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(1) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Shi,Paul
RL–2007–0–00093, 2007
1.b4 a5 2.b5 d5 3.a4 e5 4.Bb2 Bd6 5.Nf3 ²e7 6.e3 
   (6.c4 dc4 7.Na3 c3 8.dc3 e4+=) 
6...Nf6 7.c4 
   (7.Be2 0–0+=) 
7...c6 
   (7...e4 8.Nd4+=) 
8.Be2 
   (8.d4 ed4 9.Bd4 0–0=) 
8...0–0 
   (8...e4 9.Nd4+=) 
9.0–0 
   (9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 dc4 11.Nc4 Bb4 12.Bc3 cb5 13.ab5 Nd5 14.Bb4 Qb4 
   15.Nbd2 a4=) 
9...Bf5 
   (9...e4 10.Ne1+=) 
10.d3 
   (10.d4 ed4 11.Qd4 dc4 12.Qc4 Rc8=) 
10...Nbd7 
   (10...dc4 11.dc4 Rd8 12.Nbd2+=) 
11.Nbd2= e4 12.Nd4 Qe5 
   (12...Bg6 13.bc6 Qe5 14.g3 bc6 15.de4 de4 16.Qc2=) 
13.g3 
   (better is 13.f4!? ef3 14.N2f3 Qe3 15.Kh1+=) 
Bh3 
   (13...Bh3 14.f4 Qe7+=; 
   13...ed3 14.Bf3Α) 
0–1



(2) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Dunn,Paul Michael (1775)
IECC, 1999
1.b4 a5 2.b5 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 
Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.a4N 
   (8.d4 c5 9.c4 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Na4 Ne4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Nd2 f5 14.f4 cd4 
   15.ed4 g5 16.Ne4 fe4 17.c5 Bf4 18.c6 Bc1 19.cd7 Be3 20.Kh1 Rf1 21.Qf1 
   Rb8 22.Bg4 Qd7 Gould,W–Platz,J/New Haven m 1965/0–1 (41); 
   8.d4 Ne4=) 
8...e5 9.d3 c5 10.c4 dc4 11.dc4 Qc7 12.g3 
   (12.Nfd2 e4 13.h3 Bh2 14.Kh1 Be5=) 
12...e4 13.Nfd2 b6 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Qc2 Will e4 fall? 15...Rfe8 16.Rad1 
Rad8 17.Rfe1 Be5 18.Bf1 ½–½




(3) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Berch,Neil
RL–2007–0–00089, 2007
1.b4 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.b5 d5 6.c4 Bd6 7.Be2 0–0 
   (7...dc4 8.Bc4 a6 9.0–0+=) 
8.0–0 Re8 
   (8...a6 9.d3+=) 
9.d3 
   (9.cd5 ed5 10.Qc2 c5=) 
9...Qe7 
   (9...a6 10.Nc3=) 
10.Nbd2 
   (10.Nc3 a6=) 
10...Nbd7 
   (10...a6 11.cd5 ed5 12.a4=) 
11.a4 
   (11.cd5 Nd5 (11...Bd5? 12.e4+–) 12.e4 Nf4=) 
11...a6 12.Qb3 
   (12.cd5 Nd5 (12...Bd5? 13.e4+–) 13.Ne4 e5=) 
12...Nc5 
   (12...e5 13.cd5 Nc5 14.Qc2 Nd5 15.Rfd1=) 
13.Qc3 
   (13.Qc2 e5=) 
13...e5 
   (13...ab5 14.ab5 Na4 15.Qc2 Nb2 16.Qb2=) 
14.Ne5 
   (14.d4 ed4 15.Qd4 Red8=) 
14...ab5 Black begins to deal mighty blows 
   (14...Qe5?! 15.Qe5 Be5 16.d4+=; 
   14...Be5 15.Qe5 Qe5 16.Be5 Re5 17.d4+=) 
15.ab5 Na4 
   (Ε 15...Qe5 16.Qe5 Be5 17.d4+=) 
16.Ra4 Ra4 17.Ng4 Rea8 18.Ra1? 
   (better is 18.Nf6 gf6 19.Bd1= (19.Qf6? Qf6 20.Bf6 Ra2–+)) 
18...Ra1–+ 19.Ba1 Bb4 20.Nf6 gf6 
   (20...gf6 21.Qf6 Qf6 22.Bf6 Ra2–+; 
   20...Qf6?! 21.Qf6 gf6 22.Nb3Α) 
0–1




(4) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Weiss,Frederic J_Marie
RL–2007–0–00090, 2007
1.b4 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.e3 f5 4.Nf3 
   (4.Be2 Nf6 (4...Bg2? 5.Bh5 g6 6.Bf3 Bh1 7.Bh1+–) 5.Bh5 g6=) 
4...Nf6= 5.Be2 
   (5.a3 e6=) 
5...g6 
   (5...e6 6.a3=) 
6.0–0 
   (6.Bf6 ef6 7.a3 Qe7+=) 
6...Bg7 7.c4 
   (7.d4 0–0+=) 
7...0–0 8.d3 
   (8.d4 c5+=) 
8...d6 
   (8...c5 9.a3+=) 
9.Nbd2 
   (9.d4+=) 
9...Nbd7 
   (9...c5 10.a3=) 
10.Qc2 
   (10.Ng5 Qc8+/–) 
10...c5 
   (10...e5 11.d4=) 
11.b5 
   (11.Ng5!? Qc8 12.Ne6+/–) 
11...e5= 12.Ng5 
   (12.d4 e4 13.Ng5 Qe7=) 
12...Qe7 13.a4 
   (13.Bf3 e4 14.Be2 a6=) 
13...Nd5 
   (13...h6 14.Ngf3=) 
14.cd5 Qg5 15.Nf3 
   (15.e4 Qe7=) 
15...Qe7 
   (15...Qf6 16.e4=) 
16.e4 fe4 
   (16...a6!?=) 
17.de4+= Nf6 
   (17...a6 18.Rfb1+=) 
18.Nd2 
   (18.a5 Nd7+/–) 
18...Rf7 
   (better is 18...a6+=) 
19.f4 
   (better is 19.a5!?+/–) 
19...ef4+= 20.Rf4 
   (better is 20.Bf3+=) 
20...Nd5?? 
   (better is 20...Bd5 21.Raf1 Raf8+=) 
21.Rf7+– Kf7 
   (21...Qf7 22.Bc4+– (worse is 22.ed5 Bb2 23.Qb2 Bd5+–)) 
22.Bc4 
   (22.ed5 Qe2 23.Rf1 Kg8 24.Bg7 Bd5–/+) 
22...Bh6 
   (22...Bb2 23.Qb2 (23.Bd5 Bd5 24.Rf1 Kg8 25.ed5 Bd4 26.Kh1 Qe2–/+) 
   23...Qe5 24.Qe5 (24.Bd5?! Bd5 25.Qe5 de5 26.ed5 Rd8+–) 24...de5 
   25.ed5+– (25.Bd5?! Bd5 26.ed5 Rd8+–)) 
23.Nf3 
   (23.ed5 Qe3 24.Kh1 Qd2+=; 
   23.Bd5?! Bd5 24.Rf1 Kg8+/–) 
23...Ke8 
   (23...Kg8 24.ed5 Qe3 25.Kh1+–) 
24.Bd5 
   (24.Bd5 a6 25.Qb3+–) 
1–0




(5) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Grouls,Cor (1670)
IECC, 1998
1.b4 c6 2.c4 e6 3.Bb2 d5 4.e3 dc4 5.Bc4 Qg5 6.Nf3 
   (6.Qf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 f6 8.h4 Qh6 9.g4 Nd7 10.g5 fg5 11.Qg2 g4 12.Qg4 Bf8 
   13.Nf3 Ndf6 14.Qg2 Ne7 15.Ne5 Nfd5 16.h5 Nb4 17.Be4 Nf5 18.Ng4 Qg5 
   19.Nf6 gf6 20.Qg5 fg5 Labahn,W–Bendig,F/corr SOK–87–03 1990/(Fritz 8 
   (No MMX) (3s))/1–0 (75)) 
6...Qg4 7.Be2N 
   (7.Qe2 Bb4 8.h3 Qg6 Labahn,W; 
   7.Bd3 Nf6+= (7...Bb4? 8.h3 Qg2 9.Rh2 Qh2 10.Nh2+–; 7...Qg2 8.Rg1 Qh3 
   9.Bg7 Bg7 10.Rg7+=)) 
7...Bb4+= 
   (worse is 7...Qg2 8.Rg1 Qh3 9.Bg7 Bg7 10.Rg7+/–; 
   7...Qb4?! 8.Ba3 Qa5 9.Bf8 Kf8 10.0–0=) 
8.0–0 Nf6 9.Bf6 
   (9.Qa4 b5 10.Qb3 a5+=) 
9...gf6 10.d4 Rg8 11.g3 Qh3 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.a3 Be7 14.Re1 
   (14.Qc2 Nb6+=) 
14...f5 
   (14...Nb6 15.Qc2+=) 
15.Bf1 Qg4 16.Be2 
   (16.h3 Qh5+=) 
16...Qg7 
   (16...f4 17.Ne5 Qh4 18.Ndf3+=) 
17.Nc4+= a6 
   (17...h5 18.h4+=) 
18.Nce5 
   (18.Nfe5 Ne5 19.de5 Bd7+=) 
18...Bf6 
   (18...Bd6 19.Nd7 Bd7 20.Nd2+=) 
19.Nc4 Be7 20.Nfe5 
   (20.Nce5 Bd6+=) 
20...b5 
   (20...Qg5 21.Rb1 Rb8 22.Qc2+=) 
21.Nd7 Bd7 
   (21...Kd7? 22.Nb6 Kc7 23.Na8 Kb7 24.Qc2+–; 
   worse is 21...bc4 22.Nb6 Rb8 23.Nc8 Rc8 24.Qa4+/–) 
22.Ne5 Bd6 23.Nd7 Kd7 24.Qc2 
   (24.Bf3 Rac8=) 
24...Rac8+= 25.a4 
   (25.Qd2+=) 
25...Qf8 
   (better is 25...f4!? 26.ef4 Bf4 27.ab5 ab5 28.Ra7 Kd8+=) 
26.ab5+= cb5 
   (26...ab5 27.Ra7 Kd8 28.Rc1+=) 
27.Qb2 Bb4 28.Rec1 a5 
   (28...Rc1 29.Qc1 (worse is 29.Rc1 Ba3 30.Bb5 ab5 31.Qb5 Ke7 32.Rc7 Kf6–/+) 
   29...Qc8 30.Qc8 Rc8 31.Ra6+/–) 
29.Bb5+/– Ke7 30.Be2 Rc1 31.Rc1 Qb8 32.Bf3 Rc8 33.Rc8 ½–½




(6) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Jenneborg,Seved
IECG, 2001
1.b4 c6 2.e3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.c4 e6 6.a3 Bd6 7.Be2 e5 
   (7...dc4 8.d3=) 
8.d3 0–0 9.0–0 Qe7 10.Nbd2 
   (10.Nc3 b6+=) 
10...e4 
   (10...b6!?=) 
11.de4+= de4 12.Nd4 Qe5 13.g3 c5 14.Nb5 Qb2 15.Nd6 a5 
   (15...Qe5 16.Nb3+=) 
16.ba5 Qe5 17.Nc8 
   (17.Nb3!?+=) 
17...Rfc8= 18.Qb1 
   (18.Qa4 b6=) 
18...Ra5 19.Qb7 
   (19.Rd1!?=) 
19...Rb8–/+ 20.Qc6 Rb2 21.Rad1 
   (21.Rfd1 Rd2! 22.Rd2 Qa1 23.Rd1 Qe5 (23...Qa3?! 24.Qc8 Nf8 25.Rd8=) 
   24.Rd7 Nd7 25.Qd7 Ra8–+) 
21...Nf8 22.Rfe1 
   (22.Qc8 Ra3 23.Bg4 g6–/+) 
22...Ra3–+ 23.Bf1 
   (23.Nb1 Raa2 24.f4 ef3 25.Qf3 Rc2–+) 
23...Raa2 24.Re2 
   (24.f4 ef3 25.Nf3 Qf5–+) 
24...Qe7 25.Bh3 Qd8 26.Qc8? 
   (better is 26.Qc5 Rd2 27.Red2 Rd2 28.Rd2 Qd2 29.Qd4–+) 
Qd6 0–1




(7) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Molano,Ismael
ZL–2009–0–00627, 2009
1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.a3 a5 4.c4 ab4 5.c5 Qc7 6.ab4 Ra1 7.Ba1 Na6 8.Qb3 d6 
9.e3 Nf6 
   (9...dc5 10.Ba6 ba6 11.bc5 a5 12.Nf3 Ba6 13.Be5 Qc8 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.d4 
   g6 16.Ng5 1–0 pcmvr (2845)–jvanmechelen (2525)/net–chess.com 2009; 
   9...Be6 10.Bc4 Bc4 11.Qc4 dc5 12.bc5 e5 13.Nf3 f6 14.d4 ed4 15.ed4 Qe7 
   16.Qe2 Nb4 17.Qe7 Ne7 18.0–0 Kf7 19.Nbd2 Nf5 20.Rb1 Nc2 21.Rb7 Be7 
   22.Bc3 Rd8 23.Nb3 Ke6 24.g4 ludice (1720)–wrkostek66 (1890)/kurnik 
   2011/1–0 (31)) 
10.Ba6 ba6 11.Nf3N 
   (11.cd6 Qd6 12.Nf3 e6 13.Bf6 gf6 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Nc3 Bb4 16.Ne4 Be7 
   17.0–0 0–0 18.Qc3 e5 19.d4 f5 20.Ng3 e4 21.Ne5 c5 22.Nh5 Be6 23.Nc6 
   cd4 24.Qd4 f6 25.Ne7 Qe7 Gavrijski,D (2140) –Baeckstroem,M (2225)/
   corr ICCF WSTT/3/06/Final 2009/Inf 03) 
Be6 
   (11...Be6 12.Qa4 Nd5=) 
0–1




(8) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Rettel,Robert
corr or03–027, 2003
1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.a3 a5 4.c4 ab4 5.c5 Qc7 6.ab4 Ra1 7.Ba1 Nf6 8.Nf3 
g6?? 9.Be5+– d6 10.cd6 
   (10.cd6 Qb6 11.de7 Be7 12.Bb8+–) 
1–0




(9) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Wright,Barry
IECC, 2000
A00: Irregular Openings
 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Bf6N 
   (5.Bd3 Bg4 6.0–0 Bf3 7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Ne5 9.Qh3 Nd3 10.cd3 Bg7 11.Ne2 
   0–0 12.Nd4 a6 13.Nb3 b6 14.a4 Qd6 15.Ba3 b5 16.Nc5 Nd7 17.Qd7 Ba1 
   18.Ra1 ba4 19.Qd6 ed6 stardom (1885)–chewbacca (1685)/m1041248159 
   net–chess.com 2003/1–0 (55); 
   5.Be2 Bg7 6.0–0 0–0 7.a3 Nbd7 8.Re1 Re8 9.Nc3 e5 10.d4 b6 11.Na2 ed4 
   12.Bd4 a5 13.Bf1 c5 14.Bb2 ab4 15.ab4 cb4 16.Nb4 Bb7 17.Ra8 Qa8 18.Qa1 
   Qc8 19.Bb5 Re4 silver lining–klaudio88/internet 2010/0–1 (70)) 
5...ef6 6.a3 Bg7 
   (6...Bd6 7.Be2=) 
7.d4 Nd7 8.c4 0–0 
   (8...dc4 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Bd3+=) 
9.Nbd2 
   (9.cd5 cd5 10.Bd3 Nb6+=) 
9...f5 10.Be2 Re8 11.0–0 
   (11.cd5 cd5 12.g3 a5=) 
11...Qc7 
   (11...f4 12.ef4 Nf8 13.cd5 Qd5 14.Re1=) 
12.Rc1 Qd6 13.cd5 cd5 14.Nb1 
   (14.Qa4 f4 15.Rc3 a6+=) 
14...f4= 15.Nc3 a6 16.ef4 Nb6 17.Re1 
   (17.Qd2!?+=) 
17...Qf4= 18.h3 
   (18.a4 Be6=) 
18...Be6 19.Bf1 Rac8 Line




(10) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Maltez,Nuno Manuel
Swiss–115.3.02, 2000
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Qd6 3.b5 Qb4 4.Qc1 Qb5 5.e3 
   (5.Nc3 Qd7 6.e3 c6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Rb1 Qc7 9.d4 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bg6 11.0–0 e6 
   12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Ba3 Ne5 14.de5 Nd7 15.Bf8 Kf8 16.f4 Bd3 17.cd3 g6 
   18.Nb5 Qb8 19.Nd6 Kg7 Djakov,J–Boysan,F (2150)/Internet Section 2004/
   1–0; 
   5.Nf3 Qa5 6.e3 Nc6 7.c4 Bg4 8.Bc3 Qc5 9.d4 Qd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Rb1 Rb8 
   12.Ne5 Bf5 13.Rb3 Nd7 14.Nd7 Qd7 15.cd5 Qd5 16.f3 Bd7 17.Qb2 Nd8 
   18.Bc4 Qg5 19.0–0 Qe3 Broly–pierre/internet 2009/1–0) 
5...Qb6N 
   (5...Qd7 6.Nf3 f6 (6...Nf6 7.Be2 Qg4 8.0–0 c6 9.Qd1 Qb4 10.Qc1 Bf5 
   11.d3 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Qd6 13.Rb1 e5 14.e4 de4 15.de4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Be4 
   17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Qd2 Bc5 19.Bc3 0–0–0 20.Qc1 f6 21.Qb2 MTBrain–Wall,B/
   internet 1998/0–1) 7.d4 e6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.0–0 Ne7 10.c4 c6 11.Nc3 g5 
   12.cd5 ed5 13.e4 Bf4 14.Qd1 h5 15.Bc1 Bc1 16.Qc1 Ng6 17.Ng5 fg5 18.Qg5 
   Qh7 19.ed5 Qh6 20.Qg3 Rongen–Gouma/Helmond 1994/(Fritz 6 (3s))/0–1 
   (32)) 
6.Nf3 Nf6 7.d3 
   (7.Be2 Bg4+=) 
7...g6 
   (7...Nbd7 8.Nbd2–/+) 
8.Nc3 c6 9.Rb1 Bg7 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Qd2 Bg4 
   (12...e5 13.d4 e4 14.Ne5–/+) 
13.Ba1 
   (13.a3 Qc7–/+) 
13...Qc7–/+ 14.Rfc1 
   (14.a3 e5–/+) 
14...Nbd7 15.Nd1 
   (15.h3 Bf3 16.Bf3 Rad8–/+) 
15...e5 16.h3 Bf3 
   (16...Bf3 17.Bf3 Nc5–/+) 
0–1




(11) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Surender,Anil (1985)
IECC, 1999
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 Bf5 5.Nc3 
   (5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.a3 Bd6 9.Ne5 Bb1 10.Rb1 0–0 11.Bd3 Na6 
   12.Qc3 Nc5 13.Bc2 Rfd8 14.0–0 Rac8 15.Ng4 Ne8 16.Nh6 Kh8 17.Rf3 Ne4 
   18.Be4 de4 19.Rg3 f6 Serrano Pertinez,M (2210)–Rosich Valles,A 
   (2370)/Catalunya Club op 1999/0–1 (3) 
5...e6 6.b5N 
   (6.d4 Bb4 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Qb3 Bc3 10.Bc3 Nc3 11.Qc3 0–0 12.0–0 
   f6 13.c5 Qe7 14.a4 Be4 15.Nd2 Bg6 16.a5 e5 17.a6 ba6 18.Ra6 Rfc8 
   19.Rfa1 Rc7 20.Bf3 e4 Douteil,D (2165)–Weyers,K (1870)/
   remoteschach.de 2007/1–0 (31); 
   6.c5 b6 7.a3 bc5 8.bc5 Bc5 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.d4 Bb6 11.Bd3 Ne4 12.Be4 de4 
   13.Nh4 0–0 14.Nf5 ef5 15.0–0 Nf6 16.d5 cd5 17.Nb5 Ng4 18.h3 Nf6 19.Bf6 
   Qf6 20.Nd6 Qd6 badboy1221–Space/Live Game Caissa's Web 2005/(Fritz 8 
   (No MMX) (5s))/0–1 (43)) 
6...dc4 7.Bc4 Bd3 
   (7...a6 8.a4+=) 
8.Bd3= Qd3 9.Nf3 a6 10.Ne5 Qd6 11.Nc4 
   (11.Ng4 Ng4 (worse is 11...ab5 12.Nf6 gf6 13.Ne4+=; worse is 11...cb5 12.Nf6 gf6 
   13.Ne4+–) 12.Qg4 ab5+=) 
11...Qc5 12.bc6? 
   (better is 12.d3 ab5 13.Nd2–/+) 
12...Qc4–+ 13.cb7 Ra7 14.Qf3 
   (14.d3 Qc7–+) 
14...Qc6 15.Qc6 Nc6 16.b8R Nb8 17.Rb1 Rb7 18.0–0 
   (18.Ke2 Nc6–+) 
18...Nc6 19.Ba1 Rb4 20.Rfc1 Kd7 21.Ne2 Be7 22.Rb4 Nb4 23.a3 Nc6 24.a4 
   (24.Bf6 Bf6 25.Rb1 Rc8–+) 
24...Rb8 25.Nc3 
   (25.Bf6 Bf6 26.d4 Rb2–+) 
Na5 0–1




(12) Elias Rivas,Fernando – Cornacchini,Gabriele
IECG, 1999
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.a3 c5 5.bc5 Bc5 6.d4 Be7 7.Nf3 0–0 8.c4 Nbd7 
9.cd5 ed5 10.Be2 a6 
   (10...Nb6 11.Nc3=) 
11.0–0 b5 12.Nbd2 
   (12.a4 b4=) 
12...Bb7 
   (12...Nb6 13.Ne5=) 
13.Rc1 
   (13.Qb3 Nb6=) 
13...Nb6 14.Qb3 Rb8 
   (14...Qd6 15.Rc2=) 
15.Bc3 Nc4 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 16.Bb4 
   (worse is 16.Nc4 dc4 17.Qb2 Nd5–/+) 
16...Ba8 
   (16...Ne4 17.Rc2=) 
17.Nb1 
   (17.Rc2 Re8=) 
17...a5 18.Be7 Qe7 19.a4 
   (19.Rc2 Rfc8=) 
19...ba4 20.Qa4 Rb4 21.Qa1 
   (21.Qd1 Bc6+=) 
21...Ne3+= 22.Rfe1 
   (22.fe3 Qe3 Theme: Double Attack) 
22...Nf5 23.Bd3 +=




(13) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Dunn,Carl
IECC, 1999
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Bd6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.c4 b6 7.d3 
   (7.cd5 ed5 8.Be2 a6+=) 
7...Bb7 
   (7...a6 8.Be2+=) 
8.Be2 
   (8.cd5 ed5 9.Be2 a6+=) 
8...dc4 
   (8...a6 9.0–0+=) 
9.dc4= a6 10.a4 
   (10.0–0 Qe7=) 
10...ab5 
   (10...Qe7 11.Nc3+=) 
11.cb5= Bb4 
   (11...c6 12.0–0=) 
12.Bc3 Qd1 13.Bd1 Nd5 14.Bb4 Nb4 15.0–0 
   (15.Ke2 Be4 16.Ne1 Rd8=) 
15...Rd8 
   (15...c5 16.bc6 N8c6 17.Nc3+=) 
16.Nbd2 
   (16.Be2 c5=) 
16...Nd7 
   (16...c5 17.bc6 N8c6 18.Be2=) 
17.Rb1 
   (17.Be2!?=) 
17...Nd3–/+ 18.Bc2 
   (18.Ra1 N7c5–/+) 
18...N7c5 19.Bd3 
   (19.Ra1 Nb4 20.Bd1 e5–/+) 
19...Rd3 20.Rfc1 Ra3 
   (20...Ra4 21.Nc4 Rd8 22.Nd4–/+) 
21.Nc4 
   (21.Nd4 Bd5–/+) 
21...R3a4–+ 22.Nfd2 Bd5 23.h3 
   (23.f3 f5–+) 
23...Ra2 24.f3 e5 
   (24...f6 25.e4–/+) 
25.e4 
   (25.Nb3 Nb3 26.Rb3 e4–/+) 
25...Be6–+ 26.Nb2 
   (26.Rc3 h5–+) 
26...f6 27.Ndc4 
   (better is 27.Rd1–+) 
27...Nb3 28.Rc3 
   (28.Rd1 Nd4–+) 
28...Nd4 29.Kf1 Nb5 30.Rd3 Nd4 31.f4 
   (31.Ne3 c5–+) 
31...b5 32.Nd2 c5 
   (32...c5 33.fe5 fe5–+) 
0–1




(14) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Schulz,Hans_Juergen
T8e–07.26 TSC, 2002
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.c4 e6 4.Qb3 Nf6 5.e3 
Nbd7 6.Nf3 c6 7.d4 a5 8.ba5 Bf3 9.gf3 Qa5 10.Bc3 
   (10.Nc3 Be7 11.Be2 dc4 12.Bc4 0–0 13.Be2 Rfd8 14.Kf1 Qh5 15.h4 Ra7 
   16.f4 Qa5 17.Kg2 Nb6 18.Rhg1 Nbd5 19.a4 h5 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Qc2 g6 22.Kh3 
   Kf8 23.Bf3 Rda8 24.Ba3 Qc3 pcmvr (2830)–pierred (2760)/net–chess.com 
   2010/½–½) 
10...Qc7 11.Nd2N 
   (11.a4 Be7 12.f4 0–0 13.c5 Rfb8 14.Qc2 b6 15.cb6 Qb6 16.Bg2 c5 17.0–0 
   Qa6 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qd1 cd4 20.Bd4 Rc1 21.Qc1 Rc8 22.Qd1 Bc5 23.Bc3 Be7 
   24.Bd4 Bc5 25.Bc3 Be7 pcmvr (2780)–bryntze (2655)/net–chess.com 2006/
   ½–½) 
11...dc4 12.Bc4 b5 13.Be2 Ba3 14.Bb4 Bb4 15.Qb4 Ra4 16.Qc3 Nd5 17.Qc2 e5 
18.Nb3 0–0 19.Bd3 g6 20.a3 
   (20.Rc1 Nb4 21.Qd2 Qd6–/+) 
20...Rfa8–/+ 21.0–0 Ra3 0–1




(15) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Dehaybe,Andre
CE.2001.0.00017, 2001
1.b4 d6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e5 4.c4 Be7 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e4 
   (6...Nc6 7.b5 Nb4 8.a3+=) 
7.Nd4 d5 8.b5 
   (8.c5 a5 9.a3 b6+=) 
8...dc4 9.Bc4 
   (9.0–0 Qd5–/+) 
9...c5 10.bc6 Nc6 11.0–0 
   (11.Nc6 bc6 12.d4 Bb4 13.Bc3 Bd6=) 
11...Ne5 12.Be2 b6 
   (12...Bg4 13.Bg4 Nfg4 14.f3+=) 
13.f4 
   (13.d3 ed3 14.Bd3 Nd3 15.Qd3 Be6=) 
13...ef3 
   (13...Ng6 14.d3+=) 
14.Bf3 Nf3 15.Qf3 
   (worse is 15.Rf3 Bg4–/+) 
15...Bg4 16.Qb7 Bc5 
   (16...Re8 17.Nc6 Qd6 18.Ba3+– (18.Ne7?! Qe7 19.Qe7 Re7+/–)) 
17.Nb3 
   (17.Nc6 Qd7 18.Qd7 Bd7+=) 
17...Be7= 18.Nd4 Bd7 
   (18...Re8 19.Nc6 Qd6 20.Ba3+–) 
19.Nc3= Bc5 20.Ne4 
   (20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Qd5 Be6 22.Qd8 Rad8 23.Ne6 fe6=) 
20...Ne4 21.Qe4 Re8 
   (21...Rc8 22.Rac1=) 
22.Qf3 f6 23.Rac1 Rc8 24.Nb3 
   (24.Bc3 a6=) 
24...Bb5 25.Rf2 Qd3 
   (25...Bc6 26.Qf5 Be4 27.Qg4=) 
26.Nc5= Rc5 27.Rc5 
   (27.Bc3 Bc6 28.Qg4 Re4=) 
27...bc5 28.Qf5 Qc4 
   (28...Bc4 29.a3+=) 
29.Qb1 
   (29.Ba3!?+=) 
29...Qd5 
   (29...Qd3 30.Qc1+=) 
30.Bc3 
   (30.Qf5 Qa2 31.Qc2 Qa4–/+) 
30...Bd3 31.Qb2 Qa8 
   (31...c4 32.Bd4+=) 
32.Qa3 Rb8 The mate threat is Rb1 33.Bb2 
   (33.Qc1 Rb1 34.Qb1 Bb1–+) 
33...c4 34.h3 
   (34.Qc3 Qb7 35.Bc1 Qb4–/+) 
34...Rb7 
   (34...Qe4 35.Qc3–/+) 
35.Qc3 Qb8 36.Bc1 Rb1 37.Rf4 
   (37.e4 Qe5 38.Qa3 Qd4–+ (38...Be4?! 39.Re2–+)) 
37...Qb4 
   (37...Qe5 38.Rd4–/+) 
38.Qb4–/+ Rb4 39.Kh2 
   (39.Ba3 Ra4 40.Bd6 Ra2–+) 
39...Rb1 
   (39...Kf7 40.Ba3 Ra4 41.Bd6 Ra2 42.Bb4–+) 
40.Ba3–+ Ra1 41.Rd4 
   (41.Bd6 Ra2 42.Bb4 a5–+) 
41...Ra2 42.Rd8 Kf7 43.Rd7 Kg6 
   (43...Ke6 44.Ra7 Rd2 45.Rg7–+) 
44.Bb4 
   (44.Bf8 Rd2 45.Rg7 Kf5–+) 
44...h5 
   (44...a5 45.Bf8 Rd2 46.Rg7 Kf5 47.Ra7–+) 
45.Rd5 
   (45.Bf8 a5–+) 
45...Ra6 
   (45...h4 46.g4–+) 
46.Kg3 Rb6 47.Bc3 Kh6 
   (47...Rb1 48.Ra5 Rb7 49.Bd4–+) 
48.Bd4 Ra6 
   (48...Rb7 49.Ra5–/+) 
49.h4 
   (49.Rd7 Ra2–+) 
49...Kg6 
   (49...Ra2 50.Rd7–+) 
50.Kf3 
   (50.Kf4 Ra2–+) 
50...Re6 
   (50...Ra2 51.e4–+) 
51.Ra5 Be4 
   (51...a6 52.g4–+) 
52.Kf2 
   (52.Kf4 a6 53.g4 hg4 54.h5 Kf7 55.Kg4 Bd3–/+) 
52...a6–+ 53.Rc5 
   (53.Bc5 Bd3–+) 
53...Bd3 54.Kf3 Re4 
   (54...Rd6 55.Ra5–+) 
55.g3 
   (55.Rc4 Rg4 56.Rc8 Be4 57.Ke2 Rg2 58.Ke1–+) 
55...Re7 56.g4 hg4 57.Kg4 Rb7 
   (57...Re4 58.Kg3–+) 
58.Bc3 
   (58.h5 Kf7–/+) 
58...Rb5 
   (58...Kf7 59.h5–+) 
59.Rc6 
   (59.h5 Kh6 60.Rc6 a5–+) 
Rb1 
   (59...Rb1 60.Ra6 Kh6+=; 
   59...a5 60.Ra6–+) 
0–1




(16) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Dehaybe,Andre
CE.2001.0.00019, 2001
1.b4 d6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e5 4.c4 Be7 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nd4 d5 8.b5 dc4 
9.Bc4 c5 10.bc6 Nc6 11.Nc6 bc6 12.Qc2 Rb8 
   (12...Bf5 
     A) 13.0–0 
        A1) 13...Rb8 14.Bd4 (14.f3 ef3 15.d3 Nd5 16.Rf3 Nb4 17.Qc3 Bf6 
         18.d4+=; 14.Rd1 Bd6 15.h3 Nd5 16.d4 Qg5 17.Kf1 Rfd8 18.Nd2+=) 
         14...c5 15.Bc3 Qd7 16.Na3 Nd5 17.Be5 Rbd8 18.Rab1+=;
        A2) 13...Qd7 14.Bd4 (14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.h3 Qd6 16.f4 Nd5 17.g4 Bg6 
         18.Ba3+=; 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Bf6 Bf6 16.Nc3 Rab8 17.Rac1 Be5 18.Rb1+= 
        ) 14...Rab8 15.Nc3 Rb4 16.Na4 Rfb8 17.a3 R4b7 18.Ba6+=;
        A3) 13...Qb8 14.Be2 (14.Na3 Ng4 15.g3 Qd6 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Nc4 
         Nc4 18.Bc4+=; 14.h3 Rd8 15.Rd1 Qd6 16.Nc3 Rab8 17.Rab1 Qd7 
         18.Ne2=; 14.Bf6 Bf6 15.Nc3 Qb4 16.Bb3 Qd6 17.Rac1 Be5 18.f4=) 
         14...Rd8 15.Na3 Bd6 16.Nc4 Bh2 17.Kh1 Nd5 18.Rab1=;
        A4) 13...Qd6 14.f3 (14.Ba3 c5 15.f3 Rab8 16.Rc1 Rfd8 17.Bb2 
         Qd7 18.f4–/+) 14...Rad8 15.Bd4 c5 16.Bc3 Qd7 17.Qc1 Nd5 18.Rf2+=;
     B) 13.f3 
        B1) 13...Qb6 14.Bd4 (14.0–0 ef3 15.Qc1 Be6 16.Be6 fe6 17.Rf3 
         Nd5 18.Rf8+=) 14...c5 15.Be5 Bg6 16.f4 Rfd8 17.0–0 Bf5 18.Nc3=;
        B2) 13...Qa5 14.Qc3 Qc3 15.Nc3 Rfb8 16.Bc1 a6 17.g4 Bg6 18.g5=;
        B3) 13...Rb8 14.Bd4 (14.0–0 ef3 15.d3 Nd5 16.Rf3 Nb4 17.Qc3 
         Bf6 18.d4+=; 14.Be5 Rb4 15.0–0 Nd7 16.Bd4 Bf6 17.fe4 Bd4 18.ed4+= 
        ) 14...c5 15.Be5 Bd6 16.Bd6 Qd6 17.Nc3 Rfe8 18.fe4+=;
        B4) 13...Qd7 14.fe4 Be4 15.d3 Bd5 16.0–0 Ng4 17.Bd5 cd5 18.Qe2–/+ 
        ;
     C) 13.a3 
        C1) 13...Bd6 14.f4 (14.0–0 Rb8 15.Ra2 Nd5 16.Nc3 Re8 17.f4 Nb6 
         18.Be2+=; 14.Nc3 Rb8 15.Ne2 Re8 16.Rb1 Qe7 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.a4+=) 
         14...Rb8 15.0–0 Qe7 16.Bd4 Rb7 17.Ba6 Rc7 18.Nc3+=;
        C2) 13...Qd7 14.Bd4 (14.0–0 Rfd8 15.Rc1 Rab8 16.Be5 Rb7 17.Be2 
         Qe6 18.Bg3+=; 14.Ra2 Rad8 15.0–0 Rfe8 16.Rc1 Qd6 17.Qb3 Nd5 
         18.Nc3+=; 14.Nc3 Rfd8 15.Ne2 Rab8 16.Nd4 Nd5 17.Rb1 Bg6 18.0–0+=)
          14...c5 15.Bf6 Bf6 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.Nd5+=;
        C3) 13...Ne8 14.Nc3 (14.Be2 Rb8 15.0–0 Bd6 16.Rc1 Qh4 17.g3 
         Qe7 18.Bd4+=) 14...Nd6 15.Be2 Rb8 16.0–0 Qb6 17.Nd1 Rfc8 18.Rb1+= 
        ;
        C4) 13...Qd6 14.f3 Rad8 15.0–0 Qd7 16.Qd1 Nd5 17.Qc1 ef3 
         18.Rf3+=;
        C5) 13...Rb8 14.Bd4 (14.Nc3 Nd7 15.Rb1 Ne5 16.Be2 Nd3 17.Bd3 
         Qd3 18.Kd1–/+; 14.Ra2 Nd5 15.0–0 Nb6 16.Be2 Qd6 17.Rc1 Qe6 
         18.Bc3+=) 14...c5 15.Be5 Bd6 16.Qc3 Ne8 17.0–0 Qe7 18.Bd6+=;
     D) 13.Nc3 
        D1) 13...Rb8 14.0–0 (14.Rb1 Qd7 15.Ne2 Nd5 16.Nd4 Nb4 17.Qc1 
         Rfc8 18.Nf5+=; 14.Ne2 Nd5 15.Be5 Bd6 16.Bd6 Qd6 17.0–0 Nb4 
         18.Qa4=; 14.Rc1 Nd5 15.0–0 Nb4 16.Qa4 Nd3 17.Bd3 Qd3 18.Qa7+=) 
         14...Qd7 15.Ne2 Nd5 16.Be5 Rb4 17.Rab1 Rd8 18.Ng3=;
        D2) 13...Qd7 14.Na4 (14.Ne2 Rab8 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.0–0 Rfd8 17.Bc3 
         Nd5 18.Ne4+=) 14...Nd5 15.Bd4 Rab8 16.0–0 Bd6 17.Rab1 Rfd8 
         18.Nc5=) 
13.Nc3 
   (13.0–0 
     A) 13...Qd6 14.f4 (14.f3 Bf5 15.Bd4 c5 16.Bc3 Bg6 17.f4 Qd7 
      18.Na3+=; 14.Bf6 Bf6 15.Nc3 Be5 16.h3 Bc3 17.dc3 Qg6 18.Kh1=) 
      14...ef3 15.Rf3 Be6 16.Be6 fe6 17.Nc3 c5 18.d3=;
     B) 13...Bf5 14.Rd1 (14.Bd4 c5 15.Bc3 Qd7 16.Na3 Nd5 17.Be5 Rbd8 
      18.Rab1+=; 14.f3 ef3 15.d3 Nd5 16.Rf3 Nb4 17.Qc3 Bf6 18.d4+=) 
      14...Qd6 15.f4 Nd7 16.Ba3 Qf6 17.Be7 Qe7 18.Nc3+=; 
   13.Be5 Bd6 14.Bd4 (14.Bg3 Bf5 15.Nc3 Bg3 16.hg3 Qd6 17.Be2 Rfd8 
   18.g4+=; 14.Qc3 Be5 15.Qe5 Rb6 16.0–0 Ba6 17.Ba6 Ra6 18.f3+=; 14.Bd6 
   Qd6 15.0–0 Rd8 16.f3 Bf5 17.Rf2 Qd7 18.fe4+=) 14...c5 15.Bc3 Re8 
   16.Na3 Be6 17.Rc1 Bc4 18.Nc4+=; 
   13.Bc3 Bf5 14.0–0 (14.a3 Bd6 15.Qa4 Qe7 16.Qc6 Rfc8 17.Qa4 Bd7 
   18.Bf7–+; 14.f3 Qd7 15.fe4 Ne4 16.d3 Nd6 17.Bb3 Nb5 18.Bc4–/+) 
   14...Qd7 15.Rd1 Qd6 16.f4 Qd7 17.Be5 Rb4 18.a3+=; 
   13.f3 ef3 14.gf3 Nd5 15.Be5 Bh4 16.Bg3 Qf6 17.Nc3 Qf3 18.Rg1–/+) 
13...Qd6 
   (13...Bf5 14.Ne2 (14.Rb1 Qd7 15.Ne2 Nd5 16.Nd4 Nb4 17.Qc1 Rfc8 
   18.0–0+=; 14.0–0 Qd7 15.Ne2 Nd5 16.Be5 Rb4 17.Rfb1 Rd8 18.Nd4=; 
   14.Rc1 Nd5 15.0–0 Nb4 16.Qa4 Nd3 17.Bd3 Qd3 18.Qa7+=; 14.a3 Nd7 15.Rb1 
   Ne5 16.Be2 Nd3 17.Bd3 Qd3 18.Kd1–/+) 14...Nd5 15.Bd4 c5 16.Be5 Bd6 
   17.Bg7 Ne3 18.de3=) 
14.Bb3 
   (14.Rb1 Rd8 15.f3 ef3 16.gf3 Be6 17.Be6 Qe6 18.Rf1–/+; 
   14.f3 ef3 15.gf3 Bh3 16.f4 Rfd8 17.d3 Nd5 18.Bd5–/+; 
   14.Rc1 Rd8 15.f3 Qb4 16.Nd1 Bf5 17.a3 Qd6 18.Bd4+=) 
14...Qd3 
   (14...Rd8 15.f3+= (15.Rc1 Ba6 16.Ne2 Nd5 17.Bd5 cd5 18.Bc3–/+) 
   15...ef3 16.gf3 Be6 17.Rc1 c5 18.Ba3+=) 
15.Qd3 
   (15.Rc1 Ba6 16.Qd3 Bd3 17.f3 c5 18.Nd1=) 
15...ed3 16.0–0 
   (16.Nd1 Be6 (16...Ne4+= 17.Bc4 Rd8 18.f3+=) 17.Be6 fe6 18.Rc1+=) 
16...Be6–/+ 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 
   (17...Bb3 18.ab3+=) 
18.Be6 fe6 19.Rab1 a5 20.f3 Rb7 21.Ba1 Rb4 22.Nd1 Rcb8 23.Rb4 ab4 
   (worse is 23...Rb4 24.Nb2 (24.Rc6? Rb1 25.Bc3 Rd1 26.Kf2 Bb4–+) 24...Rb7 
     A) 25.Rc6?! Ba3 26.Rc1 Kf7+= (26...Bb2?! 27.Rb1+=; 26...Rb2?! 
      27.Bb2 Bb2 28.Rb1=);
     B) 25.Nd3+/–; 
   worse is 23...Bb4 24.Rb1 (worse is 24.Rc6 Bd2 25.Bb2 Nd5–/+) 24...Nd7 25.Nc3+=) 
24.Rc6 Ra8 25.Bd4 Ra2 26.Nb2 Kf8 27.Nd3 Rd2 28.Ne5 Ne8 
   (28...Rd1 29.Kf2+=) 
29.Re6+/– Nd6 
   (29...g6!?+/–) 
30.Nc6 Nc8 31.Ne7 Ne7 32.Rb6 Rc2 33.Rb4 Nf5 34.e4 Rc1 35.Kf2 Rc2 36.Kf1 
Rc1 37.Ke2 Rc2 38.Kd3 Nd4 39.Rb8 Kf7 40.g4 Rh2 41.Kd4 g5 42.Ke5 h5? 
   (better is 42...Rf2 43.Rb7 Kg6 44.Rb6 Kg7+–) 
43.gh5 1–0




(17) Rey,Manny – Cornacchini,Gabriele
corr or03–027, 2003
1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.cd5 cd5 8.Nc3 0–0 
9.Qb3 e4 10.Nd4 Nb6 11.d3 Re8 12.Rd1 Bg4 13.Rd2 ed3 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.h3 Bd7 
16.Rc2 a5 17.Ncb5 Be5 18.Rc8 Qc8 19.Nf3 a4 20.Qa2 Bb2 21.Qb2 Ne4 22.Nbd4 
Nc4 23.Qa1 Ng3 24.fg3 Re3 25.Be2 Ra3 26.Qc1 Qf8 27.0–0 Qb4 28.Qg5 Qf8 
   (28...Qb6 29.Qe7 h6 30.Qd7 Rf3 31.Rf3 Qd4 32.Kh2 Ne5 33.Qe8 Kh7+–) 
29.Qd5+– Nd6 30.Ne5 Be8 31.Nb5 Bb5 32.Bb5 Rc3 33.Bc4 Rc4 34.Nc4 Nc4 
35.Qc4 a3 36.Ra1 h6 37.Qd3 Qc5 38.Kh2 
   (38.Kh2 h5 39.Ra3+–) 
1–0




(18) Cornacchini,Gabriele – DrNickRiviera
playchess.de, 2002
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 d5 4.b5 
   (4.cd5 Nf6 5.Nf3 e4+=) 
4...dc4= 5.e3 Be6 6.Be5 
   (better is 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Qc2=) 
6...Bd6?? 
   (better is 6...Nd7 7.Bd4 Ngf6=) 
7.Bg7+– Be5 
   (7...a6 8.Nc3+–) 
8.Be5 f6 
   (8...Nf6 9.Na3 Nbd7 10.Bd4+–) 
9.Bb2 Qd5 
   (9...a6 10.Na3 Ne7 11.Ne2+–) 
10.a4 
   (10.Nc3 Qc5+–) 
10...Nd7 11.Nc3 Qe5 
   (11...Qc5 12.Ba3 Qg5 13.Nf3+–) 
12.Nf3 Qf5 
   (12...Qh5 13.Ne2 Ne7+–) 
13.Nd4 Qe5 14.Ne6 
   (better is 14.f4 Qd6 15.Ba3 Nc5 16.Bc5 Qd7 17.Ne6 Qe6 18.Qh5 Qf7+–) 
14...Qe6 15.Qh5 Kd8 
   (15...Qf7 16.Qf7 Kf7 17.Bc4 Kg6 18.Nd5+–) 
16.Qd5 
   (16.Qh4!? h5+–) 
16...Qd5 17.Nd5 c6 18.bc6 bc6 19.Nb4 Ne7 20.Bc4 a5 
   (20...Rb8 21.Bc3+–) 
21.Nd3 Nf5 
   (21...Re8 22.Ke2+–) 
22.g3 
   (22.Be6 Nd6+–) 
22...Nd6 
   (22...Re8 23.Rc1+–) 
23.Be6 Rf8 
   (23...Re8 24.Bd7 Kd7 25.Bf6+–) 
24.Bd7 
   (24.Rc1 Ke7 25.Rc6 Ke6 26.Nf4 Ke7+–) 
24...Kd7 25.Ba3 
   (better is 25.Ke2 h5+–) 
25...Rab8 
   (25...Rfb8 26.Ke2+–) 
26.Bd6 
   (better is 26.Nc5 Ke7 27.Ne4 Rb4 28.Nd6 Kd6+–) 
26...Kd6 27.Ke2 c5 
   (27...Rb3 28.Rhb1 Rb1 29.Rb1+–) 
28.Rhc1 Rfc8 29.Rab1 
   (29.Rc4 Rb7+–) 
29...Rb1 30.Rb1 c4 
   (30...Rc6 31.Nf4 c4 32.Kf3+–) 
31.Ne1 
   (31.Nf4 c3 32.Rb6 Kd7 33.dc3 Rc4 34.Rf6 Ra4+–) 
31...c3 32.dc3 
   (32.Rb6 Ke7+–) 
32...Rc3 
   (32...Rc4 33.Rb6 Ke7 34.Rb7 Ke6 35.Nd3+–) 
33.Rb5 Ra3 
   (33...Rc5 34.Rc5 Kc5 35.Nd3 Kc4 36.Nb2 Kc3 37.e4+–) 
34.Ra5 Kc6 
   (34...Ra2 35.Kf3+–) 
35.Ra6 Kc5 36.Rf6 Ra4 37.Rf5 
   (37.Rf7 Ra2 38.Kf3 h6+–) 
37...Kb6 38.Rf6 Kb5?? 
   (38...Kc5 39.Rf7 Ra2 40.Kf3 h6+–) 
39.Rh6+– Ra7 
   (39...Ra2 40.Kf1+–) 
40.Nf3 Rg7 +–




(19) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Sonnyspock
playchess.de, 2002
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 b6 8.d3 
   (8.Qc2 Bb7 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 Qe7 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.d5 c6 13.Nce4 cd5 
   14.Nf6 Nf6 15.Bf3 Rab8 16.cd5 Nd5 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Qb2 Kg8 19.Rac1 Nf6 
   20.Bb7 Rb7 21.Rc2 d5 22.Rfc1 Ne4 emeryt85–slusio (1670)/kurnik 2013/
   0–1 (60)) 
8...Bb7 9.Nbd2 Nc6N 
   (9...Nbd7 10.Qb3 (10.a4 a5 11.b5 Qe7 12.Rb1 c5 13.h3 d5 14.Nh2 d4 
   15.f4 de3 16.fe5 Ne5 17.Ndf3 Bf3 18.Nf3 Nf3 19.Rf3 Nd7 20.Qc1 Bb2 
   21.Rb2 Rae8 22.Qc2 Qe5 23.Rb1 f5 24.Rbf1 Nf6 horacyad2010–olo6505/
   kurnik 2011/1–0) 10...c5 11.Ng5 d5 12.b5 d4 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Ndf3 h6 
   15.Ne4 Ne4 16.de4 de3 17.Qe3 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Rd2 f6 20.Rad1 Nf8 
   21.a4 Ne6 22.h3 Nd4 23.Nd4 cd4 24.Qg3 elsh1403–mjacek/kurnik 2011/
   1–0 (58)) 
10.b5 Ne7 11.a4 c6 12.Rc1 cb5 13.cb5 Rc8 14.Rc8 Qc8 15.Ba3 Rd8 16.Ne5 de5 
17.Be7 Re8 18.Bf6 Bf6 19.Qb3 Qa8 20.Bf3 Bf3 21.Nf3 e4 22.de4 Re4 23.h3 h5 
24.Rd1 a6 
   (24...Qe8 25.Qc2+–) 
25.Rd7 
   (25.Rd6 Kg7 26.Nd2 Re7+–) 
25...Re6 26.Qd3 Kg7? 
   (better is 26...ab5 27.ab5 Qa1 28.Qf1 Qf1 29.Kf1 Kg7+/–) 
27.ba6+– Be5 
   (27...Rc6+–) 
28.Ne5 Re5 29.Qd4 Qe8 
   (29...Qe4 30.Qc3 Kh6 31.Rf7 Qd5+–) 
30.a7 Kf8 31.Rd8 
   (31.Rd8 Qd8 32.Qd8 Re8 33.a8Q Rd8 34.Qd8 Kg7 35.Qb6+–) 
1–0




(20) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Venturas,Bob
IECC, 2000
1.b4 e5+= 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Be6 4.e3 Nf6 5.b5 
   (5.Nf3 Nbd7=) 
5...d5 
   (5...a6 6.d4+=) 
6.cd5 
   (6.Nf3 e4 7.Nd4 Bg4=) 
6...Qd5+= 7.Nf3 e4 
   (7...Nbd7 8.Nc3 Qd6 9.Ng5=) 
8.Nc3+= Qf5 
   (8...Qh5 9.Nd4 Bg4 10.Qc2+=) 
9.Nd4 Qg4 
   (9...Qe5 10.Ne6 Qe6 11.d3+=) 
10.Qg4 
   (10.h3 Qd1 11.Rd1 Bd7+=) 
10...Bg4+/– 11.Be2 
   (better is 11.Ne4 Ne4 12.f3+=) 
11...Bc5? 
   (better is 11...Be2 12.Ke2 a6=) 
12.Ne4!+– Be2 
   (12...Ne4 13.Bg4) 
13.Nf6 
   (13.Nc5 Bc4 14.d3 Bd5+–) 
13...gf6 14.Ne2 Nd7 
   (14...Rg8 15.Ng3+–) 
15.Nc3 
   (15.d4 Bd6+–) 
15...0–0–0 
   (15...Rg8 16.Nd5 0–0–0 17.Kf1+– (worse is 17.Bf6 Nf6 18.Nf6 Rg2+/–)) 
16.d4 Bb4 
   (16...Bd6 17.Ne4+–) 
17.0–0 
   (17.a3 Ba5+–) 
17...Rhg8 18.Rac1 
   (18.Nd5 Bd6+–) 
18...Rg7 
   (18...Rg5 19.Rb1+–) 
19.Nd5 Ba5 
   (19...Bd6 20.Rc3 Nb6 21.Nb6 ab6 22.Rfc1+–) 
20.a4 
   (20.Bc3 Bb6+–) 
20...Rg5 
   (20...Nb6 21.Nb6 (21.Rc7?! Kb8 22.Nb6 Kc7+/–) 21...Bb6 22.Bc3+–) 
21.Ne7 Kb8 22.Ba3 
   (better is 22.e4!?+–) 
22...Nb6+/– 23.Rc2 
   (better is 23.e4!?+/–) 
23...Na4= 24.Rb1 Nb6 
   (better is 24...Nc3 25.Rb3 Ne4+/–) 
25.Nc6?? 
   (better is 25.Bc5 Nd7 26.f4+/–) 
25...bc6+= 26.bc6 
   (26.Rc6 Rdg8 27.g3+=) 
26...Rdg8= 27.g3 
   (better is 27.f4 R5g6 28.Bc5=) 
27...h5?? 
   (better is 27...Ka8!?–/+) 
28.Ra2 
   (28.Bc5!?+/–) 
28...h4+= 29.Bc5 Bc3 30.Rb3 
   (30.Rc2 Bd4 31.Bd4 f5+/–) 
30...Be1+= 31.Kf1 Bf2 32.Rf2 hg3 33.hg3 Rg3 
   (33...f5 34.d5+/–) 
34.Rf6 Rg1 
   (34...R8g7 35.Ke2+/–) 
35.Ke2 Kc8? 
   (better is 35...R8g2!? 36.Kd3 Rd1 37.Ke4 Rg4 38.Kf3 Rg6 39.Rg6 fg6+/–) 
36.Bb6 
   (36.Rf7 R1g2 37.Kd3 R2g7 38.Rg7 Rg7+–) 
36...ab6 37.Rf7 Kb8 
   (37...R1g2 38.Kd3+–) 
38.d5 R8g2 39.Kf3 Ra2 
   (39...Rg3 40.Ke4 Rg4 41.Ke5 Rg5 42.Ke6 Rg6 43.Ke7+–) 
40.Rf8 
   (40.Rh7 Rag2+–) 
40...Ka7 41.Rf7?? 
   (better is 41.Rc8 Rf1 42.Ke4+–) 
41...Rf1–+ 42.Kg4 Rf7 43.Kg3 Raf2 
   (43...Re2 44.Ra3 Kb8 45.Rb3–+) 
44.Ra3 Kb8 45.e4 R2f6 46.Kg4 
   (46.Kg2 Re7 47.Re3 Rf4–+) 
46...Rf1 
   (46...Rg7 47.Kh5 Rg2 48.d6–+) 
47.Kg5 
   (47.Kh3 Re1–+) 
47...Rg1 48.Kh6 Rf2 
   (48...Rf4!? 49.Rh3–+) 
49.Rh3 Rf8 50.Kh7 b5 
   (50...Re8 51.Rh4–+) 
51.e5 b4 
   (51...Rf5 52.e6–+) 
52.d6 
   (52.Rh4 Kc8 53.Rb4–+) 
52...Rgg8 
   (better is 52...cd6 53.ed6 Rf7 54.Kh8–+) 
53.Rb3? 
   (53.d7 Rg4 54.e6 Rfg8–/+) 
53...Rg4 
   (better is 53...cd6 54.ed6 Rg4–+) 
54.d7–/+ Rd8 55.e6 Re4 56.Rb4 Rb4 57.e7 Rh4 58.Kg7 Rh7?? 
   (better is 58...Rhh8 59.Kf7 Rh7 60.Ke6 Rh6 61.Kf7 Rh7 62.Ke6 Rh6 63.Kf7 Rh7= 
  ) 
59.Kh7+– 
   (59.Kh7 Rd7 60.cd7 Ka8 61.d8Q Kb7 62.e8Q Kb6 63.Qd4 Kb7 64.Qb5 Kc8 
   65.Qdd7) 
1–0




(21) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Huang,Peter
IECC, 2000
1.b4 e5+= 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.c4 0–0 6.b5 c5 7.Be2 
   (7.Nc3 a6+=) 
7...a6 
   (7...e4 8.Ng1–/+) 
8.a4 
   (8.ba6 Na6 9.Nc3 e4=) 
8...ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Nbd7 
   (10...e4 11.Ng1+=) 
11.0–0 e4 12.Ne1 b6 13.Qc2 d5 
   (13...Bb7 14.f3=) 
14.cd5+= Nd5 15.Qe4 N7f6 
   (15...N7f6 16.Qc2 Be6+=) 
Line +=




(22) Cornacchini,Gabriele – D'Emilia,Jack
RL–2007–0–00088, 2007
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 e4 3.e3 d5 4.a4 Nf6 
   (4...Bb4?? 5.Bg7 Bg4 6.Ne2+–) 
5.b5 Be7 
   (5...Bd6 6.Nc3–/+) 
6.c4 
   (6.Nc3 0–0+=) 
6...0–0 7.cd5 
   (7.f3 c6+=) 
7...Nd5 8.Bc4 
   (8.Nc3 Bf5+=) 
8...Be6 9.Bd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 
   (10...Qd3 11.Nge2+=) 
11.Nge2= a5 
   (11...Bf6 12.Qc2 Qg4 13.Ng3 Bc3 14.Qc3+=) 
12.Ng3 
   (12.Qb1 Bh4 13.Ne4 Be7+/–) 
12...Qg6 13.0–0 
   (13.Nce4!? Bd5 14.Qf3+=) 
13...f5 
   (13...Bc4 14.Nge4 Bf1 15.Qf1+=) 
14.Nce2 Bc4 
   (14...Bd6 15.Ba3 Bc4 16.Bd6 Qd6 17.f3=) 
15.Nf4 
   (better is 15.Rc1 Be2 16.Qe2+=) 
15...Qg4?? 
   (better is 15...Qf7 16.d3 ed3 17.Nd3 Rd8=) 
16.Qg4+– fg4 17.Rfc1 
   (17.Ne4?! Bf1 18.Rf1 Rf7+=) 
17...g5 18.Rc4 
   (18.Nfh5 Bd3 19.Rc7 Rf7 20.Rc8 Rf8+–) 
18...gf4 19.Ne4 
   (better is 19.ef4 c6 20.Re4+– (20.Ne4?! Rf4 21.Be5 Rf5+–)) 
19...fe3? 
   (19...c6 20.Nc3+–) 
20.de3 
   (better is 20.Rc7!? ef2 21.Nf2 Rf7 22.Ng4 Bg5+–) 
20...c6 21.bc6 
   (21.Ng3 cb5 22.Rg4 Kf7 23.Rg7 Ke8+–) 
21...Nc6 22.Rd1 
   (22.Ng3 Rad8+–) 
22...Rac8? 
   (better is 22...h5!?+/–) 
23.Nd6+– The mate threat is Rxg4 23...Bd6 24.Rg4 
   (24.Rd6?! Ne5 25.Re4 Rc2 26.Re5 Rb2 27.Rg5 Kf7+/–) 
24...Kf7 25.Rd6 Ne5 
   (25...Rfd8 26.Rg7 Kf8 27.Rd8 Nd8 28.Rh7+–) 
26.Rf4 
   (26.Rh4 Rfd8 27.Rd8 Rd8+–) 
26...Ke7 
   (26...Kg8 27.Rf8 Kf8 28.Rd5+–) 
27.Rf8 
   (27.Rd5 Nc6 28.Re4 Kf7 29.Rd7 Kg6 30.Rd6 Kf5 31.Rh4+–) 
27...Rf8?? 
   (27...Kf8 28.Rd5 Nc4+–) 
28.Be5 Rc8 Do you see the mate threat? 29.Kf1 
   (29.f4 Rc4+–) 
29...Rc1 
   (29...Rc4 30.Rd4 Rc1 31.Ke2 Rc2 32.Kf3+–) 
30.Ke2 Rc2 
   (30...Rc2 31.Kf3 Rc4+–; 
   30...Rc4 31.Rd4 Rc2 32.Kf3+–) 
Line +–




(23) Cornacchini,Gabriele – thewiz (1755)
Swiss, 2001
1.b4 e5+= 2.Bb2 f6 3.b5 Bc5 4.c4 
   (4.e4 d6=) 
4...Ne7 5.e3 0–0 6.Be2 
   (6.d4 ed4 7.Bd4 Bd4 8.Qd4 d6=) 
6...a6 
   (6...d6 7.d4 Bb4 8.Nd2+=) 
7.a4 
   (7.d4 Bb4 8.Bc3 Bc3 9.Nc3 ab5 10.Nb5 d6=) 
7...d5 8.Nf3 
   (8.d4 ed4 9.ed4 Bb4 10.Bc3 Bc3 11.Nc3 Re8+=) 
8...Be6 
   (8...ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1+=) 
9.Qc2 
   (9.d4 Bb4 10.Bc3 Bc3 11.Nc3 ab5 12.ab5 Ra1 13.Qa1 Nd7=) 
9...Nd7 
   (9...ab5 10.cd5 Qd5 11.Nc3+=) 
10.0–0 Nb6 
   (10...ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1=) 
11.d3 
   (11.cd5 Qd5 12.d4 ed4 13.Bd4 Bd6+=) 
11...Qd7 
   (11...ab5 12.cb5 Bb4 13.Bc3 Bc3 14.Nc3=) 
12.Nbd2 
   (12.a5 Nbc8+=) 
12...ab5 
   (12...dc4 13.dc4 ab5 14.ab5=) 
13.ab5 Rfd8 
   (13...dc4 14.dc4 Rfd8 15.Ra8 Ra8 16.Ne4+=) 
14.d4 e4? 
   (14...Bf5 15.Qc3 ed4 16.ed4 Bd6+/–) 
15.dc5 
   (15.cd5 Nbd5 16.dc5 ef3 17.Nf3 Qe8+–) 
15...ef3 
   (15...Ra1 16.Ra1 (16.cb6 Rf1 17.Bf1 ef3+=) 16...ef3 17.Bf3+– (
   17.cb6?! fe2 18.Nf3 dc4 19.bc7 Qc7=)) 
16.Nf3 
   (16.Ra8!? Na8 17.Nf3+– (17.Bf3?! dc4 18.Nc4 Qb5+=)) 
16...Nc4+= 17.Bc4 dc4 18.Nd4 Bf7 
   (18...Ra1 19.Ra1 Ng6 20.c6 bc6 21.bc6+/– (21.Ne6?! Qe6 22.bc6 Ne7=)) 
19.Ra8 Ra8 20.Rd1 Qd5 
   (20...Qg4 21.c6 bc6 22.bc6+= (worse is 22.Nc6 Nc6 23.bc6 Bg6–/+)) 
21.c6+/– Bg6 22.Qc1 
   (22.Qe2 b6+=) 
22...Bd3 23.cb7 
   (23.Ba3 Ng6 24.cb7 Qb7+=) 
23...Qb7 24.Ne6 
   (24.Ba3!? Nc8 25.Qb2=) 
24...Ra2+= 
   (24...Qb5? 25.Nc7 Qc6 26.Na8 Qa8 27.Ba3+–) 
25.Nc7 The passed pawn on b5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon 
   (25.Ba3!? Nf5 26.Nc5 Qb5 27.Qc3+=) 
25...Qc7–/+ 26.Rd3 Rb2! 
   (26...cd3 Exploits the pin 27.Qc7) 
27.Qb2 cd3 28.b6?? 
   (better is 28.Qb3 Kf8 29.Qd3 Qc1 30.Qf1–/+) 
28...d2 
   (better is 28...Qc2 29.Qc2 dc2–+) 
29.Qd2 
   (better is 29.Qb3 Qc4 30.Qc4 Kf8 31.Qd3+–) 
29...Qb6–+ Do you see the mate threat? 30.h3 
   (30.Kf1 Qb5 31.Qe2 Qb1 32.Qe1 Qe4–+) 
30...Qb3 
   (30...Kf7 31.Qd3–+) 
31.Qd8 
   (31.f3 Qd5 32.Qd5 Nd5–+) 
31...Kf7 32.Qd7 Qd5 33.Qa7 Qd1 34.Kh2 Qd6 35.Kg1 
   (35.g3 f5–+) 
35...Kg6 
   (35...Ke6 36.Qa2 Qd5 37.Qa6 Qc6 38.Qa2 Nd5 39.g4–+) 
36.Qa4 Qd5 37.Qg4 
   (37.e4 Qc6 38.Qc6 Nc6–+) 
37...Qg5 
   (37...Kf7 38.e4 Qe5 39.f3–+) 
38.Qe4 Nf5?? 
   (38...f5 39.Qd3–+) 
39.Qe8? 
   (better is 39.g4 Kh6 40.Qf5 Qf5 41.gf5=) 
39...Kh6–+ 40.Qa4 
   (40.Qe6 Nh4 41.Qc6 Qa5–+) 
40...Nh4 Threatening mate: Qxg2 41.Qe4 Ng6 42.Qb7 
   (42.g4 Qe5 43.Qd3 Nh4–+) 
42...Qe5 43.Qb4 Qa1 44.Kh2 Ne5 
   (44...Qf1!? 45.Kg3–+) 
45.Qh4 Kg6 46.Qg3 
   (better is 46.f4!? Nc6 47.Qg4 Kf7 48.Qh5 Kf8 49.Qh7–/+) 
46...Kf7–+ 47.Qh4 Qb2 
   (47...Qf1 48.Qh5 Kf8 49.f4–+) 
48.Kg1 
   (better is 48.Qh5 Kf8 49.f4–+) 
48...Qe2 49.Qg3 
   (49.Qf4 Ke6–+) 
49...h6 
   (49...Nd3 50.Qc7 Kg6 51.Qg3 Kf5 52.Qg7 Qf2 53.Kh2 Qe3 54.Qh7 Ke6 
   55.Qg8 Ke5 56.Qe8 Kf4 57.Qg6–+) 
50.f4 
   (50.Qf4 g6–+) 
50...Nd3 
   (50...Nc4!? 51.Qf2 Qd3 52.f5–+) 
51.f5 Qe1 
   (51...Ne5 52.Qf2 Qc4 53.g4–+) 
52.Qe1 Ne1 53.Kf2 Nd3 54.Kf3 
   (54.Ke2 Nc5–+) 
54...Ne5 55.Kf4 h5 56.g4 
   (56.e4 g5 57.fg6 Ng6 58.Ke3 Ke6–+) 
56...h4 
   (56...hg4 57.hg4 g5 58.fg6 Kg6 59.e4–+) 
57.e4 
   (57.g5 Ke7–+) 
57...Ke7 
   (57...g5 58.fg6 Kg6 59.g5 Nd3 60.Ke3 Kg5 61.Kf3–+) 
58.Ke3?! 
   (58.g5–+) 
58...Kd6 59.Kf4 Kc5 
   (59...Nf7 60.Kf3–+) 
60.Ke3 
   (60.g5 Nc4–+) 
60...Kc4 61.Kf4 Nd3 
   (61...Nf7 62.Kf3–+) 
62.Ke3 Kc3 63.Kf3 Kd4 64.e5 
   (64.g5 fg5 65.Kg4 Nf2 66.Kg5 Ke4 67.Kh4 Kf5–+) 
64...Ne5 
   (64...fe5!? 65.g5 e4 66.Kg4–+) 
65.Kf4 Nd3 66.Kf3 Ke5 67.g5 
   (67.Ke3 Nf4 68.Kf3 Nh3–+) 
67...Kf5 
   (67...fg5 68.Kg4 Kf6 69.Kh5–+) 
68.g6 
   (68.gf6 gf6 69.Ke3 Nf2–+) 
68...Ne5 69.Kg2 Kf4 70.Kh2 Ng6 71.Kg2 Ne5 72.Kh2 Nf3 73.Kg2 g5 74.Kh1 f5 
75.Kg2 g4 76.hg4 fg4 77.Kh1 Ne1 78.Kh2 g3 79.Kg1 h3 80.Kh1 Kf3 81.Kg1 Nd3 
82.Kh1 Nf2 83.Kg1 h2 
   (83...h2 84.Kf1 h1Q) 
0–1




(24) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Willoughby,Peter
RL–2007–0–00092, 2007
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.b5 Bc5 4.c4 Ne7 5.e3 c6 
   (5...0–0 6.d4 ed4 7.Bd4 Bd4 8.Qd4=) 
6.a4 
   (6.d4 Bb4 7.Bc3 Bc3 8.Nc3 d6=) 
6...a6 
   (6...0–0 7.d4 ed4 8.Bd4=) 
7.Nc3 
   (7.d4 Bb4 8.Nd2 ed4 9.Bd4 0–0=) 
7...0–0 8.Ne4 
   (8.d4 Bb4=) 
8...Bb4 
   (8...d6 9.Nc5 dc5 10.Qc2+=) 
9.Qb3= a5 
   (9...c5 10.Nd6=) 
10.Nf3 
   (10.c5!? Kh8 11.Nd6+=) 
10...d5+= 11.cd5 cd5 
   (11...Qd5?? 12.Bc4+–) 
12.Ng3 
   (12.Rc1 Rf7 13.Ng3 Nd7=) 
12...Be6 
   (12...Bg4 13.Be2+=) 
13.Be2 Nd7 14.0–0 Nc5 
   (14...Qb6 15.Ba3 Nc5 16.Qb1 Ba3 17.Ra3=) 
15.Qd1 
   (15.Qa2 Qd6=) 
15...d4 
   (15...Ne4!?+=) 
16.ed4+= Nb3 17.Rb1 
   (17.de5 Na1 18.Qa1 
     A) 18...Bd2? 19.Rd1+– (19.Nd2?! Qd2 20.ef6 gf6+–);
     B) 18...f5+=) 
ed4 
   (17...ed4 18.Bd3 Nc5 19.Nd4 Ba2+=; 
   17...Nd4 18.Nd4 ed4 19.Re1+=) 
Line +=




(25) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Mehlhorn,Uwe
corr or03–027, 2003
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4+= 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.f4 Qe7 6.f5 g6 7.Ne2 Qc5 8.Bb3 
Nge7 9.c3 Ba3?? 
   (better is 9...Ba5+=) 
10.Ba3+– 
   (10.Ba3 Qb6 11.d4+–) 
1–0




(26) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Aspelund,Christoph
IECC, 1999
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bc4 Ne7 5.f4 ef4 6.Qh5 g6 7.Qf3 Rf8 8.Qf4 f5 
9.Bg7+= Bd6 
   (better is 9...d5 10.Bf8 (10.Bb5 c6 11.Bf8 cb5+= 12.e5 Nbc6 13.c3+=) 10...dc4 
   11.Bh6 Nbc6 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.e5+=) 
10.e5+– 
   (10.Qh6 Nec6 11.Qh7 Ne5 12.Bf8 Bf8 13.ef5+–) 
10...Rg8 
   (10...g5 11.Qg5 Be5 12.Be5 d5+– 13.Be2+–; 
   10...Bc5 11.Bf8 d5 12.ed6 Qd6 13.Qd6+–) 
11.Bg8 
   (11.ed6 cd6 12.Bg8 Ng8 13.Ne2+–) 
11...Ng8 12.ed6 cd6 13.Qd6 
   (13.Ne2 Nc6+–) 
13...Qe7 14.Qe7 Ne7 15.Nf3 Nbc6 16.Nc3 d6 17.Rb1 Kf7 
   (17...b6 18.Ng5 h5 19.Nb5+–) 
18.Bh6 Ne5 
   (18...Ke8 19.Bf4 Kd7 20.d4+–) 
19.Nb5 Nf3 20.gf3 d5 21.Nd6 Ke6 22.Nb7 Bb7 
   (22...Nc6 23.Nc5 Kd6 24.Bf8 Kc7 25.Kf2+–) 
23.Rb7 Ng8 24.Bf4 h5 
   (24...Kf6 25.Rh7 Re8 26.Kd1+–) 
25.Kf2 Kf6 
   (25...g5 26.Re1 Kf6 27.Be5 Ke6+–) 
26.h4 a5 27.Re1 g5 28.Bg5 Kg6 29.Re6 Nf6 30.Rf6 1–0




(27) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Hjortstam,Kurt
corr or03–027, 2003
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4+= 4.Bc4 Ne7 5.Qh5 g6 6.Qh4 d5 7.ed5 
   (7.Qf6? Rf8 8.Qe5 dc4 9.Qb5 Nbc6–+) 
7...Bc5 
   (7...Qd6 8.Nf3+=) 
8.Qf6= Rf8 9.Qe5 Bf2 
   (9...Nd7 10.Qe2 Rf2 11.Qe4=) 
10.Kd1+= Nd7 11.Qe2 Nb6 (d5 seems the pivot of the position) 12.Bb5 
Bd7 13.Nf3 Bc5 14.Nc3 c6 
   (14...Bb4 15.Ne5 a6 16.Bd7 Nd7 17.Ne4+/–) 
15.dc6 bc6 16.Ne4 cb5 17.Nc5 Qc7 
   (17...Nc4 18.Bd4+/–) 
18.Nd7 Qd7 19.Ne5 Qd5 20.Ba3 
   (20.Ba3 Nbc8 21.Re1+–) 
1–0




(28) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Williams,Derek
IECC, 1999
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bc4 Ne7 5.Qh5 g6 6.Qh6 d5 7.Bb3 de4 8.Qg7 Rf8 
9.Qh7 Nbc6 10.Ne2 Nd4N 
   (10...Qd6 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nbc3 Bf5 13.Ng3 0–0–0 14.Nce4 Bd2 15.Kf1 Be4 
   16.Ne4 Qd7 17.Nc5 Qd6 18.Ne6 Rh8 19.Qf7 Rde8 20.Rd1 Nd5 21.Bd5 Bg5 
   22.Ng7 Nd8 23.Ne8 Nf7 24.Nd6 Nd6 25.g3 Kuhlmann,A–Norman,R/corr ICCF 
   TT–4–90–12 1990/1–0) 
11.Nd4 ed4 12.0–0 
   (12.a3 Bc5–/+) 
12...a5 
   (12...Bf5 13.Re1–/+) 
13.a3 Bc5 14.d3 e3 15.fe3 
   (15.Qh4 Nf5 16.Qg4 Qd6–/+) 
15...de3 16.Kh1 
   (16.Re1 a4 17.Bc4 c6–/+) 
16...e2 
   (16...Bd4 17.c3 e2 18.Re1+=) 
17.Re1 Bg4 18.Qh4 
   (18.Nc3 Bf2–/+) 
18...f5 
   (18...Qd7 19.Nc3 Bd4 20.Rab1–/+) 
19.Bg7 Bd4 20.Bd4 
   (20.Bf8!? Ba1 21.h3+=) 
20...Qd4–/+ 21.Re2 0–0–0 
   (21...g5 22.Re7 Ke7 23.Qg5 Kd7 24.c3 Qd3 25.Qd2 Qd2 26.Nd2–+) 
22.c3 Qd3 23.Re1 Nd5 24.Ra2 Rh8 
   (24...Nc3 25.Rd2 Qd2 26.Nd2 Rd2 27.h3+=) 
25.Qf2 Nc3 26.Rd2 Ne4 
   (26...Ne4 27.Qa7 Rh2 28.Kg1 Rg2 29.Rg2 Qb3 30.Qa8 Kd7 31.Qa5 Bh3–+) 
0–1




(29) Cornacchini,Gabriele (1770) – Lafrana,Arthur
ICCF FM/0438, 2007
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 d6 4.fe5 de5 5.Be5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc3 Bg4 8.e3 
Ne4 9.Be2 Nc3 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.dc3 Qe7 12.Rb1 Rd8 13.Qc1 b6 14.0–0 0–0 
15.h3N 
   (15.Bb5 Bf3 16.Rf3 Ne5 17.Rf4 c6 18.Ba4 Qc5 19.Qe1 Nc4 20.Bb3 Qe3 
   21.Qe3 Ne3 22.Re1 Rde8 23.Kf2 g5 24.Rf7 Rf7 25.Bf7 Kf7 26.Re3 Re3 
   27.Ke3 h5 28.Ke4 Ke6 29.a3 a6 Reuter,A–Marcotulli,G/IECC 2000/½–1/
   2 (39)) 
15...Be6 
   (15...Bf3 16.Rf3 Rd6 17.Qb2–/+) 
16.Nd4 Ne5 17.a3 
   (17.e4 Qc5 18.Qe3 f6–/+) 
17...Rfe8 
   (17...Bd5 18.Qe1–/+) 
18.e4 c5 19.Ne6 Qe6 20.Bb5 Re7 
   (20...Rf8 21.Qf4+=) 
21.Rd1+= Rf8 22.Qg5 h6 23.Qg3 1–0




(30) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Vio,Mauro
RL–2007–0–00088, 2007
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 ef4 4.Bg7 Qh4 5.g3 fg3 6.Bg2 gh2 7.Kf1 hg1Q 8.Kg1 
Qg5 9.Bh8 h5 10.e3 h4 11.Qe1 
   (11.Qf3 Be7=) 
11...Be7–/+ 12.Bb2 
   (12.Nc3 c6–/+) 
12...d5 13.Ba3?? 
   (better is 13.Kf2–/+) 
13...h3–+ 14.Rh2 Bf6 
   (14...Bf6 15.d4 hg2 16.Rg2 Bg4–+; 
   14...c5 15.e4 Bd6 16.e5 Be5 17.d4 cd4 18.Bc1–+) 
0–1




(31) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Rossetti,Mario
WC.2001.F.00005, 2001
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 Nh6 4.Be5 Nf5 5.Nf3 Ne3 6.Qc1 Nf1 7.Rf1 f6 8.Bc3 
Be7 9.e4 Nc6 10.d3 d5 11.Nbd2 de4 12.de4 0–0 13.Qb2 Qd6 14.0–0–0 Qf4 
15.Ne5 Qh6 
   (15...Qe5 16.Be5) 
16.Qb3 Kh8 17.Nf7 Rf7 18.Qf7 Do you see the mate threat? 18...Bg4 
19.Rde1 Rf8 20.Qb3 Qh2 21.Rh1 Qd6 22.Nc4 
   (22.Qb7?? Rb8 23.Nc4 Rb7 24.Nd6 Bd6–+) 
22...Qc5 23.e5 f5 24.e6 f4 The passed pawn on e6 quickly leads to 
threats 25.Ne5 Ne5 26.Be5 Bf5 27.g4 fg3 28.Bg3 Rd8 29.Bh4 Bh4 30.Rh4 
Qf2 31.Reh1 Re8 32.R4h2 Qf4 33.Kb1 Qe4 34.Qb5 The mate threat is Qxe8 
34...Re6 35.Qc5 Threatening mate: Qf8 35...Kg8 36.Rd1 Rb6 37.Ka1 Rc6 
38.Rd8 Kf7 39.Rf8 Kg6 
   (better is 39...Ke6 40.Re8 Kd7 41.Re4 Rc5–+) 
40.Qg1+= Bg4 41.Rd8 Re6 42.Rg2? 
   (better is 42.Rh1!? Qc4 43.Rd3–/+ (43.Qa7?? Ra6 44.Qa6 Qa6–+)) 
42...Qe5 43.Rd4 h5 44.c3 c5 45.Rgg4 hg4 46.Qg4 Kf7 47.Qf3 Ke8 
   (47...Ke8 48.Rd5 Qe2 49.Qe2 Re2 50.Rc5 Kf7–+) 
0–1




(32) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Gaudreau,Eric
IECC, 1998
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c3 Ba5 5.d4 d5 
   (5...0–0 6.e3 d6 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Bd3 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.0–0 Bc7 11.Nf4 Ne7 
   12.Qf3 Kh8 13.Be4 Rb8 14.Nd2 Rd8 15.Nd5 Qf3 16.Nf3 Nd5 17.Bd5 f6 18.e4 
   b5 19.Rab1 Ba6 20.Rfd1 Stefanova,M (1995)–Videnova,I (2055)/Ch 
   Bulgaria (juniors) 2006/1–0 (45); 
   5...Bc3 6.Nc3 0–0 7.Nf3 d5 8.e3 Re8 9.Bb5 c6 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Bf6 Qc3 
   12.Ke2 gf6 13.Qc1 Qc1 14.Rhc1 b5 15.a4 f5 16.ab5 Bb7 17.Bf5 cb5 
   18.Rab1 Na6 19.Rb5 Rab8 20.Rcb1 jacksrking–jboger (1985)/
   net–chess.com 2009/1–0) 
6.e3 0–0 7.Nf3 Re8N 
   (7...Bf5 8.Bd3 Bd3 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.0–0 Ne5 11.Ne5 Re8 12.Nd2 c6 13.f4 
   Qe7 14.Rac1 Rad8 15.Rf3 Ne4 16.Rh3 f6 17.Ne4 fe5 18.Nc5 e4 19.Qd1 Bb6 
   20.Na4 Bc7 21.Qh5 g6 22.Rg3 Kuni,R (1700)–Wittal,W (1700)/TT–02 TSC 
   2002/½–½; 
   7...Ne4!?+=) 
8.Qa4+= c6 
   (8...Nc6 9.Bb5 Ne5 10.de5+= (worse is 10.Be8 Nf3 11.gf3 c6–/+)) 
9.Bf6+/– gf6 10.Bd3 Be6 
   (10...f5 11.Qc2+=) 
11.Qc2+/– h6 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.0–0 Qe7 14.Rfb1 b5 
   (14...Rab8 15.c4+/–) 
15.a4 a6 16.Re1 
   (16.Nh4 Bc7+/–) 
16...Qf8 
   (16...Bc7 17.Ra2+/–) 
17.e4 de4 18.Be4 
   (18.Ne4 Bd5+/–) 
18...Qd6 19.ab5 ab5 20.Bf5 Nb6 
   (20...Kg7 21.Ne4 Bf5 22.Nd6 Re1 23.Ne1 Bc2 24.Nc2+/–) 
21.Be6 Re6 22.Re6 Qe6 23.Nb3 Na4 24.Na5 Ra5 25.Qd2 Kg7 26.c4! Ra8 
   (26...bc4 27.Qa5 Discovered attack; 
   26...Qc4 27.Qa5 Discovered attack) 
27.cb5 
   (27.d5 Qe4 28.cb5 Qd5 29.Qd5 cd5+/–) 
cb5 1–0




(33) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Buhagiar,David
corr ICCF email, 1998
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c3 Be7 5.d4 0–0 6.e3 b6 
   (6...d5 7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Bd3=) 
7.Nf3 
   (7.Bd3 d5=) 
7...d5 8.Bd3 
   (8.Bf6 Bf6 (worse is 8...gf6 9.Bd3+/–) 9.Bd3 c5=) 
8...c5 
   (8...Nbd7 9.Nbd2=) 
9.Bf6 
   (9.dc5 bc5 10.0–0 Nc6=) 
9...Bf6 10.Qc2 
   (10.0–0 c4 11.Bc2 Nc6=) 
10...h6 
   (10...g6 11.0–0=) 
11.Nbd2 
   (11.0–0 Nc6=) 
11...Nc6 12.0–0 Be6 
   (12...Re8 13.Rab1=) 
13.Rab1 
   (13.Rfb1 Re8=) 
13...cd4 
   (13...Qd6 14.Rb5=) 
14.cd4 Black creates threats along the open c–file 14...Rc8 15.Qa4 
Rc7 16.Bb5 Ne7 
   (16...Qa8 17.a3=) 
17.Rbc1+= Nf5 18.Rc2 
   (18.Bd3 Be7+=) 
18...Rc2= 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Bd3 g6 
   (20...Rc8 21.Qb1 Nd6 22.Rc1=) 
21.Re1 
   (21.Qb3 Qd6+=) 
21...Rc8= 22.Qb1 Qa3 23.Qb3 
   (23.Nb3 a6=) 
23...Qb3 
   (23...Rc3 24.Qa3 Ra3 25.Bb1+=) 
24.Nb3 
   (24.ab3 a5=) 
24...Rc3+= 25.Bb1 a6 
   (25...Kg7 26.Rc1 Rc1 27.Nc1=) 
26.Rc1 Rc1 27.Nc1 Nd6 28.Ne2 ½–½




(34) willi_weizenkeim – Cornacchini
playchess.de, 2002
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c3 Be7 5.e3 0–0 6.Bd3N 
   (6.d4 d6 (6...d5 7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Bd3 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 c4 11.Bc2 Qa5 
   12.Qc1 g6 13.Qb2 b5 14.a3 Rb8 15.0–0 Qb6 16.Rfe1 a5 0–1 
   Gaslevich,L–Innorta) 7.Bg3 Bf5 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 c6 10.Be2 Qa5 
   11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Nc4 Nc4 13.Bc4 d5 14.Be2 Ne4 15.0–0 Nc3 16.Rfe1 Qb4 
   17.Qb4 Bb4 18.a3 Ba5 19.Bd6 Rfe8 20.Bb4 Ne2 Borrmann,F–Pommerel,W/
   corr SOK–97–121 1998/0–1; 
   6.Nf3 d5 7.Be2 c5 8.0–0 Nc6 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.d4 b6 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.Qa4 Qc7 
   13.Rfc1 c4 14.Ne1 a6 15.Bf3 Qd7 16.Qd1 Rfe8 17.h3 b5 18.Bg4 b4 19.cb4 
   Nb4 20.Nb1 Bg4 Bulcourf,C (2285)–Sorin,A (2500)/Buenos Aires op 1999/
   0–1 (44); 
   6.Bf6 Bf6 7.d4 d6 8.Bd3 c5 9.Ne2 b6 10.0–0 Bb7 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qb1 g6 
   13.a4 Nd7 14.a5 Qe6 15.a6 Bc6 16.Nf4 Qg4 17.d5 Bc3 18.Be2 Qh4 19.Nf3 
   Qe7 20.dc6 Ba1 Lebel,P–Wantoch_Rekowski,J/corr or01–022 E–mail 2002/
   1–0) 
6...d6 
   (6...d5 
     A) 7.Nf3 
        A1) 7...Nc6 8.Bf6 (8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Bf4 Bf5 10.Bb5) 8...Bf6 9.0–0 
         Bg4 10.Be2;
        A2) 7...Nbd7 8.Bg3 (8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Bg3 Ng3 10.hg3; 8.Bf6 Nf6 
         9.0–0 Bd6 10.Nd4) 8...Ne4 9.0–0 Ndc5 10.Be2;
     B) 7.Bf4 
        B1) 7...c5 8.Nf3 (8.Ne2 Nc6 9.0–0 Bg4 10.h3) 8...Nc6 9.Ne5 
         Ne5 10.Be5;
        B2) 7...Re8 8.Nf3 (8.Ne2 c5 9.0–0 Nc6 10.Bb5) 8...Nh5 9.Bg3 
         Ng3 10.hg3;
        B3) 7...Nbd7 8.Ne2 (8.Nf3 Nh5 9.Bg3 Ng3 10.hg3; 8.Be2 Re8 
         9.d3 Nf8 10.Nf3) 8...Nc5 9.Bc2 Ne6 10.Be5;
     C) 7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Nf3 (8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh7 Kh8 10.Bf5; 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Qc2 
      g6 10.a3) 8...Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qb3; 
   6...Nc6 
     A) 7.Bg3 
        A1) 7...d6 8.Nf3 (8.Ne2 a6 9.0–0 Bg4 10.f3; 8.Be2 Be6 9.Nf3 
         Re8 10.d4) 8...Bg4 9.0–0 Re8 10.h3;
        A2) 7...Re8 8.Nf3 (8.Ne2 d6 9.0–0 a6 10.Nf4) 8...d5 9.0–0 Ne4 
         10.Bf4;
        A3) 7...d5 8.Qc2 (8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Bf4 Bf5 10.Bb5; 8.Ne2 Ne4 9.Qc2 
         Bf5 10.Bf4) 8...Re8 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Ne5;
     B) 7.Bf4 
        B1) 7...d5 8.Ne2 (8.Qc2 Bd6 9.Bd6 Qd6 10.Nf3; 8.Nf3 Nh5 9.Bg3 
         Bg4 10.Qc2) 8...Bd6 9.Bb5 Ne7 10.d4;
        B2) 7...Re8 8.Nf3 (8.Qb3 Nh5 9.Ne2 Nf4 10.Nf4; 8.Ne2 d6 9.0–0 
         a6 10.Qc2) 8...d5 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bc6;
        B3) 7...d6 8.Nf3 (8.Ne2 Re8 9.0–0 a6 10.Qc2) 8...Nh5 9.Bg3 
         Bg4 10.Qa4;
     C) 7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Nf3 (8.Qc2 h6 9.Nf3 d5 10.Be2; 8.Qb3 d5 9.Nf3 Qd6 
      10.Be2) 8...d5 9.0–0 Qd6 10.Qc2) 
7.Bg3 
   (7.Bf6 Bf6 8.Nf3 (8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh7 Kh8 10.Bf5; 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Qc2 Kh8 
   10.a3) 8...Nc6 9.0–0 Bg4 10.Na3) 
7...Be6 
   (7...Nbd7 8.Nf3 (8.Bc2 Nb6 9.Nf3 d5 10.0–0; 8.Be2 Nc5 9.Nf3 Be6 
   10.Nd4) 8...Nc5 9.Bc2 Re8 10.0–0; 
   7...Nc6 8.Nf3 (8.Ne2 Re8 9.0–0 Rb8 10.Nf4; 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Nf3 Re8 10.d4 
  ) 8...Re8 9.Qb3 Na5 10.Qa4) 
8.Ne2 
   (8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.0–0 Nc5 10.Bc2; 
   8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Nc5 10.Nd4) 
8...Nbd7 9.0–0 Nc5 10.Nf4 
   (10.Bc2 Re8+=) 
10...Nd3 11.Nd3 Bf5 12.Nf4 Qd7 13.d4 Rfe8 14.Nd2 c6 15.f3 
   (15.Bh4 Rac8+=) 
15...d5–/+ 16.a4 
   (16.Re1 Bd6–/+) 
16...Bd6 17.Re1 Re7 18.Bf2 
   (18.Bh4 Bf4 19.ef4 Re1 20.Qe1 Re8–/+) 
18...Bf4 19.ef4 Re1 20.Be1 Re8 21.Bh4 Qe7 
   (21...Qd6–/+) 
22.c4 
   (better is 22.Nf1!?–/+) 
22...Qe3–+ 23.Bf2 Qf4 24.g3 Qc7 25.g4 
   (25.c5 Qa5–+) 
25...Bc8 26.a5 a6 
   (26...Qf4 27.c5–+) 
27.cd5 
   (27.c5 Qf4–+) 
27...cd5 
   (27...Nd5!? 28.Bg3 Qd8 29.Ne4–+) 
28.Nb3–/+ –/+




(35) Cornacchini,Gabriele (1700) – Milde,Lars (1970)
T8e–07.20 TSC, 2002
1.b4 
   (1.Nf3 Nf6=) 
1...e5+= 2.Bb2 Bb4 
   (2...f6 3.a3+=) 
3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 
   (4.Nc3 0–0+=) 
4...0–0 5.e3 
   (5.a3 Nc6 6.Bc7 Qc7 7.ab4 d5+=) 
5...d5 
   (5...d6 6.Bc3 Nc6 7.d4+=) 
6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 
   (7.Nc3 Nf6+=) 
7...c5 
   (7...Nc6 8.Bb2+=) 
8.Be2 
   (8.a3 Ba5=) 
8...Nc6+= 9.Bb2 Bg4 
   (9...Bf5 10.a3 Ba5 11.0–0+=) 
10.0–0 Qe7 
   (10...Qd6 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nc3=) 
11.a3= Ba5 12.Qa4 Bh5 
   (12...Bf5 13.Bb5 Bc7 14.Bc6 bc6 15.Qc6=) 
13.Nc3 Rad8 14.Rfd1 
   (14.Nd5 Rd5 15.d3 Bc7=) 
14...a6 
   (14...Rfe8 15.Nd5 Rd5 16.d3=) 
15.Nd5 Rd5 16.Qf4 
   (16.d3!?=) 
16...Bc7+= 17.Qc4 Rfd8 18.Qc3 
   (18.Qc2 Qd6+=) 
Ne5–/+ 
   (18...Ne5 19.Kh1 f6–/+) 
0–1




(36) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Leanza,Marco Antonio
IECG, 2000
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0–0 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bb2 
Nf4 9.Qb3 Na6 
   (better is 9...Nc6!?+= 
     A) 10.a3 
        A1) 10...Bd6 11.Bc4 (11.Nc3; 11.g3; 11.Qc3; 11.d3) 
         11...Be6 12.Be6 Re6 13.g3 Ng6+=;
        A2) 10...Be6 11.Qc2 Ba5 12.Kd1 Ng6 13.Bb5 Nh4+=;
     B) 10.Bc3 a5 (10...Qd6; 10...Bc3; 10...Re4) 11.a3 (11.Qb2 Bc3 
      12.dc3 Qf6 13.a3 Bg4–/+) 11...Bc3 12.dc3 Rb8 13.Nbd2 b5–/+;
     C) 10.Qc4 Bd6 11.a3 (11.g3 Be6 12.Qc3 Nh5 13.Bg2 Nb4+=; 11.Qc3 
      Bf8 12.Qc4 Nd5 13.Nc3 Ndb4–/+) 11...Bf5 12.d3 Rb8 13.Nbd2 Qe7+=;
     D) 10.Bc4 
        D1) 10...Be6 11.Be6 (11.0–0 Nd5 12.d3 Na5 13.Qa4 Bd7=) 
         11...Re6 12.0–0 Ng6 13.d4 Nh4=;
        D2) 10...Qe7 11.0–0 Na5 12.Qc2 Nc4 13.Qc4 Ng6+=) 
10.Ba6 ba6 11.0–0 Nd3 
   (11...Nd5 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.d3 Bd6+=) 
12.Nd4 Nb2 13.Qb2 
   (13.Qb4!? Nd3 14.Qc3+= c5 15.Qd3 cd4 16.ed4+=) 
13...Bd6= 
   (13...Bc5 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Qc2 Bd6 16.Nc3=; 
   13...c5 14.Nc2 Ba5 15.d4 cd4 16.Nd4=) 
14.Nf3 
   (14.Qc2!?= c5 15.Ne2 Rb8 16.Nbc3=; 
   14.Rc1 Be5 15.Qb4 Qd6 16.Qd6=) 
14...Bg4–/+ 15.Nd4 c5 
   (15...Be5 16.Qc3+=) 
16.Nb3 
   (16.Nc2–/+) 
16...Qb8 
   (16...Bf3 17.Nd4 cd4 18.gf3 Rb8 19.Qd4 Qg5 20.Kh1 Be5–+) 
17.h3 Be2 18.Re1 Bd3 19.Qc3 Be5?? 
   (better is 19...c4 20.Nd4 Bb4–/+) 
20.Qd3+– Ba1 21.Na1 
   (21.Na1 Qb5 22.Qc2+–) 
1–0




(37) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Dunn,Carl
IECC, 1998
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 0–0 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb2 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0–0 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 12.Ne1 Be2 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Nf3 Ne5 
   (14...Qe6 15.Qb5+=) 
15.Ne5 
   (15.Be5 Be5 16.d4 Bd6+=) 
15...Be5 16.d4 Bd6 17.Nd2 Nf4 
   (17...Qh4 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.Rfe1–/+) 
18.Qc4 
   (18.Qf3 Nd3 19.Bc3 c5= (19...Ba3? 20.Qf5+–)) 
18...Nh5 
   (18...Ng6 19.Rfd1=) 
19.Nf3 Qe4 20.Rac1 Nf6 21.Qc2 
   (21.Bc3 Nd5 22.Bb4 Nb4 23.ab4 c6=) 
21...Qd5 22.Qc4 Qh5 23.h3 Re6 24.Rc2 Ne4 
   (24...b5 25.Qb3=) 
25.d5= Re7 26.Qd4 The mate threat is Qxg7 26...f6 27.Nd2 
   (27.Rb1 c5 28.dc6 Bh2 29.Nh2 Rd4 30.Bd4 bc6 31.Rc6 Qe2+=) 
27...Ng5 
   (27...c5 28.Qd3 Nd2 29.Rd2=) 
28.h4 
   (better is 28.Rfc1!?=) 
c5–/+ 
   (28...c5 29.dc6 Bh2 30.Kh2 Rd4 31.Bd4 Qh4 32.Kg1 bc6 33.Rc6 Qg4–/+) 
Line +=




(38) Cornacchini,Gabriele (1795) – Fernandez Gonzales,Gregori (1890)
ICCF FM/1379, 2011
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 d6 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.e3 0–0 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 
Re8 9.0–0 Qe7 
   (9...Ba5 10.a3 Qe7 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Qb3 Bb6 13.Qb5 h6 14.h3 a6 15.Qb3 
   Na5 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Qc2 c6 18.Rab1 Bc7 19.d4 d5 20.c5 Nh7 21.Nh2 Qh4 
   22.Bg4 Bh2 23.Kh2 Bg4 24.f3 Garceran Nieuwenburg,D–Chogdov,M (2245)/
   Zaozhuang CHN, Asian Nations Cup (m) 2; 
   9...Nd7 10.d4 Qe7 11.Qb3 Rab8 12.Nc3 Bf3 13.Bf3 Qg5 14.Na4 Ba5 15.Bc3 
   Bb6 16.Nb6 ab6 17.a4 Nf8 18.Qb5 Qh6 19.Bc6 bc6 20.Qc6 Rbc8 21.a5 ba5 
   22.Ra5 Re6 23.Qb7 Ree8 24.Rfa1 Ramos Moreno,F (2105)–Quintana 
   Perez,M/Malaga ESP, Regional Ch 2013/1–0 (35)) 
10.d3N 
   (10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Ne5 Be2 12.Ne2 de5 13.d3 Rad8 14.Ng3 Qe6 15.Qb3 Bd6 
   16.Rac1 b6 17.Rfd1 h5 18.e4 Bc5 19.h3 g6 20.Ba3 Bd4 21.Ne2 c5 22.Nc3 
   g5 23.Nb5 Rd7 24.Bb2 h4 Reimer,K–Wild,H (1755)/75 sen. PSB (Pfalz) 
   ch–Senioren 2006/½–½ (41); 
   10.d4 Ne4 11.Nfd2 (11.Qa4 a6 12.Qc2 Ba5 13.a3 Nd8 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3 
   Bc3 16.Qc3 Ne6 ½–½ Hofmann,B (2095)–Wurzer,G (1845)/Wattens op 
   1997) 11...Be2 12.Qe2 Nd2 13.Nd2 Bd2 14.Qd2 f6 15.Rfe1 Rad8 
   16.Rac1 b6 17.e4 Na5 18.f4 c5 19.d5 Qd7 20.Qc2 Qg4 21.g3 Qf3 22.Qe2 
   Qe2 23.Re2 Re7 24.Kf2 Rde8 Borucki,B–Adamowski,A/corr 1AMM Poland 
   1991/½–½) 
10...Rad8 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Nfd4 Be2 15.Qe2 Ne5 16.Nf5 
Qd7 17.e4 d5 18.c5 Ba7 19.Qd2 de4? 
   (better is 19...h6 20.f4 Nd3 21.Qd3 de4+/–) 
20.Qg5+– g6 21.Nh6 Kg7 22.Be5 Re5 
   (22...Re5 23.Qe5 Qe6 24.Qc7 Rd7+–) 
0–1




(39) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Reede,Arvo
RL–2007–0–00090, 2007
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Bb2 0–0 7.Nf3 d5 8.Be2 Be6 
9.cd5 Nd5 10.0–0 a6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Qc2 Re8 
   (12...Qd7 13.Nc3=) 
13.Nc3 Nc3 
   (13...Qd7 14.Ne4=) 
14.Qc3 The mate threat is Qxg7 14...Bf8 15.Rfd1 
   (15.d3 Qd6=) 
15...Qd7 
   (15...Qd6 16.d4 Bd5 17.Bd3=) 
16.Rac1 Bd5 17.Nd4 
   (17.d3 f5=) 
17...Nd4 18.Qd4 Rad8 19.Qc3 c6 20.h3 
   (20.d3 Qd6=) 
½–½




(40) Dopper,Johan – Cornacchini,Gabriele
corr or03–027, 2003
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 0–0 6.e3 d5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0–0 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Nh4?? 
   (better is 13.Bb5=) 
13...Qh4–+ 14.Bf3 Be4 15.Be4 Qe4 16.d3 Qg6 17.a4 Ndb4 18.Ra3 Rad8 19.d4 
Ne5 20.Qe2 Ned3 21.Bc3 Nf4 22.Qf3 Nfd5 23.Bd2 c6 24.Rb3 Qc2 25.Qd1 Qd1 
26.Rd1 b6 27.Na3 c5 28.Nc4 cd4 29.ed4 Nc6 30.Na5 Na5 31.Ba5 ba5 32.Rb7 
Nc3 33.Rd3 Ne2 
   (33...Ne2 34.Kh2 Rd4 35.Rd4 Nd4 36.Ra7 Nb3–+) 
0–1




(41) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Leisebein,Peter
T8e–07 TSC, 2002
A00: Irregular Openings
 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 
0–0 6.e3 d5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Bg4 10.0–0 Qe7 11.Be2 Rad8 12.d4 
Nd5 13.Ne5N 
   (13.Bb5 Bd6 14.Nc3 Nc3 15.Bc3 Bd7 16.h3 a6 17.Bd3 f5 18.Qc2 g6 
   19.Rfb1 b5 20.a4 b4 21.Be1 a5 22.Bb5 Nb8 23.Bd7 Nd7 24.Rc1 Nf6 25.Ne5 
   Be5 26.de5 Qe5 27.Qc7 Qc7 carocan (1765)–uczendiabla (1830)/kurnik 
   2011/0–1 (45); 
   13.Bc4 Ne3 14.fe3 Qe3 15.Kh1 Bf3 16.Rf3 Qe1 17.Rf1 Qd1 18.Rd1 Nd4 
   19.h3 Nc2 20.Rf1 Na1 21.Bf7 Kh8 22.Be8 Re8 23.Ba1 Bd6 24.Nc3 c6 25.a4 
   Kg8 26.Nd1 Bg3 27.Nb2 Re1 nizinna–derelle/kurnik 2011/1–0 (52)) 
13...Ne5 14.Bg4 Ng4 15.Qg4 Ne3! 16.fe3 Qe3 17.Kh1 
   (better is 17.Rf2!? Be1 18.Qf5 Bf2 19.Qf2–+) 
17...Qf2!–+ 18.Nd2 
   (18.Rf2 Re1 Mate attack) 
18...Qd2 19.Rab1 Qe2 20.Qf4 
   (20.Qf5 Re7–+) 
20...Qh5 21.Qf3 Qf3 22.Rf3 b6 23.a3 Be7 0–1




(42) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Kern,Michael (1775)
IECC, 2001
1.b4 e5+= 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6–/+ 5.Bb2 d5 6.e3 0–0–/+ 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 
dc4–/+ 9.Bc4 Ne4 
   (9...Be6 10.Be6 Re6 11.Qc2+=) 
10.0–0 
   (10.a3 Ba5+=) 
10...Be6 
   (10...Nd6 11.Bb3+=) 
11.Be6 Re6 12.a3 Be7 13.d3 Bf6 14.Bf6 
   (14.Qe2 Bb2 15.Qb2 Qd3 16.Qb7 Qd8+=) 
14...Qf6+= 15.d4 Rae8 16.Nbd2 Nd2 17.Qd2 Qf5 
   (17...Rb8 18.Rfb1=) 
18.Rac1 
   (18.Rab1 Rg6 19.Nh4 Qc8 20.Ng6 fg6+–) 
18...Rf6 
   (18...Qg4 19.Qc3=) 
19.Qb2+= b6 
   (19...Rb8 20.Qc2+=) 
20.Rc3 Qg4 
   (20...Qe6 21.Rfc1 Qd7 22.Qb5+–) 
21.h3 
   (21.d5 Rg6 22.Ne1 Nd4+/–) 
21...Qd7 22.Rfc1 h6 
   (22...Rg6!? 23.Qc2 Ree6+=) 
23.Qb5+/– 
   (23.Qb5 a6 24.Qa6+/–) 
1–0




(43) Kern,Michael (1745) – Cornacchini,Gabriele
IECC, 2001
1.b4 e5+= 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 0–0 5.f4 Nc6 
   (5...d6 6.Bc3 Nc6 7.Nf3–/+) 
6.Bb2 d5 
   (6...d6 7.a3 Bc5 8.Bc4–/+) 
7.Nf3 Bg4 
   (7...Ne4 8.Be2+=) 
8.Be2 Re8 9.0–0 Bc5 
   (9...Qd6 10.a3 Bc5 11.Be5+=) 
10.Ne5 
   (10.Nc3 Qd7+=) 
10...Be2 11.Qe2 Ne5 
   (11...Qd6 12.Qf3+=) 
12.fe5= Ne4 13.d3 Ng5 14.d4 
   (14.Nd2 Ne6=) 
14...Bb6 
   (14...Be7 15.Qb5+=) 
15.c4 c5 
   (15...dc4 16.Qc4 Ne6 17.Nc3=) 
16.dc5 Bc5 17.cd5 
   (better is 17.Rd1!? f6 18.Nc3=) 
17...Qd5–/+ 18.Nd2 Rac8 19.Kh1 
   (19.a3 Qc6–/+) 
19...Bb6 
   (19...Qe6 20.Bd4–/+) 
20.e4 
   (20.Nf3 Ne6–/+) 
20...Qe6 21.Nf3 Qg4 
   (21...Nf3 22.gf3 Red8 23.Rfd1–/+) 
22.Rae1 Ne6 23.Ng1 
   (23.Bc1 Nc5–/+) 
Qe2 
   (23...Qe2 24.Re2 Red8–/+) 
0–1




(44) Woelfelschneider,Peter – Cornacchini,Gabriele
T8e–07 TSC, 2002
1.b4 
   (1.e4 d5 2.ed5 Qd5+=) 
1...e5+= 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 
   (4.c3 d6 5.Bf6 Qf6 6.Qa4 Nc6=) 
4...0–0 
   (4...Nc6 5.Bc3+=) 
5.Nf3 
   (5.Qf3 Be7=) 
5...Nc6 6.Bb2 d5 7.Be2 Re8 8.0–0 Bg4 9.d3 
   (9.a3 Bd6=) 
9...Qe7 10.Nbd2 Rad8 
   (10...Qe6 11.Rb1+=) 
11.a3 
   (11.Rb1 b5=) 
11...Ba5 
   (11...Bd6 12.Qb1+=) 
12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Re1 
   (13.Rb1 a6=) 
13...h6 
   (13...a5 14.Rb1=) 
14.Rb1 Bf3 
   (14...Na5 15.h3 Be6 16.Na5 Ba5 17.Rf1=) 
15.Bf3 Nb8 
   (15...Ne5 16.Be2=) 
16.a4 c6 17.Nd4 
   (17.a5 Bc7+=) 
17...Qc7 18.Nf5 
   (18.Nf5 Nbd7 19.Be2+=; 
   18.Bg4 Ba5 19.c3 Ng4 20.Qg4 Qd6+=) 
Line +=




(45) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Nemeth,Laszlo
RL–2007–0–00092, 2007
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.Nf3 0–0 7.Be2 Bg4 8.0–0 
Re8 9.a3 Bd6 10.c4 Qe7 11.cd5 Nd5 12.Bc4? 
   (better is 12.h3 Be6 13.Bb5+=) 
12...Bf3–+ 13.Qf3 Qh4 The mate threat is Qxh2 14.g3? 
   (14.Rc1 Qh2 15.Kf1 Qh1 16.Ke2 Qc1 17.Qf7 Kf7 18.Bd5 (18.Bc1?? Nce7–+ 
  ) 18...Kf8 19.Bc1 Nd4 20.Kd1–+) 
Qc4 
   (14...Qc4 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.Bc3 Qd3–+) 
0–1




(46) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Parry,Andrew (1670)
RL–2007–0–00121, 2007
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0–0 5.e3 d5 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 Ba5 8.0–0 Nc6 
9.Bf6 
   (9.Bg3 Bf5 10.d3 b5 11.a3 Re8 12.Nh4 Be6 13.h3 Bc7 14.Bc7 Qc7 15.Nd2 
   b4 16.Qc2 Qd6 17.Ndf3 h6 18.Rfc1 a5 19.cb4 ab4 20.Qc5 Qc5 21.Rc5 Rec8 
   22.Nd2 ba3 23.Nhf3 a2 algernon (2375)–ladams (2375)/net–chess.com 
   2008/0–1; 
   9.d4 Ng4 10.Bg3 c4 11.Qc2 Bc7 12.Bc7 Qc7 13.h3 Nf6 14.Nbd2 b5 mr 
   (2260)–dstephens (2120)/net–chess.com 2009) 
9...Qf6 10.d4 c4 11.Qc2N 
   (11.Nfd2 Re8 12.e4 Nd4 13.cd4 Qd4 14.Qa4 Qe5 15.Qa5 Qa1 16.Nc3 Qb2 
   17.Nd5 b6 18.Qc3 Qc3 19.Nc3 Ba6 20.Nc4 Bc4 21.Bc4 Rac8 22.Bb5 Re5 
   23.f4 Rh5 24.Nd5 Kf8 25.Rd1 Rc2 Pech,J–Wantoch_Rekowski,J/corr 
   or01–012 E–mail 2002/1–0; 
   11.Ne1 Bf5 12.Qc1 a6 13.Nd2 Rfe8 14.a3 b5 15.Qd1 Bc3 16.Ra2 h6 17.Bg4 
   a5 18.Bf5 ½–½ Tejler,A–Springer/corr SOK–90–68 1990) 
11...Bf5 12.Qc1 b5 13.a3 Bc7 14.Nbd2 a5 15.Re1 Rab8 16.Bf1 Rfe8 17.h3 Qh6 
0–1




(47) Zmolil,Josef – Cornacchini,Gabriele
corr or03–027, 2003
A00: Irregular Openings
 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb2 
0–0 6.e3 d5 7.Be2 Re8 8.0–0 Bf5 9.d3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Rad8 11.a3 Ba5 12.Rb1 
   (12.Nb3 Bb6 13.a4 a6 14.a5 Ba7 15.Ba3 Qd7 16.Rb1 b6 17.ab6 cb6 18.Ra1 
   a5 19.Bb2 Qd6 20.Qd2 Bb8 21.Rfb1 Bg4 22.g3 Rc8 23.Qd1 Nd7 24.Nbd4 Nd4 
   25.Nd4 Be2 26.Qe2 Qf6 Hoebel,H (2445)–Kirpikov,A (2145)/corr ICCF EU/
   EM/M/003 2002/1–0 (71)) 
12...Bb6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.Nf1N 
   (14.d4 Rd6 15.Bd3 Bd3 16.cd3 h6 17.Nb3 Rg6 18.h3 Nf6 19.Nh4 Rg5 20.g4 
   Ng4 21.hg4 Qe6 22.f3 f5 23.e4 de4 24.de4 fg4 25.f4 Rb5 26.Ba1 Qd6 
   27.Qg4 Nd4 28.Bd4 Bd4 Ruhle,E–Klemens,L/corr ICCF TT–6–02–F 2008/1–0 
   (35)) 
14...Nge5 15.Ng3 Bg6 
   (15...Bd7 16.Qd2=) 
16.Ne5 Ne5 17.Bh5 Rd6 ½–½




(48) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Weiss,Frederic J_Marie
RL–2007–0–00089, 2007
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Bb2 0–0 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 c6 
   (6...Re8 7.Be2+=) 
7.Be2 Bg4 8.0–0 Nbd7 
   (8...Re8 9.Nc3+=) 
9.d3 Bd6 
   (9...Re8 10.Nbd2+=) 
10.Nbd2= Bf3 
   (10...Re8 11.c4=) 
11.Nf3 Qc7 
   (11...Qe7 12.Rb1=) 
12.Rc1 Ne5 
   (12...Ng4 13.h3 Nh2 14.Nh2 Bh2 15.Kh1=) 
13.Ne5 
   (13.Be5 Be5 14.c4 Bd6=) 
13...Be5 14.Be5 Qe5 15.Rb1 
   (15.d4 Qe6=) 
15...b6 16.d4 Qc7 
   (16...Qe6 17.Qd3=) 
17.c4+= Rac8 
   (17...c5 18.dc5 dc4 19.Bc4 Qc5 20.Rc1=) 
18.Rc1 White plans c5 
   (18.cd5 cd5 19.Ba6 Rcd8+=) 
18...Qd6 19.c5 
   (19.Qa4 Rc7+=) 
19...Qb8 
   (19...bc5 20.Rc5 Ne4 21.Ra5=) 
20.cb6 
   (20.Ba6 Rc7+=) 
20...ab6= 21.Qa4 
   (better is 21.Qb3=) 
21...b5 
   (better is 21...c5!?=) 
22.Qa6+/– Qa8 23.Qa8 Ra8 24.Rc6 Ra2 
   (24...b4 25.Rc2+/–) 
25.Bb5 h6 26.h3 Rb8 27.Bd3 
   (27.Rc5 Ra5 28.Bd3 Rc5 29.dc5 Rb3+=) 
27...Rd2 28.Bf5 Nh5 
   (28...Ne4 29.Rfc1 g6 30.Be4 de4 31.R1c2 Rc2 32.Rc2+/–) 
29.Rc8 
   (29.Rfc1 Kf8+–) 
29...Rc8+/– 30.Bc8 Nf6 31.Bb7 
   (31.Ra1 Rb2+/–) 
31...Rb2 32.Bc6 Rc2 33.Ba4 
   (33.Bb5 Rb2 34.Bd3 Rd2+/–) 
33...Ra2 34.Bc6 
   (better is 34.Bb5!?+/–) 
Rc2= ½–½




(49) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Csoma,Robert
RL–2007–0–00093, 2007
1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 c6 4.c4 d5 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Be2 Qc7 
   (8...Nc5 9.cd5 ed5 10.0–0 Qd6 11.Ba3 b6 12.d4 Nce4 13.Bd6 Nd6 14.bc6 
   Re8 15.Nc3 Nfe4 16.Nd5 a5 17.Nc7 Bf5 18.Qb3 Bg4 19.Rfc1 Bf3 20.Bf3 Nd2 
   21.Qd3 Nf3 22.gf3 Bh4 23.Na8 orane (2175)–dominance/Live Game 
   Caissa's Web 2004/1–0; 
   8...dc4 9.Bc4 cb5 10.ab5 Nb6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.Nc3 Nfd5 13.0–0 Bf6 14.Qb3 
   Nc3 15.Bc3 Bc3 16.dc3 Qe7 17.Ra5 Nd5 18.Rfa1 Rfc8 19.c4 Nb6 20.Ra7 Ra7 
   21.Ra7 Be8 22.h3 h6 23.Nd2 pereira–whyteque/internet 2009/1–0) 
9.h3N 
   (9.0–0 a6 10.d4 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Nb6 13.c5 Nbd7 14.b6 Qb8 15.Qa4 
   Re8 16.Qa7 Ne4 17.Bd3 Nec5 18.dc5 Bc5 19.Qa4 Bb6 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nf7 Kf7 
   22.Bg6 Kg6 23.Qg4 1–0 orane–joeyk/caissa.com 2006) 
9...e5 10.0–0 e4 11.Nd4 Re8 0–1




(50) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Santos,Karlo
RL–2007–0–00121, 2007
1.b4 f5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Be7 5.c4 0–0 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be2 a6N 
   (7...Qe8 8.h3 (8.0–0 Nbd7 9.h3 Qg6 10.d4 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Ndf6 12.Qb3 Bd7 
   13.a4 Nh5 14.Ne4 fe4 15.Nd2 e5 16.Bh5 Qh5 17.de5 Bh3 18.gh3 Qh3 19.Ne4 
   Rf5 20.c5 Kh8 21.Ng3 Rf3 22.Qd1 Raf8 nizinna–grno (1630)/kurnik 2011/
   0–1 (31)) 8...Nbd7 9.d4 Bd8 10.Qc2 b6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Rd1 Ne4 
   13.0–0 Qh5 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Qd2 Qh6 16.Nh2 Bf6 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Nf3 g5 
   19.Nh2 Qh4 20.f4 Rf7 21.Nf3 Qh5 22.fg5 Iosif,D–Just,G (2070)/GER–ch 
   op (Women) 1994/1–0 (49); 
   7...e5 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 Qe8 10.Nc3 Qg6 11.g3 Nbd7 12.Qb3 c5 13.a4 Kh8 
   14.f4 ef3 15.Bf3 Qh6 16.Ne2 Bd8 17.Nf4 Re8 18.0–0–0 a6 19.h3 ab5 
   20.ab5 Nb6 21.dc5 dc5 22.g4 Teichmann,E (2290)–Bhend,E (2315)/Bern 
   op 1991/1–0 (31); 
   7...Nbd7 8.d4 a6 9.a4 ab5 10.ab5 Ra1 11.Ba1 c6 12.0–0 Ne4 13.Nc3 Qa5 
   14.Ne4 fe4 15.Nd2 d5 16.Qc2 cb5 17.cb5 Nf6 18.Nb3 Qd8 19.Rc1 Bd6 
   20.Nc5 Qc7 21.h3 Qf7 22.Bc3 Lebel,P–St_Jean,B/Orang–Utan 
   Invitational 2001/1–0 (50)) 
8.a4 ab5 9.ab5 Ra1 10.Ba1 Nbd7 11.d3 Qe8 12.0–0 h6 13.Nbd2 e5 0–1




(51) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Udvari,Norbert
RL–2007–0–00090, 2007
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 dc4 5.Bc4 e6 6.a3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 a5 8.0–0 
   (8.b5 Bd6=) 
8...ab4+= 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 Bb4 
   (10...Nb6 11.Bf6 gf6 12.d3+=) 
11.Qb3 
   (11.Bf6 gf6 (11...Nf6? 12.Qa4 c6 13.Qb4+–; 11...Qf6?! 12.Qa4 Bd6 
   13.Qa8 Qd8 14.Qb7+=) 12.Qb3 Qe7+=) 
11...c5–/+ 12.Bf6 gf6 
   (12...Nf6 13.d4+=) 
13.Nc3 
   (13.d4 Bg4+=) 
13...Ne5 14.Bb5 Kf8 15.Ne5 
   (15.Nd4 Bg6 (15...cd4?! 16.Qb4 Kg7 17.ed4=) 16.f4 
     A) worse is 16...cd4 
        A1) worse is 17.fe5 Be7 (worse is 17...dc3 18.Qb4 Kg8 19.Qc3+=) 18.Ne2 de3 
         19.de3 Kg7–/+;
        A2) 17.Qb4 Kg8 18.fe5 dc3 19.Qc3+=;
     B) 16...Ng4–/+) 
15...fe5–/+ 16.Rd1 
   (16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Ra1 Rg6–/+) 
16...Rg8 17.g3 
   (17.Be2 b6–/+) 
17...Kg7 18.Ra1? 
   (better is 18.d4!?–/+) 
Qd2–+ 
   (18...Qd2 19.Na4 Ra8–+) 
0–1




(52) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Van Dijk,Arnold
RL–2007–0–00092, 2007
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e5 3.c4 Bb4 4.Be5 Nc6 5.Bb2 0–0 6.e3 d5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be2 
dc4 9.0–0 Qd5N 
   (9...Be6 10.Qc2 b5 11.a4 a6 12.Ng5 h6 13.ab5 Na5 14.Ne6 Re6 15.Bc4 
   Nc4 16.Qc4 a5 17.Rc1 Nd5 18.Qd4 f6 19.d3 Rd6 20.Qc4 Kh7 21.Na3 Qd7 
   22.Qh4 Re6 23.Qg4 a4 24.e4 Fritz 8–Fritz 5.32/1–0 (39); 
   9...Na5 10.Qa4 Nd5 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.d3 Bf5 14.Rad1 b6 15.e4 
   Bg6 16.a3 Bd6 17.Rfe1 Qe7 18.e5 Be5 19.Ne5 Qe5 20.Ne4 Qf5 21.Bf6 gf6 
   22.Qc3 Kg7 23.Ng3 Qe5 24.d4 marekt–HanadaNo3/schemingmind.com 2006/
   1–0 (55); 
   9...b5 10.Nc3 Bc3 11.Bc3 Be6 12.Qc2 a5 13.d3 Bf5 14.Bf6 Qf6 15.a3 Bd3 
   16.Bd3 cd3 17.Qd3 Na7 18.Rad1 c5 19.Qd7 Qe7 20.Qg4 Qe4 21.Qg5 Qe7 
   22.Qh5 Rac8 23.Rd5 g6 24.Qh6 Szabo–Gerold/corr SOK–87–15 1987/0–1 
   (34)) 
0–1




(53) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Sauvageau,Paul
RL–2007–0–00088, 2007
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 c6 5.c4 ab5 6.ab5 Ra1 7.Ba1 Be7 8.e3 0–0 
9.Nf3 Ne4 
   (9...cb5 10.cb5 d5 11.Be2=) 
10.Bd3 
   (10.Nc3 d5=) 
10...f5 11.Be4 
   (11.0–0!?=) 
11...fe4+= 12.Ng1 
   (12.Nd4 d5+=) 
12...d5–/+ 13.Qc2 
   (13.Qb3 Bh4 14.g3 Bf6–/+) 
13...Bf6 
   (13...Bh4 14.g3 Bf6 15.Bc3–/+) 
14.Bb2 
   (14.Bf6 Qf6 (14...gf6?! 15.f3=) 15.f4 e5–/+) 
14...Bd7 
   (14...cb5 15.cd5 ed5 16.Ne2–/+) 
15.Bf6 
   (15.bc6 Nc6 16.Ba3 Rf7–/+) 
15...Qf6 Threatening mate: Qxf2 
   (15...gf6?! 16.cd5 ed5 17.Nc3=) 
16.Nh3 
   (16.f4 Qg6 17.g3 cb5 18.cd5 ed5–/+) 
16...e5 
   (16...cb5!? 17.cd5 ed5 18.Rf1–+) 
17.Rf1–/+ Bh3 
   (17...d4 18.Ng1–/+) 
18.gh3 Qf3 
   (18...Qe6!?–/+) 
19.cd5+= Qh3 
   (better is 19...cd5!? 20.Qc7 Qf7 21.Qe5 Nd7+=) 
20.dc6 
   (20.Qe4 Re8+/–) 
20...bc6 21.bc6 The passed pawn on c6 quickly leads to threats 
21...Qe6 
   (21...Qc8 22.Qe4 Nc6 23.f4+/–) 
22.Qe4 Nc6 23.Ke2 
   (23.f4 Rb8+/–) 
23...Qh6 
   (23...Kh8 24.Nc3+=) 
24.Rc1 Qh5 25.Ke1 Ne7 
   (25...Ne7 26.Qg2 Qf5+=) 
Line +=




(54) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Szenczy,Sandor
RL–2007–0–00093, 2007
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.a4 c6 8.c4 e5 
9.0–0 e4 10.Nd4 c5 11.Nf5 Be5 12.Be5 
   (12.Bc3 dc4 13.Qc2 Bc7+=) 
12...Ne5–/+ 13.Ng3 d4 14.ed4 cd4 
   (14...cd4 15.d3 ed3 16.Bd3 Be6+=; 
   14...Qd4 15.Nc3–/+) 
0–1




(55) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Jobe,Tom
IECC, 1999
A00: Irregular Openings
 1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 Be7 4.e3 b6 5.Nf3 
0–0 6.c4 Bb7 7.Be2 d6 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.a4 a6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.d4 Bf8 12.Qc2 g6 
13.Rfd1 Qc8 14.e4 
   (14.d5 ed5 15.ba6 Ba6 16.cd5 Be2 17.Ne2 Qb7 18.Qc4 Bg7 19.Nc3 Nc5 
   20.Nd4 Qa6 21.Qa6 ½–½ Schirmer,M–Wilk,B/corr 3GMM–05 1995) 
14...c5 15.dc5N 
   (15.d5 ed5 16.ed5 Bh6 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Ne5 de5 19.ba6 Ba6 20.Nb5 Bb5 
   21.ab5 Ra1 22.Ra1 Bg5 23.Ra6 e4 24.Be2 Nd7 25.Bc1 Bc1 26.Qc1 f5 27.Qf4 
   Ne5 28.Rb6 Qc7 29.Rc6 Qa5 Gugulski,M–Kusmierek,J/corr 1994/1–0 (32)
   ; 
   15.d5 Bg7+=) 
15...dc5 
   (15...Nc5!? 16.e5 de5 17.Ne5 Bg7=) 
16.e5+/– Ng4 17.Ne4 Be4 
   (17...Rd8!?+/–) 
18.Qe4 Nh6 19.Qc6 Qc6 20.bc6 Nb8 21.c7 Nc6 22.Rab1 a5 
   (better is 22...Rec8!? 23.Rd7 Bg7+–) 
23.Rd6 Ne5 24.Rb6 
   (24.Be5 Bd6 25.Bd6 Ra6+–) 
24...Nf3 25.Bf3 
   (25.gf3?! Nf5+=) 
25...Rac8 26.Be5 Bg7 27.Bg7 
   (27.Bg3 Nf5 28.Rb8 e5 29.Rc8 Rc8+–) 
27...Kg7+/– 28.Rb8 Rf8 
   (28...Rh8 29.R8b7+–) 
29.R8b7+– Nf5 30.Bc6 Nd6 31.Ra7 Ne8 
   (31...Nc4? 32.Rc1 Ne5 33.Rc5 Nc6 34.Rc6+–) 
32.Rbb7 Nd6 33.Rb5! Ne8 
   (33...Nb5 34.ab5 Passed pawn) 
34.Be8 
   (34.Raa5?! Rc7 35.Be8 Re8+/–) 
34...Rfe8 35.Rba5 
   (35.Raa5?! Rc7 36.Kf1 Rd8+/–) 
1–0




(56) Cornacchini,Gabriele – Berch,Neil
IECG, 1998
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qf3 
   (5.a3 d6 6.d4 de5 7.de5 0–0=) 
5...e6 
   (5...Nb4!? 
     A) 6.e6 f6 7.Qb3 N8c6 8.c3 Na6 9.ed7–/+;
     B) 6.Qe4 N8c6 7.Bb5 (7.Na3 d6 8.Bb5 0–0 9.Bc6–+) 7...0–0 8.Bc6 
      Nc6 9.Nf3–+;
     C) 6.Qb3 
        C1) 6...N4c6–/+ 7.Nf3 (7.e6 0–0 8.ef7 Rf7 9.Bg7–/+) 7...0–0 8.Be2 
         d6 9.ed6+=;
        C2) 6...a5 7.a3 (7.Nf3 0–0 8.a3 N4c6 9.Bb5–/+) 7...N4c6 8.e6 
         0–0 9.ef7–/+;
        C3) 6...c5 7.a3 (7.h4 Rf8 8.Nf3 d5 9.Bb5–/+) 7...N4c6 8.e6 f6 
         9.ed7–/+) 
6.a3= 
   (6.b5 d6 7.d4 de5 8.de5 Nd7 9.Qg3=) 
6...0–0 
   (6...d6 7.d4 (7.c4 Nb6 8.d4 Na4 9.Qb3+=) 7...de5 8.de5 Nd7 9.Qg3=; 
   6...Nb6 7.Qg3 (7.d4 d6 8.ed6 cd6 9.Ne2=) 7...Na4 8.Bc3 Nc3 9.Nc3=) 
7.c4 
   (7.Qg3 f6 8.c4 Nb6 9.d4=) 
7...Ne7 
   (7...Nb6 8.d4 f6 9.ef6=) 
8.h4 
   (8.Qg4 d6 (8...f6 9.ef6 Bf6 10.Bf6 Rf6=) 9.d4=) 
8...Nbc6 
   (8...a5 9.Qf4=) 
9.d4 
   (9.Qf4=) 
9...d6 
   (9...f6 10.Qe2=) 
10.b5 Na5 11.h5 Nf5 
   (11...a6 12.ba6 Ra6 13.c5=) 
12.g4 Ne7 
   (12...Nh6 13.c5+=) 
13.h6 
   (better is 13.g5!?+/–) 
13...Bh8= 14.Nd2 de5? 
   (better is 14...d5=) 
15.de5+– Rb8 
   (better is 15...Bd7!? 16.Ne4 Nc8+–) 
16.Ne4 1–0




(57) gabrielecornacchini – peejhunt
net–chess.com, 2001
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.b5 Ne5 4.Be5 d6 5.Bb2 Bf5 6.c4 
   (6.e3 e5+–) 
6...e6 7.e3 d5 8.d3 
   (8.cd5!? ed5 9.Qf3 Be4 10.Bf6 Qd6+–) 
8...dc4 9.dc4 Bb4 10.Bc3 
   (better is 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Nge2 Qf6+–) 
10...Qd6? 
   (better is 10...Qd1 11.Kd1 Ne4+–) 
11.Qd6 cd6 
   (11...Bd6 12.Nd2 Rg8+–) 
12.Bb4 0–0 
   (12...0–0–0 13.Nc3+–) 
13.Nf3 
   (13.Bd6 Rfd8 14.Be5 Nd7+–) 
13...Rac8 
   (13...Rfd8 14.Nc3+–) 
14.Be2 
   (14.Bd6 Rfd8 15.Be7 Rd7 16.Bf6 gf6+–) 
14...Ne4 
   (14...Rfd8 15.Nc3+–) 
15.0–0 
   (better is 15.Nh4 Bg6+–) 
15...d5 
   (15...Nc5 16.Rd1 Rfd8 17.Nc3+–) 
16.Bf8 Kf8 
   (16...Kf8 17.cd5 ed5+–) 
Line +–

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• 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bc4 (Sokolski gambit, 4 players, 3 days/move)
• 1.c4 Nf6 2.b4 (English orangutan, 4 players, 3 days/move)
• 1.e4 c5 2.b4 (Sicilian: Wing gambit, 4 players, 10 days/move)
• 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 (French: Wing gambit, 4 players, 3 days/move)

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