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Opening Report

Database: alltwic (700,861 games)
Report: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 (36854 games)
ECO: A46a [Indian: 2.Nf3]
Generated by Scid 3.6, 2004.03.03

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

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
-----------------------------------------------------------
 All report games  36854   12789   13687   10371    53.2%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(38) Steinitz -- Chigorin, Havana 1889.02.04 [27]
2: =-=(80) Steinitz -- Gunsberg, New York 1890.12.29
3: 1-0(40) Steinitz -- Gunsberg, New York 1891.01.07
4: =-=(39) Steinitz -- Gunsberg, New York 1891.01.12
5: 0-1(48) Teichmann -- Chigorin, Karlsbad 1907

1.3 Newest games

1: 1-0(57) Kharitonov 2561 -- Vescovi 2633, Moscow RUS 2004.02.25
2: =-=(75) Romanishin 2537 -- Inarkiev 2606, Moscow RUS 2004.02.25
3: 0-1(55) Rustemov 2585 -- Mamedyarov 2646, Moscow RUS 2004.02.24
4: 1-0(44) Kotsur 2569 -- Bologan 2679, Moscow RUS 2004.02.23 [50]
5: 0-1(61) Kharitonov 2561 -- Sasikiran 2654, Moscow RUS 2004.02.22

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games   483     15      23      37      15      17      20
Frequency in all years: once every 19 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 19 games (no change from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 19 games (no change from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 20 games (down 4% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 64 1988-2003 53% 2661 Nikolic, Predrag [9,15,16,17,22,23,27,42,...]
2: 60 1953-1997 57% 2620 Smyslov, Vassily V [4,34,62,64,112]
3: 58 1981-2004 58% 2645 Jussupow, Artur M [8,17,30,31,34,42,73,78,...]
4: 51 1949-1983 60% 2645 Petrosian, Tigran V [2,27,49,52,53,83,85,89,...]
5: 50 1978-2004 59% 2615 Romanishin, Oleg M [19,32,42,63,89,120]
6: 45 1978-2001 56% 2635 Miles, Anthony J [34,53,55,77,83,89,106]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 38 1973-2002 58% 2660 Timman, Jan H [2,4,34,42,57,62,71,86,...]
2: 33 1954-2001 61% 2695 Korchnoi, Viktor L [22,27,75,87,89,105,126]
3: 29 1992-2003 45% 2755 Adams, Michael [1,8,77,79,80,83,89,98,...]
4: 29 1973-2001 45% 2625 Ribli, Zoltan [3,123]
5: 25 1983-2003 54% 2690 Beliavsky, Alexander G [8,25,26,28,30,31,55,85,...]
6: 25 1969-2003 54% 2645 Andersson, Ulf [78,83,86,95,103,122]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2594 (1728 games); White performance: 2633 (54% vs 2604)
Black rating: 2604 (1726 games); Black performance: 2565 (46% vs 2594)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 1-0(43) Kasparov 2847 -- Ponomariov 2734, Linares ESP 2003 [89]
2: =-=(38) Kasparov 2851 -- Leko 2725, Linares ESP 2000 [61]
3: 0-1(47) Kasparov 2851 -- Leko 2725, Frankfurt GER 2000 [60]
4: =-=(19) Gelfand 2712 -- Kasparov 2827, Astana KAZ 2001 [57]
5: =-=(36) Karpov 2679 -- Kasparov 2849, Linares 2001 [65]
6: =-=(36) Karpov 2679 -- Kasparov 2849, Linares ESP 2001 [65]
7: =-=(38) Karpov 2710 -- Kasparov 2812, Frankfurt GER 1999 [42]
8: =-=(48) Karpov 2710 -- Kasparov 2812, Frankfurt GER 1999 [17]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    53.2%     44     30     45   34.7%   37.1%   28.1% 
 All games       54.3%     40     35     41   36.8%   34.9%   28.1%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(10) Sakaev 2637 -- Delchev 2584, Ohrid MKD 2001
2: 1-0(10) Sakaev 2637 -- Delchev 2584, Ohrid 2001
3: 1-0(14) Ye Rongguang 2500 -- Van Wely 2655, Antwerp 1997
4: 1-0(15) Eljanov 2561 -- Sermek 2603, Bled SLO 2002
5: 1-0(17) Kamsky 2695 -- Anand 2720, Sanghi Nagar 1994 [7]

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(19) Nikolic 2652 -- Lautier 2653, Moscow RUS 2001 [112]
2: 0-1(20) Prokopchuk 2508 -- Smirin 2702, Moscow RUS 2002
3: 0-1(21) Portisch 2605 -- Gulko 2610, Linares 1990
4: 0-1(21) Eljanov 2597 -- Shipov 2589, bereg.ru INT 2003
5: 0-1(23) Saemisch -- Andersson, Lidkoping 1969

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 2 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 (33799)
2: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 (3055)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: g6     A48a    15607: 42.3%   53.4%  2346  2328  1993   35%
 2: e6     A46j    11517: 31.2%   52.8%  2383  2354  1993   41%
 3: c5     A46c     3628:  9.8%   51.8%  2347  2332  1994   32%
 4: d5     D02k     3525:  9.5%   54.6%  2376  2331  1992   41%
 5: d6     A46g     1327:  3.6%   55.0%  2331  2290  1992   32%
 6: b6     A47       976:  2.6%   53.3%  2344  2331  1984   36%
 7: b5     A46b      132:  0.3%   48.1%  2361  2341  1994   27%
 8: c6               110:  0.2%   54.5%  2384  2335  1994   40%
 9: a6                18:  0.0%   38.8%  2419  2447  1995   33%
10: Ne4    A46a        4:  0.0%   75.0%              2001    0%
11: Na6                3:  0.0%   83.3%              2000   33%
12: Nc6                3:  0.0%  100.0%              1998    0%
13: h6                 3:  0.0%  100.0%              1995    0%
14: [end]  A46a        2:  0.0%   25.0%              2001   50%
15: e5                 1:  0.0%  100.0%              1993    0%
_______________________________________________________________
TOTAL:             36856:100.0%   53.2%  2360  2337  1993   37%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 82% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 7%
Opposite castling: 4% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 6%
Kingside pawn storm: 11% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 49%
Queens exchanged: 33% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 31%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 4% Open c/d/e file: 48%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:
P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,RQ,R,BN
Report games 2% 10% 9% 25% 2% 5% 4% 43%
All games 2% 10% 9% 25% 2% 4% 4% 43%

5. Theory Table

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3: +12789 =13687 -10371 (19632.5/36854: 53%)
23456789
1 Nf3
b61 		c42
Bb73 		g34
e6 		Bg2
Be7 		OO
OO 		Re15
d5 		Nc3
Nbd7 		Ne5
Ne46 		22: 50%
2 ...
c5 		d57
b58 		Bg59
Ne410 		Bh411
Bb7 		Qd312
f5 		Nbd2
c413 		Qd4
Na6 		c3
Nxd214 		20: 55%
3 ...
d5 		c415
c616 		Nc317
a618 		c519
Bf520 		Bf4
Nbd7 		e3
e6 		Be2
Be7 		Nd2
Bg621 		36: 51%
4 ...
... 		...
e6 		Bg522
Be723 		e324
h625 		Bh4
OO 		Nbd2
Nbd7 		Be2
c5 		OO
cxd426 		15: 57%
5 ...
... 		...
... 		Nc3
Be727 		Bg528
h629 		Bh430
OO 		e331
b6 		Be232
Bb7 		Bxf6
Bxf633 		31: 42%
6 ...
g6 		Bg534
Bg7 		Nbd235
OO36 		c337
d538 		e3
Bf539 		Be2
Nbd7 		b4
Qe8 		OO
h640 		33: 45%
7 ...
... 		c4
Bg741 		g3
OO42 		Bg2
d643 		OO44
Nc645 		Nc3
a646 		Qd347
e5 		dxe5
dxe548 		19: 55%
8 ...
... 		...
... 		Nc3
OO49 		e450
d6 		Be251
e5 		OO52
Nc653 		d554
Ne7 		b455
Nh556 		25: 60%
9 ...
... 		...
... 		...
d5 		Qb357
dxc4 		Qxc4
OO 		e458
a659 		Be260
b5 		Qb3
c561 		21: 40%
10 ...
... 		g3
Bg762 		Bg263
d564 		OO65
OO66 		c467
dxc468 		Na3
c3 		bxc3
c5 		e369
Nc670 		35: 50%
11 ...
... 		...
... 		...
OO 		OO71
d672 		c473
Nc674 		Nc3
a675 		h3
Bd7 		Be3
Rb876 		33: 64%
12 ...
e6 		e377
b678 		Bd3
Bb7 		OO79
d580 		b381
Be7 		Bb2
OO 		c4
dxc4 		bxc4
c582 		17: 35%
13 ...
... 		Bg5
c583 		e384
Be785 		c386
b687 		Bd3
cxd4 		exd4
Ba6 		Bxa6
Nxa6 		Nbd2
OO88 		24: 52%
14 ...
... 		g3
b589 		Bg290
Bb791 		OO92
c593 		c394
cxd495 		cxd4
Be7 		Bg5
OO 		Qd3
a696 		37: 51%
15 ...
... 		c4
Bb4+97 		Nbd298
b699 		a3
Bxd2+ 		Qxd2100
Bb7101 		e3
OO102 		Be2
Ne4103 		Qc2
d6104 		22: 57%
16 ...
... 		...
d5 		Nc3105
Be7106 		Bg5107
h6 		Bh4
OO 		e3108
b6109 		Be2110
Bb7 		Bxf6
Bxf6111 		22: 55%
17 ...
... 		...
b6 		Nc3112
Bb7113 		a3114
d5 		cxd5115
Nxd5116 		Qc2117
Nxc3 		bxc3
Be7118 		e4
OO119 		23: 48%
18 ...
... 		...
... 		a3
Bb7120 		Nc3
d5121 		Bg5122
Be7 		Qa4+123
Qd7124 		Qxd7+
Nbxd7 		Nb5
OO125 		22: 64%
19 ...
... 		...
... 		g3
Ba6126 		Qa4127
c5128 		Bg2
Bb7 		OO129
Be7 		Rd1
cxd4 		Nxd4
Bxg2130 		25: 42%
20 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		b3
Bb4+131 		Bd2
Be7132 		Bg2133
c6134 		OO135
d5 		Qc2
Nbd7136 		18: 58%
Generated from the 500 highest-rated games.
  1. 2...d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 Bxf3 5.gxf3 g6 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Bh3 Nfd7 8.e4 Bg7 9.Be3 OO 10.f4 c5 1-0(31) Kamsky 2695 -- Adams 2660, Las Palmas 1994; 4...Nc6 5.d5 Nb8 6.e4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.Be3 h6 =-=(21) Gruenfeld -- Alekhine, Margate 1923; 3...Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 OO 7.OO c6 8.Qc2 a6 9.Rb1 b5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 =-=(39) Zvjaginsev 2652 -- Krasenkow 2647, Las Vegas USA 1999; 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.Nbd2 Nd7 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.Nh4 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 OO 10.Nf5 Kh8 =-=(25) Alekhine -- Nimzowitsch, Vilnius 1912; 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nh4 Bg6 6.Nxg6 hxg6 7.e4 e5 8.Qd2 Be7 9.a4 c6 10.Be2 OO =-=(36) Hebden 2575 -- Adams 2680, Hove 1997.
    2...c6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 OO 9.Ne5 b5 10.OO Bb7 =-=(25) Ftacnik 2608 -- Movsesian 2666, Hamburg GER 2000.

  2. 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.OO cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bxg2 7.Kxg2 d5 8.c4 e6 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Nb5 Nc6 1-0(42) Capablanca -- Alekhine, Buenos Aires 1927; 5.c4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qf4 e5 8.Nxe5 Bd6 9.Qg5 h6 10.Qxg7 Rh7 =-=(21) Sosonko -- Timman, Amsterdam 1973; 4...g6 5.OO Bg7 6.c4 OO 7.Nbd2 c5 8.d5 e6 9.e4 exd5 10.cxd5 d6 0-1(49) Chekhover -- Botvinnik, Leningrad 1930; 4.c4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.OO OO 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 =-=(23) Petrosian 2645 -- Smyslov 2595, Leningrad 1977.
    3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 Bb7 5.e3 h6 6.Nbd2 g5 7.Bg3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 e6 9.c3 d6 10.Qa4+ c6 =-=(74) Bogoljubow -- Alekhine, Germany 1934; 4.Bf4 Bb7 5.Nbd2 e6 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 d6 10.e4 OO =-=(20) Andersson 2630 -- Ljubojevic 2635, Bugojno 1984; 3...Bb7 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 OO 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.OO Nc6 =-=(31) Bronstein -- Spassky, Amsterdam 1964; 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.e4 Bh6 7.Bd3 OO 8.OO Re8 9.Re1 d6 10.a4 a5 =-=(44) Timman 2630 -- Rozentalis 2650, Malmo 1997.
    3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.c4 e6 6.OO Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.b3 a6 0-1(37) Kotov -- Botvinnik, Moscow 1944; 3...Bb7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.e4 e5 7.c3 g6 8.OO Bg7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Re1 OO =-=(15) Teichmann -- Alekhine, Berlin 1921.
    3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Bg5 e6 5.e4 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 d6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.OO Qd8 =-=(19) Petrosian -- Portisch, Yerevan 1965.

  3. 3...e6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.OO g5 0-1(32) Kozul 2611 -- Nikolic 2657, Neum BIH 2000; 5...d5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 OO 9.Rc1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 =-=(19) Andersson 2630 -- Ribli 2610, London 1984.

  4. 4.Nc3 e6 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 OO 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 =-= Smyslov -- Timman, Venice 1974.

  5. 7.b3 d5 8.Ne5 c6 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Nd2 c5 1-0(33) Alekhine -- Keres, Munich 1942.

  6. 10.cxd5 Nxc3 =-=(26) Keres -- Botvinnik, Holland 1938.

  7. 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 d5 5.OO c4 6.Be2 b5 7.b3 Bb7 8.a4 a6 9.c3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Be7 1-0(84) Kurajica 2551 -- Bareev 2734, Sarajevo BIH 2003; 3...d5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c4 cxd4 6.exd4 Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qb3 Bxf3 0-1(52) Janowski -- Alekhine, Hastings 1926.
    3.c3 g6 4.Bg5 Qb6 5.Qb3 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.d5 Nd8 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.e4 d6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 1-0(17) Kamsky 2695 -- Anand 2720, Sanghi Nagar 1994; 3...e6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.OO Be7 7.Bg5 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.b3 Bd7 10.Nc3 Ne4 0-1(71) Azmaiparashvili 2673 -- Bareev 2702, Shenyang CHN 2000.
    3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Qb8 9.Qd2 Bc5 10.Be2 OO 1-0(41) Taimanov 2585 -- Tal 2660, Moscow 1973.

  8. 3...g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.a4 OO 8.OO Bxb5 9.axb5 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Ne8 =-=(26) Kramnik 2758 -- Leko 2725, Linares ESP 2000; 4...d6 5.h3 Bg7 6.e4 OO 7.Bd3 a6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.OO Rb8 10.Qe2 Ne8 1-0(60) Azmaiparashvili 2673 -- Baklan 2599, New Delhi IND 2000.
    3...e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Qxd5 d6 7.e4 Be7 8.Bc4 OO 9.Qh5 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 1-0(37) Gelfand 2685 -- Adams 2660, Wijk aan Zee 1994; 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 OO 9.OO Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 1-0(42) Korchnoi 2670 -- Mecking 2615, Augusta 1974.
    3...d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.a4 OO 8.OO Na6 9.Re1 Nb4 10.h3 e6 1-0(32) Kasparov 2690 -- Beliavsky 2570, Moscow 1983; 4...Bf5 5.Nd2 g5 6.e4 Bg6 7.h4 g4 8.h5 Nxh5 9.Qxg4 Nf6 10.Qh4 Nbd7 1-0(32) Jussupow 2622 -- Milov 2620, Bastia FRA 2002.

  9. 4.a4 b4 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 d6 8.Bc1 Bg7 9.Nfd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Nd7 0-1(36) Vaganian 2623 -- Topalov 2707, Istanbul TUR 2000; 5...d6 6.e3 g6 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.Bb5+ Nd7 9.c3 bxc3 10.Nxc3 f5 =-=(51) Nikolic 2655 -- Sokolov 2615, Wijk aan Zee 1997.

  10. 4...Bb7 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 c4 7.Be2 Bc5 8.OO OO 9.a4 a6 10.axb5 axb5 =-=(20) Malaniuk 2635 -- Hodgson 2625, Pardubice 1993.

  11. 5.h4 g6 6.Nbd2 Nxg5 7.hxg5 Bg7 8.e4 Na6 9.a4 Bxb2 10.axb5 Nc7 0-1(31) Kozul 2611 -- Topalov 2707, Istanbul TUR 2000.
    5.Qd3 Nxg5 6.Nxg5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.c3 OO 9.Be2 e6 10.Nf3 exd5 0-1(36) Golod 2568 -- Topalov 2690, Bugojno BIH 1999.

  12. 6.e3 g6 7.c3 Qa5 8.Nbd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 Bg7 10.e4 d6 1-0(38) Timman 2629 -- Topalov 2718, Wijk aan Zee NED 2001.

  13. 7...Na6 8.c3 c4 9.Qd4 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Qb6 =-=(17) Huebner 2615 -- Topalov 2707, Istanbul TUR 2000.

  14. 10.Qxd2 Qb6 0-1(33) Kramnik 2758 -- Topalov 2702, Monaco MNC 2000; 0-1(33) Kramnik 2758 -- Topalov 2702, Monte Carlo 2000.

  15. 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.OO h6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.c5 Qa6 10.Qd1 Nbd7 =-=(31) Nikolic 2620 -- Gelfand 2700, Sarajevo 1991.

  16. 3...dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.OO a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 OO 10.Be2 Rd8 =-=(44) Karpov 2687 -- Ivanchuk 2711, Moscow RUS 2002; 9...b5 10.Be2 Bb7 =-=(30) Bronstein -- Spassky, Moscow 1964; 9.b3 b6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 =-=(11) Azmaiparashvili 2673 -- Topalov 2707, Istanbul TUR 2000; 4...Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.OO Bd6 9.e4 e5 10.Be3 OO 1-0(41) Hort -- Huebner, Athens 1969; 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nb6 9.bxa6 Rxa6 10.Rxa6 Nxa6 =-=(23) Nikolic 2655 -- Van Wely 2645, Wijk aan Zee 1997.

  17. 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.g3 Be7 0-1(68) Azmaiparashvili 2674 -- Gelfand 2701, Moscow RUS 2001; 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.OO Nbd7 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 OO 10.Bxg6 hxg6 =-=(11) Jussupow 2592 -- Sakaev 2645, Moscow RUS 2003; 5.Bd3 Bg6 6.Bxg6 hxg6 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.b3 a5 10.OO Be7 =-=(48) Karpov 2710 -- Kasparov 2812, Frankfurt GER 1999; 5...Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 OO 9.OO Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nbd7 1-0(47) Jussupow 2628 -- Bareev 2709, Frankfurt GER 2000; 4...a6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Be2 h6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nb3 e6 9.OO Nc6 10.Bd2 Bd6 =-=(21) Karpov 2679 -- Ivanchuk 2717, Monaco MNC 2001; 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.f4 Bg6 10.c5 Nxe5 0-1(38) Nikolic 2657 -- Sokolov 2611, Neum BIH 2000; 4...Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nfd7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd3 dxc4 =-=(52) Macieja 2629 -- Movsesian 2663, Bermuda BER 2003; 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 e6 8.a3 Bd6 9.b4 OO 10.Bb2 Ne4 =-=(47) Bischoff 2554 -- Sokolov 2684, Koenig Plauen GER 2002.
    4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 =-= Azmaiparashvili 2678 -- Grischuk 2701, Istanbul TUR 2003; =-= Azmaiparashvili 2673 -- Ehlvest 2627, Istanbul TUR 2000; 8.Be2 a6 9.OO Be7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 =-=(16) Epishin 2650 -- Chernin 2615, Reggio Emilia 1994; 6...a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e6 10.OO Bd6 =-=(11) Azmaiparashvili 2678 -- Sakaev 2664, Istanbul TUR 2003; 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7 9.OO Be7 10.Rc1 OO 1-0(39) Spassky -- Larsen, Malmo 1968.
    4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3 OO 8.e4 Qa5 9.b4 Qd8 10.a4 Bg4 =-=(12) Krasenkow 2661 -- Gelfand 2692, Lviv UKR 2000.

  18. 4...dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.OO OO 9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.f3 Bg6 =-=(24) Gelfand 2713 -- Khalifman 2628, Las Vegas USA 1999; 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Bxc3 =-=(20) Vaganian 2664 -- Sokolov 2647, Poikovsky RUS 2002; 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 1-0(41) Salov 2665 -- Illescas Cordoba 2635, Dos Hermanas 1997; 10.Qf3 Qxd4 =-=(16) Ftacnik 2608 -- Khalifman 2667, Istanbul TUR 2000; 6.Nh4 Bd7 7.e4 e6 8.Nf3 b5 9.e5 Nd5 10.Ng5 Bb4 0-1(46) Ftacnik 2611 -- Azmaiparashvili 2678, Istanbul TUR 2003.
    4...e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.OO Bg7 0-1(58) Azmaiparashvili 2673 -- Bareev 2702, Shenyang CHN 2000; 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4 g4 1-0(42) Nielsen 2578 -- Georgiev 2661, Istanbul TUR 2000.

  19. 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Nc6 10.Ne3 Bxc5 =-=(92) Gelfand 2713 -- Movsesian 2659, Batumi GEO 1999; 6.a5 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Ne5 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e3 cxd4 0-1(57) Azmaiparashvili 2625 -- Epishin 2650, Elenite 1994.
    5.Ne5 g6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 OO 9.OO b5 10.Qb3 Bb7 1-0(48) Korchnoi 2635 -- Epishin 2635, Madrid 1995; 5...Nbd7 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Nxe5 8.Bxe5 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.c5 Qe7 0-1(46) Gavrikov 2600 -- Nikolic 2655, Horgen 1994.
    5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 b5 9.OO Bb7 10.Qe2 OO 0-1(46) Dautov 2631 -- Movsesian 2661, Godesberg GER 2001.
    5.g3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.OO OO 9.Bf4 Bf5 10.Ne5 Qc8 =-=(20) Romanishin 2605 -- Epishin 2650, Reggio Emilia 1994.

  20. 5...g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.h3 OO 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Be2 Ne8 10.OO Nc7 =-=(18) Greenfeld 2600 -- Epishin 2650, Elenite 1994.

  21. 10.b4 Qc8 1-0(40) Kramnik 2760 -- Topalov 2690, Dortmund 1999; 1-0(40) Kramnik 2760 -- Topalov 2690, Dortmund GER 1999.

  22. 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6 7.Qxc4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.OO b5 10.Qh4 Bb7 =-=(33) Keres -- Korchnoi, Curacao 1962; 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qd3 Bb7 10.OO c5 1-0(32) Andersson 2640 -- Milov 2635, Groningen 1997; 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bd6 7.Qxc4 OO 8.OO e5 9.Nc3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 =-=(62) Nielsen 2620 -- Milov 2620, Panormo GRE 2002; 4...Be7 5.Bg2 OO 6.OO dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 =-=(28) Karpov 2679 -- Gelfand 2712, Monaco MNC 2001.
    4.e3 Be7 5.b3 OO 6.Bd3 b6 7.OO Bb7 8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.Nc3 c5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 0-1(64) Nikolic 2659 -- Van Wely 2646, Monaco MNC 2000; 0-1(64) Nikolic 2659 -- Van Wely 2646, Monte Carlo 2000.
    4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 =-=(24) Taimanov -- Korchnoi, Yerevan 1962; 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 OO 1-0(33) Seirawan 2618 -- Xu Jun 2654, Qingdao CHN 2002.

  23. 4...h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Nd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 g6 9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.Rc1 OO =-=(25) Nikolic 2653 -- Huzman 2591, Halkidiki GRE 2002; 6.Nc3 c6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb4+ 9.Ned2 Nd7 10.a3 Ba5 =-=(52) Euwe -- Bernstein, Bern 1932.
    4...c6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.e3 OO 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 b6 9.OO Bb7 10.Rc1 Nbd7 1-0(44) Dautov 2631 -- Smagin 2613, Essen GER 2001.

  24. 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 OO 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.OO dxc4 =-=(22) Andersson 2640 -- Spassky 2605, Niksic 1983; 8...b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Bb7 =-=(14) Andersson 2635 -- Spassky 2605, London 1982.

  25. 5...OO 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.c5 Qe8 10.Bd3 Bd7 =-=(37) Korchnoi 2655 -- Beliavsky 2620, Luzern 1989.

  26. 10.Nxd4 Ne5 1-0(56) Ivanchuk 2731 -- Beliavsky 2659, Panormo GRE 2001.

  27. 4...c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 b4 9.Ne2 Be7 10.OO OO 0-1(50) Nikolic 2659 -- Lautier 2632, Monaco MNC 2000; 0-1(50) Nikolic 2659 -- Lautier 2632, Monte Carlo 2000; 9.Na4 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be7 =-=(38) Nikolic 2647 -- Pavlovic 2593, Celje SLO 2003; 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 OO 8.OO dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 0-1(56) Van Wely 2646 -- Kasparov 2851, Internet 2000; 7.b3 OO 8.Be2 a6 9.OO e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 =-=(71) Portisch 2605 -- Kasparov 2740, Dubai 1986; 5...Bd6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.OO OO 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 h6 1-0(38) Steinitz -- Chigorin, Havana 1889; 5.Qb3 Be7 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 OO 8.Be2 h6 9.Bh4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nd5 =-=(30) Petrosian 2645 -- Polugaevsky 2645, Yerevan 1975.
    4...Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qa4 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 OO 9.cxd5 Nxc5 10.Qd4 Nce4 1-0(43) Malakhov 2672 -- Filippov 2627, Togliatti RUS 2003; 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Rc1 c6 8.a3 Bd6 9.e3 Nf8 10.Bd3 Ng6 0-1(66) Sakaev 2647 -- Milov 2602, Panormo GRE 2002; 5...h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 OO 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.OO cxd4 =-=(14) Vescovi 2611 -- Aleksandrov 2654, Poikovsky RUS 2002; 5.e3 OO 6.Bd2 b6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ba6 9.Nd2 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 1-0(42) Kharlov 2616 -- Milov 2653, Saint Vincent ITA 2000.
    4...dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 1-0(29) Gelfand 2710 -- Khalifman 2690, Moscow RUS 2002; 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 =-=(27) Azmaiparashvili 2678 -- Agrest 2591, Istanbul TUR 2003; 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a3 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Bd6 0-1(66) Ljubojevic 2566 -- Van Wely 2700, Monaco MNC 2001.
    4...Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Bf4 f5 10.OO OO =-=(21) Kramnik 2758 -- Nikolic 2659, Wijk aan Zee NED 2000; 6...Bb4 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 OO =-=(52) Piket 2605 -- Milov 2640, Groningen NED 1998.
    4...c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Be7 10.OO OO 0-1(41) Hort -- Korchnoi, Leningrad 1967.

  28. 5.Bf4 OO 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Rc1 a6 10.b4 Bd6 =-=(15) Sakaev 2630 -- Georgiev 2695, Herceg Novi YUG 2001; =-=(15) Sakaev 2630 -- Georgiev 2695, Herceg Novi 2001; 9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nh5 =-=(71) Sakaev 2635 -- Beliavsky 2645, Belgrade YUG 1999; 10...Qxd1+ 0-1(46) Huebner 2560 -- Beliavsky 2690, Frankfurt 1998.

  29. 5...OO 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qb3 c6 9.Rd1 b6 10.e4 Re8 =-=(30) Piket 2590 -- Short 2655, Amsterdam 1993; 6...Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 a6 9.b3 b6 10.OO Bb7 =-=(23) Dautov 2625 -- Ehlvest 2620, Elista 1998.

  30. 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 OO 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.OO dxc4 =-=(14) Ehlvest 2627 -- Khalifman 2700, Liepaja LAT 2001; =-=(15) Ehlvest 2600 -- Beliavsky 2650, Hyderabad IND 2002; 8.Qb3 c6 9.Rd1 Nd7 10.Bd3 Rb8 0-1(46) Jussupow 2630 -- Beliavsky 2690, Frankfurt 1998.

  31. 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.e3 c5 9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd7 0-1(37) Jussupow 2605 -- Beliavsky 2640, Linares 1991.

  32. 8.Qb3 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 =-=(35) Dautov 2625 -- Georgiev 2660, Elista 1998.
    8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.OO Nbd7 =-=(22) Romanishin 2559 -- Kasimdzhanov 2693, Essen GER 2001.
    8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Rc1 Bb7 =-=(21) Keres -- Petrosian, Curacao 1962.

  33. 10.cxd5 exd5 =-=(25) Piket 2619 -- Topalov 2700, Monte Carlo MNC 1999.

  34. 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 OO 5.Be2 d6 6.h3 Nc6 7.c3 Nd7 8.OO e5 9.Bh2 f5 10.b4 a6 =-=(12) Gurevich 2656 -- Svidler 2747, Evry FRA 2004; 6...Nbd7 7.OO b6 8.c4 Bb7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 =-=(15) Ehlvest 2627 -- Ivanchuk 2719, New Delhi IND 2000; 6.OO Nfd7 7.e4 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.d5 Nce5 10.Nbd2 b6 1-0(52) Macieja 2607 -- Polgar 2681, Budapest HUN 2002; 5.h3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.OO c5 8.a4 cxd4 9.exd4 Nd5 10.Bg3 N7f6 1-0(39) Macieja 2607 -- Polgar 2681, Budapest HUN 2002; 4...d6 5.h3 OO 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 Nd7 8.Bh2 e5 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.OO f5 1-0(52) Anastasian 2588 -- Leko 2739, Moscow RUS 2001; 6...c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nd5 9.Bh2 Bh6 10.OO Nf4 =-=(44) Gurevich 2641 -- Sutovsky 2656, Valle d'Aosta ITA 2002; 6...b6 7.OO Bb7 8.c4 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.Nc3 Nxc3 =-=(76) Ribli 2605 -- Timman 2640, Montpellier 1985; 4...c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 d6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.Bc4 Bxc4 9.Nxc4 Qxb3 10.axb3 Nbd7 =-=(15) Kotov -- Geller, Saltsjobaden 1952; 4.Nbd2 d6 5.h3 OO 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bh2 cxd4 9.exd4 Bd7 10.OO Rc8 =-=(17) Smyslov -- Boleslavsky, Zuerich 1953; 8...b6 9.OO Bb7 10.c3 Qd7 =-=(21) Smyslov -- Gligoric, Zuerich 1953; 4.c3 OO 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Bb5 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Qd6 10.b4 b6 =-=(31) Keres -- Boleslavsky, Moscow 1959.
    3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Qd2 Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Ne5 Be6 8.e3 Nd7 9.Nc4 OO 10.Be2 Bxc4 0-1(60) Jussupow 2620 -- Kasparov 2750, Belfort 1988; 5...OO 6.Bh6 Qd6 7.Bxg7 Kxg7 8.e3 c6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.OO Re8 =-=(24) Harikrishna 2582 -- Sasikiran 2654, Mumbai IND 2004; 5.e3 OO 6.Be2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 c6 9.OO Nbd7 10.Qd2 Re8 0-1(35) Hort 2595 -- Kasparov 2760, Cologne 1988; 4...c6 5.Qd2 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nfd7 7.OOO Bg7 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.Qxh6 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qc7 =-=(23) Piket 2632 -- Leko 2745, Wijk aan Zee NED 2001.
    3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b4 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bh4 e3 10.fxe3 g5 0-1(82) Torre 2540 -- Kasparov 2735, Brussels 1987; 4...OO 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bh4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bc4 d5 =-=(20) Miles 2579 -- Fedorov 2684, Saint Vincent ITA 2000; 4...d6 5.Nbd2 OO 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 b6 8.OO Bb7 9.a4 a6 10.Re1 Nbd7 =-=(20) Speelman 2601 -- Fedorov 2648, Calcutta IND 1999.
    3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 OO 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.OO Rd8 10.a3 Qxc5 =-=(32) Smyslov 2620 -- Spassky 2690, Moscow 1971.

  35. 4.c3 d5 5.Nbd2 OO 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.OO Nbd7 9.b4 a5 10.b5 a4 =-=(60) Kamsky 2710 -- Anand 2715, Las Palmas 1995; 6...Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.Qb3 c6 9.OO e5 10.e4 exd4 0-1(41) Timman 2665 -- Kamsky 2655, Moscow 1992; 4...d6 5.Nbd2 OO 6.e4 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.OO g5 =-=(41) Timman 2595 -- Topalov 2670, Belgrade 1995.
    4.e3 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 d5 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Be2 OO 9.OO Bf5 10.dxc5 Qxc5 =-=(21) Ehlvest 2627 -- Shirov 2746, Istanbul TUR 2000.

  36. 4...d6 5.c3 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e4 e6 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.d5 Nxg3 0-1(27) Dreev 2677 -- Georgiev 2654, Moscow RUS 2002; 5.e4 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.c3 Nd7 9.Nc4 Ndf6 10.Qc2 Nxg3 1-0(41) Spassky -- Najdorf, Moscow 1967.
    4...d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Qb3 OO 8.Be2 b6 9.OO Bb7 10.a4 a6 =-=(29) Timman 2630 -- Kasparov 2800, Linares 1991; 5...OO 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Rb1 Nc6 9.OO Re8 10.b4 cxd4 =-=(14) Spassky -- Gligoric, Moscow 1967.
    4...c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 OO 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.c3 d6 9.OO h6 10.Bh4 Nh5 0-1(38) Timman -- Olafsson, La Valetta 1980.

  37. 5.e4 d6 6.c3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.OO Qc7 10.Re1 Na5 =-=(87) Dreev 2683 -- Ye Jiangchuan 2676, Dubai UAE 2002; 5...d5 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.c3 Bg7 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Bc4 Qd8 10.OO Nd7 1-0(42) Akopian 2646 -- Movsesian 2659, Las Vegas USA 1999.

  38. 5...d6 6.e4 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.d5 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bd3 Nc6 0-1(55) Macieja 2607 -- Polgar 2681, Budapest HUN 2002.

  39. 6...Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.OO e5 9.b4 c6 10.a4 a5 0-1(57) Salov 2645 -- Gelfand 2615, Linares 1990.

  40. 10.Bh4 e5 =-=(114) Macieja 2607 -- Polgar 2681, Budapest HUN 2002.

  41. 3...c6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 OO 6.OO d5 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Qa5 10.Qe1 Nd7 =-=(15) Hort -- Kavalek, Venice 1971.

  42. 4...d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 OO 9.OO Re8 10.d5 Na5 =-=(22) Jussupow 2610 -- Kasparov 2775, Belgrade 1989; 7.e4 OO 8.OO Bg4 9.d5 Qd7 10.Nc3 c6 =-=(22) Romanishin 2585 -- Anand 2715, New York 1994; 5.Bg2 OO 6.OO dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bf5 =-=(38) Karpov 2710 -- Kasparov 2812, Frankfurt GER 1999; 5...dxc4 6.OO c6 7.Nc3 OO 8.h3 b5 9.Ne5 a6 10.e4 Bb7 0-1(40) Romanishin 2585 -- Anand 2715, New York 1994.
    4...c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 OO 7.OO Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Qa5 10.Nxe4 Bg4 =-=(12) Nikolic 2659 -- Timman 2655, Dordrecht NED 2000; 9...a5 10.a3 Nd7 =-=(66) Adianto 2583 -- Peng Xiaomin 2657, New Delhi IND 2000; 6.OO OO 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 a5 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 b5 =-=(43) Tukmakov 2580 -- Glek 2670, Biel 1996.

  43. 5...c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6 9.OO Nfd7 10.f4 Nxe5 1-0(18) Kasparov 2740 -- Nunn 2590, Brussels 1986; 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nfd7 =-=(26) Nikolic 2630 -- Nunn 2615, Brussels 1988; 6.OO d5 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Nh4 Nxd2 =-=(12) Timman 2600 -- Sokolov 2658, Reykjavik ISL 2001.

  44. 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.OO a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 =-=(59) Ivanchuk 2700 -- Polgar 2630, Monte Carlo 1995.

  45. 6...Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 a6 9.Rb1 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 0-1(44) Nikolic 2645 -- Polgar 2630, Monte Carlo 1995.

  46. 7...e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.e4 Nd7 10.Ne1 f5 1-0(28) Karpov 2740 -- Polgar 2630, Las Palmas 1994.
    7...Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 1-0(40) Najdorf -- Spassky, Gothenburg 1955.

  47. 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 0-1(45) Marin 2561 -- Shirov 2706, Cala Galdana ESP 2001.
    8.h3 Bd7 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 =-=(47) Bocharov 2565 -- Bologan 2679, Moscow RUS 2004.

  48. 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 1-0(83) Dautov 2602 -- Milov 2653, Essen GER 2000; 1-0(83) Dautov 2602 -- Milov 2653, Essen 2000.

  49. 4...d6 5.e4 OO 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 =-=(34) Gelfand 2703 -- Radjabov 2650, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 9...Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 0-1(57) Ehlvest 2593 -- Fedorov 2648, Calcutta IND 1999; 7.OO Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 0-1(47) Kozul 2601 -- Radjabov 2644, Sarajevo BIH 2003; 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Nd2 Bh6 9.Be2 Nc5 10.Qc2 a5 1-0(41) Speelman 2601 -- Fedorov 2648, Katrineholm 1999; 1-0(41) Speelman 2601 -- Fedorov 2648, Katrineholm SWE 1999.
    4...c5 5.e4 OO 6.Be2 d6 7.OO Bg4 8.d5 Nfd7 9.Bg5 Na6 10.Nd2 Bxe2 1-0(43) Petrosian -- Taimanov, Leningrad 1959.

  50. 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nb6 8.OO Nc6 9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 =-=(12) Tregubov 2620 -- Khalifman 2667, Shenyang CHN 2000; 7...c5 8.OO Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.e3 Qa5 1-0(44) Kotsur 2569 -- Bologan 2679, Moscow RUS 2004.
    5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 10.Be2 g5 1-0(32) Ehlvest 2627 -- Movsesian 2666, New Delhi IND 2000.

  51. 6.h3 Na6 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.g4 e5 9.d5 Nd7 10.Rg1 Ndc5 1-0(32) Krasenkow 2655 -- Smirin 2615, Belgrade YUG 1999.

  52. 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 =-=(24) Illescas Cordoba 2562 -- Smirin 2691, Dos Hermanas 2001; =-=(38) Gelfand 2700 -- Topalov 2725, Dos Hermanas 1997; =-=(24) Illescas Cordoba 2562 -- Smirin 2691, Dos Hermanas ESP 2001; 10.Qd2 d5 1-0(28) Timman 2635 -- Ljubojevic 2605, Linares 1993; 7...Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Nh6 10.dxe5 dxe5 1-0(46) Gelfand 2695 -- Polgar 2718, Pacs HUN 2003; 7...c6 8.OO exd4 9.Bxd4 Qe7 10.Nd2 Re8 0-1(41) Granda Zuniga 2625 -- Shirov 2700, Groningen 1997.
    7.d5 Nbd7 8.OO Nc5 9.Nd2 a5 10.Qc2 Bh6 0-1(27) Petrosian -- Geller, ? 1949.

  53. 7...Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Qb6 1-0(36) Kozul 2612 -- Smirin 2671, Solin CRO 1999; 10...Ng4 =-=(29) Ftacnik 2608 -- Milos 2633, Istanbul TUR 2000.
    7...Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 9.d5 Nc5 10.Bf1 a5 1-0(35) Petrosian -- Spassky, Leningrad 1960.
    7...a5 8.Be3 Na6 9.h3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Re8 0-1(38) Miles 2630 -- Glek 2670, Biel 1996.

  54. 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 f5 0-1(24) Sokolov 2656 -- Shirov 2734, Las Vegas USA 1999.

  55. 9.Kh1 Ne8 10.Ne1 f5 =-=(53) Miles 2609 -- Beliavsky 2650, Nova Gorica SLO 1999.

  56. 10.Re1 Nf4 1-0(33) Anand 2765 -- Almasi 2615, Groningen 1997.
    10.c5 Nf4 =-=(24) Tukmakov 2600 -- Smirin 2640, Elenite 1993.

  57. 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 OO 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 1-0(47) Khalifman 2656 -- Leko 2725, Linares ESP 2000; =-=(32) Anand 2769 -- Leko 2725, Linares ESP 2000; 9...Nc6 10.d5 Bxc3+ =-=(52) Kamsky 2640 -- Timman 2630, Linares 1991; 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.OO cxd4 10.cxd4 OO =-=(26) Sokolov 2624 -- Leko 2694, Sarajevo BIH 1999; =-=(26) Sokolov 2624 -- Leko 2694, Sarajevo 1999; 6.Bd2 c5 7.Rc1 Nxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.e3 Nd7 0-1(63) Kozul 2595 -- Smirin 2685, Sarajevo BIH 2002.
    5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Qf4 Bf6 =-=(33) Spassky -- Stein, Leningrad 1963; 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e3 c6 10.h3 OO =-=(64) Piket 2633 -- Timman 2655, Dordrecht NED 2000; 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 OO 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd5 =-=(19) Gelfand 2712 -- Kasparov 2827, Astana KAZ 2001; 5...dxc4 6.e3 Be6 7.Nd2 c5 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nde4 cxd4 10.Nxf6+ exf6 0-1(28) Kozul 2585 -- Zvjaginsev 2658, Portoroz SLO 1999.
    5.Bf4 OO 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bxc4 c5 9.OO cxd4 10.exd4 a6 =-=(19) Ftacnik 2616 -- Svidler 2693, Luebeck GER 2003; 7...Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5 9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 =-=(40) Ftacnik 2566 -- Van Wely 2714, Leon ESP 2001.
    5.e3 OO 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.d5 a6 9.a4 Nbd7 10.e4 Qc7 =-=(42) Burmakin 2569 -- Svidler 2713, Togliatti RUS 2003.

  58. 7.Bf4 Na6 8.e4 c5 9.d5 Bg4 10.Be2 Nd7 =-=(42) Khalifman 2628 -- Leko 2701, Budapest HUN 2000.

  59. 7...Na6 8.Be2 c5 9.d5 e6 10.OO exd5 0-1(38) Kozul 2595 -- Smirin 2691, Sarajevo BIH 2001; 0-1(38) Kozul 2595 -- Smirin 2691, Sarajevo 2001.
    7...Nfd7 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qc5 Qd6 =-=(15) Bronstein -- Gheorghiu, Monte Carlo 1969.

  60. 8.Qb3 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5 10.Qb6 Qxb6 0-1(47) Kasparov 2851 -- Leko 2725, Frankfurt GER 2000.
    8.Qa4 Nbd7 9.e5 Ng4 10.h3 Nh6 =-=(20) Piket 2630 -- Van Wely 2655, Groningen 1997.

  61. 10.dxc5 Bb7 =-=(38) Kasparov 2851 -- Leko 2725, Linares ESP 2000; =-=(17) Khalifman 2667 -- Leko 2743, New Delhi IND 2000.

  62. 3...d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.OO OO 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bf5 1-0(47) Georgiev 2650 -- Svidler 2684, Las Vegas USA 1999; 7...Nc6 8.Nxc4 Be6 9.b3 Bd5 10.Bb2 a5 =-=(19) Spassky -- Bronstein, Leningrad 1963; 7...Na6 8.Ne5 Ne8 9.Naxc4 Nd6 10.e3 c5 =-=(14) Nikolic 2659 -- Ftacnik 2579, Surfers Paradise AUS 2000; 6...c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 =-=(11) Khalifman 2650 -- Svidler 2640, St Petersburg 1997; 6.c3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Bg5 Rd8 9.Nbd2 c5 10.Rfe1 Nbd7 =-=(32) Karpov 2775 -- Svidler 2635, Groningen 1995; 6...c6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe4 =-=(15) Nikolic 2661 -- Azmaiparashvili 2666, Bled SLO 2002; 5...c6 6.Nbd2 OO 7.c4 Ne4 8.e3 Nxd2 9.Nxd2 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Be6 =-=(40) Adianto 2610 -- Svidler 2660, Groningen 1997; 7...Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Qa5 10.a3 Nd7 1-0(63) Ribli 2610 -- Timman 2660, Novi Sad 1990.
    3...c5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.OO cxd4 6.Nxd4 OO 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 =-=(41) Spassky 2565 -- Kasparov 2750, Belfort 1988; 4...cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.c4 Nc6 7.OO OO 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qh4 Be6 =-=(41) Smyslov -- Geller, Santiago de Chile 1965; 4.c4 Bg7 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Bc3 Ne4 8.OO OO 9.Qd3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 cxd4 1-0(41) Ribli 2610 -- Vaganian 2630, London 1984.
    3...b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.OO Bg7 6.c4 OO 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 b5 9.e4 bxc4 10.Nfd2 e6 =-=(41) Korchnoi -- Boleslavsky, Leningrad 1956.

  63. 4.c4 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.OO c6 7.Nc3 OO 8.h3 Na6 9.e4 b5 10.Qe2 Bb7 =-=(29) Romanishin 2585 -- Anand 2715, New York 1994; 4...d6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.OO OO 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 a6 9.Re1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 =-=(34) Fridman 2571 -- Azmaiparashvili 2676, ICC INT 2002.

  64. 4...c5 5.c4 Nc6 6.OO OO 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Nb3 Qh5 10.e4 Qxd1 =-=(49) Smyslov -- Larsen, Amsterdam 1964.

  65. 5.c4 dxc4 6.Na3 c3 7.bxc3 OO 8.OO c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bf5 =-=(36) Karpov 2679 -- Kasparov 2849, Linares 2001; 1-0(50) Karpov 2693 -- Leko 2713, Cannes FRA 2002; =-=(36) Karpov 2679 -- Kasparov 2849, Linares ESP 2001; 10...Nd5 =-=(66) Karpov 2679 -- Leko 2745, Monaco MNC 2001; 5...c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ne5 Bd7 9.OO e6 10.Bg5 h6 =-=(49) Andersson 2640 -- Glek 2670, Biel 1996.

  66. 5...c6 6.b3 OO 7.c4 Bf5 8.Bb2 Re8 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Bg4 0-1(47) Nikolic 2645 -- Anand 2715, Monte Carlo 1995; 7...c5 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd4 Nf6 =-=(35) Nikolic 2640 -- Krasenkow 2655, Elista 1998.

  67. 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc1 Bf5 8.c4 Nbd7 9.Rd1 Rc8 10.Bh6 Bxb1 =-=(54) Kramnik 2775 -- Leko 2625, Frankfurt 1996; 6...c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Qb6 9.Qb3 c4 10.Qa3 Nh5 =-=(60) Karpov 2693 -- Van Wely 2654, Bastia FRA 2003.
    6.Ne5 c6 7.c4 Be6 8.cxd5 Bxd5 9.Bh3 c5 10.dxc5 Ne4 =-=(17) Speelman 2645 -- Kasparov 2760, Reykjavik 1988.
    6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.c4 c5 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Ne4 0-1(49) Nikolic 2653 -- Polgar 2681, Halkidiki GRE 2002.
    6.Be3 Nbd7 7.h3 Ne4 8.Qc1 c5 9.dxc5 Ndxc5 10.Rd1 Qb6 =-=(21) Landa 2623 -- Sutovsky 2660, Kaskady SVK 2002.

  68. 6...c6 7.b3 Bf5 8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.e3 a5 10.Nc3 Ne4 =-=(30) Nikolic 2645 -- Nunn 2630, Monte Carlo 1995; 8...a5 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Rc1 Nxc3 =-=(30) Spassky -- Uhlmann, Hastings 1965; 7.cxd5 =-= Ehlvest 2627 -- Ivanchuk 2719, New Delhi IND 2000; 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Qa5 10.e3 Nd7 =-=(16) Nikolic 2638 -- Dorfman 2610, Hamburg GER 2003.

  69. 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 0-1(25) Nikolic 2653 -- Polgar 2677, Moscow RUS 2002.

  70. 10.Qe2 Bf5 0-1(62) Adianto 2598 -- Kasparov 2838, Batumi GEO 2001; =-=(50) Nikolic 2652 -- Leko 2739, Bastia FRA 2001; =-=(60) Nikolic 2638 -- Van Wely 2668, Reykjavic ISL 2003.

  71. 5.c4 d6 6.OO Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Re1 Re8 9.d5 Na5 10.Qd3 c5 1-0(54) Karpov 2699 -- Tkachiev 2657, Cap d'Agde FRA 2000; 8...Rb8 9.Rb1 Bd7 10.e4 e5 1-0(66) Karpov 2699 -- Bologan 2641, Cap d'Agde FRA 2000; 8.b3 Rb8 9.Nd5 Nh5 10.Bb2 e6 1-0(36) Karpov 2710 -- Shirov 2726, Monte Carlo MNC 1999; 8.e4 Bg4 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Qd2 Bxf3 =-=(72) Nikolic 2659 -- Polgar 2658, Wijk aan Zee NED 2000; 7...Rb8 8.Ne1 a6 9.Nc2 Bd7 10.b3 e6 =-=(13) Aronian 2649 -- McShane 2649, Bremer GER 2003; 6...Bd7 7.Nc3 Qc8 8.e4 Bg4 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bxf3 =-=(42) Korchnoi -- Bronstein, Moscow 1957; 5...d5 6.OO dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bf5 0-1(48) Karpov 2687 -- Smirin 2676, Moscow RUS 2002; 7...Nc6 8.Nxc4 Be6 9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 Bd5 0-1(40) Nikolic 2655 -- Piket 2640, Wijk aan Zee 1997; 5...c6 6.OO d5 7.b3 Ne4 8.e3 a5 9.Bb2 a4 10.Nfd2 Nxd2 =-=(24) Nikolic 2640 -- Timman 2655, Elista 1998.
    5.b3 d6 6.Bb2 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.OO Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Nc3 Nd7 1-0(30) Korchnoi -- Spassky, Leningrad 1956.

  72. 5...d5 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 Be6 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.e3 f5 1-0(54) Karpov 2696 -- Ye Jiangchuan 2616, Shenyang CHN 2000; 6...c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 Ng4 9.Nxg4 Bxg4 10.Nc3 Nc6 =-=(16) Polugaevsky 2620 -- Kasparov 2625, Moscow 1981; 6.Ne5 Nfd7 7.f4 e6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Nxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 1-0(27) Kasparov 2851 -- Polgar 2658, Internet KC 2000.
    5...c5 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.b3 d5 =-=(17) Spassky -- Tal, Moscow 1967; 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nb3 d6 9.e4 a5 10.a4 Bg4 0-1(42) Kholmov -- Tal, Yerevan 1962; 6.d5 d6 7.c4 Na6 8.Nc3 Nc7 9.Qc2 a6 10.b3 Bf5 0-1(32) Timman -- Adorjan, Groningen 1967.

  73. 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.h3 a6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Re8 1-0(44) Georgiev 2695 -- Nevednichy 2588, Herceg Novi YUG 2001; 1-0(44) Georgiev 2695 -- Nevednichy 2588, Herceg Novi 2001; 8...Re8 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 a6 1-0(47) Ivanchuk 2711 -- Radjabov 2610, Moscow RUS 2002; 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.b3 Rd8 =-=(26) Andersson 2645 -- Shirov 2720, Elista 1998; 6...Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.h3 Qe7 10.Bg5 Rd8 =-=(46) Andersson 2640 -- Milov 2635, Groningen 1997.
    6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.h3 c6 9.Re1 b5 10.dxe5 dxe5 0-1(30) Timman 2635 -- Polgar 2630, Madrid 1995; 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 Re8 10.Ba3 c6 =-=(22) Bernstein -- Boleslavsky, Groningen 1946; 6...d5 7.Bg5 c6 8.Re1 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 e3 1-0(29) Spassky -- Bronstein, Moscow 1961; 6...Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.h3 c6 9.e4 Bd7 10.Qe2 cxd5 1-0(48) Bauer 2562 -- Ivanchuk 2719, Neum BIH 2000; 6...Na6 7.e4 c5 8.e5 Ne8 9.exd6 Nxd6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 1-0(36) Andersson 2640 -- Milov 2635, Groningen 1997.
    6.a4 Na6 7.Nc3 c5 8.h3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Be3 Bd7 =-=(60) Salov 2660 -- Gelfand 2690, Linares 1993.
    6.b3 c5 7.c4 d5 8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.Bb2 d3 10.exd3 b6 =-=(39) Jussupow 2589 -- Radjabov 2656, Evry FRA 2004.

  74. 6...a6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.b3 Rb8 9.Nd5 Nh5 10.Bb2 e6 =-=(72) Ivanchuk 2717 -- Radjabov 2599, Dubai UAE 2002.

  75. 7...Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd7 10.e3 e5 1-0(45) Mecking -- Korchnoi, Sousse 1967.
    7...Rb8 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.d5 Bxf3 10.exf3 Ne5 1-0(41) Khalifman 2655 -- Nijboer 2605, Groningen 1997.
    7...Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 1-0(45) Granda Zuniga 2605 -- Smirin 2640, Elenite 1993.

  76. 10.Rc1 b5 0-1(36) Huebner 2635 -- Shirov 2690, Frankfurt 1996.

  77. 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Nb5 Na6 7.a4 Be7 8.h3 OO 9.Be2 Bd7 10.OO Bxb5 0-1(60) Miles 2562 -- Bologan 2676, Ohrid MKD 2001; 0-1(60) Miles 2562 -- Bologan 2676, Ohrid 2001; 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.h3 Rc8 9.Be2 Be7 10.OO OO 1-0(45) Rubinstein -- Bogoljubow, Gothenburg 1920; 4.c3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e3 d5 7.Nd2 Bd6 8.Nb5 Bb8 9.Bxb8 Rxb8 10.Be2 a6 =-=(30) Rubinstein -- Nimzowitsch, St Petersburg 1914.
    3.c3 Be7 4.Bg5 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Bd3 Bb7 =-=(24) Hebden 2526 -- Adams 2723, Telford ENG 2003.

  78. 3...c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.a3 OO 7.b4 Be7 8.Nbd2 a5 9.b5 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Nc5 =-=(28) Alekhine -- Bogoljubow, Germany 1934; 5.OO Nbd7 6.b3 g6 7.Bb2 Bg7 8.Nbd2 OO 9.Ne5 b6 10.f4 Bb7 =-=(44) Vaganian 2664 -- Vescovi 2611, Poikovsky RUS 2002; 4...b6 5.OO Bb7 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.b3 OO 10.Bb2 Nc6 =-=(25) Jussupow 2640 -- Andersson 2645, Elista 1998; 4...Nc6 5.OO d5 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 OO 8.Nbd2 Nb4 9.Be2 b6 10.a3 Nc6 0-1(33) Rubinstein -- Bogoljubow, Gothenburg 1920.

  79. 5.Nbd2 c5 6.b3 Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.Bb2 OO 9.OO Qc7 10.Rc1 Rac8 1-0(71) Bareev 2707 -- Lautier 2687, Wijk aan Zee NED 2002; 6.OO Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.b3 cxd4 9.exd4 Nd5 10.Ne4 f5 0-1(39) Polugaevsky 2620 -- Ljubojevic 2645, Tilburg 1983.
    5.b3 c5 6.OO cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bb2 OO 9.c4 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 =-=(53) Jussupow 2628 -- Adams 2715, Frankfurt GER 2000.

  80. 5...c5 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 d6 10.Bc2 a6 0-1(24) Delchev 2634 -- Gelfand 2701, Moscow RUS 2001; 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 =-=(28) Jussupow 2630 -- Adams 2670, Dortmund 1998.

  81. 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 c5 10.a4 Bd6 0-1(42) Khalifman 2660 -- Salov 2685, Wijk aan Zee 1994.
    6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.f4 g6 8.b3 Bg7 9.Nd2 c5 10.Bb2 OO 0-1(40) Jussupow 2605 -- Anand 2635, Linares 1991.

  82. 10.Nbd2 Nc6 =-=(31) Gelfand 2703 -- Kramnik 2809, Monaco MNC 2002.

  83. 3...h6 4.Bh4 d6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qd3 Be7 7.OOO Nbd7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Bxh4 =-=(12) Piket 2635 -- Nikolic 2641, Amsterdam 1999; =-=(12) Piket 2635 -- Nikolic 2641, Amsterdam NED 1999; 4...c5 5.e3 b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Bd3 d5 9.Ne5 OO 10.OO Nbd7 =-=(36) Miles 2595 -- Adams 2680, Hove 1997; 5...Be7 6.Bd3 b6 7.OO Bb7 8.c3 OO 9.Nbd2 d6 10.e4 Nh5 =-=(15) Yermolinsky 2625 -- Lautier 2625, Elista 1998; 4...g5 5.Bg3 Ne4 6.Nbd2 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.c3 d6 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bd7 =-=(100) Petrosian -- Botvinnik, Moscow 1951; 4...b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.c3 c5 8.h3 OO 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 =-=(17) Hort 2545 -- Karpov 2730, Biel 1990.
    3...Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 OO 6.Bd3 b6 7.h4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Ne5 Qe8 10.Qe2 Nb4 =-=(18) Spassky -- Taimanov, Leningrad 1963; 5...Nbd7 6.Bd3 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.Qc2 c5 9.OO h6 10.Bh4 OO 1-0(57) Spassky -- Reshevsky, Amsterdam 1964; 4.e3 c5 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.OO f5 =-=(85) Timman 2605 -- Andersson 2640, Indonesia 1983.
    3...d5 4.Nbd2 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 OO 7.Qe2 c5 8.c3 b6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 =-=(18) Timman -- Karpov, Groningen 1967; 4...Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.OO Bb7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 0-1(43) Spassky -- Petrosian, Moscow 1966.

  84. 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Qb6 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3 d5 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Be2 Be7 0-1(65) Larsen 2585 -- Portisch 2655, Tilburg 1980.

  85. 4...h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.c3 d5 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Qe2 OO =-=(30) Jussupow 2640 -- Almasi 2615, Groningen 1997; 5.Bh4 b6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 OO 8.e4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 =-=(32) Jussupow 2645 -- Beliavsky 2610, Linares 1993.
    4...Nc6 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Ne4 Be7 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.d5 Nb4 9.c4 f5 10.Ng3 d6 1-0(47) Dreev 2690 -- Zhang Zhong 2632, Shanghai CHN 2001; 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 OO 8.OO cxd4 9.exd4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Ncxe7 1-0(44) Petrosian -- Taimanov, Leningrad 1960.
    4...b6 5.d5 d6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 OO 1-0(55) Dreev 2679 -- Zelcic 2561, Las Vegas USA 1999.
    4...Qb6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.c4 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.OO Bd7 =-=(20) Spassky -- Zaitsev, Yerevan 1962.

  86. 5.Nbd2 d5 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 b6 8.OO Bb7 9.a4 OO 10.b4 cxb4 =-=(27) Piket 2630 -- Timman 2625, Merrillville 1997; 5...b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.g3 Ba6 0-1(61) Kamsky 2650 -- Sax 2600, Manila 1990.
    5.Bd3 b6 6.OO Bb7 7.c3 OO 8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.exd4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 =-=(32) Timman 2675 -- Andersson 2605, Brussels 1988.
    5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Nbd2 Qxc5 7.c4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.OO d6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 =-=(55) Jussupow 2630 -- Timman 2635, Frankfurt 1998.

  87. 5...cxd4 6.cxd4 Qb6 7.Qc1 Nc6 8.Nc3 OO 9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 d6 =-=(19) Hort 2600 -- Korchnoi 2660, Wijk aan Zee 1971.

  88. 10.h4 Nc7 =-=(12) Kamsky 2655 -- Huebner 2615, Dortmund 1992.

  89. 3...d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 OO 6.OO dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 1-0(60) Kramnik 2797 -- Gelfand 2712, Astana KAZ 2001; =-=(78) Azmaiparashvili 2674 -- Gelfand 2701, Moscow RUS 2001; =-=(31) Papaioannou 2578 -- Beliavsky, Istanbul TUR 2000; 10...Nbd7 =-=(17) Romanishin 2578 -- Ivanchuk 2709, Lviv UKR 2000; 6...c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Rd1 Nbd7 9.b3 Ba6 10.Nc3 dxc4 =-=(28) Illescas Cordoba 2595 -- Jussupow 2660, Madrid 1995; 5.OO OO 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 =-= Speelman 2623 -- Piket 2649, Mondariz ESP 2000; 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 0-1(42) Romanishin 2591 -- Beliavsky 2654, Belgrade YUG 2000; 5...b5 6.c3 a5 7.a4 b4 8.c4 Bb7 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Bf4 OO 0-1(46) Lautier 2666 -- Anand 2766, Bastia FRA 2003; 4...b5 5.OO Bb7 6.a4 b4 7.c4 bxc3 8.bxc3 Nbd7 9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 OO =-=(14) Bacrot 2664 -- Adams 2725, playchess.com INT 2003; 4...c6 5.OO Nbd7 6.c4 Bd6 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Bg5 Nb6 9.e4 h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 =-=(33) Lputian 2607 -- Bologan 2676, Poikovsky RUS 2001; 4.c4 Be7 5.Bg2 OO 6.OO dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 1-0(60) Lputian 2605 -- Polgar 2658, Wijk aan Zee NED 2000.
    3...b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Be7 6.OO OO 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 =-=(86) Petrosian -- Botvinnik, Moscow 1963; 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.b3 Bf6 0-1(60) Beliavsky 2650 -- Adams 2660, Belgrade 1995; 7...Na6 8.d5 Bb4 9.Bg5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nc5 =-=(25) Huebner 2635 -- Tiviakov 2625, Wijk aan Zee 1996; 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.OO OO 9.Rc1 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 1-0(43) Kasparov 2847 -- Ponomariov 2734, Linares ESP 2003; 7...d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 OO 10.OO Nd7 1-0(34) Topalov 2645 -- Vyzmanavin 2610, Elenite 1994; 6...OO 7.d5 Bb4 8.OO Na6 9.Nh4 Nc5 10.Na4 exd5 1-0(29) Romanishin 2615 -- Tiviakov 2635, Belgrade 1993; 5.OO Be7 6.c4 OO 7.b3 d5 8.Ne5 Qc8 9.cxd5 Bxd5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 =-=(13) Kaidanov 2599 -- Korchnoi 2659, Calcutta 2000; =-=(13) Kaidanov 2599 -- Korchnoi 2659, Calcutta IND 2000; 7.Bf4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nc3 Nxf4 10.gxf4 Nd7 =-=(27) Nikolic 2655 -- Tiviakov 2640, New York 1994; 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 d5 10.cxd5 Bxg2 =-=(18) Petrosian 2635 -- Tal 2615, Biel 1976; 6...c6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.e4 OO 9.d5 exd5 10.exd5 d6 0-1(43) Miles 2600 -- Tiviakov 2640, Groningen 1994.
    3...c5 4.Bg2 Qc7 5.OO cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bf4 d6 9.c4 Nbd7 10.Na3 Nh5 1-0(53) Nikolic 2620 -- Gelfand 2700, Sarajevo 1991; 4...cxd4 5.OO a6 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.e4 Bc5 8.c4 d6 9.Nc3 OO 10.Nb3 Ba7 =-=(30) Lautier 2596 -- Ivanchuk 2714, Monte Carlo MNC 1999; 4...Nc6 5.OO cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 OO 9.Nc3 a6 10.Be3 Qc7 =-=(81) Spassky -- Geller, Moscow 1961.

  90. 4.Qd3 Ba6 5.e4 c5 6.Bg5 Qa5+ 7.Qd2 Qxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 Be7 9.e5 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Kxe7 =-=(43) Krasenkow 2661 -- Georgiev 2677, Saint Vincent ITA 2000.

  91. 4...d5 5.OO Bb7 6.b3 Nbd7 7.c4 bxc4 8.bxc4 dxc4 9.Na3 c3 10.Nb5 Bb4 0-1(52) Huebner 2604 -- Kramnik 2777, Brissago SUI 2004.

  92. 5.Bg5 d5 6.c3 Nbd7 7.a4 b4 8.a5 Rb8 9.a6 Ba8 10.Qa4 Be7 0-1(67) Piket 2635 -- Onischuk 2657, Biel SUI 1999; 0-1(67) Piket 2635 -- Onischuk 2657, Biel 1999; 5...Be7 6.c3 c5 7.OO Na6 8.e3 OO 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 =-=(19) Ivanchuk 2740 -- Timman 2590, Belgrade 1995.

  93. 5...Be7 6.Qd3 a6 7.a4 b4 8.c4 OO 9.Nbd2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 1-0(42) Nikolic 2645 -- Piket 2670, Monte Carlo 1995.

  94. 6.Bg5 Be7 7.c3 Na6 8.e3 Rb8 9.Nbd2 OO 10.a3 Ne4 1-0(49) Petrosian 2635 -- Portisch 2625, Biel 1976.

  95. 6...Na6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qb1 Rc8 =-=(29) Sosonko -- Timman, Amsterdam 1973.
    6...Be7 7.a4 b4 8.cxb4 cxb4 9.Nbd2 OO 10.Nb3 d6 =-=(36) Petrosian 2645 -- Polugaevsky 2620, Leningrad 1977.
    6...h6 7.a4 b4 8.a5 cxd4 9.cxd4 Be7 10.Nbd2 OO =-=(17) Jussupow 2620 -- Andersson 2625, Reykjavik 1988.

  96. 10.Nbd2 Nc6 =-=(51) Timman 2660 -- Seirawan 2635, Hilversum 1990.
    9...Qb6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 =-=(20) Larsen 2620 -- Tal 2625, Bugojno 1978.

  97. 3...c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 OO 9.OO a6 10.a4 Bg4 1-0(43) Anand 2765 -- Illescas Cordoba 2635, Leon 1997; 6...a6 7.a4 g6 8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.e4 Bg7 10.Be2 OO =-=(40) Khalifman 2628 -- Akopian 2646, Las Vegas USA 1999; 5...g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d6 OO 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.e3 Qa5 10.Nd2 Nh5 1-0(24) Krasenkow -- Ruban, Kaliningrad 1986; 4...b5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nc3 b4 8.Nb5 Na6 9.e4 g5 10.e5 Qf4 =-=(24) Najer 2606 -- Malakhov 2672, Moscow RUS 2003; 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.a4 Be7 8.OO OO 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qc7 =-=(29) Karpov 2740 -- Topalov 2640, Las Palmas 1994; 5...a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.OO OO 10.b3 Nc6 0-1(25) Greenfeld 2600 -- Topalov 2645, Elenite 1994; 4...Be7 5.Nc3 OO 6.Bd3 d6 7.OO b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.Rd1 a6 10.dxc5 bxc5 1-0(78) Kasimdzhanov 2664 -- Volokitin 2585, Mainz GER 2003; 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Nd6+ Bxd6 9.Qxd6 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Nxb4 =-=(19) Gelfand 2710 -- Topalov 2745, Dortmund GER 2002.
    3...a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.OO Nbd7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 =-=(15) Karpov 2705 -- Miles 2570, Luzern 1985.

  98. 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 b6 6.e3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Bd3 OO 10.OO d6 0-1(33) Marshall -- Capablanca, Berlin 1928; 5...Bxc3 6.Bxc3 Ne4 7.Rc1 OO 8.g3 d6 9.Bg2 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 e5 0-1(53) Ehlvest 2600 -- Adams 2640, New York 1994; 4...c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.Qc2 d6 7.e4 e5 8.c5 OO 9.cxd6 exd4 10.Nbd2 =-= Timman 2630 -- Nikolic 2620, Tilburg 1987; 4...Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.e3 OO 7.Nc3 Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8 9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 =-=(18) Andersson 2640 -- Spassky 2605, Tilburg 1983.
    4.Nc3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 OO 7.Bg2 d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Qa3 Nbd7 =-=(31) Karpov 2705 -- Portisch 2635, Luzern 1985.

  99. 4...OO 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.OO h6 0-1(46) Khalifman 2655 -- Anand 2765, Groningen 1997; 5...Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Qc2 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nc6 9.Bd3 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nxd4 =-=(44) Bareev 2635 -- Adams 2620, Dortmund 1992.

  100. 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 =-=(43) Anand 2765 -- Illescas Cordoba 2635, Leon 1997.

  101. 6...OO 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 d6 9.OO Nbd7 10.b4 a5 =-=(17) Delchev 2572 -- Nisipeanu 2666, Andorra la Vella AND 2003.

  102. 7...d6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.OO OO 10.b4 Ne4 1-0(43) Georgiev 2660 -- Rogers 2605, Solingen GER 1998.

  103. 8...d6 9.b4 a5 10.Bb2 Ne4 1-0(34) Timman 2650 -- Andersson 2595, Tilburg 1984.

  104. 10.OO Nd7 1-0(34) Gelfand 2692 -- Nikolic 2659, Monaco MNC 2000; 1-0(34) Gelfand 2692 -- Nikolic 2659, Monte Carlo 2000.

  105. 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 OO 6.OO dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 =-=(17) Ftacnik 2598 -- Onischuk 2657, Rethymnon GRE 2003; 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.bxa3 Bd7 9.Ne5 Bc6 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 =-=(54) Kozul 2595 -- Georgiev 2654, Sarajevo BIH 2002; 4...Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 OO 7.OO c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.b3 Bb7 10.Nc3 dxc4 =-=(46) Torre 2540 -- Karpov 2710, Brussels 1987; 4...c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.OO Qe7 8.Nbd2 OO 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Ne5 f5 0-1(40) Fominyh 2571 -- Bologan 2676, Tomsk RUS 2001.
    4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Qc2 OO 8.e3 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Bf5 =-=(30) Taimanov -- Korchnoi, Tbilisi 1966.
    4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 OO 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.OO c5 1-0(45) Gurevich 2650 -- Kamsky 2640, Linares 1991.

  106. 4...dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 1-0(28) Piket 2630 -- Topalov 2745, Groningen 1997; =-=(20) Sokolov 2635 -- Van Wely 2655, Antwerp 1997; 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.e4 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.e5 b5 9.Qxb5 Rb8 10.Qa4 d4 =-=(20) Miles 2595 -- Karpov 2730, Biel 1990.
    4...Bb4 5.e3 OO 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Be2 Na5 10.cxd5 exd5 =-=(38) Portisch 2599 -- Aleksandrov 2654, Halkidiki GRE 2002; 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bb5 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 0-1(34) Borovikov 2593 -- Aleksandrov 2646, Kramatorsk UKR 2001.
    4...Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 OO 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.OO Nf8 =-=(54) Karpov 2780 -- Piket 2670, Monte Carlo 1995.

  107. 5.Bf4 OO 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 =-=(114) Karpov 2687 -- Anand 2755, Moscow RUS 2002; 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.OOO Be7 =-=(25) Ivanchuk 2714 -- Topalov 2700, Monte Carlo MNC 1999; 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 =-=(64) Tregubov 2628 -- Georgiev 2676, Ohrid MKD 2001.
    5.Qc2 dxc4 6.e4 Nc6 7.e5 Nb4 8.Qb1 Nfd5 9.Bxc4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nd5 1-0(41) Akopian 2654 -- Bologan 2676, Enghien-les-Bains FRA 2001; 5...OO 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.a3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e3 Nd7 10.Bd3 h6 =-=(28) Shabalov 2585 -- Khalifman 2702, Moscow RUS 2001.

  108. 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.e3 c5 9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 =-=(45) Christiansen 2585 -- Karpov 2720, London 1982.

  109. 7...Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 =-=(16) Vescovi 2615 -- Bologan 2663, Poikovsky RUS 2003; 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 dxc4 =-=(35) Lputian 2634 -- Pigusov 2622, Halkidiki GRE 2002.

  110. 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Nbd7 1-0(26) Hort 2575 -- Karpov 2690, Amsterdam 1981.

  111. 10.cxd5 exd5 =-=(31) Karpov 2693 -- Topalov 2739, Dubai UAE 2002.

  112. 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.OO Be7 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.b3 OO 10.Bb2 Bd6 =-=(53) Smyslov -- Polugaevsky, Leningrad 1960; 6...dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.a4 c5 10.Nc3 Qc7 =-=(44) Kasimdzhanov 2664 -- Huzman 2574, Mainz GER 2003; 5...Be7 6.Nc3 c5 7.OO cxd4 8.exd4 OO 9.d5 Na6 10.a3 Nc7 1-0(25) Vaganian 2641 -- Lautier 2658, Dordrecht NED 2001; 5...c5 6.OO g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 1-0(47) Muse 2510 -- Adams 2755, Hamburg GER 2000; 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 d5 7.OO OO 8.Qe2 c5 9.dxc5 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bxc5 1-0(65) Petrosian 2640 -- Karpov 2660, Moscow 1973; 5...d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.OO OO 10.b3 Nbd7 =-=(42) Malaniuk 2635 -- Vyzmanavin 2605, Pardubice 1993.
    4.Bf4 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.h3 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.Nc3 dxc4 9.Nb5 OO 10.Nc7 d5 0-1(19) Nikolic 2652 -- Lautier 2653, Moscow RUS 2001.

  113. 4...Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.Qc2 Bxc3+ =-=(23) Sokolov 2656 -- Adams 2708, Dortmund GER 1999; =-=(23) Sokolov 2656 -- Adams 2708, Dortmund 1999; 6...Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 OO 8.g3 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qh4 Bb7 0-1(42) Gurevich 2650 -- Kasparov 2800, Linares 1991; 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Nf8 0-1(42) Gelfand 2700 -- Salov 2665, Dos Hermanas 1997; 10...Qe7 1-0(50) Kamsky 2655 -- Timman 2635, Linares 1993; 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 =-=(40) Azmaiparashvili 2681 -- Nisipeanu 2584, Las Vegas USA 1999; 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Be2 a5 10.b3 Ne4 =-=(46) Kozul 2569 -- Adams 2731, Leon ESP 2001.

  114. 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 OO 8.Bd3 c5 9.OO d6 10.a3 Nbd7 =-=(15) Onischuk 2637 -- Dautov 2602, Neukoelln GER 2000.

  115. 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qb3 c5 0-1(62) Bacrot 2664 -- Grischuk 2732, Cap D'Agde FRA 2003.

  116. 6...exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qa4+ c6 9.e3 OO 10.Bd3 c5 =-=(44) Kramnik 2758 -- Nikolic 2659, Monte Carlo 2000; =-=(44) Kramnik 2758 -- Nikolic 2659, Monaco MNC 2000.

  117. 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.OO OO =-=(21) Petrosian -- Geller, Curacao 1962.

  118. 8...Nd7 9.e4 c5 10.Bf4 Be7 0-1(29) Krasenkow 2633 -- Karpov 2688, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003.

  119. 10.Bd3 c5 =-=(57) Krasenkow 2633 -- Ponomariov 2734, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; =-=(24) Krasenkow 2633 -- Polgar 2700, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; =-=(52) Gelfand 2691 -- Lautier 2596, Monte Carlo MNC 1999.

  120. 4...Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bd3 OO =-=(29) Lputian 2605 -- Adams 2715, Wijk aan Zee NED 2000; 10.Bg5 h6 =-=(14) Xu Jun 2668 -- Adianto 2583, Beijing CHN 2000; 8...Nc6 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Qe2 d6 =-=(41) Morozevich 2742 -- Adams 2742, Wijk aan Zee NED 2002; 5.e3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b4 c5 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 OO 10.Be2 Bb7 =-=(12) Krasenkow 2651 -- Adams 2745, Bled SLO 2002; 5...c5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne5 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Nfd7 9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Qxc4 Be7 1-0(66) Romanishin 2559 -- Adams 2752, Halkidiki GRE 2002; 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.e4 Nxc3 1-0(24) Gurevich 2633 -- Chuchelov 2607, Charleroi 2001; 1-0(24) Gurevich 2633 -- Chuchelov 2607, Charleroi BEL 2001; 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 Be7 8.OO OO 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Rc8 0-1(27) Kasimdzhanov 2595 -- Anand 2784, Wijk aan Zee NED 1999.
    4...c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.g3 OO 10.Bg2 d6 =-=(26) Lautier 2658 -- Baklan 2613, Mulhouse FRA 2001.

  121. 5...g6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.e4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Bb5+ Nd7 1-0(43) Gelfand 2713 -- Nikolic 2641, Bugojno BIH 1999.

  122. 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 h6 9.e3 Nd7 10.b4 Be7 0-1(33) Karpov 2688 -- Polgar 2700, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003; 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 c5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 =-=(27) Petrosian 2605 -- Andersson 2635, Bugojno 1982.

  123. 7.e3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Be2 OO 10.OO c5 =-=(42) Andersson 2620 -- Ribli 2625, Reggio Emilia 1989.

  124. 7...Bc6 8.Qb3 dxc4 9.Qxc4 OO 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 =-=(21) Sokolov 2659 -- Almasi 2640, Dos Hermanas 2001; =-=(21) Sokolov 2659 -- Almasi 2640, Dos Hermanas ESP 2001; 10.e3 Nd5 =-=(19) Lputian 2598 -- Almasi 2668, Istanbul TUR 2000.
    7...c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 OO 1-0(113) Van Wely 2646 -- Anand 2769, Monaco MNC 2000; 1-0(113) Van Wely 2646 -- Anand 2769, Monte Carlo 2000.

  125. 10.cxd5 Nxd5 1-0(80) Karpov 2679 -- Polgar 2676, Linares ESP 2001; 1-0(80) Karpov 2679 -- Polgar 2676, Linares 2001; =-=(42) Sturua 2600 -- Polgar 2678, Ohrid MKD 2001; =-=(42) Sturua 2600 -- Polgar 2678, Ohrid 2001.

  126. 4...Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.OO OO 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Bf6 10.Rd1 Qe7 =-=(19) Chernin -- Azmaiparashvili, Groningen 1979; 9...f5 10.b3 Bf6 =-=(19) Andersson 2635 -- Ehlvest 2620, Clermont Ferrand 1989; 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 0-1(53) Vallejo Pons 2629 -- Ponomariov 2734, Linares ESP 2003; 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 =-=(15) Polugaevsky 2635 -- Geller 2620, Sochi 1976; 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bf4 c5 1-0(45) Anand 2725 -- Adams 2660, Wijk aan Zee 1996; 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qf4 d5 =-=(33) Larsen 2625 -- Karpov 2630, San Antonio 1972; 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.OO OO 9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 =-=(18) Anand 2781 -- Gelfand 2691, Dos Hermanas 1999; =-=(18) Anand 2781 -- Gelfand 2691, Dos Hermanas ESP 1999; 6...OO 7.OO Ne4 8.Bd2 f5 9.d5 Bf6 10.Qc2 Bxc3 0-1(44) Adams 2660 -- Tiviakov 2630, New York 1994; 5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.OO OO 8.d5 exd5 9.Bxb4 cxb4 10.Ne1 Re8 =-=(22) Ribli 2610 -- Korchnoi 2635, London 1984; 6...Be7 7.Nc3 OO 8.OO Na6 9.Qa4 Qc8 10.Rfe1 c5 =-=(42) Petrosian 2620 -- Polugaevsky 2620, Lone Pine 1978; 5...c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.OO Bg7 9.Nc3 OO 10.Bg5 Re8 1-0(56) Vallejo Pons 2635 -- Granda Zuniga 2605, Bled SLO 2002.

  127. 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 d5 7.Bg2 Qd7 8.Qa4 Bb7 9.OO Bd6 10.cxd5 exd5 =-=(81) Gelfand 2710 -- Grischuk 2702, Moscow RUS 2002; 7...Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 a6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 =-=(24) Vallejo Pons 2635 -- Anand 2755, Bremen GER 2002; 6...Na5 7.Qc3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 =-=(72) Huzman 2589 -- Beliavsky 2649, Istanbul TUR 2003; 5...c6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.Nc3 OO 8.Rc1 d5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 0-1(37) Ivanchuk 2699 -- Leko 2736, Monte Carlo MNC 2003.
    5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.OO OO 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 Na6 0-1(59) Khalifman 2690 -- Ponomariov 2743, Moscow RUS 2002; 5...Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 8.Qb3 Bxd2+ 9.Bxd2 OO 10.OO d6 0-1(51) Sakaev 2647 -- Adams 2752, Halkidiki GRE 2002; 5...d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.OO OO 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Rc8 10.Re1 c5 0-1(50) Azmaiparashvili 2681 -- Nisipeanu 2584, Las Vegas USA 1999; 5...Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.e5 Ng8 9.OO Bc5 10.Nb3 Qc7 0-1(76) Ehlvest 2635 -- Epishin 2630, Moscow 1992.

  128. 5...Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.OO cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc7 10.Rd1 a6 =-=(37) Nikolic 2652 -- Lautier 2658, Dordrecht NED 2001; 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.OO OO 9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bf4 Be7 =-=(63) Nikolic 2653 -- Timman 2616, Enschede NED 2002.
    5...Be7 6.Nc3 OO 7.Bg2 c6 8.OO d5 9.Ne5 b5 10.cxb5 cxb5 =-=(30) Salov 2595 -- Karpov 2715, Brussels 1988.

  129. 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.OO OO 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 d6 =-=(14) Nikolic 2652 -- Lautier 2653, Moscow RUS 2001.

  130. 10.Kxg2 Qc7 1-0(64) Nikolic 2645 -- Kamsky 2710, Monte Carlo 1995.

  131. 5...b5 6.Bg2 bxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 d5 9.bxc4 OO 10.c5 c6 0-1(34) Van Wely 2655 -- Timman 2625, Merrillville 1997; 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 d5 8.OO Nbd7 9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 Ba6 1-0(38) Huzman 2580 -- Salov 2685, Amsterdam 1995.
    5...d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bd6 9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.Bb2 Be7 =-=(41) Sturua 2536 -- Leko 2743, Bled SLO 2002.
    5...Bb7 6.Bb2 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qd3 Qf6 9.Bg2 OO 10.OO Bxc3 =-=(22) Speelman 2645 -- Hjartarson 2610, Reykjavik 1988.

  132. 6...Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 OO 8.Bg2 c6 9.OO d5 10.Qb4 Ne4 1-0(38) Karpov 2715 -- Short 2630, Amsterdam 1988.

  133. 7.Nc3 OO 8.Qc2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 1-0(53) Nikolic 2661 -- Macieja 2615, Solingen GER 2002; 9...exd5 10.Bh3 c5 =-=(17) Nikolic 2661 -- Hracek 2607, Solingen GER 2002; 7...c6 8.e4 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 1-0(46) Ribli 2600 -- Timman 2650, Tilburg 1984.

  134. 7...d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.OO OO 10.Nc3 Bb7 =-=(11) Petrosian 2635 -- Portisch 2625, Biel 1976.

  135. 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 =-=(57) Karpov 2679 -- Leko 2745, Linares ESP 2001; =-=(57) Karpov 2679 -- Leko 2745, Linares 2001; 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.OO OO =-=(14) Ehlvest 2660 -- Karpov 2775, Biel 1996; 10...Rc8 =-=(69) Beliavsky 2655 -- Ljubojevic 2600, Belgrade 1991.

  136. 10.Rd1 OO =-=(16) Greenfeld 2570 -- Tkachiev 2672, Ohrid 2001; =-=(16) Greenfeld 2570 -- Tkachiev 2672, Ohrid MKD 2001.
    10.Bg5 OO =-=(32) Bacrot 2664 -- Adams 2725, playchess.com INT 2003.
    9...OO 10.Rd1 Nbd7 1-0(49) Kramnik 2758 -- Adams 2715, Wijk aan Zee NED 2000; 0-1(67) Jussupow 2645 -- Lutz 2614, Essen GER 2001.