Table of contents:

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  • 5.a3 a5
  • 5.a3 c6
  • 5.a3 Be7
  • 5.a4 a5
  • 5.a4 c5
  • 5.Qb3 c6
  • 5.Qb3 g6
  • 5.Qc2 c6
  • 5.Qc2 Be7
  • 5.Nc3 a6
  • 5.d4 c6
  • 5.d4 ed4
  • 5.d4 Qe7
  • 5.d4 Be7
  • 5.Nf3 a5
  • 5.Nf3 Nb6
  • 5.Nf3 Qe7
  • 5.h3 b6

• 5.Nc3 c6
  • 6.Qb3 Be7=+
  • 6.Nf3 Be7

• 5.Nc3 Be7
  • 6.d4 ed4
  • 6.Be2 0-0
  • 6.Nf3 0-0
  • 6.Nf3 c6

• 5.Nc3 g6
  • 6.Nf3 Bg7

• 5.d4 g6
  • 6.de5 de5
  • 6.Nf3 Qe7

• 5.Nf3 b6
  • 6.d4 ed4
  • 6.d4 e4
    • 7.Nfd2 d5
  • 6.Be2 Bb7
    • 7.0-0 Be7
  • 6.Be2 c5
  • 6.Be2 Be7

• 5.Nf3 c5
  • 6.a3 cb4
  • 6.b5 a6
  • 6.b5 Nb6

• 5.Nf3 c6
  • 6.a3 Qc7
  • 6.Qc2 Be7
  • 6.Nc3 Qc7
  • 6.Nc3 Be7
  • 6.Be2 Qc7
  • 6.Be2 Be7

• 5.Nf3 e4
  • 6.Nd4 c5
  • 6.Nd4 Ne5

• 5.Nf3 Be7
  • 6.Qc2 0-0
  • 6.Nc3 0-0
  • 6.d4 0-0
  • 6.d4 ed4
    • 7.ed4 0-0
    • 7.Nd4 0-0
  • 6.d4 e4
    • 7.Nfd2 0-0
    • 7.Nfd2 c6
    • 7.Nfd2 d5
  • 6.Be2 a6
  • 6.Be2 c6

• 5.Nf3 g6
  • 6.Nc3 Bg7
    • 7.d4 0-0
  • 6.d4 ed4
  • 6.d4 e4
  • 6.d4 Qe7
  • 6.d4 Bg7
  • 6.Be2 Bg7

• 5.Nf3 h6
  • 6.d3 Be7

5.a3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 0-0 8.Bf3 Re8 9.d3 Nf8 (9...e4!? 10.de4 Ne5–/+) 10.Qc2 c6 11.Nge2 d5 12.Rd1 Ne6 13.Nc1 (13.cd5 cd5 14.Qb3 d4=+) 13...h5 (better 13...Ng5!?–/+) 14.Nb3=+ h4 15.h3 a6 16.a4 (better 16.0-0!?=) 16...Ng5–/+ 17.a5 Nf3 18.gf3 Bf5 19.e4 Bc8 20.Ne2 Qe7 21.Nc5 dc4 22.dc4 Nh7 23.Qc3 Nf6 24.Kf1 (24.Qc2!?=) 24...Nh5=+ 25.Rh2 Kh7 26.Kg1 Be6 27.Ne6 Qe6 28.Kg2 Rad8 29.Rhh1 Rd7 30.Bc1 Red8 31.Rd7 Rd7 32.Qc2 Qd6 33.Re1? (better 33.c5 Qe6 34.Bd2–/+) 33...Qb4–+ 34.Qc3 Qc3 35.Nc3 Bf8 36.Be3 Bb4 37.Rc1 Ba5 0–1. Macedo,Alexandre Soares De (1965) – Fernando,Diogo (2495), ITT NATAL, 2009.

5.a4 Be7 6.b5 0-0 7.Nc3 Re8 8.Nf3 Nf8 (8...Nc5 9.Be2=) 9.Be2 Ng6 10.d4 e4 11.Nd2 Bf8 12.Qc2 Can e4 get defended? 12...c6 13.Nce4 Bf5 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.Bd3 (15.Qc3!?+=) 15...Bd3= 16.Qd3 d5 (better 16...Nf4!? 17.Qf1 Qg6=) 17.0-0+/- Bb4 18.Nf3 Bd6 19.bc6 bc6 20.cd5 cd5 21.Rfc1 (21.Ba3 Ba3 22.Ra3 Rac8+/-) 21...Rad8 (21...Nh4 22.Nh4 Qh4 23.h3+/-) 22.Rc2 (22.Ba3 Bb8+/-) 22...h5 (22...Nh4 23.Nh4 Qh4 24.h3+/-) 23.Rac1 h4 24.Rc6 (24.h3 Qe7+-) 24...Re6+/- 25.h3?? (better 25.Rc8+/-) 25...Bh2=+ 26.Kh2 Rc6 27.Rc6 Qc6 28.Ba3 Qc7 29.Kh1 (29.Kg1 Qc4 30.Qd1 Rb8-/+) 29...Rc8 (29...Qc4!? 30.Qb1 Qa4-/+) 30.Bc5=+ Qa5 (30...Qd7 31.Qc2=+) 31.Qf5= Rb8?? (31...Qa6 32.Ng5 Qb7 33.Qg4+=) 32.Ng5?? (better 32.Bd6 Rf8 33.Ng5+-) 32...Qc7= 33.a5 Rb1?? (better 33...a6=) 34.Qb1+- f6 (34...a6 35.Qb6 Qc8 36.Qd6+-) 35.Qg6 fg5 36.Qe8 Kh7 37.Qh5 Kg8 38.Qg5 Qd7 (38...Qa5 39.Qd5 Kh7 40.Qf7+-) 39.Qe7 (39.a6 Qe6+-) 39...Qe7 40.Be7 a6 41.Bc5 (41.Bh4 Kf7+-) 41...Kf7 42.g3 (42.f3 Ke8+-) 42...Ke6 (42...Kf6 43.gh4 g6 44.Kg2+-) 43.gh4 g6 (43...Kf6 44.h5+-) 44.Kg2 Kf5 45.Kg3 Ke4 46.Kg4 Kd3 47.Kf3 (better 47.Kg5 Ke2+-) 47...Kc4 48.Kf4 Kb5 49.Kg5 Ka5 50.Kg6 Kb5 51.h5 a5 52.h6 a4 53.h7 a3 54.Ba3 Kc4 55.Bc5 Kb3 56.h8Q Kc4 Black threatens to counter with f4 57.f3 (57.Qh5 Kd3 58.Qd1 Kc3 59.Qe2 Kb3 60.Qd3 Kb2 61.Ba3 Ka2 62.Qc3 Kb1 63.Qb2) 57...Kd3+- 58.e4! Kc4 (58...de4 59.d5 Passed pawn) 59.ed5 Kd5 (59...Kc3 60.d6 Kc2 61.d5 Kb3 62.Qa1 Kc2 63.Qa2 Kc3 64.d7 Kd3 65.d8Q Kc3 66.Qf6 Kd3 67.Qd4) 60.Kf5 (60.Qg8 Kc6 61.Qe6 Kc7 62.Qb6 Kc8 63.Bd6 Kd7 64.Kf7 Kc8 65.Qc7) 60...Kc4 61.Ke4 Kc3 62.Qg8 Kc2 63.Qc4 Kd2 (63...Kb2 64.d5 Ka1 65.Bd4 Kb1 66.Qb3 Kc1 67.Be3) 64.f4 (64.Bb4 Kd1 65.Qd3 Kc1 66.Ba3) 64...Kd1 (64...Ke1 65.Ke3 Kd1 66.Qb3 Ke1 67.Qb1) 65.Qa2 (65.Ke3 Ke1 66.Qe2) 65...Kc1 (65...Ke1 66.Ke3 Kd1 67.Qd2) 66.Kd3 Kd1 67.Qb1 (67.Qd2) 1-0. BeepBeepImAJeep (2745) - Inferno3000 (2420), lichess.org, 2017.

5.Qb3 a5 6.Qa4+=.

5.Qb3 Be7 6.Nf3 h6 7.d4= a5 8.de5 (8.ba5 ed4 9.ed4 d5=) 8...de5 9.b5 c6 (9...e4 10.Nd4=+) 10.a4 (10.Ne5 Bb4 11.Ke2 cb5 12.cb5 0-0=) 10...0-0 (10...Bb4 11.Nc3=+) 11.Ne5= Ne5 (11...Bb4 12.Ke2=) 12.Be5 Ng4 (12...Ne4 13.Bc3=) 13.Bc3+= Bf5 (13...cb5 14.ab5 Re8 15.Be2+/-) 14.Be2+/- Bd6 15.h3 (better 15.e4 Qb6 16.Rf1+=) 15...Nh2?? (better 15...Qh4 16.Bg4 Bg4+=) 16.Nd2 (16.g3 Re8 17.Nd2 Qb6 18.bc6 Qc6 19.Rh2 Re3+-) 16...Qg5 (16...Qh4 17.c5! Bg3 18.fg3 Qg3 19.Kd1 Qg2+-) 17.Nf3?? (better 17.g3 Bg3 18.Rg1 (18.fg3?! Qg3 19.Kd1 Rfd8+-) 18...Bf2 19.Kf2 Qh4 20.Rg3+-) 17...Nf3?? (better 17...Qg2 18.0-0-0 Nf3 19.Bf3 Qf2 20.Rd6 Qf3-+) 18.Bf3+/- (18.gf3 Rfd8 19.bc6 bc6=+) 18...Bd3 (18...Rfe8!? 19.Rd1 Re3 20.fe3 Qe3 21.Kf1 Bc5-/+) 19.Rd1 Qg6 20.Bg7?? (better 20.Rd2 Rfd8 21.Bg7 Bc4 22.Qc4 Kg7 A) 23.bc6 Bb4 24.Be4 f5=+ (24...Bd2?! 25.Ke2 Qh5 26.Bf3=); B) 23.0-0 cb5 24.ab5+-) 20...Kg7?? (better 20...Bb4 21.Bc3 Bc2=+) 21.Qc3 Kh7 (21...Qf6 22.Qf6 (22.Rd3 Bb4 23.Qb4 ab4-+; 22.Qd3?! Bb4 23.Ke2 Qb2 24.Kf1 Rad8+-) 22...Kf6 23.Rd3 Bb4 24.Ke2+-) 22.Qd3 (22.Rd3?? Bb4 23.0-0 Bc3 24.Rc3 Rg8-+) 22...Bb4 23.Ke2 Rad8 (23...Rac8+-) 24.Qc2 (better 24.Be4 Rd3 25.Bg6 Kg6 26.Rd3 cb5 27.cb5+-) 24…Qc2 (24...Qc2 25.Kf1 Rd1 26.Bd1 Qd1) 0-1. ClayPigeons (2050) - BURZUM76 (2045), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

5.b5 a6 6.ba6 Ra6 7.d4=+.

5.b5 Nb6 6.a4 a5 7.Nf3 c5 (7...e4 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.Nd4=) 8.d3 h6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Qc2 g5 (10...Be7 11.Be2=) 11.h3 Qd7 12.e4 Be7 13.Be2 0-0-0 (13...Qd8!?+=) 14.Nd5+– Bd5 15.cd5 Na8 (15...Qc7 16.Rc1+–) 16.d4 ed4 17.Nd4 Kb8 18.Nc6 bc6 19.bc6 (19.dc6?! Qe6=) 19...Qc7 20.Rb1 Ka7?? (20...Nb6 21.Qb3 Rde8 22.Bf6 Bf6 23.Qb6 Qb6 24.Rb6 Ka7 25.Ra6 Kb8+–) 21.Qd3 Qc8 22.Qb5 (22.Qb5 Nd5 23.Qa5 Kb8 24.ed5+–) 1–0. Pierre – Zarah, internet, 2020.

5.b5 c6 6.d4 ed4 7.Qd4 Be7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Nc3 Re8 10.bc6 (10.Be2 Ne5=) 10...bc6=+ 11.Be2 Rb8 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Rb1 Bf8 16.Nb3 (16.0-0 Be7=) 16...Nce4 (16...Nb3 17.ab3 Qb6 18.Ba1=+) 17.0-0 (17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Bd3 f5+=) 17...Nc3 18.Bc3 Be7 19.Qb2 (19.Bd3 h6+=) 19...Bd8 (19...Bf5 20.Rbd1=) 20.Rbd1 (20.Bd3 Be7+=) 20...Be6 21.c5 d5 (21...Bd5 22.Qc2=) 22.f3 (22.Be5 Qc8 23.Bb8 Qb8+/-) 22...Be7 (22...Bf5 23.Qd2=+) 23.Bd4 (better 23.Be5!? Qb7 24.Bb8 Qb8 25.Qc3+/-) 23...Qd7 24.Be5 Rb7 (24...Bc5 25.Bb8 Rb8 26.Qc3=) 25.Rf2 a5 26.Qd4 a4 27.Qa4 Rc8 (better 27...Ra7!? 28.Qb4 Ra2=) 28.Bd3+/- Ne8 29.Nd4 Bf6 30.f4 Be5 (30...Bg4 31.Rc1+/-) 31.fe5 Qc7? (better 31...Ra7 32.Qc2 g6+/-) 32.Ne6+- fe6 33.Qf4 (33.Rdf1!? Qe7 34.Rf8 Qf8 35.Bh7 Kh7 36.Rf8 g5+-) 33...Qe7 34.Ba6 Rcb8 (34...Rbb8 35.Bc8 Rc8+-) 35.Rdf1 (worse 35.Bb7 Rb7 36.Rdf1 h6+-) 35...g6 (35...Nf6 36.ef6 gf6 37.Qg4 Qg7 38.Qe6 Qf7 39.Qc6+-) 36.Bb7 Rb7 37.Qf8 Qf8 38.Rf8 Kg7 39.h4 (39.Re8 Rb5+-) 39...Rd7 (39...Re7 40.a4+-) 40.g4 (better 40.Re8 Kh6 41.Re6+-) 40...Re7 41.g5 d4 (41...Nc7 42.Rc8 h6 43.gh6 Kh6 44.a4+-) 42.ed4 Nc7 43.a4 Nd5 44.a5 Ra7 (44...Ne3 45.a6 Nf1+-) 45.a6 h6 (45...Nc3 46.R8f7! Rf7 47.Rf7 Kf7+-) 46.h5! hg5 (46...gh5 47.gh6 Passed pawn) 47.h6! Kh6 48.Rg8 (better 48.R1f7 Rf7 49.Rf7+-) 48...g4? (better 48...Ra6 49.Rh8 Kg7+-) 49.Rf3 (49.Ra1 Nb4 50.Ra4 Nd5+-) 49...Kg5?? (better 49...gf3 50.Kf2 Ra6 51.Kf3 Ra4-+) 50.Rg3 (better 50.Ra3+-) 50...Ra6+/- 51.Rg4 (51.Rg4 Kg4 52.Rg6 Kf5 53.Rg7-+) 1-0. killmakos (2485) - opperwezen (2710), lichess.org, 2020.

5.Qc2 b6 6.Nf3= (6.Nc3 c5 (6...Bb7 7.Nf3 Bf3 8.gf3 a5 9.b5 Be7 10.Bg2 Rc8 11.Rg1 0-0 12.d3 Nc5 13.Nd5+=) 7.b5 (7.a3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qf5 d5 12.bc5 dc4 13.cb6=) 7...Bb7 8.Nf3 a6 9.ba6 Ra6 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rfb1 Re8 13.e4=) 6...Be7 (6...Bb7 7.Nc3 (7.b5 c6 8.bc6 Bc6 9.d4 Rc8 10.de5 de5 11.Ne5 Bb4 12.Bc3 Ne5 13.Bb4=) 7...Be7 8.Be2 a6 9.0-0 a5 10.b5 0-0 11.d4 Re8 12.de5 de5 13.Rfd1+=) 7.d4 (7.Be2 a6 8.0-0 0-0 9.d4 Bb7 10.a3 ed4 11.Bd4 Be4 12.Qa4 a5 13.b5+=) 7...ed4 8.ed4 (8.Nd4 Bb7= 9.Bd3 Ne5 10.f3 Nd3 11.Qd3 d5 12.a3 dc4 13.Qc4=) 8...0-0 (8...d5 9.a3+= 0-0 10.Be2 dc4 11.Bc4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 a5 13.b5=) 9.Be2 (9.d5 Ne5= (9...a5 10.ba5 Ra5 11.Nd4 Ra8 12.Nc6 Qe8 13.Be2=) 10.Be2 b5 11.cb5 Nd5 12.Ne5 de5 13.0-0=) 9...Bb7 (9...d5 10.a3= dc4 11.Bc4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 a5 13.b5=) 10.Nbd2 (10.0-0 c5 11.b5 d5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Qf5=) 10...a5 (10...Re8 11.0-0 d5 12.c5 c6 13.Rfe1=) 11.b5 d5 12.0-0 dc4 (12...Re8 13.Rfe1=) 13.Bc4 Nd5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Qb3 N7f6 16.Ne5 Qd6 17.Rfe1 Rcd8 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.f3 Qd8 20.Ne4 Qe8 (20...Nh5 21.Nc6 Bc6 22.bc6+/–) 21.Ng3 (21.Nf6 Nf6 22.Re2 Rd8+–) 21...g6 (21...Qd8 22.Nf5 Bd6 23.f4+/–) 22.Rc2 (22.Nc6 Bc6 23.bc6 Qd8+–) 22...Nf4 (22...Ra8 23.Ne4 a4 24.Qa2+/–) 23.Nc6 (better is 23.Bc1!? N6d5 24.Re4+–) 23...Bc6+/– 24.bc6 Qd8 25.Ne4 Ne4 (25...Ra8 26.g3 a4 27.Qa2 Nh3 28.Kg2 Ne4 29.fe4 (29.Kh3 Nd6)) 26.Re4 (26.fe4 Bf6 27.e5 Bg5) 26...Qd6 27.Bc1 Nh5 28.Bh6 Ng7 29.Bf4 (29.Rce2 Bf6 30.d5 Rfe8) 29...Qd8 (29...Qa3 30.Qa3 Ba3 31.Ba6) 30.Be5 Nf5 31.Rf4 (31.Rce2) 31...Bg5 32.Re4 Nd6 (32...Be7 33.Ba6 Rb8 34.Rd2) 33.Rce2 (33.Re1) 33...Ne4 34.fe4 Qe7 (34...Bf6 35.Bf6 Qf6) 35.Rf2 Qe8 (35...Rce8 36.Qh3) 36.Qc3 (36.Qg3 Qd8 37.Rf3) 36...h5 (36...Qe7) 37.Qg3 Bh6 (37...Qe7 38.h4 b5) 38.Qg6 1–0. Kunic,Mehmedalija – Hoel,Hakon, 34th Norwegian Open, Oslo NOR (3), 2003.

5.Qc2 c5 6.b5 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nf3 Nb6 9.Ng5 h6 10.h4 a6 (worse is 10...hg5 11.hg5 Re8 12.gf6 Bf6 13.Qh7 Kf8 14.a4+=) 11.Nd5 Nbd5 (worse is 11...hg5 12.hg5 Nbd5 13.cd5+=) 12.cd5 ab5 (worse is 12...hg5 13.hg5 g6 14.gf6 Bf6 15.ba6 ba6 16.Rb1+=) 13.Bb5 Bd7 (worse is 13...hg5 14.hg5 g6 15.gf6 Bf6 16.e4=) 14.Be2 Re8 (14...hg5?! 15.hg5 Re8 16.gf6 Bf6 17.Qh7 Kf8 18.Qd3=) 15.f4 Ba4 (15...hg5 16.hg5 ef4 17.gf6 Bf6 18.Qh7 Kf8 19.Qh8 Ke7 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Qh7=) 16.Qb1 ef4 (16...hg5?! 17.hg5 ef4 18.ef4=) 17.ef4 Bd7 (17...hg5?! 18.hg5 b6 19.Bf6 Bf6 20.Qh7 Kf8 21.Qh8 (21.gf6 Qf6 22.Rb1 Qf4–+) 21...Ke7 22.gf6 gf6 23.Qg7=; 17...Nd5?? 18.Qh7 Kf8 19.Qg7) 18.Kf1 Ra4 (18...hg5 19.hg5 Ra4 20.gf6 Bf6 21.Qh7 Kf8 22.Qh8 Ke7 23.Bf6 gf6 24.Qh4+=) 19.g3 hg5 20.hg5 Ne4 21.Kg2 Bg5! 22.fg5 (22.Bd1 Rb4 23.Bb3 Bf6–+) 22...Qg5 (22...Ng5?! 23.Bd3 Qc8 24.Qd1 Bh3 25.Kh2–+) 23.Qd3 Ng3! (23...Qd2?! 24.Qd2 Nd2 25.Rhe1–+) 24.Qh7 (24.Qg3 Re2 Double attack (24...Re2 Discovered attack; 24...Re2 Deflection; 24...Re2 Overloading)) 24...Kf8 25.Qg7 Qg7 26.Bg7 Kg7 27.Bd1 Nh1 28.Ba4 Ba4 29.Kh1 Re5 0–1. combijack (1755) – gobbo61 (1840), gameknot.com, 2010.

5.Qc2 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 c6 (8...a5 9.a3=) 9.0-0 Re8 10.Rac1 (10.Ng5 Qe7=) 10...Nb6 (10...a5 11.a3=) 11.c5 (11.d3 Qc7=) 11...Nbd5 12.a3 Nc3 13.Qc3 e4 (13...a5 14.cd6 ab4 15.ab4=+) 14.Nd4 d5 (14...Nd5 15.Qb3=) 15.d3 (15.b5 Bd7=) 15...Ng4 (15...Bg4 16.Qd2 Be2 17.Qe2 ed3 18.Qd3=+) 16.de4 de4 17.h3 Nh6 18.f4 (18.Rcd1!?=) 18...ef3 19.Rf3 (19.Bf3? Nf5 20.Qd2 Bh6–+) 19...Nf5 20.Bc4?? (better 20.Qd2=+) 20...Bd4?? (better 20...Re3 21.Re3 Bd4 22.Qd4 Nd4–+) 21.ed4+– Kg7 (21...b5 22.d5! f6+–) 22.d5 f6 23.dc6 bc6 (23...Re4 24.Bd3 Re5 25.Bf5 Bf5 26.cb7+–) 24.g4 Nh4 (24...Qe7+–) 25.Rf6 Kh6 26.Rcf1 Re4 (26...Bg4 27.hg4 Qe7 28.Bc1 Qe3 29.Be3 Re3 30.Qe3 Kg7 31.Rf7 Kg8 32.Ra7 Kh8 33.Qe5) 27.Bc1 (27.Bc1 Rf4 28.Bf4 Kg7 29.Rf5 Qd4 30.Qd4) 1–0. Jonsson,Pall G (1830) – Finnsson,Johann Arnar (1655), Reykjavik Open, 2017.

5.Nc3 a5 6.b5 Nc5 7.h3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Nf3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.d4 ed4 12.ed4 Nce4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Bd3 d5 15.Ng5 Bd3 16.Qd3 Ne4 17.Ne4 de4 18.Qe4 Bf6 19.Rab1 Re8 20.Qg4 Qc8 21.Qc8 Rac8 22.d5 Bb2 23.Rb2 Re4 24.Rc2 Kf8 25.f3 Re3 26.Kf2 Rce8 27.Rd1 Ra3 28.Rdd2 Rd8 29.c5 bc5 30.Rc5 Rd7 31.Rc6 g6 32.b6 cb6 33.Rb6 Kg7 34.d6 Kf6 35.Re2 Rd3 36.Ra6 R3d6 37.Ra5 h5 38.a4 Rd5 39.Ra6 Kg7 40.a5 Rd2 41.Ra8 Re2 42.Ke2 Rd4 43.a6 Ra4 44.a7 g5 45.Kd3 Kf6 46.Rh8 Ra7 47.Rh5 Kg6 48.Rh8 Kg7 49.Re8 Ra2 50.Re2 Ra3 51.Ke4 Kg6 52.Re3 f5 53.Kd5 Re3 0–1. laszlotamas – deksla, internet, 2013.

5.Nc3 d5 6.b5 d4 7.ed4 Bb4 8.a3 Ba5 9.d3 ed4 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Qe7 Ke7 12.Nge2 dc3 13.Bc3 Bc3 14.Nc3 Re8 15.0-0-0 Kf8 16.d4 c6 17.c5 Ng4 18.Rd2 Ndf6 19.Bc4 Bf5 20.h3 Nh6 21.g4 Be4 22.Re1 Nd5 23.Ne4 Nc3 24.f3 f5 25.bc6 fe4 26.cb7 Rab8 27.c6 e3 28.Rd3 Na4 29.c7 Rb7 0-1. MASZTALERZ (2245) - Mohamadazaitalab (1715), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

5.c5 dc5–/+ 6.Qa4 Bd6 (6...cb4!? 7.Be5 Be7–/+) 7.bc5=+ Bc5 8.Be5 0-0 9.Bf6 Qf6 (worse 9...gf6 10.d4 Bd6 11.Bd3+=) 10.Nf3?? (better 10.d4–/+) 10...Qa1–+ 11.Bd3 Qf6 12.Qe4 (12.Qc2 Qh6–+) 12...g6 13.0-0 Bb6 (better 13...Bd6 14.Be2–+) 14.h4 (14.Bc4 c6–+) 14...Nc5 15.Qc4 Be6 16.Qc2 Nd3 17.Qd3 Ba2 18.Ng5 (18.Nc3 Be6–+) 18...Rad8 (18...h6 19.Nf3–+) 19.Qe4 (19.Qc2 Bd5–+) 19...Bb1 (19...h6!? 20.Nc3 Rd2 21.Na2 hg5 22.hg5–+) 20.Rb1 Qf5 (better 20...Rd2 21.Nf3 Rb2 22.Rb2 Qb2 23.Qb7 Rd8–+) 21.Qb7 (21.Qf5 gf5 22.Nf3–+) 21...Qb1 22.Kh2 Rd2 23.Ne4 Rd1 24.Nf6 Kg7 25.Qf3 a5 (25...Rh1 26.Kg3 Qb4 27.Ng4–+) 26.Ng4 Do you see the mate threat? 26...a4 (better 26...f5 27.Ne5 Re8–+) 27.Qf6 (27.Qf6 Kg8 28.Nh6) 1–0. MARYMARY – Corius, ChessWorld.net, 2017.

5.d3 c6 6.Nd2 Be7 7.Ngf3 b6 8.a3 Bb7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Re1 Bf8 12.Rc1 d5 13.Qc2 c5 14.bc5 Bc5 15.Nb3 Bd6 16.cd5 Nd5 17.d4 Rc8 18.Qf5 Rc1 19.Rc1 g6 20.Qh3 ed4 21.Nbd4 Ne5 22.Nb5 Nf3 23.Bf3 (23.gf3 Nf4 24.ef4 Bf4=; 23.Qf3?? Nf4 24.ef4 Bf3 25.Bf3 Bf4–+) 23...Be5 24.Be5 Re5 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Rc1?? (26.Na7 Nc3 27.Rd7 Qa3 28.g4 Qa1 29.Kg2+=) 26...Kg7 (26...Re3!? 27.Kf1 Rb3–+) 27.Qg3 a6 28.Bd5 Bd5 29.Nc7 Bg2! 30.f4 (30.Kg2 Rg5 Combination; 30.Qg2 Rg5 Pinning (30...Rg5 Decoy)) 30...Rc5 (better is 30...Qa3!? 31.Re1 Re7–+) 31.Rc5–/+ Qc5 32.Na6 Qa3 33.Kg2 Qa6 34.f5 (34.Qe1 Qa2 35.Kg3 Qb2–/+) 34...Qb7 (better is 34...Qe2!? 35.Kg1 Qd1 36.Kf2 Qc2 37.Ke1 Qf5 38.Qd6–+) 35.Kf2 f6 36.h4 b5 37.h5 g5 38.Qd6 h6 (better is 38...Qe4!? 39.h6 Kh6 40.Qf6 Kh5 41.Qf8–+) 39.Qb4 Qd7 40.e4 Qe8 41.Kg3? (better is 41.Qd6–/+) 41...Qh5–+ 42.e5 (42.Qb5 Qh4 43.Kg2 Qe4 44.Kg1–+) 42...Qh4! (42...Qh4 43.Qh4 gh4 44.Kh4 fe5–+) 0–1. Bartle,Georg (1785) – Weissflog,Hans_Dieter (1940), Emmendingen GER, Badischer Ch–B, 2012.

5.d4 a5 6.a3 (6.b5 Be7=) 6...c6 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Nbd2 b6 (8...ab4!? 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 e4=+) 9.Bd3+= Bb7 10.0-0 g6 (10...Be7 11.Qc2+=) 11.Re1 Bg7 12.Qc2 (12.ba5 ba5 13.Rb1 0-0+/-) 12...0-0 13.e4 (13.ba5 Ra5 14.c5 dc5 (worse 14...bc5 15.de5 de5 16.Nc4+/-) 15.Ne5 cd4 16.ed4 Rd8+=) 13...Nh5 14.de5 (14.b5 Nf4+=) 14...de5= 15.Red1 Nf4 16.Bf1 Ne6 17.Nb3 a4 18.Nc1 c5 19.b5 (19.Bd3!?=) 19...Nd4=+ 20.Qc3 (20.Qd3!?=+) 20...Be4-/+ 21.Ng5 Bb7 22.Ne2 h6 23.Nh3 Nf6 24.Ng3 e4 25.Re1 (better 25.Rac1-+) 25...Ng4 26.Qc1 Nb3 27.Qd1 Bb2 28.Qg4 (28.Rb1 Nf2! 29.Nf2-+) 28...Ba1 29.Nf4 Bg7 30.h4 (30.Nd5 Qd8-+) 30…Bc8 (30...Bc8 31.Nd5 Bg4 32.Nc7 Ra7-+) 0-1. TygerTAD (2330) - benonian (2385), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

5.d4 d5 6.a3 e4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.c5 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.fe4 de4 12.Bc4 Ng4 13.Ne4?? (better is 13.Bc1 f5 14.b5=) 13...Ne3–+ 14.Nd6 (14.Bf7 Kd8 15.Qe2 Qe4 16.Kf2 Qh4 17.Ke3 Qe7 18.Kf2 Qf7 19.Nf3–+) 14...Kd8 (better is 14...Qd6! 15.Bf7 Kd8–+) 15.Qe2= Ng2 16.Kf2 Qe2 17.Ke2 (better is 17.Ne2!? Bd6 18.Kg2=) 17...Bd6–/+ 18.cd6 Nf4 19.Kf3 Ng6 (19...Nb6 20.Bf7 Nd3 21.Bc3–+) 20.Rf1 Nb6 21.Bf7 Rf8 22.Ke2 Bg4 23.Ke1 Kd7 (23...Nh4 24.Rf2 Bf5 25.Bb3–/+) 24.h3 (24.d5 Nd5 (worse is 24...Kd6 25.dc6 Nh8 26.cb7+=) 25.Bg7 Rfc8+=) 24...Bh5 (24...Be6 25.Bg6 Rf1 26.Kf1 Rf8 27.Ke1–/+) 25.Rf5 (25.d5!? Nf4 26.dc6 Kc6 27.Rf4 Rf7 28.Rf7 Bf7 29.Bg7+=) 25...Kd6 (25...Nf4 26.Rf4 Bf7 27.Nf3–/+) 26.Rh5? (better is 26.d5 Nf4 27.Be5 Ke7 28.Bf4 Bf7 29.dc6 bc6 30.Ne2–/+) 26...Rf7–+ 27.Rh7 (better is 27.Ne2 Re8 28.Bc1–+) 27...Re8 28.Kd1 Rf1 29.Kc2 Rf2 30.Kb3 (30.Kd1 Re7 31.Bc3–+) 30...Re3 31.Bc3 Nd5 32.Ne2 Rfe2 33.Rc1 b5 34.Rg7 Ngf4 (34...Rc3?! 35.Rc3 Ngf4 36.Rcg3–+) 35.h4 Rd2 36.h5 (36.Rg4 Rd4 37.Rg8 Rc4–+) 36...Rdd3 (36...Ne2 37.Rd7 Kd7 38.Rc2 Rc3 39.Kb2 Rcc2 40.Kb3 Nd4) 37.h6 (37.Kb2 Nc3 38.Rc3 Rc3–+) 37...Nc3 38.Rf1 (38.Rc3 Rc3 39.Kb2–+) 38...Rd2 39.Re1 (39.Rg6 Kd5 40.Rd6 Kd6 41.Rf3 Nd1 42.Re3 Rb2) 39...Nce2 0–1. Barczi,Tibor (1685) – Kosar,Mikulas, Dunajska Streda op, 1999.

5.Be2 a5 6.b5= Nc5 (6...d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3=) 7.d4 ed4 8.ed4 Ne6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qd2 (11.Re1 Re8=) 11...h6 (11...Re8 12.Nc3=) 12.Nc3 White plans d5 (12.Bd3 Re8+=) 12...b6 (12...d5 13.c5+=) 13.Rfe1 (13.d5 Nc5+=) 13...Bb7 (13...Re8 14.Bd3+=) 14.d5+– Nc5 15.Nd4 Nce4 (15...Re8!?+–) 16.Qe3 Nc5 (16...Nc3!? 17.Bc3 Nh7+–) 17.Nf5+– Re8 18.Qg3 (18.Ne7?! Re7 19.Qg3 Qd7+=) 18...Nh5?? (better 18...g6 19.Nh6 Kf8+–) 19.Bh5 (19.Bh5 Bg5 20.Re8 Qe8 21.h4+–) 1–0. DEFFM – GuestJLGR, freechess.org, 2020.

5.Be2 c6 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.0-0 Be7 8.d3 0-0 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Ne4 Bf8 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.de4 Nf6 13.Nd2 h6 14.a3 Be6 15.c5 Rad8 16.cd6 Bd6 17.Nc4 Bb4 18.Qb3 Bd6 19.Qa4 b5 20.Qa5 bc4 21.Qc7 Bc7 22.Bc4 Bc4 23.Rc4 Re6 24.Rfc1 Rd2 25.Bc3 Rd3 26.Bb4 a5 27.Bc5 Nd7 28.Ba7 c5 29.Kf1 Rc6 30.Bc5 Ra3 31.Ba3 Rc4 32.Rc4 Bb6 33.Bd6 f6 34.Bc7 Bc5 35.Ba5 Kf7 36.Bb4 Bb6 37.Bd6 Ke6 38.Ba3 Kf7 39.Rc6 Bd8 40.Rd6 Ke8 41.Ke2 Be7 42.Re6 Kd8 43.Be7 Kc7 44.Bd6 Kc6 45.Ba3 Kc7 46.Re7 Kd8 47.Rg7 Nb6 48.Rh7 Nc4 49.Be7 Ke8 50.Bf6 Nb6 51.Be5 Nd7 52.Bd4 Nf8 53.Rh8 Kf7 54.Rf8 Kf8 55.e5 Kf7 56.Kf3 Ke6 57.g3 Kf5 58.h4 Ke6 59.Kf4 Kf7 60.Kg4 Kg6 61.e6 Kh7 62.e7 Kg6 63.e8Q Kh7 64.Qf7 Normal 1-0. dimm209 (1890) - maristenli (2245), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

5.Be2 Be7 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nd4 0-0 8.Nc3 (8.0-0 Nb6=) 8...c5 9.bc5 dc5 10.Nf5 (10.Nb3+=) 10...Nb6 (10...Ne5 11.Ne7 Qe7 12.Qb1+=) 11.Ne7 (11.Ng3!?=) 11...Qe7+= 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.a4 Rfd8 14.0-0 Bg6 (14...Qe6 15.Nb5 Rd7 16.a5=) 15.a5 Nbd7 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.cd5 Ne5 18.Qc3 (18.Qb3 Rab8=) 18...f6–/+ (worse is 18...Rd5 19.Bc4 Rad8 20.d3+=) 19.f4 ef3 20.gf3 Rd5 21.f4 Nf7 (21...Nd3 22.f5 Qe4 23.Bf3 Qf5 24.Bd5 Qd5 25.Ra4–+) 22.Rad1 (22.Bc4 Rf5+=) 22...Rad8 (22...Qe6 23.Rf2–/+) 23.Bc1 (23.Bc4!?–/+) 23...Bd3–+ 24.Bf3 Be4 25.Be2 Qd7 26.Rf2 (26.d3 Bd3 27.Bd3 Rd3 28.Rd3 Qd3 29.Qc5 Qg6 30.Kh1 Qb1–+) 26...b5 27.ab6 ab6 28.Qb3 Bd3 (28...Rd6 29.d4–+) 29.Bf3 Rd6 30.Rg2 (30.Ba3 Qf5 31.Rc1 Qe6 32.Qe6 Re6–+) 30...b5 Black intends c4 (30...Qf5 31.Re1–+) 31.Bb2 c4 (31...b4 32.Ra1–+) 32.Qb4 Bc2 (32...Ra6 33.Bc3–+) 33.Rc1–/+ Bb3 (33...Bg6 34.Bd4–/+) 34.Bc3 Kh8 (34...Ra6 35.Ra1 Ra1 36.Ba1–/+) 35.Ra1 Rb6 (better is 35...Bc2–/+) 36.Bd4= Rd6 37.Ra7 (37.Bc3 Bc2–/+) 37...Qe8 (37...Qe6 A) worse is 38.Qb5 Rd4 39.f5 Qe5 40.Qe5 Ne5 41.ed4 Nf3 42.Kf2 Nd4 (42...Nd2?! 43.Rgg7 c3 44.Rh7 Kg8 45.Rag7 Kf8 46.Rc7=) 43.Rgg7 Nf5 44.Rh7 Kg8–+; B) 38.Bc5 Ra6 39.Bf8=) 38.Bh5 (38.Bc5 Re6=) 38...g6+= 39.Qc3?? (better is 39.Bf3+=) 39...Rd4–+ 40.Bg6 hg6 41.Rg6 (41.Rf7 Qf7 42.ed4 Qe6–+) 41...Kh7 (better is 41...Qe4!? 42.ed4 Qg6 43.Kf2–+) 42.Rf6 (42.Rg2 R8d7 43.Rd7 Rd7 (43...Qd7?! 44.ed4 Nh6 45.d3–/+) 44.Qf6 Nh6–+) 42...R4d7 43.Raa6 (43.Rd7 Qd7 44.e4 Qg4 45.Kf2 Qh5 46.Rf7 Qf7 47.Qh3 Kg8 48.Qg4 Kf8–+) 43...Rd2 (43...Qe4!? 44.d4 b4 45.Qe1 Rg8 46.Rg6 Rg6 47.Rg6 Qg6 48.Kf1–+) 44.Rg6 Rd1 45.Kf2 (45.Kg2 Qe4 46.Kh3–+) 45...R8d2 46.Kf3 Rf1 47.Kg3 Rg1 48.Kh3 Qd7 49.Rge6 Rg6 (49...Bd1 50.Qc2 Bc2 51.Ra2 Qe6 52.Kh4 Rh2) 50.Qd2 Qd2 (better is 50...Rh6 51.Kg3 Qd2 52.Rh6 Nh6 53.Ra7 Kg6 54.Ra6 Kh5 55.e4–+) 51.Rg6 Qe3 (51...c3 52.Rg2 Qe3 53.Rg3 Be6 54.Re6 Qe6 55.Kg2 Qc6 56.Kf2 Qc5 57.Kf3–+) 52.Rg3 Qf4 53.Ra7 0–1. Durka,Jan – Jusko,L, SVK–chT3D, 2000.

5.Be2 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 0-0 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qc2 e4 draws heavy fire 10...Qe7 11.0-0 Nf8 12.h3 h5 13.b5 Bf5 14.a4 N8h7 15.Rfc1 g5 16.Nf1 h4 17.Qd1 Qd7 18.Nh2 Rf8 19.a5 Bg6 20.b6 ab6 21.ab6 c6 22.Qb3 Nh5 23.Bh5 Bh5 24.Ne4 f5 25.Nd2 g4 26.e4 (26.Ra7 gh3 27.Rca1 Rae8+=) 26...Ra1 27.Ra1 gh3 28.Qh3 Bf6 (28...Qd8 29.ef5 Qb6 30.Ra2+/–) 29.ef5 (29.Qf5!? Qe8 30.Qh3 Ng5+–) 29...Ng5+/– 30.Qd3 Bd8 31.Ra8 Bb6 32.Rf8 Kf8 33.Ndf3 Nf3 34.Nf3 (34.gf3?! d5+=) 34...Bd8 35.Qe4 Qe7 36.Qf4 Qf6 37.Ba3 Be7 38.Nd2 Bf7 39.c5 dc5 40.Bc5 Bd5 41.Qb8 Kf7 42.Qb7 Qg5 43.f3 Qe3 44.Kh2 Qf4 45.Kh1 (45.Kh1 Qe3 46.Qe7 Qe7 47.Be7 Ke7 48.Ne4+–) 1–0. Subira Navarro,Oscar – Lopez Guaita,Fernando (2025), Zaragoza ESP, Artistica Open, 2013.

5.Nf3 d5 6.Ne5 Ne5 (6...Bb4 7.Nd7 Bd7 8.cd5+=) 7.Be5 Bb4 (better is 7...Bd6!? 8.Bd6 Qd6+=) 8.Qa4+– Nd7 9.Bg7 (9.Qb4?! Ne5 10.Qc3 d4 11.ed4 Ng6+=; 9.cd5?! Bf8+/–) 9...Rg8 10.Qb4 Rg7 11.cd5 Qe7 (11...Nf6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Rg1+–) 12.Qa5 (12.Qe7 Ke7 13.Nc3 Nb6+–) 12...Qc5 (12...Rg5 13.Qc7 Rd5 14.Nc3+–) 13.Qc3 (13.Qc5 Nc5 14.Na3 Ne4+–) 13...Qc3 (13...f6 14.Qc5 Nc5 15.d4+–) 14.dc3 (14.Nc3 Nf6+–) 14...Nb6 (better is 14...Nc5+–) 15.Kd1?? (better is 15.c4+–) 15...Nd5+= 16.Bc4 (16.c4!? Bg4 17.Kc1+=) 16...Be6= 17.Bf1 0-0-0 18.Ke1 h5 (18...Bf5 19.c4 Nb4 20.Na3+=) 19.g3+= Bg4 20.Be2 Nf6 (20...Rg6 21.h3 Be2 22.Ke2+=) 21.Nd2+/– Be2 (21...c5 22.Rd1+/–) 22.Ke2 Nd5 23.Rac1 f5 (23...Rg6 24.Rhd1+/–) 24.Nb3 Re7 (24...Rg6 25.c4 Nb4 26.a3+/–) 25.Rhd1 Nb6 (25...Red7 26.Nd4+/–) 26.Rd8 Kd8 27.Rd1 (27.Kf3 Nc4+/–) 27...Rd7 (27...Ke8 28.Nc5 c6 29.Rd6+/–) 28.Nd4+– Nd5 (28...Na4!? 29.Rc1 Rd5+–) 29.Rd3 c5 (29...Ne7 30.Ne6 Kc8 31.Nf4+–) 30.Ne6 (30.Nf5?! c4 31.Rd4 Nc3 32.Kd2 Ne4 33.Kc2 Rd4 34.ed4 Nf2+/–) 30...Ke7 (30...Kc8 31.Nc5 Rd8 32.Nb7 Nc3 33.Rc3 Kb7 34.Rc5+–) 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Nb7 Rd7 33.Nc5 Rd6 (33...Rd8 34.h3+–) 34.Nb3 (34.e4 fe4 35.Ne4 Re6 36.Rd5 Re4 37.Kd3 Ra4 38.Rh5 Ra2+–) 34...Ke6 (34...Nf6 35.Rd6 Kd6 36.Nd4+–) 35.Nd4 Ke5 36.f4 (better is 36.c4 Nb4 37.Ra3+–) 36...Ke4 (36...Kf6 37.Nb5 Rd7+–) 37.Nf3 Rb6 (37...Nf4 38.ef4 Rd3 39.Ng5 Kd5 40.Kd3 Kd6+–) 38.Rd4 1–0. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

5.Nf3 Ng8 6.Nc3= f6 7.d4 ed4 8.Qd4 (8.Nd4 Ne5+=) 8...c5 (8...Ne5 9.Be2+=) 9.bc5 dc5 10.Qd2 b6 11.Be2 Bd6?? (better is 11...Bb7+/–) 12.Qd6+– g6 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (2090) – NN, jeu.europe–echecs.com, 2013.

5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 (6.d4 0-0=+) 6...0-0 (6...d5 7.cd5 Bb4 8.Ne2=+) 7.Qc2 (7.a3 a5=+) 7...Nb6 (7...c6 8.f4=+) 8.Ne2=+ c6 (8...d5 9.cd5 Nbd5 10.a3=) 9.0-0= Be6 10.d3 Qc7 (10...a5 11.a3=) 11.Nd2 d5 (11...Nbd7 12.a3=) 12.cd5 (12.c5 Nbd7=) 12...Nfd5 (12...Nbd5 13.a3=) 13.a3= Rad8 (13...a5 14.e4 Nf6 15.f4=+) 14.Nf3 (14.e4 Nf6=) 14...Bf6 (14...Bd6 15.Ng5=) 15.d4 ed4 16.Ned4 Bg4 (16...Qe7 17.e4 Nc7 18.e5+=) 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.e4 Nc7 19.h3 Bf3 20.Bf3 g6 (20...Bd4 21.Bd4 Rfe8 22.Qc5+=) 21.Bg2 (21.Rd3 Ne6 22.Rad1 Nd4 23.Bd4 Bd4 24.Rd4 Rd4 25.Rd4 f5=) 21...Rd7 (21...Ne6 22.Ne6 Qe6 23.Bf6 Qf6 24.a4+=) 22.Nb3 (22.f4 Rfd8 23.e5 Bg7+=) 22...Bb2= 23.Qb2 Ne6 (23...f5 24.Nc5 Rd1 25.Rd1 fe4 26.Nb7=) 24.Rd7+= Qd7 25.Nc5 Nc5 (25...Qe7 26.Rc1+=) 26.bc5 Nc4 27.Qc3 Nd2 (27...Qe6 28.Rc1 Ne5 29.f4+=) 28.Ra2 (28.Rd1 Rd8+=) 28...Rd8 29.Rb2 Qd3 (29...a6 30.e5+–) 30.Qd3 Rd3 31.Rb7 Ra3 32.Rc7 Ra6 (32...Ra4 33.e5 Ra1 34.Kh2+–) 33.e5 Ra1 (33...Nc4 34.e6 Ra1 35.Kh2 fe6 36.Rc6+–) 34.Kh2 Nc4 35.e6 fe6 36.Rc6 Kf7 (36...Ra5 37.Rc8 Kf7 38.c6+–) 37.Rc7 Kf6 38.Rh7 Ra2 39.Rh8 Kg7 (39...Ne5 40.c6 Rc2 41.Be4+–) 40.Rh4 (40.Ra8 Rf2 41.Ra7 Kf6+=) 40...Ne5+= 41.Re4 Kf6 42.Re3 (42.c6!?+–) 42...Rf2+= 43.Rc3 White prepares c6 43...Ke7 44.c6 Kd8 45.Kg1 Rb2 46.Rc5 Nd3 47.Rg5 Rb1 48.Bf1 Kc7 49.Rg6 a5 (49...e5 50.h4 Nb4 51.h5 Nc6 52.h6+–) 50.h4 (50.Re6!? a4 51.Re3+=) 50...Nc5= 51.h5 Kc6 52.Rg8 (52.h6 Rb8+=) 52...e5 (52...Kd6 53.h6 Rb7 54.g4+–) 53.h6+= Rb7 54.g4 Rh7 (54...e4!?+=) 55.g5+– Kd5 (better 55...e4!? 56.Bg2 a4+–) 56.Bh3 Ne6 57.Bf5 Ng5 58.Bh7 Nh7 59.Rg7 Nf6 60.h7 (60.Rf7!? Ke6 61.h7 Nh7 62.Rh7 a4+–) 60...Nh7 61.Rh7 Kc4 62.Ra7 Kb4 63.Kf2 a4 64.Ke3 Kb3 65.Kd2 e4 66.Rb7 Kc4 67.Re7 Kb3 68.Re4 a3 69.Kc1 a2 70.Re3 Kc4 71.Kb2 Kd4 72.Ra3 1–0. Lins,Thomas – Meier,Kurt, GER jub50 qJVM48 corr, 1996.

5.h3 c5 6.d4 cb4 7.de5 de5 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Nbd2 a5 10.Qa4 Bd6 11.Rc1 Qb8 12.c5 Bc7 13.Bb5 0-0 14.0-0 b6 15.c6 Nc5 16.Qd1 Be6 17.Nc4 Bc4 18.Rc4 Rd8 19.Qb1 Qc8 20.Rh4 h6 21.Bc4 e4 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Nd4 Kg7 24.Rg4 Kh8 25.Bf7 Nd3 26.Re4 Ne5 27.Be6 Qa6 28.Rh4 Kg7 29.Nf5 Kf8 30.Rh6 Nf7 31.Rf6 1-0. zembelek (2195) - ryan2001 (1850), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

6.b5 Nc5 7.d4= ed4 8.Bd4 (8.Qd4? Nb3 9.Qf4 Na1 10.Ba1 Be7–+) 8...Nce4 9.f3 Ng5 10.Nc3 Ne6 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.cd5 Nd4 13.Qd4 Bf5 14.e4 Bd7 15.Be2 (15.Qc3 Rc8+=) 15...f6 (15...Be7 16.f4= (16.Qg7?? Bf6 17.Qh6 Ba1–+)) 16.a4 Be7 17.Bd3 0-0 18.Ne2 f5 19.Qf2 fe4 20.Be4 Bh4 21.g3 Bf6 22.Rc1 b6 23.0-0 Be5 24.f4 Bb2 25.Rc2 (25.Rc4 Bh3 26.Re1 Qd7+=) 25...Qf6 0–1. lican – sharpknife, kurnik, 2014.

6.b5 Be7 7.d4=.

6.d4 =+.

6.Qc2 h6 (6...a5 7.d4=+) 7.Nf3 Qc7 (7...a5 8.Nc3=) 8.d4+= Be7 9.Nbd2 g5 (9...0-0 10.Bd3+=) 10.Rc1 (10.de5 Ne5 11.Ne5 de5+/-) 10...g4 11.Nh4 Nf8 (11...a5 12.Nf5+=) 12.g3 (12.Nf5!?+/-) 12...a5 13.c5 (13.h3 ab4 14.ab4 gh3+=) 13...ed4 (13...ab4 14.cd6 Bd6 15.ab4 ed4 16.Bd4=) 14.Bd4 ab4 15.ab4 (15.Ne4 Ne4 (15...ba3? 16.cd6 Qa5 17.Bc3+-) 16.Bh8 f5 17.ab4 dc5=) 15...d5 (15...Ne6 16.Bc3 Ng5 17.Nc4 dc5 18.Be5+/-) 16.Qb2 Qd8 17.Bd3 h5 (17...Ne6 18.Bc3+=) 18.Nf5 (18.0-0!?+/-) 18...Bf5+= 19.Bf5 Ne6 20.h3 Nd4 21.Qd4 gh3 22.Rh3 Bf8 (22...Rg8 23.Ra1+=) 23.Ke2 (23.g4 Rg8 24.gh5 Rg5+/-) 23...Bg7 24.Qe5 (24.Ra1 Ra1 25.Qa1 Qc7+=) 24...Kf8 25.Qf4 Bh6 26.Qd4 Bg7 27.Qd3 (27.Ra1 Ne4 28.Ra8 Qa8=) 27...Ra2 28.Rc2 Ra1 (28...Ra4 29.Qb3 Qa8 30.b5+=) 29.Nf3 (29.Nc4 Qc7 30.Nd6 b6+=) 29...Qa8 30.Nd4 Ng4 31.Bg4 (31.Rd2!?+=) 31...hg4= 32.Rh8 Bh8 33.Qf5 Bd4 34.ed4 Qe8 35.Kd3 Ra3 36.Rc3 Rc3 (36...Ra2 37.Rc2 Rc2 38.Kc2 Qe2 39.Kb3 Qc4 40.Ka3 Qd4 41.Qd7-/+) 37.Kc3=+ Qe1 38.Kd3?? (better 38.Kb3 Qd1 39.Ka3 Qd4 40.Qd7-/+) 38...Qb1-+ 39.Ke3 Qf5 40.f4 gf3 (40...gf3 41.Kd2 f2 42.g4 Qf3 43.Kc2 Qe2 44.Kb3 Qc4 45.Ka3 f1Q 46.b5 Qfc1) 0-1. zembelek (2085) - QxQMate (2370), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.d4 e4=.

6.Ne2 Be7 7.Ng3 0-0 8.Be2 Re8 (8...a5 9.d4+=) 9.0-0= Qc7 (9...Qb6 10.d4=) 10.d3 (10.Nf5 b6=) 10...Nf8 (10...Qb6 11.Qd2=) 11.Nd2 Ng6 12.Nb3 (12.d4 c5=) 12...Be6 13.Rc1 Rac8 (13...d5 14.cd5 Bd5 15.e4=) ½–½. Wilk,E – Kupczak,M, Poland–chT disctrict, 1996.

6.Nf3 Qc7 7.d4 Be7 8.Nbd2 h6 (8...e4 9.Ng5 d5 10.cd5 cd5 11.Rc1=) 9.Rc1 (9.Bd3 ed4 10.ed4 d5+=) 9...g5 (9...e4 10.Ng1=) 10.h3 e4 11.Nh2 a5 12.Qc2 (12.b5 h5+=) 12...ab4= 13.ab4 h5 (13...Qb6 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4+=) 14.Ne4+= Ne4 15.Qe4 d5 16.cd5 Nf6 17.d6 Qd6 18.Qc2 (18.Qd3 Nd5 19.Qd2 Qf6=+) 18...Ra2 19.Qb3?? (better 19.Rb1=+) 19...Be6-+ (19...Qb4?! 20.Qb4 Bb4 21.Bc3-+) 20.Bc4 (20.d5 Bd5 21.Qc3 Qb4 22.Qb4 Bb4 23.Bc3 Bc3 24.Rc3 g4-+) 20...Qb4 21.Bc3 Qc4 (21...Bc4?! 22.Qb4 (22.Bb4?? Bb3 23.Be7 Ke7-+) 22...Bb4 23.Bb4-+) 22.Qc4 Bc4 23.Nf3 Re2 24.Kd1 Rf2 25.Be1 (25.Rg1-+) 25…Bb3 (25...Bb3 26.Rc2 Bc2 27.Kc1 Ba3) 0-1. zembelek (2075) - QxQMate (2390), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Nf3 Qc7 7.d4 Be7 8.de5 de5 9.Be5?? (better is 9.Nbd2=) 9...Ne5–+ 10.Nbd2 Nf3 11.Qf3 (11.Nf3 0-0–+) 11...Bg4 12.Qg3 Qg3 13.hg3 0-0-0 14.Nf3 (14.Be2 Bf5–+) 14...Bf3 (14...Ne4!? 15.Be2–+) 15.gf3 h6 16.Bg2 Nd7 17.f4 Nb6 18.Rc1 Bf6 19.Rh5 (19.b5 cb5 20.cb5 Kb8–+) 19...g6 (better is 19...Bb2!? 20.Rc2 Ba3 21.b5–+) 20.Ra5 a6 (20...Kb8 21.c5 Nd5 22.Bd5 Rd5 23.e4–+) 21.Rc2 (21.b5 Kc7 22.bc6 bc6–/+) 21...Rhe8 (21...Rd3 22.c5 Nd5 23.Be4–+) 22.Ke2 (better is 22.b5 Kc7 23.bc6 bc6 24.c5–/+) 22...Kc7 23.g4 (23.f5 Rd4 24.Rc5 Nd7–+) 23...g5 (23...Rd4! 24.g5 Nc4 25.Rc5 Na3 26.Rc6 Kb8 27.Rf6 Nc2 28.Rf7 hg5 29.Rb7 Kc8 30.Rb6 Nb4 31.fg5–+) 24.fg5 Bg5 (24...hg5!? 25.Rf5 Nd7 26.b5–+) 25.Rf5–/+ Re7 26.f4 Bh4 27.Rh5 Bf6 28.Rf5? (better is 28.Rh6!? Bg7 29.Rh7–/+) 28...Bd4–+ 29.e4 White prepares the advance c5 29...f6 30.Rh5 Rh7 31.c5 Na4 32.g5? (better is 32.Rd2–+) 32...fg5 33.fg5 Nc3 (better is 33...Rf7 34.Bf3 hg5 35.Rg5 Nc3 36.Rc3 Bc3 37.Rg2–+) 34.Ke1 (34.Rc3 Bc3 35.Bh3–+) 34...Re7 (better is 34...Rf7 35.Bh3 Be5 36.Rc3 Bc3 37.Ke2 Rd2 38.Ke3 Rff2–+) 35.gh6–/+ Ne4 36.Be4 Re4 37.Re2 Re2 38.Ke2 Re8 39.Kd3 Bb2 40.h7 a5 (40...Kd7 41.Rh3–/+) 41.ba5+= Rh8 42.a4 Ba3 43.Kc4 Bb2 44.Kd3 Bg7 45.Ke4 Kd7 46.Kf5 Ke7 (46...Rf8 47.Ke4 Ke6–/+) 47.Kg6= Bc3 0–1. barborski – laurentv, playok.com, 2012.

6.Nf3 0-0 7.d3 c6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nbd2 Nf8 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.b5 Bd7 13.bc6 bc6 14.Nb3 Qc8 15.Nbd2 Bg4 16.Ba1 Bf8 17.h3 Bh3 18.gh3 Qh3 19.Nh2 Nh4 20.Bf3 e4 21.Ne4 Ne4 22.de4 Re6 23.Kh1 Rh6 24.Rg1 Nf3 25.Qf3 Qh2 Normal 0-1. draculino (1985) - Termenoil (2185), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.Nf3 h6 7.d3 c6 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.Qc2 Nf8 10.Rg1 Be6 11.h3 a6 12.g4 Rc8 13.g5 hg5 14.Ng5 b5 15.c5 dc5 16.bc5 a5 17.Ne6 Ne6 Time forfeit 0-1. guayacan2012 (1845) - Maleic (2115), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.b5 Nc5 7.d3 (7.d4 Ncd7=) 7...Be7 8.Be2 (8.Nf3 0-0=) 8...0-0 9.Nf3 e4 10.de4 Nfe4 11.Nd4 Bf6 12.0-0 Qe7 (12...Be5 13.Nd2=) 13.Nc3 (13.Nd2 Bd4 14.Bd4 Nd2 15.Qd2 Nb3=) 13...Nc3 14.Bc3 Ne6 (14...Be5 15.Rb1=) 15.Bf3 0–1. Radwan,Jan (1740) – Karolak,Jan (1940), Rowy/Fregata Poland, 2009.

6.b5 Be7 7.d4=.

6.b5 Be7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.d3 (8.Nc3 Rb8=) 8...Re8 (8...Nc5 9.Nc3=+) 9.Be2 Bf8 (9...e4 10.Nd4=) 10.0-0= c6 (10...Nc5 11.Nbd2=) 11.Na3 (11.Nc3 Nc5+=) 11...g6= 12.Nd2 d5 (12...Nc5 13.Nc2=+) 13.bc6= bc6 14.cd5 cd5 15.Nb5 Ba6 16.Nb3 (better 16.d4+=) 16...Bb5-/+ 17.ab5 a4 18.Nc1 a3 19.Bc3 d4 20.ed4 (20.Bd2 Rb8 21.Rb1 Nc5-/+) 20...Nd5 21.Na2 (21.Bd2 ed4 22.Nb3 Qb6-/+) 21...Nc3 22.Nc3 ed4 23.Ne4 (23.Nb1 Ra7 24.Bf3 Ne5-/+) 23...Qb6 (23...Re5 24.Nd2 Rb5 25.Bf3-+) 24.Qb3 (better 24.Qc2 Qb5 25.Rfe1-+) 24...h6 (24...Re5 25.Qc4 Rb5 26.f4-+) 25.Bf3? (better 25.Bg4!? Nc5 26.Nc5 Bc5 27.Rfc1=+) 25...Ra5-+ 26.Rfb1 (better 26.Qd5 Ne5 27.Rfb1 Nd3 28.Qc6-+) 26...Ne5 (26...Re5!? 27.Qc2 Reb5 28.Nd2-+) 27.Nd2 (27.Be2!?-/+) 27...Nf3-+ 28.Nf3 Re6 (28...Re7-/+) 29.Nd2? (better 29.h4=+) 29...Rb5!-+ 30.Qb5 Re1! 31.Re1 Qb5 32.Nc4 Qb3 33.Red1 Bb4 34.g3?? (better 34.Rdb1 Qc3 35.g3-+) 34...a2 35.Ne5 Bc3 36.Rac1 Qb2 37.Kf1 Qa3 38.Ke2 (38.Nc4 Qa8-+) 38...a1Q (better 38...Qe7 39.f4 f6 40.Rc2-+) 39.Ra1 Ba1 40.Nc4 (40.Kf1 Bc3 41.Rb1 Bb4-+) 40...Qa8 41.f3 (41.Rc1 Bc3-+) 41…Bc3 0-1. foytik (2250) - FFreire (2245), Rated Classical game, lichess.org.

6.b5 a5 7.Be2= g6 (7...d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Nc3 Nc3 10.dc3=) 8.Nc3 (8.d3 Bg7=) 8...Bg7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 (10...Qc7 11.e4=) 11.d3 Nb6 12.Nd2 (12.Qc2 Bg4+=) 12...Be6= 13.Bf3 (13.Qc2 d5=) 13...d5 14.cd5 Nfd5 (14...Nbd5 15.Rc1=) 15.Nce4 Rc8 16.Nc4 Nc4 (16...f5 17.Ned2=) 17.dc4+= Nb6 18.Nd6 Nc4 19.Nc8 (19.Ne8 Qd1 20.Rad1 Re8+=) 19...Qd1 (19...Nb2!? 20.Qd8 Rd8+=) 20.Rad1+= Nb2 21.Nd6 Rd8? (better is 21...Rb8!? 22.Rd2 Na4+=) 22.Nb7+– Rd1 (22...Rc8 23.Ra1 Nc4 24.Rac1+–) 23.Bd1 e4 (23...Bc4 24.Re1 e4 25.Na5+–) 24.h3 (better is 24.Bc2!?+–) 24...Bc4+/– 25.Re1?? (25.Bc2 Bf1 26.Kf1 f5+–) 25...Nd3?? (better is 25...Bc3 26.Rf1 Bf1 27.Kf1 Nd1 28.Nc5 f5–/+) 26.Re2+/– Nb2 27.Rb2 (27.Rd2 Bd3 28.Nc5 Nc4+–) 27...Bb2 28.Na5 Bd5 29.b6 (29.Bb3 Bb3 30.Nb3 c4+=) 29...Bc3 (29...c4+–) 30.b7 Be5 31.Be2 Kf8 32.Bb5 (32.Bc4 Bc4 33.Nc4 Bc7+–) 32...Ke7 (32...f5+–) 33.Bc6 (33.Bc4 Ke6 34.Nc6 Bd6+–) 33...Be6? (better is 33...Ke6+/–) 34.Be4+– c4 (34...Bd7 35.Nc4 Bb8+–) 35.Nc6 (35.Nc6 Kd7 36.Ne5 Kc7 37.a5+–) 1–0. Zylla,Johannes – Hielscher, BSF–VM, 1992.

6.b5 a5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.d3 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Nc3 Nf8 12.d4 ed4 13.ed4 Rd8 14.d5 Ng6 15.Qc2 b6 16.Rfe1 Bd7 17.Bd3 Re8 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Be4 Qd8 20.Bd3 Rf8 21.Re3 Bf6 22.Bf6 (22.Rae1!?+/–) 22...Qf6+= 23.Rae1 Rae8 24.Nd2 Re3 25.Re3 Re8 26.Re8 Be8 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.g3 Ne5 29.Be2 f5 30.Nc3 Bg6 31.f4 Ng4 32.Nd1 Nf6 33.Qd2 Ne4 34.Qe3 Kf7 35.Bf3 Qf6 36.Kg2 h5 37.h4 Kf8 38.Qe2 Qd4 39.Bh5 (better is 39.Be4 fe4 40.Ne3=) 39...Bh5–+ 40.Qh5 Qf6?? (better is 40...Qd2 41.Kh3 Qd1 42.Qf5 Nf6 43.Qc8 Kf7 44.Qe6 Kg6 45.h5 Kh6–+ (45...Qh5?! 46.Kg2–+)) 41.Qh8 Ke7 42.Qh5 Nd2?? (better is 42...Kf8=) 43.Qe2+– Ne4 44.Nf2 Qd4 45.Ne4 fe4 46.g4 Kf6 47.h5 g5 48.hg6! Kg6 49.Kg3 ½–½. Bouvier,Clement (1725) – Delpech,Olivier (1780), Montigny le Bretonneux–B 7th, 2008.

6.b5 Be7 7.Nc3+=.

6.Nf3 a5 7.a3=.

6.Nf3 Qc7 7.d4= Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Be2 a5 10.a3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 Re8 13.0-0 Bf8 Black intends e4 14.Re1 (14.Bb2 Qb6+=) 14...g6 (14...ed4!? 15.Nd4 Be7+=) 15.Bb2+= Bg7 16.b5 Nf8 17.Ba3 e4 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.Rc1 h5 (19...Ne6 20.Qd1 Ra8 21.Bb2+=) 20.Nf1 h4 21.Qd1 N8h7 (21...c5 22.Bb2=) 22.h3 Ng5 23.Nh2 (23.Ra1 Rc8+=) 23...Qd7 (23...Ra8 24.b6 Qd8 25.Ra1=) 24.Ng4 (better 24.Ra1+=) 24...Ng4?? (better 24...Bg4 25.hg4 Ra8=) 25.hg4+- (25.Bg4?! Bg4 26.Qg4 Qg4 27.hg4 Bf8=) 25...Be6 26.Kh1?? (26.d5 Be5+-) 26...h3?? (26...Ra8 27.Bb2 cb5 28.cb5=) 27.Kh2?? (better 27.d5+-) 27...hg2 (27...Ra8 28.Bb2 d5 29.gh3 dc4 30.bc6 Qc6 31.Kg2=) 28.Kg2 (28.d5 Nf3 29.Bf3 ef3 30.bc6 bc6 31.de6 Qe6 32.Qf3 Bc3 33.Rc3 Qe5 34.Kg2 Qc3 35.Qc6 Qe5=) 28...f5 (28...Ra8 29.Bb4=) 29.d5 (29.bc6 bc6 30.d5 Bc3 31.Rc3 Qh7=) 29...Bf7 (better 29...cd5!? 30.Nd5 Be5=) 30.bc6 bc6 31.dc6 Qc6 32.gf5 (32.Qd6 Rc8+/-) 32...gf5 (32...Be5 33.fg6 Bg6 34.c5+=) 33.Nd5 (better 33.Qd6!? Rc8 34.Nb5+/-) 33...Bd5 34.Qd5 Qd5 35.cd5 Be5 36.Rc6 d6 gets attention 36...f4 (better 36...Rd8!?=) 37.ef4+/- Bf4 38.Bd6 Bd6 39.Rd6 Kf7?? (better 39...Kf8+/-) 40.Bh5+- Ke7 41.Rg6 (41.Be8?! Kd6 42.Bc6 Nh7=) 41...Nf7 (41...Rd8 42.Rg5 Kf6 43.Rg4+-) 42.Rg7 (42.Re6 Kf8 43.Re8 Ke8 44.Bf7 Kd8+-) 42...Rf8 (42...Rb8 43.Kg3+-) 43.d6! Ke6 (43...Kd6 44.Rf7 Deflection) 44.Bf7 Rf7 (44...Kd6 45.Kg3 Rc8+-) 45.Rg6 (45.Rf7 Kf7 46.Kg3 Ke6+-) 45...Rf6?? (better 45...Ke5=) 46.Kg3 (better 46.Rf6 Kf6 47.Kg3+-) 46...Rg6-+ 47.Kf4 Kd6 (47...Kd5 48.d7 Rd6 49.Ke3-+) 48.Ke3 (48.Ke4 Rg4 49.Kf5 Rg2-+) 48...Ke5 49.f4 ef3! 50.Kf3 Rb6 51.Kg3 (51.Ke3 Rb3 52.Kd2 Ke4 53.Kc2 Rd3 54.Kc1 Ke3 55.Kc2 Ke2 56.Kc1 Rd2 57.Kb1 Kd1 58.Ka1 Kc2 59.Ka2 Rd3 60.Ka1 Ra3) 51...Kf5 52.Kf3 Rb3 (52...Re6 53.Kg3 Re3 54.Kg2 Kf4 55.Kf2 Re4 56.Kg2 Re2 57.Kf1 Kf3 58.Kg1 Re1 59.Kh2 Rd1 60.Kh3 Rh1) 53.Ke2-+ Ke4 54.Kd2 Rg3 55.Kc2 Kd4 56.Kd2 Rg2 57.Ke1 Ra2 (57...Ke3 58.Kd1 Rf2 59.Kc1 Kd3 60.Kb1 Kc3 61.Ka1 Kb3 62.Kb1 Rf1) 58.Kf1 (58.Kd1 Ke3 59.Kc1 Kd3 60.Kb1 Rc2 61.Ka1 Kc3 62.Kb1 Kb3 63.Ka1 Rc1) 58...Ke3 59.Ke1 (59.Kg1 Kf3 60.Kh1 Kg3 61.Kg1 Ra1) 59…Ra1 0-1. ClayPigeons (2105) - Argentina_89 (2115), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

6.Nf3 Qc7 7.d4 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 b6 11.0-0 Rb8 12.Rfd1 Bb7 13.Rac1 c5 14.de5 de5 15.Nd5 Bd5 (15...Nd5 16.cd5 Qd6 17.b5 ab5 18.Bb5+=) 16.cd5+= Bd6 17.e4 (17.Ba6 Ra8 18.Bb5 e4+=) 17...h6 (17...a5!?=) 18.Nd2 a5 (18...b5!?+=) 19.b5+/- Rfe8 20.Nc4 (20.Qe3 Rbc8+/-) 20...Nf8 (20...Ne4 21.Bd3 Nef6 22.Bf5=) 21.Qg3 (21.Qf3 Rbc8+/-) 21...Ng6 (21...Ne4 22.Qh3=) 22.h4 (22.Bd3 Nf4 23.Qf3 Rbd8+/-) 22...Nf4 (22...Ne4 23.Qe3 Nf6 24.g3=+) 23.Bf3 (23.Qf3 Ne2 24.Qe2 Rbd8+/-) 23...Qe7 (23...Ne4 24.Qh2 Nf6 25.g3=+) 24.Ne3 (24.Qh2 N4h5+/-) 24...N4h5 (better 24...Ne4 25.Nf5 Ng3 26.Ne7 Re7 27.fg3 e4 28.gf4 ef3 29.gf3 Bf4-/+) 25.Qh3 Nf4 26.Qg3 (26.Qh2 Rbc8+/-) 26...Rbd8 (better 26...Ne4!? 27.Nf5 Ng3 28.Ne7 Re7 29.fg3 e4 30.gf4 ef3 31.gf3 Bf4-/+) 27.Nf5+/- Qd7?? (better 27...Qf8+/-) 28.Qg7 1-0. ClayPigeons (2130) - MetallaroUrlante (2260), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019.

6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Be2 Be7 8.d4 0-0 9.Nc3 a5 10.a3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 b6 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Rd1 White prepares d5 14...c5 (14...Ra8 15.Nh4=) 15.bc5 bc5 16.d5 (16.Nb5 Qc6+=) 16...Rb8= 17.Qc2 Ba8 (17...Nb6 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.e4+=) 18.Bb2 h6 19.Bd3 Nf8 20.Rb1 Bb7 21.Nd2 Bc8 22.f3 Nh5 23.Ne2 (23.Qd1 Nf6+=) 23...g6 (23...Bg5 24.Nf1+=) 24.Kf2 (24.f4 Nd7+=) 24...f5 25.g3 Ng7 26.Kg2 Bf6 27.Ra1 (27.e4 Kh8+=) 27...Kh7 28.Bc3 Qe7 29.h3 Bd7 30.g4 (30.Kh2 Bc8=) 30...Re8 (30...e4 31.fe4 fg4 32.hg4 Bg4 33.Nf4-/+) 31.gf5 (31.e4 fg4 32.fg4 h5 33.gh5 Nh5=) 31...gf5 (better 31...Nf5!? 32.Bf5 Bf5=) 32.Ng3+= Kh8 33.Nf5 Nf5 34.Bf5 Qg7 (better 34...e4 35.Bd7 ef3 36.Nf3 Nd7+=) 35.Kf2?? (35.Kh2 Rb8+-) 35...Bf5 (better 35...Bh4 36.Ke2 Qg2 37.Kd3 Bf5 38.e4 Bd7-+) 36.Qf5+- Nd7 (36...Nh7 37.Rg1 Bg5 38.Ke2+-) 37.Rg1 (37.Ra7 Re7+-) 37...Qf7 (better 37...Bg5 38.f4 Rf8+-) 38.Ne4?? (better 38.Ke2 Qh7 39.Qh5+-) 38...Rf8 (better 38...Bh4 39.Ke2 Qf5 40.Nd6 Qh3-+) 39.Nd6 (39.Ke2 Qh7 40.Nd6 Qf5 41.Nf5 Kh7+-) 39...Qh7?? (better 39...Bh4 40.Ke2 Qf5 41.Nf5 Rf5=) 40.Qh7+- Kh7 41.Ne4 Bh4 (41...Rf7 42.Ra1 Bg7 43.Ra7+-) 42.Ke2 Rg8 (42...Rf7 43.Ra1 Bd8 44.Ra7+-) 43.Rg8 (better 43.Ra1!? Bd8+-) 43...Kg8 44.f4 ef4 45.ef4 Bd8 46.Kf3 Kf7 47.Nc5! Nc5 48.Bd4 Nd7 (48...Be7 49.f5+/-) 49.Ke4 (49.c5 Nf6 50.d6 Nd5+-) 49...Bh4 (49...Be7 50.Kf5+/-) 50.f5 (better 50.c5 Bf6 51.f5 Bd4 52.Kd4+-) 50...Nf6? (better 50...Be7+/-) 51.Bf6+- Kf6 (51...Kf6 52.d6 Kf7+-). ClayPigeons (2145) - MetallaroUrlante (2245), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019.

6.d4= Bg7 7.Nd2 0-0 8.Qc3 (8.Ngf3 ed4 9.Nd4 a5=) 8...Re8 (better is 8...ed4 9.ed4 Re8 10.Ne2 d5–/+) 9.Rd1? (better is 9.Ngf3+=) 9...ed4–+ 10.Qd4? (better is 10.Qa3 de3 11.fe3–+) 10...Nh5 11.Qd3 Bb2 12.Ndf3 (12.Be2 Qg5 13.Ne4 Qe7–+) 12...Ne5 (12...a5 13.Qd2 Bf6 14.ba5–+) 13.Ne5 Be5 (13...Re5 14.Qb3 Qf6 15.g4 Bg4 16.Be2–+) 14.Nf3 Bg4 (14...Nf4 15.Qd2 Bg7 16.c5–+) 15.Be2 Bg7 16.c5 Qf6 (16...Bf5 17.Qd2–+) 17.cd6 Qc3 (better is 17...cd6 18.Qd4 Qe6–+) 18.Nd2 (18.Qc3 Bc3 19.Kf1 cd6 20.Rd6–+) 18...Qd3 19.Bd3 Bd1 20.Kd1 cd6 21.Nc4 b5 (21...b5 22.Na5 a6–+) 0–1. Pfendtner,Gerald – Hausen,Manfred, Baden–ch AT Waldshut, 1991.

6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d4 0-0 (7...ed4!? 8.Nd4 Qe7=) 8.de5+= de5 9.Ne5 (9.Be5? Ne5 10.Ne5 Ne4-+) 9...Ne5 10.Be5 Qe7 11.Bb2 Be6 12.Nc3 b5 (12...Rfd8!?+=) 13.Nb5+/- a5 (13...Rfb8 14.Nd4 Qb4 15.Qb4 Rb4 16.Bc3+/-) 14.a3 ab4 15.ab4 Ra1 16.Ba1 Ne4 (better 16...Rb8!? 17.Qa3 Bf5+/-) 17.Bg7+- Kg7 18.Bd3 c6 19.Nd4 f5 (19...c5 20.Ne6 Qe6 21.b5+-) 20.Nc6 Qd6 21.Qb2 Kh6 22.Nd4 Bf7 (22...Qa6 23.f3 Nf6 24.b5+-) 23.0-0 Rc8 (23...Rb8 24.Rb1+-) 24.c5 Qe5 (24...Qe7 25.Rc1+-) 25.Qa1 (better 25.f3 Qe7 26.fe4 fe4 27.Be4 Qe4 28.Rf7 Rg8+-) 25...Re8 26.Nf3 Qa1 27.Ra1 Nf6 (27...Rb8 28.Ne5 Bd5 29.f3+-) 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.b5 Nd5 30.Ne5 Nb4 (30...Be6 31.Bc4 Re8 32.b6 Nb6 33.cb6 Bc4 34.Nc4+-) 31.Be2 White plans c6 (better 31.Nf7 Kg7 32.Bc4 Rc8+-) 31...Bd5 32.c6 Nc6 (32...Rc8 33.c7 Kg7 34.Nd7+-) 33.bc6 Rc8 (33...Ra8 34.c7 Be6 35.Bb5+-) 34.c7 Be4 (34...Be6 35.Rc6 Bd5 36.Ba6+-) 35.Bf3 (better 35.Nf7 Kg7 36.Nd6+-) 35...Bb7 (35...Kg7+-) 36.Bb7 Rc7 37.Rc7 f4 (37...f4 38.ef4 g5 39.Be4 gf4 40.h4 f3 41.Rh7). ClayPigeons (2075) - morpheos (2105), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019.

6.Nc3 Qc7 (6...a5 7.b5=) 7.g3 (7.Nf3 Be7+=) 7...h6 8.h4 (8.Nf3 Be7=) 8...Be7 (8...Nb6 9.Be2=+) 9.Be2 Nf8 10.Nf3 Ne6 (10...Bg4 11.0-0=) 11.d4 ed4 12.ed4 0-0 13.Rc1 d5 14.cd5 cd5 15.Qb3 (15.b5 Bd7=) 15...Qd6 (15...Qb6=) 16.Nb5 (better 16.a3!?=) 16...Qb4-/+ 17.Qb4 Bb4 18.Kf1 a6 19.a3 Be7 20.Nc3 b5 21.Bd3 (21.Nd1 Bb7-/+) 21...Bb7 22.Ne5 (better 22.Kg2!?-/+) 22...Nd4-+ 23.Ne2 Ne6 24.f4 (24.Bf5 Bd6 25.Kg2 Rfe8-+) 24...Rfc8 25.Kf2 (25.Kg2 d4 26.Kh3 Bh1 27.Rh1 Bd6-+) 25...Ne4 26.Be4 (26.Ke3 Bc5 27.Kf3 Nd2 28.Kg4 Nc4 29.Bc4 dc4-+) 26...de4 27.Ke3 (27.f5 e3! 28.Ke3 Bh1 29.fe6 Rc1 30.ef7 Kf8 31.Bc1 Bd6-+) 27...Bc5 28.Nd4 f6 29.Nd7 (29.Ng6 Kf7 30.f5 Nd4 31.Bd4 Ba3-+) 29...Bd4 30.Bd4 Nd4 31.Kd4 Rd8 32.Rc7 Bc8 33.Rhc1 Bd7 34.Ke4 Re8 35.Kd5 Rad8 36.Kc5 Bf5 37.Kb6 Re3 38.Ra7 (38.Ka6 Ra3 39.Kb5 Rg3 40.R7c5 Rb8 41.Kc6-+) 38...Rb8 39.Ka6 (39.Rb7 Rb7 40.Kb7 Ra3 41.g4 Bg4 42.Rb1-+) 39…Ra3 0-1. ponce1965 (1905) - Maleic (2210), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2017.

6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Nc3 h6 8.a3 a6 9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0-0 (10.d4 0-0+=) 10...Nf8 11.d4 g5 12.de5 de5 13.Ne5 Qe5 (better is 13...a5!? 14.Nd3 ab4 15.ab4 Bf5+=) 14.Nd5+– Qc7?? (better is 14...Qb2 15.Kb2 cd5 16.cd5 Bd7+–) 15.Nc7 1–0. combijack (1815) – lemon_twist, gameknot.com, 2012.

6.Nf3 h6 7.Nc3 Qc7 8.h4 Be7 9.Rc1 a6 10.Be2 Nf8 11.a3 Bg4 12.d4 N8d7 13.Rd1 0-0 14.Ng5 (14.0-0!?=) 14...Be2=+ (worse 14...hg5 15.hg5 Be2 16.Ne2+/-) 15.Ne2 a5 (worse 15...hg5 16.hg5 Rfe8 17.de5 de5 18.Qf5+/-) 16.de5 de5 17.f4 (better 17.Bc3!?=+) 17...ab4-+ (17...hg5 18.hg5 Rfd8 19.gf6 Bf6 20.g4 ab4 21.g5 Bg5 22.Qh7 Kf8 23.fg5 ba3 24.Bc3+/-) 18.fe5 (better 18.Rd7 Qd7 19.fe5 ba3 20.ef6 Bb4 21.Kf2-+) 18...Ne5 (18...hg5 19.ef6 Bd6 20.fg7+-) 19.0-0 (19.a4-+) 19...hg5 20.hg5 Neg4 21.gf6 (21.Rf4 Ne3 22.Qc1-+) 21…Qh2 0-1. alanme1 (1700) - KissMyAxe (2100), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Nf3+= 0-0 (6...a5 7.b5 e4 8.Nd4 Nc5 9.Be2 0-0 10.f3 ef3 11.Bf3 Ne6 12.0-0 Nd4 13.Bd4+=) 7.Nc3 Nb6 8.d4 ed4 9.Nd4 Re8 10.Bd3 c5 11.bc5 dc5 12.Nf3 Qd7 13.Nb5+=.

6.Nf3 e4 7.Ng5+= h6 8.Ne4 Ne4 9.Qe4 Nf6 10.Bf6 gf6 11.Nc3 f5 12.Qc2 Be6 13.d4 d5 14.cd5 Bd5 15.Qf5 Bb4? (better is 15...c6 16.a3 Be6+–) 16.Qe5 Kd7 (16...Qe7 17.Qh8 Kd7 18.Bb5 c6 19.Qa8 Bc3 20.Ke2 cb5 21.Rac1+– (21.Qa7? Qe4 22.Qc5 Bc4 23.Qc4 bc4–+)) 17.Qd5 Kc8 18.Qd8 Kd8 19.Rc1 a5 20.Bd3 Rg8 21.0-0 Bc3 22.Rc3 b6 23.Rfc1 Ra7 24.Kf1 Rg5 25.a4 Rd5 26.g4 c5 (26...h5 27.f3+–) 27.dc5 bc5 28.Bf5 h5 29.Rd3 (better is 29.Rc5!? Rc5 30.Rc5 hg4 31.Bg4 Ke7+–) 29...Rd3 30.Bd3 hg4 31.Rd1 (better is 31.Rc5!? f6+–) 31...Rd7 32.Ke2 Rd5 33.Bb5 (better is 33.Bf5! Rd1 34.Kd1 Ke7+–) 33...Rd1 34.Kd1 Ke7 35.Be2 f5 36.Kd2 Kd6 37.Kc3 Kd5 38.Bd3 Ke5 (38...f4 39.ef4 Kd6 40.Kc4+–) 39.Kc4 f4 40.ef4 Kf4 41.Be2 Kg5 42.Kc5 Kh4 43.Bf1 Kg5 44.Kb5 (44.Kb5 Kf4 45.Be2+–) 1–0. madik – churn, gameknot.com, 2009.

6.Nf3= b6 7.Be2 Be7 (7...c5 8.a3=) 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 c5 10.Ng5 (better is 10.bc5!? dc5 11.d4 ed4 12.ed4 cd4 13.Nd4=) 10...h6–/+ 11.Nge4 Ne4 (11...cb4 12.Nf6 Nf6–/+ (worse is 12...gf6 13.Nd5 Bb7 14.Bf3+/–; 12...Bf6?! 13.Nd5=)) 12.Qe4= Rb8 (12...Ra7 13.a3=) 13.Nd5 (13.b5 Nf6 14.Qc2 Ra8+=) 13...Nf6= 14.Ne7 (14.Nf6 Bf6 15.a3 Bb7=) 14...Qe7+= 15.Qh4 cb4 16.f4 e4 (16...Re8 17.Rab1+=) 17.f5= Bb7 (17...Re8 18.g4=) 18.Rf4 (18.Rfb1 Nd5 19.f6 Nf6+=) 18...Rbd8 (18...Rfc8 19.Rb1=) 19.Rg4 (19.Rb1 a5=) 19...Rd7?? (better is 19...Kh7=) 20.Qh6 1–0. Wall,Bill – Charles, Palo Alto, CA, 1988.

6.Nf3 c5 7.a3 h6 8.Qc2 Be7 9.Be2 b6 10.Nh4 Nh7? (better 10...Bb7!?+=) 11.Ng6 fg6 12.Qg6 Kf8 13.Bh5 Ng5 14.f4 Nf6?? (14...ef4 15.ef4 Bf6+-) 15.fg5 Nh5 16.0-0 (16.Qh5?! Be6 17.0-0 Kg8+-) 16...Kg8 (16...Nf6 17.gf6 Bf6+-) 17.Qf7 (17.Qh5?! hg5 18.Qf7 Kh7+-) 17...Kh7 18.g6 (18.Qh5?! Bg5 19.Qf3 Be6+=) 1-0. pcmvr - vgomdysey (2435), net-chess.com, 2021.

6.de5 de5 7.a3 Qc7 8.c5 Be7 9.Bc4 b6 10.cb6 Nb6 11.Nd2 Nc4 (11...a5!? 12.ba5 Ra5=+) 12.Nc4= Nd7 13.Nf3 Pawn e5, live or die! 13...Bf6 (13...f6 14.Rc1=) 14.Qb3 (14.Nd6 Ke7 15.Nf5 Kf8+/-) 14...0-0= 15.0-0 c5 16.b5 (better 16.e4=) 16...Nb6 (16...Bb7=) 17.Rac1?? (17.Be5 Be5 18.Nce5 Re8+/-) 17...Nc4?? (better 17...Be6 18.Nfd2 Rfb8=+) 18.Qc4+/- (worse 18.Rc4 Be6-+) 18...Bb7 (18...Re8 19.Qc5 Qb8 20.a4+/-) 19.Qc5 Qc5 20.Rc5 Rac8 (20...Bf3 21.gf3 Be7 22.Rc7+/- (worse 22.Re5 Bf6+=)) 21.Rfc1 Rc5 22.Rc5 Rd8 23.h3 (23.Kf1 Rd5 24.Rd5 Bd5 25.Ne5 Be5 26.Be5 Bc4 27.Ke1 Bb5+/-) 23...Rd1 (23...e4 24.Nd4+/-) 24.Kh2 h6 (24...e4!? 25.Rc7 Bb2 26.Rb7 h6+/-) 25.Be5+- Bf3 (25...Bd8 26.Nd4+-) 26.gf3 (better 26.Bf6 gf6 27.gf3+-) 26...Rd2? (26...Be5 27.Re5 Kf8 28.Rc5+-) 27.Kg3 (27.Bf6 gf6 28.Rc7 Rf2 29.Kg3 Re2+-) 27...Ra2? (27...Be5 28.Re5 Kf8+-) 28.Bf6 gf6 29.Rc3 (29.Rc8 Kg7 30.Ra8 Ra3+-) 29...Kf8 (29...Kg7 30.f4+-) 30.f4 (better 30.Rc8 Kg7 31.Ra8 Ra3+-) 30...Ke7 (30...Kg7 31.Rd3+-) 31.Kf3 (31.Rc7 Kd6 32.Ra7 Kc5+-) 31...f5 (31...Kd7 32.Rc6 Ra3 33.Rf6+-) 32.h4 (32.Rc7 Ke8 33.Ra7 Rb2+-) 32...h5 (32...Kf8+-) 33.Rc7 Ke6 34.Ra7 Rb2 35.a4 Rb4 36.Ra6 Kd5 (36...Ke7 37.b6 Kd6 38.a5+-) 37.b6 (37.Rf6 Ra4 38.Rf5 Ke6 39.Re5 Kd6 40.Rh5 f6+-) 37...Kc6 38.a5 Ra4 (38...Rb1+-) 39.Ra7 f6 40.b7 Kc7 41.a6 Rb4 42.Ra8 Rb6 (42...Rb7 43.ab7 Kb7+-) 43.Rc8 (43.Rc8 Kd7 44.a7 Rc6 45.Rc6 Ke8 46.Rc7 Kd8 47.b8Q) 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (2105) - Maartenols (2100), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.de5 de5 7.c5 Be7 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Be2 0-0 10.–0 e4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Nd2 Neg4 13.g3 Qe5 (13...a5 14.a3=) 14.Qc2 (better is 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.Ne7 Qe7 16.Nc4+–) 14...Qh5= 15.h4 g5 (better is 15...Qg6!? 16.Kg2 Rd8=) 16.Ne4 gh4 17.Nf6 (17.Nc6 bc6 18.Bg4 Ng4 19.f3+=) 17...Bf6= 18.gh4 Qh4 19.Bg4?? (better is 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Rfd1=) 19...Qg4–+ (19...Bg4?! 20.Qe4+=) 20.Kh1 Qh5 21.Kg1 Bh3 (21...Qg5!? 22.Kh1 Qh4 23.Kg1–+) 22.f4 Kh8 23.Kf2?? (23.Nf3 Rg8 24.Ng5 Rg5 25.fg5 Qg5 26.Kh1 Bf1 27.Rf1 Qh5 28.Qh2 Qh2 29.Kh2 Bb2 30.Rf7–+) 23...Bh4 (23...Bf1?! 24.Nf3 Bb2 25.Qb2 f6 26.Rf1–+) 24.Kg1 Rg8 25.Kh1 Bg2 26.Qg2 Rg2 27.Kg2 (27.Ne2 f6 28.Kg2 Rg8 29.Ng3 Rg3 30.Kh2 Qe2 31.Rf2 Qf2 32.Kh1 Qg2) 27...Qg4 (27...Rg8 28.Kh2 Bf6) 28.Kh1 (28.Kh2 Qg3 29.Kh1 Qh3 30.Kg1 Rg8) 28...Qh3 (28...Qh3 29.Kg1 Rg8) 0–1. kaasparov – cucrapok, internet, 2013.

6.de5 de5 7.Nf3 Bb4 8.Bc3 Bc3 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.Be2 h6 11.0-0 g5 12.h3 Rg8 13.Nh2 Nf8 14.c5 Ng6 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Bc4 Bc4 17.Qc4 0-0-0 18.a4 h5 19.a5 g4 20.hg4 Ng4 21.Ng4 hg4 22.a6 b5 23.cb6 Qb6 24.Rfb1 Qc7 25.Rb7 Qd6 26.Nb5 Qd3 27.Qc6 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (2075) - Maartenols (2120), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.ed4 Be7 7.Bd3 Nb6 (7...d5 8.c5=) 8.Ne2 (8.d5 a5 9.b5 0-0=) 8...Be6 (8...d5 9.c5 Nc4 10.Bc1=) 9.Qc2 (9.d5 Bg4+=) 9...Qd7 (9...d5 10.c5 Nc4 11.Bc4 dc4 12.Nf4+=) 10.Nd2 (10.d5 Bg4+/-) 10...c5 (10...d5!? 11.c5 Nc4+=) 11.d5+/- Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.bc5 dc5 14.0-0 Nfd5? (better 14...Bg6+/-) 15.cd5+- Nd5 16.Bg7 Rg8 17.Bc3?? (better 17.Qb2 Nb4 18.Bh7 Rg7 19.Qg7 Qd2 20.Rfe1 Qe3 21.Kf1+-) 17...Ne3=+ 18.Rf2?? (better 18.Qb3 Qd3 19.Nf4=+) 18...Nc2-+ 19.Bc2 Rd8 (better 19...Bg6!? 20.Ne4-+) 20.Bh7 Rg5 21.Ne4 (21.Re1 Bg6 22.Bg6 Rg6 23.Nf4-/+) 21...Rd5 (better 21...f5 22.Ng5 Bg5-+) 22.Nf4-/+ Rd1 (22...Rf5 23.Rd2 Qc7 24.Bf5 Qf4 25.Re1-/+) 23.Rf1 (better 23.Rd1!? Qd1 24.Rf1=+) 23...Rf1 24.Rf1 Bg6 25.Ng6? (25.Ng6 fg6 Combination; 25.Bg6 fg6 Combination) 25...fg6-+ 26.Bg6 Kf8 27.g3 (27.Nf6 Qa4 28.Nh7 Kg8-+) 27...b5 (27...Qe6 28.Bh5-+) 28.h4 (28.Ba5 Rb8 29.Bh5 b4-+) 28...b4 29.Ba1 c4 30.h5 c3 31.h6 (31.Kg2 Qd5 32.Nc3 bc3 33.Bc3 Qc4-+) 31...Qd4 (better 31...Qh3 32.h7 Kg7 33.Kf2 Qh2 34.Ke1-+) 32.Kg2 Qe3 33.f4 Rd4 34.Rf3 Qc1 (better 34...Qe2 35.Rf2 Qc4 36.Ng5-+) 35.Nc3 (35.Bc3 bc3 36.h7-+) 35...Qa1 36.Ne4 (36.Ne2 Rd6 37.f5 Qa2 38.Re3 Qd5 39.Kh2 Rg6 40.fg6 Qh5 41.Kg2 Qg6 42.Nf4 Qc6 43.Rf3-+) 36...Qa2 37.Rf2 Qd5 (better 37...Qe6 38.Bh7 Re4 39.Be4 Qe4 40.Rf3-+) 38.Re2 b3 39.Kf3 Bc5 (better 39...Rd3!? 40.Kg4 Qc6 41.Bf5 Qh6 42.Ng5-+) 40.Kg4 Qe6 41.Bf5 Qh6 (better 41...Qg8 42.Kh3 Be7 43.h7-+) 42.Ng5 (42.Nc5 Rb4 43.Re6 Qg7 44.Rg6-+) 42...Rd6 (42...Qg7 43.Kh3 Qh8 44.Kg4-+) 43.Ne6 Re6! 44.Re6 (44.Re6 Qg7 Skewer; 44.Be6 Qg6 Combination) 44...Qg7 45.Rg6 Qc3 (better 45...Qd4 46.Rc6-+) 46.Kh3 (46.Rc6 Qd4-+) 46...b2 (better 46...Qf3 47.Rf6 Ke7 48.Re6 Kf7 49.Re5-+) 47.Rc6 a5 48.Kh4 (48.Rc8 Ke7-+) 48...a4 (better 48...Be7 49.Kh3 Qc6 50.Kh2-+) 49.Kh5 (49.Rc8 Kf7 50.Kg4-+) 49...a3 (49...Qf3 50.Kh4 Qc6 51.Kg4-+) 50.Bb1 Qf3 51.Kg5 Qc6 52.f5 Be3 53.Kh4 Qh1 54.Kg4 Qb1 (54...Qb1 55.f6 Qe4 56.Kh3 b1Q 57.g4 Qbh1 58.Kg3 Qef3) 0-1. dale70 (2110) - eminnaxchess (1935), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Bd4 c5 7.Bc3=.

6.Bd4 d5 7.Qb3 (7.a3 a5 8.b5 Nb6+=) 7...c6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Nc3 dc4 10.Bc4 0-0 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.0-0 b5 (12...a5 13.a3=) 13.Bd3+= a6 14.Nge4 (14.a4 ba4 15.Ra4 Rb8+–) 14...Bb7 (14...a5 15.a3+=) 15.Nf6 Nf6 16.Qc2 (16.a4 Rd8+–) 16...g6 (16...Bb4 17.Bf6 gf6 18.Bh7 Kg7 19.Ne2+=) 17.a3+– Rc8 18.Ne4 Nd5 (18...Ne4!? 19.Be4 a5 20.ba5 Ra8+–) 19.Nc5+– Rb8 20.Rfc1 Bc8 21.Qb2 Qd8 22.Be4 Re8 23.Bf3 a5 24.ba5 Qa5 25.Be5 Nc7? (better 25...Ra8+–) 26.Bc6 (26.Nb3!? Qa7 27.Rc6 Ne6 28.Bb8 Qb8+–) 26...Rd8 27.Bh8 Bf8 28.Bf6 (28.Ne4!? f5 29.Bc3 Qb6 30.Nf6 Kf7+–) 28...Rd2 29.Qb4 Qb4 30.ab4 Rd6 31.Ne4 Re6 32.Bb2 (32.Bd4 Bb7 33.Nf6 Rf6 34.Bf6 Bc6+–) 32...Bg7 33.Bg7 Kg7 34.Ra7 Re7 (34...Na6 35.Bd5 Nb4 36.Be6 Be6 37.h3+–) 35.Nd6 Ba6?! (35...Be6 36.e4+–) 36.Bf3 Nd5 (36...Rd8 37.Ne4 (37.Rac7?! Rc7 38.Nf5 gf5 39.Rc7 Rd2+–; 37.Rcc7?! Rc7 38.Rc7 Rd6+–) 37...Rdd7 38.Nc5+–) 37.Ra6 (37.Bd5?! Ra7 38.e4 Rd8=) 37...Nb4 38.Ra8 (better 38.Ra5!? Nd3 39.Rd1 Ne5 40.Rb5 Rb5 41.Nb5 Nf3 42.gf3 f5+–) 38...Rb6 (38...Ra8 39.Ba8 Na2+–) 39.Nc8 (39.Nc8 Ree6 40.Nb6 Rb6 41.Ra5+–) 1–0. kovacic (2330) – tinhorse (2085), ChessWorld.net, 2014.

6.d5 Qd8=.

6.Nf3 a5 7.b5=.

6.Nf3 g6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.a4 e4 11.Nd2 h5 12.a5 Re8 13.Ba3 Nf8 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.Bg4 hg4 16.b5 Rac8 17.a6 ba6 18.ba6 N8h7 19.Rb1 Rc7 20.Kh1 Ng5 21.Qa4 Qd7 22.Qa5 c5 23.Nb5 Rc6 24.Rfe1 (24.dc5 dc5 25.Nb3 Rec8+/–) 24...cd4 (better is 24...Qc8!?=) 25.Nd4+/– Re5 26.Rb5 Rc8 (26...Rb6!?+=) 27.Bd6! Rb5 (27...Qd6 28.Re5 Combination) 28.Nb5 (28.Qb5?! Qd6 29.Qg5 Qa6=) 28...Qf5 29.Bg3 Nh5 30.Qb4 (better is 30.Bh4!? Ne6 31.Qa2+/–) 30...Ng3+= 31.fg3 Bf8 32.Qb1 Bc5 (32...Qf2 33.Qd1+= (worse is 33.Na7 Ra8–+)) 33.Rf1 (33.Nc3!?+/–) 33...Qe6= 34.Qb3 Qa6 35.Nc3 (35.Qc3!?=) 35...Be3+= Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 36.Nce4 Ne4 37.Ne4 (37.Qe3!? Nd2 38.Qd2 Qc4 39.Re1–/+) 37...Qc4 38.Nf6 Kg7 39.Ne8 Kf8 40.Qc4 Rc4 41.Nd6 Rc1 42.Rc1 Bc1 43.Kg1 Ke7 44.Nc4 Ke6 45.Kf1 Kd5 46.Na5 Bd2 47.Nb7 Bb4 48.Ke2 a5 49.Kd3 a4 50.Nd8 f5 51.Nf7? (51.Nb7 Be7 52.Na5–+) 51...Be7 52.Nh8 (52.Nh6 Ke6–+) 52...a3 (better is 52...Bf6 53.Ng6 a3 54.Nf4 Kd6 55.h3–+) 53.Kc2 (53.Kc3 Bf6 54.Kb3 Bh8 55.Ka3–+) 53...a2 (53...a2 54.Kb2 Bf6 55.Ka2 Bh8–+) 0–1. Rottstaedt,Werner (2125) – Niermann,Michael (2135), Ruhrgebiet VL1, 2007.

6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 b6 (7...e4 8.Nfd2=) 8.d5 Bb7 (8...a5 9.Qa4+=) 9.b5 (9.0-0 c6 10.dc6 Bc6+=) 9...a6 10.a4 a5 11.Nc3 g5 (11...0-0-0 12.e4+=) 12.h3 (12.0-0 0-0-0+=) 12...Bg7= 13.e4 (13.Qc2 Nc5=) 13...Nc5 14.Qc2 Bc8 (14...0-0-0 15.Bc1=) 15.Ba3 Nfd7 (15...Bd7 16.Rd1=) 16.Nd2 (16.Rd1 Bb7+=) 16...Nb7 (16...Bb7 17.Bg4+=) 17.Nf1 Nf8 18.Ng3 Nh7 19.Qd1 (19.Nh5 Rg8+/–) 19...Nf6+= 20.Nh5 Nh5 21.Bh5 0-0 22.g4 Nd8 23.Ne2 (23.Qf3 f6+/–) 23...Bd7 24.Ng3 f6 (24...Kh7 25.Qf3+=) 25.Bg6 Bh8 (25...Nf7 26.h4+/–) 26.Qf3 Qg7 27.Nf5 Qg6?? (better is 27...Bf5 28.Bf5 Qe7+–) 28.Ne7 Kg7 29.Ng6 Kg6 30.h4 Nf7 31.Bc1 Rae8 32.Qg3 Bg7 33.hg5 (33.Be3 Kh7+–) 33...fg5 34.Be3 Nd8 (34...Kf6 35.Rh5+–) 35.Qh3 Nf7 36.Qh5 Kf6 37.0-0-0 Rh8 (37...Ke7 38.Rdg1+–) 38.Rdg1 (38.Rd3 Ref8+–) 38...Ref8 39.Rg3 Ke7 40.Rf3 Be8 41.Qg6 Rhg8 42.Qh5 (42.Qe6 Kd8+–) 42...Nd8?? (42...Rh8 43.Rd1 Kd8+–) 43.Qh3+– Rf3 (43...Bg6 44.Rf8 Rf8 45.f3+–) 44.Qf3 Rf8 45.Qg2 Nf7 (45...Kd7 46.Rh3+–) 46.Kd1 (46.Bd2 Kd7+–) 46...Nh8 (46...Kd8 47.Kc2+–) 47.Ke1 Ng6 48.Qg1 (48.Rh3 Bd7+–) 48...Nh4 49.Rh4! gh4 50.Qh2 Bf6 51.Bh6 Rh8 (51...Rg8 52.g5 Rg5 53.Bg5 Bg5+–) 52.g5 Kd7 (52...Kd8 53.Qh4 (worse is 53.gf6 Rh6 54.f4 h3+–) 53...Be7 54.f4 ef4 55.Qf4+–) 53.Qh3 (53.f4!? Kd8 54.Qh4 Be7+–) 53...Kd8 54.Qh4 (54.gf6?! Rh6 55.Qe6 Rh7+–) 54...Be7 55.Qg3 (55.f4 ef4 56.Qf4 Rg8+–) 55...Rg8 (55...Bg6 56.Qf3+–) 56.f4 ef4 57.Qf4 Kc8 58.Qf5 Kb7 (58...Kd8+–) 59.Qh7 (better is 59.Qe6!? Rh8 60.Qe7 Bh5+–) 59...Rg5 60.Bg5 Bg5 61.Qg8 Bh4 62.Kf1 Bd7 (62...Bh5 63.Qh7 Bd1 64.Qh4 Ba4 65.e5 de5 66.Qe4+–) 63.Kg2 (better is 63.Qh7 Bb5 64.cb5 Bf6+–) 63...Be1 64.Qg7 Be8 (64...Bc8+–) 65.e5 Bc3 (65...Bb4 66.e6+–) 66.Qe7 Bg6 (66...Be5 67.Qe8 Bd4+–) 67.ed6 1–0. Luettig,Hendrik – Gohlisch,Bruno, Pinneberg–ch op, 1998.

6.c5 ed4–/+ (worse 6...dc5 7.de5 (worse 7.bc5 ed4 8.ed4 0-0=+) 7...Ne4 8.Qc2=) 7.Bd4 (7.cd6 Bd6 8.Qd4 Qe7=+) 7...dc5 8.bc5 0-0 (better 8...Nc5 9.Nc3 Bf5–/+) 9.Bf6?? (better 9.c6 bc6 10.Nf3–/+) 9...Bf6–+ (9...Nf6?! 10.Qc2–/+; 9...gf6 10.c6 Ne5 11.cb7 Qd1 12.Kd1 Rd8 13.Ke2 Bb7 14.a3–/+) 10.Nc3 (10.Nd2 Ba1 11.Qa1 Nc5 12.Ngf3–+) 10...Nc5 (better 10...Bc3 11.Ke2 b6–+) 11.Qc2? (11.Rc1 c6 12.Qd8 Rd8–+) 11...Bc3 (better 11...Bf5! 12.Qc1 c6–+) 12.Qc3–/+ b6 13.Nf3 Bb7 14.Be2 Ne4 Black is in command 15.Qd4 Qd4 16.Nd4 c5 17.Nf3 h6 18.0-0 (18.Rc1 Rad8–+) 18...Nc3 19.Bd3 (19.Bc4 Bf3 20.gf3 b5–+) 19...Bf3 20.gf3 Rad8 21.Ba6 (21.Bc4 Rd2–+) 21...Rfe8 (21...Rd2 22.Bc4–+) 22.Kh1 (22.Rfc1 Nd5–+) 22...Nd5 (22...b5 23.Rfc1 b4 24.Rc2–+) 23.Rg1 (23.Rfd1 Nb4 24.Bf1 a6–+) 23...Ne7 (23...Nc7 24.Bb7–+) 24.h4? (better 24.Rad1!?–+) 24...Nf5 (24...Rd2 25.Rg2–+) 25.Rg4 Kh7 (25...Rd2!? 26.Kg1–+) 26.Bc4 f6 (better 26...Re7–+) 27.Bf7=+ Re5 (better 27...h5 28.Bh5 Re5=+) 28.Bg6 (better 28.f4 Ne3 29.Rg3=) 28...Kh8 29.Rag1 Ne7 30.f4 Red5 31.Bf7 g5?? (better 31...Rd2–/+) 32.Bd5+– Nd5 (32...Rd5 33.fg5 hg5 34.hg5+–) 33.fg5 fg5 (33...f5 34.Ra4 a5 35.Rd1 hg5 36.e4 fe4 37.Re4 gh4 38.Re5+– (38.Rh4?! Kg7+–)) 34.hg5 Kg7? (better 34...Nc3+–) 35.gh6 (35.Rd1 Rd6 36.Rg3 Kf7+–) 35...Kh6 (35...Kh7 36.Rg7 Kh8+–) 36.Rh4 1–0. MARYMARY – bogardan (1635), ChessWorld.net, 2015.

6.Nd2 0-0 7.Ngf3 h6 (7...e4 8.Ng5 d5 9.a3=+) 8.a3 (8.Bd3 ed4 9.ed4 d5=) 8...e4=+ 9.Nh4 (9.Ng1 c6=+) 9...g6 (9...Nb6 10.g3=+) 10.g3 c6 (10...a5 11.d5=) 11.Qc2 d5 12.Be2 Bd6 (12...Ne8 13.Ng2=) 13.Ng2 Re8 14.Qb3 (14.0-0 Qe7=) 14...a6 (14...a5 15.0-0=) 15.a4 (15.0-0 dc4 16.Nc4 Nb6=) 15...Qe7 (15...dc4 16.Nc4 Be7 17.0-0=) 16.Bc3 dc4 17.Bc4 (17.Nc4 Bc7=) 17...Nb6=+ 18.Nf4 Nc4 19.Qc4 Bf4 20.gf4 Be6 (20...Nd5 21.Qb3-/+) 21.Qc5=+ Qd7 (21...Qd8 22.a5=+) 22.Nc4 (22.d5 Nd5 23.Ne4 f5=) 22...Rad8 (22...Bc4 23.Qc4 Nd5 24.Rc1-/+) 23.Ne5 Qc8 24.Bd2 Ng4 25.Rc1 Ne5 26.fe5 Bd5 (26...Bb3 27.a5=+) 27.h3 Qf5 28.Qc2 (28.b5 cb5 29.ab5 f6=+) 28...f6 29.ef6 Rf8 30.Bc3 Rf6 31.Qe2 Rdf8 32.Rh2 b5 (32...Qf3 33.Qf3 Rf3 34.h4-/+) 33.ab5 ab5 34.Ra1 Bc4 (34...Qf3 35.h4=+) 35.Qg4= Qg4 36.hg4 R8f7?? (better 36...Bd5=) 37.d5+- (37.Rh6 Rf2 38.Ra8 Kg7-+) 37...Rf3?? (better 37...g5 38.Bf6 Rf6 39.dc6 Rc6+-) 38.Rh6 (38.dc6?! Rh7+-) 38...Rh7 (38...Re3 39.fe3 Rf1 40.Kd2 Rf2 41.Kc1 Rf1 42.Kc2 Rf2 43.Bd2 cd5 44.Rg6 Kf7+-) 39.Ra8 (39.Ra8 Rf8 40.Rg6 Kf7 41.Rf6 Ke7 42.d6 Kd7 43.Ra7 Ke8 44.Rh7+-) 1-0. zembelek (2105) - amayak (2095), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

6.de5 de5 7.Qb3 0-0 8.Nf3 Re8 (8...e4 9.Nfd2 a5 10.a3=+) 9.Be2 (9.c5 a5 10.Bc4 Rf8 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 ab4 13.Qb4 b6=) 9...Bf8 (9...e4 10.Nfd2=+) 10.0-0 (10.c5 a5 11.Bc4 Re7=) 10...a5 11.a3 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 Ng4 (13...e4!? 14.Nfd2 c5=) 14.h3+= Nh6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.c5 Nf5 17.Bc4 b6 (better 17...e4!? 18.Nfd2 b6 19.Ne4 Nh6+/-) 18.c6+- Nb8 19.Ne5 Nd6? (19...Be6 20.Be6 fe6 21.b5+-) 20.b5 (better 20.Rd6 cd6 21.Nf7+-) 20...Nc4+/- 21.Qc4 Be6 22.Qe2 (22.Qd3 f6 23.Nf3 Qf7+/-) 22...f6 (22...Qg5 23.f4 Qe7 24.Bb2+/-) 23.Nf3 Qc5 24.Bd4?? (24.Nbd2 Bf7+-) 24...Qc4?? (better 24...Bc4 25.Qc2 Qb5=) 25.Qb2+/- Qb4 (25...Qd5 26.Nbd2+/-) 26.Nbd2+- Qb2 27.Bb2 Rd8 28.Nd4 Bd5 29.Rc1 Bb4 30.N2f3 (30.Bc3 Bd6+-) 30...Bf7 31.Ne1 Rd5 (31...Bc5 32.Ra1+-) 32.Nd3 Bc5? (better 32...Bd2 33.Rd1 Ba5+-) 33.Nc5 bc5 34.Nf3 (34.b6 Nc6 35.Nc6 cb6 36.Ne7 Kf8 37.Nd5 Bd5+-) 34...c4 35.Nd4 Rc5 (35...Rd8 36.Ra1 Bg6 37.Ra7+-) 36.Ba3 (better 36.Ra1!? c3 37.Bc1 Nc6 38.Ra8 Be8 39.bc6 Kf7+-) 36...Rd5 37.Kf1 (37.Bb4 Bg6+-) 37...Re5 (37...Rd8 38.Bb4+-) 38.Ke2 (38.b6 cb6 39.c7 Re8+-) 38...Rd5? (38...Re8 39.Bb4+-) 39.Kd2 (39.b6 Na6 40.b7 Ra5+-) 39...Re5 (39...Rd8 40.Bc5+-) 40.Kc3 (40.b6 cb6 41.c7 Re8+-) 40...Rd5 (40...Bd5 41.b6! cb6 42.c7+-) 41.Rd1 (41.b6 Na6 42.b7 Nb8+-) 41...Re5 (41...Rd8 42.Bb4+-) 42.Re1 (42.Bb4 h5+-) 42...Rd5 (42...Bd5 43.b6! Na6 44.b7 Bg2 45.Bd6+-) 43.g4 Re5 44.f4 (44.Ra1 Bd5+-) 44...Rd5 (44...Re4 45.Bb4 g6 46.Ba5+-) 45.e4 (45.b6 Na6 46.b7 Nb8+-) 45...Rd8 46.e5 Rc8 (46...fe5 47.Re5 g6+-) 47.e6 Rd8 (47...Rd8 48.ef7 Kf7 49.Re7 Kg8 50.Rc7 Nc6 51.bc6 Ra8+-). ClayPigeons (2135) - Sadiel85 (2140), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

6.a3 Be7 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 c6 (8...e4 9.Nd4=) 9.Nc3 Re8 (9...e4 10.Nd4=) 10.d4 ed4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.h3 Bf8 (12...ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Qa1+=) 13.Qd2 (13.Qc2 Bd7+=) 13...ab4 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Ra1 d5 16.c5 (16.cd5 Bb4 17.dc6 Nc6+=) 16...b6= 17.Ba3 Nc4 (17...Bd7 18.Qc2=) 18.Bc4 dc4 19.Qe2 Ne4 (19...bc5!? 20.bc5 Nd5 21.Qc4 Qg5 22.Nd5 cd5+=) 20.Ne4+– Re4 21.Qc4 (21.Qf3 Qd5+–) 21...b5 (21...bc5!? 22.bc5 Qg5+=) 22.Qc3 (22.Qd3 Qd5+–) 22...Qf6 (22...Qg5 23.Kf1+– (23.Nc6?? Bh3 24.g3 Qd5–+)) 23.Bb2 (23.Qd3 Re7+–) 23...Qg6+– 24.Kf1 Re8 25.Qc2 Qh5 (25...Qc2 26.Nc2 Be7 27.f3+–) 26.Nc6 (26.Ra7 Qd5+–) 26...Qd5? (better 26...Bh3!? 27.Nd4 Be6+–) 27.Nd4+–. Baranov,Grigory (2315) – Eraschenkov,Denis (2390), Republic of Adygea Blitz, 2019.

6.b5 e4 7.Nd4 Nc5 8.Nc3 Be6 9.Be2 Qd7 10.0-0 g6 11.f3 Bg7 12.fe4 Nfe4 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.d3 Nf6 15.Ne6 Qe6 16.Bf6 Bf6 17.Qd2 Ba1 18.Ra1 0-0 19.Rf1 Rae8 20.e4 f5 21.Bf3 b6 22.ef5 gf5 23.Bd5 Kh8 24.Be6 Re6 25.Qg5 Ref6 26.Re1 h6 27.Qg3 f4 28.Qg4 Rg8 29.Qd7 Rfg6 30.Re2 f3 31.Rf2 R8g7 32.Qe8 Kh7 33.Qe4 Kh8 34.Qf3 Rg8 35.Re2 R8g7 36.Re8 Kh7 37.Re2 Kh8 38.g3 Kh7 39.Re8 Rd7 40.Qf8 Rgg7 41.Qf5 1-0. oversky (1965) - ketapi (2245), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

6.a4 Bd7 (6...e4!? 7.a5 Nbd7=) 7.a5= Nc8 8.Qc2 g6 (8...Ne7 9.Be2+=) 9.b5 (9.Be2 Bg7+=) 9...Bg7 10.d3 (10.a6 ba6 11.Ra6 Nb6+=) 10...0-0 11.Be2 Re8 12.e4 (12.a6 ba6 13.Ra6 Nb6+=) 12...Ne7 (12...a6 13.ba6 Ra6 14.0-0=) 13.0-0 (13.a6 ba6 14.Ra6 Bc8+=) 13...c5 (13...a6!?=) 14.a6+= ba6 15.Ra6 Bc8 16.Ra2 a6 17.Nc3 Bb7 18.Rfa1 ab5 19.Ra8 Ba8 20.cb5 Qc7 21.Qb3 Qb6 (21...Rb8 22.Qa4+=) 22.Ra6 Qb8 23.Nd2 (23.Qc4 Bb7 24.Ra3 Nc8+=) 23...Bb7 24.Ra1 d5 25.ed5 (25.Qc2 Qc7+=) 25...Ned5= 26.Nd5 Bd5 27.Nc4 e4 28.g3 (28.Qc2 ed3 (28...Qb5 29.Nd6 Qc6 30.Ne8 Ne8 31.Bg7 ed3 32.Qd3 Kg7 33.Ra6+–) 29.Bd3 Ng4= (worse 29...Qb5 30.Nd6 Qb4 31.Ne8 Ne8 32.Bg7 Kg7 33.Rc1+–)) 28...ed3 29.Bd3 Qb7 30.Qa3 Ne4 (30...Qe7 31.Nb6=) 31.Be4 Bb2?? (better 31...Re4 32.Nd6 Qe7 33.Ne4 Bb2 34.Qb2 Qe4=) 32.Bd5+– (32.Qb2?! Re4 (32...Be4? 33.Nd6 Qd7 34.Ne8 Qe8 35.Qe2+–) 33.Ne3 Rb4=; 32.Nb2?! Be4 33.Nc4 Bh1= (33...Qb5? 34.Nd6 Qd7 35.Ne8 Qe8 36.Qc5+–)) 32...Qd5 33.Nb2 (33.Qb2?! Qc4 34.b6 Qe4=) 33...c4 (33...Rb8 34.Rd1 Qg5 35.Qa5+–) 34.b6 Qb7 (34...Qb5 35.Qa4 Qa4 36.Na4+–) 35.Nc4 h5 (35...Qd5+–) 36.Nd6 (36.Nd6 Qb6 37.Ne8+–) 1–0. GuestXCPK – GuestFTQB, freechess.org, 2018.

6.d3= Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.Ng5 Be2 9.Qe2 h6 10.Nf3 e4 11.de4 Ne4 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Bf6 14.Qd3 Na4 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Qe4 Kd7 17.0-0 c6 18.Qc2 White plans c5 18...Nb6 19.c5 Nd5 20.e4 Nb4 21.Qd2 d5?? (better is 21...Na6 22.e5 Qe6 23.cd6 Nc5+/–) 22.Qb4+– de4 (22...Kc8 23.Rab1 Qe7 24.ed5 cd5 25.Qg4 Qe6 26.Qg7 Rd8+–) 23.Qb7 Ke6 24.Qc6 Kf5 25.Qd5 Qe5 26.Ne5 1–0. pierre – oppotip, internet, 2010.

6.Nc3 a5 7.b5 e4=.

6.d4 e4!? 7.Nfd2 d5=.

6.d4 g6 7.Be2 (7.Nc3 e4 8.Nd2 d5+=) 7...Bg7 8.Nc3 (8.0-0 e4 9.Nfd2 0-0+=) 8...c6 (8...0-0 9.0-0+=) 9.0-0+= 0-0 10.Qb3 (10.a3 Re8+=) 10...Kh8 (10...Re8 11.Rfd1=) 11.Rfd1 (11.Rad1 a5+=) 11...Nh5 (11...e4 12.Nd2+=) 12.de5 de5 13.Ne4 (13.Rd2 a5 14.ba5 e4+=) 13...f5 (13...Nhf6 14.Nf6 Bf6 15.e4+=) 14.Nd6+/– c5 15.a3 b6 (15...e4 16.Ne1 Nhf6 17.Rd2+/–) 16.Qa4 Nhf6 17.Qc6 Ba6 (17...Rb8!? 18.Qc7 e4+–) 18.b5 Rad8 (18...e4 19.Ng5 Rac8 20.Nc8 Bc8 21.Qe6 Qe6 22.Ne6+–) 19.Qc7 Bc8 (19...Ne4 20.Ne5!! Be5 21.Be5 Qe5 22.Qd8 (22.ba6?! Nd6 23.Qd6 Kg7+=) 22...Qa1 23.Qd7+–) 20.Ne5!! (20.Nc8?! Rc8 21.Qa7 Rfe8+/–) 20...Nd5 (20...Qe5 21.Be5) 21.Rd5 (21.Rd5 Be5 22.Be5 Kg8 23.Nc8 Rc8 24.Qd7+–) 1–0. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

6.Be2 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 a6 10.a4 c5 11.b5 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ra1 Nb6 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 Bf5 16.Qh4 Bf6 17.Qg3 d5 18.Be5 dc4 19.Bf6 Qf6 20.Rc1 Bd3 21.Bd1 Qb2 22.Rc3 Nd5 23.Rd3 cd3 24.Ng5 Qc1 25.Qg4 c4 26.h4 c3 27.dc3 Nc3 28.Kh2 Qd1 29.Qd4 Nb5 30.Qd5 Qb1 31.h5 Nc7 32.Qe5 d2 33.h6 f6 34.Qe7 Qh1 35.Kh1 d1Q 36.Kh2 Qh5 37.Kg1 Qh6 38.Ne4 Qg7 39.Qb4 Nd5 40.Qb3 Qf7 41.Nf6 Nf6 42.Qd3 Rc8 43.g3 Rc1 44.Kg2 Qd5 45.e4 Qd3 46.e5 Rc2 47.ef6 Qd2 48.f7 Kf7 49.Kh3 Qf2 50.g4 Qg2 51.Kh4 Rc5 52.g5 Qg5 53.Kh3 Rc4 54.Kh2 Qe3 55.Kh1 Rc2 ½-½. Steklo1983 (2115) - falken (2040), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Nf3 c5 8.a3 Be7 9.d4 cd4 10.ed4 ed4 11.Nd4 0-0 12.Nf5 Re8 13.Ne3 Qc7 14.Be2 Ne5 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.Be5 de5 17.Qd7 Nd7 18.Nc7 1-0. zembelek1 (2105) - adrdel01 (1770), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

6.Qf3 Rb8 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Qf5 c5 9.a3 Be7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nf3 Nh7 13.Be2 Bc8 14.Nd5 Ndf6 15.Ne7 Qe7 16.Qd3? (better is 16.Qc2=) 16...e4–+ 17.Qc2 ef3 18.Bf3 Bb7 19.Be2? (better is 19.Bb7 Rb7 20.0-0–+) 19...Bg2 20.Rg1 Bh3 21.Bd3 Ng5 22.f4 (22.Be2 Rbe8 23.f4–+) 22...Nf3 23.Kf2 Ng1 24.Rg1 Nh5 25.Qc3 Qh4 26.Kf3 (26.Ke2 Bg4 27.Kf1–+) 26...Nf6! 27.Bc2?? (27.Qf6 Bg4 Double attack) 27...Bg4 28.Rg4 Qg4 29.Kf2 Rbe8 30.d4 (30.b5 Ne4 31.Be4 Re4–+) 30...Ne4 (30...Qh4 31.Ke2 Ng4 32.Bc1 Qf2 33.Kd1 Ne3 34.Be3 Re3 35.Bh7 Kh8 36.Qd2 Qf1 37.Kc2 Ra3 38.Qd3 Qf2 39.Qd2 Ra2 40.Kd3 Rd2 41.Ke4 Rd4 42.Kf5 Qf4) 31.Be4 Re4 32.dc5 dc5 33.Qd3 Rfe8 (better is 33...Qh4!? 34.Kf3 Qh3 35.Ke2 Qg2 36.Ke1–+) 34.Be5 Qh4 35.Kf3 Qh1 36.Kg4 (36.Kf2 cb4 37.ab4 Qh2 38.Kf3 Qh3 39.Ke4 Qh1 40.Kd4 Rd8 41.Kc3 Qa1 42.Kc2 Qa2 43.Bb2 Rd3 44.Kd3 Qb2–+) 36...Qg1 (36...Qg2 37.Kh4 g5 38.Kh5 Qh3) 37.Kf3–+ Qh1 (37...Qh1 38.Kg4 Qg2 39.Kh4 g5 40.Kh5 Qh3) 0–1. nakpim – ftuanvn, internet, 2013.

6.a4 Be7 7.b5 0-0 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Nf8 10.0-0 h6 11.Qc2 Be6 12.d4 Qc7 13.de5 de5 14.Ne4 N6d7 15.Ng3 c5 16.Bd3 g6 17.Nd2 Bf6 18.Nde4 Bg7 19.f4 f5 20.Nd2 e4 21.Be2 Nf6 22.Kh1 Rad8 23.Rg1 Bc8 24.Ngf1 Qf7 25.h3 h5 26.Nh2 Bh8 27.g3 Qh7 28.Rg2 Re7 29.Nb3 Ne6 30.a5 b6 31.ab6 ab6 32.Ra8 Nc7 33.Rb8 (better is 33.Ra7=) 33...Nd7–+ 34.Qd1 (34.Bh8 Qh8 (34...Nb8?! 35.Bf6=) 35.Qd2 Kf7 36.Rc8 Rc8–+) 34...Ree8 (better is 34...Bb2 35.Rb6 Ne6–+ (worse is 35...Nb6 36.Qd8 Re8 37.Qd2–+)) 35.Bh8?? (better is 35.Rc8 Rc8 36.Bh8 Kh8 37.Qc2–+) 35...Nb8 (35...Kh8?! 36.Rc8 Rc8 37.g4 hg4 38.hg4–+) 36.Bd4 cd4 37.Nd4 Ne6 38.Kg1 (38.Bf1 Rd6–+) 38...Nd4 (better is 38...Qg7 39.Nf1 Nd4 40.ed4 Qd4 41.Qd4 Rd4 42.Ne3–+) 39.ed4 Bb7 40.g4 h4 (better is 40...fg4 41.hg4 h4–+) 41.gf5 e3 (better is 41...Rd6!? 42.Bh5 Rc8 43.Bg6–+) 42.d5 Nd7 (better is 42...Rd6!? 43.fg6 Qg7–+ (43...Rg6?! 44.Ng4 Qg7 45.f5–/+)) 43.Rg6+= Kh8?? (better is 43...Kf8 44.Nf3 Qh8+=) 44.Qd4+– (44.Qd4 Ne5 45.Ng4+–) 1–0. Nikolic,Jovane (1695) – Kajiwara,Joao Kazuyuki, Sao Sebastiao BRA, Aberto do Brasil, 2013.

6.Rc1 Be7 7.d4 0-0 8.Nf3 e4 9.Nd2 d5 10.Qb3 Nb6 11.c5 Nbd7 12.b5 Re8 13.Qa4 Qc7 14.h3 Nf8 15.b6 (15.Be2 Ne6=) 15...Qb8+= 16.ba7 Ra7 17.Qb3 Ng6 18.Na4 Be6 19.Nb6 Nd7 20.a4 (20.Nd7 Bd7 21.Rb1 Qc7=) 20...f5 (20...Qd8 21.Be2+=) 21.g3 Nf6 22.Be2 h5 (22...Qd8 23.Rb1=) 23.h4 Bd8 24.Ba3 Ng4 25.Bb4 Bc7 26.Rg1 Qd8 27.a5 Qf6 Black plans f4 28.Nf1 f4 (28...Ne7 29.Rb1=) 29.Bg4 Bg4 30.gf4 Nh4 31.Nh2 Nf3 32.Nf3 ef3 33.Kd2 (33.Kd1!?+=) 33...Bf4!–/+ 34.Kc2 (34.ef4 Re4 Double attack (34...Re2 Deflection; 34...Re4 Decoy)) 34...Qf5 (34...Bg5 35.Rh1–/+) 35.Kb2 (35.Kd2 Qe4 36.Qc3 Bc7–/+) 35...Bc7 36.Rh1 g6 (36...Bh3 37.Rb1–+) 37.Rcg1 (37.Rce1 g5–/+) 37...Re7 38.Re1 Kg7 39.Bc3 Re8 40.Qc2 (40.Reg1 Bh3 41.Qc2 Qc2 42.Kc2 Bg2–+) 40...Qc2 41.Kc2 Bf5 42.Kb3 Kh6 43.Bd2 Re4 44.Reg1 g5 Black prepares h4 45.Ra1 g4 46.Be1 (46.Rag1 Bd8–+) 46...Kg5 47.Kb2 (47.Na4 g3 48.Nc3 Rh4–+) 47...h4 Black intends g3 48.Rg1 Re8 49.Kc1 Bh2 50.Rf1 (50.Rh1 g3 51.Kb2 Kg4–+) 50...Bd3 51.Rh1 g3 52.fg3 hg3 53.Bg3 (53.Kd2 Bf5–+) 53...Bg3 54.Kd2 Be4 (54...Bf5 55.Rag1 Kg4 56.Nd7 Bd7 57.Rh7–+) 55.Rag1 Kg4 56.Nd7 f2 (56...Re6!? 57.Nf8 Rf6 58.Nd7–+) 57.Nf6 Kf3 58.Ne8 fg1Q (worse is 58...fg1N 59.Rg1 Ra5 60.Rf1 Bf2 61.Nd6–+) 59.Rg1 Ra5 60.Rf1 Bf2 61.Nd6 Ra2 62.Kc3 Ke2 63.Kb3 Ra5 64.Kb4 Ra6 65.Rc1 (65.Ne4 Kf1 66.Nd6 Ke2 67.Nb7 Ke3–+) 65...Be3 (65...Be3 66.Rc3 Bd4 67.Nb7 Bc3 68.Kc3 Ra3 69.Kb2 Ra7–+) 0–1. Skrivanek,Jan (2225) – Malac,Petr (2095), Czechia KP–chTA, 2007.

6.Qc2 Nb6 7.a3 =.

6.Qc2 Be7 7.Nf3 (7.Rd1 Qb6 8.a3 h6=) 7...0-0 (7...Nf8 8.Be2=) 8.Be2 (8.h3 g6=) 8...Qb6 (8...d5 9.b5=) 9.a3 Re8 10.0-0 Black's piece can't move: c8 10...Nf8 11.d4 ed4 (11...Qc7 12.de5 de5 13.Nb1=) 12.ed4 Black has a cramped position. (12.Nd4 Bd8=) 12...Ng6 (12...Bd7 13.Na4 Qd8 14.Kh1=) 13.d5 White has a very active position (13.h3 Nh8+=) 13...Nf4 14.Qd2 Ne2 15.Qe2 Black has the pair of bishops 15...Bg4 White has an active position 16.h3 White threatens to win material: h3xg4 16...Bh5 17.Qd3 Black has a cramped position (17.Rfe1 h6=) 17...Bg6 Black threatens to win material: Bg6xd3 (17...Rac8 18.dc6 Bf3 19.Qf3 Qc6 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.cd5=) 18.Qd2 a5 19.b5 cb5 (19...Be4 20.Na4 Qd8 21.Rae1 cb5 22.cb5 Bf3 23.Bf6 Bf6 24.gf3+=) 20.cb5 White has an active position. (20.Nb5!? has some apparent merit 20...Rac8 21.Bd4+=) 20...Rac8 21.Rfe1 Kf8 White has a very active position (21...Nd7 22.Re3+=) 22.Nh4 (22.a4 Bd8=) 22...Rc4 23.Ng6 hg6 24.Rad1 Qc5 25.Re3 a4 26.Rde1 Qc7? (26...Bd8 27.Re8 Ne8 28.Ne4=) 27.Ne4 (27.Qd1!? Qc5 28.Na4 Qd5 29.Bf6 Qd1 30.Be7 Re7 31.Rd1 Ra4 32.Rc3+=) 27...Ne4 28.Re4 Re4 29.Re4 Qc5 Black threatens to win material: Qc5xb5 30.Qe2 (30.Ra4 Qb5 31.Ra5 Qb6=) 30...Qd5= 31.Bg7 (31.g3 Qb3=) 31...Kg7+= 32.Re7 Re7 33.Qe7 ½–½. Nemeth,Laszlo – Babucs,Illes, HUN–chT2 Erkel, 2002.

6.d4 ed4 7.ed4 Nb6 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Qe2 Be6 10.Nd2 0-0-0 =.

6.d4 h6 7.Nf3 Qc7 (7...e4 8.Nd2=) 8.Bd3+= Be7 9.0-0 Nb6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.cd6 Qd6 12.Nb5 cb5 13.de5 Qb4 14.ef6 Qb2 15.fe7 a6 16.Rc1 (better is 16.Nd4+=) 16...Qa2? (better is 16...Ke7 17.Rc2 Qf6+=) 17.Rc8!+– Rc8 18.Bf5 Nf6 19.Qd6 Qc4 (19...Qd5 20.Bd7!! Nd7 21.Qd5 Ke7 22.Qb7+–) 20.Bc8 Qc8 21.Rd1 Nd7 22.Ne5 f6 23.Nd7 (23.Qd7?! Qd7 24.Nd7 Ke7+/–) 23...Kf7 24.Nf8 Rf8 (24...Qc6 25.Qd3 Rf8 26.ef8R Kf8 27.Qd8 Kf7 28.Rd7 Kg6 29.h3+–) 25.ef8R Qf8 26.Qd5 Ke7 (26...Kg6+–) 27.Qd7 1–0. Dopper,Johan – Andersson,Egart, corr TKM/A004, 2000.

6.Be2 Qc7 7.a3 d5 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nc3 a6 10.Rc1 Qb8 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Na4 (12.h3!?=) 12...b5 13.Nc3 0-0 14.d3 Bb7 15.Qd2 (15.h3 Rc8=) 15...Qa7 (15...e4!? 16.Nh4 d4 17.Ne4 Be4 18.de4 A) worse is 18...Ne4 19.Qd3 Nef6 20.Nf5+= (20.ed4?! Bh2 21.Kh1 Bf4=); B) 18...Bh2?! 19.Kh1–/+; C) 18...de3 19.Qe3 Bh2 20.Kh1 Bf4–+) 16.Rc2 Rac8 17.Rfc1 Rc7 18.Nd1 (18.Nb5!? Rc2 19.Na7 Rd2 20.Nd2+/–) 18...Rfc8 19.Rc7 Rc7 20.Rc7 Bc7 21.Qc3 Qb8 22.g3 Ne8 23.d4 e4 24.Ne5 Nb6 25.Qc1 Na4 26.Ba1 Bd6 27.Nc3 Qc7 28.Qd2 (28.Bh5 Be5 29.de5 Nb6=) 28...Nb6 (28...Be5?! 29.Na4 Bf6 30.Nc5+=) 29.Nd1 (29.f4 f6 30.Ng4 Nc4 31.Bc4 dc4–/+) 29...Nc4 (better is 29...f6!? 30.Bh5 Qb8–+ (30...Be5?! 31.Be8 Bd6 32.Bh5–/+)) 30.Nc4+= dc4 31.Bc3 Bd5 32.f4?? (32.Bb2 Nf6–/+) 32...f5 (better is 32...ef3 33.Bf1 Bg3–+) 33.Nf2 a5 (33...Nf6 34.g4–/+) 34.Nh3 (34.ba5 Ba3 35.Bb4 Bb4 36.Qb4 c3 37.Qb5 Nf6+=) 34...h6 35.Nf2 Qe7 36.ba5 Ba3 37.a6 b4 38.Ba1 (38.Qa2 Nd6–/+) 38...c3 (38...Qa7!? 39.Bb2 Qa6 40.Bf1–+) 39.Qc2 Nc7 40.Nd1 Qd6 41.Nc3 (41.a7!? Na8–/+) 41...bc3–+ 42.Qc3 Bb4 43.Qb2 (43.Qc1 Kh7–+) 43...Na8 (43...Na6!? 44.Ba6 Qa6 45.Qb4 Qa1 46.Kg2 Qa2 47.Kg1–+) 44.Kf2 Nb6 45.a7 Na8 46.Kg2 Qb6 47.Kf2 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – l7169, Active, 2005.

6.Be2 d5 7.cd5 cd5 8.Qb3 d4 (8...Nb6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Nd4=) 9.ed4+= ed4 (9...e4 10.d3 ed3 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.Nge2 Qb4 13.0-0+=) 10.Nb5+/– Be7 11.Nf3 a6 (11...0-0 12.0-0+/–) 12.Nbd4+/– 0-0 13.0-0 b5? (better is 13...a5+/–) 14.Nc6+– Qe8 15.Rae1 (15.Ne7?! Qe7 16.Rfe1 Qd6+–) 15...Bb7 (15...Nb6 16.Nfd4 Bd6 17.Bb5 ab5 18.Re8 Ne8 19.Nb5+–) 16.Bb5!! ab5 17.Ne7 Kh8 18.Ng5 h6 19.f4 hg5 (19...Ra6+–) 20.Qh3 Nh7 21.Ng6! fg6 22.Re8 Rae8 23.Qd7 Be4 (23...Nf6 24.Qb7 Rb8+–) 24.Qg7 1–0. miehnekort – ed4nava, Yahoo!, 2005.

6.Be2 g6 7.h4 (7.Nf3 d5=) 7...h6 (7...Nb6 8.Nf3=) 8.Qc2 (8.d4 Bg7=) 8...Bg7 9.Nh3 (9.e4 Qb6 10.a3 c5=) 9...Nf8 (9...Nb6 10.d3+=) 10.a4 a5 (10...Be6 11.e4+=) 11.b5= Bf5 12.d3 Ne6 (12...d5 13.bc6 bc6 14.Rb1+=) 13.f3 (13.h5 Rc8= (13...Nh5? 14.g4+–)) 13...Bh3 (13...Nh5 14.g4+/–) 14.Rh3= Qb6 (14...Rc8 15.Rb1=) 15.Qd2 (15.Ne4 0-0 16.Nf6 Bf6=) 15...d5 (15...Nc5 16.Qc2=) 16.bc6 bc6 (worse is 16...Qc6 17.cd5 Nd5 18.h5+=) 17.cd5 Nd5 18.Nd5 cd5 19.Ba3 (19.h5!?=) 19...d4+= 20.ed4 (20.e4 Qc6+=) 20...Nd4–/+ 21.Ra2 (21.Qd1 Rb8 22.Rc1 Bf8 (22...Ne2?! 23.Ke2 Qb3 24.Bd6+=) 23.Bf8 Kf8–/+) 21...Bf8 22.f4 (22.Rb2 Nb3 23.Qc3 Qg1 24.Bf1 Nd4=) 22...Ba3 23.Ra3 Rb8 (23...ef4!? 24.Rc3 0-0–+) 24.Rc3 0-0 (24...ef4 25.Qf4 0-0–+) 25.fe5= Nf5 (25...Rfe8 26.Re3 Nf5–/+) 26.h5?? (26.d4 Qd4 27.Qd4 Nd4=) 26...Rfe8?? (better is 26...Qg1 27.Bf1 Rfe8–+) 27.d4+= Qd4 (27...Nd4 A) 28.Qh6 Re5 (worse is 28...Ne2 29.Rce3 Qb4 30.Kf2–+) 29.hg6 Re2 30.Kd1 Qb1 31.Rc1 fg6 32.Qh7 Kf8+/–; B) 28.Rhe3=) 28.Qd4= Nd4 29.Rhe3 (29.Rc5 Rb2 30.Bc4 Rg2+=) 29...Ne2 (29...gh5 30.Re4 Rb1 31.Kf2 Ne2 32.Ke2–/+) 30.Ke2 Rb4 31.hg6 fg6 32.Rc6 Rg4 (32...Kf7 33.Rc7 Ke6 34.Rg7=) 33.Kf3 (33.Ra6 Ra4 34.Rg6 Kh7=) 33...Rg5 Attacks the isolani on e5 34.Rc5 (better is 34.g4=) 34...Kf7? (better is 34...Rf8 35.Ke2 Rg2 36.Kd3 Ra8=) 35.Ra5+– Rf5 (35...Rf8 36.g3+–) 36.Ke4 Re7 37.Rf3 (37.g3 Rf1+–) 37...Rf3 38.gf3 h5 39.f4 Ke6 (39...Rb7 40.Rb5 Ra7 41.a5+–) 40.Ra6 (40.Ra8 Kf7+–) 40...Kf7 41.a5 Rc7 (41...h4 42.Ra8 Kg7 43.Rd8+–) 42.f5 (42.Rf6 Kg7+–) 42...gf5 43.Kf5 h4 44.Rh6 Rc5 45.a6 Ra5 46.Rb6 (46.Kg4 Ra4 47.Kg5 h3+–) 46...h3 47.Rh6 h2 (47...Kg7 48.Rh3 Ra6 49.Rc3+–) 48.Rh2 (48.Rh7 Kg8 49.Rh2 Ra6+–) 48...Ra6 49.Rh7 Ke8 ½–½. Andersen,Ejnar – Stewart,Tanya (2010), Lyngby mT, 1996.

6.Nf3 d5 7.cd5 cd5 8.Qb3 e4 9.Nd4 Nb6 10.a4 Be6 11.a5 Nc8 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Nd5 Be7? (better is 13...Bb5 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.Nb5 Qc6+/–) 14.a6+– (14.Ne7?! Ne7 15.Bc4 0-0+–) 14...b6 (14...Rb8 15.ab7 Bb5 16.bc8Q Qc8 17.Ne7 Qg4+–) 15.Nc6 (15.Ne7?! Ne7 16.d3 0-0+–) 15...Bc6 16.Bc6 Nd7 17.Ba8 0-0 18.Qc3 Nf6 19.Rc1 Nd6 (19...Re8 20.Bc6 Nd6 21.Qe5+–) 20.Qe5 Re8 21.Bc6 Rf8 (21...Kf8+–) 22.Ne7 Kh8 23.Qf6! gf6 (23...gf6 24.Bf6 Mate attack) 24.Bf6. Fournier,Frederic (2270) – Pascal183 (1810), echecsemail.com, 2007.

7.Nf3 0-0 8.d4= ed4 (8...a5 9.b5=) 9.ed4 (9.Nd4 a5 10.a3 Re8=) 9...Re8 (9...d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nd5 cd5 12.Bd3=) 10.Be2= Bf8 (10...d5 11.0-0=) 11.0-0 Ne4 (11...a5!?=) 12.Ne4+= Re4 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Rfe1 Re1 (14...Be7 15.d5+=) 15.Re1+/– Nf6 16.a4 (16.d5 Bg4+/–) 16...Bg4+= 17.Nd2 (17.Re3 g6+=) 17...d5 18.c5 a6 (18...Qd7 19.h3 Bf5 20.Nf3+=) 19.b5 (19.Qc2 b6+/–) 19...ab5+= 20.ab5 Qc8 (20...Qd7 21.Re5+=) 21.Qc2 (21.Bc1 Qd7+=) 21...g6 (21...cb5 22.h3 Bd7 23.Nf3=) 22.f3 (22.h3 Be6+=) 22...Bd7 23.b6 Ra2 (23...Bg7 24.Bc1+=) 24.Qb3 (24.Nb1 Ra8+=) 24...Ra8 25.Qc2 Nh5 (25...Ra2 26.Nb1 Ra8 27.Bc1+=) 26.g3+= Bh3 (26...Bg7 27.Nb3+=) 27.Nf1 (27.Bc3 Bh6+=) 27...Bf1 (27...Bg7 28.Ne3+=) 28.Bf1+= Ra2 29.Qb3 Ra8 30.Qe3 Ng7 31.Qe5 (31.Qd3 Ne6=) 31...Qe6 32.Qe6 (32.f4 Qe5 33.fe5 Ne6=) 32...Ne6 33.Bh3 Nc5 (33...Ra2 34.Be6 fe6 35.Re2+=) 34.dc5 Bc5 35.Kf1 Kf8 (35...d4!?=) 36.Bf6 Bb6 (36...h5 37.Bd7+/–) 37.Rb1 Bd8 38.Bd8 Rd8 39.Rb7 c5 40.Rc7 c4 41.f4 (41.Bc8 Kg7+/–) 41...Ra8 42.Bg4 Ra1 43.Kg2 Ra2 44.Kh3 (44.Kg1+/–) 44...h6 (44...Rd2!?+=) 45.Bf3 (45.f5 gf5 46.Bh5 f6+/–) 45...Rd2 (45...Ra5 46.Rd7+/–) 46.Rc5 d4 (46...Ke7!? 47.Rd5 Rd5 48.Bd5 c3+–) 47.Rc4+– g5 (47...Rf2 48.Be4 Rd2 49.Rc7+–) 48.fg5 (48.Kg4 f6+–) 48...hg5 49.Kg4 f6 50.Kf5 (better is 50.h4 gh4 51.gh4+– (worse is 51.Kh4 Ke7+–)) 50...Rf2+/– 51.Kf6 Rf3 52.Kg5 d3 (52...Rd3 53.Kf4+/–) 53.Rd4 Rf2 (53...Kf7 54.Kg4 Rf2 55.Rd3 Rh2 56.Kg5+–) 54.h4 (54.Rd8 Kf7+–) 54...d2+/– 55.h5 Kf7 56.g4 Ke6 57.Kg6?? (better is 57.h6 Kf7 58.Rd8+–) 57...Ke5= 58.Rd3 (58.Rd2 Rd2 59.h6 Rd6 60.Kg7 Rd7 61.Kg6 Rd8=) 58...Rf6 59.Kg7 Rd6 60.Rd2 Rd2 61.h6 Rd7 62.Kg6 ½–½. Zalys – Bagusis, Montreal, 1983.

7.Nf3 a5 8.a3 e4 9.Ng5 d5 10.cd5 cd5 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Nf7?? (better is 12.Qd5!? Bg5 13.Bg7+/–) 12...Kf7 (better is 12...Nc5!? 13.bc5 Kf7–/+) 13.Qd5= Kf8 14.Bc4 Qe8 15.Qe4 Bf6 16.Qf3 ab4 17.d4 Qe7 18.0-0? (better is 18.a4+=) 18...Nb6–+ (18...ba3 19.e4 ab2 20.Ra8+/–) 19.Bb3 ba3 20.Bc1 Be6 (better is 20...h5!? 21.e4 Bg4–/+) 21.Be6= Qe6 22.Ba3 Kf7 23.e4 Kg6 24.e5 Be7 25.Qe4 Kh6 26.Bc1 g5 27.Ra8 Ra8 (worse is 27...Na8 28.f4 Qc6 29.d5 Bc5 30.Kh1+/–) 28.h4 Qd5 29.hg5 Kg7 30.Qh4 Nd7 31.Qh6 Kg8 32.g6 Nf8 (32...Qd4?? 33.Qh7 Kf8 34.Qh8) 33.gh7 Nh7 34.Be3 b5 35.f4 Ra2 36.Qg6 Kh8 37.f5 Bg5 38.Qe8 Kg7 39.f6 (39.Bf2!?+/–) 39...Kh6= 40.Bf2 Bh4 (40...Rf2 41.Rf2 Be3 42.f7 Bf2 43.Kf2 Qd4 44.Kg3 Qe3 45.Kh2 Qf4 46.Kg1 Qd4 47.Kh2 Qh4 48.Kg1 Qe1 49.Kh2 Qh4 50.Kg1 Qd4 51.Kf1 Qc4 52.Ke1 Qb4 53.Kd1=) 41.g3 (41.Qe7 Bf2 42.Rf2 Ng5 43.Qf8 Kh5 44.Qh8 Kg6 45.Qe8 Kh6 46.Ra2 Qa2+/–) 41...Ng5 (better is 41...Rf2!? 42.Rf2 Bg3=) 42.Qh8+/– (42.gh4?? Nf3 43.Kg2 Ne1 44.Kg3 Qg2 45.Kf4 Qf3) 42...Kg6 43.Qg7 Kh5 44.gh4 Nf3 45.Kh1 Nh4? (better is 45...Ne5 46.Qg2 Nf3+–) 46.Kh2 Nf3 (46...Nf5 47.Qh7 Nh6+–) 47.Kg3 Ra3 (47...Qe4 48.Rh1 Nh4 49.Qh8 Kg6 50.Rh4 Qd3 51.Kg2 Rf2 52.Kf2 Qd2 53.Kf3 Qd3 54.Kf4 Qd4 55.Kf3 Qd3 56.Kf2 Qd2 57.Kg1 Qd1 58.Kh2 Qe2 59.Kg3 Qd3 60.Kg2 Qe2 61.Kh3 Qf3 62.Kh2 Qe2 63.Kh1 Qf3 64.Kh2 Qe2=) 48.Qg4 (48.Kf4 Qe4 49.Ke4 Ng5 50.Kd5 Ra7 51.Qa7 Kg4 52.Qd7 Kf4 53.Bh4 Nf3 54.Qh3 Ke3 55.Rf2 b4 56.Qf3) 48...Kh6 49.Be3! Re3 50.Qf4 (50.Qf4 Kg6 51.Qe3+– (51.Rf3?! Rf3 52.Qf3 Qd4+/–)) 1–0. Baret,Antoine (2110) – Derieux,Christian (2135), FRA–chT2B, 2006.

7.Nf3 a5 8.b5+=.

7.d4 0-0 8.a3 ed4 9.Nd4 c5 (9...Ne5 10.Be2=) 10.Nf5 (10.bc5 dc5 11.Nf3 Qa5=) 10...Ne5 11.Ne7 Qe7 12.Nb5 (12.Be2!?=) 12...Rd8=+ 13.Qc2 a6 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Na4 Qc7 (better 15...cb4!? 16.Nb6 ba3 17.Ra3 Rab8-/+) 16.Be5+= de5 17.Nc5 Rd6 (17...a5!? 18.Ne6 fe6+=) 18.Ne6+= Re6 (18...fe6 19.Be2+/-) 19.Be2+/- e4 20.0-0 Re7 (20...Qe5 21.c5+/-) 21.c5 h5 (21...Rd8 22.Rfd1+-) 22.Rad1 Rae8 23.Rd6 (23.h3 h4+-) 23...Ng4 (23...Rd8 24.Rd8 Qd8 25.Rd1+-) 24.h3 (better 24.Qd1+-) 24...Ne5? (24...Nf6+-) 25.Qe4 f6 (25...Ng4 26.Qd4 Nf6+-) 26.Bh5 b6 (26...Nf7 27.Qd4+-) 27.Qd5 (better 27.Be8 Re8 28.f4 Nf3 29.Qf3 bc5 30.Qd5 Qf7 31.Qc5 Qe7+-) 27...Kh8 (27...Nf7 28.cb6 Qb7 29.Bf7 Rf7+-) 28.Be8 Re8 29.Rb6 (29.f4 Qf7 30.fe5 Qd5 31.Rd5 bc5 32.bc5 fe5+-) 29...Rd8 (29...Qc8 30.Rd1 Re7 31.f4+-) 30.Rd6 Re8 31.Rd1 (better 31.f4 Qe7 32.fe5 Qe5 33.Qe5 fe5 34.c6+-) 31...a5 (31...Qe7+-) 32.Rd8 Rd8 33.Qd8 Qd8 34.Rd8 Kh7 35.b5 1-0. zembelek1 (2185) - cavalloreale (1755), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.b5 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Qa1 Nc5 13.d4 Ne6 14.de5 de5 15.Rd1 Re8 16.bc6 bc6 17.h3 Bf8 18.Na4 Nc5 19.Nc5 Bc5 20.Be5 Qe7 21.Bf6 gf6 22.Qc3 Bf5 23.Nd4 Bg6 24.Nc6 Qe6 25.Nd4 Qb6 26.Bf3 Kg7 27.Bd5 Rb8 28.g4 Bb4 29.Qa1 Qd6 30.Qa7 Bc5 31.Qa4 Qe5 32.Qd7 Bd4 33.Rd4 Rb1 34.Kg2 h5 35.Rf4 Qa1 36.gh5 Rg1 37.Kf3 Qd1 Normal 0-1. poesimannen (1930) - maristenli (2210), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.Nf3 h6 7.d4 c6 8.Be2 g5 9.h3 Nf8? (better is 9...e4!? 10.Nd2 d5+=) 10.de5+– de5 11.Qd8 (worse is 11.Ne5 Qd1 12.Rd1 Bb4+/–) 11...Bd8 12.Ne5 Bc7 13.Ng4 Ng4 14.hg4 f5? (better is 14...Be5+–) 15.Nd5 Bd6 (15...cd5 16.Bh8 dc4 17.gf5 Bf5 18.Bc4+–) 16.Bh8 fg4 (16...cd5 17.c5 Bc7+–) 17.Rh6 Kd7 (17...Be6 18.c5 Bd5 19.cd6 a5 20.ba5 Ra5+–) 18.Bg4 Kd8 19.Rd6 Ke8 20.Bh5 Ng6 21.Bg6 Kf8 22.Rd8 1–0. Schellen,Anton – Van Dosselaer,Mattias, SE–2010-0-00051, 2010.

7.ed4 0-0 8.g3 Re8 9.Bg2 (better is 9.Nge2!?–/+) 9...Nb6 10.c5 dc5 11.bc5 Nc4 12.Bc1 c6?? (better is 12...Bc5 13.Nge2 Qd4–+) 13.Nge2–/+ Bg4 14.f3 (14.Qa4!? Be6 15.0-0=+) 14...Bf5 15.0-0 Qc7 (15...b6!?–/+) 16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qa4 b6 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.cb6 (better is 19.Be5!?=+) 19...ab6–/+ 20.Rab1? (better is 20.Rae1–/+) 20...Bd6?? (20...b5 21.Qd1 Bb1 22.Qb1–+) 21.Qd1?? Bf4–+ 22.Nf4 Rab8 23.Na4?? Bb1–+ 24.Qb1 b5 25.Nc5 Qd6 26.Rd1 Nc4 27.Qf5? Ne3 28.Qg5 Nd1 29.h4 Qd4 30.Kh2 h6 31.Qf5 Re5 32.Qh3 Qc5 33.g4 Re2! 34.g5 hg5 35.hg5 Qg5 36.Ne2 Qh5 37.Qh5 Nh5 38.f4 Re8 39.Nd4 Nf4 40.Bc6 Rd8 41.Nb5 Rd2 42.Kg3 Ng6 43.a4 Rc2 44.Be4 Nc3 45.Nc3?? Rc3–+ 46.Kf2 Ra3 47.Bc6 Ne5 48.Bb5 Ra4 49.Ba4 f6 50.Kg3 (50…Kf7 51.Bb3 Kg6 52.Kf4–+). slavisa11 – ontherooks, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

7.ed4 c5 8.bc5 dc5 9.d5 Qb6 10.Qd2 0-0 11.Nf3 a6 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.0-0 Ne5 14.Ne5 Be5 15.Na4 Qd6 16.Be5 Qe5 17.Nc5 Qd6 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Be4 b5 20.cb5 ab5 21.Qc2 g6 (better is 21...f5!? 22.Bf3 Bd7+=) 22.Qc6+– Qb8 23.Rfb1 b4 24.Qc4 Ba6 25.Qb4 Qe5 26.Re1 Rab8 27.Qa5 Qd6 28.Bf3 Rb5 29.Qa4 Rfb8 30.h3 Rb4 (30...Rc5 31.Rac1 Bb5 32.Qd4 Rc1 33.Rc1+–) 31.Qc6 R4b6 32.Qd6 Rd6 33.Rec1 Rbb6 34.Rc6 Bb7 35.Rb6 Rb6 36.a4 Kf8 37.a5 Rd6 38.Rb1 Bd5 (38...Ba6+–) 39.Rd1 1–0. Humeau,Cyril (2255) – Camblan,Roger, Ajaccio FRA, 1st Open, 2012.

7.Qc2 a5 8.b5 =+.

7.Qc2 c6 8.a3 b6 9.Nf3= Bb7 (9...d5 10.0-0=) 10.d4 Qc7 (10...a5 11.0-0=) 11.0-0+= Rfe8 12.Rac1 Bf8 (12...ed4 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Rfd1+=) 13.Qf5 (13.Bd3 a5+=) 13...ed4 (13...Bc8 14.b5+=) 14.ed4 g6 (14...Re7 15.Rfe1+=) 15.Qf4 Bg7 16.Bd3 (16.Rfe1 a5+=) 16...Rac8 (16...a5 17.Rfe1+=) 17.d5 (17.Rfe1 a5+=) 17...Nh5 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.Be2 cd5 (19...Nf3 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.dc6 Bc6 22.Nd5 Bd5 23.cd5+/–) 20.Ne5 (worse is 20.cd5 Nc4 21.Bc4 Qc4+=) 20...Be5 (20...de5 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Bh5 gh5 23.Rfd1+/–) 21.Bh5 (21.Nd5 Bd5 22.cd5 Qe7 23.Rc8 Rc8 24.Bh5 Bb2 25.Qb2 gh5+/–) 21...gh5 (21...Qc4 22.Nb1 Qa2 23.Be5 Qd2 24.Nd2 de5 25.Be2+=) 22.f4 Bg7 23.Nd5 (23.cd5?! Qc4 24.Rfd1 Qb3=) 23...Bd5 24.Bg7 (24.cd5 Qe7+/–) 24...Be4? (better is 24...Bc4!? 25.Bb2 f6+=) 25.Bb2+– Rf8 (better is 25...Kf8+–) 26.Qd4 Threatening mate: Qg7 26...f5 27.Qh8 (27.Rfe1 h4+–) 27...Kf7 28.Qh7 Ke6 29.Qh5 Rg8 Threatening mate... how? 30.Rf2 Qc6 (30...Rce8 31.Rd2+–) 31.g3 (31.Qh6 Kd7+–) 31...Rce8 (31...Rge8 32.Rd2 Kd7 33.Rcd1+–) 32.Rd2 Rd8 (32...Rg4 33.Rcd1 Reg8 34.Qh6 R4g6 35.Qh7+–) 33.Qh6 Kf7 (33...Kd7 34.Bf6 Rde8 35.Be5+–) 34.Qf6 Ke8 35.c5! Bh1 (35...dc5 Exploits the pin 36.Rd8 A double attack) 36.Qe6 1–0. Levermann,Claus Peter – Solberg,Kirsten, Ruhrgebiet VK4, 1996.

7.Qc2 c6 8.a3 Nb6 9.Nf3 Ne8 (9...Be6 10.d3=) 10.d4+= ed4 (10...Be6 11.Qb3=) 11.Nd4 g6 (11...c5!? 12.Nf5 Be6 13.Ne7 Qe7+=) 12.0-0+/– Nc7 (12...Be6 13.Ne6 fe6 14.Ne4+/–) 13.Rad1 d5 (13...Qe8 14.Qd3+/–) 14.c5 Nd7 15.h3 (15.e4 Re8+/–) 15...Nf6 (15...Ne6 16.e4 Nd4 17.Rd4+/–) 16.Bd3 (16.Rfe1 Re8+/–) 16...Ne6 17.Rfe1 (17.Nce2 a5+/–) 17...Ng5 (17...Nd4 18.ed4 Be6 19.Re2+/–) 18.Be2 (18.e4 de4 19.Ne4 Nge4 20.Be4 Qc7+/–) 18...Qc7 19.Bf1 (19.Qd3 a5+/–) 19...Nfe4 (19...a5 20.Be2+/–) 20.Nce2 (20.Ndb5 Qb8+/–) 20...Bf6 21.h4 (21.Nf4 Re8+=) 21...Bd4 (21...Ne6!?=) 22.Bd4 (22.Nd4 Ne6+/–) 22...Ne6+= 23.Ba1 f5 (23...b6 24.f3 Ng3 25.Ng3 Qg3 26.cb6 ab6 27.Qc6 Ra3 A) 28.Qd5?! Re3 (worse is 28...Qh4 29.e4+/–) 29.Be5 Nf4 30.Bf4 Qf4=; B) 28.Bf6+/–) 24.Qb2+/– Qg7 (24...Ng7+/–) 25.Qc2 (25.Qg7 Ng7 26.Nd4 Bd7+/–) 25...Qe7 (25...Qc7!?=) 26.g3 (26.f3 Nf6+=) 26...Nf6 (26...a5 27.Qb2 Ng7 28.f3+=) 27.Bg2 (27.Be5 Re8+/–) 27...Bd7 (27...a5 28.Be5 Re8 29.Qb2 ab4 30.Bf6 (worse is 30.Qb4 Ne4+=) 30...ba3 31.Be7 ab2 32.Bd6+/–) 28.Be5+/– Ne8 29.Qc3 Rf7 (29...b6 30.h5+/–) 30.Rd2 (30.Nf4 b6+/–) 30...Nf6+= 31.Red1 (better is 31.Bd6!? Qe8 32.f3+=) 31...Ne4= 32.Be4 fe4 33.Nf4 Nf4 (33...Rf5 34.Bd6 Qf7 35.g4=) 34.Bf4 (34.ef4 Bg4 35.Re1 Rd8=) 34...a6 (34...Bg4 35.Rb1–/+) 35.a4 (35.Bd6 Qe6+=) Be6 (35...Be6 36.Rb1 Qd7+=; 35...Bg4 36.Rc1–/+) 0–1. Margraf,A – Gutgesell, Bayer Sen–EinzelM, 1992.

7.Qc2 c6 8.Nf3 d5 =+.

7.Qc2 Re8 8.Nf3=.

7.Nf3 d5 8.cd5 Bb4+=.

7.Nf3 d5 8.Nd5 Nd5 9.cd5 e4 =.

7.d4 c6 8.de5 de5 9.c5 Re8 10.Qb3 Nf8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Nf7 Bc4 14.Qc4 Bc5 15.Nd6 Ne6 16.Ne8 Re8 17.bc5 Kh8 18.0-0 Ng5 19.Ne2 Nfe4 20.Rad1 Qf7 21.Qf7 Nf7 22.Rd7 1-0. Butterbrot (2075) - seventoz (2170), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

7.d4 e4 8.Nd2 c6 9.Nce4 Ne4 10.Ne4 Re8 11.Be2 b6 12.Bg4 (12.0-0 d5 13.cd5 cd5+/–) 12...Bb7 (better is 12...d5!? 13.cd5 cd5=) 13.Qb3 d5 14.cd5 cd5 15.Nc3 Nf6 16.Bf3 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 16...Rb8 17.0-0 Qd7 18.Rac1 Ba6 19.Rfd1?? (19.b5 Bb7 20.Ba3+–) 19...Bd6?? (19...Bc4 20.Qa4 Qa4 21.Na4 Bb4 22.a3+=) 20.h3?? (20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Bd5 Bb5+–) 20...Ne4?? (better is 20...Bc4 21.Qa4 Qa4 22.Na4 Bb4+=) 21.Nd5 Ng5 22.Bg4 Qb7?? (22...Qd8+–) 23.b5 Bb5 24.Qb5 a6 (24...Rbd8+–) 25.Qd3 (better is 25.Qc6 Red8 26.Qb7 Rb7 27.Bc8+–) 25...Qd5 26.Qa6 f5 27.Be2 Red8 (27...b5 28.Qa5 Red8 29.Ba1+–) 28.Qc4 (better is 28.Bc4 Qf7 29.Bf7 Nf7 30.Qb5+–) 28...Qc4 29.Rc4 1–0. Rush,Bradley – Bokadom,Mohamed, ZL–2011–0-00995, 2011.

7.d4 Re8 8.Be2 (8.Bd3 ed4 9.Nd4 Ne5=) 8...Bf8 (8...ed4 9.Nd4 Nb6 10.b5=) 9.Qc2 (9.0-0 c5 10.a3 a5=) 9...ed4 10.Nd4 Ne5 (10...a5 11.b5+=) 11.0-0-0 (11.0-0 a5 12.a3 Bg4+=) 11...Nfg4 (11...c6 12.Nf3+=) 12.Rdf1 (12.Rhf1 a5 (worse is 12...Nh2 13.Rh1+/–) 13.b5 Be7= (worse is 13...Nh2 14.Rh1+/–)) 12...c5+= 13.bc5 dc5 14.Nf3 g6 (14...Bd6!?=) 15.h3+= Nh6? (15...Nf3 16.hg4 Ne5 17.Rd1+/–) 16.Rd1 (16.Ne5 Re5 17.Nd5 Bg7 18.Be5 Be5+–) 16...Qa5 (16...Nd7 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qb2 f6 20.Nc5+/–) 17.Ne5 Re5 18.Nd5 Re6 (18...Bg7 19.Be5 Be5 20.Ne7 Kg7+–) 19.Nf6 (19.Qc3 Qc3 20.Bc3 Nf5+–) 19...Kh8? (19...Kg7 20.g4 Be7 21.Nd5 Kf8 22.Qd2+/–) 20.Nh5?? (better is 20.Qc3 Qc3 21.Bc3+–) 20...Kg8+= 21.Nf6 Kh8 22.Nh5?? (better is 22.Qc3 Qc3 23.Bc3+–) 22...Kg8+= 23.Nf6 (better is 23.Bd3+=) 23...Kh8+– 24.Nh5?? (better is 24.Qc3 Qc3 25.Bc3+–) 24...Kg8+= 25.Nf6 (25.Bd3!?+=) 25...Kh8= 26.Nh5 ½–½. jaddwarrior (2085) – Reidulf (1945), ChessWorld.net, 2017.

7.Qc2 Qc7 8.Be2 h6 9.a4 g5 10.h4 g4 11.Ng1 h5 12.g3 Rg8 13.Bd3 Nf8 14.Nge2 Ng6 15.f4 ef4 16.ef4 Be6 17.0-0-0 Bd7 18.Rhe1 0-0-0 19.Nd4 c5 20.Ndb5 Qb8 21.Bg6 Rg6 22.Re7 a6 23.Nd5 Nd5 24.cd5 ab5 25.Rf7 Rgg8 26.a5 c4 27.Bd4 Be8 28.Re7 Rd7 29.Rde1 Bg6 30.f5 Bh7 31.Bf6 Rf8 32.Rd7 Kd7 33.Re7 Kc8 34.Rh7 b6 35.Be7 Re8 36.f6 ba5 37.f7 Rf8 38.Bf8 Kd7 39.Bd6 Kd6 40.f8Q Qf8 41.Rh6 Kd7 42.Qh7 Kd8 43.Qh8 Time forfeit 1-0. alanme1 (2100) - Maartenols (2045), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bd3 a5 8.a3 d5 9.cd5 cd5=.

7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 (8.0-0 0-0+=) 8...a6 (8...e4 9.Nd4=) 9.0-0 0-0 (9...a5 10.b5+=) 10.d4 e4 (10...ed4 11.Nd4 a5 12.b5+=) 11.Nd2+/– d5 (11...a5 12.b5+/–) 12.cd5 cd5 (12...Nd5 13.Nde4 Nb4 14.d5 cd5 15.Nd5 Nd5 16.Qd5+/–) 13.Qb3 White plans b5 13...Qd6 14.Ba3 (14.b5 Qb4+/–) 14...Qe6 15.b5 (15.a5 Nb8+/–) 15...Ba3+= 16.Ra3 (16.Qa3 b6+=) 16...a5 17.Rc1 (17.b6 Nb6 18.Rb1 Nbd7=) 17...b6= 18.Ra2 Bb7 19.Rac2 Rfc8 20.Ncb1 (20.Nf1 g6=) 20...Rc2 21.Rc2 Rc8 (21...Ne8 22.Nf1=) 22.Rc8+= Bc8 23.Qc3 Nf8 24.Qc7 Ne8 25.Qd8 Bd7 26.Nc3 Qf6? (better is 26...Qd6+=) 27.Qb8+– Qe6 28.Nd5?? (better is 28.Bd1+–) 28...Qd5+= 29.Qb6 Qa8 (29...Qa2!? 30.Qa5 Nf6+=) 30.Nc4+/– Nf6 (30...Qd5 31.Qa5 Nd6 32.Qb4 Nb5 33.Qa5+–) 31.Qa5 Qa5 32.Na5 Nd5 33.Bd1 Ne6 (33...Be6 34.Bc2 Nd7 35.Nc6+/– (35.Be4?! Nc3 36.Bc2 Nb6+=)) 34.Nb7 (better is 34.Bb3 Nc3 35.b6+–) 34...Nec7? (better is 34...Kf8!?+/–) 35.Nc5+– Bc8 (35...Be8 36.Ne4 f5 37.Nc5+–) 36.Ne4 (better is 36.Bb3 Kf8 37.a5 Nb4+–) 36...Bb7? (36...Kf8+–) 37.Nd6 Ba8 38.Bb3 (better is 38.a5 Nc3 39.b6 Na6+–) 38...Kf8 39.e4 Nc3 (39...Ke7 40.Nf5 (40.Bd5?! Nd5 41.e5 f6+–; 40.ed5?! Kd6 41.b6 Na6=) 40...Kf6 41.f3+– (41.Bd5 Nd5 42.a5 Nc3+–; 41.ed5 Kf5 42.d6 Ne6+–)) 40.b6 Ne6 (40...Ne8 41.b7 Bb7 42.Nb7 Ne2 43.Kf1 Nd4 44.Bc4+–) 41.Be6 fe6 42.b7 (42.a5!? Ne2 43.Kf1 Nd4+–) 42...Bb7 43.Nb7 Ne4 (43...Na4 44.f3 Nb2 45.Kf1+–) 44.a5 Nc3 45.a6 Nb5 46.f4 Ke7 (46...Na7 47.Kf2+–) 47.Kf2 Kd7 (47...Na7 48.Ke3+–) 48.Nc5 (48.Ke3 Kc6+–) 48...Kd6 49.Ke3 Kd5 (49...g6 50.Ke4+–) 50.g4 g6 (50...h6 51.h4+–) 51.h4 Kd6 (51...Nc7 52.a7+–) 52.Ne4 Ke7 (52...Kc6 53.Ng5 h5 54.gh5 gh5 55.Ne6+–) 53.Kd3 Kf7 (53...h5 54.gh5 gh5+–) 54.Kc4 (better is 54.Nd6 Nd6 55.a7 Ne8+–) 54...Na7 55.Kc5 Ke7 56.Kb6 Nc8 57.Kb7 (better is 57.Kc7 Na7+–) 57...Kd8 58.a7 (58.Ng5 h6+–) 58...Na7 59.Ka7 1–0. Lorenz,Alexander (2020) – Ellmer,Lukas, Leibnitz AUT,Steirische Landesliga, 2017.

7.Be2 e4 8.Nd4=.

6.Qb3 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 (8.e4 a5=) 8...c6 (8...Re8 9.e4=) 9.d4 (9.0-0 a5=) 9...e4 (9...ed4 10.ed4 a5 11.0-0=) 10.Ng5 (10.Nd2 Re8+=) 10...Re8 (10...Qe7 11.a3=) 11.h4 (11.0-0 Bh6 12.h4 Bg7=) 11...h6 (11...Nb6 12.h5=) 12.0-0-0?? (better is 12.Nh3=) 12...a5 (12...a5 13.Nh3 ab4 14.Qb4 c5–/+) 0–1. jaddwarrior (1925) – onasa582349 (1790), ChessWorld.net, 2014.

6.d3 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 h6 9.e4 Ne8 (9...a5 10.a3=) 10.g3 (10.0-0 Nef6+=) 10...c6 (10...a5 11.a3=) 11.Nh4 (11.0-0 Nef6+=) 11...Kh7 (11...Ndf6 12.0-0+=) 12.Ng2 (12.0-0 Nc7=) 12...f5 (12...Nc7 13.0-0=) 13.Qd2 (13.ef5 gf5 14.0-0 Nc7+=) 13...a5 (13...f4 14.Nh4= (worse is 14.gf4 ef4 15.Nf4 Qf6–/+)) 14.b5 (14.ef5 ab4 15.fg6 Kg6=) 14...Nc5 15.Rb1 Nc7 16.h4 (16.bc6 bc6 17.ef5 Bf5=) 16...cb5 17.cb5 b6 18.a4 (18.h5 g5=) 18...Be6 (better is 18...d5 19.h5 g5 20.ef5 Bf5–/+) 19.Bf3?? (better is 19.h5 gh5 20.ef5 Bf5 21.Ba3=) 19...fe4–+ 20.Be4 d5 21.Bg6 (21.Ba3 de4 (worse is 21...Ne4 22.de4 Rf3 23.Rc1–+) 22.Bc5 bc5 23.Ne4 Bf5–+) 21...Kg6 22.h5 (22.0-0 Rf3–+) 22...Kh7 Black intends e4 23.Nh4 (23.0-0 Rf3 24.Ne1 Rf5–+) 23...e4 24.de4 de4 (better is 24...d4 25.Ba3 dc3 26.Qd8 Rfd8 27.Bc5 bc5 28.Ng6–+) 25.Ne4 (25.Qd8 Rad8 26.0-0–+) 25...Qd2 26.Nd2 Bb2 0–1. Rzayev,Hasan_Agha – Babazada,Khazar, Aydin Guseinov Memorial, 2016.

6.Nf3 c6 7.d4 e4 (7...Bg7 8.Be2=) 8.Nd2 d5 9.b5 Bg7 10.Ba3 Qa5 11.Qb3 a6 (11...Bf8!? 12.Bb2 Be7+=) 12.Bb4 Qd8 (12...Qc7+–) 13.bc6 bc6 14.cd5 cd5 15.Nd5 Rb8 16.Bc4 a5?? (better is 16...Bf8 17.a3 Bb4 18.ab4 Nd5 19.Bd5 Qe7+–) 17.Nf6 Qf6 18.Ne4 Rb4 (18...Qc6 19.Nd6 Kd8 20.Nf7 Ke8 21.Nd6 Kd8 22.Ba5 Ke7 23.Bb4 Rb4 24.Nc8 Rc8 25.Qb4 Ke8 26.Rc1 Qg2 27.Rf1+–) 19.Nf6 Bf6 (19...Nf6 20.Bb5 Kf8 21.Qa3+–) 20.Qc2 (20.Bf7!? Kf8 21.Qd5 Kg7+–) 20...Nb6 (20...0-0 21.Rb1+–) 21.Bd3 0-0 (21...Be6 22.Qc5 Nd7 23.Qa5+–) 22.a3 (22.a3 Bd4 23.ed4 Re8 24.Be2 Rd4 25.0-0+–) 1–0. Sopko,Cassio Roberto (1895) – De Gois,J (1915), Pan–American Seniors, 2014.

7.d4 0-0 8.Bd3 A) 8...Re8 9.de5 (9.Be2 ed4 10.Nd4 a5 11.b5 Ne5 12.0-0 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Nd5=) 9...de5 10.e4 a5 11.a3 c5 12.b5 Qb6 13.0-0 Qd6 14.Qc2+=; B) 8...Qe7 9.Be2 ed4 10.Qd4 Ne5 11.Qh4 a5 12.b5 a4 13.Rd1 a3 14.Ba1=; C) 8...c5 9.de5 (9.dc5 dc5 10.b5 Qe7 11.Qc2 Rd8 12.Rd1 a6 13.ba6 Ra6 14.0-0=; 9.bc5 ed4 10.ed4 Re8 11.Ne2 Qa5 12.Qd2 Qd2 13.Kd2 dc5 14.Ne5=) 9...de5 10.b5 Qe7 11.Qc2 Rd8 12.Rd1 a6 13.0-0 Nb6 14.Be2=.

7.d4 0-0 8.Be2 (--> 1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.d4 e5 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Nc3).

7.d4 ed4 8.ed4 0-0 9.Be2 (9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Be2 a5 11.ba5 Ra5 12.0-0 Re8 13.Rfe1 Bf5 14.Rad1=; 9.a3 Nb6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.Qb3 Bf3 12.Bf3 Re8 13.Kd1 Qd7 14.h3+=) 9...d5 10.c5 a5 11.b5 Re8 12.0-0 Ne4 13.Rc1 Ndf6 14.Re1=.

7.d4 ed4 8.Nd4 0-0 (8...a5 9.b5 (9.a3 0-0 10.Be2 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 c5 13.bc5 dc5 14.Ndb5=; 9.ba5 Ra5 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Ndb5 Bg4 14.f3=) 9...0-0 10.Be2 Nc5 11.0-0 Be6 12.Na4 Nfd7 13.Nc5 Nc5 14.Rb1=; 8...Ne5 9.a3 (9.Nd5 0-0 10.Be2 a5 11.b5 Nd5 12.cd5 Qg5 13.Kf1 Nd7 14.Nf3=; 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 a5 11.a3 Re8 12.Nd5 h6 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Nf6=; 9.Rb1 0-0 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 c5 12.bc5 dc5 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Ne5=) 9...0-0 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 a5 12.Nd5 h6 13.Qd2 c5 14.Nf6+=) 9.a3 'Black's piece can't move: c8' (9.Be2 c5 (9...Qe7= 10.a3 a5 11.0-0 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Qa1 Re8 14.Qa5+=) 10.bc5 dc5 11.Ndb5 Ne4 12.Qc2 Nc3 13.Bc3 Ne5 14.0-0=; 9.Bd3 Ne5 10.Be2 a5 11.b5 Re8 12.0-0 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Nd5=; 9.Qd2 a5 10.a3 Ne5 11.Nd5 c5 12.bc5 dc5 13.Nf5 Bf5 14.Be5=) 9...Ne5 (9...Nb6 10.Be2 (10.Qb3= Qe7 11.Be2 c5 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Rd1 cb4 14.Qb4=) 10...Be6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Ne6 fe6 13.0-0 a5 14.Qc2=; 9...a5 10.Be2 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 c5 13.bc5 dc5 14.Ndb5=) 10.Be2 Bd7 (10...a5 11.0-0 Re8 12.Nd5 h6 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Bg4+=) 11.0-0 Re8 12.Qc2 (12.Qd2 a5 13.Rfd1 Bg4 14.b5+=) 12...a6 'Consolidates b5' (12...a5 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.b5+=) 13.Rfd1 Rc8 (13...Bg4 14.e4+=) 14.Nf3 (14.Rac1+=) 14...Qe7 15.Ne5 de5 (15...Qe5 Less advisable is 16.Nd5 Qb2 17.Qb2 Nd5 18.Qd2+/–) 16.e4 c6 'Prevents intrusion on b5+d5' (16...c5 17.b5+=) 17.Na4 h5 'White has an active position' (17...Rcd8 18.c5+=) 18.Nb6 'White threatens to win material: Nb6xc8' (18.Nc5 Rc7+=) 18...Rc7 (18...Rcd8 19.h3+=) 19.Bc1 (19.c5 h4+/–) 19...Nh7 (19...c5 20.Rb1+/–) 20.Be3 (20.Rd7 Inferior is 20...Rd7 21.Nd7 Qd7+=) 20...Bf8 21.h3 (21.Rd2 Be6+/–) 21...Bc8 22.f4 'Black has a cramped position' (22.c5 Ng5+/–) 22...Qh4 '+/=' 23.Kh2 '??' 'gives the opponent counterplay' (better is 23.Nc8!? deserves consideration 23...Rcc8 24.f5+=) 23...Bh6 (better is 23...ef4 and Black could have gained the advantage 24.Bg1 Ng5 25.Nc8 Rcc8–+ (worse is 25...Rec8 26.Rf1 Ne6 27.Bf2–/+)) 24.Nc8 '=/+' 24...Rcc8 'White has the pair of bishops' (better is 24...Bf4!? and Black could well hope to play on 25.Bf4 Qf4 26.g3 Qf2 27.Kh1 Rcc8+=) 25.g3 '+/–' 'White threatens to win material: g3xh4' 25...Qf6 26.fe5 Qg7 'Black has a cramped position' 27.Bd4 c5 (27...Ng5 28.h4 Ne6 29.Bc3+=) 28.Bc3 '+/–' 28...Re6 (28...Nf8!?+/–) 29.Rd7 '+–' 29...b6 30.Qd3 Nf8 31.Ra7 Bg5 32.Qf3 Be7 (32...Re7 33.Re7 Be7 34.e6+–) 33.Rd1 Re8 34.Rd5 h4 35.Qe3 (35.gh4 Qh6+–) 35...hg3 36.Kg2 (36.Qg3 Qh6+–) 36...Bh4 37.Bg4 g5 (37...Qh7 38.Rd6+–) 38.Kh1 (better is 38.Rd6+–) 38...Ng6 '?' (better is 38...Qg6+/–) 39.Be6 '+–' 39...Re6 40.Ra8 (40.bc5!? makes it even easier for White 40...Nf8 41.cb6 g4+–) 40...Kh7 41.Qf3 Nf4 42.Bd2 g2 (42...cb4 43.ab4 Rh6 44.Bf4 gf4 45.Qf4 g2 46.Kg1+–) 43.Kg1 Bg3 (43...cb4 44.ab4 b5 45.cb5 ab5 46.Rb5+–) 44.Qg4 (44.Qg3? may look interesting but has some grave disadvantages 44...Ne2 45.Kg2 Ng3 46.Kg3 Qh6–+) 44...Re5 '??' 'simply worsens the situation' (44...Rg6 45.bc5 Nd5 46.cd5 Be5+–) 45.Bf4 gf4N 46.Qg7 Kg7 47.Re5 cb4 48.ab4+– 1–0. Levin,Naum L – Poliak,Evsey, UKR–ch sf Kiev, 1960.

7.Be2 0-0 8.Qc2 a5 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 'Black's piece can't move: c8' 11...Qe7 12.0-0 b6 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Ra1 Ra8 15.Ra8 Ba8 16.Nb5 'White threatens to win material: Nb5xc7' 16...Qd8 17.Qa4 Bc6 18.Qa6 Nb8 'Black threatens to win material: Nb8xa6' 19.Qa1 Ne8 20.c5 'This push gains space' (20.d3 Nf6=) 20...Nd7 21.Na7 Bd5 22.c6 'White threatens to win material: c6xd7' 22...Nf8 23.Qa6 Ne6 24.Qd3 '?' (24.Ne1 h5=) 24...Qa8 '??' 'Black threatens to win material: Qa8xa7. throwing away the advantage' (better is 24...e4 Black has a promising position 25.Qd5 ef3 26.Bf3 Bb2–+) 25.Qd5 '=' 25...Qa7 'White has the pair of bishops' 26.Qb3 Nd8 'Black threatens to win material: Nd8xc6' (26...e4 27.Nd4 Nd4 28.ed4=) 27.Ng5 h6 28.Nf7 (28.Ne4!?+= is worth consideration) 28...Nf7 '=/+' 'Black wins a piece' 29.Bc4 'White threatens to win material: Bc4xf7' 29...Qa8 '??' 'forfeits the advantage' (better is 29...d5 the only rescuing move 30.Bd5 Ned6=) 30.Bf7 '+–' 30...Kh7 31.Qc2 Nf6 (31...Kh8 is no salvation 32.f4 e4 33.Bg6 d5+–) 32.g4 (32.f4 and White can already relax 32...Kh8 33.fe5 de5 34.Be5 Qd8 35.Bg6 Ng8+–) 32...e4 '?' (32...Kh8+–) 33.g5 '!' 'Decoy: g5' 33...hg5 34.Bf6 'Decoy' 34...Bf6 (34...Qf8 the last chance for counterplay 35.Bg7 Qf7+–) 35.Qe4 Qf8N 36.Qg6 Kh8 37.Qf6 Qg7 38.Qd8 Kh7 39.Qc7+– 1–0. Chernov,Igor (2300) – Gerasimova,Olga, Moscow–ch sf Silent, 1998.

7.Be2 0-0 8.d3 e4 (8...Re8 9.0-0=) 9.de4 (9.Ne4 Ne4 10.Bg7 Nf2 11.Kf2 Kg7+=) 9...Ne4 (9...a5 10.Qb3=) 10.Qc2 f5 11.0-0 Ndf6 (11...a5 12.a3=) 12.Rad1 c6 (12...Qe8 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.cd5 Bb2 15.Qb2+=) 13.Bd3 (13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Bg7 Kg7+/–) 13...Qe7 14.Nd2 (14.a4 Nc3 15.Bc3 Be6+=) 14...Ng5 (14...Re8 15.Qa4=) 15.Rfe1 Ng4 16.h3 (16.a3 Ne5=) 16...Ne5= 17.f4 Nd3 18.Qd3 Ne6 19.Nf3 Rd8 20.Rd2 (20.Na4 Bb2 21.Nb2 a5=) 20...a5 21.a3 ab4 22.ab4 h6 (22...d5 23.cd5 Qb4 24.Ne5=) 23.g4 (23.Ne2 Bb2 24.Rb2 Nc7=) 23...Nc7+= 24.g5 d5 (24...Na6 25.Na2=) 25.gh6= Bh6 26.c5 Na6 27.Nd1 Bg7 (27...Kh7 28.Qd4=) 28.Bg7 Kg7 (28...Qg7 29.Qd4+=) 29.Ne5 (29.Qd4 Kh7+=) 29...Qh4 (29...Nb4? 30.Qd4 Qh4 31.Nf3 Qf6 32.Qb4+–) 30.Ree2 Rh8 (better is 30...Kh7=) 31.Rg2 The backward pawn on g6 becomes a target 31...Rh6 (31...Nb4?? 32.Qd4 (32.Rg6?! Kf8 33.Qd4 Qh3+/–) 32...Nc2 33.Rc2+–) 32.Qc3 Qf6 33.Rg5 Be6 34.Rdg2 Bf7 35.h4 (better is 35.Nf2+=) 35...Nc7 (better is 35...Rah8!?=) 36.h5 (36.Ng6 Bg6 37.h5 Qc3 38.Nc3 Ra1 39.Kf2 Ra3 40.Rg6 Rg6 41.Rg6 Kh7+=) 36...Nb5 (36...Ne6 37.Nf7 Qc3 38.Nc3 (worse is 38.Rg6 Kf7 39.Nc3 Rh5+=) 38...Kf7 39.hg6 (worse is 39.Rg6 Rh5 40.Ne2 Rh3–/+) 39...Kf6 40.Ne2=) 37.Qb2 d4 (37...Be8 38.hg6 (38.Ng6?! Qb2 39.Nh4 Kf6 40.Rf5 Ke6 41.Nb2 Rh5 42.Rh5 Bh5+=) 38...Rc8 39.Rh2 Rh2 40.Qh2+– (40.Kh2?! Nc7+–)) 38.ed4+– (38.Ng6 Ra2 39.Qa2 Ba2 40.Rf5 Bd5 41.Rf6 Bg2=; 38.Nf7?! Qf7 39.ed4 Qd5+–) 38...Rah8 (38...Ra3 39.Qd2+– (39.Ng6?! Qd4 40.Qd4 Nd4 41.Ne5 Kf6+=; 39.hg6?! Bg8+–; 39.Nf7 Kf7 40.Rg6 Rg6 41.hg6 Kg7+=)) 39.Ne3 Rh5 40.Nf5 Kg8 41.Ng6 Rg5 (41...Rh1 42.Kf2 R8h5 43.Nfe7 Kg7 44.Rh5 Rh5 45.Ne5 Kh7 46.Qb1 Kh8 47.Nf7 Qf7 48.Rg8 Qg8 49.Ng8 Nd4+–) 42.fg5 Qe6 (42...Qg6 43.Ne7 Kh7 44.Rh2 Qh5 45.Rh5 Bh5 46.Qf2+–) 43.Nfe7 (43.Nfe7 Qe7 44.Ne7 Kf8 45.g6 Ke7 46.gf7+–) 1–0. Long – Warton, Los Angeles, 1980.

6.d5 Bg7 7.Bd3 b6 (better 7...0-0!?-/+) 8.e4 Bb7 9.Ne2 Qe7 10.0-0 h5 (10...a5 11.a3=) 11.h3 (better 11.Nbc3+=) 11...g5? (better 11...a5 12.a3 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Ba1 0-0+=) 12.Ng3+- g4 13.Nf5 Qf8 14.h4 Bh6 (14...a5 15.a3+-) 15.a4 Ng8 (15...a5 16.ba5 Ra5 17.Nc3+-) 16.a5 f6? (16...Ne7 17.Nh6 Qh6+-) 17.a6 (better 17.ab6!? Nb6 18.Nc3 Ne7 19.Nh6 Qh6+-) 17...Bc8 18.Ng3 (better 18.Nc3!? Kd8+-) 18...Bf4 19.Nc3 Bg3 (19...Kf7 20.Nb5 Qd8 21.Ne2+-) 20.fg3 Qe7? (20...Kf7 21.Nb5 Qd8 22.Bc1+-) 21.Nb5 (21.Qa4 Kd8 22.Qc6 Rb8+-) 21...Nf8 (21...Kd8 22.Qd2+-) 22.Ba3 (better 22.c5 Kf7+-) 22...Ba6 23.c5 Bb7? (23...Bb5 24.Bb5 Kf7+-) 24.Na7 (better 24.Rc1 Kd8 25.Qb3+-) 24...Ra7-/+ 25.Bb5 (25.Qc2-/+) 25...Kd8 (better 25...Kf7!?-+) 26.Qd3 dc5 27.bc5 Qh7?? (better 27...Ra3 28.Ra3 Qc5 29.Kh2 Nd7=) 28.cb6+- cb6 29.Qe3 (29.Bf8 Bc8 30.d6 Ra5+-) 29...Nd7 (29...Ba6 30.Bf8 Qb7+-) 30.Be7 (better 30.Bd7 Qd7 31.Qb6 Ke8 32.Qa7+-) 30...Qe7+= (30...Ne7 31.Ra7 Qh6 32.Qh6 Rh6 33.Bd7 Kd7 34.Rb7 Kd8 35.Rb6+-) 31.Ra7 Bc8?? (better 31...Qc5 32.Qc5 Nc5+/-) 32.Bd7+- Bd7 33.Qb6 Ke8 34.Qb8 (better 34.d6 Qd8 35.Qb7 Kf7+-) 34...Kf7 35.Ra8 (better 35.d6 Qe8 36.Qb5 Kg6 37.Rd7 Qa8+-) 35...Qc5 36.Kh1 (36.Kh2 Kg6+-) 36...Qc4 (36...Kg6+-) 37.Qf8 (37.Qf8 Kg6 38.Rfa1 Qe4 39.Qd6+-) 1-0. abrak (2150) - west1412 (1775), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2017.

6.Nf3 ed4 7.ed4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 c6 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a3 Re8 12.Re1 Qb6 13.c5 Qc7 14.Nc4 d5 15.Nd6 Rf8 16.Ne5 Ne4 17.Nd7 Bd7 18.Ne4 de4 19.Bc4 ab4 20.ab4 Ra1 21.Qa1 Bf5 22.d5 Bb2 23.Qb2 cd5 24.Bd5 Rd8 25.Qb3 Qd7 26.Bc4 Qd2 27.Kf1 Rd7 28.b5 Qd4 29.Qb4 Kg7 30.c6 bc6 31.bc6 Rc7 32.Qb5 Qd6 33.Bd5 Qh2 34.Qb2 Kh6 35.Ke2 Qg2 36.Qe5 Bg4 37.Ke3 Qf3 38.Kd4 Qd3 39.Kc5 Qa3 40.Kb6 Qa7 41.Kb5 Qb8 42.Kc5 Rc6 43.Kc6 Qe5 44.Re4 Qf6 45.Kc5 Bf3 46.Rd4 Bd5 47.Rd5 Qf2 Time forfeit 0-1. zembelek (2150) - esparzaesc72 (1885), Rated Blitz tournament 0LBZgj8R, lichess.org, 2016.

6.Nf3 e4 7.Nfd2 =.

6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Be2 0-0 (--> 1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.d4 e5 7.Be2 Nbd7).

7.a3 Bg7 8.Nf3 (8.Bd3 0-0 9.e4 c5 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Bc3 Nh5 12.0-0 Nf4 13.Qc2=; 8.Nd2 0-0 9.e4 Qe7 10.Qf3 Nb6 11.Qb3 Rd8 12.Ngf3 Bg4 13.c5=; 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Qf3 e4 10.Qf4 c5 11.Rb1 cb4 12.ab4 Qe7 13.c5+=; 8.Be2 0-0 9.Nf3 e4 10.Nfd2 Qe7 11.Qc2 c5 12.0-0 Re8 13.Bc3=; 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Nd2 Qe7 10.Rd1 a5 11.b5 e4 12.Ne2 Nc5 13.Ng3+=) 8...0-0 (8...e4 9.Nfd2 0-0 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Be2 Qe7 12.0-0 a5 13.c5=) 9.Be2 (9.Be5? Ne5 10.Ne5 Qd1 11.Kd1 Ne4–+; 9.Ne5 Ne4 10.Qd5 Nf2 11.Nd7 Bb2 12.Kf2 Bd7 13.Ra2–/+) 9...Re8 (9...e4 10.Nfd2= Qe7 11.Qc2 a5 12.0-0 ab4 13.ab4=) 10.0-0 e4 11.Nfd2 Ne5 (11...c5 12.Nc3= a5 13.b5+=; 11...a5 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.c5=) 12.Qc2 (12.Be5 Re5 13.Ne4 Qd1 14.Nf6 Bf6 15.Rd1 Re3 16.fe3 Ba1=) 12...Bf5 (12...Bg4 13.Bg4 Neg4 14.h3=; 12...Nd3 13.Bd4=) 13.Bd4 (13.Rd1=) 13...Nf3? (13...a5 14.b5=) 14.Nf3?? (14.gf3 ef3 15.Bd3 Bd3 16.Qd3–/+) 14...ef3–+ 15.Bd3 Bd3 16.Qd3 Ng4 17.Qd1? (better is 17.Qd2 fg2 18.Kg2–+) 17...fg2 18.Kg2 (18.Qg4 gf1R 19.Kf1–+) 18...Qg5 19.Kh3 (19.Kh1 Qh4 20.Qg4 Qg4 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Nd2–+) 19...Qh5 (19...Re4 20.f4 Qh5 21.Kg3 Qh2 22.Kf3 Re3 23.Be3 Qh3 24.Ke4 Qe3 25.Kd5 Rd8) 20.Kg3 Qh2 21.Kg4 Qg2 22.Kh4 g5 23.Kh5 Qh3 24.Kg5 Bh6 0–1. Jaszczuk,Juliusz – Geller,Efim P (2525), WchS Bad Woerishofen (11), 1991.

7.Qa4 A) 7...c6= 8.a3 (8.Nd2 a5 9.c5 Rb8 10.a3 b5 11.Qc2 Bg7 12.Ngf3 Nd5 13.e4=; 8.Be2 a5 9.a3 Bg7 10.c5 0-0 11.Nf3 e4 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.0-0=; 8.Nc3 a5 9.a3 Nb6 10.Qb3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 Be6 13.Nf3=; 8.c5 Bg7 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.Nf3 e4 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Be2=; 8.Nf3 e4 9.Ng5 Qe7 10.Qc2 Qb4 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.Rb1 Qe7 13.Nge4=) 8...Bg7 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Rd1 e4 11.Nge2 0-0 12.Ng3 a5 13.c5=; B) 7...Qe7 8.c5 (8.a3 Bg7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.e4 Nb6 11.Qa5 Be6 12.Nd5 Qd7 13.Rd1=) 8...Bg7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Nb5 Rd8 11.Rd1 a6 12.Nc7 Nc5 13.Rd8=.

7.Qb3 A) 7...c5 8.Qa4 (8.b5 Bg7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.Be2 a6 12.Nf3 ab5 13.cb5=) 8...Qe7 9.Nf3 e4 10.Nfd2 cb4 11.Ne4 Qe4 12.Bf6 Rg8 13.Bd4=; B) 7...Qe7 8.c5 a5 9.Qa4 Bg7 10.Nd2 0-0 11.Nb3 Nd5 12.a3 c6 13.Na5=; C) 7...a5 8.a3 Bg7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Rd1 ab4 11.ab4 e4 12.Nh3 c6 13.Be2=.

7.c5 Bg7 8.Nc3 (8.Qa4 0-0 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.e4 Rd8 11.Rd1 a5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Rd5=; 8.Nd2 0-0 9.Bc4 e4 10.Ne2 Qe7 11.Qc2 a5 12.a3 Ne5 13.0-0=; 8.Bc4 0-0 9.Nd2 Qe7 10.e4 c6 11.Qa4 b5 12.cb6 Nb6 13.Qc6=; 8.a3 0-0 9.Bc4 a5 10.Ne2 Ng4 11.e4 Qh4 12.Ng3 ab4 13.ab4=; 8.Bb5 c6 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Qa4 e4 11.Ne2 Qe8 12.0-0 b5 13.cb6+=) 8...0-0 9.Qa4 e4 10.Rd1 c6 11.Nge2 b5 12.Qc2 a5 13.Ne4=.

7.Nf3 Qe7 8.a3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 c6 11.b5? cb5 (11...e4!? 12.Nd4 c5–/+) 12.cb5=+ b6 13.Nbd2 Nd5 14.Bc4 Bb7 15.Qb3 (15.e4!? Nc7 16.Rc1=+) 15...Nc5–/+ Black intends e4 16.Qa2 Rad8 17.Rfd1 Na4 (better 17...Rd7–/+) 18.Nb3?? (18.Rac1 Nb2 19.Qb2 e4=+) 18...Nb2 (better 18...Ndc3 19.Bc3 Rd1 20.Be1 Rfd8–+) 19.Qb2–/+ e4 20.Nfd4 Bd4 (better 20...Rd7!?–/+) 21.Rd4 (21.Nd4 Qe5=) 21...Nf6 22.Rad1 Rd4 23.Rd4 Rd8 24.a4 Rd4 25.Qd4 Nd7 (25...Qc7 26.g3=) 26.a5+= Nc5 (26...h5 27.h3+=) 27.ab6 ab6 28.Nc5 Qc5 29.Kf1 (29.Qc5 bc5 30.Kf1 Kf8+=) 29...Qd4= 30.ed4 Kf8 31.Ke2 f5 32.Ke3 Ke7 33.g3 Kd6 34.Bg8 h6?? (better 34...Ke7=) 35.Bh7+– g5 (35...Bc8 36.Bg6 Bd7 37.Kf4+–) 36.Bf5 Bd5 37.Be4 h5 (37...Ba2+–) 38.Bd5 Kd7 39.f4 gf4 40.gf4 Ke7 (40...Kd6 41.Ke4 h4 42.f5 Kd7 43.Ke5 Kc7 44.f6 Kd8 45.Bc6 Kc7 46.f7 Kb8 47.f8Q Kc7 48.d5 h3 49.d6) 41.h4 Kf6 (41...Kd7 42.Bc6 Ke7 43.Bb7 Ke6 44.Ke4 Kf7 45.Ke5 Kg6 46.f5 Kf7 47.Bd5 Ke7 48.f6 Kd7 49.Bc6 Kd8 50.Kd6 Kc8 51.f7 Kb8 52.f8Q Ka7 53.Qa8) 42.Ke4 (42.Ke4 Ke7 43.Ke5 Kd7 44.f5 Ke8 45.f6 Kf8 46.Kd6 Ke8 47.f7 Kf8 48.Kd7 Kg7 49.Ke7 Kh6 50.Be4 Kg7 51.f8Q) 1–0. retiponziani (1745) – 23gardens (1740), ChessWorld.net, 2013.

7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 c5 (9...Re8=) 10.d5 (better 10.bc5 dc5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.de5+/-) 10...cb4-/+ 11.Qa4 a5 12.a3 Nc5 13.Qc2 (13.Qd1 ba3 14.Ba3 e4-/+) 13...ba3 14.Ba3 b6 (better 14...Bf5 15.Qd1 b5 16.cb5 Nd5-/+) 15.Rfb1? (15.e4 Nh5=+) 15...Qc7 (better 15...Bf5!? 16.Qb2 Bb1 17.Rb1 Nfd7-+) 16.Rb2 (16.e4 Nfd7=+) 16...Nfd7 (16...Bf5 17.Qd1-/+) 17.Rab1 Ba6 (17...f5 18.Bc5 bc5 19.Ng5-/+) 18.e4=+ Rab8 19.g4 (19.Nb3 Bc8=+) 19...f5 20.ef5 (20.ef5 e4 Combination; 20.gf5 gf5 Combination) 20...gf5 21.gf5 Rf5?? (21...h6=+) 22.Kh1 (22.Qf5 Rf8 23.Qh3 Bc8+-) 22...Qd8?? (22...Rbf8 23.Bc5 bc5 24.Rg1-/+) 23.Rg1 (better 23.Qf5 Qf8 24.Qh3+-) 23...Qf6-/+ 24.Bc5 Nc5 (24...bc5 25.Ne4 Qh6 26.Rb8 Nb8 27.Nfg5+/-; 24...dc5?! 25.Ne4 Qh6 26.Nfg5+=) 25.Rg3 (25.Rbb1 Kh8-/+) 25...Kh8 (25...e4!? 26.Ne4 Ne4 27.Qe4 Rf3 28.Rb6 Rb6 29.Bf3-+) 26.Rb1-/+ a4 27.Rbg1 Bh6 28.Bd3 Nd3 29.Qd3 Rf8 (29...Rf4 30.Ne4 Qf8 31.Nfd2-/+) 30.Ne4 Qe7 (30...Rf3 31.Nf6 R3f6 32.Qe4+-) 31.h4? (better 31.Nfg5!? Bg5 32.Ng5-/+) 31...Rf4 32.Nfg5? (32.Ra1 Bc4! 33.Qc4 Rf3 34.Ra4 Qh4 35.Kg2 R3f4-+) 32...Bg5 (32...Rh4 33.Nh3 Qc7 34.Rg8 Rg8 35.Rg8 Kg8 36.Qg3 Bg7 37.Nf6 Kf7 38.Qh4 Qe7 (38...Bf6?! 39.Qh7 Bg7 40.Ng5 Kf6 41.Ne4 Kf7 42.Ng5 Kf6 43.Ne4 Kf7 44.Ng5=; 38...Qc4 39.Ne4 Qd5 40.Nhg5 Kf8 41.Kh2-+; 38...Bc4 39.Ng5 Kg6 40.Ne6 Bd5 41.Nd5 Qc1 42.Kg2+-) 39.Ng5 Kf6-+) 33.hg5 Rh4 34.Kg2 Rff4 (better 34...Rc8 35.Rc1 b5-+) 35.Nf6? White prepares g6 (better 35.f3-/+) 35...Bc4-+ (35...Rc4?! 36.Qe3 Rc5 37.Rh1 Rh1 38.Kh1-+) 36.Qb1 (36.Qe3 Qb7 37.Rd1 h6-+) 36...Qb7 37.f3 (37.Rd1 b5-+) 37...Bd5 38.Nd5 Qd5 39.g6 (39.Rd1 Qc6 40.Rc1-+) 39...Qd2 40.Kf1 hg6 (40...Rh2 41.g7 Kg8 42.Qb3 ab3 43.R1g2 Rg2 44.Rg2 Qd1 45.Kf2 Rf3) 41.Qb6 (41.Qg6 Qd1 42.Kf2 Rh2 43.R1g2 Qd4 44.Ke2 Rg2 45.Rg2 Qb2 46.Ke1 Qc3 47.Rd2 Qe3 48.Re2 Qc1 49.Kf2-+) 41...Qd1 42.Kf2 Rh2 (42...Rh2 43.R1g2 Rf3 44.Rf3 Qd2 45.Kf1 Qg2 46.Ke1 Qe2) 0-1. zembelek (2040) - amayak (2080), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

7.Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 c6 10.Qb3 Ne8 (10...Re8 11.Rad1+=) 11.d5 (11.Rad1 Nef6+=) 11...c5 (11...e4 12.Nd2 Nef6 13.a3+=) 12.b5 (12.a3 Nef6+=) 12...f5 13.e4 (13.a4 e4 14.Nd2 Qh4+=) 13...f4 (13...Ndf6!?=) 14.a4+= g5 15.h3 h5 (15...Nb8 16.a5+=) 16.Nh2 Ndf6 17.Qd1 Qf7 18.a5 (18.Nf3 g4 19.Ng5 Qg6=) 18...Bh6 (18...Qg6 19.Bd3+=) 19.b6 (19.Re1 Qg6+=) 19...a6 (19...ab6 20.ab6 Ra1 21.Ba1+=) 20.f3 (20.Bf3 Qg6 21.Kh1 g4=) 20...Kh7 21.Na4 (21.Rb1 Bg7+=) 21...Rg8 (better is 21...Bg7+=) 22.Nc5 (better is 22.Qd3!?+=) 22...dc5+= 23.Be5 Nd7 24.Bb2 Bg7 25.Qc2 (25.Bg7 Kg7 26.Qe1 Nd6+=) 25...Be5 (25...Ne5 26.Rad1+=) 26.Rae1 (26.Rad1 Nd6+=) 26...Nd6 27.Bd3 Qg7 28.Be5 (28.Re2 Re8+=) 28...Ne5–/+ 29.Rd1 Bd7 Black prepares the advance g4 30.Be2 (30.Rf2 Rad8–/+) 30...Raf8 31.Rfe1 (31.Rd2 Rd8–/+) 31...Kh8 (31...Re8 32.Rd2–/+) 32.Rd2 g4 Black gets strong initiative 33.fg4 hg4 34.hg4 Bg4 (34...Qg6!?–/+) 35.Bg4 (35.Ng4 f3 36.gf3 Ndc4 37.Bc4 Nf3 38.Kh1 Qg4 39.Rh2 Kg7+/–) 35...Ng4 (35...Ndc4 36.Rf2 Ne3 37.Re3 fe3 38.Rf8 Rf8 39.Bf5+= (39.Qc5?? Ng4 40.Ng4 e2–+)) 36.Ng4 Qg4 37.e5 (37.Qc3 Kh7 38.e5 Nf5=) 37...Nf5 38.Qd1?? (better is 38.Qe4=) 38...f3–+ Threatening mate: Qxg2 39.e6 (39.Qc2 Nd4 40.Re4–+) 39...Qg2! 40.Rg2 Rg2 A beautiful mate combination 41.Kf1 Ng3 0–1. Gutsko,Anastasiya – Rybenko,Ksenia, EU–ch U12 Girls, 1996.

6.a3 c5 7.b5 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 h6 10.d3 Nh7 11.Nbd2 Ndf6 12.e4 Bg4 13.a4 Nh5 14.h3 Bf3 15.Bf3 (15.gf3 Nf4 16.Re1 Bh4–+ (16...Nh3?! 17.Kf1–+)) 15...Nf4 16.Bg4 Nd3 17.Qc2 Nf4 18.g3 Ng6 19.Be2 Bg5 20.Nf3 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – TiborS, ICC, 2005.

6.b5 Bb7 7.d4 ed4 (7...e4 8.Nfd2=) 8.Bd4 Be7 9.Be2 a6 10.a4 (10.0-0 0-0=) 10...d5 (10...0-0 11.0-0=) 11.Nbd2 (11.cd5 Bb4 12.Nbd2 Bd5+=) 11...dc4 (11...0-0 12.0-0=) 12.Nc4 (12.0-0 0-0+=) 12...Bb4= 13.Ncd2 c5 (13...ab5 14.ab5 Ra1 15.Ba1=) 14.bc6 Bc6 15.0-0 0-0 16.Qb3 a5 17.Rfc1 (17.Rfd1 Nc5 18.Qc2 Rc8+=) 17...Bd5 (17...Nc5 18.Qc2=) 18.Qc2 (18.Qb2 Re8+=) 18...Qe7 19.Bc4 (19.Rab1 Rfd8+=) 19...Ba3 (19...Rac8 20.Qf5 Qe6 21.Bd3=) 20.Bf6 (20.Rd1 Bc5+=) 20...Nf6 21.Ra3 (21.Ra3 Qa3 22.Bd5 Nd5 23.Nc4–/+). Hasler,Ulrich – Scholich, corr, 1965.

6.Be2 c6 7.0-0 Qc7 8.Nc3. lskr (1955) – resident evil, internet, 2007.

7.ed4 Bb7 8.Nc3N a6 9.a4. Darkseid – alexson, ChessWorld.net, 2009.

7.ed4 Bb7 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 d5 10.c5 a5 11.a3 0-0 12.Nbd2 bc5 13.bc5 c6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Qc2 Bf8 16.Bc3 Qc7 17.Bd3 g6 18.Re8 Re8 19.Qa4 Ra8 20.Nb3 Ne4 21.Ba5 Qf4 22.Qb4 Rb8 23.Qe1 Ndf6 (23...Bg7 24.Bd2 Nd2 25.Qd2 (worse is 25.Nfd2 Bd4 26.Nd4 Qd4–/+) 25...Qd2 26.Nfd2+/– (worse is 26.Nbd2 Nc5 27.Bc2 Ne6–/+)) 24.Bb6 Bg7 25.Nbd2 (better is 25.Ne5!? Re8 26.g3+–) 25...Re8 (better is 25...Nf2 26.g3 Nd3 27.gf4 Ne1 28.Re1 Ra8=) 26.g3?? (better is 26.Be4!? Ne4 27.a4+=) 26...Ng3 (better is 26...Nd2!? 27.Qe8 Ne8 28.gf4 Nf3 29.Kg2 Nd4–+) 27.hg3+= Re1 28.Re1 Qg4 29.Ne5? (29.Re7 Bc8+=) 29...Qh3?? (better is 29...Qd4 30.Ndf3 Qa4–+) 30.Ndf3 h5?? (30...h6 31.Bd8+=) 31.a4 (better is 31.Nf7!? Ne4 32.Nd6 Ng3 33.Re8 Bf8 34.Nh2+/–) 31...Ng4 (31...Bh6=) 32.Ng4 (32.Nc6 Bc6 33.Bf1+=) 32...hg4?? (32...Qg4 33.Re8 Kh7 34.Kg2–+) 33.Ne5 (better is 33.Re8 Bf8 34.Nh4+–) 33...Qh6= 34.a5?? (better is 34.Rd1=) 34...Qd2–+ 35.Re2 Qc1 (better is 35...Qd1 36.Kh2 Be5 37.Re5 Qd3 38.Re8 Kg7–+) 36.Kg2–/+ Qa1 (36...Qc3 37.a6 Ba8 38.a7 Be5 39.Re5+=) 37.Re3 (37.Ng4!? Qd4 38.Re8 Kh7 39.Be2=) 37...Qd4–/+ 38.Nd7 Qa4 39.Re8 Kh7 40.Nf8? (40.Re7+=) 40...Bf8?? (better is 40...Kh6 41.Re7 Qd4–+ (41...Bf8?! 42.Rb7 Qd1 43.Rf7 Bc5 44.Bf1–/+)) 41.Rf8= Kg7 42.Rb8 Qa3?? (better is 42...Qd4 43.Bf1 Qe4 44.Kg1 Qe7=) 43.Bf1+– d4 44.Rb7 d3 (44...Qf3 45.Kg1 Qd5+–) 45.Rd7 Qb4 (45...d2 46.Rd2 Qc3+–) 46.Rd3 (worse is 46.Bd3 Qe1 47.a6 Qd1+–) 46...Qe4 47.Kg1 Qe1 48.a6 Qa1 49.a7 Qa5 50.Ba5 1–0. Levin,Anatoly – Ros,Catalina, Internet Section, 2003.

7.ed4 c5 8.b5+= cd4 (8...a6 9.ba6 Ba6 10.Be2=) 9.Nd4 (9.Bd4 a6+=) 9...Bb7 10.Nf5 Nc5 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Ne3 (12.Qe2 Qe6 13.Rd1 0-0-0+=) 12...Be7 13.Be2 0-0 14.0-0 Rfd8 (14...a6 15.Ncd5 Nd5 16.Nd5 Bd5 17.Qd5 ab5 18.cb5+=) 15.Bf3 (15.Ncd5 Nd5 16.Nd5 Bd5 17.Qd5 a6+/–) 15...Rab8 (15...Bf3 16.Qf3 Nd3 17.Rfb1+=) 16.Re1 (16.Bb7 Qb7 17.Ncd5 Nd5 18.Nd5 Bf8+/–) 16...Bf3 17.Qf3 (worse is 17.gf3 Re8=) 17...Nd3 18.Re2 Nb2 (18...Ne5 19.Qf4+/–) 19.Rb2 Qb7 (19...Rbc8 20.Re2+/–) 20.Qg3 (better is 20.Ned5!?+–) 20...Ne4 21.Ne4 Qe4 22.Re1 Qg6 (22...Bh4 23.Qh3+/–) 23.Qf3 (23.Qg6 fg6 24.Nd5 Bf6+/–) 23...Re8+/– 24.Rbe2 Bg5 (24...Bf6 25.Nd5 Re2 26.Qe2+/–) 25.Nd5 (25.Nf5 Re2 26.Qe2 h6+/–) 25...Re2 (25...Re5 26.Qg4+/–) 26.Qe2 h6 27.Nc7 (27.a3 Rc8+/–) 27...f5 (better is 27...Rc8!? 28.Na6 Qe6 29.Qe6 fe6 30.Re6 Rc4=) 28.Qd3 Rc8 29.Qd5 (29.Ne6 Bf6+/–) 29...Kh8 (29...Qf7 30.Ne6+/–) 30.Qb7 Rd8 (30...Rf8 31.Nd5 Bd2 32.Qe7+/–) 31.Qa7+– f4 (31...Qf7!? 32.Qb6 Qc4+–) 32.Qb6 f3 33.g3 Bd2 34.Rf1 Qh5 35.h4 (35.Nd5 Rc8 36.Ne7 Re8+=) 35...Qf5 (35...Qg4 36.Nd5 Rc8 37.Ne3–/+ (37.Qd6?? Qh3 38.Ne3 Be3 39.Qh6 gh6 40.fe3 Qg2)) 36.Kh2+/– Rf8? (36...Qd3!? 37.Rd1 Qc2+/–) 37.Qc6 (37.Qd6 Ba5+–) 37...Qg6 (37...Bb4 38.Qd5 Qc2 39.a4+–) 38.b6 (38.c5!? Rd8 39.Rd1 Qc2+–) 38...Bc3 39.b7 Qf5 (39...Bd4 40.Na6 Ba7 41.c5+–) 40.Qb5 (better is 40.Ne8!? Be5 41.b8Q Bg3 42.fg3 Qc2 43.Kh3 Qg2 44.Kg4 Qf1+–) 40...Qd3 (40...Qb5 41.Nb5 (41.cb5?! Rb8+–) 41...Be5 42.Na7+–) 41.Rg1 (better is 41.b8Q Rb8 42.Qb8 Kh7+–) 41...Qe2 42.Qb6 (42.b8Q Qf2 43.Kh1 Rb8 44.Qb8 Kh7+–) 42...Qd2 (42...Kh7 43.Na6+–) 43.b8Q Rb8 44.Qb8 Kh7 45.Qb1 Kh8 46.Rf1 Be5 (46...Qe2 47.Nd5 Bd2 48.Kg1 Qc4 49.Qb8 Kh7 50.Qd6+–) 47.Qg6 (better is 47.Ne6!? Qe2 48.Qb8 Kh7 49.Nf8 Kg8 50.Ng6 Kf7 51.Nh8 Ke7 52.Qa7 Ke8+–) 47...Qa2 48.Qe8 Kh7 49.Ne6 g6 (49...Qe2 50.h5 Bf6+–) 50.Qf7 Kh8 51.Qg6 Qa7 52.Qe8 (better is 52.Qh6!? Qh7 53.Qh7 Kh7 54.Ng5 Kg6 55.Nf3 Bc3+–) 52...Kh7 53.Nf8 (53.h5!? Bg7+–) 53...Kg7 54.Nd7 (54.Nd7 Bc3 55.Qf8 Kh7 56.Qf3 Qd7 57.Qc3+–) 1–0. Kus,Joanna – Gramcow,Dorota, Poland–ch U12 Girls, 2001.

7.ed4 Qe7 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 0-0-0 10.Nbd2 g6 11.Re1 Bg7 12.Bd3 Qf8 13.Qc2 Re8 14.a4 Re1 15.Re1 Qd8 16.a5 Re8 17.ab6 ab6 18.d5 Re1 19.Ne1 Qe7 20.Nef3 Nh5 21.Bg7 Ng7 22.Nf1 Ne5 23.Ne5 Qe5 24.g3 Kd7 25.Ne3 Ke7 26.c5 Bd5 27.cd6 Qd6 28.Qc3 Ne6 29.Ng4 Ng5 30.Be2 f6 31.h4 Ne4 32.Qe1 h5 33.Ne3 c6 34.Kh2 Qe5 35.b5 c5 36.Nd5 Qd5 37.f3 Ng3 38.Kg3 Qe5 0–1. orangutandu – janekli, internet, 2013.

7.Nd4 Bb7 8.Nd2 (8.Nc3 a6=) 8...g6 (8...c5 9.Nc2=) 9.b5 (9.N2f3 c5 10.Nb5 cb4 11.Nd6 Bd6 12.Qd6 Bf3 13.gf3 Qe7=) 9...Bg7 10.N2f3 0-0 11.Be2 Nc5 12.0-0 Qd7 (12...a6 13.Nb3=) 13.Nd2 (13.Nb3 Nce4=) 13...Ne6 (13...a6 14.Bf3=) 14.Bf3+= Bf3 15.N4f3 (15.Qf3 Nd4 16.Bd4 Qe6+=) 15...a6= 16.a4 Rfe8 17.Qc2 Nc5 18.Rfd1 Nfe4 (18...Qg4 19.Bd4=) 19.Ne4 Ne4 (19...Re4 20.Bg7 Kg7 21.a5 ab5 22.cb5 Qb5 23.Nd4=) 20.Bg7 Kg7 21.Qb2 (21.a5 ab5 22.ab6 Ra1 23.Ra1 cb6 24.Qb2 Nf6 25.cb5 Rc8+/–) 21...Kg8 22.Qd4 (22.Nd4 Qe7+=) 22...Qe7 ½–½. Wuerfel,Raoul – Schaefer,Oliver, SEM Tourn–B, 2004.

7.Nfd2 g6 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.d5 Bg7 11.Nce4 0-0 12.Nf6 Nf6 13.Be2 Rfe8 14.0-0 Bc8 15.Bd3 a5 16.a3 Ng4 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Qc3 Kg8 19.Nf3 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Ne4 21.Qc2 Bf5 22.Nd4 Qf6? (better is 22...Bd7+–) 23.f3 Ng5 24.Bf5 (24.Nf5?! gf5 25.Rab1 ab4 26.ab4 Qg7+–) 24...gf5 25.Qf5 Qg7 (25...Qf5 26.Nf5 f6 27.e4+–) 26.h4 Re5 27.Qd7 (better is 27.Qd3 c5 28.dc6 Ne6+–) 27...ab4 (27...Re3 28.Re3 Qd4+–) 28.ab4 Nf3 (28...Ra1 29.Ra1 h5 30.hg5 Qg5 31.f4+–) 29.Nf3 (29.Nf3 Ree8 30.Ra8 Ra8 31.Qc7+–) 1–0. Jaramillo,Carlos Orlando (1930) – Rosero,Hugo Alberto (1660), Ibague COL, Men Ch, 2013.

8.a3 c6 9.cd5 cd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Be2 g6 (11...a5 12.ba5 Ra5 13.0-0=) 12.0-0 Bg7 13.Nb5 0-0 14.Nd6 Qb8 15.Nb7 Qb7 16.Rc1 h6 17.Bb5 Rfc8 18.Qa4 Nb8 19.Rc8 Qc8 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Qc2 a6 (21...Kh7 22.Qc8 Qc8 23.Rc8+–) 22.Ba4 (22.Qc8!? Qc8 23.Rc8 Bf8+–) 22...b5 (22...Kh7 23.Bb3+=) 23.Bb3 (23.Qc8!? Qc8 24.Rc8 Bf8 25.Bb3+/–) 23...Nbd7+= 24.f3 (24.Qc6 Qc6 25.Rc6 a5=) 24...Nb6 (24...ef3 25.gf3 Nb6 26.Qc7 Qc7 27.Rc7=) 25.fe4 (25.Qc6 Qc6 26.Rc6 Nc4 27.Bc4 dc4 28.Ne4 Ne4 29.fe4 f6+/–) 25...Rc8 26.Qb1 Rc1 27.Qc1 Ne4 28.Ne4 de4 29.Qc5 Bf8 30.Qe5 Qe7 31.Qg3 Qd6 (better is 31...Nc4!?=) 32.Qg4+/– Qc6 33.d5! Nd5?? (33...Qc8 34.Qe4 Bg7 35.Bg7 Qc1 36.Kf2 Kg7 37.Qd4 f6+–) 34.Qe4+– Nb4 (34...Qe6 35.Bd5 Qe4 36.Be4 f5+–) 35.Qd4 1–0. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Schneider,B, corr private, 1987.

8.b5 a6 =.

8.b5 dc4 9.Bc4 Bd6 +=.

8.c5 c6+= 9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.f3 a5 (11...Rb8 12.Qc2 ef3 13.Rf3=) 12.fe4 (12.b5 cb5 13.c6 ef3 14.Nf3 Nb8 15.Bb5 Qc7=) 12...de4 (worse is 12...bc5 13.e5 ab4 14.ef6 Bf6 15.a3+/–; 12...ab4?! 13.ed5 Nd5 14.Qb3 bc5 15.e4–/+) 13.b5 (13.Qa4 A) worse is 13...bc5 A1) 14.Qc6 Rb8 15.dc5 Rb4 (15...ab4?! 16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Nf6 Nf6 18.Qb6+=) 16.Bf6 Bf6–+; A2) worse is 14.dc5 Rb8–/+; A3) 14.bc5 Ba6 15.Ba6 Ra6 16.Rf4+=; B) 13...Rb8 14.Qc2 ab4 15.cb6 Re8+=) 13...bc5 (13...Nd5 14.bc6 Ne3 15.cd7 Nd1 16.dc8Q Rc8 17.Rd1 bc5 18.Ne4 cd4–/+) 14.bc6= Nb6 15.Nc3 (15.dc5 Nbd5 16.Bd4 Qc7=) 15...Nfd5 16.c7 (better is 16.Nd5!? Nd5 17.Nc4= (worse is 17.Ne4 Ne3 18.Qa4 Nf1 19.Rf1 Be6–/+)) 16...Qc7–/+ 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.Bc4 (18.Nc4 Be6–/+) 18...Ne3 19.Rf7 Nc4 (19...Rf7 20.Bf7) 20.Rf8 Bf8 21.Nc4 cd4 22.Rc1 (22.Nd2 Bd6–+) 22...d3 23.Kh1 (23.Bd4 Be6 24.Nb6–+) 23...Be6 24.Qa4 (24.Ne3 Qf4 25.Nc4 Qf2–+) 24...Bc4 (24...Rb8 25.Be5 Qc4 26.Qc4 (26.Rc4?? Rb1 27.Rc1 Rc1 28.Qd1 Rd1) 26...Bc4 27.Bb8–+) 25.Rc4 Qb6 (25...Qb7 26.Bc1 Qf7 27.Kg1–+) 26.Bd4 Qb1 27.Bg1 e3 (27...Rd8 28.Qa5 d2 29.Qd8–+) 28.Qc6 Rb8 (28...d2 29.Rd4 Rb8 30.Qd5 Kh8 31.Qf3 Qg1 32.Kg1 Rb1 33.Qf1–+) 29.Rc1? (better is 29.Qe6 Kh8 30.Qe3–/+) 29...Qa2–+ 30.Be3 Rb1 (30...d2 31.Rg1 Rb1 32.Qf3–+) 31.Rb1 Qb1 32.Bc1 Qb3 33.h3 (33.Qf3 a4–+) 33...d2! 34.Bd2 Qd1 35.Kh2 Qd2 36.Qe6 Kh8 37.Qe8 Qb4 (37...Qb4 38.Kg1 Qf4–+) 0–1. Labahn,Wolfgang – Bonjean,M, Hertogenbosch, 1990.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Ne4 Bb4 10.Nbd2 +=. W Labahn.

7.0-0 c5 8.b5 Be7 9.d3 (9.d4 Qc7=) 9...Nf8 (9...0-0 10.Qb3=) 10.Nc3 (10.d4 cd4 11.ed4 e4+=) 10...Ng6 11.Qc2 (11.Nd2 Nh4 12.e4 Ng6=) 11...0-0= 12.Nd2 (12.Rad1 a6=) 12...Qc7 (12...d5 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Nd5 Bd5 15.Bf3=) 13.Bf3+= Nh4 (13...Bf3 14.Nf3 (worse is 14.gf3 Qd7+=) 14...Rfd8 15.e4+=) 14.Bb7 Qb7 15.e4 (15.Nde4 Ne4 16.de4 f5+/–) 15...Qd7 16.h3 Ng6 17.Ne2 Nh5 18.Ng3 (18.a4 Nhf4 19.Nf4 Nf4=) 18...Nhf4 (18...Ng3 19.fg3 a6 20.ba6=) 19.Nf3 Nh4 (19...a6 20.a4=) 20.Nh4 Bh4 21.Bc1 (21.Nf5 Bg5=) 21...Bf6 (21...Bg3 22.fg3 Ne6 23.Be3=) 22.Be3 (22.Rb1 Bg5=) 22...a6= 23.a4 (23.Rfb1 Bg5=) 23...Ra7 24.a5 ab5 25.ab6 Rb7 26.cb5 (26.Ra7 b4+=) 26...Rb6 27.Rab1 (27.Nf5 Rb5 28.Ra6 Qb7 29.Rd6 Ne6=) 27...Rb5 28.Rb5 Qb5 29.Bf4 ef4 30.Nf5 Be5 31.Rb1 Qa6 (31...Qd7 32.Qc4+=) 32.Qb3 (32.Ne7 Kh8+=) 32...g6 33.Ne7 Kg7 34.Qd5 (34.Nd5 Qa5+=) 34...Bd4 (34...Ra8 35.Nc6 Qa2 36.Qa2 Ra2 37.Kf1–/+) 35.Qb3 Re8 (35...Ra8 36.Rf1–/+) 36.Nd5+= f3 (better is 36...Qa5!? 37.Qc2 Ra8+=) 37.Nc7+/– (worse is 37.gf3 Ra8+=) 37...Qc8 38.Ne8 Qe8 39.Qd5 (39.gf3?! Qe5 40.Kf1 Qh2+=) 39...Qd7? (better is 39...Qe7!? 40.Rb7 Qf6+=) 40.Rb7+– Qe8 41.Qd6 fg2 42.Kg2 (42.Rb8 Be5 43.Qg6 hg6 44.Re8 f6+–) 42...Qe5 43.Qe5 Be5 44.Rb5 Bd4 45.f4 Kh6 (45...Kf6 46.Kf3+–) 46.Rb7 Kg7 (46...f6 47.Kf3 Bc3 48.Re7+–) 47.Kf3 h5 (47...Kf6 48.e5 Ke6 49.Ke4+–) 48.e5 Kf8 49.Ke4 f6 (49...Bf2 50.Rc7+–) 50.Kd5 (50.e6 g5+–) 50...g5 (50...fe5 51.fe5 Be3 52.e6+–) 51.ef6 gf4 (51...Bf6 52.Ke6 Bd4+–) 52.Ke6 (52.Ke6 Bf6 53.Kf6+–) 1–0. Kreuzer – Buechler, 1985.

7.0-0 e4 8.Ng5=.

7.0-0 Qe7 8.Nc3 a6 9.d4+= e4 10.Nd2 0-0-0 11.a4 g6 12.Nd5?? Nd5= 13.cd5 Bd5?? 14.Ba6+– Bb7 15.Qe2 d5 16.Bb7 Kb7 17.a5 Qe6 18.b5 c5? 19.dc5 Nc5 20.Bh8 Nd3 21.ab6 Kb6 22.Ra6 (22.Ra6 Kb5 23.Re6 fe6 24.f3+–) 1–0. mtr – 000, Caissa's Web, 2001.

7.0-0 g6 8.d3 Bg7 9.Qb3 0-0 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a3 Kh8 (11...Qe7 12.Qc2=) 12.Bc3 ab4 13.ab4 Ng8 (13...Qe7 14.Qc2+=) 14.Qb2 f5 15.Ne1 (15.Ra8 Ba8 16.Ra1 Ngf6+=) 15...Qe7 16.Bf3 Ra1 17.Qa1 Ra8 18.Qb2 Bf3 19.Ndf3 Bf6 20.Nc2 e4 21.de4 fe4 22.Nfd4 Qe5 (22...Ne5 23.Qb3=) 23.Ne2 (better is 23.Nb5!? Qg5 24.Nc7+/–) 23...Qe7 24.Ncd4 (24.Nf4 Bc3 25.Qc3 Qe5=) 24...Ne5+= 25.Qb3 Qf7 26.Nb5 (26.Qc2 c5 27.Qe4 cd4 28.Qa8 dc3 29.Nc3 Qc4=) 26...Qe7 (better is 26...Nc4!? 27.Bf6 Nf6–/+) 27.Nf4 c6 28.Nd4 Qe8 (28...Qf7 29.c5 bc5 30.bc5 dc5 31.Nde6+=) 29.Rd1 (29.b5 g5 30.Nfe6 Ra7 31.bc6 Re7+–) 29...g5 (29...Qf7 30.Nfe6+=) 30.Nfe6 Qe7 31.f4?? (better is 31.Qc2 c5 32.Qe4=) 31...ef3!–/+ 32.gf3 (32.Nf3 Qe6 Deflection; 32.gf3 c5 Combination) 32...Nf3! 33.Nf3 Qe6 34.Kf2 (better is 34.Rd3–/+) 34...Rd8?? (better is 34...b5–+) 35.Ng5= Qf5 36.Nf3 Bc3 37.Qc3 Qf6 (37...Nf6 38.Ke2=) 38.Qf6+= Nf6 39.Ne5 Kg7 (better is 39...Rf8!? 40.Nc6 Nd5 41.Ke1 Ne3 42.Rd6 Nc4+=) 40.Nc6+– Rd7 41.Ke2 Kf8 42.Nd4 Ke7 43.Rg1 Kf7 44.Nf5 Ke6 45.Rf1 d5 46.Nd4 Ke7 47.c5 bc5 48.bc5 Rc7 49.c6 h5 50.h3 Kf7 51.Kd3 Ke7 52.Kc3 Rc8 53.Kb4 Rb8 54.Kc5 Rb2?? (54...Ra8 55.Rg1 Kf7 56.c7+–) 55.Rg1 (better is 55.Rf6 Kf6 56.c7+– (56.Kd5?! Ke7+–)) 55...Kf7 (55...Kd8+–) 56.c7 (56.c7 Nd7 57.Kd5 Nb6 58.Kc6+–) 1–0. Franco Rincon,David (1725) – Prieto Gonzalez,Cesar, 27th Torneo San Viator – Memorial Pepe, 2016.

7.0-0 h6 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.c5 bc5 11.bc5+= c6 12.Nc3 a5 (12...Be7 13.f3 ef3 14.Rf3+=) 13.f3+– Ba6? (better 13...ef3 14.Rf3 Be7+–) 14.Ba6 Ra6 15.fe4 Be7 (15...de4 16.Nce4 Be7 17.Nd6 Bd6 18.cd6+–) 16.e5 Ne4 (16...0-0 17.ef6 Bf6 18.Nf3+–) 17.Nde4 de4 18.Rf7!! (worse 18.Ne4 0-0+–) 18...Kf7 19.Qf1 Kg6 20.Qa6 Nb8 (20...Qc8 21.Qe2 Kh7 22.Ne4+–) 21.Qc4 Kh7 (21...Qc8 22.Ne4 Rf8 23.e6+–) 22.d5 cd5 (22...Nd7 23.Qe4 g6 24.d6+–) 23.Nd5 Bg5 (23...Nc6 24.Qe4 g6+–) 24.Qe4 (24.Qe4 g6 25.e6+–) 1–0. marekt – lanfour, ChessWorld.net, 2018.

7.0-0 h6 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.c5 c6 11.Nc3 b5 12.a4 a6 13.ab5 ab5 14.Ra8 Ba8 15.f3 Be7 16.fe4 de4 17.Nce4 Nd5 18.Qb3 0-0 19.Bb5 cb5 20.Ng3 Bg5 21.Nf3 Be3 22.Kh1 Re8 23.Bc1 Bc1 24.Rc1 Nf4 25.Nf5 Bd5 26.Qd1 Re2 27.Rc2 Rc2 28.Qc2 1–0. bauska18 – mateusz2metry, internet, 2014.

7.d4 ed4 8.Bd4 Be7 (8...c5 9.Bc3=) 9.0-0 (9.a3 a5=) 9...0-0 10.Nbd2 (10.a3 Re8=) 10...c6 (10...c5 11.Bc3=) 11.Qc2 (11.a3 c5 12.Bc3 d5+=) 11...d5 (11...c5 12.bc5 dc5 13.Bc3=) 12.c5+= bc5 13.bc5 Nb8 (13...Rb8 14.Rab1+=) 14.Rab1 Ba6? (better is 14...Bc8+/–) 15.Rb8!+– Rb8 (15...Qb8 16.Ba6) 16.Ba6 Qa5 17.Bd3 g6 (17...Rfe8 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Bf6 Bf6 20.Bh7 Kf8 21.Bd3+–) 18.Ne5 Qc7 (18...Rfc8 19.Rd1+–) 19.Qc3 (better is 19.Qa4!? Rfc8 20.Ba6 Bc5 21.Bc8 Rc8+–) 19...Nd7 20.Ndf3 Ne5 (20...Nf6 21.Qc2 Nd7 22.e4+–) 21.Be5 (21.Ne5?! f5+–) 21...Qb7 1–0. Eisenhauer,Erik – Baur,Markus, SJRH–ch U18 Worms, 2001.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2=.

8.a3 0-0 9.Nc3 Ne4 (9...a6 10.d4+=) 10.Ne4+= Be4 11.d3 (11.d4 ed4 12.Qd4 Bf6 13.Qe4 Bb2+=) 11...Bb7 (11...Bg6 12.d4 Bf6 13.d5=) 12.Rc1 (12.d4 ed4 13.Nd4 Bf6+=) 12...a5 (12...c5 13.d4=) 13.b5+= Bf6 14.e4 (14.d4 Re8=) 14...Nc5 (14...Be7 15.Qc2=) 15.a4 (15.Rb1 Be7=) 15...Ne6 (15...Bg5 16.Rb1=) 16.g3 (16.Qc2 Nf4=) 16...Ng5 (16...Be7 17.d4=) 17.Ng5 (17.Nd2 Bc8=) 17...Bg5 18.Rc2 f5 19.ef5 Rf5 20.Bg4 Rf8 21.d4 ed4 (21...Bf6 22.Re1 ed4 23.Bd4+=) 22.Bd4+= Bf6 (22...Re8 23.Re2+=) 23.Be6 Kh8 24.Bd5 Rb8 (24...Bd4 25.Qd4 Bd5 26.cd5+= (worse 26.Qd5 Qe7=)) 25.Re2 Bc8 (25...Bd5 26.cd5 Bd4 27.Qd4+=) 26.Be6 (26.Bf6 Qf6 27.Qa1 Qg5+–) 26...Bd4 (26...Re8 27.Bf6 Qf6 28.Bd5 Re2 29.Qe2+=) 27.Qd4+= Rf6 (27...Be6 28.Re6 Qd7 29.Rfe1=) 28.Bc8 (28.Bd5 Qf8+–) 28...Rc8 29.Rfe1 Rf7 (29...Qd7 30.f4+=) 30.Qg4 Rb8 31.Re6 (31.f4 Qf8+=) 31...Qf8 32.Qe2 Rc8 (32...Rd8 33.f4+=) 33.f4 g6 (33...Kg8 34.Qf3 Rf6 35.Re7+–) 34.Qe4 (34.Qb2 Kg8+–) 34...Qg7+= 35.Qc6 Qd4 36.Kg2 g5 ½–½. Kislov,Leonid – Smirnov,Vladimir A, Omsk RUS, City Ch, 2012.

8.d3 0-0 9.Nfd2 (9.Nc3 a5 10.b5 Nc5=) 9...h6 (9...d5!?+=) 10.Bf3= Bf3 11.Qf3 Nh7 (11...a5 12.a3=) 12.Qe2 Ng5 13.f4 ef4 14.ef4 Nh7 (14...Bf6 A) 15.fg5? Bb2 16.Na3 Bd4 (16...hg5?! 17.Rab1 Ba3 18.Rb3–+) 17.Kh1 Ba1 18.Ra1 Qg5–+; B) 15.Nb3 Ne6 16.f5=) 15.Nc3+= Ndf6 16.Rae1 Re8 17.Qf3 Bf8 (17...Qd7 18.Nb3+=) 18.Nd5 (18.Re8 Qe8 19.Rc1 c6+/–) 18...Nd5 19.Qd5 Qd7 20.b5 a5 (20...Be7 21.Ne4+/–) 21.a4 (21.Ne4 Be7+/–) 21...Re1 22.Re1 (worse is 22.Qa8 Re2 23.Rf2 Re1 24.Rf1 Re2=) 22...Re8 23.Re8 Qe8 24.Qe4 (24.Ne4 Qe6 25.f5 Qe7+/–) 24...Qd8 25.Nf3 Nf6 26.Qe2 (26.Bf6 Qf6 27.d4 Qe7=) 26...d5= 27.Bf6 Qf6 28.Qe5 Qe5 29.Ne5 dc4 30.dc4 Bd6 31.Nd3 Kf8 32.Kf2 Ke7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.g4 f5 35.h3 g5 36.Ke3 ½–½. Hungeling,Roland (1705) – Boeckmann,Dirk, Bezirksliga Steinfurt, 2008.

8.d4 0-0 9.d5=.

8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 c5 (9...d5 10.a3=) 10.b5 d5 11.Nb3 (11.cd5 0-0+=) 11...0-0= 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.dc5 Bc5 (13...Nc5 14.Rc1=) 14.Nd4 (better is 14.Nd5!? Nd5 15.cd5+=) 14...dc4+= 15.Bc4 Ne5 16.Qe2?? (16.Be2=) 16...Nd3 (better is 16...Bd4 17.Rfd1 Rc4 18.ed4 Nd3 (worse is 18...Rd4 19.Rd4 Qd4 20.Ne4 Qe4 21.Qe4 Ne4 22.Be5–+) 19.Ne4 Be4 (19...Ne4?! 20.Qd3 Qd5 21.f3–+) 20.Rd3 Bd3 21.Qd3 Qd5–+) 17.Rfd1?? (17.Bd3 Bd4 18.ed4 ed3 19.Qd3 Nd5+=) 17...Bb4?? (better is 17...Bd4 18.Bd3 Bc3 (18...ed3?! 19.Rd3 Bc3 20.Rd8 Rfd8 21.Bc3 Rc3 22.Rd1–/+; 18...Rc3?! 19.Bb1=) 19.Be4 Qe7 20.Bb7 Qb7 21.Bc3 Rc3–+) 18.Nc6 (18.Ne4 Nb2 19.Qb2 Rc4 20.Nc6 Bc6 21.Rd8 Be4 22.Rad1+=) 18...Bc6= 19.bc6 Rc6 (better is 19...Bc3 20.Bc3 Rc6 21.Bd3 Rc3 22.Be4 Qe7=) 20.Ne4+/– Ne4 21.Rd3 (21.Bd3?! Qh4 22.Be4 Qe4+–) 21...Qc7 (21...Qh4 22.Bd5 Qf2 23.Qf2 Nf2 24.Rb3+/–) 22.Bd5 (22.Qg4!? Nf6 23.Bf6 Rf6 24.Rd7+/–) 22...Nc3 (22...Rc2!? 23.Qg4 Rb2 24.Be4 Re8+=) 23.Qg4+/– (23.Qg4 Rd8 24.Bf7 Kf7 25.Rd8 Qd8 26.Qb4+/–) 1–0. Chirpii,Alexandru (1650) – Micsa,Liviu (1700), Centrocoop Sept op–A, 1998.

8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 c6 10.Nc3 d5 11.b5 0-0 (11...cb5!? 12.cb5 a6=) 12.bc6+/– Bc6 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Nde4 Nc3 (14...N7f6 15.Nf6 Bf6 16.Nd5 Bd5 17.Bd3+/–) 15.Nc3 Qc7 (15...Nf6 16.Bf3 Qd7 17.e4+/–) 16.d5 Bb7 17.Nb5 Qb8 (17...Qd8!?+/–) 18.d6+– Bf6 (18...Bd8 19.Bd3 a6 20.Qg4+–) 19.Bf6 Nf6 20.Nc7 Rd8 21.Bd3 Rd6 (better is 21...Rd7+–) 22.Bh7! Nh7 (22...Nh7 23.Qd6 Discovered attack; 22...Kh7 23.Qd6 Discovered attack) 23.Qd6 Nf6 24.Rfd1 Kh7 (24...Ne8 25.Ne8 Qe8+–) 25.Na8 (25.f3 Qf8 26.Na8 Qd6 27.Rd6 Ba8+–) 25...Qd6 (25...Qa8 26.f3+–) 26.Rd6 Ba8 27.Rad1 (27.a4 Bb7+–) 27...Be4 (27...Kg6 28.f3+–) 28.R1d4 Bg6 (28...Bc2+–) 29.Rh4 Bh5 30.g4! 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – guest661, ICC, 2002.

8.d4 Bf3 9.Bf3+= e4 10.Be2 0-0 11.Nc3 c5 12.Qc2 (12.bc5 bc5 13.Rb1 Rb8+/–) 12...cb4+= 13.Ne4 Ne4 (13...d5 14.Nf6 Nf6 15.Rfc1+=) 14.Qe4+/– f5 (14...Re8 15.Qf5+/–) 15.Qc2 (15.Qe6 Kh8 16.Bd3+/–) 15...Bf6 (better is 15...Rc8!?+/–) 16.Qf5+– Bd4?? (16...Qe7+–) 17.Qe6 (17.Qd5 Kh8 18.Qd4 Qg5+–) 17...Kh8 18.ed4 (18.Bd4 Ne5+–) 18...Rf6 (18...Re8 19.Qg4+–) 19.Qd5 Qe8 (19...a6 20.Rae1+–) 20.Bg4 Ne5 (20...Rd8+–) 21.de5 (21.de5 de5 22.Bd7+–) 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – BigThought, ICC, 2002.

7.b5 Be7 8.Nc3 Qc7 (8...0-0 9.0-0=) 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.a4 0-0 11.Nh4 (11.0-0 a6=) 11...d5 12.Nf5 d4?? (12...Bd6 13.cd5 Rac8+/–) 13.Ne7+– Kh8 14.Ned5 (14.Ncd5 Nd5 15.Nd5 Bd5 16.cd5 Qd6+–) 14...Nd5 (14...Qb8 15.Nf6 Nf6+–) 15.Nd5 (15.cd5?! dc3 16.Bc3 Bd5=) 15...Qd6 16.e4 (16.0-0 Bd5 17.cd5 Rad8+–) 16...Qg6 (16...Nf6 17.0-0+–) 17.Bf3 (17.0-0 a6+–) 17...Nf6 (17...Bd5 18.cd5 a6 19.0-0+–) 18.Ne7 Qh6 (18...Qg5 19.Nf5+–) 19.Nf5 Qg6 20.d3 (20.a5 ba5 21.Ra5 Nd7+–) 20...Bc8 (20...Nd7 21.Bc1+–) 21.Ne7 Qh6 22.Bd1 (22.a5 Re8 23.Bc1 Qh4+–) 22...g5 (22...a6 23.a5 ab5 24.cb5+–) 23.h4! Qg7 (23...gh4 24.Nf5 Double attack (24.Nf5 Decoy)) 24.hg5 Ng8 (24...Qg5 25.Bf3 (25.Nc8?! Qg2 26.Rf1 Rfc8+–) 25...Nd7 26.Nc8 Rfc8 27.Bc1+–) 25.Nf5 (better is 25.Nc8!? Rac8 26.Bg4 Qg5 27.Bc8 Rc8+–) 25...Bf5 (25...Qg5 26.Bf3+–) 26.ef5 f6 (26...Qg5 27.Bf3 Rae8+–) 27.g6 h6 1–0. Kraemer – Jeutner, Dresden DDR, 1985.

7.b5 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.d4 0-0 (9...cd4!? 10.ed4 e4+=) 10.de5+/– de5 11.Ne5 (11.Be5?! Ne5 12.Ne5 Qd1 13.Rd1 Ng4 14.Ng4 Ba1+=) 11...Ne4? (11...Ne5 12.Be5 Bb7 13.Nd2+/–) 12.Nc6 (12.Qd5!? Ne5 13.Qa8 Nf3 14.Bf3 Bb2 15.Be4 Ba1 16.Qa7 Be6+–) 12...Qc7 13.Ne7 Kh8 14.Bg7 (14.Nc8? Bb2 15.Nb6 ab6–+ (15...Ba1 16.Nd7 Rad8 17.Nd2+=; 15...Nb6?! 16.Nd2 Nc3 17.Qe1–+; 15...Qb6?! 16.Bf3 Ba1 17.Be4–+)) 14...Kg7 15.Nd5 Qe5 16.Nd2 Ndf6 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Qc2 Bf5 (18...Nd6 19.f4 Qe4 20.Bd3+–) 19.Bd3 (19.g4 Bd7 20.f4 Qe8+–) 19...Nf6 20.f4 Qd6 21.Bf5 gf5 22.Qf5 Rg8?? (22...Nd5 23.cd5 a6+–) 23.Qg5 Kf8 (23...Kh8 24.Qf6 (24.Nf6?! Rg5 25.fg5 Qd3=) 24...Qf6 25.Nf6+–) 24.Qf6 (better is 24.Qh6 Ke8 25.Nf6 Ke7 26.Ng8 Rg8 27.Qh7 Rd8+–) 24...Qf6 25.Nf6 Rg6 26.Nh7 Kg8 27.Ng5 Re8 28.e4 (28.Kf2!? Rh6+–) 28...f6 29.Ne6! f5 (29...Re6 30.f5 Double attack (30.f5 Decoy)) 30.ef5 Rf6 31.g4 Kh8 32.h4 Re7 (32...Rh6 33.h5+–) 33.Rae1 Rd7 (33...a6 34.ba6 Ra7 35.Rd1+–) 34.Rd1 Rdf7 35.Rd8 Kh7 36.Rfd1 Rh6 37.R1d7 (37.Ng5 Kg7 38.Nf7 Rf6 39.Ng5 Rf7 40.R1d6 Rf6 41.R6d7 Rf7 42.Rf7 Kh6 43.Rh7) 37...Rd7 38.Rd7 Kg8 39.h5 Rf6 40.Kf2 Kh8 (40...Rh6 41.g5 Rh5 42.g6 Rh2 43.Kg3 Rd2 44.Rd2 a6 45.Rd8) 41.g5 Rf5 (41...Rf8 42.f6 Ra8 43.g6 Kg8 44.Rg7 Kh8 45.Rh7 Kg8 46.f7) 42.g6 Rh5 (42...Rf4 43.Nf4 Kg8 44.Ne6 a6 45.Rd8) 43.Rd8 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1860) – Eltov, Open vermeulen mai, 2004.

7.0-0 0-0 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.b5 (9.Nc3 a5 10.a3 h6+=) 9...Re8 10.d4 Bf8 11.d5 (11.Nc3 g6+=) 11...Nc5 12.Nc3 g6 13.e4 Bg7 14.a4 a5 15.Nd2 Bc8 16.Bc1 Bh6 17.Nb3 Bc1 18.Nc1 Qe7 19.h3 h5 20.Nb3 Nb3 21.Qb3 Nh7 22.Nb1 Qg5 23.Ra3 Kg7 24.Qb2 f6 (24...Nf6 25.Re3=) 25.Rg3 Qh6 26.Nd2 h4 27.Re3 g5 (27...Ng5 28.Rd1=) 28.Bg4 (28.c5!? dc5 29.Nc4+=) 28...Bg4+= 29.hg4 Nf8 30.Rh3 Qg6 31.g3 (better is 31.Re1!?+=) 31...hg3–/+ 32.fg3 Nd7 33.Kg2 (33.Qc2!?–/+) 33...Rh8 34.Rfh1 Rh3 35.Rh3 Rh8 36.Rh8 Kh8 37.Qc2 (37.Kf3 Nc5–+) 37...Nc5–+ 38.Kg1 (38.Qd1 Kg7–+) 38...Qh7 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Kf3? (40.Qb1 Na4 41.Qd1–+) 40...Qh1 41.Kf2 (41.Ke3 Qh2 42.Qd1 Qg3 43.Qf3 Qf4 44.Qf4 gf4 45.Kf3 Na4–+) 41...Qh2 42.Kf3 Na4! 43.Qa4 Qd2 44.Qb3 Kg6 (better is 44...Kh6 45.c5 dc5 46.d6 Qd6 47.Qg8–+) 45.Qb1 (45.c5–+) 45...Qc3 46.Kf2 Qc4 47.Kf3 (47.Qh1 Kg7 48.Qf3–+) 47...a4 48.Qh1 Qb5 (better is 48...Kg7 49.Qa1 Qd3 50.Kg2 a3–+) 49.Qh8 Qd7 (better is 49...Kf7!? 50.Qh7 Kf8 51.Qc7–+) 50.Qg8 Qg7 51.Qe8 Qf7 52.Qa4 Kg7 53.Qc6 Qe7 54.Kg2 Kf7 55.Qa8 Qe8 56.Qb7 Qd7 57.Qb8? (57.Kf3 Qd8–+) 57...Kg7 (better is 57...Qg4 58.Qc7 Kg6–+) 58.Kf2 b5 (better is 58...Qf7–+) 59.Kf3? (better is 59.Qb7–/+) 59...c5 60.dc6 Qc6 61.Qd8 (61.Qa7 Kf8 62.Qb8 Ke7 63.Qa7 Qd7 64.Qb6–+) 61...Qc3 (better is 61...Kf7!? 62.Qa5–+) 62.Kf2? (62.Kg2!? Qc4 63.Qe7 Qf7 64.Qd6–/+) 62...Qc2 (62...Qd4 63.Kf3 Qd3 64.Kf2 Qc2 65.Kg1 Qb1 66.Kh2 Qa2 67.Kh3–+) 63.Kf3 Qb3 64.Kf2 (64.Kg2 Qe6 65.Qc7 Kg6–+) 64...Qe6 (better is 64...Qa2 65.Kf3 Qe6 66.Qc7 Kg6 67.Qb8 Qb3 68.Ke2–+) 65.Qb8? (65.Qc7 Kh6 66.Qb8–+) 65...Qa2 (65...Qg4?! 66.Qd6 Qc8 67.Qb4–+) 66.Kf3 Qb3 67.Kf2 Qc2 68.Ke3 Qc3 69.Kf2 (69.Ke2 Qc4 70.Kd2 Qd4 (70...Qe4?! 71.Qd6 Qb7 72.Qe6–+) 71.Kc1 Qe3 (71...Qe4?! 72.Qd6 Qc4 73.Kb1–+) 72.Kb2 Qe4–+) 69...Qd2 70.Kf3 b4 (better is 70...Qd3 71.Kf2 Qe4 72.Qc7 Kg6–+) 71.Qc7 Kg6 72.Qc4?? (better is 72.Qh7! Kh7=) 72...Qc3–+ 73.Qc3 bc3 74.Ke3 Kf7 (better is 74...d5!? 75.ed5 e4 76.d6–+) 75.Kd3 Ke6 76.Kc3 d5 77.ed5 Kd5 78.Kd3 e4 79.Ke3 Ke5 80.Ke2 Kd4 81.Kd2 e3 (81...e3 82.Ke1 Ke5–+) 0–1. Fischbach,Rainer (1885) – Ebert,Karsten (1900), Leipzig VfB op, 2008.

7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 ed4 9.Nd4 Bb7 10.Bf3 d5 (10...Bf3 11.Nf3 Re8 12.a3=) 11.a3 (11.Nf5 Bb4 12.a3 Bc5=) 11...Ne5= 12.cd5 (12.Nd2 Ne4 13.Be4 de4=) 12...Nf3 13.Nf3 Nd5 (13...Qd5 14.Qd5 Nd5 15.e4+=) 14.Nbd2 Bf6 (14...c5 15.bc5 Bc5 16.Ne4=) 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Qc2 Rac8 (16...a5 17.b5=) 17.Rac1 Rfe8 18.Qb1 (18.Rfd1 a6=) 18...b5 (18...c5!?+=) 19.Ne4+= Qg6 (19...Qb6 20.Nc5+=) 20.Nc5 Qb1 21.Rb1 Nc3? (21...Rb8+=) 22.Rb2?? (better is 22.Nb7 Nb1 23.Rb1+–) 22...Bf3= 23.gf3 Rcd8 (23...Nd5 24.Rc1=) 24.Rc2 Nd5 25.Rfc1 (25.Na6 Re7+=) 25...f5 (better is 25...Rd6!?=) 26.Na6+/– Nb6 (better is 26...Kf8!?+/–) 27.Nc7+– Re7 28.Nb5 Rd3 (better is 28...f4 29.e4 Kf8+–) 29.Na7?? (better is 29.Rc7 Rdd7 30.Rd7 Rd7 31.Nd4+–) 29...Ra7–/+ 30.Rc3 (30.Rc5 g6–/+ (worse is 30...Raa3 31.Rf5 Rab3 32.Rb5=; worse is 30...Rda3 31.Rf5 g6 32.Rb5=)) 30...Ra3 31.Rc6 (31.Ra3 Ra3 32.b5 Rb3–+) 31...Nd7 (31...Nd5 32.e4 Nf4 33.Rc8 Kf7 34.R8c7 Kg6 35.ef5 Kh6 36.Kh1–+) 32.Rc7 Rab3 33.Rb7 h6 (33...Kf7 34.Kg2–/+) 34.Rcc7 Rb1 35.Kg2 Rbd1 36.f4 Kf8 37.b5 Ke7 38.b6? (38.Rb8 Rd6–/+) 38...Kd8 (38...Rd6 39.f3–+) 39.Rc6 (better is 39.Ra7 Nb6 40.Rg7+=) 39...Rd6–+ 40.Rc2 (40.Rbc7 Rc6 41.Rc6 Ke7–+) 40...Rb6 41.Ra7 (41.Rb6 Nb6 42.Rc6 Nc8–+) 41...Ke7 42.Kf3 g5 43.fg5 hg5 44.Ra5 (44.Kg2 Ke6–+) 44...Ke6 45.Kg2 Rd5 (45...Nf6 46.Ra4–+) 46.Ra8 Nf6 47.Ra3 (47.Rh8 Rb4–+) 47...Ne4 48.Raa2 g4 (48...Rbd6 49.f3 Nf6 50.Re2–+) 49.f3 (49.h3 gh3 50.Kh3 Rbd6–+) 49...gf3 50.Kf3 Rd1 (50...Rb1 51.h4–+) 51.Ra3 (51.h4 Rh1 52.Rh2 Rf1 53.Ke2 Rbb1–+) 51...Rd2 52.Raa2 Rc2 53.Rc2 Rd6 (53...Rb1 54.Ra2–+) 54.Ke2 (54.h4 Rd1 55.Rh2 Rf1 56.Ke2 Ng3 57.Kd3 Rf3–+) 54...Ke5 55.Rb2 (55.Kf3 Rh6–+) 55...Rh6 (55...Nc3 56.Kf3 Rh6 57.Kg3–+) 56.Kd3 (56.Rb5 Ke6 57.Kf3–+) 56...Rd6 57.Ke2 Nc3 58.Kf3 Rd1 (58...Rh6 59.Kg3–+) 59.Rc2 (59.Rb8 Ne4–+) 59...Nd5 (59...Rd3 60.Kf2–+) 60.Re2 (60.Rc8 Rf1 61.Ke2–+) 60...Nc3 61.Rc2 Rd3 62.Kf2 Ke4 63.h4 Re3 64.h5 Rh3 (better is 64...Kf4–+) 65.Kg2 Re3 66.Kf2 Nd1 67.Kg2 Kd3 (better is 67...Kf4!? 68.Rc4 Kg5 69.Rd4–+) 68.Rc7 f4 69.h6 (69.Kf1 Rf3 70.Kg1 Rg3 71.Kf1 Ne3 72.Kf2 Ng4 73.Kf1 f3 74.Rd7 Ke4 75.Re7 Kd4 76.Rd7 Ke5–+) 69...Re2 (better is 69...f3 70.Kf1 f2 71.Rd7 Kc2 72.Rd1 Kd1 73.Kf2–+) 70.Kh3 (70.Kh1 Nf2 71.Kg2 Ke3 72.Re7 Ne4 73.Kh3 Re1–+) 70...Nf2 (70...f3!? 71.Rd7 Kc2 72.Rf7–+) 71.Kh4 Re8 72.h7 Ke3 (better is 72...Rh8–+) 73.Re7 Re7 74.h8Q Re4 (74...f3!?–+) 75.Qh6–/+ Nd3 76.Qg5 Ne1 (76...Ke2 77.Qd5 Re5 78.Qa2 Ke3 79.Qa7 Rc5 80.Qe7 Kd2 81.Kg4+=) 77.Qc5 (77.Kg4!?=) 77...Ke2+= 78.Qd5 Ke3 79.Qc5 Rd4 (79...Kf3!?+=) 80.Qe5= Re4 81.Qc5 Rd4 ½–½. Koerner,Helmut (1870) – Woelfert,Juergen (1830), Lichtenberger Sommer, 2016.

7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 ed4 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.Nd2 Be6?? 11.a3?? (better 11.f4 Nc4 12.Nc4+-) 11...d5?? (11...Bd7 12.N4f3+=) 12.Rc1 (12.Ne6 fe6 13.Be5 Bd6 14.Bd6 Qd6 15.cd5 ed5+-) 12...dc4? (better 12...Bd7+/-) 13.Ne6+- fe6 14.Be5 b5 15.Bf3 Rb8 (15...Nd5 16.Be4 Qe8 17.Qg4+-) 16.Ne4 Nd5 (16...Ne4 17.Be4 Bf6 18.Qh5+-) 17.Qd4 Nb6 (17...Qe8 18.Bg7 Rf3 19.gf3+-) 18.Bg7 Qd4 19.Bd4 (19.ed4?! Kg7 20.Nc3 a6+=) 19...Rf5 (19...Rbd8 20.Bg4 Kf7 21.f4+-) 20.Bg4 Rbf8 21.Bf5 ef5 22.Nc5 Kf7 23.Rfe1 Rd8 24.Rcd1 Rd5 (24...Bc5 25.Bc5 Rd1 26.Rd1+-) 25.f3 h5 (25...Bh4 26.g3 Bf6 27.Na6+-) 26.e4 fe4 27.fe4 Rg5 (27...Rd6 28.e5 Rd8 29.e6 Ke8 30.Na6+-) 28.Rf1 Kg6 29.Ne6 (29.Ne6 Rg4 30.Bb6 Re4 31.Nc5+-) 1-0. Mely (2255) - Chateauman (1835), ChessWorld.net, 2016.

7.0-0 Nf8 8.d4+= Ng6 (8...e4!? 9.Nfd2 d5+=) 9.de5+– Ng4 (better 9...de5!? 10.Ne5 Qd1 11.Rd1 Ne5 12.Be5 Bb4+–) 10.ed6+– Bf6 (10...Qd6 11.Bg7 Rg8+–) 11.Nd4 0-0 (11...Nh2 12.Kh2 Qd6 13.Kg1 0-0+–) 12.dc7 (12.Bg4?! Bg4 13.Qg4 c5+–) 12...Qc7 (12...Qd7 13.Bf3 Nh2 14.Ba8 Nf1 15.Qf1 Qc7 16.Bd5+–) 13.Bg4 Be5 (13...Bg4 14.Qg4 Qc4 15.Rc1 Bd4 16.Qd4 (16.Rc4?! Bb2 17.Qf5 Ba1+–) 16...Qd4 17.Bd4+–) 14.f4 (14.Bc8 Rac8 15.f4 Bd4 16.Qd4 f5+–) 14...Bf6 (14...Bg4 15.Qg4 Bd4 16.Bd4 Qc4 17.f5+–) 15.Bf3 Bb7 16.Nd2 Bf3 (16...Rad8 17.Bb7 Qb7 18.Qf3+–) 17.Qf3 (17.N4f3?! Bb2 18.Rb1 Bf6+–) 17...Qd6 (17...a5 18.b5+–) 18.Ne4 (better 18.a3 Qc7+–) 18...Qd8 (18...Qb4 19.Nf6 gf6+–) 19.Nc6 Qc7 (19...Qd7 20.Rad1 Qe8 21.Nf6 gf6 22.b5+–) 20.Nf6 gf6 21.f5 Qc6 (21...h6 22.fg6 fg6 23.Bf6 Kh7+–) 22.Qc6 Rac8 23.Qf6 Rc6 (23...Ne5 24.Be5 Rc4 25.Qg7) 24.Qg7 1–0. DEFFM – GuestYYLP, freechess.org, 2018.

7.d4 ed4 8.Nd4+= Ne5 9.Nd2 0-0 10.0-0 c5 11.N4f3 Nc6 (11...Qc7!?=) 12.b5+/– Na5 13.e4 (13.Qc2 d5+/–) 13...Be6 14.Qc2 Qc7 (14...a6 15.Ng5+=) 15.Rfd1 Rad8 (15...a6 16.Bd3+=) 16.Nf1 Rfe8 17.Ne3 h6 (17...Nd7 18.Rab1+/–) 18.Bc3 (18.Rac1 Rc8+/–) 18...Nb7 (18...Ng4 19.Ng4 Bg4 20.Qd3+/–) 19.Nd2 Nd7 20.Nb1 (20.f4 Nf6+/–) 20...Bf6 21.Bf6 Nf6 22.Nc3 Na5 (22...Qe7 23.Bf3+=) 23.Ncd5+/– Bd5 24.Nd5 Nd5 25.Rd5 (worse is 25.ed5 Re5=) 25...f6 (25...a6 26.Rad1+=) 26.Rad1 Nb7 (26...Re5 27.Bg4+/–) 27.Qd3 (27.Bh5 Re5+/–) 27...Re5 28.f4 (28.Bh5 Ra8+/–) 28...Re7 (28...Rd5 29.Qd5 Qf7 30.Qf7 Kf7 31.f5+/–) 29.Bh5 Red7 (29...Ra8 30.Bg6+/–) 30.Bg6 (better is 30.e5!? fe5 31.fe5 Rf8+–) 30...Re7+/– 31.Bf5 Ree8 32.Qg3 g5 (32...Kf8 33.a3+–) 33.fg5 fg5 34.Qh3 (34.h4 g4+–) 34...Qg7 35.Be6 Kh8 36.R5d3 Rf8 37.Bd5 Rf6? (better is 37...Na5+/–) 38.Bb7 (38.e5 Rff8 39.Bb7 Qb7 40.Rd6 Rd6 41.Rd6 Qg7 42.Rh6 Kg8+–) 38...Qb7 39.e5! Rg6 (39...de5 40.Rd5 Double attack (40.Rd8 Pinning; 40.Rd8 Deflection; 40.Rd5 Decoy)) 40.Rd6 (40.ed6?! Qf7 41.Qg3 Rd7+–) 40...Rdd6 41.Rd6 (41.ed6 Qb8 42.Qf5+–) 41...Rd6?? (better is 41...Qe4 42.Rd8 Kh7 43.Qd7 Rg7+–) 42.ed6 Qe4 43.Qh6 Kg8 44.Qg5 (44.Qg5 Kf8 45.Qe7 Qe7 46.de7 Ke8 47.Kf2 Ke7 48.h4+–) 1–0. Kreuzer – Stolle, 1980.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 d5 9.Qa4=.

6.b5 e4 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3 =+.

6.bc5 Nc5 7.d4= ed4 8.ed4 Ncd7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Re1 Re8 13.h3 Qb6 (13...b6 14.Rb1+=) 14.Bc1 (14.Qc2 Qd8+/–) 14...Qc7+= 15.Qb3 Nb6 (better is 15...b6!?+=) 16.Bf4 Be6 17.d5 Bc8 18.c5! Qc5? (18...Qc5 19.Na4 Double attack (19.Na4 Decoy); 18...dc5 19.Bc7 Pinning (19.Bc7 Deflection)) 19.Be3 black resigned (19.Be3 Qc7 20.Bb6+– (worse is 20.Qb6 Qc3 21.Qb1 Qa5+=)) 1–0. pcmvr – dennism (2315), net–chess.com, 2012.

6.bc5 e4!? 7.Nh4 Nc5+=.

7.ab4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 d5 11.Qb3 e4 12.de4 de4 13.Nd4 a6 14.0-0 Bd6 15.h3 0-0 16.Rfc1 a5 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.ba5 ba5 19.Bd4 (19.Nd6 Qd6 20.Ba3 (20.Qb7?! Qd2 21.Bf6 Nf6=) 20...Qd2 21.Rc2+/–) 19...Bb4= 20.Bc3 Nc5 21.Qb2 Bc3 22.Qc3 Attacks the isolani on a5 22...a4 23.Rcb1 Rd8 24.Nd4 Qe5 25.Rb5 Bc6 26.Ra5 Rab8?? (better is 26...Ra5 27.Qa5 Ra8+=) 27.Qa3+– Rd4 28.Rc5 Rd2? (28...Qc5 29.Qc5 Rd2 30.Qc6 Re2+–) 29.Re5 Re2 30.Rb5! Bb5 (30...Rb5 31.cb5 Passed pawn; 30...Bb5 31.Qb4 Decoy) 31.cb5 Rd2 (better is 31...Rb5!? 32.Qa4 Rb8+–) 32.Qa4 h5 33.Qb4 Rdd8 34.Ra7 Re8 35.b6 Nd5 36.Qc5 (36.Qc4!? Red8 37.b7 Nf6+–) 36...Nb6 37.Qc7 Rf8 38.Rb7 (38.Qc6 Rfe8+–) 38...Rb7 (38...Nd5 39.Qb8 Rb8 40.Rb8 Kh7 41.Kf1+–) 39.Qb7 Nc4 40.Qe4 Nd6 (40...Nb6 41.Kh2+–) 41.Qe5 Rd8 (41...Ne8 42.Qh5 Nf6+–) 42.Qe7 (42.Qe7 Nb7 43.Qb7+–) 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1820) – Bernard,Marc Olivier, Open/Paris FRA, 2002.

7.ab4 e4 8.Nd4 d5 9.c5 b6 10.c6 Nb8 (10...Ne5 11.Qa4 a6 12.Ne6 Be6 13.Be5+/-) 11.b5 (11.Qa4 Qc7 12.Nb5+-) 11...Bc5 12.Be2 Bd4 (better 12...a6!?+=) 13.Bd4+/- (worse 13.ed4 0-0+=) 13...Qc7 (13...0-0!?+/-) 14.Nc3+- Be6 15.0-0 0-0 16.f3 a5 (16...ef3 17.Bf3 Ne4 18.Ne4 de4 19.Be4+-) 17.fe4 Ne4 18.Ne4 (18.Na4!? Nc5+-) 18...de4 19.Qc2 f5 20.Bc4 Bc4 21.Qc4 Kh8 22.Qe6 Qf7 23.Qe5 Nc6 (23...Qg6 24.Qe4 Na6 25.Qe5+-) 24.bc6 Rae8 (24...Qg6 25.Qb5+-) 25.Rf5! (25.Rf5 Re5 26.Rf7 Rf7 27.Be5+-) 1-0. khal59 (2055) - beatmeeasy (1945), lichess.org, 2021.

7.a4 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 (10...e4 11.Ng1+=) 11.d3= Ne8 (11...Qc7 12.0-0=) 12.0-0 f5 13.Nbd2 Bf6 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.e4 (15.Bc3 Qe7+=) 15...f4 (15...g5 16.Nb3=) 16.Bb2+= Nc7 17.Qd1 (17.Bc3 Ne6+=) 17...Ne6 18.Nb3 (18.Qb3 Qe7+=) 18...Qe8 (18...Na4 19.Ba1=) 19.Kh1 g5 (19...Na4 20.Ba1=) 20.Ng1 Ng7 21.Bg4 h5 (21...Bg4 22.Qg4 Na4 23.Rb1=) 22.Bc8+= Qc8 23.Na5 (23.Qc2 Ne6+=) 23...g4 24.Re1 Nd7 (24...Bh4 25.Qe2+=) 25.h3 (25.Nb3 Ne6+=) 25...Bd8 (25...Nb6 26.Nb3=) 26.Nb3+= Nf6 27.Ba1 Kf7 28.g3 (28.Re2 Ke8=) 28...f3 (28...fg3 29.fg3 gh3 30.Rf1–/+) 29.Kh2 (29.h4!?=) 29...h4+= 30.Nf3? (better is 30.gh4!? Rh8 31.Bc3+=) 30...gf3 31.Qf3 hg3 32.fg3 Kg8 (32...Ke8 33.Rh1–+) 33.Rf1 Be7 34.Nd2 (34.Qe2 Kf7–/+) 34...Ne6 (34...Kf7 35.Kg2–+) 35.Qf5 Kg7 (35...Kf7 36.Nf3–/+) 36.Bc3 (36.Nf3 Nh7 37.Qg4 Neg5 38.Qc8 Nf3 39.Rf3 Rc8+=) 36...Rh8–/+ (36...Rh8 37.g4 Rf8–+) 0–1. GuestRZLK – martinPi, freechess.org, 2017.

7.a4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Be2 Be7 10.d3 Qc7 11.Qc2 0-0 12.0-0 a5 (12...Ra7 13.Rab1=) 13.e4+= Rfc8 14.Bc1 Nf8 15.h3 Ne6 16.Be3 Nd4 17.Bd4 (17.Qb1 Rab8=) 17...ed4 (better is 17...cd4!? 18.Na2 d5 19.ed5 Nd5–/+) 18.Nd1 (18.Nd5 Nd5 19.cd5 Re8=) 18...Rf8 19.Nh2 Nd7 20.f4 (20.Nb2 f5+=) 20...f5+= 21.ef5 Rf5 22.Bg4 Rf7 (better is 22...Rff8+=) 23.Be6+/– Raf8 24.Bf7 (24.Nf3 Kh8 25.Bf7 Rf7+/–) 24...Rf7 25.g3 (25.Nb2 Qb8+/–) 25...Nf6 (25...Ba8 26.Nf3+/–) 26.Qe2 (26.Nf3 h6+/–) 26...d5+= 27.Nf2 dc4 28.dc4 g5 (28...Ba8 29.Nf3+/–) 29.Nd3 (29.Nhg4!? Ng4 30.Ng4+/– (30.Qg4?! Bc8 31.Qh5 gf4+=)) 29...Ne4+= 30.Qg4 (30.Qe1 gf4 31.Ng4 Ng3 32.Nh6 Kg7 33.Rf4 Rf4 34.Qg3 Kh6 35.Nf4 Bc8+=) 30...Rg7 (30...Bc8 31.Qf3 Nd2 32.Qd5 Nf1 33.Ne5=) 31.Qe6 Kh8 32.g4 gf4 33.Nf3 (33.Rf4 Ng5 34.Qh6 Be4 35.Re4 Qg3 (35...Ne4?! 36.Nf1+=) 36.Kh1 Ne4–+) 33...Ng3 34.Rf2 Be4 35.Nde5 Bd6 ½–½. Hasse,Peter – Jopp,Michael (1705), Germany, 2005.

7.a4 e4 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3+=.

7.ba6 ba6 8.Nc3 Bb7=.

7.a4 a6 8.a5 Nbd7 9.b6 e4 10.Ng5 1–0. GuestSKYR – GuestGKHH, freechess.org, 2017.

7.Nc3 Be6 8.d3 Qc7 9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.a4 a5 (12...h6 13.Nf3=) 13.Bf3 h6 (13...Bf5 14.Qe2=) 14.Nge4+= Be6 (14...Ne8 15.Qe2+=) 15.Re1 (15.Nf6 Bf6 16.Be4 Qd7+=) 15...Rfd8 (15...Ne4 16.Be4 f5 17.Bf3=) 16.Nf6 Bf6 17.e4 (17.Qb3 Be7+=) 17...Bg5= 18.Bc1 (18.Bg4 Rf8=) 18...Bc1 ½–½. Borrmann,Fritz – Tzannetakis,Stefanos, CiF, 1995.

6.a3 a5 7.Be2=.

6.a4 Qc7 7.Be2 (7.Nc3 Be7=) 7...d5 8.0-0 (8.Bc3!?=) 8...Bb4 (8...e4 9.Nd4 Bb4 10.d3–/+) 9.Qb3 (9.d4 e4 10.Ne5 Bd6–/+) 9...a5 (9...Bd6 10.d4–/+) 10.cd5 cd5 (10...e4 11.dc6 Nc5 12.Qc2 ef3 13.Bf3–/+) 11.Rc1 Qd6 12.Nc3 (12.Na3 Nc5 13.Qc2 e4+=) 12...0-0 (12...Nc5 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Qd1+=) 13.Nb5+= Qb8 (better is 13...Qe7!?+=) 14.Nc7+= Nc5 (14...Ra7 15.Nd5 Bd6 16.d4 Nd5 17.Qd5=) 15.Rc5+/– Bc5 16.Na8 Qa8 17.Be5 Be6 (17...Be7 18.Rc1+/–) 18.Bf6 gf6 19.d4 Bb4 20.Bb5 (20.Rb1 Rc8+/–) 20...Rc8 21.Qd1 Rc3 (21...Bg4 22.Rb1+/–) 22.Rc1 Qc8 23.Rc3 Qc3 24.h3 (24.Qb1 Bd6+/–) 24...Kf8 (24...Bf5 25.Kh1+/–) 25.Qd3 (25.Bd3 Kg8+/–) 25...Qd3 26.Bd3 Bd7 27.Bc2 Kg7 28.Kf1 (28.Bb3!?+/–) 28...b5= 29.Bb3 Bc6 30.Ne1?? (better is 30.ab5 Bb5 31.Kg1=) 30...ba4–+ 31.Bd1 (31.Ba2 Bb5 32.Kg1 Be1 33.Bd5–+) 31...Bb5 32.Be2 (32.Kg1 Be1 33.Bc2 a3–+) 32...Be2 33.Ke2 Be1 (33...Be1 34.Kd3 Bf2–+) 0–1. Ruhle,Ernst Albrecht – Waldhart,Helmuth, Seefeld op, 2003.

6.a4 e4 7.Nd4+=.

6.b5 cb5 7.cb5= Qc7 8.Nc3 Nc5 (8...d5 9.Be2=) 9.Be2 (9.d4 ed4 10.ed4 Nce4+=) 9...e4= 10.Nd4 Ne6 (better 10...d5!?=) 11.Ne6+/- Be6 12.0-0 (12.Qa4 Qe7 13.Ne4 Nd7+/-) 12...Be7 (12...d5 13.Rc1 Qe5 14.Na4=) 13.Qc2 (better 13.Qa4!? 0-0 14.Rfc1+/-) 13...d5= 14.Rfc1 Qd7 (14...Rc8 15.Qa4 Qb6 16.d3 ed3 17.Bd3+=) 15.Qa4 (15.d3 Bf5+=) 15...b6 (15...Bg4 16.Bg4 Ng4 17.Rab1=) 16.Ba3 (16.d3 Qb7+=) 16...0-0 (16...Ba3 17.Qa3 d4 18.ed4 Qd4 19.d3 ed3 20.Bf3+=) 17.Be7+= Qe7 18.d4 (18.Rc2 Rfc8=) 18...Nd7 (18...Rfc8 19.Rc2=) 19.Qb3 (19.Rc2 f5+=) 19...Qg5 20.g3 Rad8 21.a4 (21.Rc2 Nf6=) 21...h5 (21...Rc8 22.Qd1=) 22.a5+= h4 23.ab6 (23.Qb4 Rc8+=) 23...ab6 24.Ra6 hg3 25.hg3 g6 26.Kf1 Bg4 (26...Kg7 27.Rca1=) 27.Nd5 (27.Bg4 Qg4 28.Kg1+= (worse 28.Qd5 Nc5 29.Qc6 Qf3=+)) 27...Kg7 (27...Be2!? 28.Ke2 Nb8=+) 28.Nb6 (28.Bc4 Qh5 29.Ke1 Qh1 30.Kd2 Qh2=) 28...Rh8 (28...Be2 29.Ke2 Qh5 30.Kd2 Nb6 31.Rb6=) 29.Nd7 (29.Qd5!? Rh1 30.Kg2 Rc1 31.Qg5 Be2 32.Qf4 Bf1 33.Kh2 Rh8 34.Qh4-+) 29...Rh1= 30.Kg2 Rc1 31.Bg4 Qg4?? (31...Qh6 32.Bh3 Rh1 33.Qf7 Kf7 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Rg6 Qg6 36.Ng6 Rh3-/+) 32.Ne5+- Qf5 33.g4 Qc8 (33...Rb1 34.Qb1 Qc8+-) 34.Qf7 Kh8 35.Ng6 1-0. MASZTALERZ (2235) - birya1348 (2005), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

6.d3 Qc7 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 d5 10.Rc1 (10.cd5!? cd5 11.Rc1=) 10...Bb4=+ 11.cd5 Bc3 12.Bc3 Nd5 (worse 12...cd5 13.Bb4 Qd8 14.Bf8 Qf8 15.Rc3+/-) 13.Bb2 Qb6 14.Qb3 (14.Qc2 Re8=+) 14...Qb3-/+ 15.ab3 f6 16.d4 ed4 (16...e4 17.Nd2 f5 18.Nc4-/+) 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.Ba3 (18.f4 Ng6 (18...Ne3 19.fe5 fe5 20.Rf8 Kf8 21.Nf3+-) 19.Bc4 Re8 20.Bd5 cd5=) 18...Re8 19.Rfd1 Bg4 (19...a5 20.Bc5-/+) 20.f3 Bh5 21.e4 Nb6 22.Nf5 Bf7 23.Nd6 (23.Rc3=+) 23...Red8 (23...Bb3!? 24.Ne8 Bd1 (24...Re8?! 25.Rd4=) 25.Nf6 gf6 26.Rd1 a5-/+) 24.Nf7 (24.Nb7!? Rd1 25.Bd1+=) 24...Kf7=+ 25.Kf2 h6 (25...Rd1 26.Rd1 a5 27.Bd6=+) 26.Rd8 (26.f4 Ned7=) 26...Rd8=+ 27.Rd1 (27.Ke3 g5=+) 27...Rd1 28.Bd1 Nbd7 29.Be2 b5 (better 29...Ng6=+) 30.f4+/- b4 31.Bb4 c5 32.Bd2 (32.fe5?! cb4 33.Bc4 Ke7 34.ef6 Kf6=) 32...Nc6 33.Ke3 Nd4 34.Bc4 Ke7 35.Bc3 Ne6 36.g3 Nb6 37.h3 (37.Bb5!?+=) 37...Nc4= 38.bc4 Nd8 39.e5 Nc6 (better 39...f5!?=) 40.ef6+/- gf6 41.Ke4 a5 (better 41...Nb4!?+/-) 42.Kd5+- Nb4 43.Kc5 Nd3 44.Kb5 Kd6? (44...Nf2 45.Ka5 f5 46.Kb6+-) 45.Ba5 (45.Bf6!? Nf2+-) 45...Nf2 46.Bb4 Kd7 47.h4 1-0. dannysmet (2085) - Kawizo (2060), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

6.d4 Qc7 7.Nfd2 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.Nc3 Re8 10.b5 Nf8 11.a4 Ng6 12.0-0 ed4 13.ed4 Nf4 14.Bf3 d5 15.c5 Nd3=+ 16.Qb3 Nb2 17.Qb2=+ Qf4 18.a5 Bg4 19.Ne2 Qg5 20.a6 ba6 21.bc6+= Bd8 22.Qc3 Bc7 23.h3?? Bh3 24.Ng3 Bg3 25.fg3 Qg3 26.Ra3?? Nh5 27.Bd5+– Qg5 28.Bf7 Kh8 29.Qh3 Nf6 30.Nf3 Qf4 31.Ne5 Qd4 32.Re3?? Re5–+ 33.Rfe1 Re3?? 34.Re3?? Qd1–+ 35.Kh2?? Ng4 36.Qg4?? Qg4 37.c7 Qf4 38.Rg3 Qc7 (38...Qc7 39.Bc4 Qc5–+; better is 38...Qf7!? 39.Rc3–+) 0–1. toll (2040) – DarthVadar (2095), ICC, 2003.

6.Be2 h6 7.Nc3 Qc7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qc2 Nf8 10.Nh4 g5 (10...Ne6 11.Nf5+=) 11.Nf5+– Bf5 12.Qf5 Ng6 13.g3 Rg8 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 Qb6 16.Rab1 Qb4? (better 16...Kf8+–) 17.Bc3 Qc5 18.Rb7 d5 19.Qg4 Rd8 (19...Qd6+–) 20.Bb4 Qb4 21.Rb4 Bb4 (21...h5 22.Qh5 Bb4 23.Qg5+–) 22.cd5 Rd5 (22...Ba5 23.Qa4 Bb6 24.dc6+–) 23.Qb4 f6 (23...a5 24.Qb7 Rd2+–) 24.Bc4 (24.Bc4 Ne7 25.Rb1+–) 1–0. Pierre – Nation, internet, 2019.

7.d4 a5 8.Be2=.

7.d4 Be7 8.de5 de5 9.Be2 h6 10.0-0 g5 11.c5 Rg8 12.Nfd2 Nf8 13.Nc3 Ng6 14.Nce4 Bd7 15.Nf6 Bf6 16.Nc4 Be7 17.Bd3 0-0-0 18.Qc2 Rdf8 19.Bg6 Rg6 20.Be5 Qd8 21.Nd6 Bd6 22.Bd6 f5 23.Qa4 Rd6 24.cd6 Kb8 25.Qa5 Qa5 26.ba5 f4 27.Rab1 g4 28.a6 b6 29.ef4 Rf4 30.Rfe1 Rf8 31.Re7 Bc8 32.Rc7 Ba6 33.Re7 Rd8 34.d7 Kc7 35.Rd1 Bb5 36.Rh7 Ba4 37.Rd2 c5 38.Rh6 Rd7 39.Rd7 Bd7 Time forfeit 0-1. Hemericus (1985) - Maartenols (2115), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.d4 h6 8.Nbd2 (8.Nc3 Be7+=) 8...g5 (8...e4 9.Nh4=) 9.Qc2 (9.Bd3 ed4 10.ed4 Bg7+/-) 9...Be7 (9...a5 10.h3+=) 10.c5 ed4 11.cd6 Bd6 12.Nd4 a5 13.b5 Ne5 14.Rc1 0-0 (14...Bd7 15.bc6 Bc6 16.Qf5+-) 15.bc6+- bc6 16.Nc6 Re8 17.Ne5 Qc2 18.Rc2 Be5 19.Bb5 Bf5 (19...Re7 20.Be5 Re5 21.a4+/-) 20.Be8+- Bc2 21.Be5 (21.Bf7!? Kf7 22.Be5 Rc8+-) 21...Ne8+/- 22.0-0 Rd8 23.Bd4 Rc8 24.Rc1 a4 25.Ne4! Rc4 (25...Be4 26.Rc8 Pinning (26.Rc8 Deflection)) 26.f3 f5 27.Nd2 Rc6 28.Kf2 Nd6 29.Nb1 Kf7 30.Nc3 (30.g4 fg4 31.fg4 Be4 32.Rc6 Bc6+=) 30...Bb3+= 31.Ne2 Rc1 32.Nc1 Nc4 33.Bc5 (worse 33.Nb3 ab3 34.a4 Ke6=+) 33...Ne5 34.Ke2 (34.h3 Bd5+=) 34...Bc4 35.Kf2 Bb3 36.g3 (36.h3!?+=) 36...Bd5= 37.f4 Ng4 38.Kg1 Nf6 39.Nd3 g4 40.Nb4 Bb7 41.Nc2 Ne4 42.Bd4 (42.Bb6 Nd2=) 42...Nd2=+ 43.Kf2 Nf3 44.Bc5 Nh2 45.Nd4 Nf3?? (45...Kf6 46.Nb5=+) 46.Nf3?? (better 46.Nf5 Kg6 47.Nd6+-) 46...Bf3=+ 47.Bb4 Bd1 (47...Be4 48.Bc5=+) 48.Bc5 (48.e4 fe4 49.Ke3 Bc2=) 48...Ke6 49.Bb4 Kd5 50.Be7 Kc4. zembelek (2090) - QxQMate (2360), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Nc3 a5 8.a3 (8.b5 cb5 9.Nb5 e4+=) 8...0-0 9.d4 Qc7 (9...ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1=) 10.de5 (10.Bd3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 d5 13.de5 dc4 14.Bc4 Ne5 15.Ne5 Qe5=+) 10...de5 (10...Ne5 11.b5 Bg4=+) 11.Be2 (better 11.b5!?=) 11...ab4-/+ 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 Bb4 14.0-0 Be7 (14...Bd6 15.Rd1-/+) 15.Ne4 (15.Rd1 Nc5-/+) 15...Re8 (15...Ne4 16.Qe4 f5 17.Qc2-/+) 16.Rd1 Bf8 17.Nf6 Nf6 18.Ng5 h6 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Qe4 f5 21.Qc2 Bc5 22.Bh5 Re7 23.Bg6 e4 24.Qc3 (24.Qe2 Bd6=+) 24...Bd6 (24...Rd7 25.Rd7 Qd7 26.Bh5-/+) 25.Qb3 (25.Kh1 Bd7 26.Qd2 Bh2 27.Qa2=+) 25...Bh2 (better 25...Be6-/+) 26.Kh1= Be5 27.c5 Kf8?? (better 27...Be6 28.Qb7 Bf7 (28...Qb7?? 29.Rd8 Re8 30.Re8) 29.Qc7 Bc7 30.Bf5 Bd5=) 28.Be5+- Re5 29.Rd8 Qd8 (29...Ke7 30.Rc8! Kd7 31.Rc7 Kc7 32.Qf7 Kb8 33.Qg7 Rd5 34.Qf8 Ka7 35.Bf5 Rd1 36.Kh2 Rc1+-) 30.Qf7 1-0. carlos78 (2340) - gameoverbro (2450), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Qb6 9.a3 =.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 e4 9.Nd4 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Nf5 g6 12.Ng3 Bd6 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Nce4 Ne4 15.Ne4 Qc7? (better is 15...Bh2!? 16.Kh2 Qh4 17.Kg1 Re4+/–) 16.f4 f5?? (better is 16...f6+–) 17.Qc3 (17.Nd6?! Qd6 18.Bf3 Nf6+–) 17...fe4 (17...Be5 18.fe5 fe4+–) 18.Qg7 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1990) – NN, Active, 2004.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.d3 Bf8 (9...Qb6 10.Bc3=) 10.Nbd2 d5 11.a3 a5 (11...Bd6 12.d4=) 12.c5 Qc7 (12...b6 13.cb6 ab4 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Ra1 Qb6 16.Bc3=) 13.Nb3 (13.d4 e4 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.de5 Ng4=) 13...ab4 14.ab4 Ra1 15.Ra1 e4 (15...b6 16.Ra8+=) 16.Nfd2 (16.de4 Ne4 17.Nbd4 b6 18.cb6 Qb6 19.Nc6 Bb4 20.Nb4 Qb4+/–) 16...ed3 (16...b6 17.de4 Ne4 18.Ne4 Re4 19.Bd3 Rb4 20.Bh7 Kh8 21.Bd3 bc5 22.Bc3+=) 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Be2 (18.Be5 Qe5 19.Ra7 Be7+=) 18...Neg4 Threatening mate: Qxh2 19.g3 (19.Nf1 b6+=) 19...Ne4 (19...b5 20.Nd4+=) 20.Bg4 (20.Ne4!? Re4 21.Nd4+=) 20...Bg4= 21.Ne4 Re4 22.Bd4 Re6 (22...Bf5 23.Qd2=) 23.Nd2 (23.Ra8 Bf3=) 23...h5 (23...Re8 24.e4=) 24.h4 (24.Ra8 Qe7+=) 24...Be7 (24...Re8 25.e4=) 25.Ra8+= Bf8 (25...Bd8 26.Qc3 f6 27.Qd3=) 26.Kg2 (26.Qd3 Qe7+=) 26...Rg6 (26...Qe7 27.f3+–) 27.Kh2 (27.e4 de4 28.Ne4 Bf5=) 27...Bc8 (27...Re6 28.f3+–) 28.Nf3 (28.e4 de4 29.Ne4 Re6+=) 28...Qd7 (28...Re6 29.Ne5+=) 29.Ng1 (29.e4 de4 30.Qe4 Qh3 31.Kg1 Re6+=) 29...Be7 (29...Qg4 30.Nf3=) 30.Qe2 (30.e4 de4 31.Qe4 Rg4+=) 30...Rg4 31.f3 (31.Nf3 b6+=) 31...Rg6 32.Qc2 Qd8 33.Qf2 (33.Nh3 Re6+=) 33...Qc7 34.f4 (34.Be5 Qe5 35.Rc8 Kh7+=) 34...f6 (34...Re6 35.Qf3=) 35.Qc2 Rg4?? (35...Kh7 36.e4=) 36.Nf3 (36.Qf5 Qd8 37.Rc8+–) 36...Qd7 37.Ng1 (37.e4 de4 38.Qe4 Bd8+=) 37...g6 (37...b6 38.cb6 Qb7 39.Ra7 Bb4 40.Rb7 Bb7 41.Qf5+–) 38.Qf2 (38.e4 de4 39.Qe4 Bd8+=) 38...Qc7 (38...Qe6 39.Nf3=) 39.Nf3 Kf7 (39...Kh7!?=) ½–½. Timofeeva,Valentina – Mosionzhik,Bronia, Ozery op2 Seniors (Women), 1997.

7.Be2 e4 8.Nd4 =.

7.a4 a6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Re8 11.Rc1 a5 12.b5 Nf8 13.Qc2 g6 (13...Bg4 14.d4+=) 14.d4+/- Bf5 Black intends e4 15.Bd3 Bd3 16.Qd3 e4? (better 16...N8d7!?+=) 17.Ne4+- Ne4 18.Qe4 Bf6 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.d5 c5 21.e4 Nd7 22.h3 Bb2 23.Qb2 f6 24.Re2 b6 25.Rce1 Ne5 26.Qc3 Ra7 27.Nh2 h5 (27...Nd7 28.f4+-) 28.f4 Nf7 29.Nf3 Nh6 30.Nh4 Qg7 31.Nf3 (31.Qg3 Kh7+-) 31...Rae7?? (31...Qe7 32.e5 fe5 33.fe5 Qg7+-) 32.Nd2 f5 (32...Nf5 33.Nb3+-) 33.Qd3 (33.Qg7!? Kg7 34.e5 de5 35.fe5 Nf7+-) 33...fe4 34.Re4 Re4 35.Re4 Re4 36.Ne4 Nf5 37.Ng5 (37.g4 Qa1 38.Kf2 Nd4 39.Nd6 Qa2 40.Kg3 Ne2 41.Kh4 Nf4+-) 37...Qd4+/- 38.Qd4 Nd4 (38...cd4!? 39.Kf2 Ne3+-) 39.Kf2+- Kg7 (39...Kf8 40.g4 hg4 41.hg4+-) 40.Ke3 (better 40.Ne4!? Nf5 41.g4 hg4 42.hg4 Nh6+-) 40...Kf6 41.g4 hg4 42.hg4 Nc2 43.Kd3 Nd4 44.Ne4 Ke7 45.f5?? (better 45.Ng3+-) 45...gf5+= 46.gf5 Nf5 47.Ng5 1-0. brucepeng (2005) - ascashah70 (2005), lichess.org, 2021.

7.Qb3 Be7 8.Rc1 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 (9...a5 10.0-0=+) 10.d4= e4 (10...a5 11.b5=) 11.Nd2+= Bf8 12.0-0 g6 (12...Nb6 13.a3+=) 13.a4 White prepares the advance b5 13...Qd8 14.b5 c5 15.d5 Bg7 16.Qc2 Pawn e4, live or die! 16...Qe7 17.a5 Nf8 18.Na4 (18.Ra1 N8d7=) 18...h5 (18...N8d7 19.Rb1+=) 19.b6 (19.Nc3 h4+=) 19...a6 (19...ab6 20.Nb6 Ra5 21.Nc8 Rc8 22.Bf6 Bf6 23.Ne4=) 20.Rfd1 N8h7 21.Nf1 Bg4 22.h3 (22.Bg4!? hg4 23.Ng3+/-) 22...Be2 23.Qe2 Nd7 (23...Rac8 24.Nc3+=) 24.Bg7+/- Kg7 25.Ng3 f5 26.Nh5?? (better 26.Qc2+=) 26...gh5-/+ 27.Qh5 Qg5 28.Qe2 (28.Qg5 Ng5 29.Nc3 Ne5-/+) 28...Ne5 29.Kh1 Rg8 30.Rg1 Nf6 31.Qb2? (31.Nb2 Rh8 32.Rgd1 Qg4 33.Qg4 fg4-+ (33...Nfg4?! 34.Kg1-/+; 33...Neg4?! 34.Kg1-/+)) 31...Kf7 (better 31...Nd3 32.Qd2 Ng4-+) 32.Nc5 Nd3?? (32...Nfg4 33.Ne6 Qh4-+) 33.Nd3+= ed3 34.Qd4 (better 34.c5!? Nd5 35.Qd4+=) 34...Ne4-/+ 35.Rcf1 d2 36.c5? (36.Qd3-/+) 36...Nc5?? (better 36...dc5 37.Qd3 Ke8-+) 37.Qd2=+ Rh8 (37...Rac8 38.Qa2=+) 38.Kh2 Rag8 39.Qc2 f4 40.Qe2 Qe5 (40...Qd5!? 41.Rd1 Qe6=+) 41.Qf3= Ke7 42.ef4 Qf5 43.g4 Kd7?? (better 43...Qf6=) 44.gf5+- 1-0. carlos78 (2220) - Hupp (1995), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Be2 Be7 8.Rc1 0-0 9.0-0 Qd8 10.d4 ed4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Nf3 (12.a3 Re8+=) 12...Ng6 (12...Be6 13.Qd4=) 13.a4 White prepares the advance b5 13...Re8 14.b5 Bf8 15.Qc2 Ne7 16.Rfd1 Bf5 17.Qb3 h6 18.Ba3 Nc8 19.Rd2 (19.Nd4!? Bd7 20.bc6 bc6 21.Qb7+/-) 19...Qc7 20.Rcd1 Ne4 21.Ne4 Be4 22.Bb2 Nb6 23.a5 Nd7 24.Ba3 c5 25.a6 (25.Qa4 Be7+/-) 25...b6?? (better 25...ba6 26.ba6 Qa5=+) 26.Bb2 Rad8 27.Qc3 Nf6 28.Ne1 Bg6 29.Bf3 Ne4 30.Be4 Be4 31.f3 Bg6 32.e4 Qc8 (32...f5 33.ef5 Bf5 34.Nc2=) 33.Nc2 (33.Rd6 Rd6 34.Rd6 f6+/-) 33...Re6 (33...f5!?+/-) 34.Ne3+- Ree8 35.Nd5 (35.Rd6! Rd6 36.Rd6+-) 35...f5+/- 36.ef5 Bf5 37.Ne3 Bg6 38.Ng4 (38.Rf1 Re6+/-) 38...h5 (38...Re6 39.h3+=) 39.Nf2 (39.Ne3 Re6+/-) 39...Qf5 (39...Qe6!? 40.Ne4 Be4+=) 40.Ne4+/- Re6 41.Rd5 Qf4 42.Bc1 Qf7 43.Qd2 (better 43.Ng5 Qf6 44.Qd2+/-) 43...Be4= 44.fe4 Re4 45.Rf1 Qg6 46.Qg5 (better 46.Qd3!? Rde8 47.Rdf5=) 46...Qg5=+ (46...Rc4 47.Qg6 Rh4 48.Rff5 Rd7 49.Qe6 Rf7 50.Qf7 Kh7 51.Rh5 Rh5 52.Rh5) 47.Bg5 Rd7 (better 47...Rde8 48.Rf4 R4e5=+) 48.Bf4? (48.Rf4!? Re5 49.Rf5=) 48...Rd4 (better 48...Rc4 49.Rh5 Be7-+) 49.Rd1?? (49.Rd4 cd4 50.Rd1-/+) 49...Rd1 (better 49...Rf4 50.Rc1 g6-+) 50.Rd1= Kf7 51.h3 Kg6 (51...Ke6 52.Re1 Kf5 53.Bh2=) 52.Rd5+= Be7 53.g4 hg4 54.hg4 Kf7 55.Kg2 g5 (55...Ke6 56.Kf3=) 56.Bg3 (better 56.Bg5!? Bg5 57.Rg5+=) 56...Kf6 57.Rf5 Ke6 58.Rd5 1-0. dannysmet (2050) - lifelost61 (2020), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.Be2 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.d4 e4 (9...0-0!?+=) 10.Ng5 d5 (10...0-0 11.Nge4 Re8 12.Bd3+–) 11.cd5 cd5 (11...Nd5 12.Nge4 0-0 13.Rc1 Nc3 14.Nc3+–) 12.Rc1 (12.Rc1 Qd8 13.Qb3+–) 1–0. DEFFM – GuestYQYG, freechess.org, 2019.

7.Qc2 d5 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nb5 0-0 10.Ne5 Bb4 11.Be2 (11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Be5 Bd7+=) 11...a6 (11...Ne5 12.Be5 Ne4 13.0-0=) 12.Nc7= Rb8 13.Rc1 (13.0-0 Bd6 14.Nd7 Bd7 15.Bf6 Qc7 16.Qc7 Bc7=) 13...Bd6 (13...Ne4!? 14.Nf3 Ndc5=) 14.Nd7+= Bd7 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Nd5 Qg5 17.Bf3 Rbc8 18.Nc3 b5 19.0-0 (better 19.Qd3 Qh6 20.Rc2=) 19...b4-/+ 20.Ne4? (20.Bb7 Qh6 21.f4 Rc5-/+) 20...Bh2 (better 20...Qe5 21.Nd6 Rc2 22.Rc2 Qd6-+) 21.Kh1?? (better 21.Kh2 Qh4 22.Kg1 Rc2 23.Rc2-/+) 21…Qh6 (21...Qh6 22.Rfd1 Rc2 23.Rc2 Ba4-+; 21...Rc2?! 22.Ng5 Rc1 23.Rc1+=) 0-1. Superfish (2285) - WRaven (2195), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.d4 Qc7 (7...e4 8.Nd2 d5 9.Qb3=) 8.Be2 (8.Bd3 ed4 9.Nd4 Ne5=) 8...0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Qb3 Nf8 11.de5 (11.Qc2 Ne6=) 11...de5 12.a3 (12.Rfd1 e4 13.Nd2 Bd6=) 12...Ng6 (12...e4 13.Nd4=) 13.Rfd1 Bg4 14.Nd2 (14.h3 Bf3 15.Bf3 a5+=) 14...Rad8 (14...Be2 15.Ne2 a5 16.e4=) 15.Bg4 Ng4 16.h3 (16.Nde4 f5 17.h3 Nh6=) 16...Nf6 17.Nde4 Ne4 18.Ne4 Rd1 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.c5 Rd7 (20...b6 21.Rd8 Qd8 22.Qc2=) 21.Rd7+= Qd7 22.Qc3 (22.Nd6 Bd6 23.Qd3 f6=) 22...Qd1 23.Kh2 Qf1 Do you see the mate threat? 24.Qd2 Nh4 (24...b6 25.Qc2 bc5 26.Nc5=) 25.f3+= f5 (25...f6 26.Qc2+=) 26.Ng3 (26.Nd6 Qf3 27.Be5+– (worse is 27.gf3 Nf3 28.Kg3 Nd2+=; 27.Nb7?! f4 28.ef4 ef4+=)) 26...Qf3+= 27.Be5 White fights for the Initiative (worse is 27.gf3 Nf3 28.Kg2 Nd2 29.Nf5 Bf8 30.Be5 Nc4+=) 27...Qd5 Threatening mate... how? 28.Qd5 cd5 29.Nh5 g5 30.Nf6 Bf6 31.Bf6 h6 32.b5 Kf7 33.Be5 Ng6 34.Bb8 Ke7 (34...a5 35.a4+=) 35.Ba7 Kd7 36.Bb8 Nf8 (36...f4 37.ef4 gf4 38.g3+/–) 37.Kg3 (37.g4 fg4 38.hg4 Ne6+–) 37...Ne6 38.Ba7 f4 39.ef4 Nf4 40.Kf3 Kc7 (40...Ne6!? 41.a4 Kc8+/–) 41.Bb6+– Kc8 42.Ba5 (42.a4 Ne6+/–) 42...h5 (42...Ne6 43.Bb4+/–) 43.Bc3 (43.h4 Ne6 44.hg5 Ng5 45.Ke3 Ne6+–) 43...Ne6 44.Bf6 Kd7 (44...Kc7 45.Be5 Kd7 46.g4 hg4 47.Kg4 Nc5 48.Bf6+/–) 45.Ke3 (45.g4 hg4 46.Kg4 d4+–) 45...Nc5+= 46.Bg5 Ne4 47.Bf4 Nc3 48.b6 Ke6 49.Kd3 Na4 50.Bc7 Nc5 51.Ke3 Nd7 (better is 51...Na4!?+/–) 52.Kd4+– Nf6 53.a4 Ne4 (53...h4 54.a5+–) 54.a5 Kd7 (54...Nf6 55.g4! hg4 56.hg4+–) 55.Kd5 Nc3 56.Ke5 Nb5 57.Kf5 Nd4 58.Kg5 Nc6 (58...Nb3 59.Kh5 Na5 60.Kg6+–) 59.Kh5 (59.Kh5 Na5 60.h4+–) 1–0. Geisensetter,Kurt – Berard,Guenter, corr DDR, 1985.

7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 h6 (8...0-0 9.a3=) 9.Qc2 (9.d4 0-0+=) 9...g5 (9...d5 10.cd5 cd5 11.Qb3+=) 10.Rad1 (10.a3 d5+=) 10...Nf8 (10...d5 11.cd5 cd5 12.Qa4+=) 11.d4+– Ng6 12.Bd3 Rg8 13.Ne4 Bg4 14.Ned2 d5? (better 14...Bh5 15.c5 ed4 16.Bd4 g4 17.Bf6 gf3 18.cd6 Bd6+=) 15.de5+– Ne5 (15...Nd7 16.Bg6 Rg6 17.cd5 Bb4+–) 16.Be5 (16.Ne5?! Bd1 17.Rd1 Bb4 18.cd5 Nd5+–) 16...Bd6 (16...Qd7+–) 17.Bf6 Rg6 (17...Bf3 18.Nf3 g4+–) 18.Bg6 Bh5 (18...Bf3 19.Nf3 g4+–) 19.Bh5 1–0. DEFFM – GuestQNDH, freechess.org, 2018.

7.a3 d5 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nc3 a6 10.Rc1 Qb8 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Na4 (12.h3!?=) 12...b5 13.Nc3 0-0 14.d3 Bb7 15.Qd2 (15.h3 Rc8=) 15...Qa7 (15...e4!? 16.Nh4 d4 17.Ne4 Be4 18.de4 A) worse is 18...Ne4 19.Qd3 Nef6 20.Nf5+= (20.ed4?! Bh2 21.Kh1 Bf4=); B) 18...Bh2?! 19.Kh1–/+; C) 18...de3 19.Qe3 Bh2 20.Kh1 Bf4–+) 16.Rc2 Rac8 17.Rfc1 Rc7 18.Nd1 (18.Nb5!? Rc2 19.Na7 Rd2 20.Nd2+/–) 18...Rfc8 19.Rc7 Rc7 20.Rc7 Bc7 21.Qc3 Qb8 22.g3 Ne8 23.d4 e4 24.Ne5 Nb6 25.Qc1 Na4 26.Ba1 Bd6 27.Nc3 Qc7 28.Qd2 Nb6 29.Nd1 Nc4 30.Nc4+= dc4 31.Bc3 Bd5 32.f4?? f5 33.Nf2 a5 34.Nh3 h6 35.Nf2 Qe7 36.ba5 Ba3 37.a6 b4 38.Ba1 c3 39.Qc2 Nc7 40.Nd1 Qd6 41.Nc3 bc3–+ 42.Qc3 Bb4 43.Qb2 Na8 44.Kf2 Nb6 45.a7 Na8 46.Kg2 Qb6 47.Kf2 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – l7169, Active (5/0), 2005.

7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 Re8 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.Rc1 Nf8 11.b5 c5 12.a4 Ng6 13.Bc3 Bd7 14.Qc2 Qc8 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.de4 Bh3 17.Ne1 Nh4 18.gh3 Qh3 19.Qd1 Qe6 20.Bd2 Bf8 21.Bg4 Qg6 22.Kh1 h5 23.Bh3 Qh6 24.f4 f6 25.Nf3 Nf3 26.Qf3 Be7 27.f5 Kf7 28.Rg1 Rh8 29.Rg6 Qh7 30.Rcg1 Rag8 31.a5 h4 32.a6 b6 33.Be1 Qh5 34.Qh5 Rh5 35.R1g4 Rh6 36.Rh6 gh6 37.Rg8 Kg8 38.Bh4 Kg7 39.Bg4 Kh7 40.Bh5 Kg7 41.Bg3 Kh7 42.h4 Kg7 43.Kg2 Bd8 44.Kh3 Kf8 45.Bf2 Ke7 46.Be1 Kf8 47.Bd2 Kg7 0-1. sonocattivo (1725) - TzTok_Termenoil (2180), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org.

7.0-0 Qc7 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.cd5 cd5 (worse 10...Bb4 11.dc6 Qc6 12.Qb3 Bd2 13.Nd2+–) 11.Nc3 (11.Qb3!?=) 11...Bb4=+ 12.Qb3 Bc3 13.Rac1 Qb6 14.Qc3 0-0 15.Rb1 Qe6 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Rfc1 Nb6 (17...Qf5 18.Bd6=) 18.Qc7= Qd7 (18...Qf5 19.Qg3=) 19.Qg3 (19.Bb5 Qc7 20.Rc7 Nbd7=) 19...Qa4=+ 20.Rb3 Bd7 21.Nb1 Rac8 22.Nc3 Qc6 23.Bc5 Na4 24.Na4 Qa4 25.Rb7 Qa2 26.Bf1 a5 27.Rbb1 (27.Rcb1 Ra8=) 27...a4 28.Ra1 (28.Ba6 Ra8 29.Bb7 Ra5=+) 28...Qd2=+ 29.Rcb1 Qa5 30.Bb4 Qa7 31.Be2 Rb8 32.Bc5 (32.Rb2 Rec8=+) 32...Rb1–/+ 33.Rb1 Qa8 0–1. DEFFM – GuestTBMH, freechess.org, 2018.

7.d3 0-0 8.0-0 b6 (8...Qb6 9.Bc3=) 9.e4 (9.Nc3 Bb7+=) 9...Bb7 10.Nc3 Rc8 (10...a5 11.b5=) 11.Qb3+= c5 12.b5 Re8 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.cd5 Nf6 (14...Qc7 15.Nd2+=) 15.Nd2+/– Bf8 16.Nc4 Qd7 (16...Ra8 17.a4+/–) 17.a4 Kh8 (17...Ra8 18.a5 Qc7 19.Bc3+/–) 18.a5+– ba5? (better is 18...Qc7+–) 19.Ra5 Ra8 20.Rfa1 Qc7 (20...Bc8 21.Nb6!! ab6 22.Ra8+–) 21.Ra7 Ra7 (21...Reb8 22.b6 Qc8 23.Bc3+–) 22.Ra7 Ra8 (22...Kg8 23.b6 Qb8 24.Na5+–) 23.b6 Qc8 (23...Qb8 24.Qa4+–) 24.Na5 Ra7 (24...Rb8+–) 25.ba7 Qa8 (25...Ba8 26.Qb8 Qe8+–) 26.Qb7 (26.Qb7 Qb7 27.Nb7+–) 1–0. pierred – anony, internet, 2015.

6.Ng1 c6 7.Nc3 d5 8.a3 (8.cd5 cd5 9.Qb3 Nb6=) 8...Bd6 9.c5 Bc7 10.d4 ed3 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Bc2 (12.Nf3 Nf3 13.gf3 Qe7=+) 12...0-0 13.Nf3 Re8 (13...Bg4 14.Rb1=+) 14.Ne5= Be5 15.0-0 Bh2 (15...Bg4!? 16.f3 Qe7=+) 16.Kh2+= Ng4 17.Kg3 Qg5 18.f4 Re3 (18...Qh6 19.Re1 g5-/+) 19.Rf3+/- Qh6 20.Re3 (better 20.Qh1!?+-) 20...Ne3+= 21.Qe2 (21.Qd2 g5 22.Kf2 gf4=) 21...Nf5 (21...d4 22.Na4 Bg4 23.Qd2-/+) 22.Kf2 (22.Bf5 Bf5 23.Qe7 Qg6 24.Kf2 Qg4+/-) 22...Qf4+= 23.Qf3 (23.Kg1 Be6 24.Qf2 Qf2 25.Kf2 b6+=) 23...Qf3 (better 23...Qd4 24.Ke2 Qe5 25.Kf2 Nd4=) 24.Kf3?? (24.gf3 Nd4 25.Re1 Bf5 26.Bf5 Nf5=) 24...Be6?? (better 24...Nd4 25.Kf4 Nc2-+) 25.Ne2 Ne7 (25...Nh4 26.Kg3 Bf5 27.Bd1+=) 26.Rh1 (26.Nd4 h5+/-) 26...Ng6 27.Bg6 fg6 28.Nf4 Rf8 29.Ke3 Bf5 30.Nd5?? (better 30.Be5+=) 30...Re8 31.Be5?? (31.Kd2 cd5 32.Re1 Be4-/+) 31...cd5 (better 31...Re5 32.Kf2 cd5-+) 32.Kd4-/+ Be6 (32...Be4 33.Rh2-/+) 33.Bd6 (33.b5 Rc8=) 33...b6 (better 33...Bd7!?-/+) 34.Re1 bc5 35.Kc5 (35.bc5 Kf7=) 35...Bd7 (better 35...h6!?-/+) 36.Re8= Be8 0-1. memaurice (2110) - opperwezen (2795), lichess.org, 2020.

6.Ng5 h6 7.Nh3 c5 8.bc5 Nc5 9.d4 ed3 10.Bd3 Bh3 11.gh3 d5 12.Nc3 d4 13.Ne4?? Qa5 14.Qd2 Nd3 15.Ke2 Qd2 (15...Qd2 16.Kd2 Nb2 17.Nf6 gf6 18.ed4 Nc4 19.Kd3 b5–+; 15...Ne4 16.Qa5 Nef2 17.Qb5 Kd8 18.Bd4+–) 0–1. gtate (1900) – frenk (2075), net–chess.com, 2004.

7.Nc2 cb4 8.Nb4= Nc5 9.d4 (9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nc3 Be6=) 9...ed3+= 10.Nd3 Bd7 11.Be2 Ba4 (11...Qa5 12.Nd2=) 12.Qc1+= Nd3 13.Bd3 Be7 (13...d5 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Nc3+=) 14.0-0+= 0-0 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.Rd1 Rc8 17.Qc2 Qa5 18.Qe2 Qg5 (18...a6 19.a4=) 19.Qf1 (19.f4 Qa5+=) 19...Rfe8 (19...a6 20.g3=) 20.Nb5= a6 (20...Rcd8 21.Nc7 Rf8 22.Nd5 Nd5 23.cd5 Bd5 24.f4+=) 21.Nd4 (21.Na7 Rb8 22.Nc6 bc6+=) 21...Bd7 (21...Be4 22.g3=) 22.Rac1 Bf8 23.Bc3 Ne4 24.Nf3 Qh5 25.Bb4 Nc5 (25...Ba4 26.Re1=) 26.Be2 Qg6 27.Nd4 f5 28.Nb3 Nb3 (28...Bc6 29.Nd4=) 29.ab3+= Attacking the isolated pawn on d6 29...Bc6 30.Rd4 Re4 31.Rcd1 (31.Bd3 Rd4 32.ed4 Qf6+=) 31...Rce8 32.Bd3 (32.Re4 fe4 33.Rd2 Be7+=) 32...Rd4= 33.ed4 Bf3 34.Re1 Re1 35.Be1 Bc6 (35...Be7!?=) 36.d5+= Bd7 37.Bc3 Qg5 38.Qe1 f4 (38...g6!?+=) 39.Qe4+/– f3 40.Bf1 (better is 40.Qf3 g6 41.Bf6+/–) 40...fg2= 41.Qg2 Qc1 42.Qg3 h5 43.Kg2 h4 44.Qd3 Qg5 45.Kh1 Bf5 46.Qe3 Qg4 (46...Qe3 47.fe3 Kf7 48.Kg2+=) 47.Be2 (47.f3 Qg6=) 47...Qg6 (47...Be4 48.f3 h3 49.Qf2+=) 48.h3= Kf7 (48...Be4!? 49.f3 Bc2=) 49.Qf4+= Kg8 50.Qh4 Be4 51.f3 Bf5 52.Kh2 Bc2 53.b4 Qe8 54.Qf2 Qf7 55.f4 Be7 56.Bg4 Qg6?? (better is 56...Bf5+/–) 57.f5 (57.f5 Qh6 58.f6 Bf6 59.Bf6 gf6 60.Qc2 Qf4 61.Kg2+–) 1–0. Matveenko,Yury – Grishchenko,Vladimir, Voronezh Region CC Championship Semifin, 2008. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 d6 3.Bb2 Nbd7 4.c4 e5 5.e3 e4)

7.Nc2 d5+=.

7.Nc2 Ne5 8.d4 ed3 9.Bd3 Be6–/+ (9...Nd3?! 10.Qd3 Be7 11.0-0=).

7.bc5 dc5 8.Nb3 a6 (8...Bd6 9.Nc3+=) 9.d3= a5 (9...ed3 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Bh7=) 10.de4+= Ne4 11.Nc3 (11.Bd3 Nef6+=) 11...Nef6 12.Be2 a4 13.Nc1?? (13.Nd2 a3 14.Bc1 Bd6+=) 13...Be7?? (13...a3 14.Ba3 Ra3 15.Nb5 Qa5 16.Kf1–+) 14.0-0?? (14.Na4 0-0+=) 14...0-0?? (better is 14...a3 15.Ba3 Ra3–+) 15.Nb5 (15.Na4 Re8+=) 15...Qb6 16.Qc2 Qd8 17.Rd1 a3 (17...Qb6!?+=) 18.Ba3+/– b6 (18...Qb6 19.Rb1+/–) 19.Bf3+– Rb8 20.Bb2 Ba6 21.a4 Bb5 (21...Bb7 22.Bb7 Rb7 23.Rb1+–) 22.ab5 Qc7 23.Qf5 Rfd8 (23...Bd6 24.Kh1+–) 24.Ne2 (24.Nd3 Bd6+–) 24...Bd6 25.Nf4 Be5 26.Be5 (26.Nd5 Nd5 27.Be5 Qe5 28.Qe5 Ne5 29.Bd5 Rd7+–) 26...Ne5 27.Bc6 (better is 27.Be4 Rd1 28.Rd1+–) 27...Rd1 28.Rd1 Rd8? (28...Nc6 29.bc6 Qc6 30.Qe5=) 29.Bd5 (29.Rd8 Qd8 30.Nd5 Nd5 31.Bd5 Qe8+–) 29...Nd5 (29...Nc4!? 30.Bf7 Kf7 31.Rd8 Qd8 32.Qe6 Kf8 33.Qc4 Qd1 34.Qf1 Qb3+=) 30.Nd5+– (30.Rd5?! Nc4 31.Qg4 Nd6=; 30.cd5?! Nc4+/–) 30...Nc4 (30...Qd6 31.f4 Nc4 32.Qd3 Qd5 33.Qd5 Rd5 34.Rd5+–) 31.g3 (better is 31.Qd3 Ne5 A) 32.Nc7?! Nd3 (worse is 32...Rd3 33.Rd3 Nd3 34.Nd5+/–) 33.e4 Kf8=; B) 32.Nf6 gf6 33.Qd8 Qd8 34.Rd8 Kg7 35.Kf1+–) 31...Nd6?? (better is 31...Qd6 32.Qd3 Qd5 33.Qd5 Rd5 34.Rd5 Kf8+–) 32.Qe5 (better is 32.Nc7 h6 33.Qe5+–) 32...Qd7 (32...Qd7 33.Ne7 Kf8+–). GuestNKYX – GuestFBLB, freechess.org, 2017.

7.bc5 Nc5 8.Nc3= Be7 9.f3 ef3 10.Qf3 (10.gf3 0-0=) 10...Bg4 (10...Ng4 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Qf1=) 11.Qf2 (11.Qg3 h5 12.Qf2 Rc8=) 11...0-0 (11...Rc8 12.Qg3=) 12.Nf5 (12.Qg3 Qd7=) 12...Re8+= 13.Ne7 Re7 (13...Qe7 14.Qg3=) 14.h3 (14.Qg3 Re5=) 14...Nfe4 (14...Bh5 15.Qh4=) 15.Qh4= Bf5 16.Nd5 Re8 17.Qd8 Rad8 18.Nc7 (18.g4 Be6 19.Nc7 Rf8=) 18...Rf8 (18...Ng3 19.Ne8 Re8 20.Rg1+=) 19.g4= Bg6 20.d4 (20.Bd4 Ne6 21.Ne6 fe6 22.Ba7 Ng3=) 20...Na4+= 21.Rh2 Ng5 (21...Ng3!?+=) 22.0-0-0= Rd7 23.Nb5 Re8 (23...a6 24.Nc3 Nc3 25.Bc3=) 24.Na7 d5 (24...Re3 25.Nb5=) 25.c5 Re3 (worse is 25...Nb2 26.Rb2 (26.Kb2?! Re3 27.Nc8 Ne4=) 26...Nf3 27.Rb4+/–) 26.Ba1 (26.Nb5 Nb2 27.Kb2 Rde7=) 26...Nc3 (26...b6 27.cb6 Nb6 28.Nb5+=) 27.Bc3= Rc3 28.Kb2 Re3 29.Nc8 Rc7 30.Nd6 (30.Nb6 Be4=) 30...Rce7 (30...h6 31.Ka1=) 31.Kc1 (31.h4 Nf3 32.Rh3 Be4+=) 31...Ne4 32.Bb5 Nc3 33.Rdh1 Be4 (33...Nb5 34.Nb5 Be4 35.Rg1=) 34.Rg1 Nb5 (34...g5 A) 35.Ne4? R3e4 (35...Nb5 36.Nf6 Kg7 37.Nd5 Re1 38.Re1 Re1 39.Kd2+=; 35...R7e4?! 36.Rb2–+; 35...de4?! 36.Bc4+=; worse is 35...Ne4 36.Rf1=) 36.a4 Rd4–+ (36...Nb5?! 37.ab5 Rd4 38.Rc2+=); B) 35.Kb2=) 35.Nb5 f5 (35...Kf8 36.Rd1=) 36.gf5+= Bf5 37.h4 Bg6 (37...Be4 38.Rf2+=) 38.a4 (38.h5 Be4+=) 38...Rb3= 39.Rb2 Rb2 (better is 39...Rh3!?=) 40.Kb2+= Re4 (40...Re2 41.Ka3+=) 41.Rh1 (41.Rg5 Rh4 42.Rd5 Be4+/–) 41...Rf4+= 42.Kc3 (42.h5 Be8 43.Kc3 Rf3 44.Kd2 g5+=) 42...Be8 (42...h5 43.a5+=) 43.Nd6+/– Bc6 (43...Rf3 44.Kd2 Bg6 45.h5+/–) 44.a5 h5 45.Rb1 (45.Kd3 Rf3 46.Ke2 Rb3+/–) 45...Rh4+= 46.Nb7 Rh3 47.Kd2 Ra3 48.Nd8 Bd7 49.Rb8 (49.Rb7 Bg4 50.Nc6 h4+/–) 49...Bf5 50.c6 (50.Nc6 Kf7+/–) 50...Kh7 51.c7 Ra5 (51...Rd3 52.Ke2 Rc3 53.Rb5 Bg4 54.Kf2 Rc7 55.Rd5 Rc2 56.Ke3+=) 52.c8Q (52.Nf7 Ra3 53.Nd6 Bg4+/–) 52...Bc8 53.Rc8 g5 (53...h4 54.Ne6+/–) 54.Rc5 Rc5? (better is 54...Ra2 55.Kc3 g4+/–) 55.dc5+– h4 56.c6 h3 57.c7 h2 58.c8Q h1Q 59.Qf5 Kh6 60.Nf7 Kg7 61.Ng5 Qh2 62.Kd3 Qg3 63.Kd4 Qg1 64.Kd5 Qh1 65.Nf3 Kg8 66.Qg6 Kh8 67.Qf6 Kh7 68.Qf7 Kh8 69.Qf8 Kh7 70.Qe7 Kh8 71.Qf8 Kh7 72.Qf7 Kh8 73.Qf8 ½–½. Machete99 (2230) – blik (2435), ICC, 2002.

7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc6 bc6 9.Be2 d5 (9...Be7 10.0-0=) 10.c5 Be7 11.Qa4 Bd7 (11...a5 12.0-0=) 12.Qa5+= 0-0 13.Na3 (13.0-0 Bg4 14.Ba6 Bc8=) 13...Ng4 (13...Bg4 14.Bg4 Ng4 15.0-0=) 14.Nc2 (14.0-0 Bf6 15.Rab1 Bb2 16.Rb2 Nh6+=) 14...Nh6 (14...Bh4 15.g3=) 15.0-0 f5 (15...Bg4 16.Ba6 Bc8 17.Nd4+=) 16.Be5 Bf6 17.Bc7 Qe8 18.Rab1 (18.Nd4 Ng4+/–) 18...Nf7 19.Kh1 (19.Nd4 Nd8+/–) 19...Kh8 (19...Nd8 20.Qa6+/–) 20.a4 (20.Nd4+/–) 20...g5 (20...Nd8 21.Nd4+/–) 21.g3 (21.fg5 Ng5 22.b5 Rg8+–) 21...Kg7 (21...g4 22.Nd4+/–) 22.b5 (22.fg5 Ng5 23.Nd4 a6+–) 22...Nd8 (22...g4 23.Nd4 Nd8 24.Bd8 Qd8 25.Nc6+/–) 23.fg5 Bg5 24.Nd4 h5 (24...Nb7 25.Qb4 Rc8 26.Bf4 Bf4 27.bc6 (27.ef4?! cb5 28.Nb5 Bb5 29.Bb5 Qe6+–) 27...Bc6 28.Rf4+– (28.ef4?! Nd8+–)) 25.Qb4 (25.Bd6!? Rf6+–) 25...h4 26.gh4 (26.Bd8 Bd8 27.bc6 Bc6+–) 26...Bh4 27.Rg1 Kh6 (27...Kh8 28.Rbf1+–) 28.Rg2 Rg8 (28...Kh7 29.Rbg1 Bf6 30.Bd6+–) 29.Rg8 (29.Bd8 Qd8 30.Rg8 Qg8 31.bc6 Bc8+–) 29...Qg8 30.Rg1 Qe8 31.Qb1 Qf8 (31...Kh7 32.Qf1 f4 33.Qf4 Qe7+–) 32.Qf1 f4 (32...Kh7 33.Qg2 Be8+–) 33.Bf4 Kh7 34.Bh5 (better is 34.Qg2 Qf7 35.Bh5+–) 34...Qc5 (34...Qf6 35.Qg2 Ne6 36.Qg6 Qg6 37.Bg6 Kg7 38.Be5 Kf8 39.Rf1 Kg8 40.Bf7 Kh7 41.Ne6 Be6 42.Be6 Re8 43.Bf5 Kh6 44.Bf4 Kg7 45.bc6 Bd8 46.Rg1 Kf6+–) 35.Bg6 Kg7 36.Bf5 (36.Be5 Kg8 37.Be4 Bg3 38.Rg3 Bg4 39.Rg4) 36...Kf8 1–0. Kesmaecker,Philippe (2290) – Blachier,Pierre (2135), FRA–chT France, 1999.

7.f4 Nd3 (7...ef3 8.Nf3 (8.gf3 Nfg4 9.Qc2 Qh4 10.Ke2 c5 11.bc5 dc5–+) 8...a5 9.b5=) 8.Bd3= ed3 9.0-0 c5 (9...d5 10.c5=) 10.Nf3 Be7 11.Qb3 0-0 (11...Bf5 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.Qd3 cb4 14.h3=) 12.Qd3+= cb4 13.a3 (13.Ng5 Qa5=) 13...d5 (13...ba3 14.Ra3 Re8 15.Ng5=) 14.ab4 Bb4 15.Ra4 a5 16.Bf6 Qf6 17.Qd5 Rd8 18.Qe4 Bf5 19.Qb7 (19.Qe5 Qe5 20.Ne5 f6–/+ (worse is 20...Bd2 21.Nd2 Rd2 22.c5=)) 19...Rab8–/+ 20.Qa7 Be4 21.Ng5 Bd3 22.Re1 h6 23.Nf3 Qb2 (23...Bc2!? 24.Ra2 Bb3 25.Ra5 Ba5 26.Qa5 Bc4=) 24.Nc3= Bc3 (24...Bc4 25.Rb1 Qc2 26.Raa1=) 25.dc3+= Be4 26.Ra5?? (better is 26.Qe7 Bc6 27.Ra5+=) 26...Bf3–+ 27.Ra2 (27.gf3?? Qd2 28.Ra2 Qe1 29.Kg2 Qc3–+) 27...Qc3 28.Qa5 Qa5 29.Ra5 Be4 30.Re5 f5 31.Re2 Rd1 32.Kf2 Bd3 33.c5 Be2 34.Ke2 Rh1 35.Rf5 Rb2 36.Kf3 Rh2 37.g3 (37.Re5 Rhg2 38.Ke4 g5–+) 37...Rb3 (37...Rhc2 38.e4–+) 38.Rd5 Rc2 39.g4 (39.f5 Rb5–+) 39...Rcc3 (39...Rbc3 40.Rd7–+) 40.Re5 Kf7 41.Rf5 Kg6 42.Re5 Rb1 43.f5 Kf7 44.Rd5 Re1 (44...Rf1 45.Ke4 Rc4 46.Kd3 Rg4 47.e4–+) 45.Rd7 Kf8 (45...Kf8 46.Kf4 Rc5–+) 0–1. Machete (2295) – NightmareXP (2655), ICC, 2003.

7.f4 ef3 8.gf3 Nfg4 9.Qc2 Qh4 10.Ke2 c5 11.bc5 dc5 –+.

7.f4 ef3 8.Nf3 a5 9.b5 Bg4 10.Be2+= Bf3 11.gf3 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.f4 Ned7 14.Bf3 Nb6 15.Bb7+/– Rb8 16.Bc6 Nc4 17.Bd4 d5 18.a3 Kh8 19.Qc2 Qd6 20.d3 Nb6 21.Qg2 Rfd8 22.Nd2 Kg8 23.Nb3+– a4 24.Nc5 Rf8 25.Kh1 Kh8 26.Rg1 Rg8 27.Qc2 Nbd7 28.Na6 Rbd8 29.Qa4 Rc8 30.Qc2 Rgf8 31.a4 Rfe8 32.Bb7 Rcd8 33.a5 Rg8 34.Nc7 Nc5 35.Qc5 Qc5 36.Bc5 Bc5 37.d4 Bd6 38.Nd5 Nd5 39.Bd5 Bf4 40.e4 Rb8 41.Rgb1 Be3 42.Ra4 Rgd8 43.a6 Rd5 44.ed5 f5 45.a7 Rf8 46.a8Q (46.a8Q Rg8 47.d6+–) 1–0. orane – Caissa, caissa.com, 2006.

7.f4 ef3 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bf3 (9...Nfd7 10.0-0=) 10.gf3 Nfd7 11.d4 Ng6 (11...Qh4 12.Kd2 Nc6 13.a3+=) 12.Nc3 (12.d5 Qh4 13.Kd2 Nb6+=) 12...Qh4 (12...d5 13.c5=) 13.Kd2+= 0-0-0 14.Qa4 Kb8 15.Qb5 (15.Qa5 Nb6+=) 15...Ne7 (15...Be7 16.Qa5 Rc8 17.f4=) 16.f4 (16.Rag1 f5=) 16...Nf6 (16...d5 17.cd5 (worse is 17.Nd5 c6 18.Qa5 b6 19.Nb6 Nb6–/+) 17...Nf6 18.d6 Rd6 19.Rac1+=) 17.Qa5 (17.Qg5 Qh3 18.Qg3 Qd7=) 17...Rc8 (17...Nc6 18.Qg5 Qh3 19.b5=) 18.Qg5 (18.Raf1 d5 19.cd5 b6=) 18...Qh3 19.Qg3 Qd7 20.Bd3 (20.d5 g6=) 20...d5+= 21.c5 Qe6 (21...h5 22.b5=) 22.b5 Ne4 (22...Re8 23.Rhc1+=) 23.Ne4= de4 24.Bc2 h5 (24...Rd8 25.Bb3 Nd5 26.Rab1=) 25.Bb3 Qd7 26.Qg2 f5 27.Qe2 h4 28.Rag1 (28.Rhc1 c6=) 28...Nd5 (28...Rd8 29.Qc4=) 29.Qc4+= c6 30.bc6 bc6 31.Rg5 (31.Rg6 Kc7+=) 31...Ka8 (31...Rh7 32.Ke2+=) 32.Rhg1 (32.Rb1 Rb8+=) 32...Rb8 33.Rg6 Qb7 (33...Rb7 34.Ke2+=) 34.Bc3 (34.Qa4 Ne7 35.Re6 Rh5+=) 34...Ne7 35.Rd6 Ng8 (35...Nc8 36.Re6+=) 36.Re6 (36.d5 Ne7 37.dc6 Nc6+/–) 36...Nf6 (36...Ne7!?+=) 37.Rg5+/– Ng4 (37...Rh5 38.Ba4 Rc8 39.Bc6 Rc6 40.Rf6 Rf6 41.Rh5+–) 38.h3+– Nf6 (38...Nf2 39.Rf5 Qd7 40.Ba4+–) 39.Rf5 Be7 40.Rfe5 Bd8 41.Bc2 (41.Qa4 Rc8+–) 41...Nd7 (41...Rf8 42.Qa4 Rc8 43.Be4 Ne4 44.Re4+–) 42.Re4 Nf6 (42...Nf8 43.Re8+–) 43.R4e5 Rc8 44.Qb3 Nd5 (44...Qc7 45.Qa4+–) 45.Qb7 (45.Rc6 Rc6 46.Qd5 Rc7+–) 45...Kb7 46.Rf5 (46.Be4 Nc3 47.Kc3 Bf6+–) 46...Rc7 (46...Bf6 47.Be4 Rhd8 48.Ba5+–) 47.Bb2 (47.Be4 Nc3 48.Kc3 Bf6+–) 47...Bf6 48.Bd1 (48.Bb3 Ne7 49.Rff6 gf6 50.Rf6 Rh7+–) 48...Ka8 (48...Re7 49.Re7 Ne7 50.Rh5 Rh5 51.Bh5+–) 49.Bf3 (49.e4 Ne7 50.Rh5 Rb8+–) 49...Ne7 50.Rh5 Rhc8 (50...Rb8 51.Bc3 Kb7 52.Ba5+–) 51.e4 (51.Bc3 Kb7+–) 51...Ng6 52.Ke3 (52.Rf5 Ne7 53.Rff6 gf6 54.Rf6 Rg8+–) 52...Nf8 53.Rf6! gf6 54.Rh4 Re7 55.Rh6 Nd7 56.h4 Rb8 (56...Kb7 57.e5+–) 57.Bc3 Kb7 58.h5 Rf8 (58...Kc7 59.Ba5 Kb7 60.e5+–) 59.Rg6 (59.e5 Kc7+–) 59...Rh8 60.e5 Rc8 (60...a6 61.Kd3 Rc8 62.ef6+–) 61.Rg1 (61.h6 fe5 62.fe5 a6+–) 61...fe5 (61...Rh8 62.Rb1 Kc8 63.Rh1+–) 62.Rb1 Ka8 63.fe5 Nf6 64.Kd3 (64.Kf4 Nd5 65.Bd5 cd5+–) 64...Nd5 65.Bd5 (65.Bd2 Rb7 66.Rh1 Rb2+–) 65...cd5 66.h6 Rg8 67.Bd2 Rh7 (67...Rg3 68.Ke2+–) 68.Bf4 Rg4 69.Be3 (69.Rf1 Kb7+–) 69...Rg3 70.Rh1 Kb7 71.Rh5 (71.a3 Kc6+–) 71...Rg6 72.a3 Ra6 (72...Kc8 73.Rh1+–) 73.Bc1 Re6 (73...Kc7 74.Rh2+–) 74.Rf5 Rg6 (74...Reh6 75.Bh6 Rh6 76.Rf7 Kb8 77.Kc3+–) 75.Rf6 Rf6 76.ef6 Kc6 77.Bf4 Rf7 (77...Kd7 78.Ke3+–) 78.Bg5 Kb5 79.Ke3 Rh7 (79...Kc4+–) 80.Kf4 Kc4 81.Ke5 Rc7 82.Ke6 (82.Ke6 Rc8 83.f7+–) 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – Tinker, ICC, 2002.

7.f4= Bg4 8.Qc2 Nd3 (8...Ng6 9.Nb5 Qe7 10.Bf6 gf6 11.Qa4+=) 9.Bd3+= ed3 10.Qd3 Be7 (10...d5 11.c5+/–) 11.f5 (11.e4 0-0 12.h3 Bh5+–) 11...d5 (11...c5 12.Nc2 0-0 13.h3+–) 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Ng4 (13...Ne4 14.gh5 Bh4 15.Kf1 Nf2+=) 14.hg4+– Bg4 15.Nc3 (15.cd5 Qd5 16.Qb5 c6 17.Qd5 cd5+–) 15...Bh4? (better is 15...Qd6 16.Nd5 Qg3 17.Kf1 Bh3 18.Rh3 Qh3 19.Ke1 Qh4 20.Kd1 0-0-0+/–) 16.Kf1 Qg5 17.cd5 0-0 (17...0-0-0 18.Ncb5 Kb8 19.Qa3+–) 18.Ne4 (18.Ncb5 Bg3+–) 18...Qh5 (18...Bf5 19.Rh4! Qh4 20.Nf5 Qh3 21.Kg1+–) 19.Nf2 Qg5 20.Qc3 (20.Rc1 Bf2 21.Kf2 Rac8+–) 20...Rfc8 (20...Bf2 21.Kf2 Bf5+–) 21.Rg1 Bf2 22.Nf3!! Qh6 (22...Bf3 23.Rg5) 23.Rg4 (worse is 23.Kf2 Bf3 24.Qg7 Qg7 25.Rg7 Kf8 26.Kf3 a5+–) 23...Qh3 24.Rg2 f6 25.Kf2 1–0. MrkT – elsquare, internet, 2005.

7.f4= Ng6 8.d3=.

6.a3 h6 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 c6 9.Nc3 d5 10.Qb3 g5? (better 10...Nb6=) 11.cd5+- cd5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Qd5 Qc7 (13...a5 14.Bc4 Rf8 15.Qe4+-) 14.Qe4 Nf6 15.Qe5 Qe5 16.de5 Nd5 17.e6! Rg8 (17...Be6 18.Bh8 Discovered attack; 17...fe6 18.Bh8 Discovered attack) 18.ef7 Kf7 19.Bc4 (19.e4 Nb6+-) 19...Be6 20.0-0 g4 (20...a5 21.b5+-) 21.Ne4 (21.f4 b5 22.Bb3 Nf6+-) 21...Rac8 22.Bb3 h5 (22...Rg6 23.Bd4+-) 23.Rad1 (better 23.f3 Ke8+-) 23...Nf6? (better 23...Nb6 24.Rd3 Bb3 25.Rb3 Rc2+-) 24.Be6 (24.Nf6 Bf6 25.Rd7 Be7 26.Be6 Ke6 27.Rb7 Rc2+-) 24...Ke6 25.Bf6 Bf6 26.Rd6 (26.Nc5!? Ke5+-) 26...Ke5 27.Nf6 (27.Rf6 Ke4 28.Rf7 Rc3+-) 27...Kd6 28.Ng8 Rg8 29.Rd1 Kc6 (29...Ke6 30.Kf1+-) 30.a4 Re8 31.b5 Kb6 32.Rd5 Re4 33.Rh5 Ra4 34.g3 (34.h4 gh3 35.gh3 a6 36.ba6 ba6+-) 34...Rb4 35.Rg5 Rb5 (better 35...Rc4!?+/-) 36.Rg4+- a5 37.h4 Rb4 (37...Kc6 38.Rc4 Kd6 39.Ra4+-) 38.Rg6 Ka7 (38...Kc7 39.h5 a4 40.h6 Rb1 41.Kg2+-) 39.h5 a4 40.Rd6 (40.Rg5 Kb6 41.h6 a3+-) 40...Rb5 (40...a3 41.Rd2 Rb2 42.Rd3+-) 41.g4 (41.h6 a3 42.Rd3 Rh5+-) 41...Rg5 42.f3 b5 43.Kg2 (43.Kf2 a3 44.Rd1 Rg8+-) 43...a3 44.Kg3 (better 44.h6 Rg8 45.Kg3+-) 44...b4 45.Rd2?? (45.h6 a2 46.Rd1=) 45...b3-/+ 46.Rd3?? (better 46.Rd7 Kb6 47.Rd1-/+) 46...a2 47.Rb3 Ra5 48.h6 (48.Rb4-+) 48...a1Q 49.Rd3 (49.f4 Qg1 50.Kh3-+) 49...Qh8 (better 49...Qg1 50.Kh3 Qf1 51.Kg3 Qd3 52.Kh3 Qf1 53.Kg3 Qg1 54.Kf4 Qh2 55.Ke4 Qc2 56.Kd4 Rc5 57.g5 Qc4) 50.Rd7 (50.f4 Qh6 51.g5 Qc6-+) 50...Kb6 51.Rd6 Kc7 52.Rg6 (52.Re6 Kd7 53.Re4-+) 52...Qe5 53.f4 Qe3 54.Kh4 Qf4 (54...Qf2 55.Kh3 Ra3) 55.Rg7 (55.Rc6 Kc6 56.Kh3 Ra2 57.g5 Rh2) 55...Kd6 56.Rg6 Ke7 (56...Ke7 57.Rg7 Kf6 58.Rg6 Kg6 59.Kh3 Ra2 60.g5 Rh2) 0-1. zembelek (2085) - QxQMate (2370), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.a4 a5 7.b5+=.

6.a4 a6 7.d4 ed4 8.ed4 0-0 (8...a5 9.b5=) 9.Nbd2 (9.Bd3 a5 10.ba5 d5=) 9...Re8 10.Be2 a5 11.b5 b6 (11...Nh5 12.0-0=) 12.0-0 Bb7 (12...d5 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bf3=) 13.Qc2 (13.d5 Nh5+=) 13...Nf8 (13...d5 14.Rfe1=) 14.Rfe1 (14.d5 N6d7+/–) 14...Ne6 (14...d5 15.Rac1+=) 15.g3 (15.d5 Nf4+=) 15...Bf8 (15...d5!?=) 16.Ne5?? (better is 16.d5 Nc5 17.Bd3+=) 16...de5–+ (16...de5 17.de5 Bb4 18.ef6 Qd2 19.Qd2 Bd2–+) 0–1. Garcia Piedra,Juan – Rodriguez Lopez,Jaime, Asturias–chT40 Primera A, 1999.

6.a4 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 d5 9.Qb3 (9.Ne5 Ne5 10.Be5 Bb4+=) 9...dc4 10.Bc4 0-0 (10...Bf3 11.Bf7 Kf8 12.gf3 Bb4=) 11.Be2 (better 11.Ne5!? Ne5 12.Be5+–) 11...Bd5 (11...e4 12.Ne5=+) 12.Bc4= Bf3 13.gf3 c5 14.b5 Rc8 15.e4 (15.Rc1 Ne8=) 15...Nh5=+ 16.Nc3 Nf4 17.Nd5 Bg5 (17...Nd5 18.Bd5 Bg5 19.Bc6–/+) 18.Kh1 (18.Ne3 Qf6=+) 18...Nf6 (18...Nd5!? 19.Bd5 Bd2–/+) 19.Be5= N6d5 20.ed5 Nh3 (20...Bf6 21.Qc3 (worse 21.Bf4 Ba1 22.Ra1 Qf6–+) 21...Be5 22.Qe5=) 21.Kg2 (21.d4 Bf4 22.Rad1 Qh4 23.Bf4 Qf4+=) 21...Qd7 (better 21...Bf4 22.Bf4 Nf4 23.Kh1 Re8=+) 22.Qd3 (22.d4!?=) 22...Nf4 (better 22...Bf6!? 23.f4 Be5 24.Qh3 Qh3 25.Kh3 Ba1 26.Ra1 Rfe8–/+) 23.Bf4=+ Bf4 24.Qe4 Qd6 25.Rh1 Rce8 26.Qd3 Qh6 0–1. GuestMZPM – GuestKNGQ, freechess.org, 2017.

6.b5 a6 7.a4 b6 8.Be2= Bb7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d4 Re8 11.de5+= de5 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Be5 Bd6 14.Bd6+/– Qd6 15.Qd6 cd6 16.Nd2 a5 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Nf3 Ne4 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Rac1 f5 21.Nd4 g6 22.Nb3 Red8 23.Nd2 Kf7? 24.Ne4+– fe4 25.h3 Ke6 26.Kf1 Rc5 27.Rd4+– Ke5 28.Ke2 g5 29.f3 ef3 30.gf3 h6 31.Kd3 Ke6 32.e4 Rf8+/– 33.Ke3 Re5 34.Rd5 Rc8 35.Re5 de5+/– 36.Rc2 Rc7 37.Rc3 ½–½. valpa – Roussos13, playchess.de, 2002.

6.Qc2 h6 7.h4 c6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.Nc3 Nf8 10.Rc1 Be6 11.d4 g6 12.de5 de5 13.Na4 N8d7 14.b5 Bg4 15.bc6 bc6 16.Nh2 Be2 17.Qe2 Rb8 18.Nf3 e4 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.f4 Nd3 21.Qd3 ed3 22.Ne6 fe6 23.Bf6 Bf6 24.Nc5 Qa5 25.Kf2 Qc5 26.Kg3 e5 27.Rhd1 ef4 28.ef4 Qe3 29.Kh2 Qf4 30.Kg1 Bd4 31.Kh1 Qh4 Normal 0-1. alanme1 (1920) - Maleic (2260), Rated Bullet tournament cyGcWcDj, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Nc3 a5 7.b5 e4=.

6.Nc3 c6 7.d4 e4 8.Nd2 d5 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.a4 Be6 11.a5 dc4=+ 12.Nc4 Nbd5 13.Nd5 cd5 (13...Nd5 14.Bc3=+) 14.Nd2 0-0 15.Be2 Rc8 16.0-0 Qd7 (16...Bg4 17.Bg4 Ng4 18.f3 ef3 19.gf3=+) 17.b5 Ne8 (17...Bg4 18.Bg4 Ng4 19.h3=) 18.Ba3 Nd6 19.Bc5 White prepares the advance b6 19...Ra8 (19...Nc4 20.Nc4 dc4 A) worse 21.Bc4 Bc4 (21...Bc5?! 22.dc5 Rc5 23.Be6 Qe6 24.Qe6 fe6 25.b6=) 22.Qc4 b6-/+; B) 21.Qb4 Bc5 22.dc5=) 20.b6 (20.Rac1 Rfc8=) 20...a6 (20...ab6 21.Bb6 Rfc8 22.Rfc1=) 21.f3 f5 22.fe4 (22.Rac1 Rac8=) 22...fe4= 23.Rf8 Rf8 24.Rf1 Bg5 (better 24...Rf1!? 25.Bf1 Bg5=) 25.Rf8+/- Kf8 26.Nf1 (better 26.Ba6 Be7 27.Be2+-) 26...Kg8= 27.Qb4 (27.Qc2 Nf5=) 27...Nf5 28.Qc3 Qa4 29.g4 (29.Bg4 Qa2=) 29...Nh4=+ 30.h3 h6 (30...Nf3 31.Kh1=+) 31.Kf2 Qa2 (31...Qe8 32.Bb4=+) 32.Qd2 Qb3 33.Ng3 (33.Qb4!? Qc2 34.Be7=) 33...Ng6 34.Bd1 (34.Bd6!?=+) 34...Bh4?? (better 34...Be3 35.Qe3 Qd1-/+) 35.Bb3+- 1-0. zembelek (2045) - tocaifriulano (2100), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Nc3 h6 7.Qc2 c6 (7...a5 8.ba5 Ra5 9.Be2=) 8.d4 Qc7 9.Bd3 Nf8 (9...ed4 10.ed4 d5 11.c5+=) 10.0-0 g5 (10...Bg4 11.Be2+=) 11.de5+/- de5 12.b5 (12.Ne4!? N8d7 13.Nf6 Bf6 14.c5+/-) 12...Bg4+= 13.Nd2 Rg8 (13...Rd8 14.Nde4=) 14.Nde4+= Ne4 15.Be4 h5 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rc8 (17...f5 18.bc6 bc6 19.Rd7 Nd7 20.Bc6+/- (20.Qc6?! Qc6 21.Bc6 Rc8=; 20.Bf5?! g4+=)) 18.Ba3 (18.Qa7 f5 19.Bd3 h4+-) 18...Ba3 (18...cb5!? 19.Qa7 Ba3+/-) 19.Qa3+/- f5 20.bc6 (20.Bd3 Ra8+/-) 20...bc6+= 21.Bf3 g4 22.Be2 Be6 23.Rd6 Kf7 24.Rfd1 h4 25.c5 Rg6 26.e4 (26.Ba6 Rb8+/-) 26...f4 27.Na4 (27.R1d2!?+/-) 27...Qa5= 28.Rb1 (28.f3 gf3 29.Bf3 Ke7=) 28...f3 29.Bf1 fg2 30.Bg2 Rf6 31.Rb7 Kg8 32.Qe3? (better 32.Rb4=+) 32...Qa4-+ 33.Qg5 Rg6 34.Qe7 (34.Qe5 Qa2 (34...Ba2?? 35.Rg6 Ng6 36.Qg7) 35.Bf1 Qa3-+) 34...g3 35.Re6 (35.Qh4 gf2 36.Qf2 Qe4 37.Kh1-+) 35...gf2 (35...Ne6?? 36.Qf7 Kh8 37.Qh7) 36.Kf2 Qc2 (36...Ne6?? 37.Qf7 Kh8 38.Qh7) 37.Ke3 (37.Ke1 Qc1 38.Kf2 Qd2 39.Kf1 Qg2 40.Ke1 Qe4 41.Kf1 Qf4 42.Ke1 Rg1 43.Ke2 Rg2 44.Ke1 Qc1) 37...Qc3 (37...Ne6?? 38.Qf7 Kh8 39.Qh7; 37...Qg2?! 38.Qf7 Kh8 39.Re5 Qg1 40.Qf2 Qc1 41.Qd2-+) 38.Ke2 (38.Kf2 Qd2 39.Kf1 Qg2 40.Ke1 Qe4 41.Kf1 Qf4 42.Ke1 Rg1 43.Ke2 Rg2 44.Ke1 Qc1) 38...Rg2 39.Kf1 Qe3 (39...Qf3 40.Ke1 Qe2) 40.Qh7?? (better 40.Qf7 Kh8 41.Qf6 Kg8 42.Kg2 Qe2 43.Kh3 Qe3 44.Kh4 Qe4 45.Kh5 Qe2 46.Kg5 Qg2 47.Kf5 Qf3 48.Kg5 Qg2 49.Kh4 Qe4 50.Kg3 Qd3 51.Kf2 Qd2 52.Kf1 Qd1 53.Kf2 Qd2 54.Kf1 Qd1 55.Kf2 Qd2=) 40…Nh7 (40...Nh7 41.Kg2 h3 42.Kf1 Rf8 43.Rf7 Rf7 44.Rf6 Rf6) 0-1. Findus (1865) - QxQMate (2340), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.d3 0-0 7.Qc2 Ne8 (7...Re8 8.Be2+=) 8.Nbd2 f5 9.Be2 Nef6 (9...a5 10.b5=) 10.0-0 Kh8 11.a4 Rg8 (11...a5 12.b5+=) 12.Ng5 Qe8 13.Ne6 Bd8 14.Ng5 (14.Nd8 Qd8 15.d4 ed4 16.ed4 Re8+/–) 14...h6 (14...Be7!?=) 15.Ngf3+= g5 (15...a5 16.b5+=) 16.Ne1 Qg6 17.f4 (17.d4 ed4 18.Bd4 c5 19.bc5 dc5+/–) 17...gf4+= 18.ef4 Ng4 19.Rf3 (19.Bg4 Qg4 20.c5 Qg6+/–) 19...Bh4= 20.g3?? (better is 20.Bf1=) 20...Nh2–+ 21.Kh2 (21.Rf2 Qg3 22.Rg2 Qf4 23.d4–+) 21...Bg3 22.Kg2 (22.Kh1 Qh5 23.Kg1 Qh2 24.Kf1 Qh1) 22...Bf4 23.Kf2 (23.Rg3 Qg3 24.Kh1 Qh2) 23...Qg1 0–1. GuestZVDN – GuestCDLZ, freechess.org, 2017.

6.d4 b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Be2 ed4 9.ed4 Ne4 10.Qc2 (10.d5 A) 10...Bf6 11.Nd4 (11.Ne4 Bb2 12.Rb1 Bf6 13.0-0 0-0 14.Bd3 Re8+=) 11...Nc3 12.Bc3 0-0 13.0-0 Re8 14.Re1 Ne5+=; B) 10...Nc3 11.Bc3 Bf6 (11...0-0 12.Nd4 Re8 13.0-0 a5 14.ba5 ba5+=) 12.Nd4 0-0 13.0-0 Re8 14.Re1 Ne5+=) 10...Ndf6 (10...d5 11.0-0 Nef6 (11...Nc3 12.Bc3 0-0 13.c5 Re8 14.Bd3 h6+=) 12.c5 0-0 13.Rfe1 a5 14.a3 Re8+=; 10...Nc3 11.Bc3 d5 (11...0-0 12.0-0 d5 13.c5 Re8 14.Bd3 h6+=) 12.c5 0-0 13.0-0 Re8 14.Bd3 h6+=; 10...Nef6 11.d5 a5 (11...0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Nd4 a6 14.a3 Ne5+/–) 12.a3 0-0 13.0-0 Re8 14.Nd4 Ne5+=) 11.0-0 (11.d5 Nc3 12.Bc3 c6 13.dc6 Bc6 14.0-0 Be4+=) 11...Nc3 12.Bc3 Be4 (12...d5 13.Ne5 0-0 14.Bf3 Qc8+=) 13.Bd3 (13.Qa4 Qd7 14.Qd7 Kd7+= (14...Nd7+=)) 13...Bd3 (13...Bf3 14.gf3 d5=) 14.Qd3 0-0 (14...d5+=) 15.Rfe1 (15.d5 Nd7+/–) 15...c5 (15...d5 16.Ne5 dc4 17.Qc4=) 16.bc5 bc5 17.Rab1 cd4 (17...Nd7!?+/–) 18.Nd4+– Nd7?? (better is 18...Re8+–) 19.Nc6 Qc8 (19...Qc7 20.Ne7 Kh8+–) 20.Ne7 (20.Ne7 Kh8 21.Nc8 Rac8 22.Rb7+–; 20.Re7?! Qc6 21.Rbe1 Rac8+/–) 1–0. pierre – joshuanem, internet, 2008.

6.d4 c6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qb3 Nf8 11.a4 ed4 12.ed4 Ng6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Rfe1 h6 15.a5 Rad8 16.Rac1 Qd7 17.b5 c5 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.cd5 b6 20.Bc4 Qf5 21.Re3 (21.dc5 dc5 22.Ne5 Ne5 (22...ba5? 23.d6 Nh8 24.de7+-) 23.Be5 ba5+=) 21...Bg4 (21...Bf6!?=) 22.Rce1+= Qh5 23.dc5 bc5 24.Qc3 Ne5?? (better 24...f6+=) 25.Ne5+- de5 (25...Bf6 26.Ng4 Bc3 27.Re8 Re8 28.Re8 Kh7 29.Bc3 f5+-) 26.Re5 Qg6 27.Re7 Re7 28.Re7 Bh3 29.d6 (better 29.Ra7!? Qb1 30.Bc1 Qg6+-) 29...Rd6 30.Re1 (30.Bb3 Rd8+-) 30...Rf6 (30...Rd8 31.Ba3 Qh5 32.Be2+-) 31.Bd3 Qg5 (31...Bf5 32.Bf1 Rd6 33.Qc5 Kh7 34.Qa7 Rd2+-) 32.Re8 1-0. jhonores (2210) - Francodi (2205), Hourly SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

6.Be2 0-0 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Nbd7).

6.Be2 a5 7.b5 c6 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 cb5 10.cb5 d5 11.Nc3 b6 12.Rc1 0-0 13.Qb3 Bb7 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Rc2 Bd6 16.Ba3 Qe7 17.Bd6 Qd6 18.Rfc1 Rfe8 19.g4 (19.Qa4 Nf8+=) 19...h6 20.h4 (20.a3 Qe6=) 20...Nh7 (better is 20...Ng4!? 21.Kf1 Ndf6–+) 21.Nf1= Ndf6 22.Ng3 g6 23.Kg2 Qd7 24.Na4 Rc2 (24...Ng4? 25.Nb6 a4 26.Qa4+– (26.Nd7?! ab3 27.ab3 Rc2 28.Rc2 Ngf6+–)) 25.Rc2 Qd6 26.Rc3 Rc8 27.Qc2 Rc3 28.Qc3 Ne8 29.f3 ef3 30.Bf3 Nhf6 31.Qb3 Ne4 32.Be4 de4 33.Nc3 Nf6 34.g5 hg5 35.hg5 Ng4 (35...Nh7 36.Qd1–/+ (36.Nge4?? Ng5 37.Kf1 Ne4 38.Ne4 Be4–+)) 36.Na4 (36.Nce4 a4 37.Qa4=) 36...Kg7 37.Qc3 (37.Nf1–/+) 37...f6 (37...Qd5 38.a3 Qg5–+ (38...Qb5?! 39.d5 Kg8 40.Qd4–+)) 38.Kh3 (38.gf6 Nf6 39.Qc1 Kf7+=) 38...Nf2 (better is 38...f5!?–/+) 39.Kg2= Ng4 40.Kh3 Nf2 (better is 40...f5!?–/+) 41.Kg2= Ng4 42.Kh3 fg5 (42...f5–/+) 43.d5?? (43.Kg4 Qd7 44.Nf5 Qf5 45.Kg3–+) 43...Nf6–+ 44.Ne4?? (better is 44.Kg2–+) 44...g4 45.Kh4 (45.Kg2 Bd5 46.Kg1 Be4 47.Qe1–+) 45...Qh2 46.Kg5 Qh6 0–1. Mikhaylov,Dimitri (1815) – Soliva Ruiz,Ramon, St Petersburg RUS, Chigorin Mem, 2013.

6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.a4 0-0 9.a5 ba5 10.Ra5 Nb6 (10...c5!?=+) 11.Qc2 c5 12.bc5 dc5 (better is 12...Nc4!? 13.Rb5 A) 13...Nb2? 14.Rb7 e4 15.Nd4+– (15.Rb2?! ef3 16.Bf3 Rb8+/–; 15.Qb2?! ef3 16.Bf3 dc5+=); B) 13...Bf3 14.Bf3 d5=) 13.Ne5+/– Qc7 14.Bf3 (14.f4!?+/–) 14...Bf3= 15.Nf3 Bd6? (better is 15...Nc4 16.Ra2 Nb2 17.Rb2 Qd6=) 16.Bf6+– gf6 17.Nc3 Nc4 18.Ra4 Nb6 (18...Ne5 19.Ne5 fe5+–) 19.Ne4 (19.Rg4 Kh8 20.Qf5 Bh2 21.Kh1 Qd6 22.Rh4 Qd3 23.Qd3 f5 24.Qf5 h6 25.Rh6 Kg8 26.Qh7) 19...Na4=+ 20.Nf6 Kh8?? (better is 20...Kg7 21.Nh5 Kh6 22.Qa4 c4= (22...Kh5?? 23.Qh4 Kg6 24.Qg5)) 21.Qh7# (21.Qa4?! Be7 22.Qh4 Bf6 23.Qf6 Kg8+=) 1–0. revreverend – justfish30, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

6.Be2 c5 7.a3 (7.bc5 e4 8.Nd4 Nc5=) 7...0-0 (7...e4 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3+=) 8.0-0 (8.bc5 Nc5 9.d4 ed4 10.Nd4 Qb6=) 8...Re8 (8...e4 9.Ne1+=) 9.d3= b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Nc3 Bf8 Black plans e4 (11...cb4 12.ab4 a5 13.Qb3=) 12.Qb3 a6 13.Rad1 (13.d4 cb4 14.ab4 Qe7+=) 13...Qc7= 14.d4 e4 15.Nd2 cd4 16.Nd5 (better is 16.ed4!? d5 17.c5=) 16...Nd5+= 17.cd5 d3 (17...de3 18.fe3 b5 19.Rf1+=) 18.Rc1 (18.Bg4 g6 19.Rc1 Qd8 20.Bd7 Qd7+=) 18...Qd8 19.Bg4 Nf6 20.Bf6 (20.Bf5 A) worse is 20...Nd5 21.Be4 (21.Ne4? g6–+) 21...Re4 22.Ne4+/–; B) 20...Re5 21.Be5 de5=) 20...Qf6+= (20...gf6? 21.Bf5+–) 21.Bd7 Re5 (21...Re7 22.Bc6 Qg6 23.f3=) 22.Bc6= Qe7 (22...Bc6 23.Rc6 Qg6 24.f4=) 23.Rc3 (23.Nc4!?=) 23...b5 24.Rec1 f5 (24...Bc6 25.dc6 Rc8 26.Qd1–/+) 25.Qd1 (25.a4 Qf7+=) 25...Rc8 26.Nb3 (26.a4 Bc6 27.Rc6 Ra8+=) 26...Qf7 (26...Bc6!? 27.dc6 Qc7+=) 27.Nd4 Bc6 (27...g6 28.Qd2+=) 28.dc6 (28.Nc6 Ra8 29.Ne5 de5=) 28...Rc7 (28...d5 29.Rb1+=) 29.g3 (29.a4 f4+=) 29...g5 (29...d5 30.a4 ba4 31.Qa4–/+) 30.f3 (30.a4 Bg7–/+) 30...Bg7 31.fe4 fe4 32.Qd2 Rd5 (32...g4 33.Rf1 Qd5 34.Rcc1–/+) 33.Rf1+= Qg6?? (33...Bf6 34.Kh1 Kh8–/+) 34.Qf2 (34.Qa2 Kh8 35.Qd5 h6+–) 34...h6?? (34...Kh8 35.Rcc1–/+) 35.Kg2 (better is 35.Qa2+–) 35...Re5 (35...Bd4 36.ed4 Qg7 37.h3–+) 36.Rcc1 (36.a4 Re8 37.Qa2 Kh8–/+) 36...Re8 37.Qa2 Kh7 38.Nf5 (38.Qd5 Re5 39.Qa2 g4–/+) 38...Qe6–+ 39.Qd2 (39.Rf2 Qa2 40.Ra2 Rec8–+) 39...Be5 40.Nd4 Bd4 41.ed4 d5 42.Rc5 Rd8 (42...Rc6 43.Qe3–+) 43.h3 (43.Qc3 Rd6–+) 43...Qg6 (43...Rd6 44.Qe3–+) 44.g4 Qg7 (44...Rc6!? 45.Rc6 Qc6 46.Kg1–+) 45.Qe3–/+ Rd6 (45...Kg8 46.Rf5 Qg6 47.Rcd5 Rd5 48.Rd5 Rc6 49.Rd8 Kf7 50.d5 Rc2 51.Kh1=) 46.Rf5 (46.Rd5! Rd5 47.Qe4 Qg6 48.Qd5 Qc6 49.Qc6 Rc6 50.d5=) 46...Qg8 (worse is 46...Rcc6 47.Rfd5 Qg6 48.Rf5 Rc5 49.bc5–/+) 47.Qf2 (47.a4 ba4 (47...Rdc6 48.Rfd5 Re7 49.Re5 Re5 50.de5 Qa2 51.Kf1 Rc5 52.Qe4 Kg7 53.bc5+=) 48.Rfd5 Rd5 49.Qe4 Qg6 50.Qd5 d2–+) 47...Qe6 (47...Kg7!?–+) 48.Re5–/+ Qf6 49.Rf5 (49.Rcd5 Rdc6 50.Rc5 Qf4–/+) 49...Qg6 (49...Qd8 50.Rf8 Qe7 51.Rf5–+) 50.Kf1 (50.Rfd5!? Rf6 51.Rf5 Rcc6 52.d5 Rc5 53.bc5 Rf5 54.gf5+=) 50...Kg7 (50...Rcc6 51.Kg2–+) 51.Ke1 Rcc6 52.Kd2? (better is 52.h4!? gh4 53.Qh4–/+) 52...Rf6–+ 53.Kc3 (53.Ke1 Qe8 54.h4 e3–+) 53...Rf5 54.gf5 Qf6 55.Kb3 Qd6 56.Qg2 (56.Qd2 Kf6–+) 56...d2 (56...d2 57.Qd2 Kf6–+; better is 56...Rc5 57.dc5 Qe5–+) 0–1. Bartle,Georg – Schampel,Arno, 18 sen. DSenEM (GrB) op, 2006.

6.Be2 e4 7.Nd4 0-0 8.Nc3 Ne5 9.f4 Nd3 10.Bd3 ed3 11.0-0 c5 12.bc5 dc5 13.Nf3 Be6 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Qb3 Ne5 16.fe5 b6 17.Nd5 b5 18.e4 Rb8 19.cb5 Bd5 20.ed5 Qb6 21.Qc4 Qb5 22.Qb5 Rb5 23.Bc3 Bg5 24.Rf5 f6 25.e6 Rb6 26.Rf3 c4 27.h4 Bh4 28.Rf4 Bg3 29.Rc4 Rb5 30.Rd4 Rfb8 31.Rf1 Bd6 32.a4 Rb3 33.Rc4 Kf8 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke3 h5 36.Kd3 Rf8 37.Rc6 h4 38.Ra6 Rb7 39.Bd4 Bb8 40.Bc5 1–0. pumpkin – johnrbrown (2620), net–chess.com, 2014. (=1.Nf3 d6 2.b4 Nf6 3.Bb2 Nbd7 4.c4 e5 5.e3 Be7)

6.Be2 Nf8 7.0-0 Ng6 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bf3 10.Bf3 c6 11.d4 e4 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.Be4 Qd7 14.a3 Bf6 15.Qc2 d5 16.cd5 cd5 17.Bf5 Qd8 18.Rac1 Ne7 19.Bh7 g6 20.Bg6 Ng6 21.Qc7 Qc7 22.Rc7 b6 23.Rb7 Ne7 24.Rc1 Nc8 25.Rcc7 0-0 26.f3 Bd8 27.Rd7 Time forfeit 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (2105) - CarlosSilva96 (2075), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.d3 Nb6 (7...Re8 8.Be2+=) 8.a4 Bg4 (8...a5 9.b5=) 9.Be2 c6 10.h3 Bf3 11.Bf3 h6 (11...d5 12.c5 Nbd7 13.d4 ed4 14.ed4=) 12.Nd2 (12.a5 Nbd7 13.a6+=) 12...Qd7 (12...d5 13.0-0=) 13.0-0 (13.a5 Nc8+/–) 13...Nh7 (13...a5 14.ba5 Ra5 15.Bc3+=) 14.Ne4 (14.a5 Nc8+/–) 14...f5+= 15.Nd2 Ng5 16.a5 Nc8 17.Be2 Bf6 18.f4 (better is 18.d4+=) 18...Nh3? (better is 18...ef4 19.Bf6 Rf6 20.ef4 Ne6=) 19.gh3+– Qf7 (19...ef4 20.Rf4 Qe6 21.Rf3+–) 20.Kh2 (20.a6 ef4 21.Rf4 ba6+–) 20...Ne7 21.Rg1 Qe6 22.Nf3 (better is 22.Rae1+–) 22...Ng6?? (22...ef4 23.ef4 Qe3+–) 23.Rg6 e4 (23...ef4 24.Rag1 Kh8 25.Rg7 fe3 26.R1g6+–) 24.Nd4 Qf7 (24...Qe8 25.Rag1 Qd7 26.de4 fe4 27.Nf5 Qf5 28.Bf6 Qf6 29.Rf6 Rf6 30.Qe4+–) 25.Rag1 d5 (25...Qd7 26.de4 fe4 27.Nf5 Qf5 28.Rg7 Kh8 29.Bf6 Qf6 30.R7g6 Qg6 31.Rg6+–) 26.Rh6 (better is 26.Nf5 Kh7 27.Rg7 Bg7 28.Rg7 Qg7 29.Ng7 Rf7+–) 26...Qc7 (26...Qd7 27.de4 de4 28.c5+–) 27.Ne6 (27.Ne6 Qe7 28.Bf6 Rf6 29.Ng7 Rh6 30.Nf5 Kf8 31.Ne7 Ke7 32.Rg7 Kf8 33.Rb7+–) 1–0. GuestKXDK – GuestZPDG, freechess.org, 2017.

7.Be2 b6 8.a4 Bb7 9.a5 c5 10.a6 Bc6 11.b5 Be4 12.d3 Bg6 13.e4 Ne8 14.Nc3 f5 15.Nd5 fe4 16.de4 Nc7 17.0-0-0 Ne6 18.Kb1 Nd4 19.Nd4 cd4 20.f3 Rc8 21.Ba3 Nc5 22.h4 Bf7 23.h5 Bd5 24.ed5 Bg5 25.Bd3 h6 26.Bf5 Rc7 27.Bc5 Rc5 28.Be6 Kh8 29.Qd3 Qc7 30.Rc1 Rf6 31.Rc2 Qe7 32.g3 Qf8 33.Rf1 Be3 34.Bg4 Rf7 35.Kb2 Rfc7 36.Kb3 Qe8 37.f4 Rc4 38.Qc4 Rc4 39.Kc4 ef4 40.gf4 Qe4 41.Bd1 d3 42.Kb3 dc2 43.Bc2 Qd5 44.Kb2 Bd4 45.Kc1 Qg2 46.Re1 Kg8 47.Bg6 Be5 48.fe5 Qg5 49.Kd1 de5 50.Rf1 Qg4 51.Ke1 Qb4 52.Ke2 Qc4 53.Kf2 Qd4 54.Kg2 Qg4 55.Kf2 Qf4 56.Ke1 Qe3 57.Kd1 Qd4 58.Ke2 Qg4 59.Ke3 Qg3 60.Rf3 Qe1 61.Kd3 Time forfeit 1-0. carlos78 (2305) - catitoargen (1960), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Qc2 c5 8.b5 Ne8 9.a4 f5 10.Nd5 Ndf6 11.Ne7 Qe7 12.Be2 e4 13.Ng5 Nc7 14.a5 Ne6 15.Nh3 a6 16.b6 Bd7 17.f4 ef3 (better is 17...d5!?=) 18.Bf3+/– (18.gf3?! f4=) 18...Ne4 19.Be4 (better is 19.d3!? Qh4 20.Nf2 Nf2 21.Qf2 Qf2 22.Kf2+/–) 19...Qh4 20.Nf2 fe4 21.g3 Qg5 (21...Qh5 22.Qe4 (22.Ne4? Qf3 23.Rg1 Nd4 24.Bd4 cd4–+) 22...Ng5 23.Qd5 Rf7 24.h4 (24.Qb7?? Nf3 25.Qf3 Rf3–+) 24...Nf3 25.Kf1–+) 22.Ne4 (better is 22.Qe4!? Rab8 23.0-0+/–) 22...Qg4= 23.Nf2?? (23.Rf1=) 23...Qf3 (23...Rf2 24.Qd3 Raf8 25.Bg7 Ng7–+) 24.Rf1 Ng5 25.Qd1 (25.Qc3 Rf7 26.Qd3–+) 25...Qf5 (better is 25...Qg2 26.Qe2 Nf3 27.Kd1 Nh2–+ (27...Qh2?! 28.Bc3+=)) 26.Qb3? (better is 26.Ke2+=) 26...Nf3–+ 27.Kd1 Nh2 28.Qc3 Qg6 29.Rh1 (29.Qg7 Qg7 30.Bg7 Kg7 31.Ke2 Nf1 32.Rf1–+) 29...Rf2 30.e4 Raf8 31.Kc2 (31.Qd3–+) 31...Qe4 32.Kb3 R2f3 33.d3 (33.Rae1 Qc6 34.Kc2 Qa4 35.Kc1 Rc3 36.Bc3 Bf5–+) 33...Rd3 34.Rae1 (34.Rhe1 Rc3 35.Bc3–+) 34...Rc3 35.Bc3 Ba4! 36.Ka4 (36.Ka4 Qc2 Mate attack) 36...Qc4 37.Ka3 Qc3 0–1. orangutanb4 (2050) – wychen (1730), kurnik, 2011.

7.Qc2 Re8 8.Be2= Nb6 9.a4 Bg4 (9...d5 10.Ne5 Bb4 11.Nd5 Nfd5 12.cd5 Qd5 13.e4=) 10.a5 Nbd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.d4 (12.0-0 d5=) 12...Bg6 Black prepares the advance e4 13.Qb3 e4 (13...ed4 14.ed4 c5 15.0-0=) 14.Nd2 (14.Nh4 Nf8+=) 14...Rb8 15.g4 (15.0-0 c5+=) 15...h6 (15...c5 16.g5 cd4 17.ed4=) 16.h4+= c5 (16...Bf8 17.d5+=) 17.b5 White prepares a6 (17.g5 hg5 18.hg5 cd4 19.ed4 Nh7+/-) 17...b6 (17...Bf8 18.d5+=) 18.a6 (18.g5 cd4 19.ed4 hg5 20.hg5 Nh7 21.ab6 ab6 22.Nce4 Ng5+/-) 18...cd4+= 19.ed4 Rc8 20.g5 hg5 21.h5 (21.hg5!? Nh7 22.Nde4+=) 21...Bh7= 22.h6 g6 (better 22...gh6!? 23.Rh6 Bf8=) 23.Nce4+/- Ne4 24.Ne4 Bf8 25.Ng3 (25.f3 g4 26.Bc1 d5 27.cd5 gf3 28.Qf3 Qe7+=) 25...Qe7 (25...d5 26.cd5 Nf6 27.Kd1+/-) 26.0-0-0 (26.d5 Ne5 27.Kd1 f5+/-) 26...Nf6 (26...Qf6 27.Bf3+/-) 27.Kb1 (27.d5 Ne4 28.Ne4 Qe4+/-) 27...Ne4 28.Ne4 Qe4 29.Bd3 Qf4 30.d5 (better 30.Rdf1+/-) 30...Re5? (better 30...Qf2 31.Qc3 Re5+/-) 31.Be5+- de5 32.Qc3 f6 (32...g4 33.Rde1 Bd6 34.Qc2+-) 33.Qd2 Bd6 34.Qf4 gf4 35.Kc2 Kf7 36.Rdg1 f5 37.Bf5! Kf6?? (37...gf5 38.Rg7 Deflection) 38.Bc8 g5 (38...Bc5 39.Rh2+-) 39.Kc3 (39.Kb3 Kg6+-) 39...Bc5 (39...e4 40.Rh5 e3 41.fe3 fe3 42.Rhg5+-) 40.Rd1 e4 (40...Kf7 41.f3 Be7 42.Kb3+-) 41.d6 e3 42.d7 Be7 43.d8B Bd8 44.Rd8 ef2 45.Rd2 (45.Rd6 Kf7 46.Rd7 Kg6 47.Ra7 f1R 48.Rg7 Kf6 49.Rf1 Bf5 50.Bf5 Kf5 51.a7 Kg4 52.Rg1 Kf5 53.R1g5 Ke4 54.a8Q Ke3 55.Re7 Kf2 56.Qg2) 45...g4 46.Rf2 Kg5 47.Bg4! Kg4 48.c5! bc5 49.b6! ab6 50.Rf4! Kf4 51.a7 Be4 52.Rh4 Kg5 53.Re4 Kh6 (53...Kh5 54.a8Q Kg5 55.Qd5 Kg6 56.Re6 Kh7 57.Qd7 Kh8 58.Re8) 54.a8R (54.a8R Kg6 55.Rf8 Kg7 56.Rf1 Kh6 57.Rg1 Kh5 58.Re8 b5 59.Rh8; 54.a8Q Kg7 55.Re7 Kg6 56.Qg8 Kf5 57.Qf8 Kg5 58.Rg7 Kh5 59.Qh8) 1-0. carlos78 (2265) - giannimekk (1820), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Qc2 h6 8.Be2 c6 9.0-0 a5 10.a3 b6 11.d4 e4 (11...Re8 12.b5 Qc7 13.e4+=) 12.Nd2 (12.Ne4 Ne4 13.Qe4 d5+/–) 12...d5 13.cd5 (13.b5!? cb5 14.cd5+/– (worse is 14.cb5 Bb7=)) 13...cd5= 14.Qb3 Bb7 15.ba5 ba5 16.a4 (worse is 16.Qb7 Rb8 17.Qc6 Rb2+=) 16...Ba6 (16...Qb6!?=) 17.Ba6+/– Ra6 18.Nd5 Nb6? (better is 18...Nd5 19.Qd5 Nf6+/–) 19.Ne7+– Qe7 20.Ba3 Qe8 21.Bf8 Kf8 22.Qb5 Qb5 23.ab5 Ra8 24.Rfc1 Nfd5 (24...a4+–) 25.Ne4 a4 26.Nc5 (better is 26.Nd6 Nf6+–) 26...a3 (26...f5 27.Ne6 Kf7 28.Nc7+–) 27.e4 (better is 27.Na6 Ke7+–) 27...Nb4 28.Rcb1 (better is 28.f3 Ke7+–) 28...Nc2 29.Ra2 Nd4 30.Rba1?? (30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Rb4 Kd6+–) 30...Nc4? (better is 30...Nb5 31.Kf1 Ke7+/–) 31.b6!+– Nb3 (31...Nb6 32.Ra3 Deflection) 32.b7 Rd8 33.Rf1 (better is 33.Nb3 Rb8 34.Nc5+–) 33...Nc5+/– 34.Rc1?? (better is 34.Rc2 Nb7 35.Rc4+–) 34...Nb7–+ 35.h3 Nba5 36.Rc3 Rd1 37.Kh2 Rb1 38.f3 (38.Rca3 Na3 39.Ra3–+) 38...Rb2?? (38...Rb3 39.Rb3 Nb3 40.Kg3–+) 39.Raa3? (better is 39.Rca3 Ra2 40.Ra2+=) 39...Na3–+ 40.Ra3 Nc4 41.Ra8 (41.Rc3 Nd2–+) 41...Ke7 42.Rc8 (42.Kh1 g5–+) 42...Nd6 (better is 42...Ne3!? 43.Rc7 Kf6 44.h4–+) 43.Rc7 Ke6 44.Rc6 Kd7 45.Ra6 Rb7 46.Kg3 g6 47.h4 h5 48.Kf4 Nc4 49.Kg5 Ke7 50.g3 (50.Kf4 Nb2–+) 50...Ne5 51.Kf4 f6 52.Ra8?? (52.Ra3–+) 52...Rb3 53.Ra7 Ke6 (53...Kd8 54.Ra8 Kc7 55.Ra7 Kb6 56.Rb7 Kb7 57.g4 Rf3) 54.Ra6 Kf7 55.Ra7 Kg8 56.Ra8 Kg7 57.Ra7 Kh6 58.g4 (58.Rh7 Kh7 59.g4 Rf3) 58...Rf3 0–1. orangutanb4 (2020) – hamdija1948 (1880), kurnik, 2011.

7.d4 c6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Rc1 (9.Bd3 Re8=) 9...Ne8 (9...ed4 10.ed4 a5 11.b5=) 10.Be2 Kh8 (10...Ndf6 11.0-0+=) 11.c5 (11.0-0 a5+=) 11...ed4= 12.ed4 d5 (12...a5 13.cd6 Nd6 14.b5=) 13.0-0+= Nef6 14.a4 White plans b5 14...a6 (14...Nh5 15.Rfe1+=) 15.b5 Qf4 16.Rcd1 Ne4 17.Bc1 Qf5 18.Bd3 Ndf6 (18...Bf6 19.Bb2 ab5 20.ab5+=) 19.Ne5 (better 19.Ng5+/-) 19...Qe6?? (better 19...Nc5 20.Nf7 Rf7 21.dc5 Qh5=) 20.Be4 Ne4 21.Ne4 de4 22.Qe6 Be6 (worse 22...fe6 23.bc6 bc6 24.Nc6+-) 23.bc6 bc6 24.Nc6 Bf6 25.d5 Bd7 26.Bf4 Rac8 (26...Rfc8 27.Be3+/-) 27.Bd6 Rfe8 28.Na7 (better 28.Rb1!? Bc6 29.dc6 Rc6 30.Rb6+-) 28...Ra8+= 29.Nc6 Rac8 30.Nb4 (30.Rb1 Bc6 31.dc6 Rc6+-) 30...Ba4 31.Rd4?? (better 31.Na6 Bd1 32.Rd1+/-) 31...Bb5 (31...Bd4 32.Bf4 a5 33.Na6-+) 32.Re1?? (better 32.Rdd1-/+) 32...Bd4-+ 33.c6 a5 (better 33...e3 34.fe3 Be3 35.Re3 Re3 36.c7-+) 34.Nc2 Bc3 (34...Ba7 35.Bf4 Red8 36.Be3-+) 35.Re3 (35.Rc1 Red8 36.Ne3 Bd2-+) 35...Bd2 36.Rg3 (36.c7 Be3 37.Ne3 a4-+) 36...Bc4 (36...Bc6!? 37.dc6 Rc6 38.Ra3-+) 37.Nd4 (37.c7 Bd5 38.Ne3 Re6-+) 37...Bd5 38.Nf5 (38.c7 e3 39.fe3 Be3 40.Re3 Re3-+) 38...g6 (better 38...Rc6 39.Ba3 Rb8 40.h4-+) 39.Ne7 Ra8 (better 39...Re7 40.Be7 Rb8-+) 40.Be5 f6 41.Bf6 1-0. zembelek (2035) - larpayam (1985), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.d4 c6 8.Qb3 e4 9.Nd2 Nb6 10.Nce4 Ne4 11.Ne4 Nc4 12.Bc4 (worse 12.Qc4 d5 13.Nf6 Bf6=) 12...d5 13.Nc5 dc4 14.Qc4 b6 15.Nb3 (15.Nd3 Be6 16.Qc3 Bd5+=) 15...Be6 (15...Qd5 16.Qd5 Bb4 17.Nd2 cd5 18.a3=) 16.Qc3 a5 (16...Bd5!? 17.f3 f5=) 17.ba5+/- ba5 18.0-0 (worse 18.Qc6 a4 19.Nd2 a3=) 18...a4 19.Nc5 Bf5 (19...Bc5 20.Qc5 Bd5 21.f3+/-) 20.e4 Bg6 (20...a3 21.ef5 ab2 22.Qb2+/-) 21.Rfe1 (better 21.d5 Bf6 22.e5+-) 21...Qb6? (better 21...Qa5+/-) 22.Nd7+- Qa6 (22...Qb5 23.Nf8 Bb4+-) 23.d5 (worse 23.Nf8 Bf8 24.Ba3 Ba3 25.Qa3 Qc4+-) 23...Rfc8 (23...f6 24.Nf8 Kf8 25.Qc6 Qc6 26.dc6 Rc8+-) 24.Qg7 1-0. zembelek (2080) - amayak (2135), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

7.d4 e4 8.Nd2 d5 9.Qb3 c6 10.b5 Bd6 (10...Nb6 11.c5 Nbd7 12.Be2=) 11.cd5+= cd5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Qd5 Nf6 14.Qg5 (14.Qb3 Be6 15.Bc4 Bc4 16.Nc4 Bc7+=) 14...h6 (14...Be6 15.d5 Bd5 16.Bf6 Qf6 17.Qf6 gf6 18.Bc4 Bc4 19.Nc4+=) 15.Qh4+= Qe7 (15...Bb4 16.a3 Bd2 17.Kd2+=) 16.a3 (16.Rc1 Bf5+=) 16...Be6? (16...Kh7 17.f4 ef3 18.Bd3 (18.Nf3? Qe3 19.Be2 Qb3-+) 18...Kh8 19.e4 fg2 20.Rg1=) 17.Bc4 (17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Qe4 Bb4 19.Ke2+/- (worse 19.ab4 Qb4 20.Ke2 Bg4 21.Qg4 Qb2 22.Kf3 Qa1=+)) 17...Bc4+= 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.0-0 Nd5 (19...Rfc8!?+=) 20.Qe7+/- Ne7 21.a4 Nd5 22.Nd2 f5 23.Rfc1 Rfc8 24.Ba3 a6 25.ba6 ba6 (25...Ra6 26.Rab1 Rd8 27.Rc4+/-) 26.Rc5 Rd8 27.g3 (27.Rb1 Ra7+/-) 27...Bb6 28.Rc6 Rac8 (28...Ba5!? 29.Nc4 Bb4+/-) 29.Rac1+- Rc6 30.Rc6 Rd7 (30...Ra8+-) 31.Nc4 Bd8 (31...Rc7 32.Nb6 (worse 32.Rb6 Rc4 33.Ra6 Rc3 34.Ra8 Kh7+-) 32...Rc6 33.Nd5+-) 32.Ra6 Rc7 (32...Bc7+-) 33.Rd6 (33.Rd6 Bg5 34.Ne5+-) 1-0. zembelek (2110) - pilocl (2010), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Be2 (--> 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Nc3).

7.a3 e4 8.Nfd2 c6 9.Nc3 d5 10.Qb3 Nb6 11.h3 Be6 12.c5 Nbd7 13.Be2 b6 14.cb6 ab6 15.0-0 h6 16.Rfc1 Qb8 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.f3 ef3 19.Bf3 Nf8 20.e4 de4 21.Nce4 Nd5 22.Nc4 Bf5 23.Ne5 Ne3 24.Qe2 Nd5 25.Nc6 Qf4 26.Ne7 Ne7 27.Qd2 Qd2 28.Nd2 Rab8 29.Nc4 Be6 30.Nd6 Rc1 31.Rc1 Nd5 32.Kf2 Ng6 0–1. ferminkatcho (1705) – hamdija1948 (1825), internet, 2014.

7.Qb3 e4 8.Nfd2= c6 (8...Nb6 9.Nc3=) 9.Nc3+= d5 10.a4 (10.cd5 cd5 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Qd5 Bb4 13.Qe4 Nf6+=) 10...a5 (10...Nb6 11.c5 Nbd7 12.Be2=) 11.b5 Bb4 (11...cb5 12.Qb5 (worse 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.cd5 ba4-/+) 12...dc4 13.Nde4=) 12.Be2 (12.cd5 Bc3 13.Qc3 cb5 14.Bb5 Nd5+=) 12...cb5 13.ab5 (worse 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.cd5 ba4 15.Ra4 Bd2 16.Kd2 Nb6-/+) 13...dc4 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Be2 (15.Ba3!?=) 15...Be6-/+ 16.Qc2 e4 seems the pivot of the position (16.Qd1!?-/+) 16...Rc8-+ 17.0-0 (17.Rc1 Nfd5 18.Ndb1 Nc3 19.Bc3 Nd5-+) 17...Nfd5 (17...Nbd5 18.Ndb1 Nc3 19.Nc3-+) 18.Ndb1 (18.Nde4 Nc3 19.Nc3 Nd5-+) 18...Nc3 19.Nc3 Qg5?? (better 19...Nd5 20.Qe4 Nc3 (20...Rc3?! 21.Bc3 Nc3 22.Qc2-/+) 21.Bc3 Bc3-+) 20.Rfc1-/+ Qg6 (20...Nd5 21.Qd2=+) 21.Qd1 Nd5 (21...Nc4 22.Bc4 Rc4 23.Ne2=+) 22.Bh5 (22.Nd5 Bd5 23.Ba3 Ba3 24.Ra3 b6=) 22...Qf5=+ (worse 22...Nc3 23.Bc3 Qg5 24.Bb4 ab4 25.Be2=) 23.Na2 (23.Nd5!? Qd5 24.Be2=+) 23...Rc1-/+ 24.Rc1 (24.Bc1 Nc3 25.Nc3 Bc3-/+) 24...Bd6 (24...Ne3 25.fe3 Ba2 26.Qe2-+) 25.h3 (better 25.Nc3-/+) 25...g6 (better 25...Qg5 26.Kh1 Nf6-+) 26.Bg4= Qf6 27.Be6 (27.Nc3 Qe7=) 27...Qe6 28.Nc3 Nb4 29.Ra1 (29.Ba3 Rc8 30.Bb4 Bb4=) 29...Nd3 30.Qc2 (30.Ba3!? Bb4 31.Bb4 ab4 32.Ne2=) 30...Bb4-/+ 31.Ne2? (better 31.Ra4!?-/+) 31...Rc8-+ 32.Qd1? (better 32.Bc3 Qc4 33.f3 Bc3 34.Qc3 Qc3 35.Nc3 Rc3 36.Ra5 ef3 37.gf3-+) 32...Nb2 33.Qb1 Nd3 34.Nf4 (34.Qa2 Be1 35.Qe6 Bf2 36.Kh2 fe6 37.Ra5 Be3-+) 34...Nf4 35.ef4 Qd5 36.Qd1 (36.Qf1 Rc2-+) 36...Bc3 (better 36...Qb5 37.Qb3 Rc3-+) 37.Qe2 (37.Rc1-+) 37...Ba1 38.f3 ef3 39.gf3 Qd4 40.Kg2 Qf4 41.Qe7 (41.Qd1 Be5 42.Kf1 Qh2 43.Qe2 Rc1 44.Qe1 Bg3 45.Qc1 Qf2) 41…Rc2 (41...Rc2 42.Qe2 Re2 43.Kf1 Qf3 44.Kg1 Bd4) 0-1. ClayPigeons (2105) - Sethji01 (2080), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 e4 8.Nfd2 c6 9.Nc3 d5 10.Qb3 a5 11.b5 dc4 12.Nc4 cb5 13.Nb5 (13.Qb5 b6+=) 13...a4= 14.Qd1 Bb4 (14...Nb6 15.Nb6 Qb6 16.0-0=+) 15.Bc3= Bc3 16.Nc3 Nb6 17.Ne5 (17.Nb6 Qb6 18.0-0 Qa5=) 17...Nbd5 18.Nb5 Bd7 19.0-0?? (better 19.Qd2=) 19...Bb5-+ 20.Bb5 Nc3 21.Qc2 Nb5 22.Qc5 Nd6 23.Rab1 Ra6 24.Rfc1 Nd7 25.Qd5 Ne5 (better 25...Nb6 26.Qc5 f6-+) 26.de5 Nf5 (26...Qg5 27.Rc5 Nf5 28.Qb7 Ne3 29.fe3 Qe3 30.Kh1 Qc5 31.Qa6-+) 27.Qb7 (27.Qe4 Qg5-/+) 27...Ra5 28.Qe4 Qg5 (28...Qd7 29.Rb7 Qe6 30.Rd1-/+) 29.f4 Qg4 (29...Qh5 30.e6 Re8 31.Qb4-/+) 30.h3=+ Ng3 (better 30...Qg6=+) 31.Qb4+/- (worse 31.hg4 Ne4 32.Rb4 Nc5-/+) 31...Ne2 32.Kf2?? (better 32.Kf1 Ng3 33.Kf2 Qe2 34.Kg3 Qe3 35.Kh2+/-) 32...Qg3?? (better 32...Nc1 33.Qf8 Kf8 34.hg4 Na2 35.Rb8 Ke7 36.Rb7 Ke6 37.Rb6 Kd5 38.Rd6 Kc4-+) 33.Ke2=+ Qg2 34.Ke1 Rd5 35.Rd1 (35.Qa4?? Rd2 36.e4 Qe2) 35...Rfd8 36.Rd5 (36.Qa4? Rd2 (36...Qh3?! 37.Qb3=) 37.Rd2 Qd2 38.Kf1 Qd3 39.Kf2 Qb1-+) 36...Qd5 37.Ke2 (37.Qd4 Qa8 38.Qb6 Qh1 39.Ke2 Qg2 40.Ke1 Rc8=+) 37...h5 (better 37...Qa2 38.Rb2 Qd5=+) 38.Rb2?? (38.Kf2 Qa2 39.Rb2 Qe6=+) 38...Qg2-/+ 39.Ke1 Qg1 (39...Qh3?! 40.Qc3-/+) 40.Ke2 Rd1 41.Qc3 (41.Kf3 Qh1 42.Rg2-+) 41…Qf1 0-1. jhonores (2240) - KraljMilutin (2190), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5 (8...Ndf6 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.Nc3+–) 9.0-0+= Ndf6 (9...a5!?+=) 10.de5+/– de5 11.c5 a5 12.a3 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Ba1 Be6 15.Nc3 (15.Rd1 Nd5+/–) 15...Nc3 16.Qc3 e4 17.Rd1 Qe8 18.Ng5 Nd5?? (better is 18...Bd7+/–) 19.Qg7 1–0. marekt – dulcie, ChessWorld.net, 2016.

7.ed4 c5 8.b5 (8.bc5 dc5 9.d5 Qb6=) 8...cd4 (8...a6 9.a4=) 9.Nd4 (9.Bd4 Qc7=) 9...0-0 10.Bd3 (10.Be2 Re8=) 10...d5 11.0-0 (11.cd5 Bb4 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Nde2 Ne5=) 11...dc4 12.Bc4 Bc5 (12...Ne5 13.Be2=) 13.Qc2 (13.Nb3 Be7=) 13...Re8 (13...Qc7 14.Nd2=) 14.Nd2 Nb6 (better 14...a6!?=) 15.Bf7!+– Kf7 16.Qc5 Be6 (16...Qd5 17.Qd5 Nfd5 18.a4+–) 17.Ne6 (17.Rfe1 Qd5 18.Ne6 Re6 19.Qc7 Qd7 20.Qd7 Nbd7 (20...Nfd7? 21.Re6 Ke6 22.Bg7+–) 21.Re6 Ke6 22.Re1 Kd6 23.Nc4 Kc5+–) 17...Re6 (17...Qd2 18.Bf6 Re6 19.Bc3+–) 18.Nf3 Rc8? (better 18...Kg8+–) 19.Ng5+– Kg8 (19...Ke8 20.Qf5 Re2+–) 20.Ne6 Rc5 21.Nd8 (21.Nc5?! Qd5 22.Bf6 Qc5+–) 21...Rd5 (21...Rb5 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Rfe1+–) 22.Bf6 gf6 23.Nb7 Nc4 (23...Rb5 24.Nd6 Ra5 25.Rfd1+–) 24.a4 Nd2 (24...Rd7 25.Rac1 Ne5 26.Nc5+–) 25.Rfd1 Rd7 1–0. GuestYNPC – GuestWVLP, freechess.org, 2018.

7.ed4 d5 8.c5= A) 8...a5 9.ba5 (9.b5 0-0 10.Bd3 b6 11.c6 Bb4 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Be2 Nf8 14.0-0=; 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 0-0 12.Bd3 Re8 13.0-0 Nb8 14.Re1=) 9...0-0 10.Bd3 Ra5 11.0-0 Re8 12.Re1 Ra8 13.Nc3 c6 14.Rb1+=; B) 8...b6 9.Nc3 (9.Bd3 a5 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.de5 Ne4 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Qd5 Bb5 14.Qe4=; 9.a3 0-0 10.Bd3 Re8 11.0-0 c6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Ne5 bc5 14.Nd7=; 9.Bb5 a5 10.a3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 0-0 13.0-0 Ne4 14.Re1+=; 9.Qa4 a5 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Rc1 bc5 13.dc5 Ne4 14.Bd4=) 9...0-0 10.Bd3 c6 11.0-0 Re8 12.Re1 a5 13.b5 cb5 14.c6+=; C) 8...0-0 9.Bd3 a5 10.b5 b6 11.c6 Bb4 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Be2 Nf8 14.0-0=.

7.Bd4 0-0 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Be2 b6 10.a4 Bb7 11.0-0 a6 12.Qb3 Rc8 13.Rac1 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Qb2 Nf3 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Rfd1 Bd4 18.Nd4 Nf6 19.Nf5 Qd7 20.Nh6 Kh8 21.Bg4 Ng4 22.Ng4 Qf5 23.f3 h5 24.e4 Qg6 25.Nf2 Re5 26.Nd3 Rg5 27.Nf4 Qh6 28.h4 Re5 29.Nh3 Qe3 30.Kh2 Rce8 31.c5 bc5 32.bc5 Rc5 33.Rc5 Be4 34.Rh5 Bh7 35.Ng5 Qe5 36.Qe5 Re5 37.Nf7 Kg8 38.Ne5 de5 39.Rd8 1-0. zembelek (2170) - j1had (1915), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Bd4 c5 8.bc5 dc5 9.Bb2 0-0 10.Bd3 b6 11.0-0 Bb7 12.h3 Qc7 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nbd2= Rac8 15.Ne4 Rfe8 16.Nf6 Nf6 17.Bf6 Bf6=+ 18.Rad1 Bf3 19.gf3 Qc6 20.f4 Qf3 21.Kh2 Red8 22.Be2 Qb7 23.e4 Re8 24.Bd3 a6 25.e5= Bd8 26.Bh7 Kh8 27.Rd6 f6 28.e6 Bc7–/+ 29.Rd7? Re6 30.Qg6?? Bf4–+ (30...Bf4 31.Kg1 Qd7–+) 0–1. gtate (2005) – tjong (2170), net–chess.com, 2005.

7.Nd4 a5 A) 8.ba5 A1) 8...Ne5 9.Be2 (9.f4 Neg4 10.Qf3 0-0 11.Nc3 Ra5 12.h3 Nh6 13.Bd3 Nf5) 9...0-0 10.0-0 Ra5 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qb3 Ra6 13.f4 Rb6; A2) 8...Ra5 9.Nc3 (9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qc2 Ra6 13.Nb3 Na4) 9...0-0 10.Be2 Rg5 11.0-0 Nc5 12.Kh1 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7; A3) 8...Nc5 9.Be2 (9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be2 Ra5 11.0-0 c6 12.Qc2 Qb6 13.Rab1 Bd7) 9...0-0 10.Nc3 Ra5 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Qc2 c6 13.Nb3 Ra8; A4) 8...h6 9.Nc3 (9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Ra5 11.0-0 c6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.h3 Nc5) 9...0-0 10.Be2 Ra5 11.0-0 c6 12.Nb3 Ra8 13.Qc2 Ne5; A5) 8...0-0 9.Be2 (9.Nc3 Ne5 10.f4 Bg4 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Be2 Ra5) 9...Ne5 10.0-0 Ra5 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Qb3 Qb8; B) 8.b5 B1) 8...0-0 9.Nc3 (9.Be2 Ne5 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.f4 Ned7 12.0-0 Nc5 13.Qc2 g6; 9.Nd2 Ne5 10.Be2 Bg4 11.0-0 Qd7 12.h3 Be2 13.Qe2 d5; 9.Qc2 Nc5 10.Nc3 a4 11.Be2 a3 12.Bc1 Bg4 13.f3 Be6) 9...Ne5 10.Be2 Bg4 11.f3 Bc8 12.0-0 g6 13.Qc2 Re8; B2) 8...Ne5 9.Be2 (9.Nc3 a4 10.f4 Neg4 11.Qf3 a3 12.Bc1 0-0 13.Be2 Nh6; 9.f4 Bg4 10.Qc2 Ng6 11.f5 Ne5 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg4) 9...c5 10.bc6 bc6 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Qc2 0-0 13.f4 Neg4; B3) 8...Nc5 9.Be2 (9.Nc3 a4 10.a3 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.Ne6 fe6 13.Bd3 d5) 9...0-0 10.0-0 a4 11.a3 Be6 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Ne6 fe6; B4) 8...a4 9.Be2 (9.Nd2 Ne5 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Qc2 g6 13.h3 c5; 9.Nc3 a3 10.Bc1 0-0 11.Be2 Nc5 12.0-0 Be6 13.Qc2 Qd7; 9.a3 Ne5 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Nfd7 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nf5 0-0; 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Nc3 a3 11.Bc1 Ne5 12.0-0 d5 13.Qe2 dc4) 9...0-0 10.0-0 Nc5 11.a3 d5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.cd5 Nd5.

7.Nd4 Ne5 8.Nc3 (8.Be2 c5 9.bc5 dc5 10.Nb5 Qd1 11.Kd1 Neg4 12.Ke1 0-0 13.h3 Nh6) A) 8...0-0 9.Be2 (9.Qc2 Bg4 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nc6 bc6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Bd3 Qb8) 9...d5 10.cd5 Bb4 11.0-0 Bc3 12.Bc3 Nd5 13.Bb2 Re8; B) 8...c5 9.bc5 dc5 10.Nf3 Nf3 11.gf3 0-0 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.0-0-0 g6.

8.Nc3 Nb6 (8...c5 9.a3 (9.bc5 dc5 10.Be2 cd4 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.0-0 Rd8 13.Ncb5 Qb6 14.Rb1=; 9.b5= Nb6 10.Be2 Re8 11.d5 a6 12.0-0 ab5 13.Nb5 Bg4 14.Nd2=) 9...a5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Be2 cd4 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.0-0 Re8 14.Rb1=; 8...d5 9.c5 Re8 10.Be2 Rb8 11.0-0 c6 12.Qa4 b6 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.de5=; 8...Re8 9.Be2 (9.d5 a5 10.ba5 Ne4 11.Ne4 Bf6 12.Bf6 Re4 13.Be2 Qf6 14.0-0+=) 9...a5 10.ba5 d5 11.0-0 Ra5 12.Qb3 dc4 13.Bc4 Rf8 14.Na4=; 8...a5 9.b5 (9.ba5 Re8 10.Bd3 d5 11.0-0 dc4 12.Bc4 Ra5 13.Qb3 Rf8 14.Na4=; 9.a3 d5 10.c5 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Qa1 Re8 13.Be2 c6 14.0-0=) 9...Re8 10.Be2 Nb6 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Na4 Na4 13.Qa4 d5 14.c5=; 8...a6 9.Bd3 (9.Be2 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 Re8 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Re1 Ne5 14.Qb3=) 9...c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 b5 12.cb5 Nb6 13.a4 c4 14.Be2=) 9.Bd3= (9.d5 a5 10.ba5 Ra5 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.0-0 Rc5 13.Qe2 Bf3 14.gf3=; 9.Be2 Bg4 10.Qb3 d5 11.c5 Nc4 12.Nd5 Nb2 13.Ne7 Qe7 14.Kf1=) 9...Bg4 (9...d5 10.c5 Nc4 11.Bc1 a5 12.b5 b6 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Ng5=) 10.0-0 (10.d5 Nbd7 11.h3 Bf3 12.Qf3 Ne5 13.Qe3 c5 14.dc6=) 10...Bf3 (better is 10...d5!? 11.c5 Nc4 12.Bc4 (12.Bc1 Re8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Re1=) 12...dc4= 13.d5 a5 14.a3=) 11.Qf3+/– (worse is 11.gf3 a5 (11...c5 12.a3 cd4 13.Nb5 d5 14.c5=) 12.b5 Re8+= (12...a4 13.Re1 Re8 14.d5=) 13.Qc2 d5 14.c5=) 11...c6 12.Rfe1 Qc7 (12...Re8 13.d5 Nbd7 14.dc6 bc6 15.Ne4+/– (15.Qc6?! Ne5 16.Re5 de5=); 12...d5 13.c5 Nc4 14.Bc4+/–) 13.Ne4 (13.d5 Rae8 14.Ne4+/–) 13...d5?? (better is 13...Na4 14.Nf6 Bf6+/–; 13...Ne8 14.Nd2+/–) 14.Nf6+– Bf6 15.Qf5 g6 16.Qf6 Rfe8 (16...Qd8 17.Qd8 Rfd8 18.c5+–) 17.Bc3 Nd7 18.Qf3 Qd6 (18...dc4 19.Bc4 Nb6 20.d5 Re1 21.Re1+–) 19.c5 Qf8 (19...Qf6 20.Qg4 Re1 21.Re1+–) 20.Re8 (20.Qf4 Rac8+–) 20...Re8 21.Re1 (21.Qf4 Re7+–) 21...Re1 22.Be1 Qe7 (22...Qh6 23.Qd1+–) 23.Qe3 (23.Bd2 Qf6 24.Qg4 Nf8+–) 23...Qf8 (23...Qe3 24.fe3 f5 25.Bg3+–) 24.f3 h6 (24...Qd8 25.Bg3+–) 25.Bg3 Kg7 26.Bd6 (26.Bf4 Kh7+–) 26...Qd8 27.Qe7 (better is 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bd6 Qf6+–) 27...Qc8 (27...Qe7 28.Be7 f5+–) 28.h4 Nf8 (28...a5+–) 29.Be5 Kh7 (29...Kg8 30.Qf6 Qg4 31.Qg7) 30.Qf7 1–0. Piriyev,Maksat – Baran,Emrah, chessmoon.com, 2011.

8.Bd3 a5 9.ba5 d5 10.c5 Re8 11.0-0 Ra5 12.Re1 Ra8 13.Nc3 c6 14.Rb1+=.

8.Bd3 a5 9.b5 c5 10.d5 b6 (10...Ne5 11.Ne5 de5 12.0-0+=) 11.0-0+/- Re8 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.Nbd2 Ng6 14.Rfe1 Ng4 (14...a4 15.a3+/-) 15.h3 Nh6 16.Nf1 Bf6 (16...a4 17.Re3+/-) 17.Ng3 (better 17.Bf6!? gf6 18.Re8 Qe8 19.Re1+-) 17...Bb2+/- 18.Qb2 Bd7 19.Qc2 Qf6 20.Ne4 (20.Nh5 Qd8 21.Qc3 Re1 22.Ne1+=) 20...Qd8 (20...Qf4 21.Neg5+=) 21.Neg5 (better 21.Nd6!? Re1 22.Re1+- (22.Ne1? Qf6-+)) 21...Qf6+= 22.Kh2 Bf5 23.g3 (23.Bf5 Qf5 24.Qf5 Nf5+=) 23...Bd3= 24.Qd3 Nf5 (24...Qb2 25.Qd2 Qf6 26.Rad1+=) 25.Kg2 (25.Ne4 Qd8+/-) 25...Ne5= 26.Ne5 Re5 27.Re5 de5 (worse 27...Qe5 28.Re1 Qf6 29.Qe2+/-) 28.Ne4 Qg6 29.d6 (29.Qe2 Nd6 30.Re1 Re8+=) 29...Rd8 (29...Nd4 30.Nc5 bc5 31.Qg6 hg6 32.b6-/+) 30.Rd1 (better 30.Qd5!? Nh4 31.Kf1=) 30...Nd4-/+ 31.Qe3 f5 32.Nc3 Rd6 (32...Qe6 33.Nd5 Rd6 34.a4-/+) 33.Nd5 (33.Qe5 Re6 34.Qf4 Qh5=) 33...f4 (33...Re6 34.Nc7 f4 35.Qe1-/+) 34.Qe1 (better 34.Qe5!? f3 35.Kh2=) 34...f3 (34...Qh5 35.g4 f3 36.Kg3-/+) 35.Kh2-/+ Qh5 36.Qe4 Rh6 37.h4 Qf5?? (better 37...Kf8=) 38.Qe3 (38.Ne7 Kf8 39.Nf5 Rf6 40.Qa8 Kf7 41.Qb7 Kg6 42.Ne7 Kf7 43.Nd5 Kg6 44.Nf6 gf6 45.Qb6 a4 46.h5 Kg5 47.Qc5 Ne6 48.Qe3 Kh5 49.g4 Kg6 50.Qd3 Kg7 51.Qd7 Kg8 52.Qe6 Kg7 53.Rd7 Kg6 54.Qf5 Kh6 55.Rh7) 38...Rg6?? (better 38...Kf7 39.Qd3 e4-+) 39.Re1 (better 39.Ne7 Kf8 40.Nf5 Nf5 41.Qe5+-) 39…Qg4 (39...Qg4 40.Qe5 Qd7 41.Qb8 Kf7 42.Nb6 Rb6 43.Qb6 Ne6+-). ClayPigeons (2105) - Sethji01 (2110), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Bd3 a5 9.b5 d5= 10.c5 b6 11.c6 Bb4 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Be2 Nf8 14.0-0=.

8.Bd3 a5 9.b5 Re8 10.0-0 d5 11.c5 Nf8 12.Re1 Bg4 13.Nbd2 Ne6 14.Qc2=.

8.Bd3 Nb6 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.0-0 h6 (10...Re8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Re1+=) 11.Re1+= Re8 12.h3 Bd7 13.d5 Bf8 (13...Ba4 14.Qc1+=) 14.Re8+/– Qe8 (14...Ne8 15.Bd4+/–) 15.Bf6 gf6 16.Qc2 Bg7 17.Nb3 Qf8 18.Na5 Rb8 19.Re1 Nc8 (19...c6 20.dc6 bc6 21.Bh7 Kh8 22.Bf5+/–) 20.Bh7+– Kh8 21.Bf5 Bf5 (21...Qd8 22.Nh4+–) 22.Qf5 Ne7 (better is 22...Qd8+–) 23.Qd7 b6 24.Re7 ba5 25.Rf7 Qg8 26.b5 a6 (26...Rd8 27.Qc7 Rc8 28.Qa7 Rc4 29.b6 Rc1 30.Kh2+–) 27.ba6 Rb1 (27...Rd8 28.Qc7 Re8 29.a7+–) 28.Kh2 Rb2 (28...Rb8+–) 29.a7 Rf2 30.Nh4 f5 (30...Qf7 31.Qf7 Kh7 32.Qg6 Kh8 33.a8Q Bf8 34.Qf8) 31.Ng6+– Kh7 32.a8Q 1–0. Janek – Nicolas, internet, 2016.

8.Bd3 c5 9.a3=.

8.Bd3 c6 9.0-0 d5 10.c5 Qc7 11.Re1 a5?? (11...Re8 12.Ne5=) 12.b5 (better 12.Re7 ab4 13.Qb3+-) 12...Re8+= 13.Nc3 b6 14.bc6 Qc6 15.Bb5 (15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Bb5 Qc7 17.de5 Bc5 18.ef6 Re1 19.Qe1 Bb7+-) 15...Qc7+/- 16.Ne5 (better 16.Qb3!? Bb7 17.cb6+/-) 16...bc5= 17.dc5 Bc5 (better 17...d4 18.Na4 Bc5+=) 18.Nd5+/- Nd5 19.Qd5 Ne5 (19...Nb6!? 20.Qc6 Qc6 21.Bc6 Be6+-) 20.Be8 (20.Qa8?! Bf2 21.Kf2 Ng4 22.Kf1 Qf4 23.Qf3 Nh2 24.Kf2 Ng4 25.Kf1 Nh2 26.Kf2 Ng4 27.Kf1 Nh2=; 20.Be5 Bb7 21.Be8 Bf2 (21...Bd5?? 22.Bc7 Bb4 23.Red1+-) 22.Kf1 Bd5 23.Bc7 Be1 24.Re1 Ra7+-; 20.Re5?! Re5 21.Be5 Bb7 22.Bc7 Bd5=) 20...Ng4?? (20...Bf2 21.Kh1 Be1 22.Re1 Bb7 23.Qe5 Qe5 24.Re5 f6+-) 21.Bf7! (21.Qa8?! Bf2 22.Kf1 Be1 23.Ke1 Qe7 24.Kf1 Qc5 25.Bf7 Kf7 26.Qf3 Kg8+=) 21...Qf7 22.Re8 (22.Qa8?? Qf2 23.Kh1 Qg1 24.Rg1 Nf2) 22...Bf8 23.Rf8! (23.Qa8?! Qe8 (23...Qf2?? 24.Kh1 Bd7 25.Rd8+-) 24.Qa5 Qe4=) 23...Kf8 24.Ba3 Kg8 25.Qd8 (25.Qd8 Qf8 26.Qf8) 1-0. jhonores (2205) - EMANWHITE (2200), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Bd3 d5 9.c5 a5 10.ba5 Ra5 11.0-0 Re8 12.Re1 Ra7 13.Nc3 c6 14.Rb1+=.

8.Bd3 Re8 9.0-0 a5 10.b5 d5 11.c5 Nf8 12.Re1 Ne6 13.Bc1 b6 14.c6+=.

8.d5 c6 (8...a5!? 9.b5 Nh5–/+) 9.Nc3=+ cd5 10.cd5 Re8 (10...Qb6 11.a3 Ne5 12.Be2=) 11.Be2= Nb6 (11...Qb6 12.a3=) 12.0-0 Bg4 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Re1 Nc4 15.Bc4 Rc4 16.Qb3 Rc8 17.Nb5 a6 18.Rc8 Bc8 (18...Qc8 19.Bf6 Bf3 A) worse 20.Be7 A1) worse 20...ab5 21.Kf1 Bh5 22.f3= (22.Bd6?? Re1 23.Ke1 Qc1 24.Qd1 Qd1); A2) 20...Re7 21.Ra1 Bg2–/+; B) 20.Qf3?? Bf6 (20...ab5?! 21.Bc3+=) 21.Re8 Qe8–+; C) 20.gf3 ab5 21.Re7 gf6 22.Re8 Qe8 23.Kg2=) 19.Bf6+= gf6 20.Nbd4 Bf8 21.Rc1 Bh6 22.Rc4 f5 (22...b5 23.Rc3+=) 23.Qc2+– Bd7 (23...b5 24.Rc7+–) 24.Nf5 Bf5 (24...Qf6!? 25.Nh6 Qh6 26.h3+–) 25.Qf5+– Qe7 (25...Bg7 26.g3 Qf6 27.Qg4+–) 26.g3 f6 27.Kg2 Kg7?? (27...Bg7+–) 28.Rh4 Qf7 29.Nd4 Re5 30.Ne6 Kh8 (30...Kg8 31.Qc2 Bf8 32.Rg4 Kh8 33.Qc8+–) 31.Qc2 Bf8 (31...Qg6 32.Qc8 Qg8 33.Qd7+–) 32.Nf8 (32.Nf8 Rh5 33.Rh5 Qh5 34.f3+–) 1–0. Pierre – Vedat, internet, 2020.

8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 c6 10.Nc3 Nf8 (10...Qb6 11.a3=) 11.Re1 Bf5 (11...d5 12.c5=) 12.h3 (12.d5 Qb6 13.a3 Ng6+=) 12...h5 (12...d5 13.c5=) 13.a4 (13.d5 Qb6 14.a3 c5+/-) 13...Ng6 14.Bf1 d5 15.c5 Ne4 (15...b6 16.a5+=) 16.Ne4 de4 (16...Be4 17.Nd2+/-) 17.Nd2+/- Bg5 (better 17...Bh4 18.Qh5 Bg5+/-) 18.Nb3 (better 18.Nc4!? Bf4 19.Qh5+/-) 18...e3 19.fe3 (19.Qh5!? ef2 20.Kf2=) 19...Be3=+ 20.Kh1 (better 20.Kh2 Qh4 21.g3 Bg1 22.Kg1 Qg3 23.Kh1 Re1 24.Qe1 Qb3 25.Qc3 Qc3 26.Bc3-/+) 20...Bf4 (20...Qh4 21.Qe2 Nf4-+) 21.Qh5+= Qf6 (21...Be4 22.Bc4 Qh4 23.Qh4 Nh4 24.Bf1=) 22.Bc4+/- Re1 (22...Bg3 23.Re8 Re8 24.Qf3+/-) 23.Re1 Bc2 (23...Bg3 24.Rf1 Nf4 25.Bf7 Kf8 26.Qh8 Kf7 27.Qa8 Be4 28.Qb7 Kg6=) 24.Re2?? (better 24.Rf1 b5 25.ab5 cb5 26.Qf3+-) 24...Bd1=+ 25.d5 (25.Qf3 Be2 26.Qe2 Qg5=+) 25...Be2 (better 25...Qb2 26.Rb2 Bh5 27.dc6 bc6-+) 26.Bf6?? (26.Qe2 Be5 27.Be5 Ne5 28.d6-/+) 26...Bh5-+ 27.Bd4 (27.g4 gf6 28.gh5-+) 27...cd5 28.Bd5 Rb8 (28...Bd1 29.Bc4-+) 29.b5 (29.g4 Ne7 30.Be4 Bg6 31.Bg6 Ng6-+) 29...Ne5 (29...Bd1 30.Bc4-+) 30.Kg1 (30.g4 Bg6-+) 30...Bg3 (30...Bd1 31.c6 bc6 32.bc6-+) 31.Kf1 (31.b6 ab6 32.cb6 Bd1-+) 31...Bd1 32.Nd2 (32.a5 Rd8 33.Be5 Be5-+) 32...Ba4 (32...Rd8 33.Bb7 Rd4 34.Ne4-+) 33.Ne4 (33.Be5 Be5 34.Bc4 Rc8-+) 33...Bb5 34.Kg1 Nd3 (better 34...Rd8 35.Bb7 Rd4 36.Ng3 Rc4-+) 35.Ng3 Nc5?? (better 35...Bc6 36.Bc6 bc6-+) 36.Bc5=+ Bc6 (better 36...b6!? 37.Be3 Bd3-/+) 37.Bc6+= bc6 38.Ba7 Rb1 39.Nf1 (39.Kf2 Rb2 40.Ne2 Ra2+=) 39...Ra1 40.Bc5 Ra2 41.Bd4 (41.Ne3 f6+=) 41...f5= 42.Ne3 g5 (better 42...g6=) 43.Nf5+/- Rd2 (better 43...Kf7!?+/-) 44.Ne7+- Kf7 45.Nc6 Rd1 46.Kh2 Kg6 (46...Ke6 47.Be3 Kf6 48.Kg3+-) 47.Bg1 (better 47.Ne7 Kf7 48.Nf5 Ke6+-) 47...g4? (47...Kf5+-) 48.Ne5 Kf5 49.Ng4 Rc1. sezwho (2175) - AlexisArsenal (2195), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Qc2 A) 8...d5 9.cd5 (9.Nc3 Bb4 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bd3 Bc3 12.Bc3 Nc3 13.Qc3 Ne5; 9.b5 Ne5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Be2 Qg5 13.g3 Rd8; 9.a3 a5 10.b5 Ne5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Be2 Bg4; 9.c5 a5 10.a3 Ne5 11.Nc3 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 b6) 9...Bb4 10.Nc3 Nd5 11.Bd3 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.Qc3 Ne5; B) 8...Ne5 9.Nc3 (9.Nd2 d5 10.c5 a5 11.b5 a4 12.Nf5 Bf5 13.Qf5 Ned7; 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Nc4 11.Bc4 dc4 12.Nd2 Bb4 13.Nc4 Qd5) 9...d5 10.cd5 Bb4 11.Be2 Nd5 12.0-0 Bc3 13.Bc3 Qd6; C) 8...a5 9.b5 (9.ba5 Ne5 10.Nc3 c5 11.Nb3 Be6 12.Nb5 Qc8 13.f3 h5) 9...Ne5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.f4 Neg4 12.Qd3 a4 13.h3 a3.

8.Nc3 Nb6 (8...a5 9.b5 a4 10.a3 Ne5 11.Be2 c6 12.bc6 Qb6 13.Rb1 bc6; 8...c5 9.bc5 dc5 10.Nf3 Ng4 11.Bd3 Bf6 12.Qc2 g6 13.0-0-0 Re8; 8...Ne5 9.Be2 d5 10.cd5 Bb4 11.0-0 Bc3 12.Bc3 Nd5 13.Bb2 Re8) 9.Be2 (9.Qb3 a5 10.a3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 c5 13.bc5 dc5; 9.Qc2 Be6 10.Ne6 fe6 11.Bd3 d5 12.cd5 ed5 13.0-0 Bb4) 9...d5 10.c5 Nc4 11.Qb3 Nb2 12.Qb2 b6 13.cb6 ab6.

8.Nd2 A) 8...d5 9.cd5 (9.b5 Bb4 10.a3 Bd2 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Be2 Qd6; 9.Bc3 a5 10.ba5 Nc5 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.Be2 Na4 13.0-0 c5; 9.a3 a5 10.c5 Re8 11.Be2 Ne5 12.0-0 ab4 13.ab4 Bg4; 9.c5 Ne5 10.Be2 Bd7 11.0-0 h6 12.Qc2 a5 13.a3 Nc6) 9...Nd5 10.e4 Nb4 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nc6 bc6 13.Bc4 Rb8; B) 8...Ne5 9.Be2 (9.Qc2 d5 10.c5 a5 11.b5 a4 12.Nf5 Bf5 13.Qf5 Ned7; 9.b5 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Be2 c5 12.bc6 bc6 13.0-0 c5; 9.Qb3 a5 10.ba5 c5 11.N4f3 Qa5 12.Bc3 Qc7 13.Be2 Bf5) 9...c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.N4f3 Nd3 12.Bd3 Qd3 13.Qb3 Bf5.

8.Bd3 Ne5 9.Be2 (9.0-0 c5 10.Nf3 cb4 11.a3 Nd3 12.Qd3 d5 13.ab4 dc4; 9.Nf3 c5 10.0-0 cb4 11.a3 Nd3 12.Qd3 d5 13.ab4 dc4; 9.b5 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bh7 Kh7 12.Qh5 Kg8 13.Qe5 Nb4) 9...Bg4 (better is 9...c5 10.bc5 dc5+= 11.Nb5 Qd1 12.Kd1 Rd8 13.Ke1 Nd3; 9...d5 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.0-0 Bd2 12.Qd2 Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4) 10.Nd2?? (10.f3 Bd7= (10...Bc8 11.0-0 d5 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Qb3 a5) 11.0-0 a5 12.ba5 Ra5 13.Nc3 h6) 10...Be2?? (better is 10...Nd3! 11.Kf1 Nb2–+) 11.Qe2= Qd7 12.h3 (12.a3 a5=) 12...Nc6 (12...c5 13.bc5 dc5 14.N2f3 Nc4 15.Qc4 cd4 16.Bd4=) 13.a3 Nd4 14.Bd4 c5 15.Bc3 Qe6 16.0-0 Ne4 (16...Rfd8 17.Qf3=) 17.Ne4+= Qe4 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Rd5 b6 20.Rfd1 f5 21.bc5 bc5 22.Ba5 Rc8 23.Qd3 Qd3 24.R1d3 Rc6 25.Rb3 g6 (25...Ra6 26.Bc7+=) 26.Rdd3 (26.Rb7 Ra6 27.Re7 Ra5 28.Rd6 Rf7+/–) 26...Bd8 27.Be1 Kg7 28.Rb7 Rf7 29.Rdb3 Bb6 (29...Ra6 30.Bc3 Bf6 31.Bf6 Kf6 32.Rb8=) 30.Bc3+= Kg8 31.Rb8 Rf8 32.Rf8 Kf8 33.Bf6 (33.Rb2!?+=) 33...Kf7 34.Bg5 Ke6 35.g4 (35.Rd3 Bc7=) 35...Rc7 (35...d5 36.Kg2+=) 36.Bf4 (36.Rd3 Rb7=) 36...Rd7= 37.gf5 gf5 38.Rd3 d5 39.cd5 Rd5 40.Rc3 Rd1 41.Kg2 Kd5 42.Bb8 c4 43.f3 (43.Rc2 Bc5–/+) 43...Rd3 44.e4 fe4 45.fe4 Kd4 (45...Ke4?! 46.Rc4 Kd5 47.Ra4+=) 46.Rc2? (better is 46.Rd3 Kd3 47.Kf3–+) 46...c3 (46...Ra3?! 47.e5–+) 47.Kf1 (47.Bf4 Ke4 48.Bc1–+) 47...Rd2 (better is 47...Rh3 48.Kg2 Rd3–+) 48.Rd2= cd2 49.Ke2 Ke4 50.Kd2 ½–½. Blasig,Volker (1855) – Zachmann,H (1660), Luxembourg op, 1996.

8.Be2 Nb6 9.Nd2 (9.Nc3 d5 10.c5 Nc4 11.Qb3 Nb2 12.Qb2 b6 13.Bf3 Be6; 9.0-0 d5 10.c5 Nc4 11.Bc4 dc4 12.Nd2 a5 13.b5 Bc5) 9...c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.a4 Be6.

8.Be2 d5 9.b5 (9.0-0 Bb4 10.a3 Bd6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc3 N7f6 13.Nd5 Nd5; 9.c5 a5 10.a3 Ne5 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.0-0 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1; 9.a3 Ne5 10.Nd2 a5 11.c5 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.Nf5 Bg6) 9...Ne5 10.Nd2 dc4 11.0-0 Bg4 12.f4 c3 13.Bc3 Nd5.

8.Be2 Ne5 9.0-0 (9.Nc3 d5 10.cd5 Bb4 11.0-0 Bc3 12.Bc3 Nd5 13.Bb2 Re8) 9...d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.f4 Nec6 13.Ne4 Nd4.

8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Bf8 10.Nf5 Ne5 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Rc1 d5 14.cd5 Nd5 15.a3 c6 16.Nf3 a5 17.ba5 Qa5 18.Nd4 Bc8 19.Bc4 Ba3 20.Ba3 Qa3 21.Bd5 cd5 22.Nb5 Qa5 23.Nc7 Bd7 24.Ne8 Re8 25.Qb3 Bc6 26.Nf5 Ne5 27.Nd6 Re7 28.Qc3 Qd8 29.Nf5 Re8 30.Nd4 Qd6 31.f4 Nc4 32.Nc6 bc6 33.Qd4 Qe6 34.Rfe1 f5 35.Rc3 h6 36.g3 Qf7 37.Rec1 Re4 38.Qc5 Qe6 39.Qa7 Kh7 40.Qa8 Re3 41.R3c2 Re1 42.Re1 Qe1 43.Kg2 Ne3 44.Kh3 Nc2 45.Qc6 Nd4 46.Qd5 Qf1 47.Kh4 Nf3 48.Kh5 g6 0-1. oversky (1895) - velkejcoud (2275), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nfd2 b6 8.Qc2 A) 8...0-0 A1) 9.Be2 Bb7 (9...d5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.cd5 Bb7 12.0-0 Bc3 13.Bc3 Bd5 14.Rab1 Qe7; 9...c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.Nc3 cd4 12.ed4 Ba6 13.Nde4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Rc8; 9...b5 10.cb5 d5 11.a3 Nb6 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Nc3 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4; 9...c6 10.Nc3 d5 11.b5 cb5 12.cd5 b4 13.Nb5 a6 14.Qc6 Rb8) 10.Nc3 d5 11.b5 a6 12.cd5 ab5 13.Bb5 Nd5 14.Nde4 N7f6; A2) 9.a3 c5 (9...c6 10.Ne4 d5 11.Nf6 Nf6 12.cd5 Qd5 13.Nc3 Qg5 14.f4 Qh6; 9...Bb7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Be2 d5 12.0-0 c6 13.Rfc1 Rc8 14.cd5 cd5) 10.Ne4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Ne4 12.Ne4 f5 13.Ng3 g6 14.Be2 f4; A3) 9.Nc3 Bb7 (9...c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.Be2 cd4 12.ed4 Ba6 13.Nde4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Rc8) 10.Nde4 Ne4 11.Ne4 f5 12.Nc3 Bh4 13.Nd5 Nf6 14.Nf6 Qf6; B) 8...Bb7 9.Nc3 0-0 (9...d5 10.b5 0-0 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nde4 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bc4 Nc3) 10.a3 a5 11.b5 Re8 12.Be2 Bf8 13.0-0 g6 14.f4 Bh6; C) 8...c5 C1) 9.dc5 dc5 (9...0-0 10.Ne4 dc5 11.b5 Ne4 12.Qe4 Rb8 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Qc2 Re8; 9...Bb7 10.c6 Bc6 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Nde4 0-0 13.Rd1 Ne4 14.Ne4 Qc7; 9...bc5 10.b5 a6 11.Ne4 ab5 12.cb5 0-0 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Nf6 Bf6) 10.b5 0-0 11.Ne4 Bb7 12.Nbc3 Ne4 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Rd1 Rad8; C2) 9.Ne4 Bb7 (9...cb4 10.Bd3 0-0 11.a3 d5 12.Nf6 Nf6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.0-0 Be6; 9...0-0 10.bc5 bc5 11.Bd3 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Ne4 13.Be4 Nf6 14.Bd3 Bd7) 10.Nf6 Nf6 11.bc5 bc5 12.d5 0-0 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.Bd3 Rab8; C3) 9.Nc3 cb4 (9...cd4 10.ed4 0-0 11.Be2 Bb7 12.0-0 Rc8 13.a3 Re8 14.h3 d5) 10.Nce4 0-0 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.0-0 Qc7 13.f3 Ne4 14.Ne4 d5; C4) 9.Be2 cb4 (9...0-0 10.bc5 bc5 11.Nc3 cd4 12.ed4 Ba6 13.Nde4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Rc8; 9...Bb7 10.bc5 bc5 11.d5 0-0 12.Nc3 Ne5 13.0-0 Ba6 14.Rab1 Rb8) 10.a3 d5 11.ab4 Bb7 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.0-0 0-0 14.cd5 Bc3; C5) 9.bc5 bc5 (9...dc5 10.d5 0-0 11.Be2 Re8 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Nde4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be5) 10.Nc3 cd4 11.ed4 Bb7 12.Be2 Qc7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Nde4 Ne4; D) 8...c6 D1) 9.Ne4 d5 (9...0-0 10.Nbc3 d5 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nf6 Nf6 13.b5 Bd6 14.Bd3 Be6) 10.cd5 cd5 11.Nf6 Nf6 12.Nc3 0-0 13.b5 Qc7 14.Rc1 Bd6; D2) 9.Be2 d5 (9...0-0 10.Nc3 d5 11.b5 cb5 12.cd5 b4 13.Nb5 a6 14.Qc6 Rb8) 10.b5 cb5 11.cd5 Bb7 12.Nc3 b4 13.Nce4 Nd5 14.0-0 0-0; D3) 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Nde4 d5 11.Nf6 Nf6 12.c5 a5 13.cb6 Qb6 14.ba5 Ra5.

7.Nfd2 b6 8.Nc3 c6 (8...Bb7!?+= 9.Qc2 0-0 (9...c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.d5 0-0 12.Be2 Ne5 13.0-0 Ba6 14.Rab1 Rb8; 9...d5 10.b5 0-0 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nde4 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bc4 Nc3) 10.Be2 d5 11.a3 c6 12.0-0 Rc8 13.f3 ef3 14.Bf3 Re8; 8...0-0 A) 9.Nde4 Ne4 (9...a5 10.Qf3 Rb8 11.b5 Ne4 12.Ne4 Bb7 13.g4 Nf6 14.Bd3 Qd7) 10.Ne4 f5 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Nd5 a5 13.Bd3 ab4 14.Qf3 Kh8; B) 9.Nce4 Ne4 (9...Bb7 10.Bd3 d5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.0-0 Nb4 13.Bc4 Nf6 14.f3 Nbd5; 9...d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.b5 N7f6 12.Bc4 a6 13.Nf6 Nf6 14.a4 ab5; 9...a5 10.b5 Ne4 11.Ne4 f5 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Bd3 Bg2 14.Rg1 Bh3; 9...c6 10.Bd3 d5 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Qb3 Bc3 14.Qc3 a5) 10.Ne4 f5 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Bd3 a5 13.b5 Bg2 14.Rg1 Bh3; C) 9.g4 c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.g5 cd4 12.ed4 Ne8 13.Nce4 Rb8 14.Bc3 f5; 8...a5 9.b5 0-0 (9...Bb7 10.Qc2 0-0 11.Be2 Qe8 12.0-0 Bd8 13.Rae1 h5 14.f3 ef3; 9...a4 10.Nde4 a3 11.Bc1 Ne4 12.Ne4 0-0 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.0-0 Nf6) 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Be2 Qe8 12.0-0 Bd8 13.Rae1 g6 14.f3 ef3) 9.Nde4+/– (9.Be2 0-0 (9...a5 10.b5 cb5 11.Nb5 0-0 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.0-0 d5 14.h3 Rc8) 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Nde4 Ne4 12.Ne4 c5 13.Bd3 cb4 14.Qb3 Nf6; 9.Qc2 0-0 10.a4 Bb7 11.Nde4 d5 12.Nf6 Nf6 13.Bd3 Bb4 14.0-0 Qe7; 9.Qa4 Bb7 (9...Qc7 10.Nde4 Ne4 11.Ne4 f5 12.Ng3 0-0 13.Bd3 g6 14.0-0 Bb7) 10.Nde4 Ne4 11.Ne4 b5 12.cb5 cb5 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Nc3 a5; 9.Nce4 d5 (9...0-0 10.Bd3 d5 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Qb3 Bc3 14.Qc3 Bb7) 10.cd5 cd5 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Qb3 Bb7 13.Be2 Rc8 14.0-0 Qc7) 9...d5 (9...0-0 10.Bd3 d5 11.cd5 cd5 12.Nf6 Nf6 13.b5 Bd6 14.0-0 Be6; 9...Ne4 10.Ne4 d5 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.cd5 cd5 13.Bd3 0-0 14.b5 Bd6) 10.cd5 cd5 (10...Ne4 11.Ne4 cd5 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Bd3 0-0 14.b5 Bd6) 11.Nf6 Nf6 12.b5 (12.Bd3 0-0 13.b5 Bd6 14.0-0 Be6) 12...Be6 (12...0-0 13.Bd3 Bd6 14.0-0 Be6) 13.Be2 (13.Rc1 0-0 14.Bd3 Rc8) 13...0-0 14.0-0 Qd7 (14...Rc8+/–) 15.a4 Bd6 16.Ba3 Ne4 (16...Rac8 17.Bd6 Qd6 18.Qd2+=) 17.Ne4+/– de4 18.Bd6 Qd6 19.Qd2 f5 20.f4 Rac8 21.Rfc1 Rf6 (21...Bd5!?+/–) 22.Rc8+– Bc8 23.Qc3 Bb7 24.Rc1 Rf8 (24...Bd5 25.Bc4 Qe6 26.Kf2+–) 25.Qc7 Qc7 (better is 25...Qa3 26.Bc4 Kh8+–) 26.Rc7 Rb8 (26...Bd5 27.Rd7 Be6 28.Ra7 Rb8+–) 27.Bc4 Kh8 (27...Kf8 28.Rf7 Ke8 29.Rg7+–) 28.d5 Rc8 (28...Bd5 29.Bd5 g5 30.fg5+–) 29.Rb7 Rc4 (29...g5 30.d6 gf4 31.Be6+–) 30.Ra7 (30.Rb8 Rc8 31.Rc8) 30...Rc1 31.Kf2 Rd1 (31...Rc2 32.Kg3 Kg8+–) 32.Ra8 1–0. Darkseid – Papa Lazarou, ChessWorld.net, 2011.

7.Nfd2 b6 8.g4 0-0 A) 9.g5 Ne8 10.Ne4 a5 11.b5 f5 12.gf6 Ndf6 13.Nbc3 d5 14.cd5 Ne4; B) 9.Nc3 h6 (9...c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.g5 cd4 12.ed4 Ne8 13.Nde4 f5 14.gf6 Nef6; 9...a5 10.b5 a4 11.g5 Ne8 12.Nce4 f5 13.gf6 Nef6 14.Rg1 Ne4; 9...Bb7 10.g5 Ne8 11.Nde4 f5 12.gf6 Nef6 13.Bd3 Ne4 14.Be4 Be4) 10.Nde4 a5 11.b5 Ne4 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Bg2 Ra7 14.h3 Bb7; C) 9.Bg2 Bb7 (9...h6 10.Nc3 d5 11.cd5 Bb4 12.0-0 Bc3 13.Bc3 Re8 14.Rc1 Nf8; 9...d5 10.g5 Ne8 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.cd5 f5 13.gf6 Ndf6 14.Nde4 Ne4; 9...g6 10.Nc3 a5 11.b5 Bb7 12.0-0 a4 13.Nce4 a3 14.Bc3 d5; 9...Rb8 10.g5 Ne8 11.Nc3 Bg5 12.Nde4 Bb7 13.Qa4 a5 14.Rg1 Bh4; 9...Ba6 10.b5 Bb7 11.Nc3 a6 12.g5 Ne8 13.Be4 Be4 14.Nde4 Bg5) 10.Nc3 c5 11.bc5 dc5 12.0-0 h5 13.Nde4 cd4 14.ed4 Ne4.

7.Nfd2 Nb6 8.Qc2 (better is 8.Be2=) 8...Bg4 (better is 8...d5!?=) 9.Ne4+/– d5 (9...Ne4 10.Qe4 Qc8 11.d5+/–) 10.Nf6 Bf6 11.c5 Nc4 (11...Nc8 12.Bd3+/–) 12.Bc4+– dc4 13.Qc4 Qd7 (13...0-0 14.Nc3+–) 14.b5 (14.0-0 Be6 15.Qe2 0-0+–) 14...Qe6 (14...Be6 15.Qe2+–) 15.Qe6 (15.d5 Qf5 16.Bf6 Qf6+–) 15...Be6 16.Nd2 0-0 (16...a6 17.a4+–) 17.0-0 (17.Ne4 Be7+–) 17...Bd7 (17...Rfe8 18.a4+–) 18.a4 a6 19.b6 cb6 20.cb6 Rac8 21.Rfc1 (21.Ne4 Be7+–) 21...Rc1 22.Bc1 Bd8 (22...Rc8 23.a5+–) 23.a5 Re8 (23...Be7 24.Ba3 Ba3 25.Ra3+–) 24.e4 (24.Ba3 Bc6+–) 24...Bg5 (24...h6 25.f4+–) 25.e5 (25.Nf3 Bd8 26.Ne5 Bb5+–) 25...Bd2 (25...Rc8 26.Nb3 Be7 27.Be3+–) 26.Bd2 Bb5 (26...Rc8 27.f3+–) 27.f4 (27.Rc1 f6 28.f4 Rd8+–) 27...f6 (27...Rd8 28.Bc3+–) 28.g4 (28.Rc1 Rd8 29.e6 h5+–) 28...h6 (28...Rd8 29.Bc3+–) 29.Re1 Re6 (29...fe5 30.de5 Rd8 31.Be3+–) 30.f5 (30.Kf2 fe5 31.de5 Rc6+–) 30...Rc6 31.Rc1 (31.e6!? Rc4 32.Be3 Bc6+–) 31...Rc1 32.Bc1 Kf7 (32...fe5 33.de5 h5+–) 33.e6 Ke7 34.Ba3 Kd8 35.Bf8 (better is 35.d5 h5+–) 35...Ke8 (35...g6 36.fg6 Bc4 37.e7 Ke8 38.Kf2+–) 36.Bg7 Ke7 37.Bh6 (37.Bh6 Be2 38.h3+–) 1–0. Suess,Stefan – Hoge, corr, 1985.

8.Nc3 a5 9.b5 c6 10.Nce4 Ne4 11.Ne4 cb5 12.cb5 Nb6 13.Bd3 Nd5 14.0-0 Nb4 15.Bb1 Bf5 16.a3 Nd5 17.Nf6 Bf6 18.Bf5 Nb6 19.Rc1 d5 20.Rc5 Be7 21.Rc1 Nc4 22.Qe2 Ba3 23.Ba3 Na3 24.Bh7 Kh7 25.Qd3 Kg8 26.Qa3 b6 27.Rc6 Rb8 28.Rfc1 Qg5 29.g3 Qf5 30.Qb3 Rfd8 31.Kg2 Qe4 32.f3 Qf5 33.Rc7 Rd6 34.Re7 Rf6 35.f4 Rc8 36.Rc8 Qc8 37.Qd5 Qc2 38.Kf3 Qd1 39.Ke4 Qh1 40.Ke5 Qh2 0–1. ferminkatcho (1765) – hamdija1948 (1745), internet, 2013.

8.Nc3 c5 9.bc5 dc5 10.d5 a6 11.Be2 Nb6 12.a4 Bd7 13.0-0 Nc8 14.Nce4 Ne4 15.Ne4 b6 (15...f5!? 16.Nd2 b6+/–) 16.d6+– Bf6? (better is 16...Bh4 17.g3 Bc6+–) 17.Nf6 gf6 18.Qd5 Na7 (18...Ne7 19.de7 Qe7+–) 19.Qf3 Bc6 (19...h5 20.Qg3 Bg4 21.Bg4 hg4 22.Qg4 Kh7 23.Qf5 Kg8 24.Bf6 Qf6 25.Qf6+–) 20.Qf4 Kh8 (20...Re8 21.Bf6 (21.Qf6?! Qf6 22.Bf6 Re6+–) 21...Qf6 22.Qf6+–) 21.Bf6 Qf6 22.Qf6 (22.Qf6 Kg8 23.Bd3+–) 1–0. Janek – Vance, internet, 2016.

8.Nc3 d5 9.b5 Bb4 10.a3 Bc3 11.Bc3 dc4 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.a4 Qe7 15.0-0 Nbd5 16.Bb2 Ng4 17.Bd5 c6 18.Be4 Nf6 19.Bd3 Nd5 20.Be4 Qg5 21.f4 Qe7 22.Ba3 Qe6 23.Bf8 Rf8 24.Qb3 Qg4 25.Bd5 cd5 26.Qd5 Be6 27.Qb7 Rd8 28.Rf3 Bd5 29.Rg3 Bb7 30.Rg4 Bd5 31.Rc1 1-0. MASZTALERZ (2185) - Pups37 (1675), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 Bb4 10.Qb3 Bc3 11.Bc3 Nb6 12.Be2 Nbd5 13.Bb2 b6 14.0-0 Bb7 15.Rac1 c6 16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Nc4 h6 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.f3 b5 (19...Rad8 20.Rf1 Re7 21.fe4 Ne4 22.Nc6 Bc6 23.Ba3–/+) 20.fe4 Ne4 21.Bd3 Nef6?? (better is 21...f5=) 22.e4+– Nb4? (better is 22...a5 23.ed5 Nd5+–) 23.Qf7 Kh8 (23...Kh7 24.Qb7 Rac8 25.Qf7 Nd3 26.Nd3+–) 24.Ng6 (24.Qb7 Qe6 25.Bb1 Rab8+–) 24...Kh7 25.e5 (25.Qb7 Nd3 26.Rc6 Qb8=) 25...Qe6 (25...Nd3 26.ed6 Ne1+–) 26.Nf8 (26.Qb7 Nd3 27.Nf4 Nf4 28.ef6 Qf6–+) 26...Kh8 27.Ne6 (27.Ne6 Nh5 28.Nc5 Nd3 29.Nd3+–) 1–0. Janek – Gustave, internet, 2016.

8.Nc3 d5 9.cd5 Bb4 10.Qb3 Bc3 11.Bc3 Nb6 12.Be2 Nbd5 13.Bb2 b6 14.0-0 Bb7 15.Rac1 Re8 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.Ba3 Qe6 18.Ne5 c5 19.Bb2 cd4 20.Bd4 Rac8 21.h3 Qd6 22.a3 Nd7 23.Nd7 Qd7 24.Bb5 Bc6 25.Bc6 Rc6 26.Rc6 Qc6 27.Qb2 f6 28.Rc1 Qe6 29.Qb5 h5 30.a4 Re7 31.a5 Qf5 32.ab6 ab6 33.Bb6 Ne3 34.Qb3 Nd5 35.Rd1 Rd7 36.Qc4 Kh7 37.Bc5 h4 38.Rd4 Kg6 39.Re4 Nf4 40.Rf4 Rd1 41.Kh2 Qe6 42.Be3 Qc4 43.Rg4 Kf5 44.Rc4 Ke6 45.Rc5 Kf7 46.Rb5 Kg6 47.Rb6 1–0. ferminkatcho (1715) – lena27 (1675), internet, 2013.

8.Nc3 Re8 9.Nce4 Ne4 10.Ne4 Nf8 11.a3 Bh4 12.Ng3 Qg5 13.Be2 Ng6 14.0-0 c6 15.Bf3 Qh6 16.b5 Bd7 17.a4 Bg5 18.Ba3 Nh4 19.Bg4 f5 20.Bh3 Rad8 21.Qh5 Qf6 22.bc6 Bc6 23.d5 Bd7 24.Rab1 Bc8 25.Bb2 Qe7 26.Bd4 g6 27.Qd1 Bf6 28.Ba7 Be5 29.Bd4 Qf6 30.a5 f4 31.ef4 Qf4 32.Be5 Re5 33.Bc8 Rc8 34.Rb7 Rg5 35.a6 Nf5 36.a7 Ng3 37.hg3 Qf8 38.Qa4 Ra8 39.Qd7 Rh5 40.Qe6 Kh8 41.c5 Re5 42.Qd6 Qd6 43.cd6 Rd5 0–1. ferminkatcho (1770) – salcifufuu (1860), internet, 2013.

8.Nc3 Re8 9.Nce4 Ne4 10.Ne4 Bh4 11.Ng3 Nf6 12.Be2 Ne4 13.d5 Qg5 14.Bf3 Ng3 15.hg3 Bg3 16.fg3 Qe3 17.Qe2 Qe2 18.Be2 Bg4 19.0-0-0 Re2 20.Rd2 Rae8 21.Rf1 Rd2 22.Kd2 Re2 23.Kc3 Rg2 24.Re1 Re2 25.Re2 Be2 26.Kd4 f5 27.a4 g5 28.c5 h5 29.cd6 cd6 30.b5 h4 31.gh4 gh4 32.Ke3 Bd1 33.a5 h3 34.Kf2 Bf3 35.Kg3 Bd5 36.Kh3 f4 37.Kg4 f3 38.Kg3 Kf7 39.a6 ba6 40.ba6 Ke6 41.Bd4 Bc6 42.Ba7 Ke5 43.Bb8 Ke6 44.Kf2 Be4 45.Ba7 Kf5 46.Be3 Ba8 47.a7 Ke4 48.Bb6 d5 49.Bd8 d4 50.Bg5 d3 51.Bd2 Kd4 52.Kf1 Kc4 53.Ke1 Kb3 54.Bg5 Kc2 55.Bf4 Be4 56.Bg5 Kc3 57.Be3 Kc2 58.Bf4 Kc3 59.Bd2 Kd4 60.Bf4 Kc5 61.Be3 Kb5 62.Kd2 Ka6 63.Bf2 Kb5 64.Bd4 Kc4 65.Bf2 Kb3 66.Bd4 Kc4 67.Bf2 Ba8 68.Be3 Be4 69.Bf2 ½–½. orangutandu – stoula, internet, 2013.

8.a3 d5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be2 Bd6 11.0-0 Qe7 12.cd5 cd5 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Be6 15.a5 Nbd7 16.b5 b6 17.a6 Rac8 18.Rac1 h5 19.Rc2 Ng4 20.h3 Ngf6 21.Rfc1 g5 22.Na4 g4 23.Rc8 Rc8 24.Rc8 Kg7 25.hg4 hg4 26.Qd1 g3 27.f3 ef3 28.Bf3 Nf8 29.Rc2 Ng6 30.Nf1 Nh4 31.Qe2 Nf3 32.gf3 Nh5 33.Bc1 Qh4 34.e4 Bh3 35.Nb6 g2 36.e5 gf1Q 37.Qf1 Bf1 38.Kf1 Ng3 39.Kg2 Bb4 40.Nd5 Be1 41.f4 Nf5 42.Rc3 Qf2 43.Kh3 Nh6 44.Nf6 Qf1 45.Kh2 Qf2 46.Kh3 Qf1 47.Kh2 Ng4 48.Ng4 Qe2 49.Kh3 Qf1 50.Kh2 Qe2 51.Kh3 Qf1 52.Kh2 ½–½. ognos – cidam, internet, 2014.

8.Qb3 0-0 9.Nc3 d5 10.cd5 cd5 11.a3 (11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Qd5 Bb4 13.Qe4 Nf6=) 11...Nb6= 12.a4 Be6 13.a5 Nbd7 14.g3 (14.Be2 Qb8=) 14...Re8 (14...Nb8 15.Qa4=+) 15.h4 (15.Be2 Nb8=+) 15...h5 (15...Rb8 16.Rc1-/+) 16.Bh3 (16.Be2 Rc8=+) 16...Bd6 (16...Bh3 17.Rh3 Nb8 18.b5=+) 17.Be6=+ fe6 18.b5 Ng4?? (18...Qc7 19.a6=+) 19.a6?? (19.Nd5 Ngf6 20.Nc3 Bc7+-) 19...b6?? (19...Qf6 20.0-0 b6 21.Ne2=) 20.Ne2?? (better 20.Nd5 ed5 21.Qd5 Kh7 22.Qd6+-) 20...Ndf6 (20...Rc8 21.0-0=+) 21.Ba3 Ba3 22.Qa3 e5 23.de5 Ne5 24.Nd4 (24.0-0!?=+) 24...Nd3-/+ 25.Ke2 Ng4 (better 25...Rc8-/+) 26.f3?? (26.Rhf1=+) 26...Nge5 (better 26...ef3 27.Kd3 Re3 28.Kc2 Ra3 29.Ra3 f2-+) 27.fe4= de4 28.Ne4 Qd7 29.Qb3 (29.Nd6 Rf8 30.Raf1 Qg4 31.Kd2 Qg3 32.Qb3 Kh7=) 29...Kh8=+ 30.Nf2? (better 30.Ng5=+) 30...Nf2-+ 31.Kf2 Ng4 32.Kf3 Re3 (32...Ne3 33.Ra4 Qg4 34.Kf2 Rf8 35.Ke3 Qg3 36.Kd2 Qg2 37.Kc3 Rac8 38.Rc4 Qh1 39.Rc8 Rc8 40.Nc6 Qe1 41.Kc4 Qh4 42.Kd3 Qg3 43.Kc4 Qf4 44.Kc3-+) 33.Qe3 Ne3 34.Ke3 Rd8 (34...Re8!? 35.Kd3 Rd8 36.Ra4 Qb5 37.Rc4 Qb3 38.Rc3-+) 35.Rad1 (35.Rhd1 Qe7 36.Kd3-+) 35...Qg4 (better 35...Qe7 36.Kd3 Qc5-+) 36.Rhg1 Kh7 37.Rd3 Rd5 38.Kd2?? (38.Rg2-+) 38...Rd4 39.Rg2 (39.Rc1 Rd3 40.Kd3 Qg3 41.Ke2 Qh4 42.Rg1-+) 39...Ra4 40.Rc3 Qd7 (40...Qd4 41.Ke2 Ra2 42.Kf3 Qc3 43.Ke4 Rg2 44.Kd5 Rd2 45.Ke4 Re2 46.Kd5 Qc5) 41.Ke2 Qe6 42.Re3 Ra2 43.Kf1 Qc4 (43...Ra1 44.Ke2 Qd5 45.Re7 Qg2 46.Kd3 Rd1 47.Ke3 Qg3 48.Ke2 Qd3 49.Kf2 Rf1 50.Kg2 Qf3 51.Kh2 Rh1) 44.Ree2 (44.Rge2-+) 44...Qb5 (44...Ra1 45.Kf2 Qc5 46.Re3 Qf5 47.Rf3 Qe4 48.Rc3 Re1 49.g4 Re2 50.Kg3 Qg2 51.Kf4 Qg4) 45.Ke1 (45.Rgf2 Ra1 46.Kg2 Qd5 47.Rf3 Qd1 48.Rf8 Qe2 49.Rf2 Qe4 50.Rf3 Ra2 51.Kg1 Qf3 52.g4 Qd1) 45…Ra1 (45...Ra1 46.Kd2 Qd5 47.Ke3 Qe5 48.Kd2 Qd4 49.Kc2 Qd1 50.Kb2 Qc1 51.Kb3 Ra3 52.Kb4 Qc5) 0-1. zembelek (2060) - amayak (2100), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

8.Qb3 d5 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.a4 Be6 11.c5= Nbd7 12.h3 (12.Be2 Qc7=) 12...0-0=+ 13.g4 (13.b5 Nc5 14.dc5 d4=) 13...h6 (13...b6 14.Rc1-/+) 14.f4 (better 14.b5=+) 14...Bg4?? (better 14...ef3 15.Qc2 b6=+) 15.hg4+- Ng4 16.Ne2?? (better 16.Bh3 Bh4 17.Ke2+-) 16...Bh4-/+ 17.Rh4 Qh4 18.Kd1 Qf2 19.Ra3 Nh2 20.Bh3 Nf6 21.Nc1? (21.Nc3-+) 21...Nf3 22.Qc3 Ng1 (better 22...Nd2 23.Qd2 Qf3 24.Qe2 Qh3-+) 23.Bf1-/+ Ng4 (23...Nh5 24.b5 a6 25.bc6 bc6 26.Qa5-+) 24.Be2 Ne2 25.Ne2 h5 (25...Qh4 26.Nc1-/+) 26.b5 h4 27.Ne4 (27.bc6 h3 28.Ne4 de4 29.d5-+) 27...de4 28.d5 f6 29.d6 h3 30.Qc4 (30.Kd2 h2 31.Ra1 Qf3-+) 30...Rf7 31.Qe4 (31.Kd2 Qg2 32.Ra1 h2 33.bc6 bc6-+) 31...h2 (better 31...Qf1 32.Kd2 Nf2-+) 32.bc6 (32.Kd2 Qh4 33.Ra1 Nf2-+) 32...bc6 (better 32...Qf1!? 33.Kd2 h1Q 34.Qh1 Qh1 35.c7-+) 33.Qc6 (33.Kd2 Rb8 34.Bd4-+) 33...Qf1 34.Kd2 h1Q 35.Qh1 Qh1 36.Nd4 (36.Bd4 Qb1 37.Rc3 Nf2-+) 36…Qd5 0-1. zembelek (2025) - amayak (2135), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

8.Qc2 d5 9.a3 0-0 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Be2 Bf8 12.c5 g6 (12...Be7=) 13.0-0-0 (13.0-0 b6+=) 13...a5 (13...b6 14.Rdf1=+) 14.b5= cb5 15.Nb5 (15.Bb5 Re6=) 15...a4 (15...Re6 16.g4=+) 16.h3 Nb8 17.Nb1 Bd7 18.N1c3 Bb5 (18...Qa5 19.g4 h6 20.h4=) 19.Nb5 (19.Bb5 Re6+=) 19...Nc6 (19...b6 20.cb6 Qb6 21.Kd2=) 20.Bc3 (20.Kd2 b6=) 20...Na5 (20...b6 21.cb6 Qb6 22.Kd2=+) 21.Ba5 Ra5 22.Qc3 (22.g4 Re6 23.g5 Ne8=+) 22...b6 (22...Re6!? 23.Kd2 Rc6=+) 23.c6= Qc8 (23...Qe7 24.Kd2=) 24.Kd2+= Re6 25.Rc1 (25.c7 Ne8 26.Rb1 Nd6 27.Nd6 Rd6+/-) 25...Ne8= 26.Rc2 Nc7 27.Nc7 (27.Rb1 Be7+=) 27...Qc7= 28.Rb1 b5 (better 28...Ra8=) 29.Rb5 Ra6 30.Rd5 (better 30.Rb7!? Qc6 31.Ba6 Qa6 32.Rb1+/-) 30...Rac6+= 31.Qb2 Ba3?? (better 31...Rc2 32.Qc2 Qc2 33.Kc2 Ba3=) 32.Rc6+- Rc6 (32...Bb2?? 33.Rc7 Rf6 34.Ke1+-) 33.Qa3 Rc2 34.Kd1 Rc1 (34...Rc3 35.Qa1 a3+-) 35.Qc1 (35.Qc1 Qc1 36.Kc1+-) 1-0. dannysmet (2035) - Russian_teen (2000), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.Nc3 d5 9.a3 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.cd5 cd5 12.0-0 Nb6 13.f3 ef3 14.Bf3 Nc4 15.Qc2 Ne3 16.Qd3 Nf1 17.Rf1 0-0 18.Nb3 Bg4 19.Nc5 Bc5 20.dc5 Be6 21.Ne2 Rc8 22.Nd4 Kh8 23.h3 Qd7 24.Re1 Rfe8 25.Bd1 Ne4 26.Bc2 Bf5 27.Qf3 Bg6 28.Bc1 h6 29.Bf4 Ng5 30.Re8 Re8 31.Qd1 Bc2 32.Qc2 Ne4 33.c6 Qe7 34.c7 Rc8 35.Qc6 Qh4 36.Qc1 Qf2 37.Kh1 1–0. ognos – prometehus120, internet, 2014.

8.Nc3 d5 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.a4 a5 (10...dc4 11.Nc4 Be6 12.a5=+) 11.b5 0-0 (11...cb5 12.ab5 dc4 13.Bc4 Nc4 14.Qc4=) 12.Ba3 (12.c5 Nbd7 13.Be2+=) 12...Be6 (better 12...Ba3 13.Ra3 cb5 14.Qb5 Bd7=) 13.Be7+/- Qe7 14.bc6 Nc4 15.cb7 (15.Qb7 Qd6 16.Bc4 Rfb8+/-) 15...Rab8+= 16.Nc4 dc4 17.Bc4 Rb7 18.Qa2?? (18.Nb5 Bc4 19.Qc4 Rfb8+=) 18...Rc8?? (better 18...Qb4 19.Qb3 Qb3 20.Bb3 Rb3-+ (20...Bb3?! 21.Kd2-+)) 19.Be6= Rc3 20.Bf5 (20.Bh3 Qc7 21.0-0 Rb4=) 20...g6= 21.Bh3 Qc7 22.0-0 Rc2 23.g3?? (23.Qa3 Rc3 24.Qa2 Rc2=) 23...Rbb2 (better 23...Ra2 24.Ra2 Nd5-+) 24.Qa3= Nd5 25.Rab1 (25.Rfb1 Rb1 26.Rb1 Nc3=) 25...Rb1 26.Rb1 Ne3?? (better 26...Nc3 27.Ra1 Ne2 28.Kg2 Nc1=) 27.Qe3+- 1-0. ClayPigeons (2135) - Hischnik (2060), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.Nc3 d5 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.h3 0-0 12.Be2 b6 13.0-0 a5 14.a3 b5 15.f3 ef3 16.Bf3 a4 17.Qc2 h6 18.Rae1 Nh7 19.e4 de4 20.Nde4 Ra6 21.d5 cd5 22.Nd5 Bg5 23.Ng5 Qg5 24.Nc7 Rg6 25.Nb5 Ndf6 26.Re5 Qg3 27.Kh1 Ng5 28.Qf2 Nf3 29.Qf3 Qf3 30.Rf3 Bb7 31.Rf2 Ne4 32.Re4 Be4 33.Nd6 Bd5 34.Nf5 Kh7 35.Ne7 Rg5 36.Nd5 Rd5 37.Rc2 Rc8 38.Kg1 Kg6 39.Kf2 f6 40.g4 Kf7 41.Kf3 Ke6 42.Re2 Kd7 43.Ke4 Re8 44.Kd5 Re2 45.c6 Kc7 46.b5 Rb2 0–1. ferminkatcho (1750) – hamdija1948 (1880), internet, 2013.

8.Nc3 d5 9.b5 Nb6 (9...0-0 10.Qb3 Nb6 11.c5+=) 10.Be2 (10.c5 Nbd7=) 10...Be6 (10...cb5 11.cd5 Bb4 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Qb3 Bc3 14.Bc3 Bb5 15.Qb5 Qd7 16.Rb1 Qb5 17.Rb5 Nbd5 18.Bb2=) 11.c5 Nc8 12.a4 Bd7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Qb3 (14.f3 ef3 15.Nf3 Qc7+=) 14...Qc7= 15.f3 Be6 (15...ef3 16.Nf3 b6 17.cb6 Nb6 18.Ne5+=) 16.fe4 Ne4 17.Nce4 de4 18.Bc4 Bc4 19.Qc4 Bg5 20.Qb3 Qe7 (20...Re8!?+/–) 21.Rf5+– Bf6 (21...Bh6 22.Re5 Qd7 23.Re4+–) 22.Raf1 (22.Rf4 Bg5 23.Re4 Qd7+–) 22...Re8 (22...cb5 23.ab5 a5 24.ba6 Ra6 25.R1f4+–) 23.R5f4 Qe6 24.Re4 Qd7 25.bc6 (25.Re8 Qe8 26.e4 Qd7+–) 25...bc6 26.Qb7 (26.Re8!? Qe8 27.Nc4 Qd7+–) 26...Nb6+/– (26...Qb7?? 27.Re8) 27.Qd7 Nd7 28.Re8 Re8 29.Nc4 Bg5 30.Rf3 (30.Kf2 Nf6 31.Ne5 Re6+–) 30...Nf6 31.Ne5 (31.Bc3 Ne4 32.Be1 h5+/–) 31...Re6 (31...Rb8 32.h4 Bh4 33.Ba3+=) 32.Bc1 a6 (32...h6 33.Kf1+/–) 33.Rf2 g6 34.Rb2 Nd5 35.Kf2 (35.Rb8 Kg7+–) 35...f6 (35...Bf6 36.Nc4+/–) 36.Nc4 Kf7 (36...f5 37.Rb8 Kg7 38.Ra8+–) 37.Rb6 (37.Rb6 Re7 38.Rc6+–) 1–0. Kilpatrick,Robert – Hall,F, corr, 1981.

8.Qb3 0-0 9.Nc3 dc4 (9...a5 10.ba5 Ra5 11.Be2 c6 12.0-0 Nb6 13.cd5 cd5) 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Nde4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Nc4 13.Qc4 Be6.

8.Qb3 a5 9.ba5 0-0 (9...Ra5 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Be2 dc4 12.Nc4 Rg5 13.0-0 Re8) 10.Nc3 c6 11.cd5 Qa5 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.dc6 bc6.

8.Qb3 dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Nce4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Nc4 13.Qc4 Be6.

8.Qb3 c6 9.a4 (9.Nc3 Nb6=) 9...a5 10.b5 dc4 11.Bc4 0-0 12.Nc3 c5 (12...Nb6!? 13.bc6 Nc4 14.Qc4 Be6+=) 13.Nce4+/- cd4 14.Bd4 Ne4 15.Ne4 Nb6 16.0-0 Nc4 17.Qc4 Be6 18.Qe2 Qd5 19.Ng3 h5? (better 19...Rac8!?+/-) 20.Qh5 (20.Nh5 g6 21.Nf4 Qe4+-) 20...Qd7 (20...Rad8 21.Bb6 Qh5 22.Nh5+-) 21.h3 Bd6 (21...f6 22.Rfd1 Bb3 23.Rd3+-) 22.Ne4 (22.Rfd1 Qe7 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Rd6 Rh8 25.Qe5 Qf6 26.Qf6 Kf6+-) 22...Be7 23.Rfd1 Qe8?? (23...Qd5 24.Qd5 Bd5 25.Bf6 Be4 26.Be7+-) 24.Ng5 (better 24.Qe5 f6 25.Qe6 Qf7 26.Qf5+-) 24...Bg5 25.Qg5 f6 26.Qg3 Rc8 (26...Bb3 27.Rd3 Qe6 28.Rc3+-) 27.Rac1 (better 27.Bb6!? Ra8+-) 27...Bb3 28.Rc8 Qc8 29.Ra1 Bd5 (29...Qc4 30.Qf3+-) 30.h4 Qf5 31.Rc1 Rc8 (31...Kh7+-) 32.Rc8 Qc8 33.Bf6 Qd7 34.Bd4 Bb3 35.h5 Kh7 (35...Ba4 36.h6 Bb3 37.Qb8 Kh7 38.hg7+-) 36.Qg6 Kh8 (36...Kg8 37.h6 Qf7+-) 37.h6 Ba4 38.Bg7 Kg8 (38...Qg7 39.Qg7) 39.h7 1-0. jhonores (2200) - gamblex (2150), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Qb3 h6 A) 9.Be2 0-0 (9...dc4 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nbd2 Nc4 13.Bc4 Qd6) 10.Nc3 dc4 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Nde4 Ne4 13.Ne4 Nc4; B) 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be2 a5 11.ba5 Ra5 12.cd5 Nb6 13.Nde4 Ne4.

8.b5=.

8.cd5 Bb4 9.Qb3 (9.a3 Bd2 (9...Ba5 10.Qa4 Bd2 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Qc2 Re8 13.d6 cd6) 10.Nd2 Nb6 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Bb5 Kf8 13.0-0 Nbd5; 9.Qa4 Bd2 (9...Qe7 10.a3 Bd2 11.Nd2 Nd5 12.Bc4 N5b6 13.Qc2 Nc4) 10.Nd2 0-0 11.Qc2 Re8 12.d6 cd6 13.Be2 Nb6) 9...Bd2 (9...Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Be2 0-0 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.0-0 a5) 10.Nd2 0-0 (10...Nb6 11.Bb5 (11.f3 ef3 12.e4 fg2 13.Bg2 0-0) 11...Bd7 12.Bc4+= (12.Be2 0-0 13.0-0 Ba4) 12...0-0 13.a4 Qe8) 11.Rc1 (11.Ba3 Re8= 12.d6 cd6 13.Nc4 Nb6; 11.f3 Re8 12.Be2 ef3 13.gf3 Nb6) 11...Nb6+= 12.Bc4 (12.Rc5 a5 13.Be2 Re8) 12...Nc4 13.Qc4 (worse is 13.Rc4 b6–/+ (13...Qd5?! 14.Ba3 c5 15.Rc5=; 13...Re8–/+)) 13...Nd5 (13...Qd5+=) 14.Ne4 c6 (14...Re8 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.Rc3+=) 15.0-0 Re8 16.Ng3 (16.Nc5 Qg5 17.Rfe1 Bh3+=) 16...Be6+= 17.Qc5 Qb6 18.Qb6 Nb6 19.Ra1 (19.a3 f5+=) 19...Nc4 20.Rfb1 f5 21.Nh5 Nb2 (21...Bd5!? 22.Bc3 b6+=) 22.Rb2= b6 23.a4 Bc4 (23...Rad8 24.a5 b5 25.Rc1=) 24.Rb4 (24.Ng3 g6=) 24...b5 25.ab5 cb5 26.Ra6 Kf7 27.h4 h6 (27...Re7 28.Kh2=) 28.Nf4 Re7 (28...Rec8 29.Ng6=) 29.Ng6 Rc7 30.Ne5 Kf8 (30...Ke8!?+=) 31.Kh2+/– Rac8 (31...Rd8 32.Kg3+/–) 32.Kg3 (32.Nc4?! bc4 33.Rb5 f4 34.Rf5 Ke8 35.Re5 Kf7 36.Rf5 Kg8 37.ef4 c3+=) 32...Bf1 (32...Ke8 33.Kf4+– (33.Nc4?! bc4 34.Rb2 c3=)) 33.Ra1 (33.Rb1 Bc4+/–) 33...Bc4 34.Kf4 (34.Nc4?! bc4 35.Rb5 Rf7+=) 34...Bd5 (34...Kg8 35.h5+/– (35.Nc4?! bc4 36.Kf5 Rf8 37.Ke5 Rf2+=)) 35.f3 (35.Rb5 Bg2 36.Kf5 Ke7+–) 35...Rb7 (35...Bc4 36.Kf5 (worse is 36.Nc4 bc4 37.Kf5 c3+/–) 36...Rd8 37.Ra6+–) 36.Kf5 Kg8 (36...Bc4 37.e4+–) 37.Ra5 Rf8 (37...Bc4 38.Nc4 Rf7 39.Kg4 bc4 40.Rc5 Rc5 41.dc5+–) 38.Kg4 h5 (38...Be6 39.Kg3+–) 39.Kh5 g6 (39...Rf5 40.Kg6 Rf6 41.Kg5+–) 40.Kg4 (40.Ng6 Bf7 41.Ra6 Kh7+–) 40...Be6 41.Kg3 1–0. Cerny,Lumir – Cominetti,Marco, Open Teplice CZE, 2006.

8.cd5 Nb6 9.a3 (9.Nc3 Bb4 10.d6 Qd6 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.a3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Nbd5; 9.Qb3 Qd5 10.Nc4 0-0 11.Nc3 Qg5 12.h4 Qf5 13.Be2 Ng4) 9...Nbd5 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.Bc3 0-0 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Be2 Qe8.

7.a4 0-0 8.b5 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 b6 11.0-0 Nc5 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Na4 Na4 14.Qa4 Qd7 15.d4 Ra8 16.Qd1 ed4 17.ed4 Ne4 18.Re1 Bf6 19.Bd3 Ng5 20.Ng5 Bg5 21.Be4 Be4 22.Re4 Re8 23.Re8 Qe8 24.Qe1 Qe1 0-1. Venomencer - vitalij1945 (2110), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nc3 Nb6 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 d5 10.c5 Nbd7 11.Qc2 c6 12.0-0 0-0 13.a4 Re8 14.Rae1 Nf8 15.f3 Ng6 (better 15...ef3!? 16.Nf3 Bg4+=) 16.fe4+/- Bg4? (better 16...de4 17.Nde4 Nd5 18.Nd5 cd5+/-) 17.Rf6+- Bf6 (17...Bf6 18.Bg4 Remove defender; 17...gf6 18.Bg4 Remove defender) 18.Bg4 de4 (18...Bh4 19.Re2 Bg5 20.Nf3+-) 19.Nce4 Be7 20.Nc4 Qd5 (20...Qc7 21.Ncd6 Bd6 22.Nd6+-) 21.Nb6 Qd8 22.Rf1 (22.Na8 Qa8 23.Rf1 Qd8+-) 22...Rb8 (22...Bg5 23.Nd6 (worse 23.Ng5 Qg5 24.Na8 Qe3 25.Kh1 Ra8+-) 23...Be3 24.Kh1+-) 23.Rf7! Kf7 (23...Bg5 24.Qb3 Kh8 25.d5+-) 24.Qc4 Kf8 25.Nd7 Qd7 26.Bd7 Red8 27.Be6 Re8 (27...Bf6 28.Bg8 Nh8 29.Bh7+-) 28.d5 cd5 29.Qd4 Bf6 30.Nf6 Re6 31.Nh7 Ke8 32.Qg7 Kd8 33.Nf6 Ne7 34.Qf7 Kc7 35.Qe6 Rd8 36.Be5 (36.Be5 Rd6 37.Qd6 Kc8 38.Qd7) 1-0. PEREIRA – Whitak, internet, 2021.

7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.b5 cb5 11.cd5 (11.cb5 a6=) 11...a6 (11...Nb6 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.d6 Qd6 14.Nb5=+ (14.Bb5? Ng4 15.g3 Qh6–+)) 12.Nc3= Nb6 13.Nde4 Nbd5 (13...Ne4 14.Ne4 Nd5 15.Bd3=) 14.Nf6 Nf6 15.Bf3 b4 (15...Re8 16.Qd3=) 16.Ne4+= Nd5 17.Rc1 Be6 18.Nc5 b6 19.Ne6 fe6 20.Qb3 Bd6? (better 20...Qd7+=) 21.Bd5+– ed5 22.Qd5 Kh8 23.e4 Qe7? (better 23...Qb8 24.e5 Be7+–) 24.e5 Bc7 25.Qb7 Bd6 (25...Rfc8 26.d5 Bd8 27.Qe7 Be7 28.d6+–) 26.Qc6 1–0. GuestVQYP – GuestSPSD, freechess.org, 2018.

7.0-0 h6 8.Nc3 g5 9.d4+= g4 10.Nh4 Nf8 11.Qc2 e4 12.d5 N6h7 13.dc6 Bh4 14.c7! Qc7? 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Qe4 Be7 17.Bh8 Ng5 18.Nf6# 1–0. orane – UmbaMumuba, caissa.com, 2006.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 d5 9.b5 0-0 10.0-0 Bd6 (10...cb5 11.cb5 a6 12.Nc3=) 11.Qb3 (11.Ba3 Ba3 12.Na3 cb5 13.cb5 Qa5=) 11...Qc7 12.g3 Re8 13.a4 Nf8 14.Nc3 Bh3 15.c5 Be7 (worse 15...Bf1 16.cd6 Qd6 17.Rf1+=) 16.Rfc1 (16.Rfb1 Qd7=) 16...Ng6 17.a5 White prepares b6 17...Ng4 (17...a6!? 18.ba6 ba6=+) 18.a6+= Rab8 (18...Reb8 19.Rcb1+=) 19.b6 (19.ab7 Qb7 20.Qa2 Bg5+–) 19...ab6+= 20.Bg4 (20.cb6 Qd7+=) 20...Bg4= 21.a7 (worse 21.Qb6 Qb6 22.cb6 ba6–/+) 21...Ra8 22.cb6 Qd7 23.Na4 Bf3 (23...Be2 24.Nc3 Bd3 25.Ba3=) 24.Nf3+= ef3 25.Qd1 Qg4 26.Ba3 Nh4 (26...f5 27.Be7 Re7 28.h3+–) 27.Be7+– Qh3?? (better 27...Re7 28.Nc5 Ng6+–) 28.Qf1+– Ng2 29.Bd6 Re6 30.Bf4 Rf6 31.Nc5 Rf5 (31...Qc8 32.Rcb1 Rf5 33.Qd3+–) 32.Nb7 g5 (32...Rh5 33.g4 Qg4+–) 33.Nd6 1–0. DEFFM – GuestDNJK, freechess.org, 2018.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 d5 9.c5 Nf8 (9...Qc7 10.0-0=) 10.0-0 h6 (10...Ne6 11.Nc3=) 11.b5 g5 (11...cb5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.a4=) 12.Qa4 (12.a4 Ne6+–) 12...Bd7+= 13.f3 (13.Nc3 Ne6+=) 13...ef3 14.Nf3 Ng6 (14...cb5 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bd7 Qd7 17.Qb3+=) 15.Ne5 Ne5? (better 15...Qc7!?+=) 16.de5+– Ng4? (better 16...Bc5 17.Rf6 Be3 18.Kh1 Qb6+–) 17.e6 Ne3 18.ed7 (better 18.ef7 Kf8 19.Qd4 Rh7 20.Qe3 Qa5+–) 18...Qd7 (18...Kd7 19.Bg4 Ng4 20.Qg4 Ke8 21.Bh8 Bc5 22.Kh1 Qd7+–) 19.bc6 bc6 20.Qd4 (worse 20.Bh8 Nf1 21.Kf1 Bc5+–) 20...Nf1 21.Qh8 (21.Bf1?! Rg8+=; 21.Kf1?! Qf5 22.Kg1 f6+=) 21...Bf8 22.Bf1 0-0-0 (22...Qe7 23.Bd4+–) 23.Qd4 Qb7 (23...Qe7 24.Qf2+–) 24.Nd2 Re8 25.Rb1 f5 (25...Qc7+–) 26.Bc3 Qe7 (26...Qa8+–) 27.Ba6 Kd7 (27...Kd8 28.Rb8 Kd7 29.Rb7 Ke6 30.Qe5 Kf7 31.Qf6 Kg8 32.Qh8 Kf7 33.Qh7 Bg7 34.Qg7 Ke6 35.Qg6 Qf6 36.Qf6) 28.Rb7 (28.Rb7 Kd8 29.Qf6 Qf6 30.Ba5 Kc8 31.Re7 Kb8 32.Re8 Qd8 33.Rd8) 1–0. DEFFM – GuestSYLG, freechess.org, 2018.

6.Qc2 Bg7 7.Ke2. DEFFM – Xekmat, freechess.org, 2017.

6.Nc3 a5 A) 7.a3 A1) 7...Nb6 8.d4 (8.Be2 Be6 9.Qb3 a4 10.Qa2 Bg7 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Ne6 fe6 13.e4+=; 8.d3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.b5 Qe7 12.e4 Bh6 13.Na4=; 8.Na4 Na4 9.Qa4 Bd7 10.b5 Bg7 11.Be2 e4 12.Nd4 0-0 13.0-0+=; 8.b5 Bg7 9.Be2 Be6 10.d3 0-0 11.0-0 Nfd7 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.Nde4=; 8.c5 ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Qa1 Nbd7 11.d4 ed4 12.ed4 Bg7 13.Be2+=) 8...ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 e4 11.Nd2 Bg4 12.Qb1 Bf5 13.d5+=; A2) 7...Bg7 8.d3 (8.e4 ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Qa1 0-0 11.Be2 Nh5 12.0-0 Nf4 13.Re1=; 8.d4 ed4 9.Nd4 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 0-0 12.Be2 Re8 13.0-0=; 8.Be2 0-0 9.e4 Nh5 10.0-0 Nf4 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.ed5 Re8 13.Re1=) 8...ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Qa1 Nb6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Qa7+=; A3) 7...ab4 8.ab4 Ra1 9.Qa1 Bg7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.e4 Nh5 13.Qa7=; B) 7.ba5 B1) 7...Ra5 8.d4 (8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d4 Re8 11.de5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Ree5 13.Qb3=) 8...Bg7 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 b6 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Bf3=; B2) 7...Bg7 8.d4 (8.Be2 0-0 9.d4 Ra5 10.0-0 Re8 11.de5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Ree5 13.Bf3=; 8.a6 ba6 9.Be2 0-0 10.d4 ed4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.0-0 Rb8 13.Rb1=) 8...0-0 9.Be2 Ra5 10.0-0 Re8 11.de5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Ree5 13.Qb3=; C) 7.Qa4 Bg7 8.d4 (8.a3 0-0 9.d4 ed4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.b5 Nfd7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rd1=; 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 e4 10.Ne1 Nb6 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.b5 a4 13.a3+=; 8.e4 0-0 9.Be2 Nb6 10.Qb3 ab4 11.Qb4 Nh5 12.a4 Nf4 13.a5+=; 8.c5 0-0 9.cd6 cd6 10.b5 e4 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Rc1=; 8.ba5 0-0 9.Be2 Nc5 10.Qb4 e4 11.Nd4 Nd3 12.Bd3 ed3 13.Nb3=) 8...ed4 9.Nd4 0-0 10.ba5 Re8 11.Be2 Re5 12.Nb3 Nc5 13.Qa3=; D) 7.b5 Bg7 8.d3 (8.d4 ed4 9.ed4 0-0 10.Be2 d5 11.c5 Ne4 12.Rc1 Re8 13.0-0=; 8.Be2 0-0 9.d4 ed4 10.ed4 d5 11.c5 Ne4 12.Rc1 Re8 13.0-0=) 8...0-0 9.Be2 Nb6 10.0-0 a4 11.a3 Re8 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Nd2=.

6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.h4 h5 10.Ng5 Nh7 (better is 10...Qb6!?=) 11.Nh7+/– Kh7 12.Bh5 f5 13.Be2 e4 14.h5 g5 15.0-0-0 Qb6 16.a3 Ne5 17.d4 Nf7 18.Na4 Qc7 19.g4! Nh6 (19...fg4 20.Qe4 Double attack (20.Qe4 Deflection; 20.Qe4 Decoy)) 20.gf5 Bf5 21.Rdg1 g4 22.Nc3 Rae8 23.Qd1 Qf7 24.Rh2 a5 25.b5 Rb8 26.b6 c5 27.Nb5 Qf6 28.Qc2 Qd8 29.Nc7 Qg5 30.d5 Nf7 31.Bg4! Kh8 (31...Bg4 32.Bg7 Decoy) 32.Rhg2 Bb2 33.Qb2 Ne5 34.Bf5 Qf5 35.Ne6 Rg8 36.Nf4 Kh7 37.Qc2 Nf3 38.Rg8 Rg8 39.Rg8 Kg8 40.Qa4 Qe5 41.Qe8 (better is 41.Kc2 Ne1 42.Kb1+–) 41...Qe8–+ 0–1. combijack (1765) – jazzas (1700), gameknot.com, 2010.

7.Rc1 0-0 8.a3 Re8 9.Be2 c6 10.0-0 Nf8 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 d5 13.cd5 cd5 14.Nb5 Ne6 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.Nc7 Nc7 17.Qc7 Qc7 18.Rc7 Bc6 19.b5 Bd7 20.Rb7 Rec8 21.a4 Rc2 22.Bc1 Rac8 23.Bd1 Rc1 24.Nb3 R1c4 25.Nc5 Be8 26.Ra7 Bf8 27.Ra6 Kg7 28.f3 Bc5 29.dc5 R8c5 30.fe4 Ne4 31.Bf3 f5 32.g4 Nd2 33.Rf2 Nf3 34.Rf3 Rg4 35.Kf2 Rcc4 36.Ra7 Kf6 37.Rh7 Ra4 38.Rg3 Bb5 39.Rb7 Ra2 40.Kf3 Be2 0-1. miguelhermoz (2010) - Souren (2120), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.d3 A) 7...a5 8.a3 (8.b5 0-0 9.Be2 Nb6 10.0-0 a4 11.a3 Qe7 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nd2=) 8...0-0 9.Be2 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Qa1 Re8 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Qa5+=; B) 7...Nb6 8.a3 (8.Be2 a5 9.b5 a4 10.0-0 0-0 11.a3 Bg4 12.Rc1 Bf5 13.Nd2+=; 8.Rc1 0-0 9.Be2 a5 10.b5 Re8 11.0-0 Qe7 12.a4 Bg4 13.h3=; 8.Qb3 0-0 9.Be2 a5 10.0-0 ab4 11.Qb4 Re8 12.a4 Nbd7 13.a5=) 8...Bg4 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 a5 11.Nd2 Be2 12.Qe2 d5 13.c5+=; C) 7...Qe7 8.d4 (8.a3 Nb6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 h5 11.h3 Be6 12.e4 Bd7 13.Bc1+=; 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Be2 a5 10.b5 Nc5 11.0-0 a4 12.a3 Re8 13.Rad1=; 8.Be2 a5 9.b5 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.d4 Nb6 12.Na4 Na4 13.Qa4=; 8.Nb5 Nb8 9.Qa4 c6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Nb6 12.Qc2 0-0 13.0-0=) 8...e4 9.Nd2 0-0 10.g4 a5 11.b5 c6 12.g5 Ne8 13.Nde4+/–; D) 7...c6 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Qe7 10.a3 Re8 11.d4 Nb6 12.de5 de5 13.e4+=; E) 7...0-0 8.a3 (8.Be2 a5 9.b5 Nb6 10.0-0 a4 11.a3 Re8 12.d4 ed4 13.Nd4=; 8.Rb1 a5 9.b5 Nc5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 e4 12.de4 Nfe4 13.Ne4=) 8...Nb6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 a5 11.Nd2 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1+=.

7.Bd3 A) 7...Nb6 8.Be2 (8.a3 Bg4 9.0-0 0-0 10.h3 Be6 11.Qe2 Nfd7 12.e4 c6 13.Rfe1=; 8.c5 dc5 9.bc5 Nbd7 10.Bc4 0-0 11.d3 Qe7 12.c6 Nb6 13.cb7=; 8.e4 Be6 9.Qb3 0-0 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.Be2 Nh5 12.Nf3 Nf4 13.0-0+=; 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.Ng5 Bc8 12.a3 h6 13.Nge4=; 8.Qe2 a5 9.b5 a4 10.a3 0-0 11.0-0 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Ng5=) 8...0-0 9.d3 a5 10.b5 a4 11.a3 Qe7 12.0-0 Re8 13.Rc1=; B) 7...a5 8.a3 (8.b5 Nc5 9.Bc2 0-0 10.0-0 e4 11.Nd4 Be6 12.Ne6 fe6 13.f3=) 8...Nb6 9.c5 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Qa1 Nbd5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.cd6=; C) 7...Qe7 8.Qc2 (8.e4 0-0 9.0-0 Nb6 10.a4 a5 11.c5 ab4 12.cb6 bc3 13.dc3=; 8.a3 0-0 9.e4 Nb6 10.0-0 Be6 11.Qe2 Nh5 12.g3 c6 13.Rfe1+=; 8.Nb5 Nb6 9.c5 Nbd5 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Qb3 a6 12.Na3 dc5 13.bc5=; 8.0-0 0-0 9.e4 Nb6 10.a4 a5 11.c5 ab4 12.cb6 bc3 13.dc3=) 8...Nb6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Be2 c6 11.d3 0-0 12.h3 Bf5 13.e4=; D) 7...c6 8.Rb1 (8.a3 0-0 9.0-0 Nb6 10.e4 Be6 11.Qb3 Nh5 12.Rac1 Qf6 13.Be2+=; 8.Bc2 Nb6 9.d3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.a4 a5 12.b5 c5 13.Qe2=; 8.e4 a5 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Qa1 Nh5 12.0-0 Nf4 13.Qb1=; 8.Qb3 a5 9.0-0 ab4 10.Qb4 0-0 11.Bc2 Re8 12.d4 ed4 13.ed4=; 8.0-0 0-0 9.e4 Nb6 10.Be2 d5 11.Qc2 d4 12.Nd1 Nh5 13.c5=) 8...Qb6 9.a3 a5 10.b5 0-0 11.Be2 cb5 12.Nb5 e4 13.Nfd4+=; E) 7...0-0 8.0-0 (8.a3 Nb6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.b5 c6 13.Rfc1=; 8.e4 a5 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Qa1 Nb6 12.Be2 Bg4 13.d3=) 8...a5 9.a3 Nb6 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Ng5 Qe7 13.f4=.

7.d4 a5 8.b5 (8.de5 de5 9.b5 0-0 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.cd5 Nb6 13.Rc1=) 8...ed4 9.ed4 0-0 10.Be2 d5 11.c5 Ne4 12.Rc1 Re8 13.0-0=.

7.d4 a6 8.a3 (8.Bd3 Qe7 9.Qc2 0-0 10.a3 ed4 11.Nd4 c5 12.bc5 dc5 13.Nf3=; 8.Be2 a5 9.a3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nb5 e4 12.Nd2 Nb6 13.Qc2+=; 8.de5 de5 9.Be2 0-0 10.e4 c5 11.a3 Qe7 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.0-0+=) 8...ed4 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Be6 12.Ne6 fe6 13.f4+=.

7.d4 ed4 8.ed4 0-0 9.Be2 d5 10.c5 a5 11.a3 c6 12.0-0 b5 13.cb6=.

7.d4 ed4 8.Qd4 0-0 9.Be2 a5 10.b5 Nc5 11.Qh4 h6 12.Nd4 (12.Nd5 g5 13.Qd4 Ne8=) 12...Nfe4 (12...g5 13.Qg3=+) 13.Qd8 Rd8 14.Nd5 Rd7 15.Rc1 (15.Rd1 Na4 16.Ba1 Nac5+=) 15...a4 (15...Na4 16.Ba1=) 16.Ba3 (16.0-0 a3 17.Ba1 f5+=) 16...Nf6 17.0-0 Nd5 18.cd5 Bd4 19.ed4 Re7? (better 19...Ne4!?+=) 20.Rfe1+– (20.dc5 Re2 21.cd6 Ra2 22.Rc7 Ra3=+) 20...Ne4? (better 20...Nb3 21.ab3 ab3+–) 21.Bd3 Bf5 22.g4! Rae8 (22...Bg4 23.Re4 Double attack (23.Be4 Deflection; 23.Re4 Decoy)) 23.gf5 gf5 24.b6! Ng5 (24...cb6 25.Kg2 Combination) 25.Re7 Re7 26.bc7 (26.bc7 Re8 27.Bf5 Nf3 28.Kh1+–) 1–0. Marekt – Escalador, gameknot.com, 2019.

7.d4 ed4 8.Qd4 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0= Bb7 11.Qd2 (11.Nd5 c5 12.bc5 bc5 13.Nf6 Nf6=+) 11...Ne5 (11...a5 12.a3=) 12.Ne5 de5 13.Rad1 Qd2 (13...Qe8 14.Nd5 Rd8 15.Bf3=) 14.Rd2 Rad8 (14...a5 15.b5=) 15.Rfd1+= Rd2 16.Rd2 a6 17.f3 Bc6 (17...Re8 18.Kf2+=) 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.cd5 Bb7 20.e4 f5 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.Rd1 fe4 23.fe4 b5 24.Bb3 h6? (better 24...Re8+–) 25.Rc1+– Rc8 26.Rf1 h5 (26...Rf8 27.Rf8 Bf8 28.Be5 Bg7 29.Bc7+–) 27.Rf7 Ba8 (27...Rd8 28.Rc7 Bc8 29.Bc1+–) 28.Re7 1–0. Pierre – Brilleman, internet, 2020.

7.d4 ed4 8.Nd4 a5 9.b5 0-0 10.Be2 Nc5 11.0-0 Be6 12.Na4 Nfd7 13.Nc5=.

7.d4 e4 8.Nd2 a5 9.b5 0-0 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Nde4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Qh4 13.Bd3+/–.

7.d4 e4 8.Ng5 0-0 9.Nge4+/– d5 (9...Ne4 10.Ne4 f5 11.Nc3+=) 10.cd5 c6? (better is 10...Ne4!? 11.Ne4 Nb6+/–) 11.dc6+– bc6 12.Bd3 Rb8 (12...a5 13.Ba3 Nd5 14.Nd5 cd5 15.Nc3+–) 13.Qd2 (13.Ba3 Nd5 14.Qb3 N7f6+–) 13...Ne4 (13...a5 14.ba5 Qa5 15.Nf6 Bf6 16.Rb1+–) 14.Ne4 Nf6 15.0-0 (15.Nc5 Nd7+–) 15...Bf5 16.Nf6 Bf6 (16...Qf6 17.Bf5 Qf5 18.Rfc1+–) 17.Bf5 gf5 18.a3 (18.Rac1 Qd5+–) 18...Bg7 (18...f4 19.Rac1+–) 19.Rac1 Qh4 (19...Rb6 20.Qe2+–) 20.Rc6 Rbe8 (20...f4 21.ef4 Rfe8 22.Rc7+–) 21.b5 (21.d5 Bb2 22.Qb2 Qe4+–) 21...Re4 Black intends f4 (21...f4 22.ef4 Re4 23.Rc7+–) 22.Qd3 f4 (22...Rfe8+–) 23.Qe4 1–0. Janek – Erendor, internet, 2017.

7.d4 e4 8.Ng5 Qe7 9.Qc2 0-0 (9...d5 10.cd5 Qb4 11.Rb1 Qa5 12.Nge4 Nd5 13.Qb3+/–) 10.Nge4 Ne4 (10...a5 11.b5 Re8 12.Nf6 Nf6 13.Bd3+/–) 11.Qe4 Qf6 (better is 11...Qe4!? 12.Ne4 a5+= (12...Re8 13.Bd3+/–) 13.Nc3+/–) 12.Nd5+/– Qd8 13.Qe7 c6 14.Qd8 Rd8 15.Ne7 Kh8 16.Be2 Re8 17.Nc8 Rac8 18.0-0-0 Nf6 19.Rd3 Ne4 20.Ra3 a6 21.f3 Nf6 22.e4 d5 23.e5 Nh5 24.g3 f6 25.f4 fe5 26.de5 Rcd8 27.Rd1 Bf8 28.cd5 Bb4 (28...Rd5 29.Rd5 cd5+–) 29.Rb3 Bc5 (29...a5 30.d6 b6 31.e6 Ng7 32.Rb4 ab4 33.e7+–) 30.d6 Bd6 (30...b6 31.Ba6 Ng7+–) 31.ed6 1–0. pierret – elsayedamr (1615), ChessCube Game, 2011.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 a5 9.b5 Nb6 10.d4 ed4 11.ed4 Re8 12.Re1 a4 13.c5=.

7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 c6 9.d4 ed4 10.Nd4 d5 (10...Ne5!?=) 11.cd5+/- Nd5 12.Nd5 cd5 13.Qb3 Ne5 14.Nf3 (14.Rfc1 Qb6+/-) 14...Nc6 (14...Qd6 15.Rac1+=) 15.Bg7+/- Kg7 16.Rfd1 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 16...Be6 17.Nd4 (17.b5 Na5 18.Qb4 b6+=) 17...Qe7 (17...Rc8 18.Nc6 Rc6 19.b5+=) 18.a3 Rad8 (18...Rac8 19.Bf3+=) 19.Bf3 (19.Nc6 bc6 20.Qc3 Qf6 21.Qc6 d4 22.ed4 Rd4+/-) 19...Qh4? (19...Ne5 20.Rac1=) 20.Rd2 (20.Nc6 bc6 21.Rd4 Qf6+/-) 20...Qg5 (20...Qf6 21.b5 Ne5 22.Be2+=) 21.Rad1 (21.Nc6 bc6 22.Qa4+=) 21...h5 (21...Ne5 22.Be2 Qf6 23.b5+=) 22.Qb2 (22.Nc6!? bc6 23.Qc3 Qf6 24.Qc6 Rc8+-) 22...Kg8 (22...Qf6 23.Nc6 Qb2 24.Rb2 bc6 25.Rc2+=) 23.b5 (23.Nc6!? bc6 24.Qd4+/-) 23...Ne5+= 24.Ne6 (better 24.Qb3!?+=) 24...Nf3-/+ (24...fe6?! 25.Be2 Nc4 26.Bc4 dc4 27.Rd7=) 25.Kh1 fe6 26.gf3 Rf3 27.Rg1 Qf5 28.Rc2?? (better 28.Qc2 Qc2 29.Rc2-/+) 28...Rh3?? (better 28...Qe4 29.Rg2 h4-+) 29.f4? (better 29.Rc7!? d4 30.Qc2 Qc2 31.Rc2=) 29...Qe4-/+ 30.Rgg2?? (better 30.Rcg2 Kf7 31.Qe5 Re3 32.Qc7 Ke8 33.Qb7-/+) 30...Re3-+ 31.Kg1 (31.Rce2 d4 32.a4-+) 31...Re1 32.Kf2 Qe3 0-1. Pandacmoi (2105) - GMaster2874 (2120), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 0-0 8.d3 a5 9.b5 Nb6 10.0-0 a4 11.a3 Re8 12.d4 ed4 13.Nd4=.

7.Be2 0-0 8.d4 ed4 9.Nd4 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Ndb5 Qb6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Rd1=.

7.Be2 0-0 8.e4 Nb6 9.0-0 Be6 10.Qb3 Nh5 11.Rfe1 Nf4 12.Bf1 c6 13.a4=.

7.Be2 a5 8.a3 0-0 9.0-0 c6 10.d4 e4 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 Can e4 get defended? 12...Re8 13.c5 d5 14.b5 h5 15.Qa4 Nf8 16.bc6 bc6 17.Qc6 Bd7 18.Qc7 Rec8 19.Qg3 Rab8 20.Rab1 Ne6 21.a4 Nh7? (better is 21...Nc7+–) 22.Nd5 (22.Nd5 Qe8 23.Nb6+–) 1–0. pierred (2790) – mrdoop (2430), net–chess.com, 2011.

7.Be2 a5 8.a3 0-0 9.d4 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Qa1 ed4 12.Nd4 c5 13.Ndb5+=.

7.Be2 a5 8.b5 0-0 9.d4 ed4 10.ed4 d5 11.c5 Ne4 12.Rc1 Re8 13.0-0=.

7.Be2 c5 8.bc5 (8.Nb5 0-0 9.Nd6 e4 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 Qe7 12.Bf4 cb4 13.Rb1=; 8.b5 0-0 9.d3 a6 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Qa4 b6 12.Rfb1 Bb7 13.e4=; 8.a3 Qb6 9.0-0 0-0 10.d4 ed4 11.Na4 Qc7 12.ed4 Re8 13.Re1+=; 8.Qb3 a5 9.b5 Nb6 10.d4 a4 11.Qa3 cd4 12.ed4 ed4 13.Nd4=) 8...dc5 9.Nb5 e4 10.Nd6 Kf8 11.Ng5 Qb6 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.Nge4+=.

8.a3 a5 9.Be2 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Qa1 ed4 12.Nd4 c5 13.bc5+=.

8.Rb1 ed4 9.Nd4 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Nb3 Re8 12.Be2 a5 13.a4=.

8.Bd3 Qe7 9.Be2 a5 10.b5 ed4 11.ed4 d5 12.c5 c6 13.0-0+=.

8.Be2 ed4 9.Nd4 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Ndb5 Qb6 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Bc3=.

8.de5 de5 9.Be2 Re8 (9...c5 10.bc5 e4 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.0-0=) 10.e4 Nh5 (10...c5 11.b5+=) 11.0-0+= Nf4 12.Nd5 Ne2 13.Qe2 c6 14.Ne3 Qe7 (14...Qf6 15.Qc2=) 15.a3+= Nf8 (15...Rd8 16.Rfd1+=) 16.c5 (16.Rfd1 Ne6+=) 16...b5 (16...b6 17.cb6 ab6 18.Qc2+=) 17.cb6 ab6 18.Nc4 e5 becomes the focus of attention (18.Qc2 Qe6+=) 18...Ba6= 19.Qc2 Bc4 (19...Qe6 20.Nb6 Rab8 21.Qc5 Bf1 22.Rf1= (22.Kf1? Qb3 23.Be5 Be5 24.Ne5 Qb2–+)) 20.Qc4+= Rac8 21.a4 (21.Rfd1 b5 22.Qb3 Red8+=) 21...b5 (21...Ne6 22.Rfd1+=) 22.ab5 cb5 23.Qb5 Rb8 24.Qa5 (24.Qd5 Red8 25.Qa2 Nd7+/–) 24...Qb4= 25.Be5 Be5 26.Ne5 Rb5 (26...Qe4!? 27.Rfe1 Qf4=) 27.Qb4+/– ½–½. Krebbers,Wilfried (2115) – Esser,Norbert (2265), 8th Goch op, 2007.

8.de5 de5 9.e4 a5 10.b5 Qe7 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.c5 Nbd7 13.c6+=.

8.h3 Re8 9.Qc2 e4 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.g4 h6 12.Bg2 Will e4 fall? 12...a5 13.b5 Nb6 14.Nce4 Ne4 15.Be4 (15.Qe4?! Qe4 16.Be4 Nc4 17.Nc4 Re4=) 15...f5? (15...Rb8 16.Kf1+/-) 16.Bf3 (better 16.gf5!? d5 17.cd5 gf5 18.Bf5 Bf5 19.Qf5+-) 16...a4 17.a3 fg4 18.hg4 Rf8 19.0-0-0?? (19.Qg6 Rf3 20.Nf3 Nc4+-) 19...Bd7?? (better 19...Rf3 20.Nf3 Bg4 21.Qg6 Bf3+-) 20.Qg6+- Rf6 21.Qd3 Raf8? (21...Rf3 22.Nf3 Rf8 23.Nd2 Rf2 24.Rdf1 Rf1 25.Rf1+- (25.Qf1?! Qe3 26.Rh3 Qg5+=; 25.Nf1?! Bg4 26.Nd2 Qg5+-)) 22.Bb7 (better 22.g5 Rf3 23.gh6+-) 22...Rf2 23.c5?? (23.Rdg1 Rd2 24.Kd2+- (24.Qd2?! Nc4 25.Qd3 Qe3 26.Qe3 Ne3+/-)) 23...Nc8?? (23...dc5 24.g5 h5+= (24...Qg5 25.Rhg1 Bf5 26.Rg5 Bd3 27.Rg7 Kg7 28.dc5 Kf7 29.cb6 cb6 30.Rh1+-)) 24.Bd5 (24.Ne4 dc5 25.g5 h5 26.Rh5 Nb6 27.Nf6 R8f6 28.gf6 Qf6 29.Rc5 Bf5+-) 24...Kh8 (24...Be6 25.Rh6! Bd5 26.Qh7 Kf7 27.Rg6+-) 25.c6 (better 25.Ne4!? Rg2 26.cd6 Nd6 27.Nd6 Rb2+-) 25...Bg4 26.Rdg1 (better 26.Qg6!? Bf5 27.Rh6 Bh6 28.Qh6 Bh7 29.Rh1+-) 26...Bf5 27.e4 Bh7 28.Qg3 Nb6 29.Ba2 d5 30.e5 R8f7 31.Rh2 Rh2 32.Qh2 Qe6 33.Qg2 (better 33.Bb1!?+-) 33...h5+= 34.Bb1 Qh6? (better 34...Bh6 35.Bh7 Rh7=) 35.Bh7+- Kh7 36.Qg5?? (better 36.Kc2!?+-) 36...Qg5 37.Rg5 Kh6 38.Rg2 Rf4 39.Bc3 h4 40.Kc2 Kh5?? (40...Bf8 41.Ba5 Ba3 42.Bb6 cb6 43.Rg8+-) 41.Rh2 (better 41.Rg7 Rf8 42.Rc7+-) 41...Bh6 42.Kd3 Kg4 43.Ke2 (better 43.Rg2 Kf5 44.Ba5+-) 43...Nc4?? (better 43...h3+=) 44.Nc4+- dc4 45.d5 (45.b6 Rf8 46.d5 Kg3+-) 45...Re4 (45...Rf8 46.Rg2 Kh5 47.d6+-) 46.Kd1 Bf4 (46...Re3 47.Bd2 Re5+-) 47.Rh4!! Kh4 48.b6! cb6 (48...Be5?? 49.Be5 cb6 50.Bf6 Kg4 51.c7+-) 49.c7 Be5 50.Be5 Re5 51.c8Q Rd5 52.Kc2 (better 52.Ke2 b5 53.Kf3 Rd3 54.Ke4+-) 52...Rd3 (52...b5+-) 53.Qc4 Kg5 54.Qd3 b5 55.Qb5 Kf6 (55...Kh6 56.Kc3 Kg7 57.Qd7 Kh6 58.Qc6 Kh5 59.Qa4 Kg5 60.Qe4 Kh5 61.Qe2 Kh4 62.Qe1 Kg5 63.Qe5 Kg4 64.Qd4 Kf5 65.a4 Ke6 66.Qg1 Kd5 67.Qd1 Ke5 68.a5 Ke6 69.a6 Ke5 70.a7 Ke4 71.a8Q Kf5 72.Qad5 Kf6 73.Q1h5 Kg7 74.Qdf7) 56.Qa4 Ke7 (56...Ke5 57.Qb4 Kf6 58.a4 Kf5 59.a5 Kg5 60.a6 Kf6 61.Qb5 Kg7 62.a7 Kh7 63.Qg5 Kh8 64.a8Q Kh7 65.Qag8) 57.Qb5 Kd8 (57...Kf7 58.a4 Kf6 59.a5 Kf7 60.a6 Kg6 61.a7 Kf7 62.a8Q Kf6 63.Qf8 Kg6 64.Qbf5) 58.a4 Kc8 (58...Ke7 59.a5 Kf6 60.a6 Kf7 61.a7 Kg6 62.a8Q Kf6 63.Qf8 Kg6 64.Qbf5) 59.a5 Kc7 (59...Kd8 60.a6 Ke7 61.a7 Kf6 62.a8Q Kg7 63.Qf5 Kh6 64.Qaf8) 60.a6 Kc8 (60...Kd6 61.a7 Ke6 62.a8Q Kf7 63.Qg5 Ke6 64.Qad5) 61.a7 (61.Qb7 Kd8 62.a7 Ke8 63.a8Q) 61...Kc7 62.Qb8 (62.a8Q Kd6 63.Qd8 Ke6 64.Qbd5) 62...Kc6 (62...Kd7 63.Qe5 Kc6 64.a8Q Kb6 65.Qea5) 63.a8Q Kc5 64.Qd8 (64.Qa5 Kc4 65.Qf4) 64...Kc4 (64...Kb4 65.Qad5 Ka4 66.Qb3) 65.Qc6 (65.Qad5 Kb4 66.Q8a5) 65...Kb4 66.Qb8 Ka3 (66...Ka5 67.Qbb5) 67.Qca8 (67.Qb3) 1-0. zembelek (2070) - khebab (2115), Rated Blitz tournament hwx47hjp, lichess.org, 2015.

7.ed4 Qe7 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nc3 c6 11.Re1 Ne4 12.Bd3 Nc3 13.Re7 Nd1 14.Rd1 Nf6 (14...Nb6 15.Rde1+=) 15.h3 (15.Rde1 a5 16.ba5 Ra5+/-) 15...Re8 16.Rde1 Kf8 (16...Re7 17.Re7 a5 18.ba5+=) 17.Re8+/- Ne8 18.a4 a5 19.b5 c5 20.Re2 b6 (20...cd4 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Kh2+=) 21.Be4 (21.Ng5!? Bf5 22.Bf5 gf5 23.Nh7 Kg8 24.Ng5 cd4 25.Rd2+/-) 21...Rb8 22.Bc6 Nf6? (better 22...Bf5!? 23.dc5 Bb2 24.cb6 Be5 25.Ne5 de5 26.Re5 Ng7+/-) 23.dc5+- dc5? (better 23...bc5 24.Bf6 Bf6 25.Re8 Kg7+-) 24.Be5 Nd7 (24...Rb7 25.Bf6 Bf6 26.Re8 Kg7 27.Rc8 Re7+-) 25.Bb8 (25.Bb8 Nf6 26.Bc7+-) 1-0. jhonores (2175) - vadimneroda11 (2160), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Bd4 Bg7 8.b5 0-0 9.Qc2 Nc5 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Qb2 Bd3 (11...Re8 12.Be2=+) 12.Rd1= Bf1 13.Nf1 Qe7 14.Ng3 Rfe8 15.0-0 h5 (15...Ne6 16.Qd2=) 16.Rfe1+= Rad8 (16...Ne6 17.a4+=) 17.Qa1 (17.Bc5 dc5 18.Rd8 Rd8+=) 17...Ne6+= 18.Bb2 (worse 18.Ba7 b6=+) 18...Nc5 19.Ng5 (19.e4 a6+=) 19...Rf8 (19...a6 20.Nf3=) 20.f3 Ne8 21.N5e4 Bb2 22.Qb2 Ne4 23.Ne4 (worse 23.fe4 h4 24.Ne2 Qe4=+) 23...f5 24.Nf2 Qf6 (24...Qe6 25.Qc2+=) 25.Qb3 Qe5 Black prepares the advance f4 26.e4 f4 (26...fe4 27.Ne4 Nf6 28.Nf6 Qf6 29.Qe3+/-) 27.Rd5 Qf6 28.c5 Kh7 (28...Kh8 29.Red1 Qg7 30.Qa3+/-) 29.Nh3 dc5 (29...Kh8!?+/-) 30.Ng5+- Kh6 31.Rc5?? (better 31.Rd8 Qd8 32.Nf7 Rf7 33.Qf7+-) 31...Qd4-+ 32.Kh1 Qc5 33.Nf7 (33.Ne6 Qe7-+) 33...Rf7! 34.Qf7 Qd6 (34...Qb5? 35.Qf8 Kh7 36.Qe7 Ng7 37.Qd8+-) 35.e5 (35.a4 Qf6 36.Qb3 Qh4-+) 35...Qd7 (better 35...Qe5! 36.Qf8 Ng7-+) 36.Qf4 Kg7 37.e6? (37.Qh4 Qd2 38.Qe7 Kh6-+) 37...Qd2 (better 37...Qe6! 38.Qb4 (38.Re6?? Rd1 39.Re1 Re1) 38...Qd6 39.Qe4-+) 38.Qe5 (38.Qf7 Kh6 39.Rg1 Ng7-+ (39...Qa2? 40.Qf8 Kh7 41.Qe7 Kg8 42.Qf7 Kh8 43.e7 Qf7 44.ed8Q+-)) 38...Kh7-+ 39.g4 (39.e7 Rd5 40.Qe6 Rg5 41.Qf7 Ng7-+) 39...Qd6?? (39...hg4!? 40.fg4 Qa2 41.Qg3-+) 40.Qe4 (better 40.gh5!? Qe5 41.Re5 gh5 42.Rh5 Kg6 43.Rh8-+) 40...Nf6-+ 41.Qc2 (41.Qc4 Re8-+) 41...Qd2 (better 41...hg4!? 42.fg4 Qf4-+) 42.Qc7-/+ Kh6 43.Rf1 (better 43.Qc1-/+) 43...Qe2?? (better 43...hg4 44.e7 Qe2 45.Qf4 Kh7-+) 44.Qc1?? (better 44.g5 Kg5 45.Rg1 Kf5 46.Qd8 Qf3 47.Rg2 Qf1 48.Rg1 Qf3 49.Rg2 Qf1 50.Rg1 Qf3=) 44...Rd2-+ 45.Qd2 Qd2 46.h4 Qe3 (46...hg4 47.Rb1 g3 48.Rb2 Qb2 49.Kg1 Qf2 50.Kh1 Qf1) 47.g5 Kg7 48.gf6 Kf6 49.Kg2 Qe6 50.Rf2 Qe3 0-1. zembelek (2030) - ozzychess (2005), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Nfd2 Bg7 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Qc2 0-0 10.Nce4 Ne4 11.Qe4 Qe4 12.Ne4 Nf6 (12...Re8 13.Bd3+/-) 13.Nf6+- Bf6 14.0-0-0 Bf5 15.f3 (15.Bd3 Bd3 16.Rd3 Rfe8+-) 15...a5 16.b5 c6 (16...Bg5 17.f4 Bh4 18.Bd3+/-) 17.e4+- White intends d5 17...Be6 18.d5 cd5?? (better 18...Bb2 19.Kb2 cd5 20.cd5 Bd7+-) 19.Bf6 dc4 20.Rd6 c3 (20...Rfc8 21.a4+-) 21.Bc3 (21.a3!? Rfc8+-) 21...Rfc8 22.Kb2 Ba2 23.Bd3 Be6 24.Bc2 (better 24.Ra1!? a4 25.Ra3 Bb3+-) 24...a4 25.Bf6 a3 26.Kb1 a2 27.Kb2 a1Q (27...h6+-) 28.Ra1 Ra1 29.Ka1 Ra8 30.Kb2 Ra2 (30...Kf8 31.e5 Bc4 32.b6+-) 31.Kb1 Ra8 32.Kb2 Kf8?? (32...Ra2 33.Kc3 Ra8+-) 33.Bb3 Bb3 34.Kb3 Ke8 35.b6 Rc8 36.h4 h5 (36...Ra8 37.g4+-) 37.g4 hg4 38.fg4 Kf8 39.h5 gh5 40.gh5 Kg8 (40...Rb8 41.Rd5 Kg8 42.Rd7+-) 41.h6 (better 41.Rd7 Kh7 42.Rb7 Kh6+-) 41...Kh7 42.Bg5 Rc5 (42...Rg8 43.Bf4 Rg6 44.e5+-) 43.Bf4 Rb5 44.Kc4 Rh5 45.Rd7 Kg6 (45...Rh4 46.Rf7 Kg8 47.Rf6+-) 46.Rb7 Rh1 47.Rf7! Rc1 (47...Kf7 48.b7 Passed pawn) 48.Kd5 (48.Bc1 Kf7 49.b7 Ke8 50.b8Q Ke7 51.Qc7 Ke6 52.h7 Kf6 53.h8Q Ke6 54.Qhe5) 48...Rd1+- 49.Kc6 (49.Ke6 Rd8 50.Rf6 Kh7 51.b7 Re8 52.Kf5 Kg8 53.Kg6 Kh8 54.Rf8 Rf8 55.Be5 Rf6 56.Bf6 Kg8 57.b8Q) 49…Kf7 (49...Kf7 50.b7 Rb1+-). jhonores (2135) - Thebaldone (2140), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Nfd2 Bg7 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Qc2 a5 10.b5 (10.Nde4?! ab4 11.Nf6 Nf6= (worse 11...Bf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nb4+/-); 10.Nce4?! Ne4 11.Qe4 Qe4 12.Ne4 ab4=) 10...c5 11.Nce4 Ne4 12.Qe4 (12.Ne4?! cd4 13.Rd1 f5=) 12...a4 13.a3 f5 14.Qe7 Ke7 15.Be2 b6 16.Bf3 Ra7 17.0-0 (17.0-0-0 Bb7+-) 17...Bb7+/- 18.Bb7 Rb7 19.Rfe1 Kf7 20.Nf3 h6 21.Rab1 Rbb8 22.Kf1 Rhe8 23.Nd2 Rbc8 24.Rbc1 g5 25.f3 h5 26.g3 g4 27.Kf2 Re7 28.h3 (28.Re2 Rce8 29.Rce1 Nf8+=) 28...Rce8 (28...gh3!? 29.Rcd1 Rce8=) 29.hg4+= hg4 30.fg4 fg4 31.Rc2?? (better 31.Rcd1+=) 31...cd4-+ 32.e4? (better 32.Nf1 Nc5 33.Kg1-+) 32...d3 33.Rc3 Bc3 (33...Nc5!? 34.Rf1 Ne4 35.Kg2 Kg8 36.Rd3 Bb2 37.Rf4 Nd2 38.Rg4 Rg7 39.Rg7 Kg7 40.Rd2 Ba3 41.Ra2-+) 34.Bc3 Nc5 35.e5 de5 36.Ke3 Kg6 (36...Rd7 37.Rh1-+) 37.Ne4?! (37.Bb4-+) 37...Ne4 38.Ke4 Rd7 39.Rd1 d2! 40.Rd2 (40.Bd2 Rd4 Deflection; 40.Rd2 Rd2 Combination) 40...Rd2 41.Bd2 Kf6 (better 41...Rc8-+) 42.Bc3 Re6 (42...Rc8!? 43.Be5 Ke6-+) 43.Bb2 (43.Bb4 Kf7 44.c5 bc5 45.Bc5 Ke8-/+) 43...Re8 44.Bc3 Ke6 45.c5 bc5 46.Be5 Rc8?? (better 46...Kd7 47.Kd5 c4-+) 47.b6+- c4 48.b7 Re8 49.b8Q Rb8 50.Bb8 c3 51.Kd3 c2 52.Kc2 Kd5 53.Kd3 Kc5 54.Bf4 Kd5 55.Kc3 Kc5 0-1. jhonores (2170) - CamposJF (2155), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Nbd2 Bg7= 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Be2 c6 (9...ed4 10.Bd4 c5 11.bc5 dc5 12.Bc3=) 10.0-0 (10.a3 e4 11.Ng5 d5=) 10...e4 11.Ng5 Re8 (11...d5 12.b5=) 12.c5 d5 13.Nh3 Nf8 14.Kh1 (14.Nf4 g5 15.Nh3 Bh3 16.gh3 Ng6=+) 14...h5 (14...Bh3!? 15.gh3 Qd7-/+) 15.Ng1 N8h7 (15...Bg4 16.a4=) 16.a4 Ng4 17.h3 Qh4 (better 17...Qf6=) 18.Bg4?? (better 18.g3 Nf2 19.Kh2+/-) 18...hg4-+ (18...Bg4? 19.g3 Qg5 20.hg4 Qg4 21.Qd1+-) 19.g3 Qh5 (19...Qh6 20.h4 g5 21.Kg2 gh4 22.gh4 Qh4 23.Ne2-+) 20.Qd1 (20.h4 g5-+) 20...Ng5 (20...Nf6 21.b5-+) 21.h4 Nf3 22.Ndf3 (22.Kg2 g5-+) 22...ef3 23.Ra3 (23.Qd2-+) 23...Re4 24.Kh2 Bf6 25.Nf3 (25.Ne2 fe2 26.Qe2-+) 25...gf3 26.Rh1 Rh4! 27.gh4 Qg4 (27...Bh4 28.Qf3 Qf3 29.Re1 Qf2 30.Kh1 Bg3 31.e4 Qh2) 28.Qf1 Qh4 29.Kg1 Qg5 30.Kh2 Bf5 31.e4 Kg7 (31...Qh4 32.Kg1 Qg4 33.Kh2 de4 34.Re3 Kg7 35.Rf3 ef3 36.Bc1 Rh8 37.Bh6 Rh6 38.Qh3 Rh3) 32.ef5 (32.Rf3 Rh8 33.Rh3 Rh3 34.Qh3 Bh3 35.Kh3 Qh4 36.Kg2 Qe4 37.Kh2-+) 32...Rh8 33.Qh3 Qg2 0-1. zembelek (2100) - Fritzka (2400), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 c6 10.a4 a5 11.b5 Re8 12.Re1 Ng4 13.de5 (13.Rb1 e4 14.Nd2 Ngf6+=) 13...Nge5= 14.bc6 (14.Ne5 Be5 15.Rc1 Nc5=) 14...bc6 (worse 14...Nc6 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Nd4+/-) 15.Nd4 Bb7?? (15...Nb6 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Rab1=+) 16.Ba3?? (better 16.f4+-) 16...Nb6 The isolani on c4 becomes a target 17.Rb1 (17.Qb3 Ned7=) 17...Nbc4 (17...Nec4!? 18.Bd6 Qd6 19.Bc4 Nc4 20.Rb7 Bd4 21.ed4 Qd4-/+) 18.Bc1=+ Rab8 (better 18...c5!? 19.Ndb5 d5=+) 19.f4+/- c5 20.fe5 (better 20.Ndb5!?+/-) 20...cd4= 21.ed6?? (better 21.ed4 Ne5 22.Rb7 Rb7 23.Nd5=) 21...Nd6-+ 22.ed4 (22.Nb5 Qe4 23.Bf1 Qb1 24.Nd6 Re7-+) 22...Nf5 23.Nb5 (23.Rb7 Rb7 24.Kf1-+) 23...Ne3 (better 23...Qe4 24.Bf3 Qe1 25.Qe1 Re1 26.Kf2 Rh1 27.Bb7 Rb7-+) 24.Qd2? (better 24.Be3 Qe3 25.Kh1-/+) 24...Qg5?? (better 24...Ng2 25.Rd1 Nf4 (worse 25...Qe2 26.Qe2 Re2 27.Nd6-+) 26.Qf4 Qe2-+) 25.Bf1= Bh6?? (better 25...Qf5 26.Bb2 Nf1 27.Rf1 Qd5=) 26.Nd6+/- (26.Qa5?! Qg4 27.Be3 Be3 28.Re3 Re3=) 26...Nf1?? (26...Qh4 27.Ne8 Ng4 28.Nf6 Qf6+=) 27.Qg5 (27.Re8 Re8 A) 28.Kf1?? Bg2 (28...Qd2?! 29.Bd2 Bg2 30.Kf2 Bd2 31.Ne8=) 29.Qg2 Re1 30.Ke1 Qg2 31.Rb8 Bf8-+; B) 28.Qg5 Bg5 29.Bg5+- (29.Nb7?! Nd2 30.Bd2 Bd2+=)) 27…Re1 (27...Re1 28.Rb7 Rb7 29.Qd8 Bf8 30.Nb7 Rc1 31.Na5 Ne3 32.Kf2 Nd1 33.Ke2 Nb2+-). jhonores (2215) - gaypeople (2185), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 e4 10.Nd2 Re8 11.a3 Nf8 (11...c6 12.Qc2+=) 12.Rc1 c6 13.b5 (13.Qc2 Bf5+=) 13...Bd7 14.Qb3 a6 15.b6 Rac8 16.Rfe1 Bf5 17.Nf1 Be6 18.Ng3 d5 19.a4 (19.cd5 Nd5 20.Nce4 Nd7+=) 19...dc4= 20.Bc4 Bc4 21.Qc4 N8d7 (21...a5 22.Qc5=) 22.a5 Bf8 23.Qa2 Qb4 24.Red1 Rcd8 (24...Bd6!?+=) 25.d5+/– Nd5 26.Nd5 cd5 Opening the c–file gets White a lot of play 27.Rd4 Qd6 28.Qd5 (28.Rd5?! Qe6 29.Rcd1 Nc5+=) 28...Qd5 29.Rd5 Be7 30.Ne4 f5 31.Ng3 Nb8 32.Rd8 Bd8 33.Ne2 Nc6 34.Bc3 Be7 35.h3 Bd6 36.Nd4 Ne7 37.g4 Rc8 38.gf5 gf5 39.Ne2 (39.Rc2 Kf7+/–) 39...Rc5 40.Rd1 Rd5 41.Rd4 Kf7 42.Kg2 Rd4 43.Nd4 (43.Bd4?! Bb4=) 43...Bc5 44.Kf3 Nd5 45.Bd2 Bd4 46.ed4 Ke6 47.Ke2 Ne7 48.Ke3 Kd5 49.Kd3 Nc6 50.Bc3 Ne7 51.f3 Ng6 ½–½. Schuelert,Peter – Kahl,Karl_Heinz, BdF, 1998.

7.Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 e4 9.Nfd2 0-0 10.Nc3 Re8 11.a4 Nf8 12.Qb3 h5 (12...a5 13.b5+=) 13.a5 N8h7 14.b5 Bf5 (14...h4 15.h3+=) 15.Ba3 (15.a6 c5+/-) 15...Ng4 (15...h4 16.h3+=) 16.h3 Qh4? (better 16...Ngf6+/-) 17.f4?? (better 17.hg4 hg4 18.c5 dc5 19.Bc5+-) 17...Ne3-+ 18.Rf2 (18.Nd5 Nd5 (worse 18...Nf1 19.Rf1 Bd4 20.Kh2-+) 19.cd5 Bd4 20.Kh1 Ba1 21.Ra1 Bg4-+) 18...Bd4 19.Raf1 (19.Nce4 Be4 20.Ne4 Ng2 21.Kg2 Re4 22.Qg3 Qg3 23.Kg3 h4 24.Kg2 Ba1 25.a6-+) 19…Nf1 (19...Nf1 20.Nde4 Re4-+) 0-1. jhonores (2225) - MonumenTahl83 (2175), Hourly SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Qc2 ed4 8.Nd4 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 (9...c5 10.Nb5=) 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 (12.Qc3? c5 13.Qd2 cd4 14.Bd4 Ne5–+) 12...Nf6 13.Nb3 Ne4 ½–½. Lorenc,Tomas (2175) – Vodicka,Vlastimil (2330), CZE–chTV, 2002.

7.Be2 0-0 (--> 1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5).

7.Be2 e4 8.Nfd2 0-0 9.Nc3+= Re8 10.a4 b5? 11.ab5+– Nb6 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Qb3 d5 14.c5 Nc4 15.Nc4 dc4 16.Bc4 Qe7 17.Ra5 Ng4 18.h3 Nf6 19.Rfa1 Bc8 20.Ra7 Ra7 21.Ra7 Bh3 22.gh3 Nh5 23.Ne4! Qe4 24.Bf7 Kh8 25.Be8 Qb1 26.Kh2 Qf1 27.Qc2 (27.Qc2 Nf4 28.ef4+–; 27.Rc7?? Qf2 28.Kh1 Ng3) 1–0. guest756 – MontanaSky, ICC, 2003.

7.de5 Ng4 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Nde5 10.Qc2 a5 11.b5 Bf5 12.e4 Be6 13.Nbd2 a4 14.a3 b6 15.Nd4 Qh4 16.h3 Nf6 17.N2f3 Nf3 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.e5 Ne5 20.Ba8 Ra8 21.Ne6 fe6 22.f4 Nf3 23.Bg7 Kf7 24.Qc3 Qe1 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Qe3 Qa1 27.Qf2 Qf6 28.Bf6 h6 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Qh4 0-1. Max1993Brand (1835) - hm647 (2335), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.de5 Ng4 8.h3 Nge5 9.Ne5 Ne5 10.Qb3 Qf6 (10...0-0 11.Nc3=+) 11.Nc3= 0-0 12.0-0-0 (12.Nd5 Qd8=) 12...a5 (12...Qf2!? 13.Nd5 c5-/+) 13.f4=+ Nd7 14.Nd5 Qb2 (better 14...Qd8=+) 15.Qb2+/- Bb2 16.Kb2 ab4 17.Nc7 Ra3 18.Nd5 Nc5 19.Nb4 Re3 20.Rd6 Na4 (20...Be6 21.Rd4+=) 21.Kc2 Bf5 22.Kd2 Ra3 23.Be2 (23.Rg1!?+=) 23...Nc5= 24.Bf3 Ra4 (24...Be4 25.Rf1=) 25.Kc3 (25.Rb6 Rd8 26.Bd5 Be4+/-) 25...Re8 (25...Be4 26.f5+=) 26.Rd5 Re3 27.Kd2 (27.Kd4 Rf3 28.gf3 Ne6 29.Kc3 Ra3 30.Kd2 Rf3+/-) 27...Rf3 (better 27...Rea3!? 28.Rc5 Rb4=) 28.gf3+/- (worse 28.Rc5 Rf4 29.Nd5 Rf2 30.Ke3 Rg2 31.Ne7 Kg7 32.Nf5 gf5-/+) 28...Rb4 (28...b6 29.Rd8 Kg7 30.Nd5+/-) 29.Rc5 Rb2 30.Kc3 Ra2 31.h4 (31.Rc7!?+/-) 31...Ra3+= 32.Kb4 Rf3 33.h5 Be4 34.h6 Bc6 35.Re1 Kf8 36.Rce5 (36.Ra5 f5 37.Ra8 Kf7 38.Rh8 Rf4 39.Rh7 Kf6 40.Rc7+/-) 36...Rf4= 37.Re7 Rh4 38.Rc7 Rh6 39.Ree7 f5 40.Rf7 (worse 40.Rh7 Rh7 41.Rh7 Kg8=+) 40...Ke8 41.Rce7 Kd8 42.Kc5 Kc8?? (better 42...Be4=) 43.Rf8 (43.Rf8 Be8 44.Rfe8) 1-0. jhonores (2105) - egon1974 (2025), Hourly Blitz Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 c6 10.Qc2 d5 11.f3 Re8 12.fe4 Ne4 13.Ne4 Re4 14.Qd3 Nf6 15.Nd2 Re8 16.Rae1 Bf5 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Bf3 Qd6 19.c5 Qd7 20.Be2 Ne4 21.Ne4 Be4 22.b5 Bh6 23.Bc1 Qe7 24.Bd2 Qg5 25.Rf2 Bg7 26.bc6 bc6 27.Qb7 Rec8 28.Qf7 Kh8 29.Bf1 Rf8 30.Qe6 Rf2 31.Kf2 Rf8 32.Ke2 Qh5 33.g4 Qh2 34.Kd1 Rb8 35.Be2 Rb1 36.Bc1 h6 37.Qc6 Qb8 38.Bd3 Bd3 39.Kd2 Be4 40.Qa4 Rb4 41.Qa3 Rc4 42.Re2 Rc2 43.Kd1 Qb1 44.Rc2 Qc2 45.Ke1 Bf6 46.Bd2 Bh4 47.Ke2 Qc4 48.Kd1 Bf3 0-1. AleksandarTot (1985) - Inorem (2165), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org.

7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 e4 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.d3 (10.f4 Ned7=) 10...c5=+ 11.bc5 (11.Nc2 ed3 12.Bd3 Nd3 13.Qd3 Bf5=+) 11...dc5 (11...ed3!? 12.Bd3 Nd3 13.Qd3 dc5-+) 12.Nb3 ed3 13.Be5 de2 14.Qe2 Re8 (14...Qe7 15.f4=+) 15.Bb2 (15.Rd1!? Bd7 16.Bb2=) 15...Qe7=+ 16.Na3 (16.Rd1 Be6=+) 16...b6 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Nb5 Rad8 (18...Qe4 19.f3 Qe3 20.Qe3 Re3 21.Kf2-/+) 19.Rd8=+ Rd8 20.Na7 Bg2 21.Kg2 Qa7 22.Bf6 Bf6 23.Rd1 (23.e4 Re8=+) 23...Qb7 (23...Qa8 24.Kg1-/+) 24.f3 Re8 25.e4 Qe7 26.Qf2 Qe5 27.Rd7 Qf4 (27...Ra8 28.Rd5 Qf4 29.Qd2-+) 28.Qd2= Qh4 29.Qd5 Re7 30.Re7 Be7 31.Qa8 (31.Qe5 h6=) 31...Kg7=+ 32.Qb8 (32.Qd5 Qf6=+) 32...Bd8 (better 32...Qe1!? 33.Qe5 Bf6-/+) 33.f4= Qe7 34.Qa8 (34.e5!?=) 34...Bc7=+ 35.Qb7 Qd8 36.e5 f6 37.ef6 Kf6 38.Kf3 (38.Qe4!?=+) 38...Qd3-/+ 39.Kf2 Bf4 (better 39...Qd6!?-/+) 40.Qb6= Bd6 41.Qc6 Kg5 42.Qd5 (better 42.Qg2!? Kh6 43.Qg4=) 42...Qd5-/+ 43.cd5 Kf4 44.Nd2 Ke5 45.Nc4 (45.a4 Kd5 46.Ke3 c4-/+) 45...Kd5-+ 46.Nd6? (better 46.Ne3 Kd4 47.Ke2-+) 46...Kd6 47.Ke3 Ke5 (47...g5 48.a4-+) 48.a4 Kd5 49.Kd3 c4 (49...g5 50.a5 Kc6 51.a6-+) 50.Kc3 g5 51.a5 h5 52.a6 Kc6 53.a7 (53.Kc4 h4 54.a7 Kb7-+) 53...Kb7 54.Kc4 h4 (54...Ka7?! 55.Kd5=) 55.Kd4 g4 56.Ke3 g3 57.Kf3 Ka7 58.Kg2 Kb6 59.Kf3 Kc5 60.Kg2 Kd4 61.Kf3 Kd3 62.Kg2 Ke2 63.Kg1 Kf3 64.Kf1 Ke3 65.Kg1 Ke4 66.Kf1 Kf3 67.Kg1 Kf4 68.Kg2 Ke3 69.Kf1?? (69.Kg1 Kd4-+) 69...Kf3 70.Kg1 Ke2 71.Kg2 Ke3 72.Kf1?? (better 72.Kg1=) 72...Ke4-+ 73.Kg2 Ke5 74.Kg1 Kf5 75.Kg2 Kf6 76.Kg1 Kg5 77.Kg2 Kg6 78.Kg1 Kf5 79.Kg2 Ke5 80.Kg1 Kd5 81.Kg2 Kd6 82.Kg1 Ke5 83.Kg2 Kf5 84.Kg1 Kf4 85.Kg2 Ke4 (85...Kg5 86.Kf1 Kh6 87.Kg2-+) 86.Kg1?? (86.Kf1 Kd4-+) 86...Kd3 87.Kg2 Ke2 88.Kg1 Ke3 (88...Kd2 89.Kf1-+) 89.Kg2?? (89.Kf1 Kd4-+) 89...Kd4 90.Kg1?? (90.Kf3 Kc4-+) 90...Kd5 91.Kg2 Kd6 92.Kg1 Ke7 93.Kg2 Kf6 94.Kg1 Kg7 95.Kg2 Kh6 96.Kg1 Kh5 (better 96...Kg6-+) 97.Kg2 Kg5 98.Kg1?? (better 98.Kh1=) 98...Kg6 99.Kg2 Kf6 ½-½. AleksandarTot (1925) - harrison100-Youtube (2300), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 e4 9.Ne1 Re8 10.d3 ed3 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Nf3 Nd3 13.Qd3 Bf5 14.Qb3 b6 15.Nd4 Be4 16.Nd2 Bb7 17.b5 a5 18.a4 Qd7 19.Rac1 Qe7 20.Qc2 Kh8 21.Ne2 Rad8 22.Rfd1 Nd7 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Nf4 Nc5 25.Nd5 Bd5 26.cd5 Qh4 27.Qc4 Qh5 28.Qd4 Kg8 29.f3 Rd7 30.e4 Rde7 31.Rc3 f5 32.Re3 fe4 33.Rde1 Re5 34.fe4 ½–½. Ruhle – Senft, 1996.

7.a3 0-0 8.d3 c6 9.0-0 a6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.e4 h6 12.Qb3 b6 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 c5 15.a4 a5 16.ba5 Rb8? (better is 16...Ra5 17.Bc3 Ra7=) 17.ab6+– Qb6 18.Qb6 Nb6 19.a5 Na4 20.Ba1 h5 (20...Bc6 21.Bd1+/–) 21.Rb1 Bh6 22.Rb5 Bd2 23.Nd2 Bc6 24.Rb8 Rb8 25.Rb1 Rb1 26.Nb1 Ng4 (26...Ne8 27.Nc3 Nc3 28.Bc3+–) 27.Bg4 (better is 27.Na3!? f5 28.ef5 gf5 29.Nb5+–) 27...hg4 28.Nc3 Nc3 29.Bc3 Kf8 30.a6 Ke8 31.Ba5 Kd7 32.Kf1 Kc8 33.Ke2 Kb8 34.Bb6 Ba8 35.f3 Kc8 (better is 35...gf3 36.gf3 Kc8+–) 36.fg4 Kd7 (36...Bc6+–) 37.h4 Kc6 (37...Ke6 38.h5 gh5 39.gh5+–) 38.Ba5 (better is 38.h5 gh5 39.gh5 Kb6 40.h6 Ka6 41.h7+–) 38...f6 (38...Kd7+–) 39.h5 gh5 40.gh5 Kd7 41.h6 Ke7 42.h7 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – cid007, Active, 2007.

7.d3 0-0 (-->1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d3 Nbd7).

7.d4 ed4 8.Bd4 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.b5 Bb7 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Qd2 Ne4 13.Ne4+= Re4 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Nd4 Nf6 16.Bf3+– Rd4 17.Qd4 Bf3 18.gf3 c5 19.Qf4 Qe7 20.Rad1 Nh5 21.Qd6 Qg5 22.Kh1 Qh4 23.Qc6 Rf8 24.Qe4 Qh3 25.Qg4 (25…Qg4 26.fg4+–) 1–0. Trkn – guest6, ICC, 2004.

7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 0-0 9.Nc3 Re8 10.a4 h5 (10...c5 11.Nb5 Bf8 12.bc5 dc5 13.0-0=) 11.0-0+= Nf8 (11...a5 12.b5+=) 12.a5 Bf5 (12...c5 13.dc5 dc5 14.b5+=) 13.b5 (13.a6 Rb8+/–) 13...a6 14.ba6 (14.Qb3 h4+=) 14...ba6+= 15.Nd5 (15.Rb1 Rb8+=) 15...N8h7 (15...Nd5 16.cd5 Qg5 17.Re1=) 16.Ra3 h4 17.Rb3 Nd5 18.cd5 Qg5 (18...h3 19.g3+=) 19.Kh1 (19.f4 ef3 20.Nf3 Qh6+=) 19...Nf6= 20.Bc4 h3 21.g3 (21.Rg1 Bd7 22.gh3 Qf5=) 21...Bg4+= 22.Qc1 (22.Qc2 c6 23.f3 cd5+=) 22...Qh5 23.Rb7 Nd5 24.Bd5 (24.Qc2!?+=) 24...Qd5–/+ 25.Rc7 (25.Qc7 Rac8 26.Qb6 Rc2–+) 25...Qa5–+ 26.Ba3 Bf8 27.f3 (27.Kg1 Rec8 28.Rc8 Rc8 29.Qb2–+) 27...ef3 28.e4 (28.Rc3 Rac8 29.Nc4 Qd5–+) 28...Bh6 29.Qc4 (29.Rc3–+) 29...d5 0–1. Feldman,Yevgeny – Ross,Phillip E (2135), Manhattan CC–ch, 1999.

7.d4 Qe7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 c6 10.Qb3 (10.a3 Re8+=) 10...Re8 11.Rad1 e4 12.Nd2 Nf8 (12...Qe6 13.c5+=) 13.a4 h5 (13...Bf5 14.a5+=) 14.a5 (14.Rde1 Bf5+=) 14...a6 (14...Bf5 15.c5+=) 15.Na4 Bf5 16.Nb6 Rad8 17.d5 (17.Bc3 N8d7+=) 17...N8d7 18.dc6 bc6 19.f3 (19.Qa4 c5+=) 19...Nb6 (19...ef3 20.Bf3 (worse is 20.Rf3 Bg4+=) 20...Ne5 21.Be5 de5 22.Bc6+=) 20.ab6+= Ra8 (20...ef3!? 21.Bf3 d5+=) 21.fe4+/– Ne4 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Ne4 Be4 24.Qc3 Kg8 25.Bf3 (25.c5 dc5 26.bc5 a5+/–) 25...d5 26.Rd4 (26.cd5 cd5 27.Rd5 Rab8+/–) 26...f5 (26...c5!? 27.bc5 Qc5 28.Be4 Re4 29.Re4 de4+/–) 27.Be4+/– de4 28.c5 Red8 (28...Rad8 29.Rfd1 Kh7 30.Rd6+–) 29.Rfd1 Rd4 30.Rd4 g5 (30...Qf6+–) 31.Rd6 Kh7 (31...Qg7 32.Qc4 Kh8 33.Rc6 Qa1 34.Kf2+–) 32.Rc6 (32.Qd4 Qf8+–) 32...f4 (32...Rd8+–) 33.Rc7 (33.Rc7 Qc7 34.bc7+–) 1–0. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

6.a3 a5 7.Be2=.

6.a3 c6 7.d4 Qc7 (7...e4 8.Nfd2=) 8.Nbd2 (8.Nc3 Be7+=) 8...Be7 (8...e4 9.Nh4=) 9.Qc2 g5 (9...0-0 10.Be2+=) 10.Bd3+/- Rg8 11.h3 (11.0-0 a5+/-) 11...b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.0-0 (13.c5 ed4 14.cd6 Bd6 15.Nd4 c5+/-) 13...g4 14.hg4 Ng4 15.Bf5 c5 16.Bd7 (better 16.Qa4!?+=) 16...Qd7=+ 17.de5 Ne5 18.Be5 de5 19.Ne5?? (better 19.e4=+) 19...Rg2 20.Kh1 Qh3 0-1. zembelek (2080) - QxQMate (2380), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.Nc3 e4 7.Nd4 Nb6+=.

6.d3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 (7...Be7 8.0-0=) 8.0-0+= Qe7 (8...Be7 9.d4=) 9.Nc3 a6 (9...c6 10.d4+=) 10.d4 g6 (10...e4 11.Nd2+=) 11.a4 (11.d5 Bg7+=) 11...Bg7 (11...c5 12.bc5 bc5 13.d5+=) 12.a5 (12.d5 0-0+=) 12...0-0 13.d5 Nh7 (13...c5 14.bc5 bc5 15.Rb1+=) 14.Qc2 (14.e4 Nhf6+–) 14...Ng5 (14...Rfb8 15.e4+–) 15.Ng5 Qg5 16.e4 (16.Qd3 f5+=) 16...c6 (16...Qh4!?+–) 17.dc6 Bc6 18.ab6 (18.Rfd1 ba5 19.Ra5 Rfc8+–) 18...Nb6 19.Rfd1 f5? (better 19...Nc8!?+–) 20.Rd6+– Rac8? (20...Rf6 21.Qd2 Qd2 22.Rd2 fe4+–) 21.Ra6 fe4 (21...Rfd8 22.Qd1 (22.Rb6?! Rd6 23.Bc1 Qh4+–) 22...Na4 A) 23.Rdc6 Rd1 24.Nd1 Rc6 25.Ra4 Rd6 (25...fe4?! 26.Ne3=) 26.Ra8 Kh7 27.ef5 Rd1 28.Bd1 Qd2 29.fg6 Kg6 30.Ra6 Kh7–+; B) 23.Rac6 Nb2 24.Rc8 Rc8+– (24...Nd1?? 25.Rcd8 Kh7 26.Rd1+–); C) 23.Na4 Be4 24.f3+–) 22.Rb6 e3 (22...Qf5 23.Bd1 (23.Rbc6?? Qf2 24.Kh1 Qf1 25.Bf1 Rf1; 23.Rdc6?? Qf2 24.Kh1 Qf1 25.Bf1 Rf1) 23...Rf6 24.g4+–) 23.Rbc6 Rf2 (23...ef2 24.Kf1 Rc6 25.Rc6 Qh4+–) 24.Rc8 Kh7 25.Qe4 1–0. marekt – bonzodog2, ChessWorld.net, 2018.

6.d4 c6 7.de5 de5 8.Ne5 (better 8.c5!? Qc7 9.Bc4=) 8...Bb4-/+ 9.Nd2?? (better 9.Ke2-/+) 9...Ne5-+ 10.Be5 (10.a3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Bf5-+) 10...Ne4 11.Bd4 (11.Be2 Bd2 12.Kf1 Qh4-+) 11...Bd2 12.Ke2 0-0 13.f3 (13.Qc2 Re8 14.Rd1 Ba5-+) 13...c5 14.fe4 (14.Qc2 cd4 15.Qe4 de3-+) 14...Bg4 (14...cd4?! 15.Qd2 Bg4 16.Ke1 de3 17.Qe3 Qa5 18.Kf2-+) 15.Kd2 Bd1 16.Rd1 cd4 17.Kc2 Qa5 18.ed4 Qa2 19.Kc3 (19.Kd3 Qb3 20.Kd2 f5-+) 19...Qa3 (19...b5 20.d5-+) 20.Kc2 b5! 21.c5 (21.cb5 Rac8 Decoy) 21...Qa4 22.Kd3 (22.Kc1 Rfd8 23.d5 Qe4 24.c6-+) 22...Qd1 23.Ke3 Qc1 24.Kf2 Qf4 (24...Qf4 25.Ke2 Qe4 26.Kd2 Qd4 27.Bd3 Qb2 28.Ke3 Rfe8 29.Kf3 Qf6 30.Kg4 Qd4 31.Kh3 Qd3 32.g3 Qf5 33.g4 Qf3 34.Kh4 g5 35.Kh5 Qh3) 0-1. zembelek (2090) - QxQMate (2365), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.d4 ed4 7.ed4 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 c6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.c5 a5 12.b5 Re8 13.a4 Nf8 (13...Nh5 14.Re1+=) 14.h3 (14.Ne5 Qc7+/-) 14...Ne6 15.Rc1 (15.Ne5 Nd7 16.f4 Ne5 17.fe5 b6+=) 15...Nd7 (15...Nf4!? 16.Qb3 Nd3 17.Qd3 cb5 18.Qb5 Qd7=) 16.Re1+= Ng5 17.Nf1 Nf3 18.Qf3 Nf6 19.Ng3 Bd7 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Re8 Qe8 22.b6 (22.Nh6 gh6 23.bc6 Bc6 24.Qf6 Qd7+/-) 22...Qe6 23.Bc3 (23.Ng3 g6+/-) 23...Re8 (23...Ne4 24.Ne3+=) 24.Re1+/- Ne4 25.Ng3 f5 26.Re2 Qf6 27.Bb2 (worse 27.Ba5 Qd4 28.Be1 Qa4 (28...Nc5?! 29.Re8 Be8 30.Bf5=+; 28...Bc5?! 29.a5-+) 29.Nf5 Bc5 30.Be4 Re4 (30...de4?! 31.Qh5=) 31.Re4 de4-+) 27...Ng3 (27...Be7 28.Qf4+=) 28.Qg3 (28.Re8 Be8 29.Qg3 f4+/-) 28...Re2 29.Be2 f4 30.Qf3?? (better 30.Qc3+/-) 30...Bc5!-/+ 31.Qc3 (31.dc5 Qb2 Pinning (31...Qb2 Deflection)) 31...Bb6 32.Qb3 Bd8 (32...Bd4!? 33.Bd4 Qd4 34.Qb7 Qa1 35.Kh2 Qe5-+) 33.Qb7-/+ Bh3?? (better 33...Bf5-/+) 34.gh3+= f3 (better 34...Qg6 35.Kf1 Qb1 36.Kg2 Qg6 37.Bg4 Qe4 38.Bf3 Qg6 39.Kh2 Qc2=) 35.Bf3 (better 35.Bd3!? Qg5 36.Kf1 Qg2 37.Ke1 Qg1 38.Bf1+=) 35...Qf3=+ 36.Qd7? (36.Qc6!? Bh4 37.Qc8 Kh7 38.Qc2 g6 39.Bc1=) 36...Qf6 (36...Bh4!? 37.Qe6 Kh7 38.Qe1-+) 37.Qe8 Kh7 38.Bc1 Be7 39.Be3 Bd6 40.Kf1 Bf4 41.Qc6?? (better 41.Ke2-/+) 41...Be3 (better 41...Qc6 42.Bf4 Qa4-+) 42.Qd5 (42.Qd5 Qf2). jhonores (2225) - Muhadib (2080), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

6.d4 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.de5 (8.Bd3!?+=) 8...de5=+ 9.c5 Qc7 (9...0-0 10.a3 a5 11.Be2=+) 10.Bc4 (10.Bd3 0-0=) 10...Nf8 (10...0-0!?=+) 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Be6 (12.Rd1!?+=) 12...Ne6= 13.0-0 0-0-0 (13...0-0 14.Qc2=) 14.Rfd1+= Nd7? (14...Rd1 15.Rd1 Rd8 16.Rd8 Kd8 17.Ne2+=) 15.a4 (15.Ne4 Kb8 16.Qc4+-) 15...Ng5? (better 15...a5 16.Ne4 ab4 17.Qb4 Ndc5 18.Be5 Rd1 19.Rd1 Nd3=) 16.b5?? (better 16.Ng5 Bg5 17.Qf7+-) 16...e4 (better 16...Nc5!? 17.Qc4 Nf3 18.gf3 Ne6=+) 17.Nd4+= Bc5 (17...Nc5!? 18.Qc2 Nd3 19.bc6 bc6+/-) 18.bc6 bc6 19.Rac1 Ne5 (19...Qb6!? 20.Qa2 Ne5+=) 20.Ncb5+- cb5 21.Nb5 Qb6?? (better 21...Rd1 22.Qd1 Rd8+-) 22.Be5 Rd1 (22...Ne6 23.a5! Rd1 24.Rd1+-) 23.Qd1 Rd8 24.Qg4 (24.Nd6 Kd7 25.Nf7 Ke6 26.Nd8 Ke5+-) 24...Kb7 (24...Rd7+-) 25.Nd6 (better 25.Bc7 Qe6 26.Qe6 Ne6 27.Bd8+-) 25...Bd6-/+ (25...Rd6?! 26.a5 Qc6 27.Bd6 Qd6 28.h4=) 26.Bd6 (26.Bd4!? Qb3 27.h4-/+) 26…Rd6 (26...Rd6 27.Qc8) 0-1. Butterbrot (1825) - NotQuickEnough (2395), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 c6 9.0-0 Nh7 10.d4+= Ng5 11.Ng5 Bg5 (11...hg5 12.Ne4+=) 12.Ne4 White intends c5 12...Be7 13.de5 de5 (13...Ne5 14.c5 d5 15.Be5 de4 16.Qc2+–) 14.c5+– f5 (better 14...Qc7!?+–) 15.Nd6+– Qc7 (15...a5 16.a3+–) 16.Bc4 Kh7 17.Be6 Bd6 18.cd6 (18.Qd6?! Qd6 19.cd6 Nb6 20.Bc8 Rac8 21.Be5 Rce8+–) 18...Qb6 19.Qc2 e4?? (better 19...Qb4 20.Bf5 Kh8 21.Bd7 Bd7 22.Be5 Bf5+–) 20.Qc3 Rf6 (20...Nf6 21.d7! Bd7 22.Bd7+–) 21.Bf5 Kh8 22.Be4 Nf8 (22...c5 23.Rad1 cb4 24.Qc4+–) 23.f4 (23.a4 a5 24.ba5 Ra5+–) 23...Bd7 (23...a5 24.a3+–) 24.Rf3 Re8 (24...Ne6 25.Bc2 Qb5 26.a4+–) 25.Rg3 Re4 (25...Qd8 26.Qc2 Be6+–) 26.Qf6! gf6 (26...gf6 27.Bd4 Double attack (27.Bd4 Decoy)) 27.Bf6 Kh7 28.Rg7 Kh8 29.Rd7 Kg8 30.Rg7 Kh8 31.Rb7 Kg8 32.Rg7 Kh8 33.Ra7 Kg8 34.Rg7 Kh8 35.Rb7 Kg8 36.Rb6 Re3 37.Rb7 Ne6 38.d7 Rd3 (38...Rc3 39.Re1 Rc1 40.Rc1 Nd8 41.Bd8 Kg7 42.Rc6 Kf8 43.Bh4 Kf7 44.d8Q) 39.Re1 Nf4 (39...Nd8 40.Bd8 Kf8 41.Be7 Kf7 42.Bh4 Kg6 43.g4 Rg3 44.hg3 h5 45.d8Q hg4 46.Qg5) 40.Re8 White prepares the advance d8 40...Kf7 41.d8Q Kg6 (41...Rd7 42.Qd7 Kf6 43.Qg7 Kf5 44.Rf7) 42.Rg7 Kf5 (42...Kh5 43.Re5) 43.g4 1–0. Pierre – Gusti, internet, 2020.

7.Nc3 c6 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.d4 ed4 11.Nd4 Nb6 (11...Ne5 12.Qc2=) 12.Qb3+= Be6 (12...Bd7 13.h3+=) 13.Ne6+/– fe6 14.f4 Rf8 (14...a5 15.a3+/–) 15.e4 d5 (15...a5 16.a3+/–) 16.cd5+– ed5 17.e5 Nfd7 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.a3 Qe8 20.e6 Nf6 21.f5 Bd6 22.Kh1 Qe7 23.g3 Ne8 24.Bd3 Qg5 (24...a5 25.Ne2+–) 25.Bc1 Qh5 26.Kg2 Nf6 27.Be2 Ng4?? (27...Qe8+–) 28.h3 Rf5 (28...Qe8 29.hg4 Qe7+–) 29.Bg4 Qg6 (29...Rf1 30.Bh5 (30.Kf1?! Qg6 31.Ne2 h5+–) 30...Rf6 31.Bf7+–) 30.Rf5 (30.Bf5?? Qg3 31.Kh1 Qh2) 30...Nc4 (30...Re8 31.Rdf1 Rg8 32.Qb1+–) 31.Nd5! cd5 32.Rdd5 Rc8 33.Qd3 Ne5 34.Rde5 Be5 35.Rf8! Rf8 36.Qg6 1–0. pierred – anony, internet, 2015.