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Opening Report

Database: masters (534,122 games)
Report: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 (915 games)
ECO: C42c [Russian-Three Knights Game]
Generated by Scid 3.6, 2004.03.15

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

1. Statistics and History

1.1 Statistics

                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
-----------------------------------------------------------
 All report games    915     270     443     176    55.1%
-----------------------------------------------------------

1.2 Oldest games

1: 0-1(34) Loewenthal -- Barnes, London ENG 1857 [12]
2: 1-0(25) Winawer -- Minckwitz, 1870 [77]
3: 1-0(42) Paulsen -- Schallopp, Berlin GER 1881 [88]
4: =-=(46) Weiss -- Englisch, Vienna AUT 1882 [102]
5: 1-0(35) Paulsen -- Weiss, Vienna AUT 1882 [67]

1.3 Newest games

1: 0-1(43) Brkic 2420 -- Jurkovic 2319, Bizovac CRO 2004.02.27
2: *(55) Moldovan 2435 -- Bujisic 2288, Sozina SCG 2004.02.25
3: 0-1(41) Rodriguez 2485 -- Benares 2298, Sao Paulo BRA 2004.02.17
4: =-=(29) Janev 2403 -- Kuzmanov 2210, Plovdiv BUL 2004.02.17
5: 1-0(44) Gouliev 2453 -- Milliet 2326, Nancy FRA 2004.02.16

1.4 Current popularity

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

Once every X games   121     189     855     903    1348     540     453
Frequency in all years: once every 583 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 473 games (up 23% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 465 games (up 25% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 470 games (up 24% from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 12 1992-1999 67% 2716 Adams, Michael [24,34,53,61,90,123]
2: 12 1991-2003 63% 2690 Short, Nigel D [32,88,98,100,121,123]
3: 9 1990-2003 44% 2535 Hector, Jonny [25,27,30,47,54,65,76]
4: 8 1989-2003 63% 2723 Svidler, Peter [23,63,65,88,114]
5: 8 1993-1998 75% 2710 Shirov, Alexei D [29,30,82,123]
6: 8 1961-1986 63% 2625 Spassky, Boris V [101,104,108,112,117,123]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 26 1979-2001 48% 2665 Jussupow, Artur M [12,27,30,35,53,76,103,106,...]
2: 15 1895-1904 60% Pillsbury, Harry N [12,13,14,25,32,81,111,115,...]
3: 9 1991 33% 2610 Speelman, Jonathan S [98,100,121]
4: 9 1995-2003 72% 2596 Pavasovic, Dusko [39,54,76,77,84,94]
5: 9 1985-2001 50% 2465 Kochiev, Aleksandr V [31,70,71,115]
6: 8 1992-1998 44% 2615 Alterman, Boris [15,16,17,26,53,106]

2. Ratings and Performance

2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2419 (731 games); White performance: 2465 (57% vs 2415)
Black rating: 2415 (729 games); Black performance: 2369 (43% vs 2419)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: =-=(18) Shirov -- Kramnik, Cazorla 1998 [82]
2: =-=(61) Adams -- Kramnik, Linares 1999 [90]
3: =-=(47) Svidler -- Morozevich, Moscow RUS 2002 [65]
4: =-=(19) Shirov 2710 -- Kramnik 2790, ? 1998 [82]
5: 0-1(39) Nunn -- Bareev, Hastings ENG 1993 [89]
6: 1-0(49) Shirov -- Akopian, Linares 1995 [29]
7: =-=(61) Adams 2716 -- Kramnik 2751, ? 1999 [90]
8: =-=(61) Adams 2716 -- Kramnik 2751, Linares ESP 1999 [90]

3. Result Trends

3.1 Result lengths and frequencies

                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    55.2%     42     30     44   29.5%   48.4%   19.2% 
 All games       55.2%     42     34     43   33.3%   39.0%   23.2%

3.2 Shortest wins (White)

1: 1-0(15) Bednarski 2388 -- Sydor 2424, Wroclaw POL 1972
2: 1-0(17) Libiszewski 2446 -- Laurent 2365, Cap d'Agde FRA 2003
3: 1-0(17) Yandemirov 2430 -- Bezgodov 2345, Smolensk RUS 1992
4: 1-0(19) Bruzon 2488 -- Oms Pallise 2444, Santa Clara CUB 1999 [43]
5: 1-0(19) Yandemirov 2465 -- Bezgodov 2345, Alushta UKR 1993

3.3 Shortest wins (Black)

1: 0-1(12) Spangenberg 2565 -- Tkachiev 2615, ? 1997 [82]
2: 0-1(12) Masalov 2228 -- Sudakova 2341, St Petersburg RUS 2001
3: 0-1(15) Liiva 2420 -- Pavasovic 2544, Internet Chess Club INT 2000 [84]
4: 0-1(16) Pascual Arevalo 2259 -- Mellado Trivino 2463, Barcelona ESP 2000
5: 0-1(16) Szigetvari 2205 -- Siklosi 2400, Kecskemet HUN 1990

4. Moves and Themes

4.1 Move orders reaching the report position

There were 4 move orders reaching this position:
1: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 (677)
2: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 (152)
3: 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 (81)
4: 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 (5)

4.2 Moves from the report position

    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: Nc6    C47a      658: 71.9%   54.3%  2427  2398  1988   50%
 2: Bb4    C42c      211: 23.0%   56.3%  2382  2357  1989   45%
 3: d6                46:  5.0%   60.8%  2403  2317  1989   41%
_______________________________________________________________
TOTAL:               915:100.0%   55.1%  2415  2382  1988   48%

4.3 Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:
Same-side castling: 79% White Isolated Queen Pawn: 2%
Opposite castling: 4% Black Isolated Queen Pawn: 5%
Kingside pawn storm: 16% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank: 30%
Queens exchanged: 55% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank: 22%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 3% Open c/d/e file: 59%

4.4 Endgames

Material at the end of each game:
P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,RQ,R,BN
Report games 3% 11% 9% 24% 3% 4% 5% 41%
All games 2% 9% 9% 26% 2% 5% 4% 44%

5. Theory Table

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3: +270 =443 -176 (491.5/915: 55%)
345678910
1 Nc3
d6 		d41
Nbd72 		Bc43
Be74 		OO
OO 		Re15
c66 		a47
b68 		b39
a6 		Bb2
Bb710 		23: 54%
2 ...
Bb4 		Bc411
OO12 		OO13
Bxc314 		dxc315
d6 		Bg516
h6 		Bh4
Bg4 		h3
Bh5 		Qd3
Nbd717 		27: 54%
3 ...
... 		Nxe5
OO18 		Nd319
Bxc3 		dxc3
Nxe4 		Be220
d521 		OO
c622 		Nf4
Bf523 		c4
d424 		21: 57%
4 ...
... 		...
... 		Be2
Re825 		Nd326
Bxc3 		dxc3
Nxe4 		Nf4
d627 		OO
Nd728 		c429
Nf830 		24: 58%
5 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		OO
d531 		Nf432
c633 		Be334
Nd635 		20: 60%
6 ...
Nc6 		Bc436
Nxe437 		Nxe438
d5 		Bd3
dxe4 		Bxe4
Bd6 		d439
exd440 		OO41
OO 		Bg5
f642 		24: 44%
7 ...
... 		g3
d543 		exd5
Nxd5 		Bg244
Nxc345 		bxc3
Bd646 		OO
OO 		d347
Bg448 		h3
Bh549 		31: 61%
8 ...
... 		...
Bc5 		Bg2
d650 		d351
a652 		OO53
OO54 		h355
h656 		Kh257
Be6 		Be3
Bxe358 		30: 62%
9 ...
... 		d4
Bb4 		Nxe559
Nxe460 		Qg461
Nxc362 		Qxg7
Rf8 		a3
Nxd463 		axb4
Nxc2+ 		Kd2
Nxa164 		20: 50%
10 ...
... 		...
exd4 		Nxd465
Bb466 		Nxc6
bxc6 		Bd367
OO68 		OO
d569 		exd5
cxd5 		Bg570
c671 		31: 61%
11 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
d5 		exd572
cxd573 		OO74
OO 		Bg5
Be675 		29: 48%
12 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
c676 		26: 52%
13 ...
... 		Bb5
Bc577 		OO78
OO 		Nxe5
Re879 		Nf3
Nxe480 		d4
Nxc3 		bxc3
Be7 		d5
Nb881 		21: 48%
14 ...
... 		...
Nd4 		Nxd482
exd4 		e5
dxc3 		exf6
Qxf6 		dxc383
Qe5+84 		Qe285
Qxe2+ 		Bxe286
d587 		25: 36%
15 ...
... 		...
... 		Ba4
c688 		Nxe589
d590 		d391
Bd6 		f492
OO 		OO93
b5 		Bb3
b494 		24: 35%
16 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Bc5 		Nxe595
OO 		Nd396
Bb6 		e5
Ne8 		Nd597
d698 		Ne399
c6100 		23: 67%
17 ...
... 		...
Bb4 		OO101
OO102 		Bxc6103
dxc6104 		Nxe5105
Re8106 		Nd3
Bxc3 		dxc3
Nxe4 		Qf3107
Qf6108 		25: 46%
18 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		d3
Bxc3109 		bxc3
d6110 		Bg5111
Qe7112 		Re1113
Nd8 		d4
Ne6114 		22: 55%
19 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
d6 		Bg5115
Bxc3116 		bxc3
h6117 		Bh4118
Bd7119 		Rb1120
a6121 		29: 47%
20 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
Qe7 		Re1122
Nd8 		d4
Ne6123 		25: 66%
Generated from the 500 highest-rated games.
  1. 4.g3 g6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.OO OO 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 c6 10.a4 exd4 11.Nxd4 a5 =-=(26) De la Villa Garcia 2460 -- Dorfman 2593, Saint Vincent ITA 2000.

  2. 4...exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.Bd3 OO 7.OO Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.f4 Rb8 10.b3 d5 11.e5 Ng4 =-=(37) Charbonneau 2410 -- Becerra Rivero 2538, Paget Parish BER 2001; =-=(37) Charbonneau 2410 -- Becerra Rivero 2538, Elbow Beach BER 2001; 6.Be2 OO 7.OO Re8 8.Re1 Bf8 9.Bf1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 c6 11.a4 h6 =-=(54) Arakhamia-Grant 2410 -- Iordachescu 2558, Wijk aan Zee NED 2002; 5...Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.OO Be7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qf3 OO 10.b3 Ng4 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 1-0(30) Stoica 2415 -- Klaric 2450, Tuzla 1981; 5.Qxd4 Be7 6.Bg5 OO 7.OOO Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.a3 a6 10.h3 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 0-1(52) Winawer -- Blackburne, Vienna AUT 1882.

  3. 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 a6 7.OOO OO 8.Qe1 Qe8 9.h3 c5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bh4 b5 =-=(25) Tarrasch -- Marco, Pistyan CZE 1922.
    5.Rg1 Qe7 6.g4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nb6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6+ Bd7 11.Bxa8 Nxa8 =-=(46) Romero Holmes 2530 -- Argandona Rivero 2350, Mislata ESP 2003.

  4. 5...h6 6.OO Be7 7.Qe2 c6 8.a4 OO 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.h3 Re8 11.dxe5 dxe5 1-0(53) Zelcic 2500 -- Ascic 2337, Bizovac CRO 2001.

  5. 7.a4 c6 8.Re1 b6 9.d5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Bb7 11.b3 Rc8 =-=(47) Yandemirov 2460 -- Abramovic 2480, ? 1995; *(17) Iordachescu 2435 -- Rowson 2400, ? 1995; 10...Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Rb8 *(23) Korneev 2605 -- Panchenko 2460, ? 1995; 9.Bg5 a6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 *(17) Vujadinovic 2390 -- Abramovic 2490, ? 1996; 7...a5 8.b3 c6 9.Bb2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 =-= Moldovan 2460 -- Mateuta 2390, Bucharest ROM 2002.
    7.Qe2 c6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc5 11.h3 Be6 =-=(21) Tarrasch -- Reti, Ostrava CZE 1923; 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.Bg5 b5 10.d5 b4 11.dxc6 bxc3 1-0(37) Nenarokov -- Alekhine, Moscow RUS 1908.

  6. 7...Nb6 8.Bf1 exd4 9.Nxd4 c5 10.Nf3 d5 11.Nxd5 Nfxd5 1-0(59) Zelcic 2547 -- Biti 2315, Ljubljana SLO 2002.

  7. =-= Benderac 2345 -- Dizdarevic 2526, Neum BIH 2002.

  8. 8...a5 =-= Georgiev 2564 -- Delchev 2634, Reggio Emilia ITA 2002.
    8...Qc7 9.h3 b6 10.Ba2 a6 11.Bg5 Re8 =-=(37) Zelcic 2576 -- Ascic 2310, Bizovac CRO 2003.
    8...Qe8 9.h3 Bd8 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 1-0(62) Frolov 2418 -- Gabdrakhmanov 2427, Togliatti RUS 2003.

  9. 9.d5 c5 10.Qd3 Ne8 11.a5 a6 0-1(60) Jonkman 2414 -- Eliet 2432, Belgium BEL 2003.

  10. 11.Bd3 Re8 0-1(51) Godena 2485 -- Iordachescu 2594, New Delhi IND 2000.

  11. 4.d3 d5 5.Nxe5 OO 6.Be2 Qe7 7.f4 d4 8.Bd2 dxc3 9.bxc3 Bc5 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.d4 Nxe5 =-=(63) Cela 2527 -- Altounian 2438, San Francisco, CA USA 2000; 5.exd5 OO 6.Be2 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.OO Re8 9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Ba5 11.Bf1 Bg4 1-0(31) Galego 2511 -- Kalesis 2411, Halkidiki GRE 2002; 5.Bd2 Nc6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.g3 Bg4 8.Bg2 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bc5 10.Qb1 Bb6 11.OO OO =-=(58) Faibisovich 2455 -- Tolstikh 2405, Ceske Budejovice CZE 1995.
    4.Be2 d6 5.d3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 h6 7.OO OO 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Bf1 Re8 10.h3 Bd7 11.g3 Ne7 =-=(41) Kuporosov 2510 -- Tolstikh 2400, Ceske Budejovice CZE 1994.
    4.a3 Bxc3 5.dxc3 d6 6.Nd2 OO 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.OO Nc5 9.c4 c6 10.b4 Bg4 11.f3 Nxd3 1-0(26) Gurgenidze -- Kaminsky, Sverdlovsk 1957.
    =-= El Taher 2477 -- Abdelnabbi 2430, Cairo EGY 2001.

  12. 4...d6 5.d3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 OO 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.OO Ne7 0-1(47) Cohn -- Pillsbury, Muenchen 1900; 6.OO Bxc3 7.bxc3 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Qe2 OO 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.d4 Nd7 *(20) Afek 2345 -- Ziatdinov 2485, ? 1997; 5.OO Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.d3 c6 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.c3 Ba5 11.b4 Bc7 =-=(103) Chernyshov 2536 -- Jussupow 2645, Ohrid MKD 2001; 6.d3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qd7 9.c3 Ba5 10.d4 Bb6 11.Bb5 a6 0-1(34) Loewenthal -- Barnes, London ENG 1857; 5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 OO 7.c3 Ba5 8.d3 c6 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Bb3 Kh8 11.Qe2 Na6 1-0(56) Becker -- Euwe, Karlsbad CZE 1929.
    4...Bxc3 5.dxc3 d6 6.OO Nbd7 7.Re1 OO 8.a4 Nc5 9.Nd2 a5 10.Qf3 Bg4 11.Qg3 Be6 0-1(25) Polgar -- Ivanchuk, Monte Carlo MNC 1994; 7...h6 8.Nh4 g6 9.a4 Nc5 10.Nf3 Be6 11.Bd3 a5 =-=(39) Guliev 2390 -- Vakhidov 2500, Abudhabi UAE 2002; 6.Qe2 OO 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.OOO Qe8 9.g4 Kh8 10.h4 Nxg4 11.h5 Nb6 =-=(46) Todorcevic 2490 -- Nikcevic 2470, Igalo 1994.

  13. 5.d3 c6 6.OO d5 7.Bb3 a5 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 a4 10.Ba2 Qa5 11.exd5 cxd5 1-0(35) Mieses -- Pillsbury, Cambridge 1904; 5...Nc6 6.OO Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.h3 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qe7 11.f4 exf4 0-1(51) Delmar -- Pillsbury, Cambridge 1904; 5...d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Ng5 Qf6 11.OO Qg6 1-0(42) Rellstab -- Vidmar, Bled SLO 1950.
    5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 c6 7.Bb3 d5 8.OO Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nd7 =-=(30) Spielmann -- Marshall, Berlin GER 1928.

  14. 5...d6 6.Nd5 Ba5 7.d4 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 Nd7 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Nh4 c6 11.Bb3 Bd8 =-=(14) Wedberg 2425 -- Schneider 2420, Boras 1979; 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Be6 8.Bb3 Nbd7 9.Be3 Bxb3 10.axb3 a6 11.c4 Qe7 =-=(14) Plachetka 2445 -- Banas 2395, Trnava SVK 1979.
    5...Nc6 6.Re1 d6 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 Bb6 9.Na4 Nxe4 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.b5 Ne7 =-=(41) Albin -- Pillsbury, Monte Carlo MNC 1903; 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Ba3 Re8 10.Qd2 h6 11.Rae1 Bg4 0-1(37) Vallejo Pons -- Leitao 2360, Cuba 1993.

  15. 6.bxc3 Nxe4 7.Nxe5 d5 8.Be2 Re8 9.Nf3 c5 10.Bb2 Qf6 11.Re1 Nc6 * Gurieli 2370 -- Alterman 2545, ? 1992.

  16. 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Nc5 10.Rad1 Qe7 * Kofidis 2350 -- Alterman 2545, ? 1992.
    7.Nd2 Be6 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nc4 Qe8 11.Bg5 Qh5 =-=(15) Hug 2425 -- Bednarski 2415, Stary Smokovec SVK 1974.

  17. 11.b4 Qe8 1-0(51) Lev 2455 -- Alterman 2545, ISR 1992; 1-0(51) Lev 2450 -- Alterman 2545, ? 1992.

  18. 4...Qe7 5.Nd3 Bxc3 6.dxc3 Nxe4 7.Be2 d5 8.OO OO 9.Nf4 c6 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bf5 0-1(66) Alapin -- Alekhine, Karlsbad CZE 1911; 8...c6 9.Nf4 Bf5 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd7 =-=(24) Acs 2514 -- Thorfinnsson 2371, Athens GRE 2001; 6...Qxe4+ 7.Qe2 OO 8.Qxe4 Nxe4 9.Be3 d6 10.OOO Nd7 11.Nf4 Nb6 =-=(31) Chigorin -- Marshall, Paris FRA 1900; 5.Nf3 Bxc3 6.dxc3 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 d6 8.OO OO 9.Bd3 Qg4 10.h3 Qh5 11.Nd4 Qxd1 =-=(80) Hug 2455 -- Segal 2415, Dortmund GER 1980.

  19. 5.d3 d5 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.Nf3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 Qxe4+ 10.Be2 Re8 11.OO Qxe2 =-=(24) Brochet 2349 -- Mellado Trivino 2477, Escaldes AND 1999.
    5.Nf3 Re8 6.Be2 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.OO Nc6 9.Re1 d6 10.Be3 a6 11.Nd4 Ne5 =-=(58) Kastanieda 2425 -- Belli 2401, Lima PER 2002.

  20. 7.Nf4 d6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.OO h6 10.Nd5 Nf6 11.Nf4 Bf5 0-1(95) Malbran 2430 -- Gunnarsson 2445, Elista RUS 1998; 7...Nc6 8.Be3 d6 9.Be2 Bd7 10.OO Re8 11.Re1 Ne5 1-0(28) Mueller 2530 -- Lindinger 2299, Hamburg GER 2002.
    7.c4 b6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nf4 Ba6 10.OO Re8 11.Re1 Qh4 1-0(20) Antonio 2548 -- Donguines 2425, Manila PHI 2001.

  21. 7...Re8 8.OO d6 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Nf4 Ndf6 11.c4 h6 =-=(76) Varga 2510 -- Seres 2465, Eger HUN 2002; 8...h6 9.Re1 d6 10.Bf1 Nf6 11.c4 Bg4 1-0(41) Yudasin 2550 -- Skatchkov 2420, St Petersburg RUS 1998.
    7...Nc6 8.OO d6 9.Re1 Re8 10.Bf1 Bf5 11.f3 Nf6 1-0(44) Lau 2535 -- Raetsky 2410, Bad Ragaz SUI 1994.

  22. 8...Bf5 9.Be3 Nd7 10.f3 Nd6 11.Re1 Re8 =-=(25) Nimzowitsch -- Spielmann, Baden-Baden GER 1925.
    8...Re8 9.Re1 c6 10.Bf1 Nd7 11.f3 Nd6 1-0(64) Hort 2541 -- Fridman 2539, Essen GER 2000.

  23. 9...Re8 10.c4 d4 11.Bd3 Na6 *(18) Svidler 2660 -- Akopian 2660, ? 1997; =-=(30) Svidler 2660 -- Akopian 2660, Lucerne SUI 1997.
    9...Nd6 10.Nh5 a5 11.Bd3 Qh4 *(16) Petronic 2490 -- Marinkovic 2505, ? 1997; 10.Be3 Bf5 11.Bd3 Nd7 =-=(17) Wang Yu 2368 -- Koneru 2484, Goa IND 2002.

  24. 11.Bd3 Re8 =-=(48) Adams -- Rozentalis, Aarhus DEN 1997; *(22) Adams 2660 -- Rozentalis 2650, ? 1997; =-=(15) Almasi 2650 -- Dao 2580, Elista RUS 1998.

  25. 5...d6 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.OO h6 9.Nf4 Nc6 10.c4 Re8 11.Re1 Bf5 =-=(46) Sommerbauer 2391 -- Meijers 2478, Istanbul TUR 2000; =-=(29) Sommerbauer 2391 -- Meijers 2478, Istanbul TUR 2000; 10...Bf5 11.f3 Nf6 0-1(40) Brendel 2378 -- Meijers 2512, Istanbul TUR 2003; 0-1(60) Brendel 2378 -- Meijers 2512, Istanbul TUR 2003; 8.Nf4 Re8 9.OO Nc6 10.c4 h6 11.f3 Nf6 =-=(67) Hector 2505 -- Gunnarsson 2411, Gentofte DEN 1999; 6.Nf3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.OO Nd7 9.Re1 Ndf6 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bg5 h6 1-0(47) Janowski -- Pillsbury, London ENG 1899.
    5...Bxc3 6.dxc3 Nxe4 7.OO d5 8.f3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd3 Bf5 =-=(58) Yegiazarian 2567 -- Mahesh Chandran 2436, Calcutta IND 2002.

  26. 6.Nc4 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Rxe4 8.c3 Bf8 9.d4 Re8 10.Bf4 d5 11.Ne3 c6 0-1(23) Reinderman 2450 -- Alterman 2585, ? 1994.

  27. 8...c6 9.c4 d6 10.OO Bf5 11.a4 a5 1-0(64) Psakhis -- Jussupow, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1980; 10...Qf6 11.c3 Nd7 =-=(25) Zhao Jun 2396 -- Yu Shaoteng 2493, Suzhou, Jiangsu CHN 2001; 9.OO d5 10.c4 d4 11.a4 Na6 1-0(57) Hector 2509 -- Ingbrandt 2402, Orebro SWE 2000.

  28. 9...Nc6 10.f3 Nc5 11.Rf2 Ne7 1-0(40) Jonkman 2491 -- Sulypa 2513, Lvov UKR 2001.

  29. 10.f3 Nef6 11.c4 Qe7 1-0(49) Shirov -- Akopian, Linares 1995; 11...Nf8 1-0(49) Shirov 2710 -- Akopian 2655, ? 1995.

  30. 11.f3 Nc5 *(17) Conquest 2563 -- Piket 2628, ? 2001; 1-0(41) Conquest 2563 -- Piket 2628, Ohrid MKD 2001; 11...Nf6 1-0(50) Hector 2528 -- Gunnarsson 2386, Reykjavik ISL 2001.
    11.a4 a5 =-=(50) Solleveld 2413 -- Piket 2659, Hamburg GER 2002; 0-1(45) Hector 2509 -- Gunnarsson 2368, Reykjavik ISL 2000.
    10...a5 11.f3 Nec5 *(15) Shirov 2710 -- Jussupow 2660, ? 1995; =-=(35) Shirov -- Jussupow, GER 1995.
    10...Ndf6 11.f3 Nc5 *(24) Nijboer 2530 -- Piket 2605, ? 1994.
    10...c6 11.Be3 Ne5 =-=(35) Hernandez 2520 -- Barua 2540, Elista RUS 1998.
    10...Ndc5 11.f3 Nf6 =-=(12) Podlesnik 2409 -- Mikhalchishin 2542, Bled SLO 1999.

  31. 8...d6 9.f3 Nf6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nf2 h6 =-=(35) Gutman 2470 -- Raetsky 2505, Biel SUI 1995; 10...h6 11.Bh4 Nbd7 0-1(40) Ostermeyer 2465 -- Schulte 2405, GER 1990; 9...Ng5 10.Bf4 h6 11.Qd2 Nc6 =-=(33) Krush 2380 -- Xu Yuhua 2500, Seattle, WA USA 2001; 9.Nf4 Nd7 10.Be3 Ne5 11.f3 Nf6 1-0(22) Tarrasch -- Gruenfeld, Vienna AUT 1922; 10.c4 Ndc5 11.f3 Ng5 0-1(41) Quezada 2411 -- Delgado 2506, Holguin City CUB 2002; 9...h6 10.c4 Nd7 11.Nd5 Ndf6 1-0(50) Markowski 2531 -- Kuczynski 2451, Saint Vincent ITA 2000; 9.Bf3 Nd7 10.Re1 Ndf6 11.c4 h6 1-0(40) Rozentalis 2400 -- Chekhov 2495, Kharkov UKR 1985; 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Re1 Ndf6 11.Nf4 Bf5 =-=(18) Karolyi 2410 -- Kochiev 2465, Tallinn EST 1985; 9.a4 a5 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Bf1 Nd7 1-0(68) Kallio 2493 -- Ionescu 2366, Budapest HUN 2003.
    =-= Godena 2490 -- Rozentalis 2586, Batumi GEO 1999.

  32. 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Bf1 c6 11.f3 Nd6 1-0(38) Short 2690 -- Ledger 2397, Catalan Bay ENG 2003; 9...c6 10.a4 a5 11.Bf1 Bf5 =-=(25) Campora 2543 -- Zarnicki 2497, Buenos Aires ARG 1999.
    9.Be3 Nd7 10.Nf4 Ndf6 11.c4 dxc4 0-1(50) Maroczy -- Pillsbury, Vienna AUT 1898.

  33. 9...Nf6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Bf3 Be6 =-=(17) Torre 2550 -- Borik 2390, Bochum GER 1981.

  34. 10.c4 d4 11.Bf3 Ng5 =-=(52) Adams -- Huebner, Dortmund GER 1996; *(22) Adams 2685 -- Huebner 2595, ? 1996.

  35. 11.Re1 Nd7 1-0(31) Glek 2553 -- Jussupow 2610, Essen GER 2000; 1-0(47) Campora 2490 -- Schussler 2495, Graz AUT 1981.
    11.Bd3 Bf5 =-=(26) Benjamin 2620 -- Jussupow 2665, ? 1994; =-=(26) Benjamin -- Jussupow, Munich GER 1994.

  36. 4.a3 d6 5.Bc4 Nxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Bxe4 Bd6 9.d4 exd4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxd4 OO 0-1(53) Nimzowitsch -- Kashdan, Bled SLO 1931.
    4.d3 Bc5 5.Be2 OO 6.OO d6 7.Be3 Bb6 8.h3 Be6 9.Qd2 =-= Pap 2422 -- Fontaine 2482, Subotica YUG 2001.

  37. 4...Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.c3 a6 10.d4 Ba7 11.dxe5 dxe5 1-0(28) Belkhodja 2531 -- Rizouk 2442, Cairo EGY 2001; 9...Ne7 10.d4 Nxd5 11.dxc5 Nf4 1-0(51) Polivanov 2395 -- Shinkevich 2478, St Petersburg RUS 2002; 6.Be3 Bg4 7.Bb5 Bb6 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 h5 11.g5 Nd7 0-1(45) Tartakower -- Duras, Carlsbad CZE 1907; 6...Bxe3 7.fxe3 OO 8.OO Be6 9.Bb3 Bxb3 10.axb3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 =-=(34) Larsen 2532 -- Gligoric 2476, Moscow RUS 1999; 6.h3 a6 7.a3 b5 8.Bb3 h6 9.OO OO =-= Ilincic 2430 -- Conquest 2490, Alma Ata KAZ 1989; 5...OO 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.OO Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.Re1 Na5 11.Bb3 Bg4 1-0(55) Larsen -- Kuzmin, ? 1978; 6.OO h6 7.Be3 d6 8.Bxc5 dxc5 9.h3 a6 10.a3 Qd6 11.Nh4 Be6 =-=(35) Larsen 2532 -- Hansen 2565, Aarhus DEN 1999; 5...h6 6.a3 d6 7.Na4 Bg4 8.Nxc5 dxc5 9.h3 Bd7 10.b4 Qe7 11.OO OO 1-0(62) Sermek 2577 -- Halkias 2560, Terme Zrece SLO 2003; 5.OO OO 6.d3 d6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 =-= Petran 2392 -- Seres 2445, Budapest HUN 2001.
    4...Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.h3 h6 7.OO g5 8.Nh2 Bd7 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Bc5 11.Qh5 Qe7 0-1(61) Von Gottschall -- Zukertort, Frankfurt GER 1887.
    4...Be7 5.d4 d6 6.h3 OO 7.OO a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Bd3 c5 10.a4 Qc7 11.Nh2 Rb8 =-=(32) Kaminski 2530 -- Aliev 2385, Elista RUS 1998.

  38. 5.OO Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 d6 9.Rg5 OO 10.d4 c6 11.Rg3 Bf5 0-1(40) Pavicic 2450 -- Knezevic 2500, Zagreb CRO 1977; 5...Nxc3 6.dxc3 f6 7.Nh4 g6 8.f4 Qe7 9.Kh1 d6 10.f5 Qg7 11.g4 g5 0-1(50) Puc -- Kostic, Bled SLO 1950.
    5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Neg5+ Kg8 8.d3 h6 9.Nh3 Bg4 10.c3 Qf6 11.Nhg1 Re8 0-1(44) Sevillano 2440 -- Handoko 2500, Dhaka BAN 1995.

  39. 8.OO OO 9.Re1 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.d3 c6 =-=(16) Sermek 2577 -- Horvath 2519, Rabac CRO 2003; 9...Bg4 10.c3 f5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 1-0(28) Mitkov 2529 -- Berzinsh 2472, Bled SLO 2002; 9...Re8 10.c3 h6 11.d3 f5 0-1(22) Barle 2360 -- Pavasovic 2596, Bled SLO 2003; 9.c3 f5 10.Bd5+ Kh8 11.d3 h6 =-=(20) Kudinov 2205 -- Fedorov 2648, St Petersburg RUS 1999.

  40. 8...Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Qxd4 OO 11.Be3 Qe7 0-1(62) Tarrasch -- Marshall, Breslau POL 1912.

  41. 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd4 OO 11.OO c5 =-=(31) Rodriguez 2504 -- Fiorito 2386, Buenos Aires ARG 2001.
    9.Nxd4 OO 10.Nxc6 Qe8 11.Qe2 bxc6 0-1(62) Maiorov 2472 -- Stambulian 2411, Krasnodar RUS 2002.

  42. 11.Bh4 Bg4 1-0(42) Zaichik 2500 -- Haba 2480, Polanica Zdroj POL 1989.

  43. 4...Bb4 5.Bg2 OO 6.OO Bxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe4 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Bxe4 d6 10.d3 Rb8 11.f4 Nd7 =-=(25) Vallejo Pons 2559 -- Miles 2562, Havana CUB 2001; 7.dxc3 Nxe4 =-= Yu Shaoteng 2517 -- Zhang Pengxiang 2487, Calcutta IND 2001; 6...Re8 7.d3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Ne4 f5 0-1(36) Glek 2530 -- Zaitsev 2405, ? 1991; 6...d6 7.d3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Bxc3 1-0(19) Bruzon 2488 -- Oms Pallise 2444, Santa Clara CUB 1999; 5...d6 6.d3 h6 7.OO Be6 8.h3 OO 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 d5 11.exd5 Bxd5 =-=(15) Malaniuk 2525 -- Sorokin 2574, St Petersburg RUS 1999; 8.Nh4 Qd7 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Ne7 11.c4 c5 1-0(35) Zhao Xue 2440 -- Xie Jianjun 2389, Suzhou, Jiangsu CHN 2001; 5...Bxc3 6.dxc3 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nd2 h5 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Ne3 h4 0-1(40) Seul 2445 -- Timman 2650, Castrop-Rauxel GER 1999; 5.d3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Bg4 8.h3 Be6 9.Bg2 f6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qd7 1-0(32) Gulko -- Bykhovsky, Moscow RUS 1974; 7...OO 8.Bg2 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.OO Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bd6 1-0(35) Bancod 2382 -- Nguyen Thanh Son, Vung Tau VIE 2000.
    4...d6 5.Bg2 g6 6.OO Bg7 7.d3 OO 8.Ne1 Bg4 9.f3 Be6 10.f4 Qd7 11.Nf3 Bg4 =-=(17) Giorgadze 2601 -- Illescas Cordoba 2585, Mondariz ESP 2002.
    4...Be7 5.Bg2 OO 6.OO d6 7.h3 Ne8 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 f5 11.Nd5 Bf6 1-0(28) Orlov 2444 -- Fedorov 2684, St Petersburg RUS 2000.
    4...Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 Bc5 7.d3 h6 8.OO d6 9.h3 a6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 c6 1-0(45) Rozentalis 2586 -- Malisauskas 2514, Vilnius LTU 2002.
    4...g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bg2 Ba6 9.f4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Kf2 OO =-=(51) Stripunsky 2475 -- Kapetanovic 2465, Toronto CAN 1998.

  44. 6.Qe2 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Bd6 8.Nd4 Nxd4 9.cxd4 OO 10.d5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 1-0(46) Handoko 2431 -- Nay Oo Kyaw Tun 2504, Surabaya IND 2002.
    6.d3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.Bg2 OO 9.OO f6 10.Rb1 =-= Mohr 2492 -- Cigan 2345, Bled SLO 2000.

  45. 6...Nb6 7.OO Be7 8.a3 OO 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 a5 =-=(14) Varga 2510 -- Golubovic 2462, Kastav CRO 2002.
    6...Nde7 7.OO g6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nb5 Bg7 10.Bf4 OO 11.Nxc7 Rb8 =-=(26) Shariyazdanov 2532 -- Blauert 2390, Calcutta IND 2002.
    6...Be7 7.OO Nxc3 8.bxc3 OO 9.Re1 Bf6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.d3 Be6 =-=(47) Yilmaz 2445 -- Aliev 2385, Elista RUS 1998.

  46. 7...Be7 8.OO OO 9.Re1 Bf6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.d3 Bg4 =-=(53) Zhang Zhong 2541 -- Vakhidov 2467, Shenyang CHN 1999; 10.Bb2 Bf5 11.d3 Qd7 1-0(61) Campora 2542 -- Pierrot 2430, Pinamar ARG 2002; 9.Qe1 Bf6 10.d3 Bf5 11.Ba3 Re8 =-=(42) Dzhumaev 2495 -- Kasimdzhanov 2680, Mumbai IND 2003.
    7...Bc5 8.OO OO 9.Re1 Qf6 10.d3 h6 11.Be3 Bb6 =-=(32) Glek 2576 -- Tkachiev 2632, Bastia FRA 2002; 0-1(57) Glek 2601 -- Karpatchev 2474, Bad Zwesten GER 2002; 9...Re8 10.d4 exd4 11.Rxe8+ Qxe8 =-=(63) Solovjov 2497 -- Skatchkov 2454, St Petersburg RUS 2001.

  47. 9.d4 Bg4 10.Qd3 Qf6 11.Rb1 Bf5 0-1(36) Hector 2515 -- Kallio 2493, Plovdiv BUL 2003; 10...exd4 11.cxd4 Nb4 1-0(32) Dzhumaev 2497 -- Raetsky 2452, Abudhabi UAE 2001.
    9.Rb1 Rb8 10.d4 h6 11.Re1 Qf6 1-0(35) Hector 2513 -- Johannessen 2452, Malmo SWE 2002; 10.Re1 Bf5 11.d3 Qd7 =-=(12) Gajewski 2436 -- Murdzia 2418, Lubniewice POL 2002.

  48. 9...Bf5 10.Nd2 Qd7 11.Rb1 b6 0-1(50) Zhang Zhong 2636 -- Karpov 2699, Cap d'Agde FRA 2000.

  49. 11.Rb1 Rb8 1-0(29) Lastin 2535 -- Egin 2425, Moscow RUS 1997.
    10...Bd7 11.Rb1 Rb8 1-0(36) Kovalev 2554 -- Maros 2299, Pardubice CZE 2003.

  50. 5...OO 6.OO d6 7.d3 h6 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Ne7 10.Nh4 d5 11.Rxf6 gxf6 =-=(16) Brodsky 2528 -- Rozentalis 2625, Tallinn EST 2004.

  51. 6.h3 OO 7.d3 a6 8.OO Be6 9.Be3 Bxe3 =-= Garbisu de Goni 2414 -- Narciso Dublan 2469, Havana CUB 1999.
    6.OO a6 7.d3 OO 8.h3 h6 9.Nh4 Be6 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Kh2 d5 =-=(16) Jonkman 2383 -- Perez 2492, Ubeda ESP 2001.

  52. 6...a5 7.Be3 OO 8.OO a4 9.a3 h6 10.h3 Qe7 11.Qd2 Kh7 =-= Lima 2525 -- Barua 2502, Istanbul TUR 2000.
    6...h6 7.Na4 Be6 8.OO Qd7 9.a3 Bg4 10.Nxc5 dxc5 11.Be3 b6 0-1(56) Jonkman 2436 -- De Vreugt 2504, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003.
    6...OO 7.Na4 Be6 8.Ng5 Bg4 9.f3 Bd7 10.Nxc5 dxc5 11.Be3 Qe7 =-=(58) Glek 2536 -- Halasz 2375, Recklinghausen GER 1999.

  53. 7.h3 h6 8.OO Be6 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 =-=(27) Ganguly 2524 -- Neiksans 2434, Pardubice CZE 2002; 9...Qd7 10.Kh2 OOO 11.d4 exd4 1-0(30) Golubev 2515 -- Sulypa 2415, Berlin GER 1998; 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Ne7 10.Nh4 c6 11.Qf3 d5 =-=(82) Stefansson 2569 -- Macieja 2629, Reykjavik ISL 2003; 8.Nh4 Be6 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 Qd7 11.g4 d5 0-1(35) Glek 2580 -- Mikhalchishin 2530, ? 1998; 7...OO 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 1-0(49) Adams -- Van der Sterren, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998; 1-0(49) Adams 2670 -- Van der Sterren 2550, ? 1998; 8.OO b5 9.a3 Rb8 10.Kh1 a5 11.Bg5 h6 =-=(30) Vallejo Pons 2629 -- Ivanchuk 2717, Linares ESP 2002.
    7.Be3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qd1 h5 11.Ne2 Nxe2 1-0(52) Almasi 2615 -- Jussupow 2640, Groningen NED 1997; *(13) Almasi 2615 -- Jussupow 2640, ? 1997; 1-0(52) Almasi -- Jussupow, Groningen NED 1997; 7...Bxe3 8.fxe3 Bg4 9.OO Ne7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 c6 =-=(36) Georgiev 2670 -- Alterman 2615, ? 1997; =-=(36) Georgiev 2670 -- Alterman 2615, Groningen NED 1997.

  54. 7...Be6 8.Be3 OO 9.Bxc5 dxc5 10.Ng5 Qd6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 *(13) Glek 2580 -- Kuzmin 2500, ? 1995; 8...Qc8 9.Bxc5 dxc5 10.Nh4 Qd8 11.Nf5 OO =-=(71) Hector 2520 -- Slobodjan 2525, GER 1996; 8...Bxe3 9.fxe3 Ne7 10.a4 Ng6 11.a5 OO *(20) Romero Holmes 2465 -- Korneev 2565, ? 1997; 8...Qd7 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bh3 11.Nd5 Nxd5 *(13) Rodriguez 2520 -- Lima 2505, ? 1995.
    7...h6 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Nh7 10.Nd5 Ne7 11.c4 c6 1-0(29) Dzhumaev 2495 -- Fominyh 2529, Mumbai IND 2003; 9...Ne7 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.Qd2 Qd7 1-0(41) Kutuzovic 2432 -- Pavasovic 2544, Bled SLO 2000.

  55. 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 =-= Dzhumaev 2497 -- Vakhidov 2474, Calcutta IND 2001.

  56. 8...Be6 9.Kh2 h6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 d5 =-=(13) Stoica 2415 -- Lukacs 2465, Tuzla 1981.
    8...Kh8 9.Kh2 Ng8 10.Nh4 Nge7 11.f4 exf4 =-=(32) Kindermann 2516 -- Pujos 2335, Clermont-Ferrand FRA 2003.

  57. 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Ne7 11.Nh4 Nh7 1-0(84) Zhang Zhong 2510 -- Rytshagov 2565, Elista RUS 1998.
    9.Nh4 Nd4 10.Ne2 Re8 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 =-=(16) Kuzmin 2355 -- Makarichev 2495, Moscow RUS 1986.

  58. 11.fxe3 d5 1-0(23) Smirin 2670 -- Halkias 2546, Plovdiv BUL 2003.

  59. 5.d5 Ne7 6.Nxe5 d6 7.Bb5+ Kf8 8.Nd3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Qf3 Nf6 11.c4 Bg4 0-1(68) Hort -- Trifunovic, Sarajevo BIH 1964; 6...OO 7.Bd3 Nexd5 8.exd5 Re8 9.OO Rxe5 10.Bf4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Rxd5 =-=(19) Mellado Trivino 2470 -- Narciso Dublan 2440, Catalunya 1996; 6...Nxe4 7.Qd4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nf6 9.c4 Nf5 10.Qd3 Qe7 11.Qxf5 d6 0-1(53) Murariu 2361 -- Firman 2496, Bucharest ROM 2003; 6.Qd3 OO 7.Bg5 Ng6 8.g3 c6 9.d6 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.OOO Re8 =-=(17) Malakhov 2623 -- Turov 2553, Elista RUS 2001; 6...Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d6 8.Bd3 OO 9.Bg5 Ne8 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bh4 g5 =-=(17) Vogt -- Hennings, Weimar 1968; 5...Nb8 6.Qe2 OO 7.Bg5 d6 8.OOO Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Nc5 11.f3 Na4 =-=(25) Kuzmin 2580 -- Vakhidov 2470, Krasnodar RUS 1998; 6.Bd3 d6 7.OO Bxc3 8.bxc3 OO 9.Nd2 =-= Shovunov 2475 -- Vakhidov 2470, Krasnodar RUS 1998.

  60. 5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qe7 7.Nxc6 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Qxc6 9.OO OO 10.c4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 =-=(29) Thorhallsson 2440 -- Graf 2580, Katerini 1993; 9...d5 10.a4 Qxc3 11.Ra3 Qa5 =-=(13) Milu 2442 -- Jovanic 2420, Kostrena CRO 2002; 8.Qe2 dxc6 9.f3 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 =-=(27) Pilgaard 2432 -- Blauert 2418, Klaksvik FAI 2002; 7.Bd3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Qxe5 9.OO d6 10.Qe1 OO 11.f4 Qh5 1-0(32) Egorov 2418 -- Iuldachev 2525, Aden YEM 2002.
    5...OO 6.Qd3 Re8 7.Bd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 c5 9.Qd3 Rxe5 10.OOO d5 11.exd5 Bg4 =-=(21) Potkin 2530 -- Solovjov 2434, Pardubice CZE 2001; 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.a3 Nxc3 9.Qd2 Nb5 10.axb4 Nxd4 11.Bd3 Qd5 1-0(41) Radulov 2495 -- Ristic 2365, Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1983; 6.Bd3 Nxd4 7.OO d6 8.Nc4 b5 9.Ne3 c6 10.a4 bxa4 11.Nxa4 Ba5 0-1(35) Makropoulou 2305 -- Hector 2535, Iraklion 1992.
    5...Qe7 6.Nxc6 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 dxc6 8.OO Qh4 9.Bf3 Be6 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.g3 Qh5 =-=(14) McDonald 2392 -- Turov 2531, Budapest HUN 2003; =-=(16) De la Villa Garcia 2470 -- Mellado Trivino 2451, Vila Real ESP 2001.

  61. 6.Qf3 Nf6 7.Be3 OO 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.OO Bg4 11.Qg3 Qd7 =-=(39) Adams -- Howell, London ENG 1992.

  62. =-= Sommerbauer 2413 -- Volkmann 2455, Hartberg AUT 2003.

  63. 8...Ba5 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Qe5+ Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 1-0(50) Svidler 2455 -- Raetsky 2455, Lugansk UKR 1989.

  64. 11.Kxc3 Qe7 =-=(45) Rausis 2525 -- Koch 2507, Mulhouse FRA 2001.

  65. 5.Nd5 Be7 6.Bf4 d6 7.Nxd4 OO 8.Nb5 Nxd5 9.exd5 Bg5 10.Bxg5 Qxg5 11.Qd2 Qe5+ 0-1(40) Hector 2465 -- Fernandez Garcia 2500, ? 1990; 11...Re8+ 1-0(22) Bellon Lopez 2415 -- Pomar Salamanca 2450, Las Palmas ESP 1975; 9...a6 10.dxc6 axb5 11.Bxb5 Bg5 =-=(47) Svidler -- Morozevich, Moscow RUS 2002; 6.Bc4 OO 7.OO d6 8.Nxd4 Nxd5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.exd5 Bb7 11.Re1 Bf6 1-0(41) Damjanovic -- Bilek, Kecskemet HUN 1964; 9.Bxd5 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf6 11.Qd3 a5 =-=(31) Knox 2350 -- Motwani, Ayr SCO 1978; 8...Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Bf6 11.Qd3 c6 =-=(12) Turner 2478 -- Lalic 2550, Scarborough ENG 1999; 6.Nxd4 Nxd5 7.exd5 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 OO 9.Be2 d6 10.OO Bf5 11.Bd3 Bf6 =-=(51) Espig -- Hennings, Weimar 1968; 5...Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Bf4 d6 8.OOO Ne7 9.Nxe7 Bxe7 10.g4 c5 11.Bh3 fxg4 0-1(24) Hartoch -- Timman, Leeuwarden NED 1978.

  66. 5...Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Na4 Bb6 9.Bg5 OO 10.OO h6 11.Bh4 Re8 =-=(42) Rozentalis -- Adams, Copenhagen DEN 1997; 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Nd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Qxd5 Qh4+ 1-0(35) Smerdon 2382 -- Mastrovasilis 2461, Goa IND 2002.
    5...Nxd4 6.Qxd4 b6 7.e5 Bc5 8.Qf4 Qe7 9.Be2 Ng8 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.e6 dxe6 1-0(22) Andersson -- Castro, Stockholm SWE 1969.

  67. 7.Bd2 OO 8.Bd3 d5 9.f3 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.fxe4 Bc5 1-0(42) Alekhine -- Alexander, Margate ENG 1937.
    7.Qd4 Qe7 8.f3 Bc5 9.Qd3 a5 10.Bg5 Ba6 11.Qd2 Bxf1 1-0(35) Paulsen -- Weiss, Vienna AUT 1882.
    =-= Paragua 2454 -- Antonio 2548, Manila PHI 2001.

  68. 7...d6 8.OO Ng4 9.h3 Ne5 10.f4 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 Nxd3 =-= Smirin 2670 -- Mikhalchishin 2522, Plovdiv BUL 2003; =-= Balashov 2534 -- Dvoirys 2591, Samara RUS 2000.
    7...Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 OO 9.OO d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Bg5 Be6 =-=(12) Ivanov 2403 -- Fedorov 2646, St Petersburg RUS 2000.

  69. 8...Re8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 d6 1-0(41) Pomar Salamanca 2425 -- Ljubojevic 2605, Las Palmas ESP 1974.
    8...h6 9.e5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nh7 11.Qh5 Re8 =-=(30) Pomar Salamanca 2425 -- Westerinen 2465, Nice FRA 1974.

  70. =-= Kiik 2438 -- Kochiev 2441, Laukaa FIN 1999.

  71. 11.Na4 Be6 =-=(28) Emms -- Adams, Southend 2000; *(28) Emms 2546 -- Adams 2715, ? 2000; =-=(28) Emms 2546 -- Adams 2715, Southend ENG 2000; 11...h6 =-=(41) Thorhallsson 2420 -- Arkhipov 2515, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1995.
    11.Qf3 h6 1-0(35) Bykhovsky 2420 -- Howell 2520, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1995; =-= Sarakauskas 2381 -- Kasparov 2464, Olomouc CZE 2000.
    11.Ne2 Bg4 1-0(87) Spangenberg 2505 -- Howell 2470, Cuba 1993.
    10...Be6 11.Ne2 h6 =-=(36) Godena 2485 -- Iordachescu 2594, New Delhi IND 2000; =-=(36) Godena 2485 -- Iordachescu 2594, New Delhi ITA 2000; 11.Nb5 Be7 =-= Kiik 2410 -- Kochiev 2435, St. Petersburg RUS 1997.
    =-= Georgiev 2502 -- Efimov 2446, Lido Estensi ITA 2002.

  72. 8.e5 Ng4 9.OO OO 10.h3 Nxe5 11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 0-1(24) Pollock -- Chigorin, New York, NY USA 1889; 9.Bf4 d4 10.Qf3 dxc3 11.OOO Rb8 1-0(23) Horvath -- Perenyi, ? 1972.

  73. 8...Qe7+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 cxd5 11.Bg5 c6 =-=(13) Sax 2565 -- Pinter 2445, Budapest HUN 1977; 11.Nb5 Kd7 1-0(47) Khachiyan 2477 -- Altounian 2448, Costa Mesa USA 2002; 11.Bb5+ Bd7 0-1(55) Seger 2406 -- Pedersen 2495, Bremen GER 2002; 10...Nxd5 11.Bd2 Nxc3+ =-=(13) Mellado Trivino 2470 -- Ziatdinov 2475, ? 1996; 11.Nxd5 cxd5 1-0(45) Paragua 2454 -- Datu 2381, Manila PHI 2001; 9...Nxd5 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.Bd2 Nxc3 =-=(55) Tseitlin -- Akopian, Beer Sheba ISR 1992; =-=(15) Bagirov 2500 -- Vasiukov 2480, Frunze KGZ 1983; 9...cxd5 10.Bd2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 c6 =-=(15) Grosar 2480 -- Skembris 2545, Portoroz SLO 1993; =-= Degraeve 2540 -- Bauer 2525, Narbonne FRA 1997.
    8...OO 9.OO cxd5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Ne2 h6 0-1(42) Spangenberg 2535 -- Yemelin 2520, Bratislava SVK 1993; *(16) Spangenberg 2535 -- Yemelin 2385, ? 1993; 10...c6 11.Na4 h6 =-=(23) Oral 2521 -- Solomon 2435, Sydney AUS 1999.

  74. 9.Qe2+ Be7 10.OO OO 11.Bg5 h6 0-1(30) Rozentalis -- Adams, Elista RUS 1998; 0-1(30) Rozentalis 2575 -- Adams 2715, ? 1998; 0-1(30) Rozentalis 2575 -- Adams 2715, Elista RUS 1998; 11.Re1 Be6 1-0(49) Rodin 2387 -- Skatchkov 2458, Togliatty RUS 2001; 10.Bg5 =-= Rausis 2533 -- Delchev 2577, Clermont-Ferrand FRA 2003; 9...Qe7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ =-= Arizmendi Martinez 2456 -- De la Villa Garcia 2458, Barcelona ESP 2000.

  75. 11.Ne2 Bd6 =-=(32) Polgar -- Salov, Madrid ESP 1993; =-=(32) Polgar 2595 -- Salov 2660, ? 1993.
    11.Qf3 Be7 =-=(21) Magem Badals 2557 -- Torrecillas Martinez 2335, Andorra la Vella AND 1999.
    10...Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 1-0(55) Donner -- Dunkelblum, Munich GER 1954.
    =-= Rytshagov 2542 -- Ehlvest 2622, Mezezers 2000; =-= Rytshagov 2542 -- Ehlvest 2622, Mezezers LAT 2000; =-= De la Villa Garcia 2475 -- Granda Zuniga 2550, Las Palmas ESP 1991; =-= De la Paz 2437 -- Perez 2471, Santa Clara CUB 2001; =-= Vazquez 2393 -- Perez 2471, Havana CUB 2001.

  76. 11.Na4 h6 =-=(54) Dreev -- Jussupow, Tilburg NED 1992; 1-0(30) Zelcic 2554 -- Balogh 2435, Baden SUI 1999; =-=(21) Topalov 2520 -- Skembris 2520, ? 1992; =-=(21) Topalov 2520 -- Skembris 2520, Elenite 1992; 0-1(50) Hector 2535 -- Skembris 2520, ? 1992; 11...Re8 =-=(75) Zelcic 2561 -- Rade 2350, Pula CRO 1999; =-=(45) Naumann 2478 -- Matthias 2399, Lippstadt GER 1999; 11...Be6 =-=(17) Almasi -- Shirov, Dortmund GER 1998; =-=(17) Almasi 2630 -- Shirov 2710, ? 1998; 11...Bd6 =-=(24) Varga 2510 -- Vajda 2513, Eger HUN 2002.
    11.Ne2 h6 0-1(60) Lutz -- Jussupow, Munich GER 1992; 1-0(37) Kosteniuk 2455 -- Xu Yuhua 2485, Moscow RUS 2001; 0-1(57) Zelcic 2561 -- Golubovic 2457, Pula CRO 2000; 0-1(60) Lutz 2540 -- Jussupow 2655, ? 1992; 11...Bg4 1-0(54) Christiansen 2595 -- Gelfand 2665, ? 1992; 1-0(54) Christiansen -- Gelfand, Munich GER 1992; =-=(31) Van Riemsdijk 2400 -- Ginzburg 2450, Villa Martelli ARG 1997; 11...Bd7 1-0(33) Yegiazarian 2513 -- Sendur 2335, Erevan ARM 2000.
    11.Qf3 Bd6 =-=(16) Ward 2473 -- Emms 2586, Port Erin HUN 1999; 1-0(27) Todorov 2420 -- Balogh 2425, Krynica POL 1998; =-=(43) Fichtl -- Padevsky, Leipzig GER 1960; 0-1(25) Rogulj 2436 -- Pavasovic 2515, Pula CRO 2001; 11...Be6 =-=(16) Bronstein -- Jussupow, Moscow RUS 1981.
    =-= Pilgaard 2437 -- Delchev 2583, Subotica YUG 2003; =-= Golubovic 2449 -- Fercec 2464, Pula CRO 2000; =-= Paehtz 2331 -- Lanka 2504, Rostock GER 2002.

  77. 4...d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.OOO OO 10.Rhe1 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 =-=(70) Nimzowitsch -- Alekhine, Karlsbad CZE 1911; 5...Bd7 6.OO Be7 7.Re1 exd4 8.Nxd4 OO 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 Rb8 11.Nb3 Be6 =-=(30) Suetin -- Kuzmin, ? 1978; 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.h3 Be7 7.OO c5 8.d3 OO 9.b3 Ne8 10.g4 h5 11.Ne1 hxg4 1-0(25) Winawer -- Minckwitz, 1870; 6.OO Be7 7.d4 =-= Vajda 2477 -- Vajda 2360, Budapest HUN 2003; 5.OO Be7 6.d3 OO 7.h3 h6 8.Be3 a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 =-= Bancod 2405 -- Datu, PHI 1997.
    4...a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bd6 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Bd2 Bd7 9.Nd1 Nh5 10.g3 g6 11.Ne3 b5 0-1(33) Smagin -- Ivanchuk, Minsk BLR 1986; 7.h3 Be6 8.Be3 Qe7 9.a3 Nd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Ng5 Nf8 0-1(56) Noa -- Charousek, Budapest HUN 1896; 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.OO Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qf5 11.Bg5 h6 =-=(44) Schlechter -- Tarrasch, Hastings ENG 1895; 9.d4 Qf5 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bg5 f6 0-1(48) Kuczynski -- Rubinstein, Lodz POL 1907.
    4...Bd6 5.d3 h6 6.Ne2 a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.b3 Bg4 9.Ng3 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Bc3 11.Rb1 Nh5 =-=(59) Jenni 2516 -- Pavasovic 2584, Istanbul TUR 2003; 6.h3 a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Ne2 c5 9.b3 Be6 10.Bb2 Nd7 11.g4 h5 0-1(32) Podlesnik 2380 -- Pavasovic 2568, Dobrna SLO 2002; 6.OO OO 7.Ne2 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 Na5 10.Ng3 Re8 11.h3 Bf8 0-1(35) Koscielski 2359 -- Rabiega 2487, Bad Wiessee GER 2000; 5.OO OO 6.d3 h6 7.a3 Re8 8.Bc4 Bf8 9.Re1 d6 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 =-=(53) Lemmers 2444 -- Ionescu 2414, Bucharest ROM 2003.

  78. 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 OO 7.h3 Re8 8.Ne2 Bf8 9.g4 h5 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Ng3 hxg4 1-0(29) Psakhis 2550 -- Barua 2480, ? 1988.
    5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bd6 7.OO OO 8.f4 Nc6 9.e5 Be7 10.d5 Nb8 11.d6 cxd6 =-=(46) Marco -- Showalter, Nuerenberg GER 1896.
    5.d3 h6 6.Be3 Qe7 7.OO OO 8.Nh4 Nd4 9.Bc4 Kh7 10.Bxd4 exd4 11.Ne2 d6 1-0(49) Valkesalmi -- Barua, Dortmund GER 1980.

  79. 6...Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6 8.dxe5 Bxe5 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 d6 =-=(43) Reinaldo Castineira 2402 -- Zarnicki 2536, Internet Chess Club INT 2003; 8.f4 Neg4 9.h3 c5 10.d5 c4 11.hxg4 Bc5+ 0-1(29) Crosa 2393 -- Zarnicki 2493, Sao Paulo BRA 2002.

  80. 7...Nd4 8.e5 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 c6 10.exf6 cxb5 11.d4 Bf8 =-=(51) Teichmann -- Rubinstein, San Sebastian ESP 1912.

  81. 11.Bf4 a6 1-0(33) Maroczy -- Pillsbury, Nuerenberg GER 1896; 1-0(33) Maroczy -- Pillsbury, Nuernberg 1896.

  82. 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 d5 7.Bxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 OO 9.c3 Re8 10.cxd4 Bxd4 11.OO Rxe5 =-=(18) Shirov -- Kramnik, Cazorla 1998; =-=(19) Shirov 2710 -- Kramnik 2790, ? 1998; 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Qh5 g6 9.Nxg6 Nxc2+ 10.Kf1 Qf6 11.f3 hxg6 0-1(12) Spangenberg 2565 -- Tkachiev 2615, ? 1997; 6...Qe7 7.Nd3 d5 8.Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9.Ne3 Bd6 10.f3 Qh4+ 11.Nf2 OO 0-1(40) Jonkman 2520 -- Ernst 2462, Leeuwarden NED 2002; 6.d3 d6 7.Nxd4 Bxd4 8.OO c6 9.Qf3 Bg4 10.Qg3 h5 11.h3 h4 0-1(29) Smeets 2511 -- Cornette 2399, Halkidiki GRE 2003; 5...Nxe4 6.Nxe5 Nd6 7.Bd3 g6 8.Qg4 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.OO OO 11.b3 Ne8 =-=(77) Malisauskas 2518 -- Sulskis 2530, Kaunas LTU 2001.
    5.OO Nxb5 6.Nxb5 c6 7.Nc3 d6 8.d4 Qc7 9.a4 Be7 10.h3 OO 11.b3 Re8 =-=(22) Timman -- Benko, Venice ITA 1974; 5...c6 6.Bd3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 d6 8.Be2 h6 9.Rd1 Be7 10.Qg3 g5 11.d4 Qc7 =-=(23) Shabanov 2477 -- Raetsky 2428, Smolensk RUS 2000.
    5.Bd3 Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 d6 7.b3 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.h3 c6 10.g4 h5 11.g5 Nd7 0-1(46) Lau 2460 -- Schandorff 2514, Luebeck GER 1999; 7.Be2 Be7 8.Qg3 OO 9.d3 c6 10.OO Ne8 11.Bg4 Be6 =-=(56) Lejlic 2415 -- Hellsten 2460, Limhamn 1998.

  83. =-= Vogt 2500 -- Tseitlin 2505, Naleczow 1979.

  84. 8...Bc5 9.OO OO 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Qxd7 Rae8 0-1(15) Liiva 2420 -- Pavasovic 2544, Internet Chess Club INT 2000; 0-1(40) Podlesnik 2403 -- Pavasovic 2510, Kranj SLO 1999; 10...Rd8 11.Qh5 Bxd7 =-=(18) Smagin -- Khalifman, Minsk BLR 1985; 10.Qh5 Be7 11.Be3 d6 =-=(24) Thipsay 2475 -- Ravi 2391, Mumbai IND 2000.
    8...Be7 9.OO OO 10.Bd3 d6 11.Qe2 Re8 =-=(42) Nimzowitsch -- Spielmann, New York, NY USA 1927.
    8...c6 9.Bd3 d5 10.OO Bd6 11.Qh5 h6 =-=(63) Jonkman 2414 -- Motylev 2634, Hoogeveen NED 2003.

  85. 9.Be2 Bc5 10.OO OO 11.Kh1 d6 0-1(40) Rizouk 2464 -- Shirov 2706, Moscow RUS 2001.

  86. 10.Kxe2 c6 11.Bd3 d5 =-=(19) Kholmov -- Suetin, Leningrad RUS 1967; =-=(19) Toran Albero -- Pomar Salamanca, Havana CUB 1952; 11...Bc5 =-=(21) Pereszupkin 2395 -- Savon 2540, Baku AZE 1977.

  87. 11.Bf4 c6 =-=(19) Peresipkin 2420 -- Mishuchkov 2410, Daugavpils LAT 1978; =-=(13) Estrin -- Spassky, Leningrad RUS 1957.
    =-= Onischuk 2657 -- Slobodjan 2550, Koszalin POL 1999; =-= Klovans 2425 -- Chernikov 2464, Saint Vincent ITA 2002.

  88. 5...Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 c6 7.OO d6 8.d3 Bg4 9.Qg3 Be6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qf3 Qh4 =-=(42) Svidler 2550 -- Yemelin 2520, Szeged HUN 1994; 9...Qd7 10.h3 Be6 11.Ne2 Nh5 1-0(42) Paulsen -- Schallopp, Berlin GER 1881; 8...Be6 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Bb3 Nc5 11.f4 Nxb3 =-=(40) Pachman -- Gligoric, Madrid ESP 1960; 9.Bb3 Qd7 10.Bxe6 Qxe6 11.Rd1 Be7 1-0(55) Postny 2482 -- Koneru 2486, Budapest HUN 2002; 8...Be7 9.Qe2 OO 10.Kh1 a6 11.Bb3 b5 0-1(35) Paulsen -- Mason, Nuernberg GER 1883; 8.Re1 Bd7 9.Bb3 g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.dxe5 dxe5 =-=(25) Galdunts 2496 -- Golod 2544, Bad Wiessee GER 2003; 7.d3 d6 8.h3 Be7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.OO OO =-=(20) Pfleger -- Trifunovic, Palma de Majorca ESP 1966; 7...Bc5 8.Bb3 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.Bd2 b5 11.Ne2 a5 =-=(41) Mikenas -- Borisenko, Leningrad RUS 1960; 6...Bc5 7.d3 c6 8.Bb3 d6 9.OO h6 10.Be3 Bb6 11.h3 OO 0-1(58) Short -- Beliavsky, Linares 1992.

  89. 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 d6 9.OO Be7 10.Ne2 OO 11.Ng3 c5 0-1(39) Nunn 2595 -- Bareev 2670, ? 1992; 0-1(39) Nunn -- Bareev, Hastings ENG 1993; 11...Be6 0-1(59) Werle 2393 -- Delchev 2583, Saint Vincent ITA 2003; 9.h3 Be7 10.OO OO 11.Ne2 Qc7 =-=(29) Yudasin 2549 -- Biriukov 2407, St Petersburg RUS 1999; 6...Bc5 7.OO Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 d6 9.Be3 OO 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.Bb3 Qe7 0-1(43) Nouro 2397 -- Nguyen Thanh Son, Istanbul TUR 2000.
    6.OO Qa5 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 b5 9.b4 Qxb4 10.Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Qd4 0-1(28) Hernandez 2485 -- Miles 2590, ? 1994.

  90. 6...d6 7.Nd3 b5 8.Bb3 a5 9.a3 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.OO Nc5 =-=(61) Adams -- Kramnik, Linares 1999; =-=(61) Adams 2716 -- Kramnik 2751, ? 1999; =-=(61) Adams 2716 -- Kramnik 2751, Linares ESP 1999; 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.d3 d5 9.Be3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Bh5 11.exd5 Nxd5 0-1(42) Gruenfeld 2510 -- Shabtai 2325, Jerusalem ISR 1996.

  91. 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Nc4 OO 9.Ne3 cxd5 10.h3 Qa5 =-= Antonio 2551 -- Dao 2550, Quezon City PHI 2000; 8.dxc6 OO 9.Nc4 b5 10.Nxb5 Bg4 11.f3 Bxf3 =-=(17) Degraeve 2515 -- Koch 2490, France 1996.

  92. 8.Nf3 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 OO 10.Bb3 Nh5 11.exd5 Re8+ =-=(34) Gormally 2471 -- Hebden 2549, Newport WLS 2004.

  93. 9.Be3 Qb6 10.Qd2 Bc5 11.Nd1 Qa6 0-1(48) Nijboer 2510 -- Huzman 2590, Internet INT 1995.

  94. 11.Na4 Nxb3 =-=(50) Bauer 2602 -- Pavasovic 2586, Plovdiv BUL 2003.

  95. 6.d3 OO 7.OO d6 8.h3 c6 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.Ng3 Ne8 =-=(19) Botvinnik -- Fine, NED 1938; =-=(19) Botvinnik -- Fine, Amsterdam NED 1938; 7...c6 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Ne2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nf4 Re8 =-=(12) Torre 2550 -- Balashov 2600, Moscow RUS 1981; 6...Qe7 7.OO c6 8.Nxd4 Bxd4 9.Kh1 OO 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.Ng3 d5 =-=(25) Schweber -- Sanguinetti, Mar del Plata ARG 1968; 6...h6 7.OO OO =-= Arzumanian 2461 -- Skatchkov 2485, Samara RUS 2002.

  96. 7.d3 d5 8.Bg5 b5 9.Nxb5 dxe4 10.OO Qe7 11.Nc4 Ba6 1-0(23) Beliavsky -- Medina-Garcia, Las Palmas ESP 1974.

  97. 9.OO d6 10.exd6 Nf6 11.d7 Bxd7 =-=(20) Pachman -- Hort, Sarajevo BIH 1964; 10...Nxd6 11.Nd5 c6 1-0(63) Jenni 2508 -- Gustafsson 2570, Lippstadt GER 2003.

  98. 9...c6 10.Ne3 d6 11.c3 Nf5 =-=(30) Short 2635 -- Speelman 2610, London ENG 1991.
    9...Qg5 10.Ne3 d6 11.exd6 Nxd6 1-0(54) Hjartarson 2625 -- Koch 2450, ? 1993.

  99. 10.c3 Bf5 11.N3b4 c5 =-=(18) Bednarski 2425 -- Pytel 2420, Dortmund GER 1975.

  100. 11.c3 Nf5 =-=(30) Short -- Speelman, London ENG 1991; =-=(30) Short 2635 -- Speelman 2610, ? 1991; 1-0(39) Degraeve 2540 -- Marciano 2470, Narbonne FRA 1997.
    11.OO Bc7 =-=(46) Short -- Speelman, London ENG 1991; *(19) Short 2635 -- Speelman 2610, ? 1991; =-=(46) Short 2635 -- Speelman 2610, London ENG 1991.
    10...dxe5 11.Nxe5 Qg5 1-0(62) Campora 2526 -- Handoko 2435, Istanbul TUR 2000; 1-0(28) Hatanbaatar 2481 -- Handoko 2447, Manila PHI 2001.
    10...Qh4 11.OO Be6 1-0(57) Nunn 2610 -- Christiansen 2600, ? 1991; 1-0(57) Nunn 2610 -- Christiansen 2600, GER 1992.
    10...Qe7 11.exd6 Nxd6 =-=(52) Nikolenko 2450 -- Makarichev 2535, ? 1991.
    10...c5 11.b4 cxb4 =-=(12) Arzumanian 2455 -- Skatchkov 2471, Nefteyugansk RUS 2002.

  101. 5.d3 d6 6.OO OO 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bd7 9.c4 h6 10.Bh4 Kh7 11.c5 Ne7 0-1(95) Mauro 2340 -- Skembris 2525, Cannes FRA 1995; 8...h6 9.Bh4 Bd7 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rb1 c6 1-0(46) Reinaldo Castineira 2345 -- Stefanova 2495, Dos Hermanas ESP 2000; 6...Bxc3 7.bxc3 OO 8.Re1 Ne7 9.d4 c6 10.Bf1 Ng6 11.Nd2 Re8 =-=(20) Hort -- Kupka, Bratislava SVK 1959; 5...OO 6.OO Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Re1 Ne7 9.d4 c6 10.Bf1 Ng6 11.dxe5 dxe5 =-=(13) Spassky 2625 -- Kavalek 2590, Turin ITA 1982; 5...Nd4 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.h3 a5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxb3 11.cxb3 Bb7 1-0(34) Kasparian -- Petrosian, Erevan ARM 1946.
    5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.exd5 Nd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.OO OO 9.Qg4 Qf6 10.d3 d6 11.Qg5 Qxg5 =-=(26) Horvath 2455 -- Wedberg 2510, Budapest HUN 1988.

  102. 5...Bxc3 6.bxc3 OO 7.d3 d6 8.Re1 Ne7 9.d4 Ng6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ba3 Bg4 =-=(46) Weiss -- Englisch, Vienna AUT 1882; 6...Qe7 7.d4 OO 8.Re1 d6 9.Ba3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 a6 =-=(24) Ye Jiangchuan 2555 -- Handoko 2490, Jakarta INA 1994.
    5...d6 6.d3 h6 7.h3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bd7 9.Be3 Ne7 =-= Borges Mateos 2500 -- Arencibia 2425, Bayamo 1990.

  103. 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7.exd5 Nd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qf3 d6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Bd3 Re8 *(20) Horvath 2460 -- Jussupow 2630, ? 1993; 0-1(53) Horvath Tamas I (HUN) -- Jussupow, Clichy FRA 1993.
    =-= Kritz 2468 -- Motylev 2634, Istanbul TUR 2003.

  104. 6...bxc6 7.Nxe5 Qe8 8.Nd3 Bxc3 9.dxc3 Qxe4 10.Re1 Qh4 11.Bf4 d6 =-=(12) Spassky 2620 -- Kavalek 2555, Solingen GER 1986; 10...Qg6 11.Ne5 Qh5 =-=(14) Neubauer 2393 -- Haba 2531, St Poelten AUT 2002; 7...Bxc3 8.dxc3 Nxe4 9.Qd4 Nd6 10.Re1 f6 11.Nd3 Nf7 =-=(28) Bisguier -- Smyslov, Buenos Aires ARG 1970; 7...Re8 8.d4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Qf3 Nd6 11.Ba3 f6 =-=(50) Grushevsky -- Kholmov, Tashkent UZB 1958.

  105. 7.d3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qd6 11.Qe3 Rfe8 0-1(44) Kasparian -- Korchnoi 2670, Moscow RUS 1952; 7...Qd6 8.Qe2 Nh5 9.Nd1 Bc5 10.Be3 Nf4 11.Qd2 Bxe3 0-1(22) Mitkov 2509 -- Fernandes 2438, Batumi GEO 1999.

  106. 7...Bxc3 8.dxc3 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Nxe4 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.Nc4 Rfc8 =-=(22) Miles 2595 -- Jussupow 2640, ? 1992; =-=(22) Miles -- Jussupow, Groningen NED 1992; 8...Nxe4 9.Bf4 Be6 10.Re1 Qxd1 11.Rb1 Qc1 =-=(25) Istratescu 2540 -- Alterman 2600, Elista RUS 1998.

  107. 10.Bf4 Nd6 11.Re1 Bf5 =-=(40) Mestrovic 2466 -- Pinter 2556, Pula CRO 1999.

  108. 11.Qxf6 Nxf6 =-=(26) Kaplan 2455 -- Hort 2590, Madrid ESP 1973; =-=(21) Spassky 2580 -- Ljubojevic 2595, Linares 1985.
    10...Nd6 11.Bf4 Be6 =-=(12) Mitkov 2514 -- Jussupow 2633, Erevan ARM 2001.

  109. 6...Nd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Ne2 c6 9.Ba4 d5 10.e5 Ng4 11.c3 dxc3 1-0(49) Perlis -- Alekhine, Karlsbad CZE 1911; 8...d5 9.e5 Ng4 10.c3 Ba5 11.cxd4 c6 1-0(58) Campora 2506 -- Mosquera 2344, Cali COL 2001; 7.Bc4 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 d6 10.d4 Nd7 11.Qg3 Qf6 =-=(15) Andersson -- Schaufelberger, Groningen NED 1969.
    6...d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nxd5 Bxg5 10.Nxg5 Qxg5 11.c3 Rd8 0-1(30) Tarrasch -- Marshall, San Sebastian ESP 1912; 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Nxe5 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxe4 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Nxc6 Qd7 =-=(31) Tarrasch -- Marshall, San Sebastian ESP 1911.

  110. 7...d5 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.c4 Qd6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Bb2 Re8 =-=(42) Gunsberg -- Marshall, St Petersburg RUS 1914.

  111. 8.Re1 Qe7 9.a4 Nd8 10.d4 c5 11.Bd3 Bg4 1-0(37) Polgar 2500 -- Frias 2495, Bermuda BER 1995; 9.d4 Nd8 10.a4 c5 11.h3 h6 =-=(48) Drabke 2439 -- Murdzia 2445, Griesheim GER 2004; 8...Bd7 9.Rb1 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 a6 0-1(45) Janowski -- Pillsbury, Paris FRA 1900; 8...Re8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 =-=(57) Acs 2530 -- Motylev 2641, Erevan ARM 2001; 8...Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Qg3 Kh8 1-0(57) Simagin -- Vajda, Budapest HUN 1949.
    8.h3 Ne7 9.Nh4 Be6 10.f4 Ng6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 =-=(35) Nimzowitsch -- Salwe, Carlsbad CZE 1907; =-=(35) Nimzowitsch -- Salwe, Karlsbad CZE 1907.
    8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 g5 =-=(66) Teichmann -- Pillsbury, London ENG 1899; 9.h3 h6 10.Be3 c5 =-= Gonzalez 2416 -- Perez 2472, Santa Clara CUB 2000.

  112. 8...h6 9.Bh4 Qe7 10.Re1 g5 11.Bg3 Bg4 =-=(20) Christiansen 2581 -- De Firmian 2610, ? 1999; =-=(20) Christiansen 2581 -- De Firmian 2610, Essen GER 1999; 9...a6 10.Bc4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 =-=(42) Spassky -- Smyslov, Moscow RUS 1961.

  113. 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qd2 h6 11.Bh4 Bg4 0-1(49) Reti -- Cohn, Vienna AUT 1908.
    9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 Nd8 11.Re1 Ne6 0-1(49) Taylor 2455 -- Schussler 2470, New York, NY USA 1987.

  114. 11.Bc1 c5 1-0(33) Svidler 2723 -- Karpov 2693, Cap d'Agde FRA 2003; 1-0(40) Oratovsky 2485 -- Birnboim 2385, Jerusalem ISR 1996.

  115. 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Ba5 9.Ng3 c6 10.Ba4 Ng6 11.d4 Re8 0-1(26) Sveshnikov -- Jussupow, ? 1979; 0-1(26) Sveshnikov -- Jussupow, Minsk BLR 1979; 11...d5 =-=(36) Schlechter -- Duras, Vienna AUT 1908; 10.Bc4 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 =-=(33) Schlechter -- Pillsbury, Budapest HUN 1896; 8.Ng3 c6 9.Ba4 Ng6 10.h3 d5 11.c3 Bd6 =-=(30) Nimzowitsch -- Maroczy, Carlsbad CZE 1907; =-=(30) Nimzowitsch -- Maroczy, Karlsbad CZE 1907; 10.c3 Ba5 11.d4 d5 0-1(50) Lipke -- Pillsbury, Vienna AUT 1898; 7...a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ng3 h6 10.Qe2 Re8 =-= Kraut 2420 -- Konopka 2440, Marbach 1994.
    7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Ne2 Re8 9.Ng3 d5 =-= Almasi 2676 -- Short 2686, Budapest HUN 2003; =-= Balashov 2555 -- Kochiev 2412, St. Petersburg RUS 2001; =-= Balashov 2555 -- Kochiev 2412, St Petersburg RUS 2001; 8...Bg4 9.Ng3 Nh5 10.h3 Nxg3 11.fxg3 Bd7 0-1(46) Gossip -- Chigorin, New York, NY USA 1889.

  116. 7...Bg4 8.Nd5 Nd4 9.Nxb4 Nxb5 10.Nd5 Nd4 11.Qd2 Nxf3+ 1-0(44) Ponomariov -- Azarov, Verdun 1995.
    7...Ne7 8.Bc4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Ng6 10.Nh4 c6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 =-=(26) Wolf -- Johner, Carlsbad CZE 1907.

  117. 8...Ne7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qd2 Ng6 11.Kh1 Kh8 0-1(26) Chigorin -- Pillsbury, St. Petersburg RUS 1895; 0-1(26) Chigorin -- Pillsbury, St Petersburg RUS 1895; 10...Kh8 11.Qh6 Ng6 =-=(34) Chigorin -- Pillsbury, Budapest HUN 1896; 9.Re1 c6 10.Bc4 Ng6 11.d4 Qe7 =-=(22) Chigorin -- Flamberg, Lodz POL 1906; 9.Nh4 Ng6 10.Nxg6 fxg6 11.Bc4+ Kh8 =-=(59) Ekstroem 2478 -- Nemet 2429, Zurich SUI 2002.
    8...Bd7 9.Rb1 h6 10.Bh4 a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 =-=(17) Spassky -- Portisch, ? 1986; 11.Ba4 Rb8 =-=(17) Smagin 2613 -- Jussupow 2645, Essen GER 2001; 9.h3 h6 10.Bd2 Ne7 11.Bxd7 Nxd7 0-1(29) Borresen -- Skembris 2560, Gausdal NOR 1993.

  118. 9.Bc1 Bd7 10.Re1 Na5 11.Bxd7 Qxd7 1-0(67) Markovic 2525 -- Kovacs 2393, Szombathely HUN 2003.

  119. 9...Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 g5 1-0(54) Janowski -- Tarrasch, Vienna AUT 1898.

  120. 10.d4 Qe7 11.Re1 a6 0-1(43) Campora -- Anand, Thessaloniki GRE 1988.
    10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Ne7 =-=(54) Ginsburg 2483 -- Atalik 2570, St Ingbert GER 2003.

  121. 11.Ba4 Rb8 1-0(47) Short -- Speelman, London ENG 1991; 1-0(47) Short 2635 -- Speelman 2610, London ENG 1991; 1-0(47) Short 2635 -- Speelman 2610, ? 1991.

  122. 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qd2 h6 11.Bh4 Rb8 =-=(60) Cohn -- Tarrasch, Nuernberg GER 1906; 10.c4 c5 11.h3 =-= Rogulj 2440 -- Hort 2600, Trencianske Teplice SVK 1979; 10.Nd2 h6 11.Be3 Ng4 0-1(43) Berg 2350 -- Flear 2480, London ENG 1987; =-= Smagin 2605 -- Rozentalis 2570, Montreal CAN 2000.
    9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 Nd8 11.Re1 Ne6 1-0(82) Smyslov -- Bagirov, ? 1978; 1-0(82) Smyslov 2575 -- Bagirov 2495, Lvov UKR 1978.
    9.Qe2 Nd8 10.Bc4 Ne6 11.Bd2 Nc5 =-=(20) Kritz 2453 -- Fridman 2571, Deizisau GER 2002.
    9.d4 h6 10.Bh4 Bg4 =-= Bednarski 2415 -- Vogt 2430, Trencianske Teplice SVK 1974.

  123. 11.Bc1 Rd8 1-0(52) Adams -- Akopian, Groningen NED 1993; =-=(36) Yurtaev -- Jussupow, Frunze (Kyrgyzstan) 1979; 1-0(52) Adams 2630 -- Akopian 2600, ? 1993; *(18) Short 2635 -- Tukmakov 2520, ? 1991; 1-0(61) Istratescu 2470 -- Schwartzman 2455, ? 1993; 1-0(43) Gallagher 2519 -- Sorokin 2538, Calcutta IND 2001; 1-0(61) Istratescu 2470 -- Schwartzman 2455, Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993; *(19) Spassky -- Jussupow, ? 1986; 11...c5 0-1(43) Scholl -- Timman, Amsterdam NED 1971; 11...c6 =-=(79) Acs 2542 -- Konopka 2442, Budapest HUN 2000.
    11.Bh4 Nf4 =-=(79) Smagin 2520 -- Schwartzman 2455, Dortmund GER 1993.
    10...Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 1-0(44) Spassky -- Gligoric, ? 1986; 1-0(44) Spassky 2610 -- Gligoric 2515, Sarajevo BIH 1986; =-=(30) Ivkov -- Unzicker, ? 1966; 0-1(73) Ivkov -- Portisch, Santa Monica, CA USA 1966; 11...Bxf3 1-0(45) Shirov 2670 -- Jussupow 2645, ? 1993; 1-0(45) Shirov -- Jussupow, Munich GER 1993.