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OPENING REPORT
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Database: SicNimRub.pgn (3,127 games)

Report: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 (3127 games)
ECO: B29a [Sicilian: Nimzowitsch]
Generated by Scid 3.6.25, 2009.03.05

1. STATISTICS AND HISTORY

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1.1 Statistics

Games 1-0 =-= 0-1 Score

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All report games 3127 1274 1071 782 57.8%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 0-1(60) Dantas Bianor da Silva (BRA) 2285 - Guimard Carlos E (ARG) 2410,
Mar del Plata (Argentina) 1951
2: 1-0(17) Unzicker Wolfgang (GER) 2431 - Penrose Jonathan (ENG) 2405, ? 1951
3: 1-0(41) Pogats 2255 - Florian 2325, ? 1952
4: =-=(19) Suetin Alexei S 2327 - Aronin 2420, ? 1952
5: 1-0(82) Fichtl 2345 - Rejfir 2285, ? 1955

1.3 Newest games

1: 0-1(51) Sondermann 2152 - Ninov 2526, Nancy FRA 2009.02.19

2: 1-0(34) Fargere 2444 - Epure 2145, Tournefeuille FRA 2009.02.18
3: 1-0(26) Savchenko 2654 - Rakhmanov 2541, Moscu RUS 2009.02.04 [75]
4: 1-0(43) Olsar 2326 - Bazant 2308, Karvina 2009.02.01
5: 1-0(48) Perunovic 2568 - Tadic 2480, Beograd SER 2009.02.01 [113]

1.4 Current popularity

Year 1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09

Once every X games --- --- 1 1 1 1 1

Frequency in all years: once every 1 games

In the 10 years to today: once every 1 games (no change from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 1 games (no change from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 1 games (no change from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 7 1962-2007 64% 2525 Jansa, Vlastimil [41,42,52,58]

2: 6 1982-2006 75% 2550 Van der Wiel, John T H [40,42,75,82,111]
3: 5 1992-2002 80% 2600 Sax, Gyula [52,76,95]
4: 5 1980-2004 30% 2560 Popovic, Petar [41,42,43]
5: 5 1984-2002 70% 2558 Gallagher, Joseph G [41,82,113]
6: 5 1980-1996 70% 2510 Lau, Ralf [113]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

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 1: 43 1993-2007 52% 2425 Bogdanovich, Grigory [12,20,45,46,69,110]
2: 37 1991-2008 39% 2364 Bach, Matthias [33,34,82]
3: 31 1972-2002 45% 2465 Pribyl, Josef [1,2,3,4,8,12,13,49,...]
4: 28 1998-2008 75% 2538 Kunin, Vitaly L [14,34,69,74,76,80,101]
5: 27 2001-2008 46% 2389 Afek, Yochanan [16,18,28,111]
6: 27 1990-2006 56% 2361 Bazant, Petr Sr

2. RATINGS AND PERFORMANCE

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2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2372 (2000 games); White performance: 2404 (57% vs 2354)
Black rating: 2354 (1933 games); Black performance: 2322 (43% vs 2372)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 1-0(32) Kramnik 2775 - Seirawan 2630, Amsterdam NED 1996 [33]

2: =-=(38) Leko 2738 - Naiditsch 2654, Dortmund 2007 [51]
3: =-=(23) Rublevsky 2639 - Khalifman 2700, Kazan RUS 2001 [43]
4: 0-1(20) Motylev 2645 - Nisipeanu 2668, Predeal 2007 [17]
5: 1-0(32) Voss 2692 - Korolev 2615, ICCF 2006 [104]
6: 1-0(40) Polgar 2708 - Sikula 2550, Hungary 2008 [105]
7: =-=(37) Kofidis 2615 - Korolev 2630, Yugoslavia 1998 [102]
8: =-=(51) Barash Dmitry Feliksovich RU 2639 - Korolev Sergey Ivanovich RUS
2604, ? 1986 [93]

3. RESULT TRENDS
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3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

Score Game length Frequency

1-0 =-= 0-1 1-0 =-= 0-1
Report games 57.8% 39 35 40 40.7% 34.2% 25.0%
All games 57.8% 38 35 40 40.7% 34.2% 25.0%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(9) Saiboulatov 2403 - Shirazi 2419, France 2005

2: 1-0(9) Galje Hans (NED) 2287 - Schellingerhout J (NED) 2176, ? 1989
3: 1-0(10) Tomescu 2425 - Burani 2050, Cesenatico 2003
4: 1-0(11) Ulibin 2240 - Shirov 2495, Yurmala 1985
5: 1-0(11) Markus Mr J R (NED) 2359 - Schellingerhout J (NED) 2176, ? 1989

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(10) Ibrahim 2260 - Bolduc 2230, Quebec 1988

2: 0-1(12) Plachetka 2435 - Pribyl 2425, Frenstat 1982 [52]
3: 0-1(13) Koszel Waclaw (POL) 2299 - Matwiejszyn Aleksander (POL) 2214, ?
1987
4: 0-1(14) Igriashvili 2296 - Arbakov 2445, Tula RUS 2002
5: 0-1(14) Visser 2380 - Hommeles 2280, Netherlands 1996

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4. MOVES AND THEMES
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4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 3 move orders reaching this position:

1: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 (3095)
2: 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nf6 (31)
3: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e4 c5 (1)

4.2 Moves from the report position

Move ECO Frequency Score AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws

1: e5 B29f 1793: 57.3% 60.4% 2323 2380 1995 32%
2: Nc3 B29c 1264: 40.4% 54.5% 2278 2320 1997 37%
3: d3 B29b 50: 1.5% 53.0% 2274 2287 1995 26%
4: d4 8: 0.2% 50.0% 1995 50%
5: Qe2 5: 0.1% 50.0% 2001 20%
6: Bc4 2: 0.0% 0.0% 1994 0%
7: Ng1 1: 0.0% 50.0% 2007 100%
8: Bb5 1: 0.0% 100.0% 1999 0%
9: c3 1: 0.0% 100.0% 2006 0%
10: g3 1: 0.0% 50.0% 1996 100%
11: Nh4 1: 0.0% 50.0% 1993 100%
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TOTAL: 3127:100.0% 57.8% 2304 2355 1996 34%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:

Same-side castling: 47% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 5%
Opposite castling: 13% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 23%
Kingside pawn storm: 28% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 74%
Queens exchanged: 33% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 25%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 4% Open c/d/e file: 68%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:

P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,R Q,R,BN
Report games 3% 10% 13% 28% 2% 3% 6% 35%
All games 3% 10% 13% 28% 2% 3% 6% 35%

5. THEORY TABLE
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6: +1274 =1071 -782 (1809.5/3127: 58%)
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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1 Nc3[1] d4 ed5[3] Bc4[4] bc3 OO Qe2[6] Rd1 30:
Nc6[2] d5 Nd5 Nc3[5] e6 Be7 OO Qc7[7] 62%

2 ... ... ... dc5 Qd8 bc3 Be3[9] Bc4[10] 9:

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 ... ... ... Nc3 Kd8[8] f6 e5 Kc7[11] 83%

3 ... ... ... Nd5 Be3 Nd4 Qd4 Bd4 32:

... ... ... Qd5 cd4 Nd4[12] Qd4 Bd7[13] 55%

4 ... Bb5[14] e5[16] e6 Bd7 Ne4 Ng5 Qe2 19:

d5 Bd7[15] Ne4[17] fe6[18] Nd7 de4 Nf6 Qd5[19] 66%

5 ... ed5 Bb5[20] Ne5[21] d4[23] Qd4 Qd6 Nc6 31:

... Nd5 Nc6 Qd6[22] cd4[24] Nb4[25] ed6 bc6[26] 45%

6 ... ... ... Qe2[27] d4[29] Nd4 Bd7 Be3 20:

... ... Bd7 Nf6[28] cd4 a6[30] Qd7 g6[31] 78%

7 ... ... ... Ne5 Qf3[33] Nd7[35] d3[36] Bf4 27:

... ... ... Nf6[32] Qc7[34] Nbd7 OOO[37] e5[38] 57%

8 e5 g3[40] Bg2 ed6 OO[44] d4 dc5[45] Qe2[46] 38:

Nd5[39] Nc6[41] d6[42] e6[43] Bd6 OO Bc5 Nf6[47] 51%

9 ... d4 Qd4[48] Bc4[49] Qe4 OO Ne5 Nc6[53] 35:

... cd4 e6 Nc6 d6[50] de5[51] Nf6[52] Ne4[54] 50%

10 ... ... ... ... ... ed6 Qe2[56] OO[57] 17:

... ... ... ... ... Nf6[55] Bd6 Qc7[58] 68%

11 ... Nc3 dc3 Bf4[61] Qd2[63] g3 Bg2 h4 16:

... Nc3[59] e6[60] Nc6[62] b6[64] Bb7 h6 Qc7[65] 69%

12 ... ... ... Bc4[66] Bf4[68] Qd2[70] h4[72] OOO[73] 25:

... ... Nc6 e6[67] Qc7[69] h6[71] b6 Bb7[74] 46%

13 ... ... ... Bf4 Qd2[76] OOO[77] h4[79] Bd3[80] 31:

... ... ... Qc7[75] e6 h6[78] b6 Bb7[81] 63%

14 ... ... ... ... Qd2[82] OOO[84] h4 Qe3[86] 28:

... ... ... e6 Qc7[83] h6[85] b6 Bb7[87] 48%

15 ... ... Ne4[88] c4[90] a3 Nc3[92] ed6 d3 21:

... e6 Nc6[89] Ndb4[91] Qa5 d5 Bd6 Ne5[93] 74%

16 ... ... ... Nc3[94] Nd5[96] d4[97] ed6[98] dc5[99] 25:

... ... f5 Nc6[95] ed5 d6 Bd6 Bc5[100] 60%

17 ... ... Nd5 d4 Be2[102] Qd4 Qh4 OO[103] 20:

... ... ed5 Qb6[101] cd4 Bc5 d6 de5[104] 73%

18 ... ... ... ... dc5[105] Bd3[106] ed6[107] OO[109] 32:

... ... ... Nc6 Bc5 d6 Qd6[108] OO[110] 63%

19 ... ... ... ... ... Qd5 Bd3 Ke2 22:

... ... ... ... ... Qb6[111] Bf2 d6[112] 55%

20 ... ... ... ... ... ... Bc4 Ke2 22:

... ... ... ... ... ... Bf2 OO[113] 55%

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[*1*] 3.d3 d5 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.Nbd2 e5 6.g3 Bg4 7.Bg2 Nd4 8.Qd1 dxe4 9.dxe4 Nxf3+
10.Bxf3 h5 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.Bxg4 hxg4 13.Nc4 Qd4 14.c3 Qxe4 15.Qxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxe5 f5
17.Be3 Bd6 18.Nc4 Kd7 19.OOO Kc6 20.Na5+ Kb5 =-=(69) Ivanov 2372 - Belikov 2566,
Alushta 2007;
4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 b6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 g6 8.OO Bg7 9.a3 OO 10.Rb1 e5 11.c4
Nde7 12.b4 Bf5 13.b5 Na5 14.Ne1 Rb8 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Ne4 Bh3 17.Bxh3 Qxh3 18.Nf3
Nb7 19.Bb2 f6 20.a4 Nf5 0-1(41) Vajda 2477 - Sriram 2458, Nagykanizsa HUN 2003;
4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.c3 b5 8.g3 Be7 9.h4 a5 10.Bg2 b4 11.c4
Nb6 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.OO h6 14.h5 dxc4 15.dxc4 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qxd4 18.b3
OO 19.Ne4 Qd7 20.Rad1 Qc6 1-0(76) Galdunts 2493 - Afek 2382, Clermont-Ferrand
FRA 2003;
3...Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.OO OO 10.exd5
Qxd5 11.Qd1 Qd7 12.a4 Nd5 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Ne3 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.c3 Bf6 17.Qb3
Rad8 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Rad1 Nxd3 20.Be3 c4 =-=(30) Damjanovic Mato (CRO) 2490 -
Kozomara Vlado (YUG) 2370, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovin 1964.
3.Ng1 Ng8 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.OO OO 10.Re1
Nc7 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.d3 Re8 14.a4 Ne6 15.a5 Rb8 16.Nd5 b5 17.axb6 axb6
18.c3 b5 19.Bd2 Kf8 20.Nf4 Nd8 =-=(43) Nevednichy 2531 - Landa 2678, Khanty-
Mansiysk RUS 2007.
3.Nh4 g5 4.d3 Ng8 5.c3 f5 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Qg4 d6 8.g3 c4 9.Qe2 b5 10.Bf4 Qb6
11.Bg2 Qc5 =-= Cvitan 2575 - Hulak 2540, Vinkovci CRO 1993.
3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 e6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.OO Nc6 9.c4 Be7
10.Qc2 h6 11.Rfe1 OO 12.a3 Bf6 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Qb3 d4 15.Bb1 e5 16.h3 Qb6 17.Qc2
g6 18.Bxh6 Bf5 19.Qc1 e4 20.c5 Qc7 =-=(34) Vesely 2577 - Voll 2504, ICCF 2005.
3.Qe2 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e5 8.d3 Be7 9.Bg2 OO 10.Na3 Rb8
11.Nc2 b5 12.OO b4 13.Ne3 bxc3 14.bxc3 g6 15.Qd1 Qa5 16.Qc2 Rb7 17.Nc4 Qc7
18.Bg5 Rfb8 19.h4 Nd7 20.Bxe7 Nxe7 1-0(52) Lanka 2504 - Pribyl 2376, Prague CZE
2000.
3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.OO e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 =-= Shushpanov 2385 -
Nepomniashchy 2480, St Petersburg 1996.

[*2*] 3...e6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 d6 9.exd6 OO 10.OO
Qxd6 11.c3 Re8 =-= Liebert 2450 - Pribyl 2455, Olomouc 1975;
7.c3 d6 8.Bd3 dxe5 9.Nxe5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bd6 11.OO OO 12.Re1 Qf6 13.Qh5 g6
14.Bg5 Qxf2+ 15.Kxf2 gxh5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Be7 Bxe7 18.Rxe7 Be6 19.Rc7 Rfc8
20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 =-=(27) Zuckerman 2475 - Regan 2430, Pasadena 1978;
6...Qb6 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Bc5 9.Qh4 d6 10.OO dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nd7 12.Nd3 Be7
13.Bg5 Nf6 14.Bf3 Be6 15.Nf4 h6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Bh5+ Ke7 19.Bxc5+
Qxc5 20.Bg6 a5 1-0(37) Santo Roman 2420 - Murey 2495, Paris FRA 1994;
4.Be2 Bd6 5.e5 Be7 6.exf6 Bxf6 7.d3 b5 8.Nxb5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3
Qxc3+ 11.Bd2 Qb2 12.OO Qf6 13.Bg5 Qf5 14.c3 h6 15.Be3 d6 16.d4 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Nxa6
18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Qe2 Nc7 20.Nh4 Qe5 1-0(34) Sulewska 2680 - Lulkiewicz 2480,
Augustow 1996.
3...b6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Bc4 Bb7 6.OO Nc6 7.Re1 Qc8 8.Ne4 e6 9.b3 f5 10.exf6 Nxf6
11.Neg5 Be7 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.d4 h6 14.Nh3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 OO 17.Qd3 d5
18.Ba6 Bxa6 19.Qxa6 Ng4 20.g3 e5 0-1(30) Planinec 2545 - Basman 2400, Hastings
ENG 1974.

[*3*] 5.e5 Ne4 6.Ne2 e6 7.c3 a6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nexd4 Be7 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Nxc6 bxc6
12.OO a5 13.c4 Nc5 14.Bxc5 Bxc5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Rc1 Qb6 17.Qc2 Be7 18.Qc7 Qxc7
19.Rxc7 Bd8 20.Bb5+ Kf8 1-0(27) Zaichik 2500 - Pribyl 2400, Leningrad RUS 1989.
5.dxc5 d4 6.Ne2 e5 7.Ng3 Bxc5 8.Bd3 h5 9.Bg5 Bb4+ 10.Nd2 g6 11.OO Be7
12.Nc4 Be6 13.Re1 =-= Kurnosov 2433 - Shtyrenkov 2457, Alushta UKR 2002.

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[*4*] 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e6 8.OO Be7 9.Qe2 OO 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Qe4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb4
13.Ba3 Bd7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Bxb4 Bxb4 16.Rab1 a5 17.c4 b6 18.Rd3 Qa4 19.Ng5 g6
20.Rh3 Qxa2 1-0(28) Kapengut 2465 - Mnatsakanian 2425, URS 1979;
9...cxd4 10.cxd4 OO 11.Qe4 Nb4 12.Ba3 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Bd3 Nf6 15.Qh4
h6 16.Ne5 b6 17.Ng4 Bb7 18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.Nxh6+ gxh6 20.Qxh6 Rxd4 =-=(26) Sharif
2450 - Santo Roman 2435, Lyon FRA 1988;
9.Be3 OO 10.dxc5 Qa5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qd4 Rb8 13.Ne5 Bf6 14.Nxc6 Bxd4
15.Nxa5 Bxc3 16.Nc6 Rb7 17.Rab1 Rc7 18.Rb3 Rxc6 19.Rxc3 e5 20.Rd1 f5 1-0(43)
Torre 2550 - Gerusel 2420, Bad Lauterberg 1977;
8...Bd7 9.Be3 Be7 10.dxc5 OO 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Ng5 Rad8 13.Bd3 h6 14.Ne4 Bc8
15.Nd6 Bxd6 16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.Rb5 Rfe8 18.Rh5 e5 19.Qf3 Qe6 20.Rh4 Ne7 0-1(44)
Kupreichik 2480 - Mnatsakanian 2435, Yerevan 1984;
0-1(44) Kupreichik 2480 - Mnatsakanian 2435, Erevan ARM 1984;
7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.OO e6 10.Rb1 Be7 11.Qf3 OO 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd3 Qc7
14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qh5 Qf4 18.Bd3+ Qh6 19.Qc5 Kg8 20.Rb4
Rfd8 1-0(39) Fedorowicz 2505 - Pribyl 2405, Germany 1989;
8.OO a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.cxd4 e6 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Qg4 g6 13.Qf3 Bg7 14.Ba3
f6 15.Nc4 Kf7 16.Bd6 Qd8 17.Rab1 Re8 18.Qxc6 Ra7 19.Bc5 1-0 Ricardi 2555 -
Caputo 2310, Villa Ballester 1998.

[*5*] 6...e6 7.OO cxd4 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Bb5 Be7 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Nb3 a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6
13.Be3 OO 14.Bd4 a5 15.a3 a4 16.Nd2 Bf6 17.Nb1 Qd6 18.f4 Rfe8 19.Nc3 Rad8 20.Qd2
Qe6 1-0(40) Olafsson Fridrik (ISL) 2570 - Persitz Raaphi (SUI) 2345, Reykjavik
(Iceland) 1957.

[*6*] 9.Re1 OO 10.Bf4 Bf6 11.Bb5 cxd4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.cxd4 c5 14.Be5 Be7 15.Rb1
Ba6 16.c3 Qa5 17.Qc2 Rfd8 18.h4 Rac8 19.Re4 f6 20.Bg3 cxd4 =-=(80) Andersson
2510 - Schiffer Karl Josef 2430, ? 1971;
=-=(80) Andersson 2510 - Schiffer 2430, Berlin GER 1971.
9.Rb1 OO 10.Be3 b6 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Qh5 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Be4 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Nd5 18.Bxh6 g6 19.Qh4 Kg8 20.Bxd5 1-0 Ulibin 2560 - Krapivin
2560, Nabereznye Chelny 1988.

[*7*] 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.g3 Bh4 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.cxd4 b6 15.Rac1 f5 16.c3 Qd6 17.Bd3
Na5 18.Qe3 Be7 19.Nc4 Qd7 20.Qh6 Qc7 =-= Kholmov 2465 - Shtanchaev 2405, ? 1997;
12.Nxg5 h6 13.Ne4 cxd4 14.cxd4 b6 15.Rac1 Bb7 16.c3 Ne7 17.Bd3 Rad8
18.Ng3 Nd5 19.Qe4 Nf6 20.Qe2 Qf4 =-= Kholmov 2465 - Shtanchaev 2405,
Ekaterinburg RUS 1997.
10...Na5 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Bd3 Qxc5 13.Rb1 g6 14.Rb5 Qc7 15.Qe3 Re8 16.Qh6 Bf8
17.Qh4 Nc6 18.Ng5 f5 19.Rb1 a6 20.Be2 Qg7 =-=(45) Vosahlík 2567 - Voll 2503,
ICCF 2007.

[*8*] 7...Nxd8 8.bxc3 g6 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Rb1 OO 13.OO e5
14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Rfd1 f5 17.g3 f4 18.gxf4 exf4 19.Bd4 Rae8 20.Rb7
Rf7 1-0(45) Gavrilakis 2464 - Rákay 2491, ICCF 2008;
13...Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.Kf1 Kf8 16.Ke2 Rd5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Rb7 e5
19.Nb3 Rxd1 20.Kxd1 Rd8+ 1-0(47) Kuzmin 2520 - Pribyl 2405, Tallinn 1985;
8...f6 9.Be3 e5 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.Ne4 Rc8 12.OOO Ne6 13.Rd5 Bc6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6
15.Rxd6 Ke7 16.Bc4 Bd7 17.Rhd1 Rhd8 18.Kb2 Nxc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Be6 Rc7 =-=(38)
Lein 2505 - Vaganian 2520, ? 1973;
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Nb3 e5 12.Rb1 Ba4 13.Bd3 Bxb3 14.cxb3 Bxc5
15.Bd2 =-= Sommerbauer 2427 - Kindermann 2546, Gmunden AUT 2005.

[*9*] 9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Be3 e5 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nd6 Kc7 13.OOO Na5 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4
=-= Cappello 2405 - Marovic 2470, Rome 1979.

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[*10*] 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Bc4 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 Kc7 13.OOO Be7 14.Rd3 Rad8 15.Rhd1 g5
16.f3 h5 17.Bf2 Rxd3 18.cxd3 Rd8 19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 Nb4 1-0(32) Feygin 2491 -
Afek 2369, Belgium BEL 2004.

[*11*] 11.Nd2 Bf5 12.OOO Rd8 13.f3 Be7 14.h4 Bc8 15.Ne4 h6 16.g4 h5 17.Rxd8
Nxd8 18.g5 Ne6 19.gxf6 gxf6 20.Rg1 Rh7 1-0(42) Rowson 2530 - Murrey 2470, ?
2002;
12...Be7 13.f3 Rad8 14.h4 Bc8 15.Ne4 h6 16.g4 h5 17.Rxd8 Nxd8 18.g5 Ne6
19.gxf6 gxf6 20.Rg1 Rh7 1-0(42) Rowson 2527 - Murey 2472, Pula CRO 2002.
11.h3 Ne7 12.g4 Bd7 13.Nd2 h5 14.Rg1 hxg4 15.hxg4 Bc6 16.OOO Nd5 17.Bxd5
Bxd5 18.f4 Rh3 19.Nf1 Bxa2 20.g5 Rxe3 1-0(52) Berg 2489 - Afek 2376, Gausdal
2003.

[*12*] 8...Bd7 9.Nb5 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 Rc8 11.Nxa7 Nxa7 12.Bxa7 Rxc2 13.Bd4 e5
14.Bc3 Bc5 15.Be2 Bc6 16.f3 f6 17.Rd2 Rc1+ 18.Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Ke7 20.Kc2 Rd8
=-=(56) Reinderman 2523 - Landenbergue 2395, Internet ICC 2002;
14.Bd3 Rc6 15.Bc3 f6 16.h4 Bc5 17.h5 Ke7 18.Rh4 h6 19.Bb5 Rd6 20.Rxd6
Bxd6 1-0(60) Womacka 2486 - Bogdanovich 2377, Leutersdorf 2000;
=-= Parma Bruno (SLO) 2530 - Minic Dragoljub (CRO) 2490, Novi Travnik
(Yugoslavia) 1969;
11.a3 a6 12.Nc3 Ne5 13.Bd4 Nc4 14.Nd5 e5 15.Bc3 Be6 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Ne3
Rc5 18.OO Be7 19.Rfe1 f6 20.Bb4 =-= Brodsky 2500 - Bogdanovich 2385, Copenhagen
DEN 1994;
12...e6 13.Ne4 Ne5 14.Bd4 Bc6 15.f3 Ng6 16.c3 f6 17.Be3 Bxe4 18.fxe4 Bc5
19.Kf2 Bxe3+ 20.Kxe3 Ke7 =-=(36) Ciric 2520 - Rejfir 2340, ? 1961;
11.c3 a6 12.Na7 Nxa7 13.Bxa7 e6 14.Be2 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Rxc5 16.Bf3 Bc6
17.Bxc6+ Rxc6 18.Ke2 Ke7 19.Rd4 Rd8 20.Rxd8 Kxd8 =-= Matulovic 2490 - Minic
2415, ? 1967;
9...Qe5 10.Qd5 Qxd5 11.Nc7+ Kd8 12.Nxd5 e6 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.OOO Bxc3
15.bxc3 Kc7 16.Bc5 Rad8 17.Bd6+ Kc8 18.Be2 Rhe8 19.Bh5 g6 20.Bf3 Ne7 =-=(51)
Bosch 2425 - Piket 2635, ? 1995;
9.c3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.OOO e6 13.h4 h5 14.Rh3 Rg8 15.f4
g6 16.Re3 Bg7 17.Bxg7 Rxg7 18.b4 Rd8 19.b5 Bd7 20.c4 Rc8 =-=(40) Speelman 2490 -
Wedberg 2425, Skara SWE 1980;
=-=(40) Speelman Jonathan S 2490 - Wedberg Tom 2425, ? 1980.
8...a6 9.c3 e5 10.Qb3 Qxb3 11.Nxb3 Be6 12.OOO Rc8 13.Kb1 f6 14.Bd3 Kf7
15.Rhe1 g6 16.Bc2 Be7 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Bxc5 Na5 19.Be3 Nc4 20.Bc1 Rhd8 =-=(26)
Parma 2530 - Supancic, Maribor 1977;
12...Be7 13.Kb1 Rd8 14.Be2 f5 15.Nc5 Bc8 16.f3 Kf7 17.b4 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1
Rd8 19.a4 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 g5 =-=(30) Bures 2409 - Sivokho 2475, ICCF 2005;
12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 OOO 14.Be2 Kc7 15.b3 Rd7 16.f3 Rhd8 =-= Tringov 2460
- Mnatsakanian 2440, Varna 1985;
9.Be2 e5 10.Bf3 e4 11.Be2 Be7 12.OO OO 13.c3 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Qc6 15.f3 Re8
16.Qc4 Bf6 17.Bd4 Qxc4 18.Bxc4 Be6 19.Bxe6 Bxd4+ 20.cxd4 Rxe6 =-=(26) Wedberg
2495 - Lechtynsky 2475, DEN 1983;
10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Qd3 Be6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.OOO Be7 14.Qe4 Rc8 15.Rd2 b5
16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 OO 18.Qd7 Bb4 19.c3 Bc5 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 =-=(37) Moroz 2498 -
Shushpanov 2380, Pardubice 2004;
9.c4 Qd6 10.Be2 e5 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.OO Be6 13.Qc2 =-= Donchev 2450 -
Mnatsakanian 2440, Varna 1985.
8...Qa5+ 9.c3 Nxd4 10.b4 Qe5 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 f6 13.f4 e6 14.g3 Bd6
15.OOO Ke7 16.Bg2 a5 17.b5 a4 18.c4 e5 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Rhe1 Bg4 1-0(23) Spassky
2655 - Pribyl 2440, Tallinn EST 1973;
13...Bd7 14.Be2 e6 15.Bh5+ Kd8 16.OOO Kc7 17.Rhe1 Bd6 18.g3 a5 19.Bb6+
Kxb6 20.Rxd6+ Kc7 =-=(24) Filipowicz 2420 - Pribyl 2440, Polanica Zdroj POL
1973;

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 10...Nf3+ 11.Qxf3 Qe5 12.Rc1 g6 13.Bc4 Qf5 14.Bd5 Qxf3 15.Bxf3 Bg7 16.OO
OO 17.a4 Re8 18.Rfd1 Rb8 19.c4 e5 20.Bd5 Bf8 1-0(48) Barczay 2465 - Lechtynsky
2420, Decin 1978;
10.Bxd4 e5 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.f4 f6 13.fxe5 fxe5 14.OOO Be6 15.Qb5+ Qxb5
16.Bxb5+ Ke7 17.Rhe1 a6 18.Ba4 exd4 19.Bb3 Rae8 20.Bxe6 Kf6 =-=(27) Fuchs
Reinhard (GER) 2430 - Baumbach Friedrich Dr (GER) 2460, Weimar (Germany) 1968;
9...Bd7 10.Bb5 e5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nb3 Qb5 13.Qe2 =-= Kogan 2470 -
Gasimov 2420, Groningen 1994.

[*13*] 11.OOO Bc6 12.Rg1 e6 13.f4 a6 14.Bc4 b5 15.Be2 OOO 16.g3 Rxd4 17.Rxd4
Bc5 18.Rgd1 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Kc7 20.a4 Kb6 =-=(26) Radulov 2515 - Pribyl 2435, Decin
CZE 1976;
12.f3 e6 13.Rd2 Rg8 14.Bd3 g6 15.f4 Bg7 16.Be3 a6 17.Bb6 h5 18.Re1 Bf6
19.g3 Bd8 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 =-=(55) Barczay 2470 - Gerusel 2420, Moscow URS 1977;
11...e6 12.g3 Bc6 13.Rg1 a6 14.Bh3 OOO 15.f4 Rxd4 16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rgd1
Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Kc7 19.Kd2 Re8 20.f5 exf5 =-=(49) Ivkov Borislav (YUG) 2560 -
Antoshin Vladimir S (RUS) 2510, Venice (Italy) 1966;
11...Rg8 12.h4 h5 13.Be2 Bc6 14.Rhg1 g6 15.g4 hxg4 16.Rxg4 Bh6+ 17.Kb1
Bg7 18.Bxg7 Rxg7 19.h5 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 =-=(31) NINOV 2493 - SHTYRENKOV 2459,
Pardubice (CZE) 2005.
11.Bc4 e6 12.OO a6 13.f4 Rc8 14.Bb3 Bc5 15.Rad1 Ke7 16.Rfe1 g6 17.Re3 h5
18.Kf2 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 h4 20.c3 Bc6 =-=(52) Plaskett 2470 - Pribyl 2465, Sochi
1984;
16.Kf2 =-= Hausner 2470 - Pribyl 2420, Prague 1994;
12...Rg8 13.Bd3 g6 14.Be4 Bc6 15.Bxc6+ bxc6 16.Rad1 Be7 17.Rd3 c5 18.Be3
Rb8 19.b3 f6 20.Rfd1 Rb7 =-=(26) Gazik 2425 - Pribyl 2435, Stary Smokovec 1988;
11...Rc8 12.Bb3 a6 13.f4 e6 14.g3 Bc5 15.OOO Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Ke7 17.Re1 g6
18.g4 Rc5 19.c3 Bc8 20.Re3 h5 =-=(40) Parligras 2511 - Pribyl 2409, Pardubice
CZE 2002.
11.Bd3 Bc6 12.OO e6 13.f3 h5 14.a4 a6 15.Rfb1 a5 16.Bb5 Rc8 17.c3 h4 18.Rd1
Rh5 =-= Nunn 2500 - Gerusel 2425, Dortmund GER 1979;
13.Rfe1 Be7 14.Re3 Bf6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rg3 =-= Saulin 2438 - Bairachny
2440, Tula 2000;
=-= Malich 2450 - Ostermeyer 2415, Niederdreisbach 1980.
10...f6 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Kxd7 13.OOO Kc7 14.Rd3 e5 15.Rc3+ Kd7 16.Be3
Bd6 =-= Grosar 2485 - Mohr 2495, Makarska Tucepi 1995.

[*14*] 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nxd5 Nxe5 6.Bb5+ Nec6 7.c4 e6 8.Ne3 Bd7 9.OO Be7 10.b3 OO
11.Bb2 a6 12.Bxc6 Nxc6 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qc7 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Rfd1 f6 17.a3 Nxd4
18.Bxd4 Bc6 19.Qg4 Qc8 20.Bb6 Rxd1+ =-=(36) Firman 2471 - Anastasian 2574,
Warsaw POL 2005;
6.Nxe5 Qxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Be2 Qxg2 10.Bf3 Qg6 11.Qe2 Bd7
12.d3 Qf6 13.c3 e5 14.Rg1 Bd6 15.Be3 OO 16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Rfe8 18.OOO Bf8
19.Qc4 Qd6 20.Rg4 Qd5 =-=(54) Lanc 2445 - Hasangatin 2457, Slovakia 2005;
5.d3 e6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Qe2 b5 8.g3 Qa5 9.Bd2 b4 10.Nd1 Qc7 11.Bf4 a5 12.Bg2
Ba6 13.Ne3 Nb6 14.c4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Be7 16.h4 Rd8 17.Ng4 h5 18.Ngh2 a4 19.a3 Rb8
20.OO Na5 0-1(60) Cioara 2414 - Kunin 2459, Trier 2002;
5.b4 cxb4 6.Nxd5 Qa5 7.Ne3 Nxe5 8.Bb2 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Bb3
Qd8 12.OO Nd4 13.Ba4+ Bd7 14.Bxd4 Bxa4 15.Qxb7 Rc8 16.Qxa7 Bc6 17.Qb6 Qd7 18.c3
Bd6 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.Qxb4 Rb8 =-=(27) Wall 2405 - Kunin 2463, Salzburg 2004;
4...Ne4 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e6 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.OO Nc6 10.d4 cxd4
11.cxd4 Be7 12.Bd2 OO 13.Rab1 Rac8 14.Qd3 b6 15.a4 Rc7 16.Rb2 Rfc8 17.Rfb1 Na5
18.Ra2 Rc4 19.Rb5 Qc7 20.h3 h6 =-=(21) Radovici Corvin (ROM) 2400 - Gheorghiu
Florin (ROM) 2530, Bucharest (Romania) 1962;
6.e6 fxe6 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Ng5 Nf6 10.c3 Qd7 11.Qb3 Rc8
12.Qxe6 Qxe6 13.Nxe6 Kf7 14.Nf4 e6 15.OO Bd6 16.Ne2 Rhf8 17.b3 Be5 18.f4 exf3
19.Rxf3 Ke7 20.Ba3 Ng4 =-=(61) Amonatov 2483 - Arbakov 2445, Tula RUS 2002;

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 5.Nb1 c4 6.d3 cxd3 7.cxd3 Nc5 8.Be3 e6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.d4 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3
12.bxc3 Be7 13.h4 h6 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.Qg4 Kf8 16.Rh3 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rf3 Kg8
19.Kf1 e5 20.Bf5 Bxf5 1-0(58) Baramidze 2582 - Horvath 2519, Graz 2008;
4...d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.fxg7 cxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Bxg7 9.Bb5+ Bd7
10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.OOO Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Rhe1 f6 14.Re4 Rd8 15.Rde1 Kf7 16.Bc3
Bd6 17.Rh4 h5 18.g3 b5 19.Bd2 Rdg8 20.h3 a6 =-=(49) Lobron 2495 - Garcia
Martinez 2500, Reggio Emilia 1984.

[*15*] 4...Nc6 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Ne4 e6 7.OO Be7 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.b3 OO 10.Ne5 Qc7
11.Nd3 f5 12.Ng3 e5 13.f3 Bd6 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Qe2 Rae8 16.Rae1 Re6 17.Qd1 g6
18.Re2 c4 19.Nf2 cxb3 20.axb3 h5 =-=(35) Normantas 2620 - Podkrajsek 2540, corr
CAPA 1994.

[*16*] 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.e5 Ne4 7.Ne2 c4 8.b4 cxb3 9.axb3 Nc6 10.OO h6 11.d3 Ng5
12.Nfd4 g6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.f4 Ne6 15.f5 gxf5 16.Rxf5 Bg7 17.Ng3 Nd4 18.Rh5 Qe6
19.Bf4 f6 20.Qd2 fxe5 1-0(26) Movsesian 2624 - Markos 2454, CZE 2002;
9...e6 10.OO Be7 11.d3 Nc5 12.Nf4 Nc6 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Bb2 OO 15.Rfe1 b5
16.Nh5 Nd7 17.Qf4 g6 18.Qg4 Rfc8 19.Nf4 Nf8 20.h4 h6 1-0(71) Vachier Lagrave
2527 - Vila Gazquez 2338, Belfort 2005;
7...f6 8.d3 Ng5 9.Bxg5 fxg5 10.Nxg5 Qg4 11.h4 h6 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Kf1 g6
14.c3 d4 15.cxd4 cxd4 16.Nexd4 Nxd4 17.Qa4+ Kf7 18.Qc4+ e6 19.Nxd4 Rd8 20.Nc6 1-
0 Hector 2562 - Afek 2329, Fuerth 2002;
6.exd5 Nxd5 7.OO Nc6 8.Re1 e6 9.Ne4 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 =-= Videki 2394 -
Szabo 2479, Budapest 2005.
5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.OO Nc6 8.Ne4 e6 9.d3 Be7 10.b3 f5 11.Ng3 Bf6
12.Ba3 Bxa1 13.Qxa1 b6 14.Re1 OOO 15.Bb2 Rhg8 16.a3 h6 17.h3 Qf7 18.d4 cxd4
19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 f4 1-0(39) Garcia Fernandez 2459 - Alvarez 2429, Gijon
1994.

[*17*] 5...Bxb5 6.Nxb5 Nfd7 7.e6 fxe6 8.Ng5 Qb6 9.Qe2 e5 10.c4 d4 11.Qf3 Nf6
12.Qf5 Nbd7 13.Qe6 Qxe6 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Ngxe6+ Kc8 16.Nxa8 Ne8 17.d3 Kb8 18.OO
Kxa8 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bh4 g5 1-0(67) Aagaard 2531 - Landa 2615, Helsingřr DEN 2008;
8.OO e5 9.Ng5 Qb6 10.c4 Na6 11.d3 g6 12.Nc3 d4 13.Nd5 Qc6 14.Qf3 Nf6
15.Re1 OOO 16.Nf7 1-0 Jakovenko 2667 - Llobel Cortell 2390, San Sebastian 2006.
5...d4 6.exf6 dxc3 7.Qe2 cxd2+ 8.Bxd2 gxf6 9.OOO Qb6 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Rhe1 OOO
12.Bxf7 e5 13.c3 Kb8 14.Nh4 Bc8 15.Qh5 c4 16.Be3 Bc5 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Qxh7 Bxe3+
19.fxe3 Qc7 20.Bg6 Qxh7 0-1 Motylev 2645 - Nisipeanu 2668, Predeal 2007.

[*18*] 6...Bxb5 7.exf7+ Kxf7 8.Nxb5 Nc6 9.OO h6 10.d3 Nf6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Nc3 e6
13.Ne5+ Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bd6 15.f4 Rf8 16.Qf3 Kg8 17.Rae1 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 Qb6 19.Nd1
Nd7 20.Re2 c4+ 1-0(56) Berelovich 2587 - Afek 2350, Haarlem 2007.

[*19*] =-= Zapata 2543 - Hoffman 2485, Santos BRA 2003.

[*20*] 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 e6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.OO Be7 9.c4 Na5 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Rb1 OO
12.Rxb7 Rc8 13.Rxa7 cxd4 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Bc5 Rb8 16.c3 Bd6 17.h4 Qxh4 18.Ra6 Ra8
1-0 Bindrich Falko GER 2482 - Netzer Jean FRA 2404, ? 2007;
9.Be4 c4 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Rb1 OO 13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bc6
15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Rb7 Rc8 17.Rxa7 c5 18.Qa4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bf6 20.Ba3 Re8 1-0(35)
Bindrich 2482 - Netzer 2404, Stockholm 2007;
7...Qc7 8.OO c4 9.Be2 Nd7 10.a4 a5 11.d5 e5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.f4 e4 14.Be3
h6 15.Nh3 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Rd8 17.Qd4 Rxd5 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Bxc4 Bc5 20.Rfe1 Bxe3+ 0-
1(26) Guidarelli 2458 - Ninov 2546, Gap 2007;
6...g6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Rb1 Bg7 9.OO OO 10.Re1 Bxb5 11.Rxb5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7
13.Bg5 e6 14.Qd2 Nc6 15.Bh6 Rfd8 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.h4 Qd7 18.h5 Nxd4 19.h6+ Kg8
20.Qxd4 Qxd4 =-=(50) Solovjov 2457 - Arbakov 2445, Alushta UKR 2002;

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 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 e6 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.Qe3 Rc8 15.Ne5 Qe7
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.c3 a6 18.Be2 Ne7 19.Qf3 Nd5 20.Bd2 b5 0-1(48) Schneider 2445 -
Bergstrom 2420, Sweden 1992;
5...Nc6 6.dxc5 Nxc3 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.bxc3 f6 9.Be3 e5 10.OOO Bd7 11.Nd2
Rc8 12.Ne4 Ne6 13.Rd5 Bc6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Ke7 16.Bc4 Nc7 17.f4 e4 18.f5 Bd7
19.g4 h5 20.Rg1 Rcd8 1-0(33) Vallejo Pons 2629 - Afek 2386, Drancy FRA 2003;
6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.c4 Qa5+ 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Bd7
12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.f3 e6 14.Bd3 f5 15.a3 Kf7 16.Rae1 g5 17.Re2 Rg8 18.Rhe1 g4 19.f4
g3 20.h3 Rd8 0-1(48) Wu Xibin 2390 - Zhang Pengxiang 2583, Xiapu CHN 2005.
5.Bc4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 e6 7.d4 Qc7 8.OO cxd4 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.cxd4
Nb6 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.Ba5 OO 14.Qd3 Rfc8 15.c3 Qc4 16.Qb1 Qd5 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.Qxb6
Rxc3 19.Rab1 Rc7 20.Rb5 Qc6 0-1(23) Lahno 2488 - Vila Gazquez 2422, Benidorm ESP
2008;
7.OO Qc7 8.Qe2 Be7 9.d4 OO 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Rb1 Nf6 13.Bg5 g6
14.Ne5 Nd5 15.Bd2 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nc3 17.Qf3 f6 18.Rb3 fxe5 19.Rxc3 Qd7 20.dxe5 Bb4
1-0(43) Kovalev 2525 - Bartsch 2345, Passau 1996;
6...Nc6 7.OO g6 8.Ng5 e6 9.d4 h6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Ba3 b6 12.dxc5 Na5
13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bd3 Bxc3 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.Be4 Rd8 17.Qd3 Bg7 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Bd6 Qc4
20.Qe3 Bc6 0-1(70) Marinkovic 2434 - Ninov 2473, Belgrade SCG 2004;
5...Nb6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6 9.Qf3 Bg7 10.Be3 Qc8 11.h4 a6
12.Bxd7+ N8xd7 13.h5 Ne5 14.Qg3 Nec4 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Rxh8+ Bxh8 17.OOO Nxe3
18.Qxe3 Qc7 19.Nf3 Rc8 20.Rd3 Bg7 1-0(27) Meijers 2496 - Bogdanovich 2402,
Leutersdorf 2003.
5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxe2 10.Kxe2 a6 11.Rd1
Nd7 12.Be3 Rc8 13.c3 e6 14.Nb3 Be7 15.a4 h5 16.Rd2 h4 17.h3 Rh5 18.Rad1 Nf6
19.Bd4 Nd5 20.Kf1 g6 0-1(89) Bindrich 2469 - Anastasian 2552, Dresden 2007;
6...cxd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.f4 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Ne5 Nc5
13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.Bc4 e6 15.OOO Bxg2 16.Rhe1 g6 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.Rd7+ Kf6 19.Bxe6
g5 20.Rf7+ Kg6 =-=(27) Atlas 2465 - Kallai 2470, Switzerland 1998;
6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bf5 8.Bb5 Qe4+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 Bd7 11.a4 f6 12.d4
cxd4 13.Nxd4 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.c4 e5 16.Bc3 Bd6 17.Rhd1 Ke7 18.Bxc6 Rxc6
19.Rd5 Ke6 20.Rad1 Be7 =-=(25) Geller 2484 - Shtyrenkov 2465, Alushta UKR 2004.
5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.OO OO 8.Re1 Nc7 9.Ne5 Nd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.d3 Re8 12.a4
Ne6 13.a5 Rb8 14.Nd5 b5 15.axb6 axb6 16.c3 b5 17.Bd2 Kf8 18.Nf4 Nd8 19.Be3 Qd6
20.d4 cxd4 =-=(40) Nevednichy 2531 - Landa 2678, Khanty-Mansiysk 2007;
5...Nc6 6.Bg2 e6 7.OO Be7 8.Re1 Nxc3 9.bxc3 OO 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Rb1 b6
12.d3 Bb7 13.h4 Bf6 14.Bd2 Ne7 15.Ne5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Bxe5 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Rxe5 c4
19.a4 Rac8 20.d4 Nd5 0-1(57) Andreev 2435 - Rakhmanov 2489, Dubna 2007.
5.Ne4 e6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 OO 8.OO Nc6 9.b3 e5 10.Bb2 f6 11.d3 Be6 12.Nc3 Nc7
13.Nd2 Qd7 14.a4 Bh3 15.Nc4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nd4 17.Ne2 Qc6+ 18.f3 Nde6 19.Qe1 b6
20.Nc3 Nd4 1-0(59) Barua 2541 - Sriram 2448, Mumbai IND 2003.
5.Ne5 Nxc3 6.bxc3 e6 7.Bb5+ Nd7 8.Qf3 Qf6 9.Nxd7 Qxf3 10.Ne5+ Qc6 11.Nxc6
Bd7 12.Nxa7 Rxa7 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.d3 Bd6 15.Be3 Rha8 16.Kd2 Rxa2 17.Rxa2 Rxa2
18.Rb1 Kc6 19.c4 b6 20.g4 Be5 0-1(84) Naumann 2538 - Rodewis 2364, playchess.com
INT 2005.

[*21*] 6.OO Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd7 8.d4 e6 9.d5 exd5 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Bg5 Be6 12.c4 dxc4
13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qc1 OO 15.Qf4 Bd6 16.Qh4 Qd7 17.Rad1 Bd5 18.Bd2 f6 19.Bc3 Qf5
20.Nd2 Qxc2 0-1(27) Zezulkin 2558 - Hausner 2419, Czechia 2004;
9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 a6 11.Bc4 cxd4 12.cxd4 OO 13.a3 Bf6 14.Bd3 g6 15.Bb2
Bg7 16.c4 Re8 17.Bc3 Rc8 18.Rac1 Na5 19.c5 Ba4 20.Bc2 Bxc2 =-=(58) Vasquez 2558
- Govashelishvili 2389, Esbjerg 2005;
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.dxc3 Qd5 9.Be3 Ba6 10.Re1 e6 11.b3 c4 12.Nd2 OOO 13.Qe2
c5 14.Nxc4 Be7 15.Bf4 Bf6 16.Rad1 Qc6 0-1 Veinger Itzhak (ISR) 2336 - Korolev
Sergey Ivanovich (RUS 2604, RCCA 2002;

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 6...Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne4 e6 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Ne5 Qh4 12.c4 Nb6
13.Qf3 Rc8 14.d3 Bd6 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Bf4 OO 18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.Rad1 g5
20.Be3 Nd7 =-=(33) Kovacevic 2548 - Markovic 2489, Vrnjacka Banja 2005.
6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Ne4 e5 8.d3 Qc7 9.OO Be7 10.c4 Nb6 11.Nfd2 f5 12.Nc3 OO
13.Re1 Bd6 14.Nf1 Bd7 15.f3 Rae8 16.Be3 Bc8 17.Bf2 Kh8 18.Qd2 Rd8 19.Bg3 Nd7
20.Na4 Rfe8 =-=(111) Ovetchkin 2475 - Kalygin 2440, Alushta 2004.

[*22*] 6...Nxc3 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.dxc3 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 f6 10.Nc4 e5 11.b3 Be6 12.Ke2
Bxc4+ 13.bxc4 Rb8 14.Rd1 Ke7 15.f4 Ke6 16.g4 g6 17.Be3 h5 18.f5+ gxf5 19.gxf5+
Kxf5 20.Rd7 a5 1-0(48) Kotronias 2550 - Welin 2390, Stockholm SWE 1988;
7.Nxc6 Nxd1 8.Nxd8+ Kxd8 9.Kxd1 Bd7 10.Bxd7 Kxd7 11.d3 e6 12.Ke2 Bd6
13.Be3 b6 14.g3 e5 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.gxf4 Rhe8+ 18.Kf3 Re6 19.Rae1 Rae8
20.Rxe6 Rxe6 =-=(21) Saulin 2475 - Kalygin 2436, Tula 2004;
7.dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Be3 f6 11.Nc4 e5 12.Nb6 Bg4+
13.f3 Rd8+ 14.Kc1 Be6 15.b3 Rb8 16.Na4 c4 17.Kb2 Kf7 18.Rhd1 Be7 19.Bc5 Rhd8
20.Bxe7 Kxe7 =-=(24) Pavlov 2451 - Kalygin 2436, Alushta UKR 2004.

[*23*] 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 e5 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.d3 Be7 11.g4 Be6 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.b3 Rd8
14.Bd2 Nf4 15.Ng3 g6 16.h4 f6 17.Ne2 Bd6 18.Nxf4 exf4 19.Bc3 OO 20.Qd2 Qd7 0-
1(51) Bergdahl 2355 - Korolev 2610, corr ICCF 1987.

[*24*] 7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Qxd6 exd6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Be3 Kd7 14.Rb1 Kc7 15.Kd2 Be7 16.Rb3 Rhb8 17.Kd3 Bf6 18.g4 g6 19.g5 Be7 20.h4
a6 =-=(31) Heinemann 2489 - Gisbrecht 2422, Germany 1999.

[*25*] 8...Bd7 9.Qxd5 Qxe5+ 10.Qxe5 Nxe5 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.OOO OOO 13.Rhe1 e6
14.Ne4 Be7 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.Rxd6 Nb4 17.Bc4 Bc6 18.a3 Nd5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Bg3
Re8 1-0(55) Mueller 2505 - Gisbrecht 2400, Gladenbach GER 1997.

[*26*] 11.Ba4 Bd7 12.Bf4 OOO 13.OOO d5 14.a3 Na6 15.b4 =-= Manduch 2450 -
Korolew S.I. 2610, 11. 1992;
11...Bb7 12.Be3 Be7 13.a3 Na6 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.Nb4 Nxb4 16.axb4 Bb6 17.Ra3
OO 18.Kd2 Bxe3+ 19.Rxe3 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 =-=(52) Luther 2525 - Gisbrecht 2400,
Gladenbach GER 1997.

[*27*] 6.a4 Nb4 7.OO N8c6 8.Ne4 e6 9.c3 Nd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Be7 12.Qg4 g6
13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qg3 Qb8 15.Qf3 f5 16.Ng5 e5 17.c4 e4 18.Qd1 Nf4 19.Bxf4 Qxf4
20.Nde6 Bxe6 =-=(39) Balogh 2568 - Landa 2669, Mainz 2007;
6...e6 7.OO Be7 8.Bc4 Nxc3 9.dxc3 OO 10.Ne5 Be8 11.Qxd8 Bxd8 12.Be3 Bf6
13.f4 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bb5 Bxb5 16.axb5 b6 17.Ra6 Rfb8 18.Rfa1 Rb7 19.R1a2 h5
20.Kf2 Kh7 =-=(26) Galego 2537 - Llaneza Vega 2427, Soller 2007;
6...a6 7.Bc4 Bc6 8.Ne5 e6 9.OO Bd6 10.Nxc6 Qh4 11.g3 Qxc4 12.b3 Nxc3
13.dxc3 Qd5 14.Qxd5 exd5 15.Nxb8 Bxb8 16.Rd1 Kd7 17.Rxd5+ Ke6 18.Rxc5 Rd8 19.Be3
Ba7 20.Rc4 Bxe3 1-0(35) Horvath 2476 - Rovid 2402, Hungary 2003;
6...Bxb5 7.axb5 e6 8.OO Be7 9.Ne4 Nd7 10.c4 N5f6 11.Nc3 OO 12.d4 Qc7
13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qc2 a5 15.h3 Ncd7 16.b3 Rfd8 17.Rd1 Nc5 18.Be3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8
20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 1-0(43) Zambrana 2405 - Fernandez Romero 2460, Dos Hermanas ESP
2006.
6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.OO Nc6 8.Qe2 g6 9.Ne4 b6 10.c4 Nf4 11.Nf6+ Kd8 12.Qe4 Qe6
13.Qxf4 Qxf6 14.Qxf6 exf6 15.d4 cxd4 16.Rd1 Bc5 17.Be3 Kc7 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4
Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Rad8 =-=(32) Rausis 2533 - Afek 2382, Bordeaux FRA 2003;
8.Re1 e6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Qxe5 Nf6 12.d3 OO 13.Bf4 Rac8 14.Qe2
Qc6 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.b3 b5 17.a4 a6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ne4 Nd5 20.Be5 f6 =-=(41)
Morovic Fernandez 2420 - Garcia Palermo 2460, Santiago CHI 1981;
8.d3 g6 9.Ne4 b6 10.d4 f5 11.Neg5 h6 12.c4 hxg5 13.cxd5 Nxd4 14.Nxd4
cxd4 15.Qxd4 Rh4 16.Qd3 Bh6 17.b3 Rd8 18.Ba3 Qxd5 19.Qc3 Kf7 20.Rae1 Bf8 0-1(34)
Peng Xiaomin 2490 - Fernandes 2380, Macau 1996;

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 7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 Nc6 9.c4 e6 10.Bb2 f6 11.Re1 Be7 12.d3 OO 13.Nd2 Rae8
14.Qh5 Bd6 15.Ne4 b6 16.Re3 Be5 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Rae1 Nc6 19.c3 e5 20.f4 f5 1-
0(31) Wang 2530 - Preissmann 2365, ? 1997.
6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 g6 10.Be3 Bg7 11.OO OO 12.a4 Ne5 13.b3
Rc8 14.Qd2 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.h3 e5 17.Ndb5 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Rfd8 19.Bg5 f6 20.hxg4
fxg5 1-0(29) Aveskulov 2424 - Zubov 2490, Kharkiv UKR 2005;
8.a4 e5 9.a5 Nc8 10.a6 b6 11.Bc4 Bd6 12.d3 OO 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Qd2 Kh8
15.OOO f6 16.Be3 Nb4 17.h4 b5 18.Bb3 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.b3 Rb8 1-0(33) Papp
2471 - Sikula 2412, Szombathely 2004;
6...Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 e6 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Qh4 Be7 11.OOO a6 12.Rhe1 Qa5
13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Qc5 15.Qg3 OOO 16.Be3 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qh5 18.Be2 f6 19.Ne5 Qf5
20.Nxd7 Rxd7 1-0(31) Fier 2516 - Stamenkovic 2417, Sao Paulo 2007.

[*28*] 6...Nb4 7.d3 Bxb5 8.Nxb5 N8c6 9.Bf4 Qa5 10.Nc7+ Kd7 11.OO Rc8 12.a3 Na6
13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 Qxb4 15.Bd2 Qd6 16.Nxa6 bxa6 17.Rxa6 f6 18.d4 e6 19.Qb5 Be7
20.c4 Rb8 1-0(25) Adams 2735 - Paehtz 2451, Gibraltar 2007;
7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.d3 N4c6 9.OO Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Ne4 e6 12.Bg5 Nc6 13.c4
dxc3 14.bxc3 Be7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.d4 OO 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Rd3 Rd5 19.Nd2 Rad8
20.Nf3 b5 =-=(66) Khamatgaleev 2412 - Belozerov 2507, Togliatty RUS 2001;
7.d4 Bxb5 8.Qxb5+ N8c6 9.OO cxd4 10.Rd1 a6 11.Qe2 e6 12.a3 Nd5 13.Nxd5
Qxd5 14.Be3 Bc5 15.c3 Qe4 16.Qc4 Ba7 17.Nxd4 OO 18.Qb3 Ne5 19.h3 Rfd8 20.Nc2
Bxe3 =-=(64) Kayumov 2460 - Arbakov 2445, Alushta UKR 2002.
6...Nxc3 7.dxc3 Qb6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Ng5 g6 10.Bc4 e6 11.Qf3 f5 12.Bxe6 OOO
13.Bxd7+ Rxd7 14.OO Bg7 15.a4 h6 16.a5 Qa6 17.Nh3 Ne5 18.Qg3 Re8 19.Be3 Qc4
20.b4 cxb4 1-0(41) Fedorchuk 2571 - Shirazi 2423, Agneaux 2004;
7...e6 8.Bf4 Bxb5 9.Qxb5+ Qd7 10.Qc4 Nc6 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.OO Be7 13.Bd6 b6
14.Rd3 OO 15.Rfd1 h6 16.Qe4 Rd8 17.Bxe7 Rxd3 18.Rxd3 Nxe7 19.Ne5 f6 20.Ng6 Nxg6
=-=(22) Hendriks 2412 - Van der Wiel 2483, Hilversum 2007.
6...Nc7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Ne4 e6 9.c3 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 Na5
13.Bd3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Nf6 15.OO Bc6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Ne5 Bd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bb5+ Kf8
20.Qh5 g6 1-0(27) Van den Doel 2568 - Afek 2321, Vlissingen 2008.

[*29*] 7.Ne5 e6 8.Nxd7 Nbxd7 9.d3 a6 10.Ba4 Qc7 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Rc8 15.Be4 Bf4 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.a4 OO 18.axb5 axb5 19.OO Rc7 20.Ra5
Rb8 1-0(62) Perunovic 2570 - Drazic 2489, Mataruska Banja SRB 2008.

[*30*] 8...g6 9.Bg5 Bg7 10.OOO OO 11.Rhe1 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 e6 14.h4 a6

15.Bd3 Qb6 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.Be5 Bc6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qh5 Re8 20.Qh7+ Kf8 1-0(28)
Adams 2505 - Fernandes 2405, Haifa ISR 1989.

[*31*] 11.OOO Bg7 12.Nb3 Qc8 13.Bc5 OO 14.Qxe7 Nc6 15.Qe3 Re8 16.Qg3 a5 17.Rhe1
Rxe1 18.Rxe1 a4 19.Nd2 Qf5 20.Nde4 Nxe4 1-0(38) Kuba 2403 - Anastasian 2552,
Dresden 2007.

[*32*] 6...Bxb5 7.Qf3 f6 8.Nxb5 Na6 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qxh8 Qd7 12.Nc3
Qe6+ 13.Kf1 Nab4 14.Qh3 Qxh3 15.gxh3 Nc7 16.Rb1 Nxc2 17.Rg1 Kf7 18.d3 Rd8 19.Be3
e5 20.Rd1 Ne6 =-=(32) Efimenko 2632 - Paehtz 2456, Port Erin IOM 2006;
16.Rg1 Nxc2 17.Rb1 Kf7 18.a3 e5 19.d3 Rd8 20.Be3 Ne6 =-=(32) Dembo 2465
- Cramling 2521, Biel SUI 2006;
14.Qh4 Qa6+ 15.Kg1 Nxc2 16.Rb1 Nd4 17.h3 e6 18.d3 OOO 19.Qg4 Qxd3 20.Qe4
Qc4 0-1(22) Spraggett 2581 - De la Villa Garcia 2451, Dos Hermanas ESP 2006;
12.Qh4 Qxb5 13.c4 Qb4 14.a3 Qa4 15.b3 Qxb3 16.cxd5 Qd3 17.Bb2 Rd8 18.OOO
Rxd5 19.Qg3 c4 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 1-0(32) Smikovski 2554 - Smirnov 2452, Novokuznetsk
2008;
12.Qg8 OOO 13.Nc3 Nf4 14.d3 Nxg2+ 15.Ke2 Nb4 16.Qxg6 Nxc2 17.Be3 Nxa1
18.Rxa1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 f5 20.Rd1 e6 =-=(36) Reinderman Dimitri 2509 - Afek
Yochanan 2389, ? 2006;

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 9.Nc4 Qd7 10.OO Nab4 11.a4 e6 12.c3 Nc6 13.Re1 Be7 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qh6 Kf7
16.d3 a6 17.Nba3 b5 18.Ne3 Nb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd2 b4 1-0(34) Luther 2538 - Graf
2635, Saarbruecken 2002;
11.Nba3 e5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Nb5 Nc7 14.Nxc7+ Qxc7 15.d3 OOO 16.Be3 Be7 17.b4
cxb4 18.cxb4 Bxb4 19.Rfc1 Rxd3 20.Qe2 Rhd8 1-0(40) Adhiban 2401 - Ashwin 2478,
Chennai 2008;
9...Nab4 10.OO Qd7 11.Qe4 e6 12.c3 a6 13.Nba3 Nc6 14.Re1 b5 15.Ne3 Be7
16.Qg4 Ne5 17.Qxg7 OOO 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxe7 Rhg8 20.g3 Nf3+ 0-1(35) Lopez
Martinez 2440 - De la Riva Aguado 2549, Spain 2004;
8.Qxd5 Qxd5 9.Nxd5 Na6 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nxd7 Kxd7 12.d3 e6 13.Ne3 Bd6 14.c3
Nb8 15.Nc4 Nc6 16.Kd1 g5 17.h3 h5 18.Be3 g4 19.hxg4 hxg4 20.Ke2 b6 =-=(38) Di
Caro 2366 - Ninov 2536, Porto San Giorgio 2007;
7.Nxb5 e6 8.Qf3 Qf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.c4 a6 11.cxd5 axb5 12.Ng4 f5 13.Ne3
f4 14.Ng4 Bg7 15.d4 Bxd4 16.Bxf4 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bc3+ 18.Kf1 b4 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.g3
Nc6 0-1(28) Fischer 2760 - Jones Brian (AUS) 2280, Houston (USA) 1964.

[*33*] 7.Nxd7 Nbxd7 8.d4 a6 9.Be2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 e6 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6
13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qb3 Bd6 15.OO OO 16.Bf3 Rab8 17.g3 Qc7 18.a4 b6 19.Rd1 a5 20.Be3
Rfd8 1-0(52) Guliyev 2570 - Sikula 2550, Nancy 2008;
11.Qa7 Bc5 12.Bd2 e5 13.h3 OO 14.Bg4 Re8 15.f4 Bd4 16.Rd1 Nf8 17.Rc1 Qd7
18.Bh5 Rac8 19.Nb1 b5 20.Rg1 b4 =-= Kengis 2570 - Bach 2330, ? 1996;
11.Bf4 Bc5 12.Qd3 e5 13.Bg3 OO 14.OO Re8 15.Bf3 Bd4 16.Rad1 Nc5 17.Qf5
Qc8 18.Qxc8 Raxc8 19.Rfe1 b5 20.Bh4 b4 =-= Kengis 2560 - Bach 2340, Dresden
1996;
8...e6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.OO a6 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 OOO 14.Qe2
Nf6 15.Bf3 h5 16.Bg5 Bd6 17.h3 Bf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Rad1 h4 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 1-0(50)
Vorobiov 2534 - Belozerov 2552, chessassistantclub.com INT 2004;
9.OO a6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qd3 Qc7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 OO 15.c4
Nf6 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Rb1 a5 18.a3 b6 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Bd4 0-1(43) Yagupov 2441 -
Najer 2590, Linares 2001;
8...cxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.Be2 e6 11.Bf4 Bc5 12.Qd3 OO 13.OO b5 14.Bf3 Ra7
15.Rad1 Qa5 16.a3 b4 17.Na2 bxa3 18.b4 Bxb4 19.Nxb4 Qxb4 20.Bd6 Qa5 1-0(32)
Kramnik 2775 - Seirawan 2630, Amsterdam NED 1996;
10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Be3 Qc6 12.OOO e6 13.Bh6 Rc8 14.Rhe1 b5 15.Rd2 Bc5
16.Qe5 Qxg2 17.f4 Qg6 18.Bxg7 Ng4 19.Qd5 Nf6 20.Qb7 1-0 Morovic Fernandez 2515 -
Fernandes 2390, Dubai UAE 1986.
7.a4 a6 8.Bc4 e6 9.OO Nc6 10.f4 Bd6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.f5 Bc7 13.Ne2 Ng4 14.h3
Bh2+ 15.Kh1 Qh4 16.Nd4 Bxg2+ 17.Kxg2 Qg3+ 18.Kh1 Qxh3 19.Rf3 Bg3+ 20.Kg1 Bh2+ 0-
1(25) Belkhodja 2385 - Lombardy 2510, Amsterdam 1985.

[*34*] 7...Qc8 8.Nxd7 Nbxd7 9.d3 e6 10.Bf4 Be7 11.a4 OO 12.g4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5
14.Qxd5 Nf6 15.Qf5 Nxg4 16.Qxc8 Raxc8 17.h3 Nf6 18.OOO Nd5 19.Bg3 Rfd8 20.Rhe1
Bf6 0-1(55) Shirov 2716 - Kunin 2494, Mainz 2006;
11.OOO a6 12.Ba4 OO 13.Bb3 b5 14.g4 Nb6 15.g5 Ne8 16.h4 Nd6 17.h5 Nf5
18.g6 fxg6 19.hxg6 h6 20.Qe4 c4 0-1(40) Baramidze 2591 - Kunin 2494, Nuremberg
2006;
9...a6 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Bg5 OOO 12.OO h6 13.Be3 e6 14.a3 Bd6 15.Rab1 Qc7
16.Kh1 Kb8 17.Na4 b5 18.Nc3 Qb7 19.Qe2 Qc6 20.Na2 Nd5 0-1(41) Sjugirov 2491 -
Rakhmanov 2524, St Petersburg 2008;
8.a4 e6 9.OO Bd6 10.Re1 a6 11.Nxd7 Nbxd7 12.Bf1 Qc7 13.g3 Ne5 14.Qe2 h5
15.Bg2 h4 16.d3 hxg3 17.hxg3 OOO 18.Bg5 Nc6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Be3 Nxe4 1-0(48)
Kveinys 2546 - Bach 2339, Koszalin POL 2006.

[*35*] 8.OO e6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Nc4 Qc5 12.Qxb7 dxc3 13.Qxa8 Qxb5 14.b3
Bc6 15.Qxb8+ Qxb8 16.Bxb8 Bc5 17.Be5 Nd5 18.Rad1 Ke7 19.Bd4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 g5 1-
0(25) Aveskulov 2544 - Markos 2557, Beijing 2008;

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 8...a6 9.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10.Nc4 Rc8 11.a4 e6 12.d3 b6 13.Bf4 Qc6 14.Ne4 Nxe4
15.dxe4 Be7 16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.Rd6 Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Ke7 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qh5 Rcf8 1-0(30)
Kulaots 2556 - Sikula 2528, Hungary 2008.

[*36*] 9.OO e6 10.d3 Bd6 11.h3 OOO 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Bf4
Nd5 16.Bg3 Rhf8 17.Qe4 Nb4 18.Rac1 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Nb5 Qb6 =-=(46)
Yandemirov 2481 - Dudukin 2413, Ishevsk RUS 2005.

[*37*] 9...e6 10.Bf4 Qc8 11.Ne4 a6 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Ba4 Be7 14.OO b5 15.Bb3 Ne5
16.Bxe5 fxe5 17.Rfe1 Bd6 18.Qh5 Ke7 19.Re3 Qc6 20.Rf3 Raf8 1-0(43) Ganguly 2531
- Sriram 2458, Calicut IND 2003.

[*38*] 11.Bg3 a6 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.OOO Bd6 14.Bh4 Be7 15.Bxf7 Kb8 16.Bg3 Rhf8
17.Bc4 Nfd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qe4 Nf4 20.Rhe1 Bf6 1-0(37) Shirov 2720 - Fernandes
2480, Elista RUS 1998.

[*39*] 3...Ng4 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 h5 6.h3 Nc6 7.Qc3 Nh6 8.Bd3 a6 9.OO Qc7 10.Bg5
b5 11.a4 b4 12.Qc4 g6 13.Re1 Bg7 14.Qc5 Qa7 15.Qxa7 Rxa7 16.Nbd2 a5 17.Nc4 Ba6
18.Be3 Bxc4 19.Bxc4 Rb7 20.Ba6 Rb8 0-1(47) Sapa 2390 - Kauppala 2510, ICCF 2002.

[*40*] 4.c4 Nc7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be2 d6 10.exd6 Qxd6
11.OO Bf5 12.Qh4 OOO 13.Nb5 Nxb5 14.cxb5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bf4 e5 17.Bg5 Rd7
18.Rfd1 h6 19.Be3 Qe7 20.Qg3 Rhd8 0-1(30) Gazizov 2358 - Belozerov 2541, Samara
RUS 2002;
7.Qe3 d6 8.Bd2 d5 9.Nd4 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qg3 OO 13.Rd1 f5
14.Bd3 =-= Velicka 2425 - Gisbrecht, Pardubice CZE 1995;
6.Nxd4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.f4 d6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.exd6 exd6 11.OO OO 12.Nc3 Re8
13.a3 Be6 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.Qc2 Bg4 16.Be4 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 18.Kh1 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bf5
20.Bxf5 Qxf5 0-1(40) Barua 2480 - Kouatly 2450, Calicut IND 1988;
5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Nd2
Bf5 12.a3 OOO 13.b4 Be7 14.Qf3 Qg6 15.Be2 Ne6 16.Bxe5 Bf6 17.g4 Bc2 18.Bxf6 gxf6
19.Qe3 Nf4 20.Ra2 Bd3 0-1(22) Inkiov 2500 - David 2455, France 1996;
5.b4 cxb4 6.d4 d5 7.a3 Nc6 8.axb4 Nxb4 9.Nc3 e6 10.Ba3 Bd7 11.Qb1 a5
12.c5 b6 13.cxb6 Nca6 14.b7 Ra7 15.Bd3 Nxd3+ 16.Qxd3 Nb4 17.Qd2 Rxb7 18.h4 Be7
19.Rh3 h6 20.Rg3 g6 =-=(62) Van der Wiel 2470 - Ostermeyer 2410, Porz GER 1982.
4.b3 d6 5.Bb2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.OO Rc8 9.Re1 e6 10.Na3 a6 11.Bxc6+
Rxc6 12.Nc4 b5 13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 OO 15.Re5 Bg6 16.d3 Qxd6 17.Nd2 f6 18.Re1
e5 19.a4 b4 20.Qf3 Nf4 =-=(58) Zhang Zhong 2624 - Sriram 2451, Jodhpur IND 2003;
5...a6 6.c4 Nc7 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Bxd4 Ne6 11.Be3 g6
12.Nc3 Bg7 13.Rc1 Bxc3+ 14.Rxc3 Bd7 15.g3 Bc6 16.Bg2 Nd7 17.OO OO 18.Bh6 Rfd8
19.Bh3 Ndf8 20.Re1 Rd6 1-0(30) Bellini 2478 - Landenbergue 2449, Switzerland
2003;
4...g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc7 7.Qh4 h6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qg3 b5
11.OOO b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Rxd5 Qb6 14.Kb1 e6 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Rhe1 Ne7
18.Nd2 Nd5 19.Ne4 OO 20.h4 h5 1-0(26) Spraggett 2592 - Llobel Cortell 2397,
Andorra la Vella AND 2005.

[*41*] 4...d6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.OO Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Na3 e6 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.d3
Be7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.a4 OO 14.c3 h6 15.a5 Bf6 16.Qb3 Bg6 17.Bf1 Rb8 18.Qb5 Rfd8
19.Nh2 h5 20.h4 Ne5 1-0(45) Milos 2555 - Disconzi da Silva 2350, Campeonato
Paulista 1998;
9.d4 OOO 10.c4 Nb6 11.d5 e6 12.Nc3 exd5 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nb5 dxc4
16.Qe1 Nd5 17.Rd1 Bd3 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Nxa7+ Kb8 20.Bxe5+ Bd6 1-0(59) Komliakov
2455 - Chernov 2420, Val Thorens 1994;
8...Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.d3 Be7 12.Qg4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 OO 14.Qa4
Rc8 15.Rb1 b6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Qxa7 Bd8 18.Qa6 Ra8 19.Qc4 Ra4 20.Rb4 Ra5 1-0(66)
Rozentalis 2581 - Arnold 2376, Augsburg 2007;

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 6...e6 7.OO Bxd6 8.d4 OO 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.Ne4 Bb6
13.c4 Nc7 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.Nd6 Bc8 16.Bf4 Ne8 17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.Rac1 Bc7 19.Ne5 Bxe5
20.Bxe5 Nxe5 =-=(31) Gallagher 2517 - Landenbergue 2395, Leukerbad 2002;
5...e6 6.OO Nc6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.d4 OO 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bd7
12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Ne4 Bf8 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nfg5 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 f5 17.Bf4 Qc8 18.Qd3 Rd8
19.Qxf5 exf5 20.Bd5+ Be6 =-=(63) Wells 2492 - Gisbrecht 2405, Germany 1999;
5.exd6 Qxd6 6.Bg2 Qe6+ 7.Kf1 g6 8.d4 Bg7 9.dxc5 =-= Jansa 2525 - Hausner
2450, Lazne Bohdanec 1995.
4...e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.OO OO 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.c4 Nb6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qe2
f6 12.b3 fxe5 13.Bb2 Bf6 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Rfe1 a5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Rxe5
a4 19.b4 a3 20.Rb1 Ra4 =-=(36) Baklan 2591 - Van der Wiel 2493, Hoogeveen NED
2004;
5...d6 6.OO Nc6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.c4 Ne7
12.Nc3 Rb8 13.b3 Be5 14.Qe1 f6 15.Be3 Rb7 16.Rd1 Rd7 17.Rxd7 Qxd7 18.Na4 Nf5
19.Bc5 Rd8 20.Qa5 Bb7 =-=(33) Byrne 2550 - Regan 2430, Pasadena 1978;
5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 OO 7.Bg2 d6 8.OO dxe5 9.Nxe5 f6 10.Nc4 e5 11.Ne3 Nxe3
12.dxe3 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Na6 14.Nc3 Nc7 15.a4 a5 16.Nb5 Nxb5 17.axb5 Rd8 18.Bd5+ Kf8
19.Bc3 Bf5 20.Bxa5 Rxd5 1-0(47) Feygin 2460 - Shushpanov, Pardubice CZE 1995.
4...b6 5.Bg2 Ba6 6.d3 Nc6 7.OO e6 8.Re1 Be7 9.c4 Nc7 10.b3 OO 11.d4 cxd4
12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 d5 14.exd6 Bf6 15.Qf4 Nd5 16.cxd5 Bxa1 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Qe4
Qf6 19.Qxe6+ Qxe6 20.Rxe6 Rac8 0-1(46) Popovic 2545 - Shirazi 2430, New York
1986.

[*42*] 5...g6 6.OO Bg7 7.Re1 OO 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc7 10.Nf3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6
12.Qxd6 exd6 13.c3 d5 14.Na3 Bf5 15.Be3 Be4 16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Nb5 Rfd8 18.Nfd4 Bxg2
19.Kxg2 Rd7 20.Re2 a6 =-=(52) Jansa 2499 - Murey 2433, Hockenheim, Germany 2007;
9...Ndb4 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Bd2 a5 12.a3 Nd5 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bf5 15.Qe2
Qb6 16.g4 Be6 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.h3 Bh6 19.Bf3 Qc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 =-=(30) Popovic
2502 - Afek 2369, Belgium BEL 2004;
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ndb4 9.c3 Na6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bf4 h6
13.Rd1+ Ke8 14.h4 Nc5 15.Be3 Na4 16.b3 Nb6 17.Bd4 Bg4 18.Re1 Rd8 19.a4 Nd7 20.e6
Nf6 1-0(47) Van der Wiel 2505 - Afek 2370, Wijk aan Zee NED 2006;
6.Nc3 Nc7 7.Ne4 Ne6 8.c3 d5 9.exd6 f5 10.Neg5 Nxg5 11.Nxg5 h6 12.Nf3
Qxd6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bg7 15.OO Nxd4 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Rc1 g5 19.Bc7
Qf6 20.Rc4 Bb6 =-=(36) Rossolimo 2470 - Sherwin 2480, ? 1962.
5...e6 6.OO Be7 7.c4 Ndb4 8.d3 d6 9.a3 Na6 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Nc3 OO 12.Bf4
Qd8 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Be3 Bd7 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nge4 Be7 17.Qh5 Nd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Ne2
Bc6 20.Nf4 Nc7 0-1(59) Rublevsky 2686 - Belozerov 2552, chessassistantclub.com
INT 2004;
6...d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.d4 OO 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 b6 11.c4 Nde7 12.Ne4 Ba6
13.Nxc5 bxc5 14.b3 Qb6 15.Ng5 Rad8 16.Qh5 h6 17.Nf3 Nf5 18.g4 Nfd4 19.g5 Nxf3+
20.Bxf3 hxg5 =-=(38) Vajda 2478 - Supancic 2378, Austria 2007.

[*43*] 6...Qxd6 7.OO Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5
exd5 13.d3 Be7 14.c4 dxc4 15.dxc4 OO 16.Bf4 Bf6 17.Rad1 Nd4 18.Kh2 b6 19.Rfe1
Nc2 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 =-=(23) Rublevsky 2639 - Khalifman 2700, Kazan RUS 2001;
10.Na3 Be7 11.c3 OO 12.d3 Rad8 13.Qe2 Bf6 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.a4 b6 16.Qc2 Ne5
17.Bd2 Rd7 18.a5 b5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.a6 Rfd8 =-=(41) Popovic 2490 - Sahovic 2485,
Zemun 1980;
8...Bh5 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e6 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.d4 Rd8 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.g4 d3
15.cxd3 Bg6 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Qd6 18.Bxb7 Be7 19.Bd2 OO 20.Bb4 Qxb4 1-0(44)
Shabalov 2565 - Christiansen 2555, Parsippany 1996;
8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Qd7 10.Rb1 OOO 11.Qe2 f6 12.d4 cxd4 13.Rd1 e5 14.cxd4
exd4 15.Qf1 Bc5 16.h3 Be6 17.a4 Rhe8 18.Qb5 Bb6 19.Bd2 d3 20.c4 Qc7 0-1(35)
Kudrin 2510 - Shirazi 2470, Greenville 1983;

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 7...e5 8.Na3 Nb6 9.Nb5 Qd7 10.Re1 Be7 11.a4 f6 12.c3 a6 13.Na3 Qd8 14.d4
cxd4 15.cxd4 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.Nc2 Rc8 18.b3 OO 19.Bb2 Nb4 20.Nxb4 Bxb4 =-=(94)
Popovic 2560 - Ivanovic 2535, Belgrade YUG 1987;
8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.d3 OO 11.Nd2 Be6 12.f4 exf4 13.Ne4 Qd7 14.Bxf4
f5 15.Ng5 Bd5 16.Bxd5+ Qxd5 17.Qf3 Qxf3 18.Nxf3 Bf6 19.Bd2 Rfe8 20.Rab1 b6 0-
1(43) Wolf Volker GER 2518 - Mohrlok Dieter GER 2470, ? 1993.
6...exd6 7.OO Be7 8.d4 OO 9.Na3 Bf5 10.c3 Rc8 11.Re1 Bf6 12.Nh4 Bxh4
13.Bxd5 Bf6 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Bf4 Qd7 16.Nc4 Bg4 17.Bf3 Qxd1 18.Bxd1 Bxd1 19.Raxd1
b6 20.Rd7 g5 1-0(45) Nijboer 2553 - Van der Wiel 2509, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003.

[*44*] 7.d4 Bxd6 8.OO OO 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 f6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Ne4 Bb6 13.Rd1 a5
14.c4 Ndb4 15.a3 Na6 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 e5 18.Nd6 Be6 19.Qb6 Rab8 20.Nh4 Qc7 1-
0(40) Byrne 2510 - Shirazi 2465, Berkeley 1984.

[*45*] 9.c4 Nb6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qe2 e5 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 e4 14.Nfd2 h5 15.h4
Ne5 16.Rd1 a6 17.Nf3 =-= Sadvakasov 2611 - Khismatullin 2534, Moscow RUS 2004;
9...Nf6 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Be7 13.Be3 Qxd4 14.Bxd4 Nd7
15.Rfd1 Bf6 16.Nb5 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 Nf6 18.Rd2 a6 19.Nd6 Rb8 20.c5 Rd8 =-=(50)
Howell 2525 - Bogdanovich 2380, Germany 1996.

[*46*] 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qb6 14.a4 b4 15.a5 Qc5 16.Nf5
Bf6 17.Ne3 Ba6 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Re1 Rac8 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 =-=(53) Dvoirys 2590 -
Bogdanovich 2400, It \\ Berlin 1997.
10.a3 a5 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Nbd2 Rd8 13.Ne4 Be7 14.c4 Nf6 15.Be3 Qa6 16.Nc3 Bd7
17.Nb5 Rac8 18.b3 Ng4 19.Bg5 f6 20.Rad1 Nge5 0-1(41) Bologan 2530 - Bogdanovich
2380, Berlin 1995.

[*47*] 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nc3 e5 13.Bg5 e4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qb6 16.Be3 Bxe3
17.fxe3 Qxb2 18.Ng5 g6 19.Rab1 Qg7 20.Qf4 Nd8 =-=(76) Pikula 2499 - Solak 2568,
Vrnjacka Banja SCG 2005.

[*48*] 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.OO e6 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.Re1 d6 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.a4 Be7
12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.a5 Nd7 14.Na3 Nf6 15.Nb5 Qc5 16.Nbxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Rd8 18.c3 Kf8
19.f4 Bd7 20.Re5 Qc7 =-=(53) Rechlis 2520 - Kallai 2470, Montpellier FRA 1998;
5...e6 6.OO Nb6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Re1 d6 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.c3 dxe5 11.cxd4 Bb4
12.Nc3 f6 13.Bh4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Qxd4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 OO 17.Bg3 Qc6 18.a4 Kh8
19.a5 e5 20.Qb4 Nd7 1-0(35) Estrin Yakov B (RUS) 2450 - Vorotnikov Vladislav V
(RUS) 2437, Leningrad (Russia) 1965.

[*49*] 6.a3 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.c4 Nb6 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Qc2 Ne5 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.Be2 Rc8
13.b3 OO 14.Bb2 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Qe7 16.OO Bc6 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nd7 19.Bd4 e5
20.Bc3 Qg5 =-=(46) Short 2500 - Mnatsakanian 2435, Erevan ARM 1984;
8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.OO Nf6 11.Qh4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nd2 Nd5
14.Nc4 Bf6 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Qxg5 OO 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Qh4 Bd7 19.Ne5 Bc6 20.c4 Nf6 1-
0(57) Fogarasi 2449 - Arnold 2408, Budapest HUN 2001;
7...Qc7 8.c4 f5 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qd3 b6 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 13.Be2
Bb7 14.OO Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Qg3 Qxg3 17.hxg3 a5 18.b3 Bc5 19.Bb2 OO 20.Rad1
Rf7 0-1(55) Kostin 2400 - Rakhmanov 2497, Sochi 2007;
8.Bd3 b6 9.OO Bb7 10.Re1 Nde7 11.Qe2 f5 12.Nc3 Ng6 13.h4 h5 14.Bg5 a6
15.Bxf5 1-0 Enders 2520 - Bartsch 2345, Passau 1997;
7...f5 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.c4 Nde7 10.b3 Ng6 11.Bb2 d6 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.g3 OO
14.Bg2 e5 15.c5 Be7 16.OO e4 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Be6 19.Nc3 Bxc5 20.Nb5 Qb6 0-
1(47) Lanka 2540 - Gasimov 2420, Sitges 1994.
6.c4 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.Qe2 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Nf4 10.Qe3 Ng6 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.a3 Bc5
13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.Bc3 a6 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.Bxg7 Rg8 19.Bh6 b6
20.Qd2 Qc7 =-=(30) Brzozka Stefan (POL) 2433 - Korolev Sergey Ivanovich (RUS
2604, RCCA 2002;

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 9.Nbd2 Nf4 10.Qe3 Ng6 11.a3 Qa5 12.axb4 Qxa1 13.Nb3 Qa4 14.b5 Na5 15.Nc5
Qa2 16.Qc3 b6 17.b4 bxc5 18.bxa5 a6 19.b6 Bb7 20.Be2 Ne7 1-0(37) Seret 2375 -
Kouatly 2495, FRA 1991;
7.Qd1 Nde7 8.Bd2 Ng6 9.Bc3 Qc7 10.Qe2 b6 11.a3 Bb7 12.h4 d6 13.exd6 Bxd6
14.h5 Nf4 15.Qc2 e5 16.Nbd2 OOO 17.OOO Bc5 18.Qf5+ Kb8 19.Nxe5 f6 20.Nxc6+ Bxc6
0-1(33) Galdanov Nikolai Munkovich R 2506 - Persits Boris Davidovich RUS 2434,
? 1975.
6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.OO OO 11.a3 b6 12.Nc3 Bb7
13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Ng3 Bd6 15.Bg5 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.c3 Rf7 18.Rae1 Bf4 19.Bxf4 Qxf4
20.f3 =-= Lutikov 2540 - Mnatsakanian 2425, Yerevan 1977;
8.Qe2 Be7 9.OO OO 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Rd4 Nxb3
15.cxb3 d5 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Qd1 Bc5 18.Bf4 Qe7 19.Rd3 Bd7 20.b4 Bxb4 1-0(32)
Mukhin 2420 - Pribyl 2450, Luhacovice 1973;
7...d6 8.OO dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Bd7 11.Re1 Bc6 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qe5 Qf6
14.Qe2 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Bb5 Bg7 17.Bxc6+ bxc6 18.c3 OO 19.Na3 Rfd8 20.Rad1
Rd5 =-=(21) Zelcic 2500 - Marangunic 2445, Slavonski Brod CRO 1995.
6.g3 Qc7 7.Qe4 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.c4 b5 10.Nfd2 Bc6 11.Qe2 Nb6 12.Bxc6 Nxc6
13.OO bxc4 14.Nf3 Bc5 15.Bf4 OO 16.Nc3 Nb4 17.Ng5 Nd3 18.Qh5 h6 19.Nge4 Be7
20.Rad1 Nxf4 0-1(40) Stern 2460 - Korolev 2610, corr ICCF 1988.
6.Be2 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.OO dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Qd6 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+
Qxd7 13.c4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.Nc3 a6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Rad1
OO 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 =-=(38) Karpov 2560 - Hug Werner 2465, ? 1969.

[*50*] 7...f5 8.Qe2 Nde7 9.OO Ng6 10.Re1 Be7 11.b3 a6 12.a4 Ncxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5
14.Qxe5 Bf6 15.Qxf5 Bxa1 16.c3 Qf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Re2 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bxb5
Kf7 0-1(36) Kotenko Georgy UKR 2471 - Persits Boris Davidovich RUS 2434, ?
1974;
11.a4 OO 12.Na3 a6 13.c3 Qc7 14.b4 b6 15.Bd2 Bb7 16.Rad1 Nd8 17.Nd4 f4
18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Qh5 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Qc6 0-1(30) Donskikh Yury Fedorovich RUS 2441 -
Persits Boris Davidovich RUS 2434, ? 1974;
10.Bb5 Qc7 11.Re1 a6 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.c4 b6 14.b3 Bb7 15.Rd1 Qe4 16.Re1
Bc5 17.Nbd2 Qxe2 18.Rxe2 Nf4 19.Re1 g5 20.Nxg5 Nxg2 0-1(22) Huerga Leache 2370 -
Rakhmanov 2489, Sibenik CRO 2007;
9...Qc7 10.Re1 Ng6 11.h4 Rg8 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.c4 b6 15.h5 Nh8
16.Nd4 Qc7 17.Nc3 Bb7 18.Bf4 Bc5 19.Rad1 g5 20.Bh2 OOO 1-0(46) Caruana 2523 -
Shytaj 2451, Porto Mannu 2007;
9.Nc3 a6 10.h4 b5 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.OOO Na5 14.Kb1 Nxb3 15.cxb3
b4 16.Na4 Be4+ 17.Ka1 Nc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bf4 g6 20.Qe3 Rb8 1-0(22) Tal 2620 -
Zaitsev 2495, Sochi 1977;
9...Ng6 10.OO Qc7 11.Re1 Be7 12.h4 OO 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.h5 Nh8 15.h6 g6
16.Bg5 Nf7 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.Rad1 a6 20.Nd6 b5 1-0(28) Shaposhnikov
2578 - Malchikov 2319, Omsk 2004;
9.g3 Ng6 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.Bc3 a6 12.h4 b5 13.h5 Ngxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe6
dxe6 16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Nc3 b4 19.Rd1 Qc6 20.Nd5 Kf7 0-1(31) Grachev
2380 - Belozerov 2507, Novosibirsk 2001;
8...Nb6 9.Bb3 Be7 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 Nc6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.OO Bxc3 14.bxc3
Nxa4 15.Bxe6 dxe6 16.Rxa4 Bd7 17.Ng5 Qc7 18.Re1 g6 19.Qc4 Qc8 20.Ba3 h6 =-=(49)
Rajlich 2384 - Varga 2510, Eger HUN 2002.
7...Nb6 8.Bb3 d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.OO Nd7 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Qg4 OO 13.Bc4 Ne5
14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qh5 Qd4 16.Be3 Qxc4 17.Qxe5 Nd7 18.Qg3 Nf6 19.Rad1 b6 20.Rd4 Qc6
0-1(25) Kestler 2430 - Minic 2475, Mannheim GER 1975;
8...Na5 9.OO d5 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Nc3 OO 12.Rd1 Nxb3 13.axb3 Qe7 14.Ng5 f5
15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Nf3 e5 17.Bg5 Qe6 18.Be3 Bc6 19.Nb5 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 e4 =-=(40) Schuh
2505 - Schaefer 2355, corr 1998.
7...Nde7 8.OO Ng6 9.Bb3 Qc7 10.Re1 b6 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.Qe2 a6
14.Nbd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc5 16.c3 Qc7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bd2 Nh4 19.f3 g5 20.Bd1 Bd5 0-
1(37) Boukal 2425 - Persits Boris Davidovich RUS 2434, ? 1984.

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[*51*] 8...Nb6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Be2 f5 13.Qd3 Qc7 14.Be3 Ne5
15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.f4 Bf6 17.Bd4 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 OOO 19.Rad1 Bc6 20.Qe3 Rxd1 =-=(38)
Leko 2738 - Naiditsch 2654, Dortmund 2007;
9.Bd3 d5 10.Qg4 Qc7 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Nc3 a6 13.a3 OOO 14.Bf4 h6 15.h4 g6
16.Bg3 Rg8 17.Qf4 Be8 18.Ne2 Ne7 19.Qc1 d4 20.Nfxd4 Nf5 =-=(47) Rusakov Yakov
Davidovich RUS 2506 - Korolev Sergey Ivanovich RUS 2604, ? 1986.

[*52*] 9...Bd6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nd2 OO 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Re1 a5 14.a3 Ba6 15.Bxa6
Rxa6 16.Bd2 Bf4 17.Rad1 Bxd2 18.Rxd2 a4 19.Red1 h6 20.Ne5 Ra5 1-0(43) Jansa 2480
- Pribyl 2440, Hradec Kralove 1981;
11.c3 f5 12.Qf3 Qh4 0-1 Plachetka 2435 - Pribyl 2425, Frenstat 1982;
10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Nxc6+ dxe4 12.Nxd8 Kxd8 13.Nc3 f5 14.Rd1 Ke7 15.Nd5+ Kf7
16.h4 Be6 17.Nf4 Rhd8 18.Be3 Be5 19.c3 b6 20.Nxe6 Kxe6 1-0(48) Westerinen 2440 -
Murrey 2475, Brighton 1982.
9...Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Qc7 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.c4 Nf6 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.Qe2
OO 16.b3 Qc7 17.h3 Qa5 18.Nb5 Be7 19.Qf3 a6 20.Nd4 Qe5 =-=(62) Sax 2600 -
Baumbach 2330, Germany 1992.

[*53*] 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Nf3 Be7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Ne4 OO 14.Bg5 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bd6 16.c3
b5 17.Bb3 Rb8 18.Rad1 Na5 19.Bc2 f5 20.Qd3 Rb6 =-=(37) Sokolov 2605 - Antoshin
2335, Nikolaev UKR 1983.

[*54*] 11.Nxd8 Kxd8 12.Rd1+ Kc7 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Bf4+ Kc6 15.bxc3 f6 16.Rd8 e5
17.Be3 Kc7 18.Rad1 b6 19.Be6 Rb8 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 1-0(41) Hulak 2530 - Sahovic 2475,
Tuzla CRO 1983.
10...Qc7 11.Qf3 Bd7 12.Na5 Qxa5 13.Qxb7 Rc8 14.Nd2 Bd6 15.Bd3 Qh5 16.g3 =-=
Timoscenko Genadij 2505 - Garcia Palermo Carlos H 2460, ? 1981.

[*55*] 8...Qxd6 9.OO Be7 10.Rd1 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Bg5 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7
15.Ne4 Nb4 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bh4 Rc8 18.Bg3 Qc6 19.c3 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 OO =-=(52)
Brunner 2415 - Garcia Palermo 2505, Germany 1988.

[*56*] 9.Qh4 Bxd6 10.Bg5 a6 11.Nbd2 b5 12.OOO Be7 13.Ne4 Bd7 14.Bd3 h6 15.Rhe1
Nxe4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qxe4 Rc8 18.a3 Rc7 19.Kb1 Bc8 20.Nh4 g6 =-=(34) Dubinin
Piotr Vasilyevich (RU 2625 - Arlauskas Romanas (AUS) 2485, ? 1962;
10.OO a6 11.Nc3 b5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Bg5 Ne5 14.Ne4 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Be5 16.f4
Bxb2 17.Rab1 Bb7 18.Nd6+ Kf8 19.Nxb7 Ba3 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 1-0(22) Milyutin Oleg UKR
2422 - Sanakoev Grigory Konstantinov 2606, ? 1990.

[*57*] 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 b5 13.Bd5 Bb7 14.OOO Qe7 15.Bb3 Na5 16.Ne5
Nxb3+ 17.axb3 Rc8 18.Kb1 Rxc3 19.bxc3 g5 20.Bg3 Ne4 1-0(32) Tkachiev 2620 -
Shirazi 2430, France 1996;
11...Qa5 12.OOO Be7 13.h4 Bd7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 OOO 16.Bxe7 Nxe7
17.Ne5 Be8 18.Nxf7 Bxf7 19.Bxe6+ Bxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kb8 1-0(53) Slobodjan 2547 -
Souleidis 2421, Germany 2008.
10.Bg5 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 OO 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.OOO Be7 14.g4 Rd8 15.Rxd8+ Qxd8
16.Rd1 Qf8 17.Qe3 Bc5 18.Qd2 Bb4 19.a3 Ba5 20.Qe3 Bxc3 =-=(57) Matulovic Milan
(YUG) 2530 - Kozomara Vlado (YUG) 2370, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovin 1968.

[*58*] 11.Nc3 a6 12.Re1 OO 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Ne5 15.Ng5 Ng6 16.h4 b5 17.Bd3
h6 18.h5 f5 19.Qxa8 Bb7 20.Nxe6 Qc6 1-0(26) Savon Vladimir A 2595 - Kirov Nino
2450, ? 1972;
1-0(34) Savon 2595 - Kirov 2450, Sukhumi 1972;
12...b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 OO 15.Be4 h6 16.a4 Rb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Bd2
Bb7 19.h3 Ne7 20.Ra7 Bc5 =-=(41) Martinovic 2495 - Arnold 2375, Germany 1997;

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 12.Bg5 b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Rad1 Be7 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 OO 17.Qe3 Bxg5
18.Nxg5 h6 19.Nf3 Rac8 20.c3 Rfd8 =-=(37) Shaposhnikov 2558 - Smirnov 2452,
Novokuznetsk 2008;
12...Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bd6 15.Rad1 b5 16.Bb3 Bb7 17.Bxf6 gxf6
18.Bd5 OOO 19.Bxb7+ Kxb7 20.Qf3+ Kb8 =-=(24) Arizmendi Martinez 2497 - Alonso
Roselli 2416, Palma de Mallorca 2008.
11.Re1 a6 12.Nc3 OO 13.a3 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bb3 Ng6 17.Ne4 Be7
18.c3 b5 19.Bc2 Bb7 20.Qh5 Qe5 =-= Marjanovic 2490 - Lechtynsky 2450, La
Valletta MLT 1980.
10...OO 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nc3 Ne5 14.Rad1 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Qb4 16.Qe2
Be7 17.Nd4 e5 18.Nd5 Qc5 19.b4 Qd6 20.Nb5 Qd7 1-0(29) Jansa 2505 - Regan 2430,
Budapest 1978;
12.Rd1 Bc7 13.Nc3 Ne5 14.Nb5 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Nd5 16.Nxc7 Qxc7 17.Qxc7 Nxc7
18.c4 f6 19.Be3 e5 20.Nd2 Be6 =-=(35) Gufeld Eduard (USA) 2520 - Kozomara Vlado
(YUG) 2370, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovin 1964;
11...Be7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Ne4 b5 15.Bd3 Ng4 16.Bxe7 Nd4 17.Bd6
Nxe2+ 18.Bxe2 Qd8 19.Bc5 Bd7 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 0-1(32) Carlsson Ingvar (SWE) 2504 -
Welin Thomas (SWE) 2436, ? 1980;
11.Nc3 a6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Rad1 Qc7
17.Rfe1 Bd7 18.Qe4 Rae8 19.c3 e5 20.Nh4 Be6 1-0(45) Balashov 2565 - Pribyl 2485,
Moscow URS 1977.
10...a6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bb3 OO 14.Nc4 Bc5 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 b5
17.Nd6 Na5 18.Nxc8 Rfxc8 19.c3 Rab8 =-= Savon 2485 - Pribyl 2425, Yerevan 1982.

[*59*] 4...Nc7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.OO e6 7.Ne4 d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nfg5 h6
11.Nxd6+ Qxd6 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.a4 OO 14.b3 Nd5 15.Ba3 Ndb4 16.a5 e5 17.Qd2 Bf5
18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.f4 exf4 20.Nf2 Qc5 1-0(39) Kovalev 2580 - Fernandes 2440,
Debrecen HUN 1992;
5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qh4 h6 8.Bd3 b5 9.OO b4 10.Ne4 Ne6 11.Re1 g6
12.Neg5 Nxg5 13.Bxg5 Bg7 14.Bd2 a5 15.Qg3 Ba6 16.Be4 Bb7 17.Re3 Qc7 18.Bxg6 fxg6
19.Qxg6+ Kf8 20.Ng5 Nd8 0-1(25) Fercec 2438 - Varga 2510, Kastav CRO 2002.
4...Nb4 5.a3 N4c6 6.b4 d6 7.exd6 cxb4 8.axb4 Nxb4 9.Ba3 N4c6 10.Qe2 Be6
11.d4 g6 12.Nb5 Na6 13.Ng5 Qa5+ 14.Kd1 Nxd4 15.Qe5 Nb3 16.cxb3 Bxb3+ 17.Kc1 Kd7
18.Kb2 Ba4 19.Rc1 Rc8 20.Bc4 Rxc4 1-0(24) Tseshkovsky 2540 - Shirazi 2445, Le
Touquet 1996;
5.Ne4 b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Ng3 Nd5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 e6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Qe4 Qc7
12.OO OOO 13.Qe2 Kb8 14.c4 Ndb4 15.Bb1 Na5 16.b3 d6 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Bb2 Bxf3
19.Qxf3 Be5 20.Qe2 Nbc6 1-0(60) Dervishi 2543 - Shirazi 2422, Cappelle la Grande
2008.
4...Nb6 5.a4 e6 6.a5 Nd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.d4 c4 9.g3 Be7 10.Bg2 d6 11.exd6
Qxd6 12.OO OO 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.Ne5 f6 15.Ng4 Nc6 16.a6 b5 17.Re1 Bf5 18.Ne3 Be4
19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.d5 g5 1-0(26) Savic 2542 - Runic 2434, Brcko BIH 2005.

[*60*] 5...d5 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.Qxd6 exd6 8.Bf4 Be6 9.OOO d5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Ne5 Bd6
12.Nd3 Be7 13.Be3 c4 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Bxa7 f6 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Ba4 Kd7 18.Bd4 Bd6
19.Rde1 Bf7 20.Kd2 Rhe8 0-1(48) Endzelins Lucius (AUS) 2375 - Abramson Dr Moisei
(RUS) 2612, ICCF 1965;
7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qe2 e5 9.Ng5 Qc7 10.OOO h6 11.Ne4 b6 12.Qh5 Be7 13.Bc4 Rf8
14.Rd2 Bd7 15.Rhd1 Nd4 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Ba6 Rg8 18.f3 Kf8 19.Bf2 f5 20.Bg3 f4 1-
0(44) Geller 2535 - Chistiakov 2370, ? 1957.
5...Qc7 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Qd2 e6 8.h4 h6 9.OOO b6 10.Qe3 Ne7 11.c4 Bb7 12.Bd3 OOO
13.Rhe1 Nc6 14.Be4 Be7 15.h5 a6 16.Rd2 Na5 17.Bxb7+ Qxb7 18.b3 b5 19.cxb5 axb5
20.Red1 Qa6 =-=(49) Shaw 2500 - McKay 2420, Clarkston 2002.

[*61*] 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Bf4 d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Qd2 h6 11.OOO Bd7 12.Qe3
Qe7 13.Rd2 =-= Robatsch Karl (AUT) 2460 - Toran Albero Roman (ESP) 2420, Malaga
(Spain) 1964.

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 6.Bg5 Qc7 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Bf4 b6 9.OOO Bb7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Be4 OOO 12.h4 Na5
13.Rhe1 Nc4 14.Bxb7+ Qxb7 15.Qe2 d5 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Rxd2 Be7 18.h5 Rhe8 19.Qg4
Rg8 20.Rd3 Qd7 1-0(41) Novikov 2434 - Kalygin 2436, Tula 2004.

[*62*] 6...b6 7.Bd3 h6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.OOO Nc6 10.Ba6 Qc7 11.Bxb7 Qxb7 12.h4 OOO
13.h5 Qc7 14.Qd2 Na5 15.Qd3 Nb7 16.c4 Be7 17.Qe4 Qc6 18.Qxc6+ dxc6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8
20.Rd1 b5 1-0(46) Gonzalez 2482 - Fernandez Romero 2449, La Habana CUB 2005;
7.Qd3 Bb7 8.OOO Nc6 9.Nd2 f6 10.Nc4 fxe5 11.Nxe5 d5 12.Qg3 Qf6 13.Nxc6
Bxc6 14.Be5 Qf7 15.c4 d4 16.c3 OOO 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Rxd4 Bc5 19.Qf4 Qe7 20.Qh4 =-
= Hervet 2425 - Oechslein 2449, corr ICCF 1999.
6...Be7 7.Bd3 OO 8.h4 f5 9.exf6 gxf6 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Kg6 12.Nxe6 dxe6
13.Qg4+ Kh7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Qg6+ Kh8 16.Rh3 1-0 Novikov 2519 - Domogaev 2383,
Tula 2007.

[*63*] 7.Bc4 h6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Rd1 b6 10.OO Bb7 11.Rd2 OOO 12.Rfd1 g5 13.Bg3 Be7
14.h3 Nb8 15.Bd3 Qc6 16.Bb5 Qe4 17.Qxe4 Bxe4 18.Nh2 h5 19.f3 Bb7 20.Nf1 Bc6 =-
=(31) Cuijpers 2425 - Nikolic 2440, Strasbourg 1994.

[*64*] 7...Qc7 8.OOO h6 9.h4 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Be4 OOO 12.c4 =-= Hasangatin 2503
- Kalugin 2454, Alushta UKR 2004.

[*65*] 11.OOO OOO 12.Rhe1 b5 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.Kb1 Ne7 15.c4 bxc4 16.Nd2 Bxg2
17.Nxc4 Qa4 18.Nd6+ Kc7 19.f3 Nd5 20.Rxd5 exd5 =-=(34) Boleslavsky 2600 -
Vorotnikov 2510, ? 1966.

[*66*] 6.e6 f6 7.Be3 d5 8.Bxc5 Bxe6 9.Nd4 Bf7 10.Bb5 Qc7 11.Qg4 Qd7 12.Qe2 e5
13.Bxf8 Kxf8 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nb3 a5 16.Nc5 Qe7 17.b4 axb4 18.cxb4 Ra3 19.Qd2 d4
20.OO g5 =-=(52) Rocius 2511 - Voll 2495, ICCF 2006;
11.OO e5 12.Bxf8 Kxf8 13.Nb3 g5 14.a4 Kg7 15.a5 Rad8 16.a6 b6 17.g3 h5
18.f4 gxf4 19.gxf4 Rhg8 20.Qf3 e4 0-1(33) Bennedik 2423 - Voll 2504, ICCF 2006.
6.Bd3 e6 7.OO Qc7 8.Re1 h6 9.c4 b6 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.a3 OOO 12.Bc3 d6 13.exd6
Bxd6 14.Bxg7 Rhg8 15.Bf6 Be7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.g3 Qf6 18.b3 h5 19.Qe2 Rg4 20.Qe3
h4 0-1(35) Fuchs Reinhard (GER) 2430 - Bilek Istvan (HUN) 2490, Varna (Bulgaria)
1964.

[*67*] 6...Qc7 7.Bf4 e6 8.Qd2 b6 9.OOO h6 10.h4 Bb7 11.Bg3 OOO 12.Qf4 f5 13.h5
Be7 14.Bh4 Bxh4 15.Rxh4 Ne7 16.Qh2 g5 17.hxg6 Nxg6 18.Rxh6 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qxe5
20.Ba6+ Kc7 0-1(58) Unzicker 2432 - Karasev 2450, Naumburg GER 2002;
8.OO h6 9.Bg3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.a4 Be7 12.Rad1 OOO 13.h4 g5 14.h5 Kb8
15.Bb5 Ka8 16.Qd3 g4 17.Nh2 Nxe5 18.Nxg4 d6 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Qe2 Bd6 0-1(44)
Cardelli Gabriel (ITA) 2555 - Traunecker Thomas, Chessfriend.com 2004.
6...Na5 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd6 exd6 9.Qe2+ Be7 10.Bf4 Be6 11.OOO Nc6 12.h4 h6
13.Rhe1 Qd7 14.h5 Rd8 15.a3 d5 16.c4 OO 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.c4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 f5
20.Qd5+ Rf7 =-=(38) Szczepanski 2551 - Staniszewski 2420, ICCF 2008.

[*68*] 7.OO b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.Bf4 h6 10.Bg3 Qc7 11.Nd2 Na5 12.Bd3 d5 13.exd6 Bxd6
14.f4 OOO 15.Ne4 f5 16.Nxd6+ =-= Parma B 2480 - Bronstein 2520, ? 1965;
7...Qc7 8.Bf4 h6 9.Re1 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rad1 OOO 12.Bg3 Na5 13.Ba6 Nc6
14.Bxb7+ Kxb7 15.a3 d5 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Bxd6 Rxd6 18.Rxd6 Qxd6 19.b4 a6 20.Rd1
Qe7 =-=(46) Burne 2380 - Voll 2514, ICCF 2007.

[*69*] 7...h6 8.Qe2 b6 9.OOO Bb7 10.Ba6 Qc8 11.Bxb7 =-= Adorjan Andras (HUN)
2465 - Bronstein 2590, Moscow (Russia) 1971;
8...a6 9.a4 Qc7 10.Rd1 b6 11.OO Bb7 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Nd2 Nd5 14.Bg3 d6
15.Nc4 dxe5 16.Bxe5 Qc6 17.Be4 OOO 18.a5 bxa5 19.Ne3 Qb6 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 1-0(33)
Apicella 2400 - Murey 2560, Cannes 1989;

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 8...Qc7 9.OOO b6 10.Ba6 Bxa6 11.Qxa6 Be7 12.Rd2 g5 13.Bg3 g4 14.Ne1 Bg5
15.f4 gxf3 16.Nxf3 Bxd2+ 17.Nxd2 Rg8 18.Nc4 Rxg3 19.hxg3 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 =-
=(24) Stevic 2514 - Rezan 2421, Zadar CRO 2005;
8.OO Qc7 9.Re1 b6 10.Qd3 Bb7 11.Rad1 OOO 12.Ba6 Na5 13.Bxb7+ Nxb7 14.Nd2
d5 15.c4 g5 16.Bg3 Bg7 17.Qf3 Na5 18.cxd5 Rxd5 19.Ne4 Bxe5 20.Rxd5 Bxg3 1-0(43)
Bezgodov 2558 - Dudukin 2413, Ishevsk RUS 2005;
12...f5 13.h4 Be7 14.h5 g6 15.hxg6 Rdg8 16.Nd2 Rxg6 17.Bxb7+ Qxb7 18.Qf3
h5 19.Nc4 Rhg8 20.g3 Na5 0-1(79) ALAVKIN 2439 - HASANGATIN 2485, CEZ arena,
Pardubice (CZE) 2008;
8.h4 Qc7 9.Qe2 d5 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Nd2 Qe5 13.OOO Qxe2
14.Bxe2 Ke7 15.f4 b6 16.Bf3 Bb7 17.b4 Nd8 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Rc8 20.Rhe1 g6 =-
=(27) Komliakov 2440 - Rogozenko 2500, Bucharest 1993.
7...Qb6 8.Rb1 Qc7 9.OO h6 10.Re1 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Bb5 Ne7 13.Nc4 Nd5 14.Bg3
a6 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.exd6 Qc8 17.Be2 Bc6 18.c4 Nf6 19.f3 OO 20.b4 cxb4 1-0(29)
Kargin 2386 - Kunin 2538, Moscow 2008;
9...Be7 10.Qd2 b6 11.Rfe1 h6 12.Rbd1 Bb7 13.Qe2 OOO 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Qxa6+
Qb7 16.Qxb7+ Kxb7 17.h4 Kc7 18.Rd2 d5 19.h5 b5 20.Kf1 a5 1-0(40) Shirazi 2430 -
Lombardy 2470, New York 1986.
7...Be7 8.Qe2 h6 9.OOO Qa5 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bxc6 dxc6 13.Nd2 Qc7
14.Ne4 b6 15.h4 Bb7 16.Qg4 Kf8 17.h5 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Rd3 Bc8 1-
0(26) Smirin 2600 - Bogdanovich 2390, Berlin 1997;
8...OO 9.OOO Qe8 10.Qe3 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Bg5 Rf8 13.Rhe1 b6 14.Bd3 Bb7
15.Qe4 g6 16.Bh6 Rf6 17.Qe3 a6 18.h4 b5 19.Bg5 Rf7 20.h5 gxh5 =-=(46) Houwen
2611 - Makeev 2252, ICCF 2004.

[*70*] 8.OO h6 9.Re1 b6 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Ne4 Nxe5 12.Qh5 d6 13.Bxe6 g6 14.Qh3 Be7
15.Bb3 c4 16.Ba4+ Kf8 17.b3 a6 18.bxc4 Kg7 19.Qe3 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Bf6 =-=(51)
Fischer 2452 - Dolgov 2508, ICCF 2008.

[*71*] 8...b6 9.OOO h6 10.h4 Bb7 11.Bg3 OOO 12.h5 Be7 13.Kb1 a6 14.Rhe1 b5
15.Bf1 Na5 16.Qf4 f5 17.exf6 Qxf4 18.Bxf4 Bxf6 19.Ne5 Rhf8 20.Ng6 Rfe8 0-1(73)
Korneev 2565 - Bitoon, Jakarta INA 1997;
10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd2 OOO 12.Rhd1 Be7 13.Bg3 Kb8 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Qxa6 g5
16.h3 h5 17.Qa4 Rhg8 18.Ne1 Bf8 19.Kb1 h4 20.Bh2 f5 1-0(36) Sikula 2515 - Gara
2349, Hungary 2007.

[*72*] 9.OOO b6 10.h4 Bb7 11.Bg3 OOO 12.Rhe1 Ne7 13.Bd3 g6 14.h5 Nf5 15.hxg6
fxg6 16.Bh2 Be7 17.Qe2 Rdf8 18.Nd2 Bxg2 19.f3 Nh4 20.Be4 Bg5 =-=(66) Loskutov
2426 - Shtyrenkov 2469, Alushta UKR 2005.

[*73*] 10.h5 Bb7 11.OOO OOO 12.Qe2 d5 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Bxe6+ Kb8 15.Rxd6 Rxd6
16.Bd5 Rhd8 17.Kb1 Kc8 18.Re1 f6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.c4 Kc7 0-1(46) Kalegin 2495 -
Yuferov 2440, Moscow 1996.

[*74*] 11.h5 OOO 12.Rhe1 Ne7 13.Bh2 g5 14.Qe2 Kb8 15.Bd3 Nc8 16.Bg3 d5 17.c4
dxc4 18.Bxc4 Be7 19.Ba6 Bxa6 20.Qxa6 Qc6 0-1(56) Zeller 2465 - Kunin 2424,
Schwaebisch Gmuend 2002;
12.Rh3 Ne7 13.Bh2 Nd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Qf4 f6 16.c4 Bc6 17.Nh4 Qxe5
18.Qxe5 =-= Ronchetti 2414 - Shytaj 2472, Reggio Emilia ITA 2008.

[*75*] 6...Qb6 7.b3 Qa5 8.Qd2 h6 9.h4 d5 10.exd6 exd6 11.Bc4 Be7 12.OO OO
13.Rae1 Bg4 14.Re3 Qd8 15.Rfe1 Qd7 16.Nh2 Bf5 17.h5 Rad8 18.Bd5 Bf6 19.Qe2 Ne5
20.f3 Bg5 =-=(29) Aseev 2522 - Khairullin 2445, Krasnoyarsk 2003;
9...e6 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Be4 b6 12.OOO Bb7 13.Bg3 OOO 14.Rhe1 Ne7 15.Qf4
Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Qb7 17.c4 Qxe4 18.Rxe4 f5 =-= Nepomniachtchi 2432 - Khairullin
2445, Kirishi RUS 2003;

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 8.Bc4 e6 9.OO h6 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bg3 a6 12.Qe3 Ne7 13.Nd2 Nf5 14.Qf3 h5
15.Bd3 g4 16.Qe2 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Qxc3 18.Rae1 Be7 19.Kh1 b5 20.Qe4 Rb8 =-=(56) Boll
P 2565 - Cordovil J 2555, ? 1987;
7...e6 8.h4 h6 9.h5 Qc7 10.Bc4 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.OOO OOO 13.Rd2 Ne7
14.Kb2 Kb8 15.a4 a5 16.Rhd1 Nc8 17.Bb5 d5 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.Ne5 Bd5 20.c4 f6 1-
0(26) Savchenko 2654 - Rakhmanov 2541, Moscu RUS 2009;
7...Qc7 8.Qe2 e6 9.Qe3 b6 10.OOO Bb7 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Ne4 Nd5 13.Qg3 Nxf4
14.Qxf4 Bc6 15.Be2 Be7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 OOO 18.Rhd1 f6 19.f3 Rhf8 20.h4 fxe5
1-0(33) Ni Hua 2710 - Shytaj 2472, Reggio Emilia ITA 2009;
7.Rb1 h6 8.Bc4 e6 9.OO Qc7 10.Bg3 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Qe2 OOO 13.a3 d5
14.exd6 Bxd6 15.Bxd6 1-0 Kribben 2494 - Jacobsen(Annaev) 2483, ICCF 2006;
7...Qc7 8.Bc4 e6 9.Qd2 b6 10.OO Bb7 11.Rbd1 h6 12.Bg3 OOO 13.Qd3 Kb8
14.Rfe1 Na5 15.Re2 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 d5 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Rxd6 20.Rd2
e5 =-=(31) Konguvel 2404 - Bellini 2499, Badalona ESP 2006;
7.Qc1 h6 8.Nd2 Nd8 9.Nc4 Qc6 10.Qe3 Ne6 11.OOO b5 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Be2 OOO
14.Bf3 Qa6 15.Bxb7+ Kxb7 16.Ne4 d5 17.exd6 exd6 18.Qf3 d5 19.Bg3 Rd7 20.Kb1 Qc6
=-=(57) Kindermann 2470 - Murey 2435, ? 1984.
6...h6 7.Bd3 e6 8.Qd2 Qc7 9.h4 b6 10.OOO Bb7 11.Be4 OOO 12.h5 Na5 13.Rhe1
Bxe4 14.Rxe4 Qc6 15.Qd3 f5 16.exf6 gxf6 17.b4 d5 18.Qa6+ Nb7 19.b5 Qd7 20.Qxa7
Bd6 =-=(58) Moiseenko 2640 - Nataf 2553, Kapuskasing 2004;
7.Bc4 e6 8.Qe2 b6 9.OOO Bb7 10.h4 Qc7 11.Rd2 OOO 12.Rhd1 Be7 13.Kb1 Na5
14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Qxa6+ Qb7 16.Qe2 Qc6 17.c4 Nb7 18.h5 Na5 19.b3 Qb7 20.g4 g5 1-
0(43) Short 2615 - Ostermeyer 2455, Solingen GER 1986;
7.Qe2 Qc7 8.OOO b6 9.Qe3 e6 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.Nc4 Nf5 12.Qh3 Bb7 13.Rg1 Be7
14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Qd8 16.Be5 Nh4 17.Bxg7 Qg5+ 18.f4 Qxf4+ 19.Kb1 Rg8 20.g3
Qg5 =-=(60) Van der Wiel 2470 - Murey 2475, Moscow RUS 1982;
7.Qd2 e6 8.Qe3 Qc7 9.Nd2 Ne7 10.Qe2 Ng6 11.Bg3 b5 12.OOO a6 13.Ne4 Bb7
14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Qa5 16.Kb1 OO 17.h4 Rfc8 18.h5 Nf8 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qh4 Bd5 0-
1(60) Medvegy 2346 - Murey 2528, Tel Aviv ISR 2001.

[*76*] 7.Qe2 e6 8.OOO b6 9.Nd2 d5 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qf3 OO 13.Bb5
Bb7 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Nd6 a6 16.Bd3 Na5 17.Nxb7 Nxb7 18.Be4 Rab8 19.Qg3 Qe7 20.Qd3
f5 1-0(49) Smeets 2531 - Van der Wiel 2503, Netherlands NED 2005;
9.Kb1 Bb7 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.Ne4 Ng6 12.Bg3 Nxe5 13.f4 Nc6 14.f5 e5 15.Qh5
OOO 16.Qxf7 Be7 17.Bc4 h5 18.Qxg7 h4 19.Bf2 Na5 20.Bd5 Bxd5 1-0(40) Yemelin 2578
- Matlakov 2346, St Petersburg 2004;
8...Qa5 9.Kb1 Rb8 10.c4 a6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Qe3 b5 13.Nd2 Qa5 14.h4 Nb4
15.a3 Nc6 16.Rh3 Qa4 17.Ne4 Nd4 18.Rxd4 cxd4 19.Qxd4 bxc4 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 1-0(39)
Oral 2540 - Linskiy 2412, Quebec CAN 2001;
7...h6 8.h4 e6 9.OOO b6 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Nc4 Na5 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.exd6 Qc6
14.Be5 Qa4 15.Kb1 Rg8 16.c4 Nc6 17.b3 Qa6 18.Bb2 OOO 19.Rh3 Rde8 20.Qh5 Nd8 =-
=(45) Mutschnik 2445 - Kunin 2492, ? 2007;
8.OOO e6 9.Nd2 b6 10.h4 Bb7 11.Nc4 a6 12.Qg4 g6 13.Rh3 b5 14.Nd6+ Bxd6
15.Rxd6 Ne7 16.c4 Nf5 17.Rd1 Bc6 18.Bd3 Qb7 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Qg7 OOO =-=(51) Can
2404 - Rakhmanov 2497, Voronezh 2007;
7...b6 8.OOO Bb7 9.h4 e6 10.Rh3 Ne7 11.Bh2 h6 12.h5 OOO 13.Nd2 Qc6
14.Kb1 f5 15.a3 Rg8 16.Rd3 g5 17.hxg6 Rxg6 18.Qh5 Qa4 19.Rg3 Rxg3 20.Bxg3 Qg4 =-
=(41) Nijboer 2553 - Van der Wiel 2503, Enschede 2005.
7.Bc4 e6 8.Qe2 d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Bg3 Bd7 11.OOO Bf4+ 12.Kb1 h6 13.Nd2 Bxg3
14.hxg3 Ne5 15.f4 Nxc4 16.Nxc4 OO 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.g4 Be8 19.g5 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Qe7
1-0(30) Tseitlin 2450 - Zhuravliov, Soviet Union 1977;
8.OO Be7 9.Qe2 d5 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Rfe1 OO
14.Qe4 Qe7 15.Bd3 g6 16.Qf4 f6 17.h4 e5 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Be4 Bf5 20.Nd2 Bxe4 =-
=(26) Neelotpal 2448 - Shtyrenkov 2465, Alushta UKR 2004.
7.Bd3 e6 8.Qe2 h6 9.OOO b6 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Nc4 b5 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.exd6 Qa5
14.Bxb5 Qxa2 15.Qc4 Qa5 16.Be3 a6 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qxc5 Qxc5 19.Bxc5 Bxg2 20.Rhg1
Bf3 =-=(32) Sax 2584 - Kunin 2424, Deizisau 2002.

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 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 h6 9.h4 b6 10.Qd3 Bb7 11.OOO Na5 12.c4 a6 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.Rhe1
b5 15.a3 bxc4 16.Qxc4 Na7 17.Re3 Nc8 18.Qg4 Ne7 19.c4 h5 20.Qh3 Nf5 1-0(82)
Levin Leonid Bentsionovich (R 2462 - Persits Boris Davidovich (RUS 2434, ? 1985.
7.Bb5 e6 8.Qe2 b6 9.OOO h6 10.Nd2 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.h4 Bb7 13.Qh5 OOO 14.c4
b4 15.Ne4 g6 16.Qe2 Nxe5 17.Nxc5 Bg7 18.Qe3 d6 19.Nxb7 Qxb7 20.c5 Nxd3+ 1-0(34)
Sax 2563 - Jeric 2333, Bled SLO 2000.

[*77*] 8.h4 b6 9.OOO Bb7 10.Bg3 OOO 11.Qe2 Nb8 12.Kb1 a6 13.Rd6 Be4 14.Kc1 h5
15.Rh3 c4 16.b3 g6 17.Kd2 Rg8 18.Ke3 a5 19.Kxe4 Re8 20.Rxb6 =-= Yu Shaoteng CHN
2506 - Zhang Pengxiang 2583, ? 2005.
8.Bb5 h6 9.h4 b6 10.OOO Bb7 11.Bg3 OOO 12.Qe2 Nb8 13.Kb1 a6 14.Bd3 d5
15.exd6 Bxd6 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Be4 Rhd8 18.Bxb7+ Kxb7 19.Rxd6 Rxd6 20.Ne5 Nc6 =-
=(60) Yu Shaoteng 2506 - Zhang Pengxiang 2583, Jinan CHN 2005.

[*78*] 8...a6 9.h4 b5 10.Kb1 Bb7 11.h5 h6 12.Rh4 c4 13.Rg4 Ne7 14.Nd4 Nd5 15.a3
Nxf4 16.Qxf4 d6 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Qe3 Be5 19.Be2 OOO 20.a4 bxa4 0-1(76) Civitillo
2388 - Voll 2495, ICCF 2006.

[*79*] 9.Qe3 Ne7 10.Nd2 Nd5 11.Qf3 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 d5 13.c4 Be7 14.Nf3 d4 15.h4
Bd7 16.Bd3 f5 17.Qg3 OO 18.Qg6 Qc6 19.Ng5 Bxg5+ 0-1 Sumets 2473 - Shtyrenkov
2514, Alushta UKR 2003.
9.Be2 g5 10.Bg3 b6 11.h4 g4 12.Nh2 h5 13.Bxg4 Bh6 14.Bf4 Bxf4 15.Qxf4 Qxe5
16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Bh3 Bb7 18.Rhe1 Ng6 19.g3 Ke7 20.Nf1 Bf3 0-1(44) Bodisko
Aleksandr Petrovich 2454 - Persits Boris Davidovich RUS 2434, ? 1979.

[*80*] 10.Bh2 Bb7 11.Qf4 Na5 12.h5 Bc6 13.Be2 b5 14.Kb1 Nb7 15.g4 f6 16.Rhe1
Be7 17.Qe3 Qb6 18.Nh4 c4 19.Qg3 Bc5 20.Rf1 Rf8 1-0(69) Turov 2546 - Kunin 2395,
Tula 2001.

[*81*] 11.Be4 OOO 12.c4 Na5 13.Bxb7+ Nxb7 14.Qc3 Rg8 15.Rd3 Be7 16.h5 d6 17.Re1
Qc6 18.Kb1 d5 19.cxd5 Rxd5 20.Nd4 Qd7 =-=(41) Goloshchapov 2561 - Alekseev 2475,
St Petersburg RUS 2000;
12.Bh2 Be7 13.h5 Na5 14.Rhe1 Bxe4 15.Rxe4 Nb7 16.Rf4 Rhf8 17.Rg4 Rg8
18.Qd3 d5 19.Qh7 c4 20.Bf4 Rh8 1-0(51) Alonso 2443 - Hoffman 2506, Linares ESP
2003.

[*82*] 7.Qe2 h6 8.OOO Rb8 9.Qe3 b5 10.Nd2 b4 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.h4 Qc7 13.Rh3 Qb7
14.h5 bxc3 15.Qxc3 Nb4 16.Qb3 Be7 17.a3 Qe4 18.Bh2 Nc6 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.Bxd3 Bb5
=-=(50) Kubach 2532 - Voll 2495, ICCF 2006;
10.Kb1 Qb6 11.Nd2 c4 12.Qxb6 Rxb6 13.a4 a6 14.Ne4 Rb8 15.Rg1 Bb7 16.Nd6+
Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Ra8 18.g4 Ne7 19.Be2 Bd5 20.Rd1 Nc8 0-1(46) Borowiec 2475 - Voll
2495, ICCF 2006;
8...Qc7 9.Nd2 b6 10.Qe3 Ne7 11.Nc4 Nf5 12.Qh3 Ba6 13.Nd6+ Nxd6 14.Bxa6
Nf5 15.Qf3 Rd8 16.Bb5 Be7 17.Rxd7 Rxd7 18.Rd1 Nd4 19.Qa8+ Bd8 20.cxd4 OO 1-0(34)
Gallagher 2558 - Gisbrecht 2422, Germany 2000;
8...b6 9.Kb1 Bb7 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.h4 Bc6 12.Ne4 Nd5 13.Bg3 b5 14.Qg4 Qb6
15.c4 bxc4 16.Bxc4 Qb7 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rhe1 Rb8 19.b3 c4 20.Re3 a5 =-=(48)
Karachurin 2420 - Dolgov 2508, ICCF 2008;
7...Qa5 8.Nd2 Qc7 9.Nc4 f6 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.exd6 Qa5 12.h4 Qa4 13.Be3 b6
14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qh6 Bb7 16.h5 OOO 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Qxh8 Rxh8 19.Rxh8+ Nd8 20.OOO
Qxa2 1-0(33) Van der Wiel 2520 - Bjelajac 2400, Novi Sad YUG 1982;
7...Qc7 8.Rd1 b6 9.Nd2 Ne7 10.h4 Bb7 11.Nc4 Nd5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bc1 OOO
14.Rh3 Kb8 15.Nd6 Bxd6 16.exd6 Qc6 17.g4 Nf6 18.b4 Rc8 19.b5 Qe4 20.f3 Qh7 =-
=(44) Zavanelli 2330 - Bogdanovich 2550, corr ICCF 1991;
7...b5 8.OOO b4 9.c4 h6 10.h4 Bb7 11.h5 Qa5 12.Kb1 OOO 13.Qe3 Be7 14.Be2
Rhg8 15.Bg3 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Bxg2 18.Rh2 Bc6 19.Bh4 f6 20.exf6 gxf6 =-
=(39) Berescu 2514 - Bach 2364, Dresden 2007.

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 7.Bc4 Qc7 8.OO b6 9.Re1 h6 10.Nd2 d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Bb5 OO
14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd6 Qxd6 16.Nxd6 Ne7 17.Rad1 a6 18.Be2 Ra7 19.Bf3 Bd7 20.Nc4 Rb8
0-1(40) Rinaldi 2520 - Paredes i Prats 2385, corr 1986;
19.Nc4 b5 20.Rd8 Rxd8 1-0(24) Rinaldi Carlos Alberto ARG 2525 - Paredes
Prats Jose ESP 2370, ? 1992;
8...h6 9.Re1 b6 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Ne4 Nxe5 12.Qh5 d6 13.Bxe6 g6 14.Qh3 Be7
15.Rad1 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 fxe6 17.Qxe6 Rd8 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qxg6+ Kf8 20.Qf5+ Ke8 =-
=(21) Novikovas 2537 - Dolgov 2492, ICCF 2008;
8.Qd2 h6 9.h4 b6 10.OOO Bb7 11.h5 OOO 12.Qe2 Na5 13.Ba6 d5 14.exd6 Bxd6
15.Bxd6 Rxd6 16.Rxd6 Qxd6 17.Bxb7+ Nxb7 18.Ne5 f6 19.Ng6 Re8 20.Rd1 Qc6 =-=(32)
Kutuzovic 2480 - Stevic 2470, Pula CRO 2000;
7...a6 8.Qe2 h6 9.h4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Be4 Qc7 12.OOO Rd8 13.c4 bxc4
14.Qxc4 Na5 15.Qa4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Rb8 17.Bd2 Nc6 18.h5 Qb7 19.Bc3 Nb4 20.Qxb7
Nxa2+ 0-1(53) Belkhodja 2478 - Simutowe 2421, Windhoek 2007.
7.Bd3 h6 8.Qe2 b6 9.OOO Bb7 10.Kb1 Qc7 11.Nd2 d5 12.c4 d4 13.g4 OOO 14.Bg3
g5 15.Rhe1 Bg7 16.h3 Kb8 17.Nf3 Bf8 18.Rf1 Bg7 19.a3 a6 20.Rde1 Ne7 0-1(75)
Lopez Martinez 2488 - Anastasian 2574, Warsaw 2005;
7...b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.OOO Qc7 10.Ba6 Be7 11.Bxb7 Qxb7 12.Nd2 b5 13.Ne4 c4
14.Qg4 OOO 15.Bg5 Nxe5 16.Bxe7 Nxg4 17.Nd6+ Kc7 18.Bxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nxb7 Kxb7
20.Rd4 Nf6 0-1(37) Skatchkov 2493 - Belozerov 2558, Moscow 2004.
7.Bb5 Qc7 8.Qe2 b6 9.OOO Bb7 10.Ba6 Bxa6 11.Qxa6 Be7 12.h4 h6 13.h5 f6
14.Rhe1 OO 15.Qd3 fxe5 16.Bxh6 Rf5 17.Qxd7 Qxd7 18.Rxd7 gxh6 19.Rc7 Rxf3 20.gxf3
Bg5+ 0-1(56) Galstian 2448 - Anastasian 2574, Yerevan ARM 2005.
7.Qd3 Qc7 8.OOO h6 9.h4 b6 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.Qf3 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 OOO
14.Bg3 Ne7 15.Qxf7 Nf5 16.Rxd7 Rxd7 17.Bxe6 Nxg3 18.fxg3 Kb8 19.Qxd7 Qxd7
20.Bxd7 Kc7 1-0(40) Carlsson Ingvar (SWE) 2504 - Paredes Prats Jose (ESP) 2376,
? 1987.

[*83*] 7...h6 8.h4 b6 9.OOO Bb7 10.Bg3 Qc7 11.Qf4 Ne7 12.Nd2 Nf5 13.Nc4 b5
14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Qb6 16.Bh2 c4 17.h5 OOO 18.a4 a6 19.Bg1 g5 20.hxg6 fxg6 =-
=(68) Motylev 2574 - Sivokho 2469, St Petersburg RUS 2000;
9.h5 Bb7 10.c4 Qc7 11.OOO OOO 12.Rh3 Ne7 13.Bh2 g5 14.hxg6 Nxg6 15.Rh5
Bg7 16.Qe3 Qc6 17.Bd3 Bf8 18.b3 Rg8 19.Bg3 Kb8 20.Kb1 Ka8 1-0(76) Rodriguez
Guerrero 2449 - Fernandez Romero 2449, Dos Hermanas ESP 2005;
8...Qc7 9.OOO b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Be4 OOO 12.c4 Na5 13.Bxb7+ Nxb7 14.Qc3
Be7 15.h5 Rhg8 16.Rhe1 Qc6 17.g4 g5 18.Bg3 Rgf8 19.Kb1 Qa4 20.b3 Qa3 0-1(46)
Berndt 2500 - Gisbrecht 2422, Germany 1999;
12.h5 Ne7 13.Rhe1 g5 14.Bh2 Bxe4 15.Rxe4 Nf5 16.c4 Qc6 17.Qd3 d5 18.cxd5
Rxd5 19.Qa6+ Qb7 20.Qxb7+ Kxb7 =-=(43) Vogt 2450 - Richter 2425, Germany 2003.

[*84*] 8.Qe3 b6 9.OOO Bb7 10.Bd3 OOO 11.Ng5 d6 12.Bxh7 dxe5 13.Rxd8+ Kxd8
14.Bg3 Kc8 15.Be4 Bd6 16.Rd1 Nd8 17.Bxb7+ Nxb7 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Nd2 f6 20.f4 f5 1-
0(50) De Blasio 2495 - Kalinichenko 2515, Italy 1998.

[*85*] 8...a6 9.Qe3 b5 10.c4 b4 11.Bd3 h6 12.h4 Bb7 13.Be4 a5 14.g4 a4 15.g5
Ne7 16.gxh6 gxh6 17.Rhg1 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qc6 19.Nd2 Nf5 20.h5 Be7 =-=(41) Prívara
2558 - Voll 2503, ICCF 2007;
9.Bd3 b5 10.Be4 Bb7 11.Ng5 Ne7 12.f3 Bxe4 13.fxe4 h6 14.Nf3 g5 15.Bg3 g4
16.Nh4 Nc6 17.Qf4 h5 18.Kb1 Be7 19.Rhf1 Rh7 20.h3 OOO =-=(53) Oskulski 2495 -
Voll 2503, ICCF 2007.
8...b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Rhe1 h6 11.h4 =-= Goloshchapov 2446 - Belozerov 2437,
Tomsk 1999.

[*86*] 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Be4 OOO 12.c4 Be7 13.Bg3 Rhg8 14.h5 Nd4 15.Bxb7+ Qxb7
16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Rhg1 Qa6 18.Kb1 Qxc4 19.Qf4 Bc5 20.c3 Qd5 1-0(38) Solak 2575 -
Fernandes 2448, Dresden 2007;
=-= Komliakov 2444 - Bagirov 2488, Moscow 2008.

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[*87*] 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Nc4 Nd5 13.Qg3 OOO 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Qc6 16.Bd2 Rdg8
17.c4 Nf6 18.f3 Ne8 19.Bc3 f6 20.Rd2 e5 =-=(36) Plachetka 2422 - Mirzoev 2494,
Valle d'Aosta ITA 2002;
16...Rhg8 17.c4 Nf6 18.f3 Rdf8 19.b3 Ne8 20.Bc3 f6 0-1(49) Korbut 2366 -
Sivokho 2504, St Petersburg RUS 2001.

[*88*] 5.g3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Bf4 Be7 9.h4 Qc7 10.Qe2 d5 11.exd6 Bxd6
12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Rd1 Qc6 14.OO OO 15.Rd2 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.Rd6 Qa4 18.Ne5 Bxg2
19.Kxg2 Qxa2 20.b3 Nd5 1-0(49) Rohit 2352 - Sulskis 2545, Dubai 2005;
10.Qd2 Bc6 11.OOO Qb7 12.Qe3 Na6 13.Rhe1 Nc7 14.Bh1 h6 15.Qd3 Nd5 16.Nd2
Nxf4 17.gxf4 Bxh4 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Qg3 g6 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 0-1(61) Donchev 2430 -
Lechtynsky 2460, Trnava 1982;
8...Qc7 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.OOO h6 11.h4 OOO 12.Qd3 Ne7 13.g4 Nd5 14.Bg3 c4
15.Qe2 b5 16.Nd4 a6 17.Nf5 Nxc3 18.Bxb7+ Qxb7 19.bxc3 Ba3+ 20.Kb1 exf5 1-0(21)
Carlsson 2514 - Smirnov 2438, Plovdiv 2008;
6.bxc3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.OO Nc6 9.c4 Qc7 10.Bb2 Be7 11.d3 g5 12.Re1 OOO
13.Bc3 g4 14.Nd2 h5 15.Rb1 Rdg8 16.a4 h4 17.a5 hxg3 18.hxg3 Rh5 19.axb6 axb6
20.Re4 Rgh8 =-=(41) Biyiasas Peter 2460 - Ljubojevic 2620, ? 1976;
=-=(41) Biyiasas 2460 - Ljubojevic 2620, Manila PHI 1976;
5...Nc6 6.Bg2 d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.OO OO 9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.d3 Bg4
12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Rb1 f5 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Nh4 Qf7 17.c4 Kh8 18.Bd5 Qd7
19.Nxg6+ hxg6 20.f4 exf4 1-0(63) Pfleger 2545 - Pribyl 2450, Bamberg 1972;
7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bxd6 9.OO OO 10.d3 Bd7 11.Re1 h6 12.c4 Rc8 13.Bb2 Be7
14.Rb1 b6 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Rxc6 18.Qg4 f6 19.Bc3 Qd7 20.Re2 Bd8
=-=(37) Cvek 2532 - Vokac 2435, Havlickuv Brod 2008;
6...Nxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.OO OO 10.d3 e5 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Ng5 Be7
13.Qh5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Be6 15.Be3 b6 16.f4 exf4 17.Rxf4 g6 18.Qh6 f5 19.Rh4 Rf7
20.Re1 Re8 1-0(47) Dgebuadze 2547 - Afek 2323, Belgium BEL 2005.
5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.OO a6 8.d3 d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.c3 Nxc4
12.dxc4 OO 13.Bf4 f6 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Bd6 e5 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Qe3 Qxb2 18.Qxc5 Ng6
19.Qd5+ Kh8 20.Rab1 Qxa2 1-0(49) Zhilin 2560 - Mats 2560, Novosibirsk 1962.

[*89*] 5...Qc7 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 OO 8.g3 d6 9.d4 cxd4 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Nxd6 Qxd6
12.Qxd4 f6 13.OOO Nc6 14.Qd2 Qc5 15.Nd4 Ncb4 16.Kb1 e5 17.a3 exd4 18.axb4 Nxb4
19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Ba3 a5 =-=(38) Suetin Alexey S (RUS) 2550 - Mnatsakanian Eduard A
(ARM) 2425, Yerevan (Armenia) 1962.

[*90*] 6.Bb5 f5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.d3 Be7 10.h4 Nd5 11.Ne2 Nb6 12.c4 d5
13.b3 a5 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Nf4 Nf8 16.Rc1 d4 17.Rg1 Ng6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Bxe7 Qxe7
20.Qd2 Bd7 1-0(42) Macieja 2596 - Llaneza Vega 2438, Grodzisk Mazowiecki POL
2007;
7...Nde7 8.OO Qc7 9.Re1 a6 10.Bxc6 Nxc6 11.d3 b6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 g5
14.h3 Rg8 15.d4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 g4 17.Nxf5 gxh3 18.Qh5+ Kd8 19.Nd6 Qb8 1-0 Tseitlin
2495 - Zak 2365, Biel SUI 1995;
7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.d3 OO 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.OO Rb8 12.b3 Nxe4 13.dxe4
d6 14.e5 d5 15.Ba3 Qa5 16.Bb2 Bd7 17.Ne1 Be8 18.Qg4 Rf5 19.Nd3 Bh5 20.Qg3 c4 1-
0(41) Landa 2550 - Shabalov 2624, playchess.com INT 2004.

[*91*] 6...Nb6 7.d4 cxd4 8.c5 Nd5 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.cxd6 Qb6 12.Qd2 Qb4
13.Qxb4 Ndxb4 14.Kd2 b6 15.a3 Nd5 16.Bc4 Bb7 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.b4 OO 19.Rhe1 Rfe8
20.Bf4 Rac8 1-0(43) Smirin 2615 - Bruk 2430, Israel 1996;
7.b3 d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.d4 f5 10.Nxd6+ Qxd6 11.Ba3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Qxd4 cxd4 14.OOO Bd7 15.Rxd4 Bc6 16.f4 Kf7 17.Rg1 Rad8 18.Bb2 =-= Gipslis
2535 - Mnatsakanian 2425, Tbilisi GEO 1977;

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 7.b4 Nxb4 8.Bb2 Be7 9.h4 h6 10.a4 a5 11.Ra3 Qc7 12.Rh3 Qc6 13.Qb1 Nxa4
14.Ba1 Nb6 15.Be2 a4 16.Kf1 Ra5 17.Rg3 Kf8 18.Nd6 Ra8 19.Nxf7 Rg8 1-0 Gurgenidze
2510 - Mnatsakanian 2425, Tbilisi 1977.
6...Nf4 7.d4 Ng6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.exd6 OO 12.Be2 Qb6
13.b4 Qd8 14.b5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.OO b6 17.f4 Ng6 18.g3 Bb7 19.Be3 Qf6 20.a4
Rfc8 1-0(26) Dolmatov 2550 - Mnatsakanian 2435, Moscow RUS 1983;
9...Qb6 10.Bc3 OO 11.Qd2 Nb4 =-= Hort 2540 - Kozomara Vlado 2370, ?
1965.

[*92*] 8.Be2 Nd4 9.OO Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Nc6 11.b4 Qc7 12.bxc5 Qxe5 13.Rb1 Nd4
14.Bb2 Bxc5 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Bc3 a5 17.Bxb7 Bxb7 18.Rxb7 Qxc4 19.Re1 Qd5 20.Qb1
OO 0-1(39) O'Duill 2475 - Korolev 2615, corr ICCF 1987.
8.Qb3 d5 9.exd6 e5 10.Rb1 Na6 11.g4 Qd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.Bg3 h5
15.Kd2 hxg4 16.Re1 Kd8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qc6 19.Ng5 Rh5 20.Bxg7 Bxd6 1-0(41)
Kopylov Nikolai Georgievich ( 2390 - Korolev Sergey Ivanovich (RUS 2604, ? 1983.

[*93*] 11.Ng5 Be7 12.f4 Nec6 13.Be3 Nd4 14.Bxd4 cxd4 15.axb4 Qxb4 16.Ra4 Qxb2
17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Ra1 Bc6 19.Rb1 Qa3 20.Nf3 Bxf3 =-=(51) Barash Dmitry Feliksovich
RU 2639 - Korolev Sergey Ivanovich RUS 2604, ? 1986.

[*94*] 6.exf6 Nxf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 d5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.OO
Bd6 13.c4 OO 14.cxd5 Nxd4 15.Bxd7 Qe5 16.g3 Nf3+ 17.Kh1 exd5 18.Bh3 d4 19.Bg2
dxe3 =-= Kovalev 2575 - Pribyl 2415, CZE 2001;
11.c3 a6 12.Be2 Bd6 13.OO OO 14.Nb3 Ne7 15.Qd2 Bd7 16.f4 Rae8 17.Rae1
Kh8 18.g3 Nf5 19.Bc5 Bxc5+ 20.Nxc5 Bc6 1-0(52) Dolmatov 2540 - Pribyl 2405,
Tallinn 1985.

[*95*] 6...Nxc3 7.dxc3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Qxd6 Bxd6 12.OOO
Be7 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 a6 15.Be2 Ne5 16.Rhe1 Nf7 17.Be3 b6 18.Bf3 Rc8 19.Bb7
Rb8 20.Bxa6 Ra8 1-0(43) Fedorchuk 2652 - Llaneza Vega 2445, Cappelle la Grande
FRA 2008;
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Qe2 Bxb5 11.Qxb5+ Qc6 12.Qe2 Qa6 13.c4 Nd7 14.OO Be7
15.Re1 Kf7 16.Rd1 Rhd8 17.Rxd7 Rxd7 18.Ne5+ Ke8 19.Bf4 Rad8 20.Qh5+ g6 =-=(41)
Kharlamov Vladimir Pavlovich 2420 - Meister Yakov (GER) 2488, RCCA 1988;
7...Nc6 8.Bb5 Qb6 9.Qe2 a6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Rg1 h5 12.h4 Qc7 13.a4 b6
14.Bf4 Na5 15.Qe3 c4 16.Be2 Bb7 17.Nd2 g6 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Qxg5 Qxe5 20.Qxg6+ Ke7
1-0(44) Yudasin 2610 - Delaune 2365, ? 1997;
8.Bf4 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.OOO Be7 11.h4 Qc7 12.Qe3 OOO 13.Be2 Na5 14.c4 Qc6
15.b3 Qc7 16.h5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 g5 18.Bxg5 Bxg5 19.Qxg5 Qxe5 20.Kb1 h6 =-=(41)
Mikhalchishin 2480 - Sahovic 2425, Lvov UKR 1984;
7...Be7 8.Bf4 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.OOO Nc6 11.h4 g6 12.Ng5 Qc7 13.h5 Rg8
14.Nxh7 g5 15.Bh2 OOO 16.f4 gxf4 17.Bxf4 Rg7 18.g4 fxg4 19.Re1 Rxh7 20.Qxg4 Rhh8
0-1(29) Lopez Martinez 2575 - Ter-Sahakyan 2449, Plovdiv BUL 2008;
8...OO 9.Qd2 b6 10.OOO Bb7 11.Be2 Bc6 12.h4 b5 13.Ng5 Qa5 14.Kb1 Bd5
15.c4 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 Bxg2 17.Rg1 Bb7 18.cxb5 a6 19.b6 Rc8 20.a4 c4 1-0(44) Kogan
2543 - Ibarra Jerez 2427, La Roda 2004;
7...Qc7 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.h4 b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.OOO a6 12.Be2 Ne7 13.h5 Nd5
14.Bg3 c4 15.Nd4 Ne7 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Nc6 18.Bf4 Be7 19.Rhg1 Rf8 20.g4 OOO 1-
0(40) Sax 2550 - Bouaziz 2435, Catania 1995;
7...b6 8.Bf4 Bb7 9.Qd2 h6 10.h4 g6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.OOO Qc7 13.Qe3 OOO
14.Nd2 Ne7 15.Nc4 Nd5 16.Qg3 Nxf4 17.Qxf4 Bxg2 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.exd6 Qb7 20.Rhg1
g5 0-1(55) Cuijpers 2484 - Souleidis 2421, Germany 2008.
6...Ne7 7.b3 a6 8.g3 Nbc6 9.Bg2 Ng6 10.Bb2 Be7 11.OO OO 12.Re1 b5 13.h4 Bb7
14.Ne2 f4 15.h5 fxg3 16.fxg3 Nh8 17.Nf4 Nf7 18.Rf1 Nh6 19.Qe2 Qc7 20.Nh3 Rf5 0-
1(35) Najer 2627 - Khismatullin 2584, Dagomys 2008.
6...Nc7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Bf4 Bb4 10.Bc4 Qe7 11.OO Qc5 12.Nxc6 Bxc3
13.bxc3 Qxc4 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qh6 bxc6 16.Qg7 Rf8 17.Bg5 Qc5 18.Qxh7 Rf7 19.Qxg6

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Qf8 20.f4 Qh8 1-0(45) Nalbandian Tigran (ARM) 2471 - Minasian Ara (ARM) 2477,
Yerevan (Armenia) 2009.

[*96*] 7.Bb5 Nxc3 8.dxc3 Qc7 9.Bf4 a6 10.Be2 b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.OOO OOO 13.Ng5
Re8 14.Nf7 Rg8 15.Qe3 Nd8 16.Nxd8 Qxd8 17.h4 Bxg2 18.Bxa6+ Kc7 19.Rh2 Bc6 20.Qd3
h6 1-0(45) Keitlinghaus 2510 - Vokac 2485, Lazne Bohdanec 1994;
7...a6 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.d3 Be7 10.Ne2 OO 11.c4 Nc7 12.h4 Bd7 13.Bg5 Be8
14.Nf4 Bf7 15.Rh3 Qe8 16.Qe2 Bd8 17.Qe3 b6 18.h5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Qe7 20.Rg3 Rfd8 =-
=(38) Tseitlin 2510 - Bjelajac 2415, Pernik 1978.
7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 Qc7 9.Bxc6 Qxc6 10.OO d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.d4 OO 13.dxc5 Bxc5
14.Ne5 Qe8 15.Bf4 Bd7 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Qxd7 Nxd7 18.Rad1 Nf6 19.Na4 Be7 20.c4 Kf7
=-=(39) Georgadze 2500 - Ostermeyer 2410, Porz GER 1982.

[*97*] 8.Bb5 Be7 9.OO a6 10.Bxc6 dxc6 11.b3 OO 12.Bb2 f4 13.Re1 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5
15.d4 cxd4 16.Qxd4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qe8 18.Kh2 Qh5 19.Qd3 Bc5 20.Re2 Qh4 =-=(34)
Suetin 2520 - Pribyl 2455, Brno CZE 1975;
11.Re1 OO 12.d4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Be6 14.Qf4 c5 15.c3 h6 16.h4 Kh7 17.Kh2 Rg8
18.Rh1 g5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Kg1+ Kg6 1-0(53) Yagupov 2449 - Kalygin 2455, St
Petersburg RUS 1999;
8...Qb6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.OO Be7 11.d3 OO 12.b3 Ba6 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Nxg5
Rae8 15.Qh5 h6 16.Nf3 Qb4 17.h3 Qc3 18.Rac1 Kh7 19.Rfe1 Bc8 20.Re2 Qb2 0-1(51)
Razuvaev 2490 - Pribyl 2450, Jurmala 1987.
8.Be2 d6 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.d4 OO 11.OO cxd4 12.c3 dxc3 13.Qxd5+ Kh8 14.Rd1 Be7
15.Qb3 cxb2 16.Bxb2 Qb6 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bxc6 Qxb3 19.axb3 bxc6 20.Ne5 Bf6 0-1(31)
Gaprindashvili 2440 - Pribyl 2435, Amsterdam NED 1976.

[*98*] 9.Bf4 Qa5+ 10.c3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 dxe5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bxe5 Kf7 14.Bd3 Bd7
15.OO Re8 16.Re1 Qd8 17.Qf3 Qg5 18.Bf4 Qf6 19.Rxe8 Bxe8 20.Be3 Bd7 1-0(30)
Kindermann 2516 - Afek 2382, Clermont-Ferrand FRA 2003.

[*99*] 10.Be2 OO 11.OO f4 12.c4 Be6 13.b3 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.cxd5 Bxd5
16.Qxd4 Qg5 17.g3 Rad8 18.Bc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4+ Kh8 20.Rd1 Be5 0-1(39) Karker
Norbert 2455 - Hamarat Tunc 2515, ? 1991.

[*100*] 11.Be2 OO 12.OO f4 13.b3 Qd6 14.Bb2 Bf5 15.Bd3 Be4 16.Ng5 Rae8 17.Bxe4
dxe4 18.Qxd6 Bxd6 19.Rad1 Rf5 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 1-0(60) Kruppa 2485 - Legky 2455,
Sverdlovsk 1984;
13.a3 a5 14.b3 Qd6 15.Bb2 Bf5 =-= Grabczewski 2425 - Pribyl 2455, Lublin
POL 1974;
12.Bf4 h6 13.OO Be6 14.c3 Qf6 15.Bb5 g5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Be5 Qf7 18.b4
Bb6 19.Bd4 Bc7 20.Qe2 f4 =-=(27) Grottke Dr Hans-Joachim GER 2522 - Paredes
Prats Jose ESP 2376, ? 1984.
11.Bd3 OO 12.OO f4 13.h3 Qf6 14.Re1 Kh8 15.c3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Qxf5 17.b4 Bd6
18.b5 Ne5 19.Qxd5 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qxb5 1-0(45) Kindermann Stefan E S 2520 - Arnold
Lothar, ? 1987.

[*101*] 6...d6 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.OO Be7 9.c4 a6 10.exd6 axb5 11.dxe7 Nxe7 12.cxb5 c4
13.a4 Bf5 14.Re1 OO 15.Bd2 Ng6 16.Ra3 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Re3 Qd7 19.Ne5 Nxe5
20.Rxe5 f6 1-0(60) Lutz 2644 - Markos 2467, Leipzig 2002;
10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 cxd5 15.Be3
Be6 16.Rac1 OO 17.Rc7 Rfe8 18.Nd4 Bf6 19.Rfc1 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Rec8 1-0(68)
Oratovsky 2485 - Bruk 2420, Jerusalem ISR 1996;
9...dxc4 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.d5 a6 12.Bxc4 Na5 13.Qa4+ b5 14.Qxa5 bxc4
15.Qc3 Bb7 16.Qxg7 Qf6 17.Qg3 Bxd5 18.Re1 h6 19.Bd2 Rf8 20.Bc3 Qc6 1-0(50) Dely
Peter (HUN) 2480 - Varnusz Egon (HUN) 2410, Budapest (Hungary) 1958;

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 9...Be6 10.Be3 Qb6 11.a4 OOO 12.a5 Qc7 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.dxc5 Be5 15.a6
Bxb2 16.axb7+ Kb8 17.Ra2 dxc4 18.Qa4 c3 19.Bf4 Bxa2 20.Bxc7+ Kxc7 1-0(21)
Bouwmeester 2385 - Pomar Salamanca 2495, ? 1962;
9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Re1 OO 11.c3 Bg4 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Be2 Bh5 14.Be3 Qd6
15.Qd2 Bf6 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bg6 18.Bg4 a6 19.Bf4 Qc5 20.Bc7 Re8 1-0(31)
Kholmov Ratmir D (RUS) 2550 - Muhutdinov Marat (RUS) 2420, Sverdlovsk (Russia)
1957;
10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 OO 12.Re1 Bf6 13.c3 Bd7 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nb3 Rfe8
16.Qd2 Be5 17.f4 Bf6 18.Bc5 Qc7 19.Bd4 Bh4 20.Re5 g6 0-1(45) Grabarczyk 2436 -
Kunin 2459, Germany 2003;
9.Bf4 OO 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qd4 Qxd4
15.Nxd4 c5 16.Nc6 Re8 17.Rad1 Be6 18.c3 a5 19.Ne5 Rac8 20.Rd2 f6 =-=(26) Kovchan
2420 - Kalygin 2472, Alushta UKR 2000;
7.Bg5 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Bc3 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nd3 OO
13.Be2 Bf5 14.OO d4 15.Bd2 Bd6 16.b3 Rac8 17.Re1 Ne7 18.Bf3 Qc7 19.Bb4 Bxh2+
20.Kh1 Bd6 =-=(37) Parma Bruno (SLO) 2530 - Damjanovic Mato (CRO) 2490, Zenica
(Bosnia & Herzegovina) 1963.

[*102*] 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.OO Nc6 9.Ng5 Be7 10.Nxh7 d6 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.f4 Rxh7
13.Bxh7 g6 14.f5 Bxf5 15.Rxf5 gxf5 16.Bxf5 d3+ 17.Kh1 dxc2 18.Qxc2 Be5 19.Qe2
Ke7 20.Bf4 Qxb2 =-=(37) Kofidis 2615 - Korolev 2630, Yugoslavia 1998;
11.Qh5 dxe5 12.Nf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxh8+ Ke7 14.b3 g6 15.Qg8 a5 16.Bh6 Qd8
17.Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.f3 g5 19.Bf8 Nb4 20.Rfe1 Kc7 =-=(47) Matyukhin Sergey
Konstantinov 2519 - Korolev Sergey Ivanovich (RUS 2604, RCCA 2002;
8...Be7 9.Re1 h6 10.a3 Nc6 11.b4 a5 12.b5 Nd8 13.Bb2 Ne6 14.Qd2 Bc5
15.Bf1 OO 16.Rad1 d6 17.Nxd4 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Qxd4 =-=(22)
Zuckerman 2505 - Saidy 2450, ? 1968.
7.c3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qc2 Qc7 10.Bf4 f6 11.Qd1 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qh5+
g6 14.Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 15.Bxe5 OO 16.OOO d6 17.Bg3 Bxf2 18.Bxd6 Rf7 =-= Glaser 2440 -
Korolev 2590, corr ICCF 1992.

[*103*] 10.exd6 OO 11.Bd3 Qb4+ 12.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13.c3 Bxd6 14.Be3 f5 15.Rd1 f4
16.Bc1 Nc6 17.Be2 Ne7 18.OO Bf5 19.Nd4 Be4 20.Bg4 Rf6 1-0(30) Vukcevic 2543 -
Korolev 2615, ICCF 2002.

[*104*] 11.Nxe5 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Re1 Be6 15.Qh5 c5 16.b3 g6
17.Qe5 OOO 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Qf6 Rhe8 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 1-0(31) Stern 2552 - Korolev
2615, ICCF 2002;
1-0(36) Lecroq 2595 - Korolev 2615, ICCF 2002;
15...OOO 16.Bf4 Bf6 17.c3 c5 18.Re2 g6 19.Qf3 h5 20.h3 Qc6 1-0(28) Danek
2546 - Korolev 2615, ICCF 2002;
15.Qg3 Bf6 16.Bxh7 Rxh7 17.Rxe6+ fxe6 18.Qg6+ Kd7 19.Qxh7 Rf8 20.Rb1 Qa5
0-1(42) Serafimovic 2360 - Korolev 2630, Yugoslavia 1998;
13...Be6 14.Re1 Qb4 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Qh5 Qxf4 17.Rxe6+ Kf8 18.g3 Qb4 19.Qf3
Qxb2 20.Rae1 Rd8 1-0(32) Voss 2692 - Korolev 2615, ICCF 2006;
12.Qg3 Bd4 13.Nd3 OO 14.c3 Re8 15.Re1 Bf6 16.Nf4 Ne7 17.Nh5 Nf5 18.Qf3
d4 19.Bd2 Be7 20.Bd3 Qxb2 1-0(24) Gallinnis 2570 - Korolev 2615, ICCF 2002;
12.Nd3 Be7 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Qxg5 OO 15.c3 Be6 16.b3 f6 17.Qg3 Bf7 18.Rad1
Rfe8 19.Nf4 Re5 20.Rd2 Rae8 =-=(35) Vukcevic 2510 - Korolev 2630, Yugoslavia
1998.

[*105*] 7.c3 d6 8.Bb5 Be7 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.OO OO 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Qa4 a6 13.Bd3
Qb6 14.Re1 Bf6 15.Ng5 g6 16.Qh4 h5 17.Qg3 Ne7 18.Be3 Qxb2 19.Qd6 Qxc3 20.Rac1
Qe5 1-0(32) Geller 2590 - Kirov 2435, Moscow URS 1977;
10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Qd3 OO 12.Be3 Qd6 13.OOO Rd8 14.Ba4 Bg4 15.Bb3 Be6 16.h4
Rac8 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.hxg5 g6 19.Rh4 Qe5 20.f4 Qe4 =-=(55) Brenjo 2485 - Antic
2468, Zlatibor 2007;

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 9.Be3 Qb6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.OO OO
15.Qd4 Qd6 16.b4 a5 17.Rfe1 axb4 18.cxb4 Ba6 19.Nd2 Rfe8 20.a3 h6 1-0(52) Almasi
2691 - Sikula 2550, Hungary 2007;
8...c4 9.OO Be7 10.b3 cxb3 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.axb3 Qc7 13.Re1 Be6 14.Bg5
Bd6 15.c4 OO 16.c5 Be7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.b4 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Bf5 20.Qf3 Bg6 1-0(40)
Polgar 2708 - Sikula 2550, Hungary 2008;
8...cxd4 9.Qxd4 Be6 10.Bf4 Qa5 11.a4 Qxb5 12.axb5 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 dxe5
14.Bxe5 Bd7 15.b4 f6 16.Bg3 Kf7 17.b6 a6 18.Ra5 Be7 19.Kd2 Rhc8 20.Re1 g6 1-
0(57) Bieluczyk 2500 - Baumbach 2530, corr ICCF 1992;
8.exd6 Bxd6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bd3 =-= Vetemaa 2355 - Legky 2505, Brugge
1995;
7...Qb6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qd2 OO 10.b4 Be7 11.Be2 d4 12.Nxd4 Nxe5 13.OO d5
14.Nf3 Bd6 15.Qxd5 Qc7 16.Ng5 Ng6 17.g3 Qxc3 18.Rb1 Qe5 19.Qxe5 Bxe5 20.Be3 h6
=-=(22) Sonzogno 2560 - Finnie 2445, ICCF 1997;
7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe5 9.Bf4 d6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Qxd5 Qf6 13.g3
Rc8 14.OOO Be7 15.Nf3 Be6 16.Qg5 d5 17.Qxf6 Bxf6 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 OO 20.Rhe1
Rfd8 1-0(46) Korneev 2649 - Recuero Guerra 2315, Dos Hermanas ESP 2006.
7.Be3 d6 8.exd6 c4 9.g3 Bxd6 10.Bg2 Bg4 11.h3 Bd7 12.OO OO 13.Qd2 Qc7
14.Rfe1 Rad8 15.Nh4 Ne7 16.c3 Nf5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Qxf4 20.gxf4
f6 1-0(87) Leko 2600 - Tseshkovsky 2510, ? 1997;
7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe5 9.Nb5 a6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Qd4 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 d6 13.f4
OO 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Qxe5 Re8 16.Qd4 Re4 17.Qd3 Qe7 18.Kf2 Bf5 19.Qd2 Re8 20.Re1
Bg6 0-1(58) Adorjan 2465 - Pribyl 2435, Vrnjacka Banja 1972;
7...Qb6 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.c3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 Qb4+
13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 d6 15.Rac1 dxe5 16.Rc7 OO 17.dxe5 b5 18.Ke3 a6 19.f4 Be6
20.Kd4 f6 1-0(33) Dely Peter (HUN) 2480 - Liptay Laszlo (HUN) 2390, Budapest
(Hungary) 1963.
7.Be2 d6 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.c3 OO 10.OO Bf5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Qd2 c4 13.Bh4 f6
14.Bg3 b5 15.Ne1 b4 16.Nc2 bxc3 17.bxc3 Rab8 18.Rfb1 Ne7 19.Qc1 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qa4
0-1(89) Yemelin 2562 - Naiditsch 2638, Moscow RUS 2008.
7.c4 cxd4 8.cxd5 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qxd5 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Qe2 Qe6 12.OO d5 13.Rfe1 OO
14.Bc2 g6 15.Bb3 Rd8 16.h3 Qd7 17.Ba4 Qc7 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Qe7 20.f4 Be6 1-
0(33) Khasin Abram Iosifovich RUS 2650 - Corinthios Mario FRA 2360, ? 1984.
7.Bd3 d6 8.OO dxe5 9.Nxe5 Be7 10.Bb5 Qb6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Re1 cxd4 13.Bg5
Be6 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rxe6 Qxb2 17.Rae1 Bf8 18.Rxc6 Qb7 19.Rce6 Qf7
20.Qe2 h6 =-=(39) Milov 2473 - Pribyl 2397, Germany 2001.

[*106*] 8.Be2 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.OO OO 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Bf5 13.Ne1 Rfe8 14.Nd3
Bb6 15.Bf3 Be4 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Rad8 18.c3 Qe7 19.Re1 Qc5 20.Qe2 Ne5 0-1(56)
Oratovsky 2536 - Lopez Martinez 2440, La Roda 2004;
9.Bf4 dxe5 10.Nxe5 OO 11.OO Bd6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qd2 Rb8 =-= Petrov 2425
- Okhotnik 2470, Villeneuve Tolosane 2006;
9.Qxd5 Be6 10.Qe4 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Qb6 14.Be3 Bxe3
15.fxe3 OO 16.Kf2 Rac8 17.c4 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Rhc1 Qb4 20.Rxc4 Qxc4 =-=(26)
Strand Rune (SWE) 2394 - Wills Mike W (ENG) 2482, ? 1962.

[*107*] 9.Bf4 OO 10.OO =-= Kurmann 2435 - Landenbergue 2450, Geneve 2007.

[*108*] 9...OO 10.OO Qxd6 11.c3 Bb6 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Qd3 Qg6 14.h3 Ne5 15.Nxe5
Rxe5 16.Qxg6 hxg6 17.Bf4 Re8 18.Rfe1 Bd7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Bb3 Rxe1+ =-=(21) Kalod
2475 - Schlosser 2562, Austria 2007;
11...Be6 12.Be3 Rad8 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qe2 Rf6
17.Rae1 Rdf8 18.Qe3 Qxe3 19.Rxe3 Kf7 20.Rd1 Ke7 =-=(36) Delgado Ramirez 2557 -
Lopez Martinez 2440, Santa Clara 2004;
11...h6 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.Qd3 Qg6 14.Be3 Qxd3 15.Bxd3 Bd6 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Bf5
Bc5 18.Rfe1 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Nf3+ 20.gxf3 Bxf5 1-0(41) Biyiasas 2450 - Peters 2430,
Hastings 1978;

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 11.Re1 h6 12.Be3 d4 13.Bd2 Bg4 14.Qe2 Bh5 15.a3 Bb6 16.Qe4 Bg6 17.Qg4
Bxd3 18.cxd3 Rfe8 19.h4 Bc7 20.g3 Qf6 =-=(23) Spasov 2543 - De la Villa Garcia
2470, La Roda ESP 2005.

[*109*] 10.Qe2+ Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Be3 OO 13.c3 Bg4 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.Be2 Bxe2
16.Kxe2 Bf6 17.Rhe1 Rfe8 18.Nb5 Re7 19.Bc5 Re6 20.Kf1 Nd3 =-=(50) Fishbein 2525
- Kreiman 2425, New York 1994.

[*110*] 11.c3 Re8 12.Qa4 h6 13.Qh4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Bf4 Qe6 16.Rad1 Qg4
17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.Bxg3 =-= Horvath 2530 - Sikula 2515, Hungary 2006;
15.Bd2 Bd7 16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 =-= Pinter 2394 - Meier 2506,
Szeged HUN 2007;
13.Bf4 Qf6 14.Bg3 a6 15.Rae1 Be6 16.Ne5 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Nxc6 Qd7
19.Ne7+ =-= Bokros 2470 - Sikula 2412, Szombathely 2004;
11...a5 12.Qa4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Qh4 h6 15.Bf4 Qe7 16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Rae1
Be6 18.Re5 Rfd8 19.Rfe1 Qf8 20.Rh5 Bd6 1-0(31) Korneev 2613 - Sikula 2431,
Zalakaros 2003;
11...h6 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.Qd3 f5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Rad8 17.f4
Rf6 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.Rf2 a6 20.Rg2 b5 1-0(36) Hunt 2431 - Okhotnik 2470, Cannes
2006;
11...Bd7 12.Bc2 Rad8 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 Bg4 15.Qd3 g6 16.Rfe1 Bf5 17.Qd2
Bxc2 18.Qxc2 Rfe8 19.Qb3 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Bb6 0-1(48) Andersson 2510 - Neckar
Lubomir (CZE) 2355, Stockholm (Sweden) 1969.
11.a3 h6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bb2 Rd8 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Be6 16.Qxd6 Rxd6 17.Bxe6
Rxe6 18.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Rd8 20.Kf1 Kf8 =-=(51) Sokolov 2525 - Zhuravliov
2485, Vilnius LTU 1993;
11...a5 12.Re1 h6 13.h3 Be6 14.Be3 d4 15.Bd2 Bd5 16.Nh4 Rfe8 17.Qh5 Re5
18.Rxe5 Nxe5 19.Bf4 Re8 20.Re1 g5 1-0(24) Kagan 2435 - Murey 2500, Netanya 1983.
11.Re1 h6 12.Be3 d4 =-= Maksimenko 2435 - Bogdanovich 2425, Lublin 1993.

[*111*] 8...d6 9.exd6 Qb6 10.Qe4+ Be6 11.Qh4 Bxd6 12.Be2 Bf5 13.OO OO 14.Bd3
Bxd3 15.cxd3 Be7 16.Qa4 Bc5 17.Bd2 Nd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Bc3 Rfd8 20.Rae1 g6 =-
=(41) David 2548 - Luther 2575, France 2003;
0-1 David Alb 2548 - Luther Th 2571, ? 2003;
13.Bd1 OO 14.OO Rfe8 15.b3 Bg6 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Qh3 Bc5 18.a3 a5 19.Bc3
Qc7 20.Nh4 b5 0-1(36) Nijboer 2598 - Afek 2316, Amsterdam NED 2006;
12.Bd3 Nb4 13.OO Nxd3 14.cxd3 OO 15.Qe4 h6 16.Nd4 Rae8 17.Nxe6 =-=
Hossain 2460 - De la Riva Aguado 2531, Turin ITA 2006;
11...f6 12.Bd3 OOO 13.OO Rxd6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Qxe3+ 16.Kh1 Qc5
17.Rae1 Bd7 18.Qg3 g6 19.Nd2 f5 20.Nb3 Qb4 1-0(40) Chandler 2595 - Arnold 2305,
Germany 1987;
15...h5 16.Qg3 Rd7 17.b3 Qxe3+ 18.Kh1 Qc5 19.Rae1 Re8 20.Bc4 Nd8 =-=(34)
Moura 2437 - Finnie 2426, ICCF Email 1999;
11.Bc4 Bxf2+ 12.Kf1 OO 13.Bd3 g6 14.Bh6 Bf5 15.Qe2 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Bc5
17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.h4 Bxd6 19.h5 Ne7 20.Qf2 Nf5 1-0(42) Zelinskis Jury (ISR) 2612 -
Chandler Clifford R (ENG) 2282, ? 1981;
12.Ke2 OO 13.Bxe6 Rae8 14.Ng5 Rxe6 15.Nxe6 Re8 16.Rf1 Rxe6 17.Qxe6 fxe6
18.Rxf2 Qb5+ 19.Ke1 Qe5+ 20.Kf1 Qxh2 =-=(25) Ninov 2536 - Afek 2350, La Fere
(FRA) 2007;
11...Qb4+ 12.Nd2 OO 13.OO Rae8 14.c3 Qb6 15.Nf3 h6 16.b4 Bxd6 17.Be3 Qc7
18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.Qc4 Rfe8 20.Rad1 a6 1-0(46) Van der Wiel 2550 - Short 2635, Wijk
aan Zee NED 1990;
11.d7+ Kxd7 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Rd1+ Kc7 14.fxe3 Qxb2 15.Qf4+ Kc8 16.Kf2
Qxc2+ 17.Rd2 Qf5 18.Qxf5 Bxf5 19.Bc4 Bg6 20.h4 Kc7 0-1(33) Raffay Herbert AUT
2501 - Jones C Bill USA 2478, ? 1980;

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 10.Bc4 Bxf2+ 11.Ke2 OO 12.Rd1 Bg4 13.Bg5 Kh8 14.Qe4 Bh5 15.b4 Nxb4
16.Be7 Bc5 17.Kf1 Bg6 18.Qh4 Nxc2 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Qe7 Kg8 1-0(57) Velimirovic
2535 - Spassov 2375, Harrachov 1989;
12...Be6 13.Qe4 Rae8 14.Kf1 Bd7 15.Qf4 Re6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qe4 Bg1
18.Qe2 Ne5 19.a4 Ng4 20.Ra3 Bc6 1-0(40) Huebner 2610 - Heidrich 2260, Germany
1984;
11.Kf1 OO 12.Qe4 Bd7 13.Bg5 Bc5 14.Bd3 g6 15.Bf6 Nb4 16.Qh4 Qxd6 17.Be5
Qe7 18.Bf6 Qd6 =-= Tal 2640 - Gipslis A 2470, ? 1959;
10.Bd3 Bxf2+ 11.Ke2 OO 12.d7 Nb4 13.dxc8Q Raxc8 14.Qb3 Rfe8+ 15.Kf1 Bd4
16.Bd2 Rxc2 17.Bxc2 Qa6+ 18.Bd3 Nxd3 19.Nxd4 Re4 20.Qb5 1-0 Furman 2540 -
Vaganian 2500, Tbilisi 1973;
11.Kf1 Be6 12.Qb5 OOO 13.Bf4 h6 14.Rd1 Bc5 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Bb5 Nb4 17.c4
Nc2 18.Rd3 f6 19.a3 g5 20.Bg3 Bf5 =-=(46) Boey 2430 - Schiffer 2435, Amsterdam
1975;
10.Qd2 OO 11.Bd3 Re8+ 12.Kf1 h6 13.a4 a5 14.Qf4 Bxf2 15.Bd2 Bc5 16.Bc3
Bb4 17.Rd1 Bd7 18.Bc4 Be6 19.Bb5 Rad8 20.Bd4 Nxd4 =-=(21) Almasi 2610 - Zsinka
2345, Hungary 1994;
9.Bd3 Be6 10.Qe4 dxe5 11.OO f6 12.b4 Bxb4 13.Rb1 Bd5 14.Qg4 Qe7 15.Bxh7
Rxh7 16.Qg6+ Qf7 17.Qxh7 Bxa2 18.Rb2 OOO 19.c3 Bxc3 20.Rc2 Bb4 1-0(71) Smirin
2535 - Vokac 2465, Dortmund 1990;
11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Qb6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 OO 16.Qd4 Qc7
17.Kf2 Rad8 18.Qf4 Qb6 19.b3 Rfe8 20.Rhe1 Rd5 0-1(51) Rodriguez 2445 -
Mnatsakanian 2435, Erevan ARM 1984;
9...Qa5+ 10.Kf1 Be6 11.Qe4 OOO 12.Bg5 Rd7 13.a3 =-= Meier 2506 - De la
Riva Aguado 2525, France 2007;
9.Bc4 Be6 10.Qd3 Nb4 11.Qe2 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Rc8 13.Qb5+ Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7
15.OO Nxc2 16.Rb1 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.exd6 Rhe8 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.fxe3 f6 =-=(22)
Rodriguez 2482 - De la Villa Garcia 2477, Sanxenxo ESP 2003;
9.Qe4 dxe5 10.Bc4 Qe7 11.OO Be6 12.Bb5 f6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qxc6+ Kf7
15.Be3 Rhc8 16.Qe4 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Kg8 18.b3 a5 19.Rad1 Kh8 20.Nh4 Qa3 =-=(30)
Oratovsky 2536 - Llobel Cortell 2400, La Roda 2004.

[*112*] 11.exd6 Be6 12.Qg5 h6 13.Qxg7 OOO 14.Qf6 Rhg8 15.Kf1 Rxd6 16.Bf4 Rd7
17.Rd1 Bc5 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 Bd6 20.Qe3 Bxf4 0-1(22) Diez del Corral 2480 -
Marovic 2445, Malaga 1981.

[*113*] 11.Rf1 Bc5 12.Ng5 Nd4+ 13.Kd1 Ne6 14.Ne4 d6 15.exd6 Rd8 16.Bd3 Bxd6
17.Qh5 f5 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Qxf5 Qxh2 20.Qf7+ Kh8 1-0(28) Haba 2580 - Kummer 2380,
Austria 1998;
19...Nf8 20.Qf7+ Kh8 =-=(32) Koch 2460 - Legky 2445, Belfort 1992;
17.Nxd6 Rxd6 18.Qf5 Rxd3+ 19.cxd3 f6 20.Qd5 Kh8 1-0(32) Kudrin 2615 -
Kelleher 2417, Lowell 2003;
19...Nd8 20.Qf4 Be6 1-0(42) Lau 2410 - Murey 2530, Beer Sheba ISR 1985;
16.Qf5 Bxd6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6+ 18.Bd3 Nf8 19.Qxf7+ Kh8 20.Qf4 Qe7 =-=(47)
Short 2535 - Minic 2440, Banja Luka 1985;
16.Qh5 Bxd6 17.Bd3 f5 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Qxf5 Qxh2 20.Qf7+ Kh8 1-0(41)
Loginov Vladimir Nikolaevich 2444 - Meister Yakov (GER) 2488, RCCA 1988;
15...Be3 16.Qd3 Bxc1 17.Kxc1 Bd7 18.b3 Bc6 19.Kb2 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxd6 1-
0(33) Matsuura 2469 - Stamenkovic 2393, Santos 2008;
14...Be7 15.c3 Qc6 16.a4 b6 17.Qxc6 dxc6 18.Kc2 Nc7 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5
Be6 =-=(101) Gallagher 2503 - Landenbergue 2405, Geneva SUI 2002;
14.c3 d6 15.b4 Nxg5 16.bxc5 dxc5 17.Bxg5 Be6 18.Qe4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qb2
20.Rc1 Qxg2 1-0(37) Gligoric 2555 - Matanovic 2495, ? 1961;
16...Qa5 17.Bxg5 Be6 18.Qe4 d5 19.Qe3 dxc4 20.Be7 Rad8+ =-=(30) Minic
2470 - Bjelajac 2410, Zagreb 1977;
15...Bg1 16.Rxf7 Rxf7 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.exd6 Bd7 19.Qf5+ Ke8 20.Bf4 Ba4+
0-1(25) Sadovoy Yury UKR 2351 - Korolev Sergey Ivanovich RUS 2604, ? 1982;

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 15...Bxb4 16.Rb1 Nxg5 17.Bxg5 Be6 18.Qd3 d5 19.Rxb4 dxc4 20.Qg3 Qc5 =-
=(36) Buljovcic Ivan (YUG) 2450 - Minic Dragoljub (CRO) 2490, Skopje (Macedonia)
1962;
14.Qe4 Nxg5 15.Bxg5 d5 16.exd6 Qxd6+ 17.Bd3 Qxh2 18.Kd2 g6 19.Rae1 Bd7
20.Bf4 Qh4 0-1(52) Torre 2505 - Ljubojevic 2620, Manila PHI 1976;
13.Ke1 Ne6 14.Ne4 d6 15.exd6 Bd7 16.Bd3 Bc6 17.Qf5 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 g6 19.d7
Rfd8 20.Bc4 Rxd7 0-1(32) Prie 2480 - David 2465, Clichy FRA 1995;
12...Nxe5 13.Nxf7 Nxf7 14.Rxf7 Qe6+ 15.Qxe6 dxe6 16.Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.Bg5 h6
18.Rf1+ Ke8 19.Bd2 Bd4 20.Bb5+ Bd7 1-0(48) Perunovic 2568 - Tadic 2480, Beograd
SER 2009;
17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Kxe3 Bd7 19.Bd3 h6 20.Be4 Rc8 =-=(30) Wippermann 2422 -
Reinaldo Castineira 2452, Sanxenxo ESP 2007;
12.c3 d6 13.Ng5 Bg4+ 14.Ke1 Nxe5 15.Qe4 g6 16.Rxf7 Nxf7 17.Bxf7+ Rxf7
18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Qxg4 Re8+ 20.Kd1 Qb5 =-=(42) Tseshkovsky 2530 - Pribyl 2435,
Sochi RUS 1981;
13.b4 Bxb4 14.Rb1 Be6 15.Qd3 d5 16.Bb3 Be7 17.Bc2 Qa6 18.Rxb7 Qxd3+
19.Bxd3 Rab8 =-= Planinec 2485 - Pribyl 2435, Majdanpek 1976;
12...Ne7 13.Qe4 d5 14.exd6 Bf5 15.Qxe7 Qc6 16.Bxf7+ Kh8 17.Be3 Bxd6
18.Qg5 Rxf7 19.Kf2 Bd3 20.Rfd1 Be4 0-1(39) Velimirovic 2525 - Pribyl 2435,
Majdanpek 1976;
12.Qe4 d5 13.Bxd5 Nd4+ 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.c3 Qb5+ 16.c4 Qb6 17.Rf3 Be6
18.Rb3 Qc5 19.Rb5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 =-=(32) Petrov 2500 - Vitoux 2394, Lyon
2007.
11.c3 Ne7 12.Qd6 Ng6 13.b4 a5 14.Rf1 Qxd6 15.exd6 Ba7 16.Ng5 Ne5 17.Bd5 h6
18.Nxf7 Nxf7 19.Kd2 Bb8 20.Bb2 Ra6 0-1(26) Fabri 2445 - Baumbach 2530, corr ICCF
1992.
11.Rd1 d6 12.exd6 Be6 13.Qe4 Bxc4+ 14.Qxc4 Rae8+ 15.Kf1 Re6 16.d7 Bc5
17.Bg5 Be7 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Qd3 Qc7 20.Rd2 Rd8 =-=(30) Zaitsev Igor A (RUS) 2520
- Mnatsakanian Eduard A (ARM) 2425, Yerevan (Armenia) 1962.

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