6.Bc4 Nc6 7.a3 Bd6 8.d4 0–0 9.0–0 Re8 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Qe2 b5 12.Ba2 e5 13.de5 Ne5 14.Ne5 Be5 15.Be5 Re5 16.Nf3 Re7 17.Rfd1 Rd7 18.Ne5 Rd1 19.Rd1 Qe7 20.Nf7 Be6 21.Ng5 Ba2 22.Qa2 Kf8 23.Rd4 h6 24.Ne6 Ke8 25.Ng7 Qg7 26.Qe6 Qe7 27.Qc6 1–0. W Labahn – Tain, corr SOK–87–03.

6.Bc4 Bd6 7.a3 0–0 (7...Nbd7 8.Nd4 Be4 9.Nb5=) 8.0–0 (8.d3 Nbd7=) 8...Nbd7 (8...a5 9.b5=) 9.d4 (9.d3 Nb6=) 9...a5 10.b5 Nb6 11.Be2 (11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 Nbd7=) 11...a4 (11...Nbd5 12.Nc3=) 12.Nbd2 Nbd5 (12...Rc8 13.Rc1=) 13.Nc4 Ne4 14.Rc1 Bg4 (14...Qf6 15.Nfe5 Qh4 16.f3+/– (16.Nd6?! cd6 17.Nc4 Qg5=)) 15.Nfd2 Be2= 16.Qe2 Nd2 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Nd6 cd6 19.Qd3 Ra5=+ 20.e4 Rb5 21.ed5 Rb2–/+ 22.de6 fe6 23.Rb1 Rb1 24.Rb1 Qc6 25.h3 Rf5 26.Qe3 Qd5 27.Rb6 e5 28.Qc3 ed4 29.Qc8 Rf8 30.Qb7 Qf5 31.Rb2 Qc5 32.Qb4 d3 33.Rd2 Qb4–+ 34.ab4 Rb8 35.Rd3–/+ Rb4 36.Rd6 a3 37.Ra6 Rb1 38.Kh2 Ra1 39.h4 Kf7 40.g3 a2 41.Kg2=+ h6 42.Kh2 Ke7 43.Kg2 Kd7 44.Kh2 Kc7 45.Kg2 Kb7–/+ 46.Ra3 g6 47.Ra4 Kb6 48.Ra8 Kb5 49.Ra7 Kb4–/+ 50.Ra8 Kb3 51.Rb8 Ka3 52.Ra8 Kb2 53.Rb8 Kc3 54.Rc8 Kd2 55.Rd8 Kc1 56.Rc8 Kb1 57.Rb8 Kc2 58.Rc8 Kd3 59.Rd8 Ke4 60.Re8 Kd4 61.Rd8 Kc5 62.Rc8 Kb5 63.Rb8 Kc4 64.Rc8 Kd5 65.Rd8 Kc6 66.Ra8 Kd6 67.Ra7 Kc5 68.Ra8 h5 69.Ra7 Kb4 70.Ra8 Kb3 71.Rb8 Kc4 72.Rc8 Kd4 73.Rd8 Kc3 74.Rc8 Kd3 75.Rd8 Ke4–/+ 76.Re8 Kd5 77.Rd8 Kc6 78.Ra8 Kd5 79.Rd8–/+ Kc5 80.Rc8 Kd6 81.Ra8 Ke5 82.Re8 Kf5=+ 83.Rf8 Ke6 84.Ra8 Kd7 85.Ra6 Kc7 86.Ra3 Kb6=+ 87.Ra8 Kb5 88.Kf3 Kc4 89.Kg2 Kb3 90.Rb8= Kc2 91.Rc8 Kb2 92.Rb8 Ka3 93.Ra8 Kb4 94.Rb8 Ka5 95.Ra8 Kb6 96.Ra3 Kc7 97.Ra6 Kd7 98.Ra3 Ke7 99.Ra6 Kf7 100.Kf3 Kg7 101.Kf4 Kf7 102.Kg5 Re1 103.Ra2 Re5 104.Kh6 Re6 105.Ra3 Rc6 106.Rf3 Kg8 107.Re3 Kf7 108.Ra3 Rd6 109.f3 Rc6 110.g4 hg4 111.fg4 Rc4 112.Ra7 Kf8 113.Kg5 Kg8 114.Ra6 Kh7 115.Ra7 Kg8 116.Rd7 Rc6 117.Rb7 Kf8 118.Kh6 Rc4 119.Kg5?? Rc6 120.Ra7 Re6 121.Kh6 Re4 122.g5 Rh4 123.Kg6 Rh1 124.Rf7 Kg8 125.Rc7 Kf8 126.Rc8 Ke7 127.Kg7 Ke6 128.g6 Rg1 129.Rc6 Kd5 130.Ra6 Ke5 131.Kf7 Rf1 132.Ke7 Rg1 133.Ra5 Ke4 134.Kf7 Rf1 135.Ke6 Rg1 136.Ra4 Kd3 137.Kf7 Rf1 138.Kg8 Rg1 139.g7 Rg2 140.Ra7 Rf2 141.Rf7 Rc2 142.Kf8 Rc8 143.Ke7 Ke4 144.Rf8 Rc7 145.Kf6 Rc6 1–0. Monkey – crafty, ICC, 1997.

7.0–0 0–0 8.b5 Nbd7 9.d4 Nb6 10.Be2 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfd8 12.a4 c6 13.Ne5+= Qe8 14.bc6 bc6 15.Bf3 Rac8 16.Rc1 c5= 17.dc5 Na4–/+ 18.Bd4 Nc5 19.Nb3 Nfe4 20.Be4 Be4 21.Nc5 Rc5 22.Qg4 Rc1 23.Rc1 Bf5 24.Qe2 a5 25.Nc6 Ra8 26.Qb5 Be4?? 27.Ne7?? Qe7–/+ 28.Qe5 (28...Qf8 29.Qe4+–) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, 1991.

7.0–0 Bb4?! 8.Qa4 Nc6 9.Ne5 Qd6 10.Bb5 Be4 11.d3 0–0 12.de4 Ne5 13.f4 Nc6 14.e5 Qc5 15.ef6 Qe3 16.Kh1 +–. Gross.

7.Qb3 c5 8.a3 Ba5 9.Qb7 Be4! 10.Bb5. Gross.

7.Nd4 0–0 8.Nf5 ef5 9.Qb3 =.

7.Nd4 Bb1 8.Qa4 Qd7 9.Qd7 Nbd7 10.Rb1 Ne4 =+.

8.Ba6! Qb8 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Qb5 0–0 11.Bb7 Nd8 12.Qb4 +/=. Gross.

8.Ba6! Rb8 9.Bb7. Gross.

8.Ba6! Qc8 9.Bb5. Gross.

8.Bb5 Bd6 9.Bc6 bc6 10.Qc6 Ke7 =.

8.Bb5 Qd7? 9.Bc6+– Qc6 10.Qb4 Bg4 11.Qf4 0–0 12.Bf6 Bf5 13.Bb2 Qb6 14.Qd4 Qd4 15.Nd4 Be4 16.Nc3 Bd3 17.Na4 b6 18.Ba3 c5 19.Nb2 Be4 20.f3 Bb7 21.Nb5 Bc6 22.Nc3 Rfd8 23.h4 Rd7 24.Rb1 Rad8 25.d3 e5 26.Ke2 h5 27.Rhg1 f5 28.e4 g6 29.Rbd1 Kf8 30.Nc4 Re8 31.ef5 gf5 32.g4 hg4 33.fg4 Rd4 34.Ne3 f4 35.Nf5 Rd7 36.g5 Kf7 37.g6 Kf6 38.Rg5 Rh8 39.g7 Rg8 40.Rdg1 Bg2 41.R1g2 f3 42.Kf3 Rd3 43.Ke4 Rc3 44.Rg6 Kf7 45.Nh6 (45...Ke8 46.Ng8 Ra3 47.Nf6 Kd8 48.g8Q Kc7 49.Qf7 Kd8 50.Rg8#) 1–0. Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Nittschalk,Karl, Tiger SC, 1999.

8.Bb5 Be4 9.Qb4 Bf3 10.gf3 Qd5 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Ke2 0–0–0 13.Bc6 Qc6 14.Nc3 Rd7 15.Rhc1 Rhd8 16.Ne4 Qa6 17.Ke1 Rg8 18.Ng3 Rd6 19.Rab1 e5 20.Qb5 Qb5 21.Rb5 Rgd8 22.Rc2 c6 23.Ne4 Re6 24.Nc5 Rd5? 25.Rb3 Re7 26.Ke2 f5 27.d3 b6 28.Na4 Kc7 29.Nc3 Rc5 30.Rbb2 f6 31.Nb1 Rd5 32.Nd2 Rg7 33.Rc4 Rgd7 34.Rbc2 c5 35.R2c3 Kc6 36.Rh4 b5 37.Nb3 Kb6 38.Rh6 (38...Rf7 39.e4+–) 1–0. Kreuzer,Martin – Waibel,Ulrich, Schwetzingen, 1994.

8.Bb5 Be7 9.Bc6 bc6 10.Qc6 Kf8 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.d4 g6 13.Nbd2 Bd3 14.Qc3 Ba6 15.Qa5 Bd3? 16.Qa3+– (16...c5 17.Qd3 cd4 18.ed4+– (18.Nd4?! e5+/–)) 1–0. orane – AVITOHOL, caissa.com, 2007.

8.Nd4 Qd6 9.a3 (9.Nc6 bc6 10.a3 Bc5 11.d4 Bb6 12.Nc3; 9.Nf5 ef5 10.Nc3) 9...Bc5 10.Nf5 ef5 11.d4 Bb6 12.Nc3. Gross.

9.Qc6 Nd7 10.e4! Bg6 11.Ne5. Gross.

9.Qc6 Ke7 10.0–0 Bd3 11.Rc1 Bb5 12.Qc7+= Qc7 13.Rc7 Bd7 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Nc6 (better is 15.Ba3 Rhc8 16.Nc6 Ke8 17.Bd6=) ½–½. Trkn – Ggeorge, itsyourturn.com, 2000.

9.Qc6 Ke7 10.Bf6 Kf6 11.e4 Qe8 +–.

9.Qc6 Kf8 10.Bf6 gf6 11.a3 =.

9.a3 Bc5 10.d4 Bb6 11.Ne5 0–0 12.0–0 Ne7–/+ 13.Nd2 c6 14.Be2 Bc7 15.f4 Ne4 16.Ndc4 Qd8 17.Qd1 Be5 18.fe5 Nd5 19.Rc1? Qg5 20.Bf3 Ne3 21.Qe2 Nc4 22.Rc4 Nd2 23.Bc1 Nf3 24.Rf3 Qh5 25.Qf2 b5 26.Rcc3 Be4 27.Rfe3 f5 28.Re1 Bd5 29.Rh3 Qg6 30.Rg3 Qe8 31.h4 b4 32.ab4–/+ a5 33.ba5 Ra5 34.Qf4 Ra2 35.Qg5 Qf7 36.h5 h6 37.Qh6=+ f4 38.Rg6 Qa7–/+ 39.Bf4 Qd4 40.Be3 Qe5–+ 41.Bd2 Qd4 42.Be3 Qc3 43.Rc1 Qf6 44.Rd1 Rf7 45.Qg5 Qg5 46.Rg5 Rf5 47.Rf5 ef5 48.Rd2 Rd2 49.Bd2 Kh7 50.Kf2 Bf7 51.Ke3 Bh5 52.Kd4 Bf7 53.Ke5 Kg6 54.Kf4 Bd5 55.g3 Be4 56.Bc3 Kh6 57.Bd2 g5 58.Ke5 Kh5 (59.Kd4 Kg4–+) 0–1. Ruiz Salinas Berreteaga,R – Lopez Garcia,P, 1987.

9.Nd4 Be4 10.f3 Bb1 11.Rb1 0–0 12.Bc6 bc6 13.Qc6 Rab8 14.Ke2 Rb6 15.Qd6= cd6 16.Rhc1 Rfb8? 17.Bc3 a5 18.Bb4 ab4 19.Nc6 R8b7 20.Rb4 Rc7?? 21.Rb6+– (21...h6 22.a4+–) 1–0. Borrmann,Fritz – Frenzel,Lothar, corr SOK–90–56, 1990.

9.Be5+/– Qc5 10.Nc3. Gross.

7.bc5= Bc5 8.d4 Bd6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.0–0 Rc8 12.Re1 (12.Nb5 Be7=) 12...Ne4 (12...Na5 13.Be2=+) 13.Ne4= Be4 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.Qe2 (15.e4 Qh4 16.Nf3 Qf4=) 15...a6 (15...Qc7 16.f4=) 16.f4 (16…Nb4 17.Qf3=; 16.e4 b5 17.d5 bc4 18.dc6 Bf4=+). Lezcano – Merten,Rainer, corr 3GMM–55, 1995.

8.b5 Qa5! Gross.

8.bc5 Bc5 9.d4 =.

8.Ne5 a6 9.bc5= Bc5 10.Nd7 Nd7 11.Qd1 0–0=+ 12.0–0 Qh4 13.f4 Rac8 14.Be2 Rfd8 15.Nc3 Nf6 16.d4 Bb4 17.Rc1 h5 18.h3 Qg3 19.Rf3=+ Qg6 20.Kh2 h4 21.g4 hg3 22.Rg3 Qh6 23.Bf3 Rc7 24.e4? Bc3–+ 25.ef5 Rd4 26.Qg1? Rd2–+ 27.Rg2 Qf4 28.Kh1 Qf3 (29.Bc3 Rg2 30.Qg2 Rc3 31.Qf3 Rf3 (31...Rc1?! 32.Kg2–/+) 32.fe6 fe6–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/10, 1992.

8.Ne5 cb4 9.d3 =+.

9.d4 Qb6 =.

9.d4 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qb3. Gross.

9.d4 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rc1 Nb6 12.Qb5 Nc4 13.Qc4 Rc8 –/+.

9.d4 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nbd2 Nb6=+ 12.Qb3 Nc4 13.Nc4 b6 14.Ncd2 Ne4 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Rc8 Qc8 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Qc4 Nd6 19.Qc7 Rc8 20.Qb7 Rc1 21.Bc1 Nb7 22.e4 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/01, 1992.

9.d4 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Bb5 Rfd8 13.Bc3 a6=+ 14.Bd7 Rd7 15.Nbd2 Bd3 16.Rfc1 Rc7 17.Ne5 Bb5 18.Qa5 Qd6=+ 19.a3 Rac8 20.Bb2? b6–+ 21.Qb4 Rc1 22.Rc1 Rc1 23.Bc1 Qc7 24.Qb2=+ Nd5 25.h3 Nc3=+ 26.Nb3 Ne2 27.Kh1 Nc1 28.Nc1 Qd6 29.Qc2 f6 30.Qc8= Bf8 31.Ned3 Qc6 32.Qc6 Bc6=+ 33.Nb4 Bb7 34.Ncd3 a5 35.Nc2 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/12, 1992.

8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.h3 Rc8 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Ng6+= hg6 13.f4 Nb6 14.Be2 Nfd5 15.Rf2 Be7 16.a3 Bf6 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Rc1 Rfd8 19.Bf3 Nc3 20.Bc3+= Nd5 21.Bf6 Qf6 22.Qa4 b6 23.Bd5 ed5 24.f5 gf5= 25.Rcf1 g6 26.Qa7 Ra8=+ 27.Qc7 Ra3 28.g4 d4–/+ 29.gf5 de3 30.de3 Qg5 31.Kh2= Re3 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/14, 1992.

9.d4 Rc8 10.Nbd2 0–0 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Ne4 Be4 13.Nd2 Bg6 14.a4 Bf6 15.Nf3 Nb6 16.Be2 Re8 17.Qb3 Qd5= 18.Qd5 Nd5 19.Ba1 cd4 20.Bd4 Bd4 21.Nd4 Nc3 22.Bf3 Be4?? 23.Rc3!+– Rc3 24.Be4 Re7 25.Ra1 Rec7 26.g3 Rc1 27.Rc1 Rc1 28.Kg2 Rc7 29.Kf3 g6 30.Kg2 f5? 31.Ne6 Re7 32.Bd5 Kh8 33.Nd4 (33...Kg7 34.Kf3+–; 33.f3!? b6+–) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxv/08, 1994.

9.d4 Rc8 10.h3 cd4 11.Qd4 e5 12.Qc3 –/+.

9.d4 Rc8 10.h3 h6 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 0–0 13.Nbd2 Nb6 14.a4?? c4–+ 15.Qc2 c3! 16.Bc3 Nbd5 17.e4 Nc3 18.Qd3 Qa5 19.Rfc1 Rc7 20.Ne5 Rfc8?? 21.Nec4+= Nce4 22.Na5 Rc1 23.Rc1 Rc1 24.Kh2?? Rh1!!–+ 25.Kh1 Nf2 (26.Kh2 Nd3 27.Nb7 Nd5–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxv/06, 1994.

9.h3 0–0 10.a4 =.

9.h3 h6 10.d4= 0–0 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.a4 b6 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Bd3 Bd3 16.Qd3 Bf6 17.Red1 Qe7 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Qe2 cd4 20.Bd4 Rc1 21.Rc1 Bd4 22.Nd4+= Qa3 23.Qc4 Nc5= 24.Nc6 Ra8 25.Rd1 Qa4 26.Qa4 Na4 27.Ra1 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxv/04, 1994.

7.Qb3 b5 8.Be2 Qd5 9.Qd5 Nd5 10.a3 a5 11.ba5 Ra5 12.Nc3 Nc3 13.dc3 Nd7 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.Nf5 ef5 16.0–0 f6 17.Rfd1 Bc5 18.Ra2 Ke7=+ 19.Kf1 Ra4 20.Rda1 Rd8 21.Ke1 Nd3 22.Bd3 Rd3 23.Rd1 Rd1 24.Kd1 Ke6 25.Kc2 f4 26.ef4 Bf2 27.Bc1 Bg1 28.h3 Bh2 29.Kd3 Bf4 30.Re2 Be5–+ 31.Bb2 Kd5 32.g4 Rf4 33.Bc1 Rf1 34.Be3 Rf3 35.Kc2 Rh3 (36.Bd2 g5–+) 0–1. Hilton,Stephen (1835) – Hanison,Bernard (1855), A035 SEMI, 2002.

7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.d4 0–0 10.Rc1 Nb6 11.Be2 a5 12.a3 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Ba1 Nbd5 15.b5 Qb6 16.Nbd2 cb5 17.Bb5 Nc7 18.Bc4 Qb3 19.Bb3 Ncd5 20.Bb2 Ra8 21.Ne5 h6 22.Kf1 Ne4 23.Ke2= Nd2 24.Kd2 f6 25.Nc4 Bb4 26.Ke2 Bg6 27.Nd2 Be8 28.Ne4 Bb5 29.Kf3 Bc6 30.Nc5 Bc5 31.Rc5 f5 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.f3 Ke7 34.Kd2 Ra6 35.Bc1 g5 36.h3 Nb4 37.Bb2 Kd6 38.Bc4 Ra8 39.Bb3 Ra7 40.Rc4 Nd5 41.Rc1 h5 42.Bd5 ed5 43.g3 Bb5 44.Ra1 Ra1–/+ 45.Ba1 h4 46.gh4=+ gh4 47.Ke1 f4 48.Bb2 fe3 49.Bc1 Bd7 50.Be3 Bh3 51.Bg5 Bg2 52.Bh4 Bf3 53.Kd2 Be4 54.Kc3 Kc7 55.Kb4 Kb6 56.Bf6 Bb1 57.Bh8 Kc6 58.Be5 Bf5 59.Bh8 (59.Kb3 Kb5=+) ½–½. Poschmann,Hans – Coltharp,Cameron, IECC, 1999.

7.Nd4 Be4 8.0–0 Bb4 9.Qb3 Qe7 10.d3 Bg6 11.Nc2 (11.Rc1 e5 12.Nc2 Bd6–/+) 11...Bd6–/+ 12.Bf6 gf6 (12...Qf6 13.Qb7 Bh2 14.Kh2 Qe5 15.f4 Qh5 16.Kg1+–) 13.Nd2? (better is 13.d4–/+) 13...b5–+ 14.Bb5 cb5 15.Qb5 Nd7 16.e4 0–0 17.Nd4 (17.Nc4 Ne5 18.Ne5 fe5–+) 17...Bh2! 18.Kh1 (18.Kh2 Qd6) 18...Qd6 19.N2f3 Be5 20.Ne5 (20.Rac1 Bd4 21.Rc6 Qa3 22.Nd4 Ne5–+ (22...Qa2?! 23.Rc2 Qa3 24.Ne6 fe6 25.Qd7–+)) 20…Ne5 (21.f4 Qd4 22.fe5 fe5–+; 20...Qd4?! 21.Nd7 Rfd8 22.Nc5=; 20...fe5 21.Nf3–+) 0–1. Gool,Pv – Keizer,J, corr NLD saldo, 1994.

8.Be2 a5 9.ba5 Ra5 =.

8.Be2 a5 9.Qb3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Ba1 Qd5 12.Qb2 Qe4 13.0–0 (13...Qb4 14.Qc1–/+) –/+. hal1958 – Orlok, ACL–T055 playchess.de, 2003.

8.0–0 0–0 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.f5 ef5 12.Nf5 Re8 13.Qb3 Bf8 14.Nh4 Bh5 15.Rf5 Re4 16.Rh5 Rc4 17.Qc4 Nh5 18.Nf3 Qe7 19.Nc3 Ne5 20.Ne5+= Qe5 21.Rf1 Qe6 22.Qe6 fe6 23.Ne4 a5 24.g4 Nf6 25.Bf6 gf6 26.Nf6+/– Kg7 27.Nd7 Be7 28.Nc5 ab4 29.ab4 e5 30.Rb1 Ra2+= 31.d3 b6 32.Ne4 Ra3 33.b5 c5 34.Kf2 Rd3 35.Kf3 Kg6 36.Ra1 Rb3 37.Ra7+= Bh4 38.Nd6 Bg5= 39.Nc4 Bf6 40.Nd6 Bg5 41.Nc4 Bf6 42.Nb6 Rb5 43.Nd7 Bg7 44.h4 h5= 45.Ra6 Kh7 46.gh5 Rb4 47.e4 c4 48.Rc6 Rb3 49.Kg4 c3 50.Kf5 Bh6?? 51.Nf6 Kg7 52.Rc7 Kf8 53.Kg6 Bd2 54.Rf7# 1–0. Kosikov,Alexey I (2420) – Babiy,Petr, Kurass mem op 1st, 2002.

8.0–0 b5 9.Be2 =.

8.Nd4 Be4 =.

8.d4 b5 9.Be2 =+.

8.d4 Qe7 9.b5= 0–0 (9...a6 10.b6=) 10.Ba3 cb5 11.Bb5 (11.Bd6 Qd6 12.Qb5 Nbd7=) 11...a6 12.Be2 b5 13.Bd6 Qd6 14.Na3 (14.a4 ba4 15.Qa4 Rc8=) 14...Nc6 (14...Rc8 15.0–0=+) 15.0–0 Rfc8 16.Rac1 Be4 17.Nd2 (17.Rfd1 Bd5 18.Qb2 Nb4=+) 17...Bd5 18.Qb2 Qb4 (18...e5 19.Rfd1=+) 19.Nb3= Na5 (19...Ne4 20.f3 Nf6 21.Bd3=) 20.Nc2 Qa4 21.Na5 Qa5 22.Nb4 Bb7 (22...Be4 23.Bd3=) 23.f3 (23.Bd3 Be4=) 23...Nd5 24.Nd5 Bd5 25.a3 Qd8 26.Rc5 (26.Bd3 Qg5 27.f4 Qf6=) 26...Rc5=+ 27.dc5 Rc8 (27...Qg5 28.e4 Bc4 29.Bc4 Qc5 30.Kh1 Qc4 31.Rd1–/+) 28.Rc1 h6 (28...Qg5 29.e4 Bc4 30.Bc4 Qc5 31.Kh1–/+) 29.Kf2 (29.e4 Bc6=) 29...Qh4=+ 30.g3?? (better is 30.Kg1=+) 30...Qh2–+ 31.Ke1 Qg3 32.Kd2 Bf3 33.Qd4 (33.Bf3 Rd8 34.Kc2 Qf3–+) 33…Qg2 (34.Re1 e5–+) 0–1. Bodin,Stefan – Naeslund,Mikael, Kristallen KM, 1994.

8.Nd4 Be4 9.Nc3 Bg2 10.Rg1 =.

7.Qa4 c6 8.Qb3 Bc4 9.Qc4 Qd5 10.Qh4 Nbd7=+ 11.0–0 Qe4 12.Qe4= Ne4 13.d3 Nef6 14.a3 Be7 15.Nbd2 0–0 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Nb3 Nd5 18.Rc2 f6 19.d4 Rdc8 20.Rfc1 Kf7 21.b5 N7b6 22.bc6+/– Rc6 23.Rc6 bc6 24.Rc6 Na4 25.Bc1 Rb8 26.Nfd2 Rb6 27.Rc8 Ndc3 28.Kf1 Na2 29.Rc7 a6 30.Na5 Kf8 31.Nc6 Bd6 32.Rc8+– Kf7 33.Nc4 Rb1 34.Nd6 Kg6 35.Ne7 Kh5 36.Rh8 h6 37.Ne8 Rc1 38.Ke2 N4c3 39.Kf3 e5 40.Ng7 Kg5 41.h4! Kh4 42.Rh6 Kg5 43.Rh5# 1–0. Dlugolecki,Grzegorz – Navarro,Rodolfo, UECC, 1999.

8.Qc4 Nc6 9.b5 Na5 10.Qa4+= b6 11.0–0 Be7 12.Nc3 0–0 13.Rac1 Qd6 14.Ne4+/– (White gets strong initiative) 14...Ne4 15.Qe4 f6 16.Nd4 e5 17.Nf5+– Qb4 18.Qd5 Kh8 19.Rc7 Rad8 20.Qe6 Bd6 21.Rg7 Nc4 22.Rg8! Rg8 23.Qf6 Rg7 24.Qg7 (24.Ng7?! Rf8 25.Qg5 Nb2+= (< 25...Qb2 26.Ne6 e4 27.Nf8 Bf8 28.Qf5+–)) 1–0. Kossobudzki,Robert – Weber,Krzysztof, corr 2. AMM Poland, 1993.

8.Qc4 Nc6 9.b5 Na5 10.Qa4+= b6 11.Bc3 a6 12.Ba5 ba5 13.ba6 Qd7 14.Qa5 Bd6 +/–.

8.Qc4 Nc6 9.b5 Na5 10.Qa4+= b6 11.Bc3 Nb7 +=.

8.Qc4 Nc6 9.b5 Na5 10.Qa4+= b6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.0–0 0–0 13.d4 Qd6 14.Ne5 Qb4 15.Qc2 c6 16.bc6+/– Rfc8 17.Ne2 Ne8 18.Bc3 Qa3 19.Bb2 Qd6 20.Qa4 f6 21.Nc4 Nc4 22.Qc4 Rc6 23.Qb3 Rac8 24.Rfc1 Rc1 25.Rc1 Rc1 26.Nc1 Nc7 27.Nd3 a5 28.Kf1 Qc6 29.Qc3 Qb5 30.Ke2 Qh5–/+ 31.f3 Qh2 32.Nf4? Bd6–+ 33.Ba3 Bf4 34.ef4 Qg2 35.Ke1 Qg3 (36.Ke2 Qh2 37.Ke1 Qa2–+) 0–1. Kozun,Piotr (1800) – Piszcz,Kazimierz (1800), corr 1. AMM Poland, 1991.

8.Qc4 Nc6 9.b5 Nb4 10.0–0 =.

8.Qc4 Qd5 9.Qd5 Nd5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nc3 12.Bc3 f6 13.0–0 Nb6 14.d4 Be7 15.e4 Na4 16.Rac1 Nc3 (17.Rc3 c6+=). Brinkmann,Wilhelm – Velker, corr ICCF, 1997.

8.Qc4 Nbd7 9.0–0 =.

8.Qc4 Nbd7 9.a3 Nb6 10.Qc2 Rc8 =.

8.Qc4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 a6 10.a3 =.

8.Qc4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.d4 Nb6 12.Qb3 Nbd5 13.a3 Nc3 14.Qc3 c6 15.Rfe1 Ne4 16.Qc2 Qd5 17.Nd2 Nd2 18.Qd2 f5 19.Qe2 Rf6 20.e4 fe4=+ 21.Qe4 Raf8 22.Qd5= cd5 23.Re2 Bd6 24.g3 h5 25.Rae1 Rf3 26.Rf1 Kf7= 27.Kg2 Ke7 28.Bc1 Kd7 29.Be3 R3f7 30.Rc2 Rc8 31.Rfc1 Rc2 32.Rc2 Rf8 33.Kh3 Be7 34.Bf4 Rc8 35.Rc8= Kc8 36.g4 hg4 37.Kg4 Bf6 38.Be3 Kc7 39.f4 Kc6 40.f5 ef5 41.Kf5 Kb5 42.Kg6 Kc4 43.h4? Bh4–+ 44.Kg7 Be1 45.Kf7 Bc3 46.Ke6 Bd4 47.Bc1 Bc3 48.b5 d4 49.a4 d3 50.Kd6 Ba5 51.Kd7 Kb4 52.Kc8 Ka4 53.Kb7 Bb6 54.Kc6 Kb3 (55.Bf4 Kc2–+) 0–1. De Visser,Arno – Alleman, 1982.

7.a3 a5 8.Nd4 Bg6 9.b5 =.

7.Qa4 a5 8.b5 Nb6 –/+.

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 (41...Rc8 42.Nc5 bc5 43.Kf3+–) 1–0. Gurgenidze,Bukhuti – Privorotsky, Tallinn, 1968.

7.b5 Bb4 8.0–0 0–0 9.d4 Nb6 10.Be2 h6 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Qb3 Be7 13.Rac1 Qd5= 14.Bc4 Nc4 15.Rc4 Ne4 16.Rfc1 Bd6 17.a4 Bg6 18.h3 Rfe8 19.Ba3+= Red8 20.Bd6 Qd6 21.Qd1 Bh5?? 22.Ne4+– (22...Qb6 23.Ng3 Bf3 24.Qf3+– (< 24.gf3 e5+–)) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxv/02, 1993.

7.b5 Nb6 8.Be2 =+.

7.Nd4!? Bb4?! 8.Nf5 ef5 9.Bf7! Gross.

7.Nd4 Nb6 8.Bb5 c6 9.Nc6 bc6 10.Bc6 Nbd7 11.Ba8 Qa8 12.f3 –/+.

7.Nd4 Bg4 8.Qb3 Be7 9.h3 Bh5= 10.0–0 c5 11.bc5 Nc5 12.Qb5 Nfd7 13.Bc3 0–0 14.f4 a6 15.Qb2 Bf6 16.a4 Qc8 17.a5 Ne4 18.Qb3 Ndc5 19.Qc2 Ng3 20.Rc1= Re8 21.Kh2 Nge4= 22.d3 Nc3 23.Qc3 e5 24.fe5= Re5 25.Qd2 Qc7 26.Kh1 Rae8 (27.Nc3 Qd6=+). Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/04, 1991.

8.Bb5 c6 =.

8.Be2 Bd6 =.

8.0–0 0–0 9.d3 c5 =.

8.0–0 0–0 9.Be2 c5=+ 10.bc5 Nc5 11.Ne1 Qb6 12.Bf6= gf6 13.Nc3 Rfd8 14.d4= Ne4 15.Ne4 Be4 16.Bf3 Bg6 17.Be2 Rac8 18.f4 Bc2?? 19.Nc2+– Qb3 20.Bd3 Rc3 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Qh4 Rd3 23.Qf6 (23...Kg8 24.Qd8 Kg7 25.Ne1 Ba3 26.Qg5 Kf8 27.Nd3 Qd3 28.Qd8 Kg7 29.Rf3+–) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, 1991.

8.d4 0–0 9.0–0 Nd5 =.

8.d4 0–0 9.Nbd2 a5 10.b5 =+.

8.d4 0–0 9.Nbd2 c6 10.0–0= a5 11.ba5 Qa5=+ 12.Re1 Ne4 13.Ne4 Be4 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.e4 Rfd8 16.e5 Be7=+ 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.Qb3 Nc4–/+ 19.Qc4 Qa4 20.Qc3 Rd5 21.Rec1 Rb5 22.Ra2 Rb3 23.Qc4?? Qc4 24.Rc4 Bb1 (25.Rc6 bc6–+; 24...Ba3?! 25.Ra3 Rba3 26.Ba3 Ra3 27.h3–/+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/04, 1992.

8.0–0 c5!

8.d4 0–0 9.0–0 c6 =.

8.d4 0–0 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Bd3 =.

8.d4 0–0 9.Nc3 h6 10.0–0 c6 11.Ne2 Nb6 12.Bb3 a5 13.ba5 Ra5 14.Ne5 Nbd5 15.Qc1 Qb6 16.Bc2 Bc2 17.Qc2 Qa6 18.Nd3 Ra8 19.Nc5 Bc5–/+ 20.dc5 Nd7 21.e4 Rc5 (22.Qd2 N5f6–/+) 0–1. Pagni,Carlo Alberto – Velker, corr th, 1990.

8.d4 Nb6 9.Bd3 =.

9.d4 a5 10.b5 Nb6 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 a4 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.e4+= Be7 15.Rfd1 h6 16.Rac1 Re8 17.Ne2 Nfd7 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Rd3 Bf6 20.Rc3 e5 21.Rc7 ed4 22.Rc8 Nc8 23.Nfd4 Ncb6 24.f4 g6 25.e5+– Bg7 26.Qe4 Qb8 27.Rc2 Nf6 28.Qf3 Nfd5 29.Qg3 Qa7 30.Rc5 Ne7 31.Nc3 Nbd5? 32.Rd5 Nd5 33.Nd5 Rd8 34.Ne7 Kf8? 35.Qe3 Qa5 36.Bc3 Qc7 37.Ng6! fg6 38.Ne6 (38...Kg8 39.Nc7 Rd1 40.Kf2+–) 1–0. b4_player – opponent, gamecolony.com, 2007.

9.d4 Nb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.b5 =+.

9.d4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Rc1 c6 13.Bc2 Nd2 14.Qd2 Nc4 15.Qc3 Nb2 16.Qb2 Bg4 17.Ne5 Be5= 18.de5 Qg5 19.f4 Qh4 20.h3 Bh5 21.Be4 Rad8 22.Qc2 Bg6 23.Bg6 hg6 (23...fg6 24.Qc4 Rd5 25.e4+/–) ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxi/12, 1991.

9.d4 Nb6 10.Bd3 =.

9.Nd4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bd3=+ 11.Ne2 Bd6 12.f4 Qe7 13.Bc2= Bc2 14.Qc2 e5 15.Nbc3 Nc4 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.Qc4 Nf6 18.Rf3 Rad8 19.Raf1 e4 20.Rg3 Qe6 21.Bf6+/– Qf6 22.Qe4 c6 23.Nd4 Rfe8 24.Qc2 Bc7 25.Nf5 g6 26.Nh6 Kh8 27.Ng4 Qg7 28.d4 f6 29.Rh3 h5? 30.f5+– Kg8 31.fg6 hg4 32.Rh7 Bh2 33.Kh2 Qf8 34.Qf2 Qd6 35.g3 Rf8?? 36.Qf5 Qd5 37.Qg4 Rfe8 38.Qh4 (38...Qa2 39.Kg1 Qh2 40.Kh2 f5 41.Qf6 Rd4 42.Qg7#) 1–0. Mielke,Sven – Braje,Monika, Wichern op 4th, 1997.

9.Nd4 Nb6 10.Be2 Bg6 =.

8.Be2 Nbd5 9.a3 =.

8.Be2 Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.f4 Qd5 12.a3 a5 13.b5 Qb3 14.Nb3 a4 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.f5 Bf5 17.Nf5 ef5 18.Rf5 Ne4 19.Bd4 Nd6 20.Rf2 c5 21.bc6 Rc6 22.Nc3 Nbc4 23.Bf3 Rcc8 24.Nd5 Bd8 25.d3 Na5 26.Nb6 (Better is 26.Rd1!?+/–) ½–½. Mielke,Sven – Nussbaecher,Andreas (2165), Crailsheim op, 2000.

8.Be2 h6 9.0–0 Bd6 =.

8.Be2 h6 9.d4 Qd5 10.b5 =+.

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 Nd5 16.Ne4 Be4 17.Nd2 Bg6 18.f4 Qe7 19.b5= cb5 20.Bb5 Bd6 21.Be2 Rfd8 22.Bf3 Nb4 23.Be4 Be4 24.Ne4 Nc6 25.Nd6+= Qd6 26.Rc5 Qd7 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?? 36.Qa3+– Rc2 37.Re7 Rg2 38.Kg2 Qd2 39.Kg3 Qe1 40.Kg4 Qe2 41.Kh4 g6 42.Re8 (42...Kh7 43.Rh8#) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/09, 1993.

8.a3 a6 =.

8.bc5 Nc5 9.Qb5 Nfd7 =+.

9.Be2 Bd6 10.0–0 =+.

9.Be2 Bd6 10.d3 =.

9.Be2 Be7 10.d3= 0–0 11.0–0 Nbd5 12.Rc1 =.

9.Be2 Be7 10.d3 0–0 11.0–0 Nfd5 12.a3 Bf6 13.d4 Rc8 14.Nbd2 cd4 15.Nd4 Bd4 16.Bd4=+ Bc2 17.Qa2 Nc3 18.Bc3 Rc3 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Nd4 e5 21.Nf3 Ba4 22.Rab1 Qc5 23.Rb4 Rd8 24.Ng5 Qe7 25.Ne4 Rc2–/+ 26.Rb2 Re2! 27.Re2 Bb5 28.Ree1 h6 29.Rc1 Bf1 30.Rf1 Rd3 31.Ra1 Qd7 32.Qc2 Qd5–+ 33.f3 Nc4 34.Rc1 Ne3 35.Qc8 Kh7 36.Rc5 Rd1 37.Kf2 Rd2! 38.Kg3 Rg2 39.Kh3 Rh2! 40.Kg3 Rg2 41.Kh3 Qd1 (42.Qg8 Kg8 43.Nf6 gf6 44.Rc8 Kg7 45.Rg8 Kg8 46.Kh4 Qh1#; 41...Qa2 42.Rc2 Rc2 43.Nf2 Rf2 44.Qf5 Nf5 45.Kg4 Qc4 46.f4 Qf4 47.Kh3 Qf3#) 0–1. Bennett,Hilton Pethrie (2200) – Kang Chuanqi (2310), World Cities–ch 2nd, 1999.

9.Be2 Be7 10.d3= 0–0 11.0–0 Nfd5 12.Nbd2 Bf6 13.a4 Nd7 14.Rfe1 Bg6 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Nfd2 Red8 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Bb2 a6 21.ba6+= ba6 22.a5 Rb8= 23.Qa4 N5f6 24.f3 Nd5 25.Qa3 e5 26.Bd1 Bh4 27.g3 Be7 28.f4 Nb4 29.Bf3 f5 30.Ned2 ef4 31.gf4 Bf7 32.Re2 Be6 33.Rg2 Bf6 34.Be2 Bb2 35.Qb2 Nf8 36.Qa3 Ng6 37.Rg3 Rb5 38.Bf1 Qe7 39.Rb1 Bd5 40.Nb6 Nc2 41.Nd5 Na3 42.Ne7= Ne7 43.Rb5 ab5 44.e4 Nc2 45.Nb3+= Ra8 46.Nc5 Ra5= 47.Ne6 g6 48.Rg2 Ne3 49.Re2 Nd1 50.Rc2 Ra1=+ 51.Rc7 Kf7 52.Nd4 b4 53.Nb3 Ra3=+ 54.Nd4 b3 55.Nc6= b2 56.Re7 ½–½. Nemec,Zdenek (1800) – Moser,Reto (1800), EM/O/131 ICCF, 2003.

9.Be2 Be7 10.d3 0–0 11.0–0 Nfd5 12.Re1 Bg6 =.

9.Be2 Be7 10.d3 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Nbd2 =.

8.Nc3 0–0 9.d4 Qe7 10.a3= c6 11.h3 b6 12.0–0 e5 13.Rfe1 Bg6 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Bf1 Bh5= 16.g4 e4 17.gh5 ef3 18.e4 Nh5 19.e5 Qg5 20.Kh1 Ndf6 21.Ne4 Ne4+= 22.Re4 Qf5 23.Rg4 Nf4? 24.Qf3+– (24...Be5 25.de5 Rd1 26.Qd1+–) 1–0. Kmet,Artjom (2230) – Korolyov,Aleksey, RUS–ch U18 Dagomys, 2004.

8.Nc3 a6 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.h3 =.

8.d3 0–0 =.

8.d4 Qe7 9.a3 0–0 10.Ne5 Be5 11.de5 Ng4 12.f4 Nb6 13.Be2=+ Qh4 14.g3 Qh6 15.Nd2 Qg6 16.Bf3 Bc2 17.Qa2?? Ne3 18.Bd4 Qd3–+ 19.Bb6 cb6 20.Be4?? Ng2!! 21.Bg2 Qe3 (22.Kf1 Bd3#) 0–1. Massana – Agree, MCC, 1983.

8.0–0 0–0 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Be2= Nbd5 11.a3 h6 12.d3+= Bg6 13.Ne5 Bh7 14.Rac1 Bd6 15.Nc4 c6 16.Nd6 Qd6 17.Nd5 Qd5 18.Qd1 Qd8 19.e4 Qe7 20.Qb3 Rad8 21.f4 Rfe8 22.Rf3 Bg6 23.Rg3 Kf8 24.Qc3 Rd7 25.h4 Red8+= 26.h5 Bh5= 27.Bh5 Nh5 28.Rg7 Ng7 29.Qg7 Ke8 30.Bf6 Qf8 31.Qf8 ½–½. Laurent,Rudolf (1690) – Nguyen,Martin (1605), 2001.

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 (White gets in control) 43...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.

8.0–0 0–0 9.d4 Rc8 10.Nbd2 c6=+ 11.bc6 Rc6 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.Qb3 Rfc8 14.d5 ed5=+ 15.Bd5 Nd5 16.Qd5 Be6 17.Qd4 Qd4–/+ 18.Nd4 Rc1 19.Bc1 Ba2 20.Bb2 a6 21.Ra1–/+ Bd5 22.e4 Bc6 23.Nf5 Bf8 24.Rc1 f6 25.f3 Rd8 26.Nc4 Nc5–+ 27.Na5 Nd3 28.Nc6 bc6 29.Rc2? Rb8 (30.Bc1 Rb1 31.Rc6 a5–+; 29...Nb2?! 30.Rb2 g6 31.Ng3–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/27, 1993.

8.0–0 0–0 9.Be2 a6 =.

8.0–0= Nc5 9.d4 Nce4 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.Qb3 Nd6 12.Bd3= Nd5 13.e4 Nf4 14.e5 Bh4 15.ed6 Qd6 16.f3 Nd3 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Qc4 Rd8 19.Nd2 Be7 20.a4 Qb4 21.Qb4 Bb4 22.Ne4 0–0 23.Rac1 Ba5 24.Nc5 Bb6 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+= (36...e5 37.Rd8 Be8 38.Rc8+–) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/16, 1992.

8.Nh4 Bg4 9.Be2 Be2=+ 10.Qe2 0–0 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.0–0 Qd7 13.a4 a6 14.Ne5= Qd6 15.d4+= Nb3 16.Ra3 Na5= 17.Bc3 Qb6 18.Ra2 c6? 19.Qe1+– Bd8 20.Bb4 cb5 21.Bf8 Kf8 22.ab5 Qb5+/– 23.Nc3 Qb4 24.Ra4 Qd6 25.Qa1 Nc6 26.Nb5 Qd5 27.Nc3 Qd6 28.Nc6 Qc6 29.Ra2 Nd5 30.Nd5 Qd5 31.Rc2 g6 32.Qa3 Be7 33.Qb2 a5 34.Rc7 Bb4 (35.Rfc1 b5+=). Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiv/29, 1993.

10.Ne7? Nb2 11.Qb3 Nd3 12.Ke2 Ne4 –+ (12...Qe7?! 13.Qd3 0–0 14.Qa3=+; 12...Ke7?! 13.Qa3 Qd6 14.Qd6 Kd6 15.Kd3=+).

10.Ne7? Nb2 11.Qb3 Qe7?! 12.Qb2 e5 13.0–0 =+.

10.Ne7? Ke7?! 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Qf3 +=.

10.Ne7? Qe7?! 11.Bc3 =.

10.Ng7 Kf8 11.Bc3 =+.

8.0–0 Bb4 9.d3 Bd5 =+.

8.0–0 Bb4 9.Be6?? c5?? 10.Bd7=+ Qd7 (Black gets the initiative) 11.Nb3 c4 12.Bf6=+ gf6 13.Nd4 Bc5 14.Nc3 Bd3 15.Nde2 0–0–0 16.a4 Rhg8 17.g3 h5–/+ 18.Re1 h4 19.Nf4 hg3 20.fg3 Bf5 21.Ncd5 Qc6 22.Nc3 Bg4 23.Qc2 Rg5 24.Rf1 Bf5 25.Qb2 Rgg8 26.Rf2 Rh8 27.Raf1 Be7?? 28.Nfd5!+– Rd5 29.Nd5 Qd5 30.Rf5 Qd3 31.Rf6?? Bf6+= 32.Qf6 Qh7 33.Qf5 ½–½. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/14, 1992.

8.0–0 Bb4 9.Be6?? fe6 10.Ne6 Qb8 –+.

8.0–0 Nb6 9.Bb3 Bb4–/+ 10.d3 Bg6 11.Ba4 Nbd7 12.Qb3=+ Be7 13.e4 0–0 14.Bd7= Qd7 15.Nd2 c5 16.N4f3 Rfd8 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Rac1 Nd7 19.Ndc4 Rac8 20.f4 f6 21.Ng6= hg6 22.Ne3 Qb6 23.Qc2 c4 24.d4 Qa6 25.Ba1 b5 26.f5 gf5–/+ 27.ef5 e5 28.Nd5 Ba3 29.Rcd1 Qb7 30.Ne7?? Be7–+ (31.Bc3 b4–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/16, 1992.

8.0–0 Nb6 9.Bb5 c6 10.d3 Bd5 =+.

8.f3!? Bb1 9.Rb1 Bb4 10.Ne6 fe6 11.Bf6 Bd2 12.Qd2 Qf6 13.Qc2 =+.

8.f3!? Bg6 9.Qa4 =+.

10.0–0 Bd3 11.Nf8 Rf8 12.Re1 –+.

10.Nc3 Bd3 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Nf4 Bc4 13.Qc2 Bb4 14.d3 Bf7 15.0–0 0–0 16.Nb5 c6 17.Nd4 Nbd5 18.Nfe2 Bd6 19.a3 Ng4 20.h3 Ngf6 21.Rac1 Qd7 22.Qd2 Rad8 23.e4 Ne7 24.Nf3 Ng6?? 25.e5–/+ Be5 26.Be5 Qd3 (Black creates threats along the open d–file) 27.Qd3 Rd3 28.Bf6 gf6 29.Rb1 b6 30.Ra1 Re8 31.Ng3 (31.Nc1 Rd5–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxiii/02, 1992.

10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Ne4 Nd3 12.Ke2 Ne4 13.Bg7 Bg7 14.Ng7 Kf8 15.Rf1 Nef2 16.Rf2 Nf2 17.Qc2 Kg7 18.Qc3 Kg6 19.Kf2 Rf8 20.Kg1 –+.

11.Nf4 Bb4 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qd5 +–.

12.a3 Bd6 –/+.

12.e4! Bb4 13.e5 Nd5 14.e6! +=.

12.e4! Nb6 13.e5?! Nfd5!

12.e4 Nb6 13.Bf6–/+ gf6 14.a3 Bd6 15.Qf3 Qd7 –+.

12.e4 Nb6 13.Bf6–/+ gf6 14.Nc3 Qd7 15.Nh5 0–0–0 16.Nf6 Qd2 17.Qg4 Nd7 18.Rac1 Qd6 19.Nb5 Qf6 20.Rc7 Kb8 21.Rd7 Rd7 22.Qd7 Qc6?? 23.Qd8+– Qc8 24.Qf6 Bb4 25.Qf7 Ba5 26.a4 a6 27.Nd6 Qc6 28.Rb1 (28...Ka8 29.Qb7 Qb7 30.Rb7+– (30.Nb7?! Rb8+=)) 1–0. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/18, 1992.

12.e4 Nb6 13.Bf6–/+ gf6 14.Nh5 Qe6–+ 15.Qf3 0–0–0 16.Qf6 Qf6 17.Nf6 Bg7 18.e5 Bf6 19.ef6 Nd5 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Rad1 Rd3 22.f3 Rhd8 23.Rf2?? Nd5 24.Ne4 Nb4 25.Rb1 a5 26.Rb2 Ba2 (27.f4 Bd5–+; 26...Na2?! 27.Nc5–+) 0–1. Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, xxii/20, 1992.

12.e4 Bd6!? 13.Nd3 Bc4 –+ (13...Ne4?! 14.Re1 =).

8.a3 c5 9.bc5 Bc5 =+.

8.Qb3?! Nb6 9.Bb5 c6 10.Nc6 bc6 11.Bc6 Nbd7 12.Ba8 Qa8 13.0–0 Be7 14.d4 0–0. A de Visser – Graaf, 1984.

8.Qb3?! c5!

8.Qb3?! Bd6 9.0–0 0–0 10.Be6!

8.b5 Bd6 9.d3 =+.

9.0–0 Nd3 10.Bc3 =+.

9.0–0 e5 10.Nf3 Bd3 11.Ne5!? Bf1 12.Bf7 –+.

9.d3? e5! 10.Nf3 Nd3 –+.

10.d3 0–0 11.e4 Be5 12.Ne6 Bh2 13.Kh2 Ne6 unclear.

10.d3= Nfd7 =.

11.Nb3!? Qh4 12.g3 =.

11.Re1 0–0 12.e4 Nf4 13.Re3 unclear (13.g3!?). Gross.

11.Re1 Nb4 12.e4! Gross.

11.e4 Nb6! 12.Na3? Nca4! –+ 13.Qb3 Nb2 14.Qb2 Ba3 15.Qa3 Qd4. Gross.

11.e4 Nb6! 12.Nd2 Nca4 13.Qc2 (13.Ne6 Bh2!) 13...Nb2 14.Qb2 Qf6 15.N2f3 Nc4 16.dc4 Be4 –+. Gross.

11.e4 Nb6! 12.e5? Nc4!–+. Gross.

11.Nf3 Nb6! 12.Bg7 Rg8 13.Bb2 Nc4 14.dc4 Bd3 –+. Gross.

12.Ba3 Nc4 13.dc4 Qh4 –/+.

12.a4 0–0 13.Ra3 e5 14.Nf3 e4 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Be5 Nc4 17.dc4 Nd3 18.Bd4 Ne1 19.Qe1 f5 20.Qc3–/+ c5 21.bc6 bc6 22.Nd2 Rb8 23.Ra1 Rb7 24.Nb3 Qb8 25.Nd2 Rd8 26.h3 Be8 27.Qa5 Bd7 28.Be5 Qc8 29.Bd6 Be6 30.c5 Rdd7 31.Qc3 Qe8 32.Re1 Qg6 33.Ra1 Bd5 34.Re1 Qf6 35.Be5 Qd8 36.Bd6 a5 37.Qe5 Rf7 38.Rc1 Qd7 39.Nc4–/+ Bc4 40.Rc4 h6 41.Rc1 Rb4 42.Ra1 Kh7 43.Ra2 Qc8 44.Ra1 Rfb7 45.Ra2 Rc4 46.Kh2 Qd7 47.Qa1 Rb3 48.Qe5 Rb1 49.Bc7 Rcc1 50.Rd2 Qf7 51.Bd8 Rh1 52.Kg3–+ Rh3 53.gh3 Qh5?? 54.Rd7= Rg1 55.Kh2 Qg6 (56.Rg7 Qg7 57.Qf5 Rg6 58.Ba5 Qa1 59.Qf7 Rg7 60.Qf5 Rg6 61.Qd7 Rg7 62.Qf5 Rg6=). Gross,Wilhelm – Merten,Rainer, corr SOK–92–80, 1992.

12.a4 0–0 13.a5 Nc4 14.dc4 Nd3 –/+.

12.a4?! Nc4! 13.dc4 Nd3 14.Re2 Ne5!–+ (idea Bh5, Qh4). Gross.

12.a4 e5 13.Nf3 Nc4 14.dc4 –+.

12.Nc3!? Nc4 13.dc4 Bd3! 14.Qg4!? Qf6 (14...0–0) 15.Nb3 Nd7=+. Gross.

12.Nf3? Nd3!–+ 13.Bd3 Bd3 14.Qd3 Bh2. Gross.