[Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "1916.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Gruenberg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1916.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Schussler,Harry} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 Na5 (6... Bg4) (6... Be6) 7. Qe2 ({RR} 7. f5 c6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bb3 Nh5 14. O-O c4 15. dxc4 bxc4 16. Ba4 Nf4 17. Qd2 f6 18. Bf2 O-O 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Qd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 c3 {Bortnyk,O (2604)-Rasulov,V (2478) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 h6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. f5 c6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. h3 Nh5 14. g4 Nf4 15. O-O-O a5 16. h4 a4 17. b4 f6 18. g5 Bd7 19. d4 a3 20. b3 hxg5 21. hxg5 O-O-O {Indjic,A (2622)-Rojas Alarcon,J (2368) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (38)}) 7... Nxc4 8. dxc4 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Ng4 11. Qd2 exf4 12. Qxf4 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O Ke7 15. Rhe1 Nd7 16. Re2 Ne5 ({RR} 16... f6 17. Red2 Ne5 18. Rxd6 Nxc4) 17. c5 Bg4 18. cxd6+ Ke6 19. Rf2 f6 20. Ne2 Rhe8 21. h3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 23. Nf4+ {Moldovan,D (2335)-Ninov,K (2465) Stara Zagora 1990 CBM 017 [Schussler,Harry] ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Na4 Nd7 10. f5 a5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b6 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. a4 Qb8 18. g4 Qb4 19. Ne1 Nc5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rb8 22. Nf3 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 {Lucaroni,M (2290)-Rossi,C (2345) Italy 1994 0-1}) 9. f5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O a6 12. Rhe1 h6 13. h3 Bc6 14. Qd3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O-O 16. g4 Kb8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qe2 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rd5 $1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Kb7 22. Kb2 Rb8 23. Nd4 Qh4 24. Nc6 Qxh3 25. Ra1 Nf6 26. Rxa4 Qxg4 27. Qf1 Ra8 28. b5 $1 axb5 (28... Nxd5 $1 29. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 (29... Nxc3 30. Na5+ Kb8 31. Nc6+) 30. bxa6+ Kxc6 31. cxd5+ Kxd5 32. Qb5+ Ke4 33. Qd3+) 29. Rb4 $1 Kc8 30. c5 Qg5 31. Qxb5 Nxd5 32. Qb7+ Kd7 33. Nxe5+ dxe5 34. Qxd5+ Ke7 35. Qxe5+ Kf8 36. Qxc7 Qd8 37. Qg3 f6 38. Rb7 Rg8 39. c6 1-0 [Event "Match Alekhine-Teichmann +2-2=2"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "1921.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Teichmann, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1921.06.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 a6 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. O-O Qe7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Be3 exf4 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd4 13. Qf2 b5 14. Bb3 Rfd8 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne2+ 18. Kh2 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Rd4 20. Raf1 Re8 21. Re1 Kf8 22. a3 c4 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. c3 Rd2 25. Bxc4 Rxb2 26. Bxa6 Rb3 27. c4 {Vella,B (2215)-Godena,M (2380) Sharjah 1985 0-1 (60)}) 13. Qxf4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Rae8 15. Qf2 Nfd7 16. Rad1 b6 17. c3 Ng6 18. Qf5 Kh8 19. Bf2 Rd8 20. Bg3 Nde5 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nc6 23. d5 Nce5 24. h4 Qc5+ 25. Kh2 f6 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Rc6 Qe7 28. Re6 Qd7 29. h5 Ne7 30. Qh3 Nf7 31. Bf4 h6 32. Qc3 Nd6 33. Bxh6 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Nxd5 35. Qc1 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1910.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Ceilikman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1910.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. b4 ({RR} 7. Qe2 Re8 8. f5 ({RR} 8. fxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Rxe5) ({RR} 8. b4 Bb6 9. f5 d5 10. Bb3 Bxf5) ({RR} 8. Bb5) 8... d5 9. Bb3 Bxf5 10. Bg5 ({RR} 10. exf5 e4) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Bxe4 12. Qc4 ({RR} 12. Bxf6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf6) 12... Qd5 13. Qa4 Qd3 14. Nbd2 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Bh4 b5 17. Qa6 Nd4 18. Bd1 Nxf3+ {0-1 (18) Kalugin,S (2440)-Kuzubov,Y (2467) Alushta 2004 CBM 103 [Bangiev,Alexander J]}) ({RR} 7. Bb3 Re8 ({RR} 7... Qe7 8. f5 d5 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bd7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Ng3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Kh8 16. Nh5 Bc6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bxf6 gxf6) ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. f5 d5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qd6 12. Bg5 Rad8) ({RR} 7... Ng4 8. Qe2 a5 9. f5 a4 10. Bc2 Bf2+ 11. Kf1 Bb6 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 Re8 14. Kg2 d5 15. Bg5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nbd2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Bc5) 8. f5 d5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Qe2 a5) 7... Bb6 8. a4 Ng4 $146 ({RR} 8... a6 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rad8 17. c5 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rd8+ 19. Ke2 Ba7 20. a5 c6 21. Rf1 Ng6 22. g3 Bb8 23. Nd2 {Blackburne,J-Schlechter,C Leipzig 1894 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 8... a6 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qg3 Nxe4 14. Qxg4 Nf2 15. Qf3 Nxh1 16. a5 Ba7 17. Qxb7 e4 18. Nd2 Bf2+ 19. Ke2 exd3+ 20. Bxd3 Rae8+ 21. Ne4 Qxh2 22. Rxh1 Qxh1 23. Kxf2 {Vlassov,N (2322)-Estrada Nieto,J (2161) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 8... a6 9. Qb3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14. O-O-O Nxg2 15. d4 Nxh4 16. Nxh4 Ne7 17. Rdg1 c6 18. Qd1 d5 19. Bd3 f6 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Bg6 {Spal,M (2220)-Dolezal,J Czech Republic 1996 1-0}) 9. Ra2 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be3 11. Bxe3 Nxe3 12. Qc1 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Be6 14. Nbd2 a5 15. b5 Nb8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Qe1 Re8 19. Qg3 Qd7 20. Nf5 f6 21. Nd4 Bf7 22. Rxf6 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. h3 Bxc4 25. Raf2 Qe7 26. b6 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Qe5 28. R2f4 Qe3 29. Nf3 Bd5 30. bxc7 Be6 31. Rxe6 1-0 [Event "Alekhine casual"] [Site "Cologne"] [Date "1911.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Tenner, Oscar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1911.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase} e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 (5... Ng4 $2 6. f5 $1 Nf2 7. Qh5 O-O 8. Nf3 Nxh1 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Qxf7+ Kh8 12. Bg5 $1 hxg5 13. Qh5#) ({RR} 5... Ng4 6. f5 Nf2 7. Qh5 O-O 8. Nf3 Nxh1 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Qxf7+ Kh8 12. Bg5 hxg5 13. Qh5#) 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 $5 exf4 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Bxf4 Nh5 ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. Qe3 Na5 14. Bb3 c4 15. Qxa7 Nc6 16. Qa8+ Kd7 17. Qa4 cxb3 18. Ne5+ Ke8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6+ Nd7 21. axb3 Qb4+ 22. Kf1 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc7 {Galchenko,V (2166)-Cruz,J (2328) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (47)}) 10. Be3 Ne5 $146 (10... O-O 11. O-O Ne5 $6 (11... Nd4 $6 12. Bxd4 $6 (12. c3 $1 b5 13. Bd5 c6 14. Bxd4 $1 $14) ({RR} 12. c3 b5 13. Bd5 c6 14. Bxd4) 12... cxd4 13. h3 Be6 $1 $10) ({RR} 11... Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. h3 Be6) 12. Nxe5 $5 (12. Bxc5 $5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 Nxc4 15. Bxf8 Ne3 16. Rg1 Qf4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qe2 $16) ({RR} 12. Bxc5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 Nxc4 15. Bxf8 Ne3 16. Rg1 Qf4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qe2) 12... Bxd1 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 (13... Qh4 14. Nd8+ $1) (13... Qe7 14. Bg5 $1) ({RR} 13... Qh4 14. Nd8+) ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. Bg5) 14. Bxf7+ $6 (14. Rxf7 $5 Kh8 15. Rxd1 b6 16. e5 $16) ({RR} 14. Rxf7 Kh8 15. Rxd1 b6 16. e5) 14... Kh8 15. Raxd1 Nf6 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bf2 Ng4 18. Bd5 c6 19. Be6 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Qd4 21. c3 Qe3 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rf3 Qh6 24. h3 Re8 25. Bd7 Rf8 26. Bg4 Kg7 27. d4 Qe3 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Bf3 Ke7 30. e5 $14) (10... Nd4 $2 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Bxf7+ {Spielmann,R-Caro/Berlin/1907/}) (10... Qe7 $1 11. Bb5 f5 $1 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qd2 $1 fxe4 14. Ng5 O-O 15. Nxe4 Rae8 16. Bf2 Qd6 $1 17. Qe3 Qg6 18. O-O Bf3 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxe4 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qxc5+ Kg8 23. dxe4 Qxe4 {½-½; Alekhine,A-Tenner/Köln/1911/ according to Tenner}) ({RR} 10... O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxd1 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Raxd1 Nf6 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bf2 Ng4 18. Bd5 c6 19. Be6 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Qd4 21. c3 Qe3 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rf3 Qh6 24. h3 Re8 25. Bd7 {Spielmann,R-Schlechter,C Ostend 1906 EXT 2020 [ChessBase] ½-½}) ({RR} 10... Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Bxf7+) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Bb5 f5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qd2 fxe4 14. Ng5 O-O 15. Nxe4 Rae8 16. Bf2 Qd6 17. Qe3 Qg6 18. O-O Bf3 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxe4 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qxc5+ Kg8 23. dxe4 Qxe4) ({RR} 10... Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ne5+ Kg8 14. Qxg4 Qe8 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Qf5 Qe7 17. Nxd4 Qb4+ 18. c3 Qxb2 19. Qe6+ Kf8 20. O-O Qxc3 21. Rxf6+ gxf6 22. Qxf6+ Ke8 23. Qxh8+ Kd7 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Rf1 {Spielmann,R-Caro,H Berlin 1907 1-0}) 11. Nxe5 Bxd1 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Bxc5+ Kf6 14. O-O+ Kxe5 15. Rf5# {1-0; Alekhine,A-Tenner/Cologne/1907/ according to Alekhine} 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim tour"] [Site "France"] [Date "1923.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Schwartz, Louis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1923.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 ({RR} 6... Bg4 7. c3 Be7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Qxb7 Na5 10. Qa6 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 exf4 12. Bxf4 c5 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Qc2 Rab8 15. Bc1 Nd7 16. Nbd2 f5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Ne3 fxe4 19. Nxg4 exf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 {Svatos,J (2370)-Vanecek,J Pardubice 1992 1-0}) 7. Nc3 Bg4 ({RR} 7... a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. f5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Ng3 Bg5 19. Ne4 Be3+ 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. Qg4 f6 22. Rf3 {Toffoli,V (1830)-Santos,W Florianopolis BRA 2026 1-0 (53)}) 8. h3 Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 8... Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. f5 Bh7 11. a3 g5 12. fxg6 Bxg6 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 a6 16. Nd5 b5 17. Ba2 a5 18. c3 Na7 19. b4 a4 20. Qf3 Rb8 21. Be3 c6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. d4 {Boehning,K (1905)-Wallat,J (1568) Rotenburg 2013 1-0 (45)}) 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. a3 Nd4 11. Qf2 a6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. f5 Nc5 14. g4 c6 15. Ba2 Ncd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Rg1 g5 21. Qe2 Ndf6 22. Raf1 Rg8 23. Nd1 Rg7 24. Ne3 Rag8 25. b4 b5 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Qf3 Rdg8 28. a4 g4 29. hxg4 Ng5 30. Qg3 Rh7+ 31. Kg2 Rh3 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Rxh1+ Nfh7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rh6 Qa7 36. Rxd6 Re8 37. Rxc6 Qa1 38. Rb6 Qc1 39. Rxb5 f6 40. Qf2 Ra8 41. Qe2 Ra1 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Rg6# 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim tour"] [Site "Czechoslovakia"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Havlicek, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1925.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CSR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 ({RR} 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. fxe5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nxe5 8. Qe2 Nh6 9. Na4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qh3 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. b3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 O-O-O 14. Bb2 Nf5 15. Qf1 Qxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Nd4 17. O-O-O f6 18. d3 Rhe8 19. Rf2 Re5 {Fier,A (2516)-Perdomo,L (2391) Sao Paulo 2007 ½-½ (35)}) 5... Na5 $146 ({RR} 5... Bg4 6. c3 Qf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Ne5 10. Bxe5 Qxf3 11. gxf3 dxe5 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Be2 Ke7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 {Holubcik,M (2052)-Kekely,L (2015) Slovakia 2005 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 5... Bg4 6. c3 h5 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. fxe5 d5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 a5 14. b5 Nce7 15. d4 O-O-O 16. O-O Nf5 17. Nfg5 Ngh6 18. Ba3 Qd5 19. Bc5 Ne3 20. Qe2 {macgyversp (2090)-luiztall (1815) lichess.org 2024 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 5... Be6 6. Nc3 Bxc4 7. dxc4 Nf6 8. Qd3 Ng4 9. Rf1 Nxh2 10. Nxh2 Qh4+ 11. Ke2 Qxh2 12. Nd5 Qxg2+ 13. Kd1 Qg4+ 14. Ke1 O-O-O 15. Be3 Qg3+ 16. Kd2 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3 exf4 19. Rxf4 Ne5 {0-1 (19) Shome,D (1329)-Strub,M (1844) Winnipeg 2001}) 6. Bd5 c6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. fxe5 b5 9. d4 Bb6 10. O-O Ke8 11. c3 Bg4 12. Bf4 Bc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. e5 Be7 15. Nbd2 g5 16. Be3 Bh5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Qa4 Qd5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Ne7 22. Rf6 Rg8 23. h4 Bg6 24. Rd6 Qe4 25. Qa6 Rg7 26. Qb7 Rd8 27. Qc7 Rxd6 28. exd6 Nf5 29. d7+ Rxd7 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Qxd8+ Kf7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "Cercle Philidor blindfold sim +6=3-3"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1922.03.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Lancel, Edmond"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "Primel,Dominique"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1922.03.18"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2021"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.10.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O (6... a6) 7. f5 $36 {[%CAl Gc1g5]} h6 {Empêche le clouage ?g5 mais au détriment d'un léger affaiblissement du roque noir.} 8. a3 ({RR} 8. Nd5 Na5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. g4 Nxc4 11. dxc4 d5 12. Qxd5 Bb4+ 13. c3 Rd8 14. Qb5 Qd6 15. Be3 Qd3 16. Kf2 Bd6 17. Rhe1 Bd7 18. Qd5 Qc2+ 19. Re2 Qa4 20. b3 Qa6 21. Qd3 Bc6 22. Qc2 b6 {Valerga,D (2413)-Tristan,L (2493) Villa Martelli 2018 ½-½ (49)}) 8... a6 ({RR} 8... Bd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Re8 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Ba2 b5 14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Rb1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxe4 18. Qxb5 Bxb1 19. Qxb1 Qxc3 20. Bb2 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 d5 22. Qd1 Qb5 23. Bc3 {Lamarque,H (1991)-Rath,S (1799) Hamilton SCO 2026 0-1}) 9. Qe2 (9. h3 b5 (9... Nh5 {[%csl Rg3]} 10. g4 Ng3 11. Rh2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Qh4 $36 {[%CAl Gh4e1]})) 9... Nd4 $146 ({RR} 9... b5 10. Ba2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Bf4 d5 17. exd5 Qxf5 18. Qg3 Qh5 19. Bxc7 Rd7 20. Rae1 Re3 21. Qf4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Ba5 Rde7 24. Bd2 {Antal,A (2075)-Bognar,B (1961) Gyongyos 2004 ½-½ (39)}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Bxf5 {[%CAl Gf8e8]} 14. O-O Be6 15. Qh5 {[%CAl Gc1h6]} Kh7 {Anticipant un éventuel sacrifice du ?c1} (15... Bxb3 16. cxb3 Kh7 17. Bxh6 $3 gxh6 18. b4 Bb6 19. Rxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Rf1 $40) 16. Bxh6 $3 {Ce qui est impresionnant dans cette combinaison, c'est non seulement qu'elle a été réalisée à l'aveugle mais aussi du fait que Edmond LANCEL était un trés bon joueur qui avait notamment participé aux olympiades de 1924.} gxh6 (16... g6 $1 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxb3 19. cxb3 {[%CAl Gg5f6,Gf1f3,Gf3h3]} f5 (19... Rae8 20. Bf6 $40)) 17. Bxe6 Qg5 18. Rxf7+ Kh8 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rxb7 {[%mdl 512] source: La nation belge 1922} 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim tour"] [Site "France"] [Date "1923.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Darruda, Ricardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1923.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 ({RR} 10... exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Na5 15. Be5 f6 16. Raf1 Re8 17. Bg3 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Ne3 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Bxc7 Nxf1 21. Bxd8 Nxh2 22. Kxh2 Rxd8 23. Rf5 Rc8 24. Rb5 Rc6 25. c5 {David,A (2460)-Mikhalevski,V (2535) Berlin 1997 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxc7 Rxa2 15. Rxa2 Qxa2 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qd2 b5 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. d4 b4 22. Kh2 bxc3 23. bxc3 h5 24. Qf4 Qc4 25. Rf3 {Gavrilescu,D (2524)-Sanhueza,C (2243) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (34)}) 11. h3 Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 11... Bh5 12. g4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. f5 Kh8 15. Kf2 h5 16. Rh1 Na5 17. Bb5 d5 18. b4 Nc6 19. exd5 Na7 20. Ba4 Qf6 21. Kg2 Qxf5 22. Bb3 Nb5 23. Bb2 Nd6 24. Nh4 Bxd1 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Bxd1 {Qiao,E-Huynh,P (1246) Santiago de Compostela 2018 ½-½ (85)}) 12. Qxf3 Kh8 13. a3 Ng8 14. Be3 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. g4 Rff8 17. f5 Na5 18. Be6 b5 19. Rae1 h6 20. d4 Nc6 21. d5 Nd8 22. Qg3 Nxe6 23. dxe6 c6 24. h4 e4 25. Bf4 Rad8 26. Rxe4 Nf6 27. Re2 d5 28. g5 Nh5 29. Qg4 Nxf4 30. Rxf4 Rde8 31. Rg2 Rg8 32. Qh5 c5 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qf6+ Rg7 36. Rfg4 Ree7 37. Qf8+ Qg8 38. Qxg8+ Kxg8 39. f6 1-0 [Event "F Shakhovsoi Corr-01 1906/07 "] [Site "Correspondence"] [Date "1906.09.17"] [Round "13"] [White "Shavrov, B."] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1906.08.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {1)Skinner: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games 1902-1946.p.14. 2)Alekhine: Unpublished notebook.1902-1907.} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 $2 7. b4 Bb6 8. b5 Nce7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 10... d5 11. e5 Nf5 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qd3 Nge7 14. Nd2 axb5 15. Qxb5+ c6 16. Qd3 Ra4 17. Bd1 Rb4 18. Bc3 Bxd4 19. Bxb4 Bxa1 20. Nb3 Bb2 21. Qd2 Ng6 22. O-O h5 23. Qxb2 Ne3 24. e6 Rg8 25. exf7+ {Neumann,A-Wolf,H Vienna 1904 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 10... a6 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 Qa8 14. Rf2 Qa7 15. Rd2 Ra4 16. Nc3 Rxd4 17. Kh1 Rxd2 18. Bxd2 Nge7 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Qb3 O-O 21. Bc3 Qc8 22. Nxd6 Qe6 23. Nc4 Bd4 24. f5 Qf6 25. Rc1 {Thorold,E-MacDonnell,G London 1866 0-1 (38)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nc3 c6 15. Qd3 Ng6 $2 16. g3 f5 17. Kh1 Qe7 $2 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Ba3 Qd8 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bxf8 Ndxf8 23. Bc6 Qxd4 24. Qxf5 Ne7 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Rad1 Qb4 27. Rb1 Qa5 28. Rf3 Nxc6 29. Rc3 $1 Rd8 30. bxc6 $2 Qd5+ 31. Qg2 Qd1+ 32. Qf1 Qd5+ 33. Qf3 Qxa2 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Ne6 36. Qf3 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 g6 38. Qd3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 h5 40. Qc4 Qd1 $1 41. Rc1 Qg4+ 42. Kg2 h4 43. Qf1 g5 44. Qd1 Nxf4+ 45. Kf1 $19 {The moves cease at this point without comment. According to the score table the game was scored as a win for Shavrov. Probably Alekhine withdrew.} (45. Kf1 Qh3+ 46. Ke1 Qxh2 47. Rc5 hxg3 48. Qh5+ Qxh5 49. Kd2 Bxc5 50. c7 Qe2+ 51. Kc3 Qd3+ 52. Kb2 Bd4+ 53. Ka2 Qc2+ 54. Ka3 Bc5#) 1-0 [Event "Netherlands Tour Capablanca"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1911.09.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Beun, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1911.09.04"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. b4 Bb6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Bxe5 Nf6 8. Nc3 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. Bd3 Qxb4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Bf2 Nc5 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. O-O O-O 16. Kh1 Bg6 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxb7 Nh5 19. Kh2 Nf4 20. Qe1 Bb6 21. Bc4 Qd6 22. e5 Qc6 23. Ba6 {Capablanca,J-Bosscha,G Netherlands 1911 1-0 (38)}) 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d3 Qe7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bb2 Qf8 18. Nxb6 Nxb6 19. h4 Nc4 20. Bc3 Qd6 21. h5 Bxe4 22. dxe4 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 Qf4 24. Re1 Rd2 25. Bxd2 Nxd2+ 26. Kf2 Nxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. Re1 Qxc2+ 30. Re2 1-0 [Event "Netherlands Tour Capablanca"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1911.09.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Bosscha, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1911.09.04"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. b4 Bb6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Bxe5 Nf6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d3 Qe7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bb2 Qf8 18. Nxb6 Nxb6 19. h4 Nc4 20. Bc3 Qd6 21. h5 Bxe4 22. dxe4 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 {Capablanca,J-Beun,P Netherlands 1911 1-0}) 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. Bd3 Qxb4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Bf2 Nc5 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. O-O O-O 16. Kh1 Bg6 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxb7 Nh5 19. Kh2 Nf4 20. Qe1 Bb6 21. Bc4 Qd6 22. e5 Qc6 23. Ba6 Bxc2 24. Qh4 Ng6 25. Qc4 Qe8 26. d4 Bxd4 27. Qxc7 Nxe5 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Nb5 Rd2 30. Nd6 Qe6 31. Nxf7 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 Qd4+ 34. Rf2 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qd1+ 36. Rf1 Qd4 37. Bc4 Be4 38. Ne5+ 1-0 [Event "Capablanca casual"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "1909.12.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Carter, TA."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1909.12.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. fxe5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. Bc4 Nf6 ({RR} 7... Qf6 8. Rf1 Qxf3 9. Rxf3 Nf6 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. d3 h6 14. Ke2 O-O 15. h3 Nbd7 16. Na3 c6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 Ne8 19. Raf1 Nd6 20. Bb3 Rae8 21. g4 Re7 22. h4 {Degtiarev,V (1676)-Dvorsky,D (1345) Bled 2018 1-0 (63)}) 8. d3 O-O $146 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. g3 a6 15. Ke2 Rd8 16. Bd5 Na5 17. b4 c6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. bxc5 Rd7 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rgd8 22. Rad1 Kg6 23. Rhf1 {Moskovic,D-Khemoudj,F London 1993 1-0 (32)}) 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bb3 Be7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. g4 g6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bg7 18. Rdg1 Nf4 19. Nf1 Kh8 20. Ne3 Qc7 21. h5 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Rae8 24. Nf5 Re6 25. Rh1 h6 26. gxh6 Bf6 27. Qg4 Rg8 28. Qg7+ Rxg7 29. hxg7+ Kg8 30. Rh8# 1-0 [Event "Capablanca consultation"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1911.06.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Villegas/Carranza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1911.06.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[Allies: B.H. Villegas & E. Carranza]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. fxe5 dxe5 ({RR} 5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. Bc4 Qf6 8. Rf1 Qxf3 9. Rxf3 Nf6 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. d3 h6 14. Ke2 O-O 15. h3 Nbd7 16. Na3 c6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 Ne8 19. Raf1 Nd6 20. Bb3 {Degtiarev,V (1676)-Dvorsky,D (1345) Bled 2018 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bb3 Be7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. g4 g6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bg7 18. Rdg1 Nf4 19. Nf1 Kh8 20. Ne3 {Capablanca,J-Carter,T Saint Louis 1909 1-0}) 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 7. Qc2 Qf6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. d3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nd7 11. b4 Be7 12. O-O Qc6 13. Nbd2 Ngf6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rae1 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qb3 Qa4 20. Qxa4 Rxa4 21. a3 b5 {Wheatcroft,G-Michell,R Chester/ Cheshire (Town Hall) 1934 ½-½}) ({RR} 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. b4 Bd6 9. b5 Na5 10. d4 Qe7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O f4 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rg8 18. Kh1 h5 19. b4 h4 20. Nxh4 Qh7 21. Nf3 Bg4 {Huschenbeth,N (2532)-Azarov,S (2635) Greensboro 2014 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Ne7 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Nh4 Nf4 14. d4 h6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ng6 Ng4 17. e5 Ne3 18. Qf2 Nxc4 19. Nxf8 Bxf8 20. Qxf4 Be6 21. Nd2 Nxd2 {Roger,M (2191)-Platel,A Bethune 2001 ½-½ (58)}) 7... Nc6 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. d3 h6 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Nd8 14. Ba3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Ng4+ 18. Ke2 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nxe5 Nh5 22. Ke3 g5 23. Nd2 O-O-O 24. d4 Rhe8 25. g4 Nf4 26. Nd3 Ng2+ 27. Kf2 Nh4 28. Nf3 Ng6 29. d5 Bd7 30. Rae1 f6 31. c4 Rh8 32. Nd4 h5 33. c5 Be8 34. c6 b6 35. Ne6 Rd6 36. Ng7 h4 37. Ke3 Ne7 38. Rhf1 Bg6 39. Nb2 Ng8 40. Nc4 Rh7 41. Nxd6+ cxd6 42. Ne6 Re7 43. e5 1-0 [Event "Capablanca sim"] [Site "Castleton"] [Date "1922.10.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1922.10.02"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. f4 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 ({RR} 9. f5 Rb8 10. Na4 f6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bf7 13. b3 Bb6 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 c5 18. Rg1 g5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. h4 Kd7 21. O-O-O Qe7 22. Rdf1 Rbf8 23. Qe1 Kc8 {Zhang,D (2447)-Xu,M (2431) Zhejiang CHN 2026 1-0 (47)}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qh4+ $146 ({RR} 11... O-O 12. O-O-O Rb8 13. d4 Bb4 14. Rhf1 Nb6 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. b3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Qc8 18. Ng3 Qa6 19. Nf5 g6 20. Bh6 Bb2 21. Ne7+ {1-0 (21) Ehlvest,J (2532)-Ollier,P (2280) chess.com INT 2025}) 12. Bg3 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Rf1 O-O 15. Kd2 Rfe8 16. Rf5 Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 c5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Ne4+ 21. dxe4 g6 22. Rf6 Rxe5 23. Raf1 Rxe4 24. Rxf7 Rd8+ 25. Kc1 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Kxf7 27. Re5 c6 28. Rxc5 Rc8 29. Kd2 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kd6 31. Ra5 Rc7 32. Kc4 Rf7 33. Ra6 h6 34. Kd4 Rf2 35. g4 Rh2 36. c4 Rxh3 37. c5+ Kc7 38. Rxa7+ Kb8 39. Rg7 Rh4 40. Rxg6 h5 41. Rxc6 Rxg4+ 42. Kd5 Ra4 43. Rh6 Rxa3 44. Kd6 Rg3 45. Rh8+ Kb7 46. c6+ Kb6 47. Rb8+ 1-0 [Event "Capablanca sim"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1935.03.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1935.03.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. O-O O-O ({RR} 9... h6 10. Qe1 Qd7 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Rhe8 14. a4 Nh5 15. Qe1 Nf4 16. Bb5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qg4 18. Qf2 g5 19. a5 Nxa5 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. b4 Nc6 22. Ra8+ Kd7 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. b5 {Skytte,R (2390)-Jussupow,A (2585) Tallinn 2016 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 9... h6 10. Qe1 Qd7 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Rhe8 14. a4 Nh5 15. Qe1 Nf4 16. Bb5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qg4 18. Qf2 g5 19. a5 Nxa5 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. b4 Nc6 22. Ra8+ Kd7 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. b5 {Skytte,R (2390)-Jussupow,A (2585) Tallinn 2016 1-0 (56)}) 10. Qe1 ({RR} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qf2 b5 13. Bd5 c6 14. c3 cxd5 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. d4 Qe7 19. Qf5 Nb6 20. Qxe4 f6 21. Bf4 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Qxb5 Ne3 {Sahbudak,B (2112)-Khusnitdinova,H (1891) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qf2 b5 13. Bd5 c6 14. c3 cxd5 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. d4 Qe7 19. Qf5 Nb6 20. Qxe4 f6 21. Bf4 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Qxb5 Ne3 {Sahbudak,B (2112)-Khusnitdinova,H (1891) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (53)}) 10... Be6 $146 ({RR} 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nd4 12. Qf2 b5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Nd7 15. b4 f5 16. Kh1 c6 17. Bd2 fxe4 18. fxe4 d5 19. Qg2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qe7 21. f5 Kh8 22. a3 Rad8 23. Be3 Rg8 24. Rf3 Nf6 25. Rh3 {Pinkas,K (2356)-Luch,M (2177) Ustron 2002 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 10... Nh5 11. f5 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nd4 13. Rh3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Nxc2 15. Qc1 Nxa1 16. Be3 b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxa1 d5 19. a3 Rd7 20. Qa2 Kh8 21. Rf3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Rd1+ 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qd3+ 25. Kf2 {Edel,F (1203)-Lemke,B (1509) Gross Doelln 2010 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nd4 12. Qf2 b5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Nd7 15. b4 f5 16. Kh1 c6 17. Bd2 fxe4 18. fxe4 d5 19. Qg2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qe7 21. f5 Kh8 22. a3 Rad8 23. Be3 Rg8 24. Rf3 Nf6 25. Rh3 {Pinkas,K (2356)-Luch,M (2177) Ustron 2002 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 10... Nh5 11. f5 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nd4 13. Rh3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Nxc2 15. Qc1 Nxa1 16. Be3 b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxa1 d5 19. a3 Rd7 20. Qa2 Kh8 21. Rf3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Rd1+ 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qd3+ 25. Kf2 {Edel,F (1203)-Lemke,B (1509) Gross Doelln 2010 0-1 (35)}) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Qe7 14. Bg5 Qc5+ 15. Rf2 Nd7 16. c3 Rf7 17. a3 Raf8 18. Re1 Qb5 19. Rd2 Qc5+ 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Qh3 Rf6 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Rg6 24. Nh4 Na5 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. d5 Nc4 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28. dxe6 Nxd2 29. exd7 Nxe4 30. Bd4 Nd6 31. Re7 Nf7 32. Re8 Nd8 33. Be3 Kf7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bg5 1-0 [Event "Capablanca consultation"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1914.09.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Molina/Ruiz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1914.09.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[Allies: L. Molina & E. Ruiz]} 1. f4 e5 2. e4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. d3 Nge7 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 h6 11. Qe1 O-O-O 12. a4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nb8 14. Nd4 c6 15. Qc3 Ne8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Nc7 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bxb5 cxb5 20. Ra7 {1-0 (20) Hebden,M (2515)-Lane,G (2285) London 1987}) 9. O-O O-O 10. f5 f6 11. Bc4+ $146 ({RR} 11. g4 Na5 12. a4 c6 13. Bc4+ Nxc4 14. dxc4 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Rxa4 17. Rxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Be8 19. Ba3 Rf7 20. c4 h5 21. h3 b5 22. Nd2 Qb6+ 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Ne4 Nd4 25. Bc5 Qa6 {Shohat,Y (2294)-Kim,S (2295) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (69)}) ({RR} 11. g4 Na5 12. a4 c6 13. Bc4+ Nxc4 14. dxc4 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Rxa4 17. Rxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Be8 19. Ba3 Rf7 20. c4 h5 21. h3 b5 22. Nd2 Qb6+ 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Ne4 Nd4 25. Bc5 Qa6 {Shohat,Y (2294)-Kim,S (2295) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (69)}) 11... Kh8 12. a3 Be8 13. Be6 Bh5 14. Qe1 Qe8 15. Qh4 Nd8 16. Ba2 Bf7 17. c4 c5 18. g4 Ng8 19. Bd2 b5 20. g5 fxg5 21. Nxg5 Nf6 22. Rf3 bxc4 23. Nxh7 Nxh7 24. Rh3 Bg8 25. Bxc4 Rf7 26. Kh1 b5 27. Bd5 Raa7 28. Rg1 Rf6 29. Bg5 Raf7 30. b3 Qf8 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Qe8 33. a5 Nc6 34. a6 Nb4 35. Bxf6 Nxd5 36. Bxg7+ Rxg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Qh6+ Kh8 39. Qxd6 1-0 [Event "Capablanca casual"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1918.09.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Woodbury, William Nicoll"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1918.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. f4 e5 2. e4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Na4 Bg4 6. Nxc5 dxc5 7. Bb5 ({RR} 7. d3 c4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nb4 10. Kd1 Ne7 11. Bd2 Nec6 12. Qg3 Qe7 13. fxe5 O-O-O 14. Bc3 cxd3 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8+ 19. Kc2 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Rae1 Qf2+ {Shytaj,L (2423)-Ivanov,M (2457) Verona 2006 ½-½ (47)}) 7... Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bxc6 $146 ({RR} 9. c3 exf4 10. Bxf4 a6 11. Ba4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nce5 13. Bc2 f5 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bh3 16. exf5 Bxf1 17. fxg6 Bh3 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Qe2 Qd5 20. f4 Rae8 21. Qf2 Re3 22. c4 Qc6 23. Ba4 b5 {Sznapik,K (2255)-Lokasto,A (2270) Warsaw 1981 0-1}) 9... Nxc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qf2 f5 13. exf5 exf4 14. O-O Rxf5 15. c3 Ne6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Bd2 Raf8 18. Rae1 Ng5 19. Qg4 f3 20. Rf2 h6 21. h4 h5 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. dxc4 Nh7 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Rxf3 26. Re5 Nf6 27. Bg5 Rg3+ 28. Kf1 Rf3+ 29. Ke1 g6 30. Re7 Nh7 31. Bh6 Rf7 32. Re8+ Nf8 33. Ke2 b6 34. b4 cxb4 35. cxb4 Rf6 36. Kd3 c6 37. a4 Rf3+ 38. Ke4 Rf1 39. Kd4 Rd1+ 40. Kc3 Rf1 41. a5 b5 42. cxb5 cxb5 43. Kd4 Rf5 44. a6 Rf6 45. Kc5 Rf5+ 46. Kc6 g5 47. Bxg5 Kg7 48. Re7+ Rf7 49. Bh6+ Kg6 50. Rxf7 Kxf7 51. Bxf8 Kxf8 52. Kb7 1-0 [Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Houston"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Michalopoulos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 ({RR} 3. Nf3 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nc4 d5 7. Ne5 d4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qxh8 Qe7 12. Be2 Nc6 13. d3 Nf6 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. O-O Bxe2 16. Rae1 O-O-O 17. Qh3+ Kb8 {Prieto Aranguren,A (2273)-Krysa,L (2531) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 3. d4 fxe4 4. Qh5+ Ke7 5. Qxe5+ Kf7 6. Bc4+ d5 7. Bxd5+ Kg6 8. f5+ Bxf5 9. Qg3+ Kh5 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Bf7+ g6 12. Qe3 h6 13. Ng3+ Bxg3+ 14. hxg3+ Kg4 15. Qf4# {1-0 (15) Gomez Arias,K (1782)-Tuk Martin,D (1711) chess.com INT 2026}) 3... d6 4. Qh5+ Kd7 $146 ({RR} 4... Ke7 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qh4 Bxf5 9. Nxd5+ Ke8 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. fxe5 fxe5 12. Nf3 e4 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. O-O Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Rf8 17. d4 exd3 18. cxd3 Nxd3 19. h3 {Jointer,W-Ryan,B Detroit 1991 1-0 (42)}) 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Nf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Ne4 Qxf5 9. Nxe5+ Ke6 10. Bc4+ Kxe5 11. d4+ Kxd4 12. Be3+ Ke5 13. Bf4+ Kd4 14. O-O-O+ Kxe4 15. Qf3# 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Cicero"] [Date "1964.05.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Goranson, W."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1964.05.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 ({RR} 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qg3 Qe8 12. d3 c6 13. Bg5 b5 14. Rf1 Nxb3 15. Bxf6 {1-0 (15) Schwekendiek,U (2305)-Gabriel,U Germany 1994}) 6... Bh5 ({RR} 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 a6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. f5 h6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rde8 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 b5 18. Bb3 Kb8 19. a4 Nd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 {Cieplak,D-Panasiewicz,N (1424) Sypniewo 2025 1-0 (41)}) 7. g4 Nxg4 $146 ({RR} 7... Bg6 8. f5 Bh5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Rf8 12. c3 g6 13. Bh6 Rg8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 gxf5 17. Qc2 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 f4 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Qxb7 Kd7 21. d5 Qxe4 22. Qxc6+ {Slack Smith,B-Beilby,K Brisbane 2006 1-0}) 8. hxg4 Bxg4 9. Na4 Nc6 10. c3 Qf6 11. f5 g6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Rf1 gxf5 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 f4 17. d3 O-O-O 18. Kc2 Rhg8 19. Rh1 Qg3 20. Qxg3 Rxg3 21. Rxh7 f6 22. Bd2 Na5 23. Be6+ Kb8 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. Bxd7 c4 26. d4 c6 27. Rh1 Rg7 28. Bf5 Kc7 29. Rh6 Rf7 30. Be1 Rg7 31. Rxf6 Rg2+ 32. Bd2 exd4 33. cxd4 Nb3 34. axb3 cxb3+ 35. Kc3 Rg3+ 36. Kc4 b5+ 37. Kc5 1-0 [Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Houston"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Staight, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bd3 Nc5 $146 ({RR} 6... f5 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d5 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Rxf1+ 11. Qxf1 Qf8 12. Qxf8+ Kxf8 13. Nxh7+ Kg8 14. Ng5 Nd7 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. Nd2 Nd3 17. b3 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rf1 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. g4 {EugenioEd235 (2012)-engenheirochess (1796) lichess.org 2024 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 6... d5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Kh1 Ne7 12. Ne5 c6 13. Ndf3 Bc7 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. Bg5 Qd5 19. c4 Qe6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Nxg6 {Lasker,E-Schneider,O USA 1903 0-1 (48)}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Be3 1-0 [Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Houston"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Ermidis, N."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... exf4 10. d4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. O-O Bb4 13. Qxf4 O-O 14. Ne2 c5 15. c3 Ba5 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. Bh6 f5 18. Nf4 c6 19. Nh5 Rf7 20. Rac1 Bc7 21. Bg5 Qe8 22. Nf4 Rf8 23. Bh6 Qe7 24. Ne6 {Sikula,F (1785)-Kratochvil,J Czech Republic 2004 1-0}) 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d3 O-O 12. Nd1 Ne8 13. Ne3 Bg5 14. O-O Nd6 15. Kh1 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Qd7 17. Qg3 Rae8 18. Bc5 Re6 19. Rf3 Rfe8 20. Raf1 Rg6 21. Qf2 f6 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. Qxg3 Qe6 24. b3 Nb5 25. a4 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qxc7 Qc8 28. Qg3 Kh8 29. Rf5 c5 30. Qd6 Re5 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Qxe5 Qf8 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34. exf5 Kg8 35. g4 Kf7 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ke5 38. Kg3 a5 39. h4 h5 40. gxh5 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Detroit"] [Date "1964.02.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Jones, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "1964.02.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f6 3. fxe5 Nc6 ({RR} 3... Qe7 4. Nc3 Qxe5 5. Nf3 Qc5 6. d4 Qb6 7. Nd5 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. Bb5 Qxb5 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxb5 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. d6 a6 14. Ba5+ Ke8 15. Nc7+ Kf7 16. Nxe5+ fxe5 17. Qh5+ g6 18. O-O+ {Conquest,S (2530)-Partouche,S Paris 2001 1-0}) 4. d4 ({RR} 4. Nf3 fxe5 5. c3 b6 6. Bb5 Qf6 7. d4 Bb7 8. O-O Qe7 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nxe5 Bxe4 12. Nd2 d5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Nxe4 {1-0 (15) Gataullin,R-Novodran,B Sterlitamak 2008}) 4... Be7 $146 ({RR} 4... d6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Nge2 Qd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Be3 Rhe8 11. Bb5 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qh5 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Qd3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Rxe3 19. Bg4+ {Huistra,H-Andriessen,M Hengelo 1998 ½-½}) 5. exf6 gxf6 6. Qh5+ Kf8 7. Bc4 Qe8 8. Bh6+ 1-0 [Event "London Simpson's sim"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.02.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Oxford United Football"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bd7 ({RR} 7... Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. f5 Bxf5 10. gxf5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Be3 Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 O-O 17. Rhg1 Rae8 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rag1 g6 20. Rf3 Nc5 21. b4 Nd7 22. Ke2 {Kuipers,E (2316)-West,E Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bb3 Rd8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Rhf1 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. Bxe6 Bd4 18. Bb3 b5 19. Rf5 Qg6 20. c3 Bc5 21. Rxe5 Qb6 22. Rf1 {Roque Hernandez,F (1245)-Almeida Afonso,D Vecindario ESP 2023 ½-½ (41)}) 8. f5 $146 ({RR} 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. a3 Qe7 11. f5 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. O-O O-O-O {1-0 (13) Pipnikov,N-Kornaukhov,P Serpukhov 2000}) ({RR} 8. a3 a6 9. f5 h6 10. g4 Ng8 11. g5 f6 12. Nh4 Bxf5 13. exf5 hxg5 14. Ng6 {1-0 (14) Farkas,G (2184)-O'Flaherty,K Balatonlelle 2006}) 8... h6 9. g4 Qe7 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. c3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Be3 Ra3 15. Qc1 Ra8 16. a3 O-O 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 g6 19. Rg1 Rfd8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxg6+ Qg7 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. f6 Ra4 26. Qg7# 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1964.05.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "McDermott, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1964.05.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Qg3 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. fxe5 dxe5 ({RR} 12... Nh5 13. Qg4 dxe5 14. Qxh5 Qf6 15. Nd5 Qf2 16. Qxe5+ Kd8 17. Qxc7+ Ke8 18. Bb5# {1-0 (18) Bas Mas,J (2236)-Ardila,O (1982) chess.com INT 2023}) 13. Rf1 Be7 14. Bg5 Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 14... Qd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxf6 c6 17. Qxe5+ Kd8 18. Rf6 Re8 19. Qg3 Kc8 20. Rxf7 Qd8 21. Qg4+ Kb8 22. Rd7 Qb6 23. d4 a6 24. Na4 Qb4 25. Nc5 Qxc4 26. Rxb7# {1-0 (26) Valesova,S (1568)-Grussova,H (1319) Czech Republic 2004}) ({RR} 14... c6 15. Bxf6 b5 16. Nxb5 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 cxb5 18. Bxf7+ Kd7 19. Bd5+ Qe7 20. Bc6+ Kd8 21. Rxf8+ Kc7 22. Qxe7+ {1-0 (22) Feuerstack,A (2224)-Seel,C (2477) Playchess.com INT 2005}) 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Qxh7 Bxg5 17. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Cicero"] [Date "1964.05.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Kumro, T."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1964.05.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. h3 Qd4 13. Qe3 Bc5 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Nf3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 c6 17. O-O h6 18. c4 c5 19. a4 Nh5 20. Be3 Rfc8 21. g4 Nf6 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. a5 f6 24. Rfb1 {Nunez Burgos,M (1832)-Rodriguez,E (1474) Buenos Aires 2025 1-0 (65)}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Qe5 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Bxc7 Rac8 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Rae1 Rb8 19. e5 Qd7 20. exf6 g6 21. Qf4 Rxb2 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Re4 Qd8 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh4# {1-0 (25) Schenkeveld,D-Elgersma,S Hengelo 2002 EXT 2005 [ChessBase II]}) ({RR} 11... Bc5+ 12. Kh1 h6 13. Qf3 Bd4 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. h3 c5 17. b3 a5 18. a4 Ne8 19. Qg3 Qe6 20. Ne2 Be5 21. Bf4 f6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Rf5 Nd6 26. Qxe5 {Gosztola,Z-Jakab,G Hungary 2014 1-0 (52)}) 12. Qf3 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Bd6 15. Bf4 f6 16. d4 Ng6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. d5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Nb5 Rab8 23. Nxd6 Rf8 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Rd7 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Rbd8 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rf1 Qxb2 29. Qg4 Rg8 30. Rxh7+ 1-0 [Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Davis"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Shifrin, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Fischer"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Chigorin,Mikhail Ivanovich} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. f4 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qe7 ({RR} 8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Na4 b5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Bb3 Qb6 14. c3 Nxb3 15. axb3 c4 16. Bg5 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Qf3 O-O 19. Be3 c5 20. O-O Rde8 21. b4 Nxe4 22. bxc5 Qc7 23. Ra6 {Kostenko,P (2468)-Bezgodov,A (2557) Tula 1999 1-0 (46)}) 9. Bb5 a6 $146 ({RR} 9... exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Rf1 Bd4 14. Ne2 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Kf2 Rhe8 17. Kg1 Re6 18. c3 d5 ({RR} 18... d5 19. e5 ({RR} 19. Nd4)) ({RR} 18... Rde8 19. Be3 ({RR} 19. Nd4 Bxc3 20. Nxe6 Rxe6) 19... c5 20. Qf2 Qa3 21. Nf4) 19. e5 Rxe5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 Bxc3 22. Nxc6 Rd6 23. Rb8+ Kd7 24. Nxe5+ {Chigorin,M-Schiffers,E St Petersburg 1878 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 9... O-O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. fxe5 Qxe5 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. O-O Kc7 15. Rad1 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Rhf8 17. Rde1 Nd7 18. Nd1 h6 19. Qg3 Qe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. g3 Ne6 23. Kg2 Nd4 24. Rd1 {Krueger,N (2014)-Costello,C (1917) Rottach-Egern GER 2025 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 9... exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Rf1 Bd4 14. Ne2 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Kf2 Rhe8 17. Kg1 Re6 18. c3 Qa3 19. Qe3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Qxc3 21. Rfc1 Qa5 22. Rxc6 Rd7 23. Qc1 d5 24. Qb2 {Chigorin,M-Schiffers,E St Petersburg 1878 EXT 2002 [Chigorin,Mikhail Ivanovich] 1-0 (33)}) 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. f5 h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. a4 Nf6 15. g4 d5 16. Ng3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nd7 18. h4 f6 19. g5 O-O-O 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. O-O-O Bb4 22. Be3 Nb6 23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. Nh5 Rhg8 25. Rhg1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bc5 27. Qd3 Bd4 28. c3 Bc5 29. Qa6+ Kb8 30. Nxf6 Be3+ 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qe2 Bc5 34. Nh5 Qxh4 35. f6 Qh3 36. f7 Qc8 37. Nf6 1-0 [Event "Alekhine blindfold sim"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1928.06.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Palais Royal Club"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1928.06.25"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 {Le cercle du Palais Royal était un des clubs les plus actifs de la capitale et il avait néanmoins organisé la simultanée de février où ALEKHINE avait battu le record du Monde de parties en simultanées à l'aveugle.} 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 $6 (4... Nc6 $142) 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. O-O O-O ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. Kh1 Be6 11. Bb5 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. e5 Ng8 15. Qh5 O-O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ba6+ Kb8 18. d4 Ne7 19. Qe2 Rhf8 20. c3 Rh8 21. a4 Nc8 22. b3 Na7 23. Bd3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 {Adhiban,B (2534)-Dyachuk,A (2305) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (74)}) ({RR} 9... exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe1 e5 14. Bd2 Nh5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rf2 Rf7 17. Qd2 Raf8 18. Raf1 Nf4 19. Ne1 Ng6 20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. b3 Nf8 23. a4 Ne6 24. Qf2 {Shukhman,A (2431)-Elci,E (2190) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (34)}) 10. c3 Na5 11. Bb5 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. c4 c5 14. f5 Kh8 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Rg1 Ng4 17. Qe2 h5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Nh4 Kg8 21. Bc1 g5 22. fxg6 f5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qh4 25. g3 Qh3 26. Qg2 {Verduyn,P (2093)-Romanelli,R (2036) Belgium 2004 1-0}) 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. f5 Nf6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. c4 Ne7 16. h3 c5 17. g4 Nh7 18. Qd2 {[%CAl Ge3h6]} Kh8 19. f6 $1 gxf6 (19... Nxf6 20. Bxh6 $1 Ne8 (20... gxh6 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Ng5)) 20. Bxh6 $40 Rg8 21. Nh4 Ng6 22. Nf5 Ng5 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Nh6 Qe8 $2 25. Nxf7+ Kh7 26. Qxg5 Rg7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Rf6 Rh7 30. Rxg6 Qe7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rf7 Qe8 {Le Champion du Monde qui jouait à l'aveugle annonce mat en 2 coups.} 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Nf7# 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Vardonenko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1931.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 ({RR} 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. f5 Nge7 7. Nh4 g5 8. Qh5+ Kf8 9. Qf7# {1-0 (9) Chebotarev,O (2512)-Malishev,D Tula 2007}) 4... exf4 ({RR} 4... Bc5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Qe2 Bd7 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. O-O Ng6 11. fxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Qxg5 13. Bf7+ Ke7 14. Bd5 Rae8 15. Rf7+ Kd8 16. Rxg7 Nd4 17. Qf2 Rhf8 18. Qg3 Qf6 19. Rxh7 {Nguyen,M (774)-Marrufo,A (927) Willingen 2022 0-1}) 5. d4 $146 ({RR} 5. Bc4 Nge7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Kh1 Bb4 8. d3 d6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bxe6 Rd8 12. c3 Qe7 13. Qb3 Bc5 14. d4 Na5 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Bd5 Bb6 17. Bc4 Rd7 18. Bd2 Nd8 19. Bb5 Nc6 {Scholz,R-Von der Weth,J Lingen 2002 1-0 (43)}) 5... d6 6. Bxf4 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O a6 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Ng5 d5 12. Nxd5 Bg4 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qxg4 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Qxc4 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Qh3+ Ke8 19. Ne6 Nd4 20. Qh5+ Kd7 21. Nxd4 Rad8 22. Qg4+ Ke8 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Re1+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Nf5# 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1925.02.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Cafe Terminus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1925.02.01"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 {La plupart des cercles à cette époque se réunissait dans des cafés et ce groupe réunissait les joueurs du café Terminus. L'anarchiste Emile HENRY avait organisé un attentat contre ce troquet à la fin du 19ème siècle.} 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... a6 {[%csl Gc5][%CAl Gc5a7]} 7. f5 $1 {[%csl Rc8];1-0 Schlechter,C-Janowski,D Budapest 1896 (11)}) 7. Na4 (7. Bb5) 7... Qe7 $6 $146 (7... Bb6 $142 8. Nxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ga8];½-½ Kostic,B-Janowski,D New York Rice final 1916 (4)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Nxc5 ({RR} 8. f5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 b5) ({RR} 8. f5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 b5) 8... dxc5 9. O-O ({RR} 9. c3 Na5 ({RR} 9... Qd6) ({RR} 9... Qd6) 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2) ({RR} 9. c3 Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2) 9... Qd6 ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Qxf4 Qd4+ 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Ne5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Rad1) ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Qxf4 Qd4+ 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Ne5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Rad1) 10. f5 ({RR} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 b5 12. Bb3 c4 13. dxc4 bxc4 14. Ba4 ({RR} 14. Bxc4 Qc5+) ({RR} 14. Bxc4 Qc5+) 14... Nd4) ({RR} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 b5 12. Bb3 c4 13. dxc4 bxc4 14. Ba4 Nd4) 10... Nd4 11. a4 ({RR} 11. c3 b5) ({RR} 11. c3 b5) 11... a6 ({RR} 11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Rf2 Rad8 14. Be3) ({RR} 11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Rf2 Rad8 14. Be3) 12. c3 ({RR} 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Rxa6 Rxa6 15. Bxa6 Ra8 16. Bc4 b5) ({RR} 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Rxa6 Rxa6 15. Bxa6 Ra8 16. Bc4 b5) 12... b5 13. cxd4 ({RR} 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. cxd4 Bxf3 ({RR} 14... cxd4 15. axb5) ({RR} 14... cxd4 15. axb5) 15. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qxd3) ({RR} 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. cxd4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qxd3) 13... Bxf3 ({RR} 13... bxc4 14. dxe5) ({RR} 13... bxc4 14. dxe5) 14. Qxf3 bxc4 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 ({RR} 16. dxc4 Qxe4 ({RR} 16... Nxe4 17. Ra3) ({RR} 16... Nxe4 17. Ra3) 17. Bg5 ({RR} 17. b3 Rad8) ({RR} 17. b3 Rad8) 17... Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Ne4 19. Bf4) ({RR} 16. dxc4 Qxe4 17. Bg5 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Ne4 19. Bf4) 16... Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Bxc5 Rfe8 {½-½ (18) Fedorov,A (2646)-Marin,M (2557) Eforie Nord 2000 CBM 081 [Bangiev,Alexander J]}) ({RR} 7... Bb6) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. O-O Qd6 10. f5 Nd4 11. a4 a6 12. c3 b5 13. cxd4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 bxc4 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Bxc5 Rfe8) ({RR} 7... Bb6) 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. O-O $14 ({RR} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O-O 11. c3 Na5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 c4 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. e5 Rxd3 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Qg4+ Kb8 19. O-O Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Rf8 21. Rae1 Rdd8 22. Bc2 h6 23. Kh1 Qc5 {Toor,H-Sun,S (1599) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (35)}) 9... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O-O 10. h3 ({RR} 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. fxe5 g5 13. Be3 Rhg8 14. Bd5 Nd4 15. Qf2 Rg6 16. c3 Ne6 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 g4 20. fxg4 Rxg4+ 21. Kh1 Rxe4 22. Qf3 Qd5 23. Rae1 Nf4 24. h3 Nd3) 10... Bh5 11. Qe1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Kb8 13. Qf2 h6 14. Be3 b6 15. a3 Nd7 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bb3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 f6 20. Qg3 Rhe8 21. Ra4 a5 22. Raa1 Ne5 23. Bd2 Nbc6 24. Bd5 {Mekhitarian,K (2554)-Tokhirjonova,G (2378) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 9... O-O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Kb8 12. Be3 exf4 13. Qxf4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Nfd7 15. Rf2 ({RR} 15. Qf2) 15... f6 16. Raf1 Ka8 17. Qf5 Nc6 18. Qd5 Rhe8 19. Qh5 h6 20. Bf4 Nce5 21. Rd2 Nb6 22. Rfd1 a6 23. Kh1 Rd7 24. a4 {Thomann,R-Riedel,W Teeside 1974 EXT 1999 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (42)}) 10. c3 a6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O-O 13. Bd5 Na7 $2 14. Be3 Kb8 15. b4 $1 Nb5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. d4 Rxd5 $2 18. exd5 e4 19. Qg4 Nd7 20. Rfc1 g6 21. c4 f5 22. Qe2 Na7 23. Rab1 Nb6 24. Qb2 1-0 [Event "Club Progresso sim +22=0-2"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1926.10.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Del Ponte, Guillermo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1926.10.03"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2021"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.10.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. f5 ({RR} 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhf8 13. Rhf1 a6 14. Rf3 Qd7 15. Rdf1 Bd4 16. g4 Qe7 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 b5 19. Nd1 Kb7 20. Ne3 Nb6 21. Ng4 b4 {Ibarra Jerez,J (2561)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2620) chess24.com INT 2020 0-1}) ({RR} 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 b5 13. a3 Qd6 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qh4 e5 18. Qg4 c5 19. Kg1 Nf6 20. Qg3 Qe6 21. Rf5 Nd7 {Kosakowski,J (2486)-Piorun,K (2597) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (36)}) 7... Bxc4 8. dxc4 h6 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. a3 a6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 g6 13. fxg6 fxg6 14. O-O Nh5 15. c5 O-O-O 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd5 g5 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. Qc5 Nf4 20. b4 g4 21. Nh4 g3 22. hxg3 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Qg4 {Tartakower,S-Spielmann,R/Karlsbad 1907/HCL/1-0 (43)}) 9... a5 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qe7 14. g4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. Nd2 Nc8 19. Ne4 Nb6 20. b3 Nd7 21. h4 Nf6 22. Nf2 Nd7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 {De Winter,A (2360)-Arencibia,A (2122) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qe7 14. g4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. Nd2 Nc8 19. Ne4 Nb6 20. b3 Nd7 21. h4 Nf6 22. Nf2 Nd7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 {De Winter,A (2360)-Arencibia,A (2122) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (38)}) 10. Qd3 Ng4 {[%csl Rf2]} 11. Nd1 Nd4 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nf6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 c6 16. O-O-O Qc7 17. g4 {[%csl Rf6][%CAl Gh3h4,Gg4g5]} Nd7 18. h4 Nc5 19. f6 g6 20. h5 g5 21. Nf5 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Re7,Rg7]} O-O-O 22. b4 Ne6 23. Qc3 axb4 24. axb4 c5 25. b5 Nd4 26. Ne7+ Kd7 27. Kd2 $1 {[%CAl Gd1a1]} (27. Nd5) 27... Ra8 28. Ra1 b6 29. Nd5 Qb7 30. Qb2 Rhb8 31. Qc3 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Ne6 $6 33. Qa3 (33. Ra6 $142 $40 {[%csl Rb6]}) 33... Nf4 34. Qa7 Ke6 35. Qxb7 Rxb7 36. Ra6 Nxd5 37. cxd5+ Kxf6 38. Ra8 Ke7 39. Rh8 Kd7 40. Rxh6 Rb8 41. Rf6 Ke7 42. Rf1 Ra8 43. h6 f6 $2 {Source: El Diaro 04 octobre 1926} (43... Rh8 44. Rh1 f6 {[%CAl Ge7f7,Gf7g6]}) 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Gijon"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Salomon, Eugene J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 O-O 8. b4 $146 ({RR} 8. Bb3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Nd2 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Kh8 15. f4 Nf6 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Qg2 Qe8 18. f5 Bf6 19. d4 b5 20. Rf3 c6 21. Rh3 Qe7 22. Qg4 g6 {Young,M (1960)-Garcia,M (1424) Gibraltar 2007 1-0 (34)}) 8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Ne5 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Be3 d5 12. Nbd2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qd6 15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Qe3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 21. Qg3 Bc8 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. Rf1 Kh8 25. Qe3 b6 26. h3 g6 27. Qh6 Re8 28. Ne3 Qg7 29. Qh4 g5 30. Qg3 Be6 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 f6 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. h4 h6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qe3 Rd8 37. Rd4 Kg7 38. a3 Rh8 39. Be6 Rd8 40. Qe4 c5 41. bxc5 Qxc5 42. Kf1 Rxd4 43. cxd4 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Qd3+ 46. Qxd3 Nxd3 47. Bc4 Ne1 48. Bxa6 Nc2 49. Kf3 Nxd4+ 50. Ke4 Nc2 51. a4 Kf7 52. Bb7 Ke7 53. Kd3 Na3 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Ba6 Nb1+ 56. Kc2 Na3+ 57. Kb2 b5 58. Kxa3 bxa4 59. g4 Ke5 60. Kxa4 1-0 [Event "Vinkovci"] [Site "Vinkovci"] [Date "1968.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Wade, Robert Graham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1968.09.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. fxe5 Nxe4 4. Nf3 Ng5 5. d4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Qh4+ 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 $146 ({RR} 13... O-O-O 14. Be2 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rd5 16. Be3 Rf5+ 17. Bf3 Bd5 18. b3 Re8 19. Rae1 Re6 20. Bd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kd7 22. Rhg1 g6 23. Re3 Rh5 24. Rg2 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Ne7 26. Ke4 Rh4+ 27. Ke5 Rh5+ 28. Ke4 {Norri,J (2385)-Lauk,U (2350) Finland 1994 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Rhe1 h6 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nd2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 b5 21. Ne3 Bd6 22. Nd5 Kf8 23. Kf3 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Rd6 25. g4 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Re1+ Kd8 28. Kg3 {Belozerov,A (2518)-Looshnikov,N (2437) Tomsk 2006 ½-½ (60)}) 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. Bb5 f5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Be5 Rhg8 20. h4 g4 21. h5 g3+ 22. Bxg3 Rg4 23. Rh4 Rdg8 24. Rxg4 Rxg4 25. Re1 Kd7 26. Re5 f4 27. Bh2 Rh4 28. Bg1 Bd5 29. g3 Rg4 30. Bh2 f3 31. b3 a6 32. c4 Rxd4 33. cxd5 Rd2+ 34. Kxf3 Rxh2 35. dxc6+ Kxc6 36. Re6+ Kd7 37. Rxh6 Rxa2 38. Rg6 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Hong Kong"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Moore"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1933.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "HKG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Ng4 ({RR} 10... Nb4 11. Bb1 c5 12. a3 Nc6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. g3 b5 16. a4 Bh3 17. Re1 a6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Ndf3 h6 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. e5 Qxd5 24. Qxg6 dxe5 25. Nxe5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2794)-Nihal,S (2673) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 10... Bg4 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. h3 Ne3 14. Qa4 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 g6 17. Be4 f6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 fxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. e6 Rae8 22. Nd4 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qf6+ 24. Nf3 Qxe6 25. Qxc7 {Smieszek,W (2106)-Fernandez Ramos,I (2224) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (79)}) 11. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 11. Qe1 d5 12. e5 Nh6 13. Nb3 Ne7 14. h3 Ng6 15. Nh2 f5 16. g3 Re8 17. Rf2 Nf8 18. Nf1 Ne6 19. Ne3 Rf8 20. Qc3 g5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bc4 Qd8 23. d5 Ng7 24. e6 Re8 25. Nd4 a6 {Metzger,F-Haas,M Baden 2001 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 11. Qb3 Qf6 12. d5 Nd4 13. Qc4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Qxb2 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 bxc6 19. Nxc6 Rfe8 20. Ba6 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Nxa7 Rc2 23. Nb5 f5 24. Nxd6 fxe4 25. Rg3 Re6 {Nordquelle,D (1654)-Jonsson,O (1890) Reykjavik 2014 1-0 (55)}) 11... Re8 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. Rae1 Nf8 15. d5 Ne7 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nd4 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bc4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bd5 Rac8 23. Nc4 Rcd8 24. Nxb6 Ne6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Nd4 27. Rc4 Rxe4 28. Rd1 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Rxc4 30. Nxc4 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Tjespoe"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "De Klerck, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1933.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "INA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Bg4 ({RR} 5... Nh5 6. d4 g6 7. Nd5 Bh6 8. g3 Be6 9. Bb3 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bb3 O-O 12. g4 Ng7 13. h4 Ne6 14. g5 Bg7 15. c3 a5 16. a3 Qe7 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Bd2 b5 19. O-O-O b4 20. h5 {Indjic,A (2619)-Koellner,R (2453) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 5... Be7 6. d3 Nc6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Bxf4 Ne5 9. Bxe5 dxe5 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Bc4 Bc5 12. Rf1 g6 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. Qh6+ Ke8 15. Rxf3 Qe7 16. O-O-O Ng4 17. Qd2 Rf8 18. Nd5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 {1-0 (19) Letoret,T (1968)-Popov,Y (1580) Cetinje MNE 2026}) 6. d4 d5 $146 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O g5 8. h4 h6 9. b4 Nxb4 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Nxe5+ Kg7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Ne2 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Ne5 17. Rb3 Nc4 18. Qd3 Nd6 19. Bb2 Qe8 20. d5 Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 {Penas Burgos,N (1740)-Ramirez Arias,J (1301) Manizales 2017 ½-½ (48)}) 7. exd5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 g5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. g3 fxg3 14. Qxg3 Qb6 15. Be3 Kg7 16. h4 gxh4 17. Qxh4 h5 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Rxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Bh6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2019.12.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Ponkratov, Pavel"] [Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "179"] [EventDate "2019.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. f4 Bc5 6. Nf3 d6 7. f5 a6 8. a3 O-O ({RR} 8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qf3 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Be3 c5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rae1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 c4 16. Bd2 Qa5 17. Qg3 Qxa3 18. Bb1 Kf8 19. Qh4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Bg5 Ke7 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Rf3 {Sequera Paolini,J (2413)-Korneev,O (2597) Lienz 2015 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 8... b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qb8 11. Bd2 Qa7 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Bxf7 Nxg4 14. Nd1 Kb8 15. Qg2 h5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be6 Ne7 18. Rf1 d5 19. Nc3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nhxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. O-O-O exf3 23. Qxg7 {Juknis,P (2193)-Vaicekauskas,G (2209) Lithuania LTU 2026 ½-½ (39)}) 9. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qf3 c6 12. O-O-O d5 13. Bb3 a5 14. g4 b5 15. Ne2 a4 16. Ba2 dxe4 17. dxe4 c5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Bb7 20. Ng3 b4 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Nh5 Bxe4 {Salgado,A (1940)-Anderson,J (2120) Manchester 1999 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 9. h3 Nh5 10. g4 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 Ba7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. O-O-O b5 15. Bd5 Bb7 16. Qxf4 Rb8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rf8 19. Qh4 {1-0 (19) De Silva,L (2212)-Kaminski,V (2247) Chess.com INT 2022}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. c3 Kh7 13. g4 Qe8 14. g5 f6 15. g6+ Kh8 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. Qh5 Ng8 18. Bd2 c6 19. O-O-O d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Bd7 22. Rhe1 Ba4 23. Qf3 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Qe4 b5 26. Be6 Ne7 27. Kb1 Qc6 28. Qe2 Qd6 29. Bc1 Ng8 30. Nf3 Rfe8 31. Bf7 Re7 32. Bb3 Qd7 33. Qe4 Qb7 34. Nd2 Bb6 35. Qxb7 Rxb7 36. Ne4 Rbd7 37. Kc2 Ne7 38. Be6 Rc7 39. b4 Nc6 40. Kb3 a5 41. Kb2 axb4 42. axb4 Ra7 43. h4 Ne7 44. Kb3 Nd5 45. Rd2 Be3 46. Rc2 Bxc1 47. Rxc1 Nf4 48. d4 exd4 49. cxd4 Ne2 50. Rc5 Nxd4+ 51. Kb2 Nxe6 52. fxe6 Re7 53. Rc6 f5 54. Nd6 Rf8 55. Nxf5 Ree8 56. Nd6 Re7 57. Nf7+ Kg8 58. Kc3 Rfe8 59. Rc5 Rxe6 60. h5 Re3+ 61. Kb2 Re2+ 62. Kc3 R2e3+ 63. Kd2 Re2+ 64. Kd3 R8e3+ 65. Kd4 Re4+ 66. Kd5 Re8 67. Kd6 Rd2+ 68. Kc6 Rc8+ 69. Kxb5 Rxc5+ 70. bxc5 Kf8 71. Kc6 Ke7 72. Nd6 Rh2 73. Nf5+ Kf6 74. Ng3 Ke5 75. Kd7 Rh3 76. Ne2 Rd3+ 77. Ke7 Re3 78. Ng1 Kf5+ 79. Kf7 Kg5 80. Kxg7 Kxh5 81. Kf6 Ra3 82. g7 Rg3 83. Ne2 Rf3+ 84. Ke7 Re3+ 85. Kf7 Rf3+ 86. Ke6 Re3+ 87. Kf5 Rxe2 88. g8=Q Rf2+ 89. Ke4 Rf6 90. c6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 11th Jun Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.06.11"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Svane, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.06.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Qe2 Bf2+ 8. Kd1 Bb6 9. Rf1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Qf2 Kh8 15. Qg3 f6 16. a3 c6 17. Kd2 Ba5 18. b4 b5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 cxb5 21. bxa5 Qxa5+ 22. c3 Be6 23. Bc5 Rfd8 24. Rf3 Rac8 25. Qf2 Qc7 {Staruch,R (2026)-Dukaczewski,P (2285) Zakopane 2000 0-1 (31)}) 11... Be6 12. Ng5 Nd4 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxg4 exd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh8 16. h4 c6 17. Bb3 d5 18. exd5 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qxd5 20. Ra4 Rae8 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Re4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 h6 24. g3 Re8 25. Qf3 Bd4 26. c3 Bb6 27. Kc2 Kg8 28. h5 a5 29. Bd2 Bc7 30. g4 b5 31. g5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. h6 Qe6 35. hxg7 Bd6 36. Kb1 a3 37. Qh5 Kxg7 38. Bf6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Jul Late"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.07.05"] [Round "7"] [White "Hakobyan, Aram"] [Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2022.07.05"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 c6 6. fxe5 ({RR} 6. d3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Bg3 a5 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. b5 Ng4 14. Qd2 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 cxb5 16. Rab1 b4 17. axb4 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a4 20. c4 Bf6 {Campora,D (2538)-Strikovic,A (2492) Calvia 2005 1-0}) ({RR} 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 b5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nh4 a5 12. a3 Be6 13. Ba2 b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Nf5 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Qd7 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. h4 d5 19. Nf4 dxe4 20. h5 Bd6 {Janaszak,D (2282)-Ser,D (2136) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (60)}) 6... Nxe5 7. Bb3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. d4 Ng6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Nh5 12. Ne2 f5 13. c4 Be6 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Nh2 Ng3 17. Nxg3 fxg3 18. Nf3 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxd4+ 21. Be3 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 {Povilaitis,T (2019)-Borhy,M (2157) Tornelo INT 2020 0-1 (104)}) 8. d4 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. Be3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Qd2 Be7 16. f4 f5 17. Qg2 O-O 18. Kh1 g6 19. Bf2 Qd7 20. Ra2 Ra7 21. Re1 Rb8 22. Rea1 Rbb7 23. Kg1 Be2 24. Bg3 Bc4 25. Qf2 Rc7 26. Bh4 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 Qe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Kf2 h5 32. Ra5 Kf7 33. Ke3 Rab7 34. Kd2 Rec7 35. Ba4 Bc4 36. Rc5 Rb6 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Bb3 Bxb3 39. cxb3 Rc7 40. Kc2 Ke6 41. Rca5 Ra7 42. Kd3 Ra8 43. c4 dxc4+ 44. bxc4 Rb1 45. d5+ cxd5 46. cxd5+ Kd7 47. Rxa6 Rxa6 48. Rxa6 Rb4 49. Ra7+ Kd8 50. d6 Re4 51. Rg7 Ke8 52. Rxg6 Kd7 53. Rg7+ Kc6 54. Rc7+ Kb6 55. Rc4 Re1 56. Kd2 Rg1 57. d7 Rg2+ 58. Kd3 Rg3+ 59. Kd4 Rg1 60. d8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Junior Speed Qual"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.05.12"] [Round "3.33"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.04.11"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase} e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 ({RR} 4. exf5 e4 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. fxe5 Qe7 7. Qh5+ Kd8 8. d4 exd3 9. Bxd3 Qxe5+ 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Qf3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Qd4 13. Re1 Qf2 14. Qxf2 Bxf2 15. Re2 Bd4 16. Bg5 c6 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rae1 Rxe2+) 4... fxe4 ({RR} 4... d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O fxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. a3 Kh7 14. Kh1 a6 15. Bg1 Rf7 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Rd7 19. Rad1 {Ivanchuk,V (2754)-Nakamura,H (2733) Cap d'Agde 2010 EXT 2011 [ChessBase] 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 4... d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nh5 10. Bh2 Nf4 11. Bxf4 fxe4 12. Nh2 {1-0 (12) Sushrutha,R (1799)-Hashem,K (1869) Biel SUI 2026}) 5. dxe4 d6 $146 ({RR} 5... exf4 6. Bxf4 Qf6 7. Qc1 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Bc4 Nge7 10. O-O h6 11. Bg3 g5 12. Nd4 Qg7 13. Nf5 Qh7 14. Na3 a6 15. Nc2 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Bf7+ Kd8 19. Bd5 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 {Sergent,F (1680)-De Noose,D (2008) France 2003 0-1 (38)}) 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O-O 11. Be3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Bb3 a6 14. Rad1 Kb8 15. Kh1 Qe8 16. Bg1 Be7 17. Qf2 c5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rf8 20. Qe3 Qg6 21. b4 Qg5 22. Qb3 c4 23. Qc3 Nc6 24. Qxc4 Rc8 25. b5 Na7 26. Bxa7+ Kxa7 27. Qd4+ b6 28. bxa6 Qe5 29. Qa4 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rc7 31. Qe8 Kxa6 32. Qa4# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Jul Late"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.07.05"] [Round "7"] [White "Hakobyan, Aram"] [Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2022.07.05"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 c6 6. fxe5 ({RR} 6. d3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Bg3 a5 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. b5 Ng4 14. Qd2 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 cxb5 16. Rab1 b4 17. axb4 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a4 20. c4 Bf6 {Campora,D (2538)-Strikovic,A (2492) Calvia 2005 1-0}) ({RR} 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 b5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nh4 a5 12. a3 Be6 13. Ba2 b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Nf5 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Qd7 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. h4 d5 19. Nf4 dxe4 20. h5 Bd6 {Janaszak,D (2282)-Ser,D (2136) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (60)}) 6... Nxe5 7. Bb3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. d4 Ng6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Nh5 12. Ne2 f5 13. c4 Be6 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Nh2 Ng3 17. Nxg3 fxg3 18. Nf3 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxd4+ 21. Be3 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 {Povilaitis,T (2019)-Borhy,M (2157) Tornelo INT 2020 0-1 (104)}) 8. d4 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. Be3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Qd2 Be7 16. f4 f5 17. Qg2 O-O 18. Kh1 g6 19. Bf2 Qd7 20. Ra2 Ra7 21. Re1 Rb8 22. Rea1 Rbb7 23. Kg1 Be2 24. Bg3 Bc4 25. Qf2 Rc7 26. Bh4 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 Qe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Kf2 h5 32. Ra5 Kf7 33. Ke3 Rab7 34. Kd2 Rec7 35. Ba4 Bc4 36. Rc5 Rb6 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Bb3 Bxb3 39. cxb3 Rc7 40. Kc2 Ke6 41. Rca5 Ra7 42. Kd3 Ra8 43. c4 dxc4+ 44. bxc4 Rb1 45. d5+ cxd5 46. cxd5+ Kd7 47. Rxa6 Rxa6 48. Rxa6 Rb4 49. Ra7+ Kd8 50. d6 Re4 51. Rg7 Ke8 52. Rxg6 Kd7 53. Rg7+ Kc6 54. Rc7+ Kb6 55. Rc4 Re1 56. Kd2 Rg1 57. d7 Rg2+ 58. Kd3 Rg3+ 59. Kd4 Rg1 60. d8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.07.26"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Ng5 Bf2+ 8. Kf1 exf4 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. Ne6+ Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Ne3+ 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. Qh5 $146 ({RR} 13. Nd5 Bd4 14. c3 Bf6 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. Bd5 c6 17. Ne6+ {1-0 (17) Hortensius,L (2033)-Moser,E Fermo 2009}) 13... Ne5 14. Nd5 c6 15. Nxe3 Qf6 16. Ke2 Qxe6 17. Rhf1 Qf6 18. Rxf4 Qxf4 19. Rf1 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Re8 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. Qg4 g6 23. Nc4 Re7 24. Qf4 Re6 25. Na5 Kg7 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. Nc5 Re7 28. Nb3 Ne5 29. h3 c5 30. Qd2 Rf8 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qxd4 Rf6 33. Nd2 g5 34. Nf1 1-0 [Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.07.26"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Ng5 Bf2+ 8. Kf1 exf4 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. Ne6+ Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Ne3+ 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. Qh5 $146 ({RR} 13. Nd5 Bd4 14. c3 Bf6 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. Bd5 c6 17. Ne6+ {1-0 (17) Hortensius,L (2033)-Moser,E Fermo 2009}) 13... Ne5 14. Nd5 c6 15. Nxe3 Qf6 16. Ke2 Qxe6 17. Rhf1 Qf6 18. Rxf4 Qxf4 19. Rf1 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Re8 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. Qg4 g6 23. Nc4 Re7 24. Qf4 Re6 25. Na5 Kg7 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. Nc5 Re7 28. Nb3 Ne5 29. h3 c5 30. Qd2 Rf8 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qxd4 Rf6 33. Nd2 g5 34. Nf1 1-0 [Event "Junior Speed Qual"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.05.12"] [Round "3.33"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.04.11"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase} e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 ({RR} 4. exf5 e4 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. fxe5 Qe7 7. Qh5+ Kd8 8. d4 exd3 9. Bxd3 Qxe5+ 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Qf3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Qd4 13. Re1 Qf2 14. Qxf2 Bxf2 15. Re2 Bd4 16. Bg5 c6 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rae1 Rxe2+) 4... fxe4 ({RR} 4... d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O fxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. a3 Kh7 14. Kh1 a6 15. Bg1 Rf7 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Rd7 19. Rad1 {Ivanchuk,V (2754)-Nakamura,H (2733) Cap d'Agde 2010 EXT 2011 [ChessBase] 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 4... d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nh5 10. Bh2 Nf4 11. Bxf4 fxe4 12. Nh2 {1-0 (12) Sushrutha,R (1799)-Hashem,K (1869) Biel SUI 2026}) 5. dxe4 d6 $146 ({RR} 5... exf4 6. Bxf4 Qf6 7. Qc1 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Bc4 Nge7 10. O-O h6 11. Bg3 g5 12. Nd4 Qg7 13. Nf5 Qh7 14. Na3 a6 15. Nc2 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Bf7+ Kd8 19. Bd5 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 {Sergent,F (1680)-De Noose,D (2008) France 2003 0-1 (38)}) 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O-O 11. Be3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Bb3 a6 14. Rad1 Kb8 15. Kh1 Qe8 16. Bg1 Be7 17. Qf2 c5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rf8 20. Qe3 Qg6 21. b4 Qg5 22. Qb3 c4 23. Qc3 Nc6 24. Qxc4 Rc8 25. b5 Na7 26. Bxa7+ Kxa7 27. Qd4+ b6 28. bxa6 Qe5 29. Qa4 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rc7 31. Qe8 Kxa6 32. Qa4# 1-0 [Event "Kamsky-Mamedyarov m"] [Site "Playchess.com INT"] [Date "2006.09.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2722"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2006.09.19"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.01.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 Bg4 5. O-O exf4 6. d4 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Bxf4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe1 $146 ({RR} 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Kh1 Bg6 13. Rfe1 h6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. c3 Be4 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Re7 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qf2 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 24. Kg1 Rf6 25. Re5 c6 {Pluta,M-Nimcz Olkusz 1995 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 11. g4 Bg6 12. e5 Nd7 13. d5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc5+ 16. Kh2 O-O 17. dxc6 Re8 18. Bg3 Re6 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 h6 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Rd7 Rxc6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Bxc2 {Voroshilov,D (1959)-Ponikarchuk,R Kyiv UKR 2023 ½-½ (45)}) 11... O-O 12. Nh4 Nd5 13. Nf5 Nxf4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Rxf4 Bg6 16. Qf2 Rae8 17. Rf1 h6 18. Kh1 Qg5 19. h4 Qa5 20. g4 f6 21. Kh2 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rd5 c6 26. Rxc5 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Rxc2 28. Rf2 Rc1 29. Kf4 Re8 30. Ra5 Re1 31. Ra4 h5 32. gxh5 Bxh5 33. Rxa6 Rh1 34. Rxc6 Rxh4+ 35. Ke3 Rh3+ 36. Kd4 Bg6 37. a4 Bxe4 38. Nxe4 Rh4 39. Re2 f5 40. a5 fxe4 41. Re3 Rh1 42. b4 Rd1+ 43. Kc5 Rc1+ 44. Kb5 Rb1 45. Rc4 Re5+ 46. Ka4 Ra1+ 47. Kb3 Rb1+ 48. Ka2 Rh1 49. Rcxe4 Rf5 50. Kb3 Rff1 51. Ka4 Ra1+ 52. Ra3 Rab1 53. a6 Rh6 54. Ka5 Rh5+ 55. Ka4 Rh6 56. b5 Rb6 57. Rb4 Rd1 58. Ka5 Rd8 59. Kxb6 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2021.06.26"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2847"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bb3 ({RR} 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Be3 exf4 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Qg2 g6 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. Bb3 Nh5 16. Qg5 Kb8 17. Rhf1 f6 18. Qh4 b5 19. a4 c4 20. dxc4 Qc5 21. Qf2 Rxd1+ {Trushelyov,V (2358)-Khairullin,I (2544) St Petersburg 2006 0-1}) ({RR} 7. h3 h6 8. g4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qf3 Qe7 12. O-O-O g5 13. Bd2 Be6 {0-1 (13) Uricar,J (2177)-Walek,P (2080) Czech Republic 2015}) 7... h6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. fxe5 $146 ({RR} 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qf2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. f5 Nf4 13. h4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxe3 15. Qg3 Qf6 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. b4 g6 18. fxg6 Qxg6 19. Qh2 Qg2 20. Nxf4 Qxh2 21. Rxh2 Bxf4 22. Rh1 Rhg8 23. Kf2 Rg7 {Detko,R (1618)-Mazur,S (2040) Brezova pod Bradlom 2006 0-1}) 9... dxe5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qf2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. O-O-O Nf4 14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. d4 O-O-O 19. Rd2 Ne6 20. Ne2 Rhf8 21. d5 Ng5 22. Rd3 Nh3 23. Rc1 f5 24. c4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rf2 26. Nc3 Rxh2 27. c5 Nf4 28. Rdd1 Kb8 29. c6 Rc8 30. Na4 Re2 31. Nb6 Rc7 32. Nd7+ Ka7 33. Rc4 h5 34. Rg1 g6 35. a4 h4 36. b4 b6 37. b5 a5 38. Nxe5 h3 39. Rh1 Nxd5 40. Nxg6 Ne3 41. Rc3 Ng4 42. Nf4 Rxe4 43. Nd5 Nf2 44. Nxc7 Nxh1 45. Rxh3 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 Qd6 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qe2 O-O 12. c3 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ne3 Qd6 15. O-O Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Kh1 a4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. a3 Kh7 20. Nc2 Bb6 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Na7 23. e5 {Mekhitarian,K (2554)-Matlakov,M (2685) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Be6 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Rhe8 16. Rhf1 f6 17. Nh4 Qb6 18. Nf5 Rd7 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Qe3 Qc6 21. Ne2 Bc5 22. Qf3 Red8 23. Nc3 {Cecen,K (1858)-Eroz,E (2159) Ankara TUR 2026 ½-½ (45)}) 9. Qd2 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Bxf6 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Qa5 b6 14. Qc3 O-O 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Kb1 Bb7 17. g4 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qf6 19. Qd3 Qf4 20. h3 Rae8 21. Rf1 Qh6 22. Ne1 Qe6 23. Ng2 Bc5 24. Nh4 {Pietinen,P-Dzevlan,M (2390) Sweden 1994 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Bxf7 Rdf8 12. Bb3 Ng4 13. Rde1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. h3 Rf2 16. Re2 Rxe2 17. Nxe2 Nf2 18. Rf1 Bc5 19. Be3 Rf8 20. Kb1 Be8 21. Ng3 Qb6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nf5 Nxh3 24. gxh3 {Volkmann,F (2380)-Kranz,A (2140) Oberwart 1996 1-0}) 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nh4 f6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nd4 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Nf5 Rd7 20. Qc5 Nc8 21. Rhf1 Nd6 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25. Ne3 c6 26. a4 Rh3 27. g5 Rf7 28. gxf6 Rh4 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. dxc4 Rxf6 31. Rd8+ Kc7 32. Rfd1 Rh1 33. Rxh1 Kxd8 34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. b3 Qe7 36. Qa7 Ke6 37. Qb8 Qa3 38. Qc8+ Kd6 39. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2021.06.26"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2847"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bb3 ({RR} 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Be3 exf4 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Qg2 g6 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. Bb3 Nh5 16. Qg5 Kb8 17. Rhf1 f6 18. Qh4 b5 19. a4 c4 20. dxc4 Qc5 21. Qf2 Rxd1+ {Trushelyov,V (2358)-Khairullin,I (2544) St Petersburg 2006 0-1}) ({RR} 7. h3 h6 8. g4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qf3 Qe7 12. O-O-O g5 13. Bd2 Be6 {0-1 (13) Uricar,J (2177)-Walek,P (2080) Czech Republic 2015}) 7... h6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. fxe5 $146 ({RR} 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qf2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. f5 Nf4 13. h4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxe3 15. Qg3 Qf6 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. b4 g6 18. fxg6 Qxg6 19. Qh2 Qg2 20. Nxf4 Qxh2 21. Rxh2 Bxf4 22. Rh1 Rhg8 23. Kf2 Rg7 {Detko,R (1618)-Mazur,S (2040) Brezova pod Bradlom 2006 0-1}) 9... dxe5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qf2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. O-O-O Nf4 14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. d4 O-O-O 19. Rd2 Ne6 20. Ne2 Rhf8 21. d5 Ng5 22. Rd3 Nh3 23. Rc1 f5 24. c4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rf2 26. Nc3 Rxh2 27. c5 Nf4 28. Rdd1 Kb8 29. c6 Rc8 30. Na4 Re2 31. Nb6 Rc7 32. Nd7+ Ka7 33. Rc4 h5 34. Rg1 g6 35. a4 h4 36. b4 b6 37. b5 a5 38. Nxe5 h3 39. Rh1 Nxd5 40. Nxg6 Ne3 41. Rc3 Ng4 42. Nf4 Rxe4 43. Nd5 Nf2 44. Nxc7 Nxh1 45. Rxh3 1-0 [Event "Moscow Smyslov Region Group Cup"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2021.08.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C31"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.08.16"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Kf8 8. Ne5 cxd5 ({RR} 8... g5 9. h4 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qh5 Qe7 12. Qh6+ Ke8 13. Qg7 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Rf8 15. Qxg5 Qb4+ 16. c3 Qe4+ 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bxf4 Ne7 19. Kf2 Rg8 20. Bb5+ Bd7 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rae1 Qd3 23. Rh3 {Nunn,J (2630)-Anand,V (2715) Monte Carlo 1995 ½-½ (48)}) 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bg4 $146 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. h3 Rc8 12. g4 Nb4 13. Bg2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. d5 Rxc3 16. dxe6 Rxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Nxc2 18. Rxd6 Qc8 19. Kb1 e3 20. Nxf7 e2 21. Rd8+ Qxd8 22. Nxd8 e1=Q+ 23. Rxe1 Nxe1 24. Nf7 Rg8 25. Bd6+ {Zila,L (2263)-Bagi,M (2369) Hungary 2015 0-1 (33)}) 11. Nxg4 Bxf4+ 12. Kb1 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Bc7 14. Qf3 Bb6 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Bc4 f6 17. Nf4 Re8 18. c3 Ke7 19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20. Ne6+ Kc8 21. Nxg7 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Kb8 23. g3 Bc7 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Bd5 Na5 26. b4 Re8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. bxa5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 10th Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.01.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Gareev, T."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C31"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2602"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2023.01.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Ne2 e4 5. d3 exd3 ({RR} 5... Nf6 6. Nbc3 Qb6 7. Ng3 cxd5 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. e5 Ng4 11. Qe2 Bf2+ 12. Kf1 Nxh2+ 13. Rxh2 Bxg3 14. Be3 d4 15. Rd1 dxe3 16. Nd5 Bg4 17. Nxb6 Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 axb6 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 {Ivanov,M (2364)-Valenta,V (2005) Olomouc CZE 2024 1-0}) 6. Qxd3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 6... Qxd5 7. Qxd5 cxd5 8. Nbc3 Nf6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. c3 Ba5 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Bc5 Ke6 14. f5+ Kd7 15. Nxf7 Re8 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. O-O-O Bb6 18. Ba3 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Ne5 20. h3 Kc7 21. Nb5+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2794)-Oleksiyenko,M (2592) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (33)}) 7. Nbc3 Bb4 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. dxc6 Qxd3 12. Rxd3 Nxc6 13. Ng3 Ng4 14. Bg1 h5 15. Be2 h4 16. Nge4 Bf5 17. Bf3 Re6 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Nd5 Re6 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Re2 24. Nc3 Rxg2 25. Rxh4 Ne7 26. f5 g5 27. Rh5 Rxg4 28. Bd4 f6 29. Bxf6 Nxf5 30. Rxg5+ Rxg5 31. Bxg5 Bxa3 32. Ne4 Be7 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34. Rd7 Nf5 35. Rxb7 Nd4 36. c3 Ne6 37. Rxa7 Rc4 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Kc2 Rf4 40. Nd7+ Ke7 41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. Nxe6 1-0 [Event "Moscow Smyslov Region Group Cup"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2021.08.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C31"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.08.16"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Kf8 8. Ne5 cxd5 ({RR} 8... g5 9. h4 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qh5 Qe7 12. Qh6+ Ke8 13. Qg7 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Rf8 15. Qxg5 Qb4+ 16. c3 Qe4+ 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bxf4 Ne7 19. Kf2 Rg8 20. Bb5+ Bd7 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rae1 Qd3 23. Rh3 {Nunn,J (2630)-Anand,V (2715) Monte Carlo 1995 ½-½ (48)}) 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bg4 $146 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. h3 Rc8 12. g4 Nb4 13. Bg2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. d5 Rxc3 16. dxe6 Rxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Nxc2 18. Rxd6 Qc8 19. Kb1 e3 20. Nxf7 e2 21. Rd8+ Qxd8 22. Nxd8 e1=Q+ 23. Rxe1 Nxe1 24. Nf7 Rg8 25. Bd6+ {Zila,L (2263)-Bagi,M (2369) Hungary 2015 0-1 (33)}) 11. Nxg4 Bxf4+ 12. Kb1 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Bc7 14. Qf3 Bb6 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Bc4 f6 17. Nf4 Re8 18. c3 Ke7 19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20. Ne6+ Kc8 21. Nxg7 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Kb8 23. g3 Bc7 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Bd5 Na5 26. b4 Re8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. bxa5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 10th Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.01.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Gareev, T."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C31"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2602"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2023.01.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Ne2 e4 5. d3 exd3 ({RR} 5... Nf6 6. Nbc3 Qb6 7. Ng3 cxd5 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. e5 Ng4 11. Qe2 Bf2+ 12. Kf1 Nxh2+ 13. Rxh2 Bxg3 14. Be3 d4 15. Rd1 dxe3 16. Nd5 Bg4 17. Nxb6 Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 axb6 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 {Ivanov,M (2364)-Valenta,V (2005) Olomouc CZE 2024 1-0}) 6. Qxd3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 6... Qxd5 7. Qxd5 cxd5 8. Nbc3 Nf6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. c3 Ba5 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Bc5 Ke6 14. f5+ Kd7 15. Nxf7 Re8 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. O-O-O Bb6 18. Ba3 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Ne5 20. h3 Kc7 21. Nb5+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2794)-Oleksiyenko,M (2592) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (33)}) 7. Nbc3 Bb4 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. dxc6 Qxd3 12. Rxd3 Nxc6 13. Ng3 Ng4 14. Bg1 h5 15. Be2 h4 16. Nge4 Bf5 17. Bf3 Re6 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Nd5 Re6 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Re2 24. Nc3 Rxg2 25. Rxh4 Ne7 26. f5 g5 27. Rh5 Rxg4 28. Bd4 f6 29. Bxf6 Nxf5 30. Rxg5+ Rxg5 31. Bxg5 Bxa3 32. Ne4 Be7 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34. Rd7 Nf5 35. Rxb7 Nd4 36. c3 Ne6 37. Rxa7 Rc4 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Kc2 Rf4 40. Nd7+ Ke7 41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. Nxe6 1-0 [Event "St Petersburg International Final"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "1914.05.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C32"] [Annotator "Kotov,Alexander"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1914.05.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "Tournaments"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.03.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 1]} 1. f4 {s.a. Best Games 1908-23, 25. (A) <1914/26> Linder, 12. Nunn: A.'s Best, 10. Kalendovsky I, 229. Skinner/Verhoeven: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 316. Tarrasch: Das Großmeisterturnier zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1914, S. 141f. Tijdschrift van den Nederlandschen chaakbond 1914, S. 118f.} e5 2. e4 {Bei der Annahme des Fromschen Gambit kann Weiß höchstens auf Ausgleich rechnen. (A)} d5 {Zu der Zeit, wo diese Partie gespielt wurde, galt dieses Gegengambit (hauptsächlich auf Grund einer Alapinschen Analyse) als nicht ganz befriedigend für Schwarz. In den letzten Jahren hat sich diese Anschauung geändert, und gerade Dr. Tarrasch gelang es, die Lebensfähigkeit des schwarzen Angriffs durch eine schöne Partie gegen Spielmann (Mährisch-Ostrau, 1923) zu demonstrieren. Es gibt also mehrere Wege, das alte Königsgambit zu bekämpfen: sowohl 2.-ef: in Verbindung mit dem späteren -d5 als auch 2.-?c5 sind ja zu einem bequemen Ausgleich mehr als genügend. (A)} 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bf5 $6 {In diesem Augenblick verfehlt. Nun fällt es dem Weißen nicht schwer, die Eröffnungsklippen zu überwinden. (A)} (6... Bc5 $142 7. Qe2 Bf5 $1 {wie in der erwähnten Partie. Die Pointe ist die, daß auf} 8. g4 O-O {Schwarz sehr wohl rochieren kann, um nach} 9. gxf5 Re8 $40 {einen entscheidenden Angriff in der Mitte einzuleiten. (A)}) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. O-O Bb5 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. Qf2 Qd7 18. Bd4 Re4 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Qg3 {Gallagher,J (2500)-Meijers,V (2380) Passau 1993 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Qe7 8. Qe2 Bc5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Bxc5 Ndxc5 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. O-O-O Bf5 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Rxe4 16. Rd4 Rd8 17. Bc4 Rxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd3 19. b3 a6 20. Rd1 Be4 21. g3 {Sukovic,A (2331)-Ivanovic,B (2392) Herceg Novi MNE 2024 1-0 (68)}) 7. Be3 $1 {Dadurch wird Schwarz seiner gefährlichsten Gegenwaffen - der Diagonale a7-g1 - beraubt und wird keinen Ersatz für den verlorenen ? finden können. (A)} c6 8. Bc4 $146 ({RR} 8. dxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Bb5 O-O-O+ 11. Kc1 Kc7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a4 a5 14. Na3 Bb4 15. Nc4 Rhe8 16. Bb6+ {1-0 (16) Bogorad,M (2212)-Mueller,F (1997) Essen 2005}) 8... b5 {Er muß versuchen, den Gegner um jeden Preis sofort zu beschäftigen, bevor dieser seine Stellung durch die Rochade endgültig konsolidiert. (A)} 9. Bb3 (9. Be2 a6 10. a4 $1 b4 11. dxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Bxd1 Nxc6 {geht auch, aber die mit dem Textzuge eingeleitete Kombination schien noch schönere Perspektiven zu eröffnen. (A)}) 9... c5 10. d6 $1 $16 {Führt zu Vereinfachungen, was bei materiellem Plus natürlich erstrebenswert ist. Schwarz hat nun eine gebundene Marschroute. (A)} c4 $8 (10... Qxd6 $2 11. Qxd6 Bxd6 12. Bd5 {(A)}) 11. Qd5 Nd7 12. Qxf5 Nxd6 13. Qd5 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Qd2 {Der letzte Moment zum Schlagen des ?b3, da nun ?b5:/?c4: droht. (A)} cxb3 17. axb3 {Der materielle Vorteil von Weiß ist durch die Bauernverdopplung keineswegs beeinträchtigt worden, da er jederzeit die Möglichkeit hat, sich durch c2-c4 einen Freibauern zu verschaffen. (A)} b4 18. Nd5 Nf5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {Als Folge der gewagten Eröffnung ist dem Weißen noch jetzt eine kleine Schwäche der zentralen Felder geblieben, die er aber bald durch die Verschaffung und Befestigung eines Vorpostens auf d4 beseitigen wird. (A)} 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Bd4 $1 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qc5 23. Rad1 {Mit der Absicht, c3 erst dann zu spielen, wenn er dazu gezwungen wird, d.h. nach der Verdopplung der schwarzen ? auf der d-Linie. (A)} Rd5 24. h3 Rad8 25. c3 {Nun ist der Anziehende endgültig gesichert und Schwarz ist zu peinvollem Abwarten verurteilt. Die nächsten Züge von Weiß verfolgen ein und dasselbe Ziel, die Entfesselung des ?d4, welcher in Verbindung mit der Besetzung der e-Linie im kommenden Angriff eine entscheidende Rolle spielen wird. (A)} h6 26. Qd3 Qd6 27. Qf3 Nh5 {Eine unschuldige Demonstration, die auf die Ausführung der gegnerischen Pläne keinen Einfluß haben kann. (A)} 28. Re4 Nf6 (28... f5 $2 29. Re6 $18 {(A)} (29. Re5 Nxf4 (29... Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qg6 31. Re1 $18) 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Nxf5 $18)) 29. Re3 Nh5 30. Rf1 Nf6 31. Rfe1 Qc5 (31... Nh5 32. Re5 $1 {(A)}) 32. Kh2 Rc8 33. R1e2 $1 {Eine versteckte Vorbereitung des folgenden Angriffszuges. (A)} Kf8 34. Re5 $1 {? ?f5} Rcd8 (34... bxc3 $2 35. bxc3 Qxc3 36. Rc2 $18 {(A)}) 35. Nf5 Qb6 36. Qg3 Nh5 37. Qh4 {mit einer dreizügigen Mattdrohung (?e8+ ?e8: ?e8:+ ?e8: ?e7#). (A)} Rxe5 $2 {Ein Verzweiflungszug in einer unhaltbaren Stellung, der den Anziehenden einer berechtigten Aussicht auf einen der Schönheitspreise beraubt. (A)} (37... Nf6 $142 {was Dr. Tarrasch im Turnierbuch als eine momentane Rettung empfiehlt. Weiß hatte die folgende hübsche Kombination vorbereitet:} 38. Nxh6 $1 gxh6 39. Re6 $1 Ng4+ $1 (39... R5d6 40. Qxf6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 $18) (39... R8d6 40. Qxh6+ $18 {nebst Matt in 2 Zügen.}) (39... fxe6 40. Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Rxe6 R5d6 42. Qg6+ Kh8 (42... Kf8 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Re7 $18) 43. Qxh6+ Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Re7 $18 {(A)}) 40. hxg4 fxe6 {Black should certainly try this, when the continuation given by Alekhine no longer works, because thanks the open h-file Black can pin the ? with ?h6 at the end. (Nunn)} 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Rxe6 R5d6 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qh5+ Kg8 47. Re7 Rh6 $19) 38. fxe5 Rd1 39. Re3 {Weiß konnte auch statt dessen den ?h5 nehmen und dann mit dem ? nach h4 entfliehen. Der gewählte Zug ist aber einfacher, weil darauf 39.-g6 ebenfalls zu einem sofortigen Debakel geführt hätte. (A)} Qg6 (39... g6 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Ne7 $18) 40. Qxb4+ 1-0 [Event "Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2008.10.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"] [Black "Karpov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C32"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2330"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2008.10.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3 7. Bxe3 O-O 8. Bd2 Re8+ 9. Be2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Kf2 Qc5+ 13. Kg3 Nh5+ 14. Kh2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 15... Qf2 16. Rf1 Qc5 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Qf3 c6 19. Rab1 b6 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Re5 Qa3 22. Rbe1 Qxa2 23. Qg3 Nbd7 24. Re7 Nf8 25. f5 c5 26. Ne6 Nh5 27. Qg4 fxe6 28. Qxh5 exf5 29. c4 Qb2 30. Qf7+ {Vyskocil,N (2260)-Blaha,P Czech Republic 1996 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 15... Qf2 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Rb1 Re6 18. Nd4 Rg6 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. Qe1 Ng4+ 21. Kh1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qxd4 23. f5 Rh6 24. Bxh6 Qd6 25. g3 Qxh6 26. Rg2 Ne3 27. Re2 Re8 28. Kg1 Qg5 29. Qf2 Kf8 30. Rbe1 {Zatko,G (2115)-Koval,J (2082) Slovakia 2019 1-0}) 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 Rad8 19. Re1 Rxe1 20. Bxe1 Re8 21. Bh4 Re6 22. Qd2 Rd6 23. Re1 Qxc4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. Qe3 1-0 [Event "Kiev m rap"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "2008.07.06"] [Round "8"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C32"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "187"] [EventDate "2008.07.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nf6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 b5 11. Qc2 Nef6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bb3 Ba6 19. Nc3 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Re7 22. d6 Qxd6 23. Ne4 {Lopez,A (2063)-Leyva Rivera,Y (2398) Coral Springs 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 9. O-O Re8 10. Bd4 $146 ({RR} 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Rxe3 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. g3 h5 17. Rae1 Bc5 18. Kg2 h4 19. Rxe3 h3+ 20. Kh1 Rxe3 21. Rf2 Rxc3 22. bxc3 {0-1 (22) Sanpera Bonet,J (2184)-Vidarte Morales,A (2367) Castellar 2004}) ({RR} 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 f5 13. Bd4 Qd6 14. g3 Bxe6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Rxf5 Ne3 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 18. Kg2 Qb4 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Rf4 Qb5 21. Nc4 Re7 22. a4 Qc5 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Rb1 Qxa4 {Vasiliev,A (1956)-Khasanaev,A (1809) Tiumen 2014 ½-½ (67)}) 10... Bxf4 11. c4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Bg6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh4 Be3+ 21. Kh1 Qg3 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rf3 Qh4 24. Bxf5 Re5 25. Rdf1 Rd8 26. Qb3 Bg5 27. g3 Qh6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rd2+ 30. R1f2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Be3 32. Rf3 Bd4 33. Rf4 Bb6 34. Qd3 Qh5 35. Bg4 Qg6 36. Bf5 Qh5 37. Kh3 Qe2 38. Qd6 h5 39. Bd7 f5 40. Qxc6 Bg1 41. Qh1 Be3 42. Rf3 Qd3 43. Bb5 Qe4 44. Qf1 Bd4 45. Rf4 Qe3 46. Rxf5 Rxf5 47. Qxf5 Be5 48. Qg5+ Qxg5 49. hxg5 Bxb2 50. Kh4 Bd4 51. Kxh5 Bf2 52. Kg4 Kf8 53. Bc6 Ke7 54. Be4 Ke6 55. g6 fxg6 56. Bxg6 Ke5 57. Bc2 Be1 58. Bb3 Bf2 59. Kf3 Bc5 60. g4 Be7 61. Ke3 Bg5+ 62. Kd3 Be7 63. Ba4 Bb4 64. Bd7 Be7 65. Kc3 Kd6 66. Be8 Ke5 67. Kb3 Kd4 68. Bf7 Bf8 69. Ka4 Kc5 70. Ka5 Kc6 71. Ka6 Bc5 72. g5 Kc7 73. g6 Bd4 74. Bd5 Kd6 75. a4 Kd7 76. c5 Kc7 77. Kb5 Bg7 78. Kc4 Kd7 79. Kd3 Kc7 80. Ke4 Kd7 81. Kf5 Bd4 82. Bf3 Ke7 83. Bh5 Bc3 84. Ke4 Ke6 85. Bg4+ Kf6 86. Bf5 Ba5 87. Kf4 Bb4 88. c6 Bd6+ 89. Ke4 Bc7 90. Kd5 Bg3 91. Bd3 Bf4 92. Be4 Bg3 93. Kc5 Ke7 94. Kb5 1-0 [Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Houston"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Smith, George"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C32"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxd5 ({RR} 5... Bf5 6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. dxe4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 10. O-O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Qc4 Re4 13. Qb5 Nd7 14. Bd3 a6 15. Qa5 Rxf4 16. Ne2 b6 17. Qa3 Rf2 18. Rhf1 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 {Ponomariov,R (2712)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016 0-1}) ({RR} 5... Qe7 6. d3 Bf5 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. c4 Na6 10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Kf2 Bc5+ 13. Kg3 f5 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Ng5 Rde8 16. Ne6 Bd6 17. h4 Rhg8 18. Qf2 g5 19. Qxa7 gxf4+ 20. Kh2 {Wozniak,M (1896)-Majewski,K (1957) Jastrzebia Gora POL 2024 0-1}) 6. Qxe4+ Be6 $146 ({RR} 6... Ne7 7. d3 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. Qe3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nd4 13. h4 Nec6 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. g4 Re8 16. Qf2 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Bxg4 18. Rde1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Qd7 21. Qf3 {Yamshchikova,A (1046)-Mansurova,M (1268) Lichess.org INT 2021 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 6... Ne7 7. d3 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. Qe3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nd4 13. h4 Nec6 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. g4 Re8 16. Qf2 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Bxg4 18. Rde1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Qd7 21. Qf3 {Yamshchikova,A (1046)-Mansurova,M (1268) Lichess.org INT 2021 0-1 (53)}) 7. f5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5 9. Bd3 Qxe4+ 10. Bxe4 Bc8 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. d4 Nd7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Bd3 c6 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 b6 17. a4 Bb4 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rab1 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Rb8 21. c5 Nd5 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Nxb6 Bxd3 24. Nxd5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Bxc2 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Ra1 Be4 28. Re1 1-0 [Event "Moscow Three Masters"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1918.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Rabinovich, Abram Isaakovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C32"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1918.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 exd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. c4 ({RR} 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Na6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Qc4 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Ndxe2 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Rhg1 Nf6 17. Nd4 Kh8 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qd4 Nc5 {Pichot,A (2647)-Ingebretsen,J (2407) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (36)}) 6... Na6 ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 O-O 9. Be2 c6 10. Bf3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc6 12. a3 Re8+ 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. O-O Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rf2 Rad8 18. g3 Ne3 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 {Gulamirian,K (1890)-Dias,S (2068) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (62)}) 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. a3 Nc5 8. Qc2 g6 9. Bd3 Qe7+ 10. Ne2 Bg7 11. Nbc3 O-O 12. b4 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bf5 14. Qe3 Qd7 15. Ra2 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Re7 17. h3 Rae8 18. O-O Ne4 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Nxa7 Qd8 21. Rd1 h5 {Rasovic,U (1918)-Stamatovic,V (1899) Cetinje 2010 1-0 (40)}) 7... Nb4 8. Qb3 Bf5 9. Na3 a5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Nab5 O-O 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. a3 a4 16. Qxb4 Qxe3 17. Qd2 Ng4 18. Qxe3 Nxe3 19. Kf2 Rfe8 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. h3 Re4 22. Bd3 Re7 23. Rhe1 Rce8 24. Re2 b5 25. Rce1 bxc4 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 cxd3 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Kxd3 Bd7 31. Kc4 Ke7 32. Nc6+ Kf6 33. Nd4 g5 34. fxg5+ Kxg5 35. Nb5 Kf4 36. Nxd6 f6 37. b4 axb3 38. Kxb3 Ke5 39. Nc4+ Kd4 40. Nb6 Bb5 41. d6 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Quebec"] [Date "1964.02.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Bilodeau, Andre"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C32"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1964.02.25"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. Qe3 ({RR} 6. Qb5+ Nbd7 7. Qxb7 Rb8 8. Qxa7 Bc5 9. Qa6 O-O 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Qc4 Bxf4 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. b3 Rb4 15. Qc3 Nxd5 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rbb8 18. Bb2 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rfe8 20. O-O-O Bh6 {Pasic,H-Leskovar,M (2357) ICC INT 2009 1-0 (32)}) 6... Bf5 ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. d4 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bxg4 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Qg3 h5 12. Rxh5 Rxh5 13. Qxg4 g6 14. Be3 Bh4+ 15. Kd2 Qe7 16. Bb5 O-O-O 17. a3 Bf6 18. Rd1 Kb8 19. Kc1 Nb6 20. Be2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 {aguia777 (1903)-SenyBety19 (1881) lichess.org 2024 1-0 (39)}) 7. h3 $146 ({RR} 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nh4 Ng4 11. Qg3 Bxd4 12. Nxf5 Bf2+ 13. Qxf2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Nb6 15. Bb3 g6 16. Ng3 a5 17. a4 f5 18. Be3 h6 19. h4 Nc8 20. d6+ Kh7 21. dxc7 Qxc7 {Steinitz,W-NN Great Britain 1870 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. d3 Re8 13. Bd2 Na6 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. a3 a5 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. Nd4 Bxe4 19. Nxc6 Bxa3 20. Nxd8 Bxb2+ 21. Kb1 Bc3+ {Tarrasch,S-Eckart,K Nuremberg 1889 0-1}) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. g4 Bc5 10. Qb3 Be6 11. f5 Qd4 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. Qg2 Bd5 14. Ne2 Qc5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. b4 Qd4 17. Bb2 Bxb4 18. O-O-O Nc6 19. f6 g6 20. h4 h6 21. g5 h5 22. Be2 Ne5 23. Nb5 e3 24. Bxd4 Bxg2 25. Rh2 exd2+ 26. Kb2 Nc4+ 27. Bxc4 Bf3 28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rae8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. c3 a6 32. Nxc7 Re4 33. Rxd2 Ba5 34. Nd5 Kf8 35. Bc5+ Ke8 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. Bxd4 Kd7 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Ne3 Bc7 40. Kd3 b5 41. Ke4 Kc6 42. Be5 Bxe5 43. Kxe5 a5 44. Nf5 Kd7 45. Nd6 b4 46. cxb4 axb4 47. Nb7 1-0 [Event "Capablanca sim"] [Site "Neuilly"] [Date "1913.10.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Aurbach, Arnold"] [Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C32"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "1913.10.23"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Qxd5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Nd2 ({RR} 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Bg4 9. dxe4 Bxe2 10. exd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nxd5 12. Re1+ {½-½ (12) Istratescu,A (2450)-Ionescu,C (2480) Romania 1992}) ({RR} 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Bf5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g4 Be6 11. dxe4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bxg4 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Ke3 Nc6 16. Nf3 Ke7 17. Rhg1 Rhg8 18. c3 a6 19. b4 Rae8 20. Rg3 f5 {Reprintsev,A (2241)-Ambartsumova,K (2418) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (67)}) 6... Bg4 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. dxe4 Qc5 $146 ({RR} 8... Qh5 9. Qb5 O-O-O 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Nc4 Nb4 12. Na3 Bc5 13. Bd2 Rhe8 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Bd3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f6 17. h3 fxe5 18. hxg4 exf4 19. O-O-O Rxe4 20. Bxb4 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bxb4 22. Nb1 h6 23. Nd2 {Gebauer,P-Serra Olives,T Varna 1962 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 8... Qh5 9. Qb5 O-O-O 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Nc4 Nb4 12. Bd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bd6 14. Nxd6+ Rxd6 15. Ke2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rhd8 17. Rd1 Rg6 18. Kf2 Rc6 19. Ke3 g6 20. b3 Rf6 21. Bb2 Rxf4 22. Rac1 Re8 23. d4 {Yoos,J (2320)-Kaptsan,A (2220) Winnipeg 1995 1-0}) 9. c3 O-O-O 10. Nb3 Qh5 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. O-O-O Rhe8 13. e5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf2 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxa7 Nd7 18. Rg1 Bxd1 19. Rg5 Qxh2 20. Kxd1 Qh1 21. Rg1 Qe4 22. Kc1 c6 23. Na5 Nc5 24. Bh3+ Kc7 25. Qxc5 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Qf4+ 27. Kc2 Qe4+ 28. Kb3 Re5 29. Rg4 Qf5 30. Rxg7 Rxc5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Nc4 h5 33. Rh7 b5 34. Ne3 Rf3 35. Ng2 c5 36. Rxh5 c4+ 37. Ka3 Kb6 38. Re5 f6 39. Re3 Rf2 40. Ne1 f5 41. Rf3 Re2 42. Rxf5 Rxe1 43. Kb4 Re2 44. Rxb5+ Ka6 45. Kxc4 Re4+ 46. Kd3 Ra4 47. Rb3 Rh4 48. Rb4 Rh2 49. a4 Ka5 50. Kc4 Rg2 51. Rb5+ Kxa4 52. b3+ Ka3 53. Ra5+ Kb2 54. Rd5 Kc2 55. b4 Rg3 56. Rc5 Rg4+ 57. Kb5 Kb3 58. c4 Rg8 59. Rc6 Rg5+ 60. c5 Rg4 61. Rb6 1-0 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.15"] [Round "10"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Psakhis,Lev"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 $1 exf4 3. Bc4 {Nigel Short won game in Wijk aan Zee against Predrag Nikolic with this sharp line, just few days before Linares. Nobody analized this variation seriously - biggest advantage of whole line.} c6 {Piket doesn't like to check Ivanchuk preparation after normal 3...?f6 4.Nc3 c6} 4. Nc3 d5 $5 (4... Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Qf6 6. d4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e5 Qh6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. Bc4 Nd7 $14 {1-0 Lahti,A-Harju,A/FIN t-ch 1990 (42)}) 5. exd5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3 7. d3 {N/} (7. d4 fxg2+ 8. Kxg2 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. Qe3+ Kd8 11. Qg3 Qxg3+ 12. hxg3 b5 {0-1 Dekker,A-Keserovic,M/Durban op 1995 (33)}) 7... fxg2+ 8. Kxg2 Nf6 (8... Bg4 9. Qf1 Nf6 10. Bf4 $32) 9. Qe2+ Kd8 10. Qe5 $5 {[%CAl Rc1f4]} Qf2+ $146 {Funny move, but not the best one.} (10... Nbd7 11. Qg5 Qxg5+ 12. Bxg5 $36) ({Deserves attention.} 10... Qg4+ $5 11. Qg3 (11. Kf1 Nbd7) 11... b5) ({RR} 10... Bd7 11. Bf4 Qg4+ 12. Bg3 Ne8 13. Nf3 f6 14. Qe3 Nd6 15. Nd4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qh3+ 17. Kf2 Bc5 18. Rhe1 Na6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Qf4 Rxe1 21. Kxe1 Qg2 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Bxf2 Ke8 24. Ne4 Bf8 25. c3 {Maes,W (2304)-Schuermans,R (2088) Brasschaat 2009 ½-½ (55)}) 11. Kxf2 Ng4+ 12. Kg2 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Ng6 $6 ({Why not} 13... Nxc4 $5 14. dxc4 Bb4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ng5 Bg6 {with reasonable game.}) 14. Bg3 f6 15. Nf3 {Ivanchuk has advantage in space and development and his chances are clearly better.} Bb4 16. Nd4 Bd7 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Rae1 $36) 17. Ne6+ (17. Rae1 cxd5 (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Nb5 $1 $16) 18. Bxd5 Nc6 $14) 17... Bxe6 18. dxe6 Ne7 {[%CAl Ye7f5]} (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. a4 $16) 19. Rhf1 Nc8 (19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nc8 $140 21. Z0 Ke7 22. Z0 Nd6) 20. Ne4 Ke7 21. Bh4 (21. Rf4 $5 Nd6 $140 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Rg4 $36) 21... Rf8 (21... Nd6 22. Nxf6 Nxc4 23. Nh5+ g5 (23... Kxe6 24. Nxg7+ Kd7 25. dxc4 Rg8 26. Rf7+ Kc8 27. Rd1 $18) 24. Bxg5+ Kxe6 25. Ng7+ Kd5 26. dxc4+ Kxc4 27. Rf4+ (27. Rf7 $5) 27... Kb5 28. a4+ Ka5 29. Ne6 Rg8 (29... Na6 30. Rf5+ c5 31. c3) 30. Rf5+ Kb6 31. a5+ Bxa5 32. Raxa5 h6 33. Ra3 $1 $18) 22. c3 Bd6 23. Kh1 {[%CAl Yf1g1,Ya1f1]} b5 24. Bb3 Na6 (24... a5 25. a4) 25. a4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Ra1a7]} Nc7 $6 {It was better not to open a line.} (25... b4 $5) 26. axb5 cxb5 27. d4 a5 28. Rf3 {[%CAl Ra1g1,Rg1g7]} a4 29. Ba2 Ra6 (29... a3 $5) 30. Rg1 Ne8 (30... g5 $6 31. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 (31... gxh4 32. Rg7+ Ke8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ $18) 32. Bxg5 Ne8 33. Bxf6+ Nxf6 34. Rg7+ $18) 31. Rf5 a3 ({Stabborn} 31... Rb6 $5 {was stronger.}) 32. Rxb5 $18 g5 33. Rb7+ Nc7 (33... Bc7 34. Bg3 axb2 (34... Rb6 35. Rxb6 Bxb6 36. bxa3) 35. Bxc7 Rxa2 36. Bd6+ Kxe6 37. Bxf8 $18) 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxc7+ Kd8 36. Rf7 $1 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.30"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Vaisser,Anatoli"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Marin,Mihail} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... Qh4+) 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 $146 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxf4 Qc6 14. Bxe5 Ne4 15. Rf4 Be6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 cxb3 19. axb3 Bf5 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Rf2 Bg6 22. c4 a6 23. Bc7 Re3 24. d5 Rae8 25. Raf1 f6 26. Rf3 Kf7 {Charbonneau,P (2472)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2451) Montreal 2004 CBM 103 [Marin,Mihail] 1-0 (55)}) 12... Ne7 13. Bxf4 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nfe4 $2 {} (19... a5 $1) 20. c4 dxc4 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb6 $1 22. Rxe4 $1 Qxb4 23. Nxf7 Rxc4 24. Rxe6 Rxd4 25. Qf5 Rxg4+ 26. Kh1 $16) 21. Bc2 Nf6 22. g5 Nh5 $2 (22... Nd5 23. Qh4 (23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. g6+ Kg8 25. Qh4 (25. Bxd6 $2 Nxf4 26. gxf7+ Bxf7 27. Bxc7 Nd3 $17) 25... fxg6 (25... Nxb4 $2 26. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxe6 $18) 26. Bxd6 $1 (26. Nxg6 $2 Nf7 (26... Nf5 $2 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh5 Nf6 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Re8 31. Ne7 $16) 27. Rxe6 Re8 $17) 26... Qxd6 27. Nxg6 Nf6 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 29. d5 $1 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Rxe6 $40) 23... g6 (23... Nxb4 $2 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Ng6+ Ke8 $19 26. Rxe6+ fxe6 27. Rf8+ Kd7 28. Ne5+ $18) 24. Nxg6 (24. Bxd6 $6 Qxd6 25. Nxf7 Bxf7 26. Rxf7 h5 $1 $13 (26... Kxf7 $4 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Bxg6 $18)) 24... fxg6 25. Rxe6 Nxb4 26. Bxg6 Qg7 (26... Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxd6 c3 29. Qh6 $1) 27. Rxd6 hxg6 28. Qe1 $1 $40) 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 (25... Ng7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxf7+ Bxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Re4) 26. Rxe6 Qf7 (26... Qg7 27. Bxd6 $1) 27. Qd5 Nf5 28. Rxf5 $1 1-0 [Event "Capablanca sim"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1922.02.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Maddock, ES."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1922.02.23"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qf3 g5 ({RR} 3... Nc6 4. Qxf4 Bd6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. c3 d5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Qd2 Ba5 11. Nf3 f6 12. e6 Qd6 13. Qc2 Qxe6+ 14. Kd1 f5 15. a4 Qg6 16. Rf1 Bb6 17. b4 a6 18. Bf4 {LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- (3598)-Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 (3639) tcec-chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 3... Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bxf4 g5 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. Nxe4 Bxf3 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Nxf3 Bh6 13. Nxg5 Bg7 14. Bd3 Bxf6 15. O-O Qg8 16. Rxf6 Rf8 17. Raf1 Nd8 18. b4 {Capablanca,J-Chase,A New York 1922 1-0}) 4. h4 Bg7 $146 ({RR} 4... Nc6 5. Ne2 Ne5 6. Qh5 Be7 7. hxg5 Bxg5 8. d4 Nc6 9. e5 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. c4 h6 12. d5 Nf6 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qc3 Ne4 15. Qd4 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 f3 18. Nf4 fxg2 19. Bxg2 {Monnier,L-Nineuil,V (1963) Europe Echecs INT 2021 0-1}) ({RR} 4... Nc6 5. c3 Ne5 6. Qe2 d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bd7 10. hxg5 Qxg5 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. Bd2 d5 13. O-O-O Bxa3 14. bxa3 Nf6 15. e5 Nh5 16. Qh2 Ng3 17. Qh4 Nxf1 {1-0 (17) Bartel,M (2647)-Grochal,J (2255) chess.com INT 2024}) 5. c3 c5 6. d3 h6 7. g3 Nc6 8. gxf4 gxf4 9. Bxf4 d6 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Nf2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Na5 15. b3 Ne8 16. Kc2 Nc7 17. Rhg1 Rhg8 18. Nc4 Nb5 19. Rxg7 Rxg7 20. Nxa5 Rg6 21. a4 Nc7 22. h5 Rf6 23. e5 Bd5 24. Ne4 dxe5 25. Nxf6 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qd6 27. Bxe5 Qb6 28. Nxb7 c4 29. Nxd8 Qf2+ 30. Rd2 cxb3+ 31. Kxb3 Qxd2 32. Nxf7 Qxd3 33. Bg4+ Kb7 34. Nd6+ Kc6 35. Bd7+ Kc5 36. Nde4+ Kb6 37. a5+ 1-0 [Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2013.12.13"] [Round "7"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2734"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2013.12.12"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 158"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nge2 f3 9. gxf3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nf4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rhg1 Kh8 14. Nf4 Na5 15. Bxf6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxf6 17. Nh5 g6 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qg5 Qxg5+ 20. Rxg5 Rac8 21. Re5 Rfd8 22. Ne2 Kg7 23. Kd2 Rc7 24. Nf4 Kf6 25. Rde1 Rd6 26. c3 Rcd7 27. Ra1 b6 {Zill,C (2213)-Tueckmantel,R (2130) Dortmund 2017 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 13. Rhg1 Kh8 14. Nf4 a5 15. a3 b5 16. Nxb5 a4 17. Ba2 Qb6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. d5 Bf5 21. Bxc4 Ne5 22. Be2 Rac8 23. Qd4 Bc5 24. Qxe5 Be3+ 25. Rd2 Rxc3+ 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27. Bc4 Bxg1 {Reprintsev,A (2230)-Askarov,B (2309) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 13... Na5 14. Rhe1 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 h6 16. Bh4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Ne4 18. fxe4 Bxh4 19. Rg1 Bg5 20. h4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Kh8 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1+ Kh7 25. Ne4 f6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6 Bg4 28. Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "London rapid m theme"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. Nc3 g5 8. d4 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg7 9. e5 Nh5 10. Kg1 Bb7 11. Be2 Rg8 12. Ne1 f3 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc6 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. Ne7+ Kb8 17. Nxg8 Rxg8 18. Qxf7 Rf8 19. Qb3+ Kc8 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. c3 g4 22. Nh4 Qd3 23. Bg5 {Raphael,B-Morphy,P New York 1857 EXT 2004 [ChessBase] 0-1}) ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bc4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h4 Rg8 12. Kg1 gxh4 13. Rxh4 Qg6 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Ne5 Qg7 16. Bxf4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. b3 Bd6 19. Rf1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. Nd1 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Qxe5 23. Rxh7 {Humeau,C (2148)-Bologan,V (2665) Calvi 2008 1-0 (58)}) 9. h4 Rg8 10. Kg1 gxh4 11. Rxh4 Qg6 12. Qe2 Nxe4 13. Rxf4 f5 14. Nh4 Qg3 15. Nxe4 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"] [Black "Hovhannisyan, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. f4 exf4 6. d4 Bb4 7. e5 ({RR} 7. Nge2 d5 8. exd5 f3 9. gxf3 Nxd5 10. O-O Bh3 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Qh4 14. Nfxd5 Bd6 15. Re4 Qh5 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Qg2 Kh8 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. Nfd5 Qh5 20. Nf4 Qh6 21. Nfd5 Qh5 {Sarkar,J (2322)-Stefansson,H (2533) Reykjavik 2018 ½-½}) 7... d5 8. Bd3 Ne4 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rb1 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxf4 Bb6 15. Qe1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nc5 17. Qg3 Ne6 18. Rbf1 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. Bxh7 O-O-O 21. Bf5 Kb8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxg7 {Lutikov,A (2540)-Ermenkov,E (2520) Jurmala 1978 1-0 (80)}) 9. Bxe4 Bxc3+ $146 ({RR} 9... dxe4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Qe1 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. h4 f5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. h5 Be8 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Qf4 g6 21. Rf2 Rc8 22. Raf1 Rf7 23. Qh4 c5 24. Ne2 {Kalata,P (2182)-Starzec,J (2051) Slovakia 2006 1-0}) 10. bxc3 Qh4+ 11. g3 fxg3 12. Bg2 gxh2+ 13. Kf1 hxg1=Q+ 14. Kxg1 Qg4 15. Qe1 Bf5 16. Rh3 Bxc2 17. Rg3 Qd1 18. Qxd1 Bxd1 19. Rxg7 Bh5 20. Rb1 b6 21. Ba3 Nd7 22. c4 O-O-O 23. cxd5 Rdg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. dxc6 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bf3 27. Kf2 Bxg2 28. Rg1 Kc7 29. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Kxc6 31. Kf3 Kd5 32. Kf4 b5 33. Bb2 b4 34. Kg5 Ke6 35. Kh6 a5 36. Kxh7 a4 37. Kg7 Ke7 38. Bd4 Ke6 39. Kf8 a3 40. Ba1 Kd5 41. Kxf7 Kc4 42. e6 Kd3 43. e7 Kc2 44. e8=Q Kb1 45. Qe1+ Kxa2 46. Qxb4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Jul Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2023.07.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Be6 6. Nf3 ({RR} 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Qg4 8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Qg6 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bh2 Ng3+ 13. Bxg3 Qxg3 14. Ne2 Qg6 15. Nf4 Qh6 16. g3 Nd7 17. Kg2 Nb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rhf1 c5 20. d5 Rxf4 {Ivanchuk,V (2716)-Nikolic,P (2648) Antalya 2004 1-0}) ({RR} 6. Qd3 Nd7 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. a4 Ne7 9. a5 Qf6 10. Ra4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 a6 12. b4 Qe6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Qd4 Qf6 15. b5 Ng4 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Qh3+ Rd7 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Rb4 g5 20. Nce2 f3 {Williams,S (2432)-Urkedal,F (2569) Alta NOR 2026 ½-½}) 6... Bxc4+ 7. Kg1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 7... Qd8 8. Bxf4 Nc6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Kf2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 h5 13. h3 h4+ 14. Kxg4 Qd7+ {0-1 (14) Silva,J (1804)-Silva,C (1825) Sao Bernardo do Campo 2011}) 8. Nc3 g5 9. h4 g4 10. Nh2 h5 11. Bxf4 Bg7 12. b3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Nfg3 O-O-O 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nxe4 18. Ngxe4 Bxd4+ 19. Kf1 f5 20. Ng3 Qg7 21. Nge2 Be5 22. Re1 Rde8 23. Nd5 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bg5 Ree8 26. Kf2 1-0 [Event "China Elite Mind blitz"] [Site "Huaian"] [Date "2016.02.29"] [Round "20"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Wang, Yue"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "Schulz,Andre"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2016.02.28"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 5. Bc4 c6 6. d4 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 cxd5 8. Bxf4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 12. c4 Bg4 13. c5 Re8 14. Qd2 f6 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. Bd6 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. c4 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Qf7 20. Nc2 Bf5 21. Ne3 Be4 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. g4 Qe6 24. Qd3 Nb4 25. Qd2 Qe4 26. Bg3 Qh1+ {Moroz,A (2380)-Kuzmin,G (2495) Kherson 1989 0-1 (53)}) 12... h6 13. Rae1 Be6 $2 {[#] Erlaubt...} (13... Re8 $11) 14. Bxh6 gxh6 $2 ({Spielbar war nur} 14... Qf6 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Qe2 $16) 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Ng5 {Die Pointe.} Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qf8+ 21. Nf7+ 1-0 [Event "Leuven m blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2011.10.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2011.10.09"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.10.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nge2 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O f3 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Rf2 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. f4 Bg4 15. Rg2 Rfe8 16. Rf1 Bf8 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 a5 19. a4 Re4 20. Kh1 Rae8 21. Ng3 Rxd4 22. Qf3 Rb4 23. Nf5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2789)-Aronian,L (2781) chess24.com INT 2021 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Qd3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxf4 Ne7 13. c3 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne4 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Bc1 Re8 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rf1 Qe6 22. Ba4 Re7 23. Bg5 {Williams,S (2434)-Kurpiewski,S (1973) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (47)}) 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Ng3 Be7 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Ba4 a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Nd1 Qc4 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe4 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bc4+ 23. Kf2 Rxe4 24. Nc3 Re7 25. b3 Be6 {Hodgson,J (2195)-Ashton,A (2146) Birmingham 2002 ½-½}) 11... Be7 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Ng3 b5 15. Nd1 Na5 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Ne3 Bh4 21. Rd1 f5 22. d5 Bd7 23. c4 Qb6 24. d6 bxc4 25. bxc4 Qc6 26. b3 g5 27. Bg3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qc5 29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Rd5 Qb6 31. Nxf5 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 e3 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Rxg5+ Kh6 35. Rxf8 1-0 [Event "Mexico City UNAM KO"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2010.11.21"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2010.11.19"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. d4 O-O 9. Kf2 Nd7 10. Re1 ({RR} 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Re1 Bg4 ({RR} 11... Nfxd5 {RR} 12. Ne4 ({RR} 12. Ne2 Bg4) 12... Ne3 13. Bxe3 ({RR} 13. Qe2 N7f5 14. Nxd6 cxd6) 13... fxe3+ 14. Rxe3 Nf5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Qd2) 12. h3 ({RR} 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. Rxe7 Bxh2 ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Re1 Bxh2 15. Rh1 Rae8 16. Rxh2 Bxf3 17. Rxh5 Bxd1 18. Rh1 Bg4 19. Rae1) 14. g3 Qh3 15. Ne2 Rae8) ({RR} 12. Re5 Bxf3) 12... Nf5 ({RR} 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3) 13. Nb5 ({RR} 13. hxg4 Nxg4+ 14. Kg1 Ng3) 13... Rae8 14. Nxd6 Bxf3 15. Nxe8 ({RR} 15. Qxf3 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qxg3+ ({RR} 16... fxg3+ 17. Kg2 Nxd6 ({RR} 17... Rxe1 18. Nxf5) 18. Bf4 Nh5) 17. Qxg3 fxg3+ 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kxg3 Rxe1 20. Nxb7 Nf5+) 15... Bxd1 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bxf4 Bf3 18. Bxc7 ({RR} 18. gxf3 Qh4+) 18... Nxd4 ({RR} 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 ({RR} 19. Rg1 Qf3+) 19... Nh4+ 20. Kh2 Nf3+ 21. Kg3 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Kh8) 19. c4 Kh8 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21. Raxd1 Nc2 22. Re2 Nb4 23. Bd6 Rg8 24. g4 Qh4+ {Polgar,S (2500)-Waitzkin,J (2435) Bermuda 1995 CBM 046 [Bangiev,Alexander J] 0-1 (65)}) 10... Nb6 $146 ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Bd3 ({RR} 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Rxe7 Ng4+) ({RR} 11. Rxe7 Bxe7 12. Bxf4 Bd6 13. Qd2) ({RR} 11. Ne4 Nxe4+ 12. Rxe4 Nxd5 13. c3 Nf6) ({RR} 11. Kg1 Nexd5 12. Ne4 ({RR} 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c3 Bg4) 12... Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Rxf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 c6 16. c3 Bg4) 11... Ng6 12. Ne4 Nxe4+ 13. Bxe4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 f5 17. Bd3 Qg5 18. c4 b6 19. Bd2 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Rac1 Qf6 22. Qf2 Qd8 23. Bc3 Be7 24. Re6 Bh4 25. Qf3 {Madushanka,B (1478)-De Silva,L (1708) Negambo 2018 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Nb5 Nexd5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Ne3 15. Bxe3 fxe3+ 16. Rxe3) 11. Bb3 Nexd5 12. Nxd5 ({RR} 12. Ne4 Ne3 13. Bxe3 fxe3+ 14. Rxe3) 12... Nxd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3+ 15. Rxe3 Bf5 ({RR} 15... Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Rad8) ({RR} 15... Bxh2 16. Qh1) 16. c5 Bf4 17. Re7 Bg4 18. Re4 Qf5 19. Bc2 Bh5 20. Re5 Bxf3 21. Kxf3 Qf6 22. Rf5 Qh6 23. Rxf4 Rae8 24. Qd3 f5 25. h4 Re4 26. Qd2 Re7 27. Re1 1-0 [Event "Antwerp InventiChess"] [Site "Antwerp"] [Date "2009.09.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2668"] [Annotator "Sasikiran,Krishnan"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2009.09.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 133"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The day before I had lost a long fight (missing good opportunities) against Bartosz Socko from Poland (with several queens on the board) which put me on an equal score. This win enabled me to move on to a plus score and I was happy with this game during the tournament. Now having analysed the game, my thoughts can be summed up as :- The game is memorable because it is my first attempt at the King's Gambit (as White) and not because of the quality of play!} exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nf3 Qh5 {Although the text keeps the option of swinging the queen over to the queenside, more critical is ?h6 protecting the f4-pawn.} ({After} 5... Bg4 6. Nc3 $5 {White regains the gambit pawn quickly due to the threat of ?d5 hitting c7 and f4.} (6. d4 {was played by Greco way back in 1620})) 6. d4 ({RR} 6. Nc3 Be6 7. d3 g5 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Nbd4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Ne7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 f3 15. gxf3 Qxh4 16. Qe2 g3 17. Qg2 h5 18. Ke2 Ng6 19. Bd2 Nf4+ 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 {Bogner,S (2571)-Karjakin,S (2752) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Nd5 Kd8 8. Nxf4 Qc5 9. d3 Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qf2 Nxc4 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. dxc4 Bd6 15. Nd3 Ne7 16. e5 Bxe5 {1-0 (16) Ocampos,I (2325)-Mantelato,D (2035) chess.com INT 2026}) 6... Nf6 $6 {I was happy to see that move. In general the early ?f6 runs into e4-e5 by White, who gains time tor develop an initiative.} (6... g5 7. h4 h6 8. Nc3 Ne7 {leads to unclear play.}) (6... b5 $5 7. Be2 g5 $5 {also leads to complex play} (7... c6 8. Bxf4 {0-1 Anderssen,A-Zytogorski,A/London 1851/EXT 2000 (32)})) 7. Nc3 Be6 (7... g5 $6 {is no longer feasible.} 8. e5 $1 Nfd7 9. h4 $1 $36) 8. Be2 $5 {The desire to chase the queen (optically similar to Steinitz - Paulsen, Baden-Baden 1870) is understandable. However according to the critical eye of the little fish/dolphin (Rybka 3) the move is simply a waste of time. Nevertheless I would not condemn it too severely as White regains the pawn in most variations. After all, in a game between humans one always fears the queen getting trapped :)} ({After} 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Bxf4 (9. Qe2 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5+ Ne5 12. Bxf4 O-O-O $1 13. Nxe5 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 dxe5 15. Bg5 Bb4 $1 $15) 9... Be7 $1 {White has to spend some more time in trying to evacuate his king to a safer place or exchange queens immediately to avoid getting massacred.} 10. Ng5 (10. e5 $6 dxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bxc7 Nc6 13. Qe2 (13. Kg1 Rac8 14. Bg3 Rcd8 $1 $36) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nd5+ 15. Ke1 Qh4+ (15... Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Nxc7 $11) 16. Bg3 Qxd4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rd1 Qb4 $1 19. Qxd5 (19. Rxd5 Rae8 $17) 19... Bf6 $40) 10... Kd7 $1 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Na6 14. g3 h6 15. Nf3 Rhf8 16. Kg2 $11) (8. Qe2 $1 {appears to be the most promising.} Nbd7 (8... Be7 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. h3 Qg6 11. Bh2 Na6 12. Re1 $14) (8... g5 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. e5 $36) 9. Bxf4 Be7 10. h3 Nb6 11. Bd3 $14) 8... Be7 $146 ({Black could hang on to the pawn with} 8... Qh6 9. Kg1 $1 {A typical move, preparing g3 and protecting ?h1, which helps White to play h4 and break up Black's kingside, should Black support the extra pawn with g5.} Ng4 (9... d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. g3 g5 14. h4 fxg3 15. Rb1 $1 Nb6 (15... b6 16. hxg5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Kg2 $14) (15... Qg7 16. Rxb7 $36) 16. Bxg5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. Kg2 $14) 10. Qd2 Ne3 11. Nd1 Nxd1 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Bb4 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. g3 $14) 12. Bxd1 g5 13. h4 g4 14. Ng5 Qf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c3 h5 17. Qxf4 Qg6 $13) (8... g5 $5 9. h4 g4 10. Ng5 h6 (10... Qg6 11. Bxf4 Nh5 12. g3 Nxf4 13. gxf4 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxg4 h5 16. Bh3 Qf6 17. Qd3 Nd7 (17... Qxf4+ 18. Ke2 $16) 18. Ke2 O-O-O 19. Raf1 $14 {and the king will find refuge on the queenside.}) 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxf4 Qf7 $1 13. Kg1 Nxe4 (13... Nc6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. g3 h5 (15... Qg6 16. Kg2 Nxe4 17. h5 Nxc3 18. hxg6 Nxd1 19. Raxd1 Rg8 20. Bxg4 Rxg6 21. Bh5 Rf6 22. Rhf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 $44) 16. Kg2 {with ?f1 to follow. The position is roughly even.}) 14. Qd3 $1 Nf6 (14... Nf2 $6 15. Qe3 Nxh1 16. Bxg4 $36) (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. Rf1 Nf6 (16... Qg8 17. Rb1 Nb6 (17... O-O-O 18. Qa6 $1 Nb6 19. Qxa7 $14) 18. Qb5+ Kd8 19. g3 $44) 17. Bg3 O-O-O 18. Bxg4 Kb8 19. Bf3 $13) 15. Qb5+ (15. Rf1 $5) 15... c6 16. Qb3 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bg7 (17... g3 18. Bxh5 gxh2+ 19. Rxh2 Qxh5 20. Qxb7 $18) 18. Bxd6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh2 Qf6 $1 20. Bxg4 Be5+ 21. Kg1 Bxd6 (21... Bd4+ 22. Kh2 Be5+ {can lead to a draw by perpetual check.}) 22. Bxh5+ Ke7 23. Rh3 Nd7 $13) ({RR} 8... g5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nfxg5 Qh6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bh5+ Kd7 14. c4 Ne3+ 15. Bxe3 fxe3 16. d5 Qf4+ 17. Bf3 Qxe5 18. dxe6+ Kc8 19. Rb1 Rf8 20. Qd5 Nc6 21. b3 Qf4 22. Ke2 Rf5 23. Qd3 {Ziabari,M (1766)-Leichter,M (1830) Bergisch Gladbach 1996 1-0 (55)}) 9. Bxf4 O-O ({Better is} 9... Nxe4 $1 {which would have exchanged a pair of knights enabling Black to have a freer game.} 10. Nxe4 Qf5 11. Nxd6+ (11. Bg5 Qxe4 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Re1 Kf8 {and compensation for the pawn is not apparent}) 11... cxd6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Kf2 Nc6 14. Rhf1 {However after} Bd5 15. Kg1 Be4 $1 {Black has active centralised pieces which compensate for the defect in his pawn structure (three pawn islands against two).}) 10. h3 Qa5 (10... Nxe4 $2 {is no longer available} 11. Nxe4 Qf5 {as} 12. Bg5 $1 $18 {wins a piece}) 11. Qd2 {Threatening ?d5 winning a piece and intending to connect rooks with ?d3-?f2 or ?g1-h2. Cheapos are good if it goes with your general plan :)} Kh8 {Here I was considering b4 which enables White's rook to reach the seventh rank and attack some pawns . Now I see this is a waste of valuable clock time. It is obvious that with the Black rooks about to get connected (Black just has to move the knight) and the white rook still sleeping on h1, any open file can be useful only for Black.} 12. Bd3 (12. b4 Qxb4 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Rxb7 Na6 $1 15. Kg1 Nh5 16. Bh2 Rfb8 17. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $132) (12. d5 $1 {is the best way to play the position. White restricts the opponent's natural development and intends to connect rooks with g4 and ?g2 (also stopping the counterplay with ?h5 and f5).} Bc8 (12... Bd7 13. g4 Na6 14. Kg2 $14) 13. a3 c6 14. g4 h6 (14... cxd5 15. g5 Ne8 16. Nxd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bd8 18. Kg2 $14) 15. Kg2 $14) (12. Kf2 $2 Qxc3 $1 $17) 12... Na6 13. a3 $5 (13. Re1 $5) 13... c6 (13... Nh5 $5 14. Bh2 f5 15. Qe1 $5 Rae8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Qb6 18. Qb5 $14) 14. Kf2 Nh5 15. b4 Qd8 16. Bh2 Nc7 17. Rhe1 $6 (17. Rhf1 $1 a5 (17... f5 $2 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. g4 $16) 18. Kg1 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $14) 17... f5 18. e5 $2 {A positional blunder shutting in the dark coloured bishop and rook on e1.} (18. exf5 $142 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. g4 {This is possible as the white-squared bishops are already off the board.} Bh4+ 21. Kg2 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxf3 23. Kxf3 Nf6 24. g5 Nfe8 (24... Nfd5 25. Ne4 $14) 25. d5 Qd7 26. Kg2 cxd5 27. Qd3 $1 (27. Nxd5 Qc6 28. c4 Qxc4 29. Nxc7 Nxc7 30. Qxd6 Nb5 $11) 27... Rc8 (27... Qc6 28. b5 Qc4 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Re4 Kg8 (30... a6 31. b6 Nb5 32. Nb1 $3 $18) 31. Rxc4 $14) 28. Qf3 Kg8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5+ Qf7 31. Qd3 $14) 18... Bh4+ $1 19. Nxh4 (19. g3 $2 Be7 $15 {leaves the bishop on h2 shut in with its own pawns.}) 19... Qxh4+ 20. Kf1 $5 {This surprising move wins the game if only because Black overestimates his attacking chances in the following tactical sequence.} ({Objectively speaking} 20. Kg1 {is the best move (in consideration with White's 18th move)} Qxd4+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 d5 23. Be2 g6 (23... d4 24. Na4 g6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Rd2 $11) 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Ne2 {and White can try to salvage a draw in the endgame due to opposite coloured bishops.}) 20... Qxd4 $2 {Allowing White to activate his pieces.} ({Strong and necessary was} 20... d5 $1 {closing the centre and preparing the advance of kingside pawns.} 21. Qf2 (21. Be2 f4 22. Kg1 Bxh3 23. Bxh5 (23. Rf1 Bg4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Ne6 $36 26. Rxg4 $4 Qf2+ 27. Kh2 Rf5 $19) 23... Qxh5 24. gxh3 Qxh3 $36 {with f3, ?e6, ?f5 to follow according to White's reaction.}) 21... Qg5 (21... Qe7 $5) 22. h4 (22. Re3 f4 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Kg1 g5 25. Qd2 Ng7 $15 {Although the engine assesses the position as equal, it is very easy for Black to play: exchange light squared bishops at f5 if possible, send one of the knights to e6 and the other to f5 and start the kingside pawns rolling. On the other hand, White's plan is not easy to find.}) 22... Qh6 23. Kg1 f4 24. Qf3 $5 g5 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Be2 (26. b5 Bg4 $36) 26... Ng3 27. Bd3 Bf5 $15) 21. Ne2 Qh4 22. exd6 f4 $2 ({Better is} 22... Nd5 23. Kg1 f4 24. Nd4 Bf7 25. c4 Ne3 (25... Qf6 26. Nf5 Nb6 27. c5 $16) 26. Rxe3 fxe3 27. Qxe3 {with strong compensation for the exchange in the pair of bishops and well protected passed d-pawn.}) 23. Nd4 $1 Qf6 (23... Bxh3 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Ne5 Qh4 26. Qf2 Ng3+ 27. Kg1 Ne6 28. gxh3 Ng5 29. Bf1 Nxh3+ 30. Bxh3 Qxh3 31. d7 $18) (23... f3 24. Nxe6 f2 (24... Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 Qxg3 27. Kg1 $1 f2+ 28. Kh1 $18) 25. Nxf8 fxe1=Q+ 26. Qxe1 Rxf8+ 27. Kg1 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 $18) 24. Qf2 $1 {Stopping all counterplay connected with f3.} Bxh3 (24... f3 25. g4 $18) 25. dxc7 Bg4 26. Kg1 $5 {After all its adventures, finally the king reaches safety.} Qd6 27. Be2 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Ng3 29. Ree1 $1 {The most accurate. White simply prepares to develop the other rook. As the position opens up the extra piece will tell.} Rf6 (29... Qxc7 30. Ne6 $18) 30. Rad1 Qxc7 31. Ne6 Qf7 32. Nd8 Qg8 33. Nxb7 Nf5 34. Bxf4 Raf8 35. Be5 Rg6 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Nxd8 Qd5 38. c4 Qd3 (38... Qxd8 39. Qxf5 $18) 39. Bh2 (39. Bh2 h6 40. Nf7+ Kh7 41. Ne5 {wins a rook.}) 1-0 [Event "Capablanca sim"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1922.02.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Chase, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1922.02.23"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qf3 Nc6 4. c3 ({RR} 4. Qxf4 d5 ({RR} 4... Bd6) 5. e5 ({RR} 5. exd5 Nb4 6. Qe4+ Qe7)) 4... Nf6 ({RR} 4... d5 5. exd5 Ne5 6. Bb5+) ({RR} 4... Ne5 5. Qxf4 ({RR} 5. Qe2) 5... Bd6 6. Qe3 Ng4 7. Qh3 h5 8. d4 ({RR} 8. Be2) 8... Qf6 9. Qf3 Bxh2 10. Bc4 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Bg3+ 12. Ke2 Nf2 13. Rf1 Nxe4 14. Bxf7+ Ke7) 5. d4 d5 ({RR} 5... d6 6. Bxf4 Be7 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Ne2 a6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qf2 Bh5 13. h3 Bg6 14. Ng3 d5 15. Rae1 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 {Boros,D (2403)-Ayushh,R (1950) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (55)}) 6. e5 ({RR} 6. exd5 Bg4 7. Qxf4 Bd6 8. Qe3+ Ne7) 6... Ne4 7. Bxf4 ({RR} 7. Bb5) 7... g5 $146 ({RR} 7... Be7) ({RR} 7... f6 8. Bb5 ({RR} 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3) 8... Be7 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Bxc6 ({RR} 12. Bc1 Bxd4+) ({RR} 12. Be3 g4 13. Qf4 Bg7) 12... bxc6 13. Be5 Bg7 ({RR} 13... Ba6 14. Qg4 ({RR} 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Qe3 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Qf6+ 17. Kg1 ({RR} 17. Ke1 Re8) 17... Rf8 18. Na3 Qf2+ 19. Qxf2 Rxf2 20. Ng3 Rxb2) ({RR} 14. Qe3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Qf8+ 17. Ke1 Re8) 14... Qe7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qxg5+ Kh8 17. Qe5 ({RR} 17. Re1 Rae8) 17... Qg7) 14. Qe3 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Kg1 Ba6 18. Nd4 ({RR} 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qxe5 20. Nd4 Qf6 21. Re1 Rf8 22. h3 Bc8 23. b4) 18... c5 19. Nb3 c4 20. Nd4 c5 21. Ne2 Re8 22. Nd2 {Spielmann,R-Tarrasch,S Gothenburg 1920 HCL [ChessBase] 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 7... Be7) 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. Nxe4 Bxf3 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Nxf3 Bh6 13. Nxg5 Bg7 14. Bd3 Bxf6 15. O-O Qg8 16. Rxf6 Rf8 17. Raf1 Nd8 18. b4 Qg7 19. a4 Ke8 20. b5 b6 21. Be2 Ne6 22. Bf3 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Qh7 24. Bxd5 Qd3 25. Bc6+ 1-0 [Event "Capablanca sim"] [Site "London"] [Date "1913.10.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Brooks, Edwin Joseph"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1913.10.13"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 Qh4+ $146 ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. d4 g5 9. O-O Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11. e5 Nb6 12. Be4 c5 13. Bc2 c4 14. Qe2 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. g3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. gxf4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 {Maahs,E-Clara,H (2420) Baden-Baden 1990 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 6... c6 7. Bc4 Qh4+ 8. Kf1 Bg4 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. d4 g5 11. h4 Bg7 12. c3 Nd7 13. Kf2 gxh4 14. Bxf4 Bf6 15. e5 Be7 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Bb3 Rg8 18. Rae1 h3 19. Rh2 O-O-O 20. Reh1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 {Williams,S (2464)-Kamsky,G (2665) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1}) ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. d3 Qh4+ 8. Kf1 Nf6 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. Bb3 g5 11. Qe1 Bg4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Ba4+ Nd7 14. Qc3 O-O-O 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qxh8 f3 19. Qf6 fxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 {Williams,S (2455)-Csonka,B (2459) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 6... c6 7. Bb3 Qe7 8. Nf3 g5 9. d4 Bg7 10. e5 g4 11. Nd2 Qh4+ 12. Kf1 f3 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 fxg2+ 15. Kxg2 Qh3+ 16. Kg1 Be6 17. Qf1 Qxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nd7 19. h3 gxh3 20. Kh2 h6 21. Be7 {Zichichi,A-Magrini,R La Spezia 1971 1-0 (31)}) 7. Kf1 Nc6 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. d4 g5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. h4 g4 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf4 Bd6 16. Nd3 Bc4 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Kg1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfe8 20. Re1 Re7 21. g3 Rae8 22. Rh2 d5 23. e5 f6 24. Rf2 fxe5 25. Rf5 e4 26. Qf1 Qh6 27. c4 Qd2 28. cxd5 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 cxd5 30. Rd1 Qxb2 31. Rfxd5 Qc3 32. Rg5+ Rg7 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rd7+ Kh8 35. Rf7 Rg8 36. Rf4 h5 37. Qb5 Qc1+ 38. Rf1 Qh6 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Qxe4+ Qg6 41. Rf5 Kh6 42. Qe3+ Kh7 43. Qxa7+ 1-0 [Event "RUS Top 16 rapid GP"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.12.02"] [Round "7"] [White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.12.01"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. e5 Bg4 ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. Nf3 g5 8. O-O Be6 9. d3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Nd4 h5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g3 fxg3 14. hxg3 Nd7 15. d4 Qc7 16. a4 O-O-O 17. Rf7 Nf8 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bd6 Qd7 21. a5 {Bisolvon960 (2109)-SEVEN_vii_7 (2236) lichess.org 2024 0-1 (37)}) 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 8. O-O Ng5 9. Kh1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne6 11. d4 Be7 12. Ne2 Bg5 13. Rg1 O-O 14. c3 f6 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. c4 Rd8 17. Bc2 g6 18. h4 Bh6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. h5 f5 21. hxg6 Qh4+ 22. Kg2 hxg6 {Mayers,D-Ferguson,M (2235) London 1992 1-0}) ({RR} 8. O-O Ng5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh3 11. Bxf4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qh4 13. Ne2 Qh3+ 14. Kf2 g5 15. Bxg5 Qxh2+ 16. Ke3 Rg8 17. Bf4 Bh6 18. c4 Rg2 19. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 20. Nf4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 b5 22. Qb3 Rg7 {Alfaro,H-Buj,P Zarate 1973 0-1 (53)}) 8... Ng5 9. d4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne6 11. Qf2 f6 12. Bd2 fxe5 13. Ne2 a5 14. a3 Bd6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. c4 Qb6 18. Ba2 exd4 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Kb1 Bxa3 21. Bc1 Bb4 22. Rg1 d3 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxd3 Rad8 25. Rg4 g5 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. Rxg5+ Kh7 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Ka1 Rh6 32. Bb1+ Kh8 33. Be3 Nd7 34. Bd4+ Nf6 35. Rdg1 Be7 36. Re5 Bd8 37. Rgg5 Rg8 38. Rgf5 Ng6 39. Rxd5 Nh4 40. Rh5 Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rxd8+ Kf7 43. Rxh6 Rxd8 1-0 [Event "Match Alekhine-Levitsky +7-3=0"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "1913.03.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Levitsky, Stepan Mikhailovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1913.02.28"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Williams,Simon Kim} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 {Das gilt zur Zeit als die stärkste Verteidigung gegen dieses Gambits.} ({Das ältere} 3... Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 g5 {usw. ist hauptsächlich wegen des Tschigorinschen} 6. g3 {in Misskredit geraten.}) ({RR} 3... Nc6) 4. Nc3 Bb4 {Damit spielt Schwarz mit einem Tempo weniger als eine durch 3. ... f5 verteidigte Spanische. Sehr interessant und wahrscheinlich noch besser ist die auf einen sofortigen Gegenstoß im Zentrum gerichtete Bogoljubowsche (Partie gegen Spielmann, Karlsbad 1923) Neuerung 4. ... c6!} ({RR} 4... Nc6) 5. Nge2 {Ein neuer Versuch, der durch die vorliegende Partie nicht widerlegt wird.} ({Nach} 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nd5 $1 $13 {muss Weiß, um die Initiative zu behalten, sich zum allerdings nicht chancenlosen endgültigen Bauernopfer 7. Sd5! usw. entschließen.}) 5... d5 ({Auf} 5... Nxe4 $5 {hätte Weiß natürlich zunächst rochiert. Das mit dem Textzuge beabsichtigte Bauernopfer ist sehr kühn, aber von zweifelhafter Korrektheit.} 6. O-O $13 (6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. c3 Bc5 9. d4 Qxe4 10. dxc5 Qxg2 $143) 6... Nxc3 (6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 O-O 8. Bxf4 $142 {RR} d6 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rae1 Re8 12. Bxf6 ({RR} 12. Qg3) 12... Nxf6 13. Rxf6 gxf6 ({RR} 13... Qxf6 14. Rf1) 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 16. Qh8+) ({RR} 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bc5+ 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Bxf4 d6 ({RR} 9... c6 10. Bd6) 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. Ne4 Be6 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Nf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5 Rfe8 15. Bh6 Bg4 16. Qh4) 7. bxc3 Bc5+ 8. d4 $44) ({RR} 5... Nxe4 6. O-O O-O 7. Nxf4 c6 ({RR} 7... Nxc3 8. dxc3 Bc5+ 9. Kh1 c6 10. Nd5 cxd5 ({RR} 10... d6 11. Nf6+ gxf6 12. Qh5 d5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Rxf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Re8 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Qe5+ Kf8 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. Qg7#) 11. Qxd5 Qe7 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Rxf7 Kh8 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Rg8 15. Qh5 h6 16. Raf1 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Rf8 Rxf8 19. Rxf8+ Kh7 20. Rxc8) 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Qf5 ({RR} 13. Rxf7 Qxd5 14. Rxf8+ Kxf8 15. Rf1+ Ke8 16. Bxd5 Nc6 17. Bf7+ Kf8 18. Bd5+) 13... Nc6 14. Rae1 b6 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Rf3 Bb7 17. Rh3 h6 18. Rxh6+ gxh6 19. Bf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6+ Kh7 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6#) 8. Nxe4 ({RR} 8. Nfd5) 8... d5 9. Nf6+ ({RR} 9. Bxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 d4 11. Ncd5 Bd6 12. c4 dxc3 13. bxc3) ({RR} 9. Qe2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be7 11. d4) 9... Qxf6 10. Nxd5 Bc5+ 11. Ne3 Qe5 12. Kh1 Bxe3 13. dxe3 Be6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Bc3 Qg5 17. Rf3 f6 18. Rg3 Qd5 19. e4 Qd7 20. Qh5 {Williams,S (2504)-Parker,J (2531) England 2012 EXT 2013 [Williams,Simon Kim] 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 5... O-O 6. O-O ({RR} 6. Nxf4 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. O-O ({RR} 8. Qf3 c6) 8... c6 9. Nd5 ({RR} 9. Qd4 d5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rae1) 9... cxd5 10. Bxd5 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nf2+ 12. Rxf2 Qxf2) {RR} 6... g5 ({RR} 6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 c6 9. Bd6) 7. d4 d6 8. Qd3 c6 9. Nxf4 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Nbd7 11. Bh6) ({RR} 5... O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxf4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bc5+ 9. d4 Be7 10. Qh5 d6 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qh6 d5 15. Rb1 b6 16. h4 Nd7 17. h5 Bg4 18. Bg5 f6 19. Rbe1 Qg7 20. hxg6 {Reprintsev,A (2283)-Korshunov,S (2389) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (45)}) 6. exd5 f3 {Dadurch hofft Schwarz, die gegnerische Königstellung zu kompromittieren. Das Öffnen der g-Linie erweist sich aber im folgenden als zweischneidig, und Weiß hat immerhin zunächst einen Bauern mehr.} 7. gxf3 O-O 8. d4 $146 {Dies ist sehr inkonsequent.} ({Nach} 8. O-O $1 c6 $1 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. d4 Bh3 11. Rf2 Rc8 {? / ? hätte Schwarz für den Bauern zwar einen kleinen Entwicklungsvorsprung behalten, aber keinen richtigen Angriff erlangt. ...}) ({RR} 8. O-O Bh3 9. Rf2 Nh5 10. d4 f5 11. d6+ Kh8 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 f4 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. b4 b5 17. Bb3 Nc6 18. Bd2 Rf5 19. Qe4 Rg5+ 20. Kh1 Bf5 21. Bxf4 Bxe4 22. Bxd6 Bxd5 {Taubenhaus,J-Leonhardt,P Ostend 1905 0-1 (31)}) 8... Bh3 {So wird allerdings der Bauer ebenfalls zurückgewonnen, da Weiß in die ihm gestellte schlaue Falle nicht hineinfällt. Aber Schwarz wird in eine schwere Defensive gedrängt.} ({... Nach dem Textzug 8. d4 konnte er aber- und musste auch- den Bauern durch} 8... Nxd5 $1 9. O-O Be6 $15 {usw. bei gutem Spiel zurücknehmen.}) 9. Bg5 ({Naheliegend war es hier durch} 9. Nf4 $2 {die beiden Bauern zu decken und scheinbar den Läufer zurückzugreifen. Darauf hatte aberLewitsky die folgende Variante ausgeklügelt:} Re8+ $1 10. Kf2 Ng4+ $1 {(scheinbar unwirksam wegen des Gegenzuges)} 11. Kg3 Nf2 $1 $19 {und Schwarz gewinnt. Der Textzug 9. Lg5 dreht den Spieß um.}) 9... Bg2 10. Rg1 Bxf3 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Bh5 ({Auch jetzt hätte} 12... Ne4 $2 {zum Verlust geführt, und zwar nach} 13. Bxe7 Nxd2 (13... Qxe7 14. Qh6) 14. Bxd8 Nxc4 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. Rg1+ Kh6 17. Bg5+ Kg6 18. Be7+ $18 {usw. Der weiße Angriff spielt sich nun ziemlich leicht.}) 13. Rde1 Nbd7 14. Nf4 Bg6 15. h4 {Droht natürlich weiter mit h5 usw.} Re8 16. Qg2 {Mit derselben Drohung.} Bf8 17. h5 Bf5 ({Etwas länger hätte sich Schwarz mit} 17... Rxe1+ $1 $16 {nebst Lf5 halten können. Selbstverständlich müsste auch dann der Angriff schließlich durchdringen.}) 18. Ne6 $1 fxe6 ({Durch diese Scheinopfer, dass Schwarz annehmen muss, da auf} 18... Qc8 19. Qf3 $1 {gewinnt, werden neue entscheidende Angriffslinien geöffnet.} Bg4 $145 20. Rxg4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 fxe6 22. dxe6 Nb6 23. Bd3 {[%CAl Rg5h6] ?Lh6}) 19. dxe6 Kh8 20. exd7 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxd7 22. h6 $1 {Entscheidend. Es muss nun auf f6 mindestens eine Figur verloren gehen.} Bc6 23. d5 Bd7 (23... b5 $145 24. Bb3 b4 25. dxc6 bxc3 26. Rh1 $1 (26. Rf1 Qd4 27. Bxf6 (27. Rxf6 gxh6 28. Rf7) (27. hxg7+ Bxg7 28. Bxf6) 27... Qd2+ 28. Qxd2 cxd2+ 29. Kxd2 gxf6 30. Rxf6 $16) 26... cxb2+ 27. Kb1 Qd4 28. hxg7+ Bxg7 29. Qh3 Qe4 30. Be6 Re8 31. Bf5 Qe7 32. Bxh7 $18) 24. Rf1 b5 25. Bb3 Qe8 26. d6 Nh5 ({Oder} 26... Bc6 27. d7 $1 (27. Qg1 $145 $1 Nd7 28. Be7 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Bxf8 Nxf8 31. hxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rf7+ Kh6 33. dxc7 $18) 27... Bxg2 (27... Qxd7 28. Qf2 $1 Ng8 29. Qxf8 $18 {und gewinnt.}) 28. dxe8=Q Rxe8 29. Rxf6 $1 $18) 27. Bf7 Qe5 28. Qxa8 {SCHWARZ GIBT AUF. (Laut Friitz 11 Matt in 11 Zügen) Kommentar: A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S. 99-101; aus ChessBase "Alekhine All Games", Nr. 208} 1-0 [Event "Vinkovci"] [Site "Vinkovci"] [Date "1968.09.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Minic, Dragoljub"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1968.09.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7 4. Nc3 ({RR} 4. Qh5 Ng6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qb4 8. Qd5 Nd8 9. a3 Qe7 ({RR} 9... Qb6 10. Qh5 c6 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Ne6) 10. O-O d6 11. Qh5 c6 12. Bd2 Ne6 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. d5 Nd8 15. e5) 4... c6 5. Nf3 ({RR} 5. Qh5 Ng6 6. Nf3 ({RR} 6. d4 Qh4+ 7. Qxh4 Nxh4) 6... Be7 7. d4 d6 8. e5 ({RR} 8. Bxf4 Nd7 ({RR} 8... Nxf4 9. Qxf7+) ({RR} 8... d5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bg3) 10. exd5) 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6) 8... d5 ({RR} 8... dxe5 9. dxe5 ({RR} 9. Nxe5 O-O ({RR} 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bxf4) 10. Ne2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bxf4 Qb6) ({RR} 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Kg8) 9... Qb6 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ne2) 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. Bxf4 Qxb2) ({RR} 10. Ne4 Be6) 10... Be6) 9. Bd3 Na6 10. Ne2 ({RR} 10. a3 Nc7 11. Ne2 Ne6) 10... Nb4 11. O-O Nxd3 12. cxd3 h6 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 h6 15. Nd2) 13. Bxf4 ({RR} 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 g6) 13... Be6 ({RR} 13... Nxf4 14. Nxf4 g6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kd7) 14. Be3 Qd7 15. h3 O-O-O 16. Rf2 Rdg8 17. Nh2 Nh4 18. Ng3 g6 19. Qe2 g5 {Reinderman,D (2525)-Sokolov,I (2656) Amsterdam 1999 CBM 073 [Bangiev,Alexander J] 0-1}) ({RR} 5. Bb3 d5 6. d3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Ng6 8. Qf3 Bb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Bxf4 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 O-O 12. O-O-O Kh8 13. Nf3 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Bc2 f5 16. Neg5 h6 17. h4 Bd6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Nd7 {Zvereva,M (2049)-Zimina,O (2291) Monaco MNC 2024 0-1 (31)}) 5... d5 6. Bb3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 7... Ng6 8. h4 h6 9. h5 Ne7 10. d4 Nd5 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ne3+ 13. Bxe3 fxe3 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Qxe3 Bf5 16. Qf4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nd7 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Qf5 Re8 20. g4 Qc8 21. a3 Nxg4 22. Qh7+ {Shohat,Y (2331)-Sanal,V (2593) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 7... Ng6 8. h4 h6 9. h5 Ne7 10. d4 Nd5 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ne3+ 13. Bxe3 fxe3 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Qxe3 Bf5 16. Qf4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nd7 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Qf5 Re8 20. g4 Qc8 21. a3 Nxg4 22. Qh7+ {Shohat,Y (2331)-Sanal,V (2593) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (53)}) 8. Qe2 Be7 9. c4 Nc7 10. d4 O-O 11. Bxf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Nd7 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rhf1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. g3 Qh6 19. Kg1 Bh3 20. Ne5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Bd2 22. Rf3 Rad8 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qe7 1-0 [Event "Fischer sim"] [Site "Houston"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Cunningham, Thomas L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 ({RR} 5... Nxd5 6. Nxd5 g5 7. h4 Be6 8. hxg5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Qxg5 10. Qf3 Na6 11. d4 Nb4 12. Bxf4 Qf5 13. Be5 Nxc2+ 14. Kd1 Rg8 15. Qxf5 Ne3+ 16. Ke2 Nxf5 17. Kf3 Be7 18. g4 Nh4+ 19. Kg3 Nf5+ 20. Kf4 {Pridorozhni,A (2523)-Fressinet,L (2706) Moscow 2013 ½-½}) 6. Nf3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 g5 $146 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. O-O {½-½ (8) Tasic,S (1427)-Jovanovic,B Serbia 2017}) 8. d4 Bg7 9. h4 g4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxf4 Qd6 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Rxf4 h5 15. Qd4 Rf8 16. Rf6 Be6 17. c4 c6 18. Rd1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Ke7 20. e5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Rd6 Rf5 25. Rxb6 Rxe5 26. Rxb7+ Kd6 27. Kf2 Rd5 28. a4 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Rd3+ 30. Kf4 Rd4+ 31. Kg5 Rxa4 32. Kxh5 e5 33. b4 Kc6 34. Rb8 Kc7 35. Re8 Kd6 36. Kxg4 Rxb4+ 37. Kg5 e4 38. h5 Rb5+ 39. Kg6 Kd5 40. h6 Rb6+ 41. Kg5 Rb2 42. g4 Rb7 43. Kg6 Rb6+ 44. Kh5 Rb3 45. h7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1963.12.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Evans, Larry Melvyn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1963.12.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 5... Nf6 6. d4 Be6 7. Be2 g5 8. Nf3 Qh6 9. h4 Nh5 10. Kg1 Ng3 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qg7 13. hxg5 Nxh1 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Qe2+ Be7 16. Bxf4 a6 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Bxa6 Bxg5 19. Qb5 bxa6 20. Qxa6+ {Stockfish dev-20250118-8e3e22 (3683)-LCZero 0.31-dag-c93c6a8-BT4-6 (3652) tcec-chess.com INT 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 5... Ne7 6. d4 g5 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. e5 Nf5 9. Ne4 Ng3+ 10. Nxg3 fxg3 11. Qe1 d5 12. Bxd5 Be7 13. Qxg3 g4 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. c3 Be6 16. Be4 O-O-O 17. Nb3 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bh4 19. Qe3 Nc4 20. Qe2 {Paul,R (1940)-Thompson,C (1849) Hamilton SCO 2026 0-1 (38)}) 6. Qe2 c6 7. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 7. d4 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. Nf3 Qf6 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. b4 Nb6 12. Qb3 g5 13. h3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 Nh6 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. Ne2 f3 18. gxf3 gxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Ng4 {Santos,J (2038)-Craciun,I (1907) Amadora 2010 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 7. d4 Ne7 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. Bxf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Kg1 O-O 13. h4 Qg4 14. Qf2 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Nd1 Qh5 17. Ne3 Rf7 18. c3 Nd7 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. Qe4 d5 21. Qg4 Qxg4 {Zuse,P (2311)-Dolezal,R (2420) Germany 2004 0-1 (66)}) 7... Qe7 8. d4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 g5 10. e5 d5 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Qd1 O-O-O 14. c3 Na6 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. Nxf4 Qxh4 18. Kg1 Nh6 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. Nxh5 Rg8 21. Nfg3 Rg6 22. Nf4 Rg5 23. Be3 Nc7 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. Nfe2 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Bxh6 Bd6 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Bf4 Rde8 30. Rh6 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Qe7 32. Rf6 Ne6 33. Qe5 Ng5 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "London rapid m theme"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. Nc3 g5 8. d4 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg7 9. e5 Nh5 10. Kg1 Bb7 11. Be2 Rg8 12. Ne1 f3 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc6 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. Ne7+ Kb8 17. Nxg8 Rxg8 18. Qxf7 Rf8 19. Qb3+ Kc8 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. c3 g4 22. Nh4 Qd3 23. Bg5 {Raphael,B-Morphy,P New York 1857 EXT 2004 [ChessBase] 0-1}) ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bc4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h4 Rg8 12. Kg1 gxh4 13. Rxh4 Qg6 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Ne5 Qg7 16. Bxf4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. b3 Bd6 19. Rf1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. Nd1 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Qxe5 23. Rxh7 {Humeau,C (2148)-Bologan,V (2665) Calvi 2008 1-0 (58)}) 9. h4 Rg8 10. Kg1 gxh4 11. Rxh4 Qg6 12. Qe2 Nxe4 13. Rxf4 f5 14. Nh4 Qg3 15. Nxe4 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Cicero"] [Date "1964.05.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Nyman, William A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1964.05.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Stohl,Igor} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 ({RR} 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. d4 c6 6. dxc6 ({RR} 6. Nc3) 6... Nxc6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Be2 Nd5 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. O-O f6 12. Bd3 g5 ({RR} 12... b5 13. Na3 a6) 13. Qc2 Rf7 14. Bd2 b5 15. Na3 a6 16. Rae1 Nde7 17. Be4 Rb8) 3... d5 ({RR} 3... Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Qd8 ({RR} 4... g5) ({RR} 4... d5) 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nce2 d5 9. e5 Ne7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nxf4 Nf5 12. Kf2 Bxf3 13. Kxf3 Qb6 14. c3 Nd7 15. Re1 Be7 16. Bc2 ({RR} 16. e6) 16... Nh4+ 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Qg4) ({RR} 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 ({RR} 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5) 5... d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 ({RR} 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nge2 O-O ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Ng3 b5 15. Nd1 Na5 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Ne3 Bh4 21. Rd1 f5 22. d5 Bd7 23. d6) 9. O-O g5 10. Nxd5 ({RR} 10. Nxf4 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Raf1 Kg7 15. Ba4 a6 16. h3 b5 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne5) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. c3 Ne7 13. Be4 f5 ({RR} 13... Ng6 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Kh1 Bh5 19. Ng1 h6) 14. Bd3 b6 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Qb3+ Kg7 17. c4 h5 18. Rac1 h4 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rb8 21. Qa3 Be5) 7... Bd6 8. d4 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bg4 12. c3 Qd7 13. h3 ({RR} 13. Be4 Rae8 14. Qd3) 13... Ne7 ({RR} 13... Be6) 14. Be4 ({RR} 14. Bxb7) 14... Bf5 15. Bxf5 ({RR} 15. Re1) 15... Nxf5 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Nf3 Ne3 18. Bxe3 fxe3 19. Qd3 Bg3) 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Bxf4 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 Na5 14. c3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b6 16. Rf3 Nh5 17. Raf1 Nxf4 18. Nxf4) 4. Bxd5 ({RR} 4. exd5 Qh4+ ({RR} 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Re8 9. Ng5 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Qf3 Qf5 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxf7 h6 18. Rd7 Nf6 19. Rxc7) 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. d4 O-O 9. Kf2 Nd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nexd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3+ 15. Rxe3 Bf5 ({RR} 15... b6) ({RR} 15... c5) 16. c5 Bf4 17. Re7 Bg4 18. Re4 Qf5 ({RR} 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qh4+ 20. Ke2 Rae8 21. Rf1 g5)) 4... Nf6 ({RR} 4... Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. d4 Bg7 8. h4 h6 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Kg1 g4 10. Nh2 c6 11. Bc4 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 ({RR} 14. e5 f3) 14... Bd4+ 15. Kf1 Qxh4 16. Qe1 Qxe1+ 17. Kxe1 Ne5) 9... Ne7 10. Kg1 ({RR} 10. e5 O-O 11. Be4 Nbc6 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 ({RR} 13. Kf2) 13... Nxf5 14. Qd3 Qg6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Kg1 Rad8 17. c3 Nfxd4) 10... Qg6 11. Qd3 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Rg8 13. hxg5 Qxg5 ({RR} 13... hxg5) 14. Qf3 ({RR} 14. Qf1 Ng6 15. Ne2) 14... Ng6 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Rh7 c6 18. Bb3 Nbd7 19. Rh6 Ke7 20. Bd2 Ng4 21. Rh1 Nde5) 11... c6 12. Bb3 Be6 ({RR} 12... Bg4) 13. h5 ({RR} 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. e5) 13... Qf6 ({RR} 13... Qh7) 14. e5 Qf5 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nfxg5 hxg5 17. h6 Bxe5 18. Rh5 Bf6 19. Bxf4) 5. Nc3 Bb4 ({RR} 5... Nxd5 6. Nxd5 g5 7. h4 ({RR} 7. d4 Bg7 8. h4 c6 9. Nc3 Bxd4 10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 g4 13. Nd4 f3 14. gxf3 gxf3 15. Bf4 Rg8 16. Kd2 Na6 17. Ke3 Bg4 18. Rag1 f2 19. Kxf2 Nc5 20. Ke3 Kd7) 7... c6 8. Nc3 Na6 ({RR} 8... Bc5 9. Nge2) 9. d3 Rg8 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. O-O-O Nxa2+ 14. Nxa2 Bxa2 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rh7 Qb6 17. Bc3 g4 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Rf1 f3 20. gxf3) 6. Nf3 O-O ({RR} 6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Bc4 ({RR} 8. Bb3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Rf1 h6 12. Nxf7 Bg4+ 13. Ke1 Rxf7 14. Bxf4 Nf6 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. h3 Bh5 17. e5) ({RR} 9... Nxe4 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Bxf4 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Bg4+ 12. Nf3)) 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ke2 Na6 13. h3 Nac5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 a5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Kf3 a4 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bd3 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. a3 Kf7 22. Be3 Rh8) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Re7 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bg3 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Ndc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nd4 Kf8 ({RR} 18... Nxd4+ 19. cxd4 Kf8 20. Rc7 Rxd4 21. Bf2 Re4+ 22. Kd2 Re5 23. Bxc5+ Rxc5 24. Rxb7 a5) 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Rc7 Rd7 21. Rc8+) 7. O-O Bxc3 ({RR} 7... c6 8. Bc4 b5 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. d3 Nh5 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. c3 Ba5 12. d4 c5 13. Nxf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Nd5 Nhf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5) ({RR} 8... Qb6+ 9. d4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. Qd3 Nef6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Ng5) 9. Bb3 a5 ({RR} 9... Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nxe4 12. Bxf4 ({RR} 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rxe4 h6) ({RR} 12. Qe1 Nc5 ({RR} 12... Nf6 13. Bxf4 c5) 13. Bxf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Qe4 h6 18. Bxc5 Rxd1 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 21. Bg1 Bb7 22. Qxf7) 12... Nf2+ ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Ng5) 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Qd6 ({RR} 14. Qd3 Qc5 15. Bd6 Qf5 16. Bxf8 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Kxf8 18. Ng5) 14... Bh3 15. Rg1 Nd7 ({RR} 15... Bxg2+ 16. Rxg2 Qxf3 17. Qd4 g6 18. Bh6 Qf1+ 19. Rg1 Qf3+) 16. Ng5 ({RR} 16. Nd4 Bxg2+ 17. Rxg2 Qe1+ 18. Rg1 Qe4+) 16... Bf5 17. Bg3 Qc5 18. Rf1 Bg6 19. Qxd7 Qxg5 20. Qxc6 Rad8 21. Bf4 Qxf4) 10. a4 ({RR} 10. a3 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1) 10... Nbd7 ({RR} 10... bxa4 11. Bxa4 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. dxc3 Qb6+ ({RR} 12... Nxe4 13. Bxf4) 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qe5) 12. d3 ({RR} 12. d4 Ba6 13. e5 Bxf1 14. Kxf1)) ({RR} 10... Bxc3 11. dxc3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 ({RR} 12. Qd4 c5) 12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 Ba6 14. Re1 Ng4 ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Rd4) 15. Qd4 c5 16. Qg1 Nd7 17. Bd5) 11. axb5 cxb5 ({RR} 11... Nc5 12. d3 ({RR} 12. d4 Nxb3 13. cxb3 cxb5 14. Bxf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qd3 f5 17. c4) 12... Nxb3 13. cxb3 cxb5 14. Bxf4) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. d4 Nxe4 15. Bd5 Bf5 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Nh4) 13. Bxd5 Ra6 14. d3 ({RR} 14. d4 Nf6 15. Ba2 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Bb7 17. Bxf4) 14... Nf6 15. Ba2 Nh5 ({RR} 15... Bd6 16. c3 ({RR} 16. e5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxe5 19. d4 Qh5) 16... Bb7) 16. c3 Bc5+ ({RR} 16... Bd6 17. d4 ({RR} 17. e5)) 17. d4 Ba7 18. Ne5 Qh4 ({RR} 18... Qg5 19. Rf2 Be6 20. Qe2 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 Bb8 ({RR} 21... f3 22. Qc2) 22. Nf3) 19. Qd3 ({RR} 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 ({RR} 20... Bg4 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Qxb5) 21. Qb3+ Kf8 22. Qxb5 Rg6 23. Rxa5 Bh3 24. Rf2 Rxg2+ ({RR} 24... Bxg2 25. Qf5+ Rf6 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Rxa7+) 25. Rxg2 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Qe1+ 27. Qf1 Qxa5 28. Bxf4) 19... Rh6 ({RR} 19... Rf6 20. Nxf7 R6xf7 21. Qxb5) 20. Rf2 ({RR} 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Qxb5 Qd8 ({RR} 21... Qxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ 24. Kf2 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Nxf1 26. Bxf4) 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4+) 20... Ng3 ({RR} 20... Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 ({RR} 21. Kxh2 Ng3+ 22. Kg1 Rh1#) 21... Qh1+ ({RR} 21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Ng3+ 23. Ke1 Rd6 24. Bd5 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Nxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 27. Kd1 Bf5) 22. Ke2 Ng3+ 23. Kd2 ({RR} 23. Kf3 Qh5+ ({RR} 23... Rh3) 24. Kxf4 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 Qg5+ 26. Rf4 Nh5 ({RR} 26... Qxe5)) 23... Qg1 24. Re2 Nxe2 ({RR} 24... Rh1) 25. Qxe2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Nd3 Bg4 28. Qxg4 Qe3+ 29. Kc2 Rc6+ 30. Kd1 Qxd3+ 31. Ke1 Rh6) 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. hxg3 {Shimanov,A (2655)-Kamsky,G (2741) Tromsoe 2013 CBM 156 [Stohl,Igor] 1-0 (55)} {RR} fxg3 23. Rf1 Rh5 24. Bd5) ({RR} 7... a5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. d3 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Ng4 11. Bxf4 Nf2+ 12. Rxf2 Bxf2 13. Nd5 Bg4 14. Bxc7 Qd7 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Nxg4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxg4 19. Qxf2 Ra6 20. e5 Qd7 21. Bd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 {Roebers,E (2396)-Balajayeva,K (2351) Doha QAT 2025 1-0}) ({RR} 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Bd6 9. d4 g5 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. e5 Bh3 12. Rf2 Bxe5 13. dxe5 c6 14. Bxf4 Qg7 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Qh5 Rd8 17. Qxh3 Na6 18. Rf3 Qg6 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. Rg3 Rh8 21. Qh6# {1-0 (21) Fischer,R (2780)-Greenblatt Programm Cambridge 1977}) 8. dxc3 c6 9. Bc4 ({RR} 9. Bb3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Nc5 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bg3 Na6 15. b4 Rfd8 16. a4 Nac7 17. a5 a6 18. c4 Kf8 19. Nd7+ Ke8 20. Nc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Ne6) 11... Na6 12. Ng5 ({RR} 12. Bc4) ({RR} 12. Rd4 Nec5 13. Bc4 Ne6) 12... Nxg5 13. Bxg5 Re8 ({RR} 13... Nc5) 14. Rd8 Rxd8 15. Bxd8 Nc5 16. Be7 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bf5 18. Rd1 Bxc2 19. Rd7 b6 20. b4 f6 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxd8) 9... Qb6+ ({RR} 9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. Rd4 Ndf6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nh4 ({RR} 14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. Be5 c5 16. Ra4 Bg6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. cxb4 Nd6) 14... c5 15. Nxf5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Be5 Nd2 ({RR} 17... Rad8 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxe4) 18. Bd3 Rad8 ({RR} 18... g6 19. Nd6 Re6 20. Rd1) 19. Re2 Ng4 20. Nd6 Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Rxe2 22. Bxe2) ({RR} 9... b5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. a4) 10. Kh1 $146 ({RR} 10. Qd4 c5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bxf4 Qxb2 15. Qc4 Kh8 16. Bd6 Rfe8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qe4 Qxc3 19. Kh1 Qe3 20. Qg4 Qf4 21. Qh3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rfe1 b6 24. a3 Rad8 {Michaille,L (2093)-Brown,A (2295) Canberra 2013 0-1}) 10... Nxe4 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Bxf4 Nd6 13. Bxd6 Rxe1 14. Raxe1 Bd7 15. Ng5 Na6 16. Rxf7 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "1964.03.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Sandrin, Albert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1964.03.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Qe2 O-O 7. e5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 8... Ng4 9. Bxf4 Re8 10. h3 Nf6 11. exf6 Qd8 12. Ne5 d5 13. O-O-O Qxf6 14. Bxd5 Qxf4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Rf8 17. Nxf7 c6 18. Bb3 g6 19. Rhd1 Kg7 20. Rd8 Nd7 21. R8xd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd7 b6 23. h4 {Gonczi,J (2075)-Burian,L (1910) Budapest 1996 1-0}) 9. O-O Re8 10. Qe4 c6 11. Qd4 b5 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bxf4 c5 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Bxb5 Bb7 16. Rae1 d5 17. exd6 Qf6 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxe8+ Kg7 20. Bxc6 Nxf4 21. d7 Ne2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxc6 23. Ne5 1-0 [Event "LAT-ch09 Quarterfinal"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Lotsov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "1951.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3 Nxe4 ({RR} 5... Na5 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. d3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bxf4 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe1 Nc6 13. Qg3 Bf5 14. Rae1 d4 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bd1 Nxa2 17. Bg5 Bg6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nh4 Nb4 20. Rf2 {Miroshnichenko,E (2420)-Gyimesi,Z (2480) Pardubice 1996 0-1}) 6. Qe2 ({RR} 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bc5 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 Be7 11. Bxf4 Re8 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qc2 g6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 b5 16. Bxc6 g5 17. Bxe8 gxf4 18. Bxb5 c5 19. Rxf4 cxd4 20. Qb3 Qf8 {Reznicek,P (1054)-Blaha,L (1359) Kouty nad Desnou 2015 1-0}) 6... Be7 $146 ({RR} 6... Qe7 7. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 8. Nxe4 f6 9. d4 d6 10. Bxf4 Bf5 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxf5+ Kb8 14. Bxd6 Rxd6 15. O-O-O g6 16. Bd3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rhe1 f5 19. Re7 b6 20. Rde1 Rdd8 21. Rf7 {Thomas,N (2245)-Dawson,B Scotland 1994 1-0}) 7. Qxe4 {und Weiß gewann.} 1-0 [Event "Leuven m blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2011.10.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2011.10.09"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.10.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nge2 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O f3 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Rf2 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. f4 Bg4 15. Rg2 Rfe8 16. Rf1 Bf8 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 a5 19. a4 Re4 20. Kh1 Rae8 21. Ng3 Rxd4 22. Qf3 Rb4 23. Nf5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2789)-Aronian,L (2781) chess24.com INT 2021 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Qd3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxf4 Ne7 13. c3 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne4 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Bc1 Re8 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rf1 Qe6 22. Ba4 Re7 23. Bg5 {Williams,S (2434)-Kurpiewski,S (1973) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (47)}) 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Ng3 Be7 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Ba4 a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Nd1 Qc4 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe4 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bc4+ 23. Kf2 Rxe4 24. Nc3 Re7 25. b3 Be6 {Hodgson,J (2195)-Ashton,A (2146) Birmingham 2002 ½-½}) 11... Be7 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Ng3 b5 15. Nd1 Na5 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Ne3 Bh4 21. Rd1 f5 22. d5 Bd7 23. c4 Qb6 24. d6 bxc4 25. bxc4 Qc6 26. b3 g5 27. Bg3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qc5 29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Rd5 Qb6 31. Nxf5 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 e3 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Rxg5+ Kh6 35. Rxf8 1-0 [Event "Den Haag Blitz"] [Site "The Hague"] [Date "1921.10.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Euwe, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1921.10.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Primel,Dominique 1)La Nation Belge 1922. 29Skinner:Alekhine.p.151.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. f4 exf4 5. e5 ({RR} 5. Nge2 d5 ({RR} 5... f3 6. gxf3 Nc6 7. d4 d5) 6. exd5 f3) 5... Qe7 ({RR} 5... d5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. exf6 cxb5 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Nxb5 ({RR} 10. Nf3 a6) 10... Nc6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nbd4 ({RR} 12. Nc3 d4 13. Ne4 d3 14. cxd3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rxg7 18. b3 f5 19. Bb2 Rg6 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Rad1 Bc5+ 22. Kf3 Rxd3+ 23. Ke2 Rd4 24. Rhe1 Kf7 25. Na4 f3+ 26. gxf3 Rxa4) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qf6 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Nxe6 Rde8 16. O-O Bd6 17. Qf3 ({RR} 17. d4) 17... fxe6 18. d4 Qxg7 19. Bd2 Ref8 20. Rae1 {Murey,J (2493)-Nielsen,P (2646) Paris 2006 EXT 2010 [Primel,Dominique] 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 5... d5 6. Bb3 Qe7 7. Nf3 c6 8. d4 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 g5 11. O-O-O h6 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Ne1 Bg4 15. Nd3 Bxd1 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Kxd1 Nd7 18. Qd3 O-O-O 19. Rh7 Qf8 20. Bxd5 {Van Huijstee,V-Becx,C (2034) Helmond NED 2023 0-1}) 6. Qe2 Ng8 $146 ({RR} 6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ng8 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. d4 f6 10. Bxf4 b6 11. O-O fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. Rae1 {1-0 (13) Simon,N (2080)-Vereczkei,L (2095) Hungary 1997}) ({RR} 6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ng8 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. d4 f6 10. Bxf4 Na5 11. O-O d6 12. Bxg8 Rxg8 13. Qb5+ Nc6 14. exd6 Qd7 15. Rae1+ Kf7 16. dxc7 a6 17. Qc4+ Kf8 18. d5 Ne7 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qxb6 Qxd5 21. Rd1 {Franco Rincon,D (1646)-Benitez Cadenas,L (1555) Madrid 2018 1-0}) 7. Nd5 Qh4+ 8. Kd1 Ba5 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. Nf6+ gxf6 11. exf6+ Kd8 12. Re1 (12. Re1 c6 13. Qe8+ Kc7 14. b4 Bxb4 15. Bb2 Qg6 16. Re2 $18) 1-0 [Event "EU-ch Internet final"] [Site "Playchess.com INT"] [Date "2004.11.07"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2712"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2004.11.07"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Bb3 ({RR} 8. Bc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Re7 Nbd7 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Rxf7 h6 16. Rxf6 hxg5 17. Bxg5 gxf6 18. Bxf6 Nc4 19. b3 Bg4+ 20. Ke1 Re8+ 21. Kf2 Rf8 22. bxc4 Rxf6+ {Ganguly,S (2665)-Wang,Y (2699) Ashkhabad 2017 0-1 (41)}) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ke2 Nd7 13. Kf1 Ndc5 14. Kg1 Rfe8 15. Be3 a6 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxe6 Nxe6 20. Rd1 g6 21. Nf3 Re8 22. Kf1 Re7 23. Ne5 Nf4 24. Nd3 {Bangiev,A (2432)-Bojkov,D (2521) Nuremberg 2009 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Rd8+ 12. Ke2 Nc5 13. Rad1 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 Nbd7 15. Ne5 h6 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Bg6 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bg4+ 19. Ke1 Nd7 20. Bd6+ Kg8 21. Rd4 Nf6 22. Be5 Be6 23. Rd6 Bxa2 24. Bxf6 {Smieszek,W (2117)-Espitia Torres,M (2018) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (56)}) 10. Ke2 Bg4 11. Kf2 Nd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc4 Rfe8 14. b4 h6 15. a4 g5 16. a5 Nhf6 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bb2 Nfd7 19. h4 f6 20. c4 Rad8 21. c5 Kf7 22. a6 b5 23. cxb6 Nxb6 24. Nxe5+ fxe5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rh1 Kg6 27. Bc3 Bc8 28. Rh2 g4 29. g3 fxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rf8 31. Rah1 Rf3+ 32. Kg2 Rh3 33. Bxe5 Nd7 34. Bd4 Nb8 35. Bxa7 Nxa6 36. Bb6 Re8 37. Ba5 Rxh2+ 38. Rxh2 Nb8 39. Bb6 Nd7 40. Bd4 Ne5 41. Bxe5 Rxe5 42. Kg3 c5 43. b5 Bb7 44. Kf4 Re8 45. Kxg4 c4 46. Kf4 cxd3 47. cxd3 Bc8 48. b6 Bd7 49. b7 Rb8 50. Rb2 Kf7 51. Rb6 Ke7 52. Ke5 Ba4 53. d4 Kd7 54. d5 Kc7 55. Rb4 Bd7 56. Kf6 Rxb7 57. Rxb7+ Kxb7 58. e5 Kc7 59. e6 Ba4 60. Ke7 Kc8 61. d6 Bd7 62. exd7+ Kb7 63. d8=Q Ka7 64. Qc7+ Ka8 65. Qc5 Kb7 66. d7 Ka6 67. d8=Q Kb7 68. Qdb6+ Ka8 69. Qca5# 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"] [Black "Hovhannisyan, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. f4 exf4 6. d4 Bb4 7. e5 ({RR} 7. Nge2 d5 8. exd5 f3 9. gxf3 Nxd5 10. O-O Bh3 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Qh4 14. Nfxd5 Bd6 15. Re4 Qh5 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Qg2 Kh8 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. Nfd5 Qh5 20. Nf4 Qh6 21. Nfd5 Qh5 {Sarkar,J (2322)-Stefansson,H (2533) Reykjavik 2018 ½-½}) 7... d5 8. Bd3 Ne4 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rb1 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxf4 Bb6 15. Qe1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nc5 17. Qg3 Ne6 18. Rbf1 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. Bxh7 O-O-O 21. Bf5 Kb8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxg7 {Lutikov,A (2540)-Ermenkov,E (2520) Jurmala 1978 1-0 (80)}) 9. Bxe4 Bxc3+ $146 ({RR} 9... dxe4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Qe1 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. h4 f5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. h5 Be8 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Qf4 g6 21. Rf2 Rc8 22. Raf1 Rf7 23. Qh4 c5 24. Ne2 {Kalata,P (2182)-Starzec,J (2051) Slovakia 2006 1-0}) 10. bxc3 Qh4+ 11. g3 fxg3 12. Bg2 gxh2+ 13. Kf1 hxg1=Q+ 14. Kxg1 Qg4 15. Qe1 Bf5 16. Rh3 Bxc2 17. Rg3 Qd1 18. Qxd1 Bxd1 19. Rxg7 Bh5 20. Rb1 b6 21. Ba3 Nd7 22. c4 O-O-O 23. cxd5 Rdg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. dxc6 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bf3 27. Kf2 Bxg2 28. Rg1 Kc7 29. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Kxc6 31. Kf3 Kd5 32. Kf4 b5 33. Bb2 b4 34. Kg5 Ke6 35. Kh6 a5 36. Kxh7 a4 37. Kg7 Ke7 38. Bd4 Ke6 39. Kf8 a3 40. Ba1 Kd5 41. Kxf7 Kc4 42. e6 Kd3 43. e7 Kc2 44. e8=Q Kb1 45. Qe1+ Kxa2 46. Qxb4 1-0 [Event "EU-ch playoff fin 5th"] [Site "Antalya"] [Date "2004.05.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2004.05.30"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. d4 Be6 6. Qd3 ({RR} 6. Nf3 Bxc4+ 7. Kg1 Qe7 8. Nc3 g5 9. h4 g4 10. Nh2 h5 11. Bxf4 Bg7 12. b3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Nfg3 O-O-O 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nxe4 18. Ngxe4 Bxd4+ 19. Kf1 f5 20. Ng3 Qg7 {Carlsen,M (2835)-Sjugirov,S (2699) chess.com INT 2023 1-0}) 6... Nf6 $146 ({RR} 6... Ne7 7. Nf3 Qf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qc6 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. h4 h5 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. e6 Qxd4 16. exd7+ Kxd7 17. Qb5+ Ke6 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Re1+ Kf5 20. Ne4 b6 21. Nxc5 {Wieferig,W (2233)-Stanetzek,C (2166) Leverkusen 2004 1-0}) ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. a4 Ne7 9. a5 Qf6 10. Ra4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 a6 12. b4 Qe6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Qd4 Qf6 15. b5 Ng4 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Qh3+ Rd7 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Rb4 g5 20. Nce2 f3 21. Nxf3 {Williams,S (2432)-Urkedal,F (2569) Alta NOR 2026 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. h4 Nh6 10. Ne2 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 O-O-O 12. Bxf4 Re8 13. Bg5 {½-½ (13) Pirttimaki,T (2355)-Rantanen,Y (2440) Helsinki 1984}) 7. Nf3 Qg4 8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Qg6 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bh2 Ng3+ 13. Bxg3 Qxg3 14. Ne2 Qg6 15. Nf4 Qh6 16. g3 Nd7 17. Kg2 Nb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rhf1 c5 20. d5 Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. dxe6 Rf8 23. b4 Rf6 24. Qb5 Rxe6 25. bxc5 Bh4 26. Nxh4 Qxh4 27. Qb3 d5 28. cxb6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tromsoe"] [Date "2013.08.15"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2013.08.11"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 156"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.09.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 $5 {[%mdl 2] A typical situation in a KO event: after losing the first game, Shimanov is in a a must-win position, this is reflected in his do-or-die opening choice. Moreover this must have been a surprise, as he has never played the King's Gambit before. Shimanov also undoubtedly took into account Kamsky's meagre experience with 2.f4!?} exf4 3. Bc4 (3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. d4 c6 6. dxc6 (6. Nc3 $142) 6... Nxc6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Be2 Nd5 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. O-O f6 12. Bd3 g5 (12... b5 13. Na3 a6 $13 {is less committal}) 13. Qc2 Rf7 14. Bd2 b5 15. Na3 a6 16. Rae1 Nde7 17. Be4 $6 Rb8 18. Qd3 Bd6 19. Nc2 g4 $36 {Cripe,P-Kamsky,G (2345)/Chicago/1989/ Kamsky played this game, when he was only 15, Shimanov nevertheless chooses the Bishop Gambit, which seemingly makes it more difficult for Black to strike back in the centre...}) 3... d5 $5 ({It's quite natural that Black spurns} 3... Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Qd8 $6 (4... g5 $142) (4... d5 $5 $13) 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nce2 d5 9. e5 Ne7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nxf4 Nf5 12. Kf2 Bxf3 13. Kxf3 Qb6 14. c3 Nd7 15. Re1 Be7 16. Bc2 (16. e6 $5 $36) 16... Nh4+ 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Qg4 f5 19. exf6 (19. Qh5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh4][%CAl Rg2g3,Rf4e6]}) 19... Nxf6 20. Qe6+ Rf7 21. g3 Ng6 $2 (21... Bd6 $1 $132 22. Qxd6 $2 Ng4+ $19) 22. Nxg6 Ne4+ 23. Kg2 hxg6 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Bb3 Raf8 26. Qxe7 Qb5 27. Bf4 $18 {Kamsky,G (2705)-Andreikin,D (2509)/playchess.com 5'/2007/}) ({However, the most usual reaction, which also has the best reputation, is} 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 (5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb3 Bd6 {is very similar and often only transposes.}) 5... d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 (7. d4 Bd6 8. Nge2 O-O (8... Nc6 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Ng3 b5 15. Nd1 Na5 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Ne3 $13 {/?} Bh4 21. Rd1 f5 22. d5 Bd7 {Short,N (2698)-Kasparov,G (2812)/Leuven m 5'/2011/} 23. d6 $5 $36) 9. O-O g5 10. Nxd5 (10. Nxf4 $2 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Raf1 Kg7 15. Ba4 a6 16. h3 b5 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne5 $1 $19 {Williams,S (2511)-Ragger,M (2666)/FRA-chT Haguenau/2013/}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. c3 Ne7 13. Be4 f5 (13... Ng6 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Kh1 Bh5 19. Ng1 {David,A (2520)-Tkachiev,V (2670)/Cannes/2000/} h6 $132) 14. Bd3 b6 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Qb3+ Kg7 17. c4 h5 18. Rac1 h4 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rb8 21. Qa3 Be5 $15 {Spielmann,R-Bogoljubow,E/Maehrisch Ostrau/1923/}) 7... Bd6 8. d4 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 (9... O-O 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bg4 12. c3 Qd7 13. h3 (13. Be4 Rae8 14. Qd3 {gives more chances to fight for an edge}) 13... Ne7 (13... Be6 $11) 14. Be4 (14. Bxb7 $5 $13) 14... Bf5 15. Bxf5 $6 (15. Re1 $142) 15... Nxf5 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Nf3 Ne3 18. Bxe3 fxe3 19. Qd3 Bg3 $36 {Van Assendelft,F (2393)-Friedel,J (2531)/Amsterdam/2011/}) 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Bxf4 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 Na5 14. c3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b6 16. Rf3 Nh5 17. Raf1 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qg5 21. g3 Rf8 $11 {½-½ Navara,D (2646)-Gelfand,B (2720)/Sochi 2008/CBM 126 (28)}) 4. Bxd5 ({Taking with the bishop is more logical than} 4. exd5 Qh4+ ({A playable alternative is} 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Re8 9. Ng5 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Qf3 Qf5 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11 17. Rxf7 $2 h6 18. Rd7 Nf6 19. Rxc7 hxg5 20. Rxb7 Re2 21. c3 Rae8 22. Rxa7 Ng4 $19 {Plat,V (2474)-Konopka,M (2453)/CZE-chT/2012/}) 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. d4 O-O 9. Kf2 Nd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nexd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3+ 15. Rxe3 Bf5 (15... b6 $15) (15... c5 $5) 16. c5 Bf4 17. Re7 Bg4 18. Re4 Qf5 $5 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qh4+ 20. Ke2 Rae8 21. Rf1 g5 $132) 19. Bc2 Bh5 $2 (19... Rad8 $11) 20. Re5 $1 Bxf3 21. Kxf3 Qf6 22. Rf5 $18 {[%csl Rf4] Polgar,J (2686)-Topalov,V (2786)/Mexico City rpd/2010/}) 4... Nf6 ({Natural enough, but Black can also play} 4... Qh4+ $5 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. d4 Bg7 8. h4 h6 {Here the theory is typical King's Gambit mix of old examples and a few newer games; the results seem satisfactory for Black:} 9. Nc3 (9. Kg1 g4 10. Nh2 c6 11. Bc4 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 $4 (14. e5 f3 $13) 14... Bd4+ 15. Kf1 Qxh4 16. Qe1 Qxe1+ 17. Kxe1 Ne5 $19 {Senff,M (2443)-Van den Doel,E (2564)/Cappelle la Grande/2001/}) 9... Ne7 10. Kg1 (10. e5 O-O 11. Be4 Nbc6 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 $2 (13. Kf2 $142 $1 $13) 13... Nxf5 14. Qd3 Qg6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Kg1 Rad8 17. c3 Nfxd4 {0-1,Merry,A (2084)-Hebden,M (2506)/Sunningdale/2011/}) 10... Qg6 11. Qd3 (11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Rg8 13. hxg5 Qxg5 $6 (13... hxg5 $142) 14. Qf3 $6 (14. Qf1 $1 Ng6 15. Ne2 $36) 14... Ng6 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Rh7 c6 18. Bb3 Nbd7 19. Rh6 Ke7 20. Bd2 Ng4 21. Rh1 Nde5 $17 {Paulsen,L-Anderssen,A/Baden-Baden/1870/}) 11... c6 12. Bb3 Be6 $6 (12... Bg4 $5 $132) 13. h5 (13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. e5 $36) 13... Qf6 $2 (13... Qh7 $142) 14. e5 Qf5 15. Ne4 O-O {1-0 Anderssen,A-Riemann,F/Breslau 1876/EXT 2010 (37)} 16. Nfxg5 hxg5 17. h6 Bxe5 18. Rh5 $1 Bf6 19. Bxf4 $1 $40 {?} Qxf4 20. Rf1) 5. Nc3 Bb4 (5... Nxd5 6. Nxd5 g5 7. h4 (7. d4 Bg7 8. h4 c6 9. Nc3 Bxd4 10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 g4 13. Nd4 f3 14. gxf3 gxf3 15. Bf4 Rg8 16. Kd2 Na6 17. Ke3 Bg4 18. Rag1 f2 19. Kxf2 Nc5 20. Ke3 Kd7 $11 {Simacek,P (2468)-Rzayev,B (2429)/Olomouc/2013/}) 7... c6 8. Nc3 Na6 (8... Bc5 9. Nge2 $36 {[%CAl Rd2d4]}) 9. d3 Rg8 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. O-O-O Nxa2+ 14. Nxa2 Bxa2 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rh7 Qb6 17. Bc3 g4 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Rf1 f3 20. gxf3 O-O-O 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. Qd2 Qa6 23. Qf2 $14 {Pospisil,L (2559)-Hofstetter,H (2526)/corr/2005/}) 6. Nf3 O-O $6 ({More accurate is} 6... Bxc3 $142 $1 7. dxc3 c6 8. Bc4 (8. Bb3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O $5 (9... Nh5 $6 10. Ng5 $1 {?} O-O 11. Rf1 h6 12. Nxf7 Bg4+ 13. Ke1 Rxf7 14. Bxf4 Nf6 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. h3 Bh5 17. e5 $16) (9... Nxe4 10. Re1 Bf5 {transposes into the main line after} 11. Bxf4 (11. Nh4 Bg4+ 12. Nf3 Bf5 $11) 11... O-O) 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Bf5 $11 12. Ke2 Na6 13. h3 Nac5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 a5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Kf3 a4 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bd3 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. a3 Kf7 22. Be3 Rh8 23. Bxc5 Rxh3+ 24. Kf4 Rh4+ {Grosar,A (2345)-Adams,M (2555)/London/1990/} 25. Kf3 Rh3+ 26. Kf4 $11) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Re7 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bg3 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Ndc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nd4 Kf8 (18... Nxd4+ 19. cxd4 Kf8 20. Rc7 Rxd4 21. Bf2 Re4+ 22. Kd2 Re5 23. Bxc5+ Rxc5 24. Rxb7 a5 $11) 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Rc7 Rd7 21. Rc8+ Kf7 22. Be5 Ne4 {Neubauer,M (2468)-Ragger,M (2434)/Gmunden/2005/}) 7. O-O c6 (7... Bxc3 8. dxc3 c6 9. Bc4 $1 (9. Bb3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 (11. Ne5 Nc5 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bg3 Na6 15. b4 Rfd8 16. a4 Nac7 17. a5 a6 18. c4 Kf8 19. Nd7+ Ke8 20. Nc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Ne6 $11 {Valsecchi,A (2338)-Romanishin,O (2537)/Arco/2011/}) 11... Na6 12. Ng5 (12. Bc4 $5 {gives White chances to fight for an edge - that's why it's better to go to c4 directly.}) (12. Rd4 Nec5 13. Bc4 Ne6 $11) 12... Nxg5 13. Bxg5 Re8 (13... Nc5 $11) 14. Rd8 Rxd8 15. Bxd8 Nc5 16. Be7 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bf5 18. Rd1 Bxc2 19. Rd7 b6 20. b4 f6 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxd8 $11 {Sidiropoulos,N (1940)-Neelotpal,D (2456)/Kavala/2012/}) 9... Qxd1 (9... b5 $6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. a4 $16) 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gf4]} Nd7 12. Rd4 Ndf6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nh4 $5 (14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. Be5 c5 16. Ra4 Bg6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. cxb4 Nd6 $11 {Blackburne,J-Pillsbury,H/Hastings/1895/}) 14... c5 15. Nxf5 cxd4 16. cxd4 $44 {?} Rfe8 17. Be5 Nd2 $6 (17... Rad8 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxe4 $16) 18. Bd3 Rad8 (18... g6 19. Nd6 Re6 20. Rd1 $18) 19. Re2 Ng4 20. Nd6 Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Rxe2 22. Bxe2 $18 {Binham,T-Bendana Guerrero,G/corr/1992/}) ({RR} 7... a5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. d3 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Ng4 11. Bxf4 Nf2+ 12. Rxf2 Bxf2 13. Nd5 Bg4 14. Bxc7 Qd7 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Nxg4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxg4 19. Qxf2 Ra6 20. e5 Qd7 21. Bd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 {Roebers,E (2396)-Balajayeva,K (2351) Doha QAT 2025 1-0}) 8. Bc4 b5 (8... Bg4 9. d3 Nh5 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. c3 Ba5 12. d4 c5 13. Nxf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Nd5 Nhf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2742)-Almasi,Z (2644)/Monte Carlo 2002/CBM 087 ext (44)}) (8... Qb6+ 9. d4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. Qd3 Nef6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Ng5 {1-0,Pillsbury,H-Swiderski,R/Vienna/1903/}) ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. d3 Nh5 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. c3 Ba5 12. d4 c5 13. Nxf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Nd5 Nhf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Be6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Ba6 Bg4 22. Rad1 Qd6 23. e5 {Morozevich,A (2742)-Almasi,Z (2644) Monte Carlo 2002 1-0 (44)}) 9. Bb3 a5 $146 {A novelty, but Black is already pressed to hold the balance:} (9... Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nxe4 12. Bxf4 $5 (12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rxe4 h6 $14) (12. Qe1 $5 Nc5 (12... Nf6 $142 13. Bxf4 c5 $14) 13. Bxf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Qe4 $32 h6 18. Bxc5 Rxd1 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 21. Bg1 Bb7 22. Qxf7 $18 {[%CAl Rf3g5,Rf7b7] Ponizil,C (2304)-Krejci,J (2454)/Kouty nad Desnou/2010/}) 12... Nf2+ $2 (12... Nd7 13. Ng5 $36) 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Qd6 $2 (14. Qd3 $1 {[%CAl Rf4e3,Rf3g5,Ra1f1]} Qc5 15. Bd6 Qf5 16. Bxf8 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Kxf8 18. Ng5 $18) 14... Bh3 $1 15. Rg1 Nd7 (15... Bxg2+ 16. Rxg2 Qxf3 17. Qd4 g6 18. Bh6 Qf1+ 19. Rg1 Qf3+ $11) 16. Ng5 (16. Nd4 $142 $5 Bxg2+ 17. Rxg2 Qe1+ 18. Rg1 Qe4+ $11) 16... Bf5 17. Bg3 Qc5 18. Rf1 Bg6 19. Qxd7 Qxg5 20. Qxc6 Rad8 $17 21. Bf4 $4 Qxf4 {Janev,P (2033)-Janev,T (2325)/Sofia/2010/}) ({RR} 9... Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nxe4 12. Bxf4 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Qd6 Bh3 15. Rg1 Nd7 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Bg3 Qc5 18. Rf1 Bg6 19. Qxd7 Qxg5 20. Qxc6 Rad8 21. Bf4 Qxf4 {0-1 (21) Janev,P (2033)-Yanev,T (2325) Sofia 2010}) ({RR} 9... Qb6+ 10. Kh1 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Nxe4 12. Qe1 Nc5 13. Bxf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Qe4 h6 18. Bxc5 Rxd1 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 21. Bg1 Bb7 22. Qxf7 Rxf3 23. Qxb7 {1-0 (23) Ponizil,C (2304)-Krejci,J (2454) Kouty nad Desnou 2010}) 10. a4 (10. a3 $5 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 $36 {somewhat limits Black's options and is similar to the lines from the previous note.}) 10... Nbd7 (10... bxa4 11. Bxa4 Nbd7 (11... Bxc3 12. dxc3 Qb6+ (12... Nxe4 13. Bxf4 $16) 13. Qd4 $1 c5 14. Qe5 $16) 12. d3 $14 {/?} (12. d4 $5 Ba6 13. e5 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 $44 {/?})) (10... Bxc3 11. dxc3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 (12. Qd4 $2 c5) 12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 Ba6 14. Re1 Ng4 (14... Rd8 $2 15. Rd4) 15. Qd4 c5 16. Qg1 Nd7 17. Bd5 $14 {/?}) 11. axb5 cxb5 (11... Nc5 12. d3 $5 (12. d4 Nxb3 13. cxb3 cxb5 14. Bxf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qd3 f5 17. c4 $14) 12... Nxb3 13. cxb3 cxb5 14. Bxf4 $16) 12. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 (12... Bd6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. d4 Nxe4 15. Bd5 Bf5 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Nh4 $16) 13. Bxd5 Ra6 14. d3 (14. d4 $1 Nf6 15. Ba2 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Bb7 17. Bxf4 $36) 14... Nf6 15. Ba2 Nh5 {The knight is (or shoudl be!) misplaced on on the edge.} (15... Bd6 $142 $5 16. c3 (16. e5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxe5 19. d4 Qh5 $132) 16... Bb7 $14) 16. c3 Bc5+ (16... Bd6 17. d4 $16 (17. e5 $16)) 17. d4 Ba7 18. Ne5 $1 Qh4 {Black must try to whip up some kingside counterplay.} (18... Qg5 19. Rf2 $5 Be6 20. Qe2 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 {[%csl Rb5,Rf4]} Bb8 (21... f3 22. Qc2 $18) 22. Nf3 $18 {[%CAl Re2b5]}) 19. Qd3 ({The text-move is not bad, but White already had the more energetic solution} 19. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 (20... Bg4 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Qxb5 $18) 21. Qb3+ Kf8 22. Qxb5 {?} Rg6 23. Rxa5 Bh3 24. Rf2 Rxg2+ (24... Bxg2 25. Qf5+ Rf6 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Rxa7+) 25. Rxg2 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Qe1+ 27. Qf1 Qxa5 28. Bxf4 $18) 19... Rh6 {Shold have lost quickly, but even after other moves White is clearly on top.} (19... Rf6 20. Nxf7 $5 R6xf7 21. Qxb5 $16 {/+-}) 20. Rf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Here the nervous tension sets in and the mutual tactical mistakes influence the game.} (20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Qxb5 {[%CAl Rb5e8]} Qd8 (21... Qxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ 24. Kf2 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Nxf1 26. Bxf4 $18) 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4+ $18 {is a materialistic, but straightforward win - White will have a Rook and 4 pawns for two bishops. Instead Shimanov makes a suicidal move...}) 20... Ng3 $4 {and Kamsky repays the favour and misses a fairly simple tactical blow.} (20... Qxh2+ $1 {turns the tables completely:} 21. Kf1 (21. Kxh2 Ng3+ 22. Kg1 Rh1#) 21... Qh1+ (21... Bxd4 $5 {?} 22. Qxd4 Ng3+ 23. Ke1 Rd6 $1 24. Bd5 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Nxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 27. Kd1 Bf5 $19) 22. Ke2 Ng3+ 23. Kd2 (23. Kf3 Qh5+ (23... Rh3 $1 $19) 24. Kxf4 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 Qg5+ 26. Rf4 Nh5 $19 (26... Qxe5 $19)) 23... Qg1 24. Re2 Nxe2 (24... Rh1 $19) 25. Qxe2 Bxd4 $1 26. cxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Nd3 Bg4 28. Qxg4 Qe3+ 29. Kc2 Rc6+ 30. Kd1 Qxd3+ 31. Ke1 Rh6 $19) 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. hxg3 Qh5 (22... fxg3 23. Rf1 $18 Rh5 24. Bd5) 23. Kf1 $2 {Allows Black back into the game.} (23. Rf1 $1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 fxg3+ 25. Ke1 (25. Kxg3 Rg6+ 26. Ng5 $18) 25... Qxg2 26. Bxh6 $18) (23. Nh4 g5 24. Qxb5 $18 {also wins rather easily.}) 23... fxg3 $1 24. Rc2 {White must risk a lot to keep his hopes alive. Objectively better moves are not too promising:} (24. Bxh6 Qh1+ 25. Ng1 (25. Ke2 Qxa1 $17) 25... gxf2 26. Kxf2 Qxh6 $11 (26... Qh4+ $5 27. Qg3 Qxh6 $132)) (24. Ke2 gxf2 (24... Qh1 $5) 25. Bxh6 Qxh6 $11) 24... Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Rf6 (25... Qxg2+ $5 26. Ke3 Qh1 $1 $40) 26. Ke3 (26. Bd5 $5 Bb8 $5 (26... Qxg2+ 27. Ke1 Qxf3 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. e5 Rf2 (29... Rf5 30. Rxa5 Bb6 31. Rxb5 Bd8 $13) 30. Rxf2 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bb6 32. Be3 $44) 27. e5 Bf5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxg2+ 30. Kd3 (30. Ke3 Rxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qxc2 32. Qxg3 f6 $19) 30... Qxf3+ (30... Qf1+ $5 31. Ke3 Re8 $40) 31. Be3 Qxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Rg6 $15) 26... Qh6+ (26... Bg4 $1 $40) 27. Ke2 Qh1 28. Qd1 $6 ({Objectively this is a bad move, but repetition with} 28. Ke3 {is unacceptable...}) 28... Qxg2+ 29. Ke3 Qh3 $6 {Reasonable, but needlessly complex.} (29... Rxf3+ $142 30. Qxf3 Qxc2 $19 {[%csl Re3,Gg8] was far simpler - Black has extra material and his king is less exposed.}) 30. Ng1 (30. Ng5 Qh4 31. Kd3 h6 32. Nxf7 (32. Nf3 Qg4 $19) 32... R8xf7 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $19) 30... Qh1 31. Bd5 g2 $2 {The errors continue, this allows White to consolidate his position.} (31... Bh3 $1 {[%CAl Rf6f1] and only after} 32. Bd2 g2 $19 {gives Black a winning attack.}) 32. Rf2 Rg6 33. Kd3 (33. Rxa5 Bb8 34. Kd3 $16) 33... Bg4 34. Qe1 Bb8 35. Bf4 (35. Rxa5 $1 {?} Bg3 36. Bxf7+ $18) 35... Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Be6 (36... a4 37. Qf2 Be6 38. Bxe6 Rxe6 39. Rf5 Rfe8 40. Re1 $18) 37. Bxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxa5 f5 39. e5 g5 40. Rf2 f4 (40... g4 41. Ra1 {[%csl Rg2][%CAl Ye1e2]} f4 42. Qe4 $19) 41. Ra1 $18 {[%CAl Re1e4] The time-control is over and so is the excitement. White is winning and Shimanov won't allow any further complications.} Rh6 (41... Qh5 42. Qe4 Kh8 43. Rxg2 f3 44. Ra8 $1 $18) 42. Qe4 Rh3+ 43. Kc2 $5 {White already has a choice.} (43. Nxh3 Qxa1 44. Qxg2 Qd1+ 45. Rd2 Qb1+ 46. Rc2 $18) (43. Kd2 $18) 43... Re3 44. Qxg2 Qh5 45. Qd5+ Kh8 46. Ra8 Qg6+ 47. Kb3 Rxa8 48. Qxa8+ Kg7 49. Qb7+ Qf7+ (49... Kh8 50. Qxb5 Qf7+ 51. Kc2 g4 52. e6 $5 Rxe6 53. Qb8+ $18) 50. Qxf7+ Kxf7 51. Kc2 h5 52. Kd2 Ke6 (52... h4 53. Nf3 Kg6 54. d5 $18 {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Yd5d8]}) 53. Nf3 g4 (53... Kf5 54. d5 $1 g4 55. d6 Ke6 (55... g3 56. Re2) 56. Nd4+ $18) 54. Nh4 (54. Ne1 {[%csl Rf4] ?} Re4 55. Nd3 $18) 54... Re4 55. Re2 (55. Re2 Rxe2+ 56. Kxe2 Kd5 57. Ng6 f3+ 58. Kf2 $18) 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2002.03.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Almasi, Zoltan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2002.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.05.03"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Stohl,Igor} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 ({RR} 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. d4 c6 6. dxc6 ({RR} 6. Nc3) 6... Nxc6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Be2 Nd5 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. O-O f6 12. Bd3 g5 ({RR} 12... b5 13. Na3 a6) 13. Qc2 Rf7 14. Bd2 b5 15. Na3 a6 16. Rae1 Nde7 17. Be4 Rb8) 3... d5 ({RR} 3... Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Qd8 ({RR} 4... g5) ({RR} 4... d5) 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nce2 d5 9. e5 Ne7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nxf4 Nf5 12. Kf2 Bxf3 13. Kxf3 Qb6 14. c3 Nd7 15. Re1 Be7 16. Bc2 ({RR} 16. e6) 16... Nh4+ 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Qg4) ({RR} 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 ({RR} 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5) 5... d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 ({RR} 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nge2 O-O ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Ng3 b5 15. Nd1 Na5 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Ne3 Bh4 21. Rd1 f5 22. d5 Bd7 23. d6) 9. O-O g5 10. Nxd5 ({RR} 10. Nxf4 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Raf1 Kg7 15. Ba4 a6 16. h3 b5 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne5) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. c3 Ne7 13. Be4 f5 ({RR} 13... Ng6 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Kh1 Bh5 19. Ng1 h6) 14. Bd3 b6 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Qb3+ Kg7 17. c4 h5 18. Rac1 h4 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rb8 21. Qa3 Be5) 7... Bd6 8. d4 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bg4 12. c3 Qd7 13. h3 ({RR} 13. Be4 Rae8 14. Qd3) 13... Ne7 ({RR} 13... Be6) 14. Be4 ({RR} 14. Bxb7) 14... Bf5 15. Bxf5 ({RR} 15. Re1) 15... Nxf5 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Nf3 Ne3 18. Bxe3 fxe3 19. Qd3 Bg3) 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Bxf4 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 Na5 14. c3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b6 16. Rf3 Nh5 17. Raf1 Nxf4 18. Nxf4) 4. Bxd5 ({RR} 4. exd5 Qh4+ ({RR} 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Re8 9. Ng5 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Qf3 Qf5 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxf7 h6 18. Rd7 Nf6 19. Rxc7) 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. d4 O-O 9. Kf2 Nd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nexd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3+ 15. Rxe3 Bf5 ({RR} 15... b6) ({RR} 15... c5) 16. c5 Bf4 17. Re7 Bg4 18. Re4 Qf5 ({RR} 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qh4+ 20. Ke2 Rae8 21. Rf1 g5)) 4... Nf6 ({RR} 4... Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. d4 Bg7 8. h4 h6 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Kg1 g4 10. Nh2 c6 11. Bc4 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 ({RR} 14. e5 f3) 14... Bd4+ 15. Kf1 Qxh4 16. Qe1 Qxe1+ 17. Kxe1 Ne5) 9... Ne7 10. Kg1 ({RR} 10. e5 O-O 11. Be4 Nbc6 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 ({RR} 13. Kf2) 13... Nxf5 14. Qd3 Qg6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Kg1 Rad8 17. c3 Nfxd4) 10... Qg6 11. Qd3 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Rg8 13. hxg5 Qxg5 ({RR} 13... hxg5) 14. Qf3 ({RR} 14. Qf1 Ng6 15. Ne2) 14... Ng6 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Rh7 c6 18. Bb3 Nbd7 19. Rh6 Ke7 20. Bd2 Ng4 21. Rh1 Nde5) 11... c6 12. Bb3 Be6 ({RR} 12... Bg4) 13. h5 ({RR} 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. e5) 13... Qf6 ({RR} 13... Qh7) 14. e5 Qf5 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nfxg5 hxg5 17. h6 Bxe5 18. Rh5 Bf6 19. Bxf4) 5. Nc3 Bb4 ({RR} 5... Nxd5 6. Nxd5 g5 7. h4 ({RR} 7. d4 Bg7 8. h4 c6 9. Nc3 Bxd4 10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 g4 13. Nd4 f3 14. gxf3 gxf3 15. Bf4 Rg8 16. Kd2 Na6 17. Ke3 Bg4 18. Rag1 f2 19. Kxf2 Nc5 20. Ke3 Kd7) 7... c6 8. Nc3 Na6 ({RR} 8... Bc5 9. Nge2) 9. d3 Rg8 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. O-O-O Nxa2+ 14. Nxa2 Bxa2 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rh7 Qb6 17. Bc3 g4 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Rf1 f3 20. gxf3) 6. Nf3 O-O ({RR} 6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Bc4 ({RR} 8. Bb3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Rf1 h6 12. Nxf7 Bg4+ 13. Ke1 Rxf7 14. Bxf4 Nf6 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. h3 Bh5 17. e5) ({RR} 9... Nxe4 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Bxf4 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Bg4+ 12. Nf3)) 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ke2 Na6 13. h3 Nac5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 a5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Kf3 a4 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bd3 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. a3 Kf7 22. Be3 Rh8) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Re7 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bg3 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Ndc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nd4 Kf8 ({RR} 18... Nxd4+ 19. cxd4 Kf8 20. Rc7 Rxd4 21. Bf2 Re4+ 22. Kd2 Re5 23. Bxc5+ Rxc5 24. Rxb7 a5) 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Rc7 Rd7 21. Rc8+) 7. O-O c6 ({RR} 7... Bxc3 8. dxc3 c6 9. Bc4 ({RR} 9. Bb3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Nc5 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bg3 Na6 15. b4 Rfd8 16. a4 Nac7 17. a5 a6 18. c4 Kf8 19. Nd7+ Ke8 20. Nc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Ne6) 11... Na6 12. Ng5 ({RR} 12. Bc4) ({RR} 12. Rd4 Nec5 13. Bc4 Ne6) 12... Nxg5 13. Bxg5 Re8 ({RR} 13... Nc5) 14. Rd8 Rxd8 15. Bxd8 Nc5 16. Be7 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bf5 18. Rd1 Bxc2 19. Rd7 b6 20. b4 f6 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxd8) 9... Qxd1 ({RR} 9... b5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. a4) 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. Rd4 Ndf6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nh4 ({RR} 14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. Be5 c5 16. Ra4 Bg6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. cxb4 Nd6) 14... c5 15. Nxf5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Be5 Nd2 ({RR} 17... Rad8 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxe4) 18. Bd3 Rad8 ({RR} 18... g6 19. Nd6 Re6 20. Rd1) 19. Re2 Ng4 20. Nd6 Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Rxe2 22. Bxe2) 8. Bc4 Bg4 ({RR} 8... b5 9. Bb3 a5 ({RR} 9... Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nxe4 12. Bxf4 ({RR} 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rxe4 h6) ({RR} 12. Qe1 Nc5 ({RR} 12... Nf6 13. Bxf4 c5) 13. Bxf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Qe4 h6 18. Bxc5 Rxd1 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 21. Bg1 Bb7 22. Qxf7) 12... Nf2+ ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Ng5) 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Qd6 ({RR} 14. Qd3 Qc5 15. Bd6 Qf5 16. Bxf8 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Kxf8 18. Ng5) 14... Bh3 15. Rg1 Nd7 ({RR} 15... Bxg2+ 16. Rxg2 Qxf3 17. Qd4 g6 18. Bh6 Qf1+ 19. Rg1 Qf3+) 16. Ng5 ({RR} 16. Nd4 Bxg2+ 17. Rxg2 Qe1+ 18. Rg1 Qe4+) 16... Bf5 17. Bg3 Qc5 18. Rf1 Bg6 19. Qxd7 Qxg5 20. Qxc6 Rad8 21. Bf4 Qxf4) 10. a4 ({RR} 10. a3 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1) 10... Nbd7 ({RR} 10... bxa4 11. Bxa4 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. dxc3 Qb6+ ({RR} 12... Nxe4 13. Bxf4) 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qe5) 12. d3 ({RR} 12. d4 Ba6 13. e5 Bxf1 14. Kxf1)) ({RR} 10... Bxc3 11. dxc3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 ({RR} 12. Qd4 c5) 12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 Ba6 14. Re1 Ng4 ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Rd4) 15. Qd4 c5 16. Qg1 Nd7 17. Bd5) 11. axb5 cxb5 ({RR} 11... Nc5 12. d3 ({RR} 12. d4 Nxb3 13. cxb3 cxb5 14. Bxf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qd3 f5 17. c4) 12... Nxb3 13. cxb3 cxb5 14. Bxf4) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. d4 Nxe4 15. Bd5 Bf5 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Nh4) 13. Bxd5 Ra6 14. d3 ({RR} 14. d4 Nf6 15. Ba2 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Bb7 17. Bxf4) 14... Nf6 15. Ba2 Nh5 ({RR} 15... Bd6 16. c3 ({RR} 16. e5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxe5 19. d4 Qh5) 16... Bb7) 16. c3 Bc5+ ({RR} 16... Bd6 17. d4 ({RR} 17. e5)) 17. d4 Ba7 18. Ne5 Qh4 ({RR} 18... Qg5 19. Rf2 Be6 20. Qe2 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 Bb8 ({RR} 21... f3 22. Qc2) 22. Nf3) 19. Qd3 ({RR} 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 ({RR} 20... Bg4 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Qxb5) 21. Qb3+ Kf8 22. Qxb5 Rg6 23. Rxa5 Bh3 24. Rf2 Rxg2+ ({RR} 24... Bxg2 25. Qf5+ Rf6 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Rxa7+) 25. Rxg2 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Qe1+ 27. Qf1 Qxa5 28. Bxf4) 19... Rh6 ({RR} 19... Rf6 20. Nxf7 R6xf7 21. Qxb5) 20. Rf2 ({RR} 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Qxb5 Qd8 ({RR} 21... Qxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ 24. Kf2 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Nxf1 26. Bxf4) 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4+) 20... Ng3 ({RR} 20... Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 ({RR} 21. Kxh2 Ng3+ 22. Kg1 Rh1#) 21... Qh1+ ({RR} 21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Ng3+ 23. Ke1 Rd6 24. Bd5 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Nxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 27. Kd1 Bf5) 22. Ke2 Ng3+ 23. Kd2 ({RR} 23. Kf3 Qh5+ ({RR} 23... Rh3) 24. Kxf4 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 Qg5+ 26. Rf4 Nh5 ({RR} 26... Qxe5)) 23... Qg1 24. Re2 Nxe2 ({RR} 24... Rh1) 25. Qxe2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Nd3 Bg4 28. Qxg4 Qe3+ 29. Kc2 Rc6+ 30. Kd1 Qxd3+ 31. Ke1 Rh6) 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. hxg3 Qh5 ({RR} 22... fxg3 23. Rf1 Rh5 24. Bd5) 23. Kf1 {Shimanov,A (2655)-Kamsky,G (2741) Tromsoe 2013 CBM 156 [Stohl,Igor] 1-0 (55)} ({RR} 23. Rf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 fxg3+ 25. Ke1 ({RR} 25. Kxg3 Rg6+ 26. Ng5) 25... Qxg2 26. Bxh6) ({RR} 23. Nh4 g5 24. Qxb5)) ({RR} 8... Qb6+ 9. d4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. Qd3 Nef6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Ng5) 9. d3 Nh5 10. Ne2 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. e5 Bc7 12. Nxf4 Bxe5 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Qe1 Bc7 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qh4 Bg6 17. Rae1 Na6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rab8 20. Re7 Qc8 21. Qf4 b5 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qe5 Rxf7 24. Rfxf7 Bxf7 25. Rxf7 {Regan,N (2195)-Kalisch,T Philadelphia 1991 1-0 (31)}) 11. c3 Ba5 12. d4 c5 13. Nxf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Nd5 Nhf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Be6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Ba6 Bg4 22. Rad1 Qd6 23. e5 Qb4 24. a3 Qe7 25. Kh1 Rbd8 26. Qc3 Be6 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. h3 Rfd8 30. Rd2 Qe6 31. Rfd1 Qd7 32. Qc2 Qe6 33. Qe4 f5 34. Qc2 g5 35. Rf1 f4 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. b4 Qg6 38. Re1 h5 39. a4 g4 40. Nh4 Qg5 41. Nf5+ Kh8 42. h4 Qg6 43. a5 Bc7 44. Ne7 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1997.02.01"] [Round "12"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Bangiev,Alexander J"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1997.01.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nf3 $5 Nc6 (8... O-O {? Survey}) 9. O-O {[%csl Rd5]} Be6 10. Ng5 {[%csl Re6,Rf4]} h6 (10... Bg4 $6 11. Qe1+ Be7 $6 (11... Kf8 12. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 13. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14. Bxd5+ Kg6 15. Qg3 Qd7 16. Bxf4 Nxd4 17. Rae1) (11... Qe7 12. Nxd5 $16) 12. Rxf4 $5 Bh5 (12... Qd7 13. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6 $16) (12... O-O 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxg4 $16) 13. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 14. Nxd5 fxg5 15. Bxg5 $16 {1-0 Kratschmer,H-Semprimoschnig,C/AUT-chT2S 1994 (40)}) (10... O-O 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Rxf4 Qb6 13. Qd3 $36) 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. Rxf4 $14 {[%csl Ye5]} O-O 14. Qd3 {Die weiße Strategie ist klar: Angriff am Königsflügel nach dem Muster: ?af1; ?e2; c2-c3; ?b3-c2. Gleichzeitig soll das Zentrum festgelegt werden (Felder d4 und e5).} Qd6 15. Raf1 Nh7 $146 ({RR} 15... Nh5 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qe3 Nf4 19. h4 Qf5 20. g3 Nh5 21. Ne2 Na5 22. Qe5 Nxb3 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. axb3 Nf6 25. Kf2 g5 26. Ke3 Kf7 27. b4 a6 28. b3 Ke6 29. c4 dxc4 30. bxc4 {Jonkman,H (2425)-Fox,A (2123) Port Erin 2004 0-1 (53)}) 16. Ne2 Na5 $5 17. c3 (17. Qg6 $5 Qe7 $5 (17... Nxb3 $2 18. Rf7 $18) (17... Qd7 $6 18. Ba4 $1 b5 $2 19. Bxb5 $16 Qxb5 $2 20. Rf7 $18) (17... Rxf4 $6 18. Nxf4 (18. Rxf4 Rf8 $11) 18... Nf8 (18... Nxb3 19. Nxe6 $16) (18... Rf8 19. Bxd5 $16) 19. Qg4 Nxb3 20. axb3 $36) 18. c3 Nxb3 19. axb3 {? Game}) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 a5 {? ?a8-a6-b6 ? ?b3} (18... Ng5) 19. Qg6 Qe7 20. Qh5 {[%csl Ye5]} Ng5 21. h4 Ne4 22. Qe5 Rf6 (22... b5 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nf4 Kf7 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Nf6 28. c5 $14) 23. Rxf6 (23. c4 $5 Qf7 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qf4 $36) 23... gxf6 (23... Nxf6 24. Nf4 Re8 25. c4 (25. Ng6 Qf7 (25... Qd7 26. Qe2 {?27.?e5}) 26. h5 b5 27. Qe2) 25... b6 26. Rf3) 24. Qf4 Kh7 25. c4 $36 Rg8 $6 (25... Qd8 $5 26. Rc1 Rc8) 26. cxd5 $5 exd5 27. Rc1 $5 (27. Qf5+ Kh8 28. Qxd5 Nd2 29. Rf2 Qe3 $36) 27... Qe6 (27... Nd6 28. Nc3 {[%csl Rd5]} (28. Ng3 {?29.?f5} Rg6 $5 29. Nf5 (29. Rc5 Qe6 $13) 29... Qe2 $132) 28... Qe6 29. Rf1 {[%csl Rf6]} Rg6 30. Qf3 {[%csl Rd5]} Ne4 31. Qf5 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 28. Rc7+ Rg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qc7+ Kf8 (30... Qf7 31. Qxa5 $16) 31. Nf4 $5 (31. Qxa5 Nd6 32. Qd2 Kf7 $14) (31. Qb8+ Qe8 $5 32. Qxb7 Nd2 $132) 31... Qf5 $8 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33. Qxb7+ $16 Kd6 34. b4 $5 axb4 (34... Qxf4 $2 35. Qb8+) 35. Qxb4+ Kc6 36. Qa4+ Kb6 37. g3 $5 $18 Kc7 (37... Nxg3 $2 38. Qb3+) 38. Qa5+ Kc6 39. Kg2 h5 40. Qa8+ Kd6 41. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "China Elite Mind blitz"] [Site "Huaian"] [Date "2016.03.01"] [Round "29"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2016.02.28"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Vaisser,Anatoli} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 ({RR} 3... Qh4+) 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nge2 ({RR} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bxf4 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nfe4 ({RR} 19... a5) 20. c4 dxc4 ({RR} 20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb6 22. Rxe4 Qxb4 23. Nxf7 Rxc4 24. Rxe6 Rxd4 25. Qf5 Rxg4+ 26. Kh1) 21. Bc2 Nf6 22. g5 Nh5 {Morozevich,A (2605)-Anand,V (2715) Moscow 1995 CBM 046 Extra [Vaisser,Anatoli] 1-0} ({RR} 22... Nd5 23. Qh4 ({RR} 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. g6+ Kg8 25. Qh4 ({RR} 25. Bxd6 Nxf4 26. gxf7+ Bxf7 27. Bxc7 Nd3) 25... fxg6 ({RR} 25... Nxb4 26. Nxf7 Nxf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxe6) 26. Bxd6 ({RR} 26. Nxg6 Nf7 ({RR} 26... Nf5 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh5 Nf6 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Re8 31. Ne7) 27. Rxe6 Re8) 26... Qxd6 27. Nxg6 Nf6 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. d5 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Rxe6) 23... g6 ({RR} 23... Nxb4 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Ng6+ Ke8 26. Rxe6+ fxe6 27. Rf8+ Kd7 28. Ne5+) 24. Nxg6 ({RR} 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxf7 Bxf7 26. Rxf7 h5 ({RR} 26... Kxf7 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Bxg6)) 24... fxg6 25. Rxe6 Nxb4 26. Bxg6 Qg7 ({RR} 26... Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxd6 c3 29. Qh6) 27. Rxd6 hxg6 28. Qe1)) 8... Bg4 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nf4 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Ne2 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Rf4 Nf6 19. c3 Ne4 20. Raf1 a5 21. Rxf5 exf5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. b3 {Reprintsev,A (2282)-Pavlov,N (2316) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (31)}) 9. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qd3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc6 13. Bxf4 Qd7 14. Rf3 Rfe8 15. Qb5 Nxd4 16. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Nxd7 18. Bxd5 Nc5 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Rd1 b6 21. c4 Na4 22. Rd3 Re7 23. Ra3 Nc5 {Kostin,A (2412)-Raetsky,A (2410) Voronezh 2007 0-1 (44)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O f3 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Bg5 Bg6 13. Qb5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. c3 Bh4 17. Nef4 Qd6 18. Nxg6 Qxg6+ 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Rg1 Qh6 21. Rg2 Ne7 22. Qxb7 Nf5 23. Qd7 Re6 24. Bc2 Ne3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Qf5 g6 27. Bb3 Kh8 28. Qh3 Rfe8 29. Bxf7 Rf8 30. Bd5 Rf5 31. Be4 Rh5 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qd7+ Kh8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc7+ Kh8 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7+ Kh8 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Rf1 Bf6 40. Qc7+ Kh8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Bd5 Be7 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qg8+ Kf6 46. Qf7# 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.10.13"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2839"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2025.10.13"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 c6 ({RR} 3... Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bxf4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg5 14. Qg3 f6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 fxg5 18. Bc4+ {Carlsen,M (2837)-Jumabayev,R (2525) Astana 2012 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 3... Ne7 4. Bc4 d5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. d4 c6 9. Bb3 Be6 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. e5 Bc7 13. d5 Nd7 14. Bxf4 Re8 15. Re1 Nf8 16. c4 Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 {Bon,M (2408)-Petrova,I (2104) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) 4. d4 d5 $146 ({RR} 4... Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qe1 Qxe1+ 11. Rxe1 f6 12. Kd2+ Kd7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Kxd6 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. h3 g5 19. Rf1 {Westerinen,H (2440)-Zeitlein,M (2490) Moscow 1982 ½-½ (47)}) 5. Bxf4 Be6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. exd5 Bxd5 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Be6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Neg5 Bd5 12. c4 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Rae1 Re8 16. c5 Nf8 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. g4 Ne6 22. Bg3 Bf6 23. Be5 Be7 24. Kg2 a5 25. h4 h6 26. Re3 b4 27. Rfe1 Rad8 28. Bg3 Rf8 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 g6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Rfe8 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rh6+ Kg8 35. Be5 Bf8 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Rb6 Re6 38. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"] [Site "Jurmala"] [Date "2015.03.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2757"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2015.03.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.04.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 5... Nf6 6. d4 Be6 7. Be2 g5 8. Nf3 Qh6 9. h4 Nh5 10. Kg1 Ng3 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qg7 13. hxg5 Nxh1 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Qe2+ Be7 16. Bxf4 a6 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Bxa6 Bxg5 19. Qb5 bxa6 20. Qxa6+ {Stockfish dev-20250118-8e3e22 (3683)-LCZero 0.31-dag-c93c6a8-BT4-6 (3652) tcec-chess.com INT 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 5... Ne7 6. d4 g5 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. e5 Nf5 9. Ne4 Ng3+ 10. Nxg3 fxg3 11. Qe1 d5 12. Bxd5 Be7 13. Qxg3 g4 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. c3 Be6 16. Be4 O-O-O 17. Nb3 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bh4 19. Qe3 Nc4 20. Qe2 {Paul,R (1940)-Thompson,C (1849) Hamilton SCO 2026 0-1 (38)}) 6. Bb3 Nd7 7. d4 g5 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O-O 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 g5 11. c3 Ne7 12. Qb3 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 h6 14. a4 Nb6 15. Qb5 Qe6 16. Nd2 a6 17. Qd3 Re8 18. b4 f5 19. a5 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc4 21. Nxd6+ Nxd6 22. Bd2 {Exler,M-Thurner,M Vienna 2006 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 7... Ngf6 8. Nf3 Qh6 9. Qd3 c6 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. h4 Qf6 12. c4 Bg4 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Qc3 Re8 15. Bc2 Kb8 16. Kf2 c5 17. b4 cxd4 18. Nfxd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Be7 20. Qf3 Ng3 21. Nxg3 Qd4+ 22. Ke2 {Kowalczyk,R (2209)-Engers,F (2089) Wroclaw 2018 0-1 (34)}) 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. Kg1 g4 11. Ne1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Ngf6 13. Nd3 g3 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Nb8 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. c3 Rg8 18. Kg2 d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Nexf4 Nxf4+ 21. Nxf4 O-O-O 22. Nh5 b6 23. Nf6 Rh8 24. h5 Kb7 25. Kxg3 Na5 26. b4 Nb3 27. Rb1 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Be3 Kc6 30. Kf2 a4 31. Ke2 Na5 32. Ra1 Nc4 33. Rxa4 Nxb2 34. Ra6+ Kb7 35. Rha1 Nc4 36. Kd3 Nb6 37. Bf4 Rc8 38. Ng4 Bg7 39. Ne3 Bf8 40. Ra7+ Kc6 41. R1a6 Kb5 42. Nxd5 Rg8 43. c4+ Nxc4 44. Nc3+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Nov Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.11.12"] [Round "10"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Ter Sahakyan, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2831"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2024.11.12"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. Qh5 $146 ({RR} 4. d4 Ng6 ({RR} 4... d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bxf4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg5 14. Qg3 f6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 fxg5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rxf8+) 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 Bh4+ 7. g3 fxg3 8. O-O gxh2+ 9. Nxh2 ({RR} 9. Kh1 d6 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Nxh4+ Kg8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qf3 Qh4 14. Qf7+ Kh7 15. Bd2 Bh3 16. Rf2 Nd7 17. Rxh2 Raf8 18. Qc4 Nf6 19. Qd3 Ng4 20. Rg1 Nf2+) 9... O-O 10. Qh5 d5 11. Bb3 ({RR} 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Bb3 Qxd4+) ({RR} 11. Qxd5 Qe7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. Qa5 Nxe4) 11... Nd7 ({RR} 11... dxe4 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rad1 Bh3) 12. Ng4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. e5 Bh4 15. Kg2 Be6 16. Rh1 c6 17. Ne2 h6 18. c3 Bg5 {Bricard,E-Grivas,E (2365) Cap d'Agde 1983 EXT 2016 [ChessBase II] 0-1}) ({RR} 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bxf4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg5 14. Qg3 f6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 fxg5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 {Carlsen,M (2837)-Jumabayev,R (2525) Astana 2012 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 4. Bc4 Ng6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 d6 7. Nd5 Bg4 8. c3 Nh4 9. Qe2 g5 10. Bd2 Na5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nb4 Bg7 13. Qf2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 b5 15. Rg1 Bf6 16. d5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Ke2 c5 {Carlsen,M (2839)-Kacharava,N (2519) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 4. Bc4 Ng6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Be6 7. Qe2 c6 8. h4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 h5 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. O-O f6 12. Ne6 Na6 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Nc7 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5+ 17. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 f5 {Stewart,E-Korhonen,H Groningen 1984 ½-½ (32)}) 4... Nbc6 5. Bc4 g6 6. Qg5 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Bxf4 Be6 10. O-O-O Bxc4 11. dxc4 Nc8 12. Nd5 Nb6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Nxc7 Nxc4 15. b3 N4e5 16. c4 Nxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4 18. Kb1 Rd7 19. Nb5 Nxf3 20. Nxd6 Rfd8 21. Rd5 Be5 22. Nxb7 Rxd5 23. exd5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Jul Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2023.07.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Be6 6. Nf3 ({RR} 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Qg4 8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Qg6 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bh2 Ng3+ 13. Bxg3 Qxg3 14. Ne2 Qg6 15. Nf4 Qh6 16. g3 Nd7 17. Kg2 Nb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rhf1 c5 20. d5 Rxf4 {Ivanchuk,V (2716)-Nikolic,P (2648) Antalya 2004 1-0}) ({RR} 6. Qd3 Nd7 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. a4 Ne7 9. a5 Qf6 10. Ra4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 a6 12. b4 Qe6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Qd4 Qf6 15. b5 Ng4 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Qh3+ Rd7 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Rb4 g5 20. Nce2 f3 {Williams,S (2432)-Urkedal,F (2569) Alta NOR 2026 ½-½}) 6... Bxc4+ 7. Kg1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 7... Qd8 8. Bxf4 Nc6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Kf2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 h5 13. h3 h4+ 14. Kxg4 Qd7+ {0-1 (14) Silva,J (1804)-Silva,C (1825) Sao Bernardo do Campo 2011}) 8. Nc3 g5 9. h4 g4 10. Nh2 h5 11. Bxf4 Bg7 12. b3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Nfg3 O-O-O 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nxe4 18. Ngxe4 Bxd4+ 19. Kf1 f5 20. Ng3 Qg7 21. Nge2 Be5 22. Re1 Rde8 23. Nd5 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bg5 Ree8 26. Kf2 1-0 [Event "Chess.com SpeedChess"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.10.13"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2839"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2025.10.13"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 51"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.10.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.10.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 c6 ({RR} 3... Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bxf4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg5 14. Qg3 f6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 fxg5 18. Bc4+ {Carlsen,M (2837)-Jumabayev,R (2525) Astana 2012 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 3... Ne7 4. Bc4 d5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. d4 c6 9. Bb3 Be6 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. e5 Bc7 13. d5 Nd7 14. Bxf4 Re8 15. Re1 Nf8 16. c4 Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 {Bon,M (2408)-Petrova,I (2104) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) 4. d4 d5 $146 ({RR} 4... Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qe1 Qxe1+ 11. Rxe1 f6 12. Kd2+ Kd7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Kxd6 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. h3 g5 19. Rf1 {Westerinen,H (2440)-Zeitlein,M (2490) Moscow 1982 ½-½ (47)}) 5. Bxf4 Be6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. exd5 Bxd5 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Be6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Neg5 Bd5 12. c4 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Rae1 Re8 16. c5 Nf8 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. g4 Ne6 22. Bg3 Bf6 23. Be5 Be7 24. Kg2 a5 25. h4 h6 26. Re3 b4 27. Rfe1 Rad8 28. Bg3 Rf8 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 g6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Rfe8 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rh6+ Kg8 35. Be5 Bf8 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Rb6 Re6 38. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Zagreb SuperUnited Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2022.07.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2022.07.23"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Nh5 8. Nd5 Bg4 ({RR} 8... Ng3 9. Rh2 Ne7 10. Nxf4 Nxe4 11. Qe2 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxe4+ Be6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Bxd5 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rh3 Bd6 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Ne5 Re8 21. b3 f6 22. Rd3 b5 23. c4 {Stoofvlees II d9 (3541)-Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½}) 9. Qd3 Na5 $146 ({RR} 9... g5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 c6 13. Nf6+ Nxf6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Bc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Bd2 b5 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Bc3 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qc3 Qd6 22. Qa5 Be2 23. Rf2 f3 24. gxf3 {Thorpe,T (1892)-Van Kemenade,R (1985) Cardiff 2017 0-1}) 10. Bb3 c6 11. Nxf4 Ng3 12. Rh2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nh5 15. Nc4 g6 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. g3 Be7 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Rxa7 O-O 21. Kd2 Rfe8 22. Rxb7 Bf8 23. Rf2 Qg6 24. Na4 Rxe4 25. Nc3 Ree8 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 27. d5 c5 28. Nb5 Re4 29. c4 Rde8 30. Bxd6 Bg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc5 Re2+ 33. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 34. Kc3 g5 35. Bd4+ Kg6 36. c5 Rg2 37. Be5 Kf5 38. Bb8 Ke4 39. d6 Rxg3+ 40. Kb4 gxh4 41. c6 Rd3 42. Kc5 Rd5+ 43. Kb6 h3 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Nc3+ 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.04.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Hansen, Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2022.04.09"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ng6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4 O-O 9. h5 Nh4 10. Bxf4 Nxf3+ $146 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. d5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 f5 14. Qxd4 fxe4 15. O-O Bg5 16. h6 gxh6 17. Qxe4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxd5 20. Nc3 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qh5+ {½-½ (23) Hanke,H (1968)-Bartell,T (2336) Washington DC USA 2026}) 11. Qxf3 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. h6 g6 14. Rd1 Qb4 15. O-O Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. c3 Qe7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rfe8 21. Rd7 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxc7 Bg5 24. Rfxf7 Be3+ 25. Kh2 Bxh6 26. Rxh7 Bf8 27. Bg3 Re2 28. Bh4 Re6 29. Bf2 Bd6+ 30. Kh3 a5 31. Bd4 Be5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rdg7+ 1-0 [Event "World Blitz 2023"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2023.12.29"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Salem, AR."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2023.12.29"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 $146 ({RR} 6... Bg4 7. d4 Nh5 8. Ne5 dxe5 9. Qxg4 Nf6 10. Qf5 Qxd4 11. Qc8+ Ke7 12. Qxb7 Qxc4 13. Qxa8 Nc6 14. Bd2 Nxe4 15. O-O-O Nf2 16. Be3 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Kf6 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc6+ Kf5 20. Nd5 e4 21. Kb1 {Popovych,O-Buehl,W Lincoln 1969 EXT 2021 [ChessBase II] 1-0} ({RR} 21. Qd7+) {RR} 21... Rd8) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. d4 Nh5 8. Nd5 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxh4+ 13. Ke2 Qf6 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Raf1 d5 18. e5 Qb6 19. Bg3 g6 20. f4 Nf5 21. fxg5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2793)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... c6 7. d3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Qg3 Rxe4 19. Bxh6 Rg4 20. Qh3 gxh6 21. Nh2 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2769)-Sjugirov,S (2695) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 7. d4 Nh5 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. Nxf4 Ng3 10. Rh2 O-O 11. Nxg6 Re8 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. c3 Bg4 14. Kf2 Nxe4+ 15. Kg1 Qd7 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qf1 Nf6 18. Bd2 Ng4 19. Rh1 Ne7 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Nh2 Nxh2 22. Rxh2 d5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Nxf5 26. Rf1 Ne3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. g3 Rae8 29. Rhf2 R8e7 30. Kg2 c6 31. Rf4 Re2+ 32. R1f2 a5 33. a4 R2e3 34. g4 Re2 35. Ng3 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Re6 37. Rf3 Bf6 38. Nf5 Bd8 39. Re3 Kf8 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. b3 Bd8 42. Kg3 Bc7+ 43. Kf3 Bd8 44. Kg2 Rg6 45. Kh3 Rf6 46. Rf3 Re6 47. Kg2 Re2+ 48. Rf2 Re6 49. Kf3 Rf6 50. c4 dxc4 51. bxc4 Re6 52. Rb2 b6 53. c5 bxc5 54. Rb8 Re8 55. Nd6 cxd4 56. Nxe8 Kxe8 57. g5 h5 58. Ke4 Kd7 59. Kxd4 Bc7 60. Rh8 Ke6 61. Rxh5 Be5+ 62. Ke4 Bg7 63. Rh7 1-0 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 1st Jan 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.01.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2026.01.01"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 Ng6 5. h4 ({RR} 5. Bc4 Bb4+ ({RR} 5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3) 6. Bd2 ({RR} 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Qd3 Nd7 10. h4 Nxh4 11. Bxf4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. c4 a5 14. a4 Ng6) ({RR} 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O) 6... Be7 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 Be6) 7... Bh4+ ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 Nxh4 9. Kf1 ({RR} 9. Nxh4 Bxh4+ 10. Kf1 Bg3 11. Qh5 h6 12. Qg6 d5 ({RR} 12... Qg5 13. Qxg5 hxg5 14. Nd5) 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxg3 fxg3 15. Nxd5 Na6 16. Bf4 Re8) 9... Nxf3 ({RR} 9... Ng6 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxf4) 10. Qxf3 Bg5 11. Nd5) 8. g3 ({RR} 8. Kf1) 8... fxg3 9. O-O gxh2+ 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Qf3 d5 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Bxf7+ Kh8 14. Qe3) 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Qe3 ({RR} 14. Nxc7 Nxd4 ({RR} 14... Be6) 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qd3 Bh3 17. Nxa8 Qg4) 14... Be6 15. Rf2 b5 16. Rxh2 Qd8 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Ba2 Re8 {Iuldachev,S (2515)-Barua,D (2502) Kelamabakkam 2000 CBM 079 [Bangiev,Alexander J] 0-1 (33)} {RR} 20. Rg1 Bf5 21. exf5 Rxe3 22. Bxe3) 5... h5 6. Bd3 ({RR} 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Qf2 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Nb4 15. Bd3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Re8+ 18. Kd1 Bg4 19. a3 Rad8 20. Kd2 Bxf3 {Kastrati,L (1873)-Cetta,U (2056) Prishtina KOS 2025 0-1 (50)}) 6... d6 $146 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. O-O Bxh4 8. Nxh4 Qxh4 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nd5 Bg4 11. Qd2 Qd8 12. Qc3 c6 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 O-O 15. Qb4 d5 16. Qxb7 dxe4 17. Qxa8 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 exd3 19. cxd3 Qb6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rfe1 {Poddubnyi,V (2304)-Sachi Jain (2124) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. O-O Bxh4 8. Nxh4 Qxh4 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nd5 Bg4 11. Qd2 Qd8 12. Qc3 c6 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 O-O 15. Qb4 d5 16. Qxb7 dxe4 17. Qxa8 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 exd3 19. cxd3 Qb6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rfe1 {Poddubnyi,V (2304)-Sachi Jain (2124) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Nd5 Be7 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qf2 Nce5 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Qxd4 a6 17. Bc3 Rc6 18. Bb4 Rd8 19. b3 b5 20. Rd2 Qf6 21. Ba3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxh4 23. Qf2 g5 24. Bb2 Re8 25. Rdd1 Rec8 26. Rd2 b4 27. Rhd1 Nhg6 28. Rg1 Kh7 29. Qh2 h4 30. Bd1 Nf8 31. Qh3 Ne6 32. Rdg2 Rg8 33. Qf5+ Qg6 34. Qh3 a5 35. Be2 Rc5 36. Bc4 Nxc4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rg4 Qh6 39. Qf1 Rgc8 40. Qd3 Rxc2 41. Qxd6 Qg6 42. Qd3 Rh2 43. Qd5 Rcc2 44. Be5 Rxa2 45. Qa8 Qg8 46. Qb7 Qe8 47. Rxg5 Nxg5 48. Rxg5 Rag2 49. Rxg2 Rxg2 50. Qd5 Qe6 51. Bd4 h3 52. Qh5+ 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Olomouc"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Mikulka, Rudolf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1925.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CSR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 h6 5. Bc4 ({RR} 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bb5 c6 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxe2 Kf8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Paravyan,D (2592) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 5. g3 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. gxf4 g4 8. Be3 gxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O h5 11. h3 f5 12. Rg1 Qe7 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. Bc4 Na5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. d5 Nxb2 18. dxe6 Qf6 19. Nd5 Nxd3+ {Burovic,R (2420)-Sagalchik,G (2434) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (39)}) 5... Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 6... d6 7. g3 Nc6 8. O-O Bh3 9. Rf2 Qd7 10. gxf4 g4 11. Ne5 dxe5 12. fxe5 O-O-O 13. Rxf7 Qe8 14. Rxg7 Nxd4 15. Bf4 Nf3+ 16. Kh1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 g3 18. Bxg3 Be6 19. Nb5 Ng5 20. Rxc7+ Kb8 21. Bxe6 {Dahm,J (2253)-Hirsch,S (2217) Germany 2006 1-0}) ({RR} 6... Ne7 7. g3 Ng6 8. gxf4 g4 9. Ne5 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Be3 d6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Rag1 Kh8 16. Bd5 Nb4 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Kd1 Rac8 19. Bd4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. h3 {Volovich,A-Shatskes,B Moscow 1964 1-0 (40)}) 7. Nd5 d6 8. c3 Nge7 9. O-O Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. g3 fxg3 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Qh5 gxh2+ 15. Kh1 hxg5 16. Qxg6 Qe8 17. Bxg5 Be6 18. Rxf7 Bxf7 19. Bf6 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 9th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2021.09.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "Edouard,Romain"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.10.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,49,20,16,39,-47,-12,-13,-1,-14,25,23,21,32,132,73,146,26,26,-39,-39,-145,-141,-116,69,69,165,151,178,44,251,239,294,99,120,120,394,343,411,411,411,411,434,434,434,434,420,640,640,667,898,888]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The King's Gambit! Back to romantic chess!} exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 d6 6. Qe2 (6. Bc4 {was played a little more often, but Nepo's move definitely looks more critical.}) 6... dxe5 (6... d5 {is suggested by the engine, but Black's position with the lonely knight on h5 looks pretty ugly.}) 7. Nxe5 Qh4+ 8. g3 $1 {Firouzja had surely underestimated this sacrifice in his preparation. Of course White is ready to sacrifice an exchange to get such a lead in development!} Nxg3 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Bxf4 Be6 $146 {Just losing. Black had to try to castle shortside as soon as possible. Furthermore, d4-d5 will come in the very next moves.} (10... Be7 $6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qe4 {gave White more than enough compensation in Yoos,J (2320)-Gentes,K (2290) Winnipeg 1995, 1-0 (36).}) (10... Bb4+ $5 {might be the solution, although after} 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 {followed by 0-0-0 White has great compensation anyway. Black can try} g5 {after what White can (should?!) play} 13. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14. Be5 Rf8 15. O-O-O {with a very unclear position!}) ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qe4 Qe6 15. Rh1 h6 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Qg6 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qg4 21. Rxh6 Qxg6 22. Rxg6 c6 23. a4 Rf7 24. Rg1 Re8 25. a5 {Kuru,A (2220)-Polyik,P (2289) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (95)}) ({RR} 10... Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 g5 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. O-O-O gxf4 15. Qe5 Qh6 16. Bc4+ Ke8 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Qxc7 Na6 19. Bb5+ Kf7 20. Bc4+ Kf6 21. Qe5+ Kg6 22. g4 h5 23. Bd3+ Kf7 24. Rf1 Bf6 25. Qxf4 {Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749)-Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (82)}) 11. Nc3 {Black is already lost. After any normal move, like 11...Be7, White could castle longside and Bg2 would be unavoidable.} g5 (11... Bb4 $2 {may have been what Firouzja counted on, but after} 12. O-O-O $1 (12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. Qxb7 Qe4+ {gives Black some chances.}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bg2 {White wins.}) 12. d5 $1 (12. Bd2 {would be good as well, but Nepo's move is more forcing.}) 12... gxf4 13. dxe6 (13. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 14. Qxe6+ Kg7 15. Qe5+ {followed by 0-0-0, Bc4, was also winning!}) 13... Bd6 (13... Bh6 {to prevent 0-0-0 (...f3+) was the best defence, still White has many ways to get a decisive advantage, e.g.} 14. exf7+ Kf8 15. Rd1 {or 15.Qg4.}) 14. O-O-O (14. Nxf7 {was even stronger, it seems.}) 14... Qh6 (14... fxe6 15. Ng4 $1 {woms as White threatens both Qxe6 and Bg2+ again, now that h6 is covered.}) 15. Qb5+ Nc6 16. Nxf7 $1 {By far the most precise.} Qxe6 17. Bc4 $1 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 {The f7-knight not only attacks the h8-rook, but also prevents Black from castling longside!} Qc5 (18... Qb6 {would allow the white queen to swing to the other side} 19. Qh5 $18) 19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Qxb7 {It's all over.} Qxc4 21. Qxa8+ Nd8 22. Re1+ Kf7 23. Qxa7+ Kg6 24. gxf4 Qc5 25. Rg1+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Sep Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Bok, B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2621"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2023.09.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ng6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4 h5 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qc4+ Kh7 12. Bxc7 $146 ({RR} 12. Qxc7 Qxc7 13. Bxc7 Nc6 14. c3 Bg4 15. Nbd2 b5 16. O-O-O Nb4 17. Ne4 Rac8 18. Bd6 Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Rc6 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxb5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb8 24. d5 Rxb5 25. Kxa2 Rcc5 26. d6 Rd5 {Nazari,A (2367)-Grigoriants,S (2562) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (40)}) 12... Qd7 13. Be5 Qg4 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bf5 17. Nb3 Qg3+ 18. Kd2 Rfd8+ 19. Nbd4 Bc5 20. c3 Rac8 21. Rac1 b5 22. Rhe1 b4 23. Qe3 bxc3+ 24. bxc3 Kh8 25. e6 Rb8 26. Re2 Rb2+ 27. Kd1 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Bg4 29. Kc2 Bf5+ 30. Kb2 Qb8+ 31. Ka1 Ba3 32. Re1 Qb6 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. Ne5 Rb8 35. Nc4 Qc5 36. e7 Re8 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th May Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2712"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2023.05.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nc6 6. d4 Bg4 ({RR} 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Nh5 8. Nd5 Ng3 9. Rh2 Ne7 10. Nxf4 Nxe4 11. Qe2 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxe4+ Be6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Bxd5 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rh3 Bd6 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nd3 {Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749)-Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½}) 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d5 $146 ({RR} 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Bf2 a6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nd5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rde1 Rab8 18. Qc3 Nf4 19. Rhg1 Qf6 20. Re3 d5 21. e5 Qg6 22. Qd2 Rb6 23. Nh2 Rfb8 {Pihlajamaki,A-Koskinen,H (2240) Helsinki 1993 0-1}) 9... Ne5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qxf3 Bb4 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Qxe5 Rae8 18. Qd4 Qg4 19. Kb1 b6 20. Rhe1 Qxh4 21. a4 Re7 22. Qc3 Rfe8 23. e5 Qxa4 24. d6 cxd6 25. exd6 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Qe5 Qd7 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qd4 Rd7 31. b3 Kh7 32. Ka2 Kg6 33. Rd3 Qf6 34. Qe4+ Kg7 35. Qc6 Qe6 36. Qc3+ Qf6 37. Qc6 Qe6 38. Qc3+ Qf6 39. Qb4 Qe5 40. g4 Qe6 41. Qd2 Qe5 42. Rd5 Qe6 43. Qc3+ Qf6 44. Qd3 Qe6 45. Qd4+ Qf6 46. Qd2 Qe6 47. Rd4 Qe5 48. c4 a5 49. Ka3 Qc5+ 50. Ka2 Qe5 51. Rd5 Qe4 52. Ka3 Qxg4 53. Ka4 Qe6 54. Kb5 g4 55. Kxb6 g3 56. c5 Qe4 57. c6 g2 58. Qc3+ Kh7 59. Rd1 Rxd6 60. Rxd6 g1=Q+ 61. Kb7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Jun Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.06.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Santos Latasa, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2024.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. Bd2 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Qe1 c6 11. Be2 Re8 12. g3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 f3 15. Bd3 Qd4 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 f2 18. Rdf1 Bf3 19. g4 Bh4 20. gxh5 Rxe5 21. Ng3 Rae8 22. Bc3 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020 0-1}) 9. O-O-O Bg4 ({RR} 9... g6 10. Qf2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bg4 12. Bxf4 Qc8 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qe4 Ne6 17. g4 Nhg7 18. Bc4 c6 19. Rhf1 Qd8 20. Qf3 Bg5+ 21. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 22. Kb1 Re7 23. Ne4 Qh6 24. h4 {Fier,A (2557)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Qe4 dxe5 $146 ({RR} 10... g6 11. Bc4 Na5 12. Bf1 c6 13. Qe1 d5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ne2 b5 17. Bxf4 b4 18. Bh6 c3 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. h3 Be6 21. g4 Qa5 22. Nc1 Nf4 23. Ng5 Nd5 24. Nb3 Qd8 25. Ne4 {Grabarczyk,B (2365)-Kveinys,A (2535) Polanica Zdroj 1993 1-0}) 11. dxe5 Qc8 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bc3 Bf8 15. Rhe1 Bg7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nb4 c5 19. Nd3 Qe6 20. Qa4 Bf8 21. Kb1 Rad8 22. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qf5 25. Qg3 Bg7 26. Re1 Qh5 27. Nd2 Bf5 28. b3 Rd8 29. Kb2 Bh6 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Ne4 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qc3+ Kh6 34. h3 Qd5 35. Nxc5 Rd6 36. Re4 Rc6 37. Rh4+ Kg5 38. Ne4+ Kxh4 39. Qg3+ Kh5 40. Nf6+ Kh6 41. Nxd5 Bxd5 42. Qh4+ 1-0 [Event "World Blitz 2023"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2023.12.29"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Salem, AR."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2023.12.29"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 $146 ({RR} 6... Bg4 7. d4 Nh5 8. Ne5 dxe5 9. Qxg4 Nf6 10. Qf5 Qxd4 11. Qc8+ Ke7 12. Qxb7 Qxc4 13. Qxa8 Nc6 14. Bd2 Nxe4 15. O-O-O Nf2 16. Be3 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Kf6 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc6+ Kf5 20. Nd5 e4 21. Kb1 {Popovych,O-Buehl,W Lincoln 1969 EXT 2021 [ChessBase II] 1-0} ({RR} 21. Qd7+) {RR} 21... Rd8) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. d4 Nh5 8. Nd5 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxh4+ 13. Ke2 Qf6 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Raf1 d5 18. e5 Qb6 19. Bg3 g6 20. f4 Nf5 21. fxg5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2793)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... c6 7. d3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Qg3 Rxe4 19. Bxh6 Rg4 20. Qh3 gxh6 21. Nh2 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2769)-Sjugirov,S (2695) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 7. d4 Nh5 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. Nxf4 Ng3 10. Rh2 O-O 11. Nxg6 Re8 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. c3 Bg4 14. Kf2 Nxe4+ 15. Kg1 Qd7 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qf1 Nf6 18. Bd2 Ng4 19. Rh1 Ne7 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Nh2 Nxh2 22. Rxh2 d5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Nxf5 26. Rf1 Ne3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. g3 Rae8 29. Rhf2 R8e7 30. Kg2 c6 31. Rf4 Re2+ 32. R1f2 a5 33. a4 R2e3 34. g4 Re2 35. Ng3 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Re6 37. Rf3 Bf6 38. Nf5 Bd8 39. Re3 Kf8 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. b3 Bd8 42. Kg3 Bc7+ 43. Kf3 Bd8 44. Kg2 Rg6 45. Kh3 Rf6 46. Rf3 Re6 47. Kg2 Re2+ 48. Rf2 Re6 49. Kf3 Rf6 50. c4 dxc4 51. bxc4 Re6 52. Rb2 b6 53. c5 bxc5 54. Rb8 Re8 55. Nd6 cxd4 56. Nxe8 Kxe8 57. g5 h5 58. Ke4 Kd7 59. Kxd4 Bc7 60. Rh8 Ke6 61. Rxh5 Be5+ 62. Ke4 Bg7 63. Rh7 1-0 [Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.07.21"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bb5 c6 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxe2 Kf8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2 Kg7 21. Ne2 c5 22. Nc3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Paravyan,D (2592) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (41)}) 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qd2 Ng4 $146 ({RR} 9... c6 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Bg2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Qf2 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bg2 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. a3 Nb6 19. Bc1 a6 20. Qf5 Nbd7 21. Be3 Re7 22. Bg1 Rde8 23. Bf2 Nb6 24. Ka2 {Fico,M (2315)-Barbieri,G (2155) Senigallia 1996 0-1}) 10. Bg1 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nh2 Nxh2 13. Rxh2 Bg4 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Reh1 c6 18. Rxh6 Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Kg7 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 Rh8 22. b3 Rxh6 23. Bxh6+ Kh7 24. Bf1 Bh3 25. Be2 Re8 26. Kb2 b5 27. Bd3 Qg4 28. Be3 b4 29. Nd1 Qxg3 30. Qxb4 Bg4 31. e5 f5 32. Qxd6 Bxd1 33. Bxf5 Rg8 34. Bd2 Bg4 35. Qe7+ Rg7 36. Qg5 Qh2 37. Bxg4 Ne7 38. Qh5+ Qxh5 39. Bxh5 Rg2 40. Bb4 Nd5 41. Bf3 Rf2 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Bc5 a6 44. b4 Kg6 45. a4 Kf5 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5 Ke6 48. b6 Kd7 49. Kb3 Kc6 50. c4 dxc4+ 51. Kxc4 Rf4 52. e6 Re4 53. e7 Kd7 54. b7 Kc7 55. Bd6+ Kxb7 56. Be5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Paravyan, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2023.05.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qd3 Bg4 11. Rf1 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bb5 Nb8 14. Rde1 a6 15. Ba4 Nbd7 16. Bb3 Bh5 17. Bg1 Bg6 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. d5 Nfd7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Nc6 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 bxc6 23. dxc6 Rde8 {Tica,S (2451)-Lobanov,S (2532) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bb5 c6 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxe2 Kf8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2 Kg7 21. Ne2 c5 22. Nc3 Qe6 23. Nd5 Rab8 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Paravyan,D (2592) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd4 Bxg3+ 14. Kd1 Be5 15. Nb5 Nf6 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kc1 O-O 19. Rxh6 Nxe4 20. Qe3 Qf5 21. b3 Kg7 22. Rh1 c6 23. dxc6 bxc6 {Nazari,A (2363)-Paravyan,D (2599) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (61)}) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Rdf1 O-O-O 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qd4 c5 16. dxc6 N7xc6 17. Qd1 Nxf3 18. Nd5 Kb8 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Ne5 21. Rf5 Rhe8 22. Bd4 Qc6 23. b3 Rc8 24. Rhf1 f6 25. c4 h5 26. Qxh5 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qd1 Rxe4 29. Bb2 Re2 30. R5f2 Qe4+ 31. Ka1 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 f5 33. Nf6 Qe6 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. Rxb3 Bxf6+ 36. Kb1 Rc5 37. Rh1 Be5 38. Rh7 Rb5 39. Rxb5 axb5 40. Rf7 f4 41. g4 Bd4 42. Rf5 Be3 43. Rxg5 f3 44. Rf5 f2 45. Kc2 d5 46. Kd3 d4 47. Ke2 Kc7 48. g5 Kd6 49. g6 Bh6 50. Rxf2 Ke5 51. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Late"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.10.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Nc3 ({RR} 5. Bc4 d5 6. Be2 ({RR} 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 g5 9. Nc3 g4) 6... g5 7. O-O g4 ({RR} 7... Rg8 8. d4 g4) 8. Ne1 Rg8 9. d4 Nc6 ({RR} 9... f3 10. Bxf3 gxf3 11. Qxf3) 10. Bb5 ({RR} 10. Bxf4 Nxf4 11. Rxf4 Bh6) ({RR} 10. c3 Qh4 11. Bxf4 g3 12. hxg3 Nxg3 13. Bxg3 Rxg3) ({RR} 10. Nc3 f3 11. g3) 10... Qh4 ({RR} 10... Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf4) 11. Nc3 ({RR} 11. Bxf4 g3 12. hxg3 Nxg3 13. Bxg3 Rxg3) 11... Be6 12. Bxf4 g3 13. hxg3 Nxg3 14. Bxg3 Rxg3 15. Nf3 Qh3 16. Rf2 Bh6 17. Qd3 O-O-O 18. Ne2 Rg7 19. Nh2 Rdg8 {Gashimov,V (2594)-Graf,A (2605) Gothenburg 2005 CBM 109 [Bangiev,Alexander J] 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd4+ 8. Kh1 Ng3+ 9. hxg3 Qxe5) ({RR} 5. d4 d6 6. Bc4 d5 7. Be2 g5 8. c4 ({RR} 8. O-O {RR} Rg8) 8... g4 9. O-O Rg8 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd8) 5... d6 ({RR} 5... d5 6. d4 Be7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Bd2 Bh4+ 9. g3 fxg3 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Qg2 c6 12. Bd3 g6 13. hxg3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. Rxh5 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 gxh5 17. Qxh5 f5 18. exf6 Rf7 19. Rh2 Qxf6 20. Bxh7+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-To,N (2315) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (72)}) 6. d4 $146 ({RR} 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qe2 dxe5 8. d4 Bg4 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qxe5 Qd6 11. Nb5 Qxe5+ 12. Nxe5 Rc8 13. Nxg4 a6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. O-O b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Ne4 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Ne5 O-O 20. Nc6 Rde8 {Remolar Gallen,J (2335)-Garcia Martin,M (2331) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0}) 6... g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nd5+ Kd8 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 f6 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Rhe1 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 Bf5 19. d5 Re8 20. d6 c6 21. Nd4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nc8 23. Bf7 Bd7 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Ra5 26. Re8+ Kd7 27. Rg8 Rf5 28. Be8+ Ke6 29. d7 Rxf4 30. dxc8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. d4 Nh5 8. Nd5 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxh4+ 13. Ke2 Qf6 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Raf1 d5 18. e5 Qb6 19. Bg3 g6 20. f4 Nf5 21. fxg5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2793)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. d4 Nh5 8. a3 Bg4 9. Qd3 a6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf4 b5 14. Bd5 Nf6 15. Ba2 b4 16. a4 Rab8 17. Rde1 Na5 18. e5 Qxa4 19. Bb1 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Bd7 21. g4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2758)-Sychev,K (2542) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (41)}) 7. d3 $146 ({RR} 7. d4 d5 8. Bb3 Bb4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qh5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf4 Rfe8 18. Rf2 Re4 19. a3 Rae8 20. Rd1 f6 21. Kh2 Bc4 {Salmensuu,O (2230)-Gyimesi,Z (2525) Guarapuava 1995 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. bxc3 d5 12. c4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bd3 Qd8 18. Be4 Qc7 19. c4 f5 20. Bd3 c5 21. d5 Ne5 {Both,A (1921)-Duong,T (2166) Montreal CAN 2024 0-1 (36)}) 7... d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Qg3 Rxe4 19. Bxh6 Rg4 20. Qh3 gxh6 21. Nh2 h5 22. Rhe1 Qf5 23. Nxg4 Qxg4 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. a3 Bf8 26. Rd3 Bg7 27. Rf3 Ne5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Jun Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.06.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Santos Latasa, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2024.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. Bd2 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Qe1 c6 11. Be2 Re8 12. g3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 f3 15. Bd3 Qd4 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 f2 18. Rdf1 Bf3 19. g4 Bh4 20. gxh5 Rxe5 21. Ng3 Rae8 22. Bc3 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020 0-1}) 9. O-O-O Bg4 ({RR} 9... g6 10. Qf2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bg4 12. Bxf4 Qc8 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qe4 Ne6 17. g4 Nhg7 18. Bc4 c6 19. Rhf1 Qd8 20. Qf3 Bg5+ 21. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 22. Kb1 Re7 23. Ne4 Qh6 24. h4 {Fier,A (2557)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Qe4 dxe5 $146 ({RR} 10... g6 11. Bc4 Na5 12. Bf1 c6 13. Qe1 d5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ne2 b5 17. Bxf4 b4 18. Bh6 c3 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. h3 Be6 21. g4 Qa5 22. Nc1 Nf4 23. Ng5 Nd5 24. Nb3 Qd8 25. Ne4 {Grabarczyk,B (2365)-Kveinys,A (2535) Polanica Zdroj 1993 1-0}) 11. dxe5 Qc8 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bc3 Bf8 15. Rhe1 Bg7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nb4 c5 19. Nd3 Qe6 20. Qa4 Bf8 21. Kb1 Rad8 22. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qf5 25. Qg3 Bg7 26. Re1 Qh5 27. Nd2 Bf5 28. b3 Rd8 29. Kb2 Bh6 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Ne4 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qc3+ Kh6 34. h3 Qd5 35. Nxc5 Rd6 36. Re4 Rc6 37. Rh4+ Kg5 38. Ne4+ Kxh4 39. Qg3+ Kh5 40. Nf6+ Kh6 41. Nxd5 Bxd5 42. Qh4+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2021.12.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Sanal, Vahap"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 ({RR} 6. Qe2 dxe5 ({RR} 6... d5) 7. Nxe5 Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Bxf4 Be6 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qe4) ({RR} 10... Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 g5 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Be5 Rf8 15. O-O-O) 11. Nc3 g5 ({RR} 11... Bb4 12. O-O-O ({RR} 12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. Qxb7 Qe4+) 12... Bxc3 13. Bg2) 12. d5 ({RR} 12. Bd2) 12... gxf4 13. dxe6 ({RR} 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qxe6+ Kg7 15. Qe5+) 13... Bd6 ({RR} 13... Bh6 14. exf7+ Kf8 15. Rd1) 14. O-O-O ({RR} 14. Nxf7) 14... Qh6 ({RR} 14... fxe6 15. Ng4) 15. Qb5+ Nc6 16. Nxf7 Qxe6 17. Bc4 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Qc5 ({RR} 18... Qb6 19. Qh5) 19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Qxb7 Qxc4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Firouzja,A (2754) Stavanger 2021 CBM 204 [Edouard,Romain] 1-0}) ({RR} 6. Bc4) ({RR} 6. Qe2 d5 7. c4 Bg4 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Qd7 13. Qe4 Nc6 14. d5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qxh5 Nc2+ 17. Kf2 Nxa1 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qd1 b5 20. Qxa1 bxc4 {Mason,D (2082)-Blake,J (1978) England 2022 1-0}) 6... dxe5 7. Bb5+ $146 ({RR} 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Qxe5+ Be7 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. Qe3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Re8 18. Be5 f6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Qh6 Ne6 21. Ng5 fxg5 {Vukcevich,M-Karaklajic,N Sarajevo 1958 1-0 (39)}) 7... c6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O g6 11. Nxe5 Bg7 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Be3 Rxf1+ 14. Qxf1 Nf6 15. Kh1 Nbd7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qc4 Re8 19. Ne4 Nb6 20. Qb3 Nd5 21. c4 Ne7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rf8 24. Be5 Qd7 25. h3 Nf5 26. Rd1 Nh6 27. d5 exd5 28. cxd5 Qf7 29. d6 Qxb3 30. axb3 Nf7 31. d7 Nd8 32. Bd6 Rf7 33. Bc7 Rf8 34. Re1 Nf7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. d4 Nh5 8. Nd5 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxh4+ 13. Ke2 Qf6 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Raf1 d5 18. e5 Qb6 19. Bg3 g6 20. f4 Nf5 21. fxg5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2793)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. d4 Nh5 8. a3 Bg4 9. Qd3 a6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf4 b5 14. Bd5 Nf6 15. Ba2 b4 16. a4 Rab8 17. Rde1 Na5 18. e5 Qxa4 19. Bb1 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Bd7 21. g4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2758)-Sychev,K (2542) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (41)}) 7. d3 $146 ({RR} 7. d4 d5 8. Bb3 Bb4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qh5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf4 Rfe8 18. Rf2 Re4 19. a3 Rae8 20. Rd1 f6 21. Kh2 Bc4 {Salmensuu,O (2230)-Gyimesi,Z (2525) Guarapuava 1995 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. bxc3 d5 12. c4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bd3 Qd8 18. Be4 Qc7 19. c4 f5 20. Bd3 c5 21. d5 Ne5 {Both,A (1921)-Duong,T (2166) Montreal CAN 2024 0-1 (36)}) 7... d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Qg3 Rxe4 19. Bxh6 Rg4 20. Qh3 gxh6 21. Nh2 h5 22. Rhe1 Qf5 23. Nxg4 Qxg4 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. a3 Bf8 26. Rd3 Bg7 27. Rf3 Ne5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. d4 Nh5 8. Nd5 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxh4+ 13. Ke2 Qf6 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Raf1 d5 18. e5 Qb6 19. Bg3 g6 20. f4 Nf5 21. fxg5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2793)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. d4 Nh5 8. a3 Bg4 9. Qd3 a6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf4 b5 14. Bd5 Nf6 15. Ba2 b4 16. a4 Rab8 17. Rde1 Na5 18. e5 Qxa4 19. Bb1 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Bd7 21. g4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2758)-Sychev,K (2542) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (41)}) 7. d3 $146 ({RR} 7. d4 d5 8. Bb3 Bb4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qh5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf4 Rfe8 18. Rf2 Re4 19. a3 Rae8 20. Rd1 f6 21. Kh2 Bc4 {Salmensuu,O (2230)-Gyimesi,Z (2525) Guarapuava 1995 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. bxc3 d5 12. c4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bd3 Qd8 18. Be4 Qc7 19. c4 f5 20. Bd3 c5 21. d5 Ne5 {Both,A (1921)-Duong,T (2166) Montreal CAN 2024 0-1 (36)}) 7... d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Qg3 Rxe4 19. Bxh6 Rg4 20. Qh3 gxh6 21. Nh2 h5 22. Rhe1 Qf5 23. Nxg4 Qxg4 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. a3 Bf8 26. Rd3 Bg7 27. Rf3 Ne5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Sep Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Bok, B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2621"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2023.09.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ng6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4 h5 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qc4+ Kh7 12. Bxc7 $146 ({RR} 12. Qxc7 Qxc7 13. Bxc7 Nc6 14. c3 Bg4 15. Nbd2 b5 16. O-O-O Nb4 17. Ne4 Rac8 18. Bd6 Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Rc6 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxb5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb8 24. d5 Rxb5 25. Kxa2 Rcc5 26. d6 Rd5 {Nazari,A (2367)-Grigoriants,S (2562) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (40)}) 12... Qd7 13. Be5 Qg4 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bf5 17. Nb3 Qg3+ 18. Kd2 Rfd8+ 19. Nbd4 Bc5 20. c3 Rac8 21. Rac1 b5 22. Rhe1 b4 23. Qe3 bxc3+ 24. bxc3 Kh8 25. e6 Rb8 26. Re2 Rb2+ 27. Kd1 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Bg4 29. Kc2 Bf5+ 30. Kb2 Qb8+ 31. Ka1 Ba3 32. Re1 Qb6 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. Ne5 Rb8 35. Nc4 Qc5 36. e7 Re8 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ 1-0 [Event "World Rapid Team 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.08.28"] [Round "9.8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Svidler, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2688"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2023.08.26"] [EventType "rapid"] [WhiteTeam "WR Chess"] [BlackTeam "Chess Pensioners"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Bd3 c5 ({RR} 5... dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ng6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4 h5 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qc4+ Kh7 12. Bxc7 Qd7 13. Be5 Qg4 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bf5 17. Nb3 Qg3+ 18. Kd2 Rfd8+ 19. Nbd4 Bc5 20. c3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Bok,B (2621) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 5... dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nd5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Qe2 Qe6 11. Qb5 a6 12. Qf1 Qf5 13. c4 g5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. d5 g4 17. dxc6 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Rg8 19. Bxf4 Qg6 20. Ng3 {Duijker,R (2195)-Bus,T (2056) Dieren NED 2026 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 5... dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ng6 7. h4 Bd6 8. h5 Ne7 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Qd3 Ng3 13. Nxg3 fxg3 14. Kd1 O-O 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. h6 {1-0 (17) Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aliyev,R (2338) chess.com INT 2024}) 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 dxe4 $146 ({RR} 7... Nbc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O d4 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. Nxf4 Ne5 12. Qe1 Bd6 13. Nh5 O-O 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qg3 {½-½ (15) Zeller,F (2420)-Hecht,H (2425) Germany 2004}) 8. Nxe4 Ng6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qe2 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. h5 Ne5 16. Qxf4 Qb8 17. Nd6 f6 18. Qe4 g6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh6 Qxd6 21. Bc4+ Kg7 22. Rxg6+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2021.12.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Sanal, Vahap"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 ({RR} 6. Qe2 dxe5 ({RR} 6... d5) 7. Nxe5 Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Bxf4 Be6 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qe4) ({RR} 10... Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 g5 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Be5 Rf8 15. O-O-O) 11. Nc3 g5 ({RR} 11... Bb4 12. O-O-O ({RR} 12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. Qxb7 Qe4+) 12... Bxc3 13. Bg2) 12. d5 ({RR} 12. Bd2) 12... gxf4 13. dxe6 ({RR} 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qxe6+ Kg7 15. Qe5+) 13... Bd6 ({RR} 13... Bh6 14. exf7+ Kf8 15. Rd1) 14. O-O-O ({RR} 14. Nxf7) 14... Qh6 ({RR} 14... fxe6 15. Ng4) 15. Qb5+ Nc6 16. Nxf7 Qxe6 17. Bc4 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Qc5 ({RR} 18... Qb6 19. Qh5) 19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Qxb7 Qxc4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Firouzja,A (2754) Stavanger 2021 CBM 204 [Edouard,Romain] 1-0}) ({RR} 6. Bc4) ({RR} 6. Qe2 d5 7. c4 Bg4 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Qd7 13. Qe4 Nc6 14. d5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qxh5 Nc2+ 17. Kf2 Nxa1 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qd1 b5 20. Qxa1 bxc4 {Mason,D (2082)-Blake,J (1978) England 2022 1-0}) 6... dxe5 7. Bb5+ $146 ({RR} 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Qxe5+ Be7 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. Qe3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Re8 18. Be5 f6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Qh6 Ne6 21. Ng5 fxg5 {Vukcevich,M-Karaklajic,N Sarajevo 1958 1-0 (39)}) 7... c6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O g6 11. Nxe5 Bg7 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Be3 Rxf1+ 14. Qxf1 Nf6 15. Kh1 Nbd7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qc4 Re8 19. Ne4 Nb6 20. Qb3 Nd5 21. c4 Ne7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rf8 24. Be5 Qd7 25. h3 Nf5 26. Rd1 Nh6 27. d5 exd5 28. cxd5 Qf7 29. d6 Qxb3 30. axb3 Nf7 31. d7 Nd8 32. Bd6 Rf7 33. Bc7 Rf8 34. Re1 Nf7 1-0 [Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1997.05.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Bangiev,Alexander J"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1997.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 059"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Bh6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nge2 Qf6 9. g3 fxg3 10. Nxg3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 {? Survey 9.g3 fg3} Qh6 ({RR} 11... Qf4 12. Nce2 Qe3 13. c4 ({RR} 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ ({RR} 13... Qf3 14. Rg1) 14. Kxd2 {RR} Ne7 15. Bg2 Nd7 16. Rcf1 Nb6 17. b3 Be6 18. c4 Rd8 19. h5 h6 20. Rf6 Nd7 21. Rf4) 13... Ne7 14. Rc3 Qh6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. O-O Ng6 ({RR} 16... Qxh4 17. Qd2 f5 18. Qf4 Rf6 ({RR} 18... Qf6 19. exf5 Bxf5 ({RR} 19... Nxf5 20. Nxf5) 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 ({RR} 20... Nxf5 21. Be4) 21. Qxd6) 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 ({RR} 20... Bxf5 21. Ng3) 21. Qxd6 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1) ({RR} 16... f5 17. h5 Na6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. Nf4 Rad8 21. Rd3) 17. Rf6 Qxh4 ({RR} 17... Be6 18. h5 ({RR} 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qxh4 20. Rxd6 Ne7) 18... Nd7 19. Rf2) 18. Rxd6 c5 ({RR} 18... f5 19. Qd2) 19. Nf5 ({RR} 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. Qd2 Nge5) 19... Qg5 20. Rd5 ({RR} 20. Rg3 h5 ({RR} 20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Bxb7) ({RR} 20... Nc6 21. Rxg4) ({RR} 20... Kh8 21. Rd5 Qf6 22. Rxc5) 21. Rd5) ({RR} 20. dxc5 Nc6) 20... cxd4 21. Rg3 Qf6 ({RR} 21... h5 22. Qxd4 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. Nf4 f5 ({RR} 24... Qxg3 25. Rg5+) 25. Ng6) 22. Rxg4 Be6 23. Nf4 ({RR} 23. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Nc6) ({RR} 23. Rd6 Nc6 24. Nexd4 Nce5) 23... Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qe5 25. Rg5 Kh8 26. Rh5 {Fedorov,A (2580)-Pinter,J (2575) Pula 1997 CBM 057 Extra [Bangiev,Alexander J] ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 11... Qf4 12. Nce2 Qe3 13. c4 Ne7 14. Bg2 Nd7 15. Nh5 Qh6 16. Nef4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. c5 O-O-O 20. Nh5 Qg6 21. Nf4 Qh6 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. e5 Qh6 24. O-O Kb8 25. Qb4 Qxh4 26. d5 {Bishop,A (1799)-Min,R (1614) Kirkland 2020 0-1 (36)}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bg2 {? Fedorov,A-Kharitonov,A/ Moscow5 1995 (40)}) 12... Qe3+ $146 ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nce4 O-O 17. c4 f5 18. Nd6 f4 19. Nh5 Nb6 20. Nxc8 Nxc8 21. Rhg1 g3 22. Rcf1 Ne7 23. Rxf4 Nd7 24. Rxg3+ Kh8 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Nf4 Rd8 27. Kc3 {Hamann,C (2202)-Herdering,M (1809) Lieme 2005 1-0 (33)}) 13. Nce2 Ne7 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 $36 d5 (15... Be6 16. c4 Na6 17. a3 Nc7 18. Rcf1 {??h5,?hg1 ? ?g4}) 16. Rce1 {[%csl Ye7]} Be6 17. Nf4 $36 {[%csl Yd5,Ye6]} O-O (17... Kd7 18. Nxe6 $5 (18. Ngh5 dxe4 19. Nf6+ $36) 18... fxe6 19. Rhf1 h5 20. c3 $5 (20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rf6 Nbc6 22. Rfxe6 $14) 20... Na6 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Re5 $14 (22. Bb5+ $14)) 18. exd5 (18. Nf5 $5 Ng6 (18... Nxf5 19. exf5 $16) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nxg4 $14) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 $14 Nd7 21. Nf5 Kh8 (21... Nf4 22. Re7 Nxd3 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Kxd3 $16) 22. Rf1 {[%csl Gf4]} Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. c4 (24. Nd6 Rg8 25. Rf7 (25. Nxb7 g3 $36) 25... Rg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Nxb7 g3 $132) 24... N5f6 25. Ng3 {[%csl Yf5,Yf7,Yh5][%CAl Yf2f6]} (25. Nd6 Rg8 26. Nxb7 Rb8 $132) 25... c5 (25... b6 26. Bf5 Nf8 27. Kd3 $14) 26. d5 Kg7 (26... b6 $142) 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Re1 (29. Nxb7 Rb8 (29... g3 $5) 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxf6 g3 $132) 29... g3 (29... b6 30. Re7 g3 31. Bf1 (31. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 $1 32. Rxf7 g2) 31... Kg8 32. Bh3 $16) 30. Bf5 $1 $16 Nb6 (30... g2 31. Bh3 $18) 31. b3 Ne8 32. Nxb7 (32. Rxe8 $2 Rxe8 33. Nxe8 g2) 32... Ng7 33. Bh3 Rf4 34. Nxc5 Rxh4 35. Bg2 Rh2 36. Re2 $18 Nf5 {? 37...?d4} 37. Be4 (37. Kd3 h5) 37... Nd6 38. Bf3 Rh6 39. Ne6 Rf6 40. Bg2 Nd7 41. c5 Nf7 42. d6 Nfe5 43. Bd5 Rf5 44. c6 Nb6 45. Bg2 Rf2 46. Rxf2 gxf2 47. Ke2 1-0 [Event "World Blitz 2023"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2023.12.29"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Salem, AR."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2023.12.29"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 $146 ({RR} 6... Bg4 7. d4 Nh5 8. Ne5 dxe5 9. Qxg4 Nf6 10. Qf5 Qxd4 11. Qc8+ Ke7 12. Qxb7 Qxc4 13. Qxa8 Nc6 14. Bd2 Nxe4 15. O-O-O Nf2 16. Be3 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Kf6 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc6+ Kf5 20. Nd5 e4 21. Kb1 {Popovych,O-Buehl,W Lincoln 1969 EXT 2021 [ChessBase II] 1-0} ({RR} 21. Qd7+) {RR} 21... Rd8) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. d4 Nh5 8. Nd5 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxh4+ 13. Ke2 Qf6 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Raf1 d5 18. e5 Qb6 19. Bg3 g6 20. f4 Nf5 21. fxg5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2793)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... c6 7. d3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Qg3 Rxe4 19. Bxh6 Rg4 20. Qh3 gxh6 21. Nh2 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2769)-Sjugirov,S (2695) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 7. d4 Nh5 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. Nxf4 Ng3 10. Rh2 O-O 11. Nxg6 Re8 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. c3 Bg4 14. Kf2 Nxe4+ 15. Kg1 Qd7 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qf1 Nf6 18. Bd2 Ng4 19. Rh1 Ne7 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Nh2 Nxh2 22. Rxh2 d5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Nxf5 26. Rf1 Ne3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. g3 Rae8 29. Rhf2 R8e7 30. Kg2 c6 31. Rf4 Re2+ 32. R1f2 a5 33. a4 R2e3 34. g4 Re2 35. Ng3 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Re6 37. Rf3 Bf6 38. Nf5 Bd8 39. Re3 Kf8 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. b3 Bd8 42. Kg3 Bc7+ 43. Kf3 Bd8 44. Kg2 Rg6 45. Kh3 Rf6 46. Rf3 Re6 47. Kg2 Re2+ 48. Rf2 Re6 49. Kf3 Rf6 50. c4 dxc4 51. bxc4 Re6 52. Rb2 b6 53. c5 bxc5 54. Rb8 Re8 55. Nd6 cxd4 56. Nxe8 Kxe8 57. g5 h5 58. Ke4 Kd7 59. Kxd4 Bc7 60. Rh8 Ke6 61. Rxh5 Be5+ 62. Ke4 Bg7 63. Rh7 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.04.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Hansen, Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2022.04.09"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ng6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4 O-O 9. h5 Nh4 10. Bxf4 Nxf3+ $146 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. d5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 f5 14. Qxd4 fxe4 15. O-O Bg5 16. h6 gxh6 17. Qxe4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxd5 20. Nc3 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qh5+ {½-½ (23) Hanke,H (1968)-Bartell,T (2336) Washington DC USA 2026}) 11. Qxf3 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. h6 g6 14. Rd1 Qb4 15. O-O Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. c3 Qe7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rfe8 21. Rd7 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxc7 Bg5 24. Rfxf7 Be3+ 25. Kh2 Bxh6 26. Rxh7 Bf8 27. Bg3 Re2 28. Bh4 Re6 29. Bf2 Bd6+ 30. Kh3 a5 31. Bd4 Be5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rdg7+ 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2748"] [BlackElo "2637"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2000.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Qe2 $5 $146 {Morozevich is well known for his original approach to chess including the opening strategy. White hopes to get active pieces and win back the sacrificed pawn.} (5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd5 (6... Ng6 7. Bc4 (7. h4 Qe7 $5 (7... Be7 8. h5 Nh4 9. Bxf4 Bg4 10. h6 O-O 11. hxg7 Re8 12. Kf2 $16 {Kuznetsov-Boch Osmolovsky/URS/1962/}) 8. Kf2 $1 Bg4 9. h5 Nh4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Bb5 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 Nxf3 14. gxf3 Bf5 15. Qa6+ Kb8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Qxc6 {1-0 Spassky,B-Seirawan,Y/Montpellier ct (9)/1985 (31)}) 7... Be7 8. h4 Nxh4 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. O-O f3 14. gxf3 Qe8 15. Kf2 h6 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Bg6 18. c3 {½-½ Spassky,B-Novopashin,A/URS-30ch Erevan/1962 (21)}) 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O (8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxf4 Bg4 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 Qf5 13. Bxc7 Rac8 14. Bg3 Rfd8 15. Rhf1 Bf6 {0-1 Reinderman,D-Rausis,I/Cappelle op/1993/ (25)}) 8... O-O (8... c6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bxf4 Nxf4 11. Rxf4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Raf1 Nb6 15. Nc3 Bg5 16. R4f3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe7 {0-1 Furhoff,J-Sokolov,I/Stockholm/1998/ (41)}) 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qh5 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Rxf4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxd4+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Nxe3 Qd6 16. Rh4 Qg6 {0-1 Riemersma,L-Sokolov,I/NLD-ch/1995/ (32)}) 7... Be7 (7... Bg4 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 Ne3 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Qxe3 O-O 15. a3 Re8 16. d5 Nb8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. Nf2 Bc5 {0-1 Arizmendi Martinez,J-Sokolov,I/Reykjavik 2000/ (36)}) 8. c4 Ne3 9. Qe2 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 O-O 11. Bxe3 fxe3+ 12. Qxe3 Be7 13. Rae1 Bf5 14. h4 Bb4 $1 15. Re2 Nd7 16. a3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd6 18. Bxb7 Nf6 $1 19. Qc3 Rb8 20. Bc6 Ng4+ {0-1 Renet,O-Sokolov,I/Eupen/1997/ (24)}) 5... Ng6 (5... dxe4 $1 6. Qxe4 Nbc6 7. c3 {'!?' Bangiev.} (7. Bc4 $6 Na5 $1 (7... Na5 {Bangiev} 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Qxf4 $36) (7... Bf5 8. Qxf4)) 7... Bf5 8. Qxf4 Qd5 9. Na3 $13) ({RR} 5... dxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qxf4 Ng6 8. Qg5 Qe4+ 9. Qe3 Bf5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Bc4 c5 12. Bxf7+ Kd8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qxe4 Bxe4 15. Ng5 Bd3 16. Rf3 c4 17. Bd5 Kc7 18. Ne6+ Kb6 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Ne4 {Sarkar,J (2307)-Hrescak,I (2117) chess.com INT 2023 1-0}) 6. h4 {'!' Bangiev.} (6. exd5+ Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Qf2 Re8 9. Be2 b5 $13) 6... dxe4 $146 (6... Be7 {Bangiev} 7. h5 (7. exd5 $6 O-O $1 $132) 7... Nh4 8. Bxf4 dxe4 9. Nxh4 (9. Qxe4 O-O $1 $132) 9... Bxh4+ 10. g3 Bf6 11. Qxe4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. O-O-O $36) (6... h5 {Bangiev} 7. Nc3 dxe4 8. Qxe4+ Be7 9. Bc4 $36) ({RR} 6... h5 7. Nc3 dxe4 8. Qxe4+ Qe7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Nd5 Nd3+ 11. cxd3 Qxe4+ 12. dxe4 Bd6 13. e5 c6 14. Nf6+ gxf6 15. exd6 Be6 16. Bxf4 Nd7 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Kd2 Nd5 19. Bh2 Kd7 20. Bf3 Nb6 21. b3 {Gallagher,J (2514)-Gunnarsson,J (2368) Istanbul 2000 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 6... h5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. exd5 O-O 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qe4 Rc8 13. d5 Nb4 14. a3 Na6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qa4 Nxh4 17. d6 Bf6 18. Ne4 Nxf3 19. Ba5 Rb8 20. gxf3 Bxb2+ 21. Kd2 {Rapport,R (2720)-Bacrot,E (2719) Germany 2014 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... h5 7. Nc3 c6 8. exd5+ Be7 9. Bd2 cxd5 10. Qb5+ Nc6 11. Qxd5 Bg4 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bc4 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bxd4 15. Neg5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Rde1 Rad8 18. Be4 Rd7 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 {Chehlov,A (2274)-Hecht,H (2390) Naumburg 2002 0-1 (40)}) 7. Qxe4+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ (8. Bd3 Qxe4+ 9. Bxe4 Bd6 $15) 8... Nxe7 {Bangiev: 'Damit wird den Blockadenzug ?d5 geplant. '} (8... Bxe7 9. h5 Nf8 10. Bxf4 $14 {'?' Bangiev.} (10. Bxf4 $36 {Bangiev} Ne6 11. Bg3 c6 12. Nc3 $14)) 9. Nc3 {'!' Bangiev.} (9. Bxf4 Nd5 10. Bd2 Bd6 $15) 9... c6 {'?!' Bangiev.} (9... Nf5 10. Bxf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. O-O-O $14) (9... Bg4 $5 {Bangiev} 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Bxf4 Nd5) 10. Bc4 {'?!' Bangiev.} (10. Bxf4 Nd5 $5 (10... Bg4 $5 {Bangiev}) 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Nc6 $13) 10... Nf5 {Bangiev: 'Der Nachziehende versucht damit seinen Königsflügel zu entwickeln. Der Springer steht auf f5 allerdings nicht gut.'} (10... Bg4 $2 {Bangiev} 11. Bxf7+ $1) (10... b5 {Bangiev} 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ne2 Nd5 13. Nxf4 Bb7 14. O-O Be7 15. Re1 $16) 11. O-O (11. Bxf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Bb3 O-O $14) 11... f6 {Bangiev: 'um ?f8-d6 zu ermöglichen.'} (11... Ne3 $6 12. Bxe3 fxe3 13. Ng5 (13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rae1 $16) 13... f6 14. Nf7 Rg8 15. Rae1 $16) (11... Bd6 {Bangiev} 12. Ng5 $1 (12. Re1+ Kf8 $13) 12... O-O 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4) 12. Bxf4 {'?' Bangiev.} Bd6 13. Rae1+ Kd8 (13... Kf8 14. Bxd6+ Nxd6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bb3 $16) 14. Nd2 {'!' Bangiev. White's development advantage is beyond doubt, but black can rely on a solid position without weaknesses.} (14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Bd3 $14) 14... Bxf4 (14... Bb4 15. Nf3 (15. Re4 Nd6) 15... Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Bd3 $14) 15. Rxf4 Nd6 16. Bd3 Nd7 (16... b6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. h5 Ke7 21. h6 gxh6 22. Nd5+ cxd5 23. Bxd5 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Rb8 25. Rh4 $16) 17. h5 h6 (17... Nb6 18. a4 (18. h6 $16 {Bangiev}) 18... a5 19. Nf3 $16) 18. Re3 Re8 (18... Nb6 19. Rg3 Ne8 20. Nb3 $16) 19. Rg3 Re7 20. Nce4 $1 {Bangiev: 'Dies soll den Vorstoß c2-c4 ermöglichen.'} (20. Rfg4 Ne8) 20... Ne8 (20... Nxe4 $2 21. Rxe4 Rf7 22. Bc4 $18) 21. c4 {'!' Bangiev.} Nf8 (21... Nb6 22. Nc5 Nd6 23. Rg6 $16) 22. d5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Excellent concept of restraining black's pieces and opening access to the black king in the center.} cxd5 23. cxd5 Re5 (23... Bd7 24. Nc4 $16 (24. Nc4 {Bangiev} Rc8 25. b4 {??c5} b6) (24. Nc5 b6 $1)) 24. Nc3 Rxh5 25. Re3 Nd6 (25... Bd7 26. Nf3 $1 f5 (26... g5 27. Rd4 f5 28. Ne5 Nd6 29. Nxd7 Kxd7 30. Re5 $16) 27. g4 fxg4 28. Rxf8 gxf3 29. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Rg5+ 31. Kf2 Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kd8 33. Nd4 $1 $18) 26. Nf3 Nf7 27. Rfe4 $1 (27. g4 $6 Rh3 28. Kg2 Ng5 $17) 27... Ne5 (27... Bd7 28. Re7 Ne5 29. Rxg7 $16) (27... Nd6 {Bangiev} 28. Re7 $16 g5 $2 29. Nb5 $18) 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 (28... fxe5 29. Rg3 g6 30. Re1 Bd7 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. Rxg6 $16) 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Rf3 $1 {It is possible to attack with minimal number of pieces, Sokolov is suffering because of inactive queenside forces.} (30. Rxe5 Bd7 31. d6 $14) 30... Ke7 {'?!' Bangiev.} (30... Nd7 31. Rf7 g5 32. d6 $16) (30... Ke8 31. Bb5+ (31. Nb5 Rb8) 31... Nd7 (31... Bd7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bxd7 $16) 32. d6 a6 33. Nd5 $1 $18) 31. d6+ Ke8 32. Nb5 (32. Bb5+ $2 Bd7 33. Rxf8+ {'?!' Bangiev.} Kxf8 34. Bxd7 Rd8 $15) 32... Ne6 (32... Rb8 33. Nc7+ Kd7 34. Rxf8 $18) 33. Bg6+ Kd8 (33... Kd7 34. Bf5 Rb8 35. Rd3 e4 36. Rd1 e3 37. Rd3 $18) 34. Rf7 Bd7 35. Bf5 Be8 (35... Bxb5 36. Bxe6 g5 37. Rxb7 $18) (35... Rc8 {Bangiev} 36. Nc7) 36. Re7 Nd4 (36... a6 37. Bxe6 axb5 38. Rxb7 $18) 37. Nc7 Bc6 38. Bh3 (38. Bh3 Rb8 39. Rf7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Katrineholm"] [Site "Katrineholm"] [Date "1999.05.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Fedorov, Alexei"] [Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "Bangiev,Alexander J"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1999.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "CBM 071"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bxf4 fxe4 9. d5 $1 {[%mdl 8]} (9. Qd2 d5 $15) ({RR} 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Bc4 c6 11. Qd2 d5 12. Bb3 h6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nge2 Nbd7 15. Ng3 Qe7 16. Nce2 O-O-O 17. Nf4 Rhg8 18. O-O Kb8 19. a4 Bf8 20. a5 Ne8 21. Nxe4 Nc7 22. Ng3 Qxh4 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 {Hanley,C (2452)-Lane,G (2358) Caleta 2019 1-0 (41)}) 9... Nh5 $146 (9... Bg7 10. Bb5+ $5 (10. h5 O-O $13) 10... Bd7 (10... c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba4 $14) 11. h5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 $36 {[%CAl Yb5d4,Yd4e6]}) ({RR} 9... Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O a5 13. h5 Nc5 14. Ng3 Qe8 15. h6 Bh8 16. Bb5 Qg6 17. Be3 b6 18. Rdf1 Rb8 19. Bd4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nfxd7 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rh5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rg5+ {Von Bahr,O (2240)-Pinski,J (2444) Sweden 2000 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 9... Bg7 10. Bc4 Nbd7 11. h5 O-O 12. h6 Ne8 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Qd2 a5 17. Bg5 e3 18. Qxe3 Nf6 19. O-O Qe8 20. Qd4 Nh5 21. Ng3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne5 23. Nxh5 Qxh5 24. Qxe5 {Fedorov,A (2599)-Gyimesi,Z (2602) Pula 2001 1-0}) ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Nge2 Bg7 11. Nd4 Nf8 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nf5 Kf7 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O h6 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qd4 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rhf8 21. Bd4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Re8 23. Rf5 Kg8 24. Bxe5 {David,A (2435)-Alkaersig,O (2170) Antwerp 1996 1-0 (41)}) 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bb5+ $1 Kf7 (11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe4 (13. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. Qd5 Rb8 16. Qxh5+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. b3 $44) (13. Qd5 $6 Ng3 $1 14. Rh2 Bd7) 13... d5 (13... Qa5+ 14. Nc3 cxb5 15. Qd5 $16) 14. Bxe7 (14. Qd4 O-O $17) 14... Kxe7 (14... Qxe7 $2 15. Qxd5) 15. Qd4 dxe4 (15... cxb5 16. Qe5+ Be6 17. Qg5+ Kd7 18. Nc5+ $36) 16. Qe5+ Be6 17. Bc4 Nf4 18. Qg7+ Kd6 19. Bxe6 (19. O-O-O+ $2 Nd5) 19... Kxe6 (19... Nxe6 $2 20. O-O-O+) 20. Qxg4+ Ke5 21. Ne2 $1 Nxe2 (21... Rf8 $2 22. Qg3 $1 Rf7 23. O-O Qf8 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Rf1 $18) 22. Qh5+ Ke6 23. Qg4+ Ke5 (23... Ke7 $2 24. Qxe4+) 24. Qh5+ $11) (11... Nd7 $2 12. Qxg4 $16) (11... Bd7 $2 12. Qxg4 $16) 12. Nge2 a6 (12... Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Qd4 $40) 13. O-O+ Kg8 (13... Kg7 $2 14. Qd4+ Bf6 15. Bxf6+ Nxf6 16. Nxe4 $18) 14. Ba4 Bxg5 $6 (14... b5 $142 15. Bb3 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Qd4 Nd7 18. Nxe4 $36) (14... h6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd4 $36) 15. hxg5 Nd7 $2 {[%csl Ye6] Das Feld e6 bleibt nur einen Augenblick ungedeckt.} (15... Qxg5 16. Qd4 Nd7 (16... Qe5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Be8 $16) 17. Nxe4 Qg7 18. Rae1 $36) 16. Nf4 $1 {[%CAl Yf4e6][%mdl 128]} Nxf4 (16... Ng3 17. Qxg4 Nxf1 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Rxf1 $18) (16... Qxg5 17. Nxe4 $18) 17. Qxg4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Yg4e6]} Ne5 18. Qxf4 Kg7 (18... b5 19. Bb3 a5 20. Nxe4 a4 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Qh4 $18) 19. Nxe4 b5 20. Bb3 Bd7 21. Nf6 h5 (21... Be8 22. Rae1 $40) 22. Rae1 1-0 [Event "Kamsky-Mamedyarov m"] [Site "Playchess.com INT"] [Date "2006.09.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2722"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2006.09.19"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.01.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf4 ({RR} 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Kf2 Qd8 8. Bxf4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 h5 11. h4 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. Nd5 Bd6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 17. Qf4 Qxf4+ 18. Kxf4 Nf2 19. Rhd1 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 c6 {Livaic,L (2507)-Suvorov,L (2279) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (37)}) 6... Bg4 7. Be2 O-O-O ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. Bxc7 Bd6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Qd7 14. Be5 Nd5 15. Rxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd7 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. d5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. f4 Ng6 21. Bd3 Rac8 22. Qf3 {Redon,B (2023)-Garcia Garcia,A (2165) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (40)}) 8. c3 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nf6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Rxd6 11. b5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8+ 13. Kf2 Qxb5 14. Nd2 Qd3 15. Rc1 Nxd4 {0-1 (15) Sprang,E-Hohmeister,J Limburg 1992}) ({RR} 8... g5 9. Nxg5 Re8 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nf6 12. Nd2 Rg8 13. Kf2 Nxd4 14. Bc4 Qf5 15. cxd4 Qxf4 16. Nb3 Ng4+ {0-1 (16) Ficken,H (1714)-Webner,D (2067) Bremen 2016}) 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Nc4 Qh6 13. Nfe5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rhe8 16. Qg4+ Kb8 17. Nxf7 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Qd2 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Rf2 Qh6 22. Re1 Re6 23. Rfe2 Rce8 24. h3 a6 25. d5 R6e7 26. Nc6+ 1-0 [Event "Lublin 3rd"] [Site "Lublin"] [Date "2011.05.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2011.05.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "POL"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 143"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.07.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 g5 6. g3 Bg7 7. gxf4 g4 8. Rg1 Kf8 $146 ({RR} 8... gxf3 9. Rxg7 Qh4+ 10. Rg3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Qf2 Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rg8+ Rxg8 15. Qxh4 O-O-O 16. Be3 Bg6 17. f5 Bh7 18. O-O-O Rde8 19. Qf4 {1-0 (19) Buglisi,M (1884)-Franssen,J (2189) Arco 2018}) ({RR} 8... gxf3 9. Rxg7 Qh4+ 10. Rg3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Qf2 f5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rg8+ {1-0 (14) Brustkern,J (2145)-Walther,H (2108) Dresden GER 2022}) 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 gxf3 12. axb4 Qh4+ 13. Rg3 Nf6 14. Qxf3 Nh5 15. Be2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qd8 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 b6 20. d6 Be8 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Rf1 Bg5 23. Bc4 Qxd6+ 24. Ke2 Bxe3 25. Qxa8 Qd2+ 26. Kf3 f5 27. Qc8 Kg7 28. Qxc7+ Kf8 29. Qxe5 Bh5+ 30. g4 Bxg4+ 31. Kg3 Qd4 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 9th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2021.09.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "Edouard,Romain"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.10.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,49,20,16,39,-47,-12,-13,-1,-14,25,23,21,32,132,73,146,26,26,-39,-39,-145,-141,-116,69,69,165,151,178,44,251,239,294,99,120,120,394,343,411,411,411,411,434,434,434,434,420,640,640,667,898,888]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The King's Gambit! Back to romantic chess!} exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 d6 6. Qe2 (6. Bc4 {was played a little more often, but Nepo's move definitely looks more critical.}) 6... dxe5 (6... d5 {is suggested by the engine, but Black's position with the lonely knight on h5 looks pretty ugly.}) 7. Nxe5 Qh4+ 8. g3 $1 {Firouzja had surely underestimated this sacrifice in his preparation. Of course White is ready to sacrifice an exchange to get such a lead in development!} Nxg3 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Bxf4 Be6 $146 {Just losing. Black had to try to castle shortside as soon as possible. Furthermore, d4-d5 will come in the very next moves.} (10... Be7 $6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qe4 {gave White more than enough compensation in Yoos,J (2320)-Gentes,K (2290) Winnipeg 1995, 1-0 (36).}) (10... Bb4+ $5 {might be the solution, although after} 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 {followed by 0-0-0 White has great compensation anyway. Black can try} g5 {after what White can (should?!) play} 13. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14. Be5 Rf8 15. O-O-O {with a very unclear position!}) ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qe4 Qe6 15. Rh1 h6 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Qg6 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qg4 21. Rxh6 Qxg6 22. Rxg6 c6 23. a4 Rf7 24. Rg1 Re8 25. a5 {Kuru,A (2220)-Polyik,P (2289) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (95)}) ({RR} 10... Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 g5 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. O-O-O gxf4 15. Qe5 Qh6 16. Bc4+ Ke8 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Qxc7 Na6 19. Bb5+ Kf7 20. Bc4+ Kf6 21. Qe5+ Kg6 22. g4 h5 23. Bd3+ Kf7 24. Rf1 Bf6 25. Qxf4 {Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749)-Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (82)}) 11. Nc3 {Black is already lost. After any normal move, like 11...Be7, White could castle longside and Bg2 would be unavoidable.} g5 (11... Bb4 $2 {may have been what Firouzja counted on, but after} 12. O-O-O $1 (12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. Qxb7 Qe4+ {gives Black some chances.}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bg2 {White wins.}) 12. d5 $1 (12. Bd2 {would be good as well, but Nepo's move is more forcing.}) 12... gxf4 13. dxe6 (13. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 14. Qxe6+ Kg7 15. Qe5+ {followed by 0-0-0, Bc4, was also winning!}) 13... Bd6 (13... Bh6 {to prevent 0-0-0 (...f3+) was the best defence, still White has many ways to get a decisive advantage, e.g.} 14. exf7+ Kf8 15. Rd1 {or 15.Qg4.}) 14. O-O-O (14. Nxf7 {was even stronger, it seems.}) 14... Qh6 (14... fxe6 15. Ng4 $1 {woms as White threatens both Qxe6 and Bg2+ again, now that h6 is covered.}) 15. Qb5+ Nc6 16. Nxf7 $1 {By far the most precise.} Qxe6 17. Bc4 $1 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 {The f7-knight not only attacks the h8-rook, but also prevents Black from castling longside!} Qc5 (18... Qb6 {would allow the white queen to swing to the other side} 19. Qh5 $18) 19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Qxb7 {It's all over.} Qxc4 21. Qxa8+ Nd8 22. Re1+ Kf7 23. Qxa7+ Kg6 24. gxf4 Qc5 25. Rg1+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Paravyan, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2023.05.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qd3 Bg4 11. Rf1 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bb5 Nb8 14. Rde1 a6 15. Ba4 Nbd7 16. Bb3 Bh5 17. Bg1 Bg6 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. d5 Nfd7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Nc6 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 bxc6 23. dxc6 Rde8 {Tica,S (2451)-Lobanov,S (2532) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bb5 c6 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxe2 Kf8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2 Kg7 21. Ne2 c5 22. Nc3 Qe6 23. Nd5 Rab8 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Paravyan,D (2592) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd4 Bxg3+ 14. Kd1 Be5 15. Nb5 Nf6 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kc1 O-O 19. Rxh6 Nxe4 20. Qe3 Qf5 21. b3 Kg7 22. Rh1 c6 23. dxc6 bxc6 {Nazari,A (2363)-Paravyan,D (2599) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (61)}) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Rdf1 O-O-O 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qd4 c5 16. dxc6 N7xc6 17. Qd1 Nxf3 18. Nd5 Kb8 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Ne5 21. Rf5 Rhe8 22. Bd4 Qc6 23. b3 Rc8 24. Rhf1 f6 25. c4 h5 26. Qxh5 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qd1 Rxe4 29. Bb2 Re2 30. R5f2 Qe4+ 31. Ka1 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 f5 33. Nf6 Qe6 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. Rxb3 Bxf6+ 36. Kb1 Rc5 37. Rh1 Be5 38. Rh7 Rb5 39. Rxb5 axb5 40. Rf7 f4 41. g4 Bd4 42. Rf5 Be3 43. Rxg5 f3 44. Rf5 f2 45. Kc2 d5 46. Kd3 d4 47. Ke2 Kc7 48. g5 Kd6 49. g6 Bh6 50. Rxf2 Ke5 51. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.07.21"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bb5 c6 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxe2 Kf8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2 Kg7 21. Ne2 c5 22. Nc3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Paravyan,D (2592) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (41)}) 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qd2 Ng4 $146 ({RR} 9... c6 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Bg2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Qf2 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bg2 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. a3 Nb6 19. Bc1 a6 20. Qf5 Nbd7 21. Be3 Re7 22. Bg1 Rde8 23. Bf2 Nb6 24. Ka2 {Fico,M (2315)-Barbieri,G (2155) Senigallia 1996 0-1}) 10. Bg1 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nh2 Nxh2 13. Rxh2 Bg4 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Reh1 c6 18. Rxh6 Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Kg7 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 Rh8 22. b3 Rxh6 23. Bxh6+ Kh7 24. Bf1 Bh3 25. Be2 Re8 26. Kb2 b5 27. Bd3 Qg4 28. Be3 b4 29. Nd1 Qxg3 30. Qxb4 Bg4 31. e5 f5 32. Qxd6 Bxd1 33. Bxf5 Rg8 34. Bd2 Bg4 35. Qe7+ Rg7 36. Qg5 Qh2 37. Bxg4 Ne7 38. Qh5+ Qxh5 39. Bxh5 Rg2 40. Bb4 Nd5 41. Bf3 Rf2 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Bc5 a6 44. b4 Kg6 45. a4 Kf5 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5 Ke6 48. b6 Kd7 49. Kb3 Kc6 50. c4 dxc4+ 51. Kxc4 Rf4 52. e6 Re4 53. e7 Kd7 54. b7 Kc7 55. Bd6+ Kxb7 56. Be5 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.04.09"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bb5 ({RR} 7. d5 Ne5 8. gxf4 gxf4 9. Bxf4 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qf6 12. O-O Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qg6+ 15. Kh3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Qg4+ Kb8 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Qxg6 hxg6+ 20. Kg2 Rde8 21. Be3 Ng4 {Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749)-Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½}) 7... a6 $146 ({RR} 7... g4 8. Nh4 f3 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Qd2 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O-O h5 13. Rde1 f6 14. h3 Kf7 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Kxg6 17. Nd1 c5 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Rxh8 Qxh8 20. dxc5 Be6 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Ne3 {Koepke,C (2404)-Gyimesi,Z (2652) Austria 2012 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 7... Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qd3 h6 10. Bd2 fxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Qf6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Rf1 Qg6 16. Be3 a6 17. Qc4 Kb8 18. Bd4 Ne7 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Qb3 f5 21. Nd4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 {Glanc,L (1760)-Field,L (1848) Montesilvano ITA 2026 0-1 (46)}) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qd3 Bg4 10. gxf4 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Qf6 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Rf1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 a5 17. Nf4 Rab8 18. h3 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bh5 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Nh4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rfe8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rg1 e4 25. Qf1 Kh8 26. Nf5 Rg8 27. Nxg7 Rxg7 28. Bf6 Rbg8 29. Rg5 h6 30. Re5 Kh7 31. Bxg7 Qg6 32. Bxh6 Kxh6 33. Qf4+ Kh7 34. a3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th May Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2712"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2023.05.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nc6 6. d4 Bg4 ({RR} 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Nh5 8. Nd5 Ng3 9. Rh2 Ne7 10. Nxf4 Nxe4 11. Qe2 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxe4+ Be6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Bxd5 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rh3 Bd6 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nd3 {Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749)-Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½}) 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d5 $146 ({RR} 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Bf2 a6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nd5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rde1 Rab8 18. Qc3 Nf4 19. Rhg1 Qf6 20. Re3 d5 21. e5 Qg6 22. Qd2 Rb6 23. Nh2 Rfb8 {Pihlajamaki,A-Koskinen,H (2240) Helsinki 1993 0-1}) 9... Ne5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qxf3 Bb4 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Qxe5 Rae8 18. Qd4 Qg4 19. Kb1 b6 20. Rhe1 Qxh4 21. a4 Re7 22. Qc3 Rfe8 23. e5 Qxa4 24. d6 cxd6 25. exd6 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Qe5 Qd7 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qd4 Rd7 31. b3 Kh7 32. Ka2 Kg6 33. Rd3 Qf6 34. Qe4+ Kg7 35. Qc6 Qe6 36. Qc3+ Qf6 37. Qc6 Qe6 38. Qc3+ Qf6 39. Qb4 Qe5 40. g4 Qe6 41. Qd2 Qe5 42. Rd5 Qe6 43. Qc3+ Qf6 44. Qd3 Qe6 45. Qd4+ Qf6 46. Qd2 Qe6 47. Rd4 Qe5 48. c4 a5 49. Ka3 Qc5+ 50. Ka2 Qe5 51. Rd5 Qe4 52. Ka3 Qxg4 53. Ka4 Qe6 54. Kb5 g4 55. Kxb6 g3 56. c5 Qe4 57. c6 g2 58. Qc3+ Kh7 59. Rd1 Rxd6 60. Rxd6 g1=Q+ 61. Kb7 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.04.09"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bb5 ({RR} 7. d5 Ne5 8. gxf4 gxf4 9. Bxf4 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qf6 12. O-O Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qg6+ 15. Kh3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Qg4+ Kb8 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Qxg6 hxg6+ 20. Kg2 Rde8 21. Be3 Ng4 {Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749)-Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½}) 7... a6 $146 ({RR} 7... g4 8. Nh4 f3 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Qd2 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O-O h5 13. Rde1 f6 14. h3 Kf7 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Kxg6 17. Nd1 c5 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Rxh8 Qxh8 20. dxc5 Be6 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Ne3 {Koepke,C (2404)-Gyimesi,Z (2652) Austria 2012 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 7... Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qd3 h6 10. Bd2 fxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Qf6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Rf1 Qg6 16. Be3 a6 17. Qc4 Kb8 18. Bd4 Ne7 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Qb3 f5 21. Nd4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 {Glanc,L (1760)-Field,L (1848) Montesilvano ITA 2026 0-1 (46)}) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qd3 Bg4 10. gxf4 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Qf6 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Rf1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 a5 17. Nf4 Rab8 18. h3 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bh5 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Nh4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rfe8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rg1 e4 25. Qf1 Kh8 26. Nf5 Rg8 27. Nxg7 Rxg7 28. Bf6 Rbg8 29. Rg5 h6 30. Re5 Kh7 31. Bxg7 Qg6 32. Bxh6 Kxh6 33. Qf4+ Kh7 34. a3 1-0 [Event "World Rapid Team 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.08.28"] [Round "9.8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Svidler, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2688"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2023.08.26"] [EventType "rapid"] [WhiteTeam "WR Chess"] [BlackTeam "Chess Pensioners"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Bd3 c5 ({RR} 5... dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ng6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4 h5 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qc4+ Kh7 12. Bxc7 Qd7 13. Be5 Qg4 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bf5 17. Nb3 Qg3+ 18. Kd2 Rfd8+ 19. Nbd4 Bc5 20. c3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Bok,B (2621) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 5... dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nd5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Qe2 Qe6 11. Qb5 a6 12. Qf1 Qf5 13. c4 g5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. d5 g4 17. dxc6 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Rg8 19. Bxf4 Qg6 20. Ng3 {Duijker,R (2195)-Bus,T (2056) Dieren NED 2026 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 5... dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ng6 7. h4 Bd6 8. h5 Ne7 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Qd3 Ng3 13. Nxg3 fxg3 14. Kd1 O-O 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. h6 {1-0 (17) Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aliyev,R (2338) chess.com INT 2024}) 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 dxe4 $146 ({RR} 7... Nbc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O d4 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. Nxf4 Ne5 12. Qe1 Bd6 13. Nh5 O-O 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qg3 {½-½ (15) Zeller,F (2420)-Hecht,H (2425) Germany 2004}) 8. Nxe4 Ng6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qe2 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. h5 Ne5 16. Qxf4 Qb8 17. Nd6 f6 18. Qe4 g6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh6 Qxd6 21. Bc4+ Kg7 22. Rxg6+ 1-0 [Event "Zagreb SuperUnited Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2022.07.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2022.07.23"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Nh5 8. Nd5 Bg4 ({RR} 8... Ng3 9. Rh2 Ne7 10. Nxf4 Nxe4 11. Qe2 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxe4+ Be6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Bxd5 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rh3 Bd6 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Ne5 Re8 21. b3 f6 22. Rd3 b5 23. c4 {Stoofvlees II d9 (3541)-Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½}) 9. Qd3 Na5 $146 ({RR} 9... g5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 c6 13. Nf6+ Nxf6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Bc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Bd2 b5 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Bc3 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qc3 Qd6 22. Qa5 Be2 23. Rf2 f3 24. gxf3 {Thorpe,T (1892)-Van Kemenade,R (1985) Cardiff 2017 0-1}) 10. Bb3 c6 11. Nxf4 Ng3 12. Rh2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nh5 15. Nc4 g6 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. g3 Be7 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Rxa7 O-O 21. Kd2 Rfe8 22. Rxb7 Bf8 23. Rf2 Qg6 24. Na4 Rxe4 25. Nc3 Ree8 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 27. d5 c5 28. Nb5 Re4 29. c4 Rde8 30. Bxd6 Bg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc5 Re2+ 33. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 34. Kc3 g5 35. Bd4+ Kg6 36. c5 Rg2 37. Be5 Kf5 38. Bb8 Ke4 39. d6 Rxg3+ 40. Kb4 gxh4 41. c6 Rd3 42. Kc5 Rd5+ 43. Kb6 h3 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Nc3+ 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 16th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2012.10.29"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Gharamian, Tigran"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2012.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2013"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Ng6 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. Bc4 Be7 8. h4 Bf5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. h5 Nh4 12. Bxf4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nxg2+ 14. Kd2 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Bd6 16. Qf5 Ne7 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Ng5 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 20. Raf1 Nh6 21. Rhg1 Rae8 {Sulskis,S (2572)-Fridman,D (2630) Dresden 2008 ½-½ (67)}) 7... Be7 8. O-O Bg4 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. c3 Nd7 10. Ne1 c5 11. Bxf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Kh1 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qd5 15. Nc3 Qh5 16. Bxg6 Qxg6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Bc7 Nf6 19. Ne5 Qe4 20. Nc3 Qe3 21. Rf3 Qg5 22. Bxd8 Qxe5 23. Bxf6 {Perez Candelas,A (2070)-Blanco Ronquillo,H (2408) San Antonio del Tachira 2013 ½-½}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Ne1 Qxd4+ 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Rxf4 f5 13. Nf3 Qd8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bc4+ Kg7 16. Bd5 Bf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. c3 Be6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Qa4 Be5 21. Rf3 Bxf3 22. Ne6+ Kh8 23. Nxd8 {Yedid,L (1521)-Basios,A (1860) Tornelo INT 2023 1-0 (35)}) 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Qd5 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 c6 14. Qh5 Nd7 15. Bxf4 f5 16. Nd6 Nxf4 17. Nxc8 Nxh5 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Bxf5 Nb6 20. g4 Nf6 21. g5 Ne8 22. Raf1 g6 23. Bd3 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Kg7 25. h4 Nd6 26. Rf6 Ne8 27. Rf2 Nd6 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rf6 Re8 30. Rxd6 Rxe7 31. Rh6 Kg8 32. Rxh5 Na4 33. Rh2 Rg7 34. Rg2 Nb6 35. c4 Kf8 36. Kf2 Rf7+ 37. Ke3 Re7+ 38. Kd2 Rd7 39. Rg4 Rg7 40. b3 Nd7 41. Kc3 Ke7 42. a4 Nf8 43. Bf5 Rf7 44. Re4+ Kd8 45. Re5 Rg7 46. Be4 Ng6 47. Bxg6 Rxg6 48. Rf5 Ke7 49. d5 cxd5 50. Rxd5 h6 51. gxh6 Rxh6 52. a5 Ke8 53. Kb4 Rh3 54. Ka4 Rg3 55. Rd4 Ke7 56. Kb4 Ke8 57. Rd5 Ke7 58. Rb5 b6 59. axb6 axb6 60. Rxb6 Kd7 61. Rh6 Kc7 62. c5 Kb7 63. Kc4 Kc7 64. b4 Kb7 65. Kb5 Kc7 66. Rh7+ Kc8 67. Kb6 Rg8 68. c6 Kb8 69. Rb7+ Kc8 70. Ra7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Late"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.10.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Nc3 ({RR} 5. Bc4 d5 6. Be2 ({RR} 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 g5 9. Nc3 g4) 6... g5 7. O-O g4 ({RR} 7... Rg8 8. d4 g4) 8. Ne1 Rg8 9. d4 Nc6 ({RR} 9... f3 10. Bxf3 gxf3 11. Qxf3) 10. Bb5 ({RR} 10. Bxf4 Nxf4 11. Rxf4 Bh6) ({RR} 10. c3 Qh4 11. Bxf4 g3 12. hxg3 Nxg3 13. Bxg3 Rxg3) ({RR} 10. Nc3 f3 11. g3) 10... Qh4 ({RR} 10... Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf4) 11. Nc3 ({RR} 11. Bxf4 g3 12. hxg3 Nxg3 13. Bxg3 Rxg3) 11... Be6 12. Bxf4 g3 13. hxg3 Nxg3 14. Bxg3 Rxg3 15. Nf3 Qh3 16. Rf2 Bh6 17. Qd3 O-O-O 18. Ne2 Rg7 19. Nh2 Rdg8 {Gashimov,V (2594)-Graf,A (2605) Gothenburg 2005 CBM 109 [Bangiev,Alexander J] 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd4+ 8. Kh1 Ng3+ 9. hxg3 Qxe5) ({RR} 5. d4 d6 6. Bc4 d5 7. Be2 g5 8. c4 ({RR} 8. O-O {RR} Rg8) 8... g4 9. O-O Rg8 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd8) 5... d6 ({RR} 5... d5 6. d4 Be7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Bd2 Bh4+ 9. g3 fxg3 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Qg2 c6 12. Bd3 g6 13. hxg3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. Rxh5 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 gxh5 17. Qxh5 f5 18. exf6 Rf7 19. Rh2 Qxf6 20. Bxh7+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-To,N (2315) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (72)}) 6. d4 $146 ({RR} 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qe2 dxe5 8. d4 Bg4 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qxe5 Qd6 11. Nb5 Qxe5+ 12. Nxe5 Rc8 13. Nxg4 a6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. O-O b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Ne4 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Ne5 O-O 20. Nc6 Rde8 {Remolar Gallen,J (2335)-Garcia Martin,M (2331) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0}) 6... g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nd5+ Kd8 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 f6 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Rhe1 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 Bf5 19. d5 Re8 20. d6 c6 21. Nd4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nc8 23. Bf7 Bd7 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Ra5 26. Re8+ Kd7 27. Rg8 Rf5 28. Be8+ Ke6 29. d7 Rxf4 30. dxc8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Alekhine casual"] [Site "Kislovodsk"] [Date "1907.06.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Gaidukevich, SV."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C35"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1907.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. h4 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bxf4 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bxh4+ 8. g3 Bf6 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg5 9. Bxg5 Qxg5 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Rh5 Qf6 13. Rf5 Qe6 14. d5 Ne5 15. dxe6 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 fxe6 {½-½ (16) Eisenblaetter,K-Ascher,A Germany 1993}) ({RR} 8... Bg5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bxf4+ 11. gxf4 Qf6 12. Bb5 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Qe6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. f5 Qc4 19. b3 Qc5 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Qe4 Ne7 22. Qd3 Qxe5 23. c3 {Coralic,S (1831)-Hafizovic,S Lukavac 2020 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 8... Bg5 9. Nc3 Bxf4 10. gxf4 c6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Ne7 14. a3 Qa5 15. Kb1 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qg4 g6 18. Na2 Qb7 19. f5 Nb6 20. Qh4 g5 21. Qxg5 Nxf5 22. Qg7 O-O-O 23. Qxf7 {Oliver Gari,J (1937)-Arnaiz,C (1858) Palma de Mallorca 2000 1-0}) 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Be7 11. Bc4 f6 12. e6 c6 13. Bd3 Kf8 14. Bxh7 Nh6 15. Be4 Na6 16. Qg4 Rg8 17. Qg6 Qe8 18. Qh7 Ng4 19. Bf5 Ne5 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Tula"] [Date "1910.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Krotky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C35"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1910.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 Bh4+ 6. Ke2 d6 ({RR} 6... d5 7. e5 Bf5 8. Bxf4 Be7 9. Kf2 Qd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O-O 12. Rhf1 h6 13. Kg1 g5 14. Be3 g4 15. Nd2 f6 16. Bf4 fxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Nge7 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Na4 Qf5 21. Nxb6+ {Novikov,E (2276)-Sari,Y (2323) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 7. Bxf4 Bg4 8. g3 ({RR} 8. Qd3 Nge7 9. Kd2 Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. g3 Qd8 13. h3 Be6 14. Qb5 Qf6 15. Ne2 Qf3 16. Rg1 a6 17. Qd3 f5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. c4 Rae8 21. Nc3 Nb4 22. g4 Nh4 {Hector,J (2485)-Veingold,A (2435) Budapest 1989 1-0 (53)}) 8... Bxf3+ $146 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 Qe7 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Nd2 Bg4+ 14. Kf2 O-O 15. Be2 Bd7 16. h4 Nd8 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Bc6 20. Bd4 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 c5 22. Be3 Nc6 23. Qe4 {Keiter,H-Schmid,H Hamburg 1963 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 8... Bf6 9. Be3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. Qd2 f5 12. h3 Bxf3+ 13. Bxf3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. c3 O-O-O 16. b4 Re8 17. Kf2 d5 18. Nc5 Nf6 19. Bg5 Rhf8 20. Kg2 h5 21. Qd3 Qf7 22. Rhf1 Nd8 23. c4 {Alexandria,C-Borin,A Brasilia 1988 1-0 (40)}) 9. Kxf3 Bf6 10. Be3 g5 11. Kg2 h5 12. Bc4 Nh6 13. Qxh5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rhf1 Qe7 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. c3 Ng4 19. h4 Be5 20. Rxf7 Qxf7 21. Nb6+ axb6 22. Bxf7 Nf6 23. hxg5 Ne8 24. a4 Rh7 25. g6 Rh6 26. a5 Ng7 27. axb6 cxb6 28. Qc4+ Kb8 29. Bd5 Rdh8 1-0 [Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1997.05.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C35"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Bangiev,Alexander J"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1997.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 059"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Bh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 {Schwarz opfert den Bauern mit der Idee, sich so schnell wie möglich zu entwickeln, um seine Figuren gegen den Punkt e4 zu richten, und die unsichere Stellung des weißen Königs im Zentrum auszunutzen. Der schwarze Plan ist für Weiß sehr gefährlich, vor allem deshalb, weil er strategisch richtig ist und von Weiß ein äußerst genaues Spiel erfordert.} 6. Nxd5 Nf6 {Die strärkste Fortsetzung, die Weiß dazu zwingt, den ?d5 zu tauschen. Wenn man bedenkt, daß weißer Springer dabei schon seinen 3.Zug macht (und der schwarze nur den 1.), gewinnt Schwarz dabei zwei Tempi.} 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. d4 {Für Weiß ist es zu spät, seinen Plan des Angriffs auf den Punkt e5 zu ändern. Trotz der Schwächung des ?e4 und der Diagonale f1-a6, ist dies der stärkste Zug in dieser Stellung.} ({RR} 8. d3 Bg4 9. Qd2 g5 10. Qc3 Qxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Bb2 Rhe8 14. g3 fxg3 15. hxg3 Bxg3 16. Rg1 Bxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Be5 18. d4 Bf4 19. Rh1 c5 20. c3 h5 21. Bh3 h4 22. e5 Kc7 {Sulic,K (2089)-Zeier,K (2222) Frankenthal 2015 0-1 (56)}) 8... Bg4 {Durch der Fesselung des ?f3 soll der ?h4 befestigt werden, um den Umzug des weißen Königs (?e2-f2) auf den Königsflügel zu verhindern.} (8... O-O 9. Qd3 $1 Bg4 10. e5 Qb6 $2 11. g3 $1 $16) 9. Qd2 $1 {Dies ist eine typische Idee in dieser Stellung. Unter Tempogewinn beabsichtigt Weiß das Manöver ?d1-c2.} (9. c3 Nc6 (9... c5 {Ftacnik} 10. dxc5 Qe7 11. Qd5 Nd7 12. Bxf4 Nf6 13. Qe5 Nxe4 14. Ke3 Bxf3 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxe7+ Bxe7 17. Kxf3 Nxc5 18. Rad1 a6 19. Bc4 Rc8 20. Rhe1 g5 21. Be5 Rg8 22. g4 Rg6 {Arnason,J-Wedberg,T/Randers zt-A (05)/1982/½-½ (45)}) 10. Kd3 $2 O-O-O 11. Kc2 Rhe8 12. Bd3 Bf2 13. Qf1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxd4 $1 15. cxd4 Nb4+ 16. Kb1 Rxd4 $40 {Kavelek-Herink, Prag 1959}) (9. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Nc6 10. e5 Nxe5 11. Qe4 O-O-O 12. dxe5 Qa6+ 13. c4 f5 14. Qc2 Rd4 15. Bd2 Rhd8 16. Qc3 Qxc4+ {0-1 Kure,A-Wedberg,T/Vienna op (03)/1991/}) (9. e5 {Ftacnik} Qb6 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. c3 Qxb2+ 12. Bd2 Nxd4+ 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. g3 O-O-O 15. gxh4 Qe4+ 16. Kf2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rxd2+ 18. Be2 Qxh4+ 19. Kf1 Rd4 20. Kg2 Qg5+ 21. Qg3 Qd2 22. Rhe1 Re4 {Kennaugh,C-Loncar,R/Bozen op (09)/1992/0-1 (55)}) 9... Nc6 10. c3 {Konsiquent. Es droht 11.?f4 bzw. 11.?d1} O-O-O $146 {Dubious novelty since black will have to use lot of imagination to support his attack. Eine fragliche Neuerung weil Schwarz braucht viel Imagination um sein Angriff zu unterstutzen.} (10... g5 $5 11. Kd1 O-O-O 12. Kc2 Rhe8 (12... Qh6 13. h3 (13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. g3 $1 fxg3 15. Qxg5 $1) 13... Bg3 14. hxg4 Qxh1 15. Bc4 Rhe8 16. Qe2 Qh6 17. Bxf7 Re7 18. Bc4 Qg7 19. b4 h5 $36 {1-0 Buecker,S-Seegers/2.BL 1987 (37)}) (12... Qh6) 13. Bd3 (13. Nxh4 Rxe4 $1 14. Bd3 Nxd4+ $1 15. cxd4 Rexd4 16. Qc3 gxh4 17. b3 h3 18. gxh3 Bf5 $40) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4+ 15. cxd4 Rxd4 16. Qc3 (16. Rd1 Red8 17. Qe2 Qc6+ 18. Kb1 Qd6 19. Kc2 Qc6+ 20. Kb1 $11) 16... Re6 17. Kb1 Rc6 18. Qb3 (18. Qa3 $5) 18... a5 19. a3 a4 20. Qb5 Kb8 21. Be2 $16 {½-½ Gallagher,J-Klovans,J/Oberwart 1993 (32)} (21. Be2 {Ftacnik} Qd8 22. Rf1 Rb6 23. Qc5 {½-½ Gallagher,J-Klovans,J/Oberwart op/1993 (31)}) (21. Bc2 $5)) (10... O-O 11. Kd1 Rfe8 12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Kc2 $16) ({RR} 10... g5 11. Kd1 O-O-O 12. Kc2 Qh6 13. h3 Bg3 14. hxg4 Qxh1 15. Bc4 Rhe8 16. Qe2 Qh6 17. Bxf7 Re7 18. Bc4 Qg7 19. b4 h5 20. b5 hxg4 21. bxc6 gxf3 22. Qxf3 g4 23. cxb7+ Kb8 24. Qd3 Qh7 25. e5 {Buecker,S (2300)-Seegers,H Germany 1986 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 10... g5 11. Kd1 O-O-O 12. Kc2 Rhe8 13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4+ 15. cxd4 Rxd4 16. Qc3 Re6 17. Kb1 Rc6 18. Qb3 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Qb5 Kb8 21. Be2 Qd8 22. Rf1 Rb6 23. Qc5 Rc6 24. Qb5 Rb6 25. Qa5 {Gallagher,J (2515)-Klovans,J (2415) Oberwart 1993 ½-½ (33)}) 11. Qxf4 (11. Kd1 $2 Nxd4 $1) 11... Qe6 (11... Qxf4 {Ftacnik} 12. Bxf4 Rhe8 13. Ke3 f5 14. e5 $14) 12. Ke3 $5 {[%csl Rh4]} (12. Kd1 $2 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Rxd4+ 14. Kc2 (14. Bd2 $2 Rxe4) 14... Rxe4 $17) (12. d5 $2 Rxd5) 12... g5 $5 (12... Bf6 13. Kf2 $14 (13. Kf2 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 (13... Ne7 14. Bc4 Qxc4 15. Qxg4+ Kb8 16. e5 $18) 14. gxf3 $16) (13. Bc4 Qxc4 14. Qxg4+ Kb8 $13)) (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 g5 14. Qg4 $14) 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 (13... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 14. Nf3 $16) 14. Qxg5 f5 $5 (14... Rhe8 {Ftacnik} 15. Bd3 (15. Qf4 f5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bc4 (17. e5 $2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qb6+) (17. Bb5) 17... Qxe4+ 18. Qxe4 fxe4 19. Bb5 $16) 15... Bf5 16. Kf2 Bxe4 17. Re1 $16) 15. h3 $1 {Dies dürfte die kritische Stellung sein.} (15. Bd3 Nxd4 $1 16. cxd4 Qb6 $40) 15... Nxd4 $2 (15... Qxe4+ 16. Kf2 Rhg8 17. Qf4 Bh5 $14 (17... Bh5 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxe4 fxe4 19. Bf4 $16)) (15... Rhg8 {Ftacnik} 16. Qf4 Ne7 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 Bh5 19. Bc4 $18) 16. cxd4 Rxd4 (16... Qxe4+ 17. Kf2 $18 (17. Kf2 {Ftacnik} Bd1 18. Qe3 $18)) 17. hxg4 $18 (17. Kxd4 Qxe4+ (17... Rd8+ 18. Qxd8+ (18. Ke3 $2 {Ftacnik} Qb6+ 19. Kf4 Qf2+ 20. Ke5 Re8+ $19) 18... Kxd8 19. hxg4 $18) (17... Qb6+ 18. Kc3 (18. Kc3 {Ftacnik} Qa5+ 19. Kc2 Qa4+ 20. b3 $18)) 18. Kc3 Qe5+ (18... Qe1+ 19. Qd2) 19. Kc2 $18 (19. Kc2 {Ftacnik} Qe4+ 20. Bd3 Qxg2+ 21. Bd2 Qc6+ 22. Bc3 $18)) 17... Rxe4+ (17... Qxe4+ 18. Kf2 $18 (18. Kf2 {Ftacnik} fxg4 19. Kg1 $18)) 18. Kf2 fxg4 (18... Qb6+ 19. Be3 Qxb2+ 20. Be2 $18) 19. Rh6 (19. Qc5 $5 $18 {Ftacnik}) 19... Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Rxf1+ (20... Qe8 {Ftacnik} 21. Bd2 $18) 21. Kxf1 Re1+ 22. Kf2 Qe2+ (22... Re2+ {Ftacnik} 23. Kg3 Rxg2+ $1 24. Kxg2 Qe2+ 25. Kg3 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 23. Kg3 Qd3+ (23... Rg1 {Ftacnik} 24. Qf5+ Kd8 25. Bg5+ $18) 24. Kxg4 (24. Kh2 {Ftacnik} g3+ 25. Kh3 Rh1+ 26. Kg4 Qe4+ 27. Bf4 $18) (24. Kxg4 {Ftacnik} Qd7+ 25. Kg3 Qd3+ 26. Kh2 $18) 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Play-In 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.24"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Fressinet, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2023.07.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qf6 ({RR} 14... fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 a5 23. a4 c5 24. Rc4 Nb4 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. Qe3 h6 27. g4 Qf2 28. Qe5 Rg6 29. Qe4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aravindh,C (2698) Shusha AZE 2024 1-0}) 15. O-O-O f3 $146 ({RR} 15... Be5 16. gxf4 Nxc3 17. dxc3 Bxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Qc4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxh2 21. Qxc6 e5 22. Qd5+ Qf7 23. c4 Qxd5 24. cxd5 e4 25. Re1 Bg3 26. Rxe4 Rf1+ 27. Bc1 h5 28. Kb2 h4 29. d6 Bxd6 30. Rxh4 {Ronge,T (2232)-Royal,S (2353) Dortmund 2022 ½-½ (41)}) 16. Qc4 Be5 17. Rhf1 Rad8 18. Rde1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. dxc3 Rf6 22. Re4 g5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. cxd4 g4 27. Kd2 Rh6 28. Ke3 Rh2 29. Kf4 Rxc2 30. Kxg4 f2 31. Kf3 Rxa2 32. Rxf2 Ra3 33. Rb2 Ra5 34. Rc2 Rb5 35. Rc3 Kf7 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. g4 a5 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39. d5 Rb4+ 40. Kf3 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Kd4 Rb4+ 44. Kc5 Rxg4 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 46. Re3 a4 47. d6 Rg1 48. d7 Rc1+ 49. Kb6 Rd1 50. Kc7 Rc1+ 51. Kd8 Ra1 52. Rc3 a3 53. Kc8 1-0 [Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.19"] [Round "3.29"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Naroditsky, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2023.07.17"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 5. Bc4 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Ne2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. Bb3 Rfe8 12. c4 Rad8 13. Bd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15. Nc3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Be3 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Qc1 Qd7 21. Bxe3 fxe3 22. Re1 Rd2 23. Ra4 h6 24. Rg4 Rc8 25. Qa1 {Krstev,K-Barlocco,C Caorle 1982 0-1}) 11. c3 Qe7 12. Nxf4 Rad8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Nd3 Ng3 19. Rf3 Re2 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Re4 22. Rxg3 Rxf4 23. Re1 b5 24. Re7 b4 25. Rxa7 bxc3 26. bxc3 h6 27. Rf3 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Rc8 29. Ra3 Kh7 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Kd3 Ra8 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.08.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Pichot, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.08.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd3 ({RR} 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. c5 Bc7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe3 Bd6 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Re5 Rd8 24. h3 Bc8 25. Qe3 Kg7 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2769)-Xiong,J (2659) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Ng3 h6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 e2 20. Rf2 Bb4 21. Rexe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. a3 Bd6 25. b4 Bc7 {Vasilenok,A (2137)-Aradhya,G (2370) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 11... Bh5 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Ng5 Bh5 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 h6 15. Nge4 g5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rff1 Kg7 18. Rae1 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nc3 Bg6 22. Qf3 Qxc4 23. Qxf6+ Kh7 24. Qf2 Qb4 25. Qf6 Re6 26. Qd8 {Spieker,M-Huhn,U Germany 1992 0-1 (65)}) 12. Nh4 Qc7 13. Nf5 Bg6 14. Qh3 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Bf8 19. c4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Ne3 21. Bxe3 fxe3 22. c5 Re7 23. Rf3 g6 24. Qd3 Bh6 25. Bc4 Kh8 26. b4 f5 27. b5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Rd8 29. g3 Bg7 30. Kg2 Rxd4 31. Qa3 Rd2+ 32. Re2 a6 33. Qxa6 Bd4 34. Qd6 Qxc5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Bc4 Qxc4 37. Qxe7+ Kh6 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. Rfxe3 Rxe2+ 41. Rxe2 Qd5+ 42. Kh3 g5 43. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Svane, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2026.03.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 11. b3 O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bb2 e5 14. O-O-O Rac8 15. Kb1 e4 16. Rhf1 a6 17. Rde1 Rfe8 18. Qd1 b5 19. Ne2 Nd5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Qh5 Re5 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qf2 Bc5 24. Qh4 g5 25. Qh6 Bxd4 {Nazari,A (2358)-Duda,J (2732) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Kb1 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 f3 20. g3 e5 21. d5 Bc5 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rxe5 Bd4 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rg4 Rxd5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2766)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Zagreb 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 11. d4 O-O 12. Ne4 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. c3 Rae8 16. O-O g5 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 Kg7 19. Rad1 b5 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. Re5 Rf5 23. Rde1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rf8 25. Qe4 Rf6 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-Svane,R (2612) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (61)}) ({RR} 11. d3 O-O 12. Bd2 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne4 e5 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Qe4 Bc7 17. O-O-O Qd5 18. b3 a5 19. a4 Rg6 20. Bc3 Rxg2 21. Rd2 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Kf3 g5 {Shakhnovich,U (1736)-De la Vega Alvarez,J (1744) Wroclaw POL 2024 1-0 (52)}) 11... O-O 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. d4 a6 14. Bd3 f3 15. Qe4 fxg2 16. Rg1 Nxd4 17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. Rxg2 Rg8 19. Be3 Nf3+ 20. Ke2 Ne5 21. Rag1 Kf8 22. Rxg7 Qxg7 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. Bh6 Rxh6 25. Qxh6 Kf7 26. Be4 b6 27. c3 a5 28. Qe3 Rg4 29. h3 Bc5 30. Qh6 Rxe4+ 31. Kd1 Ng6 32. a3 a4 33. Kc2 Rh4 34. Qd2 Rxh3 35. Qe2 Re3 36. Qb5 Ne5 37. Qxa4 Re2+ 38. Kb1 Kf6 39. Qf4+ Ke7 40. b4 Bf2 41. a4 Nd3 42. Qc4 Rd2 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 e5 45. a6 Kd6 46. Ka1 Rd1+ 47. Ka2 Rd2+ 48. Kb1 Bc5 49. Qf7 Rb2+ 50. Ka1 Rb6 51. Qg6+ Kc7 52. Qxd3 1-0 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2734"] [Annotator "RR"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 146"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb3 c5 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. d4 Nxc4 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nc3) 10... c6 ({RR} 10... Nb6) 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Qe2 b5 13. a4 Qb6 14. Kh1 ({RR} 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Bc2 Nc6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Nxb5 Rac8 ({RR} 17... Qxb5 18. Ba4) 18. Ba4 Rfd8) 14... Bf6 15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5 ({RR} 16. Bc2 Nd7 ({RR} 16... Nc6 17. d5) 17. b3 ({RR} 17. Qd3 g6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Ne5) 17... Nd6 ({RR} 17... Na5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. d5 Bf5 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Bd4) 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Be4 Rae8 21. Qd3 g6 22. Nc3 Bg7 ({RR} 22... Bxb3 23. Rfb1) ({RR} 22... Qxb3 23. Rfb1 Nc5 24. Qe3 Qc4 25. Rxa7) 23. Ra6) 16... Bg4 ({RR} 16... Bxc3 17. dxe6 ({RR} 17. bxc3 Bxd5) 17... Qxe6 18. Qc2 Bxb2 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxb2 Qxf4 21. Qxb5 Qc7 22. Ne5) 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxc4 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 ({RR} 19. Qe4 Bxf3 ({RR} 19... Nd7 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Bh5 22. d6) 20. gxf3 Nd7 ({RR} 20... Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxa1 22. Qb1) 21. Ra2 Rae8 ({RR} 21... Qc3 22. Rc1) 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Bc7 Rc8 26. d6) 19... Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bf6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 {Shulman,Y (2564)-Onischuk,A (2661) Kansas 2003 CBM 099 [Bangiev,Alexander J] ½-½ (51)}) 8. Kh1 ({RR} 8. d4 Nc6 9. c4 cxd4 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxf4 O-O-O 13. Nbd2 f6 14. Rc1 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. Qb3 h4 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Bf2 Kb8 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. Nb3 d3 21. Rc3 Rhd8 22. Nc1 d2 {Burovic,R (2420)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (65)}) 8... Nc6 $146 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. d5 Bg4 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Bc2 g6 15. Qxe3 Bd6 16. Nbd2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qf6 18. Rab1 Rae8 19. Qh6 Ne5 20. Nd2 Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. h3 f5 23. Rbe1 {Fier,A (2471)-Saralegui Cassan,M (2196) Turin 2006 ½-½ (71)}) 9. d4 c4 10. Ba4 Bd6 11. b3 c3 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc3 Re8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Be4 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 f6 19. Bb2 Ra7 20. Rad1 Rae7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Kh8 23. Qb3 Rb7 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. b5 cxb5 26. c5 b4 27. Bd2 Bf8 28. Rde1 g5 29. Qc4 g4 30. Nh4 $2 (30. c6 Rg7 31. Ne5 $15) 30... f3 $2 (30... b3 31. c6 Rbe7 $19) 31. d5 $17 fxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Bf3 33. Kg1 Rc8 34. c6 Rb5 35. Nf4 Bc5+ $2 (35... b3 36. Qc3 b2 $19) 36. Be3 $17 Bxe3+ $2 (36... Qb6 37. Qc1 Bxe3+ $17) 37. Rxe3 $14 Qb6 38. Rfe1 b3 $2 (38... Ra5 39. Kf1 Ra1 $1 $14) 39. Qc3 $18 Rf8 40. Ne6 b2 41. c7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.11.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2024.11.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. Ne4 e5 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Kb1 Ba3 17. Ba1 a5 18. g3 a4 19. gxf4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qa7 21. fxe5 Reb8 22. d4 Be7 23. Bb2 Ne3 24. Rd3 Nc4 25. Qg2 Na5 26. Rg3 Bh4 27. Nf6+ {Nassar,M (1889)-Khallouf,A (1628) Beirut 2018 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 a5 23. a4 c5 24. Rc4 Nb4 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. Qe3 h6 27. g4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aravindh,C (2698) Shusha AZE 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 12... f3 13. gxf3 Nd5 14. Bb2 Nf4 15. Qc4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Rad8 17. Ne4 Qh5 18. Rf1 Nd5 19. Qe2 Nf4 20. Qf2 Be5 21. Kc1 Rf7 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. dxc3 Nh3 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Qf2 Nh3 26. Qe3 Qe5 27. Kb2 {Stehno,P (2301)-Brzezina,P (2210) Olomouc CZE 2026 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Bb2 f3 14. gxf3 Nf4 15. Qe4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Qf2 17. Ne2 Rad8 18. Bd4 Qh4 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Ng6 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. c3 Rfe8 24. Re1 Ne5 25. Nd4 c5 26. f4 cxd4 27. fxe5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Yeletsky,I (2469) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (43)}) 13. Bb2 Kh8 14. O-O-O e5 15. Rde1 Bc7 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Re2 a5 19. a4 Qg6 20. Rhe1 Nb4 21. Kb1 h6 22. d3 Nd5 23. Nd2 Ne3 24. Nf1 Nf5 25. Nd2 Ne3 26. Nc4 e4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. dxe4 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Rb8 30. Ka2 Kg8 31. e5 Rfe8 32. Re4 g5 33. e6 Kh7 34. Rd1 Rbd8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. e7 Re8 37. Re6 g4 38. Ba3 Kg7 39. Rxc6 f3 40. gxf3 gxf3 41. Bb2+ Kh7 42. Rf6 Rxe7 43. Rxf3 Bxh2 44. Bc3 Rc7 45. Bxa5 Rxc4 46. Kb3 Rc6 47. Bc3 Kg6 48. a5 Bc7 49. Kb4 h5 50. Kb5 Re6 51. Bd4 h4 52. a6 Bb8 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 18th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Antipov, M2."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2023.07.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 f3 16. gxf3 Bc5+ 17. Ke2 $146 ({RR} 17. Kg3 Bd6+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ 19. Kf1 Ng6 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Ke2 Nxf3 23. c3 Ne5 24. Raf1 a5 25. d4 Ng6 26. Nc5 e5 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Kd3 exd4 29. cxd4 Rf2 30. a4 Rf3+ 31. Kc4 Nf4 {Kavyev,R (2279)-Rosenberg,E (2005) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (38)}) 17... Nf4+ 18. Kd1 Bd4 19. Na4 Rad8 20. Rf1 Ng2 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Rf2 Ne3+ 23. Kc1 Ng4 24. Re2 Rxf3 25. Kb2 Rf2 26. Rxf2 Nxf2 27. Re1 Rxd2 28. Rxe6 h5 29. Rxc6 Nd3+ 30. Ka3 Ne1 31. c4 Rxh2 32. Nc3 h4 33. Re6 Nf3 34. c5 h3 35. c6 Rc2 36. Re3 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Nd4 38. Rxh3 1-0 [Event "World Blitz 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.30"] [Round "21.51"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Najer, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2022.12.29"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. d4 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Nb6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Rxe5 17. Bxf4 Rh5 18. Kg1 Nbd5 19. h3 Be6 20. Ne2 Re8 21. Bd2 Re5 22. Nd4 Bd7 {Van Foreest,J (2578)-Tikranian,A (2120) Utrecht 2016 1-0 (32)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O c5 ({RR} 9... Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Qc7 13. Nf5 Bg6 14. Qh3 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Bf8 19. c4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Ne3 21. Bxe3 fxe3 22. c5 Re7 23. Rf3 g6 24. Qd3 {Carlsen,M (2835)-Pichot,A (2642) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5+ 16. Kh1 a5 17. a4 Rae8 18. Ndf3 Ne4 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. Nhf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qg5 22. Nd4 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 {Roebers,E (2356)-Bulgak,D (2213) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (62)}) 10. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 10. Kh1 Ng4 11. Bd5 Ba6 12. Bxa8 Re8 13. h3 Be2 14. hxg4 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Qc8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxf4 Qxg4 18. Bh2 Nd7 19. Bb7 Re2 20. g3 Qh3 {0-1 (20) Solenkov-Kneselac,A Plovdiv 1985}) 10... cxd4 11. Bxf4 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxa8 Ng4 15. g3 Ne3 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Rae1 Bc6 18. Qxa7 Nd7 19. Rf4 g5 20. Rxd4 Nc5 21. Rd5 Bxd5 22. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Gijon training"] [Site "Gijon"] [Date "1945.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "De las Clotas Valiente, Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1945.07.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 g5 ({RR} 4... Be7 5. Bc4 Bh4+ 6. g3 fxg3 7. O-O gxh2+ 8. Kh1 Bf6 9. d4 Ne7 10. Ne5 Ng6 11. Qh5 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Rad1 b4 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Kxh2 bxc3 19. e6 {Fier,A (2558)-Pavlidis,A (2536) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 4... h6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 g5 8. Ne5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qe2 c6 11. g3 Rg8 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. gxf4 gxf4+ 14. Kh1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bh3 16. Rf2 Bg4 17. Qf1 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxe4+ 19. Bxe4 {Lisowski,K (2096)-Ishvi,A (1958) Warsaw POL 2024 0-1 (37)}) 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d4 h6 7. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 7. O-O Ne7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. h4 c6 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Qh5 cxd5 13. Bb3 Nbc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh2 gxf4 17. Qxf5 Qh4+ 18. Qh3 Qg5 19. g3 f3 20. Rxf3 Kg7 21. Kg2 Rh8 {Castellanos Sanchez,C (2300)-Gomez Fontal,F (2463) Villa Clara 1999 0-1}) 7... Ne7 8. O-O Bf5 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. d6 Nc6 11. Nxf7 Qf6 12. Qe2+ Kf8 13. dxc7 Nxd4 14. Qf2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd5 b5 17. Nxf4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Qf6 19. Bd5 Re8 20. Rae1 Re7 21. Bd6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.11.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2024.11.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. Ne4 e5 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Kb1 Ba3 17. Ba1 a5 18. g3 a4 19. gxf4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qa7 21. fxe5 Reb8 22. d4 Be7 23. Bb2 Ne3 24. Rd3 Nc4 25. Qg2 Na5 26. Rg3 Bh4 27. Nf6+ {Nassar,M (1889)-Khallouf,A (1628) Beirut 2018 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 a5 23. a4 c5 24. Rc4 Nb4 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. Qe3 h6 27. g4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aravindh,C (2698) Shusha AZE 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 12... f3 13. gxf3 Nd5 14. Bb2 Nf4 15. Qc4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Rad8 17. Ne4 Qh5 18. Rf1 Nd5 19. Qe2 Nf4 20. Qf2 Be5 21. Kc1 Rf7 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. dxc3 Nh3 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Qf2 Nh3 26. Qe3 Qe5 27. Kb2 {Stehno,P (2301)-Brzezina,P (2210) Olomouc CZE 2026 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Bb2 f3 14. gxf3 Nf4 15. Qe4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Qf2 17. Ne2 Rad8 18. Bd4 Qh4 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Ng6 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. c3 Rfe8 24. Re1 Ne5 25. Nd4 c5 26. f4 cxd4 27. fxe5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Yeletsky,I (2469) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (43)}) 13. Bb2 Kh8 14. O-O-O e5 15. Rde1 Bc7 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Re2 a5 19. a4 Qg6 20. Rhe1 Nb4 21. Kb1 h6 22. d3 Nd5 23. Nd2 Ne3 24. Nf1 Nf5 25. Nd2 Ne3 26. Nc4 e4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. dxe4 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Rb8 30. Ka2 Kg8 31. e5 Rfe8 32. Re4 g5 33. e6 Kh7 34. Rd1 Rbd8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. e7 Re8 37. Re6 g4 38. Ba3 Kg7 39. Rxc6 f3 40. gxf3 gxf3 41. Bb2+ Kh7 42. Rf6 Rxe7 43. Rxf3 Bxh2 44. Bc3 Rc7 45. Bxa5 Rxc4 46. Kb3 Rc6 47. Bc3 Kg6 48. a5 Bc7 49. Kb4 h5 50. Kb5 Re6 51. Bd4 h4 52. a6 Bb8 1-0 [Event "Taiyuan 4th"] [Site "Taiyuan"] [Date "2007.07.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2007.07.04"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 119"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bxf4 Qe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nd5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O c6 $146 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. c4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Nxc7 Rac8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. Bc1 Rc2 21. Nd5 Bc5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Kh1 Ra8 24. Bb5 Nb3 25. Rb1 {Mertens,M (2120)-Bajovic,N (2325) Metz 1996 ½-½}) 11. c4 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Rae1 Be6 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. Nf4 Nf8 17. Bc3 Bd6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bf5 Nc7 20. Ba5 Nfe8 21. Ng5 g6 22. Bh3 b6 23. Bc3 f6 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kg7 26. g4 h6 27. Kg2 a5 28. d5 c5 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bf5 Nc7 32. Bc2 Rf8 33. Rf5 Rae8 34. Rxg5+ Kf7 35. Bg6+ Kg8 36. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.08.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Pichot, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.08.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd3 ({RR} 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. c5 Bc7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe3 Bd6 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Re5 Rd8 24. h3 Bc8 25. Qe3 Kg7 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2769)-Xiong,J (2659) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Ng3 h6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 e2 20. Rf2 Bb4 21. Rexe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. a3 Bd6 25. b4 Bc7 {Vasilenok,A (2137)-Aradhya,G (2370) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 11... Bh5 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Ng5 Bh5 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 h6 15. Nge4 g5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rff1 Kg7 18. Rae1 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nc3 Bg6 22. Qf3 Qxc4 23. Qxf6+ Kh7 24. Qf2 Qb4 25. Qf6 Re6 26. Qd8 {Spieker,M-Huhn,U Germany 1992 0-1 (65)}) 12. Nh4 Qc7 13. Nf5 Bg6 14. Qh3 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Bf8 19. c4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Ne3 21. Bxe3 fxe3 22. c5 Re7 23. Rf3 g6 24. Qd3 Bh6 25. Bc4 Kh8 26. b4 f5 27. b5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Rd8 29. g3 Bg7 30. Kg2 Rxd4 31. Qa3 Rd2+ 32. Re2 a6 33. Qxa6 Bd4 34. Qd6 Qxc5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Bc4 Qxc4 37. Qxe7+ Kh6 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. Rfxe3 Rxe2+ 41. Rxe2 Qd5+ 42. Kh3 g5 43. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Alekhine bf sim World Record +19-4=9"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Sheffield, Virginia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1933.07.16"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "32"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bxf4 c6 10. Ne5 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Qf3 Nb6 12. Be3 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Ng4 14. Ne5 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Be6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. b3 b6 {½-½ (17) Wiedmann,K-Lettl,G Germany 1999}) 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qd3 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. a3 Qd6 16. Rae1 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Ne6 Nd7 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Qe4 Nf5 23. c3 Nf6 24. Qe5 Qd7 25. h3 Re8 26. Qf4 Nh5 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qe5 Nf6 29. g4 Qxe5 30. dxe5 Ng3 31. exf6 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 1-0 [Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2023"] [Site "Zagreb CRO"] [Date "2023.07.08"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2023.07.08"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O Nxd5 8. c4 N5f6 9. d4 Be7 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Nc3 c6 12. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 12. Kh1 Re8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. c5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nh5 19. Bf2 Qxe5 20. Bg1 Rad8 21. Rf5 Ng3+ 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qf2 Qg4 25. Rf3 Ne5 26. Rf4 Qg6 {Moussard,J (2597)-Serban,C (2332) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) ({RR} 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. Kh1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Nh5 17. Bf2 Nhf4 18. d5 cxd5 19. g3 Qg4 20. Bg1 Nh3 21. Nxd5 Nxg1 22. Kxg1 Rac8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rd4 Qh5 25. Qd3 Qc5 26. Kg2 Rce8 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2793)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2736) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (59)}) 12... Nb6 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 Re8 15. Ne5 Ra7 16. Kh1 Rf8 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Nc8 19. Nc4 Bb4 20. Nb5 Ra6 21. d6 Nd7 22. Ne5 Nc5 23. Qd5 Ne6 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Qxe6 Qd7 26. Qb3 Kf8 27. Be5 1-0 [Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2023"] [Site "Zagreb CRO"] [Date "2023.07.08"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2023.07.08"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O Nxd5 8. c4 N5f6 9. d4 Be7 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Nc3 c6 12. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 12. Kh1 Re8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. c5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nh5 19. Bf2 Qxe5 20. Bg1 Rad8 21. Rf5 Ng3+ 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qf2 Qg4 25. Rf3 Ne5 26. Rf4 Qg6 {Moussard,J (2597)-Serban,C (2332) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) ({RR} 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. Kh1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Nh5 17. Bf2 Nhf4 18. d5 cxd5 19. g3 Qg4 20. Bg1 Nh3 21. Nxd5 Nxg1 22. Kxg1 Rac8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rd4 Qh5 25. Qd3 Qc5 26. Kg2 Rce8 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2793)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2736) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (59)}) 12... Nb6 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 Re8 15. Ne5 Ra7 16. Kh1 Rf8 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Nc8 19. Nc4 Bb4 20. Nb5 Ra6 21. d6 Nd7 22. Ne5 Nc5 23. Qd5 Ne6 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Qxe6 Qd7 26. Qb3 Kf8 27. Be5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Aug Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Ragger, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2603"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2024.08.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. c4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 $146 ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nce5 14. Be2 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qd7 16. Nh5 f5 17. b3 Rae8 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. Bf3 Qg5 20. Bc1 Be3 21. Ba3 Rf7 22. Ng3 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 Nh4 24. Qh5 Qxh5 25. Nxh5 g6 26. Ng3 {Fier,A (2563)-Seul,G (2374) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (38)}) 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. d5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ng6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nxf7 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe7 20. Raf1 Rae8 21. Qg6 Qe2 22. Nxh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 1-0 [Event "Tal-CSR School Students sim radio"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "1960.12.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Wintr, Stanislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1960.12.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CSR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c4 Nf6 11. d4 c5 12. d5 Bg4 13. Nc3) ({RR} 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3) ({RR} 9. d4 O-O 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. c4 Ne3 12. Bxe3 fxe3 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rae1 Bg6 17. Qd1 Nd7 18. Bc2 Rab8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. b3 Bb4 21. Qd3 Qa5 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. a4 Rbd8 {Fier,A (2590)-Sokolin,L (2508) ICC INT 2009 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c4 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Qd3 Na6 14. Kh1 Bc7 15. Na4 Re8 16. Bd2 c5 17. d5 Nh4 18. Rae1 Bf5 19. Qc3 Be4 20. Bd1 Rb8 21. a3 f5 22. Qc1 Qf6 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 {Blinkov,P (2306)-Sihite,C (2235) Minsk 2018 1-0 (39)}) 9... Be6 10. Ne4 Be7 ({RR} 10... Bc7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. d4 Nd7 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Nfg5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c5 Kh8) ({RR} 10... Bc7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. d4 Nd7 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Nfg5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c5 Kh8 19. Qd3 e5 20. Qxe3 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Ba4 Be5 23. Bxc6 Rac8 24. Be4 Rxc5 25. Bd3 {Tal,M-Haubt,G Prague 1960 ½-½}) 11. Bb3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 11... O-O 12. d4 Nd7 ({RR} 12... a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 Na6 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. c3 f6 19. Nc4) 13. Qe2 g5 ({RR} 13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 ({RR} 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxe4+ 18. Kf1 f5) 15... Bxc5+ 16. Kh1 Qc7) 14. c4 N5b6 15. h4 h6 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nfxg5 Bxg5 18. Bxf4 ({RR} 18. Qh5 f6 ({RR} 18... Bf6 19. d5) 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Nxg5 fxg5 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qxe6+) 18... Bf6 ({RR} 18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. Nd6 Qe7 21. c5) 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Be5 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qg5 ({RR} 22... Re8 23. Bc2 Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Qd6+ Kf7 27. Rf1+) 23. Rf5 Qg7 24. Qf4 Rfe8 25. Rg5 Nxe5 26. Rxg7+ {Spassky,B-Sakharov,Y Leningrad 1960 URS-ch [ChessBase] 1-0}) ({RR} 11... O-O 12. d4 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 Na6 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. c3 f6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qf3 Kh8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxa3 24. Qf5 Be7 25. Bb1 g6 26. Qh3 {Filipowicz,A-Puig Pulido,P Leipzig 1960 1-0 (59)}) 12. d4 N7f6 13. Neg5 Bg4 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bxf4 h6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Nxe5 19. Bxe5+ Bf6 20. Rf4 h5 21. h3 Be6 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh4 24. Raf1 Rxg4+ 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Qh7 Ke6 27. Qg6 Bh3 28. Rf3 Qe7 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6+ gxf6 31. Qg7 Bf5 32. Qb7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2021.12.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2021.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Kf8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Kb1 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 f3 20. g3 e5 21. d5 Bc5 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rxe5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2766)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Zagreb 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 Nd5 16. Ne4 Bb8 17. Kb1 e5 18. c4 Nb6 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Bc5 Nd7 21. d5 Qg6 22. Ka1 Rc8 23. Ba3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Mitusov,S (2304) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (55)}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. b3 $146 ({RR} 10. d4 Qb6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Qd1 Bxf1 13. Qxf1 Re8 14. Ne2 Qb8 15. c4 h6 16. b3 g5 17. Bb2 Ng4 18. Nc3 Qc8 19. h3 Ne3 20. Qd3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22. d5 Rg8 23. dxc6 g4 24. hxg4 Rxg4 {Reprintsev,A (2283)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 10... Bf5 11. Bb2 Qe8 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13. Nxe2 Re8 14. Rde1 Nd5 15. a3 Rg8 16. c4 Nc7 17. Ned4 Bd7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rhf1 g5 21. g3 c5 22. Nc2 Kf7 23. gxf4 g4 24. Ne3 h5 25. f5 Bc6 26. d3 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Bd6 28. e5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Ng2 Rd8 31. Kc2 Ne8 32. Nh4 Rd4 33. Ng6 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rd7 35. Nf4 Ng7 36. Rf1 h4 37. Ng2 h3 38. Ne3 Rd4 39. Rg1 Rf4 40. Rxg4 Rf2+ 41. Kd3 Rxh2 42. Rh4 Rf2 43. Rxh3 Nxf5 44. Nxf5 Rxf5 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46. Rxa7 Rf3+ 47. Kc2 Rf2+ 48. Kc1 Rf1+ 49. Kd2 Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Ra2 51. a4 Rb2 52. Rb7 f5 53. a5 Ra2 54. Rb5 Kd6 55. Kf4 Rf2+ 56. Kg5 f4 57. Rb6+ Kc7 58. Rf6 Rb2 59. Kxf4 Rxb3 60. Ke5 Rd3 61. Rf7+ Kb8 62. Rf6 Rd4 63. Rf4 Rd1 64. Ke6 Kb7 65. Rf5 Kc6 66. a6 Kb6 67. Rd5 Rc1 68. Rd6+ Kc7 69. a7 Kb7 70. Ra6 Ka8 71. Kd5 Rxc4 72. Kxc4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Mar"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.03.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2688"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.03.09"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.05.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.05.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 ({RR} 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd3 Ne3 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxe3 Rxe3 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Rae1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd5 19. a3 h5 20. Rxe3 fxe3 21. Qe2 Re6 22. Kh1 h4 23. Rd1 h3 24. c4 Qg5 {Ocampos,I (2240)-Atwell,R (2383) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 10... Re8 11. Bd3 Bc7 12. Qc2 h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Nb3 g6 14. Bd2 Ne3 15. Bxe3 fxe3 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qd6 18. g3 Re7 19. Nc5 Kg7 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 f5 23. Nc5 Bd6 24. b4 b6 25. Nb3 Rf8 26. Raf1 a5 27. b5 {Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Jakovenko,D (2745) Kazan 2014 ½-½ (70)}) 13. Ne4 Bxf3 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. gxf3 Nd8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Bd2 Ne6 19. Rae1 Ng5 20. Kh1 b6 21. b4 Re7 22. Qd3 Rbe8 23. c4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qg6 25. Bxf4 Bd8 26. Rg1 Qh7 27. c5 Rxe4 28. Bg3 Qf5 29. d5 h5 30. c6 h4 31. Bd6 g6 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rf1 Qg4 34. h3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22 Mar Early"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.03.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Demchenko, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.03.22"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 f3 14. gxf3 Nf4 15. Qe4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Rad8 17. Kc1 Qf2 18. a3 $146 ({RR} 18. h4 Bc5 19. Rd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Be3 21. Kb1 Bxd2 22. a4 Qc5 23. Ne2 Qd5 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qxd5+ cxd5 26. Nxf4 Bxf4 27. a5 e4 28. fxe4 dxe4 29. Ra4 Re8 30. a6 e3 31. Rxf4 e2 32. Bc3 e1=Q+ {Nazari,A (2389)-Palczert,M (2346) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) 18... Qg2 19. Rd1 Qxh2 20. Kb1 Bc5 21. Ka2 Qh5 22. Na4 Be7 23. Rg1 Rf7 24. Qxc6 Qd5 25. Qc7 Ng6 26. Nc3 Qxf3 27. Raf1 Qxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxf1 29. Qxa7 Rf7 30. Ne4 h5 31. Qg1 Nf4 32. Be5 Rdf8 33. a4 h4 34. a5 h3 35. a6 Nd5 36. a7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 18th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Antipov, M2."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2023.07.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 f3 16. gxf3 Bc5+ 17. Ke2 $146 ({RR} 17. Kg3 Bd6+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ 19. Kf1 Ng6 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Ke2 Nxf3 23. c3 Ne5 24. Raf1 a5 25. d4 Ng6 26. Nc5 e5 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Kd3 exd4 29. cxd4 Rf2 30. a4 Rf3+ 31. Kc4 Nf4 {Kavyev,R (2279)-Rosenberg,E (2005) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (38)}) 17... Nf4+ 18. Kd1 Bd4 19. Na4 Rad8 20. Rf1 Ng2 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Rf2 Ne3+ 23. Kc1 Ng4 24. Re2 Rxf3 25. Kb2 Rf2 26. Rxf2 Nxf2 27. Re1 Rxd2 28. Rxe6 h5 29. Rxc6 Nd3+ 30. Ka3 Ne1 31. c4 Rxh2 32. Nc3 h4 33. Re6 Nf3 34. c5 h3 35. c6 Rc2 36. Re3 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Nd4 38. Rxh3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. c5 $146 ({RR} 17. Ng3 h6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 e2 20. Rf2 Bb4 21. Rexe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. a3 Bd6 25. b4 Bc7 26. a4 R8e6 27. b5 g6 28. Qd3 Ng4 29. Kf1 Rf2+ 30. Kg1 Rfe2 31. Kf1 Rf2+ {Vasilenok,A (2137)-Aradhya,G (2370) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 17... Bc7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe3 Bd6 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Re5 Rd8 24. h3 Bc8 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. Rf4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rh4 Rh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nh5 gxh5 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxd6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Tari, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2024.01.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aravindh,C (2698) Shusha AZE 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. d4 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 O-O 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Bg4 14. c3 Rad8 15. Kc2 Re4 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Kd2 Rce8 18. Rae1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Re3 20. Ng3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Nf5 {Duda,J (2733)-Tokhirjonova,G (2380) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. Qe2 Be7 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Ne4 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. c3 Rae8 16. O-O g5 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 Kg7 19. Rad1 b5 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. Re5 Rf5 23. Rde1 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-Svane,R (2612) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (61)}) 9. d4 $146 ({RR} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfe8 13. Rde1 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf8 16. Kb1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Be5 a5 19. a4 c5 20. d3 f6 21. Bxf4 g5 22. Bd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf7 {Blohberger,F (2490)-Lysyj,I (2603) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (104)}) 9... O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bxf4 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Nd5 15. Qe5 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Rab8 17. Nb2 Nc3+ 18. Ka1 Bc5 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. dxc5 Nc3 21. Kb2 Nxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rbd8 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Bd5 25. Nd4 Qd8 26. g4 Re8 27. Nf5 Qf6+ 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. c4 Re2+ 30. Kc3 Be4 31. Nd6 Bf3 32. a4 Rg2 33. b4 Rxg4 34. Bg3 h5 35. b5 h4 36. b6 hxg3 37. hxg3 axb6 38. cxb6 c5 39. a5 Rxg3 40. Kd2 Bc6 41. a6 Rb3 42. b7 Rb6 43. a7 Rxb7 44. a8=Q+ Kg7 45. Nxb7 1-0 [Event "Bazna Kings 4th"] [Site "Medias"] [Date "2010.06.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Wang, Yue"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2813"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2010.06.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 137"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Bangiev,Alexander J} e5 2. f4 {A big surprise: the King's Gambit is extremely rare on the top level nowadays. "Things weren't going so well in the tournament I thought I just try it and see how it goes" said Magnus after the game.} d5 ({Carlsen himself played once with Black} 2... exf4 3. Nf3 g5) 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. d4 O-O ({RR} 9... g5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. a3 Bg4 13. d5 Nb8 14. Ne5 Bh5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Qh3 Nf6 17. g3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bg6 19. Bxg5 Nxd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Nd7 {1-0 (22) Zakarian,D (2305)-Vifleemskaia,S (1903) chess.com INT 2023}) 10. Bxf4 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 10... c6 11. d5 ({RR} 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Rae1 Be6 13. a3 Re8 14. Ne4 h6 15. Ne5 f5 16. Ng3 Bh4 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5) ({RR} 11. Qe1 Bg4 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. c3 Qd5 16. Qg3 Bh5 17. b3 Qa5 18. Be5) ({RR} 11. Qd2 Bf5) 11... Bf6 ({RR} 11... Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Qxb2 13. Qd3 ({RR} 13. Be5 Nd7) 13... Bb4 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nge4 f5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Qc4+ Kg7 18. Rab1) 12. Be5 ({RR} 12. Qd3 Bxc3 ({RR} 12... Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Ne5) 13. Qxc3 ({RR} 13. bxc3 Qxd5) ({RR} 13. Ng5 f5 14. Qxc3 cxd5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Nf3 Nc6) 13... cxd5 ({RR} 13... Qxd5 14. Rad1) 14. Be5 f6 15. Bc7 Qd7 ({RR} 15... Qe7 16. Rae1) 16. Bf4 Nc6) 12... Bxe5 13. Nxe5 f6 ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Nc4 ({RR} 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Qd4) 14... Nb6) ({RR} 13... Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Qxb2 15. Qf3 f6 16. dxc6 bxc6 ({RR} 16... Nxc6 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7) 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Nd5 Qc5 ({RR} 18... cxd5 19. Qxd5+) ({RR} 18... Na6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Rbc1) 19. Nc7 Qxe5 20. Nxa8) 14. dxc6 ({RR} 14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 b4) 14... fxe5 15. Rxf8+ ({RR} 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. c7 Re8 ({RR} 16... Rd2 17. cxb8=Q Rxb8 18. Rae1) 17. cxb8=Q Rxb8) 15... Qxf8 16. Qd5+ Qf7 17. Qd8+ Qf8 18. Qd5+ {½-½ (18) Conquest,S (2529)-Beliavsky,A (2654) Saint Vincent 2000 CBM 078 [Bangiev,Alexander J]}) ({RR} 10... c6 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Nfg5 Bd5 15. Nc3 Bxg5 16. Qxe8+ Qxe8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Bxg5 Bc4 19. Rd1 f6 20. Bc1 Nb6 21. b3 Bf7 22. Kf2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Rc1 {Simacek,P (2469)-Bartos,J (2203) Novy Bor 2011 ½-½ (31)}) 11. Qe2 {There is almost no theory here. The impression is that White can hope for an edge thanks to his lead in development and somewhat better control in the center, but Black has the bishop pair and should be able to hold equality.} ({RR} 11. d5 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Nd7 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Ndb5 Rc8 15. d6) ({RR} 11. Qd2) 11... Bd6 {A new and somewhat unexpected move, since Black is giving up the bishop pair and leaves the queenside undeveloped yet.} ({Previously Black played} 11... Nc6) ({Another move to consider is} 11... c6) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. c4 a6 ({More natural looks} 14... c6 15. Nc3 Nd7) 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Bg6 17. Qf2 Re8 18. h3 {White is slightly better, but since Black has no weaknesses it is far from easy to break through.} Rc8 {What could be possibly be the purpose of this move? It does not prepare the advance c5 and Black doesn't need to protect the pawn c7 either. So the only explanation I find is that the Chinese Grandmaster wanted just to wait and see how his opponent is going to make progress.} 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 c6 21. d5 {Sooner or later White must make this move.} Nf6 22. Qd4 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. Ne5 {White's plan is to play at some moment ?c4 and then advance the d-pawn. If Black prevents it by playing b7-b5, then the weakness of square c6 is unpleasant. Therefore a good defensive plan is needed and Wang Yue fails to find it.} Re8 ({There was a reasonable way to force matters with} 25... f6 26. Nxg6 (26. Nc4 $2 {is a blunder in view of} Qb4 27. Rc1 b5 {and Black wins.}) (26. Nf3 {is also bad:} Bf7 27. Rd1 Rd8 {and White loses the d5-pawn}) 26... hxg6 27. Re6 Qc5 ({Perhaps} 27... Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf3 Qd7 {is also acceptable.}) 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. d6 Rd5 {and the endgame should be a draw. For instance:} 30. Kf2 ({or} 30. h4 b5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rd7 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. Ra7 Ke8) 30... g5 31. Ke3 (31. g4 b5 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rd7 g6 35. Ke4 Rd2) 31... f5 32. Re7 Rxd6 33. Rxb7 Kh7 34. a4 Kg6 35. a5 f4+ 36. Ke4 Re6+ 37. Kf3 (37. Kd3 Re3+ 38. Kd4 Re2 39. Rb6+ Kf5) 37... Kf5) (25... Bf5 $5) (25... Qc5 $2 {loses due to} 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. d6 Rd5 28. d7 {winning.}) 26. Re3 Rd8 (26... b5 27. Nc4 $1 Qd8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Ne5 {is the kind of position White is aiming for.}) 27. Nc4 Qf6 28. Re5 $1 h6 $2 {This allows White to advance the pawn.} ({After} 28... b5 29. Na5 (29. Qe3 h6) 29... h6 {Black should be able to hold the position.}) 29. d6 $1 Bf5 (29... b5 30. d7 $1 Kh7 31. Nb6 {is also unpleasant.}) 30. Nb6 $1 Be6 (30... Rxd6 31. Nd5 {forces Black to give up the exchange}) (30... Qxd6 $2 {loses right away due to} 31. Rd5) 31. d7 Kh8 32. a4 {Black is almost paralyzed and will soon end up in a sort of zugzwang.} g6 33. Qc3 Kg7 34. a5 h5 35. h4 {Here the Chinese player decided to give up the exchange and go for a position where he said "I think I have chances to draw".} Rxd7 (35... Bxd7 $2 36. Rd5 {loses the bishop}) (35... Qxh4 $2 36. Rxe6+) ({Black could still wait with} 35... Kg8 {but then} 36. Rc5 ({or first} 36. g3) 36... Qxc3 (36... Qxh4 37. Rc8) 37. Rxc3 Kf8 38. Rc7 {and White wins.}) 36. Nxd7 Bxd7 37. Qd4 Bc6 38. b4 Bb5 39. Kh2 Ba4 40. Rd5 Bc6 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rc5 Ke6 43. Kg3 f6 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. g3 g5 $2 {This loses by force, but on the other hand the position must be lost anyway. White brings the king to d4, then attacks with the rook the pawn f6, forcing Black to play ?e6, then White goes with the king to b6 and takes with the rook on b7, winning.} 46. g4 $1 {This way White creates a passed h-pawn, which decides quickly.} hxg4 47. h5 Be4 48. Rc7 f5 49. h6 f4 50. h7 g3+ 51. Ke1 f3 52. h8=Q f2+ 53. Ke2 Bd3+ 54. Ke3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22 Mar Early"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Hakobyan, Aram"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2022.03.22"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 Bd6 ({RR} 7... Bb4 8. Bxf4 Nd5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. c4 Qd6 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. f4 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Qe4+ 19. Kg1 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. b3 Qc5+ 22. Qf2 {Nazari,A (2375)-Ai,E (2188) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 ({RR} 9. d5 Qe7 10. Nd4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nf5 Qf8 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxf4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. Nb5 Nxd5 17. Qh5 N7f6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh4 Qxb5 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Nxf4 22. Be4 Ne6 23. Qh8+ Ke7 {Sulskis,S (2525)-Galchenko,M (2363) Finland 2019 ½-½}) 9... Nd5 10. Bc4 $146 ({RR} 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nf3 Ne3 13. Bxe3 fxe3 14. c4 f5 15. Qb3 f4 16. c5+ Kh8 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Nf3 b6 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Bf3 Na6 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rf3 Rf6 24. Qb5 Nb8 {Paulsen,L-Lichtenscheidt,R Duesseldorf 1863 ½-½}) 10... c6 11. Ng5 Qg6 12. Nxd6 Qxg5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Qxf4 17. Rxf4 Nf6 18. Raf1 Re8 19. g4 Re7 20. g5 Nd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rf5 Rd8 23. Kf2 Rde8 24. Kg3 Rd8 25. R1f3 g6 26. Rf6 Rdd7 27. Kf2 Re4 28. R6f4 Re6 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Kxe3 f5 31. gxf6 Kf7 32. b3 Rd6 33. c4 dxc4 34. bxc4 Rxf6 35. Rh4 h5 36. d5 Ra6 37. Kd4 Rxa2 38. Kc5 Rd2 39. Kd6 b6 40. Kc7 Kf6 41. d6 Ke6 42. Re4+ Kf5 43. Re1 Rd4 44. c5 bxc5 45. d7 c4 46. d8=Q Rxd8 47. Kxd8 c3 48. Ke7 g5 49. Rc1 g4 50. Rxc3 h4 51. Rc4 g3 52. h3 Kg5 53. Rg4+ Kh5 54. Kf6 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Detroit"] [Date "1964.02.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Witeczek, Jack"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1964.02.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 ({RR} 10. c4 Bg4 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Qd3 Bh5 13. Rd1 Ng4 14. c5 Bb8 15. b4 Ne3 16. Rd2 a5 17. b5 Bg6 18. Qe2 Nc2 19. Rxc2 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 cxb5 21. Bb2 b4 22. Rae1 f6 23. Na4 Bc7 24. Nh4 Bf7 {Niehaus,F (2255)-Goldenstein,A (2016) Berlin 2016 0-1 (37)}) 10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 12... Ng4 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. c4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. h3 Rad8 18. Nc3 f3 19. gxf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Rd3 21. Qg4 Rxc3 {0-1 (21) Schmitt,L (2021)-Terrie,H (2203) Salem 2001}) 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. c4 Qd4 15. Na3 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Qxf2 17. Rxf2 Rxe5 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Bxf4 Re4 20. b3 Bb7 21. Rd1 a5 22. h3 Re7 23. Rfd2 f6 24. Bd6 Rd7 25. Bc5 Rad8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Bd6 Ne5 29. Bc7 Nd3 30. Bxa5 Nc1 31. Bd2 Nxa2 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. b4 Kd6 35. g3 Bc8 36. h4 Bf5 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. b5 cxb5 39. Nxb5 Be6 40. c5 Bd7 41. Nd4 Kd5 42. c6 Bc8 43. c7 Kc5 44. Ne2 Kb6 45. Nf4 Kxc7 46. Nh5 Bg4 47. Nxg7 Kd8 48. Kf4 Bd7 49. Nf5 Ke8 50. Nd4 Kf7 51. Ke4 Kg6 52. Kd5 Be8 53. Ke6 Bf7+ 54. Ke7 Bd5 55. Ne6 Bc4 56. Nf8+ Kg7 57. h5 Bb3 58. h6+ Kg8 59. Nd7 f5 60. Nf6+ Kh8 61. Kf8 Be6 62. Nd5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Mar"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.03.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2688"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.03.09"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.05.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.05.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 ({RR} 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd3 Ne3 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxe3 Rxe3 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Rae1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd5 19. a3 h5 20. Rxe3 fxe3 21. Qe2 Re6 22. Kh1 h4 23. Rd1 h3 24. c4 Qg5 {Ocampos,I (2240)-Atwell,R (2383) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 10... Re8 11. Bd3 Bc7 12. Qc2 h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Nb3 g6 14. Bd2 Ne3 15. Bxe3 fxe3 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qd6 18. g3 Re7 19. Nc5 Kg7 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 f5 23. Nc5 Bd6 24. b4 b6 25. Nb3 Rf8 26. Raf1 a5 27. b5 {Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Jakovenko,D (2745) Kazan 2014 ½-½ (70)}) 13. Ne4 Bxf3 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. gxf3 Nd8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Bd2 Ne6 19. Rae1 Ng5 20. Kh1 b6 21. b4 Re7 22. Qd3 Rbe8 23. c4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qg6 25. Bxf4 Bd8 26. Rg1 Qh7 27. c5 Rxe4 28. Bg3 Qf5 29. d5 h5 30. c6 h4 31. Bd6 g6 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rf1 Qg4 34. h3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22 Mar Early"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.03.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Demchenko, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.03.22"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 f3 14. gxf3 Nf4 15. Qe4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Rad8 17. Kc1 Qf2 18. a3 $146 ({RR} 18. h4 Bc5 19. Rd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Be3 21. Kb1 Bxd2 22. a4 Qc5 23. Ne2 Qd5 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qxd5+ cxd5 26. Nxf4 Bxf4 27. a5 e4 28. fxe4 dxe4 29. Ra4 Re8 30. a6 e3 31. Rxf4 e2 32. Bc3 e1=Q+ {Nazari,A (2389)-Palczert,M (2346) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) 18... Qg2 19. Rd1 Qxh2 20. Kb1 Bc5 21. Ka2 Qh5 22. Na4 Be7 23. Rg1 Rf7 24. Qxc6 Qd5 25. Qc7 Ng6 26. Nc3 Qxf3 27. Raf1 Qxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxf1 29. Qxa7 Rf7 30. Ne4 h5 31. Qg1 Nf4 32. Be5 Rdf8 33. a4 h4 34. a5 h3 35. a6 Nd5 36. a7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22 Mar Early"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Hakobyan, Aram"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2022.03.22"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 Bd6 ({RR} 7... Bb4 8. Bxf4 Nd5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. c4 Qd6 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. f4 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Qe4+ 19. Kg1 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. b3 Qc5+ 22. Qf2 {Nazari,A (2375)-Ai,E (2188) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 ({RR} 9. d5 Qe7 10. Nd4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nf5 Qf8 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxf4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. Nb5 Nxd5 17. Qh5 N7f6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh4 Qxb5 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Nxf4 22. Be4 Ne6 23. Qh8+ Ke7 {Sulskis,S (2525)-Galchenko,M (2363) Finland 2019 ½-½}) 9... Nd5 10. Bc4 $146 ({RR} 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nf3 Ne3 13. Bxe3 fxe3 14. c4 f5 15. Qb3 f4 16. c5+ Kh8 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Nf3 b6 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Bf3 Na6 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rf3 Rf6 24. Qb5 Nb8 {Paulsen,L-Lichtenscheidt,R Duesseldorf 1863 ½-½}) 10... c6 11. Ng5 Qg6 12. Nxd6 Qxg5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Qxf4 17. Rxf4 Nf6 18. Raf1 Re8 19. g4 Re7 20. g5 Nd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rf5 Rd8 23. Kf2 Rde8 24. Kg3 Rd8 25. R1f3 g6 26. Rf6 Rdd7 27. Kf2 Re4 28. R6f4 Re6 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Kxe3 f5 31. gxf6 Kf7 32. b3 Rd6 33. c4 dxc4 34. bxc4 Rxf6 35. Rh4 h5 36. d5 Ra6 37. Kd4 Rxa2 38. Kc5 Rd2 39. Kd6 b6 40. Kc7 Kf6 41. d6 Ke6 42. Re4+ Kf5 43. Re1 Rd4 44. c5 bxc5 45. d7 c4 46. d8=Q Rxd8 47. Kxd8 c3 48. Ke7 g5 49. Rc1 g4 50. Rxc3 h4 51. Rc4 g3 52. h3 Kg5 53. Rg4+ Kh5 54. Kf6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2021.12.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2021.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Kf8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Kb1 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 f3 20. g3 e5 21. d5 Bc5 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rxe5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2766)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Zagreb 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 Nd5 16. Ne4 Bb8 17. Kb1 e5 18. c4 Nb6 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Bc5 Nd7 21. d5 Qg6 22. Ka1 Rc8 23. Ba3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Mitusov,S (2304) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (55)}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. b3 $146 ({RR} 10. d4 Qb6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Qd1 Bxf1 13. Qxf1 Re8 14. Ne2 Qb8 15. c4 h6 16. b3 g5 17. Bb2 Ng4 18. Nc3 Qc8 19. h3 Ne3 20. Qd3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22. d5 Rg8 23. dxc6 g4 24. hxg4 Rxg4 {Reprintsev,A (2283)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 10... Bf5 11. Bb2 Qe8 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13. Nxe2 Re8 14. Rde1 Nd5 15. a3 Rg8 16. c4 Nc7 17. Ned4 Bd7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rhf1 g5 21. g3 c5 22. Nc2 Kf7 23. gxf4 g4 24. Ne3 h5 25. f5 Bc6 26. d3 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Bd6 28. e5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Ng2 Rd8 31. Kc2 Ne8 32. Nh4 Rd4 33. Ng6 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rd7 35. Nf4 Ng7 36. Rf1 h4 37. Ng2 h3 38. Ne3 Rd4 39. Rg1 Rf4 40. Rxg4 Rf2+ 41. Kd3 Rxh2 42. Rh4 Rf2 43. Rxh3 Nxf5 44. Nxf5 Rxf5 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46. Rxa7 Rf3+ 47. Kc2 Rf2+ 48. Kc1 Rf1+ 49. Kd2 Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Ra2 51. a4 Rb2 52. Rb7 f5 53. a5 Ra2 54. Rb5 Kd6 55. Kf4 Rf2+ 56. Kg5 f4 57. Rb6+ Kc7 58. Rf6 Rb2 59. Kxf4 Rxb3 60. Ke5 Rd3 61. Rf7+ Kb8 62. Rf6 Rd4 63. Rf4 Rd1 64. Ke6 Kb7 65. Rf5 Kc6 66. a6 Kb6 67. Rd5 Rc1 68. Rd6+ Kc7 69. a7 Kb7 70. Ra6 Ka8 71. Kd5 Rxc4 72. Kxc4 1-0 [Event "Zagreb SuperUnited Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2022.07.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2022.07.23"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 b5 $146 ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Ne4 Bb8 17. Kb1 e5 18. c4 Nb6 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Bc5 Nd7 21. d5 Qg6 22. Ka1 Rc8 23. Ba3 h6 24. c5 Kh7 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Re2 Qh5 27. Rc2 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Qe2 Qf5 30. d6 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Mitusov,S (2304) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (55)}) 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Kb1 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 f3 20. g3 e5 21. d5 Bc5 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rxe5 Bd4 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rg4 Rxd5 26. c3 Bb6 27. Bxh6 Rf7 28. Rg6 Kh7 29. Rxb6 gxh6 30. Kc2 Re5 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Play-In 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.24"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Fressinet, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2023.07.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qf6 ({RR} 14... fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 a5 23. a4 c5 24. Rc4 Nb4 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. Qe3 h6 27. g4 Qf2 28. Qe5 Rg6 29. Qe4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aravindh,C (2698) Shusha AZE 2024 1-0}) 15. O-O-O f3 $146 ({RR} 15... Be5 16. gxf4 Nxc3 17. dxc3 Bxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Qc4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxh2 21. Qxc6 e5 22. Qd5+ Qf7 23. c4 Qxd5 24. cxd5 e4 25. Re1 Bg3 26. Rxe4 Rf1+ 27. Bc1 h5 28. Kb2 h4 29. d6 Bxd6 30. Rxh4 {Ronge,T (2232)-Royal,S (2353) Dortmund 2022 ½-½ (41)}) 16. Qc4 Be5 17. Rhf1 Rad8 18. Rde1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. dxc3 Rf6 22. Re4 g5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. cxd4 g4 27. Kd2 Rh6 28. Ke3 Rh2 29. Kf4 Rxc2 30. Kxg4 f2 31. Kf3 Rxa2 32. Rxf2 Ra3 33. Rb2 Ra5 34. Rc2 Rb5 35. Rc3 Kf7 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. g4 a5 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39. d5 Rb4+ 40. Kf3 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Kd4 Rb4+ 44. Kc5 Rxg4 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 46. Re3 a4 47. d6 Rg1 48. d7 Rc1+ 49. Kb6 Rd1 50. Kc7 Rc1+ 51. Kd8 Ra1 52. Rc3 a3 53. Kc8 1-0 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "1999.12.05"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Fedorov, Alexei"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2636"] [Annotator "Bangiev,Alexander J"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1999.11.06"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 074"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Belarus"] [BlackTeam "Germany"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] {[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 {Aus allen möglichen weißen Fortsetzungen am 5.Zug (5.c4, 5.?c3, 5.d4, 5.?b5,)gelingt es diesem Zug am besten, beide Probleme, die vor Weiß stehen, zu lösen: - die schnelle Entwicklung des Königsflügels (schon jetzt droht 6.0-0 mit einem aktiven Spiel auf der e-Linie) - der Angriff auf den Punkt f4, um den Bauern wieder zu bekommen.} Nxd5 6. Bxd5 {Damit beginnt Weiß, "das Problem des f4-Bauern" zu lösen. Damit beginnt Weiß, "das Problem des f4-Bauern" zu lösen.} (6. O-O {Die Hauptvariante in diesem Abspiel.} Be6 {Die stärkste Fortsetzung! Sie mildert die Stärke des Tausches auf d5.} (6... Be7 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. d4 {Hier hat Weiß hohe Chancen, den f4-Bauern zurückzugewinnen.}) 7. Bb3 {Damit wird 8.c4 gefolgt von 9.d4 vorbereitet. in diesem Abspiel soll Weiß noch einen weiteren Bauern opfern. Es ist nicht verwunderlich, daß Fedorov, der diese Variante schon gespielt hatte, in dieser wichtigen Partie möglichen "Überraschungen" vermeiden wollte.} (7. Bxd5 $6 {Dies ist schon etwas zu spät.} Bxd5) 7... Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. d4 O-O 10. d5 Bg4 11. Bxf4 Bd6 12. Qd2 $146 (12. Qd4 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 N8d7 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Bc2 {? Gallagher,J-Dutreeuw,M/Brocco 1991}) 12... Bxf3 13. Rxf3 N8d7 14. Nc3 (14. Bxd6 $143 cxd6 15. Nc3 Ne5 $132) 14... Ne5 15. Rh3 $5 Ng6 (15... Nbxc4 $2 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qd3) 16. Be3 $1 $36 {?17.c5} Nd7 17. Bc2 Re8 18. Ne4 Nf6 (18... Nde5 19. Qe2 $36 {??h5}) 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qc3 $1 $14 Re7 (23... a5 $2 24. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 25. Rxf7 $18) 24. b4 Qd6 25. Bb3 {?c5} Ne5 26. c5 Qa6 27. Re1 Rae8 (27... Ng4 28. Rf3 $36) 28. Rhe3 Kf8 (28... Ng4 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. d6 cxd6 31. cxd6 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 $16) 29. h3 Ng6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rd1 $1 {?d6} Rd7 32. d6 cxd6 33. cxd6 Qc6 34. Qd4 Qb6 35. Qc5 Qxc5 36. bxc5 $16 Ne5 37. Rd4 Rd8 38. Rb4 Rb8 39. Bd5 Nd7 40. Rb5 a6 41. Ra5 Ke8 42. Kg1 Nf6 43. Bf3 Kd7 44. Ra3 Rc8 45. Ra5 Rb8 46. Kf2 b6 47. c6+ Kxd6 48. Rxa6 Ne8 49. Ra4 b5 50. Rd4+ Ke6 51. Rd7 Nd6 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Re7+ Kf6 54. Ra7 Ke5 55. Kd3 g6 56. Kc3 b4+ 57. Kb3 h5 58. Ra5+ Ke6 59. Ra4 f5 60. Rxb4 Rh8 61. h4 Nf7 62. Rb7 g5 63. Rd7 Rb8+ 64. Kc3 Nd6 65. hxg5 Rg8 66. Kd4 Ne4 67. Bd1 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Kazhgaleyev,M/Elista 1998/(67)}) 6... Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 (7... Qf5 8. Qe2+ Kd8 $5 (8... Be7 9. d4 $36) (8... Qe6 9. d4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf2 $13) (8... Be6 9. Nd4 $36) 9. d4 Bd6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qf2 g5 12. Bd2 $13) 8. d4 {[%csl Yd4][%CAl Rd4d5] Die Ausgangsstellung der Variante. Es bieten sich hier zwei Möglichkeiten: - 8...?d6 mitder Deckung des Bauern f4 - der Entwicklungszug 8...?e7, was eigentlich das Spiel in die Variante 6.0-0 ?e7 führt, was Schwarz eigentlich nicht wollte.} Bd6 {A.Jussupov wählt die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung.} (8... Be7 $142 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf4 {mit Übergang zur 6.0-0 (6...?e7 7.?d5 ?d5 8.d4) -Variante.}) 9. Qe2+ {Dies ist ein notwendiger Zug, sonst muß Weiß nach der schwarzen Rochade nach dem Ausgleich streben.} Qe7 {Es ist verwunderlich. Mit diesem Zug gibt Schwarz einfach den Bauern zurück! Eine offensichtliche Inkonsequentheit! Warum schwor Schwarz von dem konsequenten 9...?f8 ab? Mir scheint es, Gründe des psychologische Charakters zu geben. Die Tatsache, daß Fedorov Königsgambit spielt, ist gut bekannt und es ist selbstverständlich, daß sich A.Jussupow darauf vorbereitet hatte. Aber die Wahl von Fedorov (6. Zug) war für seinen Gegner unerwartet, und er riskierte es nicht, auf die scharfe Fortsetzung 9...?f8 zu gehen, vor allem weil ihm die taktischen Fähigkeiten von Fedorov bekannt waren.} (9... Kf8 $5 10. Ne4 (10. O-O Nc6 $5 {??g4} 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. c3 Qe7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nxd6 Qxe2 (14... cxd6 15. Qxe7+ $14) 15. Nxe8 Qc2 16. Nxc7 g5 17. Nxg5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc7 19. Rf1 $13) (10. Nd5 $5 g5 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Bxf4 (11. Nxf4 Qf6) (11. O-O g5) 11... Be6 12. Bg5 $13) 11. h4 Kg7 12. O-O c6 13. Nxg5 cxd5 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 f5 (15... f6 16. Raf1) 16. Qe5+ Qf6 17. Qc7+ Kg6 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Re1) 10... Bg4 (10... h6 11. Bd2 {?c4; ?0-0-0} g5 12. h4 g4 13. Ne5) 11. Nf2 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. c3) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. c3 Qe7+ 14. Kd1 Re8 15. Bd2 g5 16. Re1 $13 {??e4}) 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Diese Stellung ist in der Theorie des Königsgambits bekannt. Bereits 1994 habe ich sie als für Weiß vorteilhaft eingeschätzt. (Siehe ChessBase Diskette "Königsgambit" 1994 A.Bangiev. Übersicht 5.?c4 ?d5). Es ist einfach erstaunlich, daß A.Jussupow ausgerechnet diese Variante gegen das Königsgambit spielen wollte. Worin besteht die Besonderheit dieser Variante? Wenn Weiß mit einfachen, offensichtlichen Zügen seinen Druck im Zentrum verstärkt, so hat Schwarz Schwierigkeiten mit der Suche nach der optimalen Figurenaufstellung. Der Verlauf dieser Partie bestätigt nur nochmal diese Einschätzung.} (10... Bxe7 11. Bxf4 $14) 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 (11... Re8 $5 12. Bxd6+ (12. O-O Bxf4 13. Nd5+ Kf8 14. Nxf4 $11) 12... Kxd6+ 13. Ne5 (13. Kd2 c6 14. Rae1 $36 Be6 (14... Rxe1 15. Rxe1 $14) 15. Ne4+ (15. Ng5 Nd7 $14) 15... Kc7 16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Nxe6+ Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Re1 Re8 $14) 13... Na6 (13... f6 14. Nb5+ $16) 14. O-O f6 15. Nc4+ Kc6 $13 16. a3 $5 Be6 17. d5+ $5 Bxd5 18. Na5+ Kb6 19. Nxd5+ Kxa5 20. b4+ Kb5 (20... Ka4 $2 21. Nc3#) 21. a4+ Kc6 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. c4 $16) ({RR} 11... c6 12. Bxd6+ Kxd6 13. O-O f6 14. d5 cxd5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Rfe1 Bf7 17. Nh4 Nc6 18. Nf5+ Kc5 19. Nxg7 Ne5 20. Nf5 Rad8 21. Rf1 Nc6 22. Ng3 Bg6 23. Nce2 Rd6 24. c3 a5 25. h4 Re8 26. Nf4 {Dreelinck,J (2265)-De Waele,W (2344) Bruges BEL 2024 0-1 (56)}) 12. Nd5+ Kf8 13. Nxf4 Nd7 $146 (13... c6 14. O-O Na6 15. Rae1 Nc7 16. Rf2 Bd7 (16... f6 17. Rfe2 $16) (16... Ne6 17. Nxe6+ Bxe6 18. Ng5 $16) 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rfe2 Rd8 19. c3 $36) ({RR} 13... g6 14. O-O Na6 15. Rae1 Bf5 16. Ne5 f6 17. g4 fxe5 18. Ne6+ Ke7 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rxe5 Rag8+ 21. Kh1 Kd6 22. Rfxf5 Rg4 23. h3 Rg3 24. Kh2 Rhg8 25. Ng5 {1-0 (25) Burovic,R (2347)-Kuzmanovic,S (2146) Zenica 2016}) 14. O-O (14. Nd5 $6 c6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. O-O-O Ke7 17. d5 Kd6 18. dxc6+ Kxc7 19. cxd7 Bxd7 $11) 14... Nf6 (14... a5 $5 15. c4 $5 (15. Nd5 c6 $13) (15. Rae1 Ra6 16. Re2 Nf6) 15... Nf6 16. Ne5 $14) 15. Ne5 $36 a5 {??a6-d6 gefolgt von b6} (15... Bf5 16. Rae1 h5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxf5 Nf6 $14) 16. c4 $1 {Ein energischer Plan.} (16. Rae1 Ra6 17. c3 Rd6 18. h3 (18. Nc4 Rc6) 18... b6 19. g4 $36) 16... Ra6 17. d5 h5 (17... Rd6 18. c5 $5 (18. Rae1 b6 19. Re3 $36) 18... Rd8 19. Rad1 $36 b6 $6 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. d6 $16) 18. h3 (18. Rae1 $5 Rh6 (18... g5 $2 19. Nfg6+ fxg6 20. Nxg6+ $18) (18... h4 19. Nfg6+ $1) (18... Rd6 19. Nfg6+ $5 fxg6 20. Nxg6+ Kg8 21. Nxh8 Kxh8 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rxc8 $16) 19. h3 $14) 18... h4 $5 (18... Rh6 $5) 19. Rae1 Bf5 $6 (19... Rd6 $6 20. Nfg6+ fxg6 21. Nxg6+ Kg8 22. Nxh8 Kxh8 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rxc8 $16) (19... Rh6 $5 20. Rf2 Rd6 $14) 20. Ne2 $1 $16 {??d4} Rh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Offensichtlich ermüdet von dem schwierigen Spiel in der Verteidigung, läßt A.Jussupov einen groben taktischen Fehler zu. Aber die Schwarze Stellung ist ohnehin schon schwierig genug.} (20... g6 21. Nd4 Rh5 22. Nb5 $16) (20... Be4 21. Nc3 Bc2 22. Nb5 $16) 21. g4 $18 Bxg4 (21... hxg3 22. Nxg3 Rg5 23. Rxf5 Rxg3+ 24. Kh2 $18) 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Rg6 24. b3 Rxg4+ 25. Kh2 a4 26. Nc3 axb3 27. axb3 c6 28. d6 Rd4 29. Nd5 $1 Rd2+ 30. Kh1 1-0 [Event "10th Gashimov Mem Blitz"] [Site "Shusha AZE"] [Date "2024.09.28"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2024.09.28"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 18. Rh4 Qg6 19. Qe2 Bxg3 20. Re4 Nf4 21. Qc4 h5 22. Rg1 Kh7 23. Re3 h4 24. Ne4 Nh5 25. Nxg3 hxg3 26. Be5 g2 27. Qe2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxg2 Qf6 30. c3 Rf1+ 31. Kb2 Qf5 32. Reg3 Rb1+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2779)-Smirnov,P (2538) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (33)}) 18... Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 a5 23. a4 c5 24. Rc4 Nb4 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. Qe3 h6 27. g4 Qf2 28. Qe5 Rg6 29. Qe4 1-0 [Event "Zagreb SuperUnited Blitz"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2022.07.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2022.07.23"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 b5 $146 ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Ne4 Bb8 17. Kb1 e5 18. c4 Nb6 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Bc5 Nd7 21. d5 Qg6 22. Ka1 Rc8 23. Ba3 h6 24. c5 Kh7 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Re2 Qh5 27. Rc2 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Qe2 Qf5 30. d6 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Mitusov,S (2304) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (55)}) 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Kb1 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 f3 20. g3 e5 21. d5 Bc5 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rxe5 Bd4 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rg4 Rxd5 26. c3 Bb6 27. Bxh6 Rf7 28. Rg6 Kh7 29. Rxb6 gxh6 30. Kc2 Re5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Tari, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2024.01.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aravindh,C (2698) Shusha AZE 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. d4 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 O-O 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Bg4 14. c3 Rad8 15. Kc2 Re4 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Kd2 Rce8 18. Rae1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Re3 20. Ng3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Nf5 {Duda,J (2733)-Tokhirjonova,G (2380) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. Qe2 Be7 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Ne4 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. c3 Rae8 16. O-O g5 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 Kg7 19. Rad1 b5 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. Re5 Rf5 23. Rde1 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-Svane,R (2612) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (61)}) 9. d4 $146 ({RR} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfe8 13. Rde1 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf8 16. Kb1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Be5 a5 19. a4 c5 20. d3 f6 21. Bxf4 g5 22. Bd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf7 {Blohberger,F (2490)-Lysyj,I (2603) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (104)}) 9... O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bxf4 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Nd5 15. Qe5 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Rab8 17. Nb2 Nc3+ 18. Ka1 Bc5 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. dxc5 Nc3 21. Kb2 Nxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rbd8 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Bd5 25. Nd4 Qd8 26. g4 Re8 27. Nf5 Qf6+ 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. c4 Re2+ 30. Kc3 Be4 31. Nd6 Bf3 32. a4 Rg2 33. b4 Rxg4 34. Bg3 h5 35. b5 h4 36. b6 hxg3 37. hxg3 axb6 38. cxb6 c5 39. a5 Rxg3 40. Kd2 Bc6 41. a6 Rb3 42. b7 Rb6 43. a7 Rxb7 44. a8=Q+ Kg7 45. Nxb7 1-0 [Event "10th Gashimov Mem Blitz"] [Site "Shusha AZE"] [Date "2024.09.28"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2024.09.28"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 18. Rh4 Qg6 19. Qe2 Bxg3 20. Re4 Nf4 21. Qc4 h5 22. Rg1 Kh7 23. Re3 h4 24. Ne4 Nh5 25. Nxg3 hxg3 26. Be5 g2 27. Qe2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxg2 Qf6 30. c3 Rf1+ 31. Kb2 Qf5 32. Reg3 Rb1+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2779)-Smirnov,P (2538) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (33)}) 18... Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 a5 23. a4 c5 24. Rc4 Nb4 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. Qe3 h6 27. g4 Qf2 28. Qe5 Rg6 29. Qe4 1-0 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 29th Jan 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.01.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Svane, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2026.01.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 ({RR} 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. d4 a6 14. Bd3 f3 15. Qe4 fxg2 16. Rg1 Nxd4 17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. Rxg2 Rg8 19. Be3 Nf3+ 20. Ke2 Ne5 21. Rag1 Kf8 22. Rxg7 Qxg7 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. Bh6 Rxh6 25. Qxh6 Kf7 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-Svane,R (2609) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) 11... O-O 12. Ne4 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Rae8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Kb1 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 f3 20. g3 e5 21. d5 Bc5 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rxe5 Bd4 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rg4 Rxd5 26. c3 Bb6 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2766)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Zagreb 2022 1-0}) 12... a6 $146 ({RR} 12... Kh8 13. c3 Rae8 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 e5 16. Nxf6 Rxf6 17. Qe4 Rh6 18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Rf8 20. Be3 Ng8 21. Bf2 Nf6 22. Qf5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Bc5 24. h3 Rh5 25. Qe6 Re8 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Qxe8+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2770)-Ezat,M (2340) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (84)}) ({RR} 12... Kh8 13. c3 Rae8 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 e5 16. Nxf6 Rxf6 17. Qe4 Rh6 18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Rf8 20. Be3 Ng8 21. Bf2 Nf6 22. Qf5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Bc5 24. h3 Rh5 25. Qe6 Re8 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Qxe8+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2770)-Ezat,M (2340) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (84)}) 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. c3 Rae8 16. O-O g5 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 Kg7 19. Rad1 b5 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. Re5 Rf5 23. Rde1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rf8 25. Qe4 Rf6 26. h4 Rg6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bd2 Ne7 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 30. Rc5 e5 31. dxe5 Re6 32. c4 bxc4 33. Bc3 Kg6 34. g4 fxg3 35. Kg2 Kf5 36. Kxg3 Nxe5 37. Ra5 Ke4 38. Rc5 Kf5 39. a4 Ke4 40. a5 Kf5 41. Rd5 Ke4 42. Rd4+ Kf5 43. Rd8 Ke4 44. Rg8 g4 45. Rg5 Re7 46. Rh5 Re6 47. Rh1 Nd3 48. Rf1 Kd5 49. Rf5+ Ke4 50. Kxg4 Rg6+ 51. Rg5 Rxg5+ 52. Kxg5 Nc5 53. Kf6 Na4 54. Be5 Kd3 55. Ke6 Kc2 56. Kd5 Nxb2 57. Bxb2 Kxb2 58. Kxc4 Kc2 59. Kc5 Kd3 60. Kb6 Kc4 61. Kxa6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. c5 $146 ({RR} 17. Ng3 h6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 e2 20. Rf2 Bb4 21. Rexe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. a3 Bd6 25. b4 Bc7 26. a4 R8e6 27. b5 g6 28. Qd3 Ng4 29. Kf1 Rf2+ 30. Kg1 Rfe2 31. Kf1 Rf2+ {Vasilenok,A (2137)-Aradhya,G (2370) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 17... Bc7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe3 Bd6 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Re5 Rd8 24. h3 Bc8 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. Rf4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rh4 Rh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nh5 gxh5 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxd6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Aug Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Ragger, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2603"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2024.08.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. c4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 $146 ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nce5 14. Be2 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qd7 16. Nh5 f5 17. b3 Rae8 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. Bf3 Qg5 20. Bc1 Be3 21. Ba3 Rf7 22. Ng3 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 Nh4 24. Qh5 Qxh5 25. Nxh5 g6 26. Ng3 {Fier,A (2563)-Seul,G (2374) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (38)}) 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. d5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ng6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nxf7 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe7 20. Raf1 Rae8 21. Qg6 Qe2 22. Nxh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Tari, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2024.01.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qh4+ 14. g3 fxg3 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qe1 Qg4 17. hxg3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf2 Qf5 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rh4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aravindh,C (2698) Shusha AZE 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. d4 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 O-O 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Bg4 14. c3 Rad8 15. Kc2 Re4 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Kd2 Rce8 18. Rae1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Re3 20. Ng3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Nf5 {Duda,J (2733)-Tokhirjonova,G (2380) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. Qe2 Be7 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. d4 O-O 12. Ne4 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. c3 Rae8 16. O-O g5 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 Kg7 19. Rad1 b5 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. Re5 Rf5 23. Rde1 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-Svane,R (2612) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (61)}) 9. d4 $146 ({RR} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfe8 13. Rde1 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf8 16. Kb1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Be5 a5 19. a4 c5 20. d3 f6 21. Bxf4 g5 22. Bd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf7 {Blohberger,F (2490)-Lysyj,I (2603) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (104)}) 9... O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bxf4 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Nd5 15. Qe5 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Rab8 17. Nb2 Nc3+ 18. Ka1 Bc5 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. dxc5 Nc3 21. Kb2 Nxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rbd8 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Bd5 25. Nd4 Qd8 26. g4 Re8 27. Nf5 Qf6+ 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. c4 Re2+ 30. Kc3 Be4 31. Nd6 Bf3 32. a4 Rg2 33. b4 Rxg4 34. Bg3 h5 35. b5 h4 36. b6 hxg3 37. hxg3 axb6 38. cxb6 c5 39. a5 Rxg3 40. Kd2 Bc6 41. a6 Rb3 42. b7 Rb6 43. a7 Rxb7 44. a8=Q+ Kg7 45. Nxb7 1-0 [Event "World Blitz 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.30"] [Round "21.51"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Najer, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2022.12.29"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. d4 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Nb6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Rxe5 17. Bxf4 Rh5 18. Kg1 Nbd5 19. h3 Be6 20. Ne2 Re8 21. Bd2 Re5 22. Nd4 Bd7 {Van Foreest,J (2578)-Tikranian,A (2120) Utrecht 2016 1-0 (32)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O c5 ({RR} 9... Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Qc7 13. Nf5 Bg6 14. Qh3 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Bf8 19. c4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Ne3 21. Bxe3 fxe3 22. c5 Re7 23. Rf3 g6 24. Qd3 {Carlsen,M (2835)-Pichot,A (2642) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5+ 16. Kh1 a5 17. a4 Rae8 18. Ndf3 Ne4 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. Nhf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qg5 22. Nd4 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 {Roebers,E (2356)-Bulgak,D (2213) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (62)}) 10. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 10. Kh1 Ng4 11. Bd5 Ba6 12. Bxa8 Re8 13. h3 Be2 14. hxg4 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Qc8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxf4 Qxg4 18. Bh2 Nd7 19. Bb7 Re2 20. g3 Qh3 {0-1 (20) Solenkov-Kneselac,A Plovdiv 1985}) 10... cxd4 11. Bxf4 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxa8 Ng4 15. g3 Ne3 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Rae1 Bc6 18. Qxa7 Nd7 19. Rf4 g5 20. Rxd4 Nc5 21. Rd5 Bxd5 22. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. c5 $146 ({RR} 17. Ng3 h6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 e2 20. Rf2 Bb4 21. Rexe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. a3 Bd6 25. b4 Bc7 26. a4 R8e6 27. b5 g6 28. Qd3 Ng4 29. Kf1 Rf2+ 30. Kg1 Rfe2 31. Kf1 Rf2+ {Vasilenok,A (2137)-Aradhya,G (2370) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 17... Bc7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe3 Bd6 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Re5 Rd8 24. h3 Bc8 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. Rf4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rh4 Rh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nh5 gxh5 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxd6 1-0 [Event "China Elite Mind blitz"] [Site "Huaian"] [Date "2016.03.01"] [Round "29"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2016.02.28"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. g3 g4 7. Nh4 f3 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nge7 10. O-O-O h5 11. h3 gxh3 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Bc4 a6 13. Bg5 b5 14. Bb3 f6 15. Bf4 Na5 16. Qe3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 b4 18. Nd5 Kf7 19. Qd3 c6 20. Ne3 Be6 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nhf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qa5 24. Kb1 d5 25. Nxg4 Qb5 26. Qxf3 {Livaic,L (2576)-Boder,J (2315) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 11... d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Re1 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. c4 Qd6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. d5 O-O-O 18. dxe6 Qxg3 19. Bd3 f2 20. Rd1 f6 21. Bf4 Qxh4 22. Qa5 Rd6 23. Qxa7 Nc6 24. Qa8+ Nb8 25. Bxd6 f5 26. Bc5 {Maki Uuro,M (2345)-Norri,J (2292) Helsinki 2016 1-0}) 12. Nxf3 Bg4 13. Qf2 Qd7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 O-O-O 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Bb3 Qg4 22. Qxf7 Rd7 23. Qf4 Na5 24. c4 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Re8 26. Rh1 Red8 27. Qxg4 hxg4 28. e6 Rd6 29. e7 Re8 30. Bg5 Re6 31. Kd2 Re5 32. Bh4 Re4 33. Kd3 Re6 34. Ne3 Rg6 35. Ke4 Rg7 36. Kf5 Reg8 37. Nd5 c6 38. Nf6 1-0 [Event "China Elite Mind blitz"] [Site "Huaian"] [Date "2016.02.29"] [Round "18"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2016.02.28"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g4 7. Nh4 f3 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nge7 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Kb1 a6 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Bf1 Na5 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. e5 Kf8 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. exd6 Nc4 20. Qf4 Kg8 21. Re7 {1-0 (21) Ramik,Z (2304)-Felcir,J (2176) Tatranska Lomnica 1999}) 11... Bd7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Nxc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Qf2 Re8 21. Bd5 f5 22. Bxf3 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 5th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2010.11.18"] [Round "36"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2010.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Bh6 7. d4 Qh4 $146 ({RR} 7... Qe7 8. Bxf4 Nc6 9. Bxh6 Nxh6 10. Qh5 Qf8 11. Rf6 Qg7 12. Qxh6 Qxh6 13. Rxh6 Nxd4 14. Na3 c6 15. Rd6 Ne6 16. Rad1 Rg8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rg5 19. Kf2 Ke7 20. Ne3 a5 21. Kf3 b5 22. Ng4 {Lewis,W-Parkinson,J England 1816 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bxf4 Qf6 9. c3 Qxf4 10. Qxf4 Bxf4 11. Rxf4 Nd8 12. Na3 Ne6 13. Rf2 c6 14. Raf1 f6 15. Be2 b5 16. d5 Ng5 17. Rf4 Bb7 18. Bh5+ Ke7 19. e5 fxe5 20. Rf5 h6 21. h4 Nh7 22. Rf7+ {Sychev,K (2572)-Piliposyan,R (2199) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 7... Qg5 8. Nc3 c6 9. e5 Ne7 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Bxf4 Bf8 14. Bg5+ Ne7 15. Qxf7 d5 16. exd6 Bd7 17. dxe7+ Kc8 18. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 19. Qxf8+ Kc7 20. Bf4+ Kb6 21. Qc5# {1-0 (21) beto764 (1679)-tininho58 (1782) lichess.org 2024}) ({RR} 7... d5 8. exd5 Qf6 9. c3 Ne7 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. d6 Nec6 12. dxc7 Nd7 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. b3 Rc8 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Kxe8 18. c8=Q+ {1-0 (18) Hanstein,W-Von Jaenisch,C Berlin 1842}) 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. c3 d6 11. Nxf4 Nge7 12. g3 Qg4 13. Qg2 Bd7 14. h3 Qg8 15. Nh5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Qg5 17. g4 Ng6 18. Rce1 Rf8 19. Qg3 Qh4 20. Qxh4+ Nxh4 21. Nf6 Ng6 22. Nxh7 Rh8 23. Ng5 Be8 24. Bxf7 Ke7 25. Kg2 Rf8 26. Bb3 Bd7 27. Kg3 Na5 28. Bf7 Nh8 29. e5 Nxf7 30. exd6+ Kxd6 31. Rf6+ Kd5 32. Nxf7 Nc6 33. b3 Rae8 34. Rc1 Ke4 35. d5 Ne5 36. Re1+ Kxd5 37. Rd1+ Ke4 38. Rf4+ Ke3 39. Re1+ Kd2 40. Rxe5 Bc6 41. Rxe8 Rxe8 42. g5 Re3+ 43. Kh4 Bd7 44. Rd4+ 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "1916.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Velikanov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1916.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 ({RR} 7... Qe7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Qh5+ Kd8 11. Bh4 Nxd4 12. Bxg8 Bg7 13. Bb3 Qxe4 14. Nc3 Qe3+ 15. Kh1 c6 16. Rae1 Qd2 17. Qf7 Nf5 18. Rd1 Qh6 19. g4 Rf8 20. Qc4 Qxh4 21. gxf5 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 {Kaloki,Z (1837)-Berisha,U (1552) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0 (38)}) 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. e5 dxe5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxe5 Bh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13. gxh4 Qxh4+ 14. Kd2 Qxc4 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Kc1 O-O-O 18. b3 Qc5 19. Kb2 Rd2 20. Qe4 Nb4 21. Rc1 Nd3+ 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Qxe5 {Pasternak Winiarski,A-Grabowski,A (1748) Grodzisk Mazowiecki 2007 0-1}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Rf2 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Bxe7+ Kc7 16. b4 Qb6 17. c3 Nd6 18. Qe6 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb5 20. Qf7 Qd5 21. dxe5 Qxf7 22. Bd6+ Kd8 23. Rxf7 Nb6 24. Rd1 Bd7 25. Bc5 Nd5 26. c4 Ke8 27. Rdf1 Be6 28. Rxb7 Nxb4 29. Re7+ Kd8 30. Rd1+ Kc8 31. Bxb4 Bxc4 32. Ba5 1-0 [Event "RUS-ch Higher League 62nd"] [Site "Ulan-Ude"] [Date "2009.09.13"] [Round "11"] [White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2681"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2009.09.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 132"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 g5 5. h4 gxh4 6. Rxh4 ({RR} 6. d4 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Qf6 8. Qd2 h3 9. O-O hxg2 10. Rf2 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qg7 12. Ne5 dxe5 13. Bxf7+ Kd7 14. dxe5+ Kc8 15. Qd5 Kb8 16. Be6 Nge7 17. Qd7 Bxe6 18. Qe8+ Bc8 19. Bf6 Qh6 20. Rxg2 Rg8 {Kavyev,R (2279)-Yoo,C (2588) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 6... Nf6 $146 ({RR} 6... Be6 7. Qe2 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rxf4 Ngf6 10. Nc3 Bh6 11. Rf5 Bg7 12. d3 Qe7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rxf7 Bf6 17. Rxf6 Nxf6 18. Qe6+ Kb8 19. Qxf6 {1-0 (19) Griffe,D (1720)-Saatdjian,J (1499) France 2006}) 7. Nc3 Rg8 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bd2 Nh5 13. Rh2 Qc8 14. O-O-O a5 15. Qc4 Qa6 16. Qa4 Rb8 17. d5 Bg7 18. b3 Kd7 19. e5 Rb4 20. Qxc6+ Qxc6 21. dxc6+ Kxc6 22. Nd5 Kc5 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. exd6 cxd6 25. Be1 Be5 26. Bf2+ Kc6 27. Rd3 Ng7 28. Nd4+ Kc7 29. Rxh7 Bh5 30. Rd2 Bg6 31. Rh1 Be4 32. Nf3 Ne6 33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. Rh5 f6 35. Bh4 Rg6 36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Rf7 Bxg2 38. Rxf6 Be4 39. Kb2 f3 40. Rxg6 Bxg6 41. Bg3 Nc5 42. Bxe5 Ne4 43. Rd8 f2 44. Rf8 Kd5 45. Bb8 Ke6 46. Ba7 Bf5 47. Bxf2 Nxf2 48. Rc8 Kd6 49. Rd8+ Bd7 50. a3 bxa3+ 51. Kxa3 Ng4 52. c4 Ne5 53. Kb2 Kc5 54. Kc3 Be6 55. Re8 Kd6 56. Rh8 Kc5 57. Rh6 Kd6 58. b4 Nf7 59. Rh1 Kd7 60. Rd1+ Kc7 61. Re1 Kd6 62. Kd4 Nd8 63. b5 Nb7 64. Rd1 Bf7 65. Ra1 Nc5 66. Kc3 Bh5 67. Rf1 Be2 68. Rf5 Nd7 69. Kd4 Kc7 70. Rf2 Bg4 71. c5 Bh3 72. Rf7 Bg2 73. Rh7 Bf1 74. b6+ Kc6 75. Rh6+ Kb7 76. c6+ Kxb6 77. cxd7+ Kc7 78. Rd6 Kd8 79. Kc5 Bh3 80. Rh6 Bxd7 81. Kd6 1-0 [Event "Capablanca sim"] [Site "London"] [Date "1913.10.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Pomerantz, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C38"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1913.10.13"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Capablanca"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O h6 ({RR} 5... g4 6. Nc3 gxf3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxf3 d6 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Rxf4+ Nf6 11. d4 Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qe8 14. Qxe8+ Kxe8 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Re1+ Kd8 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Be1 Re6 20. Bh4 {Ocampos,I (2286)-Shevchenko,Y (2383) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (47)}) 6. g3 c6 $146 ({RR} 6... d6 7. Ne1 Nf6 8. gxf4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bh3 10. Rf3 g4 11. Re3 Nc6 12. d4 Kf8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nc3 h5 15. Bc4 Bh6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Re2 Nb6 18. Bb3 g3 19. Qd3 Bg4 20. Rg2 gxh2+ 21. Rxh2 {Lendwai,R (2380)-Opl,K (2285) Vienna 1990 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 6... d6 7. d4 Bh3 8. Re1 Nc6 9. c3 Qd7 10. Kh1 fxg3 11. hxg3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Nf6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bxa7 Bg4 15. Kg2 h5 16. Nbd2 h4 17. Rh1 Nh5 18. gxh4 gxh4 19. Be3 Ng3 20. Bg5 Nxh1 21. Bxd8 {Mujic,H (2315)-Vasiljevic,B (2260) Tuzla 1990 ½-½ (42)}) 7. gxf4 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. d4 g4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Nge7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Nb5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 N7g6 17. Bg3 a6 18. Nc3 h5 19. Na4 Qc6 20. Nc5 Nd7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bd3 O-O-O 23. Qd2 Qc6 24. c4 Qb6 25. Qc3 Qc6 26. Rac1 Rdg8 27. Qd2 Kd8 28. Rxf7 Qe6 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Rc7+ Kd8 32. Bc4 Qf5 33. Qb4 h4 34. Qd6+ Ke8 35. Bf7+ 1-0 [Event "Alekhine blindfold sim"] [Site "Cheltenham "] [Date "1923.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Webb, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C38"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1923.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II ChessBase II} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. g3 ({RR} 6. O-O) ({RR} 6. h4) ({RR} 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 h6 8. b4 Nxb4 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Qc5+ 15. Be3 fxe3 16. Rb5 Ng3 17. Qd3 e2+ 18. Rf2 Nxe5 19. Rxc5 Nxd3 20. Nxc7+ Kf8 {Mesquita,E (2008)-Michalczak,T (2200) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) ({RR} 6. O-O) ({RR} 6. h4) 6... g4 7. Bxf4 ({RR} 7. Nh4 f3 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Be3 c6 10. Qd2 h5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nb1 Ba6 14. Qxb4 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Na6 16. Qa4 Qc8 17. Bf4 d5 18. Nc3 O-O 19. h3 Re8 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Rd2 Nc7 {Tairova,E (2417)-Avrukh,B (2656) Biel 2008 0-1}) 7... gxf3 8. Qxf3 Qf6 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. O-O-O Nc6 ({RR} 12... Bxc3) ({RR} 12... Bxc3) 13. Nb5 Qe8 14. Qe2 e5 15. Qg4+ Qe6 16. Qxe6+ Kxe6 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 exf4 19. gxf4 Nge7 20. e5 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Bxf4 22. Rxd6+ Kc8 23. b4 {Alekhine,A-Grosso,D Buenos Aires 1926 EXT 2021 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8... Nc6) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nb5 Qe8 14. Qe2 e5 15. Qg4+ Qe6 16. Qxe6+ Kxe6 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 exf4 19. gxf4 Nge7 20. e5 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Bxf4 22. Rxd6+ Kc8 23. b4 {Alekhine,A-NN Buenos Aires 1926 EXT 2021 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8... Nc6) 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h3 Nbc6 14. g4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rhe1 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. c3 Be6 19. g5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rad8 21. h4 Rd6 22. Qf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Kb1 Nd8 25. Bb3 Ne6 26. Rxd6 Qxe1+ 27. Rd1 Qxh4 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Rf7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg6 32. Rg8+ Kh5 33. g6+ Kh6 34. gxf7 Qb4+ 35. Kc2 Qc4+ 36. Kd2 Qxa2+ 37. Ke3 Qb3+ 38. Ke4 Qc4+ 39. Kf3 Qxf7+ 40. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 41. Kxf4 a5 42. Ra8 b6 43. Ra6 Kg6 44. Ra7 c6 45. Rc7 c5 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Serpukhov"] [Date "1915.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Litov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C38"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1915.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. h4 h6 7. hxg5 hxg5 8. Rxh8 Bxh8 9. c3 ({RR} 9. Ne5 dxe5 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. dxe5 Qg7 12. e6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Nf6 14. Bxf7+ Ke7 15. Qh3 Kxf7 16. Qb3+ Kg6 17. Qxb7 Qe7 18. Nc3 Qc5 19. Qxa8 Qg1+ 20. Ke2 Qxg2+ 21. Ke1 f3 22. Be3 Ng4 {0-1 (22) Riera Sola,L (2064)-Kuzmin,A (2567) Andorra 2004}) ({RR} 9. Kf2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qh1 Bg7 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Qxg5+ Bf6 14. Qxf4 Nc6 15. e5 Bg7 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Qh4+ Kf8 18. Be3 Nge7 19. Rf1 Nf5 20. Qh5 Qf7 21. Qh2 Nxe3 22. Kxe3 Kg8 23. Ke2 Qe7 {Vargas Pereda,J (1930)-Slade,T (2086) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 9... Nc6 10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Na3 a6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nh6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nc4 g4 15. Ng1 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 f3 17. gxf3 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Ng4 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20. Bg3 Qh5 21. Re1 Rg8 22. e5 Nh2+ 23. Bxh2 Qxh2 24. Qf2 Rxg1+ {0-1 (24) Turner,J-Gilberg,C Brooklyn (Brooklyn CC) 1869}) 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Na5 14. Re1 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O-O 16. b4 f6 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 c6 20. Qa5 Kb8 21. Kc2 Qd7 22. Rb1 Ne7 23. Rb3 Nc8 24. c4 b6 25. Qa6 Qb7 26. Qa3 Re8 27. Kd3 Kc7 28. c5 dxc5 29. dxc5 b5 30. Nd4 Qa7 31. Ba5+ Kd7 32. Rxb5 Qa6 33. Bc3 Qxa3 34. Rb7+ Kd8 35. Nxc6# 1-0 [Event "Fischer tour sim"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "1964.03.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Mott Smith, Kenneth Ormsby"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C38"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1964.03.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Ne7 8. g3 Ng6 ({RR} 8... c6 9. gxf4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Nbc6 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. Nb3 b6 17. Be3 f5 18. exf6 Nf5 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Bf2 Ne4 21. Bg3 Rhf8 22. c4 Kb7 23. cxd5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2762)-Ipatov,A (2613) Dubai 2014 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 8... Bh3 9. Rf2 O-O 10. gxf4 g4 11. f5 d5 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. Nh4 c6 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Ng2 N7f6 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Nh5 19. Rf2 Qh4 20. Bg2 Rae8 21. Nf1 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Re1 23. Qd3 {Malecki,R (1959)-Gajewski,P (1787) Poronin 2021 0-1}) 9. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 9. Na3 O-O 10. gxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 gxf4 12. Qd2 Qf6 13. Kh1 Bg4 14. Rf2 Kh8 15. Rg1 h5 16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Bh6 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. Bc2 Rg8 20. Rgf1 Rg7 21. Nc4 Qh4 22. Qe2 Rag8 23. e5 Rg3 {Horwitz,B-Perigal,G London 1847 0-1}) ({RR} 9. gxf4 gxf4 10. Kh1 Bg4 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Qxb7 Nd7 13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. Qb3 Nh5 15. Rg1 Qd7 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. b4 Rae8 18. Bd3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Rxg6 Ng3+ 22. Rxg3 fxg3 23. Qd3 Rh5 {Herejk,P (2173)-Muron,M (2201) Czech Republic 2001 0-1}) 9... O-O 10. gxf4 gxf4 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Qc2 Nce7 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Rg1 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 d5 16. Nce5 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Rxg6 Kh7 21. Rg2 Rae8 22. Bd2 Ne3 23. Re2 Nc4 24. Rae1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Nxd2 26. Nxd2 Rf6 27. Nf3 Bf8 28. Re8 a5 29. b3 Bd6 30. c4 b6 31. Kg2 Kg6 32. Kf2 Kf5 33. h3 Rf8 34. Nh4+ Kg5 35. Rxf8 Bxf8 36. Ng2 Bg7 37. d5 Be5 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Ne1 Bc3 40. Nd3 Be5 41. a3 Bd6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Be7 44. c5 bxc5 45. bxc5 Bg5 46. Nb4 Be7 47. Na6 Ke5 48. d6 cxd6 49. c6 Bd8 50. c7 Bxc7 51. Nxc7 d5 52. Na6 Kf5 53. Nb4 d4 54. Nd3 Kg5 55. Nxf4 Kh4 56. Kg2 h5 57. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Alekhine sim"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1925.02.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Montmartre"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C38"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1925.02.01"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 {Le cercle de Montmartre avait engagé plusieurs équipes dans cette simultanée.} 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bc4 h6 ({RR} 5... Nc6 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nge7 8. g3 Na5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ne5+ Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qg8 12. Na3 Qg6 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. Rxf4+ Ke8 15. Rf6 Qg5 16. Qf3 d6 17. Nb5 Bg4 18. Nxc7+ Kd7 19. Qf2 Qxe5 20. Nxa8 {Malecki,R (1968)-Szczepaniak,L (2186) Jastrzebia Gora POL 2024 0-1}) 6. c3 Ne7 ({RR} 6... Qe7 7. O-O d6 8. Na3 Nc6 9. g3 Bh3 10. Rf2 O-O-O 11. gxf4 g4 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Nf1 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qxe4 16. Qd5 Nf6 17. Qxe4 Nxe4+ 18. Kg1 d5 19. Bd3 f5 20. Nb5 c6 21. Nd4 {Alekhine,A-Torres Caravaca,J Seville 1922 0-1 (34)}) 7. g3 $146 (7. h4 g4 8. Ne5 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxg4) ({RR} 7. h4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. hxg5 hxg5 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Ne5 c6 12. Qh5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Qh8+ Kd7 15. Be2 Kc7 16. Na3 Nb6 17. g3 fxg3 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. exf6 N8d7 20. Bxg5 Nd5 21. c4 N5xf6 {Hanstein,W-Mayet,C Berlin 1848 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 7. Qb3 O-O 8. h4 d5 9. exd5 Nf5 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Bd3 Re8+ 12. Kd2 g4 13. Ne5 Qg5 14. Kc2 Nd7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. d6+ Kf8 17. dxc7 Ne3+ 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 19. Na3 Nb6 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Qb4+ Qe7 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Sargsyan,A (2378) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 7. h4 Ng6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. h5 Nf8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Na3 a6 12. Bd2 Nh7 13. e5 O-O 14. Rae1 Na5 15. Qc2 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qe6 17. b3 Qg4 18. d5 Qxh5 19. d6 b5 20. Na5 g4 21. Nh2 g3 {Lasker,E-Barry,J USA 1893 0-1 (39)}) 7... g4 8. Bxf4 $1 {Impressionnant pour une partie jouée à l'aveugle!} gxf3 9. Qxf3 d5 $1 $11 10. exd5 Nf5 (10... O-O) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 a6 13. Bd3 Nd6 14. Qh5 f5 $6 (14... Qd7 {[%CAl Gd7h7]} 15. Bxh6 Qh3 16. Qxh3 Bxh3 17. Bxg7 Bxf1 18. Bxf8 Bxd3 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Re1 $14) 15. Bxh6 $40 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qf6 17. Qh5 Rf7 18. Nc4 Rh7 19. Qf3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Kg7 21. Rae1 Rh8 22. Qf4 Qd6 23. Qg5+ Kf7 24. Re7+ 1-0 [Event "TV Worldcup Final"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1982.??.??"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C38"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "167"] [EventDate "1982.09.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. O-O Bg7 7. g3 g4 8. Nh4 f3 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nf6 ({RR} 10... Nge7 11. h3 h5 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Nd5 a6 15. c3 Na5 16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 c6 18. Bg5 Bh6 19. Bxh6 cxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Bg5 Qb6 22. Rae1+ Kd7 23. Re7+ Kc8 24. Bf6 Rg8 25. Rfe1 {Morais,T (2109)-Garcia Correa,J (2103) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (35)}) 11. Qd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxd4 15. Bxc6+ {1-0 (15) Kendall,G-Gilmore,S Derby 1986}) 13... dxc4 14. Rae1 O-O 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bxh6 Ng6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Qf6 20. Re7+ Kg8 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxc7 Bf5 23. Rxc4 Re8 24. h3 Bxc2 25. Rd4 gxh3 26. Kh2 f2 27. Kxh3 Re1 28. Kg2 Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Rf3 30. Rd2 Bd3+ 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Kxf2 Kf7 33. g4 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxb2 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. Ke5 Rg2 37. d6+ Kd8 38. Kf4 Kd7 39. Ne4 Rxa2 40. Ke5 Ra5+ 41. Kf6 b5 42. Nc5+ Kxd6 43. Nb7+ Kc7 44. Nxa5 Kb6 45. Nb3 a5 46. Kxg6 a4 47. Nd2 Kc5 48. Kf5 Kb4 49. g5 a3 50. g6 a2 51. g7 a1=Q 52. g8=Q Qd4 53. Ne4 Ka3 54. Qa8+ Kb2 55. Qa6 b4 56. Qe2+ Ka3 57. Nd2 b3 58. Nb1+ Kb4 59. Qe1+ Ka4 60. Nc3+ Ka5 61. Ne2+ Qb4 62. Qa1+ Kb6 63. Qb2 Qc5+ 64. Kf4 Qc4+ 65. Ke3 Qc5+ 66. Nd4 Qe7+ 67. Kd3 Qb4 68. Nxb3 Qb5+ 69. Ke4 Qb4+ 70. Ke3 Qe7+ 71. Kd3 Qh7+ 72. Kc3 Qh3+ 73. Kb4 Qd7 74. Qf2+ Kc7 75. Nc5 Qe7 76. Qg3+ Kc6 77. Qg2+ Kb6 78. Qg6+ Kc7 79. Kb5 Qe2+ 80. Nd3 Qe7 81. Qc6+ Kd8 82. Qa8+ Kc7 83. Qa7+ Kd8 84. Qb8+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Nunn, John DM"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C39"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1995.03.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. d4 ({RR} 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Rg8 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qe5 10. d3 Bh6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Qh5 Qe6 14. Bd2 b6 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. g4 O-O-O 17. g5 Qxa2 18. gxh6 Bc6 19. Bxf4 Ba4 20. Re1 Qa1+ {Pichot,A (2587)-Mikhalevski,V (2513) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (34)}) 6... Qf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nd3 $146 ({RR} 8. Nxg4 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bd3 d6 11. Nh2 Ne7 12. Bd2 Rg8 13. O-O-O Rxg2 14. Bxf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne2+ 16. Bxe2 Rxe2 17. Rde1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Be6 19. Kb2 Ng6 20. Bg5 Ne5 21. Bf6 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 {Rache,R (1946)-Semina,S (2181) Germany 2004 ½-½}) 8... Qxd4 9. Nxb4 Nxb4 10. Bxf4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 d6 12. a3 Nxc2+ 13. Kf2 g3+ 14. Bxg3 Nf6 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Bf4 Bg4 17. Bf3 Nh5 18. Bh2 c5 19. Nb5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Rhd1 Nf6 23. Rxd6 Be6 24. Bf4 Ng4+ 25. Ke1 Nf6 26. Bg5 Nd7 27. Bh5 Rc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Rd6 Kf8 30. Rxc6 Kg7 31. Bf4 Re8 32. Kf2 a5 33. Be2 Rd8 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Nf6 36. Be5 Kg6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Rc5+ Kd6 40. e5+ Ke7 41. Bc4 Rg8 42. Bxe6 Kxe6 43. Kf3 h5 44. b5 Rg4 45. g3 Rb4 46. Ke3 Rg4 47. Kd3 Rxg3+ 48. Kc4 Rg4+ 49. Kb3 Rg1 50. Kb4 Rg4+ 51. Ka5 Rxh4 52. b6 Rg4 53. b7 Rg8 54. Kb6 Rb8 55. Kc7 Rxb7+ 56. Kxb7 h4 57. Kc6 h3 58. Rc3 Kxe5 59. Rxh3 f5 60. Kc5 f4 61. Kc4 Ke4 62. Kc3 f3 63. Kd2 1-0