• (...)
  • 6.a4 c5
  • 6.Qa4 Bb7
  • 6.Qa4 d6
  • 6.Qb3 c5
  • 6.b5 d6
  • 6.Qc2 Bb7
  • 6.Nc3 c5
  • 6.Nc3 d6
  • 6.d3 Bb7
  • 6.d3 c5
  • 6.d4 a5
  • 6.d4 d5
  • 6.d4 e6
  • 6.g3 a5
  • 6.g3 Bb7
  • 6.h4 h5

• 6.b5 Bb7
  • 7.Be2 a6
  • 7.Be2 c6
  • 7.Be2 d5
  • 7.Be2 d6

• 6.Nc3 Bb7
  • 7.Be2 c5
  • 7.Be2 d5
  • 7.Be2 d6

• 6.d4 Bb7
  • 7.Nbd2 a5
  • 7.Nbd2 Nc6
  • 7.Nbd2 d6
  • 7.d5 e6
  • 7.Be2 c5
  • 7.Be2 d5
  • 7.Be2 d6
  • 7.Be2 Ne4
  • 7.Be2 e6

• 6.d4 c5
  • 7.bc5 bc5
  • 7.dc5 bc5
    • 8.b5 a6
      • 9.a4 Ne4?
        • 10.Bg7+– Kg7
          • 11.Qd5 Qa5

• 6.Be2 Bb7
  • 7.0-0 a5
  • 7.0-0 Na6
  • 7.0-0 c5
    • 8.a3 d5
    • 8.a3 d6
    • 8.b5 d5
    • 8.bc5 bc5
      • 9.Nc3 Na6
        • 10.Rb1 d6
  • 7.0-0 Nc6
    • 8.b5 Na5=
  • 7.0-0 d5
    • 8.cd5 Nd5
      • 9.Bg7 Kg7
        • 10.Qb3 Qd6
  • 7.0-0 d6
    • 8.Nc3 c5
    • 8.Nc3 Nbd7
    • 8.d3 Nbd7
    • 8.d4 a5
    • 8.d4 c5
    • 8.d4 Nbd7
      • 9.a4 c5
      • 9.Qb3 e6
      • 9.Nc3 a5
      • 9.Nc3 c5=
      • 9.Nc3 e6
      • 9.Nbd2 a5
      • 9.Nbd2 c5=
        • 10.b5 cd4
      • 9.Nbd2 Ne4
      • 9.Nbd2 e5
        • 10.de5 Ng4
      • 9.Nbd2 e6
      • 9.Nbd2 Qe8
      • 9.Nbd2 Re8
      • 9.d5 e5
    • 8.d4 Ne4
    • 8.d4 e6
  • 7.0-0 e6
  • 7.0-0 Re8
  • 7.0-0 Nh5
  • 7.a4 a5
  • 7.a4 c5
  • 7.a4 d6
  • 7.b5 a6
  • 7.Nc3 c5
  • 7.Nc3 d5
  • 7.Nc3 d6
  • 7.d3 d5
  • 7.d3 d6
  • 7.d4 d6

• 6.Be2 c5
  • 7.a3 Na6
  • 7.a3 Bb7
    • 8.0-0 d6
  • 7.a3 Nc6
  • 7.a3 d6
  • 7.b5 a6
  • 7.b5 Bb7
    • 8.0-0 d5
  • 7.b5 d5
  • 7.bc5 bc5

6.a4 a5 7.b5 Bb7 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 e6 10.d4 Qe7 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.Rfe1 c5 14.Rac1 cd4 15.ed4 Rc7 16.Bd3 Rfc8 17.Ne4?? (better 17.Ba3!?=) 17...d5 (better 17...Ne4!? 18.Be4 d5-/+) 18.Nf6=+ Nf6 19.Ne5? (better 19.c5 bc5 20.Ba3=) 19...dc4-/+ 20.Bc4 Bd5 (better 20...Bh6!? 21.Qb3 Bc1 22.Rc1 Bd5-+) 21.Qb3 Rc4 (21...Bh6 22.Bd5 Bc1 23.Bc6 Bb2 24.Qb2-/+) 22.Rc4 (better 22.Nc4!? Qc7 23.Na5 Bb3 24.Rc7 Rc7 25.Nb3=) 22...Bc4=+ 23.Nc4 Qc7 24.Ne5 Nd5 (24...Qc2 25.Qa3 Ne4 26.Rf1 Be5 27.de5-/+) 25.Nc6= Bf8 26.Ba3 Ba3 27.Qa3 Kg7 28.Rc1 Nb4 29.Qc3?? (29.Rc4+=) 29...Nc6?? (better 29...Na2 30.Qe3 Nc1 31.Qc1 h6-/+) 30.bc6 (worse 30.Qc6 Qc6 31.bc6 Kf6-/+) 30...Qd6 31.d5 e5 32.f4 f6 33.fe5 fe5 34.Qc4 Rc7? (34...Qa3 35.Kh1+-) 35.g3 (35.Qb3 e4+-) 35...h5? (35...Rc8 36.Rd1+/-) 36.Ra1 (36.Qb3 Kh6+/-) 36...Kh7 37.Rb1 e4 (37...Qa3 38.Kg2+/-) 38.Rb6 (38.Qe4 Qc5 39.Kh1 Re7+-) 38...e3 39.Rb7 e2?? (39...Rb7 40.cb7 Qb6 41.Qb5+/-) 40.Qe2 (40.Rc7 Qc7 41.Qe2 Qb6 42.Kg2 Kh6+-) 40...Qc5?? (better 40...Rb7 41.cb7 Qb6 42.Kg2 Qb7+-) 41.Qf2 Rb7 (41...Qe7 42.Rc7 Qc7+-) 42.Qc5 (42.Qc5 Rb1 43.Kf2 Rb2 44.Kf3+-) 1-0. miskob (2260) - corazondeleon (2440), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

6.a4 Bb7 7.Be2 a5 8.b5 c5 9.d4 cd4 10.ed4 d6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.d5 Rc8 13.Nd4 Ne5 The backward pawn on c4 becomes a target (13...Qc7 14.f4=) 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.f4 Nc6 (15...Bc6? 16.fe5 Nd5 17.cd5+- (17.bc6?! Ne3 18.Qd3 Nf1=+)) 16.bc6 Bc6 (16...Ba6!?+=) 17.dc6+/- Qc6 18.Nc3 Ne4 19.Qc2 (better 19.Ne4!? Bb2 20.Rb1+/-) 19...Qc5= 20.Kh1 Nf2 21.Rf2 Qf2 22.Rf1 Qc5 23.Nd5 Rfe8 24.Bg7 Kg7 25.Qb2 Attacks the backward pawn on b6 25...f6 (25...e5 26.f5 (worse 26.Nb6 Rb8 27.Rb1 Re6-/+) 26...Qd4 27.f6 Kh8 28.Qc1+/-) 26.Qb6 (26.f5 Rb8+-) 26...Qa3? (better 26...Qb6 27.Nb6 Rb8=) 27.Qa5 Qb2 28.Re1 e6 29.Ne3 (29.Nc7!? Re7 30.Nb5+-) 29...Qd4+/- 30.Nf1 Qf4 31.Bf3 (31.Ng3 Qf2+/-) 31...Rc4 (31...Qc4!? 32.Be2 Qc3 33.Qa7 Rc7=+) 32.Qa7+= Kg8 (better 32...Kh6+=) 33.Qf2?? (better 33.Qd7!? Kf8 34.Rb1+/-) 33...d5 (33...Ra4 34.Qb6-/+) 34.h3? (34.Ne3 Rc5=+ (34...Ra4? 35.Nd5 Qg5 36.Bd1 Qd5 37.Ba4+-)) 34...d4 (better 34...Ra4!? 35.Qb6 Kf7-/+) 35.a5=+ Ra4 36.Rd1 e5?? (36...Rd8 37.Qb2 Qe5=+ (37...Ra5? 38.Qb6 Raa8 39.Ba8 Ra8 40.Qe6 Kh8 41.Nd2+-)) 37.Nh2?? (better 37.Bd5 Kf8 38.Qb2+/-) 37...Ra5-+ 38.Ng4 Ra6?? (better 38...Kg7-+) 39.g3+- Qf5 (39...Qg5 40.h4 Qh5+-) 40.Nh6 (40.Nh6 Kh8 41.Nf5 gf5 42.Be2+-) 1-0. Bostonbliz (2525) - dovijanic (2370), Casual bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

6.Qb3 Bb7 7.Be2 a5 8.b5 d6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 e6 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bf3 Qc8 15.a4 e5 16.d5 Nc5 17.Qc2 f5 18.e4 Qd7 19.Ba3 Bc8 20.Rae1 Qf7 21.Bc5 dc5 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Nb3 Bf8 24.Rfe1 Bd6 25.Nc1 Rf8 26.Nd3 f4 27.h3 h5 28.Qe2 Kg7 29.Kh1 Rh8 30.Rg1 g5 31.Qf1 g4 32.Be2 Kf6 33.f3 Ke7 34.Nf2 (worse 34.fg4 hg4 35.Nf2 Qg6-/+) 34...gh3 35.Nh3 Bd7 36.Qf2 Rag8 37.Bf1 Rg3 38.Kh2 Rhg8 39.Bd3?? (better 39.Rh1-/+) 39...Qf6-+ 40.Rd2 (40.Bf1 Bh3 41.gh3 Rg1 42.Qg1 Rg1 43.Kg1 Qg6 44.Bg2-+) 40...Qh4 (better 40...Bh3 41.gh3 Rg1 42.Qg1 Rg1 43.Kg1 Qh4-+) 41.Bf1 Kd8 42.Rh1 Kc8 43.Re2 Kb7 44.Rd2 Be7 45.Re2 Qf6 46.Qe1 Qf8 (46...Qg6 47.Nf4 ef4 48.e5-+) 47.Qd2 (47.Nf2-+) 47...Qf6 48.Re1?? (48.Qe1 Bh3 49.Qd2 Rf3 50.Rf2-+) 48...Qh4 49.Qf2 (49.Kg1 Bh3 50.Qf2-+) 49...Rh3! 50.gh3 (50.gh3 Qf2 Mate attack) 50...Qf2 51.Bg2 Qg3 (51...Qg2) 52.Kg1 Qe1 (52...Qg2) 53.Kh2 Qg3 54.Kg1 Qg2 0-1. miskob (2220) - romanius89 (2335), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 e6 9.d4 a5 10.b5 Ne7 11.a4 Nf5 12.Nbd2 Ne4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Rac1 d5 (14...Nh4 15.Nh4 Qh4 16.f3+=) 15.c5 bc5 16.dc5 (16.Rc5 Bf3 17.Bf3 Ra7+/-) 16...Bb2 17.Qb2 Bf3 18.Bf3 Nh4 19.Be2 Qg5 20.g3 Nf5 21.b6 cb6 22.cb6 Rab8 (22...Nd6 23.Rc7+/-) 23.Rc7 (23.Rc5 Qd8 24.Rb1 d4+/-) 23...h5 (better 23...Nd6+/-) 24.Qe5 (24.Qb5 Ne3 25.fe3 Qe3 26.Kg2 Rb6 27.Rcf7 Rc8+/-) 24...Qh6?? (better 24...Rb6 25.Rc5 Ra8=) 25.b7 (25.Rb1 Rfd8+-) 25...h4 (25...Qg7 26.Qg7 Kg7 27.Ba6+/-) 26.Rfc1 hg3 27.hg3 d4 28.ed4 (better 28.g4!? Ng7 29.Qd4+-) 28...Rb7+= 29.d5 (29.Rb7?! Qc1 30.Bf1 Qd1=) 29...Rc7 30.Rc7 ed5 31.Qd5 Qh3 32.Bc4 (better 32.Ra7+/-) 32...Qg4?? (better 32...Ne3! 33.Qe4 Nc4 34.Qc4 Qf5+=) 33.Rf7+- (33.Qa5 Ng3 34.fg3 Qg3 35.Kf1 Qf3 36.Ke1 Re8 37.Kd2 Rd8 38.Kc1 Qd1 39.Kb2 Rd2 40.Ka3 Qc1 41.Kb4 Qb1 42.Bb3 Rd4 43.Ka3 Qa1 44.Ba2 Rd3 45.Kb4 Qa2 46.Qa8 Kg7-/+) 33...Rf7 (33...Qc4 34.Rf8 Kf8 35.Qc4 Ne7+-) 34.Qf7 Kh8 35.Qg8 1-0. alekskhom (1645) - younesf (1715), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.b5 a6 7.a4 ab5 (7...Bb7 8.d4=) 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Bb7 (9...c6 10.Nc3=) 10.Be2 (10.d4 d5=) 10...c5 (10...d5 11.d4=) 11.0-0 (11.bc6 Nc6 12.0-0 Na5=) 11...d5 12.d4 dc4 13.dc5 (13.Bc4 Ne4=) 13...Qd1 (13...bc5 14.Bc4 Nbd7 15.Ne5=) 14.Rd1+= bc5 15.Ne5 Ne4 (15...Nd5 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Na3+=) 16.Bc4 (16.f3 Nd6 17.Na3 c3 18.Bc3 Rc8+=) 16...Nd6 17.Na3 Nc4 (17...Rc8 18.Bb3+=) 18.Nac4 (18.Nec4 Ba1 19.Ra1 Rd8+/–) 18...e6 (18...f6!? 19.Na5 Be4+=) 19.Nd6+/– Bd5 20.b6 (20.e4 Bb3 21.Rb1 Be5 22.Be5 c4+/–) 20...Rd8 (better is 20...Be5!? 21.Be5 Nd7+/–) 21.Ndf7+– Rf8 22.Ng5 c4 (better is 22...Bf6 23.f4 Bg5 24.fg5 Rc8+–) 23.e4 Bb7 (23...Be5 24.Be5 (24.ed5?! Ba1 25.Ne6 Bb2 26.Nf8 Kf8+/–) 24...Ba8 25.Bc3+–) 24.Nc4 (24.Ne6?! Be5 25.Be5 Re8+–) 24...Ba1 25.Ra1 Rc8 (25...Nd7 26.h3 (worse is 26.Ne6 Rc8 27.Na5 Be4+–) 26...Rb8 27.Ra7+– (27.Ne6?! Be4 28.Ng5 Bd5+/–)) 26.Nd6 (26.Nd6 Rc5 27.Ne6+–) 1–0. DEFFM – GuestSLDX, freechess.org, 2018.

6.b5 c5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0-0 d5 9.Na3 d4 10.Qc2 e5 11.Ne5 Nh5 12.Ng6 hg6 13.Bg6 fg6 14.Qg6 Nf6 15.Nc2 Be4 16.Qg5 Bc2 17.ed4 cd4 18.Rac1 Be4 19.f3 Bd3 20.Rfe1 Re8 21.Re8 Qe8 22.Bd4 Nbd7 23.h3 Qe2 24.h4 Qd2 Normal 1-0. diinekis – Neoptolemus, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

6.Nc3 a5 7.b5 Bb7 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 e5 11.Na4 Qe7 12.Rc1 White plans c5 12...Rad8 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Qc2 f5 15.Red1 f4 16.c5 (16.d5!? Ng5 17.e4+=) 16...bc5=+ 17.d5 Ng5 18.ef4 (better 18.e4!?=) 18...Rf4-/+ 19.Ng5 Qg5 20.g3 Rf7 21.Qd2? (better 21.h4 Qe7 22.Bg4-/+) 21...Qd2-+ 22.Rd2 Nb6 (better 22...Bh6 23.Rdd1 Bc1 24.Bc1 Kg7-+) 23.Nb6-/+ cb6 24.Bg4 Bc8 25.Be6 (better 25.Bc8!? Rc8 26.Re2-+) 25...Be6 26.de6 Re7 0-1. bjoernsen (2415) - OddNinja (2515), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

6.Nc3 a6 7.d4 c5 8.bc5 bc5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 cd4 11.Nd4 Rb8= 0.06.

6.Nc3 c6 7.d4 d5 (7...c5 8.bc5 bc5 9.Be2 d6 10.dc5 dc5 11.0-0 Na6+= 0.28) 8.Bd3 dc4 9.Bc4 b5 10.Bd3 a5 11.ba5 Ra5= 0.19.

6.Nc3 Re8 7.d4 c5 8.bc5 bc5 9.Bd3 cd4 10.Nd4 Bb7 11.0-0 Na6= 0.00.

6.Nc3 h6 7.d4 c5 (7...Bb7 8.Be2 a5 9.b5 Re8 10.0-0 c6 11.bc6 dc6+= 0.62) 8.bc5 bc5 9.Be2 Na6 10.0-0 d6 11.Rb1 Bf5= 0.00.

6.c5 Bb7 7.cb6 ab6 8.b5 Ra5 9.a4 d6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 e5 12.Bc3 Ra8 13.Bb2 e4 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.f3 d5 16.Nc3 Qd6 17.fe4 Nce4 18.Bf3 Nc3 19.Bc3 Ne4 20.Be4 de4 21.Qg4 f5 22.Qd1 Qd5 23.Nc6 Bc6 24.Bg7 Kg7 25.bc6 Qc6 26.d4 Rad8 27.Qb3 f4 28.Qb2 Kh6 29.ef4 Rde8 30.Rac1 Qa4 31.Rc7 e3 32.Qb6 e2 33.Re1 Rf4 34.Rc2 Qc2 0–1. axtur777 – MicaelMota, lichess.org, 2020.

6.d3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Be2?? (better 8.Bg7 Kg7 9.Qb3=) 8...Bb2-+ 9.Nbd2 Ba1 (better 9...Nc3!? 10.Qc2 Ba1 11.Nb3 Na2 12.Na1 Nb4 13.Qc3-+) 10.Qa1 Nb4 11.0-0 c5 (11...Nd3 12.Rd1 Nb4 13.a3-+) 12.Ne5 (12.Rd1 Bg4-+) 12...N4c6 (12...Nd7 13.Bf3 Rb8 14.a3-+) 13.Nec4 (13.Bf3 Bb7-+) 13...Bb7 14.Bf3 (14.Qc3 Na6-+) 14...Qc7 (14...Qd3 15.Rd1-+) 15.d4 (15.Rb1 Rd8 16.Qc3 Nb4-+) 15...cd4 16.ed4 Nd8 (16...Rd8 17.Nb3-+) 17.Bb7 (17.Rc1 Qf4-+) 17...Nb7 18.Ne5 Nd6 (18...Rc8 19.Nb3-+) 19.d5 Nd7 20.Nc6 Nc5 21.Nf3 (21.Nb3 Rfe8-+) 21...e6 22.Nfe5 ed5 (22...f6 23.Ng4 Kg7 24.Ne3-+) 23.Qd4 (23.Ng4 f6 24.Nb4 Qg7 25.Nd5 f5-+) 23...Nc4! 24.Qh4 (24.Nc4 Qc6 Deflection (24...dc4 Passed pawn)) 24...Ne5 25.Nd4 (25.Ne7 Kg7 26.Nd5 Qd6-+) 25...Qd8 26.Qh3 Qd7 27.Qg3 Ned3 28.Nf3 Ne4 29.Qh3 Qh3 30.gh3 Nef2 (30...Rfc8!? 31.Nd4-+) 31.Rf2 Nf2 32.Kf2 f6 (32...Rac8 33.Nd4-+) 33.Kg3 Rfe8 34.Kg4 Re4 35.Kg3 Re3 36.Kg4 Rf3! 37.Kf3 (37.Kf3 Re8 Combination) 37...Re8 38.Kg4 d4 39.h4 (39.Kf4 d3 40.Kg4 d2 41.a3 d1Q 42.Kg3 Re3 43.Kf2 Qf3 44.Kg1 Re1) 39...d3 40.h5 (40.Kg3 d2 41.Kg4 d1Q 42.Kg3 Qd3 43.Kf2 Re2 44.Kg1 Qd1) 40...d2 41.hg6 (41.Kg3 d1Q 42.hg6 Qd3 43.Kf4 Re4 44.Kf5 Qf3) 41...d1Q 42.Kh3 (42.Kf4 Qd4 43.Kf3 Re3 44.Kg2 Qd2 45.Kf1 Re1) 42...Qh5 (42...Qf3 43.Kh4 Re4) 43.Kg2 (43.Kg3 Re3 44.Kf2 Qf3 45.Kg1 Re1) 43...Qg6 (43...Qg4 44.Kf1 Qf3 45.Kg1 Re1) 44.Kh1 (44.Kf1 Qd3 45.Kg1 Qd2 46.Kf1 Re1) 44...Qc2 (44...Re1) 45.a4 (45.Kg1 Re1) 45…Re1 0-1. jolubolu (1690) - nik900 (1805), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

6.d4 Bb7 7.Nbd2 Ne4 8.Ne4 Be4 9.Be2 (9.Bd3 Bd3 10.Qd3 c5+=) 9...e6 (9...c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.Qd2=) 10.0-0+= d6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.b5 a6 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.a4 ab5 (15...e5 16.Rfd1+=) 16.ab5 1–0. GuestBVXM – GuestARG, freechess.org, 2017.

6.d4 Ne4 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.Qc2 Nd2= 9.Nd2 d5 (9...Re8 10.d5=) 10.c5 bc5 11.bc5 Ba6 12.f4 (12.Bd3 Bd3 13.Qd3 Nc6=) 12...Bf1 13.Rf1 Nc6 14.Bc3 White prepares the advance f5 14...a5 15.f5 e6 16.fe6 (16.fg6 fg6 17.Rf8 Qf8=+) 16...Qh4 (16...Qg5 17.Kf2 Nb4 18.Bb4 fe6 19.Nf3 ab4 20.Qd2=) 17.g3 (better 17.Rf2!?=) 17...Qh2-/+ 18.ef7 Rf7 19.Rf7 Kf7 20.0-0-0 Qg3 21.e4 (21.Qb3!? Ne7 22.Rf1 Ke8 23.Qb7-/+) 21...de4 22.Ne4 Qf4?? (22...Qe3 23.Rd2 Rd8-+ (23...Nd4 24.Bd4 Bd4 25.Qc4 Ke7 26.Qd4 Qd4 27.Rd4+/-)) 23.Bd2+= Qh4?? (23...Qf5 24.Qc4 Ke8+/-) 24.Qc4 Ke8 25.Qe6 Ne7 26.Bg5 (26.Bg5 Qg5 27.Ng5+-) 1-0. elmuthalleth (2245) - vladislav_dorosheko (2165), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.c4 b6)

6.Be2 a5 7.b5 d5 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Qc2 e6 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Nc5 (11...c5 12.bc6 Bc6 13.Rfc1+=) 12.h3 Qe7 13.Ba3 dc4 (13...e5!?+=) 14.Nc4 Qd7 (14...Nd5 15.d4 Nb4 16.Bb4 ab4 17.dc5 Ba1 18.Ra1 Qc5+=) 15.d4+- Be4 16.Qd1 Bf3 17.Bf3 (17.gf3!? Qb5 18.dc5 Rfd8+-) 17...Qb5+/- 18.dc5 Qc4 19.Ba8 Ra8 20.cb6 cb6 21.Bb2 Qd5 22.Qd5 Nd5 (22...ed5? 23.Rab1+-) 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Rfc1 Rb8 25.Rab1 f5 26.Rb5 Kf7 27.Kf1 h6 28.Ke2 Rd8 29.Rc6 g5 30.f3 g4? (better 30...Ke7!?+/-) 31.hg4+- fg4 32.fg4 Rg8 (32...Ke7 33.e4 Nf4 34.Ke3 Ng2 35.Kf2+-) 33.Kf3 Rg6 (33...Rb8 34.e4 Nb4 35.Rc7 Kf6 36.e5 Kg6 37.Re7 Na2 38.Re6 Kg5 39.Reb6 Rb6 40.Rb6+-) 34.e4 Ne7 (34...Rf6 35.Kg3 Nf4 36.Rc7 Kg6 37.Rb6+-) 35.Rcb6 Rf6 36.Kg3 h5 (36...a4+-) 37.gh5 e5 (37...a4+-) 38.Rf6 Kf6 39.Rb6 Kg5 40.h6 a4 (40...Ng6 41.h7 Nh8+-) 41.h7 Ng6 42.Rg6! Kg6 43.h8Q a3 44.Qe5 (44.Qe5 Kf7 45.Qc7 Kg8 46.e5 Kh8 47.e6 Kg8 48.Qf7 Kh8 49.Qf8 Kh7 50.e7 Kg6 51.e8Q Kg5 52.Qf4) 1-0. bjoernsen (2355) - panormitis2006 (2355), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022.

6.Be2 Ba6 7.Nc3+= Bb7 8.0-0 Nc6 9.a3 d6 10.d4 e6 11.h3 d5 12.cd5 ed5 13.Qb3 Re8 14.Bd3 Re7 15.Rac1 Rd7 (15...a6 16.Ne2+=) 16.Ne2 Qe7 (16...Ne4 17.Nf4+=) 17.Nf4 Qd6 18.b5 (18.Qa4 Nd8+/–) 18...Na5 19.Qa2 Qe7 (19...c5 20.dc5 bc5 21.Be5+=) 20.Ne5 Nh5 (better is 20...a6!? 21.Nd7 Qd7 22.ba6 Ba6 23.Ba6 Ra6+–) 21.Nh5+– Be5 22.de5 gh5 23.Bc3 Rad8 (23...Nc4 24.Qc2 Na3 25.Bh7 Kg7 26.Qd3+–) 24.Qb1 Qa3 (24...Nc4 25.Bh7 Kg7 26.e6 d4+–) 25.Bh7 Kf8 (25...Kg7 26.e6 d4+–) 26.Bb4 Qb4 27.Qb4 Re7 28.Rc7 Rde8 29.Qd6 Nc4 30.Qh6 1–0. Janek – Vindo, internet, 2018.

6.Be2 Nc6 7.b5 Na5 8.Nc3=.

6.Be2 d5 7.0-0 dc4 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.a3 Bg4 10.d4 Ne4 11.h3 Bf3? (better 11...Bf5+–) 12.Qf3+– (12.gf3?! Ng5+=) 12...Ng5 (12...Nd4 13.Qe4 Ne2 14.Be2 Bb2+–) 13.Qc6 e5 (13...Qd6 14.Qd6 cd6 15.Nc3+–) 14.de5 Qc8 (14...Qe7 15.f4 Ne6 16.Nc3+–) 15.Rc1 Nh3 (15...Rd8 16.Bd5 Rb8 17.e4+–) 16.gh3 Qh3 17.Bf7! Kf7 (17...Rf7 18.Qa8 Double attack (18.Qa8 Deflection; 18.Qa8 Overloading); 17...Kf7 18.Qc4 Double attack) 18.Qd5 Qe6 19.Rc7 (19.Rc7 Kg8 20.Qe6 Kh8 21.Qe7 Rg8 22.e6 h5 23.Bg7 Kh7 24.Bf6 Rg7 25.Qg7) 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – guest605, ICC, 2002.

6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 d5 8.b5 c5 9.a4 dc4 10.Bc4 Re8 11.Be2 Bh6 (11...a6 12.d4=) 12.Ne1 (12.d4 Bg7+=) 12...Bd7 (better 12...e5!?=) 13.Bf3 Nd5 14.Nc3 Nc3?? (better 14...Bc8+–) 15.Bc3 (better 15.dc3 Bc6 16.Qd8 (16.Bc6?! Nc6 17.bc6 Rc8+–) 16...Rd8 17.bc6+– (17.Bc6?! Nc6 18.bc6 Rac8+–)) 15...e5 (15...Bc6 16.bc6 Qc7+–) 16.Ba8 e4 (16...Bg7 17.f4+–) 17.d3 f5 (17...ed3 18.Qd3 Be6 19.Qc2+–) 18.Bd5 Be6 19.Be6 Re6 20.Qb3 (20.de4!? Qd1 21.Rd1 Re8 22.ef5 gf5+–) 20...Qe8 21.Rd1 Qf7 (21...Nd7 22.Qd5 Nf8 23.Nc2+–) 22.Qb2 (better 22.de4!? Re8 23.Qf7 Kf7 24.ef5 gf5+–) 22...Nd7 23.de4 fe4 24.g3 (better 24.Nc2+–) 24...Ne5 (24...Re7+–) 25.Be5 c4 (25...Re8 26.Qc3+–) 26.Ng2 (26.Rd8 Re8 27.Qd4 Rd8 28.Qd8 Qf8 29.Qd5 Qf7 30.Qa8 Qf8 31.Qa7 Qd8+–) 26...a5 (26...Re8 27.Nf4+–) 27.ba6 Qa7 (27...Bg5 28.a5! b5 29.Qb5+–) 28.Nf4 (28.Rd8 Bf8 29.Bd6 Rd6 30.Rf8 Kf8 31.Qh8 Ke7 32.Qh7 Ke6 33.Nf4 Kf6 34.Qg6 Ke7 35.Qg7 Ke8 36.Qa7 b5 37.Qb8 Rd8 38.Qb5 Kf8+–) 28...Bf4 29.Bf4 (better 29.Rd8 Kf7 30.Bf4 c3 31.Qc3 Qe7+–) 29...Qf7 (29...Re8+–) 30.Rd8 Re8 31.Re8 Qe8 32.Qb4 (32.Qf6 Qf8 33.Qf8 Kf8+–) 32...Qc8 33.Qb6 c3 34.Rc1 h5 35.Qg6 (35.Qg6 Kh8 36.Be5) 1–0. valpa – Idris, playchess.de, 2003.

6.h3 Bb7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.b5 Na5 9.0-0 d6 10.d3 e5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.d4 ed4 13.Bd4 Bd4 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.N4f3 Qf6 16.Ne5 de5 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Nf3 (worse 18.gf3 Qe6-/+) 18...Nc4 19.Qd5 Nd6 (19...Na3!?=) 20.Ne5+= Rad8 21.Nc6 Rd7 (21...Ra8 22.a4+=) 22.Na7 (22.e4 Qe6 23.Rad1 Qd5 24.Rd5 f6+-) 22...Rfd8 23.Nc6 Nf5? (better 23...Nb7 24.Qe4 Nc5+/-) 24.Qf3+- Re8 (24...Rd3 25.Nd8 Qd8 26.Qe2+-) 25.e4 Qb2 26.ef5 Qb5 27.Rac1 (27.Rfe1 Rf8+-) 27...Rd2 (27...Qf5 28.Qf5 gf5+-) 28.fg6 hg6 29.Rfe1 Re1 (29...Rde2 30.Re2 Qe2 31.Qf4+-) 30.Re1 Rd6 31.Re8 (better 31.Ne7 Kg7 32.Qc3 Kh7 33.Qc7 Qa5+-) 31...Kg7 32.Ne7?? (32.Qc3 Rf6 33.Rg8 Kg8 34.Qf6 Qb1 35.Kh2 Qa2+-) 32...Rd1?? (better 32...Qe8 33.Qc3 Kh7 34.Qc7 Rd7 35.Qb6 Qe7-+) 33.Kh2 (better 33.Qd1 Qe8 34.Qd4 f6+-) 33...Rh1?? (better 33...Qe8 34.Nf5 gf5 35.Qd1 Qe5 36.Kg1 f4=) 34.Kh1+- Qe8 35.Qc3 Kf8 (35...f6 36.Qc7 Kf8 37.Nd5+-) 36.Nd5 (better 36.Qf6 Qd8 37.Ng6 Ke8 38.Qc6 Qd7 39.Qa8 Qd8 40.Qe4 Kd7 41.Ne5 Ke7 42.Nc6 Kd6 43.Nd8 Kd7+-) 36...Qe1 (36...f5 37.Qh8 Kf7 38.Qf6 Kg8 39.Nc7 Qf7 40.Qb6 Qg7+-) 37.Qe1 b5 (37...Kg7 38.Qe5 Kh7 39.Ne7 f5 40.Qf6 g5 41.Qf7 Kh6 42.Nf5) 38.Nc7 (38.Qe7 Kg7 39.Qf6 Kh7 40.Ne7 Kh6 41.Nf5 Kh5 42.g4) 38...b4 39.Na6 (39.Qb4 Kg7 40.Ne8 Kg8 41.Qd6 g5 42.Qh6 f5 43.Qg7) 39...b3 40.ab3 f5 41.g4 (41.Nc7 g5 42.Qe8 Kg7 43.Qe7 Kg6 44.Ne6 f4 45.Nf8 Kf5 46.Qe6) 41...fg4 42.hg4 g5 (42...Kg7 43.Qe7 Kh8 44.Nc5 Kg8 45.Ne6 g5 46.Qg7) 43.f4! Kg7 (43...gf4 44.Qb4 Double attack (44.Qb4 Decoy)) 44.f5 (44.Qe7 Kh6 45.Qf8 Kg6 46.f5 Kh7 47.f6 Kg6 48.Qg7) 44...Kf6 (44...Kf7 45.Qe6 Kf8 46.b4 Kg7 47.Qe7 Kg8 48.f6 Kh8 49.Qg7) 45.Qe6 Kg7 46.Nc7 (46.Qe7 Kg8 47.f6 Kh8 48.Qg7) 46...Kh8 47.Ne8 Kh7 48.Qg6 Kh8 49.Qg7 1-0. anais – joso, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

6.h4 c5 7.bc5= bc5 (7...Nc6 8.h5=) 8.h5 Nh5 9.Bg7 Kg7 10.Nc3 (10.g4 Nf6 11.g5 Ng4=) 10...Nf6 (10...f5 11.Ng5=) 11.Ne5 (11.Ng5!?=) 11...Nc6–/+ 12.f4 (better 12.Nd3–/+) 12...Ne5 (better 12...Rb8–/+) 13.fe5+= Ng8 14.Rb1 (14.Qf3 Rb8 15.Qh3=+) 14...d6=+ 15.Qf3 Bf5 16.e4 (16.Rb7 Rb8 17.Ra7 de5–/+) 16...Be6 17.Qg3 Rb8 18.Rd1 (18.Rb8 Qb8 19.ed6 Qd6–/+) 18...f6 19.ed6 Qd6 20.Qd6 ed6 21.Be2 (21.d4 Nh6–/+) 21...Ne7 (21...Rb2 22.Kf2–+) 22.0-0 (22.d4 h5–/+) 22...Nc6 (22...Rb2 23.Rb1 Rfb8 24.Kf2–+) 23.Rb1 Nd4 24.d3 (24.Bd3 Rb4–+) 24...f5 25.Rfe1 (better 25.Bf3–+) 25...Rb1 26.Rb1 (26.Nb1 fe4 27.Nc3 Nc2–+) 26...fe4 (26...Ne2 27.Ne2 fe4 28.de4 Bc4 29.Nc3–+) 27.de4 (27.Re1 ed3 28.Bd3 Rb8–+) 27...Ne2 28.Ne2 Bc4 29.Nc3 Kf6 30.Rb7 (30.Kf2 Ke5 31.Ke3 Rf1 32.Rf1 Bf1–+) 30...Rf7 31.Rb8 (31.Rf7 Bf7 32.a4 Bc4–+) 31...Ke5 32.Rd8 Kd4 (32...Rf1!? 33.Kh2–+) 33.Nd1 0–1. Pira,Davoud – Vareille,Francois, Saint–Lo, 2000. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6)

7.b5 Bb7 8.Nc3 d5 9.Nd5 Nd5 10.Bg7 Kg7 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Bc4 Qh5 14.Qc3 Kg8 15.Be2 a5 16.0-0 Rac8 17.d3 Rfd8 18.Rfe1 Bf3 19.Bf3 Qe5 20.Rac1 Qc3 21.Rc3 e5 22.Kf1 Nf6 23.Ke2 Rd6 24.Rd1 Rcd8 25.Rc4 Kg7 26.g4 g5 27.Be4 Ne4 28.Re4 f6 29.Rc4 ½–½. Kaeding,Rainer (2225) – Voge,Andreas, Ruhrgebiet VL2–chT, 1996. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Nf3 b6)

7.b5 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bg7 Kg7 10.Bc4 Nb4 11.0-0 Nd7 12.d4 Qc7 13.Qb3 a5 14.ba6 Ba6 15.Nbd2 Nc6 16.d5 Nce5 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.Ba6 Ra6 19.f4 Nd7 20.e4 Kg8 21.e5 Qa7 22.Rf2 b5 23.Qb5 Rb8 24.Qd3 Ra4 25.Ra4 Qa4 26.g3 Rb4 27.Nf3 c4 28.Qc2 Qb5 29.e6 fe6 30.de6 Nf6 31.Ne5 Qb6 32.f5 Qb5 33.Nd7 Rb1 34.Kg2 Ng4 35.Qe4 Qb7 (35...Nf2?? 36.Qa8 Qb8 37.Nb8+– (37.Qb8?? Rb8 38.Nb8 c3–+)) 36.Qb7 Rb7 37.f6 Nf6 38.Nf6 ef6 39.Rf6 c3 40.Rf3 Rb2 41.Kh3 Re2 ½–½. Kaeding,Rainer (2160) – Moissidis,Michael (2150), NRW Class1, 2005. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6)

7.a3 Nc6 8.b5 Na5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Be2 d5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qb3 13.Bd1 (13.Rc1!?=) 13...Qc2-/+ 14.Bc2 Nd5 (14...Nc4 15.Rb1-/+) 15.0-0 (15.Be4 Nc3 16.Bb7 Nb7 17.Bc3 Nd6=+) 15...Nc4 (15...Nc7!? 16.Rab1 Bf3 17.gf3 Nc4-/+) 16.Nd5= Nb2 (16...Bb2 17.Be4 Kg7=) 17.Ne7+= Kh8 18.Ra2 (18.Nc6!?+=) 18...Rfe8= 19.Nc6 a6 20.d4 Nc4 21.dc5 (better 21.Bd3 ab5 22.Bc4 bc4 23.d5-/+) 21...bc5-+ 22.Bb3 (better 22.Ng5 ab5 23.Nf7 Kg8 24.Nfd8 Bc6 25.Nc6 Ra3 26.Ra3 Na3 27.Bd1-/+) 22...ab5 23.Bc4 bc4 (23...Bc6?! 24.Be2-/+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2250) - Conan7 (2205), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

7.a3 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 (8...e5 9.d3=) 9.d3 (9.0-0 a5=) 9...Bb7 10.Nbd2 Qc7 (10...Rc8 11.0-0=) 11.0-0 Rac8 (11...Rfc8 12.e4=) 12.Bc3 (12.e4 Rfd8=) 12...Rfe8 (12...d5 13.b5=) 13.Rfb1 Ba8 14.b5 d5 (14...e5 15.e4+=) 15.a4 (15.cd5 Bd5 16.Qa4 Rcd8+=) 15...e6 (15...dc4 16.Nc4 Bd5 17.a5+=) 16.a5+= Ng4 (16...e5 17.cd5 Nd5 18.Bb2+=) 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.h3 (18.Ra2 dc4 19.dc4 Rcd8+–) 18...Nge5 (18...Ngf6 19.Ra3+=) 19.Ra4 (19.Qc3 f6+=) 19...Nf3 20.Nf3 (worse 20.gf3 d4 21.Qb2 e5=+) 20...d4 21.Qb2 (21.Rba1 e5+=) 21...e5 22.Rba1 Bb7 (22...Qd6 23.ab6 ab6 24.R1a3+=) 23.Nd2 Qd6 24.ab6 ab6 25.Ra7 Rc7 26.Bf3 (26.Qc2 f5+=) 26...Bf3= 27.Nf3 (27.Rc7!? Qc7 28.Nf3=) 27...de3 (27...Ra7 28.Ra7 de3 29.fe3 Qd3 30.Qc1–/+) 28.fe3 (28.R7a3 ef2 29.Qf2 Rcc8=+) 28...Ra7–/+ 29.Ra7 Qd3 30.Qd2 Qd2 31.Nd2 Nf6 (31...Rd8 32.Rb7–/+) 32.Rb7 (32.Kf2 Rd8 33.Ke2 h5=) 32...Re6 33.Kf2 e4 (33...h5 34.e4–/+) 34.g4 h6 (34...g5 35.Rc7–/+) 35.Nb1 Rd6 36.Ke2 Nd7 37.Nc3 Nf6 38.Na4 Nd7 39.Nc3 ½–½. Siegel,Georg – Raupp,Thomas, Mosbach Elo, 1980. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 b6)

7.a4 a6=.

7.a4 Nfd7 8.Be2?? (better 8.Bg7 Kg7 9.d4+=) 8...Bb2-+ 9.0-0 (9.Ra2 Bg7 10.0-0-+) 9...Ba1 10.Nc3 (10.d4 e5-+) 10...Bc3 11.dc3 a6 12.Qd4 (12.Qd5 Ra7-+) 12...ab5 (better 12...Nc5 13.Qd1-+) 13.h4 (13.cb5 Nc5 14.Ra1 e5-+) 13...Nf6 (better 13...ba4 14.Ra1-+) 14.cb5 c6 15.g4 (15.Rb1 Bf5 16.Rb2 c5-+) 15...cb5 16.g5 (16.Bb5 e5 17.Qb4 Bg4-+) 16...Nfd7 (16...Ra4 17.Qd2 Rg4 18.Kh2-+) 17.h5 (17.ab5 Nc5-+) 17...gh5 (17...ba4 18.hg6 hg6 19.Kg2-+) 18.Kg2 (18.ab5 Nc5 19.Nd2-+) 18...f6 (better 18...ba4!? 19.Rh1 Nc5 20.Rh5-+) 19.g6 (19.Qd5 e6! 20.Qa8 ba4-+) 19...Rf7! 20.gf7 Kf7 (20...Kg7 21.Rg1 Nc5 (21...Ra4 22.Kh1 Kh6 23.c4 e5 24.Ne5 de5 25.Qh4 Bb7 26.Kh2 Bf3 27.Bf3 bc4 28.Qh5; 21...ba4 22.Kh2 Kf7 23.Qd5 e6 24.Qh5 Kf8 25.Qh7 Ke8 26.Qh5 Kf8 27.Qh8 Ke7 28.Rg7) 22.Kh2 Bg4-+) 21.Qd5=+ Ke8 (21...e6 22.Qa8 ba4 23.Qa4=+) 22.Qa8 (22.Nd4 Nc5 23.Bb5 Kf8 24.Qa8=) 22...Ne5 (better 22...ba4 23.Bb5 Kf8=+) 23.Qb8?? (better 23.Ne5 de5 24.Qe4+- (24.Bb5?! Kf7+/-)) 23...Be6?? (better 23...Bh3! 24.Kh3 Qb8 25.Ne5 Qc8 26.Kg3 fe5 27.Bb5 Kf7-+) 24.Qb7 (24.Bb5 Nd7 25.Qb7 Kf7+-) 24...Nc4 (24...ba4 25.Ne5 fe5 26.Bh5 Kf8 27.Qe4+-) 25.Bc4 (25.Nd4 Qc8 26.Bh5 Kf8 27.Ne6 Qe6+-) 25...bc4 26.Rd1 (26.Rb1 h4+-) 26...Bd7 (26...Qd7 27.Qa8 Qd8 28.Qd8 Kd8 29.Rd4+-) 27.Nd4 Kf7 28.Nc6 (28.Qd5 Kf8+-) 28...Qe8 29.Qc7?? (better 29.Nb8 Qg8 30.Kh2+-) 29...Bc6=+ 30.Qc6?? (better 30.Kh2 Qd7 31.Qd7 Bd7 32.Rd4 Ba4 33.Rc4=+) 30...Qc6-+ 31.e4 (31.Kf1 Qa4 32.Rd5 Qa5 33.Ra5 ba5-+) 31…Qa4 (31...Qa4 32.Re1 b5-+) 0-1. hurvajsmanka (1705) - jurdy (1630), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2013.

7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 c5 9.a4 a6 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 Nbd7 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3 a5 16.Nd5 Nc5 17.Nd4 Nd5 18.cd5 Bd4 19.Bd4 Rc8 20.Qb2 f6 21.h3 Qd7 22.Rfc1 Nd3 23.Rc8 Nb2 24.Rf8 Kf8 25.Bb2 Qf5 26.Rd1 Qc2 0–1. Abdullaevich (1785) – Ulasozgurr (1805), lichess.org, 2018.

7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.a4 c5 10.Nc3 e5 11.e4 Nh5 12.d3 f5 13.Nd5 fe4 14.de4 Ndf6 15.Ng5 Nd5 16.ed5 Qg5 17.Bh5 Qh5 18.Qh5 gh5 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Re4 a6 21.Bc1 ab5 22.ab5 Bc8 23.Bg5 Bf5 24.Rh4 Bf6 25.Bf6 Rf6 26.Rh5 Bg6 27.Rg5 Rf4 28.Re1 Rc4 29.g3 Rc2 30.f4 Rf8 31.fe5 Rff2 32.ed6 Rg2 33.Kh1 Rh2 34.Kg1 Rcg2 35.Kf1 Rf2 36.Kg1 Kf7 37.Rg6 hg6 38.d7 Rfg2 39.Kf1 Rf2 40.Kg1 Rfg2 41.Kf1 Rf2 42.Kg1 ½–½. Abdullaevich (1605) – Assasainpro3000, lichess.org, 2018.

7.Be2 d6 8.d4 Nbd7 9.0-0 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Rd1 Rad8 13.Nc3 Qb8 14.Qa4 Ne4 15.Rac1 Ne5 16.Qc2 Nf3 17.Bf3 Nd6 18.Be2 Ba6 19.Ne4?? (better 19.Nb5+=) 19...Bb2-+ 20.Qb2 (20.Nc5 bc5 (20...Bc1?! 21.Na6 Qc8 22.Rc1-/+) 21.Rb1 Bc4 22.Bc4 Nc4 23.Qc4 Rd7 24.Qc5 Rb7-+) 20…Ne4 0-1. bjoernsen (2305) - stuey (2320), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2017.

7.Be2 d6 8.h4 Nbd7 9.a3 e5 10.Nc3 e4 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh3 Ne5 13.0-0-0? (better 13.Nf4!?=) 13...Re8 (13...Nd3 14.Bd3 ed3 15.Qd3 Bg2 16.Nf4–/+) 14.Rdf1 (14.Nf4!?–/+) 14...Nd3!–+ 15.Kb1 (15.Bd3 ed3 Combination) 15...Nb2 16.Kb2 d5 17.cd5 Nd5 18.g4 (18.Nf4 a5 19.Nfd5 Qd5–+) 18...c5 (18...a5 19.b5 Qh4 20.g5–+) 19.Nf4 (19.bc5 Rc8 20.Nf4 Nf4 21.ef4 Rc5 22.Rh3–+) 19...Nf4 20.ef4 cb4 21.ab4 e3 22.fe3 Bh1 23.Rh1 a5 24.b5 (24.ba5 b5 25.Bf3 Ra5–+) 24...Qd5 (24...Rc8 25.Rd1 Qh4 26.f5 Re3 27.de3 Rc3 28.Qc3 Bc3 29.Kc3–+) 25.Ra1 (25.Rf1 Bc3 26.dc3 Re3–+) 25...Bc3 26.Qc3 (26.dc3 Re3 27.h5 gh5 28.gh5 a4–+) 26...Rac8 27.Qd3 Qc5 (better 27...Qg2 28.Rd1 Red8–+) 28.h5 (28.Rd1–+) 28...Qb4 29.Ka2 Red8 30.Rb1 (30.Rc1 Qd2 31.Qd2 Rd2 32.Kb1 Rc1 33.Kc1 Re2 34.hg6 fg6 35.f5–+) 30...Qa4 31.Qa3 (31.Kb2 Rd3 32.Bd3 Qb4 33.Ka2 Qd2 34.Ka3 Qd3 35.Rb3 Qd1 36.Rb2 Qa1 37.Kb3 a4 38.Kb4 Qb2 39.Ka4 Rc4) 31...Rc2 32.Rb2 Rb2 (32...Rb2 33.Kb2 Rd2 34.Kb1 Qa3 35.hg6 Qb2) 0–1. combijack (1835) – e_l_s_t_o_n (1815), gameknot.com, 2016.

7.a3 Bb7 8.Be2 e6 9.0-0 Qe7 10.b5 d5 11.d4 Rd8 12.Qb3 dc4 13.Qc4 Nbd7 14.Rfd1 cd4 15.ed4 Rac8 16.Qb3 Nd5 17.Nd5 Bd5 (worse is 17...ed5 18.Re1+=) 18.Qd3 Bf3 (18...Nc5 19.Qe3 Na4 20.Qd2–/+) 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.Qe2 Nf3 21.Qf3 Rd5 22.Qe2 Qd7 23.a4 Bd4 24.Bd4 Rd4 25.Rd4 Qd4 26.Qd1 Qd1 27.Rd1 Rc4 28.Ra1 Kf8 29.g3 Rb4 30.Ra2 Ke7 31.Kf1 Kd6 32.Ke2 Kc5 33.Rc2 Rc4 34.Ra2 Kb4 35.Rd2 Rc7 36.Ra2 Rd7 37.Ke3 h5 38.h4 Rd5 39.Ke4 Kb3 40.Ra1 Kb2 41.Re1 Kb3 42.Ra1 Kb4 43.Ra2 Ka5 44.f3 Rc5 45.Kd4 Kb4 46.Kd3 Rc3 47.Ke4 Kb3 (better is 47...Ra3!? 48.Rf2 f6 49.Kd4–+) 48.Ra1 Kb4 49.Rd1?? (49.Ra2 Ra3 50.Rd2–+) 49...Rc7 50.Ra1 Rc5 51.Rb1 Ka4 52.Ra1 Kb5 53.Ra7 Rf5 54.f4 Kb4 55.Ra1 b5 56.Kd3 Rd5 57.Kc2 e5 58.fe5 Re5 59.Rf1 Rf5 60.Re1 Rf2 61.Kb1 Ka4 62.Re3 b4 63.Rd3 Kb5 64.Kc1 Kc4 65.Re3 b3 66.Re7 Rf3 67.Kb1 f5 (worse is 67...Rg3 68.Rc7 Kb4 69.Rb7 Kc3 70.Rc7 Kd2 71.Rd7 Ke2 72.Rf7–+) 68.Rc7 Kd5 69.Rd7 Ke6 70.Rb7 Rg3 0–1. Khrustalev,Alexsander (2000) – Dolbnya,Dmitry (2030), Moscow Petrosian Memorial U18, 2008.

7.b5 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bc4 Nc3 10.Bc3 Bc3 (10...a6 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.a4=) 11.dc3+= a6 12.ba6 Ba6 (worse is 12...Na6 13.Qd8 Rd8 14.Ne5+=) 13.Ba6 Qd1 14.Kd1 Ra6 15.Kc2 Nd7 16.Rhd1 Nf6 17.Ne5 Rfa8 18.a4 Ra4 19.Rd8 Rd8 20.Ra4 Kf8 21.h3 b5 22.Ra5 Ne4 23.c4 bc4 24.f3 Nf2 (24...Rd2 25.Kc1 Rd5 26.Nc4–/+) 25.Ra3 (25.Rc5!? f5 26.Rc7+= (worse is 26.Rc4 Nd1–/+)) 25...Rd1–/+ 26.Nc4 Rg1 27.Ra2 Rg2 28.Kb3 f5 29.Ne5 Kg7 30.Ka3 c4 31.Nc4 Kf6 32.Kb3 (32.Nb6 Kg5–+) 32...Kg5–+ 33.Ne5 Kh4 34.Ra7 h5 35.Re7 Kh3 36.Re6 g5 37.Rf6 Rg3 38.Rf5 Kg2 39.Nf7 Nh3 40.Ra5 (better is 40.Ne5–+) 40...Kf3 41.Kc4 Ke3 42.Ra3 Kf4 43.Ra6 h4 44.Kd4 Rb3 45.Ra5 g4 46.Rh5 Ng1 47.Kc4 Rb7 0–1. pvanr (2115) – lastcafe (2185), gameknot.com, 2013.

7.b5 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bc4 e6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bc3 13.dc3 Qf6 14.Rac1 (14.Rad1 a6=) 14...Rd8 15.Nd2 a6 16.f4 ab5 17.Bb5 Bc6 (worse is 17...Ra2 18.Ne4 Qf5 19.Qa2 Qe4 20.Rcd1 Qe3 21.Qf2 Qf2 22.Kf2+/–) 18.Rc2 Kg7 (18...e5 19.fe5 Qe5 20.Nc4=) 19.a4= Qe7 20.e4 Ra5 21.Rb2 Bb5 22.ab5 Ra3 23.Rc2 Ra5 24.e5+= Qa7 25.Ne4+/– Ra1 26.Nd6 Qa3 27.f5 Rf1 28.Kf1 Qa1 29.Kf2 gf5 30.Qd2+– Kg6 31.Qf4 Qd1? 32.Re2+– Rd6? 33.Qg3 Kh5 34.ed6 Qc1 35.h3 Nd7 36.Qg7 Qf4 37.Kg1 Qg5 38.Qh7 Qh6 39.g4! (39.g4 Kg5 40.Qf7 Qh3 41.gf5+–) 1–0. Recasens Sanchez,JA (2120) – Reina Guerra,Emilio (1905), AEAC W/X COPA/Pr–01, 2008.

7.bc5 bc5 8.Rb1 d6 (8...Nc6 9.Nd5 e5 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.Nc6 dc6= 0.12) 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d3 Rb8 11.0-0 Qa5= 0.06.

7.b5 e5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.a4 a6 10.0-0 a5 11.d4 Nbd7 12.Nd2 Re8 Black intends e4 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Re1 e4 15.Bf1 Nh5 16.d5 f5 17.Qc2 Nc5 18.Be2 Nf6 19.Nf1 Rf8 20.Ng3 h5 21.Nd1 Kh7 22.h3 Rf7 23.Bf6 (23.Rb1!?=) 23...Qf6=+ 24.Nf1 Qg5 25.Kh1 Raf8 26.Nh2 (26.Nd2 Re8=+) 26...Bc8 27.f4 ef3! 28.Bf3 (28.Bf3 f4 Combination; 28.gf3 Qg3 Double attack (28...Qg3 Decoy); 28.Nf3 Qg3 Combination) 28...Re7 29.Nf2 (29.Re2 Rfe8-/+) 29...Rfe8 30.Qd2? (better 30.Nf1-/+) 30...Re3 31.Re3 Qe3 (31...Re3?! 32.Nd1 Re1 33.Qe1 Qc1 34.Qe8-+) 32.Qe3 Re3 33.Nf1 Re7 34.Kh2 Na4 35.g4 fg4 36.hg4 hg4 37.Bg4 Be5 38.Kg2 Bg4 39.Ng4 Nc5 40.Ng3 Bg3 41.Rh1 (41.Kg3 Kg7-+) 41...Kg7 42.Kg3 Ne4 43.Kh4 Nf6 (better 43...Nd2!? 44.Ra1-+) 44.Nf6 Kf6 45.Rf1 Kg7 46.Rc1 Re4 47.Kg3 (47.Kg5 a4-+) 47...g5 (47...Kf6!? 48.Kf3 Ke5 49.Kf2-+) 48.Kf3 Rf4 49.Ke3 Kg6 50.c5 (50.Kd3 g4-+) 50...Kf5 (50...dc5 51.Rh1-+) 51.Ke2 (51.cb6 cb6 52.Rc6-+) 51...Re4 52.Kd1 dc5 53.Kc2 (53.Kd2-+) 53...Rc4 54.Kb1 Rc1 55.Kc1 Ke5 56.Kd2 Kd5 57.Ke2 c4 (57...c4 58.Ke3 a4-+) 0-1. persianempire (1935) - ribarisah (2025), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2013.

7.d4 Bb7 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 Ne4 12.Qb3 Nc3 13.Bc3 Bc3 14.Qc3 Nf6 15.Nd2 Qd6 16.h3 e6?? (16...Rad8 17.f4+=) 17.de6 (better 17.Qf6 Qd8 18.Qd8 Rad8 19.e4+-) 17...Qe6= 18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Nf3 Rad8 20.a4 Ne4 21.Qb2 (21.Qc2 Nd6 22.Nd2 f5=) 21...Rd6 22.a5 Rfd8 (22...Qc4!? 23.Rfc1 Qe6-/+) 23.ab6= ab6 24.Rac1 h5 25.Qc2 Nd2 Attacks the isolani on c4 (25...g5!?=+) 26.Nd2= Rd2 27.Qb3 R8d6 28.Rb1 Kh7 29.Qc3 Qf5 30.Rbc1 (30.Rb2 Rd1 31.Qb3 Qd3 32.Qd1 Qd1 33.Rd1 Rd1 34.Kh2 Rc1=) 30...g5 31.Qb3 g4 32.hg4 hg4 33.Rcd1 Rd1 34.Rd1 Rh6 35.Qd3 Qd3 36.Rd3 Kg6 37.g3 Kg7 38.Rd7 Re6 39.Rb7 Kf6 40.Kg2 Kf5?? (40...Re4!?=+) 41.Kf1 (41.Rf7 Kg5+/-) 41...Ke4 (41...Kg6 42.Ke2=) 42.Ke2 (42.Rf7 Kd3 43.Rf4+=) 42...Rd6 (better 42...f5=) 43.Rf7+- Rg6 44.Rf4 (44.Rf4 Ke5 45.f3 gf3 46.Kf3+/- (46.Rf3?! Rg4+=)) 1-0. persianempire (1900) - cuervoman (1790), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2013.

7.d4 c5 8.bc5 dc5 (8...bc5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 Rb8 11.Qe2 cd4=) 9.dc5 bc5 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Qd2 Nb4=.

7.Nbd2 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 c5 10.b5 a6 11.a4 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Qa1 Qa8 14.Qa8 Ra8 15.Ra1 Ra1 16.Ba1 d5 17.h3 dc4 18.Nc4 Ne4?? (18...Nd5 19.Nfe5 Ne5 20.Ne5 Nc7=+) 19.Bg7+- (19.de4?! Ba1 20.Bd3 Bg7=) 19...Kg7 20.de4 Be4 21.Nce5 (21.Nfe5 Ne5 22.Ne5 Bd5+-) 21...Ne5 (21...Bf3 22.Nf3 f5+-) 22.Ne5 f6 (22...Bd5 23.f4+-) 23.Nd7 (23.Nd7 Kf7 24.f3+-) 1-0. Exolon (1660) - Bratislav63 (1720), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Nbd2 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 e5 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rfc1 c5 12.b5 a5 13.Ne1 Rfe8 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.Rac1 Nf8 16.Bf3 Ne6 17.Bb7 Qb7 18.Nef3 Nd7 19.Ne4 Ndf8 20.Nc3 Nc7 21.Qe2 d5 22.cd5 Nd5 23.Qc2 Rd7 24.a3 Red8 25.Ne4 Qb8 26.Ned2 Ne6 27.Nc4 f6 28.Qb3 Kf8 29.h4 Qb7 30.Ne1 Kf7 31.Qc2 Ndc7 32.a4 Nd5 33.Qe2 Nb4 34.Ba3 Nd5 35.Qf3 Kg8 36.h5 Qb8 37.hg6 hg6 38.Qg4 Kf7 39.Nf3 Ne7 40.Ne1 Nd5 41.g3 Ne7 42.Bb2 Nd5 43.Qf3 Kg8 44.Rd2 Ne7 45.Rcd1 Qc7 46.Qg4 Kf7 47.f4 ef4 48.gf4 Rh8 49.Nf3 Rd5 50.Rf1 Nf8 51.e4 Rdh5 52.e5 f5 53.Ng5 Kg8 54.Qf3 Bh6 55.e6 Bg5 56.Bh8 Kh8 57.fg5 Ne6 58.Qe3 Ng5 59.Qe5 Qe5 60.Ne5 Kg7 61.Rh2 ½–½. Kaenel,Hansjuerg (2295) – Albrecht,Rainer (2280), Biel MTO op, 1990.

7.Nbd2 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 e5 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Ne8 12.Ne1 f5 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Nef3 Nef6 15.c5 bc5 16.bc5 Nc5 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Nc6 Qd7 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Na5 f4 21.e4 Nf6 22.d4 Ne6 23.Nf3 Qb5 24.Nb3 c5 25.dc5 dc5 26.Rd6 Kf7?? 27.e5 Ne8 28.a4 Qb4 29.Re6! Ke6 30.Nc5 Kf7 31.Rb1 Qa3 32.Qc4 Kg7 33.Ne6 Kg8 34.Nc7 (34.Nc7 Kh8 35.Na8+–) 1–0. Kaenel,Hansjuerg (2350) – Knobel,Rolf (2280), Bern op, 1989.

7.a3 e6 8.Nbd2 d5 9.cd5 ed5 10.bc5 bc5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Be2 Re8 13.0-0 d4 14.e4 Nd5 15.Rfc1 Rb8 16.Bf1 Ne3 17.fe3 Rb2 18.Qb2 de3 19.d4 ed2 20.Qd2 cd4 21.Bc4 (worse is 21.Nd4 Nc5 22.Nf3 Qd2 23.Nd2 Ba1 24.Ra1 Ne4+=) 21...Bf6 (21...Re4? 22.Bf7 Kh8 23.Qc2+–) 22.Qf4 (22.Nd4 Qb6 23.Bf7 Kf7–+) 22...Bb7 23.Re1 Ne5 24.Ne5 Re5 25.Rab1 Bc6 26.Rb3 Kg7 27.Rf3 Rc5 28.Bf7 Bg5 29.Qg4 Be3 30.Kh1 Rg5 (30...Qa5 31.Ref1 Bb5 32.Bg6 hg6 33.Rf7 Kh6 34.Qh4 Rh5 35.Qe7 Rh2 36.Kh2 Bf4 37.R1f4 g5 38.Qf6 Kh5 39.Rh7) 31.Qh4 (31.Qe6 Bd7 32.Qa2 Bg4 33.Ree3 de3 34.Qa1 Kh6 35.Re3 Qd2+/–) 31...Qd6? (better is 31...Rd5! 32.Qd8 Rd8+=) 32.Rfe3+– (32.Ree3 de3 33.Bc4 Rh5–+) 32...Rh5 33.Qg3 (33.Qg3 Qg3 34.Rg3 Kf7 35.Rd3+–) 1–0. Rustemov,Alexander (2565) – Slizhevsky,Alexander (2435), RUS–chT2, 2006. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.d3 c5)

7.b5 Bb7 8.Be2 a6 9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qc7 12.Nbd2 d6 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.Qc2 Ra8 15.Bc3 Qd8 16.Qb2 Ne8 17.Bg7 Ng7 18.Ra1 Ne8 19.Nb1 d5 20.Nfd2 dc4 21.dc4 Nd6 22.Nc3 Nf6 23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Qc2 Kg7 25.e4 e5 26.f3 Nde8 27.Nf1 Rd8 28.Ne3 Rd1 29.Qd1 Qb8 30.Bf1 Kf8 31.g3 Ke7 32.Bh3 Qd8 33.Qd8 Kd8 34.Kf2 Ng7 35.Ke2 Ne6 36.Be6 fe6 37.Na4 Kc7 38.Nb2 Kd6 39.Nd3 Bc8 40.Nf2 Ng8 41.h4 Bd7 42.Nd3 Nf6 43.Nd1 Be8 44.Nc3 Nd7 45.Ke3 Bf7 46.Nf2 Nf6 47.Ng4 Ng4+= 48.fg4 h6 49.g5 h5 50.g4 Be8 51.Ne2 Bf7 52.Ng3 Ke7 53.Kd3 Kd6 54.Nf1 Be8 55.Nh2 Bf7 56.Nf3 Be8 57.Ke3 Bf7 58.Ne1 Be8 59.Nd3 Bf7 60.Nb2 ½–½. Kaenel,Hansjuerg (2335) – Bichsel,Walter (2315), SUI–ch Switzerland, 1988. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 b6)

7.b5 Bb7 8.Be2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.0-0 N5f6 12.Qb3 Bd5 13.Bc4 e6 14.Rfe1 a4 15.Qc2 c5 16.bc6 Bc6 17.e4 Rc8 18.Qd3 White plans d5 (18.Ba3 b5 19.Bf8 Qf8+=) 18...Qc7 (better 18...b5 19.Bb5 Bb5 20.Qb5 Rb8 21.Qa4 Rb2-/+) 19.Rec1 Qa7 20.d5 (20.Rab1!?+=) 20...ed5 21.ed5 Bb7 (21...Nc5 22.Qc3 Ba8 23.Ng5=+) 22.Bb5 (better 22.d6!?=) 22...Nc5 23.Qd4 Bd5 24.Ne5 Rfd8 25.Qe3? (25.Ng4 Ne8 26.Qb4 f5-/+) 25...Be6?? (better 25...Ng4! 26.Qg3 Be6-+) 26.Ndf3 Nd5 27.Qe1 Nf4 28.g3 (28.Qb4 a3 29.Bd4 f6 30.Bc5 A) 30...Rc5?! 31.Nc6 Qc7 32.Rc5 bc5 33.Qa3=; B) 30...bc5?! 31.Qf4 fe5 32.Qh4-/+; C) 30...fe5?! 31.Bd6-/+ (31.Qa3? Qa3 32.Ba3 e4-+); D) 30...Nh3 31.gh3 bc5-/+) 28...Nd5 29.Rab1 Ne7 30.Nd3?? (better 30.Bc4-/+) 30...Nd3-+ (30...Rd3?! 31.Bd3 Nd3 32.Rc8 Nc8 33.Qd2 Bb2 34.Qd3-+) 31.Bd3 Rc1 32.Qc1 Rd3 33.Bg7 Kg7 34.Qb2 f6 35.Qb6 (35.Re1 Qd7 36.Ng5-+) 35...Qb6 36.Rb6 Rd1 (better 36...Bd5!? 37.Ne1 Rd1 38.Kf1 Bc4 39.Kg2 Re1 40.Rb2-+) 37.Kg2 Bd5 0-1. miskob (2080) - Jimbroja2018 (2310), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2018.

7.b5 c6 8.Nbd2 cb5 9.cb5 Bb7 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.0-0 d6 13.a4 Nd7 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.Bf3 Rb8 16.Rc1 Nf6 17.Bb7 Rb7 18.Qf3 d5 19.Rc6 e6 20.Rfc1 Qe7 21.Qd1 Qb4 22.Qc2 Re8 23.Ra1 Rf8?? 24.Ba3+– Qd2 25.Qd2 Ne4 26.Qc2 Rd8 27.Rc8 Rbd7 28.Rc1 Nc5 29.Rd8 Rd8 30.dc5 Rc8 31.c6 d4 32.ed4 Bd4 33.Rd1 e5 34.Qc4 Rd8 35.c7 Rc8 36.Rd4 ed4 37.Bd6 Re8 38.g3 Re1 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.c8Q Kg7 41.Be5 f6 42.Q4c7 Kh6 43.Bf4 g5 44.Qh3 Kg6 45.Qch7 1–0. barborski – rryy44, kurnik, 2011.

7.b5 d6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Re8 11.e4 e5 12.de5 Ng4 13.ed6 Nc5 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Nd5 Bb2 17.Qb2 Ne4 18.Be4 Re4 19.h3 Ne5 20.Ne5 Qe5 21.Qe5 Re5 22.Ne7 Re7 23.Rd8 Kg7 24.f3 c5 25.Rfd1 Kf6 26.R1d6 Kf5 27.Rb6 Kf4 28.Kf2 Rc7 29.Rb7 Rb7 30.Rd5 Rd7 31.g3 1–0. Fritz 6 – Comet B25, 2003.

7.Qb3 c5 8.dc5 bc5 9.b5 Bb7 10.Nbd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.cd5 Bd5 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Bd5 Qd5 15.ba6 Ra6 16.a5 Qb3 ½–½. Psakhis – Mikhalchishin, Riga 1985.

7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.a4 a5 9.Qb3 (better 9.b5=) 9...Na6 (9...ab4!? 10.Qb4 Nc6=+) 10.b5 (10.ba5 dc4 11.Bc4 Bf3 12.Nf3 ba5+/-) 10...Nb8 11.c5 bc5 12.dc5 c6 13.Bd4 Nbd7 14.Rc1 Qc7 15.Qb2 Rfe8 16.b6 Qb8 17.Be2 (better 17.Ne5!? Qc8 18.Be2+/-) 17...e5= 18.Bc3 Ba6 19.Ba6 Ra6 20.Nb3 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 20...Ne4 21.Ba5 (21.Qe2 Qa8=+) 21...Qa8 (21...Bf8 22.Qe2 Ra8 23.0-0-/+) 22.Bd2 (22.Nfd2 Ra5 23.Ne4 Ra4 24.Nc3-/+) 22...Ra4-/+ 23.0-0 Ra2 24.Ra1?? (better 24.Qb1-/+) 24...Rb2-+ 25.Ra8 Ra8 26.Na5 (26.b7 Ra7 27.Na5 Nd2 28.Nc6 Nf1 29.Na7 Rb1-+) 26...Nd2 27.Nd2 Ra5 (27...Ra5 28.Nf3 Rc5-+) 0-1. zembelek1 (2265) - tomce1601 (2295), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qb3 Bb7 10.Bc4 e6 11.0-0 a6 12.a4 c6 13.b5 c5 14.Rfc1 a5 15.Be2 Rc8 16.Nc4 cd4 17.Bd4 Bd4 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.Qa3 Nb4 20.f3 Bd5 21.Rab1 Qc7 22.e4 Bc4 23.Rc4 Rfd8 24.Qe3 Qe5 25.Rcb4 (better is 25.Rbc1!?=) 25...ab4–/+ 26.Nc6 Qc3 27.Qc3 bc3 28.Bd1? (better is 28.Nd8 c2 29.Rc1–+) 28...Rd7–+ 29.Rc1 Rd2?? (29...Ra8 30.Ne5 Rd4 31.Bc2–+) 30.Kf1?? (better is 30.Ne7 Kg7 31.Nc8+–) 30...Kg7 31.Ne5 (31.Bc2 Ra8 32.Nb4 f5 33.ef5 ef5–+) 31...Nd3 (better is 31...c2 32.Rc2 Rd1 33.Ke2–+) 32.Nd3 Rd3 33.Bc2 Rd2 34.h3 Kf6 35.Kg1 Ke5 36.Kh2 Kd4 37.Kg3 Rc2! 38.Rc2 Kd3 39.Rc1 Kd2 40.Rf1 c2 0–1. Kaenel,Hansjuerg (2405) – Von Allmen,Alain (2220), Winterthur–B, 1996. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 b6 6.d4 d5)

7.cd5 Nd5 8.b5 a6 9.e4 Nf4 10.Qd2 Bh6 11.Qc3 Bg7 12.Qe3 Ne6 13.e5 Bb7 14.Nbd2 Qd7 15.a4 Rd8 16.Rc1 c5 17.Nb3 ab5 18.Bb5 Bc6 19.Bc6 Nc6 20.dc5 Qd3 (20...Ra4!? 21.0-0 b5+=) 21.Qd3+= Rd3 22.Nfd2 bc5 23.Nc5 Nc5 24.Rc5 Rad8 25.Rc6 Rd2 26.Rc8 Rd1 27.Ke2 R1d2 28.Ke1 Bh6 29.Rd8 Rd8 30.Rf1 Ra8 31.Ke2 Ra4 32.Kd3 e6 33.Bc3 Bf8 34.Rb1 Bc5 35.f3 h5 36.Rb5 Be7 37.Rb7 Kf8 38.Bd2 Ra3 39.Kc4 Ra4 40.Kd3 Ra3 ½–½. Kempinski,Robert (2595) – Tomczak,J (2560), Chorzow Poland, Men Ch, 2013. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6)

7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 a5 9.b5 d6 10.a4 (10.Nc3 Qe7=) 10...Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 Rae8 13.e4 (13.Bc3 e5=) 13...Nh5 (13...e5 14.d5=+) 14.e5 (14.g3 e5=) 14...Nf4=+ 15.Ne4 (15.Rfe1 de5 16.de5 Nc5=+) 15...de5 (15...f5 16.ef6 Nf6 17.Nc3=+) 16.Ne5 (16.de5 f5 (worse 16...Ne2 17.Qe2 Be4 18.Qe4+=) 17.ef6 Be4 18.Qe4 Bf6=+) 16...Ne5 (16...f5!? 17.Nc6 Qh4-/+) 17.de5= Qh4 (better 17...Ne2 18.Qe2 Qh4 19.Nf6 Bf6 20.ef6 e5+=) 18.Nf6?? (better 18.Bf3 Be4 19.Qe4+/-) 18...Bf6-+ 19.ef6 (19.f3 Qg5 20.g3 Rd8-+) 19...Qg5 (19...Qh3! 20.Bf3 Bf3 21.Qg6 hg6 22.gh3 Nh3) 20.g3 (20.Bg4 Bg2 21.f3 Bf1 22.Rf1-+) 20…Nh3 0-1. AleksandarTot (2005) - espedita (2270), ITA, EUROPE AND WORLD C LEAGUE Team Bat, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 c5 9.bc5 dc5 10.dc5 Qd1 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.cb6 ab6 13.Nbd2 Ne4 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Nd4 Rd8?? (better is 16...e5 17.Nb5 Na6+/–) 17.f3 (17.Ne6 fe6 18.Rd8 Kf7+–) 17...Bb7 (17...Rd4 18.ed4 Bc6+–) 18.Rdb1 (better is 18.Ne6 fe6 19.Rd8+–) 18...Nd7 19.Kf2 e5 20.Nb5 e4 21.Nd6 ef3? 22.gf3 Bc6+/– 23.e4 Nc5 24.Nb5 Rd2 25.Ke3 Raa2 26.Ra2 Ra2 27.Nc3 Ra3 28.Kd2 Rb3 29.Kc2 Rb1= 30.Nb1 Ba4 31.Kc3 Kf6 32.Na3 Ke5+= 33.Nb5 Kf4 34.Nd6 Ke3 35.Bf1 f6 36.Nc8 Kf3 37.Nb6 Ne4 38.Kd4 Bc6 39.Nc8 h5 40.Ne7= Be8 41.c5 Ng5 42.c6 Kf2 43.c7? Ne6–+ (43...Ne6 44.Ke4 Nc7–+) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1810) – dannymath, Active, 2011.

7.b5 Bb7 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.d4 Nc3 10.Bc3 e5 11.Be2 e4= 12.Nd2 f5 13.0-0 Qg5 14.Qb3 f4 15.c5 Kh8 16.c6 dc6 17.bc6? Bc6–/+ 18.ef4 Rf4 19.Qe6 Bd5 20.Qc8 Rf8 21.Qc7 Nc6 22.Qb6 e3 23.f4 Qe7 24.Nb3 Rfb8–/+ 25.Qc5 Qc5 26.Nc5 Nd4 27.Bd4 Bd4 28.Rad1 Bc5 29.Rd5 Rb2 30.Rc5 Re2 31.a4 Rd8 32.Ra5 Rdd2 33.Ra8 Kg7 34.Ra7 Kh6 35.Rf3 Rg2 36.Kf1? e2–+ 37.Kg2 e1Q 38.Kh3 0–1. Comet B25 – Fritz 6, 2004.

7.b5 Bb7 8.Nc3 e5 9.Bg2 =+.

7.b5 Bb7 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 d6 10.Nc3 Qc8 11.d4 Qh3 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Bf1 Qg4 14.Bg2 Rad8 15.Qe2 c5 16.bc6 Bc6 17.e4 Qh5 18.Qc2 e5 19.Ba3 ed4 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.Ncb5 Bb5 22.Nb5 Nf3 23.Bf3 Qf3 24.Nd6 Qa3=+ 25.Ne8 Ne8 26.Rad1 Bd4 27.e5 Qc5 28.Qe2 Ng7 29.Rb1 Qc6 30.Red1–/+ Ne6 31.h4 Qc7 32.h5 f6 33.hg6 hg6 34.Qg4 Kf7 35.Qh3 Qe5 36.Qh7–/+ Ng7 37.Kf1 Qc5 38.Rbc1 Qf5 39.Qh2 Rh8 40.Qg1 Ne6 41.Rd4? Nd4 42.Rd1 Nf3 43.g4 Qe4 44.Rd7 0–1. EXchess 3.11 – Comet B50, 2004.

7.b5 c6 8.Nc3 cb5 9.Nb5 d5 10.Rc1 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Nc7 Ra7 13.Ne6 fe6 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.d3 a4 16.Bg2 Ra6 17.f4 Nh5 18.Qg4+– a3 19.Ba1 Bd4 20.Bd4 dc4 21.Rc4 e5 22.Be5 b5 23.Rc5 Qg4 24.hg4 Nd7 25.Rb5 Ng7 26.Bd4 Ne6 27.Bd5 Rc8 28.f5 gf5 29.gf5 Rc1 30.Kf2 Rh1 31.fe6 Nf8 32.Bh1 Ne6 33.Bd5 Kf7 1–0. Fritz 6 – EXchess 3.11, 2004.

7.Bg2 Na6 8.a3 c5 9.b5 Nc7 10.0-0 e6 11.d3 Qe8 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.Re1 d5 14.Qe2 dc4 15.dc4 a6 16.a4 Rd6 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Rd6 Qd6 19.Nd2 Bg2 20.Kg2 Ng4 21.Rd1 h5 22.Nde4 Qe7 23.Nb1 Bb2 24.Qb2 h4 25.Re1 f5 26.Ned2 hg3 27.fg3 Qh7 28.h3 Nf6 29.Nf3 Kf7 30.Ng5 Ke7 31.Nh7 Nh7 32.Qg7 Rf7 33.Qg6 Nf8 34.Qg5 Kd7 35.Rd1 Nd5 36.cd5 Kc7 37.de6 Ne6 38.Qg8 Rf6 39.Qe8 ab5 40.Rd7 Kc6 41.Qc8 1–0. valpa – unclcarle, playchess.de, 2002.

7.Bg2 Nc6 8.a3 a5 9.b5 Nb8 10.0-0 d5 11.cd5 Bd5 12.d4 (12.Nc3 c6+=) 12...Nbd7 (12...Bc4 13.Re1 Bb5 14.Ne5=) 13.a4 Rc8 14.Ba3 (14.Nc3 c5+=) 14...Ne4 15.Nbd2 Nd2 16.Qd2 c5 17.bc6 Bc6 18.Bb2 Bf3 19.Bf3 e5 20.Rac1 ed4 21.Bd4 Rc1 22.Rc1 Bd4 23.Qd4 Nc5 24.Qc4 Qd2 25.Rd1 Qb4 26.Qb4 ab4 27.Bc6 (27.Rd4!? b3 28.Rb4=) 27...b3= 28.Bb5 Ra8 Attacks the isolani on a4 29.Rb1 Rd8 30.Bc4 Na4 31.Rb3 Rb8 32.Rb4 Nc5 33.Kg2 Ne6 34.Kf3 Kf8 35.Be6 fe6 36.Ke4 Ke7 37.Ke5 b5 38.Kd4 Kd6 39.e4 (39.f4 h6+=) 39...e5= 40.Kc3 (40.Ke3!?=) 40...Kc5=+ 41.Rb1 (41.Rb2 b4 42.Kd3 g5=+) 41...b4 (41...Rf8!?-+) 42.Kb3 Kd4 43.f3? (better 43.Rf1!?=+) 43...Ke3-+ 44.Rc1 Kf3 45.Rc7 h5 (better 45...Ke4 46.Rh7 Rb6-+) 46.Rg7? (46.Rc6 g5-+) 46...Ke4 (better 46...Rb6-+) 47.Rg6-/+ Kf5 48.Rh6 Ke4 (48...Kg4!? 49.Rg6 Kf3 50.Rf6 Kg2-+) 49.Rh5 (49.Rg6 Rb7-/+) 49...Kd4=+ 50.Rh4 (50.Rh7 e4=+) 50...e4-/+ 51.Rf4 Kd3 52.Rf7 e3 53.Rd7 Ke2 54.h4 (54.Rd6 Re8 55.Kc2 b3 56.Kc1 b2 57.Kb2 Kf2-+) 54...Rg8 (better 54...Re8!? 55.Rf7 Kd2 56.Rd7 Kc1-+) 55.Kb4-/+ Rg3 56.Kc3 Kf2 (better 56...Ke1 57.Rf7 e2 58.Kc2 Rg2-+) 57.Rf7?? (57.Re7 Ke1 58.h5 e2 59.Kc2-+) 57...Rf3 58.Re7 e2 (better 58...Kf1-+) 59.Kd2= Rh3 60.Re2 Kf3?? (better 60...Kg3=) 61.Re3+- Kf4 (61...Kg4 62.Rh3 Kh5 63.Kd3+-) 62.Rh3 (62.Rh3 Ke5 63.h5 Kf4 64.h6 Kg4 65.Rh1 Kg3 66.h7 Kf4 67.h8Q Kf5 68.Qg7 Ke6 69.Rh5 Kd6 70.Qf6 Kd7 71.Rh7 Ke8 72.Qe7) 1-0. dannysmet (2060) - koningskind (2030), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.Bg2 d5 8.Qb3 (8.cd5 a5 9.b5 Qd5=) 8...dc4 9.Qc4 Nbd7 10.0-0 c5 11.a3 Rc8 12.Qb3 (12.b5 Ra8=) 12...Bd5 13.Qd1 cb4 (13...b5 14.Nc3=) 14.ab4= Qc7 (14...a5 15.ba5 ba5 16.Nc3=) 15.Nc3 Bc6 (15...a6 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Ra6 Nb4 19.Qa1 Nf6 20.Ra7+=) 16.Nd4 (16.b5!? Bf3 17.Qf3+=) 16...Bg2= 17.Kg2 Ne5 18.Qb3 (18.d3!?=) 18...Qb7 19.Kg1 a6 (19...Rfd8 20.f4 Rd4 21.ed4 Nf3 22.Rf3 Qf3 23.Qd1-/+ (23.Ra7?? Ng4 24.Nd1 Qb3-+)) 20.Qa2 (20.b5 a5=+) 20...Ra8 21.f4 Nd3 22.Ba3 a5 (22...Ne4 23.Qc2 Nc3 24.dc3= (worse 24.Qd3 Nb5-/+)) 23.Qc4 ab4 24.Bb4 Nb4 25.Qb4 e6 26.Rab1 Nd5 27.Nd5 Qd5 28.Qb6 Bd4 29.Qd4 Qd4 30.ed4 Ra4 31.d5 ed5 32.Rb5 Rd4 33.Rf2 Re8 34.Kf1 Ra8 35.Re2 Ra1 36.Kf2 Rh1 37.Kg2 Rd1 38.Rb2 Rc4 39.Kf3 d4 (39...Rf1!? 40.Rf2 Ra1=) 40.Re7 Rc8 41.Rbb7 (41.Rd7 Rf1 42.Kg2 Re1+/-) 41...Rf1 (41...Rd2!? 42.Rf7 Rh2 43.Rg7 Kh8+=) 42.Ke2 Rh1 43.Rf7 Rh2 44.Kd3 Rf8 (44...Rd8 45.Rg7 Kh8 46.Ra7+/-) 45.Rg7+- Kh8 46.Kd4 Rd2 47.Ke3 Rd5 1-0. dannysmet (2010) - MATGoes (2090), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Bg2 d6 8.0-0 e5 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.a4 a6 11.a5 (11.Qb3 c5=) 11...d5 (11...ba5 12.Ra5 c5 13.Ba3=+) 12.ab6 (12.d4 ed4 13.Nd4 ba5 14.Ra5 c5=) 12...cb6 13.Qb3 (13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 dc4 15.Nc4 Qe7=) 13...dc4 14.Qc4 Rc8 (14...e4 15.Nd4=+) 15.Qb3= b5 (15...Qe7 16.d4=) 16.d4 ed4 17.Nd4 Bg2 18.Kg2 Ne5 (better 18...Qb6!?=) 19.Ra6+/- Nc4 20.Ncb5 (better 20.Rd1 Qd7 21.Ra2+/-) 20...Nb2? (better 20...Nd2 21.Qa2 Nf1 22.Kf1 Rb8=) 21.Qb2+- Qd5 22.Kg1 Ng4 23.Rd6?? (better 23.Qe2 Qh5 24.f3+-) 23...Qh5 24.h4 Rfd8?? (better 24...Qb5! 25.Nb5 Bb2-/+) 25.Rd8+- Rd8 26.Qe2 Bf6 (26...g5 27.f3 Ne5 28.hg5 Qg5 29.Kg2+-) 27.Nc3 (better 27.Rc1 Be7 28.Nc6+-) 27...Bh4? (better 27...Bd4 28.ed4 Rd4+-) 28.gh4+- Qh4 29.f3 (better 29.Nf3 Qe7 30.b5+-) 29...Qg3= 30.Qg2?? (better 30.Kh1 Qh4 31.Kg1 Qg3 32.Kh1 Qh4 33.Kg1=) 30...Qg2-+ 31.Kg2 Ne3 32.Kf2 Nf1 33.Kf1? (33.Nc6 Rd6 34.b5-+) 33...Rd4 34.b5 Rd3 35.Na4 (35.Ne4 Rf3 36.Ke2 Rb3-+) 35...Rf3 36.Ke2 Rb3 37.b6 h5 38.Kd2 (38.Nc5 Rb6 39.Nd7 Rb2 40.Kf3 f5-+) 38...h4 39.Kc2 (39.Ke2 g5 40.Kf2 g4-+) 39...Rb6! 40.Nb6 h3 41.Nd7 h2 42.Ne5 (42.Nf6 Kg7 43.Ne8 Kh6-+) 42...h1Q 43.Nd3 Kg7 (43...g5!? 44.Kc3-+) 44.Kd2 g5 45.Ke2 g4 46.Nf2 Qg2 47.Ke3 g3 (47...Qf3 48.Kd4 Qf2 49.Kc3 Qc5 50.Kb2 g3 51.Ka2 g2 52.Kb2 Qc4 53.Ka3 g1Q 54.Kb2 Qgc1) 48.Ne4 Qg1 49.Kf3 g2 50.Ng5 Qf1 51.Ke4 g1Q 52.Nf3 (52.Ne6 fe6 53.Ke5 Qc5 54.Ke6 Qff5) 52...Qe2 53.Kf4 (53.Kf5 Qf3 54.Ke5 Qc5) 53...Qgf2 (53...Qee3 54.Kf5 Qg6) 54.Kg4 (54.Kf5 Qff3 55.Kg5 Qf6) 54...Qff3 55.Kh4 (55.Kg5 Qf6) 55...Qh2 (55...Qe7) 56.Kg5 Qff4 (56...Qhf4) 0-1. dannysmet (2010) - zsolt69 (2155), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Ng5 (8.b5 d6=) 8...d5 (8...Na6!? 9.a3 c5=+) 9.cd5= Nd5 10.Bg7 Kg7 11.e4 (11.b5!?+=) 11...Nf6=+ (11...Nb4? 12.Qc3 e5 13.Qb4+–) 12.Qb2 (12.b5!?=+) 12...Nc6–/+ 13.Nc3 e5 (better 13...Qd4–/+) 14.Nd5?? (better 14.Bc4!?=+) 14...Nd4 (better 14...Nd5 15.ed5 Qd5–+) 15.Nf6–/+ Qf6 (15...Kf6?! 16.Nh7 Kg7 17.Nf8 Qf8 18.f3+=) 16.Bd3 b5 (16...Qd6 17.Rc1–/+) 17.Rc1 Rfc8 18.Rc5 a6?? (18...a5 19.a3 ab4 20.ab4–/+) 19.a4?? (19.0-0 Qd8+–) 19...c6?? (19...ba4 20.0-0 Nb3 21.Rc3–/+ (21.Re5 Rd8 22.Qc3 Rd7=+)) 20.ab5?? (better 20.0-0 Ne6 21.Ne6 (21.Re5 Nf4 22.Bb1 ba4+=) 21...fe6 22.Re5+– (worse 22.Qe5 Qe5 23.Re5 Rd8=)) 20...cb5–/+ 21.0-0 (21.Rc8 Rc8 (21...Bc8?! 22.0-0–/+) 22.0-0 Qd6–+) 21...Rc5–+ 22.bc5 Rc8 (22...Qe7 23.Rc1–+) 23.Qc3 Qf4 24.Rc1 (24.Qb2 Rc5 25.Qa3 Rc6–+) 24...Bc6 (24...Qh4 25.Nf3 Nf3 26.gf3 Qg5 27.Kf1–+) 25.g3 (better 25.Rf1!?–/+) 25...Qg4–+ 26.Qa3?? (26.Kg2 f6 27.f3–+) 26...f6 27.Nf3 (27.Qa6 fg5 28.Qa7 Kg8 29.Qa3 gh4 30.Bc2–+) 27...Nf3 28.Kg2 Nh4 29.Kf1 Nf3 (29...Qf3 30.Qc3 Bd7 31.gh4 Qh1 32.Ke2 Bg4 33.f3 Qf3 34.Ke1 Qg3 35.Kf1 Bf3 36.Qe5 fe5 37.c6 Rf8 38.Bc4 Bg4 39.Bf7 Rf7) 30.Be2 (30.Qa6 Nd2 31.Ke1 Nf3 32.Kf1 Ra8 33.Qa8 Ba8–+) 30...Nd2 (30...Qh3) 31.Ke1–+ Qe4 32.Qa6 (32.Qe3 Qe3 33.fe3–+) 32...Nf3 33.Kf1 Nh2 34.Ke1 Qb4 35.Kd1 (35.Rc3 Qc3 36.Kd1 Rd8 37.Bd3 Bf3) 35...Rd8 36.Kc2 (36.Bd3 Rd3 37.Kc2 Rd2) 36...Be4 (36...Rd2) 37.Bd3 Bd3 38.Kd1 Bf1 (38...Bf1 39.Qd6 Qb3 40.Ke1 Qa2 41.Qc7 Kh6 42.Qh7 Kh7 43.Rc2 Qc2 44.c6 Qd2; 38...Bc2 39.Kc2 Rd2) 0–1. guest1276 – guest563, ICS blitz, 2000.

7.Qc2 d6 8.b5=.

7.Nc3 Bb7=.

7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Ne5?? (8.0-0!?=) 8...Bg2?? (better 8...Ng4 9.f4 d6 (9...Bg2?! 10.Rg1 Bb7 11.Qc2–/+) 10.Nf7 Kf7 11.Bg7 Kg7–+) 9.Rg1=+ Be4 10.Be4 Ne4 11.Qf3 d5 12.Ng6 (12.d3 Nf6 13.Nc3 c6=+) 12...Bb2?? (better 12...fg6 13.Qg2 e5 (13...Rf2?? 14.Qg6 Rf1 15.Rf1+–) 14.Qg6 Qf6–/+) 13.Ne5 (13.Ne5 Ng5 14.Rg5 Kh7 15.Qh5; 13.Ne7 Kh7 14.Qh5) 1–0. yodamo – SILVER BEAR, ChessWorld.net, 2008. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.c4 b6)

7.a4 a6 8.Be2 ab5 9.cb5 c6 10.Nc3 d5 11.0-0 c5 12.d4 c4 13.Ba3 Re8 14.h3 Bc8 15.Bb4 Be6 16.Ne5 Qc8 17.a5 ba5 18.Ra5 Ra5 19.Ba5 Nfd7 20.Nd7 Qd7 21.Qa4 Bh3 22.gh3 Qh3 23.Bc7 Nd7 24.Nd5 e5 25.b6 ed4 26.Nf4 Qf5 27.Bc4 de3 28.fe3 Re3 29.Qa8 Nf8 0–1. Abdullaevich (1705) – Net44 (1735), lichess.org, 2018.

7.a4 e6 8.Be2 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bg7 Kg7 11.0-0 Qf6 12.d4 Nd7 13.Nbd2 Rac8 14.Qb3 c5 15.dc5 Nc5 16.Qa3 Nc3 17.Bc4 N3a4 18.Rfc1 Nb2 19.Nd4 Nc4 20.Nc4 Qg5 21.g3 Qd5 22.Qa7 Qg2 0–1. Abdullaevich (1635) – FardinGarmanjani, lichess.org, 2018.

7.Be2 c5 8.a4 d5 9.0-0 dc4 10.Bc4 Bd5 11.Bd5 Nd5 12.Bg7 Kg7 13.Qc2 Nb4 14.Qc3 f6 15.d4 Nd5 16.Qc4 cd4 17.Nd4 Qd6 18.Nc3 Nc3 19.Qc3 e5 20.Nf3 Rc8 21.Qc8 Qd7 22.Qd7 Nd7 23.Rfd1 Nc5 24.g3 Kf7 25.Nd2 Rd8 26.Nc4 1–0. Abdullaevich – WAM123 (1645), lichess.org, 2019.

7.Be2 Bf3 8.Bf3 c6 9.a4 e5 10.Be5 Qe7 11.Bb2 Qb4 12.Qc2 d5 13.cd5 cd5 14.Ba3 Qc4 15.Qc4 dc4 16.Ba8 Rd8 17.Nc3 Nbd7 18.Bf3 Ne5 19.Ke2 Re8 20.h3 Nh5 21.Bh5 gh5 22.f4 Ng6 23.g4 Nf4 24.Kf3 Nd3 25.gh5 Ne5 26.Ke2 Nd7 27.Rhg1 Nf6 28.h6 Kh8 29.hg7 Kg8 30.Raf1 Nh5 31.Rg5 Ng7 32.Rfg1 1–0. Abdullaevich (1905) – Sommayya31, lichess.org, 2020.

8.0-0=.

8.a4 ab5 9.cb5 c6 10.Na3 cb5 11.Nb5 Bc6 12.0-0 Na6 13.d4 Ne4 14.Ne5 Nf6 15.Nc6 dc6 16.Nc3 Nc7 17.h3 Nfd5 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Rc1 Qd7 20.Qb3 Rfb8 21.Ba3 e6 22.Rc2 Ne7 23.Rfc1 c5 24.Bb5 Qd8 25.dc5 bc5 26.Rc5 Nd5 27.Rd1 Qh4 28.Rdd5 ed5 29.Qd5 Rd8 30.Bd7 Qe7 31.Rc8 Qa3 32.Ra8 Ra8 33.Qa8 Bf8 34.Bb5 Kg7 35.Qd5 Bd6 36.g3 Qc1 37.Kg2 Qc7 38.Bc4 h6 39.a5 h5 40.h4 Bf8 41.a6 Bb4 42.Bb5 Bd6 43.Bc6 Ba3 44.Bb7 Qb6 45.Qd4 Qd4 46.ed4 Bc5 47.dc5 Kf6 48.a7 g5 49.a8Q g4 50.c6 Ke6 51.c7 f6 52.c8Q Ke5 53.Qa5 Kd6 54.Qc6 Ke7 55.Qac7 Kf8 56.Ba6 Kg8 57.Qa8 1–0. Abdullaevich (1630) – gabidol (1815), lichess.org, 2018.

8.a4 ab5 9.cb5 c6 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Qb3 Nc3 12.Bc3 cb5 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.Qb5 Bc6 15.Qb3 Na6 16.0-0 Nc5 17.Qc3 Kg8 18.Bb5 Na4 19.Qb4 Bb5 20.Qb5 Nc5 ½–½. Abdullaevich (1925) – Biliy_Pavlo (1915), lichess.org, 2020.

8.a4 c6 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nc3 11.Bc3 Bc3 12.Qc3 ab5 13.cb5 cb5 14.ab5 Ra1 15.Qa1 d6 16.0-0 Nd7 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Nf3 Qd7 20.d4 Ne4 21.Qa6 Rb8 22.Rc1 Kg7 23.Rc6 Qb7 24.g3 h5 25.Kg2 d5 26.Ne5 Nd6 27.Nd3 Nc4 28.Nb4 Na5 29.Qb7 Rb7 30.Rc8 e6 31.Na6 Nc4 32.Rc7 Rc7 33.Nc7 Nd6 34.Na8 Nb5 35.Nb6 Nc3 36.Nd7 Nb1 37.h4 Na3 38.Kf3 Nc4 39.Kf4 Nd2 40.Ne5 Ne4 0–1. Abdullaevich – adebz02 (1705), lichess.org, 2018.

8.a4 a6 9.Nc3 ab5 10.cb5 c5 11.0-0 d5 12.d4 c4 13.h3 Nbd7 14.Nh2 Qc7 15.Ba3 Rfe8 16.Ng4 h5 17.Nf6 Nf6 18.f4 Rad8 19.Bf3 e6 20.Bb4 Bf8 21.Qb1 Bb4 22.Qb4 Qd6 23.Rfb1 Qb4 24.Rb4 Nh7 25.a5 ba5 26.Ra5 Ra8 27.Rba4 Ra5 28.Ra5 Ra8 29.Ra8 Ba8 30.Kf2 Nf6 31.Ke2 Nd7 32.Na4 Bb7 33.Kd2 Kf8 34.Kc3 Ke7 35.Nb2 Kd8 36.Nc4 dc4 37.Bb7 Nb6 38.Bc6 h4 39.e4 f6 40.d5 ed5 41.Bd5 g5 42.fg5 f5 43.Bc4 fe4 44.Be2 Ke7 45.Kd4 Kf7 46.Ke4 Kg6 47.Kf4 Nd5 48.Kg4 Ne3 49.Kh4 Nd5 50.g3 Nb6 51.Kg4 Nd5 52.h4 Nb6 53.h5 Kg7 54.Kf5 Nd5 55.h6 Kf8 56.g4 Ne7 57.Ke6 Nc8 58.g6 Kg8 59.g5 Kh8 60.Bd3 Kg8 61.Kf6 Nb6 62.h7 Kf8 63.g7 1–0. Abdullaevich (1705) – Ulaka (1745), lichess.org, 2018.

8.a4 cb5 9.ab5 a6 10.0-0 ab5 11.Ra8 Ba8 12.cb5 d6 13.Qc2 Nbd7 14.Nc3 Nc5 15.d4 Ne6 16.Ra1 Qc7 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Ba3 Qb7 19.Bb4 Ng5 20.Be2 Nfe4 21.Ne4 Rc2 Normal 0-1. HoldsBear - dub (1650), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.a4 cb5 9.ab5 d5 10.0-0 dc4 11.Bc4 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Nc5 13.Qd1 Nd3 14.Bd4 Nc5 15.Nc3 Nh5 16.Bg7 Ng7 17.d4 Ne4 18.Ne4 Be4 19.Ne5 e6 20.Bd3 Bb7 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Qb3 Qd6 23.Rc3 Rc3 24.Qc3 Rc8 25.Qb3 Qd5 26.Qd5 Bd5 27.Ra1 Rc7 28.h3 Ne8 29.f3 Kg7 30.Be4 Be4 31.fe4 Nd6 32.Rb1 Ne4 33.Nc6 Nc3 34.Rb3 Nd5 35.Ra3 Ne7 36.Ra7 Ra7 37.Na7 Nd5 38.Kf2 Kf8 39.Nc8 Ke8 0–1. Abdullaevich (1795) – matthias12345 (1785), lichess.org, 2019.

8.0-0 dc4 9.Bc4 a6 10.a4 c6 (10...c5 11.d4=) 11.Nc3 (11.d4 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 cb5 14.Bb5 Qd6=) 11...Nd5 (11...ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 cb5 14.Nb5 Bf3 15.Qf3 Qd2 16.Bd4=) 12.bc6+= Bc6 13.d4 Nc3 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.Qb3 (15.Rc1 b5 16.ab5 ab5+=) 15...Bf3= 16.gf3 Nd7 (16...e6 17.Rfc1 Rc8 18.Be1+=) 17.Rfc1 (17.Bb4 Nf6+=) 17...Qd6 18.Bb4 (18.f4 Qf6+=) 18...Qf6 19.f4 g5 (19...Rfc8 20.Bd5 Rab8 21.Rc8 Rc8 22.Bb7+=) 20.fg5+/– Qg5 21.Kh1 Qg4 (better is 21...Qf6!?+/–) 22.Rg1+– Qf3 23.Rg2 Rae8?? (better is 23...Nf6+–) 24.Bd5 (24.Ba6?! Kh8 25.Bb5 Bf6+–) 24...Qf6 25.Rag1 1–0. DEFFM – nozqi, freechess.org, 2018.

8.0-0 e6 9.a4 c5 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Nb3 Qe7 13.a5 Rfd8 14.ab6 ab6 15.Ra7 Rb8 16.Qc2 Rdc8 17.Rfa1 Qd6 18.h3 e5 19.Nh2 h5 20.Nd2 Qc7 21.Ndf3 Ra8 22.Bc3 Ra7 23.Ra7 d4 24.ed4 ed4 25.Bd2 Ra8 26.Qa2 Qb8 27.Ra8 Qa8 28.Qa8 Ba8 29.Ng5 Bb7 30.Bf3 Bf3 31.Nhf3 Nh7 32.Nh7 Kh7 33.Bf4 f6 34.Bc7 Kg8 35.Nh4 Kf7 36.f4 Bh6 37.g3 Bf8 38.Kf2 Be7 39.Kf3 Bf8 40.Ke4 g5 41.fg5 fg5 42.Nf5 Ke6 43.Nd4 cd4 44.Kd4 Bc5 45.Ke4 Ne5 46.d4 Nc4 47.dc5 bc5 48.b6 Na5 49.Bd8 Nb7 50.Bg5 Kd6 51.Kf5 c4 52.Be3 c3 53.Kg5 c2 54.Kh5 Ke6 55.g4 Kf7 56.g5 Kg7 57.g6 Nd6 58.Kg5 Ne4 59.Kf4 Nd6 60.Kg5 Ne4 61.Kf5 Nd6 62.Kg5 ½–½. Abdullaevich (1795) – Valic (1725), lichess.org, 2019.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bg7 Kg7 10.0-0 c5 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.h3 Be4 14.d3 Bf3 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Nc3 Ne5 17.Ne4 Qd3 18.Qd3 Nd3 19.Nf6 ef6 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.a5 Nb4 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.ab6 ab6 24.Ra7 Rd6 25.Rb7 Nd3 26.Bc6 Ne5 27.Rb6 Nc6 28.Rc6 Rd1 29.Kh2 Rc1 30.b6 Kf8 31.b7 Rb1 32.Rc8 Ke7 33.b8Q Rb8 34.Rb8 Kd6 35.Rc8 Kd5 36.Kg1 Kc4 37.Kf1 Kb4 38.Ke2 c4 39.Kd2 Kb3 40.Kc1 c3 41.g4 h5 42.f3 hg4 43.hg4 f5 44.gf5 gf5 45.Rf8 1–0. Abdullaevich (1625) – khalasnikov (1690), lichess.org, 2018.

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 a6 10.a4 (10.Nc3 e5+=) 10...ab5 (10...c5 11.bc6 Bc6 12.Nbd2=) 11.ab5+= Ra1 12.Ba1 Ne4 (12...e5 13.de5 Ne4 14.Nbd2 de5 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Bc3=) 13.Nbd2 Nd2 14.Nd2 Qa8 15.Bf3 (15.d5 e6+=) 15...e5 (15...Bf3 16.Nf3 Qe4 17.Ng5+=) 16.Qc2 ed4 (16...Bf3 17.Nf3 (worse is 17.gf3 ed4 18.Bd4 Bd4 19.ed4 d5+=) 17...c6 18.Qb3+=) 17.ed4 (17.Bd4 Bf3 18.Nf3 Ne5+=) 17...Bh6 (17...Bf3 18.Nf3 (worse is 18.gf3 d5–/+) 18...Re8 19.Bc3+=) 18.Bb7+/– Qb7 19.d5 Nc5 (19...Bf4 20.Re1+/–) 20.Ne4 Ne4 21.Qe4 Qc8 22.Re1 Bg7 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qe7 h6 25.f4 Qd8 (25...Qf5 26.Qc7 Qf4 27.Qb6 Qc4 28.Qd6 Qd4 29.Kh1+=) 26.Qd8 (26.g4 Qc8 27.h3 Kg8+/–) 26...Rd8+= 27.Ra1 (27.Re7 Rc8+=) 27...Kf6 (27...f5 28.Kf2+=) 28.Ra7 (28.Kf2 Re8 29.Kf3 Re7+/–) 28...Rc8 29.Kf2 h5 (29...Ke7 30.Ra3+=) 30.Kf3+/– Kf5 31.g3 f6 (31...Kf6 32.h3+/–) 32.h3 g5 33.g4 hg4 34.hg4 Kg6 35.f5 Kf7 36.c5 (36.Ke2 Ke7+/–) 36...dc5+= 37.d6 Ke8 38.dc7 Kd7 (38...c4 39.Ke3 Kd7 40.Rb7+/–) 39.Rb7 Rc7 (39...c4 40.Ke3 Rc7 41.Rb6+–) 40.Rb6 c4 (40...Ke7 41.Ke3+/–) 41.Ke3 (41.Rf6!? Rc5 42.b6 Kc8+–) 41...c3+/– 42.Rf6 c2?? (better is 42...Rc4 43.Rc6! Rg4 44.Rc3 Rb4 45.Rd3 Ke7+/–) 43.Rf7+– Kd6 44.Rc7 Kc7 45.Kd2 c1Q 46.Kc1 Kb6 47.f6 (47.f6 Kb5 48.f7+–) 1–0. DEFFM – GuestJBZQ, freechess.org, 2018.

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 e5 10.de5+= de5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Qd8 Rad8 13.Be5 Ne4 (13...Rfe8 14.Bc3+= (worse 14.Bc7 Rd7 15.Bg3 Ne4-/+)) 14.Bg7+/- Kg7 15.Rd1 Rd1 16.Bd1 Rd8 17.Bc2 Nd6 18.h3 (better 18.Na3!?+/-) 18...Nc4= 19.Nc3 Rd2 20.Bb3 Ne5 21.Rd1 Rd1 22.Nd1 Kf6 23.Nc3 Nd7 (23...c5 24.f4 Nd3 25.g4=) 24.Ne2 (24.Bd5!? Bc8 25.Ne4 Ke5 26.Bc6+=) 24...Nc5= 25.Bc2 Bd5. cucosant2 - szantocosmin (2000), Casual Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.d4 e6 (9...a6 10.0-0=) 10.0-0 Qc8 (10...a6 11.Qc2+=) 11.a4 (11.a3 c5+=) 11...Qd8 (11...c5 12.d5 Qb8 13.Qd2+=) 12.Qc2 (12.a5 ba5 13.Ra5 c5+=) 12...Qe7 (12...c5 13.bc6 Bc6 14.e4+=) 13.Rfe1 (13.a5 ba5 14.Ra5 a6+=) 13...a6 (13...c5 14.bc6 Bc6 15.e4+=) 14.e4 ab5 (14...Rfc8 15.Reb1+=) 15.ab5+/– h6 16.Bd3 Kh7 (16...c6 17.bc6 Bc6 18.Nb5+/–) 17.h3 (better is 17.Qe2+/–) 17...d5? (better is 17...c6!?+=) 18.ed5+– Qb4 (18...Ra1 19.Ra1 Ra8 20.Ra8 Ba8 21.Qe2+–) 19.de6 fe6 1–0. DEFFM – SRBVxx, freechess.org, 2018.

8.Nc3 e5 9.0-0=.

8.d4 a6=.

7.d4 d6 (7...c5 8.bc5 bc5= 9.Rb1 Qa5 10.Nd2 cd4 11.ed4 Na6= 0.00; 7...a5 8.ba5 Ra5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 Nb4 11.Be2 Qa8+= 0.37) 8.d5 (8.Be2!?= c5 (8...a5 9.b5 c5 10.bc6 Nc6 11.0-0 d5+= 0.50) 9.bc5 dc5 10.dc5 bc5 11.0-0 Qc7= 0.19; 8.Bd3 c5 9.b5 cd4 10.ed4 a6 11.0-0 d5= –0.03) 8...e6=+ (8...a6 9.Rb1 c6 10.Be2 cd5 11.Nd5 Nbd7= 0.09) 9.de6 (9.Rb1 c6 (9...a5 10.b5 Nbd7=+ 11.Be2 Nc5= 0.12) 10.de6 fe6 11.Ng5 Qe7= 0.00) 9...fe6 10.Qc2 (10.Be2 Ne4 11.Ne4 Bb2= –0.22) 10...Nbd7 (10...c5 11.a3 cb4=+ –0.47) 11.Bd3 (better 11.Be2=+ a5= –0.22) 11...e5 (11...a5 12.b5–/+) 12.Ng5 (12.0-0 c6+=) 12...Qe7 (12...Ng4 13.Ne6 Qh4 14.g3–+) 13.Nge4 c6 (better 13...a5 14.b5 Nc5 15.Nc5 bc5=) 14.0-0-0 (better 14.0-0!?=) 14...d5–/+ 15.Nf6 (15.cd5 cd5 16.Qb3 A) worse 16...Ne4 17.Nd5 Rac8 18.Kb1 Bd5 19.Qd5 Kh8 A1) 20.Be4? Nf6 (20...Qb4?! 21.f3 Nf6 22.Qb3 Qb3 23.ab3=) 21.Qe5 Qe5 22.Be5 Ne4 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Rd7 Rf7 25.Rf7 Kf7–+; A2) 20.Qe4=; B) 16...Kh8 17.Nf6 Nf6–/+ (17...Qf6?! 18.f3=)) 15...Nf6 (15...Bf6?! 16.cd5 cd5 17.Qb3=) 16.a3 (16.Qb3 d4 17.c5 Nd5–/+) 16...Rfd8 (16...Ng4 17.Rd2 d4 18.ed4 ed4 19.Ne4–+) 17.h4 (17.Kb1 a5 18.Qb3 ab4 19.cd5 cd5 20.Qb4 Qb4 21.ab4 Ng4–/+) 17...Rac8 (17...a5 18.Qb3 ab4 19.ab4 Qf7–/+) 18.Be2? (18.Kb1!?–/+) 18...c5 (18...d4 19.ed4 ed4 20.Na4–+) 19.cd5? (better 19.h5 d4 20.hg6 hg6 21.Qg6 cb4 22.ab4 dc3 23.Bc3 Rd1 24.Rd1–+) 19...cb4 20.ab4 Nd5 (20...Qb4!? 21.Kb1 Nd5 22.Nd5 Rd5 23.Rd5 Rc2 24.Rd8 Kf7 25.Kc2 Be4 26.Bd3–+) 21.e4–/+ Nb4 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Ba3 Bf8 (24...a5 25.Kb1–/+) 25.h5? (better 25.Kb1–/+) 25...Qg5–+ 26.Kb1 Qg2 27.Rd1 Be4 28.Kb2 Rd1 (28...Nd3 29.Ka1 Ba3 30.Ne4 Qe4 31.Bd3–+) 29.Nd1 (better 29.Qd1 a5 30.Bb4 ab4 31.Ne4 Qe4 32.hg6 hg6 33.Qd3–+) 29...a5?? (better 29...Bd5 30.Bc4 Bc4 31.Qc4 a5–+) 30.Qf7+– Bc5?? (30...gh5 31.Qf8 Qg8 32.Qf6 Qg7 33.Qb6 Qb7 34.Qb7 Bb7 35.Bh5 Kg7+–) 31.Qe8 (better 31.Qf6 Kg8 32.h6+–) 31...Kg7= 32.Qe5 Kh6 33.Qf4 (better 33.Bb4 ab4 34.Qf4 Qg5 35.Qe4 Qd2 36.Kb3 Bf2 37.Nf2 Qc3 38.Ka4 Qa3 39.Kb5 Qa5 40.Kc6 Qc5 41.Kb7 Qf2 42.Bf3=) 33...Kg7?? (33...Qg5 34.Qe4 A) worse 34...gh5 35.Ne3 Be3 36.Qe6 (worse 36.Qe3 Qe3 37.fe3 Kg5=) 36...Kg7 37.fe3+–; B) 34...Qd2 35.Kb3 B1) 35...gh5 36.Qe6 Kg5 37.Qe5 Kg6 38.Qh5 (38.Bh5?! Kh6 39.Bb4 Qb4 40.Kc2 Qc4 41.Kb1 Qd3 42.Ka2 Bd6=) 38...Kg7 39.Bb2 Bd4 40.Qg4 Kf8 41.Qc8 (41.Bd4?? Qc2 42.Ka3 Qa2; 41.Qd4?! Qc2 42.Ka3 Qe2 43.Qh8 Kf7+–) 41...Ke7 42.Qc7 Ke6 43.Bc4 Nd5 44.Qc6 Ke7 45.Bd5 Qb4 46.Ka2 Bb2 47.Qc7 Ke8 48.Nb2+–; B2) 35...Qa2 36.Ka4 Nd5=+) 34.h6+– Kg8 35.Qf6 Bf8 36.Ne3 Bh6 37.Qe6 (37.Bc4 Bd5 38.Nd5 Bc1 39.Kc1 Qg1 40.Kb2 Qf2 41.Qf2 Kg7 42.Qf6 Kh6 43.Be2 b5 44.Qf8 Kg5 45.Qf4) 37...Kh8 38.Ng2 (38.Ng2 Bd5 39.Qe8 Kg7 40.Kb1 Ba2 41.Ka1 Bc1 42.Bc1 Nc2 43.Ka2 Nb4 44.Kb1 h5 45.Bb2 Kh6 46.f4 h4 47.Qh8) 1–0. purplegadge (1750) – zeropage (1825), gameknot.com, 2014.

7.Be2 a5 8.b5 c5 (8...h6 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Na4 Bb2 11.Nb2 Re8+= 0.50; 8...Ra7 9.0-0 Ne4 10.d4 Nc3 11.Bc3 d5+= 0.66) 9.0-0 Qc7 10.d4 cd4 11.Qd4 a4+= 0.47.

7.Be2 e6 8.0-0 A) 8...Qe7 9.a3 Ne4 10.d4 Nc3 11.Bc3 c5+= 0.59; B) 8...d5 9.Qb3 (9.d4 dc4 10.Bc4 a6 11.Rc1 Qd6+= 0.28) 9...dc4 (9...a5 10.b5 c5 11.bc6 Bc6+= 0.34) 10.Qc4 B1) 10...Nc6 B11) 11.b5 Na5+= 0.28; B12) 11.d4 a6+= 0.41; B2) 10...a6 11.d4 Qd6+= 0.34; C) 8...d6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.a3 c5 11.dc5 dc5+= 0.31; D) 8...a6 9.d4 Nc6 10.a3 d5 11.cd5 Nd5+= 0.59; E) 8...c5 9.bc5 bc5 10.Rb1 d6 11.Ba1 Qd7+= 0.28.

8.0-0 cb4=+ 9.Nd5 (9.Nb1 d5=+) 9...Nd5-/+ 10.cd5?? (better 10.Bg7 Kg7 11.cd5 Bd5 12.Qc2-/+) 10...Bb2-+ 11.Rb1 0-1. norba94 (2405) - KeyzerSoze (2480), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.c4 b6)

8.a3 e6 9.Qb3 d6= 10.0-0 Nc6 (10...a6 11.Rab1=) 11.d4 cd4 12.ed4 Nh5 13.Rad1 Nf4 14.Bc1 Ne2 15.Ne2 Ne7 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Rc1 Nf5 18.Rfd1 h6 19.b5 (19.d5 Qe7 20.Ng3 Ng3 21.Bg3 ed5 22.cd5 Qe4 23.Bd6 Rc1 24.Rc1 Rd8=+) 19...Re8 20.a4 (20.g4 Nh4 21.Nh4 Qh4–/+) 20...Qe7 (20...Qf6 21.a5=+) 21.Re1 (21.Ng3 Ng3 22.Bg3 d5=+) 21...g5 22.Bg3 d5 23.c5 (23.Ne5 dc4 24.Nc4 Bd5–/+) 23...bc5–/+ (worse 23...Ng3 24.Ng3 bc5 25.Nf5=+) 24.dc5 Ng3 25.hg3 (25.Ng3!? Rc5 26.Rc5 Qc5 27.Nf5–/+) 25...Rc5–/+ 26.Rc5 Qc5 27.Rc1 Qb6 28.Qb4 Rc8 (28...a6 29.Nfd4–/+) 29.Rc8 Bc8 30.a5 (30.Qe7 Bf8 31.Qe8 Qc7–/+) 30...Qc7 31.Nfd4 Bf8 (31...Bb7 32.a6 Ba8 33.Qb3–+) 32.Qa4 (32.Qc3 Qc3 33.Nc3 Bg7–/+) 32...e5–+ 33.Nc6 a6 34.b6 Qd6 0–1. Pyrich,George D (2380) – Canovas Pordomingo,Miguel Angel (2260), Asia/Africa+friends – Rest of the World, 2005. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7)

8.d4 dc4 (8...Nbd7 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Qb3 e6 11.0-0 Qe7+= 0.31; 8...a6 9.0-0 dc4 10.Bc4 Qd6 11.a3 Nbd7+= 0.31; 8...e6 9.0-0 dc4 10.Bc4 a6 11.a3 Qd6+= 0.28) 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.0-0 c5 11.bc5 bc5= 0.19.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qa4 a6 10.d4 Nc6 11.a3 b5+= 0.37.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qb3 a5 10.b5 c5 11.bc6 Bc6= 0.12.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qb3 e6 10.0-0 a5 11.b5 c5= 0.22.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qb3 e6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.b5 Nce7+= 0.31.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qb3 e6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nd5 Qd5+= 0.69.

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Qb3 e6 10.d4 Qe7 11.Ba3 Rd8= 0.19.

8.0-0 a5 9.b5 c5 10.bc6 Nc6 11.d4 d5+= 0.50.

8.0-0 a6 9.Nd4 (9.d4 Nbd7+=) 9...c5 10.bc5 (10.Nc2 Nc6 11.Bf3 Qd7=) 10...bc5 (10...dc5 11.Nf3=) 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4 e6 (14...Rab8 15.Qd3=) 15.Ba3 (better is 15.Re1=) 15...Rfd8 (15...Rab8 16.Qd3=) 16.h3 (better is 16.Bd6!? Qd6 17.Rb7+/–) 16...Nb6 (16...Ra7 17.Qd3=) 17.Qb3 Bf3 (17...Nfd7 18.Rfe1=) 18.Bf3 (18.Qb6 Qb6 19.Rb6 Nd7 20.Rd6 Be2 21.Ne2 Bf8=) 18...Rab8 19.c5 (19.Bd6 Qd6 (19...Rd6?! 20.c5=) 20.c5 Qd4 21.cb6 Nd7–/+) 19...Nbd7 (better is 19...dc5!? 20.dc5 Nbd7+=) 20.cd6+= Qa7 (20...Qc8 21.Qc2+=) 21.Qa4 Nb6 22.Qc2 Nc4 23.Bc5+/– Qd7 24.Ne4 Ne4+= 25.Be4 Rb1 26.Rb1 Nd6 27.d5?? Ne4 28.de6?? Qe6–+ 29.Re1 Rc8 30.Re4 Rc5! 31.Qc5 Qe4 32.Qc8 Bf8 33.Qa6 Qe1 34.Kh2 Qf2 35.a4 Qf4 36.Kh1 Bd6 37.Kg1 Bc5 38.Kh1 Qf2 39.Kh2 h5 40.Qc8–+ Kg7 41.Qd7 h4 42.Qd1–+ Qg3 43.Kh1 Bd6 44.Kg1 Qh2 45.Kf1 Qh1 (45...Qh1 46.Ke2 Qg2 47.Kd3 Qh3 48.Kc4 Qe6 49.Kd3 Qd5 50.Ke2 Qd1 51.Kd1 h3–+) 0–1. kiloracer (2225) – pvhameren (2000), net–chess.com, 2006.

8.0-0 c5 9.a3 a6 10.d4 Qc7 11.d5 Bc8+= 0.37.

8.0-0 Qd7 9.d4 c5 10.dc5 dc5 11.bc5 bc5+= 0.44.

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.a3 a5 10.b5 e5 11.d4 Re8+= 0.31.

8.0-0 e6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Qd3 c5 11.a3 e5+= 0.34.

8.h4 c5 9.b5 a6 10.0-0 ab5 11.Nb5 d5= –0.22.

8.h4 Nbd7 9.0-0 a5 10.b5 c5 11.bc6 Bc6= 0.06.

8.h4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 c5 10.a3 e5 11.d3 Qe7= –0.06.

8.h4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 c5 10.b5 a6 11.a4 ab5 12.Nb5 d5 13.Ne5 (13.Bc3 Qb8=) 13...Ne5 14.Be5 dc4 15.Bc4 (15.f3 Qd5 16.Bb2 Qd7=+) 15...Bg2–/+ 16.Rh2 (16.Rg1!? Bc6 17.Nc7–/+) 16...Bd5 (16...Bc6!? 17.Qb2 Qd7 18.d3–+) 17.Be2–/+ Be6 (17...Bc6 18.Qb2 h5 19.Rh3–/+) 18.Ra3 (18.Qb2 Rc8=+) 18...Nd5 (18...Qd7!?–/+) 19.Bg7=+ Kg7 20.h5 Nc7 21.h6 Kg8 22.Qe4 (better 22.f4=+) 22...Nb5?? (better 22...Qd5 23.Qf4 Nb5 24.Bb5 Qd6 25.Qd6 ed6–/+) 23.Qe5+– (23.Bb5 Qd6 24.Rh4 Bf5–/+) 23...f6 24.Qe6 Kh8 25.Bb5 Qc7 26.Rg2 (26.Rh4 Rad8+–) 26...Rad8 27.d3 Rd6 28.Qc4 e6 29.Rc3 Rfd8 30.f4 Rd5 31.Qe4 e5 (31...Qe7 32.Bc4 f5 33.Qf3+–) 32.f5 g5 33.Bc4 R5d6 (33...R5d7+–) 34.Rg5 Qd7 (34...Qc6 35.Qc6 Rc6+–) 35.Rg7 Qa4 36.Rh7! Kh7 37.Bg8!! Kg8 (37...Rg8 38.Qa4 Discovered attack; 37...Kg8 38.Qc4 Double attack (38.Qa4 Discovered attack)) 38.Qa4 Kh7 (38...Kh8 39.Qa2 Rd5 40.Qg2+–) 39.Qh4 Rg8 (39...Rf8 40.Qh5 Rd7 41.Qg6 Kh8 42.Rb3+–) 40.Ra3 Kh8 (40...Rd7 41.Qf6 b5+–) 41.Ra7 Rf8 (41...Rg5 42.h7 Rg1 43.Kf2 Rg2 44.Kg2 b5 45.Qg4 Rd3 46.Qg7) 42.Qg4 Rg8 (42...Rd7 43.Rd7 Rg8 44.Rd8 Kh7 45.Rg8 Kh6 46.Rh8) 43.Rg7 Rdd8 (43...Ra8 44.Rh7! Kh7 45.Qg7) 44.Qg6 (44.Qg6 Rg7 45.Qg7) 1–0. combijack (1855) – oleg31 (1710), gameknot.com, 2015.

8.h4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 c5 10.b5 a6 11.a4 e5=+ –0.34.

8.h4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 c5 10.b5 a6 11.d3 ab5=+ –0.28.

8.h4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 e5 10.e4 a5 11.b5 Nc5= –0.25.

8.h4 e5 9.d4 ed4 10.ed4 d5 11.0-0 dc4= –0.06.

7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Re8 10.a4 e5 11.d5 a5 12.ba5 Ra5 13.Nb5 Nc5 14.Bc3 Ra8 15.a5 ba5 16.Ra5 Qd7 17.Qa1 Ra5 18.Qa5 c6 (18...c6 19.dc6 Bc6=+) 0-1. GM_HUSARZ (2100) - ribarisah (2185), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2016.

7.Nbd2 c5 8.bc5 bc5 9.Rb1=.

7.Nbd2 d5 8.a4 Nc6 9.Qb3 e6 10.Be2 a5 11.b5 Ne7 12.Ba3 dc4 13.Nc4 Re8 14.0-0 Ned5 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Nce5 Ne4 17.Rc2 Nd6 18.Rfc1 Qe7 (18...Ne7 19.Bd6 Qd6 20.Qb2+/-) 19.Nc6 Bc6 20.Rc6 Qd7 21.Bd3 Ne7 22.Bd6?? (better 22.Ne5!? Qd8 23.R6c2+-) 22...cd6 (22...Nc6!? 23.Ba3 Ne7=+) 23.Rc8 Rc8 24.Rc8 Qc8 25.g3 Nd5 26.Bc4 Nb4 27.d5 e5 28.e4 h6 29.Kg2 f5 30.ef5 gf5 31.Nh4 f4 (31...Bf6 32.Nf3=) 32.h3 (32.Bd3 Nd3 33.Qd3 Qg4+=) 32...Bf6 33.Nf3 e4 (33...fg3 34.fg3 Qf5 35.Qd1=) 34.Nd2+= Qf5 The isolani on d5 becomes a target 35.Qb1 (35.gf4!? Kf8 36.Qe3 Nd5 37.Bd5 Qd5 38.Ne4+/-) 35...fg3= 36.fg3 Bd4 (36...Nd3 37.Qf1 Qf1 38.Kf1=) 37.Ne4 Kg7 (worse 37...Nd5 38.Qd3 Qe5 39.Nd6+/-) 38.Qe1?? (better 38.Kh2 Nd5 39.Qd3=) 38...Nc2-+ 39.Qe2 Ne3 40.Kh2 Qe4 (40...Nc4?! 41.Qc4 Qe4 42.Qc7 Kg8 43.Qd8 Kh7 44.Qc7 Bg7 45.Qf7-+) 41.h4 (41.Bd3 Qd5 42.Bb1-+) 41...Ng4 42.Kh3 Nf2 43.Kh2 (43.Qf2 Bf2 44.Bf1 Qf3 45.Kh2 Qg3 46.Kh1 Qg1) 43…Qh1 0-1. zembelek1 (2270) - tentfam (2210), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.Nbd2 Ne4 8.Bd3 d5 (8...Nd2 9.Qd2 a5 10.b5+=) 9.cd5+= Nd2 10.Qd2 Bd5 11.0-0 (11.e4 Be6+=) 11...Nd7 (11...Bf3!? 12.gf3 c6=) 12.e4+/– Bb7 13.d5 Bb2 14.Qb2 c6 15.dc6 Bc6 16.Rfd1 Qe8 17.Rdc1 Nf6 18.Qe2 Nh5 19.Qe3 e5 20.Rc3 (20.Rab1 Bb5+/–) 20...Nf4+= 21.Bf1 f6 22.Rac1 Bb5 23.g3 Ne6 24.Bb5 Qb5 25.Rc6 Nc5 26.Rc7 Na6 27.Qh6 Nc7+= 28.Rc7 Rf7 29.Rf7 Kf7 30.Qh7 Ke6 31.Qg6 Rf8 32.Ng5 Kd6 33.h4 Qe8+= 34.Qh6 Qe7 35.Nf3 ½–½. Cruz Alvarez de Ron,D (2200) – Markidis,K (2305), Ikaros Festival, Agios Kirykos GRE, 2007.

7.Bd3 c5 8.b5 e6 (8...cd4 9.ed4 a6 10.a4=) 9.Nbd2 d5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Qa4 (12.Rfd1 Qe7=) 12...Rc7 (12...cd4 13.ed4 (worse is 13.Bd4 e5–/+; 13.Qa7? Nc5 14.ed4 Nd3–+; worse is 13.Nd4 Nc5 14.Qc2 Nd3 15.Qd3 dc4–+) 13...dc4 14.Bc4+=) 13.Ne5 (better is 13.Rac1!?=) 13...Ne5+= 14.de5 Ng4 15.cd5 Ne5 16.Be2 Qd5 17.Nf3 Nf3 18.Bf3 Qd7 (18...Qg5 19.h4 Qe7 20.Bg7 Kg7 21.Bb7 Rb7 22.h5–/+) 19.Rad1 (19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Bb7 Rb7+=) 19...Qe7 (worse is 19...Bb2 20.Rd7 Rd7 21.Qa7+/–) 20.Ba3? (better is 20.Bg7 Bf3 21.Bf8+=) 20...Bf3–+ 21.gf3 Qg5 (21...Ra8 22.Rd2–+) 22.Kh1 Rfc8 23.Qc4 Qe7 24.Rg1 Rd7 25.Rdf1 (25.Bc1 Rcd8 26.Rd7 Qd7–+) 25...Rcd8 26.Bc1 Rd3 27.f4 Qb7 28.f3 Qd5 29.Qa4 Rd7 30.Rg5 Qb7 31.Qc2 Rd1! 32.Qg2? Qc7 33.Qe2 Rf1 34.Qf1 Qd6 35.Rg1 Qd3 36.Qd3 Rd3 37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Kf2 Bc3 39.Ke2 Rd7 40.Rg5 f5 41.Rg1 Ke7 42.h3 Kd8 43.a4 Ke7 44.Rg2 Kf7 45.Rg1 Kg7 46.Kf2 Kh6 47.Kg3 Kh5 48.Rh1 Rd3 49.Rf1 Bb4 50.Kf2 Kh6 51.Ke2 Rd7 52.Rg1 Rd8 53.Rg2 Bc3 54.Rg1 Kg7 55.Rg2 Kf6 56.Rg1 h6 57.Rg2 Rd7 58.Rg1 c4 59.e4 Bb4 60.Be3 Rd3 61.Rc1= Ra3 62.Rc4 Be7 63.e5 Kf7 64.Bc1 Ra2 65.Kd3 Bc5 66.Bd2 Ra1 67.Bb4 0–1. Helfst,Matt D (1955) – Rubin,Joshua (2075), Philadelphia USA, 8th Open, 2014. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.d4 Bb7)

7.Be2 Nc6 8.b5 Nb8 9.0-0 c6 10.a4 a6 11.Qb3 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 d5 14.bc6 Nc6 15.cd5 Na5 16.Qb5 Nd5 17.Nbd2 Qa8 18.Rb1 Rc8 19.h3 e6 20.Ne1 Bc6 21.Qb2 Bf8 (21...Bb7 22.Bf1=) 22.Bf3 (22.e4 Nc3 23.Qc3 (23.Qb6? Ne2 24.Kf1 Be4 25.Ke2 Bb1 26.Qb1 Bh6-+) 23...Be4 24.Qb2 Bb1 25.d5+- (25.Qb1?! Bh6 26.Ndf3 Rc1=; 25.Nb1?! Nb3 26.Qb3 Qa1=)) 22...Rb8? (22...Nc3 23.Qc3 Bf3 24.Qb2+-) 23.Ne4?? (better 23.e4+-) 23...Nb4?? (better 23...b5=) 24.Nf6 (better 24.d5 f6 25.Qf6+-) 24...Kh8 25.Nd7!! Nc4 (25...Bd7 26.Ba8 Pinning (26.Ba8 Deflection)) 26.Qc3 (26.Bc6 Nc6 27.Qc3 Qa2 28.d5 e5+-) 26...Bf3? (26...Nd5 27.Bd5 (27.Qc4?! Bd7 28.e4 b5+/-) 27...ed5 28.Nb8 Qb8 29.Nd3+-) 27.Nb8 (better 27.d5 e5 28.Qc4 (worse 28.gf3 Nd5 29.Qc4 Rc8+-; worse 28.Nf3 Qa2 29.Rc1 Nd5+-; 28.Nb8?! Bd5 29.Nd7 Na2+-; worse 28.Ne5 f6 29.Ng6 Kg8 30.Qf6 Qb7 31.Nf3 Qg7 32.Qe6 Qf7 33.Qf7 Kf7 34.Nf8 Nd5 35.Nh7 Rb7+-) 28...Bd5 29.Be5 f6 30.Bf6 Kg8 31.Qh4+-) 27...Na2?? (better 27...Be2 28.d5 e5+-) 28.d5 (better 28.Qc4 Bd5 29.Qc7+-) 28...Nc3-+ 29.Bc3 Bg7 30.Bg7 Kg7 31.Nd7 (31.Nf3 Qb8 32.de6 fe6-+) 31...ed5 (better 31...Bd5 32.Rc1 Qa3-+) 32.Nf3 Qd8 (better 32...Qc8 33.Nb6 Nb6-+) 33.Nde5 Ne5 34.Ne5 Qd6 35.Nf3 Qc5 36.Nd4 f5?? (36...Kf6 37.Kf1-+) 37.g3 (better 37.Ne6 Kf6 38.Nc5 bc5 39.Rb5+-) 37...Qa3 (better 37...Kf6-+) 38.h4 1-0. jhonores (2210) - I_wanna_Fry_Ur_Brain (2230), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.b5 c5 9.Be2 d5 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Ne4 de4 12.Ne5 Be5 (12...f6!? 13.dc5 bc5 14.Qd8 Rd8=) 13.de5+/- Qc7 14.Qc2 e6 (14...Nd7 15.e6 fe6 16.Bg4+/-) 15.Rad1 Nd7 16.Qc3 Rfd8 17.f4 (17.Rd6!?+/-) 17...ef3+= 18.gf3 Nf8 19.Rd6 Rd7 (19...Rd6?? 20.ed6 e5 21.dc7+-) 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Kf2 Kg7 (21...Rd6?? 22.ed6 e5 23.dc7 Rd1 24.Bd1+-) 22.R1d3 Kg8 23.h4 Kg7 (23...Rd6?? 24.ed6 e5 25.dc7 Rd3 26.Qd3+-) 24.Qe1 h5 25.Qg1 Kh7 26.Qg5 Kg8 (26...Rd6? 27.ed6 Qd7 28.Qe5+-) 27.f4 (27.Ke1!?+=) 27...Nh7 (27...Rd6 28.ed6 Rd6 29.Rd6 Qd6 30.Qf6+-) 28.Qh6 (28.Qd8 Qd8 29.Rd7 Qh4 30.Kf1 Be4-+) 28...Ba8?? (28...Be4 29.Rd2=) 29.Rd1?? (better 29.f5!? gf5 30.Bh5+- (30.Qh5?! a4+/-)) 29...Qb7+/- (29...Rd6 30.ed6 e5 31.dc7 Rf8 32.Be5 f6 33.Rd7 Rf7 34.Rf7 Kf7 35.Qh7 Ke6 36.c8Q) 30.Rg1 Kh8 (30...Qe4!? 31.Qh5 Qc2 (31...Rd6? 32.ed6 Rd6 33.Qh6+-) 32.Rd7 Rd7=+) 31.Bh5+- Rg8 (31...Qe4!? 32.Be2 Kg8+-) 32.Be2 Re7 (32...Qc7 33.Bd3 Rdd8 34.f5+-) 33.h5 Qe4 34.Rg3?? (better 34.hg6 fg6 35.Rb6+-) 34...Qh1+/- 35.Rg5 (better 35.Rg4!?+/-) 35...Qh4= 36.Kf1 Qh1 37.Rg1 Qh3?? (37...Bg2 38.Kf2 Qh4 39.Kg2 gh5 40.Kf3 Rg1 41.Ke4=+) 38.Kf2 (better 38.Ke1+/-) 38...Qh4 39.Kf1 Ree8 (39...Qh3 40.Ke1 Qe3+/-) 40.f5?? (40.Bg4 Qh2 41.Bc3 Qc2+=) 40...Qh3 (better 40...gf5 41.Bg4 Rg4 42.Rg4 fg4-+) 41.Ke1+/- Qf5 (better 41...gf5 42.Rg8 Rg8+=) 42.hg6 fg6 43.Rh1?? (better 43.Bd3 Be4 44.Rf1 Bd3 45.Rf5 Bf5 46.Rb6+-) 43...Rg7 (better 43...Bh1 44.Rd7 Qb1 45.Bd1 g5 46.Qh1 Rd8 47.Rh7 Qh7 48.Qh7 Kh7-+) 44.Rh2 (better 44.Bd3 Be4 45.Rf1+/-) 44…Qb1= (44...Qb1 45.Bd1 Rf7=). bjoernsen (2360) - Tanatinho (2310), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2024.

8.b5 c6 9.a4 cb5 10.cb5 d6 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.0-0 Rc1 14.Qc1 Qa8 15.Qb1 Rc8 16.Rc1 Nd5 17.Bc4 N7f6 18.Ba3 h6 19.Qb3 Rf8 20.h3 Qd8 21.g3 (21.e4 Nc7 22.Qc2 d5+=) 21...Qd7= 22.Kh2 g5 23.g4 h5 (23...Kh8 24.e4 Nf4 25.Qe3=+) 24.Ng5+= hg4 (24...Bh6!? 25.f4 hg4+=) 25.e4+/- Bh6 26.h4 (26.ed5? Bg5 27.Rc2 Bf4 28.Kh1 Rc8-+; worse 26.Bd5 Bg5 27.Bc6 Bc6 28.bc6 Qe6-/+) 26...g3 (26...Nc7!? 27.Bf7 Kh8+-) 27.fg3 Ng4 28.Kg1 Bg5 29.hg5 Nde3 30.Bf7?? (better 30.Be2 e5 31.Qd3+/-) 30...Rf7= 31.g6 e6 32.gf7 Qf7 33.Rf1? (better 33.Nf3 d5 34.Qa2 Qf3 35.Bd6-+) 33...Nf1 34.Qf3 Qf3 (34...Nd2?! 35.Qg4 Kf8 36.Bd6 Ke8 37.Qf4 Qf4 A) 38.gf4?? Be4 (38...Ne4?! 39.Bc7-+) 39.Kf2 Bc2-+; B) 38.Bf4-+) 35.Nf3 Nfe3 (35...Ng3 36.Bd6 Ne4 37.Bc7-+) 36.Bd6 (36.Nd2 Nf6 37.Kf2 Nd1 38.Ke1 Nc3-+) 36...Be4 37.Ng5 Bc2 38.Ne6 Ba4 39.Nc7 Nf5 40.Be5 Ne5 41.de5 Ng3 (41...Bb3!? 42.Na6-+) 42.Kf2 Ne4 43.Ke3 Nc5 44.Kd4 Bb3 45.Kc3 a4 46.Kb4 Kf8 (better 46...Nd3!? 47.Kc3 Ne5 48.Kb4-+) 47.Na8 Nd7 48.e6 Nc5 (better 48...Be6 49.Ka4 Ke7-+) 49.Nb6= Nd3 50.Ka3 Ke7 51.Na4 Ba4 52.Ka4 Ke6 53.Ka5 Kd6 54.Kb6 Kd7 55.Ka6 Nc5 56.Kb6 Kd6 57.Ka5 Kd5 58.Kb6 1-0. WarrioR2080 (2130) - Dorianvengeance (2200), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2018.

8.b5 d5 9.a4 dc4 10.Bc4 Nd5 11.Qb3 Nb4 12.Bc3 c5 13.0-0 e6 (13...cd4 14.Nd4 (worse 14.Bb4 de3 15.Be7 Qe7=+) 14...Qd6 15.Rfd1+/-) 14.Rfd1 (14.dc5 bc5 15.Rab1 Bc3 16.Qc3 Nd7+/-) 14...Qe7 (14...Nd7 15.Qb2+=) 15.Ne1 (better 15.dc5!? Bc3 16.Qc3 Qc5 17.Qf6+/-) 15...Nd7 16.Nf1 cd4 17.Bd4 Nc5 18.Qb2 e5 19.Bc3 (19.Bc5 Qc5 20.Rac1 Qe7=) 19...Ne4 20.Rac1 Nc3 21.Qc3 (worse 21.Rc3 e4-+) 21...Rac8 22.Qb3 Kh8 23.Ng3 h5 24.Nf3 (24.Nd3!?=) 24...h4=+ 25.Nf1 h3 26.Ng3 (26.gh3 Bf3 Deflection) 26...hg2 27.Kg2 f5 Black prepares the advance e4 28.Be6? (better 28.Rg1-/+) 28...Rc1-+ 29.Rc1 f4 (better 29...Nd3! 30.Rc6 Bc6 31.bc6-+) 30.ef4 Rf4 31.Rc3 (31.Rc8 Bc8 32.Bc8 e4-+) 31...e4 32.Ne4 (32.Ng1 Bc3 33.Qc3 Qf6 34.Qf6 Rf6 35.Bc4-+) 32...Re4 (better 32...Be4 33.Re3 Qg5 34.Kf1 Qf6 35.Re4 Re4-+) 33.Kf1 (33.Re3-+) 33...Qe6 (33...Re6!? 34.Rc1-+) 34.Qe6 Re6 (34...Bc3?? 35.Qd7 (35.Qb6?! Bd5+-) 35...Bd5 36.Qc8 Kg7 37.Qc3 Kg8 38.Qc8 Kg7 39.Qc7 Kh6 40.Qd8+-) 35.Ng5 Bc3 (35...Bc3 36.Ne6 Bd5-+) 0-1. zembelek1 (2225) - SigurdurDadi (2350), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.a3 Rb8 9.Be2 e6 10.0-0 d6 11.Qc2 Ne7 12.Rfe1 Nd7 13.e4 c5 14.dc5 dc5 15.b5 a6 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.a4 a5 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Qc3 Kg8 20.Bf1 Rbd8 21.g3 Qc8 22.Bg2 Qc7 23.Re2 f5 24.Rde1 fe4 25.Ne4 Nf5 26.Nfg5 Rde8 27.h4 Nd4 28.Re3 Nf6 29.Nf6 Rf6 30.Bb7 Qb7 31.Re4 h6 32.Rd4 cd4 33.Qd4 Rf5 34.Ne6 Qe7 35.Re3 Rf6 36.Nc7 Rd6 37.Re7 Rd4 38.Re8 Kf7 39.Re6 Rd1 40.Kg2 Rc1 0–1. barborski – killo55, kurnik, 2012.

8.a3 d5 9.Qb3 Qd6 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Ne4 de4 12.Nd2 f5 13.c5 1–0. barborski – solange1 (1685), kurnik, 2012.

8.a3 e5 9.de5 Re8 10.ef6 Bf6 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Be2 Ne7 13.0-0 d5 14.Qc2 dc4 15.Qc4 Rad8 16.Rae1 c6 17.Rd1 Nd5 18.Ne4 Qf5 19.Nfd2 b5 20.Qc2 Re5 21.Ng3 Qc2 22.Nf3 Ree8 23.Bd3 Qa4 24.Ra1 Ne3 25.fe3 Rd3 26.e4 Ra3 27.Rad1 Qb4 28.Rd7 Bc8 29.Rc7 Be6 30.Ng5 Rg3 31.hg3 h6 32.Ne6 Re6 33.Rff7 Qe1 34.Kh2 Qe4 35.Rg7 Kf8 36.Rcf7 Ke8 37.Ra7 Re7 38.Rae7 Qe7 39.Re7 Ke7 0–1. barborski – 0471, kurnik, 2012.

8.a4 a5 9.Qb3 ab4 10.Qb4 Nc6 11.Qb3 Re8 12.Bc3 e5 13.d5 Na5 14.Ba5 Ra5 15.Qb4 Nd7 16.Nb3 Ra7 17.Be2 Nc5 18.0-0 Qa8 19.Nc5 (19.a5!? Nb3 20.Qb3 ba5 21.e4-/+) 19...dc5-/+ 20.Qb3 e4 21.Nd2 Ba1 22.Ra1 Bc8 23.Bd1 Bd7 24.Qb1 f5 (24...Ba4?! 25.Qa2 Rd8 26.Ne4=) 25.Qb3 Ra6 26.h3 Qa7 27.g4 (27.Nb1 Ra8 28.Nc3 Qb8-+) 27...Ra8 28.gf5 gf5 29.Qc3 Ba4 (29...c6 30.Qf6 Rf8 31.Qg5 Kh8 32.Qe7 Rg8 33.Kf1-+) 30.Ba4? (better 30.Ra4 Ra4 31.Qf6=+) 30...Ra4-+ 31.Ra4 (31.Rf1 c6! 32.Kh1 Ra1-+) 31...Qa4 32.Qe5 (32.Kg2 Qa1 33.Qa1 Ra1-+) 32...Qa1 33.Qa1 Ra1 34.Kg2 Ra2 35.Nf1 Rc2 (35...Kf7 36.Ng3 Kf6 37.Nh5 Ke5 38.Ng7-+) 36.Ng3 Rc4 (36...f4!? 37.ef4 Rc4 38.Nf5-+) 37.Nf5 Rc2 (better 37...Rb4 38.d6 cd6 39.Nd6 Kf8-+) 38.Ng3 (38.d6 cd6 39.Nd6-+) 38...b5 39.Ne4 b4 40.Ng5 (40.d6 cd6 41.Nd6-+) 40...b3 41.Ne6 (41.e4 b2 42.Kg3 b1Q-+) 41...b2 42.Nc7 b1Q 43.d6 Qb7 44.Kg3 Rd2 (44...Qe4 45.d7 Qe5 46.Kg4 Qc7 47.h4 Qd7 48.Kg3 h5 49.Kf4 Rf2 50.Kg3 Qf5 51.e4 Qf3) 45.Ne6 Rd6 46.Nc5 Qc7 (46...Rg6 47.Kf4 Qc7 48.Ke4 Qc5 49.Kd3 Rd6 50.Ke4 Qd5 51.Kf4 Rf6 52.Kg4 Qg2 53.Kh5 Qh3 54.Kg5 Rf5) 47.Ne4 Rg6 48.Kf3 Qf7 49.Ke2 Rg2 50.Kf1 Qf3 (50...Qf3 51.Ke1 Qe4 52.Kd2 Rf2 53.Kc3 Rc2 54.Kb3 Qc4 55.Ka3 Ra2) 0-1. zembelek1 (2210) - Strottel (2310), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.a4 Nbd7 9.a5 Rb8 (9...ba5 10.Ra5 c5 11.Bc3=) 10.ab6 ab6 11.Be2 e5 12.0-0 e4 13.Ng5 Re8 14.d5 (14.b5!?+=) 14...h6 (14...Nd5 A) 15.cd5? Bb2 (15...Qg5?! 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Bb5=+) 16.Ra2 Bg7 17.Nde4 h6-+; B) 15.Bg7 Qg5 16.cd5 Kg7 17.Bb5=+) 15.Nh3= b5 16.Qc2 (better 16.Ra5!? bc4 17.Bc4=) 16...bc4-/+ 17.Bc4 Nb6 (17...Bd5 18.Bd5 Nd5 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Ne4 Nb4 21.Qc3 Kg8 22.Ng3-/+) 18.Bf6 Bf6 (better 18...Qf6 19.Ra5 Qc3-/+) 19.Ne4?? (better 19.Ra5=) 19...Ba1-+ 20.Ra1 f5 (20...Nd5 21.Ng3 Qf6 22.Ra4-+) 21.Ng3-/+ Qf6 (21...Bd5!? 22.Bb5 Re5-/+) 22.Rd1=+ Ra8 23.Nf4 Ra1 24.Ne6?? (better 24.Ra1 Qa1 25.Bf1 Nd5 26.Ng6=) 24...Nc4-+ 25.Ra1 (25.Rf1 Nb6 26.Qc7 Rf1 27.Nf1 Nd5 28.Qb7 Qe6 29.h3-+) 25...Qa1 26.Nf1 Ba6 27.Nc7 (27.Qe2 Ne3! 28.b5 Nf1 29.Qf1 Qf1 30.Kf1 Bb5 31.Ke1-+) 27...Ne3 28.h4 (28.Qb1 Qb1 29.h3 Qf1 30.Kh2 Qg2) 28...Qf1 29.Kh2 Qg2 0-1. zembelek1 (2285) - Kuan1981 (2445), Lichess Liga 3B Team Battle, lichess.org, 2021.

8.de6 de6 9.Qd8 Rd8 10.Be2 Nc6 11.a3 a5 12.b5 Nb8 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.0-0 Nc5 15.Rfd1 a4 16.Bd4 Nfe4 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Ne4 Be4 19.Nd4 (19.Ne1 g5=) 19...e5 20.Nf3 Kf6 21.h3 h6 22.h4 Ke6 23.g4 f5 24.g5 Bf3 25.Bf3 e4 26.Be2 hg5 27.hg5 Ke5 28.Rab1 (28.f4 ef3 29.Bf3 Rab8=+) 28...Ne6 29.f4 ef3 30.Bf3 Rab8 (worse 30...Ng5 31.Ba8 Ra8 32.Rd7+=) 31.Bd5 Ng5 32.Kf2 Ne4 33.Kf3? (33.Be4 Ke4 34.Ke2 g5-+) 33...Nf6 (better 33...Nc3!? 34.Rg1 Nb1 35.Rb1-+) 34.Bc6 g5 35.Rbc1 g4 36.Kg3 Ne4 37.Kg2 Nc5 38.Kg3 Nb3 39.Rd8 (better 39.Rb1 Nd2 40.Rbc1-+) 39...Rd8 (39...Nc1?? 40.Rb8 Ne2 41.Kh4+-) 40.Rh1 Rd3 41.Kf2 Na5 42.Rh5 (42.Bd5 Rc3 43.Rh8 Nc4 44.Bc4 Rc4 45.Re8 Kd5 46.Rd8 Ke4 47.Rd2-+) 42...Nc4 43.Rh7 (43.e4 g3 44.Kg2 Nd6 (worse 44...Ra3 45.Rf5 Kd4 46.Rd5 Ke4 47.Rh5 Kd4 48.Rd5 Kc3 49.Kg3-+; 44...Na3?! 45.Rf5 Kd4 46.e5-+) 45.ef5 Nf5-+) 43...Ne3 44.Rc7 Ra3 45.Re7 Kf4 46.Rb7 (46.Ke2 g3 47.Rb7 Nc4-+) 46...Ra2 47.Ke1 g3 48.Rb6 g2 49.Bg2 Ng2 (49...Rg2 50.Rg6 Rg6 51.Kd2 a3 52.b6 a2 53.b7 Rd6 54.Kc3 a1Q 55.Kb4 Qb2 56.Ka5 Nc4 57.Ka4 Ra6) 50.Kd1 Ne3 51.Kc1 a3 52.Kb1 (52.Ra6 Nd5 53.Rd6 Ke5-+) 52...Rb2 53.Ka1 (53.Kc1 Nc4 54.Ra6-+) 53…Nc2 0-1. miskob (2200) - ZUMAND (2260), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

8.de6 fe6 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.Be2 (better 11.b5!? Ne7 12.Bd3=) 11...ab4-/+ 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Qa1 Nb4 14.0-0 Nc6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Ba3 d6 17.Bb2 Ra8 18.Qc1 Nd7 19.Bg7 Qg7 20.Ne4 h6 21.h4 Nce5 22.Ne5 Ne5 (22...de5?? 23.Rd7 Qf8 24.Qb1+-) 23.Ng3 Rf8 24.h5 Qf6 25.Rf1 g5 26.e4 Nc6 27.Qe3 Nd4 28.Bg4 Qe5 29.Rc1 Rf4 30.Bf3 (30.f3 Ba6-+) 30...c5 (better 30...g4 31.Bd1 Be4-+) 31.Ra1?? (better 31.Rb1-/+) 31...Nf3-+ 32.gf3 Qa1 33.Kg2 Qd4 34.Qa3 (34.Ne2 Qe3 35.fe3 Rf8-+) 34...Qc4 35.Qa7 Rf7 36.Qb6 (36.Qb8 Kh7 37.Qd6 Qb3-+) 36...Qd4 (36...Qc3 37.Qd8 Kh7 38.Nf5 Rf5 39.Qe7 Kh8 40.Qe8 Kg7 41.Kh2-+) 37.Qd8 Kg7 38.Ne2 (38.Kh3 Ba6 39.Nh1 Rf3 40.Kg2 Bb7 41.Qe7 Rf7 42.Qf7 Kf7-+) 38...Qe5 (38...Qd1 39.Qa5 Qe2 40.Qc3 e5 41.Qe3 Qe3 42.fe3-+) 39.Ng1 (39.Ng3 d5 40.Kg1 de4-+) 39...c4 40.Qb6 (40.Ne2 g4 41.Ng3 c3-+) 40...c3 41.Qb1 Rc7 (41...g4 42.Qb3 gf3 43.Nf3 Be4 44.Qc4 Bf3 45.Kf1 c2 46.Qc3 Qc3 47.Kg1 Qe5 48.Kf1 c1Q) 42.Qc2 (42.Qb6 d5 43.Qb5 Bc6-+) 42...Ba6 43.Nh3 Qb5 44.Kg3 Qd3 45.Qc1 c2 46.Ng5 Qd1 47.Ne6 Kh7 48.Qf4 Qg1 49.Kh3 Bf1 50.Kh4 Qh1 51.Kg4 (51.Qh2 Qh2 52.Kg4 Bh3 53.Kh4 Be6) 51...Bh3 (51...Qh3) 52.Kg3 Qg2 53.Kh4 Be6 54.e5 (54.Qf5 Bf5 55.ef5 Rc4 56.f4 Rf4) 54...Qg5! 55.Qg5 hg5 56.Kg5 (56.Kg3 c1Q 57.Kg2 Bh3 58.Kh3 Qg1 59.ed6 Rc3 60.d7 Rf3) 56...c1Q 57.Kf6 (57.f4 Rg7 58.Kf6 Qf4 59.Ke6 Qe5) 57...Rg7 (57...Qh6) 58.ed6 Qg5 (58...Qc4 59.f4 Rf7 60.Ke5 Rf5) 59.Ke6 Qf4 (59...Rg8 60.d7 Qh6 61.Ke5 Rg5 62.Kd4 Qd6 63.Ke4 Qe6 64.Kd4 Rd5 65.Kc3 Qc6 66.Kb4 Rb5 67.Ka3 Qa8) 60.d7 Qf8 (60...Qh6 61.Ke5 Rg5 62.Kd4 Qd6 63.Ke4 Qe6 64.Kd4 Rd5 65.Kc3 Qc6 66.Kb4 Rb5 67.Ka3 Qa8) 61.f4 Qd8 62.f5 (62.Ke5 Re7 63.Kd4 Rd7 64.Ke5 Qa5 65.Kf6 Rd6 66.Ke7 Qc7 67.Ke8 Rd8) 62...Rd7 63.Ke5 Qe7 (63...Rd4 64.Ke6 Re4 65.Kf7 Qe7) 64.Kf4 Qf7 (64...Rd4 65.Kf3 Qa3 66.Kg2 Rg4 67.Kh2 Qf3 68.f6 Qg2) 65.f3 (65.Ke4 Qc4 66.Kf3 Rd3 67.Ke2 Qe4 68.Kf1 Rd1) 65...Rd5 (65...Qc4 66.Kg3 Rg7 67.Kf2 Qd4 68.Kf1 Qe3 69.f6 Rg1) 66.Kg3 Rf5 (66...Qg7 67.Kf4 Rd4 68.Ke3 Qe5 69.Kf2 Rd2 70.Kf1 Qa1) 67.f4 (67.Kf2 Rf3 68.Ke2 Qd5 69.Ke1 Qd3 70.h6 Rf1) 67...Rf4 68.h6 (68.Kh3 Qh5 69.Kg3 Qg5 70.Kh3 Rh4) 68...Rf5 69.Kg4 (69.Kh3 Qg6 70.Kh4 Rh5) 69...Qg6 70.Kh4 Rh5 0-1. miskob (2150) - tsiruk (2380), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

8.Qb3 cb4 9.Qb4 Nc6 10.Qa4 d5 11.cd5 Qd5=.

8.Qb3 cb4 9.Qb4 d5 10.Nc3 dc4 11.0-0 Nd5=.

8.Qb3 cb4 9.Qb4 d5 10.Nbd2 dc4 11.Rc1 Nc6=.

8.Qb3 cb4 9.Qb4 d5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Qa3 dc4 12.Nc4 Rc8 13.Nce5 a5 14.Nc6 Bc6 15.Rc1 b5 16.0-0 b4 17.Qd3 Qd5 18.Qa6 (18.Qb3!?=) 18...Bb7 (18...Qa2 19.Rc6 Rc6 20.Qc6 Qb2 21.Bc4+=) 19.Qb5 Qa2 (19...Rc1 20.Rc1 Qa2 21.Qb7 Qb2 22.Re1–/+) 20.Qb7 Rc1 21.Bc1 Qe2 22.Qe7 Qb5 23.Bd2 b3 24.Rb1 a4 25.h4 Re8 26.Qa7 Ne4 27.Be1 Bf8 28.h5 gh5 29.Ne5 Re5 30.de5 Qd3 31.Rc1?? b2 32.Rc8 b1Q 33.Qe7 Qe1 34.Kh2 Qh1! 35.Kh1 Nf2 36.Kg1 Qb1 37.Kh2 Ng4 38.Kg3 Qe1 39.Kh3 Qh1 40.Kg3 Qh2 41.Kf3 Ne5 42.Ke4 Ng6 43.Qg5 h6! (43...h6 44.Qc5 Qg2 45.Kd3 Qg4–+) 0–1. Mikhalchishin,A (2520) – Topalovic,Z (2510), GM, Varazdin CRO, 2003.

8.Qb3 cb4 9.Qb4 d5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Qa4 a6=.

8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Nc3 cb4 10.Qb4 Qd8 11.0-0 Nc6+=.

8.Qb3 cd4 9.ed4 d5 10.c5 Nbd7 11.0-0 Qc7+=.

8.b5 a6 9.a4 d5 10.0-0 e6 (10...Ne4 11.Nc3=) 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Ne5 (12.cd5 Nd5 13.Re1 Qc7=) 12...Ne5 13.de5 Nd7 14.f4 Qh4 (14...ab5 15.ab5 Qe7 16.Ra8 Ra8 17.Bf3=) 15.g3 (15.cd5 ed5 16.ba6 Ba6 17.Ba6 Ra6+/-) 15...Qh3 (15...Qe7 16.ba6 Ba6 17.Bf3=) 16.Bf3 (16.cd5 Bd5 17.e4=) 16...h5 (16...ab5 17.ab5 Ra1 18.Ba1+=) 17.Bg2 (17.cd5 Bd5 18.e4 Bb7+/-) 17...Qf5 (17...Qg4 18.cd5 ed5 19.Nc4+/-) 18.Qb3 (better 18.cd5!? ed5 19.Nc4 dc4 20.Bb7+/-) 18...dc4= 19.Nc4 Bg2 20.Kg2 Qe4 21.Kg1 h4 (21...ab5 22.ab5 Ra1 23.Ra1+=) 22.Nd6+/- Qb7?? (22...c4 23.Qc3 Qd3 24.Rfd1+/- (worse 24.Nc4 Qc3 25.Bc3 Rfc8=+)) 23.Rad1 (better 23.Nb7 hg3 24.hg3 Rfb8+-) 23...Rfd8?? (23...Qc7 24.gh4 ab5 25.ab5+/-) 24.gh4 (better 24.Nb7 hg3 25.hg3+-) 24...Qc7+/- 25.Qd3 (25.e4 ab5 26.ab5 Nf8+/-) 25...Ra7 (25...ab5 26.ab5 Ra2 27.Bc3+/-) 26.Qe4 (26.h5 gh5 27.Qe2 h4+-) 26...Bf8? (26...ab5 27.Nb5 Qb7 28.Qc2+/-) 27.Nc4 (27.h5 Bd6 A) 28.Rd6?! ab5 29.ab5 Nf8+- (29...gh5?? 30.f5 Nf6 31.Rd8 Qd8 32.ef6+-); B) 28.ed6+-) 27...ab5+/- 28.ab5 Ra4 (28...Qb7 29.Qc2+/-) 29.Qc2 Rda8 (29...Rb4 30.h5 gh5 31.f5+/-) 30.Nd6 (30.h5 gh5 31.f5 Bg7+-) 30...Nb8? (30...Bd6!? 31.ed6 Qb7+/-) 31.Ne4 (31.h5 Ra2+-) 31...Ra2 (better 31...Bg7!?+/-) 32.Nf6+- Kg7?? (32...Kh8 33.h5 Qc8+-) 33.Qb3 (33.Ne8 Kg8 34.Nc7 R8a7+-) 33...Be7?? (33...Qb7 34.Rf2 Qc8 35.h5+/-) 34.Ne4 (better 34.Ne8 Kf8 35.Nc7+-) 34...Nd7 (34...c4 35.Qc3+=) 35.Nd6+/- Bd6?? (better 35...Qd8+/-) 36.ed6+- (36.ed6 Rb2 37.Qb2 (37.dc7?! Rb3 38.Rd7 Rc8+/-) 37...Nf6 38.dc7+-; 36.Rd6 c4 37.Qc3 Nc5-/+) 1-0. SSAARR (2040) - Tsubasa21 (1795), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.bc5 bc5 9.0-0 Na6 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.Rb1 cd4+=.

8.0-0 dc4 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Ne4 11.Qb3 e6 12.a4 Nd2 13.Nd2 Qg5 14.f3 e5 (14...Bd5 15.b5=) 15.Bb5 ed4 16.Bd7 de3? (better 16...Rad8!? 17.Bh3 Qe3 18.Qe3 de3 19.Bg7 Kg7+/-) 17.Ne4 Be4 18.fe4 Bb2 19.Qb2 Rad8 20.Rad1 f6 (20...c5 21.bc5 bc5+-) 21.Be6 Kg7 22.Qe2 (22.Rd5 Rd5 23.ed5 a5+-) 22...Rd1 23.Rd1 Re8 (23...c5 24.b5+-) 24.Rd7 Kf8 (24...Kh8 25.Bd5+-) 25.Rf7 Kg8 26.Rc7 (26.Re7 Kf8 27.Re8 Kg7 28.Re7 Kh6 29.Bg8 Qf4 30.h4 Qh4 31.Qe3 g5 32.Bh7 Qh5 33.Bf5 Qd1 34.Kf2 Qc2 35.Kg3 Qg2 36.Kg2 c5 37.Rh7) 26...Re6= 27.Qc4?? (better 27.Rc8 Kf7 28.Rc7 Kf8 29.Rh7=) 27...Qe5-+ 28.Re7?? (better 28.Ra7 Qe4 29.Qe4 Re4 30.Kf1 Rb4 31.Ke2 Rb2 32.Ke3 Rg2 33.Ra8 Kg7 34.Rb8-+) 28...Qe4 (better 28...Qa1 29.Qf1 Qd4-+) 29.Qe4 (29.Qc8) 29...Re4+- 30.Re4 f5 (30...Kf7 31.Re3 h5 32.a5+-) 31.Re3 Kg7 (31...Kf7+-) 32.Re7 Kh6 33.Ra7 Kg5 34.Rb7 h6 35.a5 ba5 36.ba5 Kf4 37.a6 g5 (37...h5 38.Rb4 Ke5 39.a7 Kd5 40.a8Q Ke5 41.Qe8 Kd6 42.Rd4 Kc5 43.Qe5 Kc6 44.Rd6 Kb7 45.Qe7 Kc8 46.Rd8) 38.a7 Kg4 (38...Ke3 39.a8Q Kd3 40.Rd7 Kc4 41.Qc8 Kb5 42.Rb7 Ka4 43.Qa8) 39.a8Q f4 (39...Kh4 40.Rb4 f4 41.Qf3 g4 42.Qf4 h5 43.Qf6) 40.Rb3 (40.Qc8 Kh5 41.Rg7 f3 42.Qh3) 40...h5 (40...Kf5 41.Qc6 h5 42.Rb5 Kg4 43.Qe6 Kh4 44.Qh3) 41.Qc8 Kh4 42.Rh3 (42.Qh3) 1-0. jhonores (2175) – rubenescobarvera, III TORNEO INTERCLUBES PRIMERA Team Bat, lichess.org, 2020.

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 c5 10.a3 Rc8 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Rac1 Qb8 13.Rfd1 e6 14.h3 (14.cd5 Bd5 15.Qd3 cb4 16.ab4 Qb7+=) 14...Ne4 (14...dc4!? 15.Nc4 b5=) 15.Ne4 (15.dc5 Nd2 16.Rd2 Bb2 17.Qb2 Rfd8 18.cd5 Bd5+-) 15...de4+= 16.Nd2 h5? (better 16...cd4!? 17.Bd4 e5+=) 17.dc5+- bc5 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Ne4! cb4 (19...Be4 20.Rd7 Discovered attack) 20.Rd7 (20.Nd6!? Rcd8+-) 20...Be4 21.ab4 Rfd8 22.Rcd1 (22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Qc3 e5+-) 22...Rd7 23.Rd7 Rc7 (23...Bc6 24.Rd1 e5+-) 24.Qc3 Kg8 25.Rc7 (25.Qe5 Rb7 26.Qb8 Rb8+-) 25...Qc7 26.b5 Qc5 27.Qd4 Qd4 28.ed4 Kf8 29.Bf3?? (better 29.f3 Bb7 30.c5+-) 29...Bd3= 30.Bc6 Bc4 31.f4 Ke7 32.Kf2 Kd6 33.Ke3 (better 33.Be8!?=) 33...a6 (33...Bd5!? 34.Bd5 Kd5-+ (34...ed5?! 35.Kd3=)) 34.Be8-/+ ab5 (better 34...Ke7 35.b6 Bd5=+ (35...Ke8?? 36.b7 Ke7 37.b8Q+-)) 35.Bf7+= b4 36.Bg6 (36.h4 b3 37.Kd2 b2=+) 36...h4= 37.Bd3?? (37.f5 Bd5 38.f6 b3+=) 37...Bd5?? (37...Bd3 38.Kd3 Kd5-+) 38.Bf1 (38.Kf2 b3 39.g3 hg3 40.Kg3 b2=) 38...Ba2 (38...b3 39.Kd3=+) 39.Kd3 (better 39.Be2=) 39...b3?? (39...Kd5 40.Ke3 b3-/+) 40.Kc3+- Ke7 41.Bc4 (41.f5 Bb1 42.fe6 Bc2+/-) 41...b2?? (better 41...Kf6+/-) 42.Ba2+- 1-0. jhonores (2175) - Bach_To_Chess (2150), Rated Blitz game, 2020.

8.c5 a5 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 Ne4 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.0-0 bc5 14.bc5 Qa8 15.Qc2 (15.Ne4 de4 16.Nd2 Bd5+=) 15...Ndf6 (15...Nec5 16.Bb2 Qa4 17.Qc3=) 16.Rc1 (16.Bc3!?+=) 16...Ba6= 17.Ba6 Qa6 18.Ne5 Ra8 19.Bb2 Nd2 20.Qd2 Ne4 21.Qc2 f6 (21...Be5 22.de5 Qa2 23.Bd4=) 22.Nd3 Rb8 23.Ra1 Qb5 24.Bc1 Qb3 (24...e5 25.f3 Ng5 26.de5 fe5 27.e4=) 25.Qb3+= Rb3 26.Nf4 e5 27.Ne6 (27.Nd5 f5 28.f3 Nc3 29.Nc7 ed4+=) 27...ed4 (better 27...Rd3 28.g4 Kf7 29.Nc7 ed4 30.Nd5 Nc5 31.Ra7 Kg8+=) 28.Nd4 (better 28.ed4 Kf7 29.Nc7+=) 28...Rd3-/+ 29.g3 f5 30.Bb2 (30.c6-/+) 30...Nc5 (better 30...Rd2 31.Ra8 Kf7-/+) 31.Ra8=+ Kf7 32.Rc8 (32.Ra7 Be5 33.Nf3 Bd6 34.Ne5 Be5 35.Be5 Ke6 36.Bc7 Rd2=+) 32...Bd4 (32...Na6 33.Ra8 Bd4 34.Bd4-/+) 33.Bd4? (better 33.Rc7!? Kf8 34.Bd4=) 33...Ne6-/+ 34.Be5 Rd1 35.Kg2 Rc1 36.h4 (36.Rh8 Nf8=+) 36...c5 (36...Rc4 37.Rb8-/+) 37.Kf3 (37.Rh8 Nf8 38.Bd6 Nd7 39.Rh7 Ke6=) 37...c4 38.Ke2 (38.Rh8!? Nc5 39.Rh7 Ke6 40.Bd4-/+) 38...Rc2-+ 39.Ke1 h6 40.Rc6 g5 41.hg5 hg5 42.Rc8 (42.f3 Rc1 43.Kd2 Rb1-/+) 42...f4! 43.gf4 (43.ef4 gf4 Combination; 43.gf4 gf4 Combination) 43...gf4 44.ef4 d4 (better 44...Kg6!? 45.Rc6 Kf5-/+) 45.f5= Ng5 46.Bd4?? (better 46.Rc7 Ke8 47.f4 Nf3 48.Kd1 Rd2 49.Kc1=) 46...Nf3-+ 47.Kd1 Rd2 (47...Nd4?! 48.Rd8=) 48.Kc1 Rd4 49.Kc2 Rf4 50.Kc3 (50.Kd1-+) 50...Rf5 (better 50...Ne5-+) 51.Rc4 Ne5 52.Re4 Rf3 (52...Ng6 53.Re2-/+) 53.Kd4 (53.Re3 Rf2 54.Re5 Rf1=) 53...Rf2 (53...Nc6!? 54.Kc5 Nd8=+) 54.Re5. dannysmet (2095) - GBP1921 (2060), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.c5 Nbd7 9.0-0 c6 10.Nbd2 b5 (better 10...a5!?=) 11.a4+/- a6 12.ab5 ab5 13.Qc2 Re8 14.e4 de4 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Qe4 Nf6 17.Qc2 Nd5 18.Qb3 Qc7 19.Bd3 h6 20.Be4 e6 21.Rfe1 f5 (21...Ra1 22.Ra1 Qf4 23.Re1=) 22.Bd5 ed5 23.Ne5 Kh7 24.Qg3 g5 25.h4 f4 26.Qf3 Ra1 27.Ba1 Qe7 28.hg5 Qg5 29.Qd3 Kg8 30.f3 Bc8 31.Bc3 Bf5 32.Qe2 Re6 33.Qd2 Bh3 Attacking the backward pawn on g2 34.Re2 h5 35.Kh2 Qg3 36.Kh1 h4 (better 36...Bf5!?=) 37.gh3 Qh3 38.Rh2?? (better 38.Kg1 Be5 39.de5 (39.Re5?? Rg6 40.Rg5 Rg5 41.Kf2 Qh2 42.Ke1 Rg1) 39...Qf3 40.Rg2 Kf7 41.Qf2 Qf2 42.Rf2 Rg6 43.Kh2+-) 38…Qf1 0-1. miskob (2200) - DUT_AGOL (2210), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c5 a5 10.a3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Qa1 Ne4 13.0-0 Qa8 14.Bb5 (14.Ne4!? de4 15.Nd2+=) 14...c6= 15.Bd3 Nd2 16.Nd2 Qa1 17.Ra1 Ra8 (17...bc5 18.bc5 Nc5 19.dc5 Bb2 20.Rb1=) 18.Ra8+= Ba8 19.Nb3 bc5 20.bc5 e5 21.Kf1 Kf8 22.Ba6 Ke7 23.Ke2 Kd8 24.Bc3 (24.de5 Be5 (24...Ne5? 25.f4+-) 25.Be5 Ne5+=) 24...Kc7 (24...Nb8 25.Bd3 e4 26.Bc2=) 25.Ba5+= Kb8 26.Bd8 Bb7 27.Bb7 Kb7 28.Na5 Kc8 29.Nc6 ed4 30.ed4 Nc5? (better 30...Bd4!? 31.Nd4 Kd8 32.Nc6 Kc7=) 31.dc5+/- Kd7 32.Nb4 Kd8 33.Nd5 Kd7 34.Nb4 (better 34.Kd3!?+-) 34...Bf8 35.Nd3 Kc6 (35...Ke6 36.f4+=) 36.Ke3 (36.Ne5!? Kd5 37.c6+/-) 36...Bc5= 37.Nc5 Kc5 38.Kf4 f6 39.g4 h6 40.h4 White prepares the advance g5 40...Kd5 41.g5?? (41.h5 gh5 42.gh5+=) 41...fg5-+ 42.hg5 h5 43.Kg3 Ke4 44.f3 Kf5 45.f4 h4 46.Kh4 Kf4 47.Kh3 Kg5 48.Kg3 Kf5 49.Kf3 Kg5 50.Kg3 Kh5 51.Kh3 g5 52.Kg3 g4 53.Kg2 Kg5 54.Kg3 Kf5 55.Kg2 Kf4 56.Kf2 Kg5 57.Kg3 Kh5 58.Kg2 Kh4 59.Kh2 g3 60.Kg2 Kg4 61.Kg1 Kg5 62.Kg2 Kf4 63.Kg1 Kg4 64.Kg2 Kh4 65.Kg1 Kg5 66.Kg2 Kg4 67.Kg1 Kf3 68.Kf1 Ke3 69.Kg2 Kf4 70.Kg1 Kg4 0-1. jhonores (2180) - R_ALMAGUER (2290), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.0-0 a6 9.Qb3 d5 10.Nc3 dc4 11.Qc4 Nc6+=.

8.0-0 c5 9.a3 Na6 10.dc5 bc5 11.b5 Nc7=.

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.a3 c5 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.d5 Ne4+=.

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 c5 10.a3 e5 11.de5+= Ng4 12.Qb3 Nge5 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Rac1 Rfe8 15.b5 f5 16.a4 Rad8 17.a5 Nf6 (17...Nf3 18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Nf3=) 18.a6+= Ba8 19.Nf1 (19.Rc2 Ne4=) 19...Nf7 (19...Nf3 20.Bf3 Bf3 21.gf3=) 20.Ng3 Ne5 21.Bc3 (21.Ne5 de5 22.Rd8 Rd8=) 21...h6 22.Qb2 Ne4 (22...Nf3 23.Bf3 Bf3 24.gf3=) 23.Ne4 Be4 24.Ne5 Be5 (24...de5 25.f3 Ba8 26.Rd8 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rd1 28.Bd1=) 25.Bf3 (25.f3 Ba8+=) 25...Bf3= 26.gf3 f4 27.e4 Qf6 28.Rd5 Qg5 29.Kf1 Qh5 30.Ke2 (30.Kg2 Qg5 31.Kh1 Qf6+=) 30...g5?? (30...Bc3 31.Qc3 Re4 32.Kf1-/+) 31.Rcd1 (31.Be5 de5 32.Rd8 Rd8 33.Qe5+=) 31...g4?? (better 31...Bc3 32.Qc3 Re4 33.Kf1 Qh3 34.Kg1 Re6-/+) 32.Rg1+/- Kh7 (better 32...g3!? 33.hg3 fg3 34.Rg3 Kh7+-) 33.Rg4+- Rc8 (33...Rd7 34.Rf4! Rde7 35.Be5 de5 36.Rf6+-) 34.Be5 (better 34.Rd6 Rc7 35.Rd5+-) 34...de5?? (34...Re5 35.Rd6 Re4 36.Kd2 Rc7+-) 35.Rd7 Kh8 36.Rf4 (36.Ra7?! Rcd8+-) 1-0. banjoband (2025) - oleg_h (1980), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Qb3 a5 9.b5 c5 10.bc6 Nc6 11.0-0 a4 12.Qd1 d5 13.Na3 (13.cd5 Nd5 14.a3 Ba6+=) 13...Na5 14.Ne5 dc4 15.Nac4 Nc4 16.Bc4 b5 17.Be2 (17.Bb5? Qd5 18.f3 Qb5-+) 17...a3 18.Bc3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Qd6 20.Bb5 Be5 21.de5 Qe5 22.Qb3 Rfb8 23.Be2 (23.Qd3 Rd8 24.Rfd1 Nc7=+) 23...Ba6 24.Qd1 Be2 (24...Rb2 25.Ba6 Ra6 26.Qc1=+) 25.Qe2 Rb2 26.Rfd1 Rab8 (26...Nf6 27.Qf3 Rc8 28.Be1-/+) 27.Qe1 (27.Qd3 e6=) 27...Qe4 (27...Rc2 28.e4 Nf6 29.Rdc1=+) 28.f3 (28.Bc1 Qc4 29.Rd4 Qc6=) 28...Qc2 29.Rac1 Qa4 30.e4 Qa7 (30...Nb4 31.Bc3 Ra2= (31...Na2?! 32.Bb2 ab2 33.Rb1-/+)) 31.Kh1+= Nf6 32.Bh6 (better 32.Bf4!? R8b5 33.Be3=) 32...Ra2=+ 33.Qc3 (33.e5 Nh5 34.Qc3 Ng7=+) 33...Qf2 34.Qc8 Ne8 35.Rg1?? (better 35.Qg4-/+) 35...Rc8-+ 36.Rc8 f6 37.Re8 Kf7 38.Ra8 (38.Ra8 Re2 39.Bd2-+). jhonores (2235) - PChernomordik (2170), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.h3 e6 10.Qb3 c5 11.b5 d5 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Rac1 Ne4 14.Ne4 de4 15.Nd2 cd4 16.ed4 e5 17.de5 (17.d5!?+=) 17...Ne5= 18.Rfd1 Qh4 19.Nf1 Rfe8 20.Ne3 Qg5 21.Kf1 Kh8 22.Nd5 f5 23.g3 Bd5 24.cd5 Rc1 25.Bc1 Qd8 26.d6 Nd7 27.Qf7 Rf8 28.Qe7 Re8 29.Qf7 Rf8 30.Qd5 Nc5 31.Be3 Nd7 32.h4 Nf6 33.Qc6 Rf7 34.Bc4 Rf8 35.Bg5 h6 36.Bf4 Nd7 37.Qc7 Ne5 38.Be2 Qb8 (38...Kg8 39.Be3+/-) 39.Rc1 (39.Rd5!? Nf7+-) 39...Rd8 40.g4 (40.Qb8 Rb8 41.d7 Rg8 42.Be5 Be5+-) 40...Qc7 (40...Qa8!?+=) 41.dc7+/- Rc8 42.gf5 gf5 43.Bd1?? (better 43.h5+/-) 43...Kg8?? (better 43...Nd3 44.Bh6 Bh6-+) 44.Bb3+- Kf8 45.Be6 Nd3 (45...Re8 46.c8Q Rc8 47.Rc8 Ke7 48.Bf5 Nd3+-) 46.Bc8 (better 46.Bd6 Ke8 47.Bc8 Be5 48.Be6 Bd6 49.c8Q Ke7 50.Qd7 Kf6 51.Qf7 Ke5 52.Qf5 Kd4 53.Qd5) 46...Nc1 47.Bc1 (47.Bf5 Be5 48.c8Q Ke7 49.Qd7 Kf8 50.Be6 Bf4 51.Qf7) 47...Be5+- 48.Bf5 Bc7 49.Be4 (49.Bh6 Kf7+-) 49...Ke7 (49...Kg7 50.h5+-) 50.Bh6 Kf6 51.Be3 Ke5 52.Ke2 (52.f3 Bd6+-) 52...Bd8 (52...Ke4 53.h5 Kf5+-) 53.f3 (better 53.Bg5 Ke4 54.f3 Kf5 55.Bd8 Kg6 56.Bb6 ab6+-) 53...Bh4 54.Bf2 Be7 55.Be3 Ke6?? (55...Bh4 56.Kd3 Bg3+-) 56.Kd3 Bb4 57.Bd4 Bd6 58.Kc4 Bf4 59.Bd5 Kd6 60.Bc3 Be3 61.Bd4 Bd4?? (61...Bf4 62.a4 Bd2+-) 62.Kd4+- Kd7 (62...Ke7 63.Ke5 Kd8 64.f4+-) 63.Kc3 (63.f4 Ke7 64.Ke5 Kf8+-) 63...Ke7 (63...Kd6 64.Bc6+-) 64.Kc4 (better 64.Kd3+-) 64...a5 (64...Kf6 65.Kd4+-) 65.Kd4 (better 65.ba6 Kd6 66.a7 Ke5 67.a8Q b5 68.Kc5 Kf4 69.Qb8 Ke3 70.f4 Kd2 71.f5 b4 72.Qh2 Kd3 73.f6 b3 74.f7 b2 75.f8R b1Q 76.Rf3) 65...a4 66.f4 a3 (66...Kf6+-) 67.Ke5 Kf8 68.f5 Ke8 (68...Kg7 69.f6 Kg6 70.f7 Kg7 71.Be6 Kg6 72.f8Q Kg5 73.Qg7 Kh5 74.Kf5 Kh4 75.Qg4) 69.f6 (69.Ke6 Kf8 70.f6 Ke8 71.Bc6 Kf8 72.f7 Kg7 73.Ke7 Kh6 74.f8Q Kg5 75.Bf3 Kh4 76.Qf4 Kh3 77.Qg4 Kh2 78.Qg2) 69...Kd8 70.Kf5 (70.Bc6 Kc8 71.f7 Kc7 72.Kd5 Kb8 73.f8Q Kc7 74.Qe7 Kc8 75.Qd7 Kb8 76.Qb7) 70...Ke8 71.Kg6 (71.Ke6 Kf8 72.f7 Kg7 73.Ke7 Kh6 74.f8Q Kg5 75.Bf3 Kh4 76.Qf4 Kh3 77.Qg4 Kh2 78.Qg2) 71…Kf8 (71...Kf8 72.f7 Ke7 73.Bg2 Kd6 74.f8Q Kd7 75.Bc6 Kc7 76.Qe7 Kc8 77.Qd7 Kb8 78.Qb7; 71...Kd7 72.f7 Kd6 73.Bc6 Kc5 74.f8Q Kd4 75.Qd6 Kc3 76.Be4 Kc4 77.Qd3 Kb4 78.Bc6 Kc5 79.Qc3 Kd6 80.Qd4 Kc7 81.Qd7 Kb8 82.Qb7). bjoernsen (2345) - EJTubog (2320), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022.

8.0-0 a5 9.ba5 Ra5 10.Qc2 f5 11.Nbd2 Nc6+=.

8.0-0 c5 9.Qb3 d6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 cd4 13.ed4 Nd7 14.Rac1 a5 15.ba5 ba5 16.Qa3 Rfb8 17.h3 Ra7 18.c5 dc5 19.dc5 Bc3 20.Qc3 Bc6 21.Bc4 Bf3 (21...Nc5? 22.Bf7 Kf7 23.Ng5 (23.Qc5?! Bf3 24.Qg5 Qb7=) 23...Kg8 24.Qc5+-) 22.Qf3 Ne5 23.Qe4 Nc4 24.Rc4 Ra6 25.c6 Rc8?? (25...Rb4 26.Rdc1+=) 26.Rdc1 (better 26.Rd7 Rc6 27.Rc7 R6c7 28.Rc7 Rc7 29.Qa8 Kg7 30.Qa5+-) 26...Rb6+= 27.h4 (27.Rc5 Rb2 28.Qa4 Qd6+=) 27...h5 28.g4 (28.Rc5 Rb4 29.Qe5 a4+=) 28...hg4= 29.h5 gh5 30.Qd5 (30.Rc5 e5 31.Qf5+=) 30...Qd6?? (better 30...e5-/+) 31.Qh5 Rcc6?? (31...Rb4 32.Rc5 e5 33.Re5 Qf6+- (33...Rc6 34.Re8 Kg7 35.Qh8 Kg6 36.Rg8 Kf5 37.Re1 Rc2 38.Qh5 Kf6 39.Qg5)) 32.Rg4+- Qg6 33.Rc6 (33.Rc6 Rc6 34.Rg6 Rg6 35.Kf1+-) 1-0. jhonores (2200) - Igor_the_i_pawn (2230), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.0-0 c5 9.bc5 bc5 10.Nbd2 Na6 11.Rb1 Rb8+=.

8.0-0 d6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.c5 (11.Rfd1 c5 12.a3 cd4 13.Nd4 Rfc8=) 11...a5 12.cd6 cd6 (worse is 12...Qd6 13.Nb5 Be4 14.Qc1+/–) 13.Ba3 (13.b5 Rfc8=) 13...Rfc8 14.Qb2 Nd5 15.Nd5 Bd5 16.ba5 (16.Rfc1 a4=) 16...ba5 (16...Ra5 17.Bb4 Raa8 18.Rfc1=) 17.Qd2 (17.Rfc1 Rcb8 18.Qc2 f5=) 17...Nf6 18.Rfc1 Ne4 (18...Qd8!?+=) 19.Rc8+= Rc8 20.Qa5 Ra8 21.Qb4 Qa7 22.Bc1 Qc7 23.a3?? Nc3–+ 24.Qb2 Rb8 25.Qc2 Ne2 (25...Ne2 26.Qe2 Qc3–+) 0–1. Geirnaert,S (2355) – Vandevoort,P (2415), TCh–BEL, 2006.

8.b5 a6 9.0-0=.

8.b5 Ne4 9.0-0 Qf6 10.Nbd2 Nd6 (10...a6 11.a4+=) 11.Qc2 a5 (11...a6 12.Rfb1+=) 12.c5 Ne8 (12...bc5 13.Qc5 Rc8 14.Bd3+–) 13.Nc4 Bf3 (better 13...bc5!? 14.dc5 Qe7+–) 14.Bf3+– Qg5?? (better 14...Ra7+–) 15.Ba8 Nf6 (15...bc5 16.Rab1+–) 16.f4 Qg4 (16...Qh6 17.Bf3+–) 17.Bf3 Qf5 (17...Qh4 18.cb6 cb6 19.Bc3+–) 18.e4 (better 18.Qf5!? gf5 19.cb6 d5 20.bc7 dc4+–) 18...Qf4 19.g3 Qg5 (19...Qh6+–) 20.Bc1 Ng4 (20...Ne4 21.Bg5 Ng5 22.Rad1+–) 21.Bg5 Ne3 22.Be3 1–0. GuestJWDD – GuestDHHD, freechess.org, 2019.

7.a3 Bb7 8.d5 e6 9.d6 Ne4 10.Ra2 Bb2 11.Rb2 Qf6 12.Rb3 Nc6 13.Be2 e5 14.0-0 cb4 (worse is 14...Qd6 15.Qd6 Nd6 16.Rd1+=) 15.ab4 Nd6 16.c5 Ne4 17.Qd7 Rab8 18.Nbd2 Nd2 19.Qd2 (worse is 19.Nd2 Rfd8 20.Ne4 Qh4–/+ (20...Rd7?? 21.Nf6 Kg7 22.Nd7+–)) 19...e4 20.Nd4 Rfd8 21.Rd1 a5 22.cb6 Nb4 23.Qb2 Qb6 24.Ra1 Bd5 25.Rba3 Ra8 26.h4 h5 27.Bd1 Rdb8 28.Bb3 (28.Be2!?–/+) 28...Nd3–+ 29.Qd2 Bb3 30.Rb3 Qc7 (30...Qd8–+) 31.f3? (31.Ra5 Ra5 32.Rb8 Qb8 33.Qa5 Qb1 34.Kh2 Nf2 35.Kg3–+) 31...Rb3–+ 32.Nb3 Rb8 33.Nd4 (33.Qa5 Qg3 34.Rf1 Rb3 35.Qd8 Kg7 36.Qd4 Qe5 37.fe4 Qd4 38.ed4–+) 33...Rb2 34.Qa5 (34.Qb2 Nb2 35.fe4–+) 34...Qg3 35.Qd8 Kh7 (35...Kh7 36.Qh8 Kh8 37.Nc2 Rc2 38.Ra8 Kg7 39.Rg8 Kg8 40.fe4 Qg2#) 0–1. Khotenashvili,Bela (2500) – Harika,Dronavalli (2510), Beijing CHN, SportAccord Rapid (w), 2012. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.d4 c5)

7.b5 cd4+= 8.Bd4 (8.ed4 d5+=) 8...Bb7 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 Nc5 12.Nb3 (12.Qc2 a6+=) 12...e6 (12...Ne6 13.Bd3+=) 13.a4 Nfe4 (13...Qe7 14.a5+=) 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Nc5 dc5 (15...Nc5 16.Nd4=) 16.Ra3 Qf6 17.Qa1 Rad8 18.a5 Nd2 19.Qf6 Kf6 20.Re1 Bf3 21.gf3 e5 22.ab6 ab6 23.Rc1 Rd6 24.Rc2 Rfd8 25.Rb2 g5 26.Ra6 h5 27.Kg2 Kf5 28.h3 Kg6 29.Ra7 f5 30.Rc7 Kf6 31.Rc6 Ke7 32.Rc7 R8d7 33.Rc8 h4 34.Rg8 Kf6 35.Rf8 Rf7 36.Rc8 Kg7 37.Rc6 Rfd7 38.Ra2 e4 39.fe4 Ne4 40.Bf3 Rc6 41.bc6 Rc7 42.Ra8 Kf7 43.Bh5 Kg7 44.Bf3 Rc6 45.Be4 fe4 46.Re8 Kf6 47.Re4 b5 48.cb5 Rb6 49.Re8 Rb5 50.Rc8 Ke6 51.Kf3 Kd7 52.Rf8 c4 53.Ke4 Rc5 54.Ra8 c3 55.Ra1 c2 56.Rc1 Ke6 57.Kd3?? g4–+ 58.Ke2?? gh3 59.Kf1 Rg5 60.f4 h2 (60...h2 61.Ke2 Rg1 62.Kd3 Rc1 63.Kc4 Rb1 64.f5 Ke5 65.Kc3 c1Q 66.Kd3 h1Q 67.f6 Qhd1#) 0–1. Matveyenko,Yury (2225) – Chernikov,Oleg L (2405), RUS–ch Seniors, 2005.

7.Nbd2 cb4 8.Qb3 a5 9.Be2 d6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.a3 ba3 12.Ba3 Nbd7 13.Rab1 Qc8 14.Rfc1 Ne4 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Bd3 Bd3 17.Qd3 Qc7 18.Nd2 Rfc8 19.Ne4 Nf6 (better 19...Qc6=+) 20.Nc3? (20.Nf6 Bf6 21.e4 h6=+) 20...Rab8 (20...Qc4 21.Qc4 Rc4 22.Rb6-+) 21.h3? (better 21.Nb5!? Qd7 22.e4=+) 21...Qc4-+ 22.Qc4 (22.Qd1-+) 22...Rc4 23.Nb5 Rc1 (23...Rbc8 24.Kf1-+) 24.Rc1 Kf8 (24...h6 25.Kf1-+) 25.Rb1 (25.Nd6 b5 26.Bc5 b4-+) 25...Nd5 (25...Rc8 26.Nd6 ed6 27.Rb6-+) 26.Na7? (better 26.Nd6!? a4 27.Kf1-+) 26...Ke8 27.Nc6 Rc8 28.Na7 Rc2 29.e4 (29.Rb5 e6 30.Bd6-+) 29...Nc3 30.Rb6 Bd4 31.Rb7 (31.Rb8 Kd7 32.Rb7 Ke6-+) 31...Ba7 (better 31...Bf2 32.Kh2 Ne4-+) 32.Ra7 Ne4 33.Ra5 (33.f3 Ng3-+) 33...Rf2 34.Ra8 Kd7 35.Bc1 Rc2 36.Be3 f5 37.Ra7 Ke6 (37...Rc7 38.Rc7 Kc7 39.Bh6-+) 38.Ra1 (38.Bh6 g5 39.Bf8 Rc8 40.Re7 Kf6 41.Re4 fe4 (41...Rf8?! 42.Rb4-+) 42.Bd6 e3-+) 38...g5 39.Ra4 d5 40.Ra6 Kf7 (40...Ke5 41.Ra7 e6 42.Bb6-+) 41.Bd4 Rd2 42.Be5 f4 43.Rh6 (43.h4 Rd1 44.Kh2-+) 43...Ng3 (43...Rd1 44.Kh2 Ng3 45.Rf6 ef6 46.Bf4 gf4 47.h4 Rh1) 44.Rh7 (44.Rf6 ef6 45.Bc3 Rd1 46.Be1 Re1 47.Kf2 Rf1) 44...Ke6 45.Bf4 (45.Rh8 Rd1 46.Kf2 Rf1) 45...gf4 46.Kh2 (46.Rh6 Kd7 47.Kh2 Rd1 48.Rd6 Kd6 49.h4 Rh1) 46...Nf1 (46...Rd1 47.Rh6 Kd7 48.Rd6 Kd6 49.h4 Rh1) 47.Kg1-+ Ne3 48.h4 (48.Rg7 Kf6 49.Rg8 d4-+) 48...Rg2 49.Kh1 d4 (49...f3 50.Rh6 Kd7 51.Rb6 Ng4 52.Rb7 Kc6 53.Rc7 Kc7 54.h5 Nf2) 50.Rh6 Ke5 51.Rh5 Ke4 52.Rh7 (52.Rc5 f3 53.Rc8 Ng4 54.Rc2 Rc2 55.h5 Rc1) 52...d3 (52...Kf3 53.Rh8 Ng4 54.h5 Nf2) 53.Re7 (53.Rf7 d2 54.Re7 Kf3 55.Rd7 d1Q 56.Rd1 Nd1 57.h5 Nf2) 53...Kf3 54.Rd7 (54.Re8 Nd1 55.Re2 de2 56.h5 e1Q) 54...d2 55.h5 (55.Rd2 Rd2 56.h5 Kg3 57.h6 Rd1) 55...Rg5 (55...d1Q 56.Rd1 Nd1 57.h6 Nf2) 56.h6 (56.Rd2 Nf1 57.Rd3 Kf2 58.Rf3 Kf3 59.h6 Kf2 60.h7 Rg1) 56...d1Q 57.Rd1 Nd1 58.Kh2 Nf2 59.h7 Rg2 0-1. HIALUPHARMpl (2555) - filmer75 (2630), Rated bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nc3 cd4 (8...Nc6 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Qd2 d6= –0.09; 8...Na6 9.Bd3 d6 10.0-0 Rb8 11.Rb1 Nb4= 0.00; 8...d6 9.Rb1 Na6 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Qd2 cd4= 0.09; 8...Qa5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 Rb8 11.Nb5 a6= 0.00) 9.ed4 d6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.0-0 Rb8= –0.25.

8.d5 Na6 9.Be2 Rb8 10.Bc3 Ne4 (10...d6 11.0-0=) 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.0-0 Qb6 13.Bd3 Qf6 (13...Qb2!? 14.Nbd2 Nc3+=) 14.Na3+= Nc3 15.Qd2 d6 16.Rfc1 Na4 17.Nb5 Bg4 18.Ne1 (worse is 18.Na7 Bf3 19.gf3 Rb2–/+ (worse is 19...Qf3 20.Qd1 Qd1 21.Rd1=)) 18...Nb4 19.Rab1 (19.Na7 Nb2+/–) 19...a6= 20.Na3 Rb7 21.Rb3 Nd3 22.Rb7 Nc1 23.Qc1 h5 24.Nb1 h4 25.Qc2 Bc8 26.Rc7 Bf5 27.Qa4 Rb8 28.Nd2+= Qc3? 29.Ndf3 h3 30.gh3+– Be4 31.Re7 Bf3 32.Nf3 Qf6 33.Re8 Re8 34.Qe8 Qf3 35.Qd7 Qe4 36.Qd6 Qc4 37.Qe5 Kh7 38.d6 Qa2 39.d7 Qb1= 40.Kg2 Qb7 41.e4 Qd7 ½–½. Gasimov,Ragim (2395) – Guliyev,Namig (2345), AZE–chT Baku, 2000.

8.d5 d6 9.Nbd2 e5 10.de6 fe6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.0-0 Rb8 13.Bc3 d5 14.Ne5 Ne7 15.Qa4 Qc7 16.f4 Nf5 17.cd5 Nd5 18.Ba5 Qe7 19.Ndc4 Nfe3 20.Ne3 Ne3 21.Qe4 Nf1 22.Rf1 Bb7 23.Qe3 Bd5 24.Bc4 Bc4 25.Nc4 Bd4 0–1. Romero Holmes – Zlotnik, Palma de Mallorca 1992.

8.Be2 Qb6 (8...Nc6 9.Nbd2=+) 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Rb8 11.Qb6 Rb6 12.Bc3 cd4 (12...d6 13.dc5 dc5 14.0-0=+) 13.ed4 (13.Nd4 d6=) 13...d5 (13...d6 14.0-0=+) 14.c5 Rb8 15.0-0 Ne4 16.Ne4 de4 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.de5 Be6 19.f4 (19.Ba6 Bc8 20.Bc4 Bf5=) 19...ef3 (19...Rfc8 20.Bd4=) 20.Bf3 (worse 20.Rf3 Rbc8 21.Bd4 Rfd8-/+) 20...Rfc8 21.c6 Rb5 Attacks the isolani on e5 (21...Bd7 22.cd7 Rc3 23.Rad1=) 22.Rfe1 Rc5 23.Bd4 Rc4 (23...Ra5 24.Bb2=) 24.Ba7 h5 25.Bb6 Bg4? (better 25...g5!? 26.c7 g4+/-) 26.c7 Bf3 (26...Be6 27.a4 R8c7 28.Bc7 Rc7 29.a5+-) 27.gf3 Rc6 28.Rab1 g5 (28...Rc4 29.Ba5 R8c7 30.Bc7 Rc7 31.a4+-) 29.Re4 (29.a4!? Rb6 30.Rb6 Rc7+-) 29...f5 30.ef6! Bf6 (30...Rf6 31.Re7 Discovered attack; 30...ef6 31.Rd1 Combination; 30...Bf6 31.a4 Passed pawn) 31.Rd1 (better 31.a4+-) 31...e6?? (better 31...Kf7 32.Rd8 R6c7 33.Bc7 Rc7+-) 32.Rd8 Bd8 33.cd8Q (33.cd8B?! Rd6+=) 33...Rd8 34.Bd8 Rc5 35.Re6 Rd5 36.Be7 Kf7 37.Rd6 Ra5 (37...Rf5 38.Bd8 Rf3 39.Bg5+-) 38.Rd7 (38.Bd8 Ra2 39.Bg5 Kg8+-) 38...Ke6 39.Rc7 g4 (39...Rb5 40.Ra7+-) 40.fg4 hg4 41.Bb4 (better 41.a3!? Ra8+-) 41...Ra2 42.Rc4 (42.Rc5 Rb2 43.Ba5 Re2+-) 42...Kf5 43.Bd6 Ra1 (43...Rd2 44.Bg3+-) 44.Kf2 Ra2 (44...Ra6 45.Rc5 Ke6 46.Bf4+-) 45.Kg3 Rd2 (45...Ra1 46.Rc5 Ke6 47.Be5 Rg1 48.Kh4+-) 46.Bf4 (better 46.Rc5!? Ke6 47.Bf4 Re2+-) 46...Rd3 47.Kg2 Ra3 48.Bd6 (48.Bc1!? Rf3+-) 48...Rd3 (48...Ra2 49.Kf1 Kg5+-) 49.Bf4 Ra3 50.Bc1 Ra1 (50...Rf3 51.Rc5 Ke6 52.h4+-) 51.Rc5 Ke4 (51...Ke6 52.Kg3+-) 52.Re5! Kd3 (52...Ke5 53.Bb2 Double attack) 53.Bf4 Kd4 54.Kg3 Rg1 55.Kh4 Rg2 56.Bg3 Rg3 (56...Ra2+-) 57.Rd5!! (57.Kg3?! Ke5 58.Kg4 Kd6=; 57.hg3 Ke5 58.Kg4 Kd4+-) 57...Kd5 58.hg3 (58.Kg3?! Ke5=) 58...Ke5 59.Kg4 Kf6 60.Kh5 Kg7 61.Kg5 Kf7 62.Kh6 Kg8 63.Kg6 Kh8 64.g4 Kg8 65.g5 Kh8 66.Kf7 Kh7 67.g6 (67.g6 Kh6 68.g7 Kg5 69.g8Q Kf4 70.Qe8 Kf3 71.Qe1 Kg4 72.Kf6 Kh3 73.Qg1 Kh4 74.Qg2 Kh5 75.Qg5) 1-0. theorangedoom (1865) - Lance5500 (2635), lichess.org, 2020.

8.b5 Bb7 9.Be2 d5 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.0-0 e6 12.a4 a6 13.Bc3 dc4 14.Nc4 ab5 15.ab5 Bd5 16.Qc2 Ra1 17.Ra1 Qb8 18.Qb2 Bc4 19.Bc4 Ne8 20.Bg7 Ng7 21.Ra6 Ne8 22.h4 Nef6 23.Be2 Rc8 24.Nd2 Nd5 25.Nc4 N5b6 26.h5 gh5 27.Nb6 Nb6 28.Qf6 Nd5 29.Qg5 Kf8 30.Bc4 Nb6? (better is 30...h4+/–) 31.Be6!+– Rd8 (31...fe6 32.Qh6 Double attack (32.Qf6 Decoy)) 32.Qc5 (32.Qc5 Rd6 33.Bb3+–) 1–0. Kempinski,Robert (2620) – Slaby,Jerzy (2400), Neckar op–A 9th, 2005. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.d4 c5 7.dc5 bc5)

9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qb6=.

9.a4 Bb7=.

11.Bd3 Qa5 12.Nbd2 Nd2 13.Qd2 ab5! 14.cb5 d5 (idea Nb8–d7–b6).

12.Nbd2 Nd2 13.Nd2 ab5.

12.Ke2 ab5 13.Qe4 ba4 14.Qe7 Nc6 +–.

12.Ke2 Bb7? 13.Qb7 Nc6 14.bc6 Rab8 15.Qd7 Rfd8 16.Qe7 Rb2 17.Nfd2 Rbd2 18.Kf3 Rf2 19.Ke4 Rd4 20.ed4 Qe1 21.Kd3 Qe7 22.Nc3+= cd4 23.Nd5 Qe5=+ 24.c7 f5–/+ 25.Re1 Qe1 26.Kd4 Rd2 27.Bd3?? Qe4–+ 28.Kc5 Rd3 29.Nb6 Qe6 30.Nd5 Qd7 (31.Kb6 Qd6 32.Kb7 Rb3 33.Kc8 Rb2–+) 0–1. Siska – Diener,Rudolf, corr, (year?).

12.Ke2 Bb7? 13.Qb7 Nc6 14.Nfd2?? (better is 14.Qd7 Qb4 15.Qc6 (15.bc6?! Qb2 16.Nbd2 Rad8=) 15...Qb2 16.Nfd2 Nd2 17.Nd2 Qa1 18.b6+– (18.ba6?! Rfd8+/–)) 14...Ra7 15.bc6 (15.Qa7 Na7 16.Ne4 ab5 17.cb5 Nb5+=) 15...Rb7+= 16.cb7 Qb4? (better is 16...Nd6+=) 17.Ne4+– Qb2 18.Nbd2 Qa1 19.Nc5 Rb8 20.g3 Qa3 21.Nd7 Rb7 22.Bh3 Qd6 23.c5 (23.a5!?=) 23...Qd5–/+ 24.f3 Rb2 (24...Rd7?! 25.Bd7 Qd7 26.Rc1=) 25.Rd1 e6 26.c6 Qc4 27.Ke1 Qd3 (27...Qc6 28.Ne5 Qa4 29.Bf1–/+) 28.Bf1 Qe3 29.Be2 a5 30.f4 f6 31.c7 Rc2 32.Kf1 (better is 32.c8Q!? Rc8 33.Nf1–/+) 32...Rc7–+ 33.Nc4?! (33.Nf3–+) 33...Rc4! 34.Bc4 Qf3 35.Ke1 Qc3 (35...Qc3 36.Ke2 Qc4 37.Ke3 Qa4–+) 0–1. Smyslov,Vasily V – Gufeld,E, Moscow Spartakiade, 1967. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.d4 c5 7.dc5 bc5 8.b5 a6 9.a4 Ne4 10.Bg7 Kg7 11.Qd5 Qa5)

12.Ke2 Bb7? 13.Qb7 Nc6 14.Qd7 Qb4 15.Nfd2 +– (15.bc6 Rad8 16.Nbd2 Qb2=).

7.0-0 a6 8.d4 Nc6 9.a3 e6 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.e4. pierred – anony, internet, 2014.

7.0-0 c6 8.d4 a5 (8...c5 9.a3+=) 9.b5 cb5 (9...d5 10.Nc3+=) 10.cb5 d6 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.a4 (12.Bd3 Rc8+=) 12...Nd5 (12...Rc8 13.Bd3=) 13.Rc1+= Nb4 (13...Rc8 14.Bc4+=) 14.e4 (14.Ba3 e5+=) 14...e6 (14...Nf6 15.d5+=) 15.Qb3 Qe7 (15...d5 16.e5+/–) 16.Rc7 Rab8 (16...Ra7 17.Ba3+=) 17.Rfc1 (17.Ba3 Qd8 18.Rcc1 d5+/–) 17...Rfc8 (17...Qd8 18.R7c3+=) 18.Rc8 (18.Ba3 Qd8 19.Rc8 Rc8 20.Rc8 Qc8 21.Bb4 ab4 22.Qb4 Nf6 23.Qd6 Ne4 24.Ne4 Be4+/–) 18...Rc8+= 19.Rc8 Bc8 20.Qc3 Qd8 21.Ba3 Na2 (21...d5 22.e5+/–) 22.Qc6 (22.Qc4 Nb4 23.Bb4 ab4 24.Qb4 Nf6+/–) 22...d5 23.ed5 (23.Bd6 Nb4 24.Bb4 ab4 25.ed5 Nf6+/–) 23...ed5 24.Qd5 Nb4 (better is 24...Nc3!? 25.Qc4 Ne2 26.Qe2 Bb7+/–) 25.Bb4+– ab4 26.Bc4 Qe7 27.Qa8 Qe8 (27...Qf8 28.Ng5+–) 28.Ne4 (better is 28.Ng5 Qf8 29.Bf7 Kh8 30.Ndf3+–) 28...Bf8 (28...Qf8+–) 29.Nfg5 Kg7 (29...Kh8 30.Nf7 Kg7 31.Nfd6 Bd6 32.Nd6+–) 30.Bf7 Qd8 (30...Qe7 31.Bb3 Qe8+–) 31.Ne6 (31.Ne6 Kh8 32.Nd8+–) 1–0. Janek – Sazyl, internet free game, 2017.

7.0-0 Ne8 8.d4 d6 9.Nbd2 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.d5 Bb2 13.Rb2 Ndf6 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.f4 Rd8 17.Qa4 Ba8 18.Bf3 Ng7 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Be4 e6 21.Ng4 (better 21.Rd1+=) 21...f5-/+ 22.Nh6 Kh8 23.Bf3 (23.d6!? Rd6 24.Ba8 Ra8 25.Qb3-/+) 23...ed5-+ 24.cd5 Bd5 25.Bd5 Rd5 26.Qc4 Rfd8 27.Rbe2 Ne6 (27...R5d7 28.e4 Rf8 29.ef5 gf5 30.Qc3=) 28.e4 Rd4?? (better 28...fe4 29.Re4 Nd4=) 29.Qe6+/- Qg7?? (29...Kg7 30.ef5 Kh6 31.fg6 Kg7+-) 30.Nf7+- (30.Nf7 Qf7 31.Qf7+-) 1-0. Undertakerle (1850) - specialop (2230), Daily SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2024.

7.0-0 Bf3 8.Bf3 c6 9.a4 Qc7 10.d4 Na6 11.Ba3 Rfe8 12.b5 cb5? (better 12...Nb8+–) 13.cb5 d6 (13...Rac8 14.ba6 e5 15.de5 Qe5+–) 14.Ba8 (worse 14.ba6 d5+–) 14...Ra8 15.ba6 Ne4 (15...Qc4 16.Qf3 Rb8 17.Rc1 Qa6 18.h3+–) 16.Qf3 d5 17.Rc1 Qd7 (17...Qd8 18.Nc3 f5 19.Ne4 de4 20.Qe2+–) 18.Nc3 Nd2 (18...f5 19.Ne4 de4 20.Qf4+–) 19.Qd5 Qg4 (19...Qd5 20.Nd5 Nb3 21.Ne7 Kh8+–) 20.Qa8 Bf8 21.Be7 Nf3 22.Kh1 h5 (22...Qg2 23.Kg2 Nh4 24.Kh3 h6 25.Qf8 Kh7 26.Qf7 Kh8 27.Bf6) 23.Qf8 Kh7 24.Bf6 (24.Bf6 Qg2 25.Kg2 Nh4 26.Kh3 Nf3 27.Qg7) 1–0. Pyars – Hetre, internet, 2019.

7.a4 d5 8.0-0 dc4 9.Na3 Na6 10.Bc3 c5 11.b5 Nb4 12.Nc4 Ne4 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.Qb3 Bd5 15.Rfd1 Nd6 16.d4 f6 17.dc5 bc5 18.Nfd2 Qc7 19.Bf3 (19.Qc3 Rad8+=) 19...Bf3 (19...Nc4!? 20.Nc4 Bf3 21.gf3 Rad8=) 20.Nf3+= Rfd8 21.Ncd2 a6 22.Rdc1 Qb6 (worse is 22...ab5 23.Nd4 Kh8 24.Ne6+/–) 23.ba6 Ra6 24.Nc4 Qa7 25.h4 Ra8 26.Nb2 Rb8 27.Nc4 Ra8 28.Nb2 Rb8 29.Nc4 ½–½. Brauer,Christian (2120) – Nogrady,Vilmos (2280), Budapest Spring op, 1999. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7)

7.a4 Ne4 8.Bg7 Kg7 9.d3 Nf6 10.0-0 d6 11.b5 e5 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.h3 Re8 14.d4 e4 15.Nh2 c6 16.Qc2 d5 17.c5 bc5 18.dc5 Qe7 19.Nb3 Rac8 20.b6 ab6 21.cb6 Nb6 22.a5 Nbd7 23.a6 Ba8 24.Rfb1 c5 25.Bb5 c4 26.Nd4 Red8 27.Bd7 Nd7 28.Rb5 Nc5 29.Rab1 Na6 30.Qa4 Nc7 31.Rb6 Rd6 32.Nf1 Rb6 33.Rb6 Kh8 34.Qa7 Ne6 35.Ne6 Qa7 0–1. Abdullaevich (1770) – danad112 (1700), lichess.org, 2019.

7.Qb3 d6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.0-0 e5 10.d4 Re8 11.d5 Nf8 12.e4 Bc8 13.Nd2 Ng4 14.h3 Nh6 15.Nd1 f5 16.f4 Qh4 17.Qf3 Nd7 18.Ne3 (18.Bd3 a5 19.b5 ef4 20.Qf4 Qf4 21.Rf4 Nc5 22.Bg7 Kg7+= (22...Nd3? 23.Bh6 Nf4 24.Bf4+–)) 18...Rf8 (18...ef4 19.Nd1+=) 19.Qf2 (19.fe5!? f4 20.Nd1 Ne5 21.Qf2 Qf2 22.Nf2=) 19...Qf2+= 20.Rf2 ef4 21.Bg7 fe3 22.Bf8? (better is 22.Bh6 ef2 23.Kf2–/+) 22...ef2–+ 23.Kf2 Nf8 0–1. Reschke,Rene – Glodowski,Marek, Lauenburg op, 2009.

7.b5 c5 8.a4 d5 9.0-0 a6 10.Nc3 dc4 11.Bc4 a5 12.d3 Nbd7 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.Ng3 Rad8 15.Qc2 Bf3 16.gf3 Ne5 17.Be5 Qe5 18.f4 Qc7 19.Kg2 Qc8 20.f3 Nh5 21.Rad1 Ng3 22.hg3 Bf6 23.e4 e6 24.Rh1 Bd4 25.Rh3 Kg7 26.Rdh1 Rh8 27.Qe2 Qc7 28.e5 Rdg8 29.Qe4 Qe7 30.g4 Qc7 31.g5 Rb8 32.Kg3 Qb7 33.Kg4 Qe4 34.fe4 Rbd8 35.Rf3 Bc3 36.f5 Be5 37.fe6 fe6 38.Be6 Rhf8 39.Rhf1 Rf3 40.Rf3 Rf8 41.Rf8 Kf8 42.Kf3 Kg7 43.Ke3 h6 44.gh6 Kh6 45.Kf3 Kh5 46.Bg4 Kh4 47.Be6 g5 48.Bd7 Kh5 49.Bf5 Kh4 50.Bg4 Bd4 51.Bf5 Be5 52.Kg2 g4 53.Be6 g3 54.Bh3 Kg5 55.Kf3 Kf6 56.Kg4 Ke6 57.Kg5 Kd6 58.Kf5 Kd7 59.Ke5 1–0. Abdullaevich (1955) – svillar (1810), lichess.org, 2019.

7.b5 d5 8.0-0 dc4 9.Bc4 c5 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Qc7 (11...Bf3!? 12.Qf3 Ne5=+) 12.Rc1 Rad8 13.Ne2?? (13.d3 Ng4 14.e4 Nde5 15.Ne5 Ne5=) 13...e5?? (better 13...Ng4 14.Qc2 Bf3-+) 14.Ng3 (14.d3 Bf3 15.gf3 e4=) 14...Ne4 (14...e4 15.Ne1=) 15.Qc2 (15.Ne4 Be4 16.Ng5 Ba8+=) 15...Ng3 16.hg3 (16.fg3 Qd6=) 16...e4 17.Nh2 (17.Bg7!? Kg7 18.Qc3 Kg8 19.Ne1=) 17...Ne5 18.Ba2 (18.Be5 Qe5 19.Rfd1 Rd7-/+) 18...Nd3 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Rb1 Qd6 21.Bc4 Nb4 22.Qc3 f6 23.Rfd1 h5 24.Nf1 Qe5 25.Qe5 fe5 26.Ra1 (26.Rbc1 Nd3 27.Bd3 ed3-/+) 26...Rd6 (26...Bd5 27.Bd5 Rd5 28.Nh2-/+) 27.a5 Rfd8 (27...Bd5 28.Rdc1-/+) 28.ab6 ab6 29.Ra7 R8d7 30.Rda1 Kf6 31.R1a3 Bd5 32.Be2 Be6 33.Kh2 (33.R7a4 Ke7=+) 33...Nd3 (33...Rd2 34.Nd2 Rd2 35.Bf1 Rf2 36.Kg1-+) 34.Bd3 Rd3 35.Kg1 (35.Rd3 Rd3 (worse 35...ed3 36.Ra6-/+) 36.g4 Bg4-+) 35...Ra3 36.Ra3 Rd3 (36...Bc4 37.g4 h4 38.Ra6-+) 37.Ra6 Rd6 38.Ra1 Bc4 39.Rb1 Bf1 40.Kf1 Rd2 41.Kg1 c4 (better 41...Ke6!?-+) 42.Rc1-/+ Rb2 43.Rc4 Rb5 (43...Rb1 44.Kh2 Kf5 45.f3-/+) 44.Rc6 (44.Re4!? g5 45.Rc4=+) 44...Kf5-+ 45.Kh2 g5 46.Rd6 (46.Rc8 Rb2-+) 46...Rb2 47.Rc6 (47.Rd8 b5-+) 47...b5 48.Rb6 b4 49.Rb5 b3 50.g4 hg4 (better 50...Kg4 51.Re5 Rf2 52.Re4 Kf5-+) 51.Kg3 Rb1 (better 51...Ke6!? 52.Kg4 Rf2 53.Rb6 Kd5 54.Rb3 Rg2 55.Kf5 Rf2 56.Kg5 Kc4-+) 52.Rb4 b2 (52...Ke6 53.Kg4 Rb2 54.Kg5 Rf2 55.Rb3 Rg2 56.Kh4-/+) 53.Rb3 (53.Rb6 Rd1 54.Rb2 Rd8=) 53...Ke6-/+ 54.Rb6 (54.Rb5-/+) 54...Kf5 (better 54...Kd5!? 55.Kg4 Kc5-/+) 55.Rb8 Ke6 56.Rb6 (56.Rb6 Kd5 57.Kg4-/+). Poncheki (2245) - jalalmortazavi21 (2270), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

7.b5 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Nd2 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.d5 Ne4 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Nd4 e5 15.Nc6 Bc6 16.bc6 f5 17.f3 f4 18.ef4 Rf4 19.g3 Rf7 20.a4 a5 21.Qd2? (21.Ba3 e4 22.Rad1 ef3 23.Bf3 Qg5=) 21...Qe7 (better is 21...Nb3 22.Qe3 Na1 23.Ba1 Qf6–/+) 22.Qc2+= Raf8 23.Kg2 Qg5 24.Bc1 Qf6 25.Qc3 (25.Be3 Re7=) 25...h5 (25...Qf5 26.Qe3+=) 26.Qe3 Kh7 27.Qg5 Nb3 28.Qf6 Bf6 29.Rb1 Nd4 30.Bd3 h4 31.g4 (31.Be3 Nf5 32.Bf2 Bg5=) 31...Bg7 32.Be4 Bh6 33.g5 Bg7 34.Rf2 Rh8 (34...Kg8 35.Bd2= (worse is 35.Bg6 Rf3 36.Rf3 Rf3+=)) 35.f4 (35.Kh3 Rhf8+=) 35...ef4 (35...Re8 36.fe5 h3 37.Kf1 Rf2 38.Kf2 Be5–/+) 36.Rf4 Rf4 37.Bf4 Rf8 38.Be3 Be5 (38...Re8!? 39.Bd4 Re4 40.Bb6 cb6=) 39.Rf1 (39.Rf1 h3! 40.Kh3 Rf1 41.Kg2–+). GuestTHRL – GuestDLDN, freechess.org, 2017.

7.b5 e6 8.Nc3 (8.0-0 a6=) 8...c6 (8...a6 9.0-0=) 9.a4 (9.0-0 a6=) 9...c5 10.0-0 d5 11.d4 cd4. DEFFM – GuestXKZGngbht, freechess.org, 2018.

7.Qc2 d5 8.d3 d4 9.Nd4 e5 10.Nf3 e4 11.de4 Be4 12.Bd3 Bd3 13.Qc3 Nh5 14.Qc1 Bb1 15.Qb1 Bb2 16.Qb2 Qf6 0-1. karginalp (1750) - batyaiktat (1800), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

7.Qc2 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Rc8 10.d4 c5 11.a3 d5 12.dc5+= bc5 13.cd5 cb4 14.ab4 Nd5 15.Ra3 Nb4 16.Qb3 a5 17.Rd1 Bc6 18.Nd4 Bd4 19.Rd4 Qb6 20.Qd1 Nc5 21.h4 Rfd8 22.h5 e5 23.Rd2? Rd2–+ 24.Qd2 Rd8 25.Qc1 Nbd3 26.Bd3 Nd3 27.Qa1 Qb2 28.Qb2 Nb2 (28...Nb2 29.Ra5 Nd3–+) 0–1. Slavnova,D (2180) – Alekseev,Dmitry, XXX Nezhmetdinov Mem, Kazan RUS, 2008.

7.Nc3 e6 8.0-0 Re8 9.d4 d5 10.c5 a6 11.a4 c6 12.b5 (better is 12.Qb3!?+/–) 12...bc5= 13.dc5 Nbd7 14.Ba3 (14.Nd4 Qc8=) 14...Ne4 (better is 14...ab5 15.ab5 Ne4 16.Ne4 Ba1 17.Qa1 de4–/+) 15.Ne4+= de4 (15...Ba1 16.Nd6 (< 16.Qa1 de4 17.Nd4 ab5 18.ab5 Qc8–/+) 16...ab5 17.Nb7+/–) 16.Nd4 Qc7 17.Qc2 Bd4 18.ed4 cb5 19.ab5 ab5 20.Bb5 Bd5 21.Rfb1 Rec8 22.Qd2 f6 23.h4 Nf8 24.Be2 Rcb8 25.Bb4 Qc6 26.Bc3 Ra1 27.Ra1 Qb7 28.Qf4 Qb3 29.Bd2 Qb2 30.Ra7 Rb7 31.Rb7 Bb7 32.Qe3 Bd5 33.Qc3 Qb1 34.Kh2 Qb8 35.g3 Kg7 36.Bf4 Qb7 37.Qa5 Qd7 38.Bb5 Bc6 39.Bc6 Qc6 40.Qb6 Qd5 41.Qc7 Qd7 42.c6 Qc7 43.Bc7 g5 44.Bd6 (44...gh4 45.Bf8 Kf8 46.c7+–) 1–0. Grosmelder,Karl – Mylnikov,Mikhail, Ch Russia (for the Deaf), 1999.

7.d3 a5 8.ba5 (8.b5 c6=) 8...Ra5 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Nb3 Ra8 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Qd2 e5 13.Ne1 (13.e4 Ne8=) 13...Qe7 14.a4 d5 15.a5 dc4 16.dc4 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nec5 18.ab6 Ra1 19.Ba1 cb6 (19...Nb6 20.Nc5 Qc5 21.Bc3=+) 20.Nc5 bc5 (20...Nc5 21.Nf3=+) 21.e4 Nb8 (21...Qh4 22.Bd3=+) 22.Bd3 (22.f4 f5 23.ef5 Rf5 24.fe5 Rf1 25.Bf1 Nd7=+) 22...Nc6=+ 23.Qc3 (23.f4 Nd4 24.Bd4 ed4=+) 23...Nd4 24.Qb2 (24.Qd2 Nb3 25.Qc3 Na1 26.Qa1 f5=+) 24...f5 25.Qb1 (25.f3 fe4 26.fe4 Rf1 27.Kf1 Bh6=+) 25...fe4–/+ 26.Be4 Qh4 (26...Ne2 27.Kh1 Qh4 28.Qb7 Ng3 29.Kg1 Nf1 30.Nf3+=) 27.Qb7 (27.Bd3 Rf7 28.Bd4 ed4–/+) 27...Ne2=+ 28.Kh1 Ng3 29.Kg1 Ne2 (29...Nf1 30.Nf3 Rf3 31.Bf3 Qh2 32.Kf1 Qh1 33.Ke2+–) ½–½. Poley,Vladimir (2330) – Ernst,Thomas (2455), Osterskars op, 1995.

7.d3 a6 8.a4 Nc6 9.Qb3 a5 10.b5 Nb4 11.0-0 d5 12.Nc3 dc4 13.dc4 (13.Qc4 Ne8=) 13...Rc8 (13...Qd6!?+=) 14.Rad1 Qe8 (14...Nd7 15.Ba3+=) 15.Na2 (15.Ne5 Rd8+=) 15...Na2 16.Qa2 Ne4 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Qb2 Kg8 (18...f6 19.Nd2=) 19.Rd4 (19.Ne5 Nc5=) 19...h6 (19...Nc5 20.Ne5=) 20.Rfd1 (20.Qc2 Nc5 21.Ne5 f5+=) 20...e5= 21.Rd7 Nd6 (21...Nc5 22.R7d2 Na4+=) 22.Ne5+/– Qe6?? (22...f6!? 23.R1d6 cd6 24.Rb7 Qe5+–) 23.Bg4 (23.R1d6 cd6 24.Ng4+– (24.Rb7 de5 25.h4 Rfe8–/+)) 23...f5 24.Bh3 Rfd8 25.Rd8 Rd8 26.Nc6?? (better is 26.c5 bc5 27.b6+–) 26...Rd7 (26...Bc6 27.bc6 Nf7 (27...Qc4? 28.Qf6 Rf8 29.Qg6 Kh8 30.Qh6 Kg8 31.g3+–) 28.Rd8 Nd8=) 27.e4?? (better is 27.Qc2!?+/–) 27...Nc4 (better is 27...Qe4 28.Qd2 Bc6 29.bc6 Qc6 30.Qh6 Nf7–+) 28.Qc2? (28.Qc1 Rd1 29.Qd1 Bc6 30.bc6 Qe4 31.Qd8 Kf7 32.Qd7 Qe7 33.Bf5 Qd7 34.Bg6 Ke7 (34...Kg6?? 35.cd7 Ne5 36.d8Q+–) 35.cd7 c6+=) 28...Rd1?? (better is 28...Qe4 29.Qc1 Rd1 30.Qd1 Bc6 31.bc6 Qc6–+) 29.Qd1+= Qf6?? (better is 29...Bc6 30.bc6 Qe4 31.Qd8 Kf7 32.Qd7 Qe7 33.Bf5 Qd7 34.Bg6 Ke7 (34...Kg6?? 35.cd7 Kf5 36.d8Q+–) 35.cd7 c6+=) 30.ef5 (30.Qd5 Qf7 31.Qf7 Kf7 32.Nd8 Kf6 33.Nb7 Nb2 34.ef5 gf5+=) 30...gf5 (30...Bc6 31.bc6 Qc6 32.fg6+=) 31.g3 (better is 31.Qd5!? Qf7 32.Qd8 Kg7 33.Ne7+–) 31...Nd6 (31...Bc6 32.bc6 Nd6 33.Bg2+=) 32.Qd5 The isolani on f5 becomes a target 32...Kg7 33.Bg2 h5 0–1. GuestCNQL – Cumanes, freechess.org, 2017.

7.d4 a5 8.b5 d6 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Re8 11.a4 e5 12.0-0 e4 13.Ng5 Nf8 14.d5 Qe7 15.Bd4 N8d7 (15...Nd5 A) worse 16.Nge4 Nb4 17.Qb2 Bd4 (worse 17...Be4 18.Bg7 Bd3 19.Bf6+=) 18.ed4 Be4 19.Ne4 Qe4-+; B) 16.Bg7 Nb4 17.Qb2 Qg5 18.Bh8=+) 16.Rae1 Bc8 17.f4 ef3 (17...Nc5!?=+) 18.Ngf3+= Nc5 19.Bc5 bc5 20.Bd3 Nd7 21.Kh1 Ne5 22.Ne5 Be5 23.Nf3 Bg7 24.e4 Bg4 25.Qd2 Bf3 26.gf3 g5 (26...Bd4!?+=) 27.Rg1+/- h6 28.f4 gf4 29.Qf4 Kh8?? (better 29...Qe5 30.Qh6 Kf8+/-) 30.Rg7! Kg7 (30...Kg7 31.Rg1 Double attack) 31.Rg1 Qg5 32.Rg5 hg5 33.Qg5 Kf8 34.h4 Re5 35.Qf6 Rae8 36.Kg2 Kg8 37.Kg3 Rh5 38.b6! cb6 39.Qd6 Kh7 (39...Kg7 40.Qb6 Reh8 41.Be2 Rh4 42.Bg4+-) 40.Qc6 (better 40.e5 Kg8 41.e6 fe6+-) 40...Rg8 41.Kh3 Re5 (41...Rh6 42.d6 Kg7 43.Qb6+-) 42.d6 (better 42.Qf6 Rg1 43.Qe5 Kg8+-) 42...Re6 43.e5 Kh8 44.Qf3 Re5 (44...Kg7+-) 45.Qf6 Rg7 46.Qe5 Kg8 (46...f5 47.d7 Kh7 48.Qf5 Kh6 49.Qe6 Kh5 50.Be2 Rg4 51.Bg4) 47.Qg7! Kg7 48.d7 Kf6 49.d8Q Ke6 (49...Kg7 50.h5 f5 51.Qe7 Kh6 52.Qf8 Kh5 53.Qf5 Kh6 54.Qg6) 1-0. WarrioR2080 (2245) - Pratoffel (2355), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

7.d4 c5 8.dc5 (8.bc5 bc5 9.0-0 Qb6=) 8...bc5 9.b5 a6 (9...Qb6 10.0-0=) 10.a4 ab5 (10...d5 11.0-0=) 11.cb5+= d5 (11...Qb6 12.Bc3=) 12.0-0 Nbd7 (12...c4 13.Bc3+=) 13.Nbd2 Qa5 (13...Qc7 14.Qc2=) 14.Qb3 (14.Qc2 Qc7+=) 14...c4 15.Qa3 e6 (15...Rfc8 16.Bc3 (16.Qe7? Bf8 17.Bf6 Be7 18.Be7 Re8–+) 16...Qb6 17.Rfb1+/– (17.Qe7 Bf8 18.Bf6 Be7 19.Be7 Qa5–+)) 16.Bc3+/– Qc7 17.a5 Rfe8 18.b6 (18.Rfb1 Qb8+/–) 18...Qd8 (better is 18...Nb6!? 19.Be5 Qc8+=) 19.Nd4 (19.Rfb1 Qb8+=) 19...Nb6 0–1. algernon – kpoynter, net–chess.com, 2017.

7.d4 Nc6 8.b5 Nb8 9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 ab5 11.ab5 c6 12.0-0 cb5 13.Nb5 d6 14.Ra8 Ba8 15.Qa4 Bc6 16.Ra1 Nbd7 17.Qa7 Bb5 18.cb5 Nd5 19.Nd2 e5 20.de5 Be5 21.Be5 Ne5 22.Nc4 Nc3 23.Bf1 Nb5 24.Qb6 Nc4 25.Qd8 Rd8 26.Bc4 Nc3 27.Ra7 d5 28.Bd3 Rb8 29.f3 Nd1 30.Re7 Rc8 31.Kf1 Rc3 32.Ke2 Nb2 33.Bb5 Rc2 34.Kf1 Rc5 35.Ba6 Rc1 36.Kf2 Nd1 37.Kg3 Rb1 38.Bb7 Nc3 39.Rd7 Rd1 40.Kf4 Rd2 41.g4 Rh2 42.Bd5 Nd5 43.Rd5 Kg7 44.e4 Kf6 45.g5 Ke6 46.Ra5 h5 47.Ra6 Ke7 48.Ke5 Rf2 49.f4 Kf8 50.f5 h4 51.f6 Kg8 52.Ra8 Kh7 53.Rf8 h3 54.Rf7 Kh8 55.Rg7 h2 56.f7 Kg7 Normal 0-1. tpape (1920) - ahmi (1960), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

7.d4 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.b5 c5 10.0-0 cd4 11.Bd4 Bd4 12.Qd4 Nd7 13.Rd1 e6 14.Bf1 Qe7 15.Nbd2 Rac8 16.Rac1 Nc5 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.Ng4 h5 19.Ne5 Nf6 20.Qa1 Nce4 21.Ndc4 Rd1 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.f3 Nc5 24.Nc6 Bc6 25.bc6 Nd5 26.e4 (better 26.Qe5!?+=) 26...Nb4=+ 27.Rd8 Qd8 28.Ne5 Qd6 29.Bb5 a6 30.a3? (better 30.Be2!?=+) 30...Nc2-+ 31.Qc3 ab5 32.c7? (better 32.Nd7 Qd1 33.Kf2 Nd3 34.Kg3-+) 32...Qc7 33.Qc2 (33.Ng6 fg6 34.Qc2 Qe5-+) 33…Qe5 0-1. bjoernsen (2200) - AlexSh_95 (2230), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

8.a3 ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 Nc6 11.b5 Na5 12.Nc3 d5 (12...Bf3!? 13.gf3 c6=) 13.cd5+= Nd5 14.Nd5 Qd5 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.d4 Rd8 17.Qc1 c5 18.bc6 Nc6 (18...Qc6 19.Qb2+=) 19.Bc4 (better 19.Qb2!?+/-) 19...Qd6+= 20.Rd1 Nb4 21.Ne5 Rc8 22.f3?? (better 22.e4 Rf8 23.Qe3+=) 22...b5! 23.Qc3? (23.Bb5 Rc1 Pinning (23...Rc1 Deflection)) 23...bc4 (23...Rc4?! 24.Nc4 bc4 25.Qc4=) 24.Nc4 Qc7 (better 24...Bd5 25.Nd6 Rc3-+) 25.Qb4 (25.d5!? Kg8 26.Qb4 Qc4 27.Qb7+/-) 25...Bf3 26.gf3 Qc4 27.Qc4 Rc4 28.e4 Rc2 29.d5 Kf6 30.h4 (30.f4!?=) 30...Ke5-/+ 31.Kf1 h5 32.Kg1 f6 33.Rd3 g5 34.Rb3 gh4 (better 34...Kf4 35.e5 Ke5 36.Re3 Kd5 37.Re7 gh4-+) 35.Rb5? (better 35.Rb7=+) 35...Kf4-+ 36.d6 (36.Kh1 Kf3 37.Rb7 Ke4-+) 36...ed6 37.Rh5 (37.Rd5-+) 37...Kg3 38.Rh6 (38.Kf1 h3 39.Ke1-+) 38…Rc1 0-1. mustroll – PulpitoVioleta, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.a3 d6 9.d3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 e5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 (12...Nbd7=) 13.h3 (better 13.b5!? Ne7 14.d4 ed4 15.Nd4+=) 13...Nb4-/+ 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Bc3 Nd7 16.e4 (16.d4 ed4 17.ed4 Re8-/+) 16...Nc5 17.Qb5 Qd7 18.Nb3 Nb3 19.Qb3 Ra8 20.Ra1 Ra1 21.Ba1 Qc8 22.Bc3 Qa8 23.Ng5 h6 24.Nf3 Nd8 25.g3 (25.Ne1 Ne6-/+) 25...Ne6 26.Kh2 Kf8 (26...Nc5 27.Qd1-/+) 27.Qb5 Ke7 28.Bd1 (28.Qb2 Nc5-/+) 28...Bc6 (28...Qa3 29.Qb4 Qb4 30.Bb4-+) 29.Qb3 (better 29.Qb1!?-/+) 29...Nc5 30.Qc2 Qa3 (better 30...f5!?-+) 31.Be2-/+ Ba4 32.Qd2 Qb3 33.Bb4 Ne6 34.Bf1 (34.Qe1 Qc2-/+) 34...b5 (34...Qd1 35.Be2 Qd2 36.Bd2-+) 35.Ba5 (better 35.cb5!? Qd1 36.Qd1 Bd1 37.Nd2-/+) 35...bc4-+ 36.dc4?? (better 36.Ne1-+) 36...Qf3 37.Bg2 Qb3 38.Qd5 (38.c5 dc5 39.Bc3 Qc2-+) 38...c6 39.Qd2 Qc4 40.Bb4 c5 41.Bc3 Bc6 42.f3 Nd4 43.Qb2 Qb5 44.Qa1 Qb7 (44...f5 45.Bd4 ed4 46.Qa2-+) 45.Qa5 (45.Qa3 Nb5 46.Qb3 d5-+) 45...f5 46.Bd4 cd4 47.Qd2 (47.ef5 Bf3 48.Bf3 Qf3 49.fg6 Kf6 50.Qd8 Kg6 51.Qd6 Kh5-+) 47...fe4 48.fe4 Be4 49.Be4 Qe4 50.Qb4 (50.Qc1 d3 51.Kg1 Qd4 52.Kg2 d2-+) 50...Qc6 (50...Qe2 51.Kg1 d3 52.Qb7 Kf6 53.Qa6 Qd1 54.Kf2 Qc2 55.Kg1-+) 51.Qd2 (51.Qb8 d3 52.Qa7 Kf6 53.Qf2 Ke6 54.Qa2 d5-+) 51...e4 52.Qe2 (52.Qa2-+) 52...d3 53.Qe3 d5 (53...Qc2 54.Kh1 d2 55.Qf2 d1Q 56.Kg2 Qf3 57.Kg1 Qcf2) 54.Qf4 (54.Qa7 Kf6 55.Qb8 Qc2 56.Kg1 d2 57.Qd6 Kf7 58.Qd5 Ke7 59.Qb7 Ke6 60.Qa6 Kf7 61.Qa7 Kg8 62.Qd7 d1Q 63.Qd1 Qd1 64.Kg2 Qf3 65.Kh2 Qf2 66.Kh1 Bd4 67.g4 Qg1) 54...Qd6 (54...Qc2 55.Kh1 d2 56.Kg1 d1Q 57.Qf1 Bd4 58.Kh1 Qf1) 55.Qh4 (55.Qe3-+) 55…g5 (55...g5 56.Qh5 Qc5 57.Qg6 Qf2 58.Kh1 Bd4 59.Qh7 Kd6 60.Qg6 Kc5 61.Qb6 Kb6 62.g4 Qg1) 0-1. Antares_Sco (1935) - Kronz (2405), Hourly SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

8.ba5 Ra5 9.Nc3 Ra8 10.Qc2 d6 11.d4 Nbd7 12.d5 h6 13.e4 Nc5 14.Nd4 Nce4 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Qe4 Rb8 17.Rab1 Qd7 18.Bc1 Rfe8 19.f4 Qa4 20.Nb5 Qa2 21.Nc7 Rec8 22.Nb5 Ba6 23.Be3 Re8 24.Bf3 Bc8 25.Bd4 Bf5 26.Rb2 Qb2 27.Bb2 Be4 28.Be4 Bb2 29.Rb1 Bg7 30.f5 gf5 31.Bf5 e6 32.de6 fe6 33.Be4 e5 34.Nd6 Red8 35.Bd5 Kh8 36.Nf7 Kh7 37.Nd8 Rd8 38.Rb6 e4 39.Kf2 Bd4 40.Ke2 Bb6 41.Be4 Kg7 42.Bd5 Kf6 43.h3 Ke5 44.g4 Kf4 45.Kf1 Kg3 46.Bg2 Rd1 47.Ke2 Rg1 48.Bd5 Kh3 49.Kf3 Kh4 50.Kf4 Rg4 51.Kf5 Rg1 52.Kf6 h5 53.Ke6 Kh3 54.Kd7 h4 55.Kc6 Bf2 56.c5 Bc5 57.Kc5 Kg3 58.Kc4 h3 59.Kd3 h2 60.Ke2 h1Q 61.Bh1 Rh1 62.Ke3 Rh4 63.Kd3 Kf3 64.Kd2 Re4 65.Kd3 Kf4 66.Kc3 Ke3 67.Kc2 Rd4 68.Kc3 Ke4 69.Kc2 Rc4 70.Kd2 Rd4 71.Ke2 Rd3 72.Ke1 Ke3 73.Kf1 Rd1 0–1. Chess4Win (1670) – Chupani (1660), lichess.org, 2020.

8.ba5 Ra5 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qc2 (10.d4 Qa8+=) 10...d6 (10...e5 11.Nb5 Re8 12.e4=) 11.a3 (11.d4 e6=) 11...Nh5 (11...Ne5 12.Ne1=) 12.Ne4 (12.d4 e6+=) 12...Bb2= 13.Qb2 Na7 (better 13...e5=) 14.Nd4?? (better 14.Ng3=) 14...Be4–+ 15.Bh5 (15.Nb3 Rg5 16.g4 Nf6–/+) 15...gh5 (15...Rh5 16.Ne2–+) 16.f4 (16.Qc3–+) 16...f6?? (16...Qa8 17.Rf2–+) 17.d3? (better 17.Ne6 Qa8 18.Nf8 Bg2 19.Rf2–+) 17...Kf7 (better 17...Bd3 18.Ne6 Qc8 19.Nf8 Bf1 (19...Kf8?! 20.Rfc1–+; 19...Qf8?! 20.Rfc1–+) 20.Rf1 Kf8–+) 18.de4+– Rg8 (18...Qa8 19.Qc2+–) 19.Qb3 h4? (better 19...Rc5+–) 20.c5+– Kf8 (20...d5 21.ed5 Qa8 22.d6 Kg7 23.cb6 cb6 24.de7 Qd5 25.Nf5 Kg6 26.Qd5 Rd5+–) 21.Ne6 (21.Ne6 Ke8 22.Nd8+–) 1–0. aravind555 – HeroYusif, lichess.org, 2019.

8.b5 c5 9.a4 d5 10.Na3 e6 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.d3 Nh5 16.Re1 Bb2 17.Qb2 Ng7 18.d4 Nf5 19.Red1 Nd6 20.Ne5 Ne5 21.de5 Nf5 22.Bf3 Nh4 23.Be2 d4 24.ed4 Ng2 (24...Bg2?! 25.d5 Qg5 26.Qd2 Qe5 27.Qe3 Qe3 28.fe3 ed5 29.cd5 Bd5 30.Kf2-+) 25.Rc3 cd4 26.Rg3 Nh4 27.Rd4 Rd4 28.Qd4 Nf5 29.Qb6 Ng3 30.fg3 Qa3 31.Qb7 Qg3 32.Qg2 Qe5 33.Qb7 (33.Qf2 Qa1 34.Kg2 Qa4-+) 33...Rd8 (33...Qe3 34.Kh1 Qh3 35.Kg1 Qe3 36.Kh1-+) 34.Qf3 Qa1 35.Kf2 Qa4 36.c5 (36.Qe3-+) 36...Rd5 37.c6 (37.Qe3 Qc2 38.Ke1-+) 37...Rf5 38.c7 Rf3 39.Kf3 Qb3 40.Kf2 Qc3 (40...Qc2!? 41.b6-+) 41.b6 Qc6 42.Ke1 Qb7 43.Bf3 Qc8 44.Kd2 Kf8 45.Kc3 Ke7 46.Kc4 Kd6 47.Kb5 a4! 48.Ka4 (48.Kb4 Qa6 49.c8N Qc8-+) 48...Qa6 49.Kb4 Qb6 (49...Qb6 50.Kc4 Qc7 51.Kd3 Kc5-+) 0-1. WarrioR2080 (2200) - Mohammadcube (2255), Rated Rapid game, lichess.org, 2019.

8.b5 c5 9.a4 d6 10.d4 Nbd7 11.d5 Qc7 12.Qc2 Rae8 13.e4 e6 14.Re1 ed5 15.ed5 Bc8 16.Nbd2 Nh5 17.Bg7 Ng7 18.Bd3 Qd8 19.h3 Re1 20.Re1 Re8 21.Re8 Qe8 22.g3 Ne5 23.Ne5 Qe5 24.Kg2 Nf5 25.Nf3 Qf6 26.Bf5 (26.Qe2 Bd7+=) 26...Bf5 (26...Qf5!? 27.Qf5 Bf5-/+) 27.Qe2+= Kg7 28.Qe3 Bc2 29.h4 (29.Ng5!?=) 29...Ba4-/+ 30.Ng5 Bc2 31.Qd2 Bf5 32.f3 h6 33.g4?? (better 33.Ne4 Be4 34.fe4-+) 33...hg5 34.hg5 (34.gf5 gh4 35.Qc1-+) 34...Qe5 (better 34...Qd4 35.Qe2 Bd3-+) 35.gf5 gf5 36.Qc2 f4 37.g6 fg6 38.Qf2 (38.Kf1 Qa1 39.Kf2 a4-+) 38...a4 39.Qh4 (39.Qa2-+) 39...a3 40.Qf2 Qb2 (40...Qb2 41.Kh1 Qb1 (41...Qf2?!) 42.Kh2 g5-+) 0-1. miskob (2185) - lavr64 (2465), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

8.b5 c5 9.d3 d6 10.Nfd2 Nbd7 11.Bf3 Qc7 12.Nc3 e6 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Bb7 Qb7 15.a3 Rfe8 16.Rfd1 h6 17.Ne2 Nf8 18.Nf3 d5 19.Ne5 Rc8 20.Bc3 N6d7 21.Nc6 Nf6 22.d4 cd4 23.Bd4 N8d7 24.cd5 Nd5 25.Rac1 Bd4 26.Ned4 Nc5 27.e4 Ne7 28.e5 Nd5 29.Nb3 Nb3 30.Qb3 Rc7 31.Qh3 Kg7 32.Rd4 Ne7 33.Qf3 Qc8 34.Qf6 Kg8 35.Rd6 Rd7 36.Ne7 Ree7 37.Rc8 Kh7 38.Qh8 1–0. bambinik (2545) – KingofPain (2230), 2003.

8.b5 d5 9.a4 Nbd7 10.Na3 Rc8 11.d4 Ne4 12.Qb3 e6 13.Rac1 f5 14.Nb1 Qf6 15.Rc2 Rfe8 16.Rfc1 dc4 17.Bc4 Nd6 18.Be2 Bd5 19.Qa3 Bf8 20.Qa1 (20.Rc7 Rc7 21.Rc7 Nb5 22.Bb5 Ba3 23.Na3 Rd8 24.Bd7 Qe7–+) 20...Qd8 21.Nbd2 Bh6 22.Ba3 Ne4 23.Bd3 Ndf6 24.Nc4 Bb7 25.Nce5 Ng4 26.Ng4 fg4 27.Ne5 Nf2 (better is 27...g3!? 28.hg3 Ng3+/–) 28.Kf2+– (28.Rf2?! Be3 29.Rc4 Qd5+=) 28...Qh4 29.Kg1?? (better is 29.Ke2+–) 29...Be3–/+ 30.Kh1 (better is 30.Kf1 Qh2 31.Ke1–/+) 30...Bf4–+ 31.h3?? Qh3 32.Kg1 Be3 33.Kf1 Rf8 34.Bf8 Rf8 35.Bf5?? Rf5–+ 36.Nf3 Rf3 37.Ke2 Qg2 38.Kd3 Qg3 39.Rf1 Qf4 40.Rf3 Qe4 41.Ke2 Qf3 (41...Qf3 42.Ke1 Qh1 43.Ke2 Qa1 44.Ke3 Qe1 45.Re2 Qc3 46.Kf4 Qf3 47.Kg5 Kg7 48.Rh2 Qf5 49.Kh4 g5 50.Kh5 Bf3 51.Rf2 Qg6; 41...gf3 42.Kd1 Qd3 43.Ke1 Qc2 44.Qb2 f2 45.Kf1 Qd1) 0–1. Marchio,Enrico (2320) – Schneider,Heiko (2265), Hessenliga, 1998. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 a5)

8.b5 d5 9.a4 Nbd7 10.d3 Nc5 (10...dc4 11.d4=) 11.Qc2 (11.d4 Nce4+=) 11...dc4= 12.dc4 Qc8 13.Na3 (13.Nc3!?=) 13...Be4=+ 14.Qd1 Rd8 15.Qc1? (better 15.Bd4!?=+) 15...Nb3-+ (worse 15...Na4 16.Be5-/+) 16.Qc3 Na1 (16...Na1 17.Ra1 c5-+) 0-1. AlbertOOO44444 (1985) - vandameperu (2320), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

8.b5 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Bg7 Kg7 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.Nc3 N7f6 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Ne5 Nb4 15.Qb2 f6 16.a3 Nd5 17.Nd3 Qd6 18.f4 c5 19.bc6 Bc6 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.e4 Nc7 22.e5 (22.Qb6?! Be4 23.Qe3 Bf5+=) 22...Qd5 23.ef6 ef6 24.Bf3 Qd3 25.Rc6 Ne8 26.Re6 Ra7? (better is 26...Rab8!? 27.Bc6 Qc4+/–) 27.Rfe1+– (27.Rb6?! Rc2 28.Rb7 Rb7 29.Qb7 Nc7=) 27...Qd7 28.Qb6 (28.Rb6?! Qd8+/–) 28...Rac7 29.d4 Rc1 30.d5 a4 31.Qe3 Re1 32.Qe1 Kf7 33.Qb4 Nc7 (better is 33...Qa7!? 34.Kf1 Rb8+/–) 34.Rc6+– Rd8 35.Qa4 (better is 35.Qc4!? Ne8+–) 35...Nd5+/– 36.Qc4 Kg7 37.h3 Kh6 38.a4 Qf5 39.g4 Qb1 40.Kh2 Ne3?? (better is 40...Qb2 41.Kg3 Qd2+/–) 41.g5!+– fg5 (41...Kg7 42.Rc7 Kh8 43.Rh7 Kh7 44.Qc7 Kg8 45.Qd8 Kf7 46.Qf6 Kg8 47.Qe6 Kf8 48.Qe3 Qb4+–) 42.fg5 Kg5 43.h4 Kf5 (43...Kh6 44.Qf4 Kg7 45.Rc7 Rd7 46.Rd7 Kg8 47.Qf7 Kh8 48.Qh7) 44.Qf7 (44.Qf7 Ke5 45.Qf6) 1–0. Senkyr,Vladimir (2185) – Danek,Libor (2285), CZE–chT2D, 2009.

8.b5 d6 9.a3 e5 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Re1 e4 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.f3 Nfd7 (13...d5 14.Qc2+=) 14.fe4 Ne4 15.Bf3 Ndc5 16.Nd5 Nd3 (16...Bd5 17.cd5 Qh4=) 17.Rf1?? (better 17.Be4 Nb2 18.Qc2+/-) 17...Nb2-/+ 18.Qc2 Nd2! 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Qd3 (better 20.Qe2!? Ne5 21.Nf6 Bf6 22.Bb7-/+) 20...Ne5-+ 21.Qe2 (21.Qe4 Qg5 22.Ne7 Qe7 23.Qb7 Nd3-+ (23...Nf3?! 24.Rf3 Rae8 25.Rc1-+)) 21...Nf3 22.Qf3 Qd7 (better 22...Qg5!? 23.Nc6 Ba1 24.Ra1 Kg7-+) 23.Nf6 Bf6 24.Qb7 Rae8?? (better 24...Bg5 25.Qf3 Rae8-+) 25.Qf3 (25.Qf3 Bd4 26.ed4 Qb5 27.Rac1-+). Poncheki (2315) - Irk_Wind (2200), Casual bullet game, lichess.org, 2023.

8.b5 d6 9.a4 e5 10.d4 e4 11.Nfd2 h5 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Pawn e4, live or die! 13...Re8 14.Rfd1 h4 15.Bf1 h3 (15...Qe7 16.Rab1+=) 16.gh3 (16.g3!?+/-) 16...Qe7+= 17.Bg2 Will e4 fall? 17...Rab8 18.d5 (18.Rab1!?+/-) 18...Nc5+= 19.Ba3 Bc8 20.Bc5 bc5 21.Rab1 (worse 21.Nde4 Ne4 22.Ne4 Bf5=+) 21...Bf5 22.Kh1 (22.Ne2 Rb7+=) 22...Qe5 23.Ne2 Kh7 24.Ng3 Rh8 (24...Rb7!?+=) 25.Nde4 Ne4 26.Be4 Bh3 27.f4 Qf6 28.Rg1 Rbe8?? (28...Kg8 29.Qd2+/-) 29.Rbe1 (better 29.Nh5! Qe7 30.Bg6 Kh6 31.Rg3+-) 29...Kg8 30.Bd3 (better 30.Re2!?+=) 30...Bg4= 31.Qf2 Qh4 (better 31...Rh2 32.Qh2 Bf3 33.Rg2 Qc3-/+) 32.f5?? (better 32.Be2 Bc3 33.Ref1=) 32...Bf3!! 33.Rg2 (33.Qf3 Qh2 Mate attack) 33…Qh2 0-1. zembelek1 (2200) - niknikniknik (2425), Lichess Liga 3A Team Battle, lichess.org, 2022.

8.b5 d6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.a4 Re8 11.Nbd2 e5 12.Nb3 (12.d5 Nc5=) 12...Qe7 (12...ed4 13.ed4 Ne4 14.Re1=) 13.d5+= Nc5 (13...e4 14.Nfd4+=) 14.Nc5 bc5 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Nb3 Nb6 (16...Ra7 17.Bc3 e4 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qd2+/-) 17.Qd2 Ra7 (17...Bc8 18.Na5 Qg5 19.Kh1+/-) 18.Na5+- Rea8 (18...Ba8 19.e4+-) 19.Nb7 (19.Bc3 Qd7+-) 19...Rb7 (better 19...Na4!? 20.Nc5! Nc5 21.Ra7 Ra7+/-) 20.a5 Nd7 21.Bc3 e4 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Qc3 Qe5 (23...Kg8 24.f3+-) 24.Qc2 (24.Qe5!? Ne5 25.a6 Rba7+-) 24...Rba7 25.a6 Nb6 26.Rfe1 h5 27.f3 Re8 (27...ef3 28.Bf3 Re8 29.Ra3+-) 28.f4 (28.Qe4 Qe4 29.fe4 Re4+-) 28...Qf6 (28...Qf5 29.Qc3 Kg8 30.Kh1+-) 29.h3 (29.Reb1 Kg8+-) 29...h4 30.Bg4 Qe7 31.f5 Qe5 (31...g5 32.Rf1 Qf6 33.Be2+-) 32.fg6 (32.Rf1 Qg3 33.Ra3 Re5+-) 32...fg6 33.Rf1 Raa8 34.Qf2 (34.Rad1 Rf8+-) 34...Qe7? (better 34...Nc4!? 35.Be6 Rf8+/-) 35.Rac1 Rf8 36.Qe2 Qe5 37.Be6 Qg3 38.Rfd1 (38.Rf2!? Rf2 39.Qf2 Qf2 40.Kf2 Kf6+-) 38...Rf3 39.Re1 Raf8 40.Rf1 Re3 (better 40...Qg5+-) 41.Rf8?? (better 41.Qb2 Qe5 42.Qe5 de5 43.Ra1+-) 41...Re2 42.Rd1 (42.Rf7 Kh6 43.Rh7 Kh7 44.Bg8 Kg8 45.Ra1 Qg2) 42…Qg2 0-1. Zainullina,N (2095) - Najdin,Danil (2275), Titled Tuesday (3), 2021. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

8.b5 d6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Qc2 e5 12.de5 de5 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.e4 Nc5 15.Ba3 (15.Be5 Nce4 16.Ne4 Be4=) 15...Nfd7 (15...Nfe4!? 16.Nb3 a4 17.Nc5 Nc5-/+) 16.Re1 Qf6 17.Bf1 Ne6 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Nb1 Nd4 20.Nd4 ed4 21.f3 Nc5 22.Bc5 bc5 23.Bd3 Bh6 24.Re2 Be3 25.Kh1 Re5 26.Nd2 Rh5 27.Nf1 Bf4 28.g3 Bd6 29.Kg2 Qg7 30.Qd2 Rf8 31.Kg1 Rh3 (31...a4 32.f4=) 32.f4 h5?? (better 32...a4+=) 33.e5 (better 33.Kg2 g5 34.Kh3 gf4 35.Kg2+-) 33...Be7 Black intends h4 34.Be4 Be4 35.Re4 h4?? (better 35...g5 36.fg5 Bg5 37.Qa5 f5+/-) 36.Kg2 (36.Qa5?! hg3 37.hg3 Qh7+/-) 36...hg3 37.Kh3 g5 (37...gh2 38.Kh2 Qh6 39.Kg2+-) 38.f5 (38.Ng3 f5 39.ef6 Bf6 40.fg5 Bg5 41.Qa5 Kh7+-) 38...Qh7 (38...gh2 39.Qh2 (worse 39.Nh2 Qh7 40.Kg2 Qf5+-) 39...Rd8 40.Kg2+-) 39.Kg2 Qf5 40.Ng3 Qe6 41.Qd3 Qg6 (41...c6 42.bc6 Qc6 43.Nf5+-) 42.Rf1 f5 (42...Re8 43.Qd2+-) 43.ef6 (better 43.Ree1!? Qe6 44.Nf5 Rf7+-) 43...Rf6 44.Rf6 Bf6 (44...Qf6 45.Qa3 Bd6 46.Qa5+-) 45.Qf3 (better 45.Rd4 Qd3 46.Rd3 Bd4+-) 45...Kg7 (45...Qf7+-) 46.Re6 Kf7 (46...Qc2 47.Kh3 Qh7 48.Nh5 Qh5 49.Qh5 g4 50.Qg4 Bg5 51.Qg5 Kf8 52.Re7 d3 53.Qg7) 47.Qd5 Kg7 48.Qd7 (48.Nf5 Kh8 49.Qd7 d3 50.Re8 Qe8 51.Qe8 Kh7 52.Qf7 Kh8 53.Qf6 Kh7 54.Qg7) 48...Kh6 49.Qc6 (49.Ne4 a4 50.Rf6 Qf6 51.Nf6 Kg6 52.Ne8 g4 53.Qe6 Kh5 54.Qe5 Kg6 55.Qf6 Kh5 56.Ng7) 49...Kg7 (49...Qc2 50.Kh3 g4 51.Kg4 Qg6 52.Kh3+-) 50.Qc7 Kh6 51.Qc6 (51.Ne4 Qf5 52.Rf6 Qf6 53.Nf6 Kg6 54.Nd7 g4 55.Qe5 g3 56.Qf6 Kh7 57.Nf8 Kg8 58.Ne6 gh2 59.Qg7) 51...Kg7 (51...Qc2 52.Kf3 g4 53.Kg4 Qg6 54.Kh3+-) 52.Qe4 (52.Rf6 Qc2 53.Rf2 Qg6 54.Qd7 Kg8 55.Qd8 Kh7 56.Qe7 Kh6 57.Qf8 Qg7 58.Nf5 Kh5 59.Ng7 Kg6 60.Qf7 Kh7 61.Ne6 Kh6 62.Rf6) 52...d3 (52...Qe4 53.Ne4 Bd8 54.Rd6+-) 53.Qg6 (53.Nf5 Kh7 54.Qb7 Bg7 55.Ng7 Qg7 56.Qe4 Kh8 57.Qf5 Qb7 58.Kf2 Qg7 59.Re8 Qg8 60.Qf6 Kh7 61.Re7 Qf7 62.Rf7 Kg8 63.Qg7) 53...Kg6 54.Rd6 d2 55.Rd2 g4 (55...Be5+-) 56.Rd5 Bd4 57.Rd4! cd4 58.Ne4 (better 58.b6 d3 59.Nf1 g3+-) 58...Kf5 59.c5 (59.b6 Ke4 60.b7 d3+-) 59...Ke4 (59...Ke6 60.c6 d3 61.b6+-) 60.c6 d3 61.c7 (better 61.Kf2 Kd5 62.c7+-) 61...d2 62.c8Q d1Q 63.Qe6 Kf4 64.Qf6 Ke4 65.Qe6 Kd3?? (better 65...Kf4=) 66.Qd5 Kc2 67.Qd1 Kd1 68.b6 a4 69.b7 a3 70.b8Q Kc2 (70...Kc2 71.Qb3 Kd2 72.Qa3 Ke2 73.Qc3 g3 74.h4 Kd1 75.h5 Ke2 76.h6 Kd1 77.h7 Ke2 78.h8Q Kd1 79.Qh5). bjoernsen (2305) - Cherone (2435), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.a3 c5 9.Qa4 d6 10.d3 Nc7= 11.Nbd2 Ne6 12.Rfc1 Qc8 13.Rab1 Nh5 14.Qb3 Bh6 15.d4+/– cd4 16.Nd4 Nd4 17.Bd4+/– Qf5 18.c5 e5 19.Ba1 dc5 20.bc5 Rad8 21.Qc3 Bg7 22.Qc2 Bc8 23.cb6+– ab6 24.Rb6 Qd7 25.Nc4 Qa7 26.Rd6 Bf5 27.e4 Be6 28.Rd8 Rd8 29.Bh5 gh5 30.Ne5 Qa3 31.Nc6 Bb3+/– 32.Qb1 Ba2 33.Ne7 Qe7 34.Qa2 Qe4 35.Bg7 Kg7 36.h3 Qf4 37.Qc2 Qd4 38.Qe2 Qf4+= 39.Rf1 Rd5 40.Qb2 Qe5 41.Qb4 Rd4 42.Qb3 h4 43.Rc1 Rd2 44.Qe3 Qe3= 45.fe3 Kg6 46.Kf1 f5 47.Rc6 Kg5= 48.Rc7 Kg6 49.Rc8 Ra2= 50.Rd8 Rb2 51.Ke1 Kf6 52.Kf1 Kg6 53.Rd4 Kg5 54.Rf4 Ra2 55.Rd4 Rb2 56.Rd7 Kg6 57.Re7 Ra2 58.e4 fe4 59.Re4+= Kg5 60.Rg4 Kh5 61.Rg7 Kh6 62.Rf7 Kg6 (62...Ra1 63.Kf2=) ½–½. Csom,Istvan (2505) – Handoko,Edhi (2370), Surakarta/Denpasar it INA, 1982. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0)

8.b5 Nc5 9.d4 Nce4 10.d5 (10.Ne5 a6+=) 10...c6 11.dc6 dc6 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Bc3 cb5 14.Qd8 Rfd8 15.cb5 Rac8 16.Rfc1 Ne4 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.a4 Nc3 19.Bf1 Bf3 20.gf3 Rd2 21.Re1 Rc5 22.f4 Kf6 23.Kg2 Ne4 24.Re2 Rcc2 25.Rae1 Re2–/+ 26.Be2 Ra2 27.Kf3 Nd2 28.Kg3 Ra4 29.Rc1 Ra2 30.Bd3 Ra3 31.Be2 Ne4 32.Kf3 Nc3 33.Bc4 e6 34.Rc2 Ke7 35.Rd2 Ra5 36.Rb2 Kd6 37.Rd2 Kc5–+ 38.Bf1 Nb5 39.Rd7 Nd6 40.Rc7 Kd5 41.Kg4 Ke4 42.Bg2–/+ Kd3 43.Rd7 Ke2 44.Rd6 Kf2 45.Bc6 h5 46.Kh4 Ke3–+ 47.Be8 Rf5 48.Rd7 Rf4 49.Kh3 g5 50.Bf7 e5 51.Ra7 e4 52.Kg2 h4 53.h3 Rf2 54.Kg1–/+ Rd2 55.Bh5 b5 56.Rb7 Rd5 57.Be8 Rd1 58.Kg2 Rd2 59.Kg1 Kf3 60.Rb5= Rg2 61.Kh1 Rg3 62.Kh2 e3 63.Bh5= Ke4 64.Rb2 Kd3 65.Ra2 Ke4 66.Rg2 Rg2= 67.Kg2 Kd3 68.Kf1 Kd2 69.Bg4 Kd3 ½–½. Stecyk,Jozef (2000) – Wallrabenstein,Udo (2140), Rail, 2005.

8.a3 Na6 9.Qb3 d5 10.d4 cd4 11.Bd4 dc4 12.Bc4 e6 13.Nbd2 Nc7 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.b5 Rfc8 16.Qb2 Nh5 17.Bg7 Ng7 18.e4 Nce8 19.Rac1 Nd6 20.Bd3 Nh5 21.e5 Ne8 22.Bc4 Nf4 23.Qd4 Rc4 24.Qc4+– Nd5 25.a4 Rc8 26.Qd4 Nec7 27.Ne4 Rd8 28.Nf6 Nf6 29.Qd8 Qd8 30.Rd8 Nfe8 31.Rc7 Bf3 32.Re8 Kg7 33.gf3 g5 34.Ree7 Kg6 35.Rf7 h5 36.Rf6 1–0. orane (2140) – mysterytramp (1700), Caissa.com, 2004.

8.a3 cb4 9.ab4 d5 10.c5 a5 11.d4 Ne4 12.Nfd2 ab4 13.Ra8 Ba8 14.Ne4 de4 15.Qa4 Nd7 16.c6 Nf6 17.Nd2 Qd6 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qa6 Qe6 20.Bb5 Qf5 21.c7 Nd5 22.Qa4 1–0. Klaric,Zlatko – Chiburdanidze,Maya, Vinkovci, 1982. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.c4 c5)

8.a3 Nc6 9.Qb3 cb4 (9...a5 10.bc5 bc5 11.Nc3=) 10.ab4 d5 (10...a5 11.ba5 Na5 12.Qc2=) 11.Nc3 (11.c5 bc5 12.bc5 Rb8+=) 11...dc4= 12.Bc4 (12.Qc4 Qd6 13.b5 Na5=) 12...e6 (12...Qd6 13.Ba3+=) 13.d4 (13.Be2 Qe7 14.Ra4 Rfc8+=) 13...a5= 14.b5 (14.Ba3 Qc7=) 14...Nb4 15.Ba3 Nfd5 (15...Qc7 16.Bb4 ab4 17.Qb4=) 16.Nd5 (16.Bd5 Bd5 17.Nd5 Qd5 18.Qd5 ed5+= (worse is 18...Nd5 19.Bf8 Bf8 20.Rfc1+–)) 16...ed5= 17.Be2 Qd6 18.Rfb1 Rfc8 (18...Bf6 19.Qb2=) 19.Bb4 (19.Ne1 Qe7=) 19...Qb4 20.Qb4 ab4 21.Ra8 Ra8 22.Rb4 Ra1 23.Bf1 Bc8 24.g3 Bh3 25.Nd2 Kf8? 26.Rb1+– Rb1 27.Nb1 Bf1 28.Kf1 Ke7 29.Nc3 Kd6 30.Ke2 f5 31.Kd3 Bf6 32.f3 Bg7 33.Na4+– Kc7 34.e4 fe4 35.fe4 de4 36.Ke4 Bf6 37.Kd5 Bg7? 38.Nb2 h5 39.Nc4 g5 40.Ne5 g4 41.Ke6 Kd8 42.d5 (42.d5 Ke8 43.d6 Be5 44.Ke5+–) 1–0. Nyback,T (2345) – Citak,S (2055), EYCC B16, Halkidiki GRE, 2001.

8.a3 Qc7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Rb1 e6 11.h3 d6 12.d3 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Rfd8 14.Ba1 Rab8 15.Qc2 Nf8 16.Rfc1 g5 17.Nf3 h6 18.Ne4 Be4 19.de4 e5 (19...N8d7 20.Rd1+=) 20.Nd2 Qd7 21.bc5 bc5 22.Bc3 Ng6 23.Nf1 Rb7 24.Rb7 Qb7 25.Rb1 (25.Nd2!?+/–) 25...Qe4= 26.Qe4 Ne4 27.Ba5 Rd7 28.Bg4 Re7 29.Rb6 Nh4 30.g3 f5 31.Bh5 Nf6 32.Rb8 Kh7 33.Bd8 Nh5 34.Be7 Nf3 35.Kh1 e4 36.Rb6 (36.Bd6 Ne1+–) 36...Nf6 (36...Ne5!? 37.Nd2 Nd3 38.Bd6 g4 39.hg4 Nf2 40.Kg2 Ng4 41.Bc5 a5+–) 37.Rd6 Ne8 1–0. Csom,Istvan – Kahn,Evarth, It cat.7, 1995. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5)

8.a3 e6 9.d4 Qe7 10.Nbd2 d6 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.dc5 bc5 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Qc3 Kg8 17.b5 Rad8 18.Rd2 Nb6 19.a4 d5 20.cd5 Nd5 21.Qa5 Nb4 22.Rad1 Rd2 23.Rd2 Rc8 24.Bc4 (24.Ne5 Qg5 25.Ng4 Nd5+=) 24...Bf3 25.gf3 h5 26.f4 Kg7 27.b6 ab6 28.Qb6 Qh4 29.Qb7 Qg4 30.Kh1 e5?? (better 30...Rf8+=) 31.Qf7+- Kh6 32.Be2 (better 32.Be6 Qf3 33.Kg1+-) 32...Qf5 33.Qf5 gf5 34.fe5 c4 35.Rd6 Kg7 36.Rd1 (better 36.Bh5 c3 37.Rd7 Kg8 38.Bd1+-) 36...c3= 37.Rc1 Na2 38.Rc2 Nb4 39.Bd1 Nc2 40.Bc2 Rb8 41.Kg2 Rb2 42.Bf5 c2 43.Bc2 Rc2 44.Kf3 Kg6 45.Ke4? (better 45.e4-+) 45...Rf2 46.h4 Rh2 47.Kd5 Rh4 48.a5 Ra4 49.e6 Ra5 50.Kd6 (50.Ke4 Ra6-+) 50...Ra3 51.e4 Ra7 52.e5 h4 53.e7 Ra8 (better 53...Kf7 54.e8Q Ke8 55.Kc6-+) 54.Kd7 Kf5 55.e6 Ke5 56.e8R Re8 57.Ke8 Ke6 58.Kf8 h3 59.Kg7 (59.Ke8 h2 60.Kd8 h1Q 61.Kc7 Qf3 62.Kb6 Kd6 63.Ka5 Qb3 64.Ka6 Kc6 65.Ka5 Qb5) 59...h2 60.Kg6 (60.Kf8 h1Q 61.Kg7 Qg1 62.Kf8 Qg4 63.Ke8 Qg8) 60...h1Q 61.Kg5 Qf3 62.Kg6 (62.Kh4 Qg2 63.Kh5 Kf5 64.Kh4 Qg4) 62...Qg4 63.Kh6 Kf7 64.Kh7 Qh5 0-1. miskob (2160) - BiotixJack (2540), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2017.

8.Qb3 cb4 9.Qb4 Nc6 10.Qa3 d5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Qb3 Qb4 (13...Ne5 14.Ne1=) 14.Ba3 (14.d4 Qd6+=) 14...Qb3= 15.ab3 Rfd8 (15...Rfc8 16.Rfb1=) 16.d4 e6 17.Rfc1 (17.Nb5 Na5 18.Rfb1 Nd5=) 17...Bf8 (17...Na5 18.Rab1=) 18.Bf8+= Kf8 19.Kf1 Ke7 20.Ke1 Rdc8 21.g3 Na5 22.Nd2 Nc6 23.Bf3 Nd8 24.Bb7 Nb7 25.Nc4 Nd7 26.Kd2 Nd8 (26...a6 27.f4+=) 27.Ra6+/- Nc6 (27...Nb8 28.Ra3 Nd7 29.e4+/-) 28.Rca1 Rab8 (28...Rd8 29.Ke2+/-) 29.Nb5+- Ra8 (29...f6!?+-) 30.Na7 Na7 31.Ra7 (31.Ra7 Ra7 32.Ra7+-) 1-0. Nakamura,Hikaru (2735) - Timofeev,Arty (2595), Titled Tuesday, 2021.

8.b5 a5 9.Qc2 d5 10.cd5 Bd5 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.d3 Nbd7 13.Na4 Qc7 14.h3 Nd5 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.a3 e5 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Nd2 Qf6 19.Bf3 Rac8 20.Nc4 Qg5 (20...Rcd8 21.Bg4+=) 21.Bd5 (21.Nab6!? N7b6 22.Nb6 Nb6 23.Bb7+-) 21...Bd5+/- 22.e4 Bc4 23.Qc4 f5 24.Qd5 Rf7 25.f4 ef4 26.e5 Re7 (26...f3 27.Qf3 Ne5 28.Qe2-/+) 27.e6 (27.d4 Kh8=) 27...Nf6 (better 27...f3!? 28.Qf3 Re6-/+) 28.Qd6= Rce8 29.Nb6?? (29.Rce1 f3 30.Rf2+= (30.Rf3? Qh4 31.Re2 Qa4 32.Qb6 Qa3-+)) 29...Re6 (29...f3 30.Rc2 Qe3 31.Rcf2 Re6 32.Qc7 R8e7 33.Qb8 fg2 34.Kg2 Qd3 35.Nc8 Qd5 36.Kg1-+) 30.Qc5 Re2 31.Rf2 f3! 32.Rd1 (32.Rf3 Qg2 Mate attack) 32...Nh5 (32...Re1 33.Re1 Re1 34.Kh2 Ng4 35.Kg3 f4 36.Kf3 Nh2) 33.Qd4? (33.g4 R8e5 34.Qd4 fg4 35.Qd7 Kh6 36.Qg4 Re1 37.Kh2 Rd1 38.Nd5 Ree1 39.Qg5 Kg5 40.h4 Kh4 41.Rf1 Rf1 42.b6 Rh1) 33...Kh6 34.h4 (34.g4 fg4 35.Qe4 gh3 36.Kh1 Ng3 37.Kh2 Rf2 38.Kh3 Ne4 39.de4 Qg2 40.Kh4 Re4) 34…Qg3 (34...Qg3 35.Re2 Re2 36.Qe3 Re3 37.d4 Qg2; 34...Re1 35.Re1 Re1 36.Kh2 Qg3) 0-1. bjoernsen (2230) - surovi (2335), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

8.b5 a6 9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 d5 12.d4 cd4 13.ed4 (13.Bd4!? dc4 14.Bc4+=) 13...dc4+= 14.Bc4 Bd5 (14...Qd6 15.Ne5+=) 15.Nbd2 (15.Bd5 Nd5 16.Nc3 e6=) 15...Bc4 (15...e6 16.Qe2+=) 16.Nc4= Nd5 17.Qb3 Nc7 (better is 17...e6!?=) 18.Nb6+/– Nd7 19.Nd7 (19.Nc4 Nd5+/–) 19...Qd7 20.b6 Ne6 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4 (20...Nd5!?+/–) 21.d5 Nc5 22.Qc4 Rc8 (22...Ba1 23.Ra1 Qd6 24.Rc1+–) 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Rc1 Nd3?? (24...Qb7 25.Qb4 Nd7 26.Rc8 Qc8+–) 25.Qc8 Qd5 26.Qc3 f6 27.Rd1 Qb5 (27...Qc5 28.Qd3 Qb6 29.Qc4+–) 28.Qc7 Nf2 1–0. DEFFM – GuestQWNQ, freechess.org, 2017.

8.b5 a6 9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 d5 12.d4 cd4 13.Bd4 Ne4 14.cd5 Bd5 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Nbd2 Nc3 17.Qe1 Qc8 18.Nd4 e5 19.N4f3 Ne2 20.Qe2 Rd8 21.Ne5 f6 22.Nef3 Qg4 23.Ra1 Bf3 24.Nf3 h5 25.Qe1 h4 26.h3 f5 27.Nd4 f4 28.Qc3 Kh6 29.ef4 Qf4 30.Nf3 g5 31.Ra7 g4 32.Qg7 Kh5 33.Qh7 Qh6 34.Qf5 Qg5 1–0. axtur777 – tandooriv, lichess.org, 2019.

8.b5 a6 9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 d5 12.cd5 Nd5 (12...Qd5 13.d4=) 13.Na3 (13.Bg7 Kg7 14.d4 Qd6+=) 13...Ba1= 14.Qa1 Nd7 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Qb2 Ra8 17.Ra1 Qd8 18.Nfe5 Ne5 19.Qe5 Nf6 20.Ra8 Ba8 21.f3 Bd5 22.Qc3 ½–½. Hecht,Hans Joachim (2515) – Pribyl,Josef (2455), Nice ol (Men) fin–A, 1974.

8.b5 a6 9.Nc3=.

8.b5 Qc7 9.Nc3 e5 10.Qb3 e4 11.Ne1 d5 12.cd5 Rd8 13.f3 Nd5 14.Bc4 Ne3? (better is 14...Bc3 15.Bc3 Qe7+/–) 15.de3+– Rd1 1–0. Boensch,Uwe (2425) – Antonov,Vladimir (2385), Halle Buna, 1981.

8.b5 Qc7 9.d3 Ng4 10.Bg7 Bf3 11.g3 Be2 12.Qe2 Kg7 13.Qg4 Qb7 14.Nc3 e6 (14...d6 15.Rfb1+=) 15.f4 (15.d4 Rc8+=) 15...f5 16.Qf3 (16.Qh4 d6+=) 16...Qf3 17.Rf3 d6 18.a4 (18.Rb1 Kf6=) 18...Nd7 (18...a6 19.Rb1=) 19.Rff1 (19.a5 h6+=) 19…Rfe8 ½–½. Kuhmann,Heinz (1645) – Stierand,Roland, Nuremberg Zabo op 3rd, 2001.

8.b5 Qc7 9.d4 cd4 10.Bd4 d6=.

8.b5 d6 9.a4 a5 10.d4 (10.Nc3 Ne4=) 10...e6 (10...cd4 11.ed4 Nbd7 12.Nc3=) 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Ra3 Nbd7 13.Qa1 Rfe8 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.h3 e5 (15...cd4 16.ed4 d5 17.Ne5=) 16.Bf1 (16.d5 e4 17.Nh2 Bc8+=) 16...Ne4 (16...e4 17.Nh2=) 17.d5 Nd2 18.Nd2 f5 19.e4 f4 (19...Rf8 20.ef5 Rf5 21.Bd3=) 20.Be2+= Nf6 21.Kf1 Rf8 22.Ke1 (22.Rb3 Bc8+=) 22...Kf7 (22...Bc8 23.Rf3=) 23.Qb1 Ke8 24.Nf3 Ng8 25.h4 (25.Kf1 Nf6+=) 25...Bc8= 26.Kd2 Kd7 27.Rh1 Kc7 28.Qg1 h6 (28...Kb8 29.Kc1=) 29.Kc2 Nf6 30.Nd2 Kb7 31.g4 Ne8 32.f3 Nc7 33.Bc3 Rde8 34.Nb3 (34.h5 g5=) 34...Bd7 (34...h5 35.Ba5 ba5 36.Na5 Ka8 37.Nc6+/-) 35.Ba5 ba5 36.Na5 Ka8 37.Qe1 Rb8 (better 37...Qf6=) 38.Nc6+/- Bc6 39.Qa5 Kb7 40.dc6 Kc8 41.b6 Ne6 42.Rd1 Nd4 43.Rd4! ed4 (43...cd4 44.Qa6 Decoy; 43...ed4 44.Qa6 Decoy) 44.Qa6 Kd8? (44...Rb7+-) 45.c7 Kd7 (45...Qc7 46.bc7 Kc7 47.Qa5 Kc6+-) 46.cb8Q Rb8 47.Qa7 Ke6 48.Qb8 Qh4 (48...Be5+-) 49.Qg8 (49.Qg8 Ke7 50.b7+-) 1-0. Xiong,Jeffery (2685) - Harika,D (2515), Titled Tuesday 1st Feb A, 2022. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

8.b5 d6 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 e5 11.a4 Qe7 12.a5 d5 13.d4 cd4 14.ed4 ed4 15.a6! Bc8 16.Nd4 Nc5 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Ra3! –+. Serebrisky – Khavin, 1956.

8.b5 e6 9.a4 d5 10.a5 a6 11.ab6 Qb6 12.Nc3 ab5 13.Ra8 Ba8 14.cb5 Nbd7 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Ra1 c4 17.Qb4 e5 18.Na4 Qe6 19.Nc5 Qe8 20.Na6 Rb7 21.Qa5 e4 22.Nd4 Qc8 (better is 22...Nb6!?+=) 23.Nc6+– Bf8 24.Nab4 Bb4 25.Qb4 (worse is 25.Qa8 Qa8 26.Ra8 Kg7 27.Nb4 Rb5+–; 25.Nb4 Rb8 26.Na6 Rb7+–) 25...Qe8 (25...Kg7 26.Qd6 Qe8+– (26...Rb5?? 27.Na7 Rb2 28.Nc8+–)) 26.Qa5 1–0. Brauer,Christian (2150) – Dekic,Josip (2320), Budapest Spring op, 1996. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5)

8.d4 cb4 9.Qa4+=.

8.d4 cd4 9.Bd4 (9.ed4 a6+=) 9...d6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.b5 (11.Bc3 a6=) 11...Nb8 (11...Nd4 12.ed4 Re8 13.Re1=) 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Nb3 (13.a5 ba5 14.Nb3 a6 15.Na5 Qc8+=) 13...Nc5 14.a5 Ne6 (14...Qc7 15.a6 Be4 16.Nc5 bc5 17.Bc3+=) 15.ab6 (15.a6 Be4+=) 15...Nd4 (better is 15...ab6 16.Ra8 Ba8=) 16.Ra7?? (better is 16.ed4 ab6 17.Ra8 Ba8 18.Bd3=) 16...Nf3 (better is 16...Qb6!? 17.Ra8 Ne2 18.Qe2 Ra8–+) 17.Bf3 Bf3 (17...Ra7!? 18.ba7 Qc7 19.Bb7 Qb7 20.Qd4–/+) 18.Qf3–/+ Qb6?? (better is 18...Rc8 19.Na5 Qb6–/+) 19.Ra8+– (worse is 19.Qa8 Ra8 20.Ra8 Bf8+=) 19...d5 20.Ra6 Qb7 (20...Qb8+–) 21.b6 (better is 21.Na5 Qd7 22.Rd1+–) 21...Qa6–+ 22.c5 (22.cd5 Qb6 23.Nd4 Qd6–+) 22...Qb5 (22...Ne4 23.Rd1–+) 23.Qd1 Rc8 24.Nd4 (24.Qc2 Nd7 25.Qa2 e5–+) 24...Qc5 25.Qb3 (25.b7 Rb8–+) 25...Rb8 26.b7 Ne4 27.Ra1 (27.Qa2 Bd4 28.ed4 Qd4–+) 27...Bd4 28.Ra8 (28.ed4 Qd4 29.Rf1–+) 28…Qc1 (28...Qc1 29.Qd1 Qd1) 0–1. gtate (2010) – mcjohnson (2020), net–chess.com, 2004.

9.bc5 bc5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Rab1 N7b6 Black plans c4 16.Nd5 Bd5 17.d4 c4 18.e4 Bb7 19.d5 Qc5 (19...e6 20.a4 ed5 21.a5+=) 20.a4 Rc7 (20...Qa3 21.Ra1 Qd6 22.a5 Nd5 23.Qb2 c3 24.Qb7+-) 21.Rb5 (better 21.Qc3!? Kg8 22.a5+-) 21...Qa3+/- 22.a5 Nd7 23.Nd4 (23.Nd2 Ne5+/-) 23...Rac8 24.Bg4 a6 25.Rbb1 Qa5 26.Nc6 Qa3 (26...Bc6 27.Qc3 Double attack (27.Bd7 Decoy; 27.Qc4 Interception; 27.dc6 Passed pawn)) 27.Qc4?? (better 27.Bd7 Rd7 28.Qc4+=) 27...Bc6-/+ 28.Qd4 (28.dc6 Rc6 29.Qd4 e5 30.Rc6 ed4 31.Rc8 Ne5-+) 28...e5 29.de6 Nf6 30.ef7 Bd7 31.Rc7 Rc7 32.Rb6?? (better 32.Be2 Be6 33.f8Q Qf8 34.Ba6-/+) 32...Rc1-+ (32...Bg4?? 33.Qf6 Kf8 34.Qh8 Kf7 35.Rf6 Ke7 36.Qf8 Kd7 37.Qa3+-) 33.Bd1 Bc6 (better 33...Qc3 34.f8Q Kf8 35.Qf6 Qf6 36.Rf6 Ke7-+) 34.e5 Qc5 35.ef6 Kf7 36.Rc6 Qd4 (36...Qc6 37.Kf1-+) 37.Rc1 Qd2 38.Bb3 Kf6 39.Rc6 Ke7 40.Re6 Kd7 41.g3 a5 42.Re3 Qb4 43.h4 a4 44.Bg8 a3 45.Re2 Qb1 46.Kg2 Kd6 47.Ba2 Qb7 48.Kg1 Kc5 49.Bg8 Kd4 50.Ba2 Qb4 51.Bg8 Kd3 52.Ra2 Qa4?? (better 52...h6-+) 53.Bh7-/+ Qb3 54.Bg6 Kc3 55.Bf7 Qf7 56.Ra3 ½-½. Manukyan,SaV (2280) - Kusluvan,Yekaterina (2155), Batumi Municipality Cup, 2019. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5)

9.d4 cd4 10.Nd4 dc4 11.Bc4 a6=.

9.d4 Nbd7 10.dc5 bc5 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Rfe8 13.cd5 Nd5 (13...Bd5!? 14.Rfc1 Rac8+=) 14.Bg7+/– Kg7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.bc5 Qc5?? (better is 16...Nc5 17.Qb2 Nf6 18.Rc5 Qc5 19.Qb7 Qa3+/–) 17.Qb2+– Nc3 18.Nc4 1–0. Janek – Charlie, internet, 2016.

9.cd5 cb4 10.ab4 Qd5 11.d4=.

9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.bc5 bc5 12.Rb1 Be4? (better 12...Nbd7=) 13.Ne4+- Ne4 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Qa4 (15.Qc2!? Nd6 16.Qc3 f6 17.Nh4+/-) 15...Nd7+= 16.Bd3 Ndf6 17.Rb7 Qd5 18.Be4 Ne4 Exerts pressure on the backward pawn 19.Re7 Nd2 20.Nd2 Qd2 21.Rd1 Qb2 22.h4 (22.Ra7?! Ra7 23.Qa7 Rd8=) 22...h5 23.Rdd7 Rad8 24.Qa7 Rd7 25.Rd7 c4 26.Qd4 Qd4 27.Rd4 Rc8 28.Rd2 c3 29.Rc2 Kf6 30.Kf1 Ke5 31.Ke2 Kd5 32.Kd3 Rc4 33.g3 1-0. haroldesteban (2050) - Afloureiro (2015), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.bc5 bc5 12.Qb3 Bc6 13.Rac1 Nbd7 14.Qc2 Rab8 15.Ba1 Qc2 16.Rc2 e5 17.d3 Rb3 18.Ra2 Nd5 19.Ne4 Rbb8 (19...f5 20.Nfd2 Rbb8 21.Nd6=) 20.Rc1 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 20...Ba4 21.Nfd2 Rfc8 22.Bf3 N5f6 23.Nd6 Rc7 24.Bc3 Bf8 25.N6c4 Bb3 (25...Re8!?+/-) 26.Rb2 (26.Be5? Ne5 27.Rb2 Nf3 28.gf3 Bc4 29.Rb8 Bd3-+; 26.Nb3?! Rb3 27.Rb2 Rb2 28.Bb2 Bg7+/-) 26...Bc4 27.Rb8 (27.Nc4 Rb2 28.Bb2 Bg7+/-) 27...Nb8? (better 27...Bd3 28.Ba5 Nb8 29.Bc7 Nbd7+/-) 28.Be5+- (28.dc4?! Bd6+/-) 28...Rc8 29.Nc4 (29.Bf6?! Bd3 30.Rc3 Ba6=) 29...Nbd7 30.Bf4 h6 31.h4 Rd8 (31...Nb6+-) 32.Rb1 Kg7 33.Bc7 Rc8 34.Rb7 a6 35.Kf1 g5 36.hg5 hg5 37.g4 Re8 (37...Be7 38.Bg3+-) 38.Ra7 Re6 39.Ba5 Nb8 40.Bc3 Kg6 (40...Kg8 41.Bf6 Rf6 42.Bd5+-) 41.Ne5 (41.Ne5 Kg7 42.Nf7+-) 1-0. Srihari,L R (2400) - Manigandan,S (2125), 13th Chennai Open (6), 2022. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.d3 cb4 12.ab4 Nc6 13.Qb3 a5 14.ba5 Na5 15.Qb6 Rfb8 16.Nd4 Qg5 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Nf3 Rb6 19.Ng5 Rb2 20.Rfc1 h6 21.Nf3 Kh7 22.Ra4 Nb3 23.Ra8 Nc1 24.d4 Rc2 25.Ra3 Rc3 26.Rc3 Ne2 27.Kf1 Nc3 28.Ke1 Nfe4 29.Ng1 f5 30.f3 Nd6 31.Kd2 Nd5 32.Ne2 e5 33.de5 Be5 34.Kd3 Kg7 Normal 0-1. Fallsview (1955) - RajvosaF (1915), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

9.cd5 Nbd7 10.bc5 (10.Qc2 Rc8 11.b5 Bd5=) 10...Nc5 11.d4 (11.Bf6 Bf6 12.d4 Ne4=) 11...Nce4 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.f3?? (better is 13.Qc2 f5 14.f3=) 13...Ne3–+ 14.Qc1 Nf1 15.fe4 Nh2! 16.Kh2 Be4 17.Qf4 (17.Qe3 Bb7–/+) 17...Bd5 (17...Qd5 18.Nd2 Bg2 19.Rg1–/+) 18.Nc3–/+ Rc8 (18...Bb3 19.Ba6–/+) 19.Ba6 (19.Nd5 Qd5 20.Bf3 Qd6–/+) 19...Rc7 20.Rf1 f6 21.Nd5 Qd5 22.Nd3 Rc2 23.Qg3 Qa5 24.Bb7 Rd2 25.Bc1 Qh5 26.Kg1 Rc2 27.Nf4+/– Qb5 28.Bd5 Rf7 29.Qe3 f5 30.Qe7 Bd4 31.Kh2 Qd5= 32.Nd5 Re7+= 33.Ne7 Kf7 34.Nd5 ½–½. Pal,P (2165) – Bubits,B (1970), XXVII Open, Zalakarosi HUN, 2008.

9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qb3 e6 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Rac1 Rfc8 13.d3 d5 14.cd5 ½–½. Espig,Lutz (2470) – Gruenberg,Hans Ulrich (2475), DDR–ch, 1989. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5)

9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 d5 11.Qb3 dc4 12.dc4 Ne4 13.Rfd1 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bc3 15.Qc3 Qc7 16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Bf3 18.Bf3 Ne5 19.Be2 Rd2 20.Rd2 Nc6 21.b5 Na5 22.Qd3 Rb8 23.f4 e6 24.g4 Kf8 25.Qd7 Qd7 26.Rd7 Rb7 27.Rd8 Ke7 28.Ra8 h6 29.Kf2 Rd7 30.h4 Kf6 31.Rg8 Rd2 32.g5 hg5 33.hg5 Ke7 34.Ra8 Rd7 35.Kf3 Rc7 36.Ke4 Nb7 37.Kd3 Rd7 38.Kc3 Nd6 39.Bf3 Rc7 40.Bc6 1–0. Vogt,Lothar (2500) – Tomaszewski,Roman (2435), Kecskemet Toth Memorial 7th, 1979. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5)

9.d4 cd4 10.ed4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Qd3 e5 13.d5 e4 (better is 13...Re8!? 14.Nd2 e4=) 14.Ne4+/– Ne4 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Qe4 Re8 17.Qd4 Qf6 18.Rfe1 Ne5 19.Ne5 Re5 (19...Qe5 20.Qd2 Qf6 21.g3+/–) 20.f4 Ree8 (20...Re7 21.Qf6 Kf6 22.Kf2+/–) 21.Qf6 Kf6 22.Bd3 Ba6 23.Re8 Re8 24.Kf2 h6 25.Re1 Re7 (25...Rc8!? 26.Re4+/–) 26.Re7+– Ke7 27.Ke3 f5 28.g3 Kf6? (better is 28...Bc8+–) 29.c5 Bd3 (29...Bb7 30.cb6 ab6+–) 30.Kd3 bc5 (30...dc5 31.bc5 Ke7 32.Kc4+–) 31.bc5 dc5 (31...Ke7 32.cd6 Kd6 33.Kd4+–) 32.Kc4 g5 (32...Ke7 33.Kc5 g5 34.Kc6+–) 33.Kc5 h5 34.fg5 Kg5 35.d6 h4 36.d7 1–0. Janek – tscjs, internet, 2018.

9.d4 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Rd1 cd4 12.Nd4 a6 13.Nc3 e6 14.Rac1 Qe7 15.Bf3 Ne5 16.Bb7 Qb7 17.b5 Rfc8 18.ba6 Qa6 19.Ncb5 Ne8 20.Ne2 Nc4 21.Bg7 Na5 22.Qb2 Rc1 23.Rc1 Ng7 24.Nd6 Ne8 25.Ne8 Re8 26.Ng3 Qd3 27.h4 Nc4= 28.Qf6 h5 29.Rc3 Qd5 30.Qf4 Ne5 31.f3 Nd3 32.Qc7 Qe5 33.Ne4 Qc7 34.Nf6 Kf8 35.Rc7 Ra8 36.Nd7 Ke8 37.Nf6 Kf8 38.Nd7 Ke8 39.Nb6 Ra3 40.Nc4 Ra1 41.Kh2 Ra6 42.Kg3 Kf8 43.e4 Kg8 44.f4 Ra2 45.Nd6 Ra3 46.Rc8 Kh7 47.Kh2 Nf2 48.Kg1 Ng4 49.Kf1 Ra7 50.e5 f6 51.ef6 Nf6 52.g3 Ra1 53.Ke2 Ra3 54.Rf8 Ng4 55.Kd2 Rg3 56.Ne4 Rg2 57.Kc3 Kg7 58.Ra8 e5 59.Ra7 Kf8 60.Ng5 ef4 61.Ne6 Ke8 62.Nf4 Rg3 63.Kd4 Nh6 64.Ke5= Ng4 65.Kd6 Rf3 66.Re7 Kf8?? 67.Ne6+– Kg8 68.Re8 (68.Re8 Kh7 69.Ng5 Kh6 70.Nf3+–) 1–0. Shengelia,D (2565) – Harika,D (2470), 12th Open Dubai UAE, 2010. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.c4 c5)

9.d4 Nbd7 10.d5 a6 11.Qc2 b5 12.e4 bc4 13.Bc4 cb4 14.ab4 Rc8 15.Nbd2 Nb6 16.Qd3 Nc4 17.Nc4 Nd5?? (better 17...e6+=) 18.Bg7 (18.ed5!? Bb2 19.Nb2 e6+-) 18...Nf4 19.Qc3?? (better 19.Qd2 Kg7 20.Na5 (20.Qf4 Rc4 21.Nd2 Rb4-+) 20...Ng2 21.Kg2+/-) 19...Ne2-+ 20.Kh1 Nc3 21.Bc3 (21.Bf8 Rc4 22.Bh6 Ne4-+) 21...Rc4 22.Bd2 Be4 23.Bh6 (23.Ng5 Bb7-+) 23...Bf3 24.Bf8 (24.gf3 Qa8 25.Ra3-+) 24...Qa8 25.gf3 Qf3 26.Kg1 Rg4 0-1. miskob (2105) - Maghreb (2330), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

9.d4 Ne4 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.Bc3 Nd7 12.Qb3 cd4 13.ed4 Nf6 14.d5 b5 15.Rfd1 bc4 16.Bc4 (worse is 16.Qc4 Rc8 17.Qd3 Rc3 18.Qc3 Nd5+=) 16...Rc8 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Bd4 Ba8 19.h3 Rc7 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.b5 Ne4 22.a4?? (better is 22.Nd4+=) 22...Nc3!–/+ 23.Rc3 Bc3 24.Bf1 Bg7 25.a5 Rc3 26.Qb4 Rc2 27.Nd4 Bd4 28.Qd4 Ra2 29.a6 Rc7 30.g4 f6 31.g5 Kg7 32.gf6 ef6 33.Qg4 g5 34.Qd4 Qf5 35.b6 ab6 36.Qb6 Re7 37.Bg2 Qe5 38.Bf3 Rb2 39.Qd8 Re8 40.Qd7 Re7 41.Qg4 Rc2 42.Bd4 ½–½. Kalinitschew,Sergey (2530) – Jaracz,Barbara (2290), Guben op, 2003. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5)

9.a4 dc4 10.Bc4 Qd6!? 11.h3 Nbd7=+.

9.a4 dc4 10.Bc4 Nbd7 11.a5 Nh5 12.Bg7 Ng7 13.a6 Bf3 14.Qf3 Ne5 15.Qe2 Nc4 16.Qc4 Qd6 17.Rd1 Rfd8 18.Nc3 Ne6 19.Ne2 Qd3 20.Qd3 Rd3 21.f4 Rad8 22.Ra2 Re3 23.de3 Rd1 24.Kf2 Rb1 25.Rd2 Rb5 26.Rd7 Ra5 27.Ra7 b5 28.Rb7 b4 29.a7 Kg7 30.g4 b3 31.Rb3 Ra7 32.f5 Ng5 33.Ng3 Ra2 34.Kf1 Nf3 35.Rc3 Nh2 36.Ke1 Nf3 37.Kf1 c4 38.Ne4 Ne5 39.fg6 hg6 40.g5 f5 41.gf6 ef6 42.Ke1 g5 43.Kd1 Kg6 44.Kc1 g4 45.Nd6 g3 46.e4 Nd3 47.Kb1 Rb2 48.Ka1 g2 49.Rc1 Nc1 50.Kb2 g1Q 51.Nf5 Nd3 52.Kc3 Ne5 53.Ne7 Kf7 54.Nf5 Qd1 55.Nh6 Kg6 56.Nf5 Qd3 57.Kb2 Qe4 58.Ne7 Kf7 59.Nc8 Qb7 60.Kc3 Qc8 61.Kd4 Qd7 62.Kc5 c3 Normal 0-1. carlos78 (2215) - bigwh (2150), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

9.a4 dc4 10.Bc4 Be4 11.d3 Bd5 12.Nc3 e6 13.Qb3 (13.Nd5 ed5 14.Bb3 Nbd7+=) 13...Bf3= 14.gf3 Nbd7 15.f4 Nh5 16.Ne4 Qh4 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Ng3 (18.f3 Nhf6=) 18...Ndf6 19.Qb2 Kg8 20.d4?? (better 20.Kg2=) 20...Ng4-+ 21.Kg2 (21.f3 Ne3 22.Nh5 Qh5 23.Rfc1 cd4 24.Bd3 Qf3 25.Qf2-+) 21...Qh2 22.Kf3 Ng3 23.Kg4 (23.Rg1 Ne3! 24.Ke3 Nf5 25.Kd3 Rad8-+) 23...Nf5 (better 23...Qg2 24.fg3 h5 25.Kh4 Qb2-+) 24.Kf3 Qh5 25.Ke4 (25.Kg2 Qg4 26.Kh2 Nh4-+) 25...cd4 26.Be2 Qh4 27.Rad1 (27.Kd3 Rac8 28.ed4 Rfd8-+) 27...de3 28.fe3 Qg3 (better 28...Qh3 29.Rf3 Qg2 30.Rd4-+) 29.Rf3 (29.Bf3-+) 29...Qg2 30.Rd2 (30.Kd3 Rac8 31.Kd2 Nh4-+) 30...Rad8 31.Bd3 (31.Rd4 Rd4 32.ed4-+) 31...Qh1 (31...Ng3 32.Ke5 f6 33.Ke6 Rfe8 34.Kf6 Nh5) 32.Rg2 Nh4 (32...Qh5 33.Bc4 Nh4 34.Rg6 hg6 35.Qh8 Kh8 36.Be6 Qf3 37.Ke5 f6) 33.Rfg3 Ng2 34.Qg2 Qg2 (34...f5 35.Kf3 Qh5 36.Kf2 Rd3 37.Rg6 hg6 38.Kg1 Rd1 39.Kf2 Rfd8 40.Kg3 Qg4 41.Kh2 Qh4 42.Qh3 R8d2) 35.Rg2 f5 36.Ke5 (36.Kf3 Rd3 37.Rc2 Ra3-+) 36...Rd3 37.Re2 Rfd8 (37...Kf7 38.e4 Rc8 39.ef5 ef5 40.a5 Re8) 38.Kf6-+ Rc3 (38...Rd2!? 39.Rd2 Rd2 40.Kg5-+) 39.e4 (39.Re1 Rf8 40.Kg5 Ra3-+) 39...Rdd3 (better 39...Rf8 40.Ke6 Rd3 41.Rc2 fe4 42.f5 Re8 43.Kf6-+) 40.ef5 ef5 (better 40...gf5 41.Re6 Rd8 42.Kf5 Rf8 43.Kg4 Rc4-+) 41.Re8 1-0. carlos78 (2285) - CrunchKing (2050), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

9.d3 dc4 10.dc4 Qd1 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.Nb3 Ne4 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Bd3 e5 16.a4 f5 17.a5 Nc3 18.Rdc1 e4 19.Rc3 ef3 20.gf3 Bf3 21.ab6 ab6 22.Ra7 Rf7 23.Nd2 Ne5 24.Rf7 Kf7 25.Nf3 Nf3 26.Kg2 Ne1 0-1. banjoband (2130) - goldilocks (2135), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 e6 11.a4 a6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Be5 a5 15.Nf3 (15.Rac1 Rac8+=) 15...Rad8= 16.Rfd1 Rd7 (16...dc4 17.dc4 Rfe8 18.Rd8 Rd8 19.Rd1=) 17.Qb2 (17.cd5 Nd5 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qb2 Qf6+=) 17...Rfd8 (17...dc4 18.dc4 Rfd8 19.Rd7 Rd7 20.Rd1 Rd1 21.Bd1+=) 18.Bc3 (18.cd5 Rd5 19.Rac1 R5d7+=) 18...h6 (18...dc4 19.dc4 Rd6 20.Rd6 Rd6 21.Rd1 Rd1 22.Bd1=) 19.Ne5+= Rd6 20.h3 (20.d4 Ne4 21.dc5 Qh4=+ (21...Nc5? 22.Nc6 Qf8 23.Nd8 Bc3 24.Qc3 Qd8 25.Bf3+-; worse 21...Nc3 22.cd6 Qd6 23.Qc3 Be5 24.Qa3+=)) 20...Ne8 (20...d4 21.ed4 cd4 22.Bd2=) 21.Nf3 (21.d4 cd4 22.Bd4 Qg5+=) 21...Bc3 (21...d4 22.ed4 Bf3 23.Bf3 Bd4 24.Rac1=+) 22.Qc3= dc4 23.dc4 Rd1 24.Rd1 Rd1 25.Bd1 Qf6 26.Qf6 Nf6 27.Bc2 (27.Ne5 Kf8=) 27...Bf3=+ 28.gf3 Nd7 (28...g5 29.Kf1=+) 29.f4= e5 30.Kg2 (30.f5!? g5 31.Be4=) 30...ef4=+ 31.ef4 f5 32.Kf3 Kg7 33.Ke3 Kf6 34.f3 (34.Bd1 Nf8=+) 34...Nf8-/+ 35.Bd3 Ne6 36.h4 Nd4 37.Bb1 Ne6 38.Bd3 Nc7 39.Bb1 Ne8 40.Bd3 Nd6 (40...Ke6 41.Bc2-/+) 41.Be2 Nf7 42.Bd3 g5 (better 42...Ke6!?-/+) 43.hg5= hg5 44.fg5 Ng5 45.Kf4 (45.f4 Ne6=) 45...Ne6=+ 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.Bc2 f4 48.Kd3 Nd4 49.Bd1 Ne6 50.Kc3 (50.Bc2 Ng5 51.Bd1 Nf7=+) 50...Ng5 51.Kd3 Nh3 52.Bc2 Nf2 53.Ke2 Nh1 54.Kd3 Ng3 55.Bd1 (55.Bb1 Nf1 56.Kc3 Ne3=) 55...Nf5 56.Bb3 Nd4 57.Bd1 Ne6 58.Kc3 (58.Bc2!?=) 58...Kf6-/+ 59.Kd3 Ng5 60.Be2 Kg6 61.Bd1 Kh5 62.Ke2 Kh4 (62...Nf7 63.Ke1=+) 63.Kf2 Kh3 64.Be2? (better 64.Bc2-/+) 64...Kh2-+ 65.Bf1 Ne6?? (better 65...Nh3 66.Ke2 Kg3-+) 66.Be2 Nd4 (66...Ng7 67.Bd3=+) 67.Bd1 (67.Bd3!?=) 67...Nf5=+ 68.Be2? (better 68.Bc2!? Ne3 69.Bb3=+) 68...Ng3-+ 69.Bf1?? (better 69.Bd3-+) 69...Nh1 (better 69...Nf1 70.Kf1 Kg3-+) 70.Ke2 Kg1 (better 70...Kg3!?-+) 71.Bh3-/+ Ng3 72.Kd3 Kf2 73.Bg4 Ne2 (73...Nf1 74.Bh5-/+) 74.Ke4 (better 74.Bh5!?=) 74...Nc3-/+ 75.Kf4 (75.Kd3 Nd1-/+ (75...Na4?! 76.Kc2 Ke3 77.Kb3=)) 75...Na4 76.Ke5 (76.Ke4 Nb2 77.Kd5-+) 76...Nc3?? (76...Nb2 77.Kd5 a4-+) 77.f4= Kg3 78.Bf5 (better 78.f5 Kg4 79.f6=) 78...a4-+ 79.Bc2 a3 80.Bb3 Kg4?? (better 80...Ne2 81.Ba2 Nf4-+) 81.f5+- Kg5 82.f6 Kg6 83.Ke6 Ne4?? (better 83...Ne2 84.Bc2 Kg5+-) 84.Kd7 (better 84.Bc2 a2 85.f7+-) 84...Nf6?? (better 84...Kf6 85.Kc6 Ke5 86.Kb6 Kd4-+) 85.Kc6+- Ne4 86.Kb6 Nd2? (better 86...Kf5+-) 87.Ba2 Nc4 (87...Ne4 88.Kc7 Nc3+-) 88.Bc4 Kf5 89.Kc5 Ke4 90.Ba2 Ke5 91.b6 (91.b6 Kf4 92.b7 Kg5 93.b8Q Kg4 94.Be6 Kg5 95.Qe5 Kg6 96.Qf5 Kg7 97.Qg5 Kh7 98.Bf5 Kh8 99.Qh6 Kg8 100.Be6) 1-0. Spata,G (2290) - Terletsky,O (2195), Titled Tuesday, 2021. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

9.cd5 Bd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.d4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Qc1 Nd7 14.dc5 Nc5 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Qc3 f6 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Nd4 Qb7 20.Bg4 Rc7 21.Bh3 e5 22.Ne2 Rff7 23.Qd2 Nd3 24.Rc7 Rc7 25.f3 Nc5 26.fe4 Qe4 27.Nc3 Qc4 28.Qd8 Nb7 29.Rd7 Kh6 30.Qc7 1–0. Machete99 (2190) – where (2175), ICC, 2002.

9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Na3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Rab1 Rb8 13.Qa3 a6 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Qb3 (15.Rfd1 Qc7=) 15...Qc7 16.h3 Rfd8 17.a3 Nc6 (17...Bf3 18.Bf3 Nd3 19.Qc2 Nb2 20.Rb2 Rb2 21.Qb2=) 18.Qc2 e6 19.Rfc1 Na5 20.Na4 d6 21.Ba1 (21.Bc3 Nc6=) 21...Bc6=+ 22.Bc3 (22.Bf6 Bf6 23.Nc3=+) 22...e5?? (22...Nb3 23.Rb3 Ba4 24.Rb8 Bc2 25.Rd8 Qd8 26.Rc2–+) 23.d3 (23.Nb6 Nb7= (worse 23...Rb6 24.Ba5 Rdb8 25.Rb6 Rb6 26.d3+–)) 23...Nd7 (23...Nb3 24.Rb3 Ba4 25.Rb8 Bc2 26.Rd8 Qd8 27.Rc2–/+) 24.e4 (better 24.Nb6! Nb6 25.Ba5=) 24...Nb3–/+ 25.Nb2 (better 25.Rb3!? Ba4 26.Rb8 Bc2 27.Rd8 Qd8 28.Rc2–/+) 25...Nc1–+ 26.Qc1 Rb7 27.Nd1 Rb1 (27...Rdb8 28.Rb7 Qb7 29.Kh2–+) 28.Qb1 Rb8 29.Qc1 Qb6 30.Bb2? (better 30.Kh2–+) 30…Ba4 (30...Ba4 31.Bc3 Qb1–+) 0–1. Barandiaran,Gabriel (1875) – Ibanez,Marcelo (2050), 2nd Marcel Duchamp Cup (7), 2018.

9.Qc2 Nc6 10.a3 Rb8 11.d3 d6 12.Nbd2 e5 13.d4 (13.Rab1 Qc7=) 13...Nd7 (13...cd4 14.ed4 e4 15.Ne1= (15.Ne4? Ne4 16.d5 Bb2 17.Qb2 Ne7–+)) 14.d5+= Ne7 15.Ne4 Nc8 16.Rab1 h6 17.Nfd2 f5 18.Ng3 Nf6 19.Bc3 Nb6 20.a4 (20.f4 e4=) 20...Qe7 21.Rb2 Ba6 (21...f4 22.ef4 ef4 23.Nge4 Ne4 24.Ne4+=) 22.Rfb1 (22.a5 Nbd7+=) 22...Rbe8 (22...f4 23.ef4 ef4 24.Nge4 Nfd5 25.Bg7 Kg7 26.a5+=) 23.a5+= Nbd7 24.Nf3 Nh7 25.Nf1 (25.Qa4 Rb8+/–) 25...Ng5 26.N1d2 Rf7 27.Ng5 hg5 (27...Qg5 28.Nf3 Qf6 29.Qd3+/–) 28.e4 g4 29.Qd3 Qg5 30.f3 g3 31.hg3 Qg3 32.Nf1 Qf4 33.Bd2 Qh4 34.Qe3 f4 35.Qf2 Qh8 36.g4 Bf6= 37.Qg2 Bh4 38.Bd3 Rh7 39.Bc3 Qf6 40.Be1 Bg5 41.Kf2= Qd8 42.Ke2 Kf7 43.Kd1 Reh8 44.Qc2 Rh3 45.Be2 Qc7 46.Qa4 Rc8 47.Nd2 Bh4 48.Bh4 Rh4= 49.Kc2 Rh2 50.Kd3 Nf6 51.Nb3 Nh7 52.Qa1 Ng5 53.Rh1 Rch8 54.Rh2 Rh2 55.Nd2 Kf6 56.Qa4 Rh8 57.Nb1 Rb8 58.Rb8+= Qb8 59.Nc3 Nf7 60.Qd7 Qb4= 61.Nb5 Bb5 62.Qb5 Qa3 63.Kc2 Qa2 64.Kd1 Qa1 65.Kc2 Qe1=+ 66.Bd1 ½–½. Majul,Isolina – De Armas,Asela, Cartagena zt (Women), 1990.

9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.a3 d6 12.h3 Qd7 13.Re1 (13.Qa4 Rfd8=) 13...Rfd8 (13...Na5 14.d3=) 14.d4 (14.Nd5 Nd5 15.cd5 Ne5 16.Ne5 de5=) 14...cd4=+ 15.ed4 e5 (15...Na5 16.Bc1=+) 16.d5= Nd4 (16...Na5 17.Bc1 Rbc8+=) 17.Nd4+/- ed4 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nd4 Rbc8 (19...Qc7 20.Bf3 Nd7 21.Re7+/-) 20.Bf1 (20.Bf3!? Re8 21.Nc6 Re1 22.Qe1 Re8+-) 20...Re8+/- 21.Qd3 Qc7 22.Nb3 Nd7 (22...Rb8 23.Bc3+/-) 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qd4 Kg8 25.h4 h5 26.g3 Ne5 (26...Re1 27.Re1 Rb8 28.Re3+-) 27.Nd2+- a5 (27...Rcd8 28.Re3 Nd7 29.Ne4+-) 28.f4 (28.Bh3 Rb8 29.f4 Nd7 30.Bd7 Qd7+-) 28...Ng4 (28...Nd7 29.Re8 Re8 30.Ne4+/-) 29.Bh3 (29.Ne4 Ba6+-) 29...Ba6 (29...Re1 30.Re1 Ba6 31.Bg4 hg4 32.Kf2+/-) 30.Bg4 (better 30.Re8 Re8 31.Bg4 hg4 32.Ne4 Re4 33.Qe4 Bc4 34.Qd4+-) 30...hg4?? (better 30...Re1 31.Re1 hg4+/-) 31.Ne4+- Re4 32.Re4 (32.Qe4?! Bc4 33.Qd4 Qd7+-) 1-0. Eekamouse (2405) - Lance5500 (2355), lichess.org, 2017. (=1.e3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5)

9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Qa4 Qa5 12.Qa5 Na5 13.d3 d6 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Ba1 Bc6 16.a3 Rb1 17.Rb1 (worse 17.Ndb1 Rb8-/+) 17...Rb8 18.Rb8 Nb8 19.Kf1 Nd7 20.Bd1 Nb6 21.Bb2 e6 22.g4 Kf8 23.h4 h6 24.g5 hg5 25.hg5 d5 26.cd5 ed5 27.Bf3 d4 (27...c4 28.d4=) 28.Nce4 de3 29.Bg7 Kg7 30.fe3 c4 31.d4 (better 31.Ke2!?=) 31...Nd5-/+ 32.Ke1 (32.Ke2!? c3 33.Nc3 Nc3 34.Kd3-/+) 32...Ne3-+ 33.Nc3 Nc2 34.Kd1 Nd4 35.Bc6 Ndc6 36.Ke2 (36.Nb5 f6 37.Nd6 fg5 38.N2c4 Nc4 39.Nc4 Nd4-+) 36...Ne5 (36...f6!? 37.gf6 Kf6 38.Ke3-+) 37.Ke3 Nb3 (37...f5 38.Kd4 Nd7 39.Nc4 Nc4 40.Kc4 Ne5 41.Kd5-+) 38.Nde4 Kf8 39.Nd5 a5 (better 39...Ke8!?-+) 40.Nd6-/+ Nc6 (40...a4 41.Ke4 Nd7 42.Nc4 Nbc5 43.Kf4 Ne6 44.Kg4-/+) 41.Nc4=+ Ne7 42.Nf6 Nf5 43.Kd3 Nc5 44.Kc3 Ng7 45.Na5 Nge6 46.Kc4 (better 46.Kb4=) 46...Na6 (better 46...Ke7=+) 47.Ne4+/- Nac7 (47...Nb8 48.Nb3+/-) 48.Nc6 Ne8 (48...Na8 49.Kb4+/-) 49.Nd4 Nd4 (49...Ke7 50.a4+/-) 50.Kd4 Ke7 51.Ke5 f5?? (better 51...Nc7+/-) 52.gf6+- Nf6 53.Nf6 g5 54.Ng4 Kd8 55.Kd4 Kc7 56.Kc4 Kb6 57.Kb4 1-0. opperwezen (2705) - king146 (2350), lichess.org, 2016.

9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.d3 e5 12.Nd2 d6 13.Ba1 Nd7 14.Nd5 Nb6 15.Bf3 Nd5 16.Bd5 Qc7 17.Ne4 h6 18.Qa4 Ba8 19.Nc3 Nb4 (better is 19...Rb4!? 20.Rb4 Nb4 21.Ba8 Ra8+/–) 20.Ba8+/– Ra8 21.Rfd1 Kh7 22.a3 Nc6 23.Nd5 Qd7 24.Bc3 Rab8 25.Ba5 Rfc8 26.h3 f5 27.Bc3 Rb7 28.Rb7 Qb7 29.Rd2 e4 30.Rb2 Qd7 31.de4 fe4 32.Qc2 Re8 33.Qb1 Nd8 34.Rb8 Rf8 35.Qe4 Qf7 36.f4 Re8 37.Qd3 Ne6?? (37...Rf8 38.Rc8 Ne6 39.Rc6+–) 38.Rb3 (better is 38.Re8 Nf4 39.Nf4 Qe8 40.Bg7 Kg7 41.Qd6 Qe3 42.Kh2+–) 38...Rf8 39.Qb1 Qe8 (39...Nd8 40.Bg7 Kg7 41.Rb8+–) 40.Qb2 (40.Bg7 Ng7 41.Qb2 Kh8+–) 40...Kh8? (better is 40...Bc3 41.Qc3 Qf7+–) 41.Rb7 Rf7 (41...Rg8+–) 42.Rb8 Nd8 43.Bg7 Rg7 44.Qf6 1–0. Kargl,Kurt (2305) – Kutlesa,Peter, AUT–chT Austria, 1992.

9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.cd5 Nb4 (12...Bb2!? 13.Rb2 Nb4=) 13.Bg7+= Kg7 14.e4 (14.d4 Nd5 15.dc5 Qc7+=) 14...Qa5 (14...f5 15.d3 Qa5 16.Rb2+=) 15.a3 Qa3 16.Ra1 (16.d4!? Qa5 17.dc5 Qc5 18.Qa4+=) 16...Qb2= 17.Ra7 e6 18.d4 (18.de6 de6 19.Qc1 Qc1 20.Rc1 Be4+=) 18...ed5+= 19.dc5 de4 20.Nd2 Qd4 21.Nb3 (21.Qc1 Qe5+=) 21...Qd1–/+ 22.Rd1 Bd5 23.Nd4 Rfd8 ½–½. Heinzel,Olaf (2375) – Rous,Daniel (2040), Tabor CZE, Open, 2013. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5 8.bc5 bc5)

9.Nc3 d6 10.Rb1 Nbd7 11.d3 Rb8 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.a3 Nd7 15.Nd5 e6 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Nc3 Ba8 18.Nce4 Qe7 19.Qc3 f6 20.Qc2 f5 21.Nc3 h5 22.Rb8 Rb8 23.Rb1 Qd8 24.Nf3 Rb1 25.Qb1 g5 26.Qb2 g4 27.Ng5 Qf6 28.h4 gh3 29.Nh3 Nde5 (29...h4!?+=) 30.Nf4+/- Kh6 31.Nh5 Qh4 (31...Qe7 32.Nd1+/-) 32.Nf4 (better 32.Nb5 Qe7 33.f4+-) 32...Nd4?? (better 32...Qf6+/-) 33.Qb8+- (33.ed4?! cd4 34.Nb5 Qf4+-) 33...Ne2 34.Nce2 Kg7 (34...Qf6 35.Qa8 a5 36.Qb8+-) 35.Qa8 (better 35.Ne6 Kf7 36.N2f4 Nd7 37.Qa8 Qe7+-) 35...Ng4 (35...Qe7+-) 36.Nh3 1-0. Swiercz,D (2650) - Soham,Kamotra (2250), Titled Tue 2nd Aug Late (3), 2022. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.b4 Bb7 4.Bb2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0)

9.Nc3 d6 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.Nd5 (11.Rab1 Nbd7=) 11...Bd5 12.cd5 Nbd7 13.Bf6 (13.Rab1 Nb6=) 13...Nf6 14.Rab1 (14.Bc4 Rb8 15.Qc2 Qf5 16.Qf5 gf5=) 14...Qf5 (14...Rb8!? 15.Qd3 Qd7=) 15.Bc4+= Nd7 (15...Rfd8 16.Rfe1+=) 16.d3 (16.Bd3 Qh5+=) 16...Rfb8= 17.Qa4 (17.Qc2 Ne5 18.Ne5 Be5= (worse is 18...de5 19.Qa4+/–)) 17...Nb6 18.Qa6 Nc4 (18...Nd5? 19.Rb8 Rb8 20.Qa7+–) 19.Qc4 (19.e4 Qf4 20.Qc4 Bb2+=) 19...Qc8 (19...Bb2 20.Qc2 Bf6 21.e4=) 20.Nd2 (20.g3 Rb6=) 20...Rb6 21.Qe4 (21.Rfc1 Bb2 22.Rc2 Qb7=) 21...Qb7 (21...Qa6 22.a4 Qb7+=) 22.a4 (better is 22.Rfc1!?=) 22...Bc3–/+ 23.Rb6 (23.Rbd1 Bd2 24.Rd2 Rb4–/+) 23...ab6 (23...Qb6?! 24.Nc4 Qc7 25.f4=) 24.Nf3 (24.Nc4 Qc7 (24...Ra4?! 25.Nd6 Re4 26.Nb7+=) 25.Na3 Bb4–+) 24...Bf6 (24...Bb4 25.Ng5 h6 26.Ne6–/+) 25.Nd2 (25.Rb1 Qd7–/+) 25...Qd7 (25...Ra6 26.g3–/+) 26.Nc4 Ra6 27.h4?? (better is 27.Qf3+=) 27...Qa4–+ 28.Qg4 (28.h5 b5 29.Nd2 gh5–+) 28...b5 29.Qc8 Kg7 30.Nd2 Ra8 31.Qc6 (31.Qb7 Bh4 32.d4 cd4 33.ed4 Ra5–+) 31...b4 32.Nc4 (32.g4 Bh4 33.d4 Ra6–+) 32...Qc6 (32...Bh4?! 33.Nb6 Qc6 34.dc6–+) 33.dc6 Ra6 0–1. Curic,Drazen (2220) – Juhasz,Armin (2355), Zadar Open A, 2017. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 c5 8.bc5 bc5)

9.Nc3 d6 10.d3 Nc6 11.Qa4 Qa5 12.Qa5 Na5 13.Rab1 Rab8 14.Ba1 Bc6 15.Rb8 Rb8 16.Rb1 Rb1 17.Nb1 Nd7 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Nfd2 Nb6 ½–½. Gouret,Thierry (2300) – Tirard,Hugo (2240), FRA–ch Accession, 1994.

9.d3 Nc6 10.Nc3 d6 11.Nd2 e5 12.f4 ef4 13.ef4 Nd4 14.Bf3 Nf3 15.Nf3 Ng4 16.Qd2 Bf3 17.Rf3 Bd4 18.Kh1 Qh4 19.g3 Qh5 20.Raf1 Rab8 21.Nd1 Bb2 22.Nb2 Nh2 23.Qh2 Qh2 24.Kh2 Rb2 25.R3f2 Rfb8 26.g4 Kg7 27.Kg3 h6 28.f5 g5 29.Kf3 Rf2 30.Rf2 Re8 31.Rb2 Re1 32.Rb7 Rf1 33.Ke3 Rf4 34.Ra7 Rg4 35.Rd7 h5 36.f6 Kg6 37.Rd6 h4 38.Rd8 Kf6 39.a4 h3 40.Rh8 Rh4 41.Rh4 gh4 42.Kf2 Ke5 43.Kg1 f5 0–1. Vater – Gramer, corr DDR, 1989.

9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Ba1 e6 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.Nb3 Rfd8 15.Bf3 Ne5 16.Bb7 Rb7 (worse is 16...Qb7 17.Nc5 Qe7 18.Nb3+/–) 17.f4 Nc6 18.Qf3 Rb6 19.Nd2 Nb4 20.Qe2 Nc2 21.Rb6 ab6 22.Bb2 d5 23.Nd1 Nb4 24.a3 Nc6 25.Nf3 dc4 26.dc4 Qa7 27.Nc3 Qa8 28.Rd1 Ne8 29.Rd8 Qd8 30.Na4 Bb2 31.Nb2 f6 32.Qd2 Nd6 33.Qd3 Qc7 ½–½. Fries Nielsen,Niels Joergen (2630) – Elwert,Hans Marcus (2620), NPSF–50 corr, 1994. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5 8.bc5 bc5)

9.d4 Na6=.

9.d4 Qb6 10.Qb3 cd4 11.Bd4 Qb3 12.ab3 Nc6=.

9.d4 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.d5.

10.Rb1 Rb8 11.d4 d6 =. Malmstroem.

11.Qa4 Qe8 12.Qa5 Rb8 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.a3 e5 15.d3 Rfe8 16.Nd2. Malmstroem.

11.d4 Qa5 12.d5 e6. Malmstroem.

11.d4 Rb8=.

11.Ng5 h6 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Nh3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Nb4 15.Nf4 Qa5 16.a3 Na6 17.Rfd1 Nc7= 18.Nfe2 Rb3 19.Nc1 Rb6 20.Qe2 Rfb8 21.d4 Nd7 22.Qc2 e5 23.dc5 Nc5 24.N1a2 Qa6=+ 25.Qe2 Qb7 26.Qf1 Rb3 27.h3 a5 28.Ba1=+ ½–½. Malmstroem,Jan – Fernandez Fornes, corr 3GMM–41, 1997.

11.Ng5 h6 12.Nf3 Rb8=.

8.a3 a6+=.

8.a3 d5+=.

8.b5 Nb8 9.a4 d5 10.cd5 Bd5 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rfd1 Nbd7 14.d4 e6 15.Rd2 Nd5 (15...c6 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Ne5 cb5 18.Bb5+/- (worse 18.Nb5 Ne4 19.Rdd1 Ne5 20.de5 Qh4=)) 16.Nd5+/- ed5 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Qb3 Nf6 19.Ne5 Ne4 20.Rdc2 h5 21.Nc6 Qd7 (21...Qg5 22.f4 Qh4 23.Bf3 (23.Qd5?! Qf2 24.Kh1 Qe3=) 23...Bc6 24.Be4 (24.Rc6?! Qf2 25.Kh1 Nd2+=; 24.bc6?! Rcd8+=) 24...de4 25.Rc6+- (25.bc6?! Qg4+=)) 22.Ba3 Rfe8 23.Bf3 Kh7 (23...Bc6 24.Rc6 Bf8 25.Bf8 Kf8 26.Be4 Re4+-) 24.Na7 Bf6 (24...Ng5 25.Be2+-) 25.Nc8 Rc8 26.Be4 (26.Qd3 Kg7+-) 26...de4 27.Bb2 (27.Rc3!? h4+-) 27...Bd5 28.Qc3 Qe6 (28...c5 29.Qd2 c4 30.Qc3+/-) 29.Qd2 Bd8 30.h3 Kh6 31.Ba3 g5?? (31...Kh7 32.Rc3+-) 32.Qe2 (better 32.Rc6 Bc6 33.Rc6 (33.bc6?! Qb3 34.Bb2 Bf6=) 33...Qc6 34.bc6+-) 32...f6 33.Bf8 Kg6 34.Ba3 Qd7?? (34...Kh6 35.Rc3 g4 36.hg4 hg4+-) 35.Bb2 (35.Rc3 f5+-) 35...Qe6 (35...Be7 36.Ra1+-) 36.Rc3 Qd7 37.Qc2 h4 38.Qe2 Qe6 39.Qg4 (39.Ba3 Kh7+-) 39...Qg4 40.hg4 Kf7 41.R3c2 (41.Ba3 Ke6+/-) 41...Ke6 (41...Bb3 42.Rc6 Ba4 43.Rb6 cb6 44.Rc8 Be7+=) 42.Rc3 Kd6 (42...Kf7 43.Kf1 Be6+-) 43.Ba3 Ke6 44.Bf8 Kd7 45.Kf1 Bb7 46.Ke2 Bd5 47.f3 (47.R1c2 c6+/-) 47...Bb7 (47...c6 48.Bg7+/-) 48.f4 Bd5 49.f5 Ba8 50.Bg7 Bb7 (50...Bd5 51.Rc6! Bb3 52.Rb1+/-) 51.Rc6! Bc6 52.Rc6 (worse 52.bc6 Ke7 53.Bh6 Kf7-/+) 52...Be7 53.Bf6 Bf6 (53...Bd6 54.Be5 Rb8 55.Kd1+-) 54.Rf6 c5 55.bc6! Rc6 56.Rc6 Kc6 57.Kd2 Kd5 58.Kc3 Kd6 59.Kc4 Kc6 60.d5 Kd6 (60...Kc7 61.Kb5 Kd7 62.Kb6+-) 61.Kd4 (better 61.f6 Kd7 62.Kb5 Kd6+-) 61...b5 62.ab5 a4 63.b6 a3 64.Kc3 Kd7 65.b7 Kc7 66.f6 (66.f6 Kb7 67.f7+-) 1-0. Poncheki (2200) - DanielCDS (2230), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2023.

8.b5 Nb8 9.Qb3 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.a4 e6 12.d4 Qe7 13.a5 ba5 14.Ra5 Nb6 (14...a6 15.ba6 Ra6 16.Ra6 (worse is 16.Qb7 Ra5 17.Qc7 Rfa8+=) 16...Ba6 17.Ra1+=) 15.c5! dc5 16.dc5 Qc5 17.Na4 (better is 17.Ba3 Qh5 18.Bf8 Bf8 19.Rfa1+–) 17...Na4 18.Ra4 Rab8 (better is 18...Bd5 19.Qd1 Rfd8=) 19.Ba3+/– Qh5 20.Bf8 Bf8 21.Ra7 Ng4? (better is 21...Bd6!? 22.Rfa1 Bf3 23.Bf3 Rb5 24.Bh5 Rb3+=) 22.h3+– Ne5 23.Nd4 Qg5 24.f3 Bc5 25.Raa1 Bd5 26.Qa4?? Qe3–+ 27.Kh1 Bd4 28.Ra3 Qe2 29.Rd1 Bb6 30.Raa1 Nf3! 31.Qg4 Qf2 32.Rf1 h5 33.Qf4 Qh4 34.Qh4 Nh4 35.Kh2 Ng2 36.Rab1 Ne3 37.Rfe1 Ra8 38.Kg3 h4 39.Kh2 Ra2 40.Kg1 Ng4 41.Kf1 Nh2 0–1. Neumann,Frank (1650) – Brylski,Nils, RSX7E – A15 – Engl vs. Koen.Ind–1, 2009. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

8.d4 Nb4+= 9.a3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 a6 11.d5 Na5 12.Qc2 c6 13.e4 cd5 14.ed5 d6 15.Rfe1 Re8 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Qd3 Ba8 18.Nb3 Nb7 19.Nbd4 Nc5 20.Qd1 a5 21.Nb5 Bb7 22.Nc3 Nfe4 23.Ne4 Bb2–+ 24.Nc5 bc5?? 25.Rb1+/– Bc3 26.Rf1?? Ba8 27.Qc2 Bg7 28.Qa4 Qc7 29.Rb5 Rb8 30.Rfb1+= Rb5 31.Rb5 Bc3?? 32.Qb3?? Bf6+= 33.Nd2 e6–/+ 34.Bf3 ed5 35.Bd5 Re1 36.Nf1 Bd5 37.cd5 Qe7?? 38.Rb8 Kg7–+ 39.Qc4 Bd4 40.g3?? Re2 41.Ne3 Re1 42.Nf1 Qf6 43.Qc2 Qe5 44.Kg2 Re2 45.Qd3 Rf2 (45...Rf2 46.Kg1 Rc2 47.Ne3 Be3 48.Kh1 Qa1 49.Rb1 Qb1 50.Qf1 Qf1) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1995) – vicen1 (1645), Active (5/0), 2004.

9.Qc2 a6 10.Nc3=.

9.Qc2 d5 10.cd5+= Nd5 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.Nc3 Nc3 (12...c6 13.Nd5 Qd5 14.Qb2 Kg8 15.d4+=) 13.Qc3 Kg8 14.Nd4 Qd6 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.f4 (16.Nc6 Bc6 17.bc6 e5+=) 16...Rfd8 (16...c6!?=) 17.Bg4 e6 18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Rf3 Nb7 (better is 19...Rd7!?+=) 20.Nc6+/– Rd7 21.Rc2 Ra8 22.Ne5+– Re7 23.Ng4 Nc5 24.Nh6 (24.Nh6 Kf8 25.Qh8#) 1–0. marre – oppo21, internet, 2010.

9.Nc3 Bf3 10.Bf3 Nc4 11.Ba8 Nb2 12.Qb3 Qa8 13.Qb2 Ne4 14.Qb3?? (better 14.d4+/-) 14...Nd2-+ 15.Qd5? (better 15.Qa3 Nf1 16.Rf1-+) 15...Bc3 16.Qa8 Ra8 17.Rac1 Nf1 18.Rc3 Nd2 19.Rc7 a6 20.ba6 (20.Rd7 Nc4 21.ba6 Ra6 22.Re7 Ra2-+) 20...Ra6 21.Rd7 (21.Rc2 Ne4-+) 21...Ra2 22.g3 e6 23.Rb7 Rb2 24.Kg2 (24.Ra7 b5 25.Rd7 b4-+) 24...b5 (24...Ne4 25.Rb8 Kg7 26.g4-+) 25.Rd7 (25.g4 f5 26.f3 g5 27.Rb8 Kf7 28.gf5 ef5 29.Rb7 Kg6 30.Rb6 Kh5-+) 25...Ne4 26.Rd4 Nf2 27.Kf3 Nh3 (27...f5 28.Kg2-+) 28.g4 (28.Rd8 Kg7 29.e4 Kf6-+) 28...Ng5 29.Kf4 h6 (29...e5 30.Ke5 Nf3 31.Kd5 Nd4 32.ed4-+) 30.h4 (30.Kg3-+) 30...f6 (30...e5 31.Ke5 Nf3 32.Kd6 Nd4 33.ed4-+) 31.hg5 (31.Rd8 Kf7 32.hg5 hg5 33.Ke4 Rb4 34.Kf3-+) 31...e5 32.Ke4 ed4 33.ed4 hg5 34.d5 (34.Kd3 f5 35.d5 Kf7-+) 34...Kf7 (34...Rd2 35.Ke3 Rd5 36.Kf2 b4 37.Kg2 b3 38.Kg3 Rd3 39.Kg2 b2 40.Kf2 b1Q 41.Kg2 Qc2 42.Kf1 Rd1) 35.Kd4 Rb4 36.Kc5 Rg4 37.Kb5 Ke7 38.Kc6 Kd8 39.d6 Rc4 40.Kd5 Rc1 (40...Rf4 41.Ke6 g4 42.Kd5 g3 43.Ke6 g2 44.Kf7 g1Q 45.Kg7 Qa7 46.d7 Qd7 47.Kg6 Ke8 48.Kh6 Kf7 49.Kh5 Qh3) 41.Ke6 g4 42.Kf6 g3 43.Kg6 g2 44.Kf6 (44.d7 Rf1 45.Kg7 g1Q 46.Kh7 Qg3 47.Kh6 Rh1) 44...g1Q 45.d7 Qf2 (45...Rc5 46.Kf7 Rf5 47.Ke6 Qg6) 46.Ke5 Re1 47.Kd5 Qd2 48.Kc4 Rc1 49.Kb3 Qc2 (49...Rc3 50.Ka4 Qb2 51.Ka5 Ra3) 50.Ka3 Ra1 51.Kb4 Rb1 52.Ka3 (52.Ka5 Qa2) 52...Qb2 (52...Qb3) 53.Ka4 Ra1 (53...Qb4) 0-1. Poncheki (2230) - ahmi (2205), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

9.d3 a6 10.Nc3=.

9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2 (10.Bc3+=) 10...Bf3 (10...a6 11.ba6 Ra6 12.d4=) 11.Bf3+/– (11.gf3?! a6=) 11...Rb8 (11...d5 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.Nc4+=) 12.Nb3 Nb3 (12...c5 13.Na5 ba5 14.Rb1+/–) 13.ab3+– Ne8 (13...c6 14.bc6 Qc7 15.Ra2 dc6 16.Qa1+–) 14.d4 c6 15.bc6 dc6 16.Ra7 Ra8 17.Ra8 Qa8 18.Qa1 Qa1 19.Ra1 Nd6? 20.Bc6 f5 21.Bd7 f4 22.Be6 Kh8 23.Ra6 Rd8 24.Rb6 Nf5 25.c5 Bd4 26.ed4 Nd4 27.Rb7 h5 28.c6 Rd6 29.c7 Rc6 30.c8Q Rc8 31.Bd4 1–0. MrkT – Legends, internet, 2005.

9.d4 a6=.

9.d4 c6 10.bc6 (10.Bc3 cb5 11.cb5 a6+=) 10...Nc6 11.Nc3 (11.Nbd2 d5=) 11...Rc8 12.Qa4 e6 (12...a6 13.e4=) 13.Ba3 (13.Nb5 Ne4+=) 13...Re8 (13...d6 14.Rab1+=) 14.Bd6 (14.Nb5 Ne4 15.Bd3 a6 16.Be4 ab5 17.cb5 Ra8=) 14...Na5 (14...Ng4 15.Rab1+=) 15.Nd2 (15.Ne5 Ne4 16.Ne4 Be4+=) 15...Bf8 (15...Bc6 16.Qa3+=) 16.Bf8 Kf8 (16...Rf8!? 17.Nb3 Nb3 18.ab3 a6+=) 17.Nb5+/– Bc6 18.Qb4 Kg7 (better is 18...Qe7!? 19.Qe7 Ke7 20.Na7 Ra8 21.Nc6 dc6+/–) 19.Nd6+– Qe7 (19...Nb7 20.Ne8 Ne8 21.e4+–) 20.Rab1 (better is 20.a3 Rb8 21.e4+–) 20...Be4? (better is 20...Nb7 21.Ne8 Re8+–) 21.N2e4 Ne4 22.Ne4 Qh4 (22...Qb4 23.Rb4 Red8+–) 23.Nd6 1–0. Janek – Guest298, internet, 2018.

8.Na3 Qd6 9.Nb5 Qd8 (9...Qb4? 10.Bc3 Qc5 11.d4+–) 10.Rc1 a6 11.Na3 Nc6 12.Nc2 dc4 13.Bc4 Qd6 14.a3 Nb4? (better is 14...Ng4 15.Bg7 Kg7=) 15.Bf6+– (15.ab4 Ng4 16.Ne5 Ne5 17.Be5 Be5–/+) 15...Nc2 16.Bg7 Ne3 17.de3 Kg7 18.Qd6 cd6 19.Be2 Rac8 20.Nd2 Kf6 21.Nc4 b5 22.Nb6 Rc1 23.Rc1 Ke6 24.Rc7 (24.Rc7 Rb8 25.Nd7+/–) 1–0. Kong,Dezheng – Klepikov,Nikita (1870), Wch U10 Kemer, 2009. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d5)

8.Qc2 dc4 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.b5 e6 12.a4 Nd5 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.d3 Kg8 15.Nbd2 Nb4 16.Qc3 Nf6 17.d4 Nfd5 18.Qc4 cd4 19.Nd4 Rc8 20.Qb3 Qe7 21.Rac1 Nf6 22.Bf3 Nbd5 23.Nc4 Rfd8 24.Ne5 Nd7 25.Nec6 Bc6 26.Nc6 Qd6 27.Nd8 Rd8 28.Rfd1 Nc5 29.Qc4 Qe5 30.e4 h5 31.ed5 ed5 32.Rd5 Qf6 33.Rd8 Qd8 34.Bc6 Qf6 35.Qc3 1-0. karginalp (1765) - SunnyMojo (1815), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.Nc3 dc4 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.d4 c5 11.bc5 bc5 12.dc5 Nc5 13.Qd8 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 e6 15.Rd8 Rd8 16.Nb5 Bf3 17.gf3 Rd7 18.a4 Rd2 (18...a6!? 19.Nd4 Nd5+=) 19.Bd4= Nfd7 20.Na7 Bd4 21.ed4 Rd4 22.Bf1 (22.Bf1 Ra4 23.Ra4 Na4 24.Kg2–+) 1–0. Neumann,Frank – Eisenstein,Martin, WS/O11 ICCF, 2012.

8.Nc3 dc4 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.d4 c5 11.bc5 bc5 12.dc5 Rc8+=.

8.Nc3 dc4 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.d4 cb4 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nc7 Qc7 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.Ne5 0-1. hurvajsmanka (1665) - ribarisah (2045), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2014.

8.c5 a5 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 bc5 12.bc5 Nbd7 13.d4 (13.Qc2 Qa8 14.Bf6 Bf6+=) 13...Ne4 (better 13...Qa8 14.Nc3 Ba6=) 14.Qd2?? (14.Nbd2 Qa8+=) 14...Re8 (better 14...Nd2 15.Nbd2 Qa8-+) 15.Qc2 (15.Qa5 Qa8 16.Qc7 Ndc5 17.dc5 Ba1=) 15...c6 (15...Ndc5!? 16.Rc1 Ne6=+) 16.Nbd2+= e5 (16...Nd2 17.Qd2 Qc8 18.Qd3+=) 17.Ne4+/- de4 18.Ne5 Ne5 19.de5 Be5 20.Be5 Re5 21.Qb2 (21.Ra1 Re8+/-) 21...Qe7+= 22.Rb1 Bc8 23.Qb8 Qe8 24.Ra1 (24.Qa8 Rd5+/-) 24...Kg7 (24...Bf5 25.Qb7 Qe7 26.Qe7 Re7 27.Ra6+=) 25.Ra8+/- Bd7 26.Qa7 (better 26.Qb2!? Qe6 27.Bc4+/-) 26...Qe7= Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 27.Qb8 Qc5 (better 27...Rc5!? 28.Qb1 Bf5=+) 28.Qh8+= Kh6 29.h3 (29.Rg8 Qc1 30.Bf1 Qb2+-) 29...Qc1 (better 29...f5!?=) 30.Kh2 Rg5?? (better 30...Qc5 31.Rg8 Re7 32.Qg7 Kg5 33.Qh7 Kf6+/-) 31.Qf6 (31.Qf8) 31...Be6?? (better 31...Bh3!? 32.g3 Rf5 33.Qh4 Kg7-/+) 32.h4 (32.Rg8 Qh1 33.Kh1 Rc5 34.Qh4 Rh5 35.Bh5 gh5 36.Qf6) 32...Rf5=+ 33.Qd8 (better 33.Qh8 Qc5 34.Kg1=) 33...Kg7?? (better 33...Qb2 34.Qf8 Qg7=+) 34.Qf8 (34.Qh8 Kh6 35.Qf8) 34...Kf6 35.Qh8 (35.Qh8 Ke7 36.Qd8) 1-0. negrovich1 (1950) - alainsoral (1895), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.c5 bc5 9.bc5 c6 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Qb3 (11.Nc3+=) 11...Ne4 (better 11...Qc7!?+=) 12.Qb7+/- Rb8 13.Qa7 (better 13.Qc6!? Rb2 14.Bd3+/-) 13...Rb2= 14.Qa3?? (better 14.Bd3 Nec5 15.dc5=) 14...Re2-+ 15.Qd3 (15.Nc3 Nc3 16.Qc3 e5-+) 15...Rb2 16.Nc3? (16.Nbd2 Nd2 17.Nd2 Qa8-+) 16...Nc3 (better 16...Ndc5 17.dc5 Nc5-+) 17.Qc3 Qb8 18.Nd2 e5 (18...Qb4 19.Qb4 Rb4 20.Rfb1-+) 19.Nb3 Rb3 20.ab3 (20.ab3 Nf6 Decoy; 20.Qb3 ed4 Decoy) 20...ed4 21.ed4 Qf4 22.Rad1 (22.Ra4 Re8-/+) 22...Nf6 23.f3 h5 24.Rfe1 h4 25.Qe3 (25.Qd3 Ne8 26.Re2 Nc7-+) 25...Qf5 (25...Qe3 26.Re3 Nh5 27.Kf1-/+) 26.Qe5 (26.Qc3 Ra8=+) 26...Qc2 (26...Qe5 27.Re5 Nh5 28.Re3-+) 27.Qd6 (27.Qe3 Re8 28.Qf2 Re1 29.Re1 Qb3 30.Qh4 Nh7-+) 27...Qb3 (27...Nh5 28.Rc1 (28.Qc6 Nf4 29.Qg6 fg6 30.Re2 Qd1 31.Kf2 Qe2 32.Kg1 Qg2) 28...Qb3 29.Rcd1-+) 28.Qc6 h3! 29.Qd6 (29.gh3 Qf3 Deflection) 29...hg2 (29...Nh5 30.c6 hg2 31.Kg2 Bh6-+) 30.c6 (30.Kg2 Nh5 31.Rb1 Qc3-+) 30...Qc4 (30...Qf3 31.Qg3 Qg3 32.hg3-+) 31.c7 (31.Kg2 Rc8 32.Rc1 Qd4 33.c7-/+) 31...Nh5 (31...Ne8 32.Qd5 Qd5-+ (32...Nc7?? 33.Qc4 Ne8 34.Qc6+-)) 32.Rc1-/+ Bd4 (32...Qd4?! 33.Kg2 Nf4 34.Kh1=) 33.Kg2 Qa2?? (33...Bc3 34.Re3 d4-+) 34.Kh3?? (better 34.Kh1!? Qf2 35.Rf1+-) 34...Qf2?? (34...Rc8 35.Re7 Bf6-+) 35.c8Q?? (35.Rf1 Qd2 36.c8Q Nf4 37.Qf4 Qf4 38.Qg4 Qh6 39.Qh4 Qh4 40.Kh4=) 35...Qf3-+ 36.Kh4 Bf6 (36...Rc8 37.Rc8 Kh7-+) 37.Qf6 Nf6 (37...Qf6 38.Kg4 Rc8 39.Rc8 Kg7 40.Re7 Qe7 41.Kf3 Qe4 42.Kf2 Qf5 43.Ke1 Qc8 44.Kd2 d4 45.Kd3 Qc3 46.Ke4 d3 47.Ke3 d2 48.Ke2 Nf4 49.Kf2 d1Q 50.h3 Qde1) 38.Qg4 (38.Rf1 Qh5 39.Kg3 Rc8 40.Rc8 Kg7 41.Rcc1-+) 38…Qg4 0-1. negrovich1 (2040) - alainsoral (1980), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.c5 c6 9.Nc3 Ne4 (better 9...a5=) 10.d3?? (better 10.d4+=) 10...Nc3-+ 11.Bc3 Bc3 12.Qb3 (12.Rb1 a5 13.ba5 b5-+) 12...Ba1 13.Ra1 b5 (13...Bc8 14.d4-+) 14.Ne5 (14.a4 ba4 15.Ra4 Bc8-+) 14...Nd7 15.Ng4 (15.Nd7 Qd7 16.a4 d4-+) 15...a5 (better 15...f5 16.Nh6 Kg7 17.Nf5 Rf5 18.a4-+) 16.Qb2 f6 17.d4 (17.e4 de4 18.de4 ab4 19.Qb4 e6-+) 17...ab4 (17...h5 18.a4-+) 18.Qc2 (18.e4 de4 19.Qb4 Kg7-+) 18...e6 19.Bd3 (19.Rd1 f5 20.Ne5 Ne5 21.de5 Qa5-+) 19...f5 (19...h5 20.Nh6 Kg7 21.Bg6 Kh6 22.Bh5-+) 20.Ne5 Qc7 (better 20...Ne5 21.de5 d4 22.e4-+) 21.Qb3 (21.Nd7 Qd7 22.Qb2-+) 21...Ne5 22.de5 Qe5 23.Rb1 (23.Rc1 f4 24.ef4 Qf4-+) 23...Qc3 24.Qd1 (24.Be2 Qc5 25.Rd1 Ra3-+) 24...Ra2 25.Rc1 (25.Rb3 Qc5 26.Qb1 Rfa8-+) 25...Qf6 (better 25...Rd2 26.Qf1 Qd3 27.Qd3 Rd3 28.Rb1-+) 26.Qb3 (26.Bb1 Ra3-+) 26...Rfa8 (better 26...Qb2!? 27.Qb2 Rb2 28.Kf1-+) 27.Qb4 Ra1 (27...Rb2 28.Qe1-+) 28.Rf1 (28.Bb1 R8a2 29.Qe1 Qb2-+) 28...Rf1 (28...R1a3 29.Bb1-+) 29.Kf1 (29.Bf1 e5-+) 29...Qa1 30.Ke2 (30.Qe1 Qb2 31.Be2 Ra1-+) 30...Ra4 (30...Ra2 31.Kf3 Qd1 32.Kg3-+) 31.Qb3 (31.Qb1 Ra2 32.Kf3 Qb1 33.Bb1 Rb2-+) 31...Qa2 (better 31...Ra2 32.Bc2 Rb2 33.Qd3-+) 32.Qa2 (32.Bc2 Qb3 33.Bb3 Rb4-+) 32…Ra2 (32...Ra2 33.Ke1 b4-+) 0-1. alex296 - tolik_shpigelmaher (1620), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.c5 Nbd7 9.d4 e6 (9...a5 10.Qc2 c6 11.a3=) 10.Qc2+= c6 11.cb6 (11.a4 Rb8+=) 11...ab6 12.Nc3 (12.a4 Re8=) 12...Rc8 (12...c5 13.bc5 bc5 14.Rfc1=) 13.a4+= c5 14.b5 (14.bc5!? bc5 15.a5+=) 14...cd4 15.Nd4 Ne4 16.Rac1 (16.Rfd1 Qh4 17.g3 Qf6 18.Ne4 de4+=) 16...Nc3 17.Bc3 Nc5 (17...e5 18.Nc6 Bc6 19.bc6 Rc6 20.Bb5=) 18.Qa2 (18.Bb4!?=) 18...e5+= 19.Nf3 d4 20.ed4 ed4 21.Rfd1?? (21.Bb4 d3 22.Bd1 Qd7+=) 21...Ne6?? (21...Bd5 22.Qb1 dc3 23.Bc4 Bc4 24.Rd8 Rfd8 25.h3–+) 22.Qb2?? dc3–+ 23.Qc2 Qc7 24.Nd2 cd2 25.Qc7 Rc7 (25...Rc7 26.Rc7 Nc7 27.Rd2 Re8–+; 25...dc1B?! 26.Qb7 Bd4 27.Bd3–/+) 0–1. gtate (1790) – stellarconverter, net–chess.com, 2001. (=1.e3 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 b6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.c4 0-0 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d5)

8.d3 dc4 9.dc4 Qd6 10.Qd6 cd6 11.Nbd2=.

8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2= a5 (9...c5 10.Qb3=) 10.b5+= Nh5 (10...Nc5 11.Qc2+=) 11.Bg7 Ng7 12.cd5 Bd5 13.d4 a4 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Ne5 Ne6 16.f4. Mister – Fubber, internet free game, 2018.

8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 c5 11.dc5 bc5 12.b5 Nb6 13.Be2 Qc7 14.Be5 Qd7 15.Qb3 Qf5 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Rac1 Rd2 (17...Nbd7!? 18.Bg3 Bd5+=) 18.Rd2+– Bf3 19.Bf6 Be2 (19...Bd5 20.Rd5! Nd5 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Rc5+–) 20.Bg7+– c4 (better 20...Bf3 21.gf3 Kg7+–) 21.Qc3 Nd5 (21...Re8 22.Re2 f6+–) 22.Rd5 Qd5 23.Bf8 Kf8 (23...e5 24.Qb4 Qd8+–) 24.Qh8 1–0. Starace – Divina, internet, 2019.

8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 e6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.a4 a6 12.Qe2 a5 13.ba5 Ra5 14.Bc3 Ra8 15.Bb4 Re8 16.Bb5 Bf8 (16...Nd5 17.Ba3 e5 18.Ne5 Ne5 (18...Be5?! 19.de5 c6 20.e6 Re6 21.Bc4=) 19.de5 Re5-+ (19...Be5?! 20.Be8 Qe8 21.Qd3-/+)) 17.Bf8+= Rf8 18.Rac1 Nd5 19.Ne5 Ne5 20.de5 c5 21.Ne4 f6 22.ef6 Nf6 23.Nf6 Qf6 24.e4 Rad8 25.f3 Qd4 26.Kh1 e5?? (better 26...Qd2!?+=) 27.Rfd1 (better 27.Bc4 Kg7 28.Rfd1+-) 27...Qb4 28.Bc4 (better 28.Qa2!? c4 29.Qc4 Qc4 30.Bc4 Kg7 31.h3+-) 28...Kg7+= 29.Qc2 Bc6 Attacking the isolated pawn on a4 30.Bb3 Rd4 31.h3 Rfd8 32.Rd4 ed4 (32...cd4?? 33.Qc6 Qd6 34.Qb5+-; 32...Rd4?! 33.Qa2=+; 32...Qd4?! 33.a5 ba5 34.Qc5 Qc5 35.Rc5+=) 33.Rd1 Ra8 34.Ra1 b5 35.Bd5 Bd5 36.ed5 Ra4 (better 36...Qc3!? 37.Qd1 ba4-+) 37.Rb1=+ Qc4 38.Qe4 Ra7 39.Qe5 Kg8?? (39...Kh6 40.Qf4 Kg7 41.Qe5 Kf7 42.Qh8=) 40.d6 (better 40.Qb8 Kg7 41.Qa7 Kh6 42.d6+-) 40...Qf7 (better 40...Ra8=) 41.Qc5 Qf5 42.Qa7 (42.Rb5?? Ra1 43.Rb1 Rb1 44.Qc1 Rc1 45.Kh2 Qf4 46.g3 Qd2) 42...Qb1 43.Kh2 Qf5 44.Qb8 (better 44.Qd4 Qd7 45.Qd5 Kg7 46.Kg3+/-) 44...Kg7?? (better 44...Qf8 45.Qc7 Qf4 46.Kh1 Qe5=) 45.Qc7+- Kh6 46.d7 d3 47.d8Q d2 (47...g5 48.Qcd6 Qg6 49.Q8f8 Kh5 50.g4 Kh4 51.Qg3) 48.Qd2 (48.Qh4 Qh5 49.Qcf4 Kg7 50.Qhf6 Kg8 51.Qf8) 48...g5 (48...Qg5 49.Qd4 Qg2 50.Kg2 Kh5 51.Qh7 Kg5 52.Qe5) 49.Qcd6 (49.Qdd6 Qg6 50.Qf8 Kh5 51.g4 Kh4 52.Qg3) 49...Qg6 (49...Kg7 50.Qe7 Kh6 51.Qdd6 Qg6 52.Qf8 Kh5 53.g4 Kh4 54.Qg3) 50.Qg6 (50.Qf8 Qg7 51.Qdd6 Kh5 52.g4 Kh4 53.Qg3) 50...hg6 51.Qb4 g4 52.Qb5 g3 53.Kg3 g5 54.Qg5! Kh7 (54...Kg5 55.h4 Passed pawn) 55.h4 Kh8 56.Kg4 (56.h5 Kh7 57.h6 Kh8 58.Qg7) 56...Kh7 57.Kh5 Kh8 58.Qe7 (58.Kg6 Kg8 59.Qd8) 58...Kg8 59.Kg6 Kh8 60.Qh7 (60.Qd8) 1-0. miskob (2185) - VicentTheBoss (2220), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 Re8 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.b5 Nd5 (11...c6 12.a4+=) 12.Qb3 (12.e4 Nf4+/-) 12...e6+= 13.a4 a6 14.Rac1 ab5 15.ab5 f5 16.g3 (16.Ra1 Qf6+=) 16...Kh8 17.Ng5?? (better 17.Ra1=) 17...Qg5-+ 18.Bd5 (18.Ra1-+) 18...ed5 (better 18...Bd5 19.Qc2 Rec8-+) 19.Rc7= Nf6 (better 19...Bc8!? 20.Qd5 Qd8=) 20.Rb7+/- Qh5 (20...Reb8 21.Rb8 Rb8 22.Qc2+/-) 21.Qd1 (21.Rb6 Qe2 22.Nb1 Ne4+-) 21...Ng4 22.h4 Re4? (22...g5 23.Nf3 gh4 24.Nh4 Bf6+/-) 23.Rg7?? (better 23.Ne4 fe4 24.Qc2+-) 23...Kg7= 24.Ne4 fe4 (24...de4? 25.d5 Kh6 26.d6+-) 25.Qb3 Rf8 26.Qd5?? (better 26.Ba3 Rf5 27.Bd6+=) 26...Rf7 (better 26...Qd5 27.Ba3 Rf3-+) 27.Qh5+- gh5 28.d5 Nf6?? (28...Kf8+-) 29.d6 (better 29.f3 Kg8 30.Bf6 Rf6 31.fe4 Rd6+-) 29...Rd7 30.Rd1 Rd6 (30...Kf7+-) 31.Rd6 (31.Rd6 Kf8 32.Rf6 Ke7 33.Rb6 Kd7 34.Rb7 Ke6 35.b6 Kf5 36.Rg7 Ke6 37.b7 Kd6 38.b8Q Kc6 39.Rc7 Kd5 40.Qb5 Kd6 41.Qc6) 1-0. Gehaktbalmetjus (2065) - cajo55555 (2000), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019..

8.d4 c5 9.bc5 bc5 10.dc5 dc4 11.Qd8 Rd8 12.Bc4 Bf3 13.gf3 Nbd7 14.c6 Nb6 15.Bb3 Rac8 16.Na3 Rc6 17.Rac1 Rcd6 18.Nc4 Nc4 19.Bc4 Rd2 20.Rb1 e6 21.Bd4 Rc2 22.Bb3 Rd2 23.Ba7 Nd5 24.Bd5 R8d5 25.a3 Rg5 26.Kh1 Be5 27.f4 Bf4 28.ef4 Rh5 29.Be3 Rdd5 30.Rfd1 Ra5 31.Bd4 Ra8 32.Rb3 Rha5 33.Rdb1 h5 34.Rb8 Kh7 35.Ra8 Ra8 36.Ra1 Kh6 37.a4 g5 38.fg5 Kg5 39.a5 f6 40.a6 e5 41.Bc5 Kf5 42.a7 Ke6 43.Bb6 Kd7 44.Kg2 Kc6 45.Be3 Kb7 46.Kf3 Rc8 47.a8Q Ra8 48.Ra8 Ka8 49.Ke4 Kb7 50.Kf5 Kc6 51.Kf6 Normal 1-0. Valic (1655) - rouco (1650), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.d4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Rb1 cd4 13.Nd5 (13.Nd4 Rb8+=) 13...Bd5 14.Bd4 (14.Nd4 Rb8=) 14...e5 15.Bc3 Nc5 (15...Ba2!? 16.Rb7 Qc8 17.Rd7 Qc3+=) 16.Ne5 (16.Rb5!? Bf3 17.Bf3 (17.gf3?! Rc8=; 17.Rc5?! Qd1 18.Bd1 Bd1 19.Rd1 Rfc8+=) 17...Qd1 18.Rd1+/– (18.Bd1?! Rfc8=)) 16...Ne4 (16...Ba2 17.Rb5 Qd1 18.Rd1+=) 17.Bd4 Qh4 (17...Ba2!? 18.Rb2 Be6+=) 18.f3 (better is 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.Rb5+–) 18...Nd6?? (better is 18...Rfd8 19.Qe1 Qe1 20.Rfe1 Nd6+/–) 19.Ng4+– Bc4 (19...Ba2 20.Bg7 Kg7 21.Rb2+–) 20.Bc4 Nc4 21.Bg7 Rad8 (21...Ne3 22.Bf6 Qg4 23.fg4 Nd1 24.Rfd1 h6+–) 22.Bd4 h5 23.Nf6 (23.Nf6 Qf6 24.Bf6 Rd1 25.Rfd1 Ne3 26.Rd7+–) 1–0. Janek – Diftt, internet, 2019.

8.d4 Ne4 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Ne4 de4 11.Nd2 f5 (11...e5 12.de5 Nd7 13.f4 ef3 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3= (worse 15.Rf3 Ne5 16.Rh3 Qd3-/+)) 12.Qb3 Kf8 (12...e5 13.d5+=) 13.f3 e5 (13...ef3 14.Nf3 a5 15.b5+/-) 14.fe4+= ed4 15.ef5 Qg5? (better 15...Re3!? 16.fg6 Ke8+/-) 16.fg6+- Bf6?? (better 16...Kg8 17.gh7 Kh7 18.Bd3 Kg8+-) 17.Bf3 (better 17.Rf6 Qf6 18.Rf1 Qf1 19.Bf1 hg6 20.ed4 Ke7+-) 17...Bf3 18.Nf3 Qg6 19.Bd4 Nc6 (19...Kg7+-) 20.Bf6 Qf6 (20...Kg8 21.Bb2 Nd8 22.Ne5 Re5 23.Be5+-) 21.Nd4 (21.Nd4 Kg7 22.Rf6 Kf6 23.Nc6+-) 1-0. zembelek (2035) - Matetrick (1910), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.d4 e6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.a4 c5 11.bc5 bc5 12.dc5 (12.cd5 cd4 13.Nd4 Nd5=) 12...Nc5=+ 13.Ba3 Qc7 (13...Nfd7 14.Rc1 dc4 15.Bc4=) 14.Nb5 (better 14.cd5 Bd5 15.Rc1 Bf3 16.Bf3+/-) 14...Qc6?? (better 14...Qe7=+) 15.cd5+- ed5 (15...Qd5 16.Qd5 Nd5 17.Bc5 Ba1 18.Bf8+-) 16.Nfd4 Qb6 (16...Qd7 17.Bc5 Rfc8 18.Ba7 Ne4+-) 17.Rb1 (better 17.a5 Qa5 18.Bc5+-) 17...Rfc8+= 18.Nc3 Qd6?? (18...Qc7 19.Bc5 Qc5 20.Rb7 Qc3 21.Bf3+=) 19.Bc5 (better 19.Rb7 Qd8 20.Bc5 Rc5 21.Qd3+-) 19...Qc5+= (worse 19...Rc5 20.Rb7 Rc3 21.Nb5+/-) 20.Rb7 Qc3 21.Bf3 Ne4 22.Nb5 Qa5?? (better 22...Qc6 23.Ra7 Be5+=) 23.Qd5+- Nf6 (23...Ng5 24.Qg5 a6 25.Rf7 Qd8+-) 24.Qf7 Kh8 25.Qg7 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (1910) - chess240 (1900), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.d4 e6 9.c5 c6 10.Nbd2 bc5 11.bc5 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.Ne5 (better 14.Qa4!? a6 15.Qa5 (worse 15.Ba6 Ba6 16.Qa6 Ra8+=) 15...Qa5 16.Ba5+/-) 14...Ne5= 15.de5 Ne4 (15...Nd7!?+=) 16.Ne4+/- de4 17.Bd4 (17.Qd6 Rfc8+/-) 17...Rfd8 (17...Be5!? 18.Be5 Qe5=) 18.Qa4+= Ba8 19.h3 Bf8 20.Rb3 Rb3 21.ab3 Bg7 22.b4 Be5 23.Be5 Qe5 24.Qa7 Qb2 25.Rd1 (25.Qb6 Qf6+/-) 25...Rf8+= 26.Kf1 Qb4 27.Qb6 Qb6 28.cb6 Rb8 29.Rb1 f5 30.Ba6 Bb7 31.Bc4 Kf7 32.f3 (32.Ke2 c5=+) 32...ef3 33.gf3 Kf6 34.Ke2 e5 35.Kd3 Bc8 36.Bg8? (better 36.f4=+) 36...Ba6-+ 37.Kd2? (37.Bc4 Bb5! 38.Bb5 Rb6 39.Kc4-+) 37…Rg8 0-1. Undertakerle (1910) - DanielXXL444 (2120), Lichess Liga, lichess.org, 2023.

8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.d4 (10.a3!?+=) 10...Qb4+= 11.Qc1 Qa5 12.Nb5 Na6 13.Nc7 Rac8 14.Bc3 Rc7 15.Ba5 Rc1 16.Rfc1 ba5 17.Rab1 Nb4 18.a3 Be4 19.Rb2 (19.ab4!? Bb1 20.Rb1+=) 19...Nbd5= 20.Rb5 Bh6 21.Kf1 Ng4 22.Rcc5 e6 23.Ra5 Rb8 24.Rab5 Rb6 25.Rb6 ab6 (worse is 25...Nb6 26.Nd2 Bf5 27.Bg4 Bg4 28.Rc7+/–) 26.Rc8 Kg7 27.Nd2? (27.Bc4 Ngf6=) 27...Ngf6 (better is 27...Nf2 28.Kf2 Be3 29.Ke1 Bg2–/+) 28.Ne4= Ne4 29.Bf3 Nd2 30.Ke2 Nb1 (30...Nf3!? 31.Kf3 f5=) 31.Bd5+= ed5 32.a4 Na3 33.Rd8 Bg5 34.Rd5 Be7 35.Kd3 Bb4 36.Rd7 g5 37.Rb7 Ba5 38.d5 Kf6 39.e4 Nb1 40.d6 Ke6 (40...Nc3 41.e5! Ke5 42.d7+–) 41.e5! Nc3 42.Re7 Kd5 43.d7 b5 44.ab5 Nb5 45.Re8 h5 46.Rb8 Kc6 47.d8Q Bd8 48.Rd8 Nc7 49.Rc8 Kd7 50.Rc7! Kc7 51.Ke4 (51.Ke4 g4 52.Kf5+–) 1–0. Zaynutdinov,I – Furseev,E (1710), XXX Nezhmetdinov Mem, Kazan RUS, 2008.

8.cd5 Bd5 9.d4 Ne4 10.Qc2 a5 11.ba5 Ra5+=.

8.cd5 Bd5 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.Bc3 c5 (11...Qd6 12.Qd3+=) 12.bc5 bc5 13.Qc2 (13.Qd3 cd4 14.Bd4 Bd4 15.Qd4 Nc6+/–) 13...cd4 14.Bd4 (< 14.ed4 Nc6=+) 14...Nc6?? (better is 14...Qc8 15.Rac1 Qc2 16.Rc2 Nd7+=) 15.Bg7+– Kg7 16.Rfd1 Qa5 17.Rd5 Qd5–/+ 18.Rd1 Qe6 19.Bc4 Qf6–+ 20.Bd5 Rac8 21.Rc1?? Ne5 22.Qc8 Rc8 23.Rc8 Nf3 24.Bf3 Qa1 (25.Rc1 Qc1 26.Bd1 Qd1) 0–1. Sopermi (2115) – polvo (2015), ajedrez21.com, 2001.

8.cd5 Bd5 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Ne4 Nf6?? (better is 11...Be4 12.Qc1 a6+=) 12.Nf6+– Bf6 13.a3 a5 14.b5 c6 15.bc6 Bc6 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Rac1 Bf3 18.Bf3 Qd6 19.Rc2 (19.Rc6 Qd7+–) 19...b5 20.Rfc1 a4 21.Qd3 e5 22.Rc6 Qd8 23.Qd1 ed4 24.Bd4 Bd4 25.Qd4 Qd4 26.ed4 Rfd8 27.d5 Kf8 28.Rd1 Rb7 (28...b4 29.ab4 Rb4 30.Ra6+–) 29.Rc5 (29.d6!? Rbb8+–) 29...b4 30.ab4 Rb4 31.Ra5 Ke7 32.h3 Rd6 33.Ra1 Kf6 34.R5a4 Ra4 35.Ra4 h6 36.Rc4 h5 37.Rc6 Ke5 38.Rd6 Kd6 39.Kf1 f5 40.g3 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1955) – mogart7 (1745), Active (5/0), 2005.

10.a3 a5 11.b5 c5+=.

10.Qb3 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nc3 (11...N5f6 12.d4+/-) 12.Qc3+/- Kg8 13.Rfc1 c5 14.Bb5 (14.bc5 Nc5 15.d4 Ne4+=) 14...Rc8 (14...Bf3 15.gf3 cb4 16.Qb4=) 15.Bd7 (15.d4!?+=) 15...Qd7= 16.Ne5 (16.Ne1 Rfd8 17.d3 cb4 18.Qb4 e5=) 16...Qe6 (16...Qd5 17.Nf3=+) 17.f4 (17.d4!? f6 18.Nd3 cd4 19.Qd4=+) 17...f6-/+ 18.Nc4?? (better 18.Nf3-/+) 18...Qe4-+ 19.d3 (19.Kf2 cb4 20.Qb3-+) 19…Qg2 0-1. norba94 (2380) - bekbekus (2370), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.c4 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

10.Qb3 e6 11.d4 Nd7 (11...Nc6 12.a3+=) 12.Rc1 (12.Nbd2 a6+/–) 12...a5 13.b5 c5? (better is 13...Rc8!?+/–) 14.bc6+– Bc6? (better is 14...Rc8 15.e4 Nb4+–) 15.Rc6 Rc8 16.Rc8 Qc8 17.Bc4 N7f6 18.Nbd2 Ne7 (18...Qc7 19.e4 Ne7 20.e5+–) 19.Qb6 (19...a4 20.Qb4+–) 1–0. marekt – rajko, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

11.a3 a5 12.b5 Nd7 13.Qb2 e5 14.d3 Rae8 15.Nbd2 f6 16.Rac1 g5 17.Rc2 g4 18.Nh4 Nc5?? (better 18...f5+=) 19.Nf5+- Kg6 20.Nd6 cd6 21.Bg4 (better 21.Nc4!? Rd8+-) 21...h5 (21...Nd3 22.Qb1 f5 23.Qd1+-) 22.Bf3 1-0. ourson37 (2160) - SkitneTriks (2105), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

11.a3 e5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Rac1 Nc3 14.Rc3 Rac8 15.d4 e4 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.Qa4 Ra8 19.Ba6 Ng4 20.g3 Bd5 21.Bb5 Re7 22.Bc6 Bc6 23.Qc6 Qc6 24.Rc6 a5 25.b5 Nf6 26.Rfc1 Nd5 27.Nb1 a4 28.Nc3 Nc3 29.R1c3 Ra5 30.Rc7 Rc7 31.Rc7 Rb5 32.Kg2 Rb3 33.Rc6 h5 34.h3 Kf8 35.g4 ½–½. Vogt,Lothar – Szymczak,Zbigniew, Naleczow, 1979.

11.a3 e5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Nb5 Qe6 15.Bc4 c6 16.Na7 Ra8 17.Bd5 cd5 18.Nb5 Rac8 19.a4 h6 20.d3 g5 21.Nd2 f5 22.a5 ba5 23.ba5 Qa6? (better is 23...Rb8+/–) 24.Nc7+– (24.Nc7 Qa7 25.Ne6 Kf6 26.Nf8 Rf8 27.Rc7+–) 1–0. Benko,Pal C (2440) – Huenerkopf,Heinz (2255), Augsburg, 1987.

11.a3 e5 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Bc4 c6 (14...Nb4!? 15.Bf7 Qf7 16.Qb4 Na6=) 15.d4 Nd7 16.b5 Nc7 (16...N5f6!? 17.bc6 Bc6+=) 17.bc6+/- Bc6 18.d5 b5 19.dc6 bc4 20.Qc4 Nb6 21.Qc5 Qc5 22.Nc5 Rac8 23.Rac1 Nb5 24.a4 (24.Nb7+/-) 24...Nd6? (better 24...Na3!? 25.Ne4 Nbc4+=) 25.a5 Nbc4 26.Nb7 Re6 27.Rfd1 Rc6 28.Nd8 (28.Nd8 Ra6 29.Ne6 fe6 30.Nd2 Nd2 31.Rd2+-) 1-0. is_er_nog_hoop (2600) - Vagizovich (2680), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

11.Qb2 Kg8 12.a3 a5 13.b5+=.

11.Qb2 Kg8 12.a3 Nd7 13.d4 Rfe8 (13...a5 14.b5+=) 14.Nbd2 Qf6 (14...N7f6 15.Rac1+=) 15.Rac1 (15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Ng3 Qf6+/-) 15...Rac8 (15...e5 16.Bb5 c6 17.Ne5 Re5 18.de5 Ne5 19.Nc4+-) 16.Rc2 (16.Qc2 a6+/-) 16...e5+= 17.de5 Ne5 18.Ne5 Qe5 19.Qe5 Re5 20.Bf3 c6 21.Nc4 Re6 22.e4 Ne7 23.Rd1 Rc7 (better is 23...Ba6+/-) 24.Rd8+- Kg7 25.Nd6 Rd6 (25...Nf5 26.Ne8 (26.Nf5?! gf5 27.e5 Re5=; 26.Nb7?! Rb7 27.g3 Ne7+=) 26...Re8 27.Re8+-) 26.Rd6 Nc8 27.Rd1 Kf6 28.Bg4 Ke5 29.Rd7 Rd7 30.Bd7 Ne7 31.f3 Kd6 32.Rd2 Ke5 33.Kf2 f5 34.ef5 gf5 35.Re2 Kd6 36.Be6 Ba6 37.Re1 c5 38.bc5 bc5 39.Bf7 Bc8 40.Rd1 Ke5 41.Ba2 h6 42.g3 f4 43.Re1 Kd6 44.Rd1?? (better is 44.gf4 a5 45.Rd1 Kc7 46.Bb1+-). Maeurer,Christoph (2310) - Koch,Wolfgang Max (2310), BL2-Sued, 2002.

11.b5 a6 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.Qc3 Kg8 14.a4 ab5 15.ab5 Nd7 16.Ra8 Ra8 17.Rc1 Nf6 18.d3 Nd5 19.Qc4 Qa3 20.h3 Ra4 21.Qc2 Rb4 22.d4 Rb2 23.Qd3 Rb3 24.Qd2 Rb2 25.Rc2 Rb1 26.Bf1 Qa1 27.Nh2 Rb5 28.e4 Nf6 29.Rc7 Ba6 30.e5 Nd5 31.Rd7 Rb1?? (31...Kg7 32.Ng4 Qf1 33.Kh2 f6 34.Qh6 Kf7 35.Qh7 Ke6 36.Rd5 Rd5 37.Qg8 Kd7 38.Qd5 Kc7 39.ef6 ef6 40.Qf7 Kb8 41.Qg6 Bd3 42.Qf6 Kc7+–) 32.Qh6+– (32.Qh6 Rf1 33.Nf1 Qf1 34.Kh2 Qg2 35.Kg2 Nf4 36.Kg3 Nh5 37.Kh2 f6 38.e6 Ng7 39.Rd8 Ne8 40.Re8; 32.Rd5?! Bf1 33.Nf1 Rf1 34.Kh2 Kg7=) 1–0. Gubajdullin,Alexey (2460) – Maximov,Anton (2125), Vladimir op, 2009. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bg7 Kg7 10.Qb3 Qd6)

8.a3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 c5 10.d3 Rc8 11.Nbd2 a6 12.e4 e5 13.h3 (13.Rfe1 Nh5=) 13...Nh5 14.g3 Qe8 15.Kh2 f5 16.Ng1 (16.ef5 gf5 (worse 16...Rf5 17.g4 Rf3 18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Nf3+/-) 17.Nh4 Bh6=) 16...cb4 17.ab4 Kh8 (17...Nhf6 18.ef5 gf5 19.d4=) 18.Bh5 gh5 19.f3 (19.ef5 Rf5 20.Ne2 Qg6=) 19...Qe7 (19...Qg6 20.Ne2=) 20.ef5 (20.Ne2 fe4 21.fe4 h4=) 20...Rf5= 21.Ne4 (21.Ne2 d5=) 21...d5=+ 22.g4? (better 22.b5 ab5 23.Ra7 de4 24.Rb7=+) 22...hg4-+ (22...de4 23.gf5 ed3 24.Qd3+/-) 23.hg4 Qh4?? (better 23...Rf7 24.Nf2 dc4 25.dc4 Qb4-+) 24.Nh3=+ de4 25.gf5 ef3 (25...ed3 26.Qd2 Qc4-/+) 26.Qf2=+ Qh5 27.Rae1 (27.Rg1!? Qf5 28.Ra3=+) 27...Qf5-/+ 28.Qg3? (28.Qd2 Nf6 29.Rg1 Ng4 30.Rg4 Qg4 31.Be5 Rf8 32.Bg7 Qg7-+) 28...Bf6 (better 28...Qd3!? 29.Rc1 Qg6-+ (29...Rc4?! 30.Nf2 Rc2 31.Rfd1-/+)) 29.Rg1-/+ Qd3 30.Ng5?? (30.Rd1 Qe2 31.Nf2+-) 30...Qc2 31.Kh3 Qf5 32.Qg4 Qg4 (better 32...Qg6!? 33.Rd1 Qh6 34.Qh4 Qh4 35.Kh4-+) 33.Rg4 Rf8 (33...h5!? 34.Rh4 Kg7 35.Rd1-+) 34.Reg1 e4?? (better 34...h6 35.Ne6 f2-+) 35.Nf7!! Rf7 (35...Rf7 36.Rg8 Mate attack) 36.Rg8 1-0. leskov_Andrey (2120) - dmitriy_33 (2160), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.b4 A05: Reti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.c4 d6)

8.a3 Nbd7 9.d4 e5 10.Nbd2 ed4 11.Nd4 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.N2f3 Ne5 14.Ne5 de5 15.Nc6 Qd6 16.Ne5 Re5 17.Qd6 cd6 18.Be5 de5 19.Rfd1 Re8 20.Rd6 Ne4 21.Rd7 a5 22.ba5 ba5 23.Rb1 a4 24.h4 Nc3 25.Rb4 e4 26.c5 Rc8 27.Rc4 Be5 28.c6 Kf8 29.c7 Ke8 30.Rd2 Rc7 31.Rc7 Bc7 32.f4 f6 33.Rc2 Ba5 34.Kh2 Kd7 35.Kg3 Ke6 36.h5 Kf5 37.hg6 hg6 38.Kh3 g5 39.g4 Ke6 40.f5 Ke5 41.Rb2 Kd5 42.Rb7 Kc4 43.Rf7 Nd5 44.Ra7 Bc3 45.Rd7 Kd3 46.Rd5 Ke3 47.Rc5 Bd4 48.Rc4 Kd3 49.Ra4 e3 50.Kg2 e2 51.Rd4 Kd4 52.Kf2 Kd3 53.Ke1 Ke4 0-1. calimero1 (1910) - storalf (2215), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org. (=1.b4 b6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6)

8.a4 a5 9.ba5 Ra5 10.Bc3 Ra8 11.Na3 (11.d4 Ne4=) 11...Bc6 12.Nb5 Bb5 (12...Bd7!?=) 13.cb5 (13.ab5 Ra1 14.Qa1 Re8+/-) 13...Nbd7 (13...e5 14.Qc2+=) 14.Qb3 (14.Qc2 e5+/-) 14...Nc5 15.Qc2 Nd5 (15...e5 16.d4 ed4 17.Nd4+=) 16.Bg7+/- Kg7 17.Nd4 Nb4 (17...e5!? 18.Nc6 Qe8+/-) 18.Qc3 (better 18.Qc4 e5 19.Nf3+-) 18...Nd5?? (18...e5 19.Bf3 Ra7 20.Qb4 ed4 21.Qd4 Qf6 22.Qf6 Kf6 23.d4+-) 19.Qb2 (19.Ne6! Kg8 20.Qg7) 19...Kg8 20.Nc6 Qd7 21.Bf3 Nf6 22.a5 ba5 23.Ra5 (23.Na5 d5+/-) 23...Ra5+= 24.Na5 Rb8 25.Bc6 (25.Nc6 Rb6+/-) 25...Qf5 26.d4 Nce4 27.Nc4 Qc8 (27...d5 28.Ne5+/-) 28.d5 (28.Ra1 Qe6 29.Qc2 Nd5+/-) 28...Ng5 (28...Nc5 29.Qc2+=) 29.Qd4 e5 (29...Nge4 30.f3 Nc5 31.e4+/-) 30.de6 (30.Qh4 h6 31.Qh6 Nge4+-) 30...Ne8? (30...Qe6 31.Ra1+/-) 31.Bd7 (31.ef7 Nf7 32.Ra1 Qf5+-) 31...Qd8? (better 31...Ne6 32.Bc8 Nd4 33.ed4 Rc8+=) 32.ef7+- Nf7 33.Be6 (33.Bc6 Ng7+-) 33...Qf6? (better 33...Rb5!? 34.Nd2 Qe7+=) 34.Qf6+- Nf6 35.Rb1 (35.b6!? Ne8 36.Ra1 Kf8 37.bc7 Nc7 38.Bf7 Kf7 39.Nd6 Ke6+-) 35...Kf8+/- 36.b6 (36.Bf7 Kf7 37.f3 Ke6+/-) 36...cb6 (better 36...Ng5!? 37.Bh3 d5+=) 37.Bf7 (37.Rb6 Ra8 38.Rb1 Ng5+/-) 37...Kf7 38.Nd6 (38.Nb6? Nd5-+) 38...Ke7 39.Nb5 Nd5 40.f3 Ne3? (better 40...Rc8+/-) 41.Kf2?? (better 41.Re1+-) 41...Nc4= 42.Re1 Kd7 43.Re4 Na5 44.h4 1-0. Permafrost (1700) - jomiol (1725), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.a4 c5 9.bc5 dc5 10.a5=.

8.a4 Nbd7 9.Qb3 Rb8 (9...c5 10.Nc3=) 10.a5 (10.b5 Re8=) 10...ba5= 11.Ra5 a6 12.b5 (12.d4 c5 13.Ra4 Qc7=) 12...ab5 13.cb5 Nb6 (13...c6 14.Bc3=) 14.Bd4 (14.Qc2 Nbd5+=) 14...c5 (14...e5 15.Bc3=) 15.bc6 Bc6 16.Bb6 (16.Qc2 Nbd5 17.Ra3 Nb4=) 16...Rb6=+ 17.Qa4?? (17.Qa3 Qb8 18.Nd4 Bd7=) 17...Bf3 (better 17...Ba4 18.Ra4 Qd7-+) 18.Bf3= Qb8 (18...d5 19.Nc3 e6 20.Rc1=) 19.Ra8+= Rb1 (19...Qc7!?+=) 20.Rb8+/- Rbb8 21.d4 Nd7?? (better 21...d5+/-) 22.Qd7+- e5 23.de5 de5 24.g3 (24.Bd5 Bf6+-) 24...Rfd8 25.Qc7 h5 (25...Rbc8 26.Qa5+-) 26.Be2 (better 26.Bd5! Rbc8 27.Qf7 Kh7+-) 26...Rbc8 (26...Rdc8 27.Qe7+-) 27.Qe7 Rd2 (27...Re8 28.Qb7+-) 28.Ba6 Rcc2 (28...Rcd8 29.Bc4 R8d7 30.Bf7 Kh7 31.Qe8+-) 29.Qe8 Bf8 (29...Kh7 30.Qf7 Rc6 31.Rb1+-) 30.Bb5 (30.Rb1!? Rb2 31.Rb2 Rb2+-) 30...Kg7 31.Ba4 Ra2 (31...Rb2 32.Qe5 Kg8 33.Kg2+-) 32.Bb3 Rab2 (32...Ra7 33.Qe5 f6+-) 33.Qf7 Kh6 34.Be6 (34.Qf8 Kh7 35.Bg8 Kh8 36.Bf7 Kh7 37.Qg8 Kh6 38.Qg6) 34...Bg7+- 35.f4 (better 35.Kg2+-) 35...Rg2 36.Kh1 Rh2 37.Kg1 Rbg2. mustroll – uji, Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.a4 Nbd7 9.b5 c5=.

8.a4 Nbd7 9.d4 c5 10.dc5 (10.b5 cd4 11.Bd4 a6=) 10...dc5 11.b5 Qc7 12.h3 (12.Qb3 Rfd8=) 12...Rad8 (12...a6 13.Qb3=) 13.Nbd2 (13.a5 e5=) 13...e5 14.Qc2 e4 15.Nh2 Ne5 (15...Rfe8 16.a5=) 16.Rfd1 (16.Ng4 Nfg4 17.hg4 Nd3 18.Bg7 Kg7=) 16...Rd7 (16...Nd3 17.Bc3=) 17.Nhf1 (17.a5 Rfd8=) 17...Rfd8=+ 18.Ng3 Increases the pressure on e4 18...Nd3 19.Bc3 h5 (19...Nb4 20.Bb4 cb4 21.Rab1=) 20.Ra3+= h4 21.Bf6 hg3 (21...Bf6? 22.Nge4 (22.Nde4?! Be5 23.Rad3 hg3+–) 22...Nf2 23.Nf6 (23.Kf2?! Rd2 24.Rd2 Rd2 25.Qd2 Be4+–) 23...Kg7 24.e4 (24.Kf2 Qg3 25.Kf1 Bg2 26.Kg1 Bh3 27.Kh1 Qg2) 24...Nd1 25.Nd7 Rd7 26.Rd3+– (26.Qd1?! Qe5 27.Bd3 Qd4 28.Kf1 Be4 29.Ne4 Qe4+–; 26.Bd1?! Qd6 27.Ra2 Qd4 28.Kh2 f5+–)) 22.Bd8 gf2 23.Kh1 Rd8 (23...Qd8 24.Nf1 Ne1 25.Qb1 Rd1 26.Bd1–+) 24.Nf1= Ne1 25.Qa2 (25.Qb1 f5=) 25...Rd1=+ 26.Bd1 Qd8 27.Qd2 (27.Qe2!?=+) 27...Qd2–/+ 28.Nd2 Nd3 29.Ra2 (29.Nf1 a5–/+) 29...Bc8 30.g4 Be6 (30...f5 31.Kg2–/+) 31.Kg2 f5 32.Kf1 (32.a5 Bh6 33.ab6 ab6 34.gf5 gf5 35.Ra8 Kg7 36.Ra7 Kf6 37.Ra6 Be3 38.Nf1 Ne1 39.Kh1 Bc4 40.Ne3–+) 32...f4 (32...Nb4 33.gf5 gf5 34.Ra3–+) 33.Ne4 (33.ef4 e3 (33...Nf4?! 34.Kf2 Nd3 35.Kg3=+) 34.Ne4 Bc4–+) 33...fe3 34.Be2 (34.Rc2 Nb4 35.Rc1 Bb2–+) 34...Nf4 (34...Bc4 35.Ra3 Bb2 36.Rd3 Bd3 37.Bd3+–) 35.Ng5? (better 35.Nf2 ef2 36.Kf2 Bd4 37.Kg3–+) 35...Ne2 36.Re2 Bc4 37.Ne4 Be2 (37...Be2 38.Ke2 c4 39.Nf2 ef2 40.Kf2 Bd4 41.Ke2 g5–+) 0–1. Gerold,Guenter – Breitenfeld, corr, 1972.

8.Qb3 e5 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Na4 (11.Nd2 a5 12.a3 Nf8=) 11...Qe7 (11...e4 12.de4 Ne4 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.Nc3+=) 12.e4 Nh5 13.g3 c5 14.bc5 Nc5 15.Nc5 bc5 (15...dc5 16.Bc3=) 16.Ne1 (16.Bc3 Rab8 17.Qa4 Qc7=) 16...Bc8 17.Bc1 Bh3 18.Ng2 Bf6 (18...Rab8 19.Qc2+=) 19.Qd1= Ng7 20.Bg4 Bg2 21.Kg2 Rab8 22.Bd2 Rb7 23.Rb1 Reb8 24.Qc2 Ne6 25.Be6 Qe6 26.Rb7 Rb7 27.Rb1 Qc8 28.Rb5 a6 29.Rb3 Qb8 30.Rb7 ½–½. Antal,Sebestyen Jr – Pesztericz,Laszlo (2230), Szekszard op, 1996. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.c4 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6)

8.b5 Nbd7 9.d4 c6 10.a4 cb5 11.ab5 Rc8 12.Nbd2 Ra8 13.Ra2 e5 (13...a6 14.ba6 Ra6 15.Ra6 Ba6 16.Qb3+=) 14.d5 (better 14.de5!? de5 15.Ne5 (15.Be5?! Ne5 16.Ne5 Nd5=) 15...Ne5 16.Be5+-) 14...Nc5+= 15.Ba3 e4 16.Nd4 Qd7 17.Qc2 Ng4? (better 17...a6+=) 18.Bc5 dc5 19.Nc6 (19.Qe4 Nf6 20.Qb1 cd4 21.ed4 a6 22.ba6 Ba6-/+) 19...Bc6 20.bc6 Qd6? (better 20...Qc8+-) 21.Bg4 f5 22.Be2 Be5 23.g3 g5 Black prepares the advance f4 24.Rfa1! f4?? (24...Ba1 25.Ra1 Combination) 25.Ra7 (better 25.Ne4 Qh6 26.Rd1 f3+-) 25...Rac8?? (better 25...Ba1 26.Ne4 Qg6 27.Ra8 Ra8+-) 26.R1a6 (better 26.Ne4 Qh6 27.Rd1 f3+-) 26...f3 (26...fe3 27.Ne4 ef2 28.Nf2+-) 27.Bf1 (27.Nf3 Rc7 28.Ng5 Qg6 29.Rc7 Bc7+-) 27...h5 (27...Rce8 28.Ne4 Qg6 29.Rb6+-) 28.Ne4 Qg6 29.Nf6! Rf6 (29...Bf6 30.Qg6 Mate attack; 29...Rf6 30.Qg6 Double attack; 29...Qf6 30.Qh7 Mate attack) 30.Qg6 (30.Bd3!? Qh6 31.Bf5 Rc7+-) 30...Rg6 31.Rb6 h4 (31...Rg7 32.Rab7+-) 32.Rbb7 hg3 33.fg3 (33.hg3 g4+-) 33...g4 34.c7 (better 34.Bd3 Rg5+-) 34...Bc7 (34...Rg7+-) 35.Rc7 Rc7 36.Rc7 Rf6 37.Rc5 f2 38.Kg2 Rf3 (38...Kf8+-) 39.d6 Re3 40.Rd5 (40.d7 Rf3 41.d8Q Kf7 42.Rc7 Kg6 43.Qd6 Kg5 44.h4 gh3 45.Kf3 h2 46.Rc5) 40...Rc3 41.d7 (41.d7 Rf3 42.d8Q Kf7 43.Rd7 Kg6 44.Qb6 Kg5 45.h4 Kf5 46.Rd5 Ke4 47.Qe6) 1-0. BAMABAM (1730) - franco634, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

8.b5 e6 9.Nc3 d5 10.d4 dc4 11.Bc4 Nd5 12.Ne5 Nc3 13.Bc3 Nd7 (13...a6 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Qe2=) 14.Nc6+/- Bc6 15.bc6 Nf6 16.Be2 Ne4 17.Bb2 Qg5 18.Bf3 Nf6 19.a4 a5 20.Qb3 Rad8 21.Rad1 Nd5 22.Qb5 Nb4?? (better 22...Qh4+=) 23.Qg5+- f6 24.Qb5 White intends d5 24...Rfe8 (24...Nd5 25.e4 Nf4 26.d5 ed5 27.ed5+-) 25.d5 e5 26.e4 (26.d6!? Ra8+-) 26...Rd6 (26...Bf8 27.Bg4 Bd6 28.Qe2+-) 27.Ba3 f5 28.Bb4 ab4 29.Qb4 Rf8 30.a5 ba5 31.Qa5 fe4 32.Qc7 Rf4 33.Qd6 1-0. Poncheki (2280) - joebouncing (2200), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2024.

8.Qc2 c5 9.a3 (9.b5=) 9...Nbd7 10.Nc3 e5 11.d4 ed4 (11...cd4 12.ed4 Qe7 13.Rfe1=) 12.ed4 Re8 13.d5 Ne5 14.Ne5 Re5 15.bc5 bc5 16.Rab1 Bc8 17.Nd1 Bf5 18.Bd3 Bd3 19.Qd3 Re8 20.Ne3 Nd7 (20...Rb8 21.Bc3=) 21.Bg7+= Kg7 22.Rb7 h5 23.Rfb1 Kg8 24.Qb3 (24.Qc3 Qf6 25.Qf6 Nf6+=) 24...Re4 25.Qa4 (25.h3 Ne5=) 25...Nb6= 26.Qa6 (26.Qb5!?=) 26...Qc8–/+ 27.a4 (27.g3 Re7 28.R7b6 ab6 29.Qc8 Rc8 30.Rb6 Rd8–+) 27...Re7 28.R7b6 ab6 29.Qc8 Rc8 30.Rb6 Rd7 (30...Rd8 31.Ra6–/+) 31.a5 (31.Nd1 Rdd8–/+) 31...Ra8 (31...Kf8 32.a6–+) 32.a6 (32.g4 hg4 (32...Ra5?! 33.gh5 Ra4 34.hg6–/+) 33.Ng4 Kg7–+) 32...Kf8–+ 33.g4 (33.h3 Ke7–+) 33...hg4 34.Ng4 Ke7 35.Kg2 (35.h4 f5 36.Nh2 Rda7–+) 35...f5 36.Ne3 Rda7 37.h4 (37.Nd1 Ra6 38.Rb7 Kf6–+) 37...Ra6 38.Rb7 Kf6 39.Kg3 Re8 40.Rd7 (40.Rb3 Ra2–+) 40...Re4 41.Kh3 g5 (41...Ke5 42.Rh7–+) 42.hg5 Kg5 43.Rd8 f4 (43...Rh4 44.Kg2–+) 44.Rg8 Kf6 45.Ng4 Ke7 46.Rg7 Kf8 (46...Kd8 47.Rg8 Kc7 48.Rg7 Kb6 49.Nh6 Rc4 50.Nf5–+) 47.Rd7 Rc4?? (better is 47...Re7 48.Rd8 Kg7–+) 48.Nf6= Rc2 49.Nh7 ½–½. Mamuzic,Mirko (2260) – Ikras,Djura (2145), 9th Open Bajmok, 2006.

8.Qc2 e5 9.d4 ed4 10.Nd4 (10.ed4 Re8=) 10...c5 11.bc5 dc5 12.Nb5 Qe7 13.Nd2 (13.Rd1 Na6=) 13...Nc6 14.a3 Rad8 15.Rfd1 (15.Bf3 Rd7=) 15...Rd7 16.Bf3 (16.Nf3 Rfd8=) 16...Rfd8=+ 17.Nb3 a6 18.Rd7 (18.Nc3 Na5 19.Rd7 Rd7 20.Na5 Bf3 21.gf3 ba5=) 18...Rd7 19.Nc3 Nd8 (19...Rd6 20.Rd1=) 20.Bb7 Nb7 21.Rd1 Qe6 22.Rd7 Qd7 23.a4 (23.Nd2=) 23...Nd8 24.Qd2 Nc6 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.Nf6 Bf6 27.Qd8 Bd8 28.Bc3 f5 29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Ke2 Ke6 31.f3 Kd6 32.Kd3 Nb4 33.Bb4 cb4=+ 34.e4 Bf6 35.h3 h5 36.ef5 gf5 37.Ke3 Bg5=+ 38.Kd4 Bh4 39.g4= Bf2 40.Kd3=+ fg4 41.fg4 hg4 42.hg4 Ke5 43.Nd2 a5 44.g5 Bc5 45.g6 Kf6 46.g7 Kg7 47.Ke4 Kf6 48.Kf4 Ke6 49.Ke4 Bf8 50.Nb3 Kd6 51.Kf5 Bg7 52.Ke4 Ke6 53.Kf4 Bf6–/+ 54.Ke4 Be5 55.c5–/+ Bc7 56.Kd4 bc5–+ 57.Nc5 Kd6 58.Nb3 Kc6 59.Ke4 Bd8 60.Kd4 Bc7 61.Ke4 Kd6 62.Kd4 Ke6 63.Ke4 Bb6–+ 64.Na5?? Ba5 65.Kd3 Kd5 66.Kc2 Kc4 67.Kb2 b3 68.Ka3 Bc3 69.a5 Ba5 70.Kb2 Kb4 71.Kc1 Ka3 72.Kb1 Bc3 (73.Kc1 Ka2–+; better is 72...b2 73.Kc2–+) 0–1. Eisenhauer,Erik – Girg,Rolf, SBRhH–ch H GER, 2001.

8.Nc3 a6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Qb3 e6 (10...c5 11.bc5 dc5 12.d5+=) 11.a4 Qe7 12.a5+= Rfc8 13.ab6 cb6 14.b5 a5 15.Rfc1 h6 (15...d5 16.Ba3 Qd8 17.Nd2+=) 16.Ba3 e5 17.Nd2 ed4 18.ed4 Ne4 (18...Nf8!? 19.Re1 Ne6+=) 19.Nce4+/– Be4 (19...Be4 20.Ne4 Qe4+/–). pcmvr (2225) – ironhorse (2265), net–chess.com, 2006.

8.Nc3 e5 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.Rad1 f5 13.f4 g5 (13...ef4 14.Rf4 Be5 15.Rf2=) 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Rf3 (worse is 15.gf3 gf4 16.ef4 c5=) 15...ef4 16.ef4 g4 17.Rff1 Nhf6 18.Nb5 a6 (better is 18...g3!? 19.hg3 Nh5+/–) 19.Nd4+– Re8 20.Nf5 h5 21.Ng7 Kg7 22.Ne4 Kg8 23.Ng5 c6 24.d4 a5 (24...Qe7+–) 25.Qg6 (25.Qg6 Kh8 26.Nf7) 1–0. Zaynutdinov,I – Slavnova,D (2180), XXX Nezhmetdinov Mem, Kazan RUS, 2008. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 0-0)

8.d3 a5 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.b5 Qc7 13.Qc2+= d5 14.Rfd1 Ra1 15.Ra1 Ra8 16.Ra8 Ba8 17.Qb1 Qa7 18.Qa1 (18.cd5 Bd5 19.e4 Bb7=) 18...Qa1= 19.Ba1 e6 20.Ne5 Ne5 21.Be5 Nd7 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Bf3 Nf6 (23...f5 24.d4=) 24.Nb1 (24.d4!?+=) 24...g5= 25.h3 h5 Black prepares g4 26.Nc3 g4 (26...d4!? 27.ed4 cd4=) 27.hg4+= hg4 28.Be2 dc4 29.dc4 Kg6 (29...g3 30.Bf3 Bf3 31.gf3 gf2 32.Kf2+=) 30.Na4+/- Nd7 31.Bg4 Ne5? (31...Kg5 32.Be2+/-) 32.Be2 (better 32.Nb6 Ng4 33.Na8+-) 32...Nd7+/- 33.f4 f5 (33...Be4 34.Nc3 Bc2 35.Kf2+-) 34.Kf2 Kf6 35.g4 fg4 36.Bg4 Be4 37.Bf3 Bd3 38.Bc6 Ke7 39.Bd7 Kd7 40.Nb6 Kc7 41.Na4 Bc4 42.Nc5 Kb6 43.Ne4 (better 43.Ne6 Be6 44.Kf3+-) 43...Bb3? (better 43...Bb5 44.Ng5 Bd7+-) 44.Nc3 Kc5 45.Kg3 Bc2 (45...Bc4 46.Kh4+-) 46.Kf3 (46.Kh4 Bb3+-) 46...Bd3 (46...Bg6 47.e4+-) 47.e4 Kb4 (47...Kd6+-) 48.b6 Ba6 (48...Kc3?? 49.b7 Kd4 50.b8Q Be4 51.Ke2+-) 49.f5 ef5 (49...Kc5 50.f6 Kd6 51.e5 Kd7 52.Na4+-) 50.ef5 Bb7 (50...Kc3 51.f6 Bb7 52.Ke3+-) 51.Kf4 (better 51.Ne4 Kc4 52.f6 Kd4+-) 51...Kc3 52.f6 1-0. Dastin (1975) - Dreveny_ivko (1925), Rated Classical game, 2014.

8.d3 a5 9.b5+= c5 10.bc6 Bc6 11.Nc3 d5 12.Ne5 dc4 13.d4 Bd5 (13...Bb7 14.Bc4 Nbd7 15.Qb3+=) 14.Nd5+/– Qd5 (14...Nd5 15.Bc4 e6 16.Qf3+/–) 15.Bc4 Qe4 16.Qb3 Nbd7? (better is 16...e6!?+/–) 17.Nf7 (17.Bf7 Kh8 18.Nd7 Rf7 19.Qf7 Nd7+–) 17...Rf7 (17...Qh4 18.a4 b5 19.ab5 Nb6+–) 18.f3 Qe3 (18...Qb7 19.Bf7 Kf8+–) 19.Qe3 1–0. Karl – Stefano, internet private, 2018.

8.d3 a6 9.d4=.

8.d3 c5 9.a3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 e5 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Qf3 (worse 13.gf3 Qe6=+) 13...Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Nf8 15.Nde4 Ne4 16.de4 Ne6 17.Nd5 Qh4 18.g3 Qh3 19.Qg2 Qg2 20.Kg2 Kf8 21.b5 Rd7 22.a4 f5 23.ef5 gf5 24.a5 Rb8 25.ab6 ab6 26.Ra6 Rdb7 27.Nc3 Nc7 28.Ra2 (worse 28.Rd6 Na6 29.ba6 Ra7=+) 28...Ke7 29.f3 Ke6 30.Nd5 Nd5 31.Rd5 Rd7 32.Ra6 Bh6 33.f4 Bg7 (33...Rbb7 34.Kh3+/-) 34.Kf1 (34.Be5!? Be5 35.fe5+-) 34...e4+= 35.Bg7 Rg7 36.Kf2 h5 37.Rd1 Rg4 38.Ra7 h4 39.Rh7 Ra8 (39...hg3!? 40.hg3 Rbg8=) 40.Rh6+= Kf7 41.Rhd6 Ra2 42.R1d2 hg3 43.hg3 Ra4? (43...Rg6 44.Rd7 Ke8 45.Ra2 Kd7 46.Ra7 Kc8 47.Rf7+-) 44.Rd7 (better 44.Rb6!? Rg6 45.Rb7 Ke8+-) 44...Ke8 45.Rd8 Ke7 46.R2d7 (46.R8d5 Rc4 47.Rf5 Rb4+/-) 46...Ke6 47.Rd6 Ke7 48.R8d7 Ke8 49.Rd2 Rc4 50.Rb7 Rb4?? (better 50...Rc1 51.Rb6 Rg7+/-) 51.Ra2+- (51.Ra2 Rb2 52.Rb2 Kd8 53.Rd2 Kc8 54.Rdd7 Rg8 55.Rdc7 Kd8 56.Ra7 Rh8 57.Rg7 Rh2 58.Kg1 Rh1 59.Kh1 c4 60.Rg8; 51.Rb6?! Rg7+/-) 1-0. Spata,G (2255) - Glidzhain,G (2340), Titled Tuesday, 2020. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7)

8.d3 c5= 9.a3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 e6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Rfc1 d5 13.d4 (13.bc5 Nc5 14.Qc2 dc4 15.Nc4 Rfd8=) 13...dc4 (13...cd4 14.Nd4 e5 15.Nb5=) 14.Bc4 cd4 15.Bd4 a6 16.Rc2 Rfc8 17.Rac1 b5 18.Be2 Qd6 19.a4 ba4 20.Qa4+= Rc2 21.Rc2 Rc8 22.Rc8 Bc8 23.b5 ab5 24.Qb5 Qc7 25.Nc4 Ne4 26.Nfe5+= Nd6 27.Nd6 ½–½. Abdelrasek,Ahmed (1695) – Seidler,Ottmar (1720), Oberwinden GER, 2007.

8.d3 e5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.a4 c5 11.b5 d5 (11...a6 12.Qb3=) 12.cd5 (12.Ne5 Re8 13.d4 Ne5 14.de5 Ne4+/-) 12...Bd5 (12...Nd5 13.Nc4+=) 13.Nc4 (13.Ne5!? Ne5 14.Be5+/-) 13...Bc4= 14.dc4 Qc7 15.Qc2 Ng4 (15...Rfe8 16.e4+=) 16.e4 Ngf6 17.Rfd1 Rad8 18.Nd2 Nh5 (18...Bh6 19.a5+/-) 19.f3 (better 19.Bh5 gh5 20.a5+/-) 19...Nf4= 20.Bf1 Nf6 21.Nb3 N6h5 22.Bc3 White intends a5 22...Qe7 23.a5 Qg5 24.ab6 ab6 25.Kh1 Qh6 (25...Rd1 26.Qd1 Rd8 27.Qe1+=) 26.Kg1 Rfe8 (26...Qg5 27.Bb2+=) 27.Bd2 (27.Rd8 Rd8 28.g4 Nf6 29.Be5 Ne6+=) 27...Qg5 28.Be3?? (better 28.Kh1+=) 28...Nh3-/+ 29.Kh1 Qe3 30.gh3 Qf3 31.Bg2 Qf4 (31...Qf6 32.Rf1 Nf4 33.Ra3-+) 32.Rd5 (32.Rf1 Qg5-+) 32...Rd5 (32...Qh4 33.Rdd1-+) 33.ed5 (better 33.cd5!? Qh4 34.Nd2-/+) 33...e4-+ 34.Re1 Bd4?? (34...Be5 35.Bf1-+) 35.Qe2? (better 35.Re4!? Re4 36.Qe4=+) 35...e3 (35...f5 36.Rd1 Be5 37.Bf1-+) 36.Rf1 (36.Bf3 Nf6 37.Nc1 Ne4-+) 36...Qd6 (better 36...Qe5 37.Nd4 Qd4-+) 37.Nd2? (better 37.Nc1-+) 37...Nf4 38.Rf4 Qf4 39.Nf1 Qf2 (39...Ra8 40.d6 Rd8 41.Bf3-+) 40.Ng3 (40.Qf2 ef2 41.Bf3 f5-+) 40...Qe2 41.Ne2 f5 42.Kg1 (42.h4 Ra8 43.Bf1 Ra2-+) 42...f4 (42...Ra8 43.Bf1-+) 43.Kf1 g5 (43...Ra8 44.Be4-+) 44.Bf3 h6 (better 44...Be5 45.h4 gh4 46.Kg2-+) 45.Ke1 (45.h4 Ra8-+) 45...Ra8 46.Kf1 Ra1 47.Kg2 Ra2 (47...Kf7 48.Be4-+) 48.Kf1 (48.h4 Rc2-+) 48...Rc2 49.d6 Kf7 50.Bd5 (50.Be4 Ra2-+) 50...Ke8 51.Bc6 (51.Be4 Rc4 52.Bc6 Kd8-+) 51...Kd8 52.d7 Rc4 (better 52...Be5 53.Bd5-+) 53.Kg2 (53.h4-+) 53...Rc2 54.Kf3 Ra2 (better 54...Rd2 55.Bd5-+) 55.Ng1 (55.Bd5 Ra1 56.Kg4 Kd7-+) 55...Rh2 56.Ke4 (56.Kg4 e2 57.Ne2 Re2-+) 56...Rh1 (better 56...e2!? 57.Ne2 Re2 58.Kd3 Re3 59.Kd2-+) 57.Nf3 e2 58.Kd5 (58.Kd3 e1Q 59.Ne1 Re1-+) 58...e1Q (better 58...Rh3 59.Kd6 Rf3 60.Bf3-+) 59.Ne1 Re1 60.Kd6 (60.Kc4 Rc1 61.Kd3 Rc3 62.Kd2 Rh3-+) 60...Be5 61.Kd5 f3 (61...f3 62.Ke6 f2-+) 0-1. olybrius (1820) - franco634 (1715), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2013.

8.d3 e5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Nb3 c5 12.a3 Ne8 13.Nfd2 f5 14.Bf3 e4 15.Bg7 Ng7 16.Be2 ed3 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Be2 f4 19.ef4 Rf4 20.Rc3 Raf8 21.g3 Qg5+= 22.h4 Rh4–+ 23.Nf3?? Rh3 (23...Rh3 24.Nh2 Rh2 25.Kh2 Qh6 26.Bh5 Nh5–+) 0–1. Ioffe,D (2160) – Kalegin,E (2455), 28th Nezhmetdinov mem, 2006.

8.d4 a6 9.a4 (9.Nc3 Nbd7+=) 9...Nbd7 (9...c5 10.bc5 bc5 11.d5=) 10.b5 (10.Nbd2 a5 11.ba5 Ra5=) 10...a5 (10...ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1=) 11.Ne1 (11.Nc3 e5=) 11...c5 (11...e5 12.Nc3+=) 12.bc6+= Bc6 13.Nc3 d5 (13...Rc8 14.Nb5+=) 14.Qb3+/– e6 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Rac1 (16.Rfc1 Rc8+=) 16...Nc3 17.Rc3 (worse is 17.Qc3 Ba4 18.cd5 ed5+=) 17...Rb8 (17...dc4 18.Bc4 Bf3 19.gf3+=) 18.Rfc1 (18.Ba3 Re8+/–) 18...h6 (18...Nf6 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.R3c2+/–) 19.h3 (19.Ba3 Re8+/–) 19...Kh7 (19...Nf6 20.Ne5 Bb7 21.R3c2+/–) 20.cd5 Bd5 21.Qb5 Nf6 22.Ba3 Re8 (22...Rg8 23.Rc7 Rb7 24.Rb7 Bb7 25.Ne5+–) 23.Ne5 (23.Rc7 Rb7 24.Rb7 Bb7+/–) 23...Ne4 24.Rc7 Be5 25.de5 Kg7 (25...Kg8 26.Qe8! Qe8 27.Bb5+–) 26.f3 (better is 26.g3+/–) 26...Ng5?? (better is 26...Qg5 27.fe4 Be4+/–) 27.e4+– Ba2 (27...Be4 28.fe4 Qd4 29.Kh2 Rbd8+–) 28.Bd6 h5 (28...Nh7 29.Qb2 Qh4 30.Qa2+–) 29.Qb2 Bd5 (29...Nh3 30.gh3 Qg5 31.Kf2 Qh4 32.Ke3+–) 30.ed5 ed5 (30...Nh3 31.gh3 Qg5 32.Kh1+–) 31.Rd7! Qd7 32.e6 f6 33.ed7 Re2 34.Qe2 Ra8 (34...Nf7 35.Bb8 Kf8 36.Rc8 Kg7 37.Qe7 b5 38.Qf8 Kh7 39.Qf7 Kh6 40.Qf6 ba4 41.Rh8) 35.Rc8 Rc8 (35...Ne4 36.Ra8 Kf7 37.d8Q Ke6 38.fe4 de4 39.Qe4 Kf7 40.Qde7) 36.Qe7 Nf7 (36...Kh6 37.dc8Q Nh7 38.Qcc7 Kg5 39.Qe3 Kf5 40.Qc2) 37.dc8Q. Barcarola (1700) – nbsny, internet free game, 2018.

8.d4 c6 9.Nbd2 (9.Qb3 a5+=) 9...Na6 (9...Nbd7 10.a3+=) 10.a3 (10.b5 Nc7+=) 10...Nc7 (10...c5 11.Qb3+=) 11.e4 (11.Nb3 a6+=) 11...Nd7 (11...c5 12.Bd3+=) 12.g4 (12.Re1 c5+=) 12...e5 (12...c5 13.Qc2=) 13.d5 (13.Rb1 Ne6 14.d5 Nf4=) 13...cd5 14.cd5 (14.ed5 b5 15.Ne4 Nb6=+) 14...Nf6 (better is 14...f5!? 15.gf5 gf5=+) 15.g5+= Nh5 16.h4 (16.Rc1!?+=) 16...Nf4 17.Ne1 (17.Rc1 Ne2 18.Qe2 Ba6=+) 17...Bc8 (better is 17...f5 18.gf6 Qf6–/+) 18.Bg4? (better is 18.Nd3 Ne2 19.Qe2=+) 18...Ba6–+ 19.Ng2 Ng2 20.Kg2 Bf1 21.Qf1 h5 22.Bh3–/+ f6 23.Nf3 Qe7 24.Bc1 fg5 25.Bg5–/+ Bf6 26.Rc1 Bg5 27.Ng5 Rf4 28.Qc4 Ne8 29.Kg3 Nf6 30.f3 a6 31.Qc6 Rb8 32.Qc7 Qc7 33.Rc7 Rf8 34.Be6+/– Kh8 35.Nf7 Rf7 36.Rf7 (36...b5 37.Ra7+/–) 1–0. Nemec,Zdenek – Dolezal,Jiri, CSR Z–77, 1987.

8.d4 Nc6 9.Qa4 Qd7 10.Nc3 Nd8 11.Qd7 Nd7 12.Nd5 Bd5 13.cd5 Nf6 14.Bc4 a6 (14...c6 15.dc6 d5 16.Be2) 15.Rac1 b5 (15...a5 16.b5) 16.Bb3 Rc8 17.Rfe1 Ng4 18.e4 f5 19.ef5 Rf5 20.Re7 c6? (better is 20...Rf7 21.Rf7 Kf7 22.Ng5 Kg8+–) 21.dc6 Kf8 22.Rd7 Nc6 23.Rd6 Rf6 24.Be6 Re6 25.Re6 Ne7 26.Rc8 Nc8 27.Ra6 Ne7 28.Ra8 Kf7 29.Ng5 Kf6 30.Nh7 Ke6 31.d5! Kd5 32.Bg7 Kc4 33.Re8 Nf5 34.Bf8 (34.Bf8 Kd5 35.h3+–) 1–0. Anonymous – Anonymous, internet, 2011.

8.d4 Nc6 9.b5 Nb4?? 10.a3+– Ne4 (10...Na6 11.ba6 Ba6+–) 11.ab4 c5 12.bc6! Bc6 13.b5 Bb7 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3 e6 16.Qb3 a6 17.ba6 Ba6 18.Rfb1 Bc4 (18...d5 19.Ra6! (worse is 19.Qb6 Bc4 20.Qd8 Rfd8 21.Ra8 Ra8 22.Bc4 dc4+–) 19...Ra6 20.cd5+–) 19.Bc4 Ra1 20.Ra1 d5 21.Bd3 Bf6 (21...Qc7 22.Bd2+–) 22.Bb4 Re8 (22...Be7 23.Be7 Qe7 24.Qb6+–) 23.Bb5 Qa8 (23...Kg7 24.Be8 Qe8 25.Bd6+–) 24.Ra8 Ra8 25.g4 Ra1 26.Kg2 1–0. Heqexe – Stucer, internet, 2017.

8.d4 d5 9.Nc3 dc4 10.Bc4 Nbd7 11.b5 (11.Qe2 c5 12.bc5 bc5+=) 11...Rc8 (11...c6 12.bc6 Bc6 13.Rc1+=) 12.Ba3 (better is 12.d5+=) 12...Re8?? (better is 12...c6 13.Rc1 cb5 14.Bb5 Re8=) 13.Bf7!+– Kf7 14.Ng5 Kf8 (14...Kg8 15.Ne6+–) 15.Ne6 (15.Ne6 Kg8 16.Nd8 Rcd8 17.Qa4+–) 1–0. Wall,Bill – Jhmonteclaro, chess.com, 2008.

8.d4 d5 9.c5 bc5 10.dc5 Ba6 11.Ba6 Na6 12.a3 c6 13.Bf6 Bf6 14.Nd4 Rc8 (14...Qc7 15.Nc3=) 15.Qa4+/– Nb8 (15...Nc7 16.Rd1+=) 16.Qa7 e5 17.Nb3 d4 (17...e4 18.Nd4+/–) 18.N1d2 de3 19.fe3 e4 (19...Bg5 20.Nc4+–) 20.Rad1 Qd3? (better is 20...Rc7 21.Qb6 Nd7+–) 21.Rf6 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – NME, ICC, 2002.

8.d4 Nfd7 9.Qc2 e6 10.b5 f5 11.Nbd2 Nf6 12.c5 c6 13.a4 d5 (13...dc5 14.dc5 cb5 15.ab5 bc5 16.Qc5+=) 14.Ne5 bc5 15.bc6 (15.dc5!? Qc7 16.Rfb1+/–) 15...Nc6= 16.Nc6 Bc6 17.Qc5 Rc8 18.Rfc1 Bd7 (18...Qd7 19.Qa5+=) 19.Qa3 (19.Qa7 Ra8 20.Qc5 Ba4+=) 19...Rf7 20.Nf3 Bf8 21.Qa2 Ne4 22.Ne5 Rg7 23.Ba3 (better is 23.Rc8 Qc8 24.Rc1+/–) 23...Nc3+= 24.Qd2?? (better is 24.Rc3 Rc3 25.Bf8 Qf8 26.Qb2+=) 24...Ne2–+ 25.Qe2 Ba3 26.Rc8 Qc8 27.Ra3 (27.a5–+) 27...Qc1 28.Qf1 Qa3 0–1. Monterde Pastor – Aguilera (1895), San Jose op, 1998. (=1.Nf3 b6 2.e3 Bb7 3.Be2 g6 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.b4 d6 8.Bb2)

8.d4 Nfd7 9.Nbd2 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.Rb1 cd4 13.ed4 e5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Bd3 f5 (15...b5 16.Re1 Rc8 17.cb5 Nd5 18.Be4= (worse 18.Ne5 Ne5 19.Be5 Be5 20.Re5 Nc3-/+; 18.Be5? Ne5 19.Ne5 Nc3-+)) 16.Bc2 (16.Ng5 Qb8 17.Ne6+/-) 16...e4? (better 16...Re8+=) 17.Bg7+- Kg7 18.Nfd4 Rf6 19.Ne6 Re6 20.de6 Ne5 21.Qd8 Rd8 22.c5 Nc4 (22...Bd5 23.cb6 ab6 24.Rfd1+=) 23.Rbd1 (23.cb6!? ab6 24.Rfd1 Rd1 25.Rd1+/-) 23...Bd5+/- 24.cb6 Nb6 25.Nc5?? (better 25.Nd4+/-) 25...Rc8-+ 26.Nd7? (better 26.Be4 fe4 27.Nb3-+) 26...Rc2 27.Nb6 ab6 28.a4 Be6 29.Rd6 Rc6 (29...Bc4 30.Rfd1-+) 30.Rfd1? (better 30.Rc6 Nc6 31.Rb1-+) 30...Bb3 31.Rc6 Nc6 32.Rd6 (32.Rd7 Kh6 33.Rb7 Ba4 34.Rb6 Ne5-+) 32...Ne5 (better 32...Ba4!? 33.f3 Kf7 34.fe4 fe4 35.Rd7 Ne7 36.Rb7-+) 33.Rb6 Ba4 34.h3 Nf7 35.Ra6 Bc2 36.Ra7 Bd3 37.Kh2 Kf6 38.Kg3 g5 39.h4 f4 40.Kg4 Be2 (40...Ne5!? 41.Kh3-+) 41.Kh3 g4 42.Kh2 h5 43.g3 fg3 (43...f3!? 44.Ra4 Bd3 45.Kg1-+) 44.Kg3 Nd8 45.Kf4 Bf3 46.Ra6 Ne6 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.Ra5 Kd6 49.Rh5? (49.Rf5-+) 49...g3! 50.Rh6 (50.fg3 Bh5 Discovered attack) 50...g2 51.Rg6 Ke5 52.h5 Nf8 (better 52...Nd4 53.Kd2 Kf5-+) 53.Rg5 Kf6 54.Rg3 Ne6 55.h6 Ng5 56.Kf4 (56.Kd4 Kf5 57.Ke3-+) 56...Ne6 (better 56...Nh3! 57.Ke3 g1Q 58.Rg1 Ng1-+) 57.Ke3 Ng5 58.Kd4?? (58.Kf4 Nh3 59.Ke3-+) 58...Nh7 59.Ke3 Nf8 (better 59...Kf5!? 60.Kd4-+) 60.Rg7?? (60.Kf4-+) 60…Ng6 ½-½. miskob (2210) - Saratov_Balakovo (2155), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 'A00: Irregular Openings ' 1...b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.c4 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 d6)

8.d4 e5 9.de5 de5 10.Qd8 Rd8 11.Be5 Nbd7 12.Bc7 Rdc8 13.Bg3 Ne4 (13...Nd5 14.Nd4 Nb4 15.Nc3+/-) 14.Nd4 Ng3 15.hg3 (15.fg3?! Re8 16.Kf2 Bh6+=) 15...Ne5 16.Nb5 (better 16.Nd2+-) 16...Nc4 17.Bc4 (17.Nd4 a5 18.b5 Rc5=) 17...Ba1 (17...Rc4!? 18.N1a3 Rb4-/+) 18.Nd6= Rc7 19.Nb7 (19.Na3 Bc3 20.Ndb5 Rc4 21.Nc4 Bb4 22.Rc1=) 19...Rb7 (better 19...Rc4 20.Na3 Rc7 21.Ra1 Rb7-/+) 20.Bd5+/- Rbb8 21.Ba8 Ra8 22.Nd2 (22.Na3!? Bc3 23.Rb1+=) 22...Bc3= 23.Ne4 Bb4 24.Rd1 Re8?? (24...f5 25.Rd4 a5 26.Nf6 Kf7 27.Nd5=) 25.f3?? (25.Nf6 Kf8 26.Ne8 Ke8+-) 25...Bc5 (better 25...Kg7=) 26.Nf6+/- Kf8 27.Ne8 (27.Nh7? Kg7 28.Kf1 Be3-+) 27...Be3?? (better 27...Ke8 28.Kf1 h5+-) 28.Kf1+- Ke8 29.Ke2 (better 29.Re1+-) 29...Bc5+= 30.Kd3 a5 (30...h5 31.Kc4+=) 31.Kc4 (31.g4 h6+/-) 31...f6 (31...h5 32.a4+=) 32.Kd5 (32.g4 h6+-) 32...Ke7 33.Re1 Kf7 34.Re6 (34.Rc1 a4+/-) 34...h5 35.a4 g5 36.Rc6 Kg6?? (36...Bf2!?+/-) 37.Ke6 (better 37.Rc5 bc5 38.Kc5+-) 37...Bd4 (37...Be3 38.Rc8 Bd4 39.f4+-) 38.Rc8 (38.f4 gf4 39.gf4 Bc5+-) 38...Kg7 39.Kf5 Kf7 40.Rc7 Ke8 41.Ke6 (better 41.Rh7+-) 41...Kd8?? (41...Kf8 42.f4+-) 42.Rh7 (better 42.Rd7 Kc8 43.Rd4+-) 42...Bf2 43.Rh5 (worse 43.Kf6 Bg3 44.Kg5 h4+-) 43...Bg3 44.Kf6 Bf4 45.Ke6 (45.Rg5 Bg5 46.Ke5 b5 47.ab5 Kc7-+) 45...Kc7 46.Kd5 Kd7 47.Rh7 Kd8 48.Kc6 Ke8 49.Kb6 1-0. Poncheki (2265) - joebouncing (2220), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2024.

8.d4 Nh5 9.Qc2 f6 10.Nc3 Bh8 11.a4 Nd7 12.a5 ba5 13.Ra5 a6 14.Rfa1 c6 15.Qb3 e6 16.b5 cb5 17.cb5 Bd5 18.Nd5 ed5 19.Qd5 Kg7 20.Qd6 Kh6 21.Ra6 f5 22.Ra8 1-0. nelle (1735) - vlada555, Rated Classical game, lichess.org. (=1.Nf3 b6 2.b4 Bb7 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 d6)

8.Nd4 c5 9.Nc2 Nbd7 10.f4 e6 11.Bf3 Bf3 12.Qf3 Qc7 13.b5 d5 14.Nba3 Ne4 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Qe2 Ndf6 17.d3 Nd6 18.Ne1 Rad8 19.g4 dc4 20.Qb2 Nde8 21.g5 cd3 22.Qc3 Qd7 23.Rd1 c4 24.Nc4 Qb5 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.gf6 Nf6 27.Nd6 Rc3 28.Nb5 Rd3 29.Nd3 a6 30.Nd4 1–0. Kreuzer – Sessler, tt, 1987.

8.Ne1 c5 9.b5 Nbd7 10.a4 Qc7 11.Na3 d5 12.Rc1? (better 12.Qc2=) 12...Ng4!-+ 13.Bg4 (13.Bg4 Bb2 Discovered attack) 13...Bb2 14.Rc2? (better 14.Rc3 Bc3 15.dc3-+) 14...Ba3 15.Nd3 dc4 16.Rc4 Ne5 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.Rf4 (18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Qf3 Rad8-+) 18...f5 (18...Rad8 19.d3-+) 19.Bf3 Bf3 20.Rf3 Qd5 (20...Qb2 21.Qe2-+) 21.Qc2?! (21.e4 Qa2 22.ef5 Rf5 23.Rf5 gf5 24.Qf3-+) 21...e5 (better 21...Bb4 22.d3-+) 22.Rd1?? (better 22.e4 Qe4 23.Qe4 fe4 24.Ra3-/+) 22...e4-+ 23.Rg3 Rad8 24.d4 (24.h4 Qd3 25.Qa2 c4-+) 24...ed3 25.Qc3 (25.Qb1 Qc4 26.a5 Qc2 27.ab6 ab6-+) 25...Bb4 26.Qb2 Rc8 (26...Qc4!? 27.Qa1-+) 27.h3 Qd6 28.Qb3 (28.Rf3 c4 29.Rf4 Rfd8-+) 28...c4 29.Qb2 (29.Qa2 Rfd8-+) 29...c3 30.Qb3 Kg7 31.e4 (31.Kh2 f4 32.ef4 c2 33.Rdd3 Qf4-+) 31...c2 (31...fe4 32.Rf1 c2 33.Qb2 Kh6-+) 32.Rc1 (32.Rgd3 cd1R 33.Rd1-+) 32...d2 33.Rc2 Rc2 (33...d1Q 34.Kh2 Rc2 35.e5 Qe5 36.Qf3 Qf3 37.gf3 Rf2 38.Kh1 Qg3 39.a5 Rh2) 34.Qc2 d1Q 35.Qd1 Qd1 36.Kh2 Bd6 37.e5 Be5 (37...Be5 38.h4 Qe1 39.h5 Qf2 40.h6 Kh6 41.Kh1 Qg3 42.a5 Qe1) 0-1. Akrapovik – tnguyenquang, lichess.org, 2019.

8.Bf6 Bf6 9.d4 c5 10.bc5 (10.Nc3 cb4 11.Nd5 Bd5 12.cd5 a5=) 10...bc5 (10...dc5 11.Nc3=+) 11.Nc3= Nd7 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Qc2 (13.Qd3 Re8=) 13...cd4 14.ed4 (14.Nd4!? Bg7 15.Rb2=) 14...Bf3=+ 15.Rb8 Qb8 16.Bf3 Bd4 17.Nd5 Ne5 (17...Qd8!?-/+) 18.Ne7= Kh8 (18...Kg7 19.Be2=) 19.Be2 Re8 (19...Qc7 20.Nd5 Qa5 21.Rd1=) 20.Nd5+= Qd8 21.Qe4 Bc5 22.Qf4 Kg7 23.Bf3 f5 24.g3?? (24.Bd1 Nc6=) 24...Nd3?? (24...g5 25.Qf5 Rf8-+ (25...Nc4 26.Rb1 Bb6 27.Qc2+=)) 25.Qd2= Ne5 26.Bg2 (26.Qc3!?=) 26...Nc4=+ 27.Qc3 Ne5 28.Kh1 Kg8 29.f4 Nc6?? (better 29...Ng4=+) 30.Nf6+- (30.Nf6 Kf7 31.Bd5 Re6 32.Nh7+-) 1-0. Poncheki (2315) - Irk_Wind (2200), Casual bullet game, lichess.org, 2023.

9.b5 a6 10.a4 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Qa1 Ne4 (12...Qc7 13.d3=) 13.Qc1 (13.Ne4 Bb2 14.Qb2 Be4+/–) 13...Nc3+= 14.Bc3 Bc3 (14...e5 15.Qc2+=) 15.Qc3 Nd7 16.d4 Nf6 17.d5 (17.Ra1 Ne4 18.Qe1 d5+=) 17...Ne4 (17...e6 18.de6 fe6 19.Ra1=) 18.Qc2 f5 (18...Nf6 19.Ra1+=) 19.Bd3+/– Nf6 20.e4 (20.Ng5!? Bc8 21.Ra1+/–) 20...fe4= 21.Be4 Ne4 (21...e6 22.Bg6 hg6 23.Qg6 Kh8 24.Ng5+/– (worse is 24.de6 Rg8 25.Qf5 Rg4+=)) 22.Qe4+= e5 23.Nd2 Qg5 24.Nf3 (24.Qe2 Bc8+=) 24...Qh5 (better is 24...Qf4 25.Qf4 Rf4= (worse is 25...ef4 26.Nd2+/–)) 25.Qh4?? (better is 25.Ra1+=) 25...Qh4–+ 26.Nh4 Rf4 0–1. zabazaba (1650) – jsierra52 (1730), gameknot.com, 2014.

9.b5 e6 10.d4 d5 11.a4 dc4 12.Bc4 cd4 13.Nd4 Nd5 (13...e5 14.Nf3 Qc7 15.Qe2+=) 14.Nd5 Bd5 15.Qb3 Qe7? (better 15...Bc4 16.Qc4 a6+=) 16.Bd5+- ed5 17.Qd5 (17.Ba3 Qe4 18.Bf8 Kf8+-) 17...Nd7 18.Ba3 Nc5 19.Qc4 (19.Rac1 Qd8 20.Qc4 Qf6+-) 19...Rac8 (19...Rfc8+-) 20.Qb4 (better 20.Rac1!?+-) 20...Qe4 21.Rad1 Rfd8 (21...Rfe8!?+/-) 22.Nc6+- Rd1 23.Rd1 Qb4 (23...Qe6 24.Qd2 Ne4 25.Qd7 Qd7 26.Rd7+-) 24.Bb4 (24.Nb4?! Na4 25.Nc6 Bf8 26.Bf8 Kf8+/-) 24...Bf8 25.Na7 Ra8 26.Nc6 (26.Bc5 Bc5 27.Rd7 Kg7+-) 26...Ra4 (26...Na4 27.Be1+/-) 27.Bc5 (better 27.Kf1+-) 27...bc5?? (27...Bc5!? 28.Kf1 Ra2+/-) 28.Rb1 (better 28.b6 Ra6 29.b7 Bd6+-) 28...c4 (28...Bd6 29.b6+-) 29.b6 Bd6 30.b7 Ra6 31.b8Q Bb8 32.Nb8 (worse 32.Rb8 Kg7 33.Kf1 Rc6=) 32...c3 (32...Rd6 33.Kf1 c3+-) 33.Na6 1-0. dannysmet (2055) - to_beornottobe (2040), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.bc5 dc5 10.d4 Nc6 11.d5+= Na5 12.e4 (12.Qc2 Bc8+=) 12...Ba6 (12...Ne4 13.Qc2 Nd6 14.Nd1=+) 13.Qa4 (better 13.Nd2!?+=) 13...Ne4=+ 14.Ne4 Bb2 15.Rad1 Bg7 16.d6 (16.Rfe1 Bc8-/+) 16...ed6 17.Nd6 (17.Rfe1 Qb8-/+) 17...Qc7 (17...Qe7 18.Qc2-/+) 18.Nb5 (18.Rd5 Qe7 19.Re1 Rfd8=+) 18...Qc6 (18...Qf4 19.Qc2-/+) 19.Ng5 (19.Nd2 Rae8 20.Bf3 Bb5 21.cb5 Qe6-/+) 19...Rad8-/+ 20.Bf3 (20.Qc2-/+) 20...Bb5 (20...Qf6 21.Ne4 Qf4 22.Nc5 A) 22...bc5?! 23.Rd8 (worse 23.Qa5 Be5 24.g3 Qf3 25.Rd8 Bb7-/+) 23...Rd8 24.Qa5=; B) 22...Be5-/+) 21.cb5=+ Qf6 22.Ne4 Qb2 (22...Qe7 23.Rfe1=+) 23.Nd6 (23.Nc5!? Rc8 24.Nd3+=) 23...Bd4 24.Ne4 Rfe8 (24...Qb4 25.Qb4 cb4 26.Ng3-/+) 25.Kh1 (better 25.Rb1 Re4 26.Be4+=) 25...Bg7 26.Nd6 Re7 27.Nc4?? (better 27.Nf5! Red7 28.Ne7 Kh8 29.Rd7 Rd7 30.Qf4-/+) 27...Rd1-+ 28.Rd1 Qf2 29.h3 Re1 30.Re1 (30.Kh2 Bd4 31.Re1 Qe1 32.Qd1 Qd1 33.Bd1 Nc4 34.Ba4-+) 30...Qe1 31.Kh2 Nc4 32.Qc4 Be5 33.g3 (33.Qf4 Bf4 34.g3 Qg3 35.Kh1 Qh2) 33...Qg3 34.Kh1 Qg2 (34...Qh2) 35.Kg2+- 1-0. minnesotawild (2270) - elfixxx7 (2115), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.b4 A05: Reti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6 1...g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.c4 d6)

9.bc5 dc5 10.d4 cd4 11.ed4 Nc6 12.d5 Na5 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Nd7 (14...Qd7 15.Re1+=). Hirtreiter – Trigance,Eric, corr SOK–90–64, 1990.

9.Qb3 c5 (9...a5 10.a3=) 10.Ne1 (10.d4 a5 11.a3 cd4 12.Nd4 e6+=) 10...Ne4 11.Ne4 Bb2 12.Qb2 Be4 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Nf3 Qc7 15.Rfc1 Ne5 16.Ne1 a5 17.b5 Rad8 18.Rc3 d5 19.cd5 Rd5 20.d4 Ng4 21.Nf3 Qd6 22.h3 Nf6 (22...cd4? 23.Rc6 (23.ed4?! Nh6+=) 23...Qb4 24.Qb4 ab4 25.hg4 de3 26.fe3 (26.Rb6?! e2 27.Re1 Rd1+–) 26...Rb5 27.Nd4+–) 23.dc5 Rc5 24.Rc5 Qc5 25.Rc1 Qb4 26.Qe5 Rd8 27.Nd4 Qd2 28.Rc7 Qe1 (28...Qa2?? 29.Qe7 Rf8 30.Qf6 Qa1 31.Kh2+–) 29.Kh2 Qf2?? (better is 29...Nd5 30.Rc2 Qd1=) 30.Qe7+– Rf8 (30...Ng4 31.hg4 Rd4 32.ed4 Qf4 33.Kh3 h5 34.Qe8 Kg7 35.Qe5 Qe5 36.de5 Kf8+–) 31.Ne6! Ng4 (31...fe6 32.Qg7#) 32.hg4 Rd8 33.Nd8 (33.Qd8#) 33...Qa2 (33...h5 34.Qe8 Kg7 35.Ne6 Kf6 36.Qe7 Ke5 37.Nf4#) 34.Nf7 Kg7 (34...Qg2 35.Kg2 h5 36.Qe5 hg4 37.Qh8#) 35.Qe5 (35.Qe5 Kf8 36.Qh8#) 1–0. Barlocco,Carlo (2140) – Ricci,Alfredo (2020), Arco op Arco di Trento, 2008. (=1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.c4 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6)

9.Rc1 a6 10.d4 c5 11.bc5 dc5 12.d5 Ne8 (12...b5 13.Qc2=) 13.a4 Nd6 14.Qb3 a5 (14...Qc7 15.h3+=) 15.e4 (15.Bd3 e6+/-) 15...Bc8 16.Rb1 Nb8 (16...Ne5 17.Nd2 g5 18.Nd1+/-) 17.Nb5 (17.e5 Nf5+-) 17...Na6 (17...Ne4!? 18.Bg7 Kg7+=) 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Nd6 (19.Nc3 Nb4+/-) 19...Qd6 (19...ed6 20.e5+=) 20.Qb6 (20.e5 Qb8+-) 20...Qf4? (better 20...Nb4!? 21.Qd6 ed6+=) 21.Qb2 (21.Qa5 Qe4 22.Rfe1 Qf4+-) 21...Kg8 (21...f6 22.Qd2 Qc7 23.h4+-) 22.e5 (22.Qd2 Qc7+-) 22...Bf5 23.Rbc1 (23.g3 Qh6 24.Rbd1 Rab8+-) 23...Nb4 (better 23...Rfb8 24.Qc3 Nb4+/-) 24.Qc3?? (better 24.g3 Qh6 25.Rc3+/-) 24...Na2-/+ 25.Qd2 (25.Qa3!? Nc1 26.Rc1-/+) 25...Qd2-+ 26.Nd2 Nc1 27.Rc1 Rab8 28.g4 (28.Nf1-+) 28...Bd7 (28...Rb2!? 29.gf5 Rd2-+) 29.Ne4 Ba4 (29...Rfc8!?-/+) 30.Nc5= Rb4 (30...Rb2 31.Bf1 Ra2 32.Na4 Ra4 33.h3=) 31.d6 (31.Ra1 Rb2 32.Kf1+/- (32.Ra4?! Re2 33.Ra5 Re5=)) 31...ed6 (31...Bc6!?=+) 32.ed6= Rd8 (better 32...Rc8 33.Na4 Ra4+=) 33.Rd1?? (33.Na4 Ra4 34.c5+/-) 33...Bd1-+ 34.Bd1 (34.Bd1 Rb1 35.f3-+). mch21 (2170) - Menjos (1960), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2017. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...d6 2.b4 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7)

9.d3 e5 10.a4 Ne8 11.a5 f5 (11...ba5 12.Ra5 c5 13.Ba3=) 12.a6+/- Bc8 13.Nd2 f4? (better 13...c6!?+=) 14.Bf3+- Rb8 15.Nb5 g5?? (better 15...fe3 16.fe3 Qg5+-) 16.Na7 Ndf6 (16...fe3 17.Nc6 e4 18.Bg7 ef3 19.fe3 Ng7 20.Nd8 Ne5+-) 17.Nc6 Qd7 (17...g4 18.a7 Ra8 19.Nd8 gf3 20.Qf3+-) 18.Nb8 (18.Nb8 Qf7 19.a7+-) 1-0. pacal56 (2130) - glvk (2215), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.d4 c5 10.b5 e6 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 (12.d5 ed5 13.Rad1 dc4 14.Rd6 Qe7=) 12...Qc7 (12...cd4 13.Nd4 Qc7 14.Qa4=) 13.Na4 (13.d5!?+=) 13...cd4 14.Bd4 Bf3 15.Bf3 Qc4 16.Qc4 Rc4 17.Nb2 Rb4 (17...Rc7 18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.Rc7 Rc7 20.Bc6-/+) 18.Nd3 (better 18.Bc6=) 18...Rb5-/+ 19.a4 Rb3 20.Nc1 Rb4 21.Bc6 Rc4 22.Bb5 Rc7 23.Rb1 d5 24.Nd3 Ne4 25.Bd7 Rd7 26.Rbc1 Nd6 27.Bg7 Kg7 28.Ne5 Rb7 29.Rc6 Rd8 30.Rdc1 Ne8 31.h4 f6 32.Nd3 Kf7 33.Nf4 e5 Black prepares the advance d4 34.Nd3 Rdd7 35.Nb4 d4 36.e4 Rbc7 37.Nd5 (37.Kf1-+) 37...Rc6 38.Rc6 Nd6 (38...f5!? 39.f3-+) 39.f3 f5 40.ef5 Nf5 (better 40...gf5!? 41.Kf2-+) 41.h5 (41.Nf6 Rd6 42.Rd6 Nd6 43.Nh7-+) 41…Rd5 (41...Rd5 42.hg6 hg6 43.Rc7 Kf6 44.Rc6 Kg5-+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2330) - ZUMAND (2370), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.d4 Re8=.

9.h3 a6 10.d3 c5 11.b5 a5 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nh2 e5 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3 Nh5 16.Nd5 f5 17.Nh2 Nhf6 18.e4 Nd5 19.ed5 Qe7 20.Re1 Qf7 21.Nf3 Rf8 (21...Qf6 22.a3=) 22.Rc2 h6 23.Bc1 Rae8 24.Nh4 (24.Rce2 Nf6=) 24...Qf6 (better 24...e4!? 25.de4 fe4=+) 25.Nf3= Re7 26.Nh2 Rfe8 27.f4 (better 27.Rce2!?=) 27...ef4 28.Re7 Re7 29.Bf4 Qd4 30.Kh1?? (better 30.Rf2 Be5 31.Qf3-/+) 30…Qf4-+ 0-1. Undertakerle (1890) - ErasmoArmenta1950 (2285), Lichess Liga, lichess.org, 2023.

9.Nc3 c5 10.b5 (10.bc5 bc5 11.Kh1 Rb8=) 10...d5 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Bg7 Kg7 13.cd5 Bd5 14.d4 Rc8 15.Rc1 e6 16.Qd2 Qf6 17.Rfd1 ½–½. Hasangatin,Ramil (2515) – Pinter,Erik (2360), Presov op–A, 2002. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6)

9.Nc3 e6 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rac1 Rae8 12.a4 Qd8 13.a5 ba5 14.b5 Nh5 15.Ra1 f5 16.Ra5 c6 17.Ra7 Qb6 18.Rfa1 f4 19.bc6 Bc6 20.e4 Rb8 21.Nb5 Bb5 22.Bg7 Ng7 23.cb5 Rfc8 24.Qb2 Rb7 25.R7a6 Qb5 26.Qb5 Rb5 27.Rd6 Rb7 28.d4 Kf8 29.Ba6 Ra8 30.Re1 Rc7 31.Bb5 Ke7 32.Rd7 Rd7 33.Bd7 Kd7 34.Kf1 Ne8 35.Ke2 Ra2 36.Nd2 Nd6 37.Kd3 Ra3 38.Kc2 Ra2 39.Kd3 Ra3 40.Ke2 Ra2 41.f3 Nc4 42.Rd1 Ne3 43.Rb1 Nc4 44.Rd1 Ne3 45.Rb1 Nc4 46.Kd3 Nd2 47.Rb7 Kc6 48.Re7 Nb1 49.Re6 Kb5 50.e5 Rg2 51.Re8 Rd2 52.Ke4 Nc3 53.Kf4 Rd4 54.Kg5 Rd7 55.e6 Rb7 56.Rd8 Kc6 ½–½. Kruck,Daniel (2205) – Braginskij,Alexej (2210), SC Tamm–SF Fuerth, 2001.

9.Nbd2 c5 10.b5 a6 11.a4 ab5 12.ab5 Qc7 13.Qb3 d5 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Nc4 Nb4 17.d4 Nd5 18.Nce5 Ne5 19.Ne5 cd4 20.ed4 Rfd8 21.Rac1 Qd6 22.Nc6 Ra3 23.Qb2 Rc8 24.Bf3 Ra4?? (better 24...Rf3 25.gf3 Bc6 26.bc6 Rc6 27.Rc6 Qc6=+) 25.Qb3+- Bc6 26.Qa4 (26.bc6?! Rd4 27.Bd5 Rd5 28.Qb6 e5=) 26...Ra8 27.Rc6 Ra4 28.Rd6 ed6 29.Bd5 Rd4 30.Bc6 Rd2 (30...Ra4 31.Rd1 Kf8 32.g3+-) 31.g3 Kf6 32.Re1 d5 33.Kg2 d4 34.Kf3 1-0. Behnam1986 (2100) - kamyar77 (2110), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 b6 5.c4 0-0 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Bb7)

9.Nbd2 e5 10.Qc2 a5 11.a3 h6 12.Rfe1 Re8 13.h3 Nh5 (13...e4 14.de4 Ne4 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.b5=) 14.Nh2 (14.b5 Nc5+=) 14...Nhf6= 15.Bf3 Bf3 16.Nhf3 Qe7 17.Bc3 (17.b5 e4 18.de4 Ne4 19.Bg7 Kg7=) 17...ab4 18.ab4 Kh7 19.Ra8 Ra8 20.Ra1 Qd8 (20...Ra1 21.Ba1 c5 22.bc5 bc5 23.Bb2=) 21.Qb2 c5 22.bc5 (22.Ra8 Qa8 23.b5+=) 22...Nc5 (better 22...Ra1!? 23.Qa1 bc5=) 23.Ra8+/- Qa8 24.Qb6 Nd3? (better 24...Na4 25.Qa5 Qa5 26.Ba5 Nc5+/-) 25.Qd6+- Nc1 26.Be5 Ne8 27.Qe7 Qc8 (27...f6 28.Bb2 Nd3+-) 28.Qf7 (better 28.Bg7 Kg7 29.Qa3 Ne2 30.Kf1 Ng3 31.fg3 Qd7+-) 28...Ne2 (28...Qa8+-) 29.Kf1 Nc1 30.Bg7 Ng7 (30...Qc7 31.Qc7 Nc7+-) 31.Ne5 (better 31.Ne4 Qd8 32.Nf6 Kh8+-) 31...Qa6 (31...Qe6 32.Qe6 Ne6+-) 32.Nd7 (32.Ne4 Nd3 33.Nd3 Qa1 34.Ke2 Qa2 35.Kf3 Qa6+-) 32...Qa1 (32...Nb3 33.Nb3 h5+-) 33.Nf6 Kh8 34.Qg8 1-0. sorcererofwonderland (2110) - irwan_azhari (2070), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.b4 A05: Reti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 b6 7.c4 Bb7)

9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 Na6 12.b5 Nb8 13.d5 Nbd7 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.Nbd2 Qd7 16.h3 Ra8 17.e4 Ra5 18.e5 Ne8 19.ed6 Ra1 20.Ra1 Ba1 21.Ng5 ed6 22.Bg4 f5 23.Bf3 Bg7 24.Ne6 Bf6 25.g4 fg4 26.Bg4 Qe7 27.Ne4 Ng7 28.Ng7 Bg7 29.Nc5 dc5 30.Qa2 Qe1 31.Kg2 Qa5 32.Qe2 Qa8 33.Qe7 Bd5 34.cd5 Qd5 35.Bf3 Qd6 36.Qe8 Bf8 37.Bg4 Qd5 38.Bf3 Qg5 39.Kf1 c4 40.Qe6 Kh8 41.Qc4 Kg7 42.Qc7 Kh6 43.Qb6 Bg7 44.Qe3 Bd4 45.Qd4 1–0. Hgvanmoork (1930) – chstrpnc (1650), lichess.org, 2018.

9.a3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Qc2 Nf8 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Rab1 Qc8 14.d5 e5 15.Nd2 N8d7 16.e4 Qd8 17.Nb3 ab4 18.ab4 Qe7 19.Nb5 Nf8 20.c5 Red8 21.Bc1 Ba6 22.Be3 Bb5 23.Bb5 Ng4 24.Bc1 bc5 25.bc5 Rdb8 26.Bc6 Ra6 27.Qe2+– Qh4 28.h3 Rc6 29.dc6 Nf6 30.cd6 cd6 31.f3 Ne6 32.Be3 Nh5 33.Qf2 Qe7 34.Na5 Re8 35.Rb7 Qf6 36.Rd6 Nhf4 37.Bb6 Qg5 38.Kh2 Nd4 39.c7 Nfe6 40.Rb8 Qf4 41.g3 Nf3 42.Kg2 Nh4 43.gh4 Qe4 44.Kh2 Nd4 45.Re8 Kh7 46.Rh8! Bh8 47.Qf7 Bg7 48.Qg6! Qg6 49.Rg6 Kg6 50.Bd4 1–0. Fabriano,Giuseppe – Cappellani,Vincenzo, Rome op, 1991.

9.b5 c6 10.a4 cb5 11.ab5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rfc8 14.Na4 Qd8 15.Qd2 Ne4 16.Qd3 h6 17.Rfd1 e6 18.Ba3 d5? (better 18...Ndf6!?+=) 19.c5+- bc5 20.dc5 Ne5 (20...Nb8!?+-) 21.Ne5 Be5 22.c6?? (22.f4 Bg7 23.c6 Bc6 24.bc6 Qc7+-) 22...Qh4?? (22...Bh2 23.Kf1 Bc6 24.Qe4 Bb5-/+ (worse 24...de4 25.Rd8 Rd8 26.bc6+=)) 23.g3+- Ng3 (23...Qd8 24.f3 Bc6 25.fe4+-) 24.hg3 Bg3 25.fg3 Qg3 26.Kf1 Qh3 (26...Bc6 27.Nb6 d4+-) 27.Ke1 Qg3 (27...Bc6 28.Nb6 Bb7 29.Rc8 Rc8 30.Nc8 Qh4 31.Kd2 Bc8 32.Rg1+-) 28.Kd2 d4 (28...Bc6 29.bc6 Qc7 30.Rh1+-) 29.Rg1 (better 29.ed4 Qf4 30.Qe3 Qe3 31.Ke3 Bc6 32.bc6 Rc7+-) 29...de3 30.Qe3 Rd8 31.Bd3 Qe3 32.Ke3 Bc8 (32...Bc6 33.bc6 Rac8 34.Be7+-) 33.b6 (better 33.c7 Rd3 34.Kd3+-) 33...Ba6 (33...Kg7+-) 34.Ba6 Ra6 35.c7 Rc8 36.b7 Raa8 37.ba8Q (37.Nb6 Rab8 38.bc8R Rc8 39.Nc8 Kh7 40.Ne7 h5 41.c8Q h4 42.Qg8 Kh6 43.Qh8) 37...Ra8 38.c8Q Rc8 39.Rc8 Kg7 40.Ra8 (40.Bb2 e5 41.Be5 f6 42.Rc7 Kf8 43.Rb1 fe5 44.Rb8) 40...h5 41.Ra5 (41.Bb2 f6 42.Ra7 Kh6 43.Bf6 g5 44.Bg5 Kg6 45.Bd8 Kh6 46.Be7 Kh7 47.Bd6 Kh6 48.Bf4) 41...Kh6+- 42.Bb2 g5 43.Rag5 f5 (43...f6 44.Rg8 Kh7 45.Bf6 h4 46.Rh8) 44.Rg8 e5 (44...f4 45.Kf2 e5 46.Rh8) 45.Be5 (45.Rh8) 45...f4 46.Kf4 Kh7 (46...h4 47.Rh8) 47.Rh8 1-0. negrovich1 (1945) - Luters (2000), Rated Bullet tournament, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7)

9.b5 Nbd7 10.Nc3 c6 11.a4 cb5 12.cb5 Rc8 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Nd2 Ba8 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Qf3 (worse 17.gf3 Rc1 18.Qc1 d5=+) 17...Nf6 18.d5 Nd7 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Qe4 Nc5 21.Qd4 Kg8 22.e4 Qd7 23.Rfe1 White prepares the advance e5 23...Qg4 24.h3 Qh5 25.e5 (25.Rc3 e5 26.de6 Ne6+=) 25...de5= 26.Re5 (26.Qe3=) 26...Qh6?? (better 26...Ne6! 27.de6 Rc1 28.Kh2 Qd1 29.ef7 Rf7 30.Qd8 Rf8 31.Qd5 e6 32.Qe6 Kh8=+) 27.Re7 Rfe8? (27...Ne6! 28.de6 Rc1 29.Kh2 fe6+/-) 28.Rce1 Re7 29.Re7 Qf8 (29...Qg7 30.Qf4+-) 30.Re1 (30.d6 Rd8 31.Ne4 Ne6 32.Nf6 Kh8 33.Qb6 Kg7+-) 30...Rd8 31.Ne4 Ne4 32.Qe4 Qc5 33.Qe7 (better 33.Rd1!?+/-) 33...Qd5 34.Qe5 Qd2 35.Qe2 Qb4 36.Qe4 Rd1?? (better 36...h6=) 37.Qe8 (better 37.Qb4 ab4 38.Rd1+-) 37...Kg7 38.Qe5 f6 39.Rd1 (better 39.Qc7 Kh6 40.Rd1 Qa4 41.Qc1 g5 42.Rd6+-) 39…fe5-+ 0-1. Undertakerle (1995) - capperuccio (2160), Hourly SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2022.

9.b5 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Bd3 Bd3 13.Qd3 e5 14.d5?? (14.Rad1 Re8 15.e4 ed4 16.Bd4 Bd4 17.Qd4 Qf6+=) 14...Nc5?? (better 14...e4 15.Qe4 Bb2-+) 15.Qe2 f5 16.Ba3 e4 17.Nd4 Nd3 (17...Bd4 18.ed4 Nd3 19.Qe3=) 18.Rad1 (18.Ne6 Qf6 19.Nf8 Rf8+=) 18...Qf6 (18...Bd4 19.ed4 Qf6 20.Bb2=+) 19.Rd3 ed3 20.Qd3 f4 21.Ne6 fe3 22.fe3 (22.Nf8 ef2 23.Rf2 Qa1 24.Qf1 Qf1 25.Kf1 Rf8+=) 22...Qf1 23.Qf1 Rf1 24.Kf1 Re8 (24...Be5 25.h3= (25.Nc7? Rc8 26.c5 Rc7-+)) 25.Ke2 (25.Nc7!? Re3 26.Bd6+=) 25...Be5= 26.Nc7? (better 26.h3=) 26...Rc8-+ 27.Ne6 Rc4 28.Kd3?? (28.Kf3 Rc2 (28...Bh2?! 29.g3=) 29.Nd4 Bd4 30.Bd6 Bc5 31.Bc5 Rc5-+) 28...Ra4 (better 28...Rc3 29.Ke4 Ra3-+) 29.Bc1 Ra2 30.Bd2 Rb2 31.Bc3 Rb3 (31...Rb3 32.Nd4 Bd4 33.Kd4 Rb5-+) 0-1. Undertakerle (1905) - ErasmoArmenta1950 (2230), Lichess Liga, lichess.org, 2023.

9.b5 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Qc2 e5 12.Rfe1 Qe7 13.a4 Rad8 14.Nb3 ed4 15.Nfd4 Qe4 16.Qe4 Ne4 17.Red1 f5 18.Ra3 Bf6 19.Nd2 Nec5 20.f4 Bd4 21.Bd4 Ne6 22.Bf3 Nd4 23.ed4 Bf3 24.Rf3 Re2 25.Rf2 Re3 26.Rf3 Rde8 27.h3 Nf6 28.c5 Nd5 29.cb6 cb6 30.Rc1 Re1+= 31.Rf1 Rc1 32.Rc1 Nf4 33.Rc6 Re2 34.Nc4 Rg2 35.Kh1 Ra2 36.Rb6? Ra4–+ 37.Rc6 Nd5?? 38.b6–/+ Nb6 39.Nb6 Rd4 40.Rc7 a4 41.Ra7 g5 42.Ra5 Rb4 43.Nd5 Rb3 44.Ra7 Rh3 45.Kg2 Rh4 46.Ne7 Kf8 47.Nf5 Rg4 48.Kh3 Rf4 49.Ng7 Kg8 50.Ne6 Rh4 51.Kg3 h6 52.Kf3 d5 53.Rg7 Kh8 54.Ra7 Rb4 55.Kf2 Rg4 56.Kf3 h5 57.Rb7 a3 58.Ra7 Rg1 59.Ra3 Kh7 60.Rd3 Kg6 61.Rd5 h4 ½–½. Gamb,Roper (1790) – Cardoso,Sergio (2015), RB–2010-0-00088, 2010. (=1.e3 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.c4 d6 8.d4)

9.a3 a5 10.b5 Nbd7 11.d5 Qe8 12.Qd3 e5 13.e4 Nh5 14.Nc3 Nf4 15.Qc2 Bc8 16.Rfe1 f5 17.Bc1+=.

9.a3 a6 10.Nc3 cd4 11.ed4 Qc7 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Qd3 e5 14.d5 Rac8 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nge4 Ne4 17.Qe4+=.

9.a3 Na6 10.Qa4 Qe8 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.d5 e6 13.Nc3 Nc7 14.e4 Rab8 15.Rfe1 Nh5 16.Nd1 Nf6 17.Qe3+=.

9.a3 Na6 10.bc5 bc5 11.Nc3=.

9.a3 cb4 10.ab4+= Nbd7 (10...a5 11.ba5 ba5 12.Nc3+=) 11.Nc3+/– e6 12.b5 Qe7 13.Ba3 (13.Qc2 Rfc8+=) 13...Rfd8+= 14.Qc2 Nf8 (14...e5 15.Rfe1+=) 15.Bb4+/– Qd7 (15...N8d7 16.h3+/–) 16.Ra4 Rdc8 (16...a6 17.ba6 Ba6 18.h3+–) 17.Rfa1+– d5 (17...Qc7 18.Qb2+–) 18.Ra7 Ra7 (18...dc4 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Nc4+– (20.Bc4?! N8d7 21.Ra8 Ba8 22.Nd7 Qd7+/–)) 19.Ra7 Ra8 (19...dc4 20.Ne5 Qc7 21.Bf3+–) 20.Ra8 Ba8 21.c5 bc5 22.dc5 Qa7 (22...Qc8 23.c6 Bc6 24.bc6 Qc6 25.Nd4+–) 23.c6 Qb6 (23...Qb8 24.Na4 Qc7 25.Nc5+–) 24.Qa4 Qb8 25.b6! Bc6 (25...Qb6 26.Qa5 Double attack (26.Qa8 Deflection; 26.Qa5 Decoy)) 26.Qc6 N8d7 (26...N6d7 27.b7 d4 28.ed4 Qd8+–) 27.b7 Bf8 28.Qc8 (28.Qc8 Ng4 29.Bf8 Qb7 30.Qb7 Nf8 31.Bb5+–) 1–0. Vendelo – Sumum, internet free game, 2018.

9.a3 Nc6 10.Qb3 Rb8? (10...cd4 11.ed4 e6 12.Re1+=) 11.Rd1 (11.d5!? Ne5 12.Ne5 (12.Be5?! de5 13.Nc3 e4+=) 12...de5 13.Be5+-) 11...cb4 (11...cd4 12.ed4 e6 13.Nc3+=) 12.ab4+/- a5 13.b5 Nb4 (13...Na7 14.Nc3+/-) 14.Bc3 d5 (14...Qc7 15.Nbd2+/-) 15.Bb4 (15.c5 bc5 16.dc5 Ne4 17.Bg7 Kg7+-) 15...ab4 16.Qb4 dc4 17.Qc4 Ne4 18.Qb4 Qd5 (18...Rc8 19.Nfd2+/-) 19.Ra7 (19.Qe7 Rfe8 20.Qb4 Bf8+-) 19...Rfc8 (19...Bf6!?+/-) 20.Qe7+- Bf8 21.Qe5 Qb3? (21...Bb4 22.Qd5 Bd5 23.Ne5+-) 22.Nbd2 (better 22.Rb7 Rb7 23.Qe4+-) 22...Nd2 23.Nd2 (23.Rd2? Rc1 24.Bf1 Qc4-+) 23...Qd1?? (23...Qc2 24.Kf1 Bb4+-) 24.Bd1 Rc1 (24...Bb4 25.Nc4! Ba8 26.Bg4+-) 25.Qb8 Rd1 26.Nf1 (26.Nf1 Bd5 27.Rc7+-) 1-0. jhonores (2170) - singervasaki (2105), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.a3 cd4 10.ed4 e5 11.de5+– de5 (11...Ng4 12.Ne1 Ne5 13.f4+–) 12.Ne5 Qd1 (12...Qc7 13.Nd3+–) 13.Bd1 (13.Rd1 Re8+–) 13...Ne4 (13...Nbd7 14.Nd7 Nd7 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Bb3+–) 14.Ba4 Nd7?? (better 14...Rc8+–) 15.Bd7+– (15.Nd7?! Bb2 16.Ra2 Bd4+–) 1–0. Pierre – VerianM, internet, 2020.

9.a3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 cd4 11.ed4 e6 12.Qd3 a6 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Rfe1 Qc7 15.d5 ed5 16.cd5 Qd8 17.Rd2=.

9.a3 e6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.dc5 dc5 12.Nb5 a5 13.ba5 Ra5 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 Rd8 16.Bc3 Ra6 17.Rab1= ½-½. Slabek,G (1955) - Meissner,F (2330), European Blitz, 2017. (=1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.b4 Nf6 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.c4)

9.a3 e6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.dc5 dc5 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nd6 Bc6 (13...Qc7 14.Qd3+=) 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rfd1 cb4 16.ab4 a5 (16...Bd5 17.Qb3+–) 17.b5 Bd5 18.Ba3 Bf3 (18...Rfd8 19.Ng5 e5 20.Rac1+–) 19.Bf3 (worse 19.gf3 Rfd8 20.Bb2 Nc5=+) 19...Ra7 20.Ra2 (20.e4 Ne8 21.Ne8 Re8+=) 20...Nc5 (20...Rd8 21.Qa4+=) 21.Bc5 (21.Bc6 Rd8 22.Bc5 bc5+=) 21...Qc5 22.Ne4 (22.Ra4 Qc7+=) 22...Ne4 23.Qe4 (23.Be4 f5 24.Bf3 Be5+=) 23...Rc7 (23...a4 24.Qc6 Qc6 25.bc6=) 24.Be2 (24.Ra4 Qe5+=) 24...Rfc8 25.Qf4 (25.Rad2 Bf6=) 25...Be5 26.Qe4 (26.Qg4 f5 27.Qh3 Kh8+=) 26...Bc3 27.Qd3 Be5 (27...Bb4 28.Qb3=) 28.Qa3 (28.Ra4!?=) 28...Qa3=+ 29.Ra3 Kf8 (29...g5 30.h3=+) 30.f4= Bf6 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Rad3 a4 33.R1d2 e5 (33...Ra7 34.Ra3+=) 34.Ra3+= Ra7 (34...ef4 35.ef4 (35.Ra4?? fe3 36.Ke3 Bg5 37.Kf3 Bd2–+) 35...Ra8 36.Rda2+=) 35.Rda2 ef4 36.ef4 Bd4 37.Kf1 Rca8 38.Bd1 Kf6 (38...h6 39.g3+= (39.Ba4? Bc5–+)) 39.Ra4 (39.Ba4? Bc5 40.Rc3 Ra4 41.Ra4 Ra4–+) 39...Ra4 40.Ba4 (40.Ra4 Ra4 41.Ba4 h6+=) 40...h5 (40...h6 41.g3+=) 41.g3 (41.Bb3 Re8+=) 41...Bc5 42.Kg2 (42.Bb3 Rd8+=) 42...Rd8= 43.Kh3 (43.Bc2 Rd4=) 43...Rd3 44.Rb2 Rc3 ½–½. Frenzel,Lothar – Wall,Bill, corr, 2006.

9.Qb3 Nbd7 10.a4 Rb8 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.b5 cd4 13.ed4 (worse 13.Nd4 Nd2 14.Qb4 Nf1 15.Kf1 Nc5-+) 13...Ne5?? (better 13...Nc3 14.Qc3 d5=) 14.de5 de5 (14...Nc5 15.Qa2+-) 15.Rfd1 (15.Ne4 Be4 16.Ne5 Qc7+-) 15...Qc7 (15...Nc5 16.Qb4 Qc7 17.Nd5 Bd5 18.cd5+-) 16.Nd5 Qd6 (16...Bd5 17.cd5 Qc5 18.Qe3 Qe3 19.fe3+-) 17.Ba3 (17.Qe3!? f5+-) 17...Nc5 18.Qe3 Qe6 (18...e4 19.Ra2 ef3 20.Ne7 Qe7 21.Qe7 Rfe8 22.Bc5 Re7 23.Be7 fe2 24.Re2 Re8+-) 19.Ng5 Qd6 20.Ne4 Qe6 (20...Qd8 21.Nc5 bc5 22.Bc5 Bd5 23.Rd5+-) 21.Bc5 Bd5 (21...bc5 22.Nc5 Qd6 23.Nd7 Bd5 24.Rd5+- (24.cd5?! Qd7 25.Rac1 Rfd8+/-)) 22.cd5 Qd7 23.Bb4 Rfc8 (23...Rfd8 24.d6 e6 25.Qg5+-) 24.Rac1 (24.d6 e6+-) 24...Rd8 (24...Rc1 25.Rc1 h6 26.d6 ed6 27.Nd6+-) 25.h3 (25.d6 ed6 26.Bc4 d5 27.Rd5 Qd5 28.Bd5 Rd5+-) 25...f5 (25...Rdc8 26.Rc6+-) 26.Ng5 f4 (26...Rdc8 27.d6 e6 28.Bc4 Rc4 29.Rc4+-) 27.Qf3 (27.Qb3 Qe8 28.d6 e6+-) 27...Qf5 (27...Bf6 28.d6 Bg5 29.de7 Qe7 30.Be7 Be7 31.Qg4+-) 28.Ne6 (better 28.Be7!? Bf6 29.Bd8 Bd8+-) 28...Rd7 29.Bd3 Qf6 30.Be4 Bh6 31.Rc6 Re8 (31...Qf7 32.Qc3 Re8 33.Qe5+-) 32.Nc7 Qf8 33.Ne8 Qe8 34.d6 e6 (34...ed6 35.Rcd6 Rd6 36.Bd6+-) 35.Rc7 Bf8 36.Bc6 Bd6 37.Rd6 (better 37.Bd7 Bc7 38.Be8 a6 39.Qc6 h5 40.Qe6 Kh8 41.Qf6 Kg8 42.Qf8 Kh7 43.Rd7) 37...Rd6 38.Be8 Rd8 (38...e4 39.Qf4 Rd1 40.Kh2 Rh1 41.Kh1 e3 42.Qf8) 39.Qb7 Rd1 40.Kh2 Rh1 (40...Rd7 41.Rd7 h6 42.Bg6 a6 43.Qc8) 41.Kh1 f3 (41...h6 42.Bg6 a6 43.Qc8) 42.Rg7 (42.Qf3 a6 43.Qf8) 42...Kh8 43.Rh7 Kg8 44.Qg7 (44.Qf7) 1-0. jhonores (2275) - jose_marquez (2070), I INTERCLUBES LIGA DE PRIMERA Team Batt, lichess.org, 2020.

9.b5 a6 10.a4 a5 11.Qc2 (11.dc5 dc5 12.Qc2 Nbd7=) 11...Be4 (11...cd4 12.Nd4 Qc7 13.Nc3=) 12.Qc3 cd4 13.Qd4 (13.ed4 Nbd7=) 13...Ra7 (13...Nbd7 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Qh4+=) 14.Nbd2 Bf3 (better is 14...Bb7 15.Qh4 Nbd7+=) 15.Bf3?? (better is 15.Nf3 Nbd7 16.Qh4=) 15...Nh5–+ 16.Qe4 (16.Qd3 Bb2 17.Ra2 Bg7–+) 16...Bb2 17.Ra2 Nf6 18.Qd3 Be5 19.Nb3 Nbd7 20.Nd4 (20.Rd2 Qc8–+) 20...Bd4 (20...Rc7 21.Nc6 Nc5 22.Nd8 Nd3 23.Nc6–+) 21.ed4 Rc7 (21...e5 22.Re1–+) 22.Bc6 White prepares d5 22...e5 23.d5 (23.Re2–+) 23...Nc5 24.Qe3 (24.Qf3 Nh5–+) 24...Nfe4 (24...Ng4 25.Qc3–+) 25.Re1 (25.f3 Nf6–+) 25...f5 26.f3 (26.Ra3 Qh4–+) 26...Nf6 Black plans e4 (26...f4 27.Qa3 Qh4 28.Rae2–+) 27.Qg5 Qe7 Black intends e4 28.Qe3 e4 29.Qc3 (29.Ree2 Nh5 30.Ra3 Qe5–+) 29...Nd3 (29...Nh5 30.g3–+) 30.Ree2 (30.Rf1 Qe5 31.Qe5 Ne5–+ (worse is 31...de5 32.d6 Ra7 33.Rd2–+)) 30...Nb4 (30...Nh5!? 31.Re3–+) 31.Ra1 (31.Rad2 Qg7–+) 31...Qg7 32.Qe3 (32.Rd1–+) 32...Nfd5 33.Bd5 (33.cd5 Qa1 34.Re1 Qa4–+) 33...Nd5 34.Qa3 (34.Qc1 Qd4 35.Kh1 Rc4–+) 34...Nb4 (34...Qd4 35.Kh1 Rc4 36.Qb2 Ra4 37.Qd4 Rd4 38.h3–+) 35.fe4 (35.Rd1 Rc4 36.Qb3 d5 37.Rd5 Rc3–+) 35...Qd4 36.Kf1 (36.Kh1 fe4 37.Qb2 Qc4 38.Qd2–+) 36...fe4 37.Ke1 (37.Qf3 ef3 38.gf3 Rcf7 39.Kg2 Rf3 40.Rg1 Rf1 41.Kh3 Rg1 42.Rg2 Rg2 43.Kg2 Qg4 44.Kh1 Rf1) 37...Nd3 (37...Nd3 38.Kd2 Ne5 39.Kc2 Rc4 40.Kb3 Rc3 41.Ka2 Qd5 42.Kb1 Qd3 43.Ka2 Ra3 44.Kb2 Nc4 45.Kc1 Ra1; 37...Rcf7 38.Qf3 ef3 39.Rea2 fg2 40.Rg2 Rf1 41.Ke2 Qd3) 0–1. kingcrimson73 (1745) – alanmck64 (1650), gameknot.com, 2018. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.Be2 d6 6.0-0 b6 7.b4 Bb7 8.Bb2 c5)

9.b5 a6 10.Nc3 ab5 11.cb5 Nbd7 12.a4 Qc7 13.Rc1 cd4 (13...Rfe8 14.d5–/+) 14.ed4+= Rfc8 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nf3 Qd8 17.Re1 Ne4 18.Bd3 Ndf6?? (better is 18...Nc3 19.Rc3 Rc3 20.Bc3 e6+=) 19.Ne4+– (worse is 19.Re4 Rc3 20.Bc3 Ne4 21.Be4 Be4=; 19.Be4?! Ne4 20.Ne4 Rc1 21.Bc1 Qc7+–) 19...Rc1 20.Nf6 (20.Nf6 Bf6 21.Bc1+–) 1–0. Janek – Gu06, free chess online, 2018.

9.b5 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Rc8 (10...cd4 11.ed4 Rc8 12.Qa4=) 11.Nbd2 (11.d5 e6 12.e4 Ra8+=) 11...cd4= 12.ed4 d5 13.Rac1 dc4 14.Qa4 Rc7 15.Nc4 Bd5 (15...Nd5 16.Ncd2= (16.Qa7?? Nf4 17.Bd1 Bf3–+)) 16.Ne3+= e6 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.de5 Ne4 19.Nd5 ed5 20.f3 Nc5 21.Qg4 f5 22.Qb4 Re8 23.Rfd1 Be5 24.Rd5 Rd7?? (24...Nd7 25.Bc4 Kg7 26.Re5 Ne5+–) 25.Re5+– Re5 26.Be5 Kf8 (26...h6 27.f4+–) 27.Qc3 Qe7 28.Re1 1–0. Charito – Boyl, internet, 2019.

9.bc5 bc5 10.d5 Bc8 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.Na4 Rb8 15.Bc3 Ne4 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Qd3 f5 18.h3 Bf3 19.gf3 Ne5 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.f4 Ned7 22.Qc3 Nb6 23.Qa5 Na4 24.Qa4 Qb6 25.Bd3 Rb7 26.Rab1 Qa7 27.Rb7 Qb7 28.Rb1 Qa7 29.Kg2 Rd8 30.Qa5 Rd7 31.Rb6 Rb7 32.Ra6 Qb8 33.Ra8 Qc7 34.Qc7 Rc7 35.a4 Rb7 36.a5 Rb3 37.Bc2 (better 37.Bf1!?+/-) 37...Rb2= 38.Ba4 Ne4 39.Bc6 Nf2 40.a6 Nd3 41.Kf1 Rf2 42.Kg1 Ra2 43.Bb7 (43.a7 Nf2=) 43...Ra1 44.Kh2 Ra2 45.Kg3 Ne1 46.h4 1-0. risingsun2016 (2140) - Mohsenabutalebi (2140), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6)

9.bc5 bc5 10.d5 Bc8 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.e4 Nbd7 13.h3 Bf3 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Qc2 Rfb8 16.Bc3 Rb7 17.g4 h6 18.h4 Rab8 19.g5 hg5 20.hg5 Ne8 (20...Nh7 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Qc3 Kg8 23.Qe3=+) 21.Bg7 Ng7 22.Qc3 Ne5 23.Be2 Rb2 24.f4 Nd7 25.Bd3 Nh5?? (better 25...R2b4=) 26.Nb3+- R2b3 27.ab3 Qb6 28.Ra3 Qb7 29.Kg2 Ra8 30.Kf3 Nb6 31.Rh1 Qd7 32.f5 Qc7 33.Raa1 Nd7 34.Be2 Ne5 (34...e5 35.Kf2 Nf4 36.Qg3+-) 35.Ke3 Ng3 (35...Ng7 36.Kd2 f6 37.gf6 ef6 38.fg6 Ng6 39.Qf6+-) 36.Rh3 Ne2 (36...Nh5+-) 37.Ke2 (37.Rah1 Qc6 38.Rh8 Kg7 39.R1h7) 37...gf5 38.ef5 (38.Rah1 Kf8 39.Rh8 Kg7 40.Qh3 Rh8 41.Qh8 Kg6 42.Qg8) 38...Qd7 39.Qc2 Kg7 (39...Ng6 40.Qe4 (40.fg6?! Qh3 41.gf7 Kf7 42.Rf1 Kg7+/-) 40...f6 41.gf6 ef6 42.Rg1+-) 40.Rah1 (40.f6 ef6 41.Qh7 Kf8 42.Qh8 Ke7 43.gf6) 40...Rg8+- 41.Qe4 Kf8 (41...Qb7 42.f6! Kf8 43.Qh7+-) 42.Rg1 (better 42.Rh8 f6 43.g6 Ng6 44.fg6 Qg4 45.Qg4 Rh8 46.Rh8 Kg7 47.Rh7 Kg8 48.Qc8) 42...a5 (42...Ke8 43.Rh6+-) 43.Rh7 a4 (43...Ke8+-) 44.g6 ab3 (44...fg6 45.fg6 Ke8+-) 45.g7 Ke8 46.Rh8 Kd8 47.Rg8 Kc7 (47...Kc7 48.Ra8 Qe8 49.Re8 Kb7 50.g8Q Nd7 51.Qe7 Kb6 52.Ra8 b2 53.Qd6 Kb7 54.Qc8). miskob (2235) - farshid_g (2125), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2017.

9.dc5 dc5 10.b5 Qd1 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Na3 Rfd8 13.Rd2 (13.Rd3 a6=) 13...Nf8 14.Rad1 Rd2 15.Rd2 Ne6 16.Nc2? (16.Be5 a6=) 16...Rd8 (better 16...Ne4 17.Rd7 Bc8 (17...Bb2?! 18.Rb7 Kf8 19.Rd7-/+) 18.Bg7 Bd7-+) 17.Rd8= Nd8 18.Nce1 Ne4 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Nd3 (20.a3 f6=) 20...f6 (20...Nc3 21.Kf1=+) 21.Nf4 (21.Kf1 Nc3=) 21...Nd6 (21...Nc3 22.Bd3-/+) 22.a4 (22.Nd2 e5 23.Nd3 Ne6=) 22...e6 (22...Bf3 23.gf3 N8b7 24.Nd3-/+) 23.g3 (23.Nd2 Ne4 24.Ne4 Be4=) 23...g5 (23...Bf3 24.Bf3 g5 25.Nd3 Nc4 26.Be2-/+) 24.Ng2 (better 24.Nh5!? Kf7 25.Nd2=+) 24...Bf3-/+ 25.Ne1?? (better 25.Bf3 Nc4 26.Bd1-/+) 25….Be2-+ 0-1. Gehaktbalmetjus (2035) - Gabopiano (2045), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.a3 c5 10.dc5 dc5 11.b5 Qc7 12.Nbd2 e6 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Rad1 Ng4 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.h3 Nge5 17.Qc3 Kg8 18.Ne5 Qe5 19.Qe5 Ne5 20.Nf3 (20.Nb3 f5=) 20...Nf3 21.gf3 f6 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Rd1 Rd1 24.Bd1 Kf7 (24...a6 25.ba6 Ba6 26.Be2=+) 25.Kf1 (25.f4 a6=) 25...Ke7 (25...e5 26.Kg2=+) 26.Ke2 (26.f4 a6=) 26...Kd6 (26...e5 27.Kd3=+) 27.Bc2 (27.f4 a6=) 27...e5 28.h4 Ke6 29.a4 f5 30.e4 (better 30.Bb3!?=+) 30...f4-+ 31.Kf1 Kf6 32.Kg2 (32.Bd3 Kg7-+) 32...g5 (32...Kg7!? 33.h5-+) 33.hg5-/+ Kg5 34.Kh3 Bc8 35.Kh2 Kh4 36.Bd3 Bb7 (36...h5!?-/+) 37.Bf1 Bc8 38.Bd3 Be6 39.Bf1 h6 40.Bd3 Kg5 41.Bf1 Bf7 42.Bd3 Bh5 43.Be2 Bf7 44.Kh3 (44.Bd3 h5 45.Kh1-/+) 44...Be6-/+ 45.Kg2 Bf7 46.Kh2 (46.Kh3 h5-/+) 46...Be6 47.Kg2 Bf7 48.Kh2 (better 48.Kh3=) 48...Bh5 49.Kg2 Kh4 50.Kh2 Bf7 51.Bd3 Be6 52.Be2 Bf7 53.Bd3 Be6 54.Be2 Bd7 55.Bd3 Kg5 56.Be2 h5 57.Kg2 h4 58.Kh2 h3 59.Bf1 Kh4 60.Bh3?? (better 60.Be2-/+) 60...Be8 (better 60...Bh3 61.Kg1 Be6 62.Kf1-+) 61.Kg1?? (better 61.Bf1=) 61...Kh3-+ 62.Kf1 Bh5 63.Ke2 Kg2 64.Kd3 Bf3 (better 64...Kf3 65.Kd2 Kf2 66.a5 ba5 67.Kd3-+) 65.a5 Kf2 66.ab6 ab6 67.Kd2 Be4 68.Kc3 f3 (68...Ke3 69.Kb3 f3 70.Kc3 f2 71.Kb2 f1Q 72.Kb3 Qb1 73.Ka3 Qa1 74.Kb3 Bf3 75.Kc2 Bd1) 69.Kb3 (69.Kb2 Ke2 70.Kc3 f2 71.Kb2 f1Q 72.Kb3 Qc1 73.Ka2 Bb1 74.Kb3 Qc2 75.Ka3 Qa2) 69...Ke2 70.Kc3 f2 71.Kb3 f1Q 72.Kc3 (72.Kb2 Qb1 73.Ka3 Qc1 74.Ka2 Bb1 75.Kb3 Qc2 76.Ka3 Qa2) 72...Qc1 73.Kb3 Bd3 74.Ka2 (74.Ka4 Bc2) 74...Qc4 (74...Bc4) 75.Ka3 (75.Kb2 Qb4 76.Ka2 e4 77.Ka1 Qa3) 75...Qb4 76.Ka2 Bc2 77.Ka1 Qb1 (77...Qa3) 0-1. Gehaktbalmetjus (2040) - Srianshkiller (2025), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019.

9.a3 c5 10.d5 a6 11.Re1 Bc8 12.bc5 Nc5 13.Nc3 Nfe4 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Qc1 Bb2 17.Qb2 Bf3 18.Bf3 Nd3 19.Qc3 Ne1 20.Re1 b5 21.cb5 ab5 22.Be2 Qa5 23.Qa5 Ra5 24.h3 Ra3 25.Bb5 Rb8 26.Bc6 Rb2 27.Rf1 Rc3 28.e4 e6 29.Ba8 Re2 30.f3 Rcc2 0–1. Chess4Win (1745) – ahmedkatamish (1795), lichess.org, 2019.

9.a3 e5 10.Nc3 ed4 11.ed4 Re8 12.Re1 Ne4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Bd3 Bf3 (14...d5!?+=) 15.Qf3+/- (worse 15.gf3 Qg5 16.Kh1 Re1 17.Qe1 Nf6=+) 15...Qf6 (15...c5 16.Be4 Rb8 17.Bd5+/-) 16.Qf6 (16.Qc6!? Re1 17.Re1 Qd8+-) 16...Bf6 17.Rad1 (17.Be4 Rad8+/-) 17...c5 18.Be4 Rac8 19.bc5 bc5 20.Bb7 (better 20.Kf1!?=) 20...Re1-/+ 21.Re1 Rb8 22.Bc6 Rb2 23.Bd7 Bd4 24.Rf1 Ra2 25.a4 Kg7 26.Bb5 f5 27.g3 Kf6 28.Kg2 g5 29.Kf3 (29.h4 g4-/+) 29...g4-+ 30.Kg2 h5 31.h3 Kg5 (31...gh3 32.Kh3 Bf2 33.a5-+) 32.h4-/+ Kf6 33.Bc6 f4 (33...Re2!?-/+) 34.gf4=+ Kf5 35.Bd5?? (better 35.Kg3=+) 35...Kf4-+ (35...Ra4?! 36.Kg3-+) 36.Be6 (36.Bc6 g3 37.Bf3 gf2 38.Bh5 Ra4-+) 36...g3 37.Bf7 Rf2 (better 37...gf2 38.Bh5 Ra4-+) 38.Rf2 gf2 (38...Bf2?! 39.Bh5 d5 40.cd5=) 39.Bh5 Ke3 40.Kf1 Kd3 (40...Bf6 41.a5-+) 41.Be2 Kc3 42.h5 (better 42.a5-+) 42…Kb4 0-1. Gehaktbalmetjus (2050) - Kostukov_Alex (2190), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019.

9.a3 e5 10.de5 de5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Qe7 13.Bb2 Qe4?? (better 13...Rfd8 14.Qb3 a5+=) 14.Bf3+- Qc4 15.Bb7 Rab8 16.Bf3 Ne4 (16...c5 17.Qa4+-) 17.Be4 (better 17.Bg7!? Kg7 18.Nd2 Nd2 19.Qd2 Rbd8 20.Qb2 f6+-) 17...Bb2 18.Nd2 (18.Bd5 Qb5 19.Ra2 Be5+-) 18...Qe6?! (18...Qc3 19.Rc1! Bc1 20.Qc1 Qc1 21.Rc1 Rfd8+-) 19.Ra2 (19.Rb1 Bc3 20.Bd3 Rbd8+-) 19...Bc3?? (better 19...Qa2 20.Qc2 Qa3=) 20.Rc2 (better 20.Qb3 Rbd8 21.Qe6 fe6+-) 20...Bd2 21.Rd2 (better 21.Bf3 Be3 22.Bd5+-) 21...Qe4+/- 22.Qf3 (better 22.Qc2!? Qc2 23.Rc2+/-) 22...Qf3= 23.gf3 Rfd8 24.Rfd1 (24.Rc2 Rd3=) 24...Rd2 25.Rd2 Rb7 (25...Rc8 26.Rd7=) 26.b5 a5 (26...a6 27.a4=) 27.a4 (27.Rd8 Kg7+=) 27...Ra7 28.Rc2 Kg7 29.f4 Kf6 30.Kg2 h5 (30...Ke6 31.Rc4+=) 31.Kf3 (31.Rc6 Kg7+/-) 31...Ke6 (31...c5 32.bc6 Rc7 33.e4+/-) 32.h4 (32.Rc6 Kd7 33.f5 gf5 34.Rf6+-) 32...Kd5?? (32...c5!? 33.bc6 Rc7=) 33.e4 (better 33.Rc6!? Ra8 34.Rc7 Rf8+-) 33...Kd4 (better 33...Ke6+/-) 34.f5 (34.Rc6+/-) 34...Kd3? (better 34...gf5 35.Re2 c5 36.bc6 Rc7 37.Rd2 Kc3+=) 35.Rc6+- gf5 36.ef5 Kd4 37.Kf4 Kd5 38.Kg5 Rb7 39.f4 Ke4 40.Rh6 (40.f6 Rb8 41.Rc4 Kd5 42.Rc7 Rg8 43.Kh5 Ke6 44.Rc6 Kf5+-) 40...Rb8 (40...Kd5 41.Rf6 Kc4 42.Rf7+-) 41.Rh5 Rg8? (41...Ke3+-) 42.Kf6 Kf4 43.Rh7 (better 43.Kf7 Rc8 44.f6 c6 45.bc6 Rc6+-) 43...Rd8 (better 43...Rc8 44.Rf7 c5 45.bc6 Rc6 46.Kg7 Rc4+-) 44.Rf7 Rd4 45.Rc7 Ra4 46.Rc6 Kg3 (46...Kg4 47.Kg6 (47.Rb6?! Rf4+-) 47...Kh4 48.f6 Rg4 49.Kf5+-) 47.Rb6 Rh4 48.Ra6 a4 49.Ke5 Rb4 50.b6 Rb5 51.Ke6 a3 52.f6 Rb6 (52...a2 53.f7 Rb6 54.Rb6 a1Q+-) 53.Rb6 a2 54.Ra6 a1N (54...Kg4 55.f7 Kg5 56.f8Q Kg4 57.Ra4 Kg3 58.Qf4 Kh3 59.Qf2 a1Q 60.Rh4) 55.Ra2 (55.Ra1 Kf3 56.f7 Kf2 57.f8Q Ke3 58.Ra3 Ke2 59.Qf3 Ke1 60.Qg2 Kd1 61.Ra1) 55...Kf4 (55...Kh3 56.f7 Nc2 57.Rc2 Kg3 58.f8Q Kh4 59.Qf4 Kh5 60.Rh2 Kg6 61.Qf6) 56.Ra1 Ke4 (56...Kf3 57.f7 Kf2 58.f8Q Ke3 59.Qc5 Ke2 60.Ra3 Ke1 61.Ra2 Kd1 62.Qg1) 57.Rf1 (57.f7 Kd3 58.Ra3 Kd2 59.f8Q Ke2 60.Qf3 Ke1 61.Qg2 Kd1 62.Ra1) 57...Kd4 58.Re1 (58.f7 Kc4 59.f8Q Kd3 60.Qa3 Kc4 61.Rf4 Kb5 62.Qb3 Kc5 63.Rc4) 58...Kc5 (58...Kc4 59.f7 Kb3 60.f8Q Kc3 61.Qf3 Kb4 62.Re4 Kc5 63.Qb3 Kc6 64.Rc4) 59.Rd1 (59.f7 Kb6 60.Rb1 Kc5 61.f8Q Kc4 62.Qa3 Kd4 63.Rb4 Kc5 64.Qc3) 59…Kc6 (59...Kb5 60.f7 Kc6 61.f8Q Kb6 62.Qb4 Kc7 63.Rc1 Kd8 64.Qe7) ½-½. Gehaktbalmetjus (2015) - meticulous_ferret (2070), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.a4 a5 10.b5 c6 11.Nc3 cb5 12.cb5 e5 13.Qb3 Rc8 14.de5 de5 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Ba3 Nc5 17.Qa2 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Ne8 (18...Rd1 19.Rd1 Nfe4 20.Ne4 Be4 21.Qc4=) 19.Nd5+= Bd5 20.Rd5 Qe6 21.Bc4 Qg4? (better 21...Qe7+=) 22.Rd8+- Rd8 23.Bf7 Kh8 24.Bc5 bc5 25.Be8 Re8 26.Rc5 Rd8 (26...Qd7 27.Qd2 Qe7 28.Rc4+-) 27.h3 Qf5 28.b6 Rb8 (28...Bf8 29.Ra5 (29.Re5?! Rd1 30.Kh2 Bd6+/-) 29...Rd1 30.Kh2+-) 29.Qb3 Qf6 (29...h6+-) 30.b7 Qe7 (30...Qf5 31.e4 Qd7 32.Rc8 Rc8+-) 31.Rc8 (31.Rc8 Bf8 32.Rb8 Kg7 33.Rc8 Kh6 34.b8Q Bg7 35.Rc7 e4 36.Re7 ef3 37.Qf4 g5 38.Qe6 Bf6 39.Qff6 Kh5 40.Rh7) 1-0. drink1966 - nimzo1, ChessWorld.net, 2023.

9.a4 a5 10.b5 c6 11.Nc3 e6 12.h3 d5 13.Qc2 dc4 14.Bc4 Nd5 15.Be2 Rc8 16.Qb3 c5 17.Rfc1 cd4 18.Nd4 Nc3 19.Bc3 Bd5 20.Qb2 Ne5 21.Nf3 Nc4 22.Bc4 Bc4 23.Bg7 Re8 24.Bh6 f6 25.Bf4 Bd5 26.Nd4 Rc1 27.Rc1 Qe7 28.Nc6 Qg7 29.Qe2 e5 30.Bg3 Rc8 31.Rd1 Bc6 32.bc6 Rc6 33.Rd8 Kf7 34.Qa2 Re6 35.Rd7 Time forfeit 1-0. carloscam – damandioca, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

9.a4 a5 10.b5 Ne4 11.Nfd2 e5 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bf3 Qc8 15.Bb7 (15.Qc2 f5+=) 15...Qb7 16.Qf3 Qf3 17.Nf3 Rfe8 18.Rfd1 ed4 19.ed4 Re2 20.Rd2 Rd2 21.Nd2 Re8 22.Kf1 Nc5 23.Bc3 Nd3 (23...Kf8 24.Nf3= (worse 24.dc5 Bc3 25.Rd1 bc5-/+)) 24.Nf3 d5 25.cd5 Nf4 26.Re1 Re1 27.Be1 Nd5 28.g3 Kf8 29.Ke2 Ke7 30.Kd3 f6 31.Kc4 Kd6 32.Bd2 c6 33.Ne1 g5 (33...cb5 34.Kb5 f5 35.Nf3+=) 34.g4 Nc7 35.bc6 Kc6 36.Nd3 Bf8 37.f4 h6 38.fg5 hg5 39.h3 (39.Nf2 Kd7+=) 39...Bd6 (39...Nd5 40.Ne1=) 40.Be3 (40.Nf2 Nd5+=) 40...Nd5 41.Bd2 (41.Bf2 Ba3=) 41...Bg3 42.Bc1 Nc7 43.Bd2 Bh2 (43...Nd5 44.Nb2=) 44.Be3 (44.Nf2 Bd6+=) 44...Nd5 45.Bd2 Bg1 46.Bc1 Be3 47.Ba3 Bd2 (better 47...Bg1=) 48.Bf8 (better 48.Nf2+=) 48...Ne3-/+ 49.Kb3 Kd5 50.Be7 Kd4 51.Nf2 Nd5 52.Kc2?? (better 52.Ba3-/+) 52...Be3-+ (52...Ne7?! 53.Kd2 Nd5 54.Kc2-+) 53.Nd3 (53.Bf6 Nf6 54.Nd3 Kc4-+) 53…Ne7 0-1. Osmak,Yuliia (2415) - Triapishko,Alexandr (2505), Titled Tuesday, 2021.

9.a4 a6 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Qb3 e6 13.Rfd1 Qe7 (13...a5 14.b5+=) 14.Rac1 (14.Nd2 f5+=) 14...Rab8 (14...c5 15.dc5 Bb2 16.Qb2 bc5 17.b5=) 15.d5 (15.b5 Ra8+=) 15...Bb2 (15...Nc5 16.Qa2 (16.bc5? bc5 17.Bg7 Rb3 18.Bf8 Kf8–+) 16...Bb2 17.Qb2 Na4 18.Qa3 Bf3 19.Bf3=) 16.Qb2 Bf3 17.Bf3 a5 18.de6 (18.b5 Nc5=) 18...fe6 19.Bc6 (19.b5 Nc5=) 19...Ne5+= 20.b5 (20.Be4 ab4 21.Qb4 Qh4=) 20...Qh4 (20...Nc6 21.bc6 Qe8 22.Qb5–/+) 21.g3 (21.Rd2 Nc6 22.bc6 Qe4+=) 21...Qh5 (21...Qf6 22.Rd2 Nc6 23.Qf6 Rf6 24.bc6 Rf5–/+) 22.f4 (better is 22.Bh1+=) 22...Ng4?? (better is 22...Nc6 23.bc6 Qc5–/+) 23.Bf3 Qf5 24.Qd4 (24.Qe2 Nh6 25.c5 dc5 26.Rd7+=) 24...e5 (24...Qh5 25.Qd2 Qh3 26.Rc3+=) 25.Qc3 (better is 25.Bg4!? Qg4 26.fe5+/–) 25...Nf6 26.Bg2 (26.Bc6 ef4 27.ef4 Rf7+=) 26...Rbe8 27.Re1 (27.Bc6 Re7=) 27...g5 (27...e4 28.Red1=) 28.Rf1 (28.fg5 Qg5 29.Bd5 Kg7=) 28...ef4 (28...gf4 29.Bc6 Re6 30.Rce1=) 29.ef4 g4 30.Rfe1 (30.Rce1 Re1 31.Re1 Qc5 32.Kh1 Qf5=) 30...Kf7 (30...Re1 31.Re1 Qc5 32.Kh1=) 31.Qd4 (31.Bd5 Kg7+=) 31...Re1= 32.Re1 Re8 33.Re8 Ke8 34.Qe3 (34.Bf1 Qe6=) 34...Kf7 35.h3 (better is 35.Qe2!?=) 35...gh3–/+ 36.Bf3 (36.Bf1 h2! 37.Kh1 Qc2–/+) 36...h5 (36...Qc2 37.Qe2 Qa4 38.Kh2–/+) 37.Qe2 Ng4 38.Bd5 Kf8 39.Be4?? (better is 39.Qb2 Nf6 40.Qd4–/+) 39...Qf6 (better is 39...Qc5 40.Kh1 Qd4–+) 40.Bb1 (40.Kf1 Qa1 41.Qe1 Qa4 42.Bc6 Qc4 43.Kg1–+) 40...Qd4 41.Kh1 Qc3 (better is 41...h2 42.Qf1 Qd2–+) 42.Qc2 (42.Bd3–+) 42...Qe1 0–1. Sargissian,Gabriel (2670) – Le Roux,Jean_Pierre (2560), London CC Superblitz KO, 2017. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 0-0 5.0-0 b6 6.b4 Bb7 7.Bb2 d6 8.c4 Nbd7)

9.a4 e5 10.a5 ed4 11.ed4 c5 12.a6 Be4 13.dc5 dc5 14.b5 Nh5 (14...Qc7 15.Nc3=) 15.Bg7+= Ng7 16.Nc3 Bf5 17.Nd5 Re8 18.Bd3 Bd3 (18...Nf6 19.Re1+=) 19.Qd3 Ne5 (19...Nf6 20.Rfe1+=) 20.Ne5+/- Re5 21.Rad1 Ne6 (better 21...Nf5!?+/-) 22.f4+- Rh5 23.g4 (23.Qe4!? Rc8 24.g4 Rd5 25.Rd5 Qh4+-) 23...Rh4+/- 24.Qg3 h5 (better 24...Nd4!? 25.Rd4 cd4+/-) 25.h3+- Nd4? (better 25...hg4 26.Nb6! Qb6 27.Qh4 gh3+-) 26.Rf2 (26.Rde1 hg4 27.Ne7 Kg7 28.Qh4 Nf3 29.Rf3 gf3+-) 26...Rc8?? (better 26...hg4 27.hg4 Kg7+=) 27.g5 (better 27.Re1!? hg4 28.Ne7 Qe7 29.Re7+-) 27...Nf5 28.Qg2 (28.Qf3!? Nd4 29.Rd4 cd4+-) 28...Kg7 29.Re2 (29.Qf3 Qd6 30.Qc3 f6+-) 29...Qd6? (29...Rf4 30.Qh2 (worse 30.Nf4 Qd1 31.Kh2 Qb3-/+) 30...Rd4 31.Qe5 Kh7 32.Rf1 Qg5 33.Rg2 Rd5 34.cd5+= (34.Rg5?? Re5 35.Rg2 Rd8-+; 34.Qd5?! Qe3 35.Kh2 Qe6=)) 30.Re5?? (better 30.Ree1+-) 30...Rf4= 31.Rde1 (31.Nf4 Qd1 Pinning (31...Qd1 Deflection; 31...Qe5 Remove defender)) 31...Rd8?? (better 31...Rc4 32.Ne7 Ne7 33.Re7 Rc3-+) 32.Re7 (better 32.Nf4 Qd4 33.Qf2+-) 32...Ne7-+ (32...Rc4?! 33.Qb2 Rd4 34.R7e5-+) 33.Qb2 (33.Nf4 Qf4 34.Qb2 Rd4 35.Qc3-+) 33...Kh7 (better 33...Rd4 34.Ne3 Qg3 35.Ng2 Qg5-+) 34.Re7 Rd4 35.Qf2 (35.Qf2 Qe7! 36.Ne7 Rd1 37.Kg2-+). jhonores (2140) - RafaelEstebanQC (2100), Hourly SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

9.a4 e5 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Qb3 a5 12.d5 ab4 13.Qb4 Nc5 14.Nb3 White prepares a5 14...e4 15.Nfd4 Nfd7 16.a5 ba5 (16...Nb3!? 17.Qb3 ba5 18.Qb7 Rb8=+) 17.Na5+= Ba6 18.Nac6 Qg5 19.Nb5 Bb5 20.cb5 (worse 20.Qb5 Rab8 21.Nb8 Rb8-/+) 20...Bb2 (20...Qd5?? 21.Ra8 Qe6 22.Bc4 Ra8 23.Be6 fe6 24.Bd4+-) 21.Qb2 Ra1 (21...Qd5?? 22.Ra8 Qe6 23.Bc4 Ra8 24.Be6 fe6 25.Ra1+-) 22.Ra1 Ne5 (22...Nb6 23.Ra7 Nd5 24.Bc4=) 23.Kf1 (23.Ne5 Qe5 24.Qe5 Re5+=) 23...h5 (23...Ned3 24.Qa2=) 24.h3 Ned3 25.Qd4?? (better 25.Bd3 Nd3 26.Qc3=) 25...Qf5?? (better 25...Nb3 26.Qc3 Na1 27.Qa1 Qd5-+) 26.f3 (better 26.Ne7! Kf8 27.Nf5+-) 26...ef3?? (26...Qg5 27.Bd3 Nb3=) 27.Bf3 (better 27.Ne7! Kh7 28.Nf5 fe2 29.Ke2 gf5 30.Qf6+-) 27...Ne5 28.Qf4 Nf3 29.Qf3 (29.gf3? Qh3 30.Kg1 Nd3-+) 29...Qf3 30.gf3 Re3 31.Ra8 Kg7 32.Rc8 Rb3 (better 32...Rf3!? 33.Kg2 Rb3 34.Rc7 Kf6-+) 33.Rc7=+ Rb5 34.Nd8 Rb2?? (better 34...Kf6!?-/+) 35.Rf7 (35.Nf7 Kg8+=) 35...Kh6= 36.Rf6 Rb6 (better 36...Kg5 37.Rd6 Nd3 38.Nf7 Kh4=+) 37.Nf7?? (better 37.Rd6! Rd6 38.Nf7 Kg7 39.Nd6+/-) 37...Kg7-+ 38.Rd6 Rb1 39.Kg2 Kf7 40.Rc6 Nd3 41.d6 (41.Kg3 Rg1 42.Kh2 Rd1-+) 41...Ke6 42.d7 Kd7 43.Ra6 h4 44.f4 (44.Ra4 Rb2 45.Kh1 Nf2 46.Kh2-+) 44...Nf4 45.Kf3 g5 46.Kg4 Rg1 47.Kf5 Rg3 48.Ra7 Kc6 49.Ra6 Kb5 50.Ra5 (50.Ra2-+) 50...Ka5 51.Ke4 If White now only could play g4... 51...Nh3 52.Kf5 Nf4 53.Ke4 (53.Ke5 h3 54.Kd4 h2 55.Ke4 h1Q 56.Ke5 Qc6 57.Kd4 Qd5) 53...h3 54.Kf5 h2 55.Ke4 h1Q 56.Kf5 Qd5 (56...Qh6 57.Ke4 Qe6 58.Kd4 Qd5) 57.Kf6 Ne6 (57...Qe6 58.Kg7 Qe7 59.Kg8 Rd3 60.Kh8 Rd8) 58.Kf7 (58.Kg6 g4 59.Kf6 Rf3 60.Ke7 g3 61.Ke8 Qd8) 58...Re3 (58...Rf3 59.Ke7 g4 60.Ke8 Qd8) 59.Ke7 g4 60.Kf6 Nd4 (60...Rf3 61.Ke7 g3 62.Ke8 Qd8) 61.Kg7 g3 (61...Re7 62.Kf6 Rh7 63.Kg6 Qf5) 62.Kh8 (62.Kf6 Re6 63.Kg7 Qd7 64.Kf8 Re8) 62...g2 (62...Qd7 63.Kg8 Re8) 63.Kh7 g1Q 64.Kh8 (64.Kh6 Rh3) 64…Rh3 (64...Qgg8) 0-1. miskob (2130) - jodydejesus (2235), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2017.

9.a4 Re8 10.a5 e5 11.d5 a6 12.Nbd2 e4 13.Nd4 b5 14.Qb3 (better 14.Nc6!? Qc8 15.cb5 Nd5 16.Bg7 ab5 17.Bb5 Kg7 18.Ne4 Re4 19.Qd5 Rb4 20.a6+/-) 14...bc4= 15.Bc4 Ne5 16.Nc6 Bc6 17.Be5 Re5 Increases the pressure on d5 (worse 17...de5 18.dc6 Qe7 19.Rfb1+/-) 18.dc6 d5 19.Be2 Re8 20.Rac1 Rf8 21.Rfd1 Qe7 22.Rc5 Rab8?? (22...Rfb8 23.Rb1=+) 23.Qa4 (better 23.Ba6!? Qc5 24.bc5 Rb3 25.Nb3+-) 23...Ra8= 24.Nb3 Rfd8 (24...Rfb8 25.Rd4=) 25.Nd4 White prepares b5 (25.Rc2 Qe6+/-) 25...Ne8 26.Rdc1 f5 27.b5 ab5 28.Nb5 Nd6?? (better 28...Be5=) 29.Rd5+- Nb5 30.Rd8 Rd8 31.Qb5 Qa3 32.Bc4 Kh8 33.Rf1 Be5?? (33...Qd6 34.a6 Be5 35.h3+-) 34.g3 (34.Qe5) 34...Rd2?? (better 34...Bc3 35.a6 Kg7+-) 35.Qe5 1-0. miskob (2200) - Nourmaz (2225), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

9.a4 Re8 10.Qb3 e5 11.Nc3 e4 12.Nd2 c5 13.Rfd1 cb4 (13...cd4 14.ed4 e3 15.fe3 Re3 16.Re1+=) 14.Qb4+/- d5 15.a5 dc4 (15...Ba6 16.ab6 Qb6 17.Qa3 dc4 18.Qa6 Qb2 19.Rac1+=) 16.Nc4 Nd5 17.Qb3 Nc3 18.Bc3 Qg5 (18...Qf6 19.Bg4 Red8 20.Bd7 Rd7 21.ab6+/-) 19.ab6 (19.Nd6 Bd5 20.Qb5 Red8+-) 19...ab6? (19...Nb6 20.Nb6 ab6 21.Qb6+/-) 20.Ra8 (better 20.Nd6!? Bd5 21.Qb5 Ra1 22.Ba1+- (worse 22.Ra1 Rd8 23.h4 Qe7 24.Qd5 Nf6+-; 22.Ne8?! Rd1 23.Bd1 Qd8+/-)) 20...Ra8 (20...Ba8 21.Ne5 (worse 21.Nb6 Rb8=+) 21...Ne5 22.de5 Be5 23.Bc4+=) 21.Nb6 Nb6 22.Qb6 Bc8? (better 22...Bd5+/-) 23.Qc6+- Rb8 24.Qe4 (24.Qe8 Bf8 25.d5 Qe7 26.Qe7 Be7+-) 24...Bb7 25.f4 (25.Qg4 Qg4 26.Bg4 Bd5+-) 25...Qh4 26.Qd3 Re8 (26...Qe7 27.Bd2+-) 27.Bf1 (27.d5 Ba6 28.Qa6 Bc3+-) 27...Be4 (27...Bd5 28.Bb4+-) 28.Qb5 Rc8 29.Bb4 Qg4 30.Re1 (30.Rc1 Ra8+-) 30...h5 31.d5 Rc2?? (better 31...h4+-) 32.Qe8 Kh7 (32...Kh7 33.Qe4 Rb2+-). jhonores (2170) - NeymarJr86 (2130), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.a4 Re8 10.b5 e5 11.Nc3 ed4 12.ed4 Rc8 13.Bd3 (13.d5 a6+=) 13...a6 14.Qc2 (14.Re1!?+=) 14...ab5 15.ab5 c5 (better 15...Bf3!? 16.gf3 Nh5=+) 16.d5+/- Bc6?? (better 16...Ra8+/-) 17.dc6 Nb8 (17...Ne5 18.Be2+-) 18.Rfe1 Nc6 (18...Re1 19.Re1 Qc7 20.Qe2+-) 19.Re8 Qe8 20.bc6 Qc6 21.Nd5! Nd5 22.cd5 Qd5 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qc3 Kg8 25.Bc4 Qc6 (25...Qf5 26.Qb3+-) 26.Rd1 (better 26.Ng5 d5 27.Nf7 Kf7+-) 26...b5 (26...Rf8 27.Qd3+-) 27.Bd5 Qc7 28.Qd3 (28.Ng5 Rf8 29.Qf6 Qb7 30.Bb7 d5 31.Bd5 b4 32.Bf7 Rf7 33.Qf7 Kh8 34.Qh7) 28...Re8 (28...c4 29.Qe3 Qd8 30.Ng5+-) 29.Qb5 Qe7 30.Qb7 (better 30.Ng5 Qe1 31.Qf1 Qf1 32.Kf1+-) 30...Qe2 (30...Qb7 31.Bb7 Rb8+-) 31.Qf7 Kh8 32.Qf6 1-0. Gehaktbalmetjus (2030) - ASHKAN85 (2075), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Qb3 a5 10.a3 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 e5 13.de5 Ng4 14.Nc3 Nge5 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Nd5 c6 17.Nf4 Qe7 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.Bd4 Nd7 20.Bg7+/– Kg7 21.Qc3 Qe5 22.Qd4 Qd4 23.Rd4 Nf6 24.c5 bc5 25.bc5 d5 26.Rb4 Bc8 27.Rb6 Bd7 28.f3 Ra8 29.Ba6 Be8 30.Nd3 d4= 31.e4 Nd7 32.Rc6 Nc5 33.Rc5 Ra6 34.Rd5 Ra4 35.h4 Bc6 36.Rd6 Bb5 37.Nf4 h6 38.Kh2 Kf8 39.e5 g5 40.hg5 hg5 41.Nd5 Bf1 42.Kg1 Bd3 43.Nf6 Ke7 44.Nd5 Ke8 45.Kf2 Bf5 46.g4 Be6 47.Nf6 Ke7 48.Kg3 ½–½. Gaprindashvili,V (2475) – Jobava,Ba (2565), 3rd IECC, Batumi GEO, 2002. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 b6 5.c4 Bb7 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.d4 0-0)

9.Qb3 Rb8 10.Rd1 c5 11.Nc3 a6 12.a3 e6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Bf3 cd4 15.ed4 Bf3 16.Nf3 Rbc8 17.Nd2 Bh6 18.Nce4 Ne4–/+ 19.Ne4 f5 20.Qh3 Kg7 21.Nd2 Bd2 22.Rd2 Qc4 23.Qe3 Qd5 24.Re2 Rfe8 25.Rc1 Nf6 26.Rec2 Rc2 27.Rc2 Kf7 28.Qc1 Re7 29.Rc6 Nd7 30.h3 e5 31.de5 de5 32.Rc8 f4 33.Qc7 Nc5 34.Qb6? Na4–+ 35.Qa6 Nb2 36.Rc5 Qd4 37.Qe2 e4 0–1. Sorensen,Bent (2200) – Jakobsen,Ole (2430), DEN–ch Hjorring, 1971.

9.Qb3 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Nc3 Ne8 14.Rab1 Nd6 15.Bd3 Qe8 16.h4 e6 17.h5 ed5 18.Nd5 Bd5 19.cd5 b5 20.ab5 ab5 (worse 20...Nb5 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Qa4+/- (worse 22.Bb5 ab5 23.Rfd1 Qe7=)) 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Qc3 Kg8 23.hg6 hg6 24.g3 b4 25.Qc2 c4 (better 25...Qe7!? 26.Rfc1 Rfc8=) 26.Bc4+/- Ne5 27.Ne5 Qe5 28.Bb3 Rfc8 29.Qd3 (29.Qb2 Rc3+/-) 29...Rc3 30.Qd4 (30.Qe2 Ne4 31.Rfd1 Rc5=) 30...Qd4= 31.ed4 Ne4 32.Rfd1 Rb6 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.f3 Ng5 35.Rf1 Ra6 36.g4 Ra3 37.Bd1 Ra2 38.Kg3 (38.Rf2!? Rf2 39.Kf2=) 38...Ne4=+ 39.Kf4 Nf6 40.Bb3? (40.Kg3 Rd2 (worse 40...Nd5 41.Bb3 Ra5 42.Bd5 Rd5 43.Rb4+=) 41.Rb4 Nd5=+) 40...Rd2?? (40...Ra3 41.Bd1 Nd5 42.Kg3-+) 41.Rfd1?? (better 41.g5 Nh7 42.Rbd1=) 41...Rcd3?? (better 41...Rf2 42.Ba4 Rff3 43.Ke5 Ng4 44.Kd6 Ne3 45.Rb4 Rf5-+) 42.Rd2+- Rd2 43.Ke5 (better 43.Ke3!? Rh2 44.Bc4+-) 43...Re2 44.Kd6 Ne8? (better 44...Re3+=) 45.Kc5+- Kf8 46.Kb4 (46.d6 Nf6+-) 46...Re7 47.Kc5 (47.Ba4 Re3 48.Be8 Re8+-) 47...Rd7? (better 47...Rc7 48.Kb6 Rc3+-) 48.Ba4 Rd8 49.Be8 Ke8 50.Rb7 Kf8 51.d6 Re8 (51...Ke8+-) 52.d7 Rd8 53.Rc7 (53.Kd6 f5 54.g5+-) 53...Ke7 54.Kc6 Ke6 (54...Ra8 55.f4 Ra6 56.Kc5 Ra5 57.Kb4 Ra6+-) 55.d5 Ke7 56.d6 Kf8 57.Rc8 (57.Rc8 g5 58.Rd8 Kg7 59.Rf8 Kf8 60.d8Q Kg7 61.Qg5 Kh7 62.d7 f6 63.Qh5 Kg7 64.d8Q f5 65.Qdh8) 1-0. miskob (2215) - puhovik (2355), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Qb3 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.a4 Bc8 14.Qa3 Ne8 (14...Rd8 15.a5+=) 15.Ne4 (15.a5 Nef6+=) 15...Ndf6 16.Be5 Nd6 (16...Qd8 17.Nf6 Nf6 18.a5+=) 17.Qb2 Qd8 18.Nf6 ef6 19.Bd6 (19.Bf4 g5 20.Bg3 f5+/–) 19...Qd6 20.Rab1 Rb8 21.Rfd1 Bf5 22.Rbc1 (22.Bd3 Bg4=) 22...Bd7 23.Qb3 Rfe8 24.Nd2 f5 25.Bf3 (25.Bd3 f4 26.Ne4 Qe5 27.ef4 Qf4+=) 25...Be5 26.Nf1 (26.g3 h6+=) 26...g5 (26...f4 27.e4+=) 27.Re1 b5 (27...f4 28.Be4+=) 28.ab5 ab5 29.cb5 Rb5 30.Qc2 Ra5 31.e4 (31.Red1!?=) 31...g4–/+ 32.Qd2 (32.Be2!? fe4 33.Bc4–/+) 32...Rea8 33.Bd1 Bf4 34.Ne3 Bh2 (34...fe4 35.g3 Bg5 36.Qc2 Be3 37.Re3 Qd5 38.Re4–+) 35.Kf1 Bf4 (35...fe4 36.Nc4 Qf4 37.Qf4 Bf4 38.Na5 Bc1 39.Nc6–/+) 36.g3 Bg5 37.Qc2 (37.ef5 Ra2 38.Qc3 Qh6+=) 37...Qh6 38.Kg1 Qf6 (38...Ra2 39.Qc4 f4 40.Bb3 fe3 41.Ba2 ef2 42.Kf2–+) 39.ef5–/+ Bf5 (39...Be3 40.fe3 Qe5 41.Qf2 Bf5 42.Rf1–/+) 40.Qc3 (better is 40.Nf5 Bc1 41.Ne7 Kf8 42.Qc1+=) 40...Qg6–/+ 41.Nf5 (41.Bc2 Be3 42.Re3 Bc2 43.Qc2 Qc2 44.Rc2 Kf8–/+) 41...Qf5+= 42.Re5 (42.Bc2 Qd5 43.Be4 Qd8+=) 42...Qf6–/+ 43.Rb1 Ra3 44.Qe1 h5 (44...Ra1 45.Bc2 R1a2 46.Re8 Re8 47.Qe8 Kg7 48.Qe4+=) 45.d6 Kg7 (45...Bd2 46.Qe4 Qd6 47.Rh5=) 46.Qe4 (46.Rc5 R8a6 47.Rbb5 Bh6 48.Rh5 Qd6 49.Bg4 Be3+/–) 46...Ra1 (46...Ra2!? 47.f4 gf3 48.Bf3 R8a3+=) 47.Bc2= Rb1 48.Bb1 Rh8 (better is 48...Rd8!?=) 49.Rc5+/– Rh6? (better is 49...Qh6+/–) 50.Qd5+– Qa1 (50...Kf8 51.Qg5 Qg5 52.Rg5 Rd6 53.Kg2+–) 51.Qg5 Rg6 52.Qe5 (better is 52.Qc1!? Rd6 53.Rh5 Kf8+–) 52...Qe5 53.Re5 Rd6 54.Be4 Kh6 55.Rf5 f6 56.Kg2 Re6 57.Bd5 Rb6 58.Bf7 Rb7 (58...Kg7 59.Bh5 Rb4 60.Rf4 Rf4 61.gf4+–) 59.Bh5 (59.Rh5 Kg7 60.Be6 Rb4+–) 59...Rg7 (59...Rb4 60.Rd5+–) 60.Be8 (60.f3 gf3 61.Bf3 Kg6+–) 60...Re7 61.Ba4 (61.Bb5 Kg6 62.Bd3 Re6+–) 61...Kg6 62.Rf4 (62.Bc2 Re2 63.Rc5 Kf7+–) 62...f5 (62...Kg5 63.Rd4+–) 63.Bc2 Re5 64.Rg4 Kf6 65.Rf4 Kg5 66.Rf5 (66.Rf5 Rf5 67.Bf5 Kf5 68.f3+–) 1–0. Kreuzer,Martin – Jertic, tt, 1991.

9.Qb3 c5 10.Rd1 cd4 11.ed4 h6 12.Nc3 Re8 13.d5 Nh7 14.Nb5 Nhf6 15.Nbd4 Qc8 16.Rac1 Ba6 17.Nc6 Nd5? (17...Bb7 18.Nfd4) 18.cd5 Be2 19.Re1 Bf3 20.Ne7 Re7 21.Rc8 Rc8 22.Re7 Bd5 23.Qd5 Bb2 24.Qf7 1–0. Wall,Bill – Bagdu,Ismail, chess.com, 2012.

9.Qb3 Ne4 10.Nc3 Nc3 11.Bc3 e5 12.a4 e4 13.Nd2 f5 14.f4 (14.a5!?+=) 14...ef3= 15.Bf3 Bf3 16.Rf3 Nf6 (16...c5 17.a5=) 17.a5+= Qe7 18.b5 Ne4 (18...Bh6 19.Kh1+=) 19.Ne4 fe4 20.Rh3 (20.Rf8 Rf8 21.Qc2 Bh6+=) 20...Qg5 (20...Qf7!? 21.Qa2 a6=) 21.Qc2 Rae8 22.Rg3 Qf5 23.Qe2 h5 (23...Rc8 24.Rg4+=) 24.Rh3 (24.Rc1 ba5 25.Ra1 Rf7+=) 24...Rf7 25.Rf1 (better is 25.Bb4!?+=) 25...Qf1=+ 26.Qf1 Rf1 27.Kf1 Bf6 (27...c5 28.a6=) 28.Ke2 Kg7 29.a6 d5=+ 30.Bb4 dc4–/+ 31.Kd2 Bg5 32.Kc3+/– Re6 33.Kc4 Rf6 34.Kd5 Rf1 35.Ke4 Rb1 36.Bc3 Rb5 37.Rf3 Bf6 38.Kd3 c6 39.Kc4 Rb1+= 40.e4 c5?? 41.e5+– Be7 42.dc5 Bc5 43.e6 Kg8 44.Rf7 Rd1 45.Ra7 Rg1 46.Rg7 Kf8 47.a7 (47...Ra1 48.Ba1 b5 49.Kc5 Ke8 50.a8Q) 1–0. Trkn – zug_zwang (1745), ICC, 2004.

9.Qb3 Qe8 10.Nc3 e5 11.de5 de5 12.Nb5 e4 13.Nc7 Qc8 14.Na8 ef3 15.Bf3 Bf3 16.gf3 Qa8 17.e4 Qb8 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Rad1 Ne5 20.f4 Neg4 21.e5 Nh5 22.Qf3 Qc8 23.c5 bc5 24.bc5 Qf5 25.h3 Nh6 26.Bc1 Bf8 27.c6 Rc8 28.Be3 a6 29.Rd7 Qe6 30.Rc1 Nf5 31.Qd5 Nhg7 1–0. Dobrzhanskaia,Irina – Mikhalsky,Vladimir, Kiev Spring op, 1999. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.e3 0-0 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.0-0 Bb7)

9.b5 a6 10.Nc3=.

9.b5 Ne4 10.Nbd2 c5 11.bc6 Bc6 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Qf3 (< 15.gf3 e6=+) 15...e5 16.Qc6 ed4 17.ed4 Nc5 18.Rab1 Rc8 19.Qd5 Ne6 20.Ne4 (better is 20.Rfe1!?+=) 20...Nf4=+ 21.Qd6 (21.Qb5 Ne2 22.Kh1 Re8=+) 21...Qh4 (21...Ne2!? 22.Kh1 Rc4=+ (< 22...Bd4 23.Bd4 Nd4 24.Nf6 Kg7 25.Nd7 Rc4 26.Rfd1+/–; 22...Nd4?! 23.Bd4 Bd4 24.Qd5=)) 22.Ng3 Rc4 23.d5 (23.Qa3 Qg5 24.Qe3 Qf6=) 23...Bb2= 24.Rb2 Rc5 (24...Qd8 25.Qd8 Rd8 26.Rd1 Rd5 27.Re1–/+) 25.Qd7 (25.Ne4 Nh3 26.gh3 Qe4=+) 25...Ra5 (better is 25...Nd5!? 26.Rd2 Rd8 27.Qa7 Rc7=) 26.d6+= Rd8 27.Qc7 Ne6 28.Qc6 Qd4 29.Rc2 0–1. Horch – Engelbrecht, Stassfurt, 1991.

9.b5 Ne4 10.Nfd2 Nd2 11.Nd2 e5 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Qf3 (worse 13.gf3 ed4 14.Bd4 Bd4 15.ed4 a6-/+) 13...ed4 14.ed4 Nf6 15.Rfe1 d5 16.a4 Qd7 17.cd5 (17.Re5 Rad8+=) 17...Nd5= 18.Rac1 (18.Nc4 a6 19.ba6 Ra6=) 18...Rfe8 (18...a6!? 19.Qb3 ab5 20.ab5 Bh6=+) 19.Re8 Re8 20.h3 (20.Nc4 Qe6 21.Ne5 f6=) 20...Bh6=+ 21.Rd1 Qe6 (21...Bd2 22.Rd2 c6 23.bc6 Qc6 24.Kh1=+) 22.Nc4= Qe2 23.Ne5 Qf3 24.Nf3 Re2 25.Bc1 Bc1 26.Rc1 Ra2 27.Rc4 Ra3 28.Nd2 Rc3 29.Kf1 Rc4 30.Nc4 Nc3 31.Nb2 Kf8 32.Ke1 Ke7 33.Kd2 Nd5 34.g3 Ke6 35.Nc4 Nf6 36.f3 (36.Kd3!?+=) 36...Nh5= 37.g4 Nf4 38.h4 Ng2 39.h5 f6 (39...gh5 40.gh5 f6 41.Ne3 Ne3 42.Ke3+/-) 40.hg6 hg6 41.Ne3 Nf4 42.Kc3 Ne2 (42...Kd6 43.Kc4=) 43.Kc4 g5 (43...Nf4!?+=) 44.Kd3 (44.Nd5 Ng1 45.f4 gf4 46.Nf4 Kf7+-) 44…Nf4+= ½-½. Akgul,Emre Ramazan (1630) - Ugur,Cem (1620), TCh-TUR 2nd League, 2019.

9.b5 e5 10.d5 a6 11.a4 a5 (11...Nc5 12.Nc3=) 12.Nbd2 Nc5 13.Re1 Nfe4 (13...Bc8 14.Ba3=) 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Nd2 Nc5 16.Bf1 f5 17.Qc2 Bc8 18.f4 ef4 (18...Qe7 19.Nf3=) 19.ef4 (19.Bg7 Kg7 20.ef4 Qf6+=) 19...Bd7 (19...Bb2 20.Qb2 Re8 21.Re8 Qe8 22.Qc3=) 20.Nf3 (20.Nb3 Bb2 21.Qb2 Nb3 22.Qb3 Qf6+=) 20...Bb2= 21.Qb2 Qf6 22.Nd4 (22.Qf6!? Rf6 23.Be2+=) 22...Rae8 23.Qd2 Ne4 24.Re4?? (better 24.Qd3=) 24...Re4 (24...fe4!? 25.g3 e3 26.Qc3-+) 25.Nf3?? (better 25.Rd1-+) 25…Qa1 (25...Qa1 26.Qc2 Rfe8-+) 0-1. ZinitheWuslon (2225) - ribarisah (1975), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.b5 e6 10.a4 (10.Nc3 a6+=) 10...Qe7 (10...c5 11.bc6 Bc6 12.Nc3=) 11.Nbd2 Ne4 (11...c5 12.bc6 Bc6 13.Qc2=) 12.a5 Nd2 13.Nd2 e5 (13...a6 14.ab6 cb6 15.Bf3+/-) 14.a6+/- Bc8 15.Bf3 Rb8 16.Bc6 Nf6 17.de5 de5? (17...Ng4 18.Nf3 Ne5 19.Ne5 Be5 20.Be5 de5 21.Qf3+/-) 18.Qb3?? (18.Ba3 Qd8+-) 18...Bd7? (18...Rd8 19.Rad1+/-) 19.Bd7 (better 19.Ba3 Qe6 20.Bf8 Rf8 21.Bd7 Nd7 22.Rad1+-) 19...Nd7+= 20.Rfd1 Nc5 21.Qc2 f5 Black intends e4 22.Ba3 (22.Nb3 c6+/-) 22...e4 23.Rab1 Qe6 (23...c6 24.Nb3 Be5 25.Nd4 cb5 26.cb5+/- (26.Rb5?! Rfc8=; 26.Nb5?! Rfd8=)) 24.Bc5+/- bc5 25.Nb3 Rfd8 (better 25...Qb6+/-) 26.g3 (26.Nc5!? Qe8 27.Nb7 Rd1 28.Rd1+-) 26...Rd1 (26...Qb6!?=) 27.Rd1+= Qe5 (27...c6 28.Nc5 Qe7 29.Nd7+/-) 28.Rd5 Qc3 (28...Qf6!?+/-) 29.Qc3+- Bc3 30.Rc5 Bb4?? (better 30...Rc8+-) 31.Rc7 Rd8 (31...Ra8 32.c5+-) 32.Nd4 (32.Ra7 Rd3 33.Nd4 f4 34.gf4 Bc5+-) 32...Bc3 (32...Ra8+-) 33.Ra7 Bd4 (33...f4 34.Rb7 Bd4 35.ed4 Rd4 36.a7 Rd1 37.Kg2 f3 38.Kh3+-) 34.ed4 Rd4 (34...f4 35.d5 e3 36.fe3 fe3 37.Re7+-) 35.b6 Rc4 (35...Rd1 36.Kg2 Rb1 37.Ra8 Kg7+-) 36.b7 Rb4 37.Ra8 Kf7 38.b8Q Rb8 39.Rb8 Ke6 40.a7 h6 (40...Kd5 41.a8Q Ke6 42.Qc6 Ke5 43.Rb5 Kd4 44.Rd5) 41.a8Q Ke5 (41...Kd6 42.Rb5 Ke6 43.Qa6 Kd7 44.Rb7 Kd8 45.Qa8) 42.Qa5 (42.Qc6 g5 43.Rb5 Kd4 44.Rd5) 42...Kf6 43.Rb6 (43.Qc7 Kg5 44.Qd8 Kg4 45.h3 Kh3 46.Qh4) 43...Kg5 44.Qd2 Kh5 (44...e3 45.Qe3 Kh5 46.Qe2 Kg5 47.h4) 45.Qe2 Kg5 46.h4 1-0. Mettigel (2325) - LosingHappens (1985), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nc3 Rc8 10.a4 c5 11.Qb3 Ne4 12.a5 Ndf6 13.bc5 dc5 14.d5 Nc3 15.Bc3 Qd7 (15...e6 16.ab6 Qb6 17.Qc2+/-) 16.ab6 ab6 17.Qb6 (17.Rfb1 Ra8+-) 17...Nd5 18.cd5 Bc3 19.Ra7 Rb8 20.Qc5 (20.Rc1 Bb4 21.Ba6 Ba6 22.Qb8 Qd5+-) 20...Bf6 (20...Rfc8 21.Qb6 Kg7+/-) 21.e4 Qc8 (21...Rfc8 22.Qe3+/-) 22.Qa3 Qc2 (22...Ra8 23.Rb1+/-) 23.Bd3 Qb2? (better 23...Qc8+-) 24.Qb2 Bb2 25.Rb1 Bc8 (25...Ba8 26.Re7 f5 27.ef5 Bd5 28.fg6 hg6 29.Bg6 Bf3 30.gf3 Rf3 31.h4+-) 26.Re7 (better 26.Ra2!? Rb3 27.Ne1 Rd3 28.Nd3 Bf6+-) 26...Bg4 27.Nd2 Bf6 28.Reb7 Rbc8 (28...Rb7 29.Rb7 Ra8 30.h3+-) 29.h3 Bc3 (29...Rc3 30.hg4 Rd3+-) 30.Nc4 (worse 30.hg4 Bd2 31.Kf1 Rc1 32.Rc1 Bc1+-) 30...Bh5 (30...f5 31.hg4 fe4 32.Bf1+-) 31.g4 Bg4 32.hg4 Bd4 33.d6 Rfd8 (33...Ra8 34.Be2+-) 34.d7 (34.g5 Rc5 35.e5 Bc3+-) 34...Ra8 35.Nd6 Ra2 (35...Bc5 36.Ne8+-) 36.Rb8 Bf2 37.Kf1 Bh4 38.Rd8 Bd8 39.Rb8 Ra1 40.Ke2 Ra2 41.Ke3 Kg7 42.Rd8 Ra7 (42...f6 43.Rc8 Ra1 44.d8Q Re1 45.Kd4 Re4 46.Ne4 h5 47.Qf6 Kh6 48.Rh8) 43.Rg8! Kg8 (43...Kf6 44.d8Q Re7 45.Nf5 Kg5 46.Qe7 f6 47.Qh7 Kg4 48.Rg6) 44.d8Q Kg7 45.Ne8 Kh6 (45...Kf8 46.Nf6 Kg7 47.g5 Ra8 48.Qa8 h5 49.Qg8) 46.Qh4 1-0. jhonores (2130) - windsovich (2085), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Nc3 Ne4 10.a4 Nc3 11.Bc3 e6 12.Qb3 a5 13.ba5 Qe7 14.ab6 Nb6 15.a5 Rfb8 16.ab6 Bf3 17.Bf3 Ra1 18.bc7 Rb6 19.c8Q Bf8 20.Qb6 Rf1 21.Kf1 Kg7 22.g3 e5 23.de5 de5 24.Qbd8 Qa3 25.Qf8 Qf8 26.Qf8 Kf8 27.Be5 f6 28.Bd4 Ke7 29.Bd5 Kd6 30.f4 f5 31.Kf2 g5 32.fg5 Kd7 33.Kf3 f4 34.Kf4 h6 35.gh6 Kd6 36.Ke4 Ke7 37.Ke5 Ke8 38.g4 Kd8 39.g5 Kd7 40.g6 Ke7 41.h4 Kd7 42.h5 Kc7 43.e4 Kd7 44.c5 Ke7 45.Kf5 Kd7 46.e5 Ke7 47.h7 Kd7 48.h8B Ke7 49.Bf6 Kd7 50.g7 Kc7 51.g8B Kd7 52.Bge6 Kc7 53.h6 Kb8 54.h7 Kc7 55.c6 Kb8 56.Be7 Kc7 57.Bd6 Kd8 58.h8Q Normal 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (1905) - awesomer (2005), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.b4 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.e3 0-0 7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7)

9.Nc3 Ne4 10.b5 Nc3 11.Bc3 c5 12.bc6 Bc6 13.Qb3 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.a4 Qc7 16.a5 (16.Nd2 Bc6+=) 16...Bf3= 17.gf3 Qb7 (17...e5 18.Ra3=) 18.Rdb1+= Rb8 19.Qd1 (19.ab6 Nb6 20.c5 dc5 21.dc5 Bc3 22.Qc3 Qc6+/-) 19...e5 (19...Qc7 20.Qa4=) 20.Kg2 (20.ab6 ab6 (worse 20...Nb6 21.c5+/-) 21.Rb2 Rfc8+=) 20...ed4 (20...Qc7!?=) 21.Bd4+= (worse 21.ed4 Qc7=) 21...Ne5 (21...Qc7 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Qd4 Kg8 24.Rd1+=) 22.ab6+/- a6 (22...ab6 23.Rb6 Qe7 24.Rb8 Rb8 25.f4 Qb7 26.Kg1+-) 23.Qa4 (23.Kg1 g5+-) 23...Ra8 24.Qb4 (24.Qa3!? Rfc8 25.Qc3+-) 24...Nc6+/- 25.Qc3 Bd4 (25...Nd4 26.ed4 Rfe8 27.Bd3+-) 26.ed4 Rfc8 27.c5 dc5 28.dc5 Nb8 (28...Re8 29.Re1 a5 30.Bb5+-) 29.Bd3+- Qe7?? (29...Nc6 30.Qf6 a5 31.Be4+-) 30.Rc1 (better 30.b7 Nd7 31.Ba6+-) 30...Qg5? (better 30...Qb7+-) 31.Kf1 Nd7 (31...Rc6 32.Be4 Qe7+-) 32.b7 Rc5 (32...Rab8 33.bc8R Rc8+-) 33.ba8Q Rc8 34.Qac8 Nf8 (34...Qd8 35.Qd8 Nf8 36.Qh8 Kh8 37.Qf8) 35.Qh8! Kh8 (35...Kh8 36.Qf8 Mate attack) 36.Qf8 1-0. ClayPigeons (2170) - ahmi (2060), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nc3 11.Bc3 Nf6 12.Nd2 c6 13.f4 b5 14.a4 bc4 15.Bc4 Rc8 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Rac1 Rb8 18.Bd3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Ba8 20.b5 Rfc8 21.Qa2 Qd8 22.Na5 Ne3 23.Nc6 Bc6 24.Be3 Bd7 25.Bc4 e6 26.d5 ed5 27.Bd5 Rc1 28.Bf7 (28.Bc1?! Bd4 29.Kh1 Qf6=) 28...Kf8 29.Bc1 (worse is 29.Rc1 Qe7 30.Ba7 Rb7+=) 29...Rc8 30.Ba3 Bd4 31.Kh1 Qe7 32.Bd5 Kg7 33.Qd2 Qf6 34.Rd1 Bc3 35.Qe3 Bg4 1–0. Yatsenko,Alexey (2285) – Erashchenkov,Denis (2395), RUS–ch U18 Dagomys, 2004. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.d4 Nbd7)

9.Nc3 e5 10.a4 c5 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.dc5 dc5 14.b5 Rfd8 15.a5 Ba8 (15...e4 16.Nd2=) 16.ab6 Nb6 17.h3 Rd1 18.Rd1 Rd8 (18...e4 19.Nd2+=) 19.Ra1 (better 19.Rd8!? Qd8 20.Ne5+/-) 19...Rd7+= 20.Ra6 Qe6 (20...Bf3 21.Bf3 e4 22.Be2+=) 21.Qa2 Bf3 22.Bf3 (worse 22.gf3 Qh3 23.Ra7 Rd2=+) 22...e4 (22...Qc4? 23.Rb6! (23.Ra7?! Ra7 24.Qa7 Nfd7+=) 23...Qa2 24.Rb8 (24.Na2? ab6 25.Be5 Ra7 26.Bf6 Ra2 27.Bg7 Kg7-+) 24...Bf8 25.Na2+-) 23.Be2 Ne8 24.Na4?? (24.Nd5 Bb2 25.Qb2 Rd6+/-) 24...Bb2?? (better 24...Rd2 25.Bg4 f5 (25...Qc4?! 26.Qc4 Nc4 27.Bg7 Ng7 28.Bc8=) 26.Nc5 Qf7 (26...Qc4?! 27.Qc4 Nc4 28.Bg7 Kg7 29.Ra7 Kh6 30.b6 Nb6 31.Ra6=+) 27.Ra7 Rb2 28.Rf7 Ra2-+) 25.Qb2 (25.Nb2? Rd2-+) 25...Na4 (25...Qd6 26.Bf1+=) 26.Ra4 (26.Re6 Nb2 27.Re8 Kg7 28.Re4 Rd2+/-) 26...Nd6 (26...Qf6 27.Qc2 Qe5+=) 27.Ra6 (better 27.Qa3 Nc8 28.Qc5+/-) 27...Qf5?? (better 27...Nc4 28.Re6 Nb2 29.Re4 Rc7=) 28.Qa2 (28.Bg4 Nc4 A) 29.Bf5?! Rd1 (29...Nb2?? 30.Bd7 Kf8 31.Bc6+-) 30.Kh2 Nb2 31.Be4 Rd7+=; B) 29.Qc1+-) 28...Qg5 29.Ra7 Ra7 30.Qa7 Nf5 (30...Qd8 31.Qc5 Qe7 32.b6+-) 31.Qb8 (31.b6 Ne7 32.b7+-) 31...Kg7 32.Qe5 (32.Qe5 Qf6 33.Qe4 Qa1 34.Kh2+-) 1-0. jhonores (2195) - Poupi77 (2130), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Nc3 e5 10.de5 Ne5 11.Ne5 de5 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.cd5 (worse is 15.Rd5 a5–/+) 15...Bf8 16.Rac1 Qd8 17.a4 a6 18.e4 Bd6 19.b5 Qe7 20.Ra1 Rf8 21.Ba3 a5 22.Bd6 cd6 23.Qe3 Qd8 24.Rac1 f5 25.ef5 gf5 26.Qh6 Rc8 27.Rc8 Bc8 28.f4 e4 29.Rc1 Bb7 30.Rc3 Qe7 (30...Bd5?? 31.Rg3 Kf7 32.Rg7 Ke8 33.Bh5 Rf7 34.Rg8 Kd7 35.Rd8 Kd8 36.Bf7 Bf7 37.Qf8 Be8 38.Qd6 Kc8 39.Qb6+–) 31.Bc4 (31.Rg3 Kh8 32.Rg6 Bd5 33.Rd6 Rd8 34.Qf6 Qf6 35.Rf6 Bb3=) 31...Kh8 32.Kf2 Rf6 33.Qg5 Qg7 34.Qg7 Kg7 35.Bb3 Rf7 36.Ke3 Kf6 37.Kd4 Rg7 38.g3 h5 39.h4 Re7 40.Bd1 Kg6 41.Be2 Kh6? (41...e3 42.Re3 Re3 43.Ke3 Bd5 44.Bd1=) 42.Rc1 (42.Rc6 Bc6 43.bc6+=) 42...Rg7 43.Rc3 Re7 (43...Kg6 44.Bc4=) 44.Bf1 (better is 44.Rc6 Bc6 45.dc6+/–) 44...Rg7 45.Bh3 Kg6 46.Bf1 Re7 47.Be2 Kh6 48.Rc6 (48.Rc6 Bc6 49.bc6+=) 1–0. Kaenel,Hansjuerg (2355) – Perez,Jose (2275), Verbandsliga Sued Baden, 2005. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 d6 6.d4 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7)

9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qb3 e5 11.a4 a5 12.b5 ed4N 13.ed4 Ne4 14.Rfe1 Ndf6 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Ne4 (16.d5 Nc5+=) 16...Be4= 17.Bd3 (17.Qc3 Re7=) 17...Bd3 (17...Bf3!? 18.gf3 Rad8=+) 18.Qd3+= Re1 19.Re1 Re8 20.Re8 Qe8 21.Qe3 (21.Bc1 Qe4 22.Qe4 Ne4=) 21...Qd7 (21...Qe3 22.fe3 Ng4 23.e4=) 22.h3 h6 23.Qf4 Kf8 24.Bc1 (24.d5 Qe7+=) 24...Nh5 (24...Qe6 25.c5=) 25.Qe4+= Qe7 (25...Nf6 26.Qc2+=) 26.Qa8+/- Qd8 1-0. jhonores (2165) - Arrow2019 (2110), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qb3 e5 11.Rfd1 ed4= 12.ed4 Ne4 13.Nd5 Ndf6 14.Ne3 Bh6+= 15.Bc1 Nf2 16.Kf2 (16.Re1 N2e4+=) 16...Be3–/+ 17.Be3 Ng4 18.Kg1 Re3 19.Qb2 Qe7 20.Rd2 Re8 21.Kf1?? (21.Bf1 Rf3 22.gf3 Qe3 23.Rf2 Bf3 24.Qd2 Qf2 25.Qf2 Nf2 26.Kf2–+) 21...Bf3 22.gf3 Nh2 23.Kf2 (23.Kg2 Re2 24.Re2 Qe2 25.Qe2 Re2 26.Kg3 h5–+) 23...Qh4 24.Kg2 Ng4! (24...Ng4 25.fg4 Rg3 26.Kf1 Qh2 27.Ke1 Qg1#) 0–1. Djurkovic,M (2140) – Vavpetic,V (2265), Open, Bled SLO, 2001. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.c4 Bb7 7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7)

9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qc2 e5 11.d5 Qe7 12.Rac1 h5 13.a4 Ng4 14.h3 e4 15.hg4 ef3 16.Bf3 Ne5 17.Qe4 hg4 18.Bg4?? (better 18.Be2+=) 18...f5-/+ 19.Bf5 gf5 20.Qf5 Bc8 21.Qh5 Nc4 (better 21...Bg4!? 22.Qh2 Nd3-+ (22...Nc4?! 23.Qf4 Be2 24.Ne2 Nb2 25.Qg4-/+)) 22.Ba1-/+ Ne5 23.e4 (23.Nb5!? Bg4 24.Qh2-/+) 23...Bg4 24.Qh2 Bf3 25.Qf4 (25.gf3 Nf3 Double attack) 25...Qf6?? (25...Rf8 26.Qg3 Rf6-+) 26.Qf6+- Bf6 27.gf3 Kf7 28.Ne2 Nf3 29.Kg2 Nd2 30.f3?? (better 30.Rc7 Re7 31.Re7 Be7 32.Re1 Ne4 33.Kf3 Nd2 34.Ke3 Nc4 35.Kd3 Ne5 36.Be5 de5 37.Nc3+-) 30...Nf1= 31.Kf1 Ba1 32.Ra1 Rh8 33.Kf2 Rag8 34.Rc1 Rh2 35.Ke3 Rgg2 (35...Rc8!?+/-) 36.Rc7+- Kf6 37.Nd4 Rb2 38.Rd7 (38.Ra7!? Rb4 39.Rd7 Ra2 40.Rd6 Ke7+-) 38...Rb4 39.Rd6 Kf7 40.e5 (40.Rd7 Ke8 41.Ra7 Ra2+-) 40...Rh4 (40...Ra4!? 41.Nc6 Ra3 42.Kf4 Rh3 43.e6 Kg7 44.Rd7 Kh6+/-) 41.Nf5+- Rh1 42.Rd7 (42.Rf6 Kg8 43.e6 Rb3 44.Kd4 Rd1 45.Ke5 Re1 46.Kd6+-) 42...Ke8?? (better 42...Kg6 43.Nd4 Ra4 44.Rd6 Kf7 45.Rf6 Kg8+/-) 43.Rf7 (better 43.e6 Re1 44.Kf2+-) 43...Kf7-+ 44.e6 (44.Nd6 Ke7 45.Ne4 Ra4-+) 44...Ke8 (better 44...Kf6 45.Nd4 Ra4-+) 45.f4 (45.Nd6 Kd8 46.Ne4 Ke7-+) 45...Re1 (45...Rh3 46.Ng3 Rg3 47.Ke2 Rb2 48.Kf1 Ra3 49.d6 Ra1) 46.Kd3 (46.Kd2 Rg1 47.Ke3 Ra4-+) 46...Rf4 (46...Rd1 47.Kc3 Rf4 48.Nd6 Kf8 49.Nf7 Rd5 50.Nh8-+) 47.Nd6 Ke7 48.Nc8 Kd8 49.Na7 Rd1 50.Ke3 Ra4 (50...Ra4 51.e7 Ke7 52.Nc8 Kd8 53.Nb6 Ra3 54.Ke4 Ra6-+) 0-1. Minister007 (2220) - Kairatkost (2190), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2017. (=1.b4 A00: Irregular Openings 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.d4 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7)

9.Nc3 Ne8 10.a4 e5 11.de5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Ng7 15.Rab1 Bf6 16.Rfd1 Be5 17.c5 Qf6 18.Ne4 (better 18.Qf6 Bf6 19.cd6 cd6 20.Rd6+/-) 18...Qf3= 19.gf3 Bb2 20.Rb2 dc5 21.bc5 Ne6 22.cb6 cb6 23.Rd7 Rfd8 24.Rbd2 Rd7 25.Rd7 a6 26.Rd6 b5 27.ab5 ab5 28.Rb6 Ra5 29.Nd6 Ra1 30.Kg2 Rb1 31.Rb5 (worse 31.Nb5 Nc7 32.Rg6 hg6 33.Nc7 f6=+) 31...Rb5 32.Nb5 Nc5 33.Nd4 Kg7 34.f4 h6 35.Kf3 Nd3 36.Ke2 Nc1? (better 36...Nc5+/-) 37.Kd2+- Na2 38.Ke2 (better 38.Nc6!? Kf6 39.Kc2+-) 38...Nb4 (38...Nc1 39.Kd1 Nd3 40.f3+/-) 39.Kf3 Nd5 (39...Nd3!?=) 40.Ne2 Nf6 41.Ng3 h5 42.h4 Ng4 43.Ne4 f5 44.Ng5 Nf6 45.Kg3 Nd5 46.Ne6 Kf6 47.Nc5 Nc3 48.f3 Nd1 49.e4 fe4 50.fe4 Ne3 51.e5 (51.Nd7 Kg7+/-) 51...Kf5 (51...Ke7 52.Ne4 Nf5 53.Kh3=) 52.Kf3 (52.Nb7 Ke6 53.Nd6 Kd5+/-) 52...Nd5 The backward pawn on f4 becomes a target (52...Nc2=) 53.Nd7 (better 53.Nd3 Ke6 54.Ne1+/-) 53...Nf4=+ 54.Nf8 Ne6 (54...Ke5 55.Nd7 Kf5 56.Nc5-/+) 55.Nh7 (better 55.Ne6!? Ke6 56.Ke4=) 55...Ke5-/+ 56.Kg3 Kf5 0-1. GM_HUSARZ (2110) - nizzle_fe_shizzle (2035), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.b4 A00: Irregular Openings 1...g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.e3 0-0 7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7)

9.Nbd2 a6 10.a4 c5 11.b5 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 cd4 14.ed4 e5 (better 14...d5!?=) 15.de5+/- de5 16.Ne5 Ne5 17.Be5 Re8 18.Bg3 Qd4 19.Nf3 Qg4 20.h3 Qh5 21.Ne5 Qf5 22.Nc6 Bc6 23.bc6 Qc5 24.Bf3 Qc4 25.Qd6 Ne4 26.Be4 Re4?? (better 26...Qe4 27.c7 Bf8+-) 27.c7 (better 27.Qb8 Bf8 28.Bd6+- (28.Qb6?! Re6=)) 27...Re8 28.Qd7 (worse 28.Qb6 Bd4 29.Qb8 Qe6+-) 28...Qe6 29.Qe6 fe6 (29...Re6?? 30.c8Q Bf8 31.Bf4+-) 30.Rc1 (30.Rd1 Bf6 31.Rd6 Ra8 32.Rb6 Ra1 33.Kh2 Rc1+-) 30...e5?? (better 30...Rc8 31.Rd1 Bf6+-) 31.c8Q Rc8 32.Rc8 Kf7 33.Rc7 Kf6 (33...Kg8 34.Rb7+-) 34.Bh4 (34.Be5 Ke5 35.Rg7 b5+-) 34...g5 35.Bg5! Kg5 (35...Kg6 36.Be3+-) 36.Rg7 Kf4 37.Rh7 b5 38.Rb7 e4 39.Rb5 e3 40.fe3 (40.fe3 Ke3 41.g4 Kd4 42.g5 Kc4 43.Rb8 Kd3 44.g6 Kc2 45.g7 Kd2 46.g8Q Kd3 47.Qd5 Ke3 48.Re8 Kf4 49.Qe5 Kf3 50.Rf8) 1-0. Gehaktbalmetjus (2015) - aytio (2070), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Nbd2 a6 10.a4 c5 11.b5 ab5 12.ab5 Re8 13.Ra8 Ba8 14.d5 e6 15.de6 Re6 16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Ra1 Nd2 18.Nd2 Qg5?? (better is 18...Be5+/–) 19.Ra8+– Nf8 20.Rb8 Be5 (20...Bb2 21.Qb2 d5 22.cd5 Qd5 23.Bc4+–) 21.f4 Qh4 22.Nf3 Qe7 23.fe5 de5 24.Qa4 Qd6 (24...f6 25.Qa6+–) 25.Qa7 Kg7 (25...g5 26.Ng5 Re7 27.Qa8+–) 26.Ne5 Re5 27.Rb6 Qd2 28.Be5 Kh6 29.Bf4 Kg7 30.Qa1 Kg8 31.Rb8 Qe2 (31...Qa5 32.Qa5 h6 33.Qd8 Kg7 34.Qf8 Kf6 35.e4 Ke6 36.Qd6) 32.Rf8! Kf8 (32...Kf8 33.Qh8 Mate attack) 33.Qh8 Ke7 34.Bg5 Ke6 35.Qf6 Kd7 36.Qc6 1–0. Speedy – wernt, internet, 2017.

9.Nbd2 Rb8 10.a4 c5 11.d5 (11.b5 cd4 12.ed4 e5=) 11...Qc7 (better 11...cb4 12.Nd4 Ra8-/+) 12.b5= a6 13.Qc2 ab5 (13...Ra8 14.Bc3=) 14.ab5+= Ra8 15.e4 (15.h3 Rfd8+=) 15...Rfb8 16.h3 Qc8 (better 16...Rd8=) 17.Ne1 (better 17.Bc3+=) 17...Ra1-/+ 18.Ba1 Ra8 (18...Nd5 19.Bg7 Nf4 20.Bg4 Kg7 21.g3-/+) 19.Nd3 (19.Bb2 Ra2 20.Nd3 Ne8=) 19...Ra7 (19...Ne4 20.Bg7 Nd2 21.Qd2 Kg7 22.Qe3=+) 20.f3 (20.Bb2 Ra2=) 20...Qa8 21.Bc3 (21.Bb2 Ra2=+) 21...Bc8 (21...Ra2 22.Qc1 Ne5 23.Ne5 de5 24.Bd1=+ (worse 24.Be5 Nd5 25.Bg7 Nf4-/+)) 22.Nb2 (22.f4 Ra2 23.Nb2 Bh6=) 22...Bh6 (22...Nh5 23.Bg7 Nf4 24.Nb1 Kg7 25.Nd3=) 23.Rb1 (23.f4!?=) 23...Be3=+ 24.Kh2 Ra1?? (24...Ra2 25.g3=+) 25.Nb3?? (better 25.Ra1 Qa1 26.Nd1 Bf4 27.g3 Bg3 28.Kg3 Nh5 29.Kh2+-) 25...Rb1 26.Qb1 Qa3 (26...Nh5 27.Nd3=+) 27.Qc2 (27.Nd1 Bh6=) 27...Ne5 (27...Nh5 28.g3 Bf2 29.g4=+) 28.g3 (28.Nd1 Bh6+=) 28...Bh6 (28...Qa7!?=+) 29.Kg2 (29.f4 Ne4 30.fe5 Nc3 31.Qc3 de5+=) 29...Bg7 (better 29...Ned7+=) 30.f4?? (30.Nd2 Qa2+/-) 30...Ned7 (30...Ne4 31.Be1 (31.fe5? Nc3 32.Qc3 Be5-+) 31...Nd7 32.Nd1-/+) 31.Nd3 White plans e5 (31.Bf3 Ne8+=) 31...h5 (31...Ne4 32.Bg7 Kg7 33.Bf3-/+) 32.Ne1 (32.Bf3 Bb7+/-) 32...e6 (32...Ne4 33.Bg7 Kg7 34.Qe4 Qb3 35.Qe7=) 33.e5 (better 33.de6 fe6 34.Bf3+=) 33...Nh7? (33...de5 34.fe5 Ne8 35.Nf3=) 34.ed6?? (better 34.de6 fe6 35.ed6 Bc3 36.Qc3+-) 34...Bc3= 35.Qc3 ed5 36.cd5 (36.Nc2 Qa2 37.Nc1 Qa4 38.cd5 Ndf6=) 36...Nhf6= 37.Bf3 Bb7 38.Nc2 Qa2 39.Nc1 Qa8 40.Nd3 (40.Qa3 Ne8 41.Qa8 Ba8=) 40...Nd5 (40...Bd5 41.Ne5 Bf3 42.Qf3 Qa2-/+) 41.Bd5 (better 41.Qb3!?=+) 41...Bd5-+ 42.Kg1 Bh1?? (better 42...Qf8!?-+) 43.Qd2 (43.Ne3 Qe8 44.Ne5 Ba8+=) 43...Qf3 (43...Qd5 44.Ne3 Qd6 45.Kh1=+) 44.Nce1 (better 44.Ne5!? Ne5 45.fe5+=) 44...Qd5=+ 45.Qe2 (45.Qe3 Be4 46.Nf2 f5=+) 45...Be4-/+ 46.Nf2 Bb1 (better 46...Bf5 47.g4 Be6-/+) 47.Qe8+= Nf8 48.Qe3?? (better 48.Qc6!? Qe6 49.Nf3+=) 48...Kg7 (48...Qd6 49.Nf3-+) 49.Ned3? (better 49.g4!?=+) 49...Qd6-+ 50.Qe5 (50.Ne5 Ba2-+) 50...Qe5 51.Ne5 (worse 51.fe5 Nd7-+) 51...Ne6 (51...Bf5 52.h4-+) 52.Kg2 (52.Nc4!? Nd4 53.Nb6 Nb5 54.Kf1-/+) 52...Nc7-+ 53.Nd7 (53.Nc4 Nd5-+) 53...Nb5 (better 53...Nd5-+) 54.Nb6-/+ Nd6 55.Kf3. Bendega (2035) - altyse (2035), lichess.org, 2021.

9.Nbd2 c6 10.e4 a5 11.ba5 Ra5 12.e5 de5 13.de5 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Nf3 Nf3 17.Bf3 Bb2 18.Qd8 Rd8 19.Rab1 Bd4 20.Rfd1 c5 21.Bb7 Ra2 22.Bf3 e5 23.Kf1 f5 24.Be2 h5 25.f3 e4 26.f4 Re8 27.g3 e3 28.Rb6 Kg7 29.Rb7 Kh6 30.Rdb1 g5 31.R1b6 Re6 32.Re6 Bf6 33.Rf6 Normal 1-0. anotherheaven (1670) - username1894 (1675), Rated Bullet tournament iCgRMIdJ, lichess.org, 2015.

9.Nbd2 Rc8 10.a4 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Nd2 Ba8 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Nf3 (worse 14.gf3 c5=+) 14...c5 15.Qb3 cb4 16.Qb4 Qc7 17.Rfc1 Rfe8 18.d5 Bb2 19.Qb2 Nc5 20.Qc3 Qd7 The isolani on a4 becomes a target 21.Nd4 Na4 22.Qa3 Nc5 23.Qa7 Qa7 24.Ra7 Nd3 25.Rd1 Rc4 26.g3 Ne5 27.Rb7 (27.Rb1 Rc5=) 27...Rb4 28.f4 (28.h3 Kg7=+) 28...Ng4-/+ 29.e4 Rb2 30.Nf3 Ne3 31.Rd2 Rb1 32.Kf2 Ng4 33.Kg2 e6 (33...Kg7 34.Nd4=+) 34.de6= Re6 35.Ng5 Rf6 36.e5 (36.Ra2 b5 37.Kh3+-) 36...de5-/+ 37.Ne4 Rc6 (37...Rf5 38.Rd8 Kg7 39.Nd6 Rb2 40.Kf3 Nh2 41.Ke4 Rb4 42.Kd3 Rd4 43.Ke3 Rd6 44.Rd6 Ng4 45.Kf3-+) 38.fe5 (better 38.Kh3!? h5 39.Rd8 Kg7 40.Rdd7-/+) 38...Ne5-+ 39.Rf2 Kg7 40.Re7 Rb5 41.h4 Kf8 42.Ra7 h6 43.Nf6 Rb3 (better 43...Ra5 44.Rb7 Re6-/+) 44.Nh7?? (44.Ra8 Ke7 45.Re8 Kd6 46.Ne4 Kd5 47.Nf6 Rf6 48.Rf6 Rb2 49.Kh3=) 44...Kg7-+ 45.Ng5 (45.Re7 Rb5-+ (45...Kh7?! 46.Re5 Kg7 47.Re7-+)) 45...hg5 46.hg5 (46.Re7 gh4 47.Re5 Rg3 48.Kh2 f6 49.Re7 Kh6-+) 46...Re6 (better 46...Rcc3!? 47.Kh1-+) 47.Rd2 (47.Re2 b5-+) 47...Nc4 (47...Nf3 48.Rda2-+) 48.Rf2 Nd6 49.Rd2 (49.Rd7 Nf5 50.Kh2 Ree3-+) 49...b5 (better 49...Ne4 50.Rc2-+) 50.Ra6 b4 (50...b4 51.Rad6 Ree3-+) 0-1. muhammadaudii (1900) - Omergalilo2017 (1980), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.c4 Nbd7)

9.Nbd2 Rc8 10.a4 e6 11.b5 c5 12.Rc1 cd4 13.ed4 d5 14.h3 dc4 15.Nc4 Ba8 16.Nce5 (16.Ba3 Bh6 17.Rc2 Be4+=) 16...Rc1 17.Qc1 Ne5 (17...Nd5 18.Re1=) 18.de5+= Nd5 19.Bc4 Qe7? (better 19...Qd7+=) 20.Bd5 Bd5 21.Nd2?? (better 21.Ba3 Qb7 22.Bf8 Kf8 23.Re1+-) 21...Qg5=+ 22.Qc3?? (better 22.Nf3 Qf5 23.Qc3=+) 22…Qg2 0-1. Gehaktbalmetjus (2020) - Terrificying (2075), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Nbd2 d5 10.c5 a5 11.a3 c6 12.Bd3 (12.Qc2 Ba6 13.Ba6 Ra6+=) 12...b5 (12...Ba6 13.Ba6 Ra6 14.Qe2=) 13.Nb3 (13.a4 ba4 14.Qa4 ab4 15.Qb4 Qc7+=) 13...ab4 14.ab4 Ra1 (14...Qc7 15.Ra5+=) 15.Qa1 Qc7 16.Qa5 Qb8 17.Ra1 Ne4 (17...Ng4 18.h3 Ngf6 19.Qa7+–) 18.Be4 de4 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.Nd2 Ng4 21.g3 (21.Nf1 Nf6 22.Ng3 Nd5+–) 21...Bh6 (21...h6 22.Nge4 f5 23.Nc3+–) 22.Nde4 Bc8 (22...Qc8 23.Qa7+–) 23.Nf3+– Be6 24.Nc3 Bd5 (24...Bc4!?+–) 25.Nd5 cd5 26.Qa6 Rc8 (26...Bg7 27.Ra5+–) 27.Ra5 f6?? (27...Qc7+–) 28.Rb5 Qc7 29.Rb7 Qd8 (29...Qc6 30.Qc6 Rc6 31.Rb8 Kf7 32.b5+–) 30.Qe6 Kf8 31.Re7! Qe7 (31...Qe7 32.Qc8 Double attack (32.Qc8 Deflection; 32.Qc8 Overloading)) 32.Qc8 (32.Qg4?! Rb8+–) 32...Kg7 33.Qg4 g5 (33...Be3 34.fe3 h5 35.Qf4+–) 34.c6 1–0. Hind,Alan – Mitchell,Ian W S, SCCA League, 1994.

9.Nbd2 d5 10.c5 bc5 11.bc5 c6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Rab1 Rab8 14.Bc3 Rfe8 15.Rb2 e5 16.Rfb1 (16.de5!? Ng4 17.e6 Re6 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qa4+–) 16...ed4+= 17.Bd4 Ne4 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Ne4 Re4 20.Bd3 Ree8 21.Qc3 Kg8 22.a4 Ne5?? (better is 22...Bc8+/–) 23.Ne5+– Re5 24.a5 Ree8+/– 25.a6 Ba6? 26.Ba6+– Rb2 27.Rb2 Qe7?! 28.g3 Qe4 29.Qd4 Qd4 30.ed4 Re1 31.Kg2 Ra1 32.Bb7 Rd1 33.Rb4 a5 34.Ra4 Re1 35.Bc6 Rc1 36.Bd5 Rd1 37.Bf3 f5 38.d5 Rc1 39.Ra5 g5 40.h3 g4 41.hg4 fg4 42.Bg4 Rc4 43.c6 Rg4 44.c7 Rc4 45.Ra8 Kf7 46.c8Q Rc8 47.Rc8 Ke7 48.Rc6 Kd7 49.f4 h6 50.g4 h5 51.gh5 Ke7 52.h6 Kf7 53.h7 Ke7 54.h8Q Kf7 55.Qh7 Ke8 56.Rc8 1–0. Fournier,Frederic (1690) – manupetro (1620), Active, 2007.

9.Nbd2 Ne8 10.a4 e5 11.d5 f5 12.Rb1 (12.a5+=) 12...Nef6 (12...a5 13.b5+=) 13.Qc2 (13.Ng5 Qe7 14.Ne6 Rfc8+/–) 13...e4 (better is 13...Qe7!?+=) 14.Bf6 (better is 14.Nd4!? Qe7 15.Ne6+–) 14...Bf6 (15.Nd4 Be5+=). eds – leper, Caissa.com, 2004.

9.Nbd2 h6 10.Rc1 c5 11.b5 a6 12.a4 ab5 13.ab5 Kh7 14.Qb3 Ne4 15.Rfd1 cd4 16.Nd4 (16.Ne4!? Be4 17.ed4+= (worse 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Qb4 Ra4=+)) 16...Ndc5=+ 17.Qc2 Ra2 18.Qb1 (18.Ra1 Ra1 19.Ba1 Nd2 20.Qd2 Qc7=) 18...Qa8=+ 19.f3 Nd2 20.Rd2 e5 21.Nc2 Nb3 22.Rcd1? (better 22.Rd6!? Nc1 23.Bc1=+) 22...Nd2-+ 23.Rd2 Rb2?? (better 23...Qa4 24.Bc3 d5-+) 24.Qb2=+ e4 25.Nd4 ef3 26.gf3 Bd4 (26...Qd8!? 27.Qb3 Qg5 28.Kh1 Re8-/+) 27.Rd4 (worse 27.ed4 Bf3 28.Qc3 Be4=+) 27...Bf3 28.Rd6 Qe4 29.Kf2?? (29.Bf3 Qf3 30.Qd4 Qe2+=) 29...Bh1?? (better 29...Qh4 30.Kf1 Qh2-+) 30.Qd4 (better 30.Qf6 Qg2 31.Ke1 Qg1 32.Kd2 Qh2 33.Rb6+=) 30...Qg2-/+ 31.Ke1 Qg1 32.Kd2 Qh2 33.Rb6?? (better 33.Rf6 Kg8 34.Qd7=+ (34.Rb6?? Bf3-+; 34.Qb6? Ra8 35.Rf4 g5-+)) 33...Bf3-+ 34.Qd3 Qf2 (better 34...Be2 35.Qd6 Qd6 36.Rd6 Bc4-+) 35.c5 (35.Rf6 Qe2 36.Qe2 Be2 37.Ke2 Kg7+/-) 35...h5 (better 35...Be2 36.Qe2 Qh4=+) 36.Rf6+/- Qe2 37.Qe2 Be2 38.Ke2 Kg7 39.Rf1 Rb8 40.b6 Kf8 41.Kd3 (better 41.Rc1 Ke7 42.c6+-) 41...Ke7 42.Kc4 h4 (42...Ke6+-) 43.Kb5 g5 (43...h3 44.c6 h2+-) 44.c6 g4 45.c7 Rg8 46.b7 g3 47.c8Q g2 (47...Rc8 48.bc8Q f6 49.Qf5 Ke8 50.Qe6 Kf8 51.Rf6 Kg7 52.Rf7 Kh8 53.Qe8) 48.Qc7 (48.Qg8?! gf1Q 49.Kb6 Qb1 50.Ka7 Qa2 51.Kb8 Qh2 52.Ka8 Qa2 53.Kb8 Qh2 54.Kc8 Qc2 55.Kb8 Qh2=) 48...Ke6 49.Qf7 Ke5 50.Qf5 (50.Qe7 Kd5 51.Rd1) 50...Kd6 51.Rd1 Ke7 (51...Kc7 52.Qf7 Kb8 53.Qg8 Kb7 54.Rd7) 52.Rd7 (52.Rd7 Ke8 53.b8Q) 1-0. bjoernsen (2365) - mynameisfrenchis (2325), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.d4 Nbd7)

9.d5 b5 10.cb5= Nd5 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.Nd4 (12.Qb3!?=) 12...Nb4 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Bf3 (14.Qb3 a5+=) 14...Bf3–/+ 15.Qf3 Nd3 (15...e5 16.Nc6 Nc6 17.Qc6–/+) 16.Nc6+= Qd7 17.Rfd1 Nc5 18.e4 e5 19.Ne5 Qe6 20.Nc6 Nfe4 21.Nd5 Qd7 (21...Rfc8 22.Nde7 Re8 23.Nd5=) 22.Qe3 f5?? (better is 22...a6 23.a4 f6=) 23.f3+– Nf6? (better is 23...a6 24.fe4 fe4+–) 24.Nf6 Qf7 (24...Kf6 25.Qd4 Kg5 26.f4 Kh6 27.Qc5+–) 25.Nd5 Rfe8 (25...f4 26.Qd4 Kh6 27.Rac1+–) 26.Qd4 (better is 26.Qc3 Kh6 27.Rd4+–) 26...Kf8 (26...Kh6+–) 27.Qh8 Qg8 28.Qg8 Kg8 29.Nc7 1–0. Slabek,Grzegorz (2085) – Klementys,Jerzy (1800), XX Dobczyce, 2012.

9.d5 c6 10.dc6 Bc6 11.b5 Bb7 12.Qc2 Rb8 13.Nc3 Ba8 14.a4 Qc7 15.a5 Qb7 (15...Bf3 16.Bf3 Ne5 17.Be2=) 16.a6 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Ne5 Attacking the backward pawn on c4 (17...Bf3!? 18.Bf3 Qc4=) 18.Ne5+= de5 19.Bd3 e4 20.Ne4 Ne4 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Be4 Be4 23.Qe4 Rbc8 24.Rac1 Qb8? (24...Rfd8 25.h3+/-) 25.h4 (25.Rd7 Rfe8+-) 25...Qa8? (better 25...Qc7!?+-) 26.Qe5 Kg8 27.Qe7 Rfe8 28.Qf6 Qe4 (28...Re6 29.Qg5+-) 29.Rd7 Rf8 30.Rcd1 Qc4 31.h5 (31.Ra7?! Qb5 32.Rd6 Qc4+-) 31...Qe6 32.Qe6 fe6 33.hg6 hg6 34.Ra7 Rc5 35.Rdd7 Rb5 (35...Rfc8 36.Rg7 Kh8 37.Rg6 Rb5 38.Re6 Rb1 39.Kh2 Rb2+-) 36.Rg7 Kh8 37.Rh7 Kg8 38.Rag7 1-0. muhammadaudii (2130) - hOsSein_rAhiMi, Black Lives Matter, lichess.org, 2020.

9.d5 e6 10.Nbd2 ed5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Bg7 Kg7 13.Qb3 N5f6 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Nd4 c5 17.Nb5 a6 18.Nc3 d5 19.Bf3 (19.bc5 Rc5 20.Qb4 Re8=+) 19...c4 20.Qc2 (20.Qb2 Ne5 21.Be2 Bc6=+) 20...Ne5 (20...Qb4!? 21.Rb1 Qa5 22.Qb2-+) 21.Na4 Nf3 22.Nf3 b5 23.Nc5 Rfd8 (23...Ne4 24.Qb2 Kg8 25.Ne4 de4 26.Nd4-/+) 24.Rd4 (24.Qb2 a5 25.a3 Bc6=+) 24...Ba8 (24...Ne4 25.Ne4 de4 26.Rd8 Rd8 27.Qc3 Kg8 28.Nd4-/+) 25.Rcd1 (25.Na6!? Ne4 26.a4=+) 25...a5-/+ 26.a3 (26.ba5 Qc7 Double attack (26...Rc5 Deflection; 26...Qc7 Decoy)) 26...ab4 27.ab4 Nd7 28.Nd7 Rd7 29.Qc3 Rcd8?? (29...Qf6 30.Qa3=+) 30.Rd5 (better 30.Rc4! Qf6 31.Qf6 Kf6 32.Rc5+-) 30...Kg8= 31.Rd7 Rd7 32.Rd7 Qd7 33.h3?? (better 33.Nd4=) 33...Bf3-+ 34.gf3 Qd3 35.Qe5 Qb3 (35...c3 36.Qe8 Kg7 37.Qe5 Kf8 38.Qb8 Ke7 39.Qc7 Kf6=) 36.Qe8 Kg7 37.Qe7 (37.Qb5 c3 38.Qe5 Kh6 39.Qf4 Kg7=) 37...c3 (better 37...h5!? 38.Qe5 Kh7-/+) 38.Qe5= Kh6 39.h4?? (39.Qf4 g5 40.Qf6 Kh5=) 39...c2?? (better 39...Qb4 40.e4 Qc4 41.Qg5 Kg7-+) 40.Qg5 Kg7 41.Qe5 f6 42.Qe7?? (better 42.Qc7 Kg8 43.Qd8 Kf7 44.Qd7 Kf8 45.Qd8 Kf7 46.Qd7 Kf8 47.Qd8 Kf7=) 42...Kh6 (better 42...Qf7!? 43.Qc5 Qc4 44.Qe7 Kh6 45.Qf6 c1Q 46.Kh2-+) 43.Qf8 Kh5 44.Qc5 (44.Qf6 c1Q 45.Kg2 Qd5-+) 44...f5 45.Kg2 Qb1 (45...Kh4?! 46.Qe7 Kh5 47.Qh7 Kg5 48.Qg7+=) 46.Qe7 h6 47.e4 c1Q 48.ef5 (48.Qg5 hg5 49.hg5 Qg1 50.Kh3 Qbf1) 48…Qf5 (48...Qg1 49.Kh3 Qf5) 0-1. Undertakerle (1860) - zhala97 (2110), Lichess Liga, lichess.org, 2023.

10.b5 a6 11.Nbd2 ab5 12.ab5 Qc7 13.Qb3 e6 14.h3 d5 15.Rfc1 Ra1 16.Ra1 Ne4 (16...cd4 17.Bd4 e5 18.Bb2=) 17.Ne4+= de4 18.Nd2 f5 19.d5 (19.Ra7!?=) 19...Bb2=+ 20.Qb2 ed5 21.Ra7 Qb8 22.Qa2 Rf7 23.cd5 Bd5 (23...Nf6 24.Qa4=+) 24.Nc4 (better 24.Bc4 Bc4 25.Nc4+=) 24...Qe5?? (better 24...f4 25.Qa6 f3 26.gf3 ef3-/+) 25.Ne5+- Ba2 26.Nd7 (better 26.Nf7!? Kf7 27.Rd7 Kf6 28.Rh7 Bd5+-) 26...Be6?? (better 26...Bd5+-) 27.Ra8 Kg7 28.Ne5 (better 28.Nb6!? Re7+-) 28...Re7 (28...Rb7 29.Bc4 Kf6 30.Re8 Bc4 31.Nc4+-) 29.Nc6 (29.Rb8 Kf6 30.f4 ef3 31.Nf3 Bd5 32.Rb6 Re6 33.Re6 Ke6+-) 29...Rd7 30.Ra7 (30.Kf1 Rd2+-) 30...Kf6 (30...Ra7 31.Na7 Kf7 32.Kf1+-) 31.Rd7 (31.Ra6 Rb7+-) 31...Bd7 32.f4 Ke6 (32...ef3 33.Bf3 Be6 34.Kf2+-) 33.Ne5 Kd6 (33...Be8 34.Bc4 Kf6 35.g3+-) 34.Nd7 (34.Bc4!? Be8+-) 34...Kd7 35.Bc4 h6 (35...Ke7 36.g4+-) 36.g4 fg4 (36...Ke7 37.gf5 gf5 38.Kg2+-) 37.hg4 g5 (37...Kd6 38.Bf7 g5 39.Bb3+-) 38.f5 Ke7 (38...Kd6 39.f6+-) 39.Bd5 Kf6 40.Be4 c4 (40...Ke5 41.Kf2+-) 41.Kf2 Ke5 42.Bc2 c3 (42...Kf6 43.Kf3 Ke5 44.Ke2+-) 43.e4 Kf6 44.Ke3 h5 (44...Ke5 45.Kd3 h5 46.gh5 g4+-) 45.gh5 g4 46.Kf4 g3 1-0. Chelov (1720) – lidija, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

10.dc5 bc5 11.b5 d5 (11...Qa5 12.Bc3 Qc7 13.a5+=) 12.Nbd2 e6 13.Nb3 dc4 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Be2 Qe7 16.Nbd2 Rfd8 17.Qc1 Rac8 18.Nc4 Nc4 19.Qc4 Bd5 20.Qc2 c4 21.Ba3 Qc7 22.Rac1 Qa5 (22...Qb7!?+=) 23.Be7+= Rd7 24.Bf6 Bf6 25.e4 Bb7 Black intends c3 26.Rfd1 Rd1 27.Bd1 (27.Rd1 c3=) 27...c3 28.Qe2 Qb4 29.Bc2 Qb2 30.Rb1 Qa2 31.Ne1 Rc4 32.Qg4? (32.Qf3 Be5=) 32...h5?? (better is 32...Be4 33.Qd1 Rd4–+) 33.Qf4 Kg7 34.f3 (34.Qe3 Bd4 (worse is 34...Ra4 35.Rd1 Rb4 36.e5+=) 35.Qg3 Ra4+=) 34...Ra4+= 35.Qc7? (better is 35.Qb8!? Bd4 36.Kh1–/+) 35...Bd4 36.Kh1 (better is 36.Kf1 Qc4 37.Qc4 Rc4 38.Ke2–+) 36...Bf2?? (better is 36...Qc4 37.Qc4 Rc4–+) 37.Qc3+/– (worse is 37.Qb7 Be1 38.Re1 Qc2–/+) 37...Kg8 (37...Kh7 38.Qf6 e5+=) 38.Qb3?? (better is 38.Rd1 Bb6 39.Ba4 Qa4 40.Qd3+–) 38...Qb3 39.Bb3 (39.Rb3?? Ra1 40.Rb1 Rb1 41.Bb1 Be1–+) 39...Rd4 40.Nc2 Rd2 41.Nb4 (41.Na3 Kg7=) 41...Kf8 42.g3 Ke7 43.Rd1 Rd1 44.Bd1 Kd6 45.Be2 Bb6 46.Na6 ½–½. algernon (2330) – kuksifae (2485), net–chess.com, 2014.

10.dc5 bc5 11.b5 Ne5 12.Ne5+/- (12.Be5?! de5 13.Nc3 e4=) 12...de5 13.Be5 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qe6 15.Bg3 h5 16.Rc1 Qf5 17.Bf3 (17.Bd3 Qe6+/-) 17...Bf3 18.Qf3 Qd3 (18...Qf3 19.gf3 Rfd8 20.Rfd1+/-) 19.Ne2 (19.Nd5 Nd5 20.Rfd1 Qa3 21.cd5 Qa4 22.Rc5 Rac8+/-) 19...Ng4 20.Rfd1 Qb3 21.h3 Ne5 (21...Nf6 22.Nc3+-) 22.Be5 (22.Qe4 f5 23.Qb7 Rad8 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Qe7 Nf7+-) 22...Be5 23.Qd5 (23.Nf4 Rfd8 24.Nd3 Bd6+-) 23...Bf6 (better 23...Rfd8 24.Qd8 Rd8 25.Rd8 Kg7+/-) 24.Ra1?? (better 24.Qc5 Qa4 25.Nd4+-) 24...Rfd8 (better 24...Ba1!? 25.Ra1 Rad8 26.Qc5 Rd1 27.Rd1 Qd1 28.Kh2 Qe2 29.Qe7 a6 30.ba6 Qc4-+) 25.Qd8= Rd8 26.Rd8 Kg7 27.Rad1 (better 27.Rc1!?=) 27...Qc4 28.Nf4? (28.Kf1 Qa4 29.Rc1 e6-/+) 28...Qa4 (28...e5 29.Ne6 Qe6-+ (29...fe6 30.R1d7 Kh6 31.Rf8 Qa4 32.Rf6=)) 29.Nd5?? (29.R8d7 c4 30.R1d5 c3-/+) 29...Qb5 (better 29...Qd1 30.Kh2 e6 31.Rg8 Kg8 32.Nf6 Kg7-+) 30.Nf6-/+ ef6 (30...Kf6 31.Rc8-/+) 31.R8d7 c4 (better 31...a5-/+) 32.Rc1?? (32.Ra7 Qb4 33.Rc7=) 32...Qb3 (better 32...Qd7 33.Rc4 Qd1 34.Kh2 a5-+) 33.Rd4 (better 33.Ra7 Qb2 34.Rc4 Qb1 35.Kh2+/-) 33...c3 34.Rd3 Qb2 35.Rdc3 a5 36.Kh2 (36.R3c2 Qa3=+) 36...a4 (better 36...Qf2 37.Ra3 Qd2-/+) 37.g3?? (37.R3c2 Qa3 38.Kg1-/+) 37...a3 (37...Qf2 38.Kh1-+) 38.Kg2?? (better 38.R3c2 Qb3 39.Rd2=) 38...a2-+ 39.R3c2 a1Q 40.Rb2 Qb2 41.Re1 Qd2 42.Rf1 Qe2 43.h4 g5 44.Kh2 (44.Rh1 Kg6-+) 44...Qf3 (44...Qf1 45.f3 Qf2 46.Kh1 Qg3 47.hg5 h4 48.gf6 Kh6 49.f4 h3 50.e4 Qg2) 45.Kg1 Qe2 46.Re1?? (46.Kh2 Qf1 47.e4 Qf2 48.Kh1 Qg3 49.e5 fe5 50.hg5 h4 51.g6 h3 52.gf7 Qg2) 46...Qe1-+ 47.Kg2 Qe2 48.Kh3 g4 (48...Qf2 49.hg5 fg5 50.e4 Qg1 51.e5 Qh1) 49.Kg2-+ (49.Kg2 Qf3 50.Kg1 Qd1 51.Kg2 f5 52.f4 gf3 53.Kf2 Qe2 54.Kg1 Qg2). muhammadaudii (1900) - donmambi (1820), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.dc5 dc5 11.b5 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.Qc2 Rfe8 14.h3 e5 15.Rfd1 e4 16.Nh2 Nh5 (16...Ne5!?=) 17.Bh5+/- gh5 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Ndf1 Qe5 20.Rac1 Nf6 21.Rd8 Rd8 22.Ng3 Kg6 (22...Bc8 23.Rd1 Rd1 24.Qd1+=) 23.Ne2 (23.Nf3 Qe6+/-) 23...Qd6 24.Nf4 Kg7 25.Nf1 Qe5 (25...a5 26.Ng3 Qd2 27.Qb1+/- (worse 27.Nfh5 Nh5 28.Nh5 Kh6+=)) 26.Qc3 (26.Rd1!? Rg8 27.a5+/-) 26...Qc3+= 27.Rc3 Rd1 28.g3 (28.a5 ba5 29.Ra3 a6 30.Ra5 ab5 31.Rb5 Ba6 32.Rc5 Rc1+=) 28...Kh6 (28...Ra1 29.Rc2=+) 29.Kg2 (29.a5 h4=) 29...h4 (29...Ra1 30.h4=+) 30.Nh2 (30.a5 hg3 (worse 30...ba5 31.Ra3+/-) 31.a6 Bc8 32.fg3 Nd7=) 30...Nh5 (better 30...hg3 31.fg3 Rd2 32.Kg1 Ra2-/+) 31.g4?? (better 31.a5=) 31...Nf4-+ 32.ef4 f5 33.g5? (33.gf5 e3 Combination) 33...Kg6-+ 34.Re3 Rd2 (34...h6 35.gh6 Rc1 36.Nf1 Rc4 37.Re2 Ra4 38.Ne3-+) 35.Nf1 (better 35.a5-+) 35...Rd7?? (better 35...Rc2!?-+) 36.Kg1 (36.Re1 e3 37.Kg1 ef2 38.Kf2 Rd4 39.Re6 Kf7 40.Rf6 Kg7=+) 36...Kf7 (36...Rd4 37.Rc3-/+) 37.Nh2 (37.Re1 Rd6=) 37...Ke6 (better 37...Rd4!? 38.Rc3 Kg6-/+) 38.Nf1 Rd1 39.Re2 (39.a5 Kd6=) 39...Bc8 (better 39...Rc1!? 40.Rd2 Ke7-/+) 40.Rd2= Rd2 41.Nd2 Ke7 42.Nf1 Be6 43.Ne3 1-0. Gehaktbalmetjus (2115) - ALRO (2085), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019.

10.Nc3 c5 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.a4 Rab8 13.a5 d5 14.dc5 bc5 15.b5 dc4 16.Qc4 Bf3 17.Bf3 Ne5 18.Qf4 Nf3 19.Qf3 Nd5 20.Nd5 ed5 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Rab1 d4 23.ed4 cd4 24.h3 (worse is 24.Rd4 Rb5 25.Rbd1 Ra5+=) 24...Rfd8 25.b6 ½–½. Kushch,Nikolai (2420) – Matjushin,Gennady (2420), UKR–ch sf Alushta, 2004. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7)

10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Nf3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 h6 16.Rac1 Kh7 17.Qc2 Rfd8 18.c5 d5 19.cb6 ab6 20.Qb3 Ra7 21.b5 Rda8 22.a3 Qe8 23.Rc3 Bf8 24.Nd2 Nf6 25.Ra1= Bd6 26.a4 Qe7 27.h3 Bb4 28.Rc2 Bd6 29.Ra2 Ne8 30.Nf3 Nf6 31.Ba3 Nd7 32.Bd6 Qd6 33.Rc6 Qe7 34.Qc2 Rc8 35.g3 Kg7 36.Kg2 Qe8 37.Rc3 Qe7 38.Ne1 Qd6 39.Nd3 Qe7 40.Rc6 Qg5 41.Nf4 Qf5 42.Qc1 Nf6 43.g4+/– Ng4 44.hg4+– Qg4 45.Kh2 Qh4 46.Nh3 Qe4 47.Rb6!+– c5? 48.Rc6 cd4?? 49.Qa1 Rca8 50.Qd4?? Qd4+= 51.ed4 Ra4 52.Ra4 Ra4 53.Rc7 Rd4 54.b6 Rb4 55.b7 g5 56.f3 Rb2 57.Kg3 Kg6 58.Nf2+– h5 59.Nd3 h4 60.Kh3 Rb3 1–0. Kaenel,H (2305) – Gerber,R (2385), ch–SUI, Graechen SUI, 2009. (=1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 b6 5.b4 Bb7 6.Bb2 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 0-0)

10.Nc3 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3 a5 16.a3 (16.b5 a4 17.Qc2 Rfc8+=) 16...e5 (16...ab4 17.ab4 e5 18.d5+=) 17.Bc3 (17.de5 Ne5 18.Ne5 de5+=) 17...e4 18.Nd2 a4 (18...ab4 19.ab4 Qh4 20.b5+=) 19.Qc2 f5 20.b5 g5 (20...Qh4 21.Rab1+=) 21.Rab1+– Nf6 (21...Qf6 22.Rb4+–) 22.Re1 (22.Rb4 f4+–) 22...Qf7 (22...Ra7 23.Rf1+=) 23.Rb4+– d5 (23...Qh5 24.Ra4 Ng4 25.Nf1+–) 24.Ra4 Ra4 25.Qa4 f4 26.Qd1 (26.Bb4 Ng4 27.Rf1 fe3 28.fe3 Qh5+–) 26...fe3 (26...dc4 27.ef4 gf4 28.Ne4 Ne4 29.Re4+–) 27.fe3 dc4 28.Rf1 (28.Qe2 Ra8 29.Bb4 Qd5+–) 28...Qd5 (28...Qe6 29.Qe2+–) 29.Qa4 Ra8 30.Qc4 Qc4 31.Nc4 Ra4 32.Bb4 Nd5 33.Rb1 (33.Rf5 Nb4 34.ab4 Ra1 35.Kf2 Ra2 36.Kf1 Rc2+=) 33...Kf7+= 34.Kf2 Ke6 (34...Nb4 35.Rb4 Rb4 36.ab4=) 35.Rb3 (35.Kg3 Nb4 36.Rb4 Rb4 37.ab4 h5=) 35...Nb4= 36.Rb4 Rb4 37.ab4 Kd5 38.Ne5?? (better 38.Nd2=) 38...Be5–+ 39.de5 Ke5 40.Kg3 Kd5 41.Kg4 Kc4 42.Kg5 Kb5 43.Kf4 c5 (worse 43...Kb4 44.Ke4 c5 45.Kd3–+) 44.bc5 bc5 45.Ke4 c4 46.Kf3 Kb4 47.Ke2 (47.e4 c3 48.Ke2 Kb3–+) 47...Kb3 48.e4 c3 49.e5 c2 50.e6 0–1. Kaenel,Hansjuerg – Schmaltz,R, Wasserburg tt, 1996. (=1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e3 Nf6 4.b4 0-0 5.c4 d6 6.Bb2 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qb3 e6)

10.Nbd2 Rb8 11.Rfd1 d5 12.b5 c5 13.bc6 Bc6 14.Rac1 Re8 15.cd5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bb7 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bc6 Bc6 19.Rc6 Rc8 20.Rdc1 Rc6 21.Rc6 Qa8 22.Qc2 Nd5 23.Ba3 Bf8 24.Bf8 Rf8 25.a3 Rd8 26.e4 Ne7 27.Rc7 Rc8 28.Kf1 Rc7 29.Qc7 Qc8 30.Qc8 Nc8 31.Ke2 Kf8 32.Kd3 Ke7 33.a4 f6 34.Ne1 e5 35.Nc2 ed4 36.Nb4 Nc5 37.Kd4 Na4 38.Na6 Nd6 39.Nc7 Kd7 40.Nd5 Ke6 41.Nc4 Nc4 42.Kc4 Nc5 43.Nb6 Ne4 44.f3 ½–½. Kreuzer – Sorger, 1982.

10.a3 c5 11.bc5 dc5 12.Rb1+=.

10.a3 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Qf3 (worse is 14.gf3 c5+=) 14...e5 15.Bc3 ab4 16.ab4 Kh8 (16...ed4 17.ed4 Re8 18.b5+=) 17.Qc6+/– Ra1 18.Ra1 Nb8 19.Qb7 ed4 20.Bd4 Bd4 21.ed4 c5 22.bc5 bc5 23.d5 Qf6 (23...Kg8 24.Ra7+/–) 24.Re1 (24.Ra8 Qd8+–) 24...Rd8? (24...Qc3!? 25.Nf3 Qf6+=) 25.g3 (25.Ne4 Qe5 26.Qf7 Re8+–) 25...Nd7 (better is 25...Kg7 26.Ne4 Qd4+–) 26.Qc7 h5 (26...Kg7 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.Re3+– (28.Qd6?! Qd6 29.Nd6 Nb6+/–)) 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.Re3 (28.Qd6?! Re8 29.Qf4 Kg7+–) 28...Qf8 29.Nd6 Ne5 30.Nb7 (worse is 30.Re5 Rd6 31.Re7 Rf6+–; 30.Qc5?! f6 31.Ne4 Qc5 32.Nc5 Nc4+–) 30...Rd7 31.Qe5 (31.Qe5 Kh7 32.Rb3+–) 1–0. Kaenel,H (2395) – Banderet,Bertrand, Ambassador Open Bern SUI, 1998. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.c4 0-0 7.Be2 b6 8.0-0 Bb7)

10.a3 e5 11.d5 Re8 12.e4 Bc8 13.Ne1 Nb8 14.Nd3 Nfd7 15.c5 (15.Qd2 f5+=) 15...bc5 16.bc5 Nc5 17.Nc5 dc5 18.Na4 Na6 19.Rc1 Bf8 20.Qc2 Qd6 21.Rfd1 Rb8 (21...Bd7 22.Ba6 Ba4 23.Qa4 Qa6 24.Bc3+=) 22.Bc3+/- Bd7 23.Ba5 Ba4 (23...f5 24.Nc3+/-) 24.Qa4 f5 (24...Ra8 25.Bc3+/-) 25.f3 (25.ef5 gf5 26.Qc2 Bh6+-) 25...f4 (25...Ra8 26.Bd2+/-) 26.Be1 (better 26.Bb5 Rec8 27.Bc6+-) 26...Rb6?? (26...Ra8 27.Bf2+/-) 27.Bf2 (better 27.Qe8 c4 28.Bc4+-) 27...Ra8? (27...Reb8 28.Rd2+/-) 28.Qc2 (better 28.Bc5 Nc5 29.Qa8+-) 28...Rab8 29.Ba6 Ra6 30.Bc5 Qc5 31.Qc5 Bc5 32.Rc5 Rb7 (32...Ra3 33.Rc7 Ra2 34.Kh1+-) 33.Rd3+- Rab6 (better 33...Rba7+-) 34.Kf2?? (better 34.Rdc3 Rb1 35.Kf2 R1b2 36.Rc2 Rc2 37.Rc2+-) 34...Rb2= 35.Kf1 Ra2 36.Rdc3 (36.Rd1 Rbb2 (worse 36...Ra3 37.Rd2+/-) 37.Rdc1 Rf2 38.Kg1 Rg2 39.Kh1 Rh2 40.Kg1 Rag2 41.Kf1 Rd2=+) 36...Rb1 (36...Rbb2 37.Rc7 Rf2 38.Kg1 Rg2 39.Kf1 Rh2 40.Kg1 Rhg2 41.Kh1=) 37.Rc1= Rbb2 38.Rc7 Rf2 39.Kg1 Rg2 40.Kf1 Rh2 (40...Rh2 41.Kg1 Rag2 42.Kf1 Rf2 43.Kg1 Rfg2 44.Kf1 Rf2 45.Kg1 Rfg2=) 0-1. armvod26 (2340) - amazingoid (2500), Casual Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.d4 A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 0-0 5.0-0 b6 6.b4 Bb7 7.Bb2 d6 8.c4 Nbd7)

10.a3 e6 11.Qc2 c5 12.Nd2 cd4 13.ed4+= Qe7 14.Bf3 Bf3= 15.Nf3 Rfc8 16.Qb3 Nh5 17.Rae1 Qd8= 18.d5 ab4 19.ab4 Bc3 20.Bc3 e5 21.Bd2 Qc7 22.Rc1+= Nhf6 23.Rfe1 Qb7= 24.Bg5 Kg7 25.b5+= h6 26.Bf6 Nf6 27.Nd2 Qa7= 28.Qd3 Qa3 29.Rc3 Qc5 30.Qc2 Ra5 31.Rc1 Qc7 32.Nb3 ½–½. Schaar,Joerg (1970) – Coope,Derek (2130), remoteschach.de, 2010.

10.b5 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Qc8 14.a4 e5 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Bc6 Bc6 17.bc6 Nb8 18.d5 Na6 19.Nb3 f5 20.Rae1 Nb4 21.Qd2 Qa6 22.Rc1 Rf8 23.f3 Rae8 24.Ba3 Ra8 25.e4 fe4 26.fe4 Rf1 27.Kf1 Rf8 28.Kg1 Rf4 29.Qe2 Bh6 30.Re1 Qa7 (better 30...Rf6!?+=) 31.Bc1+/- Rh4 32.g3 (32.Qf2 Rh5 33.Bh6 Rh6+-) 32...Bc1 (32...Rh5!?+/-) 33.gh4+- Bf4 34.Kg2 Qb8 35.Qg4 (35.h5 g5+-) 35...Qf8 (35...Nc2 36.Qe6 Kh8 37.Re2 Ne3 38.Kh1+/-) 36.h5 (36.Re2!? Nd3 37.Qh3 Nb4+-) 36...Nc2+/- 37.Qe6 Kg7 38.Re2 Ne3 39.Kg1?? (39.Kh1 Bh6 40.Qd7 Kh8+/-) 39...Nc4 (39...Bh2 40.Kh2 Qf4 41.Kh3 Qf3 42.Kh2 Qe2 43.Kg3 Qg2 44.Kh4 g5) 40.hg6 hg6 41.Qd7 Qf7 42.Qf7 (42.Kf1!?+-) 42...Kf7+/- 43.Kg2 Kf6 44.Kf3 Na3 45.Nd2 Nc2 46.Nc4 (better 46.Kg2!? Ne3 47.Kg1+=) 46...Nd4=+ 47.Kf2 Ne2 48.Ke2 Ke7 (worse 48...Bh2 49.Nb6 Ke7 50.Nc4+/-) 49.h3 g5 50.Kf3 Bh2 51.Kg4 Bf4 52.Kf5 Be3?? (better 52...Bc1=) 53.Ne3+- Kd8 54.Kg5 Ke7 55.Nc2 Kd8 (55...Ke8 56.Na3 Ke7 57.h4 b5 58.Nb5 Kf7 59.h5 Kg7 60.Nc7 Kf8 61.Ne6 Ke8 62.h6 Ke7 63.h7 Kf7 64.h8Q Ke7 65.Qf8) 56.Na3 Ke7 (56...b5 57.Nb5 Ke8 58.Nc7 Kf8 59.Ne6 Ke7 60.h4 Kf7 61.c7 Ke8 62.c8Q Ke7 63.Qf8 Kd7 64.Qd8) 57.Nb5 Kd8 (57...Ke8 58.Nc7 Ke7 59.h4 b5 60.ab5 Kf8 61.Ne6 Kf7 62.c7 a4 63.c8Q Ke7 64.Qf8 Kd7 65.Qd8) 58.h4 Kc8 (58...Ke8 59.Nc7 Kf8 60.Ne6 Ke8 61.h5 Ke7 62.h6 b5 63.h7 ba4 64.h8Q a3 65.Qf8) 59.h5 Kd8 (59...Kb8 60.h6 Kc8 61.h7 Kd8 62.Kf6 Ke8 63.h8Q) 60.h6 (60.Kf6 Kc8 61.h6 Kd8 62.h7 Ke8 63.h8Q) 60...Ke7 61.h7 Kf7 62.h8Q Ke7 63.Qf6 Ke8 64.Qg7 (64.Nc7) 64...Kd8 65.Qd7 1-0. Hidalgo Diaz,Daniel (2315) - Dominguez,Laura Lucia (2015), 3rd Gran Canaria Online (2), 2022. (=1.d4 A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems 1...Nf6 2.e3 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Be2 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.b4 0-0 7.c4 d6 8.Bb2 Nbd7)

10.b5 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Ng5 Bb7 13.Bf3 Qc8 14.Bb7 Qb7 15.Qc2 h6 16.Nf3 Nf6 17.d5 Qc8 18.Nd4 Qg4 19.Nc6 Rfe8 20.f3 Qg5 21.Rae1 Nd7 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.f4 Qf6 24.e4 Kg8 25.e5 Qg7 26.e6 fe6 27.Re6 Kh7?? (better 27...Nf8 28.Re4 e5+-) 28.f5 (28.Rfe1!? Kh8 29.Ne7 Qd4 30.Kh1 Nf8 31.Ng6 Ng6 32.Re8 Re8 33.Re8 Kh7+-) 28...Nf6 29.fg6 Qg6 30.Qg6 Kg6 31.Ne7 Kg7 32.Rff6 (32.Ref6?! Re7 33.h4 Rg8+-) 32...Re7 33.Re7 Kf6 34.Rc7 Re8 (34...Ke5+-) 35.Rc6 Re1 36.Kf2 Rc1 37.Rd6 (37.Rb6?! Ke5 38.Ra6 Rc2 39.Kf3 Ra2+-) 37...Ke5 38.Rb6 (better 38.Re6!? Kd4+-) 38...Rc4 39.Rh6 Rc3 (39...Rc2 40.Ke3 Kd5 41.Rh5 Kd6 42.b6+-) 40.Rh5 (better 40.d6 Rc2 41.Ke3 Rc3 42.Kd2 Rc4+-) 40...Kd6 41.b6 (41.Rh8!? Rc2 42.Kg3 Ra2 43.Rd8 Kc7+-) 41...Rc2 42.Ke3 Rb2 (42...Ra2 43.g4 Rb2 44.g5+-) 43.Kd4 Kd7 (43...Rb4 44.Kd3 Kc5 45.d6 Kc6 46.Rd5+-) 44.b7! Kc7 (44...Rb7 45.Rh7 Skewer) 45.Rh7 Kb8 46.Kc5 Rc2 (46...Ka7 47.g4 Rc2 48.Kb5 Rb2 49.Ka5+-) 47.Kd6 (better 47.Kb6 Rb2 48.Ka6 Rb1 49.d6 Rb6 50.Kb6 a4 51.Rh8) 47...Rg2 48.Kc6 Rc2 (48...Ka7 49.d6 Rc2 50.Kb5 Rb2 51.Ka5 Ra2 52.Kb4 Rb2 53.Kc3 Rb1+-) 49.Kb6 Rb2 50.Ka6 a4 (50...Rh2 51.Rh2 Kc7 52.Rc2 Kd6 53.b8Q Kd5 54.Qb5 Ke4 55.Rc4 Kf3 56.Qb3 Ke2 57.Rc2 Ke1 58.Qb1) 51.d6 Rc2 (51...Rh2 52.Rh2 a3 53.Rh8) 52.Rh8 Rc8 53.Rc8 (53.bc8Q) 1-0. muhammadaudii (2125) - GvZ (1765), Black Lives Matter, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3 1...g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.c4 b6 8.0-0 Bb7)

10.b5 e5 11.Rc1 Re8 12.d5 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bc8 14.e4 Nh5 15.g3 Bh3 16.Rfe1 Bg4 17.Ba3 Qf6 18.Bc5 bc5 19.Nh4 Be2 20.Ne2 Bh6 21.Rb1 Bg5 22.Ng2 Qf3 23.b6 cb6 24.Rb6 Be7 25.Reb1 Nf6 26.Nh4 (better 26.Nc3+/-) 26...Qe4=+ 27.Qd2? (better 27.Qe4 Ne4 28.Nf3=+) 27...Nd7 28.Rb7 Bh4 29.Rd7?? (better 29.Nc3 Qf5 30.Qe2-+) 29...Be7 (better 29...Qb1 30.Kg2 Be7-+) 30.Rbb7= Bf8 31.Rf7 Qc4 32.Rh7 Rab8 33.Rbd7 (33.Rh4 Qh4 34.Rb8+= (worse 34.gh4 Rb7 35.Qa5 Rb4=+)) 33...Rb1= 34.Kg2 Qe4 35.f3 Qb4?? (better 35...Qc4+/-) 36.Qg5 Re7 (36...Rg1 37.Kh3 Qg4 38.Qg4 Rg3 39.hg3 Re7 40.Qg6 Bg7 41.Rg7 Rg7 42.Qg7) 37.Qg6 Bg7 (37...Rg7 38.Rdg7 Bg7 39.Qg7) 38.Rd8 (38.Rd8 Re8 39.Re8; 38.Rg7 Rg7 39.Qg7) 1-0. shahramagai (2060) - elvanvanero (2155), Hourly SuperBlitz Arena, lichess.org, 2017. (=1.Nf3 A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems 1...Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 b6 8.c4 Bb7)

10.a3 cd4 11.ed4 Ne4+=.

10.a3 cd4 11.ed4 e5 12.Re1=.

10.a3 cd4 11.ed4 e6 12.Re1+= e5 13.Qb3 e4 14.Ng5 Re8 (14...h6!? 15.Nh3 Nb8+=) 15.c5+/– d5 16.Nb5 Re7 17.Rac1 Bc6 18.Nd6 a6 19.cb6 Bb5?? (better is 19...Qb6 20.Qc3 Bb7+/–) 20.b7+– Rb8 (20...Nb6 21.ba8Q Qa8 22.Nb5 ab5 23.Bb5+–) 21.Rc8 Rc8 (21...Qf8 22.Rf8 Bf8 23.Bb5 ab5+–) 22.bc8Q Qc8 23.Nc8 Re8 24.Nd6 Be2 25.Ne8 Ne8 26.Qd5 Ndf6 27.Qf7 (27.Qf7 Kh8 28.d5 e3 29.Bf6 Nf6 30.Ne6 ef2 31.Kf2 Ne4 32.Ke2 Nc3 33.Kd3 Bh6 34.Qe8 Bf8 35.Qf8) 1–0. Janek – Musial, internet, 2018.

10.a3 d5 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Qb3 (12.Nd5 Bd5 13.dc5 Bb2+=) 12...Nc3= 13.Bc3 cd4 14.Nd4 (14.Bd4 e5 15.Bb2 e4=) 14...Rc8 (14...e5 15.Nf3=) 15.Rfd1 Qc7 (15...a6 16.Bb2 e5 17.Bf3+=) 16.Rac1+= Nf6 17.Bb2 Qb8 (17...Qd7 18.b5 Bd5 19.Qb4 Rc1 20.Rc1+=) 18.Bf3 (18.b5 Rfd8+=) 18...Ne4 (18...Bf3 19.Nf3 Rc1 20.Rc1+=) 19.Bg4 (19.Be4 Be4 20.f3 Bb7+=) 19...Rc1= 20.Rc1 h5 (20...Rd8 21.Be2=) 21.Be2+= Rc8 22.Rd1 Nd6 23.Bd3 (23.Nb5 Nb5 24.Bb5 Be5+=) 23...Qa8= 24.Bf1 (24.f3 Bd5 25.Qa4 Bc4=) 24...Bd5 25.Qd3 (25.Qa4 Nc4 26.Bc4 Rc4=) 25...Bc4 26.Qb1 Bf1 27.Kf1 Qd5 (27...Nc4 28.Kg1=) 28.Kg1 a5 (28...Qe4 29.Qe4 Ne4 30.f3=+) 29.h3 (29.ba5 Qa5 30.Nb3 Qf5 31.Qf5 Nf5 32.Bg7 Kg7=) 29...ab4 (29...Qe4 30.Rd3=) 30.ab4 b5 (30...Qc4 31.Ba1=) 31.Nf3 (31.Ba1 Qc4=) 31...Qb3=+ 32.Bd4 (32.Be5 Qb1 33.Rb1 Ne4=+) 32...Qb1 33.Rb1 Bd4 34.Nd4 Rc4 35.Kf1 (35.Nf3 f6=+) 35...e5 36.Nf3 f6 37.Rb2 (37.Ne1 e4=+) 37...Rc1–/+ 38.Ke2 Nc4 39.Ra2 (39.Rb3 Rc2 40.Ke1 Kf7–/+) 39...Rb1 40.Nd2 (40.Ra6 Kf7–/+ (40...Rb4?! 41.Rf6 Rb2 42.Ke1=)) 40...Nd2 (40...Rb4 41.Nc4 Rc4 42.Rb2–/+) 41.Kd2 Rb4 42.Kc3 Rb1 (42...Rc4 43.Kb3–/+) 43.Rb2 Rg1 44.g3 (44.f3 f5–/+) 44...g5 (44...Rc1 45.Kb4–/+) 45.Kd3 ½–½. Spiridonov,Nikola (2400) – Roos,Daniel (2325), BUL–FRA Bulgaria, 1985. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 c5)

10.Qb3 cb4 11.Qb4 d5 12.Rac1 dc4 13.Bc4 Rc8 14.Qb3 e6 (14...Bf3!? 15.gf3 Nb8+=) 15.Ba3+/- Re8 16.Nb5 Bf3 17.gf3 Nh5 (17...Rb8!?+/-) 18.Nd6+- Qf6 19.Be6 fe6 (19...Rc1 20.Bf7 Kh8 21.Rc1+- (21.Bc1?! Re7+-)) 20.Rc8 (20.Nc8?! Qf3 21.Bd6 Qg4 22.Bg3 Nc5 23.dc5 Rc8 24.cb6 Rc1 25.Rc1 ab6+-) 20...Rc8 21.Nc8 Qf3 (21...Kh8+-) 22.Qe6 Kh8 23.Qd7 Qg4 (23...h6+-) 24.Qg4 (24.Qg4 Nf6 25.Qe6 h5 26.Bf8 Bf8 27.Qf6 Kh7 28.Qf8 a6 29.Qf7 Kh6 30.Ne7 Kg5 31.Qf4) 1-0. phildo (1950) - tapanis (1830), gameknot.com, 2018.

10.Qb3 Rc8 11.a4 e6 (11...cd4 12.ed4 Nh5 13.d5=) 12.a5 (12.Nb5 Ne4 13.Na7 Ra8+/-) 12...Ne4 (12...ba5 13.Ra5 a6 14.Rfa1=) 13.Rfd1 Nc3 14.Bc3 (worse 14.Qc3 Bf3 15.Bf3 cd4 16.ed4 b5=+) 14...Qc7 15.dc5 dc5 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.b5 Bf3 18.Bf3 Kg8 19.ab6 ab6 20.h3 Rfd8 21.Ra6 Ne5 22.Be2 Rd1 23.Qd1 Rd8 24.Qa1 h5 25.f4 Nd3 (25...Nd7 26.Ra8+=) 26.Ra7+/- Qd6 27.Qf6 Rf8 28.g4 (28.Bf3 Ne1 29.Bd5+=) 28...hg4 (28...Nc1 29.Qb2 Ne2 30.Qe2 hg4 31.hg4= (worse 31.Qg4 Qd3-/+)) 29.hg4 (better 29.Qc3 Nb4 30.hg4+=) 29...Ne1?? (29...Nc1 30.Qb2 Ne2 31.Qe2=) 30.Kf2?? (better 30.Qc3+-) 30...Nc2 31.Qc3 Nb4 32.Ra1 Rd8 (32...f6!?+=) 33.Rh1 e5 34.f5 (better 34.Rd1!? Qe7 35.Rd8 Qd8 36.Qe5+=) 34...Re8 (34...Ra8 35.fg6 fg6 36.Ra1 Rf8 37.Kg2=) 35.g5 (better 35.Bf3!?+=) 35...gf5=+ 36.Rh6 Qe7 (36...Re6 37.Rh5 f4 38.ef4 Qd4 39.Qd4 ed4 40.Rh1=+) 37.g6 (37.Rf6 Qb7=) 37...Qg5 (better 37...Kg7!? 38.gf7 Kh6 39.fe8R Qe8-/+) 38.gf7= Kf7 39.Rh7 (better 39.Bh5 Kg7 A) worse 40.Be8 Kh6 (40...Qh6?! 41.Qe5 Qf6 42.Qf6 Kf6 43.Ke2=) 41.Kf1 Qe7-/+; B) 40.Rg6 Qg6 41.Bg6 Kg6 42.e4 fe4 43.Qg3 Kf7 44.Ke3=) 39…Kg6 (39...Kg6 40.Rh1 Kf6-/+) 0-1. jhonores (2215) - eliasnader1969 (2200), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.Qb3 cd4 11.Nd4 a6=.

10.b5 Rc8 11.a4 (11.d5 Ne4 12.Qd3 Bc3 13.Bc3 Nc3 14.Qc3 e6+=) 11...Ne4 (11...cd4 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Qb3=+) 12.Qb3 Qc7 (12...Nc3 13.Bc3 cd4 14.Bd4=) 13.Rfd1 (13.d5!? Bc3 14.Bc3+=) 13...Nc3= 14.Bc3 Bf3 15.gf3 cd4 16.ed4 (16.Bd4 Bd4 17.Rd4 Nc5=+) 16...e5 (16...d5 17.Qa3-/+) 17.a5 ed4 18.Bd4 Nc5 (18...ba5?! 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Qc3 Kg8 21.Qa5=) 19.Qb2 Bd4 20.Rd4 ba5 21.f4 a4 22.Bf3 (22.Rad1 Rcd8=+) 22...Nb3-/+ 23.Ra4 Nd4 24.Qd4 Qc5 25.Qc5 Rc5 (25...dc5?! 26.Ra7 Rb8 27.Bc6=) 26.Bd5 Rc7 (26...Rb8 27.Ra6 Rb6 28.Ra5-/+) 27.Ra6 Rd8 28.Kg2 Kg7 29.Kf3 Kf6 30.Ke4 Ke7 31.f5 g5 32.f4 (32.Kd4 Kf6 33.c5 Kf5 34.cd6 Rcd7-/+) 32...gf4 (better 32...g4!?-+) 33.Kf4=+ f6 (33...Rg8 34.f6 Kf6 35.Rd6 Ke7 36.Rh6=+) 34.h4 Rb8 35.Ke4 Rb6 36.Ra1 Rb8 37.Rg1 Rf8 (37...Rh8!?=) 38.h5+= Kd8 39.h6 (39.Be6!?+=) 39...Re8= 40.Kd4 Re5 41.Rg8 Ke7 (41...Re8 42.Rg2 Rce7 43.Be6+=) 42.Rg7 (42.Be6!?+=) 42...Kd8= 43.Rg8 Ke7 (43...Re8 44.Rg2 Re1 45.Bc6 Rd1 46.Kc3=) 44.Rg7 (44.Be6!? d5 45.Rg7 Kd8 46.c5+- (46.cd5?! Re1=)) 44...Kd8= 45.Rg8 Ke7 ½-½. jhonores (2155) - cuchuoi2 (2190), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.b5 cd4 11.ed4 d5 12.cd5 (12.Ne5 Rc8=) 12...Nd5 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.Re1 (14.Qd2 Qb8=) 14...Rc8 (14...Nc5 15.Rc1 Ne6 16.Ne5=) 15.a4 (15.Qd2 e6 16.Ba3 Re8=) 15...Qc7 (15...Nc5 16.Ne5 Ne6 17.Bg4=+) 16.Rc1= Qd6 (16...Qb7 17.Qd2=) 17.Qd2 Rc1 (17...Nf6 18.Ne5=) 18.Rc1 Bb7 ½–½. Culjak,Miso (1675) – Bursuc,M (1895), 15th IBCA Olympiad, 2017. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 d6 5.0-0 0-0 6.b4 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.c4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 c5)

10.b5 cd4+= 11.ed4 e5 12.de5 (12.Re1 a6+=) 12...de5= 13.Rc1 (13.Nd5 Nd5 14.cd5 a6=) 13...Qe7 (13...a6 14.Re1=) 14.Nd5+= Nd5 15.cd5 Qb4 16.Rc7 Qb2 17.Rd7 Rab8 (17...Bc8 18.Re7 Bf6=) 18.Rc7 (18.Qd2 Qd2 19.Nd2 Rfd8–/+) 18...e4 (18...Qa2 19.Bc4 Qa3 20.d6=) 19.Rc2 Qf6 20.Ne1 Qd6 21.Bc4 Rfd8 22.Rd2 Rbc8 23.Qa4 e3 24.fe3+= Qc5 25.Rc2 Qe3 26.Kh1 Rc7 27.Nf3 Rcd7 28.Bb3 Bd5–/+ 29.Bd5 Rd5 30.Rc7 Qe2 (31.Re1 Rd1 32.Rd1 Qd1 33.Qd1 Rd1 34.Ng1 Bd4–+) 0–1. Scheller,C – Fabig,H, corr, 1995.

10.bc5 bc5 11.d5 Rb8 12.a4 (12.Rb1 Nb6+=) 12...Ba6 (12...Bd5 13.cd5 Rb2 14.Rb1 Rb1 15.Qb1-/+) 13.Ba3 (13.Nb5 Qb6+=) 13...Nb6 14.Nb5 Bb5 15.ab5 Qc7 (15...Ne4 16.Rc1=) 16.Bb2+= Ne8 17.Bg7 Ng7 18.Qc2 e6 19.de6 fe6 20.Rfd1 d5 21.cd5 ed5 22.Qa2 Rf7 23.Ng5 (23.e4 Qd6+/- (23...de4? 24.Ng5+-)) 23...Rf5 24.Nh3 Rb7 25.Nf4 Qf7 26.Bf3 c4 27.Qd2 Rd7 28.Qd4 (better 28.Bg4 d4 29.Bf5 Nf5 30.e4+/-) 28...Ne6? (better 28...Rf4 29.Qf4 Qf4 30.ef4 Kf7+=) 29.Ne6+- Qe6 30.Bg4 Rdf7 31.Bf5 Qf5 32.f3 Qe6 33.e4 Rd7 34.ed5 Rd5 35.Qc3 Na4 (35...Rd1 36.Rd1 Qe7 37.Kh1+-) 36.Qe1 (better 36.Qa3 Nc5 37.Rd5 Qd5 38.Qa7 Qd6+-) 36...Qb6? (36...Rd1 37.Qd1 Qb6 38.Kf1 Nc3+-) 37.Kh1 Rd1 38.Rd1 (worse 38.Qd1 Nc3 39.Qd7 Qe3+-) 38...Qb5 (38...Qf6 39.Qe8 Kg7 40.Rd7 Kh6 41.Qe3 Qg5 42.Rh7 Kh7 43.Qg5+-) 39.Rd8 (39.Qe6 Kg7 40.Qe7 Kh6 41.Qf8 Kg5 42.h4 Kh5 43.Qf4 g5 44.g4 Kg6 45.Qf8 gh4 46.Rd6 Kg5 47.Qf6) 39...Kf7 40.h3 (40.Qe4 Qc5 41.Rd7 Kf6 42.Qf4 Ke6 43.Qf7 Ke5 44.Qe8 Kf5 45.Rf7 Kg5 46.f4 Kh6 47.Qd7 Qg1 48.Kg1 g5 49.Rh7 Kg6 50.Qf7) 40...c3? (better 40...Nb6+-) 41.Re8?? (better 41.Qe4 Qc5 42.Qa4+-) 41...Qe8-+ 42.Qa1 (42.Qh4 h5-+) 42...c2 (better 42...Qd7 43.Qb1-+) 43.Qc1 (43.Qa2 Kf6 44.Qc2 Qe1 45.Kh2-+) 43…Qe2 (43...Qe2 44.Qf4 Ke6 45.Qg4 Kd5 46.Qd7 Kc5 47.Qa7 Nb6 48.Qc7 Kb5-+) 0-1. muhammadaudii (2135) - ramitalab (2130), lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.c4 Nbd7)

10.bc5 bc5 11.d5 Ng4 12.h3+= Nge5 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.f4 Nd7 15.Qc2 Rb8 16.e4 (16.a4 Re8=) 16...Ba6 (16...Bd4 17.Kh1=) 17.Rab1 Qa5 18.Bd3?? (18.Rf3 Bd4 19.Kh2 Rfc8=) 18...Nb6?? (better 18...Rb2 19.Rb2 Bc3-+) 19.Nb5+= Bb2 (worse 19...Qa2 20.Nc3 Qa5 21.Ra1+-) 20.Rb2 (worse 20.Qb2 Bb5 21.cb5 c4=+) 20...Na4 21.Rbb1 (21.Rb3!? Bb5 22.cb5+= (worse 22.Rb5 Rb5 23.cb5 Nb6=+)) 21...Bb5= 22.Rb5 (22.cb5 Nc3 23.Qd2 c4=) 22...Rb5=+ 23.cb5 Nb6 (23...Nc3 24.Qb3 Rb8 25.Rc1 Na2 26.Ra1=+) 24.f5 (24.Qb3 Qd2 25.Kh1 Kg7=+) 24...c4 25.Be2 (25.Bc4 Qa4 Double attack (25...Qa4 Decoy)) 25...Qb5 26.fg6 hg6 (26...fg6 27.Rf8 Kf8 28.Bg4 Qc5 29.Qf2 Kg7 30.Qc5 dc5 31.Kf2-+) 27.h4 (27.Qc3!?-/+) 27...Qc5-+ 28.Kh1 Qe3 29.h5 (29.Bc4?? Rc8 30.Qe2 Nc4-+) 29...Qh6 (better 29...Qd4-/+) 30.Rf3? (better 30.a4-/+) 30...Qh5-+ 31.Rh3 Qg5 (31...Qe5 32.Qc3-+) 32.Qc3 (32.Bc4 Rc8 33.Qb2 f6-+) 32...Qe5 33.Qc1 (33.Qe5 de5 34.Kg1 Rc8-+) 33...Qg7 (better 33...Rc8-+) 34.Qa3? (34.Bg4-+) 34...Qa1 35.Kh2 Qe5 36.Kg1 Nd7 (36...Qe4 37.Qb2 Qe5 38.Qe5 de5 39.Re3-+) 37.Qa7? (37.Qc3 Qc3 38.Rc3 Nb6-+) 37...Nc5 38.Qa3? (38.Bc4 Qd4 39.Kh2 Qc4 40.Qe7-+) 38...Ne4 39.Bc4 (39.Qe3 Qd5 40.Bf3 f5-+) 39...Rb8 (better 39...Qd4 40.Qe3 Qc4 41.Rh4-+) 40.Qc1 (40.Bf1 Qd5 41.Qc1-+) 40...Qd4 41.Kh2 Nf2 42.Qh6 (42.Rc3 Rc8 43.Qb2-+) 42...Nh3 (42...Ng4 43.Kg3 Nh6 44.Rh6 Qe3 45.Kh2 Qh6 46.Kg1 Qe3 47.Kh2 Kg7 48.g3 Qf2 49.Kh3 Rh8 50.Kg4 Qf5) 43.Qh3 (43.Kh3 Qc4 44.Qh4 Qc3 45.Qg3-+) 43...Qc4 44.Qd7 Qf4 45.g3 (45.Kh3 Rb1 46.Qd8 Kg7 47.g4 Rh1 48.Kg2 Rh2 49.Kg1 Qf2) 45...Rb2 46.Kh3 Qf1 47.Kg4 (47.Kh4 Rh2 48.Kg5 Rh5 49.Kg4 f5 50.Qf5 Qf5) 47...Rb4 48.Kg5 Qf6 (48...Qc1) 49.Kh6 Qg7 50.Kg5 f6 0-1. AleksandarTot (1930) - andtor (2110), SuperBlitz Shield Arena, lichess.org, 2019. (=1.b4 E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.0-0 Bb7)

10.bc5 dc5 11.Rb1 cd4= 12.ed4 (worse 12.Qd4 Ne4 13.Qd3 Ndc5 14.Qd8 Rfd8-/+) 12...Rc8 13.Qb3 Ba6 (13...Re8 14.Rbd1=) 14.Rbd1 Qc7 15.Nb5 Bb5 16.cb5 Rfe8 (16...Qc2!? 17.Rc1 Qb3 (17...Qe2? 18.Rfe1 Qe1 19.Ne1+-) 18.ab3 Nd5+=) 17.Rc1+/- Qf4 18.Qe3?? (18.Rc6 a5+/-) 18...Qf5 (better 18...Qe3 19.fe3 Bh6=+) 19.Bd3 Qd5 20.Rc8 Rc8 21.Qe7 Qa2 22.Qa3?? (22.Qe2 Nd5 23.Ra1 Qb3+=) 22...Qd5 (better 22...Qa3 23.Ba3 Rc3-+) 23.Rc1+/- (23.Qa7?! Qb3 24.Ne5 Ne5 25.de5 Qb2 26.ef6 Qf6=) 23...Rc1 24.Bc1 Qb7 (24...Ne4 25.Qe7 Nef6 26.Qe2+/-) 25.h3 (25.Bc4 Qc7 26.Qa2 Ne4 27.Bf7 Kh8+-) 25...Nd5 (25...Qc7 26.Bb2+/-) 26.Qb3 N7f6 27.Bd2 h5? (better 27...Ne7+-) 28.Bc4 Qd7 29.Ne5 Qd6 30.Bg5 Nc7 (30...Nh7 31.Be3 Nhf6+-) 31.Nf7 (better 31.Bf7 Kh8 32.Ng6 Kh7 33.Qc2+-) 31...Qd4 32.Ne5 (better 32.Be3 Qa1 33.Kh2+-) 32...Kh7 33.Qd3?? (better 33.Nf3 Qa1 34.Kh2+-) 33…Qa1-+ (33...Qa1 34.Kh2 Qe5 35.f4 Qe4-+) 0-1. restinpieces (2130) - riaadh (1930), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 d6 5.0-0 0-0 6.b4 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.c4 Nbd7)

10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 e6 12.a4 (better 12.Rb1!?+=) 12...ed5=+ 13.cd5 Nb8 (13...Nd5 14.Rc1-/+) 14.Rc1 Nd5 15.Qc2 Nc3 16.Bc3 Qg5?? (better 16...Bc3 17.Qc3 Nc6=) 17.Ng5+- 1-0. muhammadaudii (1970) - Hannibal216 (1940), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 Re8 12.e4 (12.Qc2 Qc7+=) 12...Ng4 (better is 12...Ne4!? 13.Qc2 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bc3 15.Qc3 e6–/+) 13.h3 Nge5 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.f4 Nd7 16.e5 Rc8 17.Ne4 e6? (better is 17...Qc7+/–) 18.Nd6+– Rb8 19.Ne8 Qe8 20.Bf3 (20.Qb3 f6 21.Bg4 f5+–) 20...Ba6 (20...b5 21.cb5 ed5 22.Bd5 Bd5 23.Qd5 Rb5 24.Rfd1+–) 21.Rc1 (21.de6 Qe6 22.Bd5 Qe8+–) 21...ed5 22.Bd5 Rd8 23.Qg4 (23.f5 Kh8 24.Qa4 Bc8+–) 23...Kh8 (23...Nf8 24.Qg3+–) 24.Rc2 Bc8?! (24...Qe7 25.Rd2+–) 25.Qh4 Nf8 26.Rd2 (better is 26.Bf7!? Qf7 27.Qd8 Be6+–) 26...Ne6 27.Rfd1 Bf8?! (27...Qa4+–) 28.Be6 Rd2 29.Rd2 Be7 (29...Qe6 30.Rd8 Kg8 31.f5 gf5 32.Qg5 Qg6 33.Rf8 Kf8 34.Qd8 Kg7 35.e6 Kh6 36.Qh4 Qh5 37.Qh5 Kh5 38.ef7 Kg5 39.f8Q Bd7 40.Qe7 Kg6 41.Qg7 Kh5 42.Bf6 f4 43.Qh7) 30.Bf7! Qf7 (30...Qf7 31.e6 Mate attack) 31.e6 Qg7 (31...Kg8 32.ef7 Kf7 33.Qh7 Kf8 34.Qg7 Ke8 35.Qg8 Bf8 36.Bf6 Bh3 37.Qg6) 32.Bg7 (32.Rd8 Bd8 33.Qd8) 32...Kg7 33.Qe7 (33.Qe7 Kh6 34.g4 Be6 35.Qf8) 1–0. jlbaf (2445) – tomy (2410), net–chess.com, 2016.

10.dc5 bc5 11.bc5 Nc5 12.Nd5 Bd5 (better 12...Nd5!? 13.Bg7 Ne3 (13...Kg7?! 14.cd5 e6 15.Bc4=) 14.fe3 Kg7 15.Qd4 f6-/+) 13.cd5= Rb8 14.Bd4 Nfe4 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Qd4 Kg8 17.Rfc1 Qa5 18.h3 Rb4 19.Qd1 (better 19.Rc4 Rfb8 20.Bd3=+) 19...Rfb8?? (19...Rb2 20.Nd4 Nc3=+ (worse 20...Ra2 21.Nc6 Ra1 22.Ra1+=)) 20.Nd4+/- Qa4 21.Nc6 Qd1 22.Rd1 (22.Bd1 e6+-) 22...Nc3+/- 23.Nb4 (worse 23.Ne7 Kf8 24.Nc6 Ne2 25.Kf1 Nc3-/+) 23...Ne2 24.Kf1 Nc3 25.Rd4 Kf8 26.Nc6 Rb7 27.Rb4 Rc7 28.Rb8 Kg7 29.Nb4 a5 30.Nc6 Nd5 31.Na5 Nd3 32.Rd1 N5b4 33.a3 Na6 34.Rb6 (34.Rd3?! Nb8 35.Ke2 Nd7+=) 34...Nac5 35.Ke2 Ne5 36.f4 Ned7 37.Rc6 Ra7 38.Nc4 Ne4 39.Kf3 Ndc5 40.h4 (40.Rb6 Nc3 41.Ra1 N5e4+-) 40...h5 (40...Ra4 41.Nd2 Nd2 42.Rd2 Ra3 43.Rc7+/-) 41.Rd4 (41.Rb6 Nc3 42.Ra1 N5e4+-) 41...Nf6? (better 41...Nc3!?+/-) 42.e4+- Ng4 43.e5 Ne6 44.Rd3 (44.Rd5!? Nh6 45.Rc8 Nf5+-) 44...de5+/- 45.Ne5 Nf6? (45...Ne5 46.fe5 Ra5 47.Rc4 Re5 48.a4+/-) 46.Re6! fe6 47.Nc6 Rc7 48.Nd4 (better 48.Nd8!? Rc4 49.Ne6 Kf7 50.Ng5 Kg7 51.Rb3+-) 48...Kf7+/- 49.Nb5 Rc4 50.Rd4 Rc2 51.a4 Nd5 52.Rd5?? (better 52.g3+=) 52...ed5-+ 53.Nd4 Rc4 54.Ke3 Ra4 55.g3 Ra3 56.Kd2 (56.Kf2-+) 56...Rg3 57.Ke2 Rg2 (57...Rg2 58.Kf3 Rg4-+) 0-1. muhammadaudii (2140) - bslr (2065), Weekly Blitz Arena, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems 1...d6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.c4 Nbd7)

10.dc5 dc5 11.b5 Qc7 12.Qc2 Rad8 13.Rad1 e6 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.h3 Ned7 16.a4 Rfe8 17.a5 Nf8 (17...ba5 18.Ra1=) 18.a6+= Ba8 19.Bf3 Bf3 20.Nf3 (worse 20.gf3 N8d7=) 20...Rd1 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Rd3 Rd3 23.Qd3 Qd7 24.Qc2 Qd6 25.Ne4 Ne4 26.Bg7 Kg7 27.Qe4 Qd1 28.Kh2 Qd6?? (better 28...f6+=) 29.Qe5+- Qe5 30.Ne5 Kf6 (30...g5+-) 31.Nc6 Nd7 (31...e5 32.Na7 Ne6+-) 32.Na7 Ne5 33.Nc6 Nc4 34.a7 1-0. is_er_nog_hoop (2650) - Rob14 (2510), Agadmator CakeDeFi Christmas Arena, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.d4 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7)

10.dc5 dc5 11.b5 Ne4 12.Qc2 Nc3 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.a4 (16.Qb2 Kg8=) 16...Nf8 (16...Nf6 17.Qb2=) 17.Qc3 White prepares a5 17...f6 18.Rd8 Rd8 19.a5 Kf7 20.h3 e5 21.ab6 ab6 22.Ra7 Ra8 23.Ra8 Ba8 24.Nd2 Bb7 25.Bf3 Bc8 (25...Bf3 26.Nf3 Qd8 27.Qc2=) 26.Qd3 Ke7 27.Nb1 Bf5 28.Be4 Be6 29.Nc3 f5 30.Bd5 Qd6 31.Qc2 Bc8 (31...Nd7 32.Qa2+=) 32.Qa2 Qb8 33.h4 (33.Qb2 Nd7+=) 33...Nd7 34.Qd2 (34.e4 Nf6+=) 34...Nf6 35.e4 Qd6 (35...f4!?+=) 36.Qh6 fe4? (36...Kd8+/–) 37.Qg5?? (better is 37.Ne4 Ne4 38.Qh7 Kd8 39.Be4+–) 37...Ke8= 38.Be4 Kf7 39.Bf3 (39.Bd5!? Be6 40.Qh6=) 39...Be6+= 40.Be2 Qd4 41.Qe3 Ke7 (41...Kg7 42.Qf3+=) 42.Qd4 (42.Qg3 Nd7+=) 42...ed4 43.Na4 Nd7 44.Kf1 Bf5 45.Ke1 Bc2 46.Nb2 Kd6 47.Kd2 Be4 48.f3 Bf5 49.g4 (49.Nd1 Ne5 50.f4 Ng4+=) 49...Be6 50.f4 (50.Ke1 Ne5–/+) 50...Nf6–/+ 51.g5 Ne4 52.Ke1 Ng3 53.Bf3 (53.Kd2!?–/+) 53...Nf5–+ 54.h5 (54.Bg4 Ne3 55.Be6 Ke6–/+) 54...Ne3 (54...Nh4!? 55.Be4 gh5 56.Bh7 Ng2 57.Kf2 Nf4 58.Kg3–+) 55.hg6–/+ hg6 56.Be4 ½–½. Portnoi,Yuriy – Trushnikov,Viacheslav (2050), Zavolje, 2006.

10.a3 c5 11.dc5 dc5 12.Nb5 Ne8 (12...a5 13.Nd6 Qc7 14.Nb7 Qb7 15.ba5 Ra5 16.Qb3+=) 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.Ra2 a6 15.Rd2 ab5 16.Rd7 Qc8 17.Ng5 Bc6? (better is 17...Kg8 18.Rb7 Qb7+/–) 18.Ne6+– (18.Ne6 Kg8 19.Nf8 Kf8 20.Rd2 bc4 21.bc5+–) 1–0. Woelfelschneider,Peter – Coordes, 2009.

10.a4 a5 11.b5 c5 (11...e5 12.Qc2=) 12.Qb3 (12.bc6!? Bc6 13.Qc2+=) 12...d5= 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Ne5? (15.Ne4 Qc7=) 15...Ne5?? (15...cd4 16.ed4 Be5 (16...Ne5?! 17.de5 Nc3 18.Bc3–/+) 17.de5 Nf4–+) 16.de5= Qc7 (worse is 16...Be5 17.Nd5 Bb2 18.Nb6 Qb6 19.Qb2+/–) 17.Nd5 Bd5 18.Qc3 (worse is 18.Rd5 ed5 19.f4 c4–/+) 18...Rfd8 19.f4 (19.f3 Bb7=) 19...Be4 20.Qc1 Qb7 21.Bf3 Bf3 22.Rf3 Qe4 23.Rd6? (better is 23.Qa1–/+) 23...Qa4–+ 24.Qd2 (24.Rf1 Qb5 25.Rf2 Bf8–+) 24...Rd6 25.ed6 (25.Qd6 Qb5 26.Qd2 c4–+) 25...Qb5 (better is 25...Bb2!? 26.d7 Rd8 27.Qb2 Qd1 28.Rf1 Qd7 29.h4–+) 26.h4?? (26.Bg7 Kg7 27.e4–+) 26…Qb2 (26...Qb2 27.Rf2 Qd2 28.Rd2 Rd8–+) 0–1. ferminkatcho (1655) – mgkb (1745), kurnik, 2012.

10.a4 c5 11.dc5 dc5 12.b5 Qc7 13.Ra2 Ng4 14.h3 Bf3 15.hg4 Bb7 16.Qa1 Rad8 17.a5 f6 18.ab6 ab6 19.Ra7 Qb8 20.Ra2 f5 21.Na4 Bb2 22.Qb2 f4 23.Qc3 f3 24.gf3 Bf3 25.e4?? (25.Bf3 Rf3 26.Kg2–+) 25...Ne5–+ (25...Be4?! 26.Qe3 Ba8 27.Qe6 Kh8 28.Qe3+=) 26.Rfa1 (26.Nc5 bc5 27.Rd1 Rd1 28.Bd1 Bd1 29.Qg3–+) 26...Be2 27.Re2 (27.Qh3 Rd3 28.Qh6 Ng4–+) 27...Nf3 (27...Ng4?! 28.Qh3 h5 29.Qg3–+) 28.Kf1 Qh2 29.Rea2 Qh3 30.Ke2 Nd4 31.Ke1 Qh1 32.Kd2 Rf2 (32...Rf2 33.Ke3 Qf3) 0–1. Laske,Erich (2120) – Ebner,Hubert (2240), Leiner op, 1996. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.d4 Bb7 7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7)

10.a4 Rc8 11.Rc1 c6 12.b5 cb5 (better 12...Re8!?=) 13.Nb5+/- a6 (13...Ne4!? 14.Na7 Ra8+/-) 14.Nd6+- Rc7 15.Nb7 Rb7 16.Nd2 (16.Ba3 Re8+-) 16...Rc7 17.Bf3 Rc8 (17...Re8 18.a5!+-) 18.Qb3 (18.Bb7 Rc7 19.Ba6 Qa8+-) 18...Rb8? (better 18...Qc7+-) 19.Ba3 Re8 20.Ne4?? (better 20.Bd6+-) 20...Ne4+/- 21.Be4 e5 22.d5 Nf6 (22...Nc5 23.Qc2+=) 23.Bd3 e4 24.Be2 Nd7 25.Rfd1 f5 (25...Nc5 26.Qc2+/-) 26.Qc2 Ne5 (26...Nc5 27.a5! Qd6 28.ab6 Rb6 29.Rb1 Rb1 30.Rb1+/-) 27.Bb2 Rc8 28.Be5 (better 28.a5!? b5 29.c5+-) 28...Be5+/- 29.Qb3 Qd6 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.g3 Rec8 32.a5 ba5 33.Qa4 Rb1 34.Rb1 Qc5 (34...Qc7!?+=) 35.Qd7+/- Rc7?? (better 35...Bd6+/-) 36.Qe8 (better 36.Rb8 Qf8 37.Qe6 Rf7 38.Rf8 Kf8 39.Qe5+-) 36...Kg7 37.Rb8 (37.Qe5 Kh6+-) 37...Kh6?? (37...Qd6 38.Qg8 Kh6 39.Re8+/-) 38.Qf8 (better 38.Qe5 Rd7 39.Qe8+-) 38...Bg7? (better 38...Qf8 39.Rf8 a4+=) 39.Qc5+- Rc5 40.Ra8 (40.d6 Bf6 41.d7 a4+-) 40...Bc3 (40...Be5 41.Kg2+/-) 41.Ra6 (41.d6!? Rc6 42.d7 Bf6+-) 41...Kg5 42.d6 Bf6? (better 42...Kf6 43.Bd1 Rc4+/-) 43.d7+- Bd8 (43...Rc7 44.Rf6! Rd7+-) 44.Rd6 (better 44.h4 Kh6 45.Ra8+-) 44...Rc7 45.Kg2 1-0. Gehaktbalmetjus (2035) - reef_bg (2020), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Rfd8 12.Rac1 c5 13.a4 Rab8 14.Rd2 Ne4 15.Ne4 Be4 16.dc5 dc5 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.b5 Bf3 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.Qb2 Qf6 21.Be2 Rd2 22.Qd2 Rd8 23.Qc3 Rd6 24.a5 Nd7 25.ab6 ab6 26.Qf6 Kf6 27.f4 e5 28.g3 e4 29.Rc2 Ke7 30.g4 h6 31.h4 f6 32.Kf2 g5 33.hg5 hg5 34.Rc1 ½–½. Barlocco,Carlo (2140) – Karl,Hans (2240), Arco op Arco di Trento, 2008. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.c4 Nbd7)

10.b5 h5 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Qf3 (13.gf3?! a6=) 13...f5 14.a4 Ndf6 15.a5 g5 16.Ra4 g4 17.Qc6 Rb8 18.c5 Ne8 19.ab6 ab6 20.Rfa1 dc5 21.Qe6 Kh8 22.Nb3 Rf6 23.Qc4 Nd6 24.Qd5 Ne4 25.Qd8 Rd8 26.Ne4 fe4 27.dc5 Rf5 28.Bg7 Kg7 29.Re4 Rd3 30.Nd4 (30.Nd4 Rf7 31.Re5+–) 1–0. Kaenel,Hansjuerg (2390) – Terraz,Christian (2110), Neuchatel op, 1996. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 d6 6.d4 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7)

10.d5 ed5!? 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Bg7 Ne3 13.fe3 Kg7 14.Qd4 f6=+.

10.d5 e5 11.e4 a5 12.b5 Nc5 13.a4 (better 13.Qc2!?+=) 13...Nce4 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qc2 Nc5 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.Nd2 Qh4 Black prepares the advance e4 19.g3 Qe7 20.Ne4 Ne4 21.Qe4 f5 22.Qc2 e4 23.Bg7 Qg7 24.Rad1 Qe5 25.Qd2 Kg7 26.Qd4 (26.Bf1 Qf6=+) 26...Qd4-/+ 27.Rd4 Re5 28.Bd1 Rae8 29.Bc2 g5 30.Kg2 h6 31.h3 Bc8 32.h4 f4?? Black plans e3 (better 32...gh4 33.gh4 Kf6-+) 33.gf4= gf4 34.f3?? (better 34.Rde4 Re4 35.Be4= (worse 35.Re4 Re4 36.Be4 Kf6=+)) 34...e3 (better 34...ef3 35.Kf3 Re1-+) 35.Re2?? (better 35.Rf4 R8e7 36.Re4+/-) 35...Rf8-+ 36.Be4 (36.Kf1 Bh3 37.Ke1 Rf6-/+) 36...Bf5 (better 36...Rh5 37.Bd3 Rh4 38.Re3 Bh3 (38...fe3?! 39.Rh4 e2 40.Be2=) 39.Kg1 fe3 40.Rh4 Rf3-+) 37.Rd1?? (better 37.Bf5 Ref5 38.Kf1-/+) 37...Be4-+ 38.fe4 (38.Rd4 Bc2! 39.Rc2 e2-+) 38...Re4 (better 38...f3 39.Kf1 Re4 40.h5-+) 39.Rf1 (39.Kf3 Rc4 40.Ra2 Kf6-+) 39...h5 (39...Rc4 40.Kf3-+) 40.Rf3 (40.Kf3 Rc4 41.Rg1 Kf6-+) 40...Kf6 (40...Rc4 41.Rf1 Ra4 42.Kf3-+) 41.Kh2 (41.Kf1 Kf5 42.Rc2 Rd4-+) 41...Ke5 42.Kh3 Rg8 43.Rf1 Kd4 (43...Rc4 44.Ra1-+) 44.Kh2 (44.Rd1 Kc3 45.Rc1 Kb3-+) 44...Kc4 45.Rg1 (45.Rg2 Rg4 46.Rg4 hg4 47.h5-+) 45...Rg1 46.Kg1 f3 47.Re1 f2 48.Kf1 fe1Q 49.Ke1 Rh4 (49...e2 50.Kf2 e1Q 51.Kf3 Qe2 52.Kg3 Rg4 53.Kh3 Qg2) 50.Ke2 Rg4 (50...Kd4 51.Kf1 Rf4 52.Kg1 e2 53.Kh2 Rh4 54.Kg2 e1Q 55.Kf3 Qf1 56.Kg3 Rh3) 51.Ke3-+ Rg8 52.Kf3 h4 53.Kf4 (53.Kf2 h3 54.Ke2 h2 55.Ke3 h1Q 56.Kd2 Rg2 57.Ke3 Qf1 58.Ke4 Re2) 53...h3 54.Kf5 (54.Kf3 h2 55.Ke3 h1Q 56.Kd2 Qg2 57.Ke1 Rf8 58.Kd1 Rf1) 54...h2 55.Ke6 h1Q (55...h1Q 56.Kd7 Rg7 57.Kc8 c6 58.bc6 Qh8) 0-1. muhammadaudii (1910) - mnewman (1815), Yearly Bullet Arena, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.d4 0-0 7.0-0 d6 8.c4 Nbd7)

10.a3 ab4 11.ab4 Ne4 (11...Ra1 12.Qa1 c5 13.Qa4=) 12.Ne4 (12.Ra8 Ba8 13.Qb3 Nd2 14.Nd2 c5+=) 12...Be4 (12...Ra1 13.Ba1 Be4 14.Nd2+=) 13.Qb3 (13.Qd2 c5+=) 13...e6 (13...e5 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.Ra8 Qa8 16.Ra1+/–) 14.Ra8 (14.Nd2 Bb7+/–) 14...Qa8+= 15.Ra1 Qb8 (15...Qb7 16.Qa4 c5 17.Qb3+=) 16.Nd2 (16.b5 Qb7+=) 16...Bb7+= 17.e4 (17.Qa4 c6+=) 17...c6 (17...Bh6 18.Bc1+=) 18.h4 (18.b5 Qc7+=) 18...Qc7 (18...d5 19.Qe3+=) 19.h5 Rc8 (19...c5 20.hg6 hg6 21.d5+=) 20.Nf3 (20.hg6 hg6 21.Qe3 c5+=) 20...d5 (20...gh5 21.Qe3+=) 21.ed5 (21.hg6 hg6 22.cd5 cd5+=) 21...ed5 (21...cd5 22.hg6 hg6 23.c5=) 22.Qe3 (22.hg6 hg6 23.cd5 cd5+=) 22...Nf6 (22...c5 23.hg6 hg6 24.Rc1=) 23.Ne5 (23.hg6 hg6 24.Ne5 Re8=) 23...Qe7 (23...Nh5!? 24.Bh5 gh5=) 24.h6 Bf8 (24...Bh8 25.c5+=) 25.b5 (25.c5 Ra8+=) 25...c5 (25...cb5 26.cb5 Ra8 27.Ra8 Ba8 28.Qg5+=) 26.Qf4 dc4 (26...Ne4 27.Ra7 Ra8 28.Nc6+/–) 27.Bc4 Nd5 (27...Bd5 28.dc5 Rc5 29.Qd4 Bc4 30.Nc4+–) 28.Bd5 (28.Qf3 Nf6 29.d5 Bd5 30.Bd5 Nd5 31.Qd5 Bh6+–) 28...Bd5 29.dc5 bc5?? (better is 29...f5 30.c6 g5+–) 30.Nd7 (30.Nd7 Bg7 31.Nb6 (worse is 31.Bg7 Qd7 32.Bc3 Qf5 33.Qf5 gf5+–; 31.hg7?! Qd7 32.Ra5 Bb7=) 31...Bb2 32.Nc8+– (32.Nd5?! Qe6 33.Rd1 Be5=)) 1–0. Korobov,Anton (2690) – Bakhmatsky,Vladislav (2445), 85. ch–UKR, 2016. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 b6 5.c4 Bb7 6.d4 0-0 7.Nbd2 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 a5)

10.a3 Re8 11.b5 (11.Qc2 e5=) 11...Ne4 (11...e5 12.Re1=+) 12.Qc2 (12.Ne4 Be4 13.Ng5 Bb7=) 12...Nd2 13.Qd2 (13.Nd2 e5 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3 e4=) 13...e5=+ 14.d5 Nc5 15.Ra2 (15.Qc2 Bc8=+) 15…f5 0-1. Bendega (2025) - MichalPawlak (2105), lichess.org, 2021.

10.ba5 Ra5+= 11.d5 e6 12.Nb3 Ra8 13.e4? (better is 13.de6 fe6 14.Qc2+=) 13...Ne4–+ 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Qd4 (15.de6 fe6 16.Nfd4 Nec5–+) 15...Ndf6 16.de6 fe6 17.Nbd2 (17.Qb2 e5 18.Ne1 Qe8–+) 17...e5 18.Qe3 (18.Qb2 Qe7–+) 18...Ng4 19.Qd3 (19.Qb3 Ngf2 20.Qb2 Qf6–+) 19...Ngf2 20.Rf2 (20.Qc2 Bc6–+) 20...Nf2 21.Kf2 e4 22.Qd4?? (22.Ne4 Qh4) 22...Qf6–+ 23.Qf6 Rf6 (23...Kf6?! 24.Nd4 Ke7 25.Ke1–/+) 24.Re1 (24.Ne4 Be4 25.Kg1 Re8–+) 24...ef3 25.Bf3 Bf3 26.Nf3 Ra2 (26...Ra2 27.Kg3 Rf5–+) 0–1. Quilghini,Bruno – Bologan,Viktor (2700), It (active), 2005.

10.b5 c5 11.bc6 Bc6 12.Ng5 (12.h3 Rc8+=) 12...h6 Black intends a4 (12...Qc7 13.Rb1=) 13.Bf3 (13.Ngf3 Qc7+=) 13...Bf3 (13...Qc7 14.Nge4=) 14.Ngf3 b5 (better is 14...Re8!?=) 15.cb5+/– a4 16.Qe2 (16.Rb1 Qb6 17.Qe2 Rfc8+/–) 16...Qb6 (16...Qa5 17.Rfb1+/–) 17.Ba3 (17.Rab1 Rfc8+/–) 17...Rab8 (17...Qb7 18.Rab1+/–) 18.Rab1 Rb7 (18...Rfc8!? 19.Nc4 Qa7+–) 19.Rfc1+– Rfb8 (19...Nd5 20.Rc6 Qa7 21.Qc4+–) 20.e4 (better is 20.Rc6 Qd8 21.Rb2+–) 20...e5? (20...Nh5 21.g3 Qd8+–) 21.d5 (21.Nc4 Qa7 22.Bd6 ed4 23.Bb8 Rb8+–) 21...Bf8 22.Nc4 Qa7 (22...Qd8 23.Bd6 Bd6 24.Nd6+–) 23.Bd6 (worse is 23.Nd6 Ne8 24.Nc4 Rb5 25.Rb5 Rb5 26.Bf8 Kf8 27.Nce5 Qb7+–) 23...Bd6 (23...Rb5 24.Bb8 Rb8 25.Nfe5 Ne5 26.Ne5 Rb1 27.Rb1+–) 24.Nd6 Rb6 (24...Rc7 25.Rc6+–) 25.Nc8 (25.Nc8 Qa5 26.Nb6 Rb6 27.Rc6+–) 1–0. Lavendel – Geeh, internet free game, 2018.

10.b5 e5+=.

10.b5 e6 11.a4 Qe7 12.Rc1 e5 13.Nb3 Rfd8 14.Qc2 (14.d5 e4 15.Nfd2 Re8+=) 14...Be4 15.Qd2 Rac8 16.Rfe1 Ne8 17.h3 f5 18.Nh2 Bb7 19.Qc2 Nef6 20.c5 (20.d5 Rf8=) 20...Be4 21.Bd3 Bd3 22.Qd3 dc5 23.dc5 Nc5 24.Qc4 Ne6 (24...Rd5!? 25.Ba3 c6 26.Bc5 bc5 27.Na5 cb5 28.ab5 Qe6=) 25.Be5+= Nd7 26.Bg7 Kg7 27.Red1 (27.e4 f4+/-) 27...Ndc5 28.Nf3 Nb3 29.Qb3 Nc5 30.Qc4 Qe4 31.Nd4 Kh6 32.Qa2 (32.Rd2 Rd6+=) 32...f4= 33.Nf3 (33.Rc3!?=) 33...fe3 (33...Na4? 34.Rd8 Rd8 35.Rc7+-) 34.fe3 (34.Nh2!? Nd3 35.Ng4 Kg5 36.Rc4 ef2 37.Nf2=+) 34...Qe3-/+ 35.Kh1 (better 35.Kh2-/+) 35...Rf8?? (35...Nd3 36.Re1 Ne1 37.Re1-+) 36.Qd2?? (better 36.Nh2 Qf4 37.Rc4=) 36...Qd2-+ 37.Rd2 (37.Nd2 Nd3 38.Kg1 Nc1 39.Rc1 Rf6-+) 37...Rf4 (better 37...Nb3!? 38.Rcc2 Nd2 39.Rd2-+) 38.Re2 (38.Nd4 Na4 39.Ne6 Rb4-+) 38...Ra4 39.Re7 Rb4 (39...Re4 40.Rf7-+) 40.h4 (better 40.Ne5 Re4 41.Rf1-/+) 40...a4 41.g3 Kh5 (41...Ne4 42.g4-+) 42.Kg2 Kg4?? (better 42...Rh8-+) 43.Ne5 (43.Nh2 Kf5 44.Rf1 Rf4 45.Rf4) 43...Kf5+- 44.Rf1 Ke4 45.Nc6 (45.Rf4 Kd5 46.Rb4 Ra8+-) 45...Kd5 46.Nb4 Kc4 47.Nc6 Kb5 (47...Ra8 48.Rh7 a3 49.Rc7 a2+-) 48.Re3 (better 48.Na7 Ka5 49.Nc8+-) 48...Kc6-+ 49.Rf6 (49.Re7 Ra8 50.Ra1 Rh8-+) 49...Kb7 50.Rf7 Ra8 51.Ra3 (51.Ree7 b5 52.Rc7 Kb6-+) 51...Rd8 (51...b5!? 52.Rf4-+) 52.Rh7 1-0. jhonores (2200) - Fanaskov_Vyacheslav (2205), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.b5 Re8 11.a4 Ne4 (11...Rc8 12.Qc2=) 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Ng5 Bb7 14.Bf3 Qc8 15.Rc1 (15.Bb7 Qb7 16.Qg4 Nf6+=) 15...e5 (15...h6 16.Ne4+=) 16.Bd5 Re7 (16...Bd5 17.cd5 Qd8 18.Nf3+=) 17.Qf3 Can f7 get defended? (17.Qg4 h6 18.Bb7 Qb7=) 17...h6?? (better is 17...Bd5 18.Qd5 Qf8+=) 18.Bb7+– (18.Bb7 Qf8 19.Ba8 hg5 20.Bc6+–) 1–0. Janek – Ferenc, internet, 2017.

10.b5 Re8 11.Qc2 e5 12.c5 e4 (better is 12...bc5 13.de5 de5+=) 13.c6+– ef3 14.Bf3 (14.cd7?! Qd7 15.Nf3 c6=) 14...Bc6 15.Bc6 Rc8 16.e4 Re7 17.Rac1 h5 (17...Qf8 18.f4+–) 18.Nf3 Nf8 19.e5 Ne8 20.Ba3 Ne6 21.Rce1 Bh8 22.Re3 Bg7 23.Rfe1 Bh6 24.Re4 N8g7 (24...g5+–) 25.ed6 cd6 26.d5 Nd4 (26...g5 27.Qd2+–) 27.Nd4 Re4 28.Re4 Qg5 (28...Rc7 29.Qe2+–) 29.Bd6 Nf5 30.Nf5 gf5 (30...Qf5 31.Qd3 Bf8 32.Bf8 Rf8 33.Qd4+–) 31.Be7 Qg6 32.Re1 Kh7 (32...Bf4 33.Qd3 Bd6 34.Bd6 Qd6 35.Qf5+–) 33.d6 Rg8 (33...Bg5 34.d7 Rd8 35.Bg5 Qg5 36.Qc3 Rd7 37.Bd7+–) 34.d7 f4 35.Be4 (35...f3 36.Bg6 fg6 37.Re6+–) 1–0. orane (2090) – bard13 (1830), Caissa.com, 2004.

10.a3 a5=.

10.a3 Qc7 11.Qb3 (11.Re1 cb4 12.ab4 a5+=) 11...h6 (11...Rfe8 12.Rfd1=) 12.Rab1 (12.d5 a6+=) 12...Ne4 (12...Rfb8 13.Rfd1=) 13.Bd3 (13.bc5 Nd2 14.Nd2 bc5+=) 13...f5 (13...Nd2 14.Nd2 cb4 15.Qb4=) 14.Rfd1 (14.d5 Nd2 15.Nd2 Rae8+=) 14...Ndf6 (14...Nd2 15.Nd2 e5=) 15.Nf1 (15.d5 Rae8+=) 15...Ng4 (15...cb4!? 16.ab4 Ng4=+) 16.dc5= dc5 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Rb2 Rad8 (18...e5 19.Be4 Be4 20.Ne1=) 19.Ne1 Ngf2 20.Rf2 Nf2 21.Qb2 (21.Kf2 e5=) 21...Rf6 (21...e5 22.Kf2 Rd7 23.Be2 Rd1 24.Bd1 cb4 25.ab4=) 22.Kf2 (22.Qf2 e5=) 22...f4 (22...e5 23.b5=) 23.Kg1 fe3 (23...e5 24.Qc3=) 24.Ne3+= Qf4 25.Qe2 Rdf8 26.N1c2 (26.bc5 Qd4 27.N1c2 Qc5=) 26...Qh4 (26...Qf2 27.Qf2 Rf2 28.g4=) 27.Nd5 (27.bc5 bc5 28.Rb1 Ba8+–) 27...Bd5+= 28.cd5 Rf2 29.Qe4 (29.Qe3!?+–) 29...Qe4= 30.Be4 Re2 (30...a5 31.bc5 bc5 32.Rc1+=) 31.Bd3 Re5 32.Ba6 (32.Bc4 Re4 33.Bb5 Re5+=) 32...Rd8 33.Bb7 (33.Bc4 Re4 34.Ba2 c4=) 33...Re6 (33...Re2 34.Ne1=) 34.Rf1 (34.Nd4 Re5 35.bc5 bc5+=) 34...Re2 35.Rc1 (35.Rf2 Re5=) 35...Rd6 (35...e6 36.Kf1 Re4 37.de6 Rf8 38.Kg1 Re6 39.b5=) 36.Kf1+= Rd2 37.bc5 (37.Ne3 Rf6 38.Ke1 Ra2 39.bc5 bc5+=) 37...bc5 (37...Rf6 38.Ke1 Rg2 39.Nd4 Rg1 40.Kd2 Rf2 41.Ke3 Rc1 42.Ne6 Kf6 43.Kf2 bc5 44.a4=+) 38.Ne1 Rf6 (38...Ra2 39.Rc5 Ra3 40.Bc8+=) 39.Kg1 (39.Nf3 Ra2+=) 39...Ra2 (39...e5 40.de6 (worse 40.Rc5 Rf7 41.Nf3 Ra2–/+) 40...Re6 41.Nf3=) 40.Nd3+= (worse 40.Rc5 Ra1 41.h4 Re1 (41...Ra3 42.Rc7+–) 42.Kh2 e6–+) 40...Ra3 (40...c4 41.Ne1+= (worse 41.Rc4 Ra1 42.Nc1 Rb6–/+)) 41.Nc5 Ra2 42.Nd3 (42.Re1 Kf7+=) 42...a5 (42...Rd2 43.Ne1=) 43.h3 (43.Re1 Kf8+=) 43...Rb6 (43...Rd2 44.Rc3=) 44.Rc7 (44.Bc6 Rd2 45.Nf4 Rbb2=) 44...Re2 (44...Kf6 45.Kh2=) 45.Nf4+= Rb1 (45...Reb2 46.Bc6 (worse 46.Re7 Kf6 47.Ng6 Kg6–/+) 46...Kf6 47.Rc8+=) 46.Kh2 Re5? (better 46...Re4!? 47.Ne6 Kf6+=) 47.d6+– Kf7? (better 47...Rd1 48.de7 Kf7+–) 48.Nd5 (better 48.Bd5!? Ke8 49.Bc6 Kf7+–) 48...Rd1?? (better 48...Rb7 49.Rb7 Rd5 50.de7 a4=) 49.Ne7+– (49.Re7?! Re7 50.de7 Rc1+–) 49...Rd6 (49...Kf6 50.Ng8 Kg5 51.d7+–) 50.Nf5 (50.Nc6!? Kf6 51.Ne5 Ke5 52.Rc5 Kd4 53.Ra5 Rd7 54.Ra4 Ke5+–) 50...Ke6 51.Bc8 (51.Nd6!? Kd6 52.Rc6 Ke7 53.Rg6 Re6+–) 51...Kd5 52.Nd6 Kd6 53.Ra7 (53.Rg7 g5+–) 53...Kc6 (53...h5 54.Bb7+–) 54.Ra6 Kc7 55.Bg4 Rg5 (55...h5 56.Bf3 g5+–) 56.Bf3 h5 57.h4 Rc5 58.Kg3 (58.Rg6!? Kd7+–) 58...g5 59.hg5 (59.Bh5 gh4 60.Kh4 Kb7+–) 59...Rg5 60.Kh4 Rb5 61.Rc6 (61.Ra8 Rf5+–) 61...Kd7 62.Rh6 a4 (62...Kc7+–) 63.Bc6 (63.Bc6 Kc7 64.Bb5+–) 1–0. Skrzypczak,Michal (1950) – Mrozek,Adam, Mistrzostwa Sekcji L.K.S. Piast Srem Poland, 2009.

10.a3 Qc7 11.Rc1 ½-½. Tsyhanchuk,S (2355) - Zhukov,Anton (2175), Open Space IM, 2019. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.d4 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Nbd2)

10.a3 Ne4 11.Qb3 Nd2 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Rfd1 Nf6 15.Bf3 Bf3 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.a4 (17.dc5!? bc5 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qd3+=) 17...cb4= 18.Qb4 Qc6 19.h3 Rc7 20.Ba3 Rfc8 21.Qb3 Qb7 22.Ne1 Qa6 23.f3 Nf6 24.Qb5 Qb5 25.cb5 Nd5 26.Kf2 (26.Rc7 Rc7 (worse 26...Nc7 27.Rc1=) 27.Rc1 Rc1 28.Bc1 Nc3=+) 26...Rc1 (better 26...Bh6!? 27.Rc7 Be3 (worse 27...Nc7 28.Rc1+=) 28.Ke2 Rc7-+) 27.Rc1=+ Rc1 28.Bc1 Nc3 29.Bd2 Na4 30.Nd3 e6 31.f4 d5 32.Ke2 Bf8 33.Kd1 Ba3 (33...f6!?+/-) 34.Kc2 Bd6 35.Kb3 Nc5 36.dc5 bc5 37.Ne5 Be5 (37...f6 38.Nc6 c4 39.Ka4+-) 38.fe5+- f6? (better 38...Kg7+-) 39.ef6 e5 Black intends d4 (39...Kf7 40.Bc3 g5 41.Ka4+-) 40.Ka4 (better 40.e4!? de4 41.Be3 Kf7+-) 40...Kf7 41.Ka5 (41.e4 d4+-) 41...d4 42.Ka6 c4 43.ed4 (43.Ka7 Kf6 44.ed4 ed4+-) 43...ed4 44.Ka7 c3 45.Be1 1-0. zembelek (1990) - Poubelle (2125), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

10.a3 e6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.dc5 dc5 13.b5 Qc7 14.Qc2 Rfd8 15.h3 e5 16.Rfd1 Re8 Black prepares e4 17.Ne1 e4 18.Nf1 Ne5 19.Ng3 Rcd8 20.Rd8 Rd8 21.Rd1 Nd3 (better 21...Rd1!? 22.Qd1 Ne8=) 22.Bd3 ed3 23.Rd3 Rd3 24.Qd3 Nd7 (24...a6 25.ba6 Ba6 26.Bf6 Bf6 27.Ne4+/-) 25.Bg7 Kg7 26.Nf3 Bf3 27.gf3 Ne5 28.Qc3 (better 28.Qd5!?+/-) 28...f6= 29.Kg2 (29.Ne4 Nf3 30.Kg2 Nh4 31.Kf1=) 29...Qb7 (better 29...Qf7!?=+) 30.Ne4+/- Qd7? (30...Qf7 31.Nd2+/-) 31.f4 (31.Nf6 Kf6 32.f4 Qb7 33.Kg1 Qc8 34.Qe5 Kf7+-) 31...Qf5? (31...Qd3 32.Qd3 Nd3+/-) 32.fe5?? (better 32.Nf6 Nf7 33.Ng4 Kg8 34.f3+-) 32...Qe4+= 33.Kg3 Qe5 34.Qe5 fe5 0-1. Gehaktbalmetjus (2065) - gallardian (2040), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.Qb3 Rb8 11.a4 Ne4 12.Rfd1 Nd2 13.Rd2 e6 14.dc5 bc5 15.b5 Bb2 16.Qb2 d5 17.Ne5 Nf6 18.Bf3 Qe7 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.h3 h5 21.Qa1 Kh7 22.a5 Ba8 23.cd5 (23.Qc3 Bb7+/-) 23...ed5+= 24.Qa4?? (better 24.Nc6 Bc6 25.bc6+=) 24...Qe5-+ 25.Qh4 (25.Rc2 Ne4 26.Be4 de4-+ (26...Qe4?! 27.Qe4 de4 28.Rd8 Rd8 29.Rc5-+)) 25...d4 (better 25...Rb5 26.Qa4 Rdb8 27.Rc2-+) 26.Ba8 Ra8 (better 26...g5 27.Qg3 Qg3 28.fg3 Ra8 (28...Rb5?! 29.Bc6 Ra5 30.ed4-+) 29.ed4 Ne4-+) 27.g4?? (27.ed4 cd4 28.Rd4-+) 27...Ne4 (27...de3 28.Rd8 Rd8 29.Re1-+) 28.gh5 (28.Rd3 de3 29.fe3 Rd3 30.Rd3 Qa1 31.Kg2 g5 32.Qh5 Kg7-+) 28...Nd2 (28...g5 29.Qg4 Nd2 30.Rd2 de3 31.Re2 Rd1 32.Kg2 Qd5 33.Qf3 Rg1 34.Kg1 Qf3 35.Re3 Qd1 36.Kg2 Qd5 37.Kg3-+) 29.hg6 Kg6 30.Rd2 Qg5 (30...de3 31.Qg4 Kh6 32.Qh4 Kg7 33.Re2 ef2 34.Rf2 Rd1 35.Rf1 Qe3 36.Qf2 Rf1 37.Kf1 Qh3 38.Qg2 Qg2 39.Kg2-+) 31.Qg5 Kg5 32.ed4 Rd4 33.Rc2 (33.Re2 Kf6 34.Rc2 c4-+) 33...c4 34.Rc3 (34.Kg2 Rb8 35.b6 ab6-+) 34...Kf4 (34...Rb8 35.b6 ab6 36.a6-+) 35.Kg2 (35.Rg3 Rb8 36.Rg7 Rb7-+) 35...Rb8 (35...Rg8 36.Kf1-+) 36.b6 (36.Rf3 Ke4 37.Rf7-+) 36...ab6 37.ab6 Rb6 38.Rf3 Ke4 39.Rf7 (39.Re3 Kd5-+) 39...c3 40.Rc7 Kd3 41.Kf3 Kd2 42.Rc8 c2 43.h4 (43.Kg2 Rg6 44.Kf1 Rh4-+) 43...c1Q (43...Rb3 44.Kg2 Rc3 45.Re8 Rg4 46.Kh2 c1Q 47.Rd8 Kc2 48.Rd2 Kd2 49.f3 Qg1 50.Kh3 Rf3) 44.Rc1 Kc1 45.Ke3 Rh4 46.f4 (46.f3 Rb3 47.Kf2 Rh3 48.f4 Rb2 49.Kg1 Rd3 50.f5 Rd1) 46...Rb3 (46...Rb4 47.Kf3 Rbf4 48.Ke2 Re4 49.Kf3 Rhg4 50.Kf2 Kd2 51.Kf3 Ref4) 47.Ke4-+ Rb4 48.Ke5 Rhf4 (48...Rh5 49.f5 Rb5 50.Kf6 Rhf5 51.Ke6 Rh5 52.Kd6 Rh6 53.Kc7 Rg5 54.Kd8 Rh7 55.Ke8 Rg8) 49.Kd5 Rf5 50.Ke6 (50.Kd6 Rb6 51.Kd7 Rf7 52.Ke8 Ra7 53.Kd8 Rb8) 50…Ra5 (50...Ra5 51.Kd7 Rb6 52.Kc7 Rf6 53.Kb7 Rg5 54.Kc8 Rg7 55.Kd8 Rf8; 50...Rg5 51.Kd6 Rb6 52.Ke7 Rg7 53.Kf8 Rc7 54.Ke8 Rb8) 0-1. jhonores (2215) - douiche (2115), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.Qb3 cd4 11.ed4 Rc8 12.Rfc1 h5 13.a4 Bh6 14.a5 Ne4 15.Rd1 Nd2 16.Nd2 Bd2 17.Rd2 Nf6 18.Rdd1 Qd7 19.ab6 ab6 20.Ra7 Rb8 21.Rda1 Qf5 22.d5 e6 23.Bd3 Qg5 24.Bc1 Qg4 25.h3 Qd4 26.Be3 Qe5 27.Bb6 ed5 28.c5 dc5 29.bc5 d4 30.Bc4 Qe4 31.f3 Qe3 32.Kh1 Qb3 33.Bb3 d3 34.Rd1 Nd7 35.Bc7 Bf3 36.Bb8 Bd1 37.Bd1 Nb8 38.Ra3 Rd8 39.Bf3 d2 40.Kg1 Nc6 0–1. Orang4Utan (1840) – tj76 (1830), lichess.org, 2020.

10.b5 d5 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 dc4 13.Nc4 cd4 (13...Bd5 14.dc5 Rc5 15.Qa4=) 14.Nd4+= Nc5 (14...Bd5 15.Qa4+=) 15.ab6 ab6 16.Bf3 Bf3 (16...Nfe4!?+=) 17.Qf3+– Nce4 (17...Nb3!? 18.Nc6 Rc6 19.Qc6 Na1 20.Ra1 Qd3+–) 18.Nc6+– Qd7? (better 18...Rc6 19.bc6 Qd5+–) 19.Bf6 Nf6 20.Nb6 Qe6 21.Nc8 Rc8 22.Rfc1 Nd5 (22...Re8+–) 23.Qd5 (23.Qd5 Qd5 24.Ne7 Kf8 25.Nd5+– (25.Nc8 Ba1 26.Ra1 Qb5=+)) 1–0. Maestro – Verner, internet, 2020.

10.b5 d5 11.a4 e6 12.a5 dc4 (12...ba5 13.Bc3+=) 13.Nc4 Ne4 (13...Bd5 14.ab6 Nb6 15.Nce5+=) 14.Qc2 Rc8 (14...Ng5 15.Nfe5+=) 15.ab6 (15.Rfd1 Bd5+/–) 15...ab6+= 16.Ra7 Bd5 17.Nfe5 (17.dc5 Nec5 18.Bg7 Kg7+=) 17...Ne5 18.de5 Bc4 19.Bc4 (< 19.Qc4 Nd2 20.Qg4 Nf1 21.Bf1 Qd2–/+) 19...Ng5?? (better is 19...Qd2 20.Qe4 Qb2+=) 20.f4+– Rc7 21.Rc7 Qc7 22.h4 Ra8 (22...Nh3 23.Kh2+–) 23.hg5 h6 24.gh6 Bh6 25.Ra1 (25...Ra1 26.Ba1+–; 25.Rd1 Rd8+–) 1–0. smurilo (1840) – Gegonz, Polish, 2006.

10.b5 Ne4 11.Rc1 Ndf6 12.h3 a6 13.a4 ab5 14.ab5 Qc7 15.d5 Ra2 16.Qb3 Rfa8 17.Bd3 (better 17.Ra1!? Ra1 18.Ra1 Ra1 19.Ba1 Nd2 20.Nd2+=) 17...Nd2 18.Nd2 e5 (18...Nd5 19.Bg7 R8a3-/+ (19...Rd2 20.cd5 Rd3 21.Qd3 Kg7 22.Rfd1+/-)) 19.Bb1 R2a7 20.Rce1 Nh5 21.f4 f6?? (better 21...Qe7=) 22.g4+- White prepares f5 22...Qd7 23.gh5 (better 23.Kh2!? Bc8 24.f5 g5+-) 23...Qh3 24.Re2 Qh5 25.Rg2 Re8 26.f5 Bc8 (26...g5 27.Ne4 Rd8 28.Rh2+-) 27.e4 (better 27.fg6!? h6 28.Rh2 Qg5 29.Kf2 f5+-) 27...g5 (27...Bh6 28.Rf3 Qh4 29.Nf1+- (29.fg6 Bd2 30.Qd3 Bf4-/+)) 28.Rh2 Qf7 29.Qf3 h6 30.Bd3 Bd7 31.Be2 Ra2 32.Qb3 Rea8 33.Bh5 Qe7 34.Nb1 R2a5 35.Bc3 Ra4 36.Bb2 Qd8?? (36...R4a5 37.Qd3 Kf8+-) 37.Bd1 Be8 (37...R4a7+-) 38.Qa4 Ra4 39.Ba4 h5 40.Nc3 h4 41.Ra1 Bh5 42.Bd1 Qe8 (42...Bd1 43.Nd1 Qe8+-) 43.Ra7 (better 43.Be2+-) 43...Bd1 44.Nd1 Qh5 45.Nf2 (45.Nc3 Qf3 46.Ra8 Bf8 47.Ra1+=) 45...Qe2= 46.Bc1 (46.Be5 de5 47.d6+=) 46...Qe1-/+ 47.Kg2 Qc1 (47...Qc1 48.Ra6 Qc4 49.Rb6 Qb4-/+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2400) - masimagi (2525), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022.

10.b5 Ne4 11.Ne4+= Be4 12.Qd2 (12.Nd2 Bb7+=) 12...Bb7 (12...Bf6 13.Qe1=) 13.d5+= Nf6 14.Qc2 Bc8 (14...e6 15.e4+=) 15.e4 e6 16.e5 (16.de6 Be6 17.Rad1 Qe7+=) 16...Ng4 (16...de5 17.de6 Be6 18.Rfd1=) 17.ed6 White fights for the Initiative 17...Bb2 18.Qb2 Qd6 (18...ed5 19.Ne5 Ne5 20.Qe5=) 19.Rad1 (19.h3 Nh6+–) 19...e5 (19...ed5!? 20.Rd5 Qf6+=) 20.h3+– Nf6 (20...e4!? 21.hg4 ef3 22.Bf3 a6+–) 21.Qe5+– Qe5 22.Ne5 Ne4 (22...a6 23.a4+–) 23.Bf3 (23.d6 Nc3 24.Bf3 Nd1 25.Rd1 Be6 26.Ba8 Ra8+–) 23...Nc3? (better 23...Nd6+–) 24.Rd2 (better 24.Rd3 Na2 25.Rd2 f6+–) 24...Bb7 (24...Bf5 25.d6 Rae8 26.Nc6+–) 25.Rc1 f6 (25...Rfe8 26.Ng4 (26.Rc3?! Re5 27.Kh2 f5+–) 26...Na4 27.Nf6 Kf8 28.Ne8 Re8 29.Kf1+–) 26.Nc6 (26.Rc3?! fe5 27.Re3 a6+–) 26...Bc6 (26...Na2 27.Ra2 a5 28.d6+–) 27.dc6 (27.bc6 Na2 28.Ra2 a5+–) 27...Nb5 28.cb5 a6 (28...Kg7 29.Rc4+–) 29.c7 (better 29.ba6 h6+–) 29...Ra7 (29...Rac8 30.Rd7 Rc7 31.Rc7 Re8 32.ba6 f5+–) 30.Rd7 ab5 31.c8Q! Rc8 32.Ra7 b4 (32...Rd8+–) 33.Rb7 (33.Rb7 Kf8 34.Bd5+–; 33.Bd5 Kf8 34.Re1 Rd8 35.Rf7 Kg8 36.Rd7 Kf8 37.Rd8 Kg7 38.Re7 Kh6 39.Rh8 c4 40.h4 g5 41.Rhh7 Kg6 42.Be4 f5 43.h5 Kf6 44.Rhf7) 1–0. Hyatt,Clubber – Makarome,Tony, Midlands Open, 1996.

10.b5 e5 11.dc5 Nc5= 12.Nb3 Qc7 (12...Na4 13.Ba3=) 13.Nc5 bc5 (13...Qc5 14.a4=) 14.Qb3 (14.Qc2 Rfd8=) 14...Nd7 (14...Rfd8 15.Rad1=) 15.Rfd1+= a6 (15...Nf6 16.a4+=) 16.a4 ab5 (16...Rfb8 17.Qc3+=) 17.ab5 (17.cb5 Rfb8+=) 17...Ra1 (17...Nb6 18.Qc2=) 18.Ra1+= Nb6 19.Qc2 Ra8 (19...f5 20.Nd2+=) 20.Ra8= Ba8 21.e4 (21.Nd2 d5+=) 21...Qa7 (21...Qb7 22.Nd2+=) 22.Bc3 (22.Qd3 Qe7+=) 22...Qa4 (22...Qb7 23.Nd2+=) 23.Qd3 Bf8 24.Nd2 Bb7 (24...Qa3 25.Qc2+=) 25.h4 (25.Bb2 Qa2 26.Bc1 Qa1+=) 25...Qa8 (25...Qa3 26.h5+=) 26.h5 Qc8 (26...Qa3 27.hg6 hg6 28.Qc2+=) 27.Ba5 Nd7 28.hg6 hg6 29.g3 (29.Qh3 Qe8+=) 29...Nf6 30.Bf3 Nh7 (30...Qa8 31.Bc3+=) 31.Bg2 f5 (31...Nf6!?+=) 32.ef5+/– Bg2 33.Kg2 Qf5 (33...Qa8 34.Qd5 Qd5 35.cd5+–) 34.Qb3 (34.Qf5 gf5 35.b6 Nf6+–) 34...Qc8 35.b6 Qb7 36.Qf3 Qf3 37.Kf3 Nf6 38.b7 Nd7 39.Bc7 Bh6 (39...Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.Ng5 Kf5 42.Bd8 e4 43.Ne4 Ne5 44.Ke3+–) 40.Ne4 (40.Ne4 Kf7 41.Bd6+–) 1–0. Janek – Iraje, internet, 2017.

10.b5 e5 11.de5 de5 (11...Ne8!?+=) 12.Ne5+/- Qc7 13.Nd7 Qd7 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3 (15.gf3?! Rfd8 16.Nb3 Qe6=) 15...Qe7 16.Qc2 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Rd7 18.Rd7 Qd7 19.Rd1 Qe7 20.Qd3 h6 21.h3 Kh7 22.Qd6?? (better 22.Bf6 Bf6 23.Qd5+/-) 22...Qd6-/+ 23.Rd6 Ne4 (23...Ne4 24.Rd7 Bb2 25.Rf7 Kg8-+) 0-1. bjoernsen (2470) - M_P_M (2420), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

10.b5 e6 11.a4 a5 12.ba6 Ba6 13.Qc2 d5 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.Qb3 cd4 16.ed4 Ne4 17.Rfc1 Ndc5 18.Qa3 Nd3 19.Qd3 Nd2 20.Nd2 dc4 21.Qe3 Qd7 22.Nf3 Rfd8 23.Bc3 Qd5 24.Rab1 Rc6 25.Re1 b5 26.ab5 Bb5 27.Ne5 Be5 28.Qe5 Ba4 29.Qf6 Bb3 30.Re5+/– Qd6 31.d5!+– (31...Qf8 32.dc6+–) 1–0. Guliyev,Shaig (2285) – Askerov,Mushvig, AZE–chT Baku, 2000.

10.b5 e6 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.a4 a5 13.ba6 Ra6 14.Ra2 Rfa8 15.Qa1 Ne8 16.Bc3 R6a7 17.a5 Qc8 18.Qb2 d5 19.Rfa1 (19.dc5!? dc4 20.Nbd2 Ra5 21.Ra5 ba5 22.Nc4 Bc3 23.Qc3 Qc5 24.Ra1+=) 19...dc4+= 20.Nbd2 (20.Bc4? cd4 21.Bd4 Qc4–+) 20...cd4 21.Nd4 ba5 22.Bc4 Nd6 23.Bf1 Bd5 24.Ra5= Ra5 25.Ra5 Ra5 26.Ba5 Nc5 27.Qa3 Nce4 28.Ne4 Ne4 29.f3 Nf6 30.Bb4 h6 31.Nb5 Ne8 32.Bc5 Qb7 33.Qa5 Qc6 34.Nd4 Qb7 35.Qd8 Qa8 36.Qe7 Nf6 37.e4+= Bb7 38.Bb6 Ba6= 39.Qa3 Bb7 40.Qe7 Ba6 41.Qa3 ½–½. Marsalek,Josef – Hajek,Michal, CSR–ch Brno, 1964. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.e3 d6 5.b4 Nbd7 6.Bb2 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nbd2)

10.b5 Qe8 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.a4 e5 (13...cd4 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Bh5 gh5 16.a5+=) 14.de5 (better is 14.d5+/–) 14...f5? (better is 14...Ne5!? 15.a5 Qe7+=) 15.ef6! Ndf6 (15...Ndf6 16.Ng5; 15...Bf6 16.Bf6; 15...Nhf6 16.a5) 16.Bd3 (16.a5 Qe7+–) 16...Bh6 (16...Qe7 17.a5+–) 17.Re1 (17.a5 Rf7+–) 17...Ng4 18.Be4 d5 (18...Be4 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.Bg7 Ng7 21.h3+–) 19.cd5 (19.Bd5 Bd5 20.cd5 Rd5+–) 19...Bd5 (19...Ngf6 20.Bd3 Bd5 21.Ne5+–) 20.Bd5 Rd5 21.Qc4 Qf7?? 22.Qg4 Rd2 23.Nd2 Qf2 24.Kh1 Qd2 25.Qe6 Rf7 26.Rf1 Qd7? 27.Qf7 Qf7 28.Rf7 Kf7 29.Be5 Be3 30.Bb8 Nf6? 31.Ba7 Nd5 32.a5 c4 33.Bb6 Nb6 34.ab6 Bb6 35.Rc1 Ke7 36.Rc4 Bf2 37.g4 Kd7 38.Kg2 Bb6 39.Kf3 g5 40.Ke4 1–0. Ritz,T – Aufmwasser,G, Seefeld, 1998.

10.bc5 bc5 11.d5 Nb6 12.Qc2 Bc8 13.e4 e5 14.de6 Be6 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.a4 Rab8 17.Bc3 Qc6 The isolani on a4 becomes a target 18.a5 Na4 19.Ba1 Rb4 20.Rb1 Rfb8 21.Rb4 cb4 22.Qb3 (22.Nd4 Qd7=) 22...Nc5 23.Qb1 (23.Qe3!?=+) 23...Nce4 24.Ne4 Ne4 (24...Qe4!? 25.Qd1 Qc6-/+ (25...Bc4? 26.Bc4 Qc4 27.Qd6+-)) 25.Bg7=+ Kg7 26.Qb2? (26.Nd4 Qb7 27.Bf3 Nc3=) 26...f6 (better 26...Nc3!? 27.Nd2 Qc5-+) 27.Nd4=+ Qd7 28.Bf3 Nc5 29.Bc6 Qf7 30.Ne6 Qe6 31.Bd5 Qe5 32.Qe5? (better 32.Qd2!?-/+) 32...fe5 33.Rb1 b3 34.Kf1 Rb4 35.Ke2 Ra4 36.Kd2 Ra5 37.Kc3 Ra2 38.f4 ef4 39.Bf3 h5 40.h4 Kf6 41.Kb4 (41.Bc6 Ke5-+) 41...Ke5 42.Kb5 Kd4 43.Rd1 Kc3 44.Rd6 (44.Rc1 Rc2 45.Rb1-+) 44...b2 45.Kc5 b1Q 46.Rd5 (46.Kc6 Ra6 47.Kc7 Rd6 48.Kd6 Kc4-+) 46...Qb4 (46...Qb6) 47.Kc6-+ Ra6 48.Kd7 Qb7 49.Kd8 Rf6 (better 49...Rc6 50.Rd3 Kd3 51.Bc6 Qc6-+) 50.Rd3 Kc4 51.Bb7 Kd3 52.Ke7 Rb6 53.Bf3 a5 54.Kd7 a4 55.Kc7 Rb2 56.Bd5 a3 57.Kc6 (57.Kd6 Kc3 58.Ke5-+) 57...a2 58.Ba2 Ra2 59.Kd5 Rg2 60.Ke5 (60.Kd6 f3 61.Kd7 f2 62.Kc7 f1Q 63.Kd6 Qf6 64.Kd7 Re2 65.Kc8 Qf7 66.Kd8 Re8) 60...f3 61.Kf6 (61.Ke6 f2 62.Kf7 f1Q 63.Kg7 g5 64.Kg6 gh4 65.Kh5 Qf5 66.Kh4 Qg4) 61...f2 62.Kg7 (62.Ke6 f1Q 63.Kd7 Qf7 64.Kc6 Qe6 65.Kc5 Rc2 66.Kb4 Rb2 67.Kc5 Qb6 68.Kd5 Rb5) 62...f1Q 63.Kh6 (63.Kg8 g5 64.Kg7 gh4 65.Kh6 Qf6 66.Kh5 Qg5) 63...g5! 64.hg5 (64.hg5 Qf7 Mate attack) 64...Qf5 (64...Qf7 65.g6 Qg6) 65.Kh5 (65.Kg7 Rg5 66.Kh8 Qf6 67.Kh7 Qg7) 65…Qg5 0-1. miskob (2115) - txt7 (2215), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2018.

10.bc5 bc5 11.d5 Rb8 12.Qc2 Ba6 13.Bc3 Qc7 (13...Nd5 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Rab1=+) 14.Rab1 (14.e4 e6 15.Rfe1 Rfe8=) 14...Ng4 (better 14...Nd5!? 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.cd5 Be2=+) 15.Bg7+= Kg7 16.Qc3 Kg8 17.h3 Nge5 18.Ne1 (better 18.Qa3 Rb1 19.Rb1+=) 18...Rb1-/+ 19.Nb1 Rb8 (better 19...Nb6!?-/+) 20.Nd2= Qb6 (20...Nb6!? 21.f4 Ned7=) 21.f4+/- Qb2 22.Qa5 (better 22.Qc2+/-) 22...Nc4? (better 22...Rb4!? 23.Qd8 Kg7 24.fe5 Qd2 (24...Ne5? 25.Nef3+-) 25.Rf7 Kf7 26.e6 Kg7 27.Qe7 Kh6 28.ed7 Qe1 29.Kh2 Rb8+=) 23.Bc4+- (23.Nc4 Qe2 24.Qa6 Rb1 25.Qa7 Re1 26.Re1 Qe1 27.Kh2 Qc3 28.Qd7 Qc4 29.Qe7 Qd5=) 23...Bc4 24.Nc4 Qe2 (better 24...Qb7 25.e4 f5+-) 25.Qc3 (better 25.Qa7!? Qc4 26.Qd7+-) 25...Rb1 (25...Nf6 26.Qc2 Qc2 27.Nc2 Nd5 28.N2a3+=) 26.Na3+/- Rd1 27.Nac2 Rc1 (27...Nf6 28.Qa5+/-) 28.Qb3 (28.Rf2!? Qa6+-) 28...Nf6+/- 29.Qb8 (29.Qb7 Rc2 30.Nc2 Qc2 31.Qe7 Nd5 32.Qd6 Qe4+-) 29...Kg7 30.Qb2 Kg8?? (better 30...Rd1+/-) 31.Qc1+- Ne4 (31...Nd5 32.f5+-) 32.Qb2 f5 (32...a6 33.Qb8 Kg7 34.f5+-) 33.Qb8 Kf7 34.Qc8 (better 34.Qh8 Qh5+-) 34...c4 (34...Qc4 35.Qh8 Qa2 36.Qh7 Kf8 37.Nf3 Qc2 38.Nh4+-) 35.Qe6 (35.Qh8 Qd2 36.Qh7 Kf8+-) 35...Ke8 36.Nd4 (better 36.g4+-) 36...Qe3 37.Kh2 Qd4 (37...Nd2 38.Rg1 (38.Qe3 Nf1 39.Kg1 Ne3=+) 38...Qd4 39.Qc8 Kf7 40.Kh1+/-) 38.Nf3 Qd3 39.Re1 Qc2 (39...Kf8 40.Re2! Qe2+-) 40.Ng5 Qf2 41.Re4 (41.Qc8) 41...fe4 (41...Qg3 42.Kg3 Kd8 43.Rc4 h6 44.Rc8) 42.Qe4 (42.Qc8) 42...Kd7 (42...Qa2 43.Qe6 Qa6 44.Qf7 Kd8 45.Ne6 Kd7 46.Nf8 Kd8 47.Qh7+-) 43.Nf3 (better 43.Qc4 Qc5 44.Qe4 a5+-) 43...h5 (43...Qc5+-) 44.Qc4 h4 45.Qc6 (45.Qe4!? Qg3 46.Kg1 a6+-) 45...Kd8 46.Qa8 Kd7 47.Qa7 (better 47.a4+-) 47...Qa7-+ 48.Nh4 Qa2 49.Nf3 (49.Ng6 Qd5 50.Nh4 Qe4-+) 49...Qd5 50.h4 (50.Nh4 Qe4 51.g3 d5 52.Ng6 Qg6-+) 50...Qe4 (50...Ke6 51.Ng5 Kf5 52.Nh3-+) 51.Kg3 d5 52.Kg4 d4 53.Ne5 (53.Kg3 d3-+) 53...Ke6 54.Nf3 d3 55.Ng5 Kd5 56.Ne4 Ke4 57.f5 (57.Kg5 d2 58.Kg6 d1Q-+) 57...gf5 58.Kg5 d2 59.h5 d1Q 60.h6 (60.Kg6 Ke5 61.g4 Qg4 62.Kf7 Qh5 63.Kg7 f4 64.Kf8 Kf6 65.Kg8 Qg6 66.Kf8 Qf7) 60…Qg4 0-1. bjoernsen (2335) - ashkan12 (2270), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016.

10.bc5 bc5 11.d5 Ne8 12.Bg7 Ng7 13.e4 Rb8 14.Rb1 Ba8 15.Rb8 Qb8 16.Qb1 Qc7 17.Qc2 Rb8 18.Rb1 Rb1 19.Qb1 Qb7 20.Qb7 Bb7 21.Nb3 Nb6 22.Na5 Ba6 23.Nd2 Ne8 24.f3 Nf6 (24...e6 25.Kf2+=) 25.Kf2 Nfd7 26.f4 Kg7 27.Ke3 h6 28.g3 g5 29.Bd3 gf4 30.gf4 Nf6 31.e5 (31.Nc6 e6 32.de6 fe6+/-) 31...Ng4 (31...Nfd5!? 32.cd5 Nd5 33.Ke4 Nc3 34.Ke3 Nd1 35.Ke2 Nc3 36.Ke3 Nd5 37.Ke4 Nc3 38.Ke3=) 32.Ke2 (32.Kf3 h5 33.h3 Nh6+/-) 32...Nh2+= 33.ed6 (33.Ne4!? de5 34.Nc5 Bc4 35.Nc4 Nc4 36.Bc4 ef4 37.Nd3+/-) 33...ed6= 34.Nc6 Ng4 (34...Nc8 35.Ne4=) 35.Na7+= h5 36.Nc6 h4 37.Bf5?? (better 37.Nb8 Bc4 38.Nc4 (worse 38.Bc4 h3 39.Kf3 h2-/+) 38...Nc4 39.Bc4+=) 37...Nf6-+ 38.Na5 Kh6?? (38...Nbd5 39.Kf3 Nb6 40.Kg2-+) 39.Bh3?? (39.Kf3 Kh5=) 39...Kh5?? (better 39...Nbd5 40.Kf3 Nb6-+) 40.Ke3 Kg6 (40...Ng4 41.Kf3 f5 42.a3=) 41.Kf3 Nh7 (41...Kh5 42.Bf1=) 42.Ne4 (42.Kg4 f5 43.Kh4 Nf6+/-) 42...Nf6?? (42...Nc4 43.Nc6 Kg7=+) 43.Nd6+- Nh5? (43...Kg7 44.Nf5 Kf8 45.Ne3+-) 44.f5 (better 44.Kg4!? f5 45.Kh4 Ng7+-) 44...Kf6 45.Ne4 Ke7? (better 45...Kg7+-) 46.Kg4 (better 46.d6 Ke8 47.Kg4+- (47.Nc5?! Bc4 48.d7 Nd7 49.Nd7 Ba2+-)) 46...Nf6= 47.Nf6 Kf6 48.Kh4 Ke5 (48...Bc4 49.Nc4 Nc4 50.a4=) 49.Kg5 (49.d6 Kd6 50.Bf1 f6+/-) 49...Nc4 (49...Bc4 50.Nc4 Nc4=) 50.Nc4 (better 50.Nb3+=) 50...Bc4-/+ 51.d6 Kd6 52.f6? (52.a4 Bb3 53.a5=) 52…Bd5 (52...Bd5 53.a4 Ke5-/+) 0-1. Gehaktbalmetjus (2020) - mert96 (2170), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2019.

10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 e6 12.de6 fe6 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Rfd1 Bb2 15.Qb2 Bf3 16.Bf3 Rc8 17.Bh5 gh5 18.Nf3 Qf6 19.Qf6 Rf6 20.Rd7 Rcf8 21.Rad1 Rg6 22.Ne5 1–0. Orang4Utan (1820) – harutyunyan164 (1760), lichess.org, 2020.

10.bc5 dc5 11.d5 Ne8 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.e4 e5 14.Bd3 Nd6 15.a4 h6 16.a5 f6 17.Nh4 Kh7 18.f4 Qd8 (18...ba5 19.Bc3+/-) 19.f5 g5 20.Ng6 Rf7 21.ab6 ab6 22.Bc3 (22.Ra8 Qa8 23.Ra1 Qd8+/-) 22...Ne8 (22...Ra1 23.Ra1 Bc8 24.Qb3+/-) 23.Ra8 Qa8 24.Ra1 Qb8 25.Nb1 Bf8 (25...Nd6 26.Na3+/-) 26.Na3 Nc7 27.Qb3 Bd6 28.Rb1 Rg7 29.Ba5! Na8 (29...ba5 30.Qb7 Pinning (30.Qb7 Deflection)) 30.Nb5 (30.Bd2 Nc7+/-) 30...Ba6 (30...Bd5!? 31.cd5 ba5+=) 31.Bc3+- Rg8 (31...Bb5 32.Qb5 Qb7 33.Kf2+-) 32.Ra1 Bb5 33.Qb5 Nf8 (33...Rd8+-) 34.Qc6 Ng6 35.fg6 Kg6 36.Rb1 (36.Ra8 Qa8 37.Qd6+-) 36...Qc7 37.Qb5 Rd8 38.Bc2 Qd7 39.Qa6 Qc8 40.Qb5 Qg4 (40...Qd7 41.Qd7 Rd7 42.Ba4+=) 41.Qb2 Qe2 42.Qc1 (better 42.Qb3!?+=) 42...Qc4 43.Be1 (43.Qd2 Qa6=+) 43...Qa6 (43...f5 44.ef5 Kg7 45.Bf2-/+) 44.Qd2 (44.Bd2 c4-/+) 44...c4-/+ 45.Qf2?? (better 45.Kh1-/+) 45…Bc5-+ 0-1. Ho,Brandon (1755) - Lopez Sanchez,Anastacia Antonia (1775), KCF University Cup, 2021.

10.dc5 bc5 11.a3 cb4 12.ab4 a6 (12...a5 13.b5=) 13.Qb3 Rc8 (13...Qc7 14.Qa3+=) 14.Nd4 (14.Qd3 Qc7+=) 14...Ne5 (14...Qc7 15.Rfd1+=) 15.N2f3 (15.f4 Ned7+=) 15...Nf3= 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Nf3 Qb6 18.Bd4 Qb7 19.Ra4 Rc7 20.Rfa1 (20.Nd2 e5 21.Bb2 Rfc8+=) 20...Rfc8 21.Nd2 Rc6 (21...Ne4 22.Ne4 Bd4 23.Nd6 ed6 24.ed4 Rc4 25.Qd1=+) 22.Qa3 Ra8? (better 22...e5!? 23.Bb2 d5+=) 23.b5!+- Rcc8 (23...ab5 24.Ra5 Double attack (24.Ra8 Pinning; 24.Ra8 Deflection; 24.Ra5 Decoy)) 24.Ra6 Ra6 25.ba6 Qa8 26.h3 Ne4 (26...Nd7+-) 27.Bg7?? (27.Ne4 Qe4 28.Qb2 Bd4 29.ed4 Qc6+-) 27...Kg7? (better 27...Nd2 28.Bc3 Nc4+/-) 28.Ne4+- Qe4 29.a7 Ra8 30.Qb4 Qe5 (30...Qc6 31.Qb2 f6 32.Qb8+-) 31.Ra2 Qc5?? (31...Qe4+-) 32.Qb7 Qc8 33.Qc8 (33.Qc8 Rc8 34.a8Q Ra8 35.Ra8+-) 1-0. BAMABAM (1890) - baronfel (1855), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

11.ed4 a6 12.ba6 Ba6 13.Re1=.

11.ed4 d5 12.Ne5=.

11.ed4 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 (13.Qd2 Nf6+=) 13...Bb7 14.Bf3 (14.Re1 e6=) 14...Rb8 (14...Bf3 15.Qf3 a6 16.ba6 Ra6 17.Rfe1=) 15.Bb7 (15.Re1 d5+=) 15...Rb7 16.Qf3 Rc7 17.Rfe1 (17.Rac1 Nc5+=) 17...e6 (17...Bh6 18.Rad1+=) 18.Rad1 Nf6 (18...Re8 19.Rc1+=) 19.a4 (19.d5 Qe7+=) 19...d5 (19...Bh6 20.Qe2+=) 20.c5 Nh5 21.Bc3 bc5 (21...Qh4 22.g3 Qh3 23.Bb4 bc5 24.dc5+=) 22.Ba5 (22.dc5 Qh4 23.Bg7 Ng7+=) 22...Bd4 23.Nb3+/– Qe7 24.Nd4 cd4 25.Bc7 Qc7 26.Rd4 Ng7 27.Qf4 Rc8 28.Qc7+= Rc7 29.a5 Nf5 30.Rb4 Nd6 31.b6 ab6 32.Rb6 Nc4 33.Rb8 Kg7 34.a6 Ra7 35.Re6! Kh6? 36.Rb7 Ra8 37.Rf7 d4 38.Rd7 Nd2 39.f4 Nb3 40.Ree7 Kh5 41.h3 h6 42.Rh7 Ra6 43.Rd5 g5 44.Rg5 (44...Kh4 45.Kh2 d3 46.g3) 1–0. pierre – Superman, internet, 2006.

11.Bd4 e5 12.Bc3 Nc5 Black plans e4 13.Bb4 a5 14.Ba3 Nfd7 15.Qc2 e4 16.Nd4 Nd3?? (better is 16...Ne5–/+) 17.Ne4+/– (worse is 17.Bd3 ed3 18.Qd3 Nc5=) 17...N3e5?? (17...Be4 18.Bd3 Decoy) 18.Nd6+– Qc7 (18...Qe7+–) 19.Nb7 Qb7 20.Bf8 Rf8 21.f4 Nc4 (21...Qc7 22.Rad1+–) 22.Bc4 Rc8 (22...Re8 23.Rad1 Qe4 24.Qe4 Re4 25.Nc6+–) 23.Rad1 Kh8 (23...Bd4 24.Rd4 Nf6 25.Rfd1+–) 24.Nc6 f5 (24...Qc7 25.Bf7 Nc5 26.Bc4+–) 25.Be6 Rc7 26.e4 Nc5 (26...Bf6 27.ef5 Nf8+–) 27.Rd8 Bf8 28.Qc3 Rg7 29.Rf8 1–0. Janek – Freeday, internet, 2018.

10.a4 c5 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Ng5 Bb7 13.bc5 dc5 14.f4 h6 15.Nf3 Rc8 16.Qb3 Bf3 17.Rf3 cd4 18.ed4 Qc7 19.Qe3 Nc5 20.f5 gf5 21.Rf5 Na4?? (better 21...Qd7 22.Rd5 Qe6=) 22.Ra4+– Qd7 23.Rb5 Rc7 24.Ra3 Rd8 25.Rd5 Qc8 26.Rd8 Qd8 27.Qe4 Rd7 (27...e6 28.Qf4+–) 28.Rg3 Kh8 29.Rg7! Kg7 (29...Kg7 30.Bd3 Combination) 30.Bd3 Qg8 (30...Rd4 31.Qh7 Kf6 32.Qh6 Ke5 33.Qe3 Kd6 34.Bd4+–) 31.Qg4 (31.Qg4 Kf8 32.Qd7+–) 1–0. Janek – Indira, internet, 2019.

10.Qb3 Nd2 11.Nd2 e5 12.de5 Ne5 13.a4 Qg5 14.e4 Qd2 0–1. Orang4Utan (1855) – walksphanter (1945), lichess.org, 2020.

10.Qc2 Nd2 11.Nd2 e5 12.d5 f5 (12...a5 13.a3=) 13.e4+= Bh6 (13...Qg5 14.Bd3+=) 14.Bd3 (14.ef5 gf5 15.a4 a5 16.ba5 Ra5+/-) 14...fe4 15.Ne4 Qe7 16.b5 (16.g3 a5 17.b5 Nf6+=) 16...a5 (16...a6 17.a4+=) 17.Rae1 Rae8 (17...Nc5 18.Nc5 bc5 19.Bc3+=) 18.g3 Qd8 19.Bc1 (19.Kg2 Qe7+/-) 19...Bc1+= 20.Qc1 Qe7 21.Qh6 Bc8 22.Re3 (22.Qd2 Qg7+=) 22...Qg7= 23.Qg7 Kg7 24.Be2 Nb8 (24...Nf6 25.Bf3=) 25.Re1 Bf5 26.Nd2 Rd8 27.g4 (27.Kg2 Rf7=) 27...Bd7 28.f3 (28.Kg2 Rf4 29.Kg3 Bc8=) 28...Rf4 (28...Bc8 29.Ne4=) 29.Re4 Rf7 (29...Rdf8 30.Rf4 Rf4 31.Bd3=) 30.Kg2 (30.c5 bc5 31.Ra4 h5 32.Ra5 hg4 33.fg4 Rf4+=) 30...Rdf8 (30...Bc8 31.Re3=) 31.Rh1 (31.c5 bc5 32.Ra4 Bc8+=) 31...Bc8 32.Re3 Rf4 33.Ne4 Nd7 34.Kg3 (34.Bd3 h6=) 34...Nf6=+ 35.Nf6 R8f6 36.Re4 Bd7 37.h4 h6 38.Re1 Be8 39.Bd1 g5 40.h5 Bf7 41.R1e3 Bg8 42.a4? (better 42.Rc3=+) 42...Bh7-+ 43.Bc2 Rf7 44.Kg2 R4f6 45.Kg3 Kf8 46.Kg2 Ke7 47.Kg3 Rf4 48.Kg2 Be4 49.Be4 Rf8 50.Kg3 Re4?? (better 50...Kf6-+) 51.Re4= Rf7 ½-½. Carpenter,Paul A - Thorsteinsson,S (2220), 6th ESNA Teams, 2019. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.c4 0-0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 b6 8.b4 Bb7 9.Bb2)

10.Ne4 Be4 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Qf3 c5 14.bc5 dc5 15.Rab1 cd4 16.ed4 Rc8 17.Rfe1 e6 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.Ba3 Re8 20.Qf3 Nh5 21.d5 ed5 22.cd5 Rc3 23.Qd1 Re1 24.Qe1 Ra3 25.Nc4 Ra4 26.Nb2 Bb2 27.Rb2 Rd4 28.Re2 Nf6 29.Re7 Rd5 0–1. Chess4Win (1745) – Karamojabell757 (1715), lichess.org, 2020.

10.Ne4 Be4 11.Ng5 Bb7 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Nf3 (worse 13.gf3 c5-/+) 13...e5 14.de5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5 de5 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.a3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 c6 20.h3 f5 21.c5 b5 22.Kf1 Kf7 23.Qc3 Qe6 24.Ke2 a6 25.Rac1 e4 26.h4 h6 27.Rd4 Rd4 28.Qd4 Qd5 (28...f4!?=) 29.Qd5+= cd5 30.Kd2 Ke6 31.Kc3 Ke5 32.g3 g5 33.hg5 hg5 34.Rh1 a5? (better 34...Ra8!?+=) 35.Rh5 (better 35.ba5!? Rc8 36.Kb4+-) 35...ab4+/- 36.ab4 (36.Kb4!? g4 37.c6+- (37.Kb5?! Rb8 38.Kc6 Ra8+/-)) 36...g4 37.Rh6 Ra8 38.Kb2 Ra4 39.Kb3 Ra1 40.Rb6 Rb1 41.Kc3 Rf1 42.Rb5 Rf2 43.c6 Kd6 44.Rc5 Kc7 45.b5 Rf1 46.Kd4 (worse 46.Rd5 Kb6+-) 46...Kd6 47.Rd5 Kc7 (47...Ke6 48.Rc5 Kd6+-) 48.Rd7 Kc8 49.b6 Rd1 50.Ke5 Rb1 (50...Rd7 51.cd7 Kd7 52.Kf5+-) 51.Rc7 (51.b7 Rb7 52.cb7 Kd7 53.b8Q Kc6 54.Qc8 Kb5 55.Qc3 Ka6 56.Kd6 Kb5 57.Qb3 Ka6 58.Kc6 f4 59.Qb6) 51...Kb8 52.Rb7 Kc8 53.Kf5 Rb5 54.Ke4 Rc5 55.Rc7 Kb8 56.Kf4 Rb5 57.Rb7 Kc8 58.Kg4 Rb4 59.Kf5 Rc4 60.Rc7 Kb8 61.e4 Rc5 62.e5 Rb5 63.Rb7 Kc8 64.g4 Rb1 65.g5 Rf1 66.Ke6 Re1 67.Rf7 (67.Ra7 Re5 68.Ke5 Kd8 69.Kf6 Kc8 70.Ra8) 67...Rg1 (67...Rd1 68.Rf8 Rd8 69.Rd8 Kd8 70.g6 Ke8 71.g7 Kd8 72.g8Q) 68.Rf8 1-0. bjoernsen (2245) - LegendLord (2290), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019. (=1.b4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.d4 Nbd7)

10.d5 Qe7 11.e4 c6 12.Bd3 cd5 13.cd5 (worse is 13.ed5 b5+=) 13...Rac8 14.Qb3 Rc7 15.Rac1 Rfc8 16.Rc7 Rc7 17.Rc1 Qd8 18.a4 Rc1 19.Bc1 Qc7 20.Bb2 Nb8 21.b5 a6 22.h3 ab5 23.ab5 Nbd7 24.Ba3 Nc5 25.Bc5 Qc5 26.Qc4 Nd7 27.Nb3 Qc4 28.Bc4 Nc5 29.Nc5+= bc5 30.Nd2 Kf8 31.Nb3+– Ke7 32.g3 Kd7 33.Kf1 Kc7 34.Ke2 Kb6 35.f4 f6 36.Kf3 Bc8 37.g4 Bd7 38.f5 g5 39.Ke3 Bb5 40.Bb5 Kb5 41.Kd2 h6 42.Nc1 Kc4 43.Ke3 Bf8 44.Ne2 Kb3 45.Kd2 c4 46.Ng3 c3 47.Kc1 Be7 48.Nh5 c2 49.Ng7 Bd8 50.Ne6 Bb6–+ 51.Kd2 Be3! 52.Ke3 c1Q 53.Kf3 Qf1 (53...Qf1 54.Ke3 Kc2 55.h4 Kd1 56.Nd4 gh4 57.g5 Qg1 58.Kf3 Qg3) 0–1. futsalboy (1635) – litner, kurnik, 2011.

10.de5 de5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 b5 13.c5 Rb8 14.Qc2 Qd5 15.Nf3 a6 16.Rad1 Qe6 17.Bc7 Rbc8 18.Bd6 Rfe8 19.Nd4 Qe4 20.Qe4 Ne4 21.Bf3 Ba8 22.Nb3 Rcd8 23.Be4 Be4 24.Rd2 Bc3 25.a3 Bd2 26.Nd2 Bc2 27.Rc1 Bd3 28.Nf3 Be4 29.Nd4 Rc8 30.Bg3 Bd5 31.Bf4 h5 32.f3 Bc4 33.e4 Kg7 34.Nc2 Kf6 35.Ne3 Bb3 36.Rc3 Be6 37.Rd3 Red8 38.Bd6 h4 39.h3 Kg7 40.Nd5 f5 41.Nb6 Rc6 42.Be5 Kf7 43.Rd8 fe4 44.fe4 Bb3 45.Nd5 Ke6 46.Bf4 g5 47.Rd6 Rd6 48.Bd6 Kd7 49.Nf6 Kc6 50.Nh7 g4 51.hg4 Bc2 52.Ng5 Kd7 53.e5 Bg6 54.e6 Kc6 55.Nf7 1–0. barborski (1610) – gold67, kurnik, 2012.

10.de5 de5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Qe7 13.Bc3 Rad8 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.Rad1 c5 16.b5 Qc7 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Nf3 Rd1 19.Rd1 h5 20.h3 Re8 21.Qd3 Qe7 22.Qd6 Qd6 23.Rd6 Ne4 24.Bg7 Nd6 25.Be5 Nc4 26.Bf4 Na3 27.Ne5 Nb5 28.Nc6 a5 29.f3 Nc3 30.a3 Ne2 31.Kf2 Nf4 32.ef4 c4 0–1. barborski – marcaocabecao, kurnik, 2012.

10.de5 de5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Qe7 13.Bc3 Qe6 14.Qb3 Rad8 15.Rad1 c5 16.b5 Ne4 17.Ne4 Be4 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qc3 Kg8 20.f3 Ba8 21.e4 Rd1 22.Rd1 h5 23.Qd2 Qf6 24.h3 Bb7 25.Bf1 Bc8 26.a4 a6 27.Qd6 Qd6 28.Rd6 ab5 29.ab5 Be6 30.Rb6 Ra8 31.Rc6 Ra1 32.Kf2 Ra2 33.Kg3 g5 34.Rc5 Ra1 35.Kf2 Ra2 36.Be2 Rc2 37.Rg5 Kf8 38.c5 Bc4 39.c6 Be2 40.Ke3 Bf1 41.Rh5 Bg2 42.Rd5 Bh3 43.Kd4 Be6 44.Rc5 Rb2 45.c7 Rb4 46.Ke5 Rb1 47.c8Q Bc8 0–1. barborski – marcaocabecao, kurnik, 2012.

10.de5 Ne5 11.Qc2 Nf3 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Nf3 Ng4 14.h3 Nh6 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.g4 Ng8 17.g5 f6 18.h4 fg5 19.Ng5 Qe7 20.Qc3 Nf6 21.f3 h6 22.Ne4 Kh7 23.Nf6 Rf6 24.f4 Re6 25.Rf3 Qh4 26.Raf1 Rae8 27.Kg2 Qg4 28.Kh2 h5 29.R1f2 Qh4 30.Kg1 Qg4 31.Kh2 c6 32.Rg3 Qh4 33.Kg2 Qe7 34.f5 Re3 35.fg6 Kg8 36.Re3 Qe3 37.Qf6 Qe4 38.Kg3 Qe5 39.Kh4 Qe4 40.Kg5 Qe7 41.Kh5 Qf6 42.Rf6 d5 43.Rc6 dc4 44.Rc4 Re5 45.Kh6 Re8 46.Rc7 Ra8 47.a4 a6 48.Rb7 b5 49.ab5 ab5 50.Rb5 Rc8 51.Rb8 Rb8 52.b5 Rb5 53.g7 Rb6 54.Kg5 Rb7 0–1. barborski – pomidor23 (1625), kurnik, 2012.

11.Qc2 Nge5= 12.Nd4 Qe7 13.a3 c5 14.Nb5 f5 15.Rae1 a6 16.Nc3 Qh4 17.f4 Rae8 18.Nd5+= Ng4 19.Bg4 fg4 20.Bg7+/– Kg7 21.Qc3 Kg8= 22.g3 Qh6 23.e4 Qg7= 24.Qg7 Kg7 25.Nc7 Re7 26.Nd5 Bd5 27.ed5 Rfe8 28.Kf2 cb4 29.Re7 Re7 30.ab4 a5 31.ba5 ba5 32.Nb3 a4–/+ 33.Nd4 Nc5 34.Nb5 Nd3–/+ 35.Kg1 Re2 36.Ra1 Re1–/+ 37.Re1 Ne1 38.Na3 Nf3 39.Kg2 Kf6 40.Nb5? Nd2–+ 41.Na3 Kf5 42.Kf2 Ke4 43.Ke2 Nf3 0–1. Abril Avellanas,Eduardo – Koskinen,Henri (2290), Benasque op, 1997.

11.Qc2 Nge5 12.Ne5 de5 13.Rfd1 Qe7+=.

11.Qc2 Nge5 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.f4 Nd7 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Nf3 a5 16.a3 Bb2+= 17.Qb2 Qf6 18.Qf6 Nf6–/+ 19.b5 Rae8 20.Rae1 Re7 21.f5 Rfe8 22.fg6 fg6 23.Nd2 Ne4 24.Nb1 Kg7 25.Rf3 Re5 26.Rff1 Nf6 27.Rf3 Ne4 28.Rff1 R8e7 29.h3 h5 30.Kh2 h4 31.g4?? Ng5 32.Nc3 Re3 33.Re3 Re3 34.Nd5 Ra3 35.Nc7 Rh3 36.Kg2 Rg3 37.Kh2 a4 38.Ne8 Kh6 39.Nd6 Rc3 40.Rf2 a3 41.Nc8 Rh3 42.Kg2 Rg3 43.Kf1 Rf3 0–1. Lumsdon,A (2045) – Ivkov,B (2430), Hilton Open, Basel SUI, 2007. (=1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 Nf6 4.b4 0-0 5.Bb2 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.c4 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0)

11.Nd4 Nge5 12.f4 c5 +/–.

11.Nd4 Nge5 12.f4 Nc6 13.Bf3 Nd4 14.Bb7 Rb8 15.ed4 Rb7 16.Qf3 Rb8 17.b5 f5 (17...a6 18.f5+=) 18.Rae1 Re8 19.Qd5 Kh8 20.Qf7 Nf6 21.Re8 (better 21.d5 Qd7 22.Qd7 Nd7 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Nb3+=) 21...Ne8?? (better 21...Qe8 22.Qc7 Rc8=) 22.d5+– Nf6 (22...h6 23.Bg7 Ng7 24.Qg6+–) 23.Re1 Qg8? (23...Qf8 24.Qc7 Re8+–) 24.Qf6! Bf6 (24...Rf8 25.Qg7 Qg7 26.Bg7 Kg7 27.Nf3+–) 25.Bf6 Qg7 26.Bg7 Kg7 27.Re7 Kh6 (27...Kf8 28.Rc7 Re8 29.Ra7+–) 28.Rc7 Re8 (28...Ra8 29.Nf3 Rh8 30.Ra7+–) 29.Nf3 Re2 (29...Rh8 30.Ra7 Kh5+–) 30.Ng5 Kh5 31.Rh7 Kg4 32.g3 Ra2 (32...Re1 33.Kf2 Rf1 34.Kf1 a6 35.Rh4) 33.Rh4 1–0. Pierre – GuestPotwy, internet, 2020.

11.Nd4+/– Nge5 12.f4 Nc6 13.Bf3 Nd4 14.Bb7 Nf5 15.Bg7+– Kg7 16.Ba8 Ne3 17.Qa4 Nf1 18.Rf1 (18.Kf1?! Qf6 19.Rd1 Ne5 20.Qa7 Ng4+/–; 18.Nf1?! Qa8 19.Qd7 Qe4+–) 1–0. Vegjeleki,Adolf (2310) – Giache,Gianluca, ICCF WSTT/3/06/1, 2006.

10.a4 a5 11.ba5 Ra5 12.Bc3=.

10.a4 a5 11.b5 Ne4 12.Qc2 (12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 Bb7=) 12...f5 13.c5 (13.Ne4!? Be4 14.Qb3=) 13...dc5 14.dc5 (14.Ne4 Be4 15.Qb3 Qe7=+) 14...Ndc5 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Ne5?? (better 16.Ne4 fe4 17.Ne5-/+) 16...Qd2-+ 17.Qd2 Nd2 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Bf3 (19.Rac1 Rd6-+) 19...Nf3 (19...Bf3 20.gf3 Rd5 21.f4-+) 20.gf3 Kf6 21.f4 Ne4 (better 21...g5 22.Kf1-+) 22.Rdc1 (22.Rd7 h5 23.Rad1-+) 22...Nc5 23.Rc4?? (23.Rd1 g5 24.Kf1-+) 23...Bd5 24.Rd4 (24.Rc3 g5-+) 24...Nb3 25.Rad1 (25.Ra3 Nd4 26.ed4 Ba8-+) 25...Nd4 26.ed4 Bb3 27.Ra1 (27.Rc1 Ba4 28.Rc7 Bb5-+) 27...Rd4 28.Nc6 Rf4 29.Kg2 Bd5 (better 29...Ra4 30.Rb1 Bd5 31.Kf1 Rh4-+) 30.Kg3 Rg4 31.Kh3 Bg2 0-1. Cavalov (1850) - TheRealPixelCL (2140), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.b4 E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3 1...g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7)

10.a4 a6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.a5 Rc8 13.Rfc1 Kh8 (13...ba5 14.Ra5 c5 15.Ra4=) 14.ab6 cb6 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.Ba3 Qd8 (16...e5 17.Bb2+=) 17.Rab1 (17.b5 ab5 18.Bd6 bc4 19.Bc4 Ne4 20.Ne4 Be4+/–) 17...Bf8 18.Ne1 Ne4 19.Ne4 d5?? (better is 19...Be4 20.Ra1 Bg7+=) 20.Nd2 Nf6 (20...dc4 21.Rc4 Rc4 22.Qc4+–) 21.c5 b5 22.Nef3 Bc6 23.Ne5 Bg7 (23...Re7 24.Ra1 Nd7 25.Nd7 Qd7 26.Bb2+–) 24.Qc2 (better is 24.Nf7 Kg8 25.Nd8 Red8 26.Bb2+–) 24...Rf8 25.Nb3 Nd7 26.Nc6 Rc6 27.Na5 Rc7 28.c6 (28.Ra1 Qf6+–) 28...Nb8 29.Qc5 Re8 30.Qb6 Bf8 31.Nb7 (31.Bd3!? Bd6+–) 31...Qc8 32.Bf3 (better is 32.Qa7+–) 32...Nc6?? (32...Rc6 33.Rc6 Qc6 34.Qc6 Nc6+–) 33.Na5 Qd7 (33...Qb8 34.Rc6 Qb6 35.Rb6+–) 34.Rc6 Rc6 35.Qc6 (35.Nc6!? Rc8 36.Ne5 Qe8+–) 35...Qc6 36.Nc6 Bd6 (36...Rc8 37.Ne5 Kg7 38.Nd7+–) 37.Rc1 Kg7 38.Ne5 (38.Bb2 Rc8+–) 38...f6 (38...a5 39.Nd3 Rb8 40.Be2+–) 39.Nd3 Kf7 (39...a5 40.Rc6 ab4 41.Bb4 Bb4 42.Nb4+–) 40.Nc5 (better is 40.Rc6!? Ke7 41.Ra6 h6+–) 40...Ra8 41.Be2 h5 42.f3 (42.Bb2 Bc5 43.dc5 Rc8+–) 42...g5 (42...Ra7 43.Bb2 Bc5 44.dc5+–) 43.e4 (43.Bb2!? Bc5 44.dc5 Rc8+–) 43...Bf4 44.Rc3 Bd2 (44...e5 45.de5 Be5 46.Rd3 de4 47.fe4+–) 45.Rd3 Bf4 46.g3 Bc7 47.Bc1 a5 48.ba5 Ra5 49.Kf2 Bd6 (49...Bb6 50.ed5 ed5 51.Ba3+–) 50.Rb3 b4 (50...Bc5 51.dc5 Ra1+–) 51.Rb4 (better is 51.Nb7 Bc7 52.Na5 Ba5+–) 51...Bc5 (51...Rc5 52.Be3 Ra5 53.Rb7 Be7+–) 52.dc5 Rc5 53.Be3 Rc2 (53...Ra5 54.ed5 ed5 55.h4 gh4 56.Rh4+–) 54.ed5 ed5 55.Rb7 Ke6 56.Rb6 Ke5 57.f4 Kf5 58.fg5 (58.Rd6 gf4 59.gf4 d4 60.Rd4 Ke6+–) 58...fg5 59.Ke1 Ra2 60.Bd3 Kg4 61.Rg6 Kf3 62.Bg5 Ra1 (62...Rh2 63.Rf6 Kg2 64.Bf1 Kh1 65.Be2+–) 63.Kd2 Ra2 64.Bc2 d4 (64...Ra5 65.Rh6+–) 65.Bh6 Kg2 66.h4 Ra3 67.g4 Kf2 (67...Kg3 68.gh5 Kh4 69.Bd1+–) 68.gh5 d3 69.Bd3 Ra2 70.Bc2 Ra1 (70...Ra8+–) 71.Be3 Kf3 72.h6 (better is 72.Bb3 Ra5 73.h6 Rb5+–) 72...Rh1 73.Bg5 (73.h7 Rh2 74.Kd3 Re2 75.Rf6 Kg4 76.Ke2 Kh3 77.Bf5 Kh2 78.Bf4 Kg2 79.Rg6 Kh1 80.Be4) 73...Rh2 74.Kd3 Kg4 75.h7 Rh3 76.Kd4 (76.Be3 Kh5 77.Rg5 Kh4 78.h8Q) 76...Rh4 (76...Kf3 77.h8Q Kg2 78.Be3 Rg3 79.Rg3 Kg3 80.Qg7 Kh4 81.Bf2 Kh5 82.Qg6) 77.Bh4 Kh4 (77...Kf4 78.Bd1 Kf5 79.Rf6) 78.h8Q 1–0. jlbaf (2445) – workchess (2280), net–chess.com, 2016.

10.a4 Rc8 11.a5+= c5 12.Qa4 Qc7 13.b5 Rfe8= 14.Qc2 cd4 15.Nd4 d5 (15...Nc5 16.ab6 ab6 17.Ra7+=) 16.ab6 ab6 17.Ra7 e5 (better is 17...Ra8!? 18.Rfa1 Ra7 19.Ra7 Qb8=) 18.Nc6+/– Nc5 19.Rfa1 (19.Nb3 Nb3 20.Qb3+/–) 19...Qd6? (better is 19...d4!?+=) 20.cd5+– Nd5 (20...Qd5? 21.Bc4 Qd6 22.Nf3 Rc6 23.bc6 Qc6 24.Be5 Re5 25.Rb7 Qb7 26.Ne5+–) 21.Nc4 Qc7? 22.Rd1+– Ne7 23.Nd6 Nc6 24.bc6 Qc6 25.Bf3 e4 26.Bg4 Bb2? 27.Bc8 Bc8 28.Ne8 Qe8 29.Qb2 (29.Qb2 Nd3 30.Qb6+–) 1–0. Kuhn,Heinz – Philippi,Alfred, Saarland–chB, 1993.

10.a4 Ne4 11.Ne4+= Be4 12.a5 Bf3? (better 12...Nf6!?+=) 13.Bf3+– Rb8 14.ab6 (14.b5 ba5 15.Qc2 d5+–) 14...ab6 (14...Nb6 15.Qb3+–) 15.Qd3 c5 16.Ra7 cb4 17.Qb3 e5 (17...Nf6 18.Qb4 d5 19.Rfa1+–) 18.Bc6 Nf6 19.Qb4 ed4 20.Bd4 Nh5 (20...Ng4 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.c5+–) 21.Rd1 Bd4 22.Rd4 (22.ed4?! Qf6+–) 22...Ng7 (22...Qg5 23.Rd5 Qf6 24.Rd6+– (24.Qd6?! Rbc8 25.Qf6 Nf6+–)) 23.Rd6 Qg5 (23...Qc8 24.Bd5 Qc5 25.Qc5 bc5 26.g4+–) 24.Bd5 b5 (24...Qe5 25.g3+–) 25.Rdd7 (worse 25.cb5 Rbc8 26.g3 Nf5+–) 25...bc4 (25...Qe5 26.Rf7 Rf7 27.Bf7 Kh8 28.cb5 Qf6+–) 26.Rf7 Rb4 (26...Qg2 27.Kg2 Rf7 28.Qb8 Ne8 29.Rf7 Kh8 30.Qe8) 27.Rg7 (27.Rg7 Kh8 28.Rh7) 1–0. Pierre – Agaton, internet, 2019.

10.Rb1 e5 (10...a5!? 11.b5 Re8+=) 11.de5+/- Ne5 12.Ne5 de5 13.Be5 Qe7 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Ne4 Qe4 (better 15...Rfd8!? 16.Nf6 Bf6+/-) 16.Bf3+- Qf5? (16...Qc4 17.Bb7 Rad8+/-) 17.Bg7?? (better 17.Bb7 Bc3 18.Ba8 Ra8 19.Qd5 Qd5 20.cd5+-) 17...Bf3+/- 18.Qf3 Qf3 19.gf3 Kg7 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Kf1 Rfe8 22.Ke2 f5 (22...h6 23.b5+/-) 23.Rd5 Rd5 24.cd5 Re5 25.Rd1 (25.Rc1 Re7+-) 25...Kf6 26.a3 a5 (26...g5 27.d6 cd6 28.Rd6 Kf7 29.Rd7 Re7 30.Re7 Ke7 31.b5+-) 27.Rd4 (27.f4 Re7+-) 27...ab4+/- 28.ab4 g5 29.h3 (29.d6 cd6 30.Rd6 Re6 31.Re6 Ke6+-) 29...h5 30.Kd3 Ke7 31.Kc4 Kd6 32.e4 (32.b5 Re8 33.Rd1 Ra8+/-) 32...fe4 (32...c6 33.dc6 Kc6 34.Kd3+/-) 33.fe4 c6 (33...Re7 34.Kb5+/-) 34.dc6+- Kc6 35.Rd5?? (better 35.Kd3+-) 35…Re4=+ (35...Re4 36.Rd4 Rd4 37.Kd4 Kb5-/+) 0-1. dannysmet (2060) - bek86 (2070), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.b5 c5 11.a4 d5 (11...cd4 12.ed4 a5 13.ba6 Ra6 14.Qc2=) 12.Nb3 (12.a5 Rc8=) 12...dc4 (12...cd4 13.Nfd4 Rc8 14.Rc1+=) 13.Bc4 Rc8 14.Nbd2 (14.Qe2 Ne4+=) 14...cd4 15.Bd4 Nc5 (15...Qe7 16.Qe2+=) 16.Qe2 Nd5 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Rfc1 Qf6 (18...Qd6 19.Bd5 Qd5 20.Rd1+=) 19.Bd5 Bd5 20.e4 Bb7 21.a5 (21.Qe3 Rfd8+=) 21...Rcd8 (21...Rfd8 22.ab6 ab6 23.h3+=) 22.e5= Qf4 23.Rc4 Bf3 (23...Qf5 24.Nd4 Qd3 25.Qe3=) 24.Nf3 (24.Rf4?? Be2 25.ab6 ab6–+) 24...Qf5 25.ab6 ½–½. Janek – Indy, internet, 2017.

10.Rc1 a5 11.b5+= Qe7 12.a4 e5 13.Ba3 (13.Qc2 Rae8=) 13...ed4 (13...Rad8 14.Re1=) 14.ed4+= Rfe8 (14...Ne4 15.Bb2+=) 15.Re1 Qf8 16.Qc2 Nh5 (16...Ne4 17.Bb2=) 17.c5 (17.Bd3 Re1 18.Re1 Re8 19.Re8 Qe8+=) 17...dc5 (17...Nf4 18.c6 Ne2 19.Re2 Re2 20.cb7+=) 18.dc5 bc5 (18...Nc5 19.Bc5 bc5 20.Qc5=) 19.Bc5 (19.Bc4 Nf4=) 19...Nc5 20.Qc5 Nf4 21.Qf8 Bf8 22.Bf1 Re1 23.Ne1 Bb4 24.Ndf3 Rc8 25.g3 (25.Bc4 Re8=) 25...Nd5 26.Nd3 Nc3 27.Nb4 (27.Nd4 c5 28.bc6 Bc6 29.Nb4 ab4 30.Nc6 Rc6=) 27...ab4 (27...Bf3?? 28.Rc3 ab4 29.Rf3+–) 28.Nd2 (28.Nd4!?=) 28...Ra8–/+ (28...Na4?! 29.Rc4=) 29.Ra1 (29.Nb3 Ra4 30.Nc5 Ra7=+) 29...Ra4 (29...Na4?! 30.Rb1=) 30.Ra4 Na4 31.Bc4 (31.f4 Nc3–/+) 31...Bc8 (31...g5 32.f3–/+) 32.Kf1 (32.Nb3 Nb6 33.Bd3 Be6–+) 32...Bd7 (32...Nc3 33.Ke1–+) 33.Nf3 (33.Nb3 Nb6 34.Bd3 c6–/+) 33...Nb6–+ 34.Bd3 Kf8 (34...b3 35.Ke1 b2 36.Nd2–+) 35.Ke2 (35.Ne5 Ke7–/+) 35...Ke7 (35...Bg4!? 36.h3 Bh3 37.Nd4–+) 36.Kd2 f6 37.h4 (37.Kc2 Kd6–+) 37...Kd6 38.h5 gh5 39.Bh7 (39.Kc2 Kc5–+) 39...Kc5 (39...Bb5 40.Bg6–+) 40.Bg6 (40.Kc1 Kb5 41.Nd2 Be6–+) 40...Bg4 (40...Kb5 41.Kc1–+) 41.Nh2 (41.Nh4 Kb5 42.f3 Bd7–+) 41...Nc4 (41...Kb5 42.Kc1–+) 42.Kc1 Ne5 43.Ng4 (43.Be8 Nd3 44.Kc2 Nf2 45.Ng4 hg4–+ (worse 45...Ng4 46.Kb3–+)) 43...hg4 (43...Ng6?! 44.Nf6 Kb5 45.Nh5–/+; 43...Ng4?! 44.f3 Ne3 45.Bh5 Kb5 46.Bf7–+) 44.Bf5 (44.Be8 Nd3 45.Kc2 Nf2–+) 44...Kb5 45.Kc2 (45.Kb2 c5–+) 45...c5 46.Be6 c4 0–1. Galoic,Boris (1965) – Levar,Nenad (2170), 8th Open, Velika Gorica CRO, 2008.

10.Qc2 c5 11.bc5 dc5= 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.e4 Nh5 (13...cd4 14.Bd4 Rad8=) 14.e5 (better 14.d5!?+=) 14...cd4 15.Bd4 Ne5 16.Ne5 Be5 17.Be5 Qe5 18.Nf3 (18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Nf3 Qc7–/+) 18...Qc5 (18...Qf6 19.Nd2–/+) 19.Rac1 (19.Qd2 Rfd8! 20.Qd8 Rd8 21.Rd8 Kg7–/+) 19...Rac8 (19...Nf4 20.Qd2 e5 21.Kf1–/+) 20.Nd2 (20.Qd2 e5–/+) 20...Nf4 21.Bf3 Bd5! 22.Bd5 (22.cd5 Qc2 Pinning (22...Qc2 Deflection)) 22...Ne2 (better 22...ed5!? 23.Re1 Rfe8–+) 23.Kf1=+ Nc1 24.Ne4? (better 24.Bf3!? Qe5 25.h3=+) 24...Qa3 (24...Qe7 25.Nc3–+) 25.Rc1 ed5 26.Nf6 Kg7 27.Nd5 Rfe8 28.Qd1 (28.Rd1 b5!–+) 28...Qc5 (28...Re4!? 29.Ne3–+) 29.Qd3 f6 30.Qf3 Qd4 31.Rd1 (better 31.Ne3–+) 31...Qc4 32.Kg1 Re6 (32...f5 33.h3–+) 33.Nf4 (33.Ne3 Qc6 34.Qg4 Rce8–+) 33...Re4 34.g3 Rce8 35.Rd7 Kh6 (better 35...R8e7 36.Re7 Re7–+) 36.Qg4?? (36.Kg2 R8e7 37.Re7 Re7 38.Nd5–+) 36...Re1 37.Kg2 Qf1 38.Kf3 R1e3 (38...R8e3) 0–1. tsodikovich (1840) – oungthu (1650), gameknot.com, 2019.

10.Qc2 Rc8 11.a3 A) 11...Qe7 12.Rfd1 (12.e4 c5 13.Rad1 cd4 14.Bd4 b5 15.Rfe1 bc4 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Qd3= 0.19; 12.Rad1 c5 13.e4 cd4 14.Bd4 b5 15.Rfe1 bc4 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Qd3= 0.19; 12.Rac1 c5 13.e4 d5 14.ed5 ed5 15.bc5 bc5 16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.dc5+= 0.28; 12.Rfe1 c5 13.e4 cd4 14.Bd4 Rfd8 15.Rad1 e5 16.Bc3 b5 17.cb5= 0.16; 12.Bc3 c5 13.e4 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.bc5 bc5 16.Rfb1 Bc6 17.Ne4= –0.09) 12...c5 13.e4 cd4 14.Bd4 Rfd8 15.Rac1 d5 16.ed5 ed5 17.Re1+= 0.44; B) 11...c5 12.Rac1 (12.Rfd1 cd4 13.Nd4 a6 14.e4 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.Qd3 Bh6 17.N4b3+= 0.28; 12.Rad1 d5 13.dc5 bc5 14.bc5 Nc5 15.Bd4 Qe7 16.cd5 Bd5 17.Rc1+= 0.28; 12.Rfc1 cd4 13.Bd4 Qc7 14.e4 d5 15.ed5 Bd5 16.Bd3 Bc6 17.Re1= 0.13; 12.e4 d5 13.ed5 ed5 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.bc5 bc5 16.Rab1 Qc7 17.dc5= 0.22; 12.dc5 bc5 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.e4 Rfd8 15.Rab1 d5 16.cd5 ed5 17.e5+= 0.31) 12...cd4 13.Bd4 Qc7 14.Rfd1 e5 15.Bb2 a5 16.Bd3 ab4 17.ab4+= 0.38.

10.Qc2 Rc8 11.c5 dc5 (11...Nd5 12.Ba3 Nb8 13.Rab1 f5 14.Nc4 a6 15.Rfc1 Bc6 16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Bb2= 0.13; 11...bc5 12.dc5 Bd5 13.Rfb1 e5 14.e4 Be6 15.c6 Nb6 16.a4 Rb8 17.a5+– 0.91; 11...Nb8 12.Rfd1 (12.a3 dc5 13.bc5 Qd5 14.Bd3 bc5 15.dc5 Rfd8 16.Bf6 Qd3 17.Qb2= 0.16; 12.Rab1 a6 13.e4 Nh5 14.b5 Nf4 15.Bc4 d5 16.c6 Ba8 17.Ba3=+ –0.56; 12.Rad1 bc5 13.bc5 Nc6 14.Rb1 Rb8 15.Ba3 Qd7 16.Rb2 Ba8 17.Bb5+– 0.72; 12.Rfb1 dc5 13.dc5 Qe7 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Rab1 h6 16.e4 a6 17.a4+= 0.69; 12.Rfc1 a6 13.a3 dc5 14.dc5 Qe7 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.Ne5 Qe8 17.Rac1+= 0.53) 12...bc5 13.dc5 Qe7 14.e4 Rfd8 15.Rab1 a6 16.a4 Rd7 17.b5+– 0.78) 12.dc5 bc5 13.bc5 Ba8 14.Rad1 (14.Rab1 Rb8 15.c6 Nb6 16.e4 Qe7 17.a4+– 0.91) 14...Bc6 (14...Qe8 15.e4 Rd8 16.Bb5 c6 17.Be2+– 0.75) 15.Nb3 (better 15.Nd4 A) 15...Nb8 16.Nc6 (16.Nc4+– Qe7 17.Nc6+– 0.78) 16...Nc6 17.Qa4+– 1.44; B) 15...Ba8 16.Nb5 c6 17.Nd6+– 1.22) 15...Nd5?? (better 15...Rb8= 16.Ne5 Bd5 17.f3+= 0.59; 15...Qe7 16.Rd2 Rfd8 17.Nfd4+= 0.28) 16.Bg7+– Kg7 17.e4?? (better 17.Na5 Ba8 18.c6+–) 17...N5f6 18.Ne5?? (better 18.Ng5 Qe7 19.Nd4+–) 18...Be4=+ (18...Ne5? 19.Rd8 Rfd8 20.Qc3+–) 19.Qc3 Bd5 20.Ng4 c6 21.Ba6 Rb8 22.Na5 Kg8?? (better 22...Qe7 23.Nb7 e5–/+) 23.Nc6+– Qc7 (23...Bc6 24.Rd7! Ng4 25.Rd8 Rfd8 26.Be2+–) 24.Ne7 (worse 24.Nf6 Nf6 25.Nb8 Ne4+–) 24...Kg7 25.Nd5 ed5 26.Rd5 Qc6?? (26...Qf4 27.Rd7 Qg4+–) 27.Rd7 (27.Rd7 Rbd8 28.Bb5+–) 1–0. Patarcic,Domagoj (2030) – Lacic,Stjepan (1945), 15th Open, Bosnjaci CRO, 2010.

10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Rad1 A) 11...Qe7 12.b5 (12.a3 c5 13.e4 cd4 14.Bd4 b5 15.Rfe1 bc4 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Qd3= 0.19; 12.Qd3 c5 13.b5 a6 14.ba6 Ba6 15.e4 cd4 16.Nd4 Nc5 17.Qf3= –0.06; 12.Qa4 a6 13.Bd3 e5 14.de5 Ne5 15.Ne5 de5 16.e4 Rcd8 17.Qb3= 0.03; 12.Bd3 c5 13.Qa4 cd4 14.ed4 a6 15.Rfe1 Nh5 16.b5 Nf4 17.Be4= 0.13; 12.e4 c5 13.a3 Rfd8 14.Rfe1 cd4 15.Bd4 e5 16.Bc3 b5 17.cb5= 0.16) 12...c6 13.Qa4 cb5 14.cb5 Bd5 15.Bd3 Rc7 16.e4 Ba8 17.Rc1+– 0.78; B) 11...a5 12.ba5 (12.b5 c5 13.bc6 Bc6 14.a4 Qe7 15.Rb1 d5 16.Qb3 Qb4 17.Qb4= 0.25; 12.a3 ab4 13.ab4 c5 14.Ra1 Qc7 15.Ra7 Ra8 16.Rfa1 Ra7 17.Ra7+= 0.28) 12...ba5 13.c5 Bc6 14.e4 Rb8 15.Bc3 a4 16.d5 ed5 17.cd6+= 0.63; C) 11...a6 12.a4 (12.a3 c5 13.e4 cb4 14.ab4 d5 15.e5 Nh5 16.c5 bc5 17.bc5= 0.00; 12.c5 Nd5 13.a3 bc5 14.dc5 Bb2 15.Qb2 Qf6 16.Qf6 N7f6 17.Rc1+= 0.50; 12.Qd3 c5 13.a3 cd4 14.ed4 Bc6 15.Rfe1 d5 16.c5 Ng4 17.Qb3+= 0.38; 12.e4 c5 13.a3 cb4 14.ab4 d5 15.e5 Nh5 16.c5 Nf4 17.Nb3= 0.09) 12...c5 13.dc5 bc5 14.b5 ab5 15.cb5 Ra8 16.Ra1 Bf3 17.Nf3+= 0.53; D) 11...h6 12.c5 (12.a3 c5 13.e4 Qc7 14.dc5 bc5 15.b5 Rfd8 16.Rfe1 Ne4 17.Bg7= 0.13; 12.Qd3 c5 13.dc5 bc5 14.b5 d5 15.Bc3 Qe7 16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.Qc2= –0.12; 12.e4 c5 13.dc5 bc5 14.b5 Qb6 15.Rfe1 Rfd8 16.a4 Ne4 17.Bg7= 0.09; 12.Qa4 a6 13.a3 c5 14.dc5 bc5 15.Rfe1 Qc7 16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.Qc2= 0.00; 12.Nb3 Qe7 13.a3 Be4 14.Qc3 c5 15.Nbd2 Bb7 16.Qd3 cd4 17.ed4= 0.16) 12...Nd5 13.Ba3 bc5 14.bc5 dc5 15.Nb3 Nb4 16.Qd2 Ba6 17.Ba6+– 0.81; E) 11...c5 12.dc5 (12.a3 cd4 13.Nd4 a6 14.e4 b5 15.N4b3 d5 16.ed5 bc4 17.Na5= 0.09; 12.Qa4 Qc7 13.dc5 bc5 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Rc1 Qb6 16.Rfd1 a6 17.Rb1= 0.16; 12.b5 cd4 13.ed4 Nd5 14.Qa4 Nf4 15.Rfe1 Ne2 16.Re2 Qc7 17.Qa3= 0.03; 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.dc5 dc5 14.b5 Rfd8 15.Bd3 Ra8 16.e4 a6 17.ba6= –0.03; 12.bc5 bc5 13.Rfe1 Rb8 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.e4 cd4 16.Bd4 Bc6 17.Red1= 0.00) 12...bc5 13.b5 d5 14.Bd3 Qa5 15.Bc3 Qb6 16.a4 Rfd8 17.a5+= 0.28.

10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Rfd1 A) 11...a6 12.Bc3 (12.e4 c5 13.dc5 dc5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Bd3 Rfd8 16.Rab1 Qf4 17.bc5= 0.03; 12.a3 c5 13.dc5 dc5 14.e4 Qe7 15.Rab1 Rfd8 16.Bd3 cb4 17.ab4+= 0.38; 12.Qd3 c5 13.dc5 dc5 14.b5 ab5 15.cb5 Qc7 16.Nc4 Bd5 17.Rac1= 0.22) 12...c5 13.dc5 dc5 14.b5 ab5 15.cb5 Qe7 16.e4 Ra8 17.Rac1+= 0.41; B) 11...Qe7 12.a3 (12.e4 c5 13.a3 cd4 14.Bd4 b5 15.Ba7 bc4 16.e5 Ne8 17.ed6= –0.03; 12.Qa4 a6 13.Bd3 e5 14.d5 b5 15.cb5 e4 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Bg7=+ –0.47; 12.Rab1 c5 13.dc5 bc5 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Qa4 a6 16.Qa5 d5 17.cd5= 0.25; 12.Bd3 c5 13.Qa4 cd4 14.ed4 a6 15.b5 ab5 16.Qb5 d5 17.Rdc1= –0.09) 12...c5 13.e4 cd4 14.Bd4 d5 15.ed5 ed5 16.Re1 dc4 17.Bc4+= 0.44; C) 11...h6 12.c5 (12.a3 c5 13.e4 cd4 14.Bd4 Qc7 15.Qd3 Rfd8 16.Qe3 Ne5 17.Ne5= 0.25; 12.Qd3 c5 13.dc5 bc5 14.b5 d5 15.a4 Qe7 16.Rac1 e5 17.Qa3= 0.06; 12.Qa4 a6 13.Nb3 Ne4 14.Rab1 c5 15.bc5 bc5 16.Na5 Ba8 17.Bd3= 0.03; 12.e4 c5 13.a3 cd4 14.Bd4 d5 15.ed5 ed5 16.Qb3 Re8 17.Re1+= 0.38; 12.Bc3 c5 13.e4 cb4 14.Bb4 Qc7 15.Rab1 Rfd8 16.Rb3 Nh5 17.Bf1= 0.16) 12...Nd5 13.Ba3 bc5 14.bc5 dc5 15.Rab1 Rb8 16.Bc5 Nc5 17.Qc5+= 0.56; D) 11...Re8 12.e4 (12.a3 c5 13.e4 Qc7 14.dc5 bc5 15.h3 Red8 16.Bd3 d5 17.cd5= 0.22; 12.Qa4 a6 13.Nb3 Qe7 14.Rab1 e5 15.a3 ed4 16.Nbd4 c5 17.Nc2= 0.03; 12.Qd3 c5 13.dc5 dc5 14.b5 Qc7 15.Qc2 Rcd8 16.Bd3 e5 17.e4= 0.16; 12.c5 Nd5 13.a3 bc5 14.dc5 Bb2 15.Qb2 dc5 16.e4 Qf6 17.e5= 0.06; 12.Rab1 c5 13.dc5 bc5 14.b5 Rb8 15.e4 Qb6 16.Bd3 d5 17.h3= 0.22) 12...c5 13.bc5 dc5 14.e5 Nh5 15.Ne4 cd4 16.Bd4 Nf4 17.Nd6+= 0.44; E) 11...c5 12.b5 (12.a3 cd4 13.Bd4 b5 14.Ba7 bc4 15.Bd4 c3 16.Nc4 Be4 17.Bd3= –0.06; 12.Qa4 cd4 13.Bd4 Qc7 14.Rac1 a6 15.a3 e5 16.Bb2 Rfe8 17.Qc2= 0.22; 12.Qd3 cb4 13.Qb3 a5 14.a3 ba3 15.Ba3 Qc7 16.Bd3 Rfe8 17.e4=+ –0.50; 12.dc5 bc5 13.a3 Qb6 14.Rab1 Rb8 15.Qd3 Qc7 16.Bc3 Rfd8 17.Rb2= 0.22) 12...cd4 13.ed4 Nh5 14.Qa4 Nf4 15.Bf1 Rc7 16.g3 Nh5 17.Bg2+= 0.31.

10.Qc2 Rc8 11.e4 A) 11...a5 12.b5 (12.ba5 ba5 13.c5 Rb8 14.Rfb1 dc5 15.e5 Nd5 16.dc5 Nb4 17.Qa4= –0.09; 12.c5 bc5 13.bc5 Rb8 14.Rfb1 dc5 15.e5 Nd5 16.dc5 Nb4 17.Qa4= –0.09; 12.a3 c5 13.dc5 bc5 14.b5 d5 15.Rab1 Ne4 16.Ne4 de4 17.Nd2= 0.09) 12...c6 13.bc6 Bc6 14.Ba3 Ne8 15.Qd3 Qc7 16.e5 de5 17.Bf8+= 0.41; B) 11...Qe7 12.Rfd1 (12.a3 c5 13.Rad1 cd4 14.Bd4 b5 15.Rfe1 bc4 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Qd3= 0.19; 12.Qd3 c5 13.a3 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Qe3 Nd2 16.Nd2 f6 17.ef6= 0.25; 12.Rfe1 c5 13.a3 cd4 14.Bd4 Rfd8 15.Rad1 e5 16.Bc3 b5 17.cb5= 0.16; 12.Rad1 c5 13.a3 cd4 14.Bd4 b5 15.Rfe1 bc4 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Qd3= 0.19; 12.Bd3 a6 13.Rad1 c5 14.Qb3 cd4 15.Bd4 Ng4 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Rfe1= 0.25) 12...c5 13.a3 cd4 14.Bd4 d5 15.ed5 ed5 16.Re1 dc4 17.Bc4+= 0.44; C) 11...c5 12.bc5 (12.a3 d5 13.e5 Nh5 14.dc5 Nf4 15.Rfe1 bc5 16.Bf1 Qe7 17.g3= 0.09; 12.Bc3 Qc7 13.bc5 bc5 14.Rab1 cd4 15.Bd4 Rfd8 16.Rb2 Nc5 17.Bd3= 0.03) 12...bc5 13.Rab1 Qe7 14.e5 de5 15.de5 Ng4 16.Ne1 f5 17.h3+= 0.41; D) 11...a6 12.c5 (12.Rad1 c5 13.a3 cb4 14.ab4 d5 15.e5 Nh5 16.c5 Nf4 17.Nb3= 0.09; 12.Rfd1 c5 13.dc5 dc5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Bd3 Rfd8 16.h3 Qf4 17.Rab1= 0.00; 12.a3 Nh5 13.Bd3 Nf4 14.Rae1 c5 15.Re3 cd4 16.Bd4 Bd4 17.Nd4= 0.00; 12.Rab1 c5 13.bc5 bc5 14.e5 Ne8 15.ed6 Nd6 16.Rfd1 cd4 17.Bd4= 0.09; 12.Rfe1 c5 13.a3 cd4 14.Bd4 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.Qd3 Ne5 17.Qe3= 0.25) 12...Nb8 13.Rfd1 d5 14.e5 Nfd7 15.b5 ab5 16.Bb5 Bc6 17.Bc6= 0.25.

10.a3 c5+=.

10.Qc2 a5 11.a3 e5= 12.de5 (12.d5 Qe7=) 12...Ne5 13.Ne5 de5 14.c5 (14.Bc3 Qc6 15.Nf3 Rfe8=) 14...Qc6 15.Bf3 e4 16.Be2 bc5 (16...Nd5 17.Bg7 (worse 17.Ne4 Ne3 18.fe3 Bb2 19.Qb2 Qe4=+) 17...Kg7 18.Ne4 ab4 19.ab4 Nb4 20.Qc3 f6 21.Bf3+=) 17.b5 Qe6 (better 17...Qb6!?=) 18.Nb3+– Nd7 (18...c4 19.Nc5 Qb6 20.Bc4+–) 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Na5 (better 20.Nc5!? Nc5 21.Qc5+–) 20...Bd5= 21.Rfd1 Nb6 (21...Rfd8 22.Rac1=) 22.Qc5+= f5?? (better 22...Qf6 23.Nc6 Bc6 24.Qc6 Qc6 25.bc6 Ra4+=) 23.Qc7+– Rf7 24.Qc5 Rc8 (24...Rd7 25.Nc6 Na4 26.Qd4 Kh6 27.Bc4+–) 25.Nc6! f4 (25...Bc6 26.Qd4 Double attack (26.Qb6 Decoy; 26.Qb6 Interception)) 26.ef4 (26.Qb6 Bc6 27.ef4 Rf4 28.bc6 Rc6 29.Qd4 Rf6+–) 26...Rf4 (26...Bc6 27.Qb6 Bd7 28.Rd6+–) 27.Qb6 Rcf8 (27...Bc6 28.bc6 Rc6 29.Qd4 Rf6+–) 28.Qd4 Kh6 29.Qd5 Qf6 30.Qe5 (better 30.Qc5 Qb2 31.Qe3 Kg7+–) 30...Qh4 31.g3 (31.g3 Qg5 32.Qg5 Kg5 33.gf4 Kf4 34.b6+–) 1–0. Ingbrandt,J (2355) – Paulsson,Daniel (1855), Deltalift Open, 2017. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Qe8)

10.Qc2 a5 11.b5 e5 12.a4 ed4 13.Nd4 Nc5 14.Bf3 Nfe4 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Be4 Qe4 17.Rfd1?? (better 17.Qe4 Ne4 18.Rfd1=) 17...Qc2-+ 18.Nc2 Bb2 19.Ra2 Bg7 20.Nd4 Rae8 21.Nc6 f5 22.g3 g5 23.Rd5 Re4 24.Nd4 Bd4 25.ed4 (25.Rd4 Nb3 26.Rd5 Rc4-+) 25...Nd7 (25...Nd3 26.Kg2-+) 26.c5 (26.Kg2-+) 26...bc5 27.dc5 Nc5 28.b6 cb6 29.Rd6 Na4 30.f3 Rb4 31.Kg2 g4 32.h3 gf3 33.Kf3 Nc3 Black plans a4 34.Rc2 Ne4 (better 34...Nb5!? 35.Rdd2 Nd4 36.Rd4 Rd4 37.Ke3 Re4 38.Kf3-+) 35.Rd3 a4 36.h4 Rb3 (better 36...b5!? 37.Rc7-+) 37.Rb3 ab3 38.Rb2 Nc5 39.Kf4 (39.g4-+) 39...Ra8 (39...Nd3 40.Ke3 Nb2 41.Kd2 Na4 42.Ke2 b2 43.Kd3 b1Q 44.Ke2 Re8 45.Kf2 Qe1 46.Kg2 Re2 47.Kf3 Qf2) 40.Kf5 Ra2 41.Rb1 b2 42.g4 Nb3 43.Rd1 (43.Kf6 Nd2 44.Rb2 Rb2-+) 43...Nd2! 44.Rd2 b1Q 45.Kg5 (45.Rd3 Qd3 46.Kf4 Re2 47.h5 Qe3 48.Kf5 Rf2) 45...Rd2 46.Kh5 (46.Kf4 Qe1 47.h5 Rf2 48.Kg5 Qe3 49.Kh4 Rh2) 46…Qg6 0-1. miskob (2180) - PeterBolwerk (2395), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020. (=1.b4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.d4 Nbd7)

10.Qc2 a5 11.c5 c6 (11...ab4? 12.c6 Ba6 13.cd7 Qd7 14.Nc4+-) 12.a3 ab4 13.ab4 Nd5+=.

10.Qc2 c5 11.bc5 (11.a3 a6+=) 11...bc5 12.d5 (12.Rab1 Rb8+=) 12...e5 (12...e6 13.e4=) 13.de6 (13.Rab1 Rb8+=) 13...Qe6 (13...fe6 14.Rab1 Rb8 15.e4=) 14.Ng5 (14.Rab1 Rab8=) 14...Qe7 15.Bf3 Rab8 16.Rab1 Ne5 17.Be5 de5 (worse is 17...Qe5 18.Nh7 Ng4 19.Bg4 Kh7 20.Qa4+/–) 18.Bb7 Rb7 19.Rb7 Qb7 20.Nge4 (20.Rb1 Qe7=) 20...Nd7 (20...Qc6 21.Nf6 Bf6 22.Qe4=) 21.Rb1+= Qc6 22.Nc3 f5 23.Nd5 Bf6 24.e4 f4 25.Qd3 Bd8 26.Qa3 a5 27.Rb5 Qe6 28.f3 g5 29.Nb3 g4 30.Na5 Qa6 31.Qd3?? Ba5= 32.Ne7 Kh8 33.Qd7 Rd8 34.Qb7 Rd1 35.Kf2 Be1?? 36.Ke2+– Qa2? 37.Rb2 Rd2 38.Ke1 Qb2 39.Qc8 Kg7 40.Nf5 Kf7 41.Qc7 (41.Qc7 Rd7 42.Qd7 Kf8 43.Qe7 Kg8 44.Qe8#) 1–0. Radziewicz,I (2420) – Rapcsak,A, Eu Youth gu18, 1998.

10.Qc2 e5 11.d5=.

10.a3 c5 11.dc5 (11.Qc2 cd4 12.Bd4 Qc7=) 11...bc5 12.b5 Qc7 (12...a6 13.Qc2=) 13.a4 (13.Qc2 Rab8=) 13...a6 (13...Rad8 14.Qc2+=) 14.Qb3 (14.Bc3 d5+=) 14...Ra7 (14...Reb8 15.Rfb1+=) 15.Bc3 (15.a5 Raa8+–) 15...Ne4 (15...a5!?+=) 16.Ne4 (16.Bg7 Kg7 17.a5 Nd2 18.Qc3 Nf6 19.Nd2 Qd7+–) 16...Be4 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Nd2 Bb7 19.Bf3 (19.a5!? Raa8 20.Qc3 Nf6 21.b6+–) 19...Bf3+= 20.Nf3 Rea8 21.Rab1 (21.Qc3 Kg8+=) 21...ab5 (21...Qa5 22.Rb2=) 22.ab5 Qb6 (22...Nb6 23.Nd2=) 23.Rb2 (23.Ra1 Qb7=) 23...Ra3= 24.Qc2 Qa5 25.Rc1 (25.Qe4 Qd8=) 25...Ra7 26.Nd2 Ne5 (26...Qb6 27.Rd1=) 27.Nb3 (27.b6 Rb7 28.Rcb1 Rc3=+) 27...Qc7 28.f4 Ng4 (28...Nd7 29.f5=) 29.Qe2 (29.e4 Qb6+=) 29...Nf6= 30.Nd2 (30.e4 Nd7=) 30...Qb7 (30...Qb6=) 31.Qd1 (better 31.e4!?=) 31...Re3–/+ 32.Ra1 Rea3 33.Ra3 Ra3 34.Qc2 (34.Qc1 Qb6–/+) 34...Ra5 (34...Ra1 35.Rb1 Rb1 36.Qb1–/+) 35.Nb3 (35.Rb1 Qb6=+) 35...Ra4 36.Ra2?? (36.Rb1 Qa8–/+) 36...Qa7?? (better 36...Ra2 37.Qa2 Qe4–+) 37.Ra4–/+ Qa4 38.Qc3 Qa7 (38...Kg8 39.Qd3–/+) 39.Qa5 (39.Na5 Qd7=+) 39...Qb7 (39...Qd7 40.Qe1–/+) 40.Nd2 (40.Qe1 h6=+) 40…Ne4 (40...Ne4 41.Qa6 Qd7 42.Ne4 Qe6 43.Qa1 f6+–) 0–1. Fournier,Frederic (1865) – Czentovic (1735), Active, 2007.

10.a4 a6 11.Re1 e5 12.de5 Ne5 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.h3 Nf3 15.Nf3 Be4 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 c6 18.Ng5 Bf5 19.Bf6 Bf6 20.Nf3 Bg7 21.Nh2 Qe7 22.g4 Be6 23.Bf3 c5 24.Bc6 Rf8 25.bc5 dc5 26.Qe2 Qh4 27.Bg2 Bc3 28.Rf1 f5 29.Nf3 Qf6 30.g5 Qe7 31.Qc2 Bb4 32.h4 Qf7 33.Ne5 Qe8 34.Rd8 Qd8 35.Rd1 Qe8 36.Rd6 Ba5 37.Bc6 Qe7 38.Qd1 Rd8 39.Rd8 Kg7 40.Re8 Qc7 41.Re6 Normal 1-0. iamdudum (1865) - alirezachess (1785), Rated Classical game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.b4 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.c4 0-0)

10.a4 e5 11.Nb3 ed4 12.ed4 (12.Nfd4 a6=) 12...Ne4 (12...d5 13.c5=) 13.Qc2 c5 14.bc5 dc5 (14...bc5 15.Rfe1=) 15.d5+= Bb2 16.Qb2 Qf6 17.Qf6 ½-½. Briem,Stephan (2035) - Johannesson,I (2315), TCh-ISL Premier, 2022. (=1.d4 E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.b4 d6 8.Bb2 Nbd7)

10.a4 e5 11.b5 ed4 12.ed4 Ne4 13.Bd3 (13.Ne4!? Re4 14.Re1+=) 13...Nd2= 14.Nd2 Qg5 15.f3?? (15.Nf3 Qf4 16.Qd2 Qd2 17.Nd2=) 15...Re3 (better 15...Qe3 16.Rf2 Qd3-+) 16.Qc2 (16.Be4 Rb8 17.Bb7 Rb7 18.Ne4+-) 16...Rae8= 17.d5?? (17.Rf2 c5 18.bc6 Bc6=) 17...Nc5 (better 17...Bb2 18.Qb2 Rd3-+) 18.Bg7? (18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Be4 f5 20.Bg7 fe4= (20...R8e4?? 21.fe4 Kg7 22.ef5+-)) 18...Kg7?? (better 18...Rd3!? 19.f4 Qg4-+) 19.Be4 (19.Ne4 Qf4 20.Qb2 Qe5 21.Qe5 Re5 22.Nc5 bc5 23.Rad1+=) 19...Ne4?? (better 19...Re2 20.Qc3 Kg8-/+) 20.Ne4+/- Qf5 21.Qd2 Rb3? (21...Qf4 22.g3 Qh6 23.Qb2 Kf8 24.a5+/-) 22.Qd4 (better 22.Rae1 Re5 23.Qc2+-) 22...Qe5+/- 23.Qe5 Re5 24.Rfb1 (24.a5 f5 25.Ng5 Re7+/-) 24...Rb1+= 25.Rb1 h6 26.Kf2 f5 27.Ng3 Bc8 28.Re1 Kf6 29.Re5 (29.f4 Re1 30.Ke1 g5+=) 29...Ke5= 30.Ne2 a6 (30...f4!? 31.Ke1 a5=) 31.Ke3+= ab5 32.ab5 Bd7 33.f4 Kf6 34.g3 g5 35.Kd4 gf4 (35...g4 36.Ng1+=) 36.Nf4+/- Be8? (36...Bc8 37.Ke3+/-) 37.h4?? (better 37.Ne6+-) 37...Bf7+/- 38.Ke3 Kg7 39.Kd4 Kf8?? (39...Kf6 40.Nd3 Bh5+/-) 40.Nd3 (better 40.Ne6 Ke8 41.Nc7 Kd7 42.Na8+-) 40...Ke7+/- 41.Nf4 Kd8?? (41...Kf6 42.Kd3+/-) 42.Nd3 (better 42.Ne6!? Kd7 43.Ng7+-) 42...Ke7+/- 43.Nf4 Kf6 44.Nd3 (44.Kd3 Ke7+/-) 44...Be8 (better 44...Ke7!?=) 45.Nf4 (better 45.Ke3!?+/-) 45…Bf7= ½-½. Gehaktbalmetjus (2145) - rechkalov87 (2170), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

10.a4 e5 11.d5 Qe7 12.e4 Nh5 13.g3 f5 (13...a5 14.ba5 Ra5 15.Nb3=) 14.Bd3 (14.ef5 a5+/-) 14...f4 15.g4 Nhf6 16.h3 h5 17.g5 (better 17.gh5 Nh5 18.a5+=) 17...Ng4?? (better 17...Nh7=) 18.hg4 hg4 19.Nh2 Qg5 20.Qg4 (20.Ng4?! f3 21.Qf3 Qd2=) 20...Qh6?? (20...Qg4 21.Ng4 a5 22.c5 bc5 23.Bb5+-) 21.f3 (better 21.Qd7 Qg5 22.Kh1+-) 21...Nf6 22.Qg2 a5 23.b5 Kf7 24.Ng4 Qh4 25.Nf6 Bf6 26.Qg4 Qh6 27.Kf2 Bc8 28.Qg2 (better 28.Qg1!?+-) 28...Bh3+/- 29.Qh2 Bh4 30.Ke2 Bf1 31.Nf1 g5 32.Bc3 g4 33.fg4 Rh8 34.Kf3 (better 34.Kd1+-) 34...Qg5 35.Qg2 Rag8 36.Rb1 Bg3 37.c5?? (better 37.Ke2=+) 37…Qg4 0-1. miskob (2185) - A1986_ADDOO (2235), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021. (=1.b4 E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3 1...d6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 0-0 6.Nf3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Nbd7)

10.Qb3 c5 11.b5 cd4 12.Bd4 Nc5 13.Qb2 e5 14.Bc3 Nfd7 15.a4 f5 16.Rfd1 e4 17.Bg7 ef3 18.Bf3 Nd3 19.Qc3 N3e5 20.Bb7 Kg7 21.Ba8 Qa8 22.f4 1–0. Orang4Utan (1820) – Bultenaar (1780), lichess.org, 2020.

10.Nb3 c5= 11.bc5 dc5 12.dc5 bc5 13.h3 (13.Rb1 Rb8=) 13...Qc7 14.Nh2 (14.Bd3 Qd6=) 14...Rad8=+ 15.Bf3 (15.Qc2 Be4 16.Bd3 Bd3 17.Qd3 Nb6=+) 15...Ne5 16.Qe2 Nf3 17.Nf3 Ne4 (17...e5!?=+) 18.Bg7= Kg7 19.Qb2 (19.Rfd1 e5 20.Qb2 f6=) 19...f6 20.Rad1 Ba8 (20...e5 21.Qc2=) 21.Rd8 Rd8 22.Nbd2 (22.Rb1 e5=) 22...Kf7 23.Rb1 Qd7 24.Nf1 Qd3 25.Rc1 Bc6=+ 26.Qc2 Qa3 27.Rb1= Qa5 28.Rb2 Rd7 29.N1d2 Nd2 30.Nd2 Ba4 31.Nb3 Qd8 32.Qe2 Rd1= 33.Kh2 Qc7 34.g3+= Rd8 35.Rd2 Rb8 36.Qd3 Bb3 37.ab3 Rb7 38.Kg2 e6 39.h4 Ke7 40.Rb2 Qc6 41.f3 Rd7 42.Qc2 Rb7 43.h5 Kf7 44.hg6 hg6 45.Qc3 Qb6 46.g4 Qb4 47.Qb4= Rb4 48.Kg3 Ke7 49.f4 a5=+ 50.Ra2 Rb3 51.Ra5 Re3 52.Kf2 Re4 53.Rc5 Rf4–/+ 54.Kg3 g5 55.Rc8 Kd7 56.Rc5 Re4 57.Kf3–+ Rd4 58.Kg3–/+ Kd6 59.Rc8 Rf4 60.c5 Kd7 61.Ra8 Rc4 62.Ra7 Kc6 63.Ra6 Kd5 64.Rd6 Ke5 65.Rc6 Rc3 66.Kf2 f5 67.gf5 ef5 68.Rg6 Kf4 69.c6–/+ Rc2 70.Ke1 g4 71.Kd1 Rc5 72.Ke2 g3 73.Kd3 Kf3 74.Kd4 Rc1 75.Kd5 g2 76.Kd6 g1Q 77.Rg1 Rg1 78.c7 Rc1 79.Kd7 Ke4 80.c8Q Rc8 (81.Ke6 f4–+) 0–1. Ruhle,Ernst Albrecht – Steglich,Walter, Wch Seniors Bad Wildbad, 1993.

10.Nb3 c5 11.bc5 dc5 12.d5 b5 (12...e6!?=) 13.cb5+= Bd5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Bc4 Bc4 16.Rc4 Qb6 17.a4 a6 18.ba6 (18.Bf6 Nf6 19.ba6 Qa6+=) 18...Qa6= 19.Qc2 (19.Nfd2 Red8=) 19...Nb6+= 20.Rc5 Qa4 (20...Na4 21.Rc8 Rc8 22.Qb1=) 21.Rc8 Rc8 22.Qd3 ½–½. Knight,Timothy – Carlucci,Paul A, Guernsey GCI, 2011.

10.b5 a6+=.

10.Rc1 a5 11.b5 e5 12.de5 de5 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.h3 h6 16.Qb3 Nc5 Black prepares the advance e4 17.Qc2 Nfe4 18.Ba3 Nd2 19.Nd2 f5 20.Bf3 (20.e4!?=) 20...e4=+ 21.Be2 Be5 (21...f4!?=+) 22.Nb3+= Bd6 23.Nd4 (23.Nc5 Bc5 24.Bc5 Qc5+=) 23...Qe5 24.g3 g5 Black intends f4 (24...Qf6!?=) 25.Bb2+= Qe7? (25...Rd7 26.Nb3 Qe6 27.Nc5 Bc5 28.Rd7 Qd7 29.Rd1+=) 26.Nb3 (better 26.Nf5 Qh7 27.Nd6 cd6 28.Bf6+-) 26...Na4 27.Ba1 f4 (27...Nc5 28.Rd2=) 28.c5 (28.Na5!? ba5 29.Qa4 fg3 30.fg3 Bg3 31.Qa5+=) 28...Nc5= 29.Bc4 Kh7 30.ef4 gf4 31.g4 Nd3?? (better 31...Qh4!? 32.Bf1 Nb3 33.Qb3 Rd7-/+) 32.Bd3?? (better 32.Rd3 Qh4 33.Nd2+-) 32...ed3= 33.Qd3 Be4 34.Qc3 Rg8?? (34...Bb4 35.Qc4 Rd1 36.Rd1 f3+=) 35.Nd4?? (better 35.Re1 h5 36.Nd2+-) 35...Qh4-/+ 36.Re1?? (36.Nf3 Rg4! 37.hg4 Qg4 38.Kh2 Qh5 39.Kg1 Rg8 40.Kf1 Qb5 41.Qc4 Qc4 42.Rc4 Bf3 43.Rd6 cd6 44.Rf4-+) 36...Rg4-+ 37.Kf1 Bg2 (better 37...f3 38.Nf3 Qh3 39.Ke2 Bf3 40.Qf3 Re8 41.Qe3 Re3 42.fe3-+) 38.Ke2 f3! (38...Bh3?! 39.Qd3 Rg6 40.Kd1-+; 38...Qh3?! 39.Qh3 Bh3 40.Nc6 f3 41.Kd3-+) 39.Kd1 (39.Nf3 Re8 Double attack (39...Bh3 Zwischenzug)) 39...Rd4! (39...Qh3 40.Qd3 Kg8 41.Ne6+-) 40.Qd4 Bb4 (better 40...Bc5 41.Qd8 Qd8 42.Kc2 Qd5-+) 41.Rc7 Kg6 42.Re6 (42.Rg7 Kf5 43.Re5 Kf6 44.Qd8 Kg7 45.Rg5 Kf7 46.Rg7 Ke6 47.Qd7) 42...Kh5 43.Re5 Kg6 44.Rc6 (better 44.Rg5! Qg5 45.Rg7 Kh5 46.Rg5 hg5 47.Qd8 Bh3 48.Bf6+-) 44...Kf7 45.Rf5 Kg8?? (better 45...Ke8 46.Re6 Be7+/-) 46.Rd5 (46.Rd5 Qd4 47.Rd4 Rd4 48.Bd4 Bh3 49.Rb6+-; 46.Rg6 Kh7 47.Rg7 Kh8 48.Rg4 Rd4 49.Bd4 Qf6 50.Rf6 Bh3 51.Rh6) 1-0. bjoernsen (2390) - apollon_hot (2355), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022. (=1.b4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.d4 Bb7 7.Be2 d6 8.0-0 Nbd7)

10.Rc1 c5 11.a3=.

10.Rc1 c5 11.b5 a6 12.a4 (12.ba6 Ra6 13.Qc2 Qa8+=) 12...ab5 (12...cd4 13.ed4 e5 14.de5 de5 15.a5–/+) 13.ab5+= Qc7 14.Qc2 Ra2 (14...cd4 15.ed4 e5 16.Ra1+=) 15.Ra1 Ra1 (15...Rea8 16.Ra2 Ra2 17.Qb3=) 16.Ra1= Ra8 (16...cd4 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.N4b3=) 17.Ra8+= Ba8 18.Qa4 Qc8 19.Qa1 (19.d5 Bb7+=) 19...h6 (19...cd4 20.ed4 Bb7 21.Qa3=) 20.d5+= Bb7 21.Nh4 (21.Bc3 Qa8+=) 21...Qe8 22.Qa7 Qa8 23.Qa8 Ba8 24.Nhf3 (24.f4 Bb7=) 24...Nh7 (24...e6 25.de6 fe6 26.h3=) 25.Bg7 Kg7 26.e4 e5 (26...Nhf6 27.g3=) 27.Nh4 Bb7 28.g3 Ndf6 (28...Ng5 29.f3=) 29.f3 (29.f4 Nd7+=) 29...Bc8 30.f4 ef4 31.gf4 Ng4 ½–½. Fuchs,Klaus Dieter – Bodensohn,Rebekka, Main Vogelsberg op, 2007.

10.Rc1 c5 11.Bc3 cb4 12.Bb4 Qc7=.

10.Rc1 e5 11.c5 bc5 12.bc5 ed4? (better 12...Rb8!? 13.cd6 cd6 14.de5 de5=) 13.c6+/- (13.Bd4?! dc5 14.Bc5 Nc5 15.Rc5 Nd5=) 13...de3 14.fe3 (14.cb7?! ed2 15.ba8R dc1Q 16.Rd8 Qd1 17.Re8 Ne8 18.Bd1 Bb2=) 14...Bc8 15.cd7 Bd7 16.e4! Ne4 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Ne4 Re4 19.Bd3 Re3 20.Qd2 Qe7? (20...Re7 21.Qc3 Kg8 22.Qc7+/-) 21.Rfe1?? (better 21.Rc7 Rd8 22.Bb5+- (worse 22.Ra7 d5+-)) 21...Re8 22.Rc7 (better 22.Re3!? Qe3 23.Qe3 Re3 24.Rc7+/-) 22...Re1= 23.Ne1 Qd8?? (better 23...Qe1 24.Qe1 Re1 25.Kf2 Re7=) 24.Rc1 (24.Qc3 Kg8 25.Nc2 Be6+-) 24...f6 25.Nf3 Qb6 26.Qf2 Re3? (26...Qf2 27.Kf2 Rc8 28.Rc8 Bc8 29.Nd4+/-) 27.Bf1 (better 27.Rb1 Rd3 28.Rb6 Rd1 29.Ne1 ab6 30.Qe2+-) 27...Bg4 28.Kh1 (28.Nd2 Ra3 29.Qb6 ab6+-) 28...Bf3 (28...Rf3!? 29.Qb6 Rf1 (29...ab6? 30.gf3 Bf3 31.Bg2+-) 30.Rf1 ab6+/-) 29.gf3+/- g5 30.Rc7! Kg6?? (30...Qc7 31.Qe3 Deflection) 31.Qc2+- f5 32.Rc6 (better 32.Qc4 Kh6 33.Qf7 Qc7 34.Qc7+-) 32...Qb4 33.Rc4 (33.Qd1 Re6+-) 33...Qe1 34.Kg2 h5 (34...Rf3!? 35.Kf3 Qf1 36.Ke3 Qg1 37.Kd3 Qh1+-) 35.Rd4+- Re6 36.Rd5 Rf6 37.Qd2 (better 37.Bd3 Qe6 38.Qc4+-) 37...Qb1? (better 37...Qd2 38.Rd2 g4+/-) 38.Rd6+- h4 39.Rf6 Kf6 40.h3 (40.Qd4 Kg6 41.Qa7 g4+-) 40...a5? (40...Qb8 41.Qc3 Qe5 42.Qe5 Ke5 43.a3+-) 41.Qd4 (better 41.Qc3!? Kg6 42.Qa5 g4 43.Qa6 Kg5+-) 41...Kg6 42.Qd6 Kg7? (42...Kh5 43.Qd2 Qb6 44.Qd7+-) 43.Qd7 Kf6 44.Qc6 Ke5 45.Qc5 Kf6 46.Qc3 Ke7 47.Qd2 Kf6 48.f4 (48.Qd8 Kg6 49.Qa5 Qb2 50.Kh1 Qf2 51.Qa6 Kg7+-) 48...g4? (48...Qe4 49.Kf2 Qf4 50.Qf4 gf4 51.Kf3+-) 49.Bd3 (49.Qd8 Kg6 50.Qg5 Kf7 51.Bc4 Ke8 52.Qg6 Ke7 53.Qe6 Kd8 54.Qd6 Ke8 55.Qc6 Kd8 56.Qf6 Kc7 57.Qe5 Kd8 58.Qa5 Ke7 59.Qc7 Ke8 60.Qc6 Ke7 61.Qe6 Kd8 62.Qd6 Ke8 63.Qe5 Kd8 64.Qd4 Kc7 65.hg4 fg4 66.Qe5 Kd8 67.Qa5 Kc8 68.Be6 Kb7 69.Qd5 Ka7 70.Qd7 Kb8 71.Qd8 Ka7 72.Qc7 Qb7 73.Qb7 Kb7 74.Bg4 Kc6+-) 49...gh3? (49...Qb7 50.Kg1 Qb6 51.Qf2 Qf2 52.Kf2 g3 53.Ke3 Ke6+-) 50.Kh3?? (better 50.Kh2 Qb7 51.Bc4+-) 50…Qh1 (50...Qh1 51.Qh2 Qf3 52.Kh4 Qg4) 0-1. bjoernsen (2235) - Napo_Leon (2190), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2018. (=1.b4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.Bb2 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.c4 0-0 7.0-0 d6 8.d4 Nbd7)

10.Rc1 e5 11.c5 e4 12.c6+/– ef3 (12...Bc6!? 13.Rc6 Nb8+/–) 13.Bf3+– (13.cd7?! Qd7 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Qf3 d5=) 13...Ba6 14.cd7 Qd7 (14...Re7 15.Ba8 Bf1 16.Qf1 Qa8 17.Rc7 Rd7 18.Rc2+–) 15.Bc6 Qe6? (better is 15...Qc8 16.b5 Bb7 17.Be8 Ne8+–) 16.b5 (16.Ba8?! Ra8 17.Re1 Qa2+–) 16...Bc8 (16...Bb5 17.Bb5 Re7+–) 17.Ba8 d5 (17...Qa2 18.Ba1 Re7 19.d5+–) 18.Rc7 Qf5 (18...Bd7 19.Bc6 Qd6 20.Bd7 Qc7 21.Be8 Ne8 22.Qc1+–) 19.Qc2 (19.Qc2 Qc2 20.Rc2+–) 1–0. Winants,Henri – O'Kelly de Galway,Alberic, Belgian championship, 1957. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 b6 3.b4 g6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.d4 Bg7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c4 Nbd7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8)

10.Qc2 e5 11.c5 bc5!? 12.bc5 Rb8+=.

10.Qc2 e5 11.c5 Bf3 12.Bf3+/– (12.gf3?! ed4 13.c6 Nf8 14.Bd4 Ne6=+) 12...Rb8 13.c6 Nf8 14.de5 de5 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.b5 Rbd8 17.a3 e4 18.Bf6 Bf6 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.Qa4 Ra8 21.Rd3 Ne6 22.Rd7 Nc5? (22...Qh4 23.g3 Qh6+–) 23.Re7 Na4 24.Rc7 Nc3 25.Nc3 Bc3 26.Bd5 Rf8 27.Rd7 Rad8 28.Bf7! Rf7 29.Rd8 Kg7 30.Rc1 Bb2 31.c7 Bc1 32.c8Q Be3 33.Qc3 Bd4 1–0. MT – guest559, ICC, 2004.

10.Qc2 e5 11.d5 a5 12.b5 Nc5 13.Rad1 Bc8 14.e4 Nh5 15.g3 f5 16.Ba3 fe4 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Qe4 Bh6 19.Bc1 Bf5 20.Qh4 Bg7 21.Bg5 Qd7 22.Nd2?? (better 22.g4 Nf4 23.Bf4 ef4 24.gf5 Re2 25.fg6 hg6 26.Rde1+=) 22...h6-+ 23.Be3?? (better 23.Bh6 Bh6 24.Bh5 gh5 25.Qh5-+) 23...Bf6 24.Nf3 (24.Qe4 Be4 25.Ne4 Bg7-+) 24...Bh4 25.Nh4 Kg7 (25...Nf4 26.Rfe1 Ne2 27.Re2-+) 26.f3 (26.Nf5 Qf5 27.g4-+) 26...Bh3 27.Rf2 Nf6 28.g4 Rf8 29.Bd3 (29.g5 hg5 30.Bg5 Rh8-+) 29...Bg4! 30.fg4 (30.Ng6 Bf3! 31.Ne5 de5 32.Rf3 Nh5-+) 30...Ng4 (better 30...Qg4 31.Ng2 Qd1 32.Bf1 Ne4-+) 31.Rg2 Ne3 32.Rg6 Kf7 33.Re1 Ng4 (better 33...Qh3 34.Rg3 Qh4 35.Ree3 Rg8-+) 34.Rf1 Ke8 35.Bf5 Rf5! 36.Rf5 (36.Rf5 Ne3 Double attack (36...Ne3 Decoy); 36.Nf5 Nf6 Decoy) 36...Qe7 37.Re6 Qe6! 38.de6 Ke7 39.Rf7 Ke6 40.Rg7 (40.Rc7 Rf8 41.Ng2 Rg8-+) 40...Ne3 41.Rg6 Kf7 42.Rh6 Nc4 (better 42...Rg8!? 43.Kh1-+) 43.Rh7 Ke6 44.Rc7 d5 45.Nf3? (45.Rc6 Kd7-+) 45...Rg8 46.Kf2 Rf8 47.Ke2 e4 48.Ng5 Ke5 49.Nf7 Kd4 Black prepares e3 50.a4 (50.h4 Na3 51.h5 Nb5-+) 50...e3 51.Re7 Rg8 52.Ne5 (52.h4 Rg2 53.Kf3-+) 52...Rg2 53.Ke1 (53.Kf3 Rf2 54.Kg3 Ne5 55.Rc7-+) 53...Ne5 54.h4 Kd3 55.Re5 (55.Kf1 Rf2 56.Ke1 Nf3 57.Kd1 Rf1) 55…Rg1 0-1. miskob (2185) - Nawazbaig (2235), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

10.Qc2 e5 11.de5 Ne5 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Ne5 de5 14.c5 Bd5 15.e4 Ba2 16.f4 Be6 17.Be5 Rad8 (17...bc5 18.bc5 a5 19.Bb5=) 18.Nf3 Ng4 (18...bc5 19.bc5 Rd1 20.Rd1+= (worse is 20.Qd1 Ne4 21.Bg7 Kg7+=; 20.Bd1?! Bh6=)) 19.Bg7+/– Kg7 20.Nd4 Ne3?? (better is 20...Bd7 21.Qb2 f6 22.Bg4 Bg4+/–) 21.Qc3+– Nd1 (21...f6 22.Qe3 Bd5+–) 22.Ne6 (22.Ne6 Kg8 23.Qg7) 1–0. Janek – Tundja, internet, 2017.

10.b5 Nc5 11.Nc3 h6 12.Ba3 Kh7 13.Bc5 bc5 14.Qc2 Rh8 15.Bd3 Qe7 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4 f5 18.Bf5 gf5 19.Qf5 Kg8 20.g3 Rf8 21.Qe4 Bc8 22.Nh4 Qg5 23.Ng6 Bf5 24.Ne7 Qe7 25.Qg2 e4 26.a4 Ba1 27.Ra1 Qe5 28.Rf1 Qc3 29.g4 Bd7 30.g5 Qg7 31.h4 hg5 32.hg5 Bh3 33.Qg3 Bf1 34.Kf1 Rf3 35.Qg4 Qf8 36.Qe6 Qf7 37.Qc8 Kg7 38.Qg4 Rf2 39.Ke1 Rf1 40.Kd2 Rh2 41.Kc3 Qf5 42.Qg3 Rhf2 43.Qh4 Qg6 44.Qh3 Rf3 45.Qd7 Qf7 46.Qg4 Re3 47.Kd2 Rd3 48.Kc2 Qf2 Time forfeit 0-1. fedorstar (1785) - lidija (1800), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015.

10.b5 Ne8 11.Nbd2 f5 12.e4 f4 13.h3 g5 14.Nh2 Nef6 15.Ng4 Qe8 16.Nf6 Nf6 17.a4 Bc8 18.a5 h5? Black plans g4 (18...Qg6 19.Re1+=) 19.f3 (better 19.ab6!? cb6 20.Ba3+-) 19...Qg6+= Black plans g4 20.Kf2 g4 21.hg4 hg4 22.Rg1 Bh6 23.Kf1 Bg5 24.Rh1 Nh5 25.ab6 (25.Rh2 Nf6+=) 25...cb6 (25...Ng3 26.Kg1 Nh1 27.Ra7 g3-+) 26.Ke1 Ng3 27.Rh2 Rf7 28.Nf1 Rh7 29.c5?? (better 29.Rh7 Qh7 30.Ng3+=) 29...Nf1-+ (29...Ne2?! 30.Rh7 Qh7 31.Qe2 (31.Ke2? Qh1 32.Nd2 Qg2 33.Kd3 bc5-+) 31...bc5 32.fg4=+) 30.Rh7 Qh7?? (better 30...Ne3 31.Qd3 Qh7 32.cb6 Qh1 (32...Ng2?! 33.Kd2-+) 33.Kd2 Qg2-+) 31.Bf1=+ Bh4 32.Ke2 gf3 33.gf3 bc5 34.Kd3 Qb7 35.Kc3 Bf2 36.Bd3 Bd4 37.Kc2 a6 (37...Bb2!? 38.Kb2 Qh7=+) 38.Bd4 cd4 (38...ed4 39.Qg1 Kf8 40.Qg6+- (40.ba6 Qb4 41.Qe1 Qe1 42.Re1 Ba6 43.Ba6 Ra6-/+)) 39.ba6 (39.Ra6 Qc7 40.Rc6 Ra2 41.Kb1-/+) 39...Qc7-/+ 40.Kd2 Qc3 (better 40...Ra6! 41.Ra6 Ba6 42.Qg1 Kf7-+) 41.Ke2= Ra7 (41...Qb2 42.Ke1 Qc3 43.Kf1 Bh3 44.Ke2 Qb2 45.Ke1 Qg2-/+) 42.Rc1+/- Qb2 43.Rc2 Qb8 44.Qc1 Ba6? (better 44...Bd7+/-) 45.Ba6+- Qb6 46.Bd3 Kf7 47.Qh1 Ra3 (47...Kg7+-) 48.Qh7 Kf6 49.Qf5 (better 49.Qh6 Kf7 50.Rc7 Qc7 51.Qh7 Kf6 52.Qc7 Ra2 53.Kd1+-) 49...Ke7 (49...Kg7+-) 50.Qe6 Kd8 (50...Kf8 51.Rc8 Qd8 52.Qf6 Kg8 53.Rd8 Kh7 54.Rh8) 51.Rc8 1-0. miskob (2295) - GirlLollypop (2330), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022.

10.de6 fe6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.a3 Ng4 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.h3 (14.Nd4 Ngf6=) 14...Nge5 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Nf3 (better 16.f4 Nd7 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Qf3=) 16...Nf3-/+ 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.gf3 Qh4 19.Kh2 e5 (19...a5 20.b5-/+) 20.Qd5 Rae8 Black plans e4 21.Qe4 (21.c5 dc5 22.bc5 Re7-/+) 21...Qf6 22.Kg2 b5 (better 22...Rf7-/+) 23.cb5+= d5 (better 23...Rf7!?+=) 24.Qd5+- e4 (24...Rf7 25.Rac1+-) 25.f4 h6 (25...Rf7 26.Rfd1+-) 26.Qc6 (26.Rac1 Rf7+-) 26...Qh4? (better 26...Qc6 27.bc6 Re6+-) 27.Qc7 Rf7 28.Qc3 (28.Qc6!? Ree7+-) 28...Kh7 29.Rad1 g5 30.f5 Rf5?? (30...g4 31.Kg1 gh3=) 31.Rd7 Kg6 32.Rd6 (32.Qg7 Kh5 33.Rd6 Qh3 34.Kh3 Rf3 35.Kh2 Rh8 36.Qh8 Kh4 37.Qh6 Kg4 38.Rg1 Rg3 39.Rg3 Kf5 40.Qg5) 32...Kh5 (32...Kf7 33.Qc6 Rf4+-) 33.Qg7 (33.Qg7 Qh3 34.Kh3 Rf3 35.Kh2 Rf6 36.Rf6 Rb8 37.Kg3 Rb5 38.Rh6) 1-0. Tirza (1785) - devan (2135), Rated Classical tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

10.de6 fe6 11.Nd4 Qe7 12.Bf3 d5 13.cd5 Bd5 14.Bd5 ed5 15.Qf3 (better 15.b5!?=) 15...c5-/+ (worse 15...Qb4 16.Ba3 Qa5 17.Bf8 Rf8 18.Qh3+=) 16.bc5 bc5 (worse 16...Nc5 17.Nc3 Nfe4 18.Qg4=+ (18.Nd5? Qb7 19.Nf4 g5-+)) 17.Nc6? (better 17.Nb3-/+) 17...Qd6 18.Bf6? (18.Na5 Rab8 19.Qd1 Ng4 20.Qg4 Bb2-+) 18...Rf6 (better 18...Bf6 19.Nc3 Bc3 20.Qd5 Qd5 21.Ne7 Kf7 22.Nd5 Ba1 23.Ra1-+) 19.Ne7 (19.Qd5 Kh8 (19...Qd5?! 20.Ne7 Kh8 21.Nd5=) 20.Nb4 cb4 21.Qa8 Rf8 22.Qa7 Ba1-+) 19...Qe7 (better 19...Kh8!? 20.Qd5 Rd8 21.Nc3 Qe7 22.Rad1-+) 20.Qd5 Rf7?? (better 20...Qe6 21.Qa8 Rf8 22.Qa7 Ba1-+) 21.Qa8+= Nf8 22.Qd5?? (better 22.Nd2 Ba1 23.Ra1+/-) 22...Ba1-+ 23.Nc3?? (23.Nd2 Bg7 24.Rd1-+) 23...Bc3 24.Qc4 Be5 25.Rd1 Bd6 26.Rd6 (26.Qd5 Bc7 27.a3-+) 26...Qd6 27.Qa6 (27.f3 Qd1 28.Kf2 Qd2 29.Kf1 Qe3-+) 27...Qd1 (27...Qa6 28.a3 Qe2 29.h3 Rf2 30.Kh2 Rg2 31.Kh1 Qf1) 28.Qf1 Qf1 29.Kf1 Ne6 (better 29...c4 30.h4-+) 30.Ke2 (30.f4-+) 30...Rd7 31.Kf3 Nc7 32.Ke4 Rd2 33.Ke5 Rf2 (better 33...c4 34.f4-+) 34.Kd6 Rg2 (34...c4 35.Kc7 c3 36.g3 c2 37.Kb7 c1Q 38.g4 Rb2 39.Ka8 Qc6 40.Ka7 Qb7) 35.Kc7 Rh2 36.Kc6 Re2 (36...c4 37.Kd6 Rd2 38.Ke6 c3 39.Kf6 c2 40.a3 c1Q 41.Kg5 Rd5 42.Kf4 Rf5 43.Kg4 Qg1 44.Kh4 Rh5) 37.Kc5 Re3 38.Kb5 Ra3 39.Kb4 Ra2 40.Kb3 Rf2 41.Kb4 Rf5 (41...Rf5 42.Kc4 h5 43.Kd4 h4 44.Ke4 h3 45.Kd3 h2 46.Ke3 h1Q 47.Kd3 Qh3 48.Kd4 Qg4 49.Ke3 Rf3 50.Kd2 Qg2 51.Ke1 Rf1) 0-1. muhammadaudii (1865) - SineH (2455), Daily HyperBullet Arena, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Qc2 Nd7 10.Nbd2 Nd2 11.Nd2 c5 12.dc5 Bb2 13.Qb2 dc5 14.b5 Qc7 15.Bf3 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 a6 17.a4 Ne5 18.Bb7 Nd3 19.Qb3 Qb7 20.Nf3 Nb4 21.Rd8 Rd8 22.Rd1 Rd1 23.Qd1 ab5 24.Qd8 Kg7 25.ab5 Qe4 26.h4 Qe6 27.Qc7 Nd3 28.Qd8 Nb2 29.Nd2+= h5 30.g3 Nd1 31.Qd3 Qf6 32.Qe2 Nb2 33.Ne4 Qe5 34.Qc2 Na4 35.Qa4 Qe4 36.Qa7 Qe6 37.Qb7 f6 38.Kg2 Kf7 39.Kg1 Kf8 40.Qb8 Kg7 41.Qc7 Kf7 42.Qb7 Qd6 43.Kg2 Kg7 44.Qc6 Kf7 45.Qb7 Qe6 46.Kg1 ½–½. Slabek,Grzegorz (2190) – Picard,Romain, Cracovia Krakow Poland, 2008. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6 8.c4)

9.Nc3 Nc3 10.Bc3 c5 11.a3 Nd7 12.Rc1 Qc7 13.Qb3 a5 14.b5 Rac8 15.a4 e5 16.d5 h6 17.e4 f5? (17...Nf6!? 18.Nd2 Qe7+=) 18.ef5 gf5 19.Nd2 Qd8 20.f4 e4 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.Rc3 Qf6 23.Rg3 Kh7 24.Bh5 Rg8 25.Qc3 Rg3 26.Qg3 Rg8 27.Qe3 Qd4 28.Qd4 cd4 29.Bf7? (better 29.Nb3 d3 30.Bf7=+) 29...Rg7?? (better 29...Rf8 30.Bh5 Rc8-+) 30.Be6+/- Kg6 31.g4 fg4?? (31...Kf6 32.Bf5 Nc5+-) 32.Ne4+- Nc5 (32...Nf8+-) 33.f5 Kh7 34.f6 Rg8 35.Nd6 (better 35.Bg8 Kg8 36.Nd6+-) 35...Ne6 (35...Rd8+-) 36.de6 Bf3 37.f7 (37.f7 Rg7 38.f8Q Rg5 39.e7 g3 40.e8Q gh2 41.Kf2 Rg2 42.Kf3 Rf2 43.Kf2 h1N 44.Rh1 h5 45.Rh5) 1-0. haroldesteban (2015) - bigwh (2225), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2)

9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Ne4 Be4 11.Nd2 Bb7= 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Qf3 e5 (13...c5 14.Bc3=) 14.b5 (14.Rab1 a5 15.b5 Re8=) 14...a6 (14...Re8 15.Bc3=) 15.a4 ab5 (15...Re8 16.Rfe1=) 16.ab5+= Ra1 17.Ra1 ed4 18.ed4 Qe7 19.Qe4 (19.Ra7 Nf6=) 19...Qg5 (19...Qe4 20.Ne4 Re8 21.Nd2=) 20.Qe3 (20.Nf3 Qd8+=) 20...Qf5 21.Qe4 (21.Qf3 Qc2 22.Qc3 Qc3 23.Bc3 Nc5=) 21...Qg5 (21...Qe4 22.Ne4 Re8 23.Nd2=) 22.Qe3 (22.Nf3 Qd8+=) 22...Qf5 23.Qe4 (23.Qf3!?+=) 23…Qg5 ½-½. Osmak,Iulija (2425) - Bivol,A (2385), Women's Speed Chess Q3, 2021.

9.Nbd2 c5 10.a3 a5 11.Qb3 (11.Ne4 Be4 12.Nd2 Bb7+=) 11...Nd2 12.Nd2 cd4 13.Bd4 e5 14.Bc3 Nd7 (14...Nc6 15.b5 Ne7 16.f4+=) 15.Rfd1 (15.ba5 Nc5 16.Qb6 Qg5+=) 15...Qg5 (15...Qc7 16.e4+=) 16.Bf3+/- Bf3 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.a4 (18.e4 Rfc8 19.Bb2 Qe6+=) 18...Rfc8= 19.Rac1 Bf8 (19...e4 20.Bg7 ef3 21.Ba1=) 20.b5 (20.e4 Nf6 21.ba5 ba5=) 20...Nc5 (20...e4 21.Nd2=) 21.Qa2 (21.Qc2 e4 22.Nd4 Bg7+=) 21...h6 (21...Bg7 22.Rd5=) 22.Bb2 (22.Qc2 e4 23.Nd4 Bg7+=) 22...Qe6 23.Ba3 (23.Rd5 Rc7=) 23...f5 (23...Na4 24.Bd6 Bd6 25.Qa4=) 24.Bc5 (24.Qc2 Rc7+=) 24...Rc5= 25.Nd2 Rac8 Black prepares e4 26.Qb1 (26.e4!?=) 26...e4=+ 27.Rc2 Bg7 28.Rdc1 Be5 29.g3 g5 Black intends f4 30.Qa2 R5c7 31.Nb3 Kg7 (31...f4 32.Nd4 Bd4 33.ed4=+) 32.Nd4 Bd4 33.ed4 f4 34.d5 Qe5 35.Qb3 Rf8 (35...Rc5 36.h3=+) 36.Qc3 (36.Re2 fg3 37.fg3 Rfc8=) 36...Qc3 37.Rc3 Kf6 38.Kf1 Rfc8 39.Ke2 (39.gf4 gf4 40.h3 Ke5-/+) 39...Ke5 40.f3 e3 41.g4 (41.R3c2 h5=+) 41...h5! 42.gh5 Rh7 43.Rg1? (better 43.Kd3-/+) 43...Rh5-+ 44.Kd3 Rg8 (44...Rh2 45.Rg5 Kf6 46.Rg1 Rd2 47.Ke4 Re8 48.Kf4 Rd4 49.Kg3 Rg8 50.Kh3 Rg1 51.Re3-+) 45.Rg2? (better 45.Rc2-+) 45...Rh3 46.Ke2 (46.Rc1 Rf3 47.Rcg1 Kf5-+) 46...g4! 47.Rg4 (47.fg4 f3 Double attack (47...f3 Passed pawn); 47.Rg4 Rh2 Deflection) 47...Rg4 48.fg4 Ke4 49.Rc1 (49.Kf1 Rh2 50.Kg1-+) 49...Rh2 50.Kd1 (50.Kf1 Rh1 51.Kg2 Rc1 52.Kh3 Rh1 53.Kg2 e2 54.Kh1 e1Q 55.Kg2 Qg3 56.Kf1 Ke3 57.c5 Qf2) 50...Kd3 51.Ke1 (51.Rc3 Kc3 52.Ke1 f3 53.c5 Rh1) 51…Rh1 0-1. zembelek (2060) - vomere (1960), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

9.Nbd2 c5 10.bc5 dc5 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Qb3 cd4 13.ed4 Nc6 14.Qe3 Bf3 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Bc6 Rc6 17.Rac1 Qc7 18.Ba3 Rc4 19.d5 Rc1 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Be7 Bh6 22.Qh6 Qe7 23.Qd2 Rd8 24.Qd4 Qa3 25.Rd1 (25.Ra1 Rc8 26.Qd2 Qd6=) 25...Qa2+= 26.h4 Qe2 27.h5 (27.d6!?–/+) 27...Qh5 28.g4 (28.Re1!?–/+) 28...Qg5 29.d6 h5 30.Kf1 (30.f3–+) 30...Qg4 31.Qd5 Qe6 32.Qc6 Kg7 33.Qc3 Kh7 34.Qc7 (34.Qb4 Re8 35.Kg1 a5–+) 34...Qd7 (34...Qh3!? 35.Kg1 Qg4 36.Kh2–+) 35.Qc3 Re8 36.Qf6 (36.Rd5 Rc8 37.Qf3 Rc1 38.Kg2 Kg8–+) 36...Re4 (better is 36...Qh3 37.Kg1 Qg4 38.Kh2 Qd1 39.Qf7 Kh6 40.Qe8 Qd6 41.Kh3–+) 37.Rd3 Re6 38.Qd4 Qc6 39.Kg1 (39.Qd5 Qd5 40.Rd5–+) 39...Re1 40.Kh2 Rh1 (better is 40...Qh1 41.Kg3 g5–+) 41.Kg3 Rg1 (41...Rg1 42.Kf4 Rg4 43.Ke3 Rd4 44.Rd4 Qc3 45.Rd3 Qe1 46.Kd4 Qf2 47.Kc3 Qf6 48.Kc2 g5–+) 0–1. Nachtkamp,Herbert (2105) – Martin,Andreas (2215), Seefeld op, 1998. (=1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 d6 5.b4 0-0 6.Bb2 b6 7.c4 Bb7 8.0-0)

9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Ne4 Be4 11.Qb3 e6 12.a4 a5 13.b5 Qe7 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Ba3 Rfe8 16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Rc1 e5 18.Qc2 (18.Bb2 ed4 19.Bd4 Ne5=) 18...ed4 (18...Bf3!? 19.Bf3 ed4–/+) 19.Nd4= (19.ed4? Bf3 20.gf3 Bh6–+) 19...Ne5 20.Bf1 Ng4 21.Bb2 Qe5 22.Nf3 Qh5 23.h3 Bf3 24.gf3 Nh6 25.Rd5 Qh4 (25...Qf3?? 26.Bg2 Qf5 27.Rf5 Nf5 28.Rd1+–) 26.Bg7 Kg7 27.Qc3 Qf6 28.Bg2 Qc3 29.Rc3 Ng8 30.f4 f5 31.Rd4 Rb8 32.Bc6 Re7 33.Rcd3 Nf6 34.f3 Nh5 35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Rd1 Rf8 37.Bd5 Kg7 38.Bc6 Nf6 39.Rf1 h6 40.e4 (better is 40.Ke2!?=) 40...fe4–/+ 41.Rg1 Nh5 42.Re4 Re4 43.Be4 Nf4 44.Rg3 Rf6 45.Ke3 Kf7 46.h4 Ke6 47.Rg4 Ke5 48.Bc6 d5 49.cd5 Nd5 50.Bd5 Kd5 51.Rd4 Ke6 52.Rc4 Kd7 53.Ke4 c5 54.bc6 Rc6 55.Rd4 Ke6 56.Kf4 Rc5 57.Re4 Kf6 58.Kg4 b5 59.ab5 Rb5 60.Re8 h5 61.Kf4 Rb4 62.Kg3 a4 63.Ra8 Ke5 64.Ra6 Kd5 65.Rg6 Kc4 66.Kf4? Rb5 67.Rc6 Kb3 68.Re6 a3 69.Re3 Kb2 70.Re2 Kc1 71.Re1 Kd2 72.Ra1 Ra5 73.Ke4 a2 74.f4 Kc2 75.f5 Kb2 76.Ra2 Ra2 77.f6 Kc3 78.Kf5 Rg2 79.f7 Kd4 80.f8Q Rf2 81.Kg5 Rf8 82.Kh5 Rh8 83.Kg5 Ke5 84.h5 Rg8 85.Kh6 Kf6 86.Kh7 Rg5 87.h6 Re5 (87...Re5 88.Kg8 Re8 89.Kh7 Re7 90.Kg8 Rc7 91.Kh8 Kg6 92.h7 Rc8; 87...Rg6 88.Kh8 Rh6 89.Kg8 Rh5 90.Kf8 Rh8) 0–1. Jeric,Aleksander – Faganel,Ernest, SLO–ch2 corr, 1995. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6)

9.Nc3 c5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Qb3 cd4 12.ed4 d5 (12...Nh5 13.Rfd1=) 13.c5 Ne4 14.Rfd1 Nc3 15.Bc3 a6 16.a4 bc5 17.dc5 d4 18.Bb2 (18.b5!? Na5 19.Qb4+/-) 18...e5+= 19.Bc4 (19.b5 Na5 20.Qb4 Bd5+=) 19...e4 (19...Qc7 20.Rac1=) 20.Ne1 (20.Nd2 Ne5+=) 20...d3 21.Bg7 Kg7 22.b5 Nd4 23.Qb2 Bd5?? (23...Qf6 24.Kh1 ab5 25.ab5 Ra1 26.Ra1 Qe5-/+) 24.Qd4+- f6 1-0. jhonores (2240) - eliasnader1969 (2245), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

9.Nc3 c5 10.a3 Qe7 11.Qb3 ½–½. Kaenel,H (2305) – Ekstroem,R (2480), ch–SUI, Graechen SUI, 2009. (=1.Nf3 b6 2.c4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 Bb7 5.Be2 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.b4 d6 8.Bb2)

9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Rab8 12.Rac1 c5 13.a3 Ne4 (13...e5 14.d5=) 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Nd2 Ba8 16.Bf3 Bf3 17.Nf3 Nf6 18.Qd3 Qb7 (18...Rfd8 19.e4=) 19.d5 (19.dc5 bc5 20.Rb1 cb4 21.ab4 Qe4=) 19...e5 20.e4 Nh5 21.b5 (21.g3 Qd7=) 21...Qe7 22.g3 f5 23.Nh4 (better 23.Rc2=) 23...Nf4-/+ 24.Qf3?? (better 24.Qe3 Nh3 25.Kg2-/+) 24...fe4 25.Qe4 (25.Qe3 Nh3 26.Kg2 Rf2 (worse 26...Nf2 27.Rd2 Nd3 28.Qe4 Nc1 29.Bc1-+) 27.Kh3 Rbf8-+ (27...Rb2?! 28.Qe4 Qd7 29.g4-+)) 25...Nh3 26.Kg2 Nf2 27.Qc2 Nd1 28.Rd1 0-1. kukosi (2125) - corazondeleon (2370), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.e3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 d6)

9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.a3 Qe7 12.Nb3 Rac8 13.Rfe1 d5 (13...cd4 14.ed4 (worse is 14.Bd4 d5–/+) 14...e5 15.de5 de5 16.Rad1+=) 14.dc5= bc5 15.b5 Rfd8 16.a4 dc4 17.Na5 Be4 18.Qc4 Bd5 19.Qc1 Qd6 (19...c4 20.Nd2 (20.Nc4? Nb6–+; 20.Bc4? Nb6–+) 20...c3 21.Bc3–/+) 20.Nc4 Qb8 21.Nfe5 Ne4 22.Nd7 Rd7 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qb2 Kg8 (better is 24...f6!? 25.f3 Ng5+=) 25.Ne5+/– Rb7 (25...Rdd8 26.f3 Nf6 27.Red1+/–) 26.f3+– Nd6? (better is 26...c4 27.fe4 c3+–) 27.e4 Bc6 (27...c4 28.Qc3 Be4 29.fe4+–) 28.Ng4 (28.Nc6?! Rc6 29.Qd2 Rc8+/–) 28...h5 (28...a6 29.Nh6 Kf8 30.Qh8 Ke7 31.Qg7 ab5 32.ab5 Bb5 33.e5+–) 29.Nf6 Kf8 30.Qd2 Be8 (30...Bd7 31.Rad1 Kg7 32.Qc3+– (32.Qd6?! Qd6 33.Nh5 gh5 34.Rd6 c4+–)) 31.Rad1 Kg7 32.Qc3 (32.Qd6?! Kf6 33.Qd2 Rd7+/–) 32...Kh6 33.Qd2 Kg7 34.Qg5 (34.Qd6?! Kf6 35.Qf8 Bd7+/–) 34...a6 (34...c4 35.Nh5 Kf8 36.Nf6+–) 35.Qe5 (35.Qe5 Nb5 36.Ne8 Kf8 37.Qb8 Rbb8 38.ab5 Ke8 39.ba6+–) 1–0. Guramishvili,Sopiko (2415) – Ritsema,Ronald (2055), Hoogeveen NED, 2012. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 d6)

8.Qb3 d6 9.a4 a5 10.ba5 Ra5 11.Bc3 (11.d4 Nbd7=) 11...Ra8 (11...Ra6 12.d4=) 12.a5 Nbd7 13.ab6 Ra1 (13...Nb6 14.Ra8 Ba8 15.d4=) 14.Ba1 (14.bc7 Qc7 15.Ba1 Rb8+=) 14...Nb6= 15.Na3 (15.d4 Ne4=) 15...Qe7 16.Rb1 Bc6 (16...Rb8 17.d3=) 17.Nb5 Rb8 18.Nfd4 (18.d3 e5=) 18...Ba8 19.Na7 Qe8 20.Qa2 (20.d3 e5 21.Ndb5 Qd7=) 20...e5 21.Nf3 (21.Ndb5 Qe7=) 21...Bf3 (21...e4 22.Nd4=) 22.Bf3 e4 23.Be2 Ra8 24.Rb5 Nfd7 25.Bg7 Kg7 26.Ra5 (26.Qa1 Kg8=) 26...Ne5 27.Nb5 (27.Qa1 Kg8 28.c5 dc5 29.Rc5 f6=) 27...Ra5=+ 28.Qa5 Qc6 29.Nd4 Qc5 30.Nb3 Qa5 31.Na5 f5 32.f3 (32.f4 Ned7=) 32...Kf6=+ 33.Kf2 (33.f4 Nd3=+) 33...Na4 34.Nb3 (34.f4 Nd7=+) 34...Nb2–/+ 35.Na5 g5 (35...Ned3 36.Kg3–/+) 36.Kg3 Ned3 (36...h6 37.f4 Ned3 38.Bd3 Nd3 39.Nc6–/+) 37.fe4 (37.h4 h6–/+) 37...fe4–/+ 38.h4 Ne5 39.c5 (39.Kh3 Kf5–/+) 39...dc5 40.Ba6 h6 41.Bb7 c6 42.hg5 hg5 43.Nb3 (43.Kf2 Nbd3 44.Ke2 Nb4–/+) 43...Nbd3 44.Na5 Nb2 (44...Nb4 45.Nb3 Nc4 46.Kh3–/+) 45.Nb3=+ Nbd3 46.Na5 Nc1 (46...Nb4 47.Nb3 Nc4 48.Kg4–/+) 47.Kf2 (47.Ba6 Ke7–/+) 47…Ncd3 ½–½. Weber,Siegfried (2270) – Konopka,Michal (2350), Policka, 1992. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 e6)

8.Qb3 d6 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nfd2 Nd2 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Bf3 Bf3 13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Rfe8 15.Rac1 White intends c5 15...a5 16.b5 Rad8 17.Ba3 Bf8 18.c5 (18.e4 e5 19.d5 Bh6+=) 18...dc5= 19.dc5 Nc5 20.Bc5 Rd1 21.Qd1 bc5 22.Qa4 Ra8 23.Ne5 Qf6 24.f4 Qf5 25.Rd1 Bg7 26.Nc6 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 26...Qh5 27.Rd2 (27.Qc2 a4 28.Rd7 Bf6+=) 27...Bc3= 28.Rd3 Qe2 29.Qd1 Qb2 30.a4 Bf6 31.e4 Bd4 (31...c4 32.Rd2 Qa3 33.e5=) 32.Kh1 Qf2 33.g3 h5 34.Nd4 cd4 35.Rd4 h4 36.Qg1 (36.Rd3 Kg7 37.Rf3 Rd8 38.Qa1 Qd4=+) 36...Qf3 37.Qg2 Qe3 38.Qd2 Qf3 39.Qg2 Qe3 40.Qd2 Qf3 41.Qg2 ½-½. Gaprindashvili,V (2355) - Atakishiyev,Elmar (2215), 2nd Sunday IM Mar, 2022. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

8.b5 d5 9.a4 dc4 10.Bc4 c6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.bc6 Bc6 13.Nb5 (13.d4 Nd5+=) 13...Nc5 (13...a6 14.Nbd4 Bb7 15.d3=) 14.d4 Nce4 15.Ne5 Bb7 (15...Bd5!? 16.Ba3 Re8+/-) 16.Ba3+/- Re8 (16...a6 17.Bf8 Bf8 18.Na3+/-) 17.f3+- Ng5 (17...a6 18.fe4 ab5 19.Bb5 Be4 20.Qe1+-) 18.Nd6 Re7 19.Nb7 (19.f4 Nfe4 20.Nb7 Rb7 21.fg5 Be5 22.de5 Nd2+-) 19...Rb7 20.h4 Nd5 21.Bd5 (21.hg5?! Ne3 22.Qd3 Nf1 23.Rf1 Qg5+=) 21...ed5 (21...Qd5 22.hg5 Be5 23.de5 Qe5 24.Qd4 Qd4 25.ed4+-) 22.hg5 Qg5 23.Bb2 (better 23.f4!? Qf5 24.Qf3+-) 23...Qe3+/- 24.Rf2 Bf6 (24...Re8 25.Bc1 Qc3 26.Bf4+/-) 25.Qd2 (25.Bc1 Qc3 26.Ra3 Qc8+/-) 25...Bg5 26.f4 (26.Bc1 Qd2 27.Bd2+/- (worse 27.Rd2 Bd2 28.Bd2 Rc8=+)) 26...Bf4= 27.Bc1 Qd2 28.Bd2 Be5 29.de5 Rc8 30.Bg5 Rbc7 (30...d4 31.Rd1 Rc4 32.Rfd2+=) 31.Rd2 (31.Rd1 Rc4+/-) 31...Rc1 32.Rc1 Rc1 33.Kf2 Rc5 34.Be7 Ra5 35.Rd5?? (better 35.Ke3+/-) 35...Rd5-+ 36.Bf6 Ra5 37.Ke3 Ra4 38.g4 (38.Be7 a5-+) 38...a6 (better 38...Rg4 39.Be7-+) 39.g5 b5 40.Kd3 Rc4 41.e6 (41.Bd8-+) 41...fe6 42.Be5 Kf7 43.Bf6 Rc5 44.Kd4 Rf5 45.Bh8 Rg5 46.Kc3 Rf5 (better 46...h5 47.Bd4 h4 48.Ba7-+) 47.Kb4 h5 48.Ka5 (48.Bc3 h4 49.Be1 h3-+) 48...h4 (better 48...e5 49.Kb4 h4 50.Ka5-+) 49.Bd4 h3 50.Bg1 Rf2! 51.Bf2 h2 52.Ba7 h1Q 53.Ka6 Qd5 54.Bg1 b4 55.Be3 b3 56.Bc1 (56.Bf2 b2 57.Bb6 Qa8 58.Kb5 b1Q 59.Kc4 Qd5 60.Kc3 Qdd3) 56...Qc4 57.Ka5 (57.Kb6 Qc1 58.Kb5 b2 59.Kb4 b1Q 60.Ka4 Qc4 61.Ka5 Qbb4) 57...Qc1 58.Ka4 (58.Kb5 b2 59.Kb4 b1Q 60.Ka4 Qc4 61.Ka5 Qbb4) ½-½. Poncheki (2230) - Divos (2225), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2024.

8.b5 d5 9.Nc3 dc4 10.Bc4 c6 11.a4 c5 12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 Qc7 14.Be6 Bg2?? (better is 14...fe6 15.Ne6 Qf7 16.Nf8 Qf8=) 15.Kg2+– Qb7 16.f3 fe6 17.Ne6 Re8? (17...Ng4 18.Qd3 Qd7 19.Qd7 Ne3 20.Kf2 Nd7 21.Nf8 (21.Ke3?! Rae8 22.Ne4 Re6 23.Bg7 Kg7=) 21...Nf1 22.Nd7 (worse is 22.Rf1 Rf8 23.Ba1 Nc5+=) 22...Nh2 23.Kg2+–) 18.Ng7 Kg7 (18...Qg7 19.Ne4! Nbd7 20.Rc1+–) 19.Ne4 Nbd7 20.Nd6 Qd5 (20...Qc7 21.Rc1 Nc5 22.Ne8 Re8+–) 21.Qd5 Re3 22.Qa8 Re2 23.Rf2 Rf2 24.Kf2 (24.Kf2 Kh6 25.Bf6 Nf6 26.Qf8 Kh5 27.Qf6 a6 28.Rg1 Kh6 29.Nf7 Kh5 30.Qg5) 1–0. DEFFM – GuestHZFD, freechess.org, 2018.

8.b5 d6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.a4 Qe7 12.Qd2 c6 (12...Ne4 13.Qc2 f5 14.Nd2 Nc3 15.Bc3=) 13.bc6+= Bc6 14.a5 Rfb8 15.ab6 Rb6 16.Bd3 Bf8 (16...a5 17.Rfb1+=) 17.Ba3 Qd8 18.e4 Rab8 19.d5 ed5 20.ed5 (20.cd5 Ba8+–) 20...Ba8 21.h3 (21.Na4 R6b7+=) 21...Qc7+= 22.Rfe1 Bg7 23.Ra2 Nc5 (23...Nh5 24.Bf1+=) 24.Bc5+– Qc5? (better 24...dc5 25.Qc1 Rb3+–) 25.Na4+– Qc7 26.Nb6 Rb6 27.Qa5 Nd7?? (27...Qb8+–) 28.Re8 Bf8 29.Ra8 Nc5 30.Rb2! Nd3 (30...Rb2 31.Qc7 Pinning (31.Qc7 Deflection)) 31.Rb6 Qc4 32.Rb1 Qc2 33.Qd8 Qb1 (33...Qf2 34.Kh2 Qg2 35.Kg2 Ne1 36.Re1 Kg7 37.Qf8 Kf6 38.Ra7 Kf5 39.Rf7) 34.Kh2 Kg7 (34...Qh1 35.Kh1 Nf2 36.Kg1 Nh3 37.gh3 Kg7 38.Qf8 Kf6 39.Re8 a5 40.Re7 a4 41.Qf7) 35.Qf8 Kf6 36.Qh8 Kf5 37.g4 Kf4 38.Qd4 Kf3 39.Qe3 1–0. JeChristi – Ciao, internet, 2019.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.b5 Ne7 10.d4 d5 (10...a6 11.a4=) 11.Nd2 (11.Qc2 Nf5+=) 11...dc4 (11...a6 12.a4=) 12.Nc4 Nfd5 13.a4 Nc3 14.Bc3 c5 (14...Nd5 15.Bd2 c5 16.bc6 Bc6+=) 15.Qb3 (better is 15.bc6 Bc6 16.Bb4+=) 15...cd4–/+ 16.Bd4 (16.Bb4 Bd5 17.Rac1 Rc8+=) 16...Bd4 17.ed4 Bd5 (17...Nf5 18.Rfd1–/+) 18.Qa3 (18.Qb4 Nf5 19.Ne5 Rc8–/+) 18...Nf5–/+ 19.Rfd1 Qg5 20.Qh3 Qf4 21.Qd3 Rac8 22.Ne3+= Be4 23.Qd2 Qg5 24.g3 Ne3 25.Qe3+= Qe3 26.fe3 Rc2 27.Bd3 Bd3 28.Rd3+= Rfc8 29.Rda3 Rd2 30.R1a2?? Rc1 0–1. Schmidtke,Wilfried (1700) – Richter,Thomas (1615), Landesliga Ost1, 2003.

8.d3 d6= 9.Nbd2 (9.a3 a6=) 9...Qe7 (9...a6 10.d4=) 10.Qb3 (10.d4 c5=) 10...Nbd7 (10...c5 11.e4=) 11.Bc3 (11.d4 c5+=) 11...d5 (11...c5 12.d4=) 12.Qb2 (12.d4 dc4 13.Nc4 Rfd8+=) 12...dc4= 13.Nc4 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 (14.Rfc1 Rac8=) 14...Qf8 (14...a6 15.Rac1+=) 15.Rac1+= Nd5 (15...a6 16.a4+=) 16.Bg7+– Qg7 17.d4 Qf8 (17...a6 18.a3+–) 18.a3 Rac8 19.Nce5 (19.Qc2 c5 20.dc5 bc5+–) 19...c6 (19...Ne5 20.Ne5 Qd6 21.Nc4+–) 20.Rd2 (20.Nd7 Rd7 21.Bc4 Qe7+–) 20...N5f6 21.Rdc2 Qd6 22.Ng5 Rf8 23.Bf3 Nd5 24.Ne4 Qc7 25.Nc6 Bc6 26.b5 Nb8 27.bc6 (27.Rc6?! Nc6 28.Rc6 Qd7=) 27...Rfd8 28.Nc3 a6 (better 28...Nc3 29.Rc3 Kg7+–) 29.Nd5 ed5 30.Qb3 1–0. Espig,Lutz (2450) – Blees (2345), Kecskemet, 1987.

8.d4 a5 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 d6 12.b5 c6 13.bc6 Bc6 (13...Nc6 14.Qd3+=) 14.Nc3 d5 15.Ne5 Bb7 16.Nb5 (16.Qb1 Nc6+=) 16...Nc6 17.Nc6 (17.Bb2 Ne5 18.de5 Ne4=) 17...Bc6= 18.cd5?? (18.Bb2 Qd7 19.Qb3 Ne4=) 18...Nd5?? (better 18...Qd5 19.e4 Ne4-+) 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Nc3 Qb7 21.Nb5 Ra8 22.e4?? (better 22.Rc1=) 22...Nf4-+ 23.Bf3 Rd8?? (better 23...Be4 24.Nd6 Qd5 25.Qd5 Bd5 (25...Nd5? 26.Be4 Bf8 27.Nb5+-; 25...ed5?! 26.Ne4 de4 27.Be4 Ne2 28.Kh1-/+) 26.Bd5 Nd5-+) 24.Re1 Bb5 (24...f5!? 25.d5 ed5 26.Bg7 Kg7 27.ef5 Bb5 28.Qb5 Qc7+=) 25.Qb5+= Qd7 (25...Bd4 26.Rd1 e5 27.Qe5 Nh3 28.gh3 Be5 29.Rd8 Kg7 30.Be5 Kh6 31.Rg8+-) 26.Qg5 e5 27.de5?? (27.d5 Qd6+=) 27...Ne6?? (better 27...Qd2 28.Kf1 Rc8-+) 28.Qg3 (28.Qc1 Qd2+=) 28...Qc7 (28...Qd2 29.Rf1+=) 29.Be2 (29.Bg4 Qc5+/-) 29...Nc5 (29...Nd4!? 30.Bd4 Rd4=) 30.Bf1 (30.Qc3 Qa7+/-) 30...Re8 (30...Ra8 31.Bb2+/-) 31.f4 Qc6 32.f5?? (better 32.Qe3+/-) 32...Ne4=+ 33.Qe3 gf5 34.g4 (34.Bd3=+) 34...Nc5 (better 34...Be5 35.Be5 Re5 36.gf5 f6-/+) 35.gf5+= Nd7 (better 35...Qa4+=) 36.Qg3 (better 36.Bg2 Qc4 37.e6 fe6 38.Bg7 Kg7 39.Qg5 (worse 39.fe6 Qc5=) 39...Kf8 40.Qh6 Kg8 41.fe6+=) 36...Ne5=+ 37.Be5 Qc5 38.Kg2 Re5 39.Re5 Qe5 40.Qe5 Be5 41.Bc4 (41.h3 Kf8=+) 41...Kg7-/+ 42.h3 Kf6 43.Kf3 Kf5 44.Bf7 b5 45.Bg8 h6 46.Bh7 Ke6 47.Be4 b4 48.Kg2 (48.Bh7 Kd5-/+) 48...b3-+ 49.Kf3 Bd6 50.Kg2 (50.Ke3!?-+) 50...Ke5 51.Bb1 Kd4 52.Kh1 (52.Kf3 Kc3-+) 52...Kc3 (52...b2 53.Kg2-+) 53.Kg2 Kd2 54.Kh1 Kc1 55.Bg6 b2 56.Kg2 b1Q?? (better 56...Be5-+) 57.Bb1= Kb1 58.h4 Kc2 59.Kh1 Kd3 60.Kg2 Ke4 61.Kh1 Kf4 62.Kh2 Kg4 63.Kg2 Kh4 64.Kh1 Kg3 65.Kg1 h5 66.Kh1 Kf3 67.Kg1 Bc5 68.Kh1 Kf2 69.Kh2 Kf1 70.Kh1 h4 71.Kh2 Bf2 72.Kh1 h3 73.Kh2 Bg1 74.Kh1 h2 ½-½. drink1966 – mizuzul, ChessWorld.net, 2023.

8.d4 a5 9.a3 d5 10.Nbd2 dc4 11.Nc4 ab4 12.ab4 Ra1 13.Ba1 Nbd7 14.Qc2 Qa8 15.Nb2 Be4 16.Qc7 Rc8 17.Qd6 Rc2 18.Bb5 Bf8 19.Qg3 Qa2 20.Bd7 Nd7 21.Ng5 (21.Ne5 Ne5 22.Qe5 Bd5-/+) 21...Bd5 (21...Bc6 22.Qc7 Qd5 23.Nf3-+) 22.Qh4? (22.e4 Bb7 23.d5 ed5 24.Nd3+=) 22...h6-+ 23.Nf7? (better 23.Nf3!?-+) 23...Kf7 (23...Rb2?! 24.Nh6 Bh6 25.Qh6=) 24.Qf4 (24.e4 Bc6 25.Nd3-+) 24...Nf6 25.Nd3 Kg8 (better 25...Kg7-+) 26.Qf6+- Bg7 27.Qd8?? (better 27.Qg6 Qa3 28.h3+-) 27...Kh7+= 28.Ne5 Qc4?? (better 28...Qa3 29.Qe8 Be4=) 29.Nc4+- Bc4 (29...Rc4 30.Qe7 Rc8 31.e4+-) 30.Qh4 (better 30.d5 e5 31.Qe7+-) 30...Bf1 31.Kf1 Rc1 32.Ke2 Ra1 33.Kf3 (33.Qe4 e5 34.de5 Ra7+-) 33...Ra4 (33...Ra7 34.Qe4 Re7 35.Qc6 Rf7 36.Ke2+-) 34.Qe4 Rb4 35.Qe6 Rb5 36.Qe7 (better 36.d5 h5+-) 36...Rf5 37.Ke2 Kg8 (37...Rh5 38.e4 Ra5 39.d5+-) 38.Qb4 Kh7 39.Qb6 Rg5 40.Qc7 Rg2 (40...Rb5 41.f4+-) 41.Kf3 (better 41.d5 Rg1 42.d6 Ra1+-) 41...Rg1 42.Qf4 (better 42.d5 Kg8+-) 42...Rb1 43.h4 Rb8 (43...Rd1+-) 44.h5 (44.Qb8 g5 45.Qb1 Kg8 46.d5+-) 44...Rf8= 45.Qf8 Bf8 46.hg6 Kg6 47.e4 Be7 48.e5 Kf5 49.Kg3 Bb4 50.f4 Bc3 51.d5 Bd4 52.d6 Bb6 53.d7 Bd8 54.Kf3 Ke6 55.Kg3 Kd7 56.Kg4 Ke6 57.Kh5 Bg5 58.fg5 hg5 59.Kh6?? (better 59.Kg5 Ke5=) 59...Ke5 (59...g4 60.Kg5 g3 61.Kf4 g2 62.Ke4 g1Q 63.Kd3 Qb1 64.Kc3 Qb5 65.Kd4 Qe5 66.Kc4 Qd5 67.Kc3 Qc5 68.Kd2 Kf5 69.Ke2 Ke4 70.Kd2 Qb4 71.Kc2 Ke3 72.Kc1 Kd3 73.Kd1 Qd2) 60.Kg5= ½-½. negrovich1 (2085) - RachidaDati (2475), Rated Bullet tournament PYOhKfNg, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0)

8.d4 a5 9.b5 c6 10.a4 cb5 11.ab5 d5 (11...d6 12.Nc3+=) 12.Nc3 (better 12.c5!? bc5 13.dc5+-) 12...dc4+= 13.Bc4 Nd5 14.Rc1 Nb4 15.Be2 Nd7 16.Qb3 Nf6 17.Ba3 Nfd5 18.e4 (18.Rfd1 Rc8=) 18...Nf4 (18...Nc3 19.Rc3 Be4 20.Bb4 ab4 21.Qb4-/+) 19.Bb4 (19.Bc4 Qc7 20.Rfd1 Rfc8=+) 19...Ne2 (better 19...ab4!? 20.Qb4 Be4-+) 20.Ne2=+ ab4 21.Qb4 Be4 22.Ne5 Bb7 23.Ng3 Qg5 24.Rcd1 h5 25.Qd6 h4 26.Ne2?? (better 26.Qb6 Bd5 27.f4-/+) 26…Qg2 0-1. GM_HUSARZ (2065) - Sayas (2025), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.d4 c6 9.Nc3 d5 10.c5 bc5 11.bc5 Nbd7 12.a4 a5 13.Qb3 Ba6 14.Ba6 Ra6 15.Rab1 Ra8 16.Ba3 Rb8 17.Qc2 Rb1 18.Rb1 Ne4 19.Ne4 de4 20.Qe4 Nf6 21.Qc6 Nd5 22.Qd6 Nb4 23.Qd8 Rd8 24.Bb4 ab4 25.Rb4 Ra8 26.g3 Bf8 27.Ne5 Kg7 28.Nd7 Be7 29.Nb6 Rb8 30.a5 Bd8 31.a6 Bc7 32.a7 Normal 1-0. GM_HUSARZ (1915) - Sayas (1855), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2015.

8.d4 d5 9.c5 Ne4 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a3 Nd7 12.Ne4 de4 13.Nd2 Nf6 (13...bc5 14.bc5 Nc5 15.dc5 Bb2+/-) 14.Qc2 Bd5 15.c6 Qd6 16.b5 a4 17.Bc3 Rfe8 18.Bb4 Qd8 19.f3 ef3 20.Bf3 e5 21.de5 Re5 22.Rae1 Qe8 (22...Be6!?=) 23.e4+= Be6 24.Qd3 Rd8 25.Qe2 Nd5? (better 25...Nh5 26.Bh5 Rh5= (worse 26...gh5 27.Nf3+/-)) 26.Nc4?? (better 26.ed5 Re2 27.Re2+-) 26...Nb4?? (better 26...Nf4 27.Qc2 Rb5-+) 27.Ne5= Be5 28.ab4 Qe7 29.Bg4 a3 30.Be6 Qe6 31.Rf2 Rd6?? (31...Ra8!? 32.Qa2 Bd4-/+) 32.Kf1 (32.Rf3 a2 33.Ra3 a1Q 34.Rea1 Bd4 35.Kh1 Ba1 36.Ra8 Kg7 37.Ra1 Rd4=) 32...f6 (32...Bc3!? 33.Kg1 Be1 34.Qe1 Rd4-/+) 33.Qa2 Qa2 34.Ra2 Bb2 35.Re3 Rd4 36.Ke2 Rb4 37.Rd3 Rb5 38.Rd8 Kf7 39.Rd7 Ke6 40.Rc7 Rc5 41.Kd3 b5 42.Rb7 Rc3 43.Kd2 Rc5 44.c7 (better 44.Kd3!?=) 44...Kd7-/+ 45.Kd3 Kc8 (45...Rc7?! 46.Rb5 Ke6 47.Rbb2 Rd7 48.Ke3 ab2 49.Rb2=) 46.Ra7 Rc7 47.Rc7 Kc7 48.Kc2 Kc6 49.Kb3 Kc5 50.g3 h5 51.Rb2 (51.Kc2 Kc4 52.h3-+) 51...ab2 52.Kb2 Kd4 53.Kb3 Ke4 54.Kb4 Kf3 55.Kb5 Kg2 56.h4 Kh2 (better 56...Kg3 57.Kc4-+) 57.g4 Kg3 58.gh5 gh5 59.Kc4 Kh4 60.Kd4 Kg3 61.Ke4 f5! 62.Kf5 h4 63.Ke4 h3 64.Ke3 h2 65.Ke2 h1Q 66.Ke3 Qh4 67.Ke2 (67.Kd3-+) 67...Qd4 68.Kf1 (68.Ke1 Qb2 69.Kd1 Kf3 70.Ke1 Qe2) 68...Kf3 (68...Qf2) 69.Ke1 Qb2 (69...Qb2 70.Kd1 Ke3 71.Ke1 Qe2) 0-1. miskob (2225) - Clubolim (2370), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.d4 d5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.c5 bc5 11.bc5 c6 12.Qa4 Re8 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.Ba5 (14.Rab1 a5+/-) 14...Qc8+= 15.Rab1 (better 15.Bb4+=) 15...Ne4? (15...Ba6 16.Qd1 e5 17.de5 Ng4=) 16.Rb2?? (better 16.Ne4 de4 17.Nd2+-) 16...Ba6 (16...Nec5 17.Qc2 Ba6 18.Ba6 Na6 19.Bc3=+) 17.Ba6= Qa6 18.Rfb1?? (18.Rb4=) 18...Rab8?? (better 18...Nc3! 19.Qa3 Nb1 20.Rb1 e5-+) 19.Rb8+/- Rb8 20.Rb8 Nb8 21.Ne4 de4 22.Nd2 Qd3 (22...e5 23.de5 Be5 24.Qe4 Qa5 25.Qe5=) 23.Nf1 (23.Qb4 Nd7+/-) 23...Qb5 24.Qb5 cb5 25.Bc7 Nc6 26.Nd2 f5 27.Nb3 a6 28.Na5 Na5 29.Ba5 Bf8? (29...Kf7 30.c6 Ke7 31.Bc7+=) 30.Bc7?? (better 30.c6 Bd6 31.h4+-) 30...Kf7 31.g3 (31.Be5 Ke8+/-) 31...Ke8+= 32.Kf1 Kd7 33.Ba5 (33.Be5 b4+=) 33...Kc6 34.Ke2 Bg7 35.Kd2 h6 36.Kc3?? (better 36.Bc3 e5 37.Kc2=) 36...e5-+ 37.a3? (37.de5 Kc5 38.Bc7 Kc6-/+) 37...Bf6 (37...ed4 38.ed4 Kd5 39.c6 Bd4 40.Kb3 Kc6 41.Be1-+) 38.Bb4?? (better 38.de5!? Be5 39.Kb4-/+) 38...g5 (38...ed4 39.ed4 Kd5 40.c6 Bd4 41.Kb3 Kc6 42.Be1-+) 39.h3? (39.de5 Be5 40.Kb3 g4-+) 39...h5 (39...ed4 40.ed4 Kd5 41.c6 Bd4 42.Kb3 Kc6 43.Be1-+) 40.a4? (40.de5 Be5 41.Kd2 Bf6-+) 40...f4 (better 40...ed4!? 41.ed4 Kd5 42.ab5 Bd4 43.Kc2 ab5 44.c6 Kc6 45.Be1-+) 41.ab5 ab5 (41...Kb5?! 42.d5 Be7 43.d6+=) 42.gf4 ef4?? (better 42...ed4 43.ed4 gf4-+) 43.ef4?? (better 43.Kd2-/+) 43...gf4-+ 44.Ba3 Bg5 (better 44...Kd5 45.Kd2 Bd4-+) 45.Bc1-/+ e3 (45...e3 46.fe3 f3=+) 0-1. Gehaktbalmetjus (2025) - durden80 (2045), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.d4 d6 9.a3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.Qb3 Rfe8 12.Rac1 White prepares c5 12...a6 13.c5 bc5 14.dc5 Bd5 (14...dc5 15.bc5 Nc5 16.Qc2=) 15.Bc4 (15.Qc2 dc5 16.bc5 Reb8+=) 15...Bc4 16.Qc4 d5 17.Qb3 c6 18.Nd4 Rec8 19.Qa4 Nb8 20.f4 Nfd7 (20...Qb7 21.N2b3=) 21.N2f3 (21.e4 a5+/-) 21...f6 (21...a5 22.Nd2=) 22.Ba1 e5 23.fe5 fe5 24.Nb3 Nf8 (24...e4 25.Bg7 Qg7 26.Nfd4=) 25.Na5 Qe6 (25...Nfd7 26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Rf2+=) 26.Qb3 (26.Ng5 Qg4 27.Nf7 Nfd7+/-) 26...Nbd7 27.Nb7 (better 27.Ng5 Qg4 28.Nf7+/-) 27...Rd8?? (27...Rab8 28.Na5 Ra8 29.Rc2+=) 28.Nd6?? (28.Nd8 Rd8 29.Ng5 Qg4+-) 28...Nf6?? (better 28...Bh6+=) 29.Be5 (better 29.Ne5 Rdc8 30.Rcd1 Ne4 31.Ne4 h6+-) 29...Ne4? (29...a5+-) 30.Bg7 Kg7 31.Ng5 (better 31.Nd4 Rd6 32.Ne6 Re6 33.Rcd1+-) 31...Ng5-/+ 32.Qc3 Kg8 33.Rf2 (33.Qd4 Qe7-+) 33...Nd7 34.Rcf1 Ne5 (better 34...a5-+) 35.Qe5?? (better 35.Rf6 Qe7 36.Qd4-+) 35...Qe5 36.h4 (36.Re2 Qc3 37.Nb7 Rf8-+) 36...Ne4 (better 36...Qe3 37.Kh2 Rf8 38.Rf8 Rf8 39.Rf8 Kf8 40.hg5 Qa3 41.Nc8-+) 37.Rf7 (37.Nf7 Qc3 38.Nd8 Rd8-+) 37...Nd6 38.cd6 Rd6 (38...Qe3 39.Kh2 Qa3 40.Rb7-+) 39.Rb7 Rf8 40.Rf8 Kf8 41.Rb8 Qe8! 42.Re8 Ke8 43.Kf2 Re6 44.g4 (44.g3 Re4-+) 44...Re4 45.Kf3 (45.g5 Rh4 46.Kf3 a5 47.ba5 Ra4-+) 45...Rc4 (45...h5 46.gh5 gh5 47.Ke2-+) 46.g5 a5 47.h5 ab4 48.hg6 hg6 49.e4 (49.ab4 Rb4 50.Kg3-+) 49...ba3 50.ed5 (50.Kg2 a2 51.Kh2 a1Q 52.Kh3 Qa3 53.Kg2 Rc2 54.Kf1 Qc1) 50...cd5 51.Ke3 Kd7 (51...a2 52.Kd3 a1Q 53.Ke2 Qb2 54.Kf3 Rc3 55.Kf4 Qb8 56.Kg4 Qb4) 52.Kd3 (52.Ke2 a2 53.Kd3 a1Q 54.Ke3 Qe1 55.Kd3 Qe4 56.Kd2 Rc2 57.Kd1 Qe2) 52...Kd6 (52...a2 53.Kd2 a1Q 54.Ke3 Qe1 55.Kd3 Qe4 56.Kd2 Rc2 57.Kd1 Qe2) 53.Ke3 (53.Kd2 a2 54.Ke3 a1Q 55.Kd3 Rc3 56.Ke2 Qb2 57.Kd1 Rc1) 53...Rg4 (53...a2 54.Kd3 a1Q 55.Kd2 Qb2 56.Kd3 Rc3 57.Kd4 Qd2) 54.Kd3 (54.Ke2 Re4 55.Kd3 a2 56.Kc3 a1Q 57.Kd2 Qa2 58.Kd1 d4 59.Kc1 Re1) 54...Rg5 (54...a2 55.Ke2 a1Q 56.Kf2 Qd4 57.Kf3 Qe4 58.Kf2 Rg2 59.Kf1 Qe2) 55.Ke3 (55.Ke2 Re5 56.Kd3 a2 57.Kc3 a1Q 58.Kb3 Re2 59.Kb4 Ra2 60.Kb5 Qb2) 55...Rg4 (55...a2 56.Kd2 a1Q 57.Ke3 Qe1 58.Kd3 Rg2 59.Kd4 Qd2) 56.Kf3 Re4 57.Kg3 (57.Kf2 a2 58.Kg2 a1Q 59.Kf2 Qe1 60.Kg2 Rg4 61.Kf3 Rg3 62.Kf4 Qe3) 57...Ke5 (57...a2 58.Kg2 a1Q 59.Kf2 Qe1 60.Kg2 Rg4 61.Kf3 Rg3 62.Kf4 Qe3) 58.Kf3 (58.Kh2 a2 59.Kg3 a1Q 60.Kf2 Qe1 61.Kf3 Qe2 62.Kg3 Re3 63.Kh4 Qh5) 58...a2 59.Kg3 (59.Kf2 a1Q 60.Kg2 Re2 61.Kf3 Qf1 62.Kg4 Qf4 63.Kh3 Rh2) 59...a1Q 60.Kf3 (60.Kf2 Qe1 61.Kf3 Qe2 62.Kg3 Re3 63.Kh4 Qh5) 60...Qc3 (60...Qf1 61.Kg3 Re3 62.Kg4 Qf4) 61.Kg2 (61.Kf2 Qe3 62.Kf1 Qd2 63.Kg1 Re1) 61…Qd3 (61...Qd3 62.Kh2 Re2 63.Kg1 Qd1; 61...Re2 62.Kf1 Qe1) 0-1. Gehaktbalmetjus (2110) - platonegorgia (2135), Rated Bullet game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.d4 d6 9.Nbd2 c6 10.Qc2 d5 11.c5 (11.Rab1 Qc7+=) 11...b5 (11...Ba6 12.Ba6 Na6 13.Qa4+=) 12.a4+/- a6 13.ab5 ab5 14.Ra8 Ba8 15.Ne5 Nbd7 16.Ndf3 Ne5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Ra1 Nd7 19.Nf3 Bb7 20.Bc3 Ra8 21.Ra8 Ba8 22.Qa2 Bb7 23.Qa7 Qb8 24.Qb8 Nb8 25.Nd2 Nd7 26.f4 Nf6 27.h3 Ne4 (27...Nd7 28.Kf2+=) 28.Ne4+/- de4 29.g4 f5 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.gf5 (31.Ke1!?+=) 31...ef5=+ 32.Ke1 Ke7 (32...Bc8 33.Kd1=+) 33.Kd2= Bf6 (33...Ba6 34.d5 Bc3 35.Kc3 cd5 36.h4+=) 34.Bd1 (better 34.d5!?+/-) 34...Kd7 35.Bb3 Be7 (35...h6 36.Ke2=) 36.Bg8+= g5? (better 36...Ke8+=) 37.Bh7+- gf4?? (better 37...Ke6+-) 38.Bf5 Ke8 39.ef4 (39.Be4?! fe3 40.Ke3 Bh4+-) 39...Kf7 40.Be4 Bc8 (40...Bf6+-) 41.Bc6 Bd7 (41...Bh3 42.Bb5 Bg2+-) 42.Bd7 (42.Bd7 Bf8 43.d5+-) 1-0. dodi65 (2050) - licatheboss (1870), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2014.

8.d4 d6 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Re8 11.e4 (better 11.Rfd1!?+=) 11...Ne4-/+ 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 (13.Qe3 d5=+) 13...Bb7 (13...Bg2!? 14.Kg2 Qg5 15.Kh1 Qd2-+) 14.Bf3 Bf3 15.Qf3 e5 (15...c5 16.bc5 dc5 17.Qe3-/+) 16.d5 f5 17.Qh3 Nf6 18.f3 (18.Qf3 Nh5=+) 18...Qe7 19.Rae1 Qf7 20.g4 (20.a4 a6 21.b5 ab5 22.ab5 Nh5-/+) 20...fg4 (20...b5!? 21.f4 Ng4-+) 21.fg4-/+ Qd7 22.Qh4 Qg4 23.Qg4 Ng4 24.Ne4 Rf8 25.Ng5 (25.Bc1!?-+) 25...Rf1 26.Rf1 Nf6 (26...Ne3!? 27.Rc1-+) 27.Ne6 Rc8 28.Re1? (28.b5 Ne4-/+) 28...c6 (better 28...b5 29.cb5 Nd5-+) 29.Kg2?? (better 29.c5 dc5 30.Ng7 Kg7 31.Re5-/+) 29...cd5 30.cd5 (30.c5 Bh6 (worse 30...dc5 31.bc5 bc5 32.Be5-+) 31.Re2 bc5 32.bc5 Kf7-+) 30...Nd5 (better 30...Rc2 31.Kg1 Rb2 32.Rc1 Nd5 33.Rc8 Kf7 34.Ng5 Kf6 35.Nh7 Kf5 36.a3-+) 31.Ng5 (31.Rc1 Rc1 32.Bc1 Nb4 33.Ba3 Na2 34.Bd6-+) 31…Rc2 (31...Rc2 32.Kf3 Rb2-+) 0-1. TheSpecialChess (1885) - GambitPower (1815), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org.

8.d3 d6 9.Nbd2 e5 10.Qc2 c6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.a5 d5 13.a6 Bc8 14.cd5 Nd5?? (better is 14...cd5 15.Rfc1 b5+/–) 15.Qc6+– Ba6 (15...e4 16.Bg7 ef3 17.Bf3 Rb8 18.Qd5 Kg7+–) 16.Qd5 (16.Ra6?! Nb4 17.Qb5 Na6 18.Qa6 e4+/–) 16...Qe7 (16...e4 17.Bg7 ed3 18.Bd1 Kg7 19.Ra6+–) 17.Ra6 Kf8 (17...e4 18.Nd4 ed3 19.Bd3 Qb4 20.Qd7 Qb2 21.Ra7+–) 18.Rfa1 Red8 19.Ra7 Ra7 20.Ra7 f6 (20...Nf6 21.Qa2 Nd7 22.Nc4+–) 21.Qb7 Ke8 (21...Qe6 22.d4 Ke8 23.d5+–) 22.d4 ed4 (22...f5 23.de5 Rb8 24.Qd5+–) 23.Nd4 Rb8 24.Qc7 Qd8 25.Qd6 (better is 25.Qc4 b5 26.Qg8 Bf8+–) 25...Bf8 26.Qe6 (26.Qd5 Qe7 27.Ne4 Bg7 28.Nd6 Kf8 29.Bc4 Qe8 30.Qg8 Ke7 31.Nc6 Kd6 32.Qd5) 26...Qe7 27.Bb5 Rd8 28.Rd7 (28.Bd7 Rd7 29.Ra8 Rd8 30.Rd8 Kd8 31.Nc6 Ke8 32.Ne7 b5 33.Nc6 Be7 34.Qe7) 28...Qe6 29.Rd8 Kd8 30.Ne6 Ke7 31.Nf8 Kf8 32.Bf6 Kf7 33.Bd4 1–0. jlbaf (2445) – grahamtrue (2235), net–chess.com, 2016.

8.d4 d6 9.b5 c5 10.Nbd2 (10.dc5 dc5 11.Qc2 a6+=) 10...Nbd7 11.Qb3 cd4 12.ed4 Rc8 13.Ba3 (13.Qa3 Rc7=) 13...Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Ng5 (15.Rad1 d5=) 15...Bb7 (15...Ba8 16.Qe3=) 16.c5+= e6 (16...dc5?? 17.Qf7 Kh8 18.Ne6 Bd4 19.Nd8 Rcd8 20.Rad1+-) 17.c6 Nc5? (better 17...Qg5 18.cb7 Rcd8+=) 18.dc5 (18.cb7?! Nb3 19.bc8R Qc8 20.ab3 Bd4+=) 18...Ba1 (18...Bc6 19.bc6 bc5+-) 19.cb7 (19.Ra1 Bc6 20.bc6 Qg5 21.cd6 Rc6+-) 19...Qg5 (19...Rb8 20.Ra1 Qg5 21.c6+- (worse 21.cd6 Rb7 22.Bf3 Rd7+-)) 20.bc8Q (20.Ra1?! Rc5 21.Bc5 dc5+-) 20...Rc8 21.Ra1 dc5 (21...bc5 22.Qc3+-) 22.Rd1 1-0. Wassili (2135) – moijazz, Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0)

8.d4 d6 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.a4 e5 11.de5 Ne5 12.Ne5 de5 13.Bh5 gh5 14.Qe2 Qg5 15.e4 Rad8 16.Nf3 Qg6 17.Rfe1 (worse is 17.Ne5 Be5 18.Be5 Be4+=; worse is 17.Be5 Qe4 18.Rae1 Qe2 19.Re2 Bf3 20.gf3 Be5 21.Re5 Rd4=) 17...f6 18.h3 Rd7 19.a5 Rfd8 20.Bc3 Rd3 21.Rac1 Bh6 22.Rc2 Bf4 23.Nh4 Qg5 24.Nf5 Kf7 25.f3 Bc8 26.g4 Bf5 27.ef5 hg4 28.fg4?? Qh4 29.Qf1 Rh3 30.Rg2 Rh1 0–1. brother – kot63 (1655), kurnik, 2011.

8.d4 e6 9.b5 c5 10.Qc2 cd4 11.Nd4 d5 12.Bh5 Bd4 (12...gh5!? 13.Rd1 Qg5 14.cd5 Qd5+=) 13.Bd4 gh5 14.c5 Nd7? (better is 14...bc5 15.Qc5 f6+/–) 15.c6+– e5 (15...Rc8 16.Qa4 Bc6 17.bc6+–) 16.Bb2 (16.cb7 Rb8 17.Bb2 Rb7+–) 16...Nc5 (16...Rc8+–) 17.cb7 Rb8 18.Qf5 Rb7 (18...f6 19.f4 Na4 20.Ba3+–) 19.Be5 f6 20.Bd4 Qe8 21.Qd5 Qf7 22.Qf7 Rff7 23.Bc5 bc5 24.Nc3 Rfd7 25.Rfd1 Rd1 26.Rd1 1–0. carocan (1720) – burza56, kurnik, 2011.

8.b5 c5 9.d4=.

8.b5 d6 9.0-0 c5 10.bc6 Nc6 11.d4+=.

8.b5 d6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Ne4 (10...Re8 11.d4=) 11.Qc2 Nc3 12.Bc3 (< 12.dc3 Nc5=+) 12...Bc3 13.Qc3 Nc5 (13...e5 14.d4+=) 14.d3 (14.d4 Ne4 15.Qc2 e6+=) 14...e5= 15.Nd2 (15.Rfe1 e4 16.de4 Be4=) 15...Re8 16.Bf3 e4 (16...Bf3 17.Nf3 Qf6 18.Rfe1=) 17.Ne4 Ne4 18.Be4 Be4 19.de4 Re4 20.f3 (20.Rad1 Qh4 21.Rd4 Rae8=) 20...Re5 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.e4 Re8 23.Rd5 Re6 24.Qd3 Qh4 25.Qc2 g5 26.Qd2+= Rg6 27.g3 Qh5 28.Rf5 h6 29.Qd5 Re7 30.f4 Qe2+= 31.fg5 Qe3 32.Kg2 Rg5 33.R1f3 Rf5?? 34.ef5 Qe2=+ 35.Rf2 Qe4 36.Rf3 Qd5 37.cd5= Re5 38.Rc3+= Rf5 39.Rc7 Rd5 40.Rc6 Rd4 41.Rb6 Ra4 42.Rd6 Rb4 43.Rb6 Kg7 44.Rb7 a4 45.b6 a3 46.Ra7 Rb2 47.Kh3 ½–½. Conti,Ferdinando – Bruno,El (1695), Open, Brescia ITA, 2009.

8.b5 d6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 Rc8 (10...e5 11.Nc3=) 11.Nc3 Ne4 (11...e5 12.Qc2=) 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Ng5 (13.Nd2 Ba8=) 13...Bb7 (13...Ba8 14.f4=) 14.Bf3 (14.f4 h6 15.Bf3 d5=) 14...Bf3 15.Qf3 (worse is 15.gf3 e5 16.f4 ef4 17.ef4 Nf6–/+) 15...Nf6 (15...e5 16.Ne4=) 16.Rac1 (16.Rfe1 Qd7=) 16...h6 (16...Qd7 17.Rfe1=) 17.Ne4 (17.Nh3 Re8+=) 17...Ne4 (17...Qd7 18.Nd2=) 18.Qe4 c5 (18...Qd7 19.Qd3=) 19.bc6 f5? (better is 19...Qe8=) 20.Qd5+– Kh7 (20...e6 21.Qb5+–) 21.Qb5 Qc7 (21...e6 22.Rfe1+–) 22.d5 Bb2 (22...e6 23.Rb1+– (23.de6?! Bb2 24.Qb2 Rfe8+/–)) 23.Qb2 e5 Black prepares f4 (23...f4 24.ef4 Rf4 25.g3+–) 24.Rc3 Rb8 (24...f4 25.e4+–) 25.Rb3 f4 26.e4 g5 (26...f3+–) 27.Rb1 Qc8 (27...Kg8 28.Rb6 Rbc8 29.Rb7+–) 28.Rb6 Rb6 (28...f3 29.gf3 Rb6 30.Qb6+–) 29.Qb6 f3 (29...Kg8 30.Qa7 Qe8 31.c7 Qa4 32.h4+–) 30.gf3 Qh3 (30...Kg6 31.c7 Rf3 32.Qd6 Kh5 33.Qe5 Qg4 34.Qg3 Rg3 35.hg3 (35.fg3?! Qe4 36.c8Q Qb1 37.Kg2 Qe4 38.Kf2 Qf5 39.Qf5=) 35...Qe4 36.Rb8 Qe1 37.Kg2 Qe4 38.Kh2+–) 31.Rb3 (better is 31.Qc7 Kg6 32.Qd6 Rf6 33.Qf6 Kf6 34.Rb8+–) 31...g4 (31...Qc8+–) 32.Qc7 Kg8 33.Rb7 (33.Rb7 Qh2 34.Kh2 g3 35.fg3 Rf7 36.Qf7 Kh8 37.Qg7) 1–0. Barcarola (1680) – obhni, internet free game, 2018.

8.b5 d6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.d4 Re8+=.

8.bc5 bc5 9.Nc3=.

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Na3 e5 10.d3 e4 11.de4 Ne4 12.Bg7 Kg7 13.Qd4 Qf6 14.Rac1 a5 15.b5 Ndc5 16.Qf6 Kf6 17.Bd1 Rfe8 18.Nd4? (18.Nb1 Nd3 19.Rc2 Rac8=+) 18...h5 (18...Nd2 19.Re1 Nd3 20.Bc2 Ne1 21.Re1-+) 19.h3? (19.Nb1 Nd3 20.Rc2 Rad8=+) 19...h4 (19...Nd2!?-+) 20.Bc2 (20.Nb1 Nd3 21.Rc2 Rad8=+) 20...Ng5 (better 20...Nc3!? 21.Bg6 fg6 22.Rc3 Na4-/+) 21.Rfd1 Re7 22.Ne2 Rae8 23.Nf4 Kg7 24.Nd5 Bd5 25.Rd5 Nge4 26.Be4 Re4 27.Rd4 Na4 28.Nb1 Nc5 29.Nd2 Rd4 30.ed4 Nd3 31.Rc3 (31.Ra1 Re2 32.Nf3 Rc2-+ (32...Rf2?! 33.Ra3-/+)) 31...Re1 32.Kh2?? (32.Nf1 Nf4 33.Re3-+) 32...Nf2 33.g3 (33.g4 Re2 34.Nb1 Ne4 35.Kg1 Re1 36.Kg2 Rb1-+) 33...Re2 34.Nf3 (34.Nb1 Ne4 35.Kg1 Re1 36.Kg2 Rb1-+) 34…Nd1 (34...Nd1 35.Kh1 Nc3-+) 0-1. miskob (2155) - MyMainManMaxEuwe (2315), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2020.

8.d4 a5 9.Nc3? (better 9.b5!?=) 9...ab4-/+ 10.Nd5 (10.Nb1 c5-/+) 10...c5 (better 10...Nd5!? 11.cd5 Bd5-+) 11.Nf6-/+ Bf6 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.d5 Na5 14.Qc2 e5 (14...e6 15.Rd1-/+) 15.Nd2 Bg7 16.Nb3 f5 17.Na5 ba5 18.Bd1 Qh4 19.0-0 Rae8 20.f4 (20.Qb3 Rb8-/+) 20...Bc8 (better 20...ef4 21.ef4 Bb2 22.Qb2 Re4-+) 21.Qf2? (better 21.Rb1-/+) 21...Qf2-+ 22.Kf2 (22.Rf2 ef4 23.Bg7 fe3 24.Bf8 ef2 25.Kf2 Kf8 26.Rc1-+) 22...ef4 23.Bg7 fe3 (23...Kg7?! 24.ef4 Re4 25.Bb3-+) 24.Ke1 Kg7 25.Bf3 f4 26.Ke2 g5 27.h3 Re5 28.Rh1 Bf5 29.g3 (29.Ra2 Rb8-+) 29...fg3 30.Rag1 Kf6 (better 30...Bd3! 31.Kd3 Rf3 32.Re1-+) 31.Rg3 h6 (31...Bc2 32.Bg4 b3 33.Rf3 Ke7 34.Re3 Re3 35.Ke3-+) 32.h4 (32.Bg4 Bg4 33.hg4 Kg7 34.Re3 Re3 35.Ke3 Rf4-+) 32...Be4 (better 32...b3 33.Bg4 Bg4 34.Rg4-+) 33.hg5 hg5 34.Ke3 (34.Be4 Re4 35.Rf1 Ke7 36.Rf8 Kf8 37.Rg5-+) 34...Bf3 35.Kf3 Kg6 36.Kg2 Re2 37.Kg1 Re1 38.Kg2 Rh1 39.Kh1 Rf4 40.Re3 Rc4 41.Re6 Kf5 42.Rd6 b3 43.Rb6 Rb4 44.Rc6 b2 45.Rc5 (45.Kh2 b1Q 46.Re6 Qc2 47.Re2 Qe2 48.Kg3 Rb3) 45...b1Q 46.Kg2 (46.Rc1 Qc1 47.Kg2 Rb2 48.Kg3 Qe3) 46...Qd3 (46...Rb2 47.Rc2 Qc2 48.Kg3 Qd3) 47.d6 Ke6 (47...Kf6 48.Rf5 Kf5 49.Kg1 Rb2 50.d7 Qd1) 48.Rg5 (48.Kf2 Rb2 49.Rc2 Rc2 50.Kg1 Qd1) 48...Rb2 49.Kh1 Qf1 50.Rg1 Qh3 0-1. Bostonbliz (2525) - dovijanic (2330), Casual bullet game, lichess.org, 2021.

8.0-0=.

8.a4 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 d5 11.0-0 dc4 12.Bc4 Nbd7 13.d4 Qa8 14.Nbd2 Bd5 15.Qb3 e6 16.Bb2 Qb7 (16...c5 17.bc6 Qc6 18.Rc1=) 17.Ra1 Ra8 18.Ra6 Nb8 (18...c5 19.Qa4 Rc8 20.Ra7=) 19.Bd5+= Nd5 20.Ra8 Qa8 21.e4 Nf6 22.Qc2 Qb7 23.Ne5 Nfd7 24.Nc6 Nf6 (24...Qa8 25.Nb8 Qb8 26.Qc6+=) 25.Ne7 Kh8 26.d5 ed5 27.Bf6 Bf6 28.Nd5 Bd8 29.Qc3 Kg8 30.Qe5 Qc8 31.Qe8 Kg7 32.Ne7 Qd7 33.Qg8 Kf6 (33...Kh6 34.Qf8 Kh5 35.Nd5+–) 34.Nd5 Ke6 35.Qh8 f6 36.Nc4 Qb5 (36...Kf7 37.Qh7 Kf8 38.Qh8 Kf7+–) 37.Nc3 Qb4 38.Qd8 Qc3 (38...Nc6 39.Qc8 Kf7 40.Qc7 Kf8+–) 39.Qe8 1–0. Mensch – Mensch, Chess Game, 2018.

8.a3 e6 9.Qb3 d6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.ed4 Nh5 14.Bh5 gh5 15.d5 Rc8 16.f4 (16.Rfe1 Qh4 17.Ne4 Rfd8+/–) 16...b5= 17.Ne4 (17.Nb5 Qb6 18.Kh1 Bb2 19.Qb2 Rc4=) 17...Rc4 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qb2 f6 20.Nd2 Qb6 21.Kh1 Rc7 22.de6 Rfc8 23.Qb3 Rc2 24.Qg3 Kh8 25.Nf3 Rg8 26.Qh4 Rcg2 27.Qf6 R2g7 28.Rae1 (28.Qc3!?=) 28...Qc6–/+ 29.Re3 Qc4 30.Rfe1 Qd5 (30...Qa2!? 31.Rg1 Qe6 32.Re6 Bf3 33.Rg2 Bg2 34.Kg1 Bd5 35.Kf2 Be6 36.Qe6 Rg6=) 31.h4= Qd2 32.Rg1 Qe3 33.Rg7 Rg7 34.Qf8 ½–½. Mikhalchenko,Petr (2320) – Pokazanjev,Nikolai (2440), Kemerovo op, 2008. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7)

8.b5 a6 9.0-0=.

8.b5 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 10.0-0 Nd7 (10...a6 11.Qb1=) 11.Qb3 N7f6 (11...e6 12.Rfc1=) 12.Rfd1+= Nc3 13.Bc3 (better is 13.dc3 Qc7 14.c4+=) 13...Nd5? (better is 13...Bd5!? 14.Qc2 Rc8=) 14.Bg7+/– Kg7 15.d4 c4 (15...Qd6!?+/–) 16.Bc4+– Rc8 17.Ne5 e6 18.Rac1 Rc7 19.Bf1 Qc8 20.Qa3 Nc3 21.Re1 Bd5 22.f3 f5 23.h3 Na2 24.Rc7 Qc7 25.Ra1 Nc3 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.Nc6! Na2 28.Rc2 a6? 29.Nb4 Qc2 30.Nc2 Rc2 31.e4 (31.e4 ab5 32.ed5 ed5 33.Qe7 Kg8 34.Bb5+–) 1–0. Rodriguez,Alberto2 (2310) – Durini,Gabriel, Buenos Aires BCA, 1987.

8.bc5 bc5 9.Rb1 d6=.

8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.0-0 Ne8 11.Qb3 Nd6 12.b5 e6 13.a4 Rc8 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rac1 Nc4 16.Qc4 c5 17.bc6 Bc6 18.Nb5 Bf3 19.Qc8 Qc8 20.Rc8 Rc8 21.gf3 a6 22.Nd6 Rc3 23.Bb2 Rb3 24.Bc1 Bf8 25.Ne4 a5 26.Bd2 Rd3 27.Bc1 Bb4 28.f4 h6 29.Kg2 f5 30.Ng3 Nf6 31.f3 Nd5 32.Kf2 Rc3 33.e4 Rc2 34.Kg1 Nc3 35.Be3 Ne2 36.Kg2 Nd4 37.Rf2 Rf2 38.Kf2 Bc5 39.Ne2 Nb3 40.Bc5 Nc5 41.Nc3 fe4 42.fe4 Kf7 43.Ke3 Ke7 44.Kd4 Kd6 45.Nb5 Kd7 46.Nc3 g5 47.f5 Ke7 48.e5 ef5 49.Nd5 Ke6 50.Nb6 Nb7 51.Nd5 f4 52.Nc7 Kf5 53.e6 Kf6 54.Ke4 Nd6 55.Kd5 Nf5 56.Nb5 f3 57.Nc3 Ke7 58.Nd1 g4 59.Ke5 Ng7 60.Ne3 h5 61.Nd5 Kd8 62.Ne3 Ne8 63.Kf5 Ke7 64.Ke5 0–1. Sazonov – Simovich, Moscow 1962.

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 e5 10.a4 a5 11.b5 Re8 12.Qc2 ed4 13.ed4 Ne4 14.Rfe1 Nc3 15.Qc3 Nf6 16.Rad1 White prepares c5 16...Ne4 17.Qc2 Qd7 18.c5 (18.Bd3 Nf6 19.d5 Re1 20.Re1 Re8+=) 18...Bd5 (worse 18...bc5 19.dc5 Qf5 20.Bg7 Kg7 21.c6+/-) 19.Nd2 (19.Bd3 f5 20.Bc4 Bc4 21.Qc4 d5=) 19...Qf5 (worse 19...bc5 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.dc5 dc5 22.Ne4 Ne4 23.Bg7+=) 20.Bd3?? (better 20.Ne4 Be4 21.Qc1=+) 20...Qf2 21.Kh1 Ng3! 22.hg3 (22.hg3 Qg2 Mate attack) 22…Qg2 0-1. Poncheki (2230) - tooweaktooslow6 (2655), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2024.

8.d4 Nbd7 9.0-0 e5 10.de5 Ne5 11.Ne5 de5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.a3 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 c5 15.b5 Rd1 16.Rd1 Rd8 17.Rd2 Rd2 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Qd7 Nd7 20.f3 f5 21.Kf2 Kf7 22.Bf1 (22.e4 a6+=) 22...Ke6 (22...e4 23.fe4 Be4 24.Ne4 Bb2 25.Nd6 Ke6 26.Nc8=+) 23.Bd3 (23.e4 Nf6 24.Bd3 h5+=) 23...Nf6 (23...e4 24.fe4 fe4 25.Bc2=+) 24.h3 Ne8 25.g4 (25.e4 Nd6+=) 25...Nd6 26.Ke2 (26.gf5 gf5 27.e4 fe4 28.fe4 Kf7+=) 26...Bh6?? (better 26...e4!? 27.fe4 fe4-+ (worse 27...Ne4 28.gf5 gf5 29.Ne4 Bb2 30.Ng3+=)) 27.Kf2 Bg5 28.Bc1 (28.gf5 Nf5 29.Nd5 Bh4 30.Kg2 Bg5=) 28...Bf6 (28...a6 29.a4=+) 29.Bd2 (29.e4!?=) 29...e4=+ 30.fe4 fe4 31.Be2 Be5 32.Bf1 g5 33.Be2 h6 34.Bf1 Nf7 35.Be2 (35.Bg2 Bc3 36.Bc3 Ne5 37.Be5 Ke5=) 35...Bf6=+ 36.Bf1 Ne5 37.Be2 Bg7 38.Be1 Nd7 39.Bf1 Nf6 40.Bg2 The isolani on e4 becomes a target 40...Bf8 41.Ke2 Bd6 42.Bf2 Be5 43.Be1 a6 44.Na4 Bc7 45.Bc3 ab5 46.cb5 Bd5 47.Kd2 Nd7 48.Bf1 Bb3 49.Nb2 Be5 (49...Kd5!?=+) 50.Bc4= Bc4 51.Nc4 Bc7 52.Bg7 Kd5 53.Kc3 Ne5 54.Be5 Be5 55.Ne5 (55.Kb3 Bc7=) 55...Ke5 56.Kc4 Ke6 57.Kc3 Kd5 58.Kb3 Kd6 59.Kc4 Ke6 60.Kc3 h5?? (better 60...Kf6=) 61.Kb3 (better 61.gh5 Kf7 62.a4+-) 61…hg4= (61...hg4 62.hg4 Kd6=). bjoernsen (2300) - NMGsarov (2390), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2019.

8.Nc3=.

8.Nbd2 dc4 9.Nc4 Nbd7 10.0-0 c5 11.b5 Qc7 12.h3 Rad8 (12...a6 13.a4=) 13.Qc2 Rfe8 14.e4 e5 15.Qa4 Ba8 16.Qb3 Nh5 17.g3 Nhf6 18.a4 h6 19.Rfe1 Nh7 20.Rac1 Nhf8 21.Ra1 Ne6 22.a5 Nd4 23.Nd4 ed4 24.ab6 ab6 25.Ra2 Be5 (25...Ne5!?=) 26.Ne5+= Qe5 27.Rea1 (27.Bc1 Kg7+=) 27...Bb7 (27...Bd5 28.ed5 Qe2 29.Bd4=) 28.Ra7 (28.Bc1 Qg7 29.Ra7+/–) 28...Qc7 (better is 28...Bd5! 29.Qc2 f5=) 29.Bc1 g5 30.h4 (30.f4 Ra8+/–) 30...Re5 (30...gh4!? 31.Bf4 Ne5=) 31.f4 Ree8 32.fg5?? (better is 32.Bh5 Re7 33.hg5 hg5 34.Qd1+/–) 32...Qg3–+ 33.Kf1 Qh3 (better is 33...Be4 34.de4 Qb3–+) 34.Ke1–/+ Qh4 (34...Re4 35.Qd1 Qg3 36.Kd2 Rde8–+) 35.Kd1+= Bc8 (35...Be4 36.de4 (36.gh6?? Bf5 37.h7 Kh8–+) 36...d3 37.Bd3–/+) 36.gh6 Ne5 0–1. GuestFHRH – GuestLPYL, freechess.org, 2017.

8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Rb8 10.a4 Re8 11.Qc2 e5 12.e4 c5 (12...Bc8 13.Bc3+=) 13.b5 Nh5 14.g3 (14.Rfe1 Nf4+=) 14...Rf8 15.a5 f5 16.ab6 ab6 17.ef5 Rf5 18.Ne4 Be4 (better is 18...Rf8=) 19.de4+/– Rf7 20.Bc1 (20.Qd3 Qf6+/–) 20...Qf8 (20...Ra8 21.Ra8 Qa8 22.Ng5+/–) 21.Ng5+– Re7 22.Bh5 gh5 23.Qd1 Nf6 (23...h6 24.Qd5 Kh8 25.Ne6+/–) 24.Qd6 Rd8? (better is 24...h6 25.Nh3 Qd8 26.Qd8 Rd8+–) 25.Qb6 h6 (25...Qe8 26.Qc5 Rc8 27.Qe3+–) 26.Ne6 Nd7 1–0. Fredek (2090) – Guest77266, Freundschaftspartie, 5m + 0s, 2005.

8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Qc2 e5 (9...Re8 10.0-0+=) 10.0-0 e4 (10...Re8 11.e4=) 11.de4 (11.Ne4 Ne4 12.Bg7 Kg7 13.de4+/–) 11...Ne5? (11...Re8!?+=) 12.c5 (12.Ne5 de5 13.Be5 Ne4 14.Bg7 Nd2+/–) 12...Nf3+/– 13.Bf3 (worse is 13.Nf3 Be4 14.Bf6 Bc2 15.Bd8 Rfd8+=) 13...bc5 (13...dc5 14.bc5 Re8 15.Rfd1+/–) 14.bc5 dc5 15.e5 Bf3? (better is 15...Nd5+–) 16.ef6 (16.gf3?! Nd7 17.f4 Qh4+=; 16.Nf3?! Nd7+=) 16...Bf6 17.Bf6 (17.gf3?! Bb2 18.Qb2 Rb8+–) 17...Qf6 18.Nf3 (18.gf3?! Rfd8+–) 18...Qc6 (18...Qe7 19.Rac1+–) 19.Rfd1 c4 (19...Rfd8 20.Nd4! Qd6 21.Nb3+–) 20.Rd4 c3 21.Rd3 1–0. Janek – zendik, internet, 2016.

8.0-0 (--> 7.0-0 d6 8.d4).

8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Ne4 Be4 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.a4 c5 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.a5 cb4 15.Qb4 Rfb8 (15...Nf6 16.d5+=) 16.Bc3 (16.a6!? Bc8 17.Bf3+/-) 16...Bc6 17.Qa3 ba5 18.Ba5 Qc8 19.Rab1 Rb1 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.Rb8 Qb8 22.f3 Bf8 23.Bc3 e6 24.Qb2 Qb2 25.Bb2 Be7 26.Kf2 Kf8 27.e4 Ke8 28.Nb3 Kd8 29.Na5 Ba4 30.Ke3 Kc7 31.Bc3 Nb8 32.d5 e5 33.f4 (33.c5!? Nd7 34.c6+=) 33...f6 34.g3 Kb6 35.h4 Na6 36.Kd2 Nc5 37.Ke3 Bd8 38.h5 Ka6 39.Nc6 Bc6 40.dc6 Kb6 41.hg6 hg6 42.Bd1 Kc6 43.Bc2 Bb6 44.Kf3 a5 45.g4 g5 46.fg5 fg5 47.Bd2 Ne6 48.Ba4 Kc5 49.Be3? (49.Be8 Kc4 50.Bf7 Kd3 51.Be6 Kd2-+) 49...Nd4 (49...Kb4!? 50.Bb6 Ka4 51.Ba7-+) 50.Kg3 Bd8 51.Bd4? (better 51.Be8-+) 51…Kd4 (worse 51...ed4 52.Kf3 Kb4 53.Bc2-+) 0-1. haroldesteban (2025) - bigwh (2215), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2015. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2)

8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.a4 c5 10.b5 Rc8 (10...cd4 11.ed4 Rc8 12.Qd3=) 11.0-0 (11.d5 Qc7+=) 11...Qc7 (11...Bf3!? 12.Bf3 cd4 13.Qd4 Nh5=) 12.d5+= Ne5 13.Nd2 (13.Ne5 de5 14.a5 Rfd8+/–) 13...e6+= 14.f4 Ned7 15.e4 Rce8 16.Bd3 Ra8 17.Kh1 Ne8 18.Qc2 Qd8 19.Nf3 Bc8 20.Rae1 e5 21.Bc1 ef4 22.Bf4 Ne5 23.Ne5 de5 24.Be3 Nd6 25.Qd2 f5 26.ef5 gf5 (26...Bf5!? 27.Bf2 Re8=) 27.Bh6+/– Qf6 28.Bg7 Qg7 29.Rf3 Kh8 30.Ref1 Bd7 31.Rg3 Qe7 32.Qh6 Rf6 33.Qh4 Qf7 34.Ne4 Ne4 35.Be4 Rf8 36.Rgf3 Qg7 37.g4 (better is 37.Qf2!?+/–) 37...Rh6+= 38.Qg3 f4 39.g5 Rh5 (39...fg3? 40.Rf8 Qf8 41.Rf8 Kg7 42.gh6 Kf8 43.Bh7+–) 40.g6 Bf5 (40...fg3? 41.Rf8 Qg8 42.Rg8 Kg8 43.gh7 Kg7 44.Rf3 Rh2 45.Kg1+–) 41.Qe1 Qg6 42.Bf5 Qf5 43.a5? Qc2–+ 44.Qf2 Qc4 45.ab6 ab6 46.Qd2 Qd4 47.Qa2 Rg5 48.d6 Rfg8 49.R3f2 Qe4 50.Rf3 Rg1! (50...Rg1 51.Rg1 Qf3 52.Qg2 Rg2 53.Rg2 Qd1 54.Rg1 Qd5 55.Rg2 f3–+) 0–1. Laske,Erich (2120) – Frosch,Ronald, Leiner op, 1996. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7)

8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.a4 e6 10.Qc2 c6 11.0-0 c5 12.bc5 dc5 13.dc5 Nc5 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qc6 16.Rd6 Qc8 17.Rad1 Nfe4 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.R6d4 Qc6 20.Nd6 Nd6 21.Rd6 Qa4 22.Qa4 Na4 23.Ne5 Nc3 24.R1d2 Ne2 25.Re2 Rfd8 26.Red2 Rd6 27.Rd6 Ba6 28.Rd7 Rc8 29.Ra7 Bc4 30.Rf7 Kh6 31.h3 b5 32.Ng4 Kg5 33.f4 Kh4 34.Kh2 h5 35.g3 1–0. Chess4Win (1750) – Khairy1818 (1770), lichess.org, 2020.

8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.b5 a6 10.a4 ab5 11.ab5 e6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Nd2 Ra1 14.Ba1 Ra8 15.Bf3 d5 16.Qb3 Qa3 17.cd5 Qb3 18.Nb3 Nd5 19.Ne2 c5 (19...g5 20.Ng3=) 20.bc6 Bc6 21.Rc1 Ba4 22.Nd2 b5 23.g3 (23.e4 Nb4 24.Rc7 Nf6=) 23...N7b6 24.Bb2 Bf8 25.Ne4 Nc4 26.Rb1 (26.Nf6! Nf6 27.Rc4=+) 26...Bc2-/+ (worse 26...Nb2 27.Rb2 Rc8 28.h3=+) 27.Ra1 Ra1 28.Ba1 b4 29.Nf4 Nf4 30.gf4 (30.Nf6 Kh8 31.gf4-+) 30...b3 31.Nf6 Kh8 32.Be4?? (32.Nd7 Ba3-+) 32...Be4 (better 32...Bg7 33.Bd5 ed5 (33...Bf6?! 34.Bc4 Kg7 35.Bb2=+) 34.Nd5 b2 35.Bb2 Nb2-+) 33.Ne4 b2 34.Bb2 Nb2 35.Kg2 Be7 36.Kg3 Nd3 37.h3 Kg7 38.Nd2 f5 39.Nc4 Kf6 40.Nb6 Bb4 41.Nc4 Be1 42.Kf3 Nb4 (42...Nf2?! 43.Ke2-/+) 43.Nd6 Bc3 44.Ne8 Ke7 45.Nc7 Nd5 46.Nb5? (46.Na6-+) 46...Bb4 47.e4 fe4 48.Ke4 Nc3 (48...Kd7!? 49.Ke5 Be1 50.Nd6 Nf4 51.Kf4 Kd6 52.f3-+) 49.Nc3 Bc3 0-1. WarrioR2080 (2100) - menezeslucas (2085), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2018.

7.Qb3 cb4 8.Qb4 Nc6 9.Qa4 Bb7 10.0-0 d5 11.cd5 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qf5 13.d4 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Rac1 Qa5 16.Qb3 Qb4 17.Ba3 Qb3 18.ab3 Bf8 19.Bb2 e6 20.Nd2 Na5 21.Na2 Rc1 22.Nc1 (worse is 22.Bc1 Bd5–/+) 22...Rc8 23.Nc4 Nc4 24.bc4 Ne8 25.Nb3 a5 26.Bc3 (26.Ra1 Ba6 27.Rc1 Nd6=) 26…Nd6 ½–½. Gerold,Guenter (2080) – Marotz,Hans Joachim (2330), BdF, 2007.

7.b5 a5 8.0-0 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Bb7 Qb7 14.Ngf3 Rad8 15.Qe2 e6 ½–½. Heinig,Wolfram – Knaak,Rainer, DDR–ch, 1971.

7.b5 d6 8.a4 Ne4 9.Bg7 Kg7 10.Qc2 d5 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Qc3 f6 13.a5 ba5 14.Ra5 e5 15.cd5 Qd5 16.Bc4 Qd8 17.0-0 Bg4 18.Rfa1 Bf3 19.gf3 Qc7 20.Bd5+– Nd7 21.Ba8 Ra8 22.Qa3 Qb7 23.Ra7 Ra7 24.Qa7 Qb5 25.Ra5 Qd3 26.Rc5 Qd2?? 27.Rc7 Qd1 28.Kg2 Kh6 29.Rd7 Qb3 30.Rh7 Kg5 31.h4 Kf5 32.Qd7 Qe6 33.e4 Kf4 34.Qd2 1–0. Fournier,Frederic – marylou_c, Active (1+10), 2008.

8.Qb3 Bb7 9.0-0 d5 10.cd5 Bd5 11.Qa4 Nc7 12.bc5 bc5 13.Be5 Qd7 14.Qa5 Ne6 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Bb5 Bb5 18.Qb5 Qb5 19.Nb5 Ne4 20.Bg7 Kg7 21.d3 Rcb8 22.a4 a6 ½–½. Espig,Lutz (2430) – Malisauskas,Vidmantas (2325), HUN–ch op Eger, 1987.

8.b5 Nc7 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Nc3 d5 11.d4 Ne6 12.dc5 Nc5 13.Na4 Rc8 14.Nc5 Rc5 15.Bd4 Rc7 16.Rc1 dc4 17.Rc4 Bf3 18.gf3 Rd7 19.Qc1 Nh5 20.Bg7 Ng7 21.f4 Nf5 22.Bg4 e6 23.Bf5 ef5 24.h3 Qh4 25.Kg2 Qe7 26.a4 Rfd8 27.Kg3 ½–½. Espig,Lutz (2470) – Barczay,Laszlo (2465), Makarczyk Memorial, 1978.

8.b5 Nc7 9.0-0 Bb7 10.d4 Ne4 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Ne5 d6 13.Nc6 Bc6 14.bc6 e6 15.Ne4 fe4 16.Rb1 d5 17.dc5 bc5 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qc2 Qd6 20.Rbc1 d4 21.Qe4 e5 22.Rb1 Rf7 23.Rb7 a6 24.Bg4 Raf8 25.Bd7 h6 26.h3 Kh7 27.Re1 de3 28.f3 Re7+/– 29.Re3 Rf4 30.Rd3 Qf6 31.Qe2 e4 32.Re3+– Rf7? 33.Re4 Re4+/– 34.Qe4 Re7 35.Qd3 Re1 36.Kf2+– Ra1 37.Bg4 Ra2?? 38.Kg3+– h5 39.Rc7 Kh6 40.Qe3 g5 41.Qe6 (41.Qe6 Qe6 42.Be6 h4 43.Kh2+–) 1–0. Hecht,Hans Joachim (2400) – Schulze,Ulrich (2400), Bodensee–Cup 1st, 1995.

8.0-0 a5 9.bc5 bc5 10.Nc3+=.

8.0-0 Na6 9.Qb3 Rc8 10.d3 d5 11.Nbd2 e6 12.h3 Qe7 13.b5 Nb8 14.a4 Nbd7 15.Ne5 Ne5 16.Be5 Ne4 17.Bg7 (worse is 17.de4 Be5 18.Ra3 de4–/+) 17...Nd2 18.Bf8 Rf8 (18...Nb3?? 19.Be7 Na1 20.Ra1+–) 19.Qb2 Nf1 20.Bf1 dc4 21.dc4 Rd8 22.a5 Qg5 23.Qc3 Rd7 24.Kh2 Qf5 25.Kg1 Qg5 26.Kh2 Qh4 27.f3 Qf2 28.Qe1 Qb2 29.ab6 ab6 30.Ra7 Qe5 31.Qg3 Qg3 32.Kg3 Kg7 33.f4 Kf6 34.Be2 Ke7 35.Kf2 Kd6 36.g4 h6 37.h4 Be4 38.Ra6 Kc7 39.Bf3 Bf3 40.Kf3 Kb7 41.Ke4 f6 42.Ra1 Rd2 43.Rg1 Rc2 44.g5 hg5 45.hg5 fg5 46.Kd3 Ra2 47.Rg5 Ra3 48.Ke2 Ra2 49.Kf3 Rc2 50.Rg6 Rc4 51.Re6 Rc1? 52.Ke4 Rb1 53.f5 Rb5 54.f6 Rb1 55.Re5 Rb4 56.Kf3 Rb1 57.Rf5 Rh1 58.f7 (58.f7 Rh8 59.f8Q Rf8 60.Rf8+–) 1–0. Hasangatin,R (2500) – Ben Artzi,I (2265), Pardubice CZE, 2012.

8.0-0 cb4 9.ab4+= d5 10.c5 a5 11.d4 Ne4 (11...ab4 12.Ra8 Ba8 13.Qa4=+) 12.Nfd2 ab4 13.Ra8 Ba8 14.Ne4 de4 15.Qa4 Nd7 (15...Nc6 16.Bb5 Qc7 17.Rc1=) 16.c6+= Nf6 17.Nd2 Qd6 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qa6 (19.Bb5 Ng4 20.Nf1 Nf6+=) 19...Qe6 (19...Qc7 20.Bb5+=) 20.Bb5 Qf5 (20...Nd5 21.Qa7 Nc7 22.Bc4+/–) 21.c7 (21.Nc4 Bc6 22.Nb6 Ra8 23.Na8 Bb5 24.Qc8 Qc8 25.Rc8 Bf8+–) 21...Nd5 (better is 21...Bd5+=) 22.Qa4 Nf6? (22...Qg5 23.Bd7 Ne3+–) 23.Ba6 (23.Ba6 h5 24.Bc8 Qc8 25.Qb4+–; 23.Qb4?! Ng4 24.Rf1 Rc7=) 1–0. Klaric,Zlatko – Chiburdanidze,Maya, Vinkovci, 1983.

8.0-0 Nc6 9.Qb3 e6 10.d3 Qe7 11.Bc3 d5 12.Nbd2 Rfd8 13.Rfe1 Rac8 14.Rab1 dc4 15.dc4 cb4 16.ab4 Ne8 17.Bg7 Ng7 18.Qb2 Rc7 19.Rec1 Ne8 20.c5 bc5 21.Rc5 a5= 22.Rbc1 Nb4 ½–½. Vogt,Lothar (2510) – Pribyl,Josef (2390), Warsaw Cup, 1980.

8.0-0 d5 9.cd5 Nd5 (9...cb4 10.ab4 Qd5 11.d4=) 10.Bg7+= Kg7 11.bc5 bc5 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Nd5 Bd5 15.d4 Rac8 16.e4 Ba8 17.d5 Qf4 18.Bc4 Nf6 19.Rfe1 e6 20.Ba6 Rce8 21.Qc5+= ed5 22.e5 Ng4 23.Qa7 Ne5 24.Qd4 Qd4 25.Nd4 Kf6 26.a4 Nc4 27.Bb5 Re1 28.Re1 Rc8 29.Rc1 Ke5 30.Nf3 Kd6 31.Re1 f6 32.Nd4 Kc5 33.Ne6 Kd6 ½–½. Levin,Naum L – Levin,Mikhail, UKR–ch Kiev, 1959.

8.0-0 e6 9.Nc3 d5 10.bc5 bc5 11.Rb1 Nbd7 12.Nd5 Bd5 13.cd5 Nd5 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Bb5 N7b6 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.Ba6 Rc7 19.a4 Rd8 20.a5 Nd7 21.Bb7 N7f6 22.a6 e5 23.d3 e4 24.de4 Ne4 25.Qc4 Ndf6 26.Qa4 Nd6 27.Bc6 Rdc8 28.Bb7 (28.Rc5? Nde4 29.Re5 Qd6 30.Re4 Ne4 (30...Rc6?! 31.Rd4 Ra6 32.Qd1=) 31.Qa1 Qf6 32.Qf6 Nf6-+ (32...Kf6?! 33.Be4 Rc1 34.Ne1 Rb1 35.Bb1-+)) 28...Nb7 29.ab7 Rb7 30.Rb7 Qb7 31.h3 a6 32.Ra1 Rc6 33.Ne5 Rb6 34.Qc2 Rb2 35.Qc4 Attacks the isolani on a6 (35.Qc5? Rf2 36.Qc6 Qb2-+) 35...Ne4 36.Nd3 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 36...Rb5 37.f3 Rb1 38.Rb1 Qb1 39.Kh2 Qb8 40.Kg1 Qb1 41.Kh2 Qb8 ½-½. Korchnoi,Viktor - Gufeld,Eduard, USSR Championship (9), Leningrad, 1963. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2)

8.0-0 e6 9.d3 d5 10.cd5 ed5 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Re8 13.Rc1 Bf8 14.Qd2 d4 15.e4 (15.bc5 de3 16.fe3 Nc5 17.Nc5 Bc5 18.Rc5 bc5+/–) 15...a5 16.bc5 bc5 17.Qc2 Ba6 18.Nbd2 Nd5 19.Nc4 Nf4 20.Bd1 Rb8 21.Rb1 Nb6 22.Nfd2 Bb5 23.Bc1 Ba4 24.Nb3 Nc4 25.dc4 d3 26.Qd2 Ne2! 27.Kh1 Nc1 (27...Re4!? 28.Rb2 Rh4 29.Qg5–+) 28.Qc1 Bb3 29.Rb3 Rb3 30.Bb3 Re4 31.Qd2 Re2 32.Qf4 d2 33.Qf3 Re1 34.Kg1 Qd4 35.g3? a4! (35...a4 36.Bd1 Qc4–+) 0–1. Espig,Lutz (2435) – Pribyl,Josef (2450), Rubinstein Memorial, 1973. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 c5 8.a3 e6 9.d3)

8.0-0 e6 9.d3 d5 10.cd5 ed5 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.bc5 bc5 13.Rc1 Re8! 14.Rc2? Bc6! 15.Qa1 Ba4 16.Rcc1 d4 –+ 17.e4 Nd5 18.Bd1 Bd1 19.Rcd1 Nc3 20.Rde1 Nb6 21.e5 Ncd5 22.Re4 Re6 23.Rc1 Qe7 24.Nc4 Nc4 25.Rc4 Nb6 26.Rc2 Nd7 27.Qa2 Ne5 28.Ne5 Re5 29.Qd5 Rd5 30.Re7 Bf8 31.Re4 Rb8 32.g3 Rb3 33.Rd2 Rd8 34.Kg2 Rdb8 35.Bc1 Bd6 36.h4 h5 37.a4 Kg7 38.Rc2 Rd3 39.Bf4 Bf4 40.Rf4 Rc8 41.Kf1 f5 0–1. Spiridonov – Pribyl, Varna 1976.

8.0-0 e6 9.d3 d5 10.cd5 ed5 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.bc5 bc5 13.Ne5!? Ne5 14.Be5 Re8 15.Bg3 Nh5 16.Bh5 Ba1 unclear.

9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 e6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.d4 Rab8 13.a4 d5 14.bc5 bc5 15.Ba3 Rfc8 16.cd5 Nd5 17.Nd5 Bd5 18.Qd1 (18.Qd3 Rb3 19.Qc2 Qd8=+) 18...Qd8 19.Ba6 Rc7 20.Bb5 cd4 21.Nd4 Nb6 22.Rc1 Rc1 23.Bc1 Rc8 24.Ba6 Rb8 25.Re1 (25.Bb5 Qh4=+) 25...Nd7 26.Bb5 Nc5 27.Ba3 Bf8 28.Qc2 Rc8 29.Rc1 Bb7 30.Qb1 Be4 31.Qa2 (31.Qb2 e5 32.Ne2 Qg5=) 31...Bd5 (31...Na4 32.Bc4 Nc5 33.f3-/+) 32.Qc2= Qg5 33.Bf1 Qd8 34.Qd1 h5 35.Nb5 a6 36.Nd4 Bb7 37.Rb1 Be4 38.Rc1 e5 39.Nf3 Qd1 40.Rd1 Bf3 41.gf3 Na4 42.Ba6 Ra8 43.Bb7 Rb8 44.Bf8 Kf8 45.Bc6 Nb6 46.Ra1 Rc8 47.Be4 Nd7 48.Ra7 Nf6 49.Ra5 Ne4 50.fe4 ½-½. Nakamura,Hi (2750) - Topalov,V (2740), Riga FIDE Grand Prix, 2019. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 b6 6.Be2)

9.d4 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Nc3 cd4 12.Nd4 Ne4 (12...Rc8 13.Rfd1+=) 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Nb5 a6 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Rad1 Nf6 (17...Rc8 18.Nd5+=) 18.f3 (18.Nd5 Bd5 19.cd5 a5+=) 18...Rc8 19.e4 Qc7 20.Rc1 Kg8 (20...h6 21.Qd1+=) 21.Qb2 Qb8 (21...Qd7 22.Qd2+=) 22.Qd2 Kg7 (22...Bc6 23.Qe3+=) 23.Qe3 (23.Qd4 Bc6+/–) 23...Nd7 (23...Qc7 24.Nd5 Bd5 25.cd5+=) 24.f4+/– a5 (24...Rc6 25.Nd5 Qe8 26.f5+/–) 25.Bg4 (25.Nd5 ab4 26.ab4 Bd5 27.ed5 Nf6+/–) 25...e6 26.Nb5 (26.Be2 ab4 27.ab4 f6+/–) 26...Nf6 (26...ab4!? 27.ab4 Ba6+=) 27.Bf3+/– Ba6 28.e5 (28.Nd6 Qd6 29.e5 Qc7 30.ef6 Kf6+/–) 28...de5 (28...Nd5 29.Bd5 Bb5 30.cb5 Rc1 31.Rc1 ed5 32.Rc6 de5 33.Rb6+/–) 29.fe5 Ne8 (29...Nd5 30.cd5 (worse is 30.Bd5 Bb5 31.cb5 Rc1 32.Rc1 ed5+/–) 30...Bb5 31.Rc8 Rc8 32.Rb1 ed5 33.ba5+/–) 30.ba5 ba5 31.a4 f6 (31...Kg8!?+/–) 32.Nd4+– Nc7?? (32...Bc4 33.Rc4! Rc4 34.Ne6 Kh8 35.Nf8 Qe5+–) 33.Rb1 1–0. Harika,D (2510) – Soumya,Sw (2250), World Women Ch, 2012. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.a3 Bb7)

9.d4 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Rd1 Ne4 12.dc5 Bb2 13.Qb2 bc5 ½–½. Wirthensohn,Heinz (2405) – Zueger,Beat (2435), SUI–ch int+ Switzerland, 1989.

9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 e6 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.Nf1 Qb8 15.Ne1 d5 16.cd5 Bd5 17.Bc4 cd4 18.Bd4?? (better is 18.Bd5 Rc1 19.Rc1 Nd5 20.Bd4 Bd4 21.ed4=) 18...Rc4–+ 19.Rc4 b5 (19...Bc4?! 20.Qc4 e5 21.Bb2=) 0–1. Paredes Galan,Angel (2285) – Becerra Rivero,Julio (2465), ESP–chT Spain, 1998. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.a3 Bb7)

9.d4 Nbd7 10.d5 cb4 11.ab4 b5 12.Nbd2 bc4 13.e4 Nb6 14.Bd4 Qd7 15.Bb6 ab6 16.Ra8 (16.Nc4? Ra1 17.Qa1 Nd5–+; 16.Bc4? Ra1 17.Qa1 b5–+) 16...Ra8 17.Bc4 Ne8 18.Bd3 b5 19.Nb3 Bc3 20.Nbd4 Bb4? (better is 20...Nc7+=) 21.Bb5+– (21.Nb5?! e6 22.de6 fe6=) 21...Qc8 22.Qb1 Qc5 23.Rc1 Bc3 24.Be8 Re8 25.Qb7 Qa3 26.Rf1 Kf8 27.Nc6 Bf6 28.h3 Kg7 29.Qd7 Ra8 30.e5 de5 31.Nce5 h5 32.Qc6 Rd8 33.Nd7 Bb2 34.Qc7 Ra8 35.Qc2 Kg8 36.Nb6 Rb8 37.Nc4 Qc5 38.Rb1 Rb4 39.Rb2 Rc4 40.Rb8 Kh7 41.Qb2 f6 42.Ng5 Kh6 43.Ne6 Rc1 44.Kh2 Qd6 45.f4 Kh7 46.Rd8 (46.Rd8 Qd8 47.Nd8+–) 1–0. Ree,Hans (2455) – Kouatly,Bachar (2490), FRA–NED Cannes, 1990.

9.d4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nd2 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rfd1 Nf6 14.dc5 Ne4 15.Qc2 Bb2 16.Qb2 bc5 17.Rab1 Qe7 18.Ne1 cb4 19.ab4 Rfc8 20.f3 Nf6 21.e4 Rc7 22.e5 de5 23.Qe5 Ne8 24.Nc2 f6 25.Qa5 Nd6 26.Ne3 Kg7 27.Bf1 Nf7 28.Kh1 Ne5 29.f4 Nc6 30.Qa4 Rd8 31.Rd8 Qd8 32.Rd1 Qb8 33.b5+/– Ne7 34.Qb4 Qc8 35.Qd6 Kf7 36.Kg1 Nf5 37.Nf5 gf5 38.Rd3 Be4 39.Rh3 Kg7 40.Rg3 Kh6 41.c5!+– Bd5 42.c6 Rf7 43.Rc3 Rc7 44.Bc4 Bc4 45.Rc4 Kg7 46.Rc3 Kf7 47.h3 Ke8 48.Re3 Kf7? 49.Re6!! (49.Re6 Qe6 50.Qc7 Qe7 51.Qb7+–) 1–0. Vogt,Lothar (2500) – Honfi,Karoly (2420), Kecskemet Toth Memorial 7th, 1979.

8.Qb3 a5 9.bc5 (9.b5!? Nb8 10.Nc3+=) 9...bc5= 10.Nc3 e5 (10...Rb8 11.Qc2=) 11.d3 (11.Qc2 Rb8=) 11...d6 (11...Rb8 12.Nb5=) 12.0-0 Bd7 (12...Rb8 13.Qc2=) 13.Nb5 (13.Qc2 Rb8=) 13...Qe7 14.Qc2 (14.Rab1 Rab8=) 14...Na7 (14...Rab8 15.Rab1=) 15.Na7+= Ra7 16.Bc3 (16.Rab1 Bf5+=) e4 (16...Bc6 17.Rfb1+=) ½–½. Espig,Lutz – Gipslis,Aivars, Tallinn, 1975.

8.Qb3 Rb8 9.0-0 Bb7 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 (11.ed4 e6=) 11...d5 (11...Nd4 12.Bd4 Re8 13.Nd2=) 12.cd5 (12.Nf3!?=) 12...Qd5 (worse 12...Nd5 13.Nc6 Bc6 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.Rd1+=) 13.Qd5 Nd5 14.Rd1 (14.Nc6 Bb2 15.Ra2 Bc6 16.Rb2 Rfc8=+) 14...Rfd8 (14...Nd4 15.Bd4 e5 16.Bb2-/+) 15.Nc6 Bc6 (15...Bb2? 16.Nd8 Ba1 17.Nb7 Ne3 18.Rd7+-) 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Bf3 Rbc8 18.h3 (18.Nc3 Nc3 19.Rd8 Rd8 20.Bc6 Rd2=+) 18...f5 (18...Ba8 19.Kh2=+) 19.b5=+ Ba8 20.a4 e5 21.Bd5 (21.a5 e4 22.Be2 Kf6=+) 21...Rd5-/+ 22.Na3 (22.Nd2 Rcd8 23.Ra2 Rd3-/+) 22...Rc3 (22...Kf6-/+) 23.Rd5 (23.Rdc1!? Rdc5 24.Rd1-/+) 23...Bd5-+ 24.Rd1 (24.Kh2 Be6-+) 24...Be6 (better 24...Bb3 25.Ra1 Kf6-+ (25...Ba4?! 26.Nb1 Rc1 27.Kh2-/+)) 25.Rd6?? (better 25.Nb1 Rc4 26.Rd6-+) 25...Kf6 (25...Ra3?! 26.Re6 Kf7 27.Re5 Ra1 28.Kh2 Ra4 29.Rd5=) 26.a5 ba5 (worse 26...Ra3 27.ab6 ab6 28.Rb6-+) 27.Ra6 (27.b6 ab6 28.Nb5 Rc1 29.Kh2-+) 27...Ra3 28.Ra7 a4 29.b6 Rb3 30.Ra4 Rb6 31.Ra7 (31.g4 fg4 32.hg4 Kg5-+) 31...h6 32.Ra3 g5 33.f4 (33.Ra1 Bd5-+) 33...gf4 34.ef4 ef4 35.Kf2 (35.Ra1 Rb2 36.Ra6 Ke5 37.Ra5 Bd5-+) 35...Kg5 (better 35...Rb2 36.Kf3 Ke5 37.Ra5 Bd5 38.Rd5 Kd5 39.Kf4 Rf2 40.Ke3 Rg2-+) 36.Ra4 (36.Rd3-+) 36...Rb2 37.Kg1 (37.Ke1 Bd5 38.h4 Kg4-+) 37...Bd5 38.h4 Kg4 39.Ra6 Rg2 40.Kf1 Bc4 41.Kg2 Ba6 (41...Ba6 42.Kf2 h5 43.Kg2 f3 44.Kf2 f4 45.Ke1 Kg3 46.Kd2 f2 47.Kc3 f1Q 48.Kd4 f3 49.Ke5 f2 50.Kf5 Qc4 51.Ke5 f1Q 52.Kd6 Qf6 53.Kd7 Bb5) 0-1. DJe257 (1935) - Lance5500 (2620), lichess.org, 2017. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2)

8.Qb3 d5 9.0-0 d4 10.ed4 Nd4 11.Nd4 cd4 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.d3 e5 14.Re1 Ng4 15.Nd2 (15.h3 Nh6=) 15...Qh4 16.Bg4 Qg4 17.h3 Qd7 18.a4 Bb7 19.b5 Rfe8 20.a5 g5 (20...ba5 21.Ra5 a6 22.b6= (worse 22.ba6 Bg2 23.Kg2 Rb3 24.Nb3 Ra8-/+)) 21.ab6 ab6 22.Ra7 g4 23.hg4 Qg4 24.Ne4 Re6 25.Qa4 Rg6 26.Ng3 Qc8 27.Ra1 (better 27.Ba3!?=) 27...h5-/+ 28.Rb7 (28.Nh5 Bf3 Double attack (28...Rg2 Pinning; 28...Rg2 Deflection; 28...Bf3 Decoy)) 28...Qb7-+ (28...Rb7?! 29.Nh5 Rb8 A) 30.Ng7 Qh3 (30...Rg7?! 31.Qd1-/+) 31.Kf1 Qd3 32.Kg1 Qf3 33.g3 Rh6 34.Nh5 Rh5 35.Bd4 Rh1; B) 30.Qa7=+) 29.Qa7 h4 30.Qb7 Rb7 31.Ra8 Kh7 32.Nf5 Bf6 33.Kf1 Rd7 34.Bc1 Rg4 35.f3 (35.Ra6 Bd8-/+) 35...Rg8 36.Ra6 Bd8 37.c5 Kg6 38.Nd6 f6 39.Ne4 bc5 40.Ba3 (40.Bg5!? Rf8 41.Nc5-+) 40...Rb7-+ 41.Nd6 Rd7 42.Nc4?? White plans b6 (42.Ne4 Rdg7 43.Bc5-+) 42...Bc7 (42...Rd5 43.Ra7-+) 43.Bc5 Kf5 44.b6 (44.Nd2 Rdg7 45.Ne4 Bd8-+) 44...Bb8 45.Ra2 Rd5 46.Bb4 Rb5 47.Be1 Rb1 48.Ra8 (48.Rb2 Rb2 49.Nb2 Rh8-+) 48...Ke6 49.Nd2 (49.Ra2 Bd6 50.Rb2 Rb2 51.Nb2 Rb8-+) 49...h3 (49...Rb6 50.Bh4 f5 51.g3-+) 50.gh3 Rb6 51.f4 Rg7 52.fe5 Be5 (52...Ke5?? 53.Nc4 Ke6 54.Nb6+-) 53.Nf3 Rb3 54.Ra6 Kf5 55.Nh4 Kg5 56.Ke2 Rb2 57.Kf3 (57.Kf1 Rh7 58.Ra8 Kf4-+ (58...Rh4?! 59.Rg8 Kf4 60.Bh4-+)) 57...Rh2 58.Ke4 Re2 59.Kd5 Rd7 (59...Re1?! 60.Nf3 Kf4 61.Ne1-/+) 60.Kc4 Rc7 (60...Re1?! 61.Nf3 Kf4 62.Ne1 Rc7 63.Kb3-+) 61.Kd5 Rd7 (worse 61...Re1 62.Nf3 Kf4 63.Ne1-+) 62.Kc4 Kh5 (62...Re3 63.Ra8 Rg7 64.Ng2 Rh3 65.Bd2 Kg4 66.Ne1-+) 63.Ra8 (63.Nf3 Rc7 64.Kd5 Re3-+) 63...Rh7 (better 63...Rc7 64.Kb4 Rh7-+ (64...Re1?! 65.Rh8 Kg5 66.Nf3 Kf4 67.Ne1-+)) 64.Nf3 Re3 65.Ne5 fe5 66.Bb4 (66.Bf2 Rf3 67.Bg1 Re7-+) 66...Rh3 (better 66...Kg6!? 67.Bd6-+) 67.Bd6 e4! 68.de4 d3 69.Ra3 Rd7 (better 69...Re3 70.Rd3 Re4 71.Kd5 Rh4-/+) 70.e5= Rh4 71.Kd5 (71.Kd3 Rd6 72.ed6 Rh3 73.Ke4 Ra3=) 71...d2 72.Rd3 Rh2 73.e6 Rd6 74.Kd6 Kg6 75.Kd7 Re2 76.e7 Kf7 77.Rf3 Kg7 78.Rd3 Kf7 79.Rf3 Kg7 80.Rf1 Re1 81.Re1 de1Q 82.e8Q Qe8 83.Ke8 ½-½. Galchenko,Matvey (2380) - Sepp,O (2410), Finland FIN, 2019. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.c4)

8.Qb3 d6 9.0-0 e5 10.d3 h6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.Bf3 Qd7 14.b5 Ne7 15.Nde4 Nh7 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.cd5 Bf5 18.Ng3 Bg4 19.Bg4 Qg4 20.f4 ef4 21.Rf4 Qg5 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Raf1 f5 24.R1f3 Rbe8 25.Nf5 gf5 26.Rg3 Re3 27.Rff3 Rf3 28.gf3 f4 29.Rg5 Ng5 30.Kf2 Rf7 ½–½. Espig,Lutz (2350) – Borriss,Martin (2460), 8. ch–Euro Dresden GER, 2007.

8.Qb3 e6 9.d4 d5 10.Nbd2 Rb8 11.0-0 dc4 (11...cd4!? 12.Nd4 Bb7=) 12.Qc4+/- (worse 12.Bc4 b5 13.Be2 c4=+) 12...Nd7 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Rab1 Nd8 15.dc5 Bb2 16.Rb2 bc5 17.bc5 Rb2 18.Qb2 Nc5 19.Rc1 Ndb7 20.Ne5 Qf6 (20...Bd7 21.Qd4 Be8 22.Qb4+/-) 21.Ndf3 Nd7 22.Rc8! Rc8 23.Qb7 Rc1 24.Bf1 Ne5 25.Qb8 Kg7 26.Ne5 Qf5 27.g4 Qe4 28.Qb2 Rc2? (28...Rf1 29.Kf1 f6+/-) 29.Qa1 (better 29.Qb1+-) 29...f6+= 30.Nd3 (30.Qd1 fe5 31.Bd3 Rc1 32.Qc1 Qd3 33.Qc7 Kf6+=) 30...Qg4= 31.Kh1 (31.Bg2!?=) 31...Rd2=+ 32.Qd4 Qf3 (32...Qd4!? 33.ed4 Ra2-/+) 33.Kg1= e5 34.Qa7?? (better 34.Qb4 Rd1 35.Nc5=+) 34...Kh6-+ 35.Qa5? (better 35.Qa4 e4 36.Qb4 Qg4 37.Kh1 Rd3 38.Bd3 Qf3 39.Kg1 ed3 40.Qh4 Kg7 41.Qa4-+) 35...Qg4 36.Kh1 Rd1 37.Ne1 Qe4 38.Kg1 Qb1 39.Qa6 Re1 40.h3 (40.Qc4 Rc1 41.Qh4 Kg7-+) 40...Qf5 41.Kg2 Qe4 (better 41...e4!? 42.Kg1-+) 42.Kg3 f5 43.Kh2 (43.Qc4 f4 44.ef4 ef4 45.Kh2 Qc4 46.Bc4-+) 43…Qf3 (43...Qf3 44.Kg1 Rc1-+) 0-1. Hasangatin,R (2485) - Ragnarsson,Dagur (2360), Kragero Resort Chess, 2019. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2)

8.b5 Na5 9.0-0 d5 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.d4 cd4 13.Qd4 Nf6 14.Qe5 Be6 15.Nbd2 Rc8 16.Qb2 Kg8 17.e4 Nd7 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Nd4 Nc5 20.Ne6 fe6 21.e5 Na4 22.Qa2 Qe5 23.Bg4 Nc5 24.Re1 Qf6 25.Ne4 Ne4 26.Re4 (worse is 26.Be6 Kh8 27.Bc8 Rc8–/+) 26...Rc2 27.Qe6 (27.Be6?? Kg7 28.f3 Ra2 29.Ra2 Qg5–+) 27...Qe6 28.Be6 Kg7 29.f4 Rd8 30.Rae1 Kf8 31.Bh3 Rc7 32.f5 Nb7 33.fg6 hg6 34.Be6 Nd6 35.Rg4 Kg7 (35...Nb5?? 36.Rg6 Na3 37.Rg8) 36.h4 Rh8 37.a4 Rh5 38.Ba2 Rhc5 39.Re6+/– g5 40.h5 Nf7? 41.Rg6+– Kf8 42.h6 Rc1 43.Kh2 Nh6 44.Rh6 Kg7 45.Rh5 1–0. Aleksandrov,Aleksej (2535) – Yandemirov,Valeri (2430), Alekhine op Moscow, 1996. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.a3 Nc6)

8.b5 Na5 9.Nc3 d5 10.cd5 Nd5=.

8.b5 Na5 9.d3 Bb7 (9...d5 10.0-0=+) 10.Nbd2 e6 (10...Qc7 11.0-0=+) 11.0-0= d6 (11...a6 12.a4=) 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Bc3 Nd7 14.d4 (14.Ne4 d5 15.Bg7 Kg7=+) 14...a6 (14...Rac8 15.Qa4=) 15.a4 Rfc8 16.Qb2 Qd8 17.Rac1 (17.Rfd1 cd4 18.Nd4 Bf6=) 17...Ra7 (17...ab5 18.ab5 cd4 19.ed4=+) 18.Rfd1 (18.Ba5 ba5 19.g3 ab5 20.cb5 Nb6=+) 18...cd4 19.Bd4 e5 20.Bc3 Nc5 (20...ab5 21.ab5 (< 21.Qb5 Bc6 22.Qb4 Nc5–/+) 21...Nc5 22.Ra1=+) 21.Ba5= ba5 22.Qa3 Qb6 23.Nb3 Bf8 24.Nc5 Rc5 25.Qb3 Ra8 26.Ne1 d5 27.cd5 Bd5 28.Qb2 Rc1= 29.Rc1 Re8 30.Qd2 Bb7 31.ba6 Ba6 32.Ba6 Qa6 33.Qd7 Qa8 34.Nd3 Rd8 35.Qb5 Qd5 36.Ne5 Qb5 37.ab5 Rd5 38.f4 Rb5 39.Rc8 Kg7 40.Rc7 Bd6 41.Rf7 Kg8 42.Rd7 Be5 43.fe5 Re5 44.Ra7 ½–½. Timofeev,Ar (2520) – Inarkiev,E (2465), White Nights, St Petersburg RUS, 2001.

8.Bc3 d5 9.bc5 bc5 10.cd5 Qd5 (worse is 10...Nd5 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.Qc2+=) 11.0-0 e5 12.d3 Rd8 13.Nbd2 Ba6 14.Nc4 Qe6 (14...e4 15.de4 Ne4 16.Qd5 Rd5 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Rfc1+=) 15.Qa4 (better is 15.Nce5!? Ne4 16.Nc6 Nc3 17.Nd8 Rd8 18.Qc2 Ne2 19.Qe2 Bd3 20.Qd2 Ba1 21.Ra1=) 15...Bc4= 16.dc4 Ne4 17.Be1 Rab8 18.Ra2 f5 19.h3 h6 20.Rc2 Rd7 21.Nh2 Nf6 22.Bc3 e4 23.Re1 Kh7 24.Nf1 Ne5 25.Rd1 Rd1–/+ 26.Bd1 Qd7 27.Qd7 Nfd7 28.Nd2 Rb6 29.Be2 Ra6 30.Nb1 Rb6 31.Nd2 Rd6 32.f3 ef3 33.gf3 g5 34.Kf1 Kg6 0–1. Csom,Istvan (2405) – Afek,Yochanan (2395), Kecskemet, 1994.

8.bc5 bc5 9.0-0 Rb8 10.Bc3 d6 11.d4 (better 11.d3!?=) 11...Ne4-/+ 12.Be1 (12.Qc2 Nc3 13.Nc3 cd4 14.ed4 Nd4 15.Nd4 Bd4-/+) 12...cd4-+ 13.ed4 Qb6 (13...Nd4 14.Nd4 Qb6 15.Bc3 Nc3 16.Nc3 Qd4 17.Rb1 Rb1 18.Nb1-+) 14.Bd3 (better 14.Nc3!? Nd4 15.Nd5 Ne2 16.Qe2-/+) 14...Nd4-+ 15.Ra2 (15.Be4 Nf3 16.Qf3 Ba1-+) 15...Nf3 16.Qf3 Nc5 (better 16...Qb3!? 17.Re2 Nc5 18.Be4 Ne4 19.Qb3 Rb3 20.Re4 Rb1 21.Re7-+) 17.Bc2 Bb7 18.Qe3 Qc6 19.f3 Ne6 20.Bc3 (20.Bf2 Bd4 (20...Qc4?! 21.Bb3 Qa6 22.Be6 fe6 23.Qa7-/+) 21.Qd2 Qc4-+) 20...Qc4 21.Bg7 Kg7 (21...Qa2?! 22.Bb3 Qb3 23.Qb3 Kg7 24.Qe3=+; 21...Ng7?! 22.Rb2 Ba6 23.Nd2 Qf1 24.Nf1 Rb2 25.Qc3-+) 22.Nc3 (22.Rb2 Qd4 23.Qd4 Nd4 24.Bd3-+) 22...Rfc8 23.Qa7 Qc3 24.Ba4 (24.Bb1 Nc5 25.Rc2 Qe3 26.Kh1 Ba6-+) 24...Qc5 (better 24...Nc5 25.Re2 Ra8 26.Qb6-+) 25.Qc5 Nc5 (worse 25...dc5 26.Bd7 Rc7 27.Be6 fe6 28.a4-+) 26.Bb5 (26.Bd1 Bd5 27.Ra1 e5-+) 26...Bd5 27.Rb2 (27.Rd2 Rb5 28.Rd5 Ra8-+) 27...Rb6 (27...Bc4 28.Rfb1 Nd3 29.Bd7 Rb2 30.Rb2-+) 28.Rfb1 Rcb8 29.a4 (29.Rb4 Bb3! 30.Bc6 Rb4 31.ab4 Rb4 32.Bd5-+) 29...Na4! 30.Rb4 (30.Ba4 Rb2 Pinning (30...Rb2 Deflection)) 30...Nc3 31.Rc1 (31.R1b2 e5-+) 31...Nb5 (better 31...Na2 32.Rcb1 Nb4 33.Be2-+) 32.Rcb1 Bc6 33.Kf2 Nd4! 34.Rb6 (34.Rd4 Rb2 Double attack (34...Rb1 Discovered attack; 34...Rb1 Pinning; 34...Rb1 Deflection; 34...Rb1 Clearance)) 34...Rb6 35.Rd1 (35.Rb6 e5 36.h4-+) 35...e5 36.Rd2 Rb1 37.h4 (37.h3 f5 38.f4 Kf6-+) 37...Bb5 38.Kg3 f5 39.f4 Ne2 40.Kf2 Nf4 (40...Nc3 41.Ke3 Ne4 42.fe5 de5 43.Rd7 Bd7 44.Kf3 Rb3 45.Ke2 Bb5 46.Kd1 Bd3 47.h5 Rb1) 41.Rd6 Nd3 (better 41...Rb2 42.Ke1-+) 42.Ke3 e4 (42...Rb2 43.Rd3 f4 44.Ke4 Re2 45.Kf3 Bd3 46.g3 Re3 47.Kf2 e4 48.gf4 Rf3 49.Kg2 Bf1 50.Kh2 e3 51.Kg1 e2 52.h5 e1Q 53.h6 Kh6 54.Kh1 Qe3 55.f5 Rh3) 43.g4 (43.Rb6 Kh6-+) 43...Kh6 (better 43...Ne5 44.Kd4 Ng4 45.Re6-+) 44.gf5 Re1 45.Kd4 Nf4 (better 45...e3 46.f6 e2 47.Re6-+) 46.fg6 Rd1 47.Ke5 Rd6 48.gh7 (48.Kf4 Rg6 49.Ke4 Bc6 50.Ke5 Kh5-+) 48...Kh7 (better 48...Nd3 49.Ke4 Kh7 50.Kf3-+) 49.Kd6 (49.Kf4 Re6 50.Ke3 Kh6-+) 49...Kh6 (better 49...e3 50.Kc5 Bf1 51.Kd4-+) 50.Ke5 e3 51.Kf4 e2 52.Kg3 e1Q 53.Kf4 (53.Kf3 Bc6 54.Kf4 Qe4 55.Kg3 Qf3 56.Kh2 Qg2) 53...Qf1 (53...Bc6 54.h5 Qe4 55.Kg3 Qf3 56.Kh4 Qf2 57.Kg4 Bd7) 54.Ke5 (54.Ke4 Qd3 55.Ke5 Kg7 56.h5 Qe3 57.Kd6 Kf6 58.Kc7 Qa7 59.Kd6 Qe7 60.Kd5 Qe5) 54...Qf7 (54...Qe2 55.Kd6 Qd3 56.Ke5 Qe3 57.Kd6 Kh5 58.Kc7 Qc5 59.Kb7 Qc6 60.Kb8 Ba6 61.Ka7 Qb7) 55.Kd6 Kh5 56.Kc5 Kh4 (56...Qc4 57.Kd6 Qd4 58.Ke6 Bc4 59.Ke7 Qe5 60.Kd7 Bb5 61.Kc8 Qe7 62.Kb8 Ba6 63.Ka8 Qb7) 57.Kb4 (57.Kb5 Qd5 58.Kb4 Qd3-+) 57...Qc7 (57...Qc4 58.Ka3 Qc3 59.Ka2 Bc4 60.Kb1 Bd3 61.Ka2 Qb4 62.Ka1 Qa3) 58.Kb3 (58.Kb5 Qc3 59.Ka4-+) 58...Kg4 (58...Qc4 59.Kb2 Qd4 60.Kc2 Ba4 61.Kb1 Qc3 62.Ka2 Bb3 63.Kb1 Qc2 64.Ka1 Qc1) 59.Kb2 Kf4 60.Kb3 Ke4 (60...Qc4 61.Ka3 Qc3 62.Ka2 Bc4 63.Kb1 Qd2 64.Ka1 Qc1) 61.Kb4 ½-½. migueldecervantes (2370) - nononestor (2425), Rated Blitz game, lichess.org, 2016. (=1.Nf3 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2)

8.0-0 Bb7 9.Qb3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 e5 11.Rfd1 e4 12.Ne1 Ne5 13.d3 Nfg4 14.Bg4 Ng4 15.h3 Nf2 16.Kf2 Qh4 17.Kg1 Qg3 18.Nd5 Bd5+/– 19.Bg7 Qe3 20.Kh1 Kg7 21.cd5 Rae8 22.Qb2 f6 23.de4 Re4 24.Nf3 Qf4 25.bc5 bc5 26.Re1 Rfe8 27.Re4 Re4 28.Qb7 Kh6 29.Qb8 f5 30.Rb1 Qg3 31.Qb2 c4 32.Qd2 f4 33.Rc1 g5? 34.Qb2 Re3 35.Qf6 Kh5 36.Qg7 h6 37.Qf7 1–0. Guramishvili,Sopiko (2295) – Andrenko,Irina (2130), World Girls U20 Championship Czarna Poland, 2010.

8.0-0 Bb7 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Rfd1 Rab8 (12...Rfc8 13.d5+=) 13.Rd2 Rfc8 14.d5 Re8 15.Bf1 Rbc8 16.Rb1 e6 17.b5 a5 18.de6 fe6 19.Rbd1 Bf8 (19...Bf3 20.gf3 Ne5 21.Bg2= (worse is 21.Rd6 Nf3 22.Kg2 Rf8–+)) 20.Qc2 Be7 (20...Bf3!? 21.gf3 Ne5+=) 21.Ng5+/– Nf8 22.Nce4 Ne4 23.Ne4 Red8 24.Nf6 Bf6 25.Bf6 Rd7 26.f4 e5 27.Be2 Rf7 28.Rd6 Nd7 29.fe5 Rcf8 30.Qc3 Bc8 31.Bg4 (31.Bg4 Nf6 32.Bf3+=) 1–0. Gaprindashvili,Valerian (2445) – Jobava,Beglar (2155), GEO–ch U20 Tbilisi, 2000. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Be2 b6 6.c4)

8.0-0 Nbd7 9.d4 e6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qb3 Qb8 12.Rfd1 a6 13.Rd2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.dc5 dc5 16.b5 Nf8 17.ba6 Rd2 18.Nd2 Ra6 19.Nb5 Qb8 20.Bf3 N8d7 21.Bc3 Ne8 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Qc3 Kg8 24.h4 Ndf6 25.Bb7 Qb7 26.e4 Ra8 27.e5 Nh5 28.Nf3 Qe4 29.g3 h6 30.Rd7 Qc6 31.Qd3 Kg7 32.Nh2 Ra4 33.Re7 Ra8?? 34.Na7+– Qa4 35.Qf3 (35.Qf3 Nd6 36.ed6+–) 1–0. Spiridonov,Nikola (2400) – Nowak,Ignacy (2395), Rubinstein Memorial, 1985.

8.d4 Bb7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Nc3 cd4 11.ed4 e6 12.Re1 a6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.d5 e5 16.Nce4 Ne4 17.Ne4 Bh6 18.Rc3 f5 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.Rh3 Qg7 21.a4 Bf4 22.Ra3 Qh6 23.Rh3 Qg7 24.Ra3 Rce8 (24...a5 25.ba5 ba5 26.Bc3=) 25.a5+= ba5 26.Ra5 e4 27.Nf1 Be5 28.Be5 Re5 29.f4 ef3 30.Bf3 Re1 31.Qe1 Re8 32.Qc3 g5 33.Ra2 (33.Qd3 f4+=) 33...g4= 34.Bd1 f4 (34...Ne4 35.Qg7 Kg7 36.Bc2=) 35.Re2 Re2 36.Be2 f3 37.Bd3 h5 38.Qd4 h4 39.Bf5 Qg5 40.Be6 Kg7 41.Ne3 g3 42.hg3 f2 43.Kf2 hg3 44.Kf3 Kf8 45.Qf4 Qg6 46.Qd6 Kg7 47.Qc7 Kh6 48.Nf5 Kh5 49.Bf7 1–0. Akhmedzhanov,Kamil (2335) – Kozlov,Roman (2360), Astrakhan Cup, 2008. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.a3 d6)

8.0-0 ab5 9.cb5 Bb7 10.a4 d6 11.d3 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Re1 d5 14.Bf1 e5 15.e4 Rfe8 16.Qc2 h6 17.g3 Nh7 18.Bg2 de4 19.de4 Nhf8 20.Bh3 Ne6 21.Be6 Re6 22.Nc4 Nf8 23.Bc3 Rae8 24.Rad1 Ba8 25.Nh4 Nh7 26.f3 Ng5 27.Qd3 f5 28.Qd7 Qd7 29.Rd7 fe4 30.f4 Nf3 31.Nf3 ef3 32.Be5 Bf6 33.Red1 g5 34.R1d6 gf4 35.Re6 Re6 36.Bf6 Re1 37.Kf2 Re2 38.Kf1 Rh2 39.Ne5 Rh1 40.Kf2 Rh2 41.Kg1 (41.Kg1 f2 42.Kh2 f1N 43.Kg1 Bc6 44.Rd8 Be8 45.Re8 Kh7 46.Rh8#) 1–0. Kiik,K (2445) – Cheutshenko,R (2345), ch–EST, Tallinn EST, 2000.

8.a4 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Bb7 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Nc3 d6 13.Qb3 Nbd7 14.Bb2 e6 15.Ra1 d5 16.d3 Rd8 17.h3 d4 18.ed4 cd4 19.Na4 (< 19.Nd4 Nc5 20.Ne6 Ne6–+ (20...Nb3?! 21.Nc7 Na1 22.Ba1=; 20...fe6?! 21.Qc2–+)) 19...e5 20.Nd2 e4 21.de4 Ne4 22.Ne4 Be4 23.Rd1 Nf8 24.Bc1 Ne6 25.Bd3 Bd3 26.Qd3 Ra8 27.Nb2 Nc5 28.Qe2 Qe5 29.Qf3 Ra1 30.Bf4 Rd1 31.Nd1 Qe1 32.Kh2 h6 33.g3 Qf1 34.Nb2 d3 35.Nd1 Ne6 36.Ne3 Qe1–/+ 37.Kg2 d2 38.Qa8 Kh7 39.Qa4 Bd4 40.Nd1 Qe4 41.Kh2 Qf3 42.Qc2 Nf4 (42...Nf4 43.gf4 Bf2 (43...Qf4?! 44.Kg2–+) 44.Nf2 Qf2 45.Kh1 Qf1 46.Kh2 d1Q 47.Qd1 Qd1–+) 0–1. Partikas,Valentinas A (2325) – Bochev,Krasimir (2520), ICCF corr W–24ch sf12, 2000.

8.a4 Bb7 9.Qb3 d5 10.cd5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.d3 Nd5 14.Nd5 Bd5 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.0-0 ab5 17.ab5 Qc7 18.e4 Bb7 19.Nd2 Ra1 20.Ra1 Ra8 21.Qc3 Qe5 22.Qe5 Ne5 23.Ra8 Ba8 24.f4 Nd7 25.Nc4 e6 26.Kf2 Kf8 27.Ke3 Ke7 28.g3 Kd8 29.Bg4 Kc7 30.Bh3 Bb7 31.Bg2 Nf6 (31...f6 32.Bh3 f5 33.e5+=) 32.Bf3 (32.Ne5!?+-) 32...Ne8+/- 33.e5 Bf3 34.Kf3 f5 35.Ke3 Kb7 36.Kd2 Nc7 37.Nd6 Kb8 38.Kc3 Nd5 39.Kc4 Ne3 40.Kc3 Ng4 41.Nc4 Kc7 42.h3 (42.h4!?=) 42...Nf2=+ 43.Kd2 Nh3 44.Ke3 g5 45.Nd2 g4 46.Nc4 h5 47.Nd6 (47.Nd2!?=+) 47...Ng1-/+ 48.Ne8 Kd8 49.Nf6 Nf3 50.Nh5 Nd4 51.Ng7 Ke7 (51...Nb5?! 52.Ne6 Ke7 53.Ng7=+) 52.Nh5 Nb5 53.Nf6 Nd4 54.Kd2 b5 55.Kc3? (better 55.Ng8 Kd7 56.Nf6 Kc6 57.Kd1-+) 55...Ne2 56.Kd2 Ng3 0-1. bjoernsen (2400) - dolynachess (2525), Rated blitz game, lichess.org, 2022.

8.a4 d5 9.0-0 Bb7 10.cd5 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Nd5 (12...Qd5 13.d4=) 13.Bg7+= Kg7 14.Na3 Nd7 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Qb3 ½–½. Ree,Hans – Maeder,Karl Heinz, Bad Pyrmont, 1970.

8.Nc3 d5 9.Qb3 (9.Nd5 Nd5 10.Bg7 Kg7 11.cd5 ab5=) 9...d4=+ 10.ed4 cd4 11.Na4 (11.Nb1!? ab5 12.cb5=+) 11...ab5-/+ 12.cb5 Ne8 (12...d3 13.Bd1 Be6 14.Qc3=+) 13.Rc1 (13.Qb4 e5=+) 13...Bb7 14.0-0 Bd5 15.Bc4 (15.Qb4 d3 16.Bd1=+) 15...Bc4 (15...Bf3!? 16.gf3 Nd6-/+) 16.Rc4 (16.Qc4 Nd6 17.Qb4 e5=) 16...e5 (16...Nd6 17.Rc2 e5 18.Ba3=) 17.Rfc1 (17.Ba3 Nd6 18.Bd6 Qd6=) 17...Nd6=+ 18.Rb4 Nb7 (18...Re8 19.Ba3=) 19.Qc2 (19.Qc4 Nd7=) 19...Nd7=+ 20.Ba3 (20.a3 Nf6 21.Ba1 Re8=+) 20...Na5 (20...Re8 21.Bb2=+) 21.Rbb1 Re8 22.Bd6 (22.d3 Nb7=+) 22...e4-/+ 23.Ne1 Rc8 24.Qd1 Nc4 25.Bf4 Qf6 (25...Qh4 26.g3 Qh3 27.d3 ed3 28.Qd3=+) 26.Qg4 Qe6 27.Qe6 fe6 (< 27...Re6 28.Rb4 Be5 29.Be5 Nde5 30.f4 ef3 31.Nf3 Nf3 32.gf3+/-) 28.Rb4 Na5 (28...Nce5 29.Rc8 Rc8 30.Be5 Be5 31.f3=+) 29.Rc7= e5 (29...Rc7 30.Bc7 Rc8 31.Bb6 Rc1-/+) 30.Rc8?? (better is 30.Rd7 ef4 31.Nb6=) 30...Rc8-+ 31.Bg5 Rc1 (32.Kf1 Bf8-+) 0-1. Diener,Rudolf - Soegaard,Ove, corr ICCF, 1986.

8.0-0 d6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.d3 Qc7 11.Nbd2 e6 12.Nb3 Rfc8 13.Bc3 d5 14.Nbd2 a6 15.a4 a5 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.Qb2 Ne8 (17...Rd8 18.cd5 ed5 19.Ne5=) 18.Bg7+= Ng7 19.Rfd1 Re8 20.d4 Rac8 ½–½. Palmi,Herbert – Riediger,Martin (2265), North Bayern–ch, 2003. (=1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.b5 Bb7)

8.0-0 d6 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.a4 a5 12.ba6 Ra6 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Rfc1 Qd8 15.Qb3 Nb8 16.Nd2 Nc6 17.Bf3 Na5 18.Qb5 Ra7 19.Bb7 Rb7 20.Nb3 Rcb8 21.Nd2 Nd7 22.Nd5 Ne5 23.Ra3 e6 24.Nf4 Nec6 25.Bg7 Kg7 ½–½. Hug,Werner (2445) – Andersson,Ulf (2565), Biel, 1977. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.b5 Bb7)

8.0-0 e6 9.a4 d5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Na3 Qe7 12.d4 Rac8 13.Rfc1 Rfd8 14.a5 dc4 (14...ba5 15.Qd2=) 15.Nc4 Be4 16.Qa4 cd4 17.Bd4 Nd5 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Nfd2 N5f6 (19...Nc5 20.Qa3 Qg5 21.Ne4 Ne4 22.Bf3+=) 20.Ra3 (20.Ne4!? Ne4 21.Bf3+=) 20...Nc5 21.Qb4 Qb7 22.Ne4 Qe4 23.Qb1 Qh4 24.g3 Qh3 25.Bf1 Qh5 26.Qb2 Nce4+= 27.Be2 Qh3 28.Bf1 Qh5 29.Be2 Qf5 30.f4 Qc5 31.Raa1 Kg8 32.Qa3 Qb5 33.ab6 ab6 34.Rcb1 Qf5 35.Rb6 Qh3 36.Rd1?? Ng4 37.Bg4 Qg4 38.Rd8 Rd8 39.Rb1 Rd1 (39...Rd1 40.Rd1 Qd1 41.Kg2 Qe2 42.Kh3 Nf2 43.Kg2 Ng4 44.Kh3 Qh2 45.Kg4 Qh5#) 0–1. Nowak,I – Maciejewski, Poznan, 1976.

8.0-0 e6 9.d4 d5 10.dc5 bc5 11.cd5 ed5 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nc3 Rfc8 15.a4 Re8 16.a5 Rac8 17.Qb3 Bh6 18.Bc1 (18.Qa4 Bg7=) 18...Bf8 (better is 18...d4!? 19.ed4 Bf3 20.gf3 cd4 21.Rd4 Qe5–/+) 19.Ra2 Bg7 20.Ba3 Qe6 21.Rad2 h6 22.Bb2 Bf8 23.Bf1 Bd6 24.Ba1 Bb8 25.Nd5 Bd5 26.Rd5 Nd5 27.Rd5 c4 28.Qc3+/– f6 29.Bc4 Kh7 30.Qd4 Ne5? 31.Bf1?? Re7 32.Qd1 Nf3 33.Qf3 Rc1 34.Bd4 Be5 35.g4 Bd4 36.Rd4 Kg7 37.Kg2+= Qa2 38.a6 Qb1 39.Bd3 Rg1 40.Kh3 Qc1 41.Rd6 Qc3+= 42.Qd5 h5=+ 43.gh5 Qc8–/+ 44.Bf5 Qf5 45.Qf5 gf5 0–1. Schinzel,Wladyslaw – Maciejewski,Andrzej, Poland–ch, 1973.

8.0-0 e6 9.d4 Ne4 10.Qb3 d5 11.Nbd2 Nd2 12.Nd2 cd4 13.ed4 Nd7 14.Nf3 dc4 15.Qc4 Nf6 16.Rfd1 (16.Ba3 Re8=) 16...Bd5 17.Qa4 Nd7 18.Qa3 Qc7 19.Ne1 Qb7 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.Bd5 Qd5 22.Qb4 Rfc8 23.a4 Rc4 24.Qa3 Rac8 25.Qe3 Ng4 26.Qd3 Bh6 27.h3 Nf6 28.Ra3 Ne4 29.Kf1 f5 30.f3 Nd6 31.Qb3 Bg7 (31...f4 32.Kg1–/+) 32.Qd3 (32.Nd3 Nb7+=) 32...Kf7 (32...f4 33.Qd2 R4c7 34.Qf4–+) 33.Raa1 Rb4 (33...f4–/+) 34.Qa3? (34.Qe2!?+=) 34...Rb3 (34...Rcc4!? 35.Nd3 Ra4 36.Qa4 Ra4 37.Ra4 Nb5 38.Raa1–+) 35.Qa2–/+ Nc4 36.Rdb1?? (better is 36.Bc1–/+) 36...Nd2–+ (worse is 36...Nb2 37.Rb2 Rb2 38.Qb2 Bd4 39.Qa2 Ba1 40.Qa1–+; 36...Rb2?! 37.Rb2 Nb2 38.Qb2 Bd4 39.Qa2 Ba1 40.Qa1–+) 37.Kg1 Nb1 38.Rb1 Rb2! 39.Rb2 Bd4 40.Kf1 Bb2 41.Qb2 Qc4 42.Kf2 Qa4 43.Kg3 Qd1 44.Qb4 Rc1 45.Kf2 Qe1! 46.Qe1 Re1 47.Ke1 e5 48.Kd2 Ke6 49.Kc3 Kd5 50.g4 Kc5 (50...Kc5 51.Kd3 fg4 52.hg4 h5–+) 0–1. Jacobi,Karl Heinz (2150) – Troeger,Rainer (2185), GER–chT Seniors, 2008.

8.a4 a5 9.0-0 e6 10.d3 d5 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qb3 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.d4 (15.Qc2 e5=) 15...dc4 (15...cd4 16.ed4 dc4 17.Nc4=) 16.Nc4 cd4 (16...Bd5 17.Qa3=) 17.Nd4 (17.Bd4 Bd5+=) 17...Nc5 18.Qa2 Nfd7 19.Bf3 (19.Nc6 Bc6 20.bc6 Rc6 21.Bg7 Kg7=) 19...Bf3 20.Nf3 Bb2 21.Nb2 e5 22.Nc4 e4 23.Nd4 Nd3 24.Rb1 (24.Nc6 Qf6 25.Rc2 Nb4 26.Nb4 ab4+=) 24...N7e5 25.Ne5 Ne5 (worse 25...Qe5 26.Nc6 Nb4 27.Rd8 (27.Ne5?! Na2 28.Nc6 Rd1 29.Rd1 Kf8=) 27...Rd8 28.Qf7 (28.Ne5?! Na2 29.Kf1 Nc3=) 28...Kf7 29.Ne5 Ke7 30.Nc4+/-) 26.Nc6 (better 26.Rbc1!?=) 26...Nc6-/+ 27.Rd8?? (better 27.bc6 Rc6 28.Qb2-/+) 27...Nd8-+ (27...Qd8?! 28.bc6 Rc6 29.Rf1-/+; 27...Rd8?! 28.bc6 Qc5 29.Qa1 Qc6 30.Rc1-/+) 28.Rd1 Ne6 29.Qd5 (29.Rb1 Rc3 30.Ra1 Qb4-+) 29...Rd8 30.Qb3 Nc5 31.Rd8 (31.Qc2 Rd1 32.Qd1 Qd7-+) 31...Qd8 32.Qc2 Qd3 33.Qc1 Na4 34.Qc8 Kg7 35.Qc6 (35.h4 Qb5 36.Qd8-+) 35…Qd1 0-1. sonocattivo (1760) - dolynachess (2385), Rated Blitz tournament, lichess.org, 2016.

8.Nc3 a6 9.0-0=.

8.Nc3 d5 9.d4 Nbd7 10.0-0 Rc8 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nd5 Bd5 13.Qa4 Qc7 14.Rac1 Qb7 15.Rfd1 Rc7 (15...Rfd8 16.Qa3=) 16.Qa3 Rfc8 17.dc5 Bb2 18.Qb2 Nc5 19.Qd4 (19.a3 Na4 20.Qd2 e6 21.Rc7 Qc7=) 19...Ba2= 20.Ng5 (20.Ne5 Bb3 21.Bc4 Bc4 (21...Bd1 22.Nf7 e6 23.Nh6 Kf8 24.Qh8 Ke7 25.Qg7 Kd6 26.Rd1 Qd5 27.Rd5 ed5 28.Qd4+–) 22.Qc4 e6+=) 20...Ne6 (20...h6!? 21.Nf3 Bb3+=) 21.Ne6= Be6 22.Rc7 Qc7 23.h3 Qc5 24.Qa4 Qc2 25.Qc2 Rc2 26.Bf3 Kg7 27.g4 Rc5 28.Bc6 (28.Be2!?+=) 28...a5–/+ 29.e4 g5 30.f3 Kf6 31.Kf2 Bc4 32.Rb1 a4 33.Ra1 Bb3 34.Ke3 Ke5 35.Kd3 Kf4 36.Bd5 (36.e5 Ke5 37.Re1 Kd6–+) 36...Rb5 (worse is 36...Bd5 37.ed5 Kf3 38.Ra4 Rb5 39.Kd4–+) 37.Bb3 (37.Bc4 Bc4 38.Kc4 Rb3–+) 37…Rb3 (37...Rb3 38.Kc2 b5–+; 37...ab3?! 38.Kc4 Ra5 39.Rb1–+) 0–1. Grosse_Gehling,Thomas (1810) – Schwab,T1 (2050), Bonn–Bad Godesberg, 2013. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.b5 Bb7)

8.Nc3 e6 9.0-0 d5 (9...a6 10.ba6 Na6 11.d4=) 10.d4+= Ne4 (10...dc4 11.dc5 bc5 12.Qa4+=) 11.Qc2 cd4 (11...Nc3 12.Bc3 cd4 13.Bd4 Bd4 14.Nd4 dc4 15.Bc4+=) 12.Ne4 d3 13.Bd3 (13.Qd3 de4) 13...Bb2 14.Rab1? (better is 14.cd5 Ba1 15.Ra1-/+) 14...Bg7?? (14...de4 15.Be4 Qf6 16.Bb7 Nd7 17.Ba8 Bc3+-) 15.cd5+= ed5 (15...Bd5 16.Rfd1+=) 16.Ng3 Nd7 17.Qe2 Nc5 18.Nd4 Re8 19.Nc6 Qd6 20.Rfc1 Re6 21.Qf1 Bc6=+ 22.bc6 Qc6 23.Be2 Qa4-+ 24.Qd1 Qa2 25.Rc2=+ Qa4 26.Bb5 Qh4-/+ 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Qa2 Qe7 29.Rbc1 Red6 30.Be2 Qd7 31.h3 Be5 32.Bg4 Qa4 33.Qa4 Na4 34.Ra2 b5-+ 35.f4 Bb2 36.Rc7 a5 37.Ne4 Ra6 38.Be2= Re6 39.Ng5 Re3 40.Bb5 Ra3? 41.Ra3+- Ba3 42.Ba4 Rd4 43.Bb3 Rf4 44.Bf7 Kh8 45.Rc8 Kg7 46.Ne6 Kf7 47.Nf4 Bd6 48.Nd3 a4 49.Ra8 a3 50.Ne1 h5 51.Nc2 g5 52.Na3 g4 53.hg4 hg4 54.Nc4 Bc5 55.Kf1 Ke6 56.Ke2 g3 57.Rg8 Bf2 58.Ne3 Kf6 59.Ng4 (59...Kf7 60.Rg5+-) 1-0. Beaulieu,M (1620) - Rahard,Frederic (1780), FRA-ch op-A Paris, 1994.

9.a4 a6 10.d4 cd4 11.Bd4 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Ba1 Nbd7 14.cd5 Bd5 15.Nc3 Bb7 16.Nd4 Qc7 17.Bf3 Ne5 18.Bb7 Qb7 19.Qe2 Rc8 20.Rd1 Ne4 21.Ne4 Qe4 22.h3 (22.f3 Qd5+=) 22...h5 (22...Rc7 23.Qa2 h6 24.Qa6=) 23.f3+= Qb7 24.e4 Ra8 25.Kh1 Ra4 26.f4 Nc4 27.Nc6?? (27.e5 Qa8 28.Qe1 Qd5+=) 27...Ra1?? (better 27...Ba1 28.Rc1 Na5-/+) 28.Ra1+/- Ba1 29.Qc4 e6 30.e5 Bb2 31.Qb3 (31.Qd3 Qa8+/-) 31...Bc1+= 32.Qd1 Bf4 33.Qd8 Kh7 34.h4 Bg3 35.Kg1 Be1 36.Kh2 (36.Kf1 Bg3+/-) 36...Bf2+= 37.Qf6 Bc5 38.Qd8 Kg7 39.Kh3 Ba3 40.g4 hg4 41.Kg4 Bc5 42.h5 ½-½. marekt (2200) - anymove (1960), gameknot.com, 2021.

9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.d4 Nbd7 12.Na4 cd4 13.Qd4 Qe6 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Rac1 h6 16.Nh4 g5 17.Nf3 Bd5 18.Nc3 Bc4 19.Bc4 Rc4 20.Qd2 Qg4 21.h3 Qh5 22.Nd5 Re4 23.Ba3 Nd5 24.Qd5 Nf6 25.Qb7 g4 26.hg4 Rg4 27.Be7 Ne4 28.Nd4 Qg6 29.Rc2 Rg2 30.Kf1 Qg4 31.f3 Rg1 32.Ke2 Qg2 33.Kd3 Rd1 34.Ke4 Rd4 35.ed4 Qc2 0–1. Kindl – Huenerkopf.

9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.d4 Nbd7 12.Rc1 cd4 13.Qd4 Qd4 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Rfd1 Rac8 16.Bf3 Nfe4 (16...Bf3!? 17.Nf3 Rfd8+=) 17.Ne4+/– Ne4 18.Ba3 Bf6 19.Nc6 Bc6 20.bc6 Nd6 (20...Ng5 21.Rd7+–) 21.Bd6 ed6 22.c7 Bb2 23.Rc2 (better is 23.Rc4!? Be5 24.Rdc1+–) 23...Ba3+/– 24.Bb7 Bc5 25.Bc8 Rc8 26.Kf1 Rc7 27.Ke2 f5 28.h3 h5 29.g4 hg4 30.hg4 Kf7 31.Rh1 Kf6 32.Kf3 Re7 33.gf5 Kf5 34.Rc4 g5 35.Rg4 d5 36.Rh8 Rg7 37.Rd8 Ke5 38.Ke2 Kf5 39.f3 Ke6 40.f4 Rh7? (better is 40...Be7!? 41.Ra8 Kf5+/–) 41.Rg5+– Rh2 42.Kd3 Ra2 43.Re5 Kf6 44.Rdd5 Ra3 45.Ke2 a5 46.Rf5 Kg6 47.Rg5 Kf6 48.Rdf5 Ke6 49.Re5 Kf6 50.Rgf5 Kg6 51.e4 a4 52.Re6 (52.Rc5?! bc5 53.Rc5 Rh3+/–) 52...Kg7 53.Rd5 Rh3 54.Rd7 Kf8 55.e5 a3? (55...Re3 56.Kd2 Re4+–) 56.Rc6 Ke8 57.Rcc7 1–0. Grundherr,Martin (2315) – Hugentobler,Patrick (2235), AUT–chT2W, 2004. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.b5 Bb7)

9.cd5 Bd5 10.Nc3 a6 11.d4=.

9.cd5 Bd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qa4 (11.d4 Nbd7+=) 11...a6= 12.Qh4 ab5 13.Nb5 Nbd7 14.Rfd1 Qc8 (14...e6 15.a4=) 15.a4 Re8 16.d3 Nd5 (16...Bd5 17.Rdc1+=) 17.Bg7+/– Kg7 18.e4 Nc7 (18...N5f6 19.e5 Nd5 20.d4+=) 19.Ng5 (19.d4 cd4 20.Rac1 Nc5 21.Nfd4 Rd8+= (worse is 21...Be4 22.Nc7 Qc7 23.Qe4+/–)) 19...h6+= 20.Qf4 hg5 21.Qc7 Bc6 22.Qg3+/– Ra5 23.Qg5 Nf6 24.Rdb1 Qb7 25.Nc3 Rc8 26.e5 Nh7 27.Qg3 Nf8 28.h4 Ne6 29.h5 Rh8+= 30.Bg4 Nd4 31.e6 f5?? 32.Bd1?? Rh6+= 33.Ne2 Ne6 34.Qe5 Kf7 35.hg6 Rg6= 36.Qf5 Rf6 37.Qh7 Ng7? 38.Ng3+– c4 39.Bh5 Rh5 40.Nh5 Rg6 41.Ng7 Rg2 42.Kf1 Rg7 43.Qf5 Ke8 44.a5 cd3 45.Rb6 Qc7+/– 46.Qh5 Kf8 47.Ke1?? Qf4–+ 48.Qh8 Kf7 49.Qg7 Kg7 50.Rc6 Qe5 51.Kd2 Qa1 52.Kd3 Qa4 53.Rc3 Qa5 54.f3 Kh6 55.Kc2 Qa2 56.Kd3 Qb2 57.Rc4 e5 58.Re4 Qf2 59.Re3 Kg5 0–1. Wegerer,Fred (2195) – Jahnel,Guenther (2255), AUT–chT2S, 1999.

9.cd5 Bd5 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Nd5+= Nd5 12.d4 cd4 (12...Rc8 13.Rc1+=) 13.Nd4+/– Re8?? (better is 13...e6+/–) 14.Nc6+– Qc7 15.Bg7 (15.Qd5?! Bb2 16.Rad1 Nc5+/–) 15...Kg7 (15...Ne3 16.fe3 Kg7 17.Qd5+–) 16.Qd5 e6 17.Qd4 e5 18.Qb2 Nc5 (18...a6 19.Rac1+–) 19.f4 f6 (19...Na4 20.Qb4 Nc5 21.fe5+–) 20.fe5 fe5 21.Bc4 Ne6 (21...Na4 22.Qc2 Nc5 23.Rf7 Qf7 24.Bf7 Kf7+–) 22.Ne5 (22.Ne5 h5 23.Be6 Re6 24.Nf7 Kh7 25.Ng5 Kg8 26.Ne6+–) 1–0. Janek – Mrx, internet, 2018.

8.0-0=.

8.cd5 Bb7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Nd5 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.Qb2 f6 13.d4 Re8 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Qc3 e5 16.Rfe1 cd4 17.ed4 e4 18.Nd2 f5 19.Nc4 Qf6 20.Rac1 Re7 21.Qb4 h5 (better is 21...Nf8!?=) 22.Nd6+/– Nf8 23.Nb7 Rb7 24.Rc6 Qe7 25.Qc3 Kh7 26.f3 e3 27.f4 Re8 28.Bf3 Rd7 29.d5 Rd6 (better is 29...h4+–) 30.Qe5! (30.Qe5 Qh4 31.g3 Re5 32.gh4 Red5 33.Bd5 Rd5 34.Rc7 Kg8 35.Re3 Rd1 36.Kf2 Rd2 37.Re2+–) 1–0. Shchekachev,A (2550) – Van Dongen,P (2300), 90th ch–Paris IdF, 2015. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.b5 d5)

8.cd5 Nd5 9.Bg7 Kg7 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Na3 Nd7 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Qb3 e5 14.Qb2 f6 15.d3 a5 16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Nfd2 Nf8 19.Ne4 Ne6 ½–½. Tsvetkov,Alexandar K – Popov,Luben, BUL–ch, 1957.

8.0-0 Nc6 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.Rb1 Qa5 11.Ba1 Rb1 12.Qb1 d6 13.Qb5 Qc7 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.cd5 Nb4 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Qc4 Kg8 18.Qb3 Qa5 (18...e6!?=) 19.a3+= Na6 20.h3 Bf5 21.Qc4 Nc7 22.Qh4 f6 23.e4 g5 24.Ng5 fg5 25.Qg5 Bg6 26.h4 Kh8 27.h5+/– Bf7 28.Qe7 Kg8 29.Qg5 Kh8 30.Qh6 Kg8 31.Bg4 Be8 32.Qg5 Kh8 33.h6 Rf7 34.Be6 Ne6 35.de6 Rb7 36.e7 (36.e7 Qc3 37.Qf5 Qg7 38.Qf8 Qg8 39.Qf6 Qg7 40.Qg7) 1–0. Krnic,Zdenko (2400) – Riemersma,Liafbern (2420), Hoogovens–B Wijk aan Zee, 1988.

8.0-0 Nc6 9.Nc3 d6 10.Rb1 Bf5 11.d3 Rb8 12.Ba1 Qa5 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.Rfc1 Kf8 15.h3 h6 16.Rb5+= Rb5 17.cb5 Ne5 18.d4 Nf3= 19.Bf3 cd4 20.ed4 d5 21.Qe3 Be6 22.Be2 Ne8 23.Bd3+= g5 24.Rb1 Rc8 25.Bf1 Nd6 26.g4 Nc4 27.Qd3 Nb6 28.Qe3 Nc4 29.Qd3 Nb6 30.Qe3 Bf6 31.Rb3 Nc4 32.Qd3 Nd6 33.Qe3 Nc4 34.Qd3= Nd6 35.Qe3 h5 36.Rb1? hg4–+ 37.hg4 Nc4 38.Qd3–/+ Qc7 39.Bg2=+ Nb6 40.a4 Qf4 41.a5 Bd4 42.Nd1 Ba1 43.ab6 Bd4 44.b7 Rb8–+ 45.Ne3 Be3 46.fe3 Qe5 47.e4 d4 48.b6–/+ Rb7 49.Rb5= Qb8 50.e5 Rb6 51.Qh7+= f6 52.Qh8 Bg8?? 53.Bd5+– e6 54.Qh6 Ke8 55.Bc6 (55.Bc6 Rc6 56.Rb8 Rc8 57.Rc8 Kd7 58.Qf8 fe5 59.Qd8#) 1–0. Krnic,Zdenko (2365) – Berkvens,J (2465), Lost Boys Open, Amsterdam NED, 2002.

8.0-0 Nc6 9.d3 Rb8 10.Bc3 Qc7 11.Na3 d6 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.Nb3 Nb4 14.Bf3 Ba4 15.Qd2 Na2 16.Ba5 Qc8 17.Nc5 Qc5 18.Ra2 h5 (18...Rfc8 19.Bc3 Bb3 20.Raa1+=) 19.d4 (19.Bc3 Bb3 20.Raa1 Rfc8+/-) 19...Qf5+= 20.Bc7 Rbc8 21.Qb4 Qd7 22.Nb1 (22.Ba5!?=) 22...Bc6=+ 23.d5 (23.Ba5 Bf3 24.gf3 Rb8=+) 23...Bd5-/+ (worse 23...Rc7 24.dc6 Qf5 25.Nc3+/-; 23...Qc7?! 24.dc6 Ng4 25.Bg4 hg4 26.Ra6+=) 24.cd5 Rc7 25.Nd2 Ng4 (25...Rfc8 26.Rb1-/+) 26.Nc4 Rfc8 27.Be2 Qf5 28.f3 Ne5 29.e4 (29.Na3!? Nd7 30.Qb3-/+) 29...Qf4-+ 30.g3 Qh6 (30...Rc4 31.Bc4 Nf3 32.Kh1 Qe4 33.Re2 Qc4 34.Qc4 Rc4 35.Rf3-+) 31.Ne5 Qe3 32.Kh1 Be5 33.Qd2 Qd2 34.Rd2 Rc2 35.Rfd1 g5 36.Ba6 R8c3 37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Bd3?? (38.Rc2 Rc2 39.Kh3 e6-/+) 38...Rd2 (better 38...Rd3 39.Rc2 Rd1-+) 39.Rd2-/+ a5 40.Bb5 Rb3 41.Bd7 Ra3 42.Rc2 (42.Rf2 Bd4 43.Rc2 Kg7-/+) 42...a4-+ 43.Rc8 Kg7 44.Rc2 Ra1 45.Bb5 a3 46.Bc4 Bd4 47.Kh3 Rg1 48.Ba2 (48.Ra2 Rc1 49.Be2 Bb2-+) 48...Kg6 (48...Rf1 49.Kg2 Re1 50.h3-+) 49.Rc8 (49.Bc4 Kf6-+) 49...Bc5 (49...Rf1 50.Rc4 Bc5 51.Rc3-+) 50.Bc4?! (50.e5-+) 50...Rc1 51.Ba2 (51.Bb3 Rc3 52.Ba2 Rc2 53.Rg8 Kf6 54.e5 Ke5 55.f4 Kd4-+) 51...Rc2 52.Bb1 (52.Rg8 Kf6 53.e5 Ke5 54.Rg5 Kd4-+) 52...Rb2 53.Bd3 (53.g4 h4 54.Rg8 Kh6 55.e5-+) 53...a2 54.e5 (54.Rg8 Kf6 55.Rh8 g4 56.fg4-+) 54...Kg7 55.Ra8 Bg1 56.g4 (56.Be2 Re2 57.Ra2 Ra2 58.g4 Rh2 59.Kg3 h4) 56…Rh2 (56...Rh2 57.Kg3 h4) 0-1. Enkhtuul,A (2200) - Hristodorescu,D (2170), Gibraltar Challenger B, 2020. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2)

8.0-0 Nc6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.Nc6 Bc6 12.Bc3 Rab8 13.d3 Rfd8 14.e4 Ne8 15.Qd2 Rb7 16.Ba5 Qe5 17.Bc3 Qd6 18.Na3 Rdb8 19.Rab1 Nc7 20.Rb7 Rb7 21.Rb1 Rb1 22.Nb1 Ne6 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Qc3 f6 25.Nd2 Nf4 26.e5 fe5 27.g3 Nd3 28.Bc6 dc6 29.Nf3 Kg8 30.Kg2 e4 31.Ng5 Qe5 32.Qe5 Ne5 33.Ne4 Nc4 34.Nc5 Kf7 35.f4 e5 36.Kf3 Ke7 37.fe5 Ne5 38.Ke4 Ng4 39.h4 Nf6 40.Kd4 Nd7 41.Ne4 h5 42.a4 Ke6 43.a5 Kf5 44.Nf2 Kf6 45.Nh3 Ke6 46.Nf4 Kf5 47.Kc4 Ne5 48.Kd4 Nd7 49.Kc4 Nf8 50.Kc5 Kg4 51.Ne2 Kf3 52.Nd4 Kg3 53.Kc6 Kh4 54.Kb7 Kg3 55.Ka7 h4 56.Ne2 Kg4 57.Ng1 Nd7 58.Kb7 h3 59.Nh3 Kh3 60.Kc6 ½–½. Gasimov – San Segundo, Leon 1996.

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.0-0 d6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Ba1 Rb1 12.Qb1 Bf5 13.d3 Qd7 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.h3 Qc8 16.a3 Qa6 17.Nb5 Rb6 18.Nd2 Bd7 19.Rb1 Qb7 20.Nb3 Qb8 21.Nc3 Kf8 22.Bd1 Kg8 23.Rc1 Rb7 24.Nd5 Ne8 25.Bg7 Ng7 26.d4 cd4 27.ed4 Bf5 28.Qc3 Be4 29.Nd2 Bf5 30.Ba4 Bd7 31.c5 dc5 32.dc5 Ne6 33.Nf3 Nf4 34.Qd2 Nd5 35.Qd5 Rb1 36.Rb1 Qb1 37.Kh2 Qb8 38.g3 Qc7 39.Nd4 e6 40.Nb5 ed5 41.Nc7 d4 42.Nd5 Kf8 43.Kg2 d3? 44.Nf6+– Ke7 45.Nd7 Kd7 46.Kf3 Kc7 47.Ke3 Ne5 48.Bb3 Kc6? 49.f4+– Nd7 50.Ba4 Kc7 51.Bd7 Kd7 52.Kd3 1–0. Veingold,Aleksander – Holmsten,Aleksei, Helsinki We Hm–93 FIN, 1999. (=1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.bc5 bc5)

8.Nc3 Nc6 9.0-0 d6 10.d4 cd4 11.ed4 Rb8 12.Bc1 Bg4 13.Be3 d5 14.h3 Bf5 15.Ne5 Na5 16.Nd5 (16.c5!?+=) 16...Nd5= 17.cd5 Be4 18.Qa4 Rb2 19.Bf3 Bf3 20.Nf3 Qd5 21.Rfc1 Rb5 22.Rc7 e6 23.Rac1 Nb7 (23...Rb2 24.R7c2 Rc2 25.Rc2+/–) 24.R7c5 (24.Qa7 Nd8+/–) 24...Nc5 25.Qb5 Ne4 26.Qd5 ed5 27.Rc7 Ra8 28.Ne5 Nd6 29.Rd7 Bf8 30.Bf4 (30.a4 a6+/–) 30...Nb5 31.Nf7 Nd4 32.Nh6 Bh6 33.Bh6 Nf5 34.Bg5 d4 (34...h6!? 35.Bf4 Re8 36.Rd5 Re1 37.Kh2 Re2+/–) 35.g4+– Ng7 36.Bf6 Ne6 37.Re7 Nf4 38.Bd4 Nh3 39.Kg2 Ng5 40.Rg7 Kf8 41.Ra7 Rc8 (41...Ra7 42.Ba7 h5 43.gh5 gh5 44.Be3+–) 42.Be3 Rc4 43.f3 (43.Bg5?! Rg4 44.Kf3 Rg5+=) 43...Nf7 44.a4 Ne5 45.a5 Nc6 46.Ra8 Ke7 47.a6 Kd6 (47...Rc3 48.Bb6 Kd6 49.a7+–) 48.a7 Ra4 49.Rh8 (49.Rc8 Na7 50.Ra8 Ra3 51.Ba7 Kc6+–) 49...Na7 50.Ra8 (50.Rh7 Nc6 51.Rg7 Ne7+–) 50...Ra3 51.Ba7 Kc6 52.g5 Ra6 53.Kg3 1–0. Beim,Valery – Schaefer,Markus, It open, 1993. (=1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.bc5 bc5)

8.d4 Nc6=.