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Opening Report

Database: masters (557,281 games)
Report: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 (96 games)
ECO: B12t [Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O]
Generated by Scid 3.6, 2004.03.10

BR :: BQ BK BB BN BR
BP BP :: :: BP BP BP
:: BN :: BP :: ::
:: BP BP WP BB ::
:: WP :: ::
:: :: :: WN ::
WP WP WP :: WB WP WP WP
WR WN WB WQ :: WR WK

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
-----------------------------------------------------------
 All report games     96      34      35      22    56.2%
-----------------------------------------------------------

1.2 Oldest games

1: =-=(34) Vogt -- Kasparov, ? 1980 [11]
2: =-=(34) Vogt 2510 -- Kasparov 2595, Baku 1980 [11]
3: =-=(34) Vogt Lothar -- Kasparov Gary, Baku 1980 [11]
4: 0-1(26) Feistenauer -- Hodgson, Groningen 1981 [4]
5: =-=(23) Weiner -- Assmann, Tirschenreuth 1982 [3]

1.3 Newest games

1: =-=(20) Di Paolo 2325 -- Cocozza 2356, Arvier ITA 2003.11.25 [2]
2: 0-1(24) Klein 2265 -- Boehnisch 2375, Bad Zwischenahn GER 2003.11.20 [9]
3: =-=(8) Sermek 2577 -- Stohl 2556, Rabac CRO 2003.09.15 [6]
4: =-=(36) Klinova 2368 -- Makka 2234, Istanbul TUR 2003.06.03 [7]
5: 1-0(43) Espinosa 2414 -- Smith 2257, Bled SLO 2002.10.29 [5]

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games   ---     ---     ---     ---    18648   2209    12889
Frequency in all years: once every 5805 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 8674 games (down 32% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 12301 games (down 52% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 9863 games (down 40% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 6 1990-1993 50% Short Nigel D [14,22,25,31,41]
2: 4 1990-1992 63% 2685 Short, N [14,22,31,41]
3: 4 1992 75% Anand Viswanathan [13,23,37,38]
4: 3 1992-2002 83% 2685 Short, Nigel D [22,28,41]
5: 3 1991-1992 50% 2670 Anand, V [23,37,38]
6: 2 1994 50% 2715 Shirov, Alexei D [43,45]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 6 1992-1994 50% 2740 Karpov, Anatoly [13,22,23,41,45]
2: 6 1990-1994 58% 2635 Seirawan, Y [12,14,26,31,38,42]
3: 5 1992-1994 40% Karpov Anatoly [13,22,23,41,45]
4: 4 1991-1994 50% 2740 Karpov, An [22,23,41,45]
5: 3 1990-1992 33% Seirawan Yasser [14,31,38]
6: 2 1994-1996 25% 2675 Epishin, V [34,36]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2498 (74 games); White performance: 2558 (58% vs 2501)
Black rating: 2501 (71 games); Black performance: 2433 (41% vs 2498)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: =-=(14) Yermolinsky Alex (USA) -- Khalifman Alexander (RUS), Rakvere (Estonia) 1993 [44]
2: =-=(26) Ivanchuk 2714 -- Anand 2781, Linares ESP 1999 [24]
3: 0-1(38) Shirov 2715 -- Karpov 2740, ? 1994 [45]
4: 0-1(38) Shirov 2705 -- Karpov 2740, Las Palmas 1994 [45]
5: 0-1(38) Shirov 2705 -- Karpov 2740, Las Palmas 1994 [45]
6: 1-0(76) Short 2685 -- Karpov 2725, ? 1992 [41]
7: 1-0(76) Short 2685 -- Karpov 2725, Linares 1992 [41]
8: =-=(32) Short 2685 -- Karpov 2725, ? 1992 [22]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    56.5%     42     37     41   35.4%   36.4%   22.9% 
 All games       55.2%     42     34     43   33.3%   39.3%   23.2%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(17) Ady 2412 -- Furdzik 2249, New York USA 1999 [15]
2: 1-0(22) Sulskis 2455 -- Abbink 2330, Pardubice 1994 [29]
3: 1-0(23) Short 2675 -- Ledger 2418, Birmingham ENG 2002 [28]
4: 1-0(26) Giaccio 2410 -- Sorokin 2550, ? 1995 [18]
5: 1-0(27) Gerber 2432 -- Zenklusen 2234, Crans Montana SUI 2001 [15]

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(22) Abreu 2480 -- Gonzalez 2444, Holguin City CUB 2002 [21]
2: 0-1(23) Hokkanen 2240 -- Tiitta 2237, FIN 2001 [10]
3: 0-1(24) Klein 2265 -- Boehnisch 2375, Bad Zwischenahn GER 2003 [9]
4: 0-1(26) Feistenauer -- Hodgson, Groningen 1981 [4]
5: 0-1(29) Novikov 2245 -- Ruzele 2500, Vilnius 1995 [44]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 3 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 (83)
2: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 (12)
3: 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 (1)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: c3                75: 78.1%   60.0%  2530  2613  1994   33%
 2: Be3               15: 15.6%   40.0%  2375  2286  1995   40%
 3: c4                 3:  3.1%   33.3%              1989   67%
 4: Nc3                1:  1.0%   50.0%              2002  100%
 5: a3                 1:  1.0%  100.0%              2002    0%
 6: b3                 1:  1.0%   50.0%              2001  100%
_______________________________________________________________
TOTAL:                96:100.0%   56.2%  2498  2544  1994   36%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 70% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 7%
Opposite castling: 5% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 3%
Kingside pawn storm: 6% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 100%
Queens exchanged: 56% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 29%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 3% Open c/d/e file: 83%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:
P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,RQ,R,BN
Report games 1% 9% 6% 25% 1% 6% 3% 48%
All games 2% 9% 9% 26% 2% 5% 4% 44%

5. Theory Table

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6: +34 =35 -22 (51.5/96: 57%)
7891011121314
1 c41
dxc4 		Be32
Nge73 		Bxc4
cxd4 		Nxd4
Nxd4 		Bxd4
Nc6 		Bc3
Qxd1 		Rxd1
Bc5 		Nd2
OOO4 		6: 50%
2 Be3
cxd45 		Nxd4
Nge7 		f46
Nxd4 		Bxd47
Nc6 		c3
Be7 		g4
Be4 		Nd2
Nxd4 		cxd4
OO8 		10: 45%
3 ...
... 		...
Nxd4 		Qxd49
Ne7 		Bb5+10
Nc6 		Qa4
Qc7 		c4
dxc4 		Rc1
Be7 		Nd2
OO11 		5: 30%
4 c3
Bg612 		Be3
cxd4 		cxd4
Nge7 		Nc3
Nf5 		Rc1
Be7 		Na4
OO 		Nc5
Bxc5 		Rxc5
Qb613 		6: 67%
5 ...
Qb6 		dxc514
Bxc5 		b4
Be715 		Qa416
Kf8 		b5
Na517 		Nbd2
Nh6 		Nb3
Nxb3 		axb3
Be418 		9: 89%
6 ...
Bg4 		Nbd219
cxd4 		cxd420
Nge721 		h322
Bxf3 		Nxf3
Nf5 		Rb1
Qb6 		Be3
Be7 		b4
OO23 		11: 50%
7 ...
cxd4 		cxd424
Nge725 		Be326
Nc827 		Nbd228
Nb6 		Rc1
Be729 		Bb5
OO 		Bxc6
bxc6 		Qe2
Qc830 		10: 70%
8 ...
... 		...
... 		b3
Nc831 		Bb2
Be7 		Nbd232
OO 		a3
h6 		Rc1
f6 		b4
Nb633 		7: 43%
9 ...
... 		...
... 		Nc3
Nc834 		Be3
Nb635 		Rc136
Be7 		Na4
OO37 		Nc5
Bxc5 		Rxc5
Nd738 		11: 64%
10 ...
... 		...
... 		a3
Be439 		Nbd240
Nf5 		b4
a541 		g442
Bxf3 		Nxf3
Nh4 		Nxh4
Qxh443 		9: 89%
11 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Nc8 		Nbd244
Be7 		b3
a5 		Bb2
N8a7 		Re1
OO 		Nf1
Rc845 		12: 21%
  1. 7.a3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Ne7 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.c4 dxc4 12.Qxc4 a6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bf4 Be7 15.Bf3 Rc8 1-0(54) Inarkiev 2545 -- Macieja 2607, Pardubice CZE 2002.
    7.b3 a6 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Ne7 11.c4 Nc6 12.Qf4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bc5 14.Nc3 OO 15.Rad1 Qc7 =-=(27) Dembo 2342 -- Tian Tian 2224, Budapest HUN 2001.
    7.Nc3 a6 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.Re1 h6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Ne7 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.cxd3 Nc6 15.Ne2 Bb4 =-=(66) Illijin 2240 -- Sitnik 2296, Bled SLO 2002.

  2. 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.Qb3 a6 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Qb6 h6 12.Bd2 Nge7 13.Na3 Ng6 14.Rac1 Be7 15.Rfe1 Bg4 =-=(20) Di Paolo 2325 -- Cocozza 2356, Arvier ITA 2003.

  3. 8...Qb6 9.Na3 Bd3 10.Bxd3 cxd3 11.Qxd3 Rd8 12.dxc5 Qxb2 13.Nc4 Rxd3 14.Nxb2 Rd5 15.Rfc1 Nh6 =-=(23) Weiner -- Assmann, Tirschenreuth 1982.

  4. 15.Nb3 Bb6 0-1(26) Feistenauer -- Hodgson, Groningen 1981.

  5. 7...Bg4 8.dxc5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nxe5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.b4 Be7 12.f4 Nc6 13.b5 Na5 14.Nc3 OO 15.Rb1 Rc8 0-1(37) Schmitzer 2325 -- Dietz 2285, Dudweiler 1996; 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.c4 Be7 13.Nc3 OO 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qa4 d4 1-0(50) Olsson 2265 -- Eriksson 2335, Linkoping SWE 2001; 9...Nge7 10.c4 Nxe5 11.cxd5 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qxd5 13.Qe2 Qc6 14.Nc3 Nf5 15.b4 Be7 1-0(43) Espinosa 2414 -- Smith 2257, Bled SLO 2002; 8.c3 Nge7 9.dxc5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nxe5 11.Nd2 Nf5 12.Bd4 Nc6 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Bg4 Nfxd4 15.cxd4 OO 0-1(61) Szalanczy 2420 -- Dorfman 2520, Debrecen 1988.
    7...Nge7 8.c4 cxd4 9.Bxd4 dxc4 10.Na3 Nd5 11.Nxc4 Nf4 12.Re1 Bb4 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Bf1 Bg4 =-=(53) Jepson 2325 -- Paramos Dominguez 2355, Mondariz 1994.

  6. 9.c4 dxc4 10.Qa4 Qa5 11.Qxc4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.Bc3 Qb6 14.Nd2 Be7 15.Qf4 OO 1-0(41) Burnett 2420 -- Rubenchik 2302, Philadelphia USA 1999; 10...a6 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Na3 b5 13.Nxc4 Nd5 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 0-1(43) Burnett Ronald -- Nisipeanu Liviu Dieter, Groningen 1997.
    =-= Sermek 2577 -- Stohl 2556, Rabac CRO 2003.

  7. 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd2 h5 12.Na3 Bxa3 13.bxa3 Qa5 14.Rfd1 Qxa3 15.Rdb1 Qe7 =-=(36) Klinova 2368 -- Makka 2234, Istanbul TUR 2003.

  8. 15.Qb3 Qb6 0-1(55) Ponikarovsky -- Astashov 2245, St Petersburg RUS 1998.

  9. 9.Bxd4 Ne7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Bf2 g5 12.Nd2 gxf4 13.Nf3 Rg8 14.Kh1 Be4 15.Qd2 Bh6 0-1(24) Klein 2265 -- Boehnisch 2375, Bad Zwischenahn GER 2003.

  10. 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.g4 Bg6 12.f4 Qh4 13.Qb5 OOO 14.Nd2 f6 15.Qa4 fxe5 0-1(23) Hokkanen 2240 -- Tiitta 2237, FIN 2001.

  11. 15.Bxc6 bxc6 =-=(34) Vogt -- Kasparov, ? 1980; =-=(34) Vogt 2510 -- Kasparov 2595, Baku 1980; =-=(34) Vogt Lothar -- Kasparov Gary, Baku 1980.

  12. 7...Rc8 8.a3 h6 9.b4 c4 10.a4 Nge7 11.Na3 Ng6 12.Nc2 Nh4 13.Ne3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bd3 15.Be2 Bxe2 1-0(41) Nunn John D M (ENG) 2625 -- Korchnoi Viktor (SUI) 2615, Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1994.
    7...c4 8.b3 b5 9.a4 a6 10.Na3 h6 11.Bb2 Bxa3 12.Bxa3 Nge7 13.Bc5 OO 14.b4 Rb8 15.Nh4 Bh7 0-1(51) Nunn 2615 -- Seirawan 2600, ? 1992.
    7...f6 8.Qa4 a6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Bb6 11.Bf4 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Ne7 13.Bh5+ g6 14.Bf3 OO 15.Nxc6 Nxc6 0-1(30) Hacche 2295 -- Byrne, Melbourne 1991.
    7...h5 8.Qa4 Bg4 9.Be3 Qb6 10.Nbd2 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 c4 12.b3 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.bxc4 dxc4 1-0(38) Johansson 2275 -- Angqvist 2215, Vaxjo 1992.

  13. 15.Qd2 a6 1-0(52) Anand 2670 -- Karpov 2725, Roquebrune 1992; 1-0(52) Anand Viswanathan -- Karpov Anatoly, Monte Carlo 1992.

  14. 8.Qa4 c4 9.Nbd2 Qa5 10.Qd1 h6 11.Re1 b5 12.b4 Nxb4 13.cxb4 Bxb4 14.Nf1 Ne7 15.Ng3 Bg6 1-0(60) Short Nigel D -- Seirawan Yasser, Tilburg 1990; 1-0(60) Short 2610 -- Seirawan 2635, ? 1990; 8...a6 9.Nbd2 Rc8 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nb3 Ne7 12.Nxc5 Qxc5 13.Qb3 Qa7 14.Be3 Qb8 15.Bc5 Nxe5 1-0(34) Kun 2260 -- Nyaradi 2300, Budapest HUN 1999.
    8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nge7 10.Nb3 Be4 11.Be3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nf5 13.Rc1 Be7 14.Bg4 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bg5 0-1(57) Handoko 2475 -- Adianto 2605, Jakarta 1996.

  15. 9...Bf8 10.b5 Na5 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Qa4 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Bc5 14.Qg4 g6 15.Bg5 h6 1-0(27) Gerber 2432 -- Zenklusen 2234, Crans Montana SUI 2001; 10.Qa4 Ne7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Na3 Nc8 13.b5 Nb8 14.b6+ Qd7 15.Nb5 Kd8 1-0(17) Ady 2412 -- Furdzik 2249, New York USA 1999.

  16. 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Nbd2 f6 12.Qa4 Kf7 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Rac1 Bd6 15.b5 Qa5 1-0(39) Pablo Marin 2410 -- Tejero Royo, ESP 1995.

  17. 11...Nb8 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5+ Qxc5 14.Nbd2 Nd7 15.Nb3 Qc7 1-0(31) Reinderman 2415 -- Garabedian 2215, Cappelle la Grande 1993.

  18. 15.Be3 Bc5 1-0(26) Giaccio 2410 -- Sorokin 2550, ? 1995.

  19. 8.Be3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nge7 11.Na3 Nf5 12.Nc2 Nfxd4 13.cxd4 Be7 14.Be2 Qb6 15.Rb1 OO =-=(50) Kristensen 2445 -- Hakulinen 2355, Gausdal 1993; 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 Nge7 10.Nbd2 Nf5 11.Rc1 Bb4 12.a3 Bxd2 13.Qxd2 OO 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qb6 1-0(33) Dunne 2270 -- Blocker 2380, Philadelphia 1994.

  20. 9.Nxd4 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Ne7 12.f4 Nf5 13.Nf3 h5 14.Be3 Be7 15.Bf2 Rc8 =-=(42) Satta 2290 -- Bleunven, Paris 1993.

  21. 9...Qb6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nb3 Nge7 12.g4 Bg6 13.a3 h5 14.Ng5 hxg4 15.hxg4 Rc8 0-1(22) Abreu 2480 -- Gonzalez 2444, Holguin City CUB 2002; 10.a3 Nge7 11.b4 Nf5 12.Bb2 Be7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 OO 15.Qd2 g6 =-=(57) Jelling 2365 -- Ledger 2350, Festuge 1991.

  22. 10.a3 Nf5 11.b4 Be7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 OO 14.Bb2 a6 15.Qd2 Rc8 =-=(32) Short 2685 -- Karpov 2725, ? 1992; =-=(32) Short Nigel D -- Karpov Anatoly, Linares 1992; =-=(32) Short 2685 -- Karpov 2725, Linares 1992.

  23. 15.Bd3 Nxe3 =-=(27) Anand 2650 -- Karpov 2730, ? 1991; =-=(27) Anand 2650 -- Karpov 2730, Reggio Emilia 1992; =-=(27) Anand Viswanathan -- Karpov Anatoly, Reggio Emilia 1992.

  24. 8.Nxd4 Nge7 9.Nxf5 Nxf5 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Re1 d4 12.a3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 OO 14.Qf3 Nh4 15.Qe4 Ng6 =-=(26) Ivanchuk 2714 -- Anand 2781, Linares ESP 1999; =-=(26) Ivanchuk Vassily -- Anand Viswanathan, Linares 1999; 10...g6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.f4 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 h5 14.b4 Bb6 15.a4 a6 1-0(34) Minasian 2600 -- Asrian 2575, Yerevan ARM 1999.

  25. 8...Bb4 9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 Bb6 11.Bb2 Nge7 12.Nbd2 Be4 13.Re1 OO 14.Bf1 Bg6 15.h3 Rc8 =-=(42) Short Nigel D -- Korchnoi Viktor, Monte Carlo 1993; =-=(42) Short Nigel D (ENG) 2655 -- Korchnoi Viktor (SUI) 2625, Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1993.

  26. 9.Nbd2 Nc8 10.a3 a5 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 OO 13.Re1 N8a7 14.Nf1 Qb6 15.Ng3 Bg6 *(25) Kreiman 2425 -- Seirawan 2585, ? 1994.

  27. 9...Bxb1 10.Rxb1 Nf5 11.Bd3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 g6 13.Bb5 Rc8 14.Rc1 Bh6 15.Qd2 OO *(18) Xie 2515 -- Chiburdanidze 2505, ? 1994.

  28. 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Na4 Nb6 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Nd4 Ndxe5 15.g4 Nxd4 1-0(23) Short 2675 -- Ledger 2418, Birmingham ENG 2002.

  29. 11...Rc8 12.Ne1 Qd7 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nd3 Rc7 15.f4 Be7 1-0(22) Sulskis 2455 -- Abbink 2330, Pardubice 1994.

  30. 15.Bg5 Bxg5 1-0(36) Lutz 2575 -- Peelen 2395, Groningen 1995.

  31. 9...Be4 10.Nbd2 Nf5 11.Bb2 Bb4 12.g4 Nh4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Nxh4 Qxh4 15.Qc2 h5 0-1(46) Short 2685 -- Seirawan 2600, ? 1992; 0-1(46) Short Nigel D -- Seirawan Yasser, Amsterdam 1992; 12...Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Nfe7 14.Ne1 h5 15.gxh5 Nf5 0-1(40) Short Nigel D -- Garcia Palermo Carlos, Manila 1992.
    9...Rc8 10.Bb2 Ng6 11.Qd2 Bb4 12.Qe3 OO 13.a3 Ba5 14.Nc3 f6 15.Nb5 fxe5 =-=(67) Vujacic 2340 -- Drazic 2395, Igalo 1994.

  32. 11.Na3 OO 12.Nc2 Nb6 13.Nfe1 Bg6 14.Nd3 a5 15.a4 Nc8 =-=(42) Kindermann 2535 -- Polak 2410, ? 1994.

  33. 15.exf6 Bxf6 1-0(35) Nunn 2590 -- Stohl 2545, ? 1993; 1-0(35) Nunn 2590 -- Stohl 2545, Pardubice 1993.

  34. 9...Bg4 10.Ne1 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Nf5 12.Nc2 Qb6 13.b3 Be7 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Ne3 Nxe3 =-=(44) Minasian 2580 -- Epishin 2645, ? 1996.
    9...Be4 10.Be3 Nf5 11.a3 Be7 12.b4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bg5 14.Qd3 OO 15.Bg4 Nxe3 1-0(35) Kanefsck 2370 -- Martinez, Mar del Plata 1993.

  35. 10...Be7 11.Rc1 Nb6 12.Na4 Nxa4 13.Qxa4 OO 14.a3 a6 15.b4 Qe8 =-=(61) Grosar 2480 -- Lobron 2620, Graz 1993; *(24) Grosar 2480 -- Lobron 2620, ? 1993; 11.Ne1 OO 12.f4 Bg6 13.g4 f5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Nf3 Nb6 0-1(36) Dembo 2341 -- Maric 2446, Herceg Novi YUG 2001.

  36. 11.Na4 Be7 12.Rc1 Nxa4 13.Qxa4 OO 14.a3 a6 15.b4 a5 1-0(59) Hellers 2560 -- Epishin 2675, ? 1994; 1-0(59) Hellers 2560 -- Epishin 2675, Malmo 1994.

  37. 12...Nxa4 13.Qxa4 OO 14.Bb5 Nb4 15.a3 Nd3 =-=(72) Anand 2670 -- Speelman 2630, ? 1992; =-=(72) Anand Viswanathan -- Speelman Jonathan S, Linares 1992.

  38. 15.Rc3 a6 1-0(69) Anand Viswanathan -- Seirawan Yasser, Monte Carlo 1992.
    * Anand 2670 -- Seirawan 2600, ? 1992.

  39. 9...Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nf5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Qb6 13.Be3 Be7 14.b4 OO 15.Bd3 Nxe3 =-=(18) Masternak 2350 -- Meduna 2470, Ceske Budejovice 1993.

  40. 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nf5 12.Be3 Be7 13.Bg4 Nxe3 14.fxe3 OO 15.Rf2 Bh4 1-0(35) Glek 2545 -- Luther 2465, ? 1993.

  41. 11...Qb6 12.Bb2 Be7 13.Re1 Rd8 14.Bf1 a5 15.Nxe4 dxe4 1-0(76) Short 2685 -- Karpov 2725, ? 1992; 1-0(76) Short 2685 -- Karpov 2725, Linares 1992; 1-0(76) Short Nigel D -- Karpov Anatoly, Linares 1992.

  42. 12.bxa5 Qxa5 13.g4 Nfxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxe4 Nxe2+ =-=(24) Yermolinsky 2615 -- Seirawan 2605, ? 1992.

  43. 15.b5 Nb8 1-0(29) Shirov 2715 -- Magem Badals 2505, Madrid 1994; 1-0(29) Shirov 2715 -- Magem Badals 2505, ? 1994; 1-0(29) Shirov Alexei -- Magem Badals Jordi, Madrid 1994.

  44. 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 N8xe7 12.b4 OO 13.Nbd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3 =-=(37) Yermolinsky 2660 -- Leko 2670, ? 1998; =-=(36) Yermolinsky Alex -- Leko Peter, Madrid 1998; 13...Qb6 14.Nb3 Bg4 =-= Yermolinsky Alex (USA) -- Khalifman Alexander (RUS), Rakvere (Estonia) 1993.
    10.Be3 Nb6 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Qb3 OO 13.Rfc1 Qd7 14.Qb5 Bd8 15.Rc5 a6 0-1(85) Nevednichy 2480 -- Grigore 2455, Bucharest 1994; *(20) Nevednichy 2480 -- Grigore 2455, ? 1994; 10...Be7 11.Ne1 OO 12.f4 f6 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Nb6 15.Nd2 Nc4 0-1(29) Novikov 2245 -- Ruzele 2500, Vilnius 1995.
    10.b4 Be7 11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.Bb2 OO 13.Rc1 Be4 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Bb5 Bxf3 =-=(32) Klovans 2505 -- Ruzele 2500, Mainz 1995; 13...Rc8 14.Nb3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4 0-1(45) Hamdouchi Hichem -- Adams Michael, Cap d'Agde 1994.

  45. 15.Ng3 Bg6 0-1(38) Shirov 2715 -- Karpov 2740, ? 1994; 0-1(38) Shirov Alexei -- Karpov Anatoly, Las Palmas 1994; 0-1(38) Shirov 2705 -- Karpov 2740, Las Palmas 1994; 0-1(38) Shirov 2705 -- Karpov 2740, Las Palmas 1994.