[Event "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Site "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Two Knights' Defence"]
[Black "A for Awful"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "9"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 {White may be surprised into playing} 4. Nc3 $6
{when you can play the nice trick:} (4. O-O {Not a daft move, and maybe a bit
sneaky. Just lop off the pawn:} Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Nc3 {is the BKG below}) 5...
exd4 {is line D for Dynamic}) 4... Nxe4 $1 {Black gets the piece back and is
assured of an open game and easy development. You must play this sort of move
if you get a chance! The lines in detail go:} 5. O-O (5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5
7. Neg5+ Kg8 {Black has a misplaced King but the two Bishops and strong centre
mean that White can't really attack it. Black has a big plus score from this
position!}) (5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 (6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3) 6... dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Qc3 Bb7 {White has given up
the two Bishops to mess up Black's pawns. I think that's a fair swap, and the
position is equal.}) ({I expect most of your games after 4...Nxe4! will be in
these two lines, but White does have another idea:} 5. O-O $5 {is an attempt
to get into a messy line called the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7
(6... f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 Qe7 9. Kh1 d6 10. f5 Qg7 {is the main line, where
Black has a pawn and no weaknesses, but not much activity yet. I think that
line is OK but not much fun for Black. You can take all the ginger out of the
gambit by returning the pawn:}) 7. Qd5 O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 d6 {This isn't
a very exciting position, but that's White's fault for not playing a better
opening. It's often simplest to give back a gambit pawn to catch up on
development.}) *

[Event "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Site "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Two Knights' Defence"]
[Black "B for Boring"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 {So, don't open up the position just
yet, go ...Be7 and castle first, and then have a look at ...d5.} (4... Bc5 {
4...Bc5 may be the best move, but then you often get into the Old Stodge
variation with 5.Nc3, which I try to avoid.} 5. Nc3) (4... d5 $6 {Also, 4. d3
d5!? is the right attitude but may be the wrong move. Remember you are Black,
and a move behind. Opening up the game might lead to trouble - in this case, a
quick White attack on your e5-Pawn by Re1. You should know the general rule:
Don't open up lines when you are behind in development.} 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O
Be7 7. Re1 Bg4 (7... f6 8. d4 $1) 8. h3 {Are you really behind? Both sides
have two pieces out, true, but White is much closer to castling. After 8.h3,
you really don't have a good move.}) 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 (6. Re1 {Now, White has
clamped down on d5 (Re1), and so you will either have to continue developing
without an open line (play, for example ...Nc6-d8-e6-f4) or head for a
different break (...f7-f5). Seebelow!}) 6... d6 {Now the d-pawn is defended,
Black can swap the important White Bishop by ...Na5, so White usually plays.} (
6... d5 {might be possible now:} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6
11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Nb6 $11 {but you don't usually get to play ...d5, so
you can just follow the same plans below.}) 7. c3 {White now plans a slow
attack against your King. There are two good plans for you here: (1) You can
play to get some space with Na5 and c5: (2) Another way of playing is to chase
the Bb3 off the Italian Diagonal with the other Knight, then play ...f5} Nd7 $1
(7... Na5 8. Bc2 c5 {This is very grandmasterly. If you learn about the Ruy
Lopez you will recognise this pawn structure for Black. Well, it's good, but
it's not so easy to understand.}) 8. Nbd2 Nc5 9. Bc2 f5 {Does that look a bit
easier to understand? Black has good development and is starting to find an
open line for the Rf8. I don't think many juniors would be happy facing this
line!} *

[Event "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Site "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Two Knights' Defence"]
[Black "C for Cheeky"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 $5 {Cheeky! White can have a pawn if you
get the attack.} d5 ({A good Secret Weapon to have for rapid games is} 4... Bc5
$5 {The Wilkes Barre Variation (USA) or the Traxler Count erattack ((Europe)?
Let's just call it Bonkers.} 5. Nxf7 (5. Bxf7+ {the boring truth is that White
is += after this move} Ke7 (5... Kf8 $5 6. Bb3 (6. Bd5 $2 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qxg5)
6... d5 7. exd5 (7. O-O h6 8. exd5 hxg5 9. dxc6 e4 10. d3 Qd6 11. g3 Bg4 12.
cxb7 Rb8 13. Qd2 Qxg3+ 14. hxg3 Bf3 $19) 7... Nd4) 6. Bb3 (6. Bd5 Rf8 7. Rf1 (
7. O-O d6) 7... Qe8 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 Qg6 10. d3 h6 11. Nf3 Qxg2 12. Nh4 Bxf2+
13. Rxf2 Qg1+ 14. Rf1 Qg3+ 15. Kd2 Qg5+) 6... Rf8) 5... Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 (6. Kf1
Qe7 7. Nxh8 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. h3 (9. c3 Bg4 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Kxf2 Qh4+) (9. d6
cxd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Kxf2 Ne4+ 14. Kg1 Qh4 15. h3
Qf2+ 16. Kh2 Qg3+ 17. Kg1 Bf3 18. Bf1 Ng5 $19) 9... Bg3 10. c3 Nf5 11. d4 Bd7
12. Qe2 Bh2 13. Kf2 Ng3 14. Qe1 Nfe4+ 15. Kf3 Nd2+ 16. Nxd2 Qf6+ 17. Ke3 Qf4+
18. Kd3 Bf5+) 6... Nxe4+ 7. Kg1 (7. Ke1 Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 9. Rf1 Nh1+ 10. Ke2
Qe4#) 7... Qh4 8. g3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 (9. Nxh8 d5 10. Qf3 (10. Bxd5 Nd4 11. c3 Bh3
12. Bf3 O-O-O 13. Nf7 Rf8 14. Nxe5 Nge2+ 15. Bxe2 Qf2#) 10... Nf5) 9... Qxg3+
10. Kf1 Rf8) 5. exd5 b5 $5 {I like this approach: Black's pieces come to very
natural sq uares.} (5... Na5 $1 {The Grandmaster move.}) (5... Nxd5 {A
sensible-looking move, but it's not good:} 6. d4 $1 $16 {and White is looking
to play the sacrifice Nxf7! with Qf3+, castles and a deadly attack.}) (5... Nd4
{is the Fritz variation, the main line of which transposes:} 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1)
6. Bf1 {This is the best move, although I would be surprised if a club player
who didn't know the line came up with this reply. It secures g2 so that White
can capture on b5.} (6. Bxb5 Qxd5 {Black then has a lead in development, and
has nicely centralised pieces: White is rather uncoordinated and may struggle
to get going now. Black already has a fork of b5 and g2. White doesn't get
very far with:} 7. Bxc6+ (7. Be2 {0-1 Wademark H-Keller M/ corr 5.OSTSEE/MM 
(FS (3328) 1986 (30) In this under-rehearsed position Black has tried three
moves in three games, losing two and winning one! - although this had more to
do with later play than this move.}) (7. Nc3 {Another natural try for White;
Black nearly always plays} Qxg2 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 Bd7 {This position is very
different: piece activity is still important but not to generate threats
against the King.} 10. Rg1 {White leaves the King in the middle and tries to
be annoying about g7.} (10. O-O {Now Black can develop the last minor piece:}
Nb4 {This more counter- attacking try looks more in keeping with Black's
choice of opening, although I don't know if it is any better. In the one
example I have, White gave up the exchange for insufficient compensation with}
11. d4 {0-1 Kunath,E (DDR)-Knorr,B/S 145 1989 (24)}) (10. d3 {sensible enough
but not really a winning attempt.} Nd4 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 {
natural but drops a Pawn:} Nxe4 14. dxe4 Re8 15. f3 f5 16. O-O fxe4 17. fxe4
Rxe4 18. Rf7+ Re7 19. Rf5 Re2 {0-1 Wolf R - Tisdall Jonathan D/Olympiad (1)
1992 (31)}) 10... e4 {is more assertive:} 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rg3
Re8 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. d3 Bd6 16. Rh3 exd3 17. Nxf7 Rhf8 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. cxd3
Ng4 20. Nd1 Nd4 21. Rxh7 Rf7 22. Bg5 Nf3 23. Bh4 Re1+ 24. Kg2 Rg1+ 25. Kh3 Nxh4
26. Kxh4 Ne5 {0-1 Bjornsson Tomas (ISL)-Arnason A. Arni (ISR)/It (open),
Reykjavik (Iceland) (128) 1984}) (7. c4) 7... Qxc6 8. Qf3 (8. O-O {is a safer
try, although the delay means that Black also can get castled.} Bb7 (8... h6 {
is too slow:} 9. Qf3 e4 10. Nxe4 {that's the difference: after recapturing on
e4 Black is awkwardly pinned} Nxe4 11. d3 Ba6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Qxe4 Qxe4 14.
Rxe4 {Black's two good Bishops did not save the game in Tangelder Yonne -
Brockmans Aline/Ch Europe cadets und (7) 1995 (1-0, 29)}) 9. f3 {A radical
approach to problems along the long diagonal but rather invites:} (9. Qf3 e4
10. Qb3 O-O-O 11. Qh3+ {to defend g2.} Kb8 12. Nc3 Rd7 {Black defends f7, and
then makes a virtue of this necessity by doubling Rooks on the d-file.} 13. Re1
Bb4 14. d3 {White gives back the Pawn to complete development.} exd3 15. cxd3
Rhd8 16. Be3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rab1 Qxd3 {Black is now even a Pawn ahead,
but King safety is most important for the moment.} 19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5
21. Bd4 h6 22. Ne4 Nb6 {Black has patched up the b-file and eventually drew a
long endgame: Kan Ilia (RUS)-Konstantinopolski Alexander (RUS/Ch URS, Moscow 
(Russia) (1) 1945/1/2-1/2 (91)}) (9. Nf3 {In one game White brought the Knight
back into play but walked straight into:} g5 10. h3 h5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. d3 g4
13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Ne1 e4 15. g3 O-O-O 16. dxe4 Rh3 17. Bf4 Rdh8 18. f3 Ba6 {
0-1 Carter,R - Endsley,B/cr 1969}) 9... Bc5+ 10. Kh1 h6 11. Nh3 {Black can
play ...e4 immediately or prepare it by castling: if Black does castle, White
can try to slow it up by d2-d3, when Black can try a King's-side Pawn storm to
open lines against the King. I have one game in each line, both quick Black
wins.} e4 (11... O-O-O 12. d3 g5 13. Nf2 g4 14. Nd2 Rhg8 15. Nde4 Bxf2 16. Nxf6
gxf3 17. Rxf2 Rxg2 18. Be3 Qxf6 19. Qd2 Rxh2+ {0-1 Best C-Muir W/corr USA (FS 
(-15360) 1967}) 12. d4 O-O-O 13. c3 g5 14. Qc2 exf3 $1 15. Qf5+ Kb8 16. gxf3
Rd5 17. Qc2 g4 18. Nf4 Rg5 19. Nd2 gxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 22. Ng2
Rxg2 23. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bd6 25. Bd2 Ne4 26. Be3 Rg8+ {0-1 Bettermann,B 
(FRG)-Roscher,J/S 161 1989}) 8... e4 {Black naturally avoids the exchange of
Queens, although there was once a game} 9. Qb3 Bc5 {Black ignores the threat
to f7, believing that White has not the piece activity either to harrass the
King or steer for a favourable endgame. The only three games in the database
ended in quick wins for Black:} 10. Qxf7+ Kd8 11. O-O Rf8 (11... h6 12. Qxg7
Rg8 13. Qxh6 Bb7 14. Kh1 e3 15. f3 e2 16. Re1 Ne4 17. fxe4 Qxh6 $17) (11... Rf8
{This is the most natural, although Black has tried} 12. Qxg7 Rg8 13. Qh6 Bb7
14. Rd1 Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 Ke7 16. Nxh7 {A triumph of Black's strategy: White has
loads of useless Pawns, and no more pieces in play than when Black played ...
Bc5 at move 9!} Bd4 {0-1 Sandrin - Weiss/cr 1962})) (6. dxc6 bxc4 7. Nc3 h6 (
7... Bc5 8. h3 (8. Nxf7 {is hard to understand!} Kxf7 9. Qe2 Ba6 10. O-O Re8
11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qf6 {returning the piece also looks decidely unforced}
13. Qd5+ Re6 14. Qxc5 Rxc6 15. Qd5+ Qe6 16. Qf3+ Kg8 17. Re1 Rf8 18. Qe3 Qf6
19. Qxa7 Rb6 20. f3 Qc6 {0-1 Foerster,D (DDR)-Roscher,J/S 159 1989}) 8... O-O
9. Qe2 h6 10. Nge4 Bb6 11. b4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qf6 13. O-O Be6 14. b5 {White is
hoping to hang on to everything but keeps moving Pawns to do so.} Rfd8 15. Bb2
Rxd2 16. Na4 Bd5 17. Qe1 Qg5 18. g4 Qh4 19. Bxe5 Qxh3 {0-1 Flugrath,R (DDR)
-Roscher,J/S 155 1989}) (7... Bf5 8. Qe2 Bxc2 9. Nb5 Be7 10. Qxc4 Bg6 11. Nf3
a6 12. Nc3 Bd3 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Re8 16. O-O-O Bc5 17. Qh4 Qd4 $4
18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Na4 {47 1-0 Scheglmann,D (DDR)-Weiz,W/corr OT 1989}) 8. Nf3 (
8. Nge4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qd5 10. Qf3 Be6 11. O-O O-O-O $44)) (6. Qe2 {This
neglected reply is probably as good as many of the ones more commonly played.
After:} bxc4 7. dxc6 {White hopes to play Qxc4 hitting f7; Black has a choice:}
Qd5 {This is the commonest and best reply, securing c4 and f7 and attacking c6
and g2.} 8. O-O Bd6 {Black has the two Bishops but muddled Queen's-side Pawns.
It is natural for White to seek an ending with Qf3 but experience with
alternatives is limited.} 9. Na3 {disaster followed:} (9. Nc3 Qxc6 10. Nge4
Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 {when Black might have been hoping to make something out the
two active Bishops in an ending, but} 12. f3 $4 Qb6+ {0-1 Milunovic V-Miele R/
It (open), Portoroz (Slovenia) 1994}) (9. Qf3 e4 {hoping to avoid the exchange
but inviting a tactical flurry} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 f5 12. d3 cxd3 13. cxd3
Qxc6 14. dxe4 O-O 15. e5 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Re8 17. f4 Bb7 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Be3 Bb4
20. Nd2 Re6 {after this logical sequence of moves Black is still a Pawn down
and White eventually uncurled and won: Rej Dennis (DEN)-Nielsen Carsten Juul 
(DEN)/Ch Denmark (select), Gladsaxe (Denmark) 1993/1-0 (50)}) 9... Bxa3 10.
bxa3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rfe1 Bf5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. h3 Rxe5 15. Qf3 Rae8 {
0-1 Anderson Michael - Grey Peter/San Francisco (3) 1995}) (6. Bb3 {Also
rather tame. Black commonly gets the two Bishops in the ending, as in the last
variation, but without being a Pawn down} Nd4 {0-1 Loonstra A - Stegeman F/It
open (4) 1996 (33)}) 6... h6 $1 (6... Nd4 $5 {This slides into the Fritz
variation, which is extremely bonkers.} 7. c3 Nxd5 8. Ne4 {Black can play
safer with:} Ne6 {when one game went} (8... Qh4 $5 {is a very famous line.} 9.
Ng3 Bg4 10. f3 e4 {Black is attacking as hard as possible! White has a choice
of pieces to take, but Black has the attack - so is it enough? There was a
world championship postal game in this line, which Black won, and there has
been a lot of work put in since! I think the verdict is: White should come out
on top.}) 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O f5 {Black is still keen to
attack, but without giving up a piece. White gets time to castle, but I'd
sooner be Black and have the fun. Some more example moves:} 12. Ng3 g6 13. d4
exd4 14. cxd4 Bg7 {Black has good active pieces and some targets to aim at -
is it worth a pawn? Well, you can have some fun with that in a friendly game!
But in a serious game, we don't want to play something so risky. I recommend
the simple 6...h6}) 7. Nf3 (7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. dxc6 Bc5 {If you play a gambit,
you must look forward to playing this type of position! Black has successfully
tried other moves than .. .Bc5 but that is the most natural. After ...Bc5
White has a choice:} 9. d4 {A good idea, returning some material to gain time
to consolidate.} (9. Qf3 {0-1 Primakow X-Stschebenjuk M/corr (FS (1024) 1983 
(21) Another move to exploit the Queen's position. (9) While this is a useful
antidote to the threat of ...Qd5 and ...Bb7, it makes less sense here, and
only provides a target for Black's raids on f2.}) (9. Bxb5 {A brave bite.} Ng4
10. O-O Qh4 11. Qf3+ {Else Black will organise the attack with ...Rf8 and ...
Kg8.} (11. h3 {Horrible.} Bxf2+ {0-1 Kazoks A-Kahn P/corr OMT 5 (FS (3072)
1985 (18)}) 11... Ke8 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 {Even after the exchange of Queens,
Black's initiative persists, and White may be lucky to survive the attack on
the King. All Black's pieces can join the attack, and the Queen's Rook often
nips across via the b-file.} Rf8 14. Bd3 Nxf2 15. Bg6+ Ke7 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Nd2
Ba6 18. c4 Rf6 19. Bh5 Nd3+ 20. Kh2 Rxf1 21. Nxf1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxb2 23. Rc2
Bd4 {Black has good chances despite the reduced material: Berlinsky Vladimir -
Lima Darcy/Olympiad (4) 1996/0-1 (50)}) (9. Be2 {This looks a much saner idea.}
Ne4 {is the commonest reply, although Black has improvised here with mixed
results:} 10. O-O Qf6 11. Bf3 Nxf2 12. Qe2 e4 13. Bh5+ g6 14. d4 exd3 15. cxd3
Qd4 16. b4 Re8 17. Bxg6+ Kxg6 18. Qxe8+ Kg7 19. Qe2 Nxd3+ 20. Kh1 Bg4 {1/2-1/2
Feich tner,E (FRG)-Tiemann,H/S 112 1989: not a result I completely understand!
Black seems on the verge of regaining at least some of the sacrificed material,
but I'd be surprised if this position is drawn. Perhaps both opponents were
frightened of finding out who was winning...} 21. Bxh6+ (21. Qc2 Rf8) 21... Kh8
(21... Kxh6 22. Qd2+ Kh7 23. bxc5) 22. Qc2) 9... exd4 10. Be2 Rf8 11. O-O Kg8
12. Nd2 (12. Bxb5 {led to a quick draw after} Ng4 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. h3 Nxf2 15.
Rxf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bxh3 {"=" Kirillow X-Stschebenjuk M/corr (FS (1024) 1984,
but I reckon Black is doing quite well here:} 17. gxh3 Rae8 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19.
Qg1 Re1 (19... Qxg1+ 20. Kxg1 $15) 20. Bf1 Qxg1+ 21. Kxg1 $16 Bb4 22. c3 dxc3)
12... Qd6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qd2 Be4 15. Qf4 Qxc6 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Bxh5
Qxh5 19. Nd3 Bd6 {Black has a strong attack with the two Bishops and is not a
Pawn down.} 20. f4 Rf6 21. Qf2 c5 22. b4 Bxd3 23. cxd3 cxb4 24. Kh1 Re8 25.
Qxd4 Bc5 26. Qd7 Re2 27. f5 Bd6 {0-1 Huenerfauth,U (FRG)-Zugehoer,E/WT/
M\4661989-90 1990}) (7. dxc6 hxg5 {0-1 Posern,M (DDR)-Roscher,J/S 160 1989 (15)
a curious position: perhaps a cat has walked across the board.}) (7. Ne6 {
Morozevich ander (RUS)-Piket Jeroen (NED)/It, London (England) (1) 1995/0-1 
(50) An uncommon choice, trying to make a mess! Black must develop around the
doubled e-Pawns.} fxe6 8. dxc6) (7. Bxb5 {is rather inconsequent: the
following sequence is more or less forced...} Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qxg2 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10.
Nxf3 Bd7 {0-1 Schubert Hans-Joach _ Hector Jonny/It 1990 (22) when Black has
fair chances: in the game White just went on the slide.}) 7... Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qe6
{is all fairly predictable. Now:} 9. Nxb5 {This capture threatens Nxc7. After
defending c7, your plan is the same: Bb7 and long castling.} (9. Bxb5 {White's
fidgety Bishop decides to take the pawn after all! Black defends the Knight
and then castles:} Bb7 10. d3 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Qg4 {Now ...Nd4 is a threat as
well as ...Qxg2, so White gives up the Bishop to remove the Knight.} 12. Bxc6
Bxc6 13. Rg1 e4 $1 {Before White settles down, Black punches again! Poor White
would love to play the Bc1 somewhere and castle, but doesn't have time.}) 9...
Qe7 10. d3 Bb7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O e4 $1 {Again, keep jabbing at White so
they can't settle down and set about winning an endgame with the extra pawn.} *

[Event "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Site "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Two Knights' Defence"]
[Black "D for Dynamic"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O (5. e5 {White can play here 5.
e5, when Black can reply 5...Ne4 and 6...d5, or 5...Ng4.} Ne4 6. Bd5 (6. Qe2
Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 $1 {...asking White how they are planning to get their pawn
back...}) (6. O-O d5 7. Bb5 Bg4 $1 (7... Bd7 {7...Bd7 is the main line that
happens after 5...d5. No need...}) 8. h3 h5 $1 {Great move!} 9. hxg4 hxg4 10.
Nh2 Qh4 11. Bf4 g3 12. Bxg3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Qxh2+ {And Black is just dandy.})
6... Nc5 7. Qe2 {This is White's best idea, glaring at the Black King.} Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Qe8 10. Bf4 (10. Na3 Nb4 11. Bc4 d3) 10... b6 11. Bxc6 d3 $1 {
The pawn is probably lost, so Black gives it up in a way which is awkward for
White.}) 5... Nxe4 {5...Nxe4 is a little risky for the moment but soon gets
simpler. Try this one first in your games! T Taking the important e-Pawn gives
White something to think about, and removes the threat of e4-e5. But I have
known junior players quickly lose a piece here as Black.} (5... Bc5 {5...Bc5
is safest for the moment but gets very complicated as the opening continues.})
6. Re1 {The Knight on e4 is under attack. Worse, the Knight cannot dodge out
of the way because it is pinned against the King! So how does Black get out of
this?} d5 {That move solves Black's problems in a lot of lines!} 7. Bxd5 (7.
Nc3 dxc3 (7... dxc4) 8. Bxd5 Be6 (8... Bf5 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Rxe4+ Be7 $11) 9.
Bxe4 Bb4 10. b3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Rd8 12. Be3 a6 {Black has an extra pawn which is
hard to keep and harder to make use of. The storm has blown itself out, and
the game is about equal.}) 7... Qxd5 8. Nc3 $1 {Another surprising Knight move,
which regains the piece by the attack on e4. This is a terribly well-analysed
position, so I can only give you an example. One line goes:} Qa5 (8... Qh5 $5 {
is also fine}) 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 (10. Bd2) 10... O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12.
Rxe6 Bd6 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. h3 Rde8 15. Bd2 Ne5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruy Lopez"]
[Black "Some first ideas"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 $5 {Schliemann Gambit: risky but a great way to
play for a win! I expect that White should be able to find an advantage
against the Schliemann if they play perfectly. So if you start meeting players
who play perfectly, then you will have to give it up... but until then, keep
having fun with it! White has four choices: 4.d4, 4.exf5, 4. d3 and 4.Nc3} (
3... a6 {The main lines start with this move. If you aim for the Marshall
Attack there are lots of ways for White to slide o ut of your variation.} 4.
Ba4 {. .} (4. Bxc6 {The Exchange Variation, popular at a ll levels. .} dxc6)
4... Nf6 5. O-O (5. Qe2 {A version of the Worrall Attack.}) (5. d3 {The old
Anderssen-Steinitz line.}) 5... Be7 6. Re1 (6. Bxc6 {Some players th ink that
now is an even better time to take the Knight -- Black has made some mo ves
that you might not want to make in the Exchange Variation.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. c3 (8. a4 {Now Black has delayed ...d6, White prefers to avoid the Marshall.
}) 8... d5 {So, here it is, the famous Marshall Gambit! I learned a lot about
this mo ve when watching the Kramnik-Leko match in 2004, and I think it's a
fine idea fo r club players, if your opponents will let you play it! You can
spend a lot of time learning lines that you never get to play.,, So, here it
is, the famous Marshall Gambit! I learned a lot about this mo ve when watching
theKramnik-Leko match in 2004, and I think it's a fine idea fo r club players,
if your opponents will let you play it! You can spend a lot of time learning
lines that you never get to play.,,} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {
Now ...Bd6 is on its way, and Black can move the Queen over towards White's
King. How good are you at defending? World Champion Vladimir Kramnik wasn't
good enough!} 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2
Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 22. axb5 Bd3 23. Qf2 Re2
24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. bxa6 Qd3 26. Kf2 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Nxc3 29. bxc3
Qxc3+ 30. Kf2 Qxa1 31. a7 h6 32. h4 g4 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/WCh 2004}) (3...
Nf6 {Classical Berlin: less risky, but fewer chances to win.} 4. O-O (4. d3 Bc5
5. O-O d6 {fails to make much of an impression after fails to make much of an
impression after} 6. Nc3 (6. c3 {is perfect ly reasonable too, and indeed
worked well in the super -GM clash Hracek, Z-Kramnik,V/Eurotel Cup, Prague
2002, published in full on our Internet site.} O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9.
Nc4 h6 10. b4 Ba7) 6... Bg4 7. Na4 Nd7 $6 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Bxc6+
bxc6) 4... Bc5 5. c3 (5. Nxe5 Nxe5 {after which} 6. d4 a6 7. Be2 {If} (7. Ba4 {
If} b5 $1 8. Bb3 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 {is fine for Black pro duces a well-known
position in which Black's activity and threats such as ...c5- c4 fully
compensate him for missing a dark-squared bishop}) 7... Nxe4 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9.
Qd4 d6 10. f4 Ng6 (10... Ne6)) 5... O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 (7. Re1 d6 8. a4 {
is a ma jor alternative that leads us to:} (8. h3 {is a major alternative that
leads us to:} h6 9. Be3 Bd7 (9... Nxe4 $4 10. d5 $1 Ne7) 10. Ba4 {White was
setting the t rap} Re8 {(White wants to have his light-squared bishop
protected (by the queen) instead of remaining loose on b5.)}) (8. Bxc6 {
is a major alternative that lead s us to:} bxc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8)
8... a5 9. h3 h6 10. Bxc6 bxc6) (7. dxe5 Nxe4) 7... h6 (7... d6) 8. Bh4 (8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxc6 Qxc6 {, then after} 10. Nxe5 {White's "threat " of} Qxe4 {
is nullified by}) 8... d6 9. Bxc6 (9. Nbd2 exd4 10. Bxc6 dxc3 $17) 9... bxc6
10. dxe5 dxe5) (3... Nge7) 4. Nc3 {The main line and the best move. Both sides
need to be careful!} (4. d4 {White has to make a difficult decision after this
move.} fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 c6 $1 {Now ...Qa5+ will win the e-pawn or the
Bishop -- White must sacrifice one or the other!} 7. Nc3 cxb5 8. Nxe4 d5 9.
exd6 Nf6 10. Qd4 $44) (4. exf5 {Beginners often take any pawn that isn't
defended, while some club players never take a pawn that is offered. Neither
approach is always right, but White gets nothing from taking this pawn.} e4 5.
Qe2 Qe7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nd4 Qe5 8. Nf3 Qxf5 {This move keeps the gambit going;
8...Qe7 is equal.} (8... Qe7) 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. d3 Bb4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Ndxe4 Qg6
13. O-O Bh3 14. f3 {Black has activity for the pawn} Rae8) (4. d3 {Solid but
no way to refute Black's idea.} fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd3 Kh8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Nd4 $13) 4... fxe4
5. Nxe4 Nf6 (5... d5 6. Nxe5 (6. Ng3 Bg4 {turned out to be extremely dangerous
for Black afte r after which} 7. h3 {is better, intending is best intending ...
Qd6 followed b y ...0-0-0} Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 {, or 8...Qd6 followed by ...0-0-0}
) 6... dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 (8... Qxg2 9. Qh5+ {, then a plausible and
pretty line is} g6 10. Qe5+ Kf7) 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 (10. Ne5+ c6 11. d4 Qh4+ 12.
g3 Qh3 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bg5 (14. Bf4) 14... O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Kb1 Rhf8 17.
Rhf1 Kb8) (10. Nxa7+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. d4 Qf6 14. Be3 c6 15.
Nc3 Bb4) 10... Qh4+ $1 (10... Qd6) 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nxa7+ (12. Ne5+) (12. Bg5)
12... Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nb5 c6 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Be3 O-O) 6. Qe2 (6. Nxf6+
Qxf6 7. Qe2 (7. O-O Nd4 (7... Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 (8... dxc6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. d3 $1
(10. Nxe5 Bd6) (10. Qxe5 Bg4)))) 7... Be7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 (8... bxc6 9. Nxe5 (9.
Qxe5 d6 10. Qxf6 Bxf6 11. d4 Rb8) 9... Bb7 (9... Qe6) 10. d3 O-O-O {is an
approach endorsed by AlphaZero}) 9. Nxe5 Bf5 10. d3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rae8 12. f4 Bd6
13. O-O {Now you just win your pawn back on e5, with an equal game.}) 6... d5
7. Nxf6+ (7. Nxe5 dxe4 8. Nxc6 (8. Qc4 Qd6 9. Nxc6 a6) 8... bxc6 9. Bxc6+ Bd7
10. Bxa8 Qxa8 11. d3 Bb4+ (11... Bd6) 12. c3 Bc5 13. f3 O-O (13... a5) 14. dxe4
Nxe4 (14... Bd6) 15. fxe4 Bf2+ 16. Kd1 Bb6 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1
Qxe4 20. h3 (20. b3) 20... Qa4+ {1-0 (39) Haver,B (2070)-Pruijssers,R (2526)
Hilversum 2014} (20... Bf7 $1)) 7... gxf6 8. d4 (8. O-O Qe7 9. d4 e4) 8... Bg7
9. dxe5 O-O $1 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e6 Re8 12. O-O c5 $1 (12... Rxe6 13. Qd3 c5 {
Black has space and activity to make up for the missing g-pawn.}) 13. Qb5 (13.
Nh4 Bxe6) (13. Rd1 Qd6) (13. Bf4 Bxe6) 13... Bf8 14. Be3 Rxe6 15. Rfd1 (15.
Bxc5 Ba6) 15... c6 16. Qa4 Qe8 17. c3 a5 18. Re1 Re4 19. Qa3 Bg4 $1 20. Nd2 Re6
21. Qa4 Qg6 $1 22. Nf1 h5 $1 23. Bf4 Rae8 $1 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Bg3 $1 Be2 26.
Qxa5 Qc2 27. Qb6 Bb5 $1 28. c4 $2 Qxc4 $2 (28... Qxb2 $1 29. cxb5 Qxa1 30. bxc6
Re1 31. Qb5 Qd4 32. c7 c4 33. Qa5 (33. c8=Q Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qd1#) 33... c3 34.
Qa6 c2 35. c8=Q c1=Q 36. Qxc1 Rxc1 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kh6 $19 {Tay}) 29. h4
Qc2 30. a4 Qxb2 31. Rd1 Qc2 32. Rxd5 Qb1 33. axb5 Re1 34. Kh2 Rxf1 35. Bd6 Rh1+
36. Kg3 Qb3+ {0-1 (36) Mista,A (2565)-Azarov,S (2601) Czechia 2011} *

[Event "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Site "Chess Position Trainer"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King's Gambit"]
[Black "1."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 {The most common opening move!} e5 {The classical reply, recommended for
juniors and grandmasters... I am sure this is a good way to play, but it's
been explored a lot over the years, and there are very many paths in the
forest, which White may know better than you.} 2. f4 {The King's Gambit.} exf4
(2... Bc5 {The Gambit Declined} 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 (4. c3 Bb6 $1 (4... Nf6 5. d4
exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Nc3 Nxe4 (8... Nc6 9. Be2 Qe7 10. e5 dxe5 11.
fxe5 O-O-O 12. Qd3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Qe4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qb4+ 16. Kf2 Rxd4
17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kg3 Kb8 19. Rac1 Bxe5+ $15)) 5. Na3 (5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bg4
(6... Nf6) 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Nxe4 $5 9. Nxe4 Qe7 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. Qb5+ Bd7 12.
Qd5 Bc6 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qf5 g6 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Qe4 Qxf6 $11)
5... Nf6 6. d3 (6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Nc4 Nxe4) 6... Ng4 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5
Nh6 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 $1 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bf2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
Nfxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Bxd4 c5 $11) 4... Nf6 5.
Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 (6... a6 7. Nd5) 7. Na4 (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qg3 O-O $1
10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Kd1 b5 12. Bh6 (12. Bb3) 12... Nh5 13. Qxe5 bxc4 14. Qxc5
gxh6 15. Qxh5 Nxc2 $1 16. Kxc2 Qxd3+ 17. Kc1 Qe3+ $11) 7... O-O (7... Bb6 8.
Nxb6 axb6 9. c3 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. O-O d5 {0-1 (33) Axelrod,A (2275)
-Mikhalevski,A (2410) Ashdod 2004}) 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. O-O Qd6 (9... Nh5 $5 10. f5
$1) 10. Qd2 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 b5 12. Bb3 c4 13. dxc4 bxc4 14. Ba4 Nd4) (10.
f5 Nd4) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 exf4 (11... Rad8 12. Kh1) 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Bb3 b5
14. Be3 Qe7) 3. Nf3 (3. d4 $2 {This is the move that White wants to play, but
right now it's terrible.} Qh4+ $1 4. Ke2 (4. g3 $2 fxg3 5. Nf3 g2+ 6. Nxh4
gxh1=Q $19)) 3... Be7 {Cunningham's Defence. Not a refutation, but White needs
to be careful.} (3... g5 4. h4 (4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6) 4... g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4
d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4) (3... d6 4. d4 (4.
Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. O-O Bg7) 4... g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Qf6 (6... f5)) 4. Bc4 $1 (
4. Nc3 $5 Nf6 {This gives about an equal game.} (4... Bh4+ {If this is not
right, then the original idea of the defence is not correct. But some recent
games suggest White may be able to fiddle an advantage here, if only a small
one.} 5. Ke2 d5 $6 {I like the attitude but probably not best.} (5... c6 6. d4
d5 7. Qd2 $5 (7. Bxf4 Bg4 8. Qd3 Ne7 9. g3 Ng6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Kf2 Bf6 $10)
7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Be7) 6. Nxd5 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. d4 Bg4 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. c3 g5
11. Kd1 O-O-O 12. Kc2 Rhe8 13. Nxh4 Rxe4 $1 $17) 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 (6. exd5 $5
Nxd5 7. Bc4 (7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 $11 9. Be4 Ne3 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. Qd3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. c3 Qd7 $11) 7... Be6 8. Qe2 (8. Bxd5 Bxd5 9. Bxf4
O-O $1 $11) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Bh4+ 11. Kd1 O-O 12. Bxf4 Nc6 $11
13. Qb5 Qc8 $11) 6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Bd6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd3 h6 11.
c4 c6 $1 $15) 4... Nf6 $1 {Now White has a spot for the King on f1, ... Bh4+
doesn't have so much point, but is still an OK move . I like this line, as
White has some natural moves that aren't very good.} (4... Bh4+ 5. Kf1 d5 6.
Bxd5) 5. e5 $1 (5. d3 $6 d5) (5. Nc3 $6 Nxe4 $1 {You sho uld know this trick
by now!}) 5... Ng4 6. d4 $1 (6. O-O O-O $5 (6... d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 (7... Bxd6) 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. d4 c6 (9... Qh6 $5) (9... Be6 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Qd3) 10. h3 Ne3 11.
Bxe3 fxe3 12. Ne5 Be6 (12... Bh4 $2 13. Rxf7 Be6 14. Ne4 Bf2+ 15. Kh2 Qxe5+ 16.
dxe5 Bxf7 17. e6 {1-0 (17) Hebden,M (2475)-Fassaert,D Guernsey 1988}) 13. Ne4
e2 $1 (13... Qb4 14. Bxe6 e2 15. Qxe2 $2 (15. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 16. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 17.
Nf2 $16) 15... Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Qxe5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Qc4+ Qd5 {
0-1 (19) Schemmann,B (2250)-McIntosh,I (2165) ICCF email 1997}) 14. Bxe2 Qc7
$13) 7. h3 $6 (7. d4 d5 8. exd6 Bxd6 $1) 7... d5 $1 8. Bb3 (8. exd6 Qxd6 {
Threat ...Qc5+ and ...Qxc4.}) 8... c5 $3 {gave Black powerful counterplay in
Holmes,D-Motwani,P/Edinburgh 1994 (20).} 9. c3 (9. hxg4 c4 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bxb5
Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Qxb5 $17) 9... c4 10. hxg4 cxb3 11. Qxb3 d4 $1 12. Nxd4 (12. d3
Nc6 13. c4 g5 $1 $17) 12... Bc5 13. Rxf4 Nc6 14. Qc4 Nxe5 15. Qxc5 Nd3) (6. Nc3
d6 $1 (6... d5 $2 7. Bxd5 $1) 7. d4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Be6 $10) (6. h3
$2 Bh4+ 7. Ke2 Nf2 8. Qe1 Nxh1 9. Qxh4 Ng3+) 6... d5 (6... Bh4+ 7. Kf1 Ne3+ 8.
Bxe3 fxe3 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qxe3 Nc6 12. Qe4 Be7 13. h4) 7. exd6 (7.
Bb3 Ne3 8. Bxe3 fxe3 9. O-O Be6 10. Qd3 c6 11. Qxe3 $14 {Black is doing OK
here, alt hough White probably has a small advantage.}) 7... Qxd6 (7... Bxd6 8.
Qe2+ $1) 8. Nc3 $15 Be6 (8... O-O 9. O-O Be6 (9... c6)) 9. Bd3 $13 {At some
point ...Ne3+ is likely to give Black the two Bishops.} Ne3 (9... Nc6 10. Nb5
Qd7 11. Bxf4 Rc8 $11 {0-1 (49) Borwell,A-Pyrich,G ICCF corr 1994 Corr Nr. 1 
[Pyrich]}) 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Rhe1 O-O-O $11 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "1.d4 d5, RDK."]
[Black "QGA"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {Accepted} 3. e3 {[#]} (3. e4 e5 (3... Nf6)) (3. Nf3 Nf6 4.
e3 a6 (4... e6 5. Z0 c5) (4... Bg4)) (3. Qa4+) 3... e5 (3... Nf6 4. Bxc4 Bg4 (
4... e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O (6. Qe2) 6... a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10.
exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 (12. Bg5) (12. Z0 Nbd5)) 5. Qb3) 4. Bxc4 (4. dxe5
Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Be6) 4... exd4 5. exd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 (7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.
Qb3+ Nd5) (7. Qb3 Qe7+) 7... O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bg5 Be7 (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4
11. Qxb7) 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 {[#]} Z0 (13... Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. Bf4 (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e6)) 14. f4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "1.d4 d5, RDK."]
[Black "Semi-Slav"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 {Semi-Slav} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 {[#]} (5. cxd5 exd5
6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3) 5... dxc4 (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 (7. e4 dxe4
8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Ke2) 7... Z0 (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 (8... Qd8 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2
O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. a3 Qh5 15. Bf3 Qg6 16. Qa2 Nb6 17.
Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 f5 19. e3 Kh8 20. Ne2 Bd6 21. Nf4 Qf6 22. Nd3 Bd7 23. Qc3 Be8
24. Bg2 Rac8 25. b4 Rc7 26. Rac1 g5 27. Re1 Rg7 28. e4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bc7 30.
Bg2 Bd7 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Re4 Rf7 33. Qe3 Bb6 34. Bh3 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Re7 36. Re1
Rd5 37. Bg4 Rd8 38. Re5 Rf8 39. Rf1 Rfe8 40. f4 Rf8 41. Be2 gxf4 {1-0 (41)
Keene,R (2490)-Iskov,G (2395) New York 1981}) 9. g3 Qd8 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfd1) 8. e4) 6. e4 (6. a4 Z0 7. e3) 6... b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5
(9... Nd5 {Alatortsev} 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Rc1 Qe4+ 13. Be2 Nf4 14.
a3 (14. Qd2) 14... Nxg2+ (14... Ba5 15. Qd2 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Nxe4) 15. Kf1
Ne3+ 16. fxe3 Qxh1+ 17. Kf2 Qxh2+ 18. Ke1 Be7 19. Kd2 c5 (19... Z0 20. Qh1) 20.
Nxb5 cxd4 21. Rxc4 Na6 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Qf1 Bxd4 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Nxd4 Qg2 26.
Qf8+ Kd7 {1-0 (26) Timman,J (2600)-Ljubojevic,L (2590) Buenos Aires 1980 MCL 
[Chekhov,V]} 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Kc3) 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5
Nb6 14. dxe6 Bxh1 15. e7 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 a6 (16... Z0 17. Nxb5 Z0 18. Nc7#) 17.
h4 (17. exf8=Q+) 17... Bh6 18. f4 Bxg5 19. fxg5 b4 20. Rd6 {[#]} Rb8 (20...
bxc3 21. Rxb6 c2 22. Kd2) 21. Nd1 {[#]} Nd5 (21... Z0 22. Ne3 Z0 (22... Be4 23.
Bg2 Bxg2 24. Nf5 Rg8 25. Ng7+ Rxg7 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 28. fxg7) 23.
Nf5) 22. Bxc4 Nxe7 23. fxe7 Kxe7 24. Rf6 (24. Rxa6) 24... Rhf8 25. Ne3 Be4 26.
Rxa6 Rbd8 27. Rf6 Rd6 28. Rf4 Rd4 29. h5 Bd3 30. Nd5+ Kd6 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Bb3
Bc2 33. Bxc2 Kxd5 34. Bb3+ Ke5 35. g4 Kf4 36. g6 Ke3 37. g7 Rc8 38. Kf1 d3 39.
Kg2 Kf4 40. h6 {1-0 (40) Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Torre,E (2550) Moscow 1981 MCL 
[Belov,I]} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "1.d4 d5, RDK."]
[Black "Tchigorin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 {Tchigorin} 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 (4... Qxd5 5. Nc3) 5.
gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 (10... Nge7
) (10... Nh6) 11. Be2 (11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Z0 13. f4 (13. Kh1)) 11... Z0 12.
O-O Z0 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "1.d4 d5, RDK."]
[Black "Slav"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Slav} 3. cxd5 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7.
Bxc4) 3... cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 (5. Bf4 Nc6 (5... Qb6 6. e3 Qxb2 7. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Nge2 Bf5 9. O-O Rc8 10. f3 {1-0 (58) Brooks,P-Reed,A (2088) ICCF email 2017}
) 6. e3 Bf5 (6... a6 7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. g4 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nge2 Na5 12.
h4 (12. Kf2) (12. Ng3 Bc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Be7 15. Kf2 b5 {0-1 (56)
Moskalenko,V (2531)-Alonso Rosell,A (2552) Catalunya 2013} 16. Nce2) 12... Nc4
13. Rc2 b5 14. Kf2 Be7 15. Ng3 $16 Nxb2 16. Rxb2 Rxc3 17. g5 Ng8 18. Rc2 Qc8
19. Nh5) (6... e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12.
O-O Ne7) (6... Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. g4 Be7 10. Nge2 a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. h4
) (6... Qb6 7. Bd3 Qxb2 8. Nb5 e5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Bxe4 Kxc7 12.
e6+ Bd6 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6 14. Bxd5) 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 (
10... Be7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. a3 (12. Qe2)) 11. a3 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 g6 14.
f4 Bg7 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Kf2 h5 17. Na4 b6 18. Nc3 O-O 19. Qe2 f5 20. Rac1 Na5
21. b4 Nb7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 a5 24. Qb2 Rfc8 25. g4 axb4 26. axb4 fxg4 27.
Bxg6 h4 28. g3 h3 29. Qe2 d4 30. Qxg4 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 dxc3 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Qxh3
Qg7 34. Bf5+ Kg8 35. Bxe6+ Bxe6 36. Qxe6+ Kf8 37. Rh5 Nd8 38. Rf5+ Nf7 39. Qd5
Qh7 40. Qxa8+ Kg7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Qb7+ {1-0 (42) Bartel,M (2631)-Esen,B 
(2567) Biel 2015}) 5... Nc6 6. Bf4 {[#]} Bf5 (6... e6 7. e3 Be7 (7... Bd6) 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. h3 (9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 (10. Ne5))) 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5 Z0 (8... Nxe5 9.
Bxe5 Z0 (9... Nd7 10. Bg3 a6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 Rc8
) 10. Qb3 (10. Bb5+)) (8... Nd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Ba6 Qb6 11. Qe2 Z0 (11... Nb8
12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qxb2 (13... Qa6 14. Qxa6 Nxa6 15. Ke2 c5 (15... Z0 16.
Rhc1 Z0 17. Na4) 16. Nb5) 14. O-O (14. Rb1) 14... Z0 15. Na4 (15. Rab1)) 12.
O-O Z0 13. Na4 Z0 14. Rac1) 9. Bb5 (9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Nxg6 fxg6) 9... Z0
10. Qa4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "1.d4 d5, RDK."]
[Black "Tarrasch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 {Tarrasch} 4. cxd5 exd5 (4... cxd4 {Von
Hennig-Schara Gambit} 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5
10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O g5 13. b4 Z0 (13... Bxb4 14. Qb3 g4 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3+)) 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O {[#]}
9. Be3 (9. Bg5) (9. Bf4) (9. dxc5) 9... cxd4 (9... c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 (11.
Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5)) (9... Ng4 10. Bf4) 10. Nxd4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "1.d4 d5, RDK."]
[Black "Blackburne"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Orthodox} (3... Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6) 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4
(5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6) 5... O-O 6. e3 c5 (6... b6 7. cxd5 exd5 (7...
Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bxc7 Bb4+ 10. Nd2) 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O {[#]} Nh5 (9... c5
10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Qf3 cxd4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Be5 Qg4 (
15... b5 16. Bf5 Qb7 17. Re3 {[#]} Ne4 (17... b4 18. Ne2 g6 19. Ng3 gxf5 (19...
Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nh5 {[#]} gxh5 (21... f5 22. Rae1 Rf8 23. Qf4 Rf7 24. Rg3
Re8 {[#]} 25. Ree3 (25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qh6 Bf8) 25... Qe6 26. h4 Bf8 27. Ng7
Bxg7 28. Bxg7 Qd7 29. Be5 Re6 30. h5 Qe8 31. hxg6 Rxg6 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Rh3
Rh7 34. Rxh7 Kxh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qf6+ {1-0 (37) Keene,R (2490)
-Jakobsen,O (2415) Esbjerg 1981 MCL [ChessBase]} Kg8 38. Qg7#) 22. Qxh5 f6 23.
Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Bxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6+ Rg7 27. Rxg7 Qxg7 28. Qxc6 Rg8
29. Qxd5) 20. Nxf5) 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rh3+ Kg8 21. Rh8#)) 10. Ne5
Nxf4 11. exf4 Nd7 {[#]} 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Re1) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O d4 (10... Z0 11. Rc1 (11. Ne5) (11. Bg5)) (
10... Be6 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nd4 14. Qb4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Bg4 16.
Ned4 Ne4 17. h3 Be6 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Rdc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 h6 21. a4 Re8 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. a5 Bxa5 24. Qxb7 Bb6 25. Ne5 Nd6 26. Qc6 Re7 27. Qa4 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7
29. Nd3 Qe7 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Nf4 e5 33. Ne6 Bc5 34. Qf7 {1-0 (34)
Karpov,A (2690)-Beliavsky,A (2620) Moscow 1981 MCL [Belov,I]}) 11. Na4) 9. Nxd5
exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Rhd1 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Qh4 g6 17. Rd2 d4 18. e4 Re8 19. Kf1 Be6 20. f4 Qa5 21. Qf2 Rac8 22.
Kg1 Red8 23. h3 Rc6 24. f5 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. b3 Rb4 27. Rf1 Rd7 28. Rd3 Qe5
29. Rf3 Qe7 30. e5 gxf5 31. Qg3+ Kf8 32. Rxf5 Rb6 33. Qd3 Rg6 34. R1f4 Qe6 35.
h4 Qd5 36. Re4 Qe6 37. Rff4 Rd5 38. Rxd4 Qxe5 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Rxd5 Qe1+ 41.
Qf1+ Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Rc6 43. Kg1 Kg6 44. Kh2 Ra6 45. Rd2 Rb6 46. Kh3 a5 47. Rd5
a4 48. bxa4 Rb4 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Rg4 Rb2 51. a3 Rb3+ 52. Rg3 Rb1 53. Rd3 Kg6
54. Kg4 Rc1 55. Rd6+ Kg7 56. Rd7+ Kg6 57. h5+ Kh6 58. Rd6+ Kg7 59. Rd4 Rc3 60.
Rb4 Kg8 61. Kf5 Rc5+ 62. Ke6 Rxh5 63. Rxb7 Rg5 64. Rb2 Rg3 65. a5 Rg5 66. Kf6
Rg6+ 67. Ke7 h5 68. Kd7 h4 69. Kc7 Kh8 70. Rb4 Rxg2 71. Rxh4+ Kg7 72. a6 Re2
73. Rd4 {1-0 (73) Smyslov,V (2545)-Beliavsky,A (2620) Moscow 1981 MCL [Belov,I]
} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QG Move 2"]
[Black "Marshall"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 (4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 (5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. e4) 5... Bg6 6. e4 (6. h4)) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 8.
Nd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QG Move 2"]
[Black "Albin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 {Albin} 3. dxe5 d4 4. a3 (4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3 6. Bxb4
exf2+ 7. Ke2 fxg1=N+ 8. Ke1 Qh4+ 9. Kd2 (9. g3 Qe4+) 9... Nc6) 4... Nc6 5. Nf3
(5. e3 dxe3 (5... Be6 6. Qa4) 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bxe3 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3)
5... Bg4 (5... Nge7 6. b4 Ng6 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Ncxe5 9. Bxd4 Nxc4 10. e3 Be6 11.
Qc2 Nd6 12. Bd3 $16) (5... Be6 6. Nbd2 (6. b4 Bxc4 7. Bb2 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba6) (6.
e3) 6... Nge7 7. Nb3 (7. b4 Ng6 8. Bb2 Qd7 9. Qa4) 7... Nf5 (7... Bxc4 8. Nbxd4
) 8. Qc2) (5... a5 6. Nbd2 Bg4 (6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8. e3 dxe3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
10. Bxe3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Bg4 12. Rd1+ Kc8) 7. h3) 6. Nbd2 Qe7 (6... Nge7 7. h3 (
7. b4) 7... Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Ng6 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3) 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qa4 $1 O-O-O 9.
b4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Bb2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QG Move 2"]
[Black "Tchigorin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 {Tchigorin} 3. Nf3 (3. e3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. a3 dxe3 6. Qxd8+
Kxd8 7. Bxe3) 3... Bg4 (3... e5 4. dxe5 (4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. dxe5 d4 (5... dxc4 6.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. e4) 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 dxe3 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxb4 exd2+ 10. Nxd2)
4... d4 5. Nbd2 (5. a3)) 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 (6... e6 7. Nc3 Qh5
(7... Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nge7) 8. f4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O-O 10. Bg2 Nce7 11.
Ke2 Nf6 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Rhc1 Kb8 14. Nb5 (14. Ne4)) 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9.
bxc3 Qd6 (9... exd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bg2) 10. Rb1 (10. Qb3 Nge7) 10... b6 11.
f4 {R.Scherbakov: '!?'} exf4 12. e4 Nge7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bxf4 Qa3 15. Be2 {
R.Scherbakov: '|^' R.Scherbakov: 'with a certain advantage. White has a strong
pair of bishops and a powerful pawn centre while Black cannot keep the
position closed, Kasparov - Smyslov/Vilnius (m) 1984.'} Ng6 16. Bg3 Qxa2 17.
O-O *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QG Move 2"]
[Black "Baltic"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 {Baltic} 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ (4. Rxb1 Qxd5 5. a3 (5. e3
Qxa2 6. Bd2)) 4... c6 5. Rxb1 (5. dxc6) 5... Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. b4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QG Move 2"]
[Black "Austrian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 {Austrian} 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. e4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 Nxc5 6. Nc3 e6 7.
Nf3 exd5 8. Qxd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QG Move 2"]
[Black "Semi-Slav"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 {Semi-Slav} 4. e3 (4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (
6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4
Nc6)) 6... Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 (8. Ne2)) (4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5) 4... Nf6 (4... f5 5. Bd3 (5. g4 fxg4
6. Qxg4 Nf6 7. Qg2) 5... Bd6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. f3 a6 (8... Nbd7 9. Bd2
dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. e4) 9. c5 Bc7 10. O-O Qe8 11.
e4) 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 (6... b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Be7 (8... Bd6) 9. O-O O-O
10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rad1 (11. Rfd1) 11... Qc7 (11... c5 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... cxd4
13. Nxd4 Bxd5 (13... exd5 14. Nf5) 14. Ba6) 13. dxc5 bxc5 (13... Rxc5 14. Qb1
Re8 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nf4) 14. Bf5) (11... Re8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf8 16. Rfe1 c5 17. d5 {1-0 (89) Papenin,N (2392)-Shvidun,I
Alushta 2004}) 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. f4 c5 (13... Nf8 14. f5 $1 Bd6 15. Qe2 (15. e4
dxc4 16. Nxc4 (16. Bxc4) (16. bxc4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ng4) 16... Bxh2+ {1-0 (37)
Adla,D (2435)-Rodriguez Lopez,R (2300) Mondariz 1995}) 15... Re8 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. Nb1 Re7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Ndf3 {1-0 (32) Braunlich,T (2177)-Jesch,I
Stillwater 2007}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qe2) 7. Be2 (7. Bb2) 7... O-O (7... e5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O Be6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nb5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bb8 14.
Rc1 a6 15. Nd4 Qd6 16. g3 Ba7 17. Ne2) 8. O-O e5 (8... Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. a4 Qe7
11. Bb2 Rf6 12. a5 Rh6 13. g3 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17.
Qd4) (8... Re8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Bb2 Qe7 (11... exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13.
Rad1 Qc7 14. c5 Be7 15. Ne5 Be6 16. f4 Nd5 17. f5 Nxc3 18. fxe6 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2
f6 20. Nd3 Bd8 21. Nf4 Qe7 22. Qg4 Bc7 23. Nh5 Ng6 24. d5 Be5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26.
Qg3 Qxc5+ 27. Kh1 Ng6 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nxf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31. d6) 12.
Rae1 Bc7 (12... e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. c5 Bb8 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne5) 13. Qb3 (13. c5))
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QGD move 4"]
[Black "Ragozin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 (4. Bg5) 4... Bb4 (4... Be7 5. Bf4) 5. Qb3
{GB} (5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qb3)
7... O-O 8. Rc1) 5... c5 (5... Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Qd5 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2)
6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 (7... h6) (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QGD move 4"]
[Black "Vienna"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 (4. Bg5) 4... dxc4 5. Qa4+ {GB} (5. e4 Bb4
6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Bd3)
5... c6 (5... Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8. Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bf4) (5... Nc6
6. Qxc4 Nb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 (9. Bg5 $5) 9... Nc6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11.
Qxb6 Bxb6 12. e3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. Bh4 f6 15. Be2 Ke7 16. Bg3 Rhd8 17. h3
Nh6 18. Bd6+ Kf7 19. Nd2 $1 $16 (19. g4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42) Krasenkow,M (2622)
-Fridman,D (2646) Hilversum 2009})) 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. a3 (8. g3) (8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 (11. e5 Nd5 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Qxd4))
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "DR QGD move 4"]
[Black "Semi-Tarrasch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 (4. Bg5) 4... c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 (5... exd5 6.
Bg5 (6. g3) (6. Bf4)) 6. e4 (6. e3) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ (8...
Nc6) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 (11... Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7
14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5) 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rc8 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 exd5 17. e5 $1 (17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxh7+) 17... Nc4 18.
Qf4 h6 (18... Nb2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. h4 Rc4 22. h5+ (22. Rd4)
22... Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rd2 Rc6 28.
Rxb2 Re8 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Rexe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc2 Rc6 33. Re2 Bc8 34.
Re7+ Kh8 35. Nh4 f5 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 {1-0 (37) Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M Moscow
1969 100 Jahre Schach [Knaak,R]}) 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qh3 (20. Qg4 Kg7 21. Nd4 Re8
22. Nf5+ Kh7 23. Qh3 (23. e6 $1 {with initiative. However, Black could
probably hold on by} Rxe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nd6 Ne5 $1) 23... h5 24. e6 Qf6 25.
exf7 Qxf7 26. Nh4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Ne5 28. Bb1 Qf6 29. f4 Ng4 30. Qd3 Kg7 31.
Qxg6+ {1-0 (67) Zupe,M-Savic,Z (2196) ICCF email 2017}) 20... Kg7 21. e6 $1 Qf6
$1 (21... fxe6 $2 22. Nd4 $18) 22. exf7 Rc6 $1 (22... Qxf7 $6 {could be met
with} 23. Qg3 $5 (23. Bxg6 $1 Qxg6 24. Re7+ Rf7 25. Rxb7 $1 {with advantage.})
23... Rce8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Ne5 Qe6 27. f4 Re7 28. Qa3 Rc7 29.
Rd6 Qe7 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 31. Qh3 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qf8 33. Qe6 c3 34. Rf6 Bc8 35. Nd7
Bxd7 36. Rf7+ Qxf7 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qf8+ {1-0 (38) Bhat,V (2510)-Gerzhoy,L 
(2456) Palma de Mallorca 2009}) 23. Bxc4 (23. Qg3 Nb2 $1 24. Rd2 Nxd3 25. Rxd3
Rxf7 $13) 23... Bc8 $1 (23... dxc4 24. Ne5 Bc8 $1 25. Qc3 $1) 24. Qg3 dxc4 25.
Ne5 Rc5 26. Rc1 (26. f4 c3 $132) 26... Be6 27. h4 $14 {White keeps the better
chances thanks to the strong knight on e5 and Black's vulnerable king. D41
Semi-Tarrasch-6. e4 Nxc3 7. bc3 cd4 8. cd4 ChessPub Guide 2009 [R.Scherbakov]}
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DR QGD"]
[Black "Blackburne Bf4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 {[#]} e6 3. Nc3 Be7 {[#]} 4. Bf4 {[#]} Nf6 5. e3 (5. Nf3 O-O 6.
e3) 5... O-O 6. Nf3 (6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. h3 Qa5 9. Qb3 {better than Qc2
avoiding the possibility of the discovered check after dxc4 Bxc4, b5,b4,b3} Ne4
10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 a6 12. O-O b5 13. c5 {Neither pawn capture promises much,
and I judged the e5 break by black to be "difficult"} f5 14. Ra1 Bb7 15. a4 Qd8
16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 $1 g5 18. Bh2 g4 19. hxg4 fxg4 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Nxd7 (21.
Nxg4 $2 Nxc5 $1) (21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 23. cxb5 Ba8) 21... Qxd7 22.
cxb5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb6 Rac8 26. Ra6 Qxb6 27. cxb6 Rf7 28.
Ra7 Rxa7 29. bxa7 Kf7 (29... Ra8 30. Bb8 {is pretty, but it may be quicker to
play the Bishop round to c5} (30. Ra1 Bd8 31. Bd6 Bb6 32. Bb8 Kf7 33. Ra6 Bd8
34. Bd6)) 30. Bb8) 6... c5 (6... b6 7. Rc1 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7... exd5) 8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. Bxc7 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Bxb8 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Raxb8 13. Nf3 Rbc8 14. g3
Rc7 15. Kg2 g5 16. h3 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 f6 19. Ne1 a5 20. Nd3 Kf7 21.
g4 Bd6 22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rh7+ Ke8 25. Rh6 Be7 26. Kf3 Kd7 27. Rh7 Kc6
28. Ke4 Kb5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Nxf4 f5+ 31. gxf5 exf5+ 32. Kxf5 Bd6 33. Rxc7 Rxc7
34. Nd3 Rc2 35. Rd1 {1-0 (35) Lin,W (2416)-Wu,X (2257) Harbin 2016}) 7... Bb7 (
7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 (12...
Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Bf3 Re8 15. Nb5 Ra6 16. Nd3 c4 17. Bc7 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. b3
Na8 20. bxc4 Nxc7 21. cxd5 Bd6 22. Nc4 Bc5 23. Nxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxc5 Qd8 25. Nd6
Qxd6 26. Rxa5 Bxd5 27. Qd4 Qe6 28. Bxd5 Ncxd5 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. Qxc5
h5 32. a5 Qe4 33. h3 g6 34. Qc6 Qb4 35. a6 Qa5 36. Qb7 Qa4 37. Rb1 {1-0 (37)
Jussupow,A (2635)-Ljubojevic,L (2625) Tilburg 1987}) 13. Bxe5 Nd7 (13... Bd6
14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Na4 Rfc8 16. Qb3 Rab8 (16... c4 17. Bxc4 Bc6 18. Be2 Rab8 19.
Qd1 Qb4 20. b3 Bxa4 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. bxa4 Qb2 23. Qd3 $14 Qxa2 24. Qa6 Rc7
25. Bd3 Qb2 26. Qd6) 17. Qa3) 14. Bg3) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 c5 11.
Bc4 $14) (6... c6) (6... Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5
11. Be5 (11. Z0 Bf6)) (6... a6 7. c5 (7. Qc2)) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 (8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 {One of the main options
where Black takes the good opportunity to push his isolated pawn forward. It
solves all the problems with the pawn itself, but it is firmly blocked and it
makes Black's minor pieces (Bb6 and Nc6) rather passive. Besides, White gets a
pawn superiority on the K-side and can think about possible active play. As a
rule, White keeps a slight edge but Black's position remains solid - as usual
in this variation.} 13. e4) 8... Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 {[#]} 10. Rd1 (10. O-O-O) 10...
Be7 11. Be2 {[#]} (11. Nd2) 11... Ne4 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 (12... Nh5 13.
O-O Nxf4 14. exf4 g6 15. g3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. f5 (18. Ng5 {
Stohl} Qc8 (18... Z0 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. f5) (18... Qe8 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Nc7 Qf8
21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Ncxe6 Qh6 23. Kg2) 19. h4 $16) 18... gxf5 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Qh6
Be8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rd6 Qc7 26. Qh6+
Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Nb5 Qa5 30. b4 Nxb4 31. Rxe6+ fxe6 32. Qxe6+
Kd8 33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Qxf5+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kc8 36. axb4 {1-0 (36) Kramnik,V (2759)
-Carlsen,M (2772) Dortmund 2009 CBM 131 [Stohl,I]}) (12... a6 13. O-O b5 14.
Bb3 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Nfg5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxg5 18. Bc2 g6 19. Bxg5 Na5 20. Qg4
f5 21. Qg3 Bd5 22. h4 Rac8 23. Bb1 Nc4 24. h5 Qc7 25. Bf4 Qf7 26. Ba2 Nxe3 27.
Qxe3 Bxa2 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rd2 Bd5 30. Rfd1 Rc4 31. Rd4 Rfc8 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33.
f3 Qe7 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 e5 36. Qe3 e4 37. fxe4 Bxe4 38. Qb6 Kf7 39. Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Arsovic,G (2435)-Abramovic,B (2492) Vrnjacka Banja 2009}) 13. Bg3
Bg4 (13... e4 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Rc1) 14. O-O Rac8 15. Nd5 b5 16. Ng5 $1 g6 (16...
e4) 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (18... Kg7 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 h6 21. Be6
hxg5 22. Bxc8) 19. Qb3 Rc4) (11... e5 12. Bg3 (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 dxc4 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxc4) (12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rd4 dxc4 16.
Nxc4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Bc5 18. Rh4 (18. Rf4) 18... h5 19. Rf4 a6 20. a4 Rfd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. h3 Qe7 23. Kf1 Ba7 24. a5 Qc7 25. Qa4 Nd7 26. h4 Nc5 27. Qc2 Bb8
28. b4 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (28) Tassone,R (2137)-Almarza Mato,C (2213) ICCF email 2015
})) 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 (13. bxc3) 13... Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Rxd5 Bxa3
16. Nd4 {R.Scherbakov: 'and White has secured a small advantage in the ending
thanks to his superiority in the center, while Black cannot give sufficient
support to his good-looking passed pawn on the a-file.'} a5 17. Kd2 a4 18. Rb5
Be7 19. Ra1 Ra7 20. Bg5 f6 (20... Bxg5 21. Rxg5 Bd7 22. Rc5 g6 23. c4 Rc8) 21.
Bf4 Rd8 22. Bc7 Re8 23. Bb6 Ra8 24. Bc4+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ Bxe6 26. Bxe6 Bd6 27. Bd5
Re7 28. Kc2 Rd7 29. Be6 Re7 30. Bd5 Rd7 31. f4 g6 32. g3 Ke8 33. e4 Re7 34. h4
Rg7 35. Kb2 Ra6 36. Ka2 h6 37. Rd1 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Bc4 Bb8 40. Rbb1 Ra8
41. Rh1 {1-0 (41) Sokolov,I (2657)-Meier,G (2608) Budva 2009 CBM 130 
[Krasenkow,M]} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.05.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bf4"]
[Black "Tarrasch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e3 c4 (7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Bb5 (9. Be2 Ne4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13.
c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nd2 16. Bd6 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Nxc4 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19.
Rxc4 Qg5 20. Qe4 {1-0 (20) Speelman,J (2640)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2525)
Barcelona 1989}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1) 8. Be2 (8. a3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10.
Ne5 Be6 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. h3 f6 14. Bg4 f5 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. g4 Ne4 17.
gxf5 Nxc3 18. fxe6 Nb3 19. Qxc3 Nxa1 20. Nf7 Rxf7 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. h4 b5 23.
Ke2 Nb3 24. Qc2 {1-0 (24) Agrest,E (2415)-Zolnierowicz,K (2400) Bielsko Biala
1990}) 8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... Bf5 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bf3 Rad8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rfe1 Bd3 17. e4 Ne7 18. Qb4 b5 19. a4
dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Qc6 25. Qa5
Rg5 26. g3 Rf5 27. Re3 h5 28. Ra6 Qd5 29. Qc7 Rg5 {1-0 (29) Ward,C (2440)
-Cooper,J (2360) Sunningdale 2008}) (9... O-O 10. Ne5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 g5 14. Be5 f6 15. f3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Qe1
Rb8 19. Kh1 Qb2 20. f4 Bf5 21. Rc1 Qxa2 22. Bh5 Rb7 23. Qg3 Bd3 24. e6 Bxf1 25.
Rxf1 h6 26. h4 Rb1 27. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 28. Kh2 Qh7 29. fxg5 Qg7 30. Qd6 hxg5 31. e7
gxh4 32. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Kh3 Qf2 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Bg4 c3 37. Bf5+
Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ {1-0 (39) Tkachiev,V (2643)-Yemelin,V (2520) Sochi
2006}) 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 (11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Qb2 Qb6 13. Qa3) 11... g5 (11...
O-O 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bf5 14. f3 b5 (14... Bg6 15. e4) 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Bf1
h5 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. h3 a5 19. a3 Re7 20. Ra1 Rae8 21. Ra2 f6 22. h4 Kh8 23. Rb2
Nd8 24. Bg3 Nf7 25. Bh2 Bg6 26. Qf2 Kh7 27. Bf4 Re6 28. Be2 Nd6 29. Bd1 Qe7 30.
Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxb5 Qxa3 32. Rxd5 Qxc3 33. e4 Rb6 34. Ba4 Reb8 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36.
Rxe3 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Bb5 Rc8 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40. dxc5 Rb1 41. Bd7 Rb7 42. c6
Ra7 43. Kg3 a4 44. Ra3 Kg8 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Ke3 Be8 47. Bxe8 Kxe8 48. Kd4 Kd8
49. Kxc4 Kc7 50. Kb5 g5 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. Rd3 Kc8 53. Kb6 Rf7 54. Rd4 {1-0 (54)
Conquest,S (2530)-Oms Fuentes,L (2327) Pamplona 2006}) 12. Bg3 Qa5 13. Ne5 Nxc3
14. Rxc3 Qxc3 15. Bh5 O-O $2 (15... Be6 16. Qf3) 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nxf7 Qd3
18. Qf3 Qg6 19. Nd6 Be6 20. Nxb7 h5 21. Bd6 g4 22. Qf4 c3 23. Ba3 Bf5 24. Qc7
Rc8 25. Qd6 Qf7 26. Qf4 Qg6 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Qd6 {1-0 (29) Grafen,
D (2317)-Docx,S (2300) IECG email 2005} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bf4"]
[Black "Queens Indian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bf4 {A old favourite of the late Tony Miles.}
Bb7 5. e3 Be7 (5... c5 6. d5 $1 {is one of the ideas in this opening} exd5 7.
Nc3 dxc4 (7... d6 8. cxd5 Be7 9. e4 {gives White a good Benoni position - both
black bishops are misplaced.}) (7... d4 8. Nb5) 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Bxc4 {and White
has good compensation for the pawn.} Be7 (9... d5 10. Qa4 $1) 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11.
Bxd6 (11. Qxd6) 11... b5 12. Qb3 bxc4 13. Qxb7 Nb4 14. O-O Qc8 15. Qb5 {
was better for White in Rastianis,G-Adamski,J Poland 1979.}) (5... Bb4+ 6. Nfd2
(6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Be4 (7... d6 {1/2-1/2 (38) De Waal,M (2314)-Baklan,V (2552)
Antwerp 1999}) (7... d5 {1/2-1/2 (13) Rivas Pastor,M (2500)-Yudasin,L (2460)
Leningrad 1984}) (7... Nh5) 8. Be2 Bg6 9. a3 Be7 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12.
Rc1 Nbd7 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Qa4 a5 15. Bb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Kh7 17. O-O Rh8 18. Rfd1
Nf8 19. h3 Kg8 20. c5 N8h7 21. Bh2 g5 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. f3 Nf8 24. Bb5 Nd5 25.
Qb3 Ng6 26. Rc6 Rc8 27. Rdc1 Rxc6 28. Bxc6 g4 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. hxg4 Bg5 31.
Nf1 Ne7 32. f4 Bh4 33. g3 Qd7 34. Qd1 Qe6 35. Qf3 g6 36. gxh4 Rxh4 37. Bg3 {
1-0 (37) Teske,H (2500)-Lentrodt,T (2300) Passau 1999}) 6... O-O 7. a3 Be7 (
7... Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 (8. Qxd2 Ne4) 8... d6 9. Qc2 (9. Be2 Bxg2 10. Rg1 Bb7 11.
Bh6 Ne8) 9... Nbd7 10. Bg5) (7... Bd6 8. Bg3 Qe7 9. Nc3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 d6 11.
Bd3 Nbd7 12. g4 g6 13. g5 Ne8 14. Qg4 f5 15. gxf6 Nexf6 16. Qh4 Qg7 17. O-O-O
e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. Bc2 a6 20. Nf3 b5 21. b4 Ncd7 22. Ng5 Rfc8 23. Ne6 Qf7 24.
Rh3 Nh5 25. Rf3 Qe8 26. g4 {1-0 (26) Meduna,E (2502)-Vavrak,P (2323) Czechia
1999}) 8. Nc3 d5 (8... c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Qf3) 11.
Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qf3) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 (12.
Qf3)) 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 c5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Miles,A (2560)-Unzicker,W (2530)
Johannesburg 1979}) 6. h3 {To give the bishop an escape square after ...Nh5.}
O-O (6... c5 {Now this advance is stronger.} 7. d5 $2 {With similar ideas to 5.
..c5 6 d5 but, as you would expect, the insertion of the moves h2-h3 and ...
Bf8-e7 benefits Black substantially.} (7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O) (7. dxc5 bxc5
$11 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rd2 Rac8 14.
Rad1 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Na4 Qa5 17. a3) 7... exd5 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Nb5 O-O $1 {
The point. Black's extra move of ...Be7 allows quick development and a
powerful exchange sacrifice.}) 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11.
Ne5 c4 (11... a6 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd4 b5 16. a3 Ne4
17. Bb1 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 b4 20. Qg3 bxa3 21. bxa3 Ba4 22. Rc1 Qb2 23.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Qxe7 Qxd4 27. Be5 Qb6 28. Qg5 Qh6 29.
Qxh6 gxh6 30. Rc3 Kf8 31. Rc5 Rd8 32. Bf6 Rd6 33. Rc8+ Be8 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Rd8
Kg8 36. Rxd5 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rd1 38. Rd8 Kh7 39. g4 Rd3 40. f4 h5 41. f5 {1-0 (41)
Miles,A (2565)-Spassky,B (2630) Buenos Aires 1978}) 12. Bc2 a6 13. g4 b5 14. g5
Ne8 15. Qg4 g6 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. h4 Bb4 18. Nd7 Bc8 19. Nxd5 Kh8 20. N5f6 Ra7
21. d5 Ne7 22. Be5 Rxd7 23. h5 Rxd5 24. Qf4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qa5 26. Ne8 f6 27.
gxf6 Kg8 28. Nxg7 {1-0 (28) Anthony Miles-Boris Spassky Montilla Moriles 1978 
[Raymond Keene]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Capablanca, JR."]
[Black "Alekhin, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 {
White tries to avoid Bd3, hoping that Black will not gain a move.} h6 (8...
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Qd3 (13. Qe2 $5) 13...
Bxf3 $1 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. Ne4 $1 (15. exd4 g6 {Nh5}) (15. Qxd4 h6 $1 $15) 15...
Rxc1 16. Rxc1 dxe3 17. Bxf6 {Beliavky-Tal, USSR 1978-26/581} Bxf6 18. Rd1 (18.
Nc5 g6 19. Nxd7 Bxb2 $17) 18... Bxb2 $1 19. Qxe3 $1 (19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 e2
$19) (19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Qxd8 e2 $17) (19. fxe3 f5 $1 $17) 19... e5 20. f4 $13 {
Tal}) (8... c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13.
dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne5 $16 {a6,c6}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7
Nxe7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb3 Rb8 $11 {Farago-Csom, Praha 1985}) 9. Bh4
dxc4 {Black decides it is more important to get on with his plan than try and
find a different move, when maybe White would play Bd3.} (9... Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4
11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 (14. Bd3 Bd7 $11 {Bc6}) 14... Bd7
15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Re1 Nbd5 $132 {Osnos-Kimelfeld, USSR 1984}) 10. Bxc4 b5 $1 {
Black gains a move anyway!} 11. Be2 (11. Ba2 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Qe2
$11) 11... Bb7 $6 {Now Black has solved the problem of a job for the Queen's
Bishop.} (11... c5 $1) 12. O-O $6 (12. b4 $1 a5 $1 13. Qb3 axb4 14. axb4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nd5 {and Black has the initiative.(Alekhin)} 16. O-O $1 $16 {Kasparov})
12... c5 $1 {Now Black hits back in the centre.} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 (14.
Qxd8 {is just equal, but quite logical}) (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxb5 $2 {
Discovering an attack on the Knight, but} Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nb3 17. Rc7 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 axb5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17 {with two pieces for the Rook.}) (14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. Rfd1 $11 {Alekhin}) 14... Rc8 {Just in case Nxb5 gets better later!} 15. b4
{This move means that White won't be able to chase a piece out of c4.} Ncd7 $1
16. Bg3 (16. Bf3 Qb6 17. Ne4 $2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 g5 $1 {wins a
piece (Nunn)}) 16... Nb6 {Aiming at c4.} 17. Qb3 Nfd5 {With the idea of
swapping on c3 twice, then playing Qa8 and Rc8, when Black would stand very
well.} (17... Nc4 $6 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. a4 {undermining c4}) 18. Bf3 Rc4 $1 19.
Ne4 Qc8 20. Rxc4 $6 (20. Qb1 $1 {ideas Nd6/Bd6} Rd8 21. Nd2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa8
23. Bc7 {with more exchanges}) 20... Nxc4 21. Rc1 Qa8 $1 {Threatening a
discovered attack on e4.} 22. Nc3 (22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Be2 Rxc5 25.
Bxc4 Qc8 $1 {and Black comes out a pawn ahead}) 22... Rc8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24.
Bxd5 Qxd5 {Black has control of the light squares.} 25. a4 {White tries to
swap off some pawns.} Bf6 26. Nf3 Bb2 $1 27. Re1 ({Alekhin gives:} 27. Rd1 bxa4
$1 28. Qxa4 Nb6 $1 29. Rxd5 Nxa4 30. Rd1 Nc3) (27. Rb1 Na3 $1 28. Qxb2 Nxb1 29.
Qxb1 Qb3 30. Qf1 bxa4 31. h3 a3 $19) 27... Rd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. h3 e5 30. Rb1
e4 $1 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Rd1 $2 Nxe3 $1 {0-1 Capablanca J-Alekhin A/wcc 1927
This third win in a row for Alekhin took the match from 3-2 to 4-2 in favour
of the challenger, in a race to reach 6 games. That's a lot of the ideas
behind the Swiss Defence in one game!} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "8.c5 and 8.Bd3"]
[Black "Swiss"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. Bd3
{This line was developed by Alekhin, and he used it when he beat Capablanca in
the World Championship Match of 1927. Alekhin played it eight times, drawing 7
and winning one. In reply to 8.Bd3, Black uncurls on the Queen's-side,
according to plan:} (8. c5 {This is interesting: Because Black is now so
cramped, you have to break with ...e5; and because there is a pawn on c5, you
can break with ...e5!} c6 {Now White can develop with Bd3 or support c5 with
b2-b4:} 9. Bd3 (9. b4 a5 10. a3 (10. b5 $6 e5 $1 $15 {Taimanov}) 10... axb4 11.
axb4 b6 {White's centre is shaky after Bd3. But there is no advantage for
White in Bf4 either:} 12. Bf4 (12. Bd3 $2 bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 $1 $15 (13... Ra3
14. O-O Qa5 15. Qc2 Ba6 $15) 14. dxe5 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 Ba6 $17) (14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qc2 Qh4 $1 18. O-O Nxe5 19. Be2 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Ra1 Qc4
$1 $17 {Gibaud-Cheron, Biarritz 1926}) 14... Ne8 $1 $15) 12... bxc5 13. bxc5
Ra3 14. Qd2 (14. Be2 $2 Rxc3 $19) (14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Qd2 Ba6 $1 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 $15
{Alekhin-Henneberger, Bern 1925}) 14... Qa5 15. Be2 Ba6 $11) (9. Be2 b6 10. b4
a5 11. b5 bxc5 12. bxc6 Nb8 13. dxc5 Nxc6 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. exd4 Ne4 18. Bxe7 $16 {Farago-Csom, Hungary 1990}) 9... e5 $1 {I think
these lines were developed by Byrne and Lombardy in the 1970s.} (9... b6) 10.
dxe5 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxe5 Be7 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ $16) 12.
Qc2 g6 (12... h6 13. Na4 (13. O-O Nxc5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd7
17. Nd4 Rae8 18. Rfd1 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 Nd7 $13 {Christiansen-Seul, Bundesliga 1991
}) 13... Qa5+ (13... Qc7 14. Qc3 Re8 15. e6 fxe6 16. O-O Bf6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. b3
{Kharitonov-A.Sokolov : , USSR 1988}) 14. Ke2 Qc7 15. Bf5 $1 $16 {
Morrison-Speelman, Great Britain 1984}) 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Qc7 $13) 10... Ne8
$1 {Now Black wants to take on e5 if possible:} 11. Bxe7 (11. Bf4 Nxc5 12. Bb1
Bg4 (12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ng5 Ne6 $13 {Ogard-Sigurjonsson, Reykjavik 1978
}) 13. h3 (13. Qc2 g6 14. Nd4 Ne6 15. Bh6 N8g7 16. O-O Re8 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18.
exd4 Bf5 $11 {Reshevsky-Lombardy, USA 1975-19/517}) 13... Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bf5 Nc7 16. h4 h5 17. Nd4 N7e6 18. Kf1 Nxd4 19. exd4 Ne6 20. Be3 c5 $13 {
Vaganian-Speelman, London 1984}) (11. h4 $5 Nxc5 12. Bb1 Bg4 (12... f6 13. Bf4
fxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Rh3 Nf6 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Nd4 Rh5 21. Nce2 Ne4 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. Rxg3 Qe8 $13 {Juferov-Gavrilov,
Moskow 1990}) (12... Ne6 13. Nd4 g6 14. Bh6 N8g7 15. h5 Bg5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17.
Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 {Korchnoi-Agdestein : , Tilburg 1989}) 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxc5 Rc8 17. Qxe7 Rxc1+ 18. Kd2 Rxh1 $13 {Timman}) 11...
Qxe7 12. b4 (12. Qc2 h6 13. e4 (13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qa4 Nf6 16. Qd4
Ng4 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. h3 Rae8 $11 {Estremera-Spassky,
St. Barbara 1992}) 13... Nxe5 $11 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Nf6 16. exd5 Ng4 $6 (
16... Nxd5)) 12... Nxe5) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 (9... c5 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. d5 Bxd5 18.
Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Re5 Rd7 21. Bh4 Rad8 22. h3 Qa5 23. Rf1 Qb4 24. Rc1
Qa5 25. Rf1 Qb4 {Volkov-Obukhov : , Smolensk 1991}) 10. Bd3 c5 {Black will
continue with ...Bb7 and ....Rc8. This position is equal.} 11. O-O Bb7 *

[Event "Study"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6q1/6p1/2k4p/R6B/p7/8/2P3P1/2K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. Ra8 Qa2 (1... Qxa8 2. Bf3+) (1... Qe6 2. Ra6+) (1... Qd5 2. Bf3) (1...
Qc4 2. Rc8+) 2. Rxa4 Qg8 (2... Qxa4 3. Be8+) 3. Ra8 Qh7 (3... Qxa8 4. Bf3+) 4.
Bg6 Qxg6 5. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "3.5 Decoy"]
[Site "Italy?, "]
[Date "1801.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greco, G."]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1801.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Qg6 4. O-O Qxe4 {# White invents a fork using a
decoy of the Black King} 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Ke8 7. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "3.5 Decoy"]
[Site "Baden Baden op (2), "]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Metz, H."]
[Black "Schmeusser, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. fxe5 dxe5 {# This is a common trick,
based on a jump and a decoy} 6. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "3.5 Decoy"]
[Site "corr, "]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moreno, F."]
[Black "Padula, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. d4 Qf6 5. Nc3 Nxe5 6. Nd5 Qc6 7. dxe5 d6 {
#0/0 White has a pin on b5, but surely it can't work yet? Ah, there is also a
fork} 8. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Top 10 games:"]
[Site "Wch26-Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 (10... Rb8 $5) 11. b3 $2 (11. a3 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Rb1
{<spc.adv.> <<}) 11... Ng4 12. e4 (12. Bb2 f5 13. Rae1 $5) 12... f5 13. exf5
gxf5 14. Nd1 $5 (14. Bb2 $1 Bd7 15. Rae1 b5 16. Nd1 $14) 14... b5 15. f3 $2 (
15. Bb2 Rb8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. Re1) 15... e4 $1 16. Bb2 exf3 17. Bxf3
Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Be2 f4 $1 (19... Ra7 $5) 20. gxf4 (20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. gxf4
Ng6 22. Ne4 Nxf4 23. Ndf2 Ra7) 20... Bh3 $2 {[#] Petrosian is a master of
chess judo: inviting his opponent forward until he topples. Here he launches
an attack without having a piece further forward than the second rank!} (20...
Rxf4 21. Ne3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Rxf1+ 23. Ndxf1 Ra7 $13) 21. Ne3 $1 {!} Bxf1 (21...
Rxf4 $2 22. Rxf4 Qg5+ 23. Rg4 $1 (23. Kh1 Qxf4 24. Rg1+ $17) 23... Nxg4 24.
Nxg4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 Qd4 $7 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Qxd4+ cxd4 29. Rg4 $16
{K}) 22. Rxf1 Ng6 {<=} (22... Nd7 23. Bg4 Qf6) 23. Bg4 Nxf4 $2 (23... Rxf4 $2
24. Be6+ Kf8 25. Rxf4+ Nxf4 26. Qh8+ $18) (23... Qf6 $7 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qxf6+
Rxf6 26. f5 Ne5 27. Ne4 $1 $16) 24. Rxf4 $1 Rxf4 25. Be6+ Rf7 26. Ne4 Qh4 (
26... Raa7 27. Nf5 Qf8 28. Qf6 $18) 27. Nxd6 Qg5+ (27... Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qxe3 29.
Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kxf7 32. Qg7+ {and 33.Nxe3 +-}) 28. Kh1 Raa7 {
[#] In just eight moves Petrosian has tripped and leg-locked his opponent. The
finish is attractive, and worth noting.} (28... Qxe3 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7
31. Nf5+ Kxf7 32. Qg7+ {and 33.Nxe3}) 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qh8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Study"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6q1/6p1/2k4p/R6B/p7/8/2P3P1/2K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. Ra8 Qa2 (1... Qxa8 2. Bf3+) (1... Qe6 2. Ra6+) (1... Qd5 2. Bf3) (1...
Qc4 2. Rc8+) 2. Rxa4 Qg8 (2... Qxa4 3. Be8+) 3. Ra8 Qh7 (3... Qxa8 4. Bf3+) 4.
Bg6 Qxg6 5. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "analysis: visualisation"]
[Site "analysis: visualisation"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "knight fork study"]
[Black "Chekhover, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q6/8/8/8/4k3/5N2/8/K6Q w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{White combines threats of skewers and forks to win the Queen.} 1. Ne5+ Ke3 (
1... Kf5 2. Qh3+ $1 Ke4 (2... Kf6 3. Nd7+) 3. Qf3+ Kd4 4. Nc6+) (1... Kf4 2.
Qf3+ Kg5) 2. Qe1+ Kf4 3. Qf2+ Kg5 4. Qg3+ Kf5 5. Qg4+ Kxe5 6. Qg3+ Kf5 7. Qxb8
1-0

[Event "2.3 Skewers"]
[Site "corr, "]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, J."]
[Black "Torres, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qh4 4. exf5 d6 5. Nf3 Qe4+ 6. Be2 Bxf5 7. Nc3 Qg4 8.
Nd5 Kd8 9. Ne3 Qe4 {# White reaches through the Queen to take the Bishop} 10.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "pins - 2 - double pin"]
[Site "pins - 2 - double pin"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
b6 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. a4 Nbc6 12. b4 {[#]} cxb4 (12... c4 13. Na3 Nd8
14. Nc2 {when White is free to belt down the King's side}) 13. cxb4 Bb7 14. Nd6
f5 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. a6 Qf7 (17... Qe7 18. Bb5 Nd8 (18... Nxb4 19.
Rb1)) 18. Bb5 N8e7 19. O-O h6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 {[#]} Qe8 {[#] hoping to
make a stand on c6, but enters the worst pin in the world} (21... Nd8 22. Rac1
Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Bd7 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 {concedes the c-file, when the Q can't
be kept put for long}) 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Qe3 Rc7 {else White wins by Qe3-a3-a4}
24. Rc3 Qd7 25. R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 Rbc8 {[#] pin number two, down the c-file -
worth another diagram. How can White increase the pressure?} 27. Ba4 b5 28.
Bxb5 Ke8 29. Ba4 Kd8 30. h4 {[#] zugzwang} Qe8 31. b5 1-0

[Event "pins - 3 - triple pin"]
[Site "pins - 3 - triple pin"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Von Freymann"]
[Black "Forgacz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "DJCA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 Qa5 6. Qd2 e3 7. Bxe3 e5 8. dxe5
Qxe5 9. O-O-O d5 10. Bf4 Qf5 11. Re1+ Kf7 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Nh3 Qd8 14. Ng5+ Kg8
15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 g6 17. Bg5 Nbd7 18. Qf4 Kf7 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Bh4 Bg7 {
[#] Black is in a TRIPLE pin; how is White to increase the pressure?} (20... g5
21. Qf5 Rg8 22. Bf2 {Black's position remains precarious}) 21. Ne4 dxe4 (21...
Rf8 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rd6 g5 25. Qf5 Qxd6 26. Qg6#) 22. Bc4 {
the power of discovered check} Kg8 23. Rxf6+ Kh7 24. Rxg6 Nf6 (24... Kxg6 25.
Qxe4+ Kh5 26. Qg4#) 25. Qf5 1-0

