Opening Report
Opening Report
Database: alltwic (784,295 games)
Report: 1.f4 d5 2.d4 (75 games)
ECO: D00a [Queen's Pawn: 2.f4]
Generated by Scid 3.6, 2004.03.04
1. Statistics and History
1.1 Statistics
Games 1-0 =-= 0-1 Score
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All report games 75 29 14 32 48.0%
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1.2 Oldest games
1: 0-1(53) De Labourdonnais -- MacDonnell, London 1834 [10]
2: 1-0(54) De Labourdonnais -- MacDonnell, London 1834 [9]
3: =-=(29) Staunton -- Cochrane, London 1842 [8]
4: 0-1(53) Ware -- Englisch, Vienna 1882 [22]
5: 0-1(55) Ware -- Mason, Vienna 1882 [21]
1.3 Newest games
1: =-=(37) Mariau -- Mace, Nantes FRA 2003.12.27 [2]
2: 1-0(54) Kopinits -- Molnar, Hartberg AUT 2003.08.10 [25]
3: 0-1(31) Kopinits -- Mira 2126, Hartberg AUT 2003.08.07 [6]
4: =-=(14) Bank 2260 -- Heim 2399, Aarhus DEN 2003.08.02 [17]
5: 0-1(9) Osman 2185 -- Al Sayady, Sanaa YEM 2002.10.09 [25]
1.4 Current popularity
Year 1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09
Once every X games 214 --- 25440 --- 16313 8767 10301
Frequency in all years: once every 10457 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 9767 games (up 7% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 10579 games (no change from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 18425 games (down 42% from all years)
1.5 Most frequent players (White)
| 1: | 6 | 1882 | 50% | | Ware, Preston [5,13,21,22] |
| 2: | 5 | 1989-1993 | 30% | | Antusch, Ingrid [9,14,18,20,28] |
| 3: | 4 | 2001-2002 | 38% | | Oberste, Norbert [5,25,37] |
| 4: | 4 | 1998 | 88% | | Cuizon, Cecilia [2,17,33,35] |
| 5: | 3 | 1998-2001 | 100% | 2053 | Stock, Juergen [7,32] |
| 6: | 3 | 2002 | 0% | | Ozkan, Rahmi [3,9,25] |
1.6 Most frequent players (Black)
| 1: | 3 | 1988-1989 | 100% | | Lorenz, Oda [19,20,25] |
| 2: | 2 | 2001 | 0% | 2454 | Meijers, Viesturs [7] |
| 3: | 2 | 2001 | 100% | 2388 | Novakovic, Dragan [11] |
| 4: | 2 | 1834 | 50% | | MacDonnell, Alexander [9,10] |
| 5: | 2 | 2001-2002 | 75% | | Wachovius, Hans-Werner [5] |
| 6: | 1 | 1999 | 100% | 2556 | Ubilava, Elizbar E [40] |
2. Ratings and Performance
2.1 Average ratings and performance
White rating: 2125 (22 games); White performance: 2185 (46% vs 2214)
Black rating: 2214 (26 games); Black performance: 2060 (41% vs 2125)
2.2 Games with highest average rating
1: =-=(30) Teufel -- Klundt, Koenigsfeld 1969 [38]
2: =-=(14) Bank 2260 -- Heim 2399, Aarhus DEN 2003 [17]
3: 0-1(27) Lukic 2258 -- Novakovic 2388, Borovo CRO 2001 [11]
4: 0-1(27) Lukic 2258 -- Novakovic 2388, Borovo 2001 [11]
5: 1-0(27) Basta -- Masternak 2360, Katowice 1990 [32]
6: 1-0(25) Stock 2053 -- Meijers 2454, Ditzingen GER 2001 [7]
7: 1-0(25) Stock 2053 -- Meijers 2454, Ditzingen 2001 [7]
8: 0-1(42) Soloviev 2345 -- Ovsiannikov 2129, Tula RUS 2002 [8]
3. Result Trends
3.1 Result lengths and frequencies
Score Game length Frequency
1-0 =-= 0-1 1-0 =-= 0-1
Report games 48.0% 37 37 42 38.6% 18.6% 42.6%
All games 54.8% 40 35 41 36.2% 33.5% 26.9%
3.2 Shortest wins (White)
1: 1-0(16) Reiser 2112 -- Collin 1750, Passau 2000 [12]
2: 1-0(19) Kiltti 2240 -- Heinimaki, Jyvaskyla 1994 [16]
3: 1-0(22) Stock 2050 -- Damm 2170, Bad Zwesten 1998 [32]
4: 1-0(23) Music 2028 -- Mesin, Pula CRO 2001 [30]
5: 1-0(24) Mudongo 2050 -- Nanteza, Cairo EGY 2001 [12]
3.3 Shortest wins (Black)
1: 0-1(9) Osman 2185 -- Al Sayady, Sanaa YEM 2002 [25]
2: 0-1(21) Inngauer -- Lorenz, Bayern 1989 [19]
3: 0-1(23) Carracedo Rodriguez -- Diez Maniega, Aviles ESP 2001 [36]
4: 0-1(24) Antusch -- Hensel, Bad Wildbad 1993 [9]
5: 0-1(27) Lukic 2258 -- Novakovic 2388, Borovo CRO 2001 [11]
4. Moves and Themes
4.1 Move orders reaching the report position
There were 2 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.d4 d5 2.f4 (52)
2: 1.f4 d5 2.d4 (23)
4.2 Moves from the report position
Move ECO Frequency Score AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
1: Nf6 32: 42.6% 46.8% 2237 1995 13%
2: Bf5 12: 16.0% 33.3% 1976 17%
3: e6 9: 12.0% 94.4% 1958 11%
4: c5 8: 10.6% 18.7% 1939 13%
5: g6 6: 8.0% 41.6% 1982 17%
6: Nc6 4: 5.3% 50.0% 2001 50%
7: c6 2: 2.6% 75.0% 1998 50%
8: f5 1: 1.3% 50.0% 2000 100%
9: Bg4 1: 1.3% 50.0% 1991 100%
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TOTAL: 75:100.0% 48.0% 2214 2139 1981 19%
4.3 Positional Themes
Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
| Same-side castling: | 71% | White Isolated Queen Pawn: | 7% |
| Opposite castling: | 15% | Black Isolated Queen Pawn: | 4% |
| Kingside pawn storm: | 5% | White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: | 48% |
| Queens exchanged: | 49% | Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: | 53% |
| Only one side has Bishop pair: | 8% | Open c/d/e file: | 16% |
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% | 15% | 7% | 19% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 44% |
| All games | 2% | 9% | 9% | 25% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 44% |
5. Theory Table
1.f4 d5 2.d4: +29 =14 -32 (36/75: 48%)
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1 |
d4 Nc61 |
e32 Bf5 |
Nf33 f6 |
Nh4 Be6 |
Be2 Qd7 |
c4 dxc4 |
Qa4 OOO |
Nc3 Kb84 |
8: 56% |
| 2 |
... g6 |
e35 Bg7 |
Nf3 Nf6 |
Bd36 OO |
OO b6 |
Nbd2 Bb7 |
Qe1 Ne4 |
Bxe4 dxe47 |
6: 42% |
| 3 |
... c5 |
e38 Nc69 |
c310 Nf6 |
dxc5 a5 |
Bb5 Bd7 |
Bxc6 Bxc6 |
Nf3 e6 |
Nbd2 a411 |
8: 19% |
| 4 |
... e6 |
Nf312 c513 |
e3 Nc6 |
c3 c414 |
Be2 Nf6 |
OO Be7 |
Ne5 Nxe5 |
fxe5 Ne415 |
9: 94% |
| 5 |
... Bf5 |
Nf316 Nc617 |
e3 e6 |
Bd318 Nce719 |
OO Nf6 |
Ne5 Ne4 |
Nd2 Nxd2 |
Bxd2 Bxd320 |
9: 33% |
| 6 |
... ... |
... e6 |
e3 c521 |
c322 Bxb1 |
Rxb1 Qa5 |
a3 Nc6 |
Bd2 c4 |
Be2 Nf623 |
3: 33% |
| 7 |
... Nf6 |
e324 c525 |
Nf326 g6 |
Be2 Bg7 |
c3 Nbd7 |
OO OO |
Nbd2 Ng4 |
Nb1 Nh627 |
11: 32% |
| 8 |
... ... |
Nf3 c528 |
e3 e629 |
c3 Qc730 |
Bd3 Be7 |
OO OO |
Nbd2 cxd4 |
exd4 Qxf431 |
8: 56% |
| 9 |
... ... |
... e6 |
e3 Nbd732 |
Bd3 Ne433 |
Bxe4 dxe4 |
Ne5 Nxe5 |
fxe5 Qh4+ |
g3 Qh334 |
4: 75% |
| 10 |
... ... |
... Bf5 |
e335 e636 |
Be237 Bd638 |
OO Nbd739 |
Nbd2 c5 |
Ne5 h6 |
c3 a640 |
9: 44% |
- 2...c6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bd3 Nh6 6.OO Bf5 7.c3 Nd7 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.Bxf5 Nxf5 10.Re1 Nd6 1-0(85) Achleitner 1830 -- Hicker 2105, Finkenstein 1996;
3...Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e6 7.OO g6 8.Qe1 Bg7 9.Ne5 Bf5 10.Qe2 h5 =-=(25) O'Connor -- Connolly 2105, Bunratty IRL 1999.
2...Bg4 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.Bd3 Ne4 6.OO e6 7.Nbd2 f5 8.Qe1 Be7 9.c4 c6 10.Rb1 a5 =-=(71) Aubry -- Schall 2255, FRA 1991.
2...f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.a3 g6 8.b4 e6 9.Qd3 Qd6 10.Bd2 Bg7 =-=(54) Klootwijk -- Lafeber, Vlissingen NED 2000.
- 3.c3 Nf6 4.Nd2 Bf5 5.Ngf3 e6 6.e3 a6 7.Be2 Be7 8.OO Nb8 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.g4 Be4 =-=(37) Mariau -- Mace, Nantes FRA 2003.
3.Nf3 Bf5 4.e3 Nf6 5.c3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Rb8 8.Nd2 Be7 9.Nhf3 Bf5 10.Be2 OO 1-0(43) Cuizon -- Veale, Elista 1998.
- 4.c3 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Ne5 OO 8.Nd2 Ne4 9.OO f6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 0-1(35) Ozkan -- Yildirim, Antalya TUR 2002.
- 10.Nf3 Qd6 =-=(33) Raivio 2148 -- Lampen 2308, Jyvaskyla FIN 2000.
- 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 OO 6.OO e6 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.b3 c5 10.Ba3 Nbd7 0-1(79) Oberste -- Wachovius, Recklinghausen GER 2001;
6.Nbd2 e6 7.OO b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.Qf3 c5 10.c3 Nc6 =-=(30) Oberste -- Wachovius, Recklinghausen GER 2002;
4...Bg4 5.Be2 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 c6 7.OO e6 8.Bd2 Ne7 9.c3 Nd7 10.Na3 OO 0-1(76) Ware -- Winawer, Vienna 1882.
- 5.Be2 OO 6.OO b6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 Ne4 9.Nd2 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 f6 0-1(31) Kopinits -- Mira 2126, Hartberg AUT 2003.
- 10.Ng5 Qd7 1-0(25) Stock 2053 -- Meijers 2454, Ditzingen GER 2001;
1-0(25) Stock 2053 -- Meijers 2454, Ditzingen 2001.
- 3.c3 Nc6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 g6 6.h3 Nh5 7.Ne2 e5 8.fxe5 Qh4+ 9.Kd2 c4 10.Bc2 Bh6 0-1(42) Soloviev 2345 -- Ovsiannikov 2129, Tula RUS 2002;
4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.OO f5 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 =-=(29) Staunton -- Cochrane, London 1842.
- 3...Nf6 4.c3 Bf5 5.Be2 e6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.OO Nc6 8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.exd4 Bxf4 10.Nh4 Be3+ 0-1(62) Ozkan -- Ozdemir, Izmir TUR 2002;
5.Bd3 Ne4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.OO e6 8.Nbd2 Nxc3 9.Qc2 Ne2+ 10.Kh1 Bxd3 0-1(24) Antusch -- Hensel, Bad Wildbad 1993.
3...e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 cxd4 6.exd4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.OO OO 10.Kh1 a6 1-0(54) De Labourdonnais -- MacDonnell, London 1834.
- 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c4 Bg4 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qxd5 8.Qxd5 Nxd5 9.Bb5 cxd4 10.exd4 Nb4 0-1(53) De Labourdonnais -- MacDonnell, London 1834.
- 10.Nd4 Bxc5 0-1(27) Lukic 2258 -- Novakovic 2388, Borovo CRO 2001;
0-1(27) Lukic 2258 -- Novakovic 2388, Borovo 2001.
- 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.OO Qe7 8.Nbd2 OOO 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Bxe4 h5 1-0(16) Reiser 2112 -- Collin 1750, Passau 2000;
3...Nf6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.Nf3 OO 6.OO b6 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.c3 c5 10.Ndf3 Ne8 1-0(24) Mudongo 2050 -- Nanteza, Cairo EGY 2001.
- 3...Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.OO c4 8.Bc2 b5 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Bd2 a5 1-0(45) Ware -- Hruby, Vienna 1882;
5.Be2 OO 6.OO b6 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.Ndf3 c5 10.c3 Rc8 1-0(42) Granitzki -- Heyne, Bad Wildbad 1993;
4...Bd6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.OO a6 8.Bd2 OO 9.a3 b6 10.h3 Bb7 1-0(38) Ware -- Weiss, Vienna 1882.
3...b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.OO Nd7 7.Bd2 Ngf6 8.Be1 c5 9.c3 a6 10.Bh4 Qc7 1-0(52) Ware -- Meitner, Vienna 1882.
- 5...a6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.OO c4 9.Bc2 b5 10.a3 a5 =-=(27) Antusch -- Schmid, Vorra 1990.
5...Bd6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.OO OO 8.Ne5 Ne7 9.Nd2 b6 10.g4 Ne8 1-0(45) Gannholm -- Hellstrom, Vaxjo 1992.
- 10.Nd2 b5 1-0(48) Rodriguez Garcia -- Martinez Gonzalez, Mallorca ESP 2000.
- 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Ne5 Nxe5 8.fxe5 Nd7 9.Nd2 Be7 10.OO OO 0-1(27) Szaraz 2118 -- Palecek 2203, Nove Zamky SVK 1999;
4...Nf6 5.Bd3 Be4 6.Nbd2 Bb4 7.OO Nbd7 8.Ne5 Qe7 9.Qe2 OOO 10.a3 Bd6 0-1(42) Lazic -- Clasen, Wiesbaden 1999;
4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.OO Bd6 7.Ne5 c5 8.c3 OO 9.Qc2 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ne4 1-0(19) Kiltti 2240 -- Heinimaki, Jyvaskyla 1994.
- 3...Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.OO Ne4 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.Ne5 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 OO 10.Be1 f6 =-=(14) Bank 2260 -- Heim 2399, Aarhus DEN 2003;
5...c5 6.c3 c4 7.OO Bd6 8.b3 b5 9.a4 Bxb1 10.Rxb1 a6 =-=(54) Cuizon -- Ovezova 2140, Elista 1998.
3...h6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Be2 e6 6.OO c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Nd2 Be7 10.g4 Bh7 1-0(59) Granitzki -- Mayer, Bad Wildbad 1993.
- 5.Be2 Nf6 6.OO Bd6 7.c3 OO 8.Ne5 Ne7 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.Nd2 f6 0-1(34) Antusch -- Stegmaier, Bayern 1989.
- 5...Bg4 6.c3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nd5 10.OO Bd6 0-1(21) Inngauer -- Lorenz, Bayern 1989.
- 10.Nxd3 f6 0-1(62) Antusch -- Lorenz, Bayern 1989.
- 4...Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg6 6.OO c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.a3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 c4 10.Qe2 Bd6 0-1(55) Ware -- Mason, Vienna 1882.
- 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.OO Qb6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.c3 Nf6 9.Qa4 Bd3 10.Re1 Bd6 0-1(53) Ware -- Englisch, Vienna 1882.
- 10.OO h5 1-0(27) Reiser 2112 -- Haeussler 1750, Passau 2000.
- 3.Nd2 Bf5 4.Ngf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.c3 Bd6 7.Be2 c5 8.Ne5 a6 9.a4 b6 10.OO OO 0-1(31) Lebel-Arias 2150 -- Trabert 2225, Tuzla 1987.
- 3...Bg4 4.Be2 Qd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Nfd2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nc6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.a3 0-1 Osman 2185 -- Al Sayady, Sanaa YEM 2002;
4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Be7 7.OO Nbd7 8.Qe1 Bxf3 9.Rxf3 Ne4 10.Rf1 OO 0-1(52) Ozkan -- Yildiz, Izmir TUR 2002.
3...Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Ne4 6.OO c5 7.c3 c4 8.Bxe4 Bxe4 9.Nbd2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nd7 1-0(54) Kopinits -- Molnar, Hartberg AUT 2003;
5...Bxd3 6.Qxd3 c6 7.OO Ne4 8.Nbd2 f5 9.Ne5 Nd7 10.Ndf3 Nxe5 0-1(63) Illig -- Lorenz, Bayern 1988.
3...g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 OO 7.Bd3 b6 8.Nf1 Bb7 9.g4 c5 10.c3 e6 0-1(57) Bjorseth -- Bentsen, NOR 2002.
3...Ne4 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nf3 b6 6.Nbd2 Nd6 7.Qe2 c5 8.c3 Be7 9.OO Nd7 10.Ne5 OO 0-1(47) Oberste -- Kock 2173, Recklinghausen GER 2002.
3...c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e6 7.OO Bd6 8.c3 Qc7 9.Qe1 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 OOO =-=(34) Xu Yaping -- Frick, Istanbul TUR 2000.
3...e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bd6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.OO Qb6 9.Kh1 Bxf4 10.Bxf4 Qxb2 1-0(24) Lazic -- Sefeloge, Wiesbaden 1999.
- 4.c3 c4 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.OO OO 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.Na3 a6 10.Be1 Ne4 1-0(41) Fant 2090 -- Egilsson, Gausdal NOR 1999.
- 10.Bd3 Nf6 0-1(51) Lebel-Arias 2085 -- Botsari-Miladinovic 2160, Dortmund 1989.
- 3...g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bd3 OO 6.OO Nbd7 7.c3 Ne8 8.e4 dxe4 9.Bxe4 Ndf6 10.Bc2 Nd6 1-0(36) Urbanek 2112 -- Moryc, Zakopane POL 2001.
3...b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 OO 8.OO c5 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rd1 cxd4 0-1(48) Hamelmann -- Wittal, Bayern 1988.
3...Ne4 4.e3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.OO h5 7.Ne5 f6 8.Nxg4 hxg4 9.Bxg4 f5 10.Bh3 g5 0-1(51) Krstevski -- Stoilkovski, Skopje FRM 1998.
3...Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.OO Be7 8.Qe1 c4 9.Bc2 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 Ne4 1-0(31) Antusch -- Miethsam, Vorra 1990.
- 4...Nc6 5.c3 c4 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 Bg4 8.Bd3 e6 9.OO Be7 10.Nbd2 OO 0-1(40) Irimia -- Zsiltzova-Lisenko 2273, Zakopane POL 2000.
4...Bg4 5.Be2 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e6 7.OO Nc6 8.c3 Qc7 9.g3 Be7 10.Bg2 OO =-=(43) Granitzki -- Wollsdorf, Bad Wildbad 1993.
- 5...Nc6 6.Bd3 Rb8 7.a4 a6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.OO b5 10.Ne5 Qc7 1-0(23) Music 2028 -- Mesin, Pula CRO 2001.
- 10.Ne4 Qc7 1-0(27) La Rosa 2005 -- Moncayo Romero 2220, Merida VEN 2001.
- 4...c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.a4 Bd6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.Ne5 cxd4 9.exd4 Ne4 10.Nd2 f5 1-0(27) Basta -- Masternak 2360, Katowice 1990.
4...Bd6 5.Bd3 h6 6.Nbd2 Bd7 7.OO Nc6 8.c3 Ne7 9.Ne5 c6 10.Qe2 Qc7 1-0(22) Stock 2050 -- Damm 2170, Bad Zwesten 1998.
- 5...c5 6.c3 Be7 7.OO OO 8.Nbd2 b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Qf3 Ne8 1-0(42) Cuizon -- Sommer 2070, Elista 1998.
- 10.Qe2 Bd7 0-1(51) Wyss 2210 -- Proietti, Palocco 1997.
- 4.Nh4 Be4 5.Nd2 e6 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.g3 Be7 8.Nf3 c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.c3 c4 1-0(37) Cuizon -- Goi, Elista 1998.
- 4...a6 5.Bd3 Bd7 6.OO e6 7.Ne5 Be7 8.Bd2 OO 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rf3 h6 0-1(23) Carracedo Rodriguez -- Diez Maniega, Aviles ESP 2001.
- 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.cxd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.OO OO 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Ne5 Rc8 0-1(33) Bosch -- Niedermaier, Bayern 1989;
5...Nbd7 6.OO c5 7.Bb5 Rc8 8.c3 a6 9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 Ne4 1-0(55) Oberste -- Rolle, Recklinghausen GER 2002.
5.b3 Bd6 6.Be2 OO 7.OO c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Bb2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 0-1(31) Jemail -- Gervais 2225, Cappelle la Grande 1995.
- 5...c5 6.OO Be7 7.Nbd2 OO 8.Ne5 Nc6 9.c3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 =-=(30) Teufel -- Klundt, Koenigsfeld 1969.
5...Be7 6.OO OO 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.a3 Rc8 10.h3 Ne4 =-=(49) Demail -- Demirel 2185, Cappelle la Grande 1995.
- 6...OO 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 Nfd7 9.Nd2 cxd4 10.exd4 Nxe5 1-0(28) Vinje-Gulbrandsen -- Rugiadini, Zuerich 1962.
- 10.g4 Bh7 0-1(34) Costa -- Ubilava 2556, Lisbon POR 1999.