[Event "5Bd3 Bc5!? 6 Nb3 Ba7 7 Qg4"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.12.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Pranesh"] [Black "Nakamura"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "118"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] {[%evp 0,118,19,29,40,50,44,40,25,19,74,38,45,38,59,21,30,50,68,48,29,-2,-1,0,16,-8,-5,-10,-7,-16,10,28,28,71,70,0,21,-15,-29,-9,-8,-9,2,-31,-11,-158,0,0,-17,-51,-51,-55,-61,-52,-14,0,-36,-66,-62,-44,-24,-48,-47,-82,-37,-147,-130,-191,-193,-193,-215,-215,-208,-211,-215,-247,-253,-256,-267,-257,-264,-317,-269,-271,-274,-270,-284,-314,-322,-329,-251,-298,-272,-338,-338,-383,-384,-482,-526,-545,-418,-442,-448,-478,-501,-594,-580,-756,-810,-883,-810,-1118,-1193,-1246,-1305,-1343,-1441,-1471,-1094,-1115,-1136]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 $5 {[#]} 6. Nb3 Ba7 (6... Be7 {the other line. Carlsen played it} 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 (12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 h5 $5 14. Kh1 h4 15. Qf3 g5 16. fxg5 Ne5 17. Qh3 Nh7 18. Qxh4 O-O-O 19. Qg3 Nxg5 20. Bf4 Rdg8 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qe3 f5 23. Rc1 f4 24. Qe2 Bb4 {0-1 Savanovic,A (2406)-Indjic,A (2607) Belgrade Serbia op 2021 (2)}) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 h5 14. h3 h4 15. f5 e5 16. Rc1 Nh5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qg4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ndf6 20. Qf3 O-O 21. Rc6 b5 22. Rfc1 Ng3 23. Bb6 Qe8 24. Na5 g6 25. Nb7 Qb8 26. Rc7 Bd8 27. Qe3 Bxc7 28. Rxc7 Ra7 29. fxg6 Rxb7 30. g7 Rc8 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Qh6 Qxb6+ 33. Kh2 Nh7 {0-1 Pranesh,M (2580)-Carlsen,M (2832) Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (8)}) 7. Qg4 $5 {Black hasnt played Nf6 yet} (7. O-O Nc6 (7... Nf6 $2 8. e5 $1 Nd5 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qg3 $18) 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. c4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 d5 {Caruana-Pragg 2022}) (7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. N1d2 (9. Nc3 b5 {Andreikin}) 9... Nf6 10. O-O Bxe3 11. Qxe3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nf3 e5 15. a3 Nc6 16. h3 Be6 17. Nbd2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 {0-1 Aravindh,C (2749)-Rapport,R (2714) Tashkent UzChess Masters 2nd 2025 (8)}) 7... Nf6 $1 8. Qg3 (8. Qxg7 $2 {too dangerous for White} Rg8 9. Qh6 Bxf2+ $1 10. Kf1 (10. Kd1 e5) 10... e5) 8... d6 9. Nc3 (9. c4 e5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nbd7 14. Nd5 a5 15. a4 Rc8 16. f3 Nh5 17. Rfc1 Nc5 18. Bf1 b6 19. Nd2 g6 20. Rd1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nc4 Kh8 24. Rab1 Nf4 25. g3 Ng6 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Qf6 28. Qd4 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Ne4 30. Nxb6 Rc7 31. Bb5 Nxf4 32. Kf1 Rc2 33. Bd7 Rxh2 34. Rbd1 Rh1# {0-1 Pranesh,M (2580)-Nakamura,H (2802) Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (6)}) 9... Nc6 {[#]} 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 h6 $1 11. Bd2 g5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Be2 Rg8 14. Be3 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qe3 Ra8 18. h3 Rc8 19. Rhe1 Ke7 20. g3 Ned7 21. f4 Qb6 {0-1 Apoorv,K (2290)-Maghsoodloo,P (2703) Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Dec Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (4)}) (10. Bd2 Ne5 (10... b5 11. a3 h5 $5) 11. f4 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Be3 b5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. O-O Rc7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. a3 Qe7 18. Kh1 Rfc8 19. Nd4 Nd7 20. Rce1 Kh8 21. Qh3 Nf6 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Rf4 Nf8 25. Nf3 Ng6 26. Rg4 h6 27. d4 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rg3 Qxa3 30. Ng5 Rc1 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 33. Rge3 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qxh3 {0-1 Paehtz,E (2349)-Kasparov,G (2838) Munich ZMD m 5' blitz 2002 (5)}) 10... Bxe3 11. Qxe3 e5 (11... O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. f4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. f5 a5 16. Rhg1 a4 $17 17. Nd2 b3 18. cxb3 Nb4 19. a3 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Ba6 21. Qf3 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 axb3 23. Kb1 Qc7 $2 (23... d5 24. exd5 Qxd5 $11) 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Rc3 d5 26. Rxb3 Qa7 27. Rc1 Rfb8 28. exd5 Rxb3 29. Nxb3 Qb7 30. Qc4 h5 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Qd3 e4 33. Nxe4 Qxf5 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6 35. d6 Rb8 36. Rc2 Qe6 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd2 h4 39. a4 Qe1+ 40. Rd1 Qe5 41. Qd5 Qxh2 42. Re1 Qb8 43. Qc6 Kh7 44. Re8 {1-0 Pranesh,M (2561)-Zubov,A (2598) Chess.com Speed Play In Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (9)}) 12. O-O-O Be6 13. h3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Na5 15. f4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Nc6 17. g4 Ne5 18. Ne2 O-O 19. Ned4 Qb6 20. g5 Nh5 21. Qh4 g6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxc2 25. Rhd1 Rc6 26. f6 Rfc8 27. Qg4 Qc7 28. a3 h6 29. h4 Rc4 30. Rd4 d5 31. Ka2 Nf4 32. R1d2 Ne6 33. h5 Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Qc4+ 35. b3 Qc1 36. Rd1 Qxg5 37. Qh3 Qxh5 38. Qxh5 gxh5 39. Nf5 Kh7 40. Rxd5 Rc5 41. Rxc5 Nxc5 42. Nh4 Ne4 43. b4 Nxf6 44. Kb3 Ng4 45. Kc4 Kg7 46. Kc5 Ne5 47. a4 Kf6 48. Kb6 Kg5 49. Ng2 Nc6 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Nd4 52. Ne1 Nxb5 53. Kxb5 h4 54. Kc4 h3 55. Kd3 Kf4 56. Ke2 h2 57. Nd3+ Kg3 58. Nf2 Kg2 59. Ke3 b5 {0-1 Pranesh,M (2581)-Nakamura,H (2802) Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jul Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (6)} 0-1 [Event "5..Qc7 Hedgehog Qe2 Bd2 Be2"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.12.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Fernandes"] [Black "Indjic"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "50"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] {[%evp 0,50,25,14,50,52,48,25,31,39,66,81,77,59,78,43,69,44,41,34,46,27,21,4,-7,-16,24,0,2,16,35,-21,3,8,-12,-32,19,1,-13,-16,-6,-83,-51,-116,-132,-137,-151,-166,-176,-360,-385,-526,-649]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Kh1 Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 h5 {Tabiya, hedgehog d7-d6 with h7-h5 for Black, Nbd7 , Nf6. White has played a2-a3, f2-f4, Qe2, Bd2,Bd3, Kh1. didnt played Rae1 yet for e4-d5. Black hasnt castcled} 13. Rae1 (13. Rf3 $5 Nc5 14. Rh3 g6 {1-0 Varacalli,F (2033)-Pichot,A (2536) ARG-chT Villa Martelli 2016 (9.1)}) 13... h4 14. Nf3 (14. Nd1 h3 $1 15. g3 g6 16. Nf2 Nc5 17. b4 Na4 18. Kg1 Nc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. Nd1 Qc7 22. Na5 Ba8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nd7 25. c4 Rh5 26. cxb5 Nxe5 27. Be4 Qb6+ 28. Nf2 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rf5 30. Rd1 axb5 31. Nb3 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Ng5 {0-1 Rahal,M (2431)-Bologan,V (2683) FRA-chT Top 16 GpB Cannes 2005 (7.2)}) (14. Rf3 $5 {more aggressive} Nc5 (14... h3 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Rg1 Nh6 17. Rxh3 O-O-O 18. a4 Bf6 19. axb5 Bxd4 20. bxa6 Bc6 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxg1 23. Kxg1 Qb6+ 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Bf2 Qa1+ 26. Kg2 Kc7 27. Qc4+ Nc5 28. Bxc5 {1-0 Pap,M (2396)-Chubakov,S (2318) Budapest One Week GM-A 08 2024 (3)}) 15. b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rc8 17. Rh3 g6 18. Rf1 e5 19. Nb3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Nd7 21. Rf1 O-O 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Nc2 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Nd4 Qd7 27. Qh5 f4 28. Nf5 Bf6 29. d4 Qc6 30. d5 Qc4 31. Qd1 f3 32. gxf3 Bxd5 33. Qg1+ Kh7 34. Nxd5 Qxd5 35. Rxh4+ {1-0 Tissir,M (2387)-Golubov,S (2482) Wch Rapid St Petersburg 2018 (11)}) 14... h3 15. g3 e5 $1 16. b4 Nb6 17. Ra1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 bxc4 20. Rfe1 Ng4 $1 21. Nd5 f5 $1 22. Nc7+ Kd7 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. fxe5 fxe4 25. exd6 Bf6 {0-1 Fernandes,J (2095)-Indjic,A (2622) Lisbon Portugal rapid 2op 2020 (2)} 0-1 [Event "5..Qc7 6 Bd3 Nf6 7 0-0 Bc5 and 9 Kh1"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "2862"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "31"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.03.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,85,19,8,52,48,52,55,90,83,83,83,75,59,43,40,51,52,84,42,44,-26,6,4,0,-10,-1,8,13,19,35,24,61,23,329,334,334,326,332,332,332,332,350,352,322,318,450,385,340,333,395,333,326,321,321,322,306,262,425,425,433,414,438,396,423,415,423,422,492,308,406,349,493,499,507,389,408,358,342,364,367,351,394,267,466,432,1100,1102]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 $5 {no hedgehog} 8. Nb3 Ba7 9. Kh1 (9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Bg5 Qe7 $11 12. Rad1 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. a4 Ra8 16. Qg3 e5 {1-0 Jumabayev,R (2577)-Maghsoodloo,P (2723) FIDE World Rapid Team Almaty 2024 (12.8)}) (9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ng4 12. Qh3 h5 13. Be2 Qf4 14. a4 b6 15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Rad1 O-O 18. f4 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ne4 Nb4 {1-0 Dubov,D (2699)-Andreikin,D (2726) Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (9)} 21. h3 Qg6 22. Nd4 Rf8 23. Nd6 Bb7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. f5 $1) 9... d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bd2 (11. Qe2 h5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Bd7 (13... h4 $5 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. h3 O-O-O $15) 14. Rae1 O-O-O $1 15. Na4 Kb8 16. Nb6 Be8 $1 17. c4 h4 $1 18. Rc1 h3 19. g3 Ng4 20. Qg1 f5 $1 {model game Caruana} 21. Be2 Ne7 22. Na5 Qc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. Rfd1 Bg6 26. Rd7 Bxe4+ 27. Kg1 Nf5 28. Re1 Bf3 29. Rxe6 Ka7 30. Rc7 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Rxh2 33. b4 Rxa2 34. Nd5 Rxa5 {0-1 Kadric,D (2543)-Caruana,F (2827) Olympiad-43 Batumi 2018 (6.4)}) 11... Bd7 12. a4 h5 $1 13. Qe2 h4 14. Rae1 Qd8 $11 (14... O-O-O $1 $17) 15. Be3 Nh5 (15... Bxe3 16. Qxe3 h3 17. gxh3 (17. g3 Nb4 18. Rd1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 d5 (19... O-O 20. Qxd6 Bc6 21. Rfe1 Qc8 $11) 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bc6 $1) 17... e5) 16. Kg1 Ng3 $4 (16... e5 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. f5 h3 19. g3 Nb4 20. Bc4 Nf6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qc4+ Nbd5 $1 23. Nxd5 b5 $1 24. Qd3 $14) 17. hxg3 hxg3 18. Qg4 $1 $18 Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Qb6 20. Qxg3 Nb4 21. Qf2 O-O-O 22. Rg3 Qc7 23. Qd4 Nc6 24. Qf2 Rh6 25. Rh3 Rxh3 26. gxh3 Rh8 27. Kg2 Kb8 28. a5 g5 29. fxg5 Ne5 30. Qg3 Bc6 31. Nd4 Qxa5 32. Nxc6+ bxc6 33. h4 Qb4 34. Nd1 Qd2+ 35. Nf2 Rg8 36. Rd1 Qb4 37. Be2 f6 38. b3 fxg5 39. hxg5 Nf7 40. c3 Qc5 41. b4 Qb6 42. Nh3 Ne5 43. Rxd6 1-0 [Event "5..Qc7 6 g3 h5 and Nc6"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "5..Qc7 6 g3 h5"] [Black "VallejoPons,Pichot"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "31"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 h5 $5 {direct} (6... Nc6 7. Bg2 h5 $5 {includes Nc6 first} (7... Nf6 8. O-O h5 $5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Be3 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 h4 12. g4 Bd6) 10... Ne5 11. Qe2 d6 12. f4 (12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Nb3) 12... Ng6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Rd8 (15... h4 16. g4 Bc6 17. Rd2 e5) 16. Rd2 O-O 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. g4 e5 19. f5 Nf4 {0-1 Sanal,V (2590)-Firouzja,A (2785) Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (7)}) 8. O-O (8. h3 h4 9. g4 Nge7 10. O-O {Her Black can take ond4 and Play Ne7-c6} Ng6 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd1 Bc5 $11) 11. Nf5 $1) (8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 h4 11. g4 e5) 8... h4 $5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a4 hxg3 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. Be3 a5 13. Re1 e5 14. Bf3 d6 15. Na2 Be6 16. b3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Ng4 18. Bd2 f6 19. b4 g5 20. bxa5 Qh7 21. Bg2 Qf7 22. Nb4 Bc4 23. Qc3 d5 24. Nxc6 Qh5 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Rab1 Bc5 {0-1 Bagrationi,A (2467)-Firouzja,A (2728) Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (2)}) 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bg2 h4 $5 9. g4 Nge7 $5 {knight going to g6. PIchot, Vallejo Pons} 10. Nde2 (10. O-O Ng6 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd1 Bc5 $11) 11. Nf5 $5 Nf4 (11... exf5 $4 12. Nd5 $18 Qd6 (12... Qd8 13. exf5 Nge7 14. Re1 f6 15. Bf4 d6 16. Be3 Nxd5 17. Bb6+ $18) 13. exf5 Nge5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qe2+)) 10... Ng6 11. O-O b5 (11... Bc5 {4 games with Pichot !} 12. b3 (12. Kh1 b5 {[#] Nice play for Black with h2-a7 and Bb7} 13. f4 b4 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Bb7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. b3 Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 19. Kh2 O-O 20. Bb2 Rfe8 21. Nd4 Qe4 22. Nf5 Nxf4 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 g5 25. Bf6 Re2+ 26. Kh1 Ne6 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. Nxf7 Rf8 29. Bxg5 Kg6 30. Rf6+ Kg7 31. Raf1 Nxg5 {0-1 Korchmar,V (2451)-Pichot,A (2630) Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Feb Chess.com INT blitz 2021 (5)}) 12... b5 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Kh1 Nce5 15. Ng1 Nf4 16. Nf3 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Ng6 18. a4 Nf4+ 19. Kh1 Nxh3 20. axb5 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 Bxa6 24. Qa1 Qg3 25. Qxa6 Qxf3+ {0-1 Dyachuk,A (2249)-Pichot,A (2647) Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (8)}) 12. a3 Bc5 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. f4 {[#]} Rd8 (14... Ba7 15. f5 Nge5 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qe1 Bb8 18. Rd1 f6 19. Bh2 Nf3 20. Bxc7 Nxe1) 15. Qe1 Ba7 16. Bd2 (16. f5 Bb8 17. Nf4 Nge5 18. Be3 g5 19. fxg6 Nxg6 20. Rd1 Nce5 21. Nce2 Rc8 22. Qf2 Nc4 23. Bd4 Rh7 24. Qg1 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 e5 26. b3) 16... Nce7 17. Nc1 $2 (17. Rd1 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 O-O 21. Ba5 Bb6 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Qf2 Qd6 $11) 17... d5 $1 $17 18. Nd3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rd4 20. Bf3 O-O 21. Qe2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bc3 Re4 25. Qg2 Re3 26. Rae1 Rg3 27. Qxd5 Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rg3+ 29. Kh2 Rxg4 30. Re4 Rg3 31. Rfe1 Bb8 32. Re8 Rxd3 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Qxd3 Qxf4+ 35. Kg2 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Bg3 37. Qd4 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Kd3 h3 {0-1 Berelowitsch,A (2574)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697) Bundesliga 1011 Germany 2010 (12.6)} * [Event "5..Qc7 6 Be2 Nc6 70-0 b5!?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "5..Qc7 6Be2 Nc6!?"] [Black "Hossain Miniature"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B47"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "31"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] {[%evp 0,34,19,30,52,52,55,33,33,22,84,84,73,79,78,60,62,53,53,-2,0,0,0,-24,45,45,45,-17,-17,-163,-155,0,15,88,116,-2664,-2538]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O b5 $5 8. Nxc6 (8. Be3 Bb7) 8... dxc6 9. a4 (9. f4 Bb7 10. e5 (10. Be3 Be7 11. Bf3 c5 12. e5 Nh6) 10... Nh6 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Rd8) 9... b4 10. Nb1 Nf6 11. Bd3 (11. Nd2 Bc5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Nc4 e5 14. a5 Bg4) 11... h5 $5 12. h3 Bc5 13. Qe2 Ng4 $1 {great sacrifice} 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. e5 f5 $1 16. Be3 (16. g3 Qf7 $1 17. Bg5 Qh5 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qc4 gxh4 21. Qxc5 Bb7 22. Qd6 Rh6 23. e6 Rd8 24. Qc7 hxg3 {0-1 Nataf,I (2553)-Volokitin,A (2638) SCG-chT Budva 2004 (3.1)}) 16... g6 $1 17. f4 g3 $1 {0-1 Mohammad,M (2422)-Hossain,E (2411) BAN-ch 40th Dhaka 2014 (5)} 0-1 [Event "5..b5 6 a3 Bb7 7 Be2!?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "5..b5 6 a3 Bb7 7 Be2!?"] [Black "Pragg"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "31"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] {[%evp 0,38,30,25,52,55,52,33,33,34,75,76,78,56,58,67,50,54,33,11,0,4,18,14,40,-27,-34,-43,-30,-18,-18,-95,-62,-62,-86,-101,-116,-112,-107,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Be2 $5 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 (10. Be3 Ne5 $1 11. Rb1 $2 (11. Bf4 Bc5 $1 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 d6 $15 (12... e5 $2 13. Bg3 d6 14. Nf5 $1 g6 15. Ne3 Be7 16. Bh4 $16 Qd8 17. Bxf6 (17. a4 $1) 17... Bxf6 18. Ned5 Bg7) 13. Bg3 Be7) (11... d6) 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Qe2 h5 $1 14. Rad1 Bb8 15. g3 h4 $17 {with attack}) (11. Re1 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 $16 13. g3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Be7 15. Rad1 O-O $15 {Black has bishop pair and easier play}) 11... h5 12. h3 Neg4 $3 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. g3 gxf3 15. Qxf3 Qe5 16. Rbd1 Nxe4 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 Rxh5 19. f3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Bd2 Bxa3 {0-1 Garcia Rodriguez,V (2116)-Strikovic,A (2520) El Sauzal op 4th rapid 2003 (2.3)}) 10... Bxc6 11. Be3 {here the plan h7-h5 and Ng4 works because white was passive with 0--0, Be2-f3} (11. Re1 Bd6 12. Nd5 $5 (12. h3 O-O 13. Bg5 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 $1) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. g3 (14. h3 O-O 15. c3 h6 16. dxe6 dxe6 $11) 14... e5 15. c3 O-O $11) (11. Bg5) 11... h5 $1 12. Qd3 Ng4 $1 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. g3 Qe5 15. Rad1 Qh5 16. h4 gxh3 17. Kh2 Qf3 18. Rg1 f5 19. exf5 Qg2+ {0-1 Bellahcene,B (2517)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2608) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Mar Chess.com INT blitz 2021 (6)} * [Event "5..b5 6 a3 Bb7 7 Bd3 Qc7 8 0-0 Nf6 9 Kh1 h5"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Demmler"] [Black "Meister and Diaz-Meijers"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] {[%evp 0,40,28,17,40,42,56,31,31,36,75,70,70,62,53,47,25,28,29,-5,16,25,43,19,19,19,23,-7,47,22,17,-32,-11,-3,49,-8,57,-30,0,-61,-31,-262,-314]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Kh1 $5 h5 {this line is dangerous for both sides !} (9... Bc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. f4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 $15 {better move order} 13. Be3 (13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 h3 16. gxh3 d5 $1 17. exd5 Ne7 $1 18. Kg1 Nexd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15) (13. Rf3 h3 $1 14. gxh3 d5 $1 15. e5 Nh5 16. f5 $1 exf5 (16... Nc6 17. fxe6 Nxe5 18. exf7+ (18. Na5 $1 fxe6 19. Nxb7 Nxf3 20. Qxe6+ Qe7 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Qf6 23. Nxd5 {Board on Fire}) 18... Kf8) 17. Bxf5 Nc6 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Re1) (13. e5 $2 Nh5 $3 $19 {Ng3 unavoidable} (13... h3 14. Ne4 hxg2+ 15. Qxg2)) 13... Nc6 14. Bxa7 Nxa7 15. Kg1 h3 16. g3 d6 17. Nd1 Nc6 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. a4 Rc8 20. c3 e5) 10. f4 (10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Nb3 Ng4 $6 {this is Diaz Leon - Meijers 2004, critical for Theory} (11... Ba7 12. f3 (12. e5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nc6 $15) 12... Nc6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 $11) 12. f4 $1 Ba7 {[#]} 13. e5 (13. h3 Nc6 14. Bd2 f6 (14... Ne7 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. c3 f5 18. exf5 O-O 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Kg1 Raf8 $11) 15. Nd1 g5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne3 O-O-O $13 18. Bxa6 gxf4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Nxg4 hxg4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 {very sharp} 22. c3 bxc3 23. Rac1 gxh3 24. g3 Rc8 25. Rxc3 Qb6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Nd2 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qc5 29. Qb5+ Kc7 30. Qxc5+ Bxc5 31. Kh2 $11) (13. Bd2 Nc6 14. h3 Ne7 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. c3 f5 $1 {sharp} 18. exf5 O-O 19. fxe6 Rf6 20. Rae1 Rxe6 21. Bc4 Nf5 22. Bxe6+ dxe6 23. Qxe6+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Nd4 g3 27. Kg1 Rh8 28. Re2 Rh2 29. Rb1 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Nxd4 31. Rbe1 Bxg2 32. Rxg2 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Re2 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. b3 Rb1 38. Re5 Rb2+ 39. Kxg3 Rxa2 40. Kf3 Rb2 41. Re3 $11) 13... d5 (13... f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bg6+ Kf8 16. Bxh5 Rxh5 17. Qxg4 Rh7 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Ne7 $11) 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Na5 Bc6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Nxc6 (17. Bd2 $1) (17. b4) 17... Nxc6 18. c3 Ne7 19. h3 Rd8 20. g3 $2 (20. a4) 20... Qc6 $17 21. hxg4 hxg4+ 22. Kg2 f5 $1 23. Be3 fxe4 24. Bc2 Nf5 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Nxe3+ {0-1 Diaz Leon,R (2245)-Meijers,V (2465) El Sauzal op 5th rapid 2004 (6)}) 10... Ng4 $6 {this may not be the best} (10... h4 $5 11. h3 Nh5 {This is equal} 12. Nce2 (12. Nde2 g5 $1 13. fxg5 Nc6 14. Be3 Qe5 15. Rf3 Bd6 16. Qg1 Qg7 $15) 12... g6 13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Nf3 Bg7 16. c3 Nc6 17. a4 b4 18. Nxh4 Ne7 19. cxb4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Nd5) (10... Bc5 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. Qe2 h4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 h3 15. g4 (15. gxh3 d6 16. Rf2 Nbd7 17. Kg1 O-O-O $1 $15) 15... d5) (10... Nc6 $5 11. Nxc6 (11. Nf3 h4 12. e5 Nh5 13. Be3 Na5 14. Qe1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxh4 Rc8 17. Rd1 Bxa3 18. Rd4 Qc7 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. bxa3 Qxc2 21. f5 Rc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Kg1 O-O 24. Qf2 Ra8 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. Bc5 g6 27. Bd6 Rc8 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Rc6 $11) 11... Qxc6 12. Qf3 h4 $15 13. Qh3 O-O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Be4 d5 16. exd6 Qd7 17. f5 Bxd6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qf3 (20. Qxe6+ Kb8 21. Be3 Ng3+ 22. hxg3 hxg3+ 23. Kg1 Rhe8 $19) 20... Nf6 $11) 11. Nf3 (11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bc5 13. b4 Ba7 14. Bd2) (11. Qe2 Bc5 (11... d6 12. f5 $1) 12. Nb3 Ba7 {transposes to Meijers}) (11. Nb3 $5 Nc6 12. h3 g5 13. Qe1 O-O-O 14. Ne2 Kb8 15. hxg4 hxg4+ 16. Kg1 f5 17. exf5 Bd6 18. Be3 Rh4 {Chaos !} 19. Qg3 Rdh8 20. Nc5 Nd4 21. Nxa6+ Bxa6 22. Bxd4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 e5 24. Rxg4 Rh1+ 25. Kf2 exd4 26. Rg8+ Ka7 27. Qf3 Bb7 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Qg4) 11... Bc5 12. Qe2 {[#] Black needs to act fast, 12..Nc6 with f7-f6 or f7-f5 to justify Ng4} d6 $6 (12... Nc6 $1 13. Bd2 (13. e5 f5 $1 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bd2 O-O-O {sharp}) 13... f6 $5 {position is sharp} 14. h3 Kf7 15. Nd1 g5 $1 {the idea of f7-f6} 16. b4 $1 Ba7 17. a4 $1 bxa4 18. c4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxa4 a5 21. bxa5 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Qc5 23. Qd2 Bc6) 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nd1 $6 (14. Bd2 Nc6 (14... Nd7 $6 15. h3 Rc8 16. a4 $1 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Qb6 18. Nd1 Bb8 19. Ng5 Ngf6 20. Ne3 $18) 15. a4 $1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Ra3 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Qe7 19. c3 Ba7 20. h3 f5 21. c4 (21. exf5 Qh4) 21... O-O 22. exf5 Qh4 23. Be4 {chaos but white is better}) (14. Bb2 Nd7 15. a4 $1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Be3 17. Ng5 Qb6 18. Raa1 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxf2 20. f5 e5 21. Bc4 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Nxf7 Nb6 24. Be6 Ke7 25. Nd1 Bf4 26. Nxh8 Rxh8 27. c4 $16) 14... Nd7 15. c4 (15. a4 $1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 $16) 15... bxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 17. bxa5 Rc8 18. Nb2 Qxa5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Nd1 Rxc4 {0-1 Demmler,J (1853)-Meister,J (2481) Berlin Lichtenrade op 04th 2008 (1)} 0-1 [Event "5..b5 6 a3 Bb7 7 Bd3 Qc7 8 0-0 Nf6 9 Qe2"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Kamsky 9 Qe2 Bc5!?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 $5 Bc5 (9... Bd6 {possible} 10. h3 (10. Kh1 Bf4 $11) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. a4 (12. f4 e5 13. a4 O-O 14. f5 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Be7 $11) 12... O-O 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Rad1 Be5 15. f4 (15. Be3 b4 16. Na2 c5 17. c3 Bd6 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Rc1 Qa5 $15) 15... h6) (9... d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Rf3 Rfe8 15. Rh3 Bf8 16. Nf3 e5 17. f5 d5 18. Ng5 h6 19. exd5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 e4 21. Nxe4 Bxd5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 (22... Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxf6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 $19) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qg4+ Bg7 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Rg3 Kf8 {0-1 Horak,M (2266)-Aldokhin,I (2413) Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Jun Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (7)}) 10. Nb3 (10. Nf3 Nc6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bf4 f5 13. h3 O-O 14. Rad1 $1 (14. hxg4 {dangerous for White} fxg4 15. Ng5 (15. Qe4 g6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kg7 18. Qxc5 Rxf4) 15... Rxf4) 14... Nh6 $11) 10... Ba7 (10... Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 11. Kh1 (11. e5 Qc6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. f4 Bf3 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Kh1 f6 18. Rg1 Bf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nd5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Nc6 22. Nf3 Rae8 23. Nb6 fxe5 24. Nxd7 Rf7 25. Ndxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 (26. fxe5 Rc7 27. c3 Rc4) 26... Rc7 27. c3 Nf6 28. Rad1 Ng4 29. Nxg4 fxg4 30. Rd3 Rce7 31. Rg3 h5 32. Kg2 h4 33. Rxg4 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Kf1 Rh3 36. Kg2 Rd3 $11) 11... Nc6 12. f4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. e5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. c4 $2 (16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 O-O $11 18. Qg4 Qxc3 19. Rb1 Ne7 20. Bb2 Qc6 21. Rg5 Ng6 22. Qg3 (22. h4 h6 23. Rf5 Nxh4) 22... h6 23. Rg4 h5 24. Rg5 h4 25. Qe3 Rae8 26. Bf5 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Rg1 (28. Qe2) 28... Qf6 29. Rf1 Nc4 $11 30. Qf4 g6 31. Kg1 Kg7 32. Bd3 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Nxa3) 16... bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nc3 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Bb3 a5 20. Bb2 Qc6 21. Rf3 Ne4 22. Bd4 a4 23. Ba2 Rfc8 24. c3 Nc5 25. Qc2 Rab8 26. Rg1 Nb3 27. Rh3 Qe4 28. Qf2 Qf5 29. Qh4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rb2+ {0-1 Gurbanov,F (2081)-Kamsky,G (2692) Baku op 2009 (1)} * [Event "5..b5 6 Be3 Bb7 7 Bd3 Qc7 80-0 Nf6"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Strikovic and Kramnik"] [Black "white plays Be3,Bd3"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. a3 {slow} (9. f3 Nc6 $1 {[#] Strikovic Specialty !} (9... Bd6 {also playable, equal} 10. f4 (10. h3 O-O 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Bg1 d6 13. Bh2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11) 10... b4) 10. Nxc6 (10. Kh1 Ne5 $1 11. Rc1 (11. Qe2 Ng6 12. f4 b4) 11... Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Nce2 d5 $1 14. Nf4 dxe4 15. fxe4 O-O {0-1 Martinez Rodriguez,E (1802)-Strikovic,A (2504) Sanxenxo Carlos op 5th 2013 (1)}) (10. a3 {passive and slow} Bc5 11. Nce2 (11. Nf5 Qb6 $19) 11... d5 $6 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 $19) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bf2 Rd8 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 $4 (16. Rf2 O-O 17. Qd2 e5 18. Re1 f5 $15) 16... Ne3 17. Qd2 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 O-O $19 {0-1 Barrio Pareja,E (2027)-Strikovic,A (2470) El Sauzal op 5th rapid 2004 (2)}) 10... Bxc6 11. a3 h5 12. Qd2 Bd6 $1 {Bd6 here is strong} 13. f4 (13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 15. Nd1 (15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Rae1 Nh7 17. Be3 Nf6) 15... Qb7 16. Bg5 h4 17. f4 Bc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne3 f5 20. exf5 Rg8 21. Ng4 O-O-O (21... Rxg4 22. hxg4 h3) 22. Qe2) 13... Ng4 $1 14. e5 Be7 $1 15. Bd4 d6 $1 $17 {the bishop on d4 will be a target} 16. Rae1 dxe5 17. fxe5 O-O-O $1 18. Qf4 g5 $1 $19 {energetic play by Black} 19. Qxf7 Rxd4 20. Qg7 Rdd8 {0-1 Nortes Hernandez,P (1896)-Strikovic,A (2544) La Laguna op 4th 2010 (1)}) 9... d6 {entering the hedgehog} (9... Nc6 $5 {played by Nakamura against Sindarov} 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. f4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 $11 {Miezis} (12... c4 {Sindarov Nakamura 2024 World Rapid 2024 NYC} 13. exf6 cxd3 14. cxd3 gxf6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. f5 Rg8 17. Ne4 (17. Rf2) (17. g3 Qd6 18. Bf2 Rd8 19. fxe6 Qxd3) 17... Bxe4 18. dxe4 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rg4 20. fxe6 Rxe4 21. exf7+ {½-½ Sindarov,J (2655)-Nakamura,H (2755) Wch Rapid New York 2024 (6)}) 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c3 c4 15. Bc2 Bc5 16. Qe2 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qa7 18. Qxa7 Rxa7 19. Kf2 Ke7 20. Ke3 h5 {½-½ Rogic,D (2458)-Miezis,N (2444) Eberstadt 2022 (7)}) 10. f4 Be7 11. Qf3 (11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Bf2 (13. Rf3 $5 g6 14. Raf1 Nc5 15. Bg1 e5 $1 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf5 $5 (17. Ndxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxf6 Ba6) 17... gxf5 18. Rxf5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Ne8 20. Qg3+ Ng7 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Rd1 Qg6 {Black has defended} 23. Rd7 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Bc8 25. Rxe7 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nxf5 {[%CAl Cf5e3,Cf5e7]} 27. Rxe5 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Rfe8 $17 29. Rf3 Rad8 30. Rf4 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. a4 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Re6 34. Rg4+ {0-1 Jakubowski,K (2525)-Gajewski,G (2622) POL-chT Warsaw 2012 (9.1)}) 13... Rfe8 14. Rae1 {here Black executes g7-g6 to prevent Nf5 , then e6-e5} g6 15. Bh4 e5 $1 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Nh5 $1 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rae8 {Black is better positionally} 21. Be4 Nb6 22. Rd1 Nc4 23. c3 Nf4 24. Qf2 f5 25. Bb1 Rd8 26. Nc5 Nxb2 27. Qxb2 Qxc5 28. Ba2 Rd6 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32. Qxd6 Qe2 33. Rg1 Nxg2 34. Qc6 Ne3 35. d6 e4 36. Rd2 Qxd2 37. dxe7 Kxe7 38. Qc7+ Kf6 39. Qxh7 Ng4 40. Qh8+ Kg5 41. h4+ Kf4 42. Qb8+ Ne5 43. Rf1+ Kg3 44. Qxe5+ Kh3 45. Rg1 Qf2 46. Qc3+ e3 47. Qc6 {0-1 Wang,Y (2439)-Li,S (2516) China Mind Team 3rd Zaozhuang 2015 (2.5)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Rae1 {[#]} h6 $5 {idea g7-g5! and Ne5 followed by 0-0-0. Going for the attack !!} (12... h5 13. h3 h4 {hedgehog with typical h5-h4 idea} 14. Bf2 g6 15. Qe3 Nh5 $1 16. Nf3 (16. Nce2) 16... Ng3 17. Bxg3 hxg3 18. Nd4 Qb6 $1 19. Nb3 Rc8 $17 20. Rf3 Bf6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rb1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Rd1 Rc5 26. Rxd6 Rxa5 27. Rxg3 g5 28. Rb6 gxf4 29. Rf3 Bd4+ {0-1 Tanenbaum,Z (2261)-Kramnik,V (2753) Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Mar Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (6)}) (12... O-O {old line} 13. Qh3 (13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Qh3 Qd8 (15... Nc5 16. f5 $1) (15... e5 16. Nf5 $1 Rae8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. f5 f6 {sharp!} 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Bg5 Nf4)) 13... Nc5 14. Bf2 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Rfe8 16. g4 {sharp !}) (12... Rc8 $5) 13. Qg3 (13. Bf2 g5 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Bc8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Bg3 h5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nb3 h4 $17 21. h3 Nh5 22. Kh2 Ng3 23. Qe3 Nxf1+ 24. Rxf1 g4 25. hxg4 Bc6 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 O-O-O {1-0 Tanenbaum,Z (2157)-Aldokhin,I (2413) Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Nov Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (8)}) (13. Kh1 g5 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 O-O-O {Aldokhin}) 13... g5 $1 14. f5 e5 15. Nb3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 $4 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. a4 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Kf8 20. Bc4 Bd6 21. Qf2 e4 22. g3 Kg7) 16... dxc5 17. Nd5 $6 (17. Nd2 c4 18. Be2 O-O-O) (17. Be2 c4 18. Nd2 O-O-O 19. Rd1 Rd4) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 c4 19. Rxe5 O-O-O 20. Nd4 Bc5 21. c3 cxd3 {0-1 Cruz Mendez,J (2270)-Aldokhin,I (2413) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (7)} 0-1 [Event "5..b5 6 Bd3 Bb7 7 0-0 Qc7, without Qb6"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Svane"] [Black "Nepomiachtchi, Baklan-Flores, 7..Nc6 Carlsen/Dubov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 (7... Nc6 $5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Bd6 {played by Carlsen and Dubov several times !} (9... Ne7 {Kovalenko and Predke}) (9... Qb8 {Svidler, Neiksans,Kamsky} 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Qh5 h6 12. e5 Bxe5 13. Rxe5 Bxd5 14. Re3 Nf6 15. Qh4) 10. e5 Bc7 {Firouzja-Carlsen 2024 Draw} 11. Qg4 (11. a4 b4 12. Qg4 Ne7 13. Qxb4 Ng6 14. Qg4 Qb8 15. f4 O-O 16. Ne4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg4 {½-½ Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Julius Baer GenCup D1 W Chess.com INT rapid 2024 (4.1)}) 11... Ne7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. Qxg5 Ng6 16. Qxd8+ Bxd8 17. h3 h4 18. Bh2 Ba5 $11) 8. Re1 (8. Qe2 Nf6 (8... b4 $5 9. Na4 Nf6 10. f4 d6) (8... Be7 9. a4 (9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh6 (10... Nf6 11. e5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Be5 Qc6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Bc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Rxf6 $2 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Qh5) 20. Nh4 Rf7)) 9... b4 10. Na2 Nc6 11. c3) 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. a4 b4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 g6 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. c3) (8. f4 Bc5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nce2 (10. Qg4 O-O-O $5 11. Nce2 (11. Qxg7 Nge7 12. Qf6 d5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4 15. Na4 Nxd5 16. Qxh8 Rxh8 17. Nxc5 Rg8) 11... f5 $1 12. exf5 Nf6 (12... Qd6 $5 13. c3 e5 14. b4 Bb6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. a4 Rde8) 13. Qh3 Nd5 14. fxe6 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. c3 dxe6 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. Qe5+ Ka7) 10... Nf6 11. c3 Ng4 (11... e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nfg4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bf4 Nf6) (11... d6 12. Kh1 Ne7 13. Qc2 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxf5 Bc8 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rf3 Bg4 {0-1 Sherstoboev,M (2260)-Fominyh,A (2530) RUS-Cup07 Tomsk 1998 (7)}) 12. Bc1 O-O (12... e5 13. fxe5 Ncxe5 14. Ng3 Nxd3 15. Qxg4 O-O-O) 13. Kh1 e5 14. Nxc6 (14. Ng3 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 exd4) 14... Qxc6 15. Ng3 Qg6 16. Nf5 Qh5 $1 {0-1 Skage,O (1982)-Macieja,B (2596) Arctic Chess Challenge Tromsoe 2007 (1)}) 8... Bc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 {Bc5 followed by Bd6, Black scores well here} 10. h3 (10. Qh5 Nf6 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Qh4 Ne5 13. a3 Ng6 14. Qh3 h5 $5 15. Rad1 Ng4 16. g3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 h4 18. Qg2 hxg3 19. hxg3 Be5 20. Be2 f5 21. f4 Qb6 22. Qf2 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rh1+ $1 {0-1 Svane,F (2466)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2782) Wch Blitz Almaty 2022 (6)}) 11. Qh4 b4 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. f4 Be7 14. Qh3 h5 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Kh1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 h4 18. h3 Rh5 19. c4 a5 20. e5 g6 21. Rad1 a4 22. Nd2 d6 23. exd6 Bxd6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. c5 Kf8 26. Nd6 Nd8 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Ra5 29. Nd4 Rh7 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. Nxe6+ Nxe6 32. Qxe6 Qxf4 33. c6 Rc5 34. Qd7 Bf6 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Qc8 Rc1 37. Rg8+ Kh7 {0-1 Matinian,N (2416)-Kovalenko,I (2674) Aimchess Play In op Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (4)}) 10... Ne7 $5 11. Qh5 (11. Be3 Be5 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 O-O 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nbc6 16. Rc1 Ng6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bf1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. e5 Nxe5 21. N3e4 Nc6 22. Nd6 Nd5 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. b4 Qd8 25. b5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Nb8 27. Qd4 d6 {0-1 Pichot,A (2637)-Naroditsky,D (2619) Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Dec Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (11)}) 11... Nbc6 12. Bd2 Ng6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Rac1 Nce5 16. Ned4 Nc4 (16... Rac8 $15 17. Red1 Qb8 18. Qe2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rc2 Bh2+ 22. Kf1 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Bd6 24. Kg1 Bc6) 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. c3 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Qxa4 20. Ra1 Qb4 21. Rc6 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Bxc6 23. Qe2 Be5 {½-½ Baklan,V (2618)-Flores,D (2543) Lorca Narciso Yepes op 2007 (4)} 0-1 [Event "5..b5 6 Bd3 Qb6 7 Nf3!?"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Caruana-Kamsky"] [Black "7 Nf3!?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] {[%evp 0,38,19,29,40,42,62,40,32,46,59,61,83,64,86,79,101,61,82,51,51,41,41,53,47,52,63,32,48,57,32,7,16,-22,-12,-11,-31,-19,0,-12,2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 $5 Qc7 (7... Nc6 8. O-O Bb7 (8... Qb8 {Svidler} 9. Re1 (9. e5 Nge7 10. Bf4 f5 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bc5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Nf4 Nce7 17. Qe2 O-O 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Nd2 Qxc3 21. Rab1 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Ng6 {0-1 Obregon,C (2517)-Flores,D (2586) ARG-ch 95th Villa Martelli 2021 (8)}) 9... Bd6 10. e5 Bc7 (10... Nxe5 11. Be4 Ra7 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Bf4 15. Bxa7 Qxa7 16. Nd5 Bd6) 11. Bf4 Nge7 12. Qe2 Bb7) 9. Re1 Bc5) 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 (9... Bc5 10. e5 f5 {another line for Black}) 10. a4 (10. e5 f5 11. Nd4 b4 (11... g6 12. a4 (12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Bxf5 Nd4 16. Bxh7 Nf5 17. Qg6 Bb4 18. Ne4 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 d5 21. Bxg8 Rxg8 22. Qxe6 dxe4 23. Qxf5+ Qf7 24. Qxe4 Rd8 25. h3 Qg6 {½-½ Bartel,M (2648)-Vitiugov,N (2722) Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (4)}) 12... b4 13. Na2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bf1 Bc5 {Zubov} 16. a5 (16. Be3 Ne7 17. c3) 16... Ne7 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. c4 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 O-O 21. Rc1 Qd5 22. Qc2 Rf7 23. b4 Bf8 {0-1 Areshchenko,A (2690)-Zubov,A (2598) Kiev-Lvov Region Rapid 2021 (4)}) 12. Na4 Nc6 13. c3 Nh6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. Bf1 (16. Qxh6 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qc6) 16... Qa5) 10... b4 11. Ne2 {[#]} Nc6 (11... Nf6 12. e5 Ng4 (12... Nd5 13. Ng3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng5 O-O 16. Nh5 h6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Nh7 Rf7 19. Bg6 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Qxh2 {very sharp} 21. Qg4 Bh4+ 22. Ke2 Bxe1 23. Nf6+ {Board on Fire} Kh8 24. Be4 (24. Bf4 Qh4 25. Rxe1 Qxf6 26. Kd1 Nc6) 24... Bxe4 25. Qxe4 gxf6 26. Qxa8 d5 $1 27. Be3 (27. Kxe1 Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2+ 29. Kd3 Qe4+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ $11) 27... Bh4 {sharp but equal}) 13. Ng3 (13. Ned4 $1 Bc5 14. c3 $1) 13... Bc5 14. Rf1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Kh1 O-O (16... h5 $1) 17. f4 Qd5 18. Qe2 f5 19. Bc4 Qd4 20. Rd1 Qf2 21. Qxf2 Bxf2 22. a5 d5 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Bd2 Bc5 25. Ne2 Nf6 26. Ra4 Ng4 27. Be1 Bc6 28. Raa1 Rfb8 (28... d4 $1) 29. Nc1 Ne3 30. Rd2 Nc4 (30... g5 $1 31. fxg5 e5) 31. Re2 Kf7 32. Nb3 Ba7 33. Rb1 Ba4 34. Nd2 Nd6 $2 (34... Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Bb5 $19) 35. Nf3 Ne4 36. b3 Bb5 37. Ne5+ Ke8 38. g3 Bc5 39. Kg2 Bd6 40. Nf3 Kf7 41. Nd4 Bxd3 42. cxd3 Nc5 (42... Nc3 43. Bxc3 bxc3 44. Nxe6 Re8 45. Ng5+ Kg8) 43. Nc6 Rb5 44. Bxb4 {1-0 Caruana,F (2804)-Kamsky,G (2623) Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (5)}) 12. Bf4 d6 13. c3 Nf6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bb1 O-O 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Qd2 e5 19. Bg5 Bc6 {0-1 Wang,C (2390)-Ding,L (2565) CHN-chT 6th China 2010 (17)} * [Event "5..b5 6 Bd3 Qb6 7 Nb3 9 a3!?"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "hedgehog a3, Qb6-Qc7"] [Black "Tissir-Flores, Vovk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. a3 Nf6 (9... Nc6 $5 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. Qg3 g6 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. exf5 Rg8) 10. f4 d6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Rae1 (13. Kh1 O-O 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Rae1 Nfd7 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Bg1 Rfe8 18. Qf3 g6 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Nf3 f5 $1 {[#]} 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. exf5 exf5 23. Qg3 h6 24. Nf3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qf7 26. Nd4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. h3 Ne6 29. Nc2 Kh7 30. Qe3 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Bh2 f4 33. Qf2 Nc5 34. Rxe8 Qxe8 35. Ne1 Bd4 36. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 37. Bg1 Qd2 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. dxe4 Qxd4 40. Bxd4 Nxe4 41. Kg1 Kg6 42. Kf1 Kf5 43. Ke2 Nc5 44. Kf3 Nd3 45. Ke2 Ne5 46. Bb6 Nc4 47. Bd4 a5 48. b3 Nxa3 49. Kd3 a4 50. Bb2 Nb1 51. Kc2 a3 52. Bg7 a2 53. Kb2 Nd2 54. Kxa2 Nf1 55. Ka3 Ne3 56. Kb4 Nxg2 57. Bd4 Ne3 {0-1 Barua,D (2555)-Kasparov,G (2851) KasparovChess GP g/60 Internet 2000 (1.2)}) 13... h5 $5 {[#]} (13... e5 14. Kh1 O-O 15. fxe5 dxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. Nd4 g6) 16. Rf3 (16. Nd1 Rae8 17. Qf3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Re6 21. Bb4 Rc8 22. g4 h6 23. h4 Nh7 24. Qe2 Rg6 25. Be1 Qd7 26. Rg3 Rcc6 27. Kh2 Bc8 28. Rg2 Rxg4 29. Rxg4 Qxg4 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. Bg3 f6 32. a4 bxa4 33. Ra1 Nf8 34. Kg1 Rb6 35. Rxa4 Rxb2 36. Rxa6 Kh7 37. Rc6 Ne6 38. c3 h5 39. Kf1 Rd2 40. Bc4 Nf4 41. Ke1 Rg2 42. Bxf4 exf4 43. Bd3 f3 44. e5+ f5 45. Rc4 f2+ 46. Kf1 Bh3 47. Bxf5+ Bxf5 48. Kxg2 f1=Q+ 49. Kxf1 Bd3+ 50. Kf2 Bxc4 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Kd4 Be6 53. c4 Kf5 54. c5 Kf4 55. c6 Kf5 56. c7 g6 {0-1 Juswanto,D (2412)-Gagunashvili,M (2584) Jakarta Indonesia op 2nd 2012 (2)})) 14. Kh1 (14. Nd1 Rc8 15. Nf2 Ba8 16. Nh3 Ng4 17. Nf2 Qb6 18. Ba5 Qa7 19. Kh1 Ndf6 20. Bc3 Nxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 d5 23. e5 Ne4 {Vovk}) 14... h4 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nf3 h3 17. gxh3 Qb8 18. Qg2 Qa8 19. Ng5 d5 {[#]} 20. exd5 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxd5 22. Nf3 g6 23. b4 Rh4 24. Bd2 Bd6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Ne5 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. Bg5 Rh8 29. Bd3 Nd7 30. h4 Bd6 31. Qf2 f6 32. Be3 Ke7 33. Be2 Ne5 34. Bc5 Rc8 35. Bxd6+ Kxd6 36. Kg1 Rg8+ 37. Kh1 Qc6 38. h5 Qxc2 39. Qe3 Ng4 40. Qb6+ Qc6 41. Qd4 Ne5 42. Qe3 Ke7 43. h6 Ng4 44. Qa7+ Qd7 45. Qc5+ Kf7 46. h7 Rh8 47. Rd1 Rxh7 48. Kg1 Rg7 49. Kf1 Qb7 50. Rd3 Bxf3 51. Bxf3 Nxh2+ 52. Kf2 Nxf3 53. Qh5+ Ke7 54. Qc5+ Ke8 55. Qh5+ Qf7 56. Qxf3 Qa7+ 57. Ke2 Rg5 58. Qc6+ Ke7 59. Qh1 Kf7 60. Qh7+ Rg7 61. Qh5+ Ke7 62. Qh1 Qc7 63. Qa8 Qc2+ 64. Rd2 Qc4+ 65. Kf2 Qh4+ 66. Ke2 Qg4+ 67. Kd3 Qc4+ 68. Ke3 Rg3+ 69. Kf2 Qf4+ 70. Ke2 Qg4+ 71. Kf2 Qf4+ 72. Ke2 Re3+ 73. Kd1 Qf3+ {0-1 Tissir,M (2376)-Flores,D (2579) Wch Rapid Doha 2016 (2)} 0-1 [Event "5..b5 6 Bd3 Qb6 7 Nb3 9 f4 b4"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "SeemanBlack"] [Black "main line f4-b4 in Qb6"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. f4 (9. Qe2 Be7 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 (11. Na4 Qc6 $1) 11... Nc6) (9. Re1 Be7 10. Qg4 g6 (10... Nf6 $1 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qh6 Nc6 13. Qh3 Ne5 14. Bf4 h5 (14... Bd6 15. Bg3 h5) 15. a3 Rg4) 11. e5 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qh3 O-O 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Nd4 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Nf3 Qf4 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ra7 20. g3 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Nf6 {0-1 Matinian,N (2415)-Kamsky,G (2609) Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Nov Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (6)}) 9... b4 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Ng3 (11. e5 $1 Nd5 (11... Qb6+ 12. Ned4 (12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Ned4 h5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8) 12... Nd5 13. Kh1 g6 (13... a5 14. f5 a4 15. fxe6 dxe6 16. Qf3 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bb5+ Nbd7 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Bc6 Bb7 23. Bxb7 axb3 24. Nc6+ Kc7 25. Bxa8 Bd6) 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. c3) 12. Qe1 (12. Ned4 Nc6 13. Nf3 a5 14. Be4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ne3 16. Bxe3 Qxe3 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 d5 {0-1 Kravtsiv,M (2446)-Vovk,A (2474) Lvov Levikov Memorial 2006 (4)}) 12... a5 13. Qg3 (13. Nbd4 Bc5 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Nb5 Qb6) 13... g6 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 h5 16. Kh1 h4 17. Qh3 Na6 18. Ned4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Nb5 Qc8) 11... h5 $1 12. e5 Qb6+ $1 (12... h4 13. Nh1 (13. exf6 hxg3 14. hxg3 gxf6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. c4 bxc3 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Bf2 Bd6 {0-1 Guzman Moneo,A (2156)-Sielecki,C (2419) Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (2)}) 13... h3 14. Ng3 hxg2 15. Rf2 Nd5 {Vitiugov}) 13. Kh1 h4 14. Rf3 (14. Nf5 h3 15. Ne3 Nd5 16. Rf3 Nxe3 (16... hxg2+ 17. Nxg2 a5 $19) 17. Bxe3 hxg2+ 18. Kg1 Qd8 19. Bf2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nc6 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. Rd1 Nd5 23. Bc4 Qc7 $17) 14... hxg3 15. Be3 Rxh2+ 16. Kg1 Rxg2+ $1 17. Kxg2 (17. Kf1 $1 Bxf3 (17... Rf2+ $5 18. Bxf2 Bxf3 19. Bxb6 Bxd1 20. exf6 Bf3) 18. Qxf3 Qxe3 19. Qxe3 Nd5 20. Qe4 Rf2+ 21. Kg1 Nxf4) 17... Qxe3 $1 {0-1 Koskela,N (2237)-Seeman,T (2403) EtVas Vantaa IM Myyrmanni 1999 (7)} 0-1 [Event "5..b56Bd3 Qb6 7 Be3 Bc5 Line"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "6Bd3 Qb6 7 Be3 Bc5 Line"] [Black "5..Qb6 pin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2 (8. Nce2 Nf6 $1 (8... Nc6 9. c3 b4 10. O-O Nf6 (10... bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne5 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. h3 O-O 15. Ng3 (15. f4 Nc4 16. Bc1 a5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Be4 Ba6 (18... Nde3 $2 19. Qd3 Nxf1 20. Bxa8 Ba6 21. Be4 d5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Kxf1)) 15... Nc4) 11. Kh1 (11. Nxc6 Bxe3 12. Nxb4 a5) (11. h3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Ng3 Nc4 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bf4 d6 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. c4 Ng6 21. Bc1 Nf6 22. Re1 h6) 11... Ng4) 9. f3 (9. h3 d5 (9... e5 10. Nf5 d5 11. Nxg7+ (11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Nfg3 (12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4) 12... h5) 11... Kf8 12. Bh6 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Be3 14. Ne6+ Ke7 15. Bxe3 Qxe3 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. Nxd5+ Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. d6+ Kd8) 10. e5 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. c3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O) 10... Nfd7 11. f4 Nc6) (9. e5 Nd5 10. Be4 Nxe3 $1 (10... Bb7 11. Qd2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nc6 13. c3 b4 14. O-O a5 15. Qf4) 11. fxe3 Ra7 12. Qd3 Qc7) (9. c3 Ng4 10. b4 Nxe3 11. bxc5 Nxd1 12. cxb6 Nb2 $15) (9. O-O Ng4 10. Bc1 Nc6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bc2 Bb7) 9... e5 $1 (9... Nc6 $2 10. c3 Ne5 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc7)) (8. e5 $5 Bxd4 9. Qg4 Bxe3 10. Qxg7 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 Kd8 12. Qxh8 Kc7 {very sharp!} 13. Qxg8 Nc6 14. Qxh7 Bb7 15. Rd1 Bd4 16. h4 Nxe5 17. Be4 d5) 8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bxc5 (10. e5 $5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 (11. Bf3 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Qc5+) 11... Qc7 12. Qd4 Ne7 (12... Bb7 13. O-O Ne7 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Nf5 17. Qf4 Qb6 18. Rae1 Ra5 19. Bd3 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxc3 21. Rxb7 Qc8 22. Rfb1 Ne7 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Qxe7 Rxe5 26. Rxd7 Rxe3 27. Rf1) 13. O-O Bb7 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 O-O) 10... Qxc5 11. O-O (11. Qd3 Ne7 (11... Nf6 12. a3 (12. O-O-O) 12... Bb7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bf3 Rfc8 15. Rhe1 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Qa4 21. b3 Qa2 22. Qe4 Ra7 23. Kd2 Rac7 24. Rc1 Qb2 25. Re3 a5 26. Kd1 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Ke2 Qb2 29. Kd1 Qc3 30. h3 h6 31. Qe3 Qb2 32. f4 Rc3 33. Qa7 Rg3 34. Qxd7 Rxg2 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ $11) 12. O-O-O Ra7 13. Rhf1 Rc7) (11. Qd2 Nf6 12. O-O-O b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 O-O 15. f3 d5) 11... Ne7 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Bc6 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 a5 16. c3 bxc3 17. Nxc3 O-O 18. Bb5 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qe5 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21. Nb5 Ng6 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Rxc6 Rab8 24. Rc3 Rb4 25. g3 Rxa4 26. Qc2 Rd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Nb7 Ra8 29. Nxa5 Rxa5 30. Rc8+ Nf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Ke8 34. Qxa5 Qxb2 $11 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "misc games"] [Black "5..Qc7 variation"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] {[%evp 0,27,19,28,40,40,42,37,34,22,56,60,79,49,81,16,48,34,53,15,36,22,32,6,67,35,34,24,16,12]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 (6. a3 Nf6 (6... b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. O-O h5 10. f4 Ng4 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qc6) 7. f4 d6 (7... d5) (7... Nc6)) (6. g3 h5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Bb4 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Rad1 O-O-O) (6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O b4 9. Nce2 Nc6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Qf3) (6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O h5 $5 8. f4 Bc5 9. Nce2 d6 10. c3 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Ba7 13. Rc1 Nc6) 6... Nf6 (6... b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. g4 d6 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 b4 15. Ne2 Be7 16. Kb1) 7. f3 (7. Qd2 Bb4 (7... Nc6 8. O-O-O Ne5 $6 9. f4 Nc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. g4 O-O) 8. Bd3 b5 9. a3 Bc5) (7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Ne5 (8... h5 9. f4) (8... Bb4)) (7. Bd3 b5 8. f3 Bb7 9. a3 Nc6 10. g4 Ne5 11. g5 Nh5 12. f4 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 g6 14. O-O-O b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. f5) 7... b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O h5 12. Qe1 Bc5 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. Rad1 * [Event "?"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2021.02.22"] [Round "17"] [White "misc_Games 5NC3 b5"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "chesscorner"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.02.22"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.21"] {[%evp 0,51,21,5,46,47,39,50,46,47,56,60,78,81,81,24,28,30,47,-15,-6,-2,6,-17,17,4,46,55,56,47,25,13,52,17,66,61,47,24,137,123,151,145,158,-3,9,2,247,96,266,133,133,133,134,130]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 (6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nde2 (7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Be7 13. h3 Rc8 14. g4 h6 15. Nh2 Nc5 16. f3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Nxd5 20. Ne4 Qxh3 21. Bd4 Nf4 22. Qd2 Bg5 23. Bxg7 Rd8 24. Qf2 Bxe4 25. Bxh8 Bd5 26. Be5 f6 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Qg2 Qh4 29. Rfe1 e5 30. Kg1 Qg5 31. Nf1 h5 32. gxh5 Qxh5 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Rd1+ Kc7 36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Qh4 38. Qg7+ Kc6 39. Qd7+ Kb6 40. Rd6+ Ka5 41. Qc7+ Ka4 42. b3+ Kxa3 43. Qc5+ Kb2 44. Qf2) 7... Bb7 8. Be3 (8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Ne4 h5 15. Qg3 O-O-O 16. Bg5 h4 17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Kb8 19. h3 Rh5 20. Qf4 Rf5 21. Qxh4 Nxe5 22. Ng3 g5 23. Qd4 Qc6 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Bxb7 Kxb7 27. a4 Nc6 28. Qd5 b4 29. cxb4 g4 30. b5) 8... Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Ng3) 6... Bb7 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Qg4 (8. Be3 Nf6 (8... d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 Ngf6 11. f5 e5 12. Nb3 Nc5 13. Qf3 (13. g4 h6 14. h4 Nfxe4) 13... h5) 9. O-O {here 9..d6 or 9..NC6 is theory prepared} (9. h3 Nc6 10. Nde2 Ne5 11. O-O b4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15. Kh1) 9... h5 $5 10. f4 (10. h3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. f3 Bc5 13. Qe2) 10... Ng4) 8... Nf6 9. Qh3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O d6 12. Qg3 h5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfe1 O-O-O 15. Rad1 Rd7 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. Nd4 h4 18. Qh3 Nh5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qxh4 Qd8 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxe7 Qxb5 26. Qxf7 *