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Literatur_Sokolski_Opening - compiled by Peter Markus Steiner (in German)

     


Matthias BACH


of Germany
    
    
    (2016-03-01)
    (All annotations below by Fritz)
    (Games' source: Marek's 1.b4 database)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    (1) Bach,Matthias (2275) – Andersson,Ulf (2565)
    14th OIBM Bad Wiessee GER, 2010
    
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 b6 3.bc5 bc5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Rb1 e6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nf3 d6N 8.0–0 
       (8.Bb2 
         A) 8...Be7 
            A1) 9.d4 0–0 (9...cd4 10.Nd4 Bb7 11.Ba1 Nd4 12.Rb7 Nc6 13.Bb5 
             Qc8 14.Ba6 Qd8+=; 9...Nd4 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Qd4 Qc7 12.0–0 
             Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rb8 14.Qd3 0–0=; 9...Rb8 10.d5 ed5 11.Nd5 
             Ne4 12.Bg7 Rb1 13.Qb1 Rg8 14.c3 Bf5+=) 10.0–0 cd4 
             11.Nd4 Bb7 12.Re1 Rb8 13.Nc6 Bc6 14.Qd3 Qa5=;
            A2) 9.0–0 Bb7 (9...Rb8 10.d4 Qa5 11.Qd3 cd4 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Bb5 
             Bd7 14.Bd7 Nfd7=; 9...0–0 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Bb7 12.Re1 
             Rb8 13.Nc6 Bc6 14.Qd3 Qa5=; 9...Bd7 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Qe2 
             e5 12.a3 0–0 13.Qd3 Be6 14.Nd5 Na5+=) 10.Qe2 0–0 11.Ba1 
             Rb8 12.Rb2 d5 13.ed5 ed5 14.Ba6 Ba6+=;
            A3) 9.a3 a6 (9...Rb8 10.Qe2 0–0 11.Qd3 Na5 12.Ba2 Rb6 13.Na4 
             Ba6 14.c4 Rb7=; 9...Bb7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Re1 Rb8 12.d4 
             cd4 13.Nd4 Qa5 14.Nc6 Bc6=; 9...0–0 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Qe2 
             d5 12.ed5 ed5 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Bc6 Bc6+=) 10.0–0 d5 
             11.Bb3 d4 12.Na2 Ne4 13.Ba4 Bd7 14.Re1 Nf6–/+;
            A4) 9.Bb5 Qc7 (9...Bd7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Bc4 Rb8 12.Re1 e5 13.a3 
             Na5 14.Ba2 Bg4=; 9...Bb7 10.e5 Ng4 11.ed6 Bd6 12.Ne4 
             0–0 13.Nfg5 Nh6 14.Nd6 Qd6+/– 1.03) 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Bd7 
             12.0–0 Rb8 13.Bc6 Bc6 14.Qd3 Qd7=;
         B) 8...Nd4 
            B1) 9.Nb5 e5 (9...Ne4 10.Nbd4 cd4 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Bd4 a6 13.Rb6 
             Qc7 14.0–0 Be7+=; 9...Nc6 10.e5 Ne4 11.d3 a6 12.0–0 ab5 
             13.Bb5 Qb6 14.a4 d5+/– 1.00; 9...Nf3 10.Qf3 e5 11.0–0 a6 
             12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Bd5 Rb8+/–) 10.Nbd4 cd4 11.Ng5 
             d5 12.ed5 Bd6 13.f4 0–0 14.0–0 Qc7+=;
            B2) 9.0–0 Bd7 (9...a6 10.a3 Rb8 11.d3 d5 12.ed5 ed5 13.Ba2 Ne6 
             14.Bb3 d4=; 9...Rb8 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Nb5 e5 12.Qe2 a6 
             13.Na3 d5 14.ed5 Rb2+=; 9...Be7 10.Nb5 e5 11.Nbd4 cd4 
             12.c3 dc3 13.dc3 0–0 14.Qd3 Qc7=) 10.e5 de5 11.Ne5 Bd6 
             12.Nd7 Qd7 13.Re1 0–0 14.d3 Rfb8=;
            B3) 9.Nd4 cd4 10.Nb5 e5 11.Qe2 a6 12.Na3 Qc7 13.0–0 Bb7 14.f4 
             Be7=;
            B4) 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 ed5 11.Nd4 cd4 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bd7 Nd7 14.0–0 
             dc3+/–;
         C) 8...Bd7 
            C1) 9.a3 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qe2 Rb8 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 
             Qc7 14.Ba1 e5=; 9...Nd4 10.0–0 Be7 11.e5 de5 12.Ne5 
             0–0 13.Re1 Rb8 14.d3 Qc7=; 9...Ne4 10.Ne4 d5 11.Qe2 
             dc4 12.Qc4 Na5 13.Qe2 Rb8 14.0–0 Bb5+=) 10.0–0 Be7 
             11.Qe2 0–0 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 Qc7 14.a4 Nc6=;
            C2) 9.Qe2 Be7 (9...Rb8 10.0–0 Be7 11.Ba1 Nb4 12.e5 de5 13.d3 
             0–0 14.Ne5 Bd6+=; 9...Nd4 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Nb5 e5 12.0–0 
             a6 13.Na3 Qa5 14.Rfe1 Be7=; 9...Na5 10.Bb5 Rb8 11.Bd7 
             Qd7 12.0–0 Be7 13.e5 Ng4 14.ed6 Bd6+=) 10.0–0 0–0 11.a3 
             Rb8 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 e5 14.Rfd1 Qc7=;
            C3) 9.d4 cd4 (9...Nd4 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Qd4 Qc7 12.0–0 Rc8 13.Ba6 
             Rb8 14.Qd3 Qa5+=; 9...Ne4 10.Ne4 d5 11.Bd5 ed5 12.Nc5 
             Qa5 13.Kf1 Qa2 14.Nd7 Kd7=; 9...Rb8 10.d5 ed5 11.ed5 
             Na5 12.Be2 Be7 13.0–0 0–0 14.Re1 Re8+=) 10.Nd4 Rb8 
             11.0–0 Be7 12.Nc6 Bc6 13.Qd3 0–0 14.Rfd1 Qc7=;
            C4) 9.0–0 Be7 (9...Rb8 10.Re1 Be7 11.Qe2 e5 12.a3 0–0 13.Qd3 
             Be6 14.Nd5 Na5+=; 9...Nd4 10.Re1 Be7 11.Nd4 cd4 12.Nb5 
             e5 13.c3 dc3 14.dc3 Rc8+=; 9...Rc8 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Qe2 
             Be7 12.e5 de5 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Qe5 Bc6+=) 10.Re1 0–0 
             11.Qe2 Rb8 12.a3 e5 13.Qd3 Be6 14.Nd5 Na5+=;
         D) 8...Rb8 
            D1) 9.Qe2 Be7 (9...Bb7 10.Bb5 Be7 11.e5 de5 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Ne4 
             a6 14.Nc6 Bc6=; 9...Bd7 10.0–0 Be7 11.Ba1 Nb4 12.e5 
             de5 13.d3 0–0 14.Ne5 Bd6+=; 9...e5 10.0–0 Be7 11.Nd5 
             0–0 12.c3 Na5 13.Nf6 Bf6 14.Bd5 Be6=) 10.0–0 0–0 
             11.Rfe1 e5 12.a3 Nd4 13.Nd4 cd4 14.Nd5 Nd5=;
            D2) 9.0–0 Bd7 (9...Ne4 10.Ne4 d5 11.Qe2 dc4 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Be5 
             Rb6 14.Rfe1 Bb7=; 9...Be7 10.d4 Qa5 11.Qd3 cd4 12.Nd4 
             Ne5 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Bd7 Nfd7=; 9...Bb7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Ba4 
             Qc7 12.Re1 Be7 13.a3 0–0 14.Qe2 Nd4=) 10.Re1 Be7 
             11.e5 de5 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Re5 Rb4 14.Bb3 Qb8+=;
            D3) 9.a3 Ne4 (9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.d4 d5 12.ed5 ed5 13.Bb5 
             Qc7 14.Re1 Bd7=; 9...Bb7 10.0–0 Be7 11.Qe2 d5 12.ed5 
             ed5 13.Ba6 0–0 14.Rfe1 c4=; 9...Qd7 10.0–0 Be7 11.Qe2 
             0–0 12.Rfe1 d5 13.Bb5 de4 14.Ne5 Nd4=) 10.Ne4 d5 
             11.Qe2 dc4 12.Qc4 Qd5 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Nc3 Nd4–/+;
            D4) 9.a4 Bd7 (9...Bb7 10.0–0 Be7 11.Re1 0–0 12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 
             Qa5 14.Nc6 Bc6=; 9...Qd7 10.0–0 Be7 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 
             0–0 13.Re1 Bb7 14.Bb5 Qc7=; 9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Re1 
             e5 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Bd5 Nb4 14.Bc4 Be6=) 10.0–0 Be7 
             11.Re1 0–0 12.Qe2 e5 13.Bb5 Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4=; 
       8.Bb5 
         A) 8...Bb7 
            A1) 9.d4 cd4 (9...d5 10.Ba4 Qc7 11.Bf4 Qc8 12.ed5 ed5 13.Qe2 
             Be7 14.Bd6 0–0+– 2.72; 9...Qa5 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.d5 ed5 12.Nd5 
             Qd8 13.0–0 Rb8 14.Re1 Be7+– 1.59) 10.Nd4 Rc8 11.0–0 Be7 
             12.Ba4 Ba8 13.Qf3 0–0 14.Bc6 Bc6+=;
            A2) 9.0–0 Qc7 (9...a6 10.Ba4 Qc7 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.Qd3 
             Kd8 14.Nc6 Bc6+/–; 9...Be7 10.Ba4 Qd7 11.e5 Ng4 12.d4 
             de5 13.d5 ed5 14.Qd5 0–0–0+/– 1.12; 9...Rc8 10.d3 Be7 11.Ba4 
             Ba8 12.Be3 0–0 13.Re1 d5 14.Bf4 d4=) 10.d3 Be7 11.Bb2 
             0–0 12.Ba4 Rfb8 13.Nb5 Qd8 14.Re1 e5=;
            A3) 9.d3 Be7 (9...a6 10.Ba4 Qc7 11.Bf4 Rb8 12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 
             Rc8 14.Rb7 Qb7+=; 9...Rb8 10.0–0 Qc7 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 
             Nd7 13.Nc6 Bc6 14.Be3 Nb6+=; 9...Qd7 10.e5 Ng4 11.ed6 
             Bd6 12.Ne4 a6 13.Ba4 Rb8 14.d4 c4+/– 1.34) 10.Ba4 Qc7 11.0–0 
             0–0 12.Bf4 Rfb8 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.Qe2 Qd8=;
            A4) 9.Ba4 Qd7 (9...Qc7 10.0–0 Be7 11.e5 Ng4 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.ed6 
             Bd8 14.h3 Nf2+– 3.09) 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Rc8 12.Be3 a6 13.Qf3 
             e5 14.Nf5 Qc7+/– 1.34;
         B) 8...Qc7 
            B1) 9.0–0 Bd7 (9...Bb7 10.Re1 Be7 11.Bb2 0–0 12.Ba4 Rfb8 
             13.Nb5 Qd8 14.Qe2 e5=; 9...a6 10.Bc4 Be7 11.Re1 0–0 
             12.a3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Nd4 14.d3 d5=; 9...Be7 10.e5 Nd7 
             11.ed6 Bd6 12.Ne4 0–0 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Bb2 Rb8+=) 10.Re1 
             Be7 11.Bc4 0–0 12.Bb2 Nd4 13.d3 Rab8 14.Bc1 Rb1=;
            B2) 9.Bb2 Bd7 (9...a6 10.Ba4 Be7 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Nc6 
             Bc6 14.Qd4 Ba4=; 9...Rb8 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.0–0 Be7 12.Bc4 
             Na5 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Bf6 Bf6+=; 9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qe2 
             Rb8 12.Bc4 e5 13.Ng5 Nd4 14.Qd3 h6=) 10.0–0 Rb8 
             11.Re1 Be7 12.a3 0–0 13.Bc4 Nd4 14.d3 Rb6+=;
            B3) 9.d3 Be7 (9...Bd7 10.a3 a6 11.Bc4 Be7 12.0–0 Na5 13.Nd2 
             Nc4 14.Nc4 0–0=; 9...Bb7 10.Bf4 a6 11.Ba4 Rb8 12.d4 
             cd4 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.Rb7 Qb7+=; 9...a6 10.Bc6 Qc6 11.0–0 
             Be7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 0–0 14.Re1 Bd7+=) 10.0–0 0–0 
             11.Be3 Bb7 12.Re1 a6 13.Bc4 Rfb8 14.Bf4 Na5=;
            B4) 9.d4 cd4 (9...a6 10.Bc6 Qc6 11.d5 Qc7 12.0–0 Be7 13.Bf4 e5 
             14.Bg5 0–0+=) 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Be3 a6 12.Bc6 Bc6 13.Nc6 
             Qc6 14.Qd4 Rc8=;
         C) 8...Bd7 
            C1) 9.0–0 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.d4 a6 11.Bc6 Bc6 12.d5 Bb5 13.Nb5 
             ab5 14.de6 fe6=; 9...a6 10.Bc4 Ne4 11.Ne4 d5 12.Qe2 
             de4 13.Qe4 Bd6 14.d3 Qc7+=; 9...Rc8 10.a3 Be7 11.Bb2 
             Rb8 12.Qe2 0–0 13.Bc4 Na5 14.Ba2 Bc6=) 10.Re1 Be7 
             11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.Bd7 Nd7 14.Rb8 Qb8=;
            C2) 9.Bb2 Nd4 (9...Be7 10.0–0 Rb8 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Qc7 13.Bc6 
             Bc6 14.Qd3 Ba8=; 9...Rb8 10.a4 Be7 11.0–0 0–0 12.d4 
             cd4 13.Nd4 Qc7 14.Nc6 Bc6=; 9...a6 10.Bc4 Be7 11.0–0 
             0–0 12.Qe2 Nd4 13.Qd3 Nf3 14.Qf3 Qc7+=) 10.Bc4 Rb8 
             11.a3 Be7 12.0–0 0–0 13.Re1 Qc7 14.d3 Rb6+=;
            C3) 9.a3 a6 (9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Qc7 13.Be3 a6 
             14.Bc6 Bc6=; 9...Rb8 10.0–0 a6 11.Bc6 Bc6 12.Rb8 Qb8 
             13.Qe2 Qb7 14.d3 Be7=; 9...Nd4 10.Bd7 Qd7 11.0–0 Be7 
             12.d3 0–0 13.Be3 e5 14.Nd2 Rab8=) 10.Bd3 d5 11.ed5 ed5 
             12.0–0 Be7 13.Bb2 c4 14.Be2 0–0=;
            C4) 9.d3 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.0–0 a6 11.Bc6 Bc6 12.Bf4 0–0 13.Qe2 
             Qd7 14.Rb3 Rab8=; 9...a6 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Bb3 Be7 12.Ba4 
             Ba4 13.Na4 0–0 14.0–0 Qc7=; 9...Rc8 10.0–0 Be7 11.Be3 
             0–0 12.Re1 Ng4 13.Bf4 Bf6 14.Ne2 Nge5=) 10.0–0 Be7 
             11.Be3 0–0 12.Qd2 d5 13.Bc6 Bc6 14.Rb8 Qb8=; 
       8.a3 
         A) 8...Bd7 
            A1) 9.Bb2 Nd4 (9...Rb8 10.0–0 Be7 11.Qe2 0–0 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 
             e5 14.Rfe1 Qc7=; 9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qe2 Rb8 12.Qd3 
             Na5 13.Ba6 Qc7 14.Ba1 e5=; 9...Na5 10.Be2 Bc6 11.d3 
             Rb8 12.0–0 Be7 13.e5 Ng4 14.ed6 Bf6+=) 10.0–0 Be7 
             11.Re1 0–0 12.h3 Qc7 13.a4 Rab8 14.e5 Nf3=;
            A2) 9.d3 Be7 (9...a6 10.Bb2 Be7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Qd2 
             Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4=; 9...Rb8 10.Rb8 Qb8 11.0–0 Be7 12.Bb5 
             0–0 13.Re1 Qb6 14.Bg5 Qa5=; 9...Nd4 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Rb8 
             Qb8 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Nd4 cd4 14.Ne2 Ne4+=) 10.0–0 0–0 
             11.Re1 Rb8 12.Rb8 Qb8 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.e5 de5=;
            A3) 9.0–0 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Qe2 0–0 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 
             Qc7 14.Ba1 e5=; 9...Ne4 10.Ne4 d5 11.Qe2 de4 12.Qe4 
             Bd6 13.d3 Rb8 14.Bb2 0–0+=; 9...Nd4 10.d3 Rb8 11.Rb8 
             Qb8 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Nd4 cd4 14.Ne2 Ne4+=) 10.Rb8 Qb8 
             11.d3 Be7 12.d4 cd4 13.Nd4 0–0 14.Be3 Ne5=;
            A4) 9.Qe2 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 
             Qc7 14.Ba1 e5=; 9...Nd4 10.Qd3 Ng4 11.0–0 Nf3 12.Qf3 
             Ne5 13.Qe2 Nc4 14.Qc4 Be7=; 9...a5 10.0–0 Be7 11.Bb2 
             0–0 12.Qd3 e5 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Bd5 Qc7+=) 10.Bb2 Be7 
             11.0–0 0–0 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 Qc7 14.Ba1 e5=;
         B) 8...Nd4 
            B1) 9.Bb2 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.Nb5 Nb5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd7 Qd7 13.e5 
             Nd5 14.0–0 0–0=; 9...Bd7 10.0–0 Be7 11.h3 0–0 12.Re1 
             Qc7 13.a4 Rab8 14.e5 Nf3=; 9...a6 10.0–0 Rb8 11.d3 d5 
             12.ed5 ed5 13.Ba2 Ne6 14.Bb3 d4=) 10.0–0 Be7 11.Nd4 
             cd4 12.Nb5 e5 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Ba1 0–0=;
            B2) 9.Rb2 Be7 (9...Bd7 10.0–0 Be7 11.d3 0–0 12.Rb1 a6 13.Nd4 
             cd4 14.Ne2 d5=; 9...a6 10.0–0 Be7 11.Re1 d5 12.ed5 ed5 
             13.Be2 0–0 14.Nd4 cd4=; 9...Nd7 10.0–0 Nb6 11.Bd3 Nf3 
             12.Qf3 c4 13.Be2 d5 14.ed5 Ba3+=) 10.0–0 0–0 11.Re1 Qc7 
             12.d3 Bd7 13.e5 de5 14.Ne5 Rab8=;
            B3) 9.h3 Bd7 (9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Re1 Nd7 12.Nd4 cd4 13.Ne2 
             Bf6 14.Bb2 Qc7=; 9...a6 10.0–0 Be7 11.e5 de5 12.Ne5 
             Bd6 13.f4 0–0 14.d3 Qc7=; 9...a5 10.d3 Be7 11.Be3 Nf3 
             12.Qf3 Ba6 13.Ba6 Ra6 14.0–0 Nd7+=) 10.Bb2 Be7 11.0–0 
             0–0 12.Re1 Qc7 13.a4 Rab8 14.e5 Nf3=;
            B4) 9.0–0 Bd7 (9...a6 10.d3 d5 11.ed5 ed5 12.Ba2 Bg4 13.Qe1 
             Be7 14.Nd4 cd4+=; 9...Be7 10.Re1 0–0 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.d3 
             e5 13.Na2 Bc8 14.Nd4 cd4+=; 9...Nd7 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Ne2 
             Qh4 12.d3 e5 13.c3 dc3 14.Bd5 Rb8+– 1.53) 10.d3 Rb8 11.Rb8 
             Qb8 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Nd4 cd4 14.Ne2 Ne4+=;
         C) 8...Be7 
            C1) 9.Bb2 a6 (9...Rb8 10.Qe2 0–0 11.Qd3 Na5 12.Ba2 Rb6 13.Na4 
             Ba6 14.c4 Rb7=; 9...Bb7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qe2 d5 12.ed5 
             ed5 13.Ba6 Rb8 14.Rfe1 c4=; 9...0–0 10.0–0 d5 11.ed5 
             ed5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.d4 Nd4 14.Nd4 cd4=) 10.0–0 d5 11.Bb3 
             d4 12.Na2 Ne4 13.Ba4 Bd7 14.Qe2 Ng5–/+;
            C2) 9.0–0 0–0 (9...a6 10.d4 d5 11.ed5 ed5 12.Bb3 c4 13.Ba4 Bd7 
             14.Ne5 Rc8+/–; 9...Bd7 10.Bb2 0–0 11.Qe2 Rb8 12.Qd3 Na5 
             13.Ba6 Qc7 14.Ba1 e5=; 9...Nd4 10.Re1 0–0 11.Bb2 Bb7 
             12.d3 e5 13.Na2 Bc8 14.Nd4 cd4+=) 10.Re1 a6 11.Be2 d5 
             12.ed5 ed5 13.d3 Re8 14.Bf4 Bd6=;
            C3) 9.d3 0–0 (9...Qa5 10.Qd2 a6 11.h3 0–0 12.0–0 Bd7 13.Qe1 
             Qc7 14.Qe3 Na5=; 9...a6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Re1 d5 12.Bb3 d4 
             13.Ne2 Rb8 14.Bf4 Rb6=; 9...d5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.e5 Ng4 
             12.Bc6 Bc6 13.h3 d4 14.Ne4 f5=) 10.0–0 a6 11.Bb3 Rb8 
             12.Re1 Qa5 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Na2 Bd7=;
            C4) 9.Bb5 Qc7 (9...Bd7 10.0–0 0–0 11.d4 cd4 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.Qd4 
             Rb8 14.a4 a6=; 9...Bb7 10.d4 0–0 11.d5 ed5 12.ed5 Ne5 
             13.0–0 a6 14.Ba4 Rb8+=; 9...Qd7 10.e5 Ng4 11.ed6 Bd6 
             12.Ne4 0–0 13.d4 Be7 14.Nc5 Bc5+=) 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Bd7 
             12.Be3 0–0 13.0–0 a6 14.Bc6 Bc6=;
         D) 8...a6 
            D1) 9.Bb3 Qc7 (9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Ba4 Qc7 12.Re1 e5 13.Nd5 
             Nd5 14.ed5 Rb8=) 10.0–0 Be7 11.Bb2 0–0 12.d4 cd4 
             13.Nd4 Nd4 14.Qd4 Bb7=;
            D2) 9.Qe2 Be7 (9...Nd4 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Na2 Qc7 12.d3 Be7 13.Bb2 
             Rb8 14.0–0 d5+=) 10.0–0 d5 11.Ba2 0–0 12.e5 Nd7 13.Re1 
             Qc7 14.Bb3 Bb7+=;
            D3) 9.d3 d5 (9...Qa5 10.Qd2 Be7 11.h3 0–0 12.0–0 Bd7 13.Qe1 
             Qc7 14.Qe3 Na5=; 9...Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Bb3 Rb8 12.Re1 
             Qa5 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Na2 Bd7=; 9...Na5 10.Ba2 Be7 11.0–0 
             0–0 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Bf4 Rb8 14.Qd2 Nc6=) 10.Bb3 d4 11.e5 
             Ng4 12.Ba4 Bd7 13.Bc6 Bc6 14.Ne4 Rb8=;
            D4) 9.0–0 Qc7 (9...Ne4 10.Ne4 d5 11.Qe2 dc4 12.Qc4 Qd5 13.Qe2 
             Be7 14.Bb2 0–0=; 9...Be7 10.d4 d5 11.ed5 ed5 12.Bb3 c4 
             13.Ba4 Bd7 14.Ne5 Rc8+/–; 9...Qd7 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Ne4 
             12.Ne4 d5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Ba4 Rc8+– 2.37) 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Qe2 
             0–0 12.Rfe1 Bb7 13.Qe3 Rfb8 14.Qd3 Na5=) 
    8...Be7 
       (8...Bd7 
         A) 9.Re1 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.d4 Qa5 11.Bd2 Nd4 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.Nbd4 cd4 
          14.Nd4 0–0+=; 9...Nd4 10.d3 Rb8 11.Be3 Rb1 12.Nb1 Nf3 
          13.Qf3 Be7 14.Nc3 0–0+=; 9...Na5 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Bb2 e5 
          12.a4 Be7 13.Bb5 Nc6 14.Bc1 0–0=) 10.Bb2 Be7 11.e5 de5 
          12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Re5 Rb4 14.Bb3 Qb8+=;
         B) 9.Bb2 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Qe2 e5 12.a3 0–0 13.Nd5 Be6 
          14.Qd3 Na5+=; 9...Nd4 10.Re1 Be7 11.Nd4 cd4 12.Nb5 e5 
          13.c3 dc3 14.dc3 Rc8+=; 9...Rc8 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Nb5 Be7 
          12.Bf6 gf6 13.Qe2 Rg8 14.c3 Rb6+=) 10.a3 Be7 11.Qe2 0–0 
          12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 Qc7 14.Ba1 c4=;
         C) 9.a3 Be7 (9...Rb8 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Qe2 0–0 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 Qc7 
          14.Ba1 e5=; 9...Ne4 10.Ne4 d5 11.Qe2 de4 12.Qe4 Bd6 13.d3 
          Rb8 14.Bb2 0–0+=; 9...Nd4 10.d3 Rb8 11.Rb8 Qb8 12.Re1 Qc7 
          13.Nd4 cd4 14.Ne2 Ne4+=) 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Qe2 0–0 12.Qd3 Na5 
          13.Ba6 e5 14.Rfe1 Qc7=;
         D) 9.d4 Qa5 (9...cd4 10.Nd4 Qa5 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Bb5 Qc7 13.Ba1 Nd4 
          14.Bd7 Nd7+=; 9...Nd4 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Qd4 Qc7 12.Ba6 d5 
          13.ed5 Bd6 14.Nb5 Bb5+/– 1.22) 10.Rb3 cd4 11.Nd4 Qc5 12.Nc6 Qc4 
          13.Nd4 e5 14.Nf5 Qc6=; 
       8...a6 
         A) 9.Re1 Qd7 (9...Qc7 10.d3 Na5 11.Bb3 Nb3 12.ab3 Be7 13.Bd2 0–0 
          14.Ra1 e5=; 9...Be7 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Qc7 
          13.Rb3 Bb7 14.Bg5 0–0=; 9...Qa5 10.a3 Be7 11.Qe2 0–0 
          12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.Ne2 Bb7+=) 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.a3 Nd4 
          12.Na2 Qa4 13.Bb3 Nb3 14.Nc3 Qd7=;
         B) 9.Bb2 Bb7 (9...Nd4 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Ba1 Rb1 12.Nb1 Qb6 13.d3 Be7 
          14.Nd4 cd4+=; 9...Rb8 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Qd3 Nf3 12.Qf3 Be7 
          13.Qd3 Rb6 14.Ba1 Bb7+=; 9...Be7 10.Re1 0–0 11.e5 de5 
          12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Re5 Bd6 14.Re1 Qc7=) 10.d3 Be7 11.Ne2 Na5 
          12.Nf4 Qd7 13.Nd2 0–0 14.Qf3 e5=;
         C) 9.Be2 Qc7 (9...Be7 10.d4 Qa5 11.Rb3 0–0 12.d5 Ne5 13.Ne5 de5 
          14.Bc4 ed5+=; 9...Nd4 10.Re1 Be7 11.Bc4 0–0 12.d3 Bd7 
          13.Nd4 cd4 14.Ne2 e5=; 9...d5 10.ed5 ed5 11.Re1 Be7 12.d4 
          Ne4 13.Na4 cd4 14.Nd4 Bh4=) 10.Re1 Be7 11.Bb2 0–0 12.a3 
          d5 13.ed5 ed5 14.Na4 Rb8=;
         D) 9.d4 cd4 (9...Qa5 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Bb3 c4 12.Ba4 Bd7 13.Qe1 Be7 
          14.d5 ed5+=) 10.Nd4 Qc7 11.Nc6 Qc6 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Bg5 0–0 
          14.Rb3 Bb7+=; 
       8...Nd4 
         A) 9.Re1 Bd7 (9...Be7 10.a3 0–0 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.d3 e5 13.Na2 Bc8 
          14.Nd4 cd4+=; 9...a6 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Ba1 Rb1 12.Nb1 Qb6 
          13.d3 Be7 14.Nd4 cd4+=; 9...Nd7 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Ne2 Qc7 
          12.d3 e5 13.c3 dc3 14.Nc3 Be7+/– 1.16) 10.d3 Rb8 11.Bg5 Be7 
          12.Nd4 Rb1 13.Qb1 cd4 14.Ne2 h6+=;
         B) 9.Bb2 Rb8 (9...Be7 10.a3 0–0 11.Re1 Bb7 12.d3 e5 13.Nb5 Nb5 
          14.Bb5 Rb8=; 9...a6 10.a3 Rb8 11.Re1 Be7 12.Na2 Qc7 
          13.Nd4 cd4 14.Bb3 e5=; 9...Bd7 10.e5 de5 11.Ne5 Bd6 
          12.Nd7 Nd7 13.Nb5 Nb5 14.Bb5 0–0=) 10.a3 Be7 11.Nd4 cd4 
          12.Nb5 e5 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Ba1 0–0+=;
         C) 9.d3 Be7 (9...a6 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Ne2 e5 12.f4 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 
          14.c3 dc3+/–; 9...Bd7 10.Be3 Nf3 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Rb7 Rb8 
          13.Rb8 Qb8 14.Rb1 Qa8+/–; 9...h6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Re1 Be7 
          12.e5 Ng4 13.ed6 Bd6 14.Bd2 0–0+/–) 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Ne2 e5 
          12.c3 dc3 13.Nc3 0–0 14.Be3 Bg4+=) 
    9.Re1 
       (9.d4 Nd4 (9...cd4 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Ndb5 Rc8 12.Be2 Qa5 13.Rb3 d5 
       14.ed5 ed5+=; 9...Qa5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.d5 ed5 12.Nd5 a6 13.Ne7 
       Ke7 14.Bc4 Qc3+/–; 9...0–0 10.dc5 dc5 11.e5 Nd7 12.Qe2 Nb6 
       13.Rd1 Qe8 14.Bd3 Nb4+/–) 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Qd4 0–0 12.Rd1 Qc7 
       13.Nb5 Qc6 14.Bg5 h6+=; 
       9.d3 0–0 (9...a6 10.Bf4 0–0 11.e5 d5 12.Bb3 Nd7 13.Ba4 Qc7 14.Bc6 
       Qc6=; 9...Bd7 10.Bf4 0–0 11.e5 Nh5 12.ed6 Nf4 13.de7 Ne7 
       14.Ne5 Qc7+=; 9...Qc7 10.Bf4 0–0 11.Re1 e5 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Be6 
       fe6 14.a4 a6=) 10.Bf4 a6 11.e5 d5 12.ef6 Bf6 13.Ne4 dc4 
       14.Bd6 Be7=; 
       9.Bb5 Bd7 (9...Bb7 10.Ba4 Qd7 11.e5 Ng4 12.d4 de5 13.d5 ed5 14.Qd5 
       0–0–0+/– 1.12; 9...Qc7 10.e5 Nd7 11.ed6 Bd6 12.Ne4 0–0 13.Nd6 Qd6 
       14.Bb2 Rb8+=) 10.d4 a6 11.Bc6 Bc6 12.d5 Bb5 13.Nb5 ab5 14.de6 
       fe6=; 
       9.Qe2 Bd7 (9...a6 10.Re1 Nd4 11.Nd4 cd4 12.Nd1 d5 13.ed5 Nd5 14.Bb2 
       Nb6=; 9...Qd7 10.Nd5 0–0 11.Ne7 Qe7 12.d3 e5 13.c3 Be6 
       14.Bb5 Rab8+=; 9...0–0 10.Re1 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.e5 de5 13.Ne5 
       Ne5 14.Qe5 Qd4=) 10.Bb2 0–0 11.a3 Rb8 12.Qd3 Na5 13.Ba6 Qc7 
       14.Ba1 e5=) 
    9...0–0 
       (9...a6 10.d4 cd4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Bb3 Qc7 13.Bd2 0–0 14.Ba4 Bb7=
       ; 
       9...Bd7 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Qe2 e5 12.a3 0–0 13.Qd3 Be6 14.Nd5 Na5+= 
      ; 
       9...Nd4 10.d3 0–0 11.e5 de5 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Ne2 Nb6 14.c3 Nc4= 
      ) 
    10.d3 
       (10.a3 a6 11.Be2 d5 12.ed5 ed5 13.d4 Re8 14.dc5 Bc5=) 
    10...a6 11.e5 
       (11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qc7 13.Na4 Rb8 14.Rb8 Qb8=) 
    11...de5 12.Bd2 
       (12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Re5 Bd6 14.Re3 Qc7=) 
    12...Qc7 13.Na4 
       (13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Ne5 Ne5–/+) 
    13...Nd7 
       (13...Bb7 14.Nc3 Rab8–/+) 
    14.Ng5 
       (14.Bg5 Bb7+=) 
    14...h6 
       (14...Bb7+=) 
    15.Nf7 Rf7 16.Be6 Nd8 17.Bf7 Nf7 18.Qf3 Ra7 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Qd5 
    Bd6 22.Re3 Qe7 23.Ba5 Be6 24.Qc6 Ba2 25.Rb6 Be6 26.Ra6 Ra6 27.Qa6 Qd7 
    28.Bc3 Bd5 29.Qa1 Qg4 30.Rg3 Qe2 31.f4 
       (31.Re3 Qc2 32.Qe1 Be7 33.Be5 Bg5–+ (worse is 33...Ne5 34.Re5 Qd3 35.Re7+/–)
      ) 
    31...Qc2 
       (better is 31...ef4!? 32.Rg7 Kf8–+) 
    32.Qe1–/+ Bc7 
       (32...ef4?? 33.Qe8 Bf8 34.Rg7 Kh8 35.Qf8#) 
    33.h4 
       (33.fe5 h5 34.h4 Nh6–+) 
    33...Be6 
       (33...c4!? 34.Kh1 cd3 35.h5–+) 
    34.Qa1 Kh7 35.h5? 
       (better is 35.Qe1!? Bf5 36.fe5 Bd3 37.e6 Bg3 38.Qg3–/+) 
    35...Qe2 36.Qa7 Bd6 37.Qb7 Qd1 38.Kh2 Qh5 39.Kg1 Qd1 40.Kh2 Qh5 41.Kg1 
    Qf5 42.fe5 Be5 43.Be5 Qe5 44.Qe4 Bf5 45.Qe3 Qe3 46.Re3 Kg6 0–1
    
    
    
    
    (2) Bach,Matthias (2270) – Antonsen,M (2455)
    Politiken Cup, 2008
    
    1.b4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bb2 e6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Nd4 Bg6 
       (6...Bb4?? 7.Nf5 ef5 8.Bg7+–) 
    7.cd5 cd5 8.f4 Ngf6 9.b5 
       (9.Qa4 a5+=) 
    9...Bd6 
       (9...Ne4 10.Qg4+=) 
    10.Be2 e5 
       (10...0–0 11.0–0+=) 
    11.fe5= Be5 12.0–0 Qb8 13.h3 Ne4 14.Bf3 
       (14.Rf3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6–/+) 
    14...Ndf6 
       (14...Ndc5 15.Re1+=) 
    15.Nc3 0–0 
       (15...Bh2 16.Kh1=) 
    16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4 de4 18.Qb3 Rd8 19.Rac1 Rd7 20.Rc5 Qe8 
       (20...Qd6 21.Rfc1–/+) 
    21.Ne2 
       (21.Qa4 f6+=) 
    21...Bb2 
       (21...Bd6 22.Qc3 f6 23.Rc4+=) 
    22.Qb2= h6 
       (22...Rc8 23.Rc8 Qc8 24.Nd4=) 
    23.Rfc1 Kh7 24.Nd4 Qe7 25.Qc3 Rad8 26.Rc7 Qh4 
       (26...Rc7 27.Qc7 Qd7 28.a4=) 
    27.Rd7 
       (27.Qa5 a6+=) 
    27...Rd7= 28.Qc8 Rd5 
       (28...Qe7 29.Qb8 a6 30.Rc8+–) 
    29.Qb8 
       (29.Qb7 Rg5 30.Qd7 Qg3–+) 
    29...Rg5 30.Rc8 
       (30.Kf1 Qg3 31.Qg3 Rg3+/–) 
    30...Bh5 31.Rh8 Kg6 32.Qd6 f6 33.Qb8 Threatening mate... how? 
    33...Qe1 34.Kh2 Rg2?? 
       (34...Re5 35.Qb7 Be2+–) 
    35.Kg2= Qd2 36.Kf1 Qd1 37.Kf2 Qd2 38.Kf1 Qd1 ½–½
    
    
    
    
    (3) Bach,Matthias (2285) – Bathke,Jorg (2140)
    
    Lueneburg GER, 1st Closed IM, 2013
    1.b4 e5+= 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.e3 0–0 7.Be2 Bf5 8.0–0 
    Re8 9.d3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Rad8 11.Rb1 b6 12.Ba1 Bc5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Bb5 Bd7 
       (14...Nb4 15.e4 de4 16.Be8 Qe8 17.Ne5–/+) 
    15.c4= Nb8 16.Ne5 c6 17.Ba4 Bc7 18.cd5 cd5 19.f4 
       (19.Nd7 Nbd7 20.Bb5 Qd6=) 
    19...Qa3 20.Bb3 Bf5 21.Rc1 Qe7 22.Qf3 Exerts pressure on the isolated 
    pawn 22...Ne4 23.Ne4 Be4 24.Qg3 f6 25.Ng4 Bd6 26.Nf2 Ba3 27.Rcd1 
       (27.Rc3!? Bb4 28.Ne4 Qe4 29.Rc7+=) 
    27...Nc6+= 28.Bc3 Bf5 
       (28...a6 29.Rde1+=) 
    29.Qf3= Be6 30.Rfe1 Qd7 31.f5 Bf7 32.Nd3 Ne7 33.g4 Rc8 34.Ba1 a5 35.Ne5 
       (35.Bb2!? Bd6 36.a4+=) 
    35...fe5–/+ 36.de5 a4 37.e6 Be6 38.fe6 Qe6 39.Ba4 Rf8 40.Qg2 
       (40.Qh3 Bb4 41.Re2 Bc3+=) 
    40...Bb4 
       (better is 40...Rc4!? 41.Rd4 Bb4–/+) 
    41.Re2+= Bc3 
       (41...Rc4 42.Bd4 Ng6 43.Rf2 Rf2 44.Qf2+=) 
    42.Bb3 
       (42.Bc3 Rc3 43.e4 Qc8 44.ed5 Ng6–/+) 
    42...Ba1 43.Ra1 Rc3 The isolani on e3 becomes a target 
       (43...Kh8 44.Rd1=) 
    44.e4 Qf6 45.Rd1 
       (worse is 45.Bd5 Nd5 46.ed5 Qd4 47.Kh1 Rc2+=) 
    45...Kh8? 
       (better is 45...Qd6+=) 
    46.Rf2+– 
       (46.ed5?! Ng6 47.Re6 Qg5=; 
       46.Bd5?! Ng6 47.e5 Qg5+= (47...Ne5? 48.Rf1+–)) 
    46...Qf2 47.Qf2 Rf2 48.Kf2 Kg8 49.ed5 
       (worse is 49.Bd5 Nd5 50.ed5 Kf7+/–) 
    49...Kf8 50.d6 Nc6 51.Rd5 Ke8 52.Rb5 Rd3 53.Rb6 Rd6 54.Ba4 
       (54.Ba4 Kd7 55.Rb7 Kd8 56.Bc6 Rc6 57.Rg7+–) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (4) Bach,Matthias (2305) – Berg,E (2600)
    Copenhagen DEN, Politiken Cup, 2011
    
    1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Nf6 5.f4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nc3N Qe7 
       (7...0–0 
         A) 8.Nd4 
            A1) 8...Bg6 9.Be2 (9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 e5 11.fe5 Ne5 12.Qe2 a6 
             13.0–0 Re8 14.a4) 9...e5 10.fe5 Ne5 11.0–0 h6 12.Nf5 Bf5 13.Rf5 
             Qe7 14.a4;
            A2) 8...Be4 9.d3 Bg6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Qd2 e5 12.fe5 Qe5 13.Nf3 Qh5 
             14.0–0;
         B) 8.Bd3 
            B1) 8...Ne4 9.Qe2 (9.0–0 Ndc5 10.Be4 de4 11.Nd4 a6 12.Qe2 h6 
             13.Nf5 ef5 14.a4; 9.Be2 Ndc5 10.0–0 Qf6 11.Rb1 Nc3 12.Bc3 Qh6 
             13.d3 a6 14.b6) 9...Ndc5 10.0–0 Bg4 11.Qd1 Qe7 12.Be2 g6 13.Ne4 
             de4 14.Ne5;
            B2) 8...Nc5 9.Bf5 ef5 10.Nd4 Qd7 11.0–0 a6 12.a4 g6 13.Qe2 Rfe8 
             14.Ba3;
            B3) 8...Re8 9.0–0 (9.Qe2 Nc5 10.Bf5 ef5 11.0–0 Bf4 12.Nd4 Be5 
             13.Nf5 d4 14.Nd1; 9.Bf5 ef5 10.0–0 Nb6 11.Nd4 Nc4 12.Rb1 Qd7 
             13.Qe2 Bb4 14.Qd3) 9...Bd3 10.cd3 a6 11.a4 h6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.d4 
             Ng4 14.h3;
            B4) 8...Bd3 9.cd3 a6 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Qc2 h6 12.a4 Qd7 13.Ba3 ab5 
             14.Ne5;
            B5) 8...g6 9.Qe2 (9.0–0 Nc5 10.Be2 a6 11.ba6 Na6 12.Nb5 Be7 
             13.Ne5 c6 14.Nd4; 9.a4 Nc5 10.Bf5 ef5 11.0–0 Qd7 12.Qe1 Rfe8 
             13.Qh4 Qe7 14.Ng5; 9.Bf5 ef5 10.0–0 Re8 11.Nd4 a6 12.Qf3 Nb6 
             13.d3 Ng4 14.Nd1) 9...Nc5 10.0–0 Qe7 11.Ne5 a6 12.a4 Bd3 13.Nd3 
             Nd3 14.Qd3;
            B6) 8...Qe7 9.Bf5 (9.0–0 Bd3 10.cd3 a6 11.Qc2 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 
             13.Nd4 g6 14.a4; 9.Qe2 Bd3 10.cd3 a6 11.0–0 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 
             13.Nd4 h5 14.a4; 9.Be2 Nc5 10.0–0 a6 11.ba6 Na6 12.Nb5 Nc5 
             13.Nd6 Qd6 14.d3) 9...ef5 10.0–0 g6 11.Qe1 Nc5 12.Qh4 Rfe8 
             13.a4 a6 14.Ba3;
            B7) 8...a6 9.0–0 (9.Qe2 ab5 10.Nb5 Nc5 11.0–0 Nfe4 12.Be4 Be4 
             13.d3 Bf5 14.Nfd4; 9.a4 ab5 10.Bf5 b4 11.Bh7 Kh7 12.Nb5 Be7 
             13.0–0 c6 14.Nbd4; 9.Be2 ab5 10.Nb5 Bc5 11.Nbd4 Qe7 12.0–0 Ne4 
             13.d3 Nd6 14.Qd2; 9.Bf5 ef5 10.0–0 ab5 11.Nb5 Nc5 12.Qe2 g6 
             13.Be5 Be5 14.fe5) 9...Nc5 10.Bf5 ef5 11.a4 g6 12.Qe1 ab5 
             13.ab5 Qe7 14.Qh4;
         C) 8.Be2= 
            C1) 8...c5 9.0–0 (9.bc6 bc6 10.Rb1 Nc5 11.0–0 Rb8 12.Nd4 Qc7 
             13.Qe1 h6 14.Nf5) 9...h6 10.Rb1 Qb6 11.Na4 Qa5 12.c4 Bb1 13.Bc3 
             Qc7 14.Qb1;
            C2) 8...Nb6 9.Nd4 (9.0–0 Nc4 10.Bc4 dc4 11.Qe2 Bc2 12.Qc4 Bg6 
             13.a4 a6 14.Nh4) 9...Qd7 10.0–0 Bc5 11.d3 Qd6 12.a3 Bd4 13.ed4 
             h6 14.g4;
            C3) 8...Nc5 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 a6 10.ba6 Na6 11.Ncb5 Nc5 12.0–0 Na4 
             13.Qc1 Nb2 14.Qb2; 9.Nh4 a6 10.Nf5 ef5 11.a4 Qd7 12.0–0 Be7 
             13.ba6 Na6 14.Nb5; 9.d3 a6 10.0–0 ab5 11.Nb5 Na4 12.Bd4 Be7 
             13.Qd2 c6 14.Nc3; 9.a4 a6 10.Nd4 ab5 11.ab5 Qd7 12.Nf5 ef5 
             13.0–0 Rfe8 14.Bf3) 9...h6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Qe1 e5 12.fe5 Be5 
             13.Nf3 Bd6 14.Nd4;
            C4) 8...h6 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 Bg6 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Qe1 e5 12.fe5 Be5 
             13.Nf3 Bd6 14.Nd4; 9.Nh4 Bh7 10.0–0 Qe7 11.Nf3 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 
             13.Nd4 c5 14.bc6) 9...Qe7 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.f5 ef5 12.Nf5 Bf5 
             13.Rf5 Ne5 14.a4;
            C5) 8...Bc5 9.0–0 (9.Na4 Qe7 10.0–0 Ba3 11.Bd4 Nc5 12.c4 Rad8 
             13.Ne5 h6 14.Nc5; 9.a3 Ne4 10.0–0 Ndf6 11.Na4 Bb6 12.Nb6 ab6 
             13.d3 Nc5 14.Qd2; 9.a4 h6 10.0–0 Qe7 11.a5 a6 12.ba6 ba6 13.Nd4 
             Bd4 14.ed4; 9.Nd4 h6 10.Na4 Qe7 11.Nc5 Nc5 12.0–0 Na4 13.Nf5 
             ef5 14.Bd4; 9.Rc1 Qe7 10.0–0 h6 11.Bd3 Rfb8 12.Rb1 Bd3 13.cd3 
             a6 14.Qb3) 9...Qe7 10.a3 h6 11.Nd4 Bd4 12.ed4 Qd6 13.Na4 a6 
             14.ba6;
            C6) 8...Qe7 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 Bg6 10.0–0 h6 11.f5 ef5 12.Nf5 Bf5 
             13.Rf5 Ne5 14.Qf1; 9.Rb1 e5 10.0–0 Be6 11.fe5 Ne5 12.Nd4 h6 
             13.Qe1 Bd7 14.h3) 9...h6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.cd3 a6 13.Qc2 
             Bc5 14.Nb3;
            C7) 8...Bb4 9.0–0 (9.a3 Be7 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.g4 Be4 
             13.d3 Bg6 14.f5; 9.Rb1 Qe7 10.0–0 Nc5 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nd4 Nce4 
             13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Nb3) 9...Nc5 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nd4 Qd6 12.Qe1 h5 13.h3 
             Bg6 14.Qh4;
            C8) 8...a6 9.ba6 ba6 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Rb1 Nc5 12.Ne5 Qe8 13.d3 Na4 
             14.Ba1;
            C9) 8...e5 9.0–0 (9.Nh4 Be4 10.0–0 h6 11.Ne4 Ne4 12.Nf5 Qf6 
             13.Bg4 a6 14.Ng7) 9...ef4 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.ef4 Nb6 12.Kh1 Nc4 
             13.Qc1 Bh5 14.d3; 
       7...Nc5 
         A) 8.Nd4 
            A1) 8...Qd7 9.Nf5 (9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Qe1 Bg4 12.Bg4 Ng4 
             13.Ba3 Nf6 14.Rb1) 9...ef5 10.Qf3 Be7 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 a6 
             13.ba6 Na6 14.a4;
            A2) 8...Bg6 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Re8 11.Qe1 e5 12.fe5 Be5 13.Qh4 
             Qd7 14.d3;
            A3) 8...Qe7 9.Be2 (9.Nf5 ef5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 a6 12.a4 h6 
             13.Bf3 Qe6 14.Qe2; 9.d3 0–0 10.Be2 Bg6 11.Nf3 a6 12.0–0 Bh5 
             13.Qd2 h6 14.a4; 9.a4 0–0 10.Be2 Nce4 11.0–0 Nc3 12.Bc3 Bg6 
             13.Bd3 e5 14.fe5) 9...0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Qe1 Bg6 12.Qh4 Qd7 
             13.Qh3 Rfe8 14.a4;
            A4) 8...Be4 9.Ne4 (9.d3 Bg6 10.Be2 Qd7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Qd2 h6 
             13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Ne5) 9...de4 10.Bc4 Na4 11.Qb1 0–0 12.0–0 Qd7 
             13.a3 e5 14.fe5;
            A5) 8...0–0 9.Be2 (9.Nf5 ef5 10.Be2 Be7 11.d4 Nce4 12.0–0 Qd7 
             13.Qd3 a6 14.a4) 9...a6 10.a4 ab5 11.ab5 Qd7 12.Nf5 ef5 13.0–0 
             Rfe8 14.Bf3;
         B) 8.a4 
            B1) 8...h6 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 Bg6 10.Be2 Qd7 11.Nf3 Qe7 12.0–0 0–0 
             13.a5 Bh5 14.Ne5) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Re8 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.Nf3 Qe7 
             13.a5 Bf5 14.Nd4;
            B2) 8...Qe7 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Bg6 11.0–0 h6 12.Bg4 a6 
             13.Qe2 Ng4 14.Qg4) 9...0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.Qe1 e5 
             13.fe5 Be5 14.Qh4;
            B3) 8...Rc8 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Qd7 11.Nf5 ef5 12.0–0 Rfe8 
             13.Bf3 c6 14.Ne2; 9.a5 0–0 10.Be2 Nfe4 11.Ne4 de4 12.Nd4 Qh4 
             13.g3 Qh3 14.Kf2; 9.Ra2 0–0 10.Be2 Re8 11.0–0 h6 12.Nd4 Bg6 
             13.Nf3 c6 14.Ne5) 9...0–0 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.0–0 Re8 12.Ba3 e5 
             13.fe5 Re5 14.a5;
            B4) 8...a6 9.Nd4 (9.ba6 Na6 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Nb5 h6 
             13.a5 Be7 14.Nbd4; 9.Be2 ab5 10.Nb5 0–0 11.0–0 Na4 12.Bd4 Qe7 
             13.Nd6 cd6 14.d3) 9...ab5 10.Nf5 ef5 11.ab5 0–0 12.Be2 Qd7 
             13.0–0 Rfe8 14.Bf3;
            B5) 8...Be7 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 h6 11.0–0 Qd7 12.Qe1 Bg6 
             13.Bf3 Rfe8 14.Qg3) 9...0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.Qe1 Rfe8 
             13.Bf3 Bg6 14.Qg3;
            B6) 8...a5 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Bg6 11.0–0 h6 12.Qe1 Qd7 
             13.Qh4 e5 14.fe5) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Qd7 11.d3 h6 12.Qd2 Rfe8 
             13.Ba3 Qe7 14.Bb2;
            B7) 8...Qd7 9.Be2 (9.Ne5 Qe7 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 h6 12.a5 Nfd7 
             13.a6 ba6 14.Nc6; 9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Bg6 11.0–0 a6 12.ba6 Na6 
             13.Qb1 c5 14.Nb3; 9.a5 0–0 10.Be2 Nfe4 11.Ne4 de4 12.Nd4 a6 
             13.0–0 Bg6 14.Bc4) 9...0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.a5 Rac8 12.Nd4 Bg6 
             13.Ba3 Nfe4 14.Ne4;
            B8) 8...h5 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 Bg6 10.Be2 h4 11.h3 Nh5 12.0–0 Ng3 
             13.Rf2 0–0 14.Bg4; 9.a5 h4 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Nf3 Qe7 12.Na4 Ncd7 
             13.Nc3 h3 14.gh3) 9...h4 10.Nd4 0–0 11.Nf5 ef5 12.0–0 Re8 
             13.Rf3 d4 14.ed4;
            B9) 8...0–0 9.Be2 a6 10.Nd4 ab5 11.ab5 Qd7 12.Nf5 ef5 13.0–0 
             Rfe8 14.Bf3;
         C) 8.Be2 
            C1) 8...0–0 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 a6 10.ba6 Na6 11.Ncb5 Nc5 12.0–0 c6 
             13.Nd6 Qd6 14.d3; 9.a4 a6 10.Nd4 ab5 11.ab5 Qd7 12.Nf5 ef5 
             13.0–0 Rfe8 14.Bf3; 9.Nh4 Qd7 10.0–0 Rfe8 11.g4 Bg6 12.f5 ef5 
             13.gf5 Nce4 14.fg6) 9...h6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Qe1 e5 12.fe5 Be5 
             13.Qh4 Qd6 14.Nf3;
            C2) 8...h6 9.Nd4 (9.0–0 0–0 10.Nd4 Qd7 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Bf3 Be7 
             13.Qe2 a6 14.a4; 9.d3 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.ba6 Na6 12.Nb5 Bc5 
             13.Nbd4 Nb4 14.Qd2; 9.Nh4 Bh7 10.Nf3 0–0 11.0–0 Qe7 12.d3 a6 
             13.ba6 Na6 14.Nb5; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 Qd7 11.a5 Rfc8 12.Ne5 Qe8 
             13.a6 ba6 14.d4) 9...0–0 10.Nf5 ef5 11.0–0 Re8 12.Bf3 c6 13.Rb1 
             Qa5 14.Qe1;
            C3) 8...Qd7 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.0–0 Bg6 11.Qe1 h6 12.Qh4 Rfe8 
             13.Qh3 a6 14.a4; 9.Nh4 0–0 10.Nf5 ef5 11.0–0 Be7 12.g3 a6 13.a4 
             d4 14.ed4; 9.d3 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.Qe1 Ncd7 13.Qg3 
             Rad8 14.a3; 9.Ne5 Qe7 10.0–0 0–0 11.d3 h6 12.Qe1 Rfd8 13.Qg3 
             Rac8 14.Bf3; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.a5 Rfd8 12.Ne5 Qc8 13.a6 ba6 
             14.d4) 9...0–0 10.a4 h6 11.a5 Rfe8 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.a6 ba6 14.d4;
            C4) 8...c6 9.Nd4 (9.0–0 Qc7 10.Nd4 0–0 11.Rb1 h6 12.Qe1 Rab8 
             13.Nf5 ef5 14.Rf3; 9.Rb1 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.Nf5 ef5 
             13.Bf3 Be7 14.d3; 9.bc6 bc6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Nd4 Rab8 
             13.Nf5 ef5 14.Rf3; 9.Ne5 0–0 10.0–0 Qc7 11.Rb1 Rab8 12.Ba3 Nfd7 
             13.d4 Ne4 14.Bd6; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.Qe1 Rab8 
             13.a5 a6 14.b6; 9.Nh4 0–0 10.0–0 Qa5 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Qe1 Rab8 
             13.Rb1 Ne6 14.Bd3; 9.Qc1 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.Qe1 Rfe8 
             13.Qh4 a6 14.a4) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Qc7 11.Qe1 Rab8 12.Rf3 Bg6 
             13.Qh4 h6 14.a4;
            C5) 8...Qe7 9.Nd4 (9.0–0 0–0 10.Nd4 h6 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Qe1 Qe6 
             13.Qg3 c6 14.a3; 9.Nh4 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Rb1 Qe6 
             13.Qc1 Be7 14.Qe1; 9.d3 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.Qd2 h6 12.a4 Bg4 
             13.Ne5 Be2 14.Ne2; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.a5 a6 12.Nd4 ab5 
             13.Ncb5 Bg6 14.Nd6) 9...0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Bf3 c6 
             13.Qe2 Rab8 14.Rab1;
            C6) 8...a6 9.Ne5 (9.0–0 ab5 10.Nb5 0–0 11.Nd6 Qd6 12.d3 Ng4 
             13.Qd2 Na4 14.Rab1; 9.ba6 Na6 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Nb5 0–0 12.Nd6 Qd6 
             13.Be5 Qe7 14.Qb1; 9.d3 0–0 10.0–0 ab5 11.Nb5 Na4 12.Be5 Be5 
             13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Qd2; 9.Nd4 ab5 10.Ncb5 0–0 11.0–0 Na4 12.Qc1 Nb2 
             13.Qb2 Ne4 14.d3; 9.Nh4 ab5 10.Nf5 ef5 11.Nb5 0–0 12.0–0 c6 
             13.Nd6 Qd6 14.Qe1; 9.d4 Nce4 10.Ne4 de4 11.Nh4 Nd5 12.Nf5 ef5 
             13.Qd2 ab5 14.Bb5) 9...ab5 10.Nb5 0–0 11.0–0 Ra4 12.Bd4 h6 
             13.d3 Nfd7 14.Nd6; 
       7...g6 
         A) 8.Be2 
            A1) 8...Nc5 9.Nd4 (9.0–0 0–0 10.Nd4 h5 11.Bf3 Bg4 12.h3 Bf3 
             13.Qf3 a6 14.d3) 9...0–0 10.0–0 h5 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Qe1 Qd7 13.a4 
             Rfe8 14.Bf3;
            A2) 8...Qe7 9.Nd4 (9.0–0 0–0 10.Nd4 h6 11.g4 Be4 12.d3 e5 
             13.de4 de4 14.fe5) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Bc5 11.Na4 Ba3 12.g4 Bb2 
             13.Nb2 Be4 14.d3;
            A3) 8...a6 9.ba6 (9.0–0 ab5 10.Nb5 0–0 11.Nd6 cd6 12.d3 Bg4 
             13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Qb4; 9.Nd4 ab5 10.Ncb5 0–0 11.Nd6 cd6 12.0–0 Qb6 
             13.Nf5 Qb2 14.Rb1) 9...ba6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rb1 Bg4 12.a4 Nc5 
             13.Ne5 Be2 14.Qe2;
            A4) 8...Bc5 9.0–0 (9.Na4 Be7 10.Nd4 Nc5 11.Nc5 Bc5 12.0–0 0–0 
             13.g4 Bg4 14.Bg4; 9.Nd4 Bd4 10.ed4 Qe7 11.a3 0–0 12.0–0 h5 
             13.h3 c5 14.bc6; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 Qe7 11.a5 a6 12.ba6 ba6 13.Na4 
             Rfb8 14.Nd4; 9.h3 0–0 10.0–0 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Bd3 
             Bd3 14.cd3; 9.Nh4 0–0 10.0–0 Qe7 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Rf3 Nb6 13.Kh1 
             Rad8 14.Qf1; 9.a3 0–0 10.0–0 Qe7 11.Nd4 Nb6 12.g4 Ng4 13.Bg4 
             Nc4 14.Bf5) 9...0–0 10.Na4 Bg4 11.Nc5 Nc5 12.Qe1 Bf3 13.Bf3 a6 
             14.Bd4;
            A5) 8...Bb4 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 Bc5 10.Nf5 gf5 11.0–0 Rg8 12.Qe1 d4 
             13.Nd1 Nb6 14.c3; 9.a3 Bc5 10.0–0 0–0 11.Na4 Bg4 12.Bf6 Qf6 
             13.Ne5 Ne5 14.Nc5) 9...0–0 10.Nd4 Bc5 11.g4 Bd4 12.ed4 Ng4 
             13.Bg4 Qf6 14.Na4;
            A6) 8...0–0 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 Nc5 10.0–0 h5 11.d3 Bg4 12.Nf3 Qe7 
             13.Qd2 a6 14.a4) 9...Nc5 10.Nd4 h5 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Bf3 c6 13.Qe1 
             Re8 14.Qh4;
         B) 8.Bd3 
            B1) 8...0–0 9.0–0 (9.Qe2 Nc5 10.0–0 Bg4 11.h3 Nd3 12.cd3 Bf3 
             13.Qf3 a6 14.a4; 9.a4 Nc5 10.Bf5 ef5 11.0–0 a6 12.Qe1 ab5 
             13.ab5 Qe7 14.Qh4; 9.Bf5 ef5 10.0–0 Re8 11.Nd4 a6 12.Qe2 Nb6 
             13.ba6 Ra6 14.Rab1) 9...Qe7 10.Be2 Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nd4 Nc5 
             13.g4 Be4 14.d3;
            B2) 8...Bd3 9.cd3 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Nc5 13.a4 
             Rfd8 14.d4;
            B3) 8...a6 9.Bf5 (9.ba6 ba6 10.Bf5 gf5 11.0–0 Rg8 12.Rb1 Nc5 
             13.Nd4 Kd7 14.Ba3; 9.Be2 ab5 10.Nb5 Bc5 11.0–0 c6 12.Nbd4 0–0 
             13.Ne5 Re8 14.Nd7; 9.0–0 Bd3 10.cd3 0–0 11.a4 Qe7 12.Qb3 Nc5 
             13.Qc2 Rfd8 14.d4) 9...gf5 10.Qe2 Rg8 11.0–0 ab5 12.Nb5 Bc5 
             13.Be5 Bb6 14.a4;
            B4) 8...Qe7 9.a4 (9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Bc5 11.a3 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 
             13.Qc1 Nf6 14.c4; 9.0–0 0–0 10.Be2 Bc5 11.a3 Rfe8 12.Nd4 Nb6 
             13.g4 Ng4 14.Bg4; 9.Qe2 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.Bf5 ef5 12.a4 Nc5 
             13.Qe1 ab5 14.ab5; 9.Bf5 gf5 10.0–0 Rg8 11.a4 Nc5 12.Qe2 Qf8 
             13.g3 Qh6 14.Ng5; 9.Nd4 Bd3 10.cd3 e5 11.fe5 Ne5 12.Qc2 0–0 
             13.0–0 a6 14.a4; 9.Ng5 0–0 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Bf5 ef5 12.Qe2 a6 
             13.a4 Rfe8 14.Ba3) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Be2 a6 12.ba6 Na6 
             13.Nb5 Nc5 14.a5;
            B5) 8...Nc5 9.Bf5 (9.Qe2 0–0 10.0–0 Bg4 11.h3 Nd3 12.cd3 Bf3 
             13.Qf3 a6 14.a4; 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.ba6 Na6 12.Nd4 Nb4 
             13.Ncb5 c5 14.a3) 9...gf5 10.0–0 Rg8 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.a4 a5 13.ba6 
             Ra6 14.Nb5;
         C) 8.Nd4 
            C1) 8...a5 9.ba6 (9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Bc5 11.g4 Be4 12.d3 Bb4 
             13.g5 e5 14.fe5; 9.Nf5 gf5 10.Be2 Nc5 11.0–0 Rg8 12.Qe1 Qe7 
             13.a4 0–0–0 14.Qh4) 9...Bg4 10.Qc1 ba6 11.h3 Bf5 12.g4 Be4 
             13.Nc6 Bh1 14.Nd8;
            C2) 8...Bg4 9.Be2 Be2 10.Qe2 Nc5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Ba3 a6 13.Bc5 
             Bc5 14.a4;
            C3) 8...Bc5 9.Nf5 (9.Na4 0–0 10.Be2 Ne4 11.0–0 Nb6 12.Nb6 ab6 
             13.g4 e5 14.Nf5; 9.Be2 Bd4 10.ed4 Qe7 11.a3 0–0 12.0–0 h5 13.h3 
             h4 14.Qe1) 9...gf5 10.Qf3 Rg8 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.0–0 Nc5 13.Kh1 Qd7 
             14.a4;
            C4) 8...a6 9.Nf5 (9.Be2 ab5 10.Ncb5 Bc5 11.0–0 c6 12.Nf5 gf5 
             13.Nd4 Rg8 14.Kh1; 9.ba6 Bg4 10.Qc1 ba6 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 c5 
             13.Nf3 d4 14.Ne2) 9...gf5 10.ba6 ba6 11.Be2 Rb8 12.Rb1 Rg8 
             13.0–0 Nc5 14.Qe1;
            C5) 8...Nc5 9.Be2 h5 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rf3 Re8 12.a4 Bg4 13.Rf2 e5 
             14.fe5;
            C6) 8...0–0 9.Be2 (9.Nf5 ef5 10.Qf3 c6 11.Be2 Nc5 12.0–0 Nfe4 
             13.Rfd1 Qa5 14.Qh3) 9...Nc5 10.0–0 h5 11.a4 Qd7 12.Nf5 ef5 
             13.Bf3 c6 14.Ne2;
            C7) 8...h5 9.Be2 (9.Nf5 gf5 10.Qf3 Nc5 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Qh3 Rg8 
             13.0–0 0–0–0 14.a4; 9.h3 Nc5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Nce4 12.g4 hg4 
             13.hg4 Ng4 14.Bg4; 9.a4 h4 10.h3 Nc5 11.Be2 Kf8 12.0–0 Kg7 
             13.Nf5 gf5 14.Bf3; 9.Bd3 Nc5 10.Bf5 gf5 11.0–0 Rg8 12.d3 Ng4 
             13.Qd2 a6 14.h3) 9...Nc5 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.Qe1 Bg4 
             13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Rb1;
            C8) 8...Qe7 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Bc5 11.Na4 Rad8 12.g4 Be4 13.d3 
             Ba3 14.g5;
         D) 8.h3 
            D1) 8...h6 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Bb4 11.0–0 Nc5 12.g4 Bc3 
             13.Bc3 Nfe4 14.gf5; 9.g4 Be4 10.Ne4 de4 11.g5 hg5 12.Ng5 Nc5 
             13.Bg2 a6 14.ba6; 9.Nh4 0–0 10.Be2 Bb4 11.0–0 Nc5 12.a4 Nfe4 
             13.Nf5 ef5 14.Ne4; 9.Bd3 Nc5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 a6 12.ba6 Na6 
             13.Nb5 Be7 14.Ne5; 9.Kf2 Nc5 10.d3 h5 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Qd2 a6 
             13.Nd4 ab5 14.Ndb5; 9.d3 e5 10.fe5 Ne5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Be2 0–0 
             13.0–0 a6 14.Qe1; 9.Rg1 Nc5 10.Nd4 0–0 11.d3 g5 12.Qf3 Bg6 
             13.0–0–0 a6 14.Kb1; 9.a4 0–0 10.Be2 Ne4 11.g4 Nc3 12.Bc3 Be4 
             13.d3 Bf3 14.Bf3) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Bb4 11.d3 h5 12.Nd4 Bc5 13.g4 
             Qe7 14.gf5;
            D2) 8...0–0 9.g4 (9.Be2 Ne4 10.g4 Nc3 11.Bc3 Be4 12.0–0 Nc5 
             13.Bd4 Qe7 14.d3) 9...Be4 10.g5 Nh5 11.Rg1 Bc5 12.Ne5 Ne5 
             13.Ne4 de4 14.Be5; 
       7...a6 
         A) 8.ba6 
            A1) 8...0–0 9.ab7 (9.Be2 ba6 10.Rb1 Nc5 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.0–0 h6 
             13.Nf5 ef5 14.Rf3; 9.Rb1 ba6 10.Be2 Nc5 11.Nd4 h6 12.0–0 Qd7 
             13.Nf5 ef5 14.Rf3; 9.Nd4 Bg4 10.Be2 Be2 11.Qe2 Ra6 12.0–0 Nc5 
             13.Ncb5 c6 14.Nd6) 9...Ra7 10.Rb1 Rb7 11.Bb5 c5 12.0–0 d4 
             13.ed4 cd4 14.Nd4;
            A2) 8...ba6 9.Be2 (9.Rb1 0–0 10.Be2 Nc5 11.0–0 Rb8 12.Ne5 Qc8 
             13.Ba3 h6 14.Bb4; 9.Nd4 Nc5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Qd7 12.Rb1 Bg6 
             13.Nf3 Rab8 14.Ne5; 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Rb1 Be2 12.Ne2 0–0 
             13.Nf3 Nb6 14.Ne5; 9.Bd3 Rb8 10.Rb1 Nc5 11.Bf5 ef5 12.Nd4 Qd7 
             13.0–0 0–0 14.Ba3) 9...0–0 10.Rb1 Nc5 11.0–0 Rb8 12.Ne5 Qc8 
             13.Ba3 h6 14.Bb4;
         B) 8.Nd4 
            B1) 8...ab5 9.Nf5 (9.Ncb5 Nc5 10.Nd6 Qd6 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Be5 Rc8 
             13.Na7 Bg4 14.Qb1) 9...ef5 10.Nb5 Nc5 11.Bd3 g6 12.0–0 0–0 
             13.Qe2 Nfe4 14.c4;
            B2) 8...Nc5 9.ba6 (9.Nf5 ef5 10.ba6 ba6 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 Rb8 
             13.Rb1 Qd7 14.Qe1) 9...ba6 10.Nf5 ef5 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Rb1 0–0 
             13.Be2 Nce4 14.Nd1;
            B3) 8...Bg4 9.Be2 Be2 10.Qe2 0–0 11.0–0 ab5 12.Ndb5 Bc5 13.Rab1 
             Nb6 14.d3) 
    8.Ne2 
       (8.Be2 
         A) 8...Bg6 9.0–0 (9.Nh4 Nc5 10.0–0 0–0 11.Ng6 hg6 12.Bf3 a6 13.a4 
          Qd7 14.Qe2; 9.a4 h6 10.0–0 0–0 11.d3 e5 12.Qd2 ef4 13.ef4 Rfe8 
          14.Rae1; 9.Nd4 h6 10.0–0 0–0 11.a4 Nc5 12.Qe1 e5 13.fe5 Be5 14.Qh4 
         ; 9.d3 0–0 10.0–0 e5 11.Qd2 h6 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.Nf3) 
          9...h6 10.d3 0–0 11.Qd2 e5 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.Nf3 a6 14.a4;
         B) 8...Nc5 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Qe1 Bg6 12.Qh4 Qd7 
          13.Qh3 Rfe8 14.a4; 9.Nh4 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Qe1 Qe6 
          13.Bf3 a6 14.a4; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.a5 a6 12.Nd4 ab5 13.Ncb5 
          Rfe8 14.Nd6) 9...0–0 10.Nd4 h6 11.Qe1 Bg6 12.Qh4 Qd7 13.Qh3 a6 
          14.a4;
         C) 8...h6 9.Nd4 (9.0–0 Bg6 10.Rc1 0–0 11.Qe1 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.Nd4 
          c5 14.bc6; 9.Rb1 0–0 10.0–0 Bg6 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.Qe1 Qd7 13.Ba3 Rfe8 
          14.Qh4; 9.Rc1 0–0 10.0–0 e5 11.fe5 Ne5 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.Nf5 Bf5 
          14.Rf5; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 e5 11.a5 ef4 12.a6 ba6 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Nc6; 
          9.Nh4 Bh7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nf3 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Qe1) 
          9...Bg6 10.0–0 0–0 11.f5 ef5 12.Nf5 Bf5 13.Rf5 Ne5 14.Qf1;
         D) 8...Bc5 9.Na4 (9.0–0 0–0 10.Na4 Ba3 11.Bd4 Ne4 12.d3 Nec5 
          13.Nc5 Nc5 14.Rb1; 9.a3 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nd4 Bd4 12.ed4 Qd6 13.Na4 
          a6 14.ba6; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 a5 11.ba6 ba6 12.Rb1 Rfb8 13.Nh4 Rb4 
          14.d4; 9.Rc1 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Rb1 Nb6 12.Nh4 Rad8 13.d4 Bb4 14.Ra1 
         ; 9.Bd3 Qd6 10.Bf5 ef5 11.Qe2 0–0 12.0–0 Rfe8 13.Qd3 g6 14.Na4; 
          9.Rb1 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Na4 Ba3 12.Bd4 Bd6 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Ne5; 9.Qb1 
          0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Na4 Bb4 12.a3 Ba5 13.Bc3 Bc3 14.Nc3) 9...Ba3 
          10.Bd4 0–0 11.0–0 Nc5 12.c4 Rad8 13.Nh4 dc4 14.Nf5;
         E) 8...Bb4 9.Nd4 (9.0–0 0–0 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.Bf3 Bg6 
          13.Qe1 h6 14.Be2; 9.a3 Bd6 10.Nd4 0–0 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Qe1 Qd7 13.a4 
          Bg6 14.Qh4) 9...Bc3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.0–0 Nc3 12.dc3 Be4 13.Qd2 0–0 
          14.c4;
         F) 8...Rc8 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.0–0 Bg6 11.Qe1 Nc5 12.Qh4 Qd7 
          13.Qh3 h6 14.d3; 9.Nh4 0–0 10.Nf5 ef5 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Rf3 c6 13.Rg3 
          g6 14.Rb1) 9...0–0 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Qe1 Bc5 12.f5 ef5 13.Nf5 Qe6 
          14.Qf2;
         G) 8...Ba3 9.Ba3 (9.Qb1 Bc5 10.0–0 0–0 11.Na4 Bd6 12.Nd4 Bg6 
          13.Qc1 e5 14.fe5; 9.Qc1 Bc5 10.0–0 0–0 11.a4 Nb6 12.a5 Nc4 13.a6 
          Rab8 14.Nd4; 9.Rb1 Bb2 10.Rb2 0–0 11.0–0 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd4 Qa3 
          14.Qc1) 9...Qa3 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.Qc1 Qa5 13.a4 Nce4 14.Ne4 
         ;
         H) 8...g6 9.0–0 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.0–0 Bc5 11.Na4 Qd6 12.g4 Be4 13.d3 
          Ba3 14.de4; 9.h3 h5 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Nd4 h4 12.a4 0–0 13.Nf5 gf5 
          14.Bf3; 9.Nh4 0–0 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Bf3 Qe6 13.Qe2 a6 14.a4 
         ) 9...0–0 10.Nd4 Bc5 11.Na4 Ba3 12.g4 Be4 13.d3 Bb2 14.Nb2;
         I) 8...0–0= 9.0–0 (9.Nh4 Ba3 10.Nf5 ef5 11.Ba3 Qa3 12.0–0 Qd6 
          13.Bd3 g6 14.Ne2; 9.Rc1 Nc5 10.0–0 a6 11.d4 Nce4 12.ba6 ba6 13.Rb1 
          Rfb8 14.Ne4; 9.Rb1 h6 10.0–0 Bg6 11.Nd4 e5 12.fe5 Be5 13.Nf3 Rfd8 
          14.Ne5; 9.a4 a6 10.ba6 ba6 11.Rb1 Nc5 12.Nd4 Qd7 13.0–0 h6 14.Nf5 
         ; 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.0–0 h6 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.cd3 a6 13.Qc2 Bc5 14.Qb3; 9.a3 
          Nc5 10.0–0 a6 11.d4 Nce4 12.ba6 ba6 13.Ne5 Nc3 14.Bc3) 9...Nc5 
          10.Nd4 h6 11.Qe1 Bg6 12.Qh4 Qd7 13.Qh3 Rfe8 14.a4; 
       8.Nd4 
         A) 8...Bb4 9.Bd3 (9.Be2 Bc3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Bf3 Nc3 12.dc3 Nf6 
          13.0–0 Be4 14.c4) 9...Bd3 10.cd3 Nc5 11.Qc2 a6 12.0–0 0–0 13.a4 
          ab5 14.ab5;
         B) 8...Bg6 9.Be2 (9.Bd3 e5 10.fe5 Qe5 11.g3 Nc5 12.Bg6 hg6 13.Qf3 
          0–0–0 14.0–0) 9...0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Rb1 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.Qe1 Neg4 
          14.h3;
         C) 8...Nc5 9.Be2 (9.Nf5 ef5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 a6 12.a4 h6 13.Bf3 
          Qe6 14.Qe2; 9.Rb1 0–0 10.Be2 a6 11.ba6 Na6 12.0–0 Nb4 13.Ncb5 Ne4 
          14.d3; 9.a4 0–0 10.Be2 Bg6 11.0–0 e5 12.fe5 Be5 13.Qe1 h6 14.Qh4) 
          9...0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Qe1 Bg6 12.Qh4 Qd7 13.Qh3 Rfe8 14.a4;
         D) 8...h6 9.Nf5 (9.Be2 Bg6 10.0–0 0–0 11.f5 ef5 12.Nf5 Bf5 13.Rf5 
          Ne5 14.a4; 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 0–0 11.0–0 a6 12.Qc2 Bc5 13.Qb3 ab5 
          14.Ncb5; 9.Rb1 0–0 10.Be2 Bc5 11.Na4 Ba3 12.Ba3 Qa3 13.Nc3 Nc5 
          14.0–0; 9.a3 0–0 10.Be2 Bg6 11.0–0 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.Nf5 Bf5 14.Rf5 
         ) 9...ef5 10.Be2 Nc5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Qe1 Qe6 13.Qg3 c6 14.Bf3;
         E) 8...0–0 9.Be2 Bc5 10.a3 Bd4 11.ed4 Nb6 12.0–0 Nc4 13.Bc4 dc4 
          14.Qe2; 
       8.Nh4 
         A) 8...Bg4 9.Be2 Be2 10.Qe2 0–0 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Nf3 a6 13.a4 h6 
          14.d3;
         B) 8...0–0 9.Be2 (9.Nf5 ef5 10.Qf3 d4 11.Nd1 Rfe8 12.Bd4 Bc5 
          13.Bb2 Ne4 14.Bd3) 9...Ba3 10.Ba3 Qa3 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Bd3 g6 13.0–0 
          Qd6 14.Ne2;
         C) 8...Be4 9.d3 Bg6 10.Be2 d4 11.ed4 Bf4 12.0–0 Be3 13.Kh1 Bd4 
          14.Qd2;
         D) 8...d4 9.ed4 Be4 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Qf3 Nd2 12.Kd2 Qh4 13.g3 Qf6 
          14.Qb7;
         E) 8...Bb4 9.Be2 (9.Nf5 ef5 10.a3 Bc3 11.Bc3 0–0 12.Bd3 Ne4 
          13.Be4 Qe4 14.0–0; 9.a3 Bc3 10.Bc3 Bg4 11.Nf3 0–0 12.Bd3 Ne4 
          13.Bb4 Ndc5 14.0–0; 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 Nc5 11.Qe2 a6 12.d4 Nce4 
          13.0–0 ab5 14.Qb5) 9...Bc3 10.dc3 0–0 11.0–0 Be4 12.Rc1 h6 13.Qd4 
          a6 14.ba6; 
       8.Bd3 
         A) 8...0–0 9.Bf5 (9.0–0 Bd3 10.cd3 a6 11.Qc2 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.Qb3 
          c6 14.Ne5; 9.Qe2 Bd3 10.cd3 a6 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Nd4 ab5 13.Ncb5 h6 
          14.Nb3) 9...ef5 10.0–0 g6 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.a4 a5 13.Nd4 Rfe8 14.Qf3;
         B) 8...g6 9.0–0 (9.Qe2 0–0 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Bf5 ef5 12.Nd4 a6 13.a4 
          Rfe8 14.a5; 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Bc5 11.a3 Bg4 12.Qe1 Bf5 13.Qd1 Ne4 
          14.Ne4; 9.Bf5 gf5 10.Nd4 Bc5 11.a3 Nb6 12.d3 Ng4 13.Qf3 Qh4 14.g3 
         ; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Be2 a5 12.Nd4 h5 13.Bf3 Bg4 14.h3; 9.Nd4 
          Bd3 10.cd3 e5 11.fe5 Ne5 12.Qc2 0–0 13.0–0 a6 14.a4; 9.Ng5 0–0 
          10.0–0 h6 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Be2 a5 13.Nd4 a4 14.a3) 9...0–0 10.Qe2 Nc5 
          11.Ne5 a6 12.a4 Bd3 13.Nd3 Nd3 14.Qd3;
         C) 8...Bg6 9.Qe2 (9.0–0 0–0 10.Qe2 a6 11.Bg6 fg6 12.Ng5 ab5 
          13.Nb5 Nc5 14.Bd4; 9.Bg6 hg6 10.0–0 0–0–0 11.Qe2 Kb8 12.Rae1 e5 
          13.a4 Rde8 14.Qd1; 9.a4 0–0 10.0–0 Bd3 11.cd3 e5 12.d4 ef4 13.ef4 
          Qe6 14.Ne5) 9...0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.a4 Bd3 12.cd3 ab5 13.Nb5 Nc5 
          14.Bf6;
         D) 8...Bd3 9.cd3 a6 10.0–0 0–0 11.a4 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.Qb3 Nf3 
          14.Rf3; 
       8.Rb1 
         A) 8...0–0 9.Be2 Nc5 10.0–0 h6 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.Qe1 Qd7 13.Ba3 Rfe8 
          14.Qh4;
         B) 8...Nc5 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.Qe1 Qd7 13.Ba3 Rfe8 
          14.Qh4;
         C) 8...h6 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Bg6 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Qe1 Qd7 
          13.Ba3 Rfe8 14.Qh4; 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 Nc5 11.Qc2 a6 12.0–0 0–0 
          13.Ba3 ab5 14.Nb5) 9...Nc5 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.0–0 0–0 12.Qe1 Qd7 13.Ba3 
          Rfe8 14.Qh4;
         D) 8...Bg6 9.Be2 (9.Nh4 Bh5 10.Be2 Be2 11.Qe2 0–0 12.0–0 a6 13.a4 
          Nb6 14.Nf3; 9.Bd3 Nc5 10.Qe2 0–0 11.0–0 Nd3 12.cd3 Bh5 13.Ra1 Nd7 
          14.a4) 9...h6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.d3 Bf5 14.Qe1;
         E) 8...e5 9.Nh4 (9.fe5 Ne5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 g6 13.h3 
          Rfe8 14.Qe1) 9...Bg6 10.f5 Bh5 11.Be2 Be2 12.Qe2 0–0 13.0–0 a6 
          14.a3; 
       8.a4 
         A) 8...0–0 9.Be2 e5 10.fe5 Ne5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.0–0 h6 13.Nf5 Bf5 
          14.Rf5;
         B) 8...Nc5 9.Be2 (9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Bg6 11.0–0 e5 12.fe5 Be5 
          13.Qe1 h6 14.Qh4) 9...0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.a5 Bg4 12.Rb1 a6 13.ba6 Na6 
          14.Nb5;
         C) 8...h6 9.Be2 (9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 g5 11.Ne2 gf4 12.ef4 Rg8 13.0–0 
          0–0–0 14.Qc2; 9.a5 0–0 10.Be2 Bb4 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.a6 ba6 
          14.Rb1) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Bg6 11.a5 Nc5 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.a6 ba6 14.d4;
         D) 8...Rb8 9.Bd3 (9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Bc5 11.Bd3 Ne4 12.Qe2 h6 
          13.Nd4 Ndf6 14.Ne4; 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Be2 h5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Nf3 Nc5 
          13.d3 c6 14.Qd2) 9...Bd3 10.cd3 0–0 11.0–0 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.Qe2 c5 
          14.a5;
         E) 8...Rc8 9.Bd3 (9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.Qe1 h6 
          13.Qh4 e5 14.fe5; 9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Bc5 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.Nd4 Bc3 
          13.dc3 Nc5 14.0–0; 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Be2 h5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.d3 
          e5 14.fe5; 9.a5 0–0 10.Be2 Nc5 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.0–0 e5 13.fe5 Qe5 
          14.Rf4; 9.Rb1 0–0 10.Be2 h6 11.0–0 Bg6 12.a5 e5 13.fe5 Ne5 14.Nh4)
           9...Bd3 10.cd3 0–0 11.0–0 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.Qb3 Nf3 14.Rf3;
         F) 8...Bb4 9.Bd3 (9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Nc5 11.d3 h6 12.Nd4 a6 13.Bf3 
          ab5 14.ab5; 9.Nd4 0–0 10.Be2 Bc3 11.dc3 Nc5 12.0–0 Be4 13.Ba3 Nfd7 
          14.c4; 9.a5 0–0 10.Be2 Nc5 11.0–0 Nfe4 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.a6 b6 14.Qe1)
           9...0–0 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Bf5 ef5 12.Qe2 h6 13.Na2 a5 14.ba6;
         G) 8...Bg6 9.Bd3 (9.Be2 h6 10.0–0 0–0 11.a5 Nc5 12.Ne5 Bh7 13.a6 
          ba6 14.d4; 9.Nh4 e5 10.f5 Bh5 11.Be2 Be2 12.Qe2 0–0 13.0–0 Nc5 
          14.Ba3) 9...Nc5 10.Bg6 hg6 11.0–0 a6 12.Ng5 0–0 13.Qf3 ab5 14.Qh3;
         H) 8...g6 9.Nd4 (9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.ba6 ba6 12.Nd4 Bc5 13.g4 
          Bd4 14.ed4; 9.Bd3 0–0 10.0–0 Bd3 11.cd3 e5 12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 Qe6 
          14.Qb3; 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Be2 Be2 11.Qe2 0–0 12.0–0 a6 13.d3 e5 14.f5) 
          9...0–0 10.Be2 Bc5 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.0–0 Nc5 13.Nd4 Qd6 14.g4;
         I) 8...e5 9.Nh4 (9.fe5 Ne5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 h6 13.Nf5 
          Bf5 14.Rf5) 9...Bg6 10.fe5 Qe5 11.a5 0–0 12.Be2 Ne4 13.Nf3 Qh5 
          14.0–0; 
       8.Rc1 0–0 (8...Nc5 9.Be2 a6 10.ba6 Na6 11.Nd4 0–0 12.Bf3 c6 13.0–0 
       Nc5 14.Nf5) 9.Be2 (9.Bd3 Bd3 10.cd3 e5 11.fe5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.d4 
       Bd6 14.0–0) 9...h6 10.0–0 Bc5 11.Bd3 Rfe8 12.Rb1 Bd3 13.cd3 a6 14.Qb3 
      ) 
    8...Bg4 
       (8...0–0 9.Ng3–/+ (9.Ned4 Ne4 10.Be2 Bg6 11.0–0 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.g3 
       Bb4 14.c3) 9...Be4 10.Be2 e5 11.fe5 Ne5 12.0–0 Nf3 13.Bf3 Be5 14.Be5 
      ; 
       8...Be4 9.Ng3 0–0 10.Be2 e5 11.fe5 Ne5 12.0–0 Nf3 13.Bf3 Bg3 14.hg3; 
       8...Bg6 9.Ned4 (9.Ng3 0–0 10.Be2 Ne4 11.0–0 Ng3 12.hg3 f6 13.Bd3 Bh5 
       14.Be2) 9...0–0 10.Be2 Ne4 11.0–0 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 13.g3 Bb4 14.c3) 
    9.Ned4+= 
       (9.h3 Bf3 10.gf3 Nh5 11.h4 0–0 12.Bg2 g6 13.a4 Rfe8 14.Rh3; 
       9.Nc3 e5 10.fe5 Ne5 11.Be2 Bf3 12.Bf3 Nc4 13.Nd5 Nb2 14.Ne7) 
    9...Ne4 10.Be2 e5 
       (10...0–0 11.0–0= Nb6 12.d3 Na4 13.de4 Nb2 14.Qe1) 
    11.fe5= Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 
       (12...Be2 13.Qe2 Qe5 14.d3) 
    13.0–0 
       (13.Bg4 Qh4 14.g3) 
    13...h5 
       (13...Qb4 14.Bg4) 
    14.d3 Nd6 
       (14...Nc5 15.Bg4 hg4 16.Qg4+=) 
    15.Qd2 
       (15.Bg4 hg4 16.Qg4 Rh2=) 
    15...Rh6 16.Rae1 0–0–0 17.a4 Rg6 18.Bf3 Bf3 19.Rf3 Qh4 20.h3 Re8 21.Ref1 
    Qg5 22.R1f2 Bg3 23.Re2 Be5 24.Ref2 Bg3 25.Re2 Be5 ½–½
    
    
    
    
    (5) Bach,Matthias (2250) – Brunello,Sabino (2590)
    Copenhagen DEN, Politiken Cup, 2013
    
    1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 Qd6 4.b5 e5 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Qe6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 
    0–0 9.h3 Rd8 10.Qc1 Nf8 
       (10...a6 11.ba6 Ra6 12.c4+=) 
    11.c4+= Ng6 12.cd5 Nd5 13.d4 ed4 14.Nd4 Qe7 15.0–0 Ne3 16.fe3 Qe3 17.Kh1 
    Qg3 18.N4f3?? 
       (better is 18.N2f3 Nf4 19.Rg1 Bh3 20.Qf1+=) 
    18...Nf4–+ 19.Rg1 Ne2 20.Qc2 
       (20.Qe1 Ng1 21.Qg3 Bg3 22.Rg1–+) 
    20...Qh2! 21.Nh2 
       (21.Nh2 Ng3 mate  Mate attack) 
    Ng3 0–1
    
    
    
    
    (6) Bach,Matthias (2315) – Cebalo,Miso (2440)
    First Saturday GM April, 2012
    
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.a3 e5 4.Bb2 
       (4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.d3 Nc5 7.ab4 Bd6 8.bc5 0–0 9.cd6 b6 10.Bg5 Qe8 
       11.Be7 Ba6 12.Ba6 Na6 13.Bf8 Qf8 14.Ra6 Qd6 15.0–0 Qe7 16.Nc3 Qb4 
       17.Qa1 Qf8 18.Ne5 d6 yourmove (2795)–fslorenzo/net–chess.com 2008/1–0
       ; 
       4.ab4 Nf6 5.c3 d5 6.ed5 Nd5 7.d4 ed4 8.Qd4 Be7 9.Bc4 Be6 10.Qd3 Bf6 
       11.Ra3 Nc6 12.Nf3 0–0 13.0–0 a6 14.Re1 b5 15.Bd5 Qd5 16.Qd5 Bd5 17.Bf4 
       h6 18.Nbd2 Rfe8 usingprogrogram–jasam20/internet 2011 (61)) 
    4...Nc6 5.Bc4 Nf6N 
       (5...Bc5 6.ab4 Bb4 7.c3 Bc5 8.d4 Bb6 9.Nf3 d6 10.de5 de5 11.Qd8 Bd8 
       12.Na3 a6 13.Nb5 Nh6 14.Nd6 Ke7 15.Ba3 Kf6 16.Bd5 Ba5 17.Bb2 Bc7 
       18.Nc4 Re8 19.Bc1 Bg4 20.Bg5 Perrottey–Papapostolou,C/Leipzig olm 
       fin–C 1960/1–0 (57)) 
    6.Nf3 ba3 7.Na3 Ba3 
       (7...Ne4 8.Bd5 Nf6 9.Bc6 dc6 (worse is 9...bc6 10.Ne5 Be7 11.0–0=) 10.Ne5 
       Be7–/+) 
    8.Ra3 d6 9.0–0 0–0 
       (9...Ne4 10.Qe2 d5 11.d3 dc4 12.Qe4= (worse is 12.de4 Qe7–/+)) 
    10.Re1 Be6 11.Bf1 Rc8 12.h3 Qb6 13.Bc3 Nd4 
       (better is 13...Qc5!? 14.Qa1 a6+=) 
    14.Bd4+= ed4 15.Bd3 a6 16.Qa1 The isolani on d4 becomes a target 
    16...Qc5 17.Nd4 Qg5 18.Re3 Qe5 19.c3 Rfe8 20.Qb2 Rc7 21.Bb1 Qc5 22.f4 Bc8 
    23.Kh2 b5 24.Rb3 Be6 25.Rb4 Bd7 26.Rg3 h6 
       (26...Ne4? 27.Be4 Re4 28.Nb5+–) 
    27.Nb3 Qh5 28.f5 Kh8 29.d4?? 
       (better is 29.Rd4=) 
    Bc6 ½–½
    
    
    
    
    (7) Bach,Matthias (2270) – Flindt Christensen,Thomas (2165)
    North Sea Cup, 2008
    
    1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.f4 e6 5.b5 c5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.a4 Ne4 8.d3 Nd6 
    9.Be2 Be7 10.0–0 f6 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.e4 de4 13.de4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Bc4 
    Nf8 16.Qe2 Bd5 17.Rad1 Qd6 18.Rfe1 Rc7? 
       (18...Bc4 19.Qc4 Qb6+/–) 
    19.f5+/– Bc4 20.Qc4 Qb6 21.Bc3 Rd7 
       (21...ef5?? 22.a5 Qe6 23.Re6 (23.Qe6?! Ne6 24.Re6 Rd7+–) 23...Ne6 
       24.Qe6+–) 
    22.Qg4 
       (better is 22.Rd7!? Kd7 23.fe6 Ne6 24.Qd5 Qd6 25.Qb7 Qc7 26.Qe4+–) 
    22...Rd1= 23.Rd1 Kf7 24.Qh5 g6 25.fg6 Ng6 26.Ng5 Kg7 27.a5 Qb5 28.Ne6 Kg8 
    29.Qh6 Kf7 30.Ng5 
       (30.Re1 Qc4 31.Qg7 Ke8 32.Bf6 Bf6 33.Nf4 Ne7 34.Qf6 Qd4 35.Qd4 cd4 
       36.Nd5+–) 
    30...fg5? 
       (better is 30...Kg8 31.Re1 c4+/–) 
    31.Bh8+– Nh8 
       (31...Nf8 32.Re1 Qd7+–) 
    32.Qh7 Ke6 
       (32...Kf6 33.Qh8 Kf7 34.Qh7 Kf6 35.Rf1 Qf1 36.Kf1+–) 
    33.Re1 
       (33.Re1 Kd5 34.Qe4 Kd6 35.Rd1 Kc7 36.Qe7 Qd7 37.Qd7 Kb8 38.Qd8) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (8) Bach,Matthias (2260) – Foerster,A (2230)
    11th IHEM Hamburg GER, 2008
    
    1.b4 a5 2.b5 d5 3.Bb2 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 a4 8.0–0 
       (8.a3 
         A) 8...Be7 9.Nc3 (9.0–0 0–0 10.Qe1 Ne4 11.d3 Nd6 12.c4 Nf5 13.Qf2 
          Nf6 14.Ne5 d4=; 9.Ne5 Ne5 10.fe5 Nd7 11.0–0 Qc7 12.c4 
          dc4 13.Bc4 Ne5 14.b6 Qd6=) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Qb6 11.Qe1 
          Rd8 12.Rb1 d4 13.Nd1 Nd5 14.c4 dc3=;
         B) 8...c4 9.Bd4 (9.Nd4 Bc5 10.d3 cd3 11.Bd3 e5 12.Nf5 e4 13.Be2 
          0–0 14.0–0 Nb6=) 9...Ne4 10.0–0 Qa5 11.d3 cd3 12.Bd3 
          Ndc5 13.c4 f6 14.Be4 Ne4=;
         C) 8...Bd6 9.0–0 (9.Nc3 0–0 10.0–0 Re8 11.Qe1 e5 12.fe5 Ne5 
          13.Qh4 d4 14.Nd1 Bg4+=) 9...0–0 10.Qe1 Re8 11.Be5 Qc7 
          12.Qg3 b6 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Qh4 Ne5=; 
       8.Ne5 
         A) 8...Bd6 9.a3 (9.c4 0–0 10.0–0 Qc7 11.Nd7 Nd7 12.Qe1 e5 13.cd5 
          ef4 14.Qh4 Re8=; 9.0–0 0–0 10.c4 Qc7 11.Nd7 Nd7 12.Qe1 
          d4 13.Qh4 e5 14.fe5 Ne5=) 9...0–0 10.0–0 Qc7 11.Nd7 
          Nd7 12.Qe1 Re8 13.c4 e5 14.fe5 Be5=;
         B) 8...Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.c4 Ne5 11.fe5 Nd7 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.d4 f6 
          14.cd5 ed5=;
         C) 8...Ne5 9.fe5 Nd7 10.0–0 Qg5 11.Rf4 d4 12.Re4 f5 13.ef6 Nf6 
          14.Rf4 Bd6+=; 
       8.Na3 c4 9.0–0 Bd6 10.Qe1 Bc5 11.d4 Bd6 12.Nb1 Ne4 13.Nfd2 Nd2 14.Qd2 
       Nf6+=) 
    8...c4 
       (8...Be7 9.c4 (9.Qe1 0–0 10.Qg3 Qb6 11.a3 Rd8 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.c4 Nb6 
       14.d3 Rb8+=; 9.a3 0–0 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Qe1 Rd8 12.Ne5 d4 
       13.Nc4 Qc7 14.b6 Qc6+=; 9.d3 0–0 10.c4 Qb6 11.a3 Rd8 
       12.Qd2 Ng4 13.d4 Ndf6 14.Ne5 Nh6=; 9.Ne5= 0–0 10.c4 Ne5 
       11.fe5 Nd7 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.d4 f6 14.cd5 ed5=) 9...0–0 10.Qc2 
       dc4 11.Bc4 Bd6 12.a3 Nb6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Be2 Be7+=) 
    9.Bd4 
       (9.d3 cd3 10.cd3 Qb6 11.Nd4 Bc5 12.Na3 0–0 13.Rc1 e5 14.fe5 Ne5= 
      ; 
       9.f5 Bd6 10.fe6 fe6 11.Nd4 Qe7 12.d3 Nb6 13.dc4 a3 14.Bc3 Nc4=/
       9) 
    9...Be7 
       (9...Bc5 10.d3 Bd4 11.ed4 cd3 12.Bd3 0–0 13.Qe2 Qb6 14.Nbd2 Re8+= 
      ) 
    10.Nc3 
       (10.d3 cd3 11.cd3 Qa5+= 12.Nc3 0–0 13.Qc2 b6 14.Ne5 Bb7+=) 
    10...0–0= 11.h3 
       (11.a3 Qc7 12.d3 b6 13.dc4 dc4 14.Qe1 Rd8+=) 
    11...Ne8 
       (11...Qc7 12.d3 b6 13.Ne5 cd3 14.cd3 Bc5=) 
    12.g4 
       (12.e4 de4 13.Ne4 Nb6= 14.d3 Nd6=; 
       12.d3 Nd6 13.dc4 Nc4 14.e4 Ndb6=) 
    12...Nd6 
       (12...Bf6 13.Qe1 Bd4 14.Nd4 Nd6=) 
    13.d3 
       (13.a3 Qc7 14.d3 Nb6=) 
    13...Qa5 
       (13...b6 14.e4 de4+=/3) 
    14.Rb1 Bd8 
       (14...Qc7 15.Ne5=) 
    15.Qe1 Bb6 16.dc4 Bd4 17.ed4 Nc4 18.Bc4 dc4 19.Ne4 Qe1 
       (19...Qc7 20.Ne5=) 
    20.Rfe1+= Nb6 21.Nc3 Rd8 22.Re5 
       (22.a3 Kf8+=) 
    22...Nd7 23.Re4 Nb6 
       (23...Nf6 24.Re5=) 
    24.a3 f6 
       (24...Kf8 25.Ne5+=) 
    25.Rb4 
       (25.Rbe1 Kf7+=) 
    25...Bd7 26.Re2 Nd5 27.Nd5 ed5 28.Nd2 
       (28.Re7 Kf8 29.Re3 Re8 30.Re8 Re8=) 
    28...Ra5 
       (28...Re8 29.Kf2=) 
    29.b6+= Kf8 30.Nb1 
       (30.c3 f5 31.Re5 fg4 32.Nc4 Rb5 33.Rb5 Bb5+/–) 
    30...Be8 
       (30...f5 31.g5=) 
    31.Nc3+= Rd6 32.Re1 h5 
       (32...Bd7 33.Kf2+=) 
    33.Kf2 Bd7 34.Kf3 
       (34.gh5 Kf7+/–) 
    34...Be8 
       (34...g6 35.Re2+=) 
    35.Kg3 Ra6 36.Re8 
       (36.f5 hg4 37.hg4 g6+/–) 
    36...Ke8+= 37.Nb5 Kd7 38.Nd6 Kd6 39.gh5 Kc6 40.Kg4 Rb6?? 
       (better is 40...Ra8+/–) 
    41.Rb6–/+ 
       (41.Ra4 Rb2+=) 
    41...Kb6 42.Kf5 Kc6 43.Kg6 
       (better is 43.h6 gh6 44.Kf6 b5+–) 
    43...b5 44.Kg7 b4 45.h6 ba3 The passed pawn on a3 will quickly become a 
    dangerous weapon 46.h7 a2 47.h8Q a1Q 48.Qc8 Kd6 
       (48...Kb6 49.Qc5 Ka6 50.Qd6 Kb5 51.Qd5 Kb4 52.Qc5 Kc3 53.d5+– (
       53.Kf6?! a3+=)) 
    49.Qc5+/– Ke6 50.Qc6 Kf5 51.Qf6 Ke4 52.f5?? 
       (better is 52.Qe5 Kf3 53.f5+–) 
    52...Ke3?? 
       (52...Qg1 53.Qg6 Qg6 54.fg6 a3+/–) 
    53.Qg5 
       (53.Qe5 Kd2 54.Qd5 Qf1 55.Qa5 Kc2 56.Qa4 Kd3+–) 
    53...Ke2 54.Qg4 
       (54.Qg2 Ke3 55.Qd5 Qd4 56.Qd4 Kd4 57.f6+–) 
    54...Kd2 55.f6 Qb2 56.f7 Qb7 1–0
    
    
    
    
    (9) Bach,Matthias (2305) – Friedrich,Wiede (2085)
    Berlin Lichtenberger op 8th, 2009
    
    1.b4 e5+= 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bf6 Qf6 
       (worse is 5...gf6 6.Nd5+=) 
    6.Nd5 Qd6 7.Nb4 Qb4 8.g3 
       (8.Nf3 0–0=) 
    8...Qe4+= 9.f3 Qe7 10.Nh3 b6 11.Bg2 Ba6 12.e3 0–0–0 
       (12...0–0 13.f4+=) 
    13.Kf2 g5 
       (13...h5 14.f4+=) 
    14.f4= f6 15.Qh5 Qe6 16.Rhd1 g4 
       (16...h6 17.Kg1=) 
    17.f5+= Qg8 18.Nf4 Ne7 19.d3 Bb7 20.e4 c5 21.c4 Qg7 22.Bf1 Nc6 23.Be2 Ne5 
       (23...Rhg8 24.Rab1+=) 
    24.a4+/– Rdg8 
       (24...Qg5 25.a5+/–) 
    25.a5 Qf8 26.ab6 ab6 27.Nd5 Bd5 28.cd5 
       (28.ed5?! Kb7 29.h4 Rg6 30.fg6 hg6 31.Qh8 Qh8=) 
    28...Kb7 29.Ra2 Rg5 30.Qh4 Qf7 31.Rda1 
       (31.Qh6 Rh5 32.Qf4 Rh2 33.Ke3 h5+=) 
    31...Rb8 
       (31...Rh5 32.Ra7 Kb8 33.Ra8 Kc7 34.Rh8 Rh4 35.gh4+=) 
    32.Qh6= Rh5 33.Qf4 Rh2 34.Ke3 Kc8 35.Bg4 Qg7 36.Bf3 Ra2 37.Ra2 Kb7 38.g4 
    Ra8 39.Ra8 Ka8 40.Be2 h6 41.Kd2 Qg5 42.Qg5 hg5 43.Kc3 b5 44.d4 cd4 45.Kd4 
    b4 46.d6 
       (46.Ke3 Kb8=) 
    46...Kb7–/+ 47.Bb5 Kb6 48.Ba4 Ka5 
       (48...Ng4 49.Bd7 Ne5 50.Ba4–+) 
    49.Bd1 Kb5 50.Kd5 b3 51.Bb3 Ng4 52.Bc4 Kb6 53.Be2 Ne5 54.Bd1 
       (better is 54.Bf1!?+=) 
    54...g4–/+ 55.Kd4 g3 56.Ke3 Kc6 57.Bf3 Nf3 58.Kf3 Kd6 59.Kg3 Ke5 60.Kf3 Kd4 
    61.Kf4 d6 62.Kf3 Kd3 63.Kf4 Ke2 64.e5 de5 65.Ke4 Kf2 66.Kd5 e4 67.Ke4 Kg3 
    68.Ke3 Kg4 69.Ke4 Kg5 70.Ke3 Kf5 71.Kf3 ½–½
    
    
    
    
    (10) Bach,Matthias (2270) – Hamblok,R (2130)
    12th HZ Open, 2008
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.g3 0–0 5.Bg2 Re8 6.Nf3 d5 7.0–0 Bg4 8.Bb2 
    Nbd7 9.d3 Qe7 10.a3 Ba5 
       (10...Bc5 11.e3 (11.h3 Bf3 12.Bf3 Qe6 13.Kg2 Bd6 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.e3 c5 
       16.Rb1 Rab8 17.c4+=) 11...Nb6 (11...Qe6 12.Nbd2 c6 13.h3 
       Bh5 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.g4 Bg6 16.Nh4 Bc7 17.Ng6=; 11...c6 12.h3 
       Be6 13.Nd4 Bd4 14.Bd4 c5 15.Bb2 Qd6 16.Nc3 Nb6 17.Qf3=; 
       11...Rad8 12.h3 Be6 13.Nd4 Bd4 14.Bd4 c5 15.Bb2 Qd6 16.Nd2 b5 17.f4= 
      ) 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 Bd6 15.Nd2 c6 16.Re1 Rad8 
       17.Ng6=; 
       10...Bd6 
         A) 11.e3 c6 (11...Ne5 12.Nbd2 c6 13.h3 Nf3 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Nd2 Be6 
          16.c4 Rad8 17.Qc2+=; 11...Qe6 12.h3 Bf3 13.Qf3 c6 
          14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Rab1 b5 17.e4=; 11...Rad8 
          12.Nc3 c6 13.h3 Bf3 14.Qf3 b5 15.Ne2 Ne5 16.Qf5 Nfd7 17.Nd4+= 
         ; 11...b5 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 c6 15.Ng6 fg6 
          16.c4 bc4 17.dc4+=; 11...Nc5 12.Nc3 c6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qd2 
          Bf3 15.Bf3 b5 16.Bg2 Rac8 17.Rfb1+=; 11...c5 12.h3 Be6 
          13.Ng5 Bf5 14.e4 Bg6 15.ed5 Rad8 16.Nf3 Nd5 17.Re1+=; 
          11...Nb6 12.Nc3 c6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Re1 Rad8 15.g4 Bg6 16.Nh4 Rf8 
          17.a4+=) 12.h3 Be6 13.Nd4 Nc5 14.Ne6 fe6 15.d4 Na4 
          16.Bc1 Nb6 17.f4+=;
         B) 11.Re1 Nb6 (11...Ne5 12.Nbd2 c6 13.h3 Nf3 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Nd4 
          Bd7 16.c4 Be5 17.Qb3=; 11...c5 12.Nbd2 b5 13.h3 Bf3 
          14.Nf3 Rab8 15.Rb1 a6 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.e3+=; 11...Nc5 
          12.h3 Be6 13.Bd4 c6 14.Nbd2 Ncd7 15.Qb1 b6 16.Bb2 Bc5 17.Nb3= 
         ; 11...c6 12.Nbd2 Nc5 13.c4 Rad8 14.Rb1 Rd7 15.cd5 cd5 
          16.h3 Be6 17.Nd4=; 11...Rad8 12.Nbd2 Nb6 13.h3 Be6 
          14.e4 de4 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Ne4 Qh6 17.Nd6=) 12.Nc3 c6 
          13.Qd2 Bf3 14.Bf3 Be5 15.Rab1 Rad8 16.Qd1 Qc5 17.Qd2+= 
         ) 
    11.h3 Bh5 
       (11...Bf3 12.Bf3 Qe6 13.Kg2 Rad8 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Nb3 Bb6 16.Be5 Qe5 
       17.d4+=; 
       11...Be6 12.Nbd2 c6 13.Nb3 Bc7 14.Nbd4 c5 15.Ne6 Qe6 16.Rb1 Rab8 
       17.e4=) 
    12.e3 
       (12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 c6 14.Ng6 fg6 15.e3 Nc5 16.Bd4 Ne6 17.Bb2+=/
       10) 
    12...Rad8 
       (12...c6 13.Nbd2 b5 14.c4 Nc5 15.cb5 Bd2 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nd2+=
       ) 
    13.Nbd2 
       (13.g4 Bg6 14.Nbd2 c6 15.Rb1 h6 16.Nh4 Bh7 17.Nb3+=) 
    13...Nc5 
       (13...c6 14.Nb3 (14.Rb1 b5 15.g4 Bg6 16.g5 Nh5 17.Nb3+=)
        14...Bc7 15.Qd2+= Bf3 16.Bf3 Be5 17.Rfb1+=) 
    14.a4 
       (14.g4 Bg6+= 15.Nb3 Nb3 16.cb3 c6 17.Qc2=; 
       14.Nb3 Bb6 15.g4 Bg6 16.Nc5 Bc5 17.Nh4=) 
    14...Nfe4+= 15.g4 
       (15.Nb1 Ng5 16.g4 Nf3 17.Qf3+=) 
    15...Nd2 16.Nd2 Bg6 17.Ba3 Bd2 18.Qd2 d4?? 
       (better is 18...Rd7+=) 
    19.Qb4 
       (19.ed4!? Rd4 20.Rfe1 Be4+–) 
    19...b6 
       (19...de3 20.Qc5 Qc5 21.Bc5 ef2 22.Kf2+–) 
    20.ed4 a5 21.Qc4 
       (21.Qc4 Qe6 22.dc5 Qc4 23.dc4+–) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (11) Bach,Matthias (2350) – Hebbinghaus,Holger (2300)
    Hamburg–ch 2nd A, 2004
    
    1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.Nf3 Bf3 4.gf3 Nd7 
       (4...Nf6 5.a3+=) 
    5.f4 
       (5.e4 Ngf6+=) 
    5...e6 6.e3 Ngf6 
       (6...Bb4?? 7.Bg7 Qh4 8.Bh8+–) 
    7.b5 
       (7.Rg1 Qe7+=) 
    7...Bd6+= 8.Rg1 Rg8 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4 e5 
       (10...Qe7 11.Nc3=) 
    11.fe5 Ne5 
       (11...Be5 12.d4 Bh2 13.Rh1+=) 
    12.Be2 Qe7 
       (12...Ned7 13.Bf3 Nc5 14.d4+=) 
    13.Qa4 Ned7 
       (13...h6 14.Rg2=) 
    14.Qh4 
       (14.Bf6 Qf6 15.Qe4 Qe5 16.Qe5 Ne5+=) 
    14...0–0–0 15.Nc3 
       (15.d4 Nf8=) 
    15...Ba3 
       (15...h6 16.Rc1=) 
    16.0–0–0 
       (16.Ba3 Qa3 17.Qa4 Qc5=) 
    16...Bb2 
       (16...Nb6 17.Kc2+=) 
    17.Kb2= Kb8 
       (17...Nb6 18.d3=) 
    18.d3 
       (18.Rc1 Ne5 19.d4 Ng6=) 
    18...Ne5 
       (18...Nf8 19.Rc1=) 
    19.Qa4 Nd5 
       (19...g5 20.d4 Ned7 21.Qa3=) 
    20.Nd5 Rd5 21.d4 Nd7 22.Rd2 
       (22.Qb3 Rf5 23.Rg2 Qf6=) 
    22...Nf6 
       (22...Nb6 23.Qb3=) 
    23.Rc2 Rd7 
       (23...Rf5 24.Bd3 Rh5 25.Rg2=) 
    24.Rgc1 
       (24.Rc3 Qd6+=) 
    24...g6 
       (24...Re8 25.Bf3 Qe6 26.Qa5+=) 
    25.Ka1 
       (25.Bf3!?+/–) 
    25...Nd5 
       (25...Ne4 26.Bd3 f5 27.Be4 fe4 28.Rc5=) 
    26.Bf3 Nb6 27.Qb3 Qe6 
       (27...Qf6 28.Bg2=) 
    28.Qe6 fe6 29.Bg4 
       (29.Be4 Nd5+=) 
    29...Re7 
       (29...Re8 30.f4+=) 
    30.f4 
       (30.Rc5 h6+=) 
    30...Nd5= 31.Re1 
       (31.Re2 g5 32.fg5 Rg5=) 
    31...g5 32.fg5 Rg5 33.Bf3 Rf7 
       (33...Nb4 34.Rc4 Nd3 35.Rb1=) 
    34.Rg2 
       (34.Be4 Kc8=) 
    34...Rg2+= 35.Bg2 Rf2 36.Bd5 ed5 37.e4 
       (37.h4 a6 38.ba6 ba6=) 
    37...de4 
       (37...Rh2!? 38.e5 Kc8+=) 
    38.Re4= Kc8 
       (38...a6 39.Rh4=) 
    39.Rh4 Rf5 40.a4 h5 41.Kb2 Kd7 42.Kc3 ½–½
    
    
    
    
    (12) Bach,Matthias (2300) – Hoiberg,Erling (2150)
    Esbjerg DEN, 2007
    
    1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.b5 Bd6 6.Be2 h6 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.d4 Rc8 
    9.c4 dc4 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.a4 
       (11.Nc4 Nc4 12.Bc4 0–0=) 
    11...0–0 12.a5 White gets in control 12...c3 13.Bc3 Nbd5 14.Bb2 c6 
    15.bc6 Rc6 16.Nc4 Bb4 Attacks the isolani on a5 17.Nfe5 Rc8 
       (17...Rc7 18.Ba3=) 
    18.Qb3 Qe7 
       (18...Ne4 19.Rfc1=) 
    19.f3+= Rfd8 
       (19...Ne8!?+=) 
    20.e4+/– Nf4 21.Bd3 Bh7 22.g3 N4h5 
       (22...Ng6!? 23.Ng6 Bg6+–) 
    23.Ra4 Bd6 24.Nd6 Qd6 25.Rb4 
       (25.Qb7 Nd7 26.Nc4 Qb8+–) 
    25...Rb8 
       (25...Nd7 26.Nc4 Qc6 27.Rb7+–) 
    26.Rb7 Nd7 27.Nc4 Qe7 
       (27...Rb7 28.Qb7 (28.Nd6?? Rb3 29.Nb5 a6–+) 28...Qb8 29.a6+–) 
    28.a6 Ra8 29.Qb5 
       (29.Qa4 Qe8+–) 
    29...Qg5 
       (29...Nhf6 30.Na5 Qd6 31.Nc6+–) 
    30.Qg5 hg5 31.Na5 Nc5 
       (31...g4 32.fg4 Nhf6+–) 
    32.dc5 Rd3 33.Nc6 
       (better is 33.c6!? Rdd8 34.c7 Rf8+–) 
    33...g4 34.Ne5 
       (34.Ne7!? Kf8 35.c6 gf3+–) 
    34...Rd2 35.Ng4 
       (35.fg4?! Be4 36.Nf3 Rc2+–) 
    35...Rc8 
       (35...Rc2 36.Rc1 Rc1 37.Bc1+–) 
    36.Rc1 f5 37.ef5 Bf5 38.c6 Bd3 39.c7 
       (39.Rd7 Rb2 40.Rd3 Rbb8+–) 
    39...Ba6 40.Rb8 
       (worse is 40.Ra7 Rb2 41.Ra6 Rb7+–) 
    40...Kh7 
       (40...Rd7 41.Be5 Rf8 42.Ra1 Rc7 43.Rf8 Kf8 44.Bc7+–) 
    41.Be5 
       (41.Be5 Nf6 42.Bf6 gf6 43.Nf6 Kg6 44.Ne4+–; 
       41.Rc6 Rd1 42.Kg2 Rb1+–) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (13) Bach,Matthias (2250) – Konstantinov,Ma (1990)
    Odense DEN, HC Andersen Open, 2013
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 
       (4...Nc6 5.Bf6 Qf6 6.Nd5=) 
    5.Rb1= a5 6.e3 d5 7.h3 
       (7.Nf3 Nbd7+=) 
    7...Nbd7+= 8.Bh2 0–0 9.Nce2 Ne4 10.Nf3 Ndf6 11.c3 Bd6 12.d3 Bh2 13.Nh2 Nd6 
    14.Nf4 Re8 15.Be2 Qe7 16.0–0 Nb5 17.Qd2 Nc7 18.Rfe1 Ne6 19.Bf1 h5 
       (19...b5 20.Nf3+=) 
    20.Nf3 Qc7 21.g3 g6 
       (21...Nf4 22.ef4 Be6 23.Nd4=) 
    22.Bg2 Bd7 23.Qb2 Rab8 24.c4 Nf4 25.ef4 
       (worse is 25.Qf6 Nd3 26.Ng5 Bf5 (26...Ne1?? 27.Qf7 Kh8 28.Qh7) 27.cd5 Ne1–/+ 
      ) 
    25...Qd8 26.Re8 Be8 27.f5 dc4 28.dc4 Ne4 
       (better is 28...Nd7!?+/–) 
    29.fg6+– fg6 30.Qe5 
       (30.Ne5!? Ng5+–) 
    30...Nf6+/– 31.Ng5 b5? 
       (better is 31...Nd7 32.Qe6 Kg7+–) 
    32.Ne6+– Qe7 33.Qb8 Qe6 34.cb5 cb5 35.Rb5 Qa2 
       (35...a4+–) 
    36.Bd5 Nd5 
       (36...Qd5 37.Rd5 Nd5 38.Qe8 Kg7 39.Qe5 Kh7 40.Qd5 Kg7+–) 
    37.Qe8 Kg7 38.Qd7 
       (38.Qd7 Kh6 39.Qd5 Qd5 40.Rd5+–; 
       38.Rb7 Nc7 39.Rc7 Qf7 40.Qf7 Kh6 41.Qf4 g5 42.Qd6) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (14) Bach,Matthias (2320) – Meyer,Falko (2330)
    Hamburg–chI, 1998
    
    1.b4 f5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.b5 Be7 5.e3 0–0 6.Be2 c5 7.c4 
       (7.0–0 d5=) 
    7...b6 
       (7...a6 8.Qa4=) 
    8.0–0 a6 9.a4 
       (9.Nc3 Bb7=) 
    9...Bb7 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.d3 Nc3 12.Bc3 d6 13.Qd2 White prepares a5 
    13...Nd7 
       (13...Bf6 14.d4=) 
    14.ba6 
       (14.a5 ab5 15.cb5 ba5 16.Ra5 Ra5 17.Ba5 Nb6=) 
    14...Ra6 15.a5 Qa8 
       (15...Bf6 16.ab6 Rb6 17.Rfb1=) 
    16.ab6+= Nb6 
       (16...Bf6 17.Ra6 Qa6 18.Bf6 Rf6 19.d4 Nb6 20.dc5 Bf3 21.Bf3 Nc4 
       22.Qd4 dc5 23.Qc3+= (worse is 23.Qc5 Nd2 24.Rc1 Nf3 25.gf3 f4=)) 
    17.Ra6 Qa6 18.Ra1 Na4 19.Bd1 Bc6 20.Ba4 Ba4 21.Qa2 
       (21.Qb2 e5+=) 
    21...Ra8= 22.Qb2 Bf8 
       (22...e5 23.Qe2=) 
    23.Nd2 
       (23.Ra2 Qc6=) 
    23...Qc8= 24.e4 
       (24.f3 Rb8 25.Qa2 Bc6=) 
    24...fe4 25.de4 Bc6 26.Ra8 Qa8 27.f3 
       (27.Qc2 d5=) 
    27...Qa4 
       (27...d5 28.ed5 ed5 29.cd5 Bd5 30.Be5+=) 
    28.Qb3 
       (28.Qb1 d5=) 
    28...Kf7 
       (28...Qb3!? 29.Nb3 d5+=) 
    29.Qa4= Ba4 30.Kf2 
       (30.f4 Be7=) 
    30...g6 
       (30...Bc6 31.Ke2=) 
    31.Ke2 
       (31.Ke3 Bc6=) 
    31...Bc6 
       (31...Bh6 32.g3=) 
    32.Ba5 
       (32.f4 d5=) 
    32...Bb7 
       (32...Bg7 33.Bc7 Be5 34.Nb3=) 
    33.g3 
       (33.Bc7 d5=) 
    33...Bg7 34.Kd3 Bd4 
       (34...g5 35.Bc3=) 
    35.f4 
       (35.Nb3 Be5=) 
    35...d5 36.ed5 
       (36.Bb6 h6+=) 
    36...ed5+= 37.cd5 
       (37.Nb3 Bf2+=) 
    37...Bd5 38.Ne4 
       (38.Bc3 Bf2+=) 
    38...Bg1 39.Ng5 
       (39.Nc3!? Bf3 40.Bc7+=) 
    39...Kg8–/+ 40.Ke2 Bh2 41.Kf2 h6 42.Nh3 
       (42.Nf3 Bf3 43.Kf3 Bg1–/+) 
    42...Kf7 43.Bd2 
       (43.Bc3 c4–/+) 
    43...Kf6 
       (43...c4 44.Bc3–+) 
    44.Ng1–/+ Kf5 45.Nf3 Bf3 
       (45...Bg3 46.Kg3 g5 47.fg5 hg5 48.Ng5=) 
    46.Kf3 Bg1 47.g4 Kf6 48.f5 
       (48.Bc3 Ke6–/+) 
    48...h5 
       (48...gf5 49.gf5 h5 50.Ke4–+) 
    49.fg6–/+ h4 
       (49...hg4 50.Kg4 Kg6 51.Kf4–/+) 
    50.Kg2 
       (50.Bg5 Kg5 51.g7 Kf6+–) 
    50...Bd4–/+ 51.Kh3 
       (better is 51.Be1!?–/+) 
    51...Bf2–+ 52.Ba5 
       (52.Kg2 Bg3–/+) 
    52...c4 
       (52...Kg6?! 53.Bb6=) 
    53.Bc3 
       (53.g5 Kg6 54.Kg4 h3 55.Kh3 Kg5 56.Bd2 Kf5–+) 
    53...Kg6 54.Bd2 
       (54.Kg2 Kg5–+) 
    54...Kf6 
       (54...Bg3 55.Bc3–+) 
    55.Bc3 Ke6 56.Bb4 Ke5 57.Bc3 Ke4 
       (57...Kf4 58.Bf6–+) 
    58.Ba5 Bg3 59.Bb4 Kd5 
       (59...Kd3 60.g5 Bf2 61.g6=) 
    60.Ba5 
       (60.g5 Kd4–+) 
    Ke4?? 
       (better is 60...Kd4–+) 
    ½–½
    
    
    
    
    (15) Bach,Matthias (2300) – Ochsner,B (2165)
    Politiken Cup, Copenhagen DEN, 2010
    
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.Bc4 Nf6 
       (3...e6 4.Qe2 Ne7 5.e5 d5 6.Bb3 Nbc6 7.Nf3 Nf5 8.Bb2 h5 9.a3 Bd7 
       10.ab4 Bb4 11.c3 Ba5 12.Ba3 d4 13.0–0 Bb6 14.Bc2 Nh4 15.Re1 Nf3 16.Qf3 
       Qg5 17.Bd6 f6 18.Na3 Sapienza,J (2215)–Vargas Maliqueo,I (2195)/
       Buenos Aires ARG, Larsen Mem 2011/1) 
    4.e5N 
       (4.Nf3 Ne4 5.Bb2 e6 6.0–0 Nf6 7.d4 d6 8.d5 e5 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Ng5 0–0 
       11.f4 Ng4 12.Ne6 Qb6 13.Kh1 Ne3 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh3 fe6 16.Rf3 ed5 17.Qh6 
       dc4 18.Rg3 Ng4 Malia,J (2500)–Gallego,V (2355)/Sevilla op 1999/0–1 
      ) 
    4...d5 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Be2 Ng8 7.a3 ba3 8.Na3 e6 9.Nb5 Bb5 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Qg4 
    a6 12.Qa4 Rc8 
       (12...ab5 13.Qa8 Qa8 14.Ra8 Ke7 15.Nf3+–) 
    13.Be2 Qd7 14.Rb1 
       (better is 14.Nf3!?–/+) 
    14...Ne5–+ 15.Qd7 Nd7 16.Rb7 Rc2 17.Bb2 Rc8 
       (better is 17...f6!?–+) 
    18.Ba6+= Nc5 
       (better is 18...Rb8!?+=) 
    19.Bb5+= Kd8 20.Ra7?? 
       (better is 20.Rf7 Ne7 21.Be5+=) 
    20...Rb8–+ 21.Ba3 Nf6 22.Ne2? 
       (22.d4 Nb3 23.Nf3 Rb5 24.Ra8 Kc7 25.Rf8 Rf8 26.Bf8 Nd4 27.Nd4 Rb1 
       28.Ke2 Rh1 29.Bg7–+) 
    22...Rb5–+ 23.Nc3 Rb8 24.Rf7 Nd3 25.Ke2 Nf4 
       (worse is 25...Ba3 26.Kd3 Rg8 27.Ra1–+) 
    26.Kf3 Ba3 27.Kf4 Be7 0–1
    
    
    
    
    (16) Bach,Matthias (2250) – Ottesen,Soren Rud (1830)
    Odense DEN, HC Andersen Open, 2013
    
    1.e4 c5 
       (1...e5 2.Nf3=) 
    2.a3 d6 3.b4 
       (3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6+=) 
    3...b6 
       (3...Nf6 4.Nc3=) 
    4.Nc3 Bb7 5.bc5 bc5 6.Rb1 Qc8 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Ba4 e6 10.d4 cd4 
    11.Nd4 Nge7 12.Nd5! Rb8?? 
       (12...ed5 13.Bc6 Double attack; 
       12...Nd5 13.Bc6 Double attack) 
    13.Ne7+– Ke7 
       (13...Be7 14.Nc6 Bc6 15.Bc6 Kf8 16.Rb8 Qb8+–) 
    14.Rb7! Rb7 
       (14...Rb7 15.Bc6 Remove defender; 
       14...Qb7 15.Nc6 Double attack (15.Bc6 Remove defender)) 
    15.Nc6 
       (15.Bc6?! Rb6 16.Ba4 Qc3 17.Qd2 Qd2 18.Kd2 Kf6+–) 
    15...Kf6 
       (15...Qc6 16.Bc6 Rc7+–) 
    16.Qf3 Kg6 17.Qg4 
       (17.Qg4 Kf6 18.Qg5; 
       17.Qg3 Kh5 18.Qg5) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (17) Bach,Matthias (2270) – Rasmussen,Lars (1955)
    Helsingor DEN, Politiken Cup, 2012
    
    1.e4 c5 2.a3 Nc6 3.b4 cb4 4.ab4 Nb4 5.Nc3 d6N 
       (5...e6 6.Ba3 a5 7.Nf3 d5 8.ed5 ed5 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bb4 Bb5 11.Bf8 Bc6 
       12.Bg7 Qe7 13.Qe2 Qe2 14.Ne2 1–0 rogeliovargas (2180)–chessleon 
       (2005)/net–chess.com 2010; 
       5...b6 6.Ba3 e6 7.Rb1 Nc2 8.Qc2 Ba3 9.Nb5 Bc5 10.d4 a6 11.dc5 ab5 
       12.Bb5 bc5 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.0–0 Nf6 15.f4 Bb7 16.Nc3 c4 17.Rbe1 0–0 18.f5 
       Ng4 19.fe6 Qh2 mate  0–1 rogeliovargas (2180)–pcmvr (2840)/
       net–chess.com 2010; 
       5...Nc6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Bc4 d6 8.0–0 Be7 9.d4 Nf6 10.de5 Ne5 11.Ne5 de5 
       12.Qd8 Bd8 13.Ba3 Be7 14.Be7 Ke7 15.f3 Rd8 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.Bd5 Rb8 
       18.Ra7 f6 19.Rb1 Rd7 20.c4 hhzk878–latibro614181 kurnik 2012/1–0 
       (51)) 
    6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Ba3 Nc6 8.Nge2 g6 9.0–0 Bg7 10.h3 0–0 11.d3 a6 12.Bb2 Bd7 
    13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.ed5 Ne5 
       (15...Na5 16.Re1–/+) 
    16.Bb3+= g5 17.f4 gf4 18.Nf4 Ng6 19.Nh5 Kh8 20.Qd2 f6 21.Rae1 Rg8 22.Re4 
       (22.Qe3 a5–/+) 
    22...Bh3! 23.Rf3 
       (23.gh3 Nf4 Double attack (23...Nh4 Decoy)) 
    23...Bg2! 24.Qg2 
       (24.Qg2 Nh4 Pinning (24...Nh4 Decoy); 
       24.Kg2 Nf4 Double attack) 
    24...Nh4 25.Rh4 Qb6 26.d4 Rg2 27.Kg2 Rg8 28.Kf2 Qa5 29.Ng3 Qd2 30.Ne2 Qg5 
       (30...Rg7 31.c4–/+) 
    31.Rfh3+= Rg7 32.Bc4 Kg8 
       (32...f5 33.Rh2 Rf7 34.Bd3=) 
    33.Bd3 
       (33.Rh5 Qg2 34.Ke3 Qg4=) 
    33...Qd5 
       (33...Qg2 34.Ke3 Qd5 35.Nf4–/+) 
    34.Bh7+= Kf8 35.Be4 Qb5 
       (better is 35...Qa5!?=) 
    36.Nf4+/– Qc4?? 
       (36...Rg8 37.Rc3 Qd7+–) 
    37.Rh8+– Rg8 38.Ng6 Kg7 
       (38...Ke8 39.Rg8 Qg8+–) 
    39.R3h7 mate 1–0
    
    
    
    
    (18) Bach,Matthias (2300) – Richter,Gera (2115)
    Sparkassen Open A, Dortmund GER, 2010
    
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.a3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 
       (5.ab4 Nb4 6.c3 N4c6 7.d4 d5 8.Bd3 g6 9.Ne2 Bf5 10.Bf5 gf5 11.e6 fe6 
       12.Nf4 Qd7 13.Qh5 Kd8 14.Qf7 Kc8 15.Ne6 Nd8 16.Nd8 Kd8 17.Ra5 b5 
       18.Nd2 Bh6 19.0–0 Rf8 Zajarni,A (2415)–Chrz,P (2190)/Pardubice Czech 
       op 1998/1–0 (61)) 
    5...Nb6 6.Bb3 e6 7.ab4N 
       (7.d4 ba3 8.Ba3 Ba3 9.Na3 0–0 10.Nf3 d6 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.c3 de5 13.de5 
       Na5 14.Bc2 a6 15.Qe4 g6 16.h4 Nd5 17.h5 Nc3 18.Qg4 Kg7 19.hg6 fg6 
       20.Qh3 Rh8 21.Qh6 Kg8 inznorek (1820)–theantropos (1735)/kurnik 2011/
       0–1 (48)) 
    7...Qg5 8.Nf3 Qg2 9.Rg1 Qh3 10.Nc3 h6 11.b5 
       (11.Nb5!? Na6 12.Bb2 Bb4 13.Rg7+=) 
    11...d6 12.ed6 N8d7 13.Ba3 Nf6 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Nf6 Qf6 17.Ne5 
    Nc8 18.Rg3 Nd6 
       (18...Bd6 19.Bb2 Rf8 20.Bc3+/–) 
    19.Bb2 
       (19.Rf3!? Nf5 20.Bb2=) 
    19...Bb5–/+ 
       (19...Nb5 20.Ba4 Bc5 21.Rb1+– (worse is 21.Bb5 Qf2 22.Qf2 Bf2 23.Kf2 Bb5 
       24.Rg7 Bc6+–)) 
    20.Qe3 a6 21.Qb6 Qd8 22.Qd4 Nf5 23.Qf4 Bd6 24.Rg7 Qc7 25.Be6? 
       (better is 25.Rg1–/+) 
    25...Ng7–+ 26.Bf7 Kd8 27.Qf6 Qe7 28.Qg7 
       (28.Qe7 Ke7 29.Bd5 Rhe8 30.Bb7 Rab8–+) 
    28...Rf8 29.0–0–0 Be5 30.Be5 Qf7 
       (better is 30...Rf7!? 31.Qh8 Qe8 32.Qe8 Be8 33.f4–+) 
    31.Qh6 Bc6 
       (31...Qf2?! 32.Qd6 Bd7 33.Bg3–+) 
    32.Rg1 Re8?? 
       (better is 32...Rg8 33.Qd6 Ke8–+) 
    33.Rg7= Qe6?? 
       (better is 33...Qd5 34.Qg5 Kc8 35.Rc7 Kb8 36.Re7 Kc8 37.Rc7 Kb8 38.Re7 Kc8 
       39.Rc7=) 
    34.Qh4 Kc8 35.Rc7 Kb8 36.Re7 Qe5?! 
       (36...Kc8 37.Re6 Re6 38.Qh8 Re8 39.Qh3 Bd7+–) 
    37.Re5 Re5 38.Qf4 1–0
    
    
    
    
    (19) Bach,Matthias (2315) – Rodriguez,Lopez R (2265)
    First Saturday GM April, 2012
    
    1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 0–0 5.h4N 
       (5.b5 d6 (5...a6 6.a4 ab5 7.ab5 Ra1 8.Ba1 c6 9.c4 cb5 10.cb5 d6 
       11.Nf3 Bd7 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.0–0 e6 14.d4 d5 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Nc5 Bb5 17.Bb5 
       Qb5 18.Qb1 Qb1 19.Rb1 Na6 20.Na6 blaugrana18–standys102619003 
       kurnik 2012/½–½ (60)) 6.Nf3 a6 7.a4 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Nbd7 
       10.0–0 Nb6 11.d4 Bd7 12.Nbd2 Nfd5 13.c4 Nf6 14.c5 dc5 15.dc5 Nbd5 
       16.Bc4 c6 17.Bd5 Nd5 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Ne5 f6 blaugrana18–7seven467906 
       kurnik 2012/½–½ (76); 
       5.a3 a5 6.b5 b6 7.a4 c6 8.d3 c5 9.Nd2 d5 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Ngf3 e6 12.0–0 
       Qc7 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.fe5 Nd7 15.d4 c4 16.Nf3 f6 17.ef6 Nf6 18.c3 Ne4 
       19.Nd2 Nf6 elsh1403–mietz311926 kurnik 2011/1–0 (32)) 
    5...d6 6.c4 h5 7.d3 e5 8.Nd2 Re8 9.Ne4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Qd2 c6 12.a4 
       (12.0–0 Ne4 13.de4 a5=) 
    12...d5 
       (better is 12...Ne4!? 13.de4 a5+=) 
    13.cd5 cd5 14.Neg5 e4 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.b5 Bg4 17.Ba3 Qd8 18.f3 ed3 19.Bd3 
    Bd7 20.0–0 Rc8 21.Rac1 Nc4 22.Bc4 dc4 23.Rfd1 Qc7 24.e4 c3 25.Qe2 Qc4 
    26.Qc4 Rc4 27.Ne2 c2 28.Rd2 Ra4 29.Bd6 Rc4 30.Rdc2 Rc2 31.Rc2 Bb5 32.Nd4 
    Bd3 33.Rc3? 
       (better is 33.Rd2 Ne4 34.Ne4 Bd4 35.Kh2 Be4 36.Rd4–+) 
    33...Ne4–+ 34.Rd3 Nd6 35.Nb3 Bf8 36.Nc5 Rc8 37.Nd7 Be7 38.Ne5 Rc7 39.g4 
    Rc5 40.Nd7 Rc7 41.Ne5 hg4 42.fg4 f6 
       (better is 42...Bg5 43.hg5 Ne4–+) 
    43.Ng6 fg5 44.Ne7 Re7 45.Rd6 gh4 46.Kg2 Kg7 47.Kh3?? 
       (47.Rd8 b6 48.Rb8–+) 
    47...b5 48.Kh4 b4 49.Kg5 b3 50.Rg6 Kf7 51.Rf6 Ke8 52.Rh6 
       (52.Rf1–+) 
    52...Rb7 53.Rh8 Kd7 54.Rh1 b2 55.Rb1 
       (55.Kf4 b1Q 56.Rb1 Rb1–+) 
    55...a5 56.Kf6 a4 57.g5 a3 58.g6 0–1
    
    
    
    
    (20) Bach,Matthias (2275) – Schalla,Dieter (2090)
    14th OIBM Bad Wiessee GER, 2010
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 d6 4.e3 a6 5.a4 ab5 6.ab5 Ra1 7.Ba1 Be7N 8.Nf3 
       (8.Be2 
         A) 8...Be6 
            A1) 9.Bb2 e4 (9...0–0 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 Nb6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.f4 
             ef4 14.Rf4 Bg6=; 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.0–0 Na4 
             12.Ba1 h6 13.c4 Nb6 14.c5 dc5=; 9...Nd5 10.Nf3 0–0 
             11.0–0 Nb6 12.d3 N8d7 13.Nbd2 f5 14.c4 Qe8=) 10.d3 d5 
             11.de4 de4 12.Qd8 Kd8 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.f3 Bb4=;
            A2) 9.Nf3 0–0 (9...Nbd7 10.0–0 h6 11.c4 0–0 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.d4 
             Bc4 14.de5 de5=; 9...h6 10.0–0 0–0 11.c4 Nbd7 12.d3 c6 
             13.Nc3 d5 14.d4 e4=; 9...Qd7 10.0–0 0–0 11.c4 e4 
             12.Ng5 d5 13.Qc2 c6 14.f3 h6+=) 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Nc3 d5 
             12.d3 Bd6 13.Ng5 Qe7 14.Ne6 Qe6+=;
            A3) 9.d4 e4 10.d5 Nd5 11.Bg7 Rg8 12.Qd4 c5 13.bc6 Nc6 14.Qb2 
             f6–/+;
            A4) 9.Nc3 d5 (9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 d5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Ng5 Nc5 13.d4 
             ed4 14.ed4 Nce4=; 9...0–0 10.Nf3 Re8 11.0–0 Bf5 12.d3 
             Nbd7 13.e4 Be6 14.Ng5 d5=; 9...Qd7 10.Nf3 0–0 11.0–0 
             Bf5 12.d3 Re8 13.e4 Bg4 14.d4 ed4+=) 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 
             0–0 12.Ng5 Nb6 13.Ne6 fe6 14.d3 Qd6=;
         B) 8...Nbd7 9.Nf3 0–0 (9...Nb6 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.d3 0–0 12.e4 Be6 
          13.d4 ed4 14.Nd4 d5=; 9...c5 10.0–0 e4 11.Ng5 d5 12.f3 h6 
          13.Nh3 0–0 14.Nc3 ef3=; 9...e4 10.Nd4 0–0 11.0–0 Ne5 
          12.f4 Ng6 13.Nc3 d5 14.Qe1 Qd6=) 10.0–0 Nb6 11.d3 Be6 
          12.Ng5 Bf5 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.e4 Bg6=;
         C) 8...Bf5 
            C1) 9.Bc3 Nbd7 (9...0–0 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 Re8 12.d3 Bg4 13.h3 
             Be6 14.Ng5 Bd5=; 9...c5 10.Nf3 e4 11.Ng1 0–0 12.d3 d5 
             13.de4 Ne4 14.Nf3 Nc3+=; 9...Ne4 10.Nf3 0–0 11.0–0 Nc3 
             12.Nc3 Nd7 13.e4 Be6 14.d4 ed4=) 10.Nf3 Qa8 11.0–0 
             0–0 12.Ne1 Qa2 13.d4 Ra8 14.Nd3 Qe6+=;
            C2) 9.d4 Nbd7 (9...e4 10.d5 0–0 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 h6 
             14.g5 hg5+=) 10.de5 de5 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.0–0 
             0–0 14.Nc4 Ra8=;
            C3) 9.Bb2 c5 (9...0–0 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 Nb6 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.d3 
             Ra8 14.e4 Bg4=; 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qa8 11.Nc3 0–0 12.d4 
             Re8 13.de5 de5 14.0–0 Rd8=; 9...Be6 10.Nf3 0–0 11.0–0 
             Nbd7 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.f4 e4 14.g4 Bg6+/–) 10.Nf3 e4 11.Ng5 
             h6 12.g4 hg5 13.gf5 Qd7 14.d3 Qf5+=;
            C4) 9.Nf3 0–0 (9...Nbd7 10.0–0 Qa8 11.Nc3 0–0 12.d3 Bg4 13.h3 
             Bh5 14.e4 Bf3=; 9...Qd7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nc3 Rd8 12.d3 
             Be6 13.e4 c6 14.d4 ed4=; 9...Be6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nc3 Bf5 
             12.d3 Nbd7 13.e4 Be6 14.Ng5 Nc5+=) 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.c4 
             Nb6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.d4 Bc4 14.de5 de5=;
         D) 8...0–0 
            D1) 9.Nc3 d5 (9...Be6 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.d3 Nc5 13.e4 
             Be6 14.Ng5 Qd7=; 9...Bf5 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 d5 12.d3 
             Bd6 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Nd5 Nd5+=; 9...e4 10.d3 d5 11.de4 
             de4 12.Bc4 Nbd7 13.Nge2 Bd6 14.0–0 Nb6+=) 10.Nf3 Bd6 
             11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.0–0 c5 13.d3 Qc7 14.Nd2 Nb6+=;
            D2) 9.d4 Nbd7 (9...e4 10.d5 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Ne5 12.f4 Ned7 13.Nc3 
             Nc5 14.g4 Ne8+=) 10.Nh3 e4 11.Nf4 d5 12.Bb2 Nb6 13.Ba3 
             Ba3 14.Na3 Qd6+=;
            D3) 9.Bb2 c5 (9...Bd7 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.c4 Nb6 13.Nc3 
             Be6 14.d3 Qd7=; 9...e4 10.d3 d5 11.de4 de4 12.Qd8 Rd8 
             13.Be5 Bd6 14.Bd6 Rd6+=; 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.0–0 
             Bg4 12.Nc3 Bf3 13.Bf3 d5 14.d3 Qd7=) 10.Nf3 e4 11.Ng1 
             d5 12.d3 Qa5 13.Bc3 Qb6 14.de4 de4–/+;
            D4) 9.Nf3 Qd7 (9...Nbd7 10.0–0 Nb6 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.d3 Re8 13.e4 
             Bg4 14.d4 ed4=; 9...Be6 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.d4 e4 12.Nfd2 
             d5 13.c4 dc4 14.Qc2 Bf5=; 9...e4 10.Nd4 c5 11.bc6 bc6 
             12.0–0 c5 13.Nb5 d5 14.f3 Be6=) 10.0–0 Qf5 11.d3 Be6 
             12.c4 Nbd7 13.Nh4 Qg5 14.Nf3 Qg6+=; 
       8.d4 
         A) 8...Nbd7 
            A1) 9.Be2 0–0 (9...e4 10.Nh3 0–0 11.0–0 d5 12.Nf4 Nb6 13.Nd2 
             Bd6 14.Bc3 Bf4+=) 10.Nh3 e4 11.0–0 d5 12.Bb2 Nb6 
             13.Nf4 Bd7 14.Nc3 Qe8–/+;
            A2) 9.Nh3 0–0 (9...e4 10.Nf4 d5 11.Be2 0–0 12.Bb2 Nb6 13.Ba3 
             Ba3 14.Na3 Qd6+=; 9...c6 10.Nd2 Qa5 11.Bd3 e4 12.Be2 
             cb5 13.Nf4 d5 14.0–0 0–0+=) 10.Be2 e4 11.0–0 d5 12.Nf4 
             Nb6 13.Bb2 Bd7 14.Nc3 Qe8–/+;
            A3) 9.de5 de5 (9...Ne5 10.Nf3 Nf3 11.Qf3 d5 12.Bd3 Qd6 13.h3 
             Be6 14.0–0 0–0=) 10.Bc4 0–0 11.Ne2 Bd6 12.0–0 Qe7 
             13.Nd2 Rd8 14.Ng3 Nb6+=;
            A4) 9.Nd2 e4 (9...0–0 10.Bd3 ed4 11.Bd4 Ne5 12.Be2 c5 13.bc6 
             bc6 14.Ngf3 Qc7=) 10.c4 d5 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.c5 Nbd7 
             13.f3 ef3 14.Ngf3 Ng4=;
         B) 8...e4 
            B1) 9.Bb2 d5 (9...0–0 10.d5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Nge2 Bg4 13.h3 
             Bh5 14.Qd2 Bg6=; 9...Nbd7 10.d5 0–0 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Be2 
             Bf5 13.f4 ef3 14.gf3 Bd7+=; 9...Be6 10.d5 Nd5 11.Bg7 
             Rg8 12.Bd4 c5 13.bc6 Nc6 14.c4 Qa5+=) 10.Ba3 Ba3 
             11.Na3 Qd6 12.Qa1 Be6 13.Qb2 Nbd7 14.c4 0–0+=;
            B2) 9.Be2 Be6 (9...0–0 10.d5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Bb2 Bf5 13.h3 
             Re8 14.Qd2 Nfd7+=; 9...Nbd7 10.Nh3 0–0 11.0–0 d5 
             12.Nf4 Nb6 13.Nd2 Bd6 14.Bc3 Bf4+=; 9...d5 10.Bb2 0–0 
             11.Ba3 Ba3 12.Na3 Be6 13.c3 Nbd7 14.Nb1 Nb6–/+) 10.d5 
             Nd5 11.Bg7 Rg8 12.Qd4 c5 13.bc6 Nc6 14.Qb2 f6–/+;
            B3) 9.c4 0–0 (9...d5 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Qc2 c6 12.Be2 cb5 13.Nb5 
             Nc6 14.c5 b6+=; 9...Bf5 10.Ne2 d5 11.Qc2 dc4 12.Nec3 
             Nbd7 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Nbd5=; 9...Bg4 10.Qc2 0–0 
             11.Nd2 c6 12.d5 Bf5 13.dc6 bc6 14.Ne2 cb5=) 10.d5 
             Nbd7 11.Bd4 Nc5 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Nd2 Nfd7 14.Qc2 Bf6+=;
            B4) 9.d5 c6 (9...Nbd7 10.Bd4 0–0 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Bc4 Nfd7 
             13.Nge2 Bf6 14.Ng3 Nb6=; 9...0–0 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.Ng3 
             Nc5 12.Nc3 c6 13.bc6 bc6 14.dc6 Qc7=; 9...Bf5 10.Ne2 
             Nbd7 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Be2 0–0 13.0–0 Nc5 14.Nc3 Qd7=) 
             10.Bc4 0–0 11.Bc3 Qd7 12.bc6 bc6 13.Ne2 cd5 14.Bb3 Qg4+=; 
       8.Nc3 
         A) 8...Bf5 
            A1) 9.Nf3 Nbd7 (9...0–0 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0–0 d5 12.d3 Bd6 13.Bb2 
             Qe7 14.Nd5 Nd5+=; 9...c5 10.d3 Qa5 11.Nd2 0–0 12.Nc4 
             Qc7 13.Be2 Nbd7 14.f4 ef4+=) 10.Bc4 c6 11.0–0 d5 
             12.Be2 0–0 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Nf3 Bd6+=;
            A2) 9.d3 0–0 (9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 0–0 11.e4 Be6 12.Be2 d5 13.ed5 
             Nd5 14.Nd5 Bd5=; 9...d5 10.Nf3 Qd6 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Ng5 
             d4 13.ed4 ed4 14.Nce4 Qb4+=; 9...Be6 10.Nf3 0–0 11.Ng5 
             Bd7 12.Be2 d5 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.0–0 Re8+=) 10.Nf3 c6 11.e4 
             Be6 12.d4 Qa5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.de5 Bf3+=;
            A3) 9.Bb2 d5 (9...Nbd7 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 d5 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.0–0 
             0–0 14.d3 Bg4=; 9...0–0 10.Nf3 Re8 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.d3 
             d5 13.0–0 Bb4 14.Na2 Bd6+=; 9...Be6 10.Nf3 0–0 11.Ng5 
             Bf5 12.e4 Bg6 13.d4 Nbd7 14.f3 Nb6+=) 10.Nf3 Qd6 
             11.Nb1 Nbd7 12.Ba3 Qe6 13.Ng5 Qb6 14.Be7 Ke7+=;
            A4) 9.Be2 Nbd7 (9...0–0 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 d5 12.d3 Bd6 13.Bb2 
             Qe7 14.Nd5 Nd5+=; 9...d5 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 0–0 12.d3 
             Bd6 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Nd5 Nd5+=; 9...Qd7 10.Nf3 0–0 11.0–0 
             Re8 12.d3 Bg4 13.e4 c6 14.bc6 Nc6=) 10.Nf3 0–0 11.Bb2 
             d5 12.0–0 Re8 13.d3 Bb4 14.Na2 Bd6+=;
         B) 8...Be6 
            B1) 9.d4 0–0 (9...ed4 10.Qd4 c5 11.Qd2 d5 12.Nf3 0–0 13.Be2 
             Ne4 14.Ne4 de4=; 9...Nbd7 10.d5 Bf5 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.Be2 
             Ne4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.c4 0–0=; 9...c5 10.d5 Bf5 11.Nge2 
             Qa5 12.Bb2 Qb4 13.Bc1 0–0 14.Qd2 Ne4+=) 10.d5 Bf5 
             11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 Nbd7 13.Nf3 Nc5 14.Qf5 c6+=;
            B2) 9.Be2 d5 (9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 d5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.Ng5 
             Bf5 14.d3 Nc5=; 9...0–0 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.d3 
             Nc5 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Qd2 c6=; 9...e4 10.d3 d5 11.de4 de4 
             12.Qd8 Kd8 13.f3 Bb4 14.Kf2 ef3=) 10.Nf3 Qd6 11.0–0 
             0–0 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.d3 h6 14.Nf3 Nbd7+=;
            B3) 9.Qf3 c6 (9...d5 10.Qg3 d4 11.ed4 ed4 12.Na4 0–0 13.Qe5 
             Re8 14.Kd1 Nfd7–/+; 9...Qc8 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Nge2 0–0 
             12.Ng3 Bg4 13.Qe3 Qa8 14.Bb2 Qa5=; 9...b6 10.Nge2 d5 
             11.Qg3 Ng4 12.h4 Qd6 13.Nc1 f5 14.Be2 0–0+=) 10.Nh3 
             Qa5 11.Qd1 Bh3 12.gh3 d5 13.Bg2 Nbd7 14.0–0 0–0–/+;
            B4) 9.Nf3 c6 (9...Nbd7 10.Ng5 Bf5 11.Be2 d5 12.0–0 h6 13.Nf3 
             0–0 14.d3 Bg4=; 9...0–0 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.d3 
             Nc5 13.e4 Be6 14.Ng5 Qd7=; 9...Bf5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 
             Nbd7 12.d3 Nc5 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Qd2 c6=) 10.Be2 0–0 
             11.Ng5 Bf5 12.0–0 d5 13.Bb2 d4 14.Nb1 c5+=;
         C) 8...Nbd7 
            C1) 9.Be2 0–0 (9...Nb6 10.Nf3 0–0 11.0–0 Bf5 12.d3 Nfd7 13.Bb2 
             Re8 14.Qd2 Be6=; 9...d5 10.Nf3 0–0 11.0–0 c5 12.bc6 
             bc6 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.d3 Bd6+=; 9...e4 10.Nh3 Nc5 11.Nf4 
             0–0 12.0–0 d5 13.d3 c6 14.de4 de4=) 10.Nf3 d5 11.0–0 
             c5 12.Re1 e4 13.Ng5 Nb6 14.d3 h6–/+;
            C2) 9.Bc4 0–0 (9...Nb6 10.Bb3 0–0 11.Nf3 c5 12.d3 Bg4 13.0–0 
             Qc7 14.e4 Ra8=) 10.Be2 d5 11.Nf3 c5 12.bc6 bc6 13.0–0 
             Re8 14.Na4 Qc7+=;
            C3) 9.e4 c6 (9...0–0 10.Nf3 Qe8 11.d4 c5 12.de5 Ne5 13.Be2 Bd7 
             14.Nd2 Bd8+=; 9...Nc5 10.d4 ed4 11.Qd4 Ne6 12.Qe3 d5 
             13.ed5 Nd5 14.Nd5 Qd5+=; 9...Nb6 10.Nf3 0–0 11.Be2 Nh5 
             12.d4 Nf4 13.0–0 Bg4 14.de5 de5+=) 10.Nf3 d5 11.bc6 
             bc6 12.ed5 cd5 13.Nb5 d4 14.c3 d3–/+;
            C4) 9.Nf3 0–0 (9...d5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 c5 12.bc6 bc6 13.Bb2 
             Bd6 14.Qa1 Qc7+=; 9...Nb6 10.Be2 0–0 11.e4 Nh5 12.d4 
             Nf4 13.0–0 Bg4 14.de5 de5+=; 9...c5 10.e4 Qa5 11.Be2 
             0–0 12.0–0 Qb4 13.d3 Nb6 14.Qd2 Bg4=) 10.Be2 d5 11.0–0 
             Re8 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.d3 Nb6 14.Re1 Bb4+=;
         D) 8...0–0 
            D1) 9.Nf3 Bg4 (9...Bf5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0–0 d5 12.d3 Bd6 13.Bb2 
             Qe7 14.Nd5 Nd5+=; 9...e4 10.Nd4 c5 11.bc6 bc6 12.Be2 
             c5 13.Nb3 d5 14.f3 ef3=; 9...Nbd7 10.Be2 d5 11.0–0 
             Re8 12.Bb2 c5 13.bc6 bc6 14.Qa1 Qc7+=) 10.Be2 Nbd7 
             11.0–0 d5 12.Ng5 Be2 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.Nf3 Qd6+=;
            D2) 9.d4 Bf5 (9...Be6 10.d5 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 Nbd7 13.Qf5 
             Qa8 14.Bb2 Nb6–/+; 9...Nbd7 10.e4 c5 11.bc6 bc6 12.Nf3 
             Qb6 13.Bd3 ed4 14.Nd4 Nc5+=; 9...e4 10.d5 c6 11.Nge2 
             Qa5 12.dc6 bc6 13.Nd4 Bg4 14.Nb3 Qa8+=) 10.de5 de5 
             11.Nf3 Bb4 12.Nd2 Qd6 13.Na2 Ba5 14.Bc3 Bc3–/+;
            D3) 9.e4 Be6 (9...d5 10.ed5 Nd5 11.Nf3 Nc3 12.Bc3 e4 13.Ne5 
             Be6 14.Bc4 Bc4=; 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Re8 11.Bc4 Nc5 
             12.Ng5 Rf8 13.d4 ed4 14.Qd4 Nh5=; 9...Re8 10.Nf3 Nbd7 
             11.Be2 Nc5 12.d4 Nce4 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.de5 Be6=) 10.Nf3 
             Nbd7 11.Ng5 d5 12.ed5 Bd5 13.Qe2 c6 14.Nf3 Bd6+=;
            D4) 9.Be2 Re8 (9...d5 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.0–0 Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.d3 
             h6 14.Nf3 Re8+=; 9...e4 10.d3 d5 11.de4 de4 12.Bc4 
             Nbd7 13.Nge2 Bd6 14.0–0 Nb6+=; 9...Bf5 10.Nf3 Nbd7 
             11.0–0 d5 12.d3 Bd6 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Nd5 Nd5+=) 10.Nf3 
             Nbd7 11.0–0 d5 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.d3 Nb6 14.Re1 Bb4+=) 
    8...0–0 
       (8...e4 9.Nd4 d5 (9...0–0 10.Be2 c5 11.bc6 bc6 12.0–0 c5 13.Nb5 d5 
       14.f3 Be6=; 9...c5 10.bc6 bc6 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 d5 13.f3 
       Bd6 14.Nc3 Qc7+=; 9...c6 10.d3 0–0 11.Be2 d5 12.0–0 c5 
       13.Nb3 ed3 14.cd3 Qd6=) 10.Be2 c5 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.Nc3 0–0 
       13.d3 ed3 14.cd3 Bd6+=; 
       8...Be6 
         A) 9.Nc3 Nbd7 (9...0–0 10.Be2 h6 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.e4 Nc5 13.d4 Nce4 
          14.de5 de5=; 9...Bf5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0–0 0–0 12.d3 Be6 
          13.Ng5 d5 14.Ne6 fe6=; 9...c5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 h6 12.e4 
          Qa5 13.Qe1 Nbd7 14.d3 Ra8+=) 10.Ng5 Bf5 11.Be2 d5 12.0–0 
          h6 13.Nf3 0–0 14.d3 Be6+=;
         B) 9.Ng5 Bc8 (9...Bf5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Qd7 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nc3 c6 
          14.Bb2 cb5=; 9...Bg4 10.Be2 Be2 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.0–0 d5 
          13.f4 e4 14.Bd4 h6=; 9...Bd7 10.Qf3 c6 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Qg3 
          Qa5 13.Bb2 Qb4 14.Bc1 Nbd7=) 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0–0 d5 12.f4 
          e4 13.Bd4 c5 14.bc6 bc6+=;
         C) 9.d4 e4 10.Ng5 Bf5 11.d5 h6 12.Nh3 0–0 13.Nf4 c6 14.Be2 cb5=;
         D) 9.Be2 Nbd7 (9...0–0 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.d4 e4 12.Nfd2 Qa8 13.Bb2 d5 
          14.c4 c6=; 9...Nfd7 10.Nc3 0–0 11.d4 ed4 12.Nd4 Nc5 
          13.0–0 Nbd7 14.f4 Nb6=; 9...h6 10.0–0 0–0 11.c4 Nbd7 
          12.Nc3 Re8 13.d4 c5 14.d5 Bg4+=) 10.0–0 0–0 11.d4 e4 
          12.Nfd2 Qa8 13.Bb2 Nb6 14.c4 Qa2=; 
       8...Bg4 
         A) 9.Be2 0–0 (9...Nbd7 10.h3 Bf5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Bb2 Qa8 13.Nc3 d5 
          14.d3 Qa5=; 9...Bf5 10.Nc3 0–0 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.d3 Nc5 
          13.e4 Be6 14.Ng5 Qd7=; 9...Qd7 10.Nc3 0–0 11.e4 Re8 
          12.0–0 c6 13.Bb2 Bf3 14.Bf3 cb5=) 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.0–0 d5 
          12.Ng5 Be2 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.Nf3 Qd6+=;
         B) 9.Nc3 Nbd7 (9...e4 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nd4 c5 12.bc6 Nc6 13.Ncb5 d5 
          14.Be2 0–0=; 9...0–0 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.e4 Nc5 12.h3 Bd7 
          13.d3 Qa8 14.0–0 b6=; 9...Bf5 10.Be2 0–0 11.d3 Bg4 
          12.0–0 c6 13.Ng5 Be2 14.Qe2 d5=) 10.e4 Nc5 11.h3 Bh5 
          12.Be2 Nfe4 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Ne5 de5+=;
         C) 9.Bd3 Nbd7 (9...0–0 10.0–0 Qe8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nc3 d5 13.Be2 e4 
          14.Nd4 Be2=; 9...Qd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc3 0–0 12.0–0 Re8 
          13.e4 c6 14.Be2 Bg6=; 9...Be6 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.f3 Bc8 12.f4 
          ef4 13.ef4 Bg4 14.Be2 Bf5=) 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Qa8 12.Nc3 
          d5 13.Ng5 Be2 14.Qe2 Qa3+=;
         D) 9.h3 Bf5 (9...Bd7 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.d3 Bd7 
          14.e4 c5=; 9...Bc8 10.Bc4 e4 11.Nd4 d5 12.Be2 c5 13.Nb3 
          Bd6 14.0–0 Be6=; 9...Be6 10.Nc3 0–0 11.d4 e4 12.d5 ef3 
          13.de6 fe6 14.Qf3 d5=) 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Nb6 
          13.d3 Qd7 14.Nc3 Ra8+=) 
    9.Be2 
       (9.Bd3 Bg4 (9...Nbd7 10.Be2 e4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.f4 Ng6 13.0–0 d5 14.Nc3 
       Qd6=; 9...Re8 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.d3 c6 13.Nbd2 Bg4 
       14.bc6 bc6+=; 9...Qe8 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.0–0 Nb6 12.Bb2 Bg4 
       13.h3 Be6 14.Qe2 c5=) 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Be2 Qa8 12.Nc3 d5 
       13.Ng5 Be2 14.Qe2 Qa3+=; 
       9.Nc3 e4 (9...Bg4 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.e4 Nc5 12.Ng5 Be2 13.Qe2 d5 14.ed5 
       Nd5+=; 9...Be6 10.Be2 Re8 11.0–0 Bf5 12.d3 Bd7 13.e4 c5 
       14.bc6 bc6=; 9...Bf5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0–0 d5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.d3 
       Bb4 14.Na2 Bd6+=) 10.Nd4 c5 11.bc6 bc6 12.d3 d5 13.Be2 c5 
       14.Nb3 ed3+=; 
       9.Bb2 c5 (9...Re8 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0–0 c6 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Ng5 Nd5 14.Nd5 
       cd5=; 9...e4 10.Nd4 c5 11.bc6 bc6 12.Be2 d5 13.0–0 c5 
       14.Nb3 c4=; 9...Bd7 10.Be2 Bg4 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.h3 Be6 13.Ng5 
       Bf5 14.f4 e4=) 10.Be2 e4 11.Ng1 d5 12.d3 Qa5 13.Bc3 Qb6 
       14.de4 de4–/+) 
    9...c6 
       (9...Be6 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.d4 e4 12.Nfd2 Qa8 13.Nc3 d5 14.f3 ef3+=; 
       9...Nbd7 10.0–0 Nb6 11.d3 Bg4 12.c4 Qd7 13.Nbd2 Ra8 14.Qc2 Na4=; 
       9...Re8 10.0–0 Bf5 11.c4 c5 12.d3 Qa5 13.Bc3 Qb6 14.Qd2 Nbd7=; 
       9...Qd7 10.0–0 Qf5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Bd3 Qg4 13.Be2 Qg6 14.Nh4 Qh6+=) 
    10.c4 
       (10.0–0 Bf5 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Ne1 Qa5 13.Nf3 Ra8 14.Nh4 Be6+=) 
    10...Bf5 
       (10...e4 11.Nd4 d5 12.d3 Bb4 13.Bc3 Bc3 14.Nc3 Qa5=) 
    11.0–0 
       (11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.0–0 Qb6 13.d4 Re8 14.c5 Qc7=) 
    11...Nbd7 
       (11...cb5 12.cb5 Qb6 13.Na3 Be6 14.Nc4 Qc7=) 
    12.Nc3 h6 
       (12...Qc7 13.Bb2 d5 14.d4 e4=) 
    13.Bb2 
       (13.d4 Qc7 14.Nh4 Be6=) 
    13...Qc7 14.d3 
       (14.Nh4 Be6=) 
    14...d5 15.cd5 cd5 16.Qa1 Bd6 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.Ba3 Rc8 19.h3 Nb6 20.Bb2 Nfd7 
    21.e4 de4 22.Ne4 Rc1 23.Bc1 Be7 24.Bb2 f6 25.Qa2 Kf8 26.Nh4 Bh7?? 
       (better is 26...Be4 27.de4 Qe8+/–) 
    27.Bh5+– 
       (27.Bh5 g6 28.Ng6 Kg7 29.Ne7+–) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (21) Bach,Matthias (2305) – Strand,H (2060)
    Politiken Cup, Helsingor DEN, 2009
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 
       (5.c4 Be7 6.Qb3 0–0 7.Nf3 Kh8 8.0–0 Qe8 9.Nc3 Qh5 10.Nd5 Nd5 11.cd5 
       Nd7 12.d3 Nf6 13.Rae1 f4 14.e4 Bh3 15.d4 Ng4 16.de5 de5 17.Bh3 Qh3 
       18.Be5 Bd6 19.Bd4 fg3 Miralles,G (2450)–Bologan,V (2660)/National I, 
       Bordeaux FRA 2003/0–1) 
    5...Be7 6.d3N 
       (6.Ne2 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2 d5 10.a3 Be6 11.Nf4 Bf7 12.Rc1 a5 
       13.c3 Nbd7 14.Nb3 ab4 15.cb4 Nb6 16.Na5 Qd7 17.Qc2 g5 18.Ne2 Bh5 19.f3 
       ef3 20.Bf3 Bf3 Araboga,M–Bebchuk,L (2325)th Afro–Asian CC Champ, 
       Prel Section D 2006/0–1 (3; 
       6.Ne2 0–0=) 
    6...0–0 7.Ne2 Qe8 8.Nd2 Na6 9.a3 c6 10.h3 Nc7 11.c4 Ne6 12.f4 ef4 13.ef4 
    d5 14.0–0 b6 
       (14...a5 15.Qb3=) 
    15.Re1+= Qd8 16.Qb3 Kh8 
       (16...a5 17.Nd4 Nd4 18.Bd4 ab4 19.ab4 Ra1 20.Ba1+=) 
    17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Nf3 h6 
       (better is 18...a5!?+=) 
    19.Nh4+– Rf7 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.cd5 cd5 22.Nc3 Qd7 
       (22...Nc7 23.Ne4!+–) 
    23.Re5 
       (better is 23.Nh6!? Re7 24.Nf5+–) 
    23...Nc7 24.Rde1 Ba6 
       (24...a5 25.R1e2+–) 
    25.Nd5 
       (better is 25.Bd5!? Ncd5 26.Nd5 Bb7+–) 
    25...Nfd5 26.Nh6 Rf6? 
       (26...Re7!? 27.Rc1 Re5 28.Be5 Rc8 29.Rc7 Rc7 30.Bd5 Qh3+/–) 
    27.Ng4 
       (better is 27.Rd5!? Nd5 28.Bf6 Bb7+–) 
    27...Rd6 28.Rh5 Kg8 29.Be4 Be7? 
       (29...Re8+–) 
    30.Bh7 Kf8 31.Bf5 Qb5 
       (31...Rh6 32.Rg5 Bg5 33.Bd7 Rh3 34.fg5+–) 
    32.Ne5 
       (32.Rh8 Kf7 33.Ne5 Kf6 34.Nc6 Kf5 35.Ne7 Ne7 36.Qf7 Rf6 37.Qh5 g5 
       38.Qg5) 
    32...Kg8+– 33.Bh7 Kf8 34.Ng6 
       (34.Ng6 Ke8 35.Ne7+–) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (22) Bach,Matthias (2305) – Svane,Rasmus (2080)
    Politiken Cup, Helsingor DEN, 2009
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nc3 0–0 5.Bf6 Qf6 6.Nd5 Qd6 7.Nb4 Qb4 8.g3N 
       (8.Nf3 Nc6 (8...d6 9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 Qc5 11.0–0 Bf5 12.d3 f6 13.e4 Bg4 
       14.Rb1 Bf3 15.Bf3 Rab8 16.c4 Nd4 17.Re1 Qg5 18.Re3 Rfe8 19.Qa4 a5 
       20.Qd7 Nc2 21.Rb5 c5 22.h4 Qg6 23.Qd6 Fritz 6–Crafty 19.01/0–1 (59)
       ) 9.g3 Rb8 10.Bg2 b6 11.0–0 Bb7 12.c3 Qa5 13.Qc2 h6 14.d4 Ba6 
       15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.e4 d6 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.f4 Qh5 19.Bf3 Qg6 20.a3 Na5 21.c4 
       c5 22.d5 Bc8 Figiel,R–Safianczuk,A/VI SMPD Lodz – Lagiewniki POL 
       2007/1–0 (37)) 
    8...d5 9.Bg2 Qd6 10.e3 Re8 11.Ne2 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.0–0 
       (13.f3 Be6+=) 
    13...Nb6+= 14.Qe1 Rad8 15.Nf4 c5 
       (15...Qc6 16.d3 Qc2 17.Qa5=) 
    16.a4 Na4 
       (16...Qc6!?+=) 
    17.Rb7+= 
       (worse is 17.Bd5 g5 18.Rb7 Rd7 19.Rd7 Qd7–/+; 
       worse is 17.Nd5 Be6 18.Nf4 b6 19.Ne6 Qe6= (worse is 19...Re6 20.Qe2+/–; worse is 19...fe6 
       20.Qe2+/–)) 
    17...Qa6? 
       (better is 17...Rd7!? 18.Rd7 Bd7 19.Bd5 Nb6+/–) 
    18.Nd5+– Rd5 
       (better is 18...Bh3 19.Nc7 Bg2 20.Na6 Bb7+–) 
    19.Bd5 Bh3 
       (19...Be6 20.Bg2 Bh3+–) 
    20.Rf7 Re6 
       (20...Be6 21.Be6 Re6 22.Rd7+–) 
    21.Re7 
       (21.Rb7 Kf8 22.Be6 Be6 23.Rb8 Kf7+–) 
    21...Qd6 
       (21...Kf8 22.Re6 Be6 23.Be6 Qe6+–) 
    22.Be6 Be6 23.Ra7 Qc6 
       (23...Nb6 24.Qa1 Nd7 25.Qa6 Qa6 26.Ra6+–) 
    24.Qa1 Bh3 
       (24...Bd7 25.Rb1 h6+–) 
    25.Qg7 1–0
    
    
    
    
    (23) Bach,Matthias (2315) – Varga,Zoltan (2440)
    First Saturday GM April, 2012
    
    1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.f4N 
       (3.Nc3 d4 4.Ne4 e5 5.f3 Bf5 6.d3 Bb4 7.c3 Bc3 8.Bc3 dc3 9.Nc3 Nc6 
       10.e4 Be6 11.Nge2 Qd7 12.Ng3 h5 13.Be2 h4 14.Nf5 Bf5 15.ef5 Qf5 16.0–0 
       Nge7 17.Rb1 b6 blaugrana18–savcho (1805)439758 kurnik 2011/1–0 (60); 
       3.a4 Nf6 4.d3 e5 5.b5 Bb4 6.c3 Bd6 7.f3 Be6 8.Ba3 d4 9.cd4 ed4 10.Bd6 
       Qd6 11.Nd2 Nd5 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rb1 ab5 15.ab5 Ne3 16.g3 Ra2 
       17.Qc1 Rc2 Rudolf–pierre (2180)/chesshere.com 2007/0–1; 
       3.h3!? Bd7 4.Nf3=) 
    3...Qd6 4.Be5 Qb4 5.Nc3 Qc5 6.Qb1 
       (6.h3!? Bc8 7.Rb1=) 
    6...Nc6+= 7.Qb7? 
       (better is 7.Qb5 Qb5 8.Nb5–/+) 
    7...Rb8–+ 8.Qc7 Rc8 9.Qb7 f6 10.e4 d4?? 
       (10...fe5 11.Qb5 Qb5 12.Bb5 d4–+ (12...ef4 13.ed5 Bd7 14.dc6 Bc6 
       15.Bc6 Rc6 16.Rb1+=)) 
    11.Na4–/+ Qc2 12.Bb5 Kf7?? 
       (12...fe5 13.Ne2 Qe4=) 
    13.Nf3= a6 
       (worse is 13...Ne5 14.fe5 Qc7 15.Qc7 Rc7 16.Nd4+/–; 
       13...fe5? 14.Bc6 Rc6 15.Ne5 Ke8 
         A) 16.Nc6?! Qe4 17.Kf2 Qf4 18.Kg1 Qd6+– (18...Qd2?? 19.Qb8 Kf7 
          20.Ne5 Ke6 21.Ng4+–);
         B) 16.Qc6 Qc6 17.Nc6+–; 
       13...Qe4 14.Kf2 Qd5 15.Rhc1+/–) 
    14.Ba6? 
       (14.Qa6 Nb4 (worse is 14...Ne5 15.fe5 Qe4 16.Kf2+/–; 14...fe5?? 15.Bd3 Qd3 
       16.Qd3 Bf3 17.Qf3+–; 14...Qe4?! 15.Kf2 Nb4 16.Qa5 Bf3 17.gf3 Nd3 
       18.Bd3 Qd3 19.Nb2+=) 15.Qa5 Qe4 16.Kf2 Bf3 17.gf3 Nd3 18.Bd3 Qd3+=) 
    14...Qa4 
       (14...Ne5 15.fe5 Qa4 16.ef6 gf6–/+ (16...Kf6 17.e5 Kg6 18.Qe4 Kf7 
       19.e6 Be6 20.Ng5 Ke8 21.Qe6+–)) 
    15.f5+= Bf3 
       (15...Ne5 16.Qd5 Ke8 17.Ne5 fe5 18.Bb5 Qb5 19.Qb5 Kf7 20.h3 Bf5 
       21.ef5+–) 
    16.Qc8 g5 
       (16...Ne5 17.Qe6 Ke8 18.Rc1 Qa6 19.Qa6+–) 
    17.gf3 Ne5 18.h4 d3 19.Bb7? 
       (better is 19.hg5!? Qd4 20.Qc3 Nf3 21.Kd1 Qc3 22.dc3 fg5 23.Bd3+=) 
    19...Qd4 20.Rb1 Nf3 21.Kd1 Nh6 
       (21...Nh6 22.Bd5 Kg7 23.hg5 Ng4 24.gf6 Kf6–/+) 
    0–1
    
    
    
    
    (24) Bach,Matthias (2270) – Voss,Chantal (1910)
    North Sea Cup, 2008
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Be7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Nd4 Be2 8.Ne2 
    Nbd7 9.f4 Nd5 10.a3 Bf6 11.c4 ef4 12.Bf6 N5f6 13.Nf4 Nb6 14.Qe2 d5 15.c5 
    Nc4 16.Nc3 Ne5 17.d4 Ng6 18.Nh5 Nh5 19.Qh5 c6 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.Ne2 Rae8 
    22.Ng3 Re6 23.Qg4 Rd8 24.Nf5 Qc7 
       (24...b6 25.Qg3+=) 
    25.Nd6+/– Rdd6 26.cd6 Qd6 27.e4 Qe7 28.e5 Nf8 29.Re3 Nd7 30.Qf5 Qe8 31.g4 
       (31.Rh3 Nf8+/–) 
    31...h6 32.Kh1 Qe7 33.g5 hg5 
       (33...Qg5 34.Qf7 Double attack (34.Qf7 Deflection); 
       33...hg5 34.Rg1 Decoy) 
    34.Rg1 Rh6 35.Rg5 Rh4 36.Reg3 
       (36.Reg3 Rh7 37.Qh7 Kh7 38.Rg7 Kh6 39.Rg8+/–) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    (25) Bach,Matthias (2270) – Yildiz,Hasan2 (2025)
    Helsingor DEN, Politiken Cup, 2012
    
    1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 c5 5.f4 a6 6.Nf3N 
       (6.a4 ab5 (6...Bd7 7.c4 Ne4 8.Nf3 f6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.d3 Qa5 11.Kf1 Qb4 
       12.Qc2 dc4 13.de4 ab5 14.Bc3 Qb3 15.Qb3 cb3 16.ab5 Ra1 17.Ba1 0–0 
       18.Nbd2 Rc8 19.Bc4 Kf8 20.e5 fe5 21.Ne5 Kucharkowski,J–Kunze/Freital 
       1986/1–0 (36); 6...Be7 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Be2 ab5 
       11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 0–0 13.Nc3 Nbd5 14.0–0 Nc3 15.Bc3 Nd5 16.Bb2 f6 
       17.Qb3 Kh8 18.d4 b6 19.Bc4 Bb7 20.Rd1 Qc7 21.Kf2 Kuhlmann,A–Bello,W/
       corr 1976/0–1) 7.ab5 Ra1 8.Ba1 Bd6 (8...b6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Ne5 Ne5 
       11.fe5 Nd7 12.Be2 Qc7 13.d4 c4 14.0–0 Be7 15.Nd2 Bg5 16.Rf3 0–0 17.Rg3 
       Bh6 18.Bf1 Qa7 19.Bc3 Qa4 20.Qh5 Kh8 21.Nf3 Be3 22.Kh1 Qc2 23.Bb4 
       elsh1403 (1660)–purak (1655)/kurnik 2011/0–1) 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Be2 
       Qc7 11.0–0 Nb6 12.c4 Bd7 13.Qe1 0–0 14.Qh4 Ra8 15.Nc3 d4 16.Ng5 dc3 
       17.Bc3 h6 18.Bd3 hg5 19.fg5 Bh2 0–1 Sternik,R–Treder,E/corr Poland 
       1986) 
    6...ab5 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.c4 dc4 9.Nc3 Bc6 
       (9...Bb5 10.Nb5 Nc6 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Qc2+=) 
    10.Ne5 
       (10.Bc4 Be7=) 
    10...Qb6 
       (10...Bb5 11.Nb5 Be7 12.Qf3=) 
    11.Nc4= Qc7 12.0–0 Nbd7 13.Bc6 Qc6 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.fe5 Nd7 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh4 
    Bg7 
       (17...Ne5? 18.Ne4 f5 19.Nf6 Kf7 20.Be5+–) 
    18.Ne4 0–0 
       (18...Be5?? 19.Be5 Ne5 20.Qf6 Nf3 21.Rf3+– (21.gf3?! 0–0+–; 
       21.Qf3?! f5 22.Ng5 Qf3 23.gf3 Ke7+–)) 
    19.Nf6 Nf6 20.ef6 Ra4 21.d4 Bh8 22.Qh6 Rd8 23.Rf3 Rd5 
       (better is 23...cd4 24.Rh3 Bf6+=) 
    24.Qf4?? 
       (24.Rh3 Bf6 25.Rf1–/+) 
    24...e5–/+ 25.Qe4 ed4 
       (25...b5 26.Rc1–/+) 
    26.ed4+= cd4?? 
       (better is 26...h6+=) 
    27.Rc1+– Rc5 
       (27...Qc1 28.Bc1 Rd8 29.Qb7 Ra2+–) 
    28.Rc5 Qc5 
       (28...Qe4?? 29.Rc8 Qe8 30.Re8#) 
    29.Qe8 Qf8 30.Qa4 1–0
    
    
    
    
    (26) Schulz,HJ (2000) – Bach,Matthias (2260)
    11th IHEM, Hamburg GER, 2008
    
    1.e4 c5 2.b4 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 
       (3...Nf6 4.Bc4 (4.d3 h6 5.Ne5 cb4 6.a3 d6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.ab4 Be7 9.Be2 
       a6 10.0–0 Bg4 11.Ba3 d5 12.c3 de4 13.de4 Qd1 14.Rd1 0–0 15.Nbd2 b5 
       16.h3 Bh5 17.Bb2 Nd8 18.Bb5 Ne6 cjack (2230)–rmccarty (2145)/
       net–chess.com 2009/1–0) 4...Be7 5.0–0 d6 6.bc5 dc5 7.Bb2 Nbd7 
       8.Ne5 Ne5 9.Be5 0–0 10.Nc3 b6 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.Kh1 Bd6 14.Bd6 
       Qd6 15.e5 Qc6 16.ef6 Qf6 17.Rfe1 a6 18.Nd5 yourmove (2795)–carlopm 
       (1930)/net–chess.com 2008/1–0) 
    4.b5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.h3N 
       (6.c3 Nf3 7.Qf3 Qf6 8.Qe2 Qg6 9.f3 Be7 10.Na3 Nf6 11.Nc2 0–0 12.Ne3 
       Nh5 13.g3 Kh8 14.d3 Bg5 15.a4 Be3 16.Be3 Be6 17.g4 Nf4 18.Bf4 ef4 
       19.Qd2 Qf6 20.h4 d5 Nanu,C (2325)–Gal,J (2325)/Szeged TT03 IM 1998/
       ½–½ (50); 
       6.c3 Nf3 7.Qf3 Qf6+=) 
    6...Be6 7.Be6 fe6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.0–0 Be7 10.d3 0–0 11.Nh2 
       (11.Bd2 Qc7+=) 
    11...Qe8 
       (11...Qa5 12.Bd2–/+) 
    12.Rb1 Qh5 13.f3 
       (13.Qh5 Nh5 14.Rb2 Bd8+=) 
    13...Rf7 
       (13...Qg6 14.a3+=) 
    14.Be3 Raf8 
       (14...a6 15.ba6 ba6 16.Rb7=) 
    15.Qd2 
       (15.Na4 a6=) 
    15...Bd8 16.Nd1 d5 
       (16...a6 17.ba6 ba6 18.c3=) 
    17.c3= de4 18.de4 
       (18.cd4 cd4 19.Bf2 e3 20.Ne3 de3 21.Qe3 Bb6=) 
    18...Ne4+= 19.Qd3 Ng3 20.cd4 
       (better is 20.Rf2!?+=) 
    20...ed4–/+ 21.Bf2 Nf1 22.Qf1 Qd5 23.Nb2 
       (23.Rc1 Bc7 24.Qd3 Rd7–/+) 
    23...e5 
       (23...Qa2!? 24.Nc4–+) 
    24.Re1 Qa2 25.Nc4 Bc7 26.Ne5 
       (26.Ng4 Re8 27.Nge5 Be5 28.Ne5 Rf5+=) 
    26...Be5 27.Re5 Rf5 
       (27...Qc2 28.Ng4–/+) 
    28.Re7 Qd5 29.Qd3 R5f7 30.Re1 
       (30.Re4 Rf4–/+) 
    30...Rd7 31.Re4 Qa2 32.Rh4 
       (32.Ng4 c4 33.Qf1 d3–/+) 
    32...h6 33.Ng4 Qe6 34.Qd2 Rd6 35.Bg3 Rb6 36.Bc7 
       (better is 36.Qd3!?–/+) 
    36...Rb5–+ 37.Nh6 gh6 38.Rg4 Kh8?? 
       (better is 38...Kf7 39.Rf4 Ke7+=) 
    39.Be5!! Kh7 
       (39...Qe5 40.Qh6 Mate attack) 
    40.Rg7 Kh8 41.Rg6 
       (41.Rg6 Qe5 42.Qh6) 
    1–0
    
    

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