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Opening Report

Database: masters (557,281 games)
Report: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 (380 games)
ECO: D31w [Semi-Slav: Marshall Gambit]
Generated by Scid 3.6, 2004.03.09

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

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
-----------------------------------------------------------
 All report games    380     133     125      89    55.7%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(33) Steinitz -- Marco, Nuremberg 1896 [31]
2: 1-0(33) Steinitz Wilhelm -- Marco George, Nuernberg (Germany) 1896 [31]
3: 1-0(51) Maroczy -- Charousek, Nuremberg 1896 [26]
4: 1-0(50) Swiderski Rudolf -- Chigorin Mikhail (RUS), Hannover (Germany) 1902 [28]
5: 0-1(37) Marshall Frank (USA) -- Chigorin Mikhail (RUS), Hannover (Germany) 1902 [1]

1.3 Newest games

1: =-=(18) Matamoros Franco 2490 -- Barria 2351, Coria del Rio ESP 2004.02.19 [65]
2: 1-0(44) Himanshu 2380 -- Pratibha 2229, Mumbai IND 2004.01.13 [25]
3: 1-0(20) Zude 2382 -- De Francesco 2214, Bad Wiessee GER 2003.11.12 [48]
4: 0-1(83) Taylor 2385 -- Bui Vinh 2463, Budapest HUN 2003.11.04 [22]
5: =-=(14) Shneider 2519 -- Tregubov 2635, Bastia FRA 2003.10.30 [78]

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games  1069     912    3815    5690    3290     954    1288
Frequency in all years: once every 1466 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 1212 games (up 21% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 1349 games (up 9% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 1321 games (up 11% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 6 1998-2002 50% 2697 Van Wely, Loek [12,59,77,80,82]
2: 6 2002-2003100% 2636 Volkov, Sergey [55,77,78,80,84]
3: 6 1983-2003 50% 2571 Vaisser, Anatoli V [12,18,25,75,87,94]
4: 5 2001-2002 20% 2656 Kharlov, Andrei [20,52,53]
5: 5 1998-2003 40% 2421 Williams, Simon [14,21,74,77,89]
6: 4 1998-2001 63% 2700 Van Wely, L [59,80,82,84]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 8 2000-2002 50% 2587 Galkin, Alexander [20,24,52,74,78,84]
2: 6 1983-2002 50% 2596 Novikov, Igor A [51,75,94]
3: 6 1988-2000 75% 2574 Ivanov Sergey (RUS) [2,16,18,63,71]
4: 5 1979-1998 60% 2585 Sveshnikov, E [46,53,67]
5: 4 2001-2003 50% 2613 Korneev, Oleg [11,46,80]
6: 4 1994-1999 63% 2570 Ivanov, Se [2,16,18,63]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2471 (322 games); White performance: 2491 (54% vs 2462)
Black rating: 2462 (318 games); Black performance: 2442 (46% vs 2471)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: 0-1(45) Van Wely 2697 -- Shirov 2715, Monaco MNC 2002 [77]
2: =-=(50) Kamsky 2695 -- Kramnik 2710, New York 1994 [66]
3: =-=(50) Kamsky 2695 -- Kramnik 2710, ? 1994 [66]
4: 1-0(33) Van Wely 2643 -- Krasenkow 2702, ? 2000 [80]
5: 1-0(33) Van Wely 2643 -- Krasenkow 2702, Istanbul TUR 2000 [80]
6: 1-0(32) Lautier 2666 -- Zvjaginsev 2664, Poikovsky RUS 2003 [21]
7: *(31) Van Wely 2635 -- Krasenkow 2655, ? 1998 [59]
8: =-=(31) Van Wely 2635 -- Krasenkow 2655, Pamplona 1998 [59]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    56.3%     35     36     37   35.0%   32.8%   23.4% 
 All games       55.2%     42     34     43   33.3%   39.3%   23.2%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(16) Yermolinsky 2574 -- Kaliksteyn 2378, Seattle USA 2002 [56]
2: 1-0(16) Ortega 2487 -- Pegorari 2380, Cutro ITA 2001 [27]
3: 1-0(20) Franco Ocampos 2512 -- Galiana 2233, Mallorca ESP 2000 [1]
4: 1-0(20) Zude 2382 -- De Francesco 2214, Bad Wiessee GER 2003 [48]
5: 1-0(21) Volkov 2567 -- Geller 2417, Moscow RUS 2002 [77]

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(12) Touzane 2250 -- Wallace 2405, Biel 1995 [63]
2: 0-1(18) Sazonov Alexander -- Filippov Valerij, Perm 1998 [40]
3: 0-1(19) Glek 2430 -- Neverov 2465, Tallinn 1986 [94]
4: 0-1(19) Abdulla 2350 -- Barua 2540, ? 1998 [79]
5: 0-1(19) Manninen 2355 -- Hector 2500, Jyvaskyla 1993 [52]

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 9 move orders reaching this position. The top 8 are:
1: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 (261)
2: 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 (44)
3: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 (40)
4: 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 (16)
5: 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 (10)
6: 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 (5)
7: 1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 (2)
8: 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d5 4.d4 (1)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: dxe4   D31w      304: 80.0%   57.4%  2454  2422  1992   33%
 2: Bb4    D31w       72: 18.9%   49.3%  2497  2471  1997   35%
 3: Nf6                2:  0.5%   50.0%              1951    0%
 4: dxc4               1:  0.2%    0.0%              2003    0%
 5: Nd7                1:  0.2%  100.0%              1986    0%
_______________________________________________________________
TOTAL:               380:100.0%   55.7%  2462  2427  1993   33%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 37% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 6%
Opposite castling: 13% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 3%
Kingside pawn storm: 29% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 29%
Queens exchanged: 86% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 12%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 4% Open c/d/e file: 91%

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% 11% 31% 2% 1% 4% 41%
All games 2% 9% 9% 26% 2% 5% 4% 44%

5. Theory Table

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4: +133 =125 -89 (195.5/380: 56%)
4567891011
1 e4
Bb41 		Bd22
dxc43 		Bxc4
Qxd44 		Qe2
b5 		Bb3
Nf65 		Nf3
Qb6 		OO
Nbd7 		Rfe1
Bxc36 		21: 33%
2 ...
... 		Bd3
dxe47 		Bxe4
Nf6 		Bc2
c58 		a39
Ba510 		Nf3
cxd4 		Nxd4
a6 		OO
OO11 		8: 75%
3 ...
... 		e5
c512 		a313
Bxc3+14 		bxc3
Ne715 		Nf3
cxd416 		cxd4
b617 		Bg5
Nbc6 		Rc1
h618 		22: 36%
4 ...
... 		cxd5
exd519 		e520
Ne721 		Nf322
c5 		a3
Bxc3+ 		bxc3
Nbc6 		Be2
Bg423 		OO
OO24 		25: 66%
5 ...
dxe4 		Nxe4
Nf625 		Nxf6+26
Qxf6 		Nf3
Bb4+27 		Bd2
Bxd2+ 		Qxd2
Nd728 		OOO29
OO30 		Qe3
c531 		22: 86%
6 ...
... 		...
Bb4+ 		Nc3
c532 		Nf333
Nf6 		a3
Ba534 		Be335
Nc636 		dxc5
Qxd1+37 		Rxd1
Ne438 		23: 50%
7 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		a3
Ba539 		Nf340
Nf641 		Be242
Nc643 		dxc5
Qxd1+ 		Bxd1
Ne444 		17: 50%
8 ...
... 		...
... 		Bd2
Qxd445 		Bxb4
Qxe4+ 		Ne2
Nd746 		Qd6
c547 		Bc3
Ne748 		OOO
Nf549 		22: 55%
9 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
Na6 		Bf850
Ne751 		Bxg7
Rg852 		Qd453
Qxd454 		25: 48%
10 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Be2
Ne755 		Qd256
Ng657 		Nh358
f659 		OOO
Kf760 		25: 62%
11 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
Nd7 		Nf361
c562 		Bc3
Ngf663 		Qd664
a565 		26: 50%
12 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
c5 		Bxc566
Qxg267 		Qd468
Nd7 		OOO69
Qg5+70 		25: 56%
13 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Bf3
Qg5 		Bd671
Nc672 		11: 77%
14 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
Na6 		Bd673
e574 		Nf3
Bg4 		OO75
OOO76 		23: 74%
15 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Ba5
f677 		Qd8+78
Kf7 		OOO79
e580 		25: 48%
16 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
Bd7 		Nf381
Nf682 		Qd683
Qf584 		16: 59%
17 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Bc3
f685 		Nf386
Ne787 		OO88
OO89 		17: 62%
18 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
Ne7 		Nf390
OO91 		OO92
Ng693 		11: 32%
19 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Bxg7
Rg8 		Bf6
Rg694 		16: 50%
  1. 4...Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nb6 9.Bd3 Nd5 10.OO b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Ne4 h6 1-0(20) Franco Ocampos 2512 -- Galiana 2233, Mallorca ESP 2000; 5.Bg5 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Qb6 8.c5 Qxb2 9.Ned2 Qb4 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.OO Qc7 12.Rc1 b6 0-1(37) Marshall Frank (USA) -- Chigorin Mikhail (RUS), Hannover (Germany) 1902.
    4...dxc4 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.OO OO 8.e5 Nd5 9.Ne4 Nd7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bd2 b6 12.Ng3 a5 0-1(30) Laketic 2426 -- Dimitrijevic 2369, Novi Sad YUG 2003.
    4...Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bd6 9.OO OO 10.Re1 h6 11.Bc2 c5 12.Qd3 Nf6 1-0(45) Chow -- Kaushansky, Illinois 1986.

  2. 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.h3 Be6 8.c5 b6 9.cxb6 axb6 10.Ne2 OO 11.OO h6 12.Bf4 Qc8 1-0(60) Bunzmann 2498 -- Sandipan 2510, Baden-Baden GER 2002; 7.Nf3 Qe7+ 8.Be3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Be6 10.Bd3 Nd5 11.Qc2 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Nd7 =-=(19) Bunzmann 2455 -- Dumitrache 2420, Paks 1998; 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 OO 9.Ne2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.a4 a6 =-=(59) Moen 2265 -- Leer-Salvesen 2293, Gausdal NOR 2002; 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 OO 8.OO dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bg4 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 =-=(63) Jepson Christian (SWE) 2373 -- Ivanov Sergey (RUS) 2574, Sweden 2000; 8...Bg4 9.Bg5 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qd6 0-1(38) Tarrasch Siegbert -- Teichmann Richard, Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1903; 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 OO 9.OO Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.Rb1 b5 12.a4 a6 0-1(32) Petrakov 2335 -- Skomorokhin 2425, Kstovo 1994.
    5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 dxe4 7.Qg4 Nf6 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qh6 Rg6 10.Qe3 c5 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.dxc5 e5 0-1(45) Hansen 2630 -- Maksimenko 2525, ? 1995; 9...c5 10.Qe3 Nc6 11.Ne2 Na5 12.dxc5 Nb3 =-=(52) Tichy 2317 -- Sosna 2366, CZE 2001.
    5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6 dxe4 8.Ne2 Rg6 9.Qe3 c5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.dxc5 Ng4 12.Qf4 e5 0-1(21) Barkhagen 2415 -- Ivanov 2528, ? 1999; 0-1(21) Barkhagen Jonas (SWE) 2442 -- Ivanov Sergey (RUS) 2538, Sweden 1999.

  3. 5...Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 dxe4 8.Qg4 Nf5 9.Qxe4 Nd7 10.Nf3 OO 11.Bd3 b5 12.g4 bxc4 0-1(22) Danilov 2352 -- Cosma 2467, Bucharest 2001; 0-1(22) Danilov 2352 -- Cosma 2467, Bucharest ROM 2001; * Danilov 2352 -- Cosma 2467, ? 2001.

  4. 6...Nf6 7.Qe2 Qxd4 8.Nf3 Qd8 9.OO Nbd7 10.a3 Be7 11.Rac1 OO 12.e5 Nd5 0-1(58) San Segundo Carrillo 2535 -- Shirov 2690, ? 1996; 0-1(58) San Segundo Pablo -- Shirov Alexei, Madrid 1996.

  5. 8...Nd7 9.Nf3 Qb6 10.OO Ngf6 11.e5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nd5 =-=(41) Comas Fabrego 2516 -- Godena 2485, Mondariz ESP 2000.

  6. 12.Bxc3 b4 1-0(55) Najer 2608 -- Timofeev 2575, Krasnoyarsk RUS 2003.

  7. 5...dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne2 b5 9.Bd3 a6 10.OO Bb7 11.Ne4 Nd7 12.Bg5 f6 1-0(40) Matveeva 2437 -- Sudakova 2369, Elista RUS 2002.

  8. 7...b5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 bxc4 10.Qf3 Qd5 11.Qg3 Nbd7 12.Nf3 OO 1-0(28) Danielian 2445 -- Gdanski 2505, Cappelle la Grande 1994.
    7...OO 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.OO c5 10.Bg5 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Re8 12.Ne4 Be7 1-0(29) Halkias 2560 -- Kiseleva 2322, Port Erin IOM 2003.

  9. 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Ba4+ Bd7 11.Ne2 Ne4 12.OO Bxc3 1-0(40) Khalifman Alexander (RUS) -- Godena Michele (ITA), Vienna (Austria) 1996; 11...OO 12.OO Be6 0-1(45) Schuurman 2272 -- Godena 2488, Bratto ITA 2002.
    8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Bxd1 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Bxc5 11.Nf3 b6 12.OO Bb7 =-=(30) Toulzac 2288 -- Collas 2447, Cap d'Agde FRA 2003.

  10. 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Qe2 OO 11.Nf3 b6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 1-0(34) Qendro 2370 -- Costantini 2334, Bratto ITA 2003.

  11. 12.b4 Bc7 =-=(56) Pomes Marcet 2380 -- Korneev 2551, Pamplona ESP 2002.

  12. 5...Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3 c5 10.c4 Qe4+ 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.dxc5 Nxe5 =-=(57) Borisenko Georgy K (UZB) 2435 -- Korchnoi Viktor (SUI) 2670, Moscow (Russia) 1955; =-=(57) Borisenko -- Korchnoi, Moscow 1955; 8.Qg4 Kf8 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.h4 Bxc4 12.Bc2 c5 1-0(62) Gormally 2499 -- Cherniaev 2454, London ENG 2000; 7...c5 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3 Nbc6 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.cxd4 b6 12.OO Bb7 0-1(30) Van Wely 2635 -- Rahman 2500, Elista 1998; 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 b6 10.c5 bxc5 11.dxc5 Nbc6 12.Bd3 Ba6 0-1(26) Vaisser 2564 -- Fressinet 2440, Bescanon FRA 1999; 6...Bxa3 7.bxa3 c5 8.Nf3 Nbc6 9.Be3 b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Bd3 Rf8 12.OO f6 0-1(28) Epishin 2579 -- Savchenko 2517, Ohrid MKD 2001; 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Nbc6 8.Bd2 Bxc5 9.Be2 OO 10.OO dxc4 11.Bxc4 Ng6 12.Re1 Nd4 =-=(22) Dao 2580 -- Rahman 2500, Elista 1998; 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nbc6 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 b6 12.Qc2 Bb7 =-=(64) Kwatschewsky 2280 -- Ellers 2360, Balatonbereny 1995.

  13. 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.dxc5 Nge7 8.Bd2 Bxc5 9.Be2 a6 10.OO h6 11.a3 OO 12.Bd3 dxc4 0-1(38) Lugovoi Aleksei (RUS) 2509 -- Popov Valerij (RUS) 2523, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1999; 0-1(38) Lugovoi 2510 -- Popov 2582, St Petersburg RUS 1999.
    6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Nge7 10.Be2 cxd4 =-= Houska 2375 -- Aagaard 2420, Hampstead 1998.

  14. 6...cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Nf3 Ne7 10.Qd4 Ng6 11.b5 Nd7 12.Ba3 Ndxe5 1-0(29) Hodgson 2605 -- Rahman 2461, Scarborough ENG 1999.
    6...Ba5 7.b4 cxb4 8.Nb5 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.Qg4 Kf8 11.Nf3 b3+ 12.Ke2 f5 0-1(26) Williams 2421 -- Barua 2542, Torquay ENG 2002.

  15. 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 Ne7 9.Nf3 Nbc6 10.c5 b6 11.Qc2 bxc5 12.Qxc5 Bd7 =-=(22) Sirotkina 2284 -- Sudakova 2213, St Petersburg RUS 2000.

  16. 8...Nbc6 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 b6 11.OO Ba6 12.cxd5 Bxe2 0-1(37) Baburin Alexander (IRL) 2515 -- Ivanov Sergey (RUS) 2505, Kstovo (Russia) 1994; 0-1(37) Baburin 2515 -- Ivanov 2490, Kstovo 1994; *(16) Baburin 2515 -- Ivanov 2490, ? 1994; 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 b6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.OO Bb7 =-=(38) Shirov Alexei -- Liiva Riho, Tallinn 1996.

  17. 9...Nbc6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Bd3 b6 12.OO Bb7 0-1(23) Kantorik 2299 -- Tabernig 2325, Imperia ITA 2001.

  18. 12.cxd5 Qxd5 *(15) Greenfeld 2530 -- Ivanov 2570, ? 1998; =-=(26) Greenfeld Alon (ISR) 2535 -- Ivanov Sergey (RUS) 2550, Beer-Sheva (Israel) 1998.
    12.Bxe7 Nxe7 1-0(37) Vaisser 2555 -- Landa 2515, Biel 1995.

  19. 5...cxd5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.OO Bxc3 10.bxc3 OO 11.Bg5 Bc6 12.c4 Qd6 1-0(29) Ricardi 2488 -- Spangenberg 2542, Buenos Aires ARG 2000; 6.e5 Ne7 7.Qg4 Nf5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bd3 h5 10.Qf4 Nce7 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.Qd1 a6 =-=(16) Bacrot 2300 -- Godena 2430, Cannes 1995.

  20. 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 OO 9.OO Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.c4 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qh5 =-=(47) Kharlov 2639 -- Galkin 2556, ? 2001; =-=(47) Kharlov 2639 -- Galkin 2556, Dubai UAE 2001; 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.c4 Bxf3 *(15) Turov 2553 -- Kharlov 2639, ? 2001; =-=(39) Turov 2553 -- Kharlov 2639, Elista RUS 2001; 6...cxd5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Nge7 9.OO OO 10.Qc2 h6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bf4 Rc8 =-=(26) Onischuk 2649 -- Fressinet 2619, Cap d'Agde FRA 2002; 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.OO Nge7 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.Nf4 Rd8 12.Na4 OO 1-0(35) Kouatly Bachar -- Bacrot Etienne, Meribel 1998.

  21. 6...Bf5 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.a3 Ba5 9.Ng3 Nd7 10.Nxf5 Nxf5 11.Qg4 g6 12.Bd3 h5 0-1(34) Barsov 2526 -- Motwani 2525, Port Erin IOM 2003; 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.a3 Be7 9.Qd1 Nd7 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.Be2 Ne6 12.OO a5 =-=(40) Sareen 2346 -- Barua 2515, Nagpur IND 2002; 7.a3 Ba5 8.Ne2 Ne7 9.Bg5 Nd7 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.f4 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 0-1(39) Williams 2335 -- Summerscale 2455, Oxford ENG 1998.
    6...c5 7.a3 cxd4 8.axb4 dxc3 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.f4 Nh6 11.Nf3 OO 12.Be2 f6 1-0(32) Lautier 2666 -- Zvjaginsev 2664, Poikovsky RUS 2003; 7...Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Bd3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nbc6 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Qb1 Bxd3 =-=(50) Shneider 2497 -- Timofeev 2577, Istanbul TUR 2003.

  22. 7.Bd3 c5 8.a3 cxd4 9.axb4 dxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Ne2 Qxe5 12.Bf4 Qf6 =-=(18) Vorobiov 2547 -- Sprenger 2492, Pardubice CZE 2003; 8.Bd2 OO 9.a3 Ba5 10.dxc5 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 d4 12.Bxd4 Ng6 1-0(49) Lindemann 2245 -- Lipinsky, Germany 1996; 7...Bf5 8.Ne2 OO 9.Bg5 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Na6 11.OO Qd7 12.f4 f5 =-=(53) Gerard 2254 -- Dumitrache 2504, Avoine FRA 2002; 8.Bg5 Qd7 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qf5 12.Qxf5 Nxf5 1-0(28) Utnasunov 2257 -- Bocharov 2438, St Petersburg RUS 2000; 7...Qb6 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.OO OO 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 =-=(47) Movsesian Sergei -- Vacovska Veronika, Prague 1998.
    7.f4 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nbc6 10.Be3 Nf5 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Nf3 Nxe3 1-0(50) Landa 2614 -- Sprenger 2492, Vienna AUT 2003.
    7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 OO 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 c5 11.OO Nbc6 12.Rb1 Qd7 0-1(83) Taylor 2385 -- Bui Vinh 2463, Budapest HUN 2003.

  23. 10...h6 11.OO c4 12.a4 OO 1-0(60) Belotelov 2308 -- Beshukov 2482, Biel SUI 2001.

  24. 12.Rb1 Qc7 1-0(33) Khalifman 2667 -- Galkin 2587, ? 2000; 1-0(33) Khalifman Alexander (RUS) -- Galkin Alexander (RUS), Hoogeveen (Netherlands) 2000; 1-0(33) Khalifman 2667 -- Galkin 2587, Hoogeveen NED 2000; 1-0(33) Khalifman 2667 -- Galkin 2587, Hoogeveen 2000.

  25. 5...Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be2 Be7 9.OO OO 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Qc2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 =-=(33) Kalinitschew 2491 -- Schlecht 2348, Bad Wiessee GER 2000; 8.Bd3 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.OO h6 11.b4 Be7 12.Qb3 OO 1-0(44) Himanshu 2380 -- Pratibha 2229, Mumbai IND 2004; 7...Qxf6 8.Bd3 h6 9.OO Bd6 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.b3 OO 12.Bb2 Ba3 1-0(36) Matamoros Franco 2430 -- Ricaurte Lopez 2365, Cienfuegos 1996; 7.Bd3 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Qa5 10.OO Bxd2 11.Nxd2 OO 12.Qc2 h6 *(21) Vaisser 2505 -- Dejkalo 2450, ? 1986; 1-0(21) Vaisser 2510 -- Dejkalo 2435, Tallinn 1986; 8...Nf6 9.Bc2 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 b6 12.OO Bb7 =-=(15) Aschenbrenner 2230 -- Tober 2233, Mitte AUT 2002.
    5...e5 6.dxe5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxe5 8.Bd3 Na6 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Qe2 Be6 11.Neg5 OOO 12.Nxe6 fxe6 1-0(42) Karpov 2695 -- Ivanovic 2385, Skopje 1976.

  26. 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 OO 8.Bd3 c5 9.OO cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Ne5 1-0(51) Maroczy -- Charousek, Nuremberg 1896; 9...Nc6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qe2 e5 12.Rd1 Nd4 =-=(24) Drozdovskij 2447 -- Pichugin 2400, Odessa UKR 2003; 6...b6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.g3 OO 9.Bg2 Ba6 10.b3 Bb7 11.Nge2 Qc8 12.OO c5 1-0(29) Donk 2365 -- Tulchinsky, Groningen 1995; 6...Nbd7 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bd3 e5 9.OO OO 10.Bg5 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 =-=(36) Marshall Frank (USA) -- Chigorin Mikhail (RUS), Cambridge Springs (USA) 1904.

  27. 7...Nd7 8.Bd3 Bb4+ 9.Kf1 h6 10.c5 Ba5 11.h4 Bc7 12.Rh3 e5 1-0(35) Shariyazdanov 2542 -- Najjar 2298, Dubai UAE 2002; 8...Qd8 9.OO Be7 10.Bc2 OO 11.Qd3 g6 12.Bh6 Re8 1-0(34) Singer 2281 -- Grabher 2227, Jenbach AUT 2003.
    7...h6 8.Bd2 Na6 9.a3 c5 10.Bc3 Qf4 11.d5 h5 12.Bd3 Bd6 1-0(16) Ortega 2487 -- Pegorari 2380, Cutro ITA 2001.

  28. 9...OO 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.OO Rd8 12.Rad1 b6 1-0(46) Reti -- Breyer, Budapest 1911; 10.OOO Rd8 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.h4 Kh8 1-0(25) Agdestein 2574 -- Hersvik 2285, Roros NOR 2002; 10.Rd1 Rd8 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.OO Nf8 1-0(50) Swiderski Rudolf -- Chigorin Mikhail (RUS), Hannover (Germany) 1902.

  29. 10.Bd3 c5 11.Bc2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Qxd4 =-=(84) Steiner -- Bernstein, Groningen 1946.
    10.Be2 b6 11.OO OO 12.Qe3 Bb7 1-0(34) Muhring -- Schmidt, Hastings 1948.

  30. 10...c5 11.d5 OO 12.dxe6 Qxe6 1-0(43) Castro 2385 -- Carvajal 2300, Cali COL 2003.

  31. 12.dxc5 Qf5 1-0(33) Steinitz -- Marco, Nuremberg 1896; 1-0(33) Steinitz Wilhelm -- Marco George, Nuernberg (Germany) 1896.

  32. 6...Nf6 7.Nf3 OO 8.Be2 c5 9.OO Nc6 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bxc5 12.Bg5 Ne7 =-= Milov 2400 -- Bronznik, Balatonbereny 1992; 8.a3 Bd6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.OO e5 11.Bc2 exd4 12.Qxd4 Nc5 1-0(28) Manor 2513 -- Kaganskiy 2292, Tel Aviv ISR 1999; 8.Bd3 c5 9.OO cxd4 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Nde2 Be6 12.Qc2 g6 =-=(57) Srokowski 2410 -- Vydeslaver 2340, Beersheba 1992; 7...c5 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.b4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc7 =-=(31) Gudmundsson 2360 -- Odendahl 2395, Gausdal 1982; 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.OO e5 =-=(39) Agdestein 2280 -- Odendahl 2395, Gausdal 1982; 7...Nbd7 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.Qe3 Bb4 1-0(51) Murshed 2520 -- Sevillano 2440, Dhaka 1995; 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5 9.Nf3 c5 10.Bd2 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 OO =-=(24) Bakic 2385 -- Lazic 2470, ? 2000; 8...e5 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5 Qa5 11.Bd2 c5 12.Be2 Nbd7 0-1(51) Meister 2375 -- Kaiser 2365, Germany 1988; 8...OO 9.Bd3 e5 10.Ne2 e4 11.Bc2 Re8 12.OO Be6 1-0(54) Belliard -- Philippe, Siegen 1970; 7...Be7 8.Nf3 OO 9.Bd3 b6 10.OO Bb7 11.Qe2 c5 12.Rd1 cxd4 1-0(60) Kas-Fromm 2210 -- Trabert 2205, Hamburg 1990.
    6...e5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Bf5 9.Nge2 Nd7 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.f4 Nh6 12.Bd2 OOO 0-1(38) Brkljaca 2375 -- Todorovic 2475, ? 1993; 7.a3 Ba5 8.d5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nf6 10.Bg5 cxd5 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.cxd5 OO =-=(52) Cooke 2275 -- Scerbin 2405, Budapest HUN 2000.

  33. 7.d5 Nf6 8.Bg5 exd5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bxf6 Qe6+ 11.Qe2 gxf6 12.OOO Bxc3 =-=(47) Vincent 2305 -- Preissmann 2310, ? 1989; 8.dxe6 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Bxe6 11.Be3 b6 12.h3 Nc6 0-1(36) Solcanean 2260 -- Breahna 2281, Bucharest ROM 1999.
    7.Be3 Nf6 8.Rc1 Qa5 9.Bd3 Qxa2 10.Ne2 Qa5 11.OO cxd4 12.Nxd4 OO =-=(45) Epishin 2599 -- Malakhov 2647, Valle d'Aosta ITA 2002; 7...cxd4 8.Bxd4 Nf6 9.a3 Be7 10.Nf3 OO 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.Be3 Ng4 0-1(32) Raicevic -- Ciric, ? 1979.

  34. 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 OO 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.Bd2 dxc3 =-=(29) Eising -- Spassky, Solingen 1974; 9...Nc6 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Bd2 Ne4 12.d5 Ne7 =-=(42) Tomaszewski 2390 -- Matlak 2375, Porabka 1986.

  35. 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Be3 Ne4 11.Rc1 Nxc3 12.bxc3 cxd4 =-=(15) Skembris 2440 -- Moroz 2525, Antalya TUR 2001.

  36. 9...Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 cxd4 12.Bxd4 OO =-=(31) Suetin 2355 -- Flear 2470, London 1990.

  37. 10...Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qc2 Ng4 =-=(41) Polgar Zsuzsa -- Portisch Lajos, Budapest 1993.

  38. 12.Rc1 Nxc3 =-=(32) Lerner 2550 -- Lukacs 2435, ? 1986; =-=(32) Lerner 2530 -- Lukacs 2435, Polanica Zdroj 1986.

  39. 7...Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nf6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 h6 11.OO OO 12.Bf4 cxd4 0-1(60) Murshed 2457 -- Sandipan 2431, Dhaka 2001; 0-1(60) Murshed 2457 -- Sandipan 2431, Dhaka BAN 2001; 10...Qa5 11.OO Ne4 12.Bd3 Nxc3 1-0(22) Meister 2375 -- Matlak 2410, Bielsko Biala 1988; 9...Qa5 10.Bd2 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 OO *(15) Boensch 2490 -- Knaak 2525, ? 1992; =-=(43) Hertneck Gerald -- Portisch Lajos, Berlin 1997; 9...OO 10.Bd3 b6 11.OO Bb7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 =-=(33) Adorjan -- Lukacs, ? 1984; 8...Qa5 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.Bd3 OO 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.OO Rd8 1-0(33) Romanishin 2590 -- Sveshnikov 2545, Frunze 1981.

  40. 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Rc1 cxd4 10.Qxd4 =-= Adorjan -- Pinter, ? 1984; 9.Ne2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nc6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 0-1(32) Conquest 2345 -- South 2225, London 1985; 8...Ne7 9.Rc1 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nf5 12.Bc5 Nd7 =-=(29) Chernikov 2460 -- Galliamova-Ivanchuk 2514, Moscow RUS 2002; 9.Nf3 Nf5 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Bb6 0-1(18) Sazonov Alexander -- Filippov Valerij, Perm 1998; 8...cxd4 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Bxd4 Nf6 11.b4 Bd8 12.Be2 Nc6 1-0(39) Botvinnik 2405 -- Bykhovsky 2467, Ramat Aviv ISR 2000.

  41. 8...cxd4 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nf6 12.Nb5 Na6 1-0(47) Gulko Boris F -- Khenkin Igor, Moscow 1992.

  42. 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne4 11.b4 Nxc3 12.Qc2 Bc7 =-=(28) Gulko Boris F -- Polgar Zsuzsa, Aruba 1992.

  43. 9...cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne4 11.Nb5 Qxd1+ 12.Bxd1 Nxc3 =-=(18) Babula 2581 -- Khenkin 2624, Tegernsee GER 2003.

  44. 12.Bd2 Bxc3 =-=(43) Gurevich 2643 -- Khenkin 2633, Polanica Zdroj POL 1999; *(18) Gurevich 2643 -- Khenkin 2633, ? 1999.

  45. 6...Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nf6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Nf3 OO 10.OOO c5 11.dxc5 Na6 12.Qe3 Qe7 *(23) Hort 2545 -- Ioseliani 2500, ? 1996; 10...Nd7 =-= Colovic 2255 -- Ciric 2380, Cacak 1991; 8.Nc3 OO 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Be2 b6 11.OO Qc7 12.Rfe1 Bb7 =-=(53) Pfleger 2505 -- Wiemer 2290, Germany 1984.

  46. 8...Ne7 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.Bxe7 Kxe7 11.Qg5+ Nf6 12.Qc5+ Ke8 *(24) Horvath 2500 -- Ninov 2435, ? 1995; 10.f3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh5 12.OOO c5 1-0(22) Martinez Martin 2297 -- Komljenovic 2478, Madrid ESP 2001; 9...c5 10.OOO OO 11.Bxc5 Nbc6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 *(17) Giorgadze 2495 -- Cruz Lopez 2275, ? 1991; 9.Qb3 Nd7 10.OOO c5 11.Bc3 OO 12.Ng3 Qf4+ =-=(43) Antoshin -- Sveshnikov, ? 1979; 0-1(35) Harovelo 2242 -- Kosteniuk 2459, Paris FRA 2002.
    8...e5 9.Qd6 Nd7 10.OOO c5 11.Bc3 Ne7 12.Ng3 Qf4+ 0-1(48) Nikolic 2645 -- Sveshnikov 2580, ? 1995; 10.Rd1 b6 11.f3 Qg6 12.Qc7 c5 =-=(51) Wells 2495 -- Haba 2455, ? 1996.
    8...f6 9.Qd6 Nd7 10.OOO Qe5 11.Qd2 c5 12.Bc3 Qc7 =-=(76) Danilov 2307 -- Volkov 2554, ? 2000.
    =-= Rotstein 2544 -- Korneev 2613, Bad Woerishofen GER 2003.

  47. 9...a5 10.Bc3 Ne7 11.OOO Qxc4 12.Nf4 Qc5 =-=(33) Janjgava 2485 -- Ninov 2370, Antwerp 1992; 12.Ng3 Qc5 1-0(21) Grooten 2375 -- Luminais 2214, Avoine FRA 2002; 11...e5 12.Ng3 Qf4+ =-=(30) Khurtsidze 2325 -- Demina 2365, Jakarta 1993; 10...Ngf6 11.b3 c5 12.OOO Ra6 1-0(43) Araz 2286 -- Pavasovic 2523, Istanbul TUR 2000; 12.Rd1 Ra6 *(19) Grigore 2455 -- Cozianu 2295, ? 1993.

  48. 10...Ngf6 11.OOO e5 12.Ng3 Qc6 *(13) Giorgadze 2515 -- Maljutin 2435, ? 1991; 11...Qc6 12.Qxc6 bxc6 1-0(20) Zude 2382 -- De Francesco 2214, Bad Wiessee GER 2003.

  49. 12.Qd2 OO =-=(40) Bromberger 2353 -- Danilov 2348, Miercurea Ciuc ROM 2001; 1-0(25) Flear 2510 -- Bryson 2330, Hastings 1993.
    11...e5 12.Ng3 Qf4+ 0-1(48) Grigore 2508 -- Malakhov 2605, Genova ITA 2000.

  50. 9.Bc3 Ne7 10.Bxg7 Nb4 11.Bxh8 e5 12.Qd6 Nc2+ =-=(19) Gomez Esteban 2410 -- Illescas Cordoba 2615, ? 1993; =-=(19) Gomez Esteban Juan Mario -- Illescas Cordoba Miguel, Lisbon 1993; 0-1(28) Berg 2395 -- Hector 2470, Aarhus 1993; 10...Rg8 11.Qd4 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 c5 *(24) Jounousov 2365 -- Vul 2395, ? 1997.

  51. 9...Qe5 10.Qd2 Qf6 11.Bd6 Ne7 12.Ng3 OO =-=(48) Krush 2380 -- Novikov 2596, New York 2001; =-=(48) Krush 2380 -- Novikov 2596, New York USA 2001; 12...Nf5 1-0(30) Bunzmann 2509 -- Karakehajov 2316, Athens GRE 2001.
    9...Bd7 10.Qd6 OOO 11.Bxg7 Be8 12.Qa3 Rd3 1-0(27) Schwartzman 2500 -- Komarov 2535, ? 1994.

  52. 10...Nb4 11.Qd6 Nc2+ 12.Kd2 Nxa1 1-0(44) Tunik 2450 -- Shumiakina 2330, Pardubice 1994; *(27) Tunik 2450 -- Shumiakina 2330, ? 1994; 0-1(27) Kharlov 2638 -- Arzumanian 2424, Tula RUS 2002; 11...Nd3+ 12.Kd2 Nf5 0-1(52) Kharlov 2633 -- Galkin 2569, Batumi GEO 2002; =-=(56) Kharlov 2633 -- Galkin 2569, Dubai UAE 2002; 11.Bxh8 e5 12.Qd6 Nc2+ 1-0(35) Grigore 2525 -- Ardelean 2370, Genova 1999; 12.f3 Nc2+ 0-1(19) Manninen 2355 -- Hector 2500, Jyvaskyla 1993.

  53. 11.Bf6 Rg6 12.Qd4 Qxd4 =-= Lima 2500 -- Nogueiras 2550, ? 1994; 0-1(45) Tunik 2430 -- Sveshnikov 2585, ? 1994; =-=(48) Saw 2205 -- Solomon 2435, Gold Coast AUS 1999; 11...Qxc4 12.Ng3 Qf4 0-1(44) Kharlov 2656 -- Filippov 2617, Kazan RUS 2001.
    11.Bc3 Qxc4 12.Ng3 Qh4 =-=(67) Onischuk 2649 -- Milman 2295, Philadelphia USA 2002.

  54. 12.Bxd4 c5 =-=(21) Giorgadze 2525 -- Sveshnikov 2525, Podolsk 1992; *(13) Grigore 2455 -- Kharlov 2535, ? 1993; =-=(13) Flear 2510 -- Polgar 2415, Hastings 1993; 1-0(39) Stephenson 2212 -- Dearing 2295, Scarborough ENG 1999; *(20) Tunik 2465 -- Maksimenko 2435, ? 1993.

  55. 8...Qxg2 9.Bf3 Qg5 10.Ne2 Na6 11.Rg1 Qf6 12.Bc3 e5 1-0(51) Volkov 2636 -- Grachev 2466, Krasnodar RUS 2002; 10...Ne7 11.Rg1 Qf6 12.Nc3 Nf5 1-0(24) Krupenski 2240 -- Tahirov 2363, Baku AZE 2002; 10.Bd6 Ne7 11.Be4 e5 12.Nf3 Qf4 0-1(40) Machycek 2258 -- Kharitonov 2438, Ostrava CZE 2002; 9.Qd6 Nd7 10.OOO Qxf2 11.Bh5 Qe3+ 12.Kb1 Qe5 =-=(17) Ree -- Pliester, ? 1982.
    8...b6 9.Qd6 Nd7 10.OOO a5 11.Bc3 Ngf6 12.Bf3 Qxc4 =-=(20) Richter 2428 -- Jakab 2442, Budapest HUN 2003.
    8...a5 9.Bd6 Qxg2 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.Bf3 Qg6 12.Ne2 Ne7 1-0(25) Danielian 2445 -- Durao 2215, Cappelle la Grande 1994.

  56. 9.Nf3 Nd5 10.Nd2 Qd4 11.Ba3 Nf4 12.OO Nd7 1-0(29) Maksimenko 2525 -- Krasenkow 2575, ? 1995; =-=(66) Babu 2380 -- Rahman 2480, Calcutta 1997; 0-1(32) Roobol 2258 -- Thesing 2436, NED 2001; 12...e5 1-0(16) Yermolinsky 2574 -- Kaliksteyn 2378, Seattle USA 2002; 10.Ba3 Nf4 11.OO Nxe2+ 12.Kh1 Nd7 *(32) Popov 2415 -- Burmakin 2505, ? 1996; =-=(35) Popov Valerij (RUS) 2415 -- Burmakin Vladimir (RUS) 2505, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1996; 0-1(31) Borisenko 2425 -- Kaliksteyn, ? 1992; 12...Nf4 =-=(22) Cramling 2525 -- Polgar 2550, Tilburg 1994; 9...Ng6 10.Nd2 Qf5 11.Bf3 Qe5+ 12.Ne4 f5 1-0(29) Stohl 2560 -- Haba 2505, ? 1994.
    9.Rc1 Na6 10.Bd6 Qxg2 11.Bf3 Qg5 12.Ne2 Nf5 1-0(28) Bach 2352 -- Trabert 2273, Hamburg GER 2000.

  57. 9...c5 10.Bxc5 Nbc6 11.Nf3 OO 12.OOO Qf5 *(22) Oll 2620 -- Kuijf 2475, ? 1996.

  58. 10.OOO Qf4 11.Nh3 Qxd2+ 12.Rxd2 Na6 =-=(31) Barsov 2440 -- Kasimdzhanov, UZB 1993; 12...f6 0-1(39) Bechkuis 2265 -- Haba 2505, Pardubice 1994.

  59. 10...Na6 11.OOO f6 12.Ba3 Kf7 *(31) Van Wely 2635 -- Krasenkow 2655, ? 1998; =-=(31) Van Wely 2635 -- Krasenkow 2655, Pamplona 1998; =-=(31) Van Wely 2635 -- Krasenkow 2655, Pamplona ESP 1998.

  60. 12.f3 Qh4 1-0(40) Khalifman Alexander -- Filippov Valerij, Kazan 1995; 1-0(40) Khalifman Alexander (RUS) -- Filippov Valerij (RUS), Kazan (Russia) 1995; 1-0(40) Khalifman 2655 -- Filippov 2510, ? 1995.

  61. 9.Qd6 c5 10.Bc3 Ne7 11.Qd2 OO 12.OOO Ng6 *(13) Sokolovs 2515 -- Bagirov 2525, ? 1993; 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qxc5 Bd7 12.OOO Nf6 0-1(26) Meduna 2462 -- Jirovsky 2457, Czech Rep CZE 2003; 9...a5 10.Bc3 Ne7 11.Nf3 Nf5 12.Qd2 c5 =-=(50) Landa 2643 -- Mueller 2395, Deizisau GER 2003; 10...Ngf6 11.Nf3 c5 12.Rd1 Ra6 1-0(41) Kalygin 2449 -- Novikov 2434, Tula RUS 2002.

  62. 9...b6 10.Nd2 Qf4 11.Bf3 Ne5 12.Be4 Bb7 =-=(27) Ionov Sergey (RUS) 2500 -- Sorokin Maxim (ARG) 2570, Cheliabinsk (Russia) 1992; =-=(27) Ionov 2510 -- Sorokin 2510, ? 1991; 12...f5 0-1(27) Nutu-Gajic 2330 -- Cosma 2310, ROM 1994; 10.Qd6 Bb7 11.Nd2 Qe5 12.Qxe5 Nxe5 =-=(45) Solonar 2315 -- Luther 2560, Bad Zwesten GER 1999; 10...c5 11.Nd2 Qe5 12.Qxe5 Nxe5 1-0(72) Mueller 2527 -- Trabert 2273, Hamburg GER 2000.
    9...Ne7 10.OO c5 11.Bc3 OO 12.Bd3 Qf4 1-0(31) Chernyshov 2520 -- Zakhartsov 2526, Voronezh RUS 2002; 12...Qg4 =-=(19) Abrashkin -- Rodin 2365, ? 1994.

  63. 10...Ne7 11.Qd2 OO 12.OOO Ng6 0-1(69) Danielian Oganes (ARM) 2440 -- Sakaev Konstantin (RUS) 2540, Duisburg (Germany) 1992; *(16) Danielian 2445 -- Sakaev 2555, ? 1992; 11...f6 12.OOO e5 *(16) Abramov 2355 -- Bashkov 2420, ? 1992; 11.OO OO 12.Bd3 Qc6 0-1(53) Belozerov Andrei (RUS) 2320 -- Ivanov Sergey (RUS) 2505, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1994; *(15) Belotserkovsky -- Ivanov 2505, ? 1994; 12...Qg4 0-1 Touzane 2250 -- Wallace 2405, Biel 1995.
    10...f6 11.Nd2 Qf4 12.Bh5+ g6 1-0(35) Dorfman 2595 -- Ruzele 2495, ? 1994.

  64. 11.OO OO 12.Bd3 Qg4 0-1(22) Schulz 2330 -- Reefschlaeger 2405, Germany 1984; 12.Re1 Qc6 0-1(44) Barrett 2217 -- Hassabis 2237, Birmingham ENG 2001.
    11.Qd2 Qg6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 *(19) Ivanov 2440 -- Bashkov 2470, ? 1991.

  65. 12.Nd2 Qxg2 =-=(18) Matamoros Franco 2490 -- Barria 2351, Coria del Rio ESP 2004; 12...Qg6 1-0(34) Touzane 2495 -- Laclau 2310, France 1996.
    11...Qc6 12.Qxc6 bxc6 1-0(28) Polgar 2550 -- Georgiev 2615, Pardubice 1994; 1-0(28) Polgar 2550 -- Georgiev 2615, ? 1994.
    11...Qg6 12.Nd2 a5 =-=(32) Stohl 2560 -- Seitaj 2420, ? 1994.

  66. 9.Bc3 Ne7 10.Nf3 OO 11.OO f6 12.Bd3 Qf4 1-0(34) Sokolov 2650 -- San Segundo Carrillo 2470, Madrid 1994; 1-0(34) Sokolov 2650 -- San Segundo Carrillo 2470, ? 1994; 11.Qd2 Ng6 12.OO Qf4 0-1(35) Vladimirov -- Stoliar, Leningrad 1955; 10...Nbc6 11.Qd6 OO 12.Qxc5 b6 1-0(56) Moehring 2450 -- Fichtl 2380, Halle 1974; 9...f6 10.Nf3 Qf4 11.OO Nc6 12.Nd2 Nge7 =-=(50) Kamsky 2695 -- Kramnik 2710, New York 1994; =-=(50) Kamsky 2695 -- Kramnik 2710, ? 1994; =-=(50) Kamsky Gata -- Kramnik Vladimir, New York 1994; 9...Nf6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.OO OO 12.Bd3 Qf4 0-1(49) Bach -- Beikert, Muenster 1987.

  67. 9...Nd7 10.Bd6 Qxg2 11.Bf3 Qg5 12.h4 Qf6 1-0(37) Dreev 2645 -- Sveshnikov 2575, ? 1998; 12...Qa5+ 1-0(23) Piket 2575 -- Van der Werf 2415, ? 1998; 10.Qd4 Nxc5 11.Qxc5 b6 12.Qa3 Bb7 =-=(18) Sorokin 2550 -- Sveshnikov 2535, ? 1996.

  68. 10.Qd2 Qxh1 11.OOO Nd7 12.Nf3 Qxd1+ 1-0(39) Jussupow 2665 -- Dokhoian 2570, ? 1994; 1-0(39) Jussupow Artur (GER) -- Dokhoian Yury (RUS), Germany 1994; *(27) Tataev 2340 -- Boguslawsky 2360, ? 1992; 12...Qg2 =-=(20) Flear 2525 -- Vera 2500, Elgoibar 1994; =-=(20) Flear 2505 -- Vera 2485, ? 1994.
    10.Qd6 Nd7 11.OOO Qc6 12.Ba3 Qxd6 0-1(61) Barlov 2495 -- Santos 2355, Novi Sad 1990; =-=(32) Gulko Boris F -- Weldon Charles, New York 1987; =-=(32) Gulko 2525 -- Weldon 2270, New York 1987.

  69. 11.Bf3 Qg5 12.Ba3 Qe5+ 0-1(29) Pantaleoni 2235 -- Semkov 2470, Forli 1988; 12.Bb4 Qf6 0-1(42) Nutu-Gajic 2345 -- Cosma 2320, ROM 1994.
    11.Bd6 Ne7 12.Bxe7 Qxh1 1-0(31) Norri 2405 -- Fernandez 2355, Paranana 1993.

  70. 12.f4 Qf6 *(19) Shishkin 2405 -- Moroz 2450, ? 1994; 0-1(38) Privakov 2325 -- Moroz 2493, Marganets 1999; 1-0(38) Vera 2475 -- Semkov 2450, ? 1990.

  71. 11.Ba3 Ne7 12.Ne2 Nf5 1-0(24) Jobava 2596 -- Portisch 2586, Rethymnon GRE 2003; 11...Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Ne7 =-=(64) Bosboom 2476 -- Goloshchapov 2519, Hoogeveen NED 1999.
    11.Qd4 Nd7 12.Bb4 Qe5+ =-=(49) Vaisser Anatoli (FRA) 2530 -- Ivanov Sergey (RUS) 2440, Uzhgorod (Ukraine) 1988.

  72. 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 1-0(22) Wade -- Fichtl, Marianske Lazne 1956; 0-1(40) Kinsman 2375 -- Payen 2310, London 1994; 1-0(22) Drozdovskij 2458 -- Tishin 2310, Alushta UKR 2003.
    12.Ne2 Nge7 *(18) Spraggett 2545 -- Gentes, ? 1992; 1-0(31) Spraggett 2545 -- Majorovas 2450, ? 1992.
    11...Ne7 12.Ne2 Nbc6 1-0(29) Lugovoi Aleksei (RUS) 2509 -- Karasev Vladimir I (RUS) 2373, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1999; 1-0(29) Lugovoi 2510 -- Karasev 2353, St Petersburg RUS 1999.
    11...Nd7 12.h4 Qf6 1-0(25) Krush 2399 -- Ippolito 2373, Lichfield ENG 2000.

  73. 9.Ba3 c5 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.OO Bc6 12.Re1 Ne7 0-1(24) Hoang Hai 2215 -- Tran Ngoc Thach 2268, Vung Tau City VIE 1999.

  74. 9...b6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.OO Rd8 12.Ne5 Ne7 1-0(29) Sokolov 2425 -- Vera 2470, ? 1987; 1-0(29) Sokolov 2425 -- Vera 2470, Portoroz 1987; 11...OOO 12.Ne5 Qf5 *(18) Verduga 2425 -- Vera 2455, ? 1986; 11.Qd2 c5 12.OO OOO =-=(46) Krasenkow 2641 -- Galkin 2569, Batumi GEO 2002; 11.Ne5 Qf5 12.Bd3 Qf6 1-0(49) Williams 2380 -- Van der Werf 2423, Hoogeveen NED 2003; 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Nf3 Rd8 12.OOO Qg6 =-=(44) Toshkov 2430 -- Vera 2455, ? 1986.
    9...Qxg2 10.Qd4 Nh6 11.OOO Nf5 12.Qd2 Nxd6 1-0(34) Jobava 2566 -- Potkin 2493, Batumi GEO 2002; 10.Bf3 Qg5 11.Ne2 Ne7 12.Rg1 Qa5+ 0-1(56) Arbakov 2445 -- Nikitin 2471, Alushta UKR 2002.
    9...Qf5 10.Nf3 Qa5+ 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.OO Nf5 1-0(32) Ivanchuk Vassily -- Dreev Alexey, Leningrad 1985; 1-0(34) Ivanchuk 2390 -- Dreev 2450, Minsk 1986.
    9...Bd7 10.Nf3 c5 11.Ne5 Bc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 1-0(22) Taimanov Mark E (RUS) 2600 -- Steiner Hermann (USA) 2450, Saltsjobaden (Sweden) 1952; 1-0(22) Taimanov -- Steiner, Saltsjobaden 1952.
    9...f6 10.Nf3 e5 11.OO Bf5 12.c5 Nb4 1-0(38) Izoria 2556 -- Yagupov 2474, Batumi GEO 2002.
    9...Ne7 10.Nf3 c5 11.OO Nf5 12.Bd3 Qg4 1-0(22) Pedersen -- Kolvig, Nykobing 1961.

  75. 11.Nxe5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qxe2+ *(13) Vaisser -- Novikov, ? 1983; =-=(19) Wallinger -- Mooser, Bayern 1989; =-=(37) Vaisser 2485 -- Novikov 2280, Volgodonsk 1983.

  76. 12.Bd3 Qf4 =-=(32) Notkin 2485 -- Sveshnikov 2560, Cappelle la Grande 1995; 1-0(47) Tal Mikhail (LAT) -- Dorfman Josif D (FRA), Tbilisi (Georgia) 1978; =-=(22) Najer 2599 -- Potkin 2483, St Petersburg RUS 2001; 1-0(47) Tal -- Dorfman, ? 1978; 1-0(47) Tal 2625 -- Dorfman 2550, Tbilisi 1978.

  77. 9...b6 10.Qd6 Bd7 11.OOO OOO 12.Bc3 Nf6 0-1(71) Ivanov 2545 -- Vul 2410, ? 1996; 0-1(71) Ivanov Sergey (RUS) 2515 -- Vul Arkadi Eremeevich (RUS) 2390, Cappelle la Grande (France) 1996; 12...f6 0-1(41) Khenkin 2638 -- Maksimenko 2512, Bratto ITA 2003; 11.Bc3 f6 12.OOO OOO 0-1(45) Van Wely 2697 -- Shirov 2715, Monaco MNC 2002; 12.Nf3 OOO 1-0(28) Volkov 2634 -- Goloshchapov 2558, Dubai UAE 2003; 10...bxa5 11.Rd1 f6 12.f3 Qe5 1-0(21) Volkov 2567 -- Geller 2417, Moscow RUS 2002; 10.Bc3 f6 11.Qd6 Nh6 12.OOO Nf7 0-1(34) Cherniack 2269 -- Shulman 2550, Philadelphia USA 2003; 12.Bxf6 gxf6 1-0(25) Williams 2369 -- Zhao Zong-Yuan 2390, Witley ENG 2001; 10...Bb7 11.Qd2 Rd8 12.Qg5 Ne7 =-=(30) Turov 2563 -- Potkin 2481, Moscow RUS 2002; 10...Ne7 11.Qd2 e5 12.Rd1 OO 0-1(31) Pisk 2335 -- Zawadzka 2296, Brno CZE 2003.

  78. 10.Nf3 b6 11.Bc3 Ne7 12.OO OO 1-0(51) Volkov 2636 -- Smirnov 2539, Panormo GRE 2002; =-=(14) Shneider 2519 -- Tregubov 2635, Bastia FRA 2003; 11...Bb7 12.OO c5 0-1(30) Tolstikh 2480 -- Galkin 2569, Ekaterinburg RUS 2002.

  79. 11.Nf3 b6 12.Bc3 Bb7 =-=(60) Goloshchapov 2528 -- Tregubov 2628, Ohrid 2001; 0-1(21) Selin 2432 -- Yagupov 2460, Alushta UKR 2002; =-=(60) Goloshchapov 2528 -- Tregubov 2628, Ohrid MKD 2001; 1-0(45) Hodgson 2605 -- Haslinger 2267, Scarborough ENG 1999; 12...Nc5 0-1(19) Abdulla 2350 -- Barua 2540, ? 1998; 0-1(28) Miton 2383 -- Markowski 2549, Cappelle la Grande 1999.

  80. 12.Bd3 Qf4+ 1-0(29) Volkov 2620 -- Goloshchapov 2574, Rethymnon GRE 2003; 1-0(28) Mamedyarov 2607 -- Schneider 2424, Nakhchivan AZE 2003.
    12.f3 Qe3+ =-=(119) Fernandes 2449 -- Korneev 2599, Santo Antonio POR 2002.
    11...b6 12.Bc3 e5 1-0(33) Van Wely 2643 -- Krasenkow 2702, ? 2000; 1-0(33) Van Wely 2643 -- Krasenkow 2702, Istanbul TUR 2000.
    =-= Lalic 2528 -- Korneev 2572, Madrid ESP 2001.

  81. 10.Qd6 Qxg2 11.Bc3 OOO 12.Bf3 Qg5 =-=(29) Piket 2619 -- Lautier 2596, Monte Carlo MNC 1999; 10...Nf6 11.Nf3 b6 12.Bc3 OOO =-=(65) Potapov 2483 -- Geller 2258, St Petersburg RUS 2000.

  82. 10...Ne7 11.OO c5 12.Qd2 Bc6 1-0(39) Van Wely 2635 -- Bryson 2385, Elista 1998; *(21) Van Wely 2635 -- Bryson 2385, ? 1998.
    10...b6 11.Bc3 f6 12.Qd6 Rd8 =-=(65) Potapov 2375 -- Feygin 2460, Ceske Budejovice 1995.

  83. 11.OO OO 12.Re1 c5 1-0(48) Matveeva 2430 -- Shumiakina 2376, Herceg Novi YUG 2001.

  84. 12.Ne5 Qxf2+ =-=(41) Van Wely 2700 -- Fressinet 2581, ? 2001; 1-0(74) Georgiev 2620 -- Sherbakov 2555, ? 1996; 0-1(42) Sokolov 2625 -- Sherbakov 2510, ? 1994; =-=(25) Yakovich 2577 -- Galkin 2556, ? 2001; 1-0(29) Volkov 2567 -- Beshukov 2465, Moscow RUS 2002; =-=(25) Yakovich 2577 -- Galkin 2556, Dubai UAE 2001; 12...b6 =-=(55) Serper 2560 -- Adianto 2535, Jakarta 1994; *(18) Serper 2560 -- Adianto 2535, ? 1994.
    11...c5 12.Rd1 b6 1-0(37) Mikenas -- Suetin, Moscow 1950; 12.Ne5 b6 0-1(43) Razuvajeva Juli (RUS) -- Stjazhkina Olga (RUS), St. Petersburg (Russia) 1998.

  85. 9...Nf6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.OO OOO 12.Bd3 Qg4 1-0(29) Sokolov 2570 -- Akopian 2590, ? 1991; 1-0(29) Sokolov Ivan -- Akopian Vladimir, Groningen 1992; 10.Qd6 Bd7 11.OOO OOO 12.f3 Qe3+ 1-0(33) Jaime Montalvan 2301 -- Segura Ariza 2235, Ayamonte ESP 2002.

  86. 10.Qd6 Ne7 11.OOO e5 12.Bh5+ Ng6 =-=(17) Gurevich 2688 -- Vallejo Pons 2559, ? 2001; =-=(17) Gurevich 2688 -- Vallejo Pons 2559, Dos Hermanas 2001; =-=(17) Gurevich 2688 -- Vallejo Pons 2559, Dos Hermanas ESP 2001; 10...Bd7 11.OOO OOO 12.Qg3 Qg6 1-0(24) Bronstein -- Szily, Budapest 1949.
    10.Qd2 e5 11.f3 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh6 0-1(37) Gulko 2580 -- Kaidanov 2600, ? 1997; 0-1(37) Gulko Boris F -- Kaidanov Gregory S, Philadelphia 1997.

  87. 10...e5 11.OO Ne7 12.Nxe5 fxe5 =-=(27) Vaisser 2571 -- Apicella 2522, Aix les Bains FRA 2003.

  88. 11.Qd6 Nf5 12.Qd2 c5 1-0(55) Babu 2336 -- Sharma 2337, Calcutta IND 2000; 1-0(55) Babu 2336 -- Sharma 2337, Calcutta 2000.
    11.Nd2 Qf4 12.g3 Qc7 1-0(42) Zhu Chen 2497 -- Kosteniuk 2455, Moscow RUS 2001.

  89. 12.Re1 e5 =-=(41) Flohr -- Szily, Budapest 1949; 12...Qf4 0-1(25) Williams 2335 -- Barsov 2475, Oxford ENG 1998; 12...Qg6 1-0(31) Steiner -- Paoli, Venice 1950.
    12.Bd3 Qg4 0-1(34) Bjarnason 2218 -- Markowski 2531, Reykjavik ISL 2000.

  90. 10.Qd2 OO 11.OOO Ng6 12.h4 e5 1-0(23) Nguyen Anh Dung 2484 -- Lukacs 2475, Budapest HUN 1999.

  91. 10...f6 11.OO e5 12.Nxe5 fxe5 *(19) Nachev -- Abrashkin, ? 1994; 11...c5 12.Nd2 Qf4 =-=(28) Matamoros Franco 2430 -- Ammann 2305, Bern 1995; 11...OO 12.Re1 e5 1-0(29) Rogers 2335 -- Dearing 2295, England 1998; 11.Nd2 Qf4 12.g3 Qc7 0-1(47) Smougalev 2342 -- Shalimov 2456, Kharkov UKR 2003.

  92. 11.Qd6 Ng6 12.Bd2 e5 0-1(44) Danielian 2440 -- Relange 2285, Cannes 1993.

  93. 12.Re1 f6 0-1(37) Wells 2455 -- Bronstein 2405, Hastings 1993; =-=(44) Estevez 2430 -- Diaz 2405, Bayamo 1984; 12...Qf4 0-1(33) Vilela 2435 -- Cifuentes Parada 2490, Cienfuegos 1996; 0-1(33) Vilela 2435 -- Cifuentes Parada 2490, ? 1996.
    11...f6 12.Re1 Ng6 0-1(46) Lalic 2530 -- Sherbakov 2510, ? 1994.

  94. 12.Bc3 Qxg2 1-0(27) Berg 2420 -- Sherbakov 2520, Cappelle la Grande 1995; 0-1(22) Lee 2236 -- Bhat 2396, San Francisco USA 2000; 0-1(19) Glek 2430 -- Neverov 2465, Tallinn 1986; 1-0(32) Llanos 2437 -- Varela 2283, Buenos Aires ARG 1999; 12...e5 0-1(48) Vaisser 2563 -- Beikert 2444, Clermont-Ferrand FRA 2003.
    12.Bxe7 Kxe7 1-0(46) Vasilevich Tatjana (UKR) -- Stjazhkina Olga (RUS), St. Petersburg (Russia) 1996; 0-1(47) Verdier Patrice -- Filippov Valerij, Bastia 1997; =-=(41) Rensch 2298 -- Schneider 2429, Dallas USA 2002.
    12.f3 Qf4 =-=(26) Yakovich 2515 -- Sherbakov 2510, Moscow 1994.
    11...Qf4 12.Bc3 Rxg2 1-0(37) Lautier 2620 -- Gurevich 2605, ? 1993; 0-1(40) Flear 2500 -- Novikov 2545, ? 1993; 0-1(28) Beckhuis 2265 -- Novikov 2590, Cappelle la Grande 1995; 1-0(55) Onischuk 2649 -- Novikov 2592, Lindsborg Kansas USA 2002; 12.Bxe7 Kxe7 =-=(36) Sherbakov 2520 -- Novikov 2590, St Petersburg 1995; *(17) Danielian 2440 -- Relange 2295, ? 1993; 1-0(49) Danielian 2440 -- Relange 2285, Cannes 1993.