[Event "URS-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1947.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7 (6... Nh6 7. d4 d6
8. Nd3 f3 9. gxf3 Be7 10. Be3 Bxh4+ 11. Kd2 $40) 7. d4 Bh6 (7... d6 8. Nxf7 (8.
Nd3 $5 f3 9. gxf3 Be7 (9... Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6
Bxc6 14. Nc3 f5 15. d5 Bd7 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O $14 {Bangiev-Uzunov/corr 
(URS)/1985/}) 10. Be3 Bxh4+ 11. Kd2 gxf3 $6 $16 (11... Bg5 $6 $16) 12. Qxf3 Bg4
13. Qf4 Rg7 $14) 8... Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Bxf4 Bh6 11. O-O Kg7 $13) (7...
Be7 $2 8. Bxf4 Bxh4+ 9. g3 Bg5 10. Rxh5 $1 Rxh5 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. Bxh5 Bxf4 13.
Ng6+ Kg7 14. Nxf4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Nfd5 Nxd5 17. Qxg4+ Kh8 18. Nxd5 $18) (
7... f3 $1 8. gxf3 d6 9. Nd3 {-> 7...d6 8.Nd3?! f3!}) 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxf7 Rxf7
10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Bxf4 $1 Bxf4 12. O-O Qxh4 13. Rxf4+ Kg7 14. Qd2 $1 d6 (14...
Qg5 $2 15. Rf7+ $18) 15. Raf1 Nd8 {/\16... Se6 17.Tf7 Kh8 18... g3} (15... Be6
$2 16. d5) 16. Nd5 Bd7 (16... Be6 17. Nxc7 {/\18.Se8}) (16... Ne6 17. Rf7+ Kh8
18. Nf6 $1 Ng5 (18... Nxf6 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. R7xf6 $18) 19. Qxg5 $1 Qxg5 20.
Rh7#) 17. e5 $1 {/\18.Sc7, 19.ed+-, 18.Sf6!+-} (17. Qe3 $6 c6 18. g3 Qg5 $1 19.
Rf7+ Nxf7 20. Rxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxg5 cxd5 $13) 17... dxe5 18. dxe5 Bc6 19. e6 $1 {
/\20.Dc3} Bxd5 20. Rf7+ Nxf7 21. Rxf7+ Kh8 (21... Kg6 22. Qd3+ Kh6 (22... Kg5
23. Qf5+ Kh6 24. Rh7#) 23. Qh7+ Kg5 24. Rf5#) 22. Qc3+ Nf6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 (23...
Qg5 24. Rh6+ Kg8 25. Rh8#) 24. Qxf6+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Kh6 26. Qxd5 Kg6 27. Qd7 1-0

[Event "London 'Immortal game'"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Kieseritzky, Lionel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1851.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 (6... Qh5 7.
Nc3 Bb7 8. e5 (8. Bc4 {'!' Y.B. Estrin} Nxe4 (8... Bb4 9. d3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 g5
11. h4) 9. Nxe4 $1 d5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Nc3 $1) 8... Nd5 (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3+
10. gxf3 Nh5 11. d4 c6 12. Bd3 d5 13. Ne2 g5 14. h4 h6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bf5
$18) (8... Ng4 9. d4 Ne3+ (9... g5 10. h4 $18) 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. Qe2 $16) (8...
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 12. gxf3 g5 13. h4 $18) 9. Ne4 $16
{/\ 10.Qe2}) 7. d3 {(?)} (7. Nc3 Bb7 (7... g5 8. d4 Bg7 9. e5 Nh5 {
Raphael-Morphy (New York 1857), 10.Kg1?} 10. Ne4 g4 11. Nh4 Qb6 12. Be2 $18) 8.
Qe2 (8. d4 Nxe4 9. Qe2 Qe6 10. Nxe4 Qxe4 11. Bxf4 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 c6 $14 {
/\ 13...Be7}) 8... Bb4 9. e5 Nh5 10. Rg1 O-O 11. d4 Qb6 $16) 7... Nh5 {(?)} (
7... Bc5 8. d4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 {Anderssen-Pollmächer (1852)} 10. Bd3 (10. e5 Ne4
(10... Nh5 11. Ne2 Bxf3 (11... g5 12. Qd3 {/\ 13.g4}) 12. gxf3 $16) (10... Nd5
$2 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. c4 {/\13.c5}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. h4 $16 {/\ 13.Ng5}) 10...
g5 11. h4 Rg8 $17) 8. Nh4 $2 (8. Rg1 {/\ 9.g4} Qb6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bc4 Qc5 11.
Qe2 $18 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. d4 Qa5 14. Ne5 g6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. e5) (8. Ke2 $6
Qb6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bc4 Ba6 $13) 8... Qg5 (8... g6 9. g3 (9. g4 Nf6 10. Ng2 Qh3
11. Bxf4 Nxg4 $17 {Estrin, Glaskov}) 9... Be7 $15 {Estrin, Glaskov} 10. Qg4 c6
(10... Kd8 11. Ng2 d6 12. Qf3 $16) 11. Bc4 Bxh4 (11... Na6 12. Bxa6 Bxa6 13.
Nc3 $16 {/\ 14.gxf4}) (11... O-O 12. Nf5 Qg5 13. Qxg5 Bxg5 14. Nd6 $16) (11...
Kd8 12. Bd2 Kc7 (12... d5 13. Ba5+ $18) 13. gxf4 d5 14. f5 $18) 12. Qxh4 d5 (
12... g5 13. Qh3 {/\ 14.g4}) 13. Bxf4 Qg7 14. Bd6 g5 15. Qxh5 Qxb2 (15... dxc4
16. e5 $18) 16. Qxg5 $18) 9. Nf5 c6 {(?)} (9... g6 10. h4 (10. g4 $2 gxf5 11.
gxh5 fxe4) 10... Qf6 {(von Gottschall)} (10... Ng3+ 11. Nxg3 (11. Ke1 Qf6 12.
Nxg3 fxg3 13. Qe2 {'mit starkem Spiel für Weiß' (von Gottschall)} (13. Qf3 $18
{(Steinitz)})) 11... Qxb5 (11... Qxg3 12. Rh3 $18) 12. Nc3 {(Polhroniade)} Qe5
13. Nge2 Bh6 14. g3 f3 15. Nf4 $18) 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ba4 (12. Bc4 d5) 12... Na6
$15 {/\ 13...Sc5 14.Bb3 d6} (12... d6 13. Nd5) 13. d4 Ng3+ 14. Nxg3 fxg3+ 15.
Qf3 Qxd4) 10. g4 $2 (10. h4 $2 Qg6 11. Ba4 d5 $17) (10. Bc4 $2 d5) (10. Ba4 g6
(10... d5 11. g4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ba6+ 13. Kg2 $16 Nf6 14. Qf3) 11. Ng3 Nxg3+ 12.
hxg3 Qxg3 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. Qe1 (14. d4 $2 Ba6+) (14. Qf3 $2 Qxf3+ 15. gxf3 g5
16. Rh5 Be7) 14... Qxe1+ (14... Qg4 15. Rh4 $18) 15. Kxe1 g5 16. Rh5 Be7 17. g3
$16 fxg3 18. Bxg5 Rg8 19. Bxe7 g2 20. Kf2) 10... Nf6 {(?)} (10... g6 11. Nd4 (
11. gxh5 gxf5 12. h4 Qf6 13. Bc4 fxe4 14. dxe4 Rg8 $17) 11... Bg7 12. c3 Bxd4
13. cxd4 Qxb5 14. Nc3 (14. gxh5 Ba6) 14... Qb6 15. gxh5 Qxd4 16. Qf3 (16. Bxf4
Qf6) (16. Ne2 Qf6) 16... Ba6 17. Ke2 g5 18. Rd1 d6 $19) 11. Rg1 cxb5 $2 (11...
d5 $2 12. h4 Qg6 13. h5 (13. Bxf4 $6 h5) 13... Qg5 14. Qf3 Bxf5 15. exf5 cxb5 (
15... Bd6 16. Ba4 O-O 17. Nc3 {/\ 18.Ne2}) 16. Bxf4 Qh4 17. Nc3 $18 Bc5 18.
Re1+ Kf8 (18... Qxe1+ 19. Kxe1 Bxg1 20. g5 $18) 19. Nxd5) (11... h5 12. h4 Qg6
13. g5 Ng4 14. Nc3 (14. Bxf4 d5 $19) (14. Ba4 d5 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. c3 Bxd4 17.
cxd4 dxe4 $19 18. dxe4 Qxe4 {/\ 19...Ba6+}) 14... cxb5 15. Nd5 (15. Nxb5 $2 Qb6
) 15... Na6 (15... d6 $6 16. Nd4) (15... Bd6 $6 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4) 16.
Bxf4 Bb7 17. c4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 $17) 12. h4 (12. Qf3 $2 h5) 12... Qg6 13. h5
Qg5 (13... Nxh5 $2 14. gxh5 Qf6 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Bxf4 g6 17. Nxb5 $18) 14. Qf3
Ng8 (14... Nxg4 {Euwe} 15. Rxg4 Qxh5 16. Bxf4 $18 d5 (16... g6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6
18. Bxd6 Nc6 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Nc3) 17. Nc3 Bxf5 (17... g6 $2 18. Nxd5 {/\ 19.
Nf6+}) 18. exf5) 15. Bxf4 Qf6 (15... Qd8 {Reti} 16. Nc3 a6 (16... d6 17. Nxb5
Bxf5 18. exf5 $18 {Polihroniade}) (16... g6 17. Nxb5 gxf5 18. Nc7+ Ke7 19. exf5
$18 {Polihroniade}) 17. Bd6 Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Ke7 21.
Nxf7 $18) 16. Nc3 Bc5 (16... Bb7 {Reti} 17. Qg3 (17. Nxb5 Qxb2 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19.
Kg2 Na6 (19... Nc6 20. Rab1 Qxc2+ 21. Kh3 Rb8 22. Nd5 $18) 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21.
Rab1 Qxc2+ 22. Kh3 $18) 17... Na6 (17... Nc6 18. g5 {/\ 19.Nxb5}) 18. Nxb5 (18.
Be5 Qb6 $13) 18... Qxb2 19. Nfd6+ Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Kf8 21. Be5 Qb6 22. Kg2 f6 23.
Rgf1 $18 {23...Qc6 24.g5}) 17. Nd5 {(?), 17.d4! /\ 18.Nd5} Qxb2 18. Bd6 $2 (18.
d4 Qxa1+ (18... Bf8 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Re1 $18) 19. Kg2 Qb2 20. dxc5 Na6 21. Nd6+
Kf8 22. Be5 Qxc2+ 23. Kh3 f6 24. Nxf6 $18) (18. Be3 d6 (18... Qxa1+ 19. Kg2 Qb2
(19... Qxg1+ 20. Bxg1 $18 Bxg1 21. Nd6+) 20. Bxc5 Qxc2+ 21. Kh3 Qxc5 22. Rc1 d6
(22... Qxc1 23. Nd6+) 23. Rxc5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 {Polihroniade 24.Nc7+} dxc5 25.
Qc8#) 19. Bd4 (19. Re1 Bxf5 (19... Kd7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qg3) 20. exf5 Kd7 21.
Bxc5 dxc5 22. Nc7) 19... Bxd4 20. Nxd6+ Kd8 (20... Kd7 21. Qxf7+ Kxd6 22. Qc7+
Ke6 23. Nf4+ Kf6 24. g5#) 21. Qxf7 $18 {Polihroniade}) (18. Re1 Bb7 (18... Na6
19. Bd6 Bb7 (19... Bxg1 20. e5 $18) 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd6+ Kd8 22. Nxf7+ $18)
19. d4 $18 (19. Nc7+ {Polihroniade} Kd8 (19... Kf8 20. Bd6+ Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Qf6
22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxb7 $18) 20. Nxa8 Na6 (20... Bxa8 21. Bxb8 Bxg1 22. Kxg1 $18
{Polihroniade}) 21. Be3 Bxa8 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd6 Nh6 24. g5 $18)) 18... Bxg1
(18... Qxa1+ 19. Ke2 Qb2 $1 20. Kd2 (20. Rc1 Bb7 21. Bxc5 Bxd5) 20... Bxg1 (
20... g6 21. Rb1 (21. Re1 Bb7 22. Bxc5 Bxd5 23. exd5+ Kd8 24. Bd4 (24. Nd6 Nh6
25. Qe3 Na6) 24... Qb4+ 25. Bc3 Qc5 26. Ne3 $16) 21... gxf5 22. Rxb2 Bxd6 23.
e5 Bxe5 24. Qe3 d6 25. d4 Kd8 (25... Bb7 26. Nc7+ Kd8 27. Nxa8 $18 f4 (27...
Bg7 28. Rxb5 $18) 28. Qa3) 26. dxe5 $18) 21. e5 Ba6 $1 22. Nc7+ (22. Nxg7+ Kd8
23. Qxf7 Kc8) 22... Kd8 23. Qxa8 (23. Nxa6 Bb6 24. Qxa8 Ba5+ $15) 23... Bb6 24.
Qxb8+ Bc8 25. Nd5 Ba5+ 26. Ke3 Qxc2 $15 (26... Qc1+ $10)) 19. e5 Qxa1+ (19...
Ba6 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa6 Qxa1+ (21... Bb6 22. Qxa8 Qxc2 23. Qxb8+ $18) 22. Ke2
) 20. Ke2 {1-0} Na6 (20... f6 21. Nxg7+ Kf7 22. Nxf6 Bb7 (22... Kxg7 23. Ne8+
Kh6 24. Qf4#) 23. Nd5+ Kxg7 24. Qf8#) (20... Bb7 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qxf7 Nh6 23.
Ne6+) (20... Ba6 21. Nc7+ (21. Nxg7+ $2 Kd8 22. Qxf7 Nh6 23. Ne6+ Kc8) 21...
Kd8 22. Nxa6 (22. Qxa8 $2 Qc3 23. Qxb8+ Bc8 24. Nd5 Qxc2+ $15) 22... Qxa2 (
22... Qc3 {Falkbeer} 23. Bc7+ Qxc7 24. Nxc7 Kxc7 25. Qxa8 $18 {/\ 26.Nd6} Nc6 (
25... Bc5 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6+ Kc8 28. Qxa7 $18) 26. Nd6 Nxe5 27. Ne8+ (27.
Qf8 $18) 27... Kb6 28. Qb8+ $18 {/\ 29.Qxe5 (Falkbeer)}) (22... Bb6 23. Qxa8
Qc3 24. Qxb8+ Qc8 25. Qxc8+ Kxc8 26. Bf8 h6 27. Nd6+ (27. Bxg7 Rh7 28. Nb4 $18
{/\ 29.Nd5, 30.Nf6}) 27... Kd8 28. Nxf7+ Ke8 29. Nxh8 Kxf8 30. Kf3 $18 {
Tschigorin}) 23. Bc7+ (23. Nb4 Nc6 24. Nxa2 g6 25. Nb4 gxf5 26. Nxc6+ dxc6 27.
Qxc6 Rc8 $16) 23... Ke8 24. Nb4 Nc6 25. Nxa2 Bc5 26. Qd5 Bf8 27. Qxb5 $18 {
/\ 28.Qb7}) 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ Nxf6 23. Be7# 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1852.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Pollmacher, Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1852.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5 Bb7 (5... Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 (
6... Qh5 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bc4 $1 Nxe4 (8... Bb4 9. d3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 g5 11. h4) 9.
Nxe4 $1 d5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Nc3 $1 $18) 7. Nc3 $5) (5... f5 $5 6. Nc3 c6 7. Ba4
fxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 (8... Nf6 9. Nf3 Qh6 10. Qe1 Nxe4 11. Qxe4+ Kd8 12. d3 Bd6 13.
Bd2 Bb7 14. Re1 $142 {Maroczy-Swiderski/Wien/1903}) 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Qe1+ Qxe1+
11. Kxe1 Nf6 $11) 6. Nc3 (6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. d3 Bxc3 10. bxc3
g5 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. h4 h6 13. Kg1 g4 14. Nd4 Qe5 $11) 6... Nf6 (6... Bb4 7. d3
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nf6 (8... Qf6 9. Rb1 $142) 9. Rb1 $142) (6... g5 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. d4
Bg7 9. d5 Ne7 10. h4 h6 11. Be2 Qg6 (11... g4 12. Nd4 $142) 12. Nb5 Na6 13. d6
$142) (6... Nc6 7. d4 Nf6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nf3 Nxf3 10. Qxf3 Nh5 11. g4 fxg3 12.
Kg2 Bd6 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Qf5+ Kd6 16. Ne4+ Kxd5 17. Rd1+ $142) 7.
Nf3 Qh6 (7... Qh5 8. Bc4 $1 Nxe4 (8... Bb4 9. d3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 g5 11. h4) 9.
Nxe4 $1 d5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Nc3 $1 $18) 8. d3 (8. d4 Nxe4 (8... Bb4 9. e5 Nh5
10. Kf2 $16) (8... Be7 9. Bd3) 9. Qe2 Qe6 (9... f5 10. d5 $14) 10. Nxe4 Qxe4
11. Bxf4 $1 $14) 8... Bc5 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. c3 g5 13. g4
Ng3+ 14. Nxg3 Qh3+ 15. Kf2 fxg3+ 16. hxg3 Qxg4 17. Bxg5 Ne5 18. Bf6 Nxd3+ 19.
Qxd3 Rg8 20. Ne5 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Rae1 d5 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Rxh7 c5 25.
Rxf7 Bd8 26. Bg7 cxd4 27. cxd4 Be7 28. Ke3 Bd6 29. Bf6 Rxg3+ 30. Kxe4 Rg6 31.
Kf5 Rg2 32. Rh7 a5 33. d5 Ra6 34. Nc6 Bf8 35. Ke6 Rg6 36. Rc7 Ra8 37. Ne5 Rh6
38. Nf7 Rh2 39. d6 Re2+ 40. Be5 1-0

[Event "Paris m2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 Nxe4 7. d3 Ng3 8.
Bxf4 Nxh1 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Nf6+ Kd8 11. Bxc7+ Kxc7 12. Nd5+ Kd8 13. Nxe7 Bxe7
$19 {Fischer: ..'and Black should win.' (My 60 Memorable Games,p.124).} 14. Qg4
d6 15. Qf4 Rg8 $1 16. Qxf7 Bxh4+ $2 (16... Rf8 $1 $19 17. Qxh7 Ng3 18. Nd2 Bf5
$19 {Maroczy}) 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Na3 Na6 19. Qh5 Bf6 20. Qxh1 Bxb2 21. Qh4+ Kd7
22. Rb1 Bxa3 23. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Breslau m"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rosanes, Jacob"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "Kasparov"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]

{I would like to start with some very illustrative games to demonstrate the
dominating mood in the chess world in the pre-Steinitz era. Als Einstieg in
diese Kolumne möchte ich mit einigen sehr illustrativen Partiebeispielen
versuchen, den in der Ära vor Steinitz herrschenden Stand des Schachs sichtbar
zu machen.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {Of course the most popular opening of the mid-19th
century. Conventional wisdom at the time assumed that White had an obligation
to fight for the initiative at any price. That is why material sacrifice at an
early stage of the game was simply a show of good taste, and to decline the
opponent's kind material offer was not considered an honourable option.
Natürlich war dies die gebräuchlichste Eröffnung um die Mitte des 19.
Jahrhunderts. Der Zeitgeist verlangte es damals, daß Weiß mit allen Mitteln um
die Initiative zu kämpfen hatte. Daher waren Opfer bereits im Anfangsstadium
einer Partie einfach Zeichen des guten Geschmacks, und eine Ablehnung solch
freundlicher Angebote galt nicht gerade als ehrenhaft.} exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4
5. Ne5 {One of the key-positions of underdeveloped chess theory. Seinerzeit
eine der Schlüsselstellungen in der noch wenig ausgearbeiteten
Eröffnungstheorie.} Nf6 6. Bc4 $2 (6. d4 {was later proved to be a much better
move. erwies sich später als viel stärkerer Zug.}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4
Nh5 9. Bb5+ $6 c6 $1 {Anderssen in action! It's time to change colours and
play white! Anderssen in Aktion! Es wurden gewissermaßen die Farben gewechselt,
denn von nun an spielt Schwarz so auf, als hätte er die weißen Steine.} 10.
dxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6+ Kf8 $1 13. Bxa8 Ng3 14. Rh2 {Obviously the
unknown club player who was playing white it wasn't clear whether Black had
sufficient compensation for the sacrificed rook. And what do you think now
about the options, e.g. Offensichtlich war sich der unbekannte Vereinsspieler,
der die weißen Steine führte, nicht darüber im Klaren, ob Schwarz ausreichende
Kompensation für den geopferten Turm haben würde. Und wie sieht der heutige
Leser die Sache? Zum Beispiel:} (14. Kf2 Nxh1+ 15. Qxh1 g3+ 16. Ke1 Qe7+ 17.
Kd1 Bg4+ 18. Bf3 Bxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rg8 20. Qg2 Qxh4 21. Ke2 Qh2 22. Kf1 h5 {
and marching the h-pawn decides the game. und der Vormarsch des h-Bauern
entscheidet die Partie.}) 14... Bf5 15. Bd5 Kg7 16. Nc3 Re8+ 17. Kf2 Qb6 {
Any modern player would be jealous about Andersen's confidence in playing with
a rook down. Meanwhile Be5 is a decisive threat. Nur neidvoll könnte jeder
heutige Spieler die Siegeszuversicht zur Kenntnis nehmen, die Anderssen hier
mit immerhin einem Turm weniger an den Tag legt. Nunmehr ist ...Le5 eine
entscheidende Drohung.} 18. Na4 Qa6 19. Nc3 (19. c4 Qxa4 $3 20. b3 (20. Qxa4 {
allows mate in three: erlaubt Matt in drei Zügen:} Re2+ 21. Kg1 Re1+ 22. Kf2
Rf1#) 20... Qd7 {and White is defenceless. und Weiß hat keine Verteidigung
mehr.}) 19... Be5 $3 20. a4 $2 {[#] A primitive defence, preparing Nb5, but
allowing Black's final beautiful combination. Ein primitiver Abwehrversuch,
der Sb5 vorbereitet, aber auch die schöne Schlußkombination von Schwarz
ermöglicht.} (20. dxe5 $2 Qb6+ 21. Ke1 Qg1+ 22. Kd2 Qe3# {is easy, but even
the computer defence ist leicht zu sehen. Aber auch die vom Computer
vorgeschlagene Verteidigung}) (20. Kg1 {doesn't save White: rettet Weiß nicht:}
Qb6 {now Anderssen's idea doesn't work:} (20... Qf1+ 21. Qxf1 Bxd4+ 22. Be3 $1)
21. Rh1 Bxd4+ 22. Kh2 Qf6 $1 {is crushing ist vernichtend.}) 20... Qf1+ $3 21.
Qxf1 Bxd4+ 22. Be3 Rxe3 {and mate in one is inevitable. Check it yourself.
Despite the obvious inequality in the players' strength this game gives a
clear idea of the chess fashions of Anderssen's time. mit undeckbarem Matt im
nächsten Zug, wie der Leser selbst nachprüfen möge.} 23. Kg1 Re1# {Trotz des
unübersehbaren Niveauunterschiedes der beiden Spieler vermittelt diese Partie
eine treffende Vorstellung von der zu Anderssens Zeit vorherrschenden
Modeströmung im Schach.} 0-1

[Event "London mt"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacDonnell, George Alcock"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+ d5 8.
Bxd5+ Ke8 9. d4 c6 ({RR} 9... f3 10. gxf3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. Be3
gxf3 14. Qd3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na5 16. Qb5+ Nc6 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. e5 Ng4 19. Qg6+
Kd8 20. Kd2 Na5 21. Bf7 Rf8 22. e6 Nc4+ 23. Kd3 Nge5+ {0-1 Pirozhkov-Cheglakov,
V/corr (URS) 1972/MAS C30 AB (23)}) 10. Bb3 Be7 11. O-O f3 12. gxf3 g3 13. f4
Nf6 14. f5 h5 15. e5 Ng4 16. f6 Nf2 17. Qd2 Bh3 18. Re1 Na6 19. fxe7 Qxe7 20.
Qg5 Qxg5 21. Bxg5 Bg4 22. Bf6 Bf3 23. Be6 Nc7 24. Nd2 Nxe6 25. Nxf3 Nf4 26.
Bxh8 (26. Ng5 Rg8 27. Kf1 N2h3 28. Nxh3 g2+ 29. Kg1 Nxh3+ 30. Kh2 g1=Q+ 31.
Rxg1 Nxg1 32. Rxg1 Rxg1 33. Kxg1 $13) 26... N2h3+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf1 g2#) 27...
Nf2+ $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "MSB-02.Kongress"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1876.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berber, Carl"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1876.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 440-441.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 440-441.)} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 $2 {
White wants to protect the e-pawn, but the text move is very weak, since it
hampers White's development too much. Weiß will den e-Bauern decken. der
Textzug ist aber sehr schwach, da er die Entwicklungsfähigkeit von Weiß zu
sehr einschränkt.} ({More energetic and the correct move is Energischer und
richtiger ist} 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 ({If Falls} 6... Bb4+ {then so} 7. Bd2 $1
{etc. usw.}) 7. Nc3) 5... Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. h3 $2 {However this considerably
weakens White's position, which cannot afford it. Basically White has already
lost the game. Abermals eine erhebliche Schwächung der weißen Position, welche
dieselbe nicht verträgt. Im Grunde ist die Partie jetzt schon für den
Anziehenden verloren.} Nh5 {This exploits White's previous error.  Die
Ausnutzung des vorhergehenden Fehlers von Weiß.} 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. O-O
{It is doubtful whether White had a better move. Es ist fraglich, ob Weiß
einen besseren Zug hatte.} Ng3 11. Re1 Nxe4 12. Bd3 d5 $1 {This is more solid
and better than Solider und besser als} (12... Nxd4 {which could be met by
worauf} 13. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh2 Nf6 15. Bxh7+ {folgen konnte.}) 13. Be3 f5 14.
a3 (14. Nc3 {is to be preferred. verdient den Vorzug.}) 14... h6 15. Kh2 Be6
16. Nc3 Qf6 17. Bxe4 {This makes Black's attack easier; but there is nothing
much useful for White to do. Dies erleichtert den Angriff für Schwarz; Weiß
dürfte aber überhaupt nichts Aussichtsvolles unternehmen können.} fxe4 18. f5 (
{Beser war wohl} 18. Ne5 {was probably better. It is doubtful whether
Anderssen would have then chosen the following continuation. Es ist
zweifelhaft, ob Anderssen dann die folgende Fortsetzung gewählt hätte:} Nxd4
19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxf4+ 21. g3 Qf2+ 22. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 23. Kg1 Rxb2 {However
Black now has a strong pawn superiority in return for the piece he has
sacrificed. Schwarz hat nun allerdings ein starkes Bauernübergewicht für die
geopferte Figur.}) 18... exf3 19. fxe6 Qxe6 ({A more energetic try was
Energischer war} 19... f2 20. Rf1 $1 Qxe6 {and if und falls} 21. Bxf2 Nxd4 22.
Bxd4 Rxf1 {etc. usw.}) 20. gxf3 Qd6+ 21. Kg2 Rf5 {Anderssen wants to send this
rook to h5 and bring his a-rook via f6 to g6. Anderssen will diesen Turm nach
h5 dirigieren und den a-Turm über f6 nach g6 führen.} ({But Einfacher dürfte
aber} 21... Rf6 {should be simpler. sein.}) 22. Ne2 Raf8 23. f4 Rh5 24. Rf1
Rxh3 {Black sacrifices the exchange to simplify the game and make the most of
his pawn majority.  Schwarz opfert die Qualität, um das Spiel zu vereinfachen
und sein Bauerübergewicht zur Geltung zu bringen.} 25. Kxh3 Qe6+ 26. Kg3 Qxe3+
27. Rf3 Qe4 28. Qd3 {White exchanges off the black queen which had become so
uncomfortable for him, but in doing so just meets Black's wishes. Weiß tauscht
die ihm unbequeme Dame, kommt aber damit den Wünschen von Schwarz nur entgegen.
} Bxd4 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Rb3 Bb6 31. Rd1 Ne7 32. Rd7 Nf5+ 33. Kg4 Kh7 34. Rb5
Ne3+ 35. Kg3 Rf6 36. Nd4 $2 {A blunder. Ein grober Fehler.} Bxd4 37. Rxd4 a6 {
And he resigned. Aufgegeben.} ({The immediate Sofort} 37... Nf5+ {worked too.
tat es auch.}) 0-1

[Event "World Championship 04th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1892.02.28"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1892.01.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Be2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Ne1 (9. Nd5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Nxf4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Be6
$10 {ChessBase}) (9. exd6 $1 cxd6 (9... Qxd6 10. Ne5) 10. Ne1 $1 Nc6 $1 11.
Bxh5 Bxd4+ 12. Kh1 $44 {Chigorin}) 9... dxe5 10. Bxh5 gxh5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12.
Nxd1 Nc6 13. Bxf4 Bf5 (13... Nxe5 14. Ne3 Be6 $17 {Chigorin}) 14. Ne3 Be4 15.
Nf3 Rfe8 16. Ng5 Bg6 17. Nd5 Bxe5 18. Nxc7 Bxc7 19. Bxc7 Rac8 20. Bg3 Nd4 21.
c3 Ne2+ 22. Kf2 h4 23. Bd6 Nd4 24. cxd4 Rc2+ 25. Kg1 Ree2 26. Rae1 Rxg2+ 27.
Kh1 Kg7 28. Re8 f5 29. Ne6+ Kf6 30. Re7 Rge2 31. d5 Rcd2 32. Bb4 $4 (32. Rxb7
$18 Rxd5 33. Nf4) 32... Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nd4 9. Qg3 $1 {Chigorin wants to discuss this position with Pillsbury, who has
declared the black position as winning.} (9. Qd1 $2 c6 {/\ 10... b5|^}) 9...
Nxc2+ $6 {Tartakover} (9... O-O 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Nxc2+ 12. Kd1 $16 {
Tartakover}) (9... exf4 $10 {Tartakover} 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Kd1 Qe7 12. Rf1 Rg8 (
12... O-O-O $2 13. Rxf4 Nh5 14. Rxf7 {Grekov} (14. Qg4+ $1)) 13. Qh6 Rxg2 $17 {
Grekov} 14. Bxf4 Rg6 (14... Nxc2 $2 15. Bg5 Rxg5 16. Qxg5 Ne3+ 17. Ke2 Nxf1 18.
Rxf1 Bd4 19. Nb5 Bxb2 20. Nxc7+ Qxc7 21. Qb5+ $16) 15. Qh4 Ne6 16. Bd2 Kd7 (
16... O-O-O $2 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Bg5 $16) 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Ne2 $14) 10. Kd1
Nxa1 11. Qxg7 Kd7 $1 (11... Rf8 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 (13. Rf1 Be7 14. Bg5 Nh5
15. Bxf7+ Kd7 16. Qxe5 $18) 13... Be7 14. Rf1 $18 Nh5 15. Bxf7+ Kd7 16. Qxe5)
12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rf1 Be7 14. Qxf7 $6 (14. Bg5 $1 Rg8 (14... Nh5 $1 15. Qxf7
Qe8 16. Qf5+ $1 {/\ 17.Be7 +- Bogoljubov} (16. Qe6+ $10 Kd8 17. Bb5 $1 c6 18.
Qd6+ Kc8 19. Bxe7 cxb5 20. Qxe5 $16 {Nikitin}) (16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxh5 Rhf8 $10
) 16... Kd8 17. Qxe5 $18 {/\ 18.Be7+-} Rf8 18. Qxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rxf8+ Kd7 20.
Bxe7 $18 {Nikitin}) 15. Qxf7 Rxg5 16. Qe6+ Ke8 17. Rxf6 Rg7 18. Qxe5 c6 19. Rf3
$18 Rg5 20. Rf8+ $1) 14... Kc8 15. Bg5 Rf8 16. Qe6+ Kb8 (16... Qd7 17. Rxf6 {
Bogoljubov}) 17. Bh6 (17. Qxe5 Ng8 $1 {Tidskrift} (17... Ng4 {Nikitin})) 17...
Re8 18. Qxe5 Nd7 {/\ Nb6->d3} (18... Ng8 {Nikitin}) 19. Qh5 $1 Nb6 20. Bd5 a6 (
20... c6 21. Bf4+ $18) (20... Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 a5 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. e5
Bc5 25. e6 Bd6 26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. e7 Ka7 28. Rf7 $16 {Nikitin}) 21. Kd2 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Rg8 23. g4 $16 {Nikitin} Bb4+ $5 (23... Bg5+ {! Deutsche Schachzeitung}
24. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 25. Qxg5 Nb3+ (25... Rxg5 26. Rxa1 $16) 26. axb3 Rxg5 27. Rf7
$18) (23... Bc5 24. Rxa1 (24. Rc1) 24... c6 25. Bf4+ Ka7 26. Nc7 Qd4 (26...
Bb4+ 27. Ke2 Rc8 28. a3 $16 {Nikitin} (28. Qe5 $16)) 27. Qxc5+ Qxc5 28. Be3
Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Raf8 $13 {Lasker} 30. Ne6 Rf6 31. Nd4 h5 32. Rg1 {/\ 33.Nf5+-})
(23... c6 24. Nxe7 (24. Nc3 Bg5+ 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Qxh7 $2 Qb6 $1) 24... Qxe7
25. Bf4+ Kc8 26. Qf5+ Qd7 27. Rxa1 Qxf5 28. exf5 Kd7 29. Re1 Rae8 30. Re4 $16 {
Nikitin}) 24. Nxb4 Qd4 $1 25. Nc2 $1 (25. Bf8 Rxf8 $1 (25... Qxb2+ 26. Ke3 Nc2+
27. Nxc2 Qxc2 28. Qxh7 Qxa2 29. Rf7 Rg5 30. Rxc7 Rb5 31. Bd6 Ka7 32. Bc5+ Kb8
33. Qe7 $18) 26. Rxf8+ Ka7 27. Rxa8+ Kxa8 28. Qe8+ Ka7 29. Qe7 Qxb2+ $16 {
Nikitin}) (25. Rxa1 $6 Qxb4+ 26. Kc2 Rg6 $1 27. Rf1 (27. Rd1 Qa4+ 28. Kc1 Rc6+
$40) (27. Bd2 Qa4+ 28. b3 Rc6+ $40) 27... Rc6+ 28. Kb1 Qd4 $1 $40 {Nikitin})
25... Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Rg6 (26... Ka7 $5 27. Rf3 c5 $1 28. Be3 Qa4+ 29. Kc1 Rac8 {
Nikitin}) 27. Bd2 Rd6 28. Rf3 Qa4+ 29. Kc1 Qxa2 30. Bc3 Rc6 (30... h6 {/\ Ka7}
31. Rf8+ Ka7 32. Qc5+ Rb6 33. Bd4 $16) (30... b5 $1 {/\ b4} 31. e5 $1 (31. Bb4
Qa1+ 32. Kc2 Qa4+ 33. Kc3 Rc6+ 34. Bc5 Qa5+ 35. b4) (31. Rf8+ Kb7 32. Rxa8 Kxa8
(32... Rxd3 $2 {!=/+ Nikitin} 33. Qxb5+ $1 axb5 34. Rxa2 $18 {Fritz2}) 33. Qxh7
b4 $1 $15 {Nikitin} (33... Rxd3)) 31... Rc6 32. Rf6 Rxc3+ $1 (32... Kb7 33.
Rxc6 Kxc6 34. Qxh7 b4 35. Qe4+ $18) 33. bxc3 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qb2+ 35. Ke3 Qxc3 {
/\ 36... Kb7+/= Nikitin}) (30... Ka7 31. Qc5+ Rb6 32. Bd4 Rd8 33. Qc3 Qa1+ 34.
Kd2 Rxd4 $13 {Nikitin}) 31. Qxh7 b5 32. Qe7 Qb3 $2 (32... Qa4 33. Kd2 a5 {
Deutsche Schachzeitung} 34. Qa3) (32... a5 $14 {Nikitin}) 33. Kd2 a5 34. Rf5 $1
Kb7 (34... b4 35. Rb5+ Ka7 36. Bd4+ Ka6 37. Rc5 $1 $18) 35. Rc5 Raa6 36. g5
Rxc5 37. Qxc5 Rc6 (37... b4 38. Bd4 $1 {Bogoljubov}) 38. Qd5 $18 Qa4 39. g6 b4
40. g7 bxc3+ 41. bxc3 Qa1 42. g8=Q Qxc3+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Kf3 Qd1+ 45. Kg3 Qg1+
46. Kh4 Qf2+ 47. Kh5 Qf3+ 48. Qg4 Qf6 49. Qgf5 Qh6+ 50. Kg4 Qg7+ 51. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Multi Master sim1"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2003.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stockhausen, Peter"]
[Black "Sut/Schlt/Jig, Dunc/Oli/Rom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.09.07"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. e4 e5 {Jack Yoos - Annotator: I assume that this was Roman's doing.} 2. f4
d5 3. exd5 exf4 {The Modern Variation of the Kings Gambit.} (3... e4 {Is the
older Falkbeer Counter Gambit which is pretty much in disuse among masters
these days.} 4. d3 {Leads to endgames & queenless middles games which are, in
general, slightly favourable to white. For example -} Nf6 (4... Qxd5 5. Qe2 Nf6
6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Bg4 9. dxe4 Bxe2 10. exd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nxd5 12.
Bxg7 Rg8 13. Re1+) 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 {With the idea of forcing
Qe7 so that Be3 can be played without a nasty Re8 happening.} Bf5 (7... Qe7 8.
Be3) 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Be3 Bxe3 (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc5 Nxe2 11. Bxe7 Nxf4 12. Ba3 $36)
10. Qxe3 Nxc3 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. bxc3 Bxc2 (12... Be4 13. Ng5 Bxd5 14. O-O-O
$32 {xKe7}) 13. Kd2 $32) (3... c6 {Is the Nimzovich Counter Gambit Which will
be mentioned later.}) 4. Nf3 Bd6 {In my opinion this line is too passive. In
the Modern Variation black's strategic plan is to contest the space in the
center, to be able to secure his f4 pawn with his pieces. By leaving white's
massive central pawn massunconteste d, black will later have trouble
maintaining those piece posts. Tactically this move order is inferior as the
knight is superior on f6 as opposed to e7 and by delaying Nf6 black will be
vulnerable to a timely Qe2 check.} (4... Nf6) 5. Bc4 {A good line.} (5. Bb5+ {
Inferior as} c6 $1 {forces a transposition back into the better 4...Nf6 lines.}
) (5. d4 {Playing fo r c4 right away is the main alternative and is an equally
reasonable choice.} Ne7 (5... Nf6 6. Qe2+ $14) (5... c6) 6. c4 Ng6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O b6 9. Nc3 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Nb5 Be7 12. d5 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Nce7 14. Nfd4
a6 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Nf3 Bb8 18. b4 $16 {Gallgher-Boulard, Paris 1990
}) ({Also reasonable is} 5. Nc3 {Which is a very famous game between Spassky
and Bronstein. This game is very similar to the famous game the Canadian
player MacDonald lost to Kronstein a few years later. MacDonald has always
been one of my all time favourite Canadian players.} Ne7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 {
This is the difference between this and the Bc4 line. The B on d3 is more
oriented toward direct attack on the king.} Nd7 8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. c4
Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. c5 Be7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 e2 15. Nd6 Nf8 16. Nxf7
exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22.
Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ {1-0 Spassky-Bronstein, Leningrad 1960}) 5... Nf6 (5... Ne7
{This is usually preferable as it avoids that irratating Qe2 check, but it is
not so clear that black fairs any better.} 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Ng6 (7... c6 8. Nc3
{Transposes to the Nimzovich Counter Gambit normally reached by 1.e4,e5 2.f4,
d5 3.ed5,c6 4. Nc3,Bd6 5.Bc4,Ne7 6.d4,0-0. This line is an inferior cousin to
the 4...Nf6 Modern. With the knight on Ne7 black is more vulnerable to
kingside attack on the h7 and f7 squares.}) 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ne4 (9. Nb5 Nf6 10.
Bb3 $14) 9... Nf6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 Nxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14.
Bxf4 $11 {S. Nagle-A riel, World op Philadelphia 1998 (FM Nagle was a student
of mine back in Mpls).}) 6. O-O {A slight inaccuracy. However, Peter likes to
attack and keeping the queens on suits that purpose.} (6. Qe2+ {A very common
theme in the Kings Gambit. If white is not down too much material, the
endgames/queenless middlegames are usually quite favourable.} Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Kxe7
$14 {Is pleasant, comfortable and risk free for white, as with the queens off
the board, the threat of black counter attack is significantly dimished and so
white can act more boldly with his pawns in the center.}) 6... O-O 7. d4 c6 $1
{Attempting contest the center and make some space for black's pieces (fixing
the mistake of 4...Bd6).} (7... Bg4 8. Nc3 (8. Bb3) 8... Nbd7 9. Bb3 Nb6 10.
Qd3 $14 {Intending Ne5.}) (7... Nbd7 8. Bb3 b5 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 Nb6
12. Nxf4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nfxd5 14. Nfd3 Nd7 15. Qg4 N5f6 16. Qh4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4
18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Be3 a5 20. e6 $18 {Hebden-Boudre, France 1987}) 8. Nc3 (8.
dxc6 Nxc6 {Leads back to stuff more like the 4...Nf6 line, where black is very
dynamic.}) 8... Bg4 {Typical, but here it is a mistake. Black has to act
quickly before white's pieces start to roam.} (8... b5 {leads to a forcing
sequence where it doesn't appear that white has anything special.} 9. Bd3 (9.
Bb3 b4 10. Ne2 Ba6 $132) 9... b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bd3 cxd5 13. c4
bxc3 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Ba3 Rf6 $4 18. Be7 $18 {
Judith Polgar-A. Wagner-Michel, Novi Sad ol 1990}) 9. Qd3 $1 {Thematic. ing
the d1-g4 pin, controling the e4 square and hungrily learing at the kingside.}
(9. Qe1 {With the idea of Qh4, is another theme in such positions, but not as
strong here.}) 9... b5 (9... Bc7 10. Ne5 $5) (9... Nbd7 10. dxc6 {As the pawn
recapture in these positions in generally inferior to the more active Nxc6.}) (
9... cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 {Achieves something similar to as if
white had played dxc6, but the difference is that the bishop is very powerful
on d5 (and e4).}) 10. Bb3 b4 11. Ne4 Nxd5 (11... Bf5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qe2 {
And black's knight on b8 is uncomfortble.}) 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 (13. Ng5 $1 {
Is much more uncomfortble for black.} Qh6 (13... Qg6 14. Qxg6 fxg6 15. Bxf4 $16
) (13... Nf6 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15. Be5 $18 {xh7}) (13... g6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Bxf4 $16
) 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Bxf4 $16) 13... Bh5 $2 {This is horribly misplaced. Black
should oppose white's bishop.} (13... Be6 $14) 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 {In
general in these positions, once white wins back the f-pawn, black is simply
worse. Here it is more so because black's minor pieces are not in the game.}
Nd7 16. Qf5 $1 {Very nice! A very dynamic method to deal with the e5 post made
possible by black's misplaced bishop.} Nxe5 (16... Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 (17...
Qxg6 18. Qxd7) 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Rh4#) (16... Nf6 17. Raf1 {Will be torture
for black because the problems with f7 will never go away.}) 17. Qxh5 $1 $18 {
Leaving white with a bishop with superhero powers.} Ng6 18. Rg4 (18. Re4) 18...
Rab8 {And on to b5. An excellent way of bringing the queen rook into the
defense.} 19. Rf1 Rb5 20. Qh3 Rb7 21. Qf3 Re7 22. h4 Nh8 $5 {Embarassing yet
effective. Black has to defend f7. At first I had assumed that this was a
Roman move, but when I came over and asked I found out it was Duncan's!} 23. h5
(23. Rf4) 23... Rd8 24. Qf5 (24. c3 {Alternatively white can start playing on
the other side of the board as black is utterly tied down and still has to
watch out for heart stopping tactics on f7.} bxc3 25. bxc3 Rde8 26. Rf4 {
For example -} Qc7 27. h6 g6 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qf6 $18) 24... g6 $2 $138 {
In time pressure, Peter makes his first and only serious mistake and misses a
crusher.} 25. Qg5 (25. hxg6 $1 hxg6 (25... Nxg6 26. Bxf7+ $18) 26. Qg5 $1 $18 {
Intending on mating black either with Rh4 & Qh6 or Rf6 & Rg6.}) 25... Rde8 26.
Rgf4 (26. hxg6 $1 Nxg6 (26... hxg6 27. Rh4 $18) 27. Rgf4 Rf8 28. c3 bxc3 29.
bxc3 Qc7 30. Rf6 c5 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Rf5 $18)
26... Re4 {Phew! Black will make it to the endgame now.} (26... Re1 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Qf6 $16) 27. Qf6 (27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qf6 (28. Bxf7+ Nxf7 29. Rxf7 Qxd4+
30. R1f2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qh8+ $132) (28. Rxf7 Nxf7 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Bxe8 Qxd4+
31. Kh2 Rxe8 $13) 28... Qxf6 29. Rxf6 R8e7 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Ba4 $16) 27... Qxf6
28. Rxf6 Kg7 29. Rxc6 $16 {Because of the terrible time trouble a draw was
agreed. White is still clearly better as if black takes the pawn of d4 Rc7
will be killer. All in all a very nicely played game by Peter.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Winants"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 $1 (3... Ne7 {Adams,M-Sokolov,I/ Koge Open 1997})
(3... Qh4+ $143 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 $1) 4. exd5 (4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 (
6. Nge2 Bxc3 7. Nxc3 Bg4) 6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Bb3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O 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 23.
Bxc5 Rxh3+ $1 24. Kf4 Rh4+ 25. Kxf5 g6+ 26. Ke5 Re8+ 27. Be7 Rxe7+ 28. Kd4 Rd7+
29. Ke3 Nc5 30. Kd2 Rh3 31. Re3 Rxd3+ $1 {0-1 Grosar,A-Adams,M/London LB 1990})
4... Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 (6. Nc3 $5 Ne7 7. Ne4 O-O 8. Qe1 Qxe1+ 9. Kxe1 {
Westerinen,H-Agdestein,S/ Espoo (zt) 1989}) 6... Qh6 $1 {><f4, d6} (6... Qh5 7.
Nc3 Ne7 8. d4 O-O (8... Bg4 9. Ne4 (9. Nb5 O-O 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Bxf4 Nxd5 {
Westerinen,H-Abdennabi,I/Novi Sad olm 1990}) 9... Nxd5 (9... O-O $142) 10.
Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Qe1+ Be6 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. c4 Ne3+ 14. Bxe3 fxe3 15. d5 Bg4 16.
Qxe3+ Kd8 17. Re1 Kc7 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Kf2 {Blackburne-Schlechter Kaiser
Turnier, Vienna 1898}) 9. Ne4 (9. Ne5 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Nd7 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5
Nd7 {Polgar,S-Lukacs,P/ 1993}) 11. Bxf4 Nb6 12. Bb3 (12. Ne3 Nxc4 13. N3xc4
Nxd5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Nd3 Bf5 $1 $17) 12... Nbxd5 13. Bd2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Be6
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf2 Nc6 17. Bc3 Rfe8 18. Re1 a5 19. a3 b5 $17 {De Wit,
W-Winants,L/AKN Week-end Toernooi, Haarlem 1997}) (9. Kf2 Nd7 10. Bb3 Nf6 11.
Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Nf5 $1 13. Nb5 (13. hxg4 Nxg4+ 14. Kg1 Ng3) 13... Rae8 14. Nxd6
Bxf3 15. Nxe8 (15. Qxf3 Qh4+) 15... Bxd1 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bxf4 Bf3 $1 $19 {
Polgar,S-Waitzkin,J/ Bermudes 1995}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12.
Bxf4 Bg4 13. Kf2 $11 {Westerinen,H-Guliev,S/Moscow olm 1994}) 7. Nc3 (7. d4 Ne7
8. Bb5+ $6 Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 O-O-O 11. Kf2 (11. c5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Nc3 Nf5) (11. Nc3 $142) 11... c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 {Mayet-Zukertort/Berlin 1868
}) 7... Ne7 8. Ne4 (8. d4 O-O 9. Kf2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qh4+ 12. Kg1 Nf5
13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ng3 15. Nxf4 Rae8 16. Bd2 g5 $1 {0-1 Bronstein-Beliavsky,
Kislovsk 1982}) 8... Nd7 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. d4 O-O 11. Kf2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbxd5 $17
13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re5 Nf6 (15... Bg6 16. Qe2 $132) 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17.
Rxh5 Qxf4 $2 (17... Ne4+ $1 18. Kg1 Nxf4 19. Rh4 $8 (19. Rb5 Qg6) (19. Re5 Qg6
20. Nh4 Nxh3+ 21. Kf1 Qg3) 19... Rae8 (19... g5 20. Nxg5 Nxg5 21. Rg4 h6 22. h4
) 20. c3 $15 (20. Ne5 Ne2+ 21. Kh2 Rxe5)) 18. Rb5 Nh4 19. Kg1 $1 (19. Rxb7 Ne4+
20. Kf1 (20. Kg1 Nxg2 $1 $19) 20... Qg3 21. Qe2 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Nd2+ $1 23. Qxd2
Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Qxb7 $19) (19. c3 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 Nxg2 $19) 19... Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3
Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 b6 {[#]} (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxb2 $18) 22. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Kg6 $8 (23... Ke7 24. Re1+ Kd8 25. Qf3 $1 $18 {/\ 26.Qxa8, /\ 26.
Rd1}) 24. Qg3+ Kf7 (24... Ng4 $5) 25. Qb3+ Kg6 26. Qg3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[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"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 ext"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]

1. e4 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 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 "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]

1. e4 {Bangiev,A} e5 2. f4 exf4 (2... d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6.
Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. d4 Be7 (8... Bd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bxf4 $1
Bxf4 12. Nd5+ Kf8 13. Nxf4 Nd7 14. O-O $32 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4] |^[+],Fedorov,
A-Jussupow,A/EU-chT Batumi/ 1999/}) 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qd2 c6 12. Kh1
Bb4 $1 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd5 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. b3 b5 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Rfe1
Rfe8 19. Ne5 f6 20. c4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qe6 22. Nf3 Qf7 $15 {Fedorov,A-Svidler,P/
Smolensk 2000/}) 3. Nf3 g5 ({Fischer's continuation is far from refuting the
King's Gambit:} 3... d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Bh6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nge2 Qf6 9.
g3 $1 fxg3 (9... f3 10. Nf4 $44 Qe7 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Be3 h5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14.
O-O-O Nf8 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. dxe5 Ne6 18. Ne4 Bxe5 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxe6+ Be7 23. Bd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Ba6
O-O-O 26. Qc3 Ne7 27. Rxd6 bxa6 28. Rf6 Rhf8 29. Qc5 Rd7 30. Qxh5 $18 {
Gallagher,J-Jackson,S/Blackpool/1988/}) 10. Nxg3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Qf4 (11... Qh6
12. Bd3 Qe3+ 13. Nce2 Ne7 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 d5 16. Rce1 Be6 17. Nf4 O-O
18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 $14 {Short,N-Akopian,V/Madrid/1997/}) 12.
Nce2 Qe3 13. c4 $1 Ne7 14. Rc3 Qh6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. O-O Ng6 17. Rf6 $1 Qxh4 18.
Rxd6 $40 {Fedorov,A-Pinter,J/EU-ChT Pula/1997/}) (3... h6 4. d4 ({The more
modern approach is} 4. b3 $5 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7
9. O-O-O Re8 10. Qf2 Ng4 11. Qd4 Bf6 12. Qg1 Be7 13. g3 Bc5 14. Qg2 Nf2 15.
gxf4 Nxd1 16. Nxd1 Nf6 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Nf2 Nh5 19. Rg1 g6 20. Ne5 Nxf4 21. Qf3
Qh4 22. d4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Ne2+ 24. Bxe2 Qxd4 25. Qxf5 Rxe5 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27.
Qxg6+ {1/2,Fedorov,A-Svidler,P/EU-chT Pula/1997/}) 4... g5 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 fxg3
7. hxg3 Bg7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 13.
Bxg5 Nb4 14. Qd2 c5 15. Rf4 Bh3 16. Qh2 Ng4 17. Qxh3 Qxg5 18. Rxg4 Qe3+ 19. Kg2
Qd2+ 20. Ne2 Nxc2 21. Rh1 Ne3+ 22. Kf3 {1-0,Fedorov,A-Notkin,M/St Petersburg/
1996/}) 4. h4 ({History has shown Black doesn't have to worry about} 4. Bc4 Bg7
5. O-O h6) (4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bc4 (8. O-O-O $6 h5
$1 9. e5 Bg4 10. Qe4 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Rd2 dxe5 13. h3 Bd7 14. d5 Nce7 15.
Qxe5 Kf8 16. Bd3 Nc8 17. Rf1 Nd6 18. Rdf2 Qe7 19. Qd4 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Be8 $17 {
Morozevich,A-Aleksandrov,A/FIDE WCup Shenyang/2000/}) 8... Nxd4 $1 (8... Qh4+
$6 9. Bg3 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Rxf6 Be6 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. Rff1 Nc6
15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. c3 h5 17. Bh4 Rde8 18. Bc2 Be5 19. Rf2 Rhg8 20. g3 $14 {
Fedorov,A-Adams,M/EU-chT Pula/1997/}) 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qh5+ Ke6 11. Qg4+ Kf7
12. Qh5+ Kg7 13. O-O Be6 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Bh6+ Kg8 16. Qg5+ Kf7 17. Qh5+ Kg8
18. Qg5+ Kf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ {1/2,Salmensuu,O-Aleksandrov,A/Istanbul olm/
2000/}) 4... g4 5. Ne5 (5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4 f3 $5 $17 {leeds to the
so-called Allgaier Gambit, which current theory considers dubious.}) 5... d6 {
Limits White's choice.} (5... Nf6 6. Nxg4 ({White can also play both} 6. d4 {
and}) (6. Bc4 $5 {with unclear consequences.}) 6... Nxe4 (6... d6 {-5...d6}) 7.
d3 Ng3 8. Bxf4 Nxh1 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Nf6+ Kd8 11. Bxc7+ Kxc7 12. Nd5+ Kd8 13.
Nxe7 Bxe7 14. Qg4 d6 15. Qf4 Rg8 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Be2 Ng3 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. O-O-O
Nf5 20. Qa4 Bxh4 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bc6 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 $44 {Hebden,M-Littlewood,P/
Hastings/1982/}) 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nf2 $6 (7. Nxf6+ $142 Qxf6 8. Nc3 Nc6 (8... c6
9. Qf3 (9. Be2 $142 $5) 9... Rg8 10. Qf2 Bg4 11. d3 Bh6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nxf4
O-O-O 14. g3 Qe5 15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O fxe4 {Nunn,J-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1995/} 17.
Bxe4 Rdf8 $44) 9. Bb5 (9. Nd5 Qg6 10. d3 (10. Qf3 $2 Nd4 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Qd3
Nxc2+ $1 {/\} 13. Qxc2 Qg3+ 14. Kd1 Bg4+ $19) 10... Qg3+ 11. Kd2 Be6 12. Nxc7+
Kd7 13. Nxe6 Qe3+ 14. Kc3 Bg7+ $1 15. Nxg7 Qd4+ 16. Kd2 Qe3+ $11) 9... a6 10.
Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qf3 Rg8 12. d3 Bh6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Ne2 Rxb2 15. Bxb2 Qxb2 16.
O-O Qxc2 17. Rac1 Qxa2 18. Nd4 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 f3 20. Rxc6 fxg2 21. Rg1 Kd8 22.
Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rg4 $44 {Short,N-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Las Vegas/1999/}) (7.
Nxf6+ $142 {Bangiev,A}) 7... Rg8 $1 {This is stronger than the immediate} (7...
Nc6 8. d4 Bh6 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nd5 $5 (11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. a3 Nxe4 $1
13. Nd5 Qe8 14. Nxe4 (14. O-O f5 15. c3 Rg8 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4
Ne7 $1 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 d5 21. Qb3 Rdf8 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxd5 Qxh4 24.
Ne3 c6 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. c4 Re8 27. Nd1 Qh4 28. d5 Qd4+ {0-1,Short,N-Shirov,A/
Madrid/1997/}) 14... f5 15. Ndf6 Qe7 (15... Qf7 $143 16. Nxd6+ $5 cxd6 17. Nxd7
$13 {/+/=,^^}) 16. Nd5 Qe8 (16... Qe6 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 (17... Qe8 18. d5 Nb8 19.
Ne6 Bxe6 20. Bxh6 fxe4 21. Bh5 Bf7 22. Bg4+ $16) 18. d5 $1 $16) 17. Ndf6 $11)
11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. c4 Bf5 14. O-O $1 (14. Qa4+ $2 Kd8 $1 (14... Kf8
15. Qxb4 Re8 16. Qd2 {/\} f3 $2 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Be3 $18) 15. Qxb4 Re8 (15...
f3 $2 16. gxf3 Re8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxh6 Bxf3 19. O-O-O $1 Bxh1 20. Bg5 f6 21.
Qxb7 $18) 16. O-O Qxe2 17. Qxb7 Rc8 {[%cal Re8g8,Gg8g2] /\Rg8->}) 14... Nc2
$142 (14... Bc2 $2 15. Qd2 O-O-O (15... f3 16. Qxb4 fxe2 17. Re1 $16) 16. Bf3
Qxh4 17. Qxb4 $16 {Fedorov,A-Timman,J/FIDE WCh Las Vegas/1999/}) 15. Bd3 $142
$1 (15. Bg4 Ne3 $1 16. Bxe3 (16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4})
16... fxe3 17. Nh1 Be4 18. Ng3 Rg8 $36) (15. Ng4 Bg7 $1 (15... Bxg4 16. Bxg4
Ne3 17. Bxe3 fxe3 18. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Be6+ $44 {[%csl Ge6,Rf7] White takes
the Bh6 and his strong Be6 guarantees him an advantage.}) 16. Rxf4 Bg6 17. Rb1
(17. h5 Nxa1 18. hxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Rh8h1] -><->h}) 17... h5 $1 (17... Nxd4 $6
18. Rxd4 Bxb1 19. Bg5 $13) 18. Nf2 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxb1 20. Bg5 Qe5 $17) 15...
Ne3 (15... Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Ne3 17. Bxe3 fxe3 18. Qg4 $40 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 16.
Bxe3 fxe3 17. Ng4 $1 (17. Bxf5 $2 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Be3 $15 {/-/+}) 17... e2 18.
Qxe2 (18. Bxe2 $5 Bxg4 19. Bxg4 Be3+ 20. Kh1 Qxh4+ 21. Bh3 Bxd4 22. Qa4+ Kf8
23. Rf3 $44) 18... Qxe2 (18... Bxg4 $2 19. Qxg4 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxd3 21. Rae1+ Kf8
22. Qd7 Qg6 23. Re6 $18) 19. Bxe2 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Be3+ 21. Kh2 Bxd4 22. Rae1+
Be5+ 23. Kh3 $14 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7] /=,ק}) 8. d4 Bh6 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9... Qe7 $143 $6
10. Nd3 Bg4 (10... Nxe4 $2 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qe2 f5 13. Qh5+ Rg6 14. Rh3 $1 $16 {
->}) 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 (14... Nd4 15. exf6
Nxc2+ 16. Kf2 Qxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Nxa1 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Nexf4 Nc2 20. Rc1 Nd4 21.
Rxc7 $16 {->_|_}) 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. exf6+ Kf8 18. O-O Rg4 19. Nxf4
$16 {Fedorov,A-Timoshenko,G/Timisu de Sus/1998/}) 10. Nd5 $2 {This loses
practically by force.} (10. Bb5 a6 (10... Rxg2 11. Bxf4 (11. d5 a6 12. Bf1 Rxf2
13. Kxf2 (13. dxc6 Rxf1+ $40) 13... Ne5 $44) 11... Ng4 (11... Bxf4 12. Qf3 Rxf2
13. Qxf2 Nh5 14. Rg1 Kf8 15. Be2 Bg3 16. Rxg3 Nxg3 17. Qxg3 Nxd4 18. O-O-O
Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 h5 20. Rf1 Bg4 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Ng3 $36 {Ramon,V-Izeta Txabarri,
F/Benasque/1990/}) 12. Bxh6 $8 (12. Nxg4 $2 Bxg4 13. Qc1 Qf6 $1 14. Nd5 Qxd4
$19) 12... Nxf2 13. Qf3 Nxh1 14. O-O-O $1 Rg6 15. Rf1 $44 {[%csl Re8] ->עe8})
(10... Bd7 $5 $13) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 $36) (10. Nd3 $142 Bg4 11. Be2 {was the last
chance, but this is already fighting for equality.}) 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 {
Bangiev,A: 'Diese Variante hat Fedorov in einigen Partien schon angewendet.'}
Qe7+ $1 $146 {Bangiev,A: 'Ein neuer Plan. Schwarz startet damit einen
Königsangriff auf der offenen e-Linie.'} (11... Ne7 $143 12. Qe2 Kf8 (12... Rg6
$5 13. h5 Rg8 14. Ne4 Kf8 15. Nf6 Rg7 16. g4 Ng8 17. Nxg8 Rxg8 18. Bh3 Qh4+ 19.
Qf2 Rxg4 20. Bd2 Rg3 21. Bg2 Qg4 22. Be4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Re8+ 24. Kf1 Qxf5 $19 {
Westerinen,H-Nielsen,P/Gausdal/1995/}) 13. g4 Nxd5 14. g5 Bf5 15. Bd2 Qd7 16.
O-O-O Re8 17. Qf3 Qa4 18. Bd3 Qxa2 19. c3 Bg6 20. Ne4 Nb6 21. Rde1 Na4 22. Nf6
Qxb2+ 23. Kd1 Qb3+ {1/2,Fedorov,A-Pedersen,S/Aars/1999/}) 12. Be2 $8 (12. Qe2 {
Bangiev,A} Nxd4 $19) 12... Nb4 13. c4 Bf5 $1 {Bangiev,A: 'Schwarz zwingt den
Anziehenden das Figurenopfer (den Nb4) anzunehmen.'} ({Also promising, but
less incisive is} 13... Rxg2 14. Kf1 (14. Bd2 f3 15. Bxh6 Bf5 $1 $19 {/\Nc2,
Nd3,Bd3,Bc2}) 14... Rxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qe4 16. Rg1 Kf8 (16... Nc2 $2 17. Rg8+ Bf8
18. Bf3 $16) 17. a3 Nc2 18. Bf3 Qf5 $1 (18... Qxd4+ $2 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bd2 {
is too soft}) 19. Ra2 (19. Bg4 Qf6 $17) 19... Ne3 $40) 14. Qa4+ (14. O-O Qxh4
$1 {/\} (14... Nc2 $17) (14... O-O-O 15. Bg4 Qd7 $17) 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Qxb4 Qg3
$19) 14... Kf8 (14... Kd8 $5 $17) 15. Qxb4 Re8 {Bangiev,A: 'Dafür hat er
entscheidenden Angriff auf den offenen Linien e und g.'} 16. Qd2 Rxg2 {/\Qh4,
Bg4,f3 Bangiev,A: '/\f3' Bangiev,A: 'Schwarz diektiert nun die weiteren
Ereignisse.'} 17. Kf1 $8 (17. Qd1 $2 Bg4 $19) 17... Rg3 {/\Re3 '!' Bangiev,A.
Bangiev,A: 'Es droht 18...f3. Weiss steht vor der schweren Aufgabe diesem Plan
Widerstand zu leisten.'} (17... Be4 $5 {Bangiev,A}) 18. Qd1 (18. Qe1 Be4 19.
Rh2 (19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Rh2 Bg7 $1 $19) 19... f5 {is similar to the game} (19...
Bf3 {Bangiev,A} 20. Nh1 (20. Nd3 Qe4 $19) 20... Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Qe4 22. Rh2 Bg7
$19) (19... Qxh4 20. Rxh4 Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bf3+ 22. Kh2 Rg2+ 23. Kh3 Rg3+ 24. Kh2
Rg2+)) (18. Bh5 Re3 $19) 18... Be4 19. Rh2 (19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Rh2 Bg7 $19)
19... f5 {/\Qg7} 20. Nxe4 (20. Nh1 Rg8 $5 (20... Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Qe4 $19) 21. Qe1
Bd3 (21... Qg7 22. Qf2 f3 $1 $19) 22. Qf2 Qe4 {/\Be2,Qd4-+}) 20... fxe4 {
Bangiev,A: 'Es droht u.a. ..e3 gefolgt von ..Qg7.'} (20... Qxe4 $6 21. a4 $1 (
21. b3 Re7 $19 {/\Reg7}) 21... Re7 (21... Bg7 22. Ra3 Bxd4 23. Rxg3 fxg3 24.
Bf3 $1 $16 {turns the tables abruptly}) 22. Ra3 Reg7 23. Rxg3 fxg3 24. Rg2 Qxh4
25. Bxh6 Qh1+ 26. Rg1 g2+ 27. Kf2 Qh4+ 28. Ke3 Qxh6+ 29. Kd3 $15 {/-/+}) 21.
Bg4 (21. Bh5 Qg7 22. Rh1 Rg2 {/\e3-+} 23. Bxe8 $2 Qg3) 21... e3 $1 $19 (21...
Qg7 $143 22. Rg2) 22. Bf3 (22. Bh5 f3 $1 (22... Qg7 23. Ke2) 23. Bxf3 Qf6 $19)
(22. Rg2 Qxh4 23. Rxg3 fxg3 24. Qf3+ (24. Bf3 e2+ $19) 24... Kg7 $19 {o^g})
22... Qg7 23. Rh1 (23. Ke2 Rxf3 $1 24. Kxf3 Qg3+) 23... Rg2 $1 (23... Rg2 {
/\Qg3,Rf2} 24. Bxg2 e2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shimanov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 $5 {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 {1/2-1/2 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/}) 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/}) 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/}) 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 {
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 "Rilton Cup 28th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Shulman/Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 ext"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
c4 Ne3 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. Qxe3 (11. O-O-O {also interesting, that
was in 73/338}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 {[%cal Gh1g1,Gg1g7]} Nc6 13. d5 Ne5 (13...
Bh4+ 14. Kd2 (14. Ng3+ Qe7 $11 {Malaniuk,V}) 14... Ne5 15. Kc2 $13) (13... Nb4
$1 {looks suspicious, but we think that it is strongest try for black} 14.
O-O-O (14. a3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Bh4+ 16. Kd2 $13) 14... Nxa2+ 15. Kb1 Nb4 $44) 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. Rhg1 $6 {Dubious. White has another plan: to push his strong
central pawns, R on "g1" dosen't help this idea.} ({Tactically White had} 15.
c5 $1 b6 (15... Kh8 16. Bc2 Bf6 17. Bb3 $16) 16. d6 $1 cxd6 17. cxd6 Bf6 18.
Ba6 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 15... Kh8 16. Kb1 b5 $1 {[%cal Ga8b8,Gb8b2] An
intersting try, otherwise White could earlier or later came back to write plan.
} 17. Qd4 (17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd6 $13) 17... f6 {[%csl Re6]}
18. Be2 bxc4 ({After} 18... Nxc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bd6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22.
Qxc5 $14 {/=, White also keeps slight advantage in his hands.}) 19. f4 Nf7 $6 {
This is really passive.} (19... Ng6 {has more principe, but after} 20. Bxc4
Nxf4 21. Rg4 (21. Rdf1 Nh3 22. Rg3 Ng5 $15) 21... Nh5 (21... Ng6 $140 $2 22.
Rxg6 hxg6 23. d6 $18) 22. Ng3 (22. Rh4 g6 23. Ng5 Qd6 $13) 22... Nxg3 23. hxg3
Qd6 24. Rh1 $40 {[%cal Gh1h7,Gg4g7,Gb1h7] White has very dangerous initiative
for sucrificed pawn.}) 20. Bxc4 Nd6 21. Nc5 Nf5 ({Black can't change all minor
pieces, because after} 21... Nxc4 {White has drawback} 22. Ne6 $1 Na3+ 23. bxa3
Qb8+ 24. Ka1 $16) 22. Qf2 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Nxd6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]} 25.
Rc1 $5 $14 {Very attractive endgame. Looks like Black decide all his problems,
but weaknesses on c7 and a7 gave white good chances.} (25. Bd3 Rae8) (25. Bb3
Rfe8 {also gave better endgame:} 26. Rc1 Re7 27. Rc6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]} a5 28.
Rgc1 Ne8 $14 (28... Ra7 $140 $4 29. Rxd6)) 25... Rab8 $6 (25... Rae8 26. Bb3
Re7 27. Rc6 $14) 26. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gd3a6]} Rf7 27. Rc5 Re7 28. Rgc1 Rb7 29.
a4 $1 {[%csl Gb5]} g5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. R1c3 {The main point of white play. He
protected 3rd rank and preparing a5-a6.} (31. a5 $6 Rb3 32. Ba6 Rh3 33. Rxc7
Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rxh2 35. Rc6 g4 $1 $132) 31... g4 32. a5 Ne8 33. Bb5 (33. Bf5 Nd6
34. Bxg4 $140 $2 Ne4 35. Re3 Nd2+) 33... Nf6 34. Ba6 $18 Rb4 (34... Rb8 $5 {
was more resistable:} 35. Rxc7 Nxd5 36. Rxe7 Nxc3+ 37. Kc2 Nd5 38. Rxa7 Nb4+
39. Kc1 Rf8 40. Be2 $1 Rf2 41. Kd2 Rxh2 42. a6 Nxa6 43. Rxa6 g3 44. Ra1 $18)
35. Rxc7 Nxd5 36. Rxe7 Nxc3+ 37. Kc2 Nd5 38. Rxa7 Rf4 39. Bb7 Rf2+ 40. Kb3 Nc7
41. Be4 Ne6 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 {Here I had pleasant choice between 43.Rh4 and} 43.
Rh5 {[%csl Ga5]} (43. Rh4 Nc5+ 44. Kc4 Nxe4 45. Rxg4+ Kf7 46. Rxe4 Rxb2 47. h4
$18) 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Shulman/Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 {Bangiev} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 {Bangiev: '/^e7-h4-e1'} 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5.
Kf1 d5 {Bangiev: '/\/^c8-h3'} 6. Bxd5 (6. exd5 Be7 7. d4 Bd6 8. Kf2 Bg4 9. Nc3
Ne7 10. Ne4 Ng6 11. Rf1 $5 $13) 6... Nf6 7. Bb3 {Bangiev: 'Heutzutage ist dies
hier bzw. auch in ähnlichen Stellungen eine recht aktuelle Idee - das
Bauernopfer auf e4. '} Bg4 (7... Nxe4 {Bangiev} 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Nxh4 g5 10. d3
Ng3+ 11. hxg3 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 gxh4 13. Bxf4 Bg4+ 14. Kf2 hxg3+ 15. Bxg3 O-O 16.
Nd2 {1-0 Kask,O-Bellgrau,M/North Bay 1994/EXT 97 (16)}) 8. d3 ({My opponent
had pleasant memories in this line:} 8. Bxf7+ $6 Kxf7 9. Ne5+ Ke7 10. Nxg4 Qd4
11. c3 Qd3+ 12. Kg1 Qxe4 13. Nf2 Qf5 14. d4 Re8 $132 {with good piece play for
black in the game Popovych,O-Hector,J Gausdal,1990} (14... Re8 {Bangiev} 15.
Qf3 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qc2+ 17. Qe2+ Ne4+ 18. Kf3 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Kf6 20. Kf3 g5 21.
Re1 Kf5 22. g4+ fxg3 23. hxg3 g4+ 24. Kg2 Nd7 $36 {0-1 Popovych,O-Hector,J/
Gausdal 1990/TD (40)})) (8. Nc3 {Bangiev} O-O (8... Nc6 9. d3 g5 10. e5 $6 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Nxe5 $17 {/\f3. 0-1 Wells,P-Yemelin,V/Budapest 1994/(16)}) 9. d3 Nc6
10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Bh2 c6 14. f4 g6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Qg4
Ng7 17. Be5 Bf6 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bf6 $13 {0-1 Garde,
G-Nystrom,R/Sweden 1994/EXT 97 (60)}) 8... g5 (8... O-O 9. Qd2 (9. Bxf4) 9...
Nh5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Qf2 Qd8 (12... Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nd4 14. Nd5
Nxb3 15. axb3 g5 16. g3 c6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. gxf4 f5 19. h3 fxe4 20. hxg4 Nxf4
21. Nf5 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Neussner,S/Loosdorf 1993/EXT 97 (21)}) 13. Bxf4 Be6
14. Re1 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/London
theme 1993 (53)} (16... Nd4 {Bangiev} 17. Qf2 f5 18. e5 Qd7 19. h4 f4 20. e6
Nxe6 21. Re4 Rae8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/London 1993/EXT 98 (53)})) 9.
Bd2 {[%csl Rh4] During the preparation to this game I saw another game in this
line, and I thought that White got preferable chances in complications, but
now I am not sure that White has something after 9.Bd2.} (9. Rg1 $6 Nc6 10. g3
Nd4 11. Nbd2 Bh3+ 12. Ke1 Ng4 $1 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. gxh4 Ne3 15. Nxg5+ Qxg5 $1
$19) ({We think that} 9. Bxf7+ $5 {can challenge for refutation of black's
idea:} Kf8 (9... Kxf7 10. Ne5+ Kg7 11. Nxg4 Nxe4 12. b3 {[%cal Gb2g7]} Qd4 13.
c3 Nxc3 $140 $2 14. Bb2 $18) 10. Bb3 Nxe4 11. Nbd2 $1 Nf6 (11... Nf2 $140 12.
Qe1 Nxh1 13. Nxh4 gxh4 14. Qe5 Rg8 15. Qxf4+ $18) 12. Nc4 $36 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Gc1d2,Gd2c3,Gc3h8] and though both kings aren't in the safe, but white (after
maneuver Bc1-d2-c3) has strong black-colour bishop, without any comporison
with his opponent.}) 9... Nc6 10. Bc3 Qe7 $5 (10... Rf8 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Rg1 (
12. Qc1 O-O-O 13. Nxh4 gxh4 14. Qe1 Nh5 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (14... Nh5 {Bangiev
} 15. Bd5 h3 16. Qf2 Nb4 17. Bb3 Kb8 18. Rg1 f5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21.
Re1 $14 {1-0 Koskela,N-Lindstedt,K/Finland 1994/EXT 99 (31)})) 12... Nh5 13. d4
$36) 11. Nbd2 O-O-O $2 (11... Rg8 $1 {[%cal Gg8g2]} 12. Rg1 (12. Qc1 $6 O-O-O (
12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Ng4 $13) 13. Nxh4 gxh4 14. Nf3 h3 $36) 12... Nh5 13. d4 $5
{Funny idea. Both sides don't take care about "enemies ideas" and playing them
own chess.} O-O-O 14. d5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc4 {with better
position.}) 12. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Rh4] Bangiev: 'Der Schlüsselzug der weißen
Eröffnungsidee: Es droht überraschenderweise 13.g3! Der Schwarze war
offensichtlich in dieser Partie nicht in der Lage, die weiße Idee zu bekämpfen.
'} Rhg8 (12... Rhe8 {was interesting, but also unpleasent for black, for
instance} 13. g3 fxg3 (13... Bh3+ 14. Ke1 h6 15. gxh4 (15. Qe2 $5) 15... g4 16.
Qe2 gxf3 17. Qxf3 $16 {[%csl Rf4]}) 14. hxg3 Bh3+ 15. Ke1 Bxg3+ 16. Rxg3 g4 17.
Qe2 $5 (17. Nh4 Nxe4 $1) (17. Rxh3 $5 gxh3 18. Qe2 $16) 17... Nh5 18. Qh2 Nxg3
19. Qxg3 f5 20. Ng1 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd7 22. Ne2 $16) 13. g3 Bh3+ 14. Ke1 fxg3 ({
If black plays} 14... h6 {with idea 15.gh g4, then} 15. Qe2 Kb8 16. a4 {
[%cal Ga4a5,Ga1a4,Ga4e4] /\ a4-a5, Ra4} a5 17. Kd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1b1,Gb1a2] with
cinic idea Kd1-c1-b1-a2} fxg3 18. hxg3 Nh5 19. Nxh4 $18) 15. hxg3 Bxg3+ 16.
Rxg3 g4 17. Nh4 Nd4 $6 (17... Rg5 18. Qe2 (18. Ndf3 $6 Rh5) 18... Nh5 19. Qf2
$18) ({just} 17... Nh5 {gave some possibilities for the struggle, for example}
18. Rxh3 (18. Nf5 Qc5 (18... Qg5 19. Qe2 $18) 19. d4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rc3
$1 $18) 18... gxh3 19. Qxh5 Rg1+ 20. Nf1 h2 21. Nf5 h1=Q (21... Qc5 22. Qxh2
$18 {/\ d4}) 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qxh1 Rxh1 24. Bf6 {with winning endgame}) (
17... Nd7 {Bangiev} 18. Nf5) 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nf5 Qe5 20. Qe2 Rd7 21. Nc4 Qf4
(21... Qe8 22. Ba4 $18) 22. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Kakhovka"]
[Site "Kakhovka"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Shulman"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]

1. e4 {Kapengut,A} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 fxg3 7. h4
(7. hxg3 Bg7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. O-O $5 (10. Rf1) 10... Nf6 11. Qd3 O-O
$6 (11... Bh5 $142 12. Bb5 $44) 12. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb4 (13... Be6 14.
Rf4 $1 Nb4 15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 Kg7 18. Rf4 $44 {->}) 14. Qd2 c5
(14... d5 $2 15. e5 $18) (14... Be6 $5 15. d5 Bh3 16. Rf2 $8 Qe7 17. Qf4 Qe5
18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Nxc2 21. Rc1 Nd4 22. Nb5 $14) 15. Rf4 Bh3
16. Qh2 cxd4 (16... Ng4 $2 17. Qxh3 (17. Rxg4 $4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bxg4 $19) 17...
Qxg5 18. Rxg4 Qe3+ 19. Kg2 Qd2+ 20. Ne2 Nxc2 21. Rh1 Ne3+ 22. Kf3 {1-0 Fedorov,
A-Notkin,M/Sankt_Peterburg 68/271 1996}) 17. Qxh3 dxc3 18. Raf1 Qb6+ (18...
cxb2 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rg4+ Bg7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Kg2 $18) 19.
Kh1 Nxe4 $1 20. Bh6 $1 d5 21. Rg4 Nf2+ (21... Qg6 22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Qe6+ Kh7
24. Bxg7 Rae8 25. Qd7 $18) 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rg4 $18 {Fedorov,A})
7... g4 8. Ng1 g2 (8... Qf6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. h5 a6 11. Bg2 Nbc6 12. Nge2 Bd7 13.
Qd2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Qg7 15. Nxg3 f5 16. exf5 Qf7 17. Rdf1 Nb4 18. d5 Bg7 19.
Bd4 c5 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. f6 $18 {Naftalin,S-Bernard,H/corr (M/GT/193) ;MAS C30
AB 1988}) (8... Be7 9. Bg2 Bxh4 10. Bf4 h5 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. O-O-O h4 13. e5 Be7
14. Qe3 Na6 15. Nge2 h3 16. Nxg3 Nh6 17. Be4 Nb4 18. exd6 cxd6 19. a3 f5 20.
axb4 fxe4 21. Ncxe4 Nf7 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nd5 Bh4 24. Rhf1 $40 {Tait,
J-McLaughin,K/corr ;MAS C30 AB 1989}) 9. Bxg2 Be7 10. h5 Bh4+ 11. Ke2 Bg5 12.
Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nc6 $6 $146 (14... Ne7 15. Nge2 c6 (15... Na6
16. Rhf1 O-O 17. Rae1 Kg7 18. Nf4 c6 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. Bf1 Nc7 21. Be2 Kf8 22.
Rg2 d5 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. e5 Rg5 25. Rfg1 Ne6 26. Nxe6+ Bxe6 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28.
Rxg4 Rxh5 $17 {Vrenegoor,T-Van Gisbergen,S/NLD-ch sf Enschede (08) ;EXT 91ch
1991}) 16. Raf1 Na6 17. Rf6 Be6 18. d5 $36 {Leisebein,P-Ziersch,H/corr (DDR)
1985}) 15. Nb5 (15. Nd5 $1 Kd8 16. Ne2 f5 17. Rhf1 Nge7 18. Ne3 $36) 15... Kd8
16. Ne2 Bd7 (16... f5 $1 17. Rhf1 Nge7 18. Rf4 $44 {/\ Raf1}) 17. Raf1 Rh7 18.
Nbc3 (18. Rf4 Nce7 19. Nbc3 c6 20. Nd1 $5 f5 21. Ne3 Nf6 $5 $132) 18... Rg7 19.
Nd5 Nce7 20. Ne3 c6 21. Rf4 Kc7 (21... f5 $5 22. exf5 Nf6 $132) 22. Ng3 $44 f6
23. c4 (23. Bf1 $5 d5 $140 24. Bd3 $14) 23... Rg5 24. Bf1 Rf8 (24... f5 $5) 25.
Be2 Rf7 26. Bxg4 (26. Rh4 $5 Rfg7 27. b4 $36) 26... Bxg4 27. Nxg4 (27. Rxg4 $6
Rxg4 28. Nxg4 Rg7 29. Rh4 Rg5 30. Ke3 f5 31. exf5 Nxf5+ 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 $11)
27... Rfg7 28. Rh4 b5 $1 $11 29. cxb5 Rxb5 30. b3 Rgg5 $6 (30... Rbg5 31. Nf5
Nxf5 32. exf5 Kd8 {/\Ne7=}) 31. Rh3 $1 f5 32. exf5 Nxf5 33. Ne4 Rg7 34. a4 $1 {
[#]} (34. Nc3 Rb4 $132) 34... Ra5 (34... Rd5 $140 $2 35. Nef6 $18) (34... Rb4
35. Rxf5 Rxg4 36. Kc3 c5 (36... Rb8 37. Rf7+ $18) 37. Nxc5 $1 Ne7 38. Na6+ Kb6
39. Nxb4 Nxf5 40. Nc2 $16) 35. Nc3 Nfe7 (35... Nge7 $6 36. b4 $1) 36. Ne3 Rag5
(36... Rgg5 37. d5 $1 Nxd5 38. Nexd5+ cxd5 39. b4 Ra6 40. Rf7+ Kd8 41. b5 $16)
37. Rf8 d5 $6 $138 (37... Nc8 38. Ne4 Rg1 39. Nf5 R7g2+ (39... Rd7 40. d5 $1)
40. Kc3 a5 $140 $6 41. Rf7+ Kb6 42. Nexd6 $16) (37... Rg3 38. Rxg3 Rxg3 39. d5
$5 (39. Ne4 Rh3 40. Ra8 Kb7 41. Rd8 Kc7 42. Rxd6 Rh4 43. Re6 Rxh5 $14) 39...
Rg5 40. dxc6 Rxh5 41. Ra8 $16) 38. Ne2 $22 Kb7 39. b4 $5 (39. Nf4 Rg1 (39...
Rg3 $6 40. Rxg3 Rxg3 41. Ng6 Kc7 (41... Kb6 42. Re8 $18) 42. Rf7 Kd8 43. Nxe7
Nxe7 44. Rxe7 $1 $18) 40. Ne6 R7g3 41. Nc5+ Kc7 42. Rh4 $40) 39... Nc8 40. Nf4
Re7 (40... Rg1 41. Ne6 Re7 42. Nd8+ Kc7 43. Nxc6 $1 $18) 41. Ng6 $18 Re4 (41...
Rg7 42. Nf5 Rh7 43. Rf3 Nge7 44. Nfxe7 Nxe7 45. R8f7 $18) 42. Rxg8 Rxd4+ 43.
Kc3 Re4 44. Nc2 a5 45. Rg7+ Kb6 46. bxa5+ Kxa5 47. Nd4 c5 48. Nb3+ Kb6 49. Rf3
Nd6 50. Rf6 Rg3+ 51. Kb2 Rg2+ 52. Nd2 $1 (52. Ka3 $4 Rxa4+ $1) 52... Rb4+ 53.
Kc3 (53. Kc1 Rg1+ 54. Kc2 $18) 53... d4+ 54. Kd3 Rg3+ 55. Ke2 Re3+ 56. Kd1 c4
57. Rxd6+ Kc5 58. Ra6 d3 59. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "SCO-chT1"]
[Site "Scotland"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russell, David"]
[Black "Beaton, Kenneth S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[Annotator "Shaw"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 {The Fischer Defence to the King's Gambit} 4. d4
g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Qf6 {In 1961 Fischer wrote that after 6..Bh6 White has no
compensation. Modern theorists disagree.} 7. Nc3 Ne7 (7... c6 {The old way to
prevent Nd5. However the weakening of d6 tended to be exploited by an e5 pawn
sac followed by Ne4-d6. The text leads to one of the most theoretically
important positions in the King's Gambit.}) 8. Qd3 (8. Nge2 Bh6 9. Qd2 {
After both this and 9.g3 Black has been doing well. The world expert on the
King's Gambit, GM Joe Gallagher recommends 9.Qd3 /\ Bd2 and 0-0-0. Using a
slightly different move order White tests this plan.} (9. g3)) 8... Bh6 9. Bd2
a6 (9... Nbc6 10. Nb5 {Annoying!}) 10. O-O-O Nbc6 11. Nge2 Bd7 {Both sides
have developed logically, reaching a critical position for Gallagher's plan.}
12. Nd5 $2 (12. g3 f3 13. Nf4 (13. Bxh6 fxe2 $19) 13... Qxd4 $19) (12. Kb1 $5
O-O-O 13. Bc1 f3 $13) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Nc3 (14. Qc4 $6 O-O-O (14...
O-O $1 15. Qxc7 (15. Nc3 b5 $40) 15... Bf5 {/\ Rfc8 and b5}) 15. Ba5) 14...
O-O-O 15. Qc4 Kb8 16. Qb4 Ka7 17. Bd3 {White has no compensation for the pawn.
The rest of the game consists of White trying to land a big punch. Black
defends calmly.} Nf5 18. Ne4 Qg7 19. Kb1 Rhe8 20. Bc3 Bc8 21. Nc5 $5 {A good
try to confuse a lost position.} Ne3 {The best practical decision, although
Black can probably take the piece.} (21... dxc5 22. dxc5 (22. Qxc5+ Kb8 23. Ba5
f6 $1) 22... Qf8 $1) 22. Be4 f5 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 d5 25. Bd3 Nxd1 26. Rxd1
Rxe6 27. Qc5+ Kb8 28. Bxf5 Rc6 29. Qa3 Rf6 30. Bd3 f3 31. Bb4 Re6 32. Bf1 Re3
33. c3 Qg6+ 34. Ka1 fxg2 35. Bxg2 Qc2 (35... Qc2 36. Rg1 Qxg2 {Black has an
extra rook.}) 0-1

