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Ismael MOLANO

    
    
    (2015-11-01)
    (All annotations below by Fritz)
    (Games' source: Marek's 1.b4 database)
    
    
    
    
    
    (1) Rush,Bradley – Molano,Ismael
    ZL–2011–0–00994, 2011
    1.b4 c6 2.c4 a5 3.b5 Nf6 4.Nc3 
       (4.a4 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.e3 d5 8.Be2 cb5 9.cb5 b6 10.0–0 Nbd7 
       11.d4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 Ne4 14.Qd3 h6 15.Rac1 Kh7 16.Ba3 Re8 
       17.Nfd2 f5 18.f3 Nef6 StephenHilton–GmLencioni (1605)/chesshere.com 
       2006) 
    4...e5N 
       (4...e6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0–0 d6 10.d4 Nbd7 
       11.a4 cb5 12.cb5 Rc8 13.Rc1 Nd5 14.Nd5 Bd5 15.Qd2 Nf6 16.Rc8 Qc8 
       17.Rc1 Qd7 18.Qc2 Bd8 19.Nd2 Liepert,L–Lueckerath,K/BL (Women) 
       Germany 1993/½–½ (44); 
       4...g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.e3 0–0 7.Qc2 d5 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.Qd3 Ne4 
       11.cd5 cd5 12.Rb1 Nc3 13.Bc3 e6 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.0–0 Nd7 16.Qd4 Kg8 
       17.Rbc1 b6 18.Rc6 Nc5 19.Rc1 Sammy8 (1815)–Orangattackman/
       chesshere.com 2005/1–0) 
    5.e3 Bb4 6.Bb2 d5 7.a3 Bc3 8.dc3 Bg4 9.Be2 Be2 10.Qe2 cb5 11.cb5 Nbd7 
    12.Nf3 Qc7 13.0–0 Nb6 14.Rac1 Nc4 15.a4 0–0 16.Qc2 e4 17.Nd4 Ng4 18.g3 
    Nge5 19.Rcd1 Rac8 20.Bc1 Qc5 21.Nb3 Nf3 22.Kg2 Qd6 23.Nd2 Ncd2 24.Bd2 Qf6 
    25.Rc1 Rc4 26.Rfd1 Ng5 27.h4 Qf3 28.Kf1 Nh3 29.Be1 Qh1 30.Ke2 Ng1 31.Kd2 
    Nf3 32.Ke2 Nh2 
       (32...Ne1?! 33.Qa2 Qg2 34.Ke1-/+) 
    33.Bd2?? 
       (33.Rb1 Qf1 34.Kd2 Nf3 35.Kc1–+) 
    33...Qf3 34.Ke1 Ng4 
       (34...Ng4 35.Qe4 Qf2) 
    0–1
    
    (2) Schellen,Anton – Molano,Ismael
    RE–2010–0–00041, 2010
    1.b4 c6 2.e3 a5 3.b5 c5 4.d4 cd4 5.ed4 d5 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.0–0 Nbd7 
    9.Nbd2 Bd6 10.c4 b6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Nfe5 Qh4 14.Ba3 Qd4 15.Nc6 
    Qf4 16.Bd6 Bd6 17.g3 Qf6 18.Nd6 Kf8 19.Re1 Nc5 20.Bc4 Bd7 21.Ne5 Be8 
    22.Bd5 ed5 23.Qd5 Rd8 24.Rad1 
       (24.Ne8?! Rd5 25.Nf6 gf6+=) 
    24...Qe6 25.Qf3 Rd6 26.Rd6 Qd6 27.Nf7! 
       (27.Nf7 Qg6 28.Nd6 Kg8 29.Qd5 Kf8 30.Re8 Qe8 31.Ne8 Ke8 32.Qa8 Kf7 
       33.Qh8+–) 
    1–0
    
    (3) Nemec,Zdenek (1950) – Molano,Ismael
    28. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2010
    1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.b5 cb5 4.e4 b4 5.a3 Nc6 6.d4 
       (6.ab4 Nb4 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Nc3 d6 (8...Qc7 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Ne4 Nc2 11.Kf1 
       Na1 12.Qa1 f6 13.Nc3 e6 14.h4 d5 15.h5 Be7 16.Nb5 Qd8 17.h6 g6 18.Nh4 
       a4 19.Bd3 Ra5 20.Ke2 0–0 21.Bc3 Bd7 22.Ba5 Qa5 23.Rb1 Luzuriaga,N 
       (2335)–Baeckstroem,M (2225)/corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/Final 2009/Inf 03/)
        9.e5 Nfd5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.0–0 Nc3 12.Bd7 Qd7 13.Bc3 Nc6 14.ed6 e6 
       15.Re1 Qd6 16.Qb1 Be7 17.Bg7 Rg8 18.Be5 Qb4 19.Qd1 b5 20.g3 Qc5 
       Degterev,P (2460)–Laursen,B (2230)/WC15/WS64 ICCF 2006/Inf 05/1–0 
       (64)) 
    6...ba3N 
       (6...e6 7.d5 ed5 8.ed5 Qe7 9.Be2 Ne5 10.Nd2 d6 11.ab4 b6 12.Ngf3 Nf6 
       13.0–0 Nd5 14.Ne5 de5 15.Bf3 Bb7 16.c4 Nb4 17.Qa4 Kd8 18.Be5 f6 19.Bd4 
       Bf3 20.Bb6 Kc8 21.Nf3 marekt–fathoni/ChessWorld.net 2008/1–0; 
       6...d5 7.ab4 (7.Bb5 e6 8.ab4 Bb4 9.Nd2 Qg5 10.g3 Qd2 11.Qd2 Bd2 
       12.Kd2 Bd7 13.ed5 ed5 14.c4 Nf6 15.f3 Nb4 16.Bd7 Kd7 17.c5 b5 18.cb6 
       Kc6 19.Ne2 Kb6 20.Nc3 Rhc8 21.Na4 Kb5 Nebe,L–Rapp,R/corr 1989/0–1)
        7...Nb4 8.c3 Nc6 9.ed5 Qd5 10.Nf3 e6 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.c4 Qd8 13.0–0 Bd6 
       14.Nc3 0–0 15.Nb5 Nb4 16.Be2 b6 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.Qb3 Bb7 19.Ne5 Be4 
       20.Qg3 Rfd8 21.Rac1 Grott,P (1815)–Lagemann,T/DESC 2000 (38)) 
    7.Na3 d5 8.ed5 Qd5 9.Nb5 Qd8 10.d5 Na7 11.Na7 Ra7 12.Nf3 Nf6 13.Ne5 Bd7 
    Black prepares a4 
       (13...Qd5?? 14.Qd5 Nd5 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Bd7 Kd8 17.Bc6 bc6 18.Nc6 Kd7 
       19.Na7+–) 
    14.Rb1 a4 15.Bd4 Ra8 16.Rb7 Qa5 17.c3 Qd5 18.Qb1 Rc8 19.Rb8 
       (19.Nd7 Nd7 20.Qb5 Qe6 21.Be3 a3+=) 
    19...Qd6 20.Nd7 Qd7 21.Qb5 
       (21.Qb5 Rb8 22.Qb8 Qd8 23.Bb5 Nd7 24.Qb7+–) 
    1–0
    
    (4) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Molano,Ismael
    ZL–2009–0–00627, 2009
    1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.a3 a5 4.c4 ab4 5.c5 Qc7 6.ab4 Ra1 7.Ba1 Na6 8.Qb3 d6 
    9.e3 Nf6 
       (9...dc5 10.Ba6 ba6 11.bc5 a5 12.Nf3 Ba6 13.Be5 Qc8 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.d4 
       g6 16.Ng5 1–0 pcmvr (2845)–jvanmechelen (2525)/net–chess.com 2009 
      ; 
       9...Be6 10.Bc4 Bc4 11.Qc4 dc5 12.bc5 e5 13.Nf3 f6 14.d4 ed4 15.ed4 Qe7 
       16.Qe2 Nb4 17.Qe7 Ne7 18.0–0 Kf7 19.Nbd2 Nf5 20.Rb1 Nc2 21.Rb7 Be7 
       22.Bc3 Rd8 23.Nb3 Ke6 24.g4 ludice (1720)–wrkostek66 (1890)/kurnik 
       2011/1–0 (31)) 
    10.Ba6 ba6 11.Nf3N 
       (11.cd6 Qd6 12.Nf3 e6 13.Bf6 gf6 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Nc3 Bb4 16.Ne4 Be7 
       17.0–0 0–0 18.Qc3 e5 19.d4 f5 20.Ng3 e4 21.Ne5 c5 22.Nh5 Be6 23.Nc6 
       cd4 24.Qd4 f6 25.Ne7 Qe7 Gavrijski,D (2140) –Baeckstroem,M (2225)/
       corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/Final 2009/Inf 03) 
    Be6 
       (11...Be6 12.Qa4 Nd5=) 
    0–1
    
    (5) Molano Lafuente,Ismael (2000) – Ortega Serra,Marc (2190)
    Santa Eulalia de Roncana ESP, 7th Open, 2013
    1.b4 c6 
       (1...Nf6 2.Nf3+=) 
    2.Bb2 
       (2.Nc3 e6=) 
    2...Qb6 
       (2...a5!?+=) 
    3.a3= a5 4.c4 
       (4.Nc3 ab4 5.ab4 Ra1 6.Qa1 Qb4+=) 
    4...e6 
       (4...d6 5.Qa4+=) 
    5.d4 
       (5.c5 Bc5 6.bc5 Qb2+/-) 
    5...ab4= 6.c5 Qc7 7.ab4 Ra1 8.Ba1 Na6 9.Qb3 d6 10.e3 Nf6 11.Nf3 Nd5 
    12.Ba6 ba6 13.Nc3 Qb7 14.Nd5 ed5 15.Nd2 
       (15.0–0 Be7=) 
    15...Qb5+= 16.f3 Be7 17.Kf2 0–0 18.Bb2 
       (18.Qc2 Re8+=) 
    18...Bd7 19.Ra1 Rb8 20.Ra5 Qb7 
       (worse is 20...Qb4 21.Qb4 Rb4 22.Ba3+/-) 
    21.Bc3 Rd8 
       (21...dc5 22.dc5 Qc7 23.g3+=) 
    22.Ra3 a5?? 
       (better is 22...Re8+=) 
    23.ba5+– Qc7? 
       (better is 23...Qa8 24.Bb4 dc5 25.Bc5 Bc5 26.dc5 Rb8+–) 
    24.Qa4?? 
       (better is 24.Qb6 Qb8 25.Rb3+–) 
    24...dc5+= 25.dc5? 
       (better is 25.Nf1+=) 
    25...Qh2–+ 26.Qf4?? 
       (26.Qd4 Bh4 27.Ke2 Qg2 28.Kd1 Qg3–+) 
    26...Bh4 
       (better is 26...Qf4 27.ef4 Bc5 28.Bd4 Ba3–+) 
    27.Kf1 Qh1 28.Ke2 Re8?? 
       (better is 28...Qg2 29.Kd1 Qg1 30.Kc2 Bg5–+) 
    29.Kd3-/+ Be7 30.Rb3 Bc5 
       (30...Qg2 31.Rb8 Bc8 32.Qc7 Qg6 33.e4+=) 
    31.Rb8 Qh5 
       (better is 31...Qg2!? 32.Re8 Be8+=) 
    32.Re8= Be8 33.Qb8 Qf5 34.e4 
       (34.Ke2!? Qd7 35.a6=) 
    34...Qd7-/+ 35.Ke2 h6 
       (35...d4 36.Bb2-/+) 
    36.Bb4 Ba7 37.Qd6 c5 38.Qd7 
       (38.Bc5 Qb5 Double attack (38...Qb5 Decoy)) 
    38...Bd7 39.Ba3 Bb5 Black prepares the advance c4 40.Kd1 d4 41.Kc1 
       (41.e5!?-/+) 
    41...c4–+ 42.Bb4 
       (42.e5!? d3 43.Bb2–+) 
    42...Bb8 43.Bc5 
       (43.Kd1 Be5 44.f4 Bf4–+) 
    43...c3 44.Nb3 
       (44.Bd4 cd2 45.Kd2–+) 
    44...d3 45.Be3 Bc4 
       (better is 45...Bd6!? 46.a6 Ba6 47.e5 Ba3 48.Kd1–+) 
    46.Nc5 
       (46.Nd2 cd2 47.Kd2–+) 
    Ba7 
       (46...Ba7 47.Nd3 Be3 (47...Bd3?! 48.Ba7 Bf1 49.g3=) 48.Kc2 Bd4–+) 
    0–1
    
    (6) Rush,Bradley – Molano,Ismael
    SE–2011–0–00069, 2011
    1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.a3 a5 4.e3 ab4 5.ab4 Ra1 6.Ba1 Qb4 7.Nc3 e5 8.Nf3 e4 
    9.Nd4 d5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.0–0 Bc5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.f3 Be6 14.fe4 de4 15.Qb1 Bb3 
       (15...Nbd7 16.Qd1-/+) 
    16.Qb3 
       (better is 16.Rf6!? gf6 17.cb3=) 
    16...Qb3-/+ 17.cb3 Nbd7 18.Bc4 h6 19.b4 Ke7 20.h3 Ne5 21.Be2 Ra8 22.Bb2 Ke6 
    23.b5 Rd8 24.Rd1? 
       (better is 24.bc6 bc6 25.Nb1–+) 
    24...Rd2!! 25.Rd2 Be3 26.Kf1 Bd2 27.bc6 bc6 
       (27...Nc6?! 28.Bc4 Kf5 29.Nb5–+) 
    28.Bc4 
       (28.Ba6–+) 
    Nc4 
       (28...Nc4 29.Ke2 Bf4–+) 
    0–1
    
    (7) Rush,Bradley – Molano,Ismael
    OP–2011–0–01609, 2011
    1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.a3 a5 4.Nc3 ab4 5.ab4 Qb4??N 
       (5...Ra1 6.Qa1 (6.Qb1 Qb4 0–1 guest1488–guest820/ICC 1999) 
         A) 6...Qb4 7.Na4 (7.Na2 Qg4 8.f3 Qg6 9.h4 Nf6 10.h5 Qf5 11.g4 Qa5 
          12.g5 Nd5 13.Bg7 Bg7 14.Qg7 Rf8 15.Nc3 Qa1 16.Kf2 d6 17.h6 Nc3 
          18.dc3 Nd7 19.Qh7 Qc3 20.Qd3 Qc5 21.e3 Qg5 xtom–sabsubar (1610)/
          kurnik 2011/1–0 (39)) 7...f6 (7...b5 8.Nb6 Ba6 9.Bc3 Qg4 
          10.Qa5 d6 11.f3 Qf5 12.e4 Qe6 13.Ne2 b4 14.Bb2 d5 15.Nd4 Qg6 16.Ba6 
          Qg2 17.Rf1 de4 18.Bb5 cb5 19.Qb5 Kd8 20.Nc6 1–0 "lasker" 
          (2190)–jka (2030)/internet 2007) 8.Bc3 Qf4 9.Nb6 Qc7 10.Na8 Qd6 
          11.e4 Na6 12.Nb6 Qc7 13.Nc8 Qc8 14.Ba6 ba6 15.Nf3 e6 16.0–0 Be7 
          17.Rb1 Nh6 18.Rb6 Nf7 19.Ra6 0–0 20.d3 e5 21.Ra5 Luzuriaga,N 
          (2350) –Baeckstroem,M (2255)/corr WSTT/3/06/Semifinal 2008/Inf 03/
          ;
         B) 6...d5 7.Nd1 Nf6 8.Nf3 Na6 9.e3 Nb4 10.Qa4 e6 11.Bd4 Bc5 12.c3 
          Na6 13.Ba6 ba6 14.0–0 0–0 15.c4 Bd4 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.c5 Qc5 18.Qa6 Ne4 
          19.d3 Nd2 20.Re1 Riley,D–Veher,J/Dayton Club Champ 1992/0–1 (41)
          ; 
       5...Ra1 6.Ba1 Qb4 7.e4+=) 
    6.Rb1 
       (better is 6.Ra8 Qb2 7.Rb8+–) 
    6...e5+= 7.e3 Nf6 8.Nf3 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0–0 d5 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Bd6 13.h3 
    Bc7 14.f3 Qd6 15.f4 b5 16.Bg4 Ng4 17.hg4 
       (better is 17.Qg4 0–0 18.Ra1–+) 
    17...Nf6 18.Nb3 
       (18.g5 Ng4 19.Nce4 de4 20.Ne4–+) 
    18...b4 
       (worse is 18...Bg4 19.Qd2–+) 
    19.Ne2 Ng4 
       (19...Ng4 20.Qe1 Ne3–+; 
       19...Bg4?! 20.Qd2–+) 
    0–1
    
    (8) Molano Lafuente,Ismael (1990) – Castillo Martinez,Eloi (1875)
    Llinars del Valles ESP, 7th Open–A, 2013
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.d4 0–0 8.Bd3 Re8 
    9.Nf3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Bg6 hg6 12.0–0 Ne4 13.Ne1 Qh4 14.f4 Qh6 15.Nef3 
    Bg4 16.Qc1 f6 17.Ne4 de4 18.Nd2 c6 19.Rf2 g5 20.Nf1 gf4 21.ef4 e3 22.Ne3 
    Bf4 23.Ng4 Bc1 24.Nh6 Bh6 25.Bc1 Bc1 26.Rc1 Re3 27.Rf3 Rf3 28.gf3 Rd8 
    29.Rd1 Rd5 30.Rd3 Kf7 31.Kf2 Rh5 32.Kg3 Ke6 33.c4 b5 34.Rc3 Kd6 35.h4 bc4 
    36.Rc4 Ra5 37.a4 Ra6 38.Kf4 Kd5 39.Rb4 Rb6 40.Rb6 ab6 41.Kf5 Kd4 42.Kg6 
    c5 43.Kg7 c4 44.h5 c3 45.h6 c2 46.h7 c1Q 47.h8Q Qc7 48.Kg6 Qg3 49.Kf7 Qf3 
    50.Qb8 Kc5 51.Qa7 f5 
       (51...Qc6!?-/+) 
    52.a5 Qc6 53.Qe7 Kb5 54.ab6 Kb6 55.Qb4 
       (better is 55.Qe5!?=) 
    55...Ka6-/+ 56.Qa3 Kb7 57.Qb2 Kc8 
       (57...Qb6 58.Qg2 Kb8=) 
    58.Qh8= Kb7 59.Qb2 Qb6 60.Qg2 Qc6 61.Qb2 Qb6 62.Qg2 Kc8 
       (62...Kb8 63.Qg5=) 
    63.Qd2 
       (63.Qg5 Qf2 64.Ke6 f4=) 
    63...Qc7 
       (better is 63...Qc6 64.Ke7 Qe4 65.Kd6 f4-/+) 
    64.Kf6 f4 65.Kf5 
       (65.Qf2 Kd7=) 
    65...f3 
       (65...Qf7 66.Kg5 Qg7 67.Kf5 f3 68.Qc2 Kd8=) 
    66.Kg4= Qc6 67.Kg3 Qe4 68.Kf2 Qg4 69.Qc3 Kd8 70.Qf3 ½–½
    
    (9) Tsirakovsky,Sergey (1835) – Molano,Ismael
    32. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary, 2010
    1.b4 f5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.a3 d5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 
       (7.Be2 0–0 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.0–0 e5 10.Qc2 e4 11.Nd4 f4 12.Ne6 Qe7 13.Nf8 
       Qf8 14.d3 fe3 15.fe3 Qe8 16.de4 de4 17.c5 Bc7 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Rad1 Qh5 
       20.h3 Ne5 21.Ne4 Bh3 wlittle (2300)–ozewiezewoze (2130)/
       net–chess.com 2003/1–0) 
    7...Nbd7N 
       (7...0–0 8.Qb3 Ne4 9.Be2 Nd7 10.d3 Nef6 11.0–0 Qe7 12.cd5 ed5 13.Nd4 
       Ne5 14.f4 Ng6 15.Nd1 Bd7 16.Rc1 Rae8 17.b5 Qf7 18.bc6 bc6 19.Nc6 Be6 
       20.Ne5 Be5 21.fe5 Nd7 22.d4 elsh1403–unejam/kurnik 2011/0–1 (42)) 
    8.Nd4 Ne5 9.cd5 ed5 10.f4 Ng6 11.Bd3 Ne4 12.0–0 0–0 13.Nb3 Qh4 14.Ne2 Re8 
    15.Rc1 a6 16.Nbd4 a5 17.b5 c5 18.Nf3 Qe7 19.a4 b6 20.Ng3 Ng3 21.hg3 Rf8 
    22.Ng5 h6 23.Nf3 Bb7 24.Nh2 Rae8 25.g4 Bc8 26.g5 hg5 27.Qh5 Qf7 28.Qg5 
    Be7 29.Qg3 Bh4 30.Qh3 Bf6 31.Bf6 Qf6 32.Nf3 Nh8 33.Ng5 Qh6 34.Qh6 gh6 
    35.Nf3 Kg7 36.Kf2 Nf7 37.Rh1 Rg8 38.Rh5 Nd6 39.Ne5 Ref8 40.Rch1 Rf6 
    41.R1h4 Ne4 42.Be4 de4 
       (worse is 42...fe4 43.Ng4 Rg6 44.Nh6+–) 
    43.g4 fg4 44.Ng4 The backward pawn on h6 becomes a target 44...Rd6 
    45.Nh6 
       (45.Rh6?! Rh6 (worse is 45...Rd2 46.Kg3+/-) 46.Rh6 Bg4 47.Rb6 Rd8=) 
    45...Rd2 46.Kg3 Rf8 47.f5 Rd1 48.Re4 Rg1 49.Kf2 Ra1 50.Rg4 
       (50.Rg4 Kf6 51.Rg6 Ke7 52.Rb6 Ra4 53.Rg5 Ra2 54.Kf3+–) 
    1–0
    
    (10) Prakash,Om – Molano,Ismael
    RE–2010–0–00050, 2011
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.a3 ba3 4.Nf3 e6 
       (4...g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Ra3 Nc6 7.0–0 d6 8.d4 Nf6 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Bb2 0–0 
       11.Nbd2 d5 12.ed5 Nd5 13.h3 Be6 14.Ba2 Nc7 15.c4 Nb4 16.Bb1 a5 17.Ne4 
       Bf5 18.g4 Be4 19.Be4 Hug,W (2450)–Anand,V (2785)/Champions Rapid, 
       Zuerich SUI 2009/0–1 (38)) 
    5.Ba3N 
       (5.Na3 a6 6.Bb2 d6 7.Be2 h6 8.0–0 Nc6 9.Nc4 b5 10.Ne3 e5 11.Bb5 Bb7 
       12.Ba4 Nf6 13.d4 Ne4 14.d5 Qd7 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Nfe5 de5 17.dc6 Bc8 
       18.Be5 Qe7 19.c7 Bd7 Bazza3–Pemp_Slider/ChessWorld.net 2010/1–0; 
       5.d4 d5 6.ed5 Qd5 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Bb4 9.Nb5 Bd2 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Ra3 Qd8 
       12.Nc4 Nf6 13.Nbd6 Kf8 14.Bd3 g6 15.0–0 Kg7 16.Qf3 Nd4 17.Qf4 Nf5 
       18.Bf5 ef5 19.Rd1 b6 gbsr (1950)–gregorgysi (2030)/net–chess.com 
       2009/0–1) 
    5...Nc6 6.Bf8 Kf8 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.d4 d6 9.Bd3 e5 10.0–0 Bg4 11.de5 de5 12.h3 
    Bf3 13.Qf3 Nd4 14.Qe3 Rc8 15.Nd5 a6 16.Rfb1 Nd5 17.ed5 Qd5 18.Be4 Qd6 
    19.Rb7 Rc3 
       (19...Nc2? 20.Bc2 Rc2 21.Qb3+–) 
    20.Qg5 
       (20.Qg5 Rc8 21.Ra6+–) 
    1–0
    
    (11) Valbuena Castro,Gregorio (1850) – Molano Lafuente,Ismael (2150)
    1st Obert Primavera La Lira, 2008
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bd3 6.Qd3 e6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.a3 
       (8.0–0 Nge7 9.a3 ba3 10.c3 Nf5 11.Na3 h5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Nc2 Be7 14.Ne3 
       Ne3 15.fe3 0–0 16.Kh1 Na5 17.Rb2 Qc7 18.Rg1 Rbc8 19.Rc2 Qc4 20.Qd2 Nb3 
       21.Qd1 g6 22.g4 hg4 Garcia B,O–Suasnabar,J (2030)/Lima schev 2000/0–1
       ) 
    8...a6N 
       (8...ba3 9.c3 Nge7 10.Ba3 Nf5 11.Bf8 Kf8 12.0–0 Kg8 (12...g6 13.Nbd2 
       Kg7 14.g4 Nfe7 15.Qe3 h6 16.Qf4 Rf8 17.h4 a6 18.Kg2 b5 19.Rh1 Ng8 
       20.g5 h5 21.Nf1 Na5 22.Ng3 Nc4 23.Ne1 Ne7 24.Qf6 Kg8 25.Nd3 Nf5 26.Nf5 
       ef5 27.Ra6 dovator (1870)–jojopa (1885)/kurnik 2013/0–1 (50)) 
       13.Nbd2 a6 14.Rab1 b5 15.g4 Nh4 16.Nh4 Qh4 17.h3 h5 18.gh5 Rh5 19.Kh2 
       g6 20.Qg3 Kg7 21.Nf3 Qg3 22.fg3 Rah8 23.h4 dovator (1755)–chlastars 
       (1875)/kurnik 2014/1–0 (55); 
       8...Qb6 9.0–0 Rc8 10.Rd1 h5 11.Nh4 Nh6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Bh6 Rh6 14.Qg3 g5 
       15.Qe3 Rh8 16.Nf3 Rg8 17.Qd3 Rg6 18.c4 bc3 19.Nc3 a6 20.Rab1 Qa7 
       21.Ne2 Kd7 22.h4 gh4 23.Nf4 Marous,R (1935)–Schwarz,M (1910)/
       Schneider Bohemia op–B 2001/1–0 (47); 
       8...Nge7!?-/+) 
    9.0–0+= Rc8 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.ab4 
       (11.Bd2 Na5 12.Qa2 Nc4 13.Bb4 Nh6=) 
    11...Bb4+= 12.c3 Be7 13.Na3 Na5 14.Qb6 
       (14.Qc2 h5+=) 
    14...Ba3 
       (14...Bd8 15.Qb4-/+) 
    15.Qa5 
       (15.Ba3 Nc4 16.Qa7 a5+=) 
    15...Bc1-/+ 16.Rfc1 Ne7 17.Rab1 0–0 18.Rb6 Nc6 19.Qa3 Rc7 20.Rcb1 
       (20.g3 Rfc8-/+) 
    20...Rfc8 
       (20...Na7 21.R6b3 Nb5–+) 
    21.Ne1? 
       (21.Qb2 Na7 22.Rb7 Nb5 23.Rc7 Qc7-/+) 
    21...Nd8 
       (21...Na7!? 22.R1b3–+) 
    22.Rd6 
       (better is 22.R6b3!?+=) 
    22...Qe7-/+ 
       (22...Rc3?? 23.Qc3 (23.Rd7? Ra3 24.Rc1 Rb8–+) 23...Rc3 24.Rd7+–) 
    23.Rb3 h6 24.Nd3 Rc6 
       (better is 24...Nc6 25.Qa1 Na7–+) 
    25.Qa4?? 
       (better is 25.Qb4+=) 
    25...Rc3–+ 26.h3 
       (26.g3 R8c4 27.Qa3 Rb3 28.Qb3 Nc6–+) 
    26...Rb3 
       (26...R8c4!? 27.Qa3 Rb3 28.Qb3–+) 
    27.Qb3 Nc6 28.Qc3 
       (28.Qb6 Qc7 29.Qc5 a5–+) 
    28...Na7 29.Nc5 
       (29.Qb4 Rc4 30.Qa5–+) 
    Nb5 
       (29...Nb5 30.Qa1 Nd6 31.ed6 Qd6–+) 
    0–1
    
    (12) Zhdanenia,Konstantin – Molano,Ismael
    OP–2009–0–01010, 2009
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.ed5 Qd5 5.c4 bc3 6.Nc3 Qa5 
       (6...Qe6 7.Be2 Qg6 8.Bf4 Qg2 9.Bf3 Qg6 10.Nge2 Qa6 11.Nd5 Qa5 12.Bd2 
       Qd8 13.Rc1 Na6 14.Bf4 e6 15.Ndc3 Nf6 16.Rg1 Nb4 17.Kf1 Nfd5 18.Bd2 Nc3 
       19.Nc3 Nd3 20.Rb1 Qd4 21.Ne4 diggitus (2325)–huimre (2635)/
       net–chess.com 2007/0–1 (41); 
       6...Qd8 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bc4 e6 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.a3 Be7 12.0–0 0–0 
       13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Bd3 Nd5 16.Nd5 ed5 17.Nd7 Qd7 18.Qh5 g6 
       19.Qh6 Rfe8 20.h4 Bf8 21.Bg5 chessleon (2095)–carrafurca (2210)/
       net–chess.com 2010/½–½) 
    7.Bd2 a6N 
       (7...e6 8.Bb5 (8.Nb5 Qd8 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Rc1 a6 12.Nc3 Be7 
       13.Ne2 0–0 14.Bb1 Bd7 15.0–0 Rc8 16.Bg5 Nb4 17.Qb3 a5 18.Rc8 Bc8 
       19.Ne5 Nbd5 20.Qh3 Bd7 21.g4 g6 22.Qh6 Ng4 Schlag,F–Soos,B (2355)/
       Hessenliga 1996/0–1 (48)) 8...Bd7 9.Rb1 Nf6 10.Bd7 Nbd7 11.Qf3 Bb4 
       12.Nge2 0–0 13.0–0 b6 14.Rb3 Rac8 15.Rfb1 Bc3 16.Nc3 Rc4 17.Rb5 Qa6 
       18.d5 ed5 19.Nd5 Re8 20.h3 Nd5 21.Qd5 Qc8 22.Qd3 Korsakov,B–Geller,E/
       UKR–ch Kiev 1959/0–1 (54); 
       7...e5 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Qe2 Bb4 10.Rc1 Ne7 11.Nf3 0–0 12.Bd7 Nd7 13.Ne5 Ne5 
       14.Qe5 Qe5 15.de5 Rac8 16.0–0 Rfd8 17.Bg5 Kf8 18.Be7 Be7 19.Ne4 Ke8 
       20.g3 Rc1 21.Rc1 Rd4 22.f3 Mione,D–Ubezio,M (2190)/Corsico op2 1996/
       ½–½ (49)) 
    8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Rc1 Nc6 10.Bc4 Qf5 11.0–0 e6 12.Re1 Be7 13.Ne5 Ne5 
       (13...Nd4 14.Bd3 Qh5 15.Qa4 Nc6 16.Bf4-/+) 
    14.Re5 Qg4 15.Ne2 
       (15.Ne2 Nd7 16.h3=) 
    1–0
    
    (13) Winter,Malcolm – Molano,Ismael
    OP–2011–0–01799, 2011
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.Bc4 
       (4.a3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bb5 Qb6 8.Bc6 Qc6 9.0–0 Bg4 10.ed6 e6 
       11.d7 Qd7 12.h3 Bh5 13.ab4 Nb4 14.Na3 f6 15.Re1 Be7 16.d4 Bg6 17.Qe2 
       Rc8 18.c4 Nd3 Hollstein,F (2255)–Heinrich,O (2290)/RSX7E – B20 – 
       Siz. FluegelGmbt–1 2008/0–1; 
       4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 a6 6.0–0 e6 7.a3 ba3 8.Ba3 Be7 9.d4 Nf6 10.e5 de5 
       11.de5 Ba3 12.ef6 Qf6 13.Ra3 Ne5 14.Ne5 Qe5 15.Re1 Qc7 16.Qg4 0–0 
       17.Bd3 g6 18.Be2 b5 nizinna–vbulik/kurnik 2011/0–1 (50)) 
    4...e6 5.d4N 
       (5.Qf3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Ne5 7.Be5 Qc4 8.0–0 d6 9.d3 Qa6 10.Bb2 Ne7 11.Nd2 
       Ng6 12.Ng3 e5 13.a3 ba3 14.Ra3 Qc6 15.Rc3 Qd7 16.Nc4 b5 17.Ne3 Be7 
       18.Nef5 0–0 19.Qg4 b4 Arnaud,M–West,G/IECC 2005/0–1) 
    5...d5 6.ed5 ed5 7.Bb5 Qg5 8.Bf1 Bg4 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Be2 Bf3 11.gf3 Qg5 
    12.Bf1 Bd6 13.a3 Qe7 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Qd2 0–0 16.Kf1 ba3 17.Na3 Rfe8 18.h4 
    Nh5 19.Nb5 Bf4 20.Qd3 Nb4 21.Qd1 a6 22.Nc3 Bd6 23.Bc1 Rac8 24.Bb2 Nf4 
       (24...Nf4 25.Bd3 Qf6–+) 
    0–1
    
    (14) Menassa,Elias – Minaya Molano,Juan M (2260)
    COL–ch43 Cartagena, 1995
    1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.b4 cb4 4.a3 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.ab4 Bb4 7.c3 Bf8 
       (7...Be7 8.d4 f6 9.Bd3 fe5 10.de5 Nh6 11.Bh6 gh6 12.0–0 0–0 13.Re1 
       Bd7 14.Nbd2 Rf7 15.c4 Nb4 16.Bb1 Bc6 17.Nd4 Bc5 18.N2b3 Bd4 19.Nd4 dc4 
       20.Ra3 Rg7 21.Rg3 Rg3 22.hg3 Christensen,B (2275)–Hillarp Persson,T 
       (2595)/Politiken Cup, Helsingor DEN 200) 
    8.d4 a6N 
       (8...Bd7 9.Bd3 h6 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.0–0 a6 12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Ra3 Na7 14.c4 
       dc4 15.Bc4 Bb5 16.Nbd2 Ne7 17.Rb1 0–0 18.h4 Nd5 19.Rb5 Nb5 20.Rb3 Nbc3 
       21.Rc3 Nc3 22.Qe3 Nd5 23.Qe4 Remolar Gallen,J (2085)–Lapicki,R 
       (2235)/Benidorm ESP 2011/0–1 (32)) 
    9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Ng5 Na5 
       (better is 10...Be7!? 11.Nf7 Kf7 12.Qf3 Nf6 13.ef6 Bf6=) 
    11.Nh7+= Bb5 12.Bb5 ab5 13.Nf8 Kf8 14.0–0 Ne7 15.Bg5 Ra6 16.Na3 Qd7 17.Qb1 
    Nec6 18.Qb5 Kg8 19.Rfb1 Qc8 20.Qe2 Qa8 21.Nc2 Kf8 22.Ne3 Ke8 23.Qb5 Rf8 
    24.Nc2 f6 25.ef6 gf6 26.Bh6 Rf7 27.Nb4 Rh7 
       (27...Ra7+–) 
    28.Nd5! ed5 29.Re1 Re7 30.Re7 
       (30.Qd5 Re1 31.Re1 Ne7 32.Qh5 Kd7 33.Qb5 Nac6+–) 
    30...Ke7 31.Qd5 
       (better is 31.Re1 Ne5 32.de5+–) 
    31...Ke8 32.Qh5 Kd7 33.Qf5 Ke8 34.Qg6 
       (34.Qf6 Ne7 35.Qg7 Nb3 36.Qf8 Kd7 37.Qa8 Ra1 38.Qa1 Na1+–) 
    34...Kd7+/- 35.Qf5 Ke8 36.Qf6 b6?? 
       (better is 36...Ne7 37.Qg7 Nb3 38.Qf8 Kd7 39.Qa8 Ra1 40.Qa1 Na1+–) 
    37.Re1 Kd7 38.Bf4 Qd8 
       (38...Qf8 39.Qf8 Ne5 40.Re5 Ra8 41.Qf7 Kc6 42.Qd5 Kc7 43.Re8 mate 
      ) 
    39.Qf5 mate 
       (39.Qe6#) 
    1–0
    
    (15) Molano Lafuente,Ismael (2045) – Tortosa Moros,Joan (1735)
    Barcelona ESP, 7th Ateneu Colon, 2012
    1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 0–0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0–0 c5 8.bc5 
       (8.b5 a6 9.a4 ab5 10.Bb5 Nb6 11.Ne5 Nfd7 12.d3 Ne5 13.Be5 f6 14.Bb2 
       Bd7 15.c4 dc4 16.dc4 Bb5 17.cb5 Qd1 18.Rd1 Na4 19.Ba3 Rfd8 20.Re1 f5 
       21.Ra2 Nc3 22.Nc3 Bc3 Goc,J (1975)–Jablonicky,F (2150)/Tatry Open 
       Tatranske Zruby CZE 2010/0–1 (38); 
       8.a3 b6 9.Ne5 Ne5 10.fe5 Ne4 11.d3 Ng5 12.h4 Ne6 13.Nd2 d4 14.ed4 Nd4 
       15.Nf3 Bb7 16.Bd4 cd4 17.Qe1 Rc8 18.Rc1 Rc3 19.a4 Bh6 20.Ng5 Bg5 
       21.hg5 e6 22.Qg3 Qd7 elsh1403–graagnieszka285974 kurnik 2011/1–0 
       (39)) 
    8...Nc5 9.Bd4N 
       (9.c4 dc4 (9...a6 10.cd5 Nd5 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.Qb2 Kg8 14.Na3 
       Rd8 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.d4 Ne4 17.Bd3 Nd6 18.Rac1 Nc4 19.Bc4 Qd6 20.Bd5 Qd5 
       21.Ne5 Be6 22.Rf2 Rac8 23.Rfc2 Qe4 24.Kf2 Johansson,K–Nilsson,S/corr 
       SSKK 2–41 1984/½–½ (46)) 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.Nd4 Bd3 12.Bd3 Nd3 
       13.Bc3 Nd5 14.Ne2 Nc3 15.Nbc3 Qd7 16.Rb1 Rfd8 17.Qa4 Qa4 18.Na4 b6 
       19.Nac3 Rac8 20.a3 Rd7 21.f5 Ne5 22.fg6 hg6 23.Rbd1 Nc4 
       Johansson,K–Kolbjer,A/corr SSKK 2–41 1984/0–1) 
    9...Ne6 10.Be5 Qb6 11.Nc3 Rd8 12.Rb1 Qa5 13.Rb5 Qa3 14.Rb3 Qa5 15.Qb1 a6 
    16.a4 Nc5 17.Rb4 Nfe4 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qb2 Kg8 20.Ra1 Qc7 21.a5 Nc3 22.Qc3 
       (22.dc3?! Be6=) 
    22...Ne6 23.Qc7 Nc7 24.Nd4 Re8 25.Nf3 Rd8 26.Ra3 Ne8 27.Rc3 e6 28.Nd4 Rd7 
    29.Rb6 Rc7 30.Rc7 Nc7 31.c4 dc4 32.Bc4 Kf8 33.Nb3 Rb8 34.Nc5 The 
    backward pawn on b7 becomes a target 34...Na8 35.Rb2 b5 36.ab6 Rb6 
    37.Ra2 Rc6 38.d4 Nc7 39.Kf2 Ke8 40.Rb2 Kd8 41.g3 h6 42.Be2 Nd5 43.e4 Nc3 
    44.Bd3?? 
       (better is 44.Bf3+/-) 
    Nd1–+ 
       (44...Nd1 45.Ke2 Nb2–+) 
    0–1
    
    
    
    
    
    

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