Opening Report

Database: all (3,702,090 games)
Report: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 (4983 games)
ECO: E30 [Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad]
Generated by Scid 3.1, 2006.03.10

BR BN BB BQ BK :: BR
BP BP BP BP :: BP BP BP
:: :: BP BN ::
:: :: :: WB
BB WP WP :: ::
:: WN :: ::
WP WP :: WP WP WP WP
WR :: 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   4983    1717    1309    1956    47.6%

 Both rated 2600+     17       3       8       6    41.1%
 Both rated 2500+    114      26      62      26    50.0%
 Both rated 2400+    347      90     169      88    50.2%
 Both rated 2300+    707     221     299     187    52.4%

 Since 1996.01.01   2059     680     532     846    45.9%
 Since 1998.01.01   1507     496     395     615    46.0%
 Since 2000.01.01    954     302     248     403    44.7%
 Since 2001.01.01    690     225     169     295    44.9%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 0-1(49) Naegeli -- Alekhine, Bern SUI 1925 [9]
2: 1-0(41) Alekhine -- Znosko-Borovsky, Birmingham ENG 1926 [49]
3: =-=(25) Tartakower -- Nimzowitsch, Berlin GER 1928 [1]
4: 1-0(31) Reti -- Marshall, Brno CZE 1928.09.07 [59]
5: 0-1(22) Olsen -- Flohr, Hamburg GER 1930

1.3 Newest games

1: 0-1(17) Buchy 2149 -- David 2595, Bastia FRA 2005.11.01
2: 1-0(33) Neverov 2569 -- Margvelashvili 2332, Baku AZE 2005.10.30
3: 1-0(33) Van der Plas 2211 -- Jens 2366, Hoogeveen NED 2005.10.23
4: 0-1(37) Vukic 2249 -- Munizaba 2329, Pancevo SCG 2005.10.05
5: 1-0(50) Javakhishvili 2410 -- Ubiennykh 2348, Saint Vincent ITA 2005.09.22

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games   ---    1555     409     470     560     741    1093
Frequency in all years: once every 742 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 984 games (down 24% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 1210 games (down 38% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 1018 games (down 26% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

  1:  33  1989-2005  48%  2397  Gaertner, Guntram
  2:  29  1953-2001  76%  2690  Spassky, Boris V [1,5,9,18,25,29,36,43,...]
  3:  26  1975-1988  69%  2675  Timman, Jan H [11,19,27,45,50,66,71,72,...]
  4:  26  1989-2004  54%  2516  Comas Fabrego, Luis [35,52,56,83,84,88,98,102,...]
  5:  22  1978-1993  61%  2410  Bangiev, Alexander [27,66,83,86,88,99,110,111]
  6:  21  1957-1996  60%  2525  Bagirov, Vladimir K [19,44,50,61,72,79,88,89,...]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

  1:   8  1975-2000  50%  2670  Korchnoi, Viktor L [11,17,25,27,46,54]
  2:   8  1952-1992  63%  2535  Unzicker, Wolfgang [3,59,71,73,74]
  3:   8  1951-1994  44%  2535  Gipslis, Aivars P [1,61,98]
  4:   7  1989-2001  43%  2610  Sax, Gyula [88,110,112]
  5:   7  1976-1995  50%  2550  Rashkovsky, Nukhim N [49,89,96,108]
  6:   7  1953-1976  64%  2525  Matanovic, Aleksandar [72,98]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2374 (1346 games); White performance: 2386 (48% vs 2400)
Black rating: 2400 (1405 games); Black performance: 2367 (49% vs 2374)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: =-=(36) Ivanchuk 2717 -- Topalov 2718, Wijk aan Zee NED 2001 [21]
2: 0-1(61) Jussupow 2660 -- Karpov 2765, Baden-Baden GER 1995 [88]
3: 1-0(41) Petrosian -- Fischer, ? 1959 [9]
4: =-=(40) Spassky -- Larsen, Belgrade SCG 1970 [9]
5: 1-0(36) Spassky -- Portisch, Antwerp BEL 1955 [68]
6: =-=(35) Azmaiparashvili 2672 -- Volokitin 2671, Ermioni Argolidas GRE 2005 [104]
7: =-=(42) Spassky -- Khasin, Baku AZE 1961 [5]
8: 1-0(43) Lang 2655 -- Polgar 2675, Moscow PCA Qual 25` 1996 [24]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    47.6%     39     35     39   34.4%   26.2%   39.2% 
 All games       54.1%     38     36     39   39.6%   29.0%   31.3%

3.2 Shortest White wins

1: 1-0(14) Ngo Ngoc Quang -- Vink, Bratislava SVK 1993
2: 1-0(15) Winfridsson -- Stahlberg, ? 1998
3: 1-0(16) Cooper 2315 -- Verduga 2355, Buenos Aires ARG 1978
4: 1-0(16) Cooper 2341 -- Giddins 2315, Birmingham ENG 2000
5: 1-0(16) Kiese 2287 -- Hosch 2168, IECC email 2000

3.3 Shortest Black wins

1: 0-1(10) Leveille 2370 -- Osbun, NAICCC VII 1994
2: 0-1(10) Beloglazov 2399 -- Schulze 2436, IECG email 2002
3: 0-1(13) Laine -- Zwaig 2430, Reykjavik ISL 1975
4: 0-1(13) Casadei 2205 -- Polaczek 2420, Forli 1990
5: 0-1(15) Hall -- Joentausta, Kirjepeli 1988

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 13 move orders reaching this position. The top 8 are:
1: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 (4427)
2: 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 (225)
3: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bg5 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 (106)
4: 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Bg5 (95)
5: 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 (56)
6: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 (18)
7: 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 (15)
8: 1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 (14)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear
 1: h6     E30      3004: 60.2%   47.7%  2286  2273  1988
 2: c5     E30      1400: 28.0%   43.6%  2313  2317  1992
 3: d5     D50       201:  4.0%   55.2%  2131  2104  1989
 4: O-O    E30       166:  3.3%   57.5%  2031  1984  1994
 5: b6                79:  1.5%   50.0%  2086  2064  1996
 6: Bxc3+             76:  1.5%   62.5%  1926  1922  1990
 7: c6                26:  0.5%   53.8%  2116        1994
 8: d6                16:  0.3%   59.3%              1995
 9: Nc6                8:  0.1%   81.2%              1989
10: Qe7                4:  0.0%   62.5%              1978
11: Be7                2:  0.0%   75.0%              1997
12: b5                 1:  0.0%   50.0%              2000
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TOTAL:              4983:100.0%   47.6%  2277  2263  1990

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes at move 11: 
   Same-side castling:             14%    Isolated Queen Pawn:             3%
   Opposite castling:               1%    White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:     57%
   Both Kings uncastled:           50%    Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:     16%
   Kingside pawn storm:             1%    Open c/d/e file:                 6%
   Queens exchanged:                3%    Only one side has Bishop pair:  58%

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     2%     8%    10%    24%     2%     4%     5%    44%
 All games        3%     9%     9%    25%     2%     4%     4%    44%

5. Theory Table

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5: +1717 =1309 -1956 (2371.5/4983: 48%)
4567891011
1 Bg5
c51 		d52
exd53 		cxd5
d6 		e34
Nbd7 		Bd35
Qa56 		Ne2
Nxd5 		OO
Bxc37 		bxc3
c48 		31: 55%
2 ...
... 		...
Bxc3+ 		bxc3
d69 		e310
Qe711 		Nf312
Nbd713 		Bd314
h6 		Bh4
g515 		dxe6
Qxe616 		29: 50%
3 ...
... 		...
d6 		e317
h618 		Bh4
Bxc3+19 		bxc3
e520 		Qc221
Qe722 		Nf3
Nbd723 		Nd2
g524 		31: 61%
4 ...
... 		...
... 		...
exd5 		cxd5
Nbd7 		Bd325
Qa526 		Ne2
Nxd5 		OO
Bxc3 		bxc3
c427 		20: 40%
5 ...
... 		...
h6 		Bh428
b529 		e430
d631 		Qc2
OO 		dxe6
Nc6 		Nf3
Bxe6 		cxb5
Nd432 		16: 47%
6 ...
... 		...
... 		...
d6 		e333
Bxc3+34 		bxc3
e535 		f336
Nbd737 		Bd338
g539 		Bg3
h540 		24: 38%
7 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Bxc3+ 		bxc3
d641 		e342
e543 		f344
Nbd745 		Bd3
Qe746 		Ne247
e448 		27: 26%
8 ...
h6 		Bh449
OO50 		e351
b652 		Qf3
Nc6 		Bd3
Bxc3+ 		bxc3
Bb7 		e4
d6 		Qe2
e553 		28: 48%
9 ...
... 		...
b6 		f354
c555 		d5
Bxc3+56 		bxc3
e557 		e4
d6 		Bd3
Nbd7 		Ne2
Nf858 		14: 46%
10 ...
... 		...
c5 		d559
exd560 		cxd5
d661 		e3
Nbd762 		Bd363
Qa564 		Ne2
Nxd5 		OO
Bxc365 		39: 50%
11 ...
... 		...
... 		...
b5 		dxe666
fxe6 		cxb567
d568 		e369
OO 		Bd370
d4 		exd4
cxd471 		26: 54%
12 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		e4
g572 		Bg3
Nxe4 		Qf373
exd574 		OOO
Bxc3 		Rxd5
Qe775 		17: 53%
13 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Bxc3+ 		bxc3
e5 		d676
Nc677 		Qc278
g5 		Bg3
Qa579 		Rb180
Qa381 		16: 59%
14 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
d6 		e382
Qe7 		Nf383
e584 		Nd285
g586 		Bg3
Bf587 		26: 46%
15 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
e5 		f388
Nbd789 		Bd390
Qe791 		Qc292
Kd893 		39: 58%
16 ...
... 		...
... 		...
d6 		f394
Bxc3+95 		bxc3
e5 		e496
Nbd7 		Bd3
Nf8 		Ne2
g597 		12: 29%
17 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		e3
g598 		Bg3
Ne4 		Qc299
Qf6 		Rc1100
exd5 		cxd5
Bf5101 		32: 59%
18 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
Bxc3+ 		bxc3
e5102 		Nf3103
Bf5104 		Nd2105
g5106 		Bg3
Qe7107 		28: 61%
19 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Bd3
e4108 		Bc2
Nbd7109 		f4110
Nb6111 		19: 47%
20 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		f3
Nbd7112 		Bd3
Qe7113 		Qc2114
g5115 		26: 65%
Generated from the 500 highest-rated games.
  1. 4...d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3 12.Rc1 Bb4 =-=(38) Meleghegyi -- Tompa, Budapest HUN 1967; 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 Qd6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Bf5 11.Rc1 c6 12.Ne2 OO =-=(24) Donner -- Lombardy, Leipzig GER 1960; 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 h6 8.Bh4 OO 9.Nf3 b6 10.e3 Bb7 11.Ne5 Qc8 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 1-0(24) Tal -- Gipslis, Tournament, Riga 1951; 5.e3 OO 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Qa5 12.OO c4 =-=(28) Sasikiran 2601 -- Juswanto 2487, Jakarta INA 2001.
    4...OO 5.e3 d6 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Ne2 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ng3 c6 11.OO d5 12.f4 exd4 1-0(24) Spassky 2690 -- Kinnmark 2410, Goteborg SWE 1971; 5...c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Qxd5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.OO Qh5 12.Ne4 Be7 1-0(27) Cooper -- Garcia, Teesside ENG 1973; 5.Nf3 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Qe7 9.Bd3 b6 10.OO Bb7 11.e4 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 0-1(79) Bu Xiangzhi -- Riazantsev 2330, Cannes FRA 1997.
    4...Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qe7 6.Qc2 d6 7.e4 e5 8.Bd3 h6 9.Be3 OO 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.d5 Nb8 12.OO Na6 =-=(25) Tartakower -- Nimzowitsch, Berlin GER 1928; 5...d6 6.f3 Nbd7 7.e4 Nf8 8.Bd3 e5 9.Ne2 Ne6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.c5 OO 12.OO Qe7 0-1(55) Sasikiran 2601 -- Djuric 2465, Jakarta INA 2001; 5...h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.d5 d6 8.Nf3 e5 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.e3 Nf8 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.Bg3 Ne7 =-=(18) Kunsztowicz 2440 -- Ostermeyer, Menden 1974.
    4...b6 5.f3 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Bf2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e3 OO 10.Bd3 c5 11.Nge2 Nc6 12.OO c4 =-=(64) Agrest 2532 -- Berg 2474, Linkoping SWE 2001.
    4...c6 5.Nf3 Qa5 6.Bd2 d5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qc7 9.e3 Ne4 10.Rc1 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 OO 12.Qc2 Nd7 =-=(23) Keene 2510 -- Pomar Salamanca 2435, Alicante ESP 1977.

  2. 5.Rc1 h6 6.Bh4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nf3 b6 11.a3 Bd6 12.g3 Bb7 =-=(33) Jensen -- Soegaard, Baltic Sea tt-6 9297 1992; 8...Nxd4 9.Bxd8 Kxd8 10.e3 Nc6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Nf3 b6 =-=(28) Jensen -- Grohde, Baltic Sea tt-6 9297 1992; 5...cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Bxf6 Nxd4 8.Bxd8 Kxd8 9.e3 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.Nf3 f5 12.Be2 Bf6 =-=(111) Grivas 2465 -- Leko 2635, Heraklio GRE 1997; 7...Qxf6 8.Qxf6 gxf6 9.Nf3 b6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Bb7 12.e3 Rg8 =-=(31) Ionescu 2520 -- Benjamin 2535, Moscow RUS 1987.
    5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.e3 Qxc5 10.Nd4 =-= Ksieski 2403 -- Bischoff 2564, Forchtenberg 2003.
    5.Nf3 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Rc1 Nc6 8.e3 OO 9.Be2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.OO Qe5 12.Qd3 Qc7 0-1(38) Zsinka 2420 -- Smagin 2540, Naestved DEN 1988.
    5.e3 Qa5 6.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qxc3+ 8.Ke2 gxf6 9.Rc1 Qa5 10.Qb3 b6 11.f4 Ba6 12.Nf3 Nc6 =-=(61) Bjarnason -- Sosonko 2535, London tt 1993.

  3. 5...b5 6.e4 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.f3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.Bf2 OO 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.Ng3 Ne5 1-0(34) Stahlberg -- Johannsson, Reykjavik ISL 1957; 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Rc1 OO 9.cxb5 exd5 10.Qxd5 Qb6 11.Bc4 Bb7 12.Qf5 a6 0-1(40) Steiner -- Unzicker, Saltsjobaden SWE 1952.
    5...OO 6.f3 exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.e4 Re8 9.Bd3 Nxe4 10.fxe4 Qxg5 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Nd7 0-1(34) Danstrup -- Larsen 2620, Risskov simul 1973.

  4. 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Ne2 OO 10.OO Re8 11.Qc2 a6 12.a4 h6 1-0(34) Ivanov -- Shuraev 2410, Vladivostok RUS 1994.

  5. 8.Bb5 Qa5 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Bxc3 12.Nxc3 f6 =-=(42) Spassky -- Khasin, Baku AZE 1961; 11...Qa6 12.a3 Bxc3 =-=(41) Ioseliani 2435 -- Chiburdanidze 2520, Tilburg NED 1994; 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Qf3 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 =-=(23) Ivanov -- Ivanov 2435, Vladivostok RUS 1994.
    8.Bh4 Qa5 9.Ne2 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Qb4 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Bb5+ Bd7 1-0(42) Bareev 2685 -- Luther 2515, Tilburg NED 1994.

  6. 8...Qe7 9.Ne2 h6 10.Bh4 OO 11.OO a6 12.Ng3 Ne5 1-0(45) Huebner 2628 -- Wintzer 2377, GER 2002.

  7. 10...c4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3 12.Qxd5 Qxd5 =-=(20) Ionescu 2440 -- Brodsky 2500, Bucharest ROM 1994.

  8. 12.Bc2 OO 1-0(48) Guseinov 2510 -- Maherramzade 2440, Baku AZE 1998; =-=(20) Mititelu -- Mraz, ICCF corr 1992.

  9. 6...e5 7.e3 d6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bh4 Qe7 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Bf5 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(24) Portisch -- O'Kelly de Galway, Madrid ESP 1960; 7...Qa5 8.Ne2 Ne4 9.Bh4 Nd6 10.Qb3 Nf5 11.Bg3 d6 12.Kd2 a6 =-=(56) Marin 2525 -- Gaprindashvili 2414, Benasque ESP 1999; 7.Rc1 d6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.f3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.e4 Nf8 1-0(41) Petrosian -- Benko, Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade 1959; 1-0(41) Petrosian -- Fischer, ? 1959; 7.Nf3 d6 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.e3 Nf8 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.Bg3 OO =-=(40) Spassky -- Larsen, Belgrade SCG 1970; 7.Qc2 d6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bh4 Qe7 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 e4 12.e3 Bf5 =-=(20) Jakobsen -- Sloth, Randers DEN 1970.
    6...h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qd2 OO 9.e4 exd5 10.cxd5 d6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Ne2 Ne5 0-1(49) Naegeli -- Alekhine, Bern SUI 1925; 7.Bh4 d6 8.e3 e5 9.Bd3 g5 10.Bg3 h5 11.h4 g4 12.e4 b5 0-1(37) Stahlberg -- Skold, Helsinki FIN 1957.
    6...Qa5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Qc2 d6 9.e3 e5 10.Bd3 f5 11.f3 Na6 12.Ne2 Qd8 1-0(32) Sliwa -- Brzozka, Katowice POL 1961.

  10. 7.f3 e5 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.Qc2 g5 12.Bg3 Rg8 =-=(57) Bohm 2425 -- Andersson 2585, Wijk aan Zee NED 1976; 9...Nf8 10.Ne2 Ng6 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 =-=(43) Pekarek 2480 -- Cvitan 2505, Prague CZE 1987; 7...Qe7 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Bd3 exd5 10.cxd5 Qe5 11.Qd2 Nxd5 12.Ne2 f6 0-1(41) Yermolinsky 2620 -- Vaganian 2625, Philadelphia, PA USA 1994; 7...h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 e5 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Bf2 Nf8 12.h4 g4 1-0(40) Rajkovic 2495 -- Kurajica 2520, Star Dojran 1991.

  11. 7...h6 8.Bh4 e5 9.f3 Qe7 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.Bf2 g5 =-=(72) Hebert 2428 -- Rozentalis 2570, Montreal CAN 2000; 9...g5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Rg8 1-0(32) Rain 2369 -- Martin Clemente 2561, CXEB 1999; 8...OO 9.Nf3 exd5 10.cxd5 Nbd7 11.c4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 =-=(33) Sotnikov 2440 -- Kuzmin 2545, Pardubice CZE 1995.
    7...e5 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Nf8 10.Ne2 Ng6 11.OO h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 =-=(52) Timman 2550 -- Korchnoi 2670, Leeuwarden NED 1976; 9...Qe7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 g6 12.Ne2 Kf8 0-1(47) Bohm 2410 -- Lein 2535, Lone Pine, CA USA 1979.

  12. 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Ne2 exd5 10.cxd5 Qe5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.e4 OO 0-1(33) Hort 2560 -- Smagin 2520, Berlin GER 1990; 9...h6 10.Bh4 Ne5 11.OO Nxd3 12.Qxd3 g5 =-=(17) Neverov 2485 -- Savon 2455, Moscow RUS 1990; 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bh4 exd5 11.cxd5 g5 12.Bg3 Nxd5 =-=(23) Meyer -- Hofstetter, GER 1991.

  13. 8...e5 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bf5 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(33) Hase -- Breyther, GER 1993; 0-1(39) Bareev 2590 -- Beliavsky 2640, Leningrad RUS 1990.
    8...OO 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.OO exd5 11.cxd5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 1-0(41) Dao 2555 -- Poor, tt 1997.
    8...h6 9.Bh4 e5 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 Nbd7 =-=(25) Sotnikov 2455 -- Yemelin 2495, Ekaterinburg RUS 1996.

  14. 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Bd3 g5 12.Bg3 e4 0-1(46) Sasikiran 2573 -- Milos 2633, Istanbul TUR 2000.
    9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nd2 e4 12.Be2 OO =-=(34) Ionescu 2465 -- Kurajica 2585, Manila PHI 1992.

  15. 10...b6 11.OO g5 12.Bg3 exd5 =-=(22) Kekelidze 2325 -- Epishin 2600, Bad Zwesten GER 1997.

  16. 12.Bg3 Nh5 1-0(42) Peralta 2435 -- Milos 2575, Buenos Aires ARG 1998.

  17. 6.f3 h6 7.Bd2 exd5 8.cxd5 OO 9.e4 Nh5 10.Nge2 f5 11.Qc2 fxe4 12.fxe4 Nd7 0-1(38) Parker 2539 -- Lautier 2648, Mondariz ESP 2000; 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.e4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bf2 Nh5 =-=(78) Azmaiparashvili 2672 -- Hall 2487, Goteborg SWE 2005; 6...OO 7.e4 Re8 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 h6 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Be2 e5 1-0(43) Milov 2590 -- Korchnoi 2615, Paris FRA 1994; 7.Rc1 exd5 8.cxd5 Re8 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 Nbd7 11.Bc1 b5 12.e4 Rb8 1-0(67) Skomorokhin 2395 -- Aseev 2545, Oberwart AUT 1994; 6...exd5 7.cxd5 OO 8.e4 Re8 9.Qd2 a6 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.Ng3 b5 12.a3 Ba5 =-=(57) Milov 2585 -- Emms 2525, Isle of Man IOM 1994.
    6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.e3 h6 10.Bh4 e4 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 Qe7 1-0(22) Malinin -- Sokolin, Leningrad rapid 1990.
    6.Rc1 exd5 7.cxd5 OO 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Ne2 h6 10.Bf4 Nb6 11.a3 Ba5 12.Rb1 Nbxd5 0-1(20) Vladimirov -- Averbakh, Baku AZE 1961.

  18. 6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 Kd7 10.Bd3 Kc7 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Qc2 Nbd7 =-=(40) Hort 2575 -- Schussler 2445, GER 1981; 9...Qe7 10.Bd3 g5 11.Bg3 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Kd8 =-=(34) Kouatly 2445 -- Csom 2505, Marseille FRA 1986; 8.Bd3 e4 9.Bc2 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Qe7 11.Qb1 OO 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 0-1(36) Despotovic -- Brglez, corres 1979; 8...Nbd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Rg8 11.Nh3 Qa5 12.Qd2 e4 0-1(49) Cooper 2315 -- Petrosian 2620, Buenos Aires ARG 1978; 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Ne2 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Ng3 h5 12.h4 g6 0-1(37) Keene -- O'Kelly de Galway, Bognor Regis 1965; 7...Qe7 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nd2 e4 12.Qb1 OO =-=(56) Milov 2640 -- Almasi 2650, Groningen NED 1998; 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 Ne5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f4 Ng6 1-0(24) Bareev 2605 -- Kosten 2510, Hastings ENG 1990; 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.f3 h6 10.Bf4 exd5 11.e4 g5 12.Bg3 dxe4 =-=(41) Beliavsky 2650 -- Epishin 2635, Madrid ESP 1995.
    6...Qe7 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e5 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Bf5 12.f3 e4 0-1(36) Rogozenko 2480 -- Onischuk 2495, Vejle DEN 1993; 7...Nbd7 8.Rc1 h6 9.Bh4 OO 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 Ne5 12.OO Ng6 =-=(50) Sotnikov 2440 -- Lugovoi 2485, Moscow RUS 1995; 7.Ne2 exd5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Be6 11.Nb5 Bxc4 12.Nxd6+ Kf8 1-0(33) Hort 2575 -- Miles 2590, ? 1981; 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxc4 Be6 =-=(13) Murshed 2510 -- Dautov 2570, Brno CZE 1991.
    6...e5 7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 h6 10.Bh4 Nf8 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.Bg3 h5 1-0(43) Spassky -- Pomar Salamanca, Beverwijk NED 1967; 7.Qc2 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Nf8 10.Ne2 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Qe7 1-0(41) Dzindzichashvili -- Kolarov, Tbilisi GEO 1965.

  19. 7...e5 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bd3 OO 10.Ne2 Re8 11.OO Qe7 12.Ne4 g5 =-=(74) Portisch -- Cardoso, Moscow RUS 1956; 8.Ne2 Bf5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Nbd7 11.e4 Bh7 12.Bd3 g5 1-0(41) Bagirov 2510 -- Csom 2490, Baja 1971.
    7...g5 8.Bg3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e5 10.Qc2 Nh5 11.Bd3 OO 12.Ne2 f5 1-0(35) Diez del Corral -- Damjanovic, Palma de Majorca ESP 1969.
    7...OO 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Qe7 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.OO Ne5 12.Qb1 g5 1-0(40) Timman 2585 -- Angantysson 2350, Lone Pine, CA USA 1978.

  20. 8...Qe7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 OO 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Ne4 g5 1-0(44) Rogozenko 2480 -- Timoshenko 2515, Bucharest ROM 1993.

  21. 9.Bd3 e4 10.Bc2 Nbd7 11.f4 Nb6 12.Qe2 Bg4 =-=(36) Ivanchuk 2717 -- Topalov 2718, Wijk aan Zee NED 2001.

  22. 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Nd2 Kd8 12.Bd3 Re8 1-0(47) Sasikiran 2664 -- Venkatesh 2399, Mumbai IND 2003.

  23. 10...Kd8 11.Nd2 Kc7 12.Bd3 g5 0-1(60) Jussupow 2660 -- Short 2655, Novgorod RUS 1995.

  24. 12.Bg3 Nh5 1-0(43) Jussupow 2655 -- Slobodjan 2525, Nussloch 1996; 1-0(43) Lang 2655 -- Polgar 2675, Moscow PCA Qual 25` 1996.

  25. 8.Bb5 Qa5 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Bxc3 12.Nxc3 f6 =-=(24) Sasikiran 2642 -- Palo 2525, Copenhagen DEN 2005; 10...f6 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.OO OO =-=(27) Murshed 2520 -- Korchnoi 2615, Moscow RUS 1994; 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 OO 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Qf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Re8 0-1(26) Kahn -- Yudovich, ICCF corr 1961; 9...a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 g5 0-1(42) Mititelu -- Thomas, CCOL11 fin-04 9298 1992; 8...h6 9.Bh4 OO 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.a3 Ba5 12.OO Ng6 =-=(50) Vallejo Pons 2554 -- Parker 2539, Mondariz ESP 2000; 8...OO 9.Ne2 h6 10.Bh4 Ne5 11.OO Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 =-=(22) Spassky 2580 -- Rajkovic 2465, Solingen GER 1989.
    8.Ne2 OO 9.a3 Ba5 10.Rb1 h6 11.Bh4 Ne5 12.b4 Bb6 0-1(55) Conquest 2495 -- Emms 2525, Oakham ENG 1994; 10...Qb6 11.f3 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 =-= Staller 2365 -- Adams 2600, Bad Wildbad GER 1991.

  26. 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Ne2 Nxd5 11.OO c4 12.Bf5 N7b6 0-1(51) Brenninkmeijer 2495 -- Van der Wiel 2570, Rotterdam tt 1994.

  27. 12.Bc2 OO 1-0(60) Lugovoi 2510 -- Biriukov 2407, St Petersburg RUS 1999; =-=(52) Rajkovic 2460 -- Stoica 2455, Sofia BUL 1986; 0-1(61) Arakhamia-Grant -- Levitina, Zhaltubo ctw 1988; =-=(39) Neverov 2440 -- Gurevich 2540, Kharkov UKR 1987; 1-0(42) Rechlis 2500 -- Levitt 2495, Tel Aviv ISR 1989; =-=(43) Bareev 2590 -- Dautov 2555, Moscow RUS 1990; =-=(59) Jussupow 2660 -- Korchnoi 2635, Madrid ESP 1995; 12...Nxc3 =-=(21) Bangiev -- Koutsin, Lvov Ch Ukraine 1988; =-=(48) Ward 2505 -- Levitt 2430, Torquay ENG 1998.
    12.Bf5 f6 =-=(45) Timman 2550 -- Karpov 2695, Amsterdam NED 1976; 12...N7b6 0-1(30) Ionescu 2495 -- Eingorn 2560, Sochi RUS 1986.

  28. 6.Bd2 OO 7.e3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 exd5 9.cxd5 d6 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.Nf4 Ne4 12.Be2 b5 =-=(43) Hort 2615 -- Adorjan 2570, Oslo NOR 1984; 7.g3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 exd5 11.cxd5 d6 12.Bg2 b5 =-=(46) Ravikumar 2305 -- Hansen, Esbjerg DEN 1980.
    6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Rc1 OO 8.Nf3 d6 9.g3 e5 10.Bg2 e4 11.Nd2 e3 12.fxe3 Nd7 0-1(53) Ivanov 2515 -- Browne 2535, Philadelphia, PA USA 1989.

  29. 6...exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 OO 10.Ne2 a6 11.OO Re8 12.a4 Ne5 =-=(34) Jussupow 2636 -- Schlosser 2512, GER 1999; 7...OO 8.e3 d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 =-=(16) Kavalek 2540 -- Gheorghiu 2540, Manila PHI 1976; 7...Qb6 8.Rc1 Ba5 9.Qd2 OO 10.e3 Re8 11.Nf3 Na6 12.Bc4 Ne4 1-0(45) Rajkovic 2490 -- Pikula 2504, Herceg Novi YUG 2001.
    6...OO 7.e3 b5 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.cxb5 d5 10.Bd3 a6 11.Ne2 c4 12.Bc2 axb5 0-1(69) Short 2690 -- Aleksandrov 2615, Pula CRO 1997; 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Qc2 Ne4 12.Rc1 a6 =-=(46) Sasikiran 2470 -- Short 2670, Torquay ENG 1998; 7...d6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 0-1(44) Penrose -- Ivkov, Hastings ENG 1955.
    6...e5 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 b5 9.cxb5 g5 10.Bg3 Bb7 11.Ne2 Nxd5 12.OO Nd7 1-0(25) Spassky -- Golombek, Bucharest ROM 1953.

  30. 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.cxb5 OO 9.e3 d5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Bxf6 Rxf6 =-=(29) Sully -- Speelman, Eastbourne 1973; 9...Qa5 10.Bxf6 Rxf6 11.Qc1 a6 12.bxa6 Nxa6 =-=(25) Graf 2420 -- Adorjan 2525, GER 1989.
    7.cxb5 g5 8.Bg3 Nxd5 9.Rc1 Nf6 10.Qd6 Qb6 11.f3 Nh5 12.Qxb6 axb6 =-=(53) Rajkovic 2474 -- Beliavsky 2654, Novi Sad YUG 2000; 7...Bb7 8.e3 Bxd5 9.a3 Ba5 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.Be2 d5 12.OO Nbd7 1-0(41) Dao 2560 -- Palkovi 2480, Balatonbereny HUN 1996.

  31. 7...g5 8.Bg3 Nxe4 9.Be5 Rg8 10.Qf3 exd5 11.cxd5 Qe7 12.Qxe4 f6 =-=(49) Milov 2585 -- Landenbergue 2390, Bad Ragaz SUI 1994.

  32. 12.Nxd4 cxd4 0-1(25) Korchnoi -- Djurasevic, Belgrade SCG 1956.

  33. 7.f3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 9.e4 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Nf8 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bf2 Ng6 0-1(28) Rajkovic 2497 -- Crisan 2635, Kladovo YUG 2001; 11.Bc2 g5 12.Ba4+ Ke7 0-1(50) Kogan 2505 -- Inkiov 2495, Besancon FRA 1998.
    7.Rc1 Bxc3+ 8.Rxc3 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Ra3 Qb6 11.Qb3 Qxb3 12.Rxb3 b5 =-=(49) Haba 2520 -- Movsesian 2630, Zlin CZE 1997.

  34. 7...Qe7 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Nd2 OO 10.Be2 Re8 11.OO Bxc3 12.bxc3 e5 0-1(61) Panchenko 2460 -- Rogozenko 2480, Bucharest ROM 1993; 0-1(61) Rogozenko 2480 -- Panchenko 2515, It (cat.8) 1993; 8...OO 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Rc1 h5 0-1(30) Guseinov 2513 -- Filippov 2574, Dubai UAE 1999; 8...exd5 9.cxd5 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 h5 12.Be5 dxe5 1-0(55) Gokhale 2378 -- Filippov 2584, Dubai UAE 2000.
    7...e5 8.Bd3 e4 9.Bc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Bf5 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Qb1 Nbd7 0-1(54) Steiner -- Evans, USA 1952.
    7...exd5 8.cxd5 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Qa5 10.Ne2 Nxd5 11.OO Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxc3 =-=(29) Rain -- Bueno, Brazil CXEB 2002.
    7...OO 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.Bc2 Ng6 12.Bg3 Qe7 0-1(42) Flesch 2430 -- Forintos 2500, Budapest HUN 1971.

  35. 8...Qe7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.dxe6 Qxe6 11.Be2 b6 12.Qd3 Bb7 1-0(23) Jussupow 2665 -- Lobron 2570, Garmisch 1994; 10.Nd2 OO 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Ne4 g5 1-0(69) Rogozenko 2527 -- Lobron 2509, Internet INT 2001; 9...e5 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 Nbd7 0-1(61) Lempert 2455 -- Lerner 2530, St Petersburg RUS 1993.
    8...OO 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Re8 12.h3 Ng6 =-=(24) Comas Fabrego 2490 -- Rivas Pastor 2505, Pamplona ESP 1994.

  36. 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 e4 12.Be2 g5 0-1(38) Rubinetti 2440 -- Polugaevsky 2630, Mar del Plata ARG 1971; 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 b6 1-0(32) Murshed 2465 -- Adianto 2470, Penang MAS 1991.
    9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Nbd7 12.f3 Bg6 1-0(62) Spassky 2551 -- Short 2676, Zurich SUI 2001.
    9.f4 exf4 10.exf4 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 OO 1-0(28) Krogius -- Bobotsov, Varna BUL 1969.

  37. 9...Bf5 10.g4 Bh7 11.Nh3 Nbd7 12.Be2 Qe7 0-1(40) Keene 2505 -- McCambridge 2440, Dortmund GER 1982.
    9...g5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.e4 h5 12.h4 g4 =-=(37) Balashov 2495 -- Gurevich 2435, Jurmala LAT 1985.
    9...e4 10.f4 g5 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.Be2 gxf4 0-1(44) Rain 2464 -- Valent 2462, ICCF Email 2002.

  38. 10.Qc2 Qa5 11.Bd3 b5 12.cxb5 Nxd5 0-1(35) Rogozenko 2557 -- Iordachescu 2539, Bucharest ROM 1999.

  39. 10...Qe7 11.Qc2 g5 12.Bg3 Rg8 =-=(23) Hort 2590 -- Spassov 2410, Surakarta 1982.

  40. 12.h4 g4 =-=(31) Annageldyev 2420 -- Balashov 2590, Azov 1991.

  41. 7...e5 8.d6 Nc6 9.Qc2 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.e3 Qf6 12.Rd1 Qe6 0-1(40) Nei 2495 -- Ehlvest 2460, Tallinn EST 1983; 8...OO 9.e3 Re8 10.Bd3 e4 11.Be2 Nc6 12.f4 exf3 1-0(76) Liptay -- Forintos, Budapest HUN 1964.

  42. 8.f3 Qe7 9.e4 e5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Nf8 12.Bf2 h5 0-1(40) Garcia Palermo 2475 -- Giaccio 2460, Villa Gisell 1998; 0-1(40) Garcia Palermo 2475 -- Giaccio 2460, Clarin GP Final, Vil 1998.
    8.Nf3 Qe7 9.e3 e5 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Bf5 12.Be2 Nbd7 0-1(38) Ditiatev 2465 -- Shipov 2540, Cherepovets RUS 1997; 8...OO 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 1-0(42) Lempert 2455 -- Shipov 2490, Berlin GER 1993.

  43. 8...Qe7 9.Nf3 e5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Nd2 e4 12.Be2 g5 =-=(30) Ivanov -- Kayumov 2425, Vladivostok RUS 1994; 10...g5 11.Bg3 e4 12.Nd2 Bf5 =-=(31) Spassky 2560 -- Renet 2470, France 1991; 9...Nbd7 10.Nd2 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Ne4 OOO 0-1(43) Ulko 2478 -- Brodsky 2532, Voronezh RUS 2005; 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Ne4 g5 0-1(29) Rogozenko 2405 -- Budnikov 2535, Berlin GER 1994; 9.Bd3 e5 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.f3 Nf8 12.Qc2 g5 0-1(49) Roiz 2512 -- Sakaev 2647, Panormo GRE 2002; 10...g5 11.Bg3 e4 12.Bb1 Nbd7 =-=(42) Granda Zuniga 2525 -- Polugaevsky 2585, Rio Hondo 1987; 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.Nd2 exd5 12.cxd5 Nbxd5 0-1(24) Mitkovski -- Drasko 2475, Struga OPEN 1993.

  44. 9.Bd3 e4 10.Bc2 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Ba4 OO 0-1(33) Bagirov 2480 -- Kuzmin 2550, Baku AZE 1977; 0-1(34) Bagirov 2480 -- Kuzmin, ch I 1977; 12.Qb1 OO 0-1(26) Siviero 2411 -- Costa, ICCF Email 1999; 9...Nbd7 10.f4 Qe7 11.Ne2 g5 12.fxg5 Ng4 1-0(42) Miles 2610 -- Polugaevsky 2575, ? 1986.
    9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 e4 12.Be2 g5 0-1(34) Malinin 2410 -- Geist 2505, World Cup IX Final 1998; 0-1(34) Malinin 2410 -- Geist 2505, ICCF corr 1998; 10...g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Bd3 Ng7 0-1(26) Gokhale 2374 -- Sorokin 2560, Linares ESP 2003.
    9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Nf8 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.Bg3 OO =-=(44) Bareev 2685 -- Adianto 2535, Tilburg NED 1994; 9...g5 10.Bg3 Bf5 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.f3 Nf8 0-1(47) Gabriel 2560 -- Hjartarson 2640, Bremer GER 2003.

  45. 9...Qe7 10.Bd3 g5 11.Bg3 Rg8 12.Ne2 Nbd7 =-=(28) Timman 2650 -- Polugaevsky 2625, Linares ESP 1985.
    9...Bf5 10.e4 Bc8 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Qa4 Ke7 =-=(38) Sasikiran 2470 -- Graf 2625, Calcutta IND 1998.

  46. 10...OO 11.Nh3 Qa5 12.Qd2 g5 =-=(26) Hartston -- Korchnoi, Hastings ENG 1975.

  47. 11.Qc2 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 =-=(26) Keene 2460 -- Jansa 2490, Hastings ENG 1976.

  48. 12.Bxe4 g5 0-1(30) Sokolov 2650 -- Morovic Fernandez 2605, Wijk aan Zee NED 1994.

  49. 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.g3 Nxc5 9.Bg2 a5 10.Nh3 a4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Rxc3 e5 =-=(21) Vladimirov 2435 -- Rashkovsky 2535, Soviet Union 1981; =-=(21) Vladimirov 2460 -- Rashkovsky 2535, Volgodonsk 1981; 6...OO 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Rxc3 d6 9.Nf3 e5 10.d5 a5 11.Rg1 e4 12.Nd4 Re8 0-1(42) Smyslov -- Lilienthal, Moscow RUS 1944; 7.Nf3 d6 8.e3 e5 9.Be2 c6 10.OO Nd7 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 Bc7 1-0(47) Diez del Corral -- De la Villa Garcia, Medina del Campo SW 1985; 6...b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 OO 9.Be2 d6 10.OO Bxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.Nd2 e5 1-0(41) Alekhine -- Znosko-Borovsky, Birmingham ENG 1926; 6...Nc6 7.Nf3 d6 8.e3 OO 9.Be2 e5 10.OO Bxc3 11.Rxc3 Bg4 12.d5 Ne7 =-=(16) Bolbochan -- Redolfi, Buenos Aires ARG 1958; 6.Nf3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Be2 OO 9.Rc1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Rd8 11.OO Bf8 12.Qd2 d6 0-1(36) Allicock -- Adams 2665, Sutton 1997; 5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 OO 9.Nf3 e5 10.OO Qe7 11.Nd2 c5 12.Nb3 Nd7 =-=(32) Bronstein -- Grigoryan 2485, Moscow RUS 1976; 7.Nf3 d6 8.e3 OO 9.Bd3 e5 10.OO Qe7 11.Bc2 Nc6 12.Ba4 e4 =-=(46) Arakhamia-Grant -- Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Zhaltubo ctw 1988.
    5.Bd2 OO 6.e3 d5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.OO Bd6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 a6 12.Na4 Nbd7 1-0(76) Zsinka -- Miles 2570, Berlin GER 1985; 6...c5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.OO cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.d5 Re8 12.Bf4 exd5 =-=(44) Zsinka 2395 -- Suba 2545, Berlin West 1987.

  50. 5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qe7 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 e5 9.Ne2 c5 10.f3 Nc6 11.OO Kd8 12.f4 Kc7 1-0(17) Timman 2510 -- Ostermeyer, Reykjavik ISL 1975; 7...b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.f3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Na5 11.Qa4 Ba6 12.Nc1 Bb7 0-1(41) Donner -- Lehmann, Madrid ESP 1960; 7.f3 d6 8.e4 e5 9.Bf2 Nc6 10.Ne2 b6 11.Ng3 OO 12.Bd3 Na5 0-1(33) Donner -- Gruenfeld, Beverwijk NED 1961; 6...d6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Nd2 e5 9.e3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Nf8 11.c5 dxc5 12.OO Ng6 =-=(25) Spassky 2610 -- Dueckstein 2350, Vienna AUT 1986.
    5...d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qb3 c5 9.Bb5 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 c4 1-0(23) Fuderer -- Ivkov, Opatija 1953; 7.Nf3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5 OO 10.OO Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.c4 dxc4 =-=(15) Finegold 2475 -- Orlov 2515, USA 1994; 6...g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 h5 9.f3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nc6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qd6 1-0(55) Dao 2560 -- Zemerov 2410, Bekescsaba 1996.
    5...g5 6.Bg3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxg3 8.hxg3 d5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nd7 11.e3 c6 12.Nf3 Qf6 1-0(54) Bondarevsky -- Moisieev, Moscow RUS 1951; 7...f5 8.e3 b6 9.f3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Qf6 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Bb7 0-1(38) Bagirov 2495 -- Lputian 2440, Telavi 1982.
    5...Qe7 6.Nf3 d6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Qe4 10.Nd2 Qxh4 11.dxc6 OO 12.a3 Ng4 0-1(19) Bronstein -- Bronstein, dreamland 1961; 6.e3 d6 7.Bd3 OO 8.Ne2 c6 9.OO Nbd7 10.f4 c5 11.Ne4 cxd4 12.N2g3 dxe3 1-0(52) Graf 2390 -- Christiansen 2575, GER 1988.
    5...c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.Qc2 Ne4 8.Ne2 d5 9.OOO Nxc3 10.Nxc3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.cxd5 cxd5 0-1(26) Lempert 2510 -- Sokolov 2575, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1995.
    5...a5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.e3 OO 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Ng6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 1-0(36) Timman 2675 -- Ballmann 2280, Zurich SUI 1988.

  51. 6.Nf3 d5 7.e3 c6 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Qb3 Ne4 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Bd3 f5 12.a3 Bxc3+ 0-1(41) Johannessen -- Gunnarsson, Skovde 1992.

  52. 6...c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.Ne2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b6 11.OO Bb7 12.Bb3 Be7 0-1(78) Eriksson 2426 -- Berg 2516, Skara SWE 2002.
    6...d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Ne2 c5 10.OO c4 11.Bf5 Nb6 12.Qc2 Bxf5 0-1(37) Comas Fabrego 2375 -- Oll 2560, Oviedo ESP 1991.

  53. 12.d5 Nb8 =-=(22) Armas 2435 -- Rodriguez, Santa Fe de Bogota 1988.

  54. 6.e3 Bb7 7.Nf3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 exd5 1-0(30) Hort 2615 -- Tirabassi, Mendrisio SUI 1984; 9...d6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 1-0(35) Milov 2585 -- Eismont 2440, Biel SUI 1994; 7.Ne2 OO 8.a3 Be7 9.Bg3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nf4 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Re8 0-1(42) Yermolinsky 2597 -- Kasimdzhanov 2595, Wijk aan Zee NED 1999; 9.Qd2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.g3 Nc6 =-=(47) Bangiev -- Tolonen, Wch18 sf08 8994 1989; 6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bb7 8.f3 d5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Qb3 OO 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 =-=(34) Sasikiran 2514 -- Korchnoi 2659, Calcutta IND 2000; 8...d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Qe7 11.OO OOO 12.a4 a5 1-0(59) Cooper -- Ehrenfeucht, Teesside ENG 1973.
    6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Nf3 g5 8.d5 Ne4 9.Qc2 Qf6 10.Rc1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Ba3 12.Rd1 gxh4 =-=(21) Portisch -- Bobotsov, Varna BUL 1958.
    6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Nd2 OO 8.Qc2 c5 9.d5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.OOO Nc6 =-=(14) Horvath 2524 -- Erdos 2454, Budapest HUN 2004.

  55. 6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e3 Qe7 10.Bf2 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 OO =-=(58) Neverov 2465 -- Rozentalis 2465, Tallinn EST 1986.

  56. 7...d6 8.Rc1 e5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 Nbd7 11.e4 Nf8 12.Bf2 Ng6 =-=(51) Jussupow 2665 -- Adams 2660, Garmisch 1994.
    7...exd5 8.cxd5 OO 9.e4 Re8 10.Be2 d6 11.Qc2 a6 12.g4 Nbd7 0-1(39) Comas Fabrego 2490 -- Garcia Ilundain 2485, Benasque ESP 1995.

  57. 8...d6 9.e4 e5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Nf8 12.Bf2 Ng6 =-=(31) Beliavsky 2640 -- Prasad 2425, Novi Sad YUG 1990.

  58. 12.Bf2 Ng6 0-1(88) Avshalumov -- Kengis 2485, Sevastopol ch-SU sf 1986; 0-1(88) Avshalumov -- Kveinys, Sevastopol UKR 1986.

  59. 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.Nf3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Bd3 h5 12.OO Bxc3 1-0(35) Ivanov -- De Firmian 2540, Berkeley 1985; 8.Nf3 OO 9.Rc1 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.c5 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 1-0(34) Ivanov 2505 -- Seirawan 2595, Saint John 1988; 7...Qa5 8.Ne2 Ne4 9.Qd3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.f3 Nd6 12.a3 OO 1-0(64) Bjarnason 2290 -- Hjartarson 2625, Island 1993; 6...d6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Ne2 e5 9.OO g5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.Nb5 Kf8 12.Qa4 a6 1-0(41) Hort 2615 -- Lechtynsky 2470, Sumperk 1984; 7...Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nbd7 9.Ne2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 b6 1-0(62) Padevsky -- Stahlberg, Ljubljana 1955; 6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Ne2 g5 10.Bg3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Qc2 h5 1-0(66) Hort 2575 -- Partos 2425, Biel SUI 1981; 8...e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Be4 OO 12.Nf3 Nd7 0-1(46) Steinbacher 2310 -- Huebner 2625, GER 1983; 6...Qa5 7.Qb3 Ne4 8.Rc1 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nf3 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.d5 gxf3 1-0(31) Reti -- Marshall, Brno CZE 1928; 6...Nc6 7.Rc1 d6 8.Nf3 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.d5 Ne7 11.Bd3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxg3 =-=(40) Hort 2575 -- Unzicker 2505, Baden-Baden GER 1981; 6...OO 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d6 10.OO e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.Nd2 Qe7 1-0(58) Biyiasas 2460 -- Sharif, Haifa ISR 1976.
    6.Rc1 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 a6 10.a3 Be7 11.Ne4 f5 12.Qc3 Rg8 0-1(29) Schiller -- Hebert, NY, Philidor Interna 1980; 8...Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.a3 Be7 11.e3 f5 12.Nge2 b6 0-1(37) Graf 2420 -- Chandler 2600, GER 1989; 8...Nxd4 9.Bxd8 Kxd8 10.e3 Nc6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Rxc3 b6 =-=(28) Jensen -- Parkkinen, Baltic Sea tt-6 9297 1992.
    6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.g3 Qxc5 11.Nd2 f5 12.e4 b6 0-1(51) Breutigam 2411 -- Wahls 2580, Altenkirchen GER 2001; 6...Bxc5 7.e3 Be7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Be2 a6 10.OO Qc7 11.Rc1 OO 12.Nd4 Nbd7 1-0(24) Breutigam 2398 -- Bischoff 2554, Saarbruecken 2002.

  60. 6...e5 7.Qc2 d6 8.e4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Nd2 Nf8 =-=(40) Spassky -- Sliwa, Riga LAT 1959; 8.f3 g5 9.Bf2 e4 10.OOO Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Nbd7 12.h4 g4 0-1(43) Kouatly 2450 -- Murey 2535, London ENG 1988; 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 OO 9.Ne2 Re8 10.OO g5 11.Bg3 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 1-0(24) Pelletier -- Froehlich 2390, Zug 1993; 7.Rc1 d6 8.e3 Bxc3+ 9.Rxc3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Ra3 Qb6 12.Qc2 Bf5 =-=(46) Yermolinsky 2580 -- Zhunusov 2425, Newark, NJ USA 1995.
    6...OO 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e5 10.Qc2 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Qd1 Nxg3 0-1(35) Balashov 2540 -- Taimanov 2580, Vilnius LTU 1975; 8.Nf3 e5 9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qc2 Nbd7 0-1(38) Erdos 2454 -- Ilincic 2520, Budapest HUN 2004; 7.Nf3 b5 8.e3 Bb7 9.d6 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Rc1 Qxa2 =-=(13) Mititelu -- Larsen, Reykjavik ISL 1957.
    6...Qa5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Qc2 d6 9.Nf3 e5 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.g3 Nb6 12.Bg2 Bxc3 0-1(42) Korchnoi -- Geller, Moscow RUS 1955.
    6...Nxd5 7.Bxd8 Nxc3 8.Qb3 Ne4+ 9.Kd1 Nxf2+ 10.Kc1 Kxd8 11.Qf3 Nxh1 12.g4 Ke7 0-1(31) Nisman -- Karlsson, Moscow RUS 1971.

  61. 7...OO 8.e3 Re8 9.Rc1 d6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxd7 Nbxd7 12.Ne2 Nf8 0-1(37) Bagirov -- Sakharov, Alma Ata KAZ 1968; 9.Bd3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.OO Ne5 =-=(18) Ree 2460 -- Gipslis 2535, Budapest HUN 1977; 8...d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 0-1(42) Portisch -- Ulvestad, Malaga ESP 1964; 8.Rc1 d6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Re8 11.e3 Qa5 12.Nc4 Qxa2 0-1(46) Nisman -- Grigoryan 2520, Moscow RUS 1975.

  62. 8...OO 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 0-1(40) Planinec -- Parma, Cateske Toplice 1968; 11.a3 Ba5 12.OO Ng6 =-=(30) Donner -- Parma, Bled SLO 1961; 9...Re8 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.OO Ne5 12.Bb5 Bd7 =-=(16) Enricci -- Deneuville, CADAP Email 2000.

  63. 9.Bb5 OO 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 1-0(34) Spassky -- Smyslov, Bucharest ROM 1953; 9...g5 10.Bg3 Qa5 11.Bxd7+ Bxd7 12.Ne2 Bb5 1-0(32) Spassky -- Porath, Amsterdam NED 1964.
    9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Ne2 OO 0-1(44) Issler -- Gereben, Munchenstein Coupe 1970.

  64. 9...OO 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Bxc3 12.Nxc3 Ng6 1-0(40) Spassky -- Filip, Goteborg SWE 1955.

  65. 12.bxc3 OO 1-0(46) Dao 2560 -- Garcia 2525, Amsterdam NED 1996; =-=(21) Bangiev -- Zilberman, corr 1989; =-=(31) Donner -- Eliskases, Leipzig GER 1960.
    12.Nxc3 Nxc3 =-=(42) Portisch -- Eliskases, Munich GER 1958.

  66. 7.e3 Bb7 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.cxb5 OO 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qc1 a6 =-=(44) Giulian -- Read, Kellner mem corr8591 1985; 12.Qd2 a6 1-0(31) Timman 2590 -- Ligterink 2430, Wijk aan Zee NED 1977; 11.Nd2 a6 12.bxa6 Nxa6 =-=(30) Bangiev -- Pogorelov, Lvov Ch Ukraine 1988; 10...Qe8 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.a3 Bxc3+ 0-1(44) Jussupow 2660 -- Christiansen 2570, New York, NY USA 1995; 8.d6 OO 9.Nf3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Rc1 Qxa2 =-=(55) Mititelu -- Larsen, Reykjavik ISL 1957; 7...bxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb7 9.e4 exd5 10.exd5 Qe7+ 11.Ne2 Qe4 12.Bxf6 Qxc4 1-0(30) Dzindzichashvili -- Damjanovic, Tbilisi GEO 1965; 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ne2 Qh4 11.Qb3 a5 12.a3 a4 =-=(44) Uhlmann -- Karaklajic, Krynica POL 1956; 7...OO 8.Qf3 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qxf6 gxf6 11.OOO Bxc3 12.bxc3 Rc8 =-=(43) Timman 2645 -- Jussupow 2645, Hilversum NED 1986.
    7.cxb5 g5 8.Bg3 Nxd5 9.Rc1 Bb7 10.Nf3 a6 11.h4 g4 12.Nd2 Bxc3 1-0(33) Lempert 2455 -- Tiviakov 2575, St Petersburg RUS 1993; 9.Be5 OO 10.e4 d6 11.exd5 dxe5 12.d6 Bb7 1-0(39) Lempert 2455 -- Magerramov 2545, Berlin GER 1993; 8...exd5 9.e3 Bb7 10.Ne2 Qe7 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Ne4 =-=(26) Kharitonov 2439 -- Nyback 2497, Halkidiki GRE 2003; 7...exd5 8.e3 Bb7 9.Ne2 a6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Qa4 g5 12.Bg3 d6 =-=(54) Lempert 2505 -- Razuvaev 2580, Erevan ARM 1996.
    7.Rc1 bxc4 8.e4 exd5 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qxd5 Nc6 11.Bxc4 Bb7 12.Qd2 Qd4 0-1(44) Frederiks -- Teichmeister, ICCF corr 1994; 12...OO 0-1(32) Frederiks -- Jensen, ICCF corr 1994; 8...g5 9.Bg3 Nxe4 10.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qf6 12.Nf3 Nxg3 =-=(23) Portisch -- Szily, Budapest HUN 1959; 7...Bb7 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.cxb5 d5 10.e3 OO 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Be2 e5 =-=(35) Kunsztowicz 2460 -- Chandler 2455, Bochum GER 1981.

  67. 8.e4 OO 9.e5 Qa5 10.Ne2 Ne4 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.f3 Nxc3 =-=(23) Bareev 2590 -- Gelfand 2615, Moscow RUS 1990.
    8.e3 OO 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qd2 bxc4 0-1(47) Nepomnishay -- Makarichev, Leningrad RUS 1967.

  68. 8...OO 9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qd2 d5 1-0(36) Spassky -- Portisch, Antwerp BEL 1955; 9...d5 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Bf5 e4 1-0(23) Spassky -- Liebert, Sochi RUS 1967; 9...a6 10.bxa6 d5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.a3 Bxc3+ 0-1(39) Frederiks -- Mihalko, ICCF corr 1994.
    8...a6 9.Qc2 OO 10.b6 d5 11.a3 Ba5 12.OOO Bxc3 1-0(38) Henley 2495 -- Gurevich 2545, Berkeley 1984.

  69. 9.a3 Ba5 10.e3 OO 11.Bd3 a6 12.Ne2 c4 1-0(30) Larsen 2540 -- Garbarino 2405, Mar del Plata ARG 1993.

  70. 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qd2 a6 0-1(38) Spassky 2655 -- Tal 2660, Tallinn EST 1973.

  71. 12.a3 Ba5 =-=(24) Spassky 2655 -- Unzicker 2535, Bath ENG 1973; =-=(68) Timman 2550 -- Unzicker 2530, Haifa ISR 1976.

  72. 7...exd5 8.exd5 OO 9.cxb5 Qe8+ 10.Be2 Qe5 11.Bg3 Bxc3+ 12.Kf1 Qf5 1-0(54) Bagirov -- Muhutdinov, Sverdlovsk 1957; 10...Ne4 11.Rc1 a6 12.b6 d6 1-0(42) Kahn -- Karker, EU-chT1 corr7281 1972; 10...Qe4 11.Bxf6 Qxg2 12.Qd3 gxf6 1-0(18) Rain -- Dias, Brazil CXEB 2000; 9.Bd3 bxc4 10.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 d6 12.Ne2 Nbd7 =-=(30) Timman 2550 -- Matanovic 2525, Skopje MKD 1976; 10...Re8+ 11.Ne2 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Re5 =-=(41) Portisch -- Troianescu, Balatonfured 1958; 8.cxd5 g5 9.e5 Qa5 10.Ne2 Ne4 11.Qd3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Ba3 0-1(30) Minakov -- Pugachov, 1st All-Russian CC tourney 1967.
    7...d6 8.Qc2 OO 9.Bd3 exd5 10.exd5 bxc4 11.Bxc4 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Nb6 =-=(43) Neikirkh -- Matanovic, Sofia BUL 1957.

  73. 9.Be5 OO 10.Qh5 d6 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Qxh6 Ne4+ =-=(20) Yermolinsky 2565 -- Shabalov 2570, Parsippany, NJ USA 1996; =-=(16) Penrose -- Unzicker, Neuhausen 1961; 10.f3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 d6 12.cxb4 dxe5 0-1(73) Levenfish -- Estrin, Baku AZE 1951; 10.Bd3 exd5 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Qd5 Nc6 0-1(26) Guimard -- Unzicker, Buenos Aires ARG 1960; 9...f6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 fxe5 12.Bg6+ Ke7 1-0(21) Kahn -- Engel, GER 1958.

  74. 9...Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 exd5 11.cxd5 OO 12.Bd3 f5 =-=(25) Portisch -- Darga, Bled SLO 1961; 11.OOO Qa5 12.Rxd5 Qa3+ =-=(16) Bronstein 2560 -- Unzicker 2525, Tallinn EST 1977.
    9...f5 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.d6+ Nxd6 12.Bxd6+ Kxd6 =-=(70) Rogozenko 2527 -- Charbonneau 2410, Internet INT 2001.

  75. 12.bxc3 Nxg3 =-=(55) Portisch -- Barcza, Budapest HUN 1957; 12...d6 =-=(43) Murshed 2520 -- Tiviakov 2575, Calcutta IND 1993.

  76. 8.e3 d6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.f3 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 1-0(70) Keres -- O'Kelly de Galway, Budapest HUN 1952; 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Nd2 b6 12.f3 g5 =-=(49) Kruppa 2542 -- Korobov 2512, Alushta UKR 2002; 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Nbd7 12.Be2 Qe7 0-1(48) Planinec 2545 -- Hort 2600, Hastings ENG 1974; 9.f4 exf4 10.exf4 Qe7+ 11.Qe2 Qxe2+ 12.Nxe2 Ne4 =-=(26) Cherepkov -- Taimanov, Leningrad RUS 1955; 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.f4 e4 11.Bc2 Qa5 12.Ne2 Qa6 =-=(44) Cooper -- Raaste, Haifa ISR 1976.
    8.Qc2 d6 9.e3 Qe7 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 e4 12.OOO OO =-=(41) Spassky -- Kholmov, Moscow RUS 1957; 12.Be2 g5 1-0(36) Sasikiran 2657 -- Anastasian 2568, Moscow RUS 2005; 9...g5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.Nf3 Nh5 12.Bd3 OO 1-0(52) Benko -- Lengyel, Budapest HUN 1957.
    8.Nf3 d6 9.e3 Bf5 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Nbd7 12.Be2 Qe7 0-1(49) Planinec 2545 -- Hort 2600, Hastings ENG 1974.

  77. 8...Qa5 9.Rc1 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.e3 Qa3 12.Rc2 h5 1-0(36) Hartston 2475 -- Fries Nielsen, Esbjerg DEN 1977.
    8...g5 9.Bg3 Nc6 10.Qc2 Nh5 11.e3 Qf6 12.Rd1 b6 0-1(26) Sandstroem -- Nilsson, Sweden 1980.

  78. 9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.f3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Qf6 =-=(40) Spassky 2655 -- Timman 2470, Tallinn EST 1973.

  79. 10...Nh5 11.e3 Qf6 12.Rd1 b6 0-1(46) Bagirov -- Keene 2505, Tbilisi GEO 1974.

  80. 11.Rc1 Qa3 12.Nf3 Ne4 1-0(24) Spassky -- Lee, Hastings ENG 1965.

  81. 12.Nf3 Ne4 1-0(24) Spassky -- Lee, Hastings Hastings 1965; 1-0(24) Spassky -- Le Blancq, It Hastings 1965.

  82. 8.f3 e5 9.e4 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Nf8 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bf2 Ng6 =-=(30) Bilek -- Soos, Bucharest ROM 1961; 9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Nf8 0-1(38) Bohm 2300 -- Spassky 2625, Moscow RUS 1975.
    8.Nf3 Qe7 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 OO 11.dxe6 Qxe6 12.Be2 b6 =-=(16) Ionescu 2475 -- Spraggett 2565, Manresa 1993; 8...e5 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.f3 g5 12.Bg3 Nf8 =-=(46) Petkevich 2445 -- Berzinsh 2475, Latvia 1994.
    8.Qc2 Qe7 9.e3 e5 10.Nf3 g5 11.Bg3 e4 12.Nd2 Bf5 =-=(29) Lein -- Dely, Zinnowitz GER 1965.

  83. 9.Bd3 e5 10.Ne2 g5 11.Bg3 e4 12.Bc2 Kd8 1-0(44) Bangiev -- Shalnev, sf Simferopol 1988; 0-1(42) Bangiev -- Ionov, Budapest Spring op 1990; 10...Nbd7 11.f4 g5 12.fxg5 Ng4 0-1(41) Southam 2320 -- Rozentalis 2605, North Bay CAN 1994; 10...Kd8 11.f3 Kc7 12.Qc2 Nbd7 =-=(29) Comas Fabrego 2490 -- Vehi Bach 2430, Castellar 1995; 10.f3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Kd8 12.Ne2 g5 0-1(30) Kerr -- David 2425, Olympiad 1994; 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.OO exd5 12.cxd5 Nbxd5 =-=(32) Sek -- Elwert, ICCF corr 1992; 10...e5 11.e4 Nf8 12.Qa4+ Qd7 =-=(59) Norri 2418 -- Mitkov 2514, Leon ESP 2001; 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.OO Qh4 =-=(74) Miles 2570 -- Karpov 2705, Tilburg NED 1986; 10.dxe6 Qxe6 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bg3 Ne5 1-0(29) Bangiev -- Shalimov, ch Simferopol 1991.
    9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Bg3 exd5 11.cxd5 Ne4 12.c4 OO =-=(43) Hort 2590 -- Nikolic 2630, Amsterdam NED 1988.

  84. 9...Nbd7 10.Nd2 e5 11.Qc2 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 =-=(34) Breazu -- Hebert, ICCF corr 1992; 11...Nf8 12.Bd3 g5 0-1(60) Lempert 2455 -- Aseev 2490, Berlin GER 1993; 10.a4 a5 11.Be2 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 0-1(46) Conquest 2540 -- Lalic 2575, Hastings ENG 1996; 10.dxe6 Qxe6 11.Be2 OO 12.OO b6 1-0(49) Yermolinsky 2615 -- Martens 2440, Tilburg NED 1993.
    9...g5 10.Bg3 e5 11.Rb1 Ne4 12.Rb3 f5 =-=(23) Comas Fabrego 2490 -- Lalic 2590, Benasque ESP 1995.
    9...exd5 10.cxd5 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nbd7 1-0(42) Gulko 2525 -- Haik 2470, Cannes FRA 1987.

  85. 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Kd8 12.Bd3 g5 0-1(32) Umansky -- Kayumov 2385, Primorsko 1989; 11...Nf8 12.Bd3 g5 =-=(40) Dusart -- Bjuhr, EU/MSM/IV fin 1995.

  86. 10...Nbd7 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.Qc2 g5 1-0(31) Bangiev -- Supatashvili, Tbilisi GEO 1978.

  87. 12.f3 e4 =-=(27) Stettler 2579 -- May 2442, ICCF corr 1999.
    12.h4 Rg8 =-=(19) Spassky 2565 -- Tisdall 2425, Thessaloniki GRE 1988.

  88. 9.Bd3 e4 10.Bc2 Nbd7 11.f4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Rg8 0-1(36) Graf 2405 -- Spassky 2565, GER 1988; 12.Qe2 Rg8 1-0(40) Neverov 2465 -- Shneider 2450, Kiev UKR 1986; 11.Qb1 Qe7 12.Ne2 g5 =-=(33) Topalov 2460 -- Sax 2600, Elenite 1992; 12.a4 Ne5 =-=(43) Fang 2405 -- Yermolinsky 2580, Eastern Class ch 1995; 10...Qe7 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.Ba4 OO =-=(15) Hjartarson 2555 -- Sax 2580, Tilburg NED 1989; 10...Bf5 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.Qb1 Qb6 1-0(61) Lugovoi 2510 -- Veingold 2477, Tallinn EST 1999; 9...Qe7 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.f3 =-= Murshed 2510 -- Rodriguez Cespedes 2500, Cienfuegos City CUB 1991; 10...g5 11.Bg3 Nbd7 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(68) Thorsteins 2455 -- Kosten 2485, Reykjavik ISL 1990; 10.Bc2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Nf8 12.Nd2 g5 =-=(34) Comas Fabrego 2490 -- Komljenovic 2465, Zaragoza 1995; 9...OO 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.OO Qe8 12.Qb1 b6 0-1(36) Neverov 2505 -- Balandin, Simferopol UKR 1991; 10...Re8 11.Qb1 Nbd7 12.a4 e4 =-=(33) Bangiev -- Berzinsh, Saki op 1990; 9...Nbd7 10.Ne2 Qe7 11.f4 e4 12.Bc2 Nb6 1-0(30) Bangiev -- Fish, Simferopol op 1989.
    9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nf3 g5 11.Bg3 e4 12.Nd2 Nbd7 =-=(21) Spassky 2580 -- Sax 2610, Solingen GER 1989; 12...Bf5 1-0(41) Spassky 2580 -- Brunner 2505, GER 1989; 11...Nh5 12.Bd3 Nd7 0-1(61) Jussupow 2660 -- Karpov 2765, Baden-Baden GER 1995; 11...Nbd7 12.Nd2 Nh5 =-=(26) Ionescu 2535 -- Kalesis 2410, Berga 1995; 10...Nbd7 11.Nd2 e4 12.Be2 g5 0-1(56) Morozevich 2590 -- Vyzmanavin 2610, Alushta UKR 1994; 11.Be2 e4 12.Nd2 g5 0-1(30) Morozevich 2590 -- Vyzmanavin 2610, [Fritz 1994; 10.f3 g5 11.Bg3 e4 12.f4 Bf5 1-0(46) Bagirov -- Osnos, Vilnius LTU 1960.
    9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Bf5 12.Qb3 Kd8 =-=(62) Dao 2560 -- Tisdall 2510, Erevan ARM 1996; 12...Ne4 =-=(23) Dao 2525 -- Gyimesi 2525, Zagan POL 1997; 12...Nbd7 =-=(21) Dao 2555 -- Kalinin 2425, Wijk aan Zee NED 1997; 10...Nbd7 11.Qc2 e4 12.Be2 g5 0-1(30) Rubinetti 2440 -- Polugaevsky 2630, Mar del Plata ARG 1971; 10.Qc2 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nd2 Nd7 1-0(41) Agrest 2599 -- Akesson 2451, Skara SWE 2002.

  89. 9...Qe7 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Qb1 g5 12.Bg3 Kd8 =-=(36) Yermolinsky 2650 -- Benjamin 2580, Chandler, AZ USA 1997; 10...e4 11.fxe4 g5 12.Bg3 Nxe4 =-=(27) Roiz 2440 -- Kaspi 2488, Ramat-Aviv/Modiin ISR 2000; =-= Lombardy 2500 -- Arnason 2495, Vestmannaeyjum 1985.
    9...Bf5 10.e4 Bh7 11.Rb1 b6 12.Bd3 Nbd7 1-0(30) Milov 2585 -- De Firmian 2580, Biel SUI 1994; 10.Qb3 b6 11.h3 Nbd7 12.g4 Bh7 0-1(64) Timman 2590 -- Dzindzichashvili 2535, Geneva SUI 1977.
    9...g5 10.Bg3 Qa5 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Nb6 =-=(56) Ribli 2575 -- Eperjesi 2395, Budapest HUN 1976.
    9...e4 10.f4 Rg8 11.Qc2 g5 12.Bg3 Bf5 1-0(41) Bagirov 2505 -- Veingold 2445, Tallinn EST 1981.
    9...Qa5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rb1 e4 12.Bg3 Ne5 1-0(38) Malaniuk 2495 -- Rashkovsky 2420, Kiev UKR 1986.

  90. 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Bd3 Kd8 12.Ne2 g5 =-=(21) Timman 2600 -- Andersson 2590, La Valetta 1980; 12...Kc7 1-0(55) Bagirov 2470 -- Nagy, Budapest HUN 1984.

  91. 10...g5 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.Ne2 e4 1-0(37) Timman 2650 -- Hulak 2450, Zagreb CRO 1985.
    10...Qa5 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bg3 Nb6 1-0(30) Sokolov 2640 -- Chabanon 2425, Oviedo ESP 1993.

  92. 11.Qb1 g5 12.Bg3 Rg8 1-0(41) Yermolinsky 2615 -- Wojtkiewicz 2580, Rakvere EST 1993.

  93. 12.Ne2 g5 =-=(24) Timman 2590 -- Andersson 2565, Tilburg NED 1977.
    11...g5 12.Bg3 b5 =-=(18) Bagirov 2500 -- Speelman 2570, Baku AZE 1983.

  94. 7.Rc1 e5 8.e3 Bxc3+ 9.Rxc3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 =-=(58) Gurgenidze -- Averbakh, Tbilisi GEO 1959; 8...Bf5 9.Bd3 e4 10.Bb1 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Bh7 12.OO Qb6 =-=(47) Kunsztowicz 2440 -- Keres 2600, Dortmund GER 1973; 7...OO 8.e3 exd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Bd3 Qxa2 12.OO Bxc3 0-1(27) Golz -- Taimanov, Dresden GER 1959.
    7.dxe6 Bxe6 8.e3 Nc6 9.Nf3 g5 10.Bg3 d5 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.OOO Bxc3 =-=(35) Gurgenidze -- Petrosian, Tbilisi GEO 1959; 9...d5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Bxf6 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 gxf6 0-1(41) Varnusz -- Portisch, Budapest HUN 1958.

  95. 7...exd5 8.cxd5 OO 9.e4 Re8 10.Bb5 Nbd7 11.Ne2 a6 12.Ba4 b5 =-=(14) Kavalek 2540 -- Byrne 2540, Montilla ESP 1976; 9...Nbd7 10.Qc2 a6 11.OOO b5 12.f4 Bxc3 0-1(38) Gufeld -- Sakharov, Kiev UKR 1964.
    7...OO 8.e4 Re8 9.Bd3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nbd7 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.f4 Qc7 0-1(58) Lukin -- Karpov, Moscow RUS 1967.

  96. 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Qb1 g5 12.Bg3 h5 0-1(43) Kogan 2465 -- Rashkovsky 2550, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1995.

  97. 12.Bf2 Ng6 0-1(40) Antoshin -- Cherepkov, Vilnius LTU 1960; =-=(57) Gurgenidze -- Estrin, Minsk BLR 1962.
    11...Ng6 12.Bf2 Nh5 1-0(46) Rajkovic -- Mokry 2490, Belgrade SCG 1985.

  98. 7...exd5 8.cxd5 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Qa5 10.Ne2 Nxd5 11.OO Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxc3 =-=(42) Portisch -- Donner, Madrid ESP 1960; =-=(24) Ree 2470 -- Matanovic 2490, Vraca 1975; 11...Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxc3 =-=(28) Korchnoi -- Gipslis, Riga LAT 1955; 9...a6 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.Bc2 Nc4 12.Rb1 Bg4 1-0(36) Dao 2560 -- Tolnai 2450, HUN 1996; 9.Ne2 Ne5 10.a3 Ba5 11.Nc1 Bd7 12.Na2 Ng6 =-=(21) Szabo -- Donner, Amsterdam NED 1965; 8...OO 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.OO Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxc3 1-0(53) Milov 2585 -- Gipslis 2480, Biel SUI 1994; 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne5 11.OO Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 0-1(39) Timman 2550 -- Najdorf 2510, Reykjavik ISL 1976; 8...g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Bd3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxg3 1-0(47) Timman 2605 -- Lobron 2515, Amsterdam NED 1983.
    7...Qe7 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Nd2 Nb6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Be2 OOO 12.OO g5 1-0(43) Rogozenko 2557 -- Wahls 2609, Solingen GER 1999; 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e5 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Bf5 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(47) Soppe 2465 -- Slipak 2535, Villa Gesell ARG 1996; 8.Bd3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nbd7 10.Nf3 e5 11.Nd2 Nf8 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 =-=(29) Timman 2640 -- Romanishin 2590, Tilburg NED 1985; 9...e5 10.Ne2 g5 11.Bg3 Nbd7 12.f3 Kd8 0-1(37) Comas Fabrego 2490 -- Lalic 2590, Zaragoza 1995; 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.dxe6 Qxe6 10.OOO Bxc3 11.Qxc3 OO 12.Ne2 b5 =-=(18) Hjartarson 2595 -- Stefansson 2525, Reykjavik ISL 1994; 8.Rc1 Nbd7 9.dxe6 Qxe6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Ne4 12.Rc2 g5 0-1(48) Vijayalakshmi 2435 -- Motwani 2525, Edinburgh SCO 2003.
    7...e5 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Ne2 Nf8 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 1-0(46) Spassky -- Keres, Moscow RUS 1957; 9.Bd3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 OO 11.Ne2 Re8 12.e4 Nf8 0-1(33) Mora -- Keres, Tel Aviv ISR 1964; 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.a3 Ba5 10.Qc2 OO 11.Nc1 Re8 12.Na2 Qe7 1-0(50) Spassky -- Keres, Riga LAT 1965; 8.Rc1 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Nf8 =-=(18) Spassky -- Szabo, Budapest HUN 1959.
    7...OO 8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.OO Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nf8 1-0(38) Lempert 2495 -- Gipslis 2480, Alushta UKR 1994; 8.f3 exd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.e4 Ne5 11.Ne2 b5 12.Nc1 a6 =-=(27) Johannessen -- Matanovic, Beverwijk NED 1965.
    7...b5 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.cxb5 Nbd7 10.Ne2 d5 11.a3 Ba5 12.Qa4 OO 0-1(36) Fuderer -- Matanovic, Opatija 1953.
    7...Na6 8.Qc2 exd5 9.cxd5 OO 10.Bxa6 bxa6 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.OO g5 1-0(53) Lempert 2505 -- Tosic 2415, Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1996.

  99. 9.Ne2 e5 10.Rc1 h5 11.f3 Nxg3 12.Nxg3 h4 =-=(18) Bagirov 2485 -- Yudasin 2485, Baku AZE 1986; 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf5 0-1(49) Lehmann -- Tatai, Solingen GER 1968; 9...h5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.a3 Ba5 12.f3 h4 =-=(48) Bangiev -- Rotstein, Simferopol UKR 1988.

  100. 10.Ne2 exd5 11.OOO Bxc3 12.Nxc3 Nxc3 1-0(24) Timman 2675 -- Winants 2465, Brussels BEL 1988; 11...Nxg3 12.Nxg3 Bxc3 1-0(55) Frederiks -- Larsen, ICCF corr 1992.

  101. 12.Bd3 Qg6 1-0(27) Ivanov -- Kudrin 2480, Heraldica Imports 1982; =-=(41) Cooper -- Commons 2420, Haifa ISR 1976; 1-0(55) Timman 2550 -- Garcia Martinez, Orense 1976; =-=(31) Hort 2545 -- De Firmian 2520, Wijk aan Zee NED 1986; =-=(55) Timman -- Garcia, Orense 1976.

  102. 8...Qe7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 OO 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Ne4 g5 1-0(37) Bareev 2650 -- Chandler 2605, Hastings ENG 1991; 12.dxe6 Qxe6 1-0(66) Bareev 2605 -- Olafsson 2595, Hastings ENG 1990; 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 1-0(35) Bareev 2605 -- Chandler 2560, Hastings ENG 1990; 11.dxe6 Qxe6 12.Be2 b6 =-=(16) Ionescu 2465 -- Suba 2520, Romania 1992; =-= Solozhenkin 2515 -- Spraggett 2555, Barcelona ESP 1993; 10.Bd3 Nb6 11.OO g5 12.Bg3 e5 1-0(51) Dolmatov 2515 -- Geller 2500, Moscow RUS 1987; 10...OO 11.OO Re8 12.Re1 e5 =-=(23) Kekelidze 2325 -- Gavrikov 2590, GER 1997; 9...e5 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Bf5 12.f3 e4 =-=(41) Stettler 2579 -- Elwert 2680, ICCF corr 1999; 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(57) Frederiks -- Eichhorn, EU-FSM corr 1995; 10...Bf5 11.e4 Bc8 12.Bd3 Nbd7 1-0(65) Jussupow 2665 -- Lutz 2595, Garmisch 1994; 10...Nbd7 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.Qc2 g5 1-0(50) Sasikiran 2470 -- Hauchard 2480, Andorra 1998; 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Kd8 12.Bd3 Kc7 =-=(49) Dolmatov 2515 -- Lerner 2555, Moscow RUS 1987; 10...Kd8 11.Nd2 Kc7 12.Bd3 g5 =-=(48) Gokhale 2357 -- Mchedlishvili 2566, Abudhabi UAE 2003; 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.dxe6 Qxe6 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bg3 Ne5 =-=(32) Felicio -- Clarizza, Argentina 1992; 10.Nf3 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nd2 Ndf6 =-=(47) Comas Fabrego 2435 -- Suba 2520, Sitges 1993.
    8...g5 9.Bg3 e5 10.f3 Bf5 11.h4 Kd7 12.Bf2 Kc7 =-=(22) Timman 2510 -- Hort 2600, Teesside ENG 1975; 10.Qc2 e4 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 1-0(39) Ree -- Langeweg, Zierikzee 1967.

  103. 9.Qc2 g5 10.Bg3 e4 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 0-1(35) Marovic -- Ree, Amsterdam NED 1968; 1-0(34) Ionescu -- Crisan, Buzias tt 1991; 9...Qe7 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 e4 12.Be2 g5 0-1(32) Szabo -- Traeger, HUN 1996; 10...g5 11.Bg3 e4 12.Nd2 Bf5 =-=(33) Diu 2445 -- Balashov 2581, Elista RUS 2001; 9...Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Nd2 e4 12.Be2 OO 0-1(33) Yuferov 2430 -- Gavrikov 2485, Naleczow 1984.

  104. 9...Qe7 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Bf5 12.h4 Rh7 =-=(35) Azmaiparashvili 2672 -- Volokitin 2671, Ermioni Argolidas GRE 2005; 11...e4 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(43) Mititelu 2410 -- Antoshin 2520, Luhacovice CZE 1971.

  105. 10.Qb3 b6 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 h5 0-1(30) Kahn -- Sloth, EU-FSM/8 7073 1970.

  106. 10...Nbd7 11.e4 Bh7 12.f3 Qc7 =-=(27) Gabriel 2569 -- Socko 2577, Stuttgart GER 2003.

  107. 12.Qb3 b6 1-0(25) Dao 2560 -- Horvath, Balatonbereny HUN 1996; 1-0(25) Dao 2560 -- Horvath 2505, Balatonbereny HUN 1996.

  108. 9...Nbd7 10.Bc2 Nf8 11.f3 Ng6 12.Bg3 Ne7 =-=(18) Malaniuk 2575 -- Rashkovsky 2470, Sverdlovsk 1987; 10.f4 Qa5 11.Ne2 e4 12.Bc2 Qa6 1-0(80) Cooper -- Scholz Solis, Haifa ISR 1976.
    9...OO 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.f3 Re8 12.OO Qe7 1-0(26) Kahn -- Duenhaupt, Goch FR06 corr5860 1958.
    9...Qa5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 =-=(75) Hort 2560 -- Suba 2465, Tunis TUN 1985.
    9...g5 10.Bg3 e4 11.Bc2 Qe7 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(72) Padevsky -- Sanguinetti, Varna BUL 1958.
    9...Qe7 10.Ne2 g5 11.Bg3 Nbd7 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(26) Daroczy -- Schmidt 2435, EM/M/A080 ICCF E-mail 1999.

  109. 10...g5 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.h4 Rg8 =-=(21) Drasko 2460 -- Dizdar 2465, Sarajevo BIH 1986; 1-0(30) Miles 2510 -- Iskov 2415, Dortmund GER 1976; =-=(19) Hjartarson 2505 -- De Firmian 2565, Moscow RUS 1990; 0-1(30) Williams 2405 -- Karpov 2700, Nice FRA 1974.
    10...Qe7 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne2 Qe5 1-0(39) Mititelu -- DeMauro, CCOL 1992; =-=(25) Comas Fabrego 2490 -- Yudasin 2625, Pamplona ESP 1994; 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.Qb1 OO =-=(50) Sasikiran 2514 -- Zhang Zhong 2611, Udaipur IND 2000.

  110. 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Qb1 OO 0-1(37) Despotovic -- Brglez, Belgrade-30 jub 7983 1979; 0-1(45) Bangiev 2395 -- Sax 2570, GER 1993; 11...OO 12.Qb1 Re8 0-1(24) Siviero -- Colombo, Italy 1995.

  111. 12.Ba4+ Bd7 0-1(21) Yuneev -- Ivanov, It, Leningrad 1982.
    11...Rg8 12.Nh3 Nb6 1-0(40) Bangiev -- Frolov, sf Simferopol 1988.
    11...exf3 12.Nxf3 Qe7 0-1(49) Hebert 2428 -- Sadvakasov 2509, Stratton Mountain, VT USA 2000.

  112. 9...g5 10.Bg3 e4 11.h4 g4 12.h5 exf3 1-0(27) Rogozenko 2480 -- Sax 2570, Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993; 1-0(30) Bareev 2605 -- Sax 2600, Hastings ENG 1990; 11.f4 Qe7 12.Be2 Rg8 =-=(57) Timman 2510 -- Smyslov 2605, Teesside ENG 1975; 10...Qe7 11.Qc2 h5 12.h4 g4 0-1(37) Pekarek 2480 -- Pinter 2570, Warsaw POL 1987; 0-1(37) Pekarek -- Pinter 2575, Warszawa zt 1987; 10...Qa5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Rb1 a6 1-0(30) Knaak 2500 -- Lukacs 2450, Budapest HUN 1977.
    9...Qe7 10.Bd3 OO 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Bc2 Nbd7 1-0(43) Timman 2550 -- Cuijpers 2430, Leeuwarden NED 1976; 1-0(43) Timman 2550 -- Kuijpers 2430, Leeuwarden NED 1976; 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Nf8 12.Bf2 Ng6 1-0(47) Donner -- Portisch, Madrid ESP 1960.
    9...Qa5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.a4 g5 =-=(22) Timman 2590 -- Sosonko 2530, Wijk aan Zee NED 1977; 10.Qd2 =-= Ree 2460 -- Spassov 2480, Budapest HUN 1977.
    9...OO 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Bf2 Nf8 1-0(43) Donner -- Kuijpers, Amsterdam NED 1961; 1-0(43) Donner -- Cuijpers, Amsterdam NED 1961.
    9...Bf5 10.e4 Bc8 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Ne2 g5 =-=(23) Stettler 2579 -- Brookes 2586, ICCF corr 1999; 10.Qb3 b6 11.g4 Bc8 12.h3 Nbd7 0-1(47) Bohm 2410 -- Panno 2580, Lone Pine, CA USA 1978.
    9...e4 10.fxe4 g5 11.e5 gxh4 12.exf6 Qxf6 =-=(56) Stettler 2579 -- Lukez 2549, ICCF corr 1999.

  113. 10...Nb6 11.a4 a5 12.Qb3 OO =-=(37) Enricci -- Chacon, CADAP Email 2000.
    10...Nf8 11.Qc2 Kd7 12.Ne2 Kc7 =-=(41) Ree 2420 -- Olafsson 2550, Amsterdam NED 1976.

  114. 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bg3 e4 1-0(29) Timman 2650 -- Kudrin 2485, Wijk aan Zee NED 1985; 12...Rg8 =-=(33) Felicio -- Patrici, Argentina 1992; 11...e4 12.Bxe4 g5 1-0(41) Yrjola 2500 -- Schussler 2455, Gjovik 1985.
    11.Qb1 Kd8 12.Ne2 Kc7 =-=(44) Yermolinsky 2620 -- Serper 2560, Tilburg NED 1994.

  115. 12.Bg3 h5 0-1(37) Vinje-Gulbrandsen -- Romanishin 2560, Gausdal open 1979; 12...b5 1-0(51) Timman 2510 -- Razuvaev 2515, Amsterdam NED 1975; 12...Rg8 1-0(37) Enricci -- Colombo, CADAP Email 2000.
    11...Kd8 12.Ne2 Nf8 =-=(41) Knaak 2500 -- Filip 2500, Budapest HUN 1977.