Opening Report

Database: all (3,717,870 games)
Report: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 (96 games)
ECO: C26a [Vienna: 2...Nf6]
Generated by Scid 3.1, 2006.03.03

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WR WB WQ WK WB WN WR

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
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 All report games     96      30       9      57    35.9%

 Both rated 2600+      0       0       0       0     0.0%
 Both rated 2500+      1       0       0       1     0.0%
 Both rated 2400+      3       0       0       3     0.0%
 Both rated 2300+      4       0       1       3    12.5%

 Since 1996.01.01     67      20       7      40    35.0%
 Since 1998.01.01     54      14       7      33    32.4%
 Since 2000.01.01     39      12       4      23    35.8%
 Since 2001.01.01     29       8       4      17    34.4%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 0-1(20) Noa -- Burn, 07.25 R11 Frankf 1887 [21]
2: 0-1(20) Paulsen -- Berger, Breslau GER 1889 [21]
3: 0-1(49) Blackburne -- Lasker, London ENG 1892 [26]
4: 0-1(29) Alan Turing's program -- Glennie, Manchester, England 1951 [5]
5: 1-0(32) Carpio -- Lopez, Pichincha 1962 [5]

1.3 Newest games

1: 1-0(28) Trifunovic 2019 -- Baljevic, Belgrade SCG 2005.08.23 [8]
2: 1-0(35) Grosse -- Gnass, Berlin GER 2005.05.05 [1]
3: 1-0(45) Ianovsky 2328 -- Pasemko, Kiev UKR 2004.12.21 [27]
4: =-=(96) Ianovsky -- Ivanets, Kiev UKR 2004.08.16 [44]
5: 1-0(43) Arguelles Perez -- Aido Espina, Oviedo ESP 2004.03.27 [17]

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games  4737     ---    42214   46662  439125   39673   26840
Frequency in all years: once every 38727 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 28934 games (up 34% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 27890 games (up 39% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 37007 games (up 5% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

  1:   5  1997-2000  30%  2225  Kiltti, Jyrki [28,33,34,43]
  2:   3  1998-1999   0%  1318  Wylie, Richard [5,31]
  3:   2       1978   0%  2410  Hase, Juan C [26,39]
  4:   2       2002  75%  2341  Kislinsky, Alexey [28,42]
  5:   2       2004  75%  2328  Ianovsky, Alexander [27,44]
  6:   2  1997-2001   0%  2283  Ferron Garcia, Carlos [2,45]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

  1:   2  1997-2001 100%  2379  Torrecillas Martinez, Antonio [2,45]
  2:   2  2002-2004  25%        Ivanets, Sergey [42,44]
  3:   1       1976 100%  2520  Pachman, Ludek [20]
  4:   1       1998 100%  2510  Godena, Michele [26]
  5:   1       1995  50%  2440  Macieja, Bartlomiej [41]
  6:   1       1978 100%  2435  Garcia, Raimundo [26]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 1909 (45 games); White performance: 1771 (27% vs 1946)
Black rating: 1946 (45 games); Black performance: 2004 (63% vs 1909)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 0-1(23) Efimov 2530 -- Godena 2510, Saint Vincent ITA 1998 [26]
2: 0-1(40) Palacios de la Prida -- Pachman 2520, Athens GRE 1976 [20]
3: 0-1(20) Hase 2410 -- Garcia 2435, Buenos Aires ARG 1978 [26]
4: 0-1(41) Goncalves -- Joao, ICCF corr 1995 [23]
5: =-=(59) Grabarczyk 2375 -- Macieja 2440, Warsaw POL 1995 [41]
6: 0-1(21) Hase 2410 -- Donoso Velasco 2405, Buenos Aires ARG 1978 [39]
7: 0-1(25) Wallyn 2275 -- Sharif 2420, Lyon FRA 1990 [43]
8: 0-1(24) Nguyen Ngoc Truong -- Pham Minh Hoang 2421, Hanoi 2002 [42]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    35.9%     34     42     30   31.2%    9.3%   59.3% 
 All games       54.1%     38     36     39   39.6%   28.9%   31.3%

3.2 Shortest White wins

1: 1-0(17) Meleshko -- Drach, Ilyichevsk 2000 [5]
2: 1-0(18) Townsend -- Bullard, Detroit, MI USA 1994 [1]
3: 1-0(18) Hunt -- Aldrich, E Lansing 1991 [23]
4: 1-0(20) Korolev -- Geller, Leningrad RUS 1966 [39]
5: 1-0(20) Shipmann -- Neff, Las Vegas op 1973 [18]

3.3 Shortest Black wins

1: 0-1(10) Taffijn 2072 -- Korchut 2104, IECG email 2003 [11]
2: 0-1(10) Wead -- Griffith, IECG email 1995 [22]
3: 0-1(10) Mikalsen -- Jernberg, Hammerfest 2000 [23]
4: 0-1(15) Dourado -- Lopez, Brazil CXEB 1993 [13]
5: 0-1(16) Le Corguille 1299 -- Le Bailly 2000, France 2002 [9]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 6 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 (55)
2: 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.d4 (20)
3: 1.e4 e5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 (10)
4: 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 (6)
5: 1.Nc3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d4 (4)
6: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e4 (1)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear
 1: exd4              74: 77.0%   28.3%  2060  2192  1992
 2: Bb4               13: 13.5%   61.5%              1993
 3: d6     B07m        5:  5.2%   30.0%              1999
 4: Nc6                3:  3.1%  100.0%              2001
 5: d5                 1:  1.0%  100.0%              1995
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TOTAL:                96:100.0%   35.9%  1945  2011  1993

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes at move 10: 
   Same-side castling:             14%    Isolated Queen Pawn:             0%
   Opposite castling:              41%    White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:     13%
   Both Kings uncastled:           24%    Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:     13%
   Kingside pawn storm:             2%    Open c/d/e file:                44%
   Queens exchanged:                5%    Only one side has Bishop pair:  24%

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     1%     7%    10%    28%     1%     1%     4%    47%
 All games        3%     9%     9%    25%     2%     4%     4%    44%

5. Theory Table

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4: +30 =9 -57 (34.5/96: 36%)
345678910
1 d4
d61 		dxe52
Nfd73 		exd6
Bxd6 		Nf3
OO 		Bc4
Nc6 		OO
Nde5 		Nxe5
Nxe5 		Be2
Qh44 		9: 61%
2 ...
Bb4 		dxe55
Bxc3+ 		bxc3
Nxe4 		Qg46
d5 		Qxg7
Rf87 		f3
Nc5 		Bg5
Qd7 		Bh6
Ne68 		13: 62%
3 ...
exd4 		Qxd49
Nc610 		Qd211
Bb412 		a313
Nxe4 		Qe3
Bxc3+ 		bxc3
Qe7 		Bb5
a6 		Bxc6
dxc614 		9: 11%
4 ...
... 		...
... 		Qa4
Bb415 		Bd216
d617 		Bb5
Bc5 		Bxc6+
bxc6 		f3
Bd7 		OOO
OO18 		5: 50%
5 ...
... 		...
... 		Qd3
Be719 		f4
Nb420 		Qe2
d5 		a3
Bg4 		Qd2
d4 		axb4
Bxb421 		5: 0%
6 ...
... 		...
... 		Qd1
Bb422 		Bd323
d624 		Nf3
Bg4 		OO
Nd4 		Nd5
Bc5 		h3
Nxf3+25 		12: 13%
7 ...
... 		...
... 		Qe3
d626 		Bd227
g628 		OOO
Bg7 		Nge229
OO 		Nf4
Re8 		f3
Ne530 		12: 46%
8 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Bb4 		Bd231
d632 		OOO
Bd733 		f4
Qe7 		Bd3
OOO 		Nf3
Rhe834 		6: 58%
9 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
OO 		OOO35
Re836 		Qf437
Bxc3 		Bxc3
Rxe4 		Qg3
d638 		9: 22%
10 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Bc4
d639 		Nh340
Ne5 		Bb3
Be641 		5: 50%
11 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Qg3
Rxe442 		a343
Ba5 		h444
d545 		11: 23%
  1. 3...Nc6 4.dxe5 Nxe5 5.f4 Nc6 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg1 Be6 10.Qd2 d5 11.e5 Bb4 1-0(52) Hernando Casas 2111 -- Aspe Goikoetxea, Mondragon 2003; 5.Qd4 d6 6.f4 c5 7.Qe3 Nc6 8.Bd2 Be7 9.Nf3 OO 10.OOO Ng4 11.Qg1 f5 1-0(35) Grosse -- Gnass, Berlin GER 2005; 4.Nb5 a6 5.d5 axb5 6.dxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 d6 10.OOO Bg4 11.Be2 Bxe2 1-0(18) Townsend -- Bullard, Detroit, MI USA 1994.
    3...d5 4.dxe5 Bb4 5.exf6 Qxf6 6.Bd2 Bc5 7.f3 Bg4 8.Nxd5 Qd4 9.Be3 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 Bxe3 11.Nxc7+ Ke7 1-0(23) Fulsom -- Newton, CServe email 1995.

  2. 4.h3 Be7 5.f4 exd4 6.Qxd4 OO 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 d5 9.exd5 Nb4 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.Bb3 a5 0-1(31) Ferron Garcia 2210 -- Torrecillas Martinez 2360, ESP 1997.
    4.d5 Be7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 OO 7.a4 a5 8.Nge2 c6 9.OO cxd5 10.Bxd5 Nc6 11.Ng3 Nd4 1-0(26) Loiseau 1000 -- Zeni 1000, SEMI email 1999.
    4.Nf3 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qa4 Be6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bb5 Qd7 9.OO OO 10.Rfd1 a6 11.Bc4 Bxc4 0-1(43) Engemann -- Kuenitz, Gross Gerau 2000.

  3. 4...dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Nxe5 hxg5 9.Bc4 Bxc4 10.Nxc4 Nbd7 11.OOO Bb4 0-1(28) Herlinvaux -- Manis, IECG email 2002.

  4. 11.h3 Bxh3 =-=(35) Goncalves -- Fuzihara, Sao Paulo BRA 1998.

  5. 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Qh5 exd4 8.e5 Qg5 9.Qxg5 hxg5 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.OOO d6 1-0(34) Romanska -- Clune, IECC Cat-D email 1995; 4...exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qc4 d6 7.OOO h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nd5 Qxf2 10.Nxb4 Be6 11.Nd5 OO 1-0(32) Carpio -- Lopez, Pichincha 1962; 4...d6 5.dxe5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.Bc4 Rxg7 9.Qd4 Rh7 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Qxb4 cxb5 1-0(17) Meleshko -- Drach, Ilyichevsk 2000.
    4.f3 Nc6 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Bd2 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 OO 9.Bxb4 Qh4+ 10.Ke2 Qxb4 11.b3 Re8 0-1(33) Wylie 1318 -- Heffington 1395, IECC email 1998; 4...exd4 5.Qxd4 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxe5+ Qe7 0-1(35) Wylie 1127 -- Million 1017, IECC email 1999.
    4.Bd2 exd4 5.Nd5 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nxd5 7.exd5 OO 8.OOO Qf6 9.Nf3 d6 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Bd3 Kh8 0-1(21) Lafargue 856 -- Venturas 1032, IECC email 2003; 4...Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 OO 7.Nf3 d6 8.Bb5 Nxe4 9.OO Bg4 10.Qd3 d5 11.dxe5 Nxc3 1-0(22) Butcher 800 -- Aparicio 800, IECG email 2001.
    4.Qd3 exd4 5.Qxd4 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 OO 7.Bg5 Re8 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.Qa4 d6 =-=(21) Koch 1524 -- Schmidt 1642, Bruchkoebel 2002.
    4.Nf3 d6 5.Bd2 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.h4 Bg4 8.a4 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 Bh5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.dxc6 OO 0-1(29) Alan Turing's program -- Glennie, Manchester, England 1951.

  6. 6.Qd4 d5 7.exd6 Nxd6 8.Qxg7 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Qf8 10.Qxf8+ Rxf8 11.Ba3 Be6 1-0(32) Schoenemann -- Bongardt, Darmstadt 1996; 1-0(32) Schnemann -- Bongardt, Heinerfestpokal Darm 1996.

  7. 7...Ke7 8.f3 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Rh8 10.Qg7 Rg8 11.Qh6 Nxc3 =-=(42) Weyers -- Beniers, Colle 1999.

  8. 11.Qxh7 Qc6 1-0(28) Trifunovic 2019 -- Baljevic, Belgrade SCG 2005.

  9. 4.Qd2 dxc3 5.Qxc3 Nxe4 6.Qe3 Qe7 7.Nf3 d5 8.Bd3 Nc5 9.Be2 Bg4 10.OO Nc6 11.Re1 Rd8 0-1(34) Freire 2231 -- Reede 1796, ICCF Email 2001.
    4.Bg5 dxc3 5.Nf3 Bc5 6.bxc3 OO 7.Qd2 Nxe4 8.Qe2 Nxg5 9.Nxg5 Qxg5 10.Qd2 Re8+ 11.Be2 Bxf2+ 0-1(16) Le Corguille 1299 -- Le Bailly 2000, France 2002.
    4.Nb5 Nxe4 5.f3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Qh4+ 7.g3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Qxh1 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 dxc3 11.Bg5+ f6 0-1(22) Daugherty 1000 -- Crochet 1000, IECC email 1999.

  10. 4...d6 5.Bd2 Be7 6.OOO OO 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.f4 c5 9.Qf2 a6 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Ne8 1-0(32) Stoffel -- Heinrichsen, Bad Wiessee GER 1997.

  11. 5.Qc4 Bb4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 OO 8.f3 d5 9.Bg5 dxe4 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 0-1 Taffijn 2072 -- Korchut 2104, IECG email 2003; 5...d6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.OOO Ne5 8.Qb5+ c6 9.Qa4 OO 10.Nf3 b5 11.Qb3 Be6 0-1(28) Lafargue 863 -- Zdrazil 1410, IECC email 2001.

  12. 5...Bc5 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Ng5 Bg6 0-1(56) Kerekgyarto -- Salamon, Sarospatak ch 1997.

  13. 6.Nf3 Nxe4 7.Qe3 OO 8.Ne5 Re8 9.f4 Nxe5 10.fxe5 d6 11.Qxe4 Rxe5 0-1(15) Dourado -- Lopez, Brazil CXEB 1993.

  14. 11.Nf3 Bg4 0-1(18) Kodytkova -- Pecinova, Svetla nad Sazavou 1996.

  15. 5...d6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qd4 Be7 10.OO OO 11.Bg5 Re8 =-=(25) Ivanets 2322 -- Kripp 2177, Arco ITA 2001.
    5...Bc5 6.Bb5 OO 7.Nf3 a6 8.e5 Qe8 9.OO Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Bd2 c6 0-1(47) Alker -- Laake 1244, Meppen 2002.

  16. 6.Ne2 Nxe4 7.g3 a6 8.Bg2 Nc5 9.Bxc6 Nxa4 10.Bxa4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 0-1(19) Stewart -- Thetford, IECC Cat-T email 1995.

  17. 6...OO 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nge2 Nd7 9.Qb3 Nc5 10.Qd5 Be6 11.Qh5 Ne5 1-0(43) Arguelles Perez -- Aido Espina, Oviedo ESP 2004.

  18. 11.Bg5 h6 1-0(20) Shipmann -- Neff, Las Vegas op 1973.

  19. 5...Bc5 6.Qg3 OO 7.Nb5 Nxe4 8.Qf4 Nxf2 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.Qf5 Nxh1 11.Bd3 g6 0-1(18) Wessling -- Ackermann, DESC email 2001; 6.Qf3 Nd4 7.Qd3 OO 8.Be3 Ne6 9.OOO Re8 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qc4 Ncxe4 0-1(68) Romano -- Alonso, Villa Ballester ARG 2003.

  20. 6...OO 7.Nf3 d5 8.e5 Nb4 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.a3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nc6 0-1(40) Palacios de la Prida -- Pachman 2520, Athens GRE 1976.

  21. 11.Qd3 a5 0-1(20) Noa -- Burn, 07.25 R11 Frankf 1887; 0-1(20) Paulsen -- Berger, Breslau GER 1889.

  22. 5...Bc5 6.Bc4 OO 7.Bf4 d6 8.Nd5 Nxe4 9.Qh5 Nxf2 10.Bg5 Qe8+ 0-1 Wead -- Griffith, IECG email 1995.
    5...h6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd2 OO 8.Bd3 Re8 9.OO Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nxe4 11.Nd4 Nxc3 0-1(37) Rivolta -- D'Aulisa, Bernate 1998.

  23. 6.Bd2 OO 7.f3 d5 8.Nxd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Bxb4 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Nxb4 0-1(41) Goncalves -- Joao, ICCF corr 1995; 6...Qe7 7.Bd3 d5 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.f3 Nd4 10.Qd1 dxe4 11.Bxe4 OOO 0-1(19) Abbas 652 -- Gabaldon Segovia 800, IECG email 2000.
    6.Bg5 h6 7.Bf4 Qe7 8.f3 d5 9.Bb5 dxe4 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.Kf1 Bxc3 0-1(23) Reichert -- Hegner, Frankfurt GER 2000.
    6.f3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 OO 8.Bc4 Re8 9.Kf2 d6 10.Ne2 Be6 11.Bd3 d5 0-1(42) Hardy -- Bui Duy Dan, Paris FRA 2001.
    6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nxe4 8.Bd3 Nxc3 9.Qd2 Qe7+ 10.Ne2 Nxe2 11.Qxe2 Qxe2+ 0-1(40) Martin 800 -- Jenneborg 893, IECG email 1999.
    6.Qd3 d6 7.g3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 h6 9.Ne2 Ne5 10.Qe3 Nfg4 11.Qf4 g5 0-1(17) Matthews -- Cravens, IECG email 1994.
    6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nxe4 8.Bb2 OO 9.Bc4 Nc5 10.OO Na4 11.Ba3 Nxc3 1-0(18) Hunt -- Aldrich, E Lansing 1991.
    6.Ne2 Nxe4 7.Nf4 Nxc3 8.Qg4 Qe7+ 9.Kd2 Ne4+ 10.Kd1 0-1 Mikalsen -- Jernberg, Hammerfest 2000.

  24. 6...OO 7.Ne2 d5 8.OO dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 0-1(20) C. Maessen -- R. van Gool, Venlo 1985.

  25. 11.gxf3 Bxh3 =-=(20) Krueger -- Dresling, ICCF corr 1990.

  26. 5...Be7 6.Qg5 d5 7.Bd2 d4 8.Nd5 Nxe4 9.Qxg7 Rf8 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Nxe7 Qxe7 0-1(23) Efimov 2530 -- Godena 2510, Saint Vincent ITA 1998; 6.Bd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Ne2 Bg4 10.f3 OOO 11.fxg4 Bh4+ 0-1(20) Hase 2410 -- Garcia 2435, Buenos Aires ARG 1978; 6.Qg3 OO 7.Bh6 Ne8 8.Bf4 d6 9.OOO Nf6 10.Be2 Bd7 11.h4 b5 1-0(71) Machata 2105 -- Schwarz 2208, Bratislava SVK 2000.
    5...b6 6.Bd2 Bc5 7.Qg3 Qe7 8.OOO Ne5 9.Nf3 Nxf3 10.gxf3 Bb7 11.Qxc7 Bc6 1-0(41) Berstein -- Diano, Uruguay 1968.
    5...g6 6.Bd2 Bg7 7.OOO OO 8.f3 d5 9.Qc5 dxe4 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 0-1(49) Blackburne -- Lasker, London ENG 1892.

  27. 6.Bc4 g6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.OO OO 9.Nf4 Re8 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Qd2 Nxe4 0-1(36) Hase -- Dos Santos, Santa Fe 1992; 0-1(36) Hase 2100 -- Dos Santos 2315, Santa Fe ARG 1992.
    6.Qg3 a6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.f4 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.OOO Bd7 11.Nd5 g6 1-0(45) Ianovsky 2328 -- Pasemko, Kiev UKR 2004.

  28. 6...Be7 7.OOO OO 8.f3 Nd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.Kb1 Be6 11.Bc1 Qb8 1-0(30) Kiltti 2225 -- Paldanius 2260, Tampere 1997; 8.Qg3 Ng4 9.h4 f5 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.f3 Nge5 =-=(65) Kislinsky 2341 -- Gerasimchuk, Evpatoria 2002.

  29. 8.h4 Be6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Ba4 OO 11.f3 h5 0-1(22) Nicolaisen -- Szylar 2115, Copenhagen DEN 1996.

  30. 11.g4 c6 1-0(29) Hansen 2295 -- Stojanovski 2200, Copenhagen DEN 1996.

  31. 6.Qg5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 OO 8.Bd3 Re8 9.f3 d5 10.Be3 h6 11.Qg3 dxe4 0-1(16) Wylie 1248 -- Fantoni 1255, IECC email 1998.

  32. 6...Qe7 7.OOO d6 8.Qg3 Nh5 9.Qe3 Be6 10.Bb5 OO 11.f3 Bc5 1-0(31) Royer 2275 -- Mohnblatt 1810, Clichy FRA 1999; 7.Bd3 d6 8.OOO Be6 9.Bb5 OO 10.f3 a6 11.Bd3 Ne5 1-0(65) Pleyer 1950 -- Begna 2070, Bayern 2001.
    6...Ng4 7.Qf4 Nge5 8.Qg3 OO 9.OOO d6 10.Bh6 g6 11.Bxf8 Qxf8 1-0(34) Margelevicius -- Mathiasen, Marijampole 1994.

  33. 7...Be6 8.Kb1 OO 9.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 0-1(17) Kiltti 2192 -- Nevanlinna 2267, Jyvaskyla FIN 1999.

  34. 11.Rhe1 Qf8 =-=(21) Kiltti 2190 -- Pihlajasalo 2330, Finland 1998.

  35. 7.f3 d5 8.exd5 Re8 9.Ne4 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Nxe4 11.fxe4 Rxe4+ 0-1(26) Reschun -- Januschke, Austria 1993.
    7.Nf3 Re8 8.Bd3 d6 9.OO Bg4 10.Ng5 Ne5 11.a3 Bxc3 0-1(61) Burwash -- Troger, ? 1997.

  36. 7...d6 8.f3 Re8 9.Qf2 Qe7 10.Nge2 Be6 11.Nf4 Bc5 0-1(40) Otto -- Goetz 2195, Gruenheide 1997; 0-1(40) Grosse Frank -- Franke 2370, GER 1997; 8.a3 Bc5 9.Qg3 Nd4 10.Bg5 Ne6 11.h4 Nh5 1-0(60) Weng 2174 -- Mietzner 2105, GER 2000.

  37. 8.f3 d5 9.Bd3 d4 10.Qf4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Bd6 0-1(19) Reinelt -- Kahl, DESC email 2001.
    8.Bd3 d5 9.Qg5 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 d4 11.e5 Rxe5 1-0(27) Adnani 2203 -- Ehab, Beirut LIB 2000.
    8.Nge2 d5 9.Be1 d4 10.Qg5 h6 11.Qh4 Be7 0-1(17) Mogilny -- Lupo, ICCF corr 2002.

  38. 11.Bd3 Rg4 0-1(44) Schwertel 2012 -- Schnur, Lahnstein 1999.

  39. 8...Na5 9.Be2 d5 10.Qg5 d4 11.e5 Ng4 0-1(21) Hase 2410 -- Donoso Velasco 2405, Buenos Aires ARG 1978; 9.Bd3 d5 10.Nge2 c5 11.a3 d4 1-0(20) Korolev -- Geller, Leningrad RUS 1966.
    8...Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Nxe4 10.Qf4 Nf6 11.Bd3 d6 0-1(42) Toczek 2278 -- Xu Hanbing 2218, Budapest HUN 2001.

  40. 9.Nge2 Bc5 10.Qg3 Ne5 11.Bb5 c6 1-0(30) Zezulkin 2415 -- Hudecek 2275, Litomysl CZE 1994.

  41. 11.Bxe6 Rxe6 =-=(59) Grabarczyk 2375 -- Macieja 2440, Warsaw POL 1995.

  42. 8...d6 9.f3 Be6 10.Nge2 Bc4 11.h4 Qe7 1-0(49) Kislinsky 2333 -- Ivanets, Kiev UKR 2002; 9...Ne5 10.Nge2 c6 11.Nf4 b5 0-1(59) Krausser 2155 -- Schmid 2315, Freising 2001; 9...Bd7 10.h4 Kh8 11.h5 h6 1-0(33) Leosson -- Halldorsson 2265, Skakoing Reykjavikur 1996; 9.h4 Rxe4 10.f3 Rd4 11.Nge2 Rxd2 0-1(64) Llanes Luno 2119 -- Colas Longares 2318, Zaragoza 2002.
    8...Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Rxe4 10.Bf4 Qf6 11.Nh3 d6 0-1(24) Nguyen Ngoc Truong -- Pham Minh Hoang 2421, Hanoi 2002.
    8...d5 9.exd5 Nd4 10.Qh4 c5 11.dxc6 Bf5 0-1(25) Machata 2105 -- Fabry 2207, Slovakia 2000.

  43. 9.f4 d5 10.Bd3 Re8 11.Nf3 d4 0-1(25) Wallyn 2275 -- Sharif 2420, Lyon FRA 1990.
    9.h3 Re8 10.Nf3 d5 11.Bd3 Bd6 0-1(31) Kiltti 2200 -- Heino 2132, Naantali 2000.
    9.f3 Re8 10.h4 d5 11.Nh3 d4 0-1(25) Kiltti 2190 -- Houtsonen 2130, Finland 1998.

  44. 10.Bd3 Rg4 11.Qh3 Ne5 =-=(96) Ianovsky -- Ivanets, Kiev UKR 2004.

  45. 11.f3 Re8 0-1(24) Ferron Garcia 2283 -- Torrecillas Martinez 2379, Martinenc ESP 2001.