Qa3 0-0 14.Nf3 Nb4 15.Rc1 a6 (15...Qd6 16.Qa7 Nec6 17.Qa4=) 16.Qa5 (16.Be2 Qd6 17.0-0 Rfb8+=) 16...Nec6 (16...Qd6 17.a3 Nbc6 18.Qa4=) 17.Qa4 Re8 (17...Ne5 18.Be2=) 18.a3+= Nd5 19.Nd5 Bd5 20.Ba6 Qa8 (20...Ne5!? 21.Ne5 Re5=) 21.Bb5+/- Bf3 (21...Qa4 22.Ba4 Ra8 23.Bc6 Rc6 24.Nd4+/-) 22.gf3 Qa4 23.Ba4 Ra8 24.Bb3 Kf8 25.Ra1 Ne5 (25...Na5!? 26.Bd5 Rd8 27.Be4+/-) 26.Ke2 c5 27.f4 Ng6 (27...c4 28.fe5 cb3 29.cb3 fe5 30.b4+-) 28.Rhb1 Re8 29.Kf3 (29.f5 Ne5 30.Be6 Rb1 31.Rb1 Ra8+-) 29...f5 (29...Rd6 30.Rd1+-) 30.a4 Ne7 (30...Rd8 31.a5 Nh4 32.Ke2+-) 31.a5 Rh6 (31...Rd6 32.d3 Ra8 33.Bc4+-) 32.Kg3 (32.a6 Ra8 33.Bc4 Rh2+-) 32...Rd8 (32...Rg6 33.Kf2 Rh6+-) 33.a6 Ra8 34.Bc4 Nc6 35.Rb7 Ra7 (35...Rd6 36.Rf7 Ke8 37.Rg7 Rg6 38.Rg6 hg6 39.Bb5+-) 36.Rab1 Rd6 (36...Ra8 37.Rf7 Ke8 38.Rbb7+-) 37.R1b6 (37.R1b6 Rg6 38.Kf2+-) 1–0. gabrel (2045) – awnatari (1795), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Nc3 Be6 8.Nf3 Ne7 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 c6 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Nd4 Bf7 13.Ne4 a6 14.Nd6 Qc7 15.Nf7 Kf7 16.Bc4 Ke8 17.Ne6 Qe5 18.Nf8 Nf8 19.Qf3 b5 20.d4 Qg5 21.Bd3 Nfg6 22.Bg6 hg6 23.Qf4 Qd5 24.c3 b4 25.Qf3 Qc4 26.cb4 Qb4 27.a3 Qc3 28.Rfc1 Qd3 29.Rc6 Nc6 30.Qc6 Kf7 31.Qa8 Qe3 32.Kh1 1-0. galkin (1705) - Jndelrio (1840), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.Nc3 Ne7 8.e3 0-0 9.Bc4+= Kh8 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Rb1 b6 12.0-0 Nbc6 13.d4 Nf5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Bb5 Na5? 16.Be8+- Qe8 17.e4 Nd6 18.Qf4 Bh5? 19.e5 fe5 20.Ne5 Ndc4 21.Nc4 Nc4 22.Nd5 Rd8 23.Rbe1 Qg8 24.Ne7 g5 25.Qf6 Qg7 26.Ng6!! (26.Ng6 Bg6 27.Qd8 Qg8 28.Rf8 h5 29.Rg8 Kh7 30.Qf8 Bc2 31.Re7) 1–0. pierre – finejja, internet, 2009.

7.Nc3 Ne7 8.e3 0-0 9.Bc4 Kh8 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Rb1 b6 12.0-0 Nd7 13.d4 c6 14.Qd3 b5 15.Bb3 Nb6 16.Ne4 a5 17.Nc5 Qd6 18.c3 Nbd5 19.Bc2 Bf5 20.e4 Bg6 21.Nh4 Nb6 22.a4. pcmvr (2875) – cczekaj (2385), net–chess.com, 2009.

7.Nc3 Ne7 8.e4 0-0 9.Bc4 Kh8 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.d4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.0-0 c6 14.Qd3 Qd7 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.a4 a5 17.h3 Be6 18.Ne2 Bb3 19.Qb3+/- White fights for the Initiative 19...Qc7 20.Nd2 Ng6 21.Rb1+- Nc8 22.Qb7 Qb7 23.Rb7 Nd6 24.Rc7 Rf7? 25.Rc6 Ne7 26.Ra6 Rff8 27.c4 Ne8 28.d5 Rb8 29.Nd4 Rb2 30.Rd1 Nc8 31.c5 Rb4 32.Ne6 Rf7 33.Ra8 (33.Ra8 Re7 34.Rc8+-) 1–0. Zimmermann,Joerg (1650) – Schmidt,Michael (1695), CC–05 ETC, 2003.

7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.e3 Bg4 10.Bc4 Kh8 11.0-0 Nd7 12.h3 Bh5 13.Ne2 Bf3 14.Rf3 Ne5 15.Rf4 g5 16.Rd4 Qe8 17.Bb3 N7c6 18.Rd5 Ne7 19.Rd4 c5 20.Rd6 Qb8 21.Re6 Qc7 22.d4 N5g6 23.c4 Rae8 24.d5 Nf5 25.Re8 Re8 26.e4 Ne3 27.Qd3 Ne5 28.Qe3 f5 29.ef5 Qd7 30.Qf2 1-0. mcalishter (1980) - piwot3 (2080), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Nf3 Bf3 9.gf3 Qd4 10.e4 Ne7 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Bc4 a6 13.Nc3 Qd4 14.Qe2? b5-/+ 15.Bb5 ab5 16.Qb5 (16.Qb5 Nbc6 17.Rb1-+). Weisbrod,Juergen – Dilling,Ralf, corr DDR, 1989.

7.e3= Ne7?? 8.Qh5+- Kf8 9.Bc4 (9.Bc4 Ng6 10.Qc5 Qe7 11.Qa3 Qa3 12.Na3+-) 1–0. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

7.e3 Ne7 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qc5 0-0 10.Bc4 Kg7 11.Nf3 b6 12.Qg5 Bb7 13.Nd4 fg5 14.Nf5# 1–0. pcmvr (2775) – dennism (2150), net–chess.com, 2008.

7.e3 Bf5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 Nge7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 Bb6 12.Nbd2 Nd5 13.Bc4 Kh8 14.Bd5 Qd5 15.Bb2 Nb4 16.c4 Qe6 17.Bc3 Nd3 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.e4 Be4 20.Ne4 Qe4 21.Qe4 Re4 22.Rad1 Nf4 23.Rfe1 Ne2 24.Re2 Re2 25.c5 Rc2 26.Rd3 Ra2 27.cb6 ab6 28.h4 h6 29.h5 R8a3 30.Re3 Rc2 31.Re8 Kh7 32.Bb4 Rb3 33.Be7 b5 34.Nh4 Rg3 35.Bd8 b4 36.Bc7 Rc7 0-1. B4_My_Life (1960) - saeed1717 (1715), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.Bb4 Nb4 8.a3 Nc6 9.e3 Nh6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Qh5 Bf7 13.Qf3 (13.Qc5 Qd6 14.Qd6 cd6+=) 13...0-0= 14.Qf4 a6 (14...Re8 15.Bb5=) 15.Nf3= g5 16.Qg3 Nf5 17.Qf2 b5 18.Bd3 Nd6 19.0-0 Ne7 20.Qg3 c5 21.Ng5 (21.e4!? Bg6 22.Rbe1=) 21...fg5= 22.Qg5 Bg6 23.Qc5 Bd3 24.cd3 Ng6 (better is 24...Ndf5 25.g4 Rc8=) 25.Rf8+/- Qf8 (25...Kf8? 26.Ne4 Ke7 27.Rf1+-) 26.Rf1 Qe7? (better is 26...Qd8+/-) 27.Nd5+- Qe6 (27...Qe5 28.d4 Ne4 29.Nf6 Qf6 30.Qd5 Kg7 31.Rf6 Nf6+-) 28.Rf6 Nb7 (28...Rc8 29.Qd6 Qd6 30.Rd6 Rc2 31.Ra6 Rd2+-) 29.Qd4 (29.Re6?! Nc5 30.Rd6 A) 30...Nd3? 31.Nf6 (31.Ra6?! Nge5=) 31...Kf7 32.Nd7+-; B) 30...a5=) 29...Qe8 (29...Re8 30.Re6 Re6 31.Nc7+-) 30.Rg6! Qg6 (30...Qg6 31.Ne7 Double attack (31.Ne7 Decoy); 30...hg6 31.Nf6 Double attack) 31.Ne7 Kf7 32.Ng6 hg6 33.Qf4 (33.Qf4 Ke6 34.Qb8+-) 1–0. cimabue (2080) – pukism (1685), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.e3 Be6 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qh4 Be7 10.Nf3 f5 11.Qa4 Qd6?? (better is 11...Nf6 12.Ba6 Qc8=) 12.Bh8+- 0-0-0 13.Nc3 Bd7 (13...Nf6 14.Bg7+-) 14.Rb1 Nd4 (14...Kb8+-) 15.Qd4 (15.Qd4 Qd4 16.Bd4+-; 15.Nd4?! Ba4 16.Na4 Nf6 17.Bf6 Bf6=; 15.Bd4?! Ba4 16.Na4 Qe6+-) 1–0. pvanr – wolverines, gameknot.com, 2009.

7.e3 Nge7 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Bc4 Kh8 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.d3 Ned5 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Bd5 Qd5 15.e4 Be4 16.de4 Qe4 17.Kf2 g5 18.Re1 (18.Re1 Qc4 19.Qd3 Qd3 20.cd3+-) 1–0. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Jokmin,Yannick, LSS RC–2009–0-00023, 2009.

7.e3 Bf5 8.Nf3 Qd5 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Nc3 Qc5 11.Bb5 c6 12.Ba4 Nh6 13.0-0+= Nd5 14.Nd5 Qd5 15.Bb3 Qd7 16.Nd4 Bg4= 17.Qc1 c5 18.Rf4 Qe7 19.d3+= 0-0-0 20.Re4 Qd6 21.Nb5 Qa6 22.a4 Rd7 23.Qa3 b6 24.Rg4 Ng4+/- 25.Be6 Ne5 26.d4 Kb8 27.Bd7 Nd7 28.e4 (28.e4 Kc8 29.Qg3+-) 1–0. Benassi,Aspasio – Sternik,Ryszard, email KMG–55, 2001.

7.Nf3 Bf5 8.d3 Nge7 9.e4 Be6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Qd6 12.Qd2 Bc5 13.Kh1 Rad8 14.a3 Ng6 15.Bb2. Fournier,Frederic – COMP WinOS Chess, Active Game Paris FRA, 1994.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.e3 Nge7 9.Bd3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Nd5 13.Ne5 Be2 14.Ne2 fe5 15.Ng3 Qh4 16.Qe2 Rf1 17.Rf1 Rf8 (17...Rd8!?+=) 18.Rf8+/- Kf8 19.Qf3 Nf6 20.d3 (20.Qb7!? Qc4 21.Qb2+/-) 20...c6 (20...Qb4 21.Qd1=) 21.e4 Qg4 22.Kf2 Kf7 23.h3 Qg5 24.Qe3 Qe3 25.Ke3 Ke6 26.Nf5 g6 27.Nh4 Nh5 28.Nf3 Nf4 29.Kf2 h6 30.Nd2 b5 31.Nb3 Kd6 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1710) – sirt91 (2010), Active, 2007.

7.g3 Bd7 8.Bg2 Nge7 9.e4 Bc3 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Qh5 N7g6 12.Nf3 Nf3 13.Bf3 0-0 14.Ne2 Bb5 15.Qb5 b6 16.e5 a6 17.Qd5 Kh8 18.Qa8 Qa8 19.Ba8 Ra8 20.ef6 gf6 21.0-0 Rf8 22.Rab1 Kg7 23.Nf4 Nf4 24.Rf4 f5 25.Rbf1 Kg6 26.g4 h6 27.gf5 Kg5 28.h4 Kf6 29.c4 c5 30.d4 h5 31.dc5 bc5 32.Re4 a5 33.Re6 Kf7 34.Rc6 Rg8 35.Kh1 Rg4 36.Rc5 Rh4 37.Kg2 Rg4 38.Kh3 Rd4 39.Rf3 a4 40.Kg3 Kf6 41.Rf4 Rd3 42.Rf3 Rd4 43.Rc6 Kf7 44.Re3 h4 45.Kh3 Rf4 46.Rh6 Rf5 47.Rh4 Rf2 48.c5 Ra2 49.Rf4 Kg6 50.Rg3 Kh5 51.Rh4 Normal 1-0. ruhatt (1730) - spukul (1730), Rated Blitz tournament XsViFA0v, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb4 Qb4 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.e3 Qh4 (9...0-0 10.Rb1 Qc5 11.Qe2=) 10.g3+= Qg5 11.Nh3 Bh3 12.Bh3 Nbc6 13.Rb1 b6 (13...Qh6!? 14.Be6 f5+/-) 14.Nb5+- Qe5 15.Qe2 Nd5? (better is 15...0-0 16.0-0 f5+-) 16.d4+- Qe7 (16...Qe3 17.Nc7! Kf7 18.Be6 Kg6 19.Bd5 Qe2 20.Ke2 Nd4 21.Kd3 Rac8+-) 17.Qh5 Qf7 18.Qd5!! (18.Qd5 Qd5 19.Nc7 Kf7 20.Nd5+-) 1–0. chess_research (2260) – pukism (1770), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.e4 Ne7 8.Bb4 Qb4 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qh4 Nbc6 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.Qf4+/- f5?? 14.Nc7+- Kf7 15.Bc4 Kg7 16.Ne2 Nd4 17.Qe5 Kh6 18.Nd4 Re8 19.Nde6 Nc6 20.Qf4 g5 21.Qg5 (21.Na8 gf4 22.Nac7 Re7-/+) 1–0. pcmvr (2560) – mlaurent (1925), net–chess.com, 2006.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qh4 Be7 10.Bd3 Kf7 (better is 10...Ne5!? 11.Be2 Nf7+=) 11.Nf3+/- Qd6 12.0-0 Be6 (better is 12...f5 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Be6 Qe6+-) 13.Ng5 Kg7 14.Na3!! Qa3 (14...h6 15.Ne6 Qe6+-) 15.Ne6 Kf7 16.Nc7 Rc8 (16...Rb8 17.Bc4 Kg7 18.Bg8+-) 17.Bc4 Kg7 18.Ne6 Kf7 19.Nf4 (19.Rab1 Na5 20.Ba5 Qa5 21.Rb7 Rc4 22.Qc4 Qd2 23.Nc7 Kg7 24.Ne8 Kf8+-) 19...Kg7 20.Qh3 Ra8 (20...Rb8 21.Rf3 Nd8 22.Bd3+-) 21.Ne6 Kf7 22.Rab1 b6 (22...Na5 23.Bd5 a6 24.Nc7 Kg7 25.Na8+-) 23.Nd8 Kg7 24.Nc6 Qc5 25.Qe6 Qd6 26.Ne7 Qe6 27.Be6 Ne7 28.Bf6 Kh6 29.Be7 (29.Rf3 g5 30.Bf7 g4 31.Rb5 Ng6 32.Rff5 Nf4 33.Rf4 Rhf8 34.Rh5) 29...Rhe8 30.Rf7 Rab8 31.Rb4 Rb7 32.Rh4 1–0. pierre – mehudi, internet, 2010.

7.e3 Be6 8.Qh5 Bf7 9.Qg4 Bf8 10.Bc4 Qd7 11.Bf7 Kf7 12.Qc4 Ke8 13.Nf3 Nc6+= 14.0-0 Nge7 15.e4 Ng6 16.d4 Rd8 17.Nbd2 h5 18.Rab1 b6 19.Rbe1 h4 20.Nb3 Rh5 21.e5 fe5 22.de5 h3 23.Qe4 Nce7 24.g3 Qd5 25.Qg4 Rh8 26.Rf2 Qd7 27.e6 a5?? 28.ed7+- (28.ed7 Rd7 29.Qg6 Kd8 30.Qe4+-) 1–0. marekt – esa, sachy.sk, 2008.

7.e3 Ne7 8.Bc4 Bd7 9.Qh5+= g6 10.Qe2 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Bf6 Rf8 13.Bh4 Ne5 14.0-0+= Bf3 15.gf3 Nf5?? 16.Bd8+- Rd8 17.Nc3 c6 18.Bb3 Bc5 19.Ne4 Bb6 20.a4 Nd6 21.d4 (21.d4 Nef7 22.a5+-) 1–0. pierre – xjitt, internet, 2009.

7.e3 Ne7 8.Bc4 Ng6 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.0-0 c6 (10...Nd7 11.d3=) 11.d4 b5 (worse 11...Qe3 12.Kh1 Qh6 13.Nbd2+-) 12.Bb3 b4 (12...Be6 13.Qd3+-) 13.Bb2 (13.Bd2 Be6+-) 13...a5 14.a3 a4 (14...Be6!? 15.Qd3 Na6+-) 15.ab4+- Bb4 (15...ab3 16.Ra8 Ba6 17.cb3+-) 16.c3 Ba6? (better 16...Bd6 17.Ba4 Ba6+-) 17.Ra4 (17.Ra4 Bd6 18.Nbd2+-) 1–0. Pierre – Kamotti, internet, 2020.

7.e4 Ne7 8.Bc4 a6 (8...Nbc6 9.d4=) 9.Qh5+= Ng6 10.Nf3 Qe7 (10...Qd7 11.0-0 Qg4 12.Qg4 Bg4 13.d4=) 11.d3 Be6 12.Be6 Qe6 13.Nh4 (13.Nd4 Qd7+=) 13...Qf7 14.Nf5 Be5 (better is 14...Nc6!?+=) 15.Be5+/- Ne5 (15...fe5!? 16.0-0 Qg8+-) 16.Ng7+- Kf8 17.Qf7 Kf7 18.Nf5 Rg8? (better is 18...Nbc6+-) 19.Nh6 (19…Kf8 20.Ng8 Kg8 21.Nc3+-) 1–0. Trkn – guest5896, ICC, 2004.

7.e4 Nh6 8.Qh5 Nf7 9.Bc4 =.

7.Nf3 Ne7 8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Be6 10.0-0 Nbc6 11.d3 Nd5 12.Bd2 Ne5 13.e4 (13.Nd4!? Bc8 14.Nb5=) 13...Bc5+= 14.Kh1 Nf3 15.Bf3 Ne3 16.Be3 Be3 17.Nd2 c6 18.Nb3 a6 19.Qe2 Ba7 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Bg4 Bf7 22.Bf5 Rad8 23.Qg4 g6 24.Be6 Bb8 25.Bf7 Rf7 26.g3 Rdf8 27.Qe6 Kg7 28.Rf3 c5 29.Rdf1 b6 30.Nd2 Re7 31.Qb3 b5 32.a3 Qc6 33.Qb2 Be5 34.Qb3 Rd7 35.R1f2 Rfd8 36.Nf1 c4-+ 37.dc4 bc4 38.Qb4 Qe4 39.Kg2 Rb7 40.Qa5 Rb1?? 41.Qa6 Rdd1 42.Qa7 Kh6 43.Qf7?? f5 44.Kh3+= Bd4 45.Qf8 Bg7+= 46.Qc5 Bd4?? 47.Qf8= Kh5?? 48.Qg8 Bf2+= 49.Qh7 Kg5 50.Qh4?? Qh4-+ 51.gh4 Bh4 52.Ne3 Rd2 53.Nc4 Rc2 54.Nd6 Rbb2 55.a4 Rh2 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1810) – King_Killer1 (1800), rated blitz game (2/3), 2002.

6.a3 Bc5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 d6 4.a3 Bc5 5.fe5 de5 6.Be5 Nf6).

6.a3 Ng4 7.ab4 (7.Bg7 Bd6 8.Nf3 Rg8=+) 7...Ne5-/+ 8.Nf3 (8.Nc3 Qh4 9.g3 Qb4-/+) 8...Nf3 9.ef3 Qh4 10.g3 Qb4 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Qe7 Ke7 13.Bd3 a5 14.0-0 c6 15.Re1 Kd6 16.Nc3 h6 17.Ra4 (17.Ne4!? Kc7 18.Nc3-/+) 17...b5-+ 18.Rd4 Kc5 19.Rde4 Na6 (19...a4 20.Re7 Be6 21.f4-+) 20.Re7 (20.Re5!? Kd6 21.Bb5-/+) 20...Be6-+ 21.Ne4 Kb6 22.Nd6 Nc5 23.Bf5 Rhd8 24.Nf7 Bf5 25.Nd8 Rd8 26.d3 a4 27.g4 Bc8 (27...Bd3 28.cd3 g5 29.Kf1-+) 28.Rg7 Ne6 29.Rg6 Nd4 30.Kg2 b4 31.c3 bc3 32.Rh6 Nb3 33.Re4 Rd4 (33...Rd4 34.Re8 Bg4 35.fg4 c2 (35...Rd3?! 36.Rb8 Kc7 37.Rb4-+) 36.Rc6 Kc6 37.Rc8 Kd5 38.Rc2 Rg4 39.Kf2 Nc5-+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, Tiger SC, 2000.

6.Bb2 Bc5 7.Nc3 Bg1 8.Rg1 Qd4 9.e3 Qh4 10.g3 Qh2 11.Rg2 Qh3 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.Qf2 0-0 14.Rh2 Ne4 15.Rh3 Nf2 16.Kf2 Bh3 17.Bh3 Time forfeit 1-0. asdf1234xyz - MIKE_TAL, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Qc1 0-0 (6...Nc6 7.Bc3-/+) 7.Qb2 Be7 8.Nf3 Nc6 (8...Nbd7 9.Bc3=+) 9.e3 (9.Bc3 a6=+) 9...Ne5-/+ 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.c4 (11.Nc3 Re8 12.0-0-0 Bf6 13.Nd5 Qd5-/+ (13...Re5?! 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.Bc4=; 13...Be5?! 14.Nc3-/+)) 11...Nb6 (11...Bh4 12.g3 Bf6 13.cd5 Qd5 14.Rg1-+) 12.Nf3 (12.d4 Bf6-/+) 12...Bf6 (12...Be6 13.Nc3-/+) 13.d4 c5! 14.Be2 (14.dc5 Na4 Double attack (14...Bb2 Pinning; 14...Bb2 Deflection; 14...Na4 Decoy)) 14...Be6 (14...Re8 15.Kf2 Bg4 16.Rd1 Bf3 17.gf3-+) 15.Nbd2-/+ Qe7 (15...Re8 16.Qc3-/+) 16.Ne4 (16.Qa3 Rfe8-/+) 16...Nc4-/+ 17.Nf6 Qf6 18.Bc4 Bc4 19.0-0-0 (19.Kf2 Bd5-+) 19...cd4 20.ed4 (20.Rd4 Qe6-+) 20...Rfc8 (20...Rac8 21.Kb1-+) 21.Kb1 Qf5 (21...Rc6 22.Rc1-+) 22.Ka1 Bd5 23.Ne1 (23.Rhf1 Rc2 24.Ne1 Rb2 25.Rf5 Ra2 26.Kb1 Ra5-+) 23...Rc7 24.Rc1 (24.Nd3 Rac8 25.Rhe1 h6-+) 24...Rac8 (24...Rc1 25.Qc1 Rc8 26.Qd2-+) 25.Rc7 Rc7 26.Qb1 (26.Qd2 Rc4 27.Qe3 Be6-+) 26...Qb1 (better 26...Qf2 27.Nd3 Qd4 28.Nb2 Bg2 29.Rd1-+) 27.Kb1 Rc4 0–1. jaddwarrior – HMAN (1940), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

6.c3 Bc5 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.e3? Bf3?? 11.Nf3 Be5=+ 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.de5 Ne4?? 14.Qa4+- (14.Qa4 c6 15.Qe4+-) 1–0. Meybohm,Dirk – Strohmeier,Josef, corr, 1989.

6.Bc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 0-0 8.e3 Nd5 9.Bc4 Be7 10.0-0 Be6 11.Bb3 b5 12.Bb2 b4 13.Qe2 Bf6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Qb5 Qa1 16.Qc6 Ne7 17.Qc5 Bb3 18.ab3 Qf6 19.Qb4 a5 20.Qe4 Qe6 21.Qe6 fe6 22.Nc3 Nc6 23.Na4 e5 ½-½. Van Rooijen,Peter (1655) - Koslovska,Maria (1875), LSS SC-2009-0-00033, 2009.

6.Nc3 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8 (7...Ng4 8.Bf4 Re8-/+) 8.Bf6-/+ gf6 (8...Qf6 9.Nd5 Qd6 10.Nb4 Qb4 11.c3=+) 9.Rb1 (better 9.e3=+) 9...Bc5 (better 9...Nc6!?-/+) 10.d4 (10.e3 Nc6 11.Bb5 Qe7+=) 10...Bb6 11.Rb5 (11.Kf2!?=) 11...c6=+ 12.Rh5 (12.Rb1=+) 12...Ba5 (better 12...Bg4 13.Rh3 Bh3 14.gh3 Nd7-+) 13.Qd3= Bc3 14.Qc3 Bg4 15.Rh4 (15.Rh6 Nd7=) 15...Bf5 (15...f5 16.Rg1 Re6 17.Qb3=+) 16.g4 (16.Kf2 Nd7 17.Rf4 Bg6=) 16...Bg6= 17.Rg1 White prepares the advance g5 17...Re6 (17...Qd6 18.Rh3+=) 18.g5 (18.e3 b5+=) 18...Qe7 (18...Nd7 19.gf6 Rf6 20.Ng5+=) 19.Qd2 (19.gf6 Rf6 20.Rh5 Nd7+=) 19...Nd7 (19...f5 20.c4=) 20.gf6+= Rf6 (20...Nf6 21.Bh3 Re4=) 21.Qh6 (21.Ng5 c5 22.d5 Re8+=) 21...Nf8 (21...Kh8 22.Rg3=) 22.Ne5 (22.Kf2 Rd8+=) 22...Qb4 23.Kd1 Qb1 (better 23...Rd8 24.Qd2 Qb1 25.Qc1 Qa2=+) 24.Kd2?? (better 24.Qc1 Qa2 25.e3+=) 24...Qc2-+ (worse 24...Rf1 25.Rf1 Qf1 26.Ng6 fg6 27.Qe3-+) 25.Ke1 Qc3 (better 25...Qb1 26.Kd2 Rf1 27.Rf1 Qf1-+) 26.Qd2-/+ ½–½. Plock,Joerg – Mylich, Magdeburg blitz, 1995.

6.c4 Nc6-+ 7.Bc3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Qb3? (better 10.Nc3 Bf3 11.ef3 Qh4 12.g3 Ng3 13.hg3 Qh1 14.Qb1-+) 10...Qe7 11.Nc3 (11.e3 Bf3 12.gf3 Qh4 13.Kd1 Nf2 14.Kc1 Nh1 15.Qb4 Qe1 16.Kb2 Qf1 17.Nc3-+) 11...Nc5 12.Qb1 (12.Qb4?? Nd3 13.Kd1 Nb4-+) 12…Nbd3 (12...Nbd3 13.Kd1 Nf2 14.Kc1 Bf3 15.gf3 Nh1-+) 0–1. awnatari (1795) – pvanr (2215), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bd6 Qd6 8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Ne4 10.0-0 Bg4 11.d3 Nf6 12.Nbd2 Bf3 13.Nf3 (13.Bf3!? Nd5 14.Nc4+=) 13...Re8 14.e4 Nc6 15.Qd2 Nd4 16.Nd4 Qd4 17.Kh1 c5 18.Bf3 (better is 18.Rad1!?=) 18...Ne4!-/+ 19.Qa5?? (19.de4 Qd2 Pinning (19...Qd2 Deflection); 19.Be4 Re4 Combination) 19...Nf2 20.Rf2 Qf2 (20...Qa1 21.Bd1 Qd1 22.Qe1 Re1 23.Rf1 Rf1) 21.h3 b6 22.Qc3 Rac8 23.Qa3 a5 24.Qb3 Re1 25.Re1 Qe1 26.Kh2 Qb4 27.Qd5 Qf4 28.Kg1 Qc1 29.Kh2 Qc2 30.Be4 b5 31.Qd7 Rb8 32.Qc7 Rf8 33.Qa5 c4 34.Qb5 cd3 35.Bd3 Qa2 36.Qf5 g6 37.Qe4 Qe6 38.Qf3 Qd6 39.Kg1 Qd4 40.Kh2 Rd8 41.Be4 f5 42.Bc6 Qd6 43.Kh1 Qd1 44.Qd1 Rd1 45.Kh2 f4 46.Bf3 Rf1 47.h4 Kg7 48.Kh3 h6 49.Kg4 g5?? 50.hg5= hg5 51.Kg5 Rc1 52.Kf4 Rc4 53.Kg3 Kf6 54.Kf2 Kg5 55.Ke3 Rc3 56.Kd4 Rc1 57.Ke3 Kh4 58.Kf2 Rc2 59.Ke3 Rc3 60.Ke4 Rc4 61.Ke3 Kg3 62.Kd3 Ra4 63.Ke2 Ra2 64.Ke3 Ra3 65.Ke2 Ra1 66.Ke3 Rg1 67.Ke2 Ra1 68.Ke3 Ra3 69.Ke2 Ra5 70.Ke3 Ra3 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1855) – Califa2 (1765), Active (5/0), 2004.

6.Nf3 Be7 7.e3 c5 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bd7 Nbd7 (worse is 9...Kd7 10.Nc3+=) 10.Bb2 0-0 11.0-0 Ne8 12.c4 Bf6 13.Bf6 Nef6 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.d3 Qe7 16.e4 Rfd8 17.Re1 (17.Qc2!?=) 17...Nc4+= 18.Qc2? (18.dc4 Rd1 Pinning (18...Rd1 Deflection)) 18...Ne5-+ 19.Ne5 Qe5 20.Rad1 (20.Ne2 b6-+) 20...Rd7 (20...Ng4 21.g3 Qd4 22.Kg2 Ne3 23.Re3 Qe3 24.Nd5-+) 21.Rd2 (21.h3 Rad8-+) 21...Rad8 (21...Ng4 22.g3-+) 22.Na4? (22.h3 b6-+) 22...b6 (22...Ng4!? 23.g3 c4 24.Kh1-+) 23.Nb2 Qd4 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Nc4 h6 (better is 25...b5 26.Na3 Re4-+) 26.Ne3? (better is 26.Rb1-+) 26...Ne4! 27.Rdd1 (27.de4 Qd2 Pinning (27...Qd2 Deflection)) 27...Nf6 (27...Ng3 28.hg3 Re3 29.Re3 Qe3 30.Qa4-+) 28.Qc1 (28.Qd2 Red8-+) 28...Rde7 29.Nf5 Re1 30.Re1 Re1 31.Qe1 Qd3 32.Ne3 Ne4 33.h3 Qd2 (33...Qd2 34.Qd2 Nd2-+) 0–1. Valpa – Cccmember, playchess.de, 2004.

6.g3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bf5 9.Nh4 Be4 10.Bg2 Bg2 11.Ng2 Bc5 (11...Ne4 12.Bb4 Qd4 13.Ne3 Qb4 14.c3-/+) 12.e3+= Qd6 13.0-0 Rad8 (better is 13...Nd5!?+=) 14.Bf6+/- gf6 15.c3 Rfe8 16.Qg4 Kh8 17.d4 Bb6 18.Qh4 Re6 19.Nd2 Qe7 20.Nc4 Rg8 21.Nb6 ab6 22.d5 Re4 23.Qf6 Qf6 24.Rf6 Ne7 (24...Ne5!?+/-) 25.d6+- cd6 26.Rd6 Nf5 (26...Rg6 27.Rd4 f5+-) 27.Rb6 Ne3 28.Rb7 Ng2 29.Kg2 Rc4 (29...Re2 30.Kg1+-) 30.Rf7 Rc3 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.Rf2 (32.Kh3 Ra2 33.Rdd7 Rg6 34.Rh7 Kg8+-) 32...Rc7 33.a4 Ra8 34.Rd4 Rca7 35.Rff4 h6 36.Rh4 Kh7 37.Rd6 Ra4 38.Rhh6 Kg7 39.Rhg6 Kh7 40.h3 Ra2 41.Kf3 R2a3 42.Kg4 R8a4 43.Kh5 Ra5 44.Kh4 R5a4 45.g4 Ra7 46.Rh6 Kg7 47.Rdg6 Kf7 48.Rb6 Kg7 49.Rhc6 Kf8 50.Rc8 Ke7 (50...Kg7 51.Rbc6+-) 51.Rh8 Ra8 52.Ra8 Ra8 53.g5 Kf7 54.Kh5 Rh8 55.Kg4 Kg7 (55...Rd8+-) 56.Rb7 Kg6 57.h4 Rd8 58.h5 1–0. gabrel (2050) – alleyb (1720), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.g3 Nc6!? 7.Bc3 -+.

6.g3 Bd6 7.Bd6-/+ cd6 (7...Qd6!? 8.Bg2 0-0-/+) 8.Nc3+= d5 9.d4 (9.Nf3 Nc6+=) 9...Bf5 (9...0-0 10.Nf3-/+) 10.Bg2 (10.Qd2-/+) 10...Qa5 (10...0-0!?-/+) 11.Qd2+= Nbd7 +=. Stanitz,Antal – Dobrzycki,Bogumil, corr KMG–34, 1996.

7.Bc3 Ne4 8.Ba5 Qf6 9.Nf3 Qa1 10.Bc7 Nc6 11.Nc3 Qd1 12.Nd1 Be6 13.d3 Kd7 14.Bf4 Nd6 15.g3 Nb5 16.a4 Nbd4 17.Nd4 Nd4 18.c3 Nc6 19.Bg2 Bb3 20.c4 (20.Nb2!?+=) 20...Ba4-/+ 21.Nc3 Bb3 22.0-0 a5 23.Ne4 b6 (23...a4 24.Nc5 Ke7 25.Nb7+=) 24.Bh3 Kd8 25.Nd6 Rf8 26.Nb5 f6 27.Bc7 Ke7 28.Bd6 Kf7 29.Bf8 Rf8 30.Rb1 a4 31.Bg2 Na5 32.Ra1 Bc2 33.Nc3 Re8 34.Kf2 Rb8 (34...Re5!?+/-) 35.Na4+- Nb3 (better is 35...Ke6+-) 36.Bd5 Kg6 37.Ra2 Nd4 38.Nc3 b5 39.cb5 Bb3 40.Ra8 Ra8 41.Ba8 Ne6 42.Ne4 f5 (42...Kf7 43.b6 Nd8 44.Nc5+-) 43.b6 (43.b6 Nd8 44.Nc5+-) 1–0. chess_research (2300) – gabrel (2015), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.e3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.Bc3 Bb6 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Ng5 Be2 13.Qe2 Bd4 14.Qc4 Bc3 15.Qf7 Kh8 16.Nc3 Rf8 17.Qc4 Ne5 18.Qe2 Qe7 19.Nce4 Ne4 20.Ne4 Rad8 21.d3 Nc4 22.Rab1 b6 23.a4 a5 24.Rb5 c6 25.Rbf5 Nb2 26.Qg4 Rf5 27.Rf5 b5 28.ab5 cb5 29.Qf4 Na4 30.Rf7 Qe8 31.Nd6 Qg8 32.Rb7 Nc3 33.Nf7 Qf7 34.Qf7 Rg8 35.Re7 a4 1-0. B4_My_Life (1970) - capajan (1890), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bb6 9.e3 0-0 10.Bd3 Bg4 (10...Nd5 11.Bb2-/+) 11.0-0+= ½–½. Lauer,Frank – Dilling,Ralf, corr KMG–15, 1984.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bb6 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 Ne4 11.0-0 Qd6 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.d4 Rae8 14.c4 Ba5 15.Bd3 f5 16.Qc2 Kh8 17.Ra2 Re6 18.Bc1 Rh6 19.Rb2 Bf3 20.gf3 Rg6 21.Kh1 Ng5 22.Rb7 Rh6 23.Rb2 Qg3 24.Qg2 Qh4 25.Bd2 Rg6 26.Qf2 Qh3 27.Ba5 Na5 28.Qg2 Qh4 29.Bf5 Rgf6 30.Bg4 Nc4 31.Rb3 Ne4 0-1. B4_My_Life (2000) - Leon81 (1880), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Bc3 Bb6 9.e3 Bg4 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.0-0 Nc5 12.a4 c6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Bf6 gf6 (14...Qf6!? 15.Ra3 0-0+=) 15.Bf5 Qe5 (better is 15...Bg6!? 16.Nd4 Ne4 17.Be4 Be4=) 16.Ne5+- Bd1 17.Nc6 (17.Rd1?! fe5 18.Nc3 Ba5=) 17...Bh5 18.a5 Bc7 19.Nb4 Bg6 20.Nd5 (20.Nd5 Ne6 21.d4+-) 1–0. pvanr (1790) – rosaxl (1850), gameknot.com, 2009.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 Qe7 10.b5 Rd8 11.Ra4 (11.Nf3 Nfg4 12.Ne5 Qe5-/+) 11...Bf5 (11...Nfg4!? 12.Qe2 Bf5-+) 12.Be2-/+ c6 13.bc6 (13.Rf4 g6 14.Nf3 cb5 15.Bb5 Rac8-+) 13...Nc6 14.Qb1 a5 15.Rf4 Bg6 16.Bd1 (16.Nf3 Nb4 17.0-0 Rd2 18.Nd2 Qe3 19.R1f2 Qd2-/+) 16...Nb4-+ 17.Nge2 Rac8 18.Qb3 Qe6 (18...Nd7 19.Nd5 Nd5 20.Qd5-+) 19.Qa4 (19.Rd4 Qb3 20.cb3 Nd3 21.Kf1 Rd4 22.Nd4 Ne4-/+) 19...Nfd5-+ 20.Rd4 (20.Nd4 Nc3 21.Qb4 Qd5-+) 20...Nc3 21.Rd8 Rd8 22.Nc3 b6 23.Qb3 Bc2! 24.Qe6 (24.Bc2 Nd3 Combination) 24...fe6 25.Bc2 Nc2 26.Ke2 Nb4 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.Rf8 (28.Rb1 Kf7-/+) 28...Kf8 29.e4 Nc2 30.Nb5 Ke7 31.d4 Nb4 32.Kd2 Kd7 33.Kc3 Nc6 34.Kc4 h5 35.h3 (35.Nc3 Na7-/+) 35...h4 36.Kb3 (36.Nc3 Na7-/+) 36...Nd8 37.Kc4 Nf7 38.e5 (38.Nc3!? Nd6 39.Kd3-+) 38...Nh6 39.d5 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Loots, corr KMG_47, 1999.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 Qe7 10.b5 Rd8 11.Nf3 Nfg4 12.Qe2 Bf5 (12...Be6 13.Ra4 c5 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.Qh5=+) 13.Ne5 (13.Nd4 Be6 14.Ne6 Qe6=+) 13...Qe5 14.g3 Re8 (better 14...Qc5 15.e4 Be6=+) 15.Ra4? (better 15.Qc4=+) 15...Ne3!-+ 16.Qe3 (16.de3 Qc3 Double attack (16...Qc3 Deflection; 16...Qc3 Decoy; 16...Qc3 Overloading); 16.Qe3 Qc5 Pinning (16...Qc5 Decoy)) 16...Qc5 17.Re4 Re4 18.Ne4 Qe3 19.de3 Be4 20.Rg1 Bc2 21.Rg2 Be4 22.Rd2 c6 23.Rd4 Bd5 (23...f5 24.g4-+) 24.Kf2 (24.Kd2 h6-+) 24...Kf8 25.e4 Be6 26.bc6 bc6 27.Rd6 (27.e5 Bd5-+) 27...Rc8 28.Rd3 (28.Ba6 Rc7-+) 28...Ke7 29.Ra3 (29.e5 Rc7-+) 29...Rc7 30.Ke3 (30.e5 Bd5-+) 30...c5 (30...Kf6 31.Ra4-+) 31.Kd2 (31.e5 f6 32.ef6 Kf6-+) 31...c4 (31...Kd6 32.Kc3-+) 32.Kc3 (32.e5 f6 33.ef6 Kf6-+) 32...h5 (32...f6 33.Ra4-+) 33.Be2 Bg4 34.Bg4 hg4 35.Ra5 Ke6 (35...f6 36.Ra2-+) 36.Rf5 (36.Rg5 f6 37.Rg4 a6-+) 36...f6 37.Rf4 a5 (37...a6 38.Rg4 a5 39.Rf4-+) 38.Rg4 g5 39.h4 Rc5 40.hg5 fg5 41.e5 Kf5 (41...Ke5?! 42.Rg5 Kd6 43.Rc5 Kc5 44.g4=) 42.Rd4 Ke5 43.Rd2 (43.Rg4 Kf5 44.Rd4 a4-+) 43...Ke4 44.Rf2 (44.Rc2 Ke3-+) 44...Rf5 45.g4 (45.Ra2 Kf3 46.Kc4 Kg3 47.Kd3-+) 45…Rf2 (45...Rf2 46.Kc4 a4 47.Kb5 a3 48.Kc4 a2 49.Kb4 Rb2 50.Kc5 a1Q 51.Kc6 Qa6 52.Kc7 Rb7 53.Kd8 Qa8) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk (2215) – Madureira,Joao (1940), IECC, 2000.

8.Nc3 Qd6 9.Nb5 Qe7 (9...Qb6 10.e3=+ 0-0 11.c4 Bg4 12.Nf3 Bf3 13.gf3 Rfd8 14.Be2 a6) 10.e3 (10.Ra7!? Ra7 11.Na7-/+ Nd5 12.Nc8 Qh4 13.g3 Qe4 14.Qa1 0-0) 10...Ne4-/+ 11.Nf3 (11.Ra7?? Qh4 12.g3 Ng3 13.Nc7 Ke7-+) 11...Bg4 12.Be2 (12.Nbd4 Bf3 (12...Qb4?! 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Rb7=+ Nf3; 12...Rd8 13.Qe2 Bf3 14.Nf3 Nf3) 13.Nf3 Nf3 14.Qf3 Qb4=+) 12...Rd8 (12...Bf3!? 13.Bf3 Qh4 14.g3 Ng3 15.Nc7 Kd7 16.hg3 Qg3 17.Kf1 Kc7-/+) 13.Ne5= (13.Ra7 Nf3 14.Bf3 Qh4 15.g3 Ng3 16.Nc7 Kf8-+) 13...Qh4 (13...Qe5 14.Nd4 Qf6) 14.g3 Ng3 15.Ng4 (15.Bg4?? Nh1 16.Kf1 Qf2; 15.hg3?? Qh1 16.Bf1 Bd1 17.Rd1 Qg1-+) 15...Nh1 16.Kf1 h5 17.Bf3 hg4 18.Nc7 Kf8 19.Bh1 Qf6 20.Kg1 Qe5 21.Bg2 Rh6 (worse 21...Qc7 22.Qg4 Qh2 23.Kf1-+) 22.Kf1 Qc7 (22...Qc7 23.Ra5 Rh2 24.Ra7 Qb6-+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Leisebein,Peter, DESC, 2000.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Ra5 Qe7 10.Qb1-/+ Nc6 11.Ra4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Qe4 13.Qb2 Nd4 14.c3 Bd7.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Qb1 Nc4 10.Qc1 Qd4 11.Nd1 Qd6 12.e3 Qb4 13.Rb1 Qc5 14.Rb7 Nb6.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.b5 0-0 10.Ra4 a6 11.Nf3 Bf3 12.ef3 Re8 13.Be2 Ned7 14.ba6 Nc5.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Qc1 0-0 (9...Be6 10.Nf3 Nf3 11.gf3 0-0 12.e3 Nd5 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.e4 Qh4) 10.e3 Qe7 11.b5 Rfd8 12.Ra4 c6 13.Qa3 Qc7 14.d4 Ng6.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Nf3 Bf3 10.ef3 0-0 11.Be2 Qd4 12.Ra4 Rfe8 13.b5 Nc4 14.Rf1 (14.g3 Rad8 15.Qc1 Qc5-+) 14...a5 (14...Rad8 15.Qc1-+) 15.ba6 (15.Rf2 Rad8 16.Qc1 b6-/+) 15...Ra6-+ 16.Ra6 ba6 (17.Qc1 c6-+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Wokurka,Werner, remoteschach.de, 2003.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Nf3 Bf3 10.gf3 Nd5 11.Rg1 Nb4 12.Rg3 0-0 13.Qb1 a5 14.Ne4 f5 15.Qb3 Kh8 16.Ng5 f4 17.Rg2 Re8 18.c3 Nbd3! 19.Kd1 (19.ed3 Nf3 Double attack) 19...Nc5 20.Nf7 Nf7 21.Qf7 Ne6 22.Ra4 Qd6 0–1. chess_research (2285) – pvanr (2200), gameknot.com, 2014.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.g3 c6 (9...0-0 10.Bg2 c6 11.b5 cb5 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.h3 Be6; 9...Qd6 10.Bg2 c6 11.b5 0-0 12.bc6 bc6 13.Ra4 Rfb8 14.Qa1 Bf5) 10.Bg2 Qb6 11.Rb1 Nc4 12.b5 c5 13.Qc1 0-0 14.h3 Be6.

7.Bd6 Qd6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 0-0 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be2 Rfe8 12.Rb1 Rab8 13.a4 b6 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.0-0 Rbd8 16.h3 Bf3 17.Bf3 Ne5 18.Nd4 c5 19.Nc6 Nc6 (worse is 19...Nf3 20.Qf3 Qe6 21.Nd8 Rd8 22.d4+/-) 20.Bc6 Ne4 21.Be4 Qe4 22.a5 ba5 23.Ra1 Qb4 24.c3 Qb5 25.Qf3 Re7 (25...Rd2?? 26.Qf7 Kh8 27.Qf8 Rf8 28.Rf8) 26.Rfb1 Qe8 27.Rb2 a4 28.Qf4 Red7 29.Qa4 c4 30.Raa2 Qe6 31.Qa6 Qd5 32.Ra4 Attacks the isolani on c4 32...Rc7 33.Qa5 Qd6 34.Qb5 Qe6 35.Ra6 Qc8 36.Qa5 Rc5 37.Qa3 Rg5 38.Qe7 Re8 39.Qg5 Qa6 40.Qb5 Qb5 41.Rb5 Kf8 42.Kf2 Rc8 43.Rh5 Ke7 (43...h6!?=) 44.Rh7+= a5 45.Rg7 a4 46.Rg5 Ra8 47.Rb5 a3 48.Rb1 f5 49.Ra1 Kd6 50.Kf3 Kc5 51.Kf4 a2? (51...Kb5 52.Kf5 Ka4+/-) 52.Kf5 Kd5 53.e4 Kd6 54.g4 Rf8 55.Kg6 Ra8 56.g5 Ra7 (56...Ke5 57.Kh7 Ra7 58.Kh6 Ra8+-) 57.Kf6 Kd7 58.g6 Ke8 59.e5 (59.e5 Ra6 60.e6+-) 1–0. chess_research (2225) – bolaf (1955), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bd6 Qd6 8.d3 0-0 9.e4 Nc6 10.Be2 Re8 11.Nf3 Ne5 12.Nbd2 Ng6 13.Nb3 Nf4 14.0-0 Ng4 15.Qd2 f5 16.Rae1 fe4 17.de4 Re4 18.Qd6 cd6 19.Bd3 Re1 20.Re1 Nd3 21.cd3 Kf8 22.h3 Nf6 23.g4 h5 24.g5 Nd5 25.h4 Bf5 26.Na5 b6 27.Nc4 Bd3 28.Nd6 Rd8 29.Nb7 Rd7 30.Ne5 Rb7 31.Nd3 Re7 32.Ne5 Ke8 33.Kf2 Nf4 34.Re3 a5 35.Kf3 Nd5 36.Re1 b5 37.Re4 Nc3 38.Re3 b4 39.Nc4 Re3 40.Ke3 b3 41.Kd3 Nb5 42.a4 Nc7 43.Kc3 b2 44.Kb2 Kf7 45.Na5 Kg6 46.Nc6 Kf5 47.Nd4 Kg4 48.Nb5 Na6 49.Nd4 Kh4 50.Ne6 g6 51.Nf4 Kg5 52.Nd3 h4 53.Nf2 Kf4 54.a5 Kg3 55.Ne4 Kf3 56.Ng5 Kg4 57.Ne4 h3 58.Nf2 Kg3 59.Nh3 Kh3 0–1. Bonetti,Shane – guest1823, ICC, 2002.

7.Bd6 Qd6 8.e3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be2 h5 11.Nf3 0-0-0 12.Rb1 Qa3 13.0-0 Rhe8 14.Rb3 Qc5 15.h3 Be6 16.Rb2 Nd5 17.Nd5 Bd5 18.c4 Bf3 19.Rf3 Nd4 20.Rf7 Ne2 21.Qe2 Qa3 22.Rb5 Qc1 23.Kh2 Qd2 (23...Rd2 24.Qf3 Rg2 25.Qg2 Qc2 26.Qc2 b6 27.c5 Rd8 28.cb6 Rd2 29.Qd2 ab6 30.Qd5 Kb8 31.Rf8 Ka7 32.Ra8) 24.Qh5 Qd6 (24...Re3?? 25.Qf5 (25.Rg7?? Qd6 26.Kg1 Re1 27.Kf2 Qd2 28.Kg3 Qc3 29.Kh2 Qg7-+) 25...Kb8 26.Rd5 Rh3 27.Kh3 Rh8 28.Kg3 Qe3 29.Qf3 Qe1 30.Qf2 Qc3 31.Rf3+-; 24...Qe3?! 25.Qf5 Qe6 26.Rg7=) 25.Kg1 g6 (25...Re3 26.Rd5 Qc6 27.Rc5 Re1 28.Kf2 Re2 29.Qe2 Qc5 30.Kg3 Qd6 31.Kf2-/+) 26.Qg4 Qe6 27.Rc5 c6 28.Rg5 Qg4 29.Rg4 Re6 30.Rg7 The isolani on g6 becomes a target 30...Re3 31.c5 Re5 32.Rb4 Rd7 33.Rd7 Kd7 34.Rb7 Ke6 35.Ra7 Rc5 36.Kf2 Ke5 37.g3 Ke4 38.Ra4 Kf5 39.h4 Rc2 40.Ke3 Rc3 41.Kf2 Ke5 42.Rg4 ½–½. pvanr (1970) – theunruled1967 (1935), gameknot.com, 2009.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.e3 b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.0-0 Rfe8 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nbd4 Nd4 15.Nd4 g6 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Qf3 c5 18.Qf6 cd4 19.Qe7 Re7 20.ed4 Re2 21.Rf2 Rae8 22.Kf1 R2e4 23.c3 f5 24.g3 Kg7 25.Rb1 R8e6 26.Rb2 Re1 27.Kg2 R1e4 28.Kf3 g5 29.Kg2 Kg6 30.Rb5 f4 31.gf4 Rf4 32.Rf4 gf4 33.Kf3 Rf6 34.a4 h5 35.a5 Kh6 36.ab6 ab6 37.Re5 Kg6 38.c4 Kh6 39.d5 Kg6 40.d4 Kh6 41.Re6 Kg6 42.Rf6 Kf6 43.Kf4 b5 44.cb5 Ke7 45.Kg5 Kd6 46.b6 Kd5 47.b7 Kd4 48.b8Q Ke4 49.Kh5 Kf3 50.Qg8 Kf2 51.Kh6 Kf3 52.Qg1 Kf4 53.Kg7 Kf3 54.h4 Kf4 55.h5 Kf5 56.h6 Kf4 57.h7 Kf3 58.h8R Kf4 59.Rh2 Kf3 60.Rf2 Ke3 61.Qe1 Kd3 62.Rd2 Kc3 63.Qc1 Kb3 64.Rb2 Ka3 65.Qa1 1-0. B4_My_Life (1990) - j3bennett (1750), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.e3 0-0 8.Nf3=+ c5 (8...Bg4 9.Be2=+) 9.Bc4 (9.Be2 Nc6=) 9...Nc6=+ 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.0-0 a6 (11...Nc3 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.e4=+) 12.a4 Bg4 13.Ra2 Rb8 14.Qc1 b5 15.ab5 ab5 16.Be2 b4 17.Bb2 Bd6 (17...Qd5 18.Ra6=+) 18.d3= Ng5 19.Nbd2 Qc7 20.h3 (< 20.Ng5 Be2 21.Rf2 Bh2 22.Kh1 Bg4-/+) 20...Bh3?? (better is 20...Nf3 21.Bf3 Bf3 22.Rf3 Ra8=) 21.Ng5+- (21.gh3?! Qe7 22.Nc4 Nh3 23.Kg2 Nf4 24.Kf2 Ne2 25.Ke2 f6+-) 21...Bh2 (21...Bc8 22.Bf3 Be7 23.Nge4+-) 22.Kh1 Bg2 23.Kg2 Qg3 24.Kh1 Ne5 (24...Qg5 25.Nf3 Qh5+/-) 25.Nde4 Qh4 26.Kg2 Rb6 (26...f5 27.Be5 fe4 28.Bb8 Qg5 29.Kh2 Rb8 30.Rf4+-) 27.Be5 Be5 28.Rh1 1–0. kamret (2080) – avargas (1975), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bc3=+.

7.e3 Be6=+.

7.e4 c5 8.Nc3=+ Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bf4 0-0 11.Nf3 a6 12.Be2 Be6 13.0-0 h6 (13...b5 14.d3=+) 14.e5= Nd5 15.Nd5 Qd5 16.Qe1 Rad8 (16...f6 17.Qg3 g5 18.Rae1=+) 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Rf2 c4 19.Be3 Bc5 20.Bc5 Qc5 21.d3 c3 22.Rb1 b5 23.a4 b4 24.Rd1 (24.Qh4 b3 25.cb3 Qe3-+ (25...Ne5?! 26.Ne5 Qe5 27.Rc1-/+)) 24...a5 (24...Qe3 25.Kh1 b3-+) 25.Kh1 b3 26.cb3 Bb3 27.Rc1 Ba4 28.Rff1 c2 29.Rfe1 Qa3 (29...Nb4 30.d4 Qc3 31.Qf4-+) 30.Ra1 (30.Qf4 Bb3-/+) 30...Qb4 (30...Qb2 31.Bf1-+) 31.Rac1 (31.Bf1 Qb2-+) 31...Bb3 32.h3 (32.Bf1 Nd4-+) 32...a4 33.Ra1 a3 (33...Rfe8 34.Rac1-+) 34.Rac1 a2 35.Rf1 (35.Bf1 Ra8-+) 35...Qc3 36.Kh2 (36.Rfe1 Rfe8 37.Bf1 Bd5-+) 36...Ra8 (better is 36...Rfe8!? 37.Kh1-+) 37.Ra1 Nb4 38.d4 Rfc8 39.Qf4 c1Q! 40.Qc1 (40.Rac1 Qc1) 40...Qc1 41.Rfc1 Rc1 42.Rc1 a1Q 43.Ra1 Ra1 44.Kg3 (44.Nd2 Bd5 45.Bf3 Ra5-+) 44...Bd5 45.Kf4 Ra2 46.Ng1 (46.Ke3 Bc6 47.Ng1 Nd5 48.Kf3 Ra4-+) 46...Nc6 (better is 46...g5!? 47.Ke3-+) 47.Bf3 Bf3 (47...g5 48.Ke3 Nb4 49.Bd5 Nd5 50.Kf3-+) 48.Nf3 Rg2 (48...g5 49.Ke3 Rg2 50.d5-+) 49.Ke4 (49.d5 g5 50.Ke4 Nd8-+) 49...Re2 (49...f6 50.Kd5 Ne7 51.Kd6 Nc8 52.Kd7-+) 50.Kd3 Rf2 (50...Ra2 51.d5 Nb4 52.Kc4-+) 51.Ke3 Rb2 (51...Rf3 52.Kf3 Nd4 53.Kf4-+) 52.d5 Rb3 53.Ke4 Ne7 54.d6 Nc6 55.h4 Rc3 (55...Kg8 56.Kd5-+) 56.h5 Nd8 57.Nd4 Kg8 58.Kd5 (58.Ne2 Rc4 59.Kd5 Rh4-+) 58...Kf8 59.Ne2 Ke8 (better is 59...Ra3 60.Nd4 Ra5 61.Ke4 f6 62.ef6 gf6-+) 60.Nc3+- Kd7? (better is 60...Ne6 61.Ne4 Nf8+/-) 61.Ne4 Kc8 62.Nc5 1–0. kamret (2000) – avargas (2005), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.e4 Nbd7 8.Bf6 Nf6 9.Nc3-/+.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2 0-0 9.g3 Ne4 10.Bg2 Bf6 11.Qc1 Be6 12.0-0 Bd5 13.d3 Nc5 14.e4 Bb2 15.Qb2 Be6 16.Nc3 Nd4 17.Nd1 Nf3 18.Bf3 Bh3 19.Bg2 Bg2 20.Kg2 b6 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.Nf5 Ne6 23.Rf4 c5 24.Rg4 f6 25.Rf1 Rad8 26.h4 Rf7 27.h5 Rdf8 28.Nh6 Kh8 29.Nf7 Rf7 30.h6 Nd4 31.hg7 Rg7 32.Rgf4 Qd6 33.c3 Ne6 34.R4f3 Qe5 35.Qd2 Rg6 36.c4 Nd4 37.Re3 h5 38.Qf2 Kg7 39.Qf4 Qe6 40.Qc7 Kh6 41.Rh1 Qg4 42.Qb8 Rg7 43.Qh8 Kg6 44.Qe8 Kh7 45.Qh5 Qh5 46.Rh5 Kg6 47.Rd5 Re7 48.Rd6 Kg5 49.Re1 Nc2 50.Rf1 Rf7 51.e5 f5 52.e6 Re7 53.Rd7 Re6 54.Ra7 Ne3 55.Kf2 Nf1 56.Kf1 Re3 57.Rb7 Rd3 58.Rb6 Ra3 59.Rb5 Rg3 60.Rc5 Rc3 61.Kf2 Kf4 62.Rc8 Rc2 63.Ke1 Kf3 64.c5 f4 65.c6 Rc5 66.c7 Rc6 67.Kd2 Rc5 68.Kd3 Rc1 69.Kd2 Rc6 70.Kd3 Rd6 71.Kc4 Rc6 72.Kd5 Rc1 73.Kd6 Kf2 74.Rf8 f3 75.c8Q Rc8 76.Rc8 Kg2 77.Kc7 f2 78.Rf8 f1Q 79.Rf1 Kf1 ½-½. B4_My_Life (1955) - abs2016 (1955), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.a3 Bd6 8.e3 Ng4 9.g3 Nh2 10.Rh2 Bg3 11.Rf2 Bf2 12.Kf2 Qh4 13.Kg2 Bd7 14.Nf3=+ Bc6 15.Be5 Qg4 16.Kf2 Nd7 17.Bc7= Qf3 18.Qf3 Bf3 19.Kf3 Rfc8 20.Bf4 Rc2 21.d4 Rd8 22.Bd3 Rc1 23.e4 Rd1 24.Ke2 Rh1 25.Ra2 Nf6 (26.Rb2 Rd4 27.Rb7 h6=; 25...Nf8 26.d5=). Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Hill,Bernard, compuserve, 1997.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.e3 Ng4 9.Nc3 -/+.

7.Nf3 Re8 8.Nc3 Bg4 (8...Nc6 9.e3-/+) 9.e3-/+ Bc3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Be2 Nc3 12.dc3 Qe7 13.Rb1 (13.Qd4!? Bf3 14.Bf3-/+) 13...Qe3 (13...Bf3 14.gf3 Qe3 15.Qd3-+) 14.Qd3 Bf3 15.gf3 (15.Qe3 Re3 16.gf3 Nd7-+) 15...b6 (15...Qh6!? 16.Qd2 Qh4 17.Kf1-+) 16.Qe3-/+ Re3 17.Kd2 Re7 18.f4 (18.Ke1 Nd7 19.Kf2 Nc5-/+) 18...Nd7 19.Rhe1 (19.Bf3 Rd8 20.Rbe1 Nc5 21.Kc1 Kf8-+) 19...Rae8-+ 20.Bf3 (20.Bc4 Nc5-+) 20...Re1 21.Re1 Re1 22.Ke1 Kf8 23.Bg2 (23.Kd2 Ke7-+) 23...Ke7 24.a3 (24.Kd2 Kd6-+) 24...Nf6 25.Kf2 (25.Kd2 Ke6-+) 25...Kd6 26.Kf3 Nd5 27.c4 Nc3 28.Ke3 f5 29.Kd3 Na4 30.Bf3 c6 31.Kd4 Nc5 32.Ke3 Nd7 33.Be2 Kc5 34.Kd3 Nf6 35.Kc3? Ne4 36.Kd3 Nf2 37.Ke3 Ng4 38.Bg4 fg4 0–1. Stanitz,Antal – Bendig,Frank, corr KMG–34, 1996.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Na3 Nbd7 9.Bg3 Nb6 10.e3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Bd3 Ng3 13.Bf5 Nh1 14.Bh7 Kh8 15.Be4 c6 16.Ke2 Qe7 17.Nb1 Rae8 18.a4 Qe4 19.Qe4 Re4 20.Kf1 Ra4 21.Ra4 Na4 0–1. awnatari (1785) – gabrel (2040), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.d4 c5 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.dc5 Ne5 11.Ne5-/+ Qe7 12.Nc4 Rd8 13.Qe3 Qe3 14.Ne3 Ne4 15.Nc4 Bc7 16.e3 b5 17.Ncd2= Nc5 18.Bb5 Bb7 19.0-0 Be5 20.Nc4 Bf6=+ 21.Ncd2 Bg5 22.Re1 a6 23.Bc4 Re8 24.e4 Rad8 25.Nf3 Re4 26.Re4 Ne4-+ 27.Na3 Be3 28.Kf1 Bc5 29.Nc2 Nd2 30.Nd2-/+ Rd2 31.Nd4 g6 32.Nb3 Rf2 33.Ke1 Rf5 34.g3 Be7 35.Ke2 Bf6 36.Nd4 Rc5 37.Kd3 Kg7 38.Rb1 Bc8 39.Rb6 a5 40.Rc6?? Bd4-/+ 41.Rc8 Rc8 42.Kd4 Kf6 43.Bd5 Ke7 44.c4 f6 45.c5 Rb8 46.a3 Rb2 47.Bc4? Kd7 48.h3 Kc6 49.Bd5 Kc7 50.Bg8 h6 51.Bf7 g5 52.Ke4 Rf2 53.Bg6 Kc6 54.Kd4 f5 55.Be8 Kc7 56.a4 Re2 57.Bb5 Re4 58.Kd5 Re3 59.c6 Rg3 60.Ke5 f4 0–1. marnzell – StarterRook, ChessWorld.net, 2009.

7.Bc7 Qc7 8.cb4 Nb4 9.Nc3 0-0-/+ 10.e3 Bf5 11.Rc1 Rac8 12.a3 Nd3 13.Bd3 Bd3 14.Nge2 Qd7 15.0-0=+ Rfd8 16.Re1 Qe7 17.a4 Ng4 18.Nf4 Qh4-/+ 19.h3 Ne5 20.Qb3 b6 21.Kh1 g5 22.Nd3 Nd3-/+ 23.Rf1 Nf2 24.Kg1 Rd2 25.Ne4 Rc1 26.Nd2 Rf1 27.Nf1 Ne4-+ 28.Qc2 Nc5 29.Qf5 Na4 30.Qe5 Nc5 31.Ng3 Nd7 32.Qe8 Nf8 33.Nf5 Qe1 34.Kh2 Qa5 35.e4 Qc5 36.Qd8 h5 37.Qf6 Ne6?? (better is 37...Qc7 38.e5 Ne6-+) ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek – Rerabek,Jaroslav, email MCR EP II–1, 2000.

7.d4 Ba5 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.e4 Bg4 11.e5 Qh6 12.Be2 Bf3-/+ 13.Bf3 Nd4! 14.Qd4 Rad8 15.Qa4 Qc1 16.Ke2 Qb2 17.Ke3 Bc3?? 18.Nc3= b5 19.Nb5 Qd2 20.Ke4 f5 21.ef6 Rf6 22.Qc4 Kh8 23.Nd4 Rf4 24.Ke5 0–1. Pietrzak,Janusz – Mazul,Waldemar, Polanica Zdroj Poland, 1991.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.e3 0-0 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Be2 Qh6 11.0-0 Be6 12.Qe1 Ne5 13.Ne5 Be5 14.g3 Rad8 15.Na3 c6 16.Nc2 c5 17.d4 Qg6 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.Bf3 b6 20.e4 Ba2 21.e5 Be7 22.Be4 Qe6 23.Ra1 g6 24.Qe2 a5 25.Rf2 Bc4 (25...Bc4 26.Qd2 cd4 27.cd4 f6 28.ef6 Rf6-/+ (worse is 28...Qe4 29.Re1 Qe1 30.Qe1 Bf6 31.Qc3-/+; 28...Bf6?! 29.Re1-+)) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2095) – Schulle,Joszef, Northern Lights Team League Match, 2005.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.e3 Bd6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.Be2 Ne5 11.0-0 Qh6 12.Ne5 Be5 13.h3 Be6 14.Bf3 c6 15.Qe2 Qg6 16.d4 Bd7?? (better is 16...Bc7-/+) 17.de5+- Bh3 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.Bh5 Qg5 20.Nb3 Rae8 21.Rf4 g6 (21...Re5 22.Raf1+=) 22.Bg4 (better is 22.Nd4 Re5 23.Raf1+/-) 22...a6? (22...Re5 23.Re1+=) 23.Rd4?? (better is 23.Bf5 gf5 24.Nd4+-) 23...Qf6?? (23...Bg4 24.Rg4 (worse is 24.Qg4 Qe3 25.Kh2 Re5+=) 24...Qe5 25.Rc4+=) 24.Kf2 (24.ef6 Re5+-) 24...Rc8?? (24...Qh4!? 25.g3 Qh2 26.Kf3 Bg4 27.Rg4 Qh5+=) 25.a4 (better is 25.ef6 Be6 26.Nc5+-) 25...a5?? (better is 25...Qe5 26.Bf5 Qf5 27.Kg1 c5+/-) 26.Rd6 (26.Rd6 Qh4 27.g3 Qh2 28.Kf1 Qh1 29.Kf2 Qh2 30.Kf1 Qh1 31.Kf2 Qh2=) 1–0. Pachurka,Roland – Pluemmer,Rolf, DESC, 2005.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.e3 Bd6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.Be2 Ne5 11.0-0-/+ Qh6 12.Ne5 Be5 13.g3 Bh3 14.Rf2 Rae8 15.Na3=+ Rd8 16.d4 Bf6 17.Nc2 Rfe8 18.Bg4= c6 19.Bh3 Qh3 20.Qf3 Qe6 21.Re1 a6 22.a3 Qe4 23.Kg2 Bg5 24.h4 Bh6 25.g4 f6 26.Qe4 Re4 27.Kg3 Rde8 28.Rf3 R8e6 29.a4 b5 30.a5 g5 31.hg5 Bg5 ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, Tiger SC, 2000.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.e3 0-0-0 10.Be2 Bc5 11.Qa4 h5 12.d4 Bb6 13.Nbd2 Rhe8 14.Nc4 Qh6 15.Qc2 Na5 16.Nb6 ab6 17.e4 Qe3 18.e5 Nc4 19.h3 Kb8 20.Rd1 Be6 21.Qd3 Qf4=+ 22.0-0 Ne3 23.Qd2 g5 24.Rf2 Nd1 25.Qf4 gf4 26.Bd1 c5 27.Rd2 Kc7 28.Ng5 h4 29.Ne4 Rg8 30.Bh5 Bf5 31.Nd6=+ Bh3 32.Kh2 Bg4 33.Bf7 Rgf8 34.a4 Kb8 35.Bb3 f3 Black gets in control 36.Nf7 cd4 37.gf3 Be6 38.Be6 dc3 39.Rd8 Rd8 40.Bf5 Rd2 41.Kh3 Rf2 42.Ng5 c2 43.Bc2 Rc2 44.Kh4 Ra2 45.f4 Ra4 46.Kg3 Ra5 47.Kf3 b5=+ 48.Ke3 Ra3 49.Kd2 Rg3 50.Ne6 Rf3 51.Nd4 Rf4 52.Ke3 Rh4 53.Nb5 Kc8 54.Kd3 Ra4 (54...Ra4 55.e6 Ra8-/+; 54...Kd7 55.Nd4-+) 0–1. Niebuhr,Matthias (1760) – Fineboim,Igor (2205), IECG, 2000.

7.Bg3 Bd6 8.Bd6 cd6 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.e3 0-0 11.Bc4 Bg4 12.0-0 Bf3 13.Qf3 Ne5 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Bb3 d5 16.d4 (16.Bc2!?=) 16...Neg4-/+ 17.Rf3 Qa6 (17...Qc7!? 18.g3 Rad8-/+) 18.Qa6= ba6 19.Nd2. Fournier,Frederic – COMP Waxman 1.3, Partie Libre, 2001.

7.Bg3 Bd6 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.e3 0-0 11.Be2 Rfe8 12.0-0 Rad8 13.a4 Ne4 14.Nd4 Be2 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.cd4 c5 17.Qc4 cd4 18.Qf7 Kh8 19.Qb7 de3 20.de3 Rf8 21.Qe4 Rf1 22.Kf1 Qf6 23.Ke2 Qa1 24.h3 Qb2 25.Kf3 Rb8 0–1. awnatari (1755) – bolaf (1970), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bg3 Bd6 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.g3 0-0 10.Bg2 Re8 11.Nf3 Qd3 12.0-0 Qe2 13.Qe2 Re2 14.d4 Be6 15.Nbd2 Re8 16.Rfe1 Re1 17.Ne1 Bd5 18.Kf2 Ng4 19.Kg1 Ne3 20.Bh3 Na5 21.Nd3 Nac4 22.Nc4 Nc4 23.Nf4 Be4 24.Kf2 Nd6 25.Re1 Kf8 26.Bf1 g5 27.Nh5 Re6 28.c4 b6 29.g4 Bg6 30.Re6 fe6 31.Ng3 c5 32.dc5 bc5 33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Bd3 Bd3 35.Kd3 Kf6 36.Ne4 (better is 36.Ne2!?-/+) 36...Ne4-+ 37.Ke4 a6 38.a3 a5 39.a4 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1780) – Janzen,Norbert (2240), ETC PCM–2005–G4, 2005.

7.Bd6 Qd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.e3 Bf5 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.a4 c5 13.Na3 Bd3 14.Nb5 Bb5 15.ab5 Ne5 16.Ne5 Re5 17.Bc4 h6 18.Qe2 Re7 19.Rf5 b6 20.Raf1 Rd8 21.d3 Rde8 22.e4 Re5 23.Rf6 gf6 24.Qf3 Kg7 25.Qg3 Kh7?? (better is 25...Kf8+=) 26.Bf7+- Qf8 27.Qg6 Kh8 28.Be8 Re8 (28...Qg7+-) 29.Rf6 Qg8 30.Qh6 Qh7 31.Qg5 Rg8 32.Qe5 Qg7 (32...Rg7 33.Rf8 Qg8 34.Qh5 Rh7 35.Rg8 Kg8 36.Qe8 Kg7+-) 33.Rh6 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1785) – Shahmuradyan (1885), rated blitz game (5/12), 2002.

7.Bd6 Qd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 Rad8 12.a4 Rfe8 13.Na3 Bf3 14.Bf3 Ne5 15.d4 Nf3 16.Rf3 Ng4 17.Rh3 Qg6 18.Rg3 Ne3 19.Qd2 Qe4 20.Nb5 Nf5 21.Rf3 c5 22.Qf2 Nh6 23.Qg3 Qg4 24.dc5 Rd2 25.Raf1 Qa4 26.Qg5 Rg2 27.Kg2 Qb5 28.Rg3 Qe2 29.Kg1 Qe5 30.Qe5 Re5 31.Rb1 Rc5 32.Rb7N g6 33.Ra7 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (2095) – Sternik Ryszard (2030), KMG, 2003.

7.Bd6 Qd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 Rfe8 12.a4 Rad8 13.Na3 Nc5 14.d4 Qe6 15.Nc4 Nce4 16.Qc2 Nd5 17.Bd3 (17…Bf3 18.Rf3=). Benassi,Aspasio – Gabor,Klaus, corr KMG1/09, 2000.

7.Bd6 Qd6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qc2 0-0 10.e3 Bg4 11.Be2 Ne5 12.0-0 Nf3 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Rf3 Rfe8 15.Qb3 b6 16.d4 Qd5 17.Nd2 Qb3 18.ab3 Nd5 Attacks the backward pawn on e3 (18...a5!?=) 19.e4+/- Ne7 20.Raf1 Rf8 21.e5 Ng6 22.Ne4 h6 23.g3 Rad8 24.h4 Ne7 25.h5 Rd5 26.g4 c5 27.Nd6 cd4 28.Nf7 (28.Rf7? Rf7 29.Rf7 dc3-+) 28...Rc8 29.c4 Ra5 30.e6 Nc6 31.Nd6 Rc7?? 32.Rf8+- Kh7 33.R1f7 Re7 34.Nf5 d3 35.Ne7 d2 36.Rf1 Ne7 37.Rd1 Re5 38.Rd2 Re6 39.Rdd8 Ng6 40.hg6 (40.hg6 Kg6 41.Rd7+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1860) – Pages,Jeremy (1970), Open vermeulen avril, 2004.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 Be6 11.0-0 Rad8 12.d4 Rfe8 13.Nbd2 (13.Qd3!?+=) 13...Bd5-/+ 14.e4 Ne4 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Qd2 a6 17.Rf2 Re7 18.Raf1 Rde8 19.Ng5 Bg6 20.h4 h6 21.h5 hg5 22.hg6 Qg6 23.Bd3 Qh5 24.Rf3 g4 25.Rf5 Qh4 26.Qf4 Nd8 27.Bc4 Rf8 28.Rg5 Ne6 29.Rg4 Nf4 30.Rh4 Ng6 31.Rh5 b5 32.Bb3 Rd8 33.Rhf5 Rdd7 34.g4 Nh8 35.g5 b4 36.cb4 Rd4 37.a3 g6 38.Rf6 Rg4 39.Kf2 Rg5 40.Ra6 Rf5 41.Kg1 Rg5 42.Kf2 Rf5 43.Kg1 Rg5 44.Kf2 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1860) – Elmilouse (1870), Open vermeulen mars, 2004.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.e3 Be6 +=.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bg3 Nc6 (8...Bg3 9.hg3 Qd6 10.Qa4-+) 9.e3 (9.Bd6 Qd6 10.e3 Be6+=) 9...Bg4 (9...Bg3 10.hg3 Qd6 11.Qb3-+) 10.Be2 (10.Bd6 Qd6 11.Be2 Rad8+=) 10...h6 (better is 10...Bg3!? 11.hg3 Qd6-+) 11.Bd6+= Qd6 12.0-0 Rad8 13.d3 (13.Qb3 b6+=) 13...Ne5 (better is 13...Rfe8!? 14.Qd2 Nd5-/+) 14.Ne5= Be2 15.Qe2 Qe5 16.d4 Qd6 (16...Qe7 17.Rf3+=) 17.Nd2 a6 18.Rae1 Qe6 19.e4 b5 20.Nb3 Rfe8 21.Nc5 Qc6 22.e5 Nd5 23.Qf3 Qg6 24.Re4 f5 25.Ree1 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1625) – Reg4 (1665), rated blitz game (3/0), 2002.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bd6=+ Qd6 9.Qc2 Bg4 10.e4 Qf4 11.Be2 Qe4 12.d3 Qe3-+ 13.Nbd2 Ne5 14.Nf1-/+ Qc5 15.Qb2 Bf3-+ 16.gf3 Qd5 17.0-0-0 Nf3 18.c4 Qc6 19.Bf3 Qf3 20.Nd2 Qc6 21.Rhe1 Kd7 22.Rg1 Rag8 23.Rdf1 a6 24.Nf3-/+ Kc8 25.Ne5 Qe6 26.Re1 Nd7 27.Ng6-/+ Nc5 28.Qc3 Qd7 29.Ne5 Qh3 30.Qa3 Qh6 31.Kb1 Qb6 32.Ka1 Re8 33.d4 Nd7 34.c5 Qf6 35.Ref1 Qh4-+ 36.Nf3 Qh6 37.Rb1 Re3 38.Qb4 Qc6 39.Nd2 g6 40.Nc4 Re4 41.Na5-/+ Qb5 42.Qa3 Qe2 43.c6 bc6 44.Nc6 Re6 45.Rge1 Qc4 46.Rec1 Qc6 47.Rc6 Rc6 48.d5 Rb6+= 49.Qc3 49...Re8 50.Rc1 Rb7 51.Qg7 Rf8 52.Qh7 Rb6 53.Qh4 Nf6 54.Qc4 Ne8+= 55.Qe4 White is in command 55...f5 56.Qe7 Rh8 57.Qe3 Rd6 58.Qe5 Rg8 59.Rc6 Kb8 60.Qc3 g5 61.Qb4 Kc8 62.Qc4 Rgg6 63.Qa6 Kd8 64.Qd3 Rgf6 65.Rc5 Ra6 66.Rc6 Rac6 67.dc6 Nd6 68.Kb1 Re6 69.Qd4 Ke7 70.a4 f4 71.a5 Re4 72.Qc5 Kf6 73.Qc3 Re5 74.a6 Nb5 75.Qh3 Re1 76.Kb2 Re2 77.Kc1 Re5 78.Kd2 Rd5 79.Ke1 Ke5 80.Qh8 Kd6 81.Qa8 Rc5 82.h3 Rc1 83.Kd2 Rc5 84.a7 Na7 85.Qa7 Kc6 86.Qa6 Kd5 87.Kd3 Ke5 88.Qb7 Kd6 89.Kd4 Ra5 90.Qb3 c6 91.Qb8 Kd7 92.Qb7 Kd6 93.Qc8 Ra4? 94.Kc3 Ra3 95.Kc4 Rg3 96.Kd4 Rg1 97.Qd8 Ke6 98.Qc7 Rd1 99.Ke4 Re1 100.Kd3 Rd1 101.Ke2 Rd6 102.Kf3 Rd3 103.Ke4 Rd6 104.Qb7 Kf6 105.Qh7 Re6 106.Kd4 Rd6 107.Kc5 Re6 108.Qh5 Re3 109.Kc6 Re5 110.Qh6 Kf5 111.Kd6 f3 112.Qg7 Re2 113.Qd4 Re4 114.Qg7 Re2 115.Qd7 Ke4 116.Qg4 Ke3 117.Qg5 Ke4 118.Qe5 Kd3 119.Qf4 Re3 120.Kd5 Ke2 121.Qc4 Ke1 122.Kd4 Kf2 123.Qc7 Re2 124.Qh2 Kf1 125.Qg3 (125.Qg3 f2 126.Qd3+-) 1–0. Andersson,Lars H – Degerhammar,Rune, corr SSKK 1–430, 1992.

7.Bf6 gf6?! 8.g3=.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.d4 (8.g3 0-0=+) 8...Nc6 (8...Qh4 9.Kd2-+) 9.e4 (9.g3-/+) 9...Be7?? (better 9...Qh4 10.Kd2 Qe4-+) 10.Nf3= 0-0 11.e5 (better 11.Bd3=) 11...Qe6?? (11...Qg6 12.Nbd2=+) 12.Nbd2?? (better 12.d5 Qh6 13.dc6+/-) 12...f6?? (better 12...Qh6 13.Bd3 f6 14.ef6 Bf6=) 13.Bc4+- Qc4 14.Nc4 1-0. tunniato - RottenMind188, lichess.org, 2021.

7.d4 0-0 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 c6 10.Nf3 h6 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Ne5 Bg4?? 13.Ng4+- Re8 14.Nf6 Bf6 15.Nd2 Re3 16.Nc4 Re6 17.Bf5 Re8 18.Qg4 Qd5 19.Bd3 Bg5 20.Ne5?? Re7?? 21.Bc4+- Qa5 22.Nf7 Qc3 23.Ne5 Kh7 24.Qf5 Kh8 25.Ng6 Kh7 26.Nf8 (26.Nf8 Kh8 27.Qh7) 1–0. dixi82 – DanielMena, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

7.d4 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bf4 0-0 10.h3 Bf5 11.e3 cd4 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Nd2 Nd5 14.Qb3 Nf4 15.ef4 Bh4 16.Kd1 Nd4 17.cd4 Be6 18.Bc4 Bc4 19.Qc4 Rc8 20.Qd3 Qf6 21.g3 Bg3 22.Qg3 Qd4 23.Rb1 Rfd8 24.Rh2 Rc3 25.Qf2 Qa4 26.Rb3 Qa2 27.Rc3 1-0. B4_My_Life (2005) - capajan (1875), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.e3 0-0 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bf6=+ Bf6 10.Bb5 Qd5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Qd5 Bd5 13.d4 Rfe8 14.Kf2 Rad8 15.Nbd2= a6 16.Bd3 Be7 17.e4 Be6 18.a4 Na5 19.Rhe1 g5 20.h3 h5 Black fights for the Initiative 21.Rh1 c5 22.d5 Bf6 23.Ra3 g4 24.hg4 hg4 25.Nh4 Bd5 26.ed5+/- Rd5 27.c4 Rdd8 28.Nf5 Bb2 29.Ra2 Bc3 30.Be4 Bd2 31.Bd5-/+ Bc3 32.Ra3 Be5 33.Rh5 Kf8 34.Rg3 Nc6 35.Rg4=+ Ne7 (35...Nd4 36.Re4 Nf5 37.Rf5 Bd4 38.Rd4 cd4 39.Rf7 Kg8 40.Rb7 Kh8 41.Rb6=) ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek – Jacewicz,Grzegorz, corr or01–011, 2001.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Nf3 Ne5 10.Bd7 Ned7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Nc5 14.Qf3 Ne6 15.Qb7 Rb8 16.Qa7 Rb2 17.Qa3 Ba3 18.Na3 Qd2 19.Rf2 Qc3 20.Nb1 Qe3 21.Nd2 Rd2 0-1. MiSRoo - LucaVTaranto (1800), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.e4 Nbd7 8.Bf6 Nf6 9.Qf3 0-0 10.d4 c5 11.Bd3 Qb6 12.Qe2? cd4 13.Nf3 dc3 14.a3 Qc5 15.Qf2 Qd6 16.Qe2 Rd8 17.Bc4 Ne4! 18.0-0 Bf5 19.g4 Be6 20.Qe4 Qc5 21.Rf2 Rd1 22.Bf1 Bd5 23.Qf5 g6 (23...g6 24.Qc2 Bf3 25.Qc3 Bg4 26.Qc5 Bc5-+) 0–1. bambinik (2525) – Krykon,Fritz 8 (2460), 2003.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.d3 Nc6 9.Bf6 Bf6 (9...gf6?! 10.d4=) 10.e4 Bg4 11.Be2 Qd6 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Kh1 Rfe8 14.a3 Bf3 15.gf3 Be5 16.Rf2 Qc5 17.Qe1 Qe3 18.Qf1 Nd4 19.f4 (19.cd4 Bd4 Combination) 19...Ne2 20.fe5 Nc1 (20...Qc1!? 21.Qc1 Nc1-/+) 21.Rf3= Qh6 22.d4 Nb3 (22...c5!? 23.Rh3 Qe6=) 23.Ra2+= Qc6 24.Re2 (worse is 24.Rf7 Rf8 25.Rf8 Rf8=) 24...Qc4 25.Nd2 Nd2 26.Rd2 Qf1 27.Rf1 b6 28.Rfd1 Kf8 29.Kg2 Re6 30.Rd3 Rc6 31.Kf3 Rc4 32.Ke3 Ra4 33.Ra1 Re8 34.Kf4 Re6 35.Rh3 h6 36.d5 Rg6 37.Rd3 Ke7 38.Rd4 Rd4 39.cd4 Rg2 40.Rc1 Kd7 41.e6 fe6 42.de6 Ke6 43.Rc7 g5 44.Kf3 Rh2 45.d5 Kd6 46.Rc6 Kd7 47.Rg6 Rh1 48.Ke3 Ke7 49.e5 Re1 50.Kd4 Rd1 51.Ke4 Re1 52.Kf5 Rf1 53.Kg4 Rg1 54.Kf3 Rf1 55.Kg2 Rf5?? 56.d6+- Kf7 57.e6 Kg6+/- 58.d7 Rd5 59.e7 Rd7 60.e8Q Rf7 61.Kg3 Kg7 62.Qe5 Kh7 63.Qe6 Kg7 64.Qe8 Rf8 65.Qe5 Kg6 66.Qd4 Rf7 67.Qh8 h5 68.Qg8 Rg7 69.Qe6 Kh7 70.Qf6 Kg8 71.Qh6+- g4? 72.Qh5 Kf8 73.Qd5 Rc7 74.Qd6 Re7 75.Kg4 Ke8 76.Kf5 Rd7 77.Qc6 Kd8 78.Ke6 Rc7 79.Qa8 Rc8 80.Qd5 Kc7+- 81.Qe5 Kb7 82.Kd7 Rc5 83.Qe4 Kb8 84.a4 Rc7 85.Kd6 Rc5 86.Qe7 a5 87.Qf7 Ka8 88.Qe8 Kb7 89.Qe7 ½–½. Fekete,Albert (2260) – Egedi,Istvan (2310), HUN–chT2 Maroczy, 2008.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.d3 Nd5 9.e4-/+ Ne3 10.Qd2 Nf1-+ 11.Rf1 Nc6 12.Bf4-/+ Re8 13.Qe3 b6 14.d4 Ba6 15.Rf2 Qd7 16.Nbd2 Rad8 17.e5 h6 18.Bh6 gh6-+ 19.Qh6 Bf8 20.Qg5-/+ Bg7 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Qh5?? Bd3 23.Nfg5 Be4?? 24.Ne4?? Nd4!-+ 25.cd4 Rd4 26.Ng5 Qe5 27.Kf1 Rf4 (27...Rf4 28.Rd1 Qb5 29.Kg1 Qc5 30.Qh7 Kf8-+) 0–1. Arioch (2015) – Bonetti,Shane (2200), ICC, 2002.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Bf4 Re8 10.g3 Bd6 11.Bd6 cd6 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Bh3 Ne3 14.Qd3 Nc5! 15.dc5 Bh3 16.Nbd2 Qf6 17.cd6? Bf5 18.Qd4 Nc2 (18...Nc2 19.Kf2 Nd4 20.cd4 Qd6-+) 0–1. Grimshaw – marekt, internet MiniTournament, 2005.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.e3 0-0 10.h3 Bf5 11.d3 (11.Bb5 Nd5 12.Bg3 Bd6 13.Bd6 Qd6+=) 11...Qd7 (11...Nd5!? 12.g3 Re8-/+) 12.e4+= Be4?? (better is 12...Be6+=) 13.de4+/- Qd1 14.Kd1 Ne4 15.Rg1 (better is 15.Kc2+/-) 15...Bc5+= 16.Bc7 Bg1 17.Ng1 Rac8 18.Bf4 Rfd8 19.Kc2 Nb4 20.Kb3 Nd3 21.Bd2 Ndc5 22.Kc2 a6 23.Nf3 b5 24.Bf4 f6 25.Nbd2 Nc3+= 26.Kc3 Ne6 27.Kb4 Nf4 28.g3 Nd5 29.Ka5 Rc2 30.Ka6 Rb2?? 31.Ne4-/+ Ra8 32.Kb7+= Ra3 33.Ne1 f5 34.Nd6+= Rc3 35.Bb5 Rg3 36.Kc6 Nb4 37.Kc5 Kf8 38.a4 f4 39.a5 f3 40.a6 Rg5 41.Kb6 Na6 42.Nf3 Rg3?? 43.Rf1 Nb8 44.Nd4 Ke7 45.Nc8 (45.Nc8 Kd8 46.Rf8) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1775) – mazettee (1795), rated blitz game (2/12), 2002.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bf6 gf6 9.e3=.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bf6 Bf6 9.Qc2 0-0 10.d4 Re8 11.e4 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Bh4 13.g3 Bg5 14.Rb1 b6 15.Bb5 Bd2 16.Nd2 (16.Kd2 Bf3 17.Bc6 Qg5 18.Kd3 Re4 19.Ba8 Re3 20.Kc4 Ba8-+) 16...Qf6 17.Rf1 (17.d5!? Ne5 18.Be8 Re8 19.Rf1-/+) 17...Qh6= 18.Rf4 Bd7 19.Bc4 Re7 20.Rh4 Qf6 21.e5 Bf5 22.Ne4 Qg6 23.Bd3 Rae8 24.Kf1 Ne5 25.de5 Re5 26.Nf2 Re2 27.Bf5 Rc2 28.Bg6 hg6 29.Re1 Re1 30.Ke1 Ra2 31.Rd4 Kf8 32.Rd7 c5 33.Rb7 f5 34.Kf1 Kg8 35.h4 Rc2 36.Nh3 Rc3 37.Ng5 Kf8 38.Kf2 Ra3 39.Ne6 Ke8 40.Rg7 c4 41.Nc7 Kd8 42.Nb5 Ra5 43.Nd4 Rd5 44.Ke3 a5 45.Rg6 b5 46.Ra6 Kc7 47.h5 f4 48.gf4 Rh5 49.Ra5 Kb6 50.Ra8 Kb7 51.Ra1 Kb6 52.Rb1 Ka5 53.f5 b4 54.f6 Rh3 55.Ke4 b3 56.f7 Rh8 57.Kd5 Kb4 58.Rf1 Rd8 59.Ke4 Rf8 60.Ne6 Rf7 61.Rf7 1–0. Benassi,Aspasio (2130) – Fineboim,Igor (2030), RA–2011–0-00165, 2011.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg3 Bg4 9.Qc2 Bd6 10.d4 (10.Bd6 Qd6 11.e3 a6+=) 10...0-0 (10...Bg3 11.hg3 Qd6 12.Kf2-/+) 11.Bd6 (11.e4 Bg3 12.hg3 Re8+=) 11...Qd6 12.Nbd2 Rfe8 13.e4 Qf4 14.Bd3 Re7 (better is 14...Bf5!+=) 15.0-0+= Qh6 16.e5 Nd7 17.Rae1 Nb6 18.d5?? (better is 18.Ne4+=) 18...Nd5-/+ 19.Nd4? (19.Qb3 Rd8 20.Be4 Nb6 21.Bc6 Qc6-/+ (worse is 21...bc6 22.Qb4 Nd5 23.Qg4+-)) 19...Nd4 (better is 19...Ne3!? 20.Bh7 Kh8-+) 20.cd4-/+ Ne3 21.Qb1? (better is 21.Bh7!? Kh8 22.Qc5 Nf1 23.Nf1-/+) 21...Nf1-+ 22.Nf1 c6 23.Ng3 Rd8 24.Re4 (24.Bf5 Qg5-+) 24...Be6 (24...Rd4 25.Rd4 Qe3 26.Kh1 Qd4 27.Bh7 Kh8 28.Bd3-+) 25.Be2 (25.Qc2-+) 25...Bd5 (better is 25...Rd4! 26.a4-+) 26.Rg4? (better is 26.Nf5 Qe6 27.Rg4-/+) 26...b5?? (better is 26...Qe3 27.Kf1 f5 28.ef6 Rf8-+) 27.Nf5= Qe6 28.Ng7 Qg4 29.Bg4 Kg7 30.Qf5 Rde8 (30...Re6 31.g3 Rde8 32.Qf4 Ba2 33.Be6 Be6 34.Qg5 Kf8 35.Qe3+=) 31.h4 (better is 31.Qf6!? Kg8 32.Bf5+/-) 31...Ba2+= 32.h5 Be6?? (32...Rb7 33.Qg5 Kh8 34.Qh6+/-) 33.Qg5 (33.Qf6 Kg8 34.h6 Bg4 35.Qg7) 33...Kh8?? (better is 33...Kf8=) 34.h6 (34.Qf6 Kg8 35.h6 Bg4 36.Qg7) 34...f5 35.Qf6 (35.Bf5?! Bf5 36.Qf5 a6+=) 35...Kg8 36.Bh5 (36.Bf5?! Bf5 37.Qf5 Rf7=) 36...Rf7 (36...Rb8 37.Qe7 Bf7 38.Bf7 Kh8 39.Qf6) 37.Bf7 Bf7 38.Qg7 1–0. vaingrecsky (2210) – grahamtrue (2265), net–chess.com, 2016.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.e3 Ne5 9.Ne5 0-0 10.Be2 Qd5 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.0-0 Qh5 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bd3 a5 15.a3 Bd7 16.Qe2 Rfb8 17.h3 c5 18.Bc2 Re8 19.c4 b4 20.ab4 cb4 21.d4 Bc6 22.Nbd2 a4 23.e4 b3 24.Bd3 Bb4 25.e5 Qh6 26.Qf2 Nh5 27.Be4 Be4 28.Ne4 Qg6 29.Nfd2 f5 (better is 29...f6!? 30.ef6 Nf6 31.Nf6 Qf6-+ (31...gf6?! 32.c5-/+)) 30.Qf5= Qf5 (30...Qf5 31.Rf5 Ng3 32.Ng3 Bd2-+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2095) – Benassi,Aspasio (2265), KMG, 2003.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nf3 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.Be2 Qd7 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 13.d3 Bb7 14.e4 Nc6 15.c4 Nd4 16.Nd4 Qd4 17.Kh1 c5 18.a4 f5 19.Bf3 fe4 20.Be4 Be4 21.de4 Qe4 22.Rf8 Rf8 23.Qd2 h6 24.Re1 Qc4 25.h3 Qa4 26.Qd7 Qd7 27.Rg1 0-1. galkin (1740) - RayIsHere (1835), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nf3 c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bg4 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Be2 Nf3 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Rf3 Re8 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qe2 Ne4 (16...Qd6!?=) 17.Ne4+= Re4 18.Rf7 Kf7 19.Qf3 Kg8 20.Qe4 Qe8 21.Qc4 Qf7 22.Qf7 Kf7 23.Kf2 Rd8 24.Ke2 Rd6 25.Rf1 Ke7 26.Rf4 b5 27.Rf5 Rc6 28.c3 g6 29.Rd5 a6 30.d3 a5 Black intends b4 31.Kd1 b4 32.Re5 Kd6 33.Re4 Rc8 34.Rf4 Re8 35.Kd2 (35.Rf6 Kd7 36.e4+/-) 35...h6? (better is 35...bc3 36.Kc3 Re3 37.Rf6 Ke7=) 36.c4 a4 37.Rf6 Re6? (better is 37...Kc7+-) 38.Re6 Ke6 39.d4 Kd6 40.Kc2 Kc6 41.dc5?? (better is 41.d5 Kd6 42.h3+-) 41...Kc5+= 42.Kd3 g5 43.g4 a3 44.Kc2 Kc4 45.h3 Kb5 46.Kb3 1–0. pvanr (1890) – gerdiola (1885), gameknot.com, 2009.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nf3 Nd5 9.Nd5 Qd5 10.e3 f5 11.c3 f4 12.Qa4 fe3 13.Bc4 ed2 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Kd1 Bg4 16.Kc1 Qe6 17.Be6 Re6 18.Qg4 Re8 19.Kc2 Nc6 20.Qd7 Red8 21.Qe6 Kh8 22.Rad1 Re8 23.Qf7 Rf8 24.Qh5 Rad8 25.Rhf1 Rfe8 26.Rf2 Ne5 27.Rdf1 Ng6 28.Rf3 c6 29.Rh3 Kg8 30.Qh7 1-0. galkin (1685) - dartfax8 (1620), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Ne4 Re4 13.c3 Ne5 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Qe2 Re5 16.Qf3 f6 17.d4 Rb5 18.a4 Rb3 19.Qe2 Qd5 20.Qa2 c6 21.Rab1 Rb1 22.Qd5 cd5 23.Rb1 b6 24.Rb5 Rd8 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Ke2 Ke6 27.Kd3 Rc8 28.g3 f5 29.Rb3 g5 30.Rb2 h5 31.Rf2 g4 32.Rf4 Rc4 33.h3 Ra4 34.hg4 hg4 35.Rf2 Ra1 36.Rh2 b5 37.Rh6 Kd7 38.Rh7 Kc6 39.Rf7 a5 40.Rf5 a4 41.Rf6 Kc7 42.Rf7 Kb6 43.Rf6 Ka5 44.Rg6 a3 45.Rg4 a2 46.Rf4 Rd1 47.Kc2 a1Q 48.Rf2 Qb1 0-1. galkin (1770) - RobertRoki (1730), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.Bb4 Qh4 8.g3 Qb4 9.Qc1 Bf5 10.c3 Qe4 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Kf2?! (12.Bg2=+) 12...Nf6 (12...Ne5) 13.d3?! (13.Bg2 Ng4 14.Ke1=+) 13...Ng4 14.Kg1 Qe7 15.h3 Ne3 16.Nbd2 (16.Kf2 Nf1 17.Qf1-/+) 16...0-0-0 17.Rh2 h5 18.Nb3 Rde8 19.Qd2?! (19.Nbd4 Nd4 20.Nd4-/+) 19...Qd6 20.Kf2 Rh6 21.Nh4 (21.Rh1 Rg6 22.Rg1-+) 21...Rf6 0–1. Wallace,Gary – Sternik,Ryszard, email KMG–54, 2002.

7.Nf3 Nc3 8.Nc3 Bc3 9.dc3 Qe7 10.Qd4 0-0 11.e4 Nc6 12.Qe3 Ne5 13.Ne5 Qe5 14.Bc4 Bf5! 15.0-0 (15.ef5 Qe3 Double attack (15...Qe3 Pinning; 15...Qe3 Deflection)) 15...Qe4 (15...Be4? 16.Rf4 Rae8 17.Re1+-) 16.Qe4 Be4 17.Rad1 Bc6 (17...Bc2?! 18.Rd7=) 18.Rde1 Rae8 19.Re8 Be8 20.Re1 b5 21.Bd5 c6 22.Bf3 a5 23.Re7 f5 24.g3 g5 25.Kf2 h5 26.Ke3 f4 27.gf4 gf4 28.Kd4 h4 29.a3 Bf7 30.Bc6 Bc4 31.Re8 Re8 32.Be8 Kf8 33.Bc6 Be2 ½–½. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Traczewski,Wojciech, ZI–2009–0-00472, 2009.

7.Bg7 Ne3 8.Qc1 Rg8 9.Qb2? Qh4-+ 10.g3 Qe4 11.Nf3 Nc2 12.Kd1 Na1 13.Qa1 Rg7 (13...Rg7 14.Bg2 Bf5-+) 0–1. touwladder – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

7.e3 0-0 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Ne4 10.0-0 Nc3 11.Nc3 f5 12.Nd4 Qg5 13.Bg4 fg4 14.Rf8 Kf8 15.Qf1 Kg8 16.Nf5 g3 17.Ne4 gh2 18.Kh1 Be5 19.d4 Qg6 20.de5 Nd7 21.Ne7 1-0. galkin (1710) - ammaralsheik (1875), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.e3 Nc6 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bd6).

7.Bb2 Qh4 8.g3 Ng3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nf1 11.Kf1 Bg4-/+.

7.Bb4? Qh4 8.g3 Qf6!-+.

7.Nf3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Nc3 9.dc3 Qe7 10.Qd4 0-0 11.e4 Nc6 12.Qe3 Bf5! 13.Bd3 (13.ef5 Qe3 Double attack (13...Qe3 Pinning; 13...Qe3 Deflection)) 13...Rae8 14.Nd2 Qf6 15.Rb1 Bc8 16.Bb5 Re7 17.Nf3 Bf5! 18.Nd2 (18.ef5 Qc3 Double attack (18...Re3 Pinning; 18...Re3 Deflection)) 18...Bg6 (better is 18...Be4!? 19.Ne4 Qh4 20.g3 Re4 21.gh4 Re3 22.Kd2 Re5-+) 19.Rf1 Qh4 20.Qg3 (20.g3 Qh2 21.Rf4 Qh1 22.Kf2 Qh5-/+) 20...Qg3-+ (20...Be4?? 21.Qh4 Bg2 22.Kd1 Bf1 23.Bc6 Be2 24.Kc1+-) 21.hg3 Be4 22.Ne4 Re4 23.Kf2 Nd8 24.Rh1 h6 25.Rhd1 b6 (25...c6 26.Bf1-+) 26.Rb4 Re5 27.a4 Ne6 28.Rc4 Nc5 29.Bc6 f5 30.a5 g5 31.Re1 Re1 32.Ke1 Kg7 33.g4 fg4 34.ab6 cb6 35.Rg4 Rf6 36.Bd5 a5 37.Rg3 Rf5 38.c4 h5 39.Re3 h4 40.Re7 Kf6 41.Rc7 Ke5 42.Kd2 Rf2 43.Kc3 a4 44.Rh7 Kf4 45.Kb2 Kg3 46.Rh6 Nd3 47.Ka3 Nf4 48.Ka4 Ng2 0–1. pvanr (1975) – eleonard (2070), gameknot.com, 2009.

7.Nf3 Nc3 8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 Bc3 10.dc3 Qe7 11.Qd4 Nc6 12.Qf4 Qc5 13.Bd3 Qc3 14.Kf2 Nb4 15.Qd4 Qd4 16.ed4 Nd3 17.cd3 Be6 18.Rhc1 Rac8 19.Rc3 f6 20.Re1 Bd5 21.Nd2 Rfd8 22.Ne4 b6 23.h3 Rd7 24.g4 a5 25.Re2 Kf8 26.Ke3 Re8 27.Rec2 Ree7 28.Rf2 h6 29.Rcc2 Kf7 30.h4 Be6 31.Rf4 Kf8 32.a3 Rd8 33.Rb2 Kg8 34.Kd2 Red7 35.Ke3 Kf7 36.Rc2 Re7 37.Rc1 Bc8 38.Rg1 Rd5 39.Rc1 Kf8 40.Rc2 h5 41.gh5 Rh5 42.Kd2 Rd7 43.Nc3 Bb7 44.Rc1 Kg8 45.Rb1 Rh6 46.Ne4 Be4 47.Re4 Rg6 48.Kc3 Rg2 49.Rc1 Kf7 50.Kc4 c6 51.Rb1 Rc2 52.Kb3 Rf2 53.Kc3 b5 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter – Wilk,Zdzislaw (1650), RC–2011–0-00073, 2011.

7.Nf3 Nc3 8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 Re8 10.Bd3 Bc3 11.dc3 Re3 12.Kf2 Re8 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.Qf4 Re1 16.Re1 Be6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Nf3 Bc6 21.Nd4 Qd5 22.Nc6 Qc6 (22...bc6?! 23.Qc7 a5 24.Kf1+=) 23.Qd4 a6 24.Bf5 g6 25.Bh3 b5 26.g4 Re8 27.Bg2 Qb6 28.Re8 Ne8 29.Qb6 cb6 30.Ke3 Kf8 31.Kd4 Ke7 32.g5 Kd6 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Kushnaryov,Andrey (2020), SB–2009–0-00072, 2009.

7.Nf3 Nc3 8.Nc3 Bc3 9.dc3 Qe7 10.Qd4 0-0 11.e4 Bg4 12.Rb1 b6 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.Bb5 Bf3 15.gf3 f5 16.0-0 Rad8 17.Ba4 f4 18.Bb3 Kh8 19.Qf2 Ne5 20.Rbd1 g5 21.Kh1 Rd1 22.Rd1 h5 23.Rd5 c6 24.Rd1 Kh7 25.Qd2 Nf3 26.Qd7 Qd7 27.Rd7 Kg6 28.Rd6 Rf6 29.Rd8 g4 30.Bc4 Kg5 31.Re8 Rd6 32.Bd3 Ne1 33.e5 Rd5 34.c4 (34.e6 Nd3 35.cd3 f3-+ (35...Rd3?! 36.e7 Rd1 37.Kg2 f3 38.Kf2 Rd2 39.Kf1 Rd1 40.Kf2 Rd2 41.Kf1 Rd1 42.Kf2=)) 34...Ra5 35.e6 Nd3 36.cd3 f3 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter (1880) – Kunakov,Oleg (2065), IECG, 2009.

7.Nf3 Nc3 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 Bc3 10.dc3 Qe7 11.Rb1 Qe3 12.Qe2 Qe2 13.Be2 0-0 14.Kf2 b6 15.Rbd1 Be6 16.Bb5 Ne7 17.Rhe1 c6 18.Ba4 b5 19.Bb3 Nd5 20.c4 Nc3 21.Rd3 b4 22.c5 Bd5 (22...Na2?! 23.Re6 fe6 24.Ba2=) 23.Bd5 cd5 (23...Nd5?! 24.Nd4=) 24.a3 a5 25.c6 Rac8 26.Nd4 Ne4 27.Kg1 g6 28.ab4 ab4 29.Rb3 Rb8 30.g4 Rfe8 31.Rb2 Kf8 32.Ra2 Ke7 33.Ra7 Kd6 34.Rf7 Kc5 35.c7 Rbc8 36.Nb3 Kb6 37.Rh7 Rh8 38.Rh8 Rh8 39.Rd1 Kc7 40.Rd5 Rh4 41.Kg2 Rg4 ½–½. pvanr (1925) – samjug (1970), gameknot.com, 2009.

7.Bg7? Rg8-+.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qe5 9.Nb4 Nb4 10.Rb1 Na2 11.Nf3 Qd6 12.e3 -/+.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qe5 9.Nb4 Nb4 10.Rb1 Nc6 11.e3=+ 0-0 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.c3 Bd7 14.Rb7+= Be6 15.Qa4 Qd6 16.Ng5 Rfb8 17.Rb8 Rb8 18.Qe4 g6 19.Ne6 Qe6 20.Qc2 Qe7 21.Be2 Qa3 22.Rf1 Qb2 23.Qb2 Rb2 24.Bc4 Nd8 25.Bb3 Rb1 26.Ke2+- Rf1 27.Kf1 Kf8 28.e4 f6 29.d4 Ke7 30.Kf2 h5 31.Kf3 g5 32.h3 Nc6 33.Bd5 White fights for the Initiative 33...Kd6 34.Bc6 Kc6 35.c4 Kd6 36.c5 Kc6 37.Ke3 Kd7 38.d5 Ke7 39.Kd4 Kd7 40.Kc4 c6 41.Kd4 a6 42.Ke3 (42.Ke3 Kd8 43.g3+-) 1–0. Landgraf,Manfred – Hasler,Ulrich, corr KMG–19, 1989.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qe5 9.Nb4 Nb4 10.Rb1 Qe4 11.d3 (11.Rb2!?=+) 11...Qd4-/+ 12.Nf3 Qc3 13.Qd2 Na2 (13...Nc2 14.Kd1 Qd2 15.Kd2+-) 14.Rb3 (14.e3 Qd2 15.Kd2 a5-/+) 14...Qd2-+ 15.Kd2 a5 16.c3 Be6 (better is 16...b6-+) 17.Rb7= Kd7 18.e4 Rhb8 19.Rb8 Rb8 20.d4 (20.Ne5 Kd6 21.d4 Rb2 22.Ke3 Nc3 23.Nc4 Bc4 24.Bc4 f6-/+) 20...Rb2-/+ 21.Kd3 Bb3 (21...Rb3 22.d5 Rc3 23.Kd2 Bd5 24.ed5+=) 22.Ne5 Ke6 23.Nc4 Bc4 24.Kc4 a4 25.g4 (25.g3!?=+) 25...Rc2 26.h4 (26.Kc5 Nc3 (< 26...Rc3 27.Bc4 Ke7 28.Ra1+/-) 27.Bc4 Ke7-/+) 26...Rc1 27.Kc5= Ke7 28.Kb5? Nc3-/+ 29.Kb4 Ne4 30.Bg2 Rh1 31.Bh1 f5 32.Bg2 g6 33.Ka4 Kd6 34.gf5 gf5 35.Bh3 f4-+ 36.Bf5 Nf6 37.Kb3 f3 38.Kc3? f2 39.Bh3 Ne4 40.Kd3 Ng3 41.Ke3 f1Q 42.Bf1 Nf1 (43.Kd3 c5-+) 0–1. Zylla,Johannes – Wochnik,Manfred, corr, 1995.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qh4 9.g3 Qe4 10.Nb4?? Qh1-+ (10...Nb4?! 11.Nf3 Nc2 12.Kf2 Na1 13.Qa1-+; 10...Qb4?! 11.Bg2=+) 11.Nf3 Nb4 12.a3 (12.Kf2 Bg4 13.a3 Nc6-+) 12...Nc6 (12...Nd5 13.Qb1 0-0 14.Qa2-+) 13.Kf2 Bg4 (13...Bg4 14.Bg2 Qd1 15.Rd1 0-0-0-+) 0–1. jaddwarrior (2090) – rico29 (2680), ChessWorld.net, 2017.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qh4 9.g3 Qe4 10.Nc7 Kd8 11.Na8 Qh1 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.c3 Bd6 14.Ng5 Qh2 15.Qb3 Bg3 16.Kd1 Qf2 17.Nf7 Kc8 18.Nh8 Qf1 19.Kc2 Qa1 20.Qg8 Nd8 21.Qc4 Kb8 22.Qg4 Qa2 23.Kd3 Be1 (24.Nb6 Qd2 25.Ke4 ab6-+; 23...Ka8?! 24.Qc8 Bb8 25.Qd8 Qb1 26.Ke3 Qg1 27.Kd3 Qg3 28.Kc4 Qf4 29.Kd3-+) 0–1. Armstrong,A – May,M, SCCA Ch, 2000.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Nd5 Qh4 9.g3 Qe4 10.Nc7 Kd8 11.Nf3 Kc7 12.c3 Bc5 13.d3 Qe3 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.h4 Nb4 16.Qb3 Qf2 17.Kd1 Be6 18.c4 Nd3 19.Rb1 Nb4 20.Kc1 Bf5 21.Rb2 Rhd8 22.e4 Be3 0–1. awnatari (1750) – cimabue (2070), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bg3 Bc3 8.dc3 Qe7 9.Qd3 0-0 10.h3 Rd8 11.Qf3 Ne4 12.Rd1 Bf5 13.Rd3 Qa3 14.e3 Qc1 15.Qd1 Qd1 16.Rd1 Rd1 17.Kd1 Ng3 0–1. awnatari (1750) – varcany (2070), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Rb1 Na6 8.Bf4 (8.Nf3 Ne5 9.Ne5 0-0-+) 8...g5-+ 9.h3 gf4 10.hg4 Bg4. Plock,Joerg – Benassi,Aspasio, friendly corr, 1998.

7.Rb1 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nge5 (8...Nce5?! 9.Rb4 Qe7 10.Qb1+=) 9.Ne5 Bc3 (9...Ne5?! 10.Rb4 Qd6 11.Qb1+=) 10.Nc6 Qh4 11.g3 Qe4 12.dc3 Qc6 13.Rg1 Qc3 14.Qd2 Qd2 15.Kd2 Be6 16.Ke3 0-0-0 17.Bg2 c6 18.Rb2 Rhe8 19.Kf2 Rd2 20.Rgb1 Bf5 21.Bf3 Re7 (21...Bc2 22.Rc1+/-; 21...Rc2?! 22.Rb7 Re5 23.Rf7 Rce2 24.Be2 Bb1 25.Ra7+=) 22.g4 Bg6 (22...Bc2 23.Rc1+/-) 23.c4 Red7 (23...Bb1?! 24.Rd2 Rd7 25.Rb2-/+) 24.Rd2 Rd2 (24...Bb1?! 25.Rb2 Bg6 26.h4-/+) 25.Ra1 Rc2 26.h4 h6 27.Rg1 Ra2 28.c5 Rc2 (28...Rc2 29.h5 Bh7-+) 0–1. Benassi,Aspasio – Loots,Friedhelm, corr KMG_47, 1999.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Bc3 Bb6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.0-0 Qe7 14.Nh4 Ne4 15.Ng6 hg6 16.Bb2 Qd6 17.Qf3 Nd2 18.Nd2 Qd2 19.Bf7 Kh8 20.Bg7 Kg7 21.Qf6 Kh7 22.Qg6 Kh8 23.Qh6 1–0. cimabue (2065) – alleyb (1725), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.a3 Bc5 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 d6 4.a3 Bc5 5.fe5 de5 6.Be5 Nf6 7.e3 0-0).

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 Nd5 9.c3 Bc5+=.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bb2 Ng4 9.Kf1 Nce5-/+ 10.Be5 Ne5 11.Nf3 Re8 12.a4 Nf3 13.Bf3 Qf6 14.c3 Bf5 15.Ke1 Bd6 16.Qe2 Be4 17.a5 Rad8 18.Qf2 Bf3 19.Qf3 Qh4 20.g3 Qc4 21.Rf1 Bc5 22.Qf4 Re4 23.Qc7 Rde8 24.Rf3 Qd5 25.Ke2 g5 26.g4 Rg4 27.Rg3 Rc4 (27...Rc4 28.a6 Be3 29.Qb7 Bd2 30.Kd1 Re1 31.Kc2 Rc1 32.Kb2 Bc3 33.Kc1 Ba1 34.Rc3 Rc3 35.Nc3 Qc5 36.Kd1 Bc3 37.h3 f5 38.Qb3 Kf8 39.Qe6 f4 40.Ke2 Qb5 41.Kf3 Qd3 42.Kg2 Bd4 43.Qd6 Kg7 44.Qd7 Kh6 45.Qe6 Qg6 46.Qg6 Kg6 47.Kf3 Kh5 48.Ke4 Kh4 49.Kd4 f3 50.Ke3 Kg3 51.Kd2 Kh3 52.Ke3 g4 53.Kf2 h5 54.Ke3 Kg2 55.Kf4 f2 56.Kf5 f1Q 57.Ke5 h4 58.Ke4 Qc4 59.Ke5 h3 60.Kd6 h2 61.Ke5 h1Q 62.Kf6 Qh6 63.Ke7 Qhe6 64.Kd8 Qcc8#) 0–1. Merten,Rainer – Kitscha, corr (year?).

7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bf5 (8...Nd5!?-/+) 9.a3+= Bd6 (9...Bc3 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.Nf3=) 10.Nf3 Qe7 (10...Ne4 11.0-0+=) 11.0-0 Bg6 (11...Nd5 12.Qc1+=) 12.Nh4 (12.Qc1 Nd5=) 12...Nd5 (12...Ne4 13.Ng6 fg6 14.Bf3+=) 13.Ng6= hg6 (13...fg6 14.Bc4 Qe4 15.Rf8 Rf8 16.Qe2+=) 14.Rf3 (14.Bf3 Nc3 15.Nc3 Be5= (worse is 15...Ba3 16.Nd5 Qd6 17.Nc7 Qc7 18.Ra3+=)) 14...Nc3 (14...Rad8 15.Qc1=) 15.Nc3 Rad8 16.d4 (16.Qc1 Be5=) 16...Be5 (16...Ba3 17.Rb1 Bc5 18.Qf1=) 17.Qe1 (17.Qd3!?+=) 17...Bd4= 18.ed4 Nd4 19.Qf2 (19.Rb1 Nf3 20.Bf3 Qc5 21.Kh1 Rfe8-/+) 19...Nf3 (19...Rfe8 20.Rf1 Ne2 21.Ne2 Qe2 22.Rf7 Qf2 23.R1f2 (23.Kf2?? Kf7 24.Kg3 Kg8-+) 23...Re1 24.Rf1 Rf1 25.Rf1-/+) 20.Bf3 Qf6 (20...Qe5 21.Qe1 Qc5 22.Kh1-/+) 21.Qc5 Rd2 (21...b6 22.Qb4+= (22.Qc7? Rc8 23.Qa7 Qc3-+)) 22.Rc1 (22.Bb7? Rc2 23.Qa7 Qc3-+) 22...Qf4 (22...b6 23.Qe3 Rfd8 24.Ne4+=) 23.Rf1 (23.Bb7 Re8 24.Rf1 Qe3 25.Qe3 Re3=) 23...b6+= (worse is 23...Rc2 24.Bd1 Rc3 25.Qc3+/- (25.Rf4?? Rc5 26.Rd4 b5-+)) 24.Nd5 bc5 25.Nf4 Rc2 (25...Rb8=) 26.Nd5 (better is 26.Ng6!? Rd8 27.Bd5+=) 26...Rb8 (26...Re8 27.Nc7 Re3 28.Bd5-/+) 27.Ne7 Kh7 28.Be4 (28.Bd5 f5-/+) 28...Re2-/+ 29.Rf4 (29.Nc6 Rbb2 30.Bf3 Re3-/+) 29...Kh6 30.Kf1 (30.Nc6 Rbb2 31.h4 c4-/+) 30...Ra2 (30...Rbb2 31.Rh4 Kg5 32.Rg4 Kf6 33.Ng8 Ke6 34.Bd3-+) 31.Rf7-/+ Rbb2 32.Ng8 (32.Kg1 Re2 33.Ng8 Kg5-/+) 32...Kg5 33.h4 (33.Kg1 Ra1 34.Rf1 Ra3-/+) 33...Kh4-+ 34.Kg1 c4 (34...g5!?-+) 35.Rg7-/+ c3?? (better is 35...Ra3 36.Ne7 g5+=) 36.Rg6+/- c2?? (better is 36...Rb5 37.Nf6 Rg5 38.Rh6 Kg3 39.Rh3 Kf4 40.Rc3 Ke5 41.Rc7 Kf6 42.Ra7 Re5+=) 37.g3 Kh5 38.Nf6 1–0. Revidovich,Alexander (1980) – Chernov,Maksim, Spring Holidays Open, 2011.

7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Qf1 Nd3 12.cd3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Nd5 14.Rc1 Qa3 15.Ne2 Bg4 16.Qf2 Be2 17.Ke2 Qa2 18.Bd4 Qa4 19.Qh4 f5 20.Ra1 Qd7 21.Rhc1 f4 22.Ra3 a5 23.h3 b6 24.e4 Nb4 25.Rc4 b5 26.Rb4 ab4 27.Ra8 Ra8 28.Be5 Rf8 29.Qf2 Qe7 30.Bb2 c5 31.Kd1 c4 32.Qf3 Qa7 33.d4 Qa2 34.Kc1 c3! 35.dc3 Rc8 36.Qg4 Qc4 37.Qh5 Kh8 38.Qg4 bc3 (38...bc3 39.Qc8 Qc8-+) 0–1. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Benassi,Aspasio, corr KMG1/08C, 2000.

7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.Bc3 Bd6 9.Be2 Re8 10.Qf1 Nd5 11.Nf3 N7f6 12.Bb2 Ng4-+ 13.Bc4 Nge3! 14.de3 Ne3 15.Bf7 Kh8 16.Qd3-/+ Bf5 17.Qb5 c6 18.Qb3 Bc2 (18...Bc2 19.Be8 Bb3 20.ab3 Nc2 21.Kd1 Na1 (21...Qe8?! 22.Kc2 Qg6 23.Kc1-+) 22.Ba1 Qe8-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Bendig,Frank, email KMG–50, 2001.

7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.Bg3 Re8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Nh3 Ne5 11.Be5 Re5 12.c3 Bg4 13.Qg3 Qd5 14.Nf2 Bh5 15.Qf4 Rae8 16.Bd3 Qg2 17.Qg3 Qg3 18.hg3 Rg5 19.Rg1 Bf3 20.Be2 Bc6 21.Ra2 a6 22.Rb2 b5 23.Nh3 Rge5 24.Nf4 Rg5 25.Nh3 Rge5 26.Nf4 Rd8 27.Nd3 Rg5 28.Nb4 Bb7 29.c4 Ne4 30.cb5 ab5 31.Bf3 c5 32.Be4 Be4 33.Nc3 Bb7 34.Nba2 Bc6 35.Nb5 Bb5 36.Rb5 Bd2 37.Kf2 Rf5 38.Kg2 Be3 39.Rd1 Rf2 40.Kh3 Re8 41.Nc3 h5 42.Nd5 Bd4 43.Rbb1 Ree2 44.Rh1 g5 (44...g5 45.Rbf1 Kg7-+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk (1810) – Lusow,Thomas, KO–025 VCC, 2002.

7.Nf3 c5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Bb2 a6 11.a4 Nd7 12.d4 (12.Qe1!? Nb6 13.Bd3=) 12...Qe7 13.Bc1? (13.Qe2 Nb6 14.Bd3 c4 15.Bc4 Nc4 16.Qc4 Qe3 17.Kh1 Qf4+=) 13...Rad8?? (better is 13...cd4 14.ed4 Nd4-+) 14.c3+= Ba5 15.Qb3 Nb6 16.Ra2? Nc4-+ 17.Qc4 Be6 18.Qe2 Ba2 19.Qa2 h6 20.Qc4 cd4 21.ed4 Qe4 22.Ba3 b5! 23.ab5 ab5 24.Qb3 Rfe8 25.Bc1 b4 26.cb4 Nd4 27.Nd4 Qd4 28.Kh1 Qf2! 29.Qc4 Qe1 30.Nd2?? Rd2 (30...Rd2 31.Bd2 Qd2 32.Qf7 Kh7 33.Qe8 Qd3+-). Streit,Bodo – Boehm,Matthias, Mecklenburg VP LL2, 2006.

7.Nf3 Re8 8.a3 Nbd7 9.Bf4 Be7-/+ 10.Be2 Nh5 11.0-0 Nf4 12.ef4 Bd6 13.g3 Nf6 14.Re1 Bg4 15.Nc3 Qd7 16.Ng5? Bc5-+ 17.Kg2 Re2! 18.Re2 Qc6 (18...Qc6 19.Nce4 Ne4 20.Ne4 Re8-+ (20...Be2?! 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Re1-+); 18...Be2?! 19.Qe2 Re8 20.Qd3 Qd3 21.cd3-/+) 0–1. Registration (2315) – Firedragg2 (2575), ICC, 2003.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0 Qd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qe1 b5 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nh2 Rad8?? 16.Rd1?? Ne5?? 17.Bh5 Nh5=+ 18.Ne4 Qg6-/+ 19.Nc3 c5 20.Ne2? Nc4-+ 21.Bc1?! Qc2 22.Qf2 Rd7 23.Nf3?? Ne3! 24.de3 Rd1 25.Ne1 Qg6 26.Bb2 Re1 27.Re1 Be1 28.Qe1 h6 29.Qc3 Qg5 30.Nf4 Nf4 31.ef4 Qg6 32.Qc5 Qb1 (32...Qb1 33.Kh2 Qb2-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Kohle, Magdeburg, 1990.

8.ab4 Ne5 9.Nf3 Nf3 10.Qf3 Qh4 11.Qg3 Qb4 12.Qc7 Nc6 13.Nc3 Qb2 14.Rb1 Qc2 15.Bc4 Bf5 (15...Qf5 16.Bd5=+) 16.Bb3 (16.Qb7?? Rab8 17.Bf7 Kh8 18.Qb8 Nb8-+) 16...Qd3 17.Qb7 Rac8 18.Rb2 Ne5 19.Bd5 Rc3! 20.dc3 Qc3 (21.Ke2 Bg4 22.Bf3 Bc8-+) 0–1. Registration (2400) – FatalError (2460), ICC, 2003.

8.ab4 Ne5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d4 Nf3 11.gf3 Qh4 12.Kd2 Qf2 13.Qe2 Qf3 14.Qf3 Bf3 15.Rg1 =+.

8.ab4 Ne5 9.h4 Qd6-/+ 10.b5 Qg6 11.Nh3 Qg3 12.Nf2 Bg4 13.Qc1 Nbd7 14.Ra3 Nc5 15.e4= Qf4 16.Nc3 f5 17.Nd5 Qh6 18.Qb2 Qd6 19.Qa2 Kh8 20.d4+/- Ne4 21.de5 Qe5 22.Ne4 fe4 23.Be2 Be6 24.c4 c6 25.bc6 bc6 26.Nb4 Qc5 27.Nc6 Qc6 28.Ra7 Ra7 29.Qa7 Qd6 30.Qe3 Bc4! 31.Bc4 Qb4 32.Qd2 Qc4 33.h5 h6 34.Qe3 Rb8 35.Kf2 Qf7 36.Kg3 Rb3 37.Re1 Re3 38.Re3 Qf5 39.Re2 Qe5 40.Kf2 Qf4 41.Ke1 e3 (41...e3 42.Rb2 Qh4 43.g3 Qh1 44.Ke2 Qh5 45.Kd3 Qf5 46.Ke3 Qe5 47.Kf3 Qb2-+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk (2215) – Isidro,Miguel (2120), IECC, 2000.

8.ab4 Ne5 9.h4 Qf6 10.Nc3 Nbc6 11.b5 Nb4 12.Rb1 Bg4 13.Qc1 c5 14.bc6 Nec6 15.Be2 Qg6 16.Bg4 Qg4-/+ 17.Kf1 a5 18.Nf3 Rfd8 19.h5 h6 20.Rh4 Qf5 21.Kg1 b5 22.Ne4 Ra7 23.d4 Rb8 24.c4 bc4 25.Qc4 a4 26.Nc3 a3 27.e4 Qd7 28.Na2 Qd8 29.Rh1? Na2-+ 30.Rb8 Qb8 31.Qa2 Rb7 (31...Rb7 32.Qa3 Rb1 33.Kf2 Rh1-+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Benassi,Aspasio, corr KMG–44, 1999.

8.a3 Bc5 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.0-0 Rad8 12.Qe1 Nd7 13.Nc3 Bf3 14.gf3 Nce5 15.Be2 Ng6 16.f4 Nb6 17.f5 Rd2 18.fg6 Rc2 19.Qb1 Qg5 (19...Re2!? 20.Ne2 Qe3 21.Kh1 Qe2 22.gf7 Rf7 23.Rf7 Kf7 24.Qf5 Kg8 25.Qc5 Qb2+=) 20.Kh1+/- Qg6 21.Rf2 Nc4 (21...Be3? 22.Rg2 Bg5 23.h4 Rb2 24.Qb2+-) 22.Bd3 Rf2 23.Bg6 hg6 24.Ne4 Rb2 25.Qd3 Ne3 26.Nc5 Ng4 27.Qd4 Nf2 28.Kg2 Rc2 29.Kf3 b6 30.Rf1 Rc5 31.Rf2 Rf5 32.Kg2 Rg5 33.Kf1 Rc5 34.Re2 a5 35.Kf2 Rf5 36.Ke1 (36...Rf3 37.a4+-) 1–0. marekt – riverplate, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

8.a3 Ne5 9.ab4 Ne4 10.Ne5= Qf6 11.Qh5 Qf2 12.Kd1 Qf6 13.Kc1 g6 14.Ng6 hg6 15.Qa5= Bf5 16.Be2+= Qh4 17.Bf3 c6 18.d3 Nf2 19.Rg1 Bd3 20.cd3 Nd3 21.Kc2 b6 22.Qa3 Nb4 23.Kb3 a5 24.Rd1 Rfe8 25.Qc1 Rad8 26.Rd8 Rd8 27.Be2 Qh2 28.Nc3 Qg2 29.e4 Qg3 30.Qh6 b5 31.Rh1 a4 32.Kb2 Qe5 33.Rh3 Rd7 34.Qh4 Rd6 35.Kb1 Kf8 36.Qh6 Ke7 37.Qc1 Rd4 38.Qe3 a3 39.Qc1 a2! 40.Ka1 Re4 41.Qb2 Qd4 42.Rh1 Re3 43.Rc1 Kf8 (43...Kf8 44.Bf1 Ke8-+; 43...Ke8 44.Bf1-+) 0–1. Boehnke,Hartmut – Markus,Nico, VM2002–VR–Gr03, 2002.

8.a3 Ne5 9.ab4 Qe7 10.Ne5 Qe5 11.Nc3 =+.

8.a3 Ne5 9.ab4 Re8 10.Be2 (10.Nc3 Qd6+=) 10...Nf3 (10...Nd5 11.0-0+=) 11.Bf3+= Qd4 12.c3 Qh4 13.g3 Qh3 14.Qe2 Bg4 (14...Ne4 15.Na3 c6 16.Nc4=) 15.Qg2 c6 (15...Qg2 16.Bg2 Ne4 17.Rf1=) 16.0-0 (16.Qh3 Bh3 17.Na3 Ne4=) 16...Qh6 (16...Qh5 17.Bg4 Qg4 18.b5+=) 17.Bg4= (17.Bg4 Ng4 18.Na3=). Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Gabor, Tiger SC, 2000.

8.a3 Ne5 9.ab4 Nf3 10.Qf3 Qd6 11.b5 Re8 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Qf2 Nd5 (14...Bd7 15.bc6 Bc6 16.0-0=) 15.0-0 Nc3 16.Qf7 (16.dc3?! Bh5=) 16...Kh8 17.dc3 Qe5 (17...Qc5 18.Qf4 Bd7 19.Qd4+/-) 18.Qf4+- Bd7? (better is 18...Qf4 19.Rf4 Bc8+-) 19.Qe5 Re5 20.Ra7!! Rb8 (20...Ra7 21.Rf8#) 21.Rb7! Rd8 (21...Rb7 22.Rf8#) 22.Rd7! (22...Rb8 23.bc6+-) 1–0. Marre – jar61, zagraj.pl, 2003.

8.a3 Be7 9.Bb2 a6 10.Be2= b5 11.0-0 Qd6 12.c4 bc4 13.Qc2 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Qe4 Nc6 17.Bc4 Be6 18.Be6+= Qe6 19.Qe6 fe6 20.Rc1 Rfb8 21.Rc6 Rb2 22.Rc7 Bf6 ½–½. von Saleski,Marcel – Leisebein,Peter (2155), desc–online.de, 2001.

8.a3 Be7 9.Bc4 Ne5 10.Ne5 Ne4 (10...Bd6 11.d4-/+) 11.0-0 (11.Qf3 Ng5 12.Qg3 Bf5=+) 11...Nd6 (11...Bf6 12.d4 Be5 13.de5-/+) 12.d4 (12.Qf3 Bf6 (12...Nc4?! 13.Nc4 Be6 14.Na5=) 13.Nf7 Nf7-+ (13...Rf7?! 14.Bf7 Nf7 15.d4-/+)) 12...Bf6 (12...Nc4 13.Nc4 c5 14.Nc3=+) 13.Bb3 (13.Bd3 Be5 14.de5 Nf5=) 13...Qe7=+ 14.Nc3 (14.Qh5!?=+) 14...Be5-/+ 15.Nd5 Bh2 16.Kh2 Qh4 17.Kg1 c6 18.Rf4 Qg5 19.Nc3 (19.Nc7 Bh3 20.Qf3 Rac8 21.Qh3 Rc7-/+) 19...Be6 20.Qf3 Bb3 21.cb3 f5 22.Rf1 Qe7 23.Re1 Rad8 24.Qg3 Qe6 25.Rb1 Rfe8 26.Rf3 g6 27.Qh4 Qe7 28.Qe7 Re7 29.Kf2 Kg7 30.Rh1 Nf7 31.Rf4 Rde8 32.Rh3 Ng5 33.Rg3 h6 34.Rh4 b6 35.b4 a6 36.a4 Ne4 37.Ne4 Re4 38.Rgh3 Rh4 ½–½. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – De Smet,Marc, IECG Cat–C, 1995.

8.a3 Ng4 9.ab4 Nce5 10.Nc3 Qf6 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Ra3 Qd6 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Qb5 Nc6 15.Ra4 Qg6 16.Ra2 a6 17.Qa4 Be6 18.Rb2 Ne5 19.b5=+ ab5 20.Qb5 Bd7 21.Qb7 Bc6 22.Qc7 Bg2 23.Rg1 Ra1 24.Rb1 Rb1 25.Nb1 Nf3 26.Kf2 Ng1 27.Bg2 Qg4 28.Kg1 Qd1 29.Kf2 Qb1 30.Bd5 Rf8 31.Ke2 Qb5 32.c4 Qb2 33.e4 h6 34.c5 Qb5 Black gets in control 35.Ke3 Qf1 36.c6 Ra8=+ 37.Kd4 Qf3 38.Qe7=+ Ra4 39.Bc4 Qf1 40.Qd8 Kh7-/+ 41.d3 Qa1 42.Kd5 Ra8 43.Qb6 Qf6 44.Kc5 Qe5-+ 45.Bd5 Qe7 46.Kd4-/+ Qg5 47.Qb4 Qg1-+ 48.Kc4 Qc1 49.Kd4 Qa1 50.Kc5 Qa7 51.Kc4 Qf2 52.Qc3 Ra2 53.Kb5 Rc2 54.Qb4 Qa7 55.d4 Rc1 56.Bc4 Rb1! 57.Bb3 Qb8 ½–½. Sternik,Ryszard – Plock,Joerg, corr KMG–63, 2005.

8.a3 Ng4 9.ab4 Nce5 10.Nc3 Qf6 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Qf2 Qg6 14.e4 a6 15.Be2 Rd8 16.Ra5 Nc6 17.Bh5 Qe6 18.0-0 f6 19.Rd5 Bd7 20.Rb1 b6 21.Qg3 Ne5 22.Ne2 Kh8 23.Nf4 Qe7= 24.Qc3 c6=+ 25.Rd4 c5 26.bc5 Qc5 27.Qc5 bc5 28.Rd5 g5 29.Ne2 Ba4 30.Rb2 Bc6 31.Rd8= Rd8 32.d3 a5 33.Rb6 a4 34.Ra6 f5 35.ef5+= Ra8 Black fights for the Initiative 36.Ra8 Ba8 37.Nc3 a3 38.Kf2 Bd5! 39.Ke3 Bg2 40.d4 Nc4 41.Kd3 Nb2 42.Ke3=+ Na4!? 43.Na2 Bd5-/+ 44.Nc1 a2 45.Na2 Ba2 46.Be8 cd4 47.Kd4 Nb2 48.Ke5 Kg7 49.f6 Kf8 50.Bh5 Nc4 51.Kf5 Bb1 52.Kg5 Bc2 53.Kf4 Bd3 54.Kg5 Ne5 55.Bd1 Nf7 56.Kf4 Nd6 57.Ke5 Nc4 58.Kd4 Nb2 59.Bb3 Bb1 60.Kc3 Nd3 61.Kd4 Nf2 62.Be6 h6 63.Ke3 Ne4 64.Bf5 Nc3 (64...Nc3 65.Bb1 Nb1-+) 0–1. Sternik,Ryszard – Nemec,Zdenek, email KMG–55, 2001.

8.a3 Ng4 9.ab4 Nce5 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.b5= Qh4 13.g3 Qh3 14.Bf1 Qh6 15.Nc3 Rd8 16.Ra4 Qg6 17.Bg2 Bf5 18.Be4 Be4=+ 19.Re4 Qf5 20.Rf1= Qg5 ½–½. Boehnke,Hartmut (2030) – von Saleski,Marcel (2085), DESC, 2001.

8.Bb2 b6 9.Bd3=+ Bb7 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nh4 Ne5 12.Nf5 Qe6 13.Qe1 Nd3 14.cd3 Qd5? (14...Bc5 15.Qh4 Ne8 16.d4+=) 15.e4 (better 15.Rf3 Bc8 16.Nh6 Kh8 17.Rf6+-) 15...Qd3+/- 16.Bf6 Bc5 (16...gf6?? 17.Rf3 Qf3 18.gf3+-) 17.Kh1 gf6?? (better 17...Rae8 18.Nc3 Be4 (18...gf6 19.Qh4 h5 20.Rf3 Bf2 21.Qf6 Bd4 22.Qg5 Kh8 23.Qh6 Kg8 24.Rd3 Be5 25.Rg3 Bg3 26.Qg7) 19.Ne4 Re4+/-) 18.Rf3+- Qe4 (18...Qf3 19.gf3 Rfd8+-) 19.Qg3 (19.Qg3 Qg4 20.Qg4 Kh8 21.Qg7) 1-0. foytik (2360) - Strack (2150), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Bc4 Kh8 10.0-0 Bg4 11.d3 Bf3 12.Rf3 Ng5 13.Rf1 a6 14.Nc3 b5 15.Bb3 Ne5 16.Ne2 f6 17.Nf4 c5 18.h4 c4 19.dc4 bc4 20.Ba4 Ne4 21.Ne6 Qd1 22.Rad1 Rfc8 23.Nd4 c3 24.Bc1 Nd2 25.Rf4 Nec4 26.Ne6 Ne3 27.Re1 Nd5 28.Nd4 Bc5 29.Kh2 Nb4 30.Nf5 Na2 31.Bd2 Nb4 32.Bc3 Nd5 33.Bf6 Nc3 34.Bg7 Kg8 35.Bh6 Nd5 36.Rg4 Kf7 37.Rg7 Kf6 38.Rf1 Bd6 0-1. alessandrocarvalhaes (1935) - jmorgan (1940), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Be2 Nd2?? 10.Nbd2+/- Qf6?? (better 10...Qe7 11.e4! Rd8+/-) 11.Bf6+- (11.Bf6 gf6 12.Bb5+-) 1-0. HAHAHAHAHA22 (1895) - SE5b (1765), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Bf3 11.Bf3 Nd2 12.Nd2 Qd2 13.Qd2 Bd2 14.Rad1 Be3-+ 15.Kh1 Rad8 16.Bc6 bc6 17.c4 c5 18.a4 a5 19.Bc3 Bd4 20.Ba5 Rd7 (better is 20...Ra8!? 21.Bc7 Ra4-+) 21.Rb1 Ra8 22.Rb5? (better is 22.Be1+=) 22...g6 23.Rfb1 Kg7 24.h3?? (24.Bd2 Ra4 25.Rc1 Ra2-+) 24...Re7 (better is 24...c6 25.Bd2 cb5 26.ab5 Ra2-+) 25.Be1 Re2?? 26.a5-/+ Ra2 27.Bg3 Ra4 28.Bc7-/+ Rc4 29.Bb6 Be5 30.Re1 f6 31.Rbb1 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1800) – kge1, Active (3/0), 2005.

8.Bb2 Be6 9.Be2 Ba5 10.0-0 a6 11.c4 Bb6 12.c5 Bc5 13.Nc3 Nd5 14.d4 Nc3 15.Bc3 Bb6 16.Qc2 Bd5 17.Bd3 g6 18.Ng5 Qf6 19.Rf6 Ne7 20.e4 Bc6 21.Raf1 Bd7 22.e5 Be8 23.Kh1 Nd5 24.Ba1 Ne3 25.R6f5 Nc2 26.Bc2 gf5 27.Rf5 Bc6 28.Rf4 h6 29.Nh3 Rad8 30.Rg4 Kh8 31.e6 f6 32.e7 Rfe8 33.ed8Q Rd8 34.Ng1 Bd5 35.Rf4 f5 36.Rf5 Kg7 37.Rf3 Bf3 38.Nf3 c6 39.h3 h5 40.d5 Kf7 41.dc6 bc6 42.Ne5 Ke6 43.Nc6 1-0. Max1993Brand (1925) - beepbeepimnotajeep (1955), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

8.Bb2 Be7 9.Bc4 Nd5 10.0-0 Bf6 (10...Be6 11.Qe2=) 11.Bf6 Qf6 (11...Nf6 12.Nc3=) 12.Na3 (12.Nd4 Qe5 13.Bd5 Qd5+=) 12...Be6 (12...Nb6 13.Bd3=) 13.Nd4 (13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Qc1 Rab8=) 13...Qe5 (13...Qe7 14.Ne6 fe6 15.Qg4=) 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Qf3 (15.Rb1 Nb6 16.Qe2 Qa5 17.Be6 fe6=) 15...Ne7 (15...Qd6!? 16.Bd5 Qd5=) 16.Be6+= fe6 17.Qh3 Rf5 18.Nc4 Qc5 19.Rf5 (19.d3 Raf8+/-) 19...ef5= 20.d3 Rf8 (20...Nc8 21.Rf1 Nd6 22.Rf4=) 21.Rf1 (better is 21.Qg3+=) 21...f4? (better is 21...Nc8+=) 22.Qe6+- Rf7?! (22...Kh8 23.d4 Qg5+-) 23.Ne5 (23.Rf4?! Qd5 24.Qf7 Qf7 25.Rf7 Kf7+-) 23...Qe3 (23...Qd5 24.Qf7 Qf7 25.Nf7 Kf7 26.Rf4 Ke6 27.Re4 Kd6+-) 24.Kh1 f3 (24...Qe5 25.Qe5 Ng6 26.Qe8 Nf8+-) 25.Qf7 Kh8 26.Qe8 (26...Ng8 27.Nf7#) 1–0. Trkn – guest6692, ICC, 2004.

8.Bb2 Be7 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Ne5?? (11.Nc3 a6=) 11...Ne4 (better is 11...Ne5 12.Be5 Qd5-+) 12.d3 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nd5 14.Nc6 Bc6 15.e4?? Ne3-+ 16.Qe2 Nf1 17.Kf1 Bc5 18.Nd2 Bd4 19.c3 Bf6 20.d4 Re8 21.e5 Bf3 22.Qf3? Be5! 23.Nc4 Bf6 24.Rd1 Qd7 25.Ba1 Qb5 26.Qd3 c5 27.Nb2 Qd3 28.Nd3 cd4 29.cd4 Rad8 30.Nf2 Re7 31.Ng4 Red7 32.Nf6 gf6 33.Kf2 Rd5 34.g3 Kg7 35.h3 Kg6 36.g4 f5 37.Kg3 fg4 38.hg4 h5 39.gh5 Rh5 40.Kf4 f5 41.Rg1 Kf6 42.Re1 Rh4 43.Ke3 Re4 44.Kd2 Re1 45.Ke1 Ke6 46.Ke2 Kd5 47.Kf3 Re8 48.Bb2 Re1 49.Bc3 Re4 50.Ba1 Kc4 51.Bb2 Kd3 52.Ba1 Kc2 53.d5 Kb1 54.Bh8 Re8 (54...Re8 55.Bf6 Re1-+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1770) – pabloscorpion (1740), Active, 2007.

8.Bb2 Be7 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Bh5 11.Ne1 Be2 12.Qe2 Re8 13.d3? (better is 13.Qf2!?=) 13...Bc5-/+ 14.Rf3 (14.Bf6 Re3 15.Qf2 Qf6 16.Qf6 gf6-/+) 14...Nd4! 15.Bd4 (15.ed4 Bd4) 15...Bd4 (better is 15...Qd4! 16.ed4 Bd4 17.Kf1 Re2 18.Ke2 Re8 19.Kd2 Ba1-/+) 16.c3=+ Bb6 17.d4 c5 18.Nd2 cd4 19.cd4 Qd4! 20.ed4 Re2 21.Nb3 Rd8 22.Rd3 Nd5 23.Kf1 Ree8 24.Nf3 g6 25.Re1 Kf8 26.Rd2 Re1 27.Ke1 Re8 28.Kd1 f6 29.Kc2 Rc8 30.Kb2 h6 31.a3 a6 32.Rc2 Rc2 33.Kc2 Ke7 (better is 33...Ne3!? 34.Kd3 Ng2-+) 34.g3-/+ f5 35.Kd3 g5 36.Ne5 Ke6 37.Nc4 Ba7 38.a4 b5 39.ab5 ab5 40.Ncd2 Nf6 ½–½. valpa – cccmember, HCL–B2489 playchess.de, 2004.

8.Bb2 Bf5 9.Be2 Qd6 10.0-0 (10.c3 Bc5 11.d4 Bb1 12.Qb1 Ba3=) 10...Bg6 (10...Nd5 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nh4=) 11.Ne1 (11.Nh4 Nd5=) 11...Rfe8 (11...Nd5 12.Nd3=) 12.Nf3 (12.Bf6!? gf6 13.a3+=) 12...Rad8=+ 13.d3? (better 13.a3 Bc5 14.Nh4=+) 13...Re3 (13...Nd5 14.Bc1-+) 14.Nbd2 Rde8 (14...Qe7 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Nc4-+) 15.Nc4 Qc5 (15...Qe7 16.Bf6 gf6 17.a3-+) 16.Ne3? (better 16.d4 Qe7 17.Nfe5-/+) 16...Qe3-+ 17.Kh1 Qe2 18.Qe2 (18.Bf6 Qd1 19.Rfd1 gf6-+) 18...Re2 19.Bf6 gf6 20.c4? (20.Rac1 Bh5-+) 20...Bc5 (better 20...Bd3!? 21.a3 Bd6 22.Rac1-+) 21.Rfd1 Nd4 22.Nd4 (22.Rd2 Rd2 23.Nd2 Bd3-+) 22...Bd4 23.Rac1 (23.Re1 Bd3 24.Re2 Be2-+ (worse 24...Ba1 25.Re1 Be5 26.c5-+)) 23...Ra2 24.h3 Ra3 25.Rb1 (25.Rc2 a5-+ (25...Rd3?! 26.Rd3 Bd3 27.Rd2-+; 25...Bd3?! 26.Rcd2-+)) 25...b6 (25...Rd3?! 26.Rd3 Bd3 27.Rd1 Bc4 28.Rd4-+) 26.Rb4 (26.Rd2 Bc3 27.Rdd1 Be5-+) 26...Rd3 (better 26...c5!? 27.Rbb1 Bd3 28.Rd3 Rd3 29.Rc1-+) 27.Rd3 Bd3 28.Kh2 (28.Ra4 a5-+) 28...Bc5 29.Ra4 a5 30.Kh1 (30.Kg3 Bb4-+) 30...Kg7 31.Kh2 Kg6 32.Kg3 Kf5 33.Kf3 Ke5 0-1. valpa - johann coupov (2005), ChessWorld.net, 2009.

8.Bb2 Bf5 9.Be2=+ Qe7 10.0-0= Bg6 11.Nh4 Rad8 12.Bf6 gf6 13.c3 Bc5 14.Rf3 f5 15.Qe1 Ne5 16.Rh3 Nd3 17.Bd3 Rd3 18.Qg3 Qd7 19.Qe5 Bd6=+ 20.Qa5 f4 21.Qg5 fe3 22.Re3-+ Re3 23.Qe3 Re8 24.Qf2 -+. Bendig,Frank – Olms, corr, 1994.

8.Bb2 Bf5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bg6 (10...Ne4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nh4-/+) 11.Nh4= Re4 (11...Be4 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Nf5=) 12.Ng6 hg6 13.Bd3 Rh4 14.g3 Rh6 15.Qf3 Be7 16.Be4 (16.Na3 Qd7=) 16...Qd6 17.Nc3 (17.Bd3!?=) 17...Ne5+= 18.Qf4? (18.Qg2 c6 19.Rab1+=) 18...Neg4?? (better is 18...g5 19.Qf5 g6-+) 19.Nd5+= Re8 20.Bf6 Nf6 21.Ne7 (21.Qd6!? cd6 22.Bf3+=) 21...Re7= 22.Qd6 cd6 23.Bf3 Ne4 24.d3 Nc3 25.e4 b5 26.h4 g5 27.h5 a5 28.a3 Rf6 29.Kg2 Rfe6 30.Bg4 Re5 31.Rf5 (31.Bf5 Rc5=) 31...Rf5 (31...d5 32.ed5 Nd5 33.Re5 Re5 34.Kf2=) 32.Bf5 Rc7 (32...d5 33.Kf3=) 33.Bg4 (33.Kf3 Kf8+=) 33...Kf8 34.Kf2 (34.Bf3 Ke7=) 34...d5 35.e5 d4 36.Bf3 (36.Kf3!?+=) 36...Ke7-/+ 37.h6? (better is 37.Re1!?-/+) 37...gh6-+ 38.Rh1 Rc5 39.Rh6 Re5 (39...Nb1 40.Ra6 Rc2 41.Ke1-+) 40.Ra6 b4 (better is 40...a4 41.Ra7 Kf8-+) 41.ab4+= ab4 42.Ra7 Kf6 43.Rb7 (43.Bh5 Re7 44.Ra6 Kg7=) 43...Rb5 (43...Na2 44.Bd1+=) 44.Rd7= b3 45.cb3 Rb3 46.Rd4 Ke5 47.Rg4 Rb2 48.Ke1 f6 49.Rc4 Nb5 50.Re4 Kd6 51.Bg4 Nc7 52.Be2 Nd5 53.Rd4 Ke5 54.Re4 Kd6 55.Rc4 f5 56.Kf2 g4 57.Ke1 Ke5 58.Rc8 Kd4 59.Rd8 Ra2 60.Bd1 Rb2 1–0. Lunin,Mikhail – Gavrilenko,Viktor, 2009.

8.Bb2 Bf5 9.Be2 Bg6 10.0-0 h6 11.c3 (11.Nh4 Be7+=) 11...Be7 12.d4 (12.Qb3 Rb8=) 12...Ne4 13.Bd3 Bd6 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Nbd2 Nd2 16.Qd2 Ne7 (16...Bd3!? 17.Qd3 Re7=) 17.e4+= c6 18.e5 Bc7 19.Rae1 Qc8 20.Bg6 Ng6 21.Qf2 Qg4 22.h3 Qe6 23.Nh4 (23.Ba3!?=) 23...Nh4+= 24.Qh4 Qa2 25.Rf2 Qe6 26.Ref1 Re7 27.Qg3 Rae8 28.Ba3 Rd7 29.Rf6 Be5?? 30.Re6+- Bg3 31.Re8 Kh7 32.Re3 Bh4 33.Ref3 f6 34.Re3 Bg5 35.Re2 h5 36.Rfe1 Rd5 37.Re7 Rb5? 38.Rd7 Rb3 39.Bb4 Kg6 40.Ree7 Bh6 41.Rb7 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1815) – lexing (1790), Active, 2008.

8.Bb2 h6 9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0 b6 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Nh4 Nd5 13.Nd5 Qd5 14.Nf5 f6 15.Ne7 Ne7 16.Bf3 (16...Qb5 17.Bb7 Qb2 18.Ba8 Ra8 19.a3+-) 1–0. Eralos – KHW, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

8.Bc3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Bc4 Bg4 12.0-0 Bf3 13.Rf3 Ne5 14.Rf4 b6 15.Bb3 c6 16.d4 Ng6 17.Rf5 Qe7 18.Qd3 Rbe8 19.e4 Ne4 (better is 19...c5!?=) 20.Re1+/- Nc3 21.Re7 Ne7 22.Bf7 Rf7 23.Rf7 Kf7 24.Qf3 Kg8 25.Qc3 Rd8 26.Qa3 Rd7 27.Qe3 Kf7 28.Qf4 Ke8 29.Qe5 Kf7 30.Qh5 Kf8 31.c3 (worse is 31.Qh7 Rd4 32.Qh5 Rd5+/-) 31...h6 32.Qg4 Rb7 33.c4 b5 (better is 33...Kf7+-) 34.d5! bc4 (34...cd5 35.Qf3 Double attack (35.Qf3 Decoy; 35.cd5 Passed pawn)) 35.d6 Rb1 36.Kf2 Rb2 37.Kf3 (37.Kf3 Rb7 38.d7 Rd7 39.Qd7+-) 1–0. pvanr (1810) – john60 (1865), gameknot.com, 2009.

8.Bc3 Qd6 9.a3 Bc5 10.Bd3 Nd5 11.0-0 Qh6 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.Qe1 f5 15.Bc4 Nb6 16.Be6 Qe6 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Kh1 a6 19.Rae1 Qd6 20.Na4 Na4 21.Qc4 Qe6 22.Qa4 b5 23.Qf4 Bd6 24.Qg5 Qg6 25.Qg6 hg6 26.Kg1 Ne5 27.Be5 Be5 28.Ne5 Re5 29.d3 c5 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.Rd1 g5 32.h3 Ke6 33.a4 b4 34.Kf3 Rh8 35.Rb1 a5 36.c3 Rd8 Black gets in control 37.cb4 cb4 38.d4 g4 39.hg4 fg4 40.Kf2 g3 41.Kf3 Rf8 42.Ke2 Ref5 43.Rfc1 Rf2 44.Kd3 Rg2 45.Rc6= Kf5 46.Ra6 Rf2 47.Rg1 g2 48.Ra5 Kg4 49.Rb5 Rb2 50.Ke4 Rf1-+ 51.Rb4 Rg1 52.Rb2 Kg3 53.Rb5 Re1 54.Rg5 Kf2 55.Rg2 Kg2 56.d5 g5 57.d6 g4 (57...g4 58.a5 Ra1-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2825) – zoltanln (2860), net–chess.com, 2007.

8.Bc3 Qd6 9.Bb4 Qb4 10.Nc3 Qg4 11.g3 Ne4 12.Ne4= Qe4 13.Bg2 Qc4 14.c3 Bg4 15.Qe2= Qe2 16.Ke2 Ne5 17.Rhf1 Rad8 18.d4+= Nf3 19.Bf3 Bf3 20.Rf3 f6 21.e4 Kf7 22.Kd3 Ke6 23.g4 h6 24.Raf1 Rh8 25.Rf5 Kd6 26.h4 Rde8 27.Ra5 a6 28.Rb1 b6 29.Ra6 Ra8 30.Ra8 Ra8 31.Rb2 Ra5 32.Rg2 Ke6 33.Kc4 Ra3 34.Kb4 Ra5 35.a4 Ke7 36.Kb3 Ke6 37.Rf2 g6 38.c4 Ra8 39.g5 hg5 40.hg5 White fights for the Initiative 40...f5 41.ef5 gf5 42.d5 Ke5 43.Re2 Kd4 44.Re7 Rg8 45.Rc7 Rg5 46.d6 Rg8 47.Kb4 Rd8 48.Rf7 Ke5 49.c5 bc5 50.Kc5 f4 51.a5 Ra8 52.Kb6+- Kd6 53.Rf4 Rb8 54.Ka7 Rc8 55.Kb7 Rc7 56.Kb8 Rc3 57.Rf6 Kd7 58.Rf7 Ke8 59.Rb7 Kd8 60.a6 (60.Ka7 Rc1+-) ½–½. Kucharkowski,Jens – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2001.

8.Bc3 Qd6 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.a3 Nbd5 11.Be2 Re8 12.c4 Nb6 (12...Ne3?! 13.de3 Qd1 14.Bd1 Re3 15.Kf2 Ng4 16.Kg3 Be6 17.Kf4! Rd8 18.Ra2+/-) 13.Nc3?! (13.0-0 Bg4 14.Nc3 Bf3 15.Rf3 Rad8 16.Ra2=) 13...Be6 14.Qb3 (14.d3?! Bg4 15.Qd2 Bf3 16.gf3 c5-/+) 14...Qc6 15.Qb5 (15.d3? Bc4!! 16.dc4 Re3 A) 17.Qc2 Qc4 18.Rc1 Nbd5-+; B) 17.Kd2 Qe6 18.Qc2 Rd8 19.Ke1 Qc4-+; C) 17.Kf2? Rc3! 18.Qb5 (18.Qc3? Ne4) 18...Ne4-+; D) 17.Rc1 Ne4 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.Nc6 Nb3 20.Kf2 Re2 21.Ne2 Nc1 22.Rc1 bc6-+; 15.Rb1? Bc4!! 16.Bc4 Nc4 17.Qb7 Qd7 18.Rc1 (18.Qb4 Nd2! 19.Nd2 Re3 20.Kd1 Rd8 21.Rb2 Qc6-+; 18.Qb5 Nd2! 19.Qd7 Nf3 20.gf3 Nd7-+) 18...Nd2! 19.Nd2 Re3 20.Ne2 Rae8-+) 15...Bc4 16.Qc6 bc6 17.Rc1 Rad8 18.Nd4 Rd6 19.Rf1 Nfd7 20.Nf5 Rg6 21.g3 Ne5 22.Bc4 Nec4 (22...Nbc4?! 23.Rb1! Na3?? (23...Nd6=+)) 23.a4 Kf8 24.Ke2 Rf6 25.g4 g6 26.Nd4 Rd6 27.Rf4 h6 28.Nb3 g5 29.Re4 Red8 30.Rc2 a5 31.Rc4! Nc4 32.Ne4 Rb8 33.Nd6 cd6 34.Rc4 Rb3 35.Rc6 Rb4 36.Rd6 Ra4 37.Rh6 Rg4 38.d4 Rg1 39.Ra6 Rh1 (39...Ra1 40.Kf3 f5 41.Rg6=) 40.Ra5 Rh2 41.Kf3 f6 42.e4 ½–½. Kucharkowski,Jens – Bendig,Frank, email KMG–50, 2001.

8.Bc3 Qd6 9.Be2 Nd5 10.0-0 Nc3 11.Nc3=+ Bc3 12.dc3 Qe7 13.Qc1 Re8 14.Bd3 Qe3 15.Qe3 Re3 16.Rfe1 Re7 17.Bb5 Re1 18.Re1 Bd7 19.Kf2 Rd8 20.Rd1 Be6 21.Re1 Na5 22.Bd3 g6 23.Nd4 Bd5 24.a3 h6 25.Re7 c5 26.Nf3 Kg7 27.Rc7 c4-+ 28.Be2 Kf6 29.Rc5 b6 30.Rc7 a6 31.Nd4 b5 32.Bf3 Bf3 33.Kf3 Rd6 34.Ke4 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (2050) – Malmstroem,Jan (2175), M2C7–1 EmailChess, 2004.

8.Bc3 Be6 9.Be2 Nd5 10.Bb4 Ndb4 11.0-0 Na2 (worse is 11...Ba2 12.c3 Bb1 13.Qb1+=) 12.c3 a6 (12...Qd5!?+=) 13.Qc2+= Qd5 14.c4 (14.Na3 Qb3 15.Qb3 Bb3 16.Rfb1+/-) 14...Nab4+= 15.Qb3 Qd7 (15...Qe4!?-/+) 16.d4= Bf5 17.Na3 a5 18.d5 Na7 19.Nd4 Bg6 20.Nac2 Nc2 21.Nc2 b6 22.Bd3 Bd3 23.Qd3 Nc8 24.Rf3 Nd6 25.Nd4 Rae8 26.Raf1 Ne4 27.Rf4 f5 (better is 27...Nc5!? 28.Qe2 a4-/+) 28.Ne6?? (better is 28.Nf5 Nd6 29.Nd4+=) 28…Re6-+ 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – harpo59130, Active, 2005.

8.Bc3 Be7 9.d3 Nd5 10.Bd2 Bf6 11.c3 Re8 12.e4 Bg4 13.Be2=+ Ndb4 14.Bf4 Bf3 15.gf3= Qd7 16.a3 Na6 17.Ra2 Bh4 18.Bg3 Qh3=+ 19.Kf2 Nc5 20.Qf1 Qf1 21.Rf1+= Bg3 22.hg3 Ne7 23.d4+/- Ne6 24.Rb2 b6 25.Nd2 c6 26.a4 Rad8 27.Bc4 Nc8 28.e5 Nc7 29.Ne4 Nd5 30.Rb3 Re6 31.Rh1 h6 32.f4 Ree8 33.Kf3 Rd7 34.g4 Kh7 35.f5 f6 36.ef6 Nf6 37.Ng5+- Kh8 38.Nf7 Kh7 39.Ne5 Rde7 40.g5 Nd5 41.f6! Re5 42.de5 Re5 43.Bd5 Rd5 44.Kf4 Nd6 45.gh6 gh6 46.Rb2 Rf5 47.Kg4 Rf6 48.Re2 Rg6 49.Kf4= Rf6 50.Ke5 Kg7 51.Rg2 Kf7=+ 52.Rgg1 Re6 53.Kd4 Nf5 54.Kd3 Re3 55.Kc2 b5 56.ab5 cb5-/+ 57.Rf1 Kg6= 58.Rf5 Kf5-/+ 59.Rh6 Rg3 60.Kb3 a5 (60...a5 61.Rh5 Ke4 62.Rb5 a4 63.Kb4 a3=; 60...Ke4!?-/+). Iosif,Daniela – Lueckerath,Kristiane, BL2 SW, 1993.

8.Bc3 Be7 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.0-0 a6 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Ne2 Rad8 14.Qb1 Bf3 15.Rf3 Nb4 16.Nf4 Nd3 17.cd3 c5 18.Qc2 b5 19.Rg3 c4 20.Bd4 cd3 21.Qb2 Qd6 22.Be5 Qb6 23.Rf1 h6 (23...Rd7 24.Bd4 Qd8 25.Rg7 Kg7 26.Bf6 Bf6 27.Nh5 Kg6 28.Nf6+=) 24.Qb3+= g5 25.Nh5 Nd5 26.Rgf3 (26.Ng7 Rf8+/-) 26...Qe6 27.Rf7 Qf7 28.Rf7 Kf7 29.Qd3 Bf6 30.Qh7 Ke6 31.Bf6 Nf6 32.Qh6 (32.Qh6 Rf8 33.d4+- (33.Qg5?! Nh5 34.Qh5 Rd2+/-)) 1–0. pvanr (2030) – ky_nomad (2055), gameknot.com, 2010.

8.Be2 Ne5-/+ 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.0-0 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.d3 (13.Nd4!? Be2 14.Ne2-/+) 13...Ng3-/+ 14.Rf2 Qe7 (14...Ne2?! 15.Qe2 Qf6 16.c3+=) 15.e4 (15.Nbd2 Nf5 16.Ne4 Ne3-/+) 15...Ne2 (15...Bc5 16.a3-+) 16.Qe2 Bf3 (16...Bc5 17.Nbd2-+) 17.Qf3 (17.Rf3!? Qe5 18.c3-/+) 17...Qe5 18.c3 Qh2 19.Kf1 Bg3 20.Rb2?? (better is 20.d4 Qh1 21.Ke2 Bf2 22.Kf2-+) 20...Qh1 21.Ke2 Qe1 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1805) – federico68 (1830), Active (5/0), 2005.

8.Bg3 Re8 9.c3 Bd6 10.Be2 Bg3-+ 11.hg3 Ne4 12.Qc2 Qd6-+ 13.Bd3?? Qg3 14.Ke2 Qg2 (14...Qg2 15.Ke1 Qh1 16.Ke2 Qg2 17.Ke1 Qf2 18.Kd1 Qf3 19.Kc1 Bf5-+) 0–1. juanpacio (1690) – jaskier (2140), internet, 2006.

8.Bg3 Re8 9.Be2 Ne4-/+ 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bf2? Nf2-+ 12.Kf2 g4 13.Ne1? Qf6 (13...Qf6 14.Bf3 Qa1 15.Bg4 Qa2 16.Bc8 Rec8-+) 0–1. juanpacio (1725) – LyleCherner (1885), internet, 2007.

8.Bg3 Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0=+ a6 11.c3 Bc5 12.Nd4 Bd4 13.cd4 (better 13.Bg4!? Be5 14.Bh4=+) 13...Be2-/+ 14.Qe2 Nd4! 15.Qc4 (15.ed4 A pinning theme 15...Re2) 15...Nc6 (better 15...Nb5-/+) 16.Nc3? (better 16.Qb3=+) 16...Qd2-+ 17.Bc7 Black creates threats along the open c-file. . (17.e4 Rad8-+) 17...Qe3 18.Kh1 Rac8 19.Bf4 Qd4 (19...b5 20.Qb3 Nd4 21.Be3 Nb3 22.ab3 Re3 23.Nd1 Rb3 24.Ra6-+) 20.Qd4 Nd4 21.Rac1 h6 22.h3 Ne4 (better 22...b5!? 23.Rfd1 Rc4 24.Kh2-+) 23.Ne4 Rc1 24.Nf6 gf6 25.Rc1 Kg7 26.Rc7 b5 27.g4? (better 27.Rd7 Re4 28.Bc7-+) 27...Re2 (27...Ne6 28.Bh6 Kh6 29.Ra7-+) 28.a3 (28.Rd7 Ne6 29.Bd2-+) 28...Ra2 (better 28...Ne6 29.Bh6 Kh6 30.Rf7 Kg5-+) 29.Bd6 Nc2 Black gets in control 30.Ra7 Na3 31.Ra6 Ra1 32.Kg2 Nc2 33.Rc6 Ne3 34.Kf3 (34.Kf2!? Nd5 35.Rc8-/+) 34...Nc4-+ 35.Bc7 Rb1 36.Kf4 Rf1 37.Kg3 Ne5 (37...f5 38.Bf4 fg4 39.hg4-+) 38.Rc5 (38.Rb6!? Rf3 39.Kg2-/+) 38...b4 (38...Rg1 39.Kf2 Nd3 40.Kg1 Nc5 41.Bb6-+) 39.Be5 fe5 40.Re5 b3 41.Rb5 Rb1 42.Kg2 Kf6 (42...Kg6 43.Rb6 f6 44.Kh2-+) 43.Kg3 (43.Rb6!? Kg5 44.Kg3-/+) 43...b2-+ 44.Kh4 Ke6 (44...Ke6 45.Rb7 Kd5-+) 0-1. monsterandy (1855) - gensek8130 (1680), gameknot.com, 2018.

9.Bc3 Bb6 10.Bd3 Re8 11.0-0 Ng4 (11...Ne4 12.Bb2=+) 12.a4 a6 13.a5 Ba7 14.Ra4 b5 (14...Bc5!?=) 15.ab6+/- Bb6 16.Be4 Bb7 17.Bh7! Kf8?? (17...Kh7 18.Rg4) 18.Rg4 (18...f6 19.Bg6+-) 1–0. orane – PurpleCat, internet, 2003.

9.Bc3 Ne4 10.Ba5=+ Na5 11.d4 Re8 12.Bd3 c5 13.Be4 Re4-/+ 14.Qd3 Qe7 15.Kf2 Bg4 16.Nbd2=+ Bf3 17.Nf3 Re8-/+ 18.Rhe1 b6 19.Rad1=+ f5 20.Qb5 Nb7 21.Qb3 Kf8 22.Ne5 Na5 23.Qb5 cd4=+ 24.ed4 Qh4 25.g3? Qh2-/+ 26.Kf3 g5 27.Re4=+ fe4 28.Kg4 Re7 29.Nd7 Rd7 ½–½. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Ritter,Fredi, TT–05 TSC, 2003.

9.Bc3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.Bd3=+ f5 12.0-0= Qe7 13.Qe1 Rad8 14.h3 Bf3 15.gf3 Nc5 16.Bc4= Kh8 17.f4 Rd7 18.Rf2 Na4 19.Bc1 a6 20.Qf1 b5 21.Be2 Qf6 22.Ra2 Ne7 23.Rg2 Rfd8 24.Kh2 Nd5 25.Rg1 Rb8 26.Bd1 Qe6-/+ 27.c4 Ndb6 28.Rc2 bc4 29.Bf3-/+ Rd3 30.Be2 Rd6 31.Bc4 (31.Qg2!? Rd7 32.Kh1-/+) ½–½. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Melia,Ken, TT–05 TSC, 2003.

9.Bc3 Bg4 10.Bb5 Qd6 11.0-0 Rad8 12.d4 a6 13.Bc6 Bc3 14.Nc3 Qc6 15.Qd3 Rfe8 =. Plock.

9.c3 Bc5 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bc6= bc6 12.c4 Nb6 13.Ba3 Qe7 14.Bc5 Qc5=+ 15.0-0 Nc4 16.Qe2 Re8 17.Rc1 Be6 18.a4 Qb4 19.Nc3 Bd5 20.e4 f5 21.Rab1 Qc5 22.d4 Qa7 23.Qd3 Re4 24.Re1 Nd6 25.Qd2 Re1-+ 26.Re1 Bf3 27.gf3 Qb6 28.Re7-/+ Re8 29.Re8 Ne8 30.Qe3 Kf7 31.Ne2 Qb1 32.Kf2 Qh1 33.Qf4 Nd6 34.Qh4 h6 35.Ng1 Ke8 36.Qh3 Kf8 37.Qh4 Kg8 38.Kf1 Kh7 39.Qf2 g5 40.h3 g4-/+ 41.hg4 fg4 42.Qc2 Kh8 43.fg4 Kg7 44.Qc3 Qd5 45.Ne2 a5 46.Ng3 Kf7 47.Ne2=+ Ke7 48.Qe3 Qe6 49.Qe6 Ke6 50.Nc3 Ne8 51.Kf2 Nf6 52.Kf3 Nd5 53.Ne4 Nb6 54.Nc3 Kd6 55.Kg3 Nd7 56.Kf4 c5 Black is in command 57.Ne4 Kd5-+ 58.dc5 Nc5 59.Nf6 Ke6 60.Ng8 Na4 61.Nh6 c5 62.g5 Nc3 63.Ke3 Nb5 64.Kd3 Nd6 65.Kc3 a4 66.Kb2 Nb5 67.Kc2 Nc7 68.Kc3 Nd5 69.Kc4 Ne3 70.Kc3 Ke7 71.Ng8-/+ Kd6 72.Nf6 Nd5 73.Nd5 -+. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

9.c3 Bc5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.c4 Ncb4 Black launches an attack 12.Qb3 Bb5= 13.cb5 Re8 14.a3 Ne3 15.ab4 Nc2 16.Kd1 Na1 17.Ba1 Bd6 18.Bc3 Qd7 19.Qd5 Qg4 20.Qb7 Rab8 21.Qd5 Bb4 22.Kc1 Bc3 23.Nc3 Qg2 24.Rg1 Qf2 25.Kc2 Rbd8 26.Qg5 g6 27.Rg3 Qf1 28.Nh4 Rd7 29.Rf3 Qc4-/+ 30.Nf5 Re2 31.Nh6 Kf8-/+ 32.Nf7 Rf7 33.Qh6 Ke7 34.Rf7 Kf7 35.Qh7 Kf6 36.Qh8 Ke7 37.Qg7 Kd8 38.Qf8 Re8 39.Qf6 Kc8 40.Qg6 Rh8 41.h3 Kb8 42.d3 Qh4 43.Ne4 Qh6 44.Qf7 Qh5 45.Qc4 Qh3 46.Nc5 Qh2 47.Kb3 Qd6 48.Na6 Kc8 49.Qe4 Rf8 50.d4 Qg3 51.Kb4 Qf4 52.Qa8 Kd7 53.Qa7 Rf5 54.Nc5 Ke7 55.Qa1 Qe3 56.Qc3 Qc3 57.Kc3 Kd6 58.Kc4 ½–½. Bendig,Frank (2090) – Borst,John (1965), IECG, 2000.

9.c3 Bc5 10.Bb5 Nce7 11.0-0 c6 12.Be2 Nf5 13.Ba3 Ba3 14.Na3 Re8 15.Nc4 b5 16.Nce5 Qb6 17.Qb3 (17.Rf2 f6 18.Nd3 Nde3 19.de3 Ne3=) 17...Be6 18.Qb2 f6 19.Nd3 Nde3 20.de3 Ne3 21.Nd4 Nf1 22.Bf1 (22.Rf1 Bc4 23.Nf4 Be2 24.Nfe2 c5-/+) 22...Bc4 23.Nf2 Bf1 24.Rf1 a6 25.Nf5 (25.Qb3 Kh8=+) 25...c5 26.a4 Qe6 27.Nd1 Qe2 28.Qb3 c4 29.Qb4 Rad8 30.Nf2 Rd5 31.Nd4 Qe7 32.Qa5 Qb7 33.ab5 ab5 34.Qb4 Qe7 35.Qe7 (35.Qa5 Qd6=+) 35...Re7-/+ 36.g4 Re3 37.Nf5 Re2 38.Nd4 Re3 (38...Rb2 39.Ne4-/+) 39.Nf5=+ Ree5 40.Ra1 h5 (40...Rd7 41.Nd4-/+) 41.Ra7=+ Kh8 42.Kf1 Rd2 43.Ra8 (43.Ng3 Rc2 44.h3 hg4 45.Ng4 Re8-/+) 43...Kh7 44.Ng3 Re3 45.Nfe4 Rh2 46.gh5 Rf3 47.Kg1 Rc2 48.Ra7? (48.Rf8 Rcc3 49.Kg2-+) 48...Rcc3-+ (49.Kg2 Rcd3-+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Squires,Michael B, EM/H/004 ICCF Email, 1999.

9.c3 Bc5 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Qe7 12.Nd4 (12.Bb5 Bd7=+) 12...Bd7 (12...Nd4 13.cd4 Bd6 14.Bf3=+) 13.Bf3= Nf6 14.Qb3 (14.Nc6 bc6 15.c4 Rab8 16.Bf6 Qf6=) 14...Na5 15.Qc2 Nc4 16.Bc1 (16.Bb7? Rab8 17.Ba6 Nb2-+ (worse 17...Rb2 18.Qc1 Nd2 19.Nd2 Qe3 20.Rf2 Bd4 21.cd4 Qd4 22.h3 Rd2 23.Qd2 Qa1 24.Rf1-+)) 16...Qe5 (16...Rab8 17.Be2 Nd6 18.Nb3=) 17.a4 (17.Bb7!? Rab8 18.Ba6=) 17...Bd6=+ 18.g3 Bh3 (18...c5 19.Nb5 Bf5 20.Qd1=+) 19.Rf2 (19.Bb7 Bf1 20.Ba8 Ra8 21.Kf1 Ng4-/+) 19...Qg5 (19...Ng4!? 20.Bg4 Bg4-/+) 20.Bb7=+ Bg3 21.hg3 Qg3 22.Bg2 (22.Rg2 Bg2 23.Bg2 Qe1 24.Kh2 Re5-+) 22...Ng4 23.d3 (23.Qf5 Qh2 24.Kf1 Nf2 25.Qf2 Qh1 26.Qg1 Bg2 27.Kf2 Qh4 28.Kg2-+) 23...Bg2 (23...Qf2?! 24.Qf2 Nf2 25.Ba8 (25.Kf2?! Bg2 26.dc4 Be4=+) 25...Nd3 26.Bc6+/-; 23...Nf2?! 24.Qf2 Qg2 25.Qg2 Bg2 26.dc4=+) 24.Nf5 (24.Nf3 Nce5 25.Rg2 Nf3 26.Kh1 Qe1 27.Rg1 Qg1) 24…Qh2 0-1. mansurfisher (2210) - Jupo (2185), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

9.c3 Bc5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 Be4 12.c4= Nf4 13.d4 Ne2 14.Qe2 Bf3 15.gf3 Bb4 16.d5= Qg5 17.Kh1 Ne5 18.Nc3 Ng6 19.Rg1+= Qh6 20.Ne4 Rfe8 21.Bd4 b6 22.Rg2 f5= 23.Ng3 Qh3 24.Rgg1 f4 25.Ne4 Qh5 26.Rg5 Qh6 27.Rag1 Be7 28.R5g2 fe3= 29.Qe3 Qe3=+ 30.Be3 Rf8 31.Rg3 Rf5 32.Bc1 Raf8 33.Rf1 b5 34.cb5=+ Rd5 35.a4 Rd4 36.Rg4 Kh8 37.Ng3= Rd3 38.Re4 Bc5 39.f4 Kg8 40.f5 Ne7 41.Bb2 Nd5=+ 42.Be5 Ne3 43.Re1 Nf5 44.Nf5 Rf5 45.Bc7 Rd2 46.Bb8 Rf8 47.Bg3 Rfd8 ½–½. Plock,Joerg – Loots, corr KMG_47, 1999.

9.c3 Bd6 10.c4 Nf6 11.Be2= Re8 12.0-0 Ne5 13.Ne5 Be5 14.Be5 Re5 15.Nc3 c6 16.Rb1 Qe7 17.Qe1 Ne4 18.Ne4 White gets the initiative 18...Re4 19.Rb3 Bg4 20.Bd3+/- Re6 21.Rf4 Bh5 22.Qb1 b6 23.Bh7 Kh8 24.Bf5 Rd6 25.d4 Bg6 26.Bg6+- Rg6 27.e4 Qg5 28.Qf1 (28.Qf1 Rd8 29.Rh3 Rh6 30.Rh6 Qh6 31.d5+-) 1–0. pcmvr (1970) – NebAnphu (1910), internet, 2006.

9.c3 Bd6 10.Bc4 Be6-/+ 11.Be2 Bg4 12.0-0=+ Nf6 13.Ng5 Be2 14.Qe2 h6 15.Nf3 Re8 16.c4= Ne5 17.Ne5 Be5 18.Be5 Re5 19.Nc3 c6 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.d4+= Re7 22.e4 a6 23.e5 c5 24.Rf6 Qa5?? 25.Nd5+- Rd7 26.Qg4 Rad8 27.Rh6 Rd5 28.cd5 cd4 29.Rd6 Re8 30.Qd4 Qa2 31.Rb6 Qe2 32.d6 Re5 33.d7 (33...Qd1 34.Qd1 Re1 35.Qe1 g6 36.d8Q Kg7 37.Qeh4 f5 38.Rb7#) 1–0. Schirmer,Michael – Rogner, Dortmund GER, 1995.

9.c3 Bd6 10.Be2 Be6 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.c4 Rad8 14.a3 Rfe8 15.Rf2 Nd7 16.d4 Bg4 17.c5 Nc5 18.dc5 Bc5 19.Qc3 f5 20.Bc1 Kh8 21.h3 Bh5 22.Qb2 f4 23.Nc3 fe3 24.Rf1 Bf3 25.Rf3 Nd4 (25...Nd4 26.Rb1 Nf3 27.gf3 Qh4-+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Luckow,Rolf, DESC, 1998.

9.c3 Bd6 10.Be2 Be6 11.c4 Nb6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.a3 Bg4 14.0-0= Ne5 15.Be5 Be5 16.Nc3 Bf3 17.Rf3 c5 18.a4 h6 19.a5= Nd7 20.Rff1 Rab8 21.Rab1 b6 22.a6 Bc3 23.Qc3+= Rbd8 24.Bf3 Rfe8 25.Rb3 Qg5 26.Bc6 Qg6 27.Bf3 Nf6 28.d4 Qg5 29.d5 Re7 30.Rd1 Rde8 31.Rd3 Nd7 32.d6+= Re6 33.Bd5 Rf6 34.Rd1 Ne5 35.d7 Nd7-/+ 36.Bc6 Rc6 37.Rd7 Rce6 38.Qd2 Re3 39.Re3=+ Re3 40.Ra7 Qe5 41.h3 g5 42.Rb7= Re2 43.Qd3 Re1 44.Kf2 Ra1 45.Rb6 Qf4 (45...Qf4 46.Qf3 Qh4 47.g3 Qd4 48.Qe3 Rf1 49.Kf1 Qe3-+) 0–1. Binder,Klaus – Leisebein,Peter, DESC, 2001.

9.c3 Be7 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 Bf6 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Rf5 c6 14.Ba3 Re8 15.e4 Nb6 16.d3 Qd7 17.Qf1 Ng6 18.Bg4 Rad8 19.Rf6 Qg4 20.Rf7 Ne5 21.Rf4= Qd7 22.d4 Ng6 23.Rf3 Re4 24.Nd2 Ree8 25.Nc4 Nc4 26.Qc4 Qd5 27.Qd5 ½–½. Bendig,Frank (2090) – Blonde,Xavier (1990), IECG, 2000.

9.c3 Be7 10.Be2=+ Bh4 11.g3 Bf6 12.e4 Nb6 13.d4 Bh3 14.Nbd2 Be7 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.0-0-0 Na5 17.g4 Qc6 18.Rhg1 Nac4=+ 19.Nc4 Nc4 20.Bc4 Qc4 21.Kb1 Qe6 22.d5 Qg6 23.Rd3 Bc5 24.Nd4=+ Rfe8?? 25.Rh3+/- Re4 26.Rd1 Rae8+/- 27.g5 Bb6 28.Bc1 a5 29.Rf3+- Bd4 30.Rd4 Qb6 31.Qb3 (31.Qb3 Qg6 32.Rdd3+-; 31.Qb2 Qg6 32.Rdd3 Re1+-) 1–0. Borrmann,Fritz – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–17.24 ETC, 2005.

9.c3 Be7 10.Be2 Bh4 11.Nh4 Qh4 12.g3 Qh3 13.Bf1 Qd7 14.Bg2 Rd8 15.0-0?? Ne3!-+ 16.Qe2 Nf1 17.Qf1 Ne5 18.d4 Ng4 19.Nd2 Ne3 20.Qd3 Ng2 21.Kg2 Qd5 22.Kg1 Bh3 23.Qe2 Re8 24.Qf2 Qb5 25.Rb1 Re2 26.Qf4 Rg2 27.Kh1 Qe2 28.Nf3 Rf2 (28...Rf2 29.Nh4 Re8 30.Ng2 Rf4 31.Rg1 Bg2 32.Rg2 Rf1 33.Rg1 Qf3#; 28...Rh2 29.Nh2 Qg2#) 0–1. valpa – mnrunner, playchess.de, 2002.

9.c3 Be7 10.Be2 Bh4 11.Nh4 Qh4 12.g3 Qh3 13.Bf1 Qf5 14.Be2 Ne5 15.Qb3 Nb6 16.Rf1 Nd3 17.Bd3 Qd3 18.Na3 Bg4 19.Qb5 Qg6 20.c4 Rfe8 21.c5 Nd5 22.Bd4 Rad8-/+ 23.Rf2 Qe4 24.Qc4 Be6 25.Qb5 a6 (26.Qb2 Qh1 27.Rf1 Qh2-/+) 0–1. Schirmer,Michael – Malmstroem,Jan, corr 3GMM½–09, 1997.

9.Be2 Ne3 10.Qc1 Ng2 11.Kf2 Nh4 0–1. VELEROFONTIS – WalkingTal, playchess.de, 2002.

9.Be2 Ne3 10.Nc3 Nd1 (10...Nd1 11.Kd1 Nd4-+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Hellraiser 8 (2320), Partie evaluee, 1m + 0s, 2008.

9.Kf2 Re8 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg6 hg6 14.Qe2 Qd6 15.Qd3 Rad8 16.a3 Ba5 17.c4 Nf6 18.Qd6 cd6 19.Rc1 d5 20.Bf6 gf6 21.d4 dc4 22.Rc4 Rc8 23.Nbd2 Ne7 24.Rb1 (not finished). Belka – legbreak, playchess.de, 2001.

9.Nc3 Bc3 10.Bc3 Nd5 11.Bb2 Ne3 12.de3 Qb4 13.c3 Qb2 14.Qb3 Qa1 15.Kf2 Rd8 16.Rg1 Qd1 0–1. valpa – meelis13, playchess.de, 2002.

9.Qe2 Re8 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6-/+ 13.Rc1 Ba3 14.Nd1 Ne4 15.Ba3 Qa3 16.Ra1? Ng3 17.Qg2 Nh1 18.Qh1 Bc2 19.Be2 Bd1 20.Bd1 Qb2 (20...Qb2 21.Nd4 Nd4-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ueli – Barbosa,Luiz Francisco (1860), CiF, 2005.

9.Be2 Rd8 10.0-0 Bf5 (10...Bd2 11.Nbd2 Qe3 12.Kh1=) 11.c3 (better is 11.Nh4!? Bg6 12.Bf3+=) 11...Bd6 12.Na3?? (12.c4 Ne4+=) 12...Be4 (better is 12...Ba3 13.Ba3 Qa3-+) 13.Nc4+= Re8 14.Nd6 Qd6 15.d3 Bg6 16.e4+= Rad8 17.Kh1 Ne5 18.Ne5 Qe5 19.Bf3?? b5 20.d4 Qd6?? 21.e5+- Qe7 22.ef6 Qe3 23.Re1 Qf4 24.Qc1 Qh6 25.Qh6 gh6 26.Re8 Re8 27.Rf1 h5 28.h3 h6 29.Kh2 Kh7. Fournier,Frederic – Rochus, Partie evaluee, 1m + 0s, 2008.

9.Be2=+ Bg4 10.0-0 Rad8 11.c3 Bd6 12.Qb3 b6 13.h3 Bd7 14.d3?? Qe3-+ (14...Qe3 15.Kh1 Qe2-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Wellenreiter,H, corr ICCF–WC VIII/IX, 1991.

9.Be2=+ Bg4 10.0-0 Rfe8 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Qe2 Nd4 13.Bd4 Ne4 14.Qg4 Qg5 15.Qg5 Ng5 16.Rf5 Ne6 17.Bc3 Bd6 18.d3 Nc5 (19.Bd4 b6=; 18...Bc5 19.Kf2=). Sikora,A – Kreuzer,Uwe, corr 3GMM–56, 1995.

9.a3? Re3 10.Be2 Ba5.

9.Bb5? Re3-+ 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 a6 (11...Nd5 12.Nc3-+) 12.Ng5?! (12.Kh1 Ng4-+) 12...Qe7 (better is 12...Qd5 13.Nf3 Bc5 14.d4 Re2 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.Bd4 Bd4 17.Kh1 Bg4-+) 13.Bh5 (13.Rf2 Bc5 14.d4 Rd8-+) 13...Nd8 (better is 13...Qc5 14.Kh1 Qg5 15.Bf6 gf6-+) 14.Kh1 Nh5 15.Qh5 h6 16.Nh3 (16.Nf3 Qc5 17.Qc5 Bc5-+) 16...Qe2 (better is 16...Qe4 17.d3 Qe2 18.Qe2 Re2-+) 17.Qe2-/+ Re2 18.Nf4 Re8 19.Nc3 Ne6 (19...Nc6 20.d3-/+) 20.Rfe1 (20.Rae1 b5-/+) 20...Bd7 21.Nd3 Bd6 22.Ne4 Nf4 (better is 22...Be7!?-/+) 23.Nd6+= Re1 24.Re1 Nd3 25.cd3 cd6 26.Re7 Re8 27.Re3 (27.Re8 Be8 28.Ba3 d5+=) 27...f6 28.Kg1 Kf7 29.d4 (29.Re8 Ke8 30.Kf2 Bf5-/+) 29...d5 (29...Be6 30.a3-/+) 30.Rb3 (30.Re8 Be8 31.Ba3 b6+=) 30...Bb5 31.Re3 f5 (31...Rd8 32.Kf2-/+) 32.Kf2 (32.Re8 Ke8 33.g3 a5+=) 32...Re4 (32...Rd8 33.Ba3+=) 33.Kf3 (33.Re4 de4 34.d5 g5=) 33...g5 (33...Bc4 34.a3-/+) 34.g3+= Kg6 35.Re4 (35.d3 Re8=) 35...de4 (35...fe4 36.Ke3+=) 36.Ke3 Kf7 37.Bc3 b6 38.Bb4 g4 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.Bf8 Kd5 41.Kf5 Bd7 42.Kf4 Kd4 43.Bh6 Kd3 44.Ke5 a5 45.a3 b5 46.Kd5?? (better is 46.Bf8=) 46...b4-+ 47.ab4 (47.a4 b3 48.Kd6-+) 47...ab4 48.Bg7 b3 49.Bc3 e3 0–1. Bot,Florian – Guillet,Jacques (1610), 7e Tournoi d'Automne – Tournoi C, 2008.

9.c3 Bd6 10.Be2.

9.Bc3 Nd5 10.Bb4 Ncb4 11.c3 Ne3 12.de3 Re3 13.Be2 Nd3 14.Kf1 Bf5 15.Nd4 Qh4 0–1. valpa – godzillainchains, playchess.de, 2002.

9.Nc3 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Be2 Re3 12.c3 Re2 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.0-0 (worse is 14.cb4 Re8 15.Qe8 Be8-/+) 14...Re8 15.Qd1 Bd6 16.Qb3 Qh5 17.c4 (17.Qb7? Rb8 18.Qa6 Rb2-+) 17...Bg4 18.Rae1 (18.Qb7 Bf3 19.h3 Qc5 20.Rf2 Bh2 21.Kh1 Qf2 22.gf3 Bf4 23.Qc6 Qh2) 18...Rd8 19.h3 Bf3 20.Rf3 Qh4 21.Rff1 h6 22.Qb7 Qc4 23.Rc1 Qb4 24.Qb4 (24.Qc6!? Qb2 25.Qc4+/-) 24...Nb4= 25.Rc4 Na2 26.Bd4 a6 27.Bc5 Bc5 28.Rc5 Nb4 29.Rc7 f6 30.Re1 Kh8 31.Ree7 Nd5 32.Rcd7 Ne7 33.Rd8 Kh7 34.Rd7 Nc6 35.d4 a5 36.Kf2 f5 37.d5 Nb4 38.d6 Kg6 39.Re7 Kf6 40.Re8 a4 41.d7 Nc6 42.Rc8 Ke7 43.Rc6 g5 44.Rh6 a3 45.Rd6! Kd8 46.Kg3 a2 47.Rd1 a1Q 48.Ra1 Kd7 49.Ra6 Ke7 50.Rg6 Kf7 51.Rg5 (51.Rg5 Ke8 52.h4+-) 1–0. Deschamp,Guy (2370) – Bertel,Michael (1820), IECG, 2006.

9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Bd3 (10.Be2 Bc3 11.Bc3 Ne4+=) 10...Ne5 (10...Bc3 11.Bc3 Nd5 12.Bb2+=) 11.Be2 Bf3 12.gf3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Nd5 14.Be5 Re5 15.0-0 Qh4 (15...Qf6 16.Rb1 Nb6 17.a3+=) 16.f4 Re6 17.Bd3 (17.Qe1 Rg6 18.Kh1 Qh3+=) 17...Rh6 (17...c6 18.Rb1 Re7 19.Qf3+=) 18.Rf2 Rd8 19.Qf3 Rb6 20.a3 Rb2 21.Rg2 (21.Qg3 Qg3 22.hg3 c5=) 21...Nf6 (21...c6 22.Kh1=) 22.Rf1 (22.Rg3 Qh5 23.Qg2 g6=) 22...Ne8 (22...Nd7 23.Bf5=) 23.Kh1 (23.Rg3 h6=) 23...c6 24.e4 Rd4 25.e5 (25.Qd1 Qd8=) 25...Ra4 26.f5 (26.Rg3 A) 26...Ra3? 27.Rh3 Rd3 28.Qd3+- (28.Rh4 Rf3 29.Rf3 Rc2+=); B) 26...Qd8=) 26...Nc7 (26...Ra3 27.f6 g6 28.e6+-) 27.e6 Qf6 28.Qg3 Ne8 29.Qb8 Kf8 30.e7! Ke7 31.Re2 (31.Re2 Kd7 32.Re8+-) 1–0. Benassi,Aspasio (2290) – Plyusnin,Aleksey Andreevich (1975), VWC5/pr17, 2012.

9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be2 a6 11.0-0 Qd7 12.Ng5 Be2 13.Qe2 h6 14.Rf6 gf6 15.Nce4 Re4 16.Ne4+- Qe6 17.Nf6 Kf8 18.Rf1 Qa2?? 19.Qh5 Bd2?? 20.Nd5+- (20.Nd5 Be3 21.Ne3+-; 20.Qh6?! Ke7+/-) 1–0. Hadj Sassi,Nabil – Hensel,Lothar, Berlin op, 1998.

9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qd7 11.0-0 Rad8 12.Bd3=+ Bh5 13.Ne2 Ng4 14.Nf4+= Bg6 15.Ng6 hg6 16.a3 Bd6 17.h3 Nge5 18.Bb5 a6 19.Ba4 Qh3?? 20.gh3+- (20.gh3 Nc4 21.Bc6 bc6 22.Qc1+-) 1–0. Goebgens – Roever, corr SOK–88–19, 1988.

9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qe7 11.h3 Bh5 12.0-0= Bc3 13.Bc3 Ne4 14.Bb2 Rad8 15.Bd3 Bf3 16.Qf3? Nd2-+ 17.Qg3 g6 18.Rf2=+ Ne4 19.Be4 Qe4 20.Qc7 Qe6?? 21.Re1 Rd7 22.Qf4 f5 23.Qa4 b5 24.Qa6 Rc7 25.Rd1 h6 26.Ba1 Qc4 27.Rd3 Re6 28.Rc3 Qd5 29.Rd3=+ Qc5 30.Rc3 Qb6 31.Qb6= ab6 32.Ra3 Rd7 33.Kh2 b4 34.Ra6 Rd1-/+ 35.Bb2 Rb1 36.c4 bc3 37.Bc3 Kf7 38.Rd2 b5 39.Rd7=+ Ne7 40.Raa7 Re3 (40...Re4 41.Bd4 Ke8 42.Bc5+=) ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (1700) – Smith,Graham (1700), PCM–2004–G11, 2004.

9.Be2 Qd6 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Ne1 Be6?? 13.Nd3 Rad8?? 14.a3?? Ba5?? 15.Bf3?? Bc4=+ 16.Be2 Bb6 17.Na2 Bd3 18.Bd3 Re6 19.Qf3 Rde8 20.Kh1 Bc5 21.Nc3 Re5?? 22.Ne2 Rh5+= 23.Ng3 Rh6 24.h3 Qe6? 25.Nf5+- Rg6 26.Ng7! Rg7 27.Bf6 Rg6 28.Bg6 fg6 29.Bc3 Rf8 30.Qe2 Bd6 31.Rab1 Nd8 32.Qd3 Rf1 33.Rf1 Nf7 34.Qd4 Qe5 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Psion, 1988.

9.Be2 Qd6 10.0-0 Ng4 11.a3 Bc5 12.Qe1 Qg6 13.Qh4?? (13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Qh4 Bd3 15.cd3 Be7=+) 13...Be7?? (better is 13...Ne3 14.de3 Re3-+) 14.Qg3 Bd6 15.Qh4 h6?? (better is 15...Qc2 16.Bc1 a6-+) 16.Bd3= Bf5 17.Bf5 Qf5 18.Ne5?? (better is 18.Nc3=) 18...Qc2-+ 19.Ng4 Qb2 20.Nc3 Ne5 (20...Qd2 21.Nb5-+) 21.Rab1 Qd2 22.Ne4 Ng6?? (22...Qd3 23.Nd6 cd6 24.Ne5 Qe3 25.Qf2 Re5 26.Rb7-/+) 23.Nd2?? (better is 23.Ngf6 gf6 24.Nf6 (24.Nd2?? Nh4 25.Rb7 Re3-+) 24...Kf8 25.Nd7 Kg7 26.Qf6 Kg8 27.Qf7 Kh8 28.Qf6 Kh7 29.Qf7 Kh8 30.Qf6 Kh7 31.Qf7 Kh8=) 23...Nh4-+ 24.Rb7 f5 25.Nc4? fg4 26.Nd6 cd6 27.Rff7 Re3?? 28.Rg7= Kf8 29.Rh7?? Ng6-+ 30.Rh6 Re6 31.Rh5 Re7 32.Rb4 g3 33.hg3 Kg7 34.Rd5 Rd7 35.Rg4 Kf6 36.Rgd4 Rad8 37.a4 Ne5 38.a5 Ke6 39.Rb5 Rf8 40.a6 Rc7 41.Rd1 Rc6 42.Ra5 Rc2 43.Rad5 Rc6 44.Ra5 Rf5 45.Re1 Kd7 46.Rb1 Nf3! 47.gf3 Ra5 48.Kg2 Rc2 49.Kh3 Ra6 50.g4 Ra3 51.Kg3 Rcc3 52.Rf1 Ke6 53.Kf4 Kf6 54.Ke4 Kg5 55.f4-+ Kg4 56.f5 Re3 57.Kd4 Rad3 (58.Kc4 Rf3-+) 0–1. Mauron,Regis (1620) – Diaz,Jean Francois (1850), Yvelines–ch Fontenay le Fleury, 2003.

9.Be2 Qd6 10.a3 Bc5 11.Nc3 a6 12.0-0 Ng4 13.h3 Nf6 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Qe1 0–1. pcmvr (2245) – solarflare (2310), net–chess.com , 2006.

9.Be2 Bd6 10.0-0 Ng4 11.Qe1 Nge5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Be5 Ne5 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.d3 Bc6 16.e4 (16.d4!? Ng6 17.Bc4+=) 16...Qd4= 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.Nd1?? (18.Rb1 b6=) 18...Qd6 (better is 18...Qa1 19.Qa5 Qc1-+) 19.Nf2 Qh6 20.Ng4 Ng4 21.Bg4 Bd7 22.Bd7 Rd7 23.Qf2 f6 24.Qa7+/- b6 25.Qa4 Rde7 26.Qc4 Kh8 27.Rf3 Qd2 28.Raf1 c5 29.R3f2 Qa5 30.a4 Rd7 31.Rf5 Rd4 32.Qa2 Ra4+= 33.Qd5 Rd4 34.Qc6 Red8 35.Qe6 R4d6+= 36.Qb3 Qd2 37.Qb1 h6= 38.h3 Ra8 39.R5f2 Qc3 40.Qe1 Qe1 41.Re1 Ra2 42.Ree2 Rd8 43.Kh2 Rda8 44.g4 Rb2 45.Kg3 Raa2 46.Kf3 b5 47.Ke3 Kh7 48.h4 Kg6 49.Rd2 b4 50.Rde2 h5 51.gh5 Kh5 52.Rh2 b3 53.cb3+= Re2 54.Re2 Re2?? 55.Ke2+- Kh4 56.d4! cd4 57.b4 g5 58.b5 g4 59.b6 g3 60.b7 d3 61.Kd3 g2 62.b8Q g1Q 63.Qh8 Kg3 64.Qg7 Kf2?? 65.Qg1 Kg1= 66.Ke3 Kg2 67.Kf4 Kf2 68.Kf5 Ke3 69.Kf6 Ke4 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic – Guest272994, Partie amicale, 2m + 3s, 2008.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.0-0 Bg4 11.c3 Bd6 12.Nd4 Be2 13.Qe2 Nd4 14.cd4 c5 15.dc5 Bc5 16.Kh1 f6 17.Qg4 Qc8 18.Qh5 Qc6 19.d3 Ng5 20.e4 Rad8 21.Nc3 Rd3 22.Nd5 Re4 23.Nf6 gf6 24.Bf6 Rd5 25.Bg5 Ree5 26.h4 Qg6 27.Qg4 h6 28.Qc8 Rd8 29.Qd8 Kh7 30.Qd7 Kg8 31.Rad1 hg5 32.Qd8 Re8 33.Qg5 Qg5 34.hg5 Be3 35.Rde1 1-0. thehumanlettuce (1955) - valera1977 (1940), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.a3 Bd6 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Bc4 Bg6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.d3 Ng5 16.Nf4 Rf8 (16...Bf4!? 17.ef4 Nf3 18.Qf3 Nd4+=) 17.Ng6 hg6 18.Rf2 Qe7 19.Ng5 Qg5 20.Qf3 Qh6 21.Bf7 Kh7 22.Qh3 Qh3 23.gh3 Be5 24.d4 Bf6 25.Bc4 Rae8 26.Re1 Re7 27.c3 Rfe8 28.Rf3 Nd8 29.Bd3 Bh4 30.Re2 Ne6 31.Kf1 Nf8 32.e4 (32...Ne6 33.Rg2+-) 1–0. marekt – donsevero, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Ng4 11.Bb5 =. pcmvr (2305) – solarflare (2300), net–chess.com , 2006.

9.Be2=+ Ng4 10.0-0= Bd6 11.Na3 Be6 12.Nb5 Bd5 13.h3 Nf6 14.Nd6 Qd6 15.c4 Bf3 16.Bf3+= Ne5 17.Bb7 Rab8 18.Be5 Re5 19.Rb1 Rd8 20.Qb3 c5 21.Rf2 h6 22.Qa4+/- Ne4 23.Be4+- Re4 24.Qa7 Re7 25.Rb7 Qe6?? 26.Re7 (26.Re7 Qg6 27.Rff7 Qb1 28.Kh2+-) 1–0. Trokenheim,Marek – Persson,Borje, priv corr, 1993.

10.0-0? Bc5?? 11.de3+/- Be3 12.Kh1 Qe7? 13.Nc3 Ng4 14.Nd5 Qc5 15.Ne3 Ne3 16.Qd2 Nf1 17.Rf1 Bg4 18.Qg5 Qb4?? 19.Qg7 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1885) – lancers (1930), Active (2/0), 2005.

10.0-0 Re8 11.Nc3 Bc5 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.Qe1 Nd4 14.Nd4 Qd4 15.h3 (15.Rb1 Nf2 16.Qf2 Qf2 17.Rf2 Bf2-+) 15...Qd6 16.hg4 (16.g3 Qc6 17.Bf3 Re1 18.Bc6 Nf2 19.Kh2 Rf1 20.Rf1 bc6 21.Na4 Bh3 22.Re1-+) 16...Qh6 (16...Qh6 17.Qh4 Qh4) 0–1. alleyb (1665) – chess_research (2185), gameknot.com, 2014.

10.0-0 Re8 11.Ng5 Ng4 12.Nf7 (better is 12.Bc4 Bc5 13.Kh1 Qg5 14.Bf7 Kf8 15.Bh5 Nf6 16.Be8-+) 12...Qh4 13.h3 Bc5 14.d4 Ne3 15.Qd3 (15.Bc4 Nc4 16.dc5 Nb2-+) 15...Nd4 (worse is 15...Nf1 16.dc5 Ng3 17.Nc3 Ne2 18.Ne2-+) 16.Bd4 Bd4 17.c3 Bb6 18.Rf3 Bg4 19.hg4 (19.Kh2 Bf3 20.Bf3 Qf4 21.Kh1 Ng4 22.Qh7 Kh7 23.Ng5 Kg6 24.Be4 Re4 25.Nf3 Qc1 26.Ne1 Re1) 19...Ng4 0–1. alleyb (1730) – bolaf (1955), gameknot.com, 2014.

10.c3 Re2 11.Qe2 =.

10.c3 Rf3 11.Bf3 Ne5 12.cb4 (better 12.0-0!? Bd6 13.d4-/+) 12...Nd3-+ 13.Ke2 (13.Kf1 Nb2 14.Qc1 Nd3-+) 13...Bf5 (13...Nb2?! 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Kf2 Ng4 16.Bg4 Bg4 17.Rf1= (17.Qb2?? Qe2 18.Kg3 Rd8-+)) 14.Bc3 (better 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Kd1-+) 14...Qd6 15.Qg1 (15.Qa4 Ng4 16.Qb5 Qe6 17.Kd1 Ngf2 18.Kc2 c6-+) 15...Qa6 16.a4 Ng4 17.Qd4 Ndf2 18.b5 Re8 19.Kf1 Bd3 20.Be2 Be2 21.Kg1 Qh6 22.h3 Nh1 23.hg4 (23.Na3 Ngf2 24.Qd7-+) 23...Bg4! 24.Na3 (24.Qg4 Re1 Mate attack) 24...Ng3 25.Qg4 (25.Kf2 Ne2 26.Qg7 Qg7 27.Bg7 Kg7-+) 25...Ne2 26.Kf2 Nc3 27.dc3 Qe3 28.Kf1 Re6 29.Qf3 Rf6 30.Qf6 gf6 31.Rd1 Qc3 32.Nb1 (32.b6 cb6 (32...Qa3? 33.bc7 Qa4 34.c8Q Kg7 35.Rd3 Qa1 36.Kf2 Qb2 37.Kf3+-; worse 32...ab6 33.Rd8 Kg7 34.Nb5 Qc4 35.Kf2-+) 33.Rd8 Kg7-+) 32...Qc4 33.Ke1 0–1. Pierre – Waldorffy, internet, 2020.

10.0-0 Bd6 (idea Qe7).

10.0-0 Qd7 11.c3 (better 11.Bf6!? gf6 12.Bb5+=) 11...Bd6=+ 12.Na3 Rad8 13.Nc4 Ne4 (13...Be7 14.Nd4 Be4 15.Bf3=+) 14.d4 (14.d3 Nf6=) 14...Bg6 (14...Nf6 15.Bc1=+) 15.Nh4= Ne7 16.Bg4 Qb5 17.Nd6 (17.Qb3 c6=) 17...Rd6 (17...Nd6 18.Ng6 Qb2 19.Ne5 Qc3 20.Re1=+) 18.Ba3 Rf6 19.Ng6 Ng6 20.Rf6 Nf6 21.Be2 Qg5 (21...Qc6 22.Bc1-/+) 22.Bc1 Ne4 (worse 22...Re3 A) worse 23.Be3 Qe3 24.Kh1 Ne4=+ (worse 24...Qc3 25.Bf3+=); B) 23.Bf3 Nh4 24.Be3 Qe3 25.Kh1+/-) 23.Qd3?? (23.c4 Nh4 24.Bf1 c5=+) 23...Qf5 (better 23...Nh4 24.Bg4 Qg4-+) 24.Bf3=+ Nh4 25.Be4 Re4 26.Rb1? (26.Qf1 Qg6 27.h3 Re6-/+) 26...b6?? (26...Nf3 27.gf3 Qf3 28.Qe4 Qe4 29.Rb2-+) 27.Rb5?? (27.Qf1 c6=+) 27...Qg4?? (better 27...Nf3 28.gf3 Rg4 29.fg4 Qd3-+) 28.Rd5?? (better 28.Qf1=+) 28…Qg2 0-1. mansurfisher (2185) - Sorq (2145), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

10.0-0 Ne4.

10.0-0=+ Be7 11.Nc3= Qd7 12.Bb5 Bd6 13.Ne2 Be7 14.Ne5 Qd6?? 15.Rf5+- Ne5 16.Be5 (16.Be5 Qd5 17.Be8 Re8 18.Nd4+-; < 16.Re5 c6 17.Bc4 b5+-; 16.Be8 Neg4 17.Bb5 Qh2 18.Kf1 Qh1 19.Ng1 Nh2 20.Ke2 Ne4+-) 1–0. Merten,Rainer – Drefke,A, corr SOK–89–41, 1989.

10.0-0 Ng4 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bg4 Bc2-/+ 13.Qe1 Nc6 14.Qg3 Bg6 15.Bh5 Bd2-+ 16.Rf7?? Be3 17.Kh1 Kf7 (17...Kf7 18.Bg6 hg6-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Ruecker,Udo, corr, 1991.

10.0-0 Bg6 11.Nh4 Ne4 12.Ng6 hg6 13.Bc4 Re7 14.Qg4 (better is 14.Qf3 Qe8 15.c3=) 14...Nd2?? (better is 14...Bd2 15.Bf7 Rf7 16.Nd2 Nd2 17.Rf7 Kf7=) 15.Qg6+- Nc4 (15...Qf8 16.Nd2 Bd2+-) 16.Qg7 1–0. Trokenheim,Marek – Fire1 (2055), ICC, 2004.

10.0-0=+ Qd6 11.a3!? Bc5 12.Nc3 =+.

10.0-0=+ Qd6 11.Nc3 a6 (11...Bc3!? 12.Bc3 Ne4-/+) 12.a3= (12…Bc3 13.Bc3-/+). Hasler,Ulrich – Holwell,Jim, corr 3GMM–03, 1995.

10.0-0 Qd6 11.Nd4 Be2+= 12.Qe2? (better is 12.Ne2!? Ne4 13.d3+=) 12...Nd4-+ 13.Bd4 Qd4! (13...Qd4 14.c3 Qe5-+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Guest538852, Partie amicale, 5m + 1s, 2008.

10.0-0 Qd6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bd3 Bh3 (12...Bf5!? 13.Bf5 Nf5+=) 13.gh3+= Qg3 14.Kh1 Bd6 15.Qe2 Qh3 16.Kg1 Ne5 (16...Qg4 17.Qg2 Qg2 18.Kg2+/-) 17.Qg2 (17.Bh7 Kh8 18.Bd3 Nd3 19.cd3 Re6+/-) 17...Qh5 (17...Qg2 18.Kg2 Nd3 19.cd3+=) 18.Qh1 (better is 18.Ne5!? Be5 19.Be5 Qe5 20.Nc3+-) 18...Qg4 19.Qg2 Qh5 20.Qh1 (better is 20.Ne5 Be5 21.Be5 Qe5 22.Nc3+-) 20...Qg4= 21.Qg2 ½–½. Fekete,Albert (2260) – Bali,Janos (2265), HUN–chT2 Maroczy, 2009.

10.0-0 Ne4 11.Bb5!? =.

10.0-0 Ne4 11.Nc3? Nc3 12.Bc3 Bd6?? (better is 12...Bc3 13.dc3 Qe7-+) 13.h3 Bf3 14.Bf3 Qh4 15.Qe1 Qh6 16.Rb1 b6?? 17.Bc6+- Re7 18.Ba8 Qf4 19.ef4 (19.ef4 Re1 20.Rfe1+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – pablomuro2, Active, 2007.

10.0-0 Ne4 11.d3 Nf6 12.Nfd2 Be2 13.Qe2 =+.

10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nh4 Bd7 (better is 12...Ne5!?=) 13.Bf6+/- gf6 14.Nf5 Qe5 (14...Bf5 15.Rf5 Qe6 16.Bd3+/-) 15.d4 Nd4 16.Nd4 (< 16.ed4 Qe2 17.Ng3 Qe3 18.Kh1 Bb5=+) 16...Qe3 17.Rf2 Rad8 18.c3 Bf5 19.Bf1 (19.Nf5 Rd1) 19...Bg6 20.Raa2 Bb1 21.Qb1+= Qc3 22.Ne2 Qe3 23.Ng3 Be1 24.Nh5 ½–½. Dziel,J – Preussner,M, corr EU M, 1997.

10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 12.Bb5 =+.

10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Nd4 Be2 15.Nc6 Qd7?? 16.Ne2+/- Qc6 17.Bf6 gf6 18.Nd4 Qe4 19.Nf5 Kh8 20.Nd6 cd6 21.Qf3 Qf3+= 22.Rf3 Kg7 23.Rg3 Kf8 24.Rf1 Re6 25.Rgf3 Ke7 26.g4 Rg8 27.c4 Rc8 28.Rb1+= Rc7 29.d4 Kf8 30.Rb4 Kg7 31.Kf2 Re4 32.Ke2 Rce7 33.Kd3+/- R4e6 34.a4 Kg6 35.a5 Kg7 36.Rb2 ½–½. player27 – Translightor, playchess.de, 2002.

10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Ne5 =.

10.0-0 Bf3 11.Bf3 Qd6? (11...Re6 12.Bf6 Rf6 13.a3=) 12.Nc3?? (better is 12.Bc6 bc6 13.a3+-) 12...Rad8= 13.a3 Ba5 14.d4 (better is 14.Rf2!? Ne5 15.Nb5= (15.Bb7? Neg4-+)) 14...Re3-/+ 15.Nb5 Qe6 16.d5 Nd5 17.Bd5?? Qd5 18.Qg4 g6 19.Qf4? Bb6 20.Kh1 f5 21.Nc7 Bc7?? 22.Qe3+/- Be5 23.Be5+- Qe5 24.Qe5 Ne5+= 25.Rfd1 Rc8 26.Rac1 Kf7 27.Rd6 Rc6 28.Rc6+= bc6 29.Kg1 Nc4+= 30.a4 a5 31.Kf2 Nb2 32.Ra1 Ke6 33.Ke2 c5 34.Kd2 Nc4 35.Kd3 Ne5 36.Ke3 Nc4 37.Kd3 Kd5 38.Rb1+/- Ne5 39.Kc3 Ng4 40.h3 Ne3 41.Rg1 Kc6 42.g3 Nd5 43.Kc4 Nb6 44.Kb3 c4 45.Ka3 Nd5 46.Re1 g5? 47.Re6 Kc5 48.Rh6 f4 49.gf4 gf4 50.Rh7 Ne3 51.Kb2?? Kb4?? 52.Rf7+- Ng2 53.h4! Nh4 54.Rf4 Ng6 55.c3 Ka4 56.Rc4 Kb5 57.Rg4 Ne7 58.Rg5 Kb6 59.Re5 Nc6 60.Re6 Kc5 61.Rc6?? Kc6= 62.Kb3 Kb5 63.c4 Kc5 64.Ka4 Kb6 65.c5 Ka6 66.c6 Kb6 67.c7 Kb7 68.Ka5 Kc7 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1850) – Adeimi,Michel (2000), Match Active, 2007.

10.Nc3 Nd5 11.Nd5 Qd5 12.0-0 (12.c3 Bc5+=) 12...Rad8 (12...Bf3 13.Rf3 Bd2-/+ (worse is 13...Qd2 14.Bc4 Qd1 15.Rd1+=)) 13.c3 Bf8 14.Rf2 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be2 16.Qe2 Qe5 (16...Re5? 17.c4 Qe6 18.Be5 Qe5 19.d4+-) 17.Qc4 Rd7 18.Qb3 b6 19.c4 Qe6 20.Raf1 f6 21.a3 Bd6 (21...c6 22.Qa4+=) 22.Rf6 (22.Bf6!? gf6 23.Rf6 Bh2 24.Kh2 Qe5 25.Kg1 Rd2 26.R1f5+=) 22...gf6+= 23.Rf6 Qf6?? (better is 23...Bh2 24.Kh2 Qe4+=) 24.Bf6+/- Be5?? (better is 24...Rf7+/-) 25.Qb5 (25.Qb5 Bf6 26.Qd7+-) 1–0. Janek – Kevin, internet free game, 2016.

9.Bb5 Qd7 10.Bf6+/- gf6 11.Bc6 Qc6 12.Ne5 Bd1 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Kd1 Rab8 15.Rf1 Be7 16.Nc3 Kh8 17.Ke2 Rg8 18.g3 Rg5 19.Rab1 Rb1 20.Rb1 Bd6 21.Rb7 Ra5 22.a4 Be5 23.d4+- Bd6 24.Ne4 Ra4 25.Nd6 cd6 26.Rf7 d5 27.Rf6 Ra6 28.e4! de4 29.d5! Rb6? 30.dc6 Rb8 31.c7 Rc8 32.Rf7 a5 33.Rd7 (33.Rd7 Rc7 34.Rc7+-) 1–0. woschkat (2175) – ayric (1805), net–chess.com, 2001.

9.Be2 Bc5 10.0-0 Bb6 11.Kh1 (11.Ng5 Ne8 12.Bg4 Qg5+=) 11...Nh5 12.Qe1 Re8 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.Rc1 Qd6 15.a3 Nd5 16.Nd5 Qd5 17.c4 Qd6 18.c5 Bc5 19.d4 (19.Qh4 f5 20.Bc4 Kh8 21.Bf7+-) 19...Ba3 20.Ba3 Qa3 21.Rc3? (better is 21.Ne5!? Be2 22.Qe2+=) 21...Qb2 22.Rc7?? (22.Bc4 Be6 23.Rb3+=) 22...Re3-+ 23.Qh4 (23.Ng1 Be2 24.Rf2-+) 23...Nf6 (better is 23...Qe2 24.Qf2 Bf3 25.gf3 Qf2 26.Rf2 Nf4-+) 24.Bc4-/+ Bh5 25.Ne5 Re4?? 26.Qg5?? Qd4 27.Bf7 Bf7 28.Nf7?? Nd7 (28...Nd7 29.Nh6 Kh8+=) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1635) – bellaluna (1680), Active, 2006.

9.Be2 Bc5 10.0-0 Qd7 11.h3 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.Qe1 Nb4+/-) 11...Bf5 (better is 11...Bf3 12.Bf3 Be7=) 12.d3?? (better is 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Nh4+/-) 12...Rad8 (12...Nd5 13.Qe1 Rae8 14.Qg3-+) 13.Qd2 Bd6?? 14.e4 Bg6 15.Nc3 Bg3 16.Nd5 Nd5-/+ 17.ed5 Qd5 18.c4 Qd6 19.Qc3 f6 20.Rad1? Ne5?? 21.Ne5 Be5 22.Qc2?? Bh2 23.Kh1-/+ Be5 24.Be5 fe5-/+ 25.Qc3 Qd4 26.Qd4 ed4 27.Bf3 c6 28.Be4 Be4 29.de4 Rf1 30.Rf1 Re8 31.Re1 Re5 32.g4 c5 33.Kg2 a6 34.Kf3 b5 35.cb5 ab5 36.Rc1 c4 37.Rc2? c3 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1890) – flim (1885), Active (1/0), 2004.

9.Be2 Bc5 10.0-0 Ne4 11.d4 Bd6 12.c4 =.

9.Be2 Qd5 10.0-0 (10.Bf6!? gf6 11.a3+/-) 10...Qe6 11.Nc3 a6 12.a3 Bd6 13.Na4 Rad8 14.Nd4?? (better is 14.Ng5 Be2 15.Ne6 Bd1 16.Nd8 (16.Nf8? Bc2 17.Bf6 Rf8-+) 16...Bc2 17.Nc6 (worse is 17.Bf6 Nd8 18.Bd8 Rd8+=) 17...Ba4 18.Nd4=) 14...Qd7?? (better is 14...Nd4 15.Bg4 Ng4 (15...Qg4?! 16.Bd4 Bh2 17.Kh2 Qh4 18.Kg1-+) 16.Bd4 Bh2 17.Kh1 Bg3-+) 15.Nc6 (15.Rf6 Be2 16.Rd6 Qd6 17.Qe2+/- (worse is 17.Ne2 b5+=)) 15...bc6? 16.Bf6+- Be2 17.Qe2 gf6 18.Rf6?? Be5-/+ 19.Qf3?? Ba1-+ 20.Nc5 Qd5 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Ne4 Rg8 23.Qf3 Bf6 24.Nf6 Qf3 (24...Qf3 25.Ng8 Qe2 26.h3 Rd2 27.Nf6 Qg2) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1910) – cocoher (1725), Active (5/0), 2005.

9.Be2 Qd7 10.0-0 Qd6 11.g3 Ne4 12.d3 Bf3 13.Bf3 Ng3 14.hg3 Qg3 15.Kh1 Qh3 16.Kg1 Qg3 17.Bg2 Qe3 18.Kh1 Qh6 19.Kg1 Bc5 20.d4 Qe3 21.Rf2 Nd4 22.Na3 Nf5 23.Qf3 Qg5 24.Bc1 Qg6 25.Nc4 Nh4 26.Ne5 Nf3 0–1. valpa – Hubb, playchess.de, 2002.

9.Be2 Be6 10.0-0 Rc8 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.a3 Ba5 13.Bd3 Rcd8 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Qf2 Bf3 17.Qf3 Ne5 18.Qe2 Nd3 19.cd3 Bb6 20.d4 Ne4 21.Ne4 Qe4 22.Qf3 Qc2 (22...Qd5!?=) 23.Bc3+= c6 (23...f5!?+=) 24.Bb4+/- c5 25.dc5 Bc5?? (better is 25...a5+/-) 26.Bc5 (better is 26.Rac1 Qg6 27.Rc5+-) 26...Qc5= 27.d4 Qc3 28.Rfc1 Qd2 29.Rd1 Qc3 30.Rdc1 Qb3 (30...Qd2 31.Rab1=) 31.Rcb1 Qc3 32.Rc1 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1820) – lfbe (1890), Active, 2008.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Rad8 11.c3 Ba5?? 12.Ba3+= Nb4?? 13.cb4+- Bb4 14.Bb4 Qb4 15.Nc3 Rd7 16.Rb1 Qd6 17.Rb7 Bf3 18.Bf3 Qd2 19.Qd2 Rd2 20.Ra7 Rfd8 21.Rc7 Ra2 22.Na2 1–0. pierre – bertil, internet, 2009.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Rad8 11.c3 Bc5 12.Qc2 Rd2 13.Nbd2 Qe3 14.Kh1 Qe2=.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Rad8 11.c3 Bc5 12.d4 Bb6 (12...Qe3!? 13.Kh1 Rfe8-+) 13.Qd2 Ne4 14.Qd3 f5 (14...Rfe8 15.Qc2-/+) 15.Nbd2 (15.Ba3!? Nd6 16.Nbd2=) 15...Kh8 16.Rae1 a6 17.h3 Bh5 18.Nh2 (better is 18.Nc4+=) 18...Be2-+ 19.Qe2 Ng3 20.Qf3 Nf1 21.Rf1 Rde8 22.Re1 Na5 23.Nhf1 c5 24.Ba3 Qe6 25.d5 Qe5 26.Bb2 (better is 26.Rb1 Qc3 27.Bb2-/+) 26...c4 27.Ba3 Rf6 28.Bb4 f4 29.Kh1 fe3 (29...fe3 30.Ba5 Rf3 (worse is 30...Ba5 31.Qe3 Bc3 32.Qe5 Re5 33.Rb1-+; 30...ed2?! 31.Re5 Re5 32.Nd2 Re1 33.Kh2-+) 31.Nf3 Qf6 (31...Ba5?! 32.Ne5 Re5 33.Re3 Re3 34.Ne3+=) 32.Bb6 Qb6-+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1845) – SIMON49 (1820), Active (5/0), 2005.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Rad8 11.c3 Bc5 12.d4 Qe3 13.Kh1 Bd6 (13...Rfe8 14.Bc4 Bd6 15.Bc1-+) 14.Bc1 Qe7 15.Bd3 (15.Qc2-+) 15...h6 (15...Nd5!?-+) 16.Nbd2-/+ Rfe8 17.Nc4 Ne4 (17...a6 18.a4-/+) 18.Qc2 Bf3 (better is 18...Qe6!?-/+) 19.gf3= Nf6 20.Rg1 Kh8 (20...Nh5 21.Rb1 Nf4 22.Be4+/- (22.Rb7?! Nd3 23.Qd3 Qf6=)) 21.Qg2+= Rg8 (21...Qf8 22.Qh3 Ng8 23.a4+=) 22.Qh3 Nh7 23.Rb1 Qe6? (better is 23...Rb8+/-) 24.Qe6+- (24.Nd6?! Qd6 (24...Qh3?? 25.Nf7) 25.Rb7 Rb8 26.Rb8 Nb8+-) 24...fe6 25.Nd6 cd6 (25...Rd6 26.Rb7 Rc8 27.Bf4+-) 26.Rb7 Rb8? (26...Nf8 27.Rc7 Nb8+-) 27.Rc7 Rbc8 (27...Ng5 28.Bg5 Rbc8 29.Rc8 Rc8+-) 28.Rgg7!! Rc7 (28...Rg7 29.Rc8 Deflection (29.Rc8 Decoy; 29.Rc8 Overloading)) 29.Rc7 (29.Rc7 Ng5 30.f4+-) 1–0. Janek – Indy, internet, 2017.

9.Be2=+ Qe7 10.0-0= Rad8 11.Ne1? Bd2!-+ 12.Nd2 (12.Qd2 Rd2) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Schneider,Hans, CiF, 1993.

10.0-0 Bf3 11.Bf3 Nd2 12.Nd2 Qd2 13.Qd2 Bd2 14.Bc1 Rad8 15.Rf2 Bc1 16.Rc1 Rd6 17.h3 b6 18.Kh2 Rfd8 19.Rff1 Nb4 20.a3 Na2 21.Ra1 Nc3 22.Kh1 Rd2 23.Rac1 Nb5 24.Kg1? Na3 25.Rf2 Rf2 26.Kf2 Rd2 27.Kf1 Rc2 28.Rd1 g6 29.Be4 Rc5 30.Ra1 Nb5 31.Bd3 a5 (32.g3 Nc3-+) 0–1. valpa – hal1958, HCL–B2083 playchess.de, 2003.

10.0-0 Bf3 11.Bf3 Nd2 12.Nd2 Qd2 13.Qd2 Bd2 14.e4 Be3 15.Kh1 Nd4 16.Bd1 Ne6 17.Rf3 Bd4 18.Bd4 Nd4 19.Rf2 Rfe8 20.Bf3 Rad8 21.e5 Nf3 22.Rf3 Re5 23.h3 Re2 0–1. valpa – Dirk_Diggler, playchess.de, 2002.

10.0-0 Bf3 11.Bf3= Qh4 12.Qe2+= Rae8 13.d3 Ng5 14.Bc6 bc6 15.Nd2 Bd6 16.g3 Qh6 17.Nc4 Nh3 18.Kh1 f5 19.Qf3 Ng5 20.Qc6+/- Re6 21.Nd6 cd6 22.Bd4 Qh5 23.Qd5 Kh8? 24.Rf5 Rf5 25.Qf5 Qf3 26.Qf3 Nf3 27.Rf1 Nd4 28.Rf8 (28.ed4?! Kg8+-) 1–0. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

10.c3 Ba5 11.0-0 h5 (11...Re8 12.Bb5+=) 12.Nd4 Bd7 (better is 12...Nd4!? 13.cd4 Qg5 14.Bg4 hg4=) 13.Ba3+/- Re8 14.Bc4 Nd4?? (14...Ne5 15.Qh5 Nf6=) 15.Bf7 (15.ed4 Nf6 16.Bf7 Kf7 17.Qh5 Kg8 18.Qa5 Bc6+=; 15.cd4 Be6 16.Be6 fe6 17.Qh5 Bb6 18.Qf7 Kh8+-) 15...Kh8 (15...Kh7 16.Qh5) 16.Qh5 1–0. Janek – Zack, internet, 2016.

10.c3 Ba5 11.d3 Bf3 12.Bf3 Qh4 13.g3 Ng3 14.hg3 Qg3 15.Ke2 Rfe8 16.Qg1 Qg1 17.Rg1 Bb6 18.d4 Na5 19.Nd2 Rad8 20.Rg4 f5 21.Rf4 g6 22.Rh4 c5 23.Rah1 cd4 24.cd4 Bd4 25.Bd4 Nc6 26.Bc5 b6 27.Ba3 Ne5 28.Rd4 Rd4 29.ed4 Nc4 30.Kd3 Na3 31.Rc1 Nb5 32.Bc6 Nc7 33.Be8 Ne8 34.Nf3 Kf7 35.Rc8 Nf6 36.Ne5 Ke6 37.Rc7 Nd5 38.Ra7 h5 39.Rh7 Nf4 40.Ke3 Nd5 41.Kf3 1-0. alessandrocarvalhaes (1930) - beetlejuice64 (1895), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

10.c3 Bd6 11.0-0 Re8 12.Nd4 Be2 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.d3=+ Nd2?? 15.Qd2+/- Qe3 16.Qe3 Re3 17.Nc1 Rae8 18.g3 Re1 19.Nd2+- Rf1 20.Nf1 Ne5 21.d4 Nc4+/- 22.Nd3 Nb2 23.Nb2+- c5 24.dc5 Bc5+/- 25.Kh1 Re2 26.Nd3 Ba3 27.Rd1 Rc2 28.Nb4+- Bb4 29.cb4 g6 30.Rd7 Ra2 31.Rb7 Kg7 32.Ne3 Rb2 33.Ra7 Rb4 34.Kg2 Rb2 35.Kf3 Rh2 36.Ng4 Rc2 37.Ne5 Rc3 38.Kg2 (38.Kg2 Rc2 39.Kh3+-) 1–0. Hasler,Ulrich – Zimmer,Georg, corr SOK–89–39, 1989.

10.c3 Bd6 11.g3 Re8 -/+.

10.c3 Bd6 11.g3 Bg3?? 12.hg3+/- Ng3 13.Kf2?? (13.Rg1 Bf3 14.Bf3 Qh4-+) 13...Ne4?? (better is 13...Nh1 14.Qh1 Re8+=) 14.Ke1+/- Bf3 15.Bf3 Ng3 (15...Qd3+/-) 16.Rh2 (better is 16.Rh3 Qg5 17.Bc6 bc6 18.Qf3+-) 16...Ne5+= 17.c4?? (17.Kf2 Qg5 18.Rg2 Nd3 19.Kg1=) 17…Nd3 0–1. Constantin,Mathias (1865) – Lucazeau,Alain, Mont de Marsan–ch, 2008.

10.c3 Be7 11.0-0 Qd6 12.Qe1 Qg6=+ 13.Bd3 Bh3 14.Qe2=+ Bf5 15.Be4 Be4-/+ 16.Na3 Bd3-+ (16...Bd3 17.Qf2 Bf1 18.Rf1 Rad8-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Wegelin, CiF, 1990.

10.Bd3 Qe7 11.0-0 Ng5 12.Qe1 Nf3 13.gf3 Bh5 14.f4= f5 15.Qg3 Be8 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.Rf2 Qe4?? 19.Rg2+- (19.Rg2 Qg2 20.Kg2+-) 1–0. Jensen,Helmut (1810) – Gilde,Guenter (1630), 14 sen. D Sen MM, 2005.

10.0-0 a6 11.Ng5= Be2 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Qc4 Qd5 14.Qd5+= Nd5 15.Nf7 Bf6 16.Nh6+/- Kh8 17.Bf6 Nf6 18.Nc3 Nb4 19.Rab1+/- c5 20.Nf7 Kg8 21.Nd6 Re7 22.Na4 b5 23.Nc5+- Nc2 24.Rfc1 Na3 25.Rb3 (25.Rb3 Nc4 26.Nc4 bc4 27.Rc4+-) 1–0. marekt – Zroyalrook, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

10.0-0 Qd7 11.a3 (11.Bf6 gf6 12.a3 Bc5+=) 11...Ba5 (11...Be7 12.Nh4=) 12.Nc3 (12.Bf6!? gf6 13.c3+/-) 12...Nd5 13.Nd5 Qd5 14.Nd4 (better is 14.Rf2=) 14...Be2-/+ 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.Qg4? (better is 16.Qd3 Ne2! 17.Qe2 Qd2 18.Kf2-/+) 16...Ne6 17.e4 (17.d3 Qc5 18.Qf5-+) 17...Qd2 18.Rf2 (18.Rac1 Ng5 19.e5 Rad8-+) 18...Qe3 19.Raf1 Bb6 20.Bc1 Qc3 21.Kh1 Bf2 22.Rf2 Qe1 23.Rf1 Qf1 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1660) – tito777 (1820), Active, 2006.

10.0-0 Ne4 11.d3 Nf6 12.e4 Nd4?? (better is 12...Qe7+=) 13.Nd4+- (13.Bd4?! Bf3 14.c3 Be2 15.Qe2 Be7+=) 13...Be2 14.Ne2 Bc5 15.Kh1 Ng4 16.Qe1 Ne3 17.Qg3 g6 18.Rf3 Nc2 19.Nd2 Na1+/- 20.Ba1 c6 21.Qf4 Re7?? 22.Qh6 f6 23.Bf6 Qa5 24.Be7 Qa2 25.Rf8! (25.Rf8 Rf8 26.Qf8) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – pesaj, Active, 2007.

10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nc3 Rad8+= 12.a3? (12.Bb5 Bc3 13.Bc3 Ne4-/+) 12...Ba5 (better is 12...Bc3!? 13.Bc3 Nd5-+) 13.Qe1 (13.Bb5+=) 13...Ne4 (better is 13...Bc3 14.Bc3 Ne4-/+) 14.Ne4= Qe4 15.Bd3 Qd5?? (15...Qe7 16.Qg3 f5 17.Rad1+=) 16.h3?? (better is 16.Qg3 h5 17.h3+-) 16...Bh5 17.Qg3 Bf3?? (better is 17...Bg6+=) 18.Qg7 (18.gf3?! g6 19.Rf2 f5=; 18.Rf3?! g6 19.Qf4 Ne5 (19...Bd2? 20.Bc4 Qf5 21.Qh6+-) 20.Be5 Qe5 21.Qf7 Kh8+/-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – guest3147, Active (5/0), 2005.

10.0-0 h6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Nc3 a6 13.Qc1 Ne5 14.Ne5 Be5 (worse is 14...Re5 15.Rf6 Be2 16.Rd6 (worse is 16.Ne2 Qf6 17.Rb1 b5+=) 16...Qd6 17.Ne2+-) 15.Bg4 Ng4 16.h3 Qh4 17.Qe1 Qe1 18.Rfe1 Nf6 19.d4 Bd6 (19...Bg3!? 20.Re2 Rad8+=) 20.e4= Nh7 21.e5 Be7 22.Ne4 Rad8 23.c3 c5 (23...Ng5 24.Ng5 Bg5 25.c4=) 24.Rad1 (24.Nc5?! Bc5 25.dc5 Rc8=) 24...cd4 25.cd4 Ng5 26.Ng5 Bg5 27.d5 Rd7 28.d6 Re6 29.Rd4 f6= 30.Rde4 fe5 31.Be5 Bf6 32.Bf6 Re4 33.Re4= gf6 34.Re8 Kf7 35.Rb8 Ke6 36.Rh8 Kd6 37.Rh6= Ke5 38.Rh4 f5 39.Rb4 b5 40.a4 Rd4-+ 41.Rd4 Kd4 42.ab5 ab5 43.h4 b4 44.h5 b3 45.h6 b2 46.h7 b1Q 47.Kh2 Qb8 (47...Qb8 48.Kg1 Ke3 49.Kh1 Kf2 50.g4 Qb7 51.Kh2 Qh7) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Ducato, Partie evaluee, 5m + 0s, 2007.

9.c3 Bd6 10.g3 Qf6 11.Bg2 Nh2! 12.Nh2? Bg3-+ 13.Ke2 Qf2 14.Kd3 Bf5 15.Be4 Be4 (15...Be4 16.Kc4 Bh1 17.Qh1 Qh2 18.Qh2 Ne5 19.Kb3 Bh2 20.c4 Nf3 21.Kc2 Rad8 22.Bc3 Rfe8 23.a4 Ne1 24.Kb3 h5 25.Na3 Nf3 26.Kc2 Be5 27.Rd1 Bc3 28.Kc3 Nd2 29.Kc2 h4 30.e4 Ne4 31.Rd8 Rd8 32.Nb5 h3 33.Nc7 h2 34.Nd5 h1Q 35.Kb2 Qg2 36.Kb3 Qf3 37.Ka2 Nd2 38.Ne7 Kf8 39.Ng6 fg6 40.c5 Qb3 41.Ka1 Qb1#) 0–1. Hasler,Ueli – Hampe,Fritz (1995), CiF, 2005.

9.c3 Bd6-/+ 10.g3 Nh2 (11.Rh2 Bg3 12.Rf2 Bg4-/+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Gmuer,A, corr CiF Landespokal, 1995.

9.c3 Bd6-/+ 10.g3 Nh2 11.Nh2? Bg3-+ 12.Ke2 Qd5 13.Nf3 Ne5 14.Bg2 Qd3# 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Marcotulli,Giancarlo, CiF, 2001.

9.Bc3 Bd6 10.Bd3 Nh2 11.Nh2 (11.Nh2 Qh4 Decoy; 11.Rh2 Bg3 Double attack (11...Bg3 Decoy)) 11...Qh4 12.Kf1 Bh2 13.Qf3 h6 14.Qf2 (14.Be4 Bd7+=) 14...Qg3 15.Qg3 Bg3 16.Na3 Ne5 17.Be2 a6 18.Bf3 Rb8 19.Rh5 Re8 20.Be5 Be5 21.d4 Bf6 22.Kf2 Bg5 23.e4 b5 24.e5 c5! (24...c5 25.c3 Bd2-+) 0–1. Pachurka,Roland – Priehn,Peter, DESC, 2005.

9.Bc3 Bd6 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Qc4 Nce5 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Qa4 Bg4 14.Be2? Qh4-+ 15.g3 Qh5 16.Qb5 Bf3 (16...Bf3 17.Be5 Be5 (17...Qe5?! 18.Qe5 Be5 19.Bf3 Ba1 20.c3-+; 17...Re5?! 18.Qd3-/+) 18.Bf3 Bg3 (18...Qf3?! 19.Rf1 Qh5 20.Na3-+) 19.hg3 Qb5-+) 0–1. Binder,Klaus – Fischer,Ronald, DESC, 2001.

9.Bc3 Bd6 10.g3 h5 11.Bg2 h4 12.Nh4 Nh2 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1990) – Machycek,Lubomir (2120), World Cup XII P074, 2000.

9.Nc3 Qd6 10.a3= Ba5 11.Bd3 Nce5 12.Ne5 Ne5= 13.Bh7 Kh7 14.Qh5 Kg8 15.Ne4 Bd2 16.Nd2 Re8 17.0-0? Qg6?? 18.Qg6=+ Ng6 19.e4 b6 20.Rae1 Ba6 21.Rf3 Rad8 22.Bc3 Re6 23.h3 f6 24.Kh2 Bb7 25.Rg3 Kf7 26.Ree3 Rde8 27.Rg4=+ Ne5 28.Rf4 Nd7 29.Rg4 R8e7 30.Reg3 Kf8 31.Re3 Kg8 32.Rf4=+ Nc5 33.e5 fe5-/+ 34.Rg4 a5 35.Nf3 Bf3 36.gf3 e4 37.f4 Nd7 38.Rg5 Nf6 39.Kg3 Kf8 40.Kf2 Rd7 41.Reg3 Rc6 42.Ke2 Ne8 43.h4 Rf7 ½–½. Zylla,Johannes (2265) – Bjazevic,Pavao (2245), corr WSTT/3/06/Semifinal, 2008.

9.Nc3 Nce5 10.Be2? (10.h3 Nf3 11.Qf3 Ne5=) 10...Nf3 (10...Qf6!? 11.Bd3 Ne3 12.de3 Nf3 13.Qf3 Bc3 14.Bc3 Qc3 15.Kf2 Rd8-/+) 11.Bf3=+ a5 (11...Ne5 12.Nd5 Bd6 13.Be5 Be5 14.d4=+) 12.Bg4 (12.0-0!? Qh4 13.h3=) 12...Qh4=+ 13.g3 Qg4 14.Qg4 Bg4 15.0-0 Rad8 16.Rf4 Be6 17.d4 (17.d3 c6=+) 17...Rfe8 18.a3 Bd6 19.Rf2 Bc4 20.e4 Bf8 (20...c5 21.d5-/+) 21.Rd1 (21.Nb1 f6=+) 21...b5-/+ 22.Rf4 b4 23.ab4 ab4 24.Nb1 Bd6 25.Rg4?? (better 25.Rf2-/+) 25…Be2-+ (25...Be2 26.Rg7 Kg7-+) 0-1. Bennett,Hilton - Green,Ewen, 15th New Zealand North Shore Open NZL, 1988.

9.Nc3=+ Qe7 10.Bd3 Qc5 11.Qe2 Re8 12.0-0 Ne3= 13.de3 Bc3 14.Bc3 Qc3 15.Ng5 h6 16.Qh5 Ne5 17.Nf7 Bg4 18.Qh4 Nf7 19.Qg4 Ne5 20.Qf5 Nd3 21.cd3 Re3 22.Qd5 Kh8 23.Qb7 Rae8 24.Qa7 Re2 25.Kh1 Qd3= 26.Qc7 Rg2 27.Kg2 Qd5 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (1700) – Moedl,Willy (2150), GER–CZE, 2002.

9.Qe2? Ne3!-+ 10.Qe3 Re8 11.Nc3? (better is 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5-+) 11...Re3 12.de3 Qf6 13.Kd2 Bh3! 14.Re1 (14.gh3 Qf3) 14...Rd8 15.Nd4 Nd4 16.ed4 (16.Kc1 Nb3! 17.ab3 Bc3-+) 16...Qf4 17.Kd1 Bg4 (18.Re2 Qd4 19.Kc1 Bc3 20.Re8 Re8 21.Bc3 Qc3-+) 0–1. Marczyk,L – Peczkowski,M, corr mem Chojecki, 1996.

9.Be2?? Ne3-+ 10.Qc1 Re8 11.Kf2 Ng2 12.d3 Bc5 (12...Bc5 13.Kg2 Re2 14.Kf1 Rf2 15.Ke1 Qe7 16.Be5 Ne5-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Nemec,Zdenek, email KMG–55, 2001.

9.Be2?? Ne3-+ 10.Qc1 Ng2 11.Kd1 Qe7 12.c3 Re8 13.Bf1 Qe4 14.cb4 Qf3 (14...Qf3 15.Be2 Qe2 16.Kc2 Ne3 17.Kb3 Be6 18.Qc4 Qc4 19.Ka3 Qb4) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1680) – Blumbergs,Janis, Webchess op 1st Gr02 email, 2005.

9.Be2?? Ne3 10.Qc1 Ng2 11.Kf1 Nf4 12.d3 Ne2 13.Ke2 Re8 14.Kf2 Bg4 15.Qg5 Qg5 16.Ng5 Re2 17.Kg3 Rc2 18.Kg4 Rb2 19.a4 Ne5 20.Kh3 Nd3 21.Rf1 f6 22.Ne6 Bd6 0–1. valpa – godzillainchains, playchess.de, 2002.

9.Be2?? Ne3-+ 10.Qc1 Ng2 11.Kf2 Nh4 12.Rg1 Bc5 13.d4 Nd4 14.Kf1 Bh3 (14...Bh3 15.Kf2 Ndf3 16.Qe3 Be3 17.Ke3 Re8 18.Kf2 Ng1 19.Bf3 Nhf3 20.Bf6 Qf6 21.Kg3 Qh4) 0–1. Istvanny – lee_broker (1690), internet, 2007.

10.Be2 Nh2 11.Nh2 Qh4 12.Kf1 Bh2 13.Qe1 Qe1-/+ 14.Ke1 Bg3 15.Kd1 Re8 16.Bd3 Bg4 17.Ne2 h6 18.c3 Rad8 19.Kc2 Rd3 20.Kd3? Bf5 21.Kc4 Na5 (21...Na5 22.Kd4 Rd8 23.Kc5 Bd6 24.Kb5 Bd7 25.Ka5 c5 26.Rh6 Bc7 27.Rb6 Bb6) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Bilsel,Sabahaddin, CiF, 2000.

10.Be4 Nh2 11.Nd6 Nf3 12.Qf3 Qd6 13.0-0-0 h6 14.g3 Be6 15.Kb1 Nb4 16.a3=+ Ba2 17.Kc1 Bd5 18.e4?? Qc6-+ 19.Bd3 Nd3 20.Qd3 Be4 21.Qc3 Qc3 22.Bc3 Bh1 23.Rh1 Rfe8 (23...Rfe8 24.Rh4 Re6-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Rosner,Dirk, corr SOK F003, 1999.

10.Bb5 Qe7 11.Bd3 Qc5 12.0-0 Ne3 13.de3 Re3 14.Na4 Rd3 15.Nc5 Bc5 16.Kh1 Rd1 17.Rad1 f6 18.Rfe1 Kf7 19.Nd4 Nd4 20.Bd4 Bd6 21.Bf2 b5 22.Rd3 Be6 23.Bg3 Bc4 24.Rd4 Bg3 25.hg3 Ba2-+ 26.Rd7 Kg6 27.Re4 h5 28.Rc7 a5 29.g4 Rh8 30.Kg1 h4 31.Ree7 Rg8 32.Kh2-/+ Bc4 33.Kh3 a4 34.Kh4 a3 35.Ra7 a2 36.Red7 Kh6 37.Kg3 f5 38.gf5= Kg5 39.Ra5 Kf5 40.Rd4 Rc8 41.Kh2 Ke5 42.Rd1 Ke4 43.Ra3 Rc6 44.Kg3 Bg8 45.Re1 Kd4 46.Rd1 Ke5 47.Re3 Kf5 48.c3 Rd6 49.Rde1 Bc4 50.Re5 Kf6 51.R5e3 Rd3 52.Rf3 Rf3 (52...Rf3 53.gf3 Kf5=+; 52...Kg5 53.Rd3 Bd3 54.Ra1-/+) 0–1. Gretencord,Ulrich (2035) – Keller,Gert (2345), 2004.

10.Bb5 Qe7 11.Bd3 Qc5 12.0-0 Ne3 13.de3 Re3 14.Nd4 Nd4 (14...Qd4?! 15.Bh7 Kh8 16.Qd4 Nd4 17.Nd5=) 15.Na4 Nf3 16.Kh1 (16.gf3 Rd3 Double attack) 16...Qa5 17.gf3 Qa4 18.Rg1 Bf8 19.Bg7 Bg7 20.Rg7 Kg7 21.Qg1 Bg4 22.Qe3 Bh5 0–1. Rooijen,Peter van – Solsona Manonelles,Josep (2160), ICCF FM/0217, 2006.

10.Bd3 Nce5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.0-0 Nd3 13.cd3 Qd3?? (better is 13...Bc3 14.Bc3 Qd3-/+) 14.Qb3+/- Be6 15.Qb4 Qd2 16.Rf3 (16.Qb7 Rab8 17.Qc6 Qb2-/+) 16...a5 17.Qb5 (worse is 17.Qb7 Reb8 18.Qc6 Qb2-/+) 17...c6 18.Qb6 Qd8 19.Qc5 Qe7 20.Ne4 Qc5 21.Nc5+/- b6 22.Ne6 Re6 23.Rd1 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic – Poenitz,Steffen, ICCF WT/H/0918, 1996.

10.Bd3 Nce5=+ 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be2 Qh4 13.g3 Qh3 14.Bf1 Qh6 15.Be2 Bh3 16.Rg1 Rad8 17.a3 Bc5 (17...Bc5 18.Qc1 Rd2 19.Qd2 Be3-+) 0–1. woschkat (1990) – davidswhite (2070), net–chess.com, 2000.

10.Bd3 Nce5 11.Ne5 Ne5 (11...Re5 12.0-0 Qh4 13.h3+/-) 12.Be2 Qh4 13.g3 Qh3 14.Bf1 Qh6 15.Be2 Bh3 16.Rg1 Rad8 17.a3 Bc5 18.Qc1 Bg4 19.Bg4 0–1. Reuter,Alfred – Lange,Steffen (1725), KO–006 VCC, 2001.

10.Be2 Qf6 11.0-0 Ne3!-/+ 12.Nd5 Qb2 13.de3 Bd6 14.Bd3 Ne5 15.Ng5 h6 16.Ne4 Ng4 17.Nd6 Qe5 18.g3 Qd6 19.Qf3 Ne5 20.Qe4 f5 21.Qd4 Rd8 22.Nf4 Qd4 23.ed4 Nd3 24.Nd3 Rd4 0–1. Armstrong,Alan (2100) – Beyer,Alfredo (2065), Eclipse, 2000.

10.Be2 Qf6 11.0-0 Ne3 12.de3 Bc3 13.Nd4 Qg5 14.Bc3 Qe3 15.Kh1 Qc3 16.Nc6 Qc6 17.Bf3 Qa6 18.Qd5 c6 19.Qb3 Be6 20.Qb4 Rad8 21.Qf4 Bc4 22.Rg1 Be2 23.Be2 Re2 24.Rad1 Rf8 25.Rgf1 Qa2 26.Rd7 Rc2 27.Qf3 b5 28.h4 Qc4 29.Kg1 h6 30.h5 a5 31.g4 a4 32.Rd6 Qc5 0–1. alleyb (1710) – gabrel (2040), gameknot.com, 2014.

10.Be2 Qf6=+ 11.Na4 Qh6 12.Nc3 Ne3 13.de3= Re3 14.Qc1 Bf5 15.Rb1 Bc3 16.Bc3-/+ 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter (1855) – Jaros,Ernst (1715), Liape ch–1 zone–B gr–06 email, 2003.

10.a3 Bd6=+ 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Rb1 Qe7 13.h3 Nge5 14.Be5 Ne5-/+ 15.Ned4 Nf3 16.Qf3 Qh4 17.Kd1 (17.Ke2 Be4 18.Qg4 Qg4 19.hg4 Ba3-+) 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter – Schulz, ECC3.031, 2003.

10.Rb1 Bd6 11.g3 Nb4-/+ 12.Nd4 Qg5 13.e4 Nh2! 14.Rh2 Bg3 15.Rf2 Qf4 (15...Qf4 16.Qf3 Nc2 (16...Bf2 17.Kf2 Qh4 18.Qg3 Qg3 19.Kg3=) 17.Kd1 Bg4 (17...Nd4 18.Qf4 Bf4 19.Rf4+/-) 18.Kc2 Bf3 19.Rf3 Qg5-/+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Willert,Frank, CiF, 2000.

10.Be2 Qf6-/+ 11.Qb1 Ne3!-+ 12.de3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Qc3 14.Kf2 Rfe8 15.Bd3 Bd3 16.cd3 Nb4 17.Ne1?! Qd2 18.Kf1 Nd5 19.Qc1 Ne3 (19...Ne3 20.Kg1 Qe2-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1680) – Salano,Alfredo Peixoto, corr ICCF, 2004.

10.Be2 Qf6 11.Nd5? (better is 11.Na4 Qh6 12.Nc3-/+) 11...Qb2-+ 12.c3? (12.Rb1 Qa3 13.Rb4 Bc2 14.Qc2 Nb4 15.Nb4 Qb4 16.Ng5-+) 12...Bc2 13.Qc1 Ba3 14.0-0 Qc1 15.Rac1 Bc1 16.Rc1 Be4 17.Nc7 Rad8 18.Nd4 Nge5 19.Ncb5 a6 20.Na3 Rfe8 21.Nac2 Kf8 22.Ne1 b5 23.Rd1 (23.d3 Bg6-+) 23...Nd4 24.cd4 Nd7 25.Nd3 Bd3 26.Bd3 Nf6 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Rb1 Ne4 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1810) – Windels,Luc (1850), CB.2001.0.00024, 2001.

10.h3 Nge5 11.Bb5 Nf3 12.Qf3 Bc2 13.0-0 (13.Qg4 Be7 14.Bc6 bc6+=) 13...Ne5-/+ (13...Qd2 14.Rf2 Bc3 15.Rd2 Bd2 16.Bc6 bc6 17.Qf2+=) 14.Qg3 Bd6 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Be5 Be5 17.Qe5 Qd5 18.Qd5 Bd5 19.Rac1 Ba2 20.Rc7 Bd5 21.Bd7 a6 (21...b6 22.d3+=) 22.Rf5 Be6 23.Be6 fe6 24.Rf8 Kf8 25.Rb7 a5 26.Rb3 Ke7 27.Ra3 Kd6 28.d4 Kd5 29.Kf2 Kc4 30.Ke2 a4 31.Kd2 Kb4 32.Ra1 a3 33.Rb1 Ka4-+ 34.Ra1 Rf8 35.Kd3 Rf2-+ 36.Ke4 Rg2 37.Ke5 Re2 38.Ke6 Kb3 39.Kf7 Kb2 (39...Kb2 40.Rh1 a2-+; worse is 39...Re3 40.d5 Rh3 41.Rg1-+) 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter (1700) – Malmstroem,Jan (1915), SI.2005.0.00038, 2005.

10.h3 Nge5 11.Be2 Nf3 12.Bf3 Qh4 13.Kf1 Ne5 (13...Rae8 14.Kg1-/+) 14.a3 (14.Bb7!? Rab8 15.Bd5=+) 14...Ba5 15.Be2 Rad8 16.Nb1 (16.Kg1 Bb6 17.Qc1 Qg3-/+) 16...Qf6 (16...Nc4!? 17.Bc4 Qc4 18.Kf2 Bc2 19.Qe2 Qe2 20.Ke2 Bb1 21.Rab1 Rd2 22.Kf3-+) 17.Bf3-/+ Rfe8 18.d3 Qh4 19.Bc3? (better 19.Be5 Re5 20.Qe2-+) 19...Nc4! (19...Nf3?! 20.Qf3 Bc3 21.Nc3-/+) 20.Bd2 (20.dc4 Qc4 Double attack (20...Rd1 Pinning; 20...Rd1 Deflection; 20...Rd1 Decoy)) 20…Bd2 (20...Bd2 21.Qd2 Nd2 22.Nd2 Re3-+) 0–1. Trigance,Emile – Sorcinelli,Andrea (1960), FICGS, 2013.

10.Rb1 Ne3!-+ 11.de3 Bc3 12.Bc3 Qc3 13.Qd2 Qd2 14.Nd2 Rd8 15.Bd3 b6 16.0-0 Be6 17.a3 Ne5 18.Be4 Bd5 19.Rfd1 Be4 20.Ne4 Nc4 21.Re1 Re8 22.Nc3 Na3 (22...Na3 23.Rb2 Nc4-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Zaremba,Artur, CiF, 2000.

10.Qe2 Nge5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.a3 Bd6 13.d4 Ng4 14.Ne4 Qh6 15.Nd6 cd6 16.e4 Re8 17.c4 Nh2 18.g3 Qg6 19.Bg2 Bf5! (20.Kd2 Qg3-/+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Johansen,Svein, L2.1999.0.00005, 1999.

10.Qe2 Be6 11.0-0-0 Qf5 (11...Qe7!?-/+) 12.h3+= Nge5 13.Ne5 Qe5 14.Nb5 Qg3 15.a3 Be7 16.Qf3 Bh4 17.Be2 a6 18.Qg3 Bg3 19.Nd4 Nd4 20.Bd4 b6 21.Bf3 Ra7 22.Bc6 Rd8 23.Rdf1 Rd6 24.Rf3 Bh4 25.Ba4 (25.Be4 Be7=) 25...c5 26.Be5 Rd5 27.Bc3 b5 28.Bb3 c4 29.Ba2 Rg5 30.g4 Bd5 31.e4 Be4 32.Re3 f5 33.Rf1+= Rf7 34.d3 Bd5 35.Re5 Bg2 36.dc4+- h5 37.Rff5 Rgf5 38.gf5 Kh7 39.cb5 Rc7 40.Bd2 Bf6? 41.Re8 g5 42.fg6! Kg6 43.Rg8 Bg7 44.b6 Rb7 45.Bc3 (45.Bc3 Kh6 46.Bg7 Rg7 47.h4+-) 1–0. Levin,Anatoly – Diaz,Nephtali T, US Amateur Team–ch East, Parsipanny USA, 2009.

10.Qe2 Be6 11.a3 Bd6 12.0-0-0 a6 13.h3 Nge5 14.Ne4 Qh6 15.Qf2 Rae8 16.Nd6 cd6 17.Qh4 Qh4 18.Nh4 Ne7 19.Nf3 f6 20.Nd4 Bf7 21.Be2 b5 22.Rhf1 Bd5 23.g4 Rc8 24.d3 N5c6 25.Rf2 Nd4 26.Bd4 Rc7 27.e4 Bf7 28.Bb6 Rc6 29.Ba5 Ng6 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (2070) – Malmstroem,Jan (2020), CL2–2008.15.09, 2009.

10.Qe2 Be6 11.a3 Bd6 12.0-0-0 Rac8 13.Qb5 Nce5 14.Nd4? (14.Ne5 Be5 A) worse is 15.Qb7 Nf2 (15...Nh2?! 16.Be2=) 16.Be2 Qe7-+; B) 15.Bd3+=) 14...Nf2-+ 15.Be2 Qe7 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Qb3 Nd1 18.Kd1 c5 19.Nd5 (19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Nf3-+) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2325) – Titan 24 Rybka 3 32_bit (2475), 2m + 0s, rated, 2008.

10.Qe2 Bf5 11.0-0-0 Rad8 12.h3 Nge5 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Qb5 Bd6 15.d4 Nc6 16.Qb7 Bd7 17.Qa6 Qg5 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.h4 Qh6 20.g4 Re3 21.g5 Qe6 22.Qc4 Qe8 23.Bg2 Nb4 24.a3 Nc6 25.h5 Na5 26.Qa6 Rc3 27.Qa5 Qe3 28.Kb1 Rb8 29.Rhe1 Qg3 30.Qa7 Rb2 31.Kb2 Ba3 32.Ka1 Rc2 33.Qa8 Bf8 34.Bf3 Bc6 35.Qc6 Rc6 36.Bc6 Qc3 37.Kb1 Qc6 38.Rh1 Qb5 39.Kc2 Qc4 40.Kb2 Bb4 41.Rh3 Qe2 42.Kc1 Be7 43.Rdd3 Bg5 44.Kb1 f5 45.Rhf3 Bf6 46.Rfe3 Qh5 47.Kc2 f4 48.Re1 Qd5 0–1. bambinik (2505) – kaspi (2530), 2003.

10.Qe2 Bf5 11.0-0-0 Rfe8 12.h3 Ne3! 13.Ne4 (13.de3 Bc3 Deflection (13...Bc3 Overloading)) 13…Qe6 (13...Qe6 14.Qe3 Be4-/+; 13...Be4 14.Bf6 Nd1 A) worse is 15.Kd1 Bc2 (15...gf6?! 16.Qc4=) 16.Kc2 Re2 17.Be2 gf6-/+; B) 15.Qd1?! gf6 16.Kb1 a6=; C) 15.Bh4 Bc2 16.Kc2 Re2 17.Be2+/-) 0–1. St_Jean,Benoit – Moreira,Carlos (1735), SD–2010-0-00066, 2010.

10.Qe2 Qg6 11.0-0-0 Be6 12.a3 Bd6 13.h3 Nf6 14.g4=+.

10.Qe2 Qg6 11.0-0-0 Be6 12.a3 Bd6 13.h3 Qh6 14.Ne4 Nge5 15.Qf2 Rac8 16.Qh4 Qh4 17.Nh4 ½–½. eralos (1855) – galahantine (2130), gameknot.com, 2002.

10.Qe2 Qg6 11.0-0-0 Be6 12.a3 Be7 13.h3 Nf6 14.g4 Ne4 15.Ne4 Qe4 16.Bg2 Qa4 17.Qd3 Rfe8 (17...Rad8 18.Qc3 Bf6 19.d4=+) 18.g5 Bf8 (18...Qa5 19.Nd4 Nd4 20.Qd4-/+) 19.Nd4 (19.Qc3 Bd5=+) 19...Nd4-/+ 20.ed4 Bc4 21.Qc3 c6 22.Bf3 Bd5 23.Rhf1 Rab8 24.Rde1 Bd6 25.Re3 Qa6 26.Rfe1 Re3 27.Qe3 b5 28.Bd5 cd5 29.Qb3 Qc6 30.h4 b4 31.ab4 Bb4 32.Qa2 a5 33.h5 a4 34.Re5 a3-+ 35.Ba1 Bd6 36.Re1 Re8 37.Rg1 Qb5 38.c3 Re2 39.g6 hg6 40.hg6 fg6 41.Qc2 Bf4?? 42.Qg6?? Bd2-+ 43.Kd1 Bh6!! 44.Rg2 Re3 45.c4 Qb4 46.Re2 Re4! 0–1. Gerold,Guenter – Ruhle,Ernst_Olav, corr TT ICCF, 2003.

10.Be2? Ne3!-+ 11.de3 Bc3 12.Bc3 Qc3 13.Kf2 Rd8 14.Qb1 Ne5 15.Rd1 Re8 -+.

10.Be2? Ne3!-+ 11.de3 Bc3 12.Bc3 Qc3 13.Kf2 Rd8 14.Qc1 Nb4 15.Bd1 -+.

10.Be2? Ne3!-+ 11.de3 Bc3 12.Bc3 Qc3 13.Kf2 Rd8 14.Qc1 Bf5 15.Rb1 Rab8 16.Rb2 Be4 17.Rd1 Rd1 18.Bd1 Nb4 19.Qb1 c5 20.Rb3 Qf6 21.a3 Nd5 22.Rb7 Rd8 23.Rb8 Nc3 24.Rd8 Qd8 25.Qc1 Nd1 26.Ke1 Nc3 27.Qd2 Qd2 (28.Kd2 Nb1 29.Kd1 Na3-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Woschkat,Karl_Heinz, GM–95 CiF, 1995.

10.Be2? Ne3 11.de3 Bc3 12.Bc3 Qc3 13.Kf2 Rd8 14.Qc1 Bf5 15.Ne1 Rd2 16.Rf1?? Re8 17.Kg1 Qe3 18.Kh1 Qe2 0–1, Hasler,Ueli – Coda,Luigi, E–7–035 (CiF), 2000.

11.0-0-0 Qe7 12.Kb1 Ba3 (12...Be6 13.Nb5+=) 13.Ba3 Qa3 14.Nb5 Qa5 15.h3 (15.Nc3!?-/+) 15...Be6 16.Nc3 Qa3 17.Ng5 Ne3 18.Qe3 Ba2! 19.Na2 Qd3?? (better is 19...Qe3 20.de3 Rd1 21.Kb2 Re1-+) 20.Bd3+- (20.Bd3 g6 21.Bc4+-) 1–0. Dziel,Jaromir – Lupo,Alfons, corr ICCF EU/M/GT/419 (year?).

11.0-0-0 Qe7 12.h3 Nf6 13.Qb5 Bc3 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Bb2 Nf2 16.Bd3 Be6 17.Bh7? (better is 17.Rhf1 Nd3 18.cd3-+) 17...Kh7 18.Qh5 Kg8 19.Rdf1 (19.Ng5 Bf5 (19...Ba2?? 20.Qh7 Kf8 21.Qh8) 20.Qf3 Qc5-+ (20...Nh1?! 21.Qf5 g6 22.Qf4-/+)) 19…Rd5 (19...Rd5 20.Qd5 Bd5 21.Rf2 Ba2-+; 19...Nh1 20.Ng5 f6 21.Bf6 gf6 22.Qg6 Qg7 23.Qg7 Kg7 24.Ne6 Kg6 25.Nd8-+) 0–1. Koester,Roman (2010) – Saoudi,Lahcen (1615), Ruhrhalbinsel op, 2004.

11.0-0-0 Qe7 12.h3 Nf6 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nbd4 Nd4 15.ed4 Be6 16.c4 Ba3 17.d5 Qb4 18.d3 Bd7 19.Ba3 Qa3 20.Qb2 Qb2 21.Kb2=+ Re8 22.Kc3 Nh5 23.Rg1 Ng3 24.Rb1 Re3 25.Rb7+/- Bh3 26.Rc7 Bf5 27.c5 Rd8 28.d6 Nf1 29.Rf1 Rd3 30.Kc4 Re3 31.Rf2 f6 32.Rb2 Be6 33.Kd4 Ra3 34.Rbb7 Ra4 35.Ke3 Ra3 36.Ke4 f5 37.Kd4 Ra4 38.Ke3 Ra3 39.Kf4 Ra4 40.Kg3 Rg4 41.Kf2 Kf8 42.c6 h6?? 43.Ne5 (43…Rg5 44.Nf7+-) 1–0. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Erbe,Holger, DESC, 1998.

11.0-0-0 Qe7 12.h3 Nf6 13.e4 Bc3 14.Bc3 Ne4 -/+.

11.a3 Bd6 +=.

11.0-0-0 Bf5 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.a3 Bc5 14.h3 Nf6 15.g4 Be4 16.Bg2 Nd5 17.Qc4 b6 18.Rdf1 a6-/+ 19.Nbd4 Bd4 20.Bd4 Nd4 21.Qd4 c5 22.Qa1 c4 23.g5 c3-+ 24.d3 Bd3 25.cd3-/+ Ne3 26.Qa2 Nf1 27.g6 hg6 28.Rf1 Qd3 29.Rd1 Qe3 30.Kb1 Rad8 31.Rd8 Rd8 32.Qc2 Rd5 33.a4 Qf4 34.Qc3 0–1. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

11.0-0-0 Qg6 12.h3 Nf6 13.Nb5 Ba5 14.Nbd4 Ne4 15.Qe1 Nd4 16.Nd4 c5 17.Bb5 Rd8 18.Nb3 Bc7 19.Qh4 Ng3 20.Rhe1 Bf5 21.d3 a6 22.Bc4 b5 23.e4 bc4 24.ef5 Nf5 25.Qc4 Bg3 26.Re2 Qh6 27.Kb1 Ne3 28.Re3 Qe3 29.Rf1 Bf2 30.Qg4 g6 31.Bc1 Qg3 32.Qg3 Bg3 33.Nc5 Rab8 34.Bb2 Be5 35.Nb3=+ Bb2 36.Kb2 f5 37.Kc3 Rbc8 38.Kd2 h5 39.c3 Rc4 40.d4 Kf7 41.Kd3= Rc6 42.c4 Kf6 43.d5 Rcd6 44.Nc5+= Re8 45.h4 g5= 46.hg5 Kg5 47.Rh1 h4 48.a4 Kg4 49.a5 Rg6 50.Ne6 Rge6 51.de6 Re6 52.c5 f4 53.Rc1 f3 54.gf3 Kf3 55.Kd4 h3 56.c6 Re8 57.Kc5 (57.Kc5 h2 58.c7+-) 1–0. Reuter,Alfred J – Dror,Aaron, IECC, 2000.

13.Kb1 Be6 14.Bb2 Rad8 15.h3 Nf6 16.Rg1 Rd5 17.a3 Ra5 18.Qd3 b5 19.Ng5? Ba2-+ 20.Ka1 Rd8 21.Qe2 Ra3 (22.Qe1 a5-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Benassi,Aspasio, corr KMG–44, 1998.

13.Bb2 Be6=+ 14.a3 Bd5 15.Qe1 (15.Qe1 Rad8 16.Qh4 Qh4 17.Nh4-+). Benassi,Aspasio (2180) – Tumer,Ozer (1800), corr EM/J50/P150, 2001.

13.Bb2 Nf6 14.a3 Rb8 15.Qc4 Bf5 16.Qf4 Bg6 17.Bb5 a6 18.Be2 b5 19.Bf6= gf6 20.Kb2 Na5 21.Nd4 Nc4 (21...Nc4 22.Bc4 bc4 23.Ka2 c3-/+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz (1620) – Baroin,Bernard (2040), IECG, 2000.

13.h3 Nf6 14.Bb2 Be6 15.a3 Ne4 16.Qe1 Rad8 17.Bd3 Rd3-/+ 18.cd3 Nc5 19.Qe2 Rd8 20.d4 Nb3 21.Kb1 Ncd4 22.Nd4 Nd4 23.Qf1 Nb3 24.d3 Nc5 25.d4 Ne4 26.Qe1 Qg5 27.g4 Qd5 28.Rh2 Qa2 29.Kc1 Bb3 30.Rd3 Rd6 31.d5 b6 32.Rd4 Bd5 33.Rc2 Nc5 34.Rc5 bc5 35.Rd3 f6 36.Qc3 h6 37.h4 Rb6 38.Rd2 Be4 39.Kd1 Rd6 40.g5 Qb1 41.Ke2 Qh1 (41...Qh1 42.Rd6 Bf3 43.Kd3 cd6-+) 0–1. Pleschke,Helmut – Jacobs,Bernd, internet, 1999.

13.h3 Nf6 14.Qc4 Ne4 15.Re1 Bd7 16.Ba1 b5 17.Qb3 a6 18.g4 Be6 19.Qb2 Qf8 20.Bg2= Nb4 21.Nd4? Na2-/+ 22.Kd1 Nf2 23.Ke2 Nh1 24.Bh1? Nb4 25.Ba8 Ra8 26.Ne6 fe6 27.Qe5 Qe7-+ 28.Rf1 Rd8 29.Kd1 c5 30.Kc1 c4 31.g5 Qd7 32.Rf2 Nc6 33.Qf4 Qe8 34.h4 e5-+ 35.Qe4 Qg6 36.Qf3? Qe6 37.h5-/+ a5 38.h6 g6 39.Qf6 Qf6 40.Rf6 Rc8 41.Rd6 b4 42.Rd5 a4 43.Rc5 Kf7 44.Be5=+ Ne7 45.Rb5 Ke6 46.Bf6 Nd5-/+ 47.Bg7 b3 48.e4 Nf4 49.Ra5 Ne2 50.Kb2 Ng3 51.Bf6 Rc6 52.Bc3 Rc8 53.Ra6 Kd7 54.e5 (54.e5 Ne4 55.Ra4 bc2 56.Ra7 Rc7 57.e6 Kc6 58.e7+/-; 54.Ra4 bc2 55.Ra7 Ke6+/-) 1–0. Nemec,Zdenek – Trokenheim,Marek, TT–12 ETC, 2004.

13.h3 Nf6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Qb5 Be6 16.Qb2 Qf5 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bc6 bc6 19.Nd4 Qd5 20.Ne6 Qe6 21.Qa1 Reb8 22.Rdf1 Qd6 23.a4 Rb4 24.Rf3 Rab8 25.d3 c5 26.a5 c4 27.dc4 Qc5 28.Qa2 Rd8 29.g4 Rc4 30.Re1 Rd3 31.Ref1 Rc2 32.Qc2 Rc3 (32...Rc3 33.R1f2 Rc2 34.Rc2 Qa5-+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Perez,Jose M, internet, 1999.

12.Nb5 Qd8 13.h3 Nf6 14.Qc4 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nf2 16.Bh7 Kh7 17.Qf7 Qe7 18.Qh5 Kg8 19.Ng5 Bf5 20.Rhf1 Nd3 21.cd3 Bd3 22.e4! Qc5 23.Nc3 (23.Nc3 Bf1 24.Rf1 Qg5 25.Qg5+-) 1–0. woschkat (2285) – mirage (2150), net–chess.com, 2001.

12.Nb5 Qe7 13.g3 a6 14.Nbd4 Ba3 15.Bg2 Qb4 16.Nb3 Na5 17.Kb1 Bb2-+ 18.Na5 Ne3! 19.Nb3 Qa3 20.Rhe1 Ba1! 21.Na1 Be6 22.c4 Nc4 23.d3 Qb4 24.Kc1 Qc3 25.Qc2 Qa1 26.Qb1 Qb1 27.Kb1 Bf5 28.Re8 Re8 29.Kc1 Nd6 30.Kd2 b6 31.Nd4 c5 32.Nf5 Nf5 33.Rf1 Nd4 34.Bd5 Re2 35.Kd1 Re7 (35...Re7 36.Be4 h5-+) 0–1. Pawlowski,Andrzej – Woznica,Miroslaw (2125), corr Poland–chT13 DMP, 2000.

12.Nb5 Qe7 13.g3 a6-/+ 14.Nbd4 Nge5 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.h3 Ba3 17.Qf2 Be6 18.Ne6=+ Qb4 19.Ba3 Qa3 20.Kb1 Re6 21.Ka1 Rb6 22.Rb1 Rb1 23.Kb1 Rd8 (23...Rd8 24.c3 Qa4-+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz (1695) – Pijl,Richard (1965), WC.2003.P.00009, 2000.

12.Nb5 Qe7 13.h3 Nf6 14.g4 Be6 15.Kb1 Ne4 16.Rg1 a6 17.Nbd4 Nd4 18.Nd4 Ba3 19.Nb3 Bb2-/+ 20.Kb2 Qf6 21.d4 Rad8 22.Bg2 Bd5 23.c4 Bc6 24.Qc2 Ng5 25.Rdf1 Qh6 26.Bc6 Qc6 ½–½. Merten,Rainer – Leisebein,Peter, corr SOK–92–89, 1992.

12.h3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Nf6 14.Qb5 Ne4-/+ 15.Bd3 Nc3 16.dc3 Qa3 (16...Re3?? 17.Bh7 Kh7 18.Rd6 cd6 19.Qh5 Kg8 20.Ng5+-) 17.Qb2 Qb2 18.Kb2 Re3 19.Rde1 Re1 20.Re1 Bd7 21.Rd1 (21.Nd4 g6-/+) 21...Be8 (21...Rd8 22.Be4-/+) 22.Be4+= Ne7 23.Ne5 (23.Bb7?? Rb8-+) 23...f6 24.Nd7 (24.Bb7?? Rb8 25.Kc1 Rb7-+) 24...c6 25.Nc5 f5 26.Bd3 b6 27.Ne6 Bf7 28.Ng5 Rd8 29.Rf1 Bg6 30.Bc4 Kh8 31.Re1 Ng8 32.Re6 Rc8 33.Rd6 Ne7 34.Rd7+= Nd5 35.Bd5 cd5 36.Ra7 f4 37.Ne6 Be4 38.Nf4 d4 39.cd4 Rc2 40.Kb3 g5 41.Nh5 Rg2+= 42.Rd7 Bc2 43.Kc4 h6 44.Rd6 Kh7 45.Rb6 Bf5 46.a4 Ra2 ½–½. Stapinski,Ryszard (1995) – Bieszk,Stanislaw, 56. Championship Poland Quarterfinal B, 2009.

12.h3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Nf6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Kb1 Re4-/+ 16.d4 Qe7 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Qf2 Qb4 19.Ka1 Qc3 20.Kb1 Qb4 21.Ka1 Rae8 Black gets in control 22.Bd3 R4e7 23.e4 Qa3 24.Rb1 Nb4 25.Rb2 Nd3 26.cd3 Qd3 27.Rb7 Re4 28.Ne5 Qc3 29.Kb1 Be6 30.Rc1 Qd4 31.Qd4-/+ Rd4 32.Ra7 Rd2 33.g4 f6 34.Nf3 Rb8 35.Ka1 Rd3 36.Ng1 c5 37.Ne2 Bf7 38.Rc5 Rh3 39.Rcc7 g5 40.Nc1 Rh1 41.a4 Bg6 42.Ra5 Rb1 43.Ka2 Rh2 44.Ka3 Bf7 45.Rc3 Rg2 (45...Rg2 46.Ra8 Kg7-+) 0–1. Spierings,John – Santamaria Navarro,Floreal (2025), Webchess op, 2005.

12.h3 Nf6 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.g4 Be6 15.Kb1 a6 16.Nbd4=+ Nd4. Pawlowski,Andrzej – Strzelec,Zbigniew (1800), corr Poland–chT13 DMP, 1999.

12.h3 Nf6 13.Qc4 Be6 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Qh4 Ba2 16.Bf6 gf6 17.Kb2 Be6 18.c3 a6 19.Bd3 f5 20.Ng5 f6 21.Ne6 ab5 22.Bf5 Ba3 23.Kc2 Bd6 24.Ra1 b4 25.c4 Na5 26.c5 Bc5 27.Qg3+/- Kh8 28.Qc7 Rec8 29.Qe7 Be7 30.Kd3 Nc6 31.Ra8 Ra8 32.Rc1 Kg8 33.g4 Kf7 34.Nc7 Rd8 35.Ke2 Bd6 36.Nb5 Ke7 37.d4 h6+/- 38.Ra1 Bb8 39.Be4 Rh8 40.Kd3 h5 41.Bf5 hg4 42.Bg4 Rd8 43.Kc4 Bg3 44.Rd1 Bf2 45.Rf1 Bh4 46.Bf5 Bg5 47.e4 Bd2 48.d5 Ne5 49.Kb3 Rg8 50.d6 Kf7 51.Nc7 Rg3 52.Ka4 Ra3 53.Kb5 b3 54.Be6 Kg6 55.Rb1 Nc6 56.Kb6 Ba5 57.Kb7 Nd8 58.Kc8 Ne6 59.Ne6 Kf7 60.Nc7 (60.Nc7 Ra4 61.Rb3 Re4 62.Rb7+-) 1–0. Mehlhorn,Uwe (2315) – Plock,Joerg (1905), RSX5D – A00 – KMG–1, 2003.

9.Bb5 Bd7 10.0-0 a6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Be2 Ne4 13.Bb2 Ng5 14.Nc3 Re8 (14...Bd6 15.a4 b4 16.Nd5=) 15.Kh1 (better is 15.Ng5!? Qg5 16.Bh5+=) 15...Bd6+= 16.Rf2 Nf3 17.Bf3 Qh4 18.g3 (18.Qg1 Bh2 19.Qh2 Qf2-/+) 18...Bg3 19.Rg2 Be5 20.Qg1?? (20.d4 Bd6 21.Bd5 Be7-/+) 20...g6 (20...b4 21.Na4 Bb2 22.Nb2-+) 21.Nd1?? (21.Rf1 b4 22.Nd1 Qc4-/+) 21...Rad8 (21...Bb2 22.Nb2 Qf6 23.Bc6 Bc6 24.Rb1-+) 22.Be5? (better is 22.Rf2-/+) 22...Ne5-+ (22...Re5?! 23.Rg3-/+) 23.Bb7 Rb8 24.Bd5 c6 25.Bb3 c5 26.Bd5 Be6 27.Be6 Re6 28.Rg3 Rd8 29.d3 Nc6 30.e4 Nd4 31.Qf2 Qe7 32.Ne3 Kg7 33.c3= Rf6 34.Qg2 Ne6 35.Nf5 Rf5+= 36.ef5 Nf4 37.Qe4 Qd6 38.fg6 hg6 39.Rd1 Rh8 40.Re1 Rh5?? 41.Rf1= Nd5 42.Qf3 Rf5?? 43.Qf5+- (43.Qf5 Nf6 44.Qf2 Qd5 45.Kg1+-) 1–0. Kozlov,Vladimir Alex – Presnyakov,Vladimir S, Northwest–ch Seniors, 2009.

9.Bc4 Bg4 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Be2 Rad8 13.Qc1 Nb4 14.a3 Nd5 15.Bd4 Bd4 16.Nd4 Be2 17.Ne2 Qc5 18.d4 Qc4 19.Nf4 Nf4 20.Rf4 Rde8 21.Nd2 Nd2 22.Qd2 Qe6 23.Re1 f6 24.c3 Rd8 25.e4 Rfe8 26.Rf2 c6 27.Rfe2 Kh8 28.e5 f5 29.Qf4 b5 30.Ra1 Rd5 31.a4 a5 32.ab5 cb5 33.Ra5 Rc8 34.Qe3 h6 35.Rc2 Rc4 36.Raa2 1-0. mcalishter (1970) - Watchoutforh2 (1935), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bf8 11.Bd4 Nd4 12.ed4 Bg4 13.Re1 Bf3 14.Bf3 Qd4 15.Kh1 Qa1 16.Nc3 Qd1 17.Rd1 c6 18.Na4 Rad8 19.Nc3 Nd5 20.Ne4 Nf4 21.g3 Nd5 22.Kg2 f5 23.Ng5 h6 24.Nh3 Bc5 25.Nf2 Bf2 26.Kf2 Re7 27.d3 Rde8 28.c4 Ne3 29.Re1 g5 30.g4 f4 31.h3 Rd8 32.Be2 c5 33.Kf3 Re6 34.a4 Ra6 35.Bd1 Nd1 36.Rd1 Ra4 37.Re1 Ra3 38.Re4 Rad3 39.Ke2 Rd2 40.Ke1 R8d3 41.Re8 Kf7 42.Re7 Ke7 0-1. galkin (1780) - Watchoutforh2 (1920), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

9.Bc4 Bc3!? 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.dc3 Qe7 -/+.

9.Bc4 Be7 10.0-0+= Be6 11.Bb3 b5 12.Bb2 b4 13.Qe2 Bf6 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Qb5 Qa1 16.Qc6 Ne7 17.Qc5 Bb3 18.ab3 Qf6 19.Qb4 a5 20.Qe4 Qe6 21.Qe6 fe6 22.Nc3 Nc6 23.Na4 e5 ½–½. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Koslovska,Maria (1875), SC–2009–0-00033, 2009.

9.Bc4 Bg4 10.Bd5+= Qd5 11.Bb4 Nb4 12.0-0 Rfe8 13.Nc3 Qf5 14.Rb1 a5 (worse is 14...Nc2 15.Rb2 Ne3 16.de3+/-) 15.h3 Bf3 16.Rf3 Qe6 17.a3 Nd5 18.Nd5 Qd5 0–1. pvanr (1845) – sgmilev (1690), gameknot.com, 2011.

9.Bd3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.0-0 Qe3 13.Kh1 Be6 14.Qb1 Rab8 15.Qb5 Rfd8 16.Qh5 Qh6 17.Qh6 gh6 18.a4 Kg7 19.Rae1 Rd6 20.Kg1 Rbd8 21.Re3 b6 22.Bb5 Ne7 23.Nd4 c6 24.Bd3 c5 25.Ne6 Re6 26.Ref3 f6 27.Bc4 Red6 28.Rd3 Rd3 29.cd3 Nd5 30.Rc1 Ne3 ½–½. pcmvr (2650) – katagamsky (2805), net–chess.com , 2006.

9.Bd3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.0-0 Qe3 13.Kh1 Bg4 14.Qb1 Rab8 15.Qb5 a6 16.Qc4 Bf3 17.Rf3 Qe7 18.Raf1 Ne5 19.Rh3 Nd3 20.cd3 b5 21.Qd5 Rb6 22.Kg1 c5 23.d4 cd4 24.cd4 Rd6 25.Qe5 Qe5-+ 26.de5 Re6 27.Ra3 Rc8 28.h3 h6 29.Rd1 Re5 Black gets strong initiative 30.Ra6 Rc2 31.a4 Ree2 32.ab5 Rg2 33.Kh1 Rh2 34.Kg1 Rcg2 35.Kf1 Rb2 36.Kg1 Rh3 37.Rb6 g5 38.Rb7 Rg3 39.Kh1 Rgb3 40.Rd8 Kg7 41.Rdd7 Rf3 42.Kg1 Rf5 43.b6 Rf6 44.Rbc7 Rbb6 45.Rc2 Rfd6 46.Ra7 Kg6 47.Ra1 f5 48.Kf2 h5 49.Ra8 h4 (49...h4 50.Rh8 f4-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2650) – cgits (2795), net–chess.com, 2007.

9.Bd3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Re8 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Kh1 Bg4 14.Qb1 b6 15.Qe1 Rad8 16.Rd1 Bf3 17.gf3 Ne5 18.e4 Qc5 19.Rf2 f5 20.Rg2 Qf8 21.Be2 f4 22.Rd8 Rd8 0–1. pcmvr (2515) – zoltanln (2750), net–chess.com, 2006.

9.Bd3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Rb1 Bc3 12.dc3 Qe7 13.Qe2 b6 14.h3 Bf3 15.Qf3 Ne5 16.Qf2 Rad8 17.Rd1 Rd6 18.0-0 Rfd8 19.Qe2 h6 20.Be4 Qe6 21.Rd6 Qd6 22.Qh5 f6 23.Qf5 Qc5 24.Kh1 Kf7 25.c4 Qc4 26.a3 b5 27.Kh2 Qe6 28.Qf4 Rd2 29.Kh1 Qd6 30.a4 ba4 31.c4 c6 32.Qf5 a3 33.Qc8 Rd1 (33...Rd1 34.Qb7 Nd7 35.Bd5 Qd5 (< 35...Rd5 36.cd5 cd5 37.Qa7+=) 36.cd5 Rf1 37.Kh2 a2 38.Qd7 Kg6 39.Qa7 a1Q 40.Qa1 Ra1 41.dc6 Kf5-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2820) – cnita (2745), net–chess.com, 2007.

9.Bd3 Nc3-/+ 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Rb1 Re8 12.0-0 Bc3 13.dc3 Ne5 14.Be2 b6 15.Ne5 Be2 16.Qe2 Re5 17.Rf3 Qe7 18.Rbf1 f6 19.Rg3 Re8 20.Qc4 Kh8 21.Rff3 Rc5 22.Qb3 Rd8 23.h3 Rd1 24.Kh2 Re5 25.Qa4 c5 26.Qc6 f5 27.Rf4 g6 28.Ra4 Kg7 29.Ra6 Re4 30.Ra4-/+ Ra4 31.Qa4 h5 32.h4 Rf1-+ 33.Rf3 Qc7 34.Qf4 Qf4 35.Rf4 Re1 36.Kg3 Re3 37.Rf3 Re2 38.c4 Rc2 39.Ra3 a5 40.Rb3 Ra2 41.Rb6 Rc2 42.Ra6 Rc4 43.Ra5 Kf6 44.Kh3 Ke5 45.Rb5 Kd5 46.Rb8 Rg4 47.Rd8 Ke4 48.Rc8 Kd4 (48...Kd4 49.Rh8 c4 50.Rd8 Ke3 51.Re8 Kf2-+) 0–1. pcmvr (1950) – Cyberdepp (1930), internet, 2007.

9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Bb4 Qb4 11.0-0 Qb2 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3 Qc3 14.Rb1 h6 15.Rb3 Qc5 16.Qe1 Re8 17.Qf2=+ Qe7 18.a3 a5 19.Rc3 a4 20.Bb5 Bd7 21.Rb1 Qf6 22.Rc4 Qd6 23.Ba4 Qa3 24.Bb3 Be6 25.Rc3 Qa5 26.Rd3 Bb3 27.Rdb3 b6 28.Nd4 Nd4 29.ed4 Re4 30.Rg3 Qd5 31.c3 Qe6 32.Rf1 Ra5 33.Qf6 Qf6 34.Rf6 Ra2 35.h3 Re1 36.Rf1 Ree2 37.d5 Rad2 38.c4 h5 39.Rf4 g6 40.Kh1 Kg7 41.h4 Ra2 42.Kg1 Rec2 43.Re4 Rc1 44.Kh2 Ra4 45.Rf3 Rac4 (45...Rac4 46.Rfe3 Re4 47.Re4 b5-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2000) – brilsmurf (2225), internet, 2006.

9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Bb4 Qb4 11.0-0 Qb2 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3 Qc3 14.Ng5 h6 15.Ne4 Qe5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Rab1=+ Rab8?? 18.Rb5+- Bd5 19.Rd5! Qe6 20.Nc5 Ne5 21.Qe4 f5 22.Qd4 Nc6 23.Ne6 Nd4 24.Nf8 Nc2 25.Bc2 Rf8 26.Bf5 c6 27.Be6 (27.Be6 Kh7 28.Rf8 cd5 29.Bd5+-) 1–0. pcmvr (1960) – dheerajs (1630), internet, 2007.

9.Bd3 Bg4 10.0-0 Nc3-/+ 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Be4 c6 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Qe1 Bf3 15.Bf3 Bc3 16.dc3 Nf3 17.Rf3 b6 18.Ra1 Rae8 19.Rf4 Qa3 20.Qd2 Qb2 21.Raf1 Qa2 22.Qd3 Qe6 23.R1f3 Re7 24.Rd4 c5 25.Rd6 Qe4 26.Qe4 Re4 27.Rd7 a5 28.Rb7 Re6 29.Kf2 f5 30.Ke2 h5 31.Kd3 Rd8 32.Ke2 g6 33.c4 Ra8 34.Rf1 Rae8 35.Rd1 Re3 36.Kf1 R3e4 37.h3 R8e7 38.Rb6 Kh7 39.Kg1 h4 40.Kh2 Rc4 41.Rdd6 Rg7 42.Ra6 a4 43.Rdb6 Kh6 44.Rb2 Rd7 45.Rbb6 Kg5 46.Rg6 Kf4 47.Rge6 Rd2 48.Re1 Rcc2 49.Ra4 c4 50.Kh1 Rf2 51.Rb4 Rg2 52.Rc4 Kf3 53.Rc2 Rc2 54.Rg1 f4 55.Rg8 Ke3 56.Kg1 Rc1 57.Kh2 f3 58.Re8 Kd2 59.Rf8 Rc3 60.Re8 Re3 61.Ra8 Ke2 62.Ra2 Kf1 63.Kh1 f2 (63...f2 64.Ra1 Ke2 65.Kh2 f1Q 66.Ra2 Kf3 67.Rd2 Re2 68.Re2 Qe2 69.Kg1 Qg2) 0–1. pcmvr (2765) – alixandru (2440), net–chess.com , 2006.

10.Na3 Qf6 11.Qc1 Bf5 12.Rb1 Na2 (12...Qe7 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Bb3+=) 13.Qb2= Nac3 14.dc3 Bg4 15.Be2 (15.Qb7? Bf3 16.gf3 Qf3-+) 15...Ne3 16.Kf2 Rfe8 17.Qb7 Ng2 18.Rhf1 (18.Kg2 Re2 19.Kg3 Qd6 20.Kh4 Rae8-+) 18...Ne3 19.Rg1 Qf4 20.Qb4 Qh6 21.Rg4 (better is 21.h4!?=) 21...a5 22.Qf4 Ng4 23.Qg4 Qe3 24.Kg3 Qe2 25.Re1 Qa6 26.Re8 Re8 27.Qd7 Qg6 28.Kf2 Qb6 29.Kg3 Kf8 30.h4 h6 31.h5 Qc5 32.Nb5 Qh5 33.Nc7 Qg6 34.Kh3 Rb8 35.c4 Kg8 36.Nd5 Qe6 37.Qe6 fe6 38.Nc3 Rb2 39.Nd2 Rc2 40.Nde4 Kf7 41.Kg4 g6 42.Kf3 Ke7 43.Ke3 h5 44.Kf4 Kd7 45.Nc5 Kc6 46.N5e4 g5 47.Kg5 Rh2?? 48.Nb5+= e5 49.Nbc3? Rh1 50.Nd5-/+ h4 51.Ne7 Kd7 52.Nd5 h3 53.Kg4 a4-+ 54.Nc5 Kc6 55.Na4 h2 56.Kg3 Ra1 57.Kh2 Ra4 58.Kg3 Rc4 59.Ne3 Rf4 60.Nc2 Kc5 (60...Kc5 61.Ne1 Kd4-+) 0–1. Bendig,Frank (2350) – Hlavacek,Ladislav (1830), IECG, 2006.

10.c3!? Qf6 11.a3 =.

10.Be2 Qf6-/+ 11.c3 Bf5 12.0-0 Nc2 13.Nd4 Na1 14.Rf5 Qd6 15.Qc1? (15.Rd5 Qd5 16.c4 Qc5+=) 15...c5-/+ 16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Rg5 f6 18.Rg4 Qd7 (18...f5 19.Rg5 h6 20.Rh5-/+) 19.Ne1 (19.Re4 f5 20.Rh4 f4=) 19...f5 20.Rg3 (20.Rf4 Ng6 21.Rf2 f4=) 20...f4-/+ 21.ef4 Nf5 22.Rf3 (better is 22.Bc4!? Kh8 23.Rd3-/+) 22...Qe6-+ 23.Rf2 Qa2 24.Na3 (24.Bf3 Rae8-+) 24...Nd6 25.d4?? (25.Bf3 Nb3 26.Bd5 Kh8 27.Qd1 Qa3 28.Bb3-+) 25...Nb3 26.Qe3 (26.Qb1 Qa3 27.Bd3 Kh8-+) 26...Qa3 27.Qe6 Nf7 28.Bc4 Rae8 29.Qd5 Re1 30.Rf1 Qc1 31.Re1 Qe1 32.Bf1 Nd2 33.h3 Qf1 34.Kh2 Qf4 35.Kg1 Re8 36.dc5 Re1 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – COMP SlowChess Blitz WV2.1, Slow Chess Game, 2006.

11.Qb3 Be6 12.Na3 a5 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Be6 Nd3 15.Ke2 Nc5 16.Bf7 Rf7 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Rhf1 Raf8 19.c4 Ne6 20.Nb5 Nd7 21.Nbd4 Nd4=+ 22.Nd4 Qg5 23.Qe4 Nc5 24.Qd5 Qg4 25.Nf3 b6 26.Rg1 c6 27.Qd4 Qg6 28.Qc3 ½–½. Bott,Martin – Melzer,Wilfried, BdF HS–002 remoteschach.de, 2003.

12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Be4 Rd8 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.0-0 Qe6 16.Qf2 Bf3 17.Bf3 Nf3 18.Qf3 c5 19.Qf5 Qf5-/+ 20.Rf5 g6 21.Rf1 f5 22.Kf2 b5 23.Ke2 Re8 24.c4 bc4 25.Kf3 Rad8-/+ 26.Rc1 c3 27.Nc3=+ Nc3 28.Rc3 Rd2 29.Rb1 Rc8 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (2040) – Hanison,Bernard (1880), TT–14 ETC, 2004.

12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Ne5 Qe5 14.0-0 Be6 15.Qf3 f5 16.Bc4 Rae8 17.a4 f4 18.e4 Nf6 19.Be6 Qe6 20.d3 Ng4 21.Nd2 Ne5 22.Qe2 Qa6 23.Rfb1 Nd3 24.Nf3 h6 25.Rd1 Nc5 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 26.Qa6 Na6 27.e5 Rd8 28.a5 Nc5 29.h4 Kf7 30.a6 Rd1 31.Rd1 b6 32.Nd4 Re8 33.Re1 g5 34.g3 fg3 35.hg5 hg5 36.Kg2 Nd3 37.Re3 Ne5 38.Nb5 Nc6 39.Rf3 Kg6 40.Kg3 Re5 41.Nc7 Ne7 42.Rd3 Nf5 43.Kf3 Rc5 44.Ne6 Ra5 45.Nf8 Kh5 46.Ke4 Nh4 47.Rd7 Ra6 48.Ne6 Ra4 49.Nd4 Kg4 50.Rg7 Ng2 51.Kd5 Nf4 52.Kc6 Kh5 53.Rh7 Kg6 54.Rh8 Ra5 55.Rf8 Nd5 56.Kd6 Nc3 (56...Nc3 57.Nc6 Ra4-+) 0–1. Nemec,Zdenek (1950) – Manheimer,Gunter (1895), RB–2010-0-00099, 2010.

12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Ne5 Qe5 14.0-0 Nf6 15.Qf3 Re8 16.a4 c6 17.Qf4 Bg4 18.h3 Bd7 19.Na3 Rad8 20.Bc2 Qa5 21.Rf2 Be6 22.Nc4 Bc4 23.Qc4= Qc7 24.Raf1 Rd5 25.Qh4 Rh5 26.Qc4 c5 27.Qf4 Qd8 28.g4+/- (28.g4 Rh3 29.g5+/-) 1–0. Nemec,Zdenek (1885) – Schulz,Hans_Juergen (1750), b2–b4.com, 2005.

12.Bd3 Bg4 13.0-0 Ne5 14.Be2 Rad8 15.Qb3 Qb6 16.Qb6 Nb6 17.d4 Nec4 18.e4 Rfe8 19.Bc4 Nc4 20.Nfd2 Ne3 21.Rc1 c5 22.h3 Bh5 23.Ra2 Bg6 24.Re1 Nd5 25.Kf2 Nb6 26.d5 f5 27.c4 fe4 28.Nc3 Rd7 29.a4 Rde7 30.Ke3 h5 31.Rb2 Nc8 32.g4 hg4 33.hg4 Nd6 34.a5 Rf8=+ 35.Rbb1 Ref7 36.Na4 Rf4 37.Rg1 Rf3 38.Nf3 Nc4 39.Kf2 Rf3 40.Ke2 Bf7 41.Nc5 ½–½. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz (1695) – Van Den Abbeele,Willy, IECG, 2000.

12.Bd3 Bg4 13.0-0= Ne5 14.Be4 Rad8=+ 15.Qb3 Bf3 16.Bf3 Nf3 17.Rf3 Qb6 18.Qb6 Nb6 19.d4 Na4 20.Ra2 c5 21.Kf2 Rd6 22.Rc2 Rc8 23.Rf4 b5 24.Ke2 cd4 25.ed4 a6 26.Kd3 Nc5=+ 27.Kd2 Kf8 28.Rf3 Re8 29.Re3 Ne4 30.Kc1 Rh6 31.Rce2 Rhe6 32.Re1 g6 33.Kc2 Nc5 34.Re6 Re6 35.Re6 Ne6 36.a4 ba4 37.Kb2 f5 38.Ka3 (38.Ka3 Nf4 39.g3=). Nemec,Zdenek (1700) – Hanison,Bernard (1800), PCM–2004–G11, 2004.

12.Bd3 Bg4 13.0-0 Ne5 14.Be2 Rad8 15.Ne5 Be2 16.Qe2 Qe5 17.Ra2 c5 18.a4 f5 19.Qc4 Qe7 20.Na3 Rf6 21.a5 Kh8 22.Rb2 Rd7 23.Rb5 Rc6 24.Rf5+/- a6 25.Rb2 Nf6 26.Qf1 g6 27.Rf4 Re6 28.Nc4 Kg7 29.Nb6 Rd8 30.Qd1?? Re3=+ 31.Rb1 Rc3 32.Nc8 Qe5 33.Rb7 Kh6 34.Rh4 Nh5 35.Re7 Qf5 36.Qe1 Rb3 37.g4 Qb1 38.gh5 Rc8 39.hg6 Kg6 40.Qb1 ½–½. Kaniak,Andrzej – Malmstroem,Jan, email 4AMM–F, 1998.

13.0-0?? Ne3!-+ 14.Qc1 (14.de3 Rd1 Pinning (14...Rd1 Deflection; 14...Rd1 Clearance)) 14...Nf1 15.Qf1 Bg4 16.Qf2 Bf3 17.Bf3 Ne5 18.d4 (18.Bb7 Qf2 19.Kf2-+) 18...Nf3 19.Qf3 Qf3 20.gf3 Rac8 21.Kf2 c5 22.Nd2 cd4 23.cd4 Rd4 24.Ne4 f5 25.Ng3 f4 26.Ne2 Rc2 27.Re1 (27.Rc1 Rc1 28.Nd4 Ra1-+) 27...Rd3 28.Rb1 (28.a4 Ra3 29.Kg2 g5-+) 28...Ra3 29.Rb7 (29.Rc1 Rc1 30.Nc1 a5-+) 29...Re3 0–1. cimabue (2090) – chess_research (2175), gameknot.com, 2014.

13.Qa4 Nb6 14.Qc2 Na5 15.0-0 Qe7 16.e4 Nbc4 17.Rf2 Be6 18.a4 c5 19.Na3 Na3 20.Ra3 Rd7 21.Ra1 c4 22.Rb1 Rad8 23.Qb2 h6 24.Qb4 Nc6 25.Qe7 Re7 (25...Ne7?! 26.Nd4 Rc8 27.Ne6 fe6 28.Rb4+=) 26.Rb5 b6 27.h3 Rb7 28.Bf1 Rc7 29.g4 g6 30.Kh2 Kg7 31.Kg3 Re8 32.Re2 Rd7 33.h4 Na5 34.Nd4 Nb3 35.Nb3 cb3 36.d4 Bc4 37.Rf2 Rc7 38.Bc4 Rc4 39.Rb3 Re4 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (2105) – Taner,Harun (2190), CL1–2009.09.04, 2010.

13.Qa4 Nb6 14.Qc2= Qe7 15.Bd3 g6 16.0-0 Na5 17.a4 Bg4 18.c4 c5 19.Be2= f5 20.Qb2 Qg7=+ 21.Qg7 Kg7 22.d3 Bf3 23.Rf3 Nd7 24.Rf1 Re8 25.Kf2 Rad8 26.Nc3 Nc6 27.Rfb1 b6=+ 28.a5 Na5-/+ 29.Nd5 g5 30.g3 g4 31.Bf1 Ne5 32.Ke2 Nac6 33.Bg2 Rd7 34.Rf1 Kg6 35.Rac1 Kg5 36.Rf4 Kg6 37.Rff1 Nf3! 38.h3 Nce5 39.Rc2 Kg7 40.Rb2 Rf8 41.Nf4 Rff7 42.Ra1 Kh8 43.Rba2 Kg8 44.Ra6 Kh8 45.R6a2 Kg8 46.Ra6 Kf8 47.Bf3 gf3 48.Kf2 Rfe7 49.R6a4 Nd3 50.Nd3 Rd3 51.Ra7 Ree3 52.Rh7 Re2 53.Kf1=+ Kg8 54.Rb7 Rd8 55.Rb6 Rh2 56.Kg1 Rg2 57.Kf1 Rg3 58.Rh6 Rg2 59.Rha6 Rd4 60.Rc6 Rc4 61.Ra8 Kh7 62.Ra7 Rg7 63.Rg7 Kg7-+ 64.Kf2 Rc3 65.h4 c4 66.h5 Rd3 67.Rc4=+ Kh6 68.Rf4 Rd5 69.Rf3 Kh5-/+ 70.Rg3 Kh4 ½–½. pcmvr (2745) – jcarlos (2510), net–chess.com, 2008.

13.Qa4 Qg6 14.0-0 h6 15.Qh4 Bg4 16.Qg3 Bf5 17.Qf2 Qf6 18.Ra2 Qe7 19.Nh4 Bh7 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.c4 Nb6 22.Rc2 a6 23.Nc3 Nc4 24.Bc4 Qc4 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (1915) – Kotyurgin,Igor (1975), SA–2010-0-00137, 2010.

13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qb2 Qb6 15.Qb6 ab6 16.0-0 Nf6 17.d4 Re8 18.Ne5 Be6 19.Nd2 Nd5 20.Bh5=+ Re7 21.e4 Nc3 22.Rac1 Nb5 23.d5 f6 24.a4 Nd6 25.Nd3 Bc8 26.Rfe1 c6 27.Rb1 b5 28.ab5 cb5 29.Ra1 b6 30.Nf2 Rea7 31.Rab1 Ra6 32.Be2 Nac4-/+ 33.Nf3 Bd7 34.Bd3 Re8 35.g4 Ne5 36.Ne5=+ Re5 37.Rec1 Kf7 38.Kg2 Ra3 39.Ra1 Ra1=+ 40.Ra1 h5 41.h3 hg4=+ 42.hg4 Rg5 43.Kf3 Ke7 44.Ra6 Nc8 45.Be2 Kd6 46.Kf4 Kc7 47.Nd3+= Kd6 48.Bf3 b4 49.Ra8 Ne7= 50.Ra6 Ng6 51.Ke3+= Kc7 52.Ra7 Kd6 53.Ra6 Kc7 54.Ra7 (54.Nb4 Ne5 55.d6 Kb7=+) ½–½. Blankenberg,Bruno – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–15.16 ETC, 2005.

9.Bc4 Bg4 10.0-0 Ne5 (10...Ne4 11.d3 Nc3 12.Nc3-/+) 11.Be2 Qe7 (11...Bf3 12.Bf3 A) worse is 12...Nf3 13.Qf3 Nd5 14.Bd4= (14.Qd5?? Bh2 15.Kh2 Qd5-+); B) 12...Qe7+=) 12.Ne5= Be2 13.Qe2 Be5 14.Be5 Qe5 15.Nc3 ½–½. Ackermann,Robert (1845) – Suess,Helmut (1980), 9th Mittelfranken–ch HT, 2000.

9.Bc4 Ng4 10.Bd3 -/+.

9.Bd3 Nb4 10.0-0 Nd3 11.cd3 Be7 12.Qe2 b5 13.d4 b4 14.Bb2 a5 15.d3 a4 16.Nbd2 a3 17.Bc1 c5 18.e4 cd4 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.Nfd4 (worse is 20.Nbd4 Bc5 21.Be3 Ng4-+) 20...Ng4 21.Be3 Bd6 22.g3 Rd8 23.Rae1 Ne3 24.Qe3 Bc5 25.Nc5 Qc5 26.Nb3 Qe3 27.Re3 Be6 28.d4 Bb3 29.Rb3 Rd4 30.Rfb1 Ra4 31.e5 Rd2 32.Rb4 Rb4 33.Rb4 h5 34.Ra4 Ra2 35.Ra8 Kh7 36.Ra6 g6 37.Ra7 Kg8 38.Ra8 Kg7 39.h3 Kh6 40.Ra5 Kg5 41.e6 Kf6 42.ef7 Kf7 43.Ra6 Ke7 44.Kf1 Kd7 45.Ke1 Kc7 46.g4 hg4 47.hg4 Kb7 48.Ra4 Kb6 49.Kd1 Kb5 50.Ra7 Kb4 51.Rb7 Kc3 52.Rc7 Kd3 53.Rd7 Ke3 54.Kc1 Rg2 (54...Rg2 55.Kb1 Rg4-+) 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Kukula,Pawel (2115), RA–2009–0-00071, 2009.

9.Bd3 Ne5?? 10.Be5+- Be5 11.Ne5 Qd5 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Nc3 Qh5 14.0-0 Rfe8 15.Qe1 Nd7 16.Qg3 Nc5 17.Rab1 Rad8 18.Bc4 Rd7 19.d4 (19.Nd4 c6+-) 19...Re3 20.Rb5 (20.dc5?! Qc5 21.Rb5 Qc4 22.Rb7 g6+-) 20...Bf3 21.Rc5 (21.gf3?! Rd4 22.Qc7 Qg6 23.Kh1 Ne6 24.Be6 Qe6 25.Qb8 Qe8 26.Qe8 Re8 27.Rb7 a6+-; worse is 21.Rf3 Rf3 22.Qf3 Qf3 23.gf3 Ne6 24.Be6 fe6 25.Rb7 Rd4 26.Ra7 Rc4+-) 21...Qg4 22.Rf3 (22.gf3 Qd4 23.Rc7 Rf3 24.Kh1 Rg3 25.Rc8 Rd8 26.Bf7 Kf8 27.Rd8 Qd8 28.Bb3 Ke7 29.hg3 Qc8+/-) 22...Qd4 23.Re3 Qc5 24.Nd5! Kf8 (24...Rd5 25.Bd5 Combination) 25.Qh3 Rd6 26.Qc8 1–0. pvanr (1820) – kingchecker9 (1920), gameknot.com, 2009.

9.Bd3 Be6 10.0-0 Nb4 11.Bb4 Bb4 12.Nd4 Bc8 13.Qf3 Bg4 (better is 13...Bd6!?+=) 14.Qb7+= Qd6 15.Rf6 gf6 16.a3 Bd2 (better is 16...Bc5 17.Qe4 f5 18.Nf5 Bf5 19.Qf5 Rfe8+-) 17.Nd2 Rfe8 18.Ne4 Qe5 19.Rf1 f5 20.Nc6 Qe6 21.Rf4 Be2 (21...Kg7+-) 22.Be2 fe4 23.Bh5 (23.Qc7?! Rac8 24.Qa7 Rc6+-) 23...Qd6 (23...f5 24.Be8 Re8 25.Qc7 a6+-) 24.Bf7 (24.Bf7 Kg7 25.Qb2 Re5 26.Ne5 Qd1 27.Kf2+-) 1–0. cimabue (2080) – gabrel (2005), gameknot.com, 2014.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.0-0 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Be6 Re6 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Nc3 Rg6 15.Qe2 Rd8 16.Ne4 Qe4 17.d3 Qg4 18.Rab1 Re8 19.Qf2 f6 20.Bc1 b6 21.Rb3 a5 22.Kh1 Qe6 23.a3 Rh6 24.e4 Rh5 25.Rb1 b5 26.h3 Rd8 27.Nh4 Bc5 28.Qf4 Nd4 29.Nf5 Qd7 30.Bd2 a4 31.Nd4 Bd4 32.Bb4 Re8 33.Qg3 c6 34.Qf3 Rg5 35.Bd2 Rge5 36.Bb4 Ba7 37.Rbd1 Bb8 38.Rf2 Qd4 39.g4 c5=+ 40.Bd2 b4 41.g5 R5e6 42.Rg1 Rf8 43.Be3 Qd6 44.g6 hg6 45.Rg6 Rf7 46.Qf5 Re5 47.Qc8 Qf8 48.Qa6 ba3 49.Rg1 Qe8 50.Rf3 f5 51.Rgf1 a2-/+ 52.Qc4 Qe6 53.Qe6 Re6 54.Bc5 Rb7 55.Ra1 Rb1-+ 56.Rf1 Rf1 57.Rf1 fe4 58.Ra1 ed3 59.cd3 Re2 60.Bd4 Rd2 61.Bc3 Rd3 62.Ra2 Rh3 63.Kg1 Rc3 64.Ra4 Rc2 65.Ra8 Rb2 66.Ra5 Kf7 67.Rg5 Kf6 (67...Kf6 68.Rg2 Rb1 69.Kf2 g5-+) 0–1. pcmvr (1960) – leobor (2145), internet, 2007.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bb2 g5 11.d3= Nc5 12.Nd4 Qf6 13.Nd2 Na4 14.Ne4 Qg7 15.Rb1 Nb2-/+ 16.Rb2 Nd4 17.ed4 Bf4 18.c3= Qh6 19.g3 Be3 20.Qb3 b6 21.Rf1+= c5 22.Qd5 Bh3 23.Rf7 Rf7 24.Qa8 Kg7 25.dc5 Bd7 26.Bf1 g4= 27.Qd5 Ba4 28.Be2 Qh2 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek – Pagano,Nunzio, b4/03/15, 2003.

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Bb2=+ Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Be5 Re5 14.Nc3 Bc6 15.Bf3 Qd7 16.Bc6= Qc6 17.Qf3 Qf3 18.Rf3 Rae8 19.Rb1 b6 20.Rb4 Nd5 21.Rc4 Nc3 22.Rc3 R8e7 23.d4 Ra5 24.a3 f6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Ke2 Ra4 27.Kd3 Ra5 28.e4 c5 29.dc5 bc5 30.Rf5 Re5 31.Re5 fe5 32.Kc4 Ke6 33.Rh3 h6 34.Rg3+= Kf6 35.Rf3 Ke6= 36.Rg3 ½–½. Abril,Eduardo – Egido,Fernando, Huesca–Delicias, 2002.

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Na3?? Ba3-+ 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Rb1 Rab8 14.Qe1 Qh6 15.Qh4 Qh4 16.Nh4 Be2 0–1. valpa – Pat_Baker, playchess.de, 2002.

9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Be2 Bf5 12.0-0 Ne5 13.Nd4 Bc2 14.Qc2 Qh6 15.Nf5 Qg6 16.Rac1 Ba3 17.Rb1 Rad8 18.Nb5 Bf8 19.Nfd4 Qh6 20.Nf3 Ng6 21.Nbd4 c5 22.Nf5 Qh5 23.Ng3 Qg4 24.Rb7 Qc8 25.Qb2 Be7 26.Rb1 Bf6 27.Qc2 Ne5 28.Ne5 Be5 29.Nf1 Bd6 30.Bc4 Kh8 31.Rf7 Rf8 32.Rbb7 Rf7 33.Rf7 Rf8 34.Rf8 Qf8 35.Qe4 Qb8 36.Qe6 h6 37.Qf5 Qf8 38.Qf8 Bf8 39.Ng3 Kh7 40.Ne4 Kg6 41.g4 h5 42.h3 hg4 43.hg4 Kh6 44.Kf1 g5 45.Ke2 Be7 46.Kd3 Kg7 47.Kc2 Kf8 48.Kb3 Ke8 49.Ka4 Kd7 50.Kb5 1-0. B4_My_Life (2055) - ThrekMate (1820), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

9.Bd3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.0-0 Qe3 14.Qe3 Re3 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nf7 Bd7 17.Rf4 Re7 18.Raf1 Be6 19.Nh8 Ba2 20.Ng6 Rf7 21.c4 Rf4 22.Rf4 Re8 23.h4 Nb4 24.Bf5 h5 25.c3 Na6 26.Bd7 Rd8 27.Bc8 Re8 (worse is 27...Rc8 28.Ne7 Kh7 29.Nc8+/-) 28.Bb7 Nc5 29.Bd5 Kh7 30.Rf1 Kh6 (30...Kg6 31.Bf7 Kh7 32.Be8 Bc4 33.Rf5+-) 31.Nf4 Rb8 32.Rf2 Bb1 33.Re2 a5 34.Re5 g6 35.Nh3 Bf5 36.Ng5 Kg7 37.Re7 Kf6 38.Rc7 Rc8 39.Rf7 Ke5 40.Re7 Kf6 41.Ra7 a4 42.Kf2 Re8 43.Kf3 Rc8 44.Ke3 Re8 45.Kd2 (45.Kf4 Nd3 46.Kg3 Nc5+=) 45...Ke5 (45...Nb3 46.Kd1 Nc5 47.Bc6 Bg4 48.Nf3=) 46.Ke3 Kf6 47.Kf4 Nd3 48.Kf3 Nc5 49.Ra5 (49.Bc6 Bg4 50.Kg3 Re3 51.Kf4+=) 49...Rc8= 50.Ra7 Re8 51.Ra5 (51.Bc6 Bg4 52.Kg3 Re3 53.Kf4+=) 51...Rc8= 52.Nf7 Rc7 53.Nd6 Ke7 54.Nf5 gf5 55.Kg3 Kf6 56.Bf3 Kg6 57.Kf2 (57.Kh2 Rc8+/-) 57...Kf6 (57...Nd3 58.Ke2 Nb2 59.Ra6 Kg7 60.Bc6+=) 58.Ke1 Ke5 (58...Re7 59.Kd1 Rc7 60.Kc2+/-) 59.Bh5+- Kf4 60.Bg6 Re7 61.Kd1 Re5 62.h5 Kg5 63.Bf7 Nd3 64.Re5 (64.Ra7 f4+/-) 64...Ne5 65.Bd5 Ng4 66.Kc1 Ne5 (66...Ne3!? 67.Bg8 Ng4+-) 67.Kb2 Kh5 68.Ka3 Nd7 (better is 68...Nd3+-) 69.Ka4 1–0. chess_research (2235) – varcany (2100), gameknot.com, 2014.

9.Bd3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Qd2 Bg4 13.0-0 Bf3 14.Rf3 Ne5 15.Rf4 Rad8 16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.Rb1 b6 18.Rbf1 Qc5 19.Qd2 Qa3 20.Rd4 Rd6 21.Be4 Red8 22.Rf5 Nc4! 23.Qd3 g6 24.Rfd5 b5 25.Rb5 Qc1 26.Kf2 Nb2 27.Qf1 Nd1 28.Qd1 Qd1 29.Rd1 Rd1 30.Rb7 a5 31.Rc7 Ra1 32.Kf3 Ra2 33.c4 a4 34.Ra7 a3 35.Bd5 The backward pawn on f7 becomes a target 35...Kh8 36.e4 f6 37.c3 Ra1 38.c5 a2 39.Kg4 h5 40.Kh4 Rc1 41.Ra2 Rc3 42.g4 Rc5-/+ 43.gh5 Kg7 44.Ra7 Kh6 45.hg6 Kg6 46.Kg3 Rc1 47.Be6 Rg1 48.Kf2 Rh1 49.Kf3 Rh2?? 50.Bf5+- Kg5 51.Rg7 Kh4 52.Rh7 Kg5 53.Rh2 Rd3 54.Ke2 (54.Ke2 Ra3 55.Rh8+-) 1–0. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Bruinsma,Monique (1625), RC–2009–0-00028, 2009.

9.Bd4 Nd4 10.Be2 0–1. Benassi – Plock, email friendly 1999.

9.Be2 Nc3-/+ 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Qd2 Bg4 13.Rb1 Rfd8 14.Nd4 Nd4 15.cd4=+ Be2 16.Ke2 c5-/+ 17.c3 Qe4 18.Kf2 Qf5 19.Kg3 Rd7 20.Rhf1 Qe6 21.Kf2 Re8 22.Rbe1 Qd5 23.Kg1 Rde7 24.Rf3 f6 (24...b5 25.Ra1=+) ½–½. Kucharkowski,Jens – Vetter,Udo, E–7–056 CiF, 2002.

10.a3 Nc6 11.Be2 (11.Bd3 Qf6 12.c3-/+) 11...Qd6 (11...Qf6!? 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3-+) 12.d3 (12.0-0 Qf6 13.Nc3 Nc3 14.dc3 Qc3-/+) 12...Nf6 (12...Qf6 13.c3 Nc3 14.Nc3 Qc3 15.Kf2-/+) 13.Nbd2 (13.Nc3 Re8 14.Qd2 Ng4-/+) 13...Be6 (13...Ng4 14.Nf1-+) 14.Ng5 (better is 14.0-0!?-/+) 14...Nd5 15.Nc4 (15.Nde4 Qe7 16.Qc1 f5 17.Ne6 Qe6-+ (17...fe4?! 18.Nf8 ed3 19.cd3 Ne3 20.Nh7 Kh7 21.Bf3 Nc2 22.Kd1 Na1 23.Be4 Kh8 24.Qa1+=)) 15...Qe7 16.Ne4? (16.Ne6 fe6 17.e4-+) 16...b5 17.Nb2 (17.0-0 bc4 18.Qd2 Rab8-+) 17...Ne3 (better is 17...f5 18.0-0 fe4 19.Qd2-+) 18.Qd2 Ng2 19.Kd1 (19.Kf2 f5 20.Ng5 f4 21.Ne6 Qe6-+) 19...Nd4 (19...Bd5 20.Qg5 Qg5 21.Ng5-+) 20.Bh5 (20.Rg1 Bh3 21.Qg5 f6 22.Qd5 Ne6-+) 20...Qh4 21.Bf7 (21.Qg5 Qg5 22.Ng5 Ne3 23.Kd2 Nec2-+ (23...Ndc2?! 24.Rac1-+)) 21...Rf7 22.Qg2 Bg4 23.Kc1 Bf3 24.Qf1 Be4 (24...Be4 25.Qe1 Qg5 26.Kb1 Bh1 27.Qh1 Raf8-+) 0–1. purplegadge (1775) – zd3nik (1890), gameknot.com, 2014.

10.Be2 Bd7 11.0-0= Re8 12.d3 (12.a3 Nd5=) 12...Nf6=+ 13.e4 Ba4 14.Na3 Qe7 15.Qc1 Rad8 16.Qb2 c5 17.Rae1 Nc6 (17...Qe6 18.Ra1=+) 18.Nb1 (18.Bd1 b5=) 18...Ne5 19.Ne5 Qe5 20.Qe5 Re5 21.Rc1 Bc6 22.c4 Ne8 23.Nc3 Nd6 24.g4 f6 25.Kf2 Nc8 26.Nd5 Ne7 27.h4 Rd6 28.Rc3 b6 29.Ra3 Nc8 30.Kf3 Rd7 31.Ne3 Ne7 32.Kg3 Ng6 33.Nf5 h6 34.h5 Ne7 35.Ne3 Nc8 36.Nf5 ½–½. Plock,Joerg – Jacewicz,Grzegorz, corr or02–020, 2001.

10.Be2 Be6 11.0-0 Ba2 12.d3 Nc5 13.d4 Ne4 14.c3 Nd5 15.Ra2 Nec3 16.Nc3 Nc3 17.Qb3 Na2 18.Ne5 Qe7 19.Qa2 a5 20.Bc4 g6 21.Bf7 Kh8?? 22.Qb2 Qb4 23.Qa1 Kg7 24.d5 Kh6 25.Rf4 (25.Rf4 Kh5 26.Rb4 ab4 27.Qf1+-) 1–0. Benassi,Aspasio – Rosner,Dirk, corr KMG1/03, 2000.

10.Be2 Be6 11.0-0 Qd7 12.c4 c5 13.d4 Rad8 14.d5 Qe7 15.a3 Na6 16.Nfd2 Bc8 17.Ne4 Qe4 18.Qb3 Qe5 19.Nd2 Rfe8 20.Rae1 Qe3=+ 21.Qe3 Re3 Black gets the initiative 22.Bh5 Re1 23.Re1 Kf8 24.Kf2 Nc7 25.Be2 b5 26.cb5 Rd5-/+ 27.Nf3 Bb7 28.a4 Rd6 29.Rc1 Ne6 30.Bc4 Bd5 31.Ne5 Ke8 32.Bd5 Rd5 33.Nc6 Rd7 34.g4 Rc7 35.Ke3 g6 ½–½. woschkat (2160) – bond (2000), net–chess.com, 2001.

10.Be2 Qe7 11.0-0 Rd8 12.a3 Nd5 13.Qe1 Bg4 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.c4 c5 16.cd5 cd4 17.ed4 Qg5 18.Bd3 Nd6 19.Qf2 Re8 20.Nc3 f6 ½–½. pcmvr (2730) – pajaman (2505), net–chess.com, 2007.

10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 c5 12.Na3 Bg4 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.c3 Nd5 15.Bd3 Ndf6 16.Qc2 b5 17.Be4 Ne4 18.Nb2 Rad8 19.d3 Nd6 20.Rae1 c4 21.dc4 bc4 22.Ng5 g6 23.Rf4 Bf5 24.Qf2 h6 25.Nf3 Ne4 26.Qc2 Nc5 27.Qf2 Bd3 28.Rd4 (28.Rd4 Ne4 29.Qh4 Nc3 30.Rd8 Qd8 31.Qh6=+; 28.Nd2 Ne4 29.Ne4 Be4=+). pcmvr (2825) – cgits (2830), net–chess.com, 2007.

10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Bg4 12.a3 Nc6 13.Ra2 b6 14.Rb2 Qd6 15.Qe1 a6 16.Qh4 Nf6 17.Rb3 h6 18.Rd3 Qe7 19.Nd4 Be2 20.Ne2= Ne5 21.Rb3 Rad8 22.Ng3 Qe6 23.Nf5 Ng6 24.Qg3 c5 25.d3 b5 26.e4 c4 27.Rc3 Qe5 28.Qf3 (28.Qf3 Kh7 29.a4=+). pcmvr (2825) – cgits (2830), net–chess.com, 2007.

10.Be2 Qf6 11.0-0?? Qa1-+ 12.c3 Nc6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Qe4 Qa2 15.Bd3 g6 16.Ng5 Rae8 17.Qh4-/+ h5 18.Ne4 Ne5?? 19.Nf6+- Kg7 20.Be2?? Rd8 Attacking the backward pawn on d2 21.Qg3 Kh6?? 22.Qe5 Rd2 23.Nd2 Qd2 24.Qf4 g5 25.Qf3 g4 26.Qf4 Kg6 27.Ne4 Bf5 28.Qg5 (28.Qg5 Kh7 29.Nf6 Kh8 30.Qh6 Bh7 31.Qh7) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1910) – bob20883 (1695), Active (4/0), 2005.

10.Be2 Qf6 11.c3= Nd5 12.0-0 Re8 13.Na3 Qh6 14.Nc4= a6 15.Qc2 Ndf6 16.a4 Bg4 17.a5 Be6 18.Nfe5 Rad8 19.Rf3 Bg4?? 20.Rf6+- Nf6 21.Ng4 Ng4 22.Bg4 Qc6 23.Be2 Rd5 24.d4 Rg5 25.Bd3 Rh5 26.Rf1 Qh6 27.Qf2 f6 28.Ne5 Kf8 29.Qg3 Rd8 30.Ng4 Qg5 31.Rf5 Qf5 32.Bf5 Rf5 33.Qc7 (33.Qc7 Re8 34.Qb7+-) 1–0. Kucharkowski,Jens – Curtis,Graham, CiF, 2003.

10.Be2 Qf6 11.c3 Nd5 12.0-0= Qh6 13.Na3 Rd8=+ 14.Qe1 c5 15.Bd3 Ndf6 16.Ne5 Qh5 17.Nac4 Be6 18.Be2 (18.Be2 Qg5 19.d3=+). Nemec,Zdenek – Smith,Graham, CO1–05 www.b2–b4.com, 2004.

10.Be2 Qf6 11.c3 Nd5 12.0-0 Qh6 13.c4 Ne3=+ 14.de3 Qe3 15.Kh1 Nf2 16.Rf2 Qf2 17.Nc3 Bg4 18.Qg1 Qg1 19.Kg1 Rfe8 20.Kf2 Rad8 21.Rb1 b6 22.Nb5 c5 23.Nc7 Re4 24.Rb3 Rd2-/+ 25.Nd2 Re2 26.Kg3 Rd2 27.Kg4 Rg2 28.Kh3 Ra2 29.Nb5 g6 30.Ra3 Ra3-+ 31.Na3 a5 32.Kg3 a4 33.Kf4 Kg7 34.Nb1 f5 35.Na3 Kh6 (35...Kh6 36.Nb1 Kh5-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2825) – zoltanln (2860), net–chess.com, 2007.

9.a3 Bc5 10.Bb5 Nd5 11.Qe2 Bf5 12.Bc6 bc6 13.Bd4 Bc2 14.0-0 Be4 15.Qc4 Bd4=+ 16.Nd4 Nb6 17.Qc1 c5 18.Nf3 Bd3-/+ 19.Rf2 Rab8 20.Nc3 c4 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Nf3 Rfe8 23.Ne1 c5 24.Rf4 Bg6 25.Ra2 Qe6 26.Rb2 Nd7 27.Na4 Rb2 28.Qb2 Rb8-/+ 29.Qc3 Rb1 30.Kf2 Qd5 31.Rc4=+ Be4 32.h4 h5 33.d3?? (33.Nc5 Qf5 34.Nf3 Bf3 35.gf3-/+) 0–1. Benassi,Aspasio (2180) – Schuster,Jueri (2390), corr EM/J50/P150, 2001.

9.a3 Bc5 10.Bd3 Nd5 11.0-0 f5 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Re1 Kh8 14.Qe2 a6 15.d4 Bd6 16.Bd2 b5 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.c4 bc4 19.Bc4 Rab8 20.Be6 Qe6 21.Nc3 (21.Qa6? Nd4 22.Qa5 Bh2 23.Kh1 Nf3 24.gf3 Bg3-+) 21...Na5 22.g3 Nb3 23.Ng5 Qe7 24.Rad1 Ng4 25.Nf3 a5 26.e4 Qd7 27.e5 Ba3 28.Bf4 Qc6 29.Rd3 Rfd8 30.Red1 Bb4 31.Qc2 a4 32.h3 Nh6 33.d5 Qa6 34.Bh6 gh6 35.Kg2 Nc5 36.Re3 Attacking the isolated pawn on a4 36...Bc3 37.Qc3 Ne4 38.Qa1 Rb3-/+ 39.Rde1 Re3 40.Re3 Qc4 41.e6 Kg8 42.e7 Re8 43.Qe5 Qc2 44.Kh1 Nf2 45.Kg1 Nh3 46.Kh1 Nf2 47.Kg1 Ng4 48.Qe6 Kg7 49.Re2 Qd1 50.Kg2 Nf6 51.Rd2 Qb1 52.Nh4 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 52...Qe4 53.Kh3 h5 54.Rd1 Qe6-/+ 55.de6 Kh6 56.Rd3 c6 57.Rd7 a3 58.Nf5 Kg6 59.Nh4 Kg5 60.Nf3 Kh6 61.Ra7 c5 62.Nh4 Ne4 63.Ra3 Ng5 64.Kg2 Kg7 65.Rc3 Ne6 66.Rf3 Kg8 67.Nf5 Nd4 68.Rf1 Nf5 69.Rf5 c4 70.Rg5 Kh8 71.Re5 Kg7 72.Kf3 Kg6 73.Ke4 c3 74.Kd3 Kf6 75.Rh5 Re7 76.Kc3 Kg6 77.Rd5 Re3 78.Rd3 Rd3 79.Kd3 Kg5 80.Ke3 Kg4 81.Kf2 h5 82.Kg2 Kg5 83.Kh3 Kf5 84.Kh4 Kg6 85.g4 hg4 86.Kg4 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (2290) – pimpampumfuego(C) (2335), Active, 2007.

9.a3 Bd6 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Be2 Nf3 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Ne4 15.Bd4 Rae8 16.d3 (16.Ba7?? Qe5 17.g3 Qa1-+) 16...c5 17.Bb2 Be5 18.Be5 (better is 18.Ra2!? Ng5 19.Qf2+=) 18...Qe5-/+ 19.Ra2 Ng5 20.Qf4 Qe3 21.Qe3 Re3 22.Rb2 b6 23.a4 c4 24.dc4 Rc8 25.a5 ba5 26.Nd2 (26.Rb7!?+=) 26...f6 27.Rb5 Rc3 28.Rc1 ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio (2130) – Ortiz,Eric (2065), SA–2011–0-00218, 2011.

9.Bb4 Qb4 10.Nc3 Bg4 (10...Qg4 11.Rb1+=) 11.Be2 (11.Rb1 Qd6 12.Rb7 Rab8 13.Rb8 Rb8+=) 11...Rfe8 (11...Qd6 12.Rb1 Rab8 13.0-0=) 12.0-0 (12.Rb1 Qe7 13.Rb7 Rab8 14.Rb8 Rb8+/-) 12...Rad8 13.Qe1 (13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Rb7 Re3 15.de3 Rd1 16.Nd1 Qa2+=) 13...b6 14.Qg3 Bf3 15.Bf3 Re6 16.Rab1 Qe7 17.Rbd1 (17.Rf2!?=) 17...Nb4-/+ 18.Bg4 Ng4 19.Qg4 Nc2 20.Ne2 Re4 21.Nf4 g5 (better is 21...c5-+) 22.d3?? (better is 22.Qg3-/+) 22...Ne3-+ (22...Re3?! 23.Nh5 Qc5 24.Kh1-/+) 23.Qg3 (23.Qe2 Rf4 24.Rfe1 Re8-+) 23...Nd1 24.Rd1 Rf4 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – RitzwithanF, Partie evaluee, 4m + 3s, 2008.

9.Bb4 Nb4 10.a3 Nbd5 11.c4 Nb6 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Be2 Rad8 14.0-0 Rfe8 15.Nc3 c5 16.a4 Nc8 17.Rab1 h6 18.a5 Nd6 19.Bd3 Qc7 20.e4 Qc6 (worse is 20...Qa5 21.Ra1 Qb6 22.e5 Bf3 23.ef6=) 21.Rbe1 Nd7 22.Nd5 Bf3 23.Rf3 Re5 24.Bf1 Qc8 25.d3 f5 26.Qc3 Rde8 27.Rg3 fe4 28.de4 Qd8 29.Rg6 R8e6 30.Qg3 Rg6 31.Qg6 Nf6 32.Nf6 Qf6 33.Qf6 gf6 34.Rd1 Re6 35.Rd5 b6 36.Bd3 Kf7 37.g4 ½–½. Lins,Thomas (2170) – Laube,Bernd (2175), GER–ch33 V5 email, 2002.

9.Bb4 Nb4 10.a3 Nbd5 11.Bd3 Ne3 12.de3+= Qe3 13.Kf1 Ng4 14.Qd2 Qc5 15.Nc3 Ne3= 16.Ke1 Bg4 17.Na4 Qh5 18.Qe3+/- Rae8 19.Be4 f5 20.Nd2 fe4 21.Rb1 b6 22.Nc3 c5 23.h4 Re5 24.Nf1 Bf3 25.Qg1 Qh6 26.Qh2 Rfe8 27.Qh3 Qd6 28.Nb5 Qd8 29.Ne3 a6 30.Nc4 R5e6 31.Nbd6 Qf6 32.Ne8 Qc3 33.Kf2 Qc2 34.Kg1 Rg6 35.Rb2 Qc4 36.Kh2 Qf7 37.Rf2 Qf4 38.g3 Qb8 39.Re1 h5 40.Rf3+= ef3 41.Re6 Rg4 42.Nd6 Qc7 43.Qf1 Qd7 44.Re8 Kh7 45.Qd3 Rg6 46.Rh8!? Kh8 47.Qg6 Kg8 48.Kg1 Qe7 49.Ne4 c4 50.Qc6 b5 51.Kf2 Kf8 52.Qc8 Qe8 53.Qe8 Ke8 54.Kf3 Ke7 55.Kf4 a5 56.Nc3+- Kd6 57.Nb5 Kc5 58.Na7 c3+/- 59.Ke3 Kc4 60.Nc6 Kb3 61.Na5 Kb2 62.Nc4 Kb3 63.Kd3 c2 64.Kd2 Kc4 65.Kc2 (65.Kc2 Kc5 66.Kd3+-) 1–0. Kucharkowski,Jens – Pommerel,Wim, CiF, 2004.

9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.Na3 a6 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Qc1 b5 14.Be2 c5-/+ 15.Ne1 Bg6 16.c4 Nd3 17.Nd3 Bd3 18.Bd3 Rd3 19.cb5 ab5 20.Nb5 Rfd8 21.Re1 Qe5 22.Qd1 Rd2 23.Qf3 Rb2 24.a4 Rdd2 25.Qa8? Qe8-+ (25...Qe8 26.Qe8 Ne8-+) 0–1. Benassi,Aspasio (2150) – Lafarga,David (2260), internet, 2002.

9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.Bb3 a5 12.Nc3 b5 13.a4 ba4=+ 14.Na4 Bc8 15.0-0= Ba6 16.Re1 c5 17.Nb2 Rfd8 18.d4 Ng4 19.c3 Nc6 20.Na4 c4 21.Bc2=+ Rab8 22.Nc5+= Bb5 23.e4 (23.e4 Nf6 24.Qe2+=). Nemec,Zdenek – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, CO1–05 www.b2–b4.com, 2004.

9.Bc4 Bg4 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bb5 Ne4 12.Kf1 f5 13.Bc6 bc6 14.d3 Nc3-+ 15.Nc3 Qe3 16.Qe2 Qh6 17.d4 Rae8 18.Qc4 Kh8 19.Ne2 Bf3 20.gf3 Qh3 21.Kf2 Qh4 22.Kg2 Rf6 23.Ng3 Rg6 24.Qc6?? Re2-/+ 25.Kf1 Rf2!! (25...Rf2 26.Kf2 Bg3 27.hg3 Qd4 (27...Rc6?? 28.Rh4 Rc2 29.Ke3+-; < 27...Qg3 28.Ke3 Rc6 29.Rhf1-+) 28.Kg2 Rc6-+) 0–1. Boehnke,Hartmut – Leisebein,Peter, DESC, 2001.

9.Bd3 Nd5 10.0-0 Nc3 11.Nc3 Bc3 12.dc3 Qe3 13.Kh1 g6 14.Re1 Qc5 15.Qd2 Bg4 16.Ng5 Bf5 17.Qf4 Rae8-/+ 18.Bf5 Qf5 19.Qf5 gf5 20.Kg1 Re1 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Nf3 Kg7 23.Kf2 Rd5 24.Ke3 Ne5 25.Rb1 Nc4 26.Ke2 b6 27.Rb4 b5 28.a4 c6 29.ab5 cb5 30.Nd4 Re5 31.Kf3 a5 32.Rb5-/+ Rb5 33.Nb5 a4 34.Nd4 a3 35.Nb3 Kf6 36.Nc1 Ke5 37.Na2 f4-+ 38.Nc1 Kf5 39.h3 Ne5 40.Ke2 Ke4 41.Na2 Nc4 42.Nc1 h5 43.Kf2 Ne3 0–1. pcmvr (2870) – jeronimo (2610), net–chess.com, 2009.

9.Be2 Bc5 10.0-0 Nd5 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Ne5= Rad8 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Bd3 Bg6 15.Qe2 Rb8 16.Bc3 Be3 17.de3 Rb1 18.Rab1 Nc3 19.Qf3 Nb1-/+ 20.Rb1 Qa3 21.Rd1 Bd3 22.cd3 Qa2 23.Qc6 Qe2 24.Qf3 Qc2 25.Ra1 Qd3-/+ 26.Ra7 Qb1 27.Kf2 Qc2 28.Kg3 Qc5 29.Rb7 Re8 30.h3 h6 31.Rb3 Qe5 32.Kf2 c5 33.Rb7 Qe6 34.e4 Qa2 35.Qe2 Qe2-+ 36.Ke2 Re4 37.Kf3 Re5 38.Rc7 f6 39.h4 h5 40.g3 Kh7 41.Rc6 Rd5 42.Ke3 Kh6 43.Rc8 g5 44.hg5 Kg5 45.Kf3 Rf5 46.Kg2 Kg4 47.Rg8 Rg5 48.Re8 Rd5 49.Re4 Kf5 50.Rh4 Ke6 51.Kf3 Re5 52.Ra4 Kd5 (52...Kd5 53.Ra6 c4 54.Rf6 c3-+) 0–1. Pcmvr (2080) – Buny (2320), chess–mail.com, 2008.

9.Be2 Nd5 10.Bb4 Qb4 11.0-0 Qb2 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3 Qc3 14.Qd3 Qc5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.Rf4 Rae8 17.Raf1 b6 18.Qb3 Na5 19.Qd3 Nb7 20.Qd2 Qe5 21.Ba6 Nd6 22.Re1 Re7 23.Bd3 Rfe8 24.Nf3 Qb2 25.Bc4 Nc4 26.Rc4 c5 27.Qc3 Qb5 (27...Qa2 28.Ra1 Qa1 29.Qa1+-) 28.Nd2 Be6 29.a4 Qc6 30.Rf4 Bd5 31.a5 b5 (31...Bg2?! 32.Rg4 Qh6 33.Rg2 Re3 34.Re3 Re3 35.Qa1=) 32.Rf2 b4 33.Qd3 c4 34.Qd4 Rd7 35.Qf4 Qc5 36.Nf3 Qa5 0–1. Nemec,Zdenek (2030) – Chukanov,Igor (2160), CP–2010–P–00069, 2010.

9.Be2 Nd5 10.Bb4 Qb4 11.0-0 Qb2 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3 Qc3 14.Qd3 Qd3 15.cd3 Re8 16.Kf2 0–1. pcmvr (2400) – solarflare (2345), net–chess.com, 2006.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bb4=+ Nb4 11.0-0 Rd8 12.a3 Nc6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Be4 Qe4 15.Nc3 Qe7 16.Qe1 Ne5 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.Rf4 Be6 19.d4 Qd6 20.a4 (20.a4 f5 21.Rd1=). Pcmvr (2080) – Suzana (1880), internet, 2008.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bb4 Nb4 11.0-0 Re8 12.Qc1 Bg4 13.Qb2 Rad8 14.a3 Nd5 15.Bd3 Nc5 16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Ne1 c6 18.Qb4 Bh5 19.Qh4 Nd3 20.cd3 Bg6 21.d4 Nd7 22.Qe7 Re7 23.Nf3 Bd3 24.Rfc1 f6 25.Kf2 Nb6 26.a4 Ba6 27.a5 Nc4 28.Na4 h6 29.Nc5 Bb5 30.Nh4 Nd2 31.Ng6 Rf7-/+ 32.Rd1 Nc4 33.h4 Re8 34.h5 Nd6 35.Rdc1 Kh7 36.g3 b6 Black gets the initiative 37.Nb3 Ne4 38.Kf3 Ng5 39.Kf2 Rd7 40.Ra2 Rd5 41.g4 Ne4 42.Kf3 c5 43.ab6 ab6 44.Nf8 Rf8 45.Ke4 Bc6 46.Kd3 Re8 47.Rg2 Bb5 48.Kd2 Ba4 49.Rc3 Bb3 50.Rb3 cd4 51.ed4 Rd4 52.Kc3 Ree4 53.g5 hg5 54.Rb6 Rd5 55.Rh2 g4 56.h6 g3 57.Rg2 Rg4 58.hg7 f5 59.g8Q Kg8 60.Rb8 Kf7 61.Rb1 f4 (61...f4 62.Rf1 Ke6-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2740) – uvarnov (2695), net–chess.com, 2007.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bb4 Nb4 11.0-0= Bf5 12.d3 Nd6 13.e4 Bg6 14.Nc3+= b6 15.a3 Na6 16.d4 Nb8 17.Ne5 Be4 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Bf3 f5 20.Be4 fe4 21.Rf8 Qf8 22.Qg4 e3?? 23.Qe6+- Kh8 24.Rf1 (24.Rf1 Nd7 25.Rf8 Rf8 26.Nd7+-) 1–0. pcmvr (2800) – bobbs (2410), net–chess.com , 2006.

9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Bd3 Nc5-/+ 12.0-0 Nd3 13.cd3 Be6 14.Nc3 Rad8-/+ 15.d4 Na5 16.a3=+ Bd6 17.d5 Bd7 18.e4 Nc4 19.Qb3 b5 20.Bc1 c6 21.d4= cd5 22.e5+= Be5 23.Ne5 Ne5= 24.de5 Qe5 25.Bf4 Qd4=+ 26.Kh1 Qc4 27.Rab1 a6 28.Qc4 dc4 29.Rbd1 Bc6 30.Rd8 Rd8-/+ 31.Rd1 Re8 32.Kg1=+ f6 33.Rd6= Rc8 34.Kf2 a5 35.Nd5 Bd5 36.Rd5 g5 37.Bc1 Rb8 38.Rc5 b4 39.Rc4+/- ba3 40.Ba3 Kf7 41.Rc5 Ra8 42.Kf3 Ra6 43.Ke4 Kg6 44.Bb2 a4 45.Bc3 h5 46.Ra5 Rc6? 47.Kd3+- Rb6 48.Ra4 g4 49.Rb4 Re6 50.Bd4 Re1 51.Rb6 Rg1 52.Rb2 Rh1 53.g3 Kg5 54.Rf2 f5 55.Be3 Kf6 56.Bd2 Kg6 57.Bc3 Kg5 58.Kd4 Kg6 59.Ke5 Rc1 60.Bd4 Re1 61.Kd5 Rd1 62.Rf4 Rh1 63.Ke6 Rh2 64.Rf5 h4? 65.Rf6 Kh7 66.Rf7 Kg8 67.Rg7 Kf8 68.Rg4 Re2 69.Be5 hg3 70.Rg3 Re1 71.Rh3 Rg1 72.Rb3 Rg6 73.Bf6 (73.Bf6 Rf6 74.Kf6 Ke8 75.Rd3 Kf8 76.Rd8#) 1–0. Miralles,Gilles – Lazaridis,Stavros (2260), EU–ch U20 Groningen, 1982.

9.a3 Bc5 10.Bb5 Re8 11.Bc6= bc6 12.0-0 Qd6 13.Bd4 Bd4 14.Nd4 Be4 15.Nc3+= c5 16.Ndb5 Qc6 17.Rf6+= Qf6 18.Nc7 Qc6 19.Ne8 Re8 20.Ne4 Qe4 21.Qc1 Re6 22.Qb2 h6 23.Rf1 Rg6 24.g3 h5 25.Qb8+- Kh7 26.Rf7 Qc2+/- 27.Qa7 h4 28.Qd7 hg3+/- 29.hg3 Rg3 30.Kf2 Qg6 31.Qf5 Rg2 32.Ke1 Rg1 33.Ke2 Ra1 34.Rf8 Qf5 35.Rf5 c4 36.Rc5 Ra3 37.Rc4 g5 38.d4 Kg6 39.Rc8 Kf5 40.Re8 g4 41.Re5 Kf6 42.Kf2 Ra8? 43.Kg3+- Rg8 44.e4 Rd8 45.Rf5 Ke7 46.d5 Kd6 47.Rf6 Ke7 48.Rh6 Rg8 49.e5 Kf7 50.d6 (50.d6 Re8 51.Rf6 Kg7 52.Rf5+- (52.Kg4?! Re5 53.Rf5 Re4 54.Kg5 Rd4+=)) 1–0. Nemec,Zdenek (1800) – Welsch,Frank (1800), corr ICCF EM/O/131, 2003.

9.Bb5 Bc3 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Ba4 c6 12.0-0 Na6 13.Ne5+= Be6 14.d4 c5 15.Bb3 Bb3 16.ab3 Rc8 (16...Nb4 17.Nc4+=) 17.d5 Re8 18.Nc4 White plans d6 18...Nc7?? (better 18...Nb4 19.Ra7 Rb8+-) 19.d6+- Na6 (19...b5 20.dc7 (20.Ra7?! bc4 21.dc7 Qe7+-) 20...Qd1 21.Rfd1 (21.Nd1?! bc4 22.Ra7 Re7+=; 21.Rad1?! bc4 22.Nb5 cb3 23.cb3 Kf8+-) 21...bc4 22.Ra7 cb3 23.cb3+-) 20.Rf6! gf6 (20...Qf6 21.Nd5 Decoy; 20...gf6 21.d7 Passed pawn) 21.d7 Re3 (21...Re6 22.dc8B Qc8+-) 22.Qg4 Kh8 (22...Kf8 23.Ne3 Nc7 24.dc8Q Qe8 25.Qgd7 Kg7 26.Nf5 Kg6 27.Ne7 Kh6 28.Qh3 Kg7 29.Nf5 Kh8 30.Qg4 Ne6 31.Qe8 Nf8 32.Qf8) 23.dc8Q Re8 (23...Qc8 24.Qc8 Re8 25.Qe8 Kg7 26.Nd6 f5 27.Qf7 Kh6 28.h4 Nb4 29.Nf5) 24.Nd6! Rg8 (24...Qd6 25.Qe8 Mate attack) 25.Nf7 1–0. Pierre – Mascarone, internet, 2020.

9.Bb5 Bc3 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Ba4 Nbd5 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.0-0 Rad8 14.d3 Qc5 15.Qe1 b5 16.Bb3 Rfe8 17.d4 Qe7? 18.Ne5+- Be6 19.Nc6 (19.Nc6 Qd6 20.Nd8 Rd8 21.Be6 Qe6 22.Rf3+/-) 1–0. pcmvr (2870) – jvanmechelen (2445), net–chess.com, 2009.

9.Bb5 Bc3 10.Nc3 Nd5 11.Ne2 Ncb4 12.Ned4 Be4 13.a3 c5 14.ab4 cd4 15.Nd4 Bg2 16.Rg1 Qh4 -/+.

9.Bb5 Nd5 10.Bc6 Bc3 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.dc3 bc6 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Kf2 Rfe8 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Rhd1 Rd6 17.c4 Be4 18.Rd6 cd6 19.Rb4 d5 20.Ra4 Bf3 21.gf3 d4 22.e4 f5 23.c5 Qe5 (23...fe4?! 24.Qe4 Qf7 25.Qc6=) 24.Kg2 fe4 25.Qe4 Qg5 26.Qg4 Qc5 27.Rd4 Qc2 28.Kh3 Qa2 29.Rd7 Qa1 30.Qc4 Kh8 31.Qc6 Qf1 32.Kg3 Qe1 33.Kh3 a5 34.Ra7 Rg8 35.Qc5 Qd1 36.Kg2 a4 37.Qc6 Qe2 ½–½. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Santo,Moises (2070), RA–2009–0-00071, 2009.

9.Bb5 Ne4 10.Bc6+/- Bc3 11.Be4 (worse is 11.Nc3 Nc3 (worse is 11...bc6 12.Ne4 Be4 13.0-0+=) 12.dc3 bc6+=) 11...Ba1 12.Bf5 Qf6 (12...Qd5 13.Bd3+=) 13.Be4 Rfe8 14.Bb7 Rab8 (14...Rad8 15.c4 Rb8+=) 15.Bc6?? (15.Bd5 Rbd8 16.Bb3 Re3 17.de3 Rd1 18.Kd1 Qg6+-) 15...Re6?? (better is 15...Qc6 16.0-0 Bf6-+) 16.Bd5+- Reb6 17.Bb3 a5 18.a4 c5? 19.d3 c4 20.dc4 Rd8 21.Qe2 Rbd6 22.0-0 Qh6 23.Nbd2 Bc3 24.Ne4 Bb4 25.Nd6 Bd6 26.c5! Bc5 27.Ne5 Be3 28.Kh1 Bf4 29.h3 Rd2 30.Qe4 Qg5 31.Nf7 Qg3 32.Qe8 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2165) – Porubator (2090), Active (2/1), 2005.

9.Bd3 Bd3-/+ 10.cd3 Qd3 11.Qe2 Qe2 12.Ke2 Rad8 (12...Be7 13.Bf6 Bf6 14.Nc3-/+) 13.Rd1 (better is 13.Bf6!? gf6 14.a3=) 13...Ne4 14.Bb4 Nb4 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.dc3 Nd5 17.Rac1 Rfe8 18.Rd3?? (better is 18.c4 Nf4 19.Kf1-/+) 18…Nf4-+ (18...Nf4 19.Kf1 Nd3-+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1800) – cyryd (1650), Active, 2008.

9.Bd3 Bc3 10.Nc3 a6 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Be2 b5?? (better is 12...Bf3 13.Bf3 Nf3 14.Rf3 b5=) 13.Ne5+- Be2 14.Ne2 Ne4 15.d4 f6 16.Qd3 Nd6 17.Nc6 Qd7 18.d5 Rfe8 19.a4 Nc4 (19...ba4 20.Ra4 Nb7 21.Rh4+- (21.Ra6?! Nc5 22.Ra8 Nd3 23.Re8 Qe8 24.cd3 Qe3 25.Rf2 Qd3+-)) 20.ab5 ab5 21.Ra8 Ra8 22.Nc3 Ra3 23.Qd4 b4 (23...Ne5 24.Nb5 Ra8 25.Ne5 Qb5 26.Nc6+-) 24.Nb5 Ne3 25.Na3 Nf1 26.Nb5 (26.Kf1?! ba3 27.Qa4 Qd6+-) 26...Nh2 27.Kh2 Kf7 28.Qa7 Qg4 29.Qc7 (29.Nc7?! Qh4 30.Kg1 Qe1 31.Kh2 Qh4 32.Kg1 Qe1 33.Kh2 Qh4=) 29...Kg6 30.Qg3 Qg3 31.Kg3 Kf5 (31...b3 32.cb3 Kf7+-) 32.Nbd4 Ke4 33.d6 Kd5 34.d7 g5 35.d8Q Kc4 (35...Ke4 36.Nb5 Kf5 37.Qg8 b3 38.Nd6) 36.Qa5 Kc3 (36...b3 37.Nb3 f5 38.Qc5) 37.Qb4 1–0. pvanr (1665) – irimia (1665), gameknot.com, 2009.

9.Bd3 Nd5 10.0-0 Nc3 11.Nc3 Bc3 12.dc3 Qe7 13.Qe1 Rae8 14.Rb1 b6 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.Bb5 c6 (16...Rd8 17.Qg3-/+) 17.Bc6 Nc6 18.Nc6 Qe3 19.Qe3 Re3 20.Na7 Rc3 21.Rb6 Rc2 22.a4 Ra8 23.h3 Ra7 24.hg4 f6 25.g5 Kf7 26.gf6 g6 (26...Ra2!?=) 27.Rb8+/- Rcc7 (better is 27...Rc5!?+/-) 28.Rh8+- Ke6 29.Rf8 Rf7 (29...Rc5!?+/-) 30.Re1+- Kf5 (30...Kd5 31.Rf7 Rf7 32.Rf1+-) 31.Rf7 Rf7 32.a5 g5 33.a6 Kg6 34.Rf1 h6 35.Kh2 (35.g4 h5+-) 35...h5 36.Kh3 h4 37.Kg4 h3 (37...Kh6 38.Rf5+-) 38.gh3 Kh7 (38...Kh6+-) 39.Kg5 Kg8 40.Rb1 Rf8 41.a7 Kh7 (41...Re8 42.Kg6 Rd8 43.Rb8 Rf8 44.Rf8 Kf8 45.a8Q) 42.Rb7 Kg8 43.Kg6 1–0. pvanr (1665) – rushnpawn (1735), gameknot.com, 2009.

9.Bd3 Nd5 10.0-0 Nc3 11.Nc3 Ne5+=.

9.Bd3 Nd5 10.0-0 Ne5?? 11.Be5+- Re8 12.Bb2 Qd6 (12...Bd6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Be2+-) 13.Bh7! Kh7 (13...Kh8 14.Bd3 Kg8 15.a3+-) 14.Ng5 Kg8 15.Qg4 Nf6 (15...Re7+-) 16.Rf6 gf6 17.Ne6 1–0. pvanr (1845) – la_vidas, gameknot.com, 2011.

9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 a5 11.a3 Bc3 12.Nc3 b6 13.h3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Ne5 15.Qg3 Nd3 16.cd3 c5 17.Rf5 (17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Qf3 Qe5=) 17...Qb8 18.Qf3 Qd6 19.Nd5 Nd5 20.Rd5 Qe6 21.Rb1 Rab8 22.d4 cd4 23.Rd4 Rbd8 24.Qf4 h6 25.Rb5 g5 26.Qe5 Qe5 (26...Qc6 27.Rd8 Rd8 28.Qb2 Rd2 29.Rg5 hg5 30.Qd2=) 27.Re5 Re5 28.Rd8 Kg7 29.Kf2 Rb5 30.g4 a4 31.Kf3 Rb3 32.Rb8 b5 33.d4 Ra3 34.Rb5 Rb3 35.Ra5 a3 36.Ke4 Kg6 37.Ra6 f6 38.d5 Kg7 39.Ra7 ½–½. pvanr (1970) – d123 (1910), gameknot.com, 2009.

9.Be2 a5 10.a3 Bc5 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Bc4 Qd7 14.Qe1 Nd2 15.Nbd2 Re3 (worse is 15...Be3 16.Kh1 Bd4 17.Qb1+/-) 16.Qf2 b6 17.Nd4 Nd4 18.Kh1? (18.Qf7 Qf7 19.Rf7 Ne6-+ (19...Nc2 20.Raf1 Be6 21.Rg7 Kh8 22.Rc7 Bd4 23.Bd4 Nd4 24.Be6 Ne6 25.Re7+=)) 18...Re7 (18...Ne6 19.Rae1 Re2 20.Qg3 Re1 21.Qe1-+) 19.Rae1 Be2! 20.Re2? (20.Be2 Ne2 Decoy; 20.Re2 Ne2 Decoy) 20...Ne2 21.Qf3 c6 22.Ne4 Bd4 (22...Nd4 23.Qh5 Rf8 24.Nc5 bc5 25.Qc5-+) 23.c3-/+ Nc3! 24.Bc3 (24.Bc3 Re4 Decoy; 24.Nc3 Rd8 Combination) 24...Bc3 25.Nc3 Rf8 26.Bd3 Qd4 27.Be4 b5 28.Rd1 (28.Bc6?? Re3 29.Qd5 Qc3 30.Bb5 Qa3-+) 28...Qe5 29.Bd3 Rd8 (29...Rfe8-+) 30.Bh7 Kh7 31.Qh3 Kg6 (31...Kg6 32.Qg4 Kh6 33.Qh4 Qh5 34.Qh5 Kh5 35.g4 Kg4 36.Rd8 Re3-+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2240) – Bergman,Pierre (2520), queenalice.com, 2008.

9.Be2 Bc5 10.0-0 Ne4 11.d4 (11.Bb2 Qe7-/+) 11...Qe7 12.Bb2 (12.Qd3 Rad8-/+) 12...Bd6 (12...Bb4 13.Qc1-/+) 13.d5 Rad8 14.dc6 Bh2 15.Kh2 Rd1 16.Rd1 Qe6 (16...Bf3 17.Bf3 (17.gf3?? Qh4 18.Kg2 Qf2 19.Kh1 Ng3) 17...Qh4 18.Kg1 Qf2 19.Kh2 Qg3 20.Kg1 bc6 21.Nc3 Qf2 22.Kh1-+) 17.Rd3 (17.Bd4 bc6 18.Nbd2 c5 19.Ne4 cd4-/+) 17...Qc6 (17...bc6 18.Kg1 h5 19.Kh2-+) 18.Nc3+= Nf2 (18...Qh6 19.Kg1 Nc5 20.Rd5 Qe3 21.Kf1+=) 19.Rd5 (19.Rd4 Qh6 20.Kg3 Re8 21.Kf2 Bf3+=) 19...Ne4 20.Rd3 (20.Ne4 Qc2 Double attack (20...Qd5 Deflection; 20...Qc2 Decoy)) 20...Qh6 21.Kg1 Nc5 22.Rd5 Qe3 23.Kf1 Ne6 (23...Re8 24.Rad1 h6 25.R5d4+=) 24.Re1 (24.Re5 Qh6 25.Nd5 c6-/+) 24...c6 25.Rd3 (25.Re5 Qb6 26.Rb1 Rd8-/+) 25...Qc5-/+ 26.Rd7 (26.Rd2 Qb4 27.Ba1 Re8-/+) 26...b5 27.Ne5 (27.Nd1 Ng5 28.Bd4 Qf5 29.Ra7 Nf3 30.Bf3 Bf3 31.gf3 Qf3 32.Nf2 Qd5-+) 27...Qe5 28.Bg4 Qf4 29.Bf3 Qc4 (29...Ng5 30.Rd3 Nf3 31.gf3-/+) 30.Be2 Qf4 31.Bf3 Ng5 32.Rd3 Nf3 33.gf3 Qh2 (33...Qb4 34.Bc1-/+) 34.Re2 Qh1 35.Kf2 a5 (35...h5 36.Ne4-/+) 36.Ne4 f6 37.Rd6 (37.Rd7 h5-/+) 37...h5 38.Rc6 (38.Bd4 h4-/+) 38...h4 39.Bd4 (39.Rd2 h3 40.Kg3 Re8 41.Nf6 gf6-+) 39...Qh2 (39...Rd8 40.Bb6 Rd1-+) 40.Ke1? (better is 40.Ke3 Qg1 41.Kd3 Qd1 42.Nd2-+) 40...Qh1 (better is 40...Qf4!? 41.Rc3 h3-+) 41.Kf2-/+ Qh2 42.Ke1 Qh3 (better is 42...Qf4!? 43.Rc3 h3-+) 43.Kf2 Rd8 44.Bb6 Rd5 45.Rc7 (45.Bc7 Rd1 46.Ke3 Qd7-+) 45...Qh2-+ 46.Ke1 Qh1 47.Kf2 Rf5 48.Rc3 b4 49.Rd3 Qb1 50.Bc5 ½–½. Janek – Vigilante, internet free game, 2017.

9.Be2 Qd6 10.Bb4 Nb4 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Rb1 c5 13.a3 Nbd5 14.Nd5 Qd5 15.c4 Qe6 16.0-0 (16.Rb7 Ne4 17.Rb2 Bf3 18.Bf3 Qc4=) 16...Qe7 17.Ng5 h6 (17...Be2 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Rb3=+) 18.Bg4= hg5 19.Bf5 Rd6 20.Qf3 b6 21.Qg3 (better 21.Rf2!?=) 21...Rd2-/+ 22.Qg5 Re8 23.Rf3 Qe5 24.Rh3 Ra2 25.Qh4 Kf8 26.Rf3 Ra1 27.Qh8 (27.Bc2 Ra3 28.Qh8 Ke7 29.Qg7 Re3-/+) 27...Ke7 28.Qh3 (28.Qg7? Rg8 (28...Ra3 29.Bg6 Qe6 30.Rbf1+/-) 29.Qh6 Qb2-+) 28...Rd8 29.Ra1 Qa1 30.Rf1 Rd1 31.Bd3 (31.Rd1 Qd1 32.Kf2 Qd2 33.Kf3 Qc1-+) 31...Rf1-+ 32.Bf1 Qa3 0-1. marekt (2235) - drongo19 (2295), gameknot.com, 2018.

9.Be2 Qd6 10.Bb4 Nb4 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Rb1= c5 13.a3 Nbd5 14.Nd5 Qd5 15.c4 Qh5 16.0-0 b6 17.Rb3 Rd6 18.Rd3 Re6 19.h3 Bf3 20.Rf3 Qe5 21.Qa4 Re7 22.Rf4 Rfe8 23.Bg4 h5 24.Bd1 h4 25.Qc6 Qa1 26.Qa4 Rc8 27.Rf1 Qb2 28.Qc2 Qe5 29.Rf4 Ree8 30.Bg4 Rb8 31.Bf5 Rbd8 32.Qb1 Qe7 33.Qd1 Rd3 34.Bd3 Qd6 35.Bb1 Rd8 36.Rf2 Qe5 37.Bc2 Qb2 38.a4 Qb4 39.d3 Re8 40.e4 Nd7 41.Qh5 Qe1=+ 42.Rf1 Qe3 43.Kh1 Ne5 44.Qh4 Nd3 45.e5 Qe2 46.Bd3 Qd3 47.Qf4 Qd7 48.Kg1 Qc7 49.Re1 f6! 50.Qf5 Re5 51.Re5 Qe5 52.Qe5 fe5-+ 53.h4 Kf7 54.Kf2 Ke6 55.Kf3 Kf5 56.g4 Ke6 ½–½. pcmvr (2780) – pstibbons (2670), net–chess.com, 2006.

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 a6 11.Ng5= Be2 12.Qe2 Bc3 13.Nc3 Nd4 14.Qc4 Ne6 15.Nge4 Ne4 16.Ne4 b5 17.Qb3 c5 18.d3 Rc8 19.Rad1 Rc7 20.a4 Qd7 21.ab5 ab5 22.Qb2 Qc6 23.Rb1 b4 24.Rf3 h6 25.Rg3 (25.Rg3 Ra8 26.Rf1=). pcmvr (2760) – carrafurca (2280), net–chess.com , 2006.

9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Qd7 11.Bb4 Nb4 12.c3 Nd3 13.Bd3 Qd3 14.a4 Rad8 15.Na3 Ne4 16.Nb1 Bf3 17.Rf3 Nd2 18.Nd2 Qd2 19.Qd2 Rd2 20.Rb1 b6 21.a5 f6 22.c4 Re2 23.ab6 ab6 24.c5 R2e3 25.Re3 Re3 26.cb6 cb6 27.Rb6 Kf7 28.Rb2 Kg6 29.Kf2 Re5 30.g3 Ra5 31.Kg2 h5 32.Rf2 Kh6 33.h3 f5 34.Rf4 g5 35.Rf2 h4 36.gh4 gh4 37.Kh2 Kg5 38.Rg2 Kh5 39.Rf2 Ra3 40.Rg2 Rf3 41.Rg8 Rg3 42.Rg3 hg3 43.Kg3 Kg5 44.h4 Kh5 45.Kf4 Kh4 46.Kf3 ½-½. mcalishter (1935) - Watchoutforh2 (1955), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

11.0-0 c5 12.d3 Ng5 13.Nbd2 (13.Nc3 Qe7 14.Qd2 Bf3 15.Bf3 Rad8=) 13...Qe7 (better is 13...Nd5!? 14.Kf2 Re8-/+) 14.e4= Bf3 15.Nf3 Nf3 16.Bf3 Rad8 17.a3 Nc6 18.Qc1 b6 19.Qb2 Nd4 20.Rad1 Rd6 21.c3 Nc6 22.d4 cd4 23.cd4 Rfd8 (23...Rd4!? 24.Rd4 Qc5-/+) 24.d5= Ne5 25.Rde1 (25.Be2 Nd7 26.Bd3 Rc8=) 25...Rh6 (25...Nd3 26.Qc3 Ne1 27.Re1-/+) 26.h3? (better is 26.Be2!?=) 26...Qg5 27.Qc1 (27.Kh1 Nd3 28.Qc3 Ne1 29.Re1 a6-/+) 27...Qg3-+ (27...Nf3?! 28.Rf3 Qe7 29.Ref1+=) 28.Qe3?? (better is 28.Bg4 Ng4 29.hg4-+) 28...Rh3 29.Qf2 Qh2 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – NN, jeu.europe–echecs.com, 2013.

11.0-0 Qd6 12.d3 Nf6 13.Qd2 Rae8 14.Na3 Ne4 15.de4 Qd2 16.Nd2 Be2 17.Rf2 (better is 17.Rfb1!? a5 18.c3+=) 17...Ba6-/+ 18.Rf5 Rd8 19.Nf3 Rfe8 20.e5 Nc6 21.Kf2 g6 22.Rf4 Ne5 23.Rd4 Nf3 24.Kf3 c5 25.Rdd1 b5 26.c3 Bb7 27.Kf2 a6 28.c4 (28.Rac1 Be4-+) 28...b4 29.Nc2 Rd1 30.Rd1 Re4 31.Ne1 Rc4 32.Rd7 Bc6 33.Rc7 Bb5 34.Kf3 (34.g4-+) 34...Rc1 Black intends c4 35.Kf2 c4 0–1. CountFromHolland – Solemnis, playchess.de, 2004.

11.0-0 Qe7 12.Nd4 Be2 13.Qe2 c5 14.Nf5 Qf6 15.c3 (15.Na3 Rad8 16.Nc4 Nc2 17.Rab1 Nb4 18.a3 b5 19.Qg4 Rfe8 20.Nfd6 Qe6 21.Qe6 Re6 22.Nb5=; 15.d4?! Rfe8) 15...Nc6? (15...Rae8 16.Na3 Nc6 17.Nc4=; 15...Nc2?! 16.d3 Na1 17.de4) 16.Qb5 Nd8 (16...Qe6 17.Qb7 Rac8 18.Rf4+=; 16...b6?? 17.Qc6! Qc6 18.Ne7) 17.Ng3 Qe7 18.Ne4 Qe4 19.Qc5+/- Qc2 20.a4 Ne6 21.Qd5 b6 22.a5 Rab8 23.ab6 ab6 24.Ra7 Qg6 25.Qf5 Qf5 26.Rf5 f6 27.Rb5 Nc5 28.Rc7 Rfd8 29.Kf2 Ne4 30.Ke2 Rd6 31.d3 Ng5 32.Nd2 Ne6 33.Ra7 Rbd8 34.d4 Nf8 35.g4 Rc6 36.c4 Re6 37.d5 1–0. Kucharkowski,Jens – Wallace,Gary, email KMG–53, 2001.

11.0-0 Re8 12.a3 Nd5 13.Ra2 Nb6 14.a4 c5 15.c4 Qc7 16.a5= Nd7 17.Qc2 Rad8=+ 18.Nc3 Nc3 19.Qc3 Nf6 20.Qa3 Rd6 21.Rb2 Ne4 22.d3 Nf6 23.e4 Nd7 24.Rb5 Rh6=+ 25.g3 a6 26.Rb2= Rf6 27.Kg2 Bf3 28.Rf3 Rf3 29.Bf3 Rd8 30.Qb3 Ne5 31.Qb7 Qa5 32.Bh5 Qc3 33.Rf2-/+ g6 34.Be2= a5 35.Qa7 Rc8 36.h3 h5 37.Qb7 Rf8 38.Qd5 a4 39.Qc5+= a3 40.Qa7 Kg7 41.Bf1 Nd3=+ 42.Bd3 Qd3 43.e5 Qc4 44.Qa3 Qe4 45.Qf3 Qe5 46.Re2 Qf6 47.Qf6 Kf6 48.Rf2 Ke5 49.Re2 Kf5 50.Rf2 Kg5 51.h4 Kh6 52.Ra2 f6 53.Ra6 Kg7 54.Kf3 Rf7 55.Kf4 Rb7 56.Ra4 Kf7 57.Ke4 Rd7 58.Kf4 Rd3 59.Ra8 Ke7 60.Ra7 Ke6 61.Ra6 Rd6 62.Ra4 Rd5 63.Ra6 Kf7 64.Ra7 Kg8 65.Re7 Rd4 66.Ke3=+ Ra4 67.Rc7 f5 68.Kf3 Re4 69.Rc8 Kg7 70.Rc6 Kf7 71.Rc8 Re8 72.Re8 Ke8 73.Ke3 Kf7 (73...Ke7 74.Kd3-+) ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio – Nemec,Zdenek, email KMG–55, 2001.

11.0-0 Qf6 12.Nd4 Be2 13.Qe2 Qe5 14.Rf5 Qe7 15.a3 g6 16.Rf1 Nd5 17.c4 Ndf6 18.d3 Nd6 19.c5 Nde8 20.c6 b6 21.Nd2 Nd6 22.Rae1 Rae8 23.e4 Nh5 24.e5 Ng7? 25.ed6+- Qe2? 26.Re2 (26.Re2 Re2 27.Ne2 cd6 28.Ne4+-) 1–0. pcmvr (2775) – maaac (2350), net–chess.com , 2006.

7.Bb2 0-0 8.Be2 Nd5 9.c3 Re8??+- (better is 9...Ba5=) 10.cb4 Qh4 11.g3 Qb4 12.Bc3 Nc3 13.Nc3 (13.dc3 Qe4 14.Nf3 Qe3+/-) 13...Bf5 14.Nf3 Rad8 15.Qc1 Qe7 16.0-0 Bh3 17.Rf2 Na5 18.Qc2 c5 19.Rc1 b6 20.Bd3 (20...h6 21.Bh7 Kh8 22.Bf5 Bf5 23.Qf5+-) 1–0. Plock,Joerg – Vettenburg,Louis, corr 1998.

7.Bb2 0-0 8.Be2 Ng4 9.Bg4 Qh4 10.g3 Qg4 11.Qg4 Bg4 12.a3 Ba5 13.Nc3 Ne5 14.d3 Rae8 15.h3 Bd7 16.Nge2 Bc6 17.0-0 Nf3 18.Kf2 Bb6 19.d4 Nd2 20.Rfd1 Nc4 21.Bc1 Bd7 22.Rh1 Bf5 23.Ra2 Ba5 24.g4 Bg6 25.h4 f5 26.g5 Bh5 27.Ra1 c6 28.Rb1 f4 29.ef4 Rf7 30.a4 Bg6 31.Ra1 Bc2 32.Rg1 Rfe7 33.Rg3 Bb4 34.Ra2 Bf5 35.h5 g6 36.h6 Kh8 37.Rf3 Bd7 38.Ng3 Bg4 39.Rd3 a6 40.d5 Kg8 41.dc6 bc6 42.Rc2 Bc5 43.Kg2 Re1 44.Bd2 Nd2 45.Rdd2 Bf8 46.Nce4 R1e4 47.Ne4 Re4 48.Rc6 Re6 49.Re6 Be6 50.Kg3 Kf7 51.Rc2 Bd5 52.Rc7 Kg8 53.a5 Be4 54.Kf2 Bd5 55.Ke3 Bg2 56.Kd4 Bf1 57.Ke5 Bd3 58.Ra7 Bb5 59.Kf6 Bd3 60.f5 gf5 61.g6 hg6 62.Ra8 Kh7 63.Rf8 g5 64.Kg5 f4 65.Rf4 Kg8 66.Rd4 Bh7 67.Rd6 Bd3 68.Rd3 Kh7 69.Rd6 Kh8 70.Ra6 1–0. cimabue (2075) – varcany (2070), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nf3 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2).

7.Bb2 Nd5 8.a3 Bf8 9.Nf3= Bg4 10.Be2 Nf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Nce2= Nd4 15.Nd4 Be5 16.Qf3 Qe8 17.Rab1 Ne4 18.Rfd1 Rd8 19.d3 Nd6 20.Ne2 Bb2 21.Rb2 Qe7 22.Ng3 c5 23.Rf1 c4 24.e4 Qe5 25.Rbb1 b6 26.a4 Rfe8 27.dc4 Qc5 28.Kh1 Qc4 29.Rbd1 f6 30.Qg4 Qe6 31.Qe6 Re6 32.Nf5 Nf7 33.Rd8 Nd8 34.Rd1 Nf7 35.Ng3 Ng5 36.Rd4 Re7 37.Kg1 Kf7 38.Kf2 g6 (38...g6 39.Ke3 Ne6=+). marcosramos – ferdyrojo (1915), net–chess.com, 2007.

7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Bb5 Qe3 9.Qe2 Qe2 10.Ne2 Be7=+ 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nc6 Bc6 13.Bc6 bc6 14.Nc3 Kd7-/+.

7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.a3 Bc3 10.Bc3 Rd8 (10...Ne4 11.Bb2 Be6 12.Nf3 Nd6 13.Be2 Nc4 14.Qc1 f5=) 11.Bf6 Qf6=+ (worse 11...gf6 12.Nf3+= Bg4 13.Be2 Qd6 14.Rb1 Rab8+=) 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Rb1 Rab8 14.Bc4 Qg6=.

7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Nf3 Bg4 (9...Bc3 10.Bc3 Nd5 11.Bd4-/+ Nd4 12.Nd4 Rd8 13.Qf3 Ne3 14.Qe3 Qh4-/+) 10.Be2 (10.a3 Bc3 11.Bc3 A) 11...Rad8 A1) 12.Bf6 A11) worse 12...gf6 13.Qb1+= (13.Be2 f5 14.g3 Bf3+=) 13...Bf3 14.gf3 Nd4+=; A12) 12...Qf6=+ 13.Be2 Rfe8 14.Qc1 Bf3-/+; A2) 12.Bb2 Ne4 13.Bd3 Ng5 14.Rb1 Bf3=+; B) 11...Ne4 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Bd3 Ng5 14.Be2 Bf3=+) 10...Rad8 (10...Bc3 11.Bc3 Ne4 12.Bb2-/+ Rad8 13.Bd3 Nb4 14.Ba3 Bf3-/+) 11.0-0 (11.Qc1 Ne4 12.Ne4 Qe4=+ 13.c3 Bc5 14.Qb1 f5=+) 11...Bc3-/+ 12.Bc3 Nd5 (12...Ne4 13.Bd4-/+ Bf3 14.Bf3 Nd4-/+) 13.Bd4 Nd4 14.Nd4? (better 14.ed4 Nf4 15.Re1-/+) 14...Ne3-+ 15.de3 Qe3 16.Rf2 Rd4 17.Bg4? (17.Qf1-+) 17...Rd1 18.Rd1 g6 (18...Qb6 19.Be2-+) 19.Bf3 (19.Rd7 Kg7-+) 19...c6 20.Kh1 (20.Rd7 Rb8-+) 20...Qe5 (better 20...Qf2 21.Rc1 Qd2-+) 21.h3 (21.Rfd2 Kg7-+) 21...Re8 (21...Qb2 22.Rd7-+) 22.Rfd2 (22.Re2 Qb8-+) 22...Re7 23.c4 (23.Re2 Qc5 24.Red2 Qc4-+) 23...Qc3 24.Be2 Kg7 25.Kg1 b5! 26.cb5 cb5 27.Kh1 (27.Kf1 a6-+) 27...b4 28.Kh2 a5 29.Bf3 Re1! 30.Re1 Qd2 31.Re2 Qd6 (31...Qf4 32.Kg1 a4 33.Rf2-+) 32.Kg1 (32.g3 a4-+) 32...a4 33.Kf1 (33.g4 b3 34.Kg2 Qd3-+) 33...Qd1 (33...b3 34.ab3 Qd1 35.Kf2 Qe2 36.Ke2-+) 34.Re1 (34.Kf2 b3 35.ab3 Qe2 36.Ke2 a3-+) 34...Qd3 35.Re2 b3 36.ab3 a3 (36...a3 37.Kf2 Qb3-+) 0–1. Hecimovic,Ivan (2205) – Jakovljevic,Vlado (2355), Open, Velika Gorica CRO, 2002.

7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Nc3 Bc3 9.Bc3 Ne4 10.Bg7 (10.Bb2!?+=) 10...Rg8-/+ 11.Bb2?? (better is 11.d3-/+) 11...Qh4-+ 12.Ke2 Qf2 13.Kd3 Nc5 (13...Be6 14.c4 0-0-0 15.Kc2 Rd2 16.Qd2 Qd2 17.Kb1 Bf5 18.Bd3 Nc3 19.Bc3 Bd3) 14.Kc3 Qf6 (better is 14...Be6 15.Bc4 Ne4 16.Kb3-+) 15.d4 Ne4 16.Kb3 Na5 17.Ka4 (17.Kb4 Qd6 18.Ka4 Bd7 19.Bb5 Bb5 20.Kb5 Rg5 21.Ka4 Qc6 22.Kb4 Qb5 23.Ka3 Nc4) 17...Bd7 18.Bb5 Bb5 19.Kb5 (19.Kb4 Qd6 20.Kb5 a6 21.Ka4 Qc6 22.Kb4 Qb5 23.Ka3 Nc4) 19...Rg5 (19...Qa6 20.Kb4 Nc6 21.Kb3 Qb5 22.Ka3 Qb4) 20.Ka4 Qc6 21.Ka3 Nc4 22.Kb3 Qb5 0–1. Revidovich,Alexander (1980) – Mukhin,Sergey, Spring Holidays Open, 2011.

7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Qf3 Ne5 9.Qe2 Nfg4 (9...0-0 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Ne5 Be5 12.Qb5 c5 13.Be5 Qe5 14.Nc3 a6-/+) 10.e4 0-0 11.a3 Ba5 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Nf3 Rad8-/+.

7.Bb5 Qd5 8.Bc6 Qc6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Ng4 11.Bd4 Bf5 12.Bg7 Bc2 13.Nd4 Bd1 14.Nc6 Bd2 15.Nd2 Kg7 16.Nd4 Ba4 17.Nf5 Kh8 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Nc4 Rd7 20.Rf4= Rd1 21.Rd1 Bd1 22.h3 Nf6 23.Nfd6 Nd5 24.Rd4 Nc3 25.Rd3 cd6 26.Nd6 Na2 27.Rd1 Kg7 28.g4 ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio – Plock,Joerg, Amical, 1999.

7.Bb5 Qd5 8.Bc6 Qc6 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.0-0 Qc2 11.Qc2= Bc2 12.Rc1 Be4 13.Rc7 Bc6 14.Nd4 Ba5 15.Rc6 bc6 16.Nc6 Bb6 17.Nc3 Rc8 18.Nb4 Ba5 19.a3 0-0 20.Bf6+= gf6 21.Ncd5 Kg7 22.d4 Rfe8 23.Kf2 f5 24.Kf3 Bd8 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.Rc1 a5 27.Nc6 Rb5 28.Rc5 Rc5 29.dc5 a4 30.Ncb4 Re4 31.c6 Kf8 32.Ke2 Rc4 33.Kd3 Rc5 34.Kd4 Rc1 35.Ke5 Be7 36.Ne7 Ke7 37.Nd5 Kd8 38.Kd6 Rd1 39.c7 Kc8 40.Kc6 Rc1 41.Kd6 Kb7 42.Kd7 Rc6 43.g3 Rc2 44.h3 h5 45.h4 Rc1 46.Kd6 Rd1 47.Kc5 Rd2 48.Nf4=+ Kc7 49.Kb4= Rf2 50.Nh5 Rf3 51.Ka4 Re3 52.Kb5 f4 53.Nf4 Rg3 54.a4 Kb7 55.a5 Rg4 56.Nd3 Rh4 57.Kc5 Rh5 58.Kb4 f6 59.Nf2 Rd5 60.Kc4 Ra5 61.Kd4 Ra4 62.Kd5 f5 63.Nh3 Re4 64.Nf2 Re3 65.Kd4 Re2 66.Nh3 Kc6 67.Kd3 Re8 68.Nf4 Kd6 69.Kd2 Re4 70.Nd3 f4 71.Nf2 Re8 (71...Re8 72.Kd3 f3-+) 0–1. Bendig,Frank – Jacewicz,Grzegorz, corr or01–010 E–mail, 2001.

7.Bb5 Qd5 8.Bf6 Qg2 9.Qf3= Qf3 10.Nf3 gf6 11.Nd4 Bd7=+ 12.Bc6 Bc6 13.Nc6= bc6 14.Rf1 Ke7 15.h4 Rhg8 16.Rf4 Bd6-/+ 17.Re4 Kd7 18.Kf2 Rg7 19.Nc3=+ Rag8 20.Rh1 Rg2-/+ 21.Ke1 Bg3 22.Kd1 Be5 23.Na4 Bd6 24.Nc3 Rb8 25.Rf1 Bb4 26.Ne2 Ba3 27.Nc3 Bb2 28.Na4 Be5 29.Nc5 Kd6=+ 30.Nb3 c5 ½–½. Vettenburg,Louis – Plock,Joerg, corr, 2000.

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bb5 Ne5 10.Nf3 Nf3 11.gf3 Bf5 12.Be2 Qe7 13.Qb1 c6 14.Qb2 b5 15.a3 a5 16.Bd3 Bd3 17.cd3 Qd6 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.de4 b4 20.Rg1 g6 21.e5 Qd5 22.ab4 ab4 23.Ra8 Ra8 24.Qb4 Qf3 25.Qc3 Rb8 26.Qd3 c5 27.Rf1 Qh5 28.Rf2 Qe5 29.Qd7 f5 30.Rf4 Rb4 31.Qc8 Kg7 32.Rb4 cb4 33.Qb7 Kh6 34.Qb4 Qh2 35.Qe7 f4 36.Qf8 Kh5 37.ef4 Qh1 38.Ke2 Qe4 39.Kd1 Kg4 40.Qh6 Kf3 41.Qh1 Kf4 42.Qh7 Qd3 43.Qh4 Kf3 44.Qh3 ½–½. cimabue (2075) – awnatari (1750), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bc3 Bd6 8.Nf3 0-0 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bd6).

7.Bc3 Ne4 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.Nf3 Bg4 -/+.

7.Bc3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Nc3 9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3 Qf6 11.Qd2 Bg4 12.Nd4 0-0-0 13.Bd3 Rhe8 14.Nc6 Qc6 15.0-0 Be6 16.Rf4 Kb8 17.Qe2 Qc3 18.Qe1 Qe1 19.Re1 Ba2 20.Bh7 g6 21.c4 Re7 22.Ref1 Re3 23.Rf7 Bc4 24.Rf8 Rc8 25.Rc8 Kc8 26.Ra1 Re6 27.Ra7 Rf6 28.Ra3 Rf1 0–1. cimabue (2100) – bolaf (1975), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bc3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Nc3 10.dc3 Qe7 11.Qd2 Bg4 12.Be2 Rd8 13.Bd3 Bf3 14.gf3 0-0 15.0-0 Rfe8 16.f4 Qe3 17.Qe3 Re3 18.Rab1 b6 19.Kf2 Rh3 20.Kg1 Rh5 21.Kg2 Ra5 22.a4 (22.Be4 Rd6 (worse is 22...Ra2 23.Rfd1-/+) 23.Rfe1 Kf8-+) 22...Rc5 (worse is 22...Ra4 23.Bb5 Ra2 24.Bc6 Rc2 25.Kg1 Rc3 26.Rfc1 Rc1 27.Rc1-/+) 23.c4 Ra5 24.Ra1 g6 25.Rfd1 Nd4 26.Kg3 (26.Be4 Rd6-+) 26...Re8 27.Kf2 Ne6 28.Kf3 Nc5 29.Ra3 Kg7 (29...Na4?! 30.Rda1 Nc5 31.Ra5 ba5 32.Ra5 Nd3 33.cd3+=; 29...Ra4?! 30.Ra4 Na4 31.Ra1-/+) 30.h3 Rd8 (30...Na4?! 31.Rda1 Nc3 32.Ra5 ba5 33.Ra5+=; worse is 30...Ra4 31.Ra4 Na4 32.Ra1-+) 31.Re1 a6 (worse is 31...Na4 32.Rea1 Nc5 33.Ra5 ba5 34.Ra5 Nd3 35.cd3 Rd3 36.Kg2-+) 32.Rea1 Ne6 33.Kg3 Rd4 34.Rf1 Nc5 35.Rfa1 h5 36.Kf3 Ne6 37.f5 gf5 38.Rg1 Kf6 39.Kf2 h4 40.Rga1 Rd8 41.Re1 Ng5 42.Kg2 Rg8 43.Raa1 Ne6 44.Kh2 Rg3 45.Rg1 f4 46.Rae1 (46.Rgf1 f3 47.Rfd1 Rg2 48.Kh1 Rag5-+) 46...Ra4 47.Rgf1 a5 48.Re2 Ra2 49.Be4 Raa3 50.Bd3 a4 51.Ref2 Ra2 52.c5 bc5 (worse is 52...Nc5 53.Rf4 Ke5 54.Bh7-+) 53.Bc4 Rb2 54.Be6 Ke6 55.Rd2 (55.Re1 Kd6 56.Rd2 Kc6-+) 55...a3 (55...Rc3 56.Rf4 Rcc2 57.Rc2 Rc2 58.Kg1-+) 56.Rf4 a2 57.Ra4 f5 58.Re2 Kd6 59.Ra6 c6 60.Rd2 Kc7 61.Rf2 f4! 62.Rd2 (62.Rf4 Rc2 Deflection) 62...Kb7 63.Ra5 f3 64.Rf2 c4 0–1. cimabue (2060) – pvanr (2180), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bc3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Nc3 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Nd5= Qd6 11.Nb4 Nb4 12.Bc4 0-0 13.0-0 Bf5 14.Nd4 Bg6 15.a3 Nd5 16.Nb5 Qc5 17.Bd5 Qb5 18.Bb3 Rad8 19.d3 Qb6 20.Qf3 Rde8 21.Rae1 Re7 22.Bc4 c6 23.Qf2 Qa5 24.e4 h6 25.Bb3 Rd8 26.a4 b6 27.Re3 Kh7 28.Rf3 ½–½. aspasio (2555) – temes (2000), net–chess.com, 2012.

9.a3 Bc5 10.Qf3 Nd5 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Qg3 f6=+ 13.Bf4 Ba6 14.Nbc3 Rb8 15.Nd5+= Qd5 16.Qf3 +=. Tihomir Glowatzky – brain boardonly, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

9.Qf3 Nd5 10.Ne2 Qh4 11.g3 Qg5 12.Bf4 Qg6 13.Nd4 Bh3 14.Kf2 Rad8 15.c3 Be7 16.a4 Nf4 17.Qf4 Rd6 18.Ke1 Rf6 19.Qc7 Qd3 20.Kd1 c5 21.Nc6 Bd6 22.Qa7 Bg2 (23.Re1 Bc6-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Benassi,Aspasio, Amical, 1999.

9.Nf3 Ba6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Bc3= Bb6 12.Nd4 Bd4 13.Bd4 c5 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Nc3 Qg6 16.Qf3 (16.g3!?=). Albano,Vito – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–17.18 ETC, 2005.

9.Nf3 Ba6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nc3 Ng4 12.Bf4 (12.Bd4 Qe8 13.Ne2 Ne3 14.Be3 Qe3-+) 12...Bc3 13.dc3 Qe7 14.Qd4 Rad8 (better is 14...Rfe8!? 15.c4 Rad8-+) 15.Qa7 Ra8 16.Qd4 (16.Qc7 Qc5 17.0-0-0 Qa3 18.Kd2 Nf2 19.Qc6 Rfc8-+ (19...Nd1?! 20.Rd1 Rfc8 21.Bd6-+)) 16...c5 17.Qd5 Ne3 18.Qe5 Qe5 19.Be5 Rfe8 20.Bc7 Ra7 21.Bb6 Nd5 22.Kf2 Re2 23.Kg3 Nb6 24.Rab1 Nd7 25.Rhe1 g6 (25...Rc2?! 26.Re8 Nf8 27.Rbb8-/+) 26.Re2 Be2 27.Ra1 Bf3 28.Kf3 Ra4 29.Ke2 Kg7 30.h3 Nf6 31.c4 Ne4 0–1. Zonneveld,Will – Prakash,Om (1720), RC–2011–0-00082, 2011.

9.Nf3 Ba6 10.a3 Bd6=+ 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Nd5 cd5 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.d3 Rfe8 15.Qd2 c5 16.0-0 Rab8 17.Rfe1 c4 18.dc4 Bc4 19.Qd4 Qc7 20.e4 de4 21.Re4 Re4 22.Qe4= f6 23.Nd4 Qc5=+ 24.Qe3 a5 25.Re1 Bf7 26.Nf3 Qe3 27.Re3 Rb1 28.Kf2 Ra1 29.Nd4 g5 30.h3 h5 31.Rf3 h4 32.Rf6+= Ra3 33.Rf5 a4 34.Rg5+/- Kf8 35.Ra5 Ra2 36.Kf3 Bg6 37.c4 Bf7+= 38.c5 ½–½. Borrmann (1875) – Thoma (2040), TT–17.52 ETC, 2005.

9.Nf3 Ba6 10.Bc3 Bd6 11.d3 Ng4 12.Qe2 Bc5 13.e4 Re8 14.e5 Bf2 15.Kd1 Bb6 16.Re1 f6 17.Nbd2 Ne3 18.Kc1 Nd5 19.Bb2= Rb8 20.Nb3 Be3 21.Kb1 fe5 22.Ne5 Qd6 23.Nc4 Qb4 24.a3 Nc3 25.Bc3 Qc3 (25...Qc3 26.Nb2 Re5 27.Qe3 Qe1 28.Qe1 Re1 29.Ka2 Re2-+). Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Cassola,Aldo, CiF, 2000.

8.Bb2 0-0 9.a3 Be7 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.0-0 Qd6 14.Qe1 Be6 15.Be6 Qe6 16.Qh4 h6 17.Nd4 Nd4 18.Qd4 Bd6=+ 19.Rf6?! Qf6 20.Qf6 gf6 21.Bf6 Kh7 22.g3 Kg6 23.Bc3 Rab8 24.Kg2 Rfe8 25.Kf3 c5 26.d3 f5 27.Nd2 Rbc8 28.a4 b4 29.Bb2 Red8 30.Rf1 h5-/+.

8.Bb2 0-0 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bc4 Rfe8 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Qe2 b5 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.Bd5 Rab8 16.Qd3 Nb4 17.Qc3 Qf8 18.Bb3 Be6 19.Be6 Re6 20.Ng5 Re7 21.a3 h6 22.Nf7 Rf7 23.ab4 Rb6 24.Qb3 c6 25.Qf7 Qf7 26.Rf7 Kf7 27.Bd4 +-. Psion – Psion, 4 Min/Zug, 1990.

8.Bb2 0-0 9.Nf3 a6 10.Bc6 Bc6 11.0-0 Bb5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.Rf1 Qe7 15.Rb1 Rad8 16.Qe1 Bf5 17.d3 Bc5 18.Nd1 Ng4 19.Kh1 Be6 (< 19...Be3 20.h3 Bc5 21.Qe7 Re7 22.hg4 Bg4 23.Nc3+=; < 19...Ne3 20.Ne3 Qe3 21.Qg3=) 20.a4 Bb4 (20...b6 21.h3 Nh6 22.a5=+) 21.Bc3= Bc3 22.Qc3 b6 23.e4 f5 24.Nf2 (24.ef5 Bd5 25.Kg1 Qd6=) ½–½. Plock,Joerg – Svensson,Jan, corr or02–025, 2002.

8.Bb2 a6 9.Bc6 Bc6 10.Nf3 =+.

8.Bb2 a6 9.Be2 0-0 10.a3 Bd6 11.Nf3 Ng4 12.0-0= Nce5 13.Ne5 Be5 14.Be5 Ne5 15.d4 Ng6 16.Bf3 c6 17.Nd2 Qg5 18.Qe2 Rae8 19.Ne4+= Qh6 20.Rae1 Bc8 21.c4 Ne7 22.Qf2+= f5 23.Nc5 b5 24.cb5 ab5 25.Qa2 ½–½. Boehnke,Hartmut – Sexauer,Achim, DESC, 2003.

8.Bb2 Nd5 9.Kf2 Qh4 10.g3 Qe4 11.Nf3 0-0 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.c4 Nf6 14.Kg2 Rad8 15.Qc2 Bg4 16.Bf5 Bf3 17.Kf3=+ g6 18.a3. Sternik,Ryszard – Benassi,Aspasio, corr KMG–65, 2005.

8.Bb2 Ne5 9.Bd7 Ned7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.0-0 c6 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.Rb1 Bd6 14.Ne2 Rfe8 15.Ned4 Ng4 16.h3 Nh2 17.Nh2 Bh2 18.Kh1 Be5 19.Qf3 Nf8 20.Nf5 Bb2 21.Rb2 Rad8 22.e4 c5 23.d3 Rd7 24.Ne3 b6 25.Nd5 Qe5 26.Rbb1 Ng6 27.Qg4 Qe6 28.Rf5 f6 29.a4 Kh8 30.Qh5 c4 31.Rf2 Red8 32.Rd2 cd3 33.cd3 Ne7 34.Nf4 Qe5 35.Qe5 fe5 36.Ne6 Rd3 ½–½. Barlow,Matthew (2200) – Popstein,Sheila, corr, 1997.

8.Bb2 Qe7 9.Qf3 0-0-0 10.a3 (10…Ne5 11.Bd7 Rd7 12.Qe2=+). Gretencord,Ulrich – Jacobs,Rudolf, DESC, 2001.

8.Bb2 Qe7 9.Qf3 0-0-0 10.Ne2 Ne4 11.Nec3 Nd2 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.Qe4 Nb5 14.Qe7 Be7 15.Nd5 Rhe8 16.0-0 Ba3 17.Bg7 Rg8 18.Bd4 Nd4 19.ed4 Bh3 (19...Bh3 20.Nf4 Bb2-/+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz (1775) – Lukas,Norbert FS (1715), Fax BFH–044, 1999.

8.Bc3!? 0-0 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.0-0.

8.Bc6 bc6 9.Nf3 =.

8.Bc6 Bc6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Bb2 Bb5=+ 12.Re1 Qd6 13.a3 Ba5 14.Nc3 Bc6 15.Nd4 Rad8 16.Rb1 Bb6 17.Nc6 Qc6 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.Red1= Re6 20.Qf3 Qc6 21.Ba1 Qf3 22.gf3 Red6 23.d4 Re6 24.Kf2 Rde8 25.e4+= Rc6 26.Ke3 Nd7 27.a4 Rc4 28.Rd3 Rb8 29.Rb5 ½–½. Plock,Joerg – Vettenburg,Louis, corr, 2000.

8.Bc6 Bc6 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Bc3 0-0 11.0-0 Rad8 12.Nd4= Bd7 13.a3 Bc3=+ 14.Nc3 c5 15.Nf5 Bf5 16.Rf5 Rd7 17.Qe2 Rfd8 18.d3 g6 19.Rf4= Qe5 20.Qd2 Nd5 21.Nd5 Qa1 22.Rf1 Qf1 23.Kf1= Rd5 24.Ke2 b6 25.g4 h5 26.h3 hg4 27.hg4 Kg7 28.Kf3 f6 29.Qh2 R8d7 30.Qb8 Re7 31.Qc8 f5 32.Qc6 fg4 33.Kg4 Rf5 34.e4= Rf2 35.Qd6 Ref7 36.Qe5 Kh7 37.c3 Rg2 38.Kh3 Rd2 39.d4 Rd3 40.Kg4 Rc3 41.d5 Rc1 42.Qh2= Kg8 43.Kg5 Re1 44.Qb8 Kh7 45.Qd6?? Rg1-+ 46.Kh4 c4 47.Qh2 Rff1 48.Qc7 Kh6 49.Qc4 Rf4 50.Kh3-/+ Re1 51.d6 Rfe4-/+ 52.Qb5? Rd1 53.Qd7 Red4 54.Qa7?? Rd6 55.Kg4 R1d3 56.Kf4 g5 57.Ke4 Kh5 58.Qh7 Kg4 59.Qf5 Kh4 60.Qf2 Kh3?? 61.Qf1= Kg4 62.Qf5 Kh4 63.Qf2-+ Rg3 64.Qh2 Kg4 65.Qe2 Kh3 66.Qh5 Kg2 67.Qe2 Kg1 68.Qe1 Kh2 69.Qe2 Kh1?? 70.Qf1= Kh2 71.Qe2 Rg2 72.Qf3 Rdd2 73.Qb3 g4 74.Qb6 g3 75.Kf3 Rgf2-+ 76.Kg4 g2 77.Qc7 Kg1 78.Qc1 Kh2 79.Qc7 Kg1 80.Qc1 Kh2 81.Qc7 ½–½. Szewczak,Andrzej – Olenderek,Tomasz (2215), Warszawa Entropia–ch, 1996.

8.Bc6 Bc6 9.Nf3 Ng4 10.Bg7= Rg8 11.Bd4 Qd6 12.a4?? 0-0-0 13.Ba7 b6 14.Qe2 Ne3! 15.Qe3 Rde8 16.Qe8 Re8 17.Kd1 Bf3 18.gf3 Qf6 (18...Qf6 19.c3 Qf3 20.Kc2 Qh1 21.cb4 Kb7-+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Adam,S, corr SOK–90–54, 1990.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Qf3 Nbd7 9.Bc3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Qe7 11.Bb5 (11.d3 Nb6=+) 11...c6-/+ 12.Be2 Re8 (12...Nc5-/+) 13.d3 (13.d4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Qe4 15.Qe4 Re4-/+) 13...Nc5 (Better is 13...Qe5!? 14.d4 Qd4-+) 14.Qg3 Be6 15.e5 Nd5 16.Nd5 Bd5-/+ 17.c4 Be6 18.d4= Nd7 19.Nf3 f6 20.ef6 Nf6 21.0-0 Rad8 22.c5 h6 23.Rae1 Bd5 24.Bd3+= Qd7? 25.Ne5+- Qc7?? 26.Rf6 1–0. tromar (1945) – Tipe (1910), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Qf3 Nbd7 9.Bc3 c6 10.Ba5 Qa5 11.Ne2-/+.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Qf3 Nfd7 9.Bb2=+ Re8 10.Ne2 (10.Bc4 Qh4 11.Kd1 Rf8=+) 10...Ne5 11.Qg3 Qd2?? (Better is 11...Nbc6-/+) 12.Nd2+- (12...Bd2 13.Kd2 Nc4 14.Kc1 Nb2 15.Kb2+-) 1–0. b4_player (1650) – aztek_warrior_ (1730), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Qf3 Re8 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Qf6 Re4 11.Kd1 gf6 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Nbc3 Re5 14.Rb1 b6 15.d3 Bf5 16.h3 Rae8 17.g4 Nd4-+ 18.Kc1 Ne2 19.Ne2 Bd7 20.Rh2 c5 21.Rf2 f5 22.g5 Be1 23.Rf4? Re2 24.Be2 Re2 25.Kd1 (25.Kb2 Bd2 26.Rbf1 Bf4 27.Rf4 f6 28.gf6 Kf7-+) 0–1. pierre – spereira, ChessHere.com, 2005.

7.a3 Nc6 8.ab4 Ne5 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Nge2 Nc6 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nd4? Qd4 13.Ra4-/+ Ne4 14.Qe2 Qa4 15.Na4 Nf6 16.Qe8 Ne8 17.Be2 Bf5 18.Kd1 Nd6 19.Re1 Be4 20.Bf1 Re8 21.d3 Bd5 22.Re8 Ne8 23.c4 Be6 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.d4 Nd6 26.Bd3 g6 27.Kc2 f5 28.d5 Kf7 29.Kc3 Kf6 30.Kd4 g5 31.Nb3 Bd7 32.Nc5= Bc8 33.Nb3 b6 34.c5 bc5 35.Nc5 h5 36.Be2 h4 37.g3 hg3 38.hg3 f4 39.gf4 gf4 40.Ne4 Ne4-+ 41.Ke4 Kg5 42.Bc4 Bd7 43.Kf3 Bg4 44.Ke4 Bf5 45.Kf3 Bg4?? 46.Ke4 f3 47.Ke3 Kf5 48.Bb3 Ke5 49.Kf2 Bh5 50.Ke3 Bf7?? 51.d6= Bb3?? 52.d7+- Ba4 53.d8Q Bb5 54.Qg5 (54.Qg5 Kd6 55.Qb5+-) 1–0. Fritz 8 – NN, 2004.

7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 (8.Bf6 Nf6 9.Bd3-+) 8...Ne5 9.Qb3 (9.Qf4 Bd6 10.Qg5 h6-+) 9...Qd4 10.c3 (10.Nf3 Qa1 11.Qb4 a5-+) 10...Qe4 11.Kf1 Bd6 12.c4 (12.Nf3 Be6 13.c4 Qf4-+) 12...Nfg4 13.Nh3 (13.Nf3 Nf3 14.gf3 Nh2 15.Rh2 Qe5-+) 13...Re8 14.Qa4 Qf5 15.Bf3 Be6 16.Ke1 Bd7 17.Qd7 Qd7 (17...Qc2 18.Qe7 Nf3 19.gf3 Re7 20.Kf1 Qd1 21.Kg2 Re2 22.Nf2 Rf2 23.Kh3 Qf3 24.Kh4 Nf6 25.Nc3 Qg4) 18.Kf1 Qf5 (18...Qf5 19.d4 Nf3 20.g3 Re1 21.Kg2 Nh4 22.gh4 Ne3#) 0–1. Andersson,Egart – Malmstroem,Jan, email 4AMM–05, 1997.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 (better is 8.h3!? Be6 9.a3+=) 8…Nc6 (8...Nc6 9.Bf6 Qf6-/+ (worse is 9...gf6 10.c3+=)) 0–1. Jokmin,Alex – Schloegl,Dietrich (1745), 29. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2010.

7.Bb2 Bg4 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.c3 0-0-0 11.Be2 Rhe8 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.0-0 Nf3 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Rf3 Bc5 16.Kh1 Qg6 17.d4? Rd4?? 18.cd4+- Re4 19.Qd1 Bd4 20.Nc3 Bc3 21.Rc3 h5 22.Rac1 c6 23.Rd3 Qe6 24.Rd8 Kc7 25.Rh8 b5 26.Qd8 Kb7 27.Qa8 Kb6 28.Rb8 Ka5 29.Qa7 Kb4 30.Qc5 (30.Qc5 Ka5 31.Ra8#) 1–0. Sternik,Ryszard – Dudko,Jozef, Olsztyn, 1990.

7.Bb5 0-0 8.Bc6=+ bc6 9.Qe2? (9.Qf3 Bg4 10.Qf4 Re8 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Qf6 Re4 13.Kf2 gf6-/+) 9...Bg4 (Better is 9...Re8!? 10.Bf6 Qf6-+) 10.Qc4-/+ Be7 (10...Bd6!? 11.Bd6 cd6-/+ (< 11...Qd6 12.Nc3=+)) 11.Qc6 (11.Nf3!?=) 11...Bd6=+ 12.Bd6 cd6 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Qb7 Re8 15.Nf3 d5 16.Qa7 de4 17.Ng5 Rc7 18.Qe3= h6 19.Nh3 Bh3 20.gh3 Nd5 21.Nd5 Qd5 22.c3 Rd7 23.Rf1 Re6 24.a3 Rg6 25.Qe2 f5 26.a4 Rf6 27.Rb1 f4 28.Rb8 Kh7 29.Re8 f3?? 30.Qe4+- Rf5 31.Qd5 Rdd5 32.Re3 Ra5 33.Rff3 Rf3 34.Rf3 1–0. b4_player (1910) – PVI (1725), GameColony.com, 2002.

7.Bb5 Bd7!? 8.Bc6 bc6?! 9.Nf3 =.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bc6 Bc6 9.a3 Ba5-+ 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.0-0 0-0 12.d3 Bb6 13.d4 Re8 14.c3 Ng5 15.Ng5 Qg5 16.Bg3 Qe3 17.Bf2 Qe4 18.Qf3 Qf3 19.gf3 Bf3 20.Nd2 Be2 21.Rfe1 Ba5 22.Rac1 Rad8 23.Nb3 Bb6 24.c4 c6 25.d5 Bc7 26.dc6 bc6 27.Nd4 Bf4 28.Rb1 Bd3 29.Re8 Re8 30.Rb7 c5 31.Nc6-/+ a6 32.Ne7 Kh8 33.Nd5 Bc1 34.Bc5 Bc4 35.Nb6 Bb5 36.Rf7 Kg8 37.Rc7 Bf4 38.Ra7 Re1 39.Kf2 Re2 40.Kf3 Bb8 41.Ra8 Re8 42.Kf2 Bh2 43.Re8 Be8 44.Nc4 Bb8 45.Bd6 Ba7 46.Kg3 g5 47.Kg4 Bb5 48.Nd2 Be3 49.Ne4 Be2 50.Kg3 h6 51.Nc3 Bf1 52.Kf3 Bd4 53.Ne4 Kf7 54.a4 Kg6 55.Nd2 Bh3 56.Nb3 Bg7 57.Nc5 Bc8 58.Nd3 Kf5 59.Nc5 h5 60.Kg2 h4 61.Be7 Be5 62.a5 Bc7 63.Nd3 Bb7 (64.Kh3 Bg3 65.Bg5 Kg5-+) 0–1. Trkn – guest6971, ICC, 2004.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bc6 Bc6 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.0-0 0-0 -+.

7.a3 Bd6 8.Bd6 cd6 9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 Re8 12.c4 Qc7 13.Nc3 a6 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.cd5 Ne7 16.d3? Nd5-+ 17.e4 Ne3 18.Qc1 Qc1 19.Rfc1=+ Bd7 20.Nd4 Rac8=+ 21.h3 f5-/+ 22.Kf2 f4 23.Rab1 Rc1 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rb1 b5-/+ 26.Rb2 Rc1 27.Kf3 g5 28.g3 Bh3?? 29.gf4-/+ ½–½. Kallab,Klaus Juergen – Hauswald,Helfried, corr KMG–04, 1988.

7.a3 Bd6 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.c3 Nc6 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.d4 Rfe8 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Qb3 Bf3 14.Nf3 Qe3 15.h3 Ne4 16.d5. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Ruecker,Udo, corr KMG–26, 1992.

7.a3 Bd6 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.e3 Nc6 11.Be2 a6 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Rf2 h6 14.h3 Be6 15.d4 Nd5 16.Nd5= Bd5 17.c4 Be4 18.Qb3 Ne7 19.Nd2+= Qg6 20.Ne4+/- Qe4 21.c5 Rb8? 22.Raf1+- Qg6? 23.Rf7!! (23.Rf7 Rf7 24.Rf7 Qf7 25.Bc4 Qc4 26.Qc4 Kf8 27.d5+-) 1–0. pcmvr (2870) – geigermuller (2290), net–chess.com, 2008.

7.a3 Bd6 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.e3 Bg4 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Be2 Rfe8 12.Rb1 Rab8 13.a4 b6 14.0-0 Rbd8 15.Rf2 Bf3 16.Bf3 Ne5 17.Qe2 Re7 18.Rd1 c5=+ 19.g3 Nf3 20.Qf3 Qe6 21.Qf5 Ne4 22.Qe6 Re6 23.Ne4 Re4 24.Ra1 Rb4 25.Kf1 f6 26.Ke1 Kf7 27.d3 ½–½. pcmvr (2870) – jogomgal (2315), net–chess.com, 2009.

7.a3 Be7 8.e3 c5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Nh4 Be2 13.Qe2 Rae8 14.Nf5 Bd8? 15.Ng7!+- Kg7 16.Qg4 Kh8 17.Rf6 Ne5 18.Rf5 f6 19.Qe2 Rg8 20.Nc3 Ng4 21.g3 Nh2? 22.Qh2 Rg3 23.Kh1 Reg8 24.Ne4 (24.Ne4 Qc6 25.d3+-) 1–0. woschkat (2350) – ksakai (2280), net–chess.com, 2002.

7.a3 Be7 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Nd5 10.Bb5 Bh4 11.Nh4 Qh4 12.g3 Qe4 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Be2 (14.Bd3!? Ne3 15.Be4 Nd1 16.Bc6 bc6 17.Be5+=) 14...Be2-/+ 15.Qe2 Qc2 16.Nc3 Qb2 17.Nd5 Rad8 18.Rfb1 Qe5 19.Nc3 b6 20.Rf1 Rfe8 21.Rf2 Qe6 22.Raf1 Ne5 23.d4 Ng4 24.Rf7 Ne3 (worse is 24...Qe3 25.Qe3 Ne3 26.R1f3+=) 25.R1f3 Qf7 26.Rf7 Kf7 27.Ne4 Rd4 (27...Re4?! 28.Qf3 Kg8 29.Qe4+=) 28.Qh5 Kf8 29.Ng5 Rd7 30.Qh7 Rd1 31.Kf2 Ng4 32.Kf3 Nf6 33.Qh8 Ng8 34.Qh5 Rd7 35.h3 a6 36.Nh7 Ke7 37.Qg5 Kd6 38.Qf4 Re5 (better is 38...Kc6!? 39.Qa4 b5 40.Qa6 Kc5-/+) 39.Nf8= g5 (39...Rde7!? 40.Ng6 R7e6 41.Qf8 Ne7 42.Qd8 Kc6 43.Ne5 Re5 44.Qa8 Kb5+=) 40.Qb4+/- (40.Qb4 Rc5 41.Nd7 Kd7 42.Qa4 Kd6 43.Qa6 Rf5 44.Kg4+/-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2320) – Rnech1906(C) (2235), Active, 2005.

7.Bb2 Nc6 8.c3 Bc5 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Ng4 11.e4 Ne3 (11...Bh2 12.Qb3-+) 12.Qe2? (better is 12.Qb3+=) 12...Nc2-+ 13.Kd1 Na1 14.Ba1 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Ne5 Be5 19.Nf3 Bd6 20.c4 Re8 21.Qb2 f6 22.Ng5?? (22.Bd3-+) 22...Be5 23.Qb7 Ba1 24.Ne6 (24.Qb1 fg5 25.Qa1 Be4-+) 24…Re6 (24...Re6 25.Qb1 Be4-+) 0–1. Lonyuk,Bohdan – Rodrigues,Eduardo, 14. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2010.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.e3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bf3 10.Bf3 Nd2? (better is 10...Na6+=) 11.Nd2+- Bd2 (11...c6 12.Qe2+-) 12.Qd2 Qd2 13.Kd2 c6 14.Rhd1 Nd7 15.Ke2 Nc5 16.Bd4 Ne6 17.c3 (17.Rab1 Nd8+-) 17...c5 (17...Rfe8+-) 18.Be5 (18.Bb7?! Rab8 19.Rab1 cd4 20.ed4 Rfe8+-) 18...Rae8 19.Bg3 (19.Bd6 b6+-) 19...Ng5 (19...f5 20.Rd7+-) 20.Rd2 (better is 20.Bd6 Ne4 21.Be4 Re4 22.Bf8 Kf8 23.Rd8 Re8+-) 20...Nf3 21.gf3 h5 (21...Re6 22.Bd6 Rd8 23.Bc5 Rd2 24.Kd2+-) 22.h4 (22.Bd6 Rd8+-) 22...g6 (22...Re6 23.Rd7 Rfe8 24.Bf4+-) 23.Rad1 (better is 23.Bd6!? Rd8+-) 23...Re6 24.e4 Rfe8 25.Rd5 f5 26.Ke3 (better is 26.e5!? b6+-) 26…fe4 (26...fe4 27.Rc5 ef3 28.Kf3 Re3 29.Kg2 Re2 30.Kh3 R8e7+-) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1670) – boxchess, Active, 2007.

7.Bb2 Ng4 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Qb1 Nh2! 10.Nh2 Qh4 11.Kd1 Bh2 12.Nd5 Rd8 13.c4 Nc6 14.a4 Be6 15.Ra3 Na5 16.g4 Nc4-+ 17.Rh3 Nb2 18.Qb2 Qg4 19.Nc3?! Bf4 20.Rh7 Rd2 (20...Rd2 21.Qd2 Bb3 22.Kc1 Bd2 23.Kd2 Qd4 24.Ke1 Qc3 25.Kf2 Qf6 26.Ke1 g5-+) 0–1. Andersson,Lars H – Buss,Michael, corr ICCF TT/4/90–6, 1994.

7.Qc1 Nc6 8.Qb2 Ne5 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.Nf3 Re8 11.e3 a6 12.Be2 b5 13.0-0 Bb7 14.c4 Rb8 (14...b4 15.a3 c5 16.ab4 cb4 17.Rc1-/+) 15.cb5=+ ab5 16.Nc3 (16.Bb5? Bf3 17.Rf3 c6-+) 16...Bf3 17.Bf3 Qd7 Black intends b4 18.Rab1 b4 19.Nd1 c5 20.Qc2 Qc7 21.h3 (21.g3 c4=+) 21...Rbc8 (21...c4 22.Nf2-/+) 22.Qc4 Ne4?? (better 22...Qe7-/+) 23.Be4+- Bh2 24.Kh1 Qe5 (24...Re7 25.Qc2 g6 26.Nb2+-) 25.Qf7 Kh8 26.Bd5 (26.d3 g6+-) 26...h6 (26...Qd6 27.Nb2 Rcd8 28.e4+-) 27.Bc4 (27.d4 Qd6 28.Bb7 Rcd8 29.dc5 Qc5+-) 27...Bg3 28.Nb2 Qe4 (28...Qd6 29.Nd3+-) 29.Qd5 (29.Bd3!? Qc6+-) 29...Qd5 30.Bd5 Red8 (30...Rcd8 31.e4+-) 31.e4 Be5 32.Nc4 Bd4 33.Rf5 (33.a4 ba3 34.Na3 Kh7+-) 33...Rf8 34.Rbf1 Rf5 35.Rf5 Rd8 36.d3 Kh7 1–0. jaddwarrior (2055) – ddraig_goch (2105), ChessWorld.net, 2017.

7.c3 Bc5 8.d4 Bd6 9.e3 Be5 10.Ne5 c5 11.Bd3 Nd5 12.Qf3 cd4 13.0-0 Ne3 14.Qh5 Nf1 15.Qh7 1-0. galkin (1675) - mickfoley (1645), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.c3 Bc5 8.Bf6 Qf6 (worse is 8...gf6 9.d4 Be7 10.g3+=) 9.d4 Bd6 10.e4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf4 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.e5 Bd2 (better is 13...Qh6!?=) 14.Qd2+/- (worse is 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.de5 Qe5 16.Kf1 Qc3+=) 14...Bg4 15.0-0 Qd8? (better is 15...Qe7!?+/-) 16.Ng5+- Nd4?? (better is 16...Bh5 17.Bh7 Kf8+-) 17.Bh7 (17.cd4?! Qd4 18.Kh1 Rad8 19.Bh7 Kh8 20.Qd4 Rd4+-) 17...Kh8 18.Nf7 (18.Nf7 Kh7 19.Nd8 (19.Qd4?! Qd4 20.cd4 Kg6+-) 19...Ne2 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Qg5+-; 18.Qd4?! Qg5 19.Be4 c5=) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1690) – PekelA (1785), rated blitz game (4/0), 2002.

7.c3 Nc6 8.Bg3 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.e3 Bf5 11.Be2 Rad8 12.0-0 Ne5 13.Nd4 Be4 14.Nb3 Nd3-/+ 15.Bf3 Nb2 16.Qc1 Bf3 17.gf3 Nd3 18.Qd1 Nd7 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.Kh1 c5-+ 21.Na3 Nf8 22.Qg2 Ng6 23.Nc2 Qf6 24.Ne1-/+ b6 25.Nd3 Rd3 26.Rab1 Ne5 27.Qe2 c4 28.Nd4 Nc6 29.Qg2 h6 30.Rg1 Nd4 31.ed4 Qf3-+ 32.Rbf1 Qg2 33.Rg2 g6 34.Rgf2 f5 35.Rb1 Kf7 36.Rb4 Re1 37.Kg2-/+ Ra1 38.Rb2 Ke6-+ 39.Re2 Kd5 40.Re7 Rd1 41.Re5 Kd6 42.Re2 g5 43.Kf2? f4 (43...f4 44.h4 Rh3-+ (< 44...gh4 45.Re5-+)) 0–1. Wallace,Gary – Jacewicz,Grzegorz, corr or01–011 E–mail, 2001.

7.c3 Bd6 8.Qb3 Be5 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nc6 bc6 11.Qc4 Rb8 12.e3 Bf5 13.Na3 Qd6 14.Qa4 Ne4.

7.c3 Bd6 8.Bd6!? Qd6 A) 9.a4 a6 (9...Bg4 10.Na3 Nc6 11.e3 Rad8 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Be2 Ne4 14.Qc2 Bf3; 9...Nc6 10.Na3 Re8 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.e3 Bg4 13.Be2 Ne4 14.0-0 Bf3; 9...Be6 10.Na3 Nc6 11.e3 a6 12.Nc4 Qc5 13.d4 Qe7 14.Qc1 Rfe8; 9...Re8 10.Na3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.e3 Bg4 13.Be2 Ne4 14.0-0 Bf3; 9...Bf5 10.Na3 Nc6 11.e3 Ne4 12.Nb5 Qg6 13.Nc7 Rad8 14.Nb5 Rfe8) 10.Na3 Nc6 11.e3 Ne4 12.Nc4 Qg6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Nce5 Ne5; B) 9.d4 Re8 (9...Be6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.e4 Ng4 12.e5 Qd7 13.Qe2 Bd5 14.h3 Nh6; 9...Nc6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nc4 Qd5 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Nfe5 Rab8 14.Qc2 Ne5) 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Nc4 Qd5 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Nce5 Qa5 14.Nc6 bc6; C) 9.Qa4 Re8 (9...Bf5 10.Na3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.e3 Rfd8 13.Nbd4 Nd4 14.Qd4 Qc8; 9...Nc6 10.Na3 Qe7 11.Nb5 Re8 12.e3 Bg4 13.Bd3 Bf3 14.gf3 Ne5) 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Qb4 Qb4 12.cb4 Nd5 13.Nc2 a5 14.ba5 Ra5; D) 9.e3+= Nc6 (9...Bg4 10.Qa4 Nc6 11.Be2 Rfe8 12.Qa3 Qd7 13.0-0 Ne4 14.Qb2 h6) 10.Qa4 Bg4 11.Be2 Rfe8 12.Qa3 Qd7 13.0-0 Ne4 14.Qb2 h6.

7.c3 Bd6 8.h3 Be5-+ 9.Ne5 Qd6 (9...Ne4 10.h4 Qf6 11.Nd3 Nc6 12.e3 Ng3 13.Rg1 Qh4 14.Qf3 Bf5) 10.d4 Ne4 (10...Nc6 11.e4 Ne5 12.de5 Qe5 13.Qd4 Qg3 14.Qf2 Ne4) 11.Qd3 Bf5 (11...Qh6!? 12.Nd2 (12.Qe4 Qc1 13.Kf2 Qb2 14.Na3 Qa1) 12...Qh4 13.g3 Ng3-/+ 14.Ndf3 Qe4; 11...f5 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.Nc6 Qc6 14.Qc4 Qc4) 12.Qf3 (12.Nd2 Nc6 13.Ne4 Ne5 14.Nd6 Nd3) 12...Qf6 (12...Qb6 13.Nd2 (13.Qf5 Ng3 14.Qf3 Nh1) 13...Qb2 (13...Nd2 14.Qf5 Qb2) 14.Rd1 Qc3+= –0.45 (14...Nc3 15.Ndc4-/+); 12...Nc6 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Nd2 Nd2) 13.h4= c5 (13...Nc6 14.Nc6 bc6) 14.g4 Bg6 (14...cd4=) 15.Bg2 Nc6? (15...Qb6 16.Nc4 Qe6+/-) 16.Ng6 fg6 17.Qe4 Qf2 18.Kd1 Rae8 19.Qd5 Kh8 20.Bf3 (20.Be4!?+/-) 20...cd4 21.Kc2?? (better is 21.Kc1+=) 21...dc3 22.Kb3 (22.Kc3 Re3 23.Kb2 Rff3-+ (23...Ref3?! 24.Nd2 R3f4 25.Rhf1 Qb6 26.Qb3-+)) 22...Qb6 23.Kc3 Re3 24.Kd2 Rd8 25.Qd8 Nd8 26.Rd1 Re8 27.Nc3 h6 28.Rab1 Qe3 29.Kc2 b6 30.Rd3 Qe7 31.Rh1 Nf7 32.h5 gh5 33.Rh5 Ng5 34.Rd5? Nf3 35.ef3 Qe3 36.Rhf5 Rc8 37.Rd3 Qe2 38.Rd2 Qc4 39.Rd3 Qa2 40.Kc1 Qb3 41.Kd2 Qb2 42.Ke1 Rc3 43.Rd8 Kh7 44.g5 Rc1 45.Rd1-+ Rd1 46.Kd1 0–1. Bartle,Georg (1790) – Neumann,Erwin (1970), Halle GER, 2011.

7.c3 Be7-/+ 8.a4 c5 9.Na3 Nc6 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.d3 Nd5 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.e4 Bh4-+ 14.g3 Qf6 15.Kf2-/+ Nc3 16.Bc3=+ Qc3 17.gh4 f5 18.Nc4?? fe4-+ (18...fe4 19.Bg2 ef3-+ (< 19...Rf3 20.Bf3 Bf3 21.Qd2 Qd4 22.Kg3-+)) 0–1. Wallace,Gary – Sakai,Kiyotaka, corr or01–011 E–mail, 2001.

7.c3 Be7 8.e3 Nc6 9.Be2 Ne5 10.Ne5 Bf5 11.d4 Bd6 12.0-0 Be5 13.Rf5 Bd6 14.Bf3 Re8 15.Qd3 g6 16.Rb5 Qe7 17.Kf2 c6 18.Rb3 Bh2 19.Nd2 Bd6 20.e4 Bb8 21.Re1 a5 22.e5 Nd5 23.Ne4 Qh4 24.Kf1 Nf4 25.Qc4 Qh1 26.Kf2 Qh4 27.g3 Qh2 28.Ke3 Ng2 29.Bg2 Qg2 30.Nf6 Kf8 31.Ne8 Ke8 32.Rb7 Qg3 33.Kd2 Qf2 34.Re2 Qf4 35.Kc2 Ba7 36.Qc6 Kf8 37.Qd6 Kg8 38.Ra7 Qf5 39.Kb2 Ra7 40.Qb8 Kg7 41.Qa7 Qf1 42.Rc2 Qd1 43.Qa5 h5 44.e6 fe6 45.Qe5 Kh6 46.Qh8 Kg5 47.Rg2 Kf5 48.Qe5 1-0. mansurfisher (2055) - p3nDraGoN (2065), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.c3 Be7 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bg3 Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.Be2 Bf5 12.0-0 Bd3 13.Bd3 Qd3 14.Na3 Rad8 15.Rf2? (better is 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qa4+=) 15...Ne4-+ 16.Rf1 Nd2 17.Nd2 Qd2 18.Qd2 Rd2 19.Nc4 (better is 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rd2 Rd2 21.Nb5-/+) 19...Re2?? (19...Rd3 20.Rac1-+) 20.Rfe1? (better is 20.Rfc1 b5 21.Kf1 Rg2 22.Kg2 bc4 23.Rcb1+=) 20...Re1-+ 21.Re1 b5 22.Nb2 a6 23.Nd3 f5 24.Nc5 Re8 25.Na6+= Ne5?? 26.Nc7+/- Re7 27.Nb5 Nd3 28.Rd1 Re3 29.Nd4 Ne5 30.Nf5 Rc3 31.Rd8 Kf7 32.Rd7?? Kg6 33.Rg7 Kf5= 34.Rh7 Ng4 35.h3?? Rc1 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1890) – flim (1885), Active (1/0), 2004.

7.Bc3 Bd6 8.e3 Nc6 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bd6).

7.Bc3 Bd6 8.e3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0 Bg6 11.Nh4+= Nbd7 12.Nf5 Be5=+ 13.Qe1 Bh5 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.d3 Bg6 16.Nh4 c6 17.Ng6 fg6 18.Qf2 Rf8 19.Be5 Ne5 20.Qg3 Re8 21.Nc3 Qb6 22.Nd1 Re7 23.Kh1 Rbe8 24.e4 Qd4 25.Rb1 Qa4 26.Ne3 Qa2=+ 27.Ra1 Qb2 28.Ra7?? Qb6 29.Ra4 Qe3 30.d4 Nf3 0–1. brunowilbert (2510) – kjbesquire (2275), net–chess.com, 2006.

7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Qb1 Ne5 9.Qb4 Nf3 10.gf3+=.

7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Rb1 Ne5 9.Rb4 Nf3 10.ef3? Qe7-+ (10...Qe7 11.Re4 Ne4 12.fe4 f5-+) 0–1. Konieczny,Franz (2045) – Zimmermann,Bernd (2120), remoteschach.de, 2005.

7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.g3? Ne5-+ 9.Ne5 Bc3 10.dc3 Qe7 11.Nd3 Re8 12.Bg2 Bg4 13.Nf4? (13.Qd2 Qe2 14.Qe2 Re2 15.Kf1 Rc2 16.Nc5-+) 13...Rad8 (13...Rad8 14.Qd8 Rd8-+) 0–1. awnatari (1785) – chess_research (2295), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Bf4 Bc3 9.dc3 Qe7 10.h3 Rd8 11.Qc1 Nf6 12.Qe3 Qa3 13.c4 Qa5-+ 14.c3 Nbd7 15.Nd4 Nc5 16.Nb5 Ne6 17.Be5 Nd7 18.Bg3 Nb6 19.Bc7 Nc7 20.Nc7 Rb8 21.c5 Na4 22.Nd5 Be6 23.Nb4 Re8 24.c6 Bd7! 25.Qf3 Bc6 26.Nc6 bc6 27.Rc1 Qg5 28.Rd1 Re3 29.Qg4 Qe5 30.Kf2 Nc3 (30...Nc3 31.Rd4 Re4 32.Re4 Ne4 33.Kg1 Ng3-+) 0–1. Van Rooijen,Peter (2065) – Muller,Henri (2325), ETC–S.11 remoteschach.de, 2005.

7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Bf4 Bc3 9.dc3 Qf6 10.Qd4 Qe7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Qf4 Re8 14.h3 Nge5 15.Nd4 Be6 16.e3 Bd5 17.Kf2 Rad8 18.Kg1 Qf7 19.h4 (19.Kh2 Qg6-+) 19...h5 20.e4 Ng6 21.Qf3 Re4 (21...Be4 22.Qh5 Nd4 23.cd4 Rd4 24.Be3-+) 22.Qh5 Nce5 (22...Ba2?! 23.Bd3 Bd5 24.Nc6 Bc6 25.Be4 Be4 26.Qe2=; 22...Nd4?! 23.cd4 Rd4 24.Be3-/+) 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan J – Cease,Dion (1790), FICGS, 2017.

7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.e4 Re8 10.Bd3 Nge5 11.Ne5 Ne5-/+ 12.0-0 Nd3 13.cd3 Qd3 14.Bc7 Bc3-+ 15.dc3 Qe4 16.Re1 Qe1 17.Qe1 Re1 18.Re1 Be6 19.a3 Rc8 20.Rd1 Kf8 21.Rd8 Rd8 22.Bd8 Ke8 23.Bc7 Kd7 24.Bb8 a6 25.Kf2 Kc6 26.Ke3 Kc5 27.h4 Kc4 28.Kd2 Bf5 29.g3 Be4 30.Bc7 Kb3 31.Bd6=+ b6 32.Bf8 g6 33.Be7 a5 34.Bf8 f5-/+ 35.Be7 Bc6 36.Bf8 Bd7 37.Be7 Be8 38.Bf8 Bb5-/+ 39.Be7 Bc6 40.Bf8 Be8 41.Be7 h6 42.Kd3 Bb5 43.Kd2 Bc4-/+ 44.Ke3 g5 45.hg5 hg5 46.Kd4 g4 47.Bd6 Ba6 48.Ke5 Bc8 49.Kd4 f4 50.gf4 Bf5 51.Ke3 b5 52.Bc7 a4 53.Bd6 Kc2 54.Bb4 Kd1 55.Kf2 Kc2 56.Kg3 Kd3=+ 57.Ba5 ½–½. Lapshun,Yury (2505) – Stripunsky,Alexander (2615), New York Masters, 2002.

7.e3 c5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Ba5 (10...Re8 11.Ng5 Be2 12.Qe2=) 11.Qe1 (11.Ng5 Ne8 12.Bg4 Qg5+=) 11...a6 (11...Ne4!?=) 12.Qh4 (12.Nh4 Nb4 13.Rf6 gf6+/-) 12...Bf5 (12...h5 13.h3 Be6 14.c4+/-) 13.Ng5 (13.Ne1 Bg6 14.Bf6 gf6 15.Nd3+/- (worse 15.Qf6 Bd2 16.Nd2 Qd2=+)) 13...h6? (13...Bc2 14.Rf6 gf6 15.Nh7+/-) 14.Nf3?? (better 14.Rf5 Bd2 15.Qh3 Be3 16.Qe3+-) 14...Bc2= 15.Nc3 (better 15.Bf6!? Qf6 16.Qf6 gf6 17.Rc1 Bb1 18.Rab1=) 15...Bd3 (15...Bc3 16.Bc3 Ne4 17.Qe1-+) 16.Bd3 Qd3 17.Rae1 Nb4 (17...Rae8 18.Qg3-/+) 18.Ne5 Qd6 (18...Qd8 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Qe4-/+) 19.Ng4 (better 19.Nc4 Qd8 20.Na5 Qa5 21.Rf6+/-) 19...Ng4 20.Qg4 Nd3 (20...Qd2 21.Re2 Qd6 22.Nd5+-) 21.Ne4 Qg6 22.Qg6 fg6 23.Ba3? (23.Rb1 b5-+) 23...b6 (better 23...Rfe8 24.Nc3 b5 25.Nb1-+) 24.Nd6?? (24.Rf8 Rf8 25.Rb1 g5-+) 24...Rf1 (better 24...Ne1 25.Re1 Bd2-+) 25.Rf1 Rf8 (better 25...b5 26.Rd1 Rb8-+) 26.Nc4-/+ Rf1 27.Kf1 Nb4 (27...Bb4!? 28.Bb4 cb4=+) 28.Na5 (better 28.Bb4!? Bb4 29.a3 Ba3 30.Na3+/-) 28...ba5= 29.Ke2 Kf7 30.d4 (30.d4 cd4 31.Bb4 ab4 32.Kd3 de3 33.Ke3-+). donaires (1905) – bjagus, lichess.org, 2015.

7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bc3 Ne4 10.Bb4 cb4 11.0-0 Be6 12.d3 Nd6 13.a3 Nf5 14.Qd2 a5 15.ab4 ab4 16.Ra8 Qa8 17.e4 (17.d4!?+=) 17...Nfd4 18.Nd4 Nd4 19.c3 (19.Bd1 Qa5=) 19...Ne2 (better is 19...bc3!? 20.Nc3 Rc8-/+) 20.Qe2= Qa5 21.cb4 Qb4 22.Nd2 Rc8 (22...Qd4 23.Kh1+=) 23.Rb1 Qc5 24.Qf2 Qc3 25.Rb7 (25.d4!? Rc7 26.d5+=) 25...Qd3+= 26.h3 (26.Qe1 f6+=) 26...h5 (better is 26...Rc1 27.Nf1 h6-/+) 27.Kh2?? (better is 27.Qf4=) 27...Rc2-+ 28.Rb8 Kh7 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1645) – Guest977645, Partie amicale, 5m + 0s, 2007.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Ng4 9.Nc3 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Ng4 9.Nc3).

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bc5 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bf3 12.Bf3 Ne5 13.Be5 Re5 14.Re1 c6 15.Nc3 Bb4 16.Nb1 Re8 17.a3 Ba5 18.d3 Qc8 19.Re2 Qe6 20.e4 Rad8 21.Nd2 Qe5 22.Rb1 Bd2 23.Qd2 Qd4 24.Kh2 Ne4 25.Be4 Re4 26.Re4 Qe4 27.de4 Rd2 28.Rb7 Kf8 29.Ra7 Rc2 30.Rc7 Ra2 31.Rc6 Ra3 32.Rc4 Ke7 33.g4 Ke6 34.h4 Rf3 35.Kg2 Rf6 36.Kg3 h6 37.Rc5 Rf1 38.Rf5 Re1 39.Kf3 f6 40.h5 Rd1 41.Ke3 Rg1 42.Kf3 Rh1 43.Kg3 Ra1 44.Kf3 Ra3 45.Kg2 Re3 46.e5 fe5 47.g5 hg5 48.Rg5 Kf6 49.Rg6 Kf7 50.Rg5 Re4 51.Kf3 Rf4 52.Ke3 Kf6 53.Rg6 Kf5 54.Rg7 Rh4 55.Rh7 Rh3 56.Ke2 Ke4 57.Rh8 Rh2 58.Kf1 Ke3 59.Kg1 Rb2 60.h6 e4 61.h7 Ke2 62.Re8 Rb1 63.Kg2 Rb7 64.h8Q Rf7 0-1. mcalishter (1940) - Pwcca (2035), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 c6 9.Be2= b5 10.a4 ba4 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Bd3 a5 13.Qe1 Ba6 14.Ba6 White gets deadly initiative 14...Ra6 15.Qh4 Nbd5 16.e4 Nc7 17.Ra4 Be7 18.d3 Nfd5 19.Qg3 Nb4?? 20.Qg7# 1–0. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Nc3 c6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.0-0 Ng4 12.Qc1 Bc5 13.Nd1 Nf8 14.h3 Nf6 15.Nf2 Ng6 16.Re1 Bd7 17.Bc4 Be6 Black gets the initiative 18.Nd3?? Bc4-+ 19.Nc5 Qc5 20.Bd4 Qd6 21.Qb2 Qe7 22.d3 Ba6 23.Bf6 Qf6 24.Qf6 gf6 25.e4 b6 26.Rad1 Bb7 27.Rd2 c5 28.Rde2 Ne5 29.Ne5 fe5 30.Rf1 Rad8 31.Ref2 Re7 32.Re2 c4 33.Rd1 Ba6 34.Re3 Red7 35.Rf1 cd3 36.cd3 Rd3 (36...Rd3 37.Rd3 Bd3-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Smiley,William, CiF, 2000.

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bc3 Qe7 9.Bb4= Qb4 10.Nc3 Qg4 11.Qe2 c6 12.Qf2 Nc5 13.Be2 Qg6 14.Rc1 Nce4 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Qh4 Re8 17.0-0 Qg4 18.Qe1 Qe6 19.a4 Bd7 20.Rb1 b6 21.a5 c5 22.ab6 ab6 23.Bd3 Ra2 24.Be4 Qe4 25.Rb6 Rc2 26.Qb1 h6 27.Rd6 Bg4 28.Ne1 Rc4 29.Qe4 Rce4 30.Nd3 Rc4 31.Rf4 Rf4 32.Nf4 Kh7 33.h3 Bd1 34.Rd7 Bb3 35.d4 Rc8 36.d5 c4 37.d6 Rc6 38.e4 c3 39.Rc7 ½–½. pcmvr (1965) – Ajaco (2070), internet, 2007.

7.e3 Qe7 8.Be2 Rd8 9.c3 Ba5 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Nc5 12.Qc2 Nd5 13.Bg3 f6 14.Bf2 c6 15.Na3 Bc7 16.Nc4 b5 17.Nb2 Bg4 18.Rac1 Qe8 19.g3 Ne4 20.a3 Nb6 (20...Nf2?! 21.Rf2 Bd6 22.c4+=) 21.d3 Nf2 22.Kf2 Bd6 23.a4 Qh5 24.Rh1 Kh8 25.ab5 cb5 26.Nd4 a5 27.Bg4 Qg4 28.Qd1 Qd7 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2215) – Ferrandis Perez,Jose (2330), corr Match ESP–FRA, 2002.

7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 c5 9.Nc3 Nc6=+ 10.Bg3 Be6 11.0-0 a6 12.Ng5 Bc8 13.Bf3 h6 14.Nge4 Nb4 15.a3+= Nbd5 16.Nf6 Nf6 17.Rb1 Qa5 18.Bb7+/- Bb7 19.Rb7+- Rfe8?? 20.Bc7 Qa3 21.Rb3 (21.Rb3 Qb4 22.Rb4 cb4 23.Na4+-) 1–0. woschkat (2175) – ksakai (2000), net–chess.com, 2001.

7.e3 Bf5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bc3 Bc3 10.Nc3 Re8 11.0-0 Nd5 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.Qc1 Rad8 14.d3 (14.Rb1 b6=) 14...Bg6 (14...Qc5!?-/+) 15.e4 Qc5 16.Kh1 Nd4 17.Nd4 Qd4 18.Bf3 c6 19.Rb1 b6 20.Qb2 Qb2 21.Rb2 c5 22.a4 (22.Kg1 c4 23.Rd1 f5 24.ef5 Bf5=) 22...Rb8 (better is 22...c4!? 23.a5 ba5-/+) 23.h3 Re7 24.Rfb1 Reb7 (24...Rd8!?=) 25.a5+= b5? (better is 25...h6!?+=) 26.e5+- Re7 (better is 26...a6 27.Bb7 Rb7+-) 27.Rb5 Rb5 28.Rb5 h6 29.Rc5 Rb7 30.d4 Rb1 31.Kh2 Ra1 32.c4 Rc1 33.Rc7 Rd1 34.d5 Bd3 35.c5 a6 36.d6 Bb5 37.c6 Rd5 38.Bd5 (38.Bd5 Bf1 39.d7 Kh7 40.Be4 g6 41.d8Q h5 42.Rf7 Kh6 43.Qd2 g5 44.Qd6) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1855) – lfbe (1795), Active, 2008.

7.e3 Ng4 8.Bc3 Bd6 9.Bd3 Be6 10.0-0 Nd7 11.h3 (11.Qc1 f6=+) 11...Nh6 12.Bb2 (12.Nd4 Qg5 13.Qf3 Ne5 14.Qb7 Nd3 15.cd3 Bh3-/+) 12...Nc5 13.Nc3 (13.Bb5 a6 14.Be2 Nf5=+) 13...Nd3 14.cd3 f6 (14...Nf5 15.Ne4=+) 15.Qa4 (15.Nd4 Bf7=+) 15...Be7 (15...Nf5 16.Ne4=+) 16.d4 (16.Ba3 Ba3 17.Nd4 Bh3 18.gh3 Bd6=+) 16...c6 (16...Qd6 17.Qc2=+) 17.Ne2 (17.Ba3 Ba3 18.Qa3 Nf5=) 17...Re8 (17...Bd6 18.d3=+) 18.Nf4= Bf7 19.e4 (19.Ba3 Nf5=) 19...Bd6 (19...Qc7 20.Ne2=+) 20.e5 Bb8 21.Rfe1 1–0. marekt (2165) – chuckhar (2270), gameknot.com, 2017.

7.e3 h6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.0-0 Re8 11.h3 Bf3 (11...Be6 12.Bb5=) 12.Qf3+= (worse 12.gf3 Nd5=+) 12...Be7 13.Bf6 Bf6 14.Qf5 Re5 (14...Nb4 15.Qh7 Kf8 16.Nc3 Nd3 17.cd3+=) 15.Qh7+= Kf8 16.Nc3 Nb4 (16...Rg5!?+/-) 17.Rf6! sinjoor1 (2405) - bertomeeggo (1805), ChessWorld.net, 2019.

7.Bf6 Qf6 8.c3 Bf5 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.e3 Bd6 11.Be2 Nb4 12.Na3 Nd3 13.Bd3 Bd3 14.Nb5 b6 15.Nd6 Qd6-/+ 16.a4 a5 17.Ra2 Rfe8 18.Rb2 (18.Rb2 Re4 19.Ng5-/+). Landgraf,Manfred – Ratledge,Shawn, corr KMG–03, 1985.

7.g3 c5 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0 Ba5 11.Nc3 Bc7 (11...Bg4 12.e3=+) 12.e3 b6 (12...Bg4 13.Qc1=) 13.a4 (13.Ng5 Bg4 14.Ne2 Nd4 15.Bd4 cd4 16.Ba8 Qa8=+) 13...Ba6 (13...Bg4 14.Ne2=) 14.Ne2 (14.Nb5!? Ne4 15.Nh4+/- (15.Nc7?! Qc7 16.d3 Rad8+=)) 14...Ne4 (14...Nd5 15.Rf2=) 15.Kh1 (15.d3 Nd6 16.Qd2 Bb7=) 15...Qd7 16.d3 Nd6 17.e4 (17.Qd2 Rad8=) 17...Rad8 (17...Ne4!? 18.Nf4 Bf4 19.gf4 Rad8=+) 18.Nf4= c4 (18...f5 19.e5 Ne4 20.e6+=) 19.Nd5 cd3 20.cd3 Ne7? (20...Rc8+=) 21.Ne7?? (better 21.Ne5 Qc8 22.Ne7 Re7 23.Nc6+-) 21...Qe7 (21...Re7 22.Ne5 Qe8 23.Rc1 Ne4 24.Rc7 Ng3 25.hg3 Rc7 26.Qg4=) 22.Rc1 (22.Nd4!? Qd7 23.Rc1+=) 22...Ne4= 23.de4?? (better 23.Nd4 Nc5 24.Nc6=+) 23...Rd1-+ 24.Rcd1?? (24.Rfd1 Bb7 25.Rd4-+) 24...Bf1 25.Rf1 f6 (25...Qb4 26.Rc1 Bg3 27.hg3 Qb2 28.Rc4-+) 26.e5 (26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Bf1 Re4-+) 26...Be5 27.Be5 (27.Ne5 fe5 28.Bd5 Kh8-+) 27...fe5 28.Re1 (28.h4 h6 29.Nd2 Qb4-+) 28...e4 29.Nd2 (29.h3 Qb4 30.Re3 Rc8-+) 29...e3 (29...Qb4 30.Re2 Qa4 31.Re1-+) 30.Bd5 Kh8 31.Nc4 (31.Nf3 Qd7 32.Bc4 Qa4-+) 31...Qc5 (31...e2!? 32.Kg2 Qb4 33.Ra1-+) 32.Ne3 Qd5! 33.Nd5 Re1 34.Kg2 Ra1 35.Nc3 Ra3 36.Nb5 Ra4 37.Nd6 (37.Kf3 a5 38.Ke3 Rb4-+) 37...Ra2 38.Kf3 a5 39.h4 (39.Ke4 a4 40.Nc4 b5-+) 39...a4 40.Nc4 (40.Ke3-+) 40...Rd2 (40...Rc2 41.Na3 Rc3 42.Ke2 Ra3 43.Kd2 Rg3 44.Ke2 a3 45.Kf2 Rc3 46.Kg2 a2 47.Kh1 Rc2 48.Kg1 a1Q) 41.Nb6?? (better 41.Nd2 g5 42.hg5+=) 41...Rd3 42.Ke4 Rb3 (42...a3!? 43.Kd3 a2 44.Nd5-+) 43.Nc4 (43.Na4 Rb4 44.Kf3 Ra4-+) 43...Rb4 (43...Rg3 44.h5-+) 44.Kd3 (44.Kd5 h5 45.Na3 Rb3-+) 44...Rc4! 45.Kc4 Kg8 46.Kb4 Kf7 47.Ka4 Kf6 48.g4 1-0. jeruchess (2340) - zumpili (2505), Rated Bullet game, 2021.

7.g3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.c3 Bd6 11.d3 Ng4 12.e4 Ne3 13.Qe2 Ng2 14.Qg2 f5 15.Nbd2 fe4 16.Ne4 Bf5 17.Nfd2 Ne5 18.0-0 Be4 19.Qe4 c6 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.Nf3 Nf3 22.Qf3 (22.Rf3?? Re4 23.Re4 Re8 24.Re8 Qe8-+) 22...Bc5 23.d4 Bb6 24.Ba3 h6 25.Kg2 Re6 26.Qf5 Rae8 27.Re6 Qe6 28.Qe6 Re6 29.Rf8 Kh7 30.Kf2 Kg6 31.Rf3 h5 32.h3 Ba5 33.Bb2 b5 34.Re3 Kf7 35.Ke2 Rg6 36.Kf3 Bc7 37.g4 hg4 38.hg4 Rf6 39.Ke2 Bd6 40.Rf3 Bf4 41.Ba3 Kg6 42.Bc5 a6 43.Bb4? Rf7 44.Rf2 Kg5 45.Bd6 g6 46.Kd3 Kg4 47.Rg2 Kh5 48.Rf2 g5 49.Ke4 Kg4 50.Rg2 Kh3 51.Rf2 Kg3 52.Rf3 Kg4 53.Be5 Re7 54.Rf1 Rf7 55.Rg1 Kh5 56.Rf1 Kg6 57.Bf4 Rf4 58.Rf4 gf4 59.Kf4 Kf6 60.Ke4 Ke6 61.a3 Kd6 62.Ke3 Kd5 63.Kd3 c5 64.dc5 Kc5 65.a4 Kd5 66.Kd2 Kc4 67.Kc2 b4 ½–½. Jernselius,Kjell (1855) – Flynn,David (1970), Gibraltar, Open, 2012.

7.g3 Re8 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.c3 Bd6 11.0-0 Be6 12.d4 Qd8 13.e4 Na5 14.Nbd2 c5 15.Re1 cd4 16.cd4 Rc8 17.Qb1 h6 18.d5 Bg4 19.e5 Ba3 20.Qb5 Bf5 21.Nb3 Nb3 22.Qb3 Bc5 23.Kh1 Bb6 24.Re2 Qc7 25.Rae1 Ba5 26.Rf1 Qc3 27.Ne1 Qb3 28.ab3 Bd7 29.Ra2 Bb5 30.Ra5 Bf1 31.Bf1 Rc1 32.Kg2 Re1 33.Ra7 R1e5 34.Rb7 Rd5 35.Bc4 Rf5 36.Rd7 Kf8 37.b4 Rc8 38.Bd3 Rf6 39.b5 Rc3 40.h4 Ke8 41.Rd5 Ke7 42.Be4 Re3 43.Rd4 Rb3 44.Bc6 Rg6 45.Rd7 Ke6 46.Rd2 Rgg3 47.Kf2 Rgd3 48.Re2 Kd6 49.h5 Rh3 50.Rd2 Kc5 51.Rd5 Kb6 52.Rd6 Rhd3 0–1. gabrel (2040) – cimabue (2080), gameknot.com, 2014.

8.Bc3 Bb6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bc4 Ne4 11.0-0 Ndf6 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.Qe1 Nd5 14.Bd3 Bf3 15.Rf3 f5 16.Be4 fe4 17.Rf8 (17.Rf8 Qf8 18.Nc3 Nc3 19.Bc3=). pcmvr (2870) – coli (2550), net–chess.com, 2009.

8.Bc3 Bb6 9.e3 Ne4 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Bb2 Qd7 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Be5 Be6 15.Bf3 f5 16.Qe2 Rad8 17.d4 c5 18.c3 cd4 19.cd4 Ng5 20.Nd2 f4 21.Nc4 Nf3 22.Rf3 Bc4 23.Qc4 Kh8 24.Bf4 Rf4 25.Rf4 Qe7 26.Qd3 Re8 27.Rf3 h6 28.Raf1 Qe6 29.h3 Kg8 30.a4 a6 31.Rg3 Kh8 32.Rg6 Qe4 33.Qe4 Re4 34.Rb6 Re3 35.Rb7 Ra3 36.Rff7 Ra4 37.Rg7 Rd4 38.Rh7 Kg8 39.Rh6 Rd8 40.Ra6 Rc8 41.Rg6 Kh8 42.h4 Rd8 43.h5 Rc8 44.g4 Rg8 45.Rg8 Kg8 46.g5 Kf8 47.g6 Kg8 48.h6 Kf8 49.h7 Ke8 50.h8N Kd8 51.g7 Kc8 52.Rf7 Kd8 53.g8R Normal 1-0. mansurfisher (2100) - Orquiza (2070), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Bc3 Bb6 9.e3 Bg4 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Bb2 Bf3 13.Rf3 Qe7 14.Nc3 Ne5= 15.Ne4 Nf3?? 16.Qf3+- Kh8 17.Nf6! Qc5 18.Qe4 (18.Qe4 g6 19.Qh4 Qe3 20.de3 Be3 21.Kh1 h5 22.Nh5 Bd4 23.Bd4 Kg8 24.Nf6 Kg7 25.Qh7#) 1–0. marcosramos – jcruzarias, net–chess.com, 2007.

8.Bc3 c6 9.e3 Nd5 10.Bd3 Nc3-/+ 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.0-0 Bc3 13.dc3 Qe3 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Re1 Qc5 16.Qd2 h6 17.c4 Nf6 18.Qb4 Qb6 19.Qd6 Rd8 20.Qg3 Qc5 21.Ne5 Be6 22.Re3 Rd4 23.Rb1 b6 24.Rbe1 Rf8 25.h3 Rdd8 26.a4 Rd6 27.Kh2 Bc8 28.R3e2 Re6 29.Bf5 Ree8 30.Bc8 Rc8 31.a5 ba5 32.Rf1 Qe7 33.Ree1 Qe6 34.Qa3 c5 35.Qa5 Qd6 36.Rf3 Rfe8-+ 37.Rd3 Qc7 38.Qc7 Rc7 39.Rdd1 Rce7 40.Nd3 Re1 41.Ne1 Re2 42.Rd8 Re8 43.Rd1 Ra8 44.Nd3 Nd7 45.Nb2 Nb6 46.Rd6 Kf8 47.Rc6 Rc8 48.Rd6 Ke7 49.Rd3 Ra8 50.Rb3 Kd6 51.Rb5 Rc8 52.Ra5 Rc7 53.Kg3 Ke5 54.Kf3 f5 55.Ra3 g5 56.g3 Rd7 57.Ra5 Kd4 58.Ra3 Ke5 59.Ra5 Kd6 60.Ra6 Rg7 61.Na4 Kc6 62.Nb6 Kb7 63.Ra3 ab6 64.g4 f4 65.h4 Re7 66.Rd3 Kc6 67.hg5 hg5 68.Rd5 Re3 69.Kf2 Rc3 70.Rg5 Rc2 71.Kf3 Rc4 72.Rf5 Rc1 73.g5 c4 74.Ke2 Rg1 75.Rf4 Rg2 76.Kf3 Rg5 77.Rc4 Rc5 78.Re4 b5 79.Ke3 Kb6 80.Kd3 Ka5 81.Re2 Ka4 82.Re7 b4 0–1. pcmvr – refen, net–chess.com, 2009.

8.Bc3 Nc6 9.e3 Ne4 10.Ba5 Na5 11.d3 Ng5 12.Be2 Qf6 13.Nbd2= Nf3 14.Bf3 Re8 15.e4 Qd4 16.Be2 Nc6 17.Nb3 Qf6 18.Bf3 Be6 19.Rb1 Bb3 20.Rb3 Nd4 21.Rb1 Nf3 22.gf3 b6 23.0-0 Re5 24.Kh1 Rae8 25.f4 Rc5 26.f5 Rc3 27.Rb3 Rb3 28.cb3 Qc3 29.Qb1 Qd2 30.Rc1 c5=+ 31.Qc2 Qe3 32.Rg1 Rd8 33.Rg3 Qd4 34.Qc1 a5 35.Qg5 b5 36.f6 g6 37.Rf3 Kf8 38.Qh6 Ke8 39.Qh7 Qa1 40.Kg2 Qb2 41.Kg3 Qb3 42.d4 Qc4 43.d5 Qe4 44.Qg8 Kd7 45.Qf7 Kd6 46.Qb7 Qe5 47.Kg2 ½–½. Rosner,Dirk – Welsch, DESC, 2000.

8.e3 Nc6 9.Bc3 (9.Bb2?! Nd5 10.c3=+) 9...Ne4 10.Ba5 Na5 11.Bd3 (11.Be2 Qf6 12.c3=+) 11...f5 12.0-0 c5 13.a4 Be6 14.Na3 a6 15.Qe2 Qd5 16.c4 Qd6 17.Bc2 Rad8 18.d3 Nf6 19.d4 Rfe8 20.d5 Bd7 21.Rae1 Re7 22.Qd2 (22.Qf2 Rde8 23.h3 Ne4 24.Be4 Re4 25.Nd2=+) 22...b6 23.Ng5?! (23.Qf2=+; 23.Nh4=+) 23...Ng4 24.g3 h6 25.Nf3 Rde8 26.e4 fe4 27.Nh4 Nc6 28.Qf4 Qf4 29.gf4 Nd4 30.Ng6 Rf7 31.Be4 Rf6 (31...Ba4!? 32.h3 Nf6 33.Bg2-/+) 32.h3 Ne3! 33.Re3 Rg6! 34.Kh2 (34.Bg6? Re3 35.Nc2 Rg3) 34...Rf6 (34...Ba4-+) 35.a5 b5 36.Kg2 g5 (36...b4 37.Nb1-/+) 37.fg5 Rf1 38.Kf1 Bf5 39.cb5 ab5 40.gh6 Be4 0–1. Sternik,Ryszard – Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio, email KMG–52, 2001.

8.e3 Nc6 9.Bc3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Bb5 Qd5 (11...Qd5 12.Qe2 Qc5=+). woschkat (2420) – ramawolf (2450), net–chess.com, 2002.

8.e3 Nd5 9.c3 Nd7 10.Bg3 Nc5 11.Be2 Bf5 12.0-0 Re8 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Bh5 Ne4 Black fights for the Initiative 15.Bg6 fg6 16.Qf3 Qd7 17.h3 c5 18.Ne2 Rad8 19.Bh4 g5 20.Bg3 Qe7-+ 21.Be5?? Qe5 22.Qf7 Kh8 23.Qh5 Rf8 (23...Rf8 24.Nf4 Kg8-+; better is 23...Bc7!? 24.Nf4 gf4 25.Qe5 Be5 26.ef4 Nf4 27.Rf3-+) 0–1. Sternik,Ryszard – Bendig,Frank, corr KMG–34, 1997.

8.e3 Re8 9.Bc4 (9.Bc3!? Bc3 10.Nc3=+) 9...Ng4-/+ 10.Bc3 Re3 11.de3 Qd1 12.Kd1 Ne3 13.Kc1 Nc4 (13...Bc3 14.Nc3 Nc4 15.Rd1=) 14.Ba5 Na5 15.Re1 (15.Rd1 Nbc6=) 15...Be6 16.Ng5 (16.Nc3 Nbc6=) 16...Na6 (16...Nbc6 17.Ne6 Re8 18.Nc3=) 17.Ne6 Re8 18.Nc3 fe6 19.Rb1 Nc5 (19...b6 20.Nb5=) 20.Re5 (20.Nb5 c6 21.Na7 e5=) 20...b6=+ 21.Rc5 (21.Re1 Nc4=+) 21...bc5= 22.Rb5 Nc4 23.Rc5 Ne3 24.Rc7 a6 ½–½. De Smet – Betzelt, corr ICCF TT–4–90 SF, 1995.

8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Bg3 c6 10.e3 Qa5 11.Nd4 Bd4 12.ed4 Nd5 13.Be2 Nc3-/+ 14.dc3 Qc3 15.Kf2 Nf6 16.Qd3 Ng4 17.Bg4 Qd3 18.cd3 Bg4 19.Rab1 b6 20.Rhc1 Rac8 21.Rb4 Bd7 22.Rbc4 Rfe8 ½–½. pcmvr (2875) – sisterofmercy (2570), net–chess.com, 2009.

8.Nc3 Ng4 9.e3 Ne5-/+ 10.Ne5 Qh4 11.g3 Qf6 12.Nc4 Qc6 13.Rg1 Nd7 14.Qg4 Nf6 15.Qf4 Be6 16.Rb1 Rfd8 17.Bd3 b6 18.Ne5 Qe8 19.Nb5 Rdc8 20.Nf3 Qe7-/+ 21.g4 c6 22.Nbd4 Ba3 23.g5 Nd7 24.Ne6 fe6-/+ 25.Qg4 Bd6 26.Ke2 Nf8 27.g6 h6 28.Qh3 a5 29.Rbf1 b5 30.Ng5 Be5 31.c4 a4 32.Rf7 Qd6 33.Ne4 Qb8 34.cb5 cb5-+ 35.Rgf1 Qb6 36.Qh5= Qb8 37.Nf2. pcmvr (2775) – cnita (2780), net–chess.com, 2008.

8.e3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Bd3 Qd6 11.0-0 Nd4 12.Kh1 Nf3 13.gf3 Bd7 14.Nc3 Rfe8 15.Qe1 Qc6 16.Qh4 Be7 17.Rab1 a6 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Qe4 Qe4 20.Be4 c6 21.f4 Ba3 22.Ba3 Re4 23.Rb7 Bf5 24.Ra1 Re6 25.Rb2 Be4 26.Kg1 Rg6 27.Kf1 Rg2 28.d3 Rh2 29.Rab1 Rh1 30.Kf2 Rb1 31.Rb1 Bf5 32.e4 Bg4 33.f5 g6 34.fg6 hg6 35.Rb6 Bd7 ½–½. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Hrubaru,Mircea (2065), BI–2009–P–00008, 2009.

8.e3 Ng4 9.Bb2? (9.Bf4 Re8 10.Nc3 c6+=) 9...Be3-/+ 10.de3 Qd1 11.Kd1 Nf2 12.Ke1 (better is 12.Ke2!? Nh1 13.g3+=) 12...Nh1-+ 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Nbd2 Nd7 15.Ke2 Ng3 16.hg3 Rfe8 17.Rh1 h6 18.Rh5 f6 19.Kf2 Bf7 20.Rb5 b6 21.Bd4 c5 22.Bc3 Bd5 23.Rb1 Rad8 24.g4 Bc6 25.e4 Re7 26.Ke3 Rde8 27.Kf4 Nf8 28.Kg3 Ng6 29.Nc4 Be4 30.Be4 Re4 31.Nd6 R8e7 32.Ne4 Re4 33.Bb2 Re2 34.Rc1 Kf7 35.Ne1 Re3 36.Kf2 Re4 37.Kf3 Rc4 38.Nd3 Nh4 39.Kg3 Ng6 40.c3 Ke6 41.Rf1 b5 42.Rf5 Kd6 43.Rh5 a5 44.Rf5 a4 45.Rf1 Ne5 46.Ne5 Ke5 47.Rb1 Kd6 48.Kf3 Kd5 49.Rd1 Ke6 50.Re1 Kd5 51.Re7 b4 52.Rg7 bc3 53.Bc1 Ke6 54.Rc7 Kd5 55.Rd7 Ke6 56.Rd1 c2 57.Rd2 Rc3 58.Kf2 Rc4 59.Ke1 Rg4 60.Rc2 Kd5 61.Bh6 Rg3 62.Bc1 Rb3 63.Rd2 Kc4 64.Kd1 f5 65.Rf2 Rd3 66.Kc2 Rc3 67.Kb1 Rb3 68.Bb2 Rg3 69.Rf4 Kb5? 70.Rf5 Rg2 71.Bd4 Kc4 72.Bc5 Rg3 73.Bb4 Kb3 74.Kc1 Rd3 75.Bf8 Rc3 76.Kd2 Rh3 77.Rb5 Ka2 78.Kc2 Rh2 79.Kd3 Rh3 80.Kd4 Rh4 81.Kd5 Rh8 82.Bc5 Rh5 83.Kc6 Rh6 84.Kb7 Rh7 85.Kb6 Rh6 86.Ka5 Rh4 87.Bb4 Rh8 88.Ka4 Ra8 89.Ra5 Rc8 90.Re5 Ra8 91.Kb5 Kb3 92.Re3 Ka2 93.a4 1–0. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Luers,Charles (1945), BI–2009–P–00008, 2009.

8.e3 Ng4 9.Bb2 Re8?? 10.Be2= Qe7 11.h3 Nh6 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Nc3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Qd6 15.c4 Rad8 16.Qc1 a6 17.Qc3 f6 18.Nh4 Bg6 (18...Bd7!?=) 19.Rf6+/- gf6 20.Nf6 Kf7 21.Rf1 Ke7 22.Ng6 hg6 23.Ne8 Re8 24.Qg7 Kd8 25.Qh6 Qd2 26.Qg5 Be7 27.Qd5 Qd5 28.cd5 Na7 29.Rf3 Bc5 30.Kf2 Nc8 31.Bd3 Ne7 32.Be4 c6 33.dc6 bc6 34.g4 Kd7 35.h4 Rb8 36.Bc1 Rb3 37.h5 gh5 38.gh5 Ba3 39.Ba3 Ra3 40.h6 Ra5 (40...Ra2 41.Kg3 Rb2 42.Rf8+-) 41.Rh3 Rb5 42.h7 (42.h7 Rb8 43.h8Q Rh8 44.Rh8+-) 1–0. Deschamp,Guy (2370) – Malmstroem,Jan (1940), IECG, 2006.

8.a3 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.0-0 b5 13.Qe1 Nc5 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Nd4 Rad8 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Nf3 Ncd7 18.Nd4 Nf8 19.Nb3 c5 20.Ne2 Ng6 21.Ng3 Qc7 22.Nf5 Ng4 23.Qg3 (better is 23.g3!?+=) 23...Qg3-+ 24.Ng3 c4 25.Nd4 c3 26.h3 Nf6 27.d3 Nd5 28.e4 Ne3 29.Rf3 Ng2 30.Ngf5 N2h4 31.Rg3 Rd7 32.Kf2 f6 33.Rag1 Kh8 34.Ke3 Rg8 35.Nh4 Nh4 36.Rf1 Ng6 37.Rf5 Ne5 38.Nf3 Re8 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (2070) – Vujadinovic,Milan (2135), CL2–2008.15.10, 2009.

8.Bb2 c6 9.Be2= Bf5 10.c3 Bd6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Na3 b5 13.Nc2 Bg6 14.d3 a6 15.e4 Qb6 16.Kh1 Ne5 17.Ne5 Be5 (worse is 17...Re5 18.c4+=) 18.d4 Bc7 (18...Rad8!? 19.Qe1 Bb8-/+) 19.e5+= Nd5 20.Bd3 c5 21.Bg6 hg6 (21...Qg6!? 22.a4 Ba5+=) 22.Qf3= Qe6 23.dc5 (23.a4 Bb6=) 23...Be5 (better is 23...Qe5!? 24.g3 Nf6-/+) 24.Nd4+= Bd4 25.cd4 Rad8 26.Rad1 a5 27.a3 a4 28.h3 f6 29.Kh2 Qh3 (29...Qh3 30.gh3 Ne3+-) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Guest3907788, Partie amicale, 1m + 0s, 2008.

8.Bb2 Re3! 9.Be2 Re8 -/+.

8.c3 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.Qa4 Bd7 (10...Nc6 11.Bb5=+) 11.Qb4 (11.Qb3 Bc6=) 11...c5 (11...Qb4 12.cb4 Nd5 13.a3=+) 12.Qa3 (12.Qb7!? Bc6 13.Qb3=) 12...Nc6 (12...b5 13.Be2-/+) 13.Be2 a6 14.0-0 Rad8 (14...b5 15.Qc1-/+) 15.c4 (15.Qb2 b5=+) 15...Nb4-/+ 16.Ne1 (16.Qb2 Bf5-/+) 16...Bc6 (16...Bg4 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.gf3 Qe5-+) 17.Qc3? (better 17.Qb2 Be4 18.a3 Bb1 19.Rb1 Qd2 20.Qd2 Rd2 21.Bf3-/+) 17...Ne4-+ 18.Qb2 (18.Qb3 Nd2 19.Nd2 Qd2-+) 18...Nd2 19.Nd2 Qd2 20.Qd2 Rd2 21.Bf3 (21.Bh5 g6 22.Rf2 Rf2 (22...gh5 23.Rd2 Be4 24.Kf2+-) 23.Kf2 gh5-+) 21...Bf3 (21...Re3?! 22.a3 Nc2 23.Nc2 Rc2 24.Rae1 Re1 25.Re1-+) 22.Rf3 (22.Nf3 Ra2 23.Ra2 Na2-+) 22...Ra2 23.Rb1 (23.Ra2 Na2 24.Nd3 b6-+) 23...g6 (23...Re2 24.Rd1 f6 25.Kf1 R8e3 26.Re3 Re3 27.Rd7-+) 24.Kf1 (24.Rf2 Re3 25.Ra2 Na2-+) 24...Re4 25.Rd1 Nc6 (25...Rc4?! 26.Rd8 Kg7 27.Rd7-/+) 26.Nd3 (26.Rf4 Rf4 27.ef4 Na5-+) 26...Rc4 27.Nf4 (27.Rf2 Rf2 28.Nf2 Rc2-+) 27...Ne5 (27...Rcc2!? 28.Ke1-+) 28.Rf2 Rf2 (28...Rcc2 29.Rc2 Rc2 30.e4-+) 29.Kf2 b5 (29...Rc2 30.Kg3-+) 30.Ra1 Ra4 (30...Ra4 31.Rd1 c4-+) 0–1. jaddwarrior – WednesdayAfternoon (2260), ChessWorld.net, 2014.

8.Bc3 a5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.a3 Bd6 11.0-0 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bb2 Qd7 (13...Ne4 14.Bb5+=) 14.Nc3 (14.Bf6 gf6 15.Nc3 f5+=) 14...Ne7 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.Nf3 Nf5 17.Bd3 Ng3 18.Re1 Bh5 19.Be2 Ne2 20.Qe2 Bg3 21.Rf1 Ne4 22.Ne4 Re4 23.Qd3 Qd3 24.cd3 Re7 25.Nd4 g6 26.e4 c5 27.Nb3 b6 28.Rf6 Rb8 29.Nc1 Be5 30.Be5+/- Re5 31.g4 Kg7 32.Rf4 g5 33.Rf5 Rf5 34.ef5 Bg6 35.fg6 Kg6 36.Rb1 h5 37.gh5 Kh5+/- 38.Ne2 Kh4 39.Kg2 g4 40.hg4 Kg4 41.d4 c4 42.Kf2 f5? 43.Nc3 Kf4 44.Nd5 Ke4 45.Nb6 Kd4 46.a4 Kd3 47.Kf3 c3? 48.dc3 Kc2 49.Rb5 Rh8 50.c4 Rh3 51.Kf4 Rb3 52.Rb3 Kb3 53.c5 Kb4 54.c6 Kc5 55.c7 Kb6 56.c8Q Ka7 57.Kf5 (57.Kf5 Kb6 58.Qb8 Kc5 59.Ke5 Kc4 60.Qb5 Kc3 61.Qa5 Kd3 62.Qd5 Ke2 63.Kf4 Kf2 64.Qd2 Kf1 65.Kg3 Kg1 66.Qe1) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1985) – peoncillo (1740), Active (5/2), 2005.

8.Bc3 Nd5 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Be2 N8c6 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Na3 Qd7 13.Rb1 Rad8 14.Rb2 (14.Rb2 Be6 15.c3+=). Merkl – Grau Ribas, corr SOK–91–70, 1991.

8.Bc3 Bd6 9.Bc4 h6 10.0-0 Nc6 (10...Nbd7 11.Bb2+=) 11.Qe1 (11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Nd4 Qe5 13.Bf7 Kh8+=) 11...Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 (worse is 12...Re5 13.Be5 Be5 14.d4 Bd4 15.Bf7 Kf7 16.Qd2 Be3 17.Qe3+/-) 13.Be5 Re5 14.Nc3 c5 15.Rd1 b6 16.d4 Rf5 (16...cd4 17.Rd4 Qd4 18.ed4 Re1 19.Re1=) 17.e4 (better is 17.dc5 Qc7 18.Nd5 Nd5 A) 19.Rd5?! Rf1 20.Qf1 Be6= (worse is 20...bc5 21.Qf7 Qf7 22.Rd8 Kh7 23.Bf7+/-); B) 19.Bd5+/-) 17...Rg5?? (better is 17...Rf1 18.Qf1 Bg4=) 18.e5+- Bb7? (18...Bh3 19.Rf2 (19.ef6?! Bg2 20.Rf4 Qc7=) 19...Bg4 20.Rd3+-) 19.Rf2 (19.g3 cd4 20.ef6 Rc5+-) 19...cd4? (19...b5 20.Bf7! Kf7+-) 20.ef6 Rc8 (20...Rc5 21.Qe2 Rac8+-) 21.Qe7 (21.Qe7 gf6 22.Qf7 Kh8 23.Nb5+-) 1–0. Deveque,G (1890) – Bianchi,Guilla (2140), 30th Avoine Open, 2015.

8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re3 10.Kf2 Re8 11.Re1 Bc5 12.Kf1 Bg4 13.Nc3 Nd4 14.Be2 Ne2 15.Ne2 Bf3 16.gf3 Qd6 17.Ng3 Nd5 18.Ne4 Qh2 19.d4 Nf4 20.Qd2 Qh3 21.Kf2 Qg2 22.Ke3 Nd5 23.Kd3 Qf3 24.Kc4 Re4 25.Re4 Qe4 26.Kc5 b6 27.Kb5 c6 28.Ka4 c5 29.Re1 Qf5 30.c4 Nb4 31.Kb3 a5 32.Qe2 a4 33.Kc3 Na2 34.Kd2 g6 35.d5 h5 36.Qe8 Re8 37.Re8 1-0. Leforty (1990) - diglet1995 (1945), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Bd3 Ng4 9.Bc3 Bc5 10.0-0 Be3 11.de3 Ne3 12.Qc1 Nf1 13.Qf1 Nc6 14.Nbd2 Bg4 15.Qf2 Qe7 16.Re1 Qf8 17.Rb1 Rab8 18.Ng5 h6 19.Nf7 Re7 (19...Qf7? 20.Bh7 Kf8 21.Qc5 Re7 22.Rf1+-) 20.Nh6 gh6 21.Qg3 Rg7 22.Bc4 Kh7 23.Rf1 (worse is 23.Bg7 Qg7 24.Rf1 Bh5 25.Bd3 Kg8+=) 23...Qc5 (23...Qd6!? 24.Rf4 h5+-) 24.Kh1+- Nd4 (better is 24...Qd6 25.Rf4 h5+-) 25.Qd3 Nf5 26.Ne4 (26.Ne4 Qe3 27.Nf6 Kh8 28.Ng4 (28.Rf5?! Qd3 29.Bd3 Bf5 30.Bf5 Rd8+-) 28...Qd3 29.Bd3+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2330) – Wauquier,Mathieu (2050), echecsemail.com (Team Cup), 2007.

8.Bd3 Ng4 9.Bc3= Bd6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.h3 Nge5 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 Qe7 15.a4 Bd7 16.Bb2 f5 17.Na3 Nd3-/+ 18.cd3 c5 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.e4 Rf8 21.ef5 Rf5 22.g4? Rf1-+ 23.Rf1 Rf8 24.Rf8=+ Qf8 25.Qe3 Qe8 26.Ne5 Ba4-/+ 27.Qf4 Bb3 28.Qf6 Qe6-+ 29.Qg5 Bd5 30.h4 Kf8 31.h5 gh5 32.Qf4 Ke8 33.gh5 Qh3 34.Qg5 Bd8 35.Qg7 Qh1 36.Kf2 Bh4 37.Ke3 Qe1 38.Kf4 Qf2 (38...Qf2 39.Nf3 Qf3 40.Ke5 Bf7-+) 0–1. Hecimovic,Ivan (2205) – Feletar,Darko (2410), Pula op, 2000.

8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb2 0–1. pcmvr (2245) – waldokitty (2230), net–chess.com, 2006.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bc3 Bd6 10.0-0 Nd5 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Nc3 Ncb4 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.a3 Bg6 15.Nd4 c5 16.Nf3 Qc7 17.h3 Rad8 18.Qc1 c4 19.Bd4 b5 20.c3 a6 21.Kh1 f6 22.Bd1 Bd3 23.Rg1 Bg3 24.Bc2 Qe7 25.Bd3 cd3 26.Qf1 Qe4 27.Ne1 Be1 28.Re1 f5 29.Qf2 Rd6 30.Rgf1 Rg6 31.Qf3 Rh6 32.Rf2 Rg6 33.Ref1 Ne7 34.Qe4 fe4 35.g4 h5 36.gh5 Rg5 37.Rg2 Rg2 38.Kg2 Nc6 39.Rf5 Re6 40.Kg3 Na5 41.Kg4 Nc4 42.Rf2 Na3 43.Kf4 Nc4 44.Rg2 Re7 45.h6 a5 46.hg7 a4 47.Rg5 a3 48.Rb5 Rf7 49.Ke4 Nd6 50.Kd3 Nb5 0-1. mcalishter (1880) - FraGer68 (2280), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

8.Be2 Bf8 9.0-0 g6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Nd4 Qd8 12.Bc4 Bg7? (better is 12...Re7 13.Qf3 Bg7 14.Bf7 Kh8+/-) 13.Bf7+- Kh8 14.Be8 Qe8 15.Nc3 c5 16.Ndb5 Nc6 (16...Qe5+-) 17.Nc7 (17.Nc7 Qd8 18.Na8+-) 1–0. Nemec,Zdenek (2030) – Lonyuk,Bohdan, 29. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2010.

8.Be2 Bg4 9.Bc3 Bc5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bg4 Ng4 13.Qg4 Ne6 14.a4 Qg5 15.Qf3 Re7 16.Na3 Bd6 17.Nb5 Rae8 18.Nd6 cd6 19.Rab1 Nc5 20.Rb5 a6 21.Rb6 Na4 22.Rd6 Nc3 23.dc3 Qc5 24.Rd3 f6 25.Re1 b5 26.h3 a5 27.Kh1 a4 28.e4 a3 29.Rd5 Qb6 30.Qd3 a2 31.Rb5 Qa6 32.Ra1 Re4 33.Qd5 Kh8 34.Ra2 Re1 35.Kh2 Qc8 36.Rb7 R1e5 37.Qb3 Re2 38.Raa7 Qf5 39.Rg7 Qf4 40.Rg3 R2e3 0-1. mansurfisher (2025) - narkohat (1965), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

8.Be2 Ng4 9.Bc3 Bc5 10.Bd4 (better 10.Qc1!?=) 10...Bd4-/+ 11.Nd4 Qh4 (11...Re3!? 12.de3 Ne3=+) 12.g3=+ Qh3 13.Bf1 Qh6 14.Be2 Nh2 (14...c5 15.Nb3 Ne5=+) 15.Nc3 (better 15.Bh5=) 15...Nc6?? (better 15...c5 16.Nb3 Qh3=+) 16.Nc6+/- bc6 (16...Qh3 17.Kf2 bc6 18.Qe1 Qf5 19.Kg2+=) 17.Bh5 (better 17.Kf2+/-) 17...Ng4?? (better 17...g6 18.Rh2 gh5 19.Qh5 Qh5 20.Rh5 Rb8+/-) 18.Rh4 (better 18.Bf7 Kf7 19.Rh6 Nh6 20.Qf3 Kg8 21.Qc6+-) 18...Re3?? (better 18...Ne3!? 19.Qf3 Nc4 20.Ne4 Qd2 21.Kf1-+) 19.de3 (19.Ne2 Re7 20.Bg4-+) 19...Qe3-+ 20.Ne2 Qf2 21.Kd2 Qe3 (better 21...Bf5 22.Kc1 Qe3 23.Qd2 Qa3 24.Kd1 Ne3 25.Ke1 Nc2 26.Kf2 Na1-+) 22.Ke1= Qf2 23.Kd2 Qe3 (better 23...Bf5 24.Kc1 Qe3 25.Qd2 Qa3 26.Kd1 Ne3 27.Ke1 Nc2 28.Kf2 Na1-+) 24.Ke1= Qf2 25.Kd2 Qe3 (better 25...Bf5 26.Kc1 Qe3 27.Qd2 Qa3 28.Kd1 Ne3 29.Ke1 Nc2 30.Kf2 Na1-+) 26.Ke1= ½-½. pacal56 (2130) - DukicaVodovod (2240), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Be2 Ng4 9.Bc3 Bd6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.h3 Nge5 13.Qe2 Re6 14.Be5 Ne5 15.Nc3 Rg6 16.Bd7 Qd7 17.Nh4 Rg3 18.Ne4 Qh3 19.Ng3 Qg3 20.Nf5 Qg5 21.Rab1 Ng4 (21...b6 22.Qa6 Qh5 23.Nd6 cd6 24.Qb7+/-) 22.Nd6 (22.Rb7 Bh2 23.Kh1 Bg3 24.Qg4 Qg4-+) 22...cd6 23.Qf3 Qh5 24.Qh3 (24.Qh3 Qh3 25.gh3+-) 1–0. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Murphy,Jones, SI–2007–0-00072, 2007.

8.a3 Ba5 9.Bc3 Bb6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.0-0 Ne7 12.Bf6+/- gf6 13.Nc3 c6 14.Qe1 Bf5 15.Ne5 Bd3 16.Nd3+- Ng6 17.Ne4 (17.Ne4 Kh8 18.Nf6+-) 1–0. pcmvr (2775) – inspector (2330), net–chess.com, 2008.

8.c3 Nc6 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Bb5+=.

8.c3 Be7 9.Be2 (9.Qb3 Qc8+=) 9...Nc6 (9...Nbd7 10.Bf6 Nf6 11.0-0+=) 10.Bg3 (10.Bf6 Bf6 (worse is 10...gf6 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Qe2+/-) 11.0-0 Qd6+=) 10...Ne4 11.Qa4 (11.Bf4 g5 12.Qc2 Bf5+=) 11...Ng3-/+ 12.hg3 Bf5 13.Qb5 (13.e4 Bg6-/+) 13...Qc8 (13...Be4 14.d4 a6 15.Qb2-/+) 14.Nh4 Bg4 (14...Be6 15.Bd3 g6 16.Be4-/+) 15.Bf3 (15.Bg4 Qg4 16.Nf5 Bd6-/+) 15...a6 (15...Bd6 16.0-0-/+) 16.Qd3 (16.Qe2 Bd7-/+) 16...h6 (16...Bd6 17.Bc6 bc6 18.0-0-/+) 17.Bg4 (17.Qe2 Bd7-/+) 17...Qg4 18.Nf5 Bd6! 19.Kf2 (19.Nd6 Qg3 Double attack (19...Qg3 Deflection; 19...Qg3 Decoy)) 19...Ne5 (19...Rad8 20.Qc2 Ne7 21.Nd6 Rd6 22.Rh3-+) 20.Qc2 Qg6 21.Qe4 (21.Kg1 Rfe8-/+) 21...Rae8 (better is 21...Rfe8 22.Kg1 Rad8-/+) 22.Rh4? (better is 22.Kg1!?-/+) 22...Qf6 (better is 22...Nd3! 23.Qd3 Bg3 24.Kg1 Bh4 25.Qd5-+) 23.Kg1 Ng6 24.Qg4 (24.Qf3 Nh4 25.gh4 b6-+) 24...Nh4 25.gh4 Re5 26.e4 Rfe8 27.d3 R5e6 (27...g6 28.Nd6 Qd6 29.Qf3 Qb6 30.Qf2-+) 28.a4 Qe5 (28...c5 29.Ra2-+) 29.g3 (29.h5 Qf6-+) 29...Rg6 30.Qf3 Qc5 (30...Rf6!? 31.Kg2-+) 31.d4 Qb6 32.Nd2 Qc6 (32...Qb2 33.Rd1 Qc2 34.e5 Be5 35.de5 Re5 36.Nd4 Rg3 37.Qg3 Qd1 38.Nf1-+) 33.Rf1 (33.e5 Qf3 34.Nf3 Be7-/+) 33...Qd7 (33...Ba3 34.a5-/+) 34.h5 (better is 34.Nc4-/+) 34...Rge6?? (better is 34...Rg5-/+) 35.Qg4+= Bf8? (better is 35...f6 36.e5 Bf8 37.Nh6 Kh8 38.ef6 Rd6 39.Qd7 Rd7+/-) 36.Nh6+- Kh7 (36...Kh8 37.Nf7 Kg8 38.h6+-) 37.Nf7 (37.Rf7 Qc6 (37...Qa4?? 38.Nf5 Qa1 39.Nf1+-) 38.Nf5 Re4 39.Rg7 Kh8 40.Ne4 Re4 41.Rg8 Kh7 42.Qg6 Qg6 43.Rg6 Re1 44.Kg2 Rc1+-) 37...Kg8? (better is 37...Rd6 38.Qd7 Rd7+-) 38.h6 R8e7 (38...Qe7+-) 39.h7! Kh7 40.Qh5 1–0. Revidovich,Alexander (2030) – Zavgorodniaya,Alena (1785), Autumn Petersburg Open, 2010.

8.Bc4 Re8 9.Bc3 Bd6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Qe1 c6 12.Qh4 h6 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Bb3 Qe7 15.h3= Bd7 16.Nf5 Bf5 17.Rf5 Bc7 18.a4 Rad8 19.Na3 Ng6 20.Qf2 Be5 21.Be5 Ne5 22.Nc4 Nc4 23.Bc4 Qe4 24.Bd3 Qb4 25.Rf1 Re6 26.Qg3 Kf8 27.e4 Rde8 28.c3 Qd6 29.Qd6 Rd6 30.Bb1 Rd2 31.e5 Nd7 32.Rf7 Kg8 33.Bf5 Kf7 34.Bd7 Ke7 35.Be8 Ke8 36.e6 Ke7 37.Rf7 Ke6 38.Rb7 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (1885) – Muller,Henri (1825), CO7–01 www.b2–b4.com, 2005.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0 Bc5 11.Nc3 a6 12.Kh1 Ne4 13.Ne4 Re4 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Qe1 Nb4 16.Qg3 Nd3 17.cd3 Qd3?? (better is 17...h5=) 18.Qg4+- g6?! (18...Bf8 19.Qf4 Re7 20.Bd4+-) 19.Qg5 Be7 20.Qh6 Bf8 21.Qh4 Qb5 (21...Be7 22.Qf4 Qd5 23.e4+-) 22.Bc3 Rad8 23.Ng5 h6 24.Nf7 Rd5 25.Qf6 Bg7 26.Qg7 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1670) – sashallona, Active, 2007.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0 h6 11.Bd3 (11.h3 Be6=) 11...Bc5 12.Qe1 (12.Nc3 Ne5 13.Be2 Nf3 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Rf3 Qd7=) 12...Qd6 (12...Nb4 13.Qh4=+) 13.Qh4= a6 (13...Bf3 14.Rf3 Ne5 15.Rg3=) 14.Bf6+= Qf6 15.Qf6 gf6 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Ne4 (17.Rab1 b5+=) 17...Be7= 18.Nh4 (18.Ne1 f5 19.Ng3 Bh4=) 18...Ne5 19.Nf6 (19.Rf4!?=) 19...Bf6=+ 20.Rf6 Kg7 (20...Nd3 21.cd3 Rd3 22.Rc1=+) 21.Raf1 (21.Rf4 Be6 22.Be4 Rd2 23.Bb7 Rc2 24.Ra4=+) 21...Bh5 (21...Be6 22.R6f2 Nd3 23.cd3 Rd3 24.Rc1=+) 22.Ba6 (better 22.R6f4!? Nd3 23.cd3 Rd3 24.R1f2+=) 22...ba6-/+ 23.Ra6 Rd2 (23...Be2 24.Nf5 Kg8 25.d3 Bf1 26.Kf1-+) 24.Nf5 Kh7?? (better 24...Kg8 25.Nh6 Kh7-/+) 25.Rh6+- Kg8 26.Rh5 Rc2 27.Ra1 Ng6 (27...Nc4+-) 28.Rf1 (28.a4!? c5+-) 28...Ra2?? (better 28...Ne5=) 29.Nh6+- Kg7?? (better 29...Kh8+-) 30.Rf7 Kh8 31.Nf5 Kg8 32.Rg7 (32.Rhh7 Ra1 33.Kf2 Ra2 34.Kf1 Ra1 35.Ke2 Nf4 36.Kf3 Re3 37.Kg4 Rg3 38.hg3 c5 39.Ne7) 32...Kf8 33.Rg6 Kf7 (33...Re5 34.g4 Ke8 35.Rh7+-) 34.Rg7 (34.Rc6 Ra1 35.Kf2 Rf8+-) 34...Kf6 (34...Ke6 35.Rc7 Kd5 36.Rg5+-) 35.Rc7 Rd8 (35...Ra1 36.Kf2 Rf8+-) 36.Rc6 Ke5 37.Nd4 (37.Ng3) 37...Ke4+- 38.Re6 Kd3 39.Rf5 (39.Rg5 Rh8+-) 39...Ra1 (39...Rg8 40.Rf2 Ra1 41.Rf1+-) 40.Kf2 Ra2 41.Kf3 Rd2 (41...Ra1 42.g4+-) 42.h4 Rd1 43.g4 1–0. jaddwarrior (2065) – Luna (1815), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bc3 Qd6+=.

8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Re8 10.0-0 c6 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.h3 Bh5 13.a3 Bf8 14.Nd4 a6?? (better is 14...Be2 15.Qe2 Ne5=) 15.Bh5+- 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1870) – erlsandwich (1850), Active (5/0), 2005.

8.Be2 Re8 9.Bb2 Bf3 (9...Nc6 10.0-0=) 10.Bf3 c6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.a3 Bc5 13.c4 (13.Qe1 Qc7=) 13...Ne4 (better 13...Qc7=) 14.Nc3?? (14.d4 Bd6 15.c5 Bc7=) 14...Nc3 (better 14...Nd2 15.Re1 Ne5-+) 15.Bc3= Qh4 16.Qe2 Nb6 17.d4 Bd6 18.g3 Qg5 Attacking the backward pawn on e3 (18...Bg3!? 19.hg3 Qg3 20.Qg2 Qg2 21.Bg2 Re3=+) 19.e4 (19.Bd2 Nd7+-) 19...Nd7 (19...c5 20.Bd2 Qe7 21.d5=) 20.Bg2 (20.e5!?+-) 20...c5+= 21.Qf2 Re7 (better 21...f6!?+=) 22.e5+- Bc7 23.Bb7 Rb8 24.Bd5 cd4? (24...Qg6 25.Qf4+-) 25.Bd4 (25.Bb4 Rb4 26.Bf7 Kh8 27.ab4 Qe5 28.Ra7 g6+-) 25...Bb6? (25...Be5!? 26.Bf7 Kh8 27.Be5 Ne5+-) 26.Bb6 (26.c5 Bc7 27.Bf7 Kh8+-) 26...Nb6 27.Bf7 Kh8 28.Bd5 (28.Rae1 Rd8+-) 28...Ree8 (28...h6 29.Be4 Rg8 30.c5+-) 29.Rae1 Nd5 (29...Qe7 30.Qe3+-) 30.cd5 h6 (30...a6 31.d6 Qd8 32.Qa7+-) 31.Qa7 Ra8 (31...Rb3 32.Qa4 Rg3 33.Kh1+-) 32.Qe3 Qd8 33.Qc5 (33.Qc5 Ra5 34.Qd6 Qd6 35.ed6+-) 1–0. kovacic (2265) – PLOPPY1 (1665), ChessWorld.net, 2012.

7.c3 Ba5 8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Bg3 Bf5 11.0-0 Bd3 12.a4 (12.Bh4 Be2 13.Qe2 Qd6=) 12...Qd7 13.Na3 Bd8 (13...Ne4!?+=) 14.Bd3= Qd3 15.Qc2 Qc2 16.Nc2 Ne4 17.Be1 Bf6 18.d4 cd4 19.cd4 Rac8 20.Rc1 Rfe8 21.Nb4? (21.Bd2 Ne7 22.Nb4 Nd2 23.Nd2 Bg5-/+) 21...Ne7?? (21...Nd4!? 22.Rc8 Ne2 23.Kh1 Rc8-+) 22.Bf2 (better is 22.Rc8!? Rc8 23.Nd2=) 22...Nc3-/+ 23.Rfe1 (23.Kh1 a5 24.Nd3 Ned5-/+) 23...Na4 (better is 23...Ne2! 24.Re2 Rc1 25.Re1 Rc4-+) 24.e4+= g6 25.e5 Bg7 26.Bh4 Nf5 27.Bf2 a6 28.g4 Nh6 29.h3 Rc1 30.Rc1 Bf8 31.Nd5+= Rd8 32.Ne3 Kg7 33.Bh4 Rd7 34.Bf6 Kg8 35.Kf2 Nb6+= 36.Rd1 Nd5 37.Nc4 b5+= 38.Na5 Rc7 39.Rd2 Bb4 40.Ra2 Kf8 41.Bd8 Rc3 42.Bg5 Ng8 43.Bd2 Ra3?? 44.Ra3 Ba3+= 45.Nc6 Ke8 46.Nb8 a5 47.Ba5= ½–½. Fournier,Frederic – Vekemans,Paul, Ch Club, 1995.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 0-0=+ 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 Re8 11.Qe1 Ba5 12.Qh4 Ne4 13.Qe7 Re7 14.d3 Nd6 15.e4 Nf5 16.c3 Ne3 17.Rc1 c4 18.d4 Re4 19.Nbd2 Re8 20.Bc4=+ Nc4 21.Nc4 ½–½. Adam,Stefan – Bauhardt, DDR, 1988.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 0-0 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nc3 a6 12.h3= Bh5 13.Ne1 Be2 14.Qe2 Bc3 15.Bc3 Ne4 16.Rd1 Nc3 17.Qf3?? Nd1-+ 18.Qd1 Qd5 19.Nd3 Rad8 20.Qe2 Re4 21.Rd1 Ne5 22.Ne5 Qe5 23.Re1 Re8 24.Kh1 b5 25.Rf1 Re6 26.Qd3 Rd6 27.Qe2 c4 (28.c3 Qd5-+) 0–1. valpa – Coolhandluke, HCL–C1881 playchess.de, 2003.

7.a3 Bd2 8.Nbd2 Ne4 9.Ne4 Normal 1-0. galkin (1615) – Epimenide, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.a3 Ne5-/+ 8.ab4 Ne4 9.Ra3 Ng4 10.Qc1-/+.

7.a3 Ne5-/+ 8.ab4 Nf3 9.ef3 0-0 10.Be2 (10.c3 Nd5-/+) 10...Re8 (10...Nd5 11.c3-/+) 11.Ra3 (11.Nc3 Qd4-/+) 11...Bf5 (11...Nd5 12.0-0-+) 12.0-0 (12.Nc3 a6-/+) 12...Bc2! 13.Qc2 Re2 14.Rd3 (14.Re3 Qd4 15.Qc7 Nd5-/+) 14...Qe7 (better 14...Nd5 15.Rd4 Qg5-+) 15.Rc3? (15.Qc4 Re8-+) 15...c6 (15...Nd5 16.f4 Nc3 17.Nc3-+) 16.b5? (16.Rb3-+) 16...Nd5 (16...cb5?! 17.Rc7 Qd8 18.Kh1-+) 17.Rb3 (17.Rc4 Ne3! 18.Qd3 Nf1 19.Kf1 Re1 20.Kf2-+) 17...Nf4 18.Rf2 Re1 (18...Re1 19.Rf1 Rf1 20.Kf1 Qe2 21.Kg1 Qg2) 0–1. jaddwarrior (1930) – jana84 (2520), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

7.a3 Ne5-/+ 8.ab4 Nf3 9.ef3 Qd4 (9...0-0 10.c3-/+) 10.Nc3 (10.c3 Qb6=+) 10...Qb4 (10...0-0 11.b5-/+) 11.Rb1 (11.Qe2!? Kd8 12.Qd3 Bd7 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Be2-/+) 11...Qe7 12.Be2 b6 (12...0-0 13.0-0-+) 13.0-0-/+ 0-0 14.Kh1 (14.Re1 Re8-/+) 14...Bb7 (14...Bf5 15.Ba6-/+) 15.d3 (15.Re1 Rfe8-/+) 15...Rad8 (15...Rfe8 16.Re1-+) 16.Re1 (16.Ra1 a5-+) 16...Rfe8-+ 17.Qd2 Qe3 (17...a5 18.Nb5-+) 18.Qe3 Re3 19.Ne4 (19.Kg1 Nd5 20.Nd5 Bd5-/+) 19...Nd5 20.Kg1 Nf4 (20...f5 21.Ng3 Ree8 22.Kf2-+) 21.Kf2-/+ Re2 22.Re2 Ne2 23.Ke2 Re8 (23...a5 24.Ra1-/+) 24.Kd2 Be4 (24...a5 25.c4-/+) 25.fe4 Kf8 26.Ra1 a5 27.c4 Ra8 (27...Re6 28.Kc3-/+) 28.Kc3 (28.d4 Ke7-/+) 28...Ke7 (28...c5 29.Ra4-/+) 29.d4 f6 (29...Kd6 30.g4-/+) 30.d5 (30.h4 Kd6-/+) 30...Kd6 (30...a4 31.Ra3-/+) 31.Kd4 c5 (31...h5 32.Ra4-/+) 32.Kd3 (32.Ke3 a4-/+) 32...Ke5 (32...a4 33.Ra3-/+) 33.g3 (33.g4 a4 34.Ra3 Kf4-/+) 33...Kd6 (33...a4 34.Ra3-/+) 34.Ra4=+ h5 35.h3 (35.Ke3 Re8 36.Kd3 h4-/+) 35...Rf8 (better 35...Ke5-/+) 36.g4? (better 36.Ra2=+) 36...hg4-+ 37.hg4 Rh8 38.Ke3 (38.Ra1 Rh3 39.Kd2 Ke5-+) 38...Rh1 (38...Ke5 39.Ra1-+) 39.Kf4 (39.Ra2 Ke5 40.Rd2 Rh3 41.Kf2 Ke4-+) 39...Rf1 (39...g5 40.Kf5 Rf1 41.Kg6-+) 40.Ke3 (40.Kg3 Ke5-+) 40...g5 (40...Ke5 41.Ra2 Rf4 42.Rd2 Re4 43.Kf3 Rf4 44.Kg3-+) 41.Ra2 Rb1 (41...Rf4 42.Rb2 Ke5 43.Rb6 Re4 44.Kd3 Rg4 45.Re6 Kf5 46.Ra6 Rg3 47.Kd2-+) 42.Kd3 (42.Rd2-+) 42...Rb3 43.Ke2 Rg3 44.Kf2 Rg4 45.Rb2 Kc7 46.d6 (46.Kf3 f5! 47.ef5 Rc4 48.Rg2 Rf4 49.Ke3 Rf5 50.Ke4 Rf4 51.Ke5-+) 46...Kd6 47.Rb6 Ke5 48.Rb5 (48.Rc6 Kd4-+ (worse 48...Ke4 49.Rc5 Rf4 50.Kg3-+)) 48...Kd4 49.Ra5 (49.e5 Rf4 50.Ke2 Re4 51.Kf2 Kc4 52.Ra5 fe5-+) 49...Re4 (49...Kc4?! 50.Kf3 Rf4 51.Ke3-+) 50.Ra4 (50.Ra1 Kc4 51.Ra7 f5-+) 50...f5 51.Ra8 Kc4 52.Rg8 (52.Ra1 Kd3-+) 52...g4 53.Kg3 (53.Rg5 Re5-+) 53…Re3 (53...Re3 54.Kf2 Ra3-+) 0–1. jaddwarrior (1940) – michelroth (1955), ChessWorld.net, 2014.

7.Bb2 Ne4 8.e3 Bg4 9.Bd3 (9.Bg7 Bf3 10.gf3 Qh4 11.Ke2 Qf2 12.Kd3 Nc5 13.Kc4 Qh4 14.d4 b5 15.Kb5 Rb8 16.Kc4 Na5 17.Kd5 Qd8 18.Ke5 Qg5) 9...Bf3 (9...Nf6 10.0-0=) 10.Qf3+= Qh4? (better is 10...Ng5 11.Qg4 0-0+=) 11.g3+- Ng5 (11...Nd2 12.Nd2 (12.gh4 Nf3 13.Ke2 Nfe5-/+) 12...Qg5 13.Qe4 Kf8 14.0-0+-) 12.Qc6!! (12.gh4?! Nf3 13.Ke2 Nfe5=) 12...bc6 13.gh4 Nf3 (13...Ne6 14.Be4 Kd7 15.Rf1+-) 14.Ke2 Nh4 15.Bg7 Rg8 16.Be4 0-0-0 17.Bf6 Rde8 18.Bh7 Rg2 19.Kf1 Rg4 20.h3 Rg3 21.Bh4 Rf3 22.Ke2 Rfe3 23.de3 Bc5 24.Bf2 Re3 25.Be3 Be3 26.Ke3 c5 27.c4 c6 28.Bf5 Kc7 29.Nc3 a5 30.Rab1 a4 31.Rhd1 a3 32.Rd7 Kc8 33.Rf7 Kd8 34.Rb8 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – NN, jeu.europe–echecs.com, 2013.

7.Bb2 Be6 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.e3 a6 10.Bd3= 0-0 11.0-0 Rad8 12.Qe1 Rfe8 13.Qh4 h6 14.Ne2 Nd5 15.Qg3 Nf6 16.Nfd4 Bd6 17.Nc6+/- bc6 18.Bf6 Bg3? 19.Be7+- Bh2 20.Kh2 Re7 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Ba6 c5 23.Nb3 Re5 24.Bc4 Be6 25.Be6 fe6 26.Rf4 Rh5 27.Kg1 Rdd5 28.a4 e5 29.Rc4 Rg5 30.a5 h5 31.a6 Rd8 32.a7 Ra8 33.Nc5 (33.Nc5 Rg6 34.Rb4+-) 1–0. Lapshun,Yury (2440) – Mattson,Marvin, Canadian op Kapuskasing, 2004.

7.Bb2 Be6 8.e3 Qd6 (better is 8...0-0=+) 9.Bf6 gf6 10.c3 Ba5 11.Qa4 0-0-0 12.Bb5 Bb6 13.Bc6 bc6 (13...Qc6!? 14.Qc6 bc6=) 14.d4 Rhe8 15.0-0 Bg4 16.Nbd2 Re3 17.Nc4 Qf4 18.Nfe5!! Qe4 (18...Re5 19.Rf4) 19.Ng4 Qg4 (19...Rc3 20.Qa6 Kb8+-) 20.Ne3 Rd4 (20...Qe6 21.Rae1 c5+-) 21.cd4 Bd4 22.Kh1 Qd7 23.Rad1 c5 1–0. Trkn – guest1731, ICC, 2004.

7.Bb2 Bf5 8.a3 Be7 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Bg6 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Qe1 (13.Nh4 Ne5=) 13...Rad8 (13...Bc2 14.Bb5-/+) 14.d3 (14.Rc1!?=) 14...Bc5-/+ 15.d4 Bb6 16.Nd1 Bc2 17.Qf2? (17.Bc4 Nd5 18.Qd2 Be4-/+) 17...Ne4 (better is 17...Bd1 18.Rfd1 Ng4-+) 18.Qh4-/+ Nf6 19.Qg5?? (19.Qf2 Bd1 20.Rfd1-+) 19...Bg6 (19...Qe7 20.Bc4 Bd1 21.Rad1 Qe3 22.Qe3 Re3 23.h3-+) 20.Nh4? h6 21.Qg3 Ne4 22.Qe1? Qd6?? 23.Ng6-/+ Qg6 24.Bd3 Rd5 25.Bc4 Rg5?? 26.Bf7+/- Qf7 27.Rf7 Kf7 28.Qf1 Kg8 29.Qf4 Nb8 30.g3 Nd7 31.Rc1 Ndf6 32.Nf2 Nh5 33.Qh4 (33.Qh4 Nf2 34.Kf2+=; 33.Ne4?? Nf4 34.ef4 Rb5-+ (34...Re4?! 35.fg5 Re2 36.Bc3-/+)) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1725) – sgg05 (1720), Active (3/0), 2005.

7.Bb2 Ng4 8.Bg7 Ne3 9.Qc1 Rg8 10.Bc3 Ng2 11.Bg2 Rg2 12.Bb4 Nb4 13.Qb2 Qe7 14.Qh8 Kd7 15.Qd4 Qd6 16.Qe4 Qe6 17.Ne5 Ke8 18.Qg2 Nc2 19.Kd1 (19...Na1 20.Qg8 Ke7 21.Rf1 Qe5 22.Rf7 Kd6 23.Qf8 Kd5 24.Nc3 Kc6 25.Rf6 Be6 26.Qe7 Qf6 27.Qf6+-) 1–0. Milde,Lars – Schulz,Hans_Juergen, TT–04.37 Tigerschachclub, 2002.

7.c3 0-0 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.g3 Bg4 10.Bg2 Rfe8 11.0-0=+ Rad8 12.d4 Bc5=+ 13.Kh1 Qe7 14.Qc2 Bb6 15.Nbd2 Qe3-/+ 16.Rae1 Ba5 17.Nb1 Bh5 18.Nfd2 Bg6 19.Qb2 Bb1 20.Nb1 Nd4 21.cd4 Be1 22.Re1 Qd4 23.Qd4 Rd4 24.Bb7 Rb8 25.Bf3 Rb2 26.Nc3 c5 27.Rc1 Rdd2 28.Kg2 Rdc2 29.Rd1 g6 30.Rd3 c4 31.Re3 Rc1 32.Bd5 Kf8 33.g4 Rbc2=+ 34.Ne4 Re1 35.Kf2+= Rcc1 36.Ra3 Red1 37.Ra5 f5 38.Nf6+/- Ke7 39.g5 Kd6 40.Ra7 Ke5 41.Re7+- Kd4 42.Bg2 c3+/- 43.Rd7 Ke5 44.Rc7 h5 45.Ke3 f4 46.Kf2 c2 47.h4 Rd4 48.Rc5 ½–½. Trokenheim,Marek – Gyger,Werner, corr TKM–A002, 2000.

7.c3 Bd6 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Nd4 Be2 13.Ne2 Rad8 14.Nd4 Nd4 15.cd4 c5 16.dc5 Qc5 17.Qb3 Qe5 18.Na3 Re7 19.Nc4 Qd5 20.Rad1 b5 21.Na5 Qb3 22.Nb3 Nd5 23.Nd4 Rb7 24.Rc1 Ne7 25.Rc5 a6 26.Rfc1 g6 27.Re5 Rdd7 28.Nb3 Rd5 29.Rd5 Nd5 30.Rc8 Kg7 31.Nc5 Rc7 32.Rc7 Nc7 33.e4 Kf6 34.Kf2 a5 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.g4 b4 37.Kd4 Nb5 38.Kd5 Na3 39.Nb3 a4 40.Nc5 b3? 41.ab3+- ab3 42.Nb3 Nc2 43.Nd4 Nb4 44.Kc4 Na6 45.Kb5 Nc7 46.Kc6 Na6? 47.Nc2 Nb8 48.Kd5 Nd7 49.g5 f6 50.h4 Ne5 51.Nd4 Ng4 52.Nf3 fg5 53.hg5 h6 54.gh6 Nh6 55.e5 Nf7 56.Nh4 g5 57.Nf5 Kf8 58.e6 Nh8 59.Kd6 Ng6 60.d4 g4 61.Kd7 g3 62.Ng3 Ne7 63.Nh5 Nd5 64.Kd8 Ne7 65.Kd7 Nd5 66.Kd6 Ne7 67.d5 Nf5 68.Kd7 Ne7 69.d6 (69.d6 Kg8 70.de7 Kh7 71.e8Q Kh6 72.e7 Kg5 73.Qg8 Kf5 74.Qe6 Kg5 75.Qe5 Kh6 76.e8Q Kh7 77.Qg7) 1–0. Streit,Bodo – Duben,Gerhard, Mecklenburg VP LL2, 2007.

7.Bc3 Bc5 8.e3 0-0 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bc5).

7.Bc3 Qd6 8.e3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bc3 10.Nc3 0-0-0 11.Bc6 Qc6 (worse 11...bc6 12.Qe2+=) 12.0-0 Rhe8 13.Qe1 Qd7 14.d4 (14.Nd4=) 14...Qc6 (better 14...Bf3!? 15.Rf3 Qc6=) 15.Ne5+= Qe6 16.Rb1 (16.Qg3 Bh5 17.Nb5 Be2 18.Qg7 A) worse 18...Bf1 19.Rf1 (19.Na7 Kb8 20.Rf1 Nd7-/+) 19...Qb6 20.Na7 (20.Rf6?! Qb5 21.Qg4 Kb8=) 20...Qa7 21.Qf6+- (worse 21.Rf6 Re5 22.Qg4 Re6 23.Re6 fe6 24.Qe6 Kb8-+); B) 18...Nd7 19.Na7 Kb8 20.Nac6 bc6 21.Rf7 Ne5 22.de5 Qe5 23.Qe5 Re5 24.Rh7 Re3=+) 16...Bh5 (16...Re7 A) 17.Ng4 Ng4 (worse 17...Qg4 18.Nb5=) 18.Nb5 Kb8-/+; B) 17.Nb5 Kb8 B1) 18.Ng4 Ng4 (18...Qg4?! 19.Qa5 a6 20.Nc3=) 19.a3 a6-+; B2) 18.Qb4+-) 17.Nb5 a6?? (better 17...Kb8+=) 18.Na7+- Kb8 19.Nac6 Ka8 20.Rb7!! (20.Nd8?! Rd8 21.Qa5 Ne8+-) 20...Kb7 (20...Kb7 21.Nd8 Double attack) 21.Qb4 Ka8 22.Rb1 Qa2 (22...Qc8 23.Qc5 Qb7 24.Rb7 Kb7 25.Qa7 Kc8 26.Qa6) 23.Qb7 1–0. pierred – vhilts, net–chess.com, 2017.

7.Bc3 Ne4 8.Bg7 (8.e3 Nc3 9.Nc3 Bc3 10.dc3 Qf6-/+) 8...Rg8 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.c3?? (better 10.g3 Qd6 11.Bg2-+) 10...Bf3-+ 11.ef3 Qh4 12.g3 (12.Ke2 0-0-0 13.Qc1 Rg2 14.Kd1 Nf2 15.Kc2 A) 15...Nh1?! 16.Bg2 Nf2 17.Bf1-+ (17.cb4?? Qc4 18.Bc3 Nd4 19.Kb2 Nd3 20.Ka3 Qa6); B) 15...Qf4 16.cb4 Nh1-+) 12...Ng3 13.hg3 Qh1 14.Qe2 (14.cb4 0-0-0 15.d4 Qg1-+) 14...Kf8 15.Qg2 (15.Qf2 Ne5 16.Kd1 Nd3-+) 15...Re8 16.Kd1 Qg2 17.Bg2 Rg3 18.cb4 Rg2 19.b5 0–1. Pierre – Mascarone, internet, 2020.

7.Bc3 Qe7 8.a3 Bc5 9.e3 0-0 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Bc4 Rae8 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Bb2 b5 15.Bd3 Nh5 16.Qf2 Nf4 17.Bg7! Kg7 18.Qg3 f5 19.Qf4 Bd6 20.Qg5 Qg5 21.Ng5 Be5 (21...h6 22.Nf3 f4 23.ef4 Rf4 24.Nc3) 22.c3 (22.Ra2 h6 23.Nf3 Bf3 24.Rf3 f4) 22...h6 23.Nf3 Bf3 24.Rf3 f4 25.a4!? (25.Be2 fe3 26.de3+=) 25...fe3 (25...Nb4 26.Be2 fe3 27.de3 Rf3 28.gf3 Nc2 29.Ra2 Ne3 30.ab5 ab5 31.Bb5+=) 26.de3 (26.Re3 b4 27.Ba6 bc3 28.Nc3 (28.dc3? Bh2!) 28...Bd4) 26...b4 27.Ba6 bc3 28.Na3 c2 29.Rc1 Nb4 30.Be2 Bb2 31.Rc2 Nc2 (31...Ba3? 32.Rc7 Kg6 33.Rc3+-) 32.Nc2 Ra8 33.Bb5 c5 34.Kf1 Rad8 (34...Rfd8 35.e4+=) 35.Ne1 Rf3 36.Nf3 Bc3 (36...Rd1 37.Ke2 Ra1) 37.Ke2 Kf7 38.g4 Ke7 39.h4 Rg8 40.g5 hg5 41.hg5 Ra8 (41...Kd6! 42.Kd3 Rf8 43.Nh4 (43.Kc3?! Rf3 44.g6 Re3 45.Bd3 Rg3=) 43...Be1 44.Ng2 Bg3+=) 42.Kd3 Bg7 43.Kc4 Rc8 (43...Kd6 44.Nh4 Bb2 45.e4+-) 44.a5 Bb2 (44...Kd6!) 45.a6 Bc1 46.e4 Rf8 (46...Kd6) 47.Nh4 Ke6? (47...Ra8 48.g6 Kf6) 48.g6 Rc8 49.a7! Ra8 50.g7 Kf7 51.Nf5 Ra7 52.Bc6 Kg8 53.Bd5 Rf7 54.e5 ½–½. Kucharkowski,Jens – Gross,Gerald, corr email KMG–49, 2000.

7.Bc3 Qe7 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nbd5 10.e3 0-0 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.0-0 Rad8 13.h3 Bc8 14.a4 Nb4 15.Bc4 Bf5 16.Na3 h6 17.Qc1 Rfe8 18.Qb2 a5 19.Qb3 Ne4 20.d3? (20.Nd4 Nd2 21.Nf5 Qf6 22.Ne7 Qe7 (22...Re7?! 23.Rf6 Nb3 24.Rf7 Rf7 25.cb3=) 23.Rf7 Qg5 (23...Qe3?? 24.Qe3 Re3 25.Rd7 Nc4 26.Rd8 Kh7 27.Nc4+-) 24.Rc7 Kh7-+) 20...Nd6?? (better is 20...Nc5 21.Bf7 Kh7=) 21.e4= Nc4 22.Qc4 Bd7 23.Nb5 c6 24.Nbd4 c5 25.Nb5 Bb5 26.ab5 b6 27.Rf2 Qe6 28.Nd2 Qd7 29.Raf1 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (1910) – Morcin,Tom (1845), OP–2010-0-01186, 2010.

7.Bc3 Qe7 8.Bb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nbd5 10.e3 Bg4 11.Bd3 0-0 12.0-0 Rad8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qc1 c5 15.Qe1 a6 16.Qh4 b5 17.e4 (17.Bf5 Bf3 18.Rf3 Qe5=+) 17…c4-/+ (17...c4 18.Bc4 Qc5 19.d4 Qc4 20.ed5 Qc2-/+) 0-1. marekt (2210) - mislin (2360), gameknot.com, 2018.

7.Bc3 Bf5 8.e3 Qe7 9.Bb4 (better 9.Bb5!?=+) 9...Nb4-+ 10.Nd4 Bg6 (10...Bg4 11.Be2 c5 12.Nf3-/+) 11.a3 Nbd5 (11...c5 12.Bb5 Kf8 13.ab4 cd4 14.0-0-/+) 12.Bb5 Nd7 (12...Kf8 13.0-0=+) 13.Bd7 Qd7 (worse 13...Kd7 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3=) 14.0-0 0-0-0 15.c4 Ne3 16.de3 c5 17.Nc3 cd4 18.Qd4 Qd4 19.ed4 Rd4 20.Nb5 Rc4?? (better 20...Rd2 21.Na7 Kc7 22.Nb5 Kc6-/+) 21.Nd6+- (21.Nd6 Kb8 22.Nc4+-) 1-0. B4_My_Life (2110) - foytik (2015), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nc3? Ne5-+ 8.Ne5 Qd4 9.Nf3-/+ Qb6 10.Na4 Qa5 11.Nb2-/+.

7.Nc3? Ne5-+ 8.Ne5 Qd4 9.Nf3-/+ Qb6 10.Nb1? Ng4-+ 11.e3 (11.Qc1 Bd2! 12.Qd2-+) 11...Ne3 12.Qe2 (12.Qc1 Bf5 13.c3 Nc2 14.Kd1 Na1 15.cb4 Qb4-+) 12...0-0 13.c3 Nc2 (13...Nc2 14.Kd1 Na1 15.cb4 Qb4-+) 0-1. timedelay22 - tflk (1765), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Nc3? Ne5-+ 8.Ne5 Qe7!? 9.Nf3-+.

7.e3 0-0 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6).

7.g3 Ne5 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.Nc4-/+ Ne4 10.Nd6 Qd6 11.e3 Qf6 12.Bb5 c6 13.Rf1 Qa1 14.Bc4 0-0 15.c3 Be6 16.Bd3 Nc5 17.Bc2 Bc4 (17...Bc4 18.d3 Rad8-+) 0–1. Baj,Miroslaw – Krasny,Henryk Jan, corr or01–002 E–mail, 2001.

7.Bg3 0-0 8.c3 Ba5 9.e3 Ne4 10.Be2 Bb6 (10...Ng3!? 11.hg3 Qd6-/+) 11.Bh4=+ Qd6 12.0-0 Bg4 13.d4 (13.Qc2 Rae8 14.Bd3 f5=+) 13...Rae8 (13...Qh6 14.Qd3 Rfe8 15.Be1-/+) 14.Bd3 Qg6 (14...Qe6 15.Qc1=+) 15.Qc2 (15.Nbd2!? Bf5 16.Qc1=+) 15...f5 (15...Qh6 16.Qc1-/+) 16.a4 (16.Nbd2 Qh6 17.Bf2 Nf2 18.Rf2 Re3=+) 16...Qh5 (16...Qh6 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.Bb5-/+) 17.Be1 (17.a5 Na5 18.Ra5 Ba5 19.Qa2 Kh8 20.Qa5 Bf3 21.gf3 Qh4 22.fe4 fe4-+) 17...a6 (17...Qh6!?-/+) 18.a5= Na5 19.Ra5 (19.c4 Nc6 20.c5 Ba7=) 19...Ba5 20.Qa2 Kh8 21.Qa5 Rf6?? (better 21...Qh6!? 22.Kh1 Qe3-/+) 22.Be4 (22.Qc7 Qh6 23.Qf4 Qf4 24.ef4 Bf3 25.Rf3 b5+/-) 22...Re4? (better 22...b6!? 23.Qa1 fe4=) 23.Ne5 Rh6? (23...b5!?+/-) 24.Bg3 (24.h3 Be2 25.Qc7 Re6 26.Rf5 Qe8+-) 24...Re3? (24...Rb6 25.h3 (25.Ng4?! Qg4 26.Nd2 Re8+-) 25...Be2 26.Qd5 Re5 27.Be5+-) 25.Qc7 (better 25.Qd5!? Re5 26.Be5 Qe8 27.Qb7 Re6+-) 25...Re6 26.Nd2 (26.Qb7 Qe8+-) 26...h6 (26...b5 27.Bf4 Re2 28.h3 (28.Ng4?! Qg4 29.Rf2 h6+=) 28...Rg2 29.Kg2 Bh3 30.Kg1 Bf1 31.Nf1+-) 27.Ndf3 (better 27.d5!? f4 28.Ng4 fg3 29.de6 Qg4 30.hg3 Qe6 31.Qb7+-) 27...Bf3+/- 28.Nf3 Qg6? (better 28...Re7 29.Qc8 Qe8+/-) 29.Be5 (29.Qb7?! Rc3 30.Be5 Rc2+-) 29...Re2 (29...Kh7 30.Nh4 Qg4 31.Nf5+-) 30.g3 (30.Nh4 Qh7 31.Nf5 R6e5 32.de5 Qg6 33.Qb7 Kh7+-) 30...f4? (30...Kg8 31.d5 Re8+-) 31.Nh4 (31.Qb7?! fg3 32.Bg3 Qd3+/-; 31.Bf4?! Re7 32.Qc8 Kh7+-) 31...Qe4 (31...Qh7 32.Qf7 R6e5 33.Ng6 Qg6 34.Qg6 Re6+-) 32.Qg7 1-0. mansurfisher (2190) - Jupo (2195), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bg3 0-0 8.c3 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.d4 Bf5 11.g3 (11.Nbd2 Rfe8-/+) 11...Nd5 12.Qc1 Rfe8 13.Nh4 Bg4 14.Nd2 Ne3 15.Nhf3 (15.Ndf3 g5! 16.Ng5 Qe7-+ (16...Nf1?! 17.Kf1 Re2 18.Qf4 Qf4 19.gf4=)) 15...Qe6 16.Kf2 Bf5 17.Ng5 Ng4 18.Kg2 Qe3 19.Nh3 Re6 (better 19...Na5-+) 20.Nf3 Rae8 21.Qe3 (21.Qb2 Rh6 22.Qc1 Qc1 23.Rc1 Ne3 24.Kf2 Bh3 (24...Rh3?! 25.Bh3 Bh3 26.Rhe1-+) 25.Bh3 Rh3-+) 21...Ne3 22.Kf2 Nf1 23.Nf4 Re4?? (better 23...Ne3 24.Ne6 Re6-+) 24.Rhf1= g5?? (better 24...R4e7=) 25.Ng5+- Re3 26.Nf3 (26.Nd5 Re2 27.Kg1 Bg6 28.Nf6 Kg7 29.Ne8 Re8+-) 26...Bg4 (better 26...R3e7+/-) 27.Rae1 (27.Ne5 R3e5 28.de5 Ne5+-) 27...Bf3? (better 27...Rc3 28.Nd5 Re2 29.Ke2 Nd4 30.Kd2 Rf3 31.Nc7 Be6+=) 28.ef3+- Re1 29.Re1 Re1 30.Ke1 a5? (30...Na5 31.Nd5 c6 32.Ne3+-) 31.Kd2 (31.Nd5 a4+-) 31...a4 (31...Ne7 32.c4+-) 32.Kd3 (32.Nd5 Na5+-) 32...Na5 (32...Na7 33.Kc4+-) 33.Nd5 a3?! (33...c5+-) 34.Nc7 Nb3 35.Nd5 (35.Nb5 Nc1 36.Kd2 Nb3 37.Ke3 Na5 38.Na3 Nc6+-) 35...Nc1 (35...Kf8 36.Nb4 (36.ab3?? a2-+) 36...Na5 37.Nc2+-) 36.Kc2 Na2 (36...Ne2 37.Kd2 Ng1 38.Ke3+-) 37.Kb3 (better 37.c4 Kf8+-) 37...Nc1 38.Ka3 Ne2 0-1. mansurfisher (2210) - Jupo (2185), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bg3 Ne4 8.c3 Ng3 9.hg3 Bd6 10.Kf2 Ne5 11.d4 Ng4 12.Kg1 Bg3 13.Rh5 g6 14.Rh3 Bf4 15.Nfd2 Ne3 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Qa5 Bh3 18.gh3 Qh4 19.Ne4 Nf1 20.Qb5 c6 21.Qb7 Be3 22.Kg2 Qe4 23.Kf1 Qh1 0–1. pukism (1740) – bolaf (1920), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bg3 Bg4 8.c3 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.d4 0-0 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.h3 Qg3 0-1. flackzoli (2065) - gc610 (2045), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bg3 Bg4 8.c3 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.e3 0-0-0 11.Be2 h5 12.d4? (12.0-0!?+=) 12...Qe6 13.Qd2 Rhe8 14.Kf2?? (better is 14.Bb5-/+) 14...Ne4-+ 15.Ke1 (15.Kf1 Nd2 16.Nbd2 Qe3-+) 15…Nd2 (15...Nd2 16.Nfd2 Qe3-+) 0–1. Dubleumortier,Alain (1745) – McAndrew,Harry (1640), IECG, 2006.

7.Bg3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.c3 Bd6 10.Bf2 Ne4 11.Be3?? Bg3 12.Bf2 Bf2# 0–1. NN – Meybohm,Dirk, 1991.

8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 Re8 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Ba5 Na5 12.Bb5 c6 13.Bd3 Nc5 14.Be2 Qf6 15.Nc3 Re3 16.de3 Qc3 17.Kf1 Be6 18.Qe1 Qf6 19.Kg1 Nc4 20.Bc4 Bc4 21.h4 Re8 22.h5 Bd5 23.Rh3 Ne6 24.Qc1 b6 25.a4 Ng5 26.Ng5 Qg5 The isolani on e3 becomes a target 27.Qd2 Re4 28.h6 Rg4 29.Rh2 gh6 30.a5 Qe5 31.Rf1 ba5 32.Rf4 f5 33.Kf2 Qg7 34.Rf5 a4 35.g3 a3= 36.Qa5 Qe7 37.Rh6 Rc4 38.c3 Re4 39.Rd5 cd5 40.Qd5 Kh8 41.Ra6 Kg7 42.c4 Qf8 43.Ke2 Qe7 44.Qd3 Qb7 45.Ra3 Re5 46.Kf2 Qf7 47.Kg1 a5 48.Qd4 Qc7 49.Rb3 Kf7 50.Qf4 Kg6 51.Rb5 Rc5 52.Qg4 Kf7 53.Qf3 Kg6 54.Rb7 Qe5 55.Qg4 Kf6 56.Qg7 (56.Qg7 Kf5 57.g4 Ke4 58.Re7+-) 1–0. Ottenweller,Wolfgang (1970) – Piech,Jacek, IECG, 2004.

8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 Re8 10.Nc3 Nd5 11.Nd5 Qd5 12.Qe2 Rb8 (12...Bg4 13.0-0-0-/+) 13.Qd3 Qc5 14.Kf2 b5 15.Bd4 Qe7 16.c3 Nd4 17.ed4 Qd6 18.Re1 Re1 19.Ke1 Bd7 20.Be2 f6 21.Kf2 Bb6 22.Re1 c5 23.Bd1 cd4 24.cd4 a5 (24...Kh8 25.Qe3-/+) 25.Bb3+= Kh8 26.Re3 a4 27.Ba2 b4 28.ab4 Qb4 29.Qc4 Qc4 30.Bc4 Rd8 (30...Bc7 31.Re7 Rd8 32.Rf7-/+) 31.Ke2 (31.Re7 Bc7-/+) 31...Bc7-/+ 32.Kd3 Bd6 33.Be6 Be8 34.Kc3 Rb8 35.g3 (35.Re1 a3-/+) 35...a3 36.Re1 (36.Ne1 Bb4 37.Kc2 Ba4 38.Kc1 a2 39.Ba2 Rc8 40.Kb2 Bd2-/+) 36...Bg6-+ 37.Ba2 (37.Ra1!? Bb1 38.Bb3-+) 37...Bb4 38.Kc4 Bh5 39.Rf1 (39.Nh4 Bd2 40.Re7 Bg4-+) 39...Ba5 40.Kd3 Rb2 41.Bd5 a2 42.Ra1 Bg6 43.Ke2 Bb1 44.g4 (44.h4 h5-+) 44...g5 45.h3 (45.Kd1 Bb4 46.Kc1 Ba3-+) 45...Kg7 46.Kd1 (46.Bc4 Kf8-+) 46...Bb4 47.Kc1 Ba3 48.Kd1 h6 49.Be6 Kf8 50.Bc4 Ke7 51.Ke2 Kd6 52.Ke3 Kc6 53.Ke2 Kb6 54.Ne1 (54.Kd1 Bb4-+) 54...Bb4 55.Nf3 Ka5 56.Kd1 (56.Ke3 Bd6-+) 56...Ka4 57.Ke2 Ka3 58.Bd5 (58.h4 gh4 59.Ke3 Ka4-+) 58...Rc2 59.Ba2 Ba2 60.Rd1 0–1. marekt (2180) – drongo19 (2040), gameknot.com, 2015.

8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 Re8 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Bc4 -/+.

8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 Re8 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Be2 Qe7 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Bd3 Bb6 (13...Ne5 14.Bb5 c6 15.Be2 Bf3 16.gf3 Bc3 17.Bc3-+) 14.Qe1 a6 15.Na4 Ba7 16.Qh4 Bf3 17.Bf6 (worse is 17.gf3 Ne5 18.Be5 Qe5+=) 17...Qf6 18.Qf6 gf6 19.Rf3 Ne5 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Nb2 Rg8 22.Rg8 Rg8 23.Kf1 c6 24.Be4 Rd8 25.Ke2 Kg7 26.Rb1 b5 27.d4 f5 28.Bf5 Nd7 29.Nd3 Nb6 30.Ne5 Rd6 31.Be4 Nd5 32.Rf1 Nc3 33.Kd3 Ne4? (33...f6 34.Nc6 Ne4 35.Na7 Nc5 36.Ke2 Na4+-) 34.Rf7 (34.Ke4?! f6 35.Nf3 Bb8+-) 34...Kg8 35.Ke4 Bb8 36.Re7 Rf6 (36...Rd8 37.Nc6 Bd6+-) 37.Re8 Rf8 (37...Kg7 38.Rb8 Rf2 39.Rb7 Kf8 40.Rh7 Rg2 41.c4+-) 38.Rf8 (38.Rf8 Kf8 39.Nd7 Ke7 40.Nb8+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1990) – NN, Active, 2004.

8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 Re8 10.Bc4? Re3-+ 11.Kf2 (11.Be2 Bf5-+) 11...Re8 (better 11...Re4 12.Be2 Bb6 13.Kf1 Re8-+) 12.d3?? (better 12.Re1 Re1 13.Ke1-+) 12...Bb6 (better 12...Ng4!? 13.Kg1 Qe7 14.Bc1 Bb6 15.Kf1-+) 13.d4 Bg4 (13...Ng4 14.Kg1 Ne3 15.Qd3 Nc4 16.Qc4 Nd4 17.Bd4 Bd4 18.Qd4 Qd4 19.Nd4 Re1 20.Kf2 Rh1 21.Kg3-+) 14.Qd3? (14.c3-+) 14...Bf3 15.Qf3 (15.gf3 Nd4 16.Kf1-+) 15...Bd4 16.Bd4 (16.Kf1 Bb2 17.Ra2-+) 16...Qd4 17.Kg3 Ne4 18.Kh3 Ng5 (18...Ng5 19.Kg3 Nf3 20.gf3 Qa1-+) 0–1. Goldmund,Heike – Payzansky,Aleksey (1665), FICGS, 2014.

8.a3 Ba5 9.g3 Re8 (9...Nd5 10.c3-/+) 10.c3 (10.Bg2!?-/+) 10...Bg4 11.Bg2 Qe7 (11...Qd3 12.Kf1 Qb5 13.Bc1-+) 12.e3 Ne5 (12...Rad8 13.0-0-/+) 13.0-0=+ Nd3 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.Nd4 (15.c4 Nb2 16.Qb2 c5-/+) 15...Nb2 16.Qb2 c5 17.Nf3 Bb6 (17...Ne4 18.Qc2-/+) 18.a4=+ Qc7 (18...c4 19.a5 Bc5 20.Nd4=) 19.Na3 c4 (19...Qc8 20.Nc4=+) 20.Nb5 (20.a5 Bc5 21.Nc4 Be6+=) 20...Qc5 (20...Qd7 21.a5 Bc5 22.Nfd4=) 21.Nbd4 (21.a5 a6 22.Nbd4 Ba5 23.Qb7 Rd6=) 21...Ne4 22.Qb5 (22.a5 Ba5 23.Qb7 Bb6=+) 22...a6 (better 22...Bf3!? 23.Qc5 Bc5 (23...Nc5?! 24.Bf3 Ne4 25.Be4 Re4 26.a5 Bd4 27.cd4=) 24.Rf3 Nd2-/+) 23.Qb2=+ Rd6 (23...Qa5 24.Rab1 Rd6 25.Qc2=+) 24.Rab1 (24.a5 Ba5 25.Qb7 Qb6 26.Qb6 Bb6 27.Ra6 Bd4 28.Rd6 Be3 29.de3 Nd6=+) 24...Rh6 (24...Qc7 25.Nh4 g6 26.Rf4=) 25.Nh4= Ng5 (better 25...Qd5!?=) 26.Nhf5+- Rf6? (better 26...Rg6 27.Bb7 Qc7+=) 27.Nh4?? (better 27.Ng7 Rf1 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.Qb6+-) 27...Rf1 (27...Rh6 28.Bb7 Bd8 29.Qb4+-) 28.Rf1 (28.Kf1 Bc7 29.Qb7+-) 28...Bc7 (better 28...Qa5!?=) 29.Qb7+- (29.Bb7 Rb8 30.Rb1 Bc8 31.Bc8 Rb2 32.Rb2 Qa3-+) 29...Nh3 (29...Bc8!? 30.Qd5 Bb6+-) 30.Kh1+- Rb8 (better 30...Ng5+-) 31.Qd5?? (better 31.Qa6 Bd7 32.Nhf5+-) 31...Qe7?? (better 31...Nf2! 32.Kg1 Nh3 33.Kh1 Nf2 34.Kg1 Nh3 35.Kh1=) 32.Qc4 (32.Qc4 Qd7 33.Bc6+-) 1–0. jaddwarrior (2030) – fmnieto1 (2015), ChessWorld.net, 2015.

8.a3 Bc5 9.Nc3 Ng4 10.Ne4 Bb6 11.d4?? Bf5-+ 12.Ng3 Ne3 13.Qd2 Nc2 14.Kf2 Na1 15.Nf5 Nb3 16.Qc3 Bd4?? 17.N3d4 Nbd4 18.Nd4 Qd4 19.Qd4 Nd4 20.Bd4 Rad8 21.e3 b6 22.Be2 c5 23.Bc3 Rfe8 24.h4 Re4 25.g3 Rde8 26.Bb5= Rd8 27.Kf3 Re6 28.Rf1 c4 29.Bd4+/- Red6 30.Bc4 Rc8 Black fights for the Initiative 31.Bb3 Rd4+= 32.Bf7 Kf7 33.ed4 Ke6 34.Ke4 Rc3 35.d5 Kd6-/+ 36.Rf7 Rg3 37.Ra7 Rg4 38.Kf5 Rh4 39.Rb7 Kd5 40.Rb6 Ra4 41.Rb3 Ra7 42.Rh3 h6 43.Kg6 Kc4 44.Kh7 Kb5 45.Kg6 Ka4 46.Kh7 Rb7 47.Kg6 Rb3 48.Rh4= Ka3 49.Kg7 Rb6 50.Rh6 Rh6 51.Kh6 ½–½. Plock,Joerg – Schulz,Ronald, Neubrandenburg op–C, 1999.

8.a3 Bd6 9.e3 Ng4 10.Be2? (10.Bd3) 10...Bh2 11.c4? Bg3 12.Kf1 Nf2 0–1. Houthuijzen,A – Bendig,Frank, email KMG–50, 2001.

8.a3 Bd6 9.g3 Re8 10.e3 Be5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Bg2 c6 13.0-0= Nfd7 14.Qh5 f6 15.Rf4 Nf8 16.Rd4 Bd7 17.Nc3 Qc7 18.Rf1 Re6 19.Ne4+= Be8 20.Qe2 Ned7 21.Bh3 Re7 22.Nd6 Rd8 23.Nf5+/- Rf7 24.Bg2 Ne6 25.Rd6 Nef8 26.Qg4 Ng6 27.Qb4 Nb6 28.Rd8 Qd8 29.Qa5 Qb8 30.Bd4 Nc8?? 31.Qd8+- Qc7 32.Qe8 Rf8 33.Qe6 Kh8 34.Ng7! Qd6 35.Rf6 (35.Rf6 Rf6 36.Bf6 Qe6 37.Ne6 Kg8 38.Bd4+-) 1–0. Vettenburg,Louis – Hasler,Ulrich, corr, 2000.

8.a3 Be7 9.e3 +=.

8.c3 Be7 9.e3=+ a6 10.Na3 Be6 11.Be2=+ Qc8 12.0-0= Nd8 13.d3 c5 14.d4 c4 15.Nd2= b5 16.e4 Bg4 17.Nc2 (17.Nc2 Be2 18.Qe2=; 17.Bg4 Ng4 18.Qf3 Bg5=). Sternik,Ryszard – Icic,Mladen, corr KMG–31, 1994.

8.Nc3 Bc3 9.Bc3 Ne4 10.e3 Nc3 11.dc3 Qf6 12.Qd3 Bg4 13.Be2 Bf3 14.Bf3 Rad8 15.Qc4 Ne5 16.Qe4 Nf3 17.gf3 Rfe8 18.Qg4 Qc3 19.Kf2 Qe3 20.Kg3 Rd4 21.Qf5 g6 22.Qh3 Qe5 23.Kf2 Rd2 24.Kg1 Qd4 25.Kf1 Qa1 0–1. alleyb (1730) – varcany (2115), gameknot.com, 2014.

8.e3 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2).

8.g3 Re8 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.a3 Bc3 12.Bc3 Nd5 13.Bb2 Rad8 14.0-0 Ne3 (15.de3 Rd1 16.Rad1 Qe3 17.Rf2 Qb6-+) 0–1. Abril,Eduardo – Valles,David, Huesca–SMA, 2002.

8.g3 Ng4 9.Bc3 Bc5 10.e3 Qd5 11.Bg2 Bf5 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Nd4+/- Be4?? 14.Be4 Qe4-+ 15.Rf4? Ne3! 16.Qe2 Nd4 17.Bd4 Qc2 18.Qe3?? Rfe8 19.Qc3?? Qd1 20.Kg2 Qe2 21.Bf2=+ Bd6 22.Rh4 Be5-+ 23.d4 Bf6 24.Rf4= c5 25.Qc5+/- Qb2 26.Qc3 (26.Qc3 Re2 27.Qb2 Rb2 28.Kf1+/-) 1–0. spblex (2410) – sisterofmercy (2470), net–chess.com, 2009.

8.e3= Qe7 9.Bc3 Nd5 10.Bb4 Qb4 11.Qc1=+.

8.e3= Qe7 9.Bc3 Bd6 10.Be2 Ne4 11.0-0 (< 11.Bg7 Rg8 12.Bb2 Rg2-+) 11...0-0 12.Bb2 Rad8 13.d3 (13.Nc3 Bf5=) 13...Ng5 14.e4 f5 15.Nc3 Nf3 16.Bf3 Qe5 17.Rb1?? (better is 17.g3-/+) 17...Qh2-+ 18.Kf2 Bg3 19.Ke2 Nd4 20.Kd2 (20.Ke3 Qh6 21.Kd4 Be5 22.Kc4 Qe6 23.Nd5 Qc6 24.Kb4 Qb5 25.Ka3 Qa4) 20…Qh6 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Steiner,Peter_Markus, corr TT ICCF, 2003.

8.e3 Qe7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Rad8 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qc1 Rfe8 14.Nd1?! Bg4 15.h3? (15.d3 Bf3 16.Bf3 Bb6 17.Bc6 bc6 18.d4) 15...Bf3 16.Bf3 Bd2 17.Qb1 Be3 18.Ne3 Qe3-+ 19.Kh1 Ne4 20.Be4 Qe4 21.Qa2 Qg6 22.Rf4 h5 (22...Rd2? 23.Rg4 Qc2 24.Rg7 Kf8 (24...Kh8 25.Rf7 Kg8 26.Rf5) 25.Qf7) 23.Raf1 Re7 24.Qb3 b5 25.R1f3 Qd6 26.Qc3 f6 27.Qb3 (27.Rf6 gf6 28.Rf6 Qd1 29.Kh2 Qd6 30.Kh1 Qd1) 27...Qe6 28.Qc3 Qe1 29.Qe1 Re1 30.Kh2 Ne5 31.Be5 Re5 32.Rg3 Kf7 33.c4 c5 34.cb5 ab5 35.Rc3 c4 36.a4 (36...ba4 37.Rcc4 (37.Rfc4 Ra5 38.Ra3 Rda8) 37...a3 38.Ra4 Rd3 39.Rf2 Ree3 40.Ra2unclear) ½–½. Plock – Schuermann, Magdeburg blitz 1995.

8.e3= Qe7 9.Be2 0-0=.

8.a3 Ba5 9.Bc3 Bg4 10.e3 0-1. Van Rooijen,Peter (1795) - Cuttica,Gerardo Axel, IECC Swiss email, 2003.

8.a3 Ba5 9.Bc3 Bb6 10.e3= 0-0 11.Bb5 (11.Bd3 Re8=). Van Rooijen,Peter (1780) – Baer,Werner (1830), TT–08.44 TSC, 2003.

8.a3 Ba5 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.e3 0-0-0 11.Be2 Rhe8 12.0-0 Bb6 13.Qe1 h5 14.h3 Bf5 15.Rc1 Bg6 16.Bb5 Qd6 17.Qh4 a6 18.Bc6 Qc6 19.Nb1 Rd5 20.Bd4 Ra5 (20...Bc2? 21.Bb6 cb6 22.Nc3 Rd2 23.Nd2 Qc3 24.Nc4+-) 21.Bb6 Qb6 22.Qd4 Qd4 23.Nd4 Kb8 24.Rce1 Ne4 25.d3 Nd6 26.e4 f6 27.Nb3 Rae5 28.Nc3 Bf7 29.Rb1 b6 30.Nd4 Kb7 31.Nb3 Rg5 32.Nd4 Rge5 33.Nb3 c5 34.Nd2 Kc6 35.a4 R5e7 36.Rb2 Rb8 37.Rfb1 Ree8 38.Nd5 b5 39.ab5 ab5 40.c4 b4 41.Ra1 Ra8 42.Rba2 Ra2 43.Ra2 Bd5 44.ed5 Kb6 45.Kf2 Nf7 46.Nb3 Ne5 47.Rd2 Rc8 48.Ke3 Re8 49.Kf2 Rc8 50.Ke2 Re8 51.Kd1 Nd7 52.Re2 Re5 53.Re5 fe5 54.Ke2 g6 55.Kf3 Nf6 56.h4 Nd7 57.g4 Kc7 58.gh5 gh5 59.Ke4 Kd6 60.Kf5 Nb6 61.Nd2 Nd5 62.cd5 Kd5 63.Nb3 c4 64.dc4 Kc4 65.Nc1 Kd4 66.Kg5 Kc3 67.Na2 Kb3 68.Nb4 Kb4 69.Kf5 Kc4 70.Ke5 Kc5 71.Kf5 Kd5 72.Kg5 Ke6 73.Kh5 Kf7 74.Kg5 Kg7 75.h5 Kh7 76.h6 Kh8 77.Kg6 Kg8 78.h7 Kh8 79.Kh6 ½–½. Groth,Klaus Ulrich – Grabner,Helmut, EU/M28 corr ICCF, 1993.

8.a3=+ Ba5 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.e3 0-0-0 11.Qe2 Rhe8 12.h3 Bf3 13.gf3 Bc3?? 14.Bc3= Nd5 15.Rg1? Nc3-+ 16.dc3 Qh4 17.Qf2 Re3 (17...Re3 18.Be2 Re2 19.Ke2 Rd2 20.Kd2 Qf2 21.Kd3 Qf3 22.Kd2 Ne5-+; 17...Qf6 18.Bd3 Qc3 19.Ke2 Nd4 20.Kf1 Qa1 21.Kg2-+) 0–1. Zimmermann,Joerg (1655) – Baer,Werner (1945), TT–09.31 ETC, 2003.

8.a3 Bd6 9.Bf6 (9.e3 0-0=+) 9...Qf6 (worse 9...gf6 10.e3=) 10.Nc3 Be5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.e3 0-0 13.Be2 Rd8 14.Rb1 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Bf1 Qf5 17.e4 Nf3 (better 17...Qf3 18.Rg1 Qf6-/+) 18.Kf2+= Qc5 19.Kf3 Qg5 20.Qe1?? (20.Ne2 Rd2 21.Qc1 Bg4 22.Kf2=+) 20...Rd2 21.Ne2 Bg4 (21...Bg4 22.Kg2 Qe3-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg (2120) – Leisebein,Peter (2425), remoteschach.de, 2003.

8.c3 Bc5 9.d4 (9.e3 0-0-/+) 9...Bd6 10.Nbd2 Ng4 (10...0-0 11.Nc4-/+) 11.Qc2 (11.e4 Ne3 12.Qb3 0-0=+) 11...Qe3 (11...Ne3 12.Qb3-+) 12.Qe4 (12.Ne4 Be6-/+) 12...Be6-+ 13.Qe3 Ne3 14.Rc1 (14.Kf2!? Ng4 15.Kg1 Ne3-+) 14...Ba2 15.c4 Bb4 (15...0-0 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bd4 Nbc2 18.Kf2-+) 16.Kf2 (16.d5 Nc4 (16...Nf1?! 17.Rf1 Ne7 18.Be5=) 17.dc6 Nb2=+) 16...Ng4-+ 17.Kg1 0-0 (17...Bd2 18.Nd2 Ne3-/+) 18.Ra1=+ Bd2 19.Nd2 Nb4 20.h3? (better is 20.e4!?=+) 20...Ne3-+ 21.Ba3 a5 22.Ra2 (22.Kf2 Rfe8 23.Bb4 ab4-+) 22...Na2 23.Bf8 Kf8 24.g4 (24.Kf2 Nd1 25.Ke1 Nac3-+) 24...Re8 25.c5 (25.Kf2 Nc3 26.g5 Nf1 27.Nf1 Re2 28.Kf3 Re4-+) 25...Nc1 26.Rh2 a4 27.Nb1 (27.Kf2 a3 28.g5 a2-+) 27...Nf1 (better is 27...Re4!? 28.c6 bc6 29.Kf2-+) 28.Kf1 Re3 (29.Rf2 Rh3-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1900) – Thoma,Theo (1930), CiF Nationaler Pokal, 1995.

8.c3 Bd6-/+ 9.Qa4 Bd7 10.e3 Ne5 11.Qb3 Nfg4 12.Ne5=+ Be5 13.Qb7 0-0 14.Ba3 Qh4 15.g3 Bg3! 16.Kd1 Rab8 (16...Rab8 17.Qg2 Nf2 18.Kc1 Qa4-+ (18...Nh1?! 19.hg3 Qg3 20.Qg3 Ng3 21.Bf8-+); 16...Nf2 17.Kc1 Rfb8 18.Qf3 Nh1 19.hg3 Ng3 20.Be7 Qe7 21.Qg3-+) 0–1. Spierings,John – Southwell,Harry P (2390), Webchess op 1st Gr08 email, 2005.

8.c3 Bd6 9.e3 Ng4 10.Be2 Bh2 11.Kf1 Bg3 12.Qa4 Ne3 13.de3 Qe3 0–1. CountFromHolland – petery, playchess.de, 2002.

8.c3 Bd6-/+ 9.g3 0-0 10.Bg2 Re8 11.e3 Bg4 12.0-0 Ne5-/+ 13.Qc2 Nf3 14.Bf3 Bh3 15.Re1 Ng4 16.Bg4 Bg4-/+ 17.d4 c5 18.e4 Rac8 19.Qd3 Bf5 20.Nd2=+ Bg6 21.Re3 b5 22.Rae1 a6 23.Nf3 Qe6 24.a3 Qa2 25.Qd2 f6 26.Nh4=+ Bh5 27.Qf2 Bg4 28.Nf3 Re7 29.Bc1 Qc4 30.Nd2 Qe6 31.Nf3 cd4 32.cd4 Rec7 33.Bb2 Rc2 34.R1e2 Re2 35.Re2 Qc4 36.Re3 Qa4 37.Ne1=+ b4 38.ab4 Bb4 39.Rd3 Bd7 40.Ba3 Be1 41.Qe1 Bb5 42.Qd1 Rc2 43.Qh5 Bc4 (43...Bc4 44.Qc5 h5=+; better is 43...Qc4!? 44.Rd1 Qb3 45.Qd5 Qd5 46.ed5 Kf7-/+) 0–1. Lagemann,Tobias (1915) – Farmer,Walter (2150), DESC, 2002.

8.Bc3 Nd5 9.Bb4 Qb4 10.c3?? (better is 10.Qc1-/+) 10...Qb2-+ 11.Na3 Qa3 12.e3 Bf5 (12...Qd6 13.Bb5-+) 13.Be2 (13.Qb3 Qb3 14.ab3 Ke7-+) 13...0-0-0 14.0-0 (14.Qb3 Qd6 15.0-0-+) 14...Nc3! 15.Qe1 (15.dc3 Exploits the pin 15...Rd1) 15...Ne2 16.Qe2 Bd3 17.Qe1 (17.Qf2 Bf1 18.Qf1 Rhe8-+) 17...Bf1 18.Kf1 (18.Qf1 Rd3-+) 18...Qd3 (18...Nb4 19.Qd1-+) 19.Kg1 Rhe8 (19...Rhe8 20.Qg3 Qg6-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ueli (1710) – Guedes,Leonardo (2290), CiF, 2005.

8.Bc3 Bg4 9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Nc3? Bf5 11.d3 0-0-0 12.e4 Ne4! 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Be2 Bf3 15.gf3 Qh4 16.Kd2 Rhe8 17.Kc1 Qf6 18.Kd2 Rd6 19.Qb1 Re2! 20.Ke2 Re6 21.Kf2 Qd4 (21...Qd4 22.Kf1 Nc2 23.Qb7 Kb7 24.Rb1 Kc8 25.Rc1 Qe3 26.Kg2 Rg6 27.Kh3 Qh6#) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1885) – Fernandez Raposo,Manolo, IECG, 2000.

8.Nc3=+ 0-0 9.e3 Bc3-/+ 10.Bc3 Nd5 11.Bd4 Nd4 12.Nd4 Rd8 13.Qf3 c5 14.Nb5 Nb4 15.Rc1 Na2-+ 16.Rb1 Be6 17.Qf4 Nb4 18.Rb2 Nd5 19.Qe5 Qh4 20.g3 Qa4 21.Bg2 Nb4 22.Nc3 Nc2 (22...Nc2 23.Kf1 Qc4 24.Kg1 Rd2-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Bonetti,Shane (2110), Orangutan Cup Final, 2005.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 Bc3 10.Bc3 Nd5 11.Bd4 Nd4 12.Nd4 Rd8 13.Qf3 c5 14.Ne2 Nb4-+ 15.Rc1 Na2 16.Ra1 Nb4 17.Rc1 a5 18.Nc3 a4 19.Be2 a3 20.0-0 (20.Bd1 Be6-+) 20...Rd2 21.Ne4 (21.Bc4 Be6 22.Be6 fe6 23.Qg3-+) 21...Re2! 22.Qe2 (22.Rcd1 Nc6 (22...Nc2?? 23.Qf7 Qf7 24.Rd8 Qe8 25.Re8) 23.Qe2 Qe4-+) 22...Qe4 23.Rf4 Qe5 24.c3 (24.Rff1 a2 25.c3 Nd5-+) 24…Nd5 (24...Nd5 25.Rff1 Be6-+) 0–1. GuestSKYR – GuestHNXD, freechess.org, 2017.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.e3 0-0-0 10.Bd3 Ne5-/+ 11.0-0 Bf3 12.Rf3 Nd3 13.cd3 Rd3 14.a3 Bc5 15.Na4 Ne4 16.Qf1 Rd7 17.Nc5=+ Nd2 18.Qc1 Nf3 19.gf3 Rd5 20.Ne4 f5 21.Ng3 Rhd8 22.Qe1 f4 23.Ne4 Qf7-/+ 24.ef4 Qf4 25.Qe2 g5 26.Re1 Kb8 27.Bc3 Re8 28.Kg2 h5 29.h3 b6 30.a4 a5-/+ 31.Qe3 Qf7 32.Qe2 Rf5 33.Qb2 g4 34.hg4 hg4 35.fg4 Rg8 36.Qe2 Rf4 ½–½. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Baer,Werner, T4–04.06 TSC, 2002.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.e3 0-0-0 10.Be2 Bc3 11.Bc3 Ne4 12.Qc1 Nc3 13.dc3 Rhe8 14.0-0 Qc5 15.Rb1 Re3 16.Nd4?? Re2 (16...Re2 17.Qf4 Be6-+; 16...Be2?! 17.Qe3 Bf1 18.Rf1-+) 0–1. Plock,Joerg – Leisebein,Peter, corr match (I), 2000.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Qd6 10.d3 Bf3 11.ef3 Qd4 12.Qd2 Nd5 (13.Be2 Bc3 14.Bc3 Nc3-+ (< 14...Qc3 15.Qc3 Nc3 16.Kd2 Ne2 17.Ke2-+)) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1990) – Weber,Karlheinz (2410), World Cup XII P074, 2000.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Qd6 10.e3 Qg3 11.Ke2 Bf3 12.gf3 Ne5 (12...Ne5 13.f4 Qf3 14.Ke1 Qh1 15.fe5 Bc3 16.Bc3 Ne4-+; 12...0-0-0 13.h4 Rhe8 14.Bh3 Kb8 15.Qf1 Nd4 16.Kd1 Nf3 17.Kc1 Rd2 18.Nd1-+) 0–1. gobo – marekt, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

8.c4 Bf5 9.Bc3? (9.Nc3 Bc5 10.a3 Ne4=+) 9...0-0-0 (9...Bc3!? 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Kf2-+) 10.Bb4?? (better is 10.e3-/+) 10...Nb4-+ (11.Qb3 Nc2 12.Kd1 Na1-+; 10...Qb4?! 11.Nc3-/+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Claridge,John Bleddyn, ICCF Jubilee Email P, 2001.

8.c4 Bg4 9.Qb3 Ne4 10.a3=+ Nc5 11.Qc2 Ba5 12.Nc3?? Bf3-+ 13.gf3 Nd4 14.Qb1 Nf3 15.Kd1 Nd2! 16.Kd2 Rd8 17.Kc2 Bc3 18.Bc3 Qe4 19.Kb2 Qc4 (19...Qc4 20.Qc2 Na4 21.Kc1 Nc3-+) 0–1. Johnston,Tom G – Lobron,Eric (2490), Wales, 1988.

8.e3? Qe3 9.Qe2 Qe2 10.Be2 Be6 11.Bf6 gf6 12.c3 Bf8 13.d4 Ne7 14.Kf2 0-0-0 15.Nbd2 Nd5 16.c4 Nf4 17.Bf1 Bf5 18.Nb3 Ne6 19.Be2 c6 20.Rhd1 Bc2 21.Rd2 Be4 22.c5 Bh6 23.Rb2 f5 24.Rd1 Rhg8 25.g3 Bg7 26.Bc4 Rd7 27.Re2 Bf6 28.a4 h5 29.a5 a6 30.Re3 Kc7 31.h3 (31.Rde1 Rgd8-/+) 31...Bd5 32.Bd5 Rd5 33.Rg1 Nd4 34.Nbd4 Rd4 (34...Bd4?! 35.Nd4 Rd4 36.Re7 Rd7 37.Rge1-/+) 0–1. Nemec,Zdenek (2110) – Steamboat,Brian (2225), CL1.2009.09.03, 2010.

8.e3? Qe3-/+ 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 Bc5 12.Kh1? Ng4 13.Rf1 Nf2 14.Rf2 Bf2 15.d3 Re8 16.Nc3 Bf5 17.Qf1 Bb6 18.Re1 Rad8 19.Bd1 Qb4 20.Ba1 Re1 21.Qe1 Qa3 22.Be2 Ba5 23.h3 Re8 24.Ng1 Nd4 25.Qd2 c6 26.Bf1 Be6 27.Nge2 Ne2 28.Be2 Ba2 (28...Ba2 29.Qe1 Bd5-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1680) – Douglas,Steve R, 1st Webchess Open, 2005.

8.e3 Qe3 9.Be2 Ng4 10.Rf1 Qh6 11.Nc3 Nh2 12.Nh2 (12.a3 Bd6 13.Ne4 Nf1 14.Kf1 0-0-+) 12...Qh4 13.Rf2 Bc5 (worse 13...Qh2 14.Bf3 0-0 15.Qe2-+) 14.d4 (14.Ne4 Bf2 15.Nf2 Qh2 16.Kf1-+) 14...Bd4 15.Qd3 (15.Ne4 Bb2 16.Rb1 Qe4 17.Rb2-+) 15...Bf2 16.Kd2 (16.Kf1 Bd4 17.Qe4 Qe4 18.Ne4 Bb2-+) 16...Qh6 17.Kd1 Qh2 18.Qe4 (18.Nd5 0-0-+) 18...Be6 19.Kc1 0-0-0 20.Ba3 Bd4 21.Kb2 Rhe8 22.Qf3 Ne5 23.Qf1 Nc4! (23...Nc4 24.Bc4 Bc3 25.Kc3 Qe5 26.Kb3 Bc4 27.Qc4 Qa1-+) 0–1. alleyb (1685) – pvanr (2205), gameknot.com, 2014.

8.Bf6 Qf6 9.c3 Bd6 10.e3 0-0 11.Be2 Ne5 12.0-0=+ Qh6 13.Ne5 Be5 14.g3 c6 15.Bf3 Be6 16.Qe2 Bf6 17.Na3 Rfd8 18.d4 Rac8 19.Bg2 c5 20.Rad1 cd4 21.cd4 Be7 22.d5 Bd7 23.Qd3 Re8 24.Qb3 Bc5 25.Nc2 Re7 26.Rf4 b6 27.Qd3 Rce8 28.Kh1 Re5 29.Rh4 Rh5 30.Rh5 Qh5 31.Rf1 Qe5 32.e4 g6 33.Qc4 f5 34.Re1 fe4 35.Re4= Qf6 36.Rf4 Qb2 37.d6= Kh8 38.Qf1 Bf5 39.g4? Bd6-+ 40.gf5 Qc2?? 41.Rd4 Qc3?? 42.Rd6-/+ Re1 43.Rd8 Kg7 44.f6 Kh6 45.Rd1 Rf1 46.Rf1 Qa3 47.f7 Qf8 48.Bd5 b5 ½–½. Baer,Werner – Leisebein,Peter, THT7 TSC, 2001.

8.g3 Bf5 9.Bg2 Ng4 10.0-0 0-0-0 11.Qc1 Qe2 12.h3 Nf6 13.Nc3 Qa6 14.Ng5 Bg6 15.d3 Nd4 16.Kh2 h5 17.Rb1 h4-/+ 18.g4 Rhe8 19.Rf2 Bc5 20.Ba1 c6 21.Nce4 Ne4 22.Ne4 Be4 23.Be4 Re4 24.de4 Nf3! 25.Kg2 Bf2 26.Kf3 Bb6 27.Rb6? ab6 28.Bg7 Qc4 29.Bf6? Rd3!! 30.Kf4 Qc5 31.e5? Qd4 32.Kg5 Rh3 (32...Rh3 33.Qf1 Qe3 34.Kh5 Kb8-+) 0–1. Nemec,Zdenek (1700) – Lejsek,Heinz (1815), PCM–2004–G11, 2004.

8.g3 Bg4 9.Bg2=+ 0-0-0 10.0-0 Bc5 11.Kh1 Ne4 12.Qe1 Nb4 13.Na3 Bf3 14.Rf3 Rd2 15.Bg7=+ Re8 16.Rf5 Nc2 17.Nc2 Rc2 18.Qd1 Re2 19.Qe2-+ Ng3 20.hg3 Qe2 21.Rc5 Qg4 22.Bf6 Qg3 23.Rf1 c6 24.Rg5 Qh4 25.Kg1 Qc4 26.Bh3 Kc7 27.Rg7 Kb6 28.Rf2 Re1 29.Bf1 h5 30.Rf7-/+ a5 31.Re7 Rd1 32.Re5 c5 33.Kg2 Qg4 34.Kh2 a4 35.Be7 c4 36.Bc5 Ka5 37.Bd4 Kb4 38.a3 Ka3 39.Re3 Rd3 40.Bc5 Kb3 41.Bd3 cd3 42.Rd3 Kc4 43.Rd4 Kc5 44.Rg4 hg4 45.Kg3 b5 46.Kg4 b4+= 47.Rf5 Kc4 ½–½. Milde,Lars (1970) – Zimmermann,Joerg (1690), TT–04.43 TSC, 2002.

8.g3 Ng4 9.c3 Bc5 10.d4 Qe3 11.Qd3 Qf2 12.Kd2 0-0 13.h3 (13.dc5 Rd8 14.Qd8 Nd8-+) 13...Nce5! 14.Ne5 (14.de5 Be3 Double attack (14...Qe3 Decoy); 14.Ne5 Ne5 Combination) 14...Ne5 15.de5? (15.Qb5 Bf5 16.Kd1-+ (16.de5 Rad8 17.Qd3 Rd3 18.Kc2 Rc3 19.Kd1 Rd8 20.Nd2 Bc2 21.Kc1 Qe1)) 15...Bf5 16.Rh2 Qf1 (16...Bd3?! 17.Rf2 Bb1 18.Rf4-/+; 16...Qh2?! 17.Qf5 Qg3 18.Kc2-/+) 17.Rh1 (17.Na3 Qa1 18.Ba1 Bd3 19.ed3 Ba3 20.d4-+) 17...Qh1 (17...Bd3?! 18.Rf1 Be4 19.Rf4 Rfd8 20.Ke1-+) 18.Qf5 Rad8 19.Kc2 Qd1 0–1. Jostov,Keylah – De Jongh,Bert (1810), OP–2009–0-00997, 2009.

8.g3 Ng4 9.Nc3 Bf5-/+ 10.Bg2 (10.a3 Bc3 11.Bc3 Qc5-+) 10...Qc5-+ 11.Rf1 0-0-0 (11...Rd8 12.Qb1-+) 12.Na4 Qb5 13.c4 Qc4 14.Rc1 (14.Bh3 Qe4 15.Bg7 Ne3 16.Bf5 Qf5-+) 14...Qa2 15.Ra1? (15.Bh3 Ne3 16.Bf5 Kb8 17.Ra1-+) 15...Qe6 16.Ng5 (16.Bg7 Ne3 17.Qc1 Nc2 18.Qc2 Bc2 19.Bh8 Rh8 20.Nc3 Bc3 21.dc3-+) 16...Rd2 17.Ne6 (17.Qd2 Bd2 18.Kd2 Rd8 19.Ke1-+) 17...Rb2 18.Qd2 (18.Nc3 Bc3 19.Qd2 Bd2 20.Kd1 Ne3) 18...Bd2 19.Kd1 Ne3 0-1. Dvd1020 (2335) - dewil (2795), ChessWorld.net, 2020.

8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 Nd5 10.Bg7 Rg8 11.Bc3 Bc3 12.Nc3 (worse 12.dc3 Ne3 13.Qd8 Rd8-+) 12...Nc3 13.dc3 Qf6 14.Kf2 (14.Rb1 Rd8 (14...Qc3?! 15.Kf2=+) 15.Qe2 Bf3 16.Qf3 Qc3 17.Kf2 Qc2 18.Be2 Ne5 19.Qb7 Ng4 20.Kg3 Qe2 21.Qb5 Qb5 22.Rb5 Ne3 23.Kf3 Ng2-+) 14...Rd8 15.Qe2 Rd6 (better 15...Qc3!? 16.Rd1 Rd1 17.Qd1 Qa3-/+) 16.Rb1=+ Bf3 17.Qf3 Qc3 18.Qe4 (18.Rb7 Rf6 19.Bd3 Rf3 20.gf3 Qd2 21.Be2 Rg2 22.Kg2 Qe2 23.Kg3 Ne5 24.Rb8 Ke7-+) 18...Kf8 (18...Re6 19.Qd3 Qf6 20.Ke2=+) 19.Be2 (19.Rb7 Rgg6 20.Kg1 Rge6-+) 19...Re6 (19...Rf6 20.Kg1-/+) 20.Qd3= Qf6 21.Kg1 Qg5 22.Bf1 Re3 (22...Qe3?! 23.Qe3 Re3 24.Rb7 Ra3 25.Rc7=) 23.Qd2 (23.Qh7?? Re1! 24.g3 Rb1-+) 23...Ne5 24.Rb5 (24.Qb4 Kg7 25.Qb7-+) 24...Rg6-+ 25.Rd5?! (25.Qf2-+) 25...Rf6 26.Be2 Qh4 27.Qb4 Qb4 28.ab4 Re2 29.h3 Nc4 (29...Rc6 30.c3 Rc3 31.Kf1-+) 30.Kh2 Ne3 31.Rg5 h6 32.Rg3 Nf1 33.Rf1 Rf1 34.c3 (34.c4 Rff2 35.c5 Rb2-+) 34…Rc1 0–1. Hilbert,Stephan J – Grynyuk,Vasyl (1800), FICGS, 2017.

8.a3 Bc5 9.e3 0-0 (9...Qe7 10.Bd3-/+) 10.Nc3 Re8 (10...Qe7 11.Bd3+=) 11.Be2 a6 (11...Qe7 12.0-0+=) 12.0-0= h6 (12...Bd6 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Nce2=) 13.h3 Bh5 (13...Bd7 14.Nh4=) 14.Nh4 Be2 15.Qe2 Ne4 (better is 15...Re6!?=) 16.Ne4+/- Re4 17.Qh5 Qf8?? (better is 17...Qe8 18.Bg7 Rh4 (18...Kg7?? 19.Nf5 Kf6 20.Nd6 Ke6 21.Ne8 Re8 22.Qc5+-) 19.Qh4 Kg7 20.Qg4 Kf8+/-) 18.Nf5+- f6 (18...Ne5 19.Be5 Re5 20.Nh6 gh6 21.Qe5 Rd8+-) 19.Nh6! gh6 20.Rf6 Qe8 21.Qd5 Kh7 (21...Qe6 22.Re6 Be3 23.de3 Nd4 24.Re8 Kg7 25.Qg8 Kf6 26.Rf1 Rf4 27.Rf4) 22.Rf7 Qf7 (22...Kg8 23.Rg7 Kh8 24.Rg8 Kh7 25.Re8 Be3 26.de3 Re6 27.Qf5 Rg6 28.Qf7 Rg7 29.Qg7) 23.Qf7 1–0. Janek – Sanji, internet free game, 2017.

8.c3 Ba5 9.Qb3 Bb6 10.d4 Be6 11.Qc2 Qd7 (11...Bd5!?+=) 12.e4= 0-0-0 13.Bb5 a6 (better is 13...Qe8=) 14.Ne5+/- Qe8 15.Nc6 bc6 (15...ab5!? 16.Nd8 Bd5 17.Nf7 Be4+-) 16.Ba6+- Kb8 17.0-0 Bc8 18.Bc8 Kc8 19.Na3 (better is 19.Nd2!?+-) 19...Ne4?? (better is 19...c5 20.Nc4 Qe4 21.Qe4 Ne4 22.Rf7 Ba7+/-) 20.Rae1+- 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2265) – achis14 (2000), Active (5/0), 2002.

8.c3 Bc5 9.e3 Qe7 10.Qe2 0-0-0 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg2 Bd3 14.Qf2 Ne4 15.Qg1 Rhe8 16.Bf1? (16.Nd4 Qh4 17.Kd1 Nf2 18.Kc1 Nh1 19.Qh1-+) 16...Nd2!! 17.Nbd2 (17.Kd2 Nd4) 17...Be3 18.Qg2 (18.Bd3 Bg1 19.Be4 f5-+) 18...Bc2 (18...Bd2 19.Kd1 Qe4 20.Qd2 Qf3 21.Kc1 Bf1 22.Qd7 Rd7 23.Rf1 Nb4 24.cb4 Qf1 25.Kc2 Qd3 26.Kc1 Re1) 19.Be2 Ne5 (19...Bd2!? 20.Kf1-+) 20.Bc1 Nd3 21.Bd3 Bd2 (< 21...Rd3 22.Kf1 Bd2 23.Bd2-+) 22.Kd2 Bd3 23.Nd4 Qe3 (better is 23...Be4!? 24.Qe2 Qc5 25.Rf1 Rd4 26.cd4 Qd4 27.Ke1-+) 24.Kd1 Be2 25.Kc2 Qd3 26.Kb2 Rd4 (27.a4 Bf3-+) 0–1. valpa – tako, HCL–C1860 playchess.de, 2003.

8.c3 Bd6 9.d4 Qe7 10.Nbd2 0-0-0 11.Qc2 Rhe8 12.0-0-0 Nd5 13.Re1 Ne3 14.Qa4 Bf5 15.d5 Bc2 16.Qh4 Qh4 17.Nh4 Ne5 18.Nhf3 b5 19.Ne5 Be5 20.c4 bc4 21.Nc4 Nc4 22.Be5 Re5 23.Kc2 Ne3 24.Kb3 Rdd5 25.g3 g5 26.h4 g4 27.Rh2 Rb5 28.Kc3 Ra5 29.Ra1 Rec5 30.Kd3 Ra3 31.Kd4 Rac3 32.Ke4 f6 33.Rf2 R5c4# 0–1. Van Broeck,W – Nieto,E, corr Belgium, 1994.

8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Qd6 10.0-0 (better 10.c3!? Bc5 11.d4+=) 10...Rad8 11.Nd4 Nd4 (11...Ne5 12.a3 Bc5 13.Nb5=+) 12.Bd4 Be2 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Qg4 Qg6 15.Qg6 fg6 16.Rf8 Rf8 17.d3 c5 18.de4 (18.Bb2!? Nf6 19.a3=) 18...cd4=+ 19.ed4 Be1 20.Na3 Bf2 21.Kh1 Bd4 22.Rd1 a6 (22...Rf2!?-/+) 23.g3= Bc5 24.Nc4 b5 25.Ne5 Re8 26.Rd5 Bb4 27.Kg2 Bc3 28.Nf3 h6 (28...Re4? 29.Rd8 Kf7 30.Ng5 Ke7 31.Ne4 Kd8 32.Nc3+-) 29.e5 Kf7 30.Kf2 g5 31.g4 Ba5 (31...b4 32.Rc5=) 32.Ke3 (32.c4 Bb4 33.e6 Ke6 34.Nd4 Kf7 35.cb5 ab5 36.Rb5 Bd6=) 32...Bb6 (32...Rc8!?=) 33.Ke4+= g6 (33...Bf2!?+=) 34.Rd6+/- Re6 35.Re6 (better 35.Kd5!? Rd6 36.ed6+-) 35...Ke6+/- 36.Nd4 Ke7 37.Kd5 Bd4 (better 37...h5!?+/-) 38.Kd4+- Ke6 39.Ke4 (39.c3 h5+-) 39...a5 (better 39...b4+/-) 40.c3+- h5 (40...b4 41.cb4 ab4+-) 41.h3 (41.a3 hg4 42.Kd4 a4+-) 41...b4 42.cb4 ab4 43.Kd4 hg4 (43...Ke7 44.Kd5 Kd7+-) 44.hg4 Ke7 45.Kd5 Kd7 46.e6 Ke7 (46...Ke8 47.Kc5 Ke7+-) 47.Ke5 Ke8 48.Kf6 Kf8 49.Kg6 Ke7 50.Kf5 Kd6 51.Kf6 Kd5 52.e7 Kc4 53.e8Q b3 54.Qe4 Kc3 (54...Kc3 55.Qe3 Kb2 56.Qb3 Ka1+-). foytik (2360) - Marco753 (2175), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Ne4 10.0-0 Re8 11.c3 Bd6 12.d3 Nc5 13.d4 Qe7 14.Bc1 Rad8 15.h3 Bf3 16.Bf3 Ne4 17.Be4 Qe4 18.Qb3 Re6 19.Na3 Na5 20.Qa4 Rg6 21.Rf2 Bg3 22.Re2 Rd5 23.Rb1 Rh5 24.Qc2=+ Qh4 25.e4-/+ Bd6 26.Qd3 Rg3 27.Re3 Rhg5 28.Rg3 Rg3 29.Qc2 Ba3 30.Ba3=+ Qh3 31.Qf2 Qg4-/+ 32.Rb5 b6 33.Rd5 h5 34.Rd8 Kh7 35.Qc2 Nc4 36.e5 Qg6 37.Qg6 Kg6 38.Bd6 cd6 39.ed6 Kf6 40.d7 Ke7 41.Rc8 Kd7 42.Rc4 h4 43.Kf2 f5 44.d5 Kd6 45.Rf4 Rc3 46.Rf5 Rc2 (46...Rc2 47.Kf3 Ra2-+) 0–1. Zylla,Johannes – Damsbo,Villy, corr Partridge mem–6, 1995.

8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0= Bd6 11.Na3 Ne5 12.Nb5 Nf3 13.Bf3+= Bf3 14.Qf3 Be5 15.d4 Bd6 16.c4 c6 17.Nd6+/- Qd6 18.d5 cd5 19.Rad1 Qb6 20.Bd4 Qe6 21.Bf6 Qf6 22.Qf6 gf6 23.cd5 Re3 24.Rf6 Rd8 25.Kf2 Re5 26.d6 Rd7 27.g4 Kg7 28.Rf4 Re6 29.Rfd4 ½–½. b4_player – Dr_Watson, gamecolony.com, 2007.

8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bf3 11.Bf3 (worse is 11.gf3 Qd6+=) 11...Bd2?? (better is 11...Re6+=) 12.Nd2+- Re3 (12...Nd5 13.Bh5 g6 14.Qf3+-) 13.Nc4 (13.Bc6!? bc6 14.Bf6 gf6 15.Qg4 Kh8+-) 13...Re8? (13...Re6 14.Qd8 Rd8 15.Rad1 Rd1 16.Rd1+-) 14.Re1 (better is 14.Bc6!? bc6 15.Bf6 Qd1 16.Rad1 gf6 17.Rf6 Re2+-) 14...Re1 15.Qe1 Nd4 16.Bd4?? (better is 16.Rd1 Nf3 17.gf3+-) 16...Qd4= 17.Qe3?? (17.Ne3 Re8 18.Kf2 Qh4 19.Ke2 Qh2 20.Qc3= (20.Bb7?? Ng4 21.Kd3 Re3 22.Qe3 Ne3-+)) 17…Qa1-+ (17...Qa1 18.Kf2 Re8-+; 17...Qc4?! 18.Qf2-+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1720) – TomySF (1745), Active, 2007.

8.e3 Qe7 9.Bb5 Qe3 10.Qe2 Qe2 11.Ke2 0-0-0 12.c3 Rhe8 13.Kf2 Bc5 14.d4 Bb6 15.Nbd2 a6 16.Bc6 bc6 17.Rhe1 c5 18.Nc4 cd4 19.Nb6 cb6 20.cd4 Nd5 21.Ne5 Bh5 22.g4 Bg6 23.h4 f6 24.Ng6 hg6 25.Re8 Re8 26.Re1 Re1 27.Ke1 Nb4 28.a3 Nd3 29.Ke2 Nb2 30.Kf3 Nc4 31.a4 Nb2 32.h5 gh5 33.gh5 Na4 34.Kf4 Kd7 35.Kf5 b5 36.Kg6 b4 37.Kg7 b3 38.h6 b2 39.h7 b1Q 40.h8Q Qg1 41.Kf7 Qe1 42.Qh3 Kc7 43.Qh2 Kb6 44.Qd6 Ka5 45.Qd5 Kb4 46.Qd6 Kb5 47.Qd5 Kb6 48.Qd6 Kb5 49.Qd5 Kb4 50.Qd6 Kb3 51.Qd5 Ka3 52.Qd6 Qb4 53.Qg3 Qb3 54.Qb3 Kb3 55.Kf6 Nc3 56.Ke5 a5 57.d5 Nd5 58.Kd5 a4 59.Kd4 a3 60.Kd3 a2 61.Kd2 a1Q 62.Ke3 Qc3 63.Ke4 Normal 0-1. TheFrenchMan (2010) - DavidPrieto (2005), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

8.e3 Qe7 9.c3 Bd6 10.Be2 0-0-0 11.0-0 Bf3 12.Rf3 Ne4 13.Qa4 f5 14.Qb5 g6 15.Rh3 h5-/+ 16.Qa4 g5 17.Rf3 Rhf8 18.Ba6 Ne5-+ 19.Rf5 Nc5 (19...Nc5 20.Bb7 Kb7 21.Qb5 Ka8 22.Rf8 Qf8-+; 19...Rf5 20.Qe4 Qe6 21.Qb7 Kd7 22.Bb5 (22.Qa7?? Nc6 23.Qb7 Rb8 24.Qb8 Nb8-+) 22...Ke7 23.e4+/- (23.Qa7 Nc4 24.Na3 Nb2-+)) 0–1. woschkat (2170) – muabdib (2385), net–chess.com, 2001.

8.e3 Qe7 9.Nc3 0-0-0 10.Be2 Bc3 11.Bc3 Ne4 (11...Ne4 12.Nd4 Bd7-+) 0–1. Pachurka,Roland – Nagel,Ralf, DESC, 2005.

8.e3=+ Qe7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Rad8 11.d3? Qe3-+ 12.Kh1 Ne4! 13.Bd4 Nd4 14.Nd4 Qd4 15.Qe1 Be1 (15...Be1 16.Bg4 Nf2 17.Rf2 Bf2-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Koelbel,Wolfgang, CiF, 1993.

8.g3 Bf3 9.ef3 0-0 10.Be2 Bc5 11.c3 Nd5 12.d4 Ne3?? 13.Qd3 Re8+= 14.Bc1 Bd4! 15.cd4 Nb4 16.Qc3 Qf6 17.Be3 Re3 18.Qe3 Nc2 19.Kf2 Ne3 20.Ke3 Re8 (20...Re8 21.Kd3 Qa6 22.Kc3 Qe2-+) 0–1. Grau,Jose Maria – Roiz,David, Equipos Asturias, 1990.

8.h3 Bd6-/+ 9.Qc1?? (better is 9.e3 Bg3 10.Ke2-/+) 9...Ne4-+ 10.hg4 (10.c4 Bg3 11.Kd1-+) 10…Bg3 (10...Bg3 11.Kd1 Nf2 12.Ke1 Ng4 13.Kd1 Ne3) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich (1680) – Kaltschmidt,Andreas (2075), 1st Webchess Open Tournament group, 2005.

8.e3 0-0 9.Bc4 Bg4 10.Bf6= Qf6 11.0-0 Bb6 (11...Bb6 12.Qe1 Qe7=). Plock,Joerg – Baudoin, corr, 1991.

8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 Ne5=+ 10.Ne5 Re8 11.Nc4 c6 12.Na5 Qa5 13.0-0 Be6 14.a4 (14.a4 Rad8 15.Qc2-/+; 14.Qe1 Rad8=+ (14...Ba2? 15.Bc4+-)) 1–0. Plock,Joerg – Radke, corr, 1991.

8.Bg3 0-0 9.e3 Nh5 10.Bf2 Bf5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.0-0 Ne4 13.d4 (13.Bb5 Qd5 14.Qb3 Qc5=) 13...Nc3 (13...Bc3 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Qd2 Ne2 16.Qe2-/+) 14.Nc3+= Bc3 15.Rc1 Ba5 16.Bb5 Ne7 17.Qa4 (17.Bd3!? Bd3 18.Qd3+=) 17...c6-/+ 18.Bc4? (18.Be2-/+) 18...Bb6?? (better is 18...b5 19.Bb5 cb5 20.Qb5 Rb8-+) 19.Qb3 Be4 20.Ne5 Bd5 21.Rfe1 Bc7 22.Nf3 Bc4 23.Qc4 Bb6 24.e4 Qd7 25.Ne5 Qe6 26.Qe6 fe6 27.Nd7 Rfd8 28.Nb6 ab6 29.Rc2 Ra3 30.Ree2 Ng6 31.g3 Ne7 32.Kg2 b5 33.d5 ed5 34.Bc5+/- Ra4 35.Be7 Re8 36.ed5 cd5 37.Rcd2 d4 38.Bc5 Rd8 39.a3 d3? 40.Re3 Rc4 41.Bb4 Rcd4 42.Rf3 b6 43.Be7 Rc8? 44.Rfd3 Re4 45.Rf2 Re7= 46.Rb3 Rc5 47.Rfb2 Ree5 48.Ra2 Rc4 49.Rab2 Rh5 50.Rb5 Rc2 51.Rc2 Rb5 52.Ra2 Rb3 53.a4 Kf7 54.Kf2 Ke6 ½–½. Fournier,Frederic (1830) – matas (2020), Active (5/2), 2004.

8.Qa4 Nc6 9.cb4 0-0 10.b5 Ne7 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.g3 Qd6 14.Nc4 Qe6 15.Ne3 Bg6 16.Bg2= c6 17.bc6 Nc6 18.Qb3 Qd7 ½–½. Schirmer,Michael – Leisebein,Peter, corr KGP/2.Z–02, 1992.

8.Qa4 Bd7 9.Qb4 Nf3 10.ef3 b6 11.Be2 c5 12.Qb2 Qe7 13.d4 0-0 14.0-0 Rfe8 15.Rf2 Nd5 16.Nd2 cd4 17.cd4 Nf4 18.Ne4 f5 19.Ng3 Rac8 20.Ba6 Rc7 21.Rc1 Rc1 22.Qc1 Qd6 23.Qc4 Kh8 24.Nf1 h6 25.Rd2 Re1 26.Kf2 Qe7 27.g3 Nh3 28.Kg2 f4 29.Re2 Re2 30.Qe2 Qb4 31.Qd2 Qd6 32.Bb7 fg3 33.hg3 Ng5 34.Ne3 Qf6 35.Bd5 White gets strong initiative 35...Be6 36.Bb7 Qf7 37.Ba8 Ba2 38.f4 Nh7 39.d5 Bb1 40.d6 Qe8 41.Bf3 Nf8 42.Kf2 Bg6 43.f5 Bh7 44.Qc3 a5 45.Qc7 Bg8 46.Qe7 Qf7 47.Bc6 Qa2 48.Kf3 Qf7 49.Qf7 Bf7 50.d7 Nd7 51.Bd7 Kg8 52.Ke4 Kf8 53.Nd5 Bd5 54.Kd5 Ke7 55.Bb5 Kf6 56.Bd3 Kg5 57.Bc2 a4 58.Kd4 a3 (58...a3 59.Kc3 Kg4=). Trokenheim,Marek – Johannes,Jan, corr TKM, 2000.

8.Ne5 Bd6 9.Qa4 c6 10.Nf3 0-0 11.e3 Bg4 12.Be2 Qc7 13.h4 Bg3 14.Kd1 Rfe8 15.Ng5 Be2 16.Ke2 h6 17.Na3? hg5 18.hg5 Ne4 19.Rh5 Rad8 20.Rah1 Rd2 (20...Rd2 21.Kf1 f5 22.gf6 Nf6 23.Rh8 Kf7 24.Re8 Ke8 25.Rh8 Ke7 26.Qa7 Ra2 27.Qc5 Bd6 28.Qg5 Ra3 (28...Ba3?! 29.Qg7 Kd6 30.Qf6 Kc5 31.Qg5 Kb6 32.Qg8 Ra1 33.Ke2-+) 29.Qg7 Ke6 30.Qc7 Bc7 31.Ke2 Rc3 32.Rh6 Bb6 33.Rh3 Ng4 34.Kf3 Ne5 35.Kf4 Ng6 36.Kg5 Ne7 37.e4 Rh3 38.gh3 Ke5 39.Kg4 Ke4 40.h4 Be3 41.h5 b5 42.h6 Bh6 43.Kh5 Bg7 44.Kg4 b4 45.Kg3 c5 46.Kf2 b3 47.Ke1 b2 48.Ke2 b1Q 49.Kf2 Bd4 50.Ke2 Qc2 51.Ke1 c4 52.Kf1 Qf2#) 0–1. Trokenheim,Marek – Malmstroem,Jan, corr SSKK 1–431, 1990.

8.Ne5 Bd6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.e3 0-0 11.Be2 c6 12.0-0 Qc7 13.g3? Bh3-+ 14.Re1?! Bg3! (14...Bg3 15.Ng5 Bf2 16.Kh1 Be1 17.Nh3 Qb6-+) 0–1. Landgraf,Manfred – Paltrinieri,Mario, corr KMG–29, 1994.

8.Bb4 Nb4-/+ 9.c3 Nc6 10.e3 Bg4 11.Be2 Qd6 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Qa4 Rfe8 14.Bb5 a6 (14...Re4 15.Qa3=+) 15.Bc6= Qc6 16.Qc6 bc6 17.h3 Bf5 18.c4 (18.Nd4 Be4=) 18...Bd3 19.Rc1 c5 20.Nc3 Bc4 21.Rab1 Bd3 22.Rb7 c6 23.Na4 (23.Rc7 Rd6=+) 23...c4 (23...Be2 24.Nc5 Bf3 25.gf3 Rd2 26.a4-/+) 24.Nb2 Ne4 25.Rb6 (25.Nd3!? Rd3 26.Rc4 Nd2 27.Nd2 Rd2 28.a4=+) 25...c5 26.Nd3 Rd3 27.Rc4 Nd2 28.Nd2 Rd2 29.Ra6 h6 30.Ra3 Re5 31.h4 g5 32.Rac3 The isolani on c5 becomes a target 32...Ra2 33.Rc5 Rc5 34.Rc5 ½–½. Schirmer,Michael – Bilsel,Sabahaddin, corr TKM/A005, 1999.

8.Bb4 Nb4 9.Nc3 c5 10.e3 Bf5 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.a3 Nc6 13.Bc4 Rad8 14.0-0 Rfe8 15.Qe1 Ne4 16.Ne4 Be4 17.Be2 Bg6 18.Rf2 Ne5 19.Ne5 Qe5 20.Rf1 f5 21.Rd1 Rd7 22.Bd3 Rde7 23.Qf2 h6 24.Rfe1 Rf8 25.g3 Qf6 26.Qf4 Bh5 27.Rb1 Bg4 28.Qc4 Kh8 29.Qc5 Rff7 30.Qc4 Rc7 31.Qf4 Rfe7 32.Rf1 g5 33.Qf2 Qe5 34.Bf5 Bf5 35.Qf5 Qf5 36.Rf5 Rc2 37.Rf2 Rd7 38.d4 Rf2 39.Kf2 b6 40.Ke2 Kg7 41.Rf1 Kg6 42.Rf8 Rc7 43.Rf2 Rc2 44.Kd3 Rc1 45.Ra2 Rh1 46.a4 a5 47.e4 Kf6 48.e5 Ke6 49.Ke4 Re1 50.Kf3 Kd5 51.Rd2 Ra1 52.Kg4 Ra4 53.Kh5 b5 54.Kh6 b4 55.Kg5 b3 56.Kf6 Ra2 57.Rd1 b2 58.Rb1 a4 59.e6 Kd6 60.d5 a3 61.Kf7 Ra1 62.e7 Rb1 63.e8Q Rf1 64.Kg6 b1Q 65.Kh5 Rf5 66.Kh4 Rd5 67.Qf8 Kc6 68.Qa3 Qb5 69.Qe7 Rh5 70.Kg4 Qf5 0-1. mcalishter (1945) - HardWoodPusher (1950), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

8.Bb4 Nb4 9.e3 Re8 10.d3 c5 11.Be2 Bg4 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.e4 Rad8 14.Qc1 c4 15.Qe3 Nc2 0-1. mcalishter (1980) - opening_test (2055), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

8.e3 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3).

8.g3 Bg4 9.Bg2 Bc5 10.e3 Re8 11.0-0 Qd6 12.Bb2 Rad8 13.Qc1 Nd5 14.Kh1 f6 15.c4 Ne3 16.de3 Be3 17.Qc3 Nb4 18.Ba3 a5 19.Qb3 Qd3 20.Bb4 ab4 21.Qd3 Rd3 22.Ne1 Rd1 23.Nc2 Rf1 24.Bf1 Bf3 25.Bg2 Bg2 26.Kg2 Bc1 27.Nba3 Bb2 28.Rd1 ba3 29.Kf3 c6 30.Rd7 b5 31.cb5 cb5 32.Ne3 Re5 33.h3 h6 34.Nc2 Rc5 35.Nb4 Rc3 36.Kg2 Rc4 37.Nd3 b4 38.Ra7 Rc2 0–1. gabrel (2035) – bolaf (1980), gameknot.com, 2014.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3= Re8 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.0-0 a6 12.Bc6 Bc6 13.Nd4 Bd5 14.Qe1 Ne4 15.d3 Nc3 16.Qc3 Be6 17.Rf4 Qd6 18.Raf1 Rf8 19.R1f3+= Rac8 20.Nf5 Bf5 21.Rf5 c5 22.a4 b5 23.Rg3 f6 24.ab5 ab5 25.Qb3 (25.Qb3 c4 26.Qb5 cd3 27.cd3 Rc1 28.Rf1 Rf1 29.Kf1+=) 1–0. pcmvr (2760) – carrafurca (2275), net–chess.com , 2006.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qd7 11.Rb1 b6 12.0-0 Rad8 13.Qe1 a5 14.Bb5 Qd6 15.Bc6 Qc6 16.Nd4 Qd7 17.Rf6 gf6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.d3 Bd7 20.Qh4 Kg7 21.Rf1 (21.Rf1 Rh8 22.Nf6+-) 1–0. pcmvr (2760) – becinu (2400), net–chess.com , 2006.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3= Bg4 10.Be2 Re8 11.Rb1 b6 12.0-0 Qd7 13.Ng5 Be2 14.Qe2 h6 15.Rf6 hg5 16.Rf2+= Nd4?? 17.Qd3+- 1–0. pcmvr (2645) – becinu (2310), net–chess.com , 2006.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.g3 Bg4 10.Bg2 Re8 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Ne4= Re4 13.c3 Qe7 14.Qb1+= Na5? 15.Ng5!+- Qg5 16.Qe4 Rd8 17.h4 Qc5 18.d4 Qc3? 19.Qg4 1–0. woschkat (2105) – cabroski, net–chess.com, 2001.

8.Nc3 Bf5 9.e3 Bg6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Bf1 Rad8 14.d3 Ne5 15.Ne5 Re5 16.Ne2 Ree8 17.e4 c5 18.Ng3 Qe6 19.Qf3 h6 20.Rad1 Nd7 21.c3 f5 22.ef5 Qe1 23.Re1 Re1 24.fg6 Rf8 25.Qd5 Kh8 26.Qd7 Rff1 27.Nf1 1-0. mcalishter (1970) - HardWoodPusher (1950), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 a6 11.0-0 Nd5 12.Nd5 Qd5 13.d3 Ne7 14.e4 Qc5 15.Kh1 Ng6 16.h3 Qh5 17.Rf2 Nf4 18.Qf1 Rad8 19.Kg1 (19.Bd1 Rfe8=) 19...Be6 (19...Bh3 20.gh3 Nh3 21.Kg2-/+) 20.Nh2 Ne2 21.Qe2 Qg5 22.Nf3 Qg3 23.Kf1 c5 24.Ng1 (24.Qe3 b6+=) 24...b5 25.Rf3 Qg5 26.Qe3 Qh5 27.a3 c4 28.Rd1 cd3 29.cd3 Rd7 (29...f5 30.ef5 Bb3 31.g4-/+) 30.Qe2 Rc8 31.Re3 (31.Re3 Qh6 32.Nf3-/+) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1790) – matalobo, Active (5/0), 2005.

8.Nc3 Bg4 9.e3 Ne5 10.Be2 h5 11.Ne5 Be2 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Nf3 0-0-0 14.a4 Rhg8 15.Rb1 g5 16.h3 g4 17.Nd4 gh3 18.Rh3 Ng4 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.e4 Rge8 21.Rh5 Ne5 22.Ng7 Qg6 23.Ne8 Re8 24.Qb5 Qh5 25.Qe8 1-0. galkin (1745) - platerin (1790), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

8.e3 0-0 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bd6).

8.Bf6 gf6?! 9.e3=.

8.Bf6 Qf6-/+ 9.Nc3 Bf5 (9...Qg6 10.e3=+) 10.e4=+ Bg4 (10...Qe7 11.Bd3=+) 11.Bb5 0-0-0 (11...Be5 12.Bc6 bc6 13.0-0=+) 12.Bc6= bc6 13.Qe2 Rhe8 (13...Bf3 14.Qf3 Be5 15.Qh3 Rd7 16.Rd1=) 14.0-0+= Bc5 (14...Qf4 15.h3 Bf3 16.Rf3 Qh2 17.Kf2 Bc5 18.Ke1+=) 15.Kh1 Qh6 (15...Rd7 16.Rab1+=) 16.Qc4 (16.d4 Bf3 17.Qa6 Kd7 18.dc5+-) 16...Bd6 (better 16...Bb6!?+=) 17.e5+- Bf3 18.Qa6 (better 18.ed6 Bg2 19.Kg2 Rd6 20.Qf7 Rd2 21.Rf2+-) 18...Kd7= 19.ed6 (worse 19.gf3 Re5 20.f4 Rh5-/+; 19.Rf3?! Be5 20.Rh3 Qg6=) 19...Bd5? (better 19...Bh5 20.dc7 Rc8 21.Qa7 Rc7 22.Qd4 Kc8+-) 20.Nd5 cd5 (20...Qd6 21.Ne3 f6+-) 21.Rf7 Ke6 22.Raf1 (22.Raf1 Qg6 23.dc7 Ke5 24.cd8Q Re6 25.Qc7 Rd6 26.Qe2 Qe4 27.R1f5 Kd4 28.c3; 22.dc7?! Kf7 23.Rf1 Kg8 24.cd8R Rd8 (24...Qa6?? 25.Re8) 25.Qa7 Qh5+-) 1–0. pcmvr – samyaksamadhi, net–chess.com, 2017.

9.Bb5 Bh2 10.Ke2 (10.Nh2 Qh4 Double attack (10...Qh4 Decoy); 10.Rh2 Nh2 Combination) 10...Bg3 11.Bg7 Rg8 12.Rh7 Bf5 13.Qh1 Qd7 (13...Bh7 14.Qh7 Kd7 15.Qf5 Ke7 16.Qg4+-) 14.Rh8 0-0-0 15.Rg8 Rg8 16.Nc3 Bc2 17.Qh3 a6 (worse is 17...Rg7 18.Qh8 Qd8 19.Qg7+-) 18.Bc4 b5 19.Nb5 ab5 (19...Rg7 20.Na3 Bh7 21.Qg3=) 20.Bb5 Qf5 (worse is 20...Rg7 21.Qh8 Kb7 22.Qg7+/-) 21.Ba6 Kb8 22.Qg3 Rg7 23.Qf4 Qa5 24.Qc4 Nge5 25.Qb5 Qb5 26.Bb5 Rg2 27.Kf1 Rg6 (27...Nf3?! 28.Kg2 Be4 29.Kg3 Nd2 30.Rd1=) 28.Rc1 Be4 29.Ne5 Ne5 30.Rc5 f6 31.a3 Rh6 32.d4 Ng4 33.Rc3 Rh3 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Santo,Moises (2070), BI–2009–F–00007, 2010.

9.g3 0-0 10.Bg2 Re8 11.0-0 b5 12.Ne1 Bg3 13.hg3 Ne3= 14.Qh5 Nf1 15.Kf1 Re6 16.Nf3 Qe7 17.Qb5 Rb8 18.Qc4 ½–½. pcmvr (2800) – cnita (2730), net–chess.com, 2007.

9.g3 0-0 10.Bg2 Re8 11.0-0 Bc5 12.h3 Nh6 13.g4 f5 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.g5 Nf7 16.Bb2 f4-/+ 17.Nc3 fe3 18.d4 Bd6 19.Nd5 Qe6 20.c4 Qg6 21.Rad1 Ng5 22.Ng5 Qg5 23.Rf3 Bd7 24.Re3 b6 25.Rf1 Rf8 26.Kh1 Rf1 27.Bf1 Rf8 28.Rf3 Ne7 29.Ne7 Be7 30.Rf8 Bf8 31.Qf3 c6 32.Ba3 Qf5 33.Qf5 Bf5 34.Bf8 Kf8 35.Kg2 Ke7 36.Kg3 Kd6 37.Kf4 Bb1 38.a3 c5 39.d5 Bc2 40.h4 b5 41.cb5 Kd5 42.Ke3 Ba4 43.h5 c4 44.Bg2 Kc5 45.b6 ab6 46.Be4 Be8 47.Bh7 Bh5 48.Be4 g5 49.Bf5 b5 (49...b5 50.Bd7 Bg6-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2650) – senna (2790), net–chess.com, 2007.

9.g3 h5 10.Bg7 Rg8 11.Bb2 Nh2 12.Rh2 Bg3 13.Rf2 Bf2 14.Kf2 Qd6 15.Qe1 Bg4 16.d3 0-0-0 17.Nbd2 h4 18.Ne4= Qh6 19.Ne5 f5=+ 20.Ng4 fg4 21.Ke2 h3 22.Qf2 Rdf8 23.Nf6 Rg5 24.Qf4 g3 25.Bh3= Qh3 26.Qg5 Qg2 27.Kd1 Qf1 28.Kd2 Qf2 29.Kc3 Rf6 30.Kb3 Rf8 31.Ba3 Rd8 32.Rc1 b6 33.Bb4 Nb4-+ (33...Nb4 34.Qg4 Kb7 35.Qb4 Qe3 36.Qe4 Qe4 37.de4 Rg8-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2860) – muabdib (2700), net–chess.com, 2008.

9.g3 h5 10.Bg7 Rh7 11.Bb2 h4 12.Rg1 (12.Nh4? Nh2 13.Rg1 Rh4-+) 12...hg3 13.hg3 Bf5 14.Qe2 Bc2 15.Qc4 Bf5 16.Nc3 Nge5 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.Qa4 Qd7 19.Qd7 Kd7 (19...Nd7?! 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nb5=) 20.0-0-0 Nd3 21.Bd3 Bd3 22.Nd5 Rh2 23.Rh1 Bg3 24.Nf6 Ke7 25.Nd5 Ke6 26.Rh2 Bh2 (26...Kd5?! 27.Rh5 f5 28.Rg1=) 27.Nf4 Bf4 28.ef4 c5 29.Re1 Kd5 30.Rg1 a5 31.Rg7 Ra6 32.Rf7 Rh6 33.Bg7 Rh1 34.Kb2 b5 35.Kc3 Be4 36.d3 Rh3 37.Rd7 Ke6 38.Rd8 Ke7 39.Rc8 Rd3 40.Kb2 Rd2 41.Kb3 Kf7 42.Rc7 Kg6 43.a4 b4 44.Kc4 Bd3 45.Kd5 c4 46.Be5 Kf5 47.Rc5 Kg4 48.Bd4? b3-+ 49.Ra5 b2 50.Bb2 Rb2 51.Kd4 Kf4 52.Rc5 Kf3 53.Rh5 Rb4 54.a5 Ra4 55.Rg5 Ke2 56.Rg2 Ke1 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Bonehill (2270), BI–2009–P–00008, 2009.

8.a3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Bf3 10.ef3 0-0 11.Be2 a6 12.0-0 Qd4 13.Rf2 Rfe8 14.Rb1 b5 15.Bd3 Ne5-/+ 16.Ne2 Qd6 17.Rb3 c5 18.Bf5 c4 19.Re3-/+ g6 20.Bh3 Nd5 21.Re4 f5 22.Rd4 Nc6 23.Rh4 Qa3 24.Nd4 Nd4 25.Rd4 Nb4 26.c3 Nc2!! 27.Qc2 Re1 28.Rf1 Rf1 29.Kf1 Qa1 (29...Qa1 30.Kf2 Re8-+) 0–1. Loots,Friedhelm – Benassi,Aspasio, corr KMG–47, 1999.

8.a3 Bc3 9.Nc3=+ Bf3 10.ef3 0-0 11.Be2 a6 12.Rb1=+ b5 13.0-0 Qd6 14.Ra1 Rfe8 15.Kh1 Rad8 16.Qc1? Qd2-+ 17.Qd2 Rd2 18.Bd3 Ne5 19.Nb1 Rd3-+ 20.cd3 Nd3 21.Nc3 c5 22.Kg1 c4 23.Rfd1 h5 24.Ra2 h4 25.Re2 Re2-+ 26.Ne2 Nd5 27.Nd4 Kf8 28.Rd2 Ke7 29.Re2 Kd7 30.Kf1 Nc3 31.Rc2 Nb1 32.Ra2 g6 33.Ra1 Nc3 34.Nc2 a5 35.Ne3 Kc6 36.Nc2 Kc5 37.Ne3? f6 38.Nc2 Ne5 39.Ke1 h3 40.gh3 Nf3 41.Kf2 Ne5 42.Ke3 Nd5 43.Ke2 Nc6 44.Kd2 b4 45.ab4 ab4 46.Ne1 c3 47.Kc2 Nd4 48.Kb1 Nb3 49.Ra2 Nd2 50.Kc1 Nc4 51.Ra8 b3 52.Rc8 Kb5 53.Rb8 Ndb6 (53...Ndb6 54.Nd3 b2 55.Nb2 cb2 (55...Nb2?! 56.Kc2-+) 56.Kc2 Kb4-+) 0–1. Nemec,Zdenek (2040) – Baer,Werner (2175), TT–14 ETC, 2004.

8.a3 Bd6 9.e3 0-0 10.Bb5 Ne5 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Be5 Be5 (13.Ne5 Qh4 14.g3 Ng3 15.Ng4 Nh1 16.Kf1 f5-+) 0–1. Hjortstam,Kurt – Steuer, email 4AMM–F, 1998.

8.Bb4 Nb4 9.e3 (9.Nc3!? Qe7 10.e3-/+) 9...Bf3 10.gf3 Nfd5 11.a3?? (better is 11.Bd3-+) 11...Qh4 12.Ke2 0-0-0 13.ab4 (13.Bh3 Qh3 14.Qf1 Qf1 15.Rf1-+) 13...Nf4! 14.ef4 Rhe8# 0–1. purplegadge (1780) – vulpecula (2120), gameknot.com, 2014.

8.Bb4 Bf3 9.ef3 Nb4 10.a3 Qe7 11.Kf2 Qc5-/+ 12.d4 Qc2 13.Nd2 Qd1 14.Rd1 Nbd5 15.Re1 Ne7 16.Bc4 Rd8 17.Nb3 b6 18.Re2=+ Nfd5 19.Bd5 Rd5 20.Rhe1 Rd7 21.f4 Kd8 22.g3 Nf5 (22...Nf5 23.Rd1 a6-/+; 22...a5 23.Re4-/+) 0–1. Gretencord,Ulrich – Pluemmer,Rolf, 2005.

8.e3 0-0 (--> 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bg4).

8.e3 Nd5 9.Bb5 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Bc6 bc6 13.0-0 Qe3 14.Rf2 0-0 15.Qd4 Qd4 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Rd2 Rab8 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Ne5 h6 20.Nc6 Rb6 21.Nd4 Rb5?? (better is 21...Rd8-/+) 22.Nb5+- 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2095) – Benassi,Aspasio (2205), KMG, 2005.

8.e3 Nd5 9.h3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bh5 11.Rb1 0-0 12.Bd3 Bc3-/+ 13.dc3 Ne5 14.g4= Nf3 15.Qf3 Bg6 16.0-0 b6 17.Rbd1 Qe7 18.Qf4 Rad8 19.Kg2 Rd6 20.Bg6 Rg6 21.Rd5 Re6 22.Rd3 Re4 23.Rd7 Qd7 24.Qe4 Qd2 25.Kg3 Qc3-+ 26.Rd1 h6 27.a4 c6 28.Rd7 a5 29.Kg2 b5 30.Qd3 Qc5 31.Qe4 ba4-+ 32.Qa4 Qe3 33.Qa5 f5! 34.Qc7 Qc3-+ 35.gf5 Qc2 36.Kg1 Qc1 37.Kg2 Qb2 38.Kg1 Rf5 39.Rd8 Kh7 40.Rh8 Kg6 41.Qd6 Qf6 42.Qd3 c5 43.Qe4 Qg5 44.Kh2 Qd2 45.Qg2 Qg2 46.Kg2 Kg5 47.Re8 Kf4 48.Ra8 Ke4 49.Rc8 Kd3 50.Rd8 Kc3 51.Kg3 c4 52.Kg4 Rb5 53.Kf3 Kb2 0–1. pcmvr (2775) – ioana, net–chess.com, 2008.

8.e3 Nd5 9.h3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bh5 11.Rb1 Qd6 12.Bb5 Qg3 13.Kf1 Bc3 14.dc3 0-0 15.Bd3 b6 16.Rb5 Bg6 17.h4 Rfe8 18.h5 Bd3 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.Rd5 Rd5 21.Qd5 Ne5 22.Rh3 Ng4 23.Qf7 Kf7 24.Rg3 Ne3 25.Kf2 Nd1 26.Kg1 Re3 27.Ng5 Kg8 28.Re3 Ne3 29.Ne6 c5 30.Kf2 Nd1-+ 31.Ke2 Nc3 32.Kd2 Nd5 33.Kd3 h6 34.a3 Kf7 35.Nd8 Kf6 36.Nc6 Nf4 37.Ke4 Nh5 38.Na7 Ke6 39.Nc8 Nf6 40.Kd3 Nd5 41.Ke4 h5 42.c4-/+ Nc3 43.Kf4?? Na4-+ 44.Kg5 Kd7 45.Na7 Nb2 46.Kh5 Nc4 47.Nb5 Kc6 48.a4 Nb2 0–1. pcmvr (2860) – refen (2855), net–chess.com, 2009.

8.e3 Nd5 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bb5=+ 0-0 11.0-0 Nc3 12.Nc3 Ne5 13.Be2 Bf3 14.Bf3 c6 15.Rb1 Bc3-/+ 16.dc3 Qe7 17.Qd4 b6 18.Qb4 Nf3 19.Rf3 c5 20.Qf4 Rad8 21.Rbf1 Rd2 22.R3f2 Rd6 23.Qa4 Re6 24.Rd2 Re4 25.Qc6 Re3 26.Rd7 Qe8 27.Qd6 Re6 28.Qc7 Re2 29.Rf2 Re1 30.Kh2 Qe6 31.a4 h5 32.Rd3 h4 33.a5 ba5 34.Rd8 g6 35.Rf8 Kf8 36.Rf4 Qe7 37.Qe7 Ke7 38.Rh4 Re3 39.Ra4 Rc3 40.Ra5 Rc2 41.Ra7 Ke6 42.Kg3 c4 43.Kf3 c3 44.Rc7 Kd6 45.Rc8 Kd5 46.g4 Rc1 47.h4 c2 48.Kg2 Ke4 49.h5-/+ gh5 50.gh5 Kf5 51.Rc6 f6 52.Rc5 Ke6 53.Rc7 Kd6 54.Rc3 Ke7 55.Rc7 Kf8 56.Kh2 f5-+ 57.h6 Kg8 58.Rc3 f4 59.Rc7 f3 (59...f3 60.Kg3 Rg1 61.Kf3 c1Q 62.Rc1 Rc1-+) 0–1. pcmvr – tdanecki (2825), net–chess.com, 2009.

8.h3 Bh5 9.c3 Bd6 10.Bf2 Ne4 11.Be3 Bg3 12.Bf2 Bf2# 0–1. NN – Meybohm, 1991.

9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0=+ Nc6 12.Nd4 Be2 13.Ne2 Re8 14.Nec3= Nf6 15.a4 Ne5=+ 16.a5 c5 17.Ra4 Qd7 18.Raf4 Ng6 19.Rf6= gf6 20.Qf3 f5=+ 21.Nd5 Kg7 22.c4 Rac8 23.Nbc3 Rc6 24.Qh3 Ne7 25.d3 Nd5 26.Nd5 Rh6 27.Qg3 Kh8 28.Qf4 Qd6 29.Qd6 Rd6 30.Rf5 Kg7 31.Rf2 Re5 32.Rb2 Ra6 33.Rb5 b6 34.ab6 ab6 35.Kf2 Re6 36.Rb2 Rh6 37.h3 Rc6 38.g4 Rh6 39.Kg3 Ra3 40.Nf4 Rd6 41.Kf3 Kf6 42.Ke4 Kg5 43.Rb1 h6 44.Rf1 Ra7 45.Nd5 Re6 46.Kf3 Rd6 47.h4 Kh4= 48.Rh1 Kg5 49.Nf4 Rad7 50.Rh5 Kf6 51.Rh6 Kg7 52.Rh5 ½–½. pcmvr (1955) – perryb (1965), internet, 2007.

9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Qe7 12.c3 Nd5 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.c4 Ndf6 15.Qc2 c5 16.Nb3 b6 17.a4 Qe5 18.a5 Rad8 19.d3 Ng5 20.e4 Bg4 21.ab6 ab6 22.Ra2 Rd7 23.Rf2 h5 24.Bf1 Be6 25.Qb2 Qc7 26.Rf6 gf6 27.Qf6 Qd8 28.Qd8 Rfd8 29.h4 Nh7 30.Rb2 Nf8 31.Nc3 Ra7 32.Nd5= Bd5 33.ed5 Rda8 34.Nc1 Ra1=+ 35.Ne2 R8a2 36.Ra2 Ra2 37.d4 cd4 38.Nd4 Ng6 39.Nf5 Kf8 40.Bd3 Ne5 41.Bf1 Ng4 42.Ng3 Ne3 43.Be2 Rc2 44.d6? Nc4-+ 45.d7 Ke7 46.Bh5 Ne5 47.Be2 Kd7 48.h5 Ke6 49.Kf1 f5 50.Bd1 Rd2 51.Bb3 Kf6 52.h6 Rd3 53.Nh5 Kg5 54.h7 Ng6 55.Bf7 Nh8 56.Bc4 Rc3 57.Be2 b5 (57...b5 58.Ng7 b4 59.Ne6 Kh6-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2760) – tieheriban (2395), net–chess.com, 2007.

9.Bb4 Nb4=+ 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0= Re8 12.a3 Nc6 13.Ra2 Rb8 14.d3 Nd6 15.e4 f5 16.Nc3 fe4-/+ 17.de4 Ne4 18.Ne4 Re4 19.c3 Qd1 20.Bd1 Re3 21.Bb3 Be6 22.Be6=+ Re6 23.Rd1 Rbe8 24.Rb2 b6 25.Rd7=+ R6e7 26.Re7 Re7 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Rb5 a6 29.Rf5 Ke6 30.Rf4 Kd5 31.a4 h6 32.h4 Ne5 33.Ne5 Ke5 34.Kf3 g5 35.hg5 hg5 36.Rf8 Kd5 37.Kg4 Kc4 38.Kg5 Rg7 39.Kf5 Rg2 40.Rc8 c5 41.Rc6 Rb2-+ (41...Rb2 42.Ke5 Kc3-+) 0–1. Nemec,Zdenek (2045) – Malmstroem,Jan (1915), TE–2004–P–01711, 2004.

9.Bb4 Nb4 10.Be2 Bf3 11.Bf3 Qh4 12.g3 Qe7 13.0-0= 0-0 14.Be4 Qe4 15.Nc3 Qc2 16.Qc2 Nc2=+ 17.Rab1 Rab8 18.Rfc1= Na3 19.Rb4 a6=+ 20.Ne4 Rfc8 21.Kf2 b5 22.Rc5 Nc4 23.d3 Nd6 24.Ke2 f6 25.h3 Kf7 26.Rd4 (26.Rd4 Ne4 27.Re4=+). pcmvr (2770) – elguason (2515), net–chess.com , 2006.

9.Bd3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qf6 12.0-0 Qc3 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb1 0-0-0 15.Qe2 Rhe8 16.Rb3 Qa5 (16...Qc5!?-/+) 17.Rb5= Bf3 18.Qf3 Qc3 19.Qf5 Rd7 20.Rb3 Qe5 21.Qe5 Ne5 22.Bf5 f6 23.Kf2 c6 24.Rb4 Kc7 25.Bd7 Nd7 26.Rh4 h6 27.Rd4 Ne5 28.Ra4 (28.Rfd1 b5+=) 28...a6= 29.Rd4 b5 30.Rfd1 a5 31.e4 a4 32.Ke3 Nc4 33.Kf3 Ne5 34.Kf4 Ng6 35.Kg3 Ne5 36.c3 Rb8 37.Rd6 Kb6 38.Kf2 Kc5 39.R1d4 Rb7 40.Rd8 Re7 41.g4 Kb6 42.Rb8 Kc7 43.Rg8 Nc4 44.Kf3 Ne5 45.Kf4 Ng6 46.Kg3 Ne5 47.h4 Nd7 48.Kf3 Ne5 49.Kf4 Ng6 50.Kg3 Ne5 51.Ra8 Kb7 52.Rf8 Kc7 53.Rdd8 Kb6 54.Rfe8 Rf7 55.Rd4 Kc5 56.h5 Nc4 57.Red8 Ne5 58.Kf4 Re7 59.Kf5 Kb6 60.Rc8 Kb7 61.Rdd8 Nf7 62.Rb8 Kc7 63.Rdc8 Kd6 64.Rg8 Ne5 65.Rge8 Rf7 66.Rf8 Rc7 67.g5 hg5 (67...fg5 68.Rbd8 Rd7 69.Rd7 Nd7+-) 68.h6!+- g6 (68...gh6 69.Rf6 Double attack (69.Kf6 Deflection)) 69.Kf6 g4 (69...Nd7 70.Kg6 Nb8 71.Rb8 Ke5+-) 70.Rbd8 Rd7 (70...Kc5 71.Ke5 Rh7+-) 71.h7 (71.h7 g3 72.h8Q+-) 1–0. pvanr (1790) – rushnpawn (1830), gameknot.com, 2009.

9.Bd3 Nc3 10.Nc3 Ne5! 11.Be4 (11.Ne5 Bc3 Double attack (11...Bd1 Pinning; 11...Bd1 Deflection; 11...Bc3 Decoy)) 11...Bf3 12.gf3 Qh4 13.Ke2 0-0 14.Qe1 Qh6 15.Qg3 Rae8 16.Rag1 (16.Bb7? Bc3 17.dc3 Nc4-+) 16...f5 17.Qg5 Qg5 18.Bd5 (18.Rg5?? fe4 19.Ne4 Nf3-+) 18...Kh8 19.Rg5 Ng6 20.Rg6 hg6 21.Bb7 Bc3 22.dc3 Rf6 23.Rg1 Re5 24.e4 Rc5 25.Bd5 Rc3 26.Kd2 Rc5 (26...Rf3? 27.e5 Rf2 28.Ke3+-) 27.Ke3? (better is 27.Rg3!? g5 28.Rg5+=) 27...Rc2-+ 28.e5 Rf8 29.e6 Re8 30.Rg6 Kh7 31.Rg1 Rh2 32.Kf4 g6 33.Rc1 Re7 34.Rb1 Kg7 35.Rb8 Rd2 36.Bb3 Rd3 37.Bc2 Rc3 38.Bb3 a5 39.a4 c6 40.Ba2 Rd3 41.Ke5 Rf3 42.Kd6 Ra7 43.Rg8 Kf6 44.Rf8 Kg5 45.Kc6 Rf2 46.Bd5 Rc2 (46...Rc2 47.Kb6 Re7-+) 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Zielinski,Sergej (2100), BI–2009–P–00008, 2009.

9.Be2 Bc3-/+ 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Rb1 0-0 13.Qc1 b6 14.0-0 Rad8 15.Bb5 Bf3 16.Rf3 Ne5 17.Rf4 c6 18.Ba4 Qc5 19.Qe1 Nc4 20.Bb3 Qe3 21.Qe3 Ne3 22.Re1 Rde8 23.Kf2-/+ g5 24.Rf7 Rf7 25.Bf7 Kf7 26.Re3 Re3 27.Ke3 h5 28.Ke4 Ke6 29.a3 a6 30.h3 h4 31.c4 Kf6 32.a4 Ke6-/+ 33.c3 Kf6 34.Kf3 Ke5 35.Ke3 Kf5 36.Kf3 Kf6 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kd3 Kf5 39.Ke3 ½–½. Reuter,Alfred J – Marcotulli,Giancarlo, IECC, 2000.

9.Be2 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Rb1 0-0 13.Rb7 Bf3 14.gf3 Rad8 15.Qc1=+ Qh4 16.Kf1 Rd6 17.h3 Re8-/+ 18.Qe1 Qf6 19.Kf2=+ Rde6 20.Bd3= Re3 21.Qe3 Re3 22.Ke3 Qc3 23.Kf2 Qd2 24.Be2 Qd4 25.Kf1 Qf4=+ 26.c3 g6 27.Kf2 Ne7 28.Rb4 Qg5 29.Rd4 Nd5 (29...Nd5 30.f4 Qh4 31.Kf3 Nc3-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2740) – zoltanln (2860), net–chess.com, 2006.

9.Be2 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Rb1 0-0 13.Rb7 Bf3 14.gf3 Rad8 15.Qc1 Qh4 16.Kf1 Qh3 17.Kf2 Rd6 18.Rg1 (18.Bd3!?=+) 18...Qh2-/+ 19.Rg2 Qh4 (19...Qh4 20.Kg1 Rh6-/+) 0-1. marekt (2245) - kebec (2185), gameknot.com, 2018.

9.Be2 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Rb1 Rd8 13.Qc1 b6 14.0-0 0-0 15.h3 Be6 (15...Bf3 16.Rf3 Rd6 17.Qb2-/+) 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.a3 (17.e4 Qc5 18.Qe3 f6-/+) 17...Rfe8 (17...Bd5 18.Qe1-/+) 18.e4 c5 19.Ne6 Qe6 20.Bb5 Re7 (20...Rf8 21.Qf4+=) 21.Rd1+= Rf8 22.Qg5 h6 23.Qg3 1–0. Cornacchini,Gabriele (1770) – Lafrana,Arthur, ICCF FM/0438, 2007.

9.Be2 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Rb1 Qe3 13.Qd3 Qd3 14.cd3 0-0-0 15.d4 Rhe8 16.Ra1 f6 17.Kd2 Na5 18.Rhe1 Be6 19.Ke3 Bc4 20.Kf2 Be2 21.Re2 Nc4 22.Rb1 b6 23.Nd2 Nd2 24.Rd2 Rd5 25.Rd3 Kd7 26.Re3 Re3 27.Ke3 Kd6 28.Rb2 c5 29.a4 h6 30.g3 Kc6 31.Ke4 Rg5 32.Rd2 cd4 33.cd4 Ra5 34.Rc2 Kd6 35.Rc4 f5 36.Ke3 1–0. pcmvr – icyglare (2575), net–chess.com, 2009.

9.Bg7 Bf3-/+ 10.gf3 Qh4 11.Ke2 Qf2 12.Kd3 Nc5 13.Kc4 Qh4 14.f4 b5! 15.Kb5 Rb8 16.Kc6 Qe7 17.Be5 Qd7 0–1. Istvanny – jnunes (1795), internet, 2007.

7.Bb2 0-0 8.e3 Ng4 9.Nc3 Nc5 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Qc4 a5 12.Be2 Ne3! 13.de3 Na4 14.Qb3 Re3 (better is 14...Nb2!? 15.a3 Bc3 16.Qc3 Na4-+) 15.Qa4= b5 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Qb4 ab4 18.Nd1 Re4 19.Nf2 Re2! 20.Ke2 Bc4 21.Nd3 Bd3 22.cd3 Qd5 23.Rhe1 c5 24.Kd2 c4 25.Bd4 c3 26.Ke3 Ra2 27.Ra2 Qa2 0–1. Fournier,Frederic – Vali (2650), Partie evaluee, 5m + 0s, 2008.

7.Bc3 Bd6 8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Bb2 c5 12.Na3 Rc8 13.Qe1 a6 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.a4 Qe7 16.Qh4 Qe4 17.Qe4 Ne4 18.d3 Nef6 19.e4 Rfe8 20.Ne3 a5 21.Nd2 Ne5 22.Ndc4 Nfd7 23.Na3 Bc6 24.Nb5 Bb8 25.Nc3 Nf6 26.Rab1 Ned7 27.Nc4 Bc7 28.Ba1 Rb8 29.Nb5 Bb5 (29...Be5 30.Ne5 Ne5 31.Bc3) 30.Rb5 Ne5 (30...Re6!?+=) 31.Be5 Re5 (31...Be5 32.Ne5 Re5+/-) 32.Ne5 Be5 33.g3 Kf8 34.Kg2 Ke7 35.Rfb1 Bc7 36.Kf3 Nd7 37.Ke3 f6 38.c3 g6 39.d4 h5 40.R5b2 Bd6 41.Bb5 Nf8 42.Bc6 cd4 43.cd4 Bc7 44.Bd5 Bd8 45.Rc1 Nd7 46.Rc6 Nf8 47.e5 1–0. Sternik,Ryszard – Wallace,Gary, email KMG–53, 2001.

7.Bc3 Bd6 8.e3 Nb6 9.Bd3 (9.Bf6 Qf6 10.Nc3 Qe7=+) 9...Bg4 (9...Na4 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Bd7 Kd7 13.c3=) 10.0-0= 0-0 (10...Nbd5 11.Qe1=) 11.Qe1 (11.h3 Bh5=) 11...Nbd5 (11...Nfd5 12.Nd4=+) 12.Qh4= Nc3 (12...h6 13.Bb2=) 13.Nc3+= h6 14.Nd4 (14.Rab1 Rb8+=) 14...Bd7 (14...Be5 15.Rab1 c5 16.Nf5 Bf5 17.Rf5 Bc3 18.dc3=) 15.Nf5 (15.Rab1 Ng4 16.Qd8 Bh2 17.Kh1 Rfd8+=) 15...Bf5 16.Rf5 Nd7 (16...Re8 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Qd4+=) 17.Qh3 (17.Qd4 g6 18.Rb5 Nb6+=) 17...Ne5 (17...c6 18.Raf1+=) 18.Be4 (18.Rb1 Qc8+=) 18...c6 (18...g6 19.Rf4 c6 20.Rb1= (worse 20.Qh6 Be7 21.Rd1 Bg5-/+)) 19.d4 Ng6 (19...Bb4 20.Ne2 (worse 20.de5 Bc3 21.Raf1 Qe7=) 20...Ng6 21.Bd3+=) 20.Rh5 (20.Rb1 Qd7+=) 20...Re8 (20...Bb4 21.Nd1 Re8+=) 21.Qg4 (21.Rf1 Bb4 22.Qf3 Qe7 23.Bg6 fg6=+) 21...Qf6 (21...Qe7 22.Rf1 Bb4 23.Rf7 A) 23...Kf7?? 24.Qg6 (24.Bg6?! Kg8 25.Re5 Qf8 26.Be8 Re8+-) 24...Kf8 25.Rf5 Kg8 26.Rf1 Qe4 27.Ne4+- (27.Qe4?! Re4 28.Ne4 Re8+-); B) 23...Qf7 24.Bg6 Qe6-/+) 22.Rf1 (22.Rb1 Qe7 23.Rh3 Bb4 24.Bg6 fg6+=) 22...Qe6= 23.Qe6 Re6 (23...fe6?? 24.Bg6 Rf8 25.Ne4 Rf1 26.Kf1+-) 24.Rhf5 (24.Rb1 a5 25.Rh3 Bb4 26.Bg6 fg6=) 24...Re7 (better 24...Bb4 25.d5 Re7 26.dc6 Bc3 27.cb7 Rb8-/+) 25.Bd3+= Nf8? (25...Rae8 26.g3+=) 26.e4 (better 26.Bc4!? Ne6 27.Rf7 Rf7 28.Be6+-) 26...Bb4 (26...Ne6 27.Ne2=) 27.Ne2+= Ne6 28.c3 Ba5?? (better 28...g6 29.Rf6 Ba5+=) 29.Ra5+- 1–0. Karathanasi,Eirhnh (1710) – Galani,Dimitra, Greek Youth Championship G16, 2017.

7.a3 Bd6 8.Nc3 0-0 =+.

7.Qc1 Nc6-/+ 8.Qb2 Bf3 (8...Be7 9.Qb7 Bf3 10.Bf6 Bf6 11.ef3 Ba1 12.Qc6 Kf8 13.Be2-/+) 9.Bf6= Qf6 (9...gf6 10.ef3 Qe7 11.Be2=+) 10.Qf6 gf6 11.e3?? (better is 11.ef3 Rg8 12.a3=) 11…Be4 (12.c3 Bd6-+; 11...Bd5 12.a3 Bd6 13.Nc3-+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Rennie,Kevin, compuserve, 1996.

7.c3 Bd6 8.Bd6 Qd6 9.d4 Bf3 10.ef3?! (10.gf3!) 10...0-0 11.Be2 Nd5 12.Qd2 (12.Qc1? Nf4 -+) 12...Re8 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Bd3 Re6 (14...Ne3 15.Re1 +-; 14...Nf4 15.g3 Nd3 16.Qd3 =) 15.Qb2 Nf4! 16.Be4 (16.Qb7?? Rb8) 16...f5 17.Bf5 Re2 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.Kh1 Rg2 20.Qf7 Qh6 0–1. Landgraf,Manfred – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr, 1990.

7.c3 Be7 8.e3. Sternik – Buck, corr KMG–22 1992.

7.c3 Be7 8.Bf6 Bf6 (worse is 8...gf6 9.Qb3+=) 9.Qa4 (9.Qb3 Be6 10.Qb7 Bd5 11.Qb5 c6=) 9...Qd7 10.Qe4 Be6 11.Qb7 Bd5 12.Qb4 Nc6 13.Qa4 0-0 (13...Rb8 14.e4 Qg4 15.d3=) 14.e3 Qf5 (14...Qe6 15.Be2=) 15.Be2+= Ne5 16.0-0 Qg6 17.Na3 a5 (17...Rfb8 18.Rad1=) 18.Nc4 (18.Qf4 Rfe8+=) 18...Qe4 19.Nb2 Qg6 20.Ne5?? (20.Qf4 Rae8+=) 20...Be5 (20...Qg2) 21.g3 (21.Bf3 c6 22.e4 Qh6+=) 21...Rfd8 (better is 21...Bg3!? 22.Qg4 Qg4 23.Bg4 Rab8+=) 22.Bd3+= Qd6 23.Rf2 Bf6 24.Qc2 h5 25.Bh7+/- Kh8 26.Be4 h4 27.Bd5 Qd5 28.d4 hg3 29.hg3 c5 30.Rf5 Qe6 31.Rc5 Qe3 32.Kg2 Kg8 33.Nc4 Qe8 34.Rh1 g6 35.Na5 Ra6 36.Nb3 Rda8 37.Nc1+- Qe6 38.d5 Qe3 39.Rc4 Be5 40.Rh3 Rf6 41.Re4 Rf2= 42.Qf2 A deflection 42...Qe4 43.Kh2 Qd5 44.Qg2 Qa5 45.c4= Bf6 46.c5 Qa3 47.Qc2 Ra5 48.Qe2 Qc5+= 49.Qe8 Qf8 50.Qe2 Re5 51.Qf3 Bg5 52.Nb3 Qe8 53.Nd4 Re4 54.Qf2 Qd7 55.Nf3 Qd1 56.Ng5 Re2 57.Ne4 Re4 (57...Re4 58.Rh4 Re2 59.Qe2 Qe2 60.Kh3 g5-+; 57...Rf2?! 58.Nf2 Qf1 59.Nh1-+) 0–1. Hess,Helmut – Obertin,Frank, corr ICCF EU/M99, 2001.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 12.Nc3 Ne4 13.Ne4 Qe4 14.Qe1 (better 14.Rb1!?=) 14...Qc2-/+ 15.Bc3 Rad8 16.Qh4 Qg6 17.h3 Bf5 18.Ng5 Be7 19.Bh5 Qg5 (better 19...Bg5!? 20.Bg6 Bh4 21.Bf5 Ne7-/+) 20.Qg5= Bg5 21.Rf5 Bh6?? (better 21...Be3 22.de3 g6=+) 22.Bf7+- Kh8 (22...Kf8 23.Raf1+-) 23.Be8 Re8 24.Raf1 (24.Raf1 Kg8 25.Rf7+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep - Sjaakmatinone (2160), lichess.org, 2018.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bc3 (8.Bb5 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6=+) 8...Bc3 (8...0-0 9.Bb5=+) 9.Nc3 Ne5 (9...Qd6 10.Be2=) 10.Be2= Nf3 (10...Bf3 11.Bf3 c6 12.0-0=) 11.Bf3 Bf3 (11...Qd7 12.Bg4 Ng4 13.Rb1=) 12.gf3 (12.Qf3 c6=) 12...Nd7 (12...Qe7 13.Rb1 c6 14.Qe2=) 13.Qe2= Qh4 14.Qf2 (14.Kd1 Qf6=) 14...Qf6 (14...Ne5 15.0-0 Qh5 16.f4=) 15.0-0 (15.Rb1 0-0-0=) 15...Ne5 (15...0-0-0 16.Rab1=) 16.Ne4 Qg6 17.Kh1 (17.Qg2 Nf3 18.Rf3 Qe4=+) 17...Qc6 (17...f5 18.Nc5 b6 19.Nb3=) 18.d3 (18.d4 Ng6 19.Rfd1=) 18...Qh6 (better 18...f5!? 19.Ng5 0-0-0=+) 19.Qg3+= f6 (19...Ng6 20.Qc7 0-0 21.f4+=) 20.d4+- Nc4? (better 20...Nf7 21.Qc7 0-0 22.Qb7 Qe3+-) 21.Qc7+- f5 22.Qc4 (22.Qb7?! Nb6 23.Ng3 0-0+-) 22...fe4 23.Qb5 (23.fe4 Qc6 24.Qc6 bc6+-) 23...Kd8 (23...Qc6 24.Qc6 bc6 25.fe4+-) 24.Qd5 Kc8 25.Qe4 (25.Rab1 Qc6 26.fe4 Rd8 27.Qc6 bc6+-) 25...Rf8 26.f4 (better 26.Rab1 Rb8 27.Qe7+-) 26...Kc7?? (26...Rb8 27.Rab1+-) 27.Qe5 (better 27.Qe7 Kc8 28.Qf8 Kc7 29.Qa8 Qc6 30.Kg1 Qg6 31.Kf2+-) 27...Kd7 28.Rab1 (28.Qd5 Kc7+-) 28...b6 29.Rb5 (better 29.Qd5 Kc7 30.Qc4 Kd8 31.Rb5+-) 29...Rf6?? (better 29...Rae8 30.Qd5 Kc7+-) 30.Rd5 (better 30.Qd5 Kc7 31.Qa8+-) 30...Rd6 31.Rd6 (better 31.Rg1!? Rg8 32.c4 Kc6 33.Rd6 Qd6 34.d5 Kd7 35.Rg7 Rg7 36.Qg7 Kc8 37.Qg8 Kb7 38.Qh7 Kb8 39.Qg8 Kb7 40.Qg7 Ka6+-) 31...Qd6 32.Qd6 (better 32.Qg7 Qe7 33.Qe7 Ke7+-) 32...Kd6 33.Kg2 (33.e4 Rc8 34.Rf2 g6+-) 33...Kd5 (33...Rc8 34.Rf2+-) 34.Kf3 Kc4 (34...Rc8 35.Rc1 Rc3 36.f5+-) 35.Rg1 (35.Rd1 Kc3+-) 35...g6 36.h4 Kc3 (36...Rd8 37.h5! Rd6 38.Rg5+-) 37.h5! gh5 38.f5 (38.Rh1 Rd8+-) 38...Kc2 (38...Kb2 39.Rg7 Ka2 40.Rh7+-) 39.e4 Kd3 40.Rd1 (40.d5 Kd4+-) 40...Kc3 (40...Kc2 41.Rh1+-) 41.Kf4 (41.e5 Rg8 42.e6 h4+-) 41...Kb2 42.f6 Ka2 43.e5 Rf8 (43...Re8 44.f7 Rf8+-) 44.Kf5 b5 45.e6 1–0. jaddwarrior (2060) – ajr1957 (1820), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd4 c5 (8...c5 9.Bc3 0-0=+). pcmvr (2450) – chesspal (2335), net–chess.com, 2006.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Be6 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nd4 Nd4 12.Bd4 c6 13.d3 Qc7 14.Nd2 c5 15.Bb2 Rad8 16.Rb1 b6 17.Nf3 Nd5 18.Qd2 Nb4 19.a3 Nc6 20.e4 Rd7 21.Qe3 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Bd6 23.Qf2 Ne5 24.Ne5 Be5 25.Be5 Qe5 26.Qe1 Ba2 27.Ra1 Qb2 28.Rd2 Be6 29.c4 Qd4 30.Kh1 Bc4 31.Rad1 Bb3 32.Rb1 Bc4 33.Rbd1 Bb3 34.Rb1 c4 35.Qg3 c3 36.Rb3 1–0. valpa – vijal, playchess.de, 2002.

7.e3 Nc6 8.Bc3 Bd6 9.Bb5 0-0 10.0-0 a6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Ne5 Be5 14.Be5 Re5 15.Nc3 Rg5 16.Qf3 Bg4? (better is 16...Qe7!?=) 17.Qb7+/- Bh3 18.Rf2 Be6 19.Ne4 (19.Ba6?! Rb8 20.Qf3 Ng4=) 19...Ne4 (19...Bd5 20.Nf6 Qf6 A) 21.Rf6?! Rg2 (worse is 21...Bb7 22.Rf2+/-) 22.Kf1 Bb7=; B) 21.Qb1+/-) 20.Be4 Rb8 21.Qa6 Rb4 22.Qd3 (22.d4 c5 23.c3 Rb6+-) 22...Qe7 (22...Qd3 23.Bd3 Ra5 24.Rf4 Rf4 25.ef4 Ra2 26.Ra2 Ba2 27.Be4+/-) 23.a4 Bd7 (23...Ra5 24.Bc6+-) 24.Bf3 (24.Bd5 Be6 25.Be6 fe6+-) 24...Ba4? (better is 24...Ra4 25.Ra4 Ba4+-) 25.c3 Bb5 (25...Rh4 26.Bd5 Kh8+-) 26.Ra8 Be8 27.cb4 (27.cb4 Rg6 28.Qd8+-) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – Guest4067484, Partie amicale, 8m + 0s, 2008.

6.g3 Qc4?? 7.Bg7+- 1–0. Janek – Quincy, internet, 2016.

6.g3 Qe4 7.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 d6 4.fe5 Qh4 5.g3 Qe4 6.Nf3 de5 7.Be5).

6.Bg3 Qf6 7.c3 Ba5 8.e4 Nh6 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nf3 Re8 11.e5 Qb6 12.Na3 Be6 13.Nc4 Bc4 14.Bc4 Ng4 15.Bf7! Kf7 16.Ng5 Kg8 17.Qg4 h6 18.Ne4 Na6 19.Bf2 Qb5 20.Nf6+- Kh8 21.Ne8 Re8 22.e6 Bb6 23.Bb6 Qb6 24.0-0-0 Re6 25.Rde1 Rg6? 26.Re8 Kh7 27.Qc4 Rc6 28.Qg8 Kg6 29.Re7 Qd4 30.Qf7 Kh7 31.Qf5 Rg6 32.cd4 (32…Nc5 33.dc5 b6 34.Re6 Kg8 35.Qg6 bc5 36.Re8) 1–0. arkady08 (2030) – FABOLOUS (1970), ChessWorld.net, 2003.

7.c3 Bd6 8.Bd6 Qd6 (8...cd6 9.Nf3=+ Nc6 10.e3 Nf6 11.Na3 0-0 12.Be2 Ne4 13.0-0) 9.Nf3 (9.Qb3 Nf6 10.Na3 0-0 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.e3 Nc6 13.Nd6) 9...Nc6 (9...Nf6 10.Qa4 Nbd7 (10...Bd7 11.Qa3 c5 12.d4 Bc6 13.Nbd2) 11.Qd4=+ 0-0 12.Qd6 cd6 13.Na3) 10.e3 (10.Qa4 Nf6=+ 11.Na3 0-0 12.e3 Bf5 13.Bb5) 10...Bg4 (10...Nf6 11.Qa4=+ 0-0 12.Na3 Bf5 13.Bb5; 10...Be6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Na3 0-0 13.Nb5) 11.Qb3 (11.Qa4 Bf3 (11...Nf6 12.Na3 0-0 13.Nb5) 12.gf3 0-0-0-/+ 13.Bb5) 11...Bf3 (11...Nf6 12.Na3 0-0 (12...0-0-0 13.Nb5) 13.Nc4=+ (13.Be2=+); 11...0-0-0 12.Qf7 Nh6 13.Qb3) 12.gf3=+ b6 (12...Nge7 13.Na3=+; 12...Nf6 13.Na3) 13.Bg2 (13.Na3 0-0-0 14.Nc4 Qd5=) 13...Nge7=+ 14.Na3 0-0 15.Nb5 (15.f4 Na5 16.Qa4 Rad8=+) 15...Qd7 16.f4 (16.Qc2!?=+) 16...Na5-/+ 17.Qc2? (better 17.Qb1 Rad8 18.Nd4-/+) 17...Qb5-+ 18.Ba8 Ra8 19.Kf2 (19.Rg1 Rd8-+) 19...Rd8 20.a4 (20.Rac1 Qd7 21.h4 Qe6-+) 20...Qb3 (20...Qh5!? 21.h4-+) 21.Qb3 (21.Qa2 f5-+) 21...Nb3 (21...Rd2 22.Kf3 Nb3 23.Rab1-+) 22.Rad1 Nc5 (22...Nd2 23.Ke1+=) 23.Ke2 Na4 (withdrawn) 0–1. Ratledge,Shawn – Landgraf,Manfred, corr KMG–03, 1988.

7.Nc3 Bc3 8.dc3 Nf6 9.Qd3 0-0 10.Rd1 Na6 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.Qe3.

7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nb5 Ba5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.c3 0-0 11.e3 Rd8 12.Qa4 Ne4 13.Be2.

7.e3 Nc6 8.c3 (8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be2 Ne4 10.0-0 Ng3 11.hg3 0-0 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qc1) 8...Bc5 9.d4 Bd6 10.d5 Qe3 11.Qe2 Qe2 12.Be2 Nce7 13.c4.

7.e3 Nf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Bc4 Ne4 11.0-0 Ng3 12.hg3 0-0 13.Nd4.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.c3 Ba5 9.e3 (9.Qa4 Nc6 10.Ne5 Qc5+=) 9...0-0= 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.0-0 Bg4 (12...g5 13.Bg3+=) 13.Nd4 Be2 14.Qe2 Nd4 15.cd4 c6 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Re1 Qe6 18.Nc3 Bc3 19.dc3 b5 20.Re2 a6 21.a4 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1650) – willisand, Active, 2006.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.c3 Bc5 9.e3+=.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.c3 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.Qa4 Bd7=+ 11.Qa3 c5 12.d4 Bc6 13.Nbd2.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bc3 9.dc3 0-0 10.Qc1 Nc6 11.Bh4 Qc5 12.Bf6 gf6 13.e3.

8.Nf3 Nc6 A) 9.Qc1 A1) 9...Nh6 10.c3 (10.Bh4 f6 11.Qb2 Ng4 12.Bg3 Ne3 13.c3 Nf1+=; 10.Qb2 Nf5 11.Bf2 0-0 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.e3 Ne5+=) 10...Nf5 11.Bf4 Be6 12.e3 Nh4 13.Nh4 Qh4+=; A2) 9...Qe6 10.Qb2 Nf6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.g4 Qg4 13.Rg1 Qe4=; A3) 9...Bg4 10.Qb2 Qf6 11.Ra2 0-0-0 12.Bh4 Qb2 13.Rb2 f6=; A4) 9...Qf6 10.c3 (10.Ra2 Qe6 11.Qb2 Nf6 12.Bh4 Ne4 13.e3 0-0+=) 10...Bg4 11.Qc2 Nge7 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.e4 Qg6=; A5) 9...Rb8 10.Qb2 Qf6 11.Ne5 Be6 12.e3 Nge7 13.Bd3 0-0=; A6) 9...Bf5 10.Qb2 Qf6 11.c3 Bb6 12.d3 Qe7 13.e4 Nf6=; A7) 9...Nf6 10.Qb2 (10.Bh4 Bf5 11.Qb2 0-0-0 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Nc3 Qc5+=) 10...Nh5 11.Bh4 f6 12.Nc3 Qc5 13.Nb5 Bf5+=; B) 9.c3 Nf6 10.Bh4 (10.Qc2 Bb6 11.e3 Ne4 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bh4 g5+=; 10.e3 Ne4 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bc6 Bc6-/+) 10...Bf5 11.e3 a6 12.Be2 Rd8 13.0-0 Be4=.

9.Ra2 Ne4 10.Bf2 (10.Be5 Bg4 11.c3 Nc6 12.Bg3 Ng3 13.hg3 Qd6-+) 10...Nf2 11.Kf2 0-0 12.e3 Nc6 13.Rb2 Bb6 +=.

9.Qc1 Ne4 10.Bf4 (10.Bh4 g5 11.Qb2 Rg8 12.Bf2 Nf2 13.Kf2 g4-/+; 10.Be5 f6 11.Bd4 c5 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.e3 Nc6+=) 10...Nc6 11.Qb2 Rg8 12.h4 Bd7 13.e3 0-0-0 +=.

9.c3 A) 9...0-0 10.e3 Rd8 11.Bc4 Bb6 12.Ne5 Be6 13.Qf3 Nbd7=; B) 9...Nbd7 10.Qc2 (10.Qa4 Bb6 11.e3 Ne4 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bf2 f5+=; 10.e3 Ne4 11.Bh4 g5 12.Qa4 Bb6 13.Bf2 f5+=; 10.Bh4 0-0 11.e3 c5 12.Be2 Bc7 13.0-0 Re8=; 10.Bf4 0-0 11.e3 Nd5 12.Bg3 Nc5 13.Bc4 Nb6+=; 10.Nd4 Ne4 11.Bf4 Ndc5 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.a4 0-0-0-/+) 10...Bb6 11.e3 0-0 12.Bh4 Nc5 13.Bc4 Nce4=; C) 9...Bb6 10.e3 0-0 11.Qc2 Rd8 12.Bh4 c6 13.Bc4 Nbd7=; D) 9...Nc6 10.Bh4 (10.Qc2 Bb6 11.e3 Ne4 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bf4 g5+=; 10.e3 Ne4 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bc6 Bc6-/+; 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Qh4 Ne4 12.Qe7 Ne7 13.Bf2 c5+=; 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.e3 Bb6 13.Qc4 Be6+=; 10.Qb3 Bb6 11.Bh4 0-0 12.e3 Be6 13.Qa4 Rfe8+=) 10...Bf5 11.e3 a6 12.Be2 Rd8 13.0-0 Be4+=; E) 9...Bd7 10.Qb3 (10.e3 Ne4 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bf2 g4 13.Nd4 c5-/+) 10...Bb6 11.e3 Nc6 12.Bh4 0-0-0 13.Bb5 a6+=.

9.c4 Ne4 (9...0-0 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Bh4 Qe4 12.Qe4 Ne4 13.e3 Re8+=; 9...Nc6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.Bh4 Qe4 12.Qe4 Ne4 13.e3 Bg4+=) 10.Bf2 (10.Be5 Bg4 11.Bg7 Rg8 12.Bd4 Bf3 13.Qa4 Nc6-+) 10...Nc6 11.Qb3 0-0 12.Be3 (12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 g4-+) 12...Re8 (12...Rb8 13.Qb5 a6-/+) 13.Ra2 (13.Bg1 Rb8-/+) 13...Bg4 (13...Be6-/+) 14.Rb2 Rad8 15.h3? (better is 15.Bg1-/+) 15…Bf3-+ (15...Bf3 16.gf3 Qh4 17.Kd1 Nc3 18.Nc3 Re3-+) 0–1. Sternik,Ryszard – Benassi,Aspasio, corr KMG–59, 2003.

9.Bf4 Nd5 10.c3 Nf4 11.Qa4 Nd7 12.Qf4 Nc5 13.e3 c6 +=.

6.a3 Bd6-/+ 7.e4 Bc5 (7...a6 8.Bc4-/+) 8.c3 (8.Bb5 Bd7-/+) 8...Nf6 9.d3 (better is 9.Bb5!? Bd7 10.d4-/+) 9...0-0 10.d4 (10.h3 Nh5 11.Rh2 Ng3-+) 10...Ne4 (10...ed4 11.cd4 Ne4 12.Bb5-+) 11.Nbd2 (11.Bd3 ed4 12.Be4-+) 11...Nc3 12.Bc3 ed4 13.Bb2? (13.Bb4 Qe8 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.ab4 Bb4 16.Kd1 Qe2 17.Be2-+) 13…Re8 (13...Re8 14.Ne4 Re4 15.Kd2 Ne5-+) 0–1. Moeller Nielsen – Bothe, corr SOK–95–111, 1995.

6.Nc3? Nf6-+ 7.e3 e4 8.Ng5 Qe7 9.Bc4 Bg4 (9...Qc5 10.Nb5 (10.Nf7?? Bc3 11.Bc3 Qc4 12.Bf6 Qf7-+) 10...Qe3 11.Be2-+) 10.Be2 (10.Qb1 Qc5 11.a3 Ba5 (11...Qg5?! 12.ab4 Be6 13.Be6 Qg2 14.Bf7 Kf7 15.Qa2 Ke8 16.Rf1-/+) 12.Bf7 Ke7-+) 10...Be2 11.Qe2 Bc3 12.Bc3 Nd5 13.Qg4 (13.Bg7? Rg8 14.Bh6 Rg6-+ (14...Rg5?! 15.Bg5 Qg5 16.0-0-+)) 13...Nc3 14.dc3 0-0 15.0-0 Rae8 16.Rf4 h6 17.Nh3 Ne5 18.Qe2 f5 19.Qb5 Qd6 20.Qb7 (20.Re1 Ng4 21.g3 Qd2-+) 20...g5 21.Rf2 Ng4 22.g3 Nf2 23.Nf2 Qc5 24.Qb3 Kg7 25.c4 f4 26.Qc3 Qe5 27.Qe5 Re5 28.ef4 gf4 29.Re1 e3 30.Nd3 Rg5 31.Kg2 (31.c5 h5 (31...fg3?! 32.Re3 gh2 33.Kh2-+) 32.c6 h4 33.Nf4 Rf4 34.Re3 Rc4-+) 31...h5 32.Rf1 (32.Kh3 fg3 33.hg3 Rf3-+) 32...fg3 33.Rf8 gh2 34.Kh2 Kf8 35.c5 e2 36.c6 (36.a3 Rd5 37.Ne1 Rd1-+) 36...h4 37.a4 Rg3 38.Ne1 a5 39.c4 (39.c3 Rc3 40.Kg2 h3 41.Kh2 Rc1-+) 39...Ke7 40.c5 Ke6 (better is 40...Rc3 41.Ng2 h3 42.Ne1-+) 41.Nc2 Ke5 42.Ne1 If White now only could play Rc3... 42...Kf4 43.Nc2 h3 44.Ne1 Rc3 45.Kg1 (45.Kh1 Kg3 46.Kg1 Rc1 47.Kh1 Re1) 45...Kg3 46.Ng2 (46.Kh1 Rc1 47.Kg1 Re1) 46...Rc1 (46...hg2?!) 47.Ne1 Re1 0–1. pukism (1755) – chess_research (2285), gameknot.com, 2014.

6.e3 a6 7.a3 (better is 7.Ne5!? Ne5 8.Be5=+) 7...Bd6-/+ 8.Bc4 (8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be6-/+) 8...Bg4 (8...e4!? 9.Nd4 Qh4 10.Kf1-+) 9.0-0-/+ Nf6 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 (11.Qe1 b5 12.Bb3 e4-/+) 11...Bg6-+ 12.Nh4 Qd7 13.Qe2 (13.Nc3 0-0-0-/+) 13...Na5 (13...Bc2 14.d3 Bb1 15.Rab1-+) 14.Ba2 0-0-0 (14...Bc2 15.d4 Bb1 16.Rab1-/+) 15.Bc3 (15.Ng6 hg6 16.g5 Ne4-/+) 15...Nc6 16.Ng6 hg6 17.Kg2 Rh4 18.e4 Rdh8 19.Rf3 Rg4!! 20.Kf1 Re4 21.Qg2 Rf4 22.Rf4 ef4 23.Bf6 gf6 24.Nc3 Be5 25.Rb1 f3! 26.Qf3 Rh3 27.Qe4 Rh2 28.Bd5 Qh3 29.Ke1 Bg3 (30.Kd1 Qf1 31.Qe1 Qe1#) 0–1. Grau,Jose Maria – Iglesias Leon,Francisco Javier, Ch Asturias team, 1994.

6.e3 Bc5 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bc6 Bc6 9.0-0 Nf6 10.Ne5 Qd5 11.Nc6 Qc6 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Qf3 Be7 14.Qc6 bc6 15.Nc3 Bd6 16.Ne4 Kd7 17.Nf6 Ke6 18.Ne4 Be5 19.d4 Bg7 20.Ng5 Kd7 21.Rf7 Ke8 22.Rg7 Rb8 23.Rc7 Rf8 24.Ra7 Rb2 25.Ra8 Ke7 26.Rf8 Kf8 27.Ne6 Ke7 28.Nc5 Rc2 29.a4 Re2 30.e4 Rd2 31.a5 Rd4 32.a6 Rd8 33.a7 Ra8 34.e5 Kd8 35.e6 Kc7 36.e7 Kb6 37.e8Q Re8 38.a8Q Ra8 39.Ra8 Kc5 40.Rh8 Kd6 41.Rh7 c5 42.Rh4 Kd5 43.g4 c4 44.g5 Kc5 45.g6 Kb4 46.Rc4 Kc4 47.g7 Kc5 48.g8Q 1-0. Tirza (1855) – matteoR, Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

6.e3 f6 7.Bb5 Qd5 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.a3 Ba5 10.Bc4 Qd6 11.Nc3 Bc3 12.Bc3 Nge7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qd3 Qd3 15.Bd3 0-0-0 16.Nh4 Bf7 17.Nf5 Nf5 18.Bf5 Kb8 19.d3 Ne7 20.Be4 Bd5 21.Bd5 Nd5 22.Bd2 Kc8 23.e4 Ne7 24.Rf1 Nc6 25.Bc3 Nd4 26.Bd4 Rd4 27.g4 h6 28.Ke2 c5 29.a4 c4 30.a5 cd3 31.cd3 Rhd8 32.Ra3 Rb4 33.Ke3 a6 34.h4 Rb2 35.Rf2 Rf2 36.Kf2 Kc7 37.Rc3 Kb8 38.Kf3 Rd4 39.g5 fg5 40.hg5 h5 41.g6 Rd6 42.Rc5 Rd3 43.Ke2 Rd6 44.Re5 Rg6 45.Rh5 Rg3 (45...b5!?-/+) 46.Kf2= Ra3 47.Rg5 Kc8 48.Ke2 Kd8 (better is 48...g6!?+=) 49.Rg7+= Ra5 50.Rb7 Ra3 51.Ra7 Ke8 52.e5 Kd8 53.e6 Ke8 54.Kd2 Kd8 55.Rd7 Ke8 56.Ra7 Kf8 57.e7 Ke8 58.Ke2 Kf7 59.Kd2 Ke8 60.Kc2 Kf7 61.Kb2 Ra5 62.Kb3 Ke8 63.Kb4 Ra1 64.Ra8 Ke7 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (2230) – Madriles (2155), Active, 2002.

6.e4 a6 7.Ne5 Qh4 8.g3 Qe4 9.Qe2 Qh1 10.Nc6 Be7 11.Bg7 Qc6 +=.

6.e4 Bc5 A) 7.Bc4 Qd6 8.Ng5 (8.d3 Nh6 9.Bb5 Ng4 10.Qd2 f6 11.h3 Ne3-+) 8...Qf6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.h3 Bf3 11.Qf3 Nd4-/+; B) 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.d3 (8.Qe2 f6 9.Rf1 Qe7 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.Na4 Bd6-/+; 8.Nc3-/+ Nge7 9.Na4 Bd6 10.c4 b6 11.Rc1 a6-/+) 8...f6 9.Ba3 Bb6 10.Bc6 Bc6 11.Nbd2 Ne7-/+.

6.e4 Qe7 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.a3 (8.Qe2 Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.0-0 a6 11.Nd5 Nd5-/+) 8...Bc5 9.Qe2 f6 10.Nc3 a6 11.Nd5 Qd6 -/+.

6.Ne5 Nge7 7.Nd3 Nf5 8.Nc3 Qh4 9.Nf2 Be6 10.g3 Qd4 11.Qc1 0-0-0 12.Nce4 Qb6 13.a3 Ba5 14.c3 (14.Rb1 Ncd4 15.Bd4 Qd4=) 14...Rhe8 15.Rb1 Qa6 16.Nc5 Qc4 17.Ne6 Re6 (< 17...fe6 18.e4 Qc5 19.ef5 ef5 20.Be2+/-; 17...Qe6?! 18.e4 Ne5 19.Be2=+ (19.ef5?? Nf3 20.Kd1 Qb3 21.Qc2 Re1)) 18.e3 Qd5 19.Be2 Nh6 20.Qc2 Rf6 21.e4 Qd6 22.Ba1 Qc5 23.Nd3 Qa3 24.Bb2 Qe7 25.Nf4 Qc5 26.Qa4 Qe5 27.Bc1 (27.Nd3 Qe8 28.Nf4 g5=+) 27...a6 28.0-0 Bb6 29.Kg2 g5 30.Nd3 Qe6 31.Rb6 cb6 32.Nf2 b5 33.Qc2 Rg6 34.d4 Na5 35.d5 Qe7 36.Qa2 Nc4 37.Bc4 bc4 38.Qc4 Qc7 39.Qb4 a5 40.Qb3 f5 41.c4 b6 42.Bb2 fe4 43.Ne4 Re8 44.Qc2 Ng4 45.Re1 Kd8 46.Bc3 Nf6 47.Bf6 Rf6 48.Qb2 (48.Nf6 Re1) ½–½. marekt – horse237, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

6.g3 Nge7 7.Bg2 Ng6 8.0-0 h5 9.h4 Bg4 10.c3 Bd6 11.Ng5 f6 12.Qb3 Qe7?? (better 12...Qd7 13.Qb7 Rb8 14.Qc6 fg5-/+) 13.Qb7+- 0-0 (13...Nd8 14.Qa8 fg5 15.Qe4+/-) 14.Bd5 (14.Bc6 fg5 15.Qa8 Ra8 16.Ba8 gh4 17.Bd5 Be6-+; worse 14.Qc6 fg5 15.Qe4 Rf1 16.Bf1 Rb8 17.Qg6 Rb2 18.hg5 Qe6-/+) 14...Kh8 15.Nf7! (15.Qc6 fg5 16.Rf7 Rf7 17.Bf7 Rf8 18.Bg6 Qf6-+) 15...Kh7 (15...Rf7 16.Qa8 Double attack (16.Qa8 Deflection; 16.Qc6 Zwischenzug)) 16.Qc6 (16.Bc6 Bc5 (16...Qf7?! 17.Bd5 Qe7 18.Qb3-/+) 17.d4 Rab8-+; 16.Nd6?! Be2 17.Qc6 cd6+-) 16...Rab8 (better 16...Bc5 17.d4 Rab8 18.Qc5 Qc5 19.dc5 Rb2+-) 17.Nd6 Rb2 (17...Qd6 18.Ba3 Qc6 19.Bc6+-) 18.Nf5 (18.Nc4 Rbb8 19.Rf2 f5+-) 18...Qd8 (18...Bf5 19.Rf5 Nf4 20.gf4+-) 19.Ne3 (better 19.Bc4!? Ne7 20.Ne7 Qe7 21.Qe4 f5+-) 19...Be2 20.Rf2 Bd3 21.Na3 f5 (21...Ne7 22.Qc5 Nd5 23.Nd5+- (23.Qd5?! Qd5 24.Nd5 c5+/-)) 22.Nac4 (22.Nec4 Rb8 23.Bf3 Rf6+-) 22...Bc4? (better 22...Rb8 23.Bg2 f4 24.gf4 ef4+/-) 23.Nc4 f4 (23...Rb8 24.Bf3 Rf6+-) 24.Nb2 fg3 (24...Rf6 25.Qc4 fg3 26.Rf6 Qf6 27.Nd3+- (27.Qc7?? Qf2 28.Kh1 Qh2)) 25.Rf8 Qf8 26.Rf1 Nf4 (26...Qd6+-) 27.Be4 Kh8 28.Qc4 (28.Rf4 Qg8 29.Qg6 ef4 30.Qh5 Qh7 31.Qh7) 28...Nh3+- 29.Kg2 Nf4 30.Kg3 (30.Kg3 Qc8 31.Kf2+-) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep - TricksOnlyNL (2475), lichess.org, 2017.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bc6 Bc6 9.0-0 Nf6 10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 Qd5 12.Rf2 Qe5 13.Nc3 Ng4 14.Qg4 0-0 15.Raf1 Rad8 16.e4 Rd4 17.d3 Rdd8 18.Ne2 Bd7 19.Qg3 Qg3 20.Ng3 Be6 21.Nf5 Ba2 22.Ra1 Be6 23.Ra7 Bf5 24.Rf5 Rb8 25.Rb5 c6 26.Rbb7 Rb7 27.Rb7 Ra8 28.Rc7 Ra1 29.Kf2 Ra2 30.Rc6 Kf8 31.Ke3 Ke7 32.g4 f6 33.h4 h6 34.c4 Ra7 35.d4 Rd7 36.d5 Kf7 37.Kf4 Kg6 38.h5 Kf7 39.Re6 Rc7 40.Rc6 Re7 41.d6 Rd7 42.Rc7 Ke8 43.Rd7 Kd7 44.c5 Kc6 45.Kf5 Kd7 46.Kg6 1-0. Tirza (1890) - Erikchess (1760), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.Bb5 Qe7 8.0-0 Nf6 9.c4 0-0 10.Bc6 (10.c5 Bc5 11.Bc6 bc6 12.Ne5 Ba6-+) 10...bc6-+ 11.c5 Bc5 12.Ne5 Bb7 (12...Ba6 13.Rf3 Qe6 14.Qb3-+) 13.Nd3 Bd6?? (better 13...Ba6 14.Bf6 gf6-/+) 14.Rf6+- gf6?? (better 14...Ba6 15.Rd6 Qd6+-) 15.Qg4+- Kh8 16.Qh4 Be5 (16...Bh2 17.Kh1 Kg8 18.Bf6 Qf6 19.Qf6 Bd6+-) 17.Be5 (17.Be5 Qe5 18.Ne5 fe5 19.Qf6 Kg8 20.Qg5 Kh8 21.Qe5 f6 22.Qc7+-) 1–0. GuestGQXC – GuestYXGC, freechess.org, 2019.

7.Bb5 Qe7 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Bc6 bc6 10.Nc3 0-0 (10...Ba6 11.Re1-/+) 11.Ne2 (11.e4 Bc5 12.Kh1 Rb8-/+) 11...Rb8 12.Bc3 Nd5 13.d4?? (better 13.e4 Nc3 14.Nc3-/+) 13...Ne3-+ 14.Qd3 (14.Qd2 Nf1 15.Rf1 f6-+) 14...Nf1 15.Rf1 (15.de5 Nh2! 16.Kh2-+) 15…e4 (15...e4 16.Qe3 ef3 17.Qf3 Be6-+) 0-1. Tirza (1850) - erikelrojo (2125), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb5 Qe7 8.0-0 Nf6 9.d4 e4 10.Ne5 0-0 11.Bc6 bc6 12.c4 Be5 (12...c5!? 13.Qd2 cd4 14.ed4-+) 13.de5-/+ Ng4 14.Qd4 Rd8 15.Qe4 f5 16.Qf4 (16.Qc6 Rb8 17.Bd4 Bb7-+ (17...Ne5?! 18.Qc5 Qc5 19.Bc5-/+)) 16...g5 17.Ba3 Qg7 18.Qg3 Rd3 (18...Ne5 19.Bb2 Nf3 20.gf3 (20.Qf3? Qb2 21.Qh5 Kh8-+; 20.Rf3?! Rd1 21.Rf1 Rf1 22.Kf1 Qb2 23.Qg5 Kf7 24.Qh5 Kf8 25.Qh6 Kg8 26.Qg5 Kf7 27.Qh5 Kf8 28.Qh6 Kg8 29.Qg5=) 20...Qb2 A) 21.Qc7? Re8-+ (21...Qa1?? 22.Qd8 Kg7 23.Qe7 Kg6 24.Qe8 Kg7 25.Qc6+-); B) 21.Qg5 Qg7 22.Qg7 Kg7 23.a4=; 18...Qe5?! 19.Qe5 Ne5 20.Be7-/+) 19.Bc1 f4 20.Qf3 Qe5 (20...Ne3?! 21.Be3 (21.Qc6? Nf1 22.Qa8 Qd7-+) 21...Bd7 22.Re1+=; 20...fe3 21.e6 Ba6 22.Qg4 (22.Qc6 Rf8 23.e7 Qe7 24.Rf8 Qf8 25.Qe6 Qf7 26.Qf7 Kf7-+) 22...Qa1 23.Be3+=; 20...Ne5?! 21.Qe4 Bg4 22.Bd2-+) 21.Bd2 (21.Qe2 fe3 (21...Qa1 22.Qd3 Qe5 23.Qd8 Kf7 24.Rf3=; 21...Ne3?! 22.Qd3 Nf1 23.Qc3 Qc3 24.Nc3-/+) 22.g3 Nf2-+ (22...Qa1?! 23.Qd3 Be6 24.Be3-/+)) 21...Bf5 22.a3 (22.Bc3 Qe3 23.Qe3 Ne3 24.Rc1-+) 22...fe3 23.Qg3 Qa1 (23...Rd2?! 24.Qe5 Ne5 25.Nd2 ed2 26.Rf5 Nc4 27.Rd1-+) 24.Rf5 Rd2 (better is 24...Qb1 25.Qe1 ed2 26.Qb1 d1Q 27.Qd1 Rd1 28.Rf1 Rf1 29.Kf1-+) 25.Qg4 e2 26.Kf2 Rc2 0–1. bolaf (2010) – chess_research (2285), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bb5 Nge7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bc6 Nc6 11.Ne4 f5 12.Nd6 cd6 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.c4 Ne7 16.c5 Qc7 17.a4 f4 18.ef4 Rf4 19.Qb3 Be6 20.Rae1 Raf8 21.Rf4 Rf4 22.Ne4 Bd7 23.Nd6 Bc6 24.Qe3 Ng6 25.g3 Rf8 26.Qe6 Kh8 27.Rf1 Rf1 28.Kf1 Qe7 29.Nf7 Kg8 30.Nh6 Kf8 31.Qe7 Ke7 32.Nf5 Kf6 33.Nd6 Ba4 34.Nb7 Ne7 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Ke3 Nf5 37.Kf4 g6 38.Nd8 Ke7 39.Nb7 Kd7 40.Na5 Bc2 41.Ke5 Be4 42.c6 Kc7 43.Bc1 Ne7 44.Bf4 Nc6 45.Nc6 Kc6 46.Kf6 a5 47.g4 a4 48.Bc1 h5 49.gh5 gh5 50.h4 Kb5 51.Kg5 Kc4 52.Kh5 Kd4 53.Kg5 Kc3 54.Bf4 a3 55.Be5 d4 56.Kf4 Bh7 57.Kg5 a2 58.h5 a1Q 59.Kh6 Be4 60.Kg7 Qa5 61.Bf6 Qh5 0-1. Tirza (1820) - tolia (1865), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

7.Be2 Nf6 8.0-0 e4 9.Ng5 Be5 10.d4 ed3 11.Be5 Ne5 12.Bd3 Nd3 13.Qd3 Qd3 14.cd3 0-0 15.Nc3 c6 16.Rab1 b6 17.Nf3 Ba6 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.d4 Rfe8 20.Ne5 Bb7 21.Rbc1 Nd7 22.Nd7 Rd7 23.e4 c5 24.d5 a6 25.Re1 Re5 26.a4 Rd8 27.Rb1 Rd6 28.Kf2 Bc8 29.h3 h5 30.Kf3 Bd7 31.Kf4 f6 32.g3 g5 33.Kf3 Bh3 34.Re3 Bg4 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Nd1 Bd1 37.Rd1 Kg6 38.Kf3 f5 39.ef5 Rf5 40.Ke4 Kf6 41.Rf3 Rf3 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Rh1 g4 44.Ke3 Rh6 45.d6 Kd6 46.Ke4 b5 47.ab5 ab5 48.Rd1 Kc6 49.Ke5 h4 50.gh4 Rh5 51.Ke6 b4 52.Rd6 Kb5 53.Rd8 Rh4 54.Kf5 b3 55.Rb8 Kc4 56.Ra8 g3 57.Rg8 Rh3 58.Kg4 Rh1 59.Kg3 Rg1 60.Kf2 Rg8 61.Ke2 b2 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1700) - tsyplakov (1840), Rated Classical tournament B39I4THL, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb5 Bd6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Nc3 e4 10.Nd4 (10.Bc6 bc6 11.Nd4 0-0 12.Nc6 Bh2 13.Kh2 Qd6 14.Kg1 Qc6-+) 10...0-0 11.Nc6 (11.Bc6 bc6 12.Nc6 Bh2 13.Kh2 Qd6 14.Kg1 Qc6-+) 11...bc6 12.Bc6 Rb8 13.Rb1? (13.Nb5 Ng4 A) 14.Nd6?? Qd6 15.g3 Qc6-+ (worse 15...Rb2 16.Be4 Be6 17.Qe2-+); B) 14.h3-+) 13...Bh2!-+ 14.Kh2 Ng4 15.Kg3 Qg5 16.Qe1? (better 16.Ne4 Qg6 17.Qe2 Ne3 18.Kf2 Nf1 19.Bd5-+) 16...Ne3 17.Kf2 Nf1 18.Ne4 Qg6 19.Nf6 (19.Ba4 Bf5 20.Nf6 gf6 21.Kf1 Rb4-+) 19...gf6 20.Kf1 Rb6 21.Ba4 (21.Bf3 Qc2 22.Be4 Qc4 23.Kf2 f5-+) 21...Rb4 22.Bb3 (22.Qe7 Ba6 23.Kf2 Rf4 24.Kg1-+) 22...Rf4 23.Kg1 Bb7 (23...Bb7 24.Qe2 Rg4-+) 0–1. Domingo,Jordi (1950) – Bernal Varela,Nelson (2035), FICGS, 2010.

7.Bb5 Bd6 8.c4 Nf6 9.c5 Bc5 10.Ne5 0-0 11.Bc6 Bd6 12.Nc4 bc6 13.0-0 Ng4 14.h3 Bh2 15.Kh1 Qh4 16.Ba3 (16.Rf3 Rb8 17.Nba3 f6-/+) 16...Re8 17.Qf3 (better 17.Nc3 Bg3 18.Qf3-+) 17...Be6 18.d3 (18.Na5 Ne5 19.Qd1 Bh3 20.Be7 Re7 21.Kh2 Bg2 22.Kg2 Re6 23.Rf6 Rf6 24.Qe2 Rg6 25.Qg4 Qg4 26.Kf1 Rf6 27.Ke1 Nd3) 18...Bc4 19.dc4 Be5 20.Nd2 Ne3! 21.Bc5 (21.Qe3 Bd4 Double attack (21...Bd4 Decoy)) 21...Nf1 22.Rf1 Qf6 23.Qg4 Qg6 24.Qg6 hg6 25.Nf3 Bf6 26.Rb1 Rab8 27.Rc1 (27.Rd1 Re2 28.Rd7 Rb1 29.Bg1 Rbb2-+) 27...a5 28.Rc2 (28.Nd4 Bd4 29.Bd4 Re2-+) 28...Rb2 29.Rb2 Bb2 30.Bd4 (30.Kg1-+) 30...Bd4 31.Nd4 Re1 32.Kh2 Ra1 0–1. bolaf (2010) – pvanr (2205), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bb5 Bd6 8.d3 Nf6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.a4 Be6 12.Be5 a6 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.Bc4 Nc4 15.Nc4 Bc4 16.dc4 Rfe8 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Qb3 b6 19.Rae1 Qg6 20.Nd4 Re4 21.Rd1 Bc5 22.Rd3 Re3! 23.Re3 Bd4 (worse is 23...Rd4 24.Re8 Bf8 25.c5 bc5 26.c3+/-) 24.Kh1 Be3 25.Qe3 Qc6 26.c5 Qc5 (26...Qa4?! 27.cb6 cb6 28.Qb6-/+) 27.Qc5 bc5 28.Rb1 Kf8 29.Kg1 Ke7 30.Re1 Kd7 31.h4 Re8 32.Rf1 f6 33.Rf3 Re1 34.Kf2 Rh1 35.Rf4 Ke6 36.Ke2 g6 37.Re4 (37.c3-+) 37...Kd5 38.Rf4 f5 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter – Krakovsky,Peter (1900), RC–2011–0-00080, 2011.

7.Bb5 f6 8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 Nh6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Ne4 Nf7 12.c4 Nd6 13.Ng3 Nc4 14.Qb3 Be6 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1710) - ZodchiyTeney (2030), Rated Classical tournament DnaryksC, lichess.org, 2015.

7.a3 Bd6 8.Be2 e4 9.Nd4 Nd4 10.Bd4 c5 11.Bb2 0-0 12.Nc3.

7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Bc6 bc6 9.Ne5 Be5 10.Be5 Qd5 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Qf3 Qf3 13.gf3 Rg8 14.Kf2 Bh3 15.Rg1 Rg1 16.Kg1 Ke7 17.Nc3 Rg8 18.Kh1 Bg2 19.Kg1 Bf3 20.Kf2 Bh5 21.Rg1 Rg1 22.Kg1 Bg6 23.d3 f5 24.Kf2 Kd6 25.Ne2 c5 26.c3 a5 27.d4 cd4 28.cd4 c5 29.dc5 Kc5 30.h4 h5 31.Ke1 Kc4 32.Kd2 a4 33.Nc3 a3 34.Na4 Kb4 35.Nb6 Kb5 36.Nd5 Kc4 37.Nf4 Kb4 38.Kd3 Kc5 39.Kc3 Kd6 40.Kb3 Ke5 41.Ka3 Ke4 42.Kb4 Ke3 43.Nd5 Kd4 44.Nc3 f4 45.a4 Bd3 46.Nd1 f3 47.Ka5 Be2 48.Nf2 Ke3 49.Nh3 f2 50.Nf2 Kf2 51.Kb6 f5 52.Kc5 f4 53.Kd4 Kg3 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1875) - GriffinMac (1900), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0-0 a6 9.Bc6 Bc6 10.Be5 Bf3 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Qb7 0-0 13.d4 Rb8 14.Qa6 Rb2 15.Qd3 Ng4 16.Bg3 Rc2 17.Qc2 Ne3 18.Qd2 Nf1 19.Kf1 f5 20.Nc3 Bb4 21.Qd3 Bc3 22.Qc3 f4 23.Qc4 Kh8 24.Bf2 f3 25.g3 Qg5 26.Qe6 Qb5 27.Kg1 Qb2 28.Re1 h6 29.Qb3 Qb3 30.ab3 Rb8 31.Rb1 g5 32.h3 Kg7 33.g4 Kf7 34.b4 Ke6 35.h4 Kd5 36.hg5 hg5 37.Be3 Kc4 38.Kf2 Rb4 39.Rb4 Kb4 40.Kf3 Kb5 41.Ke4 Kc6 42.Bg5 Kd7 43.Bf6 Ke8 44.g5 Kf7 45.Ke5 Kf8 46.g6 Kg8 47.g7 Kf7 48.Kd5 Kg8 49.Kc6 Kf7 50.Kc7 Kg8 51.d5 Kf7 52.d6 Kg8 53.d7 Kf7 54.d8Q Kg6 55.g8Q Kh6 56.Qg5 Kh7 57.Qdg8 1-0. Tirza (1925) - Saminner (1700), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Bc6 Bc6 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rab1 b5 13.Nd1 e4 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Nf5 Bf5 16.Rf5 Be7 17.Nf2 g6 18.Rf4 Nh5 19.Re4 f5 20.Rd4 Qe8 21.Rd3 c5 22.e4 c4 23.Rf3 Bc5 24.d4 cd3 25.Qd3 fe4 26.Rf8 Qf8 27.Qd5 Qf7 28.Qa8 Bf8 29.Ne4 Qe7 30.Rf1 h6 31.Qd5 Kh7 32.Rf7 Normal 1-0. Tirza (1750) - kuky (1835), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bc6 Bc6 9.Be5 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nc3 Bf3 12.Bf6 Bd1 13.Bd8 Bc3 14.dc3 Rad8 15.Rfd1 f6 16.Kf2 Kf7 17.Kf3 Kg6 18.Rd3 Rd3 19.cd3 b6 20.g4 Kg5 21.a4 h5 22.gh5 Kh5 23.e4 Re5 24.c4 g5 25.d4 Ra5 26.h3 Kg6 27.Kg4 c6 28.h4 gh4 29.Kh4 b5 30.Rg1 Kf7 31.cb5 cb5 32.ab5 Rb5 33.Ra1 Rb7 34.Kg4 Ke6 35.Ra6 Ke7 36.Kf5 Kd7 37.Rf6 Rb5 38.Kf4 a5 39.d5 Rb8 40.e5 Ra8 41.Rd6 Ke7 42.Rb6 a4 43.Rb2 a3 44.Ra2 Rf8 45.Ke4 Ra8 46.e6 Kd6 47.Kd4 Ra4 48.Kd3 Kd5 49.e7 Re4 50.Re2 a2 51.Re4 a1Q 52.e8Q Qd1 53.Ke3 Qe1 54.Kf4 Qh4 55.Kf5 Qf2 56.Kg6 Qg3 57.Kf6 Qh4 58.Kf7 Qe4 59.Qd7 Kc4 60.Qc7 Kd3 61.Qd6 Qd4 62.Qg3 Kc4 63.Qc7 Qc5 64.Qf4 Qd4 65.Qc1 Qc3 66.Qf1 Qd3 67.Qd3 Kd3 Normal ½-½. Tirza (1855) - ugur_piyon (1785), Rated Blitz tournament summer16, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb5 e4 8.Bc6 bc6 9.Nd4 0-0 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Qe1 Qd7 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Nce2 h5 14.Nf4 Bf4 15.Rf4 c5 16.Ne2 Nd5 17.Rf2 h4 18.Nf4 Nf4 19.Rf4 h3 20.g3 Bf3 21.d4 f5 22.dc5 g5 23.Rf3 ef3 24.Qf2 Qd5 25.Bd4 g4 26.Rd1 Rfe8 27.Qd2 Rad8 28.c3 Kh7 29.Qc2 Kg6 30.a4 Re3 31.Kf1 Qc4 32.Kg1 Re2 33.Rd2 Rde8 34.Bf2 Rd2 35.Qd2 Qe2 36.Qd5 Qe6 37.Qd2 Re7 38.Kf1 Qe2 39.Qe2 Re2 40.Bd4 c6 0-1. Tirza (1945) - dannyatac (1790), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb5 Bg4 8.0-0 e4 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Ng4 11.Bc6 bc6 12.hg4 Bg4 13.Nc3 Bf3 14.Qe1 Qg5 15.Kf2 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1855) - Number57 (1970), Rated Blitz tournament summer16, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb5 Bg4 8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.h3 Bh5 11.g3 e4 12.g4 Ng4 13.hg4 Bg4 14.c3 Bd6 15.Qe2 ef3 16.Rf3 Qh4 17.Qf2 Bf3 18.Qf3 Qh2 19.Kf1 Rab8 20.Ba3 Rb1 21.Rb1 Ba3 22.Rb7 Bd6 23.Ra7 Qd2 24.e4 Rb8 25.Qe2 Qf4 26.Kg2 Qg3 0-1. Tirza (1835) - Enfant_terrible (1900), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.Bb5 Bg4 8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 e4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Ng4 12.hg4 Bg4 13.Bg7 Rg8 14.Bc3 Bd6 15.Kf2 Bf3 16.d4 Qh4 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1690) - amir_iran (1815), Rated Blitz tournament DFIxXRrc, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb5 Bg4 8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 Bf3 10.Qf3 Bd2 11.Qc6 Nd7 12.Nd2 0-0 13.Rad1 Rb8 14.Nc4 Qe7 15.Qd7 Qd7 16.Rd7 1-0. Tirza (1810) - bichopebitou (1655), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

7.Be5 Bd6 8.Bb5= 0-0 9.Bc6 bc6 10.0-0 Ba6 11.d3 Be5 12.Ne5 Qe8 13.Rf6?? Qe5-+ (13...Qe5 14.Rc6 Qa1-+) 0–1. Paltrinieri,Mario – Gattuso,Francisco, corr KMG–32, 1994.

7.Ne5 0-0 8.Nc6 1–0. bolaf (1920) – cammalor (1810), gameknot.com, 2014.

8.0-0 Bd7 9.Bc6 Bc6 10.Ne5 Qd5 11.Nc6 Qc6 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Qg4 Kh8 14.Qb4 Rg8 15.g3 h5 16.Qc3 Rg6 17.Qc6 bc6 18.Nc3 h4 19.Kg2 Rag8 20.Rf3 Rg4 21.Raf1 Normal 1-0. Tirza (1775) - BrianMcDonald (1835), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 Ng4 10.c3 Bd6 11.h3 Nh6 12.d4 e4 13.Nfd2 Nf5 14.Ne4 Ne3 15.Qe2 Nf1 16.Qf1 Re8 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Nbd2 Qg5 19.Re1 Qg6 20.g4 h5 21.Kf2 hg4 22.Rg1 Be4 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1740) - Noonui (2405), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Bc6 bc6 9.Ne5 Ba6 10.Nc6 Qd5 11.Nb4 Qg2 12.Na6 Qh1 13.Ke2 Qh2 14.Ke1 Qg1 15.Ke2 Qh2 16.Ke1 Qg3 17.Ke2 Qg4 18.Ke1 Qh4 19.Ke2 Qc4 20.d3 Qa6 21.Bf6 Qf6 22.Nd2 Rfe8 23.Qf1 Qe5 24.e4 f5 25.Nf3 Qe6 26.e5 g5 27.d4 c5 28.c3 Rad8 29.Rd1 Qa2 30.Rd2 Qc4 31.Kf2 Qf1 32.Kf1 cd4 33.cd4 g4 34.Ng5 h5 35.e6 Kg7 36.d5 Kg6 37.Nf7 Rc8 38.Ne5 Kg5 39.Nf7 Kg6 40.Ne5 Kf6 41.Nd7 Ke7 42.Ke2 Rb8 43.Ke3 Rb3 44.Kf4 a5 45.Kf5 a4 46.d6 Kd8 47.Nf6 Rf8 0-1. Tirza (1815) - zizigolo1996, Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

8.Bc6 bc6 9.Ne5 Ne4 10.0-0 Bd6 11.Nc3 Be5 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1710) - brikdenik (1745), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

8.Bc6 bc6 9.Ne5 Qe7 10.Nc6 Qe3 11.Qe2 Qe2 12.Ke2 Ba6 13.d3 Rfe8 14.Kd1 Bc5 15.Nd2 Ng4 16.Ne4 Bb6 17.h3 Ne3 18.Kd2 Ng2 19.Rhg1 Bg1 20.Rg1 Nf4 21.Rg7 Kf8 22.Rh7 f5 23.Rh8 Kf7 24.Ne5 Re5 25.Ra8 Rb5 26.Ng5 Kg6 27.Rg8 Kh5 28.Bf6 Rb6 29.Rh8 Kg6 30.Bd8 Ne6 31.Ne6 Re6 32.Rg8 Kf7 33.Rg2 Rh6 34.Rh2 Bc8 35.h4 c6 36.Bg5 Re6 37.h5 Kg7 38.h6 Kh7 39.Re2 Rg6 40.Re7 Kg8 41.h7 Kh8 42.Be3 Be6 43.Bd4 Rg7 44.Rg7 1-0. Tirza (1840) - YERLAN (1810), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

8.Be5 0-0 9.Qf3 Ng4 10.Bc3 Bd6 11.g3 Be6 12.Bd3.

8.Be5 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.Be2 Qe5 11.Nc3= Bd7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rb1 b6 14.Qc1 Bg4 15.d4 Qh5 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Rf3 Rae8 18.Rb5 c5= 19.Rh3 Qf5=+ 20.Rf3 Qd7 21.dc5 Ne4 22.Ne4 Re4 23.Qb2 Rfe8 24.cb6 ab6 25.Rb6 Qd1 26.Rf1+/- Qd2 27.Rb8 Qe3+= 28.Kh1 h6 29.Re8+/- Re8 30.a4 Kh7 31.a5 Qe1 32.Qa1 Qe6 33.a6 Ra8= 34.Re1 Ra6 35.Qb1 ½–½. Trkn – Lazar,Thomas, itsyourturn.com, 2000.

8.Be5 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 Be6 12.d4 Nd5 13.Qd2 0-0-0 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 c6 16.Rab1 h5 17.d5 Qc7 (17...cd5 18.cd5 Kb8+/- (18...Bd5? 19.Rf6 gf6 20.Rd1+-)) 18.e4 cd5 19.cd5 Bg4 20.Rfc1 Kb8 21.Nb5 Qe5 (21...Qe7 22.Qe3 b6 23.Na7 Qa7 24.Rb6 Ka8+-) 22.Qe3 b6 23.Na7! Nd5 (23...Ka7 24.Qb6 Mate attack) 24.Nc6 (24.Nc6 Kc7 25.Ne5 Kb7 26.ed5 Rh6 27.Nc6 Kc7 28.Qb6 Kd6 29.Qc5 Kd7 30.Qe7 Kc8 31.Qd8) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2215) – Kohbieter,Erich (2080), KMG, 2002.

7.Bb5 Qd5 8.c4 Qe4 9.Nc3 Qg6 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Qa4 Nge7 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Be5 0-0 14.Bg3 Nd5 15.cd5 Ne7 16.0-0 Nd5 17.e4 c6 18.ed5 cb5 19.Qb4 a6 20.d6 Rfd8 21.Rac1 Be6 22.Rc7 Rd7 23.Rfc1 h6 24.Rc8 Rc8 25.Rc8 Kh7 26.Rc7 Rc7 27.dc7 Qc2 28.Qc3 Qc3 29.dc3 Kg6 30.Kf2 Kf6 31.Ke3 Ke7 32.Kd4 Kd7 33.a3 Kc6 34.Bf4 b6 35.h3 Kb7 36.g4 g6 37.Ke3 h5 38.gh5 gh5 39.h4 a5 40.Kd4 Kc6 41.Be5 Kb7 42.Ke4 Kc6 43.Kf4 Kc5 44.Kg5 Kc4 45.Kh5 Kb3 46.Kg5 Ka3 47.h5 b4 48.h6 b3 49.c4 b2 50.Bb2 Kb2 51.h7 a4 52.h8Q Kb3 53.Qb8 a3 54.Qb6 Kc4 55.Qc6 Kb3 56.c8Q Bc8 57.Qc8 a2 58.Qb7 Kc2 59.Qc6 Kb1 60.Qb5 Ka1 61.Qe5 Kb1 62.Qb5 Ka1 63.Qb4 f5 64.Qc3 Kb1 65.Qb3 Ka1 66.Qf7 f4 67.Qf4 Kb1 68.Qf1 Kb2 69.Qe2 Kb1 70.Qe1 Kb2 71.Qd2 Time forfeit 1-0. Tirza (1700) - Phutressniak (2200), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 Nf6 10.Qe1 Qe7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.h3 Bd7 13.Ne2 Rab8 14.Bc3 Nd5 15.Qg3 Nc3 16.Nc3 f6 17.Ne4 Bb4 18.c3 Ba5 19.a4 c5 20.Nh4 c4 21.Nf5 Bf5 22.Rf5 Rb6 23.Raf1 Re6 24.h4 Bb6 25.Kh1 g6 26.h5 Qg7 27.hg6 Qg6 28.Qg6 hg6 29.Rf6 Ref6 30.Rf6 Rf6 31.Nf6 Kf7 32.Nd7 Ke6 33.Nb6 cb6 34.g4 a6 35.Kg2 Kd5 36.Kf3 e4 37.Kf4 b5 38.ab5 a5 Time forfeit 0-1. Tirza - vy3RQB5X (1705), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb5 e4 8.Bc6 bc6 9.h3 ef3 10.hg4 fg2 11.Rg1 Qh4 12.Ke2 Qg4 13.Kf2 Qh4 14.Kg2 Nf6 15.Qf3 0-0-0 16.Bf6 gf6 17.c3 Rhg8 18.Kf1 Rg1 19.Kg1 Rg8 20.Kf1 Qh2 21.Qf2 Qh1 22.Ke2 Rg2 23.cb4 Rf2 24.Kf2 Qc1 25.a4 Qb2 26.Ra3 Qb1 27.b5 Qb2 28.Rc3 Qd2 0-1. Tirza (1925) - toleyka (1805), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.Bb5 Qe7 8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.Bc3 0-0 12.h3 Bf3 13.Qf3 Nd5 14.Bb2 f5 15.Qe2 Rab8 16.Rab1 f4 17.e4 Nf6 18.Qc4 Kh8 19.Qc6 Nh5 20.Qd5 Rbe8 21.Rf3 Ng3 22.Kf2 Qh4 23.Kg1 Ne2 24.Kh2 Ng3 25.Be5 Rd8 26.Qb3 Rd2 27.Qc3 Ne4 28.Bg7 Kg8 29.Qe5 Time forfeit 1-0. Tirza – patcar, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb5 Nge7 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 Bf3 10.Qf3 Bd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Bc6 Nc6 13.Ne4 Ne7 14.Nd6 cd6 15.c4 b6 16.d4 ed4 17.ed4 Ng6 18.d5 Qc7 19.Rac1 h6 20.Qc3 f6 21.Qg3 Ne5 22.Be5 fe5 23.Qd3 Rac8 24.Rf8 Rf8 25.Qg6 Qd7 26.Rb1 b5 27.cb5 ab5 28.Qe6 Qe6 29.de6 Re8 30.Rb5 Re6 31.a4 Re7 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Ke4 Ra7 35.a5 g5 36.g4 Rc7 37.a6 Rc4 38.Kd3 Rc8 39.Ra5 Ra8 40.a7 d5 41.Ra6 Kd7 42.Ra5 Kc6 43.Ra6 Kc5 44.Ra5 Kb6 45.Rd5 Ra7 46.Re5 Rh7 47.Ke4 Kc6 48.Kf5 Kd6 49.Re6 Kd7 50.Kg6 Ke6 51.Kh7 Kf7 52.Kh6 Kf6 53.Kh5 Kg7 54.Kg5 Kh7 55.h4 1-0. Tirza (1750) - petrosyan15 (1760), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

7.Bb5 Bf3 8.Qf3 Qd6 9.0-0 Nf6 10.Bc6 bc6 11.Nc3 Bc3 12.Bc3 0-0 13.a3 Rfe8 14.Bb4 c5 15.Bc3 Rab8 16.Rab1 Rb1 17.Rb1 h6 18.Rb7 a6 19.Ra7 e4 20.Qf2 Ng4 21.Qf4 Qf4 22.ef4 e3 23.de3 Ne3 24.Rc7 Nc2 25.Rc5 Na3 26.Ra5 Rc8 27.Ra3 1-0. Tirza (1890) - NiHiLo (1895), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb5 Bf3 8.Qf3 Bd6 9.Bc6 bc6 10.Qc6 Kf8 11.0-0 Qe8 12.Qf3 Nf6 13.Nc3 Qe6 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 Re8 16.Rf3 Qg6 17.Qd5 f5 18.Raf1 Ke7 19.Be5 Rhf8 20.Bd6 cd6 21.Rf5 Rf5 22.Qf5 Rb8 23.Qg6 hg6 24.Rf4 Rb2 25.Ra4 Rc2 26.Ra7 Kf6 27.Ra6 Rd2 28.a4 Ke5 29.a5 Ke4 30.Ra7 Ke3 31.Rg7 Time forfeit 1-0. Tirza (1680) - titopullo2 (1665), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb5 Bf3 8.Qf3 Nf6 9.Bc6 bc6 10.Qc6 Nd7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nc3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Rb8 14.Qd5 Nb6 15.Qe5 f6 16.Qe6 Kh8 17.Rab1 Na4 18.Rb8 Qb8 19.Ba1 Nc5 20.Qe7 Na6 21.Bc3 Qd8 22.Qd8 Rd8 23.Rf6 gf6 24.Bf6 Kg8 25.Bd8 c6 26.Bf6 Nb4 27.Bd4 a6 28.a4 Nc2 29.Kf2 Nb4 30.Kf3 Kf7 31.Ke4 Ke6 32.d3 Nc2 33.g4 Ne1 34.h4 Ng2 35.h5 Nh4 36.g5 Ng2 37.g6 hg6 38.hg6 Ne1 39.g7 Kf7 40.Bc3 Nc2 41.d4 Kg7 42.d5 Kf7 43.dc6 Ke7 44.Be5 Nb4 45.c7 Kd7 46.Kd4 Nc6 47.Kd5 Ne5 48.Ke5 Kc7 49.Kf6 a5 50.e4 Kd7 51.e5 Ke8 52.e6 Kf8 53.Ke5 Ke7 54.Kd5 Ke8 55.Kd6 Kd8 56.Kc6 Ke7 57.Kd5 Ke8 58.Kc5 Ke7 59.Kb5 Ke6 60.Ka5 Kd6 61.Kb6 Kd7 62.Kb7 Kd6 63.a5 Kc5 64.a6 Kb5 65.a7 Kc5 66.a8Q Kd4 67.Qa5 Ke4 68.Qc5 Kd3 69.Kc6 Ke2 70.Qd4 Kf3 71.Qe5 Kg2 72.Qf4 Kh3 73.Qg5 Kh2 74.Kd5 Kh3 75.Ke4 Kh2 76.Kf3 Kh3 77.Qg3 1-0. Tirza (1890) - ProfElton (1775), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.Bb5 f6 8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 Qd5 10.c3 Bd6 11.Na3 Ne7 12.c4 Qa5 13.Nc2 Bf3 14.gf3 0-0 15.d4 ed4 16.Nd4 c5 17.Ne6 Rfe8 18.f4 Nf5 19.Qg4 Ne3 20.Qg7 1-0. Tirza (1880) - joaodauel (1730), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.Be2 Qd6 8.Ne5= Ne5 9.Bg4 Nf6 (worse 9...Ng4 10.Qg4 Ne7 11.a3+-) 10.Bf3 c6 (10...0-0-0 11.Be5 Qe5 12.c3=+) 11.0-0 (11.a3 Nc4 (worse 11...Nf3 12.Qf3 Ba5 13.Bf6 Qf6 14.Qf6 gf6 15.0-0+-) 12.Bd4 Bc5=) 11...Rd8 (11...0-0-0 12.Bd4=) 12.d4 Qe7 13.c3 Nf3 14.Qf3 Bd6 15.Nd2 Qe6 16.h3 0-0 17.c4 (better 17.e4!? Be7 18.a3=) 17...Bb4-/+ 18.Rad1 Bd2 19.Rd2 Qc4 20.a3 (20.e4 Rd7-/+) 20…Rfe8 (20...Rfe8 21.d5 Rd5 22.Rd5 Qd5 (22...cd5?! 23.Bf6 gf6 24.Qf6=) 23.Bf6 Qf3 24.gf3 gf6-+; 20...Qe6 21.Rd3-+) 0–1. Paltrinieri,Mario – Dziel,Jaromir, corr KMG–32, 1994.

7.Be2 Bd6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Na3 (9.Nc3 0-0-/+) 9...0-0 (9...e4 10.Ne1 Be2 11.Qe2-/+) 10.Nc4 Re8 11.Nd6 (11.Rb1 a6-/+) 11...cd6 (11...Qd6 12.Rb1-/+) 12.Qe1 Be6 (12...Nb4 13.Qb1-/+) 13.a3 (better 13.Ng5=+) 13...Bf5 (better 13...Qb6!? 14.Qb1 Ne4-/+) 14.Ne5= Bc2 (14...de5!? 15.Rf5 Qd7=) 15.Nc6+- bc6 16.Rc1 Ba4 (16...Be4 17.Bf6 gf6 18.Bf3+=) 17.Rf6 gf6 Theme: Interference (17...Qf6 18.Bf6) 18.Qh4 Re6 (18...Qa5 19.Qg4 Qg5 20.Qa4+-) 19.Qa4 Rb8 20.Bc3 (20.Rc2 Rb6+-) 20...Qb6 (20...c5 21.Rf1+-) 21.Bd3 h5 (21...Qc5 22.Rf1+-) 22.Rb1 Qc7 23.Rb8 Qb8 24.Bf5 (24.Bf5 Qb5 25.Qb5 cb5 26.Be6 fe6 27.Bf6+-; 24.Qc6 Re5+-) 1–0. Baluch,Wieslaw – Kusmierek,Jozef, corr 2AMM Poland, 1993.

7.Be2 e4 8.Bg7 ef3 9.Bf3 Qh4 10.g3+-.

7.Be2 Bf3 8.Bf3 Qh4 9.g3 Qc4 10.c3 (10.a3 Bd6-/+) 10...Be7 (10...Bd6 11.d3 Qa6 12.0-0=+) 11.Na3 (11.d3 Qb5 12.Qb3 Qa6-/+ (worse 12...Qd3 13.Qb7 Qe3 14.Be2+-)) 11...Qa6 (11...Ba3 12.Ba3 e4 13.Be2-/+) 12.Be2 Qa5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.0-0 (14.d4 Nf6-/+) 14...Nf6 15.Nc4 (15.d4 e4-/+) 15...Qb3 16.ab3 0-0 (16...e4 17.d4-/+) 17.d4=+ Bd6 (17...e4 18.Kf2=+) 18.Rad1 b5 (better 18...Rfe8!?=+) 19.Nd6+- cd6 20.Bb5 Na5 21.b4 (21.de5 de5 22.c4 Nb3 23.Be5 Ng4+=) 21...Rab8 22.ba5 (better 22.de5!? Rb5 A) worse 23.ba5 A1) worse 23...Re5 24.c4+- (24.Rd6?! Rb8 25.Rd2 Reb5=); A2) 23...de5 24.Ba3 Rc8-/+; B) 23.ef6+=) 22...Rb5=+ 23.Ba3 Ne4 (23...ed4 24.Bd6 (worse 24.cd4 Ne4-+) 24...dc3 25.Bf8 Kf8 26.Rd8 Ke7 27.Rc8=) 24.Bb4 (24.de5 Ra5 25.Bd6 Rc8+=) 24...Rc8 (24...Re8 25.d5=+) 25.de5 ½–½. Paltrinieri,Mario – Landgraf,Manfred, corr KMG–29, 1994.

7.Be2 Nf6 8.Ne5 Be2 9.Qe2 Ne5 10.Be5 0-0 11.0-0= Be7 (11...Nd5 12.c4 Nb6 13.a3=) 12.Nc3+= c6 13.Rf4 (13.Rab1 Qd7+=) 13...Nd5= 14.Rd4 Nc3?? (better 14...Bc5 15.Nd5 Bd4 16.Nf6 gf6 17.Bd4 Qd5+=) 15.Qg4+- (15.dc3 Qa5 16.Bf4 Qc3=+) 15...f6 (15...Ne2 16.Kf1 f6 17.Rd8 Rfd8+-) 16.Rd8 (16.dc3?! Qe8 17.Bf4 Bc5=+) 16...Rad8 17.Bc3 (17.dc3?! fe5 18.Qe6 Rf7 19.Qe5 Bf6+-) 1–0. pvanr (2250) – nizef (1875), gameknot.com, 2015.

8.0-0 Qd7 9.a3 Bc5 10.h3 Be6-/+ 11.Nc3 0-0-0 12.Na4 Bd6 13.c4 Nh6 14.Bc3 Nf5 15.Rb1 Ng3 16.c5 Be7 17.Kh2 Nf1 18.Qf1 Bf5 (18...Bf5 19.Rb2 Bd3-+) 0–1. Lamy,Loic – Tritt,Maciej, EM/J50/P076 ICCF Email, 2001.

8.0-0 Qd7 9.c3 Ba5 10.Na3 Nge7 11.Nc4 Bb6 12.d4 ed4 13.cd4 0-0 14.a4 a6 15.Nb6 cb6 16.e4 Rac8 17.Qb3+= Kh8 18.d5 Nb8 19.Qb6 Rc2? 20.Ne5+- (20.Ne5 Nd5 21.Qb3+- (21.Nd7?! Nb6 22.Nf8 Be2=; 21.ed5?! Qd5 22.Qb4 Re8 23.Rf6 gf6 24.Ng4 Nd7 25.Bf6 Nf6 26.Nf6 a5+-)) 1–0. pcmvr (2870) – inspector (2470), net–chess.com, 2009.

8.0-0 Qd7-/+ 9.h3 Bf3 10.Bf3 Nge7 11.c3 Ba5 12.Qb3 b6 13.d4= 0-0-0 14.Na3 Rhe8 15.d5+/- Nd5? 16.Bg4+- Re6 17.e4 Nce7 18.ed5 Nd5 19.Rad1 Qc6 20.Nc4 Nf4 21.Be6 Ne6 22.Na5 Qc5 23.Kh1 Qa5 24.Qe6 (24.Qe6 Kb7 25.Rd8+-) 1–0. Kucharkowski,Jens – Muschalek,Ingo, corr DDR, 1986.

8.0-0 Qd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nh4.

8.Ne5 fe5 9.Bg4.

8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Bg4 Nc4! (9...Ng4 10.Qg4).

7.Bd3 Be6 8.0-0 f6-/+ 9.Qe2 Qd7 10.a3 Be7 11.Nc3 Rd8 12.Bc4 0-0 13.d4 ed4 14.Rad1 Na5 15.Be6 Qe6 16.Nd4 Qf7 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.Qb5 b6 19.h3 Bf8 20.Nc6 Rd1 21.Rd1 a6! 22.Qa4 Nc6 23.Qc6 Qe6 24.Qd5 Nf7 25.a4 Bc5 26.Kf1 Qd5 27.Nd5 c6 28.Nc7 Re4 29.Na6 Bd6 30.a5 Ra4 31.Bd2 ba5 32.Be1 Ra2 33.c4 c5 34.Rd5 Be7 35.Bg3 a4 36.Rd7 Bf8-+ 37.Ra7 Ng5 38.Ra8 Ne4 39.Be1 Kf7 40.Ra7 Kg6 41.Nc7 Bd6 42.Ne6 a3 43.g4 Ra1 44.Nf4 Kg5 45.Ne6-/+ Kh6 46.Ng7 Ng3 47.Kf2 Bb8 48.Ra8 a2 49.Ne6 Ne4-+ 50.Ke2 Be5 51.h4 Re1! 52.Ke1 a1Q 53.Ra1 Ba1 54.Ke2 Be5 55.Kf3 Nd2 (55...Nd2 56.Ke2 Nc4 57.Nc5 Bg3-+) 0–1. pcmvr (2850) – jeronimo (2705), net–chess.com, 2009.

7.Bd3 Be6 8.0-0 f6-/+ 9.Qe2 Qd7 10.Nc3 0-0-0 11.Rab1 Nf7 12.a3 Be7 13.Bc4 Rhe8 14.Bc1 Nd6-/+ 15.Be6 Qe6 16.d3 f5 17.e4 f4 18.Nd5 g5 19.Bb2 g4 20.Ne5 Ne5 21.Nf4 Qf6 22.Kh1 Kb8 23.c4 c6 24.a4 Nc8 25.Nd5 Qg7 26.Ne3 Bd6 27.d4 Nd7 28.Nf5 Qg6 29.c5 Bc7 30.Ba3 Nf6 31.e5=+ Nd5 32.Qb2 b6 33.Rbc1 Ka8-/+ 34.cb6 ab6 35.a5 ba5 36.Qe2 Kb7 37.Nh4 Qe6 38.Nf5 Rd7 39.Bc5 Bb6 40.Ng3 Ka8 41.Ne4 Ra7 42.Qc4 Bc5 43.Qc5 Rd8 44.Ng5 Qd7 45.Ra1 a4 46.Rfb1 Nc7 47.Nf7 Re8 48.Nh6 Ra6 49.Rf1 Qd5 50.Qd5 Nd5 (50...Nd5 51.Ng4 c5 52.dc5 h5-+) 0–1. pcmvr – cleenders (2875), net–chess.com, 2009.

7.Bb5 0-0 8.Bc6 bc6 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Kh1 Bg4 (10...Ba6 11.d3 Rb8 12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Na3-/+) 11.d3 (11.Qe1 Bf3 12.Rf3 Qd6-/+) 11...Nd7 (11...Re8 12.h3 Rb8 13.Ba3-/+) 12.Nbd2+= f6 (12...Rb8 13.Nb3+=) 13.Nb3 Bb6 (13...Rb8 14.Qe1+=) 14.a4 (14.Qe1 Rb8+=) 14...a6 (14...Nc5 15.a5 Nb3 16.cb3+=) 15.Ba3 (15.a5 Ba7=) 15...Re8 (15...c5 16.Qe1=) 16.h3 (16.Qe1 Be6=) 16...Bh5 (16...Be6 17.Rb1+=) 17.Qd2= Nf8 (17...Bf7 18.Qc3=) 18.Qc3 (18.a5 Ba7=) 18...Qd7 19.a5 Ba7 20.Bc5 Ne6 21.Ba7 Ra7 22.g4 (22.Ra4 Rb8=) 22...Bg6 (22...Bf7 23.Rae1+=) 23.Rab1 Rb7 24.Nc5 Nc5 25.Rb7 Nb7 26.Qb3 Qe6 27.Qb7 c5 28.Qc7 c4 29.Rb1 Rc8 30.Qb6 Qb6 31.ab6+= cd3 32.cd3 Rb8 33.Nd2 Be8 34.Nc4 Bb5 35.Kg2 Kf8 36.Kf3 Ke7= 37.h4 Kd7-/+ 38.g5 Kc6 39.gf6 gf6 40.Kg4 Bc4 41.Rc1 Kb6 42.Rc4 Rd8 43.Rc3 a5 44.Kf5 Rd6 45.h5 a4-+ 46.h6 Rc6 47.Ra3 Ka5 48.Ra1 Ra6 49.Ra2 Kb4 50.Rb2 Kc3 51.Rb7 a3 52.Rh7 a2 53.Rc7 Kd2 54.h7 Ra8 55.h8Q-/+ Rh8 56.Ra7 Kd3 57.Ra2 Rh5 58.Kf6?? Ke4-+ 59.Ra1 Kf3?? 60.Rf1= Ke3 61.Re1 Kf4 62.Rf1 Kg4 63.Re1 (63.Rg1 Kf3 64.Rf1 Ke2=) ½–½. Keustermans,H – Lavrenov,Y, Antwerpen, 2000.

7.Bb5 0-0 8.Bc6 bc6 9.a3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Bc5 11.Na4 Ne4 12.Nc5 Nc5 13.Be5 -/+.

7.Bb5 0-0 8.Bc6 bc6 9.Bc3 Rb8 (9...Qe7 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.h3 Bf3 13.Nf3-/+; 9...a5 10.a3 Bc3 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.h3 Bf3 13.Qf3-/+) 10.Qe2 Re8 11.0-0 Bc5 12.Kh1 Bd4 13.Bd4 -/+.

7.Bb5 0-0 8.Bc6 bc6 9.Qe2 Re8 (9...Bd6 10.Qd3 Qe7 11.Nc3 Rd8 12.Qe3 Bc5 13.Qg5-/+) 10.Qc4 (10.a3 Bd6-/+ 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Rb1 Bc5 13.h3-/+) 10...Qd6 11.a3 Bc5 12.Nc3 a5 (12...Be6 13.Qe2-/+) 13.Na4 Ba7 14.Qe2 Nh5 15.g3 Bg4 16.Qg2 Rab8 17.Bc3 Bd4 18.Bd4 ed4 19.d3 c5 (19...c5 20.0-0 Qc6-+) 0–1. Roldan,Antonio Jose – Foch,Louis, IECC, 2000.

7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Qe2 0-0 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Kh1 Qe7 11.Bc6 Bc6 -/+.

7.Bc4 0-0 8.0-0 (8.Qe2 A) 8...Qd6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Nd5 Bc5 11.h3 Bh5 12.Rb1 Rab8-/+; B) 8...Bg4 9.h3 (9.Qe3 Qe7 10.Rf1 Rad8 11.h3 Bf3 12.gf3 Nh5-+; 9.Qd3 Qe7 10.Nc3 Rad8 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Bd5 Rd5-+; 9.Rf1 Bc5 10.h3 Nd4 11.Bd4 Bf3 12.Rf3 Qd4-+; 9.Bb5 Nd4 10.Bd4 ed4 11.0-0 c6 12.Bd3 Re8-+) 9...Bh5 10.Bb5 Nd4 11.Bd4 ed4 12.e5 a6-+; 8.Bb5 Qd6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.d4 ed4 12.cd4 Bb4-+; 8.a3 Bc5 9.Qe2 (9.Nc3 a6 10.Rf1 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.a4 b4-+) 9...Bg4 10.Qd3 a6 11.Qd8 Rad8 12.Be5 Bf3-+) 8...Bg4 (8...Qd6 9.Kh1 Bg4 10.d3 a6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc1 Bf3-/+) 9.Qe1 (9.h3 Qd6 10.d3 b5 11.Bb3 Bf3 12.Rf3 Ne4-+; 9.d3 Nd4 10.c3 Bf3 11.gf3 Bc5 12.Kg2 Ne6-+) 9...Bf3 (9...Qd6 10.Bd3 Bf3 11.Rf3 Nd4 12.Rh3 Qc5-+) 10.Rf3 Nd4 11.Rd3 Nc2 12.Rd8 Ne1 13.Ra8 Ra8 14.Nc3 Nc2 15.Rf1 c6 16.Nd1 (16.g4 h6-+) 16...Bc5 17.Kh1 Bd4 (17...b5 18.Bd3 Nd4 19.Nf2-+) 18.Bb3 Bb2 19.Bc2 (19.Nb2 Nd4 20.Nc4 Ne4-+) 19...Bd4 20.Bb3 Rf8 21.d3 Nd7 22.g3 Nc5 23.Bc2 b5 24.Kg2 a5 25.Kf3 -+. Kucharkowski,Jens – Chemnitz, corr, 1985.

7.Bc4 Qd6 8.a3 A) 8...Ba5 9.Rf1 (9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Qd3 Rd8 11.Bb5 0-0 12.Qd6 cd6-+) 9...a6 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.Qd3 0-0 12.h3 Bh5-/+; B) 8...Bc5 9.Bb5 (9.Nc3 a6 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Nd4 Bd4 12.Qd3 0-0-+) 9...0-0 10.Qe2 Re8 11.d3 Bg4 12.Bc6 Qc6 -/+.

7.Bc4 Ne4? 8.Qe2 (idea 9.Ne5).

7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Bc5 9.Kh1 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qe1 Bf3 12.Rf3 Nd4 13.Bd4 ed4 14.Qh4 (14.Qg3!?-/+) 14...Re8-+ 15.a4 (15.Bc4 Re4 16.Bf7 Kh8-+) 15...Ne4 16.Qf4 Ng5 17.Rf1 Qe7 18.h4 Ne4 (18...Ne6 19.Qe4 Nf8 20.Qe7 Re7 21.Na3-+) 19.Kg1? (better 19.Be4 Qe4 20.Qf7 Kh8 21.Qc7-+) 19...Bd6 20.Qf5 (20.Qg4 Qe5 21.Qh3 Ng3-+) 20...Qh4 21.Be4 (21.Qh3 Qh3 22.gh3 Re6-+) 21...Re4 (worse 21...Qe4 22.Qf7 Kh8 23.Qf5-+) 22.Qf7 (22.Qh3-+) 22...Kh8 23.Qb3 (23.Qf5 Qh2 24.Kf2 Rf4 25.Ke1 Rf5 26.Ra3 Re8 27.Re3 Qg3 28.Kd1 Rf1 29.Ke2 Re3 30.de3 Qe3 31.Kf1 Bg3 32.Nc3 Qf2) 23...Qh2 24.Kf2 Rf8 (24...Rf8 25.Qf7 Rf7) 0-1. alleyb (1725) - marekt (2075), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Ne5 Ne5 8.Be5 Qe7 9.Bf6 Qf6 10.c3 Qh4 11.g3 Qe4 -/+.

7.Bb5 A) 7...f6-/+ 8.Ba3 (8.c3 Bd6 9.d4 Nge7 10.0-0 a6 11.Be2 ed4+=; 8.Bc6 bc6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.Rb1 Ne7-/+) 8...a5 9.Bc6 bc6 10.c3 Ba3 11.Na3 Qd3+=; B) 7...Qe7 8.Qe2 (8.Bc6 bc6 9.h3 Bf3 10.Qf3 Rb8 11.Nc3 Nf6-/+; 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qe2 0-0 10.Bc6 bc6 11.0-0 Qd6-/+) 8...f6 9.c3 Bd6 10.d4 Bd7 11.0-0 a6+=; C) 7...Nge7 8.Be5 0-0 9.Bb2 Bc5 10.c3 f5 11.Qb3 Kh8+=; D) 7...Bd6 8.d4 (8.Bc6 bc6 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.Rb1 Nf6 11.h3 Be6-/+) 8...Nge7 9.d5 a6 10.Be2 Bf3 11.Bf3 Na5-/+.

7.Bc4 Bc5 8.d3 (8.h3 Bd7 9.d3 Qf6 10.Rf1 0-0-0 11.Qd2 h6-/+; 8.Bb5 f6 9.Bc6 bc6 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Na4 Bb6-/+; 8.Bd5 Qf6 9.h3 Bd7 10.Bc6 Qc6 11.Ne5 Qe4-/+) 8...f6 9.h3 Bf3 10.Qf3 Nd4 11.Qd1 f5 -/+.

7.Bc4 Nd4 8.Bd4 ed4 9.Bf7 Kf8 (9...Kf7 10.Ne5) 10.Bg8 Rg8 11.0-0 Bf3?? (Better is 11...Ke7 12.Qe1 Be6+/-) 12.Qf3+- (12...Ke7 13.Qf7 Kd6 14.Qd5 Ke7 15.Rf7 Ke8 16.Qe6 Be7 17.Re7 Qe7 18.Qg8 Qf8 19.Qh7+-; 12.Rf3?! Ke7+/-) 1–0. orane (2180) – XPEH (1630), Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

7.Bc4 Bd6 8.0-0 Bc5 9.Kh1 f6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc3 Nge7 -/+.

7.Bc4 Qd7 8.a3 (8.h3 Bf3 9.Qf3 Nf6 10.Bb5 0-0 11.a3 Bc5-/+) 8...Bc5 9.d3 Rd8 10.Nbd2 f6 11.h3 Be6 -/+.

7.Bc4 Qe7 8.Bd5 (8.a3 Bc5 9.h3 Bd7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.g4 h6-/+; 8.h3 Be6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.a3 Bc5 11.Qe2 Nf6-/+) 8...Nf6 9.Bc6 bc6 10.h3 Bh5 11.a3 Bc5 -/+.

7.Bc4 Qf6 8.0-0 (8.h3 Bh5 9.Rf1 Qf4 10.Qe2 f6 11.a3 Qg3-/+) 8...Bc5 9.Kh1 Qg6 10.Bb5 f6 11.Bc6 bc6 -/+.

7.Bc4 Nf6 8.0-0 (8.Bb5 Ne4 9.Qe2 f5 (9...Bf3 10.Qf3 Nd2 11.Bc6 bc6+=) 10.Be5 Qe7-/+ 11.Bd4 Rd8-/+; 8.c3 Bc5 9.Qb3 0-0 10.Ng5 Nh5 11.Qb5 Bb6-+; 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bb5 Ne4 10.Be5 0-0 11.Bc6 bc6-+) 8...Bc5 (8...0-0 9.h3 Qd6 10.d3 Bh5 11.Kh1 Rad8-/+) 9.Kh1 Ne4 (better is 9...Qd6!?-/+ 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.Bb5 Rd7-/+) 10.Bf7= Kf7?? (better is 10...Kf8 A) 11.Qe2 A1) 11...Kf7? 12.Ne5 Ke8 13.Qe4 Ne5 14.Be5+- (14.Qe5?! Qe7+=); A2) 11...Nf6+=; B) 11.Qe1 Bf3=) 11.Ne5+- Ke7 (11...Ke8 12.Qg4 Nf2 13.Rf2 Bf2 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Qe4 Kf8 16.Qf3 Kg8 17.Qf2 Qf8+-) 12.Rf7 (better is 12.Qg4 Nf2 13.Rf2 Bf2 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Qg7 Ke6 16.Qe5 (16.Qh8?! Qh8 17.Bh8 Rh8+/-) 16...Kf7 17.Qf5 (17.Qh8?! Qh8 18.Bh8 Rh8+-) 17...Kg8 18.Na3+-) 12...Ke6?? (12...Ke8 13.Qg4 Ne5 14.Qe6 Be7=) 13.Qg4 Kd5 14.Rd7 (14.c4 Kd6 15.Rd7 Qd7 16.Qd7) 14...Qd7 (14...Bd6 15.c4 Kc5 16.Qe4 Kb6 17.Qe3 Ka6+-) 15.c4 (15.c4 Kd6 16.Qd7; 15.Nd7?? Nf2 16.Kg1 Ng4 17.Nc5 Kc5 18.Bg7 Rae8-+; 15.Qd7 Bd6 16.Qf7 Kc5 17.Nd7 Kb5 18.a4 Ka5 19.Qd5 Bc5 20.Bc3 Nc3 21.Qc5 Ka6 22.Qc4 Ka5 23.Qc3 Ka6 24.Qc4 Ka5 25.Qb5#) 1–0. Kucharkowski,Jens – Kucharkowski,R, 1980.

7.Nf3 f6 8.e3 Be6 =.

7.Nf3 f6 8.e3 Nge7 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Be2 Nec6 11.0-0 Be6 12.Nc3 Nc4 13.Bc4 Bc4 14.d3 Bf7 15.Ne4 0-0 16.Nd4 Nd4 (16...Nd4 17.Bd4 Be6=).

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 Ng4 10.Bd3 Be6 11.0-0 f5 12.Nb5.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.e3 Bd7 =+.

7.Nf3 Nf6 8.e3 Ng4 9.Bg7 Rg8=+ Black gets strong initiative 10.Bb2 Bh2 11.Ke2 Bg3 12.Rh3 Nf6 13.Rh6 Rg6 14.Rg6 hg6 15.d3 Bg4 16.Nbd2 Qe7 17.Bf6 Qf6 18.Ne4 Qe5 19.c3 0-0-0 20.Rb1 f5 21.Ng3 Qg3 22.Qb3 b6 23.d4 Kb7 24.Qb5 Bf3 25.gf3 Rh8 26.Kd2 Rh2-+ 27.Be2 Qf3 28.Re1 Qe4 29.a3 Ne7 30.Qe5 Qe5 31.de5 Kc6 (31...Kc6 32.Rh1 Rh1 33.Bf3 Kd7 34.Bh1 Ke6-+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz (1835) – Fischer,Ronald, DESC, 2001.

7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Bg7= Bf3 9.Qc1 (better is 9.ef3 Qh4 10.Ke2 Qe7 11.Kf2 Bc5 12.d4 Bd4 13.Bd4 Qh4 14.g3 Qd4 15.Qd4 Nd4 16.Na3+=) 9...Nf6?? (better is 9...Qh4!? 10.Kd1 Be5 11.Be5 Ne5 12.ef3 0-0-0+=) 10.Bh8+/- (< 10.gf3 Rg8 11.Bh6 Ne4=+; 10.ef3?! Rg8 11.Bf6 Qf6=) 10...Ng4 11.ef3 (11.gf3 Qh4 12.Kd1 Nf2 13.Ke1 Nd3 14.Kd1 Qe1) 11...Qe7 12.Be5 Be5 (13.c3 Bc3 14.Be2 Ba1 15.fg4 Nd4-/+) 0–1. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Uhlig,A, Telecomm, 1995.

7.Nf3 Qh4?? 8.g3 (better 8.Nh4 Nf6 9.e3+-) 8...Bg3! 9.hg3 (9.hg3 Qg3 Mate attack) 9…Qg3 (9...Qh1 10.Bg7 Bh3 11.Kf2-+) 0-1. Bennett,Hilton - Green,Ewen, NZL New Zealand Waitakere Trust Open, 1985.

7.Be5 f6 8.Bb2 Be6 9.e3= Qd7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Nc5 Bc5 14.Qh5 Bf7 15.Qc5 0-0-0 16.0-0-0 Ne7 17.Bd3 Kb8 18.Rhf1 Rhe8 19.g3 Nc6 20.Bf5 Qd5 21.Qd5 Bd5 22.h4 h6 23.Bg6 Re7 24.Bf5 Ne5 25.d3 Ba2 26.Rde1 Rd6 27.Bh3 Rc6 28.Rd1 Bb3 29.Rf2 Bf7 30.Kb1 Bh5 31.Rdf1 Ng4 32.Bg4 Bg4 33.e4 b6 34.Rf4 h5 35.R4f2 Kb7 (35...Rce6 36.Bc1=). Bonetti,Shane – guest1420, ICC, 2002.

7.Be5 f6 8.Bb2 Ne7 9.e4 0-0 10.Bc4 Kh8 11.0-0 Ng6 (11...b5 12.Bb3=) 12.d4+= c6 13.Nd2 Bd2 (13...b5!? 14.Bb3 Qc7=) 14.Qd2+/- Qe7 15.Bd3 Qd6 16.Qe3 a6 (16...Be6!?+/-) 17.e5+- fe5? (better is 17...Qe6+-) 18.de5 Ne5 (18...Rf1 19.Rf1 Qb4 20.Bg6 Be6+-) 19.Qe5 Rf1 (19...Rg8 20.Qd6 Bf5 21.Rf5 Rae8 22.Qh6 Re1 23.Re1 b5 24.Rb5 ab5 25.Qh7#) 20.Rf1 1–0. Pamieci Krzysztofa P – napohybel, internet, 2016.

7.Be5 f6 8.Bb2 Bg4 9.c3 Ba5?? (better 9...Bd6=+) 10.Qa4+- c6 (10...Qd7 11.Qa5 b6 12.Qa6+-) 11.Qg4 Qe7 (11...g6+-) 12.Qh5 g6 (12...Qf7 13.Qa5 Ne7 14.e3+-) 13.Qa5 Qd6 (13...Nh6 14.Ba3 Qd7 15.e4+-) 14.Ba3 Qd7 15.Qc5 Ne7 16.Qe7 (16.e4 b6 17.Qe3 Qe6+-) 16...Qe7 17.Be7 Ke7 18.Na3 (18.d4 c5+-) 18...Rhe8 19.e3 (19.Rb1 b6+-) 19...Kf8 (19...b6 20.g4+-) 20.Bd3 (20.Rb1 Re7+-) 20...Rad8 21.Ke2 (21.Be2 f5+-) 21...f5 22.Rhf1 Kg7 23.Bf5! gf5 24.Rf5 Rf8 25.Raf1 Rf5 (25...Rf5 26.Rf5 b5+-). jaddwarrior (2030) – PeterLiberty (2770), ChessWorld.net, 2012.

7.Be5 f6 8.Bb2 Nh6 9.e3 Ng4 10.Nc3+=.

7.Be5 f6 8.Bc3 Bc5 9.e3 Qe7 (9...Qd5 10.Bb2 Bf5 11.Nc3=) 10.Qh5+= g6 11.Qf3 c6 12.Bd3 Bd7 (12...Be6!?+=) 13.0-0+- 0-0-0 14.Bf6 (better 14.a4!?+-) 14...Nf6= 15.Qf6 Rhf8 16.Qe7 Be7 17.Nc3 Bb4 18.Rf8 Rf8 19.Ne4 Bf5 20.a3 Be7 21.h3 Rd8 22.Nf2 Be6 23.Kf1 Bf6 24.Rb1 Ba2 25.Rb4 a5 26.Rf4 Bb2 27.Rh4 Bg8 (27...Ba3? 28.Ra4 Bb4 29.Ra2 Bd2 30.Ke2+-) 28.a4 Rf8 (28...Bf6 29.Rg4+=) 29.Ke2 Be5 30.Ne4 h5 31.Nc5 (31.g4 Bf7+=) 31...Bg3= 32.Rd4 Rf2 33.Kd1 Bf7 34.Rd7 The backward pawn on b7 becomes a target 34...b6?? (better 34...Bc7 35.Ke1 Rf6+=) 35.Ba6+- Kb8 36.Ne4 Bd5 37.Nf2 (worse 37.Ng3 Bg2 38.Ke1 Rf3+-) 37...Bf2 38.Ke2 Bg3 39.Kf1 Bc7 40.Rg7 Be4 (40...Bd8+-) 41.d3 Bf5 42.e4 Be6 43.Rg6 Ba2 (43...Bd7 44.Rg7 Be6 45.c4+-) 44.Rc6 1–0. gabrel (2040) – pukism (1730), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Be5 Qh4 8.g3? Qe4-+ 9.Bg7 Qh1 10.Bh8?? Bh3 11.Kf2 Qh2 12.Kf3 Qh1 13.Kf2 Bc5 14.d4 0-0-0 15.Bh3 Qh3 16.Qd3 Nh6 17.Nd2 Ng4 18.Ke1 Bd6 19.Qf5 Kb8 20.Be5 Be5 21.Qf3 Qg3 22.Qg3 Bg3 (22...Bg3 23.Kf1 Ne3 24.Kg1 Nc2-+) 0–1. marekt – mmgs, gameknot.com, 2001.

7.Be5 Qh4 8.Bg3 Qf6 9.c3 Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Qe4 Ne7 13.Qb7 0-0 14.Qf3 Bc6 15.Qg3 Qd7 16.e3 Nf5 17.Qf2 Rab8 18.Na3 Rfd8 19.Nc4 Bb5 20.Ne5 Qe6 21.Qf4 Bf1 22.Rf1 Nh6 23.a3 Rb2 24.Nc4 Rb5 25.Rf3 (< 25.Qc7 Rc8 26.Qc8 Qc8-/+) 25...Rf5 26.Qh4 (< 26.Qc7 Rc8 27.Qc8 Qc8-/+) 26...g5 27.Qg3 Rb8 28.Rf5 (< 28.Qc7 Rc8 29.Qa7 Rc4-/+) 28...Qf5 29.h4 (< 29.Qc7 Rc8 30.Qa7 Rc4=+) 29...f6 30.hg5 (< 30.Qc7 Rc8 31.Qa7 Rc4 32.Qa8 Kg7-/+) 30...fg5 31.Qe5 (< 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qa7 Rc4 33.Qa8 Kg7-/+) 31...Qg6 (better is 31...a6!?+/-) 32.Qc7+- Rf8 33.0-0-0 (33.Qa7? Qd3 34.0-0-0 Qc4-+) 33...Qa6 34.d3 Rf2?! (34...Nf7+-) 35.Qd8 Kf7 36.Qg5 Qa4 37.Rd2 Rf1 38.Kb2 Qa6 39.Ka2 Rf5 40.Qg3 (40...Qe6 41.e4+-) 1–0. Marre – rebel13, zagraj.pl, 2003.

7.Be5 Qh4 8.Bg3 Qf6 9.c3 Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Qe4 Ne7 13.Qb7 Bc6 14.Qb3 Bd5.

7.Be5 Qh4 8.Bg3 Qf6 9.c3 Bd6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Qe4= Ne7 13.e3 c6 14.Be2 0-0 15.0-0 Rae8 16.Qd4 Qd4 17.cd4 Nf5 18.Bd3 Nd6=+ 19.Na3 b5 20.Nc2 Ne4 21.Be4 Re4 22.a4 a6 23.ab5+= ab5 24.Ra7 Rd8 25.Rc7 Be8 26.Rf5 Ra8 27.Kf2 Ra2 28.Rc5 Re6 29.Ke2 Ra6 30.Nb4+/- Ra8 31.Nc6 Bc6 32.R5c6 Rc6 33.Rc6 Rb8 34.Kd3 (34.Kd3 Kf8 35.Kc3+/-) 1–0. Mus,Roman – Hasler,Ulrich, corr KMG–19, 1992.

10.Bb5 c6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Rd8 13.a3 Ne4 14.Bc4= Be6 15.Be6 Qe6 16.Qe2 Re8=+ 17.d3 Nd6 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Nd2= Qb2 20.c4 Rad8 21.Reb1 Qc3 22.Rc1 Qd4 23.Re1 Qe5 24.Nf3 Qf6 25.e4 Nf5 26.Rab1 Nd4 27.Nd4 Qd4 28.Qe3 Qd3 29.Qd3 Rd3=+ 30.Rb7 Ra3 31.Rc7 Ra6 32.Rb1 g6 33.Rbb7 Re4 34.Rf7 Ra1 35.Kf2= a5 36.Rh7 (better is 36.Rg7!? Kf8 37.Rh7+/-) ½–½. Bakkers,Max – Landgraf,Manfred, corr KMG–29, 1994.

10.Bb5 c6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Rd8 13.a3 Be6 14.Nc3 Qd2 15.Qd2 Rd2 16.Bd3 Rd8 17.Rac1 Kf8 18.h3 Ke7 19.Nb1 R2d3 20.cd3 Rd3 21.Rc3 Rd7 22.Kf2?? (22.Kh2 Ne4 23.Rcc1 Ba2 24.Rcd1 Bb1 (24...Rd1 25.Rd1 Bb1 26.Rb1 b5) 25.Rd7 Kd7 26.Rb1 Kc7 27.Rf1 f6 (27...Nd6 28.Kg3) 28.Rf4 Ng5 (28...Nd6 29.Rh4 h6) 29.h4 Ne6 30.Re4 Kd6 (30...Nc5? 31.Re7 Kd6 32.Rg7) 31.Rg4 g5 32.hg5 fg5) 22...Ne4! 23.Kf3 Nc3 24.Nc3-+ c5 25.g4 Rd3 26.Rc1 c4 27.Ke2 Kd6 28.Rc2 a6 29.a4 f5 30.Kf3 Ke5 31.Ne2 fg4 32.hg4 Ra3 33.Rb2 Ra4 0–1. Bakkers,Max – Dziel,Jaromir, corr KMG–39, 2000.

10.Nc3 0-0 11.Be2 c6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Bd3 Ng4 14.Rf4 f5 15.g3 Rad8 16.Qe2 Ne5 17.Rd4 Qe7 18.Rd8 Rd8 19.Rf1 Qd7 20.Rf4 c5-+ 21.Kf2 g5 22.Ra4 c4 23.Bc4 Bc4 24.Rc4 Qd2 25.Rc7 Ng4 26.Kg1 Qc1 27.Qf1. Ackermann,Robert – Kotz,Reinhard, Mittelfranken–chA, 1998.

10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.Bd3 Ng4 14.Rf4+= f5 15.g3 Qh6 16.Qe2+= g5 17.Rff1 Rf8 18.Nb5 c6 19.Nd4 f4 20.ef4 gf4 21.Rf4 Rf4 22.gf4 Qf4 23.Qe8 Kg7 24.Qe7 Qf7 25.Qg5 Kh8+= 26.Rf1 Qg8 27.Qg8 Kg8 28.Re1 Nf6 29.Bc4 Kf8 ½–½. Landgraf,Manfred – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG–26, 1992.

10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.d4 Re8 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Nd1 Ne4 16.Qe1 Qg5 17.Bf3 Bd7 18.Be4 Re4=+ 19.Qf2 f6 20.g3 Rae8-/+ 21.Re1 Bg4 22.h4 Qh6 23.Nc3 Re3-+ 24.Re3 Re3 25.Re1?? Rc3 26.Re8 Kf7 27.Qe1 Rg3 28.Qg3 Ke8 29.Qg4 Qg6 (29...Qg6 30.Qg6 hg6-+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG–21, 1990.

8.c3 Ba5 9.d4 0-0 10.e3 Ne4 11.Bd3 Qh4 12.g3 Nc3 13.gh4 Nd1 14.Kd1 Bg4 15.Be2 Bf5 16.Nd2 c5 17.dc5 Rad8 18.Bd4 b6 19.Nc4 Bb4 20.cb6 ab6 21.Nb6 Ba3 22.Nc4 Be7 23.Ne5 g6 24.Nc6 Bd6 25.Nd8 Rd8 26.Kd2 Be5 27.Ke1 Bd4 28.ed4 Rd4 29.Rd1 Re4 30.Rd3 Kg7 31.Rf1 Rg4 32.Rff3 Rh4 33.Rg3 Rh2 34.Bf3 Rh1 35.Ke2 Rh2 36.Rg2 Rh3 37.Bd5 Rh6 38.Bf7 Kf6 39.Rd6 Be6 40.Re6 Kf7 41.Rc6 Rh5 42.Rf2 Kg7 43.Rc7 Kh6 44.Rc6 Re5 45.Kf1 Rf5 46.Rf5 Time forfeit 1-0. galkin (1695) - DieBuchlinge (2065), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.c3 Ba5 9.Bf6 Qf6?? 10.Qa4+- Bd7 11.Qa5 Qh4 12.g3 Qe4 13.Rg1 0-0 14.Bg2 Qg4 15.Bf3 Qh3 16.Qc7 Be6 17.Rf1 Rac8 18.Qf4 Rc4 19.d4 1–0. pcmvr (2110) – maaac (2425), net–chess.com, 2006.

8.c3 Ba5 9.g3 0-0 10.Bg2 Re8 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.Be3 Nd5 13.Bd5 Qd5 14.0-0 Bh3 15.Rf2 Re3 0-1. Umag51 (1910) - GMalain (1970), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

8.c3 Be7 9.d4 0-0 10.e3 (10.Qc2 Bd6 11.Bd6 cd6-/+) 10...Ng4 11.Bf4 Bg5 12.Qf3 Bf4 13.ef4 Re8 14.Be2 Ne3 (15.Kd2 c5 16.Qe3 Re3 17.Ke3 Bf5 18.dc5 Qh4-+) 0–1. Grau Ribas,Jose Maria – Kuhnke,Rainer, corr ICCF–Cup8/9 V159, 1990.

8.c3 Be7 9.e4 0-0 10.Qf3 c5 +=.

8.c3 Be7 9.g3? 0-0 (better is 9...Qd5!? 10.Bf6 Qh1-+ (10...Bf6?! 11.Rg1-/+; 10...gf6?! 11.Rg1=)) 10.Bg2 c6 11.0-0 Be6 12.d3 Ng4 13.Qd2?? (better is 13.Bd4-/+) 13…Ne5-+ 0–1. Giese – Hauswald,Helfried, corr, 1988.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.Rb1 Bc3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Be5 Qe7 12.Bf4=+ Qf6 13.g3 Rd8=+ 14.Qc1 Bg4 15.Rb7 Nd2 16.Bd2 Qc6 17.Rc7?? Qh1-+ 18.Rc4 Bh3 19.Rf4 Rd4!? (19...Rd4 20.Bc3 Rd5-+) 0–1. Schunke,Nico – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG–02, 1988.

8.Nc3 0-0 9.Rb1 Bd6 10.Bd6=+ Qd6 11.e3 a6 12.Bd3 b6 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Rf4 Rfe8 15.Qf1 Re7 16.a4 Rae8 17.Rd4+= Qc5 18.Ba6 Ba6 19.Qa6 Nd7 20.Qb5+/- Qb5 21.ab5 Nf6 22.Kf2 g6 23.g4 Ne4 24.Ne4 Re4 25.Kf3 (25.Kf3 Rd4 26.ed4+/-) 1–0. Bakkers,Max – Icic,Mladen, corr KMG–31, 1994.

8.e3 Qe7 9.Bc3 Bd6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Rf3. Wolfgang Labahn.

8.e3 Qe7 9.Bc3 Ne4-/+ 10.Bb4 (10.Qf3 Bc3 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.dc3-/+) 10...Qb4 (better is 10...Qh4!? 11.g3 Qf6-/+) 11.Qc1 Qe7 12.Qb2 0-0 13.g3 Bg4 14.Bg2 (better is 14.Bd3!?-/+) 14...Nd2-+ 15.Qc3 Ne4 16.Be4 Qe4 17.0-0 Rae8 18.Rf4 Qe6 19.Nd2 f5 20.Rb1 b6 21.Rb3 c5 22.a4 Be2 23.a5 Qc6 24.ab6 ab6 25.Rf2 Ba6 26.Nf3 Rd8 27.Qa1 Bc4 28.Ne5 Qf6 29.Ra3 Bb5 (better is 29...Bd5!?-+) 30.e4-/+ Qe6 31.Rb3 (31.ef5 Rf5 32.Rf5 Qf5-/+) 31...Bd7 (better is 31...fe4!? 32.Rb5 Rf2 33.Kf2 Re8-/+) 32.Nd7=+ Rd7 33.ef5 Qc6 (33...Rf5?? 34.Qa8 Kf7 35.Rf5 Qf5 36.Rf3+-) 34.Re3 Rfd8 35.Re1 Ra8 36.Qb2 c4 37.Qe5 ½–½. Borrmann,Fritz – Gross,Gerald, email KMG–49, 2000.

8.e3 Qe7 9.Bd4 0-0 10.Bd3 c5 Black gets in control 11.Bf6=+ Qf6 12.c3 Rd8 13.Bh7 Kh7 14.Qh5 Kg8 15.Rf1 Qe6 16.cb4 cb4 17.Rf4 Rd5 18.Qh4 a5 19.a3 g5 20.Qg3 Qg6 21.Rc4 Bf5 22.Qf3 Rad8 23.e4 b5 24.ef5 Qf6 (24...Qf6 25.Rc3 bc3 (< 25...Rf5 26.Qf5 Qf5 27.Re3-+) 26.Qc3 Qf5-+) 0–1. Rosner,Dirk – Wunderlich,Chris, DESC, 1999.

8.e3 Qe7 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Qf3 Nf4 11.Qf4 0-0 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.Qe4 Qe4 14.Be4 Re8 15.Bf3 Be5 16.c3 Rb8 17.Kf2 Bd6 18.d4 c6 19.Nd2 Bf5 20.a4 Bd3 21.g3 ½–½. Labahn,Wolfgang – Scholer, Neustadt, 1988.

8.e3 Bg4?? 9.Bf6= Qf6? 10.Qg4+- Bd2 11.Kd2 Qa1 12.Qe4 Kf8 13.Bc4 Rd8 14.Ke2 Re8?? 15.Qd5 Qf6 16.Rf1 (16.Rf1 Re3 17.Ke3 Qe7 18.Kd4+-) 1–0. Zylla,Johannes (2145) – FR (1830), BdF T, 2004.

8.g3? Qd5-+ 9.Bf6 Qh1 10.Be5 Bh3 (10...Bh3 11.Kf2 Qh2 12.Kf3 0-0-0 13.Bh3 Qh3-+; 10...Qh2?! 11.c3 Bc5 12.e3-+) 0–1. Levin,Anatoly – Azmaiparashvili,Zurab (2690), Internet Section, 2004.

8.g4?? 0-0 9.e3? (better 9.c3 Qd5 10.Bf6-+) 9...Qd7 (better 9...Ng4 10.Bf4 Ne3 11.Be3 Qh4 12.Bf2 Qe4 13.Qe2 Qh1-+) 10.g5 (better 10.Bf6 Qc6 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.Rg1-/+) 10...Rd8?? (better 10...Qd5 11.gf6 Qe5-+) 11.gf6+= Bd2?? (11...Qd5 12.Bc7 Qh1 13.Bd8 Bh3-+) 12.Kf2 (better 12.Qd2 Qe8 13.Qc3+-) 12...Be3!-+ 13.Ke3 Qd1 14.fg7 (14.Bd3 Qh1 15.Nd2-+) 14...Re8 15.Ke4 Qg4 (15...Bf5 16.Kf4 Re5 17.Nc3 Qd4 18.Ne4 Re4 19.Kg5 Qg7 20.Kf5 Qe5) 16.Kd5 c6 17.Kc5 Qg5 (17...b6 18.Kc6 Qd7) 18.Bd3 Qe5 19.Kb4 Be6 (19...Qb2 20.Ka4 a5 21.Bh7 Kh7 22.g8Q Rg8 23.h4 b5) 20.Bh7 Kh7 21.g8Q Kg8 22.Rg1 Kf8 23.Nc3 Rad8 (23...Qd4 24.Ka3 Qc3 25.Ka4 b5) 24.Raf1 (24.Rg8 Kg8 25.Rg1 Kh8 26.Rg8 Kg8 27.Na4 Qb5 28.Ka3 Rd4 29.c4 Rd3 30.Nc3 Rc3) 24...Rd4 (24...Qd4 25.Ka3 Qc3 26.Ka4 b5) 25.Ka3 Qd6 (25...Qc5 26.Kb2 Rb4 27.Kc1 Qe3 28.Kd1 Rd4) 26.Kb2 Qb4 27.Kc1 (27.Ka1 Qc3 28.Kb1 Rb4 29.Kc1 Qe3 30.Kd1 Rd4) 27...Qc3 (27...Qa3 28.Kb1 Rb4 29.Ka1 Qc3) 28.Rf2 (28.Rg8 Kg8 29.Rg1 Bg4 30.Rg4 Rg4 31.h4 Rg1) 28…Qa1 0-1. Agiant – CptTinnitusHepatitus, lichess.org, 2019.

8.g4?? Ng4 9.Bg3 Ne3 10.Qc1-+.

9.Qa4 c6 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Qd4 Qe7 14.Qb4 c5 15.Qb2 Rad8 16.0-0 Bd3 17.Bd3 Rd3 18.Na3 Rfd8 19.Rad1 a6 20.Nb1 b5 21.Qc2 Ne4 22.a3 g6 23.Qa2 a5 (23...Qe6 24.Qc2-/+) 24.Rf3 c4 25.Rff1 Qc5 26.Qc2 R8d5 27.Rf3 f5 28.Qc1 Qd6 29.Qb2 Ng5 30.Rdf1 (30.Rf2 Re3 31.Rc1 Re6-+) 30...Nf3 31.Rf3 g5 32.Rf2 Re5 33.Qc1 Ree3! 34.Rf5 (34.de3 Rd1 Double attack) 34...Re5 35.Re5 Qe5 36.a4 ba4 37.Na3 Qc5 38.Kh1 Qd5 39.Nc2 (39.Nb1 a3! 40.Qa3 Re3-+) 39...Rd2 40.Ne3 Qd8 41.Kg1 (41.h3-+) 41...a3! 42.Qe1 (42.Qa3 Qf6 Combination) 42...Qd3 43.Nf1 Re2 44.Qg3 (44.Qc1 h6 45.Ng3-+) 44...Qg3 0–1. varcany (2140) – chess_research (2200), gameknot.com, 2014.

9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Qd4 Be5 (10...Be6 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Qe4=+) 11.Qe5 Be6 (11...Kf8 12.Qg3=+) 12.Qb5= c6 13.Qb7 0-0 (13...Bd5 14.e3=) 14.e3 (14.Qc6 Rc8 15.Qf3 Bd5+=) 14...Ne4 (14...c5 15.Qc6 Qe7 16.Be2=) 15.Qb4 (15.Qc6!? Bd5 16.Qa6+=) 15...Bd5= 16.Bd3 (16.Qd4 c5 17.Qa4 Qf6-/+) 16...Rb8=+ 17.Qd4 c5 18.Qe5 (18.Qa4 Qh4 19.g3 Qg4=) 18...Re8 (18...Qh4 19.Ke2 Qf2 20.Kd1 Rb1 21.Kc2 Ra1 22.Ra1 Qd2 23.Kb1 Nc3 24.Qc3 Qc3 25.a4 Qd3 26.Kc1 Qc3 27.Kd1 Bc4 28.Ra2 Rd8 29.Rd2 Qd2) 19.Qf4=+ c4 20.Bc2 Rb6 (20...Rb2 21.Na3=+) 21.Be4 (21.0-0 Rf6 22.Qg4 Rf1 23.Kf1 Qf6 24.Qf4 Qg6=) 21...Be4 22.Na3 (22.0-0 Rf6 23.Qg3 Rf1 24.Kf1 Bb1-+) 22...Qd5 (22...Bg2!? 23.Rg1 Re4=+) 23.Qc7 (23.0-0 Ra6 24.d3 Bd3 (24...Ra3?! 25.de4 Qh5 26.g4-/+; 24...cd3?! 25.c4 Qe6 26.Nb5-/+) 25.Nc4 Qc4-+) 23...Bd3=+ 24.Qg3? (24.Qa7 Qg2 25.0-0-0-+) 24...Qc5-+ (25.Nc4 Qc4-+) 0–1. Pommerel,Wim – Noomen,J, corr NED Mkl, 1996.

9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Qd4=+ Be5 11.Qe5 Be6 12.e3 0-0 13.Be2 Re8 14.Qd4 Qd4 15.cd4 Rac8 16.Nc3= Rcd8 17.d3 Bg4 18.Kd2 Be2 19.Ne2 c6 20.Rac1 Ng4 21.e4 f5 22.e5 Kf7 23.a4 Rd5 24.Rhf1 g6 25.Rc4 Re7 26.h3+= Nh6 27.Nc3 Rd8 28.a5 Ke6 29.a6+/- Rc8? 30.d5!+- Ke5? 31.Re1 Kd6 32.Re7 Ke7 33.ab7 (33.ab7 Rg8 34.dc6+-) 1–0. pcmvr (1870) – Callisto, internet, 2006.

10.Qb3 0-0-/+ 11.d3 Qf4 12.Nd2 b6 (12...Ng4 13.Ne4-/+) ½–½. Schunke,Nico – Grosch,Andreas, corr KMG–02, 1988.

10.e3 0-0 11.Be2 Bf5 12.0-0 Bd3 13.Bd3 Qd3 14.Qb3 b6 15.Rf4 Rad8 16.Qc4 c5 17.Qd3=+ Rd3 18.Kf2 Rfd8 19.a4 Nd5 20.Rc4=+ f5 21.a5 g5 22.ab6= ab6 23.Ra6 f4 24.e4 Ne7? 25.Rb6+- g4 26.Rc5 Rd2? 27.Nd2 Rd2 28.Kf1 f3 29.gf3 gf3 30.Rb7 Ng6 31.Rc8 Nf8 32.Rbb8 1–0. pierre – gubbe_m, internet, 2009.

10.e3 0-0 11.Be2 Bf5 12.0-0 Bd3 13.Rf4 Be2 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.Rd4 Qe6 16.Qc4 Qb6 17.Qb3 Rd4 18.cd4 Re8 19.Nc3 Qb3 20.ab3 a6 21.Kf2 g6 22.Kf3 h5 23.h3 Kg7 24.e4 Rd8 25.d5 Nd7 26.d4+= f6 27.b4 Nb6 28.Ke3 Kf7 29.Kd3 Nd7 30.Rf1 Ke7 31.Ra1 Nb6 32.b5 ab5 33.Nb5 f5 34.Nc7+/- fe4 35.Ke4 Kd7 36.Nb5 Re8= 37.Kd3 Nd5 38.Ra7 Kc6-/+ 39.Nc3?? Re3-+ 40.Kd2 Rc3 (41.Ra2 Rg3-+) 0–1. Lehr,Thomas – Muuss,Klaus, Schleswig Holstein–ch qual, 1997.

10.e3 0-0 11.Be2 Bf5 12.0-0 Bg6 13.Rf4 Rad8 14.Rd4 Qe5 15.Bf3 c6 16.Na3 Qc7 17.Qa4 a6 18.Nc4 c5 19.Rd8 Rd8 20.d4 cd4 21.cd4 Rc8 22.Nb2 Qe7 23.Re1 Rc1 24.Nd1 Ne4 25.Qb3 Nd2-/+ 26.Qb7 Qb7 27.Bb7 ½–½. Lane,Michael (1810) – Vetter,Udo (1755), CB–28.01 ETC, 2005.

10.e3 Bf5 11.Bc4 Bd3 12.Bd3 Qd3 13.Qe2 0-0-0 14.Qd3 Rd3 15.Ke2 Rhd8 16.Rf1 c5 17.a4 b6 18.c4 R3d7 19.a5= Kb7 20.ab6 Kb6 21.Rc1 Ne4 22.Rc2 Kb7 23.Ra3 Rd6 24.d3 Rb6 25.Rca2+= Ra8 26.Nd2 Nd2 27.Kd2 Rb4 (27...Rc6 28.Kc3+=) ½–½. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Johannes,Jan, corr TKM/A006, 1999.

10.e3 Bf5 11.Be2 0-0-0-/+ 12.0-0 Bb1 13.Rb1 Qd2 14.Bg4 Ng4 15.Qg4=+ Kb8 16.Qe4= b6 17.Rf7 Qc3 18.h3 Rhe8 19.Qh7 Qe3 20.Kh1 Qd2 21.Rg7 Re1 22.Re1 Qe1 23.Kh2 Qe5 24.Rg3 Qf4 25.Qg6 Rd4 26.Qg8 ½–½. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Zschoch,Eberhard, DESC, 2001.

9.Bd3 Qd5 10.Bf6 gf6 11.Qg4 Bg4 12.0-0 Qg5 13.c3 Bd6 14.Bh7 Kh7 15.d4 Qh4 16.h3 Be2 17.Nd2 Qg3 18.Nf3 Rg8 19.Rf2 Bf3 20.Kf1 Bg2 21.Rg2 Qg2 22.Ke1 Qh2 23.Kd1 Rg1 0-1. galkin (1765) - xkl (1795), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

9.Bd3 Re8 10.Bc3 Bg4 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Bg4 Qh4 13.g3 Ng3 14.hg3 Qh1 15.Kf2 Qh2 16.Kf3 Bd6 17.Qe1 f5! (17...f5 18.Bf5 g6-+) 0–1. Robles,Dennis – Dror,Daniel, IECC, 1999.

9.Bd3 Re8 10.Bf4? Bg4 11.Be2-/+ Be2 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.0-0 Nf4 14.Rf4=+ Bd6 15.Rf3 Re6 16.Nc3 Bb4 17.Qc4= Bc3 18.Qc3 Qd6 19.Raf1 Rf8 20.Rg3 Qe5 21.Qe5 Re5 22.Re1 b6 23.Rg4 Rfe8 24.Rd4 ½–½. Goetter – Dengel, corr, 1989.

9.Bd3 Re8 10.Bg3?? Re3-+ 11.Kf1 Bg4 12.Qc1 (12.Bh7 Kh7 13.Qc1-+) 12...Rd3 13.cd3 (13.Qb2 Bd2 14.Nd2 Rd2-+) 13...Qd3 14.Kg1 Ne4 0-1. kaalmakreel (2180) - docjan (2665), ChessWorld.net, 2020.

9.Bd3 Ng4 10.Bf4 b6 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Qe4 Bd2 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.Qf3 Bb7 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qg4 Qf6 17.0-0+- Nf4 18.Qf4 Qf4 19.ef4 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Ra8 21.Re8 Re8 22.Kf2 g6 23.g3 Kg7 24.Re1 Rc8 25.f5 Bd5 26.fg6 hg6 27.Bc4 Bc4 28.Nc4 c5 29.Re7 Ra8 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.Rc7 Ke6 32.Kf4 Rd8 33.Ne3 a5 34.Rc6 Rd6 35.Rd6 Kd6 36.Nc4 Kc6 37.Ne5 Kd5 38.Nf7 Kc4 39.Ne5 Kc3 40.Ng6 Kc2 41.h4 c4 42.h5 c3 43.h6 Kd2 44.h7 c2 45.h8Q c1Q 46.Qd4 Ke2 47.Kg4 Qc8 48.Kh4 Qc6 49.Nf4 Kf1 50.Qd1 Kf2 51.Qe2 Kg1 52.Nh3 (52.Nh3 Kh1 53.Qf1 Kh2 54.Qg1#) 1–0. Goetter – Schwarz,Adolf, DDR, 1989.

9.Bd3 Ng4 10.Bf4 g5 11.0-0 f5 12.Bg3 f4 13.Be1 Bc5 14.Nc3 fe3 15.de3 Rf1 16.Bf1 Qe7 17.Qd5 Be6 18.Qb7 Rf8 19.Be2 Qf7 20.Bg3? Ne3-+ 21.Na4 Qf6 22.Qb1?? Ng2 23.Nc5 Qd4 24.Kg2 Qd5 25.Kg1 Qc5 26.Kg2 Qd5 (26...Qd5 27.Kg1 Qd4 28.Kg2 Qe4 29.Kg1 Bd5 30.Bf3 Qf3 31.Bc7 Qe3#) 0–1. Offenbach/Holaus,V (2285) – Krauss,Heiko (2460), remoteschach.de, 2008.

9.Be2 Nd5 10.0-0 Bd6 11.Bd6 Qd6 12.Bf3 Be6 13.c4 Nb4 14.Bb7 Rab8 15.Bd5 Nd5 16.cd5 Bd5 17.Nc3 Ba8 18.Rf2 Rbd8 19.Rb1 c5 20.Qa4 Qc6 (Better is 20...Rd7!?=) 21.Qa7+/- Rd7 22.Qa5 Rfd8 23.a4 h5 (23...Rd2?? 24.Rd2 Re8 25.Rb6+-) 24.Rb5 Rd2 25.Rd2 Rd2 26.Rb8 Kh7 27.Qa8 (27…Rg2 28.Kf1 Qa8 29.Ra8 Rh2 30.Rc8+-) 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – Juehe, ICC, 2002.

9.Be2 Be6 10.0-0= Be7 11.d4 Rc8 12.Nd2 c5 13.c3 Nd7 14.Bf4= Bg5 15.Ne4 Bf4 16.Rf4 cd4 17.cd4 Nb6 18.Nc5 Rc7 19.Ne6 fe6 20.Rf8 Qf8 21.Qb3 Qd6 22.Bg4 Re7 23.Rc1+= Qd5 24.Kf2 Qb3 25.ab3+= e5 26.de5 Re5 27.Rc7 Nd5 28.Rb7 Ne3 29.Bf3 a5 30.Be2 Kf8 31.Bb5 Nc2 32.Bd3 Nd4 33.b4 ab4 34.Rb4 Nf5 35.Rf4 g6 36.g4 Rd5 37.Ke2?? Rd4 38.Rd4?? Nd4+= 39.Ke3 Ne6 40.Bc4 Ke7 41.Ke4 ½–½. Labahn,Thomas – Meier,C, Jugend–BEMS, 1989.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.Bd4 Ne4 11.g3 c5 12.Bb2 Ng3! 13.hg3 Qe3 0–1. Bonetti,Shane – CT15COMP (2410), ICC, 2002.

9.Be2 Qe7 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.0-0 Nf4 12.ef4 Bf5 13.Bf3 c6 14.c3 Bd6 Black fights for the Initiative 15.Re1 Qc7 16.d4 Bf4 17.g3 Bh6 18.Be4 Be4-+ 19.Re4 f5 20.Re2 f4 21.Qd3 f3 22.Rf2 Qe7 23.Nd2? Be3 (23...Be3 24.Re1 Bf2 25.Kf2 Qf6-+) 0–1. Machete (2325) – epanek (2615), ICC, 2003.

9.Be2 Bf5 10.0-0+= Bg6 11.Bf6+/- gf6 12.c3 Bd6+= 13.d4 Qe7= 14.Rf3 Bh5 15.Rf2 Bg6= 16.Rf3 ½–½. guest429 – guest2039, ICC, 2002.

9.Qf3 c6 10.Bf6 Qf6 11.Qf6 gf6 12.Be2 Be6 13.a4 Rad8 14.a5 Kg7 15.Ra4 Be7 16.Bd3 h6 17.Nc3 Rg8 18.Ne2 Bd6 19.0-0 Be5 20.Rh4 Rh8 21.Nf4 Kf8 22.Ne6 fe6 23.Rb4 Rd7 24.Rfb1 f5 25.Rb7 Rhh7 26.a6 Rhg7 27.g3 Bd6 28.Kg2 Rge7 29.Kf3 Bc5 30.R1b3 Bb6 31.R3b6 ab6 32.a7 Rb7 33.a8Q Kg7 34.Qa1 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Wallace,Gary, corr KMG_53, 2001.

9.Qf3 Be6 10.Bd3 Qd5 11.Bf6 Qf3 12.gf3 gf6 13.a3 Ba5 14.Nc3 a6 15.Kf2 Kh8 16.Rhd1 Rg8 17.Ne4 Bh3 18.Rg1 Rg7 19.Rg7 Kg7 20.Rg1 Kf8 21.Nf6 Ke7 22.Ng8 Ke6 23.Bc4 Kd7 24.Bf7 Rf8 25.Nh6 Kc6 26.d4 b5 27.c4 bc4 28.Bc4 Bc8 29.Rg7 Kb6 30.Rh7 Bb7 31.Nf7 Bc3 32.h4 c5 33.Rh6 Kc7 34.dc5 Kd7 35.Rb6 Bc8 36.h5 Ke7 37.Nd6 Bg4 38.Rb7 1–0. varcany (2085) – alleyb (1685), gameknot.com, 2014.

10.Bb2 Re3 11.c3=+ Re2 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.Qe3 Qd5 (13...Nd5 14.Qe4 Qe8 15.Qe8 Re8 16.Kf1-+) 14.0-0 Re8 15.Qg3? (better is 15.cb4 Re3 16.de3-/+) 15...Bd6-+ 16.Qh4 (16.c4 Qh5 17.Rf4 Bf4 18.Qf4 Re1 19.Kf2-+) 16...Re2 17.Rf2 (17.Qf2 Rf2 18.Rf2 Ne4-+) 17...Re1 18.Rf1 Rf1 (19.Kf1 Qb5 20.c4 Qb2-+) 0–1. Bennett,Hilton – Sarfati,Jonathan D (2325), Wellington rapid NZL, 1996.

10.Bb2 Bf5 11.0-0+= Bg6 12.Bf3 c6= 13.Nc3 Nd5 14.Nd5= cd5 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Rac1 Rc2 17.Qb5?? Rc1 18.Bc1=+ Ba5 19.Bd5 Bb6 20.Qb3 Re7 21.Ba3 Rd7 22.Bc4 Rd2?? 23.Bf7+- Bf7 24.Qf7 Kh8 25.Qf8 Qf8 26.Rf8# (26.Bf8? Be3 27.Kh1 Ra2-+) 1–0. toll (1640) – steveve, ICC, 2003.

10.Bc3 Bd6 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Qe1 (12.Bc4 Qh4 13.g3 Bg3 14.Qe2 (14.hg3?? Qg3 15.Kh1 Be6-+; 14.Bf7 Kh8 15.Qe2 Bh3 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Be8 Re8-+) 14...Bf2 15.Rf2 Nf2 16.Bf7 Kf7 17.Qf2 Qf2 18.Kf2-+) 12...Re6 (better is 12...Qg5!?-+) 13.Bc4+= Rh6 14.Rf7 Bh2 15.Kf1 Be6 16.Rg7? (16.Be6 Re6 17.Rg7 Kf8 18.Rh7 Ng3 19.Qg3 Bg3 20.Rh8 Ke7 21.Rd8 Rd8+=) 16...Kf8 (better is 16...Kh8 17.Be6 Nc3 18.Nc3 Kg7-+) 17.Be6-/+ Bg3 (17...Rf6!? 18.Ke2 Kg7-/+) 18.Rg8+= Ke7 19.Bb4?? (better is 19.Qd1 Rh1 20.Ke2 Rd1 21.Kd1 Nf2 22.Kc1 Qg8 23.Bg8 Rg8 24.d4+=) 19...Ke6-+ 20.Rd8 Rh1 (20...Rh1 21.Ke2 Re1 (21...Be1?? 22.Ra8 a5 23.Re8 Kd7 24.Re7 Kd8 25.Re4 ab4 26.Rb4+-) 22.Kf3 Rd8-+) 0–1. Bouvier,Clement (1785) – Bedouin,Xavier (2375), Elancourt France, Open, 2010.

10.Bf4 Nd5 11.0-0 Nf4 12.Rf4 Bd6 =+.

11.0-0 Nd2 12.Nd2 Qd2 13.Bd4 Qd1 14.Rad1 -/+.

11.c3?? Qh4-+ (11...Qh4 12.g3 Ng3 13.hg3 Qh1 14.Kf2 Qh2 15.Kf3 Bd6-+) 0–1. Grosch,Andreas – Kucharkowski,Jens, corr KMG–02, 1988.

11.Bf3? Nd2!-+ 12.Nd2 Re3 13.Kf2 Bd2 (13...Qd2?! 14.Qd2 Bd2 15.Rad1 Rf3 16.Kf3=) 14.Bc1 (14.Rf1 Qd6 15.Kg1-+) 14...Qh4 15.g3 Qd4 16.Bd2 (16.Kg2 Qa1 17.Bd2 Qd1 18.Rd1-+) 16...Rf3! 17.Kf3 Bg4 18.Kg2 Bd1 (better is 18...Qe4 19.Kf2 Qf5 20.Bf4 Bd1 21.Rhd1-+) 19.Rhd1 Qe4 (19...Re8 20.Be1 Re2 21.Kf1-+) 20.Kf2 (20.Kg1 Qc2 21.Rac1 Qa2-+) 20...Qc2 21.Rac1 Qf5 (21...Qa2!? 22.Kg1-+) 22.Kg1 c6 23.Bc3 (23.Re1 Rd8-+) 23...Qe6 24.Rd2 (24.a3 Qb3-+) 24...h6 (24...Qe3 25.Kh1-+) 25.Ra1 Qe3 (25...Qe3 26.Rf2 Qc3-+) 0–1. Bouvier,Clement (1770) – Jean,Robert (1805), 8e Tournoi d'Automne – Tournoi B, 2009.

11.g3 Qg5 12.c3 Bd6-+ 13.Rg1 Ng3?? 14.Qb3+= Be6 15.c4 Qh4 16.hg3 Bg3 17.Kd1= b5?? 18.e4+- (18.e4 Bg4 19.Qg3 (19.Rg3?! bc4 20.Qe3 Be2 21.Kc1 f6+/-) 19...Be2 20.Ke2 Qe4 21.Kd1 Qe2 22.Kc1 Qc4 23.Nc3+-; 18.Qb5?! Rab8 19.Qc6 Qh2+/-) 1–0. guest78 – guest743, ICC, 2002.

11.g3 Bh3 -/+.

7.Nc6 bc6 8.Nc3 0-0 (8...Bg4 9.g3 0-0 10.Bg2 Rb8 11.Rb1 Qe7 12.0-0) 9.e3 Rb8 10.Be2 Ng4 (10...Bc3 11.Bc3 Ne4 12.0-0) 11.Bg4 Qh4 12.g3.

7.Nc6 bc6 8.e3 Ne4 9.g3 0-0 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.0-0 Rb8 12.c3 Bd6 13.Qc2 f5 14.c4 Qe6 15.Re1 Rd8 16.d3 Bb4 (16...Be5 17.Be5 Qe5 18.Na3-/+) 17.Nc3 Nf6 18.Bh3 h5 19.Re2 Ng4 20.Bg4 hg4 21.Na4 Bd6 22.Rf1 c5 23.Ba3 Bb7 24.Bc5 (worse 24.Nc5 Bc5 25.Bc5 Qc6 26.Ba7 Ra8-+) 24...Bf3 25.Ree1 Qh6 26.Qf2 Rdc8 (26...Bc6 27.Bd6 Qd6 28.Nc3=) 27.Bd6 Qd6 (27...cd6?! 28.Nc3 Qf6 29.Rc1+=) 28.Qc2 Rd8 29.Rf2 Qd3 30.Qd3 Rd3 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Nb3 Re8 33.Kf1 g6 34.h4 Rd3 35.Rd2 Rc3 36.c5 Kf7 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Rd7 Rb8 39.Rd2 (39.Rc7? Rc2 40.Kf1 Ra2-+) 39...a6 40.Nd4 Be4 41.Red1 (41.c6 Ke5-/+) 41...Rc5-+ 42.a3 Rh8 43.Ne2 g5 44.Rd8 Rd8 45.Rd8 Rc2 46.hg5 Kg5 47.Ke1 Ra2 48.Rg8 Kh6 49.Rh8 Kg6 50.Rg8 Kf7 51.Rc8 c6 52.Nc3 Ra3 53.Ne4 Re3 54.Kd2 (54.Kf2 Re4 55.Rc7 Re7 56.Rc6 Ra7-+) 54...Re4 55.Rc7 Kf6 56.Rc6 Re6 57.Rc5 (57.Rc4 Rb6 58.Kc2 Kg5-+) 57...f4! 58.gf4 Re7 59.Rg5 (59.Ra5-+) 59...Rg7 60.Ra5 g3 61.Ra1 (61.Ra6 Kf5 62.Ke3-+) 61...g2 62.Rg1 (62.Ra6 Kf5 63.Ra5 Kf4-+) 62...Kf5 63.Ke3 Rg3 64.Kf2 (64.Kd4-+) 64...Kf4 65.Ke2 a5 66.Kd2 a4 67.Kc2 Ke3 68.Kb2 Kf2 69.Ra1 Re3 (69...Re3 70.Rc1 Re1-+) 0–1. varcany (2170) – marekt (1995), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.e3 Ne5=+ 8.Be5 Qe7 9.Bb2 (9.Bd4!?=+) 9...Qe3-/+ 10.Qe2 Qe2 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 (12.Be5 Bf5-/+) 12...Be6-+ 13.d4 0-0 (13...0-0-0 14.c4-/+) 14.c4 Rad8 15.Nd2 Rfe8 16.Bf3 (16.Bd3 c5-/+) 16...Bb4 (16...c6 17.Rad1 Kf8-/+) 17.Rad1 (17.d5!? Bd2 18.de6 Be3 19.Kh1 fe6 20.Bb7-/+) 17...Bd2-+ 18.Rd2 Bc4 19.Rc1 b5 20.a4 (20.d5 Nd5 21.Rc4 bc4 22.Rd5 Rd5 23.Bd5 Re2-+) 20...a6 21.ab5 (21.Bb7 Re6-+) 21...ab5 22.Ra1 (22.Rdc2 Nd5-+) 22...Bd5 23.Be2 (23.Ra7 Bf3 24.gf3 Nd5-+) 23...b4 (23...Ne4 24.Rc2 c6 25.Bd3-+) 24.Ra7 c6 25.Bf1 (25.Bd3 Re1 26.Kf2 Rde8-+) 25...b3 26.h3 (26.Bd3 Re1 27.Kf2 Rde8-+) 26...Ne4 27.Rd3 (27.Rd1 h5-+) 27...Ra8 28.Ra8 (28.Rb7 c5 29.Rc7 c4-+) 28…Ra8 (28...Ra8 29.Re3 f5-+) 0–1. vhilts – pierred, net–chess.com, 2017.

6.e3 Qe7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nh4 Ng4 10.g3=+ e4 11.Qe2 Nh6 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Qg2 Re8 14.Nb5 Nb6-/+ 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Bb3 c5 17.a4 c4 18.Ba2 Na4 19.Bd4 b5 20.Bc4=+ bc4 21.Ra4 a5 22.Bc3 Qc6 23.Rfa1 g5 24.Ra5 Ra5 25.Ra5 f6 (25...gh4 26.gh4 Ng4 27.h3+-) 0–1. Reuter,Alfred – Milde,Lars, Tigerschachclub, 2001.

6.e3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Nd5 Be6 11.Nf6 Qf6 12.Be6 Qe6 13.Ng5 Qg6 14.h4 f6 15.Ne6 Rfe8 16.h5 Qf7 17.Ng5 Qg6 18.hg6 Normal 1-0. Tirza (1725) - Ham0931, Rated Blitz tournament winter15, lichess.org, 2015.

6.e3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ne5 Be2 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Nd7 Qd7 12.Bf6 gf6 13.Rf6 Be5 14.d4 Bf6 15.Nd2 Rfe8 16.Rf1 Bd4 17.Qf3 Be3 18.Kh1 Bd2 19.Qg3 Kh8 20.Rf3 0-1. Tirza (1880) - Mariok (1860), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

6.Ne5 Nc6 7.Nf3=+ Nf6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 Ng4 10.Ne4 Nh2 11.Nd6 Nf3 Black is in command 12.Qf3 Qd6 13.Bd3 h6 14.g4 Ne5 15.Be5 Qe5 16.Ke2 Be6-/+ 17.Rag1 Bd5 18.e4 Rae8 19.Ke3 Ba2 20.Rh5 Qe6 21.g5?? Qb6 22.Ke2 Qg1 23.gh6 g6 24.h7 Kg7 25.e5 f5 (25...f5 26.Rh1 Re5 27.Be4 A) 27...fe4?? 28.Qf8 (28.Rg1?? ef3 29.Kf2 Re2 30.Kg3 Kh7-+) 28...Kf8 29.h8Q (29.Rg1 Rh5-+) 29...Kf7 30.Rg1 Bc4 31.Ke3+-; B) 27...Qd4-+) 0–1. Van Esbroeck,Dirk – Landgraf,Manfred, corr KMG–27, 1993.

7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Nd7 Bd7 10.0-0 c6 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Bh5 Be5 13.c3 Qc7 14.Qf3 Bh2 15.Kf2 Bd6 16.Qf6 Bg3 17.Ke2 Be6 18.Rf3 Be5 19.Qg5 Kh8 20.d4 Bc4 21.Kf2 Bd6 22.Nd2 Bd3 23.e4 Rg8 24.Qf6 Rg7 25.Rd3 Rag8 26.g4 Bh2 27.e5 Qc8 28.Ne4 c5 29.Nd6 Qc6 30.Nf7 Normal 1-0. Tirza (1830) - igorborgefarias (2015), Rated Blitz tournament summer16, lichess.org, 2016.

7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 Be6 10.Nc4 Bc5 11.d4 Be7 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Rf3 Nd7 14.Nd7 Qd7 15.c4 Nf6 16.d5 Bg4 17.Rg3 Rae8 18.Bg4 1-0. Tirza (1780) - Ambitious (1870), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

6.a3 Ba5 7.e3 (7.Nc3 Ne7 8.e4 Be6 9.d4 0-0 10.Be2 Bb6 11.Na4 ed4 12.Nb6) 7...Be6 8.Nc3 (8.Nd4 ed4 9.Qh5 Kf8 10.Qa5 Ne7 11.Bd4 Nbc6 12.Qc5) 8...Nc6 (8...Ne7 9.Bd3 Nbc6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ne4 Bb6 12.Qe2) 9.Bd3 Nge7 10.0-0 (10.Nh4 0-0 11.0-0 Qd7 12.Qh5) 10...0-0 11.Ne4 Bb6 12.Qe2.

6.a3 Bd6 7.d4 ed4 8.Nd4 Ne7 9.e3 0-0 10.Bc4 Kh8 11.Be6 c6 12.Bc8 Qc8 13.0-0 Nd5 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.c4 Ne7 16.Nf5 Nf5 17.Qf5 Be5 18.Be5 Ne5 19.Nd2 Qf5 20.Rf5 Rad8 21.Rd1 Ng4 22.Rf3 h5 23.h3 Ne5 24.Rff1 Rd3 25.Nf3 Nf3 26.gf3 Re3 27.f4 Ra3 28.Rd7 Rb3 29.h4 Kg8 30.Re1 Rf7 31.Rd8 Rf8 32.Rd7 b5 33.Ra7 bc4 34.Rc1 c3 35.Rc7 Rb4 36.Rc6 Rf4 37.R6c3 Rh4 38.Rc7 Rg4 39.Kh2 f5 40.Rd1 f4 41.Rdd7 f3 42.Rd1 f2 43.Rcc1 g5 44.Rf1 h4 45.Kh3 Rg3 46.Kh2 g4 47.Rc2 Rgf3 48.Kg2 g3 49.Rc4 Kg7 50.Rg4 Kh6 51.Rh4 Kg5 52.Rh3 R8f4 53.Rg3 Rg3 54.Kg3 1-0. galkin (1655) – ALGREN, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

6.c3 Ba5 7.d4 ed4 8.Nd4 c5 9.Nb3 Qd1 10.Kd1 Bb6 11.N1d2 Be6 12.Ne4 Nd7 13.Nd6 Ke7 14.Ne4 Bb3 15.ab3 Kf7 16.e3 Ne7 17.c4 Ne5 18.Be5 fe5 19.Nd2 Nc6 20.Be2 Rae8 21.Rf1 Ke7 22.e4 Rhf8 23.Kc2 Rf1 24.Bf1 Rf8 25.Be2 Rf2 26.Bf3 Nd4 27.Kd3 a5 28.h3 g6 29.Rf1 Rf1 30.Nf1 Nb3 31.Ne3 Kd6 32.Nd5 Ba7 33.Nc3 Bb6 34.Nb5 Kc6 35.Nc3 Bc7 36.Nd5 b5 37.g4 bc4 38.Kc4 Nd4 39.Bg2 a4 40.Nc3 a3 41.Bf1 Ba5 42.Bd3 Bc3 43.Kc3 Kb6 44.Bb1 Ka5 45.Kc4 Kb6 46.Kd3 Kb5 47.Kc3 c4 48.Ba2 Ne2 49.Kc2 Kb4 50.Kd2 Nf4 51.h4 Ng2 52.h5 gh5 53.gh5 Nf4 54.h6 Ne6 55.Ke3 Nf4 56.Kf3 Kc3 57.Kf2 Kd3 58.Kg3 c3 59.Bb3 c2 60.Bc2 Kc2 61.Kg4 a2 62.Kf5 Nd3 0-1. galkin (1720) - lachemi (1830), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

6.Nc3 Ne7 7.e3 Nbc6 8.Bc4 Na5 9.Qe2 a6 10.0-0 Bc3 11.Bc3 Nc4 12.Qc4 b5 13.Qc5 Qd6 14.Bb4 Qc5 15.Bc5 Bb7 16.d3 Bf3 17.gf3 Kd7 18.f4 ef4 19.Rf4 Ng6 20.Rf5 Ne5 21.e4 Ke6 22.Kg2 c6 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter (1655) – Osipov,Anatoly (1780), BI–2009–F–00007, 2010.

6.e3 Bd6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Ne4 Ne7 9.Nd6 Qd6 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Be6 Qe6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Qe2 Na6 14.Rab1 Rab8 15.a4 Nc7 16.a5 a6 17.c4 Ng6 18.h4 Qg4 19.Qf2 Qc4 20.Rfc1 Qe4 21.h5 Ne7 22.d4 ed4 23.Bd4 Ned5 24.Nd2 Qg4 25.Qf3 Qg5 26.Ne4 Qh6 27.Nd6 Nb5 28.Nb5 ab5 29.e4 Nb4 30.Rb4 Qc1 31.Kh2 c5 32.Be3 Qc3 33.Rb5 c4 34.h6 f5 35.hg7 Qg7 36.ef5 c3 37.Qd5 Qf7 38.Qd3 Rfc8 39.f6 Rd8 40.Rg5 Kh8 41.Qc3 Rbc8 42.Qe5 Re8 43.Qf4 Qc7 44.f7 Qf4 45.Bf4 Re4 46.Be5 Re5 47.Re5 Rf8 48.Re7 Kg7 49.Rb7 h5 50.a6 Ra8 51.a7 h4 52.Kh3 Rf8 53.Rb8 Rf7 54.a8Q Kg6 55.Qe4 Kg7 56.Rb7 Rb7 57.Qb7 Kf6 58.Qf3 Ke6 59.Qg4 Kd6 60.Qh4 Kc5 61.Qe4 Kd6 62.g4 Kc5 63.g5 Kd6 64.g6 Kc5 65.g7 Kd6 66.g8Q Kd7 67.Qge8 Kd6 68.Q8e6 Kc7 69.Q4c6 Kb8 ½-½. Tirza (2015) - samad_110 (2015), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

6.e4 Bc5 7.c3 Nc6 8.d4 ed4 (8...Bd6 9.Nbd2=+) 9.cd4 Bb4 10.Nc3 Bg4 (10...Qe7!? 11.Bd3 Be6+=) 11.d5+/- Ne5?? (better 11...Bc3 12.Bc3 Ne5+/-) 12.Qa4+- Kf7 13.Qb4 (better 13.Ne5 fe5 14.Qb4 a5+-) 13...Nf3 (13...Bf3 14.gf3 Nf3 15.Ke2 a5+-) 14.gf3 Bf3 15.Rg1 Qd6 (15...Nh6 16.d6 Bg4 17.Qc4 Be6 18.dc7 Qe7+-) 16.Qc4 (better 16.Qd6 cd6 17.Rg3+-) 16...Qh2 17.d6 Ke8?? (better 17...Kf8 18.dc7 Qg1 19.Ba3 Ne7+-) 18.Nd5 (better 18.Qc7 Qh4 19.Kd2 Qh2 20.Rg2 Qf4 21.Kc2 Bg2 22.d7 Kf8 23.Ba3 Kf7 24.Bc4 Kg6 25.Qf4 b5 26.Qg3 Kh6 27.Qh2 Kg5 28.Qg2 Kf4 29.Bd6 Ke3 30.Rd1 bc4 31.Nd5) 18...Qg1 19.Nc7 Kd8 (19...Kf8 20.Ne6 (20.Na8?! Qe3 21.Be2 Be2 22.Qe2 Qg3 23.Kf1 Nh6+=) 20...Kf7 21.Ng5 Kg6 22.Qf7 (22.Nf3?! Qg3 23.Ke2 Nh6+-) 22...Kh6 23.Nf3 Qg3 24.Ke2+-) 20.Ne6 (20.Na8?! Qg3 21.Kd2 Qd6 22.Ke3 Bg4+-) 20...Kd7 21.Qc7?? (21.Qb5 Ke6 22.Qd5 Kd7 23.Qf7 Kd8 24.Qc7 Ke8 25.d7 Kf8 26.Ba3 Kf7 27.d8Q Kg6 28.Qd3+-) 21...Ke6+= 22.Qc4 Kd6 23.Ba3 (better 23.Qd5 Ke7 24.Qb7 Ke8 25.Qa8 Kf7 26.Qd5 Kf8 27.Ba3 Ne7 28.Kd2 Qh2 29.Ke3+/-) 23...Ke5?? Attacking the isolated pawn on e4 (better 23...Kd7 24.Qf7 Kd8 25.Qf8 Kd7 26.Qf7 Kd8 27.Qf8 Kd7 28.Qf7=) 24.Qd5+- Kf4 25.Qf5 Kg3 26.Bd6?? (better 26.Bc5 Qc5 27.Qc5+-) 26...Kh4= 27.Qf3 Qg4 28.Qg4? (28.Qh1 Kg5 29.Be2 Qh4 30.Qh4 Kh4 31.Kf2=) 28...Kg4-+ 29.e5 (29.Be2 Kg5 30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Rg1 Kh6-+) 29...fe5 30.Be5 Nf6 31.Be2 (31.0-0-0 Rac8 32.Kb2 Rhd8-+) 31...Kf5 32.Bb2 Rae8 (32...Rhd8 33.Rb1-+) 33.Kd1 (33.Kd2 Ne4 34.Kc2 Rc8 35.Kb3 Rhe8-+) 33...Rd8 (33...Re7!? 34.Bd3 Kf4 35.Kc2 Rc8 36.Kb3-+) 34.Kc2 Rhe8 (34...h5 35.Rf1 Ke6 36.Re1-+) 35.Bd3 Ke6 36.Re1 Kf7 (36...Kd5!? 37.Rh1-+) 37.Bc4 Kg6 38.Rg1 Kh5?? (38...Kf5 39.Bd3 Rd3 40.Kd3-+) 39.Rg7? (better 39.Bf7 Kh4 40.Be8 Ne8 41.Bg7-/+) 39...Rc8-+ 40.Kb3 (40.Kd3 Red8 41.Bd4 Rc6 42.Rb7 Rcd6 43.Bf7 Kg4-+) 40...Re3 41.Kb4 Ne4 (better 41...Re4!? 42.Bf6 Rcc4 43.Kb3 Rb4 44.Kc3-+) 42.Rh7? (better 42.Bd4 Re1 43.Bf7 (43.Rh7? Kg6 44.Rd7 a5 45.Kb5 Rb1 46.Bb3 Ra8 47.Rg7 Kf5-+) 43...Kh4 44.Rh7 Kg5 45.Ba7-/+) 42...Kg6-+ 43.Rg7 (43.Rb7?? a5! 44.Ka5 Rc4-+) 43...Kh6 44.Rb7?? (44.Bf7 Rc6 45.Rg2 Rb6 46.Kc4 Nd6 47.Kd4 Nf5 48.Kc4 Rc6 49.Kb4 Re4 50.Kb3 Nd4 51.Bd4 Rd4 52.Rg3-+) 44...a5! 45.Ka5 Rc4 46.Rb6 (46.Rb3 Re2-+) 46...Kh5 47.Rb5 Rc5 0-1. 13_1000 (1905) - leninas (1700), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.e4 Nh6 7.h3 Be6 8.a3 Ba5 9.c4 Nd7 10.Nc3 c6 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Rb1 Qc5 13.Na4 Qd6 14.Rc1 Nc5 15.Nc5 Qc5 16.Kf1 Rd8 17.d4 ed4 18.Bd4 Qe7 19.Qc2 0-0 20.a4 Nf7 21.Kf2 Ne5 22.Rhd1 c5 23.Be5 fe5 24.Kg1 Bc7 25.Rd8 Rd8 26.Rd1 Rd1 27.Qd1 Qd7 28.Qd7 Bd7 29.Kf2 Ba4 30.Ng5 Bd7 31.Nf3 h6 32.Nd2 Kf7 33.Nb3 b6 34.g4 Kf6 35.Ke3 Kg5 36.Bf1 Bd8 37.Kf3 Kh4 38.Ke3 Bg5 39.Kd3 Kg3 40.Ke2 Ba4 41.Nd2 Bc2 42.Nf3 Bf4 43.Nd2 a5 44.Ke1 a4 45.Be2 a3 46.Nf1 Kh3 47.g5 hg5 48.Bh5 a2 0-1. Tirza (1860) - Beltham (2000), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.d4 ed4 8.Nd4 Ne7 9.e3 0-0 10.Bc4 Kh8 11.Ne6 Be6 12.Be6 Nbc6 13.Qg4 Ne5 14.Qh3 N5g6 15.0-0 Bc5 16.Nd2 Qd2 17.Bc1 Qc3 18.Rf3 Qa1 19.Rf1 Qa2 20.Kh1 Qa3 21.Qg4 Be3 22.Be3 Qe3 23.Qd1 Qe6 24.Re1 Qc6 25.Qe2 Rad8 26.Qf1 Rd2 27.h3 Rg2 28.Qg2 Qg2 29.Kg2 c6 30.Kf3 Rd8 31.Kg3 c5 32.h4 c4 33.h5 c3 34.hg6 Ng6 35.Rc1 Rc8 36.Kf3 c2 37.Ke2 b5 38.Kd2 b4 39.Rc2 Rc2 40.Kc2 a5 41.Kb3 h5 42.Ka4 h4 43.Ka5 b3 44.Ka4 b2 45.Kb3 b1Q 46.Kc4 0-1. galkin (1660) - Anatoly47, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 Ne7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d4 e4 11.Nfd2 Be2 12.Qe1 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1765) - Aprendiz65 (1730), Rated Classical tournament Jnrk8MKu, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bb5 Nge7 8.0-0 0-0 9.a3 Bd6 10.c4 a6 11.Ba4 Be6 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Bc3 b5 15.d4 Bf7 16.de5 Ne5 17.Ne5 Be5 18.Be5 fe5 19.Qd8 Rad8 20.Nc3 Bc4 21.Rfd1 Nd5 22.Nd5 Rd5 23.Rd5 Bd5 24.e4 Bc4 25.a4 Rd8 26.ab5 Bb5 27.Rc1 Rd7 28.Bb3 Kf8 29.Rc5 Re7 30.Bd5 c6 31.Bc6 Rc7 32.Bb5 Rc5 33.Ba6 Rc2 34.Bb7 Ke7 35.Bd5 Kd6 36.Kf1 Kc5 37.g4 Kd4 38.h4 Ke3 39.g5 g6 40.Bg8 Kf3 41.Ke1 Ke4 42.Bh7 Ke3 43.Bg6 Rc1 Normal 0-1. Tirza - goaldecharl (1830), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bc4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 Be4 11.0-0 f5 12.Nf5 Qg5 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.a3 Ba5 15.Qe2 0-0-0 16.Nd5 Bd5 17.Bd5 Nd5 18.Qf3 Rhf8 19.Qe2 Bb6 20.c4 Nde7 21.Ne7 Qe7 22.Rac1 Qg5 23.c5 Ba5 24.d4 ed4 25.ed4 Ne7 26.d5 Nd5 27.Qb5 a6 28.Qa5 Ne3 29.Rf8 Rf8 30.Qd2 Qf4 31.Qe1 Nd5 32.Qe6 Kb8 33.Qd5 Qf2 34.Kh1 Rf3 35.Qf3 Qf3 36.Kg1 Qg3 37.Kf1 Qh3 38.Ke1 Qh1 39.Kd2 Qf3 40.Re1 Qg4 41.Bc3 Ka7 42.Kd3 Qg3 43.Kc4 Qf2 44.Re8 Qf7 45.Kb4 Qe8 46.Bd4 Qc6 47.Bc3 b6 48.cb6 Qb6 49.Kc4 a5 50.Kd3 h5 51.Bd4 h4 52.Bb6 cb6 53.Ke3 g5 54.Kf3 b5 55.Kg4 Ka6 56.Kh3 a4 57.Kg4 Ka5 58.Kh3 b4 59.ab4 Kb4 60.Kg4 a3 61.Kh3 a2 62.Kg4 a1Q Normal 0-1. Tirza (1710) – TheMagus, Rated Blitz tournament HOdyKTco, lichess.org, 2015.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Ne5 fe5 9.Qh5 Kd7 10.Qe5 Nc6 11.Qg7 Nge7 12.Qh8 Qh8 13.Bh8 Rh8 14.Be2 (14.Bd3 Nf5 15.0-0 Nd6=) 14...Rf8 15.Bf3 Bc4 (15...Nd5 16.Ke2=) 16.Kd1 Nf5 17.Bc6 Kc6 18.g3 (18.Rg1 Bd5=+) 18...Bd5 19.Rg1 Nd6 20.Ke2 (20.d3 Rf2 21.e4 Be6-/+) 20...Ne4-/+ 21.d3 (21.Rf1 Rf1 22.Kf1 Bd2 23.Nd2 Nd2 24.Ke2 Ne4-/+) 21...Rf2-+ 22.Kd1 Ng5 (22...Nc3 23.Nc3 Bc3 24.Rb1-+) 23.e4 Be6 24.Kc1 (better is 24.g4-/+) 24...Nf3-+ 25.Rd1 Nd4 (26.Rd2 Rf1 27.Kb2 Rb1 28.Rb1 Bd2-+; 25...Nh2?! 26.d4 Kd7 27.Rh1-/+; 25...Rh2?! 26.d4 Bg4 27.c3-+) 0–1. Zylla,Johannes – Pagni,Carlo, corr ICCF TT–4–90 SF, 1995.

7.a3 Ba5 8.Ne5 g6 9.Bc4 Qd6 10.Be6 fe5 11.Qg4 Nc6 12.Qc4 Nf6 =.

7.a3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.Nc3 Nbc6 10.0-0 Qd7 11.Qe2 0-0-0 12.Ne4 h5 13.Bb5 h4 14.d4 ed4 15.ed4 Bf5 16.c4 a6 17.Ba4 h3 18.g3 Rhe8 19.Rad1 Kb8 20.Nd6 cd6 21.Qf2 d5 22.c5 Be4 23.Nd2 Qg4 24.Bc3 Bg2 25.Qf4 Qf4 26.Rf4 Nc8 27.Bc2 Re3 28.Bb2 Rde8 29.Nf1 Re1 30.Bc3 Rd1 31.Bd1 b6 32.Rh4 bc5 33.dc5 d4 34.Bd2 Kb7 35.Kf2 Re5-+ 36.Rh7 Rc5 37.Rg7 Kb6 38.Rd7 N8e7 39.Ne3 de3 40.Be3 Nd5 41.Bc5 Kc5 42.Be2 a5 43.Rh7 Nd4 44.Bd3 Nf3 45.Bf5 Nh2 46.Bh3 Bh3 47.Rh3 Ng4 48.Kf3 f5 49.Rh5 Nde3 50.Rh8 Kd4 51.Kf4 Nf6 52.Ra8 Nh5 53.Kg5 Ng3 54.Ra5 Ne4 55.Kf4 Nd6 56.Rf5 Ndf5 57.a4 ½–½. Swierczewski,Jan – Mack,Juergen, desc–online.de, 2006.

7.c4 Nc6 8.Be2 Nge7 9.0-0 Nf5 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.Bc3 0-0 12.d4 Ne3 13.Qd3 Nf1 14.Rf1 ed4 15.Nd4 Nd4 16.Bd4 Qd7 17.Rd1 Qf7 18.Qc3 Rfd8 19.c5 c6 20.a4 Bd5 21.Bf2 Re8 22.Qc2 Rad8 23.Qd2 Qg6 24.g3 Qe4 0-1. Tirza (1830) - kekGazizLalka228 (1830), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

7.Be2 Ne7 8.a3 Ba5 (8...Bd6 9.0-0-/+) 9.0-0 c6 (9...Nbc6 10.Nc3-/+) 10.c4 0-0 (10...Nf5 11.Qc2-/+) 11.Nc3 (11.d4 Nf5 12.Qd3 ed4 13.ed4 Re8-/+) 11...Bc3 (11...Nd7 12.Qc2-/+) 12.Bc3=+ a5 (12...Nf5 13.Qb1 b6 14.Bd3=+) 13.d3 (13.Rb1 Nf5=+) 13...Nf5 14.Bd2 (14.Qc1 Nd7=+) 14...Rf7 (14...Qd6 15.Qc1=+) 15.Rb1 (15.c5 Na6 16.Rc1 Rd7=+) 15...Qd6 (15...Na6 16.Qc2=+) 16.Qb3 (16.Qc1 Na6=+) 16...b5 17.Qc2 (17.Qc3 Rb7=+) 17...Qc5-/+ 18.Qb3? (better 18.Qc1 bc4 19.dc4-/+) 18...Ne3-+ 19.Be3 Qe3 20.Kh1 (20.Rf2 Na6 21.Qc2 Qc5-+) 20...Nd7 (better 20...Qe2 21.Rbe1 bc4-+) 21.Rfe1 Qb6 (21...Nc5 22.Qd1 Rd8 23.cb5 cb5 24.Rf1-+) 22.Qc2 (22.d4 ed4 23.Bd3 Nc5-+) 22...a4 (22...Qc5 23.Qc3-+) 23.Nd2 (23.d4 ed4 24.Bd3 Nf8-/+) 23...Nc5 (23...Rd8 24.d4-+) 24.Rec1 (24.cb5 cb5 25.d4 A) worse 25...ed4 26.Rb5 Bb3 27.Qc1+- (worse 27.Rb6 Bc2 28.Bc4 Bg6=+; 27.Qc5?! Qc5 28.Rc5 Re8+-); B) 25...Nb3-+) 24...Rc7 (24...Nb7 25.Qb2-+) 25.d4 ed4 (25...Nb3!? 26.Nb3 ab3 27.Rb3 Qd4 28.Rc3 bc4 29.Bc4 Bc4 30.Rc4-+) 26.cb5-/+ Bb3?? (better 26...cb5 27.Rb5 Qa6 28.Rc5 Rc5 29.Qc5 Qe2 30.Qd4 Rc8 31.Rc8 Bc8-/+) 27.Qc5+- Qc5 28.Rc5 Bd5 (28...Re7 29.Nb3 ab3 30.Bc4 Kf8 31.bc6+-) 29.b6 (29.bc6 d3 30.Bd3 Bc6+-) 29...Rb7 (29...Re7 30.Bc4 Bc4 31.Nc4+-) 30.Bc4 Bc4 (30...Kf8 31.Bd5 (worse 31.Rd5 cd5 32.Bd5 Rb6 33.Ba8 Rb1 34.Nb1 Ke7+-) 31...cd5 32.Rd5+-) 31.Nc4 1–0. jaddwarrior (1885) – goobergreg (1855), ChessWorld.net, 2014.

7.Ne5 fe5 8.Qh5 Kf8 9.Qe5 Qf6 10.Bd3 Qe5 11.Be5 Bd6 12.0-0 Nf6 13.Bf6 gf6 14.Rf6 Ke7 15.Rh6 Nd7 16.Rh7 Rh7 17.Bh7 Rh8 18.Be4 Bh2 19.Kf1 c6 20.Nc3 Nc5 21.Bf3 Be5 22.d4 Rh1 23.Ke2 Bc4 24.Kd2 Ra1 25.de5 Ba2 26.g4 Be6 27.g5 Rg1 0-1. Tirza (1850) - PirmasA (1835), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 Nbc6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.a3 Ba5 12.Ne4 Kh8 13.d4 Qd5 14.Bd3 Rad8 15.c4 Qd7 16.d5 Nb8 17.Qc2 Na6 18.g4 Bg4 19.hg4 Qg4 20.Qg2 Qg2 21.Kg2 Nf5 22.Kf2 Nd6 23.Nd6 1-0. Tirza (1780) - KVlad_Gl (1625), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bc4 Nbc6 8.c3 Ba5 9.d4 ed4 10.ed4 Bg4 11.0-0 Qd6 12.Nbd2 0-0-0 13.Ne4 Qf4 14.Qe2 Ng6 15.g3 Bf3 16.Rf3 Qg4 17.Nf6 Qg5 18.Be6 Kb8 19.Rf5 Qh6 20.Rh5 Nd4 21.cd4 Qd2 22.Qd2 Bd2 23.Ne4 Be3 24.Kg2 Bd4 25.Bd4 Rd4 26.Bf5 Re8 27.Bg6 hg6 28.Re1 gh5 29.Kf3 Kc8 30.Re3 Rf8 31.Ke2 Kd8 32.Ng5 Rd6 33.Ne6 Re6 34.Re6 Re8 35.Re8 Ke8 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.h3 g5 39.g4 hg4 40.hg4 c5 41.a4 a6 42.a5 c4 43.Kd4 Kd6 44.Kc4 Ke5 45.Kc5 Kf4 46.Kb6 Kg4 47.Kb7 Kf3 48.Ka6 g4 49.Kb7 g3 50.a6 g2 51.a7 g1Q 52.a8Q Kf4 53.Qf8 Ke5 54.Qe7 Kf5 55.Qf7 Ke4 56.Qe6 Kf4 57.Qf6 Ke4 58.Qh4 Kd5 59.Qh5 Kc4 60.Qe2 Kd4 61.Qa2 Qg7 62.Kb6 Qf6 63.Kb5 Qe5 64.Kb4 Qb8 65.Ka3 Qa7 66.Kb2 Qb6 67.Qb3 Qg6 68.Qc3 Kd5 69.Qd3 Qd3 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1840) - cauexadrez (1935), Rated Blitz tournament ta4cB4Ja, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bc4 Bg4 8.0-0 Nbc6 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Be4 12.d3 Bd5 13.Bb5 a6 14.Ba4 0-0 15.e4 Be6 16.Nc3 Qd4 0-1. Tirza (1800) - D_Ivanov (2080), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

7.Bc4 Ng6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.h3 Bf3 10.Qf3 Nd7 11.Qd5 c6 12.Qf7 Normal 1-0. Tirza (1660) – tattimatti, Rated Blitz tournament w8dmC4i7, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Bc4 c6 8.Bg8 Rg8 9.0-0 e4 10.c3 Bd6 11.Qb3 ef3 12.Qg8 Kd7 13.Qd8 Kd8 14.gf3 Be6 15.Kf2 Bc4 16.Rg1 Bd3 17.Na3 Na6 18.c4 g6 19.Bf6 1-0. galkin (1655) – purplereignhat, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 Nge7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Bc4 Kh8 11.h3 Bf3 12.Qf3 Qd2 13.Rf2 Qd6 14.Rd1 Qc5 15.Qe2 Na5 16.a3 Bc3 17.Bc3 Qc4 18.Ba5 Qe2 19.Re2 b6 20.Bb4 c5 21.Bc3 Rad8 22.Red2 Nf5 23.Rd8 Rg8 24.Rg8 Kg8 25.Rd8 Kf7 26.Rd7 Kg6 27.Ra7 Ne3 28.Ra6 Nc2 29.Rb6 Na3 30.Rc6 Nb5 31.Rc5 Nc3 32.Rc3 Kf5 33.Kf2 g5 34.Kf3 h5 35.h4 g4 36.Ke3 Kg6 37.g3 Kf5 38.Rc8 Ke6 39.Rh8 f5 40.Rh5 Kf6 41.Rg5 f4 42.gf4 ef4 43.Kf4 g3 44.Kg3 1-0. Tirza (1845) - JUST_SKOBE_23 (1645), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 Nh6 9.Nh4 Be2 10.Qe2 Qd7 11.Nc3 0-0-0 12.Rfd1 g5 13.Nf3 Rde8 14.a3 Ba5 15.d4 ed4 16.Nd4 Bc3 17.Bc3 Nd4 18.Bd4 Qc6 19.c3 Kb8 20.Qf3 Qf3 21.gf3 Rhf8 22.Kf2 b6 23.c4 c5 24.Bc3 Nf5 25.e4 Nd6 26.Rd6 h5 27.Rf6 Rf6 28.Bf6 g4 29.fg4 Rf8 30.g5 Kc7 31.e5 Kd7 32.Kf3 Ke6 33.Ke4 h4 34.g6 Rg8 35.g7 h3 36.Rd1 a6 37.Rd8 b5 38.Rg8 bc4 39.Rc8 c3 40.Rc5 c2 41.Rc2 a5 42.g8Q Kd7 43.Qd8 Ke6 44.Rc6 Kf7 45.Qe7 Kg6 46.Qg7 Kh5 47.Qg5 1-0. Tirza (2020) - gstrgy07 (1925), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 Ne7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Bc4 Kh8 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Bd5 c6 13.Bb3 a5 14.a4 b5 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bf7 17.Bf7 Rf7 18.ab5 cb5 19.c3 Bc5 20.Qb3 Re7 21.d4 ed4 22.cd4 a4 23.Qd3 Ba7 24.Ba3 Re8 25.Qb5 Rb8 26.Qa4 Bb6 27.Qc6 Ba7 28.Bd6 Rb6 29.Qc7 Qc7 30.Bc7 Rc6 31.Ra7 g6 32.Rfa1 h5 33.Ra8 Ra8 34.Ra8 Kg7 35.Bg3 Rc1 36.Kg2 hg4 37.hg4 Nb6 38.Ra7 Kh6 39.Bf4 g5 40.Bg3 Nd5 41.Kf2 Rc2 42.Ke1 Ne3 43.Ra6 Nc4 44.Rf6 Kh7 45.Ng5 Kg7 46.Be5 Rc1 47.Kf2 Rc2 48.Kg3 Ne5 49.de5 Rc3 50.Kf4 Rc4 51.Kf5 Rc1 52.Ne6 Kg8 53.g5 Rf1 54.Kg6 Rf6 55.ef6 Kh8 56.Kh6 Kg8 57.g6 Kh8 58.g7 Kg8 59.f7 Kf7 60.Kh7 Ke6 61.g8Q Kf5 62.Qe8 Kf6 63.Kh6 Kf5 64.Qe7 Kf4 65.Qe6 Kf3 66.Qe5 Kg4 67.Qf6 Kg3 68.Qf5 Kg2 69.Qf4 Kh3 70.Kg5 Kg2 71.Kg4 Kg1 72.Qd2 Kh1 73.Kg3 Kg1 74.Qg2 1-0. Tirza (1830) - bouzidiridha (1670), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bb5 Nge7 8.c3 Ba5 9.0-0 Bb6 10.d4 0-0. epiglotis (2220) – ronald (2510), net–chess.com, 2001.

7.Bb5 Nge7 8.c3 Ba5 9.0-0 Bb6 10.d4 a6 11.Ba4 Be6 12.Kh1 Bc4 13.Rf2 0-0 14.Na3 Bf7 15.Rd2 ed4-/+ 16.cd4 Qd6 (16...f5 17.d5 Nb4 18.Nc4 fe4 19.Nb6 cb6 20.Ng5 Ned5 21.Ne4-+) ½–½. Labahn,Wolfgang – Persson,Boerje, corr freie Partie, 1991.

7.c3 Bd6 8.d4 f5 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Bb5 0-0 (10...Ne4 11.Ne4 fe4 12.Ne5 Qf6+= (worse is 12...Be5 13.Bc6 bc6 14.Qh5 Kf8 15.Ba3 Kg8 16.Qe5+=)) 11.Bc6+= bc6 12.Qb3 Kh8 13.de5 fe4 14.0-0-0?? (better is 14.ef6 ef3 15.fg7 Kg7 16.c4 Kh6 17.gf3 Qh4 18.Kd1=) 14...ef3-+ 15.Nf3 Bf5 16.ed6 cd6 17.c4 Rb8 18.Qc3 Qd7 19.Nd2 c5 20.Rhf1 Bg6 21.h4 h5 22.Rde1 d5 23.Re5 (23.Qg3 Kh7 24.Bf6 Qa4-+ (24...gf6?! 25.Rf6 Rf6 26.Qb8-/+)) 23...d4 24.Qa3 Rfc8 25.Rg5 Bh7 26.Rg3 Qe8 27.Qa7 Ng4 28.Qf7 Qa4 (28...Qa4 29.Rb3 Ne5 30.Qh5 Qa2-+ (30...Nc4?! 31.Rf7 Re8 32.Re7-+)) 0–1. Rooijen Van,Peter – Cimicki,Dariusz (2010), RC–2011–0-00080, 2011.

7.a3 Bc5 -/+.

7.c3 Bd6 8.d4 Ne7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Bc4 Bc4 11.Nc4 b5 12.Nd6 cd6 13.a4 Nd7 14.Qb3 Kh8 15.ab5 Qb6 16.0-0 a6 17.Qe6 Qd8 18.Qd6 Nc8 19.Qc6 Ndb6 20.de5 fe5 21.Ne5 Ra7 22.Rf8 Qf8 23.Rf1 1–0. bolaf (1935) – awnatari (1785), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.c4 Nc6-+ 8.Nc3 Nge7 9.Nd5 Bc5 10.Be2 Nc8 11.a3 Nd6-+ 12.Qc2 0-0 13.Bc3 f5 14.d3 fe4 15.de4 Nd4 16.Bd4 ed4 17.Qd3? c6-+ 18.Nb4 Bc4 19.Qc4 Nc4 20.Bc4 Kh8 21.0-0 Bb4 22.ab4 Qe7 23.Bd3 Qb4 24.Kh1 Qe7 25.Ra5 c5 (26.Rc1 b6-+) 0–1. Marczyk,L – Sikora,A, corr mem Chojecki, 1996.

7.Ne5 fe5 8.Qh5 Bf7 9.Qe5 Ne7 10.Qb5 Nbc6 11.Bg7 Rg8. W Labahn.

7.Bb5 Nbc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.c3 Bc5 10.d4 ed4 11.cd4 Bb6 12.Kh1 Bg4 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.Nc3 Bf3 15.gf3 Nd4 16.Qd1 Nb5 17.Nb5 a6 18.Nd4 Bd4 19.Bd4 Nc6 20.Bb2 Qd1 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Rg1 Rd1 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.Rd8 Nd8 Normal 0-1. Tirza (1690) - MatthiasGu (2110), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.c3 Ba5 8.d4 ed4 9.Nd4 Nbc6 10.Nd2 Bc3 11.Bc3 Nd4 12.Nf3 Nf3 13.Qf3 Ng6 14.Bc4 Qd6 15.Rd1 Qc5 16.Bb3 Nh4 17.Qg3 Ng2 18.Ke2 Nf4 19.Qf4 Qc3 20.Rhg1 g6 21.Rc1 Qe5 22.Qe5 fe5 23.Rc7 Bd7 24.Rb7 Bc6 25.Rc7 Be4 26.Ba4 Kd8 27.Rd7 Kc8 28.Rg4 Rd8 29.Rd8 Kd8 30.Re4 Rb8 31.Bb3 Rb5 32.Kd3 Kc7 33.Rh4 h5 34.Ra4 Kb7 35.h4 Kb8 36.Ke4 1–0. bolaf (1920) – gabrel (2040), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Bc4 Nbc6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Kh1 Qd7 10.Nc3 (10.h3 Be6 11.Qe2 Ng6-/+) 10...0-0-0 11.a3 Bc5 12.Na4 Bb6 (better 12...Bd6!?-/+) 13.Nb6=+ ab6 14.Bc3 Nd4 15.Bd4 ed4 16.Qe2 Nc6 17.Bd5 (17.Bb5 Rhe8=+) 17...Ne5-/+ 18.Rab1 Rhe8 19.Qf2 Bf3 20.gf3 Qh3 (20...f5!?-/+) 21.Rb3=+ c6 (21...Ng6!?=+) 22.f4+= d3 (22...Ng4!? 23.Rh3 Nf2 24.Rf2 cd5=) 23.fe5+/- cd5 24.ef6 gf6 25.Rc3 Kb8 26.Qf4 (26.Rd3 Qe6 27.ed5 Rd5 28.Qf6 Qe4 29.Rff3 Qe1 30.Kg2 Qe2 31.Rf2 Rg8 32.Rg3 Qe4 33.Qf3 Qf3 34.Rff3 Rd2 35.Rf2 Rf2 36.Kf2 Rc8+=) 26...Ka7+= 27.Rd3 Qe6 28.ed5 (worse 28.Qf6 Qf6 29.Rf6 de4 30.Rd8 Rd8=) 28...Rd5 29.Re3 (29.Qf6 Qf6 30.Rf6 Rd3 31.cd3 Re1 32.Kg2 Rd1+=) 29...Qd7 (29...Qc6!? 30.Qf3 Re3 31.de3 f5=) 30.Re8+= Qe8 31.c4 Rd3 32.Kg2 Qc6 33.Rf3 Ra3 34.Qf6 Qe4 35.Kf2 Ra2 36.Qc3 Qh4 37.Ke3 Qh2 38.Qb4 (38.Kd3 Qd6 39.Ke2 Ra4=+) 38...Qg1 (38...Qe5 39.Kd3-/+) 39.Ke2=+ Qg2 40.Ke3 Qg1 41.Ke2 Qg2 42.Ke3 Qg1 ½-½. Gravey4rd - garaya (1730), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.c3 Ba5 8.Bc4 Bb6 9.Qb3 Nh6 10.d4 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Qb4 Nc4 13.Nc4 ed4 14.cd4 Qe7 15.Qe7 Ke7 16.0-0 Nf7 17.Nb6 ab6 18.Kf2 Rhd8 19.h3 Bf3 20.gf3 Ra4 21.a3 Nd6-/+ 22.Rg1 g6 23.Rac1 c6 24.h4 Nb5 25.h5-/+ g5 26.d5 cd5 27.ed5 Rd5 (27...Rd5 28.Rge1 Kf7-/+) 0–1. MarcosRamos – mistake (1815), internet, 2007.

7.c3 Ba5 8.h3 Bf3 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Na3 Qd7 11.Bc4 Nge7 12.Qg4 Qg4 13.hg4 Ng6 14.0-0-0= Nf4 15.g3 Ng6 16.d4 ed4 17.cd4 Bb4 18.Nc2 Bd6 19.Rh3 0-0-0 20.Bc3 Rhe8 21.Rh7 Rh8?? 22.Rg7+- Nge7 23.g5 fg5 24.e5 Nf5 25.Be6 (25.Be6 Kb8 26.Bf5+-) 1–0. pierre – bojko, internet, 2011.

7.c3 Ba5 8.h3 Bf3 9.Qf3 Qd7 10.Na3 Nc6 11.0-0-0 0-0-0 12.d4 ed4 13.cd4 Nge7 14.Nc4 Bb6 15.Nb6.

6.e3 0-0 7.Be2 e4 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Nc4 Bc5 11.Nc3 b5 12.Nb5 Ba6 13.Nd4 Rb8 14.Bc3 Nb6 15.Nc6 Qe8 16.Nb8 Qb8 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.Ng4 Nfd5 19.Bb2 Bd6 20.c4 Ne7 21.Qb3 c5 22.h3 Ng6 23.Qc3 f6 24.Nf6 Rf6 25.Rf6 Be5 26.Qa3 Bf6 27.Bf6 gf6 28.Qc5 Ne5 29.Rf1 Qd8 30.Rf6 Qf6 31.Qc7 Bc8 32.Qa7 Nbc4 33.Qb8 Qe6 34.Qc7 Nd2 35.Qd8 Kg7 36.Qd2 Nc4 37.Qd4 Ne5 38.Bc4 Qf6 39.Qa7 Kh6 40.Be2 Qg6 41.Qd4 Bh3 42.Kf1 Qg2 43.Ke1 Qg3 44.Kd2 Qg5 45.Qd6 Ng6 46.Qf4 Qf4 47.ef4 Nf4 48.Ke3 Ne2 49.Ke2 Bg2 50.Ke3 Bf3 51.a4 Bg2 52.a5 Bf1 0-1. Tirza (1935) - WitNik (1845), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

6.Ne5=+ Nc6 7.Nd3 0-0 8.Nb4 Nb4 9.a3 Nc6 10.e3 Ng4 11.Bd3.

7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 Re8 9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qe7 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Bf3 c6 14.Nde2 Qc7 15.Nf4 Bf5 16.Qe2 Nbd7 17.d3 Ne5 18.e4 Nf3 19.Qf3 Bg4 20.Qg3 h6 21.h3 Bd7 22.d4 Ne4 23.Ne4 Re4 24.d5 cd5 25.Nd5 Qg3 26.Ne7 Re7 27.Rf3 Qg5 28.Raf1 f6 29.R1f2 Qc5 30.g3 Re2 31.Kg2 Rf2 32.Rf2 Qc6 33.Rf3 Be6 34.g4 Bd5 35.Kg3 Bf3 36.Kh4 Bd5 37.Kh5 Ba2 38.h4 Bd5 39.g5 Bf3 40.Kg6 Qe8 41.Kf5 Qe5 42.Kg6 Be4 43.Kh5 Bf3 0-1. galkin - Cannnabis (1700), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bc3 Bd6 8.e3 Ne4 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Qe2 Nd4 13.Bd4 Qh4 14.g3 Bg3 15.hg3 Ng3 16.Qg2 g6 17.Rf4 Qg5 18.Bf6 1-0. galkin (1765) - phuzzy_23 (1745), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.e3 Ng4 8.Be2 Ne5 9.Ne5 Qf6 10.c3 Qe5 11.d4 Qe3 12.cb4 Bg4 13.Nd2 Nc6 14.Nc4 Qe2 15.Qe2 Be2 16.Ke2 Nd4 17.Kd3 Rad8 18.Kc3 b5 19.Rad1 Ne2 20.Kb2 bc4 21.Rde1 c3 22.Kc2 Rd2 23.Kb3 Nd4 24.Kc3 Ne2 25.Kd2 Nf4 26.Rhf1 Rd8 27.Kc3 Nd5 28.Kb3 c6 29.Rd1 a6 30.Rf3 f6 31.a4 Kf7 32.Kc4 Nb6 33.Kc5 Na4 34.Kc6 Rd1 35.Ra3 Nb2 36.Ra6 Rd2 37.Ra7 Kg6 38.b5 Nc4 39.Ra8 Rg2 40.b6 Rb2 41.b7 Ne5 42.Kc7 Rc2 43.Kd8 Nc6 44.Kd7 h5 45.Rc8 Ne5 46.Kd8 Nc6 47.Rc6 Rc6 48.b8Q Re6 49.Qg3 1-0. galkin (1725) - Slimfinger (1860), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.Nd3 Be7 8.e3 Nc6 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 b6 11.Bh5 Bb7 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.Qf3 Na5 14.Nc3 Bf3 15.Rf3 Rf8 16.Raf1 c5 17.Ne4 Nc4 18.Nf6 gf6 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Nf4 Nd2 21.Rd1 Nf3 22.Bf3 Qd1 23.Bd1 Rad8 24.Bf3 Rg8 25.Nh5 Rg3 26.hg3 Rd2 27.Nf6 Kg7 28.Ne8 Kf8 29.Nc7 Rc2 30.Nb5 Ra2 31.Kh2 a5 32.Bd5 Ra1 33.Nd6 Ke7 34.Nf7 b5 35.e4 1-0. galkin (1705) - Chilly_Willy, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.e3=+ Nd5 8.Qf3 =.

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Nd3 Ba5 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 Bc7 11.Nc3 b6 12.Nb5 Bb7 13.Nc7 Qc7 14.Bf3 Rad8 15.Bb7 Qb7 16.Qf3 Qf3 17.Rf3 Ne4 18.Rd1 c4 19.Nb4 Rc8 20.Nd5 Rfe8 21.d4 f6 22.c3 Nf8 23.a4 Ng6 24.g3 Ng5 25.Rff1 Rcd8 26.Nf4 Re3 27.Ng6 hg6 28.Rde1 Re1 29.Re1 Nf3 30.Kf2 Ne1 31.Ke1 Kf7 32.Ba3 Ke6 33.Kd2 Kd5 34.Be7 Re8 35.Ba3 g5 36.Bb4 g4 37.Ba3 Ke4 38.Ke2 f5 39.Bd6 Kd5 40.Be5 Re5 41.de5 Ke5 42.Ke3 a6 43.Kd2 Ke4 44.Ke2 g6 45.Kd2 Kf3 46.Kc2 Kg2 47.Kd2 Kh2 48.Ke3 Kg3 49.Kd4 f4 50.Kc4 f3 0-1. Tirza (1815) - FischerForever (1840), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Nd3 Bd6 9.Be2 Nb6 10.0-0= Ne4 11.Bf3 f5 12.Nc3 Qe8 13.Qe2 Nc4-/+ 14.Rad1 Nb2 15.Nb2 Qe5 16.g3 Nc3 17.dc3 Qc3 18.Qc4 Qc4 19.Nc4 Be7 20.Rd3 Rb8 21.Bd5 Kh8 22.Rb1 Bc5 23.Kg2 g6 24.Na5=+ Bb6 25.Nc4 Kg7 26.Nb6 ab6 27.Rbd1 b5 28.Ra3 Rd8 29.Rdd3 Kf6-/+ 30.Ra5 c6 31.Bb3 Be6 32.Kf3 Ke5 33.Be6 Ke6 34.Ra7 h6 35.Rd8 Rd8-+ 36.Ke2 Rd7 37.a3 Kd5 38.Kd3 Kc5 39.Kc3 Re7 40.Kd3 b4 41.ab4 Kb4 42.Kd2 c5 43.Ra1 Rd7 44.Kc1 c4 45.Ra2 c3 46.Ra7 h5 47.h4 Re7 48.Kd1 Re3 49.Rb7 Kc4 50.Ra7 Rg3 0–1. pcmvr (2850) – cleenders, net–chess.com, 2009.

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Ne5=+ 9.Be5 Nd7 (9...Qe7 10.Bd4-/+) 10.Bb2 Qh4 11.g3 Qh3 12.Bf3 (12.Bg4 Qh6 13.0-0 Bd6=) 12...Re8=+ 13.Qe2 Ne5 14.Bg2 Qh6 (14...Qf5 15.Be5 Qe5 16.c3=+) 15.0-0= Ng4 (15...Bd6 16.Nc3=) 16.Bf3 (16.h3!? Ne3 17.de3 Qe3 18.Qe3 Re3 19.g4+=) 16...Ne5= 17.Bg2 (better 17.Qb5 Nf3 18.Rf3=) 17...c6?? (17...Bd6 18.Nc3=) 18.Nc3?? (better 18.Be5 Re5 19.Qc4+-) 18...Bg4=+ 19.Qf2 Rad8 (19...Be6 20.Qe2=+) 20.a3 (20.d4 Nd7 21.Qf7 Kh8+=) 20...Bc3 (20...Bc5!? 21.Kh1 f5=+) 21.Bc3= f6 22.Rab1 Rd7 23.Qf4 Qf4 24.gf4 (better 24.Rf4!? Be6 25.d3=) 24...Nc4-/+ 25.h3 (25.a4 Bf5=+) 25...Bf5 26.d3 (26.Rfc1!?-/+) 26...Na3-+ (26...Re3?! 27.Bb4 Nb6 28.Bc5=+) 27.Rbe1?? (better 27.Rb2 Re3 28.Kf2-+) 27...Nc2 28.Re2 (28.e4 Ne1 29.Be1 Be6-+) 28...Na3 (28...Bd3 29.Rd2 Ree7 30.Rf3-+) 29.e4 (29.d4 Bd3 30.Ra2 Nb5-+) 29...Rd3 30.Bf6 (30.Rf3 Rf3 31.Bf3 Bh3 32.Bh5-+) 30...gf6 31.ef5 (31.Rf3 Rf3 32.Bf3-+) 31…Re2 0-1. Tirza (1855) - ubdip (2225), Rated Blitz tournament summer16, lichess.org, 2016.

7.e3 Ne4 8.c3 Bd6 9.Qf3 Ng5 10.Qd5 Nc6 11.Nc6.

7.e3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be6 9.Bd3 f5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Bf6 14.Rab1 Bc3= 15.dc3 Rb8 16.Bc4 Bc4= 17.Qc4 Kh8 18.Nd4 Nd4 19.ed4 Qd7 20.Rb5 b6 21.Rd5 Qe6 22.Rdf5+/- Qc4 23.Rf8 Qg8 24.Rg8 Kg8 25.Rf5 Re8 26.Kf2 g6 27.Re5 Rf8 28.Ke2 Rf7 29.c4 Rf4 30.Ke3 Rf1 31.Re8 Rf8 32.Rf8 Kf8 33.Ke4 Ke8 34.Kd5 Kd7 35.g4 g5? 36.Ke5 1–0. pcmvr (2810) – rpatrick (2600), net–chess.com, 2010.

7.e3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bf3 10.Bf3 Qh4 11.Ke2 Qf2 12.Kd3 Nc5 13.Kd4 Rd8 14.Kc4 Qh4 15.d4 Nca6 16.c3 Bf8 17.Qe1 Qg5 18.Nd2 c6 19.Ne4 Qb5 0-1. Tirza (1885) - rycvoland66 (1795), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.e3 Ne4 8.g3 Nc6 (8...Nd7 9.Nd3 Bd6 10.Bg2=) 9.Nc6= bc6 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.0-0 Rb8 12.Bd4 (12.c3 Bc5 13.Qc2 Re8=) 12...c5=+ 13.a3 Ba5 14.Qh5 (better 14.Be4!? Qe4 15.Rf4=) 14...f5 15.Bc3 (15.Be4 cd4 (worse 15...fe4 16.Rf8 Qf8 17.Bc5+=) 16.Bd5 Kh8-/+) 15...Bc3 16.Nc3 Nc3 17.dc3 Qe3 18.Rf2 Qc3 19.Rd1 Be6 20.Qg5 (20.Qe2 Rfe8-/+) 20...g6 (20...Qa3 21.Re1 Rf6 22.Re6 Re6 23.Bd5 Qa1 24.Kg2+/-) 21.Qe7 Bf7 (21...Rfe8 22.Qc7 Qa3 23.Re2-/+) 22.Qc7 Qa3 23.Qd7 (23.g4 Qe3 24.gf5 Rb6-/+) 23...a5 24.Bd5 Qe3 25.Bf7 Rf7 26.Qa4 Rb2 27.Qa5 (27.Rd8 Kg7-+) 27...Rc2 28.Qe1 Qe1 29.Re1 Rc3 30.Re8 Kg7 31.Rfe2 c4 32.R2e7 (32.Kf2 h6-+) 32...Rc2 33.h4 (33.Re2 Re2 34.Re2 Kf6-+) 33...Re7 (33...c3 34.Rf7 Kf7 35.Rc8-+) 34.Re7 Kh6 35.Kf1 Kh5 36.Rh7 Kg4 37.Rg7 Kg3 38.Rg6 Kh4 39.Ke1 f4 40.Kd1 Rb2 41.Rh6 Kg3 42.Rg6 Kf2 43.Kc1 Re2 44.Rc6 Re4 45.Rg6 Ke2 46.Rg2 Ke3 0-1. bolaf (1990) - marekt (2070), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.e3=+ Be6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nd7 Nd7 (< 9...Qd7 10.Bf6 gf6 11.Qh5+/-) 10.0-0 (10.Qh5 f5 11.0-0 Be7=) 10...Qg5 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Qf3 (12.Be2 Rad8=) 12...Bc3 (12...Nd3 13.cd3 Qh6 14.h3=+) 13.Bc3 Nd3 14.cd3 f6 15.d4 (15.Qb7?? Bd5 16.Qd5 Qd5-+) 15...c6 16.d3 Rad8 17.Rab1 Rd7 (17...Rf7 18.a3=+) 18.e4 (18.a3 c5=) 18...h5 (18...f5 19.a3=+) 19.Qf2 (19.a3 f5=) 19...h4 20.a4 (20.Bd2 Qg4=) 20...h3 21.g3 Bg4 (21...f5 22.Qf4 Qf4 23.gf4=) 22.Qa2 (22…Kh7 23.Qc2=; 22.a5 Re8=). Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Hardarson,Gudn, corr IECC, 1997.

7.e3 Be6 8.Bd3 Re8 (8...Nbd7 9.0-0 Ne5 10.Be5 Ng4 11.Bb2) 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Nd7 Nd7 11.Nc3 (11.Bd4=) 11...Qg5 12.Ne4 Qh6 13.Qf3 Rf8 14.Qg3 (14.a3 Be7=) 14...Rac8 (14...f5 15.Ng5 Bd6 16.Bg7 Qg6= (worse 16...Qg7 17.Ne6 Bg3 18.Ng7+-)) 15.Nf6 Kh8 16.Nh7 (16.Rf4!? Bd6 17.Rh4 Bg3 18.Rh6 Nf6 19.Bf6 gf6 20.Rh7 Kg8 21.hg3+-) 16...Bd6+= 17.Bg7 Qg7 18.Qh4 Qg4 19.Qg4 Bg4 20.Nf8 Rf8 21.Bf5 Bf5 22.Rf5 b6 (22...Kg7 23.h4+=) 23.Raf1 f6 24.d4 Kg7 25.g3 Re8 26.R1f3 Re4 27.Kf2 Re8 28.c4 Re4 29.Ke2 Re8 30.h4 Re4 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.Kg2 Re8 33.g4 Re7 34.Rh3 Re8 35.Kf3 Re7 36.a4 a5 37.e4 (better 37.Rh1!?+-) 37...c5+= 38.e5 fe5 39.d5 e4 40.Ke2 Ne5 41.Rc3 Nf3 42.h5 Kg7 43.Kd1 (43.Rcf3 ef3 44.Kf3 Re1+=) 43...Nd4= 44.Rg5 Kh7 45.Rg6 Bf4 Black prepares e3 46.Rf6 (46.Rb6? e3 47.Rb1 Rf7-+) 46...Bg5 47.Rg6 Bf4 48.Rf6 (48.Rb6? e3 49.Rb1 Rf7-+) 48...Bh6 49.Rg6 (49.Rb6? e3 50.Ke1 Bg5-+) 49...e3 50.g5 (50.Rb6 e2 51.Ke1 Bd2 52.Kf2 e1Q 53.Kg2 Re2 54.Kh3 Qh1 55.Kg3 Qh2) 50...e2 51.Ke1 Bg7 (51...Bg7 52.Rb6 Re5-+) 0–1. Pietrzak,Janusz – Filutowski,Ryszard, Jurajski mem2 corr9294, 1992.

7.e3 Be6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd3 Bd6 11.Nc3 c6 12.Nf4 Qc7 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Ne6 Re6 15.Bf5 Nc4 16.Be6 Nb2 17.Bf7 Qf7 18.Qf3 Nc4 19.Rad1 Rf8 20.d4 Qe6 21.e4 Ng4 22.Qh3 Rf1 23.Rf1 Bh2 24.Kh1 Nce3 25.Rb1 Nf2 26.Kh2 Nh3 27.gh3 Nc2 28.Rb7 Nd4 29.Ra7 Qd6 30.Kg2 Qf4 31.Ra8 Kf7 32.Ra7 Kg6 33.Ra3 Qf3 34.Kg1 Ne2 0-1. Tirza (1975) - Ambitious (2135), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.e3 Be6 8.Be2 Ne4 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Nd7 Qd7 11.d3.

7.e3 Re8 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Nd3 Ba5 10.Bc3 Bc3 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Ne4 Re4 13.0-0 Nf6 14.Nf4 c6 15.Bd3 Re8 16.Qf3 Bg4 17.Qg3 Qd7 18.h3 Bf5 19.Bf5 Qf5 20.Nd3 Qg6 21.Qg6 hg6 22.Rab1 b6 23.Nb4 Ne4 24.Rbd1 c5 25.Nd5 Rad8 26.c4 b5 27.d3 Ng3 28.Rf3 Nf5 29.g4 Nh4 30.Rf2 bc4 31.dc4 a5 32.Rdf1 Rd7 33.a4 f6 34.Kh2 g5 35.Re2 Re4 36.Nf6 gf6 37.Rf6 Kg7 38.Ra6 Rc4 39.Ra5 Rd2 40.Rd2 Nf3 41.Kg3 Nd2 42.Ra7 Kg6 43.h4 gh4 44.Kh4 Nf3 45.Kg3 Ne5 46.Ra6 Kg5 47.Rc6 Rg4 48.Kf2 c4 49.a5 Nd3 50.Ke2 Nb4 51.Rc5 Kf6 52.Rb5 c3 53.Kd1 c2 54.Kc1 Rg1 55.Kb2 c1Q 0-1. Tirza (1830) - nozkaanatoli (1880), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.g3 Nbd7 8.Nd3 Bd6 9.Bg2 c6 10.0-0 Re8 11.e3 Ne5 12.Nf2 Bf5 13.d3 Qb6 14.Qc1 Bc5 15.d4+/- Nc4 16.Nd1 Ne3 17.Ne3 Bd4+= 18.Bd4 Qd4 19.c3 Qb6 20.Rf5 (20.Rf5 Re3 21.Kh1+=). Zylla,Johannes – Lang,L, corr SOK–92–92, 1992.

7.Nd3 Qh4 8.g3 Ng3 9.hg3 Qh1 10.Nb4 -+.

7.e3 Qh4 8.g3 Bd2 9.Nd2 Qh5 10.Qh5 1-0. galkin (1625) – OLECHESS, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org.

7.g3 Bd2 8.Nd2 Nd2 9.Qd2 Qd2 10.Kd2 0-0 11.e4 Rd8 12.Ke3 Be6 13.c4 Nc6 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Be2 Rab8 16.Be5 Rb4 17.Rab1 Rb1 18.Rb1 h6 19.Bc7 Rd7 20.Be5 c5 21.g4 1-0. Tirza (1820) - Jamie_F (1740), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.