Opening Report

Database: fritztwic (2,023,197 games)

Report: 1.e4 e6 2. e2 c5 (1256 games)
ECO: C00h [French: Chigorin, 2...c5]
Generated by Scid 4.3, 2015.07.03

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Statistics and History

1.1

Statistics

All report games

1.2
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:

1:0
523

1 1
:
2 2

370

0:1
362

Score
56.4%

Oldest games

0:1(59) Chigorin Tarrasch, St Petersburg RUS 1893 54

1:0(34) Chigorin Tarrasch, St Petersburg RUS 1893 54
0:1(62) Chigorin Tarrasch, St Petersburg RUS 1893 39
1:0(43) Chigorin Tarrasch, St Petersburg RUS 1893 1
1:0(46) Maroczy Swiderski, Monte Carlo MNC 1904 20

1.3
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:

Games
1256

Newest games

(72) Klein 2509 Peng 2381, Haarlem NED 2015.06.28 125

(107) Pichot 2492 Rodriguez Vila 2469, Buenos Aires ARG 2015.06.13 54
1:0(38) Escalante Ramirez 2380 Fernandez 2215, Buenos Aires ARG 2015.06.04
1:0(50) Hadzovic 2218 Pestek 2035, Sarajevo BIH 2015.06.03
0:1(30) Mischeryakov 1945 Askerov 2171, Kazan RUS 2015.06.01

1.4

1 1
:
2 2
1 1
:
2 2

Current popularity

Year
Once every X games

1800-99
738

1900-49
1030

1950-69
1723

1970-79
3553

1980-89
4778

1990-99
1566

2000-09
1553

Frequency in all years:

In the 10 years to today:
In the 5 years to today:
In the 1 year to today:

1.5
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:

1.6
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:

once every 1610 games

once every 1697 games
once every 1610 games
once every 1395 games

(down 4% from all years)

(no change from all years)
(up 15% from all years)

Most frequent players (White)

11
9
8
7
7
7

18931907
20072015
20092011
19802013
19952005
20062013

41%
56%
63%
71%
64%
79%

2487
2424
2600
2540
2519

Chigorin, Mikhail 1,8,12,14,20,39,54

Bokros, Albert 66,87,118,120,122,124,125
Piscopo, Pierluigi 77,118,123
Balashov, Yuri S 4,5,6,39,67
Kaminski, Marcin 39,48,49,120,123
Sanduleac, Vasile 70,92,101

Most frequent players (Black)

8
7
6
5
5
5

19652007
20002015
20012014
19952014
19642003
18931905

69%
86%
58%
40%
90%
60%

2526
2462
2478
2617
2560

Farago, Ivan 13,59,67,68,93,115,117

Peng, Zhaoqin 77,108,125
Hoang, Thanh Trang 41,43,59,99,102,125
Socko, Bartosz 35,37,39,72,115
Uhlmann, Wolfgang 1,20,24,85
Tarrasch, Siegbert 1,12,39,54

Ratings and Performance

2.1

Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2294 (1111 games); White performance: 2296 (56% vs 2253)
Black rating: 2253 (1099 games); Black performance: 2237 (42% vs 2294)

2.2
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:

Games with highest average rating

1:0(56) Karjakin 2763 Vallejo Pons 2705, Beijing CHN 2011 32

1 1
: (19) Nepomniachtchi 2714 Morozevich 2724, Sochi RUS 2014 35
2 2
1 1
: (16) Laznicka 2684 Akobian 2612, Arlington, VA USA 2013 107
2 2
1:0(43) Rapport 2709 Bluebaum 2576, Moscow RUS 2015 59
1:0(33) Romanishin 2605 Bareev 2675, Moscow RUS 1994 82
1:0(40) Bruzon Batista 2669 Timman 2607, Curacao AHO 2005 32
1 1
: (35) Ehlvest 2615 Jussupow 2660, Novgorod RUS 1995 121
2 2
1 1
: (31) Onischuk 2605 Glek 2670, GER 1996 109
2 2

3
3.1

Result Trends
Result lengths and frequencies
Score

Report games
All games

56.4%
54.2%

Game length
1:0 21 : 12 0:1
41
41
42
40
37
42

Frequency
1:0
41.6%
37.6%

1 1
:
2 2

29.4%
33.0%

0:1
28.8%
29.2%

3.2
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:

1:0(10) Perez Mitjans 2477 Hernando Rodrigo 2323, Catalunya ESP 2012 66
1:0(11) Anurag 2418 Dukaczewski 2226, Barcelona ESP 2013
1:0(12) Nuri 2235 Pettersen 2020, Caleta ENG 2010
1:0(13) Chalakov Voronkov 1983, Albena BUL 2009
1:0(15) Di Paolo 2343 Passerotti 2258, Turin ITA 2010

3.3
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:

Shortest wins (White)

Shortest wins (Black)

0:1(10) Garcia Estruch 1801 Narciso Dublan 2551, Zaragoza ESP 2012
0:1(16) Reinhart 2295 Carlsson 2481, Kemer TUR 2007 47
0:1(18) Hansen Bjerke, Gausdal NOR 1999
0:1(18) Schuetze 2134 Schaefer 2402, Fuerth GER 1999
0:1(18) Kaforos 2203 Fiducioso 2122, Fermo ITA 2009

4
4.1

Moves and Themes

Move orders reaching the report position

Q
Q

There were 2 move orders reaching this position:

1: 1. e4 e6 2. e2 c5 (1254)
2: 1. e4 c5 2. e2 e6 (2)

4.2

Moves from the report position

Move
1
f3
2 g3
3 f4
4 b3
5 d3
6
c3
7 c3
8 c4
Total

ECO
C00i

4.3

Frequency
611: 48.6%
376: 29.9%
169: 13.4%
34: 2.7%
30: 2.3%
26: 2.0%
8: 0.6%
2: 0.1%
1256:100.0%

Score
58.2%
55.4%
50.2%
55.8%
68.3%
59.6%
43.7%
25.0%
56.4%

Elo
2316
2295
2235
2367
2158
2036

Perf
2304
2306
2255
2353
2263
2156

2294

2296

Year
2005
2003
1996
2001
2004
1991
2007
2012
2003

Positional Themes

Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:

Same-side castling:
78% White Isolated Queen Pawn:
Opposite castling:
7% Black Isolated Queen Pawn:
Kingside pawn storm:
5% White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:
Queens exchanged:
18% Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:
Only one side has Bishop pair:
7% Open c/d/e file:

4.4

% Draws
30%
29%
26%
41%
30%
27%
63%
50%
29%

Endgames

Material at the end of each game:

9%
8%
61%
52%
42%

Report games
All games

R
Q
QR
p BN R BN Q BN QR BN
1%
2%

11%
10%

7%
9%

25%
26%

2%
2%

7%
5%

3%
4%

43%
42%

Theory Table

1.e4 e6 2. e2 c5: +523 =370 362 (708/1256:

3
4
5
6
1 b31
f33
b25
c3
c62
d64
ge76
g6
10
2 f4
f3
e5
c3
f68
d59
fd7
c4
3 ...
f312
g314
d3
c6
ge713 d515
g616
4 ...
...
g320
d322
21
...
e7
d5
f6
5 ...
...
g325
g227
...
g6
g726
ge7
33
6 g3
c3
g2
f4
c631
g632
g7
ge734
40
7 ...
f3
g2
d341
39
...
g6
g7
ge742
8 ...
...
...
OO
...
...
...
ge746
9 ...
g2
f355
h457
54
56
...
ge7
g6
h6
10 ...
...
c359
f460
...
g6
g7
ge761
11
f3
d367
g3
g269
66
68
c6
g6
g7
ge7
12 ...
c3
exd573
a374
...
d572
xd5
f6
13 ...
g3
g2
d379
77
78
...
e7
d5
f680
86
88
14 ...
...
g2
d3
...
f6
d587
e789
15 ...
...
g2
OO93
92
...
d6
g6
g7
99
100
16 ...
...
g2
c3
...
g6
g7
ge7101
17 ...
...
...
d3
...
...
...
ge7107
18 ...
...
...
OO
...
...
...
ge7112
19 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
20 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

N
N
N

N
N
N
N
B
N

B
N

N
N

B
N

B
N
N

B
B
B
B
B
N

B
B
Q
B
B
B
B
B

N
N

N
B
N
N
N
N

N
B
N
N
N
N
B
B
N
N
N

56%)
7
8
9
10
OOO
h4
g3
h5
35: 51%
e7
f6
a6
ge57
d4
xd3
e2
e3
9: 39%
cxd3
b6
c6
c511
g2
OO17
c318
d2
30: 48%
g7
b6
OO
d419
g2
OO
e5
c3
10: 45%
OO
b523
d7
b624
d328
c329
e3
d4
12: 38%
OO
b5
d6
cxd430
f3
OO
a336
h1
36: 60%
35
d6
OO
b837
f538
h443
c344
OO
a3
31: 53%
h6
d6
OO
b845
c347
d349
a351
b4
21: 43%
48
50
OO
e5
d652
h653
c3
d3
OO
e5
25: 56%
g7
d5
OO
b858
f362
OO
d3
a3
32: 69%
d663
e564
OO
h865
bd270 OO
c3
exd5
25: 46%
OO
e5
d5
xd571
g3
g2
OO
c4
15: 60%
e775
OO
d8
e476
OO81
e5
c4
dxc4
35: 51%
OO82
d783
dxc484
c785
OO
e5
c4
dxc4
16: 72%
OO
d790
dxc4
d491
c3
d195
a397
c2
27: 61%
94
96
ge7
e5
OO
g498
OO102
d3104
a3
c2
36: 57%
103
OO
b6105
b7
e5106
c3108
OO
a3110
c2
21: 45%
109
d6
OO
b8
b5111
e5115
exd6
bd2
37: 54%
d3113
114
OO
d6
xd6116
d4117
c3
d3119
h4121
e5
22: 61%
118
120
d5
h6
b6
a5122
a3125
d1
25: 50%
...
d3123
d6124
b6126
e5127
OO
Generated from the 500 highest-rated games.

B
B
B

B
Q
Q

N
B
N
R

B
N
N
B

Q
N
N

N
N
R

N
N
B
N
R
Q

N
B
B
B
N
N
K
N
R

R
N
K
N
N
Q
Q
N
N
B
N
N
N
N
R

N N
N
Q Q
N Q

B
N B
K R B N
N
B N
B B
N B N Q
N B B N
B
N N
B B
N
N Q N
N B
B B Q
N
N Q Q B N N
N N
B

3. c3 c6 4.g3 d6 5. g2 g6 6. h3 g7
7.OO ge7 8.d3 OO 9. h1 b8 10. e3 d4
11. d2 a5 1:0(93) Hromadka Trifunovic,
Prague CZE 1937; 5... f6 6.d3 e7 7. h3 a6
8. f4 c7 9.h3 b5 10. e3 b7 11.OO OO
1 1
: (51) Hromadka Opocensky, Prague CZE
2 2
1937; 4...f6 5.d3 ge7 6. e3 d4 7. d2
ec6 8. g2 e7 9. ge2 d6 10.OO d7
11. f4 e5 1:0(80) Chigorin Olland,
Carlsbad CZE 1907; 4... e7 5. g2 d6 6. h3
d4 7. d1 f6 8.d3 OO 9. f4 d7 10.OO
c6 11. e3 c7 12 : 12 (32) Hromadka
Przepiorka, Bad Pistyan CZE 1922; 4. f3 a6
5.g3 d4 6. d3 b6 7. g2 e7 8. xd4
cxd4 9. e2 c6 10.c3 dxc3 11.bxc3 c5
1:0(43) Chigorin Tarrasch, St Petersburg RUS
1893.

N
B

N
N

N B

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

3.d3 c6 4.c3 f6 5.g3 d5 6. d2 e7 7.f4

OO 8. g2 b5 9. gf3 c4 10.e5 cxd3 11. xd3
d7 0:1(31) Bellon Lopez 2400 Uhlmann
2560, Madrid ESP 1973; 4...g6 5.g3 g7 6. g2
ge7 7.f4 d6 8. f3 OO 9.OO b8 10. e3 b5
11.d4 cxd4 1:0(37) Svetushkin 2461 Lipka
2432, Panormo GRE 2001; 4...d5 5.f4 f6 6.e5
g8 7. f3 ge7 8.g3 f5 9. h3 g6 10.OO
1 1
: Gallinnis 2307 Boidman 2442, GER 2000;
2 2
4. f3 ge7 5.h4 d5 6.g3 h6 7.h5 dxe4 8.dxe4
e5 9.c3 g4 10. e3 g8 11. bd2 f6
1 1
: (35) Antal 2475 Hanley 2387, Millfield
2 2
School ENG 2003.

N
N

B
N

N N N
N B
N N
B B N N N
N

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

B B
B B
N N
B B B
N
N
N
N B B
B

3.c3 c6 4.f4 ge7 5. f3 d5 6.d3 g6 7.g3

g7 8. g2 b6 9.e5 OO 10.OO 12 : 12 Ruiz C 2357
Hevia Alejano 2515, Havana CUB 2013; 4.g3
g6 5. g2 g7 6.f4 ge7 7. f3 OO 8.OO d6
9.d3 b6 10. e3 a6 11. f2 e5 0:1(36) Ruiz C
2365 Terry 2436, Bogota COL 2014; 3...d5
4.d3 f6 5.g3 c6 6.e5 d7 7.f4 b5 8. f3
b6 9. g2 a6 10.a3 b7 11.OO e7
1 1
:
(42) Arkhipov 2532 Vakhidov 2458,
2 2
Abudhabi UAE 2000.

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

Balashov 2510 Alavkin 2375, Smolensk RUS

1997.

N B
N
N
N N N
Q N B
B
4...e5 5.Bb2 d6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Qd1 g6 8.Bc4
Bg7 9.Nd5 OO 10.h4 Bg4 11.Ne3 Be6

4... f6 5. b2 d5 6.exd5 xd5 7.g3 db4

8. a3 d4 9. xd4 cxd4 10. c4 c6 11. g2
d7 21 : 12 (69) Gorbatov 2420 Naumkin 2455,
Moscow RUS 1995.

3.c4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.OO

Nge7 8.Na3 OO 9.Nc2 Rb8 10.Rb1 Qa5

11.a3 b5 0:1(67) Bartsch 2242 Zumsande 2418,

Schwetzingen GER 2013.

Bb2 d6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.g3 OO 8.Bg2

Qc7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nd5 11.d3 b6 1:0(24)
Eliseev 2552 Licznerski 2354, Al-Ain UAE
2013; 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Nd5 9.c4 Ndb4 10.Qe4
f5 11.exf6 Bxf6 : (38) Varga 2470 Kastelic
2311, Slovenia SLO 2014; 5...Bd7 6.Nf3 Qc7
7.g3 a6 8.Bg2 Nge7 9.d3 h6 10.Nbd2 Rg8
11.h4 OOO : (31) Varga 2441 Balog 2539,
Budapest HUN 2013; 5...e5 6.Nf3 exf4 7.Nc3
Nge7 8.Nd5 Ng6 9.OOO Bg4 10.Qb5 Qd7
11.Qa4 Rc8 1:0(43) Badmatsyrenov 2445
Minasian 2525, Moscow RUS 2012; 5.Nf3 Nf6
6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 OO 8.OO e5 9.c3 Bg4 10.h3
Bh5 11.d3 Ne8 0:1(51) Badmatsyrenov 2464
Sharavdorj 2440, Ulaanbaatar MGL 2011; 5...e5
6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.OO Nge7 9.Nh4 OO
10.f4 exf4 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 1:0(27) Soltis
Whiteley, Harrachov 1967; 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f4
Be7 7.OOO a6 8.g4 b5 9.g5 Nd7 10.Nf3 b4
11.Na4 e5 0:1(46) Reprintsev 2428 Yu 2535,
Internet Chess Club INT 2000; 4...Nf6 5.Nf3
Be7 6.e5 Nd5 7.g3 f6 8.Bg2 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6
10.Nc3 Nc7 11.OO e5 0:1(37) Soltis Mednis,
New York, NY USA 1968; 5.g3 Be7 6.e5 Nd5
7.Bg2 OO 8.Nf3 f6 9.OO fxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5
11.Bxe5 d6 : (26) Soltis Levy, New York,
NY USA 1968; 4...d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qd8
7.Ne4 Nd4 8.Qd1 Be7 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Neg5
Nd7 11.Nxd4 Bxg5 : (33) Varga 2444
Petrik 2510, Szombathely HUN 2014.
4...Nge7 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 dxe4 7.Qxe4 Nf5
8.Bb2 Be7 9.OO OO 10.Na3 Bf6 11.Bxf6
Qxf6 : (70) Balashov 2530 Volkov 2485, St
Petersburg RUS 1996; 7...Qd5 8.Nc3 Qxe4+
9.Nxe4 Nd5 10.Bb2 f6 11.OO e5 : (28)

4.

1 1
:
2 2

(112) Berg 2555 Lindborg 2240, Vasteras

SWE 2014.

N B B
N
N B
N N Q
N N
Q
3...Be7 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nc3 Nxc3
7.dxc3 Nc6 8.f4 Qc7 9.Qg4 g6 10.h4 h5
11.Qg3 b6 0:1(32) Isakov 2307 Zaitsev 2435,

B B N
N
N
N N

3... f6 4. b2 e7 5.e5 d5 6.g3 c6 7. g2

db4 8. a3 d4 9. d1 d5 10. f3 xf3+
11. xf3 OO 12 : 12 (45) Antoniewski 2499
Misiano 2273, Davos SUI 2003.

4... e7 5. b2 f6 6.e5 d5 7.g3 OO 8. g2

f6 9.OO db4 10. a3 xe5 11. xe5 fxe5
0:1(47) Brustkern 2246 Galyas 2436, Budapest
HUN 2004.
5

Voronezh RUS 2005.

N B B B
N B

5.g3 f6 6. b2 e7 7. g2 OO 8.OO c7
9.c3 d5 10.d3 b6 11. bd2 b7 1:0(54)
Balashov 2510 Zakharov 2375, Perm RUS

B
N

B N

1997; 5...g6 6. b2 e5 7. g2 ge7 8.c3 g7

9.d3 OO 10. bd2 b5 11.OO b4 1:0(32)
Balashov 2555 Vujic 2235, Schwaebisch
Gmuend 1998.
6

13

R
B Q
N

B B
B
N
N R

5... f6 6.g3 e7 7. g2 e5 8.c3 d7 9.OO

c8 10. a3 OO 11. c2 e8 21 : 12 (14)
Balashov 2530 Zakharevich 2485, Elista RUS
1996.
11. h2 d4 12 : 12 (33) Andres Gonzalez 2407
Pedersen 2339, Andorra AND 2001; 12 : 12 (33)
Andres Gonzalez 2407 Pedersen 2339,
Andorra 2001.

3... e7 4.b3 d5 5. b2 f6 6. c3 c6 7. f3
d4 8. d3 dxe4 9. xe4 xe4 10. xe4
xf3+ 11. xf3 OO 0:1(29) Chigorin Marco,
Cambridge Springs 1904; 6.exd5 OO 7.dxe6
xe6 8. f3 e8 9. c3 d6 10.OOO xf4
11. f2 bd7 12 : 12 (23) Lendwai 2405 Zueger
2425, Gelsenkirchen GER 1991; 4. f3 d5 5.d3
f6 6.g3 c6 7.c3 OO 8. g2 b5 9.OO b7
10. d1 b6 11.e5 d7 0:1(42) Chigorin
Teichmann, Ostende 1905.

N
N
B

B N N N N
N N Q

Q
N R N B
B
Q N
N
N
N
B
B
R Q
N
3...d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.OO OO 10.d3 Bd7
11.Ne4 Rc8 : (50) Short 2660 Korchnoi
2610, Groningen NED 1997; 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nf3
Be7 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 c4 8.OO Qb6+ 9.Kh1
cxd3 10.cxd3 Qa6 11.e5 Ng8 1:0(29) Sarthou
2385 Lukov 2458, Creteil FRA 2002.
3...g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 Nc6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bg2
d5 8.e5 f6 9.exf6 Bxf6 10.d3 OO 11.OO Qd6

1:0(34) Lendwai 2405 Kishnev 2520,

Gelsenkirchen GER 1991.

10

11

12

N N
N

N
N Q

4... c6 5. c3 d5 6.exd5 xd5 7.g3 db4 8.d3

d4 9. xd4 cxd4 10. d1 a5 11.c3 dxc3
1 1
:
(59) Keres Bogoljubow, Dresden GER
2 2
1936.

B
N B Q
N
11.Bxc5 Nxc5 0:1(61) Khamrakulov 2524
Ding 2458, Subic Bay PHI 2009.
4.c3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.g3 Nge7 7.Bg2 d6 8.OO
OO 9.d3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Be3 Rb8 : (20) Sax
2502 Martinovic 2403, Split CRO 2008;
7...Rb8 8.OO OO 9.g4 d5 10.d3 b5 11.Be3 c4
B

6.g3 b6 7.d3 a6 8.c3 c6 9. h3 c7 10.OO

e7 11. a3 OO 0:1(50) Khouseinov 2348
Gomez 2519, Al Ain UAE 2008.

1 1
:
2 2

(22) Petrenko 2282 Matveeva 2433,

Belgrade SRB 2008.

N N

N B

R N

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

B N
Q Q B

B
N Q
B
B
N
N
B N N
B
N B
N
N
N
B B
N B N Q
N
N
R
Q B
N Q
4...d5 5.d3 Nge7 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.OO OO
9.c4 f5 10.e5 d4 11.Na3 Bd7 1:0(40) Sulskis
2555 Rodgaard 2320, Elista RUS 1998;
5...Nf6 6.e5 Nd7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qf2
Qc7 10.Nc3 d4 11.Nb5 Qd8 : (36) Shyam
2482 Zhang 2348, Moscow RUS 2012; 5...Be7
6.g3 h5 7.h3 Nf6 8.c4 a6 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.Bg2
Nd4 11.Qf2 Nxf3+ 1:0(55) Khouseinov 2331
Prasca Sosa 2352, Bled SLO 2002.
4...b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.d3 g6
9.OO a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.f5 Bg7 0:1(23) Kirillov
Mazel, Moscow RUS 1931.
4...Qc7 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.e5 Nd5 8.c4
Ndb4 9.d3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.a3 Nc6

1 1
2 2

B B

N
Q N N
B B
B
N N
B B
B B N N
B
N
B B
B
N N
Q
N B
N
N B N N
N
N N B

N N

4...d6 5.g3 g6 6. g2 g7 7.c3 ge7 8.OO OO

9.d3 e5 10. e3 exf4 11. xf4 h6 21 : 12 (53) Rigo
2385 Keitlinghaus 2400, Dortmund GER 1991;
9... b8 21 : 12 Szuk 2392 Pergel 2341, Hungary
HUN 2005; 8.d3 OO 9. e3 b6 10. bd2 a6
11. f2 d7 21 : 12 (26) Sandipan 2593 Das
2404, Kolkata IND 2008; 7.OO ge7 8.a4 OO
9. a3 b6 10.c3 d7 11. c2 a5 0:1(32)
Berger 2286 Farago 2467, Hamburg GER
2000; 5...e5 6.d3 e7 7. g2 h5 8.h3 f6 9.c3
ge7 10. a3 b6 11. e3 a6 1:0(32)
Tartakower Kmoch, Bad Niendorf 1927; 5.d3
g6 6.c3 g7 7. e3 ge7 8. bd2 b6 9.g3 a6
10.h4 d5 11.e5 f5 21 : 12 (58) McShane 2625
Korchnoi 2615, Igualada ESP 2005; 6. d2 g7
7. c3 e5 8. bd2 ge7 9.fxe5 dxe5 10. f2
d4 11. xd4 cxd4 0:1(38) Lotzien 2231
Keitlinghaus 2500, Baden Oos GER 2002.
4... f6 5.g3 d5 6.e5 d7 7. g2 d4 8. xd4
cxd4 9.OO b8 10.d3 c6 11. d2 e7
1 1
: (52) Short 2660 Korchnoi 2610, Groningen
2 2
NED 1997; 7...c4 8.d4 cxd3 9.cxd3 b6 10.OO
a6 11. d1 c5 0:1(51) Psakhis 2545
Lputian 2634, playchess.com INT 2004; 7. h3
g6 8.OO h5 9.d3 b5 10. c3 b6 11.a3 e7
1 1
: (16) Rigo 2330 Reefschlaeger 2410,
2 2
Hamburg GER 1981; 7.d3 e7 8.c4 b6
9. c3 OO 10. g2 d4 11. xd4 cxd4 0:1(53)
Sarthou 2280 Sale 2390, Cannes FRA 1995;
5.c3 d5 6.d3 e7 7.g3 OO 8.e5 e8 9. h3 b5
10. a3 b4 11. c2 bxc3 0:1(28) Bernard 2290
Szmetan 2405, Villa Ballester ARG 1996; 5.d3
d5 6.e5 g4 7.g3 h5 8. h3 e7 9.c3 b6
10. a3 a6 11. c2 d7 21 : 12 Vojta 2373
Polasek 2317, Prague CZE 2015; 5. c3 d5 6.e5
d7 7.d3 b5 8.a3 b8 9.g3 a5 10. d2 b4
11. d1 c7 1:0(29) Kuindzhy 2420 Loktiev
2261, Condino ITA 2009.

N
N

4.d3 e7 5. f3 d5 6. c3 f6 7.g3 d4
8. d1 b6 9. g2 OO 10.OO dxe4 11. xd4
cxd4 0:1(52) Chigorin Tarrasch, Ostende 1905.

1:0(19) Sulskis 2573 Feiler 2130, Neustadt an

K N

der Weinstrasse GER 2009.

14

15

N
N B
Q
K Q B
R
B B
R N
B
5...g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nc3 Nd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4
9.Nd1 b6 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.OO OO 1:0(56)
Tartakower Selezniev, Bad Pistyan CZE 1922;
6.Bg2 Bg7 7.OO d6 8.c3 OO 9.Na3 Rb8

5.d3 d5 6. c3 d4 7. d1 d7 8.g3 a5+

9. f2 c7 10. g2 e5 11. f1 OOO 12 : 12 (40)
Chigorin Suechting, Barmen GER 1905; 5...g6
6.g3 g7 7. g2 OO 8.OO b8 9. c3 d6
10.a4 a6 11. d2 b5 1:0(27) Galego 2506
Cubas 2430, Bled SLO 2002.

10.h3 a6 11.d3 b5 1:0(36) Himanshu 2421

Krishna 2317, Aurangabad IND 2011.

16

17

18

19

20

B
N N

N B

N
8.c3 b6 9.OO OO 10.Na3 d4 11.c4 e5 0:1(51)
Mijovic 2354 Drasko 2527, Bar MNE 2010.
9.e5 Nf5 10.Qf2 h5 11.c4 h4 0:1(43) Bellini
2484 Zaja 2513, Reggio Emilia ITA 2001.
11.Nxd4 cxd4 0:1(30) Solmanis Chistiakov,
Tbilisi GEO 1949.
5.d3 d5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.e5 Nd7 8.g3 Qc7 9.Bh3
g5 10.Nxg5 Bxg5 11.fxg5 Nd4 1:0(46)
Maroczy Swiderski, Monte Carlo MNC 1904;
6.e5 Nh6 7.g3 Nf5 8.Bg2 h5 9.OO Bd7 10.c3
Qb6 11.Na3 g6 : (80) Grau Guimard, La
Plata 1939; 5...d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Qa5 8.c3

26

27

Nc3 d5 6.d3 Nf6 7.g3 OO 8.Bg2 Bd7 9.OO

Nd4 10.Qd1 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Bc6 0:1(41)
Chigorin Showalter, Cambridge Springs 1904;
7.e5 Nd7 8.g3 b5 9.Bg2 Qb6 10.OO b4
11.Nd1 c4+ 0:1(31) Lendwai 2405 Uhlmann
2510, Graz AUT 1991; 6...d4 7.Nd1 Nf6 8.g3
b5 9.Bg2 Ba6 10.OO Rc8 11.b3 c4 1:0(49)
Chigorin Von Gottschall, Barmen GER 1905.
5...Nf6 6.d3 d5 7.Nc3 d4 8.Nd1 Qc7 9.Bg2 e5
10.Nf2 Bd6 11.f5 h6 : (44) Hromadka Von
Balla, Bad Pistyan CZE 1922.
6.e5 Nh6 7.d3 Nf5 8.c3 b5 9.Bg2 a5 10.OO h5
11.Na3 b4 0:1(56) Szuk 2416 Cao 2488,
Budapest HUN 2008.
8...Qc7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bd2 Nd4 11.Qd1 dxe4

21

23

25

5.

B
N N
B

R
Q N
B
R

B N

29

8.OO d6 9.c3 b5 10. e3 b4 11.d4 bxc3 0:1(43)

Bajbikov 2276 Battaglini 2446, Haifa ISR
2010.

30

11.cxd4 b6 0:1(59) Bricard 2453 Barsov

2524, Calvi FRA 2004.

31

Q
3...g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d3 Nge7 7.h4
h6 8.c3 d5 9.OO b6 10.Na3 Ba6 11.exd5 exd5

0:1(48) Gallagher 2525 Knaak 2555, Solingen

GER 1998; 0:1(48) Gallagher 2525 Knaak
2555, GER 1998; 5.d3 e7 6.f4 bc6 7. f3
d5 8.OO b5 9.e5 f5 10. f2 b6 11.c3 h5
1 1
: (58) Rasulov 2537 Pourramezanali 2371,
2 2
Tabriz IRI 2012; 5.c3 c6 6.f4 ge7 7. a3
OO 8. f3 d5 9.d3 b8 10. c2 b5 11.e5 b4
1:0(24) Romero Holmes 2522 Carvajal
Gorgona 2239, San Jose CRC 2013.

N
N N
Q Q
N
N N
R N

B B N N
N
R B

3...b6 4. g2 b7 5. f3 f6 6.d3 d5 7.e5

fd7 8.OO c6 9.c4 d4 10. e1 e7 11.h4 h6
1 1
: (66) Bancod 2356 Nadera 2404, Makati
2 2
PHI 2002; 12 : 12 (66) Bancod 2356 Nadera 2404,
Makati 2002.

N N
N
B
B
N B N
B
B N
B
N
N R Q

(66) Konstantinopolsky Alatortsev,

Leningrad RUS 1939.

11.d4 b4 0:1(35) Kovacs Uhlmann, Sarajevo

BIH 1969.

6.c3 ge7 7. g2 OO 8.d3 b5 9. e3 d6 10.d4

cxd4 11. xd4 xd4 1:0(50) Khamrakulov
2525 Muminova 2220, Tashkent AZE 2009;
7...d6 8.d3 OO 9. e3 b5 10.OO b8 11.d4
cxd4 0:1(59) Krsek 2132 Jedynak 2538,
Teplice CZE 2007; 7.d3 d5 8. g2 b5 9.OO b4
10.e5 a5 11. e3 bxc3 0:1(38) Reppen 2071
Rozentalis 2605, Gausdal NOR 2006.
7.OO OO 8.d3 b8 9. c3 d6 10. e3 d4
11. f2 ec6 0:1(40) Baum 2252 Barsov
2525, Catalan Bay ENG 2003; 8...b5 9.c3 b4
10. e3 d6 11. d1 bxc3 0:1(28) Schork 2118
Graf 2598, Deizisau GER 2010.

1 1
:
2 2

24

N N
5.d3 Bg7 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be3 d6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.d4
OO 10.g3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nb4 0:1(38) Gurgenidze
2450 Chernin 2475, Sverdlovsk 1984.
5...Nge7 6.Bg2 d5 7.d3 Bg7 8.c3 OO 9.OO h6
10.Na3 f5 11.e5 b6 1:0(32) Bricard 2445 Justo

28

1 1
2 2

22

1 1
2 2

5.

N N
Q N B

2327, Evry FRA 2001; 1:0(32) Bricard 2445

Justo 2327, Evry 2001.

6...b6 7. g2 dxe4 8.dxe4 b4 9. a3 a6

10. c4 ec6 11.a3 d4 1:0(31) Keres
Mikenas, Kemeri LAT 1937.

b5 9.h3 b4 10.c4 b3 11.a3 OO 1:0(29) Sarthou

2305 Goldgewicht 2365, FRA 1998.

N
N

9. h1 d4 10. xd4 cxd4 11. d1 c6

1:0(42) Rigo 2385 Thesing 2405, Dortmund
GER 1991; 6... ge7 7.e5 d5 8. f2 f5 9. b5
d7 10.g4 fd4 11. xd4 xd4 21 : 12 (54) Rigo
2300 Ellers 2360, Dortmund GER 1995.

3... f6 4. f3 d5 5.d3 b6 6.e5 fd7 7.h4 a6

8. h3 c4 9.OO cxd3 10.cxd3 c6 11. f4 c5
1 1
: (56) Flesch Portisch, Budapest HUN 1961;
2 2
4. g2 d5 5.d3 e7 6. f3 b6 7.OO b7 8.e5
fd7 9.c4 d4 10.h4 c6 11. e1 c7 12 : 21 (26)

Nc3 d6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.OO OO

Novikov 2540 Vastrukhin 2300, Voronezh RUS

2009.

32

N
N

N
B B
R B
N B
B N N
R
N N B B
N R K N
Q B B
4...Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 OO 8.OO
d6 9.Na3 b6 10.Nc2 a5 11.d3 a4 : (36) Kiik
2430 Brynell 2485, Stockholm SWE 1999;
9...Rb8 10.Kh1 a6 11.Rd1 b5 1:0(40)
Arakhamia-Grant 2437 Stockova 2335, Leon
ESP 2001; 5...d5 6.e5 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.OO Qc7
9.Re1 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.d3 e5 1:0(40) Sepp
2414 Kovaljov 2275, Tallinn EST 2000; 5.d3
d5 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.OO OO 9.Re1 h6
10.Nbd2 a5 11.a4 b6 1:0(50) Kiik 2421
Tolonen 2248, Espoo FIN 2011.
4...Bd6 5.Bg2 Nge7 6.f4 Bc7 7.Nf3 d5 8.d3
b5 9.OO OO 10.Be3 Bb6 11.Nbd2 a5 : (55)
Q

4...d5 5.d3 ge7 6. f3 b6 7. g2 a6 8.e5

c7 9.OO g6 10. e1 e7 11.h4 h6 1:0(40)
Bruzon Batista 2669 Timman 2607, Curacao
AHO 2005; 9...h6 10.h4 g6 11. a3 g7
0:1(29) Svetushkin 2543 Volkov 2634, Istanbul
TUR 2003; 8...h6 9.h4 g6 10. f4 f5 11. bd2
g8 1:0(56) Karjakin 2763 Vallejo Pons 2705,
Beijing CHN 2011; 5... f6 6. f3 e7 7. g2
OO 8.OO b6 9.e5 d7 10. e1 h8 11. bd2
f6 21 : 21 (30) Evans Berliner, New York, NY USA
1954; 10... c7 11. f4 b7 1:0(34) Predojevic
2641 Bilic 2272, Neum BIH 2008.

1 1
2 2

34

1 1
2 2

35

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

36

Malaniuk 2610 Zakharov 2330, Smolensk RUS

1997.

11.d3 b5 21 : 12 (41) Lastin 2535 Bareev 2665,

Elista RUS 1997.

39

4...d6 5. g2 g6 6.OO g7 7.c3 ge7 8. a3

OO 9. c2 e5 10.d3 f5 11.exf5 xf5 21 : 12 (21) Xu
2474 Tqeshelashvili 2307, Elista RUS 2004;
8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 f5 11. d1 b6
1 1
: (29) Girinath 2423 Praveen Kumar 2302,
2 2
Nagpur IND 2008; 7...e5 8.b3 ge7 9. b2 OO
10. a3 d5 11.exd5 xd5 0:1(49) Liu 2461 Lu
2514, Beijing CHN 2012; 5... f6 6.OO e7
7.c3 OO 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 e5 10.d5 b8
11. c3 a5 1:0(37) Kovalevskaya 2435 Huang
2430, Ningpo CHN 2008; 5...g5 6.h3 g7 7.c3
h6 8. a3 ge7 9.OO e5 10. e1 e6 11. c4
d7 0:1(28) Solomons 2210 Abdel Razik
2462, Tripoli LBA 2009.

33

N
N

N
B B

N B

N
N N

N N
B
N R Q
N B
N
N
B
N
B
N B N

N B
B
N N R
N
N
B
B
N
R B
R
N N
Q
R
N
N Q N N
Q
Q N B

4... f6 5. g2 d5 6.d3 e7 7.OO OO 8.e5 e8

9.c4 c7 10. c3 b8 11.a4 b4 0:1(68)
Kovalevskaya 2457 Kovacevic 2493, Solin
CRO 2005; 8. bd2 b6 9.c3 a5 10.a4 dxe4
11.dxe4 a6 12 : 21 (51) Kaminski 2540 Stoeber
2290, Bad Wiessee GER 1997; 5... e7 6.OO
OO 7.c3 d5 8.e5 d7 9.d4 b8 10. f4 b5
11. c1 b4 12 : 12 (18) Foisor 2395 Foisor 2426,
Grenoble FRA 2003; 6.e5 d5 7. c3 d6 8.exd6
xd6 9.OO OO 10. d1 a6 11.d4 cxd4 1:0(48)
Liu 2364 Mu 2311, Qingdao CHN 2013; 5.e5
d5 6.c4 db4 7. d1 d4 8. xd4 cxd4 9.a3
a5 10.axb4 xa1 11. a3 xb4 0:1(37)

6.d3 ge7 7. f3 OO 8.h4 f5 9.h5 d5 10.hxg6

xg6 11. g5 f6 1:0(31) Novikov 2562
Reutsky 2360, Pardubice CZE 2007; 7.h4 h6
8. a3 d6 9.f4 h5 10. h3 e5 11. g5 f6 0:1(35)
Perez Mitjans 2438 Rojas Keim 2414, Sabadell
ESP 2008; 6...d6 7.f4 ge7 8. f3 b5 9.OO OO
10. e3 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12 : 21 (37) Bachmann 2519
Perdomo 2353, Santos BRA 2008.

N
N

B
N

4...d6 5. g2 g6 6.f4 ge7 7. f3 g7 8.OO

OO 9. a3 e5 10.d3 a6 11. c2 f5 1:0(28) Kiik
2406 Lehtivaara 2342, Salo FIN 2012.
4... f6 5. g2 d5 6.d3 e7 7. d2 b5 8. gf3
a5 9.OO b4 10.c4 d4 11.e5 d7 1:0(43) Wohl
2439 Steadman 2231, Queenstown NZL 2006.

B N
N

38

4...b6 5. g2 a5 6.f4 a6 7.d3 ge7 8. f3 d5

9.e5 a4 10.OO h5 11. bd2 a7 1:0(31)
Delgado Ramirez 2417 Pecorelli Garcia 2430,
Havana CUB 1999.

B
N
N B

9... d7 10.d3 b8 11. c4 d5 0:1(34) Lobejko

2360 Socko 2475, Koszalin POL 1998.

Novikov 2562 Korobov 2530, Pardubice CZE

2007.

B
N
N R

37

1 1
2 2

Bg4 11.b4 Qd7 0:1(41) Ortiz 2249 Sengupta

2454, Balaguer ESP 2008.
6.h4 h6 7.Na3 Nge7 8.Nf3 d5 9.e5 OO 10.OO
Qb6 11.d3 Bd7 : (61) Wohl 2439 Bjelobrk
2399, Brisbane AUS 2006.
6...d6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.OO OO 9.Na3 Rb8
10.Rd1 e5 11.d3 b5 : (31) Pancevski 2459
Martinovic 2505, Bosnjaci CRO 2012.
7...OO 8.OO d6 9.a4 Rb8 10.Na3 a6 11.Rd1
Na5 : (19) Nepomniachtchi 2714
Morozevich 2724, Sochi RUS 2014; 9.Na3 e5
10.d3 f5 11.Be3 Qc7 1:0(31) Morozevich 2590
Socko 2435, Zagan POL 1997; 9.d3 Rb8
10.Be3 b5 11.d4 cxd4 0:1(45) Akhmadeev 2414
Shkliar 2249, Samara RUS 2002.
7...Rb8 8.d3 OO 9.Be3 b6 10.Bf2 Ba6 11.OO
d5 1:0(51) Kiik 2450 Kokkila 2296, FIN 2000.
9.Kh1 Rb8 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc2 b5 1:0(47)

N
N

B
6.Nf3 Nge7 7.h4 h6 8.OO e5 9.Na3 d6 10.d4

exd4 11.cxd4 cxd4 12 : 12 (50) Lagarde 2523

Ganaus 2302, Rhodes GRE 2013; 12 : 12 (50)
Lagarde 2523 Ganaus 2302, Rhodes GRE
2013; 6...d6 7.h4 h5 8.OO ge7 9.d3 e5 10.a3

Qxd6 0:1(44) Radnai 2276 Hoang 2475,

Kovalevskaya 2482 Mkrtchian 2391, Varna

BUL 2002.

N B
N B N
Q

4... ge7 5. g2 g6 6.OO g7 7.c3 OO 8.d3 b6

9. a3 b7 10. c2 e5 11.a3 a5 1:0(59)
Kaminski 2523 Socko 2543, Suwalki POL
1999; 5...d6 6.c3 c7 7.OO b6 8. a3 b7 9.d4
a6 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 a7 1:0(25) Zhang 2430
Tan 2260, Singapore SIN 1995; 5.b3 d5 6.exd5
xd5 7. b2 f6 8. g2 e7 9.OO OO 10. d1
d4 11. xd4 cxd4 1:0(50) Hamdouchi 2455
Moutousis 2425, Biel SUI 1993.

N
N

40

N B

N
B B

B
R
N
4...Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.d3 Nf6 7.OO OO 8.Nc3 a6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bf4 b5 11.Rfe1 d4 0:1(62)
Chigorin Tarrasch, St Petersburg RUS 1893;
7...b6 8.e5 Nd7 9.c4 Nf8 10.h4 Bb7 11.Re1 h6
1:0(30) Balashov 2600 Lputian 2445, Vilnius
LTU 1980; 6...h6 7.OO Nf6 8.Re1 b6 9.e5 Nh7
10.c4 Ng5 11.Nc3 Nxf3+ 1:0(28) Vasiukov
2545 Lputian 2445, Vilnius LTU 1980.
5.h4 h5 6.c3 e5 7.Na3 Bg7 8.Nc4 d5 9.exd5
Qxd5 10.Bg2 Be6 11.Ne3 Qd7 1:0(31)
Hamdouchi 2567 Larino Nieto 2350, Barcelona
ESP 2005; 5...h6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Bg2 e5 8.d3
Nge7 9.Be3 b6 10.OO Ba6 11.c4 OO 1:0(34)
Boros 2460 Szalai 2303, Budapest HUN 2007;
5...Bg7 6.h5 g5 7.h6 Nxh6 8.c3 Ng8 9.Qe3 g4
10.Nh2 Nf6 11.Qg5 Bf8 : (62) Kayumov
2404 Hassan 2324, Abudhabi UAE 2004.
5.c3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.OO OO 8.d3 b6 9.Re1
d6 10.Na3 Bb7 11.Nc2 Qd7 0:1(36) Barczay
2391 Berkes 2393, Budapest HUN 2001; 6.d3
Nge7 7.Na3 OO 8.Nc2 b5 9.Be3 b4 10.Bxc5

Budapest HUN 2008; 12 : 12 Wojtkiewicz 2576

Miton 2497, Bydgoszcz POL 2001.

B B
K

41

11.d4 cxd4 1:0(86) Gallagher 2519 Bunzmann

2555, GER 1999.

46

6...d6 7.c3 ge7 8. d1 e5 9.a3 f5 10.d3 b6

11.b4 a6 1:0(32) Spraggett 2530 Yedidia
2445, Andorra 1996; 9...OO 10.b4 h6 11. b2
b6 21 : 12 (31) Lastin 2465 Balashov 2490,
Moscow RUS 1995; 8.d3 OO 9. d1 e5
10. bd2 h6 11.a3 e6 0:1(40) Seifert 2315
Portisch 2430, Trencianske Teplice SVK 1981.

47

N B
N N

42

43

B B

R
B
7.d3 d6 8.c3 OO 9.Be3 b6 10.Na3 Ba6
11.Rfd1 Rc8 : (55) AlHuwar 2280
Radjabov 2599, Dubai UAE 2002; 8.Nbd2 Rb8
9.a4 a6 10.h4 h6 11.Nb3 b5 1:0(36) Littlewood
2275 Kelly 2496, Birmingham ENG 2005;
7...OO 8.Re1 d5 9.e5 Nf5 10.c3 Bd7 11.h4 f6
N

0:1(30) Suarez Garcia 2376 Hawkins 2550,

Hinckley Island ENG 2015; 8.c3 d6 9.h4 e5
10. bd2 h6 11. h2 f5 0:1(16) Reinhart 2295
Carlsson 2481, Kemer TUR 2007; 7...d5 8.e5
c7 9. f4 h6 10.h4 g5 11.hxg5 hxg5 0:1(40)
Turner 2325 Borovikov, Sas van Gent NED
1992.

Q B

N Q

7.e5 d6 8.exd6 xd6 9.d3 OO 10. bd2 c7

11.c3 e5 0:1(40) Odinokov 2349 Ulibin 2562,
Togliatti RUS 2003.

R R

7.h4 OO 8.d3 d6 9. e1 b8 10. c3 b5

11. g5 h6 1:0(38) Henni 2337 Hassan 2341,
Dubai UAE 2005.
48

N B

7...e5 8.d3 OO 9.a3 d6 10.b4 h6 11. bd2 e6

1 1
: (29) Kaminski 2530 Schmidt 2445,
2 2
Koszalin POL 1998; 11. b2 e6 21 : 12 (43)
Kaminski 2523 Socko 2438, Koszalin POL
1999.

B B

N
R

7...d6 8. a3 OO 9. c2 h6 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4

g5 0:1(29) Dworakowska 2390 Socko 2470,
Calicut IND 1998; 8. d1 e5 9. a3 OO 10. c4
e8 11.d3 d5 21 : 12 (48) Wang 2473 Shetty
2307, Las Vegas, NV USA 2014.

49

6...d6 7.OO ge7 8. bd2 OO 9.a4 e5 10.c3 h6

11.b3 e6 0:1(26) Lastin 2465 Dolmatov
2615, Elista RUS 1995; 7.c3 ge7 8.h4 h6
9. a3 e5 10. c2 e6 11. e3 f5 1:0(43)
Gallagher 2519 Scavo 2301, Lugano SUI 1999.

N
N
N B B
7.OO OO 8.c3 b6 9.Na3 Ba6 10.e5 d6 11.exd6

1 1
2 2

6.c3 ge7 7.h4 h6 8.OO d6 9. a3 e5 10. c4

OO 11.h5 g5 1:0(63) Rogovski 2474 Sumets
2473, Alushta UKR 2003; 8.d3 d6 9. bd2 e5
10. c4 e6 11. h3 xh3 0:1(65) Anurag
2295 Hoang 2449, Mumbai IND 2012; 6...d6
7. a3 ge7 8.d3 h6 9.OO e5 10. e3 OO
11.b4 cxb4 0:1(66) Bosiocic 2593 Bukal 2423,
Zadar CRO 2011.

45

bxc3 11.b4 d6 12 : 12 (52) Berchtenbreiter 2330

Froewis 2424, Jenbach AUT 2012.

N
N

8. bd2 d6 9.c3 b8 10.OO OO 11. d1 e5

0:1(51) Ong 2347 Villamayor 2447, Shenyang
CHN 1999.

1 1
2 2

5. a3 d6 6. g2 g7 7.OO ge7 8.c3 OO

9. c2 e5 10.h3 h8 11.d4 cxd4 1:0(74)
Zakarian 2362 Rendle 2400, Daventry ENG
2010.

44

Q N

8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10. d1 dxe4 11. xe4 f5

1 1
: (30) Liu 2483 Ding 2679, Ho Chi Minh
2 2
City VIE 2012.
8. a3 b6 9.h4 h6 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 1:0(61)
Kaminski 2535 Almasi 2430, Cappelle la
Grande FRA 1998.

50

10

8...

Rb8 9.h4 b5 10.Be3 d6 11.d4 cxd4 1:0(48)

Q
N Q
N N
4...d6 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.OO Nge7 8.d3 OO
9.Nbd2 Rb8 10.c3 Qc7 11.Nb3 b6 1:0(30)

8...d6 9. d1 b6 10.d4 b7 11. a3 cxd4

0:1(100) Liu 2509 Harmon 2265, Philadelphia,
PA USA 2012.

51

9. e3 b6 10. a3 d5 11.exd5 xd5 0:1(40)

Elfert 2412 Hess 2296, Biel SUI 2000.

52

9...d5 10.b4 d4 11.bxc5 dxc3 12 : 12 (59) Bergez

2339 Hernando Rodrigo 2333, Barcelona ESP
2015.
11. b2 f5 21 : 12 (69) Zakarian 2362 Pert 2570,
Reading ENG 2011.

53

54

Deviatkin 2566 Tregubov 2374, Moscow RUS

2009.

55

N N B
B B
R
R
N

4...d5 5.d3 f6 6. f3 e7 7.OO OO 8.e5 d7

9.c4 b6 10. e3 d7 11.h4 c8 21 : 12 (30)
Romanishin 2615 Hug 2430, Lucerne SUI
1993; 7...b5 8. e1 OO 9. bd2 a5 10.e5 d7
11. f1 a4 12 : 12 (107) Pichot 2492 Rodriguez
Vila 2469, Buenos Aires ARG 2015; 6...dxe4
7.dxe4 e5 8.h3 e7 9.OO OO 10. g5 e6
11. xf6 xf6 0:1(39) Korolev 2360 Alavkin
2345, St Petersburg RUS 1996; 5... d4 6. d1
f6 7.f4 dxe4 8.dxe4 e5 9.c3 c6 10. e2 g4
11. f3 d7 1:0(42) Rasulov 2523 Ponfilenok
2402, St Petersburg RUS 2011; 5...b6 6. f3 d4
7.OO e5 8. a3 d6 9. h4 b8 10.f4 ge7
11.f5 f6 0:1(69) Lemos 2456 Claverie 2397,
Villa Martelli ARG 2007.

B B

N Q

N B

Q
N

N
N N
N
N N Q
N
N
Q B N B N
Q Q Q
N B

N N N
N

B B
N
N
Q B
5.h4 d5 6.d3 b6 7.Nc3 Nd4 8.Qd1 Bb7 9.h5
Qd7 10.Bf4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nec6 0:1(51)
Bronstein 2585 Bagirov 2515, Baku AZE 1972.
5.d3 g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.h4 d5 8.h5 dxe4 9.Bxe4 f5
10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.Nf3 Qd5 : (22) Saric
2507 Sulava 2549, Sibenik CRO 2007.
5.f4 d5 6.d3 b6 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Nc3 dxe4 9.dxe4
a6 10.Be3 g6 11.Rd1 Bg7 1:0(51) Bachmann
1 1
2 2

2448 Rojas Keim 2357, Villa Martelli ARG

2006.

56

N B

N N R

N
Q

B B
N Q
N Q B
N
N B
N

N Q N
N N
K N

B N
N B

5.c3 g6 6.f4 d5 7.e5 f5 8. f3 b8 9. a3 h5

10.OO e7 11. c2 b5 1:0(49) Ulibin 2579
Villamayor 2469, Dubai UAE 2004; 5...d5 6.d3
b6 7. f3 a6 8.e5 h6 9.h4 c7 10.OO OOO
11.a4 c4 0:1(44) Rodriguez Marque 2536
Rojas Keim 2379, Santiago CHI 2005.
5. c3 g6 6.d3 g7 7. e3 d5 8.exd5 d4
9. d2 exd5 10. ce2 h6 11. c1 f5 0:1(37)
Stoltz Botvinnik, Groningen NED 1946.

4... d4 5. d1 d5 6.c3 c6 7. e2 f6 8.d3

dxe4 9.dxe4 e5 10. a3 d3+ 11. f1 xc1
1:0(56) Liu 2435 Wan 2458, Qingdao CHN
2011; 5...b6 6.c3 c6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d6
9. c3 e7 10. ge2 f6 11.e5 d5 1:0(38)
Antoniewski 2559 Szymanski 2212, Warsaw
POL 2011; 5...e5 6.c3 e6 7. f3 c7 8.OO c4
9.b3 b5 10.a4 c5 11.axb5 xb3 1:0(28)
Deviatkin 2578 Dogodkina 2120, Voronezh
RUS 2011; 5. d3 e7 6. c3 f6 7. b5
xb5 8. xb5 b6 9. e2 d6 10. f3 d7
11.c3 b5 0:1(59) Chigorin Tarrasch, St
Petersburg RUS 1893.

1893; 5.d3 d4 6. d1 d5 7.c3 c6 8. e2

f6 9.f4 b5 10.e5 d7 11. f3 a5 1:0(46)
Filipovic 2439 Lutz 2301, Basel SUI 2010.

Zetocha 2418 Hausner 2431, Trencianske

Teplice SVK 2002.

57

Q
B N N Q
B
N
5...d6 6.c3 Qb6 7.OO g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bg7
10.d5 Nb8 11.Na3 OO 1:0(43) Bachmann 2566
Sanchez Castillo 2234, Luque PAR 2012.
6.OO Bg7 7.Nc3 d6 8.d3 OO 9.Nh4 Qa5
10.Bd2 b5 11.Nd5 Qd8 : (24) Golubka 2399
N

5...d5 6.d3 b6 7.OO d7 8. c3 d4 9. d1

xf3+ 10. xf3 d4 11. b1 e5 21 : 12 (18) Hajtun
Rethy, Budapest HUN 1955.

1 1
2 2

Osmak 2419, Lvov UKR 2015.

58

11.a4 b5 12 : 21 (61) Zvjaginsev 2664 Krivenko

2300, St Petersburg RUS 2010.

59

5. f3 g7 6.OO ge7 7.c3 OO 8.d3 d6 9. a3

b6 10. c2 b7 11.h4 c7 12 : 12 (63) Liu 2500
Dzhumaev 2496, Bangkok THA 2014; 9. bd2
b5 10.a3 a5 11. d1 b7 12 : 12 (80) Astaneh
Lopez 2398 Munoz Santana 2428, Istanbul
TUR 2012; 9. f4 c7 10. a3 a6 11. d2 e5
0:1(54) Marcelin 2395 Vallin 2378, Besancon
FRA 1999; 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10. c3 12 : 12
Predojevic 2624 Kazhgaleyev 2620,
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010; 7...e5 8.b4 cxb4
9.cxb4 xb4 10. c3 OO 11. b1 a5 12 : 12 (57)
Liu 2491 Wan 2474, Beijing CHN 2012; 7.d3
d6 8.c3 OO 9. g5 h6 10. e3 b6 11.d4 cxd4
1:0(29) Kuzmin 2555 Levin 2475, Berlin GER

N B
N N
N B
B N
R Q
N
N N N
N
N
B B
4...Be7 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Nh3 a6 7.Nf4 Nd4
8.Qd1 Nf6 9.d3 b5 10.OO Bb7 11.Be3 Rc8

4... f6 5. c3 d4 6. d1 d5 7. ge2 e7
8.d3 c6 9.OO OO 10.h3 dxe4 11. xe4 xe4
1 1
: (88) Hromadka Breyer, Bad Pistyan CZE
2 2
1912; 5.d3 d5 6.c3 dxe4 7.dxe4 e5 8. g5
e7 9. a3 OO 10. d1 a5 11.f4 c6
1 1
:
(62) Elfert 2412 Bunzmann 2484, Biel SUI
2 2
2000; 5.f4 d5 6.e5 g8 7. f3 h6 8.OO f5
9.c3 h5 10. a3 c4 11. h3 c5+ 0:1(28) Fang
2281 Firat 2423, Kocaeli TUR 2013.

N B
N
N B
Q
R B
B Q N
N

1:0(34) Chigorin Tarrasch, St Petersburg RUS

11

N
N

N
N

1997; 8...b6 9. d1 OO 10.d4 cxd4 11. xd4

xd4 1:0(58) Bezold 2535 Richter 2396,
Berlin GER 2006; 6...d6 7.c3 ge7 8. a3 OO
9. c2 b6 10.d4 c7 11. d1 b7 21 : 12 (23)
Jaracz 2492 Kraemer 2245, Bad Wiessee GER
2005; 21 : 12 Novikov 2565 Danin 2527, Moscow
RUS 2010; 5...h5 6.OO h4 7. xh4 g5 8. f3 g4
9. h4 xh4 10.gxh4 xh4 11.f4 gxf3 1:0(38)
Gorbatov 2375 Vorobiov 2574, Pardubice CZE
2011.

N
R B

N R

Sedina 2400, Biel SUI 1997.

61

62

B N N
R Q N B
R
N B K
N Q B
N N
N R N

5.f4 g7 6. f3 ge7 7.OO OO 8.d3 d6 9.c3

b5 10. d1 b6 11. bd2 a6 1:0(43) Rapport
2709 Bluebaum 2576, Moscow RUS 2015;
7...d6 8.d3 OO 9.c3 b8 10.g4 b5 11.a3 a5
1:0(26) Burg 2517 Iagar 2243, Lisbon POR
2014; 7.d3 d6 8.OO OO 9. c3 d7 10. h1
d4 11. f2 c6 0:1(27) Peralta 2330 Reefat
2467, Istanbul TUR 2000; 6.c3 ge7 7. f3 OO
8.OO d5 9.e5 c4 10. a3 b8 11. c2 b5
1:0(34) Shaposhnikov 2544 Barsov 2510,
Al-Ain UAE 2012; 7...d6 8.OO e5 9.d3 OO
10. e3 b6 11. a3 exf4 1:0(32) Shaposhnikov
2553 Ponfilenok 2435, Kazan RUS 2008.

exf4 1:0(38) Delgado Ramirez 2570 Lemos

2284, Buenos Aires ARG 2005.

63

3...b6 4.g3 b7 5. g2 d6 6.OO f6 7.d3 e7

8. bd2 OO 9.c3 c6 10. e1 e8 11.h3 c7
1 1
: (43) Sokolov 2450 Gruenberg 2465, Sochi
2 2
RUS 1983; 9. e1 c6 10.c3 c8 11.a4 e8
0:1(38) Ujhazi 2221 Battaglini 2451, Jerusalem
ISR 2013; 6... e7 7. e1 f6 8.d3 OO 9. bd2
c6 10.c3 c8 11.a3 a6 0:1(51) Bokros 2452
Sedlak 2589, Decs HUN 2012; 5... e7 6.OO
d6 7.d4 cxd4 8. xd4 d7 9. d1 a6 10.c4 c7
11. c3 gf6 12 : 12 (16) Pancevski 2469
Stankovic 2415, Kraljevo SRB 2014.

B
N
N R R
R N
R
B R N
R
B
B
N N R

B
Q
R
N

Q
N N
3...Be7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d5 6.d3 Nc6 7.OO b6
8.e5 Nd7 9.c4 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e6 fxe6
1:0(25) Ehlvest 2587 Haskel, Tampa USA
2003; 4...d5 5.d3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Nc6 7.Bg2 e5
8.c3 Nf6 9.OO OO 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nc4 Re8
1:0(50) Ehlvest 2610 Spice 2205, Eupen BEL
1997; 4.d3 Nf6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.OO OO
8.e5 Nd7 9.c4 Nb6 10.Rd1 f6 11.cxd5 exd5
: (28) Gheorghiu Lee, Hastings ENG 1964.
3...d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Qc7 6.OO Bd7 7.c3
OOO 8.d4 Nf6 9.Na3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.c4
Ndb4 1:0(31) Matlakov 2685 Khadzhiev 2121,
St Petersburg RUS 2014; 4...Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7
6.OO OO 7.Re1 Nc6 8.c3 b6 9.d3 Ba6
10.Nbd2 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 : (18) Ribeiro
2325 Ross 2355, Cienfuegos City CUB 1996.
3...d5 4.d3 Nf6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Nbd2
OO 8.c3 b5 9.e5 Nd7 10.OO Qc7 1:0 Perez

5.h4 h6 6.c3 Bg7 7.d3 d6 8.Na3 Nge7 9.h5

Rb8 10.hxg6 fxg6 11.Nc2 b5 : (43) Minasian
2571 Galstian 2271, Erevan ARM 2003.
6.h4 h6 7.h5 g5 8.d3 Nge7 9.f4 f6 10.Na3 d5
11.Nh3 d4 : (63) Cubas 2425 Rodgaard
2344, Turin ITA 2006; 7.d3 Nge7 8.f4 d6 9.h5

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

N N
N
N
R
6.d3 Nge7 7.f4 d6 8.Nf3 OO 9.OO Rb8
10.Be3 b5 11.d4 cxd4 1:0(38) Zollbrecht 2295

66

N N
N

N Q

11. e3 b6 1:0(73) Ehlvest 2593 Dizdar 2563,

Geneva SUI 1999.

N N

e5 10.hxg6 fxg6 11.f5 gxf5 21 : 12 (39) Rodriguez

Vila 2504 Gonzalez 2154, Montevideo URU
2010; 6...h5 7. a3 ge7 8. f3 d5 9.d3 a6
10.OO OO 11.e5 f5 1:0(36) Rodriguez Vila
2522 Cori T 2390, Villa Martelli ARG 2009;
7. f3 ge7 8.OO OO 9. a3 d6 10. c2 e5
11.d3 b8 1:0(27) Rodriguez Vila 2556 Ostos
2325, Cali COL 2010.

K R

65

1 1
2 2

60

8...OO 9. h1 b8 10. a3 d7 11. c2 b5

1:0(27) Ulibin 2558 Ivanov 2556, Krasnoyarsk
RUS 2003.

B Q

N N
B

64

10.f4 gxf4 11.gxf4 d5 12 : 12 (13) Klinger 2465

Bischoff 2485, Munich GER 1987; 8.h5 g5 9.f4
gxf4 10.gxf4 d6 11. e3 c7 0:1(35) Mantovani
2419 Farago 2512, Montecatini Terme ITA
1999; 7...h5 8. h3 d5 9.OO b6 10.f4 OO 11.g4
hxg4 0:1(32) Bartsch 2255 Reefschlaeger
2430, GER 1983; 6.f4 d6 7. f3 ge7 8.OO OO
9. h1 b5 10.c3 b4 11.c4 e5 1:0(61) Hauchard
2518 Bricard 2506, Besancon FRA 1999; 6.h4
h5 7. f3 ge7 8.OO d6 9.c3 OO 10. g5 e5
11.a3 g4 0:1(34) Tiwari 2244 Hoang 2449,
Mumbai IND 2012.

7...OO 8.OO b6 9. a3 d5 10.e5 a5 11.d3 a6

1:0(36) Lemos 2456 Pacheco 2405, Villa
Martelli ARG 2007; 8...d5 9.e5 a5 10. a3 b6
11.d3 a6 1:0(34) Filipovic 2450 Kaufmann
2270, Zurich SUI 2009.

B
N
5.d3 Bg7 6.c3 Nge7 7.h4 h6 8.Be3 b6 9.h5 g5
N

N N
K
N B
7.d3 d6 8.Nf3 OO 9.OO e5 10.Be3 b6 11.Nh4

6...d6 7. f3 ge7 8.OO OO 9. h1 e5 10.d3 h6

11. a3 e6 1:0(27) Delgado Ramirez 2567
Sieiro Gonzalez 2395, Santa Clara CUB 2005.

Mitjans 2477 Hernando Rodrigo 2323,

Catalunya ESP 2012.

67

12

B
N

B B
B

4.b3 d6 5.g3 g6 6. b2 e5 7. g2 g7 8.d3

ge7 9.OO OO 10. bd2 h6 11.a3 e6 0:1(47)
Salgado Lopez 2622 Meier 2632, Dubai UAE

B B
N
N
Q K
Q N
Q B N
B B
R B
N
B
N
N
N N
B
4.Qe3 a6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5
8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.b3 Nd4 10.Bd3 g6 11.Rb1
Bg7 : (46) Vajda 2537 Farago 2485,
Nagykanizsa HUN 2003.
4...Nge7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 d5 7.c3 d4 8.Bc1 e5
9.g3 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.Bg2 Qd7 0:1(27)

N Q

B
N B
N
N N R
B N
N
Q R N
4...Nf6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.c3 e5 8.OO OO
9.Na3 Ne8 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nc4 Nc7 : (44)

4... e7 5.g3 f6 6. g2 OO 7.OO d5 8.e5 e8

9.c4 c7 10. c3 b8 11.b3 b5 12 : 12 (16) Bilek
Bouwmeester, Amsterdam NED 1968; 5...d5
6. g2 f6 7.OO OO 8.e5 d7 9.c4 dxc4
10.dxc4 c7 11. e1 d4 0:1(26) Mikkelsen
2431 Richter 2460, Copenhagen DEN 2012.

69

70

6.c3 ge7 7. g2 d6 8.h4 h6 9.OO e5 10. a3

OO 11. c4 b5 0:1(39) Majeric 2292 Bukal
2414, Velika Gorica CRO 2006.

7.c3 e5 8.OO OO 9.a3 d6 10.b4 h6 11. bd2

e6 0:1(80) Sanduleac 2519 Ulibin 2489,
Predeal ROM 2006.

7.OO OO 8.c3 e5 9.a3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.exd5

xd5 1:0(34) Erenburg 2533 Grafl 2411,
Budapest HUN 2004.

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

N
4...Nge7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.d3 d6 8.Nbd2
b5 9.OO Rb8 10.Rd1 b4 11.cxb4 Rxb4

B B
B B
B N
Q
B
Q
Q
Q
N
N
B B
6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.OO OOO 9.Na3 Qd3
10.Qxd3 Rxd3 11.Nc4 Nh6 0:1(32) Iuldachev
2487 Barsov 2525, Doha QAT 2003.
7...Bd6 8.Bg2 OO 9.OO Qh5 10.Nc4 Bc7
11.Re1 e5 1:0(42) Zvjaginsev 2666 Ivkina
2296, St Petersburg RUS 2011.
11.Qxe4 Nxe4 : (36) Romero Holmes 2505
De la Villa Garcia 2463, Leon ESP 2012.
4...Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.OO Bg7 7.c3 OO 8.d4
cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.Nc3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nf5
: (35) Piscopo 2418 Roiz 2652, Rijeka CRO
2010; 8.d3 h6 9.Be3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4
Nxd4 0:1(62) Cherniaev 2455 Bukal 2395,
Cannes FRA 1997; 7.d3 b6 8.Re1 OO 9.c3 e5
10.a4 d6 11.Qc2 h6 0:1(53) Haznedaroglu 2454
Rajlich 2425, Budapest HUN 2006; 6.d3 Bg7
7.c3 OO 8.h4 h6 9.OO e5 10.Nbd2 d5 11.Re1
N
B

5.d3 f6 6.g3 e7 7. g2 OO 8.OO b6 9.e5

d7 10.h4 b7 11. f4 b5 1:0(42) David 2578
Bellia 2415, Boscotrecase ITA 2014; 5...g6
6. g5 f6 7. d2 ge7 8.exd5 xd5 9.d4 g7
10.c4 d6 11.dxc5 xc5 1:0(42) Camacho
Collados 2417 Moreno Trujillo 2533, Granada
ESP 2014; 5...b6 6.e5 c7 7.h4 f6 8.exf6 xf6
9. a3 a6 10. g5 e7 11.g3 OO 1:0(39) Nokes
2293 Johansen 2446, Kaikoura NZL 2008.

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

1 1
: (42) Roy Chowdhury 2459 Akopian 2675,
2 2
Dubai UAE 2011; 21 : 12 (42) Roy Chowdhury 2459
Akopian 2675, Dubai UAE 2011; 7.OO OO
8. a3 d6 9. c2 e5 10.d3 h6 11.b3 f5 0:1(48)
Sandipan 2433 Dolmatov 2600, Shenyang
CHN 1999; 5...d5 6.d3 g6 7. g2 g7 8.OO b6

Q N B Q
B
R R Q
N B

11. b3 b6 0:1(42) Dvoirys 2584 Baron 2506,

Rishon LeZion ISR 2015.

B B
N Q

N R
N
B
N

4...e5 5. e3 f6 6. b5 c7 7.OO e7 8.d3

OO 9. e1 e8 10. e2 h6 11. bd2 f8
1:0(56) Zvjaginsev 2663 Manukyan 2272,
Olginka RUS 2011.

1 1
2 2

Bulmaga 2284 Matveeva 2380, Tbilisi GEO

2011.

B
N

4...d6 5.g3 g6 6. g2 g7 7.OO ge7 8. d1

e5 9. a3 OO 10. c2 b6 11.b3 a5 0:1(44)
Vega Gutierrez 2405 Socko 2617, Wroclaw
POL 2014.

Rechel 2402 Bunzmann 2484, Darmstadt 2001;

0:1(27) Rechel 2402 Bunzmann 2484,
Darmstadt GER 2001; 5.g3 g6 6.h4 h5 7. g2
g7 8.c3 d5 9. bd2 b5 10. b3 b6 11.exd5
xd5 1:0(25) Polgar Farago, Budapest HUN
1965.

B
N

B
B

1 1
2 2

68

N B
R
N
Q
R Q

9. e1 a5 10. bd2 a6 11.e5 a7 12 : 12 (68)

Papp 2316 Lizak 2377, Paks HUN 2011; 5.d4
cxd4 6.cxd4 d5 7. c3 dxe4 8. xe4 g6 9. b5
g7 10.OO OO 11. d1 b6 1:0(45)
Zvjaginsev 2658 Airapetian 2471, Loo RUS
2013.
4...g6 5.g3 g7 6. g2 d6 7.OO ge7 8. d1
e5 9. a3 OO 10. c2 d5 11.exd5 xd5 21 : 12 (36)
Jovanovic 2516 Enoeckl 2316, Bad
Schallerbach AUT 2012; 5.d3 g7 6.g3 ge7
7. g2 OO 8.h4 d6 9.h5 e5 10.hxg6 hxg6
11. e3 b5 21 : 12 (41) Perez Mitjans 2438
Fernandez Barrera 2284, Roquetas de Mar ESP
2009.

2014; 5. b2 e5 6.g3 g6 7. g2 g7 8.OO

ge7 9.c3 OO 10. a3 f5 11. c4+ h8
1 1
:
(48) Cicak 2537 Hillarp Persson 2460,
2 2
Skara SWE 2002; 4...d5 5.exd5 xd5 6. c3
d8 7. b2 f6 8.g3 e7 9. g2 OO 10.OO
b6 11. fd1 b7 21 : 12 (40) Balashov 2481
Nikolenko 2526, Moscow RUS 2013; 4... ge7
5. b2 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7. xd4 e5 8. xc6 bxc6
9. c3 g6 10.g3 e7 11.h4 h5 1:0(21) Drazic
2486 Adrian 2267, Otranto ITA 2011.

d4 0:1(27) Krogulski 2252 Kaminski 2498,

Zakopane chT 2000; 7...d5 8.OO h6 9.h4 b6
10.e5 a5 11.a4 a6 1:0(38) Petr 2523
Tepelenis 2156, Eretria GRE 2011; 6.c3 g7

B B

13

7.d3 b6 8.h4 h6 9.e5 a6 10. a3 d5 11.OO

c7 12 : 12 (44) Nyysti 2343 Tan 2425, Eilat ISR
2012; 6...d5 7.d3 g7 8.OO d4 9.e5 OO 10.c4
a6 11. f4 b5 0:1(87) Rantanen 2400
Tuominen 2283, Turku FIN 2012; 6.h4 h6 7.c3
g7 8.d3 d6 9. a3 e5 10. c2 e6 11.OO OO
1 1
:
(48) Rombaldoni 2374 Peng 2462, Haarlem
2 2
NED 2008; 5...d5 6.d3 g6 7.OO g7 8. e1 b6
9.c3 a5 10.a4 a6 11.e5 h6 1:0(46) Markovic
2504 Todorov 2329, Leposavic YUG 2003;
8.c3 b6 9.e5 c7 10. e1 a5 11.a4 h6 1:0(42)
Sion Castro 2396 De la Rocha Prieto 2283,
Vila Real ESP 2001; 7.h4 h5 8.OO g7 9.e5
c7 10. e1 f5 11.c3 b6 0:1(53) Chernobay
2409 Kavalenia 2289, Dimitrov RUS 2007;
5.c3 d5 6.d3 b6 7. g2 a5 8.OO a6 9. d1
a7 10.e5 h6 11.a4 g5 1:0(65) Romanishin 2595
Shulman 2490, Nikolaev UKR 1995; 5.d3 g6
6. g2 g7 7.OO d6 8.c3 OO 9. d1 e5
10. a3 h8 11. c2 f5 0:1(33) Hunt 2454
Danielian 2389, Istanbul TUR 2000.

N B
B

B
Q

R N

(33) Bogdan 2374 Jeremic 2482, Backa

Palanka YUG 2002.

B N

B
R Q
N N B
B B B
N
4...g5 5.h3 Bg7 6.Bg2 h6 7.c3 Nge7 8.OO d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 0:1(40)

4... d6 5. g2 ge7 6.OO c7 7.d3 d5 8.h4

OO 9.h5 h6 10.c3 b6 11. e1 d7 0:1(33)
Haznedaroglu 2454 Halkias 2551, Kavala GRE
2006; 5. a3 ge7 6. g2 OO 7.OO a6 8.d3
b8 9. e3 a7 10.c3 d5 11. c2 e5 1:0(26)
Iuldachev 2511 Singh 2287, Delhi IND 2010.

6...dxe4 7.dxe4 f6 8.OO OO 9.e5 d7

10. c3 a6 11. d1 b6 1:0(37) Zeng 2490
Nguyen 2304, Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2013.

81

82

83

84

85

86

N B N
B Q B

N
R
N B

R
N
B B
Q
B R
B
N
B Q R
8...Ne8 9.c4 Nc7 10.Nc3 a6 11.h4 b5 0:1(23)
Ansell 2382 Knott 2309, Hinckley ENG 2013.
9...d4 10.h4 Qc7 11.Bf4 b6 1:0(59) Bogumil
2350 Totsky 2410, Harkany 1994.
9...Nb6 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Bf4 Nb4 : (45)

B R
5.d3 Be7 6.Bg2 d5 7.OO OO 8.e5 Nd7 9.c4 f6
10.Nc3 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 0:1(36) Rahman
2523 Nguyen 2588, Subic Bay PHI 2009; 7.e5
Nd7 8.OO Qc7 9.Re1 b5 10.h4 Rb8 11.Nbd2
c4 0:1(32) Labib 2426 Abdul 2291, Istanbul
TUR 2000; 5...d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.OO OO 8.e5
Nd7 9.c4 Nb6 10.h4 f5 11.exf6 Bxf6 1:0(39)
11. f4 d8 21 : 12 (51) Rossetto Uhlmann,
Havana CUB 1964.

Vescovi 2511 Teixeira 2353, Rio de Janeiro

BRA 2000.

N N
B

B B

5.e5 d5 6. c3 xc3 7.dxc3 b6 8. f4 b7

9.OOO c7 10. g2 h6 11.h4 OOO 1:0(53)
Mrva 2468 Novkovic 2402, Presov SVK 2000.
87

1:0(45) Matlakov 2695 Psyk 2068, Wroclaw

POL 2014.

N
B B
N

Kanovsky 2368 Cifka 2342, Olomouc CZE

2006.

4...e5 5.d3 d6 6. g2 g6 7. c3 g7 8. d5
ge7 9. g5 a5+ 10. d2 d8 11. g5
a5+ 1:0(59) Klein 2498 Kvisvik 2290,
Barcelona ESP 2014.

78

7...b6 8.e5 d7 9.c4 d4 10.h4 b7 11. e1 h6

1 1
: (40) Turov 2553 Efimenko 2439, Ohrid
2 2
MKD 2001; 10...h6 11.h5 b7 21 : 12 (73) Rausis
2486 Hassan 2397, Cairo EGY 2000; 8. e1
b7 9.e5 d7 10.h4 h6 11.h5 b5 0:1(33) Ikeda
2349 Cao 2533, Kuala Lumpur MAS 2011.
7...b5 8.c3 b7 9. g5 h6 10.exd5 xd5
11. e3 d8 1:0(33) Romanishin 2605 Bareev
2675, Moscow RUS 1994; 8. g5 OO 9.e5 d7
10. xe7 xe7 11. e1 a5 21 : 12 (30) Torre 2560
Antonio 2520, Manila PHI 1998.

1 1
2 2

1:0(60) Beshukov 2480 Frolov 2320, St

Petersburg RUS 1994.

4...d5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.OO OO 8.e5

Nd7 9.c4 Qc7 10.Bf4 dxc4 11.dxc4 Nd4

N
N
N
R Q
7.Nbd2 OO 8.e5 Ne8 9.OO b5 10.h4 a5 11.h5

4...a6 5.Bg2 d6 6.OO g6 7.e5 Bg7 8.exd6

Qxd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.d3 Nd4 11.Qd1 OO

N
Q

b4 0:1(37) Velimirovic Czerniak, Polanica

Zdroj POL 1964.

Kuderinov 2497 Rathnakaran 2403, New Delhi

IND 2012.

B
B Q

80

1 1
2 2

Rodriguez Marque 2504 Juarez Flores 2400,

Cali 2001; 21 : 12 (32) Rodriguez Marque 2504
Juarez Flores 2400, Cali COL 2001.

6.e5 h5 7.d3 h6 8.c3 f5 9.h3 b6 10. bd2

b7 11.OO c7 1:0(24) Velimirovic 2525
Karnar 2200, Ljubljana 1975.

B R

R
B B
R
N K N
4...b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.OO Nf6 7.d3 d5 8.e5 Nd7
9.c4 d4 10.h4 Be7 11.Re1 h6 : (32)

N
Q

79

1 1
:
2 2

5... f6 6.OO OO 7.d3 b6 8. c3 d5 9.e5 d7

10. f4 a6 11.a4 e8 12 : 12 (41) Romanovsky
Yudovich, Leningrad RUS 1939; 6...d5 7.d3 b6
8.e5 d7 9.c4 d4 10. fd2 b7 11.f4 c7

14

N N
N
R

5... e7 6.OO OO 7.d3 d6 8.c3 b8 9. d1 b5

10.d4 cxd4 11. xd4 xd4 1:0(58) Benjamin
2591 Figler 2401, Philadelphia, PA USA 2000;
7...d5 8.e5 d7 9.c4 e8 10.h4 f6 11.exf6
xf6 1:0(38) Zagema 2330 Carlier 2390,
Groningen NED 1990; 6...d5 7.d3 b5 8.e5 d7
9.h4 OO 10. e1 a5 11.h5 b4 1:0(35) Radulski
2516 Ducret 2224, Barcelona ESP 2008.

B
R Q
N B
6.e5 Nd7 7.d3 Qc7 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Nbd2 g5
10.Nxg5 Bxg5 11.Bxg5 Nd4 : (34)

b6 12 : 12 (16) Rombaldoni 2530 Stella 2454,

Rome ITA 2013; 7.h4 h5 8.d3 d7 9. a3 h6
10. c4 c7 11.a4 g4 1:0(29) Glek 2575
Brady 2320, Saint Vincent ITA 2005; 7. a3
ge7 8. c2 e5 9.OO OO 10. d1 d5 11.exd5
xd5 0:1(30) Emodi 2358 Farago 2504,
Budapest HUN 2007.

B N N
N Q
N
N
N N
R
N
6.d3 Bg7 7.OO Nge7 8.c3 OO 9.Na3 Rb8

5...d6 6.OO e7 7.c3 OO 8. d1 c7 9.d4 a6

10.e5 d7 11. f4 d5 1:0(54) Bokros 2484
Motuz 2336, Slovakia SVK 2015.

88

1 1
2 2

Lupulescu 2389 Jeremic 2325, Chalkidiki

2000; 12 : 12 (34) Lupulescu 2389 Jeremic 2325,
Halkidiki GRE 2000; 7.OO g5 8.h3 h5 9. e1 g4
10.hxg4 hxg4 11. h2 dxe5 0:1(30) Wang
2498 Sadorra 2561, Manila PHI 2013.

89

90

91

R
N N
6.exd5 Nxd5 7.OO Be7 8.Rd1 Nf6 9.c3 OO
10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 1:0(33) Lin Chen
2483 Fang 2351, Jinan CHN 2014.
6...b6 7.OO Ba6 8.e5 Nd7 9.c4 d4 10.h4 Qc7
11.Re1 Bb7 1:0(37) Mainka 2530 Zak 2360,
Groningen NED 1995.
8...Ne8 9.Nbd2 Nc7 10.c4 b5 11.b3 a5 : (18)
Ftacnik 2589 Jirovsky 2458, Presov SVK 1999.
11.Nxd4 cxd4 1:0(30) Turov 2529 McCarthy

10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 b5 1:0(37) Ikeda 2349 Cori

2514, Chennai IND 2011.

B
N

8.d3 OO 9. h4 e5 10.f4 exf4 11. xf4 e6

1 1
: (13) Lau 2481 Rosen 2301, Muelheim Nord
2 2
GER 2005; 9. bd2 c7 10. d1 b6 11. c4
a6 21 : 12 (128) Bilek Heidenfeld, Lugano SUI
1968; 9.a3 b8 10. d1 b5 11. e3 a5 21 : 12 (57)
Baltag 2420 Lysak 2289, Kiev UKR 2012.

B
B R R
N Q
R
R

5... ge7 6.c3 e5 7. a3 g6 8. c4 b5 9. e3

b8 10.h4 h6 11.h5 g5 1:0(36) Zhang 2360 Yu
2400, Beijing CHN 1997.

96

8...OO 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 d7 1:0(43)

Velickovic 2410 Stavnjak 2251, Obrenovac
SRB 2008.

97

9.a3 OO 10.b4 c7 11.d3 b6 1:0(55) Purtov

2404 Gavrilov 2481, St Petersburg RUS 2005.

9.d3 OO 10.a3 a5 11.a4 e6 12 : 21 (19) Filep

Navarovszky, Budapest HUN 1963.
98

N B

11. e3 xf3 1:0(38) Mamedov 2647

Arslanov 2396, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2012.

10...d5 11.exd5 xd5 12 : 21 (26) Tsyhanchuk 2345

Pogosian 2370, Minsk BLR 2011.

Q
5.d3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.OO d6 8.c3 e5 9.a3 h6
10.b4 Be6 11.Bb2 Qd7 : (20) Sofronie 2378
Marjanovic 2524, Bucharest ROU 2000; 7.c3
OO 8.h4 h6 9.OO b6 10.d4 d6 11.Rd1 Qc7
1:0(33) Turov 2528 Kutuzov 2277, Sochi RUS
2004; 6...d6 7.OO Nge7 8.c3 OO 9.a3 e5 10.b4
h6 11.Be3 b6 1:0(43) Nikolaidis 2516
Skaperdas 2217, Korinthos GRE 2004; 6.c3
Nge7 7.Bg2 OO 8.OO d5 9.e5 Nf5 10.Re1
Bd7 11.h4 b5 : (36) Sorgic 2244 Pushkov
2514, Obrenovac SRB 2008; 7...d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.OO OO 10.Na3 a6 11.Rd1 b5 : (77)
10... b6 11.d3 h6 1:0(56) Wohl 2403 Curien
2264, Biel SUI 2005.

99

1 1
2 2

B
N
Q
N B R
6.c3 Bg7 7.OO Nge7 8.Rd1 d5 9.d3 OO 10.h4
e5 11.Nbd2 Bg4 0:1(87) Mamedov 2637
Nguyen 2625, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013;
8...e5 9.a3 OO 10.b4 Be6 11.Bb2 Qb6 : (32)
Petrov 2455 Williams 2463, Ascot ENG 2014;
7.d3 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.Be3 e5 10.a3 Be6 11.b4
5... e7 6.OO f6 7.c3 OO 8.d3 c7 9.a4 b6
10. a3 b7 11. e1 a6 0:1(55) Markovic 2442
Stavnjak 2251, Obrenovac SRB 2008.

93

B B
N Q R
N
B
R R
B
8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4
11.Bh6 Ng8 : (41) Yu 2509 Grigoryan
2515, Puerto Madryn ARG 2009.
8.Na3 OO 9.Nc2 f5 10.d4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 cxd4

(60) Seeman 2345 Roos 2375, Berlin GER

1996.

1 1
:
2 2

5...e5 6.c3 f6 7.OO e7 8.d3 OO 9. bd2 h6

10.a3 a5 11.a4 g4 1:0(60) Sanduleac 2449
Ristic 2336, Felix Spa ROM 2007.

1 1
2 2

5... f6 6.OO e7 7.c3 OO 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5

10.e5 e4 11. c3 12 : 12 Popovic 2579
Dizdarevic 2489, Sibenik CRO 2011; 8.d3 d7
9. bd2 c8 10. e1 b5 11.f4 a5 1:0(29)
Szabo Orbaan, Wageningen 1957; 8.h3 b6 9.d3
b7 10. h2 b5 11.f4 a5 0:1(48) Zagema 2355
Poldauf 2445, Groningen NED 1994; 7...e5
8. a3 OO 9. c2 e8 10.d3 f8 11. g5 h6
1:0(50) Sanduleac 2473 Ionescu 2389,
Bucharest ROU 2006; 7... d7 8. d1 c8
9. a3 OO 10. c2 b6 11.d3 fd8 12 : 12 (64)
Kozionov 2399 Sibashvili 2364, Batumi GEO
2014; 7.d3 OO 8.c3 b8 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5
11.e5 e4 21 : 12 (18) Markosian 2444 Andreev
2458, Naberezhnye Chelny RUS 2009.

N R N
B N
N
N R

95

1 1
2 2

7...e5 8.a4 ge7 9. a3 OO 10. c4 h6 11.d3

e6 21 : 12 (53) Hou 2629 Harika 2503, Lopota
GEO 2014.

2147, Linares 2000; 1:0(30) Turov 2529

McCarthy 2147, Linares ESP 2000.

92

94

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

Khasanova 2285 Matveeva 2440, New Delhi

15

IND 2000.

N B N
N N
B
R N
Q K
N B R
N K
N
B
B
N
B
B
B N N Q
B
Q Q
B B
N
N
B
N
N
N
N
B B
N
B
N N

5. a3 g7 6. b5 d6 7.c3 a6 8. a3 ge7
9. g2 OO 10.OO b8 11. c2 b5 1:0(36)
Brustkern 2331 Hoang 2445, Budapest HUN
2003; 7. d3 e7 8.c4 f6 9. g2 e8 10.OO
a6 11. c3 f8 1:0(29) Welling 2364 Schlecht
2315, GER 2000; 5... ge7 6.c3 g7 7.h4 h6
8.d3 d6 9. g2 e5 10. c2 OO 11. e3 f5
0:1(41) Bosch 2406 Bitalzadeh 2409,
Netherlands NED 2011; 5...e5 6.c3 d6 7. g2
g7 8. c4 ge7 9. d3 d5 10.exd5 f5
11. e2 xd5 1:0(42) Welling 2385
Goormachtigh 2278, BEL 2001.
5.h4 h6 6. g2 g7 7.d3 ge7 8.c3 OO 9.OO
d6 10. h2 b6 11.h5 a6 1:0(44) Kravtsiv 2602
Toth 2371, Chennai IND 2012; 7.OO ge7
8.d3 d5 9.c3 b6 10. a3 a5 11. b5 OO 12 : 12 (14)
Manea 2302 Navrotescu 2447, Eforie Nord
2000; 6. c3 d6 7.b3 g7 8. b2 a6 9. d1
xb2 10. xb2 b4 11.d4 cxd4 1:0(27)
Aagaard 2373 Ziegler 2353, Malmo SWE
2003.

B B
R
R
R N
N N Q B N
B
B N
6.h4 h6 7.OO Nge7 8.c3 d6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4
Nxd4 11.cxd4 Bxd4 1:0(43) Wen Yang 2593
Kaidanov 2577, Ningbo CHN 2013; 7.c3 Nge7
8.d3 d6 9.OO e5 10.Na3 Be6 11.Be3 Qd7
0:1(36) Boidman 2393 Bischoff 2502, Verden
an der Aller GER 2014; 6...h5 7.Na3 d6 8.c3
Nge7 9.Nc2 e5 10.d3 OO 11.Bg5 Be6 1:0(35)
Gheorghiu Bouwmeester, Tel Aviv ISR 1964.
6.Na3 d6 7.OO Nge7 8.c3 OO 9.d4 cxd4
10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Nf5 0:1(39) Kuzubov 2630
Martynov 2237, St Petersburg RUS 2011.
6...d6 7.Na3 Nge7 8.d3 b6 9.OO Ba6 10.Rb1
OO 11.b4 Bb7 : (44) Romanishin 2595
Bischoff 2525, Bad Endbach 1995; 7.OO Nge7
8.d3 OO 9.a3 e5 10.b4 h6 11.Nbd2 Be6 : (79)
Sanduleac 2451 Song 2347, Creon FRA 2010.
6...e5 7.h4 d6 8.Na3 Nf6 9.Nc2 OO 10.d3 d5
11.Bg5 d4 : (47) Escalante Ramirez 2373
Kaidanov 2566, Montevideo URU 2015.
7.h4 h6 8.OO d6 9.Na3 e5 10.h5 gxh5 11.Nh4
Bg4 0:1(24) Pap 2393 Kristjansson 2476,
Budapest HUN 2006; 10.d3 OO 11.Be3 Kh7
0:1(31) Shivaji 2352 Rey 2358, San Francisco,
CA USA 2002; 8...d5 9.d3 b6 10.Na3 Ba6

11. b1 OO 0:1(36) Garbarino 2415 Rodriguez

Marque 2575, Villa Ballester ARG 1996; 8.d3 b6
9.OO d5 10.e5 a6 11. e1 c7 1:0(42)
Rodriguez Marque 2485 Lucena 2182, Sao
Paulo BRA 2004; 7...h5 8.OO d5 9.d3 OO
10. g5 c7 11. a3 b6 1:0(38) Kunte 2547
Hoang 2445, Calcutta IND 2001; 8...d6 9.d3 OO
10.a3 b8 11. e3 b5 1:0(28) Kunte 2547
Prasad 2440, Calcutta IND 2001.

103

104

8. d1 e5 9.a3 a5 10.d3 b3 11. a2 d6

0:1(40) Zhang 2525 Berg 2456, Erevan ARM
2000.

8.e5 d5 9.d3 h6 10.h4 f6 11.exf6 xf6 12 : 12 (18)

Wirig 2488 Eliet 2402, Saint Quentin FRA
2014.

N R

8. a3 b8 9. d1 d5 10.d3 e5 11. c2 h6
0:1(29) Soncin 2147 Gleizerov 2557, Turin
ITA 2000.

105

8...d6 9.a3 a5 10.a4 e5 11. a3 h6 1:0(29)

Geetha 2572 Kohlweyer 2418, Benasque ESP
2009.

106

11.a3 d5 1:0(49) Zhang 2624 Stellwagen 2427,

Wijk aan Zee NED 2003.

107

6...d6 7.c3 ge7 8.h4 h6 9.OO e5 10.a3 a5 11.a4

OO 12 : 12 (64) Ahmed 2295 Hossain 2481,
Nagpur IND 2012; 8...e5 9.h5 g4 10.h6 f6
11. a3 OO 1:0(24) Janev 2498 Forestier 2195,
Cannes FRA 2002; 7.OO ge7 8.c3 OO 9. h4
e5 10.f4 f5 11. e3 e6 21 : 12 (16) Laznicka 2684
Akobian 2612, Arlington, VA USA 2013; 7.h4
h6 8.c3 ge7 9. e3 e5 10. d2 g4 11. a3
b6 0:1(62) Kovalev 2575 Bagirov 2471,
Moscow RUS 2002.

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

108

1 1
2 2

102

B Q N
R B
7.d3 e5 8.h4 h6 9.Nbd2 d6 10.h5 g5 11.Nh2
Be6 0:1(62) Bartel 2635 Levin 2516, St
Petersburg RUS 2012; 7...d6 8.OO OO 9.Rd1 e5
10.a3 Be6 11.b4 a6 : (82) Peptan 2422
Nguyen 2307, Tromso NOR 2014.
7...d5 8.d3 b6 9.e5 Qc7 10.Re1 Ba6 11.Bf4 h6
1:0(29) Zhang 2462 Lahiri 2395, Shenyang
CHN 1999; 10...h6 11.h4 Bb7 1:0(43) Janev
2497 Jeanne 2186, Cappelle la Grande FRA
2011.

101

R Q

1 1
2 2

5. c3 d6 6. g2 g7 7.OO b8 8.a4 a6 9. e1
h6 10. a3 ge7 11.b3 OO 0:1(28) Ozanic 2305
Jusic 2426, Vinkovci CRO 2001; 6.e5 dxe5
7. xe5 d4 8. d1 g7 9. c4 b5 10. g2
a6 11. e4 bxc4 0:1(31) Campos Gambuti
2421 Cubas Pons 2242, Cala Mendia 2001.

100

B
N

Q B

N
N B
N

B
Q

7.OO OO 8.c3 d6 9. a3 h6 10.h3 e5 11. c2

e6 1:0(19) Xu 2501 Zhukova 2463, Shanghai
CHN 2001; 8...b6 9. a3 a6 10. d1 h6 11.h4
c7 1:0(65) Xu 2335 Simonovic 2420, Beijing
CHN 1997; 8.c4 d6 9. bd2 a6 10. e1 b5 11.e5
dxe5 0:1(41) Furdzik 2249 Lapshun 2455, New
York, NY USA 1999; 7...d6 8.c3 OO 9. e1 e5
10. bd2 h6 11. c4 e6 12 : 21 (22) Rossetto

16

B B
N B

N B

R
R

OO 21 : 12 (23) Speelman 2470 Botterill 2390,

Chester 1979; 7.d3 ge7 8.c3 OO 9. e1 21 : 21
Abergel 2361 Cabrilo 2457, Belgrade SRB
2002; 9.a3 b6 10. d1 a6 11.b4 c7 0:1(40)
Littlewood 2308 Cech 2403, West Bromwich
ENG 2004; 9. a3 b8 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5
1:0(87) Janev 2403 Pandurevic 2269, Bosnjaci
CRO 2004; 8.h4 e5 9.c3 g4 10. a3 OO
11. c4 f5 21 : 12 (41) Haznedaroglu 2427
Cabarkapa 2341, Sarajevo BIH 2013; 7. c3
ge7 8.b3 d4 9. d1 OO 10. b2 f5
11. xd4 cxd4 1:0(39) Prastalo 2309 Antic
2474, Jahorina BIH 2001.

2410 Guimard 2410, Buenos Aires ARG 1977;

7...d5 8.c3 OO 9.e5 d4 10.c4 c7 11. f4 b6
0:1(83) Shytaj 2447 Mazzilli 2326, Senigallia
ITA 2009.

N
R N

N R

7.h4 h6 8.c3 d6 9.OO c7 10. bd2 b8

11. b3 e5 12 : 12 (58) Rogovski 2466 Kononenko
2374, Alushta UKR 2000; 8.OO d5 9.e5 c7
10. e1 d4 11. xd4 cxd4 21 : 12 (34)
Cyborowski 2432 Bartel 2392, Warsaw POL
2001; 7...h5 8.c3 d6 9. bd2 b8 10. b1 b5
11.OO b4 12 : 12 (41) Smyslov Clarke, Hastings
ENG 1962; 9. g5 b5 10.e5 b7 11.exd6 xd6
0:1(46) Paehtz 2422 Peng 2407, Ekaterinburg
RUS 2006.

N R
B

2375, London ENG 1979.

113

7...e5 8.a3 OO 9.b4 cxb4 10.axb4 b5 11.OO h6

1 1
: (31) Onischuk 2605 Glek 2670, GER 1996.
2 2

9. d1 e5 10. a3 f5 11. c4 b5
(61) Klundt
2380 Bukal 2414, Arvier ITA 2006.

111

11.d4 b4 1:0(26) Lupulescu 2389 Markos

2327, Chalkidiki 2000; 1:0(26) Lupulescu 2389
Markos 2327, Halkidiki GRE 2000.

114

1 1
:
2 2

N
N B
N

B N
R
R Q N
N
N
R
R
B
N
N
B
Q B
N N N
R
K

N R

7...d6 8.c3 OO 9. bd2 b8 10. b3 e5 11. h4

e6 1:0(43) Tal 2635 Liebert 2445, Lublin
POL 1974; 9...b5 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 xd4
1:0(46) Kovacs Portisch, HUN 1966; 9. d1 e5
10. a3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 0:1(28) Kuderinov 2442
Gomez 2507, Olongapo City PHI 2010; 9.a4 a6
10. a3 b8 11. d1 e5 12 : 12 (55) Sevillano
Goh 2388, Cebu City PHI 2007; 9. a3 b8
10. c2 e5 11.b4 b5 21 : 12 (52) Chelushkina 2415
Sarana-Hungeling 2252, Halle GER 2000;
8. h4 OO 9.f4 b8 10.c3 f5 11.a4 a6 1:0(23)
Dzhumaev 2495 Baumegger 2359, Bled SLO
2002.

N
N R
N
N

6...d6 7.c3 ge7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 xd4

10. xd4 xd4 11. h6 g8 21 : 12 (52) Rausis
2486 Lindinger 2316, Hamburg GER 2000;
9...d5 10.e5 f5 11. d1 OO 12 : 21 (120) Djuric
2465 Majella 2321, Jakarta INA 2001; 8...e5
9.dxc5 dxc5 10. d1 c7 11. a3 a6 1:0(51)
Belkhodja 2405 Benitah 2265, France 1996;
8. a3 OO 9. c2 e5 10. d1 f5 11.exf5 xf5
1:0(34) Iuldachev 2519 Saravana 2323, New
Delhi IND 2010; 8. d1 e5 9.d3 OO 10.a3 h6
11.b4 e6 1:0(44) Lujan 2367 Baciu 2294,
Tromso NOR 2014; 7...e5 8.d3 ge7 9. h4 OO
10.f4 f5 11. d2 exf4 12 : 12 (14) Ehlvest 2630
Huebner 2630, Polanica Zdroj POL 1995;
9... e6 10.f4 d7 11. e3 OO 12 : 12 (61) Khanin
2270 Aitbayev 2403, St Petersburg RUS 2013;
8. a3 ge7 9. c2 OO 10. d1 f5 11. c4+
h8 0:1(36) Yagupov 2405 Razuvaev 2585,
Biel SUI 1995; 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.h3

Re1 OO 8.d3 d6 9.Nbd2 e5 10.c3 h6 11.Nc4

Be6 0:1(43) Firman 2361 Borovikov 2529,
Pavlograd 2000; 8.h4 h6 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 e5

7.

11.a3 a5 12 : 12 (44) Sysoev 2306 Duzhakov 2420,

Moscow RUS 2015.
112

7. a3 OO 8.e5 d5 9.d3 h6 10.c3 b6 11.h4 f5

1:0(35) Fedoseev 2661 Chakravarthi Reddy
2217, Pune IND 2014.

110

11.h5 g5 21 : 12 (67) Gubajdullin 2327 Totsky

2521, Moscow RUS 1999.

7...b6 8.h4 h6 9.OO OO 10. e3 e5 11. d2

h7 0:1(93) Kuderinov 2480 Jumabayev
2558, Astana KAZ 2011.
7...d5 8.OO OO 9.e5 h6 10.h4 b5 11. e1 a5
0:1(52) Turov 2582 Moosavian 2395, Dubai
UAE 2009.

11.h4 f6 0:1(47) Haznedaroglu 2471

Kazhgaleyev 2563, Kocaeli TUR 2014.

7.

109

R
Q

N
6...Nf6 7.d3 OO 8.Re1 d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Bf4 h6

Nbd2 d6 8.OO OO 9.Re1 e5 10.c3 h6 11.a4

Be6 0:1(32) Van der Weide 2290 Watson

N
R B
N R
B

N R

7...e5 8. bd2 OO 9. c4 d6 10.a4 h6 11.c3

e6 0:1(64) Galego 2506 Baches Garcia 2397,
Havana CUB 2003; 8.c4 d6 9. c3 OO 10.h3 h6
11. d5 xd5 1:0(46) Genba 2415 Huss 2325,
Biel SUI 1997.

N
N N
7...b6 8.Nbd2 OO 9.Re1 d6 10.c3 Rb8 11.Nf1

b5 12 : 12 (96) Jakubowski 2473 Iljushin 2537,

Cappelle la Grande FRA 2003.
115

17

8.c3 d6 9. a3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 xd4

1:0(66) Onischuk 2575 Socko 2485, Groningen
NED 1995; 8...d5 9.e5 b5 10. f4 b4 11.c4 f5
0:1(42) Varnusz Farago, Budapest HUN 1965;
8...e5 9.a3 a5 10.a4 h6 11. e3 d6 1:0(43)
Yudasin 2522 Holt 2417, Philadelphia, PA
USA 2011.

Nc3 d6 9.Be3 Rb8 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.a4 b6

(41) Vajda 2439 Farago 2526, Austria AUT
2006; 9.Bd2 Rb8 10.a4 a6 11.Rfe1 b5 : (12)
Varga 2525 Steingrimsson 2435, Budapest
HUN 2005; 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Qd2
Kh7 : (49) Kovacs Pietzsch, Harrachov
1966.
8.Nbd2 d6 9.a4 e5 10.c3 h6 11.Nc4 Be6

8.

1 1
:
2 2

1 1
2 2

120

1 1
2 2

117

N Q

N Q

9... f5 10. a3 xd6 11. c4 e7 0:1(58)

Iskandarov 2373 Gupta 2591, Nakhchivan AZE
2013.

118

123

d6 12 : 12 (41) Lupulescu 2361 Grigoriants 2413,

Litohoto GRE 1999.

7...h6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 f5 11. d1

b6 1:0(61) Belikov 2470 Ivanov 2425, RUS
1995.
119

N
N Q

N
N

B
8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.Nc3 dxe4 11.Nxe4
Qb6 1:0(26) Piscopo 2399 Dvirnyy 2492,
Siena ITA 2010; 11...Nf5 0:1(35) Piscopo 2417
Adrian 2267, Alimini ITA 2011.
8.h4 d5 9.d3 dxe4 10.dxe4 h5 11.Na3 a6

N
Q

8. d1 e5 9.d3 d6 10.a3 b5 11. bd2 a5 21 : 12 (27)

Zhang 2462 Yu 2435, Budapest HUN 1999;
9...d5 10. bd2 d4 11. b3 b6 0:1(34) Chahrani
2312 Gleizerov 2581, Dubai UAE 2002; 9. a3
d6 10. c2 b6 11. e3 h6 12 : 12 (55) Liou 2402
Banawa 2348, Los Angeles, CA USA 2013;
8...d5 9.d3 d4 10.e5 dxc3 11.bxc3 a5 1:0(58)
Velickovic 2399 Stojanovic 2453, Belgrade
SRB 2002; 9...b6 10.e5 a6 11.h4 h5 0:1(60)
Sarwat 2371 El Gindy 2467, Cairo EGY 2003.

7...b6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 a5 10. d1 d5 11. c3

OO 1:0(38) Piscopo 2418 Sengupta 2496,
Calvi FRA 2010; 8. e1 a5 9.d4 a6 10. d1
cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 1:0(44) Radulski 2513 Vernay
2206, La Fere FRA 2004.

B
10...Ba6 11.Re1 Qc7 0:1(39) Bokros 2445
Minasian 2571, Kemer TUR 2007.
8.Na3 e5 9.Rd1 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.d4 cxd4
0:1(53) Kaminski 2495 Glek 2580, Biel SUI
1995; 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.Bf4 d5
: (17) Slipak 2515 Fiorito 2470, Pena City
1996; 8...d6 9.Nc2 e5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Ne3 h6
1:0(38) Damljanovic 2590 Jedynak 2554,
Marseille FRA 2007; 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nxd4
11.Nxd4 Bxd4 : (16) Furdzik 2254
Ibragimov 2587, New York, NY USA 2003;
8...Rb8 9.h4 d5 10.d3 b5 11.e5 b4 : (58)
Strikovic 2492 Fernandez Romero 2442,
Calvia ESP 2005; 9.Nc2 e5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.d3
1 1
2 2

R N

1 1
2 2

7...d6 8.d3 OO 9.a4 e5 10. h4 e6 11. d2

1 1
: (60) Shytaj 2455 Contin 2279, Arvier
2 2
ITA 2009; 9. d1 e5 10.a3 h6 11.b4 b6 1:0(40)
Bokros 2452 Sadilek 2235, Bruck AUT 2012;
8. a3 OO 9. c2 e5 10.b4 cxb4 11.cxb4 d5
1 1
: (30) Debashis 2477 Grover 2467, Sharjah
2 2
UAE 2013; 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 xd4 10. xd4
xd4 11. d1 c6 0:1(65) Piscopo 2405 Cori
T 2262, Palau ITA 2009.

R
N

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

N B

11.a4 a6 12 : 12 (12) Bokros 2484 Nevednichy

2568, Hungary HUN 2014.

h6 12 : 21 (27) Piscopo 2424 Gleizerov 2564,

Trieste ITA 2010.

Qd7

122

1 1
2 2

1 1
2 2

9. a3 b6 10.h4 a6 11.e5 c7 12 : 12 (35) Ehlvest

2615 Jussupow 2660, Novgorod RUS 1995.

(38) Vasiukov
11. xd4 cxd4
Doroshkievich, Tbilisi GEO 1966.

N Q
7...e5 8.d3 OO 9.Nh4 d6 10.f4 exf4 11.gxf4 f5
: (34) Fedorov 2500 Dizdar 2465, Moscow
RUS 1994; 9.a3 b6 10.b4 d6 11.Bb2 Bb7
1:0(36) Vasiukov 2515 Levitina 2420, St
Petersburg RUS 1995; 8.a3 a5 9.a4 OO 10.Na3
d6 11.Nb5 h6 : (41) Czebe 2462 Moor 2346,
Leipzig GER 2002; : (41) Czebe 2462 Moor
2346, Leipzig GER 2002; 8.Na3 OO 9.d3 d6
10.Nh4 Be6 11.f4 Qd7 0:1(56) Roy
Chowdhury 2414 Saric 2528, Seville ESP
2012; 9.Rd1 d5 10.d3 h6 11.Nc2 d4 0:1(39)
Ansell 2377 Cooper 2343, Staverton ENG
2013; 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.Bf4 d5 11.e5

121

1 1
:
2 2

10...b6 11. c4 d8 12 : 12 (16) Nicevski 2430

Farago 2475, Polanica Zdroj POL 1974.

N B

8...b6 9. a3 a6 10.e5 c7 11. e1 OOO

1:0(38) Kaminski 2449 McCambridge 2459,
Internet Chess Club INT 2005; 10...h6 11.h4
c7 21 : 12 (51) Bonafede 2280 Sengupta 2558,
Hoogeveen NED 2010; 9.e5 d7 10. f4 h6
11.h4 b7 1:0(70) Bokros 2485 McMichael
2206, Ghent BEL 2014.

0:1(32) Furdzik 2188 Shabalov 2592,

Philadelphia, PA USA 2000.

116

2012; 8...b6 9. a3 OO 10.d3 h6 11.h4 a6

1:0(51) Romanov 2654 Heemskerk 2240,
Groningen NED 2013.

1 1
:
2 2

(63) Kanovsky 2404 Prandstetter 2262,

Prague CZE 2014.
124

8...e5 9.a3 a5 10.a4 h6 11. a3 d5 12 : 12 (22)

Bokros 2472 Timoshenko 2569, Cappelle la
Grande FRA 2012; 9...d6 10.b4 h6 11. bd2
e6 0:1(43) Zagema 2342 Delemarre 2418,

8.e5 b6 9.d3 d7 10. a3 a6 11. c2 h6

1:0(38) Romanov 2595 Holm 2313, Riga LAT

18

Enschede NED 2003; 9. e3 d6 10. h4 f5

11.exf5 xf5 1:0(35) Yudasin 2550 Ju 2173,
Parsippany, NJ USA 2007.

8...d5 9.e5 b5 10. f4 b4 11. bd2 bxc3 21 : 12 (47)

Bokros 2487 Froewis 2274, Graz AUT 2010;
9...d4 10.c4 b8 11. f4 b5 0:1(49) Chahrani
2246 Adly 2448, Cairo EGY 2003.

N
8...b6 9.Rd1 Ba6 10.a3 Rc8 11.Qe1 Na5

8...h6 9.a3 a5 10.a4 e5 11. a3 d6 1:0(51) Zhang

2633 Berg 2495, playchess.com INT 2004.
1:0(60) Lupulescu 2614 Fonseca Cabrera 2211,
Istanbul TUR 2012.

125

B
Q
B
9.Nbd2 Rb8 10.Rd1 b5 11.d4 cxd4 : (72)
Klein 2509 Peng 2381, Haarlem NED 2015.
9...e5 10.b4 a6 11.Be3 b6 : (62) Yudasin 2522

9. e3 e5 10. d2 f5 11. h6 f4 12 : 12 (22) Bokros

2484 Hoang 2478, Hungary HUN 2014.
1 1
2 2

126

1 1
2 2

Yang 2432, Philadelphia, PA USA 2011.

127

11.b4 a6 12 : 12 (17) Slobodjan 2550 Kaminski

2523, Koszalin POL 1999.

19