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1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6

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4.a3 c6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Nd2 Qc7 7.Ngf3= e6 8.Ne5 Ne5 9.de5 Ng4 10.Nf3 Be4 11.b5 Bf3–/+ 12.Qf3 Ne5 13.Qf4 Bd6 14.Qa4 0–0 15.0–0–0 cb5–+ 16.Bb5 a6 17.Be5 Be5 18.Bd3 Qc3 19.Qb4 Qb4 20.ab4 Bc3 21.e4 b5 22.Rdf1 Bb4 23.e5 Bc3 24.f4 a5 25.Bb5 a4 26.Kd1 a3 27.Ke2 a2 28.Kd3 a1Q 29.Ra1 Ra1 (30.Ra1 Ba1–+; 29...Ba1 30.Rb1–+) 0–1. Fuchs – Stabenow,Juergen, corr SOK–87–13, 1988.

4.a3 Ne4 5.f3 Ng5 6.h4 Ne6+– 7.g4 Bg6 8.h5 Bc2 9.Qc2 Ng5 10.f4 Ne4 11.Bd3 Qd7 12.Be4 de4 13.Qe4 Qg4 14.Qb7 Qg3 15.Kf1 f5 16.Qa8 Kf7 17.Qb8 g6 18.hg6 Kg6 19.Qe8# 1–0. marus – GANGGREEN, internet, 2001.

4.a3 e5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.c4 b6 7.cd5 e4 8.Nh4 (8...Bd7 9.d3 Nd5 10.Qh5+= (10.de4?! Ne3 11.Qe2 Nf1=)). thedesertfox (1970) – wizardshadowlord, net–chess.com, 2004.

4.Bb5 Nbd7 5.a3 c6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.ed4+= e4 9.Nh4 Nd5?? 10.Nf5+– Qf6 11.Ne3 Nf4 12.0–0 Bd6 13.Ng4 Qh4 14.h3 h5 15.Ne5 Qg5 16.Nd7?? Nh3 17.Kh1–+ Qh4 18.g3 Nf2 19.Kg2 Qg3# 0–1. ZZMeB4 (1705) – bummerdan (1755), caissa.com, 2007.

4.c4 Nbd7 5.Qb3 (5.cd5 Nd5 6.Qf3 Be6=) 5...c5 (5...e6 6.Nf3=+) 6.b5 (6.cd5!? cb4 7.Qb4=) 6...e6=+ 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nc3 dc4 9.Bc4 Ne5 10.Ne5 Be5 11.d4 cd4–/+ 12.ed4 Bd4 13.0–0–0 Qb6–+ 14.Na4 Bb2 5.Kb2? Qf2 16.Ka3 Nd7 17.Rhf1 Qc2 18.Qb4? Nb6 19.Nb2 Nc4 20.Nc4 a5 21.Nd6 Kf8–+ 22.Qe1 Qc5 23.Kb2–/+ Qc2 24.Ka1 a4 25.Qb4 Kg8 26.Rc1 Qg2 27.Nf5 ef5–/+ 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rfc5 Qh2 30.Qd4 Qh3?? 31.Rc7 a3 32.Rf7=+ Qh6 33.Rfc7 1–0. Zylla – Kausche, BS–Kreismeisterschaf, 1995.

4.Be2 c6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 e6 8.a3 Bd6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.0–0 Ne5 11.Ne5 Be5 12.f4 Bc7 13.Qe2 b5 14.Ba2 Bd3 15.Qf2 Bf1 16.Rf1 a5 17.Qg3 g6 18.d4 Nd5 19.Bd5 ed5 20.Qe1 Re8 21.Nd1 Qd7 22.Qc3 Bd6 23.h3 ab4 24.ab4 Ra4 25.Qe1 Bb4 26.Qg3 Qf5 27.Nf2 Ra2 28.Bc1 Ba3 29.Ng4 Kg7 30.e4 Qe4 31.Ba3 Qd4 32.Kh1 Ree2 33.Qh4 Ra3 34.f5 h5 35.fg6 fg6 36.Qd8 hg4 37.Qf8 1–0. Gross – Merten, 1987.

4.Nf3 a5 5.a3 ab4=+ 6.ab4 Ra1 7.Ba1 e6 8.b5 Nbd7 9.Be2 Bd6 10.0–0 0–0 11.c4 dc4=+ 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Be2 Qe7 14.Ne5 Ra8 Black launches an attack 15.Bd4 Nfd7 16.Nd7 Nd7 17.Qb3 e5–/+ 18.Bb2 Nc5 19.Qc3 Ra2 20.Bc4 Na4–+ 21.Qa5 Rb2 22.Qa4 Rb1 23.Qa8 Qf8 24.Qb7 Rf1 25.Kf1 Qc8 26.Qd5 Be6 27.Qc6 Bc4 28.Qc4 Qa8 29.Qc3? Qa4 30.g3 Qb5 31.Kg2 Qe2 32.d4 e4 33.Qc6 Qf3 34.Kg1 h5 35.Qc1 h4 36.Qf1 hg3 37.hg3 Bg3 38.fg3 Qg3 39.Kh1 Qe3 (40.Qc4 Qh3 41.Kg1 Qg3 42.Kh1 e3–+) 0–1. Hasler,Ulrich – Maran,W, corr ICCF II–GT–20, 1992.

4.Nf3 c5 5.bc5 Nc6 6.d4 e6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Be2 Nb4 9.a3?? (9.Bb5 Kf8 10.0–0 Qa5+/–) 9...Nc6?? (Better is 9...Nc2 10.Kf1 Na1 11.Bb5 Kf8 12.Qa1 b6–+) 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Ng6 hg6 13.f3 b6 14.cb6 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.c4 dc4 17.Nc4 Nd5 18.Rc1 Qd7 19.e4 Nb6?? 20.Ne3 Rfd8? 21.Nc2 Bf6 22.e5 Bg5 23.f4 Be7 24.Bf3 Nd5 25.Kh1 Rab8 26.Ba1 Bf8 27.Qe2 Rdc8 28.Be4 Nce7 29.g4 Qb5 30.Qb5 Rb5 31.Nb4 Rc1 32.Rc1 Ne3 33.Rc3 Ng4 34.Kg2 Nf5 35.h3 Bb4 36.ab4 Ngh6 37.Kf3?? Kh7?? 38.Bb2?? Nd4–/+ 39.Ke3 Nhf5 0–1. revrevrevrev – Chakra, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

4.Nf3 Nc6 5.b5 Nb8 6.c4 e6 7.cd5 ed5 8.Be2 Be7 9.0–0 c6 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.bc6 Nc6 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.N1c3 a6 15.Nd6 1–0. Machete99 – CaptinCrunch, ICC, 2002.

4.Nf3 Qd6 5.a3 h5 6.Be2 g5 7.Ng5 Rg8 8.f4 Bh6 9.h4 Bg4 10.d4 Be2 11.Qe2 Bg5 12.hg5 Ng4 13.Rh5 Qe6 14.Kd2 c6 15.Rh4 f5 16.Nc3 Na6 17.Rg1 0–0–0 18.Rh3 b5 19.a4 Nb4 20.ab5 c5 21.dc5 d4 22.ed4 Rd4 23.Rd3 Qe2 24.Ne2 Rd3 25.cd3 Rd8 26.d4 e5 27.Ba3 Nd5 28.fe5 f4 29.Kc2 Nde3 30.Kb3 Nd5 31.Bc1 Nge3 32.Nf4 Nf4 33.Be3 Ne2 34.Rd1 Rh8 35.Re1 Ng3 36.d5 Nf5 37.c6 Rh2 38.Rf1 Ne3 39.Rf8 Kc7 40.d6 Kb6 41.Rb8 Kc5 42.c7 Kd5 43.d7 Rg2 44.c8Q Rg3 45.d8Q Ke4 46.Qb7 Nd5 47.Ka4 Rd3 48.e6 a5 49.Qh7 Kd4 50.Qdh8 Kc4 51.Rc8 Nc7 52.Qc7 Kd5 53.Qce5# 1–0. Machete99 – guest229, ICC, 2002.

4.Nf3 Be4 5.d3 Bf3 6.Qf3 e6 7.a3 c5 8.Be2 cb4=+ 9.0–0 Nc6 10.ab4 Bb4 11.Na3 0–0 12.Rfb1 d4 13.Nb5 de3 14.fe3= a6 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.Qh3 Ng6 17.c4 e5 18.Nf5 Bd2 19.Ba3+/– Re8 20.Rb7 Bc3 21.Rf1 Qa5 22.Rf7 Kf7 23.Qh7 Nh7?? 24.Nh6 Discovered attack 24...Ke6 25.Bg4# 1–0. pcmvr (1670) – juancabeta, internet, 2005.

4.Nf3 e5 5.Ne5 Bb4 6.c4 0–0 7.Bd3 Bd3 8.Nd3 Nc6 9.Nb4 Nb4 10.Qb3 Qd6 11.a3 Nc6 12.cd5 Nd5 13.0–0 Rae8 14.Nc3 Nde7 15.Ne4 Qe6 16.Qc3 Nf5 17.Ng3 f6 18.Nf5 Qf5 19.d4 Rf7 20.Rfc1 Nd8 21.Qb3 c6 22.Rc5 Qe4 23.Ra5 b6? 24.Ra7+– b5 25.a4 Qe6 26.Qe6 Ne6 27.ab5 cb5 28.Rf7 Kf7 29.Ra7 Re7 30.Re7 Ke7 31.Ba3 Kd7 32.d5 Nc7 33.e4 (33...Na6 34.Bf8+/–) 1–0. Sternik,Ryszard – Lange,Wilfried, corr Matteus Chess, 1999.

4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qb3 0–0 8.Be2 a5 9.a3 Nbd7 10.0–0 Nb6 11.c5 a4 12.Qa2 Nbd7 13.d3 e5 14.Rad1 e4 15.Nd4 Bg4 16.Bg4+/– Ng4 17.de4 de4 18.Ne4 Nde5? 19.h3 Nf6 20.Nd6 Qd7?? 21.Ne2 Nf3?! 22.gf3 Qh3 23.Ng3 Nh5 24.Bg7 Ng7 25.Nde4 Rae8 26.Nf6 Kh8 27.Ne8 Re8 28.Qb2 Qe6 29.Rd6 Qe7 30.Rfd1 Qg5 31.Kf1 Kg8 32.Ne4 Qh4 33.Nf6 Kf8 34.Ne8 Qh1 35.Ke2 Qh5 1–0. Fredek (2090) – Okatte, Freundschaftspartie, 5m + 0s, 2006.

4.a3 a5

5.ba5 Ra5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.Nh4 Be4 9.d3 Bg6 10.Ng6 hg6 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.0–0 Qa8 13.Qc1 Bd6 14.Nf3 g5 15.h3 g4 16.hg4 e5 17.g5 Ng4 18.Nd2 Nh2 19.Rd1 c6 20.c4 Rh7 21.cd5 cd5 22.d4 e4 23.Nb3 Ra7 24.Bb5 Ke7 25.Nc5 Nf8 26.Be2 b6 27.Nb3 Ne6 28.g6 fg6 29.Bb5 Ng4 30.Bc3 Nc7 31.a4 Qh8 32.Kf1 Nb5 33.ab5 Rc7 34.Ra2 Qe8 35.Kg1 Qb5 36.Na1 Bh2 37.Kh1 Qa4 38.Rdd2 Rc3 39.Qb1 Qc6 40.Nc2 Qc7 41.Ra7 Qa7 42.Nb4 Ne3 43.Ra2 Qc7 44.Ra7 0–1. COMP – COMP, 2002.

5.ba5 Ra5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Nb5 Bc5 11.Ng6 fg6 12.c4 c6 13.Nd4 Bd4 14.Bd4 Nbd7 15.0–0 Qa8 16.a4 Nc5 17.Bc5 Rc5 18.d4 Ra5 19.Qb3 Ra7 20.Qb4 Qd8 21.a5 Ne4 22.Bd3 Nd6 23.c5 Nc8 24.a6 Qe7 25.Qc3 Qh4 26.ab7 Rb7 27.Ra6 Ne7 28.Rb6 Ra7 29.Qb2 Raa8 30.Ba6 g5 31.Bb7 Rab8 32.Rb1 Rf6 33.Qe2 Rbf8 34.f3 Rh6 35.g3 Qh5 36.Bc6 Nc6 37.Rc6 Rhf6 38.g4 Qe8 39.Rc7 Rf3 40.Rbb7 Qg6 41.Rg7 Qg7 42.Rg7 Kg7 43.Kg2 R3f6 44.e4 de4 45.Qe4 h6 46.Qb7 R8f7 47.Qb2 Rd7 48.c6 Rdf7 49.Qc3 Rc7 50.Kg3 Kf7 51.Qc5 Rf1 52.d5 ed5 53.Qd5 Ke7 54.Qc5 Kd8 55.Qb6 Rd1 56.Qb3 Rd2 57.Qb8 Rc8 58.c7 Kd7 59.Qb5 Ke7 60.Qe5 Kd7 61.Qf5 Kc7 62.Qa5 Kd7 63.Qd2 Ke7 64.Qb4 Ke6 65.Qe4 Kd6 66.Qg6 Kd7 1–0. COMP – COMP, 2002.

5.b5 e6 6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 Nbd7 8.d4 Nb6 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.Qd3 Qd5 11.Nf3 Na4 12.Bc1 (12.Qe2 Ne4=+) 12...Nc5!–/+ 13.Qc3 (13.dc5 Qd3) 13...Nb3–+ 14.Ra2 Nd4! 15.Rd2 Nf3 16.gf3 Qf3 17.Qc7 Qh1 18.Ke2 Nd5 19.Qb7 Nf4! 20.ef4 Qb7 21.Bb2 Qe4 22.Kf1 Qb1 0–1. Slavisa2 – METEORA, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

4.b5 e6

5.c4 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.b5).

5.Nf3 a6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.b5 a6).

5.Nf3 c5 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.b5 c5).

5.Nf3 Nbd7 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.b5 Nbd7).

4.c4 Nc6

5.a3 dc4 6.Bc4 Bd3 7.Qb3 Bc4 8.Qc4 Qd5 9.Qd5 Nd5 10.Nf3 e6 11.0–0 a5 12.b5 Na7 13.a4 c6 14.bc6 Nc6 15.Nc3 Rd8 16.d4 Bd6 17.Rfc1 0–0 18.Nb5 f6 19.Nd6 Rd6 20.Ba3 Ncb4 21.Bb4 ab4 22.a5 Rc6 23.Rc6 bc6 24.a6 b3 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.a7 Ra8 27.Rb3 Ra7 28.h3 Ra1 29.Kh2 Ra2 30.Kg3 Kf7 31.Rb7 Kg6 32.Rb8 Nc3 33.Rc8 Ne4 34.Kf4 Nf2 35.Rc6 Nd3 36.Kg3 Kf7 37.e4 Rb2 38.d5 ed5 39.ed5 Kg6 40.d6 Rb7 41.Rc7 Rb5 42.d7 Rd5+/– ½–½. Bonetti,Shane – Sigma 4, 2000.

5.a3 dc4 6.Bc4 Bd3 7.Qb3 Bc4 8.Qc4 e6 9.d4 Qd5 10.Qd5 ed5=. Dopper – in 't Veld, 1990.

5.a3 e6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.Be2 a6 9.d4 0–0 10.0–0 Ne4=. Dopper – in 't Veld, 1990.

4.Bd3 Bd3

5.cd3 Nbd7 6.g4 h6 7.h4 e5 8.a3 a5 9.ba5 Nc5 10.Qc2 e4 11.de4 de4 12.Nc3 Ng4 13.Nd1 Nd3 14.Kf1 Qd5 15.f3 Qb5 16.Nc3 Qc4 17.fg4 Nb2 18.Nge2 Nd3 19.Kg2 Ra5 20.Ng3 Re5 21.Qa2 Qa2 22.Ra2 Nc5 23.Rf1 Be7 24.Kh3 0–0 25.Rf5 Re6 26.Nd5 Bd6 27.Nc7 Bc7 28.Rc5 Bg3 29.Kg3 Rd8 30.Kf4 Red6 31.Ke4 Rd2 32.Rd2 Rd2 33.Rc8 Kh7 34.Rc7 b5 35.Rf7 Ra2 36.Rb7 Ra3 37.Rb5 Ra4 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Rb6 Kf7 40.h5 Ke7 41.e4 Ra3 42.Kf4 Ra5 43.e5 Ra7 44.Kf5 Kf7 45.Rd6 Rb7 46.Rd7 1–0. Gutman – D Lee, London 1985.

5.cd3 e5 6.b5 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nc3 Qe8 10.a4 e4 11.de4= de4 12.Nd4 Nb6 13.d3 ed3 14.Qd3 Qe5 15.Nf3 Qh5= 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Qe4 Qd5 18.Qg4 f6 19.Rfd1 Qc4 20.Nd4+/– f5 21.Qf3 Rab8 22.a5 Na4?? 23.Rdc1+– Qb4 24.Ne6 Qb2–/+ 25.Nf8 Rf8 26.Qb7 Nc3 27.Kh1 Qb5 28.Qa7 Ne4 29.Rcb1? Qe5 30.f4–/+ Qc3 31.a6? Bc5 32.Qb7 Qe3 33.a7?? Qg1! 34.Rg1 Nf2# 0–1. Verns – Andreg (1675), internet, 2007.

5.cd3 e6 6.a3 Nbd7 7.g4 Nb6 8.a4? d4 9.a5 Nbd5 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.g5 Nb4–+ 12.Ke2 Ng4 13.Bd4 e5 14.Qd7–/+ Kd7 15.Bc3 Nd3 16.Kd3? Nf2–+ 17.Ke2 Nh1 18.Be5 h6 19.g6 fg6 20.Nf3–/+ g5 21.Nc3 g4 22.Nd4? Re8–+ (23.Bc7 Kc7 24.Rh1 Re5–+) 0–1. Wall,Bill – Rylander,Jim, corr, 1988.

5.cd3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.0–0 Nbd7–/+ 8.a3 Bd6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Re1 c5 11.Qb3 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Rab1 b6 14.Nb5 Bb2 15.Qb2 a6 16.Nc3 b5 17.Ne2 Qd6 18.Rbc1 Ng4 19.g3? Ne5 20.Qc3 Nf3 21.Kg2 Ne1 22.Re1 a5 23.Rc1 Rfc8 24.Nf4 b4 25.ab4 ab4 26.Qb2 c4 27.dc4 dc4 28.d4 cd3 29.Rc8 Rc8 30.Nh5 Qd5 (31.e4 Qh5 32.Qb4 Qe2–+) 0–1. Neumann,F – Stock,Thomas, corr ICCF WT–II–GT–19, 1991.

4.Be2 Nbd7

5.Nf3 a6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Ng6 hg6 8.Bf3 e5 9.a3 c5 10.bc5 Bc5 11.h3 e4 12.Be2 Nb6 13.d3 0–0 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Nb3 Na4 16.Nc5 Nc5 17.0–0 Na4 18.Bd4 b5 19.f3 Rc8 20.Qd2 Nh5 21.Rfc1 Ng3 22.Bd1 Nf5 23.de4 de4 24.c3 Nc5 25.Bc2 ef3 26.gf3 Nh4 27.Qf2 Qg5 28.Kf1 Ne6 29.f4 Qh6 30.Kg1 Nf5 31.Bf5 gf5 32.Qg3 Nc5 33.Ra2 Ne4 34.Qf3 a5 35.Rg2 g6 36.h4 Re6 37.Qh3 Kh7 38.h5 Rg8 39.hg6 Reg6 40.Qf5 Nd6 41.Qd3 f5 42.Rcc2 Qh3 43.Qf1 Ne4 44.Rg6 Rg6 45.Rg2 Ng3 46.Qb5 Qh1 47.Kf2 Ne4 0–1. Andersson,Lars H – Svensson,B, 1987.

5.Nf3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.d3 c5 9.b5 a6 10.ba6 ba6 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.Ng6 fg6 14.c4 Rab8 15.Qc2 Rb7 16.Rfb1 Rbb8 17.g3 Ne8 18.d4 Nd6 19.cd5 ed5 20.dc5 Qc5 21.Qc5 Nc5 22.Bd4 Nde4 23.Ne4 Ne4 24.Ba6 Rb1 25.Rb1 Nf2 26.Rb7 Bf6 27.Bc5 Ra8 28.Bb5 Ne4 29.Bb4 d4 30.ed4 Bd4 31.Kf1 Rd8 32.Be7 Rd5 33.Bc4 Nd2 34.Kg2 Nc4 35.Rb8 Kf7 36.Bb4 Ne3 37.Kf3 Nc2 38.Rf8 Ke6 39.Re8 Kd7 40.Re7 Kc6 41.Rg7 Bg7 0–1. Marinelli,P – Rostrom,R, Troy,MI, 1993.

4.Be2 e6

5.a3 a5 6.b5= a4 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Nh4 0–0 10.Nf5 ef5 11.0–0 f4 12.ef4 Bf4 13.Nd2 Ra5 14.d4 Nb6 15.Bc3 Ra8 16.Bd3 Re8 17.Re1 Qd7 18.Qf3 Bd6 19.Bb2 Re7 20.Re7 Qe7 21.Qe2 Qd7 22.Nf3 Re8 23.Ne5 Qe7 24.Qf3 Ne4 25.Qd1 Nc4 26.Nc4= Bh2 27.Kh2 Qh4 28.Kg1 Qf2 29.Kh1 Re6 30.Bc1 Qd4 31.Be3+= Ng3 32.Kh2?? Qh4–+ 33.Kg1 dc4 34.Bc4 Re3 35.Bf7?? Kf7–+ 36.Qd5 0–1. Olsen,Birger – Fedin,Viktor (1815), Kalotturneringen, 2001.

5.a3 c5 6.bc5 Bc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nc3 (9.Nh4 Be4=) 9...0–0 (9...e5 10.Nb5=) 10.Nb5 (10.Nh4 Be4=) 10...e5 11.c4 (11.d4 e4 12.Nd6 Qd6=) 11...e4 12.Nh4 Bc8 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.cd5 Nd5 15.f3 Qe7 16.Qe1 f5 17.fe4 fe4 18.Rf8 Qf8 19.Qg3 Be6 20.Rf1 Qe7 21.Nf5 Bf5 22.Rf5 Rd8 (22...Qc7 23.Qc7 (< 23.Rd5 Qg3 24.hg3 Re8+–) 23...Nc7 24.Bc4 Kh8 25.Rf7+–) 23.Bc4 1–0. Vettenburg,L – Cravatte,M, corr BEL, 1997.

5.a3 c5 6.bc5 Bc5 7.g4 =+.

5.b5 h6 6.a4 Be7 7.h4 Nbd7 8.g4 Be4 9.Rh3 e5 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Ne4 Ne4 12.Qb1 Qf6 13.f3 Nec5 14.Qa2 Qe6 15.Rh2 Nf6 16.Rg2 0–0–0 17.a5 e4 18.f4 Kb8 19.g5 hg5 20.hg5 Ne8 21.Bg4 Qe7 ½–½. Levin,Anatoly – Vatnikov,Josif, Bradley, 1998.

4.Ne2 e6

5.a3 c6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.h4 h5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.d3 Bd6 10.f4 Qb6 11.Bd4 Qc7 12.Nd2 e5–/+ 13.fe5 Be5 14.Be5 Qe5 15.Ngf1 Ng4 16.Bg4=+ hg4 17.Nb3 f5 18.Qe2 Qb2 19.Ng3 0–0–0 20.h5 f4 21.hg6 fg3 22.Rh7 Rhf8 (23.Qd1 Rde8–/+) 0–1. Sotonyi,S – Andersson,Lars H, corr ICCF TT–4–90, 1991.

5.a3 Nbd7 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Be2 c6 10.0–0 Be7 11.d4 Ne4 12.Nh5 0–0 13.Nf4 Qc7 14.Ng6+= hg6 15.Bd3 f5 16.Be4+– fe4 17.Nd2 Bd6 18.h3 a5 19.Qg4 White fights for the Initiative 19...Qf7 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Nc5 Bc5 22.bc5 Nd5 23.Rac1 Nf6 24.Qf3 g5 25.Qe2 Ne4 26.Qc2 Nf6 27.f3 g6 28.Bc3 Nd5 29.Bd2 Qd7? 30.Rb1 Rf7 31.Rb3 Kg7 32.Rfb1 Ra7 33.Be1 Qd8 34.Bg3 Kh7 35.Qe4 Qe8 36.Qe5 a4 37.Rd3 Kh6 38.h4 Qe7 39.hg5 Kh7 40.Kf2 (40...Nf6 41.gf6+–) 1–0. Marklund,E – Olsson,T, corr SSKK lag–SM 1988, 1989.

4.Nf3 a6

5.Nc3 e6 6.Nd4 Bg4 7.f3 Bh5 8.h4 Bd6 9.Nce2 h6 10.Nf4 Bf4 11.ef4 Qd6 12.g4 Qf4 13.gh5+= Nh5 14.Qe2 Qg3 15.Kd1+/– Nf4 16.Qe3+– g6?? 17.Ne2 Ne2 18.Qe2 Rg8 19.Be5 Qe5 20.Qe5 Kd7 21.Qf4 Rf8 22.Qh6 Nc6 23.b5 Ne7 24.ba6 ba6 25.Qf4 Rab8 26.Ba6 Rb6 27.Bd3 f5 28.c4 Rb4 29.Rb1 Rfb8 30.Rb4 Rb4 31.Re1 Nc6 32.Qe3 e5 33.cd5 Nd4 34.Qe5 c5 35.Qe8 Kc7 36.Re7 (36...Kd6 37.Qd7#) 1–0. jaskier (2050) – rla, chesshere.com, 2007.

5.c4 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.d4 0–0 8.Nc3 b6 9.cd5 Ne4 10.de6 Nc3 11.ef7 Kh8 12.Bc3 Rf7 13.Bc4 Rf8 14.Ne5 Qe8 15.Qb3 Bg6 16.0–0 Nc6 17.Nc6 Qc6 18.Bd5 1–0. Wall,Bill – Roger33, Internet, 2001.

5.c4 e6 6.cd5 Nd5 7.a3 c5 8.bc5 Bc5 9.Bg7 Rg8 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.d4 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.e4 Nf4 17.e5 Be7 18.g3 Nd5 19.Qd1 Nb6 20.Bg2 f5 21.ef6 Bf6 22.Ne4 Bf3 23.Nf6 Ke7 24.Qf3 Qd6 25.Ng8 Rg8 26.Qh5 Rg7 27.d5 1–0. Machete99 (2220) – guest1480, ICC, 2002.

5.Be2 Nc6 6.a3 h6 7.0–0 e6 8.c4 dc4 9.Bc4 Bd6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Bc2 (12.Ne5!? Be5 13.d4+=) 12...Bc2 13.Qc2 c6 (13...Nf3 14.gf3 0–0 15.d4=+) 14.Ne4 Nf3 15.gf3 0–0 16.Bf6 gf6 17.f4 (17.Qc6 Be5 18.d4 Bc7+/–) 17...Bc7 18.Qc6+/– Kh7 19.Nf6 Kh8 20.Ne4 Rg8 21.Kh1 Qe7 22.Rg1 Rgc8 23.Qc3 e5 24.Rac1 Bb6? 25.Qb2 Rg8? 26.fe5 Rg7 27.Rg7 Kg7 28.Ng3 Kg8 29.f4 Rd8 30.Rc6 Qb7 31.Kg1?? Qc6–+ 32.Nf5 Qg6 33.Ng3 h5 34.Kf2 h4 35.Nf1 Kh7 36.d4 Rg8 37.Ke1 Bd8 38.Qf2 Qb1 39.Ke2 Qb2 40.Kf3 Qa3 (41.Qc2 Kh8–+) 0–1. valpa – adamant, HCL–B1684 playchess.de, 2003.

4.f4 a6

5.c4 e6 6.c5! Be7 7.Nf3 Ng4 8.Be2 h5 9.0–0 Nd7 10.h3 Ngf6 11.d3 c6 12.Nbd2 b6 13.d4 b5 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.de5 Ne4 16.Ne4 Be4 17.Bh5 a5 18.a3 ab4 19.ab4 Ra1 20.Ba1 Qa8 21.f5! Bf5 (21...ef5 22.e6!) 22.g4 Rh5?! 23.gh5 Bh3 24.Rf2 Qa3 25.Bd4 Qb4 26.Qa1 Bd8 27.Rh2 Bf5 28.h6 gh6 29.Rh6 Qb1 30.Qb1 Bb1 31.Kf2 Bc2 32.Ke2 b4 33.Kd2 Bg6 34.Kc1 Kd7 35.Rh8 Bc7 36.Ra8 f6 37.Ra7 f5 38.Rb7 Bh5 39.Rb4 Be2 40.Rb2 Bg4 41.Rh2 Ba5 42.Rh7 Kd8 43.Kc2 Bf3 44.Bc3 Bd1 45.Kd2 Bc3 46.Kc3 (71 moves) 1–0. Schiffler – Kunz, Grethen 1950.

5.Nf3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 0–0 9.d4! Nd5? 10.Qe2! Bg4 11.0–0 Nd7 12.h3 Bf3 13.Rf3 N7b6 14.Bd3 f5? 15.e4! Nf6 16.ef5 ef5 17.Bf5 Kh8 18.Be6? Na4! 19.f5 c6 20.Rd3 Nb2 21.Qb2 Nd5 22.Nd2 Nf4 23.Re3 Bf6 24.Nf3 Qb6 25.Re4 Nh5 (25...Ne6!) 26.Qf2 Qc7 27.Ne5 g5 28.Nd7 Rfd8 29.Ne5 (29.g4? Nf4 30.Rf4 Rd7!) 29...Rf8 30.g3 Rad8 31.Rae1 Ng7 32.Qe3 Qe7 33.Kg2 Ne6 34.fe6 Kg8 35.Nf7 Rd5 36.g4 Kg7 37.Rf1 h6 38.h4 b5 39.Rf5 Rf5 40.gf5 Qc7 41.hg5 hg5 42.Ng5 Rh8 43.Nf3 Kf8 44.e7 Be7 45.Ne5 Rg8 46.Ng6 1–0. Schiffler – Kunz, 1951.

4.f4 Nbd7

5.Nf3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Be2 Ne4 10.0–0 Bf6 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.d3 Nd6 13.e4 Be7?? 14.f5+– Bf6? 15.fg6 hg6 16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Ne6! Qd6 18.Nf4?? Bd4–+ 19.Kh1 Ng3# 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xix/10, 1990.

5.Nf3 Ng4 6.Nd4+= Nh6 7.Nf5 Nf5 8.Bd3 e6 9.Bf5 ef5 10.a3 Qh4= 11.g3 Qh3 12.Qf3 c6 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Ne2 Be7 15.Ng1 Qh6 16.h3 Qg6 17.Qg2 Ne4 18.g4? Bh4–+ 19.Kd1 Nf2 20.Kc1 Nh1 21.Nf3 Bf6 22.Bf6 Qf6 23.c3 a5 24.Rb1 ab4 25.ab4 0–0 26.Qh1 b6 27.Ne5 Rfd8 28.Qg2 Ra7 29.gf5 Rda8 30.Qg5–/+ Qd6 31.Qg2? f6–+ 32.Nf3 c5 33.h4 Ra1 34.Ra1 Ra1 35.Kb2 Ra7 36.b5 c4 37.Nd4 Qa3 38.Kc2 Qa1 39.Qd5+/– Kf8 40.Ne6+– Ke8?? 41.Qd8 Kf7 42.Qf8# 1–0. Finenko – Borisiuk, USSR, 1990.

4.a3 Nbd7

5.c4 c6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be2 dc4 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Be2 0–0 11.d4 Nfd5 12.0–0 Rc8 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Bd3 Bd3 15.Qd3 Qe7 16.Ne4 Nd7 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.e4 Ne7 19.Qc4 Rfd8 20.Rfe1 Nb6 21.Qc5 Na4 22.Qc2 Nb2 23.Qb2 Qb8 24.Rc5 Rd7 25.b5 cb5 26.Qb5 Rcd8 27.Rec1 b6 28.Rg5 h6 29.Rg4 Ng6 30.g3 Rc7 31.Rc7 Qc7 32.Qb2 Qd7 33.Qb3 Kh7 34.e5 Qd5 35.Qc3 Kh8 36.Qc7 Qd7 37.Qc3 Rc8 38.Qa1 Qd5 39.Nh4 Nh4 40.Rh4 Rc2 41.Qe1 Qc6 42.Qe4 Qe4 43.Re4 Rc4 44.Kg2 Ra4 45.Re3 Rd4 46.Rc3 Rd7 47.h4 h5 48.Kf3 g6 49.Rc8 Kg7 50.Ke3 Rd5 51.f4 Ra5 52.Rc3 Kf8 53.Kf3 Rc5 54.Rd3 Ke7 55.Ke3 Rc7 56.Ke2 Rd7 57.Rc3 Kd8 58.Ke3 Rc7 59.Rb3 Kc8 60.Rd3 Kb7 61.Rb3 Rd7 62.Rc3 Ka6 63.Rc4 Ka5 64.Ke2 Kb5 65.Rb4 Kc5 66.Ke3 b5 67.Rb3 a5 68.Rc3 Kb6 69.Rb3 Rc7 70.Rd3 0–1. Spiegel – Wimmer, corr 1987.

5.c4 e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nd4 Bg4 8.Qb3 c5 9.Nc2 Be6 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.cd5 Nbd5 12.Bb5 Ke7 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.bc5+= Nf4? 15.Qb4+– a5? 16.Qe4 Ng6 17.Qb7 (17...Bd7 18.Bd7+–) 1–0. Kuchta,Danuta – Aksiuczyc,Monika (2070), Poland–ch U20 Girls, 1994.

5.d4 e6=+ 6.Ne2 Bd6 7.Nd2 a5 8.ba5 Ra5 9.Ng3 Qe7 10.Nf5= ef5 11.c4 Ba3 12.Bc3 Ra7= 13.Bd3 f4=+ 14.0–0 0–0 15.ef4= Rfa8 16.Re1 Qf8 17.c5 b6 18.cb6 Nb6 19.Qb3 Bd6 20.Ra7 Ra7 21.g3 Qa8 22.Bb4 Bf8 23.Nf3 c5 24.dc5 Nbd7= 25.Qc2 h6 26.Ne5 Nc5= 27.Bc5 Rc7 28.g4 Bc5 29.g5 hg5 30.fg5 Bd6 31.Qb2 Nd7 32.Nd7 Rd7 33.Qd4 g6 34.Kg2 Re7 35.Ra1 Qc8 36.Ra4 Re5 37.h4 Bc7 38.Qc5 Re4 39.Re4 de4 40.Be2 Qd7 41.h5 gh5 42.Bh5 Bf4 43.Qc4 Qe6 44.Qe6 fe6 45.Bg6 e3 46.fe3 ½–½. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Poschmann,Hans, TT–01.17 TSC, 2001.

5.Nf3 e6 =.

5.Nf3 h6 6.h3 e6 7.g4!? Be4 8.Nc3 c5 9.bc5 Bc5 10.Ne4 de4 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Qd5 13.Bf6 gf6 14.Bb5 Ke7 15.Qe2 Rhd8 16.Rg1 a6 17.Bc4 Qe5 18.Ra2 b5 19.Bb3 Qh2 20.Qf1 Qd6 21.c4 Ba3 22.cb5 Bb4 23.Qe2 ab5 24.Ra8 Ra8 25.Kf1 Qd3 26.Bd1 Ra1 27.Ke1 Ra2 28.Kf1 Bd2 29.Rg3 Ra1 30.Kg2 Bc3 31.Qd3 ed3 32.Bb3 Be5 33.f4 Bd6 34.e4 d2 35.Kf2 d1Q 0–1. marus – KamaoaKid, internet, 2001.

4.a3 e6

5.Bb5 c6=+ 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Nf3= Be7 8.Nd4 Bg6 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.c4 c5=+ 12.cd5 Nd5 13.b5 a6 14.a4 ab5 15.ab5 Ra1 16.Ba1 Nc7 17.Nc3= Nf6 18.Ne5+= Nfd5? 19.Nd7+– Qd6 20.Nf8 Bf8 21.Qb3 Qb6 22.Na4 Qd6 23.Bf3 Bd3?? 24.Qd3+– (24...b6 25.Be4+–) 1–0. OutOfBounce – andrewsatool, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

5.c4 a5 6.b5 =+.

5.c4 dc4 6.Qa4 c6 7.Bc4 –+.

5.c4 c5 6.Qa4 Qd7 7.Qd7 Nbd7 8.bc5 Bc5 9.cd5 ed5 10.Bb5 0–0 11.Nc3 d4 12.Na4 de3 13.de3 Be7 14.Ne2 a6 15.Bd7 Nd7 16.Nac3 Nb6 17.0–0 Nc4–/+ 18.Bc1 Rfd8 19.Nd4 Bg6 20.a4 Bf6 21.Nce2 Bd3 22.Re1 Be2 23.Re2 Bd4 24.ed4 Rd4 25.Be3 Rd3 26.Rae1 h5 27.Rc1 Ne3 28.Re3–/+ Re3 29.fe3 b5 30.ab5 ab5 31.Kf2 Rb8 32.Ke2 b4 33.Rb1 g6 34.Kd3 Kg7 35.Rb3 Kf6 36.Kc4 Ke5–+ 37.Rd3 b3! 38.Rb3 Rb3 0–1. thedesertfox (1905) – sirjohn (2000), net–chess.com, 2004.

5.c4 c6 6.cd5 ed5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0–0 0–0 10.d3 Qc7 11.h3 Rae8 12.Nbd2= a5 13.Qb3 h6 14.Rfe1 Be6 15.Nd4+= ab4 16.Ne6 fe6= 17.ab4 Nh7 18.f4 Qb6 19.Bd4+= Qb4 20.Qc2 Ra8?? 21.Rab1 Qa5 22.Rb7+– Nhf6 23.Reb1 Qa4 24.Qc1 c5 25.Bc3 d4 26.ed4 cd4 27.Ba1?? Bf4–+ 28.Qb2? Be3 29.Kh1 Rae8?? 30.Bd1 Qc6 31.Bf3 Qc5 32.Ne4? Ne4–+ 33.Be4 Nf6 34.Bg6 Re7 35.Rb5–/+ Qc7 36.Qa2?? Nd5 37.Qa4?? Nc3–+ 38.Bc3 Qc3 39.R5b2?? Qc7 40.Qd1–/+ Qf4 41.Be4 Ref7 42.Bf3 Qg3 43.Rb6?? Rf3 44.Re6 Bf4 45.Qg1 Rd3 46.Rf1 Re3 47.Re3 de3 48.Rf3 Qh4 49.g4 e2 (50.g5 e1Q 51.gh6 Qg1 52.Kg1 Be3 53.Kg2 Qg5 54.Kf1 Rf3 55.Ke2 Rf2 56.Kd3 Qc5 57.h7 Kh7 58.Ke4 Qd4#) 0–1. kostovist – chessotka (1635), chesshere.com, 2006.

5.c4 Bd6 6.cd5 ed5 7.Nf3 0–0 8.Ne5 Qe7 9.f4 Ne4 10.Bd3 f6 11.Be4 Be4 12.Nf3 Bf3 13.Qf3 d4 14.0–0 de3 15.de3 Nc6 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.Ne4 Rfe8 18.Qg4 Qe4 19.Bf6 Qg6 20.Qg6 hg6 21.Bd8 Rd8 22.f5 gf5 23.Rf5 Re8 24.Raf1 Re3 25.b5 Nd4 26.Rf7 Ra3 27.Rd7 Ne2 28.Kh1 Rb3 29.g3 Rb5 30.Rff7 Rg5 31.Rf2 Nd4 32.Rd2 Nc6 33.Kg2 a5 34.h4 Rg3 35.Kf2 a4 36.Rc2 a3 37.Rd6 cd6 38.Kg3 b5 39.Ra2 b4 40.Kf4 Nd4 41.Ke4 Nb5 42.Kd5 b3 43.Ra1 b2 44.Rb1 a2 45.Rb2 a1Q 46.Rb5 Qd1 47.Ke6 d5 48.Kf5 Qe2 49.Rb7 Qf2 50.Kg6 d4 51.Rb8 Qf8 52.Rf8 Kf8 53.Kf5 d3 54.Ke4 d2 55.Kd3 d1Q 56.Ke3 0–1. Nautiluschess – MasterB, ICS blitz, 2001.

5.Ne2 a5 6.ba5 Ra5 7.Ng3 Bg6 8.c4 Bd6 9.Qb3 b6 10.d4 h5 11.f3 h4 12.Ne2 dc4 13.Qc4 Nd5 14.e4 Ne3 15.Qc3 Nf1 16.Kf1 e5 17.Nd2= ed4 18.Qd4 f6 19.Nc4 Nc6 20.Nd6 Qd6 21.Qd6 cd6 22.Nf4 Bf7 23.Ke2 Kd7 24.Rac1 Ne5 25.Rc2 Rc8 26.Rc8= Kc8 27.Rd1 Nc4 28.Bc1 Kd7 29.Rd3 Rb5 30.Nd5 Rb1 31.Rc3 b5 32.Nb4= Be6 33.g4 Na5 34.Rc2 Nb3 35.Bb2 ½–½. Binder,Klaus – Kuhne,Detlev, DESC, 2001.

5.Nf3 a5 =.

5.Nf3 Bd6 =+.

5.c4 Be7

6.cd5 ed5 7.Nf3 0–0 =.

6.Nf3 0–0 7.Qb3 (7.Bf6 Bf6 (< 7...gf6 8.cd5 Qd5 9.Nc3=) 8.d4 dc4 9.Bc4 a5=) 7...a5 (7...dc4 8.Bc4 a5 9.d3=+) 8.b5 (8.ba5 dc4 9.Qb7 Be4=) 8...Nbd7 9.d4 a4–/+ 10.Qd1 c5 11.Nbd2 Qa5 12.Ne5 Ne5–/+ 13.de5 Ne4 14.f3 Bh4 15.g3=+ Ng3 16.hg3= Bg3 17.Ke2 Rfd8 18.Qc1 d4 19.e4=+ Bg6 20.Kd3 Be5 21.Bh3 Rd6 22.Nf1 Rb6 23.Rb1 Re8 24.Qe1 Rb5 25.Qa5?? Ra5–/+ 26.Bc1 Rb8 27.Bd2 Ra6 28.f4 Bc7 29.Ng3 f6 30.f5 Be8 31.e5? Be5 32.Ne4 Rc6 33.fe6=+ Bg6 34.Rhf1 b5 35.Bg2? Re6 36.Rb5 Rb5 37.cb5–/+ Bc7 38.Re1 Bb6 39.Kc4 Bf7–+ 40.Kd3 c4! 41.Kc2 c3 42.Nc3 dc3 43.Re6 Be6 44.Kc3 Kf7 45.Be4 h5 46.Kb4 Bb3 0–1. Remizov,Juri (2150) – Monin,Nikolay (2390), St Petersburg op, 1994.

6.h3 0–0 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nc3 Nc3 9.Bc3 Nd7 10.Nf3 h6 11.d4 Nf6 12.Bd3 Qd5 13.0–0 Ne4 14.Bb2 Nf6 15.Bf5 Qf5 16.Qc1 Bd6 17.Nh4 Qd3 18.Nf3 Ne4 19.Qd1 Qd1 20.Rfd1 a5 21.ba5 Ra5 22.Nd2 Nd2=+ (23.Rd2 Rfa8=). thedesertfox (1920) – redrook (2565), net–chess.com, 2005.

5.Bd3 Bd3

6.cd3 c5 7.Qa4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 cb4 9.ab4 a6 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.b5 Nc5 12.Qc2 ab5 13.d4 Ncd7 14.Qb3 b4 15.Na2 Qa5 16.Ne5 Ne5 17.de5 Nd7 18.0–0 Nc5 19.Qd1 Qa4 20.Qa4 Na4 21.Rfb1 Nc5 22.Bd4 Na6 23.Bb6 Be7 24.Ba5 f6 25.Nb4 fe5 26.Na6 ba6 27.Bc3 Kf7 28.Be5 Rc2 29.Rb7 Rhc8 30.Bc3 e5 31.Kf1 d4 32.ed4 ed4 33.Bd4 Rc1 34.Rc1 Rc1 35.Ke2 Rc6 36.Bc3 g6 37.f3 Ke6 38.Ke3 h5 39.g3 Bd8 40.f4 a5 41.Ke4 Rc4 42.Kd3 Rc5 43.Ra7 Rd5 44.Ke4 Rd7 45.Ra8 Rd6 46.d4 Rd7 47.Ba5 Be7 48.Ra6 Kf7 49.Ke5 Rb7 50.Rb6 Ra7 51.Bc3 Ra3 52.Bb4 Re3 53.Kd5 Bb4 54.Rb4 Re2 55.Rb7 Kf6 56.h3 Re3 57.g4 Rh3 58.Rb6 Kf7 59.gh5 gh5 60.Ke4 h4 61.Rh6 Kg7 62.Rh5 Kg6 63.Rg5 Kf6 64.Rg1 Rh2 65.Rc1 h3 66.Rc6 Kg7 67.Rc7 Kh6 68.Rc1 Kg6 69.d5 Ra2 70.d6 Re2 71.Kd3 Re6 72.Rh1 Rd6 73.Ke4 Kh5 74.Rh3 Kg4 75.Rh8 Re6 76.Kd5 Rf6 77.Ke5 Rf4 78.Rg8 Kf3 79.Rb8 Re4 80.Kd5 Re1 81.Rf8 Kg4 82.Kc5 Rc1 83.Kd6 Rd1 84.Ke6 Re1 85.Kd5 Rd1 86.Ke4 Re1 87.Kd4 Rd1 88.Ke3 Re1 89.Kd3 Rd1 90.Kc3 Rc1 91.Kb4 Rb1 92.Kc4 Rc1 93.Kd4 Rd1 94.Ke5 Re1 95.Kd5 Rd1 96.Kc6 ½–½. COMP – COMP, 2002.

6.cd3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nc3 c6 9.d4 0–0 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.0–0 a5 12.Na4 Qb5 13.Nc3 Qd3 14.ba5 Ra5 15.a4 Rfa8 16.Rfb1 b6 17.Ba3 Ne8 18.Bd6 Nd6 19.Qb4 Ne4 20.Rc1 Nc3 21.dc3 c5 22.dc5 Rc5 23.Ra3 e5 24.Qb1 Qb1 25.Rb1 Rca5 26.Rd1 b5 27.Rd5 Nb6 28.Rd1 ba4 29.e4 Nc4 30.Ra2 a3 31.Rb1 Kf8 32.Kf1 Rd8 33.Rb4 Rc5 34.Ra4 Ke8 35.Ra7 Rb5 36.Ra1 Rb3 37.Ng5 h6 38.Nf7 Rd2 39.Nh8 Rbb2 40.Kg1 a2 41.Rf1 Ne3 42.Ra8 Kd7 43.Ra7 Kc6 44.Ra6 Kc5 45.Ra5 Kc4 46.Ra4 Kd3 47.Ng6 Nf1 48.Ne5 Kc3 49.Ra3 0–1. COMP – COMP, 2002.

5.d4 Be7

6.c4 c6 7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.c5 Qc7 10.Bd3 e5 (10...Bd3!? 11.Qd3 h5=+) 11.de5 Ne5 12.Bg6 hg6 13.Nd2?? (13.Ra2 b6=+) 13...Neg4?? (13...Nd3 14.Kf1 Nb2 15.Qc2–+) 14.h3? Ne5?? 15.Rc1?? g5 16.Qb3 g4 17.h4 Ne4 18.Nde4+/– de4 19.Ne4 Rh4?? 20.Rh4+– Bh4 21.Rd1 g3?? 22.Nd6 Kf8 23.f4 Ng6? 24.e4 Rd8? 25.e5 Nf4 26.Qf3 g5 27.Qe4 Qe7?? 28.Qh7+– Ng6 29.Qh6 Kg8 30.Kd2?? Ne5?? 31.Re1 f6?? 32.Be5+– fe5 33.Qg6 Qg7+= 34.Qe6 Kh7 35.Re5 g4?? 36.Qf5 Qg6+/– 37.Re7?? Kg8 38.Qg6 1–0. slavisa11 – KKTtoWMD, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

6.Nf3 0–0 7.Nh4 Be4 8.f3 Bg6 9.Ng6 fg6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.h4 Qe7 12.g4 e5 13.g5 Nh5 0–1. tromar (1945) – NN, GameColony.com, 2002.

4.b5 Nbd7

5.a4 e5 6.f3 h6 7.g4? Bh7 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.d3 Qe7 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.c3 Ba5 12.Qb3?? b6 13.Bg2? Rc8 14.e4 d4 15.0–0 dc3 16.Bc3 Bc3 17.Nc3 0–0 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Qd5 Nc5 20.Ra3?? Rfd8 21.Qc4 Rd4 22.Qc3 Rd3 23.Qc5?? Qc5 24.Kh1 Qa3 25.Nc4 Qa4 26.Ne5 Rd2 27.Nc6 Qa2 28.Rg1 a5 29.Ne7 Kf8 30.Nc8 a4 31.f4 Be4! 32.Na7 Bg2 33.Rg2 Qd5 (34.Nc6 Qg2#) 0–1. MasterofDisaster – agapito, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

5.d4 e6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 Ne4 9.c4 c6 10.a4 Qf6 11.c5 Bc5 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.Ne4 de4 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.de5 Be5 16.Be5 Qe5 17.bc6 bc6 18.Qd7 Qd5 19.Qe7 Rfe8 20.Qb4 Rab8 21.Qc3 e5 22.Rfd1 Qe6 23.Qc5 Qe7 24.Qc6 Rec8 25.Qd6 Qd6 26.Rd6 Rc2 27.Rad1 f6 28.Bb5 Rbc8 29.h3 Rc1 30.Rd8 Rd8 31.Rc1 Rc8 32.Rd1 Kf8 33.Kf1 Ke7 34.Ke1 Be6 35.Rd2 Rc1 36.Rd1 Rd1 37.Kd1 Kd6 38.Kd2 Kc5 39.Kc3 f5 40.h4 h6 41.g3 g5 42.hg5 hg5 43.Be8 f4 44.Bb5 Bd5 45.Be2 a5 46.Bd1 Kd6 47.Bg4 Ke7 48.Bd1 Ke6 49.g4 Kd6 50.Bb3 Bc6 51.Kc4 Bd7 52.Bc2 Bg4 53.Be4 fe3 54.fe3 Bd7 55.Bc2 g4 56.Kd3 g3 57.Ke2 Bg4 58.Kf1 Bf3 59.Bf5 Kc5 60.Bd7 Bc6 61.Bc6 Kc6 62.Kg2 Kc5 63.Kg3 Kb4 64.Kf3 Ka4 65.Ke4 Kb4 66.Ke5 a4 67.Kf5 a3 68.e4 a2 69.e5 a1Q 70.e6 Qh8 71.Kg6 Qf8 0–1. Litvinov,V – Petrik,F, Kyiv, 2000.

5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 c5 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nbd2? (Better is 10.Nh4=) 10...Ng4–+ 11.Nh4? (Better is 11.e4 Ne3 12.Qe1 Nf1 13.Qf1–+) 11...Ne3 12.Qe1 (12.Qb1 Bf4 13.Nf5 Bh2 (< 13...ef5 14.Rf3–+; < 13...Nf5 14.Nf3–+) 14.Kh1 Nf5 (< 14...ef5 15.Rf3–+) 15.Rf5 ef5–+) 12...Bf4 13.Rf4 Qf4 14.g3 (14.Nb3 e5 15.g3 Qh6–+) 14...Qd6 (Better is 14...Qb4!? 15.Nf5 ef5 16.Nb3 Qb5 17.d4–+) 15.Qf2 d4 16.Nc4 Nc4 17.dc4 Bc2 18.Bc1 Rae8 19.Bf1 f5 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.Bf4 Qd7 22.Nf3–/+ Ng4 23.Ne5 Ne5 24.Be5 g5 25.Bd3 Qf7 26.Rf1 Rd8=+ 27.Qd2 h6 28.h4 Qh5 29.hg5 hg5 30.Rf2 Qg4?? 31.Be2+– Qe4 32.Qg5 Kf7 33.Bh5 1–0. Otte,Marco – van der Harst,Albert, Wag.Intcomp, 1997.

5.Nf3 h6

6.c4 e6 7.d3 dc4 8.dc4 Bb4 9.Bc3 Bc3 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Be2 Qe7 12.0–0 Nc5 13.Nd4 Bh7 14.Na4 Nfe4 15.Nc5 Nc5 16.Qc1 e5 17.Nb3 Nd3 18.Bd3 Bd3 19.Rd1 Rfd8 20.Qc3 e4 21.a4 a6 22.h3 ab5 23.ab5 Qe6 24.Ra8 Ra8 25.Rc1 Ra3 26.Qb4 Ra2 27.Nd4 Qf6 28.Qe1 c6 29.bc6 bc6 30.c5 g6 31.Ra1 Rb2 32.Ra8 Kg7 33.Ra1 Bc4 34.Rc1 Bd3 35.f3 ef3 36.Nf3 Be4 37.Nd2 Bd5 38.e4 Qd4 39.Kh1 Qd2 40.Qd2 Rd2 41.ed5 Rd5 42.Kg1 Kf6 43.Kf2 Re5 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.g4 Kd5 46.Kf4 g5 47.Kf3 f5 48.Rd1 Kc5 49.Rd8 fg4 50.hg4 Re6 51.Rb8 Kc4 52.Rb6 Kd5 53.Rb8 c5 54.Rd8 Kc4 55.Rc8 Rd6 56.Ke3 Kb4 57.Rb8 Kc3 58.Rc8 Re6 59.Kf2 c4 60.Rc7 Kb3 61.Rb7 Kc2 62.Rb8 c3 63.Rb7 Kc1 64.Rd7 c2 65.Rb7 Re4 66.Kf3 Rf4 67.Kg3 Rd4 68.Rf7 Rd3 69.Kg2 Kd2 70.Rf2 Kc3 71.Rf6 c1Q 72.Rc6 Kd2 0–1. Bittner – Czeschka, 1985.

6.d4 e6 7.Bd3 Bd3 8.cd3 Bd6 9.Qb3 c5 10.Nc3 0–0 11.a4 a6 12.0–0 Qe7 13.Ne2 Rfe8 14.Ne5 Rec8 15.f4 ab5 16.ab5 Ra1 17.Ra1 Be5 18.de5 Ng4 19.g3 Ne3 20.Ra7 Qd8 21.Ra2 d4 22.Bc1 Nd5 23.Bd2 Ra8 24.Ra8 Qa8 25.f5? Ne5 26.fe6 fe6 27.Nf4 Nf3 (28.Kf2 Nd2–+) 0–1. Andersson,Lars H – Hind,Alan, corr 3GMM½–05, 1998.

4.c4 dc4

5.Bc4 Nbd7

6.b5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nc3 0–0 9.0–0 Rc8 10.Be2 h6 11.h3 c6 12.a4 b6 13.bc6 Rc6= 14.Nd4 Rc5 15.Ba3 Rc8 16.Nf5 ef5 (The passed pawn on d2 quickly leads to threats) 17.Bb2 Nc5 18.d4 Nce4 19.Nb5 Qd7 20.Qd3 Nd5 21.Rfc1 Bh4 22.g3 Be7 23.Bf3 Nb4 24.Qe2 Rfe8 25.Nc3 Bd6 26.Ne4 Rc1 27.Rc1 fe4 28.Bg4 f5 29.Qc4 Kh8 30.Be2 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/03, 1992.

6.d4 e5 7.Qb3= Qe7 8.a3 ed4 9.Bd4 c5 10.Bc3 Bg6 11.b5 Ne4 12.Nf3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Nc4 14.Nc4 f6 15.b6 Qe6 16.Qb5 Kf7 17.Bb2 Be7 18.ba7 Ra7 19.0–0 Nd6 20.Nd6 Qd6 21.Rfd1 Qa6=+ 22.Qb3 c4 23.Qc3 b5 24.h3 Rd8 25.Rd8= Bd8 26.Rd1 Be7=+ 27.Ra1 Be4 28.Nd2 Bd3 29.Qd4 Qb7 30.Nf3 Ra8 31.Ng5? Kg8 32.Ne6 Ra6 33.Nc5=+ Bc5 34.Qc5 Rc6 35.Qd5+/– Kf8 36.Bc3 Ke8? 37.Ba5 Qa6 38.Qg8+– Kd7 39.Qd8 Ke6+/– 40.Qe8 Kf5?? 41.g4 Kg5 42.Qh5# 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/17, 1993.

6.d4 e6 7.a3 a5 8.b5 Bd6 9.Nf3= 0–0 10.Nbd2 h6 11.0–0= Qe7 12.Re1 Ne4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.e4 Qd8 16.g3 Nb6 17.Bf1 Re8 18.Bg2 e5 19.d5 Qd7 20.Qe2 Na4=+ 21.Nf1 c6 22.dc6 bc6 23.bc6 Qc6 24.Rac1 Qb7 25.Rb1 Qe7 26.Ba1 Rec8 27.Rb3 Nc5 28.Rb5=+ a4 29.Nd2 Qd7 30.Reb1 Rab8 31.Rb8 Rb8 32.Rb8 Bb8 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/15, 1993.

6.Qf3 Be4 7.Qg3 Nb6 =+.

6.Nf3 e6

7.a3 Bd6 =.

7.Qb3!? Nb6 8.Be2 h6 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nbd2 0–0 = 11.0–0 c6 12.h3 Rc8 13.Rac1 Bb8 14.a4 Ne4 15.a5?! (15.Ne4 Be4 16.a5 Bd5 17.Qc2) 15...Nd5 16.Ne4 Be4 17.Nd2 Bg6 (17...Qd6 18.f4 Bg6 19.Rc4 =) 18.f4 Qe7?! (18...Bd6) 19.b5 cb5 20.Bb5 Bd6 21.Be2 Rfd8 22.Bf3 Nb4?! (22...Bb4 23.Nc4) 23.Be4! Be4 24.Ne4 Nc6?! (24...b6) 25.Nd6 Qd6 26.Rc5 (26.Qb7 Rb8) 26...Qd7 (26...Nd4!?) 27.Rfc1 Ne7 28.e4! Rc5 29.Rc5 Rc8 30.Rb5 Rc7 31.d5! ed5 32.Be5 a6 33.Rb6 Rc1 34.Kh2 de4 35.Rb7 Qd8 (35...Qd5) 36.Qa3 Rc2 37.Re7 Rg2 (37...Qd2 38.Qg3 +–) 38.Kg2 Qd2 39.Kg3 Qe1 40.Kg4 Qe2 41.Kh4 g6 42.Re8 1–0. Gross – Merten, 1993 (Gross).

7.b5 Be7 8.0–0 Nc5 9.d4 Nce4 10.Nh4?! (10.Nbd2 =) 10...Bg4! 11.Qb3 Nd6 12.Bd3?! (12.Nd2) 12...Nd5 13.e4!? Nf4 (13...Ne4!?) 14.e5?! Bh4 15.ed6 Qd6 16.f3! Nd3 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Qc4 Rd8 (18...0–0? 19.Ba3!) 19.Nd2 Be7 (19...0–0) 20.a4 Qb4 (20...Qf4) 21.Qb4 Bb4 22.Ne4 0–0 23.Rac1 Ba5 24.Nc5 Bb6 (24...Bd2!) 25.Nb7 Bd4 26.Bd4 Rd4 27.Nc5 = Rc8 28.g4 Bg6 29.h4 h5 30.gh5 Bh5 31.Kg2 c6 32.Ne4 Ra4 33.bc6 f5 34.Ng5 Bf7 35.c7 Rh4?? 36.Rfd1 1–0. Gross – Merten, 1992 (Gross).

7.a3 c5

8.b5 Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Be2 Nb6 11.d3 Qd7 12.a4 Rfd8 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.Nd2 Bd6 15.Ndf3 Nbd7 16.Nc4 Be7 17.h3 Nb6= 18.Rc1 Rac8 19.Qb3 Nc4= 20.Rc4 Bg6 21.Rd1 Nd5 22.Rdc1 b6 23.Ne5+= Bf6 24.Ng6 Bb2 25.Qb2 hg6 26.d4 Qe7 27.dc5 Rc5 28.Bf3 Rdc8 29.Bd5 ed5 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, 1991.

8.b5 Bd6

9.0–0 Nb6 10.Be2 0–0 =+.

9.Nc3 0–0 10.h3 h6 11.0–0=+ Ne5 12.Be2 Nd3–/+ 13.Bd3 Bd3 14.Re1 e5 15.e4 Re8 16.Re3 c4 17.Nh4 Bc5–+ 18.Re1 Qb6 19.Qf3–/+ Rad8 20.a4 a6 21.a5 Qe6 22.ba6 ba6 23.Na4 Bd4 24.Bd4 Rd4 25.Nc5 Qc6 26.Nd3 cd3 27.Rac1 Qa8 28.Nf5= Re4 29.Qd3 Rf4 30.Ne3 Rd8 31.Qc2 Ne4 32.Re2 Nd6 33.Qc6 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/18, 1992.

9.d3 =. Gross.

9.h3 Nb6 10.d3 –/+.

9.h3 h6 10.0–0= 0–0 11.d4 Rc8 12.Nbd2 Nb6 13.Be2 Qe7 14.dc5= Bc5 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.a4 Rfd8 17.Qb3 Bd4= 18.Bd4 Bc2 (Black gets deadly initiative) 19.Qa2 e5 20.Rfc1 ed4 21.Rc2 de3 22.Rc8 Nc8 23.Nf3 ef2 24.Kf2 Ne4 25.Kf1 Qc5 (26.Qf7 Kf7 27.Ng5 Qg5–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/24, 1992.

9.0–0 0–0

10.Nc3 Rc8 11.h3 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.f4 Bb8 14.Rf2 Bd3 15.Bd3 Qd3 16.Qf3 b6 17.a4 Rcd8 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Qf3 Rd7 20.Qg3 Rfd8 21.Rc1 Bd6 22.Qf3 Be7 23.Qd1 Qg6 24.Qc2 Rd3 25.Kh1 Nh5 26.Kg1 Bh4 27.Re2 Ng3 28.Rf2 Qh5 29.Qd1 =+. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxi/28, 1991.

10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Ne5 Be5 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.f4= Bc7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.Rf2 h6 16.Qf3 Ba5 17.g4 Bh7 18.g5 Bc3 19.Bc3 hg5 20.Bb2?? Ne4–/+ 21.Rg2 Rd2 22.Rd2 Nd2–+ 23.Qe2 Rd8 24.Rd1 Nc4 25.Rd8 Qd8 26.Qc4 Qd1 27.Qf1 Qf1 28.Kf1 gf4 29.ef4 Bd3 30.Kf2 Bb5 31.Be5 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/20, 1992.

10.d3 Nb6 =+.

10.d4 Qc7.

10.d4 Rc8

11.dc5 Nc5 12.Be5 Be5 13.Ne5 Qc7 =+.

11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd3–/+ 13.Re1 Bb5 14.a4 Bc6 15.a5 Nbd7 16.e4 Bb8 17.d5 ed5–+ (Black gets the initiative) 18.ed5 Bd5 (Opening the e–file gets Black a lot of play) 19.Nc4 Re8–+ 20.Qd3 Qc7 21.g3 b5 22.ab6 ab6 23.Ba4 Qb7 24.Ncd2? c4 25.Re8 Re8 (26.Qc3 b5–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/06, 1992.

11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.Rc1!? =+.

11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.dc5 Rc5 13.Be2 =+.

11.Nbd2 Nb6! 12.Be2 cd4.

11.Nbd2 Ne4 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qb3 cd4 14.Ne4= Be4 15.ed4 Nb6 16.Be2 Bd5 17.Qe3 Nc4 18.Bc4 Bc4 19.Rfe1 Bb5 20.d5 Rc1 21.Qc1 Bd7 22.Qc3 f6 23.de6 Be6 24.Qe3 Re8 25.Qa7 Bc5 26.Qa4 Qd7 27.Qc2 b6 28.Rd1 Qb5 29.Qc3 Qe2–/+ 30.Rf1 Bc4 (31.Rc1 Qf2 (31...Bf2?! 32.Kh1 Bd5 33.Ng1–+) 32.Kh1 Bd5–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, 1991.

5.Bc4 e6

6.a3 a5 7.Qa4 c6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.d4 =+.

6.a3 Bb1 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.0–0 0–0 10.d4 Ne4 11.Bd3 f5 12.Qb3 Qd6 13.Be4 fe4 14.Nd2 Qd5 15.Qc2 Rf6 16.b5 Qb5 17.d5 Qd5 18.Bf6 Bf6 19.Rb7 Rd8 20.Rc7 Ne5 21.Ne4 Ng4 22.Nf6 Nf6 23.Qc5 1–0. Wall,Bill – Holsapple,Boyd, Dayton, OH, 1985.

6.a3 c5 7.bc5 Bc5 8.Nf3 0–0 9.0–0 Bg4 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qa4 Rc8 14.Rac1 Qe7 15.Bb5 Nb8 16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.Rc8+/– Rc8 18.Ndc4 Bd8 19.Qa7 Be2 20.Rb1 Bc4 21.Rc1 Nc6 22.Nc6 bc6 23.Qe7 Be7 24.Bc4 Ra8 25.Bd3 g6 26.e4 Ra5 27.Rc6 Ba3 28.Bc3 Ra7 29.d5! Nd7 30.Rc8 Nf8 31.Bd4 Rb7 32.Be5 ed5 33.ed5 Rd7 34.Bc4 h5 35.Kf1 Kh7 36.f4 (36...h4 37.Bf6+–) 1–0. pierred – starior78, Yahoo, 2005.

6.a3 Bd6 7.Nf3 0–0 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Rc1 Bg4 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nd6 cd6 13.0–0 d5 14.d3 Rc8 15.Qd2 Nb6 16.Ne5 Be2 17.Qe2 Nfd7 18.Qg4 Ne5 19.Be5 g6 20.Qf4 Nd7 21.Bb2 Qe7 22.Qd4 f6 23.Rfd1 Qd6 24.Qg4 Ne5 25.Qf4 g5 26.Qg3 Rfd8 27.f4 Rc1 28.Bc1 Nf7 29.Bb2 Qe7 30.Rc1 h6 31.fg5 fg5 32.Qf3 Rf8 33.Qh5 e5 34.Qg6+/– Kh8 35.Rf1 Qc7 36.Qe6 Kg8 37.Rf6 Qc2? 38.Be5 Qd3?? 39.Rg6 (39...Kh7 40.Rg7 Kh8 41.Rf7 Kg8 42.Rb7 Rf7 43.Qf7#) 1–0. Schmidbauer,Josef – Bergmann,Ralf, Niederbayern–chB, 2000.

6.a3 Be4 7.Nf3= c5 8.b5 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Be2 Bd3 11.Ne5 Bg6 12.Bf3+= Nbd5 13.Nd5 ed5 14.0–0 Bd6 15.h3 Bf5 16.d4 c4 17.Re1 0–0=+ 18.Bd5? Be5?? 19.Bb7 Rb8?? 20.de5+/– Nd7 21.Qf3 Bd3 22.Bc6 Nc5 23.Qg4 Qe7 24.e4 Ne6 (24...Rfd8 25.Qf5+–) ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xix/20, 1990.

6.Qb3 Nc6 7.b5 Na5 8.Qc3 Nc4 9.Qc4 –/+.

6.Qb3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 h6 8.0–0 Bd6 9.h3 Rc8 10.Be2 a6 11.d3 e5 12.d4 ed4 13.Nd4 Be4 14.Nd2 Bd5 15.Bc4 Bc4 16.Nc4 0–0 17.Rac1 Ne5 18.Ne5 Be5 19.Ne6 fe6 20.Qe6 Rf7 21.Qe5 Qd5 22.a3 Qe5 ½–½. Gross – Merten, 1987.

6.b5! Bd3 7.Qb3! Bc4 8.Qc4 Qd5? 9.Qc7! Gross.

6.Nf3 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 dc4 6.Bc4).

6.a3 Nbd7

7.d3 Nb6 =.

7.d4 Nb6 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Nf3 0–0 10.Nc3 Nbd5 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.0–0 Bd6 13.Re1 Be4 14.Rc1 Qf6 15.Nd2 Qh4?? (Better is 15...Bd3=) 16.Ne4?? (16.g3 Ne3 17.fe3 Bg3=) 16...Qh2?? (16...Bh2 17.Kf1 Qe4=+) 17.Kf1+– Qh1 18.Ke2 Qg2 19.Bd5 ed5 20.Nf6 Kh8?? 21.Rg1+– Qh3 22.Rh1 Bh2 23.Qg1 Bg1 24.Rh3 gf6 25.Rg1 Rg8 26.Rg8 Kg8 27.f3 Re8 28.Kd3 Kg7 29.Rg3 Kh6 30.Bc1 c6 31.e4 Kh5 32.Rg7 de4 33.fe4 Re7 34.Rh7 Kg6 35.Rh1 Re6 36.Rg1 Kh7 37.Bf4 Kh8 38.a4 Kh7 39.a5 a6 40.Rh1 Kg6 41.Rh6 Kg7 42.Rh5 Kg6 43.Rc5 Re7 44.d5 cd5 45.Rd5 Re6 46.Be3 Re5 47.Re5 fe5 48.Kc4 f5 49.ef5 Kf5 50.b5 Ke4 51.Bd2 ab5 52.Kb5 Kd3 53.Bb4 e4 54.Kb6 Kc4 55.Be1 (55...Kd3 56.Kb7+–) 1–0. Loulou – Dany, HCL–B1735 playchess.de, 2003.

7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 0–0 9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.Be2 Ne4 11.0–0 Nd6 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Bf1 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Qb3 Nf6 17.e4 Nde8 18.Rc2 c6 19.Nh2 Nc7 20.Qg3 Bg6 21.Nhf3+= Nb5 22.Bb5 cb5 23.Rc8 Qc8 24.Rc1 Qb8 25.Qc7 Bd6= 26.Qc2 Bf4 27.Re1 Rc8 28.Qd1 Qc7 (29.d5 e5=). Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/08, 1992.

7.Nf3 Nb6 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.d3 0–0 10.e4 Bg6 11.e5 Be5 12.Ne5 Bh5 13.Qd2 Nfd7 14.Nd7 Qd7 (14...Nd7 15.0–0+–) 15.0–0 (15.Qg5 Bg6 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qe6 Qe6 18.Be6 Bf7+–) 15...Rfd8 16.Nc3 (Better is 16.Qg5 g6 17.Qe5+–) 16...Qd3+/– 17.Qd3 Rd3 18.f3 Rad8 19.Rad1 Bg6 20.Rd3 Rd3 21.Rd1 Rd1 22.Nd1 c6 23.Ne3 Nd5 24.Kf2 f6 25.Nc4 Bf7 26.Nd6 b5 27.Nc8 a6 28.Nd6 Kf8 29.Nb7 Ke7 30.Nc5 Nc7 31.Bc1 e5 32.Bf7 Kf7 33.f4 ef4 34.Bf4 g6?? (Better is 34...Ne6 35.Bd6 Nc5 36.Bc5 Ke6+–) 1–0. Carstensen,Tim Matthias – Bartelt,Kalle, Schleswig Holstein–chB U16, 2001.

7.Nf3 Nb6 8.Bb5 c6 9.Be2 Be7 10.d4 Qd6 11.Nbd2 Ne4 12.Ne5 Nd2 13.Qd2 Bf6 14.f4 Bd8 15.h3 0–0 16.0–0= f6 17.Nf3 Na4 18.Bc1 a5 19.Bd1 Nb6 20.ba5 Nc4 21.Qb4= Bd3 22.Rf2 Ba5? 23.Qb3+– Ne3 24.Be3 Be4 25.Bc2 Bd5 26.Qd3 f5 27.Ne5 Bd8 28.Bd2 Bh4 29.Rff1 Be4 30.Qc3 Bc2 31.Qc2 Qd4 32.Kh1 (32...Qe4 33.Qb1+–) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xix/18, 1990.

7.Nf3 Bd6 8.d3 c5 (8...Nb6 9.0–0=) 9.0–0 (9.bc5 Bc5 10.Nd4 Bd4 11.Bd4 a6=) 9...cb4=+ 10.e4 (10.ab4 Bb4 11.Nd4 Bg6=+) 10...Bg4 11.Nbd2 ba3–/+ 12.Ba3 Ba3 13.Ra3 0–0 14.Qa1 a6 15.e5 Ne8 16.Rb1 Nb6 17.Bb3 Nc7 18.d4 Nb5 19.Ra5 Rc8 20.Rc1 Rc1–+ 21.Qc1 Nd4 22.Nd4 Qd4 23.Rc5 Rd8 24.Rc2 Qd2 25.Rd2+– (25…Rf8 26.Qc7+–; < 25.Qd2 Rd2 26.Rd2 Kf8=+) 1–0. McClain,Lamar C – Tollefsen,Vegard, corr IECG Cat–B, 1996.

7.Nf3 c5

8.bc5 Qa5 9.0–0 Bc5 10.d4 Be7 11.Qb3 Be4 12.Nbd2 Bc6 13.Bc3 Qh5 14.Bb4 Bb4 15.Qb4 Nb6 16.Bb3 Nbd5 17.Qc5 Nc7 18.Qh5 Nh5 19.Ne5 Bd5 20.Rfc1 Bb3 21.Rc7 Bd5 22.Nf7 0–0 23.Ne5 Rac8 24.Rac1 Rc7 25.Rc7 Nf6 26.f3 Ne8 27.Re7 Nd6 28.e4 Ba2 29.Rd7 Nb5 30.a4 Nc3 31.Rb7 Ne2 32.Kf2 Nd4 33.Ra7 Rc8 34.a5 h5 35.a6 Nb5 36.Rb7 Nd6 37.Rb6 (37...Ne8 38.a7+–) 1–0. Roldan,Antonio – Caffaratti,Paolo, IECG, 1999.

8.bc5 Bc5

9.Qb3 Qb6 =.

9.d4 Bb6 10.0–0 Rc8 11.Nbd2 0–0 12.h3 Ne4 13.Rc1 Nd2 14.Qd2. unikum (1985) – shortseller (2135), ChessWorld.net, 2003.

9.d4 Bd6 10.0–0 Rc8 11.Qb3 0–0 12.Nbd2 Nb6 13.Rfc1 Qe7 14.Be2 Rfd8 15.Nh4 Bg4 16.Bd3 Nfd5 17.Nhf3 f6 18.Rc8 Rc8 19.Rc1 Rc1 20.Bc1 Qc7 21.Bb2 Qc6 22.Bb5 Qc8 23.h3 Bh5 24.e4 Nf4 25.a4 Be8 26.Nc4 Nc4 27.Bc4 Be7 28.Kh1 Bf7 29.Bc1 Ng6 30.Be3 Qd7 31.d5 ed5 32.Bd5 Bd5 33.ed5 Bd6 34.Nd2 b6 35.Ne4 Ne5 36.Nd6 Qd6 37.Bd2 Nd7 38.Qc4 Kf7 39.Bb4 Nc5 40.a5 g5 41.g4 Qe7 42.Kg2 Qe4 43.Qe4 Ne4 44.ab6 ab6 45.Kf3 Nc5 46.Ke3 Ke8 47.Kd4 Nb7 48.Bc3 Nd6 49.Kd3 Ke7 50.Bd4 b5 51.Bc5 Kd7 52.Kd4 Nb7 53.Ba3 Nd6 54.Bb4 Kc7 55.f3 Kd7 56.Kc5 Nc4 57.Kb5 Ne5 58.Bc5 Nf3 59.Be3 Nh4 60.Kc4 h6 61.Kd3 f5 62.Bf2 Kd6 63.Kc4 f4 64.Bc5 Ke5= 65.Bd4 Kd6 66.Bg7 f3 67.Kd3 Ng6 68.Ke3 Nf4 69.Kf3 Kd5 70.Bh6 Ne6 71.Kg3 Ke5 72.Bg5 Ng5 73.h4 Ne4 74.Kf3 Nd2 ½–½. Pleschke,Helmut – Utendorf,Kelvin, IECG, 2000.

9.d4 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Rc8 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.Qb3 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Be6?? Rc1–+ 16.Rc1 Bf3 17.gf3 Bh2 18.Kh2 fe6 19.Qb6 Nb6 20.Rc7 Rf7 21.Rc5 Rf3 22.Kg2 Rf8 23.Bc3 Na4 24.Rc7 Nc3 25.Rc3 Rb8 26.Rc7= Kf8 27.Kf3 a5 28.Ke4 b5=+ 29.Ke5 b4 30.ab4–/+ ab4 31.Ke6 b3 32.Rc1 b2 33.Rb1 h5 34.d5 h4 35.d6 h3 36.e4 h2 37.e5 g6 38.Kf6= Kg8?? 39.e6 (39...h1Q 40.Rh1+/–; 39.Kg6?! Rb7=) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/06, 1991.

9.d4 Be7 10.Nbd2 0–0 11.0–0 Qb6 12.Qb3 Rfc8 13.Rac1 Ne4 14.Rfe1 Qd8 15.Ne4+/– Be4 16.Be6! Bg6 17.Bg4 h5? 18.Bh3 b6 19.Rc8 Rc8 20.Ne5 Bc2?? 21.Qf7+– (21...Kh7 22.Qh5 Kg8 23.Be6 Kf8 24.Qh8#) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xx/08, 1990.

6.a3 Be7

7.Nf3 0–0 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.d4 Nb6 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nfd2 Nd6 12.Nc3 Bg6 13.Qb3 Bf6 14.Rfd1 a5 15.Rdc1 a4 16.Qd1 Qd7 17.Qf1 c6 18.Bf3 Nd5 19.Nce4 Be7 20.Nd6 Bd6= 21.Ne4 Bc7 22.Rc2 b5 23.Qc1 Rac8 24.g3 Bb8 25.Rd2 Nb6 26.Nc5+= Qe7 27.Be2 h5 28.h4 Rfd8 29.Qf1 e5 30.Rad1 Nd5 31.Nd3 e4 32.Nc5 Bg3 33.fg3 Ne3 34.Qf4 Nd1 35.Rd1 Rd5 36.Qe3 Qd6 37.Rf1 f6 38.Qf4 Qe7 39.Qe3 Re8 40.Bd1 Bf7 41.Rf4 Bg6 42.Bc2 Kh8 43.Kh2 Bh7 44.Bd1 g5 45.Rf1 Qd6 46.Bh5 Rg8 47.Bf7+– gh4 48.Bg8 hg3 49.Kg2 Kg8 50.Ne4 Be4 51.Qe4 Kg7 52.Qg4 Rg5 53.Qf3 Rd5 54.Qg3?? Rg5–+ 55.Qg5 fg5 56.Rf2 Qd5 57.Rf3 g4 (58.Kf2 Qf3 59.Ke1 Qb3–+) 0–1. Esser,Ove – Nilsson, Grasted, 1991.

7.Nf3 Bd3 8.Qb3 Bc4 9.Qc4 0–0 10.Nc3 c6 11.d4 Qc7 12.0–0 Bd6 13.e4 e5 14.de5 Be5 15.Ne5 Qe5 16.f4 Qh5 17.h3 Rd8 18.Rad1 Na6 19.e5 Rd1 20.Rd1 Nd5 21.b5 Nb6 22.Qb3 cb5 23.Qb5 Nc7 24.Ne4 Nb5 0–1. Arno de Visser – E Williams, 1999.

6.Qb3 Be7

7.Nf3 0–0 8.0–0 Nc6 9.a3 a6 (9...Qd6 10.Nc3=) 10.d4 b5 (10...Qd6 11.Nc3=) 11.Be2 Nd5 12.Nbd2 Nf6 (12...Qd6 13.Rac1=) 13.Rac1+= Na7 14.Ne5 Ne4 15.Rfd1 Rb8 16.Bf3 Nd2 17.Rd2 Bd6 18.Qd1 f6 19.Nc6 Nc6+= 20.Rc6 Rb6 21.Rc5 Qe7 22.Rc1 Bg6 23.g3 Rd8 24.e4 e5 25.Bg2 Rf8 26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Qe3 Re8 28.f3 Qd7 29.de5 fe5 30.Bf1 Rc6 31.Rcd1 Bf7 32.f4 ef4= 33.gf4 Bg6 34.e5 Qg4 35.Qg3+– Qg3 36.hg3 Be7 37.Bh3 Bh5 38.Bd7+– Bd1 39.Bc6 Rd8 40.Rd8 Bd8 41.Bb7 Kg8 42.Ba6 c6 43.Bd4 Be7 44.Kf2 Bg4 45.Ke3 Bd7 46.Bb7 Kf7 47.Ke4 g6 48.g4 Bg4 49.Bc6 Be2 50.Bd5 Kf8 51.f5 gf5 52.Kf5 h5 53.Kf4 h4 54.Bg2 Kf7 55.Bh3 Kg6 56.e6 Bg5 57.Ke4 Kh5? 58.Be3 Be7 59.Bc5 Bg4 60.Bg4 Kg4 61.Be7 Kh5 62.Bh4! 1–0. Danek,Vaclav – Kunes,K, Klatovy op–B, 1996.

7.Nf3 Nc6 8.b5 Na5 9.Qc3 Nc4 10.Qc4 –/+.

7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bg4 9.Nd4 0–0 10.f3 Bh5 11.Ne2 Nb6 12.Bd3 Qd6 13.a3 Rfd8 14.Nf4 Bg6 15.Bg6= hg6 16.Rc1 Nbd5 17.Ne2 Rac8 18.g3 c5 19.e4 Nb6=+ 20.e5 Qd5 21.Qd5 Nfd5 22.bc5 Rc5 23.Nbc3 Nc3 24.Bc3 Rdc8 25.f4 g5 26.Rcb1 gf4=+ 27.gf4 Rc4 28.Kg2 g5 29.Kf3 gf4 30.Nf4 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xix/14, 1990.

6.b5 c5

7.Nf3= Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.d4 Rc8 10.dc5 Nc5 11.Nd4 Bg6 =.

7.Nf3= Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.d4 Rc8 10.Nbd2 0–0 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.Re1 Ne4 (12...Nb6 13.e4 Nc4 14.Rc4+–) 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Bd3 (14.Nd2 Bd5=) 14...Bd3 15.Qd3 Rfd8 16.Qb3 cd4 17.ed4 (17.Rc8 Rc8 18.Bd4 Nc5=) 17...Nf6 18.Rc8 Rc8 19.Rc1 Rc1 20.Bc1 Qc7 21.Bd2 Ne4 22.g3 h6 23.Kf1 Qb6 24.Be3 Qc7 25.Nd2 Qc1–/+ 26.Ke2 Nc3 27.Kd3 Nd5 28.Ne4 Qf1–+ 29.Kc2 Bb4 30.a3 Be7 31.Nc3 Ne3 32.fe3 Qf2 33.Kd3 Qh2 34.Qa4–/+ Qg3 35.Qa7 Qc7 36.b6 Qc8 37.a4 e5 38.de5=+ Bb4 39.Nd5= Qf5 40.e4+/– Qf3 41.Kd4 Ba3 42.Qb7 Qf2 43.Kc4 Qe2 44.Kc3 Qf3 45.Kd2 Qf2 46.Kd3 Qf1 47.Kc2 Qc1 48.Kb3 Qb2 49.Kc4 Qe2 50.Kd4 Qf2 51.Kd3 Qf1 52.Kc2 Qc1 53.Kb3 Qb2 54.Kc4 Qe2 55.Kc3 ½–½. Fritz,Harry – Merten,Rainer, corr 3GMM–55, 1995.

7.Nf3= Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.d4 Rc8 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Rc1 Bb8 (11...Nb6 12.dc5 Rc5 13.Bd4+=) 12.Nb3 (12.Qe2 0–0+=) 12...b6 (12...0–0 13.dc5 Qc7 14.Bd4+/–) 13.dc5 bc5 14.a4 Qc7 15.Nbd2 0–0 16.Qe2 Rfd8 17.e4 Bg6 18.Rfd1 Nh5 19.Qe1 Nb6 20.Be5+= Qb7 21.Bb8 Qb8 22.a5 Nc4 23.Nc4 Nf6 24.e5+= Ne4 25.Nh4 Rd1 26.Rd1 Bh7 27.f3 Ng5 28.Nd6+= Rd8 29.Rd2 (29.Qc3 Qc7+/–) ½–½. Dziel – Gross, corr 3GMM–08, 1995.

6.b5 Nbd7

7.Nf3 Bd6 (--> 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.c4 dc4 6.Bc4 e6 7.b5 Bd6).

7.Nf3 Be7 8.0–0= 0–0 9.d4 Rc8 10.Nbd2 c5 11.Rc1= b6 12.Nh4 Bg4= 13.f3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Ng6+= hg6 16.Qe2 cd4 17.Bd4 Bc5 18.Nb3 Ba3 19.Rc2 Nc5 20.Rd1 Qe7 21.Be5 Rfd8 22.Nd4+/– Qb7 23.Nc6 Rd1+= 24.Qd1 Ncd7 25.Bd6+/– Bd6 26.Qd6 Kh7 27.Qe7 Rf8? 28.Ne5!+– Kg8 29.g5 Qc7 30.gf6 Qe5 31.Qd7 Qe3 32.Kg2 Qg5 33.Kh1 Qf6 34.Rf2?? Rd8 35.Qb7 Rd1 36.Bf1 Qh4 37.Qc8 Kh7 38.Qc2 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/13, 1993.

7.Nf3 Nb6

8.Be2 Bc5 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nh4 Bd3 11.Bd3 Qd3 12.Bf6 gf6 13.a4 Rad8 14.Nc3 Qd2 15.Qd2 Rd2 16.Ne4 Rc2 17.Rfc1 Rc1 18.Rc1 Be7 19.Rc7 Re8 20.Rb7 Na4? (Better is 20...f5 21.Nd2 Bh4 22.Ra7 Rd8=) 21.Ra7+– f5 22.Ra4 fe4–/+ 23.Re4 Bh4? 24.Rh4 Rc8 25.f3 Rc1 26.Kf2 Rb1 27.Rh5 Rb3 28.Rc5 Kf8 29.g4 f6 30.e4 Kf7 31.e5 fe5 32.Re5 Kf6 33.Rc5 h6 34.h4 e5 35.Rc6 Kf7 36.Rh6 Rb5 37.g5 Rb4 38.Kg3 e4 39.fe4 Re4 40.Rf6 Kg7 41.Rh6 Rb4?? 42.Rf6 Rb3?? 43.Kf4 Rb4 44.Kg3?? Rb3 45.Rf3 Rb4 46.Rf4 Rb3 47.Kg4 Rb1 48.h5 Rg1 49.Kf5 Rh1 50.h6 Kh7 51.Kf6 Rc1 52.Re4 Rf1 53.Ke6 Kg6 54.Rh4 Kh7 55.Ke5 Rf2 56.Rf4 Rg2 57.Kf5 Rc2 58.Re4 Rc5 59.Re5 Rc7 60.Kf6 Rc6 61.Re6 Rc8 62.Re7 Kh8 63.g6 Rc6 64.Kf7 Rc8 65.g7 Kh7 66.Re8 Rc7 67.Kf8 Kh6 68.g8Q Rh7 69.Re6 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – Adams,Nick nicktony, ICC, 2002.

8.Be2 Bd3 9.Ne5 (9.Bd3 Qd3 10.Bf6 gf6=) 9...Be2 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.0–0 0–0 12.a4 (12.Bd4 Be5 13.Be5 Nfd7=) 12...Nfd7 (12...a6 13.a5 Nbd7 14.Nd7 Nd7 15.Ba3=) 13.Nf3 Nc5 14.Nc3 Nd3 15.Nd1 Nc4 16.Bd4+= Nce5 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.f4 Ng6 19.Bc3 Qd7 20.Qg4 f5 21.Qf3 c6 22.Rb1 Rfc8 23.Nf2 a6 24.bc6 Rc6 25.Nh3 Ne7 26.Qg3 Nd5=+ 27.Ba1 Rc2 28.Ng5 g6 29.Nf3 Ra2 30.h4 Ra4 31.h5 b5 32.hg6= h6 33.Qh3 Bf8 34.Ne5 Qg7 35.g4 Ne7? 36.Qg2+= Rc8 37.gf5 ef5 38.Bd4 Rc2 39.Rfc1+/– Raa2?? 40.Rc2 Rc2+/– 41.Ra1 Qf6+= 42.Nf3 Qc6?? 43.g7+– 1–0. Zahn,Richard – Sepp,Lothar, GER Police–ch 1st, 1997.

8.Be2 Bd6 9.0–0 0–0 10.d3 Bg4 11.h3= Bh5 12.Nc3 Nfd5 13.Ne4+= Be7 14.Ng3 Bg6= 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Ng6+= hg6 17.Ne4 Rc8 18.a4 Nd7 19.Rc1 N7f6 20.Qb3 Qe7 21.Bf3 Rb8 22.Nd6 cd6 23.e4 Nb6 24.e5 Ne8 25.Ba3 Qd7 26.d4 Nc8 27.d5 Ne7 28.de6 fe6 29.ed6 Nd6 30.Rcd1 Nec8 31.Bg4 Re8 32.Rfe1 (32...Qf7 33.Bd6 Nd6 34.Rd6+–) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Wallace,Gary, corr or01–001 E–mail, 2001.

8.Be2 Bd6 9.0–0 0–0 10.d3 Bg6 11.e4 Be7 12.Nbd2 a6 13.a4 ab5 14.ab5 Qd7 15.Qb3 Rfd8 16.Ne5+= Qe8 17.Ndf3 Bh5= 18.h3 Nfd7 19.g4 Ne5 20.Ne5 Bg6 21.f4 Ra1 22.Ba1 Bc5 23.Kg2 f6 24.Nf3 Bf7 25.Qc2 Nd7 26.Qc3 Ra8 27.Bb2 Qe7 28.d4 Bb6 29.Bc4 Ba5 30.Qb3 Nb6 31.Ba3 Qd7 32.Be2 e5 33.d5 ef4 34.Rd1 h5 35.Nh4 Qe8–/+ 36.Bf3 hg4 37.hg4 Nd7 38.Nf5= Ne5?? 39.Rh1 Bb6?? 40.Ne7+– (40...Qe7 41.Be7+–) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xix/12, 1990.

8.Be2 Be7

9.0–0 0–0 10.Nc3 Bd3 11.Ne1 Be2 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.f4 Rfd8 14.d4 c6 15.Nf3 cb5 16.Ne5 Qe8 17.Nb5 Rdc8 18.Rac1 a6? 19.Nc7+– Qa4 20.Na8 Ra8 21.Rc7 Bd8 22.Rb7 Qa2 23.Rf7 Nc4 24.Rb7 Nb2 25.Rb2 Qd5 26.Rfb1 Ne4 27.Rb7 Nc3 28.Qh5 (28...Be7 29.Rb8 Qd8 30.Rd8 Rd8 31.Qf7 Kh8 32.Qe7 Ne2 33.Kf2 h6 34.Qd8 Kh7 35.Rb8 Nd4 36.Qg8#) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, 1991.

9.0–0 Bd3 10.Nc3 Nc4=+ 11.Bc1 0–0 12.Ne1 Be2 13.Qe2 Nd6 14.e4 e5 15.Nf3 Nd7 16.Nd5 a6 17.Bb2 ab5 18.Ne5 Re8 19.Qg4 Bf6 20.Nd7 Bb2–/+ 21.d3?? f5–+ 22.Qe2 Ba1 23.Ra1 Qd7 24.f3 Ne4 (25.de4 Qd5–+) 0–1. Wartig,Wolfgang – Merten,Rainer, corr SOK–92–80, 1992.

9.Nc3 0–0 10.0–0 Rc8 11.d4 c6 12.bc6 Rc6 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Bd3 Bd3=+ 15.Qd3 Bd6 16.f4 Nfd5 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.Rac1 Qh4 19.g3 Qe7 20.e4= Nb6 21.Qb3 Rfd8 22.Nd3 Rc1 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Rc8 Nc8 25.e5 Bb8 26.Ba3 Qc7 27.Qb4 h6 28.Nc5 Nb6 29.Qb5 ½–½. Leisebein,Peter – Merten,Rainer, corr SOK–92–89, 1992.

4.c4 c6

5.a4 e5 6.b5 Bd6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Be2 0–0 9.d4 Bb4 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Qc1 ed4 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.0–0 Nc3 14.Bc3 ½–½. Waechtler,Frank (2290) – Prange,Stefan, NRW–Liga I, 1994.

5.Nc3 d4 6.ed4= Qd4 7.Nf3 Qd8 8.Be2 e6 9.a3 Bd6 10.d4 Nbd7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Be4 Rc8 15.Qd3 Bb8 16.Ng5 Ne4–/+ 17.Nge4 Bg6?? 18.Qe2= Qc7 19.Ng3 Qf4 20.Qf3 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xiv/17, 1987.

5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 e6 7.b5 Nc5 8.d4 Nce4 9.Qa4 Nc3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Bd2 Nd2 12.Nd2 Qd7 13.Be2 cb5 14.cb5 Bd6 15.0–0 0–0 16.Rfc1 e5 17.Nf3 e4 18.Nd2 Qe7 19.Qd1 Qg5 20.Bf1 Bg4 21.Be2 Be6 22.Nf1 f5 23.f4 ef3 24.Bf3 Rfe8 25.Qb3 f4 26.Re1 Kh8 27.ef4 Qf4 28.Rad1 h6 29.a4 Bg8 30.Re8+= Re8 31.a5 Rc8 32.Qe3 Qe3 33.Ne3 Rc3 34.Re1 Bb4 35.Nd5 Rf3 36.Nb4 Rb3 37.Nc2 Rb5 38.Ra1 g6 39.Ne3 Rb3 40.Kf2 Kg7 41.Kf3 g5 42.Rc1 Bd5 43.Kf2 Be4 44.Rc7 Kf6 45.a6 Rb2 46.Kg3 h5 47.h4 ba6 48.Ra7 Bb7 49.hg5 Kg5 50.d5 Rb3 51.Kf2 Kf4–/+ 52.g3 Ke4 53.Nc4 Kd5 54.Na5 Rb2 55.Ke3 Bc8 56.Ra8 Rb5 57.Rc8 Ra5 58.Rh8 Kc4 59.Rh6 ½–½. Zabotin,Alexander – Vitiugov,Nikita (2160), RUS–ch U14 Togliatti, 2000.

5.c5 e6 =.

5.d4 e6 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.Nc3 Qa5–+ 8.Nge2 Ne4 9.Be4–/+ Be4 10.0–0 Bg6 11.c5 Qd8 12.Nf4 Nd7 13.Ng6 hg6 14.f4 Qh4 15.Ne2?? Qh2–+ (16.Kf2 Nf6–+) 0–1. gtate (1930) – cmarcolino (2435), net–chess.com, 2004.

5.Nf3 a5 6.b5= e6 7.Nd4 Bg6 8.bc6 bc6 9.cd5 cd5 10.Bb5 Nbd7 11.0–0 Bd6 12.Qb3 0–0=+ 13.Bc6 Rb8–/+ 14.Bb5 Nc5 15.Qd1 Qc7 16.Nc3 Bd3 17.Ba3? Bh2 18.Kh1 Bf1 19.Qf1 Bd6 20.Nc6 Rb6 21.Na5 Ra8 22.Bb4 Nce4 23.Bd6 Qd6 24.Nb3 Nc3 25.dc3 Ng4 26.g3 Rb5! 27.Qb5 Nf2 28.Kg2 Ne4 29.Kf3 Qg3 30.Ke2 Nc3 (31.Kd2 Nb5–+) 0–1. Lange,Werner – Hielscher,Ursula, corr, 1998.

5.Nf3 Na6 6.a3 Nc7 7.Nc3 g6 8.cd5 Ncd5 9.Nd5 Qd5 10.d3 Bg4 11.Be2 Bg7 12.e4!? Qh5? 13.Rc1 h6 14.Rc5 g5 15.0–0 Rg8 16.Bf6 Bf6 17.e5 Bh8 18.d4 Rd8 19.Re1 Bf3 20.Bf3 g4 21.Be4 Rg5 22.f4 gf3 23.Bf3 Qg6 24.h4 Rg3 25.Kh2 e6 26.b5 Ke7 27.Qd2! Rg8 28.Rc6! Rg2 (28...bc6 29.Qb4 Kd8 30.Qd6 Kc8 31.Qc6 Kd8 32.Qd6 Kc8 33.Rc1) 29.Qg2 Qg2 30.Bg2 Kd8 31.Rcc1 1–0. Hort – Subrt, Hamburg 1969.

5.Nf3 e6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 c6).

5.Bf6 ef6 6.Qb3 a5 7.c5 (7.ba5 Nd7=+) 7...Na6 (7...ab4!? 8.d4 b6 9.cb6 Nd7–/+) 8.Ba6=+ Ra6 9.b5 a4 10.Qb4 Ra5 11.Nc3 Qa8 (11...Bd3!?=+) 12.Nge2+= Bd3 13.bc6 bc6–/+ 14.Rb1? Bb1–+ 15.Qb1 Bc5 16.0–0 0–0 17.d4 Rb8 18.Qb8? Qb8 19.dc5 f5 20.Nd4 Rc5 21.Rb1 Qb1 (22.Nb1 Rc1#) 0–1. Zimmer,Georg – Bivens, corr 3GMM–24, 1995.

5.h3 Qb6 6.a3= a5 7.c5 Qc7 8.b5 cb5 9.Bb5 Nbd7 10.f4 Qc5–/+ 11.Qb3 Bc2 12.Bd7 Nd7–+ 13.Qc3 Rc8 14.Qc5 Nc5 15.Ke2 Nd3 16.Bc3 f6 17.Nf3–/+ e5 18.fe5=+ fe5 19.Ne5 Ne5 20.Be5= Be7 21.Nc3 Bb3 22.a4 Rg8? 23.Rab1+/– Bc4 24.d3 Ba6 25.Nd5 Rc2 26.Kf3 Bd3 27.Rb7 Rf8 28.Kg3 Bd8 29.Bg7 Rff2 30.Rg1 Be4 31.Rb5 Rg2–+ (32.Rg2 Rg2 33.Kf4 Bd5 34.Rd5 Rg7–+) 0–1. Magicmove3 – virtualy, caissa.com, 2007.

5.h3 dc4 6.Bc4 e6 7.a3 =+.

5.Qb3 Nbd7

6.Nc3 e6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Rc1 Bd6 9.a4 0–0 10.a5 b6 11.b5 ba5 12.bc6+= Nc5 13.Qa2 Bd3 14.cd5 Bf1 15.Kf1 Nd3 16.Rb1 ed5 17.Nd5 Ne4 18.Ke2 Nb4 19.Qc4+– Nd5 20.Qd5 Re8 21.Rhc1 Rb8 22.d3 Nf6 23.Bf6 Qf6 24.Qa5 Rb1 25.Rb1 Rc8 26.Rc1 Qb2 27.Qd2 Qb6 28.Qc3 a5 29.Rc2 a4 30.Nd2 a3 31.Qc4 Ra8 32.Qa2 Rc8 33.Qd5 Bc7 34.Ra2 Qa6 35.Nc4 Bb8 36.Ra3 Qc6 37.Qc6 Rc6 38.Ra8 Rc8 39.Nb6 Rd8 40.Nd7 Rd7 41.Rb8 Kh7 42.h4 Ra7 43.h5 Ra5 44.g4 Ra7 45.e4 g6 46.hg6 fg6 47.e5 (47...Ra4 48.Rb7 Kg8 49.f3+–) 1–0. thotares (1650) – Masoud_M, chesshere.com, 2006.

6.Nf3 e6 7.c5 b6 8.d4 Rb8 9.Qa3 a5–+ 10.Nbd2 ab4 11.Qb4 bc5 12.Qc3 c4 13.Ba3 Ba3 14.Qa3 Qe7 15.Qe7 Ke7 16.Be2 Rb2 17.Nh4 Ra8 18.Nf5 ef5 19.Nc4 dc4 20.Bc4 Nb6 21.Bd3 Raa2 22.Ra2 Ra2 23.0–0 g6 24.Rb1 Nbd7 25.f3 Ra3 26.Rd1 c5 27.Kf2 cd4 28.ed4 Nd5 29.Kg3 Kd6 30.Kh4 h6 31.Rd2 N7f6 32.g3 Ne3 33.Kh3 g5 34.f4 Rd3! (35.Rb2 g4 36.Kh4 Nc4 37.Rb1 Rd2 38.h3 Rh2 39.Rb6 Nb6 40.d5 Rh3#) 0–1. Amor Alcaide,Manuel – Trabert,Bettina (2285), Lillet op, 1999.

5.Nc3 e5

6.Qb3 Na6 7.a3 d4 8.ed4 ed4 9.Nce2 d3 10.Nf4 Qe7 11.Kd1 Ne4 12.Ngh3+= Bh3 13.Nh3 Qh4 14.f3+/– Nf2 15.Nf2+– Qf2 16.Qd3 Rd8 17.Qe2 Qe2 18.Be2 f6 19.c5 Nc7 20.Re1 Kd7 21.f4 Kc8 22.Bc4 h5 23.Kc2 Nd5 24.Bd5 Rd5 25.Re6 Rf5 26.g3 h4 27.Rae1 hg3 28.hg3 a6?? 29.Re8 Kc7 30.R1e7! Be7 31.Rh8 g5 32.fg5 Rg5+/– 33.Rh3 Kd7 34.Kd3 Ke6 35.Ke4 Rd5 36.d4 Rf5 37.Rh8 Rf2+= 38.Bc1 f5 39.Ke3?? Rf1?? 40.Bd2 Ra1= 41.Rb8 Ra3 42.Kf4 Ra1 43.Rb7 +=. Kleinke,Uwe – Simon, Wittenburg, 1979.

6.Nf3 =+.

5.Nc3 e6

6.a3 dc4 7.Bc4 Bd6 =+.

6.a3 Nbd7 7.d4 Bd6 8.cd5 cd5 9.Nf3 0–0 10.Be2 Nb6 11.0–0 Rc8 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Rc1= Qb8 14.Qb3? Bh2–/+ 15.Kh1 Bd6 16.Nb5 Be7–+ 17.a4 a6 18.Nc3 Qd6 19.Ba3 Ne4 20.Nce4–/+ Be4 21.Ne4 de4 22.a5 Nd5 23.Rb1 Rc3–+ 24.Qb2 e5 25.Rfd1? Rfc8 26.de5 Qh6 27.Kg1 Ne3! 28.Rd7 Qg5 29.Re7 Qg2# 0–1. jammboy – RageofKlugman, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

6.Qb3 Be7 7.cd5 ed5 8.Nf3 0–0 9.a4 (9.Nd4 Bg6=+) 9...Nbd7 10.d4 (10.Nd4 Bg6=+) 10...Ne4 (10...Qb6 11.Ba3–/+) 11.Ne4 de4 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.Bc4 Nd5 14.Bd5 Qd5 15.Qd5 cd5 16.b5 Rfc8 17.Rc1 Rc1 18.Bc1 Rc8 19.Ke2 Rc2 20.f3 Ra2 21.g4 ef3–+ 22.Kf3 Bd3 23.Rg1 Ra4 24.Nb3 Bb5 0–1. Zylla – Schroeter, BSF–VM A–Turnier, 1995.

6.b5 dc4 7.Bc4 Bd3 8.Bd3= Qd3 9.Nf3 a6 10.Ne5 Qd6 11.Nc4 Qc5 12.bc6? Qc4–+ 13.cb7 Ra7 14.Qf3 Qc6 15.Qc6 Nc6 16.b8R Nb8 17.Rb1 Rb7 18.0–0 Nc6 19.Ba1 Rb4 20.Rfc1 Kd7 21.Ne2 Be7 22.Rb4 Nb4 23.a3 Nc6 24.a4 Rb8 25.Nc3 Na5 0–1. Cornacchini,Gabriele – Surender,Anil, IECG, 1999.

6.c5 a5 7.a3 ab4 8.ab4 Ra1 9.Ba1 b6 =+.

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 21.Rb1 Rac8 22.Rc1 Qa3 23.Rc8 Rc8 24.Qb1 d4 25.ed4 Bd4 26.Rd1 Bb6 27.Qb5 g6 28.Rd5 Qc1 29.Kh2 Bc7 30.g3–+ Qc2 31.Kg2 Bb6 32.Qf1 e3 33.Re5 ef2 34.Re2 Qc6 35.Kh2 Re8 36.Re8 Qe8 37.Kh1 Qe1 38.Kg2 a5 39.Kf3 a4 40.Qe1 fe1Q 41.Kf4 Qe4 42.Kg5 Kg7 43.g4 Bd8# 0–1. badboy1221 – Space, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

5.d4 e6 6.c5 a5 7.a3 ab4 8.ab4 Ra1 9.Ba1 b5 10.Nf3 Be7 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.f4 Ne4 13.Be2 f6 14.Nf3 Qa7 15.Nc3 Qa3 16.Ne4 Be4 17.0–0 Qe3 18.Kh1 Na6 19.Qe1 Nb4! 20.Qb4 Qe2 21.Re1 Qf2 22.Qc3 Bf3 23.gf3 0–0 24.Bb2 e5! 25.de5 Bc5 26.Rc1 Be3 (27.Qc2 Qf3 28.Qg2 Qg2 29.Kg2 Bc1 30.Bc1 fe5 31.fe5 c5–+) 0–1. dannyboy238 – schaep1, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

5.c5 Nbd7

6.d4 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 b6 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.Bg4 Ng4 12.Qg4 Bh4 13.0–0 bc5 14.bc5 Rb8 15.Bc3 Bf6 16.Rab1 Qc7 17.Nb3 Rb5 18.a4 Rb7 19.Ba5 Qc8 20.f4 Re8 21.Qe2 Nf8 22.Nd2 Ree7 23.Qa6 Rb8 24.Qc8 Rc8 25.Nf3 g6 26.Rf2 a6 27.Rfb2 Nd7 28.Rb7 Kf8 29.g4 h5 30.g5 Bh8 31.Kf2 Bg7? (31...Kg7!?) 32.Ne5 Ne5 33.Re7 Ng4 0–1. Zeun – Vettenburg, corr SOK–96–116 1966 (Vettenburg).

6.Nf3 a5 7.a3 b6 8.Nd4+= Bb1 9.Rb1 bc5 10.Nc6+/– Qc7 11.b5 e6 12.Be2 Bd6 13.Bc3 Ne4 14.Ba5 Ra5–/+ 15.Na5 Qa5 16.f3 Nef6 17.0–0 0–0 18.Qc2 c4 19.a4 Ra8 20.Ra1 Nc5 21.Rfb1–/+ Nfd7 22.Bd1 Nd3 23.f4 Bf4! 24.b6?? Be3! 25.Kf1 Bb6 26.Rb5 Qb5! 27.ab5 Ra1 28.Ke2 N7e5 29.g3 Ra2! 30.Qb1 g6 31.Bc2 Rb2 32.Qa1 Rc2 33.Qa6 Nd7 34.Qc8 Nf8 35.Qb8 Ba5 36.b6 Rd2 37.Ke3 Rb2 38.b7 Nc5 39.Qa7 Nb7 (40.Kf3 e5–+) 0–1. Gorzel,S – Skibbe,Diana (2035), BL2 Mitte, 1991.

5.cd5 cd5

6.Nf3 e6 7.b5 Nbd7 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Ng6 hg6 11.a4 a6 12.Nc3 a5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.h3 Nb6 15.0–0 0–0 16.d3 Qe7 17.Na2 Rc1 18.Bc1 Nfd7 19.Bd2 Ra8 20.g3 Nc5 21.Nc3 e5 22.Bf3 e4 23.de4 de4 24.Bg2 Qe6 25.Be1 Be7 26.f3 Rd8 27.Qe2 ef3 28.Qf3 Nd3 29.Ne2 29...Ne1 30.Re1 Bc5 31.Kh2 Rd7 32.Nf4 Qb3 33.e4 Qf3 34.Bf3 Rd2 35.Kh1 Na4 36.Ra1 Rd4 37.Nd5 b6 38.Ra2 Rc4 39.Kh2 Kf8 40.Bd1 Nc3 41.Rc2 Bd4 42.Nc3 Rc3 43.Rc3 Bc3 44.g4 Ke7 (45.Bb3 Be5 46.Kg2 Kf6–/+) 0–1. marekt – schaep1, ChessWorld.net, 2004.

6.Nf3 e6 7.Bb5 Nc6 8.a3 a6 9.Bc6 bc6 10.0–0 Bd6 11.Nd4 Bb1 12.Rb1+= Qc7 13.Qc2 Bh2= 14.Kh1 0–0 15.Qc6 Qc6 16.Nc6+= Bd6 17.Rbc1 h5 18.Bf6+= gf6 19.Na5 Kh7 20.Rc6 Be5 21.d4+– Bb8 22.g3 Kg6 23.Nb3 e5 24.Nc5+– ed4 25.ed4 Re8 26.Nd7 Re6?? 27.Re6 fe6+= 28.Nc5 e5= 29.de5 fe5 30.Kg2 Bd6 31.Rc1 d4 32.Ne4= Be7 33.Rc6 Kf5 34.f3 a5= 35.Rc7 Bd8 36.Rh7= ab4 37.ab4 Ra2 38.Kh3+= Kg6 39.Rd7 Bg5 40.Rd6 Kf5 41.b5 Ra3= 42.b6 Rf3 43.b7 Rb3=+ 44.Nc5 Rb4 45.Rc6?? e4?? 46.Rc8= d3 47.Rf8 Ke5 48.Nd3 ed3 49.b8Q Rb8 50.Rb8 d2 51.Rb1 ½–½. coloplayah (1990) – mfhaoc (1790), net–chess.com, 2005.

6.Bf6 gf6 7.Bb5 Nc6 8.Qa4 Qb6 9.Nc3 e6 10.Nf3 Rc8 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.a3 Bd6 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Ba6 Rd8 15.Rc1 0–0 16.d4 e5 17.Ne2 ed4 18.Rc6 Qb8 19.Nd4 Be5 20.Qd1 Rd6 21.Rd6 Qd6 22.Be2 Rc8 23.g3 Bd4 24.Qd4 Rc1 25.Bd1 Rc4 26.Qa7 d4 27.0–0 de3 28.Qe3 Rd4 29.Qe8 Kg7 30.Bf3 Rd3 31.Qa8 Bf5 32.Re1 Bh3 33.Bg2 Bg2 34.Kg2 1–0. marekt – keyrock, GameColony.com, 2002.

5.cd5 Nd5

6.a3 e6 7.Nc3 Nc3 8.Bc3 Nd7 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Be2 Bd3 11.0–0 Be7 12.Bd4 Be2 13.Qe2 0–0 14.d3 Qd5 15.Ne5 Rfd8 16.f4 Nd7 17.Rab1 Ne5 18.fe5 Rd7 19.Qf2 Bf8 20.Qc2 a5 21.Rb3 ab4 22.ab4 Ra4 23.Qc3 Ra2 24.Rf2 Ra1 25.Rf1 Rf1 26.Kf1 Qb5 27.Bc5 Rd8 28.Ra3 b6 29.Bf8 Rf8 30.Kg1 h6 ½–½. Pott,Brian (1750) – Poulsen,Rene (2080), TE.2004.P.01709, 2004.

6.a3 e6 7.Nf3 a5 8.b5 Nd7 9.d3 N5f6 10.bc6+= bc6 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.Be2 0–0 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Nc4 Rfb8 15.Nfe5 Ne5 16.Ne5 Qb7 17.Ra2 Qb3 18.Bc1 Qd5= 19.f4 Qg2 20.Bf3 Qc2 21.Rc2 Bf8 22.Nc6 Bd3 23.Nb8 Rb8 24.Rc3 Bg6 25.Kf2 Ne4+= 26.Be4 Be4 27.Rd1 Be7 28.Rd7 Bd8 29.Rd2 Bf6 30.Rc4 Bd5 31.Rc5 a4 ½–½. Benassi,Aspasio (2150) – Polevoy,Nickolay (2070), IECG, 2002.

5.Nf3 dc4

6.Bc4 e6 7.a3 =+.

6.Bc4 e6 7.Qb3 Nbd7 (--> 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.c4 dc4 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qb3 c6).

5.Nf3 Nbd7

6.a3 dc4 7.Bc4 e6 =.

6.a3 e6 =.

6.a4 e6 7.c5 a5–/+ 8.d4 Bb1 9.Qb1 ab4=+ 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.0–0 h6 12.Nd2= Qc7 13.f3 Be7 14.Qe1 b6 15.cb6 =. Piron,Jean Marie – Ruf,G, BEL–FRA, 1993.

6.Nc3 e6 7.Qb3 Be7 8.Be2 0–0 9.0–0 Bg6 10.a4 b6 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.cd5= ed5 13.Rac1 a6 14.Nd5!+/– Nd5 15.Qd5 Qh2 16.Kh2 cd5 17.Rc7?? Bd6–+ 18.f4 Bc7 19.Rf3 Nf6 20.Kg1 Bd6 21.d3 Rfe8 22.Rg3 Kh8 23.Rh3 h6 24.g4 Kg8 25.Rg3 Bb4 26.f5 Bh7 27.g5 hg5 28.Rg5 Rac8 29.e4 de4 30.de4 Bc5 31.Kg2 Re4 32.Bf3 Bd4 33.Be4 Bb2 (34.Bb7 Rc5 35.Ba6 Bf5–+; 33...Ne4 34.Bd4 Ng5 35.Bb6 Bf5 36.Be3 Rc2 37.Kg3–+) 0–1. Thome,Volker – Schindler,Robert, Baden–ch AT Waldshut, 1991.

6.c5 Ne4 =.

6.d4 e6 7.c5 Be7 8.Be2 0–0 9.0–0 Rb8 10.a4 b6=+ 11.cb6 ab6 12.b5= c5 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Nh4 Bg6 15.Ng6 fg6 16.f4 cd4 17.ed4 Bd6 18.Rc1 Qb7 19.g3 Rbc8 20.Qd3 Rf7 21.Bf3 Qa7 22.Rfe1 Nf8? 23.Nd5+/– Rc1 24.Nf6 gf6 25.Rc1 Rc7 26.Rc7+– Qc7 27.Qc3 Nd7 28.Qc6 Nb8 29.Qe8 Kg7 30.Qe6 Qc2 31.Qd6 Qb1 32.Kg2 Qc2 33.Kh3 Qf5 34.Bg4 (34...Qb1 35.Qe7 Kg8 36.Be6 Kh8 37.Qf6#) 1–0. Stiefel – Kraetschmer, Staufen–op Schwaeb.Gmuend, 1995.

6.Nd4 Bg4 7.f3 Bh5 =.

6.Be2 dc4 7.Bc4 e6 8.a3 =+.

6.Be2 Qc7 7.a4 e5=+ 8.b5 Bd6 9.Ba3 0–0 10.Bd6 Qd6 11.d4 Qb4 12.Qd2= Qd6 13.c5 Qc7 14.0–0 e4 15.Ne1 Ng4 16.Bg4 Bg4 17.Nc3 f5 18.f4 Rf6 19.Nd1 Raf8 20.Nf2 Bh5 21.Ra2 h6 22.Nh3 Bg4 23.Nf2 g5 24.Ng4 fg4= 25.g3 gf4 26.Rf4 Rf4 27.gf4 ½–½. Labahn,Wolfgang – Kolbus, Espelkamp, 1980.

6.Be2 Qc7 7.Nc3 0–0–0 8.cd5 cd5 9.Rc1 Kb8 10.Nd5 Nd5 11.Rc7 Nc7 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Be5 Kc8 14.Bc7 Kc7 15.0–0 Kb8 16.d4 b6 17.Bg4 e6 18.Qf3 g6 19.a3 h5 20.Bf5 gf5 21.Rc1 Bc5 22.bc5 b5 23.a4 b4 24.Qc6 Rc8 25.Qb5 Ka8 26.Qb4 Rb8 27.Qc3 Rhc8 28.g3 f6 29.Qc4 Rc7 30.Qe6 Rbb7 31.Qf6 Kb8 32.Qf5 a5 33.Qh5 Rb4 34.Qd1 Kc8 35.Rb1 Rb1 36.Qb1 1–0. valpa – Chocks_AWAY, playchess.de, 2002.

6.Be2 Qc7 7.Nh4 Bb1 8.Rb1 e5 =.

6.Be2 e5 7.b5 Bd6 8.d3 0–0 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Nb3 Re8 11.Nc5= Bc5 12.0–0 e4 13.de4= Be4 14.Nd4 Bd4 15.Bd4 dc4 16.Bc4 cb5 17.Bb5 Re6 18.Rc1 Rd6 19.Qb3 Bd5 20.Qb2 Ne8 21.Bd3 Qg5 22.f3 ½–½. Dluhosch – Weber,Siegfried, Germany, 1985.

6.Be2 e6

7.a3 b6 8.Nh4 Bb1 9.Rb1 a5 10.Nf3 ab4 11.ab4 Bb4?? 12.Bf6+– Be7 13.Bc3 0–0 14.Ne5 Rc8? 15.Nd7 Qd7 16.Rb6 Rb8 17.Rb8 Rb8 18.0–0 Qb7 19.cd5 cd5 20.Qa1 Ra8 21.Qb2 Qb2 22.Bb2 Bb4 23.Bc3 Bc3 24.dc3 Ra2 25.Rb1 g6 26.Bf1 Rc2 27.Rb3 h5 28.g3 Kg7 29.Kg2 f5 30.Bd3 Rc1 31.Bb5 Kf6 32.Bd7 Rc2 33.Rb6 Rc3 34.Be6 Ke5 35.Bf7 d4 36.ed4 Kd4 37.Bg6 (37...Ke5 38.f4 Ke4 39.Re6 Kd4 40.Bf5+–) 1–0. Makri,B – Stefani,I, GRE–ch (Women), 1992.

7.a3 dc4!? 8.Bc4 a5 =.

7.a3 dc4 8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Be2 =.

7.a3 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Qb3 Bd6 12.Qc3 Bg4 13.h3 Bf5 14.g4 Rfe8?? 15.gf5+– ef5 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.cd5 cd5 18.Qd4 Qb7 19.Qh4 h6 20.Qd4 Kh7 21.Qh4?? Be7?? 22.Qg3 Nh5 23.Qg2 Rg8 24.Ne5 Ne5 25.Be5 Nf6 26.Kh1 Qd7 27.Rg1 Rce8 28.Rc7 Qd8 29.Rgc1 Qa8 30.d4 Ne4 31.Ne4 fe4 32.Bb5 f6 33.Be8 Qe8 34.Bh2 Bd8 35.Rc8 Qe7 36.Qg3 Qe6 37.Qg4 f5 38.Qf4 Bg5 39.Qe5 Qg6 40.Rg8 Kg8 41.Rc8 Kh7 42.Qb8 Qf7 43.Be5 Bf6 44.Bf6 Qf6 45.Qa7 Qh4 46.Qd7 Qh3= 47.Kg1 Qg4 48.Kf1 Qd1 49.Kg2 Qg4 50.Kh2 Qh4 51.Kg2 Qg4 52.Kf1 Qd1 53.Kg2 Qg4 ½–½. Von Herman,Andrea – Zehner,Birte, BL2–NO, 1991.

7.c5 a5 8.a3 ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 b6 =.

5.f4 e6

6.a3 dc4 7.Bc4 b5 =+.

6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 0–0 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Be2 dc4 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Be2 Nfd5 12.Nd5 cd5 13.d3 Qd7 14.0–0 Rfc8 15.Qd2 Na4= 16.Bd4 Qd8 17.Ne5 f6 18.Nf3 Bg4 19.Rfc1 a5 20.Rc8+= Rc8 21.Bd1 Bf3 22.Ba4 Bh5 23.ba5+= Bc5 24.Bc5 Rc5 25.Rc1 Qc7 26.Rc5 Qc5 27.Kf2 d4 28.Bb3 Bf7 29.ed4 Qd4= 30.Kf3 f5 31.Bc4+/– e5 32.Bf7 Kf7 33.fe5 Qe5 34.Qb4 Qd5 35.Kf2 Kg6 36.d4+/– Qe4 37.Qd6 Kf7 38.h3 f4 39.Qc7 ½–½. Mothes,Rainer – Vettenburg,L, corr SOK–95–110, 1997.

6.b5 dc4 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Nf3 0–0 9.Nc3 cb5 10.Nb5 Nc6 11.Nbd4 Nd4 12.Bd4 Rc8 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Rc1= b5 15.Qb5+= Ba3 16.Be5 Qc5 17.Qc5+/– Rc5 18.Bd6 Bc1 19.Bc5 Rc8 20.Ke2 Bd2 21.Nd2 Rc5 22.Rc1 Kf8 23.Nb3 Rc8 24.Bd3 Rc1 25.Nc1 Ne4 26.Kf3 Nd2 27.Ke2 Ne4 28.a3 Ke7 29.Nb3 Nc3 30.Kd2 Nb1 31.Bb1 Bb1 32.Kc3 Kd6 33.Nd2+= Ba2 34.Kd4 f5 35.e4 Kc6 36.g3 Kb5 37.Kc3 Kc5 38.Kb2 Bc4 39.Kc3 Ba2 40.Kb2 Bc4= 41.Kc3 Ba2 42.e5 Kd5 43.Kd3 Kc5 44.Nf3 h6 45.h4 Bc4 46.Kc3 Bd5 47.Nd4 Ba2 48.a4 a6= 49.Nc2 Bd5 50.Nb4 Bb7 51.Nd3 Kd5 52.Kb4 Kd4 53.Nc5 Bc8 54.h5 Ke3 55.Ka5+/– Kf3 56.Kb6 Kg3 57.Kc7 Kf4 58.Kc8 Ke5 59.Na6 f4 60.Nc5 f3= 61.Nd3 Kd4–/+ 62.Ne1 f2 63.Nf3 Kd3 64.Nh2= e5 65.a5 e4 66.a6 e3 67.a7 e2 68.a8Q e1Q 69.Kd7 Qg1 70.Qd5= Kc3 71.Qc5 Kd3 72.Qb5 Ke4 73.Nf1 Kf4 74.Ke8 Qg5 75.Qc4 Kf5 76.Kf8 Qf6 77.Kg8 Kg5 78.Qd5 Kh4 79.Qh1 Kg5 80.Qd5 Kh4 81.Kh7 Qf4 82.Qh1 Kg5 ½–½. Smolensky,Yury Andreyevich – Kuehnel,Guenter, corr ICCF EU/FSM/30, 1985.

6.c5 b6 7.cb6 ab6 8.b5 –/+.

6.c5 Be7 7.Nf3=+ Nbd7 8.Be2 0–0 9.Nc3 b6 10.Nd4= Qc7 11.b5 bc5 12.Nc6 Nb6 13.g4 Be4 14.Ne4 Ne4= 15.0–0 Bf6 16.Bf6= Nf6 17.Qc2 c4 18.g5 Ne8 19.a4 Nd6 20.Rf3 a6–/+ 21.Rh3 g6 22.Ne5 ab5 23.Ng4 Nd7 24.Qb2 Nf5 25.Qb5? f6 26.a5 fg5 27.fg5 Rab8 28.Qa4 Nc5 29.Qa2 Ne4–+ 30.Nh6? Nh6 31.gh6 Rf2 32.Re1 Rh2!! 33.Rh2 Qg3 34.Rg2 Qe1 35.Kh2 Rb1 36.Kh3 Qh1 37.Rh2 Ng5 38.Kh4 Qh2 39.Kg5 Qe5 40.Kh4 Rh1 41.Kg4 Rg1 (42.Kh3 Qg3#) 0–1. Kleinke,Uwe – Guzy, corr DDR–ch I730, 1988.

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 20.Ng4 Bc5 21.Nf2 f5 22.h4 Nf6 23.Kh1 Rd7 24.Rg5 Rcd8 25.Bc1 a6 26.a4 b6 27.h5 h6 28.Rg6 a5 29.Rb2 Bb4 30.Qc2 Nh5 31.Kg1 Kh7 32.g4 Kg6 33.gh5 Kh7 0–1. Serrano Pertinez,Miguel (2210) – Rosich Valles,Alfredo (2370), Catalunya Club op, 1999.

4.d4 e6

5.b5 a6 6.a4 (6.Ba3 Ba3 7.Na3 c6–/+) 6...Nbd7 (6...ab5 7.Bb5 c6 8.Be2–/+) 7.Nd2 (7.Ba3 Ba3 8.Ra3 0–0=+) 7...ab5–/+ 8.ab5 Ra1 9.Ba1 Bd6 10.c4 Bb4 11.Ngf3=+ Ne4 12.Qa4 Bd2 13.Nd2 Nd2 14.Kd2 0–0 15.Bd3? Bd3 16.Kd3 dc4 17.Qc4?? Ne5 (18.Kc3 Nc4 19.Kc4 Qd5 20.Kb4 Qg2–+) 0–1. Luettig,Hendrik – Tornier,Siegfried, Pinneberg Winter–A, 1997.

5.b5 Bb4 6.Bc3 Bd6 7.Nf3 –/+.

5.b5 c5 6.a4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Rc8 8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.h3 Qc7 10.Be2 cd4 11.Nd4 Bc2 12.Nc2 Qc2 13.Qc2 Rc2 14.Bf6 Nf6 15.Bd3 Rc3 16.Ke2 0–0 17.Rhc1 Rfc8 18.Rc3 Rc3 19.Ra2 g6 20.e4 Kg7 21.g3 e5 22.ed5 Nd5 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Rc2 Ra3 25.Rc4 f5 26.Nc5 b6 27.Ne6 Kf7 28.Nc7 Nc7 29.Rc7 Ra4 30.Bc4 Kf8 31.Rc8 Kg7 32.Rc7 Kh6 33.Re7 Rc4–/+ 34.Re5 Rc7 35.f4 Kg7 36.Kd3 Kf6 37.Kd4 Rd7 38.Rd5 Re7 39.Re5?? Re5–+ 40.fe5 Ke6 41.g4 h6 42.gf5 gf5 43.h4 h5 44.Ke3 Ke5 45.Kf3 f4 46.Kf2 Ke4 47.Ke2 f3 48.Kf2 Kf4 (49.Kf1 Kg3–+) 0–1. Ruhle,Ernst Albrecht – Hauser,Robert, Pizol op, 1998.

5.b5 Be7 6.c4 0–0 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Re8 9.0–0 dc4 10.Bc4 Qc8 11.a4 Rd8 12.Nbd2 Nb6 13.Bb3 a6 14.Re1 ab5 15.ab5 Ra1 16.Ba1 Bb4 17.Re2 (Better is 17.Qe2=+) 17...Nbd5?? (Better is 17...Bd3–/+) 18.e4+/– Bd2 19.Qd2?? (Better is 19.Nd2 Nf4 20.ef5 Ne2 21.Qe2 ef5 22.Nf3+/–) 19...Ne4 20.Qc2? Nf2! 21.Kf2?? b6 22.Qd2 Qd7 23.Bc4 Ra8 24.Bb2 Qc8 25.Ne5 Qd8 26.Nc6 Qf6 27.Kg1 Bg6 28.Rf2 Bf5?? 29.Bd3 Ra2 30.Bf5 Nf4?? 31.Bb1 Rb2 32.Qb2 g6 33.Ne5 h5 34.Nd3 Kg7 35.Rf4 Qg5 36.d5 Kg8 37.de6 fe6 38.Rc4 Qd8 39.Qc3 e5 40.Rc7 h4 41.Rc8 Qc8 (41...Qf8 42.Ba2 Kh7 43.Rf8 Kg7 44.Rg8 Kh6 45.Qe5 h3 46.Rh8#) 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – MacChess 5.0, 2000.

5.a3 Bd6

6.c4 0–0 7.Nf3 =+.

6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Nf3 c6 9.0–0 Nbd7 (9...b5 10.Bd3=+) 10.Re1 (10.Nc3 Nd5=) 10...Qc7 (10...a5 11.b5=+) 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Rc1 Ndf6 13.Bd3 Nc3 14.Bc3 Bd3 15.Qd3 Rad8 16.e4 Bf4 17.Rc2 Qb6 18.Qc4 Rfe8 19.g3 Bb8 20.Bb2 a6 (20...Rd7 21.Ne5 Rdd8 22.f4=) ½–½. Wilk,Adam (2015) – Waglorz,Janusz (2155), Poland–chT disctrict, 1996.

6.c4 dc4 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Nf3 c6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.0–0 Nb6 ½–½. Cernik,Lukas (1895) – Steiner,Peter (2030), Klatovy op–A, 1998.

6.Nf3 0–0 7.c4 dc4 (8.Bc4 a5=). MiserableBoris – shirehorse, ChessWorld.net, 2005.

5.a3 Nbd7

6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nge2 0–0 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rad8 12.cd5= ed5 13.Nf5 Rfe8 14.g4 Nb6=+ 15.h4 Bf8 16.h5 Bf5 17.gf5 Qf4 18.Qe2 Qg4 19.f3 Qg5=+ 20.Kf2 Nh5?? 21.Rcg1+/– Qh6 22.f4 Nf4 23.Rh6 Ne2 24.Ne2 g6 25.Rh3 Rd6 26.Nf4 Bg7 27.Rgh1 h6 28.fg6 fg6 29.Bg6 Rf8 30.Bd3 Nc8 31.Rg1 Ne7 32.Rhg3 Rf7 33.Ke2 Kh8 34.Nh5 Bf8 35.Nf4 Rdf6?? 36.Bg6 Rg7 37.Bc2 Rgf7 38.Ng6 Ng6 39.Rg6 Bg7 40.Rf6 Rf6 41.Rf1 (41...Rf1 42.Kf1+–) 1–0. Guerrini,Donato – Manini,Eugenio, Lombardia op, 1991.

6.c4 Be7 7.c5 c6 8.Bd3 Bd3 9.Qd3 a6 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Nf3 Nh5 12.e4 (Better is 12.0–0!?=) 12...Nf4–/+ 13.Qe3?? (Better is 13.Qf1–/+) 13...Ng2–+ (14.Kd1 Ne3 15.fe3 Nf6–+) 0–1. Loulou – peb, HCL–E917 playchess.de, 2003.

6.Nd2 Bd6 7.c4 c6 8.Ngf3= Ne4 9.cd5 ed5 10.Ne4 Be4 11.Bd3 f5 12.0–0 0–0 13.Ne5 Qe7 14.Be2 f4 15.ef4 Rf4 16.g3 Rf6 17.f4 a6 18.Bd3 Rff8 19.Be4 de4 20.Nd7 Qd7=+ 21.Re1 Rae8 22.Re3 Rf7 23.Qc2 Qf5 24.Rae1 Rfe7 25.Kg2 Qd5 26.h4 Bc7 27.Qc5 Bd6 28.Qc3 Re6 29.Kf2 Rf8 30.Ke2 Rd8 31.Rc1 Qh5 32.Kd2 Be7 33.Qb3 Rd5 34.Rce1 Qf5 35.Qc2= Bf6 36.Qc4?? Kf8 37.Kc1=+ Rd8 38.Kb1 Qd5=+ 39.Qd5 cd5 40.Rc1 Red6 41.Ka2 R6d7 42.Kb3 Ke7 43.a4 Ke6 44.b5 ab5 45.ab5 Ra8 46.Rc2 Rd6 47.Rc7 Rb6 48.Kb4 Be7–+ 49.Re7 Ke7 50.Rc3 Rd6 51.Ba3 Ke6 52.Rc7 e3?? 53.Rc3=+ e2 54.Re3 Kf5 55.Re2 Re6 56.g4= Kf6 57.Re6 Ke6 58.f5 Kd7 59.Kb3 Re8–+ 60.g5 Re4 61.f6 gf6 62.gf6 Ke6 63.Kb4 b6 64.Kc3 Re3 65.Kb4 Ra3 66.Ka3 Kf6 67.Kb3 Kf5 68.Kc3 Kg4 69.Kd3 Kh4 70.Ke3 Kg3 (71.Kd3 h5–+) 0–1. Lukovski,Lev (2095) – Raasch,Joerg, Koeln, 1998.

4.Nf3 c6

5.a3 e6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.0–0 a5 9.b5 Bd6 10.f4 Nb6 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.f5 Qc7 13.h3 ef5+= 14.Nf5 Bf5 15.Rf5 0–0 16.Rf6 gf6 17.Bd3 f5 18.Bf5 f6 19.d3 Bc5 20.Qf3 Rbe8 21.Re1 Qe7 22.bc6 bc6 23.Nb1 Qc7 24.Nd2 Bd6 25.Rb1 Bc5 26.d4 Bd6 27.e4 Kh8 28.Rf1 Qg7 29.g4 a4 30.Kh1 Qc7 31.Qe3 Rg8 32.Rf2 Qg7 33.Kg2 Rb8 34.Qf3 Qe7 35.Kg1 Na8 36.Bc1 Nc7 37.ed5 cd5 38.Kg2 Qe1 39.Rf1 Qh4 40.c4 h5 41.Qf2 Qf2 42.Rf2 Bf8 43.cd5 hg4 (44.hg4 Nd5=; 43...Nd5 44.Be6 Ne3 45.Kf3+=). Schulz,Hans_Juergen (2145) – Lisakowski,Christof (1960), RS6D – A00 – Sokolsky Alt–1, 2004.

5.c4 Nbd7 6.c5 Bb1 7.Qb1 e6 8.Be2 Be7 9.Be5 Ne5 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Nd7 Qd7 12.d4 0–0 13.0–0 Bf6 14.f4 g6 15.a4 b6 16.Qd3 Rab8 17.Rfb1 bc5 18.bc5 a5 19.Ra2 Bd8?? (19...Rb1 20.Qb1 Kg7 21.Rb2+=) 20.Rab2 Bc7 21.Rb8 Rb8 22.Rb8 Bb8 23.Qa6 Qc7 24.Qa8 Kf8 25.Ba6 Ke7 26.Kf2 Kd7 27.Kf3 Qa7 28.Qa7 Ba7 29.g4 Bb8 30.h3 Bc7 31.e4 de4 32.Ke4 ½–½. Chirpii,Alenxandru – Proorocu,Doina, Centrocoop June op–A, 1999.

5.Bd3 Bd3 6.cd3 Nbd7 7.0–0 Qb6 8.a3 a5 9.Nc3 e6 (withdraw) 0–1. Holwell,Jim – Andersson,Lars H, corr 3GMM–03 1994.

5.d4 Nbd7 6.c4 e6 7.Nbd2 Bb4–/+ 8.a3 Be7 9.cd5 ed5 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Be4 Ne4 15.Nd2 Nd2–+ 16.Qd2 Qd6 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.g3 Bf8 19.Qd3 Qg6 20.Qd2 Qe4 21.Qe2 g6 22.Rac1 Bg7 23.Qc2 Qc2 24.Rc2 f5 25.Rec1 h6 26.Kh1 Kh7 27.Rg1 Re4 28.Bc1 Ree8 29.Rd1 Red8 30.Rg1 Rac8 31.Rd1 Bf6 32.Rg1 Kg7 33.Rd1 b6–+ 34.Rg1 c5 35.dc5 bc5 36.Bd2 d4 37.ed4 cd4 38.Rgc1 Rc2 39.Rc2 Rd7 40.Rc6 Kf7 41.a4 d3 42.a5 Ke7?? 43.Kg2?? Kf7?? 44.a6?? Kg7 45.Kg1 Bb2 46.Kg2 Ba3 47.Kg1 h5 48.h4 Bb4?? 49.Bb4+– d2 50.Bd2 Rd2 51.Rc7 Kh6 52.Ra7 Ra2 53.Kg2 Ra3 54.Rf7?? Ra2?? 55.a7+– Ra3 56.Kg1 Ra1 57.Kg2?? Ra2?? 58.Kg1?? Ra1 59.Kg2?? Ra2= ½–½. M8IN3 – 1815, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

5.Be2 Qb6 6.a3 a5 7.0–0 ab4 8.Bd4 c5 9.Bc5 Qc5? (Better is 9...Qc7 10.Bb4 Qc2 11.Qc2 Bc2+=) 10.ab4+– Qc2?? (Better is 10...Ra1 11.bc5 Nbd7+–) 11.Qc2 Bc2 12.Ra8 Nfd7 13.Rc1 1–0. kamret (2245) – stefanj (1935), GameColony.com, 2003.

5.h3 h5 6.b5 Nbd7 7.Nd4+= Bg6 8.bc6 bc6 9.Nc6 Qb6 10.Bf6 Qc6 11.Bc3 e5 12.a4 a6 13.Be2 Bc5 14.d4 Bd6 15.de5 Ne5 16.0–0 Nd7 17.Qd2 Be5 18.Rd1 Bf6 19.Qd5 Qd5 20.Rd5 Bc2 21.Bf6 Nf6 22.Rc5 Bg6 23.Ba6 0–0 24.Bb5 Ne4 25.Rc6 Rfb8 26.Na3 Nd2 27.Rc7 Rd8 28.Ra2 h4 29.Rb2 Ne4 30.Nc4 Nc3 31.Nb6 Nb5 32.Rb5 (32...Ra6 33.a5+–; 32.ab5 Ra1 33.Rb1 Rb1 34.Kh2 Rdd1 35.Rc8 Kh7 36.Rh8 Kh8 37.g3 Rh1 38.Kg2 Be4 39.f3 Rhg1 40.Kf2 hg3 41.Ke2 Rg2#) 1–0. Lisakowski,Christof (1960) – Waibel,Ulrich (1650), RS6D – A00 – Sokolsky Alt–1, 2004.

5.Nh4 Bg6 6.Ng6= hg6 7.d4 e6 8.a3 Qc7 9.g3 Nbd7 10.f4 Ne4 11.Bg2 Ndf6 12.Nd2 Nd6 13.Qe2 Be7 14.g4 0–0–0 15.g5 Nd7 16.Qd3 Nb6=+ 17.Kf2 Ndc4 18.Nc4 Nc4 19.Bc1 Rh4 20.h3 Nd6 21.Bd2 Nf5 22.Be1 f6 23.Kg1 Rh7 24.gf6 gf6 25.c4 Kb8 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.c5 Rg8 28.Kf1 g5 29.e4 de4 30.Be4 Rh6 31.Bf5 ef5–+ 32.Bg3 Kc8 33.Re1 Rgh8 34.Kg2 Qd5 35.Qf3=+ Qf3 36.Kf3= Bd8 37.Kg2 Bc7 38.Ref1 Rg6 39.Kf3 gf4 40.Bf2+= Kd7 41.Re1 Rgg8 42.h4 a5 43.Re2 ab4= 44.ab4 Ra8 45.Rb2 Ra3–/+ 46.Ke2 f3 47.Kd2 Bf4 48.Kc2 Be3 49.Be3 Re3 50.Rbb1 Re2 51.Kc3 Rhe8 52.Rbd1 f2 53.Rhf1 Re1–/+ 54.Kd2 R1e2?? 55.Kc1 Ra8–+ 56.Kb1 Ke6 57.h5 Kf7 58.d5 cd5 59.b5? Ra5–+ 60.Rd5 Rb5 61.Kc1 Re1 (62.Rd1 Rc5 63.Kb2 Rce5–+) 0–1. Diener,Rudolf – Stabenow,Juergen, corr SOK–87–08, 1989.

5.a3 Nbd7

6.Be2 Qc7 7.Nh4 Be6 8.f4 g6 9.g4 h6? 10.f5+– gf5 11.gf5 Bf5 12.Nf5 e5 13.c4 dc4 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Ba2 Rg8 16.Qb3 Nbd5 17.Nc3 0–0–0 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.0–0–0 Rg2 20.e4 Nf4 21.Qf7 Nd3 22.Kc2 Nb2 23.Be6 Kb8 24.Qc7 Kc7 25.Kb2 (25...Rd3 26.h3+–) 1–0. Scholz,Sascha (2040) – Waibel,Ulrich (1650), RS6D – A00 – Sokolsky Alt–1, 2004.

6.Be2 Qc7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.f4 e6 9.0–0 Bd6 10.Ra2 a5 11.b5 0–0 12.Ng6 fg6 13.g3 e5 14.c4 ef4 15.bc6 fg3 16.cd7+= gh2 17.Kg2 Ne4 18.Bf6?? Ng3 19.Nc3? Nf1 20.Nd5? h1Q 21.Kh1 Ng3 22.Kg2 Qd7 23.Bh4 Ne2 24.Qe2 Rf5 (25.d4 Raf8–+) 0–1. Schulz,Hans_Juergen (2145) – Waibel,Ulrich (1650), RS6D – A00 – Sokolsky Alt–1, 2004.

6.Be2 e6 7.0–0 Bd6 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.f4 Ne4 10.Ng6 hg6 11.d3 Qh4 12.de4 Qh2 13.Kf2 g5 14.ed5 gf4 15.Bf3 cd5 16.ef4 Bf4 17.Qd3 Be5 (17...a6 18.Ke1=+) 18.Be5 Ne5 19.Qb5 Kd8 20.Nd2 Qf4 21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Bd5 Qg4 23.Bf3 Nf3 24.Nf3 Qg2 25.Ke1 Rc2 26.Rd1 Kc8 27.Qd7 Kb8 28.Qd6 Ka8 29.Qd8 Rc8 30.Qd2 Qg3 31.Ke2 Qg4 32.Rc1 e5 33.Qg5 Qe4 34.Kf2 Rc2 35.Rc2 Qc2 36.Kg1 e4 37.Nh4 Qc7 38.Rc1 Qb6 39.Rc5 a6 40.Qe3 Qe6 41.Ng2 Rd8 42.Qf4 f6 43.Ne3 Rd3 44.Rh5 Qc8 45.Ra5?? Qc1–+ (46.Kg2 Re3–+) 0–1. Coltharp,Cameron – Pommerel,Wim, email 4AMM–F, 1998.

5.Be2 Nbd7

6.0–0 e5 =.

6.0–0 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 0–0 9.Nbd2 h6 10.c4 Nb6 11.Qb3 d4? 12.Nd4+/– Bg6 13.N4f3 c5 14.b5 Bd6 15.a4 Nbd7 16.a5 b6 17.Rfd1 Ng4 18.h3 Nge5 19.Ne4 (White gets in control) 19...Be4 20.de4 Qe7 21.Ne5 Ne5 22.f4 Ng6 23.e5 Bc7 24.Bf3 Rad8 25.ab6 Bb6 26.Rd8 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rd1 28.Qd1 Nh4 29.Kf2 Nf5 30.e4 Qh4+/– 31.Kg1 Ng3 32.Qe1 Qf4+= 33.Qf2 Ne4–+ 34.Be4 Qe4 (35.Qf1 Bc7–+) 0–1. uno (1800) – guest400, ICC, 2003.

6.a3 Qc7 =.

6.a3 e6 =.

6.Nh4 Bg6 7.a3 e6 8.Ng6 hg6 9.c4 Bd6 10.cd5 ed5 11.f4 Qe7 12.0–0= 0–0 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Ne4+= (White gets the initiative) 14...de4 15.d3 ed3 16.Qd3 Nf6 17.Rad1 Nd5 18.Bf3+/– Qe3 19.Qe3+– Ne3 20.Rd6 Nf1 21.Kf1 Rad8 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Ke2 f5 24.g3 a6 25.Ke3 Kf7 26.Be2 Re8 27.Kf3 Rd8 28.Bc4 Kf8 29.Ke3 Rd1 30.Be5 Rc1 31.Bb3 Re1 32.Kf3 Rb1 33.Bc4 Rc1 34.Bb3?? Rb1 35.Bc4 Rc1 36.Bb3?? Rb1= 37.Bc4?? (better is 37.Be6+–) ½–½. Caissa – SemiAwesome, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

5.Be2 e6

6.a3 Bd6 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.f4 0–0 9.0–0 Nbd7 10.Ng6 hg6 11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 e5 13.fe5 Ne5 14.Be2 Qc7 15.Qc2 Rfe8 16.h3 Rad8 17.Nc3 Qe7 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Qe4 Qg5 20.Qc2 Qg3 21.Qc3 f6 22.e4 Nf7 23.Qg3 Bg3 24.d3 Be5 25.Rab1 Bb2 26.Rb2 Ne5 27.Rb3 Rd4 28.Kf2 Red8 29.Ke3 g5 (30.b5 cb5 31.Rb5 Nd3=). SkyNet – Mely, ChessWorld.net, 2006.

6.a3 Nbd7 7.0–0 Bd6 8.d3 Qc7 9.c4 Ng4 10.h3 Nh2 11.Nh2 Bh2 12.Kh1 Be5 13.Be5 Qe5 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.d4 Qd6 16.Kg1 0–0 17.Rc1 Ne4 18.Ne4 Be4 19.Bd3 f5 20.Re1 a5 21.c5 Qd7 22.ba5 Ra5 23.Rc3 e5 24.de5 Qe7 25.Be4 fe4 26.Qd4 Rfa8 27.Rb1 Ra4 28.Rb4 Rb4 29.Qb4 Qe5= 30.Qb2 Ra7 31.Qb4 Kf8 ½–½. Scholz,Sascha (2040) – Lisakowski,Christof (1960), RS6D – A00 – Sokolsky Alt–1, 2004.

6.a3 Nbd7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.0–0 Be7 9.c4 e5 10.cd5 cd5 11.d4 e4 12.Nc3 0–0 13.Ng6 hg6 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.f3 ef3 16.Rf3 Rc8 17.Rc1 Nc4? (Better is 17...Qd7+=) 18.Nd5!+– Nd5 (18...Qd5 19.Bc4) 19.Bc4 (19...Nf6 20.Qd3+–) 1–0. Hebels,Alex (1970) – Fricker,Thomas (2155), IECG, 1999.

6.a3 Nbd7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Ng6 hg6 9.c4 Bd6 10.cd5 ed5 11.f4 Rh7 12.0–0 Qe7 13.h3 Nh5 14.Qe1 f5 15.Bd4 Nhf6 (15...g5 16.Nc3=) 16.Qg3 Kf7 17.d3 Nh5 18.Qf2 Nhf6 19.Nd2 a6 20.Nf3 Kg8 21.Ng5 Rh8 22.Rab1 Nh7 23.Nf3 Nhf6 24.Qg3 Rh6 25.Rf2 Nh5= 26.Qh2 Nhf6 27.Qg3 Nh5 28.Qh2 Nhf6 29.Qg3 ½–½. Caissa – 300SPARTANS, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

6.b5 Nbd7 7.0–0 Bd6 8.a4 c5 9.d3 0–0 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.h3 e5 12.c4 d4 13.e4 Be6 14.Ng5 Rfe8 15.Ndf3 Nf8 16.Ne6 Ne6 17.Bc1 Nd7 18.Nh4 g6 19.Bg4 Ndf8 20.Be6 Ne6 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Nf3 Qe7 23.Ng5 Ng5 24.Bg5 f6 25.Bd2 Qe6 26.Qe6 Re6 27.f4 ef4 28.Bf4 Bf4 29.Rf4 Kg7 ½–½. Deppert,Sven – Theobald,Heiko, Deidesheim op5, 2000.

5.Nh4 Bg4

6.f3 Bd7 7.a3 =.

6.f3 Bd7 7.g4 =+.

4.Nf3 Nbd7

5.a4 e6 6.b5 a5 7.c4 dc4 8.Na3 Bd3 9.Nc4 Bf1 10.Kf1 Be7 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.Ke2 Qd5 13.Rhd1 Rd8 14.d4 Nce4 15.Nfe5 Bb4 16.f3 Nd6 17.e4 Nfe4 18.fe4 Ne4 19.Ne3 Qd6 20.Qe4 f6 21.Nf3 0–0 22.d5 e5 23.Nf5 Qd7 24.g4 Qf7 25.Ba3 h5 26.Bb4 ab4 27.Qb4 e4 28.Ne7 Kh8 29.Nh4 Rfe8 30.Nhg6 Kh7 31.gh5 f5 32.Rf1 Rd5 33.Nd5 Qd5 34.Rad1 Qf7 35.Qd4 e3 36.Rb1 Qa2 37.Rb2 1–0. Arno de Visser – de Graaf, 1985.

5.b5 h6 6.a4 e6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.Nd4 Bg6 9.f4 Ne4 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Ne4 de4 13.Qe1 f5 14.Bc4+/– Bf7 15.Qg3 g5 16.Qh3 Kh7? 17.fg5+– Qg5 18.Ne6 Be6 19.Be6 Ne5 20.Bf5 Kg7 21.Be4 Kg8 22.Qe6 Nf7 23.Bh7! Kh7 24.Rf7 Rf7 25.Qf7 (25...Qg7 26.Qg7) 1–0. pcmvr (2560) – gphillips (2240), net–chess.com, 2006.

5.c4 c5 6.bc5= Nc5 7.d4 Ncd7 8.c5 Qc7 9.Bb5 Qa5 10.Nc3+= Ne4 11.Qb3+/– Rb8 12.0–0 Nef6+– 13.Nd5 Be6? 14.Nf6 gf6 15.Bd7 Bd7 16.Qa3 Qc7? 17.Qa7+– Bc6 18.Nh4 Bh6 19.Nf5 Rg8 20.f3 Bg7 21.Qb6 Qd7 22.e4 e6 23.Nd6 Ke7 24.Rfe1 Bh6 25.d5! (25...Qd8 26.Qd8 (< 26.dc6 Qb6 27.cb6 Kd6+–) 26...Rgd8 27.dc6 bc6 28.Bc1 Bc1 29.Rec1+–) 1–0. Iosif,Daniela – Kleinschmidt,Karlheinz, Giessen op, 1993.

5.c4 h6 6.Nc3 e6 7.a3 c6 8.c5 Be7 9.h3 Qc7 10.g4 Bh7 11.d3 0–0–0 12.Bg2 e5 13.g5 hg5–/+ 14.Ng5 Bg6 15.e4 Rh5 16.Bc1 de4 17.Nge4 Rhh8 18.Qe2 Nh5 19.Qg4 Kb8 20.Be3 Nf8 21.0–0–0? f5 22.Qe2 fe4 23.Ne4 Nf4 24.Bf4 ef4 25.Qb2 Ne6 26.Rhe1 Nd4 27.f3 Be4 28.Re4 Bf6 29.Qa2 Nb5 30.Qb3 Nc3 31.a4 Nd1 32.Kd1 Rhe8 33.Kc2 Re4 34.fe4 f3! 35.Bf3 Qh2 36.Kb1 Qd2 (37.Qc2 Qb4 38.Kc1 Qe1 39.Bd1 Qe3 40.Qd2 Qc5 41.Qc2 Qg5 42.Kb1 Qe5–+; better is 36...Rd3! 37.Qg8 Rd8 38.Qd8 Bd8 39.Bg4–+) 0–1. Karlsen,Jan M – Narvoy,Tore, Sandefjord MGP, Gr. B, 2002.

5.d3 e6 6.b5 h6 7.Nbd2 Bh7 8.a4 Be7 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Bd6 11.c4 e5 12.cd5+= Nd5 13.Nc4 Re8 14.Nd6 cd6 15.Rc1 a6 16.d4 e4 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.ba6 ba6 19.Ba3 Re6 20.Rc6 Qg5 21.Kh1 Rg6 22.Rg1 Qh4 23.g3 Qe7 24.g4 Nb8 25.Rd6 Rd6 26.gf5 Nc3 27.Bd6 Qd6 28.Qf1 Qf6 29.Ne4?? Ne4 30.Qg2 Nf2 31.Qf2 Nc6 32.Qf3 Ra7 33.Rb1 Ne7 34.Rb8 Kh7+/– 35.Bd3 Rc7 36.Rb1 Kg8 37.Rd1 g5 38.e4 Qd4+= 39.Ba6 Qa4 40.Bd3 Rc3 41.Qe2 Nc6 ½–½. Braun,Walter (2250) – Poesinger,Adalbert, AUT–chT Austria, 1993.

5.Bd3 Bd3 6.cd3 e6 7.0–0 Bb4 8.Ba3 Ba3 9.Na3 0–0 10.e4 de4 11.de4 Ne4 12.Qc2 Ndf6 13.Ng5 h6 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 c6 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.Ne5 f5 18.Qf4 Kh7 19.h4 Rad8 20.d3 Qf6 21.h5 Rd5 22.Ng6 Rf7 23.Rfd1 Rd3 24.Rd3 Qa1 25.Kh2 Qf6 26.Qb8 Qg6 27.hg6 Kg6 28.Rg3 1–0. Nautiluschess – Hasselino, ICS blitz, 2000.

5.d4 g6 6.a3 Bg7 7.Nbd2 0–0 8.c4 dc4 9.Nc4 a6 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Nb6+= cb6 12.Nd2 Rc8= 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.0–0 Rc1 15.Qc1 Rc8 16.Qa1 Rc2 17.Rd1 Qc8 18.Rc1+= Ne4 19.Ne4 Be4 20.Bd1 Rc1= 21.Qc1 Qc1 22.Bc1 e5 23.Bb2 ed4 24.Bd4 Bd4 25.ed4 Bd5 26.f3 f6 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Bc2 Ke6 29.Be4 f5 30.Bd3 b5+= 31.g4 f4 32.Be4 b6 33.h4 Bc4 34.Ke1 Kf6 35.Kd2 h6 36.Kc3 Be2 ½–½. Hollstein,Gerhard – Kratz,Roland, Mehlingen PSB–ch HT3, 1999.

5.Nd4 Bg6 6.Nf3 e6 7.a3 Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cd5 cd5 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Nb5 Be7 12.Rc1 a6 13.Nc3 b5 14.d4 Nb6 15.Ne5 Qd6 16.Ng6 fg6 17.Bd3 e5?? 18.Nb5!! Qd8 (18...ab5 19.de5) 19.Nc7 e4 20.Na8 Qa8 21.Be2 a5 22.b5 Qb8 23.Qd2 Bd6 24.Qa5 Nfd7 25.Qa6 Rf7 26.h3 Qf8 27.0–0 Qe7 28.Rc6 Nc4 29.Bc4 dc4 30.Rd6 Qg5 31.Qc8 Nf8 32.Qc4 h5 33.b6 Qe7 34.Rc6 Qd8 35.Rc7 Qb8 36.Qf7 1–0. mtr – bullwinkle, Internet, 2001.

5.Be2 g6 6.Nd4 c5 7.bc5+/– Nc5 8.Nf5+– gf5 9.Bb5 Ncd7 10.Bf6 ef6 11.0–0 Qb6 12.Bd7 Kd7 13.Nc3 Qc6 14.Qf3 Rg8 15.Nd5 Kd6 16.c4 b5 17.Qf4 (17...Kd7 18.Qf5 Kd8 19.cb5+–) 1–0. pierre – bdschwanke82, chesshere.com, 2007.

5.h3 h5 6.c4 e6 7.a3 b6 8.cd5 ed5 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Nc3 Rc8?? 11.Nd4+– Ne4 12.Nf5 Qf6 13.Ne4 Qf5 14.Nd6 cd6 15.g4 hg4 16.Bg7 Rh3 17.Rg1 Ke7 18.Qg4 Qg4 19.Rg4 Rh1 20.Bf1 Rg8 21.f3 f6 22.Rc1 Rh7 23.Bf6! Nf6 24.Rg8 Ng8 25.Rc7 (25...Kf6 26.Rh7+–) 1–0. wlittle (2175) – masterofdreams (1800), net–chess.com, 2005.

5.Nh4!? Be6 6.Be2 =.

5.Nh4!? Bg4 6.f3 Be6=+.

5.c4 dc4

6.Bc4 a6 7.Nc3 e5? (7...e6) 8.Ng5! Bg6 9.Qb3 Qe7 10.0–0 b5?! (10...h6) 11.Bd5 Rd8 12.e4 h6 13.Nf3 Qb4 14.Bc6 Qd6 15.Ne5! Qe5 16.Nd5 Qd6 17.e5! Qc6 18.ef6 gf6 19.Rfe1 Ne5 20.Nf6 Qf6 21.Be5 Qc6 22.Bf6 1–0. Gross – Merten, 1987.

6.Bc4 h6 7.d3 e6 8.a3 Qe7 (8...Nb6!?=) 9.0–0 0–0–0 10.Nd4 (10.Qb3 Nb6+=) 10...Bg4 (10...Bg6!?=) 11.f3 Bh3? (Better is 11...Bf5+=) 12.gh3+– h5 13.f4 h4 14.Qa4 Kb8 15.Nf3 Nb6 16.Qc2 Nc4 17.Qc4 Nd5 18.Bd4 f6 19.Nc3 Nc3 20.Bc3 e5 21.fe5 fe5 22.Be5 g5 23.Bh8 Qe3 24.Kg2 Bd6 25.Bf6 Rf8 26.Rae1 Qf4 27.Qe6 a6 28.Bg5 Qf3 29.Rf3 Rf3 30.Kf3 Bh2 31.Qa2 a5 32.Re8 Ka7 33.Qd5 b5 34.Qa8 Kb6 35.Rb8# 1–0. MT – guest1957, ICC, 2004.

6.Bc4 Nb6

7.Be2 Qd6 8.b5 Qb4 9.Qc1 Rc8 10.a3 Qg4 11.Nd4 Qg5 12.Nf5 Qf5 13.Nc3 Nbd5 14.0–0 Nc3 15.Qc3 e6 16.Qe5 Qe5 17.Be5 Bd6 18.Bf6 gf6 19.Bf3 Rb8 20.d4 h5 21.a4 h4 22.a5 Ke7 23.a6 h3 24.g3 ba6 25.Ra6 Rb5 26.Ra7 Rb2 27.Rc1 f5 28.Rb7 Ra2 29.Rb5 Rd8 30.Rcb1 Kf6 31.Kf1 c5 32.dc5 Bc5 33.Rc5 Rdd2 34.Kg1 Rf2 35.Ra5 Rh2 36.Ra2 Ra2 37.Rb4 e5 38.Rh4 e4 39.Bh1 Re2 40.Rh3 Re3 41.Kg2 Re2 42.Kf1 Rd2 43.Rh8 Rd1 44.Kg2 Ke7 45.Kf2 Kf6 46.Bg2 ½–½. Machete99 (2240) – blik (2275), ICC, 2002.

7.Be2 Qd6 8.b5 Nfd7 9.0–0 Bb1 10.Qb1 Na4 11.Bd4 Nac5 12.Rc1 f6 13.Nh4 g6 14.Bc5 Nc5 15.d4 Nd7 16.Bf3 Rb8 17.Qc2 Kd8 18.Qa4 e6 19.Be4 a6 20.ba6 Qa6 21.Qb3 f5 22.Bd3 Qd6 23.Nf3 Ke7 24.Qc3 c6 25.d5 ed5?? 26.Qh8+– Nf6 27.Rab1 c5? 28.Nh4 Bh6 29.Ng6 (29...Ke6 30.Bf5 Kf5 31.Ne7 Ke6 32.Nc8+–) 1–0. Buss,Michael – Andersson,Lars H, corr ICCF TT–4–90–sf, 1990.

7.Be2 e6 8.a3 a5 9.b5 Bd3 10.Bd4 Be2 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.0–0 Bd6 13.d3 Qe7 14.a4 0–0 15.Nbd2 e5 16.Bb2 Nd5 17.Nc4 f6 18.Rfd1 Bb4 19.g3 Qf7 20.e4 N5b6 21.Nb6 Nb6 22.d4 Qc4 23.Qc4 Nc4 24.Ra2 Rad8 25.Ba1 ed4 26.Rd4 Nb6 27.Rd8 Rd8 28.Bd4 Nc8 29.Rc2 Rd7 30.Kg2 Ne7 31.h4 c6 32.Bb6 cb5 33.ab5 Rd6 34.Bc7 Re6 35.Rc4 Kf8 36.h5 Ke8 37.Bf4 Rb6 38.Nd4 g5?? 39.Bc7+– (39...Nc8 40.Bb6 Nb6 41.Rc7+–) 1–0. Zilberman,Yaacov (2505) – Kogan,Artur (2480), ISR–chT Ramat Aviv, 2000.

7.Be2 e6 8.a3 Bd3 9.0–0 Nc4 (9...Be2 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Qb5 c6 12.Qg5=) 10.Bd4 Be2 11.Qe2 Nb6 12.Nc3 c6 (12...Bd6 13.Qb5 c6 14.Qg5+=) 13.e4 (13.d3 Bd6+=) 13...Nbd7 (13...Be7 14.Rfc1+=) 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nd5 cd5 16.Qb5 b6 17.Rfc1 Be7 18.Rc2 0–0 19.Qa6 f6 20.ef6 Bf6 21.Bf6 Qf6 22.Re1 e5 23.Qb5+/– Qd6? 24.Rc6+– 1–0. Mehlhorn,U – Bartelt,K, BFO–069, 2000.

7.Be2 e6 8.a3 Bd6 9.0–0 =.

6.Bc4 e6

7.Qb3 c6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.Be2 Bd3 10.b5 Be2 11.Ke2 c5 12.d3 Be7 13.Na4 Na4 14.Qa4 0–0 15.Bf6 Bf6 16.Rab1 Qd5 17.Rhc1 Rfd8 18.Qc4 b6 19.a4 a5 20.g4 g6 21.Rb3 Ra7 22.h3 Rad7 23.Nd2 Bg7 24.Qe4 Be5 25.g5 Qe4 26.Ne4 Kg7 27.h4 h5 28.f4 Bd6 29.Nf6 Rb7 30.Ne4 Rbd7 31.Rc4 Be7 32.Nd2 f5 33.Nf3 Bd6 34.d4 Bf8 35.Ne5 Rd5 36.Rd3 Bd6 37.Nc6 Rd7 38.dc5 Bc5 39.Rd5 Rd5 40.Ne5 Rd8 41.Nd3 1–0. Gurgenidze – Privorotskiy, Tallinn 1968.

7.Qb3 Be7 8.0–0 Nb6 9.Be2 c6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Nc3 0–0 12.a4 Nbd5 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rfc1 Rc8 16.Nf3 Be4 17.d3 Bg6 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Ng6 hg6 20.e4 Nf6 21.Bb2 Qd8 22.Bf3 Rc7 23.d4 Rd7 24.a5 a6 25.Qc4 Qb8 26.Qc3 Red8 27.Rab1 Rd4 28.Qd4 Rd4 29.Bd4 Qf4 30.Re1 e5 31.Be3 Qh4 32.g3 Qh3 33.Bg2 Qe6 34.Red1 Kh7 35.h3 Qc4 36.Rdc1 Qa2 37.Kh2 Bd8 38.Ra1 Qb2 39.Bc5 Bc7 40.Rd1 g5 41.f3 Qe2 42.Rac1 g6 43.Be7 Kg7 44.Bf6 Kf6 45.Rd7 Qb2 46.Rf1 Bb8 47.Rb7 Bd6 48.Rd1 Bb4 49.Rd6 Bd6 50.Rb2 c5 51.Bf1 Ke7 52.Ba6 f6 53.Bc4 f5 54.Rb7 Kf6 55.Rf7 1–0. Bonetti,Shane – patologo (1655), ICC, 2002.

7.Nd4 Bg6 8.Qb3 Nb6 9.Bb5 c6 10.Nc6 bc6 11.Bc6 Nbd7 12.Ba8 Qa8 13.0–0 Be7 14.d4 0–0 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Rac1 Bd6 17.f3 Qb8 18.h3 Nh5 19.Ne4 Be4 20.fe4 Bh2 21.Kh1 Ng3 22.Kh2 Nf1 23.Kg1 Nd2 24.Qd3 Ndc4 25.Rc4 Nc4 26.Qc4 Qg3 27.Qc3 f5 28.ef5 ef5 29.Qc4 Kh8 30.Bc1 h6 31.Bd2 Rf6 32.d5 Rg6 33.Qf1 Qh3 34.Qf2 Qg4 35.Qf1 Qe4 36.Qf2 Qd5 37.Bc3 Qe4 38.Qd2 Kh7 39.a4 a6 40.Bd4 Rc6 41.Qf2 Rc1 42.Kh2 Qg4 43.Qf3 Qh4 44.Qh3 Qh3 45.gh3 g5 46.b5 ab5 47.ab5 Rb1 48.b6 Kg6 49.Kg3 Rb3 50.h4 f4 51.Kf3 fe3 52.hg5 hg5 53.Be3 Kf5 54.Ke2 g4 55.Bc5 Ke4 56.Kf2 ½–½. de Visser,Arno – de Graaf, 1984.

7.b5 Bd6

8.0–0 Nb6 9.Be2 0–0 =.

8.Nc3 Nb6= 9.Be2 h6 (9...0–0 10.0–0=) 10.a4 0–0 11.Qb3 (11.a5 Nbd5=) 11...Qe7 (11...e5 12.0–0=+) 12.0–0 e5 13.Ne1 Rad8 14.a5 Be6 15.Qc2 Nbd7 16.Bf3 Nc5= 17.g3 Bb3–/+ 18.Qb1 e4 19.Be2 Be6 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.d4=+ ed3 22.Bd3? Bh3–+ 23.Ng2 Nd3 24.Qd3 Bg3! 25.Qe2 Bd6 26.Qf3 Bc8 27.Nf4 Bf4 28.ef4 Qe6 29.h3? Qh3 30.Qg3 Nh5 31.Qh3 Bh3 32.Rfd1 Nf4 33.Kh2 Bf5 34.Ra4 Rd1 35.Rf4 Rd2 36.Ba3 Bg6 37.Bc5 b6 38.ab6 cb6 39.Bb4 Rd3 40.Kg2 Rc8 41.Ne4 Be4 42.Re4 Rd5 43.Re7 Rb5 44.Bd2 a5 45.Rb7 Rb2 46.Ba5 b5 47.Bb6 b4 48.Bd4 Rb1 49.Kf3 b3 50.Ke3 Rc2 51.Rb8 Kh7 52.Rb7 Kg6 53.Rb6 f6 54.Rb7 Ra2 55.Kf4 Ra4 56.Ke4 Rd4 57.Kd4 h5 58.Ke3 h4 59.Rb4 Kh5 60.Kd3 h3 0–1. Zylla – Czeschka, BS–Kreismeisterschaf, 1995.

8.Nc3 Qe7 9.d4 e5 10.h3 h6 11.de5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.0–0 0–0 14.Qb3 Bd6 15.Rae1 Rae8 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.Bd5 Qg5 18.e4 +=. Sokolski – Aisenshtadt, Kishinev 1951.

8.Nd4 Be4 9.0–0 =+.

8.Nd4 Bg4 9.Qb3 0–0 10.h3 Nc5 11.Qc2= Bh5 12.d3 a6 13.a4 ab5 14.ab5 Ra1 15.Ba1 Qa8 16.Bb2= Na4 17.0–0 Nb2=+ 18.Qb2 Nd7 19.Nd2= Qa3 20.Qc2 Ra8 21.Ne4 Be5 22.Ne6+= Qe7 23.Nd4 Bg6 24.Bd5 Ra7 25.Nf3 Nb6 26.Ne5 Qe5 27.Bb3 h6 28.Rc1 Qb5 29.Qc7+/– Ra8 30.Bc4 Nc4+/– 31.Qc4 Qb2 32.Rc2 Ra1 33.Kh2 Qe5 34.f4 Qe7 35.Qc8 Kh7 36.Rc7 Qb4 37.f5 Bh5 38.Rc1 (38.Qe8 Qb1 39.Rc8 Qg1 40.Kg3 Qe1 41.Nf2 Qe3 42.Qe3 Ra5+–) ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/08, 1991.

8.Nd4 Bg4 9.f3 Ne5 10.Be2 Bh5 =.

8.0–0 0–0

9.d4 Nb6 10.Nbd2 Ne4 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.a4 c6 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.Qg4 Bf5 16.Qh5 Bg6 17.Qg4 ½–½. Spiegel,Matthias – Schubert,Jens, Neubrandenburg op–C, 1999.

9.Nd4 Bg6 10.d3 Ne5 =.

9.Nd4 Bg6 10.Be6?? Bd3?? 11.Re1? fe6–/+ 12.Ne6 Qe7 13.Nf8 Kf8 14.a4 Rd8 15.Nc3 Nc5 16.Qf3 Qe5 17.g3 Kg8 18.Qg2 Qe6 19.f4 Nfe4 20.Ne4 Be4 21.Qf1 Nd3 22.Reb1 Bb4 23.Bd4 b6 24.Bc3–/+ Bc5 25.Rd1 Qg4 26.Be5 Rd7 27.a5 Rf7 28.Ra4–/+ Qg6 29.Qe2 Ne5 30.fe5=+ Bc2 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/12, 1992.

9.d4 Rc8

10.Nbd2 c6

11.a4 cb5 12.ab5 Bb8 13.Rc1 Nb6 14.Be2 Qe7 15.Qb3 Rfd8 16.h3 h6 17.Rfe1 Ne4 18.Ne4 Be4 19.Ba3 Bd6 20.Bd6 Qd6 21.Nd2 Bd5 22.Qd3 f5 23.Bf3 Qe7 24.Bd5 Nd5 25.Nf3 Rc7 26.Rc7 Qc7 27.e4 Nf4 28.Qb3 Kh8 29.ef5 ef5 30.Ne5 Nd5 31.Ra1+/– ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/22, 1992.

11.a4 Nb6 12.Be2 =.

11.a4 c5 12.h3 h6 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Bf1 Bh7 15.e4 Be7 16.a5 Nbd7 17.Qe2 cd4 18.Bd4 Bc5 19.Bb2 Bb4 20.Red1 Rc2 21.Bf6 Qf6 22.Qd3 Rc7=+ 23.Qb3 Bd2 24.Nd2= Rfc8 25.Qe3 b6 26.ab6 Nb6 27.Nf3 Rc3 28.Qd4 Qd4+= 29.Rd4 +=. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/11, 1993.

11.bc6 Rc6 12.Ne5 Rc8 =+.

9.d4 Qe7

10.Nbd2 Ne4 11.Ne4 Be4 12.Nd2 Bg6 13.a4 e5 14.Nf3 Bh5 15.Be2 e4 16.Nd2 Bg6 17.Nc4 f5 18.Nd6+= cd6 19.Rc1 Rfc8 20.Qb3 Bf7 21.Bc4?? Rc4= 22.Rc4 Nb6 23.Rfc1 Nc4 24.Rc4 Bc4 25.Qc4–/+ Qf7 (26.d5 Qg6–/+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/10, 1991.

10.Nbd2 e5 11.de5 Ne5 12.Ne5 Be5 13.Be5 Qe5 14.Nf3 Qe7 15.Nd4 +=. Shcherbitsky – Begun, Minsk 1961.

8.Nc3 0–0

9.d4 Re8 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.a4 (11.0–0!?). Adam – Lindner, corr 1970.

9.d4 Rc8

10.0–0 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.e4 Be7 13.Qd3 Bf3 14.Qf3 c6 (14...Qd4?! 15.Nd5! Qb2 16.Ne7 Kh8 17.Nc8) 15.bc6 Rc6 16.d5 ed5 17.ed5 Rc5 18.Rad1 Nc4? 19.Bc4 Rc4 20.d6! 1–0. Jung – Merten, corr SOK–87–04 1988.

10.Qe2 Nb6 11.0–0 =+.

10.Qe2 Ne4 11.0–0= Nb6 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 Bg6 14.Bb3 Qh4 15.g3 Qe7 16.e4 c6 17.a4 c5 18.e5 Bb8 19.f4 Rfd8 20.a5 Nd5 21.Rac1 Nb4 22.Ne4 cd4 23.Rc8 Rc8 24.Bd4 Qd7 25.Rd1 Be4 26.Qe4 Qb5 27.f5 Nc6 28.Bc2 Nd4–+ 29.Qd4 Qa5 30.fe6 fe6 31.Bb3 Be5 32.Be6 Kh8 33.Qd7 Rf8 34.Rf1 Qc5–+ 35.Kg2 Rb8 36.Rf5 b5 37.Rh5 Qe3 38.Qf7 Bf6 39.Bf5 h6 40.Qg6 Kg8 41.Be4 Kf8 42.Bd5 Qe2 43.Kh3 Qe8 44.Qe8 Re8 45.Bc6 Bg5 46.Kg2? (better is 46.Bb5 Re5 47.Bc6–/+) 0–1. Brinkmann,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, corr SOK–87–04, 1988.

5.c4 c6

6.b5 e6 7.cd5 ed5 (7...cd5 8.Be2=+) 8.d4 (8.bc6!? bc6 9.Nd4=) 8...Bb4 (8...cb5 9.Bd3 Bd3 10.Qd3 Bb4 11.Nbd2=+) 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.Be2 (10.Qa4 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6=+) 10...Rc8 11.a3 Ba5 12.0–0 c5 13.dc5 Nc5 14.Bf6 Qf6= 15.Nd4 Bg6 16.N2f3 Rfd8 17.a4 Ne4 18.Rc1 h6 19.Rc8 Rc8 20.Qa1 Bc3 21.Qc1 Qd8 22.Qd1 Bb4 23.Ne5 Qd6 24.Ng6 Qg6 25.f3 Nc3 26.Qd2 Qd6 27.Bd3 Ne4 28.fe4?? Bd2–+ 0–1. abt – Chakra, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

6.c5 h6 7.Be2 e6 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 Be7 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 0–0 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.d4 Re8 14.0–0 Qc7 15.Bd3 Bd3 16.Qd3 e5 17.Nc2 e4 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.Na3 a5 20.b5 Rec8 21.Rab1 Bd8 22.Rb2 b6 23.cb6 Bb6 24.bc6 Rc6 25.Rb5 Rac8 26.Qb2 Bd8 27.Rb7 Bc7 28.Nb5 Bh2 29.Kh2 Qb7 30.Qd2 Rc2 31.Qa5 Qa8 32.Qa8 Ra8 33.Ra1 Ra5 34.Kg3 Rc4 35.f3 ef3 36.Kf3 Raa4 37.Ra4 Ra4 38.Nc7 Ra5 39.Kf4 f6 40.g4 Kf7 41.e4 de4 42.Ke4 Ra7 43.Nb5 Rd7 44.Nc3 Kg6 45.Nd1 Kg5 46.Nf2 h5 47.gh5 Kh5 48.Nd3 g6 49.Nf4 Kg5 50.Ne6 Kg4 51.Nf8 Re7 52.Kd5 Kf5 53.Kd6 Re8 54.Nd7 g5 55.d5 g4 0–1. hal1958 – fatou, playchess.de, 2002.

6.d4 e5 7.a3 e4 8.Nfd2 Bd6 9.Be2 h5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.b5 Ng4 12.bc6 bc6 13.Qa4 Rc8 14.cd5 cd5 15.Nb5 Bb8 16.Na7 Ba7 17.Qa7 Ra8 18.Qb7 Rb8 19.Qc6 Rb2 20.h3 Nf2 21.Kf2 Rd2 22.Qc3 Re2 23.Ke2 0–0 24.Rhc1 Qg5 25.Rg1 Nb6 26.a4 Bc8 27.a5 Ba6 28.Kf2 Qf6 29.Kg3 Qd6 30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Qb3 Qf6 32.Kg3 Qd6?? 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Rge1 Rb8 35.Qd1 h4 36.Qg4 Rb2 37.Kg1 Qf6 38.Rf1 Qh6 39.Qd7 Qe3 40.Kh1 Qg5 41.Qf7 Kh7 42.Rf2 Rf2 43.Qf2 Nd6 44.Qc2 Nc4?? 45.Qf2 Qf6 46.Qe2 g6 47.Qg4 Ne3 48.Qd7 Kh6 49.Rg1 Bf1 50.Qc8 Kg5 51.Qd7 Kh6?? 52.Qc8 Bg2 53.Rg2 Ng2 54.Kg2 e3 55.a6 Qf2 56.Kh1 Qf3 57.Kg1 Qg3 58.Kh1 e2 59.Qf8 Kh5 60.Qh8 Kg5 61.Qd8 Kf4 62.Qd6 Ke3 63.Qa3 Kf2 64.Qf8 Qf3 (65.Qf3 Kf3 66.Kh2 Kf2 67.a7 e1Q 68.a8Q Qg1#) 0–1. Cernik,Lukas – Hoffman,Matej, CZE–ch U18 Czechia, 1999.

6.Nd4 Be4 7.f3 e5 8.fe4 ed4 9.ed5 de3 =.

6.cd5 cd5 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bd7 Nd7 9.0–0=+ Bg4 10.h3= Bf3 11.Qf3 Nf6 12.Nc3 e6 13.Qg3 h5 14.f4 h4=+ 15.Qf3 Bb4 16.Rab1 b5 17.a3 Bc5 18.d4 Bb6 19.f5 Qd6 20.fe6 fe6 21.Rbc1 Rd8 22.Ne2 Rh5 23.Nf4 Rf5 24.Qe2 Bc7 25.Rc7 (25...Qc7 26.Ne6 Rf1 27.Qf1–+). Rohrbacher,Walter – Fath,Michael, Baden–chS nestor, 2001.

6.Be2 h6 7.0–0 e6 8.b5 Bd6 9.Nd4 Qc7 10.h3 Bh7 11.Nc3 c5 12.Nf3 Nb6 13.cd5 e5 14.Rc1 Nbd5 15.Nd5 Nd5 16.d4 ed4 17.ed4 Nf6 18.dc5 Bc5 19.Bf6 gf6 20.Qd5 Rc8 21.Rc4 Qd7 22.Rc5 Qd5 23.Rd5 Rc2 24.Bd3 Bd3 25.Rd3 Ra2 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Nh4 Kg7 28.Re7 f5 29.Rdd7 Rf8 30.Nf5 Kg6 31.Nh4 Kf6 32.Rb7 a5 33.Ra7 a4 34.Re4 Rb2 35.Rea4 Rb5 36.R4a6 Kg7 37.Ra5 Rb6 38.R7a6 Rfb8 39.Rb6 Rb6 40.Ra3 h5 41.Rg3 Kf6 42.Rg8 Rb1 43.Kh2 Rb2 44.f3 Rb4 45.Kg3 Rb3 46.Ra8 Kg5 47.Ra5 Kf6 48.Rh5 1–0. Najjar – Merritt, 1986.

5.c4 e6

6.a3 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Nbd7 6.a3).

6.b5 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.b5 Nbd7 6.c4).

6.c5 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Nbd7 http://w1.161.telia.com/~u16118306/TESTC950 6.c5).

6.c5 c6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 c6 6.c5 Nbd7).

5.d3 e5

6.Be2 Bb4 7.Bc3 Qe7 8.0–0 Bc3 9.Nc3 c6 10.Rb1 b6 11.a4 0–0 12.e4 de4–+ 13.de4 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.c4? Rfd8 16.Qb3 c5 17.Rfd1? Nf6 18.Nd2? Bb7 19.Nf1 Rd1 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Ne3 Rd1 22.Qd1 Qd7 23.Qd7 Nd7 24.Nd5 Bd5 25.cd5 Kf8 26.Bb5 Ke7 27.f3 Nf6 28.Bc6 Kd6 29.Kf2 Nd5 30.Be8 f5 31.Bf7 a6 32.Ke2 b5 33.ab5 ab5 34.Kd3 c4 35.Kc2 Kc5 36.Bg8 h6 37.Bh7 f4 38.Be4 b4 39.g4 fg3 40.hg3 Kd4 41.g4 g5 (42.Bg6 b3 43.Kb2 Nf4–+; better is 41...b3!? 42.Kb2 Nb4 43.Bb1–+) 0–1. TresHuevos – yaman, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2005.

6.Ne5 Bb4 7.Nd2 =+.

5.d4 e6

6.a3 Bd6 7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 c6 9.0–0 0–0 10.Re1 Qc7 11.h3 e5 12.de5 Ne5 13.Ne5 Be5 14.Qb3 Bb2 15.Qb2 Rad8 16.Nd2 Rfe8 17.Nf3 Be4 18.Ng5 Bd5 19.Be2 Re7 20.Red1 Red7 21.Rd2 h6 22.Nf3 Bf3 23.Rd7 Rd7 24.Bf3 Qd8 25.Qb3 Kf8 26.Rd1 Rd1 27.Qd1 Qd1 28.Bd1 Ke7 29.Bb3 Ne4 30.f3 Nc3 31.Kf2 f6 32.e4 Kd6 33.Ke3 c5 34.Kd3 Nb5 35.a4 Nd4 36.bc5 Kc5 37.Bd1 Ne6 38.g3 Kb4 39.f4 Kc5 40.h4 g5 41.f5 Nd8 42.Kc3 Nc6 43.hg5 hg5 44.g4 Kd6 45.Kd3 Ke5 46.Ke3 Nd4 47.a5 a6 48.Ba4 Nb5 49.Bb3 Nd6 50.Bd5 Nb5 51.Bb7 Nc7 52.Bc8 Kd6 53.Kd4 Nb5 54.Kc4 Nc7 55.Ba6 Na6 56.Kb5 Nb8 57.a6 Na6 58.Ka6 Ke5 59.Kb5 Ke4 0–1. Hetfleis,Enrico – Strauss,Peter, Dresden, 2000.

6.a3 Bd6 7.Bd3 Bd3 8.Qd3 c6 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.0–0 a5! 11.c3 Re8 12.e4 e5! 13.Rfe1 de4 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Re4? Nf6 16.de5 Ne4 17.Qe4 Bf8 18.Re1 Qd5 19.Qf4 Qb3 20.Qc1 c5 21.Re3? Rad8! 22.Nd2 Qd5 0–1. Fournier – Cozette, Amiens 1994 (Fournier).

6.b5!? =+.

6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 Bd3 8.Qd3 c6 (8...Nb6 9.Ne5=+) 9.0–0=+ 0–0 10.Nbd2 h6 (10...a5 11.ba5 Qa5 12.c4=+) 11.a4 (11.e4 de4 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.Qe4 Nf6=+) 11...a6 (11...a5 12.b5=+) 12.a5= Qc7 13.Rfc1 (13.e4 de4 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 Nf6=) 13...Ng4 (13...Rad8 14.e4 e5 15.Re1=) 14.h3 Ngf6 ½–½. Heyn – Bivens, corr 3GMM–25, 1995.

6.Bd3 Bb4 7.c3 Bd3 8.Qd3 Bd6 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.0–0 c5 11.e4 de4 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.Qe4 cd4 14.cd4 Nf6–+ 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Rac1 Qb6 17.Ne5 Be5 18.de5–/+ Nd5 19.g3 Qa5 20.a3 Rc1 21.Rc1 Rd8 22.Qc2 h5 23.Qe2 g6 24.h3 Qb6 25.g4? Nf4–+ 26.Qc2 Nh3 27.Kh2 hg4 28.f3 Qe3 29.Rd1 Rd1 30.Qd1 Qf2 31.Kh1 Qf3 32.Qf3–+ gf3 33.Bd4 a6 34.Kh2 Ng5 35.Kg3 Kh7 36.Be3 Ne4 37.Kf3 Nc3 38.Bc5 Kh6 39.Kg4 Nd5 40.Kf3 Kg5 41.Ke4 a5 42.Kd4 (42...b5 43.Ke4–+; 42.Kd3 b5–+). Bull_Dog_Baz – golly1, ChessWorld.net, 2007.

6.Bd3 Bd3 7.Qd3 Bb4 8.Nbd2 –/+.

5.Be2 c6

6.0–0 Qc7 7.d4 e6 8.a3 Bd6 9.Nbd2 b5=+ 10.a4 Rb8 11.ab5 cb5 12.Ra5 Bb4–/+ 13.Rb5 Rb5 14.Bb5 Bc2 15.Qa1 Qb8 16.Rc1=+ Qb5 17.Rc2 0–0 18.Qa7 Qe2 19.Qa1 Qd3 20.Qc1 h6 21.Bc3 Bd6 22.Ba5 Ra8 23.Ne1 Qf5 24.Bc7 Ba3 25.Qb1 Ne4 26.Ne4= Qe4? 27.Qb7+/– Rf8 28.Qb3?? Be7= 29.f3 Qg6 30.Bg3 Nf6 31.Nd3 Ra8 32.Ne5 Qf5 33.Qd3 Qd3 34.Nd3= Ra3 35.Rd2 Bd8 36.Rd1 Nd7 37.Bf2 Nb6 38.e4 Nc4 39.ed5= ed5 40.Nf4 Bb6?? 41.Nd5+/– Ba7 42.Ne7 Kf8 43.Nc6 Ke8 44.Na7 Ra7 45.g3 Ra2+= 46.Rc1 Nd2 47.Kg2+/– Ra3 48.Re1 Kd7 49.Re3 Re3 50.Be3 Nb3 51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Ke2 Kd5 53.Kd3 Na5 54.g4 Nc6 55.h4 Ne7 56.Bd2 Nc6 57.Be3 Ne7 58.h5 f5 59.Bc1 fg4 60.fg4 Ng8 61.Ke3 (61...Nf6 62.Kf4+/–; 61.g5!? Ke6 62.Ke4 hg5 63.Bg5 Kf7+–) 1–0. Raheb,David (2140) – Tessier Desrosiers,Olivier, CAN–ch U18 Montreal, 2001.

6.0–0 e6 7.a3 =.

6.a3 Qc7 =.

6.a3 e6 =.

6.a4 Qc7 7.c4 e5=+ 8.Qb3 a5 9.b5 Bd6 10.d4 dc4 11.Bc4= 0–0 12.Nbd2 Ne4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.de5 Be5 16.Be5 Qe5 17.0–0 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Qg5 19.Bf1 Bd5 20.Qb2 Rde8 21.Qe2 f5=+ 22.bc6 bc6 23.Qd2 f4 24.ef4 Qf4 25.Qf4 Rf4 26.Rdc1 Ref8 27.f3= Kf7 28.Rc5 Ra8 29.Kf2 Ke6=+ 30.Ke3 Rb4 31.Ra3 Kd6 32.Rc2 h6 33.Bd3 Bb3 34.Rd2=+ Kc7 35.Bc2 Re8 36.Kf2 Bc2 37.Rc2 Re6 38.Rca2 c5–/+ 39.Rc3 c4 40.Rac2 Ra4 41.Rc4=+ Rc4 42.Rc4 Kb6 43.Rc8 a4–/+ 44.Ra8 Kb5 45.Rb8 Rb6 46.Ra8 Kb4 47.Ke3 Kb3 48.Kd2 a3 49.Ra7 a2 50.Kc1 Rb4 51.Ra8 Rc4 52.Kd2 Ra4 53.Rb8 Ka3 (54.Rd8 a1Q–+) 0–1. Krotki,Jan – Coudari,Camille, CAN–ch U18 playoff, 1969.

6.a4 e5 7.Ne5 Bb4 8.Nd7 Bd7 9.0–0 =.

6.c4 dc4

7.Bc4 b5 8.Be2 e5 9.0–0 Bb4 10.Ne5 Ne5 11.Be5 0–0 12.Qb3 Bd2 13.Rd1 Bb1 14.Qb1 Qa5 15.Qc2 Rfd8 16.Bf6 gf6 17.Bd3 Bc3 18.Rac1 b4 19.Bh7 Kg7 20.Bf5 Rd1 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Rd8 Qd8 23.h4 c5 24.Kf1 c4 25.Ke2 Qd5 26.g4 Qh1 27.Qd1 Qd1 28.Kd1 b3 29.ab3 cb3 30.Bd7 Kh6 31.Ba4 b2 32.Bc2 a5 33.Bf5 Bb4 34.Kc2 Be1 35.h5 Bf2 36.Kb2 Be3 37.Ka3 Bc5 38.Ka4 Bb4 39.Bd7 Kg5 40.Kb3 Bd2 41.Bc8 Be1 42.Ka3 Bc3 43.Bf5 Bb4 44.Kb3 Be1 45.Ka4 Kh6 46.Bd7 Bc3 47.Kb5 Kg5 48.Kc4 Bd2 49.Kb3 Be1 50.Bc8 Kh6 51.Ka4 Bd2 52.Kb5 Kg5 53.Bf5 Bc3 54.Kc4 Be1 55.Kb3 Kh6 56.Kb2 Bb4 57.Kb3 Bd2 58.Kc2 Be3 59.Kb2 Bc5 60.Kb3 Bb4 61.Kc4 Bd2 62.Kb5 Kg5 63.Ka4 Kh4 64.h6 Bh6 65.Ka5 Kg3 66.Kb5 Kf4 67.Kc4 Ke5 68.Kc5 Bd2 69.Kc6 Bc3 70.Kb5 Bb2 71.Kc4 Bd4 72.Bc2 Bf2 73.Kb5 Kf4 74.Bf5 Be1 75.Kc4 Ke5 76.Kd3 Ba5 77.Ke3 Bb6 78.Ke2 Kf4 79.Kd3 Ba7 80.Kc3 Be3 81.Kc4 Ke5 82.Kb5 Bg1 83.Kc6 Bd4 84.Kd7 Kf4 85.Kd6 Bc3 86.Kd5 Bb4 87.Kd4 Ba5 88.Bd7 Bc7 89.Bc8 Be5 90.Kd5 Bb2 91.Bf5 Ba3 92.Bd7 Bf8 93.Bc8 Ke3 94.Bf5 Bb4 95.Bd7 Be7 96.Kc4 Ke4 97.Bf5 Ke5 98.Bc8 Bd6 99.Bd7 Ba3 100.Kd3 Bc5 101.Bf5 Bd4 102.Bc8 Bg1 103.Kc4 Ba7 104.Kb5 Kd6 105.Bf5 Kd5 106.Bc2 Ke5 107.Kc6 Be3 108.Bd3 Bc1 109.Bf5 Bb2 110.Kc5 Ba1 111.Kc4 Kd6 112.Be4 Ke6 113.Bd5 Ke7 114.Kd3 Bb2 115.Ke4 ½–½. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

7.Bc4 b5 8.Be2 e5 9.Ne5 Ne5 10.Be5 Bb4 11.0–0 0–0 12.d4 Nd5 13.Bf3 f6 14.Bg3 Re8 15.a3 Ba5 16.Bh5 Re6 17.Qf3 Be4 18.Qe2 Bb1 19.Rfb1 g6 20.Bg4 f5 21.Bf3 Nc3 22.Qc2 Nb1 23.Rb1 Qd7 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.a4 ba4 26.Be2 Bc7 27.Bc7 Rc7 28.Bc4 Rb7 29.Qa4 Kh8 30.Be6 Qe6 31.h4 Rc7 32.Qa5 Qd6 33.Qc5 Qf6 34.d5 Kg7 35.dc6 Kg8 36.Qb4 Kg7 37.Kf1 Qe6 38.Rc5 a6 39.Ke2 h6 40.Qa4 Qc8 41.e4 fe4 42.Qe4 Kf6 43.Kd3 Re7 44.Qf4 Kg7 45.c7 a5 46.Rc6 Kh7 47.Kc3 h5 48.Qd6 Rg7 49.Qc5 a4 50.Kb4 Rg8 51.Ka4 Re8 52.Kb3 Rg8 53.f3 Re8 54.g3 Re1 55.Kc2 Re2 56.Kd3 Re8 57.g4 hg4 58.fg4 Qd7 59.Kc3 Re3 60.Qe3 Qc6 61.Kb4 Qb7 62.Ka4 Qa6 63.Kb3 Qb7 64.Ka3 Qa6 65.Kb2 Qb7 66.Ka2 Qg2 67.Kb1 Qb7 68.Kc2 Qc7 69.Kb3 Qb8 70.Ka4 Qa8 71.Kb5 Qb7 72.Ka5 Qc7 73.Qb6 Qe5 74.Ka4 Qa1 75.Kb5 Qf1 76.Kc6 Qf6 77.Kb7 Qf3 78.Kc7 Qg4 79.Qf6 Qf5 80.Qd4 Qe6 81.Kb7 Kg8 82.Qf4 Qf7 83.Qc7 Qc7 84.Kc7 Kg7 85.Kd7 Kf7 86.Kd6 Kf6 87.Kd7 Kf5 88.Ke7 g5 89.hg5 Kg5 ½–½. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

7.Bc4 b5 8.Be2 e5 9.Ne5 Ne5 10.Be5 Bb4 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Qb3 a5 13.a3 Be7 14.d4 0–0 15.0–0 Ng4 16.Bg4 Bg4 17.Nd2 Be6 18.Qd3 b4 19.ab4 ab4 20.Rfc1 c5 21.Ra7 Bd6 22.Bd6 Qd6 23.Ne4 Qb8 24.Ng5 g6 25.Rca1 c4 26.Qe4 Bf5 27.Qd5 Rc7 28.Ra8 Qb7 29.Rf8 Kf8 30.Qe5 Kg8 31.Qf6 b3 32.e4 b2 33.Rb1 c3 34.Qd8 Kg7 35.ef5 c2 36.f6 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

7.Bc4 Nb6

8.Bb3 e6 9.a3 Bd3 10.Ne5 Ba6 11.d4 Bd6 12.Qf3 Qc7 13.Nd2 0–0 14.Rc1 Be5 15.de5 Nfd7 16.Qg3 Bb5 17.Ne4 Rad8 18.Nd6 a6 19.e4 Na4 20.Ba1 Nab6 21.f4 Ba4 22.Ba2 Bb5 23.f5 Kh8 24.fe6 fe6 25.Be6 Nb8 26.Qg5 h6 27.Qg6 Bd3 28.Bf5 Rf5 29.ef5 Rd7 30.Rd1 Bf5 31.Qf5 Nd5 32.0–0 Ne3 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

8.Be2 e6

9.a3 Bd6 10.d3 Bg6 11.0–0 a5 12.e4 ab4 13.e5 ba3 14.Bc3 a2 15.ef6 ab1Q 16.fg7 Rg8 17.Qb1 Ra1 18.Ba1 Qc7 19.Re1 Nd5 20.Bf1 Bb4 21.Re2 Qe7 22.Nd4 c5 23.Ra2 Qd8 24.Nb3 b6 25.Qc1 f6 26.d4 Qc7 27.Bb5 Ke7 28.dc5 bc5 29.Qh6 Qb7 30.Ba6 Qa7 31.Nc1 Bb1 32.Bc4 Ba2 33.Na2 Qa4 34.Qh7 Qd1 35.Bf1 Kf7 36.Nb4 cb4 37.Bb2 Rg7 38.Qe4 Qd2 39.Qb1 Nc3 40.Qc1 Ne2 41.Be2 Qe2 42.h4 e5 43.h5 Qh5 44.Qc4 Kg6 45.Qb4 Qd1 46.Kh2 Rh7 47.Kg3 Qd3 48.f3 Rh5 49.Bc3 Qe3 50.Qc4 Rg5 51.Kh3 Kh6 52.Qb4 Rh5 53.Kg3 Qg5 54.Kf2 Qh4 55.Ke3 Qb4 56.Bb4 Kg6 57.g4 Rh7 58.f4 Rh3 59.Ke4 Rg3 60.g5 fg5 61.Ke5 Re3 62.Kd4 Rb3 63.Bd6 g4 64.Kc4 Rf3 65.Kd4 Kf5 66.Bc5 g3 67.Kd5 Rf4 68.Bg1 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.b5 Rb8 10.0–0 Bd6 11.Nd4 0–0 12.Nf5 ef5 13.Qc2 g6 14.bc6 Rc8 15.Bf3 bc6 16.Qc3 Nbd7 17.d3 Ne5 18.Nd2 Rb8 19.Qc2 Nfg4 20.Bg4 Nd3 21.Bd4 fg4 22.Qd3 c5 23.Ne4 cd4 24.Qd4 Rb4 25.Qd6 Re4 26.Rfd1 Qd6 27.Rd6 Rc8 28.Rd7 Ra4 29.Rd2 Rc5 30.Kf1 Rh5 31.Rd8 Kg7 32.Kg1 Rc5 33.Rd2 Kg8 34.Rb1 Kg7 35.Rbd1 Rca5 36.Ra1 f5 37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Ke2 f4 39.ef4 Rh5 40.Rad1 Rh2 41.g3 h5 42.Rd6 Kg7 43.Rd7 Kh6 44.R1d2 h4 45.Kf1 h3 46.Kg1 Rg2 47.Kf1 Rc4 48.a3 Rc1 49.Rd1 Rc2 50.R7d2 Rc3 51.Rd3 Rc7 52.Rd7 Rc8 53.R1d2 a5 54.R2d5 a4 55.Rd8 Rc2 56.Rd2 Rc7 57.R2d4 Rb7 58.Rd2 Rb1 59.Rd1 Rb2 60.R1d2 Rd2 61.Rd2 Kg7 62.Rd4 Kh6 63.Ra4 Rh2 64.Ke2 Rh1 65.Ra8 Ra1 66.a4 g5 67.Ra6 Kh5 68.Ra7 gf4 69.gf4 Kg6 70.f5 Kf5 71.Rf7 Kg6 72.Rf8 h2 73.Rh8 h1Q 74.Rh1 Rh1 75.a5 Ra1 76.Ke3 Ra5 77.Kf4 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.b5 c5 10.d3 Be7 11.Nh4 Nfd5 12.Nf5 ef5 13.Bg7 Rg8 14.Be5 Bf6 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.d4 Rg2 17.Bf3 Rg7 18.a4 cd4 19.Qd4 Qd4 20.ed4 Nb4 21.Kd2 0–0–0 22.a5 N6d5 23.Rc1 Kb8 24.Ra4 a6 25.Na3 ab5 26.Nb5 Na6 27.Rac4 Nf4 28.R1c3 f6 29.Rc2 Re7 30.Rb2 Nh3 31.Kd3 Ng5 32.Bg2 f4 33.h4 f3 34.Bh1 Nf7 35.Kc3 f5 36.Bf3 Red7 37.Re2 Nh6 38.h5 Nf7 39.Re1 Ng5 40.Bh1 Nh3 41.Re2 Nf4 42.Re5 Rf8 43.h6 Nh3 44.Re2 Nf4 45.Re3 Rfd8 46.Re5 Rf8 47.d5 Ng6 48.Re6 Ne7 49.d6 Nc8 50.Kd4 f4 51.Ke5 Rdf7 52.Nd4 Rd8 53.Bd5 Rdf8 54.Be4 Rd7 55.Nf5 Rfd8 56.Rf6 Ka8 57.Bd5 f3 58.Bf3 Ka7 59.Re6 Kb8 60.Be4 Ka8 61.f4 Ka7 62.Nd4 Kb8 63.Nb5 Rh8 64.f5 Rg8 65.f6 Rdd8 66.f7 Rg5 67.Kf4 Rb5 68.Re8 Rc5 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.b5 c5 10.d3 Be7 11.Nh4 Nfd5 12.Nf5 ef5 13.Bg7 Rg8 14.Be5 Bf6 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.d4 Rg2 17.Bf3 Rg7 18.a4 cd4 19.Qd4 Qd4 20.ed4 Nb4 21.Kd2 0–0–0 22.a5 N6d5 23.Rc1 Kb8 24.Ra4 a6 25.Na3 ab5 26.Nb5 Na6 27.Re1 Nf6 28.Re5 Ng4 29.Re7 Rdg8 30.Rb7 Kc8 31.Nd6 Kd8 32.Rc4 Nc5 33.Rc5 Nf2 34.Rc8 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.b5 Qc8 10.Bf6 gf6 11.0–0 Rg8 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Nh4 Bg6 14.bc6 bc6 15.f4 Rb8 16.f5 ef5 17.Rc1 Qc7 18.Nf3 Bh5 19.Kh1 Bf3 20.Bf3 a6 21.Nd5 Nd5 22.Bd5 Rb6 23.Rc6 Rc6 24.Qa4 Ke7 25.Bc6 Rb8 26.g3 Rb4 27.Qc2 Rb6 28.Rc1 Ba3 29.Bf3 Qd7 30.Ra1 Rb2 31.Qc3 Qd6 32.d4 Rf2 33.Qc8 Qe6 34.Qb7 Kf8 35.Bd5 Qe7 36.Qa6 Kg7 37.Qd3 Bb4 38.a4 Rd2 39.Qb3 Re2 40.Rf1 Re3 41.Qb1 Re1 42.Re1 Qe1 43.Qe1 Be1 44.Bc4 Kf8 45.Bd3 Bc3 46.Bf5 h6 47.d5 Ke7 48.Bc2 Kd6 49.Bb3 f5 50.Kg2 h5 51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Bc4 f6 53.Bb3 Bb4 54.Ba2 Bd2 55.Ke2 Ba5 56.Bc4 Kd4 57.Bb3 Bb4 58.Kf2 Ke4 59.Bd1 f4 60.Bf3 Ke5 61.gf4 Kf4 62.Bh5 Ke5 63.Bf3 f5 64.h4 Bd2 65.Ke2 Bb4 66.h5 Kf6 67.Kd3 Kf7 68.Kc4 Bd2 69.Kc5 Bf4 70.a5 Be3 71.Kc6 Kf6 72.d6 Bf4 73.a6 Be3 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.b5 Rc8 10.bc6 bc6 11.0–0 Bd6 12.d3 Bg4 13.Nbd2 0–0 14.Rc1 Re8 15.Bf6 Qf6 16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Nd6 Qd6 18.d4 Bf3 19.Bf3 Red8 20.Qc2 Nd5 21.Qc5 Qc5 22.Rc5 Rd7 23.Rfc1 Rdc7 24.a3 f6 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Ke1 f5 27.h3 Kf6 28.g4 fg4 29.hg4 Kf7 30.Be4 g6 31.g5 Kg7 32.Ke2 Kg8 33.f4 Kg7 34.Bd3 Ne7 35.Bc4 Kf7 36.Rh1 Rh8 37.e4 Rd7 38.Ke3 Rd6 39.Ra5 Rd7 40.Rh6 Rb7 41.f5 gf5 42.Be6 Kf8 43.ef5 Ng8 44.Bg8 Rg8 45.Kf4 Rd7 46.Ra4 a5 47.Rc6 Kg7 48.Rc5 Re8 49.Rca5 Kf7 50.Ra7 Red8 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

7.Bc4 e6

8.a3 a5 9.ba5 Bd6 10.a6 b5 11.Ba2 (11.Be2 Ra6 12.Nc3 Rb6=) 11...Ra6 (11...Nc5 12.0–0–/+) 12.0–0 (12.d4 0–0–/+) 12...0–0 (12...Bd3 13.Re1–/+) 13.d3 h6 14.e4 Bg4 15.h3 Bf3 16.gf3? (16.Qf3!? Ne5 17.Qe2=) 16...e5 (16...Nh5 17.Bc1–+) 17.Qc2 (17.f4!? ef4 18.Bb3–/+) 17...Nh5–+ 18.Kh2 Qh4 19.Bc1 Nf4 20.Bf4 Qf4 21.Kg2 c5 22.Nc3–/+ b4 23.ab4=+ cb4 24.Bf7 Rf7 25.Ra6 Qf3 26.Kh2 Qf4 27.Kg1 Qg5 28.Kh1?? Rf3–+ 29.Kh2 Qh4 30.Qb3 Kh7 31.Qe6 bc3 32.Rd6 Nc5?? 33.Qg6= Kg8 34.Qg4?? Rf2–+ 35.Rf2 Qf2 36.Qg2 Qg2 37.Kg2 c2 0–1. Bonetti,Shane – mastodon, ICC, 2002.

8.a3 Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nh4 Be4 11.d3 Bd5 12.Nd2 Bc4 13.Nc4= b5 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.Be5 Nd7 16.Nf3= Ne5 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.d4 f6 19.Nd3+= Bd8 20.Nc5 Bc7 21.g3 Rad8? 22.Qc2 Bb6? 23.a4 Bc5 24.bc5 Qd5 25.ab5+/– cb5 26.Ra7 b4 27.Qb2 Rb8 28.Rb1 b3 29.Ra3+– e5 30.Rb3 Rb3 31.Qb3 Qb3 32.Rb3 ed4 33.ed4 Rd8 34.Rd3 Kf7 35.f4 Ke6 36.Kf2 Kd5 37.Ke3 Rc8 38.h3 Ra8 39.g4 Ra4 40.f5 Rc4 41.h4 h6 42.Kf4 Rb4 43.c6 Kc6 44.Ke4 Kd6 45.Rc3 Rb1 46.Rc5 Re1 47.Kd3 Rg1+= 48.Kc4 Rg4 49.Rd5 Kc6 50.Rc5 Kd6 51.Rd5 Ke7 52.Kc5 Rh4 53.Rd6 Rd4?? 54.Rd4 h5 55.Kc6 Kf7 56.Rd7 Kg8 57.Kd6 Kh7 58.Ke6 h4 59.Kf7 Kh6 60.Kf8 Kg5 61.Rg7 Kf5 62.Rh7 h3? (63.Rh3 Ke4+–; better is 62...Kg4+–). TONDA – shooin, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2006.

8.Qb3 Nd5 9.Nd4 Bb1 10.Rb1 N7b6 11.Bd5 Qd5 12.Qd5 cd5 13.a3 Nc4 14.d3 Nb2 15.Rb2 Kd7 16.f4 Be7 17.Nb3 b6 18.e4 a5 19.Nc1 ab4 20.ab4 Ra4 21.b5 de4 22.de4 Re4 23.Ne2 Bb4 24.Kf2 Bc5 25.Kg3 Re3 26.Kh4 Be7 27.Kh5 g6 28.Kh6 Bf8 29.Kg5 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

8.Qb3 Nd5 9.Bd5 ed5 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.0–0 Bd6 12.f4 0–0 13.Rc1 Re8 14.f5 Bh5 15.b5 c5 16.Qd5 Ne5 17.Qb7 cd4 18.Bd4 Qg5 19.Be5 Be5 20.Nc3 Rad8 21.Ne4 Qf5 22.Rc5 Bg6 23.Ng3 Qd3 24.Re5 Re5 25.Qa7 Rb5 26.Nf1 Be4 27.Qc7 h6 28.Qe7 Bg2 29.Kg2 Qe2 30.Kh1 Qf3 31.Kg1 Rg5 32.Qg5 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

8.b5 cb5 9.Bb5 Qb6 10.a4 a6 11.Bd4 Qd8 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Bd7 Kd7 14.Nc3 Bd3 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Ra2 Ke8 17.Nd5 Qf5 18.Nc7 Kd8 19.Nd4 Qe4 20.f3 Qg6 21.Nce6 fe6 22.Ne6 Ke8 23.Kf2 Bf5 24.Nc7 Kd8 25.Nd5 Bd6 26.d4 Qh6 27.e4 Qh4 28.g3 Bg3 29.hg3 Qh1 30.Qb6 Ke8 31.Qc7 Qh2 32.Ke1 Qg1 33.Ke2 Bd7 34.Qb8 Kf7 35.Qf4 Ke8 36.Qe5 Kf7 37.Qe7 Kg8 38.Qd8 Kf7 39.Qd7 Kg6 40.Nf4 Kf6 41.Qe6 Kg5 42.Qe5 Kh6 43.Qh5 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

8.b5 cb5 9.Bb5 Qb6 10.a4 a6 11.Bd4 Qd8 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Bd7 Kd7 14.d4 Bb4 15.Nbd2 Ke8 16.Qb3 Qe7 17.0–0 Rd8 18.a5 e5 19.e4 Bg4 20.d5 Bd6 21.Rab1 Rb8 22.Nc4 Bc7 23.Qd3 Bd6 24.Nfd2 Rg8 25.Qg3 Be2 26.Nd6 Qd6 27.Rb6 Qe7 28.d6 Qd7 29.Qe5 Kd8 30.Re1 Bb5 31.Nb3 Qe8 32.Qg3 Bd7 33.Nc5 h6 34.Nb7 Rb7 35.Rb7 Kc8 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

8.b5 cb5 9.Bb5 Qb6 10.a4 a6 11.Bd4 Qd8 12.Bf6 Qf6 13.Bd7 Kd7 14.d4 Bb4 15.Nbd2 Ke8 16.Qb3 Qe7 17.0–0 Rd8 18.a5 e5 19.e4 Bg4 20.d5 Bd6 21.Rab1 Rb8 22.Nc4 Bc7 23.Qd3 Bd6 24.Nfd2 Rg8 25.Qg3 Be2 26.Nd6 Qd6 27.Rb6 Qe7 28.Re1 Bb5 29.d6 Qd7 30.Qe5 Kf8 31.Nb3 Re8 32.Qd4 Rd8 33.Nc5 Qg4 34.Nb7 Ra8 35.Rb5 ab5 36.d7 Qg5 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

8.b5 cb5 9.Bb5 Be7 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.0–0 0–0 12.f4 Nc5 13.f5 Bh5 14.Qc2 a6 15.Bc4 e5 16.Nb3 Nb3 17.ab3 b5 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.Nc3 Qd6 20.Bc1 Rfd8 21.Be4 b4 22.Bb7 Rc5 23.Bb2 a5 24.Bf3 Bf3 25.Rf3 bc3 26.dc3 Rd5 27.Ba3 Qc7 28.Be7 Qe7 29.c4 Rd2 30.Qb1 e4 31.Rf4 Qb4 32.Rf2 Rf2 33.Kf2 Ng4 34.Kg3 Ne3 35.Qe4 Qc3 36.Qf3 Nf5 37.Kg4 h5 38.Kf5 Qf6 39.Ke4 Qd4 40.Kf5 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

8.a3 Nb6

9.Bb3 Be7 10.d4 a5 11.ba5 Nbd5 12.Nbd2 Ra5 13.0–0 0–0 14.Qe2 Ne4 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Nd2 Qb6 17.Nc4 Qa6 18.f3 Bg6 19.Qd1 Rb5 20.e4 Nf4 21.Ne5 Ra5 22.g3 Nh5 23.Nc4 Rb5 24.a4 Rb4 25.Ne5 Rd8 26.Ng6 hg6 27.Bc3 Qa7 28.Kh1 Rbd4 29.Bd4 Qd4 30.Qd4 Rd4 31.Rfd1 e5 32.Kg2 Nf6 33.a5 Kf8 34.a6 Rd1 35.Bd1 ba6 36.Ra6 Bc5 37.Rc6 Ba3 38.Rc8 Ke7 39.Rc7 Ke6 40.Bb3 Kd6 41.Rf7 Nh5 42.Ra7 Bb2 43.Ra6 Kd7 44.Rg6 Bc1 45.Be6 Kd6 46.Bg4 Nf6 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.d3 Nc4 10.dc4 Qd1 11.Kd1 Be7 12.Ke2 0–0 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Nd2 Rfd8 15.Rhd1 a5 16.c5 ab4 17.ab4 Nd5 18.b5 cb5 19.c6 bc6 20.Nc6 Rdc8 21.Ne7 Ne7 22.Rdc1 Ra1 23.Rc8 Nc8 24.Ba1 f6 25.Bd4 Ne7 26.Bc5 Nd5 27.Bd6 e5 28.Kf3 Bc2 29.e4 Bd1 30.Kg3 Nf4 31.f3 Nd3 32.Kg4 b4 33.Nc4 Bb3 34.Ne3 Be6 35.Kg3 b3 36.Nd1 b2 37.Nc3 Ba2 38.Ba3 b1Q 39.Nb1 Bb1 40.Kg4 g6 41.Bd6 Ba2 42.Kg3 Kf7 43.Bc7 Bc4 44.Bb6 Ke6 45.Kg4 Nf4 46.Kg3 Bf1 47.Be3 Nd3 48.Bd2 g5 49.h3 h5 50.Kh2 Be2 51.Ba5 Kd7 52.Bb6 h4 53.Ba5 Kd6 54.Bd8 Ke6 55.Kg1 Kf7 56.Bc7 Ke8 57.Ba5 Ke7 58.Bb6 Kd7 59.Kh2 Bd1 60.Kg1 Bb3 61.g3 hg3 62.Kg2 Ne1 63.Kg3 Bd1 64.Kg4 Bf3 65.Kf5 Ke7 66.Bf2 Ng2 67.Kg6 Nf4 68.Kf5 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.Be2 Bd6 10.d3 Bg6 11.0–0 0–0 12.Nh4 Qc7 13.g3 e5 14.Ng6 fg6 15.Nc3 Rad8 16.Rc1 Qd7 17.Re1 Qf7 18.Qd2 Bc7 19.Qc2 Nbd5 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Bf1 a6 22.Rcd1 Nf6 23.d4 e4 24.Bc4 Nd5 25.Bc3 Qf3 26.Rd2 Bd6 27.Rf1 h6 28.Rdd1 Rd7 29.Qa2 Bc7 30.a4 Kh8 31.Bd2 Nb6 32.Be6 Rd6 33.Bh3 Qe2 34.Rde1 Qd3 35.Bg4 Qc4 36.Ra1 Qd5 37.Qc2 Nc4 38.Be1 Rdd8 39.Rc1 Nd6 40.Qe2 Rde8 41.Bd2 Rf6 42.Rfd1 Ref8 43.Be1 Bb6 44.Rc5 Qb3 45.Qc2 Qc2 46.Rc2 h5 47.Be2 Rd8 48.Bc3 Rf5 49.Bf1 g5 50.g4 hg4 51.Be2 Rd5 52.Bg4 Nf5 53.Be2 Nh4 54.Bc4 R5d6 55.Bb2 g4 56.Kh1 Rh6 57.Bb3 Nf3 58.Kg2 Rh2 59.Kf1 Rf8 60.b5 g3 61.bc6 bc6 62.Ba3 g2 63.Ke2 Rh1 64.Rcc1 Rd1 65.Rd1 Rf6 66.Bb2 g1Q 67.Rg1 Ng1 68.Kd1 Rf2 69.Bc3 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.Be2 Bd6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.f4 a5 12.b5 c5 13.Nf3 Nbd5 14.0–0 0–0 15.Nc3 Nc3 16.dc3 Qe7 17.Qe1 Ng4 18.Bc4 Rad8 19.Rd1 Bc7 20.Qe2 Nf6 21.Bb3 Ne4 22.c4 Bh5 23.Bc2 f5 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Rd1 b6 26.Rd8 Qd8 27.Qd3 Qd3 28.Bd3 Bf3 29.gf3 Nf6 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.h3 h6 32.Ke2 g5 33.fg5 hg5 34.Bc3 Bd6 35.Kf2 Nd7 36.Be2 f4 37.Bd2 fe3 38.Be3 Bf4 39.Bf4 gf4 40.Bd3 Ne5 41.Ke2 Kg7 42.a4 Kh6 43.Bc2 Kg5 44.Kf2 Kh4 45.Bh7 Nc4 46.Bg8 Nb2 47.Be6 Na4 48.Bd7 Nb2 49.Ke2 Nc4 50.Be6 Ne5 51.Bg4 Kg3 52.Bh5 a4 53.Kd1 Nf3 54.Bg4 Nd4 55.Bd7 a3 56.Kc1 f3 57.Bf5 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Bc4 c5 11.Qb3 cb4 12.ab4 Qe7 13.Bc3 Be4 14.d4 Nd5 15.b5 Bf3 16.gf3 Nc3 17.Nc3 Qb4 18.Rb1 Qb3 19.Rb3 Rc8 20.Bd3 Rc3 21.Rc3 Bb4 22.Kd2 Nb6 23.Rb1 Bc3 24.Kc3 Ke7 25.Kd2 h5 26.Ra1 Ra8 27.e4 g5 28.Ke3 h4 29.h3 f6 30.Be2 f5 31.f4 gf4 32.Kf4 fe4 33.Ke4 Kd6 34.Kf4 Nd5 35.Kg4 Rf8 36.Kh4 Nc3 37.Bc4 Rf4 38.Kg3 Rd4 39.Bf1 Ne4 40.Kf3 Nd2 41.Ke3 Kc5 42.Rc1 Kb4 43.Kd4 Nb3 44.Ke5 Nc1 45.h4 Nb3 46.h5 Nc5 47.h6 Nd7 48.Ke6 Nf8 49.Kf7 Nh7 50.f4 a5 1–0. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

8.a3 Bd6

9.0–0 0–0 10.d4 a5 11.b5 Nb6 12.Be2 cb5 13.Bb5 Rc8 14.Nbd2 Qe7 15.Qb3 Bc2 16.Qa2 Ne4 17.Rac1 Nd2 18.Nd2 Rc7 19.Rfe1 Rfc8 20.Be2 a4 21.Qa1 Nd5 22.Bb5 Qf6 23.Nf3 Qh6 24.Ne5 f6 25.Nf3 Be4 26.Bd7 Bf3 27.Be6 Kh8 28.Bh3 Bg4 29.Rc7 Rc7 30.e4 Bh3 31.ed5 Bd7 32.g3 Rc2 33.Bc1 Qh5 34.Qb1 Rf2 35.Kf2 Qh2 36.Ke3 Qg3 37.Kd2 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.0–0 0–0 10.d4 a5 11.b5 Nb6 12.Be2 cb5 13.Bb5 Rc8 14.Nbd2 Qe7 15.Qb3 Bc2 16.Qa2 Ne4 17.Rac1 Nd2 18.Nd2 Rc7 19.Rfe1 Rfc8 20.Be2 a4 21.Qa1 Qf6 22.Nf3 Nd5 23.Bd1 Qg6 24.Rc2 Rc2 25.Bc2 Rc2 26.Qb1 Qd3 27.Rc1 Rc1 28.Qc1 Nb6 29.Nd2 h6 30.Kh1 Nd5 31.e4 Nf4 32.e5 Bf8 33.Nf3 g5 34.Qa1 g4 35.Ng1 Qc2 36.Bc1 Nd3 37.Be3 Qf2 38.Qc1 Ba3 39.Qc8 Kg7 40.Bh6 Kh6 41.Qh8 Kg5 42.Qg7 Kf4 43.Qf7 Ke3 44.Qe6 Qf4 45.Nf3 gf3 46.Kg1 Ke2 47.Qa2 Nb2 48.Qc4 Nc4 49.gf3 Qe3 50.Kg2 Qf3 51.Kg1 Qf1 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.Nc3 0–0 10.Qb3 a5 11.ba5 Nc5 12.Qb6 Bd3 13.Qd8 Rfd8 14.Ba2 Ra5 15.Bb1 e5 16.Ba2 Bf5 17.0–0 Nd3 18.Rfb1 b5 19.Ng5 Bg6 20.a4 b4 21.Ne2 Rda8 22.Bb3 Nc5 23.Bc4 Na4 24.d3 Nb2 25.Bf7 Bf7 26.Ra5 Ra5 27.Nf7 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.Nc3 0–0 10.d4 b5 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 a5 13.ba5 Ra5 14.Ne4 Ne4 15.Qe4 c5 16.Bc3 b4 17.ab4 cb4 18.Ra5 Qa5 19.Bb2 b3 20.Nd2 Bb4 21.Qd3 Rc8 22.Ke2 Qh5 23.f3 Bd2 24.Qb3 Rb8 25.Qb8 Nb8 26.Kd2 Qa5 27.Kd1 Qg5 28.Rg1 0–1. COMP – COMP, Blitz, 2002.

9.d4 0–0 10.0–0=+.

9.d4 Qc7 10.0–0= 0–0 (10...Nb6 11.Bd3=) 11.Nbd2 (11.Nc3 Rad8=) 11...Nb6 12.Be2 Rfd8 (12...a5 13.b5=) 13.Rc1 a6 (13...Rac8 14.Ne5=) 14.h3 (14.Ne5 Ne4 15.Ne4 Be4=) 14...h6 15.Qb3 a5 16.b5 a4 17.Qa2 Ne4 18.Qa1 Nd5 19.Ne4 Be4 20.Rfd1 Rab8 21.Nd2 Bg6 22.Nc4 cb5 23.Nd6 Qd6 24.Bb5 Be4 25.Ba4+/– Bg2?? 26.Kg2+– Qa6 27.Bb3?? Ne3= 28.fe3 Qe2 29.Kh1 Qf3 30.Kh2 ½–½. Mehlhorn,U – Ihlenfeld,E, BFM–200, 2001.

5.Be2 e5

6.Ne5 Bb4 7.Nd7 Bd7 8.0–0 =.

6.Ne5 Bb4 7.Nd7 Bd7 8.c4 =.

5.Be2 e6

6.a3 c5 7.b5 Bd6 8.0–0 Qc7 9.c4 Rc8 10.cd5 ed5 11.Nc3 c4 12.Qa4 b6 13.Qd1 Ne5 14.Ne5 Be5 15.f4 Bd6 16.Na4 Qe7 17.g4 Bd7 18.g5 Ne4 19.Bg7 Rg8 20.Bh6 f6 21.Bh5 Kd8 22.d3 fg5 23.de4 gf4 24.Kh1 Qe4 25.Bf3 Qe3 26.Qd5 Bc7 27.Qg8 1–0. Machete99 – guest463, ICC, 2002.

6.a3 h6 7.d4 Be7 8.0–0 c6 9.c4 Qc7 10.h3 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Ndf6 12.Rc1 a6 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Nd2 Ng5 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Nd2 Ng5 17.Nf3 Ne4 18.Nd2 ½–½. Wouters,Ton – Otte,Marco, Wag.Ext.4vsHetKasteel2, 1999.

6.b5 Bd6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.b5 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6).

5.Be2 h6

6.a3 e6 7.0–0 Bd6 8.Nd4 Bh7 9.f4 c6 10.d3 Qb6 11.c4 (11.Nc3 0–0–0=) 11...e5=+ 12.fe5 Be5 13.Qd2 c5 (13...dc4 14.dc4 Ne4 15.Qc1=+) 14.Nf5 (14.bc5!? Nc5 15.cd5=) 14...Bb2–/+ 15.Qb2 0–0 (15...Bf5 16.Rf5 cb4 17.ab4 Qe3 18.Kh1–/+) 16.cd5 cb4 17.Qb4 Nd5 18.Qb6 N7b6 19.e4 Rfe8 20.Nd6 Re7 21.Ra2 Nf6 22.Nf5 Rd7 23.Nh6+/– Kh8 24.Nf5 Rc8 25.e5 Nfd5 26.Nd6 Rcc7 27.Nb5 Ne3 28.Re1 Rc2 29.Rc2+/– Nc2 30.Rc1 Bd3 31.Bd3 Rd3 32.Rc2 Rd1 33.Kf2 Rb1 34.Na7 Kh7? 35.Rc3 g6? 36.h3 Kg7+/– 37.Kf3 Nd5 38.Rd3 Rf1 39.Ke4 Nf4 40.Rf3 Rf3 41.Kf3 g5 42.Nb5 f5 43.ef6 Kf6 44.a4 b6 45.Nc3 Ne6? 46.Nd5+– Kf5 47.Nb6 Nd4 48.Kf2 Nb3 49.Nc4 Ke4 50.a5 Kd4 51.a6 Kc4 52.a7 1–0. Otte,Marco – Buil,Frits, Wag.Ext.4vsMillingen1, 2000.

6.c4 dc4=+ 7.Bc4 e6 8.a3 Be7 9.0–0 9...0–0 10.d4 Nb6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Be2 Ne4 13.Nbd2 Nd2 14.Nd2 Be2 15.Qe2 Na4 16.Nf3 c6 17.Rac1 Nb2 18.Qb2 Qd5 19.Qc3 Rfd8 20.Rfe1 a5 21.ba5 Ra5 22.e4= Qb5 23.Rb1+= Qa6 24.Rb7 Ra3 25.Qb2 Ra2 26.Qb3 Bf8 27.Rb6 Qa5 28.Rc6 Rd4= 29.Qb1 Rb4=+ 30.Qd3 Qa7 31.Rf1 Rbb2 32.Rc8= Qb6 33.Ne5 Rf2–+ 34.Kh1 Rg2 35.Rf8? Kf8 36.Rf7 Kg8 37.Nf3 Qg1! 38.Ng1 Rh2# 0–1. Murrell,Mal – Santrac,Branko, Wyong Shire Cup, 2005.

4.Nf3 h6

5.c4 e5 6.Ne5 Bd6 7.c5 Be5 8.Be5 +/–.

5.c4 e6 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 h6).

5.Bd3 Bd3 6.cd3 Nbd7 7.0–0 e6 8.b5 a6 9.ba6 Ra6 10.Qb3 Rb6 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.a4 0–0 13.Nc3 Ra6 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Nd6 (15.Nc7 Rc8 16.Nd5 Rc2 17.Ne7 Be7–/+) 15...Qd6 16.Rfc1 Rc6 17.Bc3 e5 18.Rab1 b6 19.d4 Ng4 20.Ne5 Nge5 21.de5 Ne5 22.Be5 Rc2 23.Bd6 Rc1 24.Rc1 cd6 25.Rc6 Ra8 26.Kf1 Ra4 27.Rb6 d4 28.Rd6 de3 29.de3 Kh7 30.Ke2 Re4 31.Kf3 Re6 32.Re6+– fe6 33.Kf4 Kg6 34.Ke5 Kf7 35.Kd6 Kf6 36.e4 g5 37.g4 Kf7 38.e5 (38...Kf8 39.Ke6+–) 1–0. Klaus Behrmann (2420) – SteVeYBoY, ChessWorld.net, 2003.

5.Nd4 Be4 =.

5.Bf6 ef6 6.Nd4 Bd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.a3 b5 9.Qe2 a5 10.e4 de4 11.Ne4 Be6 12.Ne6 fe6 13.Qg4 Kf7 14.Rb1 Qd4?? 15.Ng5 1–0. marus1 – gbs25, internet, 2001.

5.c4 c6

6.a3 e6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.0–0 Qc7 9.g3 0–0 10.d3 Bh3 11.Re1 Re8 12.c5 Be7 13.Qc2 Nbd7 14.Bf1 Bf1 15.Rf1 Ng4 16.Nbd2 f6 17.e4 de4 18.de4 Rad8 19.Rad1 Nde5 20.Qb3 Nf3 21.Nf3 Bf8 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.h3 Ne5 24.Ne5 fe5 25.Qe6 Qf7 26.Qf7 Kf7 27.Be5 Re8 28.f4 b6 29.Re1 bc5 30.bc5 Bc5 31.Kg2 Ba3 32.Bc3 c5 33.e5 Bb4 34.Bb4 cb4 35.Rd1 Ke7 36.Rc1 Kd7 37.Rd1 Kc6 38.Rc1 Kb5 39.Kf2 a5 40.Rc7 a4 41.Rb7 Kc4 42.Rc7 Kb3 0–1. valpa – adamant, playchess.de, 2002.

6.Nd4 Be4 7.f3 e5 8.fe4 ed4 9.ed5 de3 +=.

6.Bf6 ef6 7.Be2 (7.Nd4!? Be4 8.f3=) 7...Bb4 8.0–0 (8.Nd4 Be4 9.0–0 dc4 10.Bc4 0–0–/+) 8...0–0 (8...dc4 9.Bc4 Bd3 10.Qb3 Bf1 11.Bf7 Kf8 12.Kf1–/+) 9.d4 Be6 10.a3=+ Ba5 11.Nbd2 Bd2 12.Qd2 dc4–/+ 13.Qb4 b5 14.a4 a5–+ 15.Qb1 b4 16.Qd1 c3 17.Bd3 Nd7 18.Bb1 Nb6 19.Qe2 g6 20.Re1 Nc4 21.e4 Na3 22.Qd3 Bc4 23.Qd1 Nb1 24.Rb1 b3 25.Qc1 c2 26.Rb2 Rb8 27.Qh6 Rb4 28.Nd2 Ra4 29.Nc4–/+ Rc4 30.Rb3 Qd4?? 31.Rh3+– (31…Qf2 32.Kf2 c1Q 33.Qh7#) 1–0. Andersson,Egart – Andersen,E, DK, 1995.

5.Be2 e6

6.a3 Bd6 7.c4 c6 8.c5 Bc7 9.0–0 0–0 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 a6 12.a4 Ne4 13.b5 Re8 14.b6+= Bb8 15.Nb3 Bg4 16.Na5 Qc8 17.Qc2 e5 18.Rad1 ed4 19.Bd4 Ne5 20.Ne5 Be2 21.Nec6?? Bf3 22.gf3+– Qh3 23.f4 Qg4= 24.Kh1 Qf3 25.Kg1 Qg4 ½–½. Arkell Lalic,Susan (2300) – Goldgewicht,Lionel, Cappelle op 7th, 1991.

6.b5 Bd6 7.0–0 =.

6.b5 Nbd7 7.a4 (7.0–0 Bd6=) 7...Be7 (7...Bd6 8.0–0=) 8.0–0 0–0 9.c4 (9.a5 a6 10.ba6 ba6=) 9...c6 10.d4 c5 11.Ba3 b6 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.Qb3 Ne4 14.cd5 Nc3 15.Qc3 ed5 16.Qc1 Rfe8 17.Rd1 c4 18.Be7 Re7 19.Qa3 Nf6 20.Nd2 Rc8 21.Qc3 Be6 22.Rdc1 Ree8 23.Bf3 Ng4 24.g3 f5 25.Bg2 Qf7 26.Nf3+= Qc7 27.h3 Nf6= 28.Ne5 Ne4 29.Qe1 g5 30.Qe2 Nf6 31.g4 fg4 32.Ng4 Ng4 33.hg4 Qd7 34.Qf3 Rf8 35.Qh3 Kg7 36.f3 Rh8 37.Qg3= Qc7 38.Qc7 Rc7=+ 39.Bh3 h5–/+ 40.Rf1 hg4–+ 41.Bg4 Bg4 42.fg4 Rh4 43.Rf5 Rg4 44.Kh2 Kg6 45.Rd5 Rh7# 0–1. Larsen,Andreas – Lind,Magne, Tromsoe op–B, 1997.

4.f4 e6

5.a3 Bd6 6.Nf3 0–0 7.Be2 a5 8.b5 c6 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.0–0 Qc7 11.bc6 bc6 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Rb1 =.

5.a3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 a6 8.0–0 c5 9.bc5 Bc5 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.d3 Qc7 12.Qc1 Rc8 13.Bd1 Bd4 14.Bd4 Bd3 15.Rf2 Bg6 16.c3 0–0 17.g4 e5 18.fe5 Ne5 19.Rg2 Ne4 20.Be2 Nc6 21.Bd3 Nd4 22.ed4 Nc3 23.Nc3 Bd3 24.Ne2 Qc1 25.Rc1 Rc1 26.Nc1 Be4 ½–½. Ohman,HE – Sildmets,Anton, 12. Midwest op, 1998.

5.b5 c5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 (--> 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nd7 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.b5 c5).

5.b5 Bc5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 Ne4 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.Nb3 Be7 11.d3 Nd6 12.a4 Nf5 13.Qc1 Nc5 14.Nc5 Bc5 15.d4 Bb4 16.Na3 Qe7 17.c4 Rfe8 18.c5 Rab8 19.Nc2 Ba5 20.Ba3 c6 21.Bb4= Bd8 22.a5 a6 23.b6 Qd7 24.Be1 Be7 25.Nb4 Rbd8 26.Ba6 ba6=+ 27.Na6 (The passed pawn on b6 will quickly become a dangerous weapon) 27...Rf8 28.Nb4= Bf6 29.Bf2 Ra8 30.a6 Bh5 31.Qb2 Rfb8 32.b7 Ra7 33.Nc6 Qc6 34.Qb6 Qb6 35.cb6 Ra6 36.Ra6 Be7 37.Ra8 Bd6 38.Rb8 Bb8 39.Rc1 g6 40.Rc8 Kg7 41.Rb8 (41...Ne7 42.Rc8 Nc8 43.bc8Q+–) 1–0. Furlepa,Zdzislaw – Szczepaniak,Alicja, corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

5.b5 c6 6.a4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Na3 Bd6 9.c4 c5 10.cd5 ed5 11.Rc1 h6 12.Qb3 g5 13.Bd3= Bg4 14.b6 Qb6 15.Bb5 Ke7–/+ 16.Ne5 Be6 17.Nd7= Nd7 18.Bh8+= Rh8 19.Qc3 Rg8 20.a5 Qc7 21.Bd7 Bd7= 22.0–0 gf4 23.ef4 Bf4 24.Rce1 Be6 25.Rf4 Qf4=+ 26.Qc5 Qd6 27.Qe3 d4–/+ 28.Qf3 Qc6 29.Qf2 Rg5 30.g3? Ra5 31.Nb1 Qb6 32.d3 Ra1 33.Nd2 Re1 34.Qe1 Qa5 35.Qc1 Qc3 (36.Qe1 Qd3–+) 0–1. Corbin,P (2260) – Neubauer,M (2455), Heroes Day Masters, 2005.

5.a3 c5

5.a3 c5 6.b5 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 h5 9.0–0= Qb6 10.a4 a6 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.fe5+= White is in command 12...Nd7 13.a5 Qc7 14.b6 Qb8 15.d4 Bg6 16.c4+/– Qc8 17.Nd2 Nb8 18.Qb3+/– cd4 19.ed4 dc4 20.Nc4 Qd7 21.Rfd1 Be4 22.Qg3 g6 23.Ba3+– Nc6?? 24.Be7 Nd4 25.Nd6 Qd6+/– 26.Bd6 Ne2= 27.Kf2 Ng3 28.Kg3 Rc8 29.Rac1 Kd7 30.Rc7 Rc7 31.bc7 Bd5 32.Rf1 f5 33.Kf4 h4 34.Kg5 Bg2 35.Rf4 h3 36.Kg6 Rg8 37.Kf6 Rg4 38.Rf2 Bd5 39.Rc2 Rc4 (39...Kc8 40.Rc3 Rh4 41.Rg3 Rh6 42.Kg7=) ½–½. Peck,Philip J (2060) – Diamond,Daniel J (2110), 13th S WYM Rated, 2003.

6.bc5 Bc5 7.Nf3 0–0 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Be2 h6 10.0–0 Rc8 11.Kh1 a6 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.g4 Ng4 14.Bg4 Qh4 15.Rg1 d4 16.Na4 Ba7 17.Bc1 de3 0–1. Goan – Bennett, email 4AMM–08 (adj) 1997.

6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 cb4 8.Nd4 ba3 9.Na3 Bg6 10.0–0 Bc5 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nb5 a6 13.N5d4 Bd6 14.Ba3 Ba3 15.Ra3 0–0 16.f5 ef5 17.Nf5 Ne5 18.Nbd4 Ne4 19.Rf4 Re8 20.Bd3 Nc4 21.Qa1 Nf6 22.Rb3 Qc7 23.Nf3 Bf5 24.Rf5 Qe7 25.Qd4 b5 26.Rb1 h6 27.Qh4 Qd6 28.Rf4 Ne4 29.Qh5 Ra7 30.Be4 Re4 31.Rg4–/+ g6 32.Rd1 b4 33.h3 Kh7 34.Ng5 Kg7 35.Ne4 de4 36.Qh4 f5 37.Rg3 Na3 38.Qf4?? Qf4–+ 39.ef4 Nc2 40.Rb3 a5 41.Rb2 Nd4 42.Kf2 b3 (43.d3 Re7 44.de4 Re4–/+; better is 42...Kf6!?–+) 0–1. Keber,Ernst – Kuna,Heiko (2240), RSS5D pro–47, 2005.

5.a3 Be7

6.Be2 0–0 7.d4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Re8 9.Nf3=+ Ng4 10.Qd2 Bh4 11.Nh4 Qh4 12.g3 Qe7 13.0–0 a6 14.Bf3 Nf6=+ 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Rab1 Qd6 17.Rbe1 h6 18.Bg2 Rd7 19.Rd1 Bg4 20.Bf3 Bf3 21.Qf3 Red8 22.Rd2 Ne7 23.e4 de4 24.Ne4 Ne4 25.Qe4 Qd5 26.Qd5 Nd5 27.Re2 Nb6 28.f5 ef5 29.Rf5 Nc4 30.c3 Nb2 31.Rb2 Re8 32.Kg2 f6 33.Rbf2 Kh7 34.a4 Rde7 35.Rc5 c6 ½–½. Psion – Psion, 4 Min/Zug, 1989.

6.Nf3 0–0 7.Nc3 a6 8.Ne2 c5 9.bc5 Bc5 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Nh4 Ne8 12.Qg4 Be7?? 13.Ng6+= hg6 14.h4 Bf6 15.c3 Nd6 16.h5 g5 17.Bd3 e5 18.fe5+/– Be5 19.Nf5 Re8 20.a4 Ne4 21.Rf1 Re6 22.0–0–0 Nd7 23.h6 gh6=+ 24.Ba3 Ndc5–/+ 25.Bc2 Qb6 26.Qh5 Nb3= 27.Bb3 Qb3 28.Bf8?? Kf8–+ 29.Qf7 Kf7 30.Nd4 Rf6 31.Nb3 Rf3 32.gf3 Nd6 33.Nc5 Ke7 34.Kc2 Kd8? 35.Rh1+– Kc7 36.Rh6 Kc6 37.d4 Bg7 38.Rg6 (38...b6 39.Nd3+–) 1–0. Finenko – Kovalenko,A, USSR, 1990.

5.b5 a6!

6.a4 ab5 7.ab5 Ra1 8.Ba1 c5 9.bc6 bc6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Be2 0–0 12.0–0 h6 (12...Ng4 13.h3 Nf6 14.Nh4=) 13.h3 (13.Nd4 Bh7=) 13...Bh7 (13...c5 14.Nh4=+) 14.d3 Nbd7 15.Nbd2 Qb6 16.d4 c5 17.g4 c4 18.Ne5 Qd8 19.Ndf3 Ne4–/+ 20.Qe1 f6 21.Nc4 dc4 22.Bc4 f5 23.Be6=+ Kh8 24.c4 Qe7 25.gf5+= Bb4 26.Qb1 Bf5 27.Bf5 Rf5 28.Ne5 Re5 29.de5 Nd2 30.Qg6 Nf1 31.Kf1 Nf8 32.Qg4 Qa7 33.Bd4= Qa2 34.Qc8 Qb1 35.Ke2 Qe4 36.c5 Kg8 37.c6 Kh7 38.c7 Ng6 39.Qg4 Qc2 40.Kf1 Qc7 41.f5 Qc1 42.Ke2 Qd2 43.Kf3 Ne7 44.Qe4 Qh2 45.f6 Ng6 46.Qf5 Qh1 47.Ke2?? Qe1–+ 48.Kf3 Qf1 49.Kg4 Qe2 50.Qf3 h5! 51.Kg3 Be1 (52.Qf2 Qf2#) 0–1. Lindner,Hans Dieter – Exizoglou,Dimitri, Mittelfranken–ch Nord HT, 1996.

6.a4 ab5 7.ab5 Ra1 8.Ba1 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Qa8 –+. Sefc – Podgorny.

6.a4 ab5 7.ab5 Ra1 8.Ba1 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Bc3 0–0 11.Be2 Qa8 12.0–0= Qa2 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.d3 Ra8 15.Nd2 Bd6 16.N2b3 e5 17.fe5 Ne5 18.Qd2 Qa7 19.Ra1 Qb8 20.Ra8 Qa8 21.Bb4 Qf8 22.Bd6 Qd6 23.Qa5 b6 24.Qa8 Qf8 25.Qb7 Qd8 26.Nd2 h6 27.Nf1 ½–½. Hirtreiter,Michael – Ullrich, BdF, 1988.

5.b5 Bd6

6.Nf3 0–0 7.c4 c5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.a4 Nb6 10.Na3 a5 11.0–0 Re8 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.g4 Bg6 14.h4 Nfd7 15.Nd7 Qd7 16.h5 Nc4 17.Nc4 dc4 18.hg6 hg6 19.Bc4 Rad8 20.Bc3 b6 21.g5 Re7 22.Qg4 Qe8 23.Rf3 Qf8 24.Qh4 f6 25.gf6 gf6 26.Bf6 1–0. Kucharkowski,Jens – Ebert,Andreas, corr 7.BFM/C12, 1985.

6.Nf3 a6 7.Nc3 =+.

6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.c4 0–0 8.Nc3 Nc5 9.d4 Nce4 10.c5 Nc3 11.Bc3 Be7 12.Bd3 =. Lehmann – Dahl, Berlin 1962.

6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.d4 0–0 8.Ba3 –/+.

6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.d4 Ng4 8.Qe2 (8.Qd2 Ndf6–/+) 8...Qf6 (8...Nb6 9.h3 Nf6 10.g4–/+) 9.h3=+ Qh6 (Better is 9...Nh6=+) 10.hg4+/– Qh1 11.gf5 ef5 12.Nbd2 Qh6 13.Ne5 f6 14.Nd3 Nb6+= 15.a4 0–0 16.a5 Qh4 17.Qf2+– Qf2 18.Kf2 Nc8 19.c4 c6? 20.cd5 cd5 21.Be2 g5 22.g4 Ne7 23.gf5 Rac8 24.Bd1 Kg7 25.Bb3 Rfe8 26.e4 de4+/– 27.Ne4 Nf5 28.Nd6 Nd6 29.b6 Nc4? 30.Bc4+– Rc4 31.ba7 Ra8 32.fg5 Rc2 33.Kf3 Ra7 34.gf6 Kf6 35.d5 Ke7 36.Bd4 Ra8 37.Bc5 Rc5? 38.Nc5 Kd6 39.Nb7 Kd5 40.Rc1 Ra7 41.Rc7 h6 42.Ke3 Ra6 43.Rc5 Ke6 44.Rh5 Kf7 45.Ke4 Kg6 46.Rd5 Ra7 47.Rd6 Kg7 48.a6 h5 49.Kd5 h4 50.Kc5 Ra8 51.a7 h3?? 52.Rd2 Kf6?? 53.Rh2 (53…Ra7 54.Rh3 Rb7 55.Rh8=; Better is 53.Kb6+–) 1–0. Roczniak,Jan – Smolarek, corr Poland (year?).

6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 Rc8 (8...c5!?) 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.d4 += Nce4 12.Ne4 Ne4 (12...Be4? 13.bc6 bc6 14.c5 Bb8 15.Qa4+–) 13.c5 Bb8 14.a4 b6 15.bc6 Rc6 16.Bb5 Rc8 17.c6 a6 18.Ba6 Rc6 19.Rc1 Rc7 20.Qb3 f6 21.Ba3 Nd6 22.Qb4 Ra7 23.Be2 Rff7 24.Rc6 Nc8 25.Nh4 Be4 26.Re6! Qd7 27.Re4 Ra4? (27...de4 28.Bc4 Bd6 29.Qb3 Ba3 30.Bf7 Qf7 31.Qa3) 28.Bb5! Rb4 29.Bd7 de4 30.Bc8 Rb3 31.Be6 Ra3 32.Rc1 1–0. Epelman – Barinov, 1971.

5.b5 Nbd7

6.Nf3 Bd6 (--> 5.b5 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nbd7).

6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nc3 c5 (7...Ne4 8.d3 Ba3 9.Qb1 Nc3 10.Bc3=) 8.Ne2 (8.bc6 bc6 9.Nd4 Bg4=) 8...h6 (8...0–0 9.d3–/+) 9.Ng3 Bh7 10.a4 0–0 11.Be2 Rc8 12.0–0= Re8 13.Bd3 Bd3=+ 14.cd3 a6 15.Ne5 Qb6=+ 16.Qf3 ab5–/+ 17.ab5 Ra8 18.Rab1 Ra5 19.Nd7=+ Nd7 20.Nh5 g6 21.f5? ef5?? 22.Nf4–/+ Rb5 23.Nd5=+ Qd8 24.e4 Nb6=+ 25.Ne7 Qe7 26.Bf6 Qd7 27.Rb5 Qb5 28.ef5 Qd7 29.fg6 fg6 30.Qf4 Kh7 31.Bc3 h5 32.Qf7 Qf7= 33.Rf7 Kh6 34.Rb7 Na4 35.Bg7 Kg5+= 36.Kf2 Kf5 37.d4+/– Rd8 38.Ra7 Nb2 39.dc5 Rd2 40.Ke3 Nc4 41.Kf3+/– g5 42.Rf7 Kg6 43.Ra7 Kf5 44.Rf7 Kg6 45.Re7 g4 46.Kg3 Rd5 47.Bf8 Rf5 48.Rg7 Kf6 49.c6 Ke5 50.Bb4 Nd6 51.Re7 1–0. Vokac,Marek (2470) – Hribar,Bojan (2250), Komercni Banka op, 1996.

5.b5 Ne4?

6.Nf3 Qd6? 7.Ba3!?

6.Nf3 Qd6? 7.Be2 Nd7 8.0–0 Be7!? 9.c3?! (9.Bg7?! Rg8) 9...Bf6 (9...0–0? 10.Ba3) 10.a4 a6 11.Nd4! ab5 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.g4! Bg4 14.Bg4 c6 15.d3! Qe3 16.Kg2 cb5 17.Bc1 Nc3 18.Nc3 Qc5? (18...Qb6) 19.Nb5! Qb6 (19...Ba1? 20.Ba3!) 20.Ba3! Be7 21.Qc1 Kd8 (21...Ra4? 22.Nc7 Kd8 23.Be7!) 22.Be7 Ke7 23.Qa3 Kf6 24.Qc3 Ke7 25.f5 e5 26.Nc7 Ra5 27.Rab1 Qc5 28.Rb5 Rb5 29.ab5 Kd6 30.Rc1 Qc3 31.Rc3 Nf6 32.Be2 Nd7 33.Bf3 Nb6 34.Kg3?! (34.Nd5!? Nd5 35.Bd5 Kd5 36.Rc7–+) 34...d4 35.Rc1 Rc8 36.Nd5 Rc1 37.Nb6 f6 38.Nc4 Kc5 39.Bb7 (39.b6?! Rc4! 40.dc4 Kc4 41.Bb7 Kc5=) 39...Kb5 40.Nd6 Kb4 41.Ne8 Ra1 ½–½. Schiffler – Bieber, corr 1951.

6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Be2 Bc5 8.0–0 =+.

6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Be2 Ndf6 8.0–0= Be7 9.Ne5 h6 10.d3 Nc5 11.g4+= Bh7 12.g5 Na4 13.Bd4 Ng8 14.c4 Nb6 15.c5 Nc8 16.c6 b6 17.Nd7 Bf8 18.Bh5 Nd6 19.Ne5 hg5=+ 20.Bf7 Nf7–/+ 21.Nf7 Kf7 22.Qh5 Ke7 23.fg5 Qe8–+ 24.Qh4 Kd8 25.Rf8 Qf8 26.g6 Qe7 27.Qh7?? Qg5–+ 28.Kh1 Qf5 (29.Kg1 Rh7 30.gh7 Qh7–+) 0–1. Kucharkowski,Jens – Bakkers,Max, corr SOK–91–76, 1991.

6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Be2 Ndf6 8.0–0 h5 9.a4 h4 10.d3 Bc5 11.Bd4 Bd4 12.Nd4 Ng3 13.Nf5 ef5 14.Rf3 Ng4 15.hg3 hg3 16.Rg3 Qh4 17.Rg4 fg4 18.Bg4 Qg3 19.Qe2 Rh4 20.Bf3 0–0–0 0–1. Cottarelli – Scalisi, corr 1971.

5.b5 Be7

6.Nf3 a6 7.Nd4 =+.

6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2 Ne4 (7...0–0 8.0–0=+) 8.0–0 Bf6=+ 9.Qc1 0–0 10.a4 a6 11.Na3 Nd7=+ 12.c4 Qa5 13.Bf6 Ndf6 14.Nb1 Nd6 15.ba6 ba6=+ 16.cd5 ed5 17.Qc3 Qb4 18.Qe5=+ Qb8 19.Ra2?? d4?? 20.Na3 Nd7 21.Qe7 Re8 22.Qh4 de3 23.Nc4 Nc4 24.Bc4 Qb4 25.Bd5 e2 26.Re1 Rab8 27.Raa1 Nf6 28.Ba2 Bd3 29.h3 c4 (30.Ne5 Ne4–+; 29...Qa4?? 30.Bf7 Kf7 31.Ra4+–) 0–1. Platt,RJ – Goosey,RW, corr BPCTC, 1996.

6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 h6 9.Ne5 Ne8 10.c4 f6 11.Nf3 Bg6 12.Nd4 Bf7 13.cd5 ed5 14.f5 Ne5 15.Bh5 Nd6 16.Nc3 c6 17.Bf7 Rf7 18.bc6 bc6 19.Nce2 c5 20.Nb3 Ndc4 21.Qc2 Rb8 22.Be5 fe5 23.g4 a5 24.a4 Rb3 25.Qb3 Nd2 26.Qb5 Nf1 27.Rf1 Bf8 28.Qd3 c4 29.Qd1 Bc5 30.Rf3 Rd7 31.Qe1 Qg5 32.Qg3 d4?? 33.ed4?? ed4–+ (34.Qe5 Qg4 35.Kf2 Qh4 36.Kg2 Qe7 37.Qe6 Qf7–+) 0–1. Ulaneo,Ruben – Rodriguez,Santiago, Melo Interdepartamental, 1999.

6.Nf3 0–0

7.Nc3 c5 8.bc6 Nc6 9.Be2 =+.

7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Ne2 (8.Be2 Ne4=) 8...Nc5 9.Ng3 Bg6 (9...Bg4 10.Be2=+) 10.Ne5= Nce4 11.Ng6 hg6 12.Qf3 Qd7 13.Bd3 Nc5 14.Be2 Rfd8 15.0–0 Nce4 16.Rfd1 Ng3 17.Qg3 Ne4 18.Qf3 Bb4 19.d3 Nc3= ½–½. Kamenik,Petr – Polak,Benedikt, Czech Fed–ch U14, 1997.

7.Nd4=+.

7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0–0 Nb6 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.f5 Bf5 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Rf5 Qd7 13.Qf1 Ne4 14.a4 Qd6 15.a5 Nc8 16.Ba3 c5+= 17.c4 White gets strong initiative 17...dc4 18.Bc4 Bf6 19.Ra2 Ne7 20.Rf4 Ng5 21.d4 b6 22.dc5 bc5+= 23.Rd2 Qc7 24.h4 Ne6 25.Rf6 gf6 26.Qf6 Rad8 27.Bb2 Ng6 28.h5 Rd2 29.Nd2 Qg3 30.Nf3 Nd4? 31.ed4 Nf4 32.Qg5 Qg5 33.Ng5 (33...cd4 34.Bd4+–) 1–0. Psion – Psion, 1989.

7.Be2 h6 8.0–0 c5 9.c4 a6 10.a4 ab5 11.ab5 Ra1 12.Ba1 Nbd7 13.d3 Qc7 14.Ne5 dc4 15.Nc4 Ra8 16.Nbd2 Ne8 17.Qb3 Bf6 18.Bf6 Nef6 (< 18...gf6 19.b6 Qb8 20.Bf3+/–) 19.h3 Bh7 20.Qb2 Nb6 21.Nb6 Qb6 22.Nc4 Qa7 23.Rb1 Nd5 24.g3 Nb6 25.Rc1 Nc4 26.Rc4 b6 27.Rc2 Qd7 28.Rc3 Bg6 29.Bf3 Ra5 30.Rb3 Bd3–/+ 31.Be2? c4 32.Rb4?? c3! 33.Qc3 Be2 34.Rd4 Qb5 35.Rd8 Kh7 36.Qc2 f5 37.Qc8 Bc4 (38.Rh8 Kg6 39.Qe8 Qe8 40.Re8 Ra1 41.Kf2 Rh1–+) 0–1. Struck,Bernd Dieter (1980) – Josting,Friedel (1785), GER–ch, 2000.

6.Nf3 h6

7.Be2= 0–0 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.a4 c6 10.Nd4+= Qc7 11.Nf5 ef5 12.Bd3 g6 13.Be2 Rac8 14.Na3 Rfe8 15.c3 Ne4 16.Nc2 c5 17.d3 Nd6 18.c4 dc4=+ 19.dc4 Bf6 20.Qc1 Ne4 21.Rd1 Bb2 22.Qb2 Ndf6 23.Rd3 Rcd8 24.Rad1 Rd3 25.Rd3 Rd8 26.Ne1 Rd3 27.Nd3 Qd6 28.a5 Nd7 29.Kf1 Qe6 30.Ne1 Nd6 31.Qc3 Nf6 32.Qe5 Nc4–/+ 33.Qe6 Nd2 34.Kg1 fe6 35.Nd3 b6 36.Nc5? ba5?? 37.Ne6 a4 38.Nd4 a3–/+ 39.Kf2 a2 40.Nc2 Kf8 41.Na1 Nfe4 42.Ke1 Ke7 43.Kd1 Kd6 44.Kc2 Kc5 45.Kb2 Nc4 46.Bc4 Kc4 47.Ka2 Nc3 48.Ka3 Nb5 49.Kb2 Kd3 50.Nc2 Nd6 51.Kb3 Ne4 52.g3 Nd2 53.Kb2 Nc4 54.Kc1 Ne3 55.Nb4 Ke2 56.Nc6 Nd5 57.Na7=+ Kf2 58.Kd2 Kg2 59.Ke2 Nc3 60.Ke3 Kh2 61.Kf3 Ne4 62.Nc6? Ng3 63.Ne7 Kh3 64.Ng6 h5 65.Ne7 h4 66.Ng6 Ne4 67.Ne5 Nd2 68.Kf2 Ne4?? 69.Kf3 Nd2?? 70.Kf2= Kh2 ½–½. Sundin,Thommy (1975) – Axelsson,Sven (1970), Sundsvall, 1989.

7.Be2= 0–0 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.a4 Ne4 10.d3 Nd6 11.Nc3 =.

7.Be2= 0–0 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.c4 dc4 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Be2 Bd3 12.Ne5 Be2 13.Qe2 Nfd7 14.d4 Ne5 15.fe5 Qd5 16.Rc1 Rfc8 17.e4 Qd8 18.a4 a5 19.Nd2 c5 20.bc6 bc6 21.Nb3 Nd7 22.Rc3 Rab8 23.Qc2 Qb6 24.Rd3 Rd8 25.Kh1 c5 26.Qc3? c4 27.Qc4 Ne5 28.de5 Rd3 29.Qd3 Qb3 30.Qb3 Rb3 31.Bd4 Rd3 32.Bb6 Bb4 33.h3 Rd2 34.Rc1 Ra2–+ 35.Rc8 Kh7 36.Rc4 Ra4 37.Kh2 Ra2 38.Bc7 Bd2 39.Kg3 Be1 40.Kh2 Ra3 0–1. Grund,Karl – Fragiacomo, corr ICCF EU–H–291, 1969.

7.Be2= 0–0 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.Nd4 Bh7=.

7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0–0 0–0 (--> 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 Nbd7).

4.Bf6 ef6

5.a3 a5 6.b5 d4 7.ed4 Qd4=+ 8.Nc3 Bc5 9.Qf3 Qe5 10.Kd1 0–0 11.Bc4 Rd8=+ 12.Nge2 c6 13.Ra2 cb5 14.Qb7 bc4 15.Qa8 Qd6 16.Qd5 Qd5–+ 17.Nd5 Rd5 18.Rb2 Nc6 19.Rb5 g5 20.Re1 Re5 21.a4 Nb4 (22.f4 Bc2 23.Kc1 Nd3 24.Kc2 Ne1 25.Kd1 Re2 26.Ke2 Nd3 27.fg5 fg5 28.Ra5 f5–+) 0–1. Andersson,Lars H – Gross,Wilhelm, corr SOK–93–95, 1994.

5.a3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nh4 Be6 9.Be2 0–0 10.Bg4 Bg4 11.Qg4 cb4 12.Nf5 g6 13.Nh6 Kg7 14.Nf5 Kh8 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.cb4 Rfe8 17.0–0 Qe5 18.Nc3 d4 19.Ne4 f5 20.Qg3 Qe4 21.f3 Qd3 22.e4 fe4 23.fe4 Qg3 24.hg3 Kg7 25.Rf4 Ne5 26.Raf1 Re7 27.R4f2 Nd3 28.Rf3 Nb2 29.d3 Na4 30.g4 Nc3 31.Kh1 a5 32.g5 ab4 33.ab4 Ra2 34.b5 Rb2 35.Rh3 Rb5 36.Rf4 Rg5 37.Rfh4 h5 38.Rf4 Ne2 39.Rff3 b5 40.Rf2 Ng3 41.Kh2 h4 42.Rb2 Rb7 43.Rh4 Nh5 44.Rh3 b4 45.Rf3 b3 46.Rff2 Rc5 47.g4 Nf6 48.g5 Nh5 49.Rg2 Rc3 50.e5 Nf4 51.Rgf2 Nd3 52.Rf3 Nb2 53.Rc3 dc3 54.Kg3 c2 55.e6 c1Q 56.Kg4 Black ran out of time 1–0. ronnieg (2555) – judicorum (2830), fics, 2001.

5.b5 Bd6 6.Nc3 =+.

5.b5 Nd7

6.d4 Bb4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Bd3 9.Qd3 0–0 10.Nf3 a6 11.0–0 ab5 12.Qb5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 c6 14.Qd3 Qc7 15.Rfb1 Ra4 16.e4 Rfa8 17.Rb2 Ba3 18.Rb3 R8a6 19.Qc2 Bd6 20.Rbb1 c5 21.dc5 Bc5 22.ed5 Nd5 23.Ne4 Bf8 24.Rb2 f5 25.Ng3 Qc3 26.Nf5 Qc2 27.Rc2 b5 28.Kf1 b4 29.N5d4 Ra8 30.Nb3 g6 31.Nfd4 Nc3 32.Ke1 Ra2 33.Rca2 Ra2 34.Ra2 Na2 35.Kd2 Nc3 36.Kd3 f5 37.Nc6 Nd1 38.Ke2 Nf2?? 39.Kf2+/– Kf7 ½–½. Woschkat,Karl_Heinz – Hehemann,Achim, DESC, 1999.

6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nd4 Bg6 (7...Be6 8.Be2=) 8.Be2 (8.Nc3 Nb6=) 8...0–0 9.0–0 Be5 10.f4 Bd6?? (10...Bd4 11.ed4 Re8+/–) 11.f5+– c5 (11...Qe7 12.fg6 fg6 13.Nc3+–) 12.Nb3 (12…Qb8 13.h3+–; Better is 12.bc6 Bh2 13.Kh2 Qc7 14.Kg1 bc6 15.fg6 hg6 16.Nc3+–) 1–0. umji5 – LITTLEBUSTARD, Live Game Caissa's Web, 2004.

   

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